Amador ledger., 1907-02-08

other points on Puget Sound will be
the only places evincing a desire to
construct the vessels. 1t is believed
that the Mare Island yard will make
an effort to secure both vessels. and
the friends of the yard hope that ii
Will be able to bid sufficiently low to
secure the work.
Yesterday congressman Hayes ad
dressed the house on the Japanese
question, making strong speech III
support OF California's attitude in
the school matter and the immigration
of Aslatics. lie asked that the
Chinese exclusion act be amended to
exclude Japanese and all other
Asiatio laborers.
In the house of representatives Thurs
day afternoon it was voted to abolish
all pension agencies in the different
states, yet it is doubtful whether the
senate concurs. But it is believed
that this will make no difference and
that the agencies will be abolished,
for the reason that the president has
the power to abolish them by exec7-
tive order, and is thought to be in
favor or their abolition. 1t this is sc,
it is probable that the sction of the
mouse will be a good enough excuse
for the issuance of such executive
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voices popular demand that the
agencies be abolished. There is only
one agency in California, that in San
Francisco, of which Col. j. b. Fuller
is the head. 3'heIe ale nineteen
clerks connected with this office.
There are two bills before congress
providing for the appointment of an
additional judge for the northern
district OF California. One was IN
troduced by senator Perkins in the
senate and one by congressman Kahn
in the house. The house bill will be
reported favorably, and speaker
Cannon has agreed to recognize con-
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This seems to indicate that the bill
Will be passed there, and senator
Perkins is of the opinion that the
senate will also agree to the appoint
ment of an additional judge.
DR.. David L. Day, chief of the
division of mining and mineral re-
sources of the geological survey has
prepared all exhaustive report ON the
result of the Investigation of the So
called black sands Of the Pa ,itic
coast, and in it has given many Facts
OF great interest and importancel 10
the people of California and Oregon.
The black sands which we're the sui
Ject of study are simply the residue
sands left in concentrated placer
gravels. Usually they denote the
heavy materials left IN the .sIuice
boxes in placer mining, but they in
clude also the black sands left by the
concentrating action of the waves and
the natural concentration products of
stream action. Specimens of san DIS
were during the past year receive d
from some 5000 placer mines, and
were examined partly in Portland,
Oregon, and partly in Boston, Mas.
sachusetts. Fifteen minerals we're
discovered to be contained in these
sands, the most important being
magnetic, gold, garnet, platinum,
cinnabar, and corundum. Platinum
was found in 120 localities. The
largest field for this metal, and the
most profitable cne for commercial
exploitation, is comprised in Coos,
Jackson, Curry, and Josephine coun-
ties, Oregon, and in Del No1te, Siski-
you, Hum boldt, and Trinity counties,
California. 1t is ais o found in nota
BILE extent in Plumas and Butte coun-
ties, where the extensive dredging
operations now in progress make this
locality peculiarly important. The
metal has also been found occasional
ly on the Snake and Columbia rivers
and various beaches in Washington.
The investigation of these black
sands developed the fact that gold
and platinum can he secured with
comparative ease at small expense by
the use of concentrating machines of
the shaking table class, and that
partial separation Of other metals