Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-30

feet, and show width of thirty fee
The borax is of fine quality and is easil
Imined.
; An important strike has been mad
by Ferguson & Campbell In their Clans
man mine. between the Salt Lake
Santa Fe railroad, in the old Ivanpa
mining district in San Bernardino county
In the early days the mining camp Q
lIvprpah was a typical mining town, tn
mines tber producing being the old Ivan
pab the Allie and the Bullion, about tw
miles frt m the new strike on the Clans
man. In the same district are the Cop
per World, the Standard, the Cope
King ana the Ivanpah Mammoth, al
prouis nl mines.
The JTbehebe mining district, which wa
| organized in June, is unique in that VI
to the present time there have benz
no conflicts in the matter of locations
and there has not been a single case O
Jumping"
Revival in caIaveras
| From reports received from all of tn
nearb5' points, Calaveras county will
shortly undergo a revival of gold min
| ing that will make the old-timers 81
| up and take notice. s. W. Morrill, pur
chased the Ed Bunds ranch, situated il
the Rock creek district. about a yea
ago for $500. Recently signs of golt
were discovered about the place and w. ]
Follis of Recding has bonded the rancf
for $500. Follis has the right to pros
rect the place for gold for ninety days
then, IL satisfied, pays $500 and at the
end of sixty days pays the balance
Six or eight men will be put to work
Excellent gold indications have been dis
covered and all of the nearby residents
are earerly awaiting results.
Willard and Will Mobley. operating a
sIuice outfit in the Calaveras river. took
out, in one day, $50 and Charles Hogue
$9l.
Some mysterious mining locations along
the Nc1th Yuba river in the vicinity of
Downieville have led some of the people
in that neighborhood to the belief that
the scheme may result in a big dredging
proposition along the river. 1t is said
that fourteen miles of the river has been
located by aisyndicate and the numerous
locations sie in different names.
Pending the arrival of Daniel Guggen-
helm, who Is expected in San Francisco
within the next few weeks, the fate of
the extensive smelling and refining plant
in South San Francisco, which few
months ago was considered an assured
fact, is hanging in the balance.
Over 1,cct,0 900 worth of work has been
done upon the vast stretch of country
which was intended as the site for this
gigantic Guggenheim smelter. High and
abrupt hills have been leveled off into
deep valleys, and today there is on the
proposed site about 500 acres of carefully
leveled and graded surface, sloping in an
eaRy, gradual incline to the bay. Here
q long wharf has been erected. reaching
out into deep water, making alto
e..
turing interests. All this field of graded
territory is inclosed by a ten-foot board
fence, and watchman maintained at
every gate, whose duty it is to keep
curious visitors out.
On this huge proposed plant all work
has ceased temporarily until one great
and paramount matter can be settled to
the satisfaction of all concerned While
the work en- the grounds has been pro-
crossing, del ermined and bitter opposition
has arisen among the rich land owners
IN Surlingame, or a few of them, who
found that fumes escaping from the plant
would devastate their land. They have
formed what Il known as the Home Pro-
tc,tion company of Burlingame, for the
purpose Of disconraging the Guggenheims
from progressing with their smelter.
They number in all about nineteen men,
who have subscribed $1,000 for the above
purpose. and a number of other individ-
uals who nave subscribed only 81.
Their opposition seems to have been
effective. as the Guggenheims have an
nounced that unless 1t is relaxed they
will abandon the proposition
The mystery of the ownership of the
majority of the stock of the once famous
Yellow Jacket mine of the Constock lode
has been disclosed. Clarence w. Mackay
is the man who last year furnished the
money to purchase $4,000 out of the total
of 10000 in open market and thereby
wrest the management from Robert Nor
row, who had charge of the property for
a quarter of a century.
About twenty-five years ago Morrow
and Senator William Sharon deprived
John W. Mackay of the control while
the latter was concentrating his ener-
giles in other directions, and the action
of his son in ousting Morrow is regarded
in mining circles as a species of filial
retaliation, apart from any business rea-
sons that may have Influenced him in
consumma;lng the deal. The buying of
Yellow Jacket stock in the local mining
exchange last year excited great curios-
ity as to the identity of the people be-
hind the money, and it was finally con-
cluded thac syndicate of brokers had
been organized to secure control for
themselves. The news has come out, how
ever, that the brokers had been acting
for Etackay.