The San Francisco call., 1909-03-01
AfterthOnght, Hancock and
Tower Properties Are in
New Hands

THREE deals concerning prominent
mining properties have taken place
in the last fortnight. The most
important of these relates to the After
thought smelter and mines in Shasta
county. The property has belonged to
the Great Western gold company, and
is situated at Ingot. 35 miles east of
Redding, and on Elatt creek, nine miles
north of Redding-
The deed has been placed on record.
form which it appears that the After
thought copper company, an Arizona
corporation. has secured control of the
mines and smelters and also the Lib
erty claim on the Shasta copper belt
in the Platt creek district The new
corporation viii operate the property.
The deal involves some changes in
the directorate o. f. Adams is the
president and S. E. Bretherton is the
general manager. The terms set up
in the deed are that 81 and 100000
shares of the capital stock of the
Afterthought copper company formed
the consideration in the transactions.
The Karnac mining and milling COM
pany, an eastern corporation. has OBJ
tained control of the Hancock quartz
mine and what are known as the Mable
mines in the Rosslyn section in
TuOlumne county. about i've miles
northwest of Jamestown
The Hancock is an old property and
many persons have tried at different
times to obtain an option on it but have
failed.
The other claims that have been
taken in by the Karnac company have
been held by A :. j. Anderson for
number of years. In addition to the
fha Z ba
80 acres OF land adjoining.
The third OF the deals Affects
transfer OF the old Tower mine in the
Yellow Jacket section in Inyo county.
to the Inyo mines syndicate.
The property formerly belonged TO
the estate of John +. Millner. The mine
has been worked to a depth of about
200 feet and is credited with having
produced $3.50. 600 above the zoo foot
level.
The ore was worked at the old Co
manche mill. Early in 1879 the CO.
manche company met financial trouble
and ended its career in sherin's sale
under execution for $4,000 in a suit
brought by the Anglo-Californian bank.
The Tower mine was involved in some
way and a reorganization took place.
For a period the property yielded s10,-
600 a month II is largely a silver
proposition. with relatively small val
ues in gold.
Hydraulcking will soon begin at the
Alta Sonora mine at Browns hat In
! TuOIumne county, according TO the
Tuolumne Independent. The Alta So
mora adjoins the O'Hara mine. in which
a strike is reported TO have taken
place recently. A dam has been con-
structed below the Alta Sonora. $50 feet
long. on plans furnished by the Cali
/ fornia debris commission The plan OF
operation is to wash the surface and
run the dirt through sluices TO save the
placer gold.
Hydraulicking win take place on the
BaIfrey property on Niger creek in
/ Siskiyou county. Graham & Balfrey
have purchased an output from 1neo-
dore o. Reams.
The Delta consolidated gold mines
tcompanv in Shasta county has pur-
CHASED the Trinity consolidated gold
and silver mines. This property com
prises six claims with a 10 stamp mill
and machinery Fhe location IS ABOUT
seven miles west of Delta According
/ to the Redding Courfer-Free Press,
| 600 feet Of work has been done on the
/ property.
lodges OF gold bearing quart ana me -t eSss Sss
II -
been done shows a thickness Of rom Two % SIX
ar eight feet OF ore. The Trinity promises %
add materially 70 the ore supply OF tne Deita
/ Consolidated property. after IL has axain seen
onened no under the new ownership. The addi-
| zion Of this property brings the holdings or tne
/ f1eits consolidated company to the slate contact
on the south fork of the creek. The south tork
WAS very rich in placer gold aud the surface
/ ~sl,,as extended from this fork down the main
/ crsek 10 the sacramento river. being one OF the
| richest placer districts OF shasta COUNTY Even
- tbe present time considerable placerlng Is
heinr done on the bench digeings. and tt Ia
/ generally believed that the coarse gold on the
e-sek came from a point along the slate con-
faets on the south fork This contact - inter-
seefed bv many Lodges. and the possibility of
/ fnfure development In the district west OF Delta
has as VET scarcely been realized. With the
/ purchase OF the Trinity. the Delta consolidated
has Increased its holdings until IL now controls
/ anoroxfmatelv coo acres Of mineral land in the
I hesrf ~ the district Between 5000 and o.000
feet of open Development has already been done,
and the consolidated interests have opened up
one half of the entire development since the
i company has become Interested