The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25

Arizona companies have workings to
the depth of about 800 feet, showing
up large bodies of copper ore.
The Grass Valley Mining Exchange
sold $4,000 shares of mining stocks In
January, the first month of its exist
ence, SO says the Miner Transcript Of
Nevada City. The transactions amount
ed to $4,000.
According to the Grass Valley Union
the Kentucky Ridge mine Will be
opened the coming spring in new own
ership.
The new Hoag mining district in
Modoc County, which was discovered
about a year ago, has several mines in
development. These include the Tur-
ner. Williams & Mason mine, where
$4,000 worth of ore is on the dumps;
the Wade, Reed Plummer mine,
which has rock that is reported TO
assay $40 to the ton; the Kaffader and
Barrett claims, in which some of the
rock is said to have assayed $500, and
the Seitz copper mine, which is about
six miles south of the gold belt. North
of the Hoag district, about forty miles
from Fort Bidwell, a strike has been
made at Windy Hollow. The Hoag
district is about five miles from Fort
Bidwell. new road to the mines has
been constructed by Los Angeles men
CHROMITE Is SHIPPED
The Redding Searchlight says that
three carloads of chromite have been
shipped from a mine in Shasta County.
which is at the base of Castle Crags.
four miles from the Castle Crags sta
tion, on the Southern Pacific road. A
tract of land amounting to 40 acres
contains a great amount Of chromite
ore. Chromite is worth SIS a ton The
only drawback to this mining propo-
sition is that the demand for chromite
is limited. 1t is used principally in
compounds like potassium chromate
and lead chromate.
Another strike in the Lightner mine
in Sierra County is reported. The ex-
tent of the newly discovered ore body
has not been determined.
A large and rich ore body, says the
Stockton Independent. has been dis
covered in the Etna King mine in Gala
veras County
LOCATE LIMESTONE DEPOSIT
T. s. Chastein and others, says the
Yreka Journal. have located 100 acres
Of limestone quarry in Shasta Valley
near GaZelle, and Will at once establish
kilns.
The Los Angeles Chamber of
Miners has entered into a movement
to have smelter constructed on tide
water near Los Angeles 1t is in
tended TO build a plant with a daily
capacity of between 400 and 900 tons.
Between 100000 and 100000 will be
invested and about 200 men will be
employed.
G. II. Whitelaw of San Francisco
and others are working the Beaudry
hydraulic mines at Minersville. Trinity
County, under bond. The option was
secured last summer. Several thou
sand dollars have been expended by
Whitelaw in getting ready for the
test run. II success is attained th-
property may be taken in by the men
who have it under bond. The tract is
large, including 5000 acres. The
pipe is so laid that the water used
on the upper bench can be conserved
for use on the lower bench
The development of the copper dis.
tricts of Northern California is a topic
OF growing interest. A few facts illus
trate this. Five hundred men are en-
ployed in the Blue Ledge copper dis
trict in Siskiyou County. Before the
first Of July, so it is reported. more
than 1000 men viii be on the payroll
Of the Mammoth Copper Company at
its mine and smelter at Kennett. Seven
hundred men are at work for the COM
pany. exclusive OF those building rail-
road lines.
According to the Redding Search
lght there are 100 tunnels on the Bala-
klala mine and every one of them is in
ore. The main tunnel of the BalakIala
mine has passed through 1000 feet of
ore, which was encountered first at a
distance Of eighty feet from the mouth
of the tunnel. The Searchlight saws:
The stupendous copper resources of Shasta
County. their amazing extent and demonstrated
richness. are almost Incredible While the in
rerest OF the outside world Is centering more
and more I'm this district not more than an
inkling Of the enormous scope of Shasta's COP
per-bearing zones has vet reached beyond the
confines of the county
The Butte district. for illustration is con-
fined TO territory mile square The reader
however, viii be able to appreciate in Its com
parative aspects the statement that the Bala
klale group alone, one of the great copper mines
Of this district. covers two miles square or n
territory twice the extent OF the entire Butte
district
The Balaklala is but one OF many great mines
on the Shasta copper belt. representing a dis
trict where a dozen immense smeIters NAV en-
ploy thousands Of men and build popuIous towns
and cities.