The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21

| ords for Alaska mining by producing
/ S9,174,617. in gold. This was gain OF
! 81, 900 900 for the district as compared
with the preceding year. The i-gures
are based on gross assay value at Seat
| tie The items of the gross amount are
| accounted for as follows; Shipped out
by banks, individuals and transporta-
! tions companies, $S,714,617; carried out
personally by individuals (estimated).
| $3.50 900; on deposit in banks for safe
/ keeping and estimated production in
December, $4,000.
The shortage of water and the tying
up of many claims by litigation pre-
vented the district from making total
| showing, as predicted In the Spring, OF
! s12,OOO,000. New sections, including
| Chatham, Steele, Engineer and Small
| wood are counted upon to make good
| showing in 1907. OF the country, gen
orally, the Tanana Miner says:
All the creeks are within days travel or
/ less from Fairbanks, and every important creek
/ has telephone connections with Fairbanks. Tim
/ Der has been plentiful and fuel and supplies
have been cheap, owing to the accessi6lilty OF
supplies the mines with electricity for lighting
and power, advantages which no other mining
/ its first important discoveries were made.
WILL REPORT ON MINES
! The Los Angeles Chamber of Mines
/ has issued an address for the purpose
of attracting the attention of mining
! investors to Southern California. The
chamber offers to have mining prop
critics examined for a fixed fee by two
experts, one to be guaranteed by the
Board of Trade of the district in which
/ the mine may be and the other to be
1 selected from a trained staff of experts
retained for this purpose. The propo-
sition is novel and will attract much
attention. The Chamber of Mines ex-
plains as follows
The special mission shall not only be to foster
the mining interests Of the great Southwest. but
also to safeguard, far possible, the In
yestor in mining securities and prevent him from
! being the victim Of the many fllegitimate organ
/ iZationS throughout our country, so that all ie-
gitimate mining enterprises may be recognized:
so far possible, upon their true merit, and
the honest investor and merftortous corporation
brought together to their mutual advantage;
also that individuals, or banking and other in
stitutions may have trustworthy source OF In
We wish the people of the entire country to
know that Los Angeles has taken steps to pro-
/ teet far possible, investors and mine own
ers by the creation of an association governed
by the highest principles and one that win be
conducted a broad minded and unselish basis
and composed of the leading of the South
west We wish them to know that the findings
given gratuitousy to those who inquire regarding
/ properties which we have examined. with view
/ to protecting all legitimate mining interests as
well as the investing public OF the entire coun-
| try.
The Grass Valley Union says that a
great mining revival is taking place
at Cramptonville. The Brandy City,
Bull of the Woods, Pleasant View,
American Flag, Weeds Point, Joubert
and Trent mines are on the list of
| operating properties. There as more
mining in the vicinity than at any time
in ten years past
WILL RESUME HYDRAULICKING
For the first time in twenty years a
large hydraulic mine will be operated
in the Allegheny district. The Ale
gheny Mining Company will work the
/ ground once known as the McNulty
claim, owned by John McNulty. A
debris dam has been constructed at
Whisky Point, on Kanaka Creek, three
miles below Allegheny. at cost Of
$4,000 The melting of the snow will
enable the company to proceed soon
with an abundance of water.
A quarter of century ago John Nc
Nulty expended something like 100000
in equipping his hydraulic plant. Then
| came Judge Sawyer's decision In the
famous North Bloomfield case, and the
work that had been proceeding but a
comparatively short time was suspend
ed. Since then the claim has been idle.
The California Debris Commission has
| approved the works that have been
constructed by the Allegheny Mining
Company to dispose of the debris. A
five-mile ditch has been made to con-
! vey water.
The McNulty claim is a part of the
Blue Lead which is supposed to be
very rich still. If the Allegheny COM
pany realizes largely, other companies
may also undertake to wash out gold
through the hydraulic process in this
section, especially If the constitution
| ality of the Caminetti act shall be up
held by the Supreme Court of Califor-
mia in the suit now pending.
OPERATIONS IN DETAIL
The Golden Butte Dredging Com
pany composed of Los Angeles men
principally, has been organized to mine
/ by dredgers on Butte Creek near Oro-
Vile, using an apparatus resembling
the steam shovel L. L. Bowen, c. L.
Martin, Walter L. Krug, c. A. March,
D. NJ. Shanks, Henry Biggen, l.. M.
Thomas and A. j. Culver are the di
rectors.
A $50, 600 lump of gold bullion, says
/ the Times, that came from an Arizona
mine, is on exhibition in store win
dow in Los Angeles. The lump was
the result of fourteen and one-half
days operations of a mill twenty five
miles from Kingman.
San Francisco men have bonded the
Buttes Saddle mine rn Sierra County.
1t is situated on the Sierra Buttes
mountains. back of Sierra City. For
some reason it has been closed several
years, although it had been developed,
having 1000 feet of underground work
! ings and a ten-stamp mill. The Sierra
Ruttes mines, which are near, resumed
some time ago, and this has resulted
in the plan to revive the Buttes Saddle.
The old Parallel mine, two miles
from Soulbysville, is again in operation.
A new shaft is being constructed The
old shaft of the early days caved after
the mine was abandoned.
Secretary Hibbard of the California
Gold and Copper Company denies a
story that the holdings of the COM
pany in the Vontrigger district in San
Bernardino County have been sold for
81, 500, 900. Hibbard says that he, A
H. Cram and C. w. Page hold the con-
troll of the stock and they have not
M Cd with their holdings.