The San Francisco call., 1908-11-16
Gold Finds in the Last Two
Years Break All Records
Yellow Metal Discoveries in Trinity County
Stir Another Coffee Greek Boom

Round Mountain Nugget. will soon be
supplied:
r. Mechling, representing the Nevada Cali
fornia power company. has been at Manhattan
and Red Mountain examining the ore bodies and
making preliminary contracts TO furnish power
10 mine owners and lessees He stated that he
had found many large bodies of ore averaging
from Si2 to s25 and with cheaper power they
can be worked at prett. He ascertained that
ore now being worked ut high milling rates is
yielding a profit. and states that cheaper power
will make the whole camp. through its many
bodies of low grade a big paying proposition.
Deos A. Chappen president of the company,
together with Lawrence G. Phipps. who Is con-
nected with the company, have also been In
Round Mountain, and have made careful esti-
mates of the amount sof business obtainsbe-
While they do not state definitely the moment
that the power will be brought in here, IL is
more m than likely that they viii act fsyorabis
ably take about 80 days TO install.
A discovery of gold in the SPRING
Valley district in San Diego county is
reported. The story is that E. c. Bry-
an has found a large deposit and that
he has arranged with a syndicate to
tax take out a,,t,., the metal and pay him
element is taking place in the dis
trict. Owners of ranches in the vi
cinity say that they have also discov-
cred gold, and the expectation is that
several claims will be developed more
or less rs soon as machinery can be
obtained. Prospectors have started out
to investigate.
A ledge has been struck in the old
Rose Hill mine in the Grass Valley
| district, according to the Grass VAL
ley Union. The ledge is reported to
According to the Sierra Times an ex-
tensive mill test will be made on the
ore of the Joy. mine: Rock will be
and hauled to the Clio mill. The test
viii take about two weeks. The. Joy
mine is owned by a Santa Barbara
company, which has been engaged in de-
velopment work about a year. and the
head men desire to know now whether
they nave a paying mine. AT the be-
sank a shaft 400 feet, and on the 400
foot level a large ore body was blocked
out, which will now be tested. If the
test proves satisfactory large mill
will be erected.
The Amador Ledger gives the fol-
lowing account of the affairs of the
Argonaut mine:
meeting of the directors was held Monday
for the purpose Of filling the vacancy caused by
the death OF G. Berger. E. v Zumbiel the
secretary of the company. who has also been
on the board of directors, signi6ed his desire
to retire therefrom. W. h. Mathews, the heavi-
est stock holder, owning nearly half the
STOCK, stOes. came an from Stockton to sttsnd acc accom-
LiIlenthal of San Francisco, both stock holders.
John Rsggio was also here. was also z. A.
Sttul and j. i@iilleDlnaI MI Ine fdcdncleS OA
the directorate. The board is now composed
as follows: ". X. Mathews. president: j.
Rainsford. ]. LIllienthsl, E. A. Stent. inter-
ested in the Argonaut. There no action
taken toward the reorganization OF the directors,
but matters concerning the affairs of the COM
pany were freely discussed
The latest strike in Sonoma and
Tuolumne counties, as reported by the
Sierra Times, has just been made at
the. Klein ranch. half a mile east Of
Steht. Rock which it is reported will
run from $500 to $500 q ton was found
! in As foot shaft, where a vein six
! inches wide with numerous cross veins
/ from two to three inches wide was un-
covered. The property is under lease
! to f. j. Young and others. The same
! paper says:
! w. II. Remington is putting in a 80 ton mill
at Wet Guleh, in the mine known as the Ethel.
| He has 400 tons Of ore the dump at present
ready for the mill. This will assay $50 in
free gold to the ton and about per cent Of
supherets.
According to the Grass Valley Union a
! rich ledge has been found in the last
/ few days on the 1000 foot level of
/ the Pennsylvania mine. The Union
says:
For several years the company has had a
run of hard luck. and It a certainty
that It has struck the road leading to pros
perity. ledge two and half feet wide has
been encountered. from which some of the
district has been blasted In former years the
| Pennsylvania was regular dividend payer. and
! it has been contended all along that II would
again come into Its own;
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