The San Francisco call., 1906-09-03
Trouble Over Big
Nevada Claim
Is Ended.

A RECORD cleanup of s25o,oo0 is
~ credited to the famous La
~ grange hydraulic mine in Trim
ity County, near Weaverville.
This is the result of the seasons work
as it is reported. In June the yield of
$4,000 was obtained. Then, some
Eastern stockholders coming out to
look at the mine, $4,000 In gold was
taken from the boxes. The last clean
UP was made a few days ago and be-
tween s150,000 and s160,000 more was
realized. According to the best fig-
ures obtainable the cost of operation
during the season was about $4,000
The season was short because
hydraulicking was delayed until jan
uary on account of the heavy snowfall
In December at the head of the ditch.
Now the mine has shut down because
the water supply for the season has
failed. During the last fortnight of
operations. SO the Redding Searchlight
reports, there was only enough water
to keep the giants running six hours
a day. Forty men are employed at
the Lagrange mine, twenty working
the mine proper and the others are
ditch tenders and outside men. Local
reports are to the effect that the La
grange is expected to produce $1,000
600 in the next three years if the water
supply is all right, as TIE ground in
advance is thought to be richer than
that already worked. 1t lis estimated
that each giant washed out $50 in gold
every hour that it operated during the
season of 1906.
BIG CONTROVERSY ENDED.
The trouble over the Bullfrog john
ME mining property in Nevada has
been settled. According to the story.
the Schader- johnson Company gave U.
NJ. Thomas a 100000 interest in the
company and in return Thomas gave
the Schader- Johnson Company a $780,
600 interest in the Belmont Johnnie
Company, representing group of
claims owned by Thomas Carl Schader
was elected president of the Bullfrog
Johnnie Company and Thomas was
made secretary of both companies
The story of the trouble preceding the
settlement is long The Schader-John-
son Company took bond on the
Golden Eagle, Blue Bell and Primero
claims last year. from White & Yount,
the locators, and also a bond on the
Howitzer and Anna M claims from
George f. Moser The price reported
to have been made was $4,000. A
rich find was made by Schader on the
Golden Eagle claim and he then bondr
ed the property to u. NJ Thomas for
v
the Blue Bell claim. Then litigation
began. Some preliminary skirmishes
resulted. in an advantage for Schader,
by which he came into possession of
papers which had been deposited In a
Los Angeles bank, but he did not Rave
possession of the property. The parties
in interest prepared to battle on the
ground for the claims While this was
in progress the fire in San Francisco
destroyed the papers in the case that
were In the possession OF q locals at
torney. The situation led eventually
to the compromise. Work has sue
ceeded litigation and all the parties
are satisfied.
CALAyERAS COPPER CLAIMS.
The Calaveras News complains that
SUFFICIENT attention has not been paid
to the copper deposits OF Calaveras
County:
There are valuable deposits of cop
per comparatively untouched IN this
county. 1t is true they are situated
upon lands under homestead titles but
still that ought not to interfere with
the development of copper mines there-
on. There are always men with means
prepared to take lease on good cop
per propositions or even buy such lodes
or deposits from the owners OF home
steads. Copper prospects have been
discovered in numerous places in the
Bear Mountain range Just west of An
gels Camp.
The Redding Courier-Free Press re-
ports new activity in the Old Diggings
country:
Now that the smelter at Kennel can
handle all the ore that can be sent to
1t. especially that from this district,
much activity is noticeable among the
producers of good fuxing rock.
The Reid mine is employing 10 men,
and the Mammoth, Walker and Evening
Star and others have about 100 men in
their camps.
Consul Kosakevitch at San Fran
cisco has issued notice that under
the Russian mining laws mining on
the Chukotski Peninsula and in the
PrimorSk province by foreigners is
prohibited The Northeastern Siberia