Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-09

poration will be known as the Butte
Creek Consolidated Mining company. The
lands secured for exploitation form large
tract.
A great addition to the mammoth smelt-
er at Kennett is planned. The Redding
Searchlight says that the old plant will
be but a modest part of the new one. Two
new furnaces will be constructed.
The mining prospects are exceedingly
bright in old Placer. Machinery is now
being hauled to the Barton mine at West
vile, which will operate 100 stamp mill.
The mine is operated by ]. R. Sherwin
with Pittsburg capital behind him.
The Three Stars near Auburn is taking
out good ore continually at depth of HOO
feet. Forty men are on the pay roll. The
Hathaway at Newcastle, under the man.
agement of A. 3. Eastwood, is installing
a complete electric plant and will be ready
for operation in month. This is a quartz
property and as always been dividend
payer.
The Kittier, one of the Oldest, and rich
est In its day, of the Ophir district mines,
is being pumped out. Electric machinery
has also been put in. 1t is operated by
Hammond, the dredger king.
The new smelter for the Balaklava<at
Coram, Shasta county, is about completed
and it is said by officials connected with
the company that 1t will start operations
early in December. Three furnaces are
in place and a 250-foot smokestack has
been erected. An aerial tramway has
been constructed. Coke has, been ordered
to arrive in 1000 ton lots this month. An
area on the mountain side has been strip
ped to make ready to get out ore. The
| furnaces will handle about 2200 tons a
!'day. There are three blast furnaces and
! one of the reverbatory type.
| Additional c0pper davelOnnnentS in the
northern counties are reported. Augustus
Heinze is reported to have purchased cop
per, claims in Plumas county for $780,
900. The Consolidated Copper-Gold Mines
company has bought machinery for use
at copper claims at Genesee, Plumas
county.
e. H. Benjamin, former president of
| the California Miners association, is in
terested in a mine near San Juan, Nevada
county, in which copper sulphides are re-
ported to have been struck at a depth of
800 feet. Something like 100000 has been
| expended in the plant and development
| of the property, which is known as the
Boss mine. A power line three miles long
has been constructed. Benjamin is quoted
as saying that If the vein continues to
develop equally well for the next 200 feet
| the copper mine will be one of the leading
ones in the state.
| All lHlSTeSl III i've copper CldlIHS tile
booming camp of Vontrigger in the east
ern end of San Bernardino county, was
bought yesterday by Mrs. Gusse Barnes,
she paying $4,000 for half interest in each
| the Omaha No. l and the ST. Paul, and a
| third interest in the Omaha Nos. 2, 8 and
| 4 The claims are not greatly developed,
| but enough to show their values and to
justify investment, in the light of the
splendid developments that are being
made in the Vontrigger camp, which its
| enthusiastic champions declares to be
| the site for one of the greatest copper
camps in America. Vontrigger is on the
Santa Fe line from Blake to Marvel,
about midway between.
G. B. Wilson has secured options on two
groups of mining claims in the Keser
Springs region. San Bernardino county.
owned by R. A. Rener and Joseph Mel
son, the first group being for 100000 the
group comprising the Alpha, Beta, Gam
ma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta and
| the Stone. The second group consists of
the Phoenix, Uncle Sam, Cooper King,
Copper Queen, Desert King, Iowa and
Buckeye for which the locators received
S116,5O0. The syndicate making these large
purchases is composed of Col. c. A. Hop
kins, G. G. Hopkins and George Stone, all
of Brookllne, Mass. Another large inter-
est in which they are controlling owners
is the Quartette group at Searchlight