Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-01
LAW IS WEAK
FOR CALIFORNIA
PRESENT REGULATIONS CHECK
TO ACTIVITY N
Protest Against Failure Of the State
Legislature to Pass Location stat
utes Proposed-other States
Are Favored

ut is a shame that the legislature
cut the proposed mining laws to pieces
and left nothing but a miserable wishy-
washy affair that Is no good for any
thing" said G.. r.. Anthony, mining
engineer and assayer, at San Diego.
I'VE have in California conditions
equally favorable to Nevada and Ari-
zona, and If we only had the same
laws as they have, compelling men
who claim property to open up and de-
velop their claims 1t would make a
difference to California of from $780,
000,0 900 to SS0000,0 coo a year.
"The original bill that was intro
duced would, II passed, have had the
effect to bring ouT mining laws into
line with those of other states. Pros
pectors and discoverers would have
had to do ten feet of work within
sixty days to hold their claims, but
in the bill passed, every feature COM
pelling anything of this kind to be
done has been cut out, leaving moth
ing that is any use to the mining in
dustry.
Something certainly ought to have
been done by the press and the peo-
pie of the state to prevent claimants
holding mining rights that they Will
not work.
There seems to be no reasonable
excuse for the action of the legisla-
ture. 1 was discussing the matter with
a mining journalist last week and he
agreed with me that there must be
some object unknown to the people In
the destruction in the law of the feat
ures that were most necessary for the
progress of mining and prospecting.
Under present conditions mineral
land township can be located and re-
located for six years without any work
being done, and this is not right. No
one has a right to tie up promising
claims in this manner.
Geological Conditions Good
1.-THE geological conditions are just
as good on this side of the border line
as on the other. Look at the mining
towns alongside our border-Bullfrog
within ten miles, Rhyolite fifteen miles
Gold Center fifteen miles, Goldf1eld
thirty-five and Tonopah sixty miles
Surely an imaginary border line doesn't
cut all the mineral country away from
US.
I'VE have the same cropping of ore
and the same developments are or
| our side of the border as there are
on the other, and look at the million!
of dollars in minerals they are pro
ducing, and these conditions follow
fright through into Mexico. There ar
BOlQ ana copper Ill Tic way dlOIlE
but we will never do any good witt
our mining industry while Individual
are allowed to take one location afte
another where minerals are showing
and without making any attempt tc
develop them.
I'm San Diego county there are
large blocks being held under these
conditions.
Metals and minerals exist in the
mountains and desert country lying be-
tween here and Yuma, and with ex-
ceptions here and tt ere the formation
is excellent. There are no more diff
culties to contend with than in any
other mountain country. Only last Fri
day very good looking specimen OF
copper was brought in to me from an
outlying district.
Then, too. we have valuable stone
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., gypsum, kaoli1
and marble-close to the proposed rail-
way route to Yuma, and when that
line goes through it will be very easy
to handle and export these products
We haveeevery facility here for sue.
cessful export.
1.-THE present season is going to be
remarkably good in the mountain and
desert country. / saw more water an6
grass out there lately than 1 have
ever seen before"