Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-25
OLD CHANNEL
HIT TAGAM
sCRAPER HANDLES LOW GRADE
GRAVEL CHEAP
DENVER MEN SECURE MINE AT
GINA
Construction Work on New skidoo
Mines Company Mill Is Being
Pushed for Benefit of
Leasers

Eight prominent Diamond Match
company men, including among them
President O. C. Barber and Manager r.
NJ Clough, during the last year have
been quietly developing gravel mining
propedty in the old Kimsvhew district
east of Stirling City. and the report has
been given out that the ancient channel
of the old Snow Mine has been recov-
cred and that the gravel is paying So
| per car.
The mine is located in the heart of
once famous mining district, and is
near the present Sky High property.
The old Snow Mine once paid we'll, but
| the channel was lost and work ceased
About year ago officials Of the Dia-
mond Match company gathered into
body and financed prospecting opera
| tions, with the result that the ancient
channel has been found.
| s. IT. Norris, mining engineer and
superintendent OF the Newton Mining
and Development company, now oper-
ating about seven miles southwest of
Bucks ranch in Plumas county, states
the ground is high, dry hillside gravel,
and is being worked with a big steam
| scraper, the first cost of which is $4,000.
| Three men handle the machine where
| the timber is not heavy. The company
has ordered three of these scrapers,
one of which will be installed in Long
Valley next spring. Norris says the
cost of the machines is only tritie
compared with the great revolution
thaV tUr OH in mining
One of the scrapers will handle from
500 to 1900 cubic yards of gravel per
working day, according to the bed rock
and gravel and the cost of getting the
gravel to water for washing and the
extracting of the gold does not exceed
8 cents per cubic yard.
Long Pipe Line Finished
The longest pipe line in the country
for the transmission of compressed air
has just been completed for the com
pany operating and owning the Plum
bago mi:le, north of the Middle Yuba.
near Nevada City. The line is just
1000 feet in length and furnishes power
for the drills, fire pumps and the short
tramway hoist. The company is oper-
ating through series of four tunnels
and is extracting sufficient good ore to
keep 20 stamps dropping continuously.
Experts who have visited the property
Netidft II ID OHt VI Tie DeSl IIllueS III
the state. 1t is close corporation with
plenty of money behind it and goes
about its business without any flourish
of trumpets. Recently the company
put in 7000-foot pole line, taking
electric power from the Yuba to the
property.
Mining excitement is running high
at Grizzly Flat in Ell Dorado county.
Several we'll known mining men have
lately been there looking into proper
ties which have in the past paid big
money. The Mt. Pleasant mine has been
bonded by the owning company to Will
liam C. Rose of Goldheld. New. and Mr..
Rose is to pay for the property $780,
600. The bond as executed is practi-
cally in the form of lease, calling for
the working of the mine continuously
by him after he assumes control.
Mr.. Rose acquires possession of the
mine with full power to control not
only the mine itself but the mill and
other machinery. He secures the water
rights and wood for timbering also
from the old mining company. He
binds himself to begin operations in
the mine before January 1st next.
The present owners are to receive 10
per cent of the gross output of the mine
as long as 1t is run under the present
arrangement. But Mr.. Rose may at
any time purchase the property out
by both parties. The bond expires
March 81, 1910. 1t is expected that the
starting of the Mt. Pleasant mine will
influence the starting of other mines
in this county.
The Death Valley Arcalyvada Mining
company, which is engaged in develop
ing rich mines in the vicinity of Gina,
on the Salt Lake road, in this county,
has filed articles of Incorporation. The
incorporators are Charles A. Tarbel. I.
F. Dawson and William e. Tarbel, all
residents of Denver. Paul Tarbel a
wealthy Denver man, is the president
of the company.
Will Have Plant
A contract has been signed for a
complete ore mill for the mines of the
Daggett Lead Mining company. which
owns claims near Daggett, and which
will now be developed on a large scale.
The contract is made with the New
Century Mill & Reduction company to
furnish within thirty days two rock
treakers, two Intermediates, two fur
nishers, two twenty-five ION frame
shafting pulleys, belts, ETC., two con-
centrating tables, one dust extractor
and six screens.
This plant is to have a capacity of
fifty tons of ore through ten mesh
screen each twenty-four hours. The
price of the plant is $4,000. Charles
Cassat Davis of Los Angeles is the
president and NJ. NJ Davidson also of
Los Angeles is secretary of the Daggett
Lead Mining company.
Barring unforeseen accidents, the
stamps Of the new skidoo Mines COM
pahy mill will be dropping IN ninety
days"
This is the statement of j. II McCor-
mick, who has charge OF the building
operations of the plant After making
exhaustive tests it was decided to rush
in ten stamps as the first unit OF the
400-ton plant to enable the leasers to
realize on their dumps.
The work of exoavating for the mill
is now in progress and as soon as the
water line is completed, which will be
in about thirty days. the whole OF the
ripe line lorce will be put to work on
mill construction.
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