The San Francisco call., 1907-02-04

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100 feet the tunnel has passed through
ore that carries free gold and sui
phurets.
OPERATIONS IN SIERRA
All the mines in the Allegheny dis
trict In Sierra County. with the ex-
ception of the Oriental, are ready to
operate. The list of large properties
to become active Immediately includes
the Tightner, Eldorado, Rainbow, the
Golden Star. the Deep Blue. the Mabel.
the Young America and the South Fork
mines. The Oriental plant has been
crippled by the weather, but the mine
will be operated as soon as repairs can
be made. Work will be resumed at
once on the gravel tunnel of the AL
leghany Mining Company. Many thou
| sands of dollars have been expended in
lne attempt to tap the gravel channel
that lies under Chipp's Ridge and Bal
sam Flat. The miners believe that
they will reach the channel soon
A rich strike of gold in the Rainbow
mine, in Sierra County, is reported.
The Tightner ledge runs into the Rain
bow, it Is said The strike was made
while an upraise was being driven to
handle the ore.
At the old MagaIia Mining Company
ground in the Perry mine, in Butte
County, strike also has been made.
The mine is under bond to Eastern
men. Several other mines have been
bonded by the same company in the
same district.
Ore that assays $500 to 5000 a ton
has been found in the old Brown Bear
mine, in Trinity County, in a streak
eight inches wide. A quartz ledge
bearing rich ore lies close to the streak
There is sufficient ore to keep ten
stamp mill running.
Richard B. Moody of Reno, New, who
is in San Francisco to organize cor
poration to be known the United
Exploration and Development Company,
stated yesterday that he and his asso-
ciates had discovered promising min
eral ground in the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains, on the line between California
and Nevada, between Masonic Noun
tain and the Walker River.
While the first locations were made
there in 1892, he said, the district had
not to the presen time received much
attention, only few prospectors being
engaged in working the properties. To-
gether with Louis Mueller of Colorado
Springs, who took a fortune out of
Cripple Creek in the boom days. Moody
took UP thirty-three claims in Mono
County, this State. in the Masonic dis
trict and thirty-one claims in Esmer-
aida County Nevada, In the Sunny Jim
district, about eight months ago.
WILL BOOM SOUTHWEST
The Los Angeles Chamber of Mines
has fully organized for the work Of
promoting and protecting the mining
industry in the Southwest John r.
Mathews, president of the State Bank
and Trust Company, has been elected
president. committee on investiga-
tion and reports on mining properties
has been instituted, including E. w.
Gilmore, H. q. Osborne, w. H. Wilson,
Charles M. Shannon and Roi King.
There are also committees on mines
and mining, manufacturing, commercial
and mercantile affairs, transportation
and laws. The present membership is
about 200. This will be increased to
500.
The text of the decision by the act
ing Commissioner of the General Land
Office in the contest by l.. Meyer and
others over mineral lands in Placer
County has been received by State Min
eralogist Aubury. The ownership of
the land was contested by the railroad
The miners won by the decision, as
heretofore reported. The text of the
decision is interesting because it lays
down the conditions for determining
the mineral character of the ground
that are necessary for holding it for
mining purposes.
SETS FORTH REQUISITES
"It is not necessary" SO reads the re-
port, that there should be upon the
! land a mine in working order from
which gold is actually produced. 1t Is
sufficient If 1t be shown by satisfactory
proof that mineral exists in paying
quantities; and such proof will usually
be based upon mining operations or ex-
ploration. In the present case it has
not been shown that any mining has
been carried on upon this land.
he oxv41 fctr - -,
mony of persons, most of them claiming
to be expert miners. who went upon
this, land and panned out small quanti-
/ tiss of earth. The, ,preponderance there
o. shows that the land bears gold, and,
taking the testimony for the mineral
claimant alone, it sustains the conclu-
sion that 1t is there in paying quanti-
ties.
The above words are from a decision
in the case of Johns VS.. Marsh.
In conclusion the decision Is as fol-
lows: 'I am clearly of the opinion
that the lands in controversy were
properly returned by the Surveyor
General as mineral in character and