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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
MINING OUTLOOK is BRIGHTER

transact their business in peace and that
their publicity committee will be success
full in it's efforts to place thei- real pro-
ducers and prospects with a chance upon
the right plane. The two railroads which
have connected us with these towns real
ly make them a suburb to Los Angeles,
and, now that our merchants have
grasped the situation, we are ready 10
supply them with their needs.
We must not overlook Manhattan, Sill
yer Peak, airview and the many other
camps in northern Nevada, all of which
will make wonderful progress in the near
future.
Bulffrog, with Rhyolite, Beatty, Echo
etc, is right at our door. With its great
number of producing mines and the
amount of development performed, and
taking into account the further work
mapped out to be done as soon as the
present .-nancial stress is lightened. we
can form fair conception of the inn
portance of this region as a neighbor of
Los Angeles.
Skidoo is also going to prove large
factor. 1t is situated in Inyo county,
this state, in what is called the Wild
Rose mining district. Large quantities
of rich gold-bearing quartz are reported
to have been uncovered. 1t Is leasing
proposition and l believe will be most
wonderfl producer.
Avawatz the Crackerjack mining
district of California is also opening up
some very fine properties. situated but
few miles from Silver Lake on the rail-
road, it is said and will be an import
ant factor in the worlds mineral supply.
We are looking forward with pleasant
expectation to the completion of the
branch cf the Southern Pacific into
Keeler, as it will bring us into close
touch with Darwin and the Toso ant
Argus ranges in California.
1 regret that space will not permit
of my referring more mnutely to the i'm
portant camps situated IN Maricopa,
Pima. Santa Cruz and other counties of
Arizona, to the numerous valuable dis
coveries N the southern part of our own
state; to the work being performed in
the southwest portion of New Mexico
and to the rapidly developing properties
in Sonora.
All of these regions are within our
"bailwick'' and our merchants must not
if they valu their own interests. over
look the Importance of cultivating their
friendship.
November 80. 1907, ROL KING.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
TRAIN G. WILLIAMS

Train & Williams are one of the older
architectural firms in the city. They
have been identified with the architec-
tural progress of Los Angeles for the last
fourteen years and have been together
as firm since ninety-eight. They are
both university men and have had prac-
tically a lifelong training in architec-
ture and it's technical adjuncts and have
had an important share in the city's
buildings Their six-story steel frame
Conservative Life building was one of
the first of the city's office buildings.
The seven-s story steel frame Crosse
building, the seven-story steel frame
Long Beach National Bank building, the
seven-story fire-proof Jeffries building,
the Thorpe building, Preuss building,
Carleton building, the Pickwick and the
First Congregational church are in
stances of their work. They are now
building the beautiful fire-proof hall of
records at Bakersfield and the &. P. Bos-
byshell country home and have on the
way the new Pythian castle.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

1t will be noted that California holds
first place as to quantity produced-nearly
one-fourth of the total production of the
country-while Oklahoma Cncluding In
Clan Territory and Kansas together hold
second place.
In value of oil produced Ohio stands
first with Pennsylvania and West .Vir-
gnia second and third. Kansas and Okla
homa Qncluding Indian Territory jointly
have fourth place, with California fifth.
while only $4,000 out of s9,615, 900 short of
ranking fourth. The order of the other
ell states In value of output is: Indiana.
Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, New York.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Colorado, Wyoming
Michigan and Wisconsin.
The greater part of the California and
gulf fields oil is consumed as fuel. while
only small proportion of that from the
other fields Is so utilized. Any of the oils
can be made to produce more or less oe
commercial product.
In 1906 the consumption of fuel oil in
California was greater than the total
production of the state for the year, says
w. T. Griswold of the United States
geological survey, in an advance chapter
from Mineral Resources of the United
States, Calendar Year 1906"
The chapter also draws attention to the
extension in area and increased daily
production in the mid continent field; TO
the failing off in production of the pools
of the coastal plain district of the Cuff
states; to the continued decrease in the
daily production Of the Appalachian field;
to the laying of the second pipe line from
the midcontinent field to Whiting, Inl..
and more than alD to the building of a
pipe line across the Isthmus of Panama
for the delivery of oil from the California
field to the Atlantic ocean
Petroleum in California
According to compilation by Charles
G. Yale, a California statistician, pub
lished in the 1906 report of the Califor-
MIA state board of trade, the yearly pro-
ductions of petroleum in this state from
1894 to 1905 have been:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

itself will grow surprisingly If the wom-
an takes care to deposit the occasional
accuhulations that she would otherwise
spend in shopping or amusement. When
the total gets to be worth while" it
may be transferred to the savings de-
partment now conducted by most up-to-
date banks.
Meantime, the depositor will find pleas
ure and advantage in paying her ac-
counts by check. A check affords a safe.
convenient, and economical means Of
sending money. A check is a receipt.
Should receipted bill be lost the In
dorsed check affords good proof of pay
ment check book keeps track of ex-
penditure. 1t shows when, to whom, and
how much money was given. 1t not only
promotes economy. but it also prevents
loss. There is personal danger In Keeping
large sums of money in the mouse as
well as the ever-present risk that the
money may be lost or stolen No less un-
safe is it to carry money on the person.
The one safe place for money is the
vault OF trust company or bank The
one safe way to pay out money Is by
check.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
LANkERsAlM HorEL-A MODEL

The fame of Los Angeles as a city of
perfect entertainment has been greatly
augmented by the completion of the
Lankershim hotel which is described by
many of the Atlantic coast visitors as
the WadorfAstoria OF the Pacific coast
Certainly, the Lankershim is in class
by itself, and is steadily advancing in
popularity with the discriminating public
who recognize this model hostelry az near
perfection in accommodation as it is pos
sible for good taste and money to provide
The Lankershim hotel is centrally
located on the southeast corner of Sew
cnth and Broadway, and is. operated on
the European plan. There are $50 rooms
on the several floors, with 160 baths, hot
and cold water being feature of every
room. The dining room seats $50 persons,
and meals are served la carte The
hotel is handsomely decorated, with
marble floors and every artistic effect is
introduced whereby the general beauty
Of the establishment is enhanced. The
hotel operates its own automobile SER
vice free to and from all trains.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
NEW PROCESS On TRIAL
FOR ORE TREATMENT
BEING TRIED OUT AT PRESENT
IN MEXICO
1t Is the Invention of Colonel Hood
Who Suggested Raising Inn
munes for Service in
Cuba

There are now being made in the
famous Ell ORC camp experiments with
q new process In the treating of ores
that is declared will revolutionize the
mining industry in SO far as ore treat
ment is concerned.
1t is new process of crushing ores
applicable alike to gold. silver, copper.
tin. lead. etc. With all ores that are
crushed. 1t has been customary since the
fourteenth century to employ crushing
devices such as stamps, Gillian mills, etc,
provided with screens to regulate the
maximum size Of pulp discharged
This process is intended to be used in
similar crushing devices, but substitut
ing for the screen an apparatus provided
with upwardly inclined channels usually
not less than one inch in width and hav-
ing a uniform cross section throughout
their length.
The length of the channel is a fixed
minimum and is determined by the dis
tance which a particle of mineral travels.
while sinking In water. before reachirg 8
it's greatest sinking velocity. this partiale
having started from state OF rest. In
operating the water is supplied at a
fixed head to the mortar or Gillian mill,
and in escaping from the mortar the
water is compelled to flow upward
through these sorting channels. carrying
with it tho ground pulp which is not
heavy enough to sink back into the
mortar.
How " Works
The effect Of this is to crush all min
erals to different maximum sizes, each
size varying with the specific gravity OF
the mineral. For example. II quartz Is
discharged at ten mesh. iron pyrites "a
discharged at twenty-five mesh. galena
at forty mesh. silver at eighty-five mesh
and gold at 11O mesh.
The mesh of the pulp to be discharged
Is regulated by the amount of water and
the area OF the discharge channels.
The motion of the grinding or crushing
mechanism produces a jigging or con
centrating motion in the channels and
hereby facilitates the separation Of the
finished product from the mineral which
is to be reground.
The channels are narrow In order to en-
hance the effect obtained by the intersti-
tai currents. as this Is known to hav,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
pRosPEcroas' SUPPLY CO.

To make an assay of any ore for cents
end without any previous experience in
cssaying or chemistry is made possible by
an invention of L. M. Pritchard of the
trospectors' Supply company, 400 North
Main street This apparatus weighs but
field work.
1t works equally we'll on both base and
simple ores and gives accurate results.
No prospector or miner should begin a
trip without including this outfit in his
kit. Full particulars on application.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

The production OF gold in the United
States during 1906 was s94, 373 800, a gain of
$6,l9S 100, or per cent over 1905. when
the production was $sS, 10000. The prin-
cipal gain was In Alaska, amounting TO
$6,430.500. or practically the entire gain
Nevada's gain was 49, 3919, 500, Oregon's
S75,200 and Arizonas $55, 500. The greatest
loss in gold production in any state was
In Colorado, where there was a decrease
of s2,766.7O0 The next largest loss was in
Montana. SS67c0O. California lost $364.2O
South Dakota S309,000 North Carolina $685.
600. South Carolina $20.500 and Wyoming
$4,000. There was also a loss in Georgia
The total production of silver in the
United States during 1906 is given as 5S.-
t17.900 fine ounces OF the commercial value
of SsS. .256,40O as against 56,101.600 fine
ounces Of the commercial value of s34.-
f21,976 in 1905. There is here shown gain
Of only seven-tenths OF per cent in the
quantity produced, but an increase OF Ii
per cent in the value thereof This large
difference is explained by the fact that
the average price OF silver per ounce IN
1906 was -67oS1 cents, as against .6lO27 cents
in 1905.
Gold Production Doubled
There was an increase in the production
Of silver in Arizona during 1906 OF 1858 800
ounces, California 435,500 ounces, Idaho
u0.600 ounces. and in Utah 1,1SS,2OO ounces.
The greatest loss In the production OF
silver during the year WAS IN Montana,
amounting to s14,400 ounces, and in colo-
rado of 4s5, 400 ounces.
Just what the unitedfStates has done Ia
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
Gasoline and Perfume

Those persons of such sensitive olfactory
nerves as to find serious objection to the
smell OF the automobile will be delighted
to know that method has been devised
by which the motor car will leave a trail
of perfume behind it. To the cylinder
lubricating oil usually employed other
oils or substances are added having a
boiling point which is lower than that of
the lubricant, and which. in burning. emf;
a sweet odor which will annihilate that OF
the offensive gases. The following is a
mixture proposed by these chemicals, the
ratios being by weight: Lubricating oil. so
parts; oil of mirbane (nitrobenzoD, A
and sallicylic aldehyds essence of vanil-
la). part.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

considerable effect in ore-dressing.
The process either increases the out
put at the same mesh as when stamps
sre supplied with screens or crushes to
finer mesh IL no increase in output
is desired. thereby causing an increased
extraction by any of the various methods
Of extraction.
Roughly. the pulp from this crushing
process ig seventy mesh. as compared
with a pulp of forty mesh. with screens
operating at the same output The power
required is slightly less than when
screens are used.
Is Under Trial
The new process has been under trial
at the mills of the Ell Oro Mining and
Railway company and the Esperanza
Mining company during the past moath
and the results, while not made public,
are known to be fully up to expectations
The process is the invention of Colo
mel Duncan ~ Hood, a graduate of
West Point. who later left the army to
study at the Columbia School of Mines
He left college at the outbreak of the
Spanish war and was the originator lf
the idea of raising 10000 yellow fever
immunes for service in Cuba. During
The war he was colonel OF the Second
United States Volunteer infantry, which
came mostly from Louisiana and Texas
His father, Gen. John b. Hood, was on
the Confederate side during the Civil
War.
Col. Hood has patents on his process
In the principal countries of the world.
rhe patents are owned by the Hood
Process company, ir which some wealthy
New York business men are interested
The patents in Mexico having been the
FIRST to issue. the process is being first
I'M Of la6 a In ot tna ~
mills, after which 1T will be immedi-
ately installed in the Unitad States, South
Africa, Australia and other important
mining countries.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
.MY CHECK BOOK" IS
A CHEERING PHRASE
Gives Atmosphere of Wealth as Well
as Hint Of Independence and
Security in Every Day
Life

my Check Book" is phrase with a
fine, dignified sound, especially when a
woman hears herself say it, It's breath
of the atmosphere of wealth. hint Of in
dependence and security.
Neither is it SO hard phrase to live up
to. Any woman with few dollars in her
purse may also keep those dollars in a
bank. Even If the accumulation does not
seeml large enough to make the interest
an object. the interest will be paid on
such accounts by many trustworthy
banks. Both the interest and the account
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
GOLD, COPPER AND SILVER
IN VAULTS OF ROCK

!. A Chicago banker, when cersured !
!. by his fellows for having invested i
!. in western mines, rose in directors 4
!. meeting and thus defended his :
;: action: =
i, Throughout the Rocky Noun !
!. tain ranges age1 gone. God built !
j. stronger vaults in his granite I
\ banks than ours. He filed. these !
i vaults with gold, silver and cop !
!. per. He gave the prospector in !
,. sight and guided him on his way !
j, to the door of the bank vault. The !
:. .deral government handed him !
:. it's patent title to all herein. 1t !
J, is no crime, but virtue to enter !
!. With drill, blast, pick and spade, !
!. this poor man broke the combina- !
!. tion lock- and entered. But FOR !
!, him our notes of issue would be
l. as the stump and tail currency :
i of 1851 But for him this govern
i ment would be bankrupt. Mines
i. will be producing $12,O0O0OO in gold :.
J. and copper on that future day when
j. national banks are unknown. Re-
i member, a mine is simply crop !
i already raised and deposited in the =
!. bin or bank You check 1t out at !
4, your pleasure"
!. i ~ 4 X + J. !. j. : i 4 + 4 + : ! !
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

As result of conferences and adjust
ments between the bureau of the mint
and the geological survey an agreement
on the statistics of production of gold and
silver in the United States in 1906 has
been reached. and the figures are accepted
as final by the two bureaus The dasa
have been ascertained from bullion de-
posits in ths United States mints and
assay offices and by statements from
smelling and refining establishments. Fol
lowing are the figures of gold and silver
production by states and territories III
1Q1f.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
/, Wash.nuton News

There will be another cabinet posi-
ton shortly. A department of rhyme is
contemplated. headed by secretary of
poesy. who will be assisted by nine under
secretaries, a commissioner OF dialect
verse and registrar of meter. Nomina-
tions are now In order.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
Santa Maria District Booming

Inasmuch as recent conservative esti-
mates credit the Santa Maria oil district
with the largest increase in production
for 1907. 1t is interesting to learn from
the geological survey bulletin that while
until 1899 that district was entirely un-
known as an oil producer it yielded up
to January l. 1907 more than 100000 bar
'rels of oil, the 1906 production alone
amounting to 4,906,153 barrels. The wells
OF the district are among the deepest
oil producers of the world, one of them
reaching a depth of more than 400 feet
In the early part of 1907 the total num-
ber of wells in the district was 174. ',f
which "a were producing, 55 were drilling
and 25 had been abandoned. Individual
wells furnish from to 5000 barrels a day,
the average being between 300 and 400
barrels.
The great productiveness of the wells,
the lightness OF the oil (from IA degrees
to 35 degrees Baume) and the large
amount of promising territory outside the
developed areas give the district a place
of great prominence among the oil fields
of the west and make information in re-
gard to 1t especially important
In the spring and summer of 1906
Messrs Ralph Arnold and Robert An
derson, geologists of the United States
geological survey, made thorough study
of the structure and relations of the oil
bearing formations of the district, which
comprise the Santa Maria, Arroyo
Grande. Lompoc and Huasna fields. Their
reports, bulletins 317 and 322, may be OBJ
tanned without charge by applying to the
director of the survey, Washington. d. G.
Yields Four Grades
The district yields four distinct
grades of petroleum in addition to the
heavy oil that flows from springs or
collects as asphalt deposits and the oil
is invariably accompanied by consider
able quantities of natural gas. Indeed,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

California's oil production for 1907 is es-
timated to reach 34,65O,O0O barrels, with
a demand for at least 41,O00000 barrels.
of which 100000 barrels will oe required
for Japan. Chile, the American Panama
canal works and some Atlantic trade (via
the Isthmus of Panama pipe line recently
completely California's 1907 estimated
production of 3465O.OOO barrels is by dis
tricts as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
CALIFORNIA
LEADS IN OIL
LATEST OFFICIAL STATISTICS ON
PRODUCTION
YIELD ls oNE-FoURTH OF THE
couNTRYs TOTAL
Estimated OIL Product Of the Golden
state for 1907 10 s4,e5o,ooo Barrels,
with Demand for 100000
Barrels
pY wALTpR J. nALLARp

Producing petroleum is a profitable
proposition. especially in these United
States According to a bulletin of the
United States geological survey our pro-
duction In 1906 was 1875, 1886 barrels of
the'total value of $92, ,444,135
This is where It came from:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

Yeast: What would happen IL some
peopiA could take their money with them
into the next world, do you suppose 2"
Crimsonbealx: "Why, 1t would burn in
their pocketsl"-Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
GREAT GOLD PRODUCTION In 1906

the production of the precious metals
during the past twelve years may be as
certained from the following table:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

1t will be seen that the great expansioa
has been in the production of gold which
has slightly more than doubled.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

AS stated, the geological survey gives
California's oil production in 1906 at 49,
O9S sos barrels. This practically agrees
with the California state board of trade
figures of S2,516,OOO barrels. contributed as
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

the eas is somewhat more widely ais
tributed than the oil, as 1t occurs IN
many places in shales above the OH
Welding zone, and in some Weiis tnat
have Welded no petroleum. The petro-
leums, nearly all of~which are oark
brown in color, vary widely IN tnelr
physical and chemical properties, anu
are utilized in many ways. the lignter
oils usually for refining, the heavier
for fuel, road dressing, etc. Great de-
posits of asphalt are also associated
with the petroleum bearing formations.
with the exception of very small
quantity used locally, all of the oil is
sent out of the district, the greater part
of the product at present, 1t is believed
going to refineries near San Francisco.
The storage facilities comprise steel
and wooden tanks having total capa-
city of 1,4c4,000 barrels, in addition TO
open earthenware reservoirs located in
the field orstemporary or emergency
use. Pipe lines, tank cars and tank
steamers furnish transportation.
Although, continue the reports. the
production of oil in the region has in
creased rapidly. the actual output does
not Indicate the capacity of the district.
Inadequate storage and transportation
facilities and the (oast) low price of
crude petroleum have kept down the
quantity produced and marketed Most
of the oil from this district is refined.
the lighter product being used for
illuminants and for the direct genera
ton of power in gas engines and the
heavier products for fuel, lubricants,
etc. Contracts recently made in South
America, Japan and the Territory of
Hawaii indicate that within a short
time much OF the oil product of the
Santa Maria district will be exported.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
Value of the Industry

The value of this industry, not, only
to Southern California, but also 10 all
the state. as well as to Arizona. Ore
gon, Washington, British Columbia and
Alaska, not forgetting Japan, Chile. the
Panama canal work and the nearly 400
steamers on the Pacific coast which
are fitted to use oil as fuel. is difficult
to estimate, but 1t is very large, bene-
flcially affecting many lines OF manu-
featuring, shipping. heating, lighting.
power and other activities, in addition
to the profits to the oil men on a yearly
turnover which has already reached
$4,000. 900. In a very few wears that
yearly turnover will be doubled If not
trebled
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-17
I'LL mos TREASON
Is [5TABI 7 HT0
NciCEflT WILL NOT LEAD TO
DlFLC MATlC COMPLICATIONS
WITH JOHANNESBURG REC
OGNl2ED RESTITUTION.

Paris NOV. lG-The treason Of En-
sign Uiimo, Of the French navy. who
was arrested at TCuon October % on
a charge CT being a SPY and who sub
seguentiT confessed is now consid-
cred to be firmly established. There is
ne lcug.r mrch doubt that he made
several trips to Germany and deliv-
cred documents 20 the chief of the
CrUnaa ny service at Brussels which
win hesitate q complete revision
of the French naval and military sis
nal code aud plans for mobilization.
Ncvatbeicss. the incident is not
likriy Ia lead to dinloinatic comp,ica
tiaus. with Germany, rs spying is q
tccogHlaod institution in Europe. Tho
Funch government officially an
romcrd today tllat it id not demand
the recall of Rear admiral Scigcr. the
naval attachc at Paris who is sus-
pectcd CT having participated in Uni
mos espionage. The later is only
liable TO deportation MS the law is
now