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Nn IQAA VOLUME LXXIV.
SAN FRAHCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1897.
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The Champion nine at Nevada 'City.
Mining Legislation.
The Champion Mining Company's properties near
Nevada City are typical of the best class of large,
well equipped and well managed California mines.
The illustration on this page shows the works on the
surface, which include the new 40-stamp mill on the
Wyoming ground (shown on the left), the old 30stamp
mill, chlorination works, Merrifield hoist and office.
A 10-stamp mill on the Spanish mine is also included
in the works, but not shown in the cut. The capac-
ity of these three mills, with their 80 stamps, is about
5800 tons per month.
The property was taken hold of a number of years
ago by the present
company, com-
posed of San Fran-
cisco capitalists,
and under the di-
rection of Fred
Zeitler it has been
built up into cue
of the largest min-
ing properties in
Nevada county.
There was, when
they took charge,
a 10-stamp mill
and a small hoist-
ing and pumping
rig on the mine.
Twenty stamps
were added to the
old mill, and chlor
inatioD works built
with a capacity of
four tons daily.
The old shaft was
enlarged 5j x 15
feet, with three
com partm e n t s,
and has been since
sunk to a depth
of 1700 feet. A
new hoisting plant,
capable of sinking
3000 feet, was put
in. This plant is
equipped with a
double friction hoist, geared separately and having
separate motive power. There is connected with
this a pumping plant capable of handling all the
water of the mine. There are five pumps operated
from this.
There are twenty-six drifts, thirteen on each side
of the shaft, 100 feet apart to the 1000-foot level,
and 200 feet apart to the 1600. These in length are
from 300 to 1600 feet each. The property is lighted
by an electric plant. Large ore bodies are being
stoped from the main shaft from the 1000 to 1200-
foot level. A new 5x8 shaft has been started on
the Merrifleld ground, and is now down over 400
feet. There are twenty-three claims owned by the
company, including the Wyoming and Merrifield.
For several weeks past the mining experts, Brat-
nober, Wartenweiler and Browne have been making
an examination of the Champion company's property
on behalf of the Exploration Company of London,
who are contemplating its purchase. The property
has attracted the attention of foreign capitalists for
several y^ars, but so far they have failed to secure it.
The Committee on Legislation of the California
Miners' Association, which has in hand the proposed
bills for presentation to the State Legislature, has,
after careful revision, had them printed and copies
forwarded to the members of the Legislature.
These proposed bills in their original form were
proposed by the Mining and Scientii-io Pkess and
putilisiied in the issues of October 31st and November
Vth. They were later endorsed by the Miners' As-
sociation in November, and since that time have
been carefully gone over by Chairman A. H. Ricketts
and the other members of the committee. Some
less the mountains are deserted of all the settlers.
The. time is coming very soon when a system of
dredging out of the streams these deposits must be
undertaken by the State. Then, probably, the
people of the valleys will be only too glad to allow
the hydraulic mines to be reopened if the owners
will pay for keeping the streams dredged.
The reopening of the old G win mine in Calaveras
county is an event worthy of special note. It has
what is claimed to be the largest pay chute in the
State, some 1300 feet in length. For sixtee years,
the property which had produced a large amount of
bullion, had laid idle until two years ago. Thom?s.
Belshaw, McClure
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WOBKS OF THE CHAMPION MINING
NEAR NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
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valuable changes and additions have been suggested
by leading authorities, and it is believed by the com-
mittee that their passage will be of great value to
the mining industry.
Their adoption can injuriously affect no interests
and will be the cause of no extra expense on the
pact of the State. The necessity for the adoption of
such laws has long been admitted on all hands. So
well impressed is the Governor with their value that
he will recommend in his message next week that
they be passed.
There could not be a better time than the present
to urge some legislation looking toward a thorough
investigation on the part of the State of the ques-
tions involved in the deposit debris from the hy
and Voorheis, all
miners, took hold
of it under a bond
for $200,000. Over
$150,000 has been
expended on sink-
ing a 1500-foot
shaft, and putting
up a 40-stamp mill.
But for the better
knowledge now
possessed of the
value of mines in
the district in
depth and the re-
ductions made in
late years in the
cost of mines and
milling, this work
would not have
been undertaken.
Within a few miles
of the Gwin, in
Calaveras and
Amador, are other
mines upon which
similar work is be-
ing done, and the
amount that has
been or will be ex-
pended to open up
about a dozen large
properties before
a ton of ore is
crushed will aggregate nearly $2,000,000. This
says much for the faith of mining men in the .
permanency of the ore bodies of the mother lode.
Many of these mines are old properties that were
worked years ago, but were closed down owing to
the crude methods and expenses of working that
prevented profits being made under the difficulties
that arose. In nearly all other parts of the world
where there has been recently great activity in gold
mining it has been caused by the discovery of en-
tirely new gold fields. But in California practically
all the increase in mining has been in old camps where
mining has been carried on for over forty years.
The output of gold for 1896 in the different gold
draulic mines with a
gemng
them. The fields is a question that is puzzling many who are
Anti-Debris Asso<!T%^t'r^fiiiiJl^;j£K willing to co-
operate in this olafer. -They,cpuVt have learned by
'^ ' 'raoye ^debris comes down
gthgp ptoses than ever
his debris prom-
t(§S
'-$nomT_
this time that a
from the mouni
came from the hydra'
ises to give them trouble
It cannot be stopped un-
trying to guess ahead of the reports of the statis-
ticians. That of South Dakota is already known and
was an increase of about 25 per cent over 1895.
Colorado, after all, will probably fall short, accord-
ing to the Denver RepuhUcan, although the Cripple
Creek yield will show an increase.
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TABJLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Works of the Champion Mining Company, near
Nevada City, Cai., 1. Leffel Niagara Turbine, 2000 H. P., 8.
Standard Single Drum Portable Hoisting IMachine. 9.
EDITORIAL. — The Champion Mine at Nevada City; Mining Legis-
lation; Reopening of the Old Gwin Mine; The Output of Gold for
1896, 1. Pocket Mines; A Hospital and Asylum for Disabled
Miners; British Columbia; Nevada as a Gold Producer; Progress
in the Reduction of Gold Ores, 2.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Unique Magnetic Experiment: "Prog-
ress in the Manufacture of Iron and Steel in America;" The Age
of the Niagara Falls, 8.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.- Niagara Type of Turbine, 8. To Be
Changed from Steam to Electric Power, 9.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— Efficiency of the Boiler Grate; Port-
able Hoisting Engine: Longest Distance Telephone, 9.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— New Sources ol Error in Mine
Surveys; Things That Are Near; Railway Mileage Built In 1896;
The Baltic Ship Canal; To Restore Burned Steel Tools; Exports
of Gold and Silver for 1895 and 1896; Movements of a Rider's Feet
While Working a Bicycle, 9.
MINING SUMMARY.- From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 6-7.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Markets; Coal and
Coke; Mining Share Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 22-23.
MISCELLAlvTEOUS.- Concentrates, 3. The Solution and Pre-
cipitation of the Cyanide of Gold; Some Cripple Creek Prac-
tices, 4. Certain Stamp Mill Practices; North Carolina Gold
Mines, 5. Nevada City District Geology, 8. Index to Volume
LXXni, 10-11. Coast Industrial Notes: Recently Declared Mining
Dividends : Commercial Paragraphs ; Personal ; Recent California
Mining Incorporations, 14. Information Wanted; List of U. S.
Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors; Notices of Recent Pat-
ents, 23.
A Hospital and Asylum for Disabled Miners.
There has been appointed by President Neff, in
accordance with a resolution adopted at the conven-
tion of the California Miners' Association, held in
November, a committee of three to consider and
report upon the subject of a hospital for disabled
miners. It is important that the committee should
lose no time in devising some plan for carrying out
the idea of the convention, for, unless something is
done soon in order to bring the matter before the
State Legislature at its coming session, whatever
assistance may be required from the State cannot be
obtained for two years more.
There was passed by the Legislature a bill, ap-
proved by the Governor March 14, 1881, and now on
the statute entitled "An Act to Provide a State
Hospital and Asylum for Miners," which is as follows :
Section 1. There shall be erected, as soon as con-
veniently may be, upon some suitable site, to be de-
termined and obtained as is hereinafter provided, a
public hospital and asylum, for the reception, care,
medical and surgical treatment and relief of the sick,
injured, disabled and aged miners, which shall be
known as the " California State Miners' Hospital and
Asylum."
Sec 2. The Governor shall nominate, and by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint
five persons to serve as trustees of the said institu-
tion, who shall be a body politic and corporate, by
the name and style of the "Trustees of the California
State Miners' Hospital and Asylum," and shall man-
age and direct the concerns of the institution, and
make all necessary by-laws and regulations, and shall
have power to receive, hold, dispose of and convey all
real and personal property conveyed to them by gift,
devise, or otherwise, for the use of said institution,"
and shall serve without compensation. Of those
first appointed, two shall serve for two years, and
three for four years ; and, at the expiration of the
respective terms, each class thereafter shall be ap-
pointed for four years. A vacancy in said Board,
from any cause, shall be filled by appointment by the
Governor for the unexpired term.
Seo. 3. The said trustees shall have charge of the
general interests of the institution ; they shall ap-
point the superintendent, who shall be a skillful
physician and surgeon, subject to removal or re-
election no oftener than in periods of ten years, ex-
cept by infidelity to the trust reposed in him, or for
incompetency.
Seo. 4. The trustees, by and with the consent of
the Governor, shall make such by-laws and regula-
tions for the government of the institution as shall
be necessary ; they shall appoint a treasurer, who
shall give bonds to the people of the State of 'Califor-
nia for the faithful discharge of his duties ; and they
shall fix the compensation of all officers, assistants
and attaches, who may be necessary for the just and
economical administration of the affairs of said insti-
tution.
Seo. 5. Indigent miners shall be charged for medi-
cal attendance, surgical operations, board and nurs-
ing while residents in the hospital and asylum no
more than the actual cost ; paying patients, whose
friends can pay their expenses, and who are not
chargeable upon townships and counties, shall pay
according to the terms dictated by the trustees.
Sec 6. The several Boards of Supervisors of coun-
ties, or any constituted authority in the State hav-
ing care and charge of any indigent, sick or aged per-
son, or persons, if satisfactorily proven by them to
have been miners, shall have authority to send to the
"California State Miners' Hospital and Asylum"
such persons, and they shall be severally chargeable
with the expenses of the care, maintenance, and
treatment, and removal to and from the hospital and
asylum, of such patients.
Sec. 7. The trustees shall, annually, as such time
as the Governor may designate, report to him, for
transmission to the Legislature, such a statement as
he may require as to the management of the said
hospital and asylum.
Sec 8. This Act shall take effect immediately.
Since the passage of this statute no appropriation
has been made by the Legislature for carrying its
provisions into effect. The fact that it is in the stat-
ute books relieves the Miners' Association committee
of much work it would otherwise have to do.
It is not probable that the State will be asked to
contribute very largely in any case. The liberality
of the men employed in the mining industry is pro-
verbial, and there can be little doubt that if the
State will make some provision for starting the pro-
posed hospital, large bequests would be made. . This,
would certainly be the case if it were once started
and put under responsible management that would
commend it to the countenance of the Miners' Asso-
ciation.
In considering the question of cost to the State
through an appropriation it should be borne in mind
that in the end the establishment of such a hospital
would mean the saving of money to the State. Many
of those who would be eligible to admission now be-
come a charge upon the counties and the State and
no part of this expense is paid by private individuals.
If a miners' hospital and asylum is established it
would be in large part supported, no doubt, by the
miners and mine owners. It is to be hoped that the
committee will act in time to obtain the co-operation
of the Legislature this year.
The large amount of activity in opening up gold
mines in Nevada the past year has led to the ques-
tion whether Nevada, after all, is more of a silver
than gold State. In this connection, Dan de Quille
writes that nowhere in Nevada are there any big
silver mines — not a mine that will yield the silver
that was at one time produced by the second-class
Comstock mines. In a few places small veins of
milling silver ores are found, but these are generally
as valuable for the gold they contain as the silver.
The De Lamar mines in Lincoln county, with their
phenomenal yield of gold, has done much to attract
attention to the possibilities of the State in that
direction. Gold properties are being exploited, both
quartz and gravel, nearly all over the State, and in
many cases by men with large means. It will not be
idle to predict that Nevada will, within a year or
two, take high rank among the States as a gold
producer.
The Kootenay papers are estimating the output
of gold in the district for 1896. At the beginning of
the year it was claimed by many that it would reach
$10,000,000. Although it will not be over half that,
no new district has made a better showing. A very
small proportion of the work done was on
producing mines, and the development work
has proven so many properties of value that
a good future is guaranteed. It is estimated that
machinery to the value of $1,000,000 has gone into
the district during the year. This and the building
of railroads and smelters give indication that capi
tal has been inspired with confidence. A large pro-
portion of the ore discovered in the paying mines,
while of too low grade to work, now will in a short
time as the rates of shipping and smelting are
reduced yield good profits.
The old pocket mines on Bald mountain In Tuol-
umne county that have in the past yielded largely
are now being reopened and worked more than they
have been for many years. A pocket miner has an
instinct for finding the rich spots that puzzles and
surprises the best of miners in other classes of min-
ing. He sees signs of approach to the objects of his
quest that would mean nothing to the geologist who
has made a study of quartz veins. The capital re-
quired is small and the profits often large.
Progress in the Reduction of Gold Ores.
Improvements in mining and milling gold ores are
in no better way indicated than in the reduction of
working costs per ton. This progress toward cheaper
production has made profitable the working of lower
grade ores and a consequent widening of the field of
mining operations. Properties considered of no
value twenty years ago are now producing good divi-
dends upon ores of no better grade than were then
in sight. Should this progress continue, ore now
of too low grade to work at a profit will become of
value.
In comparing working costs, sight must not be lost
of the different conditions under which different
mines operate. Reduction of ore for $6.00 per ton in
one mine may indicate more careful management
than at $4.00 in its near neighbor. Difference of
cost in different mines cannot be compared to
as much advantage as the record of one individual
mine over several consecutive years.
The general tendency of working costs is to in-
crease with the life of the mine, if no improvements
in methods or machinery are introduced, for hoist-
ing must be done from greater depths or lunger
tunnels run, a greater length of openings kept in
repair, more water pumped and more timbering
resorted to. So that a decrease in cost per ton
means that greater skill and improvement have been
instituted than the financial results show, for they
are made in the face of increasing difficulties.
In general, it may be said that the working costs
of one mine indicate the costs throughout the immedi-
ate district, for the conditions are locally simi-
lar. For instance, we may say that the cost at
Grass Valley is nearly $8 per ton and that along
the mother lode nearly $4.50. But the record of
some individual mine or of several mines in one
region is of more value than any number of general
statements.
The oft published results of working costs are very
elusive facts. In considering the cost of production
per ton the only real indication lies in the actual dif-
ference between bullion produced and dividends paid.
Property or machinery purchased adds in a very
small proportion to the value of the plant. 'The
life of a mine is short, at best not over fifteen years
and in the end the plant is of little value. Very
often working costs are given not including general
management, legal expense and especially construc-
tion accounts. A mine which produces $1,000,000
per year in bullion and pays $100,000 per year in
dividends with an annual investment of $100,000 in
new machinery during its career is not as good a mine
as one which produces $250,000 per year in bullion and
$150,000 per year in dividends, although it seems to
be popularly considered so.
The fact that the yield per ton given in the follow-
ing table decreases from year to year is not neces-
sarily an indication that the grade of the ore de-
creased, but that the lower cost of production per-
mitted of working a larger proportion of the ore
found and consequent lowering of the average per
ton. The data well illustrates some of the points
touched upon.
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6,868
133.782
136,125
167,080
143,006
241.000
239.679
127,941
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14.42
10.69
12.07
8.86
6.27
6.10
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36.63
34.73
82.73
25.88
15.22
18.63
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22.21
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20.66
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6,372
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100,443
15.77
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8.84
The carloads bere given weigh from 1600 to 1800 pounds.
January 2, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
Concentrates.
TuBitB are tlxty shipping mlDes In the Slocan dlstrlott Brit-
ish Columbia.
At (;rand Forks, B. C, the price of town lots lumped from
t\^) to 1600 in a week lately.
Tneur. was distributed one day last week la Salt Lake
|SX'.5U0 io dividends from four mines.
Tut: TucaoD Star claims that the gold output of Arizona for
\^-y> will prove to be not less than IIU.OOO.OUO.
TfiK output of the De Lamar mines. Lincoln Co., Nevada,
f r tyj»i is estimated at between r2,0U),U00 and $3,UUO,OOU.
The gold product of the Hand district. South Africa, for
November, 'W, was 2U1,U0U ounces; Nov. '1*5, llk5,000 ounces.
Senatok Tellek charactorUes as "all buncombe" the alle-
gation that the new tariff bill would provide for a duty on
silver.
TuRot'on passenger trains were put on between Rossland
and Spokane for the first time over the Red Mountain road
la»t week.
J\me.hP. Wahunek has obtained the franchises and other
ptuots of the Rossland Water & Light Company for Montreal
capitalists.
A DiscovEKT of telluride ore has been made In the Jumbo
mioo at Kossland, British Columbia. This is the tlrst found in
iho district.
The La Campana Mining Company, whose headquarters are
at Tucson, Arizona, are contemplating the erection of a 50-
stamp mill on their mine In Sonera, Mexico.
The manager of the Niagara Mining Company at Bingham,
Utuh, has added WO.OOO to its protlts during the past year from
milling of lower grade ores than was possible before.
An order has been issued from the offlce of the United Verde
Copper Company In Arizona that every man in their employ
whose wages are garnishoed for debt will bo discharged at
once.
The New South Wales geologist reports thai from the
Falkncss mine 555 tons of ore yielded i}534 ounces In gold.
From this the not proceeds were $115,000 after paying all ex-
penses.
Is Placer county, Cal., a new five-stamp mill has been com-
pleted for the Marguerite mine and plans have been made in
putting up twenty stamps on the Uold Blossom mine near
Ophir, Cal.
SEVEKALof the men charged with kidnapping Superintend-
ent Meikle of the Garnet Consolidated mine in Sierra county
for hiring Chinese, have been arrested and held for trial be-
fore the Superior Court.
The DeLamar Company in Pioche, Nevada, is considering
the feasibility of purchasing the Ash Springs water at Pahr-
anagat valley and erecting an electric plant for running its
hotsts and mills at the mines.
An option on 50,000 shares of stock in the Elklon, a Cripple
Creek property, for $50,000 has been taken up by French capi-
talists. They had already taken up 50,000 and have an option
on 50,000 further, making half the stock in the company.
SoMK Denver people are considering a project for building a
big smelter at Kossland, B. C. If they do so this will make
three smelters projected in the neighborhood within a year, the
new Hall mines smelter, the proposed Northport smelter being
the other two.
William Pkitchard Morgan, a Welsh member of the
British Parliament, who some ten years ago became inter-
ested in developing and working some gold deposits in Wales,
is on his way to China, where he goes in the Interests of an
English syndicate seeking investments.
As some of our readers missed their last issue of '96 contain-
ing the index for the preceding six months, it is reprinted
heroin. It shows the contents of this journal for the last six
months of '90. The most casual notice of what it contains
shows how completely the field is covered.
The Calumet & Hecla Mining Company of Michigan is pre-
paring to sink a new shaft to open up the Osceola amygdaloid,
a copper vein entirely distinct from the Calumet conglomerate
from which the mine has paid over $47,000,000 in dividends.
Three new shafts will be sunk on the amygdaloid.
Toe Currie and other claims on the Galena Farm, near New
Denver, B. C, being rperated by the Vancouver and British
Columbia Exploration Company, have been stocked in England
for $3,500,000. When the shares were offered a few days ago
applications for three limes the amount of stock were made.
The London Konomixf says that ten representative South
African mining companies have experienced a loss from the
highest point in the year of $173,000,000. Ten companies of
"Kangaroos" show a depreciation of $23,820,000; for the
twenty companies referred to the depreciation has been
$196,820,000.
Twenty years ago the milling for Pioche, Nev., a dry
camp, was done at Bullionville, twelve miles away, a nar-
row gauge road connecting the two. The Ph(±;nix Reduction
Company is now experimenting with the cyanide process on
the tailingg, with a degree of success that warrants the
belief of ultimate profit.
At the Thistle Shaft gravel mine, near Gibsonville, Sierra
Co., Cal., this week a fiow of water was struck that could not
be handled by the pumps. Some of the men escaped with dif-
ficulty. This mine has for a long time employed a large num-
ber of men. It is owned by a Scotch company, and has been a
steady producer for years.
Some of the best mining properties of California are passing
undercomplete control and ownership of foreign corporations.
So much has been said and sung about this through the years
that, were anything added now, what was good would not be
new and what was new would not be good. At present the
tendency is more than ordinarily noticeable.
A teamster who has taken a contract for hauling the freight
from Elko to the Gold Creek mines in Elko county, Nevada,
will put twenty-five teams on the road. There promises to be
a larger proportionate increase of activity all over Nevada
during the year than in any other State, largely owing to the
developments going on in the gold properties.
Sats James A. Pollock, of Salt Lake City; ''Utah's listed
■ mining stocks made a splendid dividend record during 1896,
the total paid being $2,384,500, the individual companies
paying from 12 to 50 per cent on the average market value of
their stocks. With the 1896 payments the total dividends
paid by the listed stocks reached the sum of ^2,368,500."
It is announced that Mackay and Fiood will in a few
. weekg hegia puajpingout the Allison Ranch mine, at Gr^sa
Valley. The property paid well until 1968, when a heavy
flow of water was tapped and the mine Hooded. Owing to the
large flow of water, it will be an expensive undertaking to
pump down to the bottom, and will take over a year's time.
AKKANtiEMENTH arc bciog made to Increase the plant of the
Alaska-Treadwell mines in Alaska. Kobori Duncan Jr., the
superintendent. Is In San Francisco to order the necessary ma-
chinery. A four-compartment shaft and a 500-horse power
compressor are proposed. The open work is to be supple-
mented by underground operations -a now phase Id this
famous property.
It Is claimed that some of the leads that have done so much
for Rossland cross the boundary Into the Colvllle reservation
Id the State of Washingtoo. This Is true of the districts
along the International boundary. South of Rossland, in
Grouse mountain, some claims, it Is assorted, are divided by
the boundary. There is likely to he considerable done In the
reservation in the spring.
The Comstock, Nevada, lode affords one of the greatest con-
trasts in the history of a great mining locality. Reference to
our files shows that twenty-two years ago to-day, {Jan. 2, 1875),
the lode was selling at a valuation of over $100,(K)0,000. Con.
Va., $5tl0, California, ¥480 per share, and other stocks in pro-
portion. The whole lode, at present quotations, is selling for
less than (2,000,000. It would be a good buy at that figure.
Suit has been brought in Connecticut by the Empire Min-
ing and Milling Company of Maine against the Tombstone
Mining and Milling Company of Hartford, Conn., for $350,000.
The two companies own adjoining mining properties in Ari-
;!ona, and it is alleged the defendants agreed to open the
property of the plaintiff for tlO.OOO, and that the defendant
company in opening the plaintiff's property sold $250,000 worth
of ore.
In 1895 there was exported from Canada 8275 tons of
asbestos, while the total product of the United States was
only 1010 tons, mostly from Georgia. Much of the mica used
in the United States also came from Canada. It is claimed
that both these minera's abound in the Black Hills, South
Dakota, the mica in the vicinity of Custer City and the asbes-
tos in nearly every district, and only await capital to
develop.
Nevada has never been known as a coal producer, but of late
several discoveries have been made. The Nevada Central
Railway company has eight men at work on a coal mine near
Crum Canyon, near Battle Mountain, and the prospects are
favorable for the development ot extensive coal beds. In
Esmeralda county, not far from Columbus, coal mines have
been discovered and the coal is being used at Columhus and
Candelaria for domestic purposes.
The Argentine mines. South America, during the past year
yielded, silver, 1,042.4920 pounds; gold, 22,462 pounds; and
of copper 857,780 pounds, most of which was shipped to France,
Germany, England, Belgium and Italy. The director of the
Department of Mines and Geology gives it as his opinion that
these figures are an underestimate. New and profitable
mines are being located in many parts of the Andes and a
renewed interest in mining displayed.
A BILL has been introduced in Congress by Representative
Mondell, of Wyoming, to authorize the entry and patenting of
lands containing petroleum or other mineral oils, under the
placer mining laws of the United States. The hill provides
that, in making application for the patenting of such lands
under these laws, one bona fide discovery of petroleum or
other mineral oil shall be deemed sufilcient on any tract not
exceeding 160 acres held by one individual or association.
A BILL proposed at the last session of the Colorado legisla-
ture that failed of passage is to be again introduced empow-
ering a court, upon proper application, to order the sale of a
mine when the owoers fail to agree as to the best methods of
operating the property. There was formerly such a bill in
the statute books but it was repealed. Under the law as it
now stands, if nine of the members of a mining company
decide to make an assessment and go on with work the tenth
member may refuse and block progress.
The Pacific Coast Mining Agency has been formed in this
city, with offices at 320 Sansome street, to act as agents for
owners, sellers or purchasers of mining property on this coast,
in connection with the management, sale or purchase of such
property. Horatio Beveridge is the manager. It is the belief
of many who have given thought to the subject that a respon-
sible and trustworthy company of that kind is a necessity, and
that, by due regard to present requirements, the new organi-
zation can insure itself honorable and continued existence.
Nearly the entire edition of last week's issue of this paper
was caught :n the mailing room when the fire broke out on
Commercial street in this city Dec. 25th. and was totally de-
stroyed. Twenty-four hours after the whole paper was reset,
printed and bound, and by night was in the post office ready
for transmission to all parts of the world, one of the biggest
and quickest pieces of work in the history of San Francisco
journalism. For the success of the effort considerable credit
is due John Young, the foreman of the Mining and Scien-
tific Press printing oflice.
It has been mentioned in several papers that the dredging
of the CarsOn river was a failure and that the company was to
be reorganized and the river flumed. The manager of the
company states that there is no truth in this and that the
dredging plant is a success as far as dredging the material is
concerned. What has been an obstacle is to save the value in
the material after it is taken from the river. To do this the
company put an extensive concentrating plant to catch the
sulphurets. and it has quite a lot of them on hand. To work
these a leaching or cyanide plant will have to be put up and
this is what the company proposes to do.
Prominent place in prominent newspapers is now being
given an advertisement telling what big wages miners can
get in South Africa. The advertisement says it is " furnished
by leading mining companies." Of course transportation
companies interested in carrying miners to South Africa have
nothing to do with the announcement. As has been previously
pointed out, such advertisements are to be discounted; no
one should place much belief in them. No miner should think
of going to South Africa unless thoroughly assured of work,
that is, unless he knows just where he is going, at what wages
and is fairly certain of his pay. To heed such speciously
worded advertisements as those referred to would be to in-
vite distress.
The smelting industry in Utah is described as in a demor-
alized condition, due to keen competition, not only among the
plants in that State, but those outside. A large amount of
lead h^s been shipped out of the State in ores, and also con-
siderable quantities of slllclous ores. Freight is paid in cases
on as high as SO [wr cent of earthy matter in the ores to distant
points. The exportation of lead In ores, as compared with
bullion, reached its maximum in 1S03. when It stood thus:
Lead shipped as bullion. 47,552,010 pounds; lead shipped in
ores. 4a,5iW,n07 pounds. Id 1895 there was lead shipped as
bullion, fW.3afl,.'mi pounds; lead shipped In ores, ;H4,455,700
pounds. The smelting works of Utah are introduciug eco-
nomical appliances of all kinds to meet the strife.
TuE Committee on Legislation of the California Miners'
Association has prepared a bill for presentation to the Legis-
lature, to amend the act of 18W, creating the office of State
Debris Commisssioner, and appropriating $250,000 fortheoon-
structlon of restraining ba'-riers, so as to make tho appropria-
tion available. Its passage will bo recommended by the Gov-
ernor in his message. It extends the office of the State De-
bris Commissioner for four years from January 1, IS'.ts, in order
that the duties for which it was ilesigned may be fulfilled,
and excepts the salary of $:iOO a month, and that of the Secre-
tary of the commission from authorization by the Sute Board
of Examiners previous to payment. Tho remainder of the bill
is intended to bring the requirements of the State and Fed-
eral appropriations into accord.
During I8lt« more than 12.000,000 acres ot public lands have
been patented to the Northern Pacific railroad, the general
land office having practically surrendered itself to this cor-
poration. It appears that the Northern Pacific obtained four-
fifths of all the land patented during the year, and the Hunt-
ington roads nearly the whole of the other fifth. Eighteen
other land grant roads received but 177,079 acres. The terri-
tory transferred to the Northern Pacific within the year is
greater than Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode
Island combined. In the thirty years previous to Commis-
sioner Lamoreux's administration but little over 2,250,000
acres were patented to this company. These facts are said to
have so startled Secretary Francis that he has notified the
land office that he will approve no more selections of land by
the Northern Pacific.
President Kkuger has established a rigid system of pass-
ports for those entering the Transvaal, which went into effeot
on the first of the year, and which it will be well for those
intending to go there to study. United States Minister
Quioby at The Hague has supplied the Department of State
with a translation of the decree covering this subject at the
requestor the minister resident there of the South African
Republic, and has requested also that publicity be given to
its provisions in the United States, from which country many
persons have gone to the Transvaal. The decree provides
that foreigners entering the republic must have proper pass-
ports from their own government, duly vised by a consul of
the republic. The passport must show that the foreigner has
sufficient means of subsistence, or can obtain such by his work.
Failing to have this passport, proper letters of identification
may be accepted. Admission to the country will be granted
by the field cornet at the place of entry, who will issue
traveling and resident passports, good for three months' stay.
These may be renewed, and foreigners desiring to settle
must make oath to obey the laws. The decree does not apply
to foreigners already in the republic.
"TooMUCu technical matter," writes a Sierra Co., Cal.,
subscriber. " Not enough technical discussion," says a San
Francisco mining engineer. "Why so large a quantity of
general mining news ? " asks a Colorado reader. " You
should have more news from the different mining camps,"
writes a New Mexico miner. Thus it goes. The idea is to
give the most accurate information, condensed. Consider
these columns as a well-set table, with a complete bill of fare.
You may not like pie, while your neighbor across the table
yearns for it. He may dislike olives, while you insist on hav-
ing them. Very well, the pie and olives are there, take what
you desire; pass the mustard, please. It is manifestly im-
possible to suit all tastes ; but the fact that all through '06 an
average of 200 new subscribers were monthly added to the
mailing lists shows well for the general appreciation of this
paper which aims to fill the field. Meanwhile criticism,, ad-
verse and otherwise, is gladly welcomed. A good deal is ex-
pected of this paper, and justly, too, and one good way to im-
prove it is to pay prompt and respectful attention to our
readers' suggestions. But no one more quickly or regret-
fully notes the imperfections of a paper than the men who
weekly make it, and their constant effort is to give as little
cause as possible for complaint.
GEtmoE C. Armstrong, writing to the New York Sun from
Broad Arrow, West Australia, states that in that colony for
the month of August, 1895, the number of companies regis-
tered was sixty-eight and the total capital £7,019,010. In Au-
gust, 1896, the number was fifteen; total capital, £1,875,753.
But for the first eight months of 1895 the capital of the com-
panies registered was only £19,229,215, against ,£28,829,215 for
the first eight months of 1896. The total capital of the regis-
tered companies is £74,176,925, the population 120,000, and the
output of gold for the first nine months of 1896 193,406 ounces.
He says : " Add to the 193,406 ounces already produced 100,000
ounces for the rest of the year, and we have, say, 300,000
ounces, valued at £1,200,000, as the returns for £75,000,000 of
invested capital, 20 per cent of which is working capital. An
average of 50 per cent of the working capital, or £7,500,000,
has been expended and £1,300,000, or a little over 2 per cent of
the invested capital, has been returned. In consequence, the
London public has paid Western Australia an 8 per cent divi-
dend, instead of receiving one of 20 per cent from West-
ern Australia, as was expected." A list of salaries paid to
the consulting engineers and managers of the mines of two
concerns with a joint capital of £4,000,000 is £36,.500— ten men
in all. In this connection Mr. Armstrong says: "Miners
receive £4 per week. The above companies employ 100 men.
By reducing wages to £3 per week the corporations would
save £50,000 per year, but by reducing salaries one-half they
would save £20,000, without the expenses of a strike.
Manipulations are everywhere evident here. Vast expendi-
tures mark every movement of companies. The roads
are ground into powder by teams hauling machinery
which will be put up on 'mines' that have no ore.
South Africa in its worst aspects is more alluring to capital
than this immensity of dark promises. Here, where no edible
life exists and no water that can be drunk without condens-
ing, the reefs will not yield as many grains as South African
reefs will 3[ield pennyweights. Capital invested here with-
out prudence now seeks not to recover what it lost, hut to
keep what it still has. A few months will prove this uiining
boom the biggest swindle of tb© century,''
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 2, 1897.
The Solution and Precipitation of tlie
Cyanide of Gold.*
NUMBER III.
By S. B. Christy, Professor of Mining and Metallurgy, University
of California, Berkeley, Cal.
II. — THE PRECIPITATION OF GOLD FROM CYANIDE
SOLnMONS.
Those who are familiar with the instability of most
of the salts of gold, and the ease with which all re-
ducing agents, and even light, precipitate metallic
gold will be surprised at the tenacity with which
gold is held in solution as aurocyanide of potassium.
None of the usual agents can be relied on to precipi-
tate it; sulphydric acid, oxalic acid, sulphurous
acid, ferrous sulphate, etc., which are usually so
prompt in precipitating gold, are of no avail here.
So long as the cyanide of potassium is in excess, they
give either not the least trace of a precipitate or
only a very imperfect one. In order to have these
agents act with certainty, it is necessary to destroy
all the cyanogen present. This is a long and difficult
process. My attention was early directed to the
need of a certain method of recovery, for precipita-
tion by zinc shavings was exceedingly inconvenient
in laboratory tests. For a long time the only cer-
tain method that could be relied upon was either to
evaporate the whole solution to dryness in a dish
made of test lead, and to scorify the residue, or else
to acidify the solution with sulphuric acid, and boil
till copious fumes of sulphuric acid appeared and the
gold separated out in the metallic state. The solu-
tion was then diluted, filtered and the residue scori-
fied. The results were satisfactory, provided the
evaporation was pushed far enough to destroy all
the cyanide, and no chlorides were left in the solu-
tion. Otherwise the results were liable to be low.
The extreme tedium of this method, even on a labor-
atory scale, led -very early in the study of the solu-
bility of gold to a parallel study of the causes that
contributed to the opposite effect, viz., the precipi-
tation of gold from its solutions. In reality, these
are the two opposite aspects of the same question.
According to most of the authorities, when a solu-
tion of potassium aurocyanide is acidified with sul-
phuric acid, the cyanide of gold promptly separates
as a yellow precipitate. From the solution obtained
in treating a gold ore with a 1 per cent cyanide solu-
tion, even when it contains several hundred
dollars' worth of gold per ton, nothing of the sort
takes place. The solution remains perfectly clear
and colorless. It is only when the solution has been
evaporated down and the acid gets concentrated and
hot that the canary-yellow aurocyanide separates
out. If the acid gets stronger, this salt is gradually
decomposed, and finally metallic gold remains. The
cyanide of gold is more difficult to decompose than
the telluride. For it is only the strongest hot sul-
phuric acid which will convert the canary-yellow
crystals of AuCy into metallic gold.
The remarkable fact that the gold remains in solu-
tion after being acidified with a strong mineral acid,
and that a precipitate forms only on the long contin-
ued application of heat, seems to show that a com-
pound HAuCy^, which I shall call aurocyanhydric
acid, is formed, similar to the ferrocyanhydric and
the ferricyanhydric acids ; in short, that we have to
deal with an acid radical of the same class as the two
just named, and not with an ordinary double cyanide,
AuCy, KCy, as is usually supposed. There are many
converging indications pointing to this conclusion
which it would take too long to enter into here.
1. Regeneration of Potassium Cyanide from Dilute
Solution hy Acidification.
Before this fact was understood, it was thought
that the gold was kept iu solution by the free HCy
left in the solution after acidification by sulphuric
acid. If this free acid could be removed, it was
hoped that the gold cyanide would be precipitated.
At the same time it was hoped that the free HCy
could be regenerated by absorption in caustic potash.
This subject was exhaustibly investigated in Febru-
ary to May, 1893.
It was found that, although when acidified with
sulphuric acid, a 1 per cent solution of potassic-cya-
nide gave not the least apparent trace of escape of
HCy, yet, if the solution thus acidified was left for
several weeks near an open vessel containing caustic
potash, nearly all the HCy would be absorbed by the
alkali. As this operation was too slow to be of
practical use, air was pumped first through the
acidified solution and then through the solution of
caustic. The same air was used over again to avoid
the presence of carbonic acid. By using steam with
the air, the contents of the stock solution in cyanide
were reduced in three hours from 1 per cent to .0.07
per cent of free HCy. By using absorption towers
(the usual means of increasing surface exposure)
such results might be reached in practice without
the use of steam. Similar results were reached,
without the use either of absorption towers or of
steam, in from eight to ten hours.
At the same time it was found possible "to regener-
♦Colorado meeting American Institute of Milling -Engineers. Sent..
1896. (Revised Proofs Deo. '98.) 0= =.,a=t-i.,
ate from a 1 per cent stock solution of cyanide, a
concentrated solution of any desired strength of po-
tassium or calcium cyanide, with a total of cyanide
actually recovered, up to 80 or 90 per cent. The
avidity with which caustic potash or lime absorbs
the HCy reduces the loss to a minimum. In case the
solution contains alkaline sulphides, these would
have to be removed previously by treatment with
lead carbonate or sulphate.
A method was thus found which, with a little engi-
neering skill, can be used for regenerating solutions
of cyanide of potassium.
2. Tlie Precipitation of Gold from Aurocyanhydric
Acid.
Although it was thus found possible to remove,
down to 0.01 per cent, the free HCy from such a
solution acidified with sulphuric acid, still the gold,
even to the amount of $603 per ton, or 0.1 per cent,
would remain in the perfectly clear, colorless solu-
tion. As already stated, the only explanation found
for this was the presence of aurocyanhydric acid
(HAuCya) in solution. It was found that, even under
these circumstances (absence of all free KCy, and
only a trace of free HCy), all the usual reagents,
such as oxalic, sulphurous, sulphydric acids, etc.,
failed to precipitate the gold, either giving no pre-
cipitate or else only a very imperfect one.
Experiments were made as early as March, 1893,
with nitrate of silver, nitrate of lead, and mercurous
nitrate. A complete precipitation of the gold re-
sulted when an excess of nitrate of silver was added,
either to the above aurocyanhydric acid or to the
corresponding potash salt. This would be a neat
and practicable method on the large scale, if it were
not for the cost of the silver. The nitrates of lead
and mercury gave partial precipitation iu most
cases.
Oxidizing agents, such as permanganate of potas-
sium and peroxides of manganese and lead in acid
solutions, also facilitate the precipitation. The fil-
tration of the solution through red lead or massioott
has been covered by an English patent granted to
P. de Wilde, December 22, 1894.
3. Precipitation of Gold From Potassium- Aurocyanide
hy Means of Charcoal.
On July 3, 1894, an American patent was granted
to the late William D. Johnson, at that time chemist
of the California State Mining Bureau, for a method
of extracting gold from a cyanide solution by passing
the solution through a series of charcoal filters, and
subsequently burning the charcoal and smelting the
ashes with suitable fluxes.
The use of charcoal for this purpose had already
been tried for extracting gold from the chloride solu-
tions produced in the Plattner process. For this
purpose it is certainly a very efficient method of pre-
cipitating gold ; but the subsequent extraction of the
gold from the charcoal is almost as troublesome as
the extraction of the gold from the original ore.
Dr. Johnson claimed that a single filtration would
remove 25 per cent of the gold, and that, by repeated
filtrations, 95 per cent of the gold could be recov-
ered by a single filter, it would take a very large
number of filters to remove all the gold, and, conse-
quently, a large volume of charcoal would have to be
burned to recover it.
In order to test the method, the following experi-
ments were tried\ Two cyanide solutions containing
each 100 c.c. with about 0.1 per cent of gold ($603
per ton solution) were each filtered through separate
filters, and the process was repeated four times.
Each filter contained seven grammes of charcoal.
One of the solutions was alkaline, the other had been
made acid with sulphuric acid. From the acid one 15
per cent, in the other case 6.5 per cent, of the gold
present was precipitated by the charcoal. These
experiments, made under more favorable conditions
than could occur on the large scale, show that this
method can hardly prove of service with rich solu-
tions in practical work.t
t Since the above paper was presented at the Denver meeting, I
have been paying more attention to the action of dilute solutions,
and 1 have thought it well to investigate the action of charcoal on
such solutions.
For this purpose the following experiments were outlined: Two
solutions of aooo ccms. each were prepared. The one (a) contained
0.001 per cent gold as potassium aurocyanide, or $6.03 per ton, but no
free cyanide of potassium; the other (b) contained the same amount
of gold, but also 0.2 per cent cyanide of potassium. Each solution
was contained in a Marriotte bottle 11.5 cm. in diameier. so ar-
ranged that the solutions were discharged upon charcoal filters so
as to keep the charcoal constantly submerged, and under a constant
head. The charcoal was crushed so that it passed a 20-mesh sieve,
but was mostly Hne dust. It was contained in a cylindrical glass
tube 10 cms. long by 2 cm. in diameter; it weighed in each case
(dry) lOgrms.
It took nearly two days for the first 800 ccms. of solution to filter
through each filter. The filtrate from (a) contained no gold; that
from (b) contained a trace— less than 0.01 mg. The next 1200 ccms.
took nearly five days to filter. Filtrate (a) contained 0.01 m^. of
gold, while (b) contained 1.40 mgs. The charcoal from (a) contained
20.03 mgs.. while that from (b) contained 18.70 mgs.
The actual recovery of gold by the charcoal was in (a), in the ab-
sence of free cyanide, 99.95 per cent ; in (b), in the presence of U.3 per
cent free cyanide, it was 93.03 per cent. The free cyanide in the lat-
ter case was reduced from 0.2 per cent to 0.118 per ceot.
These results are of great importance, for they show that under
certain conditions all the gold can be precipitated from gold cyanide
solutions by means of charcoal, and that even in the presence of free
cyanide of potassium 93.03 per cent can be precipitated.
Further study of the data given above shows that the charcoal in
(a) contained 0.2 per cent gold or I120B ppr ton, while (h) conlained
0.187 per cent or $1182 per ton. These figures would seem to repre-
sent the limit of enrichment at which the charcoal ceased to act iu
either case, the limit being lower in the presence of the free cya-
nide. In the case of the strong solutions previously tested (which
were 100 times richer in gold), the content of the charcoal in the
acidified test was 0.21 per cent gold or $1266 per ton, and in the alka-
line one, containing a certain amount of free cyanide, it was 0.091
per cent or $548 per ton.
These results would seem to show that Dr. Johnson's view that
the charcoal can be depended on to precipitate 25 per cent of the
gold content at each filtration is erroneous. It would seem, rather,
that a given amount of a certain charcoal has a definite capacity of
precipitation; that within that limit it acts completely and
promptly; beyond that limit it acts less completely and more
slowly, and that finally it ceases to act at all; that the presence of
free cyanide of potassium lowers its precipitation capacity, and
perhaps at a certain point stops it altogether; that acidification
seems to increase its capacity. These views are of course provis-
ional, the subject being still under investigation.
It must be evident that, in its present form, the method gives a
much less concentrated precipitate of gold (only 0.2 per cent) than
either the zinc, the electric, or the cuprous methods of precipitation
described later. The precipitate in the latter case often contains 40
to 60 per cent of its weight in gold, or it assays from $240,000 to $360,-
000 per ton.
Jf. Precipitation of Potassium-Aurous Cyanides hy
Mercuric Chloride.
Premy {Encyclopedie Chemique, t. S, Metalloides, p.
4.6S) states that potassium aurocyanide is precipi-
tated by mercuric chloride according to the follow-
ing reaction :
2KAuCy2-f HgCl2=2AuCy2-|-2KCl, HgCyj.
This reaction I have also tested. A solution assay-
ing several hundred dollars per ton, and carrying
only a trace of free cyanide of potassium, remained
perfectly clear for several hours after the addition
of mercuric chloride. The next day, however, I
found a yellow precipitate of cyanide of gold, so fine
that it filtered clear with great difficulty. When,
finally, a clear filtrate was obtained, the gold con-
tinued to precipitate for several days ; it also had a
tendency to adhere strongly to the walls of the tube.
These indications seemed to point to the need of
heat to hasten the reaction. Consequently I tried
heating the solution. I found that this greatly aided
the reaction. On boiling the solution for a few min-
utes the gold was almost entirely thrown down as
the yellow cyanide, and could be easily filtered out,
leaving a perfectly clear filtrate.
In the filtrate from the aurous cyanide the mer-
cury could be saved and the cyanide recovered by
adding, very exactly, the amount of sulphide of
potassium to throw down the mercury as sulphide.
Cyanide of potassium would thus be regenerated in
the solution. The latter would then be ready for
another leaching ; and even should a little gold be
left in the solution from imperfect precipitation it
would not be lost. The precipitated cyanide of gold,
gently ignited at a low red heat in the air, turns to
pure gold.
This method of precipitating may be useful under
certain circumstances, but the necessity of heating
the solution adds so many complications and so much
expense to a leaching process that it is robbed of
many of its advantages. In the presence of an
excess of free cyanide of potassium this precipita-
tion does not take place.
(To he Continued.)
Some Cripple Creek Practices.
From Our Special Correspondent.
The milling capacity of this vicinity is as follows:
Brodie, 80 to 100 tons per day; Metallic cyanide mill,
Florence, 300 tons per day; Colorado-Philadelphia
Reduction Company, Colorado City, 250 tons per
day; Gillett Chlorination mill, 40 tons per day.
Thus it will be seen that the cyanide and chlorina-
tion plants, which are running on Cripple Creek ores
chiefiy, have a capacity of over 600 tons per day.
The output of the district may be expected to in-
crease, and it is not unlikely that the mills will soon
treat a larger proportion of the output than they are
now treating. It is estimated that while the smelt-
ers have not handled half the tonnage of Cripple
Creek ores, they have handled over half the values.
As milling facilities become greater, and processes
of treatment more perfect, the ore reserves of me-
dium grade, found in the mines and on the numerous
dumps, will be milled and their values saved. It is
observed that, especially on Bull hill, there are thou-
sands of tons of ore on the dumps, much of which is
said to run as high as one ounce per ton in gold.
Mills, situated as are those at Florence and Colorado
City, are, of course, in position to handle ores from all
parts of the country, and while their principal sup-
ply may be expected to come from this district, they
will not be wholly dependent upon it. In the mean-
time plans are being perfected for the construction
of additional chlorination mills in this district.
The Leasing System. — Those who ' have had ex-
perience as lessees in other mining districts find
themselves somewhat handicapped by practices
in vogue here. In the Leadville district, for in-
stance, the usual term of a lease has been about
five years. In Cripple Creek the term is gener-
ally one year and in a few instances two years.
The royalties exacted are unusually high, which with
the short life of the lease makes the proposition less
attractive than in some other camps. When it is re-
called that many of the big mines of the district
were opened up by lessees, when the owners didn't
have the nerve to go ahead, the importance of a sat-
isfactory leasing system, as a district promoter, will
be recognized.
Closely associated with the condition named is the
matter of prices at which properties are held. There
has been a certain glamour about the district which
January 2, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
placed a highly speculative value upon acreage, withiD
the recognized district, which had no developments,
proving absolute mineral value. This status of
affairs has brought about the condition unfavorable to
lessees and has indirectly kept down the nuoaber of
men employed below what it might have been. ;
Under a favorable leasing system fully double the
present number of men would be employed in the
district. Mr. Stratton, of the Independence, always
prompted by generous motives, made purchases of
properties, after the Independence became a bon-
anza, at figures which served to create a precedent
for prices in the district. But the figures at which
undeveloped properties have since been held are
believed to have kept investors out in many instances.
While Cripple Creek is noted for the large num-
ber of individual fortunes made in the district, there
is beginning to be seen a tendency toward consolida-
tion and the gathering in of large areas by companies,
whose management gives little encouragement to
lessees, but who pursue a waiting policy which does
not foster rapid development.
In reference to the number of men employed in
the district, consideration must be given to the fact
that in a camp of such high-grade ores as are found
here, the tonnage output is far less than in such
localities as Butte and Leadville, and the labor re-
quirements correspondingly less.
Tunnel Enterprises. — There is little doubt that within
the next year or two there will be several completed
tunnels in the district which will greatly promote
raining operations in the several hills of the camp.
The Moffatt-Bush tunnel, entering Gold hill just
below the town of Cripple Creek, is in about 2500
feet, takes an easterly course, cuts about 300 feel be-
low the present Anaconda workings and is designed
to cut through Raven hill in the vicinity of the Morn-
ing Star and through Bull hill, coming out on the
ground of the Victor mine. In pushing the work a
strong flow of water was encountered, amounting at
present, at the mouth, at about 45 gallons per sec-
ond. As a result, the water supply in the various
mines on Gold hill is seen to be perceptibly less than
formerly. Work on this extensive undertaking is at
present closed down, the first contract having been
finished. The ability and standing of the projectors
of the enterprise would seem to be a guaranty that
the enterprise in"due time will be made a success.
The Uintah tunnel, located in 1891, and one of
the earliest in the district, enters Battle mountain
in Arequa gulch, its objective point being the Port-
land group, and the breast is now in 900 feet. Its
location is said to be prior to all claims in its course
excepting one. It will cut the Portland ground at a
depth of about 600 feet. Among the properties on
its line are the Eclipse, Dead Pine, Granite, Baby
Mine, Coriolinus and Ocean Wave.
The Columbine-Victor tunnel is a Squaw mountain
enterprise and work is being driven from both the
east and west ends. At the east end, near Victor,
the work is in 700 feet, size 7x7 feet. On the west
side it starts from Arequa gulch, and present work-
ings are in 1000 feet. This tunnel will cut the Nellie
V. vein and the M. K. & T. at a depth of from 400 to
600 feet.
The Squaw mountain tunnel starts on the north-
west slope of Squaw mountain and has been driven
1500 feet and is said to have cut six veins. This tun-
nel has no doubt fully paid its way thus far. It is
under bond and lease to Malony & White, the bond
being for §200,000. The last ore shipments returned
$250 per ton.
The Chicago and Cripple Creek tunnel is driving
from Poverty gulch, above the Arcadia mine, into
Gold hill, and is in 1200 feet. Some drifting is being
done on veins exposed. Work is being pushed 15 feet
a day with air drills. The Lelia is being worked in
connection with this.
The Raven Gold Mining Company is developing its
extensive holdings on Raven hill by some important
tunnel work. One from Anaconda gulch runs to-
ward the Gregory shaft, having reached a point 1150
feet from the mouth. Four hundred feet more will
take it to the Gregory shaft which it will intersect at
about 670 feet. The latter shaft is being sunk and is
down 300 feet. This company's Raven tunnel starts
in from the Elkton side of Raven hill and outs above
the one from Anaconda gulch. Its workings are in
1200 feet.
The Ithaca tunnel cuts through the saddle between
Battle and Squaw mountains, and takes a northerly
course toward the Necessity, on Battle. It has been
driven about 1400 feet.
Work is likewise in progress on the Battle Moun-
tain tunnel; the Standard, on Beacon hill; the May
Bell, on Battle; and the Gold Dollar, on Beacon, the
last being in about 900 feet.
A large number of tunnel enterprises have been
projected, the utility of which are decidedly prob-
lematical, excepting in so far as the sale of stock
may inure to the advantage of the promoters. Tun-
nels which are projected with the co-operation and
the contract consent of the property owners on a
given mountain, mainly for drainage and transporta-
tion purposes, are of practical utility, and with
sufficient capital behind them are capable of being
successes, and are destined to promote genuine devel-
opment; but it is very doubtful whether those
located for the purpose of taking advantage of the
tunnel law as now construed, and depending upon
the possibility of discovering blind leads, are not apt
to have sufficiently smooth sailing to enable them to
become financial successes. The law looks plausi-
ble, but the trouble is that the body of a mountain is
not transparent, and no one can tell whether a sup-
posed blind lead is really one or not; and the sur-
face claimant who has discovered a vein is very
likely to enjoin the tunnel projectors if he have
grounds to suspect they are on his vein. Other
surface claimants would do likewise, and the result
would be that the tunnel people would be constantly
tied up. The point is that the few tunnel schemes
which have been successes are those which have had
the co-operation of the surface claimant, instead of
their antagonism. Those meritioned in this article
are located either largely on their own ground, or
have acquired contracts with the surface property
owners. Wascott.
Cripple Creek, Colorado, Dec. 18, '96.
Certain Stamp Mill Practices.
WrilleD for tbe Mining and Scientific Phehs by James W
ABBOTT. M. E.
In California the modern stamp mill had its origin.
Here every feature of its construction has been pa-
tiently studied and intelligently -elaborated. Many
of these mills, in their mechanism and operation, are
models. In some, where the practice is in the main
good and the results satisfactory from a dividend
standpoint, there is a disregard of certain details,
the importance of which is either not recognized, or
ignored.
One of the most essential principles of mill prac-
tice is to maintain as nearly uniform as possible
every condition, which, from experience, has been
determined as yielding the best results. If, for in-
stance, experience has proven that in a certain mill,
on a certain class of ore, a six-inch drop is to be pre-
ferred, some loss must follow a material departure
from that condition in either direction. Some defi-
nite height of discharge is best suited on a particular
ore to the other determined conditions of parts,
drop, speed and amalgamation devices.
Reason indicates and experience proves that the
contact faces of shoes and dies should be planes,
parallel to each other and normal to the sides.
When new they are so, and there is complete con-
tact at every position of the shoe. It is very import-
ant that this relation shall be preserved during the
life of both. This can generally, and I believe al-
ways, be approximately insured, with proper crush-
ing and feeding, by a judicious selection of material
for their construction. But in determining this
question other considerations must not be overlooked.
The more rapid the wear of shoes and dies, the more
frequent must be the adjustment of tappets to main-
tain a uniform drop. The most nearly fixed unit of
expense in milling is the cost of a day's run, and, of
course, it is desirable to keep the stamps dropping
with as little intermission as is consistent with the
best average of all conditions practiced.
Many mills adopted the chrome steel shoes and
dies because they were harder, lasted longer,
crushed more ore, and consequently required less
frequent adjustment of tappets than any kind previ-
ously offered. But these, while they unquestionably
marked an epoch in stamp-milling, have not been
found to give universal satisfaction, when used to-
gether. As they wear down, the faces, particularly
of tbe dies, often become increasingly irregular and
uneven. Many mills have found, in practice, and all
authorities advise that the best results so far have
been obtained by the use of a die softer and tougher
than the shoe. Most mill men, who have used them,
are loth to relinquish the advantages of durability
offered by the chrome steel shoe, but they frequently
seek a die of some material more likely to wear with
an evener face. The experiments on this line have been
varied and interesting. In the list are chilled iron
shoes and unchilled dies; cast iron shoes on wruught
iron dies; chrome steel shoes on cast iron dies;
chrome steel shoes on Bessemer forged steel dies.
Where there are local foundries which will utilize the
scrap, some mills use chrome steel shoes and dies cast
from a mixture, ascertained by experiment to give
satisfactory results in their practice. Some throw a
die into tbe scrap heap as soon as it begins to show
signs of wearing unevenly. The representative mills
in the Black Hills have concluded that they get best
results from the products of local foundries for both
shoes and dies. The character of their ore and their
practice in its crushing probably has much to do
with these conclusions. Certain San Francisco man-
ufacturers are ottering to the industry a hammered
steel product, which may probably best answer the
conditions in many localities, either for dies alone, or
perhaps for both.
Another important condition to which I have re-
ferred is a uniform depth of discharge. The tendency
of this to increase as the die wears down must be
offset. This result has been reached in many ways.
Cast iron plates (objectionable because they break),
the remnants of old dies (objectionable because they
wobble) and wrought iron plates have been inserted
beneath, to raise the dies. Strips of iron, or wooden
cleats, have been placed outside, covering to a cer-
tain height the bottoms of the screens, against
which to that height the pulp inside backs up, until
these strips are removed to compensate for the
wear of the dies. In some mills one and sometimes
two screens are kept, interchangeable and revers-
ible, in which the bottom strips are of varying
widths, and by their selection and position regulate
the height above the dies of the screen openings.
The tendency of the pulp within the mortar to escape
upon removal of the screen is an objection to any
practice that unnecessarily increases its depth.
Three thin iron strips have been inserted flatwise,
one upon the other, under the screen frame, to be
consecutively removed as the die wore down.
When inside amalgamation is sought wooden
chuck blocks of different heights are often used. A
chuck block is made from two strips of plank, with
their faces bolted together. Number one of these
strips, whose width determines the height of the
chuck block, is simply a false bottom for the screen
frame. Number two overlaps the upper edge of
number one, and this overlapping portion coincides
in width with and presses against the bottom of tbe
screen frame on the inside. To the rear face of
number two, which has its upper inside corner
rounded off, is attached a strip of copper plate.
Some mills use two chuck ijlocks of different
heights. Others use these two chuck blocks in con-
nection with wrought iron plates, starting when the
die is new with the higher chuck block and changing
to lower as the die wears down. At the first gen-
eral cleanup the plates are inserted under the dies
and the higher chuck block resumed, to be again
succeeded by the lower in the final stage of the die's
use. In this practice the thickness of the plate
should be just half of the full amount to be worn oft'
from the die, and the difference in the height of the
chuck blocks one-half of the thickness of the plates.
The actual heights of the chuck blocks should be
such that when the die is new and the high block in
place the depth of discharge should be half of the
amount by which the blocks differ less, and just be-
fore the first change the same amount more than the
average desired. If the general cleanups are so
timed as to come at the beginning, middle and end
of the life of the die, the above relation of plate and
chuck blocks will insure very closely the uniform
average depth aimed at, without too serious varia-
tion between the positions of the face of the die with
reference to the bottom of the plate on the ch'uck
block, a very important desideratum in amalgama-
tion, and one too often overlooked. If these inter-
vals, though periodical, are not so timed, then some
other relation between dimensions in chuck block
and plates, easily determined, may better fit the
conditions.
The other dimensions of the plates should be such
that the set will fill the same space beneath the dies,
with play enough for easy removal and each piece be
not too heavy for convenient handling.
Where inside amalgamation is considered unim-
portant, undesirable, or unattainable, the thin iron
strips under the screens probably ^ive the desired
result with as little trouble as any method.
Of course most mill men are familiar with the lit-
erature of the industry, but possibly some who read
this article may be pleased to know where they can
inform themselves more fully on the above and other
details of their profession.
An article by John Hays Hammond in the 1888
Report and Bulletin No. 6, by E. B. Preston of the
State Mining Bureau each treat on gold milling in
California. The Trans, of the Amer. Inst, of Min.
Engineers contain articles on gold milling by Ray-
mond, Vol. 1 ; Munroe, Vol. 9 ; Bowie, Vol. 10 ;
Rogers, Vol. 11 ; Egleston, Vol. 12 ; Hofman, Vol.
17 ; Abadie, Vol. 24 ; and Rickard, Vols. 23, 24 and
25. Nearly all of these have been republished by the
Mining and Scientific Press. Treatises on gold
milling and metallurgy have been written by Eisler,
Rose and Louis and a work by Rickard is now in
press.
North Carolina Gold Mines.
There are several hundred gold mines in North
Carolina which have been worked with varying suc-
cess ever since the first discovery of a number of
valuable nuggets in the county of Cabarrus more
than one hundred years ago. During the past few
months a great deal of gold mining property has
changed hands, and experienced miners are going
into the State for tbe purpose of renewing work in
some of the old mines with modern mining appliances
and machinery.
Two of the largest mines in the State, both
located within two miles of Charlotte — the Rudisill
and the St. Catharine — are now having the water
pumped out of the shafts, and extensive prepara-
tions are being made to again push the work on a
more extensive scale than ever before. Tbe Little
Fritz Gold Mining Company, organized under the
laws of Colorado, has bought 150 acres of land in
Cabarrus county. fl
Then there are a number of Eastern capitalists f^
and Western miners in the gold districts examining
properties.
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 2, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CAI.IFOKNIA.
Amador.
VOLCANO DISTKICT.
(Special Correspondence).— The Azalea Min-
ing and Milling Company of San Francisco
has lalelv come into possession of the Dane
and Mitchell mines, a half mile below the
Reward miue, on Grass Valley creek. The
company has just completed the rebuilding of
the old Dane mill of ten stamps, and will be
ready in a few days to crush 20 to 25 tons of
rock per day.
Messrs. Thomas Day and Son, of San Fran-
cisco, are driving a tunnel to reach a large
ledge of promising reckon Grass Valley creek,
half a mile below the Azalea Company's mill.
The work is superintended by Mi'. J. R.
Smith.
The Woodpecker claim, on Grass Valley
creek, has about 100 tons of milling ore on the
dump, which will probably be treated at the
Azalea Company's mill.
The new 5-stamp battery recently added to
the Reward 5-stamp mill is working satisfac-
torily, and Mr. James, the superintendent,
alleges his ability to mine and mill the Re-
ward ores at a cost of $1 per ton.
The Messrs. Gillick, of Volcano, recently
discovered what appears a rich vein of good
quartz, near Sutter Creek, northwest of Vol-
cano.
Some of the old abandoned mines in the
Volcano district have been recently under
expert examination, with a view to reopening
a number of them.
Considerable of a stir is observable about
Oleta, in this county, due to the fact that a
party of gentlemen have lately bonded a con-
siderable area of the auriferous gravel, and
propose to place the property with an English
syndicate.
'Pine Grove, Cal., Dec. 31, '9(3.
Ledger: The shaft at the Union Consoli-
dated is now down 4S0 feet. Twenty stamps
are being run on the Gouge ledge at the 300-
foot level. They are running a level for the
Gouge ledge at the 400, now being in about (iO
feet. They expect to encounter it in a few
days.
Supei'intendent Purrington, of the Gover,
has taken the water out of the shaft, and re-
sumed sinking. They have encountered a
good ledge, and will start iive stamps on it
within a few days, making a test crushing.
The El Dorado mine, the property of Charles
Wryon, has been sold to Louis Sloss, of San
Francisco, and others, and timbers and ma-
chinery are being put on the grounds to
resume sinking.
The Amelia Company has been incorporated
for $2,000,000, to operate the Hoffman field, the
property of Deter and Hoffman. They are
arranging to prospect the ledges which run
through the Alma shaft.
At the Pocobontas orders have been given to
sink 1000 feet before prospecting the ledge.
The new machinery for hoisting is on the
property, and was started up this week. It is
of capacity sufticient to sink 1500 feet.
The mitliug test of Argonaut ore at the
Zula mill has proven satisfactory. While drift-
ing between 240 and 250 feet north from the
shaft on the 1250-foot level the workmen ran
into some old works, probably a south drift
from the Kennedy mine. This was encoun-
tered at a point about 25 feet inside of the
line which the Argonaut claims as their north
boundary.
H. W. Tangerman, who has charge of the
Lombard mine, has constructed a 30-ton mill,
and is now milling good rock from a thick
ledge, which averages about S12 per ton. The
present milling plant is experimental, and
will be supplanted by a larger one as soon as
the ore body is sufBciently developed.
Dispatch: At the Oneida the shaft is down
over 650 feet, and sinking is being pushed as
rapidly as possible.
At the Muldoon quartz mine, located on the
same ledge as the Argonaut and Kennedy
mines, a shaft has been sunk 125 feet on the
lead, and the quartz in the bottom was wider
than the shaft.
At the Good Hope they are taking out some
good 'looking ore, and the 5-stamp mill is kept
running night and day. There has been no
clean-up at this mine yet.
At the Red Hill Milling and Mining Com-
pany's property the 10-stamp mill is crushing
from forty to forty-five tons of rock daily.
The rock is mostly decomposed quartz, carry-
ing a lot of free gold, but heavily impregnated
with sulphurets.
Kutte.
Mercury: The Pete Wood mine, one of the
number owued and operated by the English
syndicate. George H. Evans, general mana-
ger, is located on the east side of the Forks of
Big Butte. E. C. Paxton is superintendent,
and employs thirty-live men. They have a
tunnel into the mountain, on the bed rock, a
distance of 040 feet, and gravel is encountered
which pays fairly well. The superintendent
is expecting to tap a main channel that will
narrow down and afford a larger yield of
coarse gold. The drift at present covers a
breast of i)0 feet.
RcaMer: The Magalia mine is working a
crew of from forty-hve to fifty men. This
does not include the men who are chopping
wood and getting out timber.
The tunnel at the Indian Springs mine is in
1500 feet.
Mcrciirij'< At the Magalia mine forty-five
men are employed. All machinery above
ground, including the air compressor, is run
by water power, while compressed air is the
power employed for all underground ma-
chinery.
Calaverjis.
The Utica mine puts about $35,000 in circu-
ation in the vicinity of Angels each month.
ProHpect: In the Jenny Lind district the
Mountain King mine, in Salt Spring Valley,
is down 210 feet, showing a 4-foot vein of ricb
sulpbureted ore. . .
The Live Oak mine, near by, is in a talc-
slate formation, and shows much free gold in
places.
Angels Voice: Huston and Mercer have
leased the Codrington mine in Purdyville.
formerly the Dead Horse, and have extended
the tunnel about 20 feet. This tunnel was first
opened in IS5S, and is still in good condition.
The tunnel at the Calaveras Consolidated is
retimbered for 1215 feet, and for the last
40 feet has been cutting the vein transversely.
riirimU-le: At the Emerson mine, near
Mokelumne Hill, a double compartment shaft
is being sunk between the two parallel ledges
which are about 100 feet apart. The machin-
ery on the mine is capable of sinking to a
depth of 1000 feet.
The Pellaton placer and quartz mine on
Tunnel Ridge, near -Mokelumne Hill, is
bonded by C. H. Pfeiffer to San Francisco
parties, who will sink.
At the South Paloma the shaft is now down
330 feet. It is the intention to sink 600 feet,
when a station will be cut and the work of
crosscutting the vein commenced, but the
work of sinking the shaft will be continued to
a depth of 1000 feet.
Calaveras and Tuolumne.
(Special Correspondence).— The Norwegian,
iust across the river at Robinson's Perry, in
Tuolumne county, has been sold to owners of
the new bank at Sonora, for §25,000. Moflat &.
Cleveland are looking for something for East-
ern connections and they are still in the I
neighborhood of Sonora.
The California Ophir mine at Carson, just
down the hill from the celebrated Morgan
mine, has been sold to Eastern parties. Mr.
McMullen examined it last week and en-
dorsed it. It has been kept out of the market
for these many years by the extreme price
asked for it. It "looks as if there was a hitch
in the sale of the Bald Hill again. It is a good
mine and why it has not been sold is an
enigma. Prank Baumhogger has his new
hoisting engine in place on his mine just
above the Utica, and from the results he is
getting from his rock and its location, if
he does not find buyers before long it will sur-
prise me. The new" shaft on the Utica is going
down -nicely, 100 feet to date. They are work-
ing three drills in the shaft, which is 17 feet
in the clear. This shaft is being sunk just
280 feet from Mr. Tryon's mine, which about
insures the sale of it to the Utica for §75,000.
Chas. Tryon on the Ghost mine has got into
such hard rock in his shaft that he is looking
around for a compressor and power drills. The
Santa Anna have put an extra drill in their
shaft, being stimulated to extra exertions by
the work being done at the new shaft of the
Utica. I hear the French expert has turned
down the Cbapparal Hill property, but am not
prepared to believe it.
We look for lively times along the lode after
the 1st. Tuolumne county seems to have
the pull now. From the Stanislaus to Stent
along the lode there are signs of good times
ahead. What we want on this side of the
river is for some deserving company like the
Santa Anna to strike it rich and then the
faint hearted here will take hold.' That
company is mining like they do at Jackson in
Amador; they are going down 500, (300, 700,
SOO feet, before looking for a mine. Another
thing which militated against Angels is the
idea that has gone abroad amongst mining
men,that the Union Water Company.cootrolled
by the Utica Company, will not furnish water
to other companies. This is untrue and unjust
to the Utica Company. I am told positively
that the water company will furnish all the
water asked for by those who have the money
to pay for it and they are ready at any time
to put in an electric plant at Murphys, getting
their water power to supply it from Coyote
creek and supply the electric power to re-
sponsible parties. These facts ougbt to be
more generally known, as many influential
men have told me they could not recommend
properties around Angels as water could not
he had. Independent of the present company,
if any parties want to operate mines in this
vicinity there is ample opportunity to get all
the electric power they want from contem-
plated plants on the Stanislaus. Mr. E. K.
Stevenot, the engineer and mine owner here,
has made all arrangements for a 200-H. P.
plant on the river.
Angels, Cal., Dec. 29, '%.
El Dorado.
{Special Correspondence}.— W. O. Frost and
RoUin P. Saxe have purchased the Skinner &
Lemon mining property, situated one mile
north of Placerville. This property has been
worked for many years from time to time, but
to no greater depth than 45 feet. Prom a
space 1700 feet in length §80,000 have been
gathered through mortar process. Mr. Frost
will be superintendent, beginning work Jan.
f.ith, running a 2S0-foot tunnel to intersect the
diabase footwall. Then he will drift and sink
deeper. A mill will be erected as soon as con-
ditions warrant. Work will be prosecuted
day and night.
At the Larkin mine a new shaft on the east
vein has reached 55 feet on a 5-foot ledge of
good milling ore. The new 5-stamp mill is in
continuous operation.
Over at Greenwood development work is ac-
tively pursued on a large scale and consider-
able capital is being invested.
At the Landecker gravel property, two miles
south of town, the tunnel has reached 1700
feet. One upraise of 40 and another of 50 feet
have been made. The gravel looks quite prom-
ising, and it is expected that a 10-stamp mill
will soon be in operation.
Mr. Thaeher of Toledo, Ohio, one of the own-
ers of the Big Sandy, is visiting the property.
He contemplates placing a larger pipeline and
actively pushing the work both of sinking and
drifting.
B. F. Lloyd of Oakland, who recently bought
the Gardner and Noyes claims, one mile north
of town, is crowding development work rap-
idly. Seven men are employed, The shaft
has reached 60 feet. A tunnel has been
started that will be driven a distance of 450
feet, reaching "backs" of 250 feet. Machin-
ery will be placed this week to operate power
drills.
Placerville, Dec. 39tb, '96.
Inyo,
Register: At Casey the New Years claim
at the southerly end of the Inyo Gold Mining
Co.'s group of mines is showing up remarkably
well. Five or six large chimneys of fine ore
were exploited and mined to the canyon's
level without exhausting them, years ago.
Two tunnels started on the vein show up large
ore bodies.
At Darwin work bas been commenced on the
Lane mine with a force of eight men. The
new shaft will be sunk 50 feet deeper.
Mr. Garlick of the Argus Gold Mining Co.
is putting up cyanide works at the Snow's
canyon mill.
Miariposa.
Gazette: The Rollins mine at Sweetwater,
which has been bonded to Gage, Wallace and
Smith of San Francisco, was sold this week to
the parties named in the bond by the Revels
brothers.
Nevada.
(Special Correspondence). — The Bullion mine
will erect a 20-slamp mill in the spring, and
the plant will be run by electricity.
The Brunswick mine is preparing to put in
electric power.
Herald: The San Franciscans who bonded
the Kirkman mine last year have, under the
direction of Superintendent John M. Buffing-
ton, opened up about 1500 feet of ground. Last
April they started a crosscut which they ran
300 feet in tapping the ledge. From this a
drift was run eastward, where a first-rate
body of ore was struck. Continuing for 500
feet another shoot of ore was struck. This
was in September last. They have now drifted
200 feet on the ledge, and it looks better and
better as they get into it.
Williamson and Cole have bonded their
mine, the Giant King, at Washington, to Wm.
S. Bell of Oakland. The Giant ICing ledge is
an immense formation of low-grade ore.
Fluoias.
National'-BtiUctiii : At tbe Claybank mine,
near La Porte, several men are employed in
running the main tunnel ahead to reach the
gravel deposit tapped by an upraise several
months ago.
At the Thistle Shaft mine seventy-five
men are employed. Until recently there has
beeu a supply of water to wash all the gravel
hoisted, 250 carloads per day. From now
until spring opens gravel will be stored in the
large dump provided for such purpose.
San Bernardino.
Dale is a new postofflce at Virginia Dale
mining district.
IndepenOcnt : Don Palmer of St. Louis and
others have gone in to develop the Van Slyke
mines, eighteen miles southwest of the
NeedU s. The ledge shows an average width
of over 50 feet for a distance of 1000 yards or
more. Assays from the surface rock returned
$6 a ton. Two or three thousand dollars will
at once be spent in crosscutting the vein and
other development work, and if all goes well
an SO-stamp mill will be put up.
Shasta.
Free Press : At the Princess hydraulic mine,
near Muletown, the ditch will be opened from
Boulder creek to the mine in about two weeks.
The great pipe syphon, which is 2000 feet in
length, will be put in at the crossing of Clear
creek as soon as possible.
Cuuricr: At South Fork the people who
bonded the Hope have 200 feet of tunnel com-
pleted and have let a contract for 200 feet
more. This will take them to the old works
and 100 feet deeper.
Nichols & Robinson are running a crosscut
on the Manzanita fraction.
The ditch for the Princess Company is
about completed and they will be ready to
wash gravel next month.
Siskiyou.
Jounud: The* Erno mill, at Mugginsville,
bas been in operation for two weeks, and the
owners have opened up two ledges. In the
past the greater part of the ore taken from
the ledges around Quartz Valley has been
crushed in arras tras.
At the Glen Ellen mine, in Quartz Valley,
they are now down about 85 feet, and expect
to sink the shaft over 200 feet. Theirs is the
only compressed air plant in Siskiyou.
The owners of the old Shinar, or Nanetta B.
mine, have the pipe laid across the river now,
and will be ready to commence operations in
about three weeks.
Reporter : Down on the Klamath there
are many notices of new locations. Old works
are being put into order for operations in the
spring. The Minnie Placer Mining Company
and the Dr. Simmons Company, near Nolton,
are preparing for work. So is Dr. Dean, near
the same place. The Simons Company are
building a suspension bridge over the Klam-
ath to carry a water pipe to their uaining
works on the left bank.
Journal: The hydraulic mines all over Siski-
you are starting up, and will be kept in
operation from now until next summer. In the
Salmon river country, and along the Klamath,
some large plants have been put in during the
past few years, which will largely increase
the output of gold in this county.
Mining operations will be commenced at the
big hydraulic mines in Oro Pino, immediately
after the holidays, unless the weather should
be too cold, which would result in stopping
the flow of water.
Tuolumne.
Union-Democrat: The . Seminole group of
mines which have been idle for three months
past, will be worked on a larger scale than I
heretofore. A new company has been organ-
ized to take hold composed of California cap-
italists in the main, though some Englisb
capital is invested. Soon after January 1st,
active operations will begin.
The Golden Gate employs seventy-three
men and is working on good ore.
At the Confidence the new mill building is
ready for the 30-stamp machinery.
At the Dutch the work of enlarging the
present shaft is being prosecuted.
At the Mammoth the additional five stamps
are in place and a rock crusher and four con-
centrators are being put in.
At tbe Dead Horse the mine has been
pumped dry and good grade ore is being mined
and treated at the mill.
Marysville Democrat: Only a short time
ago an old lode claim near Prenchtown, in this
county, was bonded by a couple of practical
mining men for §30,000, and now the work of
development is going on.
Two claims near to Strawberry Valley, in
this county, have been bonded at figures
above 820,000, and both are being prospected;
at the same time there are a dozen more
claims in the same vicinity lying idle. No
better investment could be made to attract
attention to this county than the forma-
tion of a company, and the contribution of
money with which to prospect and advertise
the mineral resources.
Reno Gazette: In Humboldt county there
is more assessment work going on than has
been for years in both gold and silver proper-
ties.
The Golden Chariot mine at Dun Glen, re-
cently purchased by Callahan & Carlick, is in
operation under the new management. They
are running a patent mill, but it will be re-
placed by a 10-stamp mill the latter part of
the month.
The Blackbird, a gold mine, twelve miles
north of Mill City, owned by Michigan capi-
talists, will resume operations next week.
The mine and mill were closed down about
three years ago on account of bad manage-
ment. At the time operations on the mine
were suspended, a tunnel was being run to
tap the ledge. Work will he resumed at once
on this tunnel, which will tap the ledge at a
depth of SO feet below the lowest workings.
In the Wilbur group of mines, situated
twenty miles north of Mill City, in Central
mining district, the ore contains gold, silver
and lead, and is shipped to the smelters. Mr.
Wilbur is working eight men at present. He
expects to dispose of the property to a French
syndicate, whose representatives are now on
the way here to examine the property. He
holds the group of mines, consisting of five
claims, at $150,000. He purchased the prop-
erty one year ago for $5000, since which time
he organized a company and bas spent consid-
erable money in developing it. It has more
than paid for itself already, and is in excel-
lent condition for the market.
The Nevada National Nickel Company, of
Cottonwood, Churchill county, will start up
its electrical plant next week. The Nickel
Company has spent a large sum of money in an
electrical plant for reducing the ore, and, if
the experiment is a success, regular ship-
ments of ore will he made.
Winnemucca Siti'er State : A strike of gold
ore, assaying high, has been made in the Oest
mine at Silver City.
Walker Lake Bulletin: Fifty tons of ore
from the Bounce mine, in Silver Star district,
milled by the Douglass Company last week,
yielded $35 per ton. The mine is the property
of Lothrop, Pepper & Davis.
De Lamar Lode: At State Line district
the Rice brothers will soon put on two shifts
of miners. Ore that can be handled has been
struck, and is believed to be in paying quan-
tities.
Notwithstanding the many discouraging ob-
stacles that have to be met with, develop-
ment work is progressing throughout the
camp, a majority of the mines sending up ores
that will not pay to ship, but which will re-
turn profits to the owners when our mill,
which is promised to be ready for ores May 1,
1897. shall have been completed.
Lyon County Timea : The Succor mine in
Silver City, formerly owned by S. Longa-
baugh of Empire, bas been sold to James,
Taylor &. Deitrich for S10,000. The mine in
years past has produced good ore.
Elko Free Press : Another copper strike has
been made at West Camp, on the Star of the
West. The ledge is 8 feet wide.
The Ben Hur Mining Company of Granite
district, recently organized in Salt Lake City,
want to erect a 10-stamp battery on the
stream at Campbell's ranch.
OREGON.
Baker City Democrat: The following mines
in the gold fields east of Baker City will be
equipped with mill plants early in the new
year: Flagstaff, Con. Virginia, Columbian,
Perry and Rachel. In other districts mills
are contemplated, and the outlook is very
promising.
Grants Pass Observer: The Lewis ditch,
built to work mines near Leland, has been
completed, and as soon as the pipe is placed in
position, piping will begin. A large number
of men have been employed there for several
months past.
C. M. Howard has consummated a deal for
the purchase of the old Lane black sand mine,
near Randolph. He is associated with other
San Francisco men, who will at once begin
active operations. In testing the sand Mr.
Howard found it contained as much value in
platinum as it does in gold.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
Mr. Bates, representing the Standard Oil
Co., is again at Riddle and new developments
are expected in the Nickel mine sale. The
company is preparing to erect big steel works
January 2, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press
at Chicago In order to compete with the Car-
oegie compaoy, aod they oeed the nickel to
use ia the isanufaoturiDg of steel. What
seems to be causing some delay in the con-
summation of the deal is the mixed title to
the old mine, upon which the InternuttoDal
Company partially erected a plant a few years
ago, and which Mr. Bates' syndicate wishes
to utilize.
WASHINGTON.
Spokenman'Revlew. J. J. Malone has closed a
deal for Eastern capitalists for a controlling
Interest in the properties of the Burton Gold
Mining and Smelting Company, located on
Grouse Mountain, Just south of the interna-
tional boundary.
BRITISH CC>Ll'MltI.\.
Spohtinnati-RevUw: AtLowry, near JUecille-
waet, there is being put up a':;00-ton concen-
trator for the Lillooet, Fraser Kiver and
Cariboo Gold Fields Company (limited) on the
Lanark group of claims. The ore is silver-
lead, which will run U.^ ounces of silver und
75 percent lead.
The Novelty Mining Company has given an
option on a controlling interest in its property
toa London syndicate f or ?'2U0, UOO, the option
to expire on January 1. The Novelty is on
Red mountain, not far from the Le Roi.
The machinery at the Hall mine is in place,
and is sufficient to handle over 200 tons of ore
per day. The lower tunnel is in overtlOO feet,
and it is exiwcted the first large body of ore
will be reached in a few days. The tunnel,
which is a double-tracked 9x8 working tun-
nel, will be continued about 500 feet more.
British Columbia 3/in(;i!7 JiniDntt'. It is ex-
pected that a ditch, to carry UOUO inches of
water, will be run from Baker creek, opposite
Quesnelle, to the property of the Menominee
and Maranette. The distance will be about
ten miles.
Trail Creek News: The Rara's Horn claim,
north of Fort Steel, has been bonded to Mon-
tana parties. It was located last summer by
Grundy and Sprague, and is a silver-lead
proposition. Mr. Sprague reports that the
bond is for *50.000.
The North Star Company will take out from
6000 to 8000 tons of carbonates during the
winter. They will ship nothing but carbon-
ates next season, as they run from 90 to 100
ounces in silver, with a small percentage of
lead.
Rossland Miner: The Noonday Mining Com-
pany has been organized, with $1,000,000 cap-
ital, to work that property, near the Hall
mines.
The shaft of the Palo Alto is down SO feet,
with 3 feet of good ore in the bottom. The
ore will assay about $30 in gold.
John S. Baker, the principal owner of the
I. X. L., announces that the mine will at
once be equipped with a compressor plant,
and that a 10-stamp mill will be erected at an
early date.
Plans and specifications are being made for
a steam hoist and 4-drill compressor plant for
the Sunset. The shaft, now down 40 feet, is
to be continued by hand.
OTAH.
Salt Lake Tribune: The West Dip at Mer-
cur has been followed up by Hartwig A.
Cohen, general manager of the Golden Gate
and other De Lamar properties; 12.000 feet
along the strike of the vein are covered by
his stakes. Mr. Cohen believes that the zone
which has been punctured in the La Cigale
and Omaha continues into Rush valley, and
to demonstrate it work will begin in a very
few days through a shaft.
At Bingham it is proposed to put up a plant
that will enable the owners oE low-grade ores
to convert them into a matte and in that form
handle them at a profit.
At Mammoth the hoisting machinery is on
the ground for the Mammoth hoist, and it
will be in operation in sixty days. Several
new bodies of ore have recently been opened
up on the lower levels, and one body on the
1500-foot level is reported to run as high as 91
ounces in gold.
Tintic Miner: At the Humbug a new ore
body has just been opened up showing about
18 feet of solid ore. The work on the lower
tunnel still continues.
A certificate of the incorporation of the
Tintic Mining and Development Company has
been filed. This company was incorporated in
West Virginia in August of this year with a
capital stock of SI, 500,000 to continue the de-
velopment of the Soux-Ajax tunnel.
Bingham Bulletin : Work has been resumed
on the Atlantic tunnel. This tunnel will give
drainage to and form a deep outlet for the
Atlantic Company's group of mines — the At-
lantic, Benjamin, Picket Post, Isabella,
Cedar and Robio Red Breast claims— and in
its progress is expected to tap ore bodies. It
has already been driven, nearly 900 feet.
Kuveka Democrat: The Mammoth mine is
still sinking and the 1600 level will be reached
' in a short time. It is the intention to con-
tinue for several hundred feet further. The
Mammoth will he the deepest hole in Utah.
lliAHO. «
Spokesman- Review : The question of closer
concentration of the silver-lead ores of the
South Fork is one that has been seriously con-
sidered by mine owners ever since the first
mill was erected, and it is still as serious as
ever. Millions of dollars worth of lead and
silver have already gone down the South Fork,
and in spite of vast improvements tens of
thousands more go every month. Probably no
mine in the world has produced as much wealth
during the same time as the Tiger-Poorman,
Hecla, Black Bear, Helena and Frisco, Stand-
ard, Union, Milwaukee and Granite have
dumped into Canyon creek along with their
tailings. With a view to stop part of this
waste an addition 33x100, 14 feet high, is now
^ being made to their mill, which will be filled
with tables, vanuers and other devices for ex-
tracting the ore from the tailings.
At the Pierce camp besides the American
Placer Mining Company and several other out-
fits in Hay gulch, French creek, Rhoades
creek, the Bingham Brothers have completed ;
3yC0 feet of riume on their property on Reed's
creek. They have acquired propertv reaching ;
for fifteen miles along the creek. Twoditches.
one eight miles and the other six mites in
length, have been completed, which will fur-
nish a sufficient volume of water to operate
the claims.
AtWardnerthe Bunker Hill and LastChauce
companies are running a full force. The Stem-
winder is working about 60 men, under a lease
to J. E. Branscombe. The last named mine i
has recently been sold by the receiver to the ,
Bunker Hill company. j
Following is a synopsis of the manager's re- '
port to the De Lamar company or Idaho for the
month of November, 1896:
Tons crushed
Bultlou realized.
Ore shipped
Other revenue....
Total
Cost und expenses..
,. I.18ri
, .♦■m.wju
, . ."..«KI
, liMVHt
Estimated proOt
MONTANA.
The first annual report of the reorganized
Anaconda Copper Mining Corapiiny f.ir the
year ending June 30, 1S96, has been published.
The profits of the company for the year were,
in round numbers, ft, 000,000. The following
data is given :
Ore received at reduction works, 1,376,1.5(5
tons.
Shipped from Anaconda 107,036,697 pounds of
copper.
1 Shipped from Anaconda 5,308,955 ounces of
silver.
Shipped from Anaconda 18,300 ounces of
gold.
Total expenditures at the mines, *5.071,-
677.61.
Total expenditures at Anaconda works, $5,-
616,516.76.
The company's sawmills cut nearly 12,000,-
000 feet of lumber per month.
The coal mines produce 60,000 tons of steam
and furnace coal per month, and the coke
ovens 3700 tons of coke per month.
Concerning these items Mr. Daly says:
" The much diminished cost of coal, timber,
coke, etc., compared with preceding years,
proves the wisdom of the large expenditures
for these departments, amounting on June 30,
1896, to §4,755,399.16."
The company pays 35 cents per ton for ship-
ments of ore, coal and coke over the B , A.
j & P. Railway. The cost heretofore was from
40 to 60 cents per ton. The Anaconda Com-
pany owns 51 per cent of the railway. Mr.
Daly concludes his report as follows:
" My anticipations for the present year
(1896-97) are very favorable. The mines are
in good shape for producing ore in large quan-
tities, and at the deepest places in three of
the mines— the St. Lawrence at 1200 feet
vertical, the Bell at 1300 feet vertical, and
the Mountain Consolidated at 1100 feet ver-
tical—bodies of good grade ore are being de-
veloped, thus promising well for the future of
the mines with increasing depth. The reduc-
tion works are in excellent condition and are
running with great smoothness. The cost of
supplies of coal, etc., will be less than ever
before, so, unless something unforseen should
happen, 1 expect that the cost per pound of
copper will show a marked reduction as com-
pared with the present statement.
"During the past year something over
§1,000,000 of our profits have been absorbed in
permanent improvements. For the present
year I anticipate such additions will be kept
in very moderate limits. At the mines we
are erecting two very powerful hoisting en-
gines, with a capacity to hoist from a depth of
3000 feet vertical, but the cost of these en-
gines and other new machinery will be
charged to mining, and, although the devel-
opment work will be most vigorously pushed
forward, I do not expect that the extraordi-
nary mining costs will be larger this year
than was the case in 1895-96. The timber and
coal departments will absorb for 1896-97 say
§140,000 new capital, and perhaps some en-
largements may be needed for the water sup-
ply of the town of Anaconda. Therefore my
expectation is that the profits shown in the
next annual statement will be nearly all
available, either for dividends or for addi-
tional working capital."
Butte Miner: The Boston & Montana Com-
pany has advertised for bids to sink .500 feet
in the Atlantic shaft and the West Colusa.
The Atlantic shaft will be sunk 200 feet
deeper and the West Colusa will be sunk
another 300 feet before crosscutting com-
mences.
Inter-Mountain : The Waterloo Copper Min-
ing Company has commenced operations on the
McQueeny property, in the Waterloo district.
The company is now in 280 feet on the tunnel
which they propose to run 1000 feet.
■ The 10-stamp mill at the Snowy Mountain
mine in the Independent district has enough
ore in sight to keep it in constant operation
for a j'ear.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Times: The Union Hill Company
have fuliy decided on the erection of a new
100-stamp mill in Galena camp and also to re-
model the old Richmond silver mill and make
an 80-stamp mill of it.
John Pierce, of Sioux City, recently secured
options on over one hundred claims situated
on the free-milling ore belt, adjoining the
properties owned and managed by the Home- |
stake Company. The mines bonded to him ex-
tend two miles from the mouth of Poorman on
Dead wood gulch to Kirk on Whitewood. The
strip varies in width from 1500 to 3000 feet and
contains millions of tons of pay ore. It is
proposed to erect a 400-stamp mill on Belle
Fourche or Redwater, to be run by water
power, thus reducing the cost of milling to a
few cents per ton.
The Keystone M. & M. Co. have decided to
double the capacity of their stamp mill and
enlarge the cyanide annex for the treatment
of the ctmcentrates.
Ragged Top continues to be the center of
attraction. Numerous sales and transfers are
of daily occurrence, which in the aggregate
amount to a considerable sum. All invest-
ments so far have been made by local capital.
The report of a rich strike* in the Flora
shaft on the Dacey and Kilpatrick ground in
Ragged Top camp has been confirmed.
The shaft on r.lie Badger group of claims,
situated in Ragged Top camp, is now down
about 50 feet and has struck an 18-inch ver-
tical vein of ore.
WVOMIViJ.
Tests of the vein of coal recentlvdiscovered
along the lino of the Fremont, Elkhorn it Mis-
souri Pacific Railroad, east of Laramie, show
that the coal is nearly equal to the Rock
Springs product for domestic use. The vein
is six feet thick, and was found in an excel-
lent location for mining and transportation.
Several carloads of the coal have already been
shipped East.
Lander Clipprr: A big deal is reported on
the Miners Delight property and that of the
Diamond Developing Compiiuy. The property
mentioned in the agreement and deeds in
escrow comprise 2040 acres of gold lode and
placer claims. The consideration is $200,000,
and the agreement is between Edward C.
Bartlett, of Omaha, and William fi. Parks, of
Chicago, with the approval of William Siurgis,
of Cheyenne, the legal holder of the title.
COLORADO.
The number of men employed at Silver
Plume is 150, Georgetown 300, Empire 140,
Lawson 75, Freeland 75, Idaho Springs 1100,
Lamartine UIO and Yankee Hill 60, making a
lotal of 2125 miners and mill men.
Denver Ilcpuhiivaii : At Cripple Creek
James Tobin of Florence, Wis., has purchased
the Burtie, on Carbonate hill, of S. N. Wood,
administrator of the estate of W. H. Will-
iams, for $6000.
The Ironclad Company has purchased the
lease on its ground held by Murphy, Howell &
Sullivan, and will work the property on its
own account. Since ore was encountered,
about ten months ago, the Ironclad has pro-
duced approximately §50,000, on which the
company has received close to §10,000 in roy-
alties.
A new corporation known as the Cripple
Creek Sampling and Ore Company, of which
Charles L. Tutt is president and Spencer
Penrose secretary and treasurer, has decided
to put in a new sampler in Cripple Creek.
The Matoney cross-vein has been entered in
the fifth level of the Auchoria-Leland and
found filled with rich ore that assavs from
$100 to §500 a ton. In the 300 foot working the
chute has been followed for 250 feet east, and
shows continuously the entire length of slop-
ing almost to the surface.
A shipment of twenty-fi^ve tons of §100 ore
has been made from the Tomkins and Cone
lease on the Hull City placer, adjoining the
Vindicator group on the north.
Eastern parties who are working the Tecum-
seh on Raven hill are now making steady
shipments from the ore body which has been
under development for several months past.
Two levels run south from the shaft 180 feet
deep found a wide body of low-grade ore into
which comes a small seam of sylvanite rock.
At Twelve Mile Camp in Gilpin county the
Morse mine has been sold to a Chicago Com-
pany. They have purchased a plant and are
going to work this winter.
The Racine mine, in the Ten Mile district,
has been sold to a party of men from Rochester,
New York, for §35,000.
The report that the Morning Starmine at
Ward had closed down is without foundation.
On the contrary, it is working steadily and is
doing well. Over §6U00 was paid out to the
employes last Saturday.
An English syndicate has taken hold of the
Orphan Boy and Gold Dust group at Copper
Rock, and extensive work wilt be begun.
At Central City Collins Bros., operating
the Forfar property, are shipping monthlv to
the concentrator in Black Hawk from 200 to
250 tons of ore.
The Katie lode, on Bobtail hill, believed to
be the extension of the Carr vein, is showing
well in the shaft at a depth of 265 feet. The
smelting ore streak is IS inches wide and nets
§65 per ton.
The Gunnell mine gives work to from forty
to fifty men, and the output of mill ore is suf-
ficent to keep forty stamps dropping night
and day at its own mill, treating nearly fifty
tons per day.
NKW MKXICO.
Governor W. T. Thornton of New Mexico
speaking of the Mexican land granrs and mine
titles in that Territory says: "Our mining
interests are very large, but in that direction
New Mexico labors under a very great dis-
advantage in the fact that so much of our
Territory is covered by the old Spanish grants,
many of which are now being considered by
the Court of Private Land claims. The old
Spanish law did not convey the mineral in
these grants, reserving it for the crown, and
when these grants have been confirmed by
Congress the same course has been pursued.
But there has been no disposition made of the
mineral lands within the grant boundaries,
that matter remaining to be settled by Con-
gress at some future time, and, coosequenLly,
the lands containing mineral deposits have
not as yet, been thrown open for settlement.
New Mexico is extremely rich in mineral
wealth, but there are so many rich deposits
included in the gran ts that the condition of
affairs is a great drawbaclt to the develop-
ment of our mineral resources. A great many
of these land grant claims are being disposed
of, however, by the Court of Private Land
Claims, and, as titles become quieted, our
mining enterprises will gradually become
more important. Some of the owners of the
land grants whicti have been confirmed by
Congress have title to the minerals included
within the boundaries of their grants, but in
all such cases the right has been conveyed bv
special act of Congress, which operated as a
quit-claim to the mineral on the part of the
Lniled States. In all other case.s the right to
the mineral is vested in the United States."
Silver City Kntcrprisr: The first lot of ma-
chinery for the new smelter at Copper Flat
has arrived. Thirty miners are still at work
developing the ore bodies, with good results.
The company recently organized in New
\ork to develop tlie Turquoise properties have
five men employed in the mines, and beautiful
gem stones are being protluced.
At MogoIIon the Coulldence mine is eniplov-
iug about sixty men on development work and
inthestopes. An ample supply of ore is ex-
tracted to keep twenty stunips of the 30-siumn
mill at work.
The Colden Giant Com puny is working about
forty-five men at the mine and mill.
La Belle Cresset: The La Belle tunnel is
now working two shifts and the 5ao-foot mark
will soon be reached.
The Gusdorf brothers are developing the old
Shoshone mine on Gold hill. The shaft they
are sinking discloses a 3-foot vein of copper
pyrites, which carries an average of over §80
per ton.
Sierra County .ldiM<<7(r: At HillsboroCrum-
rine ^fc Lindner, the leasers at the Snake
mine, have 30 inches of sulphide ore, which
runs over three ounces per ton.
A KIZONA.
GLOHE UISTUICT.
(Special Correspondence).— At the Continen-
tal mine a contract for 500 feet of a crosscut
tunnel has begun. It will cut the main vein
at a depth of 300 feet from the apex of the
vein or 245 feet from the rim of the present
shaft. The shaft will also be continued to a
depth of 200 feet which will give the shaft a
depth of 250 feet and connect with the tunnel
at that depth. The Continental vein at the
50-foot level is 55 feet wide; and though the
vein is mosMy composed of gossan, the copper
being mostly leached out. still the whole of
the vein will average 5 per cent copper, three
dollars in gold and 8 ounces in silver to the ton
and the ore grows richer with depth and the
vein continues to widen. It is expected that at
the 250-foot level the ledge will be much wider
than 55 feet. The development of this mine
is being watched with great interest by all
mining interests of this district for it prom-
ises to become a mine of great importance,
perhaps similar in value to the Verde mines of
Jerome, Arizona, and the Copper Queen mines
of Bisbee, Arizona. A British syndicate has the
controlling interest in the Continental group
and Mr. Edmont deStoutz, chemist and mining
engineer of Geneva, Switzerland, who is a
graduate of the mining academy of Frieberg,
Saxony, is here looking after the developing
of the Continental in the interest of the Eng-
lish syndicate.
The Biack Warrior Copper Company have
completed their steam hoist and started sink-
ing of the shaft on the Black Warrior copper
claim. A contract has also been let by this
for the sinking of the Dateville shaft and the
ore looks well.
Mr. Kioustermyer, general manager nf the
Last Hope Silver Mining Company of Cleve-
land, Ohio, is in Globe for the last month mak-
ing preparations for the starting of work on
the company's property which lies seven miles
northeast of Globe City. The mine known as
the Cleveland has a great deal of develop-
ment work on it and bids fair to produce a
great amount of silver.
Globe, Dec. 26th, 'm.
(Special Correspondence). —In regard to the
experiments of the United Verde Copper
Company with sulphide smelting without
roasting and without carbonaceous fuel in
any form, it is a success, and the company
expects to have the plant arranged to treat
all the ores in that way inside of four months.
They have one furnace running now on sul-
phide smelting vpithout roasting and wiihout
fuel, and are making improvements right
along which will lessen the cost. They are
making arrangements to handle the ores auto-
matically without much labor. The matte
from the sulphide smelting is "put direct into
the converters, and the copper made from it
is nearly pure, 99.40 per cent fine, so you see
that copper can be made as pure with less
process, and also a great saving in copper with
less handling.
Jerome, Dec. 2S, '96.
Phtenix RcpithUcnn : The United VerdeCop-
p^r Company which nearly doubled the ca-
pacity of its plant during the past summer is
still engaged in enlarging its plant and in-
creasing its capacity.
Yuma Sun: The placer property of the
Monitor Mining Company, known as the Buck
Kelly property, at Gila City, has been sold to
Sanderson & Co., of Moberly, Missouri, for
§25,000. The purchasers will begin work at
once.
There are 350 stamps at present In Yavapai
county, and 245 in Pinal county.
At Harqua Hala, Messrs. Calloway and
Warer are taking out considerable ore 'in the
Bonanza and keeping the 40-stamp mill stead-
ily working.
The Commonwealth Mining Company at
Pearce. Cochise county, employs sixty men
and ships to the Pueblo smelters three to four
carlords of ore per day. The rock is rich in
gold and silver, yielding §100 per ton.
C. D. Lane, of San Francisco, is interesting
himself in the purchase of some properties in
the Dos Cabezas gold district. Should the
transfer be made, a mill will be erected and
work begun. It is also stated that a 2()-stamp
mill is to be erected at Pearce within a few
months, for the Commonwealth Mining Com-
pany. A mill belonging to Manager Brock-
man which has been in operation at White
Signal, N. M.. will be torn down and shipped
to Pearce. When depth has been attained on
the Gold Cliff, which is located near the Com-
monwealth, the company also intends to put
in reduction works,
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 2, 1897.
Nevada City District Geology.
NUMBER IV.
To the north the bedrock rises slowly,
but in a northwesterly direction it
continues low, and the ground has been
opened by the Knickerbocker and
Grover tunnels, in which good pay is
found in spots. Still deeper is the
Phoenix tunnel, on which the last work
was done fifteen or twenty years ago.
It is about 1200 feet long, in hard
granodiorite, and struck gravel in an
upraise of 15 or 20 feet near the end.
The gravel did not show good pay.
From here on northwestward there are
no developments until Eagon's claim
and the old Empire shaft are reached.
The latter is 146 feet deep, and some
rich gravel was extracted from it long
ago. The channel has here the charac-
ter of a narrow ravine. Some good
pay has also been found higher up on
the rim in Ragon's incline. The same
channel is again exposed in the hydrau-
lic cut on the north side of the ridge,
in the extreme northwestern corner of
the district. Some drifting has also
been done at this place, and the pay
streak is said to have been 50 feet wide.
At Stevens and Trevaski a little hydrau-
lic work has been done in the black
gravel, and several tunnels have been
run in. The principal one is 420 feet in,
with the bottom in bedrock at the face.
Another is being driven 16 feet lower,
and is 200 feet in, entirely in bedrock.
At the northeastern side of Cement
hill, near Dean's, several long tunnels
have been driven, which, at a certain
distance in, lose the bedrock and run
into black gravel. Dean's new tunnel is
600 feet in, at an elevation of about 2700
feet, and still entirely in bedrock. Black
gravel has been struck in a 20-foot up-
raise. Under the andesite ridge west
of Towntalk there is a channel, the bot-
tom of which has not thus far been ex-
posed. It seems to head near Town-
talk, where the presence of a small
channel was indicated in the railroad
tunnel. The tunnel 1000 feet west of
Towntalk was made in 1880 and proved
too high. Several tunnels have been
run in along the rim on the north side
of the ridge. Carl's tunnel was run
1000 feet in bedrock and struck only
clay and sand in an upraise. Hughes'
tunnel is 500 feet in, in bedrock.
Schroeder's tunnel is located at the
outlet in a small hydraulic cut just out-
side the map limit, and drifting was
going on there on a small scale in 1894.
The elevation there is- about 2516 feet.
In the Grass Valley district, the Alta
channel has been drifted for about 3000
feet from several shafts. The width of
the channel was from 50 to 150 feet, but
beyond the Hope shaft it appeared to
widen, making the extraction less
profitable. The total production is es-
timated to be $1,000,000.
Along the northern edge of the an-
desite area, east of the Empire mine,
smaller hydraulic cuts have been made
and 700 feet of the channel drifted. A
small channel southeast of Heuston hill
was drifted upon for about 400 feet ih
1894.
The alluvial gravels are still occa-
sionally worked in the vicinity of Ne-
vada City and Grass Valley, and a
gradual process of re-concentration is
going on in them. The gravels of Deer
creek will probably be worked again at
some future time.
Gold Quartz Veins. — The gold quartz
veins are fissures in the bedrock series,
filled more or less continuously witli
quartz carrying native gold and aurif-
erous metallic sulphides. These fissures
were formed subsequent to the general
metamorphism of the range, and also
later than the granodiorite intrusions.
They are arranged in several systems,
the fissures in each system being ap-
proximately parallel. The force pro-
ducing them had frequently the effect
of dividing the country rock into a
great number of parallel sheets, from a
few inches to several feet thick. Along
a few of these fissures considerable
faulting took place, but where the rock
was extensively divided into sheets the
movement on each was probably small.
Open spaces varying in width from a
fraction of an inch to several feet re-
sulted along the fissures. Solutions of
thermal water, charged with carbon-
ates, silica, gold and other metals, en-
tered these fissures, probably ascend-
ing from below, and deposited their
contents in them, usually also pene-
trating the adjoining porous and often
shattered rock for a distance varying
from a few inches to several feet. The
effect produced on the country rock
was to convert it into a gray or light-
colored rock, of greasy feel, consisting
of carbonates, white mica and pyrite.
The gold is almost invariably concen-
trated in the quartz which fills the
open fissure. The adjoining altered
country rook, sometimes referred to as
"cab " or "gouge," very seldom con-
tains a paying amount of gold. Shat-
tered zones, or seam mines, in which
the country rock is traversed by swarms
of minute, often rich, quartz seams, do
not occur to any large extent in this
district. The pay is chiefly confined to
the quartz within the well-defined limits
of the walls of the fissure. The ideal
vein is a plate of quartz contained be-
tween two well-defined separating
planes, the foot and the hanging wall.
Such veins occur, but the ideal regu-
larity is usually not preserved for any
long distance. The quartz may pinch
out entirely, leaving as guide only a
narrow seam ; the space between the
walls may contain several smaller
veins separated by masses of country
rock, or "horses." While in certain
mines all quartz may be pay ore, it is
usual to find rich and barren quartz al-
ternating. The rich quartz forms ir-
regular, or, more frequently, long-
drawn masses, usually with a steep dip
on the plane of the vein ; these are
called ore chutes, or shoots. The width
of the pay quartz varies irom several
feet to a fraction of a foot ; the nar-
rower the vein the richer the contents
must be to pay. The general tenor of
the pay ore of the district varies be-
tween $5 and $50, though smaller
masses of higher grade are met with.
The sulphurets make up from a fraction
of 1 per cent to 10 per cent of the
quartz mined, and contain from $30 to
$100 or $200 per ton.
The veins of the district may be di-
vided into four classes, according to
their direction and dip : 1. The Or-
leans-Idaho system ; strike, west-north-
west to east-southeast ; steep south-
erly dip. 2. The Willow Valley system;
strike, about east to west ; dip, medium
to flat, northerly or southerly. 3. The
Omaha-Empire system ; strike, north
to south; dip, medium to flat, westerly.
4. The Providence system ; strike,
north to south ; dip, medium, easterly.
(To he Continued.)
Scientific ProgTess,
Unique Hagnetic Experiment.
Some time ago Polgheraiter began
testing old Pompeiian and Tuscan vases
with the view to determining their pol-
arity, his theory being that they would
retain the same direction of magneti-
zation as when baked, and that this
would correspond with the magnetic
dip at that time. He has now com-
pleted, for the present, this investiga-
tion. Speaking of this the London
Electrician says ;
A unique interest attaches to this
work. It will be remembered that he
was trying to discover the magnetic
dip, say, at the time of Romulus, by
the present magnetization of Tuscan
vases. He proved that the clay they
are made of is magnetized in the direc-
tion of the earth's magnetic force dur-
ing firing, and retains that magnetism
indefinitely after cooling. Some of
these vases, notably the wine jugs,
oinochoai, could only stand upright in
the furnace, and might, therefore,
serve as self-registering indicators of
the magnetic dip. Now, the most
curious fact brought to light is that
the north-seeking pole of these vases
has a variety of dips from 25° above to
25° below the horizon, but never more
than that. Hence, our author argues.
the dip cannot have been anything like
its present value (60° at Florence) at
the time of the Roman kings. He is in-
clined to think that the N. -seeking pole
pointed a few degrees above the horizon
in the Eighth century B. C, and that
the needle was (or would have been,
had it existed), horizontal a few cen-
turies afterwards."
At the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Society of Mechanical Engineers
the president, John Fritz, who spoke
on the " Progress in the Manufacture
of Iron and Steel in America," said
that at Bethlehem they now have
lathes which have taken work weigh-
ing over 190,000 pounds, and they have
planers that have finished castings
each weighing 165 tbns. Shafts 18 or
20 inches in diameter and 60 to 70 feet
or more in length, lying in Vs, can
be turned easily by one man with a
lever 36 inches long, showing the high
character of the work. Fritz next took
up the matter of forging. He gave the
results of some physical tests to show
progress that has been made in recent
years. A test of puddled bar reworked
car axle gave tensile strength of
44,000 to 45,000 pounds; elastic limit,
18,000 to 23,000 pounds ; elongation, 21
creased the estimate again to 35,000
years ; but more recently others have
lowered it to about 9000 years. The
latest estimate is that of Dr. J. W.
Spencer, who, basing his conclusions on
the most recent investigations, places
the age of the river at 32,000 years,
and that of the cataract at 31,000
years. At one period, many thousand
vears ago, the height of the falls was
420 feet.
Electrical Progress.
Niagara Type of Turbine.
In the new electric power plant built
by the Niagara Palls Hydraulic Power
& Manufacturing Company at Niagara
for the purpose of supplying the new
aluminum factory of the Pittsburg Re-
duction Company with power are four
wheels made by James Leflel & Com-
pany, of Springfield, Ohio, which stand
on the floor, and receive their supply
of water through 5-foot inlet pipes
connected with the penstock. Each
wheel has its individual inlet pipe and
water supply, and can be operated
alone. In the inlet pipes there are 60-
inch valves operated by hydraulic pres-
LEPPEL NIAGARA TURBINE, 2U0O H. P.
to 27 per cent ; contraction of area, 40
to 48 per cent. He compared with
this results from hollow-forged, oil-
hardened and annealed nickel steel
shafting, which give ; Tensile strength,
95,000 to 100,000 pounds ; elastic limit,
60,000 to 65,000 pounds ; elongation, 20
to 25 per cent ; contraction of area,
55 to 60 per cent. In shafts of any size
a nickel steel shaft as above would
have three times the elastic strength
of a wrought iron shaft, and it would
be possible to make a nickel steel shaft
of one-quarter the weight of a wrought
iron shaft and obtain the same elastic
working strength. The modern prac-
tice of steel making has, in the hands
of the mechanical engineer, the metal-
lurgist and the chemist, wrought won-
ders in producing material which in
quantity, physical qualities and cheap-
ness would have been regarded as
utterly impossible half a century ago.
To-day we are enabled to use steel for
the commonest purposes as well as for
the most expensive article produced by
the skill of the mechanic. No article is
too simple to be made of it and no
structure so grand and important as
to refuse its service.
As TO the age of the Niagara Falls,
geologists differ widely in opinion. At
first it was estimated that the Niagara
river came into existence, through
changes in the level of the land around
the Great Lakes, about 55,000 years
ago. Later this was reduced to only
12,000 years. Sir Charles Lyell in-
sure. Each wheel weighs about fifty
tons; they are supported on double
steel beams resting on solid stone
foundations. James Leffel & Co. call
this wheel their Niagara type. It is
illustrated on this page. The Electrical
Engineer describes it as a double dis-
charge turbine and consists of a large,
flattened, vertical, circular casing
containing the guide case of the wheel
proper. Through the supply pipes
below the water is let into this exterior
casing, flowing upwards and surround-
ing the guide case. A series of oscil-
lating guides, which constitute the
gates, admit the water to the runner.
The discharge pipes project from the
sides of this casing, laterally and down
by a gradual curve, to draft tubes 20
feet in length, thus utilizing a portion
of the atmospheric pressure. The
heads of the large casing are made of
3J-inch cast iron and are of curved
form and shape. The straight or cy-
lindrical part of the case is made of
steel plates I of an inch thick, double
riveted to the cast heads. Within this
casing and the guide casing the runner
or wheel proper is located on a hori-
zontal shaft, which is supported by ad-
justable ball and socket oil bearings on
heavy arched bridge trees exterior to
the outer casing. 'The runner is made
of bronze and iron, and is 74 inches in
diameter. The buckets are made of
bronze, and receive the water by a sharp
dividing ridge, the central portion,
upon which the shell is fastened, being
of iron. The water is discharged-from
January 2, 1897.
Mining AND Scientific Press.
the wheels laterally into the discharge
pipes, and owing to the design of the
wheels there is no uncompensated
pressure on any part of the wheel, and
no end thrust or pressure on the shaft,
the whole being in perfect balance
wherever it touches water. The head
under which these wheels operate is
about 210 feet. One of these wheels is
driving two electric railways, the
Lewiston& Youngstown road, and the
Niagara Falls & Lewistown Railway, j
Within a few weeks the twelve turn
bridges in Chicago betweed Twelfth
street and the lake will be changed
from steam to electric power. It is
claimed the change will save the city
$1,000 per month.
13X1.83 a coefficient subsequently de-
ducted), and 1.8.3 agrees with Mr.
Harris' rule for grate area for bitu-
minous coal burned with natural draft
and this is a very economical rate of
combustion (23.8) for bituminous coal.
Mechanical Progress.
Efficiency of the Boiler Grate.
At the December meeting of the
American Society of Mechanical En-
gineers, William Wallace Christie read
a paper on the "Efficiency of the
Boiler Grate " in which he made the
following conclusions:
I collected the data from 108 boiler
tests, paying particular attention to
the pounds of coal burned per square
foot of grate at which the greatest
quantity of water is evaporated.
These tests were all that I could
obtain from various sources, and as far
as can be ascertained are reasonably
authentic.
In fact, the averages probably rep-
resent present practice fairly, and
are, from both economy and capacity,
tests made by the author and others.
From the tables we have the follow-
ing averages:
Pounds of coal per H. P. developed per hour. . . . 3.fi4
Pounds of combustible H. P. developed per
hour 3.04
Pound8orco.nl burned per squ-are foot of grate
per hour 18.16
Professor Rankine says: "The rate
of combustion in factory boilers
is 12 to 16 pounds of coal to
the square foot of grate."
Dr. Thurston says in boiler
trials: "In land boilers it is
customary to keep the rate
of combustion per square foot
of grate down to about eight
pounds per hour, although it
frequently rises to 10 or 12
pounds."
The experiments show that 13 pounds i
of coal burned per square foot of grate
per hour of either anthracite or bitu-
minous coal gives the greatest economy
in evaporation.
The greatest amount of anthracite
coal found to have been burned per
square foot of grate was 33.70 pounds;
the least, 4.70 pounds.
The greatest amount of bituminous
coal found to have been burned per
square foot of grate per hour was 57
pounds; the least, 6.70 pounds.
Land stationary boilers are the only
ones considered in the paper.
The pounds of combustible per H. P.
per hour was noted especially because
. of its giving a fairer way of comparing
the economy of different boilers, and
is, I believe, in accordance with the
views of Dr. Emery.
It will be seen that less than 4
pounds of coal in the most of cases is
that which is required to be burned
per square foot of grate per hour to
produce one H. P., and as 13 pounds
of coal burned per square foot of grate
is a most economical rate of rate of
combustion, 13 divided by 4 or 3.25 H.
P. per square foot of grate per hour
is economically attainable.
The above is for anthracite coal.
For bituminous coal, as 23 8 pounds
burned per square foot of grate is an
economical rate of combustion, 23 8
divided by 4 or 5.95 H. P. per square
foot of grate per hour is economically
attainable.
The average of 13 and 23.8 is 18.4,
which is very near 18.16, the average
of all the 108 tests.
It certainly is understood that the
above figures may have need of variance
for special coals or conditions, and are
~only intended to give averages.
The 23.8 is obtained by multiplying
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Portable Hoisting Engine.
The cut on this page shows a stan-
dard portable hoisting engine for hoist-
New Sources of Error in /line
Surveys.
Electricity is being used so much in
mining operations that it is very im-
portant that every mining engineer
and surveyor should be made ac-
quainted with the result of some very
recent experiments on the effect of
electric currents on delicate instru-
ments. In the Westphalian coal fields
electric railways are rapidly on the
increase, and the question arose whether
the electric currents exercised any det-
rimental action upon the magnetic
mine surveying instruments which are
used so largely in the German mines.
In order to determine this, Prof.
Lenz selected a point underground at
a horizontal distance of about 100 yards
from the rails of an electric railway,
and 1420 feet below it. Then by means
of a magnetometer, with quartz fiber
suspension, a series of observations of
variation were made, based on a fixed
line. The day curve was very irregu-
lar, while the night results displayed
perfect regularity, and were in accord
STANDARD SINGLE DRUM PORTABLE HOISTING MACHINE.
ing from small mines, or for under-
ground hoisting or haulage, where the
output of the mines does not warrant
the use of a direct acting engine. The
cut shows a single drum hoist, but they
are built with two drums and in ex-
actly the same style. The engine
frames, cylinders and engine shaft
bearings are cast in one piece on the
smaller sizes, and, as the guides and
cylinder are bored at the same time,
there is no chance of getting out of
line.
On the larger sizes the cylinder is
cast separate, to facilitate molding, but
it is bored in line with the guides, to
which it is bolted with studs and nuts.
The two engines are held together by
connecting pieces of bedplate, which
have finished tongues on the ends, fit-
ting into finished grooves in the engine
frames and to which they are firmly
bolted. This makes practically a solid
piece of the two engines and connect-
ing pieces of bedplate, and makes a ma-
chine that the roughest of usage will
not throw out of alignment. On ac-
count of this construction, no special
foundation is considered necessary.
These machines have lately been put
on the market by Fraser & Chalmers,
Chicago, 111.
The longest distance at which the
long distance telephone is now practi-
cally operated is from Boston to St.
Louis, a distance of 1400 miles. This
is twice as long as any European line.
with the magnetic records.
This exhibited that magnetic obser-
vations can, under such conditions, be
only satisfactorily conducted during
the night, in the absence of the mag-
netic current. Another source of
error is the safety lamp. Composed of
various metals, the lamp in a hot con-
dition sets up thermo-electric currents
which act on the magnetic needle.
In order to obtain information on
this point six mine surveyor's safety
lamps, free from iron, were placed one
at a time, first in a cold condition and
then heated, at a pole of a sensitive
magnetometer. Of the six lamps, two,
when cold, had no action on the needle,
while all acted on it when hot. The
deviations observed amounted to from
30 seconds to 100 seconds.
A new benzine lamp, that had not
been previously used, caused a devia-
tion of as much as 5 minutes. The
deviation increased with the tempera-
ture of the lamp. A new aluminum
safety lamp caused the same deviation
when cold as when hot. From these
results it follows that the mine sur-
veyor, before making magnetic obser-
vations with delicate instruments,
should carefully test his lamp. The
infiuence of slight magnetic properties
may be lessened by holding the light in
the prolongation of the magnetic axis.
With side lighting great care is neces-
sary. It is thus demonstrated that
the mining engineer and surveyor
should make their observations at
night. If they carry out that opera-
tion during the daytime in the neigh-
borhood of an electric plant, etc., the
results are almost certain to be wrong,
and trouble will ensue.— W. A. Engard
in the Colliery Engineer.
Things That Are Near.
Flying is solved. The principle is
known. A mechanical expedient is all
that is now needed to make it success-
ful. Practical flight is to-day not more
than five or ten years off.
A glow worm makes light with about
one three hundredth part of the force
used in ordinary artificial light. When
men know how to make light as cheap,
streets and homes will be as light as
day for a mere fraction of what light
now costs. This is near. Vacuum illu-
mination without incandescence is
already in full operation, and in a year
or two should cut down the price of
light to a sixth of its current cost, and
in five or ten years light may be, like
water, turned on in every house at
will.
Compressed air has long been known
to be the best way, theoretically, to
store force for use in transportation.
There is no waste and no deterioration.
The need is a cheap and efficient motor
to apply compressed air to city trans-
portation.
During 1896 only 1802 miles of rail-
way were built in the United States,
the smallest mileage in any year since
1875. The number of lines on which
this track was laid is 163—11 less than
the number of new lines added in the
previous year. Track was laid in
thirty-eight of the States and Territo-
ries. California had 167 miles on eight
lines, Louisiana 154 miles on five lines,
Michigan 146 miles on eleven lines,
Georgia 97 miles on fourteen lines,
Pennsylvania 90 miles on fifteen lines,
Wisconsin 86 miles on seven lines, and
Texas 83 miles on eight lines. Many
railway enterprises were under way
early in the year which would have
added hundreds of miles of track, but
were stopped by the financial agitation
preceding the election. The building
of fully 2500 miles would have been the
record of 1896 but for the political un-
certainty.
Of the three great ship canals built
within a comparatively recent period,
the Baltic, with its sixty-one miles of
canal, depth of nearly 30 feet and width
of 89 feet, consumed eight years in
construction and cost nearly $38,000,-
000; the Manchester canal, with its
fifteen and one-half miles of channel, 26
feet depth and 120 feet width, took six
years to build, and cost in the neigh-
borhood of $77,000,000; and now the es-
timates of the Chicago canal are twen-
ty-eight miles of channel, a depth of 35
feet and width of from 160 to 210 feet,
costing less than $29,000,000.
To RESTORE burned steel tools to
their former usefulness they should be
heated to a bright red and then al-
lowed to cool off in a mixture composed
as follows: Melt 500 parts of tallow
and 120 parts of black pitch together
and add gradually, under continuous
stirring, 375 parts of pulverized sal
ammoniac, 125 parts of ferrocyanide of
potash, 20 parts of soft soap and a hand-
ful of common salt. In the case of
larger tools heating and dipping should
be repeated.
According to the report of the Bu-
reau of Statistics of the United States,
the exports of gold and silver for Octo-
ber, 1895 and 1896, and for ten months
ending October 30th, 1895 and 1896,
were as follows :
TCR Months EtUlino
Octobe} , . October .
Gold— 1S05. W96. 1S95. 1S36.
Imports. ..Si, 797,040 $27,961,083 530,630,979 $92,849,939
Exports... 1,873.897 343,168 75,064,179 55,913,589
stiver-
Imports... 1,391,831 993.440 9,372,495 9,448,077
Exports... 4,694,447 4,794,339 43,259.067 61,236,380
A MATHEMATICIAN has Computed the
movements of a rider's feet while work-
ing a bicycle, and has demonstrated
that it requires less exertion to travel
fifteen miles on a bicycle than to walk
three miles.
10
Mining and Scientific Press.
Januafy 2, 1897.
INDEX TO VOLUME LXXIII
—OF THE—
Mining and Scientific Press
FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, 1896.
A Page.
Aliandonment :ind Relocation 254
Accuracy of Chemical Analysis 338
Aconcagua ■ ^33, ^59
Activity in Development of Copper Mines 530
Activity in Mining Enterprises 192
♦Advance in Gravel Mining 253
Advertising Business 498
Aerial Tornedo ^■'
Aerostatic Railway -^fo
Africa's Condition 443
Small Yield 460
*Air CompressiDff on a Large Scale 213
♦Compressor for Montana 333
Hoist Table 30
Tester ■ Jioii
A laska. Gold Output ■ ■ ■ 5)6 4 It)
Mines..l1,35, 47,67, 75, 107.117, 159, 179, 199,262,
3U3, 336, 355, 363, 375, 382, 397, 406, 418, 426, 467,
Prices ■'■'''
Alaska-Treadwell G. M. Co 67, 107, 375
Alcoholic DrinUs ■ -524
AUis. E. P. Co 90, 118, 435
Alloys and Amalgamation of Gold 3.-j8
Of Refractory Metals 30, 238
Aluminum 30, 102. 174, 239, 299, 483
Bronze Casting 70
Aluminum's Electrical Conductivity 154
AmadorCo. Mines.. 10. 34,54,74,94, 107. 116,138, 151,
158, 178, 198, 222, 242, 262, 282, 302, 322, 342, 362, 382,
40B, 426, 446, 466, 486, 506, 526.
* Amalgamator, New 105
Amalgam Accumulation on Copper Plates, .152,172,
194.216,277.
Amalgams of Chromium and Mercury 69
Alameda County Miners' Associ ation 523
American and European Mining Methods 169
Inst. Mining Engineers 255
Mining Engineers 498
Newspaper Directory 518
Pig Iron 300
Society Civil Engineers 6
Anaconda Mine Outpat.aSS, 255, 293, .S55, 419, 459,499
Annual Report of the Gen. Land Office 335
Anti-Debris Association 47.67, 131, 151,335
Antimony in Montana 499
Appreciates a Good Thing 89
Archa^,ological Discoveries, Recent 2)7
Argentiferous Sulphide Ore, Treatment of 131
Arizona Mines. .11. 35, 55,75, 95, 107, 117.139,159,179,
199, 223, 243, 263. 283, 303, 527.
'95 Mineral Output 375
Mining Laws 499
Artificial Sunshine 70
Asbestos 3, 131
And Its Uses 48
Assessment Work 2. 106, 151, 375,459,479
Assessments, Delinquent 479
Atom, The 278
Auriferous Gravels, Milling of 46
Pyrites 221
Australasia Mines II, 107, 189, 179, 199, 303,419
Australasian Gold Yield 107, 439
Australian Co-operaiive Gold Mining 114
♦Automatic Hose Reel 457
Bacteria in Cubic Meter of Air 279
Barrels, First Notice of 423
Beet Sugar Culture in California 424
Bicycle Manufacture 150
Birth Rate per 1000 in U. S 260
Black Hills Gold Product 215, 399
Blackmail 334
* Blast Furnaces, Interior Contour of 38i)
Blasting Under Water 30
Blunders in Mining 150
Boat, A New 113
Boiler, The Coming 50
Expansion of by Heat 358
Experiments in Firing 174
Bolometer, The 69
Book Notices 83
Boring Glass 134
Boston & Montana Mine 353
Bowie, Aug. J 257
Brass Kept from Tarnishing 503
Bricks from Slag 483
Briquettes from Culm Heaps 444
British Columbia Mines, 11,27,34.47,54.67,75, 87,
94, 107, 117, 131, 139. 159, 178, 191, 215, 222. 235,
243, 282. 275, 283, 303, 323, 335, 343, 363, 382, 406,
417, 426, 447. 466, 487, 499, 507, 527.
Mining Companies 355
Mining Law 355
British Navy 503
Investments in American Mines.. 295
Budd, J. H 398
Butte & Boston Co " 355
Butte County Mines, 10, 26, 34, 54, 67, 74, 94, 116, 138,
158, 178, 198, 222, 262. 282, 3U3. 323, 342, 362, 382, 406,
426, 446, 486, 506.
Butters, Chas 499
C
Calaveras County Mines, 10, 34, 54, 74, 94, 116, 158,
178, 198,' 222, 242, 362, 282, 302, 332, 342, 362, 383, 406,
. 43fi, 446, 486, 506, 526.
California County Consolidation 498
Eastern Railway 87
Electrical Works 90
Experts Abroad 2W4
Fissure Vein Varieties 237
Geology 331)
Gold Belt Geologic Survey 378
Gold Mining 257. 276.396
H.vdi'iiulic I'jltivator 131
HyUraiilif Miues 170
Min(^ ] liv'iiiruds 314
Miucr;iluKisl's Report '.254
Miners' AssoclalioD, 107, 110, 13I, 151, 214, 293
314.337, H^-i, 354, 374, 375.
Mines ami Miners, 9, 31, 69, 90, 115, 134, 155, 176,
195, 218, ;J19.
Mines ami Speculation 274
Miucs in Ijuudon 3
Miuiug 0 m\uution 374
iVIining Decisions 170, I9U
Miuiug Incorporations, 12. 35, 76, 119, 140, 154,
180, 2 13, 231. 301. 321, 3il, 384, 405, 417, 484.
Mining School 458
Mining Smnuiary Every Issue
* Oi I Fuel 273
PowderOul.put 87
Quartz Mills 506
Salt 434
* Illutration
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State University 440,458
State University and Mining 190, 458
Supreme Court Mining Decisions, 87, 130, 131,
190.
Total Gold Production 439
Calumet & Hecla Dividends 87, 459
Caminetti Law 107, 1 10
Canadian Mines 199, 419, 447, 501
Canal Between New York and Philadelphia. . . .444
Canals a Success.. 319
Candle Power, Measuring of 90
Cantilever Bridges 1^7
Car Wheel Testing 484
Careless Milling ol'
Celery a Cure for Rheumatism 31
Cellular Kites 218
Centrifugal Pumps - -482
Change of Air 524
Changes by Punching 70
Charges of Powder in Guns 90
Cheap Cyanide Plant 297
Methods of Mining 418
Chemical Action, How Prevented 153
Analysis, Accuracy of 3c;8
Chicago Tower 278
Christy, S. B 399
Chrome Ore 47
Circulation of World's Papers 317
Cleaning and Sharpening Files 381
Cleveland Steel Co 455
Coal, High and Low Grade 358
Loss in Weight 90
Mining in Arizona 419
Waste Utilized 174
Coast Defense Guns 423
College of Mines 458
Colorado Ii on Works 36, 261. 505
Law on Salting Mines 151
Leasing System 107
Mines. 11, 35, 45, 55, 67, 68. 75, 85, 87, 95, 107, U7,
131, 1,39, 159, 172, 179. 199, 223.243.263,283,303,
332, 343. 363. 383, 407. 418, 427, 447. 487, 507, 537.
Mining History— Early Development 336
* Mining Scenes 189, 193
* Railroad Advertising 189
Railroad Competition 107
State Mining Association 419
* Columbian Commission Award 1
Colusa Basin Drainage 53
Comparison of Comstock and Cripple Creek. .498, 500
Compilation of Recent References to the Cya-
nide Process 441
Complimentary Contemporary Comment 109
Compressed Air in Foundries 197
And Electricity Working Together 444
For Street Cars 1 13, 402
In a Warship 422
Comstock Mines 67, 87
And Cripple Creek Compared 498. 500
"Concentrates" Every Issue
Condition of Africa 442
Conductivity of Metals at Low Temperatures. .196
Confusion of Mining Laws 417
Congress Mine 107
Congressional Appropriations 106
Contract Sales ol Mining Property 46
Usefulness of 31
Convict Labor, Statistics of 359
Co-operative Gold Mining in Australia 114
Copper Consumption on tnis Coast 27
Deposits in Sonora, Mexico 358
* Matting in California 498
Mining Outlook 46
Ore Leaching With Sulphuric Acid 479
Plates, Keeping Bright 28
Production in United Stales, '96 171. 459
Relining by Electricity — 503
Statistics 133, 409
* Corral Hollow Mines 113
Correlation of Light, Heat and Electricity 89
Corundum 6
Cost of Liibor Wars 423
Mining and Milling Ore in Utah 355
Mining Ore Reduced 479
Narrow Gauge Roads in California 86. 106
County Mineral Exhibits 150
Courts and Miners ...334
Cripple Creek and the Comstock 498, 500
Gold Yield, 95. 96, 157, 255, 335, 439, 479
Leases 375
Mining Geology 237
* Current Motor, New 105
Cyanide Process at the Utica Mine 358
Of Gold : Solution and Precipitation 500, 530
Patents 397,439,518
Plant, Cheap 397
Process in the United States ! 316, 419
Process, Cost of in South Africa 459
Process, Recent Literature Thereon 441
Tests 379, 402, 421
Cycle Telegraphs in War 221
Cycles of Droughts 483
D
Deadwood, S. D., Mills 439
Debris Commission 67,87, 107, 110, 127,315,439
Dredging vs. Impounding 421
Dams, Official Report on 439
* Dams 439
Deep Mining on the Rand, S. A 481
Del Norte County Mines 54, 74, 94. 198, 342
Delegates to Miners' Convention 407
Demonetization of Gold 419
Derricks, Ancient 218
Development of Colorado's Mining Industx-y 336
Of Power in the Sierras 67
Work -394
Diamonds, Artificial Production of. 259, 422
DiJYerenco Between Miners and Prospectors 151
Diffusion of Metals 6
Dirt Eating 239
Director Walcott and the Geological Survey, . .438
Discovery of a Vein Necessary to Location 274
Divining Rod, The 315
Dock at Calcutta 358
* Dodge Improved Mill 71
Dow Steam Pump Works 76
Dr. Nansen on Depth of the Sea.. 534
Dredging for Gold ]50
Hydraulic 403
Or Impounding Debris 421
Drift Mine Timbering ['_[ 65
Drum Lummon Mine, 315 375
Ductile Iron ' 528
Dust Mask for Workman "..' 30
Duty and Sampling of Lead Ores 133
* Duplex Dillerential Pump 353
E
Earth as a Magnet 380
Eastern Cal. Mineral Deposits 480, 501
Economy in Hoisting Plants 395
Education of Engineers 278
Efllciency of Hydraulic Dredging 403
El Dorado Co. Mines, 10, 34, 54,67,74,94,116 138
158, 178, 198, 332. 242, 362, 282, 303, 333, 343, 362, 383'
419, 426, 446, 466, 486, 506. . . . ,
Election, Presidential, Result of 375
Electric Current, Danger irom ^" . 196
Dissipation ol Compounds "444
Farming ogg
Furnace V.V.V. 6,'259
Harmostat 462
Headlights !.."!...'!!"! 2j9
Locomotive 89
Mining ^.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.','.'.'.'.'.^9
Motors on Chicago Roads 423
Power at a Colorado Mine '.'.'.'."" 49
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Power in Kern Co 113, 196
Power in New Zealand 463
Smelting Plant 47, 378
Telegraph, New 196
Tramway in Switzerland 403
Tramwavs in Genoa 444
♦Electrical Advance in Railway Transmission. 49
Conductivity of Aluminum 154
Copper Refining 502
♦Development, Latest 149, 154
Force, Usefulness of 113
Hardening of Steel 70
Industries, Rapidity of Growth 278
Industry in the U. S 381
Oil Well Starter 89
*Power at Cottonwood, Utah 238
Railways 259, 318
Reproduction of Composition 359
Return Current Path 217
♦Transmission at Fresno, Cal 5, 359
Electricity a Growing Business 196
And Rifle Practice 299
*At Nantasket Beach 3i7
*A t Niagara 483
Direct from Coal 29
How It Manifests Itself and What It Can
Do 50, 69
In Metallurgy 29, 316
In Mine Development 438
In Shasta Co., Cal 151
*Taught by Correspondence 299
Vs. Compressed Air 444
Electrolytic Extraction of Gold 378
Treatment of Low-Grade Copper Ore 48
Elements. Abundance of 6
Eminent Domain in Mining 374
Emmens' Alchemy 317, 428
Employment of Local Engineers 213
Energy Apparent in Electricity 70
English Trunk Telephone Lines 534
Sources of after Coal 7, 278
Engine Indicators 484
*New Hydraulic 129
Engineering Education 278
Specialization 278
Engines, Different Kinds Described 154
Equipment of a Laundry 524
Kstimates of Civil Engineers 151
Eureka Con. Co.'s (Nevada) Annual Report 439
Eureka Hill Mine 479
Experiments in Firing a Boiler 174
Exploration Co. of London 275, 295, 499
Explosions in Mines 112
Exports of Iron and Steel 218
Export Trade of U. S 359
Fahrenheit into Centigrade to Convert 423
Fairbanks, H. W 420
Fenders for Streetcars 278
Files, Cleaning and Sharpening of 381
Fire in Shaft, Notes on 338
Fireproof Construction 484
Firing Cannon Under Water .535
Flour Exports from San Francisco, '96 445
Flywheel Calculations ;io
*New Construction 153
Ford, T. L 67, 107, *110, 401
Foreign Capital in California Mines 150
Poresiry Commission 334
Forests and Stream Plow 7
Foul Air, To Detect 502
Eraser &, Chalmers 353
Fresno Co Mines 116,406. 526
*Sub-Staf.ion 359
Free Coinage of Gold 193
Fuel and Speed of Locomotives 114
Fulton Engineering and Shipbuilding Works, 76,
231. 341, 405, 455. 505.
Funding Bill in Congress 425
Future of the Sahara 319
G
Gases Resulting from Mine Explosions 112
*Gasoline Engines of the Chetco 313
*Hoist 85
♦Marine Engines 149
Gas Power on European St. Railways 380
Prices of in Different Cities 218
♦Gates Canvas Plant 277
General Electric Co 89, 133, 258
Land Office Report 96, 335
♦Generator for Isolated Lighting .417
Geological Survey and Mining, 150, 170, 334, 373, 478
New Features 214,478
Geologic Surveys of Gold Belt of California 378
Geology of California 259, 478, 502, 533
Cripple Creek, Col 337
Nevada Dist 480, 502, 522
Relation to Mineral Development 420, 478
German Silver Casting 113
Giving Automatic Signals to a Locomotive — 538
Glass, Accumulation of Waste 300
Glossary of Mining Terms 112, 482
Gold Amalgamation and Alloys 358
Artificially Introduced in Rock 499
Deposits in Nicaragua ..109, 256
Fields of Canada 316
Free Coinage of 193
Holdings in Different Cities 151
Imports for Sept.. '96 335
In Granite and Plutonic Rocks 297
In the Guianas 296, 381, 461
♦Mine in Colorado 45
Paved Valley 108
♦Quartz Mill, Triple Discharge 443
Saving Process, New 316
Workers. Ancient 423
World's Output for '96 418
Gold and Silver Exports to Europe 459
Extraction Co 67
Holdings 154
Shipments from San Francisco 4^9
Gold Belt, Greatest 461
California, Geologic Survey of 378
Gunnison Co. , Col 68
Gold Milling at Grass Valley, Cal 111,235
Improvement In 26
Gold Mining Coming to the Front 337
Australia 114
California 357, 376, 296
Without Removing the Ore from the Earth, 419
Gold Yield of '96 477
World 334, 335, 419
♦Golden Feather Gravel Plant 253
Mine 479
Government Bureau and Mine Owner 418
Coast Defense Guns 423
Coinage Rules 3
Mining Bureau 438
Gravel Mines, Value of 438
♦Mining, Advance in 353
Greatest Gold Belt 461
Grove, Wm \\Q
Guadalupe Quicksilver Mine 395
Guatemalan Exposition i05
Gun Metal and Bronzes 443
Gunnison Co., Col., Gold Belt 68
H
Hailstones geO
♦Handsome and Effective Adv't'g i89
Hearing Better with Left Ear Than Righ*, 524
Heliographic Signals in Storms 133
Hendy Machine Works 341
♦Hercules Gasoline Engine 313
Highest Tower in the World | 90
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♦Hoisting Engine for Anaconda 293
Six Barrels a Minute ; 339
Hollow Shafting Instead of Solid 133
Home Markets and Mines 254
Products Exposition 129
Homestake Mine 315, 355
Homesteads and Railroad Grants 234
Horseless Carriages .443
♦Hose Reel, Automatic 457
♦Hot Blast System for Copper Matting and Sil-
ver-Lead Furnaces 318
How to Frame a Report 298
Humanity, a Synthesis of 196
Humboldt Co. Mines 34,486
Huntington Mill 119
Hydraulic Dredging 403
Elevator 131, 253
♦Engine 139
♦Grapple 65
Mine Failures 170
Mining Not Illegal 419
Idaho Mines, 11,35, 54, 94, 117, 139, 159,179,199,333,
343, 263, 283, 30!, 323, 343, 363, 383, 407, 427, 467, 487,
507,*537.
Idaho Springs, Colorado, Tunnel 151
Impossibilities Made Possible 338
Impounding or Dredging Debris 422
Improved Processes for Reducing and Saving
Precious Metals 256 .
Improvement in Gold Milling 26
Inaccurate Glass Gauge Readings 503
Index to Vol. LXII 8
Indi-a's Gold and Silver Absorption 46
♦Indiana Mine, Colorado 45
ludividual Owners of Gold Mines 26
Information About Mines 86
Infusorial l-larth 131
Inland Canal 484
Interesting to Inventors 403
Interference of the Land Department 314, 418
Interior Contour of Blast Furnaces 380
International Boundary Line 133
Correspondence Schools 90
Inventive Faculty 88, lOH, 283
Inyo Co. Mines, 10, 34, 74. 94, 116, 178, 198, 303, 416, 466
♦Iron Mountain Mines, Cal 498
Investors and Pullman Cars 373
Local and Foreign 418
Iron Bar 2000 Years Old 444
Iron Ore in Mexico 70
In Shasta Co 169
Mining at Lake Superior 7
♦Japanese Cruiser 397
Progress 484
Japan's Copper Production 439
Japan, Statistics of 359
♦Jeffrey Mfg. Co 118,259
Joshua Hendy Machine Works 51, 116
K
♦Kennedy Mine Tailings Treatment 277
Kern Co. Mines, 10, 34, 67, 74, 116, 138, 151, 158, 178,
196, 198, 242, 262, 282, 303, 322. 363, 382, 406, 446, 466,
486, 536.
Kite Ascensions 403
Kneass, Geo. W 51
♦Knots and Splices in Manilla Rope 25, 29
Korean Gold Mines 355
Laboratory Tests in Connection with the Ex-
traction of Gold from Ores by the Cyanide
Process 379, 403, 421, 442, 460
Labor Wars, Cost of 423
Land Office Business 213
Commissioners' Rulings 47, 499
Interference 314
Langhammer, Dr. P 316
Largest Canal Lock 133
Commercial Check 355
Leather Belt 175
Lassen Co. Mines 198
♦Latest Improvements in Electrical Develop-
ment 149, 154
♦Launch Engine 443
Leaching Carbonate Copper Ore 479
Lead Ores, Duty and Sampling 132
Prices of 191
Shot, How Made Spherical 503
Leadvllle, Colorado, Miners' Union 151, 191
Strike 255
Leary Raft 340
Leasing Mines 67, 85
Le Conte, Jos 224
Legislative Committee Report ■ 401
Life Saving Stations 319
Lightning, Damage from 218
Link Belt Machinery Co 118
Liquid Air Commercially 106
List of California Mines, 9, 31, 69, 90,115,134,155,
176, 195. 218, 219.
Local and Foreign Investors 418
Location Notices in California 334, 417
Locations of Mining Claims 47, 67, 68, 417
Locators' Rights 314, 417
Locomotive Fuel and Speed 114
Making Plant in Russia 239
"Lode," What It Means 375
Lower Cal. Mines 55,95, 199,243,467,527
Low Grade Mines 438
Luclum 381
Lumber Exports of Washington 465
Interests of Northwest 355
M
Machinery Sales in South America 381
vs. Brains 534
Madera Co. Mines 282
Magnesium 87
Magnet Adapted to Irregular Surface 154
♦Manitou Tunnel Power Plant 339
Manufacturers' and Producers' Association 53
Manufacturing Statistics of S. F. for '95 36
Marine Curiosity 48
♦Engines 149
Mariposa Co. Mines, 10, 74, 158, 178. 198, 233, 342, 263,
282, 302 332, 342, 362, 406, 426, 446, 466, 486, 506, 526.
Market Reports Every Issue
Matabeleland Development Co 130
Mechanics' Institute 53, 66
Merced Co. Mines 1 16
G. M . Co 265, 295
Mercur. Utah, District 26, 255, 375
Metallic Carbides 503
Metallurgical Electricity 29
Metals. New for Coins 300
Meteorites 134
Mexican Copper Deposits 358
Mines 55,70,75, 85, 117, 159, 199,315,507
Mexico's Mining Industry 213
Population 455
Mica, Commercial 202
Michigan Mines 35, 67, 95, 139, 487
Mien, Thos 281
Milling of Auriferous Gravels 46
Mill Sites 499
Mine and Mill Reports 337
Owner and Gov't Bureau 418
Owners' Sampling 234
Promoters 234
Reports S98
January 2, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Mineral and Agricultural Land 47. 3»7
Deposits of Eastern CalUornla. 48U, 501
Land LeBlslatlon - «. ». *l»
Products of U. S.. '86 to -Oe 17!. 477
Resources and Geology's Relation Tnereto.420
Wool, How Made 197
MineruloglBi's Report »4
Miners and Prospectors 151
And the Courts 3M
Status, Past and Present sJ
Wages Id South Africa 855
Wages , . ■
Miners' AssoctBtlon.. aU3. 314, 874, 308, 399, 478
Headquarters 337
Mines and Speculation in California 274
And Home Markets 264
And Railroads 518
On Mexican Oruuts 274
Mining and Foundry Workers* Injuries 818
And Milling. Costs of 6^3
And Railroading Accident Statistics 171
And Roads 458
And Sclentille Press. . ..306. 398. 400. 401, 402, 478
And the Geological Survey 150. 170, .174, 478
Blunders IS?
Claim Locations 47. 67, 68, 398
Convention, "96 374,398, 390, 400, 401
County Transportation 86
Dividends. 12.35.76.118. 1*1.160.180.202,231,281,
301. 321. ;H1. 361. 384. 4t6. 447. 484.
Exhibit at the Mechanics' Fair w
Frauds ^87
Geology of Cripple Creek. Col --^
Laws Needed. 3&4. 356, 374. 375. 376, 377, 378, 398,
417.478.
Lawyer In the Supreme Court 3H
Locations, Proposed Laws -JlS
Progress ...294
Share Market Reports Every Issue
Supfs Addresses. . .0, 31, 69, 90. 116, 134. 165, 176,
195, 218, 210. „
Will It Decllney 437
Mining Bureau Bulletin 294
Slate, 114. 150. 167, 170. 294. 458, 459, 477, 484. 499,
Mint at San Francisco 47
Coinage First Three-Quarters of '96 375
Money of the World ^y"
Mono Co. Mines 116, 158, 198, 480, o06
Montana Mines II, 85. M, 75, 95, 117, 131, 139, lol,
159. 179. 199, -22,% 213. 263, 283, 303, 323. 343, 363, 407,
427, 447, 467, 487. ;j07, 527. .
Montgomery. J. H. Co 36
Morality of Miners 418
"Mother Lode" In Cascade Mountains 521
Motor Carriage Race 52.)
Motor Car Ciintest in France 339
*New Current 10-*'
Mountain Mines, Ltd .-2, 47
Ranges 30,133
Mount Morgan Mine 3
•Multiple Drilling Attachment 422
Mysteries In Science 30
MacArthur-Forresl Patent 397
•McKinley . Wm 379
*Naphtha Launch Engine 443
Narrow Gauge Railroads.., 86, 106
Natural Gas in Holland 317
Nature as an Engineer 503
Imitation in 524
Naval Academy and Education of Engineers. . .279
Neff, J. B 55, 67. 151. 400
Nervous Strain of Railway Work 31
Nesmlth, Jno. W 318
Nevada Go's Gold Yield 107
Mines. 10, 54, 74, 94, 107, 116, 138, 158, 178, 198, 32-',
242 262, 282, 302, 322, 342, 362, 382, 406, 426, 446,
466. 4H0, 486. 506 521, 526.
District Geology 480, 502
Nevada State. Early History of 335
Gold Mines 313, 528
Mines, 11, ai, 74,94. 117,138,158, 178.222,213,262,
283. 302, 322, 343, .362, 382, 406, 426. 447, 466. 487,
506, 527.
♦NewCoQstructionof Fly Wheel 153
Gold Saving Process 316
Small Coins 463
Theories Wanted 88
New Departure in Railroading 524
New Floor-Making Material 628
New Guinea Mines 88
New MexicoMines....ll,35, 75, 95, 117. 139, 199,22,3,
263, 323, 383, 427, 447, 467, 527.
New South Wales Mines 139
Newspapers, Trees Turned Into 13.^
New York and Brooklyn Tunnel 433
New Zealand Mines 295
Niaeara Falls Power Transmission. 133, 374, 423, 483
5nTap 423,483
Nicaragua Canal 48
Nickel. 131,275
Steel 339
Nomadic Prospector 498
North and South American Railway 238
Northwest Mining Association 215, 314, 315
Notes on a Breathing Gas Well 460
Shaft Fire and Its Lesson 338
November Meteors 112
O
Ocean Cable Changes 380
♦Transit of Timber 192
Of Business Valine 478
Oil as Fuel in California.. 273
♦Engine 517
Farmers 3"'^
Fields of California 27, 384
Motor Cars 89
Supply of World 484
Wells in Canada 404
OldaodNew Trinity :...' 46
♦Prospector 169
Olive Oil .-. -- 7
Ontario (Canada) Mines 355
Mine 355
Oregon Mines, 11,34, 54, 74, 85, 94; 117, 139, 151, 158,
178, 198, 222, 242, 262, 283, Si96, 302, 323, 343, 362,
382, 406, 419. 426, 447. 466, 487, 506, 527.
Eastern, Placer Gold in 522
Ore Testing 4, 379, 402, 421
Overcapitalization of American Mines in Lon-
don 190
"Overexertion" 114
Overwork Doesn't Pay 4^
Ozone 89
■ Paints for Ironwork 239
Palermo L. &W. Co 36
Patent Laws of Mexico 503
U. S. Office Business, '95 .• 278
Patents, Recent, Notices of. 38, 51, 83, 127, 147, 155,
187, 202, 224, 244, 261, 281, 321, 344, 364, 395, 408,
428, 447, 468, 488, 508, 534.
Total Number in U. S 278
Pelton Water Wheel Co 77, 118, 153,339
Penberthy Injector Co 118
Photography in Colors 6
Pig Iron Exports from the U. S 239
Piling, How Driven in Bavaria 197
*Pine Creek District, Col., Mines 173
Pipe Covering Heat Loss 175
Pitting and Corrosion, Causes of 153
Pack.
Placer Co. Mines. 10. 34. M. 74. 116. 158. 178. 2^. 242.
263. 282. 295. 3U«, 322. »*2, 362. 382, 406. 4«, 446. 466,
486. 506. 526.
Placer Locations 418
Plate Glass for Monuments 528
Platinum 27, 381
Plumas Co. Mines. 10.34,64.74,94. 116. 158, 178, 222.
242, aSi. SOi, 322, *12, 362, 38S, 406. 419. 426, 466. 4H6,
506,526.
Plummer. J. W 180
Pneumatic Power in Workshops 5fi8
Tubes in the Postal Service 42S ,
Pocahontas G. M. Co 47
Points for Prospectors 440
Poisons, How They Act 60
Polar Explorations 280
Seas Unexplored &•
Possession vs. Location 190
Possibilitv of Impossibilities 838
PoslofHces in U. S 340
Power from Small Mouutaln Streams 202
Plant at the Corral Hollow Mines 113
Preoipitutiou und Solution of Cyauido of Gold. .500
Prehistoric Mine of Aramo 27
Present Status of Power Transmission 318
Preservation of Timber. 106
President. How Elected 197
PresldenlliilTerm of Orilce 428
Protlt-Sharlng Abiindonmenl 113
" Promoters" of Mines 234
Proposed Changes in Ocean Cables 881
*Prosp«ctiug Steam Hoist 417
•Gas Engine 517
Some Points on 521
Prospector. Nomadic 498
•The Old 28. 169
Prospectors, Points for 440
Pullman Cars and Investors 273
Q
Quartz Mills, Number of in Cal 506
Quicksilver Receipts 3,=i5
Quicksilver's Properties 107. 2.S5
R
RailroadGrants and Homesteads 234
InCorea 260
Railroads. Electricity and Mine Development. .438
Methods of 517
Narrow Gauge 86, 106, 445
Rails of Wood Pulp 521
Railway Construction Statistics for 1895 239
Percentage in Different States .' 403
Rain, Imitation of 443
Rand (South Africa) Dividends 157, 214
Gold Output 87, 277
Saving Gold in the Mills of the 523
Randsburg Mining District 522
Records of Mine Worldngs 274
Reduction of Ores in Mexico 4
Retining Copper by Electricity 502
Relation of Geology to Mineral Development. . .420
Relocation and Abandonment 254
Relocators' Rights : 3.S4
Reporter T. L. Ford 110
Resin, Rosin, Etc 197
Rheumatism, Cure for 134
Ricketts. A. H 356, 401
Rlgaud Process . , .3, 47
Rights of Locators 314
Of Relocators 3.34
Risdon Iron Works 76, 90, 256, 293, 333, 344
Riverside County Mines 375, 466, 486
Robbery of Ore from Mine and Reduction
Works 375
Roads and Mining 458
Robinson (South Africa) Mine 3. 357
* Roebling's Sons. Jno. A. Co 53
Roessler &, Hasslacher Chemical Works 140
" Rock in Place. What Is It?" ...66, 109
Rock-Drilling Contests 67, 71, 87, 107, 2!6
Rod Type of Trolley 133
Roentgen Rays 318, 502
♦Future 174
Rossland, B. C, Output 439
♦Rosalie Mine 85
Rubber Goods Cracking 31
Russian Mines 419
S
Sacramento County Mines 382
Sahara, Future of 318
Sale of a Famous Mine 130
Sales of Mining Property on Contract 46, 86
Salting 438
Mines, Colorado Law 151
Salt Rainfall in Utah and Wyoming 3a9
Sampling Gravel Mines 170, 171
By Mine Owners 334
Works on Frontier 499
San Bernardino Co. Mines, 34, 74, 87, 138, 178, 262,
.3»2, 466, 526.
San Francisco Mining Investments 418
San Diego County Mines, 10, 54, 94, 116. 138, 158, 2^2,
262, 282, 322, 362. 382, 406. 466, 486, 506, 526.
* Sand or Sediment Trap 175
Sanitation, Improved 403
San Joaquin Electric Co 67, 3.59
Santa Barbara County Mines 242
Scientific Joking 380
Seal Catch of '96 , 384
Secretary of Mines in Cabinet, 86. 332, 254, 417, 418,
459, 479.
Seismic Recorder 112
Separation of SilverfromGold by Volatilization. 4
♦Sequoias, Young ..^... 28.
Shaft Fire, Notes on 338
Shafting, Hollow Instead of Solid 133
* Shasta County, California, Copper Mines 498
County Mines, 10, 34, 74, 94, 116. 138, 169, 178,232,
242, 262, 282, 302, 322. 342, 382, 406, 419, 426, 446,
466, 486, 506, 526.
Shoes and Dies, Wear and Tear of 131
" Shooter"— What It Is ,. ..,131
Shotgun Barrels 422
Sierra County Mines. 34, 54, 74, 116, 158, 178, 198, 242,'"
262, 282, 302, 322, 342, 362, 382, 406, 426, 446, 466,
486, 526.
County Miners' Association 315
Silver and Miners' Wages 2
And Gold Holdings 154
And Gold Shipments from San Francisco. . .4.59
And Gold Exports to Europe 459
Probabilities 439
What an Ounce Costs to Produce 131. 295
Siskiyou County Mines, 10, .34, 54, 74, 94, 116, 138, 158.
178, 198, 222, 242, 262, 283, 302, 322, 342, 383, 406, 426,
446, 466, 486, 506, 526.
Skeleton Mine Reports 298
*Slag at Smelting Plants, Disposing of 525
Smith, Hamilton 224
T.N 259
Smoke, How Best Disposed of 153
Smuggler-Union Mines. Telluride, Col 461
Solution and Precipitation of Cyanide of Gold. .500
Solvent for Gold and Silver 339
*Sonntag, Julia,n 76. 88
South African Coal Output 331
Deep Mining 481
Mine Labor 315, 375
Mines, 3, 35. 47, 75, 118, 159, 179, 191, 223, 235, 243,
263, 295, 323, 363, 383, 407, 419, 427, 507.
South American West Coast Trade 119
South Dakota Mines, 35, 55, 75, 139, 159, 179, 199, 223,
243, 263, 283, 303, 323, 343, 363, 407, 427, 447, 467,
487, 507, 527.
Southern Pacific Railway Co.,.,,,.,, 53
Page.
South Yuba Water Go 76
Specializulion in Engineering 278
Speculation in Califoruta Mines 274
Spontaneous Combustion of Coal 317
Spring Valley Mine. Cherokee, Cal 439.446
• Sprlugcr Coneeniraior . 85
Stamp Battery Development 378
Stamps. Number in Cullfomla 506
St. Auburn. W. T 160
State Mining Bureau, 67, 70. ISO. 170, l0l,2&4,2oS.
294. 490. !
Work and Mining Interests 170
Steali ntr Other People's Inventions 378
Steam MoiU-rnf the Future 50
Pumi>— What It Is 3
Gauge T'.'sting 484
Steel Affected by Electric Current 174
Burned, to Restore 423
Hardened Electrically 7U
Highways .30
New Manufacturing Process 402
Shafts 70
Stone Industry of the United Slates 275
Walls. Why Damp 31
Storage of Water in Earthen Reservoirs 480
Street Railway Power Economy 278, 402
Submarine Wrecking Vessel 359
Subsidence, French Decision on 340
Submarine Cable Between New York City and
Hayli 524
Success of Canals 319
Sullivan Machinery Co 90
Sulphur Mine, Humboldt, Nev. 107
Sunlight's Action on Moist Organic Matter 299
Supply of Oil in World 481
Supreme Court Decisions 26. 1.30. 170, 191
Swindling Investors 518
Syenite, DiiTerence from Granite 27
Synthesis ol Humanity 196
Tax on Mine Output 295
Technical Society Work., 317
Telegraph and Telephone Business 524
Telegraph, New Electric 196
Steel 113
Teleplione System, New i.'j4
Tempering Reamers and Taps 70
Tesla, Nicola 114
Testing Car Wheels 484
Steam Gauges 484
Theft of Ore from Mine 315
* Thurman Oil Burner 273
Timbering in Drift Mines 65
Timber Preservation 106
Tinplate Imports to U. S 340
Tin Statistics for '96, 444
Tomboy Mine, Sale of 335
Torpedo Boats for U. S. Navy 319
Destroyer 30
* Tornado, Picture of 6
Trail Creek Mining District 2.36, a35
Training a Locomotive 444
Transcontinental Arc 338
Trees Turned Into Newspapers 133
Tricks of Ancient Gold Workers 423
Trinity County Mines, 10, 34, 46. 54, 87, 131. 138, 158,
196, 219, 262, 322. 342. 382. 426, 446, 4rt6, 486, 506, 526.
* Triple Discharge Gold Quartz Mill 443
Trolley Line in Paris 534
Trolley. -Rod Type 133
Tube Welding by Hydraulic Power 403
Tunnel Between New York and Brooklyn 423
Tuolumne County Mines, 10, 54, 74. 116, 158, 178, 198,
222, 242, 262. 282, 302, 322, 342, 362, 383. 406, 426,
416,466,486,526.
Turbine Wheels 30
Turquoises 114,441
Two-Mile Shaft, Proposed 521
Uncle Sum's Warships 218, 472
♦Union Gas Engine Co 85, 149
Union Iron Works 76, 244, 26 1 , 341, 397
University, The New 440
U. S. Debris Commission 67,87, 107, 110, 127,315
Geological Survey 315, 458, 459
Mint Coinage '96 419, 459
Population , Statistics of 444
Supreme Court Decisions 151
UtahMines, 3.5.54,67,75.95, 107, 139, 159, 179, 199,222,
243, 263. 283, 303, 323, 3J3. 355, 363. 383. 407, 426, 447,
467, 487. 507, 527.
Utica Mine Cyanide Process 258
Utllitv of Inventions 2.59
Utilization of Waste Water 378
Utilizing Culm Heaps 174
Value of Gravel Mines 438
Varieties of California Fissure Veins 237
"Vein," Difference Between It and "Lode" 375
Discovery Necessary to Location 274
Walls 152,172,194.216
Velocity of Projectiles, Measuring 196
Vicissitudes of Mining 275
Victor Mining Co 355
Virtue Mine 85
Visiting Miners 234
Von Der Ropp, A 256
Vulcan Iron Worlts 51, 118, 364
W
Walcott, Chas. D 261
Want of Sampling in Hydraulic Mines 170
Washington Mines, 11,31, 54, 74, 94, 1 17, 131. 139, 159,
178, 198, 262, 303, .363, 406, 426, 447, 467, 487, 506.
Washburn- Moeu Mfg Co 36
Waste Made Valuable 462
Waste Slag Utilization 3.39
Water in the Earth's Crust 463
Journeyings of - 114
Power, New Invention 129
Pressure, Force of 218
♦Ram in Pipes 462
Right Decision 65
Storage in Earthen Reservoirs 481
Utilization of Waste 278
Western Real Estate and" Building 3(X)
Union T. and Am. Bell T. Co.'s ...319
Westinghouse E. & M. Co 90. *]54
Westralian Mine Revenues 355, 437
Whaling by Electricity 30
What Is "Rock in Place?" 66
White Lead. Electrolytic Method — '. 30
Whitney, J. D 160
Wildcats 354
Williams, G. F. .' 191
Will Mining Decline? 437
Wire Glass 7
More Valuable Than Gold 113
♦Woodbury Concentrator 118, 2.^3
Wood, Weight of Green and Dry 463
World's Gold Yield 334, 335
Oil Supply 484
Wright, Jno.M 68
Wyoming Mines .... 1 1 , 1 17, 139, 179, 199, 223, 243, 263.
303, 383, 307, 447, 523.
Y
Yacht. The Largest Electrical 278
Yale. C. G 400, 401
Yield of the Rand 277
Yuba Co. Mines 10, 34, 74, 446, 486
Yukon Placers 397
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their ui.iy
authorized agents only-
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
Hde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to muke reason-
able terms. When sending' reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willini:^ to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
iviarquette, Micli., U. S. A.
Operator uud Dealer in
Mines, MiDing Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stoeks. BondK. Options. Leases.
ContruetH Hnil Sec-urltleH.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines. Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their viilue. method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options. Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines. Mining Properties
and Mineral Lauds.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Tolegrapliic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
^VORIv.
ORES! ORES!
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Montgomery St.. San Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction. Cal.
THE PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
miLL OR JPLMCER.
A Guarantee Willi Each Machine.
This machine is the finest g'old saver for both
placer mines and quartz nillis. No other pbitp nec-
essary in mills where the Pacific Amnleamator Is
used. It is eonstmcted almost entirely of melal; it
can be transported on pack train. Pos^r-Hurs a liiree
amount of silvered aiii.-il-anialiiit- piau- surlacc. No
SCOurlnp of amalfnirn. Any urdliiar.\ amal^'amiitor
can operate the niaclilne with sovi) hulx-i-mh. Send
for catalogue.
THE PACIFIC MINING WACHINERY CO.,
127 First Strnct. San Frandsco, Cal.
Gold, Silver and Copper Ores
and Sulphurets
BOUGHT AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
SPECIALTY, COPPER ORES.
WRITE FOR RATES TO
PIONEER REDUCTION CO.,
NK%'ADA CITY. CAL.
BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES,
Developed and Undeveloped.
GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD,
IRON AND COAL.
For Sale by BEAUMONT B06GS (of British
Columbia Board of Trade), Victoria. B. C.
K^Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious nietals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
Park City, Utah.
12
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 2, 1897.
UNION IRON WORKS,
222 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
THIS : :
PROSPECTING BATTEPvY.
Two-Stamp Self- Contained Battery
^■a^^^ IS DESIGNED BY <^^EB^
THE UNION IRON WORKS
Expressly for Prospecting Work.
It was awarded First Prize at the recent Mechanics' and
Manufacturers' Fair, where it was inidaily operation, crushing
ores from various mines throughout the State.
Weight of stamps, 275 pounds each; capacity of battery, de-
termined by actual work, 200 pounds per hour, through a
No. 7 slot-punched screen.
Entire battery weighs about 3000 pounds; heaviest piece,
mortar, weighing 1200 pounds.
Can be taken apart and transported to any locality.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
. . . DENVER, COLORADO, . . .
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator
lA/Tl pTf cr-v" "^^.de, with a capacity of from 15 to 25 tons per day
of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No moving
' ^^*=*^*^f belts or intricate parts. Any one can learn to
operate in an hour.
For confirmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenridge, Col.; M. E. Smith
Concentrator, Golden, Col. ; Mary Murphy Mine. St. Elmo, Col. ; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs,
Col. ; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Ool. ; H. B. Woods, Denver, Col.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
every make, as is shown by letters in oar posseSBton.
PRICE, $450.112..
INOTICE TO GOLD yVVlINERS !
Silver -Plated Amalgamated Plates
For Saving Gold
IN QUARTZ, GRAVEL OR PLACER MINES. MADE OF BEST SOFT LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER.
■— B f\T REDUCED PRICES. «— ■■■
r pliites are guaranteed, and by actual experience are proved, the best in weight ol Silver and durability. Old Mining Plates
replated, bought, or gold separated. THOUSANDS OF ORDERS PILLED.
Justinian Caire,A^Dt
521 and 523 Market Street, San Francisco,
DEALER IN
Assayers' and ifci
Mining flaterial.
MANUFACTURER OP
San Francisco Novelty and Plating Works ™™ "ns md wire cloth
■ SEND FOR CIRCULARS. 68. 70 and 72 First Street San Francisco. Cal.
AGENT POR-
Hoskins' Hydro-Carbon Assay Furnaces.
VA/HIXE, ROGERS Sc CO.,
Constructing Engineers sindi A^ill\A/rights,
INO. 306 PirSE STREET,
SAIN F-RMINCISCO, CAL.
VVc furnish the machinery and erect at the mines all descriptions ol STAMP MILLS for the economical treatment of gold and silver ores. HOISTING A PUMPING MACHINERY, operated by Steam,
Water, or Electric Motors. CYANIDE, CHLORINATION AND LEACHING WORKS. COnPLETE CONCENTRATING AND SMELTING PLANTS tor dressing lead ores and
smelting tor copper and silver. IMPROVED AIR COMPRESSORS AND DRILLS. WIRE «OPE TRAHWAYS for transporting ores; ETC., ETC.
»♦■ Practical Working Plans and Specillcations Provided for All Machinery Furnished or Structures Built By Us. ♦> -f
January 2, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
13
RISDOIN IRON \A/0RK:S,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
inches.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
We beg to call attention to our *' RISDON HAMMERED"
Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
When WrlUnjc please mention the MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PKESS.
THP wnnr^RTfRY ORF rONrFNTRATOR WITH IMPROVED BELTS "^''•~""'~"*'^^" l*}^,,?!!^?^!.*?'^."^^ j^f??.^'>.^^®™*\'"^ »* mechanicR* institute, isno and isoi
the Bpacc of any Oihr-r
The annexed cm bliows till
Built of lu-Hi Stcul ami Wrought Iron. Sfoiit: ami (hir.ibl.-. I'rioe )*.
simnrovetl form wlilch coiitelais of coi-i-up;UlhI ud^'ea, to form an expanding top eclpe. THE IMPROVED MACHINE
HAS THE FOLLOWING MEUITS- PirRt— The linni-ovt-d m.-Hh. which consist of seven, are constructed and arruntred so as to allow each belt to receive a
Dorilon of the ouln In nuch a manner is to relieve thc> niachin.' of Us load, thereby frlvlnp It twice the capacity of other concentrators, and enabUng it to
portion 01 incpuipinnutninn.innci as to rcu^^ l the ^^_^^^ ^^.^^^ ^., ^^ j, ^^^^^ ^^-^^^ ^^^ ^^^ Second-The machine equalizes the load by several corn-
Pan I" U/AnHhnr>u — ISBtl partnients, thereby working more reg-ularly and with nnicli less attention than is necessary to prlve
ucU. L. nUUUUUIji ,-v ^^'^^Wb^^K », other concentraiora using wide oelts. Each of the belts on tliiw macliine takes care of tlie pulp that
Manufacturer, Bg^^^^-^flfnKll V Is allowed to it— In this way prcvenllng the pulp from running to the lower side of It. as Is the case
when a machine becomes out of level where
wide belts are used. Third— The belts run on a
perfect line, needing no adjustment to prevent
their running from side to side, as In other con-
centrators. Fourth— The belt surfaces are im-
proved by indentations and corrugations,
causing tlie Concentrator to save fine sul-
phurets and quicksilver, and perform close
work. Fifth— The belts have fluted or corru-
gated edges, to form an expanded top edge,
which eflTectually prevents from cracking.
Sixth — The teed arrangement Is perfect.
Seventh— The machine Is constructed of iron,
with steel crank-shaft self-oiling boxes, and
everything made in the most thorough manner,
enabling It to rim with very little attention or
wear.
This Concentrator took tlie 1st prize at
the San FranciHco Mechanics' Institute in
1«90, 189X and 1892, and at the Califor-
nia State Fair in 1892; it tooli the Ist.
MORE THAN DOUBLE THIS CAPACITY with one-half less power and occupyms less than one-half
75 f. o. \>. Send for Catalotrue and Testimonials.
prize at tlie AVorld's Columbian Exposition 1893, and at the San Fraocisco Midwinter Fair, 18dR>
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKS.
Dynamos, TWotors, i-loisting /Vpparatt4s, /Vrc etndi Incandescent Lamps,
Instruments, and General Supplies.
TELEPHONE AND LINE CONSTRUCTFON. LONG DISTANCE POWER TRANSHISSION A SPECIALTY,
Office and \A/ork:s: 40Q TVYMRICEX ST., SAN FRANCISCO, C/\L.
Double-Jointed Bali-Bearing HydrauUC GiantS.
The above presents an improved Double-Jointed Ball-Bearing Hydraulic Giant which we
build. The Improvement consists of the introduction of a Ball Bearing by which the pressure of the
water Is reduced to a minimum and the direction of the nozzle changed at will with ease.
ratalogues and nrices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS. 38 to 44 Fremont St.. San Francisco. Cal.
The accompanying cut shows the general ar-
rangement of Knight's Standard Water Wheel,
of which there are hundreds In use in different
States of the Union.
These Wheels are made from 3 feet to 6 feet in
diameter, from 10 to lOOO-horee power, and
adapted to all heads and purposes.
Wheels inclosed in iron cases, from 6 to 34
inches.
Wheels for electrical power can be furnished
5 with or without Governors. Highest regnla-
Jtion guaranteed.
Address all communications to
KNIGHT & CO., Sutter Creek, Cal., or,
RISDON IRON WORKS, Agents, San Fran-
Por full particulars, send for descriptive catalogue. cisco, Cal.
NOTICE TO ORE SHIPPERS.
By shipping your oreg to us you can obtain the highest prices paid on competitive bids in- the public
market, together with a careful and accurate sample, as with our new mill and improved machinery
we are able to give perfect satisfaction to all shippers. Write for our Pocket Reference Book. Tht.
highest cash price paid for gold bullion and old gold. Prompt returns.
STATE ORE SAMPLING COMPANY," Denver, Colo.
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jiPMaiOTiDEiff;fSMiraiitBm.araBi;raM.*wm^^^^
CHARLES C. MOORE, Pacific Coast Agent, 32 FIRST St., SAM FRANCISCO, CAL.
M IN IN G AND AGR ICULTU RAL
AND NEARLY ALL KINDS OF
INCLUDING FLDUR MILLS. SAW MILLS and QUARTZ MILLS.
REPAIRING ""bv^^ experienced WORKMEN.
SendforEslimafes FRONT SX.bet. N& 0, SACRAMENTO, Cal.
HOME MANUPAOTURE.
FOWLER'S
^Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Covering.
Asa Non-Conductor, Uncqualed.
^ Special Rates for Steam Boilers and Drums.
G. C. Fowler, 6S6-S8 Howard St., S. F.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 2, 1897.
Coast Industrial Notes.
—The Selma, Cal., flouring mill was de-
stroyci by fire last week. The loss was S42,-
000.
—The Southern Pacific Company will pay a
dividend of one-half per cent on the stock of
the Central Pacific Railroad.
— Victoria, B. C, aldermen have voted to
issue $125,000 in bonds for a new steel bridge
with three spans of 217 feet each.
—Glaus Spreckels has 250 people employed
at his Watsonville, Gal., beet-sugar factory
at wages varying from S2.50 to S4 per day.
—The Central Pacific Railroad earned net
for October ^613,468, an increase of $51,680;
from January 1st to October 31st, $4,003,287 ;
increase $21,644.
—The San Francisco and North Pacific road
earned net for November $20,000, an iocrease
of S3,592, and from Julv 1st to November 30th
$142,630, decrease Sll,827.
—The Southern Pacific Company earned
gross for October $5,179,912, a decrease of
$168,303, and net $2,321,970, decrease $58,205.
The gross earnings from January 1st to Octo-
ber 31st were $31,378,604, a decrease of Sl,504,-
357; net $13,354,434, decrease $179,054.
— The Sunset Oil Company has incorporated
in Fresno, Cal., "to develop petroleum, sulphur,
gypsum and other mineral lands." G. L. War-
low, J. B. Rader, M. McWhorter, G. W. Smith,
C. J. Miner, W. D. Creighton, Fresno. Cap-
ital stock, $100,000; subscribed, $15,700.
—The Santa Fe Railway management is
considering a plan of substituting gasoline
power for steam power in the operation of the
1000 water tanks on its system. It is said
that the change will enable the company to
make a saving of $50,000 a year. An experi-
ment will be made this month, and if it proves
successful, the change will be made,
— The Great Northern Railroad is reported
to have a surveying party running a line for
the construction of a branch road into the
British Columbia mining region next summer.
The company, it is said, has two routes under
consideration, one a rail line between Bon-
ner's Ferry north along the Kootenay river to
Kaslo, terminus of the Kaslo & Slocan,
another to build across Trail Creek country to
a point near the Spokane & Northern, on the
line between Spokane and Nelsou.
— H. C. Henry of Seattle, Wash., has the
contract to build the approaches to the Great
Northern Railroad's tunnel through the Cas-
cade mountains in western Washington, and
men are on their way to commence prelimi-
nary work. It will take about six months to
do the work, and then everything will be
ready to commence on the track, which will
be one of the greatest engineering feats in
Pacific coast railroading. The tunnel will be
two and a half miles long, and will reduce the
ialtltude of that part of the road 1000 feet.
—The officials of ihe Denver & Rio Grande
Railway are considering the possibilities of
the California & Nevada Railway, and it is
possible that the narrow-gauge line may pass
into their control. At the request of Charles
Smith of Denver, who has the first mortgage
bonds of the line, Receiver King has prepared
an extended report on the road, and copies of
the document have been sent to Denver. The
report points out that the little 22-mile line
offers one of the few openings still left by
which San Francisco may be reached from the
Alameda side of the bay. The creek and the
land in the vicinity of West Oakland are cov-
ered with a network of tracks, and any more
franchises seem to be precluded.
—Last week electricity was brought into
Sacramento over the new line of the Central
Electric Company from its power house at
Newcastle, Placer county, thirty miles dis-
tant, the power being furnlshedfrom the res-
ervoirs of the South Yuba Water Company.
Three high potential wires carry ihe current
to the station in Sacramento, which is fur-
nished with two motors and two arc light dy-
namos, which will run 120 arc lights. It has
also eight step-down transformers to reduce
the voltage, and the switchboax-d is furnished
with several of the latest improvements.
Last week a current of 15,000 volts was turned
on at Newcastle to test the line, and it was
found to be in perfect order clear to that city.
— The following regarding importations at
frontier ports of Mexico is of interest to ship-
jjers : Packages of merchandise must contain
only one mark and number, to facilitate identi-
fication. Difference exists between net weight
and legal weight. Net weight represents the
intrinsic weight of the merchandise itself,
while legal weight includes all kinds of inte-
rior packing. The customs tariff states plainly
when duties are to be charged on net weight,
and on legal weight. The metric system
went into eifect in Mexico 'September 1st.
As a misapprehension seems to e'xist~atilong
American shippers as to the classificatioQ of
machinery, it is to be noted that all articles,
even when imported with machinery, and
forming part therof, but which can be put to
another use than tliat for which they were de-
signedly imported, must pay the duty as set
forth in the tariff. Extreme care should be
taken to give the exact number of the pack-
ages shipped. Any excess over the number
specified in the manifest will incur heavy
penalties, which are always rigidly enforced.
When shipping goods in bond, see that the
proper entry be made at the custom bouse or
port of shipment, so as to allow of the impor-
tation into Mexico without making new entry
at the United States custom house at the
frontier.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Commercial Paragraphs.
War Eagle M. and M. Co., S. F. : B. W.
Haines, R. Barnett, W. R. Hall, W. J.
Palmer, J. H. Lewis; capital stock §100,000;
M0,000 subscribed.
The Truax Manufacturing Company of Den-
ver, Colo., has just filled an order from Mex-
ico for 6 No. 21 B ore cars and 48 sets of wheels
and axles.
Hendrie & BoLTOFF of Denver, Col., have a
contract for supplying the 24-inch iron pipe
for the North Denver public sewer, at their
bid of S32 per ton, delivered on the ground.
The Hercules Gas Engine Works have com-
pleted a 25 H. P. milling engine for the Rands-
burg district, to be used in a new 10-stamp
mill now being erected. The engine is de-
signed to specially withstand the severe con-
ditions existing in the desert country.
The contract for the new plant of 130 stamps,
with both steam and electrical power for the
Diamond Hill gold mines in Montana, has been
awarded to the Union Iron Works of San Fran-
cisco. The electrical plant will be built com-
plete from the foundation by the General
Electric Company of New York. The elec-
trical power will be manufactured at Crow
river, 14,000 feet from the mill, and be trans-
mitted that distance over seven wires. A
large Rand air compressor with capacity of
ten drills will be used, driven by electricity.
The power will be delivered at the mill over
eight motors, so that one-half the plant can be
closed down while the other half is running.
The main building will be nearly 300 feet in
length. The rock breaker at the mouth of the
main tunnel has a capacity of 60 tons per hour.
The stamps will be 1000 pounds each. This
mine will have a capacity of 500 tons daily. A
cyanide plant for reducing the concentrates,
with capacity of 30 tons daily, will be con-
nected.
A SYNDICATE in which the officers of the
American Cyanide Gold and Silver Recovery
Company of Denver, are interested, purchased
last summer the Young America mines and
mills in Sierra county, California, and built a
100- ton mill to work the ores of that property.
They have been operating the mill the past
few months successfully and turning out gold
bullion. The di-oxide-cyanide process, con-
trolled by the American Cyanide Gold and Sil-
ver Recovery Company, has made an extrac-
tion at this mill of over 95 per cent of the
values of the tailings. Captain J. R. DeLa-
mar is operating this process at the DeLamar
mines in Nevada, at a mill having a capacity
of 230 tons per day. Captain DeLamar has
closed a contract with the American Cyanide
Gold and Silver Recovery Company for right
to operate this process in a new mill which he
is about to erect at the Golden Gate mines, in
Mercur district, Utah, which, it is claimed,
will be the largest cyanide mill in this coun-
try—400 tons per day. Another mill using
this process is being operated in Kittitas
county, Washington. The ores of the latter
region are treated to a very high extraction by
this process. The Wiswail-Frank Precipita-
tion process is being used in connection with
the di-oxide-cyanide process at all the mills
above named.
Personal.
F. H. MiLts of Calumet, Mich., is the new
manager of the Merced G. M. Co. at Goulter-
ville, Cal.
Charles Butters is in Cripple Creek,
Colorado, and expects to reach San Francisco
about the middle of January.
The Nevada, Cal., Ti'anscrijyt of Dec. 34, in a
long article, pays a just tribute to the zeal and
efficiency of Fred Zietler, superintendent
Champion mine.
D. H, Jackson, superintendent of the
Larkin mine, who has been in poor health for
some time past, has resigned his position and
returned to his home in Oakland to recuperate.
Russell L. Dunn, who left San Francisco
in August for Siberia to examine and report
upon some gravel properties for a Parisian
syndicate, was at last mail dates at Gorbitza,
on the Ghilka river, a branch of the Amoor, in
Siberia.
Recently Declared flining Divi-
dends.
Pennsylvania Mining Co., Grass Valley,
Cal., S3,fiT5 ; payable December 38.
Homestake, South Dakota, S31,350, payable
Dec. 36th, a total to date of §6,037,500.
Morning Star Gravel Mining Co., Iowa Hill,
Placer county, Cal., Dec. 3Sth, dividend No.
73, ISO per share, payable immediately.
COLORADO'S GOLD FIELDS.
Millions Upon Millions of DoHai-s in Gold Have
±4eeu Added to the World's Weaitli.
It is a well-known fact that the' richest aud most
famoua gold mines in tlie known world are those of
Colorado, many of which are paying lo fortunate iu-
vestors mllliona of dollaia annually in dividends
Some Bhrewd persons who invested onJy a few dol-
lars ;ire now receivine" hundreds and thousands in
profits, and, judgring fi-oui present indications, there
are more desirable chaoees to invest just now tuan
ever before. New mines are discovered daily and
old ones strike richer veins of g-uld.
In order to meet the great demand for reliable in-
formaiion about mines and mlninir camns, one of
Denver's oldest and best known publishers has ,iust
issiied a handsomely illustrated book accurately
describing every mining camp in the entire State of
Colorado, giving scores of truthful photo-engrav-
ings of famousmines, mountains, cities, eie. Cripple
Creek, the world's wonder, is fully described; also a
correct map of the district. Narratives of how many
poor people have become wealthy by judicious in-
vestments in gold mines, and sketches of former
pro-'peetors who are now fixed for liCe. Telia how
to avoid unscrnpuLous brokers and sharpers. The
volume has been carefully compiled by a disinter-
ested author and every statement made is guaran-
teed to be true. All terms and phrases of miners
fully explained; tables showing the State's produc-
tion of gold and silver for 35 years past. The pub-
lisher will send by rettirn mail a copy of the above
great book upon receipt of $1 (currency or stamps),
which alao incbidea a full-palo yearly subscription
to tils big 6R-column weekly family paper, the i7hf.s-
tratcd Sentinel of Denver, Colorado t established
IhSii)). Clubs of 0 and six books, ¥5. The paper con-
tains each week all the latest mining news and
illustrations of Rocky mountain scenery, also trtie
stories of love and adventm-e,
ON a JONG PEPFORiriHS CO.
CHICAGO.
METALS PERFORATED AS REQUIRED FOR
Mining Screens of all If inds
-AND FOR USEIN-
Milling and Mining Machinery
Reduction and Concentrating Works
Woolen, Cotton, Paper and Pulp Mills
Rice, Flour and Cottonseed Oil Mills
Sugar and Malt Houses
Distilleries, Filter Presses
Stone, Coal and Ore Screens
Stamp Battery Screens
Brick and Tile Works, Filters
Spark Arresters, Gas and Water Works
Oil, Gas and Vapor Stoves
Coffee Machinery, etc., etc.
standard Sizes Perforated Tin and Brass Always in Stock.
Main Office and Works: 209to21 1 North Union Street, Chicago, III., U.S.A.
iSastern Office: No, 284 Pearl Street, New York
DOUBLE PIPE AIR COTWPRESSOR.
This is a cut of
the Double Pipe
AirCompressor,
the Compressor
that is guaran-
teed to save 30%
in power over
any other make.
It is cheapest to
buy, cheapest to
carry about and
cheapest to run.
If your fuel q..
water costs you
anything, you
want this Com-
pressor. If you
can get railroad
freights free,
and can carry
machinery to
your mine with-
out cost, and
your power
costs you noth-
ing, any make of Compressor will do you. You will be under no necessity to
write to PNEUJVIATIC POWER CO,, at 306 Pine St., San Francisco, Cal, We
could save you money, though, in cost of foundations, as^our Compressors are
half the size of other makes.
Colbib Sc Hesselmoyer,
DESIGNING AND CONSULTING
TVlechanical and Hydraulic
ENGINEERS!
Plans and SpeciQcations for Machinery of MINES and MILLS. Improvement and Development of
WATER POWER for All Applications. Will give PEKSONAL SUPERVISION During the
Construction aud Erection of All Work, if Desired. Twenty Years' Experience,
-+:2I /VlarUet Street.
TELEPHONE BLACK 2403.
"rancisco, Cal.
Tremain Steam Ore Stamp.
COMPLETE FREE-MILLING PLANT FOR $1,000.
Consisting of One TREMAIN STEAM STAMP, with Automatic Feed,
capicity from 8 to 13 Tons a Day ; One Upright Boiler; 30 Feet Electro-Silver
Plate, and all Pipes and Fittings necessary to connect Boiler and Mill.
Total Weight, About 5000 Pounds.
It requires no belting, shafting, pulleys, or building.
Can be transmitted in section or whole. Well adapted to localities diffi-
cult of access. Weight, 3000 pounds. * ■' '
Its practicability was fully demonstrated by its enormous sales of 1895,
which exceeded those of two former years, and is now in successful operation
m Africa, Alaska, Mexico, Colorado, South America, California, Canada, Mon-
tan Oregon, Central America, Arizona, Dakota, New Mexico, Wyoming, etc.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
PROSPECTIVE niNINQ AND flACHINERY CO.,
137 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World.
1 iv*JAA. Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
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MCiEINTS»
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sacrameinto, Clalifornla.
YES. It's Very Econom-
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require no e?igineer. His salanj goes in your pocket. For information address
"WEBEB GAS & GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 430 S. W. Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo,
POWPP PRO^ GASOLINE? YI
''^^ ^^ L*fV ical, Simple, Safe aud Reliable, c
January 2, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Professional Cards
\V. .1. .\I»AMS, K. P»I.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of CoUiinbla School of Mines. Kx- j
perl on penentl mill work ami ainaleamatlon. <
Kltrlileen ypars' experience, Will report on i
Mlnew and Mlllft. and lake fuU eharK^c of Mln- (
\ng Propertlea. Address. 133 Market St., <
Kooin 15, San Prancbtco, Ciil> {
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
DestfTDing and Consulting
MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC
ENGINEERS.
431 Market St.. Cor. First St..
[ Telephone BLACK nm San FranclRCO.Cal. \
The Evans Assay Office,
W.N.JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
Successor to Jehu & Ogden.
[ 628 Montgomery Street. San Francisco. ]
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block.
• Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals '
and their Alloys, Etc. - '
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
[ School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, \
Electrical and Mining En&ineeriuf .
^ Surveying. Architecture, Drawing and Assaylngr. J
723 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.
OPEN ALL TEAK.
A. VAN DER NAILLEN, President.
I Assaylnrof OreB.123: Bullion and Chlorinatlon (
Assay, 125; Blowpipe Assay, f 10. Full Course (
of Assaying, f50. Established 18(4.
] tW Send for Circular.
. HARVEY. W. S. HrTCHINSON. \
HARVEY & HUTCHINSON, \
C Mining and Metallurgical Work In AH
\ Branclies.
y3says, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex-
ments on rebellious ores for treatment by
aide or other processes. Surveys and re-
s upon mining properties.
EDWARD C. BROADWELL,
Cliemlcal rtssayer. j
[ 3006 Cliampa St., Box 840, Denver, Colo. 5
Chemical assayer; no loss by fire test; truth i
y only; gold, 75c; gold and silver. 81; gold, silver C
> and platinum. SL8o; copper, lead, nickel, zinc, (
) etc., according to difficulty of precise deter- ^
[mination; tests for ehlorluatlon. cyanide or?
k proper method of treatment. P
jiveleth, MacLymont & Co.
I MINING and CONSULTING
I Engineers and Metallurgists.
\ Examine and report on mines, ore bodies,
\ and all metallurgical processes connected
V therewith.
C Practical mill tests, assays and analyses of
( ores and general analytical work undertaken
\ at the
CALIFORNLA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
10 Annie St., (opposite Palace Hotel).
Between Market and Mission Sis..
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
References to leading mining men on appU-
l cation.
JOHN H. MEANS, Geologist & Mining Engineer.
Pr-'llmhiary rL-itOi'lH uti iiiIh.-h tu .l.-t.-rrri ine
.■idvlsjibility uf i.-xiL-riile»l liiveHilgaiion ; asHlslH
upon l;irge exunilnatlons. Iiili'lcate surveying.
lid geologic work for lawsuits. Thorough ex-
pi-rU-nce. Abundant rffiTencet. Aiifrlo-AniiT-
■Ode. ,\d(lr.'H», lOp: Pino St . S. P., Cii).
r^ HENRY E. HIGHTON, ^
I ATTORNEYand COUNSELLOR, \
Kooiurt 3(>-:in. \
Fourth Floor .tl ills Buikllue. ?
SANPBANCISCO, CAL. }
I Established Tbirty-Eigtit Yuars. Special At- J
leDtion Paid to;Minint; business.
PROFESSOR GEORGE DAVIDSOnTj
Late of U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. )
I Consulting Civil and Hydraulic Engineer. \
GEORGE R^AVIDSON. \
Mgent for^Sale of /Vllnes.
\ 530 Califorai» Street, San Francisco. Cal. !
Thomas O. Ewerett, yvi. E.
Twenty-six years practical experience in 1
■ metal mining. Will make reports upon prop- .
erty. or furnish properties to purchasers, if J
■ desirous to Invest In the Cripple Creek gold '
> district, all on short notice. <
Iteferences furnished in Denver or San Fran- <
I Cisco. Branch office. Room 2.0. tenth floor, Mills (
I Building. Sail Francisco, care S. K. Thornton, i
I or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 195, Denver. (
, Colo. Registered cable, Everett, Denver.
H. C \A/OODROIA/,
tMgr. Santa Ana Gold Wining Co.
aminations and Reports Made on
Mines and Mining: Claims.
Correspondence solicited. S
}ELS, CALAVERAS COUNTV, CAL. S
TOLEDO, LEWIS CO.
State of Washington. U. S. A.
Geological, exploring and prospecting work <
in the St. Helens {Cascade Mts., State of <
Wash.) copper and gold mining region. Mln-
S ing claims, options and shares Coal lands.
S Correspondence solicited. References given )
1 and expected.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
f STATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
434- California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores. Metals. Soils, Waters, In- \
f duBtrtal Products, Foods. Medicines, etc., etc.
Court Expertlug in all branches of Chemical^
t Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In-
} vestlgatlon of Metallurgical and Manufactur-
J Ing Processes. ConBultatlons on all ciuestlons i
\ of appllfid chemistry. Instructions given in j
I assaying and all branches of chemistry.
IMPROVED MINERS* LANTERN.
A light, simple, cheap and efflcient Lantern
which will remain lighted In the strongest drafts.
County or State rights for sale on royalty. MRS.
HATTIE DELZELL, .Tackson, Cal.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worts
And Chemical Laboratorj'.
"~ 524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFICES: «*^' "JWiJi't^s't?' '''^''•
UENVER, COL., PORTLAND, <)K.,
- -- fi05 Sixteenth St. Worceitter Building.
Boston. Mass. New York. N. Y. Syracuse. N. Y. Buffalo. N. Y. Philadelphia Pa. Baltimore. Md
Pltlaburff. Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Dallas. Texas. Cincinnati. O. Columbus. O. Nashvine, Tenn
Chtcapo. 111. Detroit. Mich. New Orleans. La. St. Louis. Mo.
IT IS A FACT . . .
That Our Annual
Production of
. . Insulated Wire
e:xceeds
■ That of any other iiiii
and INCLUDES E VEKITHING in the Electrical Wire Line.
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
NOS. 8 AND 10 PINE STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
FRANK L. BROWN. Pacific Coast Agent.
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
/ Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
Process.
Brown's System of Mechanically
I Stirred Koasting, Cooling and
V Conveying: Furnaces, Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois.
PATENTEE
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN=CLERICI PR0CES5.
Patented in U. S. and Other Ckjuntries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Office . . : 8 Drapers Gardens.
Laboratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1530 Wynlcoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well Unown, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both tine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clerici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form or tine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Managrer for U. S.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
THE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efficient method of using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been in-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumption of
chemicals has alao been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
-1/^ ot'en, wUkout exception, amenable to cyanide treatment can be treated to better advantage by the
Kendall Process. 'J'liis can be accepted as an axiom.
The manager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District, Utah, wires : " We now begin to
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 550 tons per day of $28.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction ■works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our esperience of 33 YEARS
building "Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a Pamplilet of either
WHeel and write fuH particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL& CO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
RUPTURE CURED.
Dr. J. C. Anthony, of 86 and 87 Chronicle Building, who fcr
the past four years has met with universal success in the cure of
Ruptures, now guarantees a cure in from 10 to 16 days. There is
no pain, no blood drawn and absolutely without danger. Usually
but a single treatment required.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 2, 1897.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAflWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. . IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
LBS. PER BUCKET, ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVESTIGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE r'OLORADO Denver,
V/ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AQENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
WE ABE MANTJFAOTnRERs OF GolcJ, Silv/er, L^acJ, Copj3^r and. F*yritic
AHALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
AND Contracting Engtnebbs for
InTestig:ate Our tate Improvements In ORE CRUSHING MACHINERY.
We Guarantee Capacity Fer Day to Any Deg:ree of Fineness
Improved ISiack Hawk Ore Breaker.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces is a Success,
mizer of fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
A great econo-
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting: Furnace.
Eqaipped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
insaring rigrid and strong: walls.
"So Cracks.
C7 <3 Z<r Si <3 Xj I X> -A. M* EI :
Kansas City Smelting: and Refining Co,
Incorporated Under The I^a\Ais
Capital paid in
of Ne\A/ "Vorlc.
.^:2,T 00,000.
Buyers of AH Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bnllion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
SMELTING WORKS:
Argentine. Kas.; El Paso, Tex.; LeadvlIIe, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
Argentine, Kas.
We use the following Cipher Codes at our Ar-
gentine Worhs: A. B. 0. Code; Moreing & Neal's
ode and Bedford McNeilPs Code.
', AGENCIES:
In United States—
; Denver, Colo.
Cripple Creek, Colo.
I Salt Lake City, Utah.
) Spokane. Wash,
New York City, N. Y.
Chicago, lU.
St. Louis, Mo.
In Mexico-
San Luis Potosi,
City of Mexico
Chihuahua.
Pachuca,
Hermosillo.
Jimenez.
FOR PRICES, ADDRESS :
J. E. Jackson,No.6AtlasBIk,SaitLake,Ctah.
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash.
H.A. True, 815 17th St., Uenver, Colo.
J. H. Weddle, LeadviUe, Colo.
C. E. Finney, Argentine, Kan.
WORKS OF THE CON. KANSAS CITY SMELTING AND REFINING CO. AT LEADVILLE, COTiO.
The Reliance Crushing Rolls.
RELIANCE WORKS.
The Edward P. Allis Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
Established 1860.
lining, Milling and Smelting
MACHINERY.
Crushers, i^olls, jrig^s, Ooncentrators,
Screens, Stamps, F*umps,
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BRANCH OFFICES:
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Butte, Mont 30 W. Granite Street.
Salt Lake City, Utah 73 So. Main Street.
Denver, Col 437 Seventeenth Street.
Minneapolis, Minn 437 Corn Exchange.
Chicago, 111 609 Home Ins. Building.
Kansas City, Mo 43 Armour Building.
Pittsburg, Pa Germau National Bank Building.
New York City 26 Cortlandt Street.
City of Mexico 3a San Francisco No. 7.
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Write for Our New Catalogue.
THE GUTTA PERCHA AND RUBBER M'PG CO.
30 and 3i2 FRE/WOIST ST., SAN F-RANCISCO.
Spadone's Conoeritrator Belts.
The " SPADONE " Carved Edge Concentrator Belt is attracting mucli attention among mining men, its merits appealing to the m
practical experience.
Illustration (Fig. 1.) shows a cross-section, and {Fig. 2.) shows the edge flanging outwardly
as It passes over the pulley. This relieves Ihe strain from the top and bottom of the edge by di-
recting the strain automatically to Ihe inside face surface of the edges. Heretofore all belts
have been so constructed that when they pass over the pulleys or rolls, a direct strain comes
upon the top or at the base of the edges causing the edges to break away from the body of the
belts m a very short time. He avoid IHs Mechanical Defect by our Spadone Omed Edge. Belts
made to fit any machine— 4, 5 and 6 feel wide. Prices and samples on application.
We ehaU be pleased to quote you also on Water, Air Drill, Steam, Suction and Fire
HOSE. RUBKBR BELTING and RUBBEK PACKING. Correspondence Solicited.
THE QUTTA PERCHA RUBBEK AND flFU CO.
TELEPHONE, MAIN 1813.
"Ferrite" and Projectile Steel Shoes and Dies.
Cheaper Xhan Cast Iron.
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January 2, 1897.
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FRASER & CHALMERS,
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY.
CHICAGO, ILL.
U. S. A.
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
Also 80 Broadway. NEW YORK:
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\ OTTO AERIAL TRAHWAYS.STAnP
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Shoes and Dies, Browne Sizers, Vanners, Con-
centrators, Comet Adjustable Crushers, Eckart
} Rolls, Ball Pulverizers, Huntington Mills, Woods
Dry Placer fliners, Hercules Gasoline Engines,
Perforated Metals, RIEDLER PUHPS AND
AIR COMPRESSORS, Corliss Engines,
KIEDLER PUAIP VALVE MECHANISM.
One perfectly controllable valve far better and
permitting greater range of capacity than is af-
forded by the bodies full of little valves usual in
other pumps. Recent Reidler orders: Ewa Planta-
tion, H. I.; Chapin, Independence, Anaconda, and
Alaska Me.x. Mines; Penn. R. R., D. L. &W. R. R.,etc. )
ing Furnaces, Brown Horseshoe Furnaces, Cyanide and Chlorination
Plant. SPECIAL CATALOGUES ON REQUEST.
Adams Boil-
ers, Steam
Hoists, Cast
Steel Cut
Gears, Gray's
Pat. Cage
Chairs, Roast-
ing and Smelt-
ANACONDA MINE CAR AXLE.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence of wearing parts, high efiflciency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fuUy all requtremenls than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XR/\NSyV\ISSIOIN
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON VA/ZVTER \A/HEEL CO.,
1:21 and 123 main Street,
San F'rancisco, Gal.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Mannfacturers of Aaaayers' and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Amsworth Balances.
L. C. MARSHUTZ.
T. G. CANTRELL.
National Iron Works,
IV. W. Cor. Main and Howard Sfs., San Francisco. Cal.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
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BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. (7r«//<'/«--« .-—The two Griffin Millit liavc been in operation now for 90 days on ihe
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Vour^ truly. (Signed) J. R. I)i'.L.\MAR.
HOW 10 GRIFFIN WILLS work.
DaLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO.,
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Tintlc MiniDg District,
UTAH.
TheThitlcMiiilnff DlBlrlct lies el*rhl.v-five miles
south of Salt Lake Cliy on the Rio Grande Western
Railway, anU la, as ahowu by the records of 1895 and
80 far la tin- prusunt yuar, the greatest mineral pro-
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The QUiiies of (ho trreat honanzae of Tintlc,
the Mammoth. Centennlal-Eureka. BullIon-Bi-ck
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Until within ihf last iwo or three vl-ui-s no ade-
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operation 111 the dlHirlct and the prochicllon of the
nilne.s was Ihnlleil to those ores sutlielently rich to
be shipped to the biuelters for treatment, but this
has been ch;nif;ed by tlie erection of Immense com-
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can work at a jjrolit those imninnse deposits of low
frradi- ores which till all the produclnj: mines of the
dlstrtet. Four of these mills are In aelfve operation,
and three others wUl undoubtedly bo erected within
the next year.
The ores of Tintlc are greatly diversified iu
character. The principal metals produced are gold,
silver, copper and U-ad. In silver production Tinlic
leads the State, while In Ihe production of gold it
stands second on the list. Beside the bifr bonanzas
above mentioned there are some twenty-five or
more properties thai now and In the d.ihi have been
p'-odneliip mines, and to these ni.ty !>!■ ;nkled a score
of others which have paid for lli'ir lit-veluiunent by
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Tintlc has four tlirlvlntr towns— Eureka, the busi-
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-••COO: Mammoth, population 1.000: Robinson and
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At the h;i8e of the foot hills only a few miles
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(rarrlen hinds, watered by the Mt. Nebo Laud and
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As to llie future of Tintlc. it Is no exaeeerutlon to
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Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Fkanoisoo, Dec. 31, 1896.
Mid-winter holidays, stock taking and gen-
eral rain storms have had their influences
on business, but the groundwork is being laid
for pushing business for the spring trade.
That the outlook is of the most flattering
character is conceded on all hands. The agri-
cultural industry promises a larger outturn of
'farm, dairy and orchard products than has
been the case for several years past. This is
made possible by more outdoor work having
been done and bountiful precipitations at the
right time. The ground is soaked to a greater
depth than for all of five years, which gives
assurance of a water supply during the most
trying season for growing crops. The deposit
of snow on mountain ranges is said to be above
the average of the past half-decade, which
will give a good supply of water for mining
purposes well towards the close of the sum-
mer months. "With the above leading indus-
tries greatly benefited, there can be no ques-
tion of its having a favorable influence on all
branches of manufactures and trade in gen-
The local money market continues to work
on easy lines, which is quite a departure from
the closing week in former years. This ease
shows that bank failures in the Middle States
have no unfavorable effect with us and points
to a general easing in the rates of discount
after January. We are informed that the
banks have a liberal supply of available funds
which will be added to on quite a large scale
after the January disbursements. In this
city there will be paid out next month by the
National Government, State, municipalities
and incorporated companies sums of money
aggregating several million dollars. While
considerable of this will be sent out of the
city, yet the bulk will remain here for in-
vestment.
At the East advices continue to come to
hand of bank failures, but singular to
state this has not caused many failures
with either merchants or manufacturers,
which should be convincing proof that the
banks were not moneyed on conservative lines
and therefore their suspension did not cause
much surprise. Aside from this it shows that
the other banks were well provided with
funds so as to tide customers of suspended
banks over an emergency. Then there is an-
other consideration which looks quite favor-
able and that is the improved prices for grain
made it possible for the trade to make closer
collections by which they have been placed in
better financial position. In commenting on
the New York money market a leading ex-
change at that city says; "Money brokers
are unanimous in their statement that recent
bank failures have failed to affect the local
market in any appreciable extent. There is
not the least approach to apprehension or ex-
citement in this market, ^nd the demands for
currency for the west have been so small as
to have been without any power to affect
banks here. It would take, in the opinion of
some good authorities, the loss of at least SIO,-
000,000 of the surplus reserve to improve
money rates at this centre permanently. So
far as can be seen, there is very little prob-
ability of any such loss, and there is all the
time hanging over the market the payment of
Interest on Government debt at the beginning
of the year, greatly increasing the supply of
funds."
Ne^v York Silver Prices.
New Yokk, Dec. 31. — Following are the clos-
ing prices for the week :
, Silver in .
London.
♦Friday
Saturday 29 16-16
Monday 29?|
Tuesday 29 ;s
Wednesday 29%
N. Y.
Thursday..
'Holiday.
W%
65
Copper.
Lead.
Iron.
Tin.
♦Friday
Saturday . . .
..H 40
3 05
11 00(oll3 00
13 00
Monday
..11 40
3 06
11 00®13 00
13 00
Tuesday
..U 45
3 02!4
11 00®13 00
n m
Wednesday
.11 45
3 02>/s
11 00O13 00
13 60
♦Holiday.
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum. 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6®?
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortfrafres. prime, taxes paid by lender 6(a8
New York Sight Draft 13^c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer I5c Prem
London Bankers' fiO days 84.84^
London Merchants 84.84
London Sight Bankers 84.88
Reflned Silver, peroz., 1000 fine... %h%
Mexican Dollars -"-
SILVER.— The market has shaded off
slightly in sympathy with a decline in Lon-
don. The lower prices there are due to au-
thentic advices that the India Council will
offer on the market, next week, £1,500,000
Council bills. It is also unfavorably influenced
by the usual mid-winter slow demand. At
this writing it Is hard to forecast the immedi-
ate prospects but it ought not to create sur-
prise if slightly lower prices rule sometime in
January, which, if it be the case, ought to be
followed by an advance when the usual Feb-
ruary and March demand sets in from India,
the Straits and the Orient. The steamer Bel-
gic sailed Tuesday for Japan and China with
«378,900 in silver bullion.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market was
fairly active up to Monday under a demand
for shipment to the Orient. The Belgic which
sailed last Tuesday took out 351,983 dollars.
ANTIMONY.— Our market is quoted at V/^
@8c in a jobbing way. New York mail ad-
vices quote 7Xc for Cookson's, G%(^Q%c for
Hitilett's and 6%c for Japanese.
QUICKSILVER.— The market has held to
steady prices throughout the week. Ship-
ments to Mexico and Central America ag-
gregate the past week 250 flasks.
The market is quoted as follows :
Domestic trade, per flask 36 50
For export, quotations are nominal but less
than for home.
COPPER— The market has a strong tone,
with sellers indifferent except at an ad-
vance. The East reports a continued free ex-
port movement, with the markets firming up.
John Stanton reports the copper production
in the United States and of the foreign mines
and of the United States exports as follows,
in gross tons of 2240 pounds :
Product
Beporting Outside Total foreign XJ. S.
mines. sowi'ces. U.S. pelt, mines, exp'ts
First li'lf '95 70,612 9,100 79,712 42.484 34.215
Second h'f '95 84,885 6.600 91.485 43,674 30,507
Total 1895... 155,497 15,700 171,197 86.178 64,722
January, '96 14.872 1,200 16.072 6.834 8,166
February... 16.316 1,300 17,516 7,096 8.296
March ...... 16.722 1,300 17,922 6.910 10,892
April 15,912 1,200 77.112 6,865 10,684
Mav 15,533 1.200 16.733 7,495 10,481
Juiie 14 825 1.300 16.025 7.055 9.797
First h'lf '96 94,180 7,200 101,380 42,255 58,216
July 15,395 1,200 16,595 7,847 10.885
August 15,600 1,200 36,800 7,023 9,119
September . 15,777 1.200 16.977 7,183 10,898
October 16.958 1,200 18,158 7.297 11,371
November.. 15,165 1,200 16,365 7.106 13,034
During the first 11 months of the current
year the production has been 186,275 gross
tons, of which 112,.523 tons, or 60 per cent was
exported. In 1895 the production was 171,197
tons and the exports were 64,722 tons, or 37.8
per ceo t. The quantities retained for home
consumption were therefore 106,475 tons in
1895, against a rate to date of 74,000 tons for
1896.
Ingot, jobbing liM®
Ingot, wholesale 131^@
Sheet copper 17 @
Boll M& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17c
Lake Superior Sheathing 20
LEAD— The market is slightly easier, but
not quoted lower. At the East, under slightly
more selling, more ease is reported.
Pig — ® 3 75
Bar — @ 4 00
Sheet — @ 5 25
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT. — There is a good seasonable demand.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs... $1 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 45
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 45
BORAX.— There is nothing new to report
either in our market or those at the East.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, In car lots 5
Reflned, in sacks 45i
Powdered, in car lots 4^
Concentrated, " 5
TIN.— Pig is a shade lower in sympathy
with lower prices for silver. The demand for
both pig and plate is slack.
Pig, per lb 14i.^c@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box — @$4 05
" " light, " — @ 3 95
IRON. — Our market for both pig and mer-
chantable bar is practically unchanged. The
call is slow. Eastern advices regarding pig
iron are decidedly mixed. Prom all advices
at hand it looks as if there will be strong
competition selling for some weeks, or until
a combination of the leading interests can be
formed. The export movement of southern
continues on a free scale.
We quote as follows :
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $21 00 $23 50
Thomas 22 00 23 50
Salisbury 30 00 33 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 833 00
Gartsherrie 31 50 23 00
LUMBER. —There is a continued free export
movement. The domestic demand is slow.
Redwood, Fluming 17 00 @
Pine 14 00 @ 19 00
Spruce 36 00 ©3100
NAILS.— The market is essentially un-
changed.
The market is quoted as follows :
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $2 75
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " " 2 50
COAL. — The market continues to strength-
en for steam which has its influence on house-
hold. The light shipments on the way and
very little, comparatively, to arrive within
the nest sixty days will probably cause still
higher prices for cargoes on passage. There
is a fair consumption demand.
SPOT FBOM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington $7 50® 8 00
Greta 6 00® 6 50
Nanaimo 6 50@ 7 00
GUman 5 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 50® 6 00
Coos Bay -@ 5 00
Cannel @ 8 00
Egg, hard 12 00®13 00
Wallsend @ 6 50
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
CardifJ 6 25
LehighLump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 00
West Hartley 6 50
COKE.— The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 900 @
" spot, In bulk 9 00 @ 10 00
" in sacks 11 00 @ 12 00
Cumberland @
POWDER.— The demand is good for the
season of the year.
The market is quoted as follows :
Hercules, No. 1*, per pound iii^o
*' N0.2, " " 8^c
yniivi
Company and Location. No.
AltaS M Co, Nev 54..
Bullion Con G M Co, Cal 10. .
Channel Bend M Co 5..
Con Cal & Va M Co, Nev 7. .
Crown Point G & S M Co, Nev.69. .
Eureka Con Drift M Co 5..
Escheauer M Co 39..
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev... 80..
Hale&Norcross S M Co, Nev.llO. .
Hartmann Mining Co, Cal 1. .
Horsefly GM Co 1..
JamisonMCo 9.
Occidental Con M Co 25. ,
Overman S M Co 76. .
Silver King M Co 15. .
Thorpe M Co. Cal 4..
Ybarra G M Co, Lower Cal. . . 6. .
Reward G M Co, Cal 17..
IVCi
Aant.
. 5c...
-lOc...
. 2c...
.25c.,.
.lOc...
. 5C...
. 5c.. .
.1.5c...
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ASSESSTVVEINfTS.
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Secretary.
.Dec 14. .Jan 18. .Feb 8 J E Jacobus, 309 Montgomery
.Nov 30.. Jan 11. .Feb 10 C A Grow. Mills Bldg
• Nov 9. .Dec 12. .Jan 2 J P Langhorne. 39 Sutter
.Dec 8--Jan 14. .Feb 4 A W Havens. 309 Montgomery
.Dec 9' Jan 13. .Feb 3 Jas Newlands, Mills Bldg
.Nov d4- -Dec 28.. Jan 18 D M Kent, 330 Pine
.NovWDec 17. .Jan U Chas E Elliott, Nevada Block
■ Dec 14-'Jan 19. .Feb 9 A K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Dec 8-Jan 11. .Feb 1 R U Collins, 331 Pine
■ Dec 22. .Feb l..Feb 23 G W Peer, 4 Montgomery
.Nov 4. .Dec 21. .Jan 20 R T Ward, 610 Clay
.Nov 37.. Jan 26.. Mar 22 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
.Nov 24. .Dec 29.. Jan 18 A K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Nov 28. -Dec 31. .Jan 22 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
. Oct 26. . Dec 7. . Jan 5 JW Pew, 310 Pine
.Oct 14. .Dec 22. .Jan 9 A F Frey, 567 Market
.Dec 4.. Jan 6.. Jan 25 Jas Coffin, 132Market
.Dec 19.. Jan 20.. Feb 5 S W Backus, Mills Building
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Company and Location. Secretary and Office in S. F. Bate.
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal J Stadtfeld, 309 Montgomery Jan 14
Bullion M Co, Nev R R Grayson, 331 Pine Jan 14
Silver King M Co, Nev J W Pew, 310 Pine Jan 12
Mining 5hare Market.
San Fbanoisco, Dec. 31, 1896.
The mining share market the past year was
a disappointment to the many, who had been
led to believe there would be high prices on a
genuine ore development in one or more of the
mines on the Comstock lode. Judging from
the work done it does not appear to be the
fault of the superintendents, but rather the
absence of ore bodies giving high assays in
gold. It now looks as if work will have to be
extended further to the west so as to see if
the rich gold-bearing ore found near the sur-
face years ago extends down to any consider-
able depth. That this can now be done is ad-
mitted by the better informed miners, who
claim that the ground on the supposed west
lode has been drained toward the northern
end by the long west crossdrift run by the
West Consolidated Virginia on out through
Con Virginia ground; by the long Gould &
Curry west drift toward the middle, that run
by Bullion further south, while that which is
being run jointly by Challenge, Confidence
and Con Imperial will drain it well toward the
Gold Hill group, Years ago Yellow Jacket
drove a west crossdrift out a long distance,
and reports were current at the time work
was stopped that a body of high-grade gold
ore had been struck. With what is supposed
to be the west lode drained for a distance of
several thousand feet and to a depth of over
1500 feet, it can be run far on upper levels,
and if it is struck and found rich in gold then
it can be deVeloped at many points which
would give a new lease of life to the Comstock
mines. To do this it will take time and a
large expenditure of money, and the latter
means assessment, but the end would justify
the means.
The low prices that ruled for the Comstock"
shares, with no life whatever to the market
the fore part of the year, caused one of the
I most active brokers to join in with other oper-
] ators to bring the Brunswick lode to the front.
With this object in view they secured the co-
operation of the mining companies on the Com-
stock whose ground is between Bullion and
Opbir. These companies bought ground on
that lode corresponding in size to that held
by them on the Comstock. After the titles
had passed and work began at one or two
points the shares of Occidental began to ex-
hibit life and under active trading made quite
an advance from the low figure. Singular
enough the shares of the other mines did not
move up much in sympathy but sagged off.
After sending Chollar down to 35 cents a
share it began to show more activity and tak-
ing the lead made quite an advance, moving
up to ^3.10 a share, and then broke rapidly,
fully 50 per cent, from this figure it recovered
and moved up to $4.30 a share. In its movements
Potosi sympathized more than any of the
others owing to the work in ChoUar being to-
wards it. The upmove was manipulated on
reports of ore development which was verified
by mining superintendents and some brokers.
The latter might possibly tell galena ore from
gold ore but not mica from gold, yet their
opinions were published and brought in out-
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Quotations by Wire or Mail.
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At present prices are a sure profit. Write us for
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side buyers and also caused nearly all the
short sellers to fill at a heavy loss. After this
the market began to decline and, with the ex-,
ception of occasional rallies, has not stopped'
since, although within the past fortnight
slightly better prices have ruled. Occidental,
which sold for dollars at one time this year, is
below 10 cents now, while Chollar, after sell-
ing at $4.30, went below 80 cents with a strong
probability that before six months it will sell,
assessments paid, below 50 cents, unless a
genuine ore development is made. It looks at
this writing as if the shares of the leading
mines on the Comstock are sufBciently concen-
trated to admit of a small deal next spring,
which may be done even if they do not find
ore. Yet ore may be run into almost any day
for the possibilities of the Comstock lode are
not entirely exhausted and active exploiting
work is being done in nearly every mine on
the lode.
While the Comstock mining shares were ac-
tive and selling at higher prices, the Bodie
shares were more or less neglected, pending a
consolidation under one name (Con. Standard)
of Bodie, Mono, Bulwer and Standard. It
took several months to bring it out, but it is
so far advanced that it can be said to be prac-
tically accomplished. Lately the Bodie and
Bulwer shares have shown strength and sold
at higher figures. There can be no doubt
that, under the consolidation, work can be
carried on to a much better advantage, and,
with improved methods of mining and milling,
dividends will be paid. But, when specula-
tive mines pay dividends, they become in-
vestment propositions, and. as such, the mar-
ket value of the shares do not make rapid
fluctuations, and, when this is the case, they
are not attractive to those who buy and sell
for a gamble.
The inactivity of the market, with slow,
dragging prices, does not cause disappoint-
ment. It has been many years since any show
of activity was manifested during the mid-
winter holidays, and even then there was no
pending meeting of the California Legisla-
ture. The writer has never seen an active,
higher and fluctuating market while the
Legislature was in session, and if there is
during the coming session it is more than ex-
perienced dealers look for. The cause for a
slow market and depressed prices at that
time is probably owing to the fear of manipu-
lators and mine managers inviting adverse
legislation. So far as official letters from the
mines go there is nothing of an encouraging
character, for about all they contained is skel-
etoned, as if the meat had been taken off and
the bones thrown to the public. Private ad-
vices from seemingly well-informed sources
are of rather an encouraging character, but
they point to time before favorable results
can be expected to follow the work which is
being done. It may take from one to two
lines of assessments to pay expenses while
prosecuting the work to given points in sev-
eral of the mines, but it is reasonable in the
interim to look for spurts in the market so as
to induce holders to pay assessments.
In the Bodie group of shares dealing has
been con-fined almost entirely to Bodie and
Bulwer. It is the opinion that next spring
there will be more activity in these shares,
for the outlook in that district is quite en-
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
BANFCERS
and
BROKERS,
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Telephone 1293.
DENVER, COLO.
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PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in ] arge or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mall, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
Take All tHe= J\dl\/ic&
On advertising you can get ; but don't act on it unless it appeals to your own
judgment.— Printers' Ink, N. Y., Dec, 2, J 896.
January 2, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
23
couraKin? for dividends. Soon after a consoli-
dation of SUndard, Bodie, Mono and Bulwer
is an accomplished fact, with but one stock on
the market, more activity is looked for in it
than in all of them at the present time.
Notwithstanding that the history of the
share market has been such as to warrant
asserting there will be no active and higher
prices while the California Legislature is in
session, yet there are persons claiming to
have sources for securing the best of informa-
tion who are firm in the conviction that before
January passes the market will range consid-
erably higher than it ruled to-day. This, they
believe, will be done purely on manipulations
and bull points, with little or no merit to
back it up.
From the Brunswick lode there is nothing
of particular interest to note. In Occidental
they are sinking on an ore streak from the
."ioU-foot level. On the TiiO-foot level they are
ruDuing a southeast drift. In Chollar they
are about ready to start two crossdrifts on the
400-foot level south of those they have been
running. They are in hope that these drifts
will show more ore, and of higher grade, than
did the other two. We are not advised as to
the work on the 5U0-foot Hale & Noreross
shaft level. In the latter mine no work is be-
ing done. In Savage they continue work on
the level reported last week. In Best &
Belcher and Gould & Curry work is continued
on the 300-foot, and also tunnel level. So far
the work in these two mines has not come up
to expectations, provided ofllclal letters have
not been misleading.
From IheComstock mines the official letters
continue to report more or less active work in
the difftrent mines except Crown Point, Ken-
luck, Exchequer.ChoilarandPotosi. Although
no work has been done, so far as official letters
are concerned, in Kentuck and Exchequer for
a long time yet they do not neglect to work
shareholders for money by levying assess-
ments. It creates the impression that there
must be a large line of shares out and by stop-
ping work but not stopping assessing they can
be bought at low prices before a good sized
deal. That the latter will come is as certain
as the Comstock lode exists, but not until the
powers that be have all the shares they want,
for it is not human for moneyed men to make
money for others unless they get the lion's
share. The letters tiled this week indicate
that in Alta they are preparing to lose sight
of the streaks of ore which it was thought
would lead up to a big development of gold
bearing ore. In Overman they manage to
raise a few tons of ore each week while prose-
cuting exploiting work on a small scale. Seg.
Belcher and Belcher continue to raise a few
tons of ore but the letters are still silent from
what level the ore is extracted. Nothing is
reported from Crown Point and Yellow Jacket.
In Confidence they continue to raise a few
tons of ore while doing exploiting work. No
work is being done by Challenge. In Con-
solidated Imperial the long joint west cross-
drift of Confidence, Challenge and Consol-
idated Imperial is being pushed ahead at a
snail's pace. Slow work is also being done in
the other west crossdrift. In Alpha they are
still doing procrastinating work, as if to see
how long it will take them not to do what it
is expected they should do. The work is on
the 5.^0-foot level to the west.
In Bullion they are still pushing toward
Potosi. In the latter mine, and also Chollar,
work was stopped just as it began to look
as if enough ore would be found to more than
pay expenses.
In Hale &. Noreross work is confined to the
900-foot level. Mining men are quite hopeful
that quite a body of ore will be developed be-
fore many weeks pass. In Savage the work
is mostly of a kill-time character. Nothing is
expected to come from it. Gould & Curry and
Best &. Belcher are still pushing ahead, but
slowly, the joint east crossdrift from the 800-
foot Bonner shaft.
The work in Consolidated Virginia is not
attracting much attention. It is thought that
another assessment will have to be levied and
collected before the work will be far enough
advanced to show to much advantage in the
way of ore development. The work is still
continued on the 1000-foot, IGoO-foot and 1750-
foot levels. No ore was raised last week.
In Ophir the work is to the west, both on
the tunnel and 1000-foot levels. In the official
letter nothing new is reported.
In Mexican work is still continued on the
1000-foot level. In Union, Sierra Nevada,
Utah and Andes the work reported is on the
same levels and direction given in last week's
review. Private advices, it is said, report
that very important work in the west is being
done in one of the mines, but official letters
are silent on the subject.
From the Bodie district nothing new is at
hand, and none looked for until towards next
spring.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Mines.
Dec. , Dec.
23. 1 30.
1
Alpha .
$ 03
14
45$ 48
66
09
34
88
87
1 10
62
35
Chollar
81
85
Con&olldated California and Virginia..
1 10
23
21
26
I 15
1 10
42
92
41
94
Potosi
54
31
43
38
40
UtaH
Yellow Jacket
34
31
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey A co„ Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacific Coast.
FOR THE WKEK ENDING DECEMBER 22, 1896.
573,805.— Padloc-k—G. L. Baker. Waierford, Cal.
573.651.— Wrench-L. J. Hall. Bourne, Or.
■>73,593.— Engine and Harvestkh— B. Holt, Slock-
tou.Cal.
jrit5i».'>.— Odorless Crematory— C. W. Lent, Oak-
lund, Cal.
.^.73.824 — Plow— E. J. Lotze, Northport, Wash.
.'>73.H28— Velocipede— S. E. Maxon, Portland, Or.
:«73..Ti2.— Propeller— J. H. McDonald, Olympla,
Wash.
573.521,— Printing Frame— Moore &. McLaughlin,
Los AuKoles, Cal.
,-,73.611.— KjECTOK—Wm, Muir. MlchiganBlufl, Cal.
i>73,832,— DltKDGER— C. H. Olsen, Tacoma. Wash.
573,698.— Excavator— Phillips & Stebinger, Port-
land, Or.
573,7U2.— Wrench— Rtcbard&Colmau.Bisbee. A. T.
573,.>19.— AiRSHip-E J. St. Croix, Seattle, Wash.
'.73, rxo.— GLOVE Udtton— J Sieinbcrger, S. F.
;.73.72...— Gtn Sight- C. G. Tbuuen, OroviUe, Cal.
573.502.- Phopellek— F. Wlttrum. S. F.
26,-l;a.— Design fob \'iolin— E. N. Livermore,
Port Townseud, Wash.
26,424.— Design for Mandolin— E. N. Livermore,
Port Townsend. Wash.
26,427.— Design for Card Mount— P.J. Stuparicb,
Note.— Copies of U. S. and Foreig-n patents fur-
DlBbed by Dewey &, Co. In the shortest time possible
by mall or teleRraphlc order). American and For-
elffo patents obtained, and general patent business
for Pacific Coast Inventors transacted with perfect
security, at reasonable rates, and In the shortest
ooealble time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewej & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention:
Metallic Furring for Buh,dings.— John
T. McCormicir, San Francisco, Cal. No. 573,-
15S. Dated Dec. 15, 1896. This invention re-
lates to an improvement in what is technic-
ally called a furring or support for lathing and
plastering, which form the interior walls and
ceilings of buildings. It consitts of rectangu-
lar bars crossing each other, those extending
in one direction having slots perforated in
them to receive those extending in the other
direction, the latter being twisted and inter-
locked at the point of junction, and both sets
of bars standing with the edges in the same
direction. Curved clamps or hangers have
one end adapted to engage the girder flanges,
and the other ends bent to engage and inter-
lock with the bars.
Construction and Propulsion of Vehi-
cles.—John Gambetta, Stockton, Cal. No.
573,214. Dated Dec. 15, 1896. This invention
relates to improvements in vehicles, and
means for propelling them. It consists of a
wheel shaft having pinions mounted thereon
with clutch mechanisms whereby rotation in
a forward direction will engage them with
the shaft, and rotation in the opposite direc-
tion will disengage them therefrom. Toothed
rack bars engage the pinions, and have mech-
anism by which they are reciprocated, so as to
apply power to rotate the wheel shaft, while
supplemental vertically movable rack bars en-
gage pinions upon the wheel shaft, and have
wheels journaled in their lower ends to form
contact with the ground when passing over
irregularities in the surface, so that the sup-
plemental racks are moved and power applied
through them. In conjunction with these de-
vices is a brake bar having a pair of rollers, one
above and one below each end and arms con-
necting the brake bar with the" knee lev-
ers through which, by a foot piece, the brake
may be applied.
Information Wanted,
To THE Editor:— Can you, or any of your
readers, give me any informatipn concerning
the Earl Gold Reef Mining Co. and the King
of the Rockies mine, or Mining Co., i. e.,
where their properties are situated, whether
either of them have ever paid a dividend,
whether it Is likely that they will ever pay
dividends, under what management is either
company operating, or are they in operation
at all, at this present time? E. D. G.
Globe, Arizona, Dec, S4th, '96.
Assessment Notices.
JAMISON MINING COMPANT.-Locatlon ot prin-
cipal place of buBlnese, San Francisco, California:
location of worltH, on Jamison Creels, near JoUns-
vllle. Plumas Counly. California.
Notice la hcix-b.v plvcn that at a meeting of the
BoartI of Directors, held on the 27lli tlay of Novem-
ber, istm. an assessnient (No. y) of ave cents (5c) per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the cor-
poration, payable Immediately In United Statetj (fold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the company.
120 Sutter street. San Francisco. California.
Any Block upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 26th day of January, 18117, will
be delluQuent. and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, tinless payment Is made before, will be
sold on MONDAY, the 22nd day of March, I81I7, to
pay the delinquent assessment, totrether with the
coats of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
I SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Office— Room 60. 120 Sutter street, San Francisco.
California.
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Prancisco, December 30, 18fl6.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
50 Belcher 48
150 Best& Belcher... 55
lOOBodle 63
50 Challenge "35
310 Con Cal a Va I 10
100 Grown Point 21
100 Mono.'. 20
100 Ophir V... 94
300 Overman 17
100 Savage 26
200 Seg Belcher 10
lOOUnion 40
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M,
100 H. & N
100 Ophir 94
100 Mexican 41
200 Best & Belcher .. . 50
lOOConCal&Va 1 10
lOOSavage 24
lOOChoUar 81
lOOPotosi 54
1 10
150 Yellow Jacket.... 31
100 Belcher 48
100 Confidence 86
200 Overman 16
100 Ohallenge 33
300 Syndicate 03
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CON. CALIFOKNIA AND VIRGINIA MINING
Company.— Location of principal place of busioeas,
S;iii Pr:nici8eo. California; loeailon of works, Vir-
ginia Mining Dlstrlcl. Storey Counly, Nevada.
Notice fH hereby g:lven. that at a meeiinp of the
Board of Directors, held on the 8th day of Decem-
ber, ISDli, an asseBsnjeiil (No. 7), of 25 cents per
share, was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporalion, payable Immediately In United States
gold coin to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. SO'J Moutgrom-
ery street, San Prancisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the l-lth day of January. 1897, will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment is made before, will
be sold on THURSDAY, the 4th day of February,
1897, to pay the delinquent assessment, tog-ether
with costs of advertlslne" and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Direotora.
A. W. HAVENS. Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Mont-
gomery street, San Prancisco. California.
HALE & NOBCROSS SILVER MINING COM-
paoy.— Location of principal place of business. San
Francisco, California; location of works. Virginia
Mining District. Storey County, Slate of Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting: of the
Board of Directors held on the 8lh day of Decem-
ber, 189fi, an asaeasraent (No. 110) of 25 cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock ot the
corporation, payable immediately In United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
company. Room 3. No. 331 Pine street. San Francisco,
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on MONDAY, the llth day of January.
1897. will be delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment Is made before,
will be sold on MONDAY, the lat day of February,
1897, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
R. U. COLLINS. Secretary.
Office— Room 3. Stock Exchange building. No. 331
Pine street, San Prancisco, California.
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION, hav-
ing received applications lo mine bv the hydraulic
process from C. C. Beever. In the Union mine near
Brownsville. Yuba county, to deposit tailings In a
ravine below tbe mine; from O. P. Saxton. in the
baxion mine, near Genesee, Plumas countv. to
deposit talUups In Little Grizzley cr- ek; fromO. D.
Campbell. Ill the Sailor Plat mine, near Blue Tent.
Nevada county, to deposit tailings in Sailor Plat
canyon; from W. H. De Molt, In the Blue Tent mine,
near Blue Tont, Nevada county, to deposit tailings
in an old pit: from Maihlas Dlehl, in the Frank
Milan claim near CamptonvIUe. Yuba county, to
deposit tailings In Mill creek: from R. M. Cunning-
ham and Thomas Phillips, in the Monlre placer
mine, near Pike Clly, Sierra county, to deposit tail-
ings in a ravine below the mine; from Cy.Mulkev. in
ll''i<-'i";»rCreek ConsoUdaied mines, near Fair Play
Rl Dorado county, lo deposit tailings In Cedar
creek: and from Al. Petty. In the Lueot mine, near
Volcano. Amador county, to deposit tailings i i a
ravine below the mine, gives notice that a meeting
will be held at Room 59. Flood Building San Pran-
cisco. Cal., on January 4th, 189T. at 1:30 P. m
EDWARD L. HALLAWELL,
llfi and 117 Main Street (3nd floor),
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Millwright and Engineer.
Contractor for the erection of Stamp Mills, Roller
Mills, Reduction Works, Saw Mills (both circular
and band), Aerial Wire Rope and Surface Tram-
ways, etc., etc. Putting in machinery, shafting,
etc., of all kinds promptly attended to. Estimates
given on plants, complete, including machinery,
building material, etc.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Tlie German Savings and Loan Society,
536 California Street.
For the halt year ending December 31, 1896, a divi-
dend has been declared at the rate of four and
twenty-; ix hundredths (4 26-100) percent per annum
on Term deposl ts and three and flf ty-tlve hundredths
(3 5o-10iJ) per cent per annum on Ordinary deposits,
free of taxes, payable on and after Saturday, Janu-
ary 2, 1897. GEO TOURNY, Secretary.
GOULD & CURRY SILVER MINING COMPANY.—
Location of principal place of business. San Fran-
cisco, California; location of works, Virginia, Storey
County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Trustees, held on the 14ih day of Decem-
ber. 1896, an assessment (No. 80) of 15 cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the cor-
poration, payable immediately In United States gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the company,
Room 69, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street.
San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 19th day of January, 1897. will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and, tinless payment is made before, will
be sold on TUESDAY, the 9th day of February. 1897,
to pay the delinqiient assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
ALFRED K. DURBROW, Secretary.
Office— Room 69, Nevada Block, 309 Montgomery
St.. San Prancisco, California.
HARTMANN MINING COMPANY.— Location of
principal place of businefes. San Francisco, Califor-
nia; location of works. Chill Gulch Mining District,
Calaveras County. California.
Notice Is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 22nd day of Decem-
ber, 1896, an assessment (No. 1) of 5 cents per share
was levied upon the Issued capital stock of
the corporation, payable Immediately In United
States gold coin, to the secretary, at the office of
the company. Room 46, No. 4 Montgomery street, San
Prancisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the Ist day of February, 1897,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment Is made before.
will be sold on TUESDAY, the 23ti day of February,
1897. to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the coats of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
G. W. PEER, Secretary,
Office— Room 46, No. 4 Montgomery street, San
Francisco. California.
British Columbia.
W.J. R. COWELL,B.A.,F.G.S., Mining Engineer,
Reports on mines, designs and sunerlntends the
erection of mining and milling machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
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Priceof 4-foot wide Plain Frue Vanuer S500, f. o. b.
« .< " Improved Belt Frue Vanner 600, f. o. b.
" 6-foot " Plain Belt Frae Vanner 600, f. o. b.
It can be safely stated, without going into a description of several new and ulitried concen
trators tbat have lately come into the market, that where sulphurets are of such value as to make
close saving necessary, the Frue Vanner Is always used. It is the only endless belt concentrator
lu the ma' ket that can be relied on to handle all classes of ores, and give universal satisfaction.
(In all competition of concentrators the Frue Vanner is taken as the standard machine of the world
and all comparisons made by it. There have been over 4200 of these machines sold, 1700 having
been sold on the Pacific coast alone.) They are in use in every part of the world where mining is
carried on and in all cases they are giving perfect satisfaction. From time to time valuable and
important improvements have been made in tbis machine to increase its capacity and durability,
and particular attention is called to the Patent Lip Flange for the rubber belt, which does away
with nearly all the strain and cracking, as in the old style of flange, making the life of belt more
than double that of other style belts in the market. The lip of flange bends outward in going over
the large end rolls, thereby distributing the strain in the solid rubber, and bringing virtually no
strain either at the edge or at the base of flange, as is the case in all belts with a raised edge.
^-■.~t:=^ T For any information, pamphlets, circulars or testimonials, call on or address
7aS. S. brown ell, Western Agent FRUE VANNING MACHINE CO.
(Successor to Adams & Carter),
132 TVlarlcet St.^ F^oom 15, San F='ra.ndsco.
RISDON IRON \A/0RK:S
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
READ WHAT MINERS THINK OF THE BRYAN PATENT ROLLER QUARTZ MILL AND JOHNSTON CONCENTRATOR.
Office of the CAsuEhARiA. Consolidated Mexican Mining Co. I
SAN DiMAS, DUKANGO, MEXICO, October 25, 18SS. 1
BtSDON Iron works, flan Francisco— Gentlemen: Our company has
been operating three of the 4-foot Bryan Roller Quartz Mills, one of
which has been running steadily for three years, one for two and one
foronevear. Our quartz is very bard; we crush through a No. bU
mesh screen. Our mills rup 55 revolutions per minute, and each crush
throuffh tiO-meah screens 12 tons in 24 hours; through 50-meah, 15 tons;
and through 40 mesh, 18 tons. This proportion has been continuous.
One set of dies will crush from 150U to ItiOO tons.
One set of tires will crush 150U tons.
One ring plate will crush from 3300 to 3300 tons.
The mills require very little attr 'tion. At our mill an ordinary
' peon," earning one dollar per day .is complete charge.
In regard to sliming, in eompariso. with stamps, by reason of the
discharge surface and the continuous agitation by the scrapers, a
MUCH leas amount of slime is created. A three years' experience
teaches me that, in every respect, the mills are a complete success,
and of material benefit to the mining world. They can be set up and
running in forty-eight hours and can be dismounted in the same time
and removed to wherever desired. Ours were packed on our mule
f-all over as difficult a road as any in Mexico. As a gold amalgamator
It is unequaled by any mill now in existence. Yours truly.
D. M. BURNS, Superintendent.
Chaihpion Mining Company, by which you were to furnish one 5-foot
Bryan Roller Quartz Mill on four months' trial. In competition with
the Huntington Mill, would say that we have made the test, and the
Bryan Mill has proven so greatlj' superior on all points claimed, viz.,
capacity and economy, that we have ordered a second Bryan Mill from
you and have concluded to discontinue the use of the Huntington Mill.
Yours truly, JOHN BECK. Pres.
Simon Bamberger, Director. [Copy.] W. J. Beatie, Sec't'y.
Bitllion-Ebck and^hampion mining company. I
Bullion-Beck, AND Champion Mining Company, (
EUREKA, Utah, August 24. 1395. f
The E.ISDON Iron and locomotive Works. San Francisco— Gentle-
men; Referring to contract made by you with the Bullion-Beck and
Eureka, Utah, Aug. 34. 1895.
The Risdon Iron and liOCOMOTivE Works. San Francisco— Gentle-
men: In February last, in connection with the five-foot Bryan Roller
Mill which we took from you to test in competition with the Hunting-
ton Mill, we also took a eix-foot Johnston Concentrator to be tested
witli ten Frues, one end shake with four belts and one side shake
Woodbury. We have been working these machines since the mill
was completed, at such times when we had sufficient water.
The terms on which the test w^as made was that the machine doing
the most aatisfactor,v work should be accepted and the others taken
out. This did not apply to the Frue. as they were purchased with the
plant. In compliance with this agreement, we now inform you that
the Johnston Concentrator has proved so superior over the other ma-
chines (hat we now order from you four more of the Johnsion Concen-
trators. Yours truly, JOHN BECK. Pres.
Simon Bamberger., Director. W. J. Beatie, See't'y.
Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs Railway, i
I S. Bamberger, President and Manager. >
Salt lake City, Utah, October 10, 1895. \
B. R. Tawndraw, Esq., care Guyer Hot Springs, Ketchum. Idaho-
Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the twenty-eighth of September, we
have been using at "the EuUion-Beek Concentrating Works. Frue Van-
ner. Woodbury and .Johnston machines, side by side for the last four
months; and after a thorough trial of all of them, we concluded that
the Johnston Vanner was doing the most accurate work and was the
beat; hence, we bought four more Johnston machines and shall con-
tinue to use them in preference to any other.
You will find it the easiest regulated machine and very much easier
set up than either of the other machines. We bought our machines
from the Risdon Iron Works, of San Francisco, where Mr. Johnston,
the patentee, personally superintends the manufacturing of them.
Hoping you will make a success, I remain. Yours truly.
[Copy.] : [Signed] SIMON BAMBERGER.
The GoLp VALLEY Mining Company op San Francisco. I
C. C. MclVER, President; D. Cushman, Secretary. J-
Mission San Jose. Cal.. Oct. 17th, 18i!5. \
Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works. San Francisco— Gentlemen:
We take great pleasure in having to inform you that, after a careful
investigation extending over a six weeks' steady run alongside of six
other concentrators, the Johnston which you put in for us was the
only machine frbm which you could not find a loss in
the tailings. It has done all you claim for it and has proved more
than satisfactory, We intend replacing all our other concentrators
with Johnston's, as we are convinced they will pay for themselves
many times over in; a year. CHAS. C. MclVER, President.
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THREK DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
Single Coplea, Ten Cents.
Gold Yield of 1896.
Telegrams from Washington announce that the
Director of the Mint estimates the production of
gold in the United States in 1896 to have been about
$51,500,000. Yet the tables of output from the dif-
ferent States and Territories given out by the Mint
officers would indicate an output of about $54,000,-
000. The gold yield of 1895 was placed by the United
States Geological Survey at $46,610,000.
Statistics are nearly always more or less unreli-
able, and when the final figures come from the Di-
rector of the
Mint they can
only be con-
sidered as gen-
erally approx-
imate. Incom-
petence and
careless ness
on the part of
those who
gather data
for the Gov-
ernment or
the State is
partly the rea-
son why sta-
tistics are not
more accu-
rate. and yet
probably the
main cause is
the impossibil-
ity of gather-
ing all the
facts and fig-
ures. An ex-
ample of care-
les s n es s is
shown in the
table of the re-
turns of gold
and silver pro-
duced in the
counties of
California in
1894 and 1895
in the State
Mineralogist's
report lately
issued. Neith-
er he nor the
able statistician of the Mint can probably be blamed,
however, as the faults are due, no doubt, to the
Mint employes and those who make up data for
other sources of information. The point referred
to in their tables is that no returns are made of
silver from such counties as Siskiyou, Sierra and
Plumas for 1894. Yet those who send bullion to
the Mint from those counties receive in the returns
a small percentage of silver on every shipment. The
amount is not large, but it should certainly be con-
sidered. Then there is evidence in the figures them-
selves that in other counties all the silver received
from them has not been credited to the output fig-
ures of that metal. Take Placer, for example. The
returns of silver tor 1894 was $664.37 and of gold
$1,851,214.52, and, for 1895, silver $5,272.53 and gold
$1,599,634.79. It is hardly possible that the propor-
tion of silver increased so much in the gold bars sent
to the Mint, but that the returns were not properly
kept and tabulated.
The information given out by the Director of the
Mint at Washington would indicate that the yield of
Colorado has fallen off over $1,000,000. As to Cali-
fornia the figure given is about what has been esti-
mated by the most conservative here — $16,500,000 —
and is probably only a guess, as little data has
come in.
Nevada and Arizona are credited with doubling
their outputs, and, excepting Colorado, there has
been an increase in each State and Territory. The
Sawmill Run by Electricity.
FOLSOM ELECTRIC SAWMILL -THE FIRST SAWMILL RUN WHOLLY BY ELECTRICITY.
Director of the Mint would
the yield of gold of about
lowest estimate of the
show an increase in
$5,000,000.
As to silver, the Director's returns would indicate
a decrease in the output of about 2,500,000 ounces.
Utah makes the largest gain, while there is a heavy
falling off in Montana and Colorado.
It is stated in the Virginia City papers that a
number of capitalists are investigating a proposition
to drain the American Plat country by extending a
branch of the Sutro tunnel from the main line at
the Crown Point mine or the Alta. The length
would be about 8000 feet. It is claimed that this
would open up some thirty or forty mines on Ameri-
can Flat from which the miners were driven away by
large floods below the 500 and 600 levels many years
On this page and on page 32 of this issue is illus-
trated the only sawmill in the world run wholly
by transmitted electricity. It is at Folsom, Cal., the
property of the American River Land and Lumber
Co., and the power is furnished by the Sacramento
Electric, Gas & Railway Co., which supplies Sacra-
mento with electric light and power, by the famous
transmission plan recently illustrated and described
in these columns. The mill is a band mill of 50,000 feet
capacity, ten hours run. The sugar pine is cut in
the Sierras,
railroaded to
a chute down
which the logs
drop half a
mile in twenty
seconds, into
a deep still-
water basin
formed by a
dam on the
south fork of
the American
river, forty-
two miles
from Folsom,
whence they
are driven to
the booms just
above the Fol-
som dam and
thence by
canal li miles
to the mill, the
canal also sup-
plying the wa-
ter to drive
the electric
generators.
The electric
power comes
from a switch
panel in the
main power
house of the
Sacramen to
Electric, Gas
& Railway
Co., 600 feet
from the mill,
through three
No. 1 B. & S. gauge wires. The induction motors
at the sawmill are on the first floor ; a 75 H. P.
motor runs the large band saw, one of 50 H. P.
runs the edger, smaller ones supply power to the
log roll, sawdust and slab conveyors, log carriage,
trimmer, live rolls, etc., which are on the floor above.
In the filing room a small motor runs the machinery
there. Transformers supply the voltage and the
150 lights. The electrical plant was put in by the
General Electric Co., the sawmill machinery was sup-
plied by the E. .P. AUis Co.
Of the American River Land and Lumber Co., A.
J. Ralston is president, H. P. Livermore manager,
Joshua Barker secretary, Chas. E. Livermore, Albert
Gallatin, John and James Treadwell associates. The
fact that it is the first sawmill in the world to be
wholly run by electrical power warrants its illustra-
tion,
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 9, 1897.
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San Francisco, January 9, 1897.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Folsom Electric Sawmill— The First Sawmill
Run Wholly by Electricity, 35, 32.
EDITORIAL.— Gold Yield of 1896; To Drain the American Flat
Country; Sawmill Run by Electricity, 25. Deep Mining In Cali-
fornia; The University and the Mining School; The Proposed
Mining Laws; Is Foreign Capital Needed for American Gold
Mines? 26.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Aluminum Manufacture; Compressed
Air Productive of Economy; Transmission of Earthquake Motion;
Explosibility of Acetylene; The Most Powerful Lighthouse in the
World, 31.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— A Novel Method of Mining; Effect
of Concussion on Cast Iron; A Railroad Upon Which Cars Are
Not Used; War Locomotives; A Unique Engineering Feat; Us-
ing One Kind of Oil. 31. '
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.- The Principle of Cataphoresis; The
High-Speed Electric Locomotive of the Future ; The Four Largest
Dvnamos Yet Built, 32.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Making a Half -Tone; A Novel
Method of Removing Boiler Scale; The Manufacture of Incan-
descent Lamps, 32.
MINING SUMMARY.- From theVarious Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 34-35.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Markets; Coal and
Coke ; Mining Share Marke t ; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board ;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 42.
MISCELLANEOUS —Concentrates; 27. Responsibility for the De-
bris; Prince HilkofE on Siberian Mines; South Carolina's Mica;
Possible Coal Exhaustion in England, 28. The Solution and Pre-
cipitation of the Cyanide of Gold; Nevada City District Geol-
ogy. 29. Gold Mining in Mexico; Edison on Diamond Making;
The " House Organ," 30. To Sink Three New Shafts, 33. Coast
Industrial Notes; Recent California Mining Incorporations;
Personal, 33. Recently Declared Mining Dividends; List of U. S.
Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors; Notices of Recent Pat-
ents, 43.
Deep Mining in California.
Tbe fact that the Kennedy mine, in Amador
county, has reached a depth ot 2200 feet, where the
ore is as rich and the ore body as large as in any of
the upper workings, is of importance to miners
along that gold belt. The ledge is 30 feet in width
at that point and it has been determined by the
company to sink 200 feet additional. The greatest
depth heretofore attained in any California gold
mine was 2182 feet, in the Idaho mine at Grass Val-
ley. With the exception of mines in Victoria, Aus-
tralia, the Kennedy is probably the deepest purely
gold mine in the world, unless since the last monthly
report the Robinson Deep, in the Rand, in South
Africa, has made considerable headway in sinking.
The great improvements made in hoisting machin-
ery and the reductions in the cost of raising ore
within a few years past has given a great impulse
to sinking deep shafts. The main obstacles to deep
mining are the decrease in the amount of ore that
can be lifted per day, the increase in the pressure
and temperature at great depths, and the increase
in expenditure. The first obstacle is becoming less
with improvements in machinery and methods of
hoisting, and the last obstacle is being partially
overcome by reductions in expenditure per ton in
mining, handling and milling ores. At present
these obstacles will not prevent sinking much deeper
than the Kennedy has gone, provided ore can be
found.
Is Foreign Capital Needed for American
Qold nines?
Enough is known of the gold yield of 1896 to make
certain that the greatest increase of output has
been in the United States. Africa and Australia
barely hold their own, while the yield in this country
will exceed that of 1895 by probably at least
$10,000,000. Yet in none of the other leading gold
producing countries of the world has so little capital
from Europe been invested.
English capitalists finding less opportunities for
investment in Africa and Australia, have turned
rather to British Columbia and South America than
to this country.
The fact that in these hard times, and in an elec-
tion year, when money was tied up more than usual,
the gold mines of the United States were so ener-
getically developed and worked, mostly by local
capital, as to increase the yield by over 20 per cent,
while all other leading industries were depressed.
must give food for thought. A much greater amount
of new capital was put into the mines ot Australia
and South Africa than in those of the United States,
yet they barely hold their own in yield.
A great deal is said in papers published in mining
districts about the value of inducing foreign capital-
ists to come in. But is this wise ? The very fact
that, in such a bad year for interesting money in any-
thing as 1896, local capital has done so much, would
indicate that outside help is not so very necessary.
If our mines are developed by our own people it
will mean that the profits will remain here. That
outside capital is needed for British Columbia, for
South Africa and for Australia is evident; but is
that true of this country ? The Russian Govern-
ment and others jealously guard this source of
wealth from foreigners. The local capitalist who in-
vests money in developing mines surely is doing
much more good than one who induces foreign capital
to come in and drain from our greatest source of
wealth.
The University and the Mining School.
The University of California will ask from the
State Legislature, now in session, for direct appro-
priations of certain sums of money or for an increase
in the annual tax levy, for an enlargement of the
regular income of the institution. This is a matter
that, under present circumstances, should particu-
larly interest the mining industry and the members
ot the Legislature from the mining counties of the
State.
The Federal Government has made large appro-
priations of public lands, particularly for the estab-
lishment of agricultural colleges. California has re-
ceived from the sale of these lands more than any
other State in the Union. As a result — with private
gifts and appropriations made by the Legislature —
the greatest State institution of learning in America
has been built up in Berkeley. Because so much
was at first appropriated directly for the agricul-
tural college, more has been expended in that direc-
tion than in any other, and to-day California has the
best agriculture school in the world, with one ot the
most distinguished men in agricultural chemistry at
its head. Naturally it would be expected that Cali-
fornia would do more for a mining school than for
any other practical branch in the University, yet
less has been expended upon the mining school at
Berkeley than upon any other of the scientific col-
leges, although there are more students in the min-
ing school than in any other scientiBc college in the
institution. However, this is the fault of the miners
themselves. They have not asked the State for
special appropriations for the mining school.
Now Mr. Reinstein, who was lately appointed a
Regent, believing that some return was expected
of him for what he considers an honor, has secured
promises of bequests that aggregate over four mil-
lions of dollars from different individuals. A large
proportion ot this money — nearly all of it, in tact —
will be given for specific purposes. This means that
the State or the University must go to some further
expense to make available the gifts offered.
Mr. Reinstein appreciates the fact that if the
agricultural, the mining college and other colleges
of science are first built up, the true foundation ot ,a
great university will haye been laid. Most ot those
who have offered their contributions are ot the same
mind, and of the large sums to go to the University
enough will be specially devoted to the building up
of the School ot Mines to make it the best in the
world, provided something is done by the State.
Any gift for a specific purpose naturally entails an
extra expense on the University ; but, as it is small
in proportion, should be ungrudgingly given by the
State. So far the State has built up a University
that has cost about $10,000,000. Yet of all this over
four-fitths has been given by the Federal Govern-
ment and by private individuals. No other public
institution is of more value or greater credit to the
State. Of the students who have been educated at
Berkeley, over a third could not have gone there had
there been charges for tuition such as those at Yale
or Harvard.
The United States Geological Survey's report,
covering the mineral resources of the country, shows
that in nearly every branch of the iron and steel
industries last year's production was the largest on
record. Pig iron enlarged 2,788,920 tons, and iron
and steel rolled into finished forms 1,547,363 tons.
The distribution of the varied industries shows a
wide area. Rolling mills are found in 30 States,
and blast furnaces in 24.
The Proposed Mining Laws.
There has been a good deal said about the trouble
that would ensue from claim jumping in all the
Western States and Territories on the first of Janu-
ary ot this year, owing to failure to do the required
assessment work. In point of fact, there has been
very little trouble — less than there was a year ago —
simply because the locators have been exceedingly
careful to place themselves in strong positions of
defense by doing the necessary work in advance. In
many cases mine owners have gone to the expense
of employing lawyers to tell them what should be
done in order to retain title. Again, in many oases
claim owners have expended more than was really
necessary, simply because they did not know what
the law required and could not find out through their
attorneys or any other sources of information what
was necessary to be done in order to perfect title.
Altogether, this is a hardship entailed upon the
mining industry — particularly those who enter it
with honest intent — caused by the State and Terri-
torial Legislatures in failing to provide proper laws
or statutes supplementing the statutes of the fed-
eral government.
The Mining and Scibntifio Press in November
last proposed some bills for the consideration of the
State Legislature of California to remedy this evil.
Those bills were endorsed by the recent conven-
tion of the California State Miners' Association
and have been recommended for passage by the Gov-
ernor of California. Their publication has attracted
the attention of papers published in mining districts
of all the other States and Territories in which min-
ing is conducted. In some ot them part of these
proposed laws are now in force but others are not.
The fact that the passage of those not already in
force in other States and Territories is advocated is
the best evidence that can be offered ot their value.
As published in the Mining and Scientipio Press
and offered for the consideration of the Legislature,
they were presented with the expectation that
changes would be made — particularly as to minor de-
tails. Little claim for originality can be made, for
the reason that nearly every article in all the pro-
posed laws is now upon the statute books ot some
State or Territory and has been found to give good
results.
One objection will always be made to these, or any
other laws proposed as to locating mines and per-
fecting titles, and that is that too much is required
of the locator. He would be compelled to put up a
certain number of stakes and do a certain amount of
work, such as sinking. a shaft or running a tunnel,
immediately upon locating his claim. The only peo-
ple who can make reasonable objection to this are the
old prospector, who is too lazy to do the required
work, and the man who wants to take up a large
number of claims at as little expense as possible and
wait for some one to come and buy him out.
The proposed laws would give a needed protection
to the earnest and honest miner against these
classes and would do much to discourage claim jump-
ing and prevent uncertainties in mining titles.
Upon this subject the Governor in his message to
the Legislature last Monday wrote as follows:
It is well known to all miners and mining lawyers
that the laws relating to the location, relocation,
and manner of recording lode and placer claims, the
work necessary to hold possession thereof, and
the right of co-owners, are very unsettled ; that their
rights to liens thereon are uncertain and most un-
satisfactory. The United States Government rec-
ognizes miners' laws and customs where there are
no statutory provisions governing the same.
The miners' convention, at its recent session, ap-
pointed a committee to propose new laws, or revise
the existing ones, on these and kindred subjects, and
they will cause bills to be prepared for your consid-
eration. Considering the high source from which
these measures come, I recommend their most care-
ful consideration, and when so drawn or amended as
to remove the uncertainty existing and to give
relief to prospectors and miners, and stability and
record to their claims and proper liens thereon, that
they be passed.
January 9, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
The Mercur, Utah, miDe paid ?22o,tXK) dividcDds in '9ti.
ToEKE are coal mines opened in every county in Wyoming
except one.
In Wyoming during 189*i there were 37S gold mining loca"
tions made.
Tdeke were produced in the United Slates, in 1890, 77,000
tons of zinc.
Tub November South African gold exports aggregated in
value «a,437,(H5.
TuE Copper Queen Mining Company of Blsbee, Arizona,
employs nearly aOO men.
The mineral entries in Utah in 1^96 show a considerable in-
crease over previous years.
Tdeice were shipped from the Nova Scotia mines in 1890
about 140,000 tons of gypsum.
TuE Oregon Legislature will establish a School of Mines in
the eastern part of that State.
TuE output of gold in Tuolumne county for 1800 is estimated
by the Vniun-rhmucral as nearly $2,000,000.
Tu£ new Spokane Stock Exchange has been incorporated
and is expected to begin business in a few days.
Tqe Spokane S/j'*/ic^mnM-/iei'i"eu' estimates the yield of the
Cuiur d'Alene, Idaho, mines for 1896 at fj.OUU.OUU.
A TELEGRAM from Santa Barbara announces that a gold dis-
covery has been made in Smith's canyon, six miles from that
city.
It is the intention of the owners of the Mercur mine in
Utah to increase the daily capacity of the mill from '2U0 to 300
tons.
The silly season in mining is not quite over. A ledge 800
feet wide has been discovered in Idaho that will assay from
fi to *7.
The yield of gold in Australia and New iCealand for 189t} is
estimated at a slight increase over that of 1895, which was
t4:j,793,8:i4.
The lO-stamp mill at the Richenbar camp, sixty mites north
of Phcenix, is the only quartz mill in Arizona that is run by
electricity.
The yield of gold in the Rand, South Africa, in 1896 was
1,860,771 fine ounces, against 1,858,650 for 1895, a gain of 2,131
ounces.
The output of quicksilver in the United States in 1896, all
from California, was 33,012 flasks, a decrease from that of
189 5of 906 flasks.
Bullion handled by the Denver branch mint in 1896 was;
Gold, *4,218,S61; silver, *27,378; total, §4,240,334. Last year's
total was $4,380,286.
The reports and estimates would indicate that the world's
yield of gold for 1890 w'as about 1-320,000,000, against about
*201,U0Q,00Ofor 1895.
Oil has been discovered near St, David in Cochise county,
Arizona, but it has not been demonstrated whether it is in
paying quantities or not.
The bulk of the nickel of the world came from Canada last
year. Matte and ores amounting to 3,697,000 pounds were
imported into this country.
The Vulture mine in Arizona has been placed on the London
market at the rate of $1,000,01)0, through a company formed
with that amount of capital.
A NUGGET weighing sixty-four ounces was' picked up last
week in southern Oregon, but part of it was quartz audits
value in gold was about §500.
The gold output of South Dakota for 1896 is estimated by
the State Mine Inspector at $6,178,675, against $4,910,000 for
1895, an increase of $1,368,675.
Adding the dividends paid and the returns of net profits of
close corporations and private properties, the earnings of the
mines of Utah for 1896 were $2,161,771.
To DATE there have been 339 applications to the U. S. De-
bris Commission for permits to work hydraulic mines in this
State, of which 161 have been granted.
Several veins of coal have been discovered in Rogue river
valley in Oregon and the work done, it is claimed, shows that
they may become of considerable value.
Imports of specie from Mexico in 1896 were $7,830,354 in dol-
lars, $1,163,C84 in silver bullion and $834,644 in gold bullion.
Total, $9,818,583, against $9,350,460 in 1895.
At the United States Assay UfQce at Boise, Idaho, the min-
eral output of Idaho for 1896 is placed at: Gold, $4,375,065;
silver, $5, 777,84a; lead, $3,090,117; total, $13,143,630.
A discovert has been made of corundum in Hastings
county, Ontario, Canada, wnich the Geological Survey be-
lieves may be made of immediate economical value.
The owners of the Leon mine, south of Perris, Cal., contem-
plate erecting a 10-stamp mill on the property. They have con-
siderable ore on the dumps, including some teliuride.
It is estimated by the mint authorities that the gol d yield
of Nevada for 1890 was $3,955,000, against $1,.552,300 for 1895,
and of silver 772,000 ounces, against 956,200 ounces for 1895.
According to the last estimate of the Director of the Mint
in Washington the product of Alaska in gold in 1896 was $3,-
249,000 as against $1,615,300 in 1895 and in silver 77,300 ounces.
A THREE-QUARTERS interest in the Caledonia mine of Cripple
Creek has been sold in London for $576,000 and several other
properties controlled by the same people are under negotia-
tion.
The work of development in Ragged Top, the new district
in the Black Hills, South Dakota, is being pushed forward in
many mines and there have already been laid out three town-
sites.
The ore shipments from British Columbia entering the State
of Washington through the Northport custom house from
June, 1895, to the end of November, 1896, was valued at $3,183, -
607.95.
The Mineral Land Commission in Montana has reported
that they have classified about 700,000 acres of land. Of this,
in 1895, 20 per cent was declared mineral and in 1896, 4J^
per cent.
Spokane, Washington, was in earlier days the center of
many trails and wagon roads from parts of Idaho and Wash-
ington and can now be reached by five lines of transcontinen-
tal railroads.
-Pttomak Haupt figures that the net output of gold of the
world last year, after deducting the amounts used in the
arts, was probably $140,000,000. For the six years ending De-
cember 31, 1895, he reckons the net output, after making the
same deduction, at $000,000,000. At the beginning of June,
1890, the visible stock of gold had reached the sum of no less
than $2,300,000,000.
The receipts of treasure at San Francisco through Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s express for IS90 amounted to $29,302,874, of
which $18,293,191 was in coin, $039,754 in stiver bullion and
$10,429,929 in gold bullion.
Anew furpace at the New Idria quicksilver mine in San
Benito county was destroyed by fire last week. The loss is
estimated at $75,000 and a large number of miners were
thrown out of employment.
A syndicate composed of Standard Oil Company people
some time ago obtained opticus on properties in the Deep
Creek district, Utah, and after having done some develop-
ment work are about to take them up.
Accokding to the Bingham, Utah, Buikfin, the output of the
camp for 1S96 was 54,016 tons of ore. Of this amount, the
Dalton&Lark shipped 16,913 tons, the Old Telegraph 13,0U0
tons and the Old Jordan and Galena S135.
The Union Smelting and Refining Company has been in-
corporated under the laws of Washington for the purpose of
erecting a smelter at Northport, near the British Columbia
line, to work ores especially from the province.
An effort will be made by Utah and other lead producers to
have the duty on lead ores increased by Congress at the next
session. The fall in the price of lead has affected Utah more
than any other State or Territory during the past year.
The combined capital of all the chartered gold and silver
mining companies in Canada is over $390,000,000. By prov-
inces the figures stand: British Columbia, $256,335,075;
Ontario, $32,094,900; New Brunswick, $1,030,000; Manitoba,
$50,000.
The Tomboy, at Teliuride, Colorado, cost June, 1894, $105,-
000. Up to Jan. 1, 1897, it paid $1,000,009 in dividends. If the
sale to the Exploration Company for $3,Ot)O,U00 is completed,
the profits on an investment of $1U5,0U0 will be nearly
$3,000,000.
The manager of one of the largest Utah smelters says that
he belives that in a very short time prices will advance, and
that the advance would be to a figure which will justify the
producers of silver-lead ores in again going forward with their
energetic extraction.
The output of San Miguel county, Colorado, for 189G is placed
by the Teliuride Joanial^ on returns from the mint and the
smelters, at $3,399,037 in gold and $705,040 in silver and lead—
a total of $3,004,077. During the year 2039 carloads of ore were
shipped from Teliuride.
An inter-provincial conference of Canadian mine owners
and mining engineers will be held in Montreal on February
3, 4 and 5. Subjects for special discussion will be " The Total
Abolition of Duty on Mining Machinery," and " The Removal
of the Duty on Explosives."
Electricitv has supplanted the mule as a motive power in
handling the slag pots of the United Verde copper mines in
Arizona. The prospector's old friend and companion is gradu-
ally being driven out of different means of earning an honest
livelihood by steam and electricity.
Utah owns over 7,300,000 acres of land granted by the Fed-
eral government, of which 5,700,000 acres are school lands, 136,-
000 University land, 300,000 Agricultural College land, 100,000
College of Mines land, 50,000 for a Miner's hospital and 500,000
for establishing reservoirs for irrigation purposes.
Among the early fairy tales of '97 is the Seattle project to
build "a smelter at Gray's Harbor, Wash., to utilize the black
sand so extensively found on the sea beach." When that is
done the projectors can also build a solar engine, the power to
be procured from sunbeams extracted from cucumbers.
There is a novel hydraulic mining plant on the Rogue river
near Grant's Pass, Oregon. Two large pumps have been put
in— one a centrifugal and the other a duplex Gardner. The
latter provides water from the river for sluicing and the former
for piping— forcing the water through a nozzle against the bank.
H. E. Huntington and a number of engineers of the South-
ern Pacific Company have been in Raudsburg, Kern county,
looking over the ground, with a view to building a branch
from Mojave. People connected with the Atlantic and Pacific
have also been looking over the county with the idea of build-
ing from Kramer.
The Department of Geology of the University of California
has issued a bulletin on "Two Tertiary Faunae from the
Rocks of the Southern Coast of Vancouver Island," by Dr. J.
C. Merriam. The good work done at the institution is induc-
ing geolosists from far beyond the limits of California to send
to it for determinations.
In the San Carlos reservation, Arizona, since the segrega-
tion of part of the land, considerable prospecting has been
done and several mining camps have been started. The oi-e
is mostly copper carrying gold. In one district where large
bodies of galena ore have been discovered there are evidences
of wqrk having been "done centuries ago.
A RECEIVER has been appointed for the Siskiyou Mining
Company in Oregon near the California line. It is a Maryland
corporation and this action was taken to prevent attachment
being laid by creditors before the copper ore on the dumps
could be marketed. Ic is claimed that about $30,000 have been
spent on the mines, and that there is on the dump $15,000 in
copper ore and matte.
Estimates of the output of mineral in Utah in 1896 made by
Wells, Fargo & Co. are as follows: 3,561,860 pounds of copper,
73,430,000 pounds of unrefined lead, 8,738,705 ounces fine silver
and 93,896 ounces fine gold. Computing the gold and silver at
their mint valuation and other metals at their value at the
seaboard, makes a total valuation of the product of $15,897,366,
showing an increase of $1,377,377 over last year.
There has been greater increases in the yield of gold and
copper in the United States than of other minerals. The out-
put of copper exceeded that of 1895 by about 70,000,000 pounds
and of gold probably nearly $10,000,000. The production of
lead shows an increase of from 5 to 7 per cent, while the esti-
mates of the Director of the Mint shows a falling off in the
yield of silver of about 3,600,000 ounces.
At the Moreno dam, in San Diego county, last week the
Southern California Mountain Water Company fired a blast
with giant and black powder that moved 150,000 tons of rock.
This is said by the Los Angeles Times to be the largest blast
in the history of the State, In 1878 a blast was fired in the
Dardanelles mine in Placer county that moved 500,000 cubic
yards of gravel. Nineteen tons of Judson powder were used,
or what would be equal to about 75,000 pounds of black powder.
Between 1890 and 1895 the world's production of gold was
increased 75 per cent. The gold production of the United
States in 1895 was of the value of $46,010,000, and the silver
production had a commercial value of $36,445,000. The increase
in gold for the year was $7,110,000 and in silver $5,023,000. Of-
ficers of the mint service estimate for 1896 the product of gold
$51,500,000, an increase of $5,000,000 over 1895; 52,000,000 to
53,000,000 fine ounces of silver, a decrease of 3,500,000 to 3,000,-
000 ounces.
At a meeting of the mine owners in the new Ragged Top
district, in the Black Hills, South Dakota, an organization has
been formed mainly for the purpose of protecting themselves
against professional claim jumpers and blackmailers. One of
the articles of organization provides that whenever the min-
ing ground of any member is jumped, he may appeal to the
Executive Committee or any member close at hand for as-
sistance and they shall immediately accompany the owner
and eject the jumpers.
Fast time has been made in driving the new shaft in the
Utica mine at Angels Camp. It is a three compartment shaft
and the foreman. Gabe Price, announces that 140 feet were
made in thirty days in December. There were three shifts of
four men each, employing three machine drills. The rock,
which is a hard gray slate, had to be blasted from one foot be-
low the surface, and is considered as hard as any in the mines.
It takes on an average twenty-four holes to put it down six
feet, and dulls about eighty drills in that distance.
The United States post office authorities are doing good
work in the East in making an investigation of the methods
oF certain mining brokers in New York and other Eastern
cities, who advertise in local newspapers and receive money
to invest in certain stocks. It is claimed that the inspectors
find that they keep a set of books for mail orders and that
these are carefully doctored each day so that the victim is
certain to lose. Many complaints of fraud have been made
and the Government will take steps to suppress them.
There was more activity on the part of locators in doing
the required assessment work before the end of last year than
ever before. In a much smaller proportion of cases than usual
did they trust to evading the law by making new locations.
The professional jumper was in evidence but found poorer
pickings than he did last year in all those States and Territo-
ries in which the State laws have not properly supplemented
the Federal Statutes. After all the claim jumper is doing
good missionary work in showing the necessity for good State
and Territorial laws.
The estimate of the output of Cripple Creek for 1896, made
by Colorado papers, is about $10,000,000. The output for 1895
was about $8,000,000. Of this year's yield the Portland is
credited with nearly one-sixth, or $1,000,000, and Stratton's
Independence with $900,000. However, as the most conserva-
tive of Colorado papers admit that there will be a falling off in
the total yield of the State from that of last year, the esti-
mate in Cripple Greek is probably high. The output of silver,
gold, lead and copper for the State is estimated variously
from $34,000,000 to $39,000,000.
Estimates of the mineral output of Arizona for 1896, the
figures being mainly based on reports sent the Governor from
different sections, are as follows: Gold, $6,000,000; silver,
3,100,000 ounces; copper, 103,000,000 pounds; lead, 2,400,000
pounds. The gold has come mainly from pyritic ores, a large
amount being also production in conjunction with sulphuretic
copper. Over half of the silver came from the county of Mo-
jave, in the northern part of the Territory, from small proper-
ties. The copper came from the Jerome mine in Yavapai
county, Old Dominion at Globe, Detroit Company at Clifton,
Copper Queen mines at Clifton.
Rome New York, Chicago and Kansas City capitalists have
lost a lot of money on worthless mining ground alleged to con-
tain zinc and lead in Western Kansas. The assays presented
by the promotei-s showed high grades of ore and options were
taken on 100,000 acres of lands. The Eastern speculators are
said to have spent $300,000 in the purchase, and a few weeks
ago smelter machinery was bought. Excitement ran high,
and the Kansas City speculators sent Prof. Howorth of the
State University to the alleged mines to make an assay. He
has returned and reports that only a trace of the mineral can
be detected. The promoters have deserted the field.
Assayer-in-Chahge Braden of the United States Assay
OfBce at Helena gives out the following figures as his esti-
mate of the mineral output of Montana for 1896: Gold,
$4,500,000; silver, 16,000,000 ounces; copper, 330,000,000 pounds;
lead, 33,000,000 pounds. Compared with that of 1896, these
figures show an increased output of about $200,000 in gold, a
decrease of 1,000,000 ounces of silver, a decrease of between
3,000,000and3,000,000poundsof lead, and an increase of 30,-
000,000 pounds of copper. This would make the total value of
these minerals produced from the mines of the State, at the
present priced of the metals, an^ount to the sum of $41,960,000.
The Mountain Copper Co., Ltd., which has purchased the
pi'operty of the Mountain Mining Co., Shasta Co., Cal., and of
the New Jersey Metal Refining Works, Elizabeth, N. J., is an
English corporation with a capital of £1,350,000. The stated
purchase price is $0,750,00O-$3,666,850 cash, $3,083,150 in paid-
up shares. The latest expert report states that 84% of the
samples taken average ^%% of copper, and that there are
1,338,184 tons of ore in sight. It is figured that the present
cost of the production of copper— £34 3s 4d per ton— can be re-
duced by £8 12s per ton when the company has its own plant,
and that at the present cost of production there is a profit of
£18 16s 3d on each ton of copper produced.
The thirteenth report of the State Mineralogist has been
published. A short account is given of the progress of work
in mines of different classes in the State, including gold,
silver, asphiUt, borax, chrome iron, coal, magnesite, petro-
leum, quicksilver, asbestos, salt and others, and natural
springs and the sources of structural materials. A large field
has been covered and considering the small amount appropri-
ated for the work a great deal of valuable information has
been gathered. Besides this a number of special articles by
well known authorities on subjects of interest to miners are
included in the volume. Copies may be obtained by any
citizen of this State by applying to the State Mineralogist,
San Francisco, or forwarding 17 cents in stamps with his ad-
dress. The price of the work to those living outside of Cali
fornia is $1.
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 9, 1897.
Responsibility for the Debris. .
Written for tile Mining And Scientific Press.
There has been of late a revival of the question of
the deposits of debris in the Sacramento river and
its tributaries that has led to a discussion as to
whether some other means than the building of re-
straining dams might not be of value to keep the
streams clear. Now that much hydraulic mining has
been prohibited since 1880, it appears to be timelj'
to discuss the various phases of the matter, and par-
ticularly to show that the contention of the hydraulic
miners that they were responsible only in small part
for the evils complained of was in accordance with
the facts, to the end that the duty of the State and
of the Federal Government to act in the matter may
be shown.
This and some papers to follow have been prepared
for the Mining and Scientific Press by a compe-
tent engineer. The data is taken from acknowl-
edged authorities and the estimates will be admitted
to be conservative.
The first question is as to the amount of debris
now resting in the Sacramento drainage system as
shown by data published by various engineering
corps and commissions on the subject.
The total amount of this material can be shown to
be four times the amount that has been washed from
the mines themselves. The question as to where the
remaining three-fourths comes from naturally arises.
The following table shows the debris estimated to
be lodged on the Sacramento drainage system with
the authorities for the estimates:
Strea?n.
CitbicTrds.
Authority.
Yuba River, below De Guerre
308,000,000
100,000,000
28,000,000
120.000,000
34,000,000
477,000,000
76,000,000
45,000,000
122,000,000
6,000,000
Annual Report Chief En-
Yuba River, between Smarts-
ville and De Guerre Point. .
Yuba River — South, Middle
and Main Forks
Sacramento and Feather Riv-
ers, below MarysviUe
Feather River, above Marys-
ville
gineers. 1895.
Annual Report Chief En-
gineers, 1895.
Annual Report Chief En-
gineers, 1891.
Annual Report Chief En-
gineers, 1895.
gineers, 1891.
Annual Report Chief En-
gineers, 1895.
Ex. Doc. 98, 47th Con-
gress, first session.
Ex. Doc 98, 47th Con-
gress, first session.
San Pablo Bay
American River
W. & W. Co etal.
gress, first session.
Total
1.314,000.000
These estimates take no cognizance of the material
lying immediately upon the mine dumps and in the
lateral canyons and gullies, which is usually esti-
mated to be one-third of the amount removed from
the mines, or about 215,000,000 cubic yards, as will
be shown later. This makes a total of about 1,529,-
000,000 cubic yards of debris in all.
The question now arises how much of this enor-
mous amount of debris is due to the hydraulic miners.
Two estimates have been made of the annual wash-
ings along the Sacramento drainage based upon the
water used, at a certain duty per inch. They are as
follows;
Season 1S7S-79. S'eason 1S79-S0.
Cubic yardfi. Cubic yards.
Table Mountain Creek 3.556,000 2,91fl,37o
Butte Creek ,.. 84 000
Yuba River 88,336,500 19,103!598
Feather River 12,687,1500 4,407,770
Bear River 5,555,000 3,351,246
Dry Greek No. 2 ■■■■ 680,000 132,687
American River 8,604,000 8,615.250
Totals *5S,404,000 t38,613,926
It has been claimed by many that these estimates
ire too high; but if we take the average of the two,
ive have 40,000,000 cubic yards as the annual wash-
ing during the latter part of the hydraulic mining
period. A bit of corroborative evidence of the cor-
rectness of this estimate lies in the following. The
result of washing over 110,000,000 cubic yards of
gravel, given by A. J. Bowiet, shows an average
yield of nearly 11 cents per yard. The annual yield,
therefore, from the hydraulic mines should be nearly
$5,160,000. It will be shown elsewhere from other
sources that the annual yield from hydraulic mines
was not far from $5,300,000.
The total amount of gravel washed from the mines
may be approximated. Hydraulic mining scarcely
began until 1860, and gradually increased until 1881.
Supposing that for the eleven years from 1870 to
1881 the annual washing to be 46,000,000 cubic
yards, and from 1860 to 1870 one-half this amount,
we have a total of 650,000,000 cubic yards washed
from the hydraulic mines. This is surely a very lib-
eral estimate, but this amount is but 42V of the de-
bris calculated to be now resting below the mines.
In the well known suit against the North Bloom-
field, the excavations of the mines were measured
and the amount excavated determined to be 176,000,-
000 cubic yards. Yet the U. S. Engineers deter-
mined that in the Yuba alone there lies 434,000,000
*State Engineer Rept., 1880, Vol. Ill, p. 24. These amounts are
based upon returns of tbe amounts of water used made by miners
upon blanks sent out.
tMendall, Report upon Mining Debris in California Rivers. 1882,
p. 15. Based upon county assessors' returns of amount of water
used.
EHydraulie Mining, p. 880.
cubic yards of debris. That is, the excavated gravel
is but 40% of the debris. And in this debris is not
considered the amounts in the Sacramento river
down to the bay of San Francisco, nor that on the
mine dumps.
The question as to what proportion of debris
turned into the rivers passes into the sea or finds
lodgment elsewhere than in the drainage channels, is
open to much discussion. But, supposing that but
50% of the material turned into the main channels
passes away as slickens — and it is usually estimated
at 66%— then there has been 3,050,000,000 cubic
yards of materia! placed in the rivers, of which but
21% can be laid at the door of the hydraulic miner.
Some doubt may be entertained as to the approxi-
mate correctness of the estimates given, but they
have been based upon surveys and data collected by
impartial Government engineers, and must be ac-
cepted as the best obtainable.
The question therefore arises: Where does the re-
maining four-fifths of this debris come from ?
The importance of natural erosion has long been
underestimated in mining debris discussions. It may
be asked why this erosion did not take place before
mining began. To some extent it did, and the river
had filled its channel a great deal through geological
ages long before the hydraulic miner came on the
scene. But the rate of this erosion has been enor-
mously increased by the advent of civilization upon
the slopes of the Sierra. The soil has been loosened
by cultivation, by the building of roads and ditches
and the removal of vegetation. The early placer
miner ascended gradually from the main streams to
their branches, and finally up the side gullies, loosen-
ing and stirring up the gravel and soil and sending
it to the lower channels.
A field near Forest Hill, Placer county, cleared of
brush and planted produced a splendid crop the first
year, but in the fourth year there was not enough
soil remaining to raise a crop. This, of course,
was on a steep sidehill. Everyone who has traversed
the wagon roads of the Sierras show a remarkable
amount of erosion. For long stretches on the North
Bloomfield and Forest Hill Divides the roads are
often natural cuts from 2 to 5 feet deep, often of
several such cuts, parallel. A rough estimate shows
over 7000 miles of roads in the area under discussion.
Supposing these to have been excavated less
than 1 foot deep — a moderate estimate, for the
roads are often a series of parallel cuts — over
10,000,000 cubic yards of material has been re-
moved. The Tenth and Eleventh Census Reports
show that 4050 miles of mining and irrigation
ditches have been built in the region and
aside from the loosened dirt from their excavation
great cuts, larger than many hydraulic pits may
often be seen below some waste-gate or break. But
all of these are minor affairs in comparison with
the amount of augmented erosion caused by the
loosening of the soil by cultivation and removal
of the vegetation, and the instances are only
given to emphasize the more important fact of
which no certain data can be given. The material
transported by natural forces is the fine sands and
silts which reach the valleys and are much more ef-
fective in building up channel bottoms and destroy-
ing farm lands than the larger proportion of coarse
sands and gravel from the mines which seldom
reach the plains.
The river Po with a drainage basin of 30,000 square
miles discharges annually over 56,000,000 cubic yards
of sediment and this river has so built up its
channels as to make the surface of the water in
places higher than the surrounding country from
which it is restrained by dikes. This river has no
hydraulic mining in its drainage. The Sacramento
has a drainage area of less than 27,000 square miles,
but comparisons must not be made as to these two
streams, for their hydrograhic conditions are entirely
different and the Po is only mentioned to show the
enormous work of natural erosion. It is probable
that the Sacramento could be shown to be doing even
more work than the Po.
The geological history of the region has a bearing
upon the debris question. The geology of the Sacra-
mento, as often described by eminent geologists, is, in
brief, as follows: The valleys of the Sacramento and
San Joaquin were at one time a great inland sea. This
sea received along its shores the sediments carried
down by the streams from the Coast Range on the
west and the Sierras on the east. In very recent
geological time this basin was elevated so as to leave
a great plain, sloping gently from each side toward
the center. In this depression two great rivers
were formed by the union of the formerly independ-
ent streams. These streams were torrential on ac-
count of their greater slope, and able to carry par-
ticles in mechanical suspension which the small
grade and sluggish movements of the Sacramento of
the present day cannot. These sediments were
therefore deposited along the Sacramento — and the
San Joaquin for that matter — and gradually the
great depression was filled up. In times of high wa-
ter the Sacramento spread over a wide flood plain
and through this dead water fiowed the swifter cur-
rent of the main river; the current was able in itself
to carry sediments that would deposit in the dead
water. Along the contact between the still water
and the current the moving water was checked and
a line of sediment deposited, and thus a natural
levee was built. This levee grew through many cen-
turies until we have the Sacramento of to-day — a
river between two belts of valuable farm lands, back
of which on either side are swamps. Such phenom-
ena are present along every river which flows
through a flood plain.
The Sacramento has therefore built up its own
channel long before the advent of men, and will con-
tinue to do so until some great change in topography
shall change it altogether or until it reaches an ex-
act base level — that is, until it is built up high
enough to give it sufficient grade to carry oft its
sediments, as does the river Po. All of this is a slow
process, but cultivation has greatly hastened it and
the hydraulic miner has contributed his share, in a
small proportion, as has been shown.
It may be said in passing that mining is respon-
sible for this cultivation; it is also responsible for
California's settlement, her transportation facilities,
her towns, the value of her agricultural lands and
her greatness.
Nearly as much debris is coming down the river
to-day as during the days of hydraulic mining, for
the natural erosion has been annually increased by
increase in cultivation. The river has continued to
devastate the farm lands since the closing of the
mines in nearly as great a proportion as before, and
will continue to do so.
In conclusion it may be said, then, that the Sacra-
mento has been raising her channel and increasing
the swamps for centuries, and will continue to do so.
This devastation of the valley has been hastened by
settlement and cultivation, and to a small proportion
tion by the hydraulic miner.
Prince Hilkoff on Siberian flines.
Prince Hilkoff, the Russian Minister of Ways and
Communications, who lately passed through this
country, gave some data to a representative of the
New York Herald as to the Siberian Railway, and,
speaking of the mineral resources, said :
"Recent investigations have shown how enor-
mous are the riches in the bowels of this country
and what little use has been made of them up to the
present time. Iron and coal, the two great factors
of industrial development, are found over nearly all
Siberia and in very rich veins. The proper working
of these riches will give a powerful advancement to
the development of progress in Siberia. Mineral
fuel also, which is of such great importance in work-
ing a railway line, has been discovered in such quan-
tities in the formations that have been investigated
that the Trans-Siberian Railway will be supplied for
many years to come. In addition to this fact, how-
ever, wood is in many places so cheap that it can
successfully compete with coal, especially in those
parts of the route which are intersected by navi-
gable rivers, along which the wood may be floated.
The Siberian Railway will no doubt have a great in-
fluence upon gold mining. This industry heretofore
has only prospered where very auriferous formations
were worked. Many of them have been neglected
only because the price of labor and machinery did
not admit of their being worked with sufficient profit.
In America, I believe, and in other countries where
gold mining is carried on, much poorer beds are
worked, and therefore_ the output is larger than in
Siberia. The Siberian Railway will facilitate and
cheapen the carriage of stores and implements to
the gold mines, and also increase the supply of labor,
from an insufficiency of which many of the mines are
now suffering."
South Carolina's Mica.
The largest source of mica in the world is in
South Carolina. Mica is found there in all sorts of
blocks, of various thicknesses and shapes, which can
be split and resplit almost without limit, until it
becomes the transparent pane of commerce.
The material is scattered through the feldspar
with which the surrounding mountains are mostly
covered. The veins are found between walls of slate.
It is blasted from the surrounding rock by means of
dynamite, and is freed from all impure matter by
miners with chisel and pick. From the mines it is
taken directly to the shops, where it is split into
thin sheets and trimmed into regular forms, which
are then ready for the market, the price varying
according to the size of the sheets.
The average size will fit an ordinary parlor heater.
In rare instances sheets as large as 24x18 inches are
found, but there is seldom or never a demand for
mica of this size, so the sheets have to be out down.
The report of Leneve Foster, the mineralogist,
brings England face to face with the fact of possible
coal exhaustion. He says its supply will not stand
a yearly increase of 3J per cent in the output, and
that signs of decline probably wifi become apparent
within a lifetime. Prof. Jeven's estimate was that a
century at the present rate of progress the output
would exhaust English mines to a depth of 4000
feet, which is 1500 feet deeper than the present
deepest mine.
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The Solution and Precipitation of the
Cyanide of Gold.*
NTMllBK IV,
By S. B. CoRlSTY, ProfoHsor of Miotog ana Mutallurgjr, University
of Calirornltt, Berhelcy, Cat.
5. On the Precipitation of J'utiusinm Auroci/iiniiles by
Copper and itg Compuumh.
It was early noted in the study of the cyanide pro-
cess that copper, with its compounds, was destined
to play a very important role in its development.
In fact, it is well known that certain copper min-
erals are active obstacles to the successful extraction
of gold from its ores.
The thought naturally suggested itself : May not
this difficulty in the solution of gold be utilized to aid
in its precipitation? In March, 1803, a sheet of me-
tallic copper was immersed in a solution of cyanide
of potassium containing a gramme of gold in solu-
tion. Instead of the precipitation of metallic gold
on the copper, a light yellow precipitate began to
form throughout the liquid. Very little of this
formed on the copper itself; it was found as a sedi-
ment throughout the liquid. After three days three-
fourths of the gold had been precipitated. The cop-
per was then removed ; but the gold-containing sedi-
ment continued to separate from the solution for over
a week, until all but 11 mg. of the gold had been pre-
cipitated. This very important experiment did not
at the time seem to lead to anything practicable, for
the action seemed too slow and uncertain to be of any
value.
Recalling the fact that the sulphide of copper had
been suggested by C. H. Aaron and L. D. Godshall
{Enn. and Min. Joni:, Nov. 29, 1890), for the precipi-
tation of gold from the ehloride solution produced in
the Plattner chlorination process, it occurred to me
that a similar precipitation might take place from
the cyanide solution. Hence, on May 4, 1893, three
lots of potassium aurocyanide, with 0.02 per cent of
KCy and a (|uarlerof a gramme of gold, were treated
by agitation for four hours with CuS precipitated
from CuSO.| by HoS. The still moist precipitate was
washed and then stirred into the solution. One of
the solutions was left neutral, the other made
strongly alkaline with caustic potash, and the third
made acid with sulphuric acid. In the alkaline and
neutral solutions two-thirds of the gold were thrown
down by the copper sulphide ; in the acid one, all of
it was precipitated. Numerous experiments with
the sulphide of copper produced by fusion showed
that the form originally used gave the best results,
probably on account of its greater surface. Since the
date of its first discovery, in May, 1893, this method
of recovery of gold from cyanide solutions has been
repeatedly used in my laboratory, and has stood the
most rigid tests. It is necessary to acidify the solu-
tion with a mineral acid like sulphuric acid, and it is
best to remove as far as possible the free HCy by one
of the methods already explained. In case there is
less than 0.1 per cent of free HCy present, this may
be omitted. The CuS, Aq produced by the action of
HjS on a solution of CuSO, is then added to the so-
lution ; the whole is stirred thoroughly at intervals
for several hours and then filtered out. The gold
will be contained in the residue.
In one case, CuS, weighing, when dried, 5 grammes,
was added to 1000 c.c. of an acidified solution of
aurocyanhydric acid containing one gramme of gold
in solution. All the gold was precipitated. The
copper sulphide precipitated one-fifth of its dry
weight of gold. The gold was readily recovered
from the residue, after making it alkaline by digest-
ing it with sodium sulphide, in which the gold is
readily soluble. The copper sulphide may then be
used over again. From the sulphide solution the
gold is readily precipitated by electrolysis, the more
readily as the solution is small in bulk and concen-
trated. Other methods of extracting the gold from
the copper are also available.
The gold may also be removed from the cyanide
solution, after acidification, by filtering it through
CuS without agitation. I prefer, however, to agitate
first and filter afterwards. Another method that
was used was to add copper sulphate and then
sulphydric acid to the acidified solution. Provided
the excess of free HCy be first removed, one atom
of copper will thus precipitate one atom of gold, or
one pound of metallic copper as sulphate will pre-
cipitate 3.11 pounds of gold.
Both of these methods were used with complete
success on the solutions obtained by treating gold
ores with cyanide solution at various intervals from
May, 1893, to 1896.
A careful study of the solutions used in the above
experiments showed that the gold was precipitated
without more than a trace of copper going into the
solution. The unusual occurrence of one metal pre-
cipitating another without itself going into the solu-
tion, led to a careful study of the reaction involved.
This was also viewed in the light of the experiment
with the strip of metallic copper already mentioned.
Also, in an experiment made in 1894, where Cu^S
was used to precipitate the gold from an acid solution
of aurocyanide, a white precipitate, containing cu-
prous cyanide, was formed, which gave to the entire
♦Colorado meeting American Institute of Mining Engineers, Sept.,
1896. (Revised Proofs Deo. '86.)
solution the appearance of milk. It was also noticed
that when copper sulphate was added to a strong solu-
tion of of aurocyanide, a white precipitate formed
which contained gold and copper. Also, when H.jS
was added to a gold cyanide solution containing cop-
per, it was noticed that, at the first instant when
the gas came in contact with the solution, a white
precipitate was formed, which gradually changed to
the black color of copper sulphide as more H.jS was
added. All these considerations pointed to the con-
clusion that the gold-containing precipitate was in
all cases mainly a salt of aurocyanhydric acid, either
cuprous aurocyanide or the corresponding sulpho-
salt.
This explanation of the reaction was made early
in 1894. As soon as this was settled, another method
suggested itself, and proved to be a success. A sol-
ution of cuprous chloride was prepared by adding
sodium chloride to a solution of cupric sulphate and
saturating the mixture with sulphurous acid. When
this was added to the potassium aurocyanide, a white
precipitate was formed at once, which contained all
the gold. In the first experiment tried the metallic
copper, present as cuprous chloride, precipitated
over twice its weight of gold. ■ All the cuprous salts
were found effective for this purpose. Even the
cuprous cyanide formed by adding copper sulphate
to a potassium cyanide solution, and then acidifying
with sulphuric acid and filtering out the white,
curdy cuprous cyanide, was thus efteotive. As this
salt is much more permanent than the cuprous chlo-
ride, it may prove of service in practice, though it is
more expensive than the latter. I have also found
that cuprous hyposulphite precipitates aurocyanides.
The precipitate, however, is soluble in excess of
either potassium cyanide or sodium hyposulphite.
Hence a complete precipitation of the gold can only
be expected after the solution has been made acid.
The method that I have used most constantly
since April, 1895, is to add sulphuric acid to gold
cyanide solution till it reacts acid to litmus. If the
solution is strong in HCy, it is usually best tore-
move this first, either by the aeration method
already described, or else to remove it, previous to
the acidification, by means of the zinc sulphate
method, to be mentioned later. To the acidified sol-
ution I add cuprous chloride, as above described.
When this solution is added, the gold and excess of
HCy come down at once as a white precipitate,
generally turning slightly yellow. The cuprous
chloride should be added till a drop of the filtrate
gives a red precipitate with ferrocyanide of potas-
sium. The gold is thus rendered insoluble, and may
be filtered out as cuprous aurocyanide (CuAuCy™).
This compound is insoluble in dilute acids, but readily
soluble in cyanide of potassium. The gold is easily
extracted from it in several ways.
In October, 1895, Prof. P. de Wilde, of the Uni-
versity of Brussels, published a method of precipi-
tating gold from cyanide solutions in the liuinw
Universclle des Mines, de la MefaUurc/ic, etc., in an
article entitled "Note on a New Method for the
Extraction of Gold from Tailings, Slimes and Con-
centrates."
His method consists in three steps:
a. The leaching of the ore, etc. This he does, as
in the Siemens and Halske process, with an 0.05 per
cent KCy solution, containing about the same amount
of free caustic soda or lime, as may be necessary.
b. The recovery of the excess of alkaline cyanide.
This he attempts, as had already been proposed by
MacArthur, by adding ferrous sulphate and precipi-
tating ferrous cyanide until potassium ferricyanide
gives with a drop of the filtrate a precipitate of
Prussian blue. In order to avoid the precipitation
of the gold it is necessary that the free alkali should
be nearly neutralized before adding the ferrous
sulphate. This method will work, as I have proved
by experiment, but I regard it as thoroughly un-
practical. The bulk of the precipitate is something
enormous; it takes a week to filter and remove the
gold solution; the precipitate is constantly changing
composition, running finally into Prussian blue; and
it is no simple matter to extract the cyanide from it
when once it has been obtained. The author himself
evidently does not put much faith in it. He concludes
by remarking that with dilute cyanide solutions this
step of recovery may be omitted.
c. The precipitation of the gold. Here he
describes a method the same in principle, and al-
most the same in detail, as the one I have described
as used in my laboratory since April, 1895. I
translate from his article:
"My third operation is based on the following
principle: In a solution containing the double cya-
nide of gold and potassium (AuKCy,) (or sodium) one
precipitates all the cyanogen in the form of aureus
cyanide (AuCy) and cuprous cyanide (CuCy), on
acidifying first the solution with sulphurous acid
(SO3H,) and then adding a solution of sulphate of
copper'(;CuSO*).
" The reaction is extremely sharp, and the least
excess of sulphate of copper suffices to produce an
absolutely complete precipitation of the gold. In
operating under the most varied conditions and with
solutions containing only five or six milligrammes of
gold to the 1000 c.c, I have never been able to find
the least loss of gold.
" If the liquid cpntEiins alkaline cyanide in excess
(which is the case in my method), this is transformed
completely into cuprous cyanide.
"The acidification can be made by the injection of
sulphurous anhydride (SO.j) by means of a solution
of sulphurous acid, or of an alkaline bi-sulphite
(metasulphite of potassium or of sodium Na^S^O,,)."
( Tti he t \intitiin't/.)
Nevada City District Geology.
NrMHRU V.
In the Banner Hill district the veins are, as a
rule, comparatively narrow. The ore is often rich
and heavily charged with sulphurets, among which
iron pyrites, arsenical pyrites, and zinc-blende are
the most prominent. The sulphurets contain a con-
siderable amount of silver. Along Deer creek,
especially in the eastern part, there is a strong
system of sheeting developed, cutting both the
granodiorite and the sedimentary rock. The sheets
or benches usually show a dip of 30° to 50^ toward
the north, and strike east and west. In the fissures
dividing the sheets a narrow line showing iron
pyrites and a bleaching of the country rock may be
noted. Most of the quartz veins are parallel to this
fissure system. The Omega, Neversweat, Belle
Fountain, Lecompton, Montana, Willow Valley and
Franklin are the most prominent of these mines.
They are narrow veins, and have not been worked
on a very extensive scale. The ore frequently runs
above $100 per ton. The bullion contains much
silver, and also, it is said, antimony. The develop-
ments on the Cyane, Constitution, and Levant are
slight. The Federal Loan, which has been worked
during the last few years down to the 000-foot level,
dips south and is parallel to another and less devel-
oped system of sheeting. The ore from the Federal
Loan is of a character similar to that of the mines
mentioned. The vein varies from a few inches to
several feet in thickness, and rich stringers are
frequently abundant in the adjoining rock. There
are about 6 per cent of sulphurets. The vein system
at the Texas mine is parallel to that of the Willow
Valley mines, but little work has been done to devel-
op the property. The ore is said to contain 4 per
cent of sulphurets and to yield $10 per ton. The
Texas shaft was sunk to a depth of 160 feet ten years
ago. The Deadwood is a flat vein dipping west. Its
true direction is nearly north-south, though the
topography gives its outcrop a nearly east-west
direction. About $300,000 have been produced from
this vein on which no work has been done for the
last ten years. In ore and character it is similar
to the other Willow Valley mines. The deposits of
the Murchie mine consist of two veins with flat
westerly dip, the Independence and the Lone Star,
and the two east-west veins, the Big Blue and the
Alice Belle; the principal work has been done on the
first three. The veins are 2 to 3 feet thick; the ore
contains 4 to 5 per cent of sulphurets and runs about
$15 to the ton. The pay-shoots on the Big Blue are
said to have followed the lines of intersection with
the first two. The property was worked between
1878 and 1883, producing about $600,000.
Parallel to the Big Blue are the Caledonia and
Kingsbury veins, the latter of which has been but
slightly developed. The Caledonia has been opened
to the level of Little Deer creek. It is said to be a
wide ledge with low-grade, heavily sulphureted ore.
The large St. Louis vein also belongs to this group,
which shows the somewhat unusual east-northeast
direction and steep northerly dip. It is an excep-
tionally straight and strong vein, which can be
traced from the point where it emerges from under
the andesite as far as McCormick's place, just over
the map line in the Nevada City district. It is very
wide in places, but the quartz is of low grade and
has not been worked extensively at any place. The
Charonnat or Canada Hill vein is faulted consider-
ably by it. The Glencoe-Alaska, south of the St.
Louis, is the continuation of the strong and well-
defined Orleans vein in the Nevada City district.
It runs about west 15° north, with steep southerly
dip. It has been worked to a depth of 100 feet at
the western end of the Glencoe claim, where the
ledge is said to be 4 feet thick and heavily sulphu-
reted. The ore is not of high grade. Between the
strong vein of St. Louis and Glencoe lies a network
of veins running in different directions. The most
important is the Canada Hill-Mayflower group. An
exceedingly well-defined sheeting of the granodiorite
is noted near Canada Hill. There are several veins
parallel to this sheeting and dipping west at slight
angles. The Charonnat vein has been worked to a
depth of 1300 feet on the incline. Between 1879 and
1887 it produced about $350,000, from ore worth $15
per ton and containing 25- per cent sulphurets, with
a value of $100 per ton. The Grant vein is parallel
with the Charonnat, but dips to the east. Of the
many veins in the Mayflower ground the Beckman is
the most important. Its strike is east and west,
and the dip is very flat southward. It is about a
foot thick and the ore is very heavily sulphureted,
containing, as do most veins in the vicinity, large
quantities of arsenical pyrites and zinc-blende. A
similar small flat vein, which has been worked at
several places, is found to the west of this, on Sharp's
and McCormick's ground. About North Banner an
important group of -veins occurs, which have in
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general a northerly direction and an easterly dip of
from 35° to 60°. Formerly the most important was
the Banner vein, worked principally from 1865 to
1875, to a depth of 620 feet. It yielded several
hundred thousand dollars. The ore was heavily
sulphureted and averaged $20 per ton. The vein
lies in hard, black slate, and evidently shows the
same tendency as the Federal Loan to splinter up in
stringers. The Banner vein does not continue north
of the creek, or at least cannot be traced with
certainty. On the North Banner ground there are
four nearly parallel veins. These have recently been
worked to some extent, producing from $30,000 to
$50,000 for several successive years; the ore is not
laeavily sulphureted and contains a considerable
amount of silver. To the west of the North Banner
is the Union mine, on which the developments are
slight. At 200 feet below the surface the vein cuts
across the slate contact without change in direction
or dip.
The quartz veins of the Nevada City district are
as follows: Tbe Orleans vein continues from the
Banner Hill district across Gold Flat. In direction
and dip this strong, continuous vein is parallel to the
Idaho of Grass Valley. The developments are small,
however, being chiefly confined to the old Orleans
shaft, 200 feet deep, and the shaft at Fortuna mine.
At the Grade claim the vein is 1 to 2 feet thick. To
the north of this vein there are many smaller veins,
and still more to the south of it. The Sneath & Clay,
. in granodiorite, has a westerly, flat dip and is a
comparatively narrow vein, but a pay shoot proved
very rich in former years. It has been idle for the
last few years. The Pittsburg, in diabase, has a
north-northeast direction and an easterly dip. The
vein averages 15 inches thick, and the quartz, when-
ever present, is of high grade. The sulphurets are
not abundant, consisting chiefly of iron pyrites and
galena. The Pittsburg has, at intervals, been an
important producer. The shaft is 800 feet deep on
the incline. The Gold Flat-Potosi vein lies a short
dsitanoe westward. In character it is similar to the
Pittsburg, and has been worked to a depth of 200
feet. Both veins are repeatedly faulted by several
'east-and-west fissures. Considerable work has been
done in former years on the Thomas and Mohigan
veins. The shaft on the former is 800 feet deep; the
ore was heavily sulphureted and rich, but the ore
bodies were very irregular.
The veins of the Providence-Gold Tunnel system
are of the greatest interest and economic importance.
They have in general a direction ranging from north-
northwest to north-northeast and on the whole a very
uniform easterly dip of from 35° to 45°. A peculiar
radiating arrangement is clearly noticeable, all of
the veins converging toward a point a short distance
west of the Fortuna mine, but apparently dying out
before reaching it. The easterly veins are in grano-
diorite, and begin with the Nevada county and Mid-
night (Stiles) veins, on both of which comparatively
little work has been done. Westward lies the long
Gold Tunnel vein, which has been worked at several
places. At the Reward mine the vein is about 1 foot
wide and has been worked to a depth of 200 feet. On
the California ground the shaft is 600 feet deep on
the incline, and in former years much good ore has
been extracted. Northward the Gold Tunnel claim
follows, with an inclined shaft 600 feet deep. The
Gold Tunnel was a heavy producer for many years,
but has been idle of late. It is known to have pro-
duced several hundred thousand dollars. At the
northerly end of the vein is the Pennsylvania mine,
with a shaft 500 feet deep. The vein is from IJ to 2
feet wide, and the ore extracted averages $15 to S20,
with 8 per cent of sulphurets.
The westerly veins of the Providence system
begin with the Mountaineer, which for many years
has been a heavy producer. The shaft is 850 feet on
the incline. The average thickness of the vein is 1
foot, and the ore is often heavily sulphureted. Tbe
granodiorite adjoining the vein is usually very hard.
The Merrifield is probably the heaviest and longest
vein in the district. It is first noted 3000 feet south
of the Providence mine. Farther southward is the
small vein of General Grant and El Capitan, which
may possibly indicate a still more southerly extension
of the Merrifield. At the Providence mine the vein
leaves the slate and enters the granodiorite; it con-
tinues strong up to above the Spanish mine, with a
slightly more westerly direction; above the Spanish
mine the vein splits up somewhat, but there can
hardly be any doubt that Mount Auburn represents
its continuation northward. It is probably the same
Merrifield vein that emerges from under the lava
in the northwestern corner of the map area and
continues down to the South Yuba river, nearHoyt's
crossing. The developments to the north of the
Spanish mine are slight. At the Spanish mine there
is a shaft 300 feet deep on the incline. The vein is
of variable width, averaging 3 feet, and in places
heavily sulphureted. The next developments are at
the old Merrifield mine and on the north side of Deer
creek. South of Deer creek, in the Providence mine,
the vein is most extensively developed by a shaft
1800 feet deep on the incline. The vein is character-
ized by heavy masses of quartz, up to 10 feet wide,
and contains much sulphurets, there is also a consid-
erable percentage of silver in the ore. The grado-
■liorite on both sides of the vein is usually greatly
broken and crushed and is traversed by numerous
seams parallel to the vein. Sometimes the crushing
has gone so far that the rook is converted to a
schistose, chloritic mass. In certain places there
are two or more veins, separated by zones of crushed
granodiorite, the whole naass "between walls" at-
taining 30 feet in width. To the south of the Provi-
dence mine, beyond the point where the vein enters
slate, the old underground works not accessible now,
showed the vein to follow the contact for about 800
feet on the incline, as shown on the structure-section
sheet. All this indicates beyond doubt that the
force producing the Merrifield fissure was of unusual
strength and that the resulting movement was con-
siderable. From the relations mentioned it is
believed that the movement along the dip of the
vein must have been about 800 feet, and the fault is
clearly an overthrust in which the hanging wall has
moved up relatively to the foot wall.
{To he Continued.)
Gold Mining in Mexico.
The student of mineral statistics can scarcely fail
to be struck with the recent increase in Mexican
gold output. In 1893 the value of the gold produced
was only about 3J per cent of that of the silver. In
1894 it rose to about 14 per cent; in the next year
the product increased from 14,896 pounds to 18,539
pounds fine gold. This year the figure is likely to be
higher. The change is not to be attributed to a
diversion of mining enterprise, created by any de-
cline in the silver industry. For j'ears Mexico has
held the second position as a silver producer, but
last year it rose to the first rank, with a reported
output of 3,482,382 pounds, exceeding that of auy
other nation in the world. Nor is it that the coun-
try lacks other outlets for the employment of mining
capital. Mexico possesses immense iron deposits;
and, although the Boleo mines in Lower California
continue to be the chief source, there are elsewhere
a number'of very promising copper lodes. Quick-
silver mining is on the increase, and some new dis-
coveries of cinnabar have been reported; tin and
antimony exist. Lead, however, is won chiefly, if
not entirely, in connection with silver, and mines of
soft or non-argentiferous lead are so far scarce.
But the most important mining work now in progress
at several points is the exploitation of the coal de-
posits. It is in this industry, in the development of
road and rail communication, and in the improve-
ment in the mining code, with the reduction to taxes,
that the enquirer finds a rea.son for the recent in-
crease of the gold output. With cheaper fuel, the
possibility of transporting heavier machinery to the
mines, and improved methods of water storage,
many auriferous properties that in'the past did not
pay are now being worked at a profit, and the in-
dustry in general is becoming a commercial success.
From a geological and mineralogical standpoint,
the Mexican tableland, resting on a foundation of
granite, seems to consist mainly of metamorphic
formations, partly upheaved, and overlaid by igne-
ous masses of all ages, chiefly represented by shales,
greywacke, greenstones, siliceous schists, and unfos-
siliferous limestones. All these formations are alike
remarkable for the abundance and variety of their
metalliferous ores, as silver, silver-glance, gold and
copper. The most valuable rocks are the argentifer-
ous porphyries and schists in the central plateau
and in Sinaloa, together with the auriferous deposits
of Sonora, the extreme northwestern State. Some
gold mines in this latter district have lately come
under the writer's notice, and the information that
he is here able to give may perhaps convey a rough
idea of gold mining in this State, and serve as a com-
parison for similar enterprises in other parts of
Mexico. The main auriferous vein system of Sonora
runs north-northwest to south-southeast. The out-
crops are often scanty. The lodes, which occur as
contact deposits, also as independent veins travers-
ing the country rock, vary greatly in width, in places
being as narrow as 1 foot and again swelling to up-
wards of 100 feet. As usual, the ore bodies that are
largest and most productive are often found as
shoots or chimneys near the junction of a tributar}'
with a main vein. But rich ore is also encountered
in detached bodies or bonanzas of irregular shape
and greater or less size, their origin being doubtless
due to the number of feeders that cross or converge
with the main veins at varying angles. The gold,
for the most part, is not free milling, but is associ-
ated with silver, and debased by varying amounts of
pyrites, copper and galena, the percentage of sul-
phides being i per cent, occasionally rising to 12 per
cent. In gold contents the ore is not high grade.
In one of the properties referred to the assay value
was 14 dwts. 16.3 grains per ton; in another group
of mines the mean of seven samples was in refined or
parted gold 15 dwts., equivalent to £3 3s. 8d., and in
silver £1 5s. per ton. The usual method of treating
the mineral is to hand pick, aud send the high grade
with the concentrates from the vanners, to the
smelter. The medium ore is stamp crushed, amal-
gamated by the Boss system in pans and settlers,
with concentration on Prue vanners. The low grade
material is passed through breakers and rolls,
screened, concentrated on jigs, and amalgamated on
copper plates. The total extraction is about 80 per
cent of the gold and 66J per cent of the silver. In
the case of the mines last referred to, the total cost
of treatment appears to have been 41s. to 43s. per
ton, of which mining was responsible for 16s. 8d. per
ton. At present a large proportion of the fuel used
in Sonora is wood. Under the Mexican laws the
owner of a ranch is permitted to cut down on it all
the wood he requires. To acquire an interest in a
ranch is, therefore, the cheapest way of obtaining
fuel. Palo fierro (iron wood), weighing 80 lbs., and
mesquite, weighing 54 lbs. to the cubic foot, are ex-
cellent firewood, and average, with delivery within
reasonable distance, about 13s. to 14s. per cord.
Mining timber is brought by sea to Guaymas, in the
Gulf of California. Ocean freights from Europe to
Guaymas vary slightly with the season, but are al-
ways low. Prom Guaymas a railway traverses
Sonora to Nogales on the northern frontier, and
thence communicates with the lines of the United
States. Some of the country roads are passable by
carts drawn by mules, but arroyas or dry water-
courses are frequently troublesome obstacles for
carts, and a very large number of the tracka are
open only to mules. Carts carrying, say, two tons
cost about 6d. per ton-mile; mules, taking 300 lbs.
per animal, cost perhaps Is. per ton-mile. Machin-
ery, etc., is sometimes slung, and carried by In-
dians. Native labor is fairly cheap, miners earning
about 3s. to 4s. per day, laborers from 2s. to 3s., en-
gineers from 8s. to 10s., carpenters and blacksmiths
5s. to 6s. High-class mechanics, blacksmiths, car-
penters, millmen, etc., have to be brought from the
United States, and paid accordingly. There are, as
might be expected, considerable water difiiculties in
Sonora, in most cases to be overcome only by pump-
ing, well sinking, and storage. In the three months
of the wet season, the rainfall, never very heavy, is
sometimes extremely scanty. The river system, run-
ning roughly north and south, comprises the Eio
Magdalena, flowing by Altar; the Rio Sonora, pass-
Hermosillo; the Rio S. Miguel, a tributary of the So-
nora; the Rio Matape, eniiering the sea slightly south
of Guaymas, and the Eios Yagui, Mayo and Puerte.
The laws regarding water rights, acquirable by the
purchase of river-side property, are complicated;
and the amount of water that can by this means be
obtained is limited. The present main groups of So-
nora mines are situated in the vicinity of Sta. Ana
and of Hermosillo, both of which towns are on the
line of rail. The writer understands that within the
last few months two French companies have ac-
quired gold mining properties in the San Pedro
range of Sonora, and that another company is in
contemplation. It is also said that numerous Amer-
ican prospectors are busily at work taking up
known mines and seeking for new ones, with a view
to presently exploiting auriferous Mexico. — Capt. C.
C. Longridge, in the London Mining Journal.
Edison on Diamond Malcing.
Thomas Edison, in an interview with a representa-
tive of the New York Herald, lately claimed to have
anticipated Prof. Moissau in the manufacture of dia-
monds. He said: "I succeeded in producing in-
finitesimally small diamonds — diamond dust, in short.
That these were true diamond crystals I ascertained
by sweeping them upon a bit of leather, when I
found they would cut into a sapphire. I see that
Prof. Moissan has succeeded in making rather larger
ones. But all these experiments were with me sim-
ply a scientific pastime. The production of gold and
of diamonds would be of no practical value to the
world unless, indeed, the diamonds were black; then
I'd jump at them like trout to bait. No white dia-
monds for me, but niggers; the blacker, the harder,
and the uglier the better. That would be worth
while. Black diamonds are of enormous practical
value. If we could get enough of them at low
enough prices, we could cut canals right through
miles of solid granite. But white diamonds would be
of no use to me. And if the time ever comes when
white diamonds can be produced by shovelfuls in a
chemical furnace, they couldn't be of any use to any-
body. Not all the lawmakers in the United States
or in the world could make them worth more than 50
cents a peck. And it's' the same with gold. I be-
lieve it is not only a possibility, but a probability of
the future, that we will discover a process of trans-
mutating the baser metals into gold."
This is the first time that the notorious "house
organ," by which is meant the trade journal ostensi-
bly conducted on its merits, but actually operated by
a mercantile or manufacturing concern which uses it
to advertise and push the sale of its goods — this is
the first time, so far as we can recollect, that it has
risen to the importance of being mentioned in a
President's message. It is an extremely rotten and
corrupt .institution and is unworthy to be classed as a
periodical. However, it masquerades thus in order
to be admitted to the mails at 1 cent a pound. With-
out this sustaining privilege it could not be run at
all, except at serious loss. The names of these house
organs are legion.
January 9, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Scientific Proorress.
Aluminum Manufacture.
The product of aluminum in the
United States increased from 550,000
pounds in 1894 to !I20,000 pounds in
1896. In 1854, when the first works
for its manufacture were started, the
price of aluminum was from $2 to $4
per ounce. In 1S82 this had fallen to
$12 to $14 per pound, and in 1891 the
price was about $1.70 and in 1893 from
55 to 66 cents per pound.
Alfred E. Hunt, in the report of the
United States Geolotrical Survey, just
published, on "The Mineral Resources
of the United States," speaking of its
manufacture in Europe, says: So far
in the development of the metallurgy of
aluminum, Prance, England, Germany,
Switzerland and the United States have
been the only countries of the world
dividing the honors. In the future the
countries having good water powers
will undoubtedly compete for the world's
trade; and already the Aluminum-In-
dustrie-Actien-Gesellschaft have se-
cured, in addition to another power on
the Rhine near Basle, Switzerland, a
water power in Austria for a future
development of works. In Russia there
are several large landed interests with
water powers, the advantages of which
they are considering for the manufac-
ture of aluminum. In Norway and
Sweden there are also good water
powers which the new developments in
electrometallurgy are bringing into
favorable consideration. A plant in
Norway, at Sarpsfos, has been defin-
itely decided upon; this plant having a
capacity of 10,fl00horse power steadily
during the entire year, the fall of the
water which it is proposed to utilize
being about 80 feet.
The disadvantages of most of the Eu-
ropean water powers that would seem
to be in other ways available are their
periods of low water in the winter and
early spring season, when the snows of
the mountain glaciers which feed their
headwaters, where water powers are
situated, are frozen up. Owing to the
comparative slowness of operation of
the present successful electrolytic pro-
cess of manufacture of aluminum, con-
tinuity of operation seems to be an al-
most necessary prerequisite to eco-
nomical manufacture.
As to the methods of manufacture,
all the aluminum now being made in the
world is practically made by the gen-
eral process of the electrolytic decom-
position of alumina dissolved in a molten
flux consisting of the fluoride of alumi-
num together with the fluoride of a
metal or metals more electro-positive
than aluminum, the idea being to use a
flux which dissolves the ore with the
most facility, remains molten the long-
est, is least subject to decomposition,
allows the best circulation around the
anodes, and is the easiest to manage
continuously without caking up.
Bauxite has become recognized as the
best native ore of aluminum, and as
the purification of its contained alumina
from silica, oxide of iron and titanic
acid has shown that the silica is the
bete noir of the operation, the location
of bauxite rich in alumina and at the
same time low in contained silica is an
important factor to the manufacturer
of aluminum.
The idea that compressed air mixed
with steam in the cylinder of a steam
engine would be productive of economy
has been endorsed in times past by en-
gineers of eminence. Some ground for
this belief exists in the known fact that
the presence of the air in the steam
decreases the amount of cylinder con-
densation. To find the exact effect of
such a mixture upon the economy of an
engine tests were recently undertaken
at Stevens Institute, the engine used
for the purpose having a single cylinder
TjV inches in diameter and 14 inches
stroke, running from 200 to 228 revolu-
tions per minute and cutting off at one-
quarter of the stroke. The tests were
in four series, as follows : First, tests
llind lA, using steam alone ; second,
tests 2, 2A, 3 and 4, using air and
steam, the air at a temperature of 70°;
third, tests 5, 6 and 7, using steam and
air, the air being heated to about 540°
Pabr., corresponding to the tempera-
ture of adiabatic compression ; fourth,
tests 8 and 9, under the same condi-
tions as 5, 6 and 7, except that the air
orifice was enlarged to twice its orig-
inal diameter. The steam pressure
averaged about 90 pounds. In series
2 and 3 the air entered the steam pipe
through a hole jV" in diameter, and in
series 4 the orifice was \, of an inch.
The air admitted varied from li per
cent (by weight) of the steam to 84 per
cent. The indicated H. P. averaged
about 20. The water per indicated
H. P., without air, averaged 32 pounds.
When air R'as used it averaged 30.7
pounds. The best results gave a sav-
ing of about 7 per cent, but this is
almost exactly oflset by the .power re-
quired to compress the air, so that the
saving per net H. P. is nil.
Transmission of Earthquake
notion.
In a recent lecture delivered by Pro-
fessor John Milne, formerly of the
Imperial University, Tokio, to the
members of the Edinburgh Philosophi-
cal Institution, on " Earthquakes and
Volcanic Disturbances," the author
stated that the chief feature of the
lecture was the announcement of the
fact that an earthquake occurring in
any portion of the earth could be re-
corded in any other part by means of
suitable instruments. He showed dia-
grams of earthquakes recorded in Eng-
land which had originated in Japan.
The motion came from Japan tq Eng-
land in sixteen minutes, and therefore
in all probability traveled through the
earth rather than around its surface.
This high velocity with which motion
was propagated indicated that the
earth had a higher rigidity than had
hitherto been supposed; in fact, the
globe transmitted motion more quickly
than a ball of glass and steel. In order
to learn more about the nature of the
interior of the earth, he suggested that
there should be placed on its surface at
intervals of from 1000 to 2000 miles
instruments for picking up the unfelt
earthquake motion. The cost of these
installations would be about $250 each,
and twenty of them would be sufficient.
With such an equipment we might learn
more about the nature of the earth on
which we live in a period of three years
than we should by a hundred years of
speculation.
PRorESSOR Frank Clowes recently
delivered a lecture on the explosibility
of acetylene, remarking that the value
of acetylene as an illuminant and the
discovery of its ready production from
calcium carbide have led to the manu-
facture of this gas in some quantity,
and acetylene will probably be dealt
with in still larger volume in the near
future. It becomes, therefore, impor-
tant to devise methods for detecting
its presence in the air, arising from
leakage and escape, and to measure
the percentage of the gas present at
any place. It is also important to
know what proportions of the gas,
when present in mixture with air, will
lead to explosion if the mixture should
be kindled. The detection of small pro-
portions of the gas will not be readily
effected by its smell when it is pre-
pared in a state of purity. At present
the smell is made more pronounced by
the impurities which the commercial
gas contains. Further, the smell will
not in any case furnish a means of
measuring the proportion present in
the air.
The most powerful lighthouse in the
world is now being built at Penmark
point, in the Department of Finistere,
France. The height of the tower is
about 200 feet, which will enable it to
be seen during the day from a distance
of eighty miles in fine weather. The
rotundity of the globe will prevent the
rays from striking the eye directly at a
distance of more than forty miles, but
the sky overhead will be illuminated for
forty miles more. The great illu-
minating power of the light is provided
by a similar apparatus to that first
used in France in 1829, at the Heve
lighthouse. The principle is based on
the fact that a Bash of lightning lasting
no more than one-tenth of a second suf-
fices to produce on the retina its com-
plete efiect. The new lighthouse will
send flashes of concentrated light over
the ocean every five seconds, each
flash lasting one- tenth of a second.
Mechanical Progress.
A Novel Method of Mining.
It has been known for many years
that a deposit of sulphur existed in
Louisiana, and several companies have
endeavored, but failed, to make its ex-
traction profitable. This deposit is at
a depth of 300 or 400 feet, and is imme-
diately overlaid by KiO feet of quick-
sand. One company tried to freeze the
sand so as to sink a shaft through it,
but did not succeed. It is now reported
that a method has been devised for
mining the sulphur which promises suc-
cess. It consists in melting the sul-
phur and forcing it to the surface in a
liquid state. Both the melting and the
forcing upward are accomplished by
the same agent, which is water heated,
under pressure, to 335° Fahr. A hole
is first drilled to the sulphur deposit
large enough to receive a (i-inch pipe.
Down the center of this pipe passes a
2-inch pipe; this smaller pipe has a se-
ries of holes opening into the larger pipe
just at the bottom. A 4-inch pipe
passes between these two but does not
extend quite so far down. The annular
space between the two outer pipes is
closed by a stout partition at the lower
end of the 4-inch pipe. Above this
partition a series of holes is made
through the walls of the outer pipe,
and a similar belt of holes is also made
at its bottom. Water heated to 335°
Fahr. is forced through the space be-
tween the two outer pipes, and when it
reaches the partition at the bottom of
the inner one of these two it passes out
at the upper holes and melts the sul-
phur surrounding the pipes. This
melted sulphur is driven in at the lower
holes and forced up, in the space be-
tween the two inner pipes, to th^ top
of the well. To prevent the solidifica-
tion of the sulphur on the way up, hot
air is driven down through the inner
pipe. The air passes out of the inner
pipe at its bottom and ascends upward
through the same channel as the sul-
phur. The pipes are sunk deeper into
the bed of sulphur as occasion requires.
The pipes are made of steel coated with
aluminum. The sulphur flows from the
well in a liquid state and is run into
shallow vats to cool. It is then cut into
blocks convenient for shipping. Much
of the deposit is said to be very pure,
reaching as high as 99 percent of clear
sulphur. — A. E. Tillman, in Cosmopoli-
tan.
Effect of Concussion on Cast Iron.
In a paper before one of the Phila-
delphia technical societies A. E. Outer-
bridge Jr., chemist, expressed his
dissent from the common theory that
cast iron becomes brittle under re-
peated shocks. He was led to test the
matter by noticing that a number of
bars of cast iron, 1 inch square and 15
inches long, gained strength by being
shaken for several hours in a box to
clean them from sand, and, to test the
matter still further, he prepared
twelve more bars, six of which were
tumbled in such a box for four hours,
and these showed a strength 10 to 15
per cent greater than the six not thus
treated. Experiments were then made
by subjecting six to 3000 taps on one
end with a hammer, the result being a
gain in strength about equal to that
exhibited by the bars in the box. The
tapping produces what Mr. Outer-
bridgecalls molecular annealing, which
differs from annealing by heat in that
it has no power tn change the condi-
tion of carbon in the castings, or alter
the chemical constitution in any way.
The Bridal Veil Lumbering Co., in
Oregon, not far from The Dalles, has a
railroad upon which cars are not used.
A train upon the road consists of an
ordinary locomotive, such as are com-
mon on logging roads, and a string of
logs, each log being as large in diam-
eter as the boiler of the engine, or
larger. Boards are nailed to the
sleepers between the rails, and on these
the logs slide. Except on descending
grades, the boards are greased, and
the train moves at good speed. Where
the road is level or slightly ascending,
the engine pulls the logs, and where it
is descending it holds them back. At
the mills of this company the manufac-
tured lumber, regardless of size, is run
into a flume, and this is carried about
two miles to the planing mill and ship-
ping yard, the flume descending in that
distance about 1200 feet.
War Locomotives.
Armored locomotives and armored
railroad trains for war service have
been in evidence, more or less, for
twenty years, if not longer, and Eng-
land, in one of her early Egyptian
campaigns, found them effective equip-
ments for offensive as well as defensive
operations in the enemy's country.
Since that time such engines and trains
have been under experiment and in
actual service with various degrees of
success, with every indication pointing
to the probability of their becoming in-
creasingly important factors in modern
warfare. Sand bags, which were
among the earliest armor used in this
comparatively novel branch of military
engineering, have been replaced by
iron and steel, and the war locomotive
of to-day is a decidedly more business-
like structure than its makeshift prede-
cessor. It is well represented in its
latest form by two locomotives recently
built for the Spanish. Both engines
have cabs of heavy steel plate, capable
of resisting rifle balls, and the windows
and doors are fitted with steel shutters,
having loopholes through which the
guards can operate rifles or the ma-
chine gun which is to be mounted in
the cab. — Cassier's Magazine.
For Michigan, a unique engineering
feat is being accomplished in Iron
county, over the Hemlock mine. Re-
cently miners at work in a tunnel of
the mine that extends under the bed of
the Hemlock river were alarmed at
seeing water dripping down from over-
head. They refused to work in the
tunnel any longer, and it soon became
spread about that the Hemlock was
Uable to cave in at any time and let the
river above rush in and drown the
workmen. To prevent such a disaster
a large dam is being constructed on
the Hemlock river some distance above
the point under which the mine tunnel
runs. This will hold back the water
and the workmen there are building a
sluice — away from the dam over the
mine shaft and some distance below
it. The sluice will rest on two immense
arches that will in turn be built up
from the bed of the Hemlock river. It
will be made of matchwood lumber and
will not leak. After it is finished the
water from the dam will be freed and
will course over the sluiceway and the
river bed below will be dry.
It hardly seems as though an en-
gineer who is up to date should persist
in using one kind of oil throughout, the
mill, oiling light and heavy shafting,
machinery, and high and low speed
bearings and engines and gears with
the same kind of oil, but this practice is
followed by some concerns. It is not a
good practice ; it does not pay. No
young engineer who has studied the
matter fully will do so, unless he is
obliged to do it by positive orders from
the office. Sometimes these orders
take the form of the lack of more than
one kind of oil. Study the peculiarities
of all kinds of oil. Note also the pecu-
liarities of your machinery, and decide
which kind of oil gives the best results
therewith. Then, that point once de-
termined, insist upon having the re-
quired brand of oil for each kind of work
until some better kind is placed within
your reach.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 9, 1897.
Electrical Progress.
The priceiple of cataphoresis, or the
driving of foreign substances into ani-
mal tissue by means of electric cur-
rents, has been adopted with great suc-
cess in both medical and dental work.
In these capacities it is employed prin-
cipally in conjunction with cocaine, or
some other anesthetic, for the pur-
pose of rendering the flesh or the tooth
to be operated upon insensible to pain.
The benumbing solution is forced into
the tissue, and even into the obdurate
sensitive dentine of the tooth, until no
sensation whatever is possible tor the
time being in the region under treat-
ment. A provision merchant of Rio
Janeiro has hit upon the ingenious idea
ot applying this method to the preser-
vation of meat. He immerses the meat
to be preserved in a 30 per cent solu-
tion of common salt and passes through
! locomotive without the boiler, with
i motors substituted for the steam oylin-
1 ders. In this way, and probably in no
i other, can the flexibility of the present
1 steam locomotive be obtained.
The four largest dynamos yet built
are now being placed in the Allegheny
County Light Company's plant, Pitts-
burg. Each is 30 feet long, 24 feet high
and 4 feet wide. The armatures alone
are 16 feet 8 inches in diameter, and
each weighi more than thirty tons.
Each is directly mounted on the shaft
of a 2000 horse power Westinghouse
double acting compound, marine type.
The shafts are 18 inches in diameter,
and where they pass through the bear-
ings they are 13 inches in diameter.
These bearings are 3 feet long. These
four machines will each produce 20,000
incandescent lights and 2500 arc lights.
These great machines made an enlarge-
ment of the building necessary, and a
Practical Information.
Making a Half=Tone.
How such engravings as that of the
sawmill, run wholly by electricity, on
this page and also on the first page of
this issue, are produced, is sometimes
the subject of inquiry. In the first
place, a glass screen with diamond-
scratched lines, ruled at right an-
gles so closely together , that the
spaces can hardly be distinguished,
is placed one-eighth ot an inch in front
of the sensitive plate in the photo-
graphic camera. Looked through, the
effect is much the same as gazing
through a sieve. These lines reap-
pear in the half-tone engraving when
printed.
The photograph, or wash drawing,
from which the photo-engraving is
taken, is photographed in the usual
the sunlight has less effect, and where
the shadows are dense it has no effect.
This plate is then removed from the
frame in a dark room and carefully
washed in running water for several
minutes, then dried and heated until
the picture appears of a dark-brown
color. The back of the plate is rubbed
with wax while hot, to protect it from
the etching solution, which is made
from perchloride of iron.
The picture on the plate is acid proof
and the etching solution eats only
where the plate is unprotected — that
part which is blank in the finished en-
graving. The plate is allowed to re-
main in the acid bath for about fifteen
minutes, or until sufficient depth is ob-
tained. It is then washed and is ready
for the router and the printer.
A COI^ESPONDENT of the Practical
Engineer describes a novel method of
removing boiler scale, as follows : "I
THE FOLSOM ELECTRIC SAWMILL. (See page 2a.)
the whole a continuous current of elec-
tricity. In from ten to twenty hours
the salting is said to be complete, and
the meat is taken out of the bath and
hung up to dry. For the guidance of
those who might be disposed to try the
method, it may be added that in work-
ing a bath of 3000 litres of brine in
which 1000 kilos of meat may be im-
mersed, the current may be of 100 am-
peres, with an electromotive force ot
eight volts. The electrodes must be of
platinum, since, if other metals, such as
zinc or iron, were used, the metal salts
formed would be injurious.
Da. C. E. Emert, before the Ameri-
can Institute of Electrical Engineers,
said that the high-speed electric loco-
motive of the future will, like the steam
locomotive, be a structure independent
of the train; the motors will be hung on
the frame independent of the driving
wheels, and the same as well as the
driving wheels connected by side rods.
To obtain proper room under such con-
ditions larger driving wheels will be
employed than the wheels of an ordi-
nary car. This will so extend the wheel
base that it will not be safe to run at
high speeds without the leading truck,
the same as on an ordinary locomotive,
and in fact the electric locomotive will
in all its general features be a steam
new structure was erected over the old
one.
The great opening in the present
state of the electrical industry is for
design rather than new invention. The
man who can design machinery in such
a way as to save 5 per cent in the cost
of materials or labor is always valuable.
He must be versed in detail, and capa-
ble of readily grasping the commercial
details of the subject. The question of
commercial efficiency also comes largely
into the design, and the manufacturers
who can maintain the reputation of
their apparatus for smooth working
and durability are sure to succeed.
Hence, says the Electrical Engineer,
while striking departures from existing
practice may bring success to one man,
two others will make fortunes by being
able to get the best results at the least
cost from every-day types.
It is reported from Calumet, Mich.,
that the Calumet & Hecla Company
will soon sink three new shafts on its
part of the amygdaloid vein, which a
drift, three years ago, showed to be
about as rich in copper ore as the same
vein in the Osceola mine. These new
shafts, with the new Red Jacket shaft,
will, it is said, increase the product to
130,000,000 pounds of copper a year.
way and with the usual sensitive plate,
with the previously described screen in
the camera between the plate and the
picture. This produces a negative of
the picture, showing the fine cross
lines represented by clear glass. Now,
in order to have the same position of
the object in the engraving as in the
original, the film of the negative is
treated to one or two coats of collo-
dion, which gives it a sufficient con-
sistency to permit of its being removed.
This film is transposed to the opposite
side of another glass. After careful
mounting, this new negative is ready
to be used as a medium for printing on
the zinc plate.
The face of the plate is buffed to the
highest degree of polish, then coated
with a solution of albumen and gelatine,
then sensitized with bichromate of am-
monia. It is then dried and placed in
the printing frame, the coated side
next to the negative film. The case is
then exposed to the sun or light three
to five minutes, or to an electric light
for fifteen to twenty minutes. The
light passes through the heavy inch-
thick glass of the printing frame, then
through the negative, striking the sen-
sitized plate, and decomposing the
chemicals wherever it may fall.
Where the plate is protected by the
shadows and half-tones of the negative
have used turpentine on the scale with
a sponge in the dark for fifteen min-
utes, then got out and applied a light,
placed on the end of a 12-foot bar, keep-
ing myself well out of the boiler for
safety. I have done a day's work in
half an hour. The instant heat of the
turpentine shatters the scale immedi-
ately." That sounds all right, but is
not cordially recomnciended.
United States Constjl Norms, at
Ghent, has reported an interesting fact
to the State Department regarding the
manufacture of incandescent lamps. It
is that the most expensive product in
the world is the charcoal thread em-
ployed in the lamps to furnish the
light. This will be interesting news to
the people who use electric light nightly
without being cognizant of such prox-
imity of wealth. It is, for the most
part, manufactured at Paris and comes
from the hands of an artist. This prod-
uct is sold at wholesale by the gramme,
and, reducing this price to the basis of
pounds, it is easily found that the fila-
ments for lamps of 20-candle power are
worth $8000 per pound, and for the
lamps of 30-candle power the fabulous
sum of $12,000 per pound. The former
have a diameter of twenty-thousandths
of one millimeter, and the latter less
than one-fifth of this size.
January 'J, lsy7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
Coast Industrial Notes.
— C. A. Martin of Reno, Nev., shipped
twelve carloads of cattle to Oakland, Cal.,
this week.
—The contractors on the Astoria-Globe rail-
road in Oregon have 800 men at work and will
soon Increase the number to r>00.
—Governor Sadler of Nevada recently sold
1500 head of stock cattle at $1S per head to
McCormick Brothers of Stockton, Cal.
—Building the Salinas, Cal., beet sugar fac-
tory has begun. It comprises a quadruple
mill, four sets of diffusions, each 250 tons
dail.v capacity.
—The S. P. R. R. Companv is going to build
a rock-crushing plant atTruckee, Cal. It will
be run by electricity and the crushed rock
will be used to ballast the road-bed through
the snowsheds.
—The largest oak wine vat in the world has
been set up by the California Wine Associa-
tion at the Lachmann cellars on Brannan
street, San Francisco. The Heidelberg cask
has a capacity of 50,000 gallons; the San Fran-
cisco one holds 8U.0OO gallons.
— TheSuisun, Cal., bonds of »43, 000 for a new
water system have been sold. Work will
commence next month. Water will be
brought a distance of eight and two-thirds
miles to town, the source of suppiv is reported
capable of a daily flow of 300,000 gallons.
—The tunnel through the Cascade moun-
tains in Washlnplon for the Great Northern
Railway will be2.4'J miles long from Tunnel
City, the west portal being at Wellington.
It will be about 1.^ feet wide, 23 feet high,
and lined with brick or stone where neces-
sary. The estimated cost is (-2,000,000.
— Cotton is now being carried through San
Francisco across the Pacific to Japan, there
made into cloth and reshipped here for sale.
The old Pioneer Woolen Mills of this city, re-
cently dismantled and carried to Japan, are
now turning out woolen goods that come into
competition with California manufactures.
—On the 3Ist ult. H. T. Scott of the Union
Iron Works and Minister Hoshi of Japan
signed a contract tor the former to build for
the Japanese government a steel cruiser of
47H0 tons burthen, to cost about *1, 500,000 and
to be completed and delivered December 31,
1898. An illustrated description of this
cruiser appeared on page 397 of the issue of
November 14, 'Uti.
— The Los Angeles Times says the oil indus-
try of southern California is-tull of promise.
Important development is being made in the
Los Angeles oil field, and flattering reports
are coming in from Whittier and Fresno.
From present indications, oil of the lightest
gravity may reasonably be expected from one
or more of the southern California strata.
The market is quiet. Prices are ranging
from no cents to *1 per barrel at the well
tanks in the local field.
— The Mexican Government is about to im-
prove the harbors on the west coast. Arrange-
ments have been made to raise a considerable
sum for this work, in addition to the-«3,000,000,
for the improvement of Coatzacoalcos and Sal-
ina Cruz, the eastern and western termini of
the Tehauntepec road. In accordance with
the Government's plans an engineer, Arthur
F. Wrotnowski, has been sent to the western
coast to inspect all of the harbors and deter-
mine which shall be improved and to what ex-
tent.
— The Utah & California Railway Company
has been organized for some time to build a
road from Milford, Nov., to Los Angeles as
soon as the Oregon Short Line shall have been
segregated from the Union Pacific. The Ore-
gon Short Line runs from Salt Lake City to
Milford. The road between Milford and Los
Angeles will run through coal and lead ore
districts in southwestern Utah. Right of
way is said to have been secured by Oregon
Short Line people for most of the distance
between Milford and Los Angeles, which is
about 400 miles. Work will be begun imme-
diately after the separation of the Short Line
from the Union Pacific.
— In 188(i, 1928 tons of anthracite coal were
imported at San Francisco; the importations
increased every year; in 1895 they amounted
to 50,930 tons, for the first eleven months of
1896 they amounted to 81,355 tons. From 1862
to 1864 the duty on anthracite coal was 60c a
ton; from 1864 to 18T0 it was 40c, and since
then it has been on the free list, tor the rea-
son that the quantity of anthracite coal pro-
duced outside the United States was, prior to
1870, so infinitesimal that it was considered
an absurdity to retain it on the dutiable list.
Since then extensive fields of anthracite have
been discovered near Swansea, Wales, from
which the California importations come.
— Among California products tor the year
1896 were: Gold, *lfi, 160,613. 44; borax, S800,-
000; petroleum and bitumen over -51,000,000;
salt, *130,000; mineral waters, 1400,000; nat-
ural gas, .$1.50,000; quicksilver, ;W,743 flasks
worth S36. 50 per flask; beet sugar, 46,000,000
pounds; wheat, 28,682,200 bushels; brandy,
distilled from grapes, nearly 1,000,000 gal-
lons; barley, 10,800,000 bushels; beans, 68,000,-
000 pounds; raisins, 84,000,000 pounds; dried
fruit, 148,500,000 pounds ; dried prunes, 51,000,-
OOU pounds; canned fruits, 1,000,340 cases;
wool, 34,.500,000 pounds; hops, 52,000 bales;
oranges, 1896-7, estimated, 8375 carloads;
• 1896, 2,512,500 boxes; butter, annual product,
48,000,000 pounds; cheese, 16,000,000 pounds;
wine, receipts at San Francisco, 13,914,670
gallons; brandy, 163,650 gallons; provisions,
«5,o00,000; value of nuts, 8350,000; powder,
12,000,000 pounds. The total gold product
since 1848, is figured at 81,368,429,273; quick-
silver since 1877, 810,767 flasks; gold and sil-
ver since 1848 Sl,47o,484,107. Seventy-six
thousand acres were set to orange trees and
70,000 to prunes. There are 3,900,000 acres of
land under irrigation. There are 340,000
mileh cows in the State and $10,600,000 in-
vested in dairies.
A. N. BuTT.^ of Angels Camp, Cal., has been
at Mercur, Utah.
Makcps D.vi.v is going this month to Mexico
to look up some mining property he is inter
ested in.
CuKis M.vr.Lox- succeeds A. F. Kipiier as
superiuteudent of the Brunswick mine, Grass
Valley, Cal. j
EoMixn usStoutz, who has been In charge
of mines near the Rio Tinto, in Spain, has
been appointed superintendent of the Conti-
nental copper mines at Globe, A. T.
Latest cable advices to this journal from
Russell L. Dunn, who went to Siberia last
July for a French mining syndicate, indicate
that he will shortly return to Paris.
E.MiLE M. or Mauias, a mining engineer,
and Emile P. Enders, editor of the Itenie
Hcniinmi'iii-: rt Fiiiiincieir of Paris, represent-
ing French interests, are visiting Utah min-
ing districts.
Jas. a. Pollock, of Salt Lake City, Utah,
the most prominent mining stock broker of
that section, who has been visiting his min-
ing property in Tuolumne Co., is in this city
to select some improved mining machinery.
V. M. Clement has returned from South
Africa and last week was in Utah, where he
joined Charles Butters. In I.SSS Mr. Clement
was at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines in
Idaho, and later joined John Hays Hammond
in South Africa.
Mit. P. GeokoeGdw has resigned the local
management of the Gold and Silver Extrac-
tion Company of America, Limited, and will
in future devote his attention to his mining
business, he being manaeer and part owner
of the Jumper and New Era mining property.
Mr. Bertram Hunt succeeds him as local man-
ager of the cyanide company's business.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Norwegian Mining Company, San Francisco;
capital stock, Jl.OOO.OOO— *250 subscribed; W.
C. and R. S. Murdoch, H. F. Emeric, T. W.
Wells, F. Enzensperger.
Holiday G. M. Company, San Francisco;
capital stock, *1,000,000— all subscribed ; G. W.
Baker, T. J. Parsons, W. A. Jacobs, J. A.
Stephens, S. K. Thornton, R. B. Harper, G. T.
Davidson.
Tryon G. M. Co, San Francisco; capital
stock, 83,500,000— $2,000,000 subscribed ; C. W.
Tryon, W. B. Lee, J. S. Drake, G. C. Trvon,
H. H. Lee.
Gerrymander G. M. & M. Co., San Fran-
cisco; J. S. Joseph, Sonora; B. Joseph, E. Ep-
stein, J. J. Schultz, M. F. Lowenstein, J. D.
Abrams, W. H. Metson, A. S. WoUberg, San
Francisco; S. H. Rich, Oakland.
Glenn Cliff M. Co., San Diego; capital
stock, 81,000,000, of which 8151,950 has been
subscribed ; F. Kinney, G. W. Ander.son, C.
L. Warfield, R. M. Jones, San Diego; I. E.
Hill, Los Angeles.
American M. &, E. Company, San Francisco;
capital stock, 82.50,000— all subscribed; W.
Violman, F. McCue, Lewistou ; W. H. Harri-
son, E. W. McKinley, C. A. Webster, San
Francisco.
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January 9, 1807.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Rcpuhlican : In the Argonaut an ore shoot
at least 300 feet in length has been uncovered
in the 1250-foot level. It is not all high-grade
—indeed, most of it is low-grade ore. There
is little question that the erection of a 40-
stamp mill will be pushed ahead in the spring.
Recnrd: Superintendent Porter has day
and night shifts engaged in driving ahead
the three tunnels to tap in depth the east
vein of the Balliol Mining Company. They
will supply the mill by cars tilled from ore
chutes located in the tunnels, and these will
be supplied from the large ledge by blasting
in an open cut, the ore falling into the chutes
from the bottom of the main pits. Mr. Porter
claims that he can mine and mill the ore at a
cost of 60 cents per ton. It is expected to
start the new 40-stamp mill by February 1.
Ledger: J. E. Dye, manager of the Jackson
E. and D. Co., has sold a three-fourths inter-
est in the '4i)-Flat placer claim of J. C. Bell
and others.
The Oneida Mining Co. has bonded or
bought the Eureka property at Sutter Creek.
This mine has not been operated for twenty
years. The sha t had been sunk about 2300
feet and levels opened when the works were
consumed by fire, causing the abandonment
of further operations.
At the Mitchell mine, near Railroad Flat,
a 10-stampmill has been completed. Crushing
is expected to begin immediately.
Another strike has been made in the Ken-
nedy mine. A few weeks ago on the 1950-foot
level a body of high-grade ore 8 feet wide was
cut. An upraise was made on it. As the
workmen raised the ore body grew narrower,
until at the height of 40 feet it pinched out.
A drift was then started for it on the 2100-
foot level, where the bonanza was cut again,
but at this place it was 20 feet wide,
with a rich streak on ihe hanging wall. A
drift was also started north on the ledge at
the 900-foot level, calculating to run it to the
Oneida line, the adjoining mine, a distance of
1300 feet from the north shaft. At a distance
800 feet from the shaft they cut a chute of
tl5 rock.
Butte.
Mercury : A large tract of land in the vicin-
ity of the Magalia mine on Magalia ridge has
been bonded to Edmund Harvey, the manag-
ing agent of the English syndicate now oper-
ating the Banner and Pete Wood mines and
owner of the Golden Feather. He proposes to
test the ground with a drill and discover, if
possible, the deep channel which is supposed
to run through the Magalia ridge. George H.
Evans is general manager for the syndicate.
The Pete Woods mine has reduced the force
of men to sixteen. The tunnel will be driven
75 feet farther into the mountain, when it is
expected the channel will be tapped.
Merciuy: At Cherokee over one hundred
men are engaged in the claim of the Spring
Valley Gold Mining Co. on leases. Thomas
Vinton employs forty-five, and three Portu-
guese companies, in partnership, supply the
remaining number.
Rcdinter: A Chicago company has bonded
the Robinson or Minto mine in Gi'anite Basin
and a few days a.go loaded three six-horse
teams with 13,000 pounds of freight and sup-
plies for the mine. The company will sink a
shaft 150 feet and make other developments.
There is a 20-starap mill on the property.
The Wiley mine is being fitted up for work.
Enterprise: At Butte creek the mining
prospects are more promising now than they
have been for many j'ears past.
Gale and Heppy are opening a rich claim at
the Narrows. Mr. Hooper will soon have his
claim on Centerville Plat in full blast.
Calaveras.
Citizen: The work of retimbering and re-
pairing the Stickle shaft has been completed.
A full force of men is now at work.
The Great Western mine, owned by Frank
Baumbogger, started up with new machinery
last week.
At the Pine Log twenty-five men are em-
ployed. Sinking has reached a depth of
about 600 feet.
£1 Dorado.
(Special Correspondence). — The Septimus
Development Company is moving rapidly in
the Gold Note and Philadelphia properties.
The shaft is 350 feet, and from this point the
drift south has reached 150 feet. The hoist is
run by steam, the pump and sawmill by
water.
Deuch & Craddock are running a tunnel on
the old Hattie mine, near town. The vein is
from 3 to 4 feet.
The American River Land & Lumber Com-
pany, whose great timber fields are about ten
miles from here, have 6,000,000 feet of logs in
the river, and they expect to have 3,000,000
feet more by April Isi, when the logs will be
floated to Folsom. The sawmill is operated by
electricity.
The New Victor quartz mine started their
5-stamp quartz mill January 1st. Their shaft
has reached 150 feet, and a tunnel, on a vein
of from 3 to 5 feet, has reached 400 feet.
John Ewarts, who for years has been a suc-
cessful prospector, has again found a good
gravel property quite near town.
The shaft on the Big Four, near Garden
valley, has reached 65 feet. The drift south
is 46 and north 50 feet. The vein is in 2y^ feet
of good ore.
Placerville, Jan. 4tb, '97.
Gazette: Mrs. J. W. Harrison has bought
from T. G. Bilty and W. F. Herrick the Gar-
field mine at Greenwood, and will reopen the
lower tunnel, which has been abandoned for
years. The tunnel extends in over 500 feet,
and there is a ledge 20 feet wide.
Mnuntain Democrat : The Uncle Sam mine
has recently received a lot of tools and lumber
to build a shaft to run from the west tunnel.
Inyo.
Reuister: Capt. J. W. Kelly of Bodie has
bonded the Sanger-Danielson copper claims
near Saline valley and will develop them.
Kern.
Los Angeles Times: At Randsburg the as-
sessment work on all locations made prior to
1S06 is being pushed vigorously. Nearly
everj'^ hitherto idle man in camp is at work,
and the sound of blasting is heard continually
day and night.
The lack of milling facilities retards work
on the mines. At Koehn Springs another five
stamps will be put in operation soon in addi-
tion to the five which have been running since
last summer. At Cow Wells there is a great
deal of ore on hand ahead of the milling capac-
ity of the place. There are several mills going
up there, which will add at least twenty
stamps, together with one cyanide process.
The price remains the same, however, and no
low-grade ores can be handled until the capac-
ity of the mills equals or exceeds the supply
of ore.
At Koehn Springs the water comes to the
surface and the supply is said by an engineer
who has examined it, to be equal, with a little
development, to 600 inches.
The Southern Pacific Company is consider-
ing the advisability of building sixty-five
miles of road between Mojave and Randsburg.
Mcrciiru: A three-quarter interest in the
Syndicate mine, situated near Grub Gulch,
Madera county, has been sold. Immediately
after the sale rich ore was struck in the shaft.
The party purchasing the property is now in
San Francisco arranging for machinery for a
10-stamp mill to be placed upon the mine.
Mono.
Cht'oniclc-Union: The consolidation of the
best mines in the Bodie district under the one
management— of the Standard Consolidated—
was a move in the right direction. Next
spring there will probably be erected a power-
ful electric plant on the river a few miles be-
low Bridgeport, for the furnishing of power
for the economical working of the series of
consolidated mines. In the Bodie district
many of the old claims that were familiar in
the *'boom days" of '78 and '79, but which
have lain idle for years, are falling into hands
that will work them with more or less energy
during the new year, the new cyanide process
having given miners more encouragement Co
work and develop their properties.
Good reports come from the Lundy district
of rich strikes in the May Lundy mine.
At Bridgeport the travertine quarry will be
worked to a greater extent than ever, as this
material will be wanted for inside decorations
in fine buildings erected in San Francisco.
The Dunderberg mine and mill will be un-
der full headway at the commencement of the
new year.
Nevada*
Tidl)nis : Thos. Nolan has bonded his min-
ing claim on Canada Hill, near the May-
flower, to W. E. Fisher of San Fran-
cisco, who will at once organize a company
with the intention of developing it.
A bond on the Ellison gravel mine has been
given to Geo. Fletcher and John F. Kidder of
Grass Valley. The parties bonding com-
menced work several weeks ago. An incline
shaft is to be sunk into the hill.
Union : The New York mine, the principal
owners of which are Dr. S. M. Harris, James
Burke and James Feeney, has been bonded to
a company represented by Henry Power.
The New York is situated northeast of the
Pennsylvania. It is expected that as soon as
Mr. Power returns from the East active work
will be commenced.
Transcript : At Washington the Tom Boy
ledge is situated on the mother lode and has
two pay shoots in it. It is parallel with and
2500 feet east of the Giant King and Worthley
& Company's mine. The property has been
bonded to W. S. Bell, who will soon begin
work.
Placer.
Sentinel: The Wise & Partridge mine at
Bruce Canyon consists of a location on a por-
phyry dike or ledge, which is about 100 feet
in width. The ledge runs from north to south
and is cut by innumerable seams running
diagonally across it. The formation is very
soft, a stream of water cutting it very read-
ily. The owners have worked the mine by
sluicing for the past three years and it has
paid them handsome returns. Prom a recent
seven days' run of fifteen hours per day, with
two men, they cleaned up forty-six ounces of
gold.
Sunny & McLennan of San Francisco have
a working bond of §12,000 on the George Nis-
sen porphyry ledge.
E. W. Chapman, who recently purchased
the river claim, comprising about a mile of
Bear river lying above the dam of the South
Yuba Company, near Colfax, is negotiating
for several claims above his.
The Eureka tunnel is now in 1S05 feet.
Pluiuas.
Independent: J. P. Massey, in the early
'70s, located a copper claim at Poker Plat,
which he soon abandoned. Lately he returned,
relocated ifand has interested in its develop-
ment an English syndicate — the Lancashire
Development Company. It is the intention of
this company to develop the property suffi-
ciently to demonstrate its permanency before
proceeding with the erection of extensive re-
duction, works, but in the meantime they
have acquired possession of about a thousand
acres of gravel land in the McRea ridge which
will soon be opened.
San Diego.
The Los Angeles National Bank last week
received from the Golden Cross mine three
bars of gold bullion aggregating 1374 ounces,
valued at :S;20, 000. This represents a twenty
days' run, the daily output of the mine aver-
aging nearly SIOOO. Last month's clean up
netted $26,000, and the preceding month $29,-
000. The bullion is usually shipped from the
mine to the Los Angeles Bank to be forwarded
by the bank to San Francisco.
Shasta.
Free Press: At Igo Peter Dean of San
Francisco has decided to reopen the Hard-
scrabble mine.
Senator John P. Jones of Nevada has been
running a tunnel in a mountain up the creek,
and will soon begin taking out ore. The tun-
nel is now in 750 feet.
A. C. Hamilton of Santa Monica has pur-
chased the Milkmaid mine from John Sonter
forg20,000. Mr. Hamilton, who is a brother-
in-law of Senator Jones, will at once develop
the property and take out the large body of
ore in sight.
Sierra.
Mountain Mci<!;en(icr: C. P. Saxton has made
application to the U. S. Debris Conmission to
work the Saxton mine near Genesee, by
hydraulic process, to deposit tailings in Little
Grizzly creek.
Siskiyou.
Journal: The North Fork of Salmon hy-
draulic claim has been started up, with a
large force of hands, and there is an abund-
ance of water to keep the work going until
late in the summer.
Louis Scheld has a force of men working
his claim on Yreka Plats in Greenhorn gulch.
During the past two years, about 15300,000
have been invested in Siskiyou mines. Among
the most important sales of the past few
years are the two Shinar mines on Thompson
creek, one of which was purchased by the
Seattle Placer Mining Company, and the
other by a company of Colorado capitalists.
Both companies have put in extensive hy-
draulic plants.
The Hunter tK: Simmons pumping plant at
Shasta river is about ready to start up, and
by the middle of January work will probably
be commenced in the mine at the Simmons
place, below Hawkinsville.
News: On the Nelson mine on the North
Pork of Humbug, the ledge lias been struck
with a crosscut 200 feet in length. One tun-
nel is in 210 feet and the other about 125 feet.
This ledge is a continuation of the old Spencer
ledge which proved so rich, and the mine is
being worked by a strong company.
Tuolumne.
Independent : At Soulsbyville the lease-
holders of the Mountain Belle mine are sink-
ing on the extension of the Wheal Perran
vein. The rock encountered shows free gold.
The Wheal Perran mine has just been un-
watered, preparatory to active work and
equipment. This mine was in the earl}' days
very rich.
At the Soulsby mine the shaft is sunk now
over 200 feet, and stoping is in progress from
this level upwards. The 15-stamp mill is
nearly completed.
The Black Oak is shipping for treatment to
Selby & Co., San Francisco, large quantities
of their concentrates, as well as their high-
grade ore.
Superintendent Storm of the Junction mine
has everything ready for his machinery.
Yuba.
Marysville -4]3pefll: A deal has just been
made by a Chicago syndicate whereby the
property of the New Blue Point Gravel Min-
ing Company at Smartsville, including the
New Blue Point mine, thirty miles of ditch
embraced in the water system and 2300 feet of
tunnel which cost originally §300,000 will pass
from the New Blue Poin t Company and Paddy
Campbell to the investors within sixty days.
The price paid is understood to have been
§100,000 for a two-thirds interest in the prop-
erty.
NEVADA.
Romanzo Trefethen, who superintended the
erection of the mill at the Dexter Mining
Company's plant at Tuscarora, says that they
have ore enough in sight to keep the mill
in operation for at least five years. The
means for extracting the values from the ore
in early days were very imperfect, and the
result was that in the mill dumps are tailings
of the value of 120 per ton. In these dumps
or ponds into which they were discharged by
the former owners, it is estimated that there
are at least iJOOO tons that can be successfully
treated at a cost not to exceed 90 cents a ton.
For the handling of these tailings the com-
pany has provided itself with a cyanide plant,
while the crude ore is put through mills that
save about 65 per cent of the values. At
present the company is saving between 85
and 90 per cent of the contents of the ore with
the use of the mills and cyanide plant, and
that the saving will be increased the present
season is now practically assured. The ore
in the Dexter varies in its valuation from SS
to ®560 per ton in silver and gold, while in one
level is a breast that averages over S70. On
the main dumps are over -30, 000 tons of milling
ore.
White Pine iVcirs: The Star Mining Com-
pany are pushing work with all the men they
can work to advantage.
Yerington Rustler: The Messrs. Bliss have
been at Dayton to consider the question of
working the'mines on the flat, if they can find
a suitable place to cut to the Carson river.
At Silver City the Pollard mill is again
crushing rock.
The new owners of the Succor mine have re-
sumed work on the north end.
OREGON.
Grant's Pass Mining Jouri^al: Van Dorn
brothers have a giant and 600 feet of pipe for
their ground on Pickett creek. Mr. Wood-
cock of Kerby has purchased a giant for a
placer mine *on the Illinois. Campbell &
Gould, on Green's creek,' are running their
pipe and giant. Belding & Dowell are work-
ing their ledge on Green's creek. They have
a 12-inch vein of $25 ore which has been' traced
on the surface for 500 feet.
Medford Mail : The mining interests of
southern Oregon continue to attract a great
deal of attention. People are constantly com-
ing to examine the placer and quartz proper-
ties.
B. P. Dunphy has in hand SOO acres of placer
mines on Gall's creek. They have been worked
by two men for more than thirty years. The
ditches to supply the water are complete, and
two houses for workmen and a boarding house
have been built.
Baker City Bedrock-Democrat: The last
monthly cleanup at the Bonanza was $20,000,
the result of twenty-six days run with twenty
stamps.
The Climax mine, an extension of the Ohio,
in Cracker district, is developing into a valu-
able property. G. W. Grayson, of the Virtue,
is the owner.
The indications for a good placer season are
flattering. The snow in the mountains is deep
and made compact by the late rains.
W^ASHINGTON.
Spokesman-Review : James Woods and E. A.
Stephens of LaGrande, Or., have purchased
for §30,000 the Bull Frog in Okanogan county.
The Ivanhoe is producing considerable min-
eral from the oOO-foot level. This ore is rich
in native silver and is running well in gold.
The Allison group, which was sold to a Chi-
cago syndicate some time ago, is also being
worked successfully. A 150-foot tunnel has
just been completed.
The Palmer Mountain Gold Mining and
Tunnel Co. are prosecuting work on the big-
tunnel with a double shift of men. The rock
through which the tunnel is driven is highly
mineralized. They expect to cut the first
ledge, which is exposed on the surface, in the
next few weeks. This tunnel will be 3600
feet long and will attain a depth of 13ii0 feet
and may eventually be continued clear across
Palmer mountain, a distance of six miles.
The sale of the Bonanza Queen gioup of
mines, near Silvertbn, has been consummated
and Dennis Ryan of Minnesota has become
the owner. It is said the price paid in cash
was S250.000.
EUensburg Capi7ai: Articles of incorpora-
tion of the Blue Jacket Consolidated Gold
Mining Company have been filed. The mine,
which is a free-milling proposition—decom-
posed quartz — is at Nelson's Siding, Two
well-defined ledges have been discovered, one
showing a width of 7 feet and the other '.) feet.
It is expected to erect a mill shortly.
Spnhesman-Revicw: The Young America
mine, near Bossburg, will soon be in active
operation again. The property gained an ex-
cellent local reputation a few years ago, and a
large amount of ore, valued at S60,000, was
marketed. When the decline in silver and
lead came, work was suspended.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Nelson Trihune: The following are returns
of shipments of bullion, matte and ore from
the mines and smelters in southern Kootenay
since last week's report ;
BULLION AND MATTE.
Trail smelter 570.167
Hall Mines smelter. Nelson,
matte 77,480
Apiiroximale
I 'a I lie.
Toi,^.
Payne mine. Slocan 2Si2
Reco mine, Slocan 58
Wellington mine J5
Last Chance mine, Slocan — 34
Goodenough mine, Slocan — 17
Rambler mine, Slocan 17
No. 1, Ainsworth 16
Slocan Star mine. Sandon — 80
Idaho mine, Slocan 20
Ruth 60
Whitewater mine. Slocan — 30
Total for week 940 $169,676
Total so Ear for 1896 29,5 U 3=3.416,628
Spok^sman-Reviv-w: The shipments for 18%
from Rossland were as follows:
Minea. Lbs. of Ore.
Le Roi 55,331,900
War Eagle 18,019,191
Iron Mask 1 ,408.760
Josie 1,148,000
Poorman 678,900
Crown Point 300,000
Mayflower iiOO.OOO
Cliff 150.000
Evening Star 54,000
Total 77,290,751
Id tons 38,645
There may have been other shipments made
from Rossland, but this is all that could be
obtained. Calling it 40,000 tons in round
numbers, it is a remarkable showing for so
young a camp. It is impossible to obtain the
data as to the average value of the ore from
any one mine in order to fix the value of the
product of the district.
The Hall mines smelter, at Nelson, has
treated 30,000 tons of ore and produced ^350
tons of matte. According to the best reports,
the Trail smelter has produced 3055 tons of
matte. There have been shipped from the
camp at Ainsworth 1104 tons of ore. The
Pilot Bay smelter has not been in operation
for several months, but for the time it was in
operation it produced this year 1012 tons of
lead bullion.
The Kaslo-Slocan country stands next to
the Coeur d'Alene in the point of value of its
production. Prom the best sources it is
learned that the district has shipped 28,345
tons of ore during the year, divided as follows :
Slocan Star, 7500 tons; Payne. 2.500; Wash-
ington, 1400; Ruth, 1120; Noble Five, 1000;
Iron Hand, 750: Slocan Boy, GOO; Reco, 600;
Wonderful, 400; Last Chance, 350; Lucky
Jim, 280; Monitor, 225; Enterprise, 200;
Whitewater, 200; Rambler, 150; Goodenough,
150; Surprise, 120; Northern Belle No. 2, 100;
Mountain Chief, 100; Ivanhoe, 100; Black Fox^
January 9, 181)7.
Mining and Scientific Pres5%
35
•0; Northern Belle, 45: Antoloe, 15: Welling- ;
ton. ">; I^ondon, 15; Chambers. 15: Nepuwa,
20: American Bo^, 45: AJax, 30: Carnation
Keid. 15; Bluebird, 15. Total, 2>>,J45 tons.
A few other mines have shipped various
small amounts. The number of mines in the
Slocan from which ore has been shipped dur-
ing the year is something over forty.
Kossland Mlnrr: On Dec. I the townsite of
Salmo wus an unpeopled landscape. Since '
that time twohotcNund two stores have been i
completed and occupied: a third will be com- |
pleted in ten days, and contracts have been |
made for twelve new buildings to be finished i
within ninety days. A sawmill will be in op-
eration in thirty days. Nearly 2000' claims !
have been recorded upon the Salmon river
and its tributaries within a radius of six or I
eight mites of Salmo. '
Work has been started on the long tunnel
to be run through the Gopher and the Home- ;
stake, to make connection with the working I
shaft of the Homestake. This follows close i
upon the purchase of the Homeslako properly
by D. M. Linnard and associates. The U. E.
Lee, Maid of Erin. Gopher and Homestake
are to be worked together under one manage- i
meat. The new tunnel will run SOU feet on
the Gopher and 400 feet on the Homestake. I
Spokane ('hnmich- : The owners of the Slo-
can and Center Star mines at Rossland have '
determined to build a smelter.
(J, B. McDermott has sold the Plying
Dutchman mineral claim in the McMurdo
basin to Kossland parties fur $15,000. i
Both the mine and mill of the Slocan Star |
are running full blast, handling in the neigh- [
borhood of 200 tons of ore a day. j
Work is being pushed on the mine and mill '
of the Noble Five, and it is thought that by I
the middle of next month the new 120-ton |
eoncentrator will be completed and ready for I
work.
The Globe Mining Company has received |
news from Kaslo stating that a new 3-foot
galena ledge has been discovered on the Vic- I
toria. one of the claims owned by the company.
At Pairview the .Joe Dandy, which is under j
a bond to eastern Canadian parties for 400,000, ;
is being worked by twenty men. A 10-stamp
mill has been ordered, which will be in run- ,
ning order early in the spring.
The Stemwinder will be worked by twenty
men after the first of the year.
The Buck Horn and the Occidentiil *have
both been bonded for *.'iOOO, 10 per cent down.
Kossland Miuiuu RcrUir: The Great Hopes
claim at Deadwood, Boundary creek, has been
sold for*l2,00U.
War Eagle workings are'now ;t20 feet below
the surface, and the ore being taken out is
the richest yet found in the mine.
UTAH.
Salt Lake 'rrthunr: During the year IS'.tO
there was shipped out of the State base
metal, bullion, ores, matte and concentrates
as follows :
Pouiidi. Tons.
Silver-lead bullion -IS.Sit.VSS 21,697. l?!"?
Silver-lead ores 115.170,760 57.5fy.0760 i
Copper matte 3.690,040 1 ,845 0018
Copper bullion 717,228 358. 1228
Copperore li)»,400 99.1400
Copper buttons 35,335 17.1335
Carbonates 27,676 13. 1676
Totals 163,236,180 81.618.0180
This is in excess over that of 1895 of 253S
tons. To carry this great mass of metal out
of the State required the use of about 4552
cars.
The production of ores in Utah in 18% was
quite large. The low-grade ores concentrated
cannot be given as to amount crushed, and
hence only the concentrates are embraced in
the table following in this article. If the
crude ore was counted instead of the concen-
trates, it would increase our figures quite
materially in some districts:
Tintic — Touit. ' Tonn.
Milled 155,.j(l0
Shipped 98,Uy5 253,585
Mercur—
Milled 132,000 132,000
Park City-
Milled - 19,612
Shipped ;i3,153 82,76rj
Bingham —
Shipped 46,016 16,016
Horn Silver-
Shipped 10.041 10,041
Ophir—
Shipped ■J,379 5,379
Silver Reef-
Milled 2,500 2.500
Llltl*- Cottonwood—
Shipped 1,300 1,300
Fish Springs-
Shipped 1,315 1,315
Stockton-
Shipppd 1 .000 1,000
American Fork —
Shipped 1 ,000 1.000
Totals 536,901 536,901
Marysvale, State Line and some small dis-
tricts produced a little of each, but the quan-
tity was so small that the aggregate would
change these figures but little.
At the West Dip in Mercur district H. A.
Cohen for Capt. J. R. DeLamar will begin the
sinking of shafts at a number of points to de-
termine the value of the new locations.
The Mono is to resume work under the di-
rection of Cisborn and Driver, the latter hav
ing bid it in at Sheriff's sale.
The Ajax has started up again with fifty
men and the exploration of lower levels will
be resumed. Since the shutting down of the
property on Christmas eve the machinery has
been overhauled. The Ajax has yet explored
little more than its upper levels, and although
the gross output of the mine last year reached
$250,000, it was procured from drifts above the
400-foot level.
The Uncle Sam mine at Tintic has been pur-
chased by Jesse Knight for $25,000. He in-
tehds to sink as rapidly as possible.
Mercur Mercury. Castleman and Hunt
have sold the Sego Lily to Andrews and
Wallace for ^200. . A company has been in-
corporated and men put to work.
The Geyser people have uncovered a new
body of ore on the West Geyser and are
getting ready to connect it with the mill by
a tramway.
Dignowity is arranging to put a new drill-
ing ap[)aratus, with a gasoline engine at work
on his property near the Mercur mill, and a
similar outfit on the Black Horse group in the
West Dip.
The rush to the West Dip has been unpre-
cedented this week. The South Daisy got
down through the wash into the vein, and is
now securing values. Capt. De La Mur has
secured an option of a few days on the Daisy
and South Daisy for $70,000. There are
hundreds of men on the dip. prospecting,
locating, bonding and buying, and their
number is increasing.
The Golden Gate at Mercur have ore still in
their shaft at a depth of 480 feet and they
estimate having 400,000 tons of ?1 1 ore blocked
out. They have 2.'J00 feet of drift southeast-
ward and' find ore from 40 to 00 feet in thick-
ness in places.
Eureka IHinmirat : Jesse Knight of the
Humbug has purchased the Uncle Sam, ad-
joining the Godiva, for 125,000 in cash. Active
work of developing the claim will begin at
once.
J. McChrystal has bought the Rising Sun
mine, north of the Gemini group, for $20,000.
Active work will be commenced on develop-
ing at once.
During the past few months scores of cars of
machinery have been received by the various
mines in Tintic district.
Bingham liulUtin: The Old Jordan and
Galena mill is started again and will work in
a single shift 100 tons of ore daily.
The ore to be concentrated is iron from the
Old Jordan vein, of which there are now about
4000 tons on the dump; but a force is being
putoninthe mine, which Manager Holden
states will be gradually increa.sed to 75 or 100
men if future conditions are favorable.
Thirty-five leasers are now at work in the
South Galena mine, and the shipments of
first-class ore for January promise to be con-
siderable.
A contract has been let at the Frisco to
sink the shaft 100 feet.
Mammoth Rtvunl: A rich strike has been
made in the Mammoth, assays showing 227
ounces in gold.
Men will soon be put on at the Lady Wash-
ington, on the vein adjoining the Sunbeam at
Silver.
The vein in the bottom of the Sunbeam
shaft has widened out to 10 feet, but the ore
is hardly rich enough for shipment.
(Special Correspondence). — Recent d.evelop-
ment work in Florence now assures the cer-
tainty of the permanence of the gold-bearing
veins of this campr
The Ozark. — This mine is running with a
big force of men doing development work, and
also a crew of men on the mill, getting it in
shape for crushing. The work is under the
management of M. A. Walker. This property
is one of the best in Florence, but owing to
mismanagement the former owners lost very
heavily. The mill on this property was made
by the Risdon Iron AVorks of San Francisco.
The ore on the Ozark is low grade, but there
is a big body of it in sight.
Blossom.— Recent work on this property in
the shaft has exposed a body of ore which will
run well.
Free Coinage. — This property has now
passed into the list of producing mines, a vein
of ore 5 feet in, width and running from $20 to
^0 per ton having been exposed. The ore is
free milling gold.
Tip Top.— This property has been incorpo-
rated under the name of the Tip Top Mining
Company. Recently a contract was let to
drive a tunnel 250 feet to open the vein at a
depth of 125 feet. The ledge as exposed by
superficial workings is 8 feet wide and assays
$20 in gold and forty ounces silver per ton,
and it is free milling. H. Hamlin is manager.
Banner. — This property is showing up well,
another ore chute having been recently ex-
posed in the drift.
Gold Bug.— A body of high-grade ore has
been opened on this mine. It is 20 inches
wide and assays :?100 per ton.
A considerable number of transfers of min-
ing property are being recorded in this dis-
trict, but no sales of any size.
The immense tunnel project being organ-
ized for the purpose of developing and drain-
ing the camp of Florence will go through. It
will mean work for hundreds, perhaps thou-
sands, of men. The plant will be of the most
modern design. The capitalization of the com-
pany will be -i;25,000,000, $1,000,000 of which
will be preferred stock carrying 0 per cent
interest, pavable semi-annuallv.
Florence, Idaho, Dee. 30, '96.'
Svolio^man-Rcvieiv: At Burke the Standard
is preparing to put out all the ore the mill can
handle. Thus far the drilling has all been
done by hand, but machines will be used
hereafter. Electric lights are now being put
in the tunnel. The daily output is between
150 and 200 tons, but enough ground is now
opened up to double the output.
SWvev C\t J Avalanche: The past year was
spent at development work on the Poorman
property, and the lower tunnel, Belle Peck,
has now a length of nearly 4000 feet.
At the Flint mill four Frue vanners have
been added. It is thought that more concen-
trators will be put in and the other ten
stamps started.
It is expected that the Cumberland prop-
erty will be sold within a few (iays to a Chi-
cago syndicate for about ¥30,000.
Superintendent Hutchinson gives the Trade
Dollar's production for the year at 1525,000 in
round numbers. Expenses have been $200,000.
MONTANA.
In the Yakh district the K^ystoiie mill,
owned by Finch, Clark and others of Spokane,
has resumed work and the force has been
increased. It is the intention of the owners
to enlarge the mill to twenty stamps in the'
spring. [
A force of men will be put to work on the I
Jim Hill immediately after the first of the ^
year and the claim thoroughly developed. '
Minitio WitrUl: One day last week there I
were shipped from Sand Coulee 145 carloads ,
of coal of 25 tons each, or a total of 3025 tons.
As its neighbor. Belt, is shipping an average [
of i:*0 cars a day, it will be seen that the two
camps have a daily output of about 7000 tons. '
J. C. Sloss of Boulder, who recently secured ;
a bond and lease on the German Barplaeersin i
Madison couniy, has secured an option on liOO |
acres of placer ground at the lower end of the i
gulch.
M'fKteni Miniu{i WurUl: The output of the :
principal mining companies of Butte for the ;
year 1890 is summed up as follows:
Anaconda Copper Mining Company, 107,-
035,007 pounds of copper: 5.;tOS,05ti ounces of
silver and 18,300 ounces of gold.
Boston *t Montana Company, copper (esti-
mated), 45,000.000 pounds.
The Montana Ore Purchasing Company had
a prosperous year, and the production was
considered a good one. During the j'ear the
company produced 17,0S!J,O10 pounds of copper;
01i»,078 ounces of silver and 24,040 ounces of
gold.
The Parrot Company produced during the
year about 14,000,000 pounds of copper as well
as considerable gold and silver.
The Colorado Company produced during the
year not less than 5,000,000 pounds of copper
and a large number of ounces of gold and
silver.
The Butte Reduction Works estimated out-
put for the year is about 4,000,000 pounds of
copper and some gold and silver.
ATYOMIN<:.
At Grand Encampment since the middle of
September, when the discoveries first became
known, a great many people have visited the
section, and it is estimated that at the pres-
ent time there are some 200 miners doing
assessment work.
The gulches are very deep and the moun-
tains steep, so that tunnels may be run and
strike the ore bodies at depths varying from
600 to 1100 feet. There is in the district
sufficient wood and water for all practical
purposes. The mineral belt is about 4i^< miles
wide.
In addition to the lode claims considerable
placer ground has been located along the
several streams and gulches running through
the belt.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Times: A recent test run of
ninety tons of ore from the Juniper mine, sit-
uated near Keystone, resulted in a cleanup of
5^700. The gold was so coarse that nearly the
entire amount was found in the batteries.
A hole will be sunk from the bottom of the
Union Hill shaft, now 300 feet deep, to the
500-foot level and the material passed through
tested. The shaft is all in ore of good grade
and perfectly dry. The bore will determine
where water level is and the extent of the
ore body.
COLORADO.
(Special Correspondence).— Shipments of ore
from Idaho Springs by the three sampling
companies having works here were as fol-
lows Jor the year 1896.
Toim.
State Ore Sampling Co 5,120
VV. J. Chamberlain Co 5.400
Dewey Bros 5.000
Total 15,530
Statements from Dewey Bros, show that
the ores they handled ran as follows to the
ton, viz : gold, IJ^ ounces ; silver 38 1-5 ounces;
and 7 per cent lead, which makes a high valu-
ation for an average. W. J. Chamberlain
company's bulk averajred about S37 per ton in
values. That of the State Ore Sampling Co.
ran about the same as the others. The above
shipments all went to the smelters at Denver
and Pueblo. This does not constitute all the
ore shipments from the district, by any
means, as that sent out from individual
sources amounts to a large item, though it is
difficult to get at definite figures.
The numerous stamp mills and concentra-
tors probably handle about half the ores of the
district. The mineral output of Clear Creek
county, it is estimated, will reach approxi-
mately §3,000,000 for ISOO,
The ores of the county are of a generally
refractory nature and much of the mill work
is primarily to save the concentrates.
The Silver Age concentrating mill is closed
down, John G. Roberts, who has had it
leased, having given it over to the owners,
and is remodeling the old Freelaud mill.
The Mixell stamp mill is operating with its
fifteen stamps. Recently a test on this mill
showed the following: 21,300 pounds of ore
were crushed, sampled aud assayed, showing
a bullion value of §129— $77 in gold and $52 in
silver. The results of milling gave in gold
and concentrates, $121. 32-$72.20 in gold and
$49.12 in silver. Mr. Mixell uses the slow-
drop stamps.
The Lamartine mine, up Chicago gulch, is
steadily operating with a force of about 100
men and producing a high grade smeltingore.
The one thing favorable to Clear Creek
county is the abundance of water for all kinds
of milling purposes and power. Practically
all the mills of the district are operated by
water power, as is also the machinery of
most of the big mines.
Work on the Newman tunnel is progressing,
the present workings being in over two miles.
• Wascott,
Idaho Springs, Col.. Dec. 31st, '90.
(Special Correspondencej.— In Gilpin county
the Gold Coin Mines Company own and oper-
ate the Indiana and Kansas groups above Ne-
vadaville, and operate the Hidden Treasure,
in the same locality, under lease from the
California Company. These properties output
both smelting and milling ores.
The Vendome Company, which bought out
the Hubert properties on Prize hill and vicin-
ity, produced $127,000 in values within the
year. Of this about $71,000 resulted from
smelting ores and the balance from mill dirt.
They have a very large territory of mineral
ground, and their developments are exten-
sive One of their properties, the Hubert, is
over 1100 feet deep and has paid $300,000 in
dividends.
A characteristic of the Nevadaville section
of the district is a granite and gneiss as coun-
try rock, with a vein filling of porphyritic
lime, having an iron and copper base.
The Gregory-Bobtail, which bus been under
bond and lease to Clinton, Heed & Co. of Den-
ver, it is reported, will change hands soon.
The Bobtail tunnel, or incline, is in over one
mile, and was put in almost solelv for develop-
ment purposes.
The Sleepy Hollow, Pisk, Ophir-Burroughs,
Belmont, Old Colony, First Centennial and
Alps are being worked largely by tributers.
While each property makes its own regula-
tions and e.vacts a royally which depends upon
gi-adeof ore blocked out to each tributer, the
system works well here under well recognized
general rules. Where regular leases are
taken on properties for terms of three to five
years, the royalty is usually 10 per cent on
milling ore and 15 per cent on smelliog ore.
The fact that such a very large number of
men are employed in connection with the leas-
ing system in some way or another, has al-
ways been a factor in ihe easy settlement of
all labor troubles of this district.
The motor tramway, vt-hich has nearly forty
miles of track, reaches practically all the min-
ing centers of the district and greatly facili-
tates the milling and shipment of ore."
Estimates at this time place the mineral
output of Gilpin county, in round numbers, at
$3,000,000, which is principallv gold.
Central City, Dec. 3lst, '00* Wascutt.
Denver RtiJuhUcan : The deed has been re-
corded transferring a one-fifth interest in the
Strong mine of Cripple Creek from the Ameri-
can National Bank of Denver to E. W. Gid-
dingsof Denver. The price paid was $45,000,
which would make the property worth $225,000.
The Portland has at last got the flow of
water encountered last week under control,
but it came within a few feet of flooding not
only the seventh but the sixth level as well.
A bond in the sum of $55,000 has been taken
on the E. T. C, on Galena hill, by MS. Rupp.
The lessee is required to do thirty-five shifts
a month, and has until February, 18'.)8, to com-
plete the purchase of the property.
The Anglo-Colorado Exploration syndicate is
getting good ore from the new shaft on the
Rigi, on Battle mountain, and in the past
week has made two shipments, one of milling
ore averaging $30 a ton and the other lota
good high-grade, going above $100.
At Aspen the strike recently made in the
Alta Argent mine in this city, on the blocks
underlease to the Copeland syndicate, is hold-
ing splendidly and ore of the average value of
fifty ounces is being shipped regularly.
This week saw the completion of "the sink-
ing of the Free Silver shaft to the 120U foot
level and the conclusion of a piece of mining
work of considerable magnitude. This gives
the Free Silver the deepest workings in the
district.
NEW MEXICO.
Silver City Knterpr^ise: At Pinos Altos six-
teen men are employed in the slopes of the
Mountain Key on the first, second and third
levels. The ore extracted is reduced in the
Chilian mill on the mine, with good results in
gold. The force of miners will soon be in-
creased. The mine will be pumped out below
the 300-foot level.
The Treasure Mining Company, composed of
Denver capitalists, has developed a paying
property out of the Atlantic mine. The
10-stamp mill crushes about twenty tons of
ore per day.
The Golden Giant is working thirty-five
men in the mine and mill. The main shaft has
attained a depth of 78 feet below ihe 350-foot
level ; 22 feet yet to sink to where the 450-foob
level will be started.
Santa Fe New McAivax : At Hopewell dis-
trict, in Rio Arriba county, on the Revenue
claim they are in 220 feet on the tunnel and
have cut Ihi-ee veins, one running $\7,
The Iron Mountain Compary is in 150 feet
on its tunnel in Iron mountain and has cut a
5-foot vein that assays :j=15.
The Altamont tunnel is in 401 feet.
The tunnel being run by Nebraska parties
on the Good Hope is in 275" feet.
J. P. Renker has the tunnel on the Sidney
in 100 feet.
H. H. R. Brownell has organized a company
-capital stock. §300.0ii0— on the E.whange
claim, with Wright of Denver, Wyanr, Brow-
nell, Victory and Pope, of Santa Fe, directors.
.■\KIZONA.
Tucson .S7(fr: At Oro Blanco the Oro mill
with ten stamps is crushing twenty tons each
twenty-four hours. Twenty-five men are em-
ployed in the mill and mine.
The Old Glory mill has closed down. It has
ore-crushing capacity for only twenty stamps
and is adding enough ore crushers to supply
the thirty stamps of the milt.
The Tres Amigos mill, with a fifteen-ton
capacity, is running steadily on free gold ore
with good results.
Jerome Mining Ncwa: W. A. Clark will put
a force of men at work developing copper
mines near Tucson.
Silver Belt: At the Continental copper
mines, at Globe, work of development has
been commenced.
Work will be started immediately on the
Pinto Creek Mining and Smelting Company's
properties on Pinto creek. The ledge is large
and the ore is rich in copper and carries con-
siderable gold.
H. Klaustermeyer has let, a contract to
further develop the Cleveland mine. The ore ,
is a lead carbonate, carrying 40 ounces of
silver to the ton.
36
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 9, 1897.
UNION IRON WORKS,
^ >f^ 222 Harket Street, San Francisco, Cal. ^ ^
MANUFACTURERS OF
Mining & Milling Machinery,
Automatic Cut-Off Engines, High-Speed Engines, Hoisting Engines,
Ctuartz Mills, Manty Chili Mills,
PUMPS-CORNISH AND OTHER.
Rolls and Concentrating Machinery,
Copper and Lead Furnaces.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
. . . DENVER, COLORADO, ...
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Wilfley Concentrating Table,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For conarmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenridge. Col.; M. E. Smitk
Concentrator, Golden, Col. ; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Col. ; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs,
Col. ; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Col. ; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
every make, as is shown by letters in our possession.
t PRICE, $450.».2..
THE PACIFIC amalgamator! TURBJNElMlTrjJ lAf UFE'I
THE ROESSLER & HASSLAGHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Pine Street, UTew York.
TWILL OR FILACER,
A Guarantee With Each Machine.
This machine ie the finest gold saver for both
placer miues and quarlz mills. No other plate nee-
easary in mills where the Pacific Amalgamator Is
used. It is constructed almost entirely of metal; It
can be transported on pack train. Possesaea a large
amount of silvered amalgamating- plate surface. No
scouring of amalgram. Any ordinary amalgamator
can operate the machine with grood aucceaa. Send
for catalogue.
THE PACIFIC MINING MACHINERY CO.,
137 First Street, Sao Frattclsco, Cal.
Adapted to all Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water "Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a PampMet of either
Wlieel and yrrite fuU particulars.
^JAMESLEFFEL&CO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
CYANIDE
Peroiide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Chloride of lime
RUF=XURE CUREO.
Dr. J. C. Anthony, of 86 and 87 Chronicle Building, who fcr
the past four years has met with universal success in the cure ol
Ruptures, now guarantees a cure in from 10 to 16 days. There is
no pain, no blood drawn and absolutely without danger. Usually
but a single treatment required.
Sulpliide of Iron
And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carboi
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashefl. ,
Cheap, effective, eoo-
nomical, portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
w. HosKiNs, "^"^c'^sr&fitfr"^'
January 9, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press,
37
FRASER & CHALMERS,
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY,
CHICAGO, ILL.
U. S. A.
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
Also 80 Broadwav. NEW YORK:
SALT LAKE CITr. UTAH:
DENVER. COLO.:
CITY OF MEXICO. MEX.
[ OTTO AERIAL TRAHWAYS, STAHP
niLLS, Blanton Self-Tightening Cams, Steel
Shoes and Dies, Browne Sizers, Vanners, Con-
centrators, Comet Adjustable Crushers, Eckart
Rolls, Ball Pulverizers, Huntington Mills, Woods
Dry Placer fliners, Hercules Gasoline Engines,
Perforated Metals, RIEDLER PUHPS AND
AIR COMPRESSORS, Corliss Engines,
Adams Boil-
RIEDLEK PUMP VALVB MECHANISM.
] [One perfectly controllable valve far better and
permitting greater range of capacity than is af-
forded by the bodies full of little valves usual in
other pumps. Recent Reidler orders: Ewa Planta-
tion, H. I.; Chapin, Independence, Anaconda, and
Alaska Mex. Mines; Penn. R. R., D. L. & W. R. R., etc. >
ing Furnaces, Brown Horseshoe Furnaces, Cyanide and Chlorination
Plant. SPECIAL CATALOGUES ON REQUEST.
e r s. Steam
Hoists, Cast
Steel Cut
Gears, Gray's
Pat. Cage
Chairs, Roast-
ing and Smelt-
ANACONDA MINE CARIAXLE.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence of wearing parts, high eftlciency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XR/VINSi^ISSIOIN
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELXON \a//\xe:r W/HEEL CO.,
1:21 and 1:23 main Street,
San F^ranclsco, Cal.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Manufacturers of Assayeps' and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallureical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the AInsworth Balances.
MARSH STEAM PUMP.
ABSOLUTE ACTUATION AND REGULATION.
Count Its Moving Parts P ATENT SELP-QOVERNINQ STEAH VALVE.
as Shown Dark PATENT EASV-SEATLnQ WATER VALVE.
In the Cut. Only Six. NO OUTSIDE VALVE GEAR.
Maximam of Strength, Simplicity and Service.
Mintmnm of Weight. Wear and Waste.
Simotds Saws. Dodge Wood Split Pulleys
Blclcford & Francis Leather Beltinf;.
Cleveland Rubber Co.'s Rubber Belting and Hose.
Grant Corundum and Detroit Emery Wheels.
ONLY THE BEST. SEND FOE CATALOGUE.
SI/V\ONDS SAW/ CO.
31 Main Street San Francisco.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San Francisco Agents.
ANGELS IRON WORKS,
DEMAREST & FULLEN. Props.
Mining Machinery.
A.INGELS, CPVL.
Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
QUICKSILVER!
FOR SALE BY
Th^ Eureka Company,
of san frajjcisco.
Room 1, - 426 California Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
IS AT
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY GO,, 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U. S. A.
Just Listen— Reliable Common Sense Steel
WtLim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Hoisters, $300 and up; liand
iLoisters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps,
hign mortars, la-
test improved,
Only 8800.
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
mills built to (It the ore
land guaranteed to save
■what we say. Coal Mine,
equipments, Screens,
Jigs, Tr amwa y s,
Arastors, Chillian
Mills, Ore Sacks,
Cornish Rolls, 12x20. weight';
tJ.OOO lbs . , price $350 : Feed-
* ers. Bumping Tables ; Blake Crushers,
17x10, weight 8,i00 lbs, only $250. Our
100 page illustrated catalogue fbeb.
IISA/ENTORS, Talce IMotlce i
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
226 Market St., N. E. Corner Front (Up stairs), Sift
Francisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
of models. Tin and brasswork All communica-
tions atrictl]/ confidential.
MINE BELL SIGNALS.
Adopted, Used and In Force in Accordance
with State Law.
ROR THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR READERS IN THE MINING COUNTIES WE PRINT IN
legal size, 12x36 inches, the Mine Bell Signals and Rules provided tor in the Voorhies Act
passed by the State Legislature and approved March 8, 1893. The law is entitled " An Act to Establish
a Uniform System of Mine Bell Signals to Be Used in All Mines Operated in the Stale of California,
for the Protection of Miners." We furnish these Signals and rules, printed on cloth so as to withstand
dampness, for 50 cents a copy. MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, 290 MarketiSt., Saii.Franclsco.
BOOKS ON ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
Jt'ST ItSADi'.
A Catalogue of Books on ElPclrlcUv, Ma(rnetl8Di.
Electrical Eutrlneerlnp. Electric Llphtingr. Electric
Riillwaya. Telephone. Electro- Deposition of Metals.
Electrotyplnp. Electro- Metallurgy, and Cojrnate
Subjects, Si paees. Sent free to any one In any part
of the world who will furnish his address.
HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO.,
INDD8TRIAL PUBUSOEKS. BOOKSELl.EHSA IMPORTERS
RIO WHinut St., PhlhtdHphlji. Ha.. P.S.A.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY. OF AMERICA, LTD.
CAPITAL. - $o50.(«)().
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
thaoc mark.
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArthur-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler. Attor-
ney: W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Mulr, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, P. G. Gow, 23 Ste-
venson Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPhee Bdilding, Denver. Colorado.
Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOHIN TAYLOR <fe CO.
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Assayors' TWaterial,
FURNACES. SCALES,
BALANCES,
WEIGHTS. ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEniCALS AND
CHEniCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid, sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
Roller. Steel and Special CHAINS
FOE
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MACHINERY
FOB BANDLi:4Q UATERIAL OF ALL EIIIDS.
COAL MINING MACHINERY,
Western Branch, Denver. Co!
THB JEFFREY MFVi. CO., Columbus* Ohio.
Send for Catalogue. 108 Wa9bli]gton5t.,NEW Yo^e.
-EASTERN PRICES BEATEN.-
SAN FRANCISCO'
Plon^^r Sc^reen \A/orlc8
JOHN W. Q mCK, Prop
Improved Faculties! Finest Work! lowest Prices!
Perforated Sheet Metals, steel, Russia Iron,
Ainerican Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screens
for All Uses.
,«« MIHIHG SCREENS A SPECIALTY. »»•
831 and 233 First Street. San FrancibCO, Cal.
QUARTZ SCREENS
A specialty, Rou^d^ plot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Ruspla, Irqn,
Homogeneous Steei^Cast \
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
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Pbki-obating ScttBBN CO.. 145 and 147 Beaie^St.,-S,P,
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January 9, 1897.
Professional Cards.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
I Mining: Engineer and Metallurgist, {
De taniar, Owyhee -Co., Idaho.
fALMARIN B. PAUL, M. E., i
\ ROOM 40. CROCKER BUILDING. )
C Cor. Market and Montgomery Sts., San FranclBCO. 5
} Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE >
I Mining Property. Principals desirinr valuable )
/ quartz or gravel investnienta at reasonable \
) prices will do well to see what I may have. C
J Only leg-ilimate minlns" properties ^^^ndled^^^f
W. J. ADA^T"*
M-,
ENGINEER.
Graduaieof Columbia School of Mines. Ex-
I pert on ereoTal mill work and amalgamation.
I Eighteen years' experience. Will report on *
t Mines and Mills, and lake full charee of Min- 1
I Ing- Propertits. Address 132 "Vlarket '^t., (
Room lij. ■'■an Francisco, CaL )
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
< Designing and Consulting
> MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC
> ENGINEERS.
1 431 Market St., Cor. First St.,
< Telephone BLACK 2403 San Franclaeo.Cal.
The Evans Assay Office.
W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
Successor to Jehu & Ogden.
l 628 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block.
' Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals '
and their Alloys, Etc.
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
[ School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, ;
Electrical and Mining: Engineering:.
) Surveying. Architecture, Drawing- and Assaying. <
733 Market St., .San Francisco, Cal.
OPEN AI.,L VE.iH.
A. VAN DER NAILLEN, President.
I Assaying Of Ores, 525: Bullion and Chlortuatlon )
Assay. 825; Blowpipe Assay. $10. Full Course (
of Assaying. S50. Established 18W.
t^~ Send for Circular.
. H. HARVEY. W. S. HUTCHINSON. \
HARVEY & HUTCHINSON, 2
j Mining and Metallurg:i<-al Worit In All S
Branches. >
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex- /
[ periments on rebellious ores for treatment by
J cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
[ ports upon mining properties.
EDWARD C. BROADWELL,
) 3006 Champa St., Box 84u, Denver, Colo.
Chemical assayer; no loss by fire test; truth ^
} only; gold, 75c; go^d and silver, $1; gold, silver (
I and platinum, SI. 85; copper, lead, nickel, zinc, c
t etc., according to dlfBeulty of precise deter- ^
[mlnation; tests for chlorination, Cianide or?
k proper method of i reaiment. )
Eveleth, MacLymont & Co.
MINING and CONSULTING i
Engineers and Metallurgists.!
C Examine and report on mines, ore bodies,^
( and all metallurgical processes connected )
^therewith. )
( Practical mill tests, assays and analyses of y
Cores and general -arnalytlcal work undertaken)
( at the i
S CALIFORWLi METALLURGICAL WORKS, \
,' 10 Annie St. (opposite Palace Hotel), \
(' Between Market and Mission Sts., )
1 1 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
I References to leading mining men on appll-
I cation.
RICHARD A. PARKEK,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
. Cable address: Kichpark.
; Crocker Baildiog San Francisco, Cal.
yVlORG/^N <«: CO.
ASSAYER*^, REFFNERS & ORE TESTERS.
i Guarantee reliable work. >
5 261 W Ison Block Los AngeleSjJ
CHARLES P. GRIMWOOD,
I Mining: Engineer and Metallurgist,
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
! JOHN H. MEANS, Geologist & Mining Engineer. 5
> Preliminary reports on mines to determine f
; advisability of extended investigation; aasl-sts (
\ upon la ge examinations. Intricate surveying, (
\ and geologic work for lawsuits. Thorough ex- ?
C perlence. Abundant refereiife'^. Anglo-Amer- >
{ loan code. Address, lOltJ Pine St.. S. F., Cal. >
laTJ
H. C lA/OODROlA/,
Mgr. Santa Anna Gold Mining Co.
ANGELS CAMP, CAL.
TVVines anci TWining:.)
) Correspondence solicited. \
\ HENRY E. HIGHTON, ~1
ATTORNEYand COUNSELLOR, \
Rooms 36-39, }
^ Fourth Floor Mills Building, c
SAN FEANCISCO, CAD. J
[ Establisbed Thirty-Eight Years. Special At- >
tention Paid to Mining Business. J
fpROFESSOR GEORGE DAVIDSOnTI
) Late of U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. \
> Consulting Civil and Hydraulic Engineer. \
I GEORGE fT^AVIDSON, \
Mgent for Sale, of /V\!nes,
530 California Street. San Francisco, Cal.
' Thomas B. Eii/e-rett, 7V\. E,
I Twenty-six years practical experience in '
' metal mining. Will make reports upon prop- '
I erty. or furnish properties to purchasers, if ;
' desirous to invest in the Cripple Creek gold '
' district, all on short notice. <
I Keferences furnished in Denver or San Fran- (
i Cisco. Branch office. Room 25. tenih floor. Mills <
; Building. San Franfisco, care S K. Thornton,
i or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 195, Denver,
( Colo. Registered cable, Evertjtt, Denver.
K. LUDLOF^F=\ \
TOLEDO, LEWIS CO. f
S state of Washinffton. U. S. A.
3 Geological, exploring and prospecting work
S in the St. Helens (Cascade Mts., State of
S Wash.), copper and gold mining region. Min-
5 ing claims, options and shares Coal lands.
3 Corre.sp .ndence solicited. References given
J and expected.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
5 STATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
t 434 California St., near Montgomery.
( Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
) dustrlal Products, Foods. Medicines, etc., etc.
{ Court Experting in all branches of Chemical i
I Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In- i
i vestigatiou of Metallurgical and Manufaetur-^
S ing Processes. Consultations on all questions (
\ of applied chemistry. Instructions given lu (
J assaying and ali branches of chemistry.
A. H. WARD.
H. C. WARD.
C. A. Luckhardt & Co.,
; Nevada Metallurgical Work's. '
ASSAYING, MILLING AND
ANALYSIS OF ORES.
71 & 73 Stevenson St., San Francisco, Cal. '
PATENTS
220 MARKET ST.S.F.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worlis
And Chemical Laborator)'.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFTCES: S'*^'' Ts^^J'A^ft?' '''^''-
Boston. Mass. New York, N. Y. Syracuse, N. Y.
Pittsburg, Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Dallas. Texas.
Chicago. 111. Detroit. Mich. New Orleans. La.
DENVER, COL., PORTLAND, OR.,
505 SLxteentli St. Worcester Building,
Buffalo, N. Y. Philadelphia Pa. Baltimore, Md
Cincinnati, O. Columbus. O. Nashville, Tenn
St. Louis. Mo.
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTINQ
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans tor the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
■ Gold Ores.
/ Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
Process,
raluilluhl Brown's System of Mechanically
I Stirred Koasting:, Cooling and
V Conveying Furnaces. Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Building, CMcago, Illinois.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN=CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Office 8 Drapers Gardens.
LaDoratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1530 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Cleeici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLEKICI, Manager for U. S. •
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
THE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efficient method of using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been in-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumption of
chemicals has al&o been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
Alt ores, iviUiotit exception-, amenable to cyanide treatment can be treated to better advantage by tfie
Kendall Process. Tliis can be accepted as an axiom..
The manager of one of the largest minps in the Mercur District, Utah, wires : " We now begin to
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 320 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
Tintic Mining District
UTAH.
) I
The Tintic Mining District lies elehty-five miles
south of Salt Lake CUy on the Rio Grande Western
Railway, and is. as shown by the records of 18% and
so far in the present year, the greatest mineral pro-
ducing district in Utah.
The names of the g^eat bonanzas of Tintic,
Iho Mammoth. Centpnnlal-Eureka, Bullion-Beck.
Eureka Hill and Gemini are recognized everywhere
that the mining industry is known The four
fo mer have each a record exceeding $1,000,000 in
dividends and the latter of over SUOO.OOO.
Until within the last two or three years no ade-
quate means of reduction of Tintic ores was in
operation in ihP district and the production of the
mines was limited to those ores sufficiently rich to
be shipped to ihe smelters Tor treatment, but ihts
has been chnnged by tlie erection of immense com-
binaiton and concentra ion milling plants which
can work at a profit those immense deposits of low
grnde ores which fill all the pruduclng mines of the
district. Four of these mills are in active operation,
and ihree others will undoubtedly be erected within
the next year.
The ores of Tintic are greatly diversified in
character. The principal metals produced are gold,
silver, copper and lead. lu silver pr'oduction Tintic
leads the State, while in the production of gold it
3ta.Tids second on the list. Beside the big bonanzas
above mentioned there are some twenty-five or
more properties that now and In the past have been
p oduclng mines, a- d to these may be added a score
of others which have paid for their development by
their p'-oduets, and upon which the recent rivlval
of the mining industry has had the effect of a re-
commencement of operations.
Tintic h'^s four thriving towns— Eureka, the busi-
ness center of the district, with a population of
2.500; Mammoth, population 1.000: Robinson and
Silver City. 500 each, all of which offer great induce-
ments for investments in a business way.
At the base of the foot hills only a few miles
away. Is a valley of 25.000 acres of choice fruit and
garden lands, watered by the Mt. Nebo Land and
Irrigation Company.
As to the future of Tintic. it Is no exaggeration to
say that it P' ssesses the brightest prospects of any
mining district In Utah, and offe'S to the prospect-
ive inventor opportunities which cannot be ex-
celled.
'Ihe Rio Grande 'Western Railway has a double
dally train service between Salt Lnke City and the
Tintic Mining District, l^or further particulars
apply to P. A. WADLEIGH, General Passenger
Agent, Salt Lake City.
British Columbia.
W.J. R.COWELL,B.A.,F.G.S., Mining Engineer,
Reports on mmes, designs and surierintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
dress W. J. R. COWELL, "Victoria, B. C.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
AND BAKER CITY . .
* riining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. <& IN.
Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUOH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Fred P. Oonnob,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
RRED R. cook:,
Manufacturer of
LEATHER BELTING, LACING,
ETC., ETC.
308 MlsHlon St., near Main, San Francisco, CaL
Telephone Drumm 75.
January 9, 1897.
Mining and- Scientific Press.
39
RISDON IROIN W/ORFCS.
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
— A
When WrltlDK
= inches. We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED'
_ ,. Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
~ greatest possible density.
= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
= " We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
pleaae mention the MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
XA/HITE, ROGERS & CO.,
Constructing Enginee^rs and yV\ni\A/rights,
INO. 30e PIINE STREET,
SMIN F-R/\INC:iSCO, CAL.
We furnish the machinery and erect at the mines all descriptions of STAMP MILLS for the economical treatment of gold and silver ores. H0I5TIN0 A PUMPING MACHINERY, operated by Steam,
Water, or Electric Motors. CYANIDE, CHLORINATION AND LEACHINQ WORKS. COHPLETE CONCENTRATING AND SMELTING PLANTS for dressing lead ores and
smelting for copper and silver. IMPROVED AIR COMPRESSORS AND DRILLS. WIRE ROPE TRAHWAYS for transporting ores; ETC., ETC.
^4-*- Practical Working PianS and Specifications Provided for All Machinery Furnished or Structures Built By Vs. *-^4-
"Ferrite" and Projectile Steel Shoes and Dies.
Cheaper Xhan Cast Iron.
II FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS
11 MIND 13 F"1RST STREET, SrtIN F-R«INCISCO, C;/\L.
It Is a Eact.
THAT OUR ANNUAL
PRODUCT OF ... .
INSULATED WIRE
Dow Steam Pump Works,
OFFICE AND WORKS: U4 and 116 BEALE St., San Francisco.
- MANUFACTURERS OF -
EXCEEDS that of any other manafactiirer In the United States,
and Includes Everything in the Electrical Line
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company,
Q and lO PllNE STREET, SrtIN FRPIINCISCO, CZfM^.
Hendrie&BoltMfMfg.Co.,
DEN\/ER, COLORADO.
Dow's Improved Steam Pumps,
SINGLE OR DUPLEX. FOR EVERY POSSIBLE DUTY.
LATEST IMPROVED
Patent Friction Hoisting
ENGINES,
WITH
Automatic Alarm Bell and
Indicator.
IMPROVED GOLD STAMP MILLS.
General Mining: Machinery and
Supplies.
To Gold Miners!
Silver Plated Copper Amalgam Plates
F^or Saving Gold.
GOLD REMOVED PROM OLD PLATES AND REFLATED. Old Plates
bought. Get our Reduced Rates. Five thousand orders flUed.
Twenty-five Medals Awarded.
SAH FRMCISCO GOLD, SILVER AND KICKEL PLATIHG WORKS,
653 and 655 Mission Street, San Francisco, Cal. I
Telephone, Main 5931.
E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor,
Every description of work plated. Send lOr Circular.
i MINING PUMPS,
Irrigation Pumps,
Artesian Well Engines,
Independent Air Pump and
Condenser,
For Stationary Engines or Steam Pnmps.
Power Pumping
Machinery,
speed Governors,
BALAKE VALVES AND PRESSURE REG-
,'' ULATORS FOR STEAM PUMPS,
I Etc., Etc.
. CorresDondence Solicited. Send for Catalogue.
B^Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
Park City, Utah.
TUBES CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope. Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. .^TExtra
sizes and lengths made to order on short notice
611 and 613 FRONT ST., San Francisco, Cal,
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 9, 1897.
TRANSMISSION OF POWER.
H/VSSON «fe HUINT,
riECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
Consulting Engineers for
SACRAMENTO ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHT CO.
NEVADA COUNTY ELECTRIC POWER CO.
LOS ANGELES RAILWAY CO.
310 PINB STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. BRADBURY BLOCK, LOS ANQELBS.
(RON & STEEL g
— - — — ^y^3^
Mining
Pipe
For Hydraulic Purposes, made from the
Best Sheet Steel, Single or Double Riveted,
Dipped or Undipped.
We -will ship Pipe cut and punched, to
be riveted at the mine, making^ a saving: in
freight charges.
r\A//\TER TMINhwS. OIL TMINICS.
Steam Boilers, Ore Cars. Ore Buckets, Etc.,
SHEET IRON WORK OF ALL KINDS.
/ Correspondence Solicited.
5 XHOmSON & BOYLE,
^ (Successors to J. F. Holbrook.)
< 310-313-314 REQUENA STREET, tOS ANGELES, OAL.
AHmimg F*ipe !
STEEL OR IRON.— We make pipe of either, but recommend STEEL, it being superior to iron^ln many
particulars and inferior in none.
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS OF
The Truax F*at. rtutomatic
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO., Hardware Merchants,
SACRAMENTO. CAL.
ORE CARS.
BURN OIL, CHEAPER THAN COAL.
OcC.
THE THCRIMAN FUEL OIL BUKNER CO.. W^hen Building. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
Designers, Contra- tors and Engineers for Complete Fuel Oil Equipment for Boilers, Furnaces,
Ovens, Brick Kilns, Forges, Driers, Etc. Acknowledged the Best. Absolutely ."^imokeless. We
Guarantee Our Burners To Be More Economical Than Any Other. Write For Catalogue and Prices.
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World,
i KUAA Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO.,
Pat. Jan. 5, '93, Aug. 27, '95.
MGEINTS,
Send for Catalogue.
Sacramento, d^alifornia..
RancJ Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
yyVachinet-y.
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Monadnook Building Chicago
[shpeming Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Sherbrook P. O Canada
Apartado 830 City of Mesico
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
riining: flachinery.
Stamp Mills
Of the Latest Improved
Design for
Gold Milling.
VULCAN
WIRE ROPEWAYS
For Conveying Ore, Etc.
Vulcan Iron Works,
Cor. First and Mission Streets,
5an Francisco, Cal.
P. & BJ
Manilla Roofing.
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE AT A SHALL COST.
850 Square Feet, with. Nails and Faint Complete 94.00
D A D A CCTMC D A I\TT T A 116 BATTERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
rAKArriJME lAllM LU. 524 SOUTH BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES,
THE OLD RELIABLE !
ALBANY
LUBRICATING COMPOUND
TWENTY- SEVEN YEARS' CONTINUOUS SER-
VICE In the great Mines, Steamships. Railroads
and Mills all over the world prove it to be
THE KING OF LUBRICANTS !
Tatum & Bo wen
34-36 FREMOUT ST., SAH FRABCISCO.
85 FROHT ST., PORTIAITD. OR.
OE^ALE^RS IIN JVlPlC:HINER->r, C3II-S, ;V\IINIING rtlND rt^ILL
^ ■nTTT""^'*- SUF"F"I-IES, etc;, -^^^sbb— ^
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
■M-M-f+ CHROTWE CAST STEEL-M-M-f-f
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used In all the mining States and y^^^itlf
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con ^
dltions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for V ^-^^^ >\
[llustrated Circular. I ' ) '
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
9. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, \h\ and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
imiiimiimmiiMii'in^Mm™ Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies. Stamp Cam.
H''\\ ^MOl^l^K h ^{{ «™ji MINING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
0 JLr • lTM"FM\_M\_Mk.7 ^IL' VJVF •• riANHATTAN RUBBER BELTINQ, PACKING AND HOSE.
IJJU ^ ' SANDReSON DRIM. STP.RI..
141=143 First.Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CBNTRIPUQAL PUnPS,
LiaHT STEEL RAIL.
January 9, 1897.
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Kansas City Smelting and Refining: Co.
I ncorporatetcS Under The I—aiA/s
Capital paid in
of INe\Jiy "Vorlc,
.$:2,T00,000.
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
SMELTING WORKS:
ArKcntlncKos.: Bl Puo.Tei.; Leadvllle, Colo.
REDUCTION' WORKS:
Argentine, Kas.
Wo use ihe following Cipher Codes at our Ar-
goQtloe Works: A. B. C. Code; MorelDg & NeaPs
Code and Bedford McNeill's Code.
AGENCIES:
In United States —
Denver, Colo.
Cripple Creel!, Colo.
Salt Lalte City, Utah.
Spokane. Wash.
New York City, N. Y.
Chleaeo, III.
, „ St.LoulB.Mo.
In Mexico —
San Luis Potosl,
City of Mexico
Chihuahua.
Pachuca,
HermoslUo.
Jimenez.
FOR PRICES, ADDRESS :
■I.E. Jackson, No. 6 A tlBB Blk, Salt Lake, Utah.
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash,
H. A. True. 816 17th St., Denver, Colo.
J. H. Weddle, Leadvllle. Colo.
C. E. Finney, Argentine, Kan.
WORKS OF THE CON. K.^NS.KS CITY S.MCl
AT LEADVILLE, COLO.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAflWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIV.AL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVESTIGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE COLORADO Denver.
^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
AND Contracting Engineers for
WE AKE MANUFAcioRERs or Q o 1 cl , Silvsr, LeacJ, Copper ancJ F»yritic
SyVVELXIING PURINACES.
AriALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
InveBtlgrate Onr tate Improvements In ORE CRUSHING MACHINERY.
TVe Guarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Deg:ree of Fineness
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces Is a Success,
mizer of fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
A great econo-
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting: Furnace.
Eanipped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
insuring: rigid and strong walls.
Ko Cracks.
MINING, IRON AND WOODWORKING
MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES
INGERSOLL-SERGEANT PISTON INLET AIR COMPRESSORS AND ROCK DRILLS
ENGINES AND BOILERS
^T^wz^r^w
lEV
^.^o
21 AND 23 FREMONt STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
F.M.DavJslronWorksCo.
MANUFACTURERS OF
DAVIS CRUSHING ROLLS.
Concentration, Chlorinatlon, Cyanide and
Amalgamation Machinery.
Complete Plants for Ore Treatment
High Claas Machinery and Experienced
Modern Engineering.
WRITE FOR OUR PUBLICATIONS.
OFFICE AND WORKS:
733 to 743 Larimer Street, DENVER, COLO.
JOSHUA HENDY flACHlNE WORKS,
No. 42 FREMONT STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
BUILDERS OF
" Davis " Horse Power Whims. Ore and Roclt Cars.
H. CHANNON COMPANY,
DEALERS IN
Contractors' and Mining Supplies
Specialty of
PKOSPECTING,
MINING and
MILLING
PLANTS.
ORE and WATER
BUCKETS.
";T " RAIL OF
USUAL WEIGHTS,
EITHER NEW
OR SECOND-HAND,
FOR SALE
CHEAP.
WIRE ROPE, MANILA ROPE, TACKLE BLOCKS, CHAIN
and CHAIN HOISTS, HAND POWERS and
HOISTING ENGINES.
Send for our new Catalogue.
24-:26 iWARKEX ST., .... CHICAGO.
DEWEY & CO., Patent Solicitors, 220 Market St.; San Francisco.
Inventors on the Pacific Coast will find it greatly to their advantage co consult this old experienced,
Brst-class agency. We have able and trustworthy associates and agents in Washington and the capi-
tal cities of the principal nations, of the world. In connection with our scientific and Patent Law Li-
brary, and record of original cases in our ofQce, we have other advantages far beyond those which can
be oflered home inventors by other agencies. The information accumulated through long and -careful
practice before the Oflice, and the frequent examination of patents already granted, for the purpose of
determining the patentability of inventions brought before us, enables us to give advice which will
have inventors the expense of applying for patents upon inventions which are not new. Circulars and
advice sent free on receipt of postage. Address DEWBY & CO., Patent Agents. 220 Market St., 3. P.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 9, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, Jan. 7, 1897.
Trade has not recovered from raid holiday
dullness, but merchants, manufacturers and
business men in general are quite contident
that a revival will set in before the close of
the current month. There is not only a feel-
ing that general trade will begin to revive,
but it will increase in volume as the spring
months draw near. The consensus of opiDion
is that retail distribuiors in all parts of the
coast are carrying light stocks which will re-
quire not only filling in, but an increase
carried in almost all lines owing to all inform-
ation pointing to an enlarged consumptive
demand. From those in position to know the
opinion prevails that manufacturers, particu-
larly those engaged in machinery and struct-
ural material, will enjoy an exceptionally good
busines-i. Tariff legislation continues a dis-
turbing factor and until this is well out of the
way it will show more or less influence on
the general situation.
In the local moaey market disbursements
usual in this month are being made. As these
wilt aggfegate several million dullars on this
coast, they will tend to further ease in the
markets, as the funds begin to seek the usu 1
reservoirs for investments. Bank failures at
the East have no perceptible influence here,
as the institutions that have suspended are
said not to have been conducted on well es-
tablished conservative banking lines, besides
the conditions which brought disaster to them
are with the past and have no bearing on the
future. The East reports continued ease at
Atlantic seaboard financial centers, which will
be made still more easier as the heavy dis-
bursements go into general circulation. There
are fears that gold exporting will be com-
menced soon; but this, even if it is done,
ought to be on a limited scale, by reason of
Europe not unloading American securities on
us, besides which our exports of products are
in excess of the imports. European advices
indicate that there is a tendency to more ease
at the financial centers, notwithstanding Ger-
many is absorbing gold.
New York Silver Prices.
New Yoke, Jan. 7.— Following are the clos-
ing prices for the week::
647a
64%
649^
649^
Tin.
♦Friday „« ;« ,=
Saturday 2913-6
Monday 29 13-16
Tuesday 29g
Wednesday ^ ^¥, !«
Thursday 29 11-16
♦Holiday. ^ ^
Copper. Lead. Iron.
♦Friday
Saturday 1145 3 05 II 00@13 00 13 00
Monday 11 43 3 05 11 00@13 00 13 05
Tuesday 11 50 3 05 11 0U(ail3 00 13 10
Wednesday . .11 45 3 021^ 11 00@13 00 13 05
♦Holiday.
The local bullion, money and excfiange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft ISVsC Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 15c Prem
London Uankers' 60 days 84.^454
London Merchants $4.84
London Sight Bankers 84.88
ReQned Silver, peroz., 1000 Bne 64?^
Mexican Dollars 51^@52i^
SILVER.— In sympathy with London the
markets at the East and on this coast have
weakened. The decline in London was due to
the allotment of India Council hills. The In-
dia Council was forced to this owing to con-
tinued stringency in the money markets there,
aggravated by the impoverishment of the mass
of the people by the drouth. The opinion pre-
vails that silver will begin to show more
strength soon.
The highest and lowest monthly prices com-
pare as follows :
New York (cts.)
High.
67H
January .
February
March 687i
April 68M
May 68:!^
June 69ya
July 687g
August 685b
September 669a
October 6.5?i
November 65H
December Q5%
Low.
Q&%
67M
, 68
67%
Ql%
68}^
681/2
653£
64 9i
6496
Gi%
64 ?g
London (pence.)
High. Low.
30;b
31 9-16
31 9-16
31 3-16
31M .
31 9-16
31 Va
30 11-16
30 5-16
30 3-16
30
30^
3034
31 1^
30 13-16
30 15-16
31 3-16
31?^
3i}%
29K
993i
29 13-16
Highest..
Lowest. .
31 9-16
645^ 39?i
In December, 1895, the highest London price
was 30 11-lGd and tbe lowest was 30d. The
highest New York price was 67i(^c and the
lowest Qo%.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market is
quiet but prices have not gone off so much as
had been looked for. New York quotations
come through at 5I/4 to 52 cents according to
quantity and quality.
ANTIMONY.— Our market is quoted at 7%
@8c in a jobbing way. New York mail ad-
vices quote ~%c for Cookson's, 6X@6?4c for
Hailett's and tj%c for Japanese.
QUICKSILVER.— The market is practically
unchanged. Receipts for the year ending
with December 31, compare as follows in flasks:
1896, 25,558; 1S95, 32.747; 1894, 2S.0S0. The
exports compare as follows; 1896, 26,995; 1895,
30,401; 1894, 31,983.
The market is quoted as follows :
Domestic trade, per flask 36 iO
For export, quotations are nominal but less
than fur home.
COPPER. — The market shows more
strength. The East reports a good export
and domestic demand for the season of the
year. There seems to be more disposition to
buy for future delivery when asking prices
are not considered too high.
Ingot, jobbing 14^®
Ingot, wholesale 13^@
Sbeet copper 17 ®
Bolt K& 5-16. 20c; % and larger, 17c
Lake Superior Sheathing 20
LEAD.— The market has ruled slightly
firmer at the East, in which ours sympathized.
This is doubtless due to smaller supplies and
expected favorable tariff legislation.
Pig — @ 3 75
Bar — @ 4 00
Sheet — @ 5 25
Pipe — (21 4 50
SHOT.— There is a good seasonable demand.
Our market is quoted as follows:
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs. . .$1 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " " ... 145
Buck. Balls and Chilled, do, " " ... 145
BORAX. — The market is steady at current
quotations. The export movement last year
was largely in excess of both 1895 and 1894.
The market is quoted as follows :
Reiined, in car lots 5
Refined, In sacks 4?i
Powdered, in car lots 4!-^
Concentrated, " 5
TIN. — There is more inquiry, but no change
in quotations, although the East reports
slightly higher prices for pig. Imports of
plate are fair.
Pig, per lb ; l4Jic@ —
Plate, I G coke, heavy, per box ~ @$4 05
" light, " — @ 3 95
IRON.— The market seems to be more or
less in an uoceriain position, owing to re-
ported closer competition at the East. It
looks as if, in the Central States, lower prices
for steel rails will have to rule, owing to con-
clusion of negotiations between the Carnegie
Steel Company and the Rockefeller interests,
by which the Steel Company acquires control
of the best ore properties on the Mesaba range
from the Rockefellers. The agreement pro-
vides for the shipment of the ore in the Rocke-
feller steamers to Conneaut, where it will be
turned over to the new Pittsburg, Bessemer
& Lake Erie Railroad, controlled by the Car
negie Company. This will have a very mate-
rial bearing on iron ore, which mustalso go off
in values, as the larger interests will try and
crush out the smaller.
We quote as follows :
AMERICAN.
7'o Arrive.
Sloss $21 00
Thomas 32 00
Salisbury 30 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00
Gartsherrie 21 50
LUMBER,
TVIIIVIING ASSESSyWEIVTS.
Spot.
$23 50
23 50
33 00
$23 00
23 00
■Tliereis nothing new to report.
Redwood, Pluming 17 00 @
Pine 14 00 @ 19 00
Spruce 26 00 @ 31 00
COAL.— The general situation is practically
unchanged. The tone of the market is firm
with the tendency to higher prices for car-
goes in all positions.
SPOT FKOM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington $7 50® 8 00
Greta 6 00® 6 50
Nanaimo 6 50® 7 00
&ilman 5 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 50® 6 00
Coos Bay @ 5 00
Cannel @ 8 00
Egg, hard ]2 00@13 00
Wallsend @ 6 50
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 00
West Hartley 6 50
- COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 9 00 @
" spot, in bulk 9 00 @ 10 00
" in sacks 11 00 ® 12 00
Cumberland @
POWDER.— The demand is fair.
The market is quoted as follows :
Hercules, No. 1*, per pound ll^c
' ' No. 2, " " 8^0
Mining Share Market.
San Francisco, Jan. 7, 1897.
The market has been more active the past
week, with trad'ing confined largely to the
Gold Hill shares under the lead of Challenge,
CoDfidence and Belcher. The improvement in
the market is said to be due to confirmed re-
ports that the west crossdrift in Alpha had
struck the red, or west lode, which, reports
state, is largely gold-bearing quartz. Prom
all that can be learned, it is safe to afBrm
that the management will not uncover high-
grade ore, but it may prove of sufBcient value
and width to cause the shares to command
quite an advance on present prices. As Alpha
lies between Exchequer and Con. Imperial,
which latter adjoins Challenge, the shares of
these two mines ought to sympathize. The
work hat is being done in Confidence and
Challenge, although the latter is not reported,
is said to be also on the west lode; but care
seems to be taken not to develop enough ore
to cause outside buying. The activity in
Belcher is largely due to a contest for control
by A. Krause and associates. It is stated that
the contestants are having the books of the
company overhauled; that the ofBcial letters
from this mine have not, for many months at
least, been satisfactory — not conforming to the
requirement of the law under which the com-
pany was incorporated. There are those who
believe that much better reports could have
been made, and also considerable more ore
taken out and the mine made to pay. The
shares of the middle and north end mines
strengthened slightly in sympathy with the
move in the Gold Hill mining shares. The
Standard shares are now called regularly, as
Bodie, Mono and Belcher bave been consoli-
dated with it. They do not, as yet, attract
much attention, but probably will if they sell
Company and Location. No.
Alta S M Co, Nev 54. . .
Anita GM Co, Cal 12...
Bullion Con G M Co, Cal 10. . .
Coo Cal & Va M Co, Nev 7. . .
Crown Point G & S M Co, Nev.69. . .
Eureka Con Drift M Co 5...
Exchequer M Co 39...
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev...80. ..
Hale&Norcross S M Co, Nev.llO...
Hartmann Mining Co, Cal 1...
Horsefly G M Co I . . .
Jamison M Co 9. . .
Mineral Hill M &SCo, Cal... 1...
Occidfntal Con M Co '25. . .
Overman SM Co 76...
Thorpe M Co. Cal 4...
Ybarra G M Co, Lower Cal... 6...
Reward G M Co, Cal 17...
Amt. Levied, Deling't and Sile. Secretary.
5c Deo 14. .Jan 18. .Feb 8 J E Jacobus, 309 Montgomery
5c. ...Dec 21. .Feb l,.Feb 18 L F Keichling, 404 Montgomery
IOC....N0V 30..Jan 11. .Feb 10 C A Grow, Mills Bldg
25c — Dec 8--Jan 14. .Feb 4 A W Havens, 309 Montgomery
lOc.-.Dec 9-Jan 13. .Feb 3 Jas Newlands, Mills Bldg
5c. ...Nov 2-1 -Dec 28. .Jan 18 D M Kent, 330 Pine
5c — Novl4-Dec 17. .Jan 11 Chas E Elliott, Nevada Block
15c — Dec 14- Jan 19.. Feb 9 A KDurbrow, 309 Montgomery
25c.... Dec 8- Jan 11.. Feb I R U Collins, 331 Pine
5c — Dec 22. .Feb l..Feb 23 G W Peer, 4 Montgomery
25c Nov 4. .Dec 21. .Jan 20 R T Ward, 61O Clay
5c.... Nov 27.. Jan 25.. Mar 22 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
5c Jan 4.. Feb 15. .Mar 35 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
15C....NOV 24..Dec 29.. Jan 18 A K Durbrow, 309 Montgouiery
lOc.-.Nov S8..Dec 31. .Jan 22 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
5c Oct 14. .Dec 22. .Jan 9...i A F Frey, 567 Market
10c Dec 4. -Jan 6. .Jan 25 Jas Cofiao, 132 Market
3c.. ..Dee 19. .Jan 20. .Feb 5 S W Backus, Mills Building
/\IVINU/\L yVVEETIINGS.
Company and Location. Secretary and Office in S. F. Date,
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal J Stadtfeld, 309 Montgomery Jan 14
Bullion M Co, Nev R R Grayson, 331 Pine Jan 14
Silver King M Co, Nev J W Pew, 310 Pine Jan 12
higher and dividends become a reality, and
not a promise.
The following companies had cash on hand
January 1: Andes, $3535, Alta, §1161, Alpha
Con., @4429, Belcher, 15000, Bullion, S3172, Best
& Belcher, S2440, Caledonia, §3357, Con. New
York, SfiSO, Challenge Con., S3634, Chollar,;!f357,
Con. Imperial, SIOOO, Confidence. S35S3, Con.
Cal. & Va., 14945, Exchequer, SIC03, Gould &
Curry, $11235 {with :S3500 owing to the Nevada
Bank), Justice, §374, Mexican, S10,075, Over-
man, §8314, Ophir, S(i083, Occidental Con.,
§4373 {with §2.500 due the bank), Potosi, S9068,
Savage, S293, Seg. Beicher, §3805, Syndicate,
§586, Sierra Nevada, §9595, Standard Con.,
§J3,U50, Union Con., §10,980, Utah Con., §1489.
The following companies report an indebted-
ness: Crown Point, §2004, Hale & Norcross,
§19,995, with monthly expenses to be paid, and
§26,.547 to be collected on the pending assess-
ment, Lady Washington, §366, Silver King,
§2084.
From the Comstock mines ofBcial letters are
largely made up of the number of feet run
from points which would puzzle even expe-
rienced miners to find with any degree of cor--
rectness. In Utah they are running a south
drift, passing through low-grade quartz. In
Sierra Nevada they are driving a west cross-
drift on the Layton tunnel level. They make
about 13 feel a week. In Union they are run-
ning on the 90Q-foot level a north lateral drift
and another from an upraise above this level.
About 50 feet from the Qphir line Mexican is
driving a west crossdrift on the 1000-foot
level. The material reported in last letter
was porphyry and clay seams. In Ophir active
exploiting work is being done on the Central
tunnel level. On the 1000-foot level repairs
ha^-^e been completed and work resumed. The
work in Con. Virginia is confined to the 1000-
foot, 1650-foot and 1750-foot levels. The offi-
cial letter is not of an encouraging character,
although there is no telling what may come
any day from the work that is being done.
No ore is being extracted. They are exploit-
ing the 900-foot level of Hale & Norcross. No
ore was extracted last week. The monthly
statement filed of expenses and income for
December is a model that other secretaries
might follow with credit. This statement
shows that the mine is well and economically
managed. In Savage the usual work is being
done. From Potosi and Chollar we are with-
out advices as to the work, if any, that is
being done. In Bullion work has been re-
sumed on the north drift. No work is being
done by Exchequer. Work to the west is
still the order in Alpha. North and south
lateral drifts will, it is reported, be run along
the ledge struck last week. Work is being
done to the west in Con. Imperial. Oue cross-
drift is being run by that company and an-
other jointly with ChuUenge and Confidence.
No change is reported in Confidence work. A
few tons of ore is raised each week. Belcher
and Seg. Belcher continue to raise a few tons
of ore, but from what level and as to the work
that is being done the ofBcial letter is silent.
A few tons of ore is raised each week by
Overman. No change is reported in the work
in Alta.
The movement in, the shares of the Com-
j stock mines is drawing attention from the
[ Brunswick lode. In Occidental they are sink-
[ ing on the ledge cut on the 550-foot level.
They are running a southeast drift on the 700-
foot level. In ChoUar they are running two
new crossdrifts south of the two first run on
the 400-foot level. They sent to the mill over
100 tons of ore assaying over §70 a ton, with
the silver calculated at par. The work at
other points in the mine is practically un-
changed. In Savage no change is reported in
the work. In both Gould & Curry and Best &
Belcher they are working on the 300-foot and
tunnel levels. Nothing of an encouraging
character is reported in the ofBcial letters.
From the Bodie district the ofBcial letter
regarding work in Standard is of a very en-
couraging character.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
fide properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG.
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks. Bonds. Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities*
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines. Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other reterences. Use
McNeiirs or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
^3:2,105,500
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stoclcs.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAIVLES A. POLLOCK, MlninE Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Mines.
Dec.
30.
Jan.
7.
Alpha
$ 17
04
Andes
16
Belcher
% 48
55
62
51
Best & Belcher
54
Bodie
35
81
8&
1 10
76
Confidence
1 45
Consolidated California and Virginia..
Consolidated New York
1 05
21
Gould & Curry
27
Hale & Norcross
1 10
Justice
41
94
17
54
26
Ophir
1 00
Potosi
55
37
Sierra Nevada.. .
47
40
44
Utah
04
31
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, January 7, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
lOOAlpha lelOOMexican 45
700Alta 04(400 Occidental 20
3aO Belcher 51
600 Best& Belcher... 50
100 Challenge 61
100 Ohollar 75
500 Con Imperial 02
500 Gould & Curry.... 27
1250 Ophir 1 00
1100 Savage 25
200 Seg Belcher 11
100 Standard 1 40
60 Union 44
SECOND SESSION— 2:;
p. M.
600 Ophir
200 Mexican
200 Gould & Curry ....
200 Best & Belcher . . .
800 Con Cal & Va 1
600 Potosi
450 Crown Point
400 Yellow Jacket....
eOOKentuck
200 Alpha
200 Ohollar
400 Belcher
200 Confidence 1
200 Sierra Nevada 47
aOOBuUion 07
200 Justice 06
400Utah 04
400 Alta 04
800 Challenge 64
600 Occidental 21
350Andes 16
100 Syndicate 03
300N.G.&C 23
500 Union 44
lOOSavage 27
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
B/\ INKERS
No.
BROKERS,
1630 Stout Street.
Telephone 1293.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
Gold Mines CRIPPLE CREEK Gold Stocks
At present prices are a sure profit. Write us for
prospectus and information regarding mines, pro-
ducing and prospective producers. We have col-
lected a list of properties that will interest you.
Write us at once.
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CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO.
January 9, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
43
Recently Declared flining Divi-
dends.
Alice, Utah, t2a,uU0; jmyable Dec. 31, 1896.
Swansea, Utab, $r>OUO; payable Jao. 4, 1897.
The Swaosea Mioing Company of Utah,
loOUO; payable Jan. Clb.
The following dividends were paid in Utah
in 1S96 :
CeDtcDDial Eureka (1:3) I 4SO.O0O
Silver Klog {II) -113,500
Bultloo-U'ck and Champion 390.000
Mercur (0) 235.000
Ontario (12) 180,000
Mammoth 100.000
Dalton & Lark (fl) 75,000
Galena. Fish Springs M.OOO
Horn silver (1) 60.000
Da'ydi 87.500
Uloh. Fish Springs 30.000
Swansea 30.000
Sacrumcu lo (3) 12.000
Geyser 10,000
SouihSwansca 7,600
Total $1,943,500
List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Kepurtetl hy Up wry JE Co.. Pioneer Fttient
SollcltoFN For Pacific Coast.
rOU Tim WEEK ENDING DEC. 29, 1896.
573,847.— Furnace DOOR— E. M. Andrus, Mitchell,
Or.
574.189.— FlREARM-H, Carr. S. F.
574.3*0— HREARM—R M. Catlin. Tuscnrora, Nev.
673.963.— Water Elevator— J. M. Corn, Tempe,
A.T.
573.066— In'^clator Hanger— R. Duncan. S. F.
574,311.— Gas Engine—J. W, Etsenhulh. S. F.
574.061.— Projectile— G. Gustave. Los Angeles,
Cal.
673.080.— Railway Rail Bond— B. Jennings, San
Jose, Cal.
674,366.- BOX NAILER— H. R. Kumler, Etlwanda,
Cal.
574,069.— Photooraphb IN RELIEF— T. 0. Marceau.
S. F.
574.071.— Whiffletree—W. a. O'Bar, Everett,
Wash.
574.014.- Car Fender— M. RiDg<», Seattle. Wash.
574,075— Syruping Machine— F. a. Robbins. S F.
574,288.— Hairpin— J. W. Tlmmons, CuUam, Wash.
Note.— Copies of U. S. and Foreig-n paieiiia fur-
QlBheU by Dewey Sl Co. tu the shorleBl lime possible
(by mall for telegraphic order). Ainerlcan and
Foreign patents obiained, aud g-eueral patent busl-
oeea for Pacific Coast Inventors transacted with
perfect security, at reasonable rates, and In the
ehortest possible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewej' & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention :
Coin-Holders.— Charles A. Webster, Oak-
land, Cal., assignor of one-half to George B.
McClelland of same place, and Milton P. Web-
ster, Spokane, Wash. No. 573,351. Dated Dec.
15, 1890. This invention relates to a device
for holding coins so that they may be conveni-
ently extracted. It is especially designed to
hold nickels and other small coins which are
used for paying fares upon the cars, and for
other similar purposes, so that said coins can
be easily extracted singly and successively.
It consists of one or more channeled sections
adapted to receive coins, having springs at
the upper end, between which the coins are
introduced, and springs at the lower end to
prevent the coins from falling out by gravita-
tion. Openings are made in the lower end
upon opposite sides of the space containing the
lowermost of the coins, so that it may be
grasped and removed, the springs which hold
it yielding sufficiently for that purpose. The
sections containing ihe coins are hinged to-
gether, and the device is attached by a pin or
otherwise to some convenient point about the
person of the user, whereby the coins are
always within convenient reach.
Beer-Drawing Apparatus.— J. R. Youngof
San Jose, Cal., assignor of three-quarters to
Charles M. Gardner, Louis H. Hartmann and
John Shields Jr., of same place. No. 573,172.
Dated Dec. 15, 1890. This invention relates
to an apparatus for drawing beer, and other
liquids under pressure, without permitting
the escape of gas. Its special object is to
draw beer directly from the keg, so that the
gas will be retained, and- a suitable pressure
maintained to keep the beer sharp and spark-
ling until the keg is exhausted, while pre-
venting the undue foaming of the beer. It
consists in the combination of a pressure
chamber connecting with the liquid passage
from the keg, a long conical valve interven-
ing and controlling said communication, a
spring acting behind the valve in conjunction
with the pressure in the chamber to automat-
ically close the valve against the pressure
upon the keg and means for relieving the
valve of the spring, as the pressure in the keg
decreases. An adjusting screw serves to
move the washer so aa to press the spring
away from the valve.
Electric Railway. —Anson Sprague, San
Leandro, Cal. No. 573,169.' Dated Dec. 15,
1896. This invention relates to improvements
in electric rail ways. It consists essentially of
a channeled insulated surface rail having a
conductor fixed to it, a pivotally secured lever
having a trolley to engage the conductor, a sec-
ond lever by which the trolley lever is car-
ried with an intermediate slide, whereby the
trolley is moved into and out of contact with
the conductor.
Ejectors for Mining and Dredging.—
William Muir, Michigan Bluff, Cal. No.
573,611. Dated Dec. 32, 1896. This invention
relates to a device which is especially de-
signed to jaise water or sand, mud and gravel
for mines' or depressed locations, and for
dredging bay and river bottoms, etc., and to
eject the material at a considerable distance
above the point from which it is raised into
lighters or other receptacles. In this appa-
ratus a column of water is delivered under
pressure into a supply and a discharge cham-
ber with an intermediate suction chamber,
the two having passages axially in line, a cyl-
indrical pipe opens into the suction chamber at
one end, the nozzle fits in the said pipe and is
independently adjustable in the funnel-
shaped sleeve in the opposite side of the cham-
ber and longitudinally adjustable with rela-
tion lo the discharge pipe.
Odorless Crematory. — C. W. Lent, Oak-
land, Cal., assignor to the Odorless Crema-
tory Co., same place. No. 573.6U5. Dated
Dec. 23, 1S90. This invention relates to an
apparatus for destroying garbage and other
material by beat and at the same time dispos-
ing of all" noxious fumes arising from the
operation. It consists essentially of a furnace
with suitable means for heating it, having a
grated floor or hearth, with means for dis-
charging the burnt material afterdestructive
distillation, a chamber situated above the
furnace heated therefrom and adapted to
receive the garbage or material, said cham-
ber serving to dry out the material, after
which it is discharged by gravitation through
suitable gates or openings into the furnace
beneath, the clinkers ana ashes being eventu
ally discharged through the hearth of the
furnace into ash pits, from which it may be
recovered. The vapors produced in both the
drying chamber and the furnace are led
through discharge pipes with suitable draught
apparatus, by which they are carried through
a series of condensers, and any gases which
will not condense are returned and pass
through the furnace, where they will be
finally consumed. The only discharge after
passing through the condensers will be air
which has passed through the furnace to sup-
ply combustion, and a small amount of odor-
less, watery vapor.
Propeller. — Frederick Wittram, San Fran-
cisco. No. 573,563. Dated Dec. 23, 1896. This
invention relates to improvements to be ap-
plied to propellers for vessels and other sim-
ilar purposes. It consists essentially in a
novel construction of the propeller blade,
having corrugations decreasing in depth
transversely from the front to the rear edge
of the blade, so that the valleys thus formed
serve to gather and concentrate the water
through which the propeller is moving and
discharge it from the rear edge to the blade.
This construction also greatly strengthens the
propeller and enables it to resist the strains
which are naturally brought upon it.
Traction Engine and Harvester Attach-
ment.— Benjamin Holt, Stockton, Cal. No.
573,593. Dated Dec, 33, 1896. The object of
this invention is to provide certain improve-
ments in traction engines and harvesters,
and especially in the means for connecting the
engine and the harvester with an interme-
diate supplemental engine, by which the har-
vester mechanism is driven inde[iendent of
the traction engine, and by which the supple-
mental engine and the harvester are allowed
to turn upon the coupling with relation to the
traction engine without throwing the con-
necting driving parts out of line. This is
effected by a series of swivel joints, which
allow the power of the supplemental engine
to be applied to driving the cutting and
threshing mechanism, the steam to this en-
gine being supplied directly from the main
traction engine boiler while the traction en-
gine itself has only to draw the machine over
the ground. In conjunction with this engine
there are employed supplemental removable
wheels and wheel frames journaled outside of
the main bearing wheels of the engine and
sprocket wheels and chains by which both
main and supplemental bearing wheels are
driven directly from the engine, while in
front of the steering wheel is a supplemental
roller which serves as a bearing for the front
end of the machine. The supplementa-l wheels
and roller act particularly upon soft ground,
where the weight of the engine would sink it
and make it useless under ordinary circum-
stances.
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Only 4 1-2 Days to New \ork— -4 l-'£.
The Union Pacific is the only line running Pull-
man double Drawing-Koom sleepers and Dining
Cars San Francisco to Chicago daily without
change. Only one change to New York; diuiog
car service entire disi ance. Vestibuied composite
buffet smoking and library cars between Odgen
and Chicaeo.
The only line running upholstered Pullman Tour-
ist sleepers San Francisco to Chicago daily with-
out change, and pensonally conducted excursions
to St. Paul and Chicago without change, leaving
San Francisco every Friday.
Tickets and sleeping-car resprvations at No. 1
Montgomery St. Steamship tickets on sale to and
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Assessment Notices.
CON. CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINIA MINING
roninany.— Lopfttlon of prlnflpiil r'lac • of bu-ln.'KS,
San Fri'iiciaco. California; Ircai'ou of worne. Vlr-
jrliiia MIniiiK Dlatrk-l. Ston-y Conniy. Nevad.t,
NotleiMH lierebv (jlvcn. that at a meeiliifr of the
Board of Directors, licld on the 8lh day of DcCeTii-
b-r, l«;)t!. an aBHessmenl (No. 7(, of 25 cuts per
share. waH levlt-d upon the capital slock of the
cyrporatloii. payable Iniinedlalcly In United States
p-old colli to the Secretary, ai the olUce of the com-
pany, Room No. "Jy. Nevada Block. No. liOyRIontgom-
eiy street. San Pranclaeo. California.
Any stock upon which this assess i enl shall re-
main unpaid ou the 14th day of January, isyr. will
be dflinquent. and adverllBeU for siile ai public
auction: and unless pasment Is madt? before, will
be sold on THURSDAY, the 4ih day of Peoruary.
is;i7, lo pay the delinquent aaseBsnient, togttber
with costs of advertisings and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. W. HAVENS. Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29. Nevada Block. No. 309 Monl-
g-oniery street, San Francisco. California.
HALE i: NORCROSS SILVER MINING COM-
pany.— Location of principal place of business. San
Francisco. California; location of works. Vl>elnla
Mlntrip ]jl--[rlct. Sto ey County, State of Nevada.
Notice Is hereby piven that at a nieetine' of the
Board of directors held on the 8ih day of Decem-
ber, 1890. an assessment (No. 110) of 25 cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the
corportitlon, payable Imniedlatelv In United States
ffold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
company. Room 3. No.ctSI Pine street, San Francisco,
Callforn'a.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on MONDAY, the lllh day of January.
!»'.!", win be delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction; and un ess payment Is made before,
will be sold on MONDAY, the Int day of February,
1897. to pay the delinquent asseasnient. together
with costs of advertising' and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
R. U. COLLINS. Secretary.
Office— Room 3. Stock E.xch:mce building-. No. sai
Pine street, San Francisco. California.
GOULD & CURRY SILVER MINING COMPANY.—
Location of principal place of bualneRs. San Fran-
cisco.California; location of works, Vlrg-lula, Storey
County. Nevada.
Notice Is hereby^glven. that at a meeting of the
Board of Trustees, held on the 14 h day of Decem-
ber. ISlHi. an assessment iNo. 80) of 15 centa per
share was levied upon the capital atnck of the cor-
poration, payable immediately In United Stales gold
coin, to th« Secre'ary. at the office of the company,
Room (i9, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street.
San Francisco, California.
Any stock upoa which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 19th day of January, 1897. will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction: and, unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on TUESDAY, the 9th day of February. 1897,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising: and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
ALFRED K. DURBROW, Secretary.
Office— Room 09, Nevada Block, 309 Montgomery
St.. San Francisco. California.
HARTMANN MINING COMPANY.-LocatlOn of
principal place of bualnesa. San Francisco, Califor-
nia: location of worKs. Chlii Gulch Mining Distr ct,
Calaveras Coun'y. California.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 22nd day of Decem-
ber. 1890. an assessment (No. 1) of 6 cents per share
was levied upon the If^aued capital stock of
the corporation, payable immediately in United
States gold coin, to the secretary, at the office of
the company. Room 4(5. No. 4 Montgomery stre t, San
Francisco. California.
Any Btock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 1st day of February, 1897.
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction: and unless payment is made before.
will be sold on TUESDAY, the 23d day of February,
1897, to pay the delinquent aaaeaament, together
with the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
G. W. PEER, Secretary.
Office— Room 40, No. 4 Montgomery slreet, San
Francisco. California.
MINERAL HILL MINING AND SMELTING CO.—
Location of principal place of business, San Fran-
cisco. California: location of works, Speucevllle,
Nevada County, California.
Notice la hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 4th day of Janu-
ary, 1897. an assessment (No. 1) of live cents (5c) per
slaare was levied upon the whole of the capital
stock of the corporation, payable Immediately In
United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the company. 21U Sanaome street. San Franclaco.
California.
Any stock upon which thla assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 15th day of February, 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertised for aale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment ia made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 2oth day of Ma ch. 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertleing- and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
CH.-iS. PEACH. Secretary.
Office— 210 Sansome street. San Pranclaeo, Califor-
nia. Office hours ironi 1 to a o'clock p. u.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The German Savings and Loan Society,
536 California Street.
For the half year ending December 31, 1896. a divi-
dend has been ueclared at the rate of four and
twcniy- ix hundred ihs (4 :J6-100j percent per annum
on Term deposits and three and hfty-five hundredths
(3 5.)-lUi)) per cent per anuum on Ordinary deposits,
free of taxes, payable on and after Saturday. Janu-
ary 2, 1897. GEO TOURN Y, Secretary.
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION, hav-
ing received applications to mluf by tiie hyd auiic
process from S. J. Hoislnser, In the Drumuiouds-
ville mine, near Forest Home, Amador county, to
deposit tailings In DrummonitsvIUe creek : and from
G. D. Duncan & Co , In t e Pebble Bottom mine, near
Yankee Jim's, Placer county, to depoalc tailings in
a ravine, gives noilce that a meeting will beheldat
Room 69, Flood Building. San irancisco, Cal,, on
January 25, 1897, at 1:30 P. M.
ORES! ORES!
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Montgomery St., San Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction. Cal.
■^c Patent Agents,\}^
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Devices of Electrical Street Railway Motors,
45. Electric Locomotive for SwilcMng, 52.
EDITORIAL.— Electric Street Car Motors; To Develop an Oil
Claim 45. The Miners and the Fuoding Bill; Shall the Debris
Question Be Reconsidered? The Mining Bureau and a Geological
Survey, 46.
MINING SUMMARY.— From theVartous Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 50-51.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— An Electric Locomotive for Switch-
ing, 52.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— ReduotioD ot Manganese Ore, 63. The
Stars ot the "Dipper;" A Revolution in the Methods of Refining
Copper, 53.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.- The Metric System; Compressed
Air Locomotive; A Novel Car; Cars of Aluminum. 53.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Metallic Carbides; A Rope from
the Ocean; Irrigation in Utah; Women Less Sensitive to Pain
Than Men; British Shiptouilding in 1896, 53.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Markets; Coal and
Colie; Mining Share Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 62.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 47. Amount of Loss to Cali-
fornia Due to Closure of the Hydraulic Mines; Nevada City Dis-
trict Geology, 48. The Solution and Precipitation of the Cyanide
of Gold; Rapid and Slow-Drop Stamps id Colorado, 49. Geologic
Mapping of the Mother Lode. 52. Coast Industrial Notes;
Obituary; Personal; Recently Declared Mining Dividends; Re.
cent California Mining Incorporations, 54. Rainfall and Tem-
perature; Commercial Paragraphs. 63.
The nining Bureau and a Geological Survey.
The Executive Committee of the California Miners'
Association has sent letters to the members of the
Legislature taking ground against the suggestion of
the Grovernor, made in his message, that the State
Mining Bureau be turned over to the University of
California. They maintain that the Bureau should
be kept in San Francisco as a separate institution.
In so far as they refer to the mining work of the
Bureau and the maintenance in San Francisco of the
museum, they are right and their suggestion should
receive the support of all of the mining members of
the Legislature, provided something is done to take
the Bureau out of politics.
The present State Mineralogist, J. J. Crawford, in
his annual report, has suggested that the mining
and geological work of the Bureau be separated. In
that report he goes on to say that the State has ex-
pended a great deal of money for a geological survey
without receiving any returns. The geological work
that has been done by the State under the auspices
of the Mining Bureau and State Geologist under
previous laws will, when the time comes for making
a thorough geological survey of the State, be almost
entirely thrown aside, and it has cost the State fully
a quarter of a million dollars. Further comment on
the geological work of the State Mining Bureau is
hardly necessary.
As to the mining work, a little more can be said ;
yet the Bureau has done very little compared with
what it might have done had it been managed with-
out political interference. As it is, the Board of
Directors have very little to say and the members
look upon their appointments as nothing more than
an empty honor. The State Mineralogist is ap-
pointed by the Governor. All of his deputies are
chosen through political influence. As a result,
since the Bureau was established a very small pro-
portion of the employes have been fully competent
for the work they have been appointed to carry
out.
If it were not for the fact that in' order to secure
appropriations from the Legislature some showing
had to be made, even less good work would have
been done by the Bureau.
As to the Bureau itself, there is need for the
kind ot work that it could do, and it is not work ot
such a nature as could be done well by the purely
scientific men connected with the University, except-
ing, of course, the making ot a geological survey of
the State.
Probably the main reason why Governor Budd has
recommended the turning over of all work of the
Mining Bureau to the Board of Regents of the Uni-
versity is that he knows that no public body in this
State at present would more honestly and conscien-
tiously carry out any trust imposed upon them.
However, it seems that it would have been wiser for
him to have suggested that the Legislature provide
for the appointment of a Board of Directors of the
Mining Bureau, each member to hold office for a long
time, and give them the power to choose the State
Mineralogist and all his assistants, and be entirely
responsible for the work of the institution. In other
words, a body similarly constituted and with similar
powers in relation to their trust as the Board of
Regents of the State University.
The members of the Board of Directors ot the
Mining Bureau have very little responsibility, pay
very little attention to the Bureau, and leave the
management largely to the State Mineralogist and
the politicians he has been compelled to appoint. It
is true that the law provides that the State Mineralo-
gist shall appoint competent assistants, but the
very manner of his appointment precludes the possi-
bility of his having freedom ot choice in this matter.
The present State Mineralogist has, to a certain ex-
tent, been allowed more latitude than some ot his
predecessors, and as a result has chosen some excep-
tionally good men and done good work.
But the system is vicious and the mining men in
the Legislature owe it to their industry to see that
a change is brought about, so that the Bureau will
have some other excuse for asking for an appropria-
tion than the personal appeal ot place hunters.
The miners of this State ask very little of the tax-
payers and have done more than any other class for
the welfare of the commonwealth. What they would
ask for the Mining Bureau should be willingly
granted it they would at the same time see that a
law is framed for its expenditure in a way that will
yield good results.
It seems that the recommendation that the geologi-
cal work of this State be turned over to the State
University could not be opposed upon any sensible or
reasonable grounds. In the Erst place let us take
the question of cost. The University could under-
take to carry out better work with an appropriation
of $10,000 a year than could the Mining Bureau with
an appropriation of $30,000 a year, even if the Min-
ing Bureau had the required laboratories, libraries
and instruments — which it has not. These would
cause an additional original outlay of many thousands
of dollars. If the work is turned over to the Univer-
sity there would be immediately available the magni-
ficent chemical, mineralogical and other laboratories,
which are equal to the best in the country, the best
mineral collection and the best library west of New
York. More than that, there would be available the
services of one of the best corps of geologists, chem-
ists and mineralogists, petrographers and paleontol-
ogists in the country. Other men would have to be
employed by the Regents, but most of the assistance
would come from younger scientists who, in connec-
tion with the University, would serve for less than
half what the Mining Bureau would have to pay in
salaries. Many ot them, thoroughly competent young
men, would serve for merely nominal salaries.
Then the work would be done upon a system that
would be followed out for years and not subject to
change, as has all of the work done by State institu-
tions subject to political influence. More than that,
the State could not find as competent men outside of
the University for geological work.
The value ot a geological survey of the State
has not been appreciated because the right kind of
work has not been done. That which would be of
most value and which would have to be conducted by
specially trained scientific men is such as has been
done in other States in making investigations of par-
ticular subjects, such as building stones, mineral
springs, oil wells, asphaltum, borax. For example:
A good geological survey made in the Randsburg
district might save many thousands of dollars wasted
in boring for water in places where proper investiga-
tion might show it could not exist.
Let the mining members of the Legislature frame
a law to take the Mining Bureau out of politics and
turn over the work of making a geological survey to
the State's fine corps of geologists at Ber-
keley,
Shall the Debris Question be Reconsidered?
It would seem now that the time is ripe for a re-
consideration ot the old debris question. Most of the
strong passions and prejudices have died out, and
there seems no reason why the men of the valley
should not co-operate with those in the mountains
and foothills for their mutual benefit. It was always
contended by the hydraulic miners that they could
be held responsible for but a small proportion of the
damage that was done ; yet, when the case was de-
cided against them and against what they believed to
be right, they submitted gracefully.
In the issue ot the Mining and Scientific Press
of Jan. 9th there was published an article on the
"Responsibility for the Debris," and in this issue an
article on the "Amount of Loss to California Due to
Closure of the Hydraulic Mines." Next week this
will be followed by something as to the amount of
damage caused by the debris now in the Sacramento
valley. The data for these articles is taken largely
from reports prepared by the Government and by
the anti-debris people in their own behalf, and the
only people who could reasonably take exception to
them ai-e the hydraulic miners themselves.
The first article shows that ot all the debris now
resting in the Sacramento drainage system, not over
one-fifth could possibly have been sent down by the
hydraulic mines. More than that, since the closing
of hydraulic mines the increase ot erosion, caused by
the settling up ot the foothills and mountains, makes
the present amount ot debris coming in the Sacra-
mento drainage system nearly as great as it was be-
fore the closing down ot the mines. In other words,
as much evil is being done by debris now as in 1880.
The article in this issue shows that the closing down
ot hydraulic mines caused a loss to the State of over
two hundred million dollars. Next week it will be
shown that the loss to the farmers of the Sacra-
mento drainage system is small compared with this.
Now the question arises. Cannot the Federal Gov-
ernment, responsible for the navigation of the Sac-
ramento river, the State, the farmers and the
miners, co-operate under some system by which all
may be benefited ?
There have been many suggestions made by the
parties interested and the engineers who have ex-
amined the case as to what shall be done. The ex-
penditure of large sums for impounding dams is do-
ing very little good, and can do very little good.
Some other remedy must be adopted.
The Miners and the Funding Bill.
If the defeat of the Funding Bill in Congress is
going to result in a change of ownership in the Cen-
tral Pacific, and consequently more competition,
whoever the owners may be, it is almost certain to
lead to great good to the mines of this State and
give an impetus to that industry in all its branches.
The Southern Pacific Company, while alone here in
the field, has done nothing toward developing new
districts, but wherever it has come into competition
in the southern part of the State it has done much
more building ot branch lines in order to secure the
trade. This is well illustrated in the case of the
Randsburg district. There is more need for a rail-
road, and more business for one, in many of the min-
ing districts along the Sierras than at Randsburg,
and it there had been two roads competing tor the
trade of the mines many branches would have been
built long before this, and they would have given a
greater impetus to mining than anything else. Cap-
italists do not care to travel far beyond Pull-
man cars.
Down at Randsburg, because it has a rival, the
Southern Pacific hastens to consider the feasibility
of building a branch from Mohave in order to secure
that trade. It it were not for the competition of the
Santa Fe, the Southern Pacific's nephew and mining
engineers would never have taken the trouble to go
to Randsburg. In Colorado, where there is compe-
tition, branch roads are built into all the mining dis-
tricts as soon as it is determined that there are good
mines. The result has been of great advantage to
Colorado in the development of her immense mineral
resources, not only of silver and gold, but ot iron and
coal. Let a competing railroad come into California
and then we shall see the Southern Pacific hasten to
build branches in order to secure its share of the
business.
January 16, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
Twenty men are working dry placers in the new district in
the Chlmebuevas mountains, Arizona.
The Mereur mine at Mcrcur, Utah, has made several ship-
ments of ore to be cyanlded in Germany.
Santa Chcz, C.vl., reports the discovery or a quartz ledge
in Gold gulcb, near Pelton, that assays well.
It Is claimed that there are large quantities of good asbes-
tos to be found near Hamburg Bar, iu Siskiyou county.
TuEHEls considerable excitement in Wadsworlb, Nevada,
over discoveries of paying placer ground in Olinghouse can-
yon.
It is said that nearly f lU.UUU was taken from Canyon moun-
tain, la southern Oregon, during last season by pocket hunt-
ers.
One business house in Grants Pass, Oregon, recently made
asbipmentor $L5,000 in gold from the placers in the neighbor-
hood.
Lei>u&.s of gold-bearing rock have been uncovered near
Glenbrook, Nevada, and have caused considerable excite-
ment.
The payrolls of the Comstock mines for December footed up
a total of |r>S,atW.'.tl, a falling off of over $7000 from the preced-
ing month.
The Standard mine in the Cceur d'Alene, Idaho, produced
last year 10,719 tons of concentrates and crude ore valued at
I7y7,yns.ir.
The mining men who are interested in the country adjacent
to Kramer, San Bernardino Co., have organized Kramer min-
ing district.
The Bellefontaine Mining Company of Grass Valley, Cal.,
have decided to sell enough treasury stock to pay for the erec-
tion of a mill.
Tue city council of Vancouver, B. C, is considering the
question of offering a bonus for the establishment of a smelter
at that point.
AuiitONA has a wise law which will not allow the relocating
of claims to avoid assessment work and compels locators to do
development work.
Uei'Okts come from Juneau, Alaska, of the discovery of
quartz ledges under houses and cabins in the town that have
been occupied for years.
An English syndicate has made an offer of $500,000 for Deer
Park mine, at Kossland, B. C, and a meeting of shareholders
has been called to consider it.
Tde report of the Canadjan collector of customs at Ross-
land shows an increase in collections from ^983.95 in Janu-
ary, IS'Jlj, to $12,029.20 in December.
British Coiambia papers claim that there are fifteen mines
in the Slocan couutry whose monthly shipments will aggre-
gate 4000 tons of ore during the year.
At the time the Randsburg mining district in Kern county
was formed years ago 33 votes were cast. Last week 611 votes
were cast in an election for Recorder.
The number of mine leases in Colorado reported by the
State Mining Bureau for 1896 was 406; the number of acres
leaded, 14,310, and the yearly royalties $1940.
Eastern capitalists who have purchased a large tract of
placer ground in the Sweetwater valley, Wyoming, propose
to convey the water for hydraulicking by pipe a distance of
twenty miles.'
Capt. J. R. De La Mau has obtained an option on the Mer-
eur mine in Utah for $1,500,000. This mine has been sought
after by foreign capitalists for some time. It. has paid in divi-
dends *575,(i00.
The new hoisting plant at the LeRoi mine, at Rossland, B.
C, is the largest in anj' metal mine in Canada. It will be
running in thirty days and the output will then be increased
to 500 tons per day.
The Calumet &. Hecla Mining Company have declared divi-
dends amounting to ^8,350,000. Last Monday a dividend of
$5 and an extra of §10 were declared, the largest in the his-
tory of the company.
A pRiiNCU syndicate has made an agreement for the pur-
chase for $150,000 of a group of mines in the Sum Dum district
in Alaska from W. F. Mills, The claims are on the northern
shore of Hulkam bay.
During the last seven months of 1896 the business of the
Cripple Creek Stock Exchange gradually increased from
$106,437 in June to $327,675 in December. The total was, for
seven months. $1,301,865.
The projectors of the Sierra Pacific railroad, to run from
Stockton into Amador and Calaveras counties, Cal., have been
Into Tuolumne county to look over the ground, with a view to
running a branch up there.
In the Lady Washington mine, Tuolumne county, under
bond to McGillivray & Meek of San Francisco, in the develop-
ment work good ore has been encountered and arrangements
are being made for the erection of a 10 or 30-stamp mill.
The negotiations for the purchase of the Tomboy at Tellu-
ride, Colorado, have been concluded and the property passes
into the hands of the Exploration Company of London, for
$1,500,000. The deal was managed by Henry Bratnober.
Last Thursday in the United States Senate a resolution by
Senator Stewart of Nevada was agreed to instructing the
Committee on Mines and Mining to report on the best means
of securing complete statistics of the output of American
mines.
The smelters of Pueblo, Colorado, did a larger business in
precious metals in 1896 than any previous year, amounting,
according to the Chieftain, to S15. -143,084. And this was in
spite of the fact that the production of lead was worth less in
1896 than in 1892.
If the recent discovery of petroleum in Cochise county, Ari-
zona, turns out to be of value, it will afford cheap fuel for the
reduction of gold and silver ores in that country. In regions
where wood is worth from $6 to $8 per cord, such a discovery is
not tabe undervalued.
B. A. CAKDWELLof Salt Lake has bonded two more mines in
Meadow Lake valley, the Belle and Joana, from J. Adolph,
for $10,000 each. This makes nineteen mines that he has
bonded for his company. It is their intention to build a road
from Truckee In the spring.
The new town of Johannesburg has been started near
Randsburg by several Los Angeles people, who have formed
the Johannesburg Water and Milling Company and have
secured a section of land. They are boring for water and pro-
pose to erect a SU-stamp mill.
The Union Pacific Railway is attempting to obtain patents
to mineral lands within their grants in the Crown mining dis-
trict near Cheyenne, Wyo. Protests have been tiled with
the local land ofilco against issuing patents for fourteen sec-
tions, or 8tf90 acres, In the district.
FoK several months eighty or ninety oil wells at Summer-
field, Santa Barbara county, Cal., are reported to have been
pumping regularly and shipments of about three carloads a
day have been made. The strike of oil made in a tunnel near
the town has stimulated the boriog of new holes.
The owners of the Virginia mine and the Revenue tunnel
near Ouray, Colorado, have engaged 40U to 600 miners around
Joplin, Mo., to take the places of the strikers. It is believed
the importation of non-union labor will cause a general strike
of union miners in Ouray and San Miguel counties, who num-
ber about 2500.
At the Helena & Frisco mine in Idaho, in which the Explor-
ation Company have lately purchased a controlling interest,
several improvements are contemplated, including a Corliss
hoisting engine that will be heavy enough to operate the
mine to a depth of 3000 feet. A large addition will also be
made to the mill.
It is reported that the North American Exploration Co.,
composed of Paris and New York capitalists, have obtained
an option on most of the stock of the Mammoth mine in Utah
at the rate of $2,000,000. The Mammoth has paid dividends
amounting to $1,150,000 and the workings have reached a
depth of UiOO feet.
I Under the Enabling act Montana was given 100,000 acres of
land for the establishment and maintenance of a Schojl of
Mines. The Legislature having made appropriations tor a
building, the cornerstone was laid at Butte last month.
Among the articles placed in the receptacle was a copy of the
Mining and Scientific Press.
The Salt Lake 'iVf/jtiJie states that Colonel H. G. Heffron,
who, while superintendent of the Niagara, commenced a
series of experiments by which it was demonstrated that the
low-grade gold ores of Bingham could be profitably handled
by the cyanide process, has decided to go upon the mother
lode in California in a short time.
The miners in the Mojave district propose to ask that a new
county be created, to consist of the northeast corner of Los
Angeles county, including Lancaster and Antelope valley, ex-
lending northward into Kern county, to include Mojave and
the Randsburg mining district and taking in all ihe desert
country now in San Bernardino county, Cal.
At the Comet mine on Berners bay the ledge has been cut
at a depth of 1000 feet and it is said that it has been found
to continue down in size and value. This will be of import-
ance to the mining industry of Alaska. Heretofore few ledges
have been worked to much depth and it has been mere con-
jecture as to whether they would pay in depth.
The Colorado State Bureau of Mines examines into and re-
ports upon all casualties occurring in mines. The number of
deaths in six months ending November 30th last was 154 and
the cases of injury 102. Of the deaths 39 were caused by fall-
material, 35 by men falling and 49 by explosives. The total
number employed in the mines is reported as 25,545.
The mines of the Juneau Company in Alaska, owned by
Charles D. Lane and Archibald Campbell are under investiga-
tion by Capt. Thomas Mein, for English capitalists, with a
view to purchase for$250,000. The mines are located in the Sil-
ver Bow basin, on the mainland, three miles from the Tread-
well mines. A 30-stamp mill is in operation on the property.
A TELEGRAM has come from Denver to the effect that there
is a report that there is about to be formed a combine between
the smelters of the State on one hand and the cyanide and
chlorination mills on the other. This is to be for mutual ben-
efit and it will increase the price for treating ores of ail
grades. A uniform advance of $2 per ton is said to have been
agreed upon.
In the California Legislature during the week Assembly-
man Caminetti introduced a joint resolution instructing the
California delegation at Washington to use all honorable
means to secure the passage of the mineral lands bill now
pending in Congress. Under a suspension of the rules the
resolution was unanimously adopted and ordered transmitted
to the Senate.
According to the Nelson, B. C, Tribune the mineral export
of West Kootenay through Nelson for 1896 may be safely set
down as having slightly passed the $3,500,000 mark. Much of
the ore that goes out of the Slocan is not entered in the cus-
toms at Nelson, but at Revelstoke, so that the returns from
the port of Nelson represent but a portion of the mineral out-
put of the district.
Before the House Committee on Ways and Means last
week, in Washington, representatives of smelters asked for
lower rates on lead ore, claiming that the importation of lead
ore was necessary for smelting, and under an erroneous in-
terpretation of the present law it paid as high rates as 5 and
5% cents per pound. Duties of 1^4 cents on lead bullion and
1% cents on pig lead were asked.
According to a law of the State of South Dakota every cor-
poration must make an annual public statement of its affairs
through an advertisement in a newspaper, bub so far this has
been a dead letter, just as are most laws in this State of the
same nature. As an English member of Parliament, who had
spent many years in America, said, there are splendid laws
in the country but they are not enforced.
There is a project on foot to build a railroad line from
Spokane northwest through Stevens county and the Colville
Indian reservation to Grand Forks, 140 miles, and in British
Columbia. It is proposed by those who have sent the en-
gineer in the field to construct an electric line from Spokane
to Kettle Falls, a distance of 110 miles, operating it by the
power to be derived from the falls at Spokane.
During the week the new Mining Stock Exchange at Spo-
kane began business. If properly managed the exchange may
do considerable good, especiu'ly by discountemincing wildcats.
Spokane is the natural business center of a large mining coun-
try, including most of the great districts west of Montana. A
great majority of the stocks listed on the new exchange are
of mines in Trail Creek, Slocan and other British Columbia
camps.
The Exploration Company of London, it is understood, will
decline to lake the Champion mine at Grass Valley at the
price asked for it. The English or French syndicate, in pur-
chasing California mines that are welt developed and paying
dividends, labor under a disadvantage. The commissions
and promotion fees are so largo that properties must be pur-
chased at considerably less than their real value in order to
Hoat in London without over-capitalization.
F. E. Ward has advertised that he will make an applica-
tion to the legislative assembly of British Columbia to con-
struct and operate a railway from a point at or near Ashcroft
or Kamloops to Barkerville, in the Cariboo country. Last
winter A. D. Whittier made an application to operate traction
engines from Ashcroft to the mines. A petition signed by
about 300 residents of that country against the scheme
killed its passage. The greatest opposition came from the
freighters.
There is apt to be soon considerable litigation as to rights
to veins caused by the running of the large drainage and
prospecting tunnels in Colorado. The tunnel owners claim to
be the owners of veins which have already been opened up in
patented territory, if the tunnels were located prior to the
discovery of the veins iu question and have been worked con-
tinuously with due diligence. A tunnel site runs for a dis-
tance of 3000 feet and claims 1000 feet on every vein cut in the
course of the tunnel.
From nearly all the districts on the Pacific coast in which
hydraulic mining is being done come reports of increased
activity, and many new plants have been or are being fitted
up. In Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and Colorado there
have been more new mines partially or fully fitted up for this
season's work than ever before. Generally, the indications
for a good season's supply of water are excellent. The im-
portance of this should not be overlooked, for it promises to do
much toward increasing the gold yield of 1897.
The fact that in all the mining districts of the West there
has been a greater increase in the output of gold than in
other parts of the world during the past year aud that, too, in
spite of the fact that millions have been poured into the
foreign mines from Europe and very little has come to this
country, is apt to make European investors seriously reflect
whether, after all, this is not their best field. If this leads to
a greater demand for western American mines, it is to be
hoped that the papers of this country will do their share
toward preventing wild speculation.
A RAiLUOAD and water route into the Yukon country is pro-
jected by Canadians. A report upon the feasibility of the plan
has been made and submitted to the Dominion Government,
in which it is stated that the best route would be by Lake
Teslin and down the Hootalinqua to Port Cudahy. This, it is
claimed, is practicable, and navigation is open from the head
of Lake Teslin to the mouth of the Yukon in summer. A light
railway, it is claimed, could be built from the Stikeen river,
at the head of navigation, about 120 to 190 miles long, which
could be operated most of the year. The cost of this is esti-
mated at $3,500,000. It is claimed that good coal can be found
along the line of the road.
A SYNDICATE of Eastern capitalists at the head of which is
Ex-Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania, has obtained options
on 1600 acres of gold mining properties in the Black Hills,
South Dakota. The corporation called the Edgeraont and
Union Hill Smelting Company will take over the Union Hill
and other pi-operties acquired. There have been made already
arrangements for the erection of a smelter at Edgemont and
a 400-ton stamp mill at Union Hill. The output of gold from
the Black Hills last year showed an increase of about 35 per
cent over 1895, and with the influx of Eastern capital and the
new discoveries at Ragged Top and other points there is
every promise of a still further increase for 1897.
Op the output of 1896 the Rossland, B. C, Miner says that,
owing to inadequate transportation facilities, the output of
the camp was comparatively light until within the last few
months, and even now the second railroad has only begun to
take ore away. Despite this fact, at the end of 1896 nearly
40,000 tons of ore have been marketed, as follows: Le Ro:,
37,665 tons; War Eagle, 10,000 tons; Iron Mask, 705 tons;
Poorman, 340 tons ; Josie, 574 tons; Crown Point, 150 tons;
Mayflower, 100 tons; Cliff, 75 tons; Evening Star, 35 tons, and
other smaller shipments amounting to about 50 tons. The
average value of the ore per ton was close to $40. At
$35 per ton, it makes the production for the year worth
$1,400,000.
Representative Hermann of Oregon, before the Houfe
Committee on Ways and Means last week, advocated a duty
of 10 cents per pound on nickel. He spoke of the resolution of
Congress passed in 1891 authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to contract for the purchase of $1,000,000 worth of nickel
for armor plate on the assumption that it could not be pro-
duced in the United States. Since that time ores had been
discovered in various parts of the United States— in Nevada,
bearing 15 per cent; in Jackson county, N. C, and Fremont
county, Col., bearing 12 to 14 per cent; in Saline county, Ark.,
and in Washington and Oregon, where there was a mountain
of ore. Oregon producers claimed to be able to produce nickel
at 4 cents a pound cheaper than the Canadians.
A dispatch from New York appears in a Philadelphia paper
to the effect that an investment company has been organized
in London, in which the Rothschilds are understood to be in-
terested, for the purpose of changing the direction of invest-
ments which have been toward the South African mining fields,
to the United States. Some of the agents, it says, of that
company are now in this country, and others who have re-
cently been here are in London reporting the results of their
visits to many of the mining tracts of the West and one or two
in the South. The feeling in London was that investment in
South African mining has been greatly overdone and specula-
tion had unreasonably increased prices of a large number or
mining stocks. Probably the forthcoming reports of the yield
of the American gold fields, compared with those of other
countries, will do more to turq English capital this way than
anything else.
48
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 16, 1897.
Amount of Loss to California Due to Closure
of the Hydraulic flineS.
The I'jsses growing out of the closure of the hy-
draulic mines are difficult to estimate. They have
been :
First— The direct loss of the gold produced by the
mines.
Second— The depreciation in value of the property
and equipment of the industry to almost nothing.
Third— The loss to sympathetic industries, among
them agriculture.
1. Diruct Loss of the Gold Produced ly the Mines —
Statistics bearing "on any special branch of gold min-
ing in the State are very meager, and even the
amount of loss from closed mines would not repre-
sent the real loss, tor there are mines which might
have started had not the industry been checked. In
this regard, however, it is contended by many prom-
inent men in the industry that a large number of the
mines were running upon very narrow margins of
profit and that this particular form of mining had in
the region under discussion reached its highest
point. The most valuable gravels were 'ast being
worked out and many propositions had been started
in uncertain places. An increase in production
would necessitate an increase in water facilities, and
in some regions the available water was already in
use. The presence of public water upon most di-
vides made it possible to work with but little capi-
tal, and hardly a deposit exists that had not at some
period been worked more or less. A continuance of
mining would cause constant increase in cost per
cubic yard, because as the miner washed back from
his dump the amount of valueless gravel and lava to
be removed increased and the length of sluices,
ditches and tunnels increased; therefore the cost
gradually approached the value of the gravel until,
passing it, the deposit could be no longer worked.
The amount of gravel remaining that may be
worked has been partially estimated by the United
States Corps of Engineers* at 836,500,000 cubic
yards, contingent to the Sacramento river, which at
the rate of annual washings given in the last issue of
the Mining and SoiENTiric Press should be enough
to last for eighteen years.
It may be safely assumed that were the mines to
start up to-day, unrestricted, neither the tailings
discharged nor the gold produced would exceed that
of 1880. But the industry would probably maintain
this status for many years to come. It is currently
stated that the gold produced from the hydraulic
mines was nearly $10,000,000 per year ; but the
facts do not warrant such an estimate.
The following table of county productions indicates
the decrease in gold production in the regions af-
fected by law :
TOTAL GOLD PRODUCTION.
Co}/ntie/i—r
Amador..'
Butte
Calaveras .. .
El Dorado . . .
Fresno
Mariposa
Nevada
Placer
Plumas
Sacramento.
Shasta
Sierra
Stanislaus . .
Tuolumne
Yuba
ISSO. 1SS3. JSSr,. 1S91.
$1,507,U47 S1,.5B0,000 $2,145,S9I $1,395,962
450,000 630,000 672,568 304,765
580.000 500,000 427,538 738,883
611,000 630,000 418,833 173,279
72,000 100,000 74,000 82.607
322,000 220,000 89,000 84,414
2,S.iO,000 3,000,000 2,577,873 2,207,887
1.025,000 810,000 906,301 998,494
1,068,839 950,000 840 307 482.462
75,000 480,000 3.i3,522 142,830
546,833 310,000 447,004 554,063
990,000 1,075,000 1,433,880 701,702
100,000 40,000 18,000 3,000
689,599 320.000 310,903 1,384,950
1,042,340 455,000 207,448 37,576
. Totals $ll,929,65St $10,910,0001 S10,892,768J $9,292,874t
Kern, Tulare and some counties partly affected, whose combined
production is less than $50,000, have been omitted.
It will be seen that the total production of gold in
the region affected by law decreased about $1,000,-
000 from 1880 to 1885 — that is, before and after clos-
ing. But if we take Yuba, Placer and Plumas coun-
ties alone, the decrease in them was over $1,000,000.
It must be remembered that miners thrown out of
employment in the hydraulic mines did not remain
idle, but immediately turned their attention to the
other branches of the industry. The new impetus
given to the other branches of mining immediately
began to cover the loss by the closure of the hydrau-
lic mines. The following tables from the tenth and
eleventh censuses show the production from quartz
and placer mining separately, before the debris
litigation and after, and more clearly show the pro-
duction of the hydraulic mines and the impetus
given to quartz mining as well :
Counties —
Amador
. W70-
JJeep
Mines.
... $1,407,047
I'lacer
Mines.
$100,000
450,000
145,000
541,268
Deeii
Mines.
$905,804
52,261
635,089
77,289
16,269
1,715,248
748,121
407,793
I'lacer
Mines.
$2,432
435,000
91,172
103,414
3,785
203,331
462,031
91,284
166,000
2,080
1,007,834
15,955
44,985
92 498
El Dorado
96,881
Mariposa
Nevada
Placer
Plumas
322,274
... 1,100,000
175,000
820,255
1,750,000
850,000
248,5M
75.000
450,432
600,000
100,000
559,826
1,042,349
Shasta
Sierra
96,401
330,000
2.59,316
319,452
Tuolumne
Yuba . .
129,771
167,789
5,875
Totals $.1,912,629 $6,914,459 $5,310,306 $2,5:15,191
The decrease of placer gold during the period
* Report on IMining Debris in California Rivers, by Lieut.-Col. G.
H. Mendall. p. .35.
t Tenth census fiscal year ending June 30.
i Director United States mint.
!; No account is taken in either table or the silver included in
these amounts, for it is proportionally inconsequential between
placer and quartz gold.
shown by this table has been $4,379,268. Not all of
the placer gold was produced from hydraulic mines,
and the impetus given drift mining by the closing of
the hydraulic mines obscures the true difference.
There has also been a certain decrease in the amount
of stream gold produced from the seemingly ex-
hausted placers, but the amount is inconsequential.
By inspection of individual drift mine records and
the list of additional producers it seems that there
has been an increase in drift production of about
$1,000,000 per year during the period. Therefore,
the decrease which would be shown in placer gold
had there been no increase in drift production is ob-
scured to the amount of $1,000,000, or the real loss
from closing the hydraulic mines is nearly $5,300,000.
Had the hydraulic mines been allowed to proceed
from 1882 to 1896, as before, California would have
produced nearly $72,000,000 more in gold than she
has.
2. The Depreciation in Vahte of the Pro2)erty and
Equipment of the Indmstry. — The property of the hy-
draulic miner consists mainly of a gravel deposit,
water facilities and equipment for mining. It is im-
possible to estimate the depreciation in the value of
the gravel deposits. Pew have been sold and these
for less than 10% of their former valuation. There
is no demand for unworkable mines at any price, and
those transferred have been so because they have
offered facilities for storage of tailings or for other
purposes. There is no way of determining their
former value.
In regard to water rights and water installation,
slightly more tangible material is at. hand. The
eleventh census shows 5225 miles of ditches in the
area affected by debris litigation, and the average
cost of the ditches of which data were obtainable is
shown to be $3800 per mile, including reservoirs.
This would indicate an investment of nearly $20,000,-
000, but the water rights and privileges were worth
much in addition to the actual cash invested. These
ditches in some cases have been turned to other
uses, such as irrigation, power, etc., so that they are
not a total loss. Others have been abandoned alto-
gether and allowed to go to ruin.
The equipment of the mines in pipes, flumes, tun-
nels, bedrock ditches, machinery, etc., being unused
has gradually gone to ruin. Of five large companies
about 30% of the money invested was in water equip-
ment, and the balance in mine equipment, property
and working capital. This ratio would show an in-
vested capital of about $66,000,000— $100,000,000 is
the amount usually estimated to be invested in the
industry. It is safe to say that with no relief in ten
years time this amount would depreciate fully
90%.
3. Loss to Sympathetic Industries. — The sympa-
thetic industries to hydraulic mining are of every
description. Of the $5,300,000 annually produced
from the mines a large portion went for supplies,
labor, etc., and the directloss to sympathetic indus-
tries is largely included in the loss of gold to the
State, or the $72,000,000 before estimated. But the
depreciation of the property of these sympathetic
industries has gone with the depreciation of the mine
values. Enterprises contingent on the mines have
become valueless and their property gone to ruin.
Everywhere throughout the region houses and
shops and in some places whole towns have been
abandoned and become valueless. Among the enter-
prises to suffer most are the farms themselves, for
where a ready market was once afforded there is no
market at all for the products, and the very people
who have brought the industry to its present condi-
tion suffer with it.
The assessment rolls of the counties along the foot
of the mountains show a depreciation of real estate
values greater than the general depression is account-
able for. This loss is again impossible to even esti-
mate. If we suppose that the amount of money paid
for supplies annually by the miners to the persons who
furnished these supplies to be 10% upon the money
they had invested in order to produce them, we may
get an approximate idea of what this loss amounts
to. In table 49 of Bowie's Hydraulic Mining it will
be seen that the operating expenses of a number of
mines were from 30% to 65% of the gross yield, with
an average of about 47'%. This 47J% of the 'annual
yield of $5,300,000 would be $2,517,500 disbursed for
labor and supplies. By the averages given this
amount would be distributed about as follows: Labor,
$1,359,300; supplies, $1,158,200. This amount of dis-
bursement does not include the disbursements for
installation or additions to plant, but simply for op-
erating expenses. Probably 90% of that disbursed
for labor was in turn disbursed for supplies to min-
ers, or $1,223,370, making a total of about $2,380,000
annually disbursed to people not directly in the in-
dustry, and not including the disbursements that
have been made in investing $100,000,000 papital in
the industry. Since closing the mines this annual
disbursement would have aggregated $35,700,000.
If this annual disbursement paid to the owners of the
enterprises furnishing the supplies represented 10.5o
of the capital invested, the capital contingent to
mining would be $23,800,000, or at 5.°o' only, then it
would be $47,600,000. Such enterprises are not usu-
ally dependent entirely upon one class of customers,
but nevertheless the decrease in business affects the
owners almost as keenly. This estimate does not in-
clude the capital invested in foundries and enterprises
which furnish supplies for installation, or for labor
occupied in building ditches, etc. The total capital
affected may be therefore estimated at $50,000,000,
which, added to the $100,000,000 directly in the in-
dustry, would approximate $150,000,000 of capital
depreciated almost to nothing from closing the
mines, or a loss to date of capital and income of up-
wards of $225,000,000.
Of the supplies used by the mines and miners a
large proportion, probably half, come from the
farms, or upwards of $1,500,000 yearly, the loss of
which trade has added to the general agricultural
depression.
Nevada City District Qeology.
NUMBER VI.
The contact vein lies to the west of the Merrifield,
and its southerly part is parallel to it in strike and
dip. It is first seen at the Providence mine, where
a rich pay shoot has been opened on it. It is also
extensively worked on the Champion ground, as well
as at the old and new Nevada City shafts. Near
the latter it turns rather suddenly, without break,
to a west-northwest direction, running across the
Chapman ranch. The vein exposed in the Coan mine
is probably the same, but it cannot be traced farther
than this. It has not been opened extensively to
the west of the Nevada City mine. Practically the
whole southerly part of the vein lies on the contact
between granodiorite and slate. About 500 feet
south of the Nevada City new shaft it leaves the con-
tact and enters the granodiorite. It is usually a
wide vein, heavily sulphureted — even more so than
the Merrifield — carries considerable silver, and
shows abundantly the same indications of an exten-
sive overthrust fault fissure, the throw of which
must be larger than that of the Merrifield. A very
short distance south of the Providence ore shoot it
runs into a diabase (exposed on the sixth level) and
slate, and closes down to a mere seam. The fissure
has a strong tendency to throw out stringers and
fissure in the slate toot wall ; these have generally a
flatter dip than the main fissure. Several such
veins and stringers are seen in the Providence
mine. A shaft near the Wyoming mill has been
sunk on such a vein, which is found to unite with the
contact vein. The northerly Wyoming shaft is sunk
900 feet on the incline on a slate vein, which may or
may not be the same as that exposed near the mill,
and which in depth will probably be found to unite
with the contact vein, as it does on the strike near
the old Nevada City shaft. Between Indian Flat and
Deer Creek the schists contain a great number of
seams, mostly dipping southwest irom 10° to 40°, and
which are sometimes very rich in coarse gold. The
hydraulic method has been used in places to wash
the surface soil containing the decomposed seams.
This locality is known as Red Hill. The Home and
Cadmus mines are located on this seam belt, south
of Deer Creek.
A short distance northwest of Coan's mine, out-
side of the area of the map, the contact metamor-
phosed slate runs out to a point. A little farther
on the serpentine and pyroxenite also run out in a
point in the diorite, leaving the granodiorite ad-
joined by a large area of darker, dioritic rock, some-
times containing pyroxene. The Ella or Oro Fino
vein cuts across the granodiorite and diorite with a
north-northwest strike and an easterly dip of 45°.
The shaft is 300 feet deep. The Yellow Diamond
has a northwest strike and lies in the chloritic and
fine-grained dioritic rocks separating the serpentine
from the coarser and more normal diorite. Still
closer to the river, in diorite, but near the grano-
diorite, lie the heavy jEtna and Dement veins, both
striking northwest and dipping east. While there
is no one continuous and well-defined vein leading
down to the South Ytiba river from the Nevada City
mine, it cannot be denied that there is a system of
linked and interrupted veins extending in that direc-
tion. On the river, also, three-fourths of a mile
above Jones' bar, the diorite and granodiorite are
separated by a distinct fault fissure, with easterly
dip and northwesterly strike, though at this point
there is no quartz present.
In the northeastern part of the Grass Valley dis-
trict veins more or less parallel with the Idaho east-
and-west system predominate. The Spring Hill,
Kentucky and Alpha are in serpentine or on the con-
tact between serpentine and diabase dikes, and dip
northward at a moderate angle. The Spring Hill is
a very heavy vein, impregnated with fine-grained
pyrites. The Coe mine is on a very heavy vein, in
serpentine, also dipping north. The St John shows
a heavy but irregular vein on the contact of serpen-
tine and slate at the 500-foot level, as well as sev-
eral seams, all dipping north at steep angles. There
is evidence of an overthryst fault in this mine. The
Crown Point has a vein in serpentine striking north-
west and dipping north 75°. Most of the gold in
this mine is very coarse.
The celebrated Eureka-Idaho vein is first seen
2000 feet north-northwest of the Maryland shaft,
and forms here large, barren outcrops. Between
the Maryland and Masiin shafts the vein does not
show on the surface, but its continuation is clearly
January 16, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
49
shown underground. For some distance on each side
of the latter shaft there are outcrops which are
believed to be those of the Idaho vein. Ueyond this
the vein cannot be traced on the surface. The Idaho
vein dips southward at an^jles ranjjint? from 50° to
70°. On the Eurelca ground it is in serpentine, with
a diabase dike in the hanyinK wall ; at the Maryland
shaft it is between a serpentine foot wall and a
(»abbro hanging wall, and then enters the serpen-
tine. Underground, however, most of the vein east
of the Maryland shaft lies between a diabase hang-
ing wall and a serpentine foot wall. The vein is
remarkable for its strong, continuous ore shoot,
dipping east at a moderate angle on the plane of the
vein. The vein is 2 feet thick and carries about 1
per cent of iron pyrites, copper pyrites, and galena;
the sulphurets contain from $100 to $173 per ton.
The average value per ton has been about $28. The
annual production of the vein has rarely fallen below
$300,000. Attempts have been madn to find the
continuation of the Idaho vein in the Brunswick dis-
trict at Chevaune tunnel, but thus far without suc-
cess. In the southwest corner of the small Bruns-
wick district there is a series of parallel veins,
dipping south and striking northwest, which may be
considered as belonging to the Idaho system. Of
these the Brunswick, Gold Point, Union Hill, Lucky
and Cambridge are the principal. All are contained
in a schistose diabase tuff, and considerable work
has been done on them in former years.
(T„l,r Ciml!„u,.l.)
The Solution and Precipitation of the
Cyanide of Qold.*
NCMIIKK V.
By S. B. Christy, ProrcKSor of MiDlut; imil Melallurgy, Uulverslly
of CaliforDla, Berkeley, Cal.
It will be seen that Prof, de Wilde makes his
cuprous salt in the solution itself, also acidifying the
solution at the same time with sulphurous instead of
sulphuric acid. This may appear an advantage; I
think, however, that the mechanical difficulty of
treating a large volume of solution with gas will
more than offset the slightly greater cost of the
sulphuric acid for the same purpose. However this
may be, I prefer my method of making the cuprous
salt outside of the stock-solution and from strong
solutions, so that the application of the sulphurous
acid may be more readily controlled and the produc-
tion of the cuprous salt more complete. With these
slight diiJerences of detail, the methods are the
same. Whether the method was first discovered in
Belgium or in California is a mere matter of dates.
I have tried the method suggested by Prof, de
Wilde, as well as my own, with solutions containing
from only $3 to over $600 per ton of gold (from 2„Vff
of 1 per cent gold up to yV per cent gold), and I have
found them both to remove the gold with a sharp-
ness and completeness that is a great relief, after
trying the other methods in use.
I find, however, that with Prof, de Wilde's method
it is necessary to let the solution stand at least
twelve hours before filtering, otherwise all the gold
may not be precipitated. In fact, in sohie cases not
the slightest trace of a precipitate will form for
several hours, the liquor remaining clear as crystal.
At last, however, it never fails to come dovyn.
Gently heating the solution hastens the reaction;
cold retards it. At the ordinary temperature of the
air (60° P.) heating is uot necessary for the comple-
tion of the reaction, but more time must be then
allowed. It is best, however, to allow the filtrate to
stand for several hours, another twelve hours if
possible, to be sure that no further precipitate
comes down. This is where my method has the ad-
vantage; being formed in concentrated solutions, my
cuprous salt is already reduced and the precipitate
forms sooner. I think the reason for the delay in
his method is the greater dilution of the copper salt
and the sulphurous acid, which retards the forma-
tion of the cuprous salt.
I feel sure that this method in either of its forms
will prove a valuable addition to our present means
of recovering gold from cyanide solutions.
But before the advantages of this method can be
duly appreciated it will be necessary to briefly con-
sider the methods for precipitating gold at present
in use. There are only two which have made any
headway on a working scale, namely, the use of zinc
shavings, as recommended by the MaoArthur-Por-
rest people, and the use of electricity, as in the
Siemens & Halske process. I shall consider them in
inverse order.
6. The Use of Electricity for Frecipituiiig Oold from
Cyanide Solutions.
The use of electricity for depositing gold and sil-
ver for electroplating has been practiced successfully
for so many years that it would seem that this
method would be a simple, expeditious and practical
method of precipitating gold from the cvanide solu-
tions obtained by leaching gold ores. But a little
reflection will make it clear why so many processes
♦Colorado meeting American Institute of Mining Engineers, Sept.,
1896. (Revised Proofs Deo. '86.)
for this purpose which have been patented have
never been heard of since.
In electroplating it is possible and practicable to
use ; 1, soluble gold anodes, by which the counter-
electromotive force of the precipitated metal is en-
tirely neutralized ; 2, concentrated solutions of the
double cyanide of gold and potassium, so that the
specific resibtance of the solution is low ; 3, an elec-
trolyte of constant composition, whereby the proper
working conditions may be constantly maintained
after they have once been reached.
None of these conditions can be secured in precipi-
tating the gold from a cyanide ore extration solu-
tion.
It is true that in the Siemens & Halske method a
soluble anode of iron plate is used ; but all the cyan-
ogen that combines with the iron is lost, ferrous
cyanide and finally Prussian blue being formed to no
useful purpose. The principal difficulty, however,
is one that cannot be obviated, viz., the high specific
resistance of the dilute solutions that must be used.
With solutions always containing less than 1 per
cent, and sometimes less than 0.05 per cent, of free
cyanide, and perhaps 0.001 per cent of gold, or less,
the resistances are something enormous, and with
any other metal than gold no one would think of
precipitating such a solution with electricity. The
high specific resistance of the solution may be met
by using an increased surface of anode and cathode
and by artificial circulation, but this can only be
done at an outlay and with a complication which
robs the method of its cheapness, simplicity and con-
venience.
My attention has just been called to a corrobora-
tion of these views in an article entitled ''Zinc vs.
Electricity," by Mr. John Yates, South African
Miiiiiiij Journal, September 26 and October 3, 1868,
where an interesting comparison of these methods
of precipitation is given.
It is true that electrolytic methods of pre-
cipitation are used in the analytical laboratory
as convenient methods of analysis. But a long
experience with these methods on a small scale
has convinced me of the great difficulties which
will always stand in the way of their applica-
tion on a large scale. It is one thing to electro-
plate an article with gold in a strong solution
of aurocyanide of potassium with a gold anode which
constantly adds as much gold to a solution as is pre-
cipitated, and it is quite another to precipitate all
the gold from a solution with an insoluble, or even
an iron, anode when the solution contains perhaps
0.05 per cent of cyanide of potassium and perhaps
0.001 per cent of gold. Here the problem is to re-
duce the gold content to 0.00001 per cent (or from
$G to 6 cents per ton solution). Any one who has
attempted this recovery (which is 99 per cent of the
gold contained in solution), without at the same
destroying most of the cyanide present, will agree
with me that it is no easy task.
There is another difficulty that I have met with.
Under certain circumstances the gold is precipitated
not only on the cathode, but also on the anode ; and,
in addition, in many cases of the treatment of the
solutions produced from ores a precipitate settles out
from the electrolyte which also contains gold. The
reason for the first difficulty seems to be that when
the current decomposes the salt KAuCy™, it decom-
poses it not into K,Au+2Cy, but the K alone goes to
the cathode, while the acid radical, AuCys, goes to
the anode. The deposition of gold which appears on
the cathode is due to the metallic potassium attack-
ing and reducing gold as a secondary reaction from
the solution there adjacent. Great density of cur-
rent and long treatment will finally throw out all the
gold on the cathode, but there is enough force in this
tendency to greatly retard the electro deposition of
the gold.t
I have been able, by acidifying the solution with
dilute sulphuric acid, to get fairly complete precipi-
tation in a reasonable time, say, twelve to twenty-
four hours, on a small scale, both with insoluble
anodes (carbon, platinum or lead) and with soluble
ones (zinc, iron or copper). Of course, in this case the
cyanide is destroyed, unless special steps are taken to
recover it. The precipitation is much more rapid
and complete from these dilute gold solutions when
the reaction is acid than when it is alkaline or neu-
tral.
The difficulties which I have pointed out in the
electrolytic method may be met by great technical
skill, as has been the case in the Siemens & Halske
process, and in that way, when they are reduced to
a minimum, the method may be crowned with suc-
cess. But in the absence of such skill it is bound to
be a failure, and the difficulties are of such a serious
and fundamental nature as to lead to the desire for
another and simpler plan.
t A similar state of affairs has been shown to be the case by Pro-
fessor Hittorf (Onf irald'.i C'hemische J^nergie, 2te Aut., ii.,8W) in the
electro-deposition of potassium-silver cyanide. 1 have also noticed
a similar state of affairs with copper. When a solution of potassium
cuprous cyanide is electrolyzed with a platinum anode at a voltaee
below that at which metallic copper is deposited on the cathode,
yellowish-brown crusts of cupric cyanide separate out on the anode.
These dissolve in the electrolyte when stirred. Fragments of the
crusts that drop from the anode on the cathode are reduced to metal-
lic copper. At a higher voltage metallic copper comes down on the
cathode from the solution generally. I have also noticed a similar
tiling in electrolyzing potassium aurocyanide with platinum elec-
trodes. In order to see this action clearly, it is necessary to avoid
an excess of free KCy.
[To be Continued.)
Rapid and Slow-Drop Stamps in Colorado.
From Our Special Correspondent.
The stamp-mill capacity of Black Hawk, Central
City and Nevadaville is shown by the following list
of the mills in the district :
Ponn Mill 25
Iron City 26
Randolph go
New York 75
Gilpin 50
Black Hawk 125
F.aglo 35
Polar Star 40
Prize 86
Meade 4(1
Hidden Treasure 76
Climax is
Kipp & Buell . i!0
Vendome (old mill) -Jo
Vendomo (now mill) - . . 30
Gold Coin 4Q
Total .
..ns
Of this number, about 500 stamps are now drop-
ping. Of the mills, all have the old Gilpin county
slow-drop stamps, excepting the new Vendome, the
Iron City, Eagle and Penn, the last-named having
ten rapid-drop stamps and fifteen slow-drops. The
slow-drop stamps run about thirty drops to the min-
ute and the rapid-drops about sixty-five. The slow-
drops will crush on the average about one ton to the
stamp per day and the fast-drops, it is claimed, have
about double that capacity. The slow-drop Gilpin
county stamp weighs 525 pounds, drops 19 inches in
a low mortar with deep issue. It is maintained by a
staunch advocate of the old style mill that, owing to
a peculiarity of the ores handled, better results are
obtained from a slower motion than from the more
rapid — that where a little time is not given for the
materials to settle, it will either scour off the plates
or not come in contact. In the same mill the aver-
age amalgamation is about two-thirds, inside. The
plates used are 4Jx8 feet, in connection with which is
the well known Gilpin county bumper, for concentra-
tion.
On the other hand, competent millmen here, who
are operating both the rapid and slow-drop stamps,
and who have been making tests of the same ore in
the two kinds of mills, assert that, with the rapid-
drop stamps, the milling capacity is not only doubled
but the results on the plates are more satisfactory, a
better saving being effected. They maintain that
better results are attained by the rapid motion, and
that, by giving the plates the proper inclination, the
danger of scouring them off is obviated. The new
rapid-drop mills are equipped with modern appli-
ances, which require no handling of the ore from the
bins till the process is complete.
While it cannot be denied that the old-time Gilpin
county mills have always done good work, and that
they made Gilpin county mine development possible
in earlier days, the general belief is that they will
gradually be supplanted by the fast-drop stamps as
rapidly as changes are made, and that new mills wil.
hereafter be of the later pattern. There are condi-
tions now existing which have to be met by the stamp
mills, calling for more rapid work and, if possible,
closer saving. The Denver and Pueblo smelters now
make a much lower charge for treatment than for-
merly, and the Gulf road makes the following freight
rates on ore from Black Hawk to Denver, which are
regarded as very low and advantageous to mine op-
erators: Ores below $10 per ton in value, SI per ton;
ores running from SIO to $30, a rate of $1.50 per ton;
running above $30, a rate of $2 per ton. Under these
conditions, a much larger proportion of Gilpin
county ores go to the smelters than formerly. It is
estimated now that about 1500 tons of ore per month
are being shipped to the smelters, and that the
year's work shows an increase of from 25% to 35% of
smelter sulphurets over those of 1895.
This all means, not a decrease of mill work, but a
heavy increase in the production of the district. It
means that such ores as are non-amalgamable, not
adapted to either mill or concentrator, which for-
merly would not pay to ship, are now capable of
being sent to the smelters at a profit. The iron and
copper pyrite nature of these ores makes them de-
sirable at the smelters.
The Rocky Mountain concentrating mill at Black
Hawk, which treats from 1000 to 1500 tons of ore
per month, is doing very satisfactory work with the
ores heavy in iron pyrites, and is successful with
those of a low grade as well as the higher grade.
This plant distinctively fills a place in the district,
since it is able to handle that class of refractory low-
grade ore which would not bear shipment to the
smelters and with which the stamp mills can do
nothing. It should not be overlooked, however,
that all the mills of the county apply a subsidiary
concentration, which enables them to effect a
higher saving than they have sometimes been given
credit for.
An item having some bearing upon the relative mer-
its of the slow and rapid-drop stamps for this district,
is the fact that the Vendome Company, having a
25-stamp slow-drop mill, this year put $30,000 into a
30-stamp rapid-drop plant, which is now operating
at full force, while the old mill is inactive. I do not
overlook the fact, though, that the bulk of the work
of the county is being done by the old-style mills.
Central City, Deo. 30th, '96. Wasoott,
50
Mining and SciENTiFin Press.
January 16, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CAIilFOKNIA.
Lcdiicr: The drift south from tbe 700-foot
level in the Central Eureka has been re-
opened and extended 300 feet. In the bottom
a large mass of quartz has been encountered
which carries good looking sulphurets.
Lane & Hayward, who have been operating
the Treasure mine and sunk the shaft 400
feet, have suspended operations and ordered
everything to be taken out of the property.
The Baliol mill on Sutter Creek is nearlng
completion.
The Eastern owner of the Pocahontas has
ordered the shaft driven to the 1000-foot
level before any prospecting of the ledge be
done.
Butte.
Mercury: On tbe Middle Fork below
Moore town there are four small stamp mills.
Placer claims are being worked by J. H.
Grubbs at Mooretown, Williams & Sons, Kit-
rick Bros., Dougherty and Nelson at Lumpkin.
Savage and Garrison are working DeLapp's
claim on the Middle Fork, and some other
claims are being operated on the same stream.
The Gold Bank mine at Forbestown has a
40-stamp mill, canvas plant and chlorination
works. About 100 men are now employed,
and the Golden Queen mine, recently pur-
chased by Mr. Scow, is being worked through
the Gold'Bank.
S. O. Conlyli has just completed a 5-stamp
mill on his mine by the river.
The Burlington mine will be prospected by
two shafts 500 feet apart, striking the ledge
at a depth of 400 feet.
An Eastern company is running a tunnel on
the Missown mine and are in* 400 feet. They
expect to tap the ledge within 35 feet.
Calaveras.
Angels Voice: The Maltman mine has been
cleared of mud and water—the accumulations
of thirty years. The shaft, which is down
about SO feet, has been put in good condition
and sinking has begun.
W. H. Clarj^ Jr., of Railroad Plat has a
bond on the Petticoat mine at that place, and
has everything in readiness to pump out the
water.
Moujitain Echo: The machinery on the
Great Western mine, owned by F. Baum-
hogger, was started up for the first time last
week, and the work of sinking the shaft and
otherwise developing the mine will now be
carried on.
Chronicle: The Lone Star or Hurley mine
at West Point has been sold by the shei'iff to
.1. R. Smith. The mine, mill and ditches
brought S16,500.
A shipment of 07 ounces of gold was made
from the North Star gravel mine last week.
The mill at the Moser mine has been shut
down and about half of the force of men dis-
charged. The work of sinking is being prose-
cuted, and it is expected to have everything
running in full blast by the 1st of February.
Old works were broken into at the El En-
cino mine last week; and owing to the large
body of water encountered, all work had to be
suspended; The company intend to at once
rid the mine of water, when operations will
again be resumed.
Angels Voice: The mines at Copperopolis
and at Campo Seco are idle, and the produc-
tion of copper for the past few years is from
the leaching of ore piles.
In the Madison mine the inclined shaft has
reached a depth of 1350 feet. L'evels are
opened at every lOU feet, the longest being at
the 900 level, where a drift extends 1000 feet
north toward the Gold Cliff, and also from the
shaft 500 feet south. Other levels are each
several hundred feet long. The surface plant
consists of water-power hoist and air com-
pressor and a 40-stamp mill. Air drills are
used almost exclusively in this mine. Thirty-
eight men are employed.
The Iron Rock, near Angels, after years of
idleness, is being reopened by Geo. W. Mc-
Near of Oakland. Five men are emploj'ed.
At the Carson Creek mine near Robinson's
Ferry a new air compressor has beeh put in
and the mine systematically developed. The
hoist and 40-stamp mill are run by water
power. Forty-two men are employed.
Citizen: The new 40-stamp mill at the
Gwin mine is crushing low-grade ore from the
1200, 1300 and 1400 levels. The ledge at the
1400 foot level, which was cut some time
since, shows up 15 feet wide. No slopes have
been started as yet, the ore being taken from
the breasts. The mill is illuminated by sixty
electric lights, furnished from the new elec-
tric plant.
At the Venus mine at Campo Seco the shaft
has been sunk to a depth of li)U feet and cross-
cutting has begun. Several stringers have
been cut, all of which prospect well. Prepar-
ations are now being made to erect a hoist.
A new 40 horse-power double engine has
been built for the Ford mine.
Kl Dorndo.
(Special Correspondence). —The Jeffrie
Gravel Mine Co., one and one-half miles east
of town, is completing a 10-stamp mill. The
tunnel has reached (J25 feet, and 100 feet ad-
ditional will be run, when an upraise will be
made to the channel.
The tunnel on the Union quartz mine, one
mile from town, is now in 300 feet, and 130
feet more will reach the shaft, which is 140
feet deep on a 6-foot ledge.
J. v. Selby, who has bonded eighty acres
on the Larkin ranch for a Montana company,
expects to let a contract this week forSOO feet
of shaft and other development work.
Isaac y. Doan, the San Francisco oyster
king, has bought a oue-third interest and as-
sociated himself with L. D. Graeter in the
Jeffrie gravel mine.
O. W. Frost has begun work on the prop-
erty recently purchased from Skinner & Co.,
one-half mile north of town.
Nugget: J. L. Hous of Shingle Springs has
bonded to E. McCue, El Dorado Flat, below
Shingle Springs.
A shaft has been sunk on the Manzanita
gold quartz mine, Kelsey district. It is fol-
lowing a 4-foot ledge with good prospects.
Hill Bros., of El Dorado, have finished a run
on ore from their mine adjoining the Union
gold mine, El Dorado district, milled at the
Union gold mine, that netted S40 per ton.
Sinking at the Amazon, Kelsey district, is
stopped on account of too much water. Drifts
are being started from near the bottom.
loyo.
Begistcr: A syndicate has an expert at Fish
Springs district with a view to getting most
of the claims on the hill.
A. G. McAfee's copper claims twenty miles
northeast of Alvord are attracting attention
since the bonding of the Sanger-Danielson
copper properties at Saline valley. This is
one of the most extensive copper croppings on
the coast.
Kern.
Califiirnian: Mining men are interested in
the discoveries being made in Keysville and
Havilah districts.
H. W. Blaisdel has closed down his works
on the O'Brien property, but intends to re-
sume shortly.
About eighteen mining claims were filed
for record to-day, most of them from Havilah
and Kernville.
Mariposa.
Gazette: The Merced Gold Mining Company
has about thirty men employed on the tram-
way. The dam is nearlng completion.
Wm. McGinn is negotiating for the sale of
his mine in Quartzburg, the Number One, to
California capitalists.
Nevada.
Union : The hoisting works at the Indian
Ranch mine have been put in and are now
running.
Union : Supt. Dawson has commenced sink-
ing the shaft at the Gold Hill mine. The
mill is kept running most of the time, al-
though the vein at present is a rather small
one.
Transcript : The Eagle Bird is about to
change hands, and it is expected to start up in
a month.
Placer.
Sentinel: Woods, Bailey & Co. have fin-
ished their contract for the Blue Canyon
Mining and Development Company, and the
directors have put on men by the day.
Work was commenced last week on the
Buena Vista quartz ledge, in Bunce canyon.
Captain H. Newton of Lincoln and Geo. A.
Tubbs of San Francisco have purchased a half
interest from Thos. Buckley. The Buena
Vista ledge is about 3% feet in width.
G. B. McCullough and D. H. Mills, who own
the M and M quartz mine, on the lower end of
Gillis hill, are Building a ditch from Niggar
ravine to their ledge.
Bulletin: The Quincy Mining and Water
Company have completed their debris dam at
Green flat, work on which was interrupted
by the early storms in October. The com-
pany have fitted up their mine at Bean hill.
McElroy, Konradi and McElroy are work-
ing Gopher hill diggings with success.
At Johnsville the new Jamison mill, S. W.
Cheyney, manager, has begun crushing ore.
The ten stamps crush thirty tons daily.
Thirty men are employed.
The Pour Hills Company have resumed run-
ning and crushing ore with the 10-stamp mill.
About twenty-five men are now employed.
It is understood that the Plumas-Eureka
mine will resume work next spring.
Itidcpcndcnt : All work has stopped at the
Thistle shaft for the present. The water for
several days past has raised fifteen inches in
twenty-four hours. The source of this supply
is generally believed to be from a rift in the
pipe clay over which a stream had heretofore
run.
The new tunnel in the Bald Mountain Ex-
tension drift mine, being run for the upper
part of the channel, is making good progress
through soft bedrock. Pay gravel is still be-
ing taken out from the lower ground. There
are at least three miles or more of undevel-
oped channel northward to the end of the Ex-
tension claim, besides the deep, lava-capped,
ancient river beds of what were evidently
secondary streams and other leads above un-
prospected.
San Bernardino.
Independent: J. W. Wilson and Wm. Bald-
ridge have sold their group of five claims at
Twenty-nine Palms to H. U. Mudge of the
Santa Fe, and development work is goingrap-
idly forward. Four shafts are now down 45,
25, 50 and 18 feet, respectively, the ore body
running from 3% to 3'.j feet in thickness and
ranging in value from SIS to S220 a ton— free
milling. They now have in contemplation the
erection of a 10-slamp mill at Wilson's place,
at Twenty-nine Palms, on Deadman's lake.
Two months ago Superintendent Church
came down from the north for the people who
had bonded the property from E. J. Baldwin,
hired twenty men and put them to work on
the old Gold Mountain mine, in the Bear Val-
ley district, on which no work had been done
since the burning of the large stamp mill
twenty years ago. Work has been suspended
and the men notified that there will be no re-
sumption of operations.
San Dieg:o.
Sentinel: At Picacho the assessment work
has been done on 2.o0 mines during the past
two months.
The Golden Dream mill will soon be ready
to run.
In the White Gold basin the Pleiades group
of five mines leads on with the largest bodies
of ores discovered in this section. Col. Allen
has ordered a 60-ton mill for his group.
The Capella group of five mines, situated
also in the White Gold belt, is being opened
preparatory for another 60-ton mill.
Shasta.
Free Pi-ess : E. P. Connor has contracted
with the Mountain Copper Company to sell
them 3000 tons of low-grade ore from his mine
on Salt creek.
Sierra.
The old Hawkeye mine at Potosi, owned by
Overstreet, Todd & Co., is employing ten
men. Good paying ground is being worked.
Colonel Massy of Chicago is having consid-
erable work done on the copper mine on the
north fork of Canyon creek. It is said that
this lode yields a large percentage of copper.
A contract has been let to run 300 feet of tun-
nel to tap the lode.
The mill has been closed down and most of
the men have been laid off at the Sierra gold
mine. It is understood that they will start
up again as soon as they can devise some
means of saving the sulphurets. About nine
men have been kept to run the tunnel.
Siskiyou.
News : Work is progressing on the Brown
Bear group of quartz mines, Salmon river.
The ledge has been tapped by tunnel 400 feet
below the croppings, with richer ore than in
any of the upper tunnels.
The new company that purchased the Last
Chance mine, near Callahans, has constructed
a canal and turned Scott river through it, to
work the bed of the river with an elevator.
Mr. Fore and associates have purchased hy-
draulic property on Salmon river.
Taolumne.
(Special Correspondence).— In the Provi-
dence mine, near Carters, sinking and tunnel-
ing have developed a large body of ore, and
an arrastra will be put up for making tests,
with a view to putting up a stamp mill.
Machinery fora mill with a capacity of sixty
tons a day has been purchased in San Fran-
cisco for the Modoc mine, owned by George
McGillivray and W. E. Meek of San Francis-
co. This is a new mine, near the Buchanan,
discovered about three months ago. A pay
chute has been opened up over 400 feet long,
averaging 15 feet in width, with ore that will
all pay from S6 up to very rich, streaks that
give high yields.
Union-Democrat : At the Confidence the
30-stamp mill is completed and was started
up last week. Twenty miners are employed.
At the Arbona a 200-foot tunnel taps a vein
varying in size from 2 to 5% feet in width,
the ore of which gave an assay value of from
$6toS60. Drifts have been run north and
south and sinking has been commenced.
A tunnel is being run to tap the vein below
the shaft on the Mohican, near the Sepainole
group.
The Morris Bros, of Chinese Camp have
struck high-grade ore in the Andrew Johnson
mine. Arrangements are being made for
working the property on a large scale.
Banner: Additional stamps are to be placed
in the App mill.
The foundation for a 20-stamp mill is being
laid at the Miller & Holmes mine.
A new mill is to be erected at the Golden
Rule this spring.
The Soulsby mine has started up its mill.
The Jumper people are preparing to place an
electric plant on their property. The power
will be taken from Sullivan creek.
The Bellview mine and property have been
sold to the California Exploration Company
for 1150,000. The new owners took possession
last week.
NEVA1>A.
The cyanide plant on the property of the
Dexter Mining Company at Tuscarora has
started up again under the direction of Man-
ager Puller, and the output increased twenty-
five tons daily. The plant, which was work-
ing most satisfactorily when the cold weather
settled over that locality, was out of doors,
and at the first freeze-up was shut down.
Means were devised to overcome the cold and
the result was the housing of the tanks, the
erection of a boiler and the heating of the
plant with steam.
Pioche Record: The strike in the old West
Point claim, west of town, has renewed in
terest in that vicinity and several claims
which it was proposed to let run out were pro-
tected by the owners at the last moment.
Central Nevadan : Forty men are employed
at the Adelaide copper mine, near Golconda,
this winter.
Lyon County Times : Considerable work has
been done on the Logan & Hully mine, and it
is reported that the old Welter mill will be
torn down and moved to the mine and work
commenced on an extensive scale. There is
low-grade ore enough in sight to keep a 10-
stamp mill running for ten years.
Walker Lake Bulletin : At Silver Peak the
tunnel on the Mary mine is in 860 feet, the
last 40 feet being in porphyry and quartz,
which resembles the old Comstock very much.
A few weeks ought to develop pay ore.
Tule canyon placers are still turning out
gold.
Leidy, Raush and others, White mountains
west of Fish lake valley, have average assays
of §21 in gold, 74 ozs. silver and 40 per cent
lead.
Pioche Record: The main topic of conver-
sation at De Lamar at the present time is the
big strike in the Magnolia mine at Helena.
The strike in the old West Point claim west
of Pioche has renewed interest in that vicin-
ity, and several claims which it was proposed
to let run out were protected by the owners
at the last moment.
Austin Reveille: The Keystone mill has been
started up preparatory for a regular run.
The Wenban-Cortez mill at Cortez is run-
ning day and night at full capacity.
The quartz mill at the mouth of the Lander
Hill tunnel in Pony canyon, at old Clifton,
will be completed in a very short time by the
Austin Mining Company.
Gold Creek News : At the Oro Grande mine
a ledge of ore gave an assay value of $27 a ton
in gold. The owners have given Ogden people
a three-fourths interest to develop the prop-
erty and put a mill on it.
At the Gold creek placers the reservoir will
when finished hold over 900,000,000 gallons of
water. It covers 137 acres. The plans con-
template the further raising of the dike and
dam 25 feet when i ts capacity will be increased
to 3,000,000,000 gallons. The inlet ditch will
also be completed this month. It is 8
miles long 4 feet on the bottom with a 3X foot
grade and is designed to carry 3000 miners'
inches. Work on the distributing ditches
will proceed during the winter to prepare for
placer mining in the spring. Then 40,000 yards
of gravel a day can be handled, much of
which carries more than a dollar in gold to
the yard.
OREGON.
Baker City Democrat : There are now about
twenty men at work at the Maxwell, on Rock
creek, and it is expected that the mill will be
started up within a few days.
Aboujp twenty miners are at work at the
Baisley-Elkhorn mine under the management
of Mr. Symras, and it is expected the mill will
again be running soon after January 1.
A. Geiser, superintendent of the Bonanza,
has bought for §15,000 the Pyx and will oper-
ate it this season.
Bedrocli-Demoo'at: In the Cracker Creek
district the North Pole is developed 3000 feet
or more, one tunnel being 1700 feet in length.
An upraise of 500 feet in height is about com-
pleted. In the lower, or Baring gold tunnel,
the ore vein is 6 feet in width in the face, and
ore is of high grade and concentrating in
character. In the stopes the vein is 8 feet in
width. In the upper levels the vein varies
from 6 to 12 feet in width.
Grants Pass Mining Journal: A short bond
has been given to Tacoma parties on the Big
Mountain mine in Missouri Plat.
About forty men are employed on the Black
Gold Channel mines building a reservoir and
ditches.
The purchasers of the Olalla placer ground
have organized as the Paradise Alley Mining
Co. and are now pushing work rapidly. Over
fifty men are employed.
Rogue River Courier: The Black Channel
mine is being run by the old Shotwell Com-
pany of Seattle and forty-five men are em-
ployed.
Baylord & Iliff's pumping plant is in opera-
tion on the banks of Rogue river. Six men
are employed at the plant and fifteen in the
timber cutting wood for it. Eight cords are
burned up in twenty-four hours. Already a
big hole has been piped in the bank.
The nickel mine at Riddle will, it is said,
start up in the spring.
WASHINGTON.
Spokesman-Review: The Lalla Rookh group
of mines on Colville mountain, two miles
above Cascade City, was bonded about a week
ago to Toronto parties for $75,000.
The Young America and Cliff Consolidated
Mining Company has been incorporated with
a capital stock of S1,000,000 to work the Bluff,
Sunset. Young America and Cliff, within one-
half mile of Bossburg, Stevens county. A
compressor plant has been arranged for.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Several discoveries have been made close to
Vancouver City. Copper deposits have been
located on Frederic's Arm. Copper deposits
directly opposite Vancouver and four miles
across the inlet have also been located, while
other copper claims have been staked close to
the water dam which supplies the city with
drinking water.
Spuhcsman-Review : The War Eagle mine at
Rossland has been sold by Patrick Clark to
the Gooderham-Blackstock syndicate, Toronto,
Ontario. The price is in the neighborhood of
$850,000. Up to the present time the War
Eagle has paid $187,500 in dividends and has
large reserves of ore. It was located in 1889
by Joe Morris and Joe Bourgeoise. and passed
through all of the ups and downs, mostly
downs, to the discouragement of the owners,
before passing into the hands of the present
company, in 1894. Systematic development
was commenced the same year, and in the
summer of 1895 the first dividend, of S37,500,
was declared. This syndicate some time ago
purchased the Crown Point. A new corpora-
tion will be formed, and will include the War
Eagle, Crown Point group of mines, the Tiger
and Uncle Sam. All of these, excepting the
War Eagle, are located in the south belt of
the Rossland district. In addition to these, a
number of Slocan properties will be included.
At Rossland the recent discoveries of high-
grade argentiferous galena on the south belt,
in addition to the known existence of aurifer-
ous copper and iron sulphides of shipping
value, have greatly stimulated work in this
section of the camp.
A seven-drill compressor has been placed on
the Homestake and a contract let for the in-
stallation of a ten-drill plant on the Lee.
North & Govan have cabled their agents to
commence work on the Little Darling and
Flossie L. at once.
At Ainsworth Braden & Mathews, owners
of the Tariff, have bought a boiler and pump
and will put on a large force of miners at once
and will begin shipping ore.
The King Solomon Company will also begin
work very soon. Tbeirs is a high-grade silver
proposition.
The Dellie is still making good progress
with their tunnel, having driven nearly 300
feet. At 250 feet in on the tunnel a stringer
of rich ore. running nearly parallel with the
tunnel, was cut.
From East Kootenay, near Fort Steele, dur-
ing the past year, the North Star mine shipped
3300 tons of ore.
The Invicta Hydraulic Company are pros-
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pectine for the channel on their claims on the
Wild Horse. They are now takiog good pay
5U feci above ihe bedrock.
A Montreal syndicate will put in a bedrock
flume on Perry creek, about 3U miles from
Fort Steele.
A number of claims od Perry creek have
been opened up this winter and several have
been bonded to outside people.
Spokane 'Vironki'; In the Deadwood camp
of the Boundary district. theGreat Hope mine
has been sold fo'r, It is understood, *I-*,(XK).
It is estimated that the necessary plant and
machinery for the complete equipment of the
Currie mine, near Silverton, B. C, wlU cost
about rio.oou.
MintuuJ"nrniit: J. E. Young, who has been
in charge of the Pittsburg dredger, slates
that about forty days were spent in operating
and piospecting with the dredger. For the
last few days from *40 to $70 per day was
taken out, "and the work was much inter-
rupted by uuforseen diWculties thai experi-
ence only can overcome. The last work was
done on nearly bare bedrock, the rot^k being
decayed, and'was dug out several inches in
depth, and in this most of the gold taken out
was found. The machinery gave out seveml
times, but can be easily reroedied. While the
cost of the dredger was more than was lig-
ured on before beginning, and the results so
far not brilliant, enough was done to satisfy
ihem that this pattern can be worked suc-
cessfully and money made with it in the river
beds of Cariboo. The Underwood dredger will
have some changes in its machinery, but will
no doubt be operated next season. The Alex-
andria dredger did not pay. Other parties
from Chicago, Pittsburg and other sections
contemplate going into dredging, and the
question of cleaning up ihe rich beds of old
rivers in Cariboo will without doubt in some
way be solved In the near future. So far,
while no dredger in the country has been a
complete success, it cannot be said, with the
exception of one or two cases, that they have
been a failure. Within a few years there
will be dozens of dredgers on the Fraser,
Quesnelle, Nechaco, Blackwater, Smoky and
other rivers in British Columbia.
Salt Lake TW/nmo: The vein developed in
the Silver King is perhaps the largest that
has been uncovered at Park City, and at one
station is as much as 127 feet between walls,
the quartzile supporting and the lime under-
lying the ore body. At the same point is a
breast of ore 110 feet in width, while at places
it is over 60 feet in depth. .
It is said that overtures have been made to
the owners of the Independent Tesora, at
Mammoth, and that as soon as the workings
from which the water is now being pumped
are dried, an expert examination' will lake
place to determine what price shall be fixed
upnn it.
At Richfield the Butler-Beck mine has been
sold at auction to Judge W. W. Wallace for
$8578. It is one of t he oldest and best known
mines of Gold mountain, and the auction price
is considered almost nominal. Upon the sev-
eral claims has been done about 1000 feet of
development work, that has showed up the
ledges in good shape, the largest vein being 5
feet wide and assaying $12 gold, 2 to 5 ounces
of silver. The new owner announces that he
will commence active operations in the spring.
The mill is not large enough to pi-operly han-
dle the ore, and one of the first requisites will
be a series of tests to ascertain the best
method of treatment.
Mammoth Record: The new air compressor
and machinery of the Emerald Company have
been placed in position and are now in opera-
tion. The shaft is down 410 feet, and sinking
at the rate of about 2^^ feet a shift will be
continued to a depth of To'o feet, when drifting
will be commenced on theOOO and 700 levels.
Shipments from Tintic district for the past
year nearly equal the amount shipped from all
the other camps in Utah combined.
Tribune: The deal in which Capt, De La-
mar has contracted to pay .? 1,500, 000 for the
Mercur mine is doing much tostimulato inter-
est in the diggings of the camp, and it is
reported that negotiations have now com-
menced between Charles Butters and the
ovpners of ground over there in which ore
enough has already been blocked out to justify
the erection of a mill early the present sea-
son.
Bingham Bullet i)i : There were twenty-
eight certificates of location filed in the re-
corder's office of West Mountain district be-
tween the 1st and 4th insts. Included were
several well-known former locations, jumped
by parties who knew them to be delinquent
but valuable.
The 200 level of the Winnamuck is showing
six feet of ore that averages fifty ounces in
silver.
The force on the Starlus mine is to be in-
creased.
Mercur Mercuru : ' West Dip continues to be
the Mecca for mining men, and the week has
seen no diminution of the rush to that section.
A great deal of bonding and leasing has been
done, and several sub rosa sales are reported.
The De Lamar people are still operating the
Daisy group under their option. La Cigale
is opening up greater ore bodies. On the Pat-
terson group the vein has been uncovered and
ore running $2 and ■?:i exposed. The Mercur
Gold Production Company has 64 ore in its
Edna May claim, and good prospects for a
mine at little depth. Scheu and Mayne have
the vein io the Black Dog and Gray Rooster,
while north of Ophir canyon they are develop-
ing the Mississippi, Black Pearl, St. John and
Emma groups, and have defined the vein in
each of these properties.
Several representatives of big English con-
cerns have been in the camp. The first to ar-
rive was Prof. Mitchell, who has been here
some weeks, ostensibly making a study of
the geology of the camp. He was followed by
Charles Butters from Johannesburg, who is
popularly supposed to be here for the purpose
I of experimenting with the ores with the Sie-
meus-Halske pi-ocess. Later in the week V.
j M. Clements arrived. He was of the staff of
I John Hays Hammond at Johannesburg. It is
I said E. Hates Dorsey is also en route to the
camp.
Tintic -Vfricr: Tbeshowing now being made
in the Bulllon-Bock Is reported to be the i
flncst in the history of the mine. Local
parties who visited the workiugsof the mine
this week say that there is more ore in sight
' than they ever before saw in any mine.
j It Is reported that the drift on the 700 level
I of the Grand Central has reached the ore [
1 channel. [
I Lester Taylor, Thomas Wimmer and Ed ;
! Collet of Payson purchased a iwo-thlrda (n- '
lerest in the Defender and one-fourth in the
Kuby claims, lying west of the West Cable \
property. The drift on the 700 level of the ,
Grand Central is now in 700 feet and is being |
! pushed with the greatest possible haste to- j
ward the ore bodv. j
At SilverCity the Trade Dollar group milled
during the year 7S92 ions of ore in its 10-
stamp mill, saving 92.41 per cent of the assay
value. One carload of ore, weighing 22,84(j
t>ounds. shipped to the smelter, gave returns
of$.50,-13S.S7.
Spokane chrtmiclc: At Florence in the Ban-
ner the principal shaft is down 100 feet and a
contract has been lot to sink 100 feel more.
At the 100-foot level drifts are being run 200
feet each ivay. All the drifts and sliafts are
in a good cfass of free milling ore. A 10-
stump mill will be put in in the spring.
On the Gold Bug the principal tunnel is
now in about 500 feet, which gives a depth of
about 125 feet. The ore body averages 2 feet
in width.
One company which has been placering in
the Florence "basin for a number of years is
said to have taken out more during last sum-
mer than in all the five years preceding that
put together.
MONTANA.
I Butte Miner: A rich strike is reported from
I the Gold Flint, On the mine in the past a
I great deal of money has been spent and it has
I yielded its owners several hundred thousand
! dollars. The lead was lost several years ago,
1 and after the property changed hands several
j limes the big lead is again found.
I Inlcr-Miniiitain : The Colorado company be-
I gan operations last week on the Betsy Dahl,
; at Meaderville. A shaft-house has been
j erected, the engine and boiler are now in
; place, and in a day or two the work of pump-
ing out the mine will begin.
The old Amber mine, at Marmlon, in New
, York gulch, twenty miles northeast of Hel-
'■ ena, promises a largely increased output for
I the year. It is being operated by Buffalo, N.
; Y.. capitalists and is under the management
of Prof. J. H. Kerr. To treat the concentrates
a cyanide plant will be erected as early in the
; spring as the work can be accomplished. The
I machinery and material for the new plant has
I been purchased.
j A. M. Esler. who has been running the
j Eureka mine at Rimini since last spring, has
I during the time mined and concentrated 10.000
! tons of ore. The property has given employ-
ment during the time to about 100 men.
The improvements at the Original have
I been completed and a few men put to work.
i Sinking will be begun in a few days from the
I SOO level.
The Colorado company has arranged for the
purchase of the Old Glory at Centerville for
§4.^,000.
Inter- Mountain: At the Boston & Montana
works the concentrator, which had been
closed for three months, has been started up
and forty men put to work in that department
alone. The management announces that every
department will henceforth run full blast,
and that as soon as provision can be made for
them 200 more men than were ever before em-
ployed will be at work.
Western Mhiiuq U'lirld : Work is resumed
on the Consolidated Mining Company's prop-
erty, Cable district.
William Cliff of Gilt Edge is driving a tun-
nel in 200 feet on his coal property. When
completed this will put over 10,000 tons of coal
in sight, for which he receives :?2. 50 per ton
at the mine.
At Clancy sixty men are on the pay roll of
the East Pacific mine, the property lately
purchased by R. A. Bell.
A syndicate has a diamond boring drill in
operation near Missoula, prospecting coal beds.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Thnrs: At the new district
west from Ragged Top and across Spearfish
canyon, over 500 claims have been located and
recorded, with probably double that number
simply staked. Float, rock is found in abun-
dance that assays from ^-1 to §2S0 gold per ton.
Development work is retarded hy the deep
snow.
The new machinery and castings to remodel
the Richmond silver mill in Galena camp to an
80-stamp gold mill have been ordered. The
Union Hill Company are now working forty-
five men on iheir Richmond-Sitting Bull
mine at Galena and taking out a large amount
of ore,
A large vein of silver-lead ore carrying a
little gold has been opened up on the Silver
Mountain group of claims, near the head of
Slate creek. Assays show 45 per cent lead
and OS 7 ounces silver per ton. The vein has
been opened at several points for 300 feet in
width and shows a stratified mass of quartz,
slates and schists.
The report is current that siliceous ore sim-
ilar to the Ragged Top ores has been discov-
ered at Bull springs, near Hell's canyon, in
the limestone belt in Custer county. Custer
j is reported nearly depopulated.
j There was a great deal of relocating claims
j going on New Year day, though so far as
j heard from but a very little jumping. Those
I who might be disposed to jump claims have
been quieted by the recent action of the
miners at Ragged Top.
Another Ragged Top camp has been found
in the Spearfish Buttes, up the canyon from
Spearfish town. The discovery consists of a
3-loot vertical vein of ore iu the limestone
formation.
The St. Elmo M. & M. Co. having demon-
strated the value of the ore in Iheir claims,
near Hill City, by runs in their 2-stamp mill,
have decided to erect a 2'.t-starap mill.
^Vork has been resumed in the Ruby Bell
mine in Ruby basin, after four years of nearly
continuous idleness.
COLORADO.
(Special Correspondence). — The Mountain
Chief mine, adjoining the Tom Boy, near Tol-
luride, was recently sold by A. J. Clark and
B. W. Thayer to L.*H, Jackson of Denver for
$100,000, there being a cash payment of
$15,000. The Mountain Chief is" partially
developed.
Itockii Mountain Neivx: At Cripple Creek the
output of the principal producers for IS'.tU in
smelling, chlorination and cyanide mill ores
was as follows :
yo. of Value. Total
ToiiK. per Ton. Vatu'.
Portland ae.iXW tJO $1 6-JK.00(i
ludependence ki.duO 00 Oimmmni
Isabella lU.OOO 00 600,(X)0
Doctor o.ntio im onu.cnn
E I k I on ; . . . 1 .000 65 45^.01 )U
Victor f... H.UKl 31 434,000
El Paso . - 6,000 62 372.(XK>
ADchoria-Leiand 4, WW 65 ;ii2.i)00
Strong 3,2(X) 91) L'8W,000
Mouse 2,600 !I0 '^34,000
Union 4,400 60 -HU.im
Gold Coin b.OOO 40 yiJO.OOO
Lust Dollar 5,000 40 :; KI.OOO
Anaconda G.iW 30 lti6,000
JelTcrson 2,000 75 15:i,000
Moon- Anchor 2.400 45 108.000
Prince Albert 2.300 45 103 500
Ironclad 3.000 40 120,000
Thf resa ■ 1.200 70 84.000
Kaven 2.700 30 81,000
Vindicator 1,600 45 82.000
Garfleld-Grouse 600 120 72,000
Pharmacisl 1.000 50 50,000
Tillie 2,500 40 50.(JOO
Golil Crater 3.000 ») 60 000
NellieV 400 120 48,000
Legal Tender 1 600 25 40,000
Arcadia 600 75 45.000
Christmas 700 45 31.000
Luckv Gus 800 40 32,0Wi
Geneva 1,000 30 30,000
Los Angeles 600 40 24,000
Grouse 600 45 27,000
Abe Lincoln 400 50 20,000
Sq.M. Tunnel 200 90 18,000
Granite 300 60 18,000
Hair Moon 300 50 15,000
Work ■ 7.50 30 22.500
Colo City.... 250 40 10.000
Lincoln 150 40 6,000
Thompson 120 50 6,000
Bogart 100 60 6,000
Coriolanus 150 50 7,500
Keystone . . . , 300 35 10,500
Republic.-.: '. 200 30 6.200
Favorite 400 30 12,000
All others .30.000 54 1 ,638,000
Total 193,420 . . $9,726,500
Republican : At Idaho Springs tellurium ore
has been cut in the Chicago Bell vein. It is
4 inches wide and came in in live rock after it
had changed from the surface quartz.
J. H. Shepherd is opening some new bodies
of ore in the Shafter mine through the lower
level in the 600-foot shaft. The streak is all
pay and measures 30 inches wide.
In the Jack Rabbit mine a new body of ore
has been opened through the adit level, and
the streak measures 2V^ feet wide.
The Eagle River Tunnel and Mining Com-
pany has incorporated with a capital stock of
5^3,000,000. The scene of the company's opera-
tions will be on Battle mountain, on ground
lying between and adjacent to both the towns
of Red Cliff and Oilman. Some forty claims
owned by Cheeseman and others and fifteen
owned by John J. Hill and others, which will
make tifty-tive in all. have been consolidated.
The preliminary work to starting a large de-
velopment, drainage and transponalion tun-
nel in the quartzite on the Battle mountain
side of Eagle River canyon, near Oilman, in
what is known as Eagle Bird gulch, will be
begun at once.
The number of mineral surveys in 1890 was
almost double the number of 1895. The fol-
lowing table shows the number of surveys ap-
proved in each county of the State :
Voiinty. is!>.:. j.snii.
Boulder 11 25
Clear Creek 23 39
Custer 10 1
ChalTee 5 5
Dolores I 2
Douslas 2
El Paso 375 803
Eagle 3 o
I-'remont 22 155
Gilpin 24 31
Gunnison 15 27
Huerfano 1
Hinsdale 8 8
JelTerson 1 1
Lake 82 52
La Plata 6 2
Mineral 9 2
Montezuma 4 1
Ouray 11 7
Park 9 15
Pitkin 11 11
Rio Grande 3 1
Routt 8
Summit ■. 21 8
Saguache 3 4
San Juan II 15
San Miguel 13 8
Totals 681 1,238
At Cripple Creek Cramner Brothers have
sold a half interest in their lease on the Trail
to Christopher &; Lanterman for $S000, and a
lease on the Big Banta of the Arequa Com-
pany for SIOOO, and the entire group for the
entire 000 feet of the main lease on the Trail
is to be consolidated and worked by the joint
owners.
Jenning's Brothers have opened the second
chute in their Gold Hill territory, and find
there richer ore than in the first one opened
on the Gold King of the Alliance Company.
This time it is in. the Lillian Letand of the
Anchoria-Leland Compan}-.
A sale is under way for a controlling inter-
est in the stock of ihe Mars Consolidated
Company, which owns a group of properties on
Cripple Creek Heights, now being worked by
a number of lessees.
At the Hallett &. Hamburg at Victor new
machinery is to be put on at once and the 4'^-
foot ore body opened at the 100-foot level will
be made to produce more heavily after the
improvements are in place.
Contracts have been lot for 100 feet of sink-
ing on the Little Tom, on Cow mountain, be-
ing worked by W. E. Jones and J. E. Mc-
Duflle. A strong vein has been opened in the
property.
NKW MEXICO.
Silver City EntKrprdte: At Pinos AUos the
Bell & Stevens has been started again on ores
from the Pacific and Mina Grande veins.
Rathbun brothers have a shaft 150 feet
deep on the Monarch mine, with drifts run-
ning north and south from the shaft at the
100-foot level. The pay streak is S to 10 inches
wide and averages $■'*[) per ton at the smelter.
The Treasure Mining Company keeps a force
of fifty men employed at the Atlantic mine
and mill and makes regular shipments of
bullion and coucentraies.
W. C. Chandler has twenty men at work on
the three upper levels of the Mountain Key.
At Central a strike of rich ore has been
made in the bottom of the Texas shaft at a
depth of 2~yi feet.
At Copper Flat fifty men are employed by
the company, thirty io the mines and about
twenty putting the machinery in place for
the new smelter.
At Santa Rita members of a new company
of Colorado who have leased the Oxide, Chino,
Guadaloupe and Yosemlte mines, owned by
the Santa Rita Copper and Iron Company,
will arrive to-morrow. This company has put
up a cash capital of $100,000 to do development
work and extract ore.
A crew of eight men has been put at work
extracting ore from the Elnora mine. The
mill will be started before the end of next
week.
At Carlisle the Steeple Rock Company is
employing 250 men on the properties. A steam
hoist has been placed upon the Jim Crow and
development is being pushed. The company is
extracting from the Nugget mine, the Daven-
port claim and several other properties. Ten
stamps and Huntington pans will be added to
the mill, with which ore will be crushed and
experimental tests made to demonstrate the
best method of treating the ore. After a
process of treatment is decided upon an ex-
tensive plant with a capacity of several hun-
dred tons per day will be erected.
Santa Pe New Mrriean: In Grant county
the Elnora mill at White Signal is completed
and will shortly be started.
At Central the Texas Company are working
twenty-five men in their mine.
Las Cruces Democrat: A rush is taking
place to the Jarilla mountains. Hardly a day
passes biit parties are seen headed for that
camp. There are some of the finest turquoise
properties in the Jarillas to be found iu the
Territory, while others are rich in copper and
some have gold and silver In paying quan-
tities.
ARIZONA.
Yuma Sentinel: Last week at La Fortuna
mine, near Yuma, a new chimney of ore
richer than anything heretofore struck in
that mine, was opened up on the -?00-foot level.
The Excelsior Gold and Silver Mining Com-
pany of Kingman is inviting bids for hauling
SOO tons of material from that place to White
Hills and vicinity. The company owns the
Norma and Treasure mines. Five hundred
tons of wood pipe will be used in bringing
water from Hand springs, seven miles dis-
tant, to the mill at White Hills.
Prescott Journal- Miner: The Planet-Saturn
Company's mill, at Fool's gulch, has been
started up. The mine is opened up to a depth
of 700 feet, and there is 6 feet of good ore at
the bottom of the shaft. Since the company
purchased the property, about fifteen months
ago, they have done about 5000 feet of de-
velopment work.
Tucson Citizen: Ex-Senator H. A. W. Tabor
of Colorado and his brother have a small force
of men at work at the Vulture mine. There
have recently been tests made of the tailings
from the mine that show them to be very rich,
running about S8. 50 to the ton. At Smith's
mill, where the Vulture mine was once lo-
cated, about 15,000 tons of tailings have been
worked the past two years, from which was
cleared about S50.000. Such good results be-
ing obtained by use of the cyanide process
caused Senator Tabor to have an investiga-
tion made of the tailings from the Vulture.
Phoenix Rcvublican: The Canon copper
mines in Coconino county have been bonded
for §13,000 to a Boston company.
An abandoned mine, which was being
worked evidently fifty years ago, has been
discovered near Mountain Springs, seven
miles from Hillside and fifty miles west of
Prescott. The mine was well developed and
is rich in gold. The ore is a red iron oxide.
Jerome Reporter: W. P. Dorsey located an
onyx claim in 18S5 on the lower Gila, near the
Real ranch, which may prove of value. The
vein crops out for a distance of 1000 feet and
varies in thickness from 1 to 40 feet. Mr.
Dorsey recently sent some samples of the
onyx to Tiffany & Co. and was advised that if
it could be mined iu large blocks it would be
worth SI a pound. A force of men will. soon
be put to work taking out the mineral and a
sample carload will be shipped East.
At Congress there are about 400 men on the
company's pay-roll. The cyanide plant is ap-
proaching completion ; the roaster has a ca-
pacity of 100 tons per day. The building
which covers it is 170x75 feet, and it is under-
stood that a mill of eighty stamps capacity
will soon be put in in addition to the forty
stamps now in operation.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 16, 1897.
Geologic Mapping of the Hother
Lode.
Written for tbe Mining and. SciENTlflc Press by
H. C. HOOVEB.
There has been some agitation of
late by the California Miners' Associa-
tion and others looking toward more
geological work by the State. Various
plans have been proposed for carrying
forward such work, but ia every case
there appears a profound lack of in-
formation upon the scope, object and
cost. The proposition to map the
mother lode in detail seems to be the
most prominent project.
The application of geology to mining
beyond the outlining of the controlling
geologic principles of a region is a
matter to be determined in each spe-
cific mine. The searching out of the
general principles is the work of the
Government, and their applicatiou is
the work of the miner. In the first
case the work benefits the class and in
the second it benefits the individual,
and it is no more the business of the
Federal or State Government to un-
dertake such work than to advise the
miner as to his health.
The United States Geological Sur-
vey has mapped and is now publishing
a series of atlases upon a scale of two
miles to the inch, covering the whole
Sierra gold belt. In order to more
thoroughly understand the nature of
the region a detailed study was made
at Nevada City and Grass Valley dis-
tricts, and an atlas published upon the
scale of 1000 feet to the inch. Such
detailed work throughout the region
would be of value, but the expense
would not be compatible with the good
which would result. The general at-
lases, together with the studies of
typical localities, cover all of the
points which it is the duty of the Gov-
ernmeut to determine. To do more
would be to make an expert report up-
on the value and prospects of each
mine, something that neither private
owners nor public oolioy would permit.
Moreover, the Government has no
more right to encroach upon the busi-
ness of the prospector or engineer than
upon that of the physician. It is said
that detailed topographic maps would
be of value to all enterprises in the re-
gion, but the increased cost over the
present maps would not be commensu-
rate with the increased service ren-
dered. For instance, if an individual
wishes to build a ditch he engages an
engineer to make the surveys. The
engineer studies the maps now pub-
lished and learns the general route of
the ditch. To furnish more data than
this would be to survey the ditch it-
self, tor no amount of detail contouring
could dispense with the survey. The
same applies to the location of a gravel
chaunel or a quartz ledge.
Valuable scientific work can only be
performed by specially trained and ex-
perienced men. Because a man knows
the difference between pay and barren
rock is no indication that he can deter-
mine the underlying geological princi-
ples of the district. To get the ser-
vices of such men costs money. The
United States has for years provided a
bureau in charge of the best men and
it has increased in efiSoiency and econ-
omy until there is no better or more
economical work done in the world.
The cost of the general atlases now
published of California is from $5 to
$11 per square mile. The Nevada City
special folio, covering an area of 35.39
square tniles, upon which every detail
of geology and mining data has been
outlined, was $280 per square mile. To
map the whole region now covered by
the general atlases upon this scale
would cost $1,960,000. To map the
mother lode would cost $350,000.
The State of California contains 158,-
000 square miles, of which the United
States Geological Survey has topo-
graphically mapped 35,000 square
miles. Of this about 15,000 square
miles have been geologically mapped
and 7,000 square miles published. The
largest portion of this work lies in the
Sierra gold belt. If the State of Cali-
fornia wished to do geological work
there is plenty of ground to cover
without repeating, and that, too, of
great value to the State. But the
most valuable geological work has not
been accomplished by areal mapping,
regardless of the value of the region.
It has been, as in the States of Penn-
sylvania, Arkansas and Missouri, by
special work upon special subjects by
specially trained men. For instance, a
complete report upon California's
borax or asphaltum or gold, describing
their geology, mining, reduction, mar-
kets, and the cost and profit therein
would be of the greatest value. Such
work has been done and has yielded
vast returns for the money invested,
and that, too, with less annual appro-
priation than that of the State Mining
Bureau of this State.
Electrical Progress.
An Electric Locomotive for
Switching.
The use of the electric locomotive for
switching purposes in steam freight
railroad yards is likely to receive a
marked impetus by the fact that one is
now employed in connection with the
pany for a 30-ton locomotive, which the
company could guarantee could haul
two loaded freight cars up a 2J per
cent grade at a speed of seven miles an
hour.
The locomotive was delivered at New
Haven on Dec. 8th, on the 11th was put
into actual operation without prelimi-
nary test on the line, and since that
date has been handling the entire move-
ment of the cars between the factories
and the Junction.
The dimensions of the locomotive are
as follows :
V7eight 58,000 pounds
Draw-bar pull 7,000 pounds
Length over draw-bars 16 ft. 6 in.
Height over all 11 ft. 6 in.
Width over all 8ft. Sin.
Wheel-base 5 ft. 6 in.
Diameter of drivers 44 in.
Number of drivers (with! oast iron centers and
steel tires) 4
Size of journals 5^x8 in.
Gauge 411. ay, in.
Voltage 600
Amperes, full speed and normal draw car pull. . 600
Amperes, half speed and normal draw oar pull. .300
The motors are two in number, each
axle being provided with its own motor.
The motors are gearless and are sup-
ported upon a system of spiral springs
resting on the side frames of the loco-
motive track. The suspension being
entirely upon springs, the wheels are
free to adjust themselves to the irregu-
larities of the roadbed, and the wear on
versing switch and the magnetic blow-
out. The resistances are set beneath
the shields and are of the packed rib-
bon type.
The automatic circuit breaker is of
500 amperes capacity and involves also
the magnetic blow-out principle, as
does the lightning arrester, which is
set upon the floor of the cab behind the
controller. In the front of the cab and
above the controller is a circular dial
ampere meter, reading to 500 amperes,
and facing the motorman is the air
pressure gauge. On the other side of
the cab, opposite the controller, is an
oscillating cylinder air pump, driven by
a motor. This furnishes air to two air
tanks suspended beneath the cab and is
automatic in its action.
The air pressure pump is controlled
automatically by a pneumatic gov-
ernor, consisting of a cylinder contain-
ing a piston working against a spring.
The action of this automatic control is
as follows: A pipe running from the
main reservoir enters the cylinder below
the piston. As the pressure rises, the
piston is forced upwards against a
spring. The other end of the piston
rod carries the contacts through which
the pump motor circuit is made and
broken. When tbe pressure falls below
that at which the automatic control is
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FOR SWITCHING.
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad, at New Haven, Conn. This
locomotive is in constant service,
switching freight cars between the
main line of that road and a number of
factories located along the river front.
The line over which it operates is
about two miles long and is the prop-
erty of several large manufacturers.
The track is of regular steam railroad
type, with heavy steel rails, well bal-
lasted and provided with switches and
turnouts. In addition to the curves,
there is a 2i per cent grade against
the load both ways on each side of
Grand avenue.
The practice followed by the manu-
facturers hitherto in switching their
cars has been for the freight engines of
the N. Y., N. H. & H. E. R. to drop
their cars at the Junction ; from here
they were hauled to the different fac-
tories by horses. This method was so
slow, with the several curves and
grades, and so hard upon the horses
that the manufacturers were driven to
the conclusion that some other method
of traction must be employed. Steam
traction was rejected, for the excellent
reason that the line runs for some dis-
tance along a frequented thoroughfare,
where a switching engine would be a
dangerous adjunct. That the steam
locomotive would also be standing idle
under steam for a large part of the
day and consuming coal uselessly, was
also a weighty consideration.
Electric traction was finally adopted
as presenting many economical and
other advantages, and an order was
placed with the General Electric Com-
both tracks and motors is thus conse-
quently diminished.
In the armatures the iron-clad type
of construction has been followed — that
is, the windings are placed in a mica-
lined slot cut in the surface of the
laminated core. The armature and
commutator are upon a sleeve,
through which the axles pass. The
sleeve rests in bearings on the motor
frame. Two projecting arms from the
sleeve fit into the openings in an iron
plate loose upon the axle, and similar
projections from the wheel enter the
plate from the other side, so that, as
the armature revolves, the wheels are
revolved also. This coupUng, being
flexible, allows perfect freedom of mo-
tion. The commutators are of substan-
tial construction and each motor has
four sets of brushes.
The truck is constructed of I beams
and forms the foundation for a locomo-
tive cab, of sheet iron, with sloping
shields at each end. It has two hinged
doors, one on each side, and sliding
windows at the sides, the front ones
being stationary. As there are win-
dows on all sides, the motorman has a
view in all directions. The interior of
the cab is finished in cherry and con-
tains the rest of the electrical equip-
met — automatic circuit breaker, con-
troller, lightning arrester, reversing
switch, air pump, air gauge, etc.
The controller is theL, two series par-
allel type, arranged for the control of
two motors. It is of the same general
type as the K2, with which our readers
are familiar in ordinary street car prac-
tice, and is provided with separate re-
set, the spring forces the piston down
and the circuit is broken. Any arcs
that may be formed when the contact is
broken are blown out in the magnetic
field. The locomotive is provided with
a chime whistle, blown by the com-
pressed air, and a railroad headlight is
set upon each shield. Beneath each
one of the shields is an iron sand-box
provided with pneumatic feeding de-
vice.
Its operation is already attracting
considerable attention from railroad
engineers who have visited the scene of
its operation. In order to show one of
these engineers what the locomotive
would do, six loaded cars were hauled
up the steep grade with the slack all
out, the start being made on a grade
of about 1 per cent ; 150 amperes
only were required to start this heavy
train, and it moved off smoothly.
Scientific Progress.
Reduction of Manganese Ore.
In the Aitnales de Chlmlt; et tie Phy-
sique Mr. Henri Moissan, the eminent
chemist, gives the following directions
for the preparation of manganese from
its ores by reducing them electrically,
Pure protoxide of manganese is mixed
with carbon and heated in an arc of
300 amperes at 60 volts. In five or six
minutes a complete reduction will have
been effected, and a button weighing
from 100 to 120 grammes remains at
the bottom of the crucible. The reduc-
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tion cati be made with a 100 ampere '
50-voU arc, and takes from ten to fif-
teen minutes. Operatinij with an ex-
cess of carbon, the following analyses
were made of the metal obtaioed :
I.
n.
3.
4.
MaDganese .
85.00
85.62
S0.«0
M.OS
Carbon
N.S9
13.98
loao
9.35
If the reduction take place in the
presence of an excess of oxide the
quantity of carbon is much less, and in |
some experiments only 4 to 5 per cent
was obtained. Manganese, when pre-
pared in this way, can only be kept in
open jars, if it contain but little car-
bon ; when the proportion of carbon in-
creases the moisture of the air decom-
poses it speedily. Small fragments
placed in water oxidize in twenty-four
hours, giving off a gaseous mixture of
hydrogen and carbide of hydrogen.
The decomposition in air is more active
as the proportion of carbon approaches
that of the carbide of manganese.
Starting with natural manganese binox-
ide, as pure as possible (UT.S per cent),
mixed with carbon and previously cal-
cined by Perrot's method, and using
currents of 500 amperes at 50 volts in
a closed crucible, an ingot of the fol-
lowing composition was obtained ;
1. :'.
Manganese 89.78 91.13
Carbon 7.59 6. -11 I
Slag S.06 1.78
Thus 96 per cent of the oxide used
in the experiment was reduced. M.
Moissan thinks that this reaction is
easily applicable to the commercial
preparation of metallic manganese,
and, as the molten metal can very well
be refined in an excess of oxide, man-
ganese free from carbon and silicon can
be obtained. The manganese obtained
from the last experiment was much
harder than ordinary commercial vari-
eties. When no carbon i_s present the
metal is very hard indeed.
A correspondent writing to the Lon
don Enginiir offers the following to j
show why the metre is not a measure !
for the standard, and is an inconvenient
standard of length for the mechanical '
work :
The Stars of the " Dipper."
"The seven stars in the Great Dip-
per," says Mary Proctor in Fojndar
Astronomij, '' are in reality seven splen-
did suns, probably very much larger
than our sun, and glowing with intense
luster. Iron, sodium, magnesium and
other well-known elements exist in the
atmosphere of these stars, and their
massive globes, raging with fiery heat,
rush through the depths of space with
inconceivable speed. Five of the stars
are receding from us at the rate of
seventeen miles per second and the
other two are traveling in an opposite
direction. It is certain that these two
do not belong to the same system as
the other five. Thirty-seven thousand
years hence the seven stars of the
Great Dipper will have dissolved part-
nership, and its appearance will have
changed. The handle of the Dipper
will be bent and its rim out of place,
for the reason that five stars will have
drifted in one direction and two in an-
other. During countless ages the stars
which seem so steadfast have been
rushing onward through space. There
are stars traveling in ' family parties,'
as Miss Gierke quaintly expresses it,
colonies of stars of a friendly tendency
drifting together, others less friendly
drifting apart. Despite the fact that
each star thus urging its way through
space is an enormous mass of glowing
vapor, yet the most perfest order and
harmony prevail in the star depths."
"The metre was originally fixed:
without reference to practical consid-
erations of convenience and utility, but |
simply as a theoretical fancy, to adopt
the one hundred thousandth part of a
degree of latitude as the standard :
measure, with the idea of basing the
measure on the earth itself, irrespect-
ive of any minor consideration of util-
ity. Unfortunately, this was subse-
quently upset by more correct meas-
urements of the earth, showing that
the metre was not really the one hun-
dred thousandth part as intended, and j
it has now consequently to be referred
to an authorized statdard metallic
measure, like other standard meas-
ures.
"A good practical illustpation of the
objection to the metre can be given
from one branch of mechanical engi-
neering— locomotive engineers. The
cylinders are spoken of and thought of
as 16-inoh, 17-inch, 18-inch, 19-inch,
etc., diameter, but in metre nomencla-
ture these would be 630 mm., 669 ram.,
708 mm., 748 mm., and they are so di-
mensioned on foreign engine drawings.
Now, 16, 17, 18, 19 are convenient fig-
ures to speak of and to think of, and
convey simple and definite ideas, but
such figures as 630, 669, 708, 748 are
cumbersome and inconvenient, and fail
to convey a simple and definite com-
parison. As another illustration, the
driving wheels are spoken of and
thought of as 5 feet, 6 feet, 7 feet, 8
feet, diameter, but in metre nomencla-
ture these would be 1.968, 2.362, 2.756,
2.949, and they are so dimensioned on
foreign engine drawings, even more
cumbersome and inconvenient than in
the case of the cylinders.
"The two standards of measure —
feet and inches — afford a striking facil-
ity and convenience in mechanical work
generally, as in locomotives, inches for
cylinders, axles, plate thickness, etc.,
and feet for wheels, frames, wheel cen-
ters, boilers, etc. In the original pro-
posal of the metre an attempt was
made to provide other units of measure
by a pretty-looking series of decimally
arranged standards: Kilometre, hecto-
metre, decametre, metre, decimetre,
centimetre, millimetre; but this, it was
found, would not work and the stan-
dards are practically reduced to the
two extremes, the kilometre of 1000
metres and the millimetre of 1-lOOOth
metre. Of these the kilometre — about
.62 mile — is alone found a convenient
and useful measure, the millimetre —
4-lOOOths of an inch — being too small
for general dimensions of machinery,
and not small enough for fitting dimen-
sions, as gauges and templates."
Compressed Air Locomotive.
A REVOLUTION has been quietly
effected in the methods of refining cop-
per, add nearly half of that produced
in this country is now refined by elec-
tricity. The method consists in elec-
troplating the metal from an anode
composed of the "blister" or impure
copper, the strength of the current
and the composition of the liquid both
being so chosen that nothing but cop-
per is deposited upon the cathode, the
impurities in the crude metal falling to
the bottom of the tank in the form of
mud. The great electrolytic refinery
of the Anaconda Company in Montana
produces from 100 to 120 tons of re-
fined copper daily by this process, and
is the largest plant of the kind in the
worid. A similar refinery at Perth
Amboy, N. J., has a capacity of 10,000
tons of refined copper per annum.
This month the new compressed air
locomotive for the Sixth avenue ele-
vated railroad in New York City, with
a cargo of compressed atmosphere,
will be placed at the head of a train of
cars, and will make its first trip. That
the compressed air engine will soon be
the entire motive power of New York
elevated roads is believed by many.
The engine just completed is built
under the Hardie patents. These sur-
face motors are a part of the cars
which they propel, while the newly
constructed locomotive is an engine in
itself, entirely distinct from the train
which it may haul. The new engine in
appearance is very like the ones now
in use, only it has no smokestack or
the usual appliance necessary where
there is combustion of fuel and escap-
ing steam. In operation it is also like
the present motor, as it is an engine
which gets its power from compressed
air instead of from steam. In the
place of great coal sheds there will
have to be a central plant, where, by
means of steam engines, air is com-
pressed into huge reservoirs with a
pressure of 2000 pounds to the square
inch.
In the present engine the power is
created by combustion as the train
proceeds, and the steam is also used to
operate the brakes. In the new en-
gine enough power is taken on at the
start to last for from 10 to 20 miles,
and the compreused air is also used to
control the brakes. The engineer's
duties on both locomotives are sub-
stantially the same, as both machines
are under similar control.
A CAB has just been completed at
Concord, N. H., which exemplifies
what has heretofore been considered a
chimerical idea of the novelist. It is
cvlindrical in form, just as the cars
.lules Verne and others have told of
have been. Its chief claim to fame lies
in the fact that each section of the
sides, with windows of curved glass,
slides up under the roof, just as the
curtain of the roll-top desk disappears
as it is pushed upward. Just as the
sides disappear a running board drops
down just below the floor of the car,
and in the usual position on the out-
side. In this way is the comfortable
closed car transformed into a very neat
appearing open car.
On the French State railways it is
stated that a number of passenger
cars, in which all the parts were for-
merly manufactured from brass, copper
and iron, with the exception of axles,
wheels, bearings and springs, brake
beams and couplings, are to be con-
structed of aluminum. The weight of
a car provided with aluminum fittings
is one and one-half tons less than that
of the old coaches. As an ordinary
train in France consists of twenty ve-
hicles, the weight of the train would
thus be reduced by thirty tons.
Practical Information.
Metallic Carbides.
Among the many new fields of work
opened up' by the introduction of the
electric furnace, according to Nature,
is the preparation of difficultly reduci-
ble metals undertaken with success by
M. Moissan. These reductions being
necessarily effected by the presence of
carbon, the formation of definite me-
tallic carbides of great stability soon
becomes apparent, the properties of
which came to be of such interest that
their preparation was systematically
attempted. Certain metals, such' as
gold, bismuth, lead and tin, do not fot-m
carbides at the temperature of the elec-
tric furnace, neither do they dissolve
any carbon. The metals of the plati-
num group dissolve carbon with facility
and deposit the whole of it, on cooling,
in the form of graphite, the metals be-
ing unchanged. Copper, silver and
iron take up carbon in quantities
which, although small, are sufficient to
cause marked changes in the physical
properties of the metals. It is note-
worthy that no definite crystalline com-
pound could be obtained with iron. On
the other hand, fused aluminum takes
up carbon readily in the formation of
the crystalline carbide, Al'C, and the
oxides of many other metals furnish
similar crystalline compounds when
heated in an electric furnace with an
excess of carbon.
The behavior of these substances
with water furnishes the most con-
venient mode of classification. The
carbides of molybdenum, tungsten,
titanium, zirconium — the latter having
two — and of chromium — also having
two — do not decompose water at the
ordinary temperature. Of these re-
acting with water, the carbides of
lithian, calcium, strontium and barium
furnish a pure acetylene; of aluminum
and beryllium, pure methane; of man-
ganese, a mixture of equal volumes of
hydrogen and lethane; while metals of
the cerite group give crystalline car-
bides, all of which react with cold
water, forming a complicated gaseous
mixture containing hydrogen, acety-
lene, ethylene and methane. But the
most complex reaction is that furnished
by uranium carbide with water. In
this case, in addition to the gaseous
mixture containing methane, ethylene
and hydrogen, liquid and solid hydro-
carbons are produced in abundance.
The carbides of silicon and titanium
are extremely hard, the latter even
cutting diamond.
A Rope From the Ocean.
The largest marine plant, and prob-
ably one of the highest plants known on
this globe, IS a gigantic seaweed, the
nereocystis, the stem of which has been
found to grow as much as 300 feet long.
It was first discovered not far from the
Alaskan coast, but has since been found
floating in various parts of the Pacific
ocean along the American and Asiatic
shores. This seaweed grows in a V£rv
curious manner. Large quantities of
It are found at a little distance from
shore, and at depths not exceeding 300
feet. On loamy bottom large thickets
of this plant take root, and a stem of
the thickness of ordinary cord grows
upward. At its top there is a pear-
shaped balloon, which trrows with the
stem, and when it reaches the surface
of the water it often measures 6 feet
and more in length, with a diameter of
4 feet 6 inches. This balloon has, of
course, an upward tendency, and keeps
the stem growing until it floats on the
surface of the water. From the top of
this balloon a large tuft of strong,
thick, spade-like leaves grows out,
which originally are not more than 2
feet long, and which grow and split
until from the balloon a roselike growth
of from 50 to 65 feet in diameter covers
the water. This gigantic weed grows
in such quantities that near the shore
large meadowlike islands are formed,
which impede navigation. The natives
of the Aleutian islands make manifold
usage of this plant. Prom the strong
dried stems they make rope 250 feet
and more long, while balloons of this
weed furnish them with large vessels
after they are dried, the smaller ones
being used in their boats to bail out
water. The long leaves, after being
dried, are cut into narrow strips and
used for wickerwork, the making of
baskets and similar furniture.
The Utah pioneer farmers were the
first to prove the advantages of irriga-
tion in the arid regions. The increased
products make bountiful returns for
the extra labor involved, fully coihpen-
sating for all trouble expended. 'Thpre
are no almanac farmers in Utah. Wljile
the farmer in the East is praying' for
rain or lamenting his fate because/ of
the lack of it, the Utah yeoman is c^lm
and serene as a June morning in Zion,
going from headgate to headgaW and
turning on the water. There iw* about
380,000 acres of land-iander cultivation
in Utah, of which 815,000 are actually
irrigated. Out of the 11,200 farms,
about 10,000 depend upon irrigation,
the balance being dry farms (abb's?'!';, the
irrigating canals) or stock ranges or
ranches. The average irrigated farm
consists of about 30 acres. There are
only seven irrigated farms in the State
of 640 acres and upward.— Inter-Moun-
tain Industries.
Women are less sensitive to pain
than men, and this sensitiveness is less
in early life, increases to the twenty-
fourth year, and decreases after that.
The higher classes are most sensitive
and degenerates the least. The')atter
are found very obtuse to the sensation
of pain. Endurance of pain varies be-
tween much broader limits in women
than in men, reaching a maximum far
beyond the masculine limit, possibly
due to great "suggestibility" of the
female sex. "General sensibility"
reaches the highest point in the nine-
teenth year.
During 1896 British shipbuilders
launched 1,326,822 tons, against 1,156,-
571 tons in 1895. Of that total the
national dockyards turned out 71,970
tons, against 70,350 tons in 1895, and is
the biggest output on record of the na-
tional workshops. Harland & Woolf of
Belfast added 81,316 tons to the mer-
cantile marine; at Newcastle Sir W.
G. Armstrong & Co., 54,147 tons, with
67,770 i. h. p. ; Sir William Gray & Co.
of Hartlepool, 43,545 tons; ^nd Connell
& Co. of ScotstouD, 40,864 tons! ' ; .
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 16, 1897.
UNION IRON WORKS,
^ ^ 222 riarket Street, San Francisco, Cal. ^ ^
MAKE THIS SMALL
DOUBLE CYLINDER SINGLE DRUM HOIST
For Prospecting Purposes
or Underground Work,
USING COMPRESSED AIR.
HOIST F-OR F»ROSF»ECTlINC;.
The entire hoist is self-contained, being mounted on an
iron sole plate or bed which carries all the operating levers
and provides a footboard for the operator. The engines are
provided with reversible link motion and the drum with a
broad strap brake, insuring safe and rapid work.
The general lines upon which this hoist is designed are
neat, strong and substantial and all the operating parts are
conveniently arranged.
The size herewith illustrated is the 4 in. x 10 in., rated
at 1 5 horse power. The larger sizes, 8 in. x 1 2 in. and up-
wards are provided with post brakes.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
. . . DENVER, COLORADO, . . .
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Wilfley Concentrating Tabic,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For conflnnation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenridge, Col. ; M. E. Smith
Concentrator, Golden, Col. ; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo. Col. ; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs,
Col. ; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Col. ; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
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Mining and Scientific Press
Coast Industrial Notes.
—The Northern Pacific Coal Coajpany Is |
now shippmg 1000 tons of coal a moDth lo '
Kossland inioes. |
—At SiiD Pedro harbor. Cal , borings into 1
the bottom about the mouth of the inner har-
bor, and also about the outer harbor, are being I
made under orders of the Harbor Board. |
—The Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern !
Kailway property was sold to the reorganixa- !
tioD committee last week at Salt Lake. The
total sum bid at the three sales was ST, 1S5,0UU.
—The TutthiU Water Wheel Company has 1
been incorporated by S. J. and C. A. Tutt-
hiU, C E. CbamberlatD, C. S. Booth and E. i
B. Noriou, The capital stock is $300,000, of j
which 1100,020 has been subscribed.
—The three mills of the Pugot Lumber ]
Companv have a combined daily capacity of I
450,000 feet of lumber. The mill at Port j
Gamble, Wash., turns out an average of '
225,000 feet dailv, and has cut as high as !
H.'»0,000 feet in a ten-hour run.
—The California Railway of Oakland has at I
last perfected the only lirst-class electric lo-
comotive upon the Pacific Coast, which is |
now in operation between Oakland and the i
quarry. The locomotive will tiike a train of |
ten loaded ears over a 3 per cent grade.
—Preparations are being made by the S. P.
& S. J. railroad people to bopin work in the
extension of their line beyond Fresno toward
Bakersfield. The right of way has been se-
cured and preparations are being made to
grade and track 100 miles or more. In three
or four weeks 300 or 400 men will be put to
work on the extension, and it is expected to
have the work finished by July Isl.
— From Oct. 6 to Dec. 17, '90— from a month
before to a little over a mouth after election—
the deposits of the national banks of Seattle
and Taooma and the four national and one
frivate bank in Spokane increased 19 per cent,
n October the total deposits of these six
Seattle, five Spokane and two Tacoma banks
were $4,330,973. On December 17th they were
to, 147,35t»— an increase of $810,383.
— The Northern Pacific Railway Company
has purchased the Coeur d'Alene Railway and
Navigation Company's property, which was
sold at auction under mortgage foreclosure by
J. P. M. Richards, special master at Wallace,
Idaho. The price paid was $230,000. It in-
cluded the narrow-gauge railroad from Mis-
sion to Wallace and the line of steamers which
ply between Mission and Cceur d'Alene City.
— Pennsylvania millmen project an iron and
steel plant at Port Angeles, Wash., to cover
thirty acres and cost $1,500,000. Stock is said
to be taken up by workmen employed in mills
located at Braddock, Duquesne, Homestead,
McKeesport, Turtle Creek, Wilmerding,
Pittsburg and Allegheny. The alleged in-
tent is to employ 2000 men. The company is
reported to have secured 000 acres of iron ore
land and 1000 acres of coal land.
— Articles of incorporation have been filed
in Wyoming of the Wyoming & Northwestern
Railroad Company, which proposes building a
line of railway westward from Casper through
Natrona, Fremont and Uinta counties to the
Wyoming line and thence to the Pacific coast
by way of Saft Lake City. The capital stock
is $0,000,000. The oEBces of the company are
at Casper, New York and London. The in-
corporators are Englishmen named Thomas S.
Moffatt, Reuben Hatch and Thomas J. Brown,
the latter being the American agent of the
British-American Exchange Association.
W. Haines. K. Barnett, W. H. and J. H.
Lewis, San Francisco.
Chowchilla G. M. Co, Oakland; capital
stock, |1.00O.000-$483,000 subscribed: D. M.
Tomblin. B. W. Rogers, B. F. Hand. E. L.
Knowlioo, E. A. White.
Personal.
Recently
Declared flining Divi
dends.
Little Jessie, Arizona, $4000, payable Janu-
ary 14.
Anchoria-Leland, Colorado, $6000, payable
January 15.
Le Roi, British Columbia, $25,000 payable
January 15.
South Swansea, Tintic, Utah, $5000, pay-
able January 11.
Wbite water Mining Co., Slocan, B. C,
$34,000, payable January 5.
Silver King. Utah, $37,500, payable January
20. This is a total of $862,500 to date.
Galena, Deep Creek, Utah, $5000, payable
January 11. This is a total of $71,000 to date.
There are seventy mining companies in the
United States and British Columbia which
paid an aggregate of $14,734,500 in dividends
last year. The Calumet & Hecla, on Lake
Superior, leads with $2,500,000, followed by
the Anaconda with $2,225,000, the Boston &
Montana $1,. 500, 000, and the Quincy $1,000,000.
Two paid $500,000 and $600,000, respectively,
the other sums ranging from $1000 to $500,000.
On Jan. 11th the Calumet and Hecla Min-
ing Company crossed the 100 mark by an-
nouncing a $5 regular dividend and $10 extra,
the largest dividend ever declared in the his-
tory of the corporation at one time and the
first extra. Both dividends are made paj-able
Feb. loth to stockholders of Jan. 13ih. and to-
gether they, call for the disbursement of
$1,500,000, making an aggregate of $48,350,000
that the company has paid in dividends since
it was organized.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Pioneer G. M. Co., San Francisco; capital
stock, $100,000— $89,500 subscribed; W. M.
Smith, C. Hohn, S. B. and F.B.Peterson,
-J. M. Hartman.
Shirlock Power and Mining Co., Mariposa;
capital stock, $250,000 -$200,000 subscribed; J.
F. Hays, W. A. Stevers, W. H. Heitzig, M. E.
and J. Green, of Fresno.
.War Eagle M. &- M. Co., San Francisco;
capital stock, $100,000— $40,000 subscribed ; B.
Randall Hint of San Francisco has been !
appointed ongineerof the Harbor Board which I
is investigating San Pedro and Santa Monica |
harbors. j
Saml'bl Connohs of Grass Valley, who has
been in South Africa for a number of years
and erected seven of the largest quartz "mills |
there, has returned. i
Bakon in: Makia.-*, a mining engineer, who i
has been sent out by the French Government '
to look into mining *and milling properties in I
America, has been during the past week in I
Amador county. j
H. R. Cocker, of St. Paul, Minn., succeeds |
Bernard MacDonald in the presidency of the '
American Mining and Development Co. of '
Butte, Montana, the latter having resigned |
to devote bis exclusive attention to the posi-
tion of consulting engineer of that company.
Mk. B. Hu.\t, manager of the Brodie cva-
nide mill in Cripple Creek district, goes" to
Sao Francisco to take charge of the business
of the Gold and Silver Extraction Company of
America, in California, succeeding P. George
Gow. who becomes manager for the Jumper
Gold Syndicate of California. Paul R. Forbes
becomes manager of the Brodie mill.
Obituary.
Alexis Janin died in this city of heart dis-
ease last Wednesday. Few men have done as
much for mining and metallurgy in the West
as Alexis Janin and his brothers Louis and
Henry. He was splendidly equipped by na-
ture and education for his work. Mr. Janin
was born in New Orleans in 1840. He was
educated abroad, taking his first degree at
Sorbonne, in Paris. Later he went to Frei-
berg, where the State examinations were
taken by Mr. Janin and passed with so much
credit as to entitle him to a professorship had
he chosen to remain. His work on the Com-
stock in milling, and especially in working the
ores and slimes, did much to make the
methods there what they are. For more than
twenty years past Mr. Janin had done
nothing but special work for mines in Mexico,
Central America and South America and the
Western States and Territories. Having de-
voted more than twenty years of study to the
amalgamation of ores, he probably knew more
about that process than any other engineer.
He was an accepted authority on all matters
pertaining to ores and their working. It is to
be regretted that he had not finished a work
he was preparing before his death on working
ores.
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At illions Upon MUUons of DollarB in Gold Have
Beeu Added to the World's Wealth. 1
It la a well-known fact thai the richest and most 1
famous sold mines In the Known world are those of ,
Colorado, many of which are paytiipr 10 fortunate ia-
vestors millions of dollars annu illy In dividends ;
Some shrewd persons who Invested only a few dol- i
lara are now receiving hundreds and thousands In
profits, and. judging f.-om prt-sent Indications, there
are more desirable chances to Inv- at just now tban
ever before. New mines are diacovered dally and
old ones strike richer veins of gold.
In order to meet the great demand for reliable In-
forma'ion about mines and mlniner camps, one of
Denver's oldest atid best known publlMhers has just
issued a handsomely llluatratfd book accurately
describing every mining camp In the 1 nilre State of
Colorado, giving scort-s of truthful photo-engrav-
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Creek, ttie world's wonder. Is fully described; also a
correct mapof the district. Narratives of how many
poor people have become wealthy by judicious In-
vestments tn gold mines, and sketches of former
pro'perlors who are now "^xed for life. Tells how
to avoid unscrupulous brokers and sharpers. The
volume has b>;en carefully compiled by a disinter-
ested author and every statemfut made is guaran-
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great book upon receipt of 25c. (currency orstamps),
which alao Includes a a-months trial subscription
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This is a cut of ' ^!^^ ' "
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If your fue' c"
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write to PNEUMATIC POWER CO., at 306 Pine St., San Francisco, Cal. We
could save you money, though, in cost of foundations, as our Compressors are
half the size of other makes.
Hydraulic and River Miners Handling Boulders Can
Easily Remove Them By Using
The Knox Patent Hydraulic Grapple.
IT WILL DO GOOD WORK AND GIVE SATISFACTION.
PRICE ACCORDING TO SIZE REQUIRED.
Address W.U. KNOX, .Tacksonvllle, Oregon, or JAS. AKMSTKONG, 10 Front Street, S. F., Csl.
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Genuine English Pump leather
For Heavy Mining Pump Buclcets. Will
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Dynamos for Electric Lighting and Depositing Metals.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Or£3il.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 16, 1897.
A Great Mining Triumpii.
Capt J R. DeLamar, of New York City, is one of the largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
the world After the most careful investigation he purchased in August. 1895, two Griffin Mills, and his
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words. „ ,, ,
" New York, Jan. 9, iSgo.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. Ora(/<-»/™.— The two Griffin Mills have been m operation now Jor_ 90 days 011 Uie
from'tiie bTe'aker. and they 'average about 20 tons to each machine, 40 mesh nne, without elevating or bolting. We simply put
a Tmesh screen arountl the GrifBn iMill, and the stuff comes out 40 mesh fine or over, which makes it an excellen pulp for
lealhTng by cyanide or chlorination; therefore we have concluded to order lOmore Oriffm Hills. We liave tned high-speed
roUs and /ry stamps, and after looking into the Hunlingfin Dry Pulverizer, the Narod Pulvemer the Sedman Pulverizer,
...... 4 ^ .1 ^ I __j :. .1 ^ — ....1......1.CC iii.h(.c,iatin,.lv rprnmmend vnur (inffin Mill to any one.
R. DeLAMAR.
o
:
Yours truly,
(Signed)
J.
C
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
DhLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD IMINING CO.,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 24, 1896.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. GmtUmm .'—In answer to your inquiry as to whatthe " Griffin Mill " is doing at our
DeLamar Mill, DeLamar, Nevada, we beg to state that we often run 310 tons per day with to of your mills in operation, and
on one occasioA these ro mills produced 40S tons in one day. I have no hesitancy in stating that they will regularly produce
at least 30 tons per day each on our ore, which is extr^emely^and unusually hard. ^ ^^ ^^^^^ General Manager.
These strong letters coming from such Tepresentative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the " Griffin Mill " will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
Let us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which will tell you all
about the Mill and bring to you other evidence of its great achievements.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO., 92 State St., Boston, Mass. \
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January 16, 1897.
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Saves bill for heavy timbers, millwright and me-
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term self-contained means a great deal for the mine
owner, and can be readily recognized and appreciated
in making an estimate for an ordinary plant when
the comparative cost is considered.
First: There is saved a large bill for heavy tim-
bers, in many instances obtained at great expense
and loss of time.
Second : The saving in millwright and mechanics'
labor in framing and erecting.
Third : The large amount of space saved.
Fourth: The great saving of freight,
Send for Clrcolaret and Price Liist.
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The Origfinal Cyanide Process.
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MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArtliiir-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
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Manufacturers and Importers of
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WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO. MINE AND
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W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co. , manufacturers of
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Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 16, 1897.
Professional Cards.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
f Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,!
< De Lamar, Owyhee €0.,
f Cor. Market and Montgomery Sts.. San Francisco. }
I Win act as AGENT for the sale otKELIABLE >
■W. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENQINBER.
Graduate of Colnmljia School of Mines. Ex-
> pert on general mill work and amalgamation.
I Elgbteen years' experience. Will report on I
I Mines and Mills, and take full charge of Mln-
I ing Properties. Address, 133 IVTarket St.,
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal. i
The Evans Assay Office.
W.N.JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
Successor to Jehu &• Ogden.
638 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block.
> Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals '
and their Alloys, Etc. '
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
I
I School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, j
J Electrical and Minlag: Eneflneering:.
S Surveying-. Architecture. Drawing- and ABsaylng-. <
) 733 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.
J OPEN ALL "FEAK-
S A. VAN DER NAILLEN, President.
1 Assaying- Of Ores. S25; Bullion and Chlorination (,
Assay, $25; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Full Course (
of Assaying:, $50. Established 18(14.
1^~ Send for Circular.
IR. H. HARVEY,
GALT, CALL,, >
> Mining and Metallurgical Work in All (
' Brandies. )
. Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex- )
J periments on rebellious ores for treatment by /
C cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re- )
J ports upon mining properties. }
EDWARD C. BROADWELlT]
■ l
I 3006 Clianipa St., Box S40, Denver, Colo,
Chemical aasayer; no loss by fire test; truth ^
^ only; gold, 75c; gold and silver, $1; gold, silver t
) and platinum, $1.S5; copper, lead, nickel, zinc, (
> etc., according: to difQcully of precise deter-
\ minatlon; tests for chlorination, cyanide
k proper method of treatment.
leter- (
le or >
Eveleth, MacLymont & Co.i
MINING and CONSULTING
Engineers and Metallurgists.
C Examine and report on mines, ore bodies,)
\ and all metallurgical processes connected J
ii therewith. J
Practical mill tests, assays and analyses of;
( ores and general analytical work undertaken;
\ at the
CALIFORNIA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
10 Annie St., (opposite Palace Hotel),
Between Market and Mission Sts..
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
References to leading mining men on appli-
( cation.
RICHARD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address: Richpark.
, Crocker Building San Francisco, Cal.
CHARLES P. GRIMWOOD,
i Mining Engineer and Metallurgist, j
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
fjOHN H. MEANS, Geologist & Mining EDglneeH
S Preliminary reports on mines to determine ?
) advisability of extended investigation; assists
) upon large examinations. Intricate surveying,
S and geologic work for lawsuits. Thorough ex-
perience. Abundant references. Anglo-Amer-
ican code. Address. lOlti Pine St.. S. P., Cal.
S DRNVER SCHOOL OF MINES, 1215 15th St. <
S ■Established in 1877. Prof. F. J. Stanton. Prtnci- ?
\ pal, and experienced assistants. Assaying (
\ taughtforS25, in two weeks. Courses in miner- >
\ alogy. metallurgy, mining, surveying, geology, f
f Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor-- \
/ respondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady v
) pupils received. Investments made and in- (
) formation given in reliable mining properties, c
H. C \A/OODRO\A/,j
Mgr. Santa Anna Gold Mining Co.
ANQELS CAMP, CAL.
TWinos and TVVining:.
) Correspondence solicited.
HENRY E. HIGHTON, ^
[ ATTORNEYand COUNSELLOR, ]
Rooms 36-39, }
^ Fourth. Floor Mills Bailding, c
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. $
J Established Thirty-Eight Years. Special At- S
tention Paid to Mining Business. (
5PR0FESSOR GEORGE DAVIDSON, i
} Late of TJ. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
? Consulting Civil and Hydraulic Engineer,
I GEORGE fTdAVIDSON.
/\gent for Sale, of TVlInes,
530 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
L5
Thomas B. Everett, /V\. E.
Twenty-six years practical experience in '
' metal mining. Will make reports upon prop- '
[ erty. or furnish properties to purchasers, if *
' desirous to invest in the Cripple Creek gold '
> district, all on short notice. <
> References furnished in Denver or San Fran- <
> Cisco. Branch office. Room 25. tenth floor, Mills <
! Building. San Francisco, car.e S. K. Thornton, i
» or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 195, Denver, i
> Colo. Registered cable. Everett, Denver. t
S TOLEDO, LEWIS CO.
\ State of Washington, U. S. A.
5 Geological, exploring and prospecting work
S in the St. Helens (Cascade Mts., State of i
3 Wash.) copper and gold mining region. Mln-
5 ing claims, options and shares Coal lands.
) Correspondence solicited. References given (
S and expected.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
I STATE ASSAY OFFICE,;
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores. Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
} duatrlal Products, Poods. Medtclnea, etc.. etc.
) Court Experting In all branches of Chemical (
) Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In-
1 vestlgation of Metallurgical and Manufactur-
> ing Processes. Consultations on all questions i
) of applidd chemistry. Instructions given in j
f assaying and all branches of chemistry.
I A. H. WARD.
H. C. WARD,
C. A. Luckhardt & Co.,
I Nevada Metallurgical Worlis. ;
ASSAYING, MILLING AND
ANALYSIS OF ORES.
71 & 73 Stevelison St., San Francisco, Cal.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worlds
And Chemical Lal)orator)'.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
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St. Louis, Mo.
IT IS A FACT . . .
That Our Annual
Production of
. . Insulated Wire
EXLCEEDS
' That of any other mannf actarer in the United States
and INCLDDES EVEKYTHING in the Electrical Wire Line.
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
NOS. 8 AND 10 PINE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
FEANK L. BROWN, Pacific Coast Agent.
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
Brown's Complete Automatic TWUl
rAlhlilllihl Brown's System of MechanicaUy
Stirred Roasting:, Cooling and
Conveying Furnaces. Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Bnilding, Chicago, Illinois.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN=CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Oflace 8 Drapers Gardens.
Laboratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1530 TYynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those ot a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Olerici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for U. S.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
THE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efficient method of using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been in-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumption of
chemicals has also been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
All ores, wit/wut exception, amenable to cyanide treatment can be treated to better advantage by the
Kendall Process. This can be accepted as an axiom.
The manager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District. Utah, wires: " We now begin to
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 220 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
OIL, CHE/\F*ER XH/\N COML.
THE THURMAN FUEL OIL BURNER CO., W^hen Building, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
Designers, Contra<tors and Engineers for Complete Fuel Oil Equipment for Boilers, Furnaces,
Ovens, Brick Kilns. Forges, Driers, Etc. Ackaowledged the Best. Absolutely Smokeless. We
Guarantee Our Burners To Be More Economical Than Any Other. Write For Catalogue and Prices.
THOUSANDS now m use Over the World.
TDITAV Patent
1 K.IJ/A/V Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
Aug. 27,
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO.,
Send for Catalogue.
January 16, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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RISDON IRON \A/0RK:S
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
A= inches. Wc beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED'
jj g^ .. Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
ii''V— i, ,, hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
Vjijll ] greatest possible density.
B 1^= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
I E= " We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
I -* Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
(1 ^ Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
When Wrltlncplraap montlon the MININti AM) SCIKNTIFIC PRESS.
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKS.
Dynamos, /VYotors, Hoisting /Vpparatus, /\rc and Inoandescent Lamps,
Instrume^nts, etfidi Ge-ne^ral Suppliers.
TELEPHONE AND LINE CONSTRUCTION. LONG DISTANCE POWER TRANSHISSION A SPECIALTY.
Office and VA/orks: 400 TWARKEX ST., SAiN F=-RAINdSCO, C/\I_.
W/HITE, ROGERS & CO.,
Constructing Engineers and A^illwrights,
INO. 30«5 PIINE STFiEET, - - - SAIN FRAINCISCO, C/\L.
We rurnish the machinery and erect at the mines all descriptions of STAMP MILLS for the economical treatment of gold and silver ores. HOISTING A PUMPING MACHINERY, operated by Steam,
Water, or Electric Motors. CYANIDE, CHLORINATION AND LEACHING WORKS. COnPLETE CONCENTRATING AND SMELTING PLANTS for dressing lead ores and
smelting for copper and silver, IMPROVED AIR COMPRESSORS AND DRILLS. WIRE ROPE TRAHWAYS for transporting ores; ETC., ETC.
^■^^ Practical Working Plans and Specifications Provided for All Machinery Furnished or Structures Built By Vs. 44>-
THE PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
Colblb Sc Hesselmeyer,
DESIGNING AND CONSULTING
/Wechanical and Hydraulic
ENQINEERSI
I Plans and Speciflcations for Machinery of MINES and MILLS. Improvement and Development of
■ WATER POWER for Ail Applications. Will give PERSONAL SUPERVISION During the
1 Construction and Erection of All Work, if Desired. Twenty Years' Experience.
, . TELEPHONE BLACK 2403.
I -4-:21 /Vlarl-cet &tr&&t San F="rancisco, Cal.
Double-Jointed Ball-Bearing HydrauliC GiailtS.
yVVILL OR PLACER.
A Guarantee With Eiii-Ii machine.
This machine la the finest g-olU saver for both
placer mines and (luarlz mlllB. No other plate nec-
essary in mills where the Pacitic Anialg-amator Is
used. It Is constructed almost entirely of metal: It
can be transported on pack train. Possesses a larpe
amount of slivered amalg'amatlniir plate surface. No
scouring of amalfram. Any ordinary amalg^amator
can operate the machine with good success. Send
for catalogue.
THE PACIFIC MINING MACHINERY CO..
137 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
THE TRAIL CREEK, ^0/.
CCEUR D'ALENE . .^^
AND BAKER CITY . . ^V
* flinin^ Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE j
O. R. & IN.
Steamship and Rail Lines, j
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
FredF. Connor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
I> XJ :Bi/L F
Patent Centrifugal, Steam and Power Pomp- j
Ing Machinery, Simplest. Cheapest and Best. j
Orchard TruciiH, Grape Crushers, i
"Wine Presses, Wine Filters.
Vp-to-Date Repair Shop for All Kinds of |
Pumps and Other Machinery. i
It will pay you to get our priceij,
I. L. BURTON MACHIMC WORKS, i
115-117 First St., San FranclHCo. I
B.!Russell Process. I
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing j
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
Park City, Ctah.
The above presents an impioved DouI>le-.Jomtecl Eall-Bparing Hyilraullc Giant which we
build. Theimprovement consist's of the inlioduction or j, Hall BeariiiR by wbich the pressure of the
water is reduced to a minimum .vnd the direction of the nozzle chanpred at will with ease.
ralaloKues and prices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINER1: furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HENDY IVl ACHINE WOKKS, 38 to 44 Fremont St. , San Praocisco, Cal.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT. A MINE
IS AT
IHE J, H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY CO., 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo.
Just Listen— ReliahleCommon Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Holsters, *3U0andup; hand
bolsters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A ID-stamp mill,
new, 850 Ih. stamps,
high mortars, la-
test improved.
Only $800.
;.V
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and conccniration
mills built to fit the ore
and guaranteed to save
Iwhatwesay. Coal Mine.
equipments, S c re e ns.
Jigs, Tramwa y s,
Arastors.Chillian
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.
Cornish Rolls, 12x20. ■weight';
(5,000 lbs., price $350; Feed-
ers, Bumping Tables; Blake Crushers,
7x10, weight 8.]00 lbs, only $250, Our
100 page illustrated catalogue free.
HOME MANUFACTURE.
FOWLER'.S
V^ Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Covering.
Asa NoQ-Conductor, Unequaled.
Special Rates for Steam Bollei-s and Drums.
G. C. Fowler, 6S6-S8 Howard St., S. F.
PDO YOU USE y-w #rv
owEKr
Allrigrht; you need CHEAF Power. One
Cent per HnrHe Power per Hour is
CHEAP. AVeber Gasoline Knprines run
imtlthnig. '■Er.(nnn„)i in Power" i.s- our motto.
F'lr Vatnlomcinid tvsl hixniials uddrctisV/EliER
GAS & UA^SOLINK KNlilNE CO., 450 ^
Southwest Boulevard Xansas City, Mo
Tlntlc Mining District,
UTAH,
The Tlntlc Mining District lies eiphty-five mllea
south of Salt Lake City on the Rio Grande Western
liailway, and is, as shown by the records of 1895 and
80 far in the present year, the greatest mineral pro-
ducing district In Utah.
The names of the great bonanzas of Tlntic,
llie Mammoth. Centennial-Eureka. Bullion-Beek.
Eureka Hill and Gemini are recognized everywhere
that the mining industry la known. The four
former have each a record execcding 3^1,000,000 In
dividends and tlie latter of over StUJO.OOO.
Until wlthlu the last two or tliiue yea-a no ade-
quate means of reduction of Tlntic ores was in
operatlou In the district and the production of the
mines was Hmited to those ores sufflclenlly rich to
be shipped to the smelters for treatment, but this
has been changed by the erection of immense com-
bination and concentrailon milling plants which
can work at a prolit those Immense deposits of low
grade ores which fill all the pruducing mines of the
district. Four of these nilUs are in active operation,
and three others will undoubtedly be erected within
Ihe next year.
The ores of Tlntic are greatly diversified in
character. The principal metals produced are gold,
silver, copper and lead. In silver production Tlntic
leads the State, while in the producllon of gold H
stands second on the list. Beside the big bonanzas
above mentioned there are some twenty-five or
more properties that now and In the past have been
producing mines, and to these may be added a score
of others which have paid for their development by
their products, and upon which the recent rivival
of the mining industry has had the effect of a re-
commencement of operations.
Tintic has four thriving towns— Eureka, the busi-
nesa center of the district, with a population of
•^.501): Mammoth, popnlatlon 1,000: Robinson and
Silver City. 500 eacli, all of which offer great indnce-
monts for inveslments in a business way.
At the base of the foot hills only a few miles
away, is a valley of 25.000 acres of choice fruit and
garden lands, watered by the Mt. Nebo Land and
Irrigation Company.
As to the future of Tintie. it is no exaggeration to
say that it pi^ssesses ihe brightest prospects of any
mining district In Utah, and offers to the prospect-
ive Inveutor opportunities which cannot be ex-
celled.
The Rio Grande Wpstern Railway has a double
dally train service between Suit Lake City and the
Tintic Mining District. For further particulars
apply to F. A. WADLEIGH. General Passenger
Ageiit, Salt Lake Cily.
nENpR|E8(
BOtTHOfr
:MFfc.GO.
DENVER
MlNINXii
MILLING
^MELTING
SUPPLIES
RRED R. COOIC,
Manufacturer of
LEATHER BELTING, LACING,
ETC., ETC.
308 MisaioD St., near MalB, San Francisco. Ca!.
TeIephone^Drmnm_75.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 16, 1897.
"Union" Hoist.
Union Gas or Oil Engine and Hoist Combined, on strong iron base
No Fire.
No Steam.
No Boiler.
No Danger.
TEN -yErtRS' e:x:pe;riepijc3e.
/\t>out TiA/o Thousand E^ng^Ines In Use>
Started instantly. Compact, strong, simple, efficient, economical. Perfectly g:overned, so
that oil Is used only in proportion to the work done. No expense when idle.
Particularly Adapted to Mining and Ship and Wharf Use.
SEND FOK CATALOGUE AND STATE H. P. DESIRED.
Union Gas Engine JCompany,
314 HOWABD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Mining
Pipe
For Hydraulic Parposes, made from the
Best Sheet Steel, Single or Double Riveted,
Dipped or Undipped.
We will ship Pipe cut and punched, to
be riveted at the mine, making a saving in
freight charges.
1A//\TER T/SLNFCS. OIL X/\NK:S.
Steam Boilers, Ore Cars. Ore Buckets, Etc.,
SHEET IRON WORK OF ALL KINDS.
e Correspondence Solicited.
\ xHoynsoiv & boyle,
f (Successors to J. F. Holbrook.)
< 310-312-314 REQDENA STREET, LOS ANGEI.ES, CAX.
GHARIES C. MOOKE, Pacific Coast Agent, 32 FIRST St., SAH FEAHCISCO, CAL.
Rana Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
100 Broadway,
New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Monadnook Building OUoago
islipemlng..' '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Sherbrook P. O ' Canada
ApartadoSSO '.'.'ci't'y'ol Mexico
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
VULCAN ROPEWAY
Vl/ITH
AUTOriATIC ORE LOADER and
AUTOMATIC DUnPINQ DEVICE.
for Conveying ^^5
Ore, Cordwood
Empire, Nevada, April 17 ih^h
Vulcan Iron (-rorA-s.— Gentlemen: The Ropeway furnished bv
your company to convey tailings Irom Morgan Mill to Mexic m
Mill, a distance of seven-eighths of a mile, is giving entire satis
faction. We transport SOO tons of tailings in ten hours one man
does the whole business, including elevating tailings from hop
per in the ground, operating Vulcan self-loader, and attending to the Ropeway generally The self
dumper requires no attention whatever. The Vulcan loader I consider the best feature m the whole
Ropeway, making it possible for one man to load 200 tons in ten hours.
Yours very truly, J- P. WOODBURY, Supt.
VULCAN IRON \A/ORICS,
HANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY,
Cor. First and Hission Sts.. San Francisco. Cal.
P. & BJ
Manilla Roofing.
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE AT A SHALL COST.
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THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAflWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY" RONS UP TO 1000
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THE COLORADO Denver.
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Improved lilark lluwk Ore Ureaker.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS tor all Smelting Puroaoes Is a, Success. A great econo-
mizer or fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
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insuring: rield and strong walls.
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Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
QOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
of INeiA/ 'Vork.
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The Edward P. Allis Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
Established 1860.
Mining, fflilling and Smelting
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C::rushetrs, Rolls* 'Jigs, Cloncentrators,
Screens, Stamps* F'limps,
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Mining and Scientific Press.
Januai-y 16, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, Jan. 14, 1897.
General trade is steadily improving. Com-
pared with the corresponding time last year,
it shows a larger yolnme of goods going out.
This, no doubt, is due to the small stocks
carried by the trade with assortments badly
broken, which call for filling in. The tariff
question continues a disturbing factor, which
is being severely felt in quite a number of
lines. Iron workers report the outlook more
promising than for years; but close competi-
tion with the East reduces the margin of
profit. It is the belief that there will be a
free demand for structural material tor build-
ing bridge construction and other purposes.
The promise of large crops will create a de-
mand for agricultural implements, while re-
newed activity in mining will create a good
demand for mining machinery.
The local money market is very dull, with
fundS' steadily increasing in the absence of a
demand and disbursed money coming back tor
investment. The heavy disbursements being
made for export products unties large sums of
money each week. The export clearances of
products and general merchandise average
about $900,000 a week. This is an important
item and has weight in local finances and ex-
change market. The East continues to report
a plethora of funds with the reserve largely
increased. Money is offered in New York at
the rate of 1% per cent a year on Call loans.
A leading New York financial paper just to
hand says : The trade balance in favor of this
country amounts to over 8300,000,000, which
represents a very handsome sum to the credit
of the United States, even after allowing for
freight and other items which have to be de-
ducted. The mines in this country are yield-
ing over $46,000,000 of gold and S86,000,000 of
silver, with the gold production increasing at
the rate of about $7,000,000 a year. The
country is getting good prices for wheat, with
a market for the exportable surplus and there
is an immense crop of corn awaiting move-
ment. Liquidation has been thorough and it
is to be hoped that wiser methods of legisla-
tion will prevail.
New York Silver Prices.
New Yokk, Jan. 14.— Following are the clos-
ing prices for the week :
, Silver m .
London. N. Y.
Friday » 11-16 W-i.
Saturday 2911-16 84?;^
Monday. 2911-16 64?^
TuesdaV 2911-16 64|i
Wednesdav ^ ^^"1° ^"^^-i
Thursday.. 39 11-16 64%
Copper. Lead. Iron. Tin.
Friday 1150 SOS/a 11 00® 13 00 13 06
Saturday 11 55 3 02^3 11 0U@13 00 13 10
Monday. 1160 3 0^14 U 00@13 00 13 10
Tuesday 1165 3 03 /a 11 0U&U3 00 13 10
Wednesday . .11 67^ 3 02^3 11 00(5jl3 00 13 10
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7^8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft ISI/flC Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 15c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.85^-^
London Merchants $4.84^
London Sight Bankers *4.88i-4
Refined Silver, peroz., lOOO fine 64?^
Mexican Dollars 5ni@52i-.f
SILVER.— The market has held to steady
prices throughout the week. Our advices
from the East are to the effect that the ex-
port movement is quite free, with the out-
look favorable for an increase instead of a
decrease after the year had been well en-
tered. Improving business abroad is a factor
In its favor.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market is
steady at the reduced quotations. The in-
quiry from China is said to be fairly good.
ANTIMONY.— Our market is quoted at 7%
@8c in a jobbing way. New York mail ad-
vices quote 7%c for Cookson's, 6^@6^4C for
Hallett's and 6^c for Japanese.
QUICKSILVER.— The year opens with a
fair call for the season.
The market is quoted as follows :
Domestic trade, per flask 36 40
For export, quotations are nominal but less
than for home.
COPPER.— As stated by the Mining and
Scientific Press would be the case, the mar-
kets at the East and abroad are strong and
higher. The stocks are not large, while the
consumption is steadily increasing.
CURRENT COPPER STATISTICS.
In their copper circular of the 7th inst. D.
Houston ik Co. of New York say: There has
been a gradual transition of the market from
a condition of previous dullness to one of
great interest and positive strength. Since
the latter part of December prices have ad-
vanced from about 11]^ to the present quota-
tion of 11% to IP4 for Lake Superior copper.
During the past month a leading Lake com-
pany sold considerable copper at 11%, and
another producer sold a round lot last week
at 11% for January delivery. luquiries have
increased lately, but holders have been re-
luctant to accept further recent orders at
11%, and the trend of values is in an upward
direction. There is every indication that the
market is now at bottom, and the new year
- opens with a much stronger feeling and in-
creasingly hopeful expectations in copper cir-
cles regarding this metal. The very best of
reasons for the improved features is found in
the relation which the important factors of
supply and demand at present sustain to the
market. They are so happily adjusted that
they cannot fail to exert any other than a fa-
vorable influence. Complete returns of pro-
duction will not be ready before the middle
of the present month, but taking the output
for the first eleven months of the year, and
estimating the December product at the same
average, the total copper production for 1896
would appear as follows:
^^ Tom.
United States production, January 1 to No-
vember 30, 1896 186,270
United States production, December, 1896
{es timated) 16 934
Total for 1896 in fine copper 203,209
Tons.
United States exports of copper,
January 1 to November 30,1896. per
Copper Association's returns 113,625
United States exports of copper,
December, 1896, per metal Ex-
change returns 13,288
Total exports, 1896. .
125,913
For home consumption 77,296
Stocks carried over January 1, 1S96, must
also have been drawn upon, so that domestic
consumption was probably larger than repre-
sented by the above figures.
The enormous exports the past year are
without parallel in the whole history of cop-
per and comprise about 01 per cent of the to-
tal United States production for 1896. Al-
though American production will show an ap-
proximate increase of 32,142 tons during last
year, or about 18% per cent over previous
year, exports increased about 94% per cent
compared with 1895. The exports of copper
from this country for 189ii are equivalent to
the entire annual production last year of the
Anaconda, Calumet & Hecla, Boston & Mon-
tana mines, and possibly the Quincy mine
also. Domestic cousumption last year was
much below normal figures, owing to adverse
business conditions, but with the home de-
mand up to the full limit of its natural volume
is it not probable that the supply of copper
would be altogether inadequate to the world's
needs, notwithstanding the maximum pro-
duction attained in 1896?
Current production has not only been well
absorbed, but stocks have undergone serious
depletion during the past twelve months.
The year 1S97 opens with brightening pros-
pects for American manufacturers, and its
advent finds them preparing for trade on a
much lai'ger scale. With the expansion of
business there should be a constantly grow-
ing demand for copper, both in this country and
Europe, to meet the extended introduction of
electrical projects and the more extensive use
of this metal for other purposes. Diminished
stocks will have to be replenished, and with
the anticipation of reasonably higher prices
between now and spring, the necessity and
incentive for purchasing will no doubt operate
to produce much greater activity. Indica-
tions on the horizon foreshadow the return of
much better times for copper and copper min-
ing shares, and the peculiarly excellent posi-
tion of the metal certainly furnishes a solid
basis for a vigorous and active movement in
both.
The foreign situation on copper is remark-
ably strong. The demand throughout Europe
has grown wonderfully the past year and the
prospect for its continuance is excellent. Not-
withstanding the enormous imports of copper
into Europe, deliveries have exceeded the
total supplies going forward, and European
visible supply of copper January 1, 1897, was
10,890 tons less than on January 1, 1896, and
19,783 tons less than on January 1, 1895.
Consumption of copper in England from
January 1 to December 1, 1S'J6, according to
carefully prepared estimates, was at the rate
of 7306 tons per month, and exceeded the total
European production during the same period
by 1683 tons. The increase in British con-
sumption of copper during the first eleven
months of last year was at the rate of 40 per
cent compared with that of 1895. German
consumption had increased up to last returns
35 per cent, and that of France 24 per cent.
The consumption in these three countries is
estimated at the rate of 394,007,040 pounds per
annum, or an increase of 103,000,000 pounds
over 1895. In addition thereto, there was ex-
ported to other European countries from the
United States, during the first ten months of
1896, a total of 91,032,515 pounds of fine copper,
or 41,379,676 pounds more than was shipped
during the corresponding period in 1895 for
the same destination. The position of copper
in Europe and the unprecedented foreign de-
mand is altogether phenomenal. Stocks of
Chili copper in Liverpool and Swansea have
been reduced 15,647 tons during the past
year.
The Anaconda Copper Mining Co. has Issued
its first annual report for the fiscal year end-
ing June 80,1896. It Is an Interesting docu-
ment, and the exhibit presented by its balance
sheet reveals the gigantic character of this
famous property. Uhe report states that dur-
ing the year 107,036,697 pounds of fine copper
were shipped from Anaconda in the form of
electrolytic bars, anodes, or converter bars.
The sales during the same period amounted to
85.476,795 pounds of fine copper, 4,498,560
ounces of silver and 14,384 fine ounces of gold.
An analysis of the report brings out the fact
of the high cost to the company of its copper
product, and that the profits accrue princi-
pally, if not entirely, from the precious metals
and subsidiary departments. Items of ex-
penditures give a good idea of the cost of the
copper produced by the Anaconda, and sum-
marizing the report of the company, the
copper itself may be set down as a by product.
In round numbers the accounts show a profit
of about.S4,000,000 as a result of the operations
of the company for the year. This is equiva-
lent to a profit of §3 13-100 per ton of ore. The
electrolytic refining plant at Anaconda has
been doubled, and has now a capacity, when
worked up to the full limit of 6,000,000 pounds
of copper per month. The iuitial report of
this celebrated mine certainly furnishes
ample ground for anticipating higher prices
for copper. The shares are now quoted in
London at £6 2s 6d.
Rio Tinto Company, limited, have taken
steps to divide the existing 325,000 shares of
£10 each in the company's capital into two
TWIININCi ASSESSTWEIVTS.
Company and Location. No.
Alta S M Co, Nev 54. . .
Anita G M Co, Cal 12...
Bullion Con G M Co, Cal 10. . .
Con Cal & Va M Co, Nev 7. . .
Crown Point G & S M Co, Nev.69 . . .
Eureka Con Drift M Co 5...
Exchequer M Co 39...
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev.. .80...
Hale&Norcross S M Co, Nev.llO. . .
Hartmann Mining Co, Cal 1. . .
HorseflyGMCo 1...
Jamison M Co 9. .
Mineral Hill M &SCo, Cal... 1...
Occidental Con M Go 25...
Overman SM Co 76...
Thorpe M Co, Cal 4...
Ybarra G M Co, Lower Cal. . . 6. . .
Keward GM Co, Cal 17...
Amt. Levied, Delinq't and Sile. Secretary.
5c Dec 14. .Jan 18.. Feb 8 J E Jacobus, 309 Montgomery
. 5c.... Dec 21. .Feb l..Feb 18 L F Reichling, 404 Montgomery
IOC....N0V 30.. Jan 11.. Feb 10 C A Grow, Mills Bldg
25c Dec 8' Jan 14. .Feb 4 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
JOc Dec 9'Jan 13. .Feb 3 Jas Newlands, Mills Bldg
5c.... Nov 24 -Dec 28.. Jan 18 D M Kent, 330 Pine
oc... Nov 14- -Dec 17. .Jan 11 Chas E Elliott, Nevada Block
15c Dec 14-Jan 19. .Feb 9 A K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
25c. ...Dec 8-Jan 11. .Feb 1 R U Collins, 331 Pine
5c. ...Dee 22. .Feb L.Feb 93 G W Peer, 4 Montgomery
25c. ...Nov 4. .Dec 21. .Jan 20 R T Ward, 610 Clay
5c.... Nov 27. .Jan 25.. Mar 22 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
5c Jan 4. .Feb 15. .Mar 25 . .Chas Peacb, 210 Sansome
15c Nov 24. .Dec 29. .Jan 18 A K Durbrow, 3U9 Montgomery
IOC....N0V a8..Dec 31. .Jan 22 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
5c. ...Oct 14. .Dec 22. .Jan 9 A F Frey, 567 Market
10c Dec 4.. Jan 6. .Jan 25 Jas Coffin, 132 Market
3c Dec 19. .Jan 20. .Feb 5 S W Backus, Mills Building
AININUAL 7VVEETIINC3S.
Company and Location. Secretai'v and Office in S. F. Date.
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal J Stadtfeld, 309 Montgomery Jan 14
Bullion M Co, Nev R R Grayson, 331 Pine Jan 14
Silver King M Co, Nev
. J W Pew, 310 Pine Jan 12
shares of £5 each, to be called preference
shares and ordinary shares. The proposition
was unanimously agreed to last month, and
the division is to" be made on the 15th of May,
1897, but the net profits of the company earned
on or after January 1 are to be appropriated
as if such division had taken place on that
date. Since the new regime the shares
touched £26 and now quote £25 17s 6d.
The Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. shares have
advanced to the highest price ever recorded,
and sold on the 6th inst. at S345.
The Franklin Mining Co's. production of
copper for the year 1896 is (including the
estimate for December) 2,747,861 pounds.
There was no product in January, 1896, owing
to the fire.
The latest advices from the Franklin Junior
are: The big crosscut is going on very well
and good progress is made. At the Kearsarge
shaft a depth of 50 feet from the surface has
been reached, the lode showing copper occa-
sionally. At the Pewabic lode, the drift south
shows fairly well in copper. The north drift
in this level is now very good, and a good deal
of high-grade stamp rock is in sight. The
shaft is below the sixth level and is showing
quite well. The prospect in this shaft is quite
encouraging. In November last 604 tons of
rock taken from workings on the Pewabic
lode were stamped, and yielded 20,555 pounds
of mineral, equal to 1 7-10 per cent.
Tbe production of the Quincy Mining Co.
for the year 1896 will be about 16,750,000
pounds fine copper, against 16,304,721 pounds
in 1895.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing HVz®
Ingot, wholesale 1354@
Sheet copper 17 (oi
Bolt M& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17o
Lake Superior Sheathing 20
LEAD.— The market is practically un-
changed. The East reports that the demand
is not active, while offerings are not free.
Pig — @ 3 75
Bar — ® 4 00
Sheet — @ 5 25
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT.— There is a moderate demand.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs. . .$1 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 45
Buck. Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 45
BORAX.— Shipments to the East are fair.
The market is steady.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 5
Refined, In sacks ■^%
Powdered, in car lots 4^4
Concentrated, " 5
IRON.— The market is unsettled. While
lower prices are not quoted yet, it is known
that concessions can be secured. The East
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
fide properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREIIUNG,
iviarquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Pi'operties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on ail kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
$3:2,105,500
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks,
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK. Mininff Stock ISroker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
reports weak markets, with prices for pig
more or less unsettled.
COAL. — The market continues in sellers'
favor. The low charters at this port for deep-
sea vessels will operate against Australia
shipments here for two or three months.
TIN.— The market is firmer in sympathy
with the East, where slightly higher prices
prevail.
Pig, per lb 141^0® —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box — @$4 05
" light, " _ @ 305
POWDER.— The demand is fair.
The market is quoted as follows :
Hercules, No. l*, per pound U^c
No. 2, " " 8i4c
Mining Share Market.
San Pkanoisco, Jan, 14, 1897.
The market has been irregularly active the
past week, with dealing chiefly in Gold Hill
shares under the lead of Challenge. The out-
side public are slow in taking hold, confining
transactions to chippers and room traders.
Without new blood can be gotten into the
game, it looks vei-y much as if lower prices
will rule. It is barely possible that two or
more outside pools may combine and bull the
market so as to try and unload at higher
prices. Jf they do this it will prove a failure
unless more ore is shown up than has been for
many months past. Victims are getting quite
scarce, and those now willing to be bled hare
comparatively little money; but it may be
that the market is being worked in the inter-
est of a strong combine that wants shares and
not money. If this is so, then it will be a
freeze-out game, plenty of promises, very little
ore, but plenty of assessments. It is asserted
that if it were desired to show up consider-
able ore it could be done at several places. It
is stated that in Alpha this can be done when-
ever desired. Over twenty years ago Con.
Imperial paid dividends from ore extracted
from the Red or West lode, and nine years
ago Confidence did the same thing. Now that
Alpha has struck the lode it can do likewise.
It looks very much as if the powers that be
do not wish to uncover the ore, which, if so,
gives color to the belief in certain well-in-
formed quarters that it is shares that is
wanted. Experience has taught that when
considerable ore was shown up the public
would come in as buyers and not as sellers.
With the promise of ore, but not carried out,
followed by assessments and a low, dragging
market, outsiders have been made to let go
their holdings. After securing all the shares
desired, a good-sized deal was engineered on
a bona lide development of ore found years
before, but kept in the background for an
opportune time. On the ore showing, insiders
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
b/\ink:ers
and
BROKERS,
No. I630 Stout Street.
Telephone 1S93.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town" orders by
mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
Gold Mines CRIPPLE CREEK Gold Stocks
At present prices are a sure proflt. Write us for
prospectus and information regarding mines, pro-
ducing and prospective producers. We have col-
lected a list of properties that will interest you.
Write us at once.
HOPKINS & JEWELL, P. O. Box 1201,
CRIPPLE CREEK. COLORADO.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
Complete working plant. Situation and facilities first class.
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
January 16, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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succeeded in uoloadin^ at arouDd the highest
prices of the deal. This has been the history
of the Comstock mining share market and will
continue to be so loag as outsiders can bo in-
duced to play at the game. It caunot be
denied that cooaidcrable work is being done
in the mines, considering the small number of
miners employed, but it seems that the work
is driven to within a short distance of where
ore can be found, when it is either stopped or
turned to one side.
From the Brunswick lode there come re-
ports of streaks of high-grade ore being cut
in Occidental. If these should widen it will
create renewed interest in the shares of that
mine. In ChoUar they are preparing to open
up the 500-foot level. They are extracting six
to seven tons of ore a dav from the work on
the 400-foot, 300-foot, -JOb-foot levels Thny
milled 232 tons of ore which returned $7,8^^.60
la gold and four bars of tine silver weighing
3^23 ounces. This gives a yield of nearly t43
to the ton, which ought to more than pay ex-
penses of the company. All work has been
distontinued by Con. Virginia, Best& Belcher
and Gould iSt Curry in the tunnel so as to con-
fine operations to the 300-fool level which is
120 feet deeper than the tunnel level. The
south drift on this level Is being run jointly
by Best & Be cher and Gould & Curry. The
material passed through is reported to have
been quite favorable.
Interest in the Comslock mines centers in
the work that is being done in the Gold Hill
groups; but, as yet, official letters do not
warrant any excitement. In Alta the work
continues of a kill-time character and how not
to strike ore. In Overman they raise about
one ton of ore a day, but the grade is higher,
which is some comfort to assessment payers.
Official letters from Belcher and Seg. Belcher
are still silent as to where work is being done.
A few Ions of ore are being raised. Work has
been resumed in Yellow Jacket, but on what
level and in what direction we are not able to
learn. It may be that it is towards Challenge,
and thai it is to this that the strength in the
Challenge shares is due. A few tons of ore are
raised each week by Confidence. Work is pro-
gressing more rapidly in the Challenge-Con-
fldence-Con. Imperial joint westcrossdrift. It
is confidently asserted that this crossdrift
will strike quite a body of ore, mostly gold,
before thirty days pass. In Alpha they report
low-grade quartz to the west. This causes
many to believe they are not ready to show
up the high-grade ore known to be near where
they are said to be working. Work has been
resumed in Bullion. It is said that when the
long west orossdrift was stopped the general
formation of the ground had improved very
much for the better. In Potosi and Chollar no
work is being done. In Hale & Norcross they
are raising from the 9U0-foat level. A few tons
of fair-grade ore were extracted. In Savage
they are working on the 50U-fool, 7o0-foot and
S.'jU-foot levels. A few tons of ore were saved
last week. Work is continued by Best &,
Belcher and Gould & Curry on their joint east
crossdrift. In Coo. Virginia they are still ex-
ploiting the lOUU-foot, lfi5lJ-foot and IToO-foot
levels. Nothing of special iotei'est has been
deyeloped by the work. In Ophir they are
still killing time on the central tunnel and
lUOO-foot level. In Mexican work is confined
to the 20UU-foot level towards the west. In
Union. Sierra Nevada, Utah and Andes the
work is the same as has been heretofore re-
ported.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Mines.
Jan.
7.
Jan.
,14.
$ 17
01
16
51
54
$ 08
45
55
Bodle
Bullion ^ . . .
07
64
76
1 45
1 06
57
84
1 30
Consolidated California and Virginia..
1 30
28
35
27
42
45
1 00
Ophlr
95
13
Potosi
55
27
47
44
04
40
53
24
44
38
Utah
Yello.w Jacket
34
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, January 14, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
700 Belcher 45400 Ophir
600 Best & Belcher . . . 63l500 Overman
200 Caledonia 11400 Potosi
100 I
100 Standard..
100 Union
100 Yellow Jacket.
300 Challenge 61
SOOOhoUar 74
lOConCal & Va 1 25
600 Gould & Curry.... 4'.
lOOMexican 41j
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
600 Ophlr 95 300 Con Imperial
500 Gould & Curry .... 43 100 Confidence 1
200 Bes t .<i Belcher .. . 55 200 Sierra Nevada. . . .
200 Con Cal & Va 1 30 200 Overman
100 Savage 24 200 Alta
300 Chollar 84 100 Challenge
100 Crown Point 35 150 N. G. & C
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The German Savings and Loan Society,
536 California, Street.
For the half year ending December 31, 1806, a divi-
dend has been declared at the rate of four and
twenty-aix hundredths (4 26-100) per cent per annum
on Term deposits and three and fifty-five hundredth s
(3 65-100) per cent per annum on Ordinary deposits,
free of taxes, payable on and after Saturday, Janu-
ary 8, 1897. , GEO. TOURNY, Secretary.
Rainfall and Temperature.
The following data for the week ending 5
A. M., January 13, l.SilT, are from ofHcial
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Miking and Scien-
tific Pbbss:
H
^1 ^1 >» 2
f
CALlirORNIA
STATIONS
If
53= S»°
D — ' p 0 »
S.S,
s> o ■
II
!^
an
c a
?l
°s i- ^s
■l^il
'•: ^
: p
r4
'^
Eureka
.H
23. U4 15.1)0
10 94
58
;w
Red Bluff
.12
11.35 6.86
12.68
66
:»
Sacramento
11.10
4.01
4.1U
1.11
11.35
2.64
6U
68
40
Fresno ..
.06
.SO
San Luis Obispo.
.22
7.91
4.00
74
S6
Los Angeles
27
5.46
1.71
16.28
78
48
San Diego
.04
3.88
1.57
4.42:
72
48
Yuma
.W
2.40
.32
1.83:
70
38
Commercial Paragraphs.
TuE raauagemeut of the Dixon Drill Com-
pany at Denver, Col., are increasing their fa-
cilities for manufacturing the machine. They
feel that they have reached a degree of pro-
ticiencv in the machine which fully warrants
this.
McPaklake & Co. of Denver and Central
City, Col., are building two mills in Arizona-
one of ten stamps near Nogales for the World's
Fair Mining Company and the other of forty
stamps near Kingman for the Excelsior Min-
ing Company. Both are of the pan-amalgama-
tion type.
The Edward P. Allis Company of Milwau-
kee, Wis., has recently shipped considerable
machinery to South Africa— three cross-com-
pound direct-connected engines of lUdU H. P.
each, to be used for electric power to drive
pumps and hoists. Each engine weighs 100
tons. The Allis Company will shortly make
further shipment to South Africa of three
direct-acting hoisting engines weighing 200
tons apiece.
The Wilfley Concentrating Table.
Tho Wiltley Concentrating Table, a cut of which
may be found In the advertisement of the Mine
and Smelter Supply Company of Denver, consists
of a flat table, 7xlt5 feet, resting on rollers, and is
operated by an eccentric, giving a jerking motion,
which carries heavy material to bottom of bed,
then forward to head end of table. The pulp is
fed through a feed box extending from end to end.
This box is divided in such a way as to feed pulp
at one end and clean water at end where concen-
trates pass oiT, resulting In a clean heading, so
that operator can see at a glance what table is
doing. Another good feature of this mode of feed-
ing is that all material is kept continually under
water and never exposed to the air. A simple ex-
periment may be made with ores to show result of
exiMsure to air. Take some pulp and pan it down
until you can string ^he concentrates out, then tip
pan back until these are exposed to air a few sec-
onds, then bring water up on them slowly; the
result with most ores which carry any copper, and
often with iron and galena ores, is that a quantity
will come to surface of water, and this is usually
very rich material. It is nearly always stated
that these are slimes, but it is not the case, as a
screen will readily show, and careful considera-
tion will convince any mill man that with belt,
bumping, or in fact any table but the Wilfley, the
losses in a day must be very serious. Of the Wil-
fley it may be said that all this material is easily
saved. The silica passes across table (it being
slightly inclined) and off at the side, in doing
which it passes over cleats which are about i^
inch at lail end of table and taper to a point
toward head end. the result being that coarse
silica passes off first; then as material is jerked
forward and toward upper end fine silica rises to
surface and is carried off next. In this way the
table acts as a sizer to a certain extent. If ore is
put on a table or into any receptacle and thor-
oughly shaken, the coarse and tine concentrates
and fine silica will go to*the bottom, and the diftl-
culty experienced in concentrating is to remove
fine silica without large losses, hence a large per-
centage of silica accompanying concentrates is
usually flne. *
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The Union Pacific is the only line running Pull-
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Cars San Francisco to Chicago daily without
change. Only one change to New York; dining
car service entire disiance. Vestibuled composite
buffet smoking and library cars between Odgeu
and Chicago. ^ ,, _
The only line running upholstered Pullman Tour-
ist sleepers San Francisco to Chicago daily with-
out change, and personally conducted excursions
to St. Paul and Chicago without change, leaving
San Francisco every Friday.
Tickets and sleeping-car reservations at No. 1
Montgomerv St. Steamship tickets on sale to and
from all points in Europe. D. W. HITCHCOCK,
General Agent, San Francisco.
Hoskins' Patent
Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
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SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
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Constantly on hand a full assortment or Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. «»- Extra
sizes and lengths made to order on short notice
611 ana 613 FRONT ST., San FranolBoo, Cal.
Assessment Notices. I" CRACK PROOF"
GOULD St CURRY SILVER MINING COMPANY.-
Location of principal place of bUBlnesB, San Frau-
claco, California; location of works.Vlrelnla. Storey
County. Nevada.
Notice 1b hereby pivou. that at a meeting of the
Board of Truateea. held on Iho Hth day of Uecein-
ber. I81it;, uu aaBeBBment (No. 80) of 16 cents per
share was levied upon the ctipltjil stock of the cor-
poration, payable Inimedlately In United Slates eold
coin, to the Secreiary. nt llic olBce of the company,
Room till. Nevada Block. No. :V)'J Montifomery Btreet.
Sau Francisco, California.
Any Slock upon which ihts aBscssment shall re-
main unpaid on the I'Jth day of January. iSSt". will
be delluQUent and advertised for sale at public
auction: and. unlesH payment la made before, will
be sold on TUE.SDAY, tho !ilh day of February. 1897,
to pay the dellnquont asHeBsment, together with the
costB of advertiblnK' and expensea of sale.
By order of the Board of Truslcua.
ALFKKD K. DUKBKOW. Secretary.
Office— Room Wi. Nevada Block, ^09 Monteoniery
St.. San FrauclBco, California.
HAliTMANN MINING COMPANY. -Location of
principal place of businCBB, San Francisco, Califor-
nia; location of works. Chili Gulch Mining DlBlrlct,
Calaveras County. California.
Notice Is hereby frlven, thai at a meeting: of the
Board of Directors, held on the 22nd day of Decem-
ber, ISltt;. an assesBmenl (No. 1) of 6 ccula per share
was levied npon the laeued capital Block of
the corporation, payable Immediately in United
States e-old coin, to the secretary, at the office of
the company. Room 4(5. No. -I Montgomery street, San
Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this asaessment Bhall re-
niaiu unpaid on the 1st day of February, isy",
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment Is made before,
will be sold on TUESDAY, the 23d day of February,
18'JT. to pay the deliudiient aSBOBHmeut, together
with the coatB of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of DirectorB.
Q. W. PEER, Secretary.
Office— Room 4fj. No. -1 Montgomery street, San
Francisco. California.
PURE RUBBER BOOTS
Are the CHEAPEST because
They are the Most Durable.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
See that the heels are stamped
"Union India Rubber Co. Crack Proof."
BEST QUALITY
Belting, Packing and Hose.
UoUi Seal. Ittid^er and Pioneer.
Manufactured only by
Goodyear Rubber Co.
R. H. Pease, Vice Prest and Manager,
Nos. 573, 575, 577, 579 MARliET ST., San Francisco.
Nos. 73, 75 FIRST ST., Portland, Or.
ORES! ORES!
MINERAL HILL MINING AND SMELTING CO.—
Location of principal place of business. San Fran-
cisco. California: location of works, SpencevlUe.
Nevada County, California.
Notice lb hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 4th day of Janu-
ary, 1837. an assessment (No. 1) of live cents (.^c) per
share was levied upon the whole of the capital
stock of the corporation, payable immediately in
United States gold coin, to the Secretary, ai the office
of the company. 210 Sanaome street. San Francisco.
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the loth day of February, 18HT, will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment is made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 25th day of March. 1897, lo
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
coats of adverUsine and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
CHAS. PEACH. Secretary.
Office— 210 Sanaome street. San Francisco. Califor-
nia. Office hours from 1 to 3 o'clock p. 5t.
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION, hav-
ing received applleatloua to mine by the hydraulic
process from S. J. Holsinger, in the Drummonda-
ville mine, near Forest Home. Amador county, to
deposit tailings in Drummondsville creek; and from
G. D. Duncan & Co., in the Pebble Bottom mine, near
Yankee Jim's, Placer county, to deposit laillnga in
a ravine, gives notice that a meeting will be held at
Room 59, Flood Building, San Francisco, Cal., on
January 25. ISHT. at 1:90 i-. si.
British Columbia.
■W.J.R.COW£LL,B.A.,F.G.S., Mining: Engineer,
Reports on mines, designs and superintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery ; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
dress W. J. R. COWELL, Victoria, B. C.
British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has prospects for sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
stock and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park.
BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES,
Developed and Undeveloped.
GOLD, SILVER. COPPER, LEAD,
IRON AND COAL.
For Sale by BEAUMONT BOGGS (of British
Columbia Board of Trade). Victoria, B. C.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Established in Colorado,
1860. Samples by mall or e.\:prea8 will receive
prompt and careful attention. Gold and silver bul-
lion retined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress ITSii and ITAB Lawrence Street., Denver, Colo.
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Montgomery St., San Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction. Cal.
Gold, Silver and Copper Ores
and Sulphurets
BOUGHT AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
SPECIALTY, COPPER ORES.
WRITE FOR RATES TO
PIONEER REDUCTION CO.,
NEVADA CITY, CAL.
EDWARD L. HALLAWELL,
115 and 117 Main Street (Snd floor),
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Millwright and Engineer.
Contractor for the erection of Sta.mp Mills, Roller
Mills, Reduction Works, Saw Mills ( both circular
and band), Aerial Wire Rope and Surface Tram-
ways, etc., etc. Putting in machinery, shafting,
etc., ol all kinds promptly attended to. Estimates
given on plants, complete, including machinery,
building material, etc.
\a//\inte:d.
A Large Gold or Copper Property, located any-
where from Alaska to Mexico. Must have ore body
developed 200 to 300 feet deep, with a large amount
of payable ore actually in sight. Or a property
with a large body of payable ore exposed suf&cient
to warant extensive development work. No small
property wanted. Send complete description to
M. KUHN, ISFront St., San Francisco.
RUF=XURE CURED.
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the past four years has met with universal success in the cure of
Ruptures, now guarantees a cure in from 10 to 16 days. There is
no pain, no blood drawn and absolutely without danger. Usually
but a single treatment required.
California flines and fliners.
ABOUT 2500 SEPARATE ADDRESSES.
Name, Character and Location of ttie Mines of California. Tlie Name and
Postoffice Address of Owner, Superintendent, or Agent.
Number of Men Employed, Etc.
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ORE COINCEINTRATOR.
^:200 IIN ACTUAL USE.<
Manufactured under
Patents of
April 27, 1880;
September 18, 1883;
July 24, 1888;
March 31, 1891.
July 18, 1893.
It caD be safely stated, without going into a description of several new and untried concen-
trators that have lately come into the market, that where sulphurefcs are of such value as to make
close saving necessary, the Frue Vanner is always used. It is the only endless belt concentrator
in the market that can be relied on to handle all classes of ores, and give universal satisfaction,
(In all competition of concentrators the Frue Vanner is taken as the standard machine of the world
and all comparisons made by it. There have been over 42O0 of these machines sold, 1700 having
been sold on the Pacific coast alone.) They are in usein every part of the world where mining is
carried on and in all cases they are giving perfect satisfaction. Prom time to time valuable and
important improvements have been made in this machine to increase its capacity and durability,
and particular attention is called to the Patent Lip Flange for the rubber belt, which does away
with nearly all the strain and cracking, as in the old style of flange, making the life of belt more
than double that of other style belts in the market. The lip of flange bends outward in going over
the large end rolls, thereby distributing the strain in the solid rubber, and bringing virtually no
strain either at the edge or at the base of flange, as is the case in all belts with a raised edge.
Price of 4-foot wide Plain Frue Vanner
(( tt tt improvedBelt Frue Vanner..
" 6-foot " Plain Belt Frue Vanner
..«500, f. o. b.
. 600, f. o. b.
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- For any information, pamphlets, circulars or testimonials, call on or address
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(Successor to Adams & Carter),
132 /Vlarlcet St., Room 15, San F='ranclsco.
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Nn 14ft7 VOLUME lxxiv.
SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 189r.
THREE DULLAUS I'EK ANNUM.
Single CopleK, Ten Ceutii.
SmugKler-Union Mine, Telluride, Colo.
Herewith is illustrated Pandora, Colo., the lower
terminal of a tramway from the Smugijler-UQion,
claimed to be the biggest silver-gold mine in the
State of Colorado, for which we are indebted to the
courtesy of that enterprising paper, the Telluride,
Colo., Jiiunia/. A remarkable feature of the Smug-
gler-Union is the continuity and regularity of its
three miles. The levels, 100 feet apart, are tim-
bered with stulls, upon which lagging to support the
waste produced in sloping is placed. The stuU tim-
bers are set into foot and hanging wall at right angle
to the dip, and are about 14 feet long and as many
inches in diameter. The work of e.xploitation is car-
ried on by stripping in country rock on the hanging
wall to a height of 7 feet, and then shooting down
the vein in mass to be broken up and passed into
Why Mines Offered Are Not Sold.
A great many of those who have mines to sell in
this country claim that it is not true that there is
much capital seeking investment in that direction.
Yet there is a demand for all the mines that are
offered in proper shape and at reasonable prices.
The great trouble with those who have mines to sell —
both owners and promoters — is that they do not
PANDORA AND LOWER TERMINAL, OP SMUGGLER - UNION TRAMWAY.
vein, which from Canyon Creek, Ouray Co., cuts
southeasterly through a mountainous country a dis-
tance of four miles into San Miguel Co., and is re-
ported to carry pay ore for IJ miles, the vein being
two to ten feet in width.
A remarkable feature, as noted by the Journal, is
the constant increase in gold values toward the
south from the summit of the divide, and the corre-
sponding decrease in silver value in the same direc-
. tion. Where the vein crosses the divide at the ex-
treme north end of the property, the gold value is
hardly one-quarter that of the silver. The transi-
tion from silver to gold is almost constant until a
mile south the vein practically becomes a gold lode.
The surface and underground development of the
property would, in a straight line, cover twenty-
chutes with little or no sorting. The mill is located
at Pandora, connected with the mine workings by a
tramway and by sidetrack with the Rio Grande
Southern R. R. There are 50 stamps, 800 pounds,
that drop 9 inches, 95 drops per minute.
In 1896 60,075 tons of milling ore and 6,255 tons of
shipping ore were carried, and there has been taken
up to the mine 17,685 mill timbers, 3,852,150 pounds
coal and 16,276,158 pounds merchandise of all kinds.
The gross output for 1895 was 46,654 tons; for
1896, 65,575 tons. Three hundred and ten men are
carried on the company's pay roll.
A long article on page 461 of the Mining and
Scientific Press of Dec. 5th, 1896, gives so ex-
tended an account of this mine, its geology, etc., as
to render unnecessary any further reference to it.
have their properties opened up to show whether
they are of real value or not; or, if they do, do not
have them properly examined and sampled so as to
give prospective purchasers some guarantee that
they are more than mere prospects. This is espe-
cially noticeable in California, where as much is often
asked for a prospect as for a developed mine, simply
because the prospect is well located. They do not
appreciate the fact that mining is being conducted
on a more business-like basis than it was a decade ago.
A very small amount of work in developing will
often make a showing that will enable a mine owner
to ask enough to repay him many times over. True,
a little work will often spoil a very good prospect,
but the owner must learn that he has to deal with
business men who are not buying prospects.
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 23, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
ESTABLISHED IS60.
Oldest Mining; Journal on tlie American Continent.
Office, No, 220 Market Street, Northeast Corner Front, San Francisco.
ay Take the mevaim, No. 12 Front Street.
ANNITAli SUBSCRIPTION;
United states, Mexico and Canada So 00
Another Countries in the Postal Union 4 00
Entered at the S. F. Postofflce as secona-cxass mail matter.
(Mr latest forms go to press on Thursday evening.
J. F. HALLORAN General Manager
San Francisco, January 23, 1897.
TABLE OP CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Pandora and Lower Terminal of Smuggler-
Union Tramway, 65. Officers, Crew and Passengers on Board the
iMischief, in Coal Harbor, Quatsino Sound; Keeper's House— Coal
Groppings at Water's ISdge, West Vancouver Commercial Go. ; 12-
Foot Coal Seam, Three Miles West of Coal Harbor; Coal Seam 5
Feet Wide and Tunnel, Natzenauchtum Creek, 68. Cedar Trees
-Back of Coal Harbor, Quatsino Sound ; 12- Foot Coal Seam, Three
Miles West of Goal Harbor, 69. Whirlpool Centrifugal Pump, 71.
Giant Steel Frame Hangers, 73.
EDITORIAL.— Smuggler-Union ]Miue, Telluride, Cclo. ; Why Mines
Offered Are Not Sold, 65. The Debris Question Reopened; The
Proposed Secretaryship of Mines and Mining; The Legislative
Committee's Bill; The Yield of Precious Metals; Unnecessary
Heavy Expense to Investors, 66.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Measuring the Earth; Determining of
Carbon in Iron; Changes in the Elasticity of Iron, 73.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— Stee] Frame Hangers ; Lubricating
Oils; Japanese Secret Alloys, 73.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Electric Traction Under Steam Rail-
way Conditions; Extracting Ore by Magnetism; Electricity in
Surgery, 74.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Metric Conversion Table; The
Deepest Bore-Hole ; The Chief Consumer of Iron ; To Pay for All
Stock Killed by Them; A Normal Heart Very Rare; Per Gent of
Death from Old Age; The Steel Umbrella Frame; Paper Instead
of Wood, 74.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territories, 76-77.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Markets; Coal and
Coke; Mining Share Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 86.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 67. Vancouver Island, 68. A
Wonderful Calendar; Annual Report Upon Mining of the United
Kingdom and Ireland; Their Sphere in Society; The Pacific Coast
Oil Co. ; The Skiff Mining Expert of the Lower Colorado River, 69.
The Copper Mines of Nevada; Nevada City, Gal., District Geol-
ogy, 70. Pump and Engine; Gold Product '94, '95, '96; A Modern
Surveying Instrument ; The Loss to the Farmer Through Debris, 71.
The Solution and Precipitation of the Cyanide of Gold, 72. Sub-
scribers and Advertisers, 75. Mineral Output for 1896, 76. Coast
Industrial Notes; A Handsome Catalogue; Recent California Min-
ing Incorporations; Recently Declared Mining Dividends; Per-
sonal, 79. List of U. S. Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors; No-
tices of Recent Patents; Farmers and Miners Uniting, 82. Com-
mercial Paragraphs ; Temperature and Rainfall, 37.
good feeling has come between the two interests,
something more could be done looking toward the
reopening of hydraulic mines upon some basis that
would not place such heavy burdens upon the miners.
The Debris Question Reopened.
In this issue of the Mining and SciENTirio Press
is published the. third of a series of articles on the
debris question, written by an engineer with a desire
to simply give the data as to damage done and where
the responsibility lies. Most of this data — in fact,
nearly all — is taken from reports made on behalf of
the farming interests or by the Federal or State
Government engineers. The showing made is, there-
fore, about what would be made by any honest-
minded man on the side of the farmers. To sum up
briefly, they show :
First — Of the debris sent down into the Sacra-
mento drainage system while hydraulic mining was
carried on unrestrictedly, not over one-fifth could
have come from the mines.
Second — Owing to the increased population in the
foothills and mountains since that time, and conse-
quent greater erosion, the amount of debris now
coming down is about as great as it was while the
mines were in operation, and consequently the evils
then complained of are as great as ever.
Third — That had hydraulic mining not been discon-
tinued some $75,000,000 would have been produced
from the mines, and the loss in value of capital and
income to the State has amounted to over $200,-
000,000.
Fourth — The direct damage caused by the debris
making lands valueless, loss of product and loss to
sympathetic industries has not amounted to over
$50,000,000, and of this certainly not over one-fifth
could be charged to the hydraulic miners.
Sixth — The maximum damage possible if all lands
that lie low enough to be covered with debris should
be destroyed would not exceed $40,000,000.
The Legislature will doubtless reappropriate $250,-
000 to be expended by the Debris Commissioner in con-
junction with the U. S. Debris Commission in building
restraining dams. This with the $250,000 appro-
priated by the Federal Government will give a total
of $500,000. Besides this a bill providing for the
appropriation of $300,000 under the direction of the
Commissioner of Public Works and an auditing board
for dredging the Sacramento river is in committee
and is receiving the endorsement of both leading min-
ing as well as farming members.
It would seem that without much trouble, now that
The Proposed Secretaryship of Mines and
Alining.
Senator Perkins has introduced in the United
States Senate a concurrent resolution looking toward
the establishment of a Secretaryship of Mines and
Mining. The resolution, after reciting that the min-
ing interests of the country have no clearly defined
representation in the organization of the Govern-
ment, and that it is desirable that there shall be
gathered statistics and other information of value to
the mining and related industries, and that it is de-
sirable that all such work should be done by one
organization, provides for the appointment of a com-
mission, to consist of the Commissioner of the Gen-
eral Land Office, the Commissioner of Labor and the
Director of the Geological Survey, " whose duty it
shall be to determine the best method of ascertain-
ing all the facts of general importance relating to
mines and mining within the United States, whether
by a mining bureau, a Secretary of Mines and Min-
ing, a Commissioner of Mines, or a commission, and to
report to the Secretary of the Interior for his exami-
nation and approval a bill providing means for secur-
ing all necessary information concerning mining and
related industries within the United States."
This, it would seem, is a better method for a be-
ginning than by the introduction of a bill at the
present session which could not possibly be acted
upon. As it is, if the commission receives assist-
ance in its work from the miners themselves, the
mining associations and other bodies interested as to
the need of such a department, and makes an early
report, there should be little trouble in bringing be-
fore Congress at the next session a statement of
their needs in the case that should compel attention.
Those interested in the matter should now, as
speedily as possible, take steps to urge upon the
Senate and the House the passage of the resolution.
Failure to pass it at this session will mean the loss of
another year, at least, and as there is only little
time left before the closing of this session there
should be no delay.
It is to be hoped that something will be done to
interest in this movement the great mining interests
of the East. Should the coal, iron and other mining
industries of the United States join with those en-
gaged in producing the more precious minerals, it
seems probable that whatever they would ask
for, in reason, would be granted.
As to the personnel of the Commission proposed,
while the present Commissioner of the Land Office
would hardly be inclined to favor the proposed new
department, if he is to be judged by his past atti-
tude, m\ich may be expected from the Director of
the Geological Survey. The exceptionally good work
that he has done while in that office, in making the
survey of value, from an economic standpoint, to the
mining industry, gives promise that his suggestions
would be of value.
It would be well, now that the State Legislatures
are in session in many of the States and Territories
interested in mining, if they would pass resolutions
urging upon Congress the passage of Senator Per-
kins' resolution.
The Legislative Committee's Bill.
The sub-committee of the Committee on Legislation
of the California Miners' Association appointed to
frame bills to be proposed to the Legislature as to
mining laws has prepared a bill to supplement the
Federal statutes in regard to the manner of locating
mining claims and mill sites. This is to be submitted
to the Executive Committee of the Miners' Associa-
tion at a special meeting before it is sent to Sacra-
mento.
The cause for a very general demand in this State
for a bill on this subject has been the need for some
legislation supplementing the Federal statutes, par-
ticularly as to what shall constitute a valid location
as to marking, posting notices and recording them.
The most fruitful cause of litigation in this State
has been the want of a State law on the subject.
All other States and Territories have passed laws
defining what marking shall be done in making loca-
tions, the recording of notices, etc. The Federal
statute says simply that the location must be dis-
tinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries
may be readily traced.
The Supreme Court and other courts of this State
have wrestled with this time and again, and have al-
ways complained that there is no State law for de-
termining what shall constitute a proper marking.
Now comes the sub-committee of the California
Miners' Association and propose that the State
Legislature shall enact that the locator "must dis-
tinctly mark his location on the ground, so that its
boundaries can be readily traced, and must file in the
office of the County Recorder a certificate of loca-
tion." Except as to the clause about recording no-
tices, the enactment of this by the State would be a
piece of supererogation. It might as well re-enact
the Constitution of the United States. The rest of
the proposed bill refers to details, some of which are
of value, but it is altogether emasculated by the
failure to provide for what is of first importance.
It cannot very well be claimed that the miner ob-
jects to having the State enact what marking shall
be done, for in nearly every mining district formed
in this State rules have been laid down as to how
many stakes or other monuments should be erected.
The number varies, of course, and so is the cause of
confusion that it is desired should be remedied.
Again, all the other States and Territories in which
mining is conducted have adopted statutes in the
case, and they have been found to work satisfac-
torily. There must be some sound reason as a basis
when half a dozen States and Territories and a hun-
dred mining districts will voluntarily do this. If
there were any exceptions except the State of Cali-
fornia, or even if the districts in California were ex-
ceptions, there might be good reason to claim that
there are two sides to the question.
The Yield of Precious Hetals.
On another page will be found the report of Wells,
Fargo & Co. on the yield of precious metals, pro-
duced in the States and Territories west of the
Missouri river, including British Columbia, in 1896.
Without the valuable data gathered and supplied by
this company annually, there would be much more
difficulty in obtaining an approximate estimate of
the product of these minerals than there is. Yet,
until the other special sources of information have
been heard from, these figures cannot be considered
as at all final. One great advantage about them is
that they are conservative. Larger outputs are
claimed in nearly every district mentioned, but this
is always the case. The total output of gold in the
United States is placed at somewhat less than the
last estimate of the Director of the Mint, which was
$51,000,000, and that was less than others.
It is probable that the total will be considerably
larger, for figures have come from reliable sources in
South Dakota, Colorado, and California, for ex-
ample, that go to show that Wells, Fargo & Co.'s re-
turns are low. So it is with the yield of silver and
other minerals in certain districts. Last year Wells,
Fargo & Co. estimated the gold yield of California at
considerably less than it was shown to be later by
the mint and other returns, and so with Colorado.
Considering that that report was published at the
close of the year, however, and not after waiting
months for returns, it was remarkable that it was so
near correct.
The yield of British Columbia in gold and silver is
put at $4,340,000. Last year it was less than $500,-
000. As there has gone into that province a large
amount of machinery, and many large new mines
are beginning to produce, while the big producers of
last year promise to keep up their yield, it is likely
that the output for 1897 will, as the newspapers of
the Northwest claim, be double that of 1896.
Investors will not go to the necessary heavy ex-
pense of having a mine examined without some proof
that there is a strong probability that it is valuable.
For this reason they refuse to examine many good
properties that are not properly presented. Mine
owners should learn that mines may be sold
by samples of the ore bodies, to a certain extent,
just as are wheat and other articles of commerce.
Yet the average mine owner has a bad habit of tak-
ing samples that are of no value, and not only de-
ceives himself, but others. He must learn that
mines are not purchased nowadays without thorough
examination and that he must present only such
facts as may be substantiated.
January 23, 1897.
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67
Concentrates.
The fee for ao appUcalioo for inlneral entry or land for a
mill site is «10.
TuERE were forty-four mining locations recorded in Cala-
veras county, Cal., last week.
MiNEKS from Webb county, Mo., are being sent in consid-
erable numbers toLcadville, Col.
TuE output of British Columbia for 1S96 is placed on rather
conservative estimates at $5,UUU,000.
Si Dhol'illakd and N. T. Blaik have located 3000 acres of
placer ground in Esmeralda county, Nev.
The Butte, Montana, HeductiOQ Works have been rebuilt
by W. A. Clarit and now have a capacity of 500 tons daily.
AccoKDiNti to the Ueno, Nov., timcite, James Burlce has dis-
covered cinnabar in his lime mine at Steamboat.
One who located a mining claim on January 1, 1897^ will
have until Jan. 1, 18^9, to do his assessment work.
In Siskiyou county, Cal., last week, twenty locations of
mining claims and four of water rights were recorded.
VicTOK, Colorado, is said to be the only town where business
houses are torn down and moved off to make room for shaft
houses.
At a depth of 700 feet In the Park Regent mine in Colorado
recently a piece of wood three feet long and three inches thick
was found.
Theke is more activity in the Los Angeles oil wells than at
any time last year, and the price has risen from 30 cents to 90
cents and $1.
The properties of the Butte *t Boston Company of Montana
will be sold February 1st and will probably be bid in by the
Ttiorganization people.
The Salt Lake Trf'iunc states that a 4-foot vein of "soft
olayish soil" has been struck near Grand Junction which as-
says i7 per ton in gold.
A MAN— not an old miner, but a politician— in Mojave county,
Arizona, has discoverea a copper mine, the ore from which he
claims goes 140 per cent in copper.
Tu£ Utica-Stickles mine, Calaveras county, and the Golden
Cross mine. Hedges, San Diego county, Cal., have the same
number of stamps In operation— 140.
It is claimed by the La Belle, New Mexico, Crescent that
1500,000 will be spent in developing and fitting up placer mines
in the neighborhood the coming year.
Instead of building a branch from Mojave to Ran dsburg,
Cal., the Southern Pacitic has contented itself by putting on
an opposition stage line and cutting rates.
January promises to be the banner month at Cripple Creek,
Colo., as to the amount of production. It is claimed that it is
apt to be double that of January of last year.
" More assessment work has been done in this district in
'96 than ever before in one year," is the universal statement
in every paper published in the mining districts.
A PETITION has been made to the Shasta county, Cal., board
of supervisors for a franchise to construct and operate an elec-
tric railroad from Redding to Keswick, eight miles.
It is reported that experts are again examining the De
Lamar mines in Nevada for English capitalists. The owners
last year refused an offer of $3,100,000 for the property.
Between Verde and Jerome, Arizona, there are over sixty
men prospecting, most of them having gone there recently on
account of the strike of a large ledge, assaying high in gold
and silver.
Ma.ior Myers of Fort Jones, Cal., encourages a novel
method of gold production by the statement that every native
chicken killed in Siskiyou county has from 30 to 50 cents in
gold in its crop.
A SEER, who claims to know, writes from Battle Creek,
Mich., that he has positive assurance that the world will come
to an end May 7, 1807. Very well. The most of us can get
along just as well without it.
Articles of incorporation have been filed in Denver of the
Rocky Mountain Smelling Co., to be located at Florence, Col.,
with a capital of $750,000. Charles Foster, ex-Secretary of
State, is one of the directors.
The stockholders of the Cadmus Mining Company, most of
whom are San Franciscans, have been invited to the mine at
Grass Valley next Monday, when the new 10-stamp mill and
other new machinery will be put in operation.
Predictions as to what will be the product of mining dis-
tricts for 1897 are already the vogue in local papers. It would
be interesting to sum them up and show that the product of
the United States in gold will exceed 1100,000,000 easily.
In the California Legislature Assembly bill No. 30, regulat-
ing the mode of operating mines where blasting is being done,
and providing for circulating copies of the act, has been recom-
mended for passage by the Mines and Mining Committee.
In the new Grand Encampment district, soutU of Rawlins,
Wyoming, several local capitalists have located 4000 acres of
placer ground and have secured all the unappropriated water
in the north and south forks of the Grand Encampment
creek.
Mining men everywhere should beware of proffered illus-
trated "write-ups" in "mining journals" for so much or so
little per page. That questionable industry is more than
usually active at present, and is being worked for all it is
worth.
Tests have been made of mineral that proved to be stream
tin which came down from placers in Lemhi county, Idaho,
where it was associated with gold, and is said to exist in pay-
ing quantities. Last fall some 500 pounds of it was saved for
th,e purpose of testing.
Without detracting from the value of the defeat of the
funding bill, it is to be said that a measure of more impor-
tance to the people of the State of California is the passage of
the mineral land bill, which was marked for defeat last May,
and is now up for passage in Congress.
An examination of the Mercur mine in Utah is being made
on behalf of Capt. J. B. De Lamar, who has an option on it for
11,500,000, It is understood that if the deal is closed the new
owners will erect a mill with a capacity of 500 tons daily. At
present 330 tons a day are being worked.
Dlkixg the year 1895 about 1,350,000 barrels of oil were pro-
duced in California. Of this amount, very nearly 1,000,000
barrels were produced in Los Angeles county, and something
less than 250,000 in Ventura county. It is probable that the
yield for Ify'M will not fall very far short of this amount.
Nickel production in the United States in 181N1, entirety
from Canadian ores and matte, reached a total of :i,G07,03u
pounds— 3,1)78,001 pounds in 1895. Of the production in 1S9C,
metallic nickel amounted to 1,000,049 pounds, the re-
maining 3,090,890 pounds being in the form of oxide and sul-
phide.
Some miners say that a mine named after a woman never
proves to be a good one; that those which have the word
" blue " or one of its compounds in their names are sure to be
paying properties, and that those named for the stars are
more likely to turn out rich than not. There are exceptions
to this rule.
The Salt Lake people who have taken hold of mines in the
Meadow Lake district, in Sierra county, announced that work
on a toll road from Truckee and Cisco will be commenced about
May 1, and early in the spring a furnace will be erected in
the old mining camp to reduce the ores to matte to be shipped
to the smelters.
The discovery of coal in a number of districts in Nevada
give promise of a new industry for that State. The Nevada
Central Railway Company has put eight men at work on a
coal mine near Crum canyon, near Battle mountain, and it is
said that the prospects are favorable for the development of
extensive coal beds.
State Mine Inspector Shoemaker, of Montana, recom-
mends that the Legislature pass a law providing that all
mines worked below a certain depth must have two means of
exit. He also believes that the powers of the mine inspector
should be so extended that he could order any needed im-
provement made at the expense of the mine owner or op-
erator.
A crisis in the great strike in Leadville has at last been
reached that brings a calamity that will affect both the
strikers and the mine owners. The pumps that drain the
mines on Carbonate hill have been pulled out and within a
short time most of them will be flooded. Even if the strike
should be settled now, it would be a long time before work
could be resumed.
The monthly output of the Baker City. Oregon, camp is
placed by the SDokesman-Ucoicw at from *100,000 to §170,000,
and it says that the principal producing mines are the Virtue,
producing ?30,000 a month; Bonanza, $18,000; E. & E., *35,000;
North Pole, *15,0U0; White Grouse, «10,000; Baisley & Elk-
horn, «10, 000; Red Boy, §10,000. The shaft of the Virtue is
now down 700 feet.
A BILL has been introduced in the Legislature by Senator
Mahoney dealing with corporations. It provides that no
assessment shall be levied by the trustees of a corporation
without the concurrence of a majority of the shareholders and
after a sworn statement of the officers as to the condition of
the corporation and further that the owners of stock sold for
assessment shall have the right to redeem within six months.
Wall street is reported to give credence to the statement
that the Rothschilds have in the last four months bought up
137 silver mining claims in one district of New Mexico, rang-
ing in price all the way from SIOUO to $180,000, and asks : " Do
these mighty European bankers intend to rehabilitate silver
after they have depressed the price low enough to scoop in all
the desirable mining properties?" Such a "scoop" is beyond
even the financial resources of that great firm.
It is claimed that the first application of electricity to min-
ing was at Aspen, Colorado, July, 1888, when the first electric
hoist in that region was started in the Veteran tunnel. It
consisted of a 7% H. P. street car motor of one of the earliest
types which were then just coming into use. There are now
in use at Aspen thirty motors varying from 1 H. P. to 130 and
aggregating 033 H. P., which are used for hoisting, ventilat-
ing, drilling, mining mills, samplers and miscellaneous ma-
chinery.
Papers have been prepared for application to the Provincial
Legislature of British Columbia for a charter to construct an
electric railway from the international boundary line to Grand
Porks, Anaconda and Greenwood, and thence to Rossland. An
application will also be made to the Washington Legislature
for a charter from Spokane to the international boundary line,
and, if granted, work is to begin early in the spring. The
power it is proposed to obtain from the falls of the Kettle
river.
A miners' convention will be- held at an early date at
Perris, Cal., to which all people interested in raining in south-
ern California are to be invited. There are two main objects
stated—the first to get the Legislature to take action recog-
nizing the mining district recorders as officials, empowering
them to administer oaths, and dispensing with the recording
of mining claims with the county recorders; and the second,
to get the Interior Department to take steps to secure the
passage of the mineral land bill now before Congress.
The mine owners of British Columbia are not giving much
encouragement to promoters of devious practices and wild-
cats. At a meeting of the Anaconda Club lately the secre-
tary was instructed to give, gratis, full information to
intending purchasers of stock of that district as to amount of
work done, number of persons employed, and such other facts
as may be in his power to give. Similar good work is being
done by the newspapers of British Columbia and of Toronto
and Montreal. Nothing could do so much to inspire the confi-
dence of foreign capitalists.
The Canadian tariff commission has been considering a plea
from people from British Columbia for the free admission of
mining tools and machinery. They assert that the mining
industry is severely handicapped with an excessive and crush-
ing tariff. Nearly every article entering into the operation of
a mine, together with every article of consumption by the
miner, is tariff-stricken. As a result of this, it is claimed,
vast areas of low grade ores in nearly every section of Canada
remain untouched. They claimed that by reducing the cost
of production one hundred thousand men would be given em-
ployment between Cape Breton and Vancouver. Expectation
that the coming year will bring the desired reduction has a
tendency to limit the camp's present output. A number of
developed mines could ship in large quantities, and derive
a profit at existing charges, but their owners prefer to hold
their ore bodies in reserve and wait for lower freight rates
and smelting charges.
Piior. W. LiNDCREN, of the United States Geological Sur-
vey, writes that the Nevada City folio, descriptive of the
mines of Grass Valley and Nevada, published lately, and from
which some description of the geology of the district has been
publishedin the MiNiNo and Scientific Press, is merely aoon-
densed statement from the more extended report on the dis-
trict, and which will be ready for distribution in about two
months. A great many important questions are there treated
in detail, which could only be briefly touched upon
in the folio. The report will comprise 350 pages, with 34
plates.
Spokane papers are advocating the building of a smelter at
that place. Vancouver is doing all it can to have a smelter
built there. It Is thought that one may be built at North-
port, Wash., near the international line, on the road from
Spokane to the Kootenay mines. Tacoma people are advocat-
ing a smelter at that point. Three smelters have been built
in the Kootenays. The great advantage of the mining dis-
tricts of the Northwest is railroad competition, which gives
every encouragement to the opening up of new districts by
giving facilities for shipping and incidentally of working the
ores at low rates.
From the Slocan district alone in British Columbia it is
claimed that forty-seven mines will ship ore during the year,
and that the amount will aggregate nearly 50,000 tons. There
is very little machinery in the district. The Noble Five is
equipped with a 120-ton concentrator. The Slocan Star has a
concentrator and a compressor plant. The Three Forks con-
centrator has a capacity of sixty tons, as has the Washington
concentrator. This includes all of the machinery in the dis-
trict except a few hoists. There is not a steam hoist in the
Slocan. An estimate of the product of the Trail Creek dis-
trict for 1897 places it at 350 tons a day.
In New York Judges Lacombe and Wallace of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals, in a decision last week,
classified natural gas as a mineral for all the purposes of the
statutes and customs laws. Thi6 affirms the finding of the
Circuit court of the district, which upheld the Board of Gen-
eral Appraisers' declaration " that the natural gas piped from
Shirkstown, Canada, to Buffalo, N. Y., is not subject to duty
because it is within the definition of 'crude minerals.' "
Under section 4 of the McKinley tariff the collector of cus-
toms, however, assessed the imported gas at 10 per cent,
holding that the gas is "a raw or manufactured article not
enumerated or provided for."
The syndicate operating the Corral Hollow coal mines, in
Contra Costa county, and the Alameda and San Joaquin rail-
road, built to give them an outlet to Stockton, state that both
properties will be in operation by February 1. The syndicate
has invested in the railroad and mines $1,750,000. Over $750,-
000 was spent in buying the land at Corral Hollow and in
partially developing the seven veins of coal found there.
The remainder went into the railroad, which is thirty-six
miles long; into mining machinery and additional develop-
ment work. A shaft 1500 feet deep has been sunk and the
machinery now placed at the mines will have a capacity of
handling 1500 tons of coal a day.
Representative Allen of Utah, has secured the passage
through the House of Representatives of his bill to amend the
Revised Statutes as to procedure in acquiring mineral land
titles. The first object of the bill is to allow affidavits re-
quired under the land laws of the United States to be sworn
to before an officer of the Government having a legal seal,
thus saving loss and expense caused by requiring persons to
go before the register and receiver of the land office for such
a purpose. The second object of the bill is to establish rules
of procedure in contest cases between claimants of mineral
and agricultural lands. It provides that in case of contests as
to the mineral or agricultural character of the land, testi-
mony and proof may be taken under such notice and regula-
tions as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may
prescribe, concluding, "that wherever the land is proven
to be within a well defined mineral belt, it shall be
deemed prima facie evidence of the mineral character of said
land."
In the U. S. Senate last Wednesday Senator Perkins of this
State introduced a concurrent resolution which sets forth
that the mining Interests have not a clearly defined repre-
sentation in the Government, and for the collection of statis-
tics and other information that will be of value to mining and
related industries better plans are necessary. To accomplish
this a plan is set forth in this form : Resolved, That a com-
mission he and is hereby formed, consisting of the Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office, the Commissioner of Labor
and the Director of the Geological Surveys, whose duties shall
be to determine the best method of ascertaining all the facts
of general importance relating to mines and mining within
the United States, whether by the Mining Bureau, the Sec-
retary of Mines and Mining, the Commissioner of Mines or a
commission, and to report to the Secretary of the Interior for
his examination and approval a bill providing means for secur-
ing all the necessary information concerning mining and its
related industries within the United States.
According to a dispatch from Washington, Director Wal-
cott of the United States Geological Survey has published a
report upon the gold fields along the Alaskan coast. An ex-
pedition sent out last summer traversed the valley of the
Yukon from the British boundary on the east to the mouth of
the river on the west. All of the well-known placer deposits
were examined, and the origin of the gold in them was traced
to the quartz veins along the headwaters of the various
streams entering the Yukon. Sufficient data were secured to es-
tablish the presence of a gold belt 300 miles in length in Alaska,
which enters Alaska near the branch of Forty Mile creek and
extends westward across the Yukon valley at the ramparts.
Its further extent is unknown. It is the opinion of the geolo-
gist in charge of the expedition that it is entirely practicable
to prosecute quartz mining throughout the year in this region.
He also discovered along the river acres of rocks containing
hard and bituminous coal. The director thinks in view of
these facts that a reconnoissance report should be made of the
gold and coal areas in order to secure an intelligent concep-
tion of the resources of the interior of Alaska, and for this
purpose asks an immediate appropriation of $35,000.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
Jaiiuaryj23, 1897.
Vancouver Island.
Written ror the Mining and Scientific Press.
A good deal of interest has been directed to Van-
couver island recently on account of its great min-
eral wealtli, the island being rich in gold, copper
and coal, particularly the latter. A large percent-
age of the coal used by the steamers running north,
by the cities and towns in British Columbia and by
the city of San Francisco comes from the coal mines
at Nanaimo and Comox, the former having been
worked for many years and having produced an
enormous amount of very fine coal. The Comox coal
fields are of more recent origin, but of excellent
quality and great extent.
Vancouver island lies between north latitude 48.15°
and 50.53°, and longitude 123.12° and 128.28° west
from Greenwich. It is 260 miles long and its great-
est width is 79 miles, but both on the north and on
anchorage in water from 40 to 90 feet deep close to
shore.
The waters here abound in salmon, halibut, her-
ring, and the woods in bear, elk, deer and smaller
game, while duck and geese are abundant in season.
The climate, under the influence of the warm cur-
rent flowing from the west, is mild and agreeable.
Snow sometimes falls to the depth of 1 foot, but
melts off rapidly. The rainfall is seasonable and not
excessive. Great forests of spruce, hemlock, fir and
cedar cover this part of the island, the cedars reach-
ing a large size.
The hills in the vicinity of Coal Harbor are not
very high, generally not exceeding 100 feet, although i
on Vancouver island there are numerous mountains i
over 6000 feet in elevation, but the presence of such
an abundance of timber and the undulating character
of the ground has made the country difficult of ex-
ploration. While the south end of the island, as far
ing a wagon road, which will connect Coal Harbor
and Hardy Bay, and will give Coal Harbor splendid
shipping facilities on both sides of the island, and
when the great coal measures of this district are
developed, will enable coal to be delivered directly on
board the largest ocean ships at Coal Harbor on the
west and Hardy Bay on the east of Vancouver
island.
As early as 1872 Mr. John J. Landale, an English
mining engineer, made an extensive examination of
the coal and other .minerals in the vicinity of Coal
Harbor, and reported the coal field as covering 5000
acres and the amount of coal computed to exist,
based upon his actual exploration, to be 33,000,000
tons, or 600,000 tons yearly for a period of fifty-five
years. There are five seams, the thickness being
2 feet 8 inches, 3 feet 6 inches, 1 foot 10 inches, 2
feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches, respectively.
Since then Mr. M. B. Silver has made further ex-
OFFICERS, GREW AND PASSENGERS ON BOARD THii; MISCHIEF,
IN COAL HARBOR, QUATSINO SOUND.
KEEPER'S HOUSE — COAL CROPPINGS AT WATER'S EDGE,
WEST VANCOUVER COMMERCIAL CO.
12-POOT COAL SEAM, THREE MILES WEST OP COAL HARBOR.
COAL SEAM 5 FEET WIDE AND TUNNEL, NATZENAUCHTUM CREEK.
the south long canals or sounds run easterly far in-
land from the Pacific ocean, Alberni canal, for
instance, running inland for 15 miles, with a depth
of water ranging from 66 to 624 feet, and connected
at its upper end by Stamps river to two lakes, the
Klecoot and the Great Central lake, the latter being
18 miles long, 3 miles wide and having a depth of
water ranging from 300 to 600 feet.
Pretty near the north end of the island is another
of these great canals, called Quatsino sound,' which,
running a little north of east for 23 miles, makes a
turn of nearly a semicircle and runs north of west
for 25 miles farther. There are two arms ; one, 17
miles from the entrance, runs south by east for 17
miles, and another, 22 miles from the mouth, runs 7
miles east. The depth of water is from 100 to 400
feet throughout. Twenty-two miles up the sound
from the Pacific ocean is a beautiful harbor called
Coal Harbor. It is 2000 feet wide at its mouth,
widening out to a diameter of 4000 feet, with fine
as Alberni, is pretty well known, but little is known
of the region in the vicinity of Quatsino sound.
Within the past year quite a number of Scandina-
vians have been attracted to this locality and are
well pleased with it, believing in the future develop-
ments of its mineral wealth, the presence of plenty
of fish, game and wood assuring them of a living.
But until their arrival a few months ago this part
of Vancouver island was inhabited only by Indian
tribes, and at the time of the visit of Mr. A. S. Hal-
lidie, in October, 1895, there were neither horses,
cows, pigs, sheep nor chickens there.
The island at Quatsino sound is not very wide
and deep water runs up into Coal Harbor, which is
only 9 miles west of Hardy Bay, on the east coast,
and where there is an excellent harbor, with good
anchorage and plenty of water. Hardy Bay being
situated on the inland passage from Puget sound to
Alaska.
Across this narrow neck the Government is build-
ploration and discovered fresh seams, one of which
is 12 feet wide.
Mr. Landale reports analysis of these seams as
containing :
Oarboo 60 to 71
Hydrogen ^ to 8
Nitrogen l.W to 1.75
Oxygen 4.55 to 13
Sulphur 0.3 to 0.9
Ash 13.39 to 25
Mr. Robert Brown, in his paper on "Coal Fields
of the North Pacific Coast," translation of Edin-
burgh Geological Society, 1868-9, gives an analysis
of the coal of one of the above veins by Mr. G. C.
Hoffman, as follows :
Hygroscopic Water 1-05
Volatile Combustible Matter 34.38
Fixed Carbon 54.01
Ash 10-66
Total 100.00
Mr. Landale reports also the presence of rich cop-
January 23, 18&7.
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per veins and numerous iodicatioDS and outcrop-
pinffs on this part of the island.
Very little attempt has been naade to further
develop this coal area, except that made by the
West Vancouver Commercial Company with a small
drill, but as the cores obtained were only S inch
diameter they did not bring up sections intact.
All the streams carry lloat coal, and coal veins
outcrop in a number of places on the ihore near Coal
Harbor, and the coal is and has been used by steam-
ers visitinK that locality since the British steamer
Hecate got her coal there in 1870.
The waters and shore line of Quatsino sound are
beautiful and romantic. With a good steamer it can
be reached in :-!(! hours from Victoria, and will be a
revelation to the tourist and hunter, as it surpasses
in beauty Puget sound and has a water area of about
200 square miles.
Mr. Hallidie circumnavigated Van-
couver island in the fall of IX!>!> on the
sixty-ton steam schooner Mischief, go-
ing north from Victoria on the Pacilic
ocean side, passing around Cape Scott,
the northern extremity of the island,
and returning by the inland passage on
the east side of Vancouver island, stop-
ping at places en route, particularly
at Quatsinosound, where he spentsome
days.
There are a great many points of in-
terest to the geologist, botanist and
general tourist, and innumerable inlets
on the rugged west shore that cannot
fail to interest those visiting that com-
paratively inaccessible and virgin coun-
try.
We give six views: Fig. 1, deck of
steam schooner Mischief, with Mr. Hal-
lidie sitting on a stool, with field-
glasses in his hand, and the captain of
the Mischief, Captain Foot, sitting on
a box filling his pipe. Pig. 2, keeper's
house West Vancouver Commercial Co. ,
coal cropping of vein, 2* feet wide, at
water line. Fig. 3, coal oroppings (12-
foot vein) on the shore three miles west
of Coal Harbor. Fig. 4, coal seam, 5
feet thick, and tunnel on Natzenauch-
tum creek, Coal Harbor. Fig. 5, cedar
timber back of Coal Harbor. The di-
mension of this timber can be real-
ized by comparing with the size of the
man standing alongside. Fig. 6, same
as Fig. 3.
Black Age. It is an age of spiritual darkness in
which the human race prays for the misdeeds which
are recorded against it in the previous ages.
The second annual general report upon the mining
industry of the United Kingdom and Ireland was
issued by the Home Office on Friday December 4th.
The total number of persons employed at all the
mines and quarries in 1895 was 838,282, of whom
733,057 were employed in or about mines, and 104,025
in or about quarries. Of the 733,657 persons em-
ployed at mines 584,298 worked below ground, and
149,359 above ground, of whom 5636 were females.
The total value of all the minerals produced was
£09,129,667 or £8,769,274 less than the correspond-
ing figure for 1894. This great diminution in the
total value is partly accounted for by a decrease of
The Skiff Mining Expert of the Lower
Colorado River.
Written for the Mining and SciKNTinc Pbess.
A Wonderful Calendar.
There is nothing more wonderful
the chronological and
time-keeping line than „ .-
the " Theosophical Cal- i " .
endar According to the
Secret Doctrine." From
the theosophical point of
view the four ages are
as follows : Sata Yuga
(golden age), 1,718,000
years; Tresta Uga (sil-
ver age), 1,296,000 years;
Dwapara (copper age),
864,000 years; Kali Yuga
(iron age), 432,000 years.
The total of these four
ages makes one Maha
Yuga, or great age, of
4,320,000 years. One
thousand Maha Yugas
make one Kalpa, or Day
of Brahma, equal to
1000 times 4,320,000
years. After the ex-
piration of that un
thinkable period of time
the Night of Brahma
(equal in duration to
the length of the day)
comes on, and the earth
vanishes from the plane
of ■" existence. Three
hundred and sixty days
and nights of Brahma
make one year Brahma,
and 100 years of Brahma make the Great Kalpa, a
period of 311,040,000,000,000 years, after which the
sun and the entire solar system plunge into im-
penetrable night, and everything on the "objective
plane " is destroyed. Then comes the period known
as the Great Night, and which is equal in length to
the Great Kalpa. After the Great Night has lifted
its sable mantle a new solar system is formed and
evolution begins anew.
•According to the doctrine of the theosophists, we
are now living in the Kali Yuga, the last of the four
ages, and it began nearly 5000 years ago, with the
death of Krishna, who died 3102 years before our
era began. The first minor cycle of Kali Yuga will
end in the -years 1897-98, but will still have something
like 427,000 years before we arrive at the end of the
present age.
Kali Yuga is also known to the theosophists as the
CEDAR TREES BACK OF COAL HARBOR, QUATSINO SODND.
12-FOOT COAL SEAM, THREE MILES WEST OF COAL HARBOR.
five and a half millions in the value of the coal, and a
decrease of more than £300,000 in the value of the
iron ore, although, in both cases, the quantity raised
was greater. In fact, compared with 1894, there is
an increase of 1,383,837 tons of coal, or .73 per cent.;
and an increase of 248,106 tons of iron ore, or 2 per
cent.
Men and Women have each their sphere in society.
Woman may be fitted to fill man's place, but man
can not fill woman's. So if woman enters man's
sphere there must remain in society a place unfilled,
a work undone.
The Pacific Coast Oil Company, of which Charles
N. Felton is president, has leased the Schubert ranch
near Half Moon Bay and the Bell ranch at San Gre-
gorio for ten years with the object of sinking-oil wells.
"Their cause I plead,— plead it in heart and mind ;
A fellow feeling maltes one wondrous kind."
Premising the gentlemen who, during the delight-
ful winter season peculiar to this desert region, mean-
der adowu the Rio Colorado of the West by skifT, the
initial point The Needles and the journey terminating
at Yuma, have a knowledge, practical or otherwise,
of mines, the writer, for their better understanding
as a minor factor, and that the investigating public
who employ them to expert the territory bordering
the Colorado river more particularly, would mildly
suggest that mineral deposits do not occur here-
abouts radically different from those that are found
in less uncongenial physical surroundings. A similar-
ity of diverse geological conditions prevail, as they
do in sections more kindly favored by nature. The
mineralized lodes exist in the granites, porphyries,
slates, etc., as veins of true fissure, contact, segre-
gation, blanket, gash, and their modifications, and in
the mountain ranges generally bordering the Colo-
rado river, as a rule somewhat away from the river's
brink, in fact, often some miles distant. Now, this is
certainly unfortunate — not to say criminal — in that
it conduces to the discomfort of some of these gentle-
manly experts and renders inoperative their efforts
to " Help the blasted country out, don't you know."
There is reason in all things, but who would
expect a gentleman to tramp it, or, perchance,
to ride an undignified burro anywhere from
5 to 25 miles in such a beastly, inartistic country !
Certainly it would have been nicer had these several
remote (?) mining districts moved their lode veins to
the river's brink, stood them on end, and labeled
their several virtues (they seldom have faults), for
the edification of these meandering critics.
When the Roentgen rays shall have attained per-
fection, doubtless, one may mine expert the desert
region bordering the Colorado of the West while
floating down its yellow waters.
There are many conscientious mining men, who,
having "reported" certain properties on the Colo-
rado river, have advices to continue on by skiff and
look into any other "prospect " they may hear of.
Receiving no accurate information whereby he may
to a certainty find some of the many mining pros-
pects that are being exploited in a small way by the
original locators, and with nothing to mark the
steamer's landings save, probably, a small flag, this
vast virgin field is but touched. To this class of
"mining men" this letter has no application, as they
never condemn wholesale an unknown territory. But
the gentleman who, "girding up his loins," with ad-
vice and condolence from admiring friends and em-
ployers, more or less firmly seats himself in the stern
sheets of a staunch skiff, with an old riverman and
expert camper for motive power, braves the perils
of the turbid Colorado — likewise the canned and bot-
tled goods, with bedding galore— launches forth as a
modern Columbus, in the interests of and
shekels, having returned to the fleshpots of Egypt,
he invariably, and with a jauntiness that would be
amusing were it not harmful, either "damns with
faint praise," or literally damns and condemns a region
of which he personally has absolutely no knowledge
whatever.
The writer knows of several meritorious mining
"prospects " bordering the Colorado river where the
owners have been and are slowly doing legitimate
exploratory work ; they are earnest, industrious
men, and, having faith in their claims, prove it by
putting in their time and money as best they may,
working under disadvantages residents of more con-
genial climatic surroundings have no conception of.
These men generally do not wish to sell out entire,
but would like development money for interests in
their holdings. When working to that end — as an in-
stance— the miner was met by the assertion: " Why,
I have been told that there are no good mines along
the Colorado." When cited to the Gold Rock, with
its 150 stamps dropping on pay rook ; the La For-
tuna, turning out $80,000 in gold each month with 20
stamps ; the Senator, to be heard from, holding 12
feet of rich pay rock at the 200 level, and, from all
evidence, a rival to the La Fortuna in the early' fu-
ture ; the developments in the old Picacho district,
on wholly new ground, with mills now in and those
on road approximating 130 head of stamps — as some
of the going mines on the Colorado river, near to
Yuma, the reply was : "Yes; but the region gou
are in is a new territory ; I have not heard of it."
The wholesale condemnation of a vast, practically
unknown territory by the gentleman in the skiff may
have choked off this deal, for we know how ill news
travels, however slight and trivial the foundation.
I sometimes wonder if it occurs to some people that
there is an inception process in a mine — a heginning
—just as there is in every other condition, from the
founding of a world to the infant puling in its moth-
er's arms, who may in the course of events deliver
harmful mouthings to cover up his personal short-
comings. Taylor D. MacLeod.
Yuma, A. T., January 18, 1897.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 23, 1897.
The Copper Mines of Nevada.
Written for tbe Mining and Scientific Press.
Nevada is wonderfully rich in copper, yet is not
known in any market as a copper-producing State.
In the scramble for mines of the more precious metals
not much attention has ever been given to the cop-
per-bearing veins of the country. Indeed, for fifteen
to twenty years, while the silver harvest was in
profitable progress in all the leading camps, miners
and prospectors cared for nothing but silver lodes;
even gold-bearing lodes of good promise were given
the second place, if taken hold of at all. Thus it
happened that no one ever thought of Nevada as a
gold-producing State until recently, when men turned
their attention to searching for the yellow metal.
It has been much the same as regards copper. Ne-
vada is not thought of as a copper region, yet the
State is full of copper lodes, many of which, properly
developed, would prove very profitable and desir-
able properties because of a large per cent of the
values they contain being in the precious metals.
In places in Nevada copper is not only found in veins,
but also in mountain masses.
Now that there is a greatly increased consumption
of copper with a promise of a continuance of the
present prices, if not of an advance in them, it would
seem that the copper mines of Nevada should be
worthy of the attention of capitalists. The develop-
ment and working of the copper deposits would as
much contribute to the prosperity of the State as
would the opening up and working of the same
number of mines of gold and silver. All the benefit
derived by Nevada from the working of any of her
mines comes to her in the shape of money paid to
miners and other workmen as wages. However rich
a gold or silver mine may be, the State is only bene-
fited to the extent of the amount of money paid out
as wages. The precious metals extracted and all the
profits obtained go to the cities of the East and to
Europe.
Some sporadic attempts at working the copper de-
posits of Nevada have been made from time to time,
and with good results, the inefficiency of the appa-
ratus and the methods employed being considered,
but other enterprises constantly offered that proved
more attractive, and when the price of copper went
down the mines were shut down and tbe locations
made on copper deposits by prospectors were nearly
all abandoned. From 1875 to about 1882-3 the price
of copper in New York ranged from 18 to as high
as 25 cents a pound, when prospectors and mining
men began to locate and open copper properties,
but when copper went down to less than half the
rates mentioned most of the locations were aban-
doned, their owners returning to the more profitable
occupation of mining the precious metals.
However, considerable holding aod development
work had been done in different sections on copper
deposits, and in a few places small furnaces were
erected for smelting the ores. Some of the copper
mines paid a fair profit, while copper commanded a
high price, though the furnaces were poorly con-
structed and were mostly managed by persons of
little experience in copper smelting. Some copper
smelting was done as late as 1888 and 1890, also
some small shipments of ore were still occasionally
made to the East and England, particularly ores
containing the precious metals.
Although copper veins are found in all parts of
the State, from the Colorado river to the south line
of Oregon, still there are in places regular belts of
copper deposits, just as there are silver belts and
gold belts. In some sections these belts are more
or less mixed, when a lode running high in copper
will be found to carry in addition paying amounts of
gold and silver. Occasionally there are very large
copper belts, as at Walker's lake and at places in
Humboldt and Elko counties. By the early pros-
pectors these were known as "copper regions" and
generally shunned.
Most of the copper ore mined in Nevada in times
past was sold to the acid works at Dayton, Lyon
county, where it was used in the manufacture of
bluestone (sulphate of copper). The Jackson mine,
at Walker river, furnished much ore to the acid
works. It is a mountain mass of copper ore. In
working it neither machinery nor timbers were used.
Pillars of copper ore from 10 to 15 feet in diameter
were left as supports to the roof. The ore yielded
from 25 to 80 per cent copper and from S5 to $15 a
ton in silver. The Ludwig mine, near tlie Jackson,
is equally rich. The owners of the Ludwig sold to
the acid works ore to the value of $200,000 or $300,-
000. The ore was principally quarried from an open
cut.
The Wheeler mine, west of IMason valley, sold ore
to the acid works for a time. The ore runs about 25
per cent in copper. In this Walker river region are
many copper mines on which no work was ever done.
In all these mines are streaks of nickel and cobalt.
In 1882 the Esmeralda Smelting Company, at Soda
Springs, on the Carson and Colorado railroad, pro-
duced 350,000 pounds of copper. The ore was ob-
tained from a mountain of copper near the works.
When copper fell in price the smelter was shut down
and nothing has since been done at copper smelting
in any part of the State.
There are many good copper mines in White Pine
county. In 1880 a mine in Robinson district pro-
duced 357 tons of ore that yielded 134,730 pounds of
copper ingots. At Bald Mountain are also rich cop-
per veins, the ore of some of which go as high as 60
per cent.
In Lander county, near Battle Mountain, is a small
copper belt, four miles long and two miles wide, on
the veins in which some work was done in early
times. These mines all yielded more or less gold and
silver. Tbe Trenton went 15 per cent copper and
carried $150 a ton in silver ; the Bluebird, 28 per
cent copper, $9 in gold and $21 in silver per ton; the
Washington, 28 per cent copper and $50 to $60 in
gold and silver ; the Columbia, 50 to 75 per cent cop-
per and $5 a ton gold ; the Battle Mountain Com-
pany (four mines), one, 30 per cent copper and $9 a
ton silver. They shipped to Liverpool extensively
in 1870. The Josephine was rich in copper and paid
$130 a ton in silver. The veins are from 4 to 6 feet
wide and all carry gold and silver in addition to a
good per cent of copper.
In Humboldt county are many copper deposits.
Work was done on some of these in the early days.
At one time the Lake Superior Company shipped
from their mine, near Galena, 100 tons of ore a
month. The ore went from 15 to 75 per cent copper
and carried some silver and gold. It was sent to
Liverpool at a cost of $35 a ton. The Virgin and
other mines in the belt are of the same character,
and all carry gold and silver. In Winnemucca dis-
trict there are copper mines that carry from $15 to
$25 a ton in gold and silver in all their ores. In Co-
lumbia district, Puebla mountains, Quin river, is a
big copper belt, the ores of which carry gold and sil-
ver in addition to 40 per cent of copper. In this dis-
trict is found much native copper. In Portis dis-
trict, near tbe Little Salmon river, is a fine copper
belt. The ores carry $9 in gold and 15 ounces of sil-
ver a ton and run about 40 per cent in copper. On
the Little Salmon, some Montana men last summer
puv up a small prospecting smelter. It made such a
good showing that other Montana parties will erect
a large plant in the district.
The Adelaide copper mine is in Gold Run district,
Humboldt county, twelve miles south of Golconda.
Some smelting was done about 1889 ; but, for some
reason, operations were discootinued. In the mine
is a width of over 100 feet of solid ore. The ore car-
ries both gold and silver. This mine is now being
prospected by an English syndicate with a force of
eighty miners. In the opinion of some experts, the
mine will prove to be a second Anaconda.
There are many copper mines in Elko county, in
Granite Mountain district. Sooner district, Kit C|ir-
son, and on the Salmon river. The veins carry from
$40 to $60 in silver in addition to a paying per cent
of copper. Nye county contains some large copper
belts. In the southwestern part of the county is a
remarkable belt of veins of copper and iron. In
Volcano district are no fewer than thirty distinct
copper lodes, all of great size, and all carrying gold
and silver. Here are also found deposits of petrified
trees of large size. It is a very peculiar and inter-
esting region. On the slopes of some of the moun-
tains are strewn great quantities of geodes of all
sizes. When these are broken open they are found
to contain beautiful crystals of a variety of colors.
These geodes are not only strewn on the surface, but
also in the ground beneath ; they may be dug out
like potatoes. About Palmetto, Esmeralda county,
are many good copper mines, some of which carry
over $50 a ton in gold and silver. In the placers at
Tule canyon, in the same county, the gold is alloyed
with copper.
At Peavine, Washoe county, are copper lodes that
carry both gold and silver, and veins of the same
character are found at Pyramid lake. In fact, cop-
per is to be found in every county in the State, but,
of course, not everywhere in paying quantities.
There are doubtless a sufficient number of copper
lodes in the State, that would pay well if opened up
and properly worked, to give employment to thou-
sands of miners. It is to be hoped that such a suc-
cess will be made by the parties now opening the
Adelaide that capitalists will flock in and take hold
of other pi'operties of the kind. Since the days
when the people of Nevada were experimenting with
furnaces of various kinds and all manner of fluxes
copper smelting has been reduced to a science in
many places ; therefore, were men of capital to
bring to the State and put in operation up-to-date
plants they would make a good thing out of our ores,
as' in most cases the gold and silver contained in
them would add very materially to the value of the
product.
Copper properties are now in brisk demand and
the demand is likely to grow into a boom in the near
future. The consumption of copper is increasing at
a remarkably rapid rate in Europe, and the indica-
tions are that the demand for the metal will steadily
grow, as there are now new uses for it in several di-
rections, and particularly in the manufacture of elec-
trical apparatus. The time is at hand when copper
mines will no longer "go begging."
Dan de Quille.
Virginia City, Nev, , Jan. 17, '97.
Nevada City, Caf., District Geology.
SUMBEE VII— CONCLUDED.
With the exception of the North Star group,
nearly all in the veins in the larger, southern part of
the district have a general north-and-south direction
and a medium to flat dip either east or west. They
are usually rather narrow, and carry a high-grade
ore, with occasional bunches of coarse, free gold.
The sulphurets, which consist chiefly of iron pyrites
and some galena, are not abundant, and are usually
only of medium grade. In places a strong sheeting
of country rook parallel to the vein may be noted, as,
for instance, in the grauodiorite of the western part
of Mill street. Grass Valley, or in the diabase in the
vicinity of the Larimer mine on Wolf creek. Inter-
secting the vein is a system of " crossings," or bar-
ren seams, with a steep dip and general northeast-
erly trend. These crossings sometimes fault the
veins slightly and usually carry a great deal of
water.
The Rocky Bar vein extends for 3500 feet on the
west side of Wolf creek and lies in diabase, the dip
being flat to the east. It has been worked only to a
depth of a few hundred feet, but is known to have
produced several million dollars. During late years
it has not been worked to any great extent. The
vein is very irregular in its tenor, sometimes being
extremely rich in coarse gold, sometimes not paying
milling expenses. On the east side of Wolf creek lies
the Dromedary vein, in granodiorite and with a west-
erly dip. It has not been worked to the extent of the
former vein but is known to have produced some rich
ore. At Granite Hill mine the vein is about one foot
thick and carries coarse gold in rich but irregular
shoots. The vein cuts the diabase contact without
change.
In the continuation of this vein southward lies the
Omaha vein system, all veins dipping west. The
Omaha vein, which has long been an important pro-
ducer, lies, like all others of this system, in very hard
granodiorite, and has been opened up through the
Omaha and Lone Jack shafts to a depth of 1500 feet
on the incline. The ore is high-grade, with 2} per
cent of rich sulphurets, principally iron pyrites, with
a little galena, zinc-blende, and copper pyrites, the
vein averaging one foot in thickness. South of the
Omaha and on the same vein are the Hartley and
Homeward Bound, which have been opened up to a
less extent. The Wisconsin is a parallel vein to the
west. The system is continued southward by many
veins, the most prominent of which is the Allison
Ranch. It was worked between 1855 and 1866, but
was opened onlv to a depth of 500 feet. It produced
in that time $2,300,000. The vein is about 1} feet
wide and shows no extensive croppings on the sur-
face.
Tbe great Osborne Hill vein system contains a
large number of parallel and linked veins, nearly all
with a moderate westerly dip. The W. Y. O. D. vein
has been an important producer during the last few
years. It is partly in granodiorite, party in diabase,
and has been sunk upon to a depth of 1100 feet on
the incline. The Pennsylvania mine lies to the west
of the W. Y. O. D., in granodiorite. It is a narrow
vein, averaging 1 foot, and has been worked to a
depth of about 500 feet on the incline. The celebrated
Empire mine contains two veins. Rich Hill and Ophir
Hill, the principal work having been done on the lat-
ter, on which a shaft has been sunk to a depth of
2400 feet on the incline. The vein is from 1 to li feet
thick and frequently contains coarse gold. The sul-
phurets amount to 2i per cent. The ore is high-
grade and for many years averaged $25 per ton.
The veins in the continuation of the Ophir Hill
were worked to a depth of a few hundred feet prior
to 1870. From then till recent years but little was
done. The developments in this vicinity during the
last few years, however, are, on the whole, encour-
aging. The Osborne Hill mine has lately been opened
to a depth of 500 feet on the incline, exposing good
bodies of high-grade ore. The Osborne Hill vein is
from a few inches up to 2i feet wide, and is charac-
terized by a large amount of arsenical pyrites in the
sulphurets, as are also several adjoining veins. Good
ore shoots have also been found recently in the Elec-
tric and Centennial mines. To the south of the Os-
borne Hill mine there are several strong and well-
defined veins, as shown on the map, but the develop-
ments on them are not extensive. The country rock
in all these mines is diabase-porphyrite or porphy-
rite-breccia.
Along the granodiorite contact west of Osborne
Hill and about in the continuation of the W. Y. O. D.
vein, there are several veins, mostly in granodiorite
and dipping east or west. The principal are the Bul-
lion, Alaska and Ben Franklin, from all of which good
ore has been extracted, but they have not been
worked extensively for many years.
The North Star group of veins has a westerly or
northwesterly strike and a flat northerly or south-
erly dip. The North Star vein, which dips to the
north, has long been one of the principal producers
of Grass Valley, and is opened by a shaft 2400 feet
deep on the incline. The vein is narrow, averaging 1
foot and sometimes closing down entirely. The ore
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Mining and Scientific Press.
71
is of high grade, ruoning from $15 to $50 per ton,
and carries 4 per cent of sulphurets (pyrites and ga-
lena) with an average value of $53 per ton. The
country rock Is a porphyritic diabase. The produc-
tion for 1893 was about $350,000 ; considerably less,
however, was produced in 189-1: Roughly parallel to
the North Star vein is the New York Hill vein,
opened to a depth of 500 or 600 feet by the New York
Hill and Chevanne shafts. This vein, also in diabase-
porpbyrite, averages 15 inches in width. The ore
averages $40 per ton, carrying coarse gold and 2 per
cent sulphurets of a tenor of $80 per ton. The vein
has not been worked during recent years.
The workings on the New Rocky Bar mine have
exposed an interesting, flat vein belonging to the
same system, not cropping at all, but forming a flat
arch, or "hog's back," as shown in the structure-
section sheet.
Outside the limits of the area of the map, but usu-
ally considered as belonging to the Grass Valley dis-
trict, are the veins of Forest Springs. They are lo-
cated near Wolf creek, four miles south of Grass Val-
ley, the two principal ones being Norambagua and
the Slate Ledge. The former is in granodiorite and
dips 15° east. The vein averages 9 inches, carrying
ore going about $50 per ton, and containing li per
cent of sulphurets, chiefly arsenical, worth about
$50 per ton. The shaft is 500
feet on the incline and has not been
worked much since 1S68. It is said
to have produced $1,000,000. The
Slate Ledge, close by, is in slate
and porphyrite, with strike east
and west, dip 30° south, and an aver-
age width of one foot. The ore con-
tains much arsenical pyriteand is in
part very rich.
About four miles west-southwest
of Grass Valley, on Beadman's
Flat, there are several veins with
dips ranging from 30° to 70° west.
None of them are opened below 300
feet. The country rook is diorite
and amphibolite. The California
(Pittsburg Consolidated) shows a
narrow vein of high-grade ore with
5 per cent sulphurets. The Seven-
Thirty is a little farther south and
shows a wider vein of good ore,
while the Normandie, to the east of
the veins before mentioned, contains
two 6-inch veins of high-grade ore.
A Modern Surveying Instrument.
Written for tbe Mining and Scientific Pbes.s.
For general mining purposes it is essential that
the transit should have the following features:
The tripod must by all means be adjustable and
light — in fact, the entire instrument should be made
with a view to lightness as well as rigidity.
The telescope should be reversible on its horizontal
axis.
There should be a complete vertical circle. Do
not be content with only an arc. A complete circle
is necessary to pmperJy run a straight line, because
one should reverse the telescope and backsight as
well as to revolve the alidade about the vertical axis
and backsight. By this method, if properly exe-
cuted, all instrumental errors are eliminated and
observation errors checked.
Stadia wires should be inserted in the telescope
for doing topographical work and for measuring dis-
tances where chaining is difficult, as over bluffs,
across canyons and along steep (sidling) places. But
the stadia wires should be adjusted to read from the
center of the instrument instead of from the apex of
the visual angle. This is practically correct for all
distances over 100 feet and is as near right as the
average surveyor will chain. If the wires are thus
Pump and Engine.
The pump and engine herewith il-
lustrated was especially designed
for the United States Navy Yard
dry dock at Mare Island, and is
known as Jackson's Whirlpool Cen-
trifugal Pump No. 8, with eight-
inch suction and discharge pipe. It
is directly connected to the plain
slide-valve steam engine cylinder,
9x9 inches ; revolutions, 250 to 300
per minute ; maximum lift, 30 feet ;
minimum lift, 10 feet. It is designed
to occupy small space, to be con-
venient to take apart and get in-
side of the pump without removing
any of tbe working parts. Lubri-
cating cups are arranged for oil-
ing while engine is running, permitting the
engine to run ■ an indefinite time without stopping.
The makers have recently completed a duplicate
compound engine and pump for the Edison Light and
Power Company of this city, which pumps all the
water for condensing from San Francisco bay to the
three power stations. A, B and C, aggregating about
10,000 H. P. The engine and pump are guar-
anteed to run thirty days and nights, continuously,
without showing any signs of distress ; the pump to
give 600 per cent efflcienoy, and the engine to con-
sume not more than fourteen pounds of water per
indicated horse-power per hour.
Gold Product '94, '95, '96.
The gold production of the United States for 1896,
by States and Territories, according to figures of
Director of the Mint Preston, compares with 1895
and 1894 as follows :
isoe. mm. ism.
Alaska $8,249,000 $2,796,000 $1,113,550
Arizona 2,418.000 I.MS.OOO 1,784,486
Calirornia 16,500.000 14,880,000 13,570,397
Colorado 13,000,000 13,120,000 9,491,514
Idaho.. 2,474,000 1,779,000 3,081,281
Montana 4,440,000 3,888,000 3,651,410
Nevada 2,855,000 1,552.000 1,137,819
NewMexlco 525,000 480,000 567,751
Oregon 1,800,000 890,000 1,422,0M
South Dakota 4,650,000 3,870,000 8,290,100
■ Utah 1,920,000 1,370,000 868,031
Washington 382,000 352,000 195,100
Appalachian 306,000 273,072
Totals $54,119,000 $46,610,000 $29,600,000
Mr. Preston believes 1896 world's gold production
will be $215,000,000, an increase of $12,000,000 over
1895. The world's gold production has more than
doubled during the last ten years, as production in
1886 was but $106,163,000.
WHIRLPOOL CENTRIFUGAL PUMP.
adjusted it is evident that computations involving
" c " and " f " are obviated. Some prefer the disap-
pearing stadia wires, i. e., stadia wires that are out
of focus when the vertical and horizontal wires are
seen and vice versa. It may be as well to add for
the benefit of those who do not have much faith in
stadia measurements, that measurements quite as
accurate as can ordinarily be made with a chain can
be made by the following method: Use a rod with
two targets, one secure at the top of the rod and one
movable lower down. Bring the upper stadia wire
upon the top target and place the lower one by the
lower wire. The rodman reads the distance from
the vernier of the lower target. In ordinary work,
however, the transitman reads the distances from an
ordinary stadia board.
The next statement will likely be disputed by old
surveyors, viz., that the graduations on the horizon-
tal limb should read from 0° to 360° and in direction
S. W. N. E. instead of from 0° to 180° each way.
This will obviate errors in reading the verniers and
give the bearing of the line without the use of let-
ters. Once used, the old way will never be reverted
to. Both styles of graduations may be placed on the
limb, however, but is neuer necessary and often leads
to error by reading the vernier the wrong way. In
traverse surveying, on the surface or underground,
this style of graduation is especially advantageous,
j the azimuth being always reckoned from 0° to 360°
and read to the minute or to 30 sec, as the case
may be, instead of the old way of reading the com-
pass needle to the nearest 15 minutes. Then, instead
of using the now almost obsolete traverse table, use
tables of logarithmic sines and cosines arranged for
the purpose. The work will be infinitely more accu-
rate, especially if long shots be taken.
"The level on the telescope should be long and well
made, so that the transit may be used instead of a
level in many cases.
There should be four leveling screws and a shifting
center. Tangent screws are necessary for the ver-
tical circle and horizontal limb.
If a solar attachment is desired, the " SajgmuUer "
attachment should be purchased, as it can be used
with a complete vertical circle, has a telescope sight
and in every way answers the purposes of a solar
compass. A moderate-priced instrument, kept in fine
adjustment, will do better work than a high-priced
one that has been abused.
.function, Nevada. O. H. Packer, M. E.
The Loss to the Farmer Through Debris.
While estimating the losses to the miner from clos-
ing the hydraulic mines it is but fair to estimate the
loss to the farmer from the debris. The losses have
been in three directions.
First — The direct damage to property by debris.
Second — The loss of the product from this property.
Third — The loss to the industries contingent upon
this property.
First — Tlia direct damage to theproperty by tlie debris.
The State Engineer* determined that 43,546 acres
had suH'ered depreciation to the amount of $2,597,-
634. The United States Engineerst estimate that
53,149 acres have suffered depreciation to the amount
of $3,304,035.
Aside from this damage to agricultural lands there
has been some damage to the towns of Sacramento
and Marysville and damage to navigation. No esti-
mates have been made as to the damage to Sacra-
mento but it has probably been very light.
The foUowing record of assessed value of property
at Marysville has been published :
Tear. Attxesmd Valut.
1853 $3,354,091
1860 3,823,518
1865 2,850,679
1870 1 ,844,340
1875 2,106,825
1880 1 ,703,9001
Supposing the assessed value to be 50 per cent of
the real value the decrease has been about $2,500,-
000. Marysville was at one time the gateway to the
Yuba mines but the railroad to Grass Valley robbed
her of her prestige so that property values would
probably have decreased had never a pound of debris
filled the river.
Second — The loss of product from ruined lands.
The lands covered by debris have not been entirely
ruined nor their product entirely ceased. Estimat-
ing the annual product from such lands not covered
by debris at $40 per acre, and that the damage be-
gan in 1865 and gradually increased until 1880, the
total possible product from lands destroyed up to
1896 could not exceed $35,000,000.
Third — Los.t to sympathetic industries. The cap-
ital contingent to handling a product of $1,750,000
annually of farm produce would not exceed twice the
amount of production, or $3,500,000. Supposing this
capital to be entirely lost, although the industries
contingent to agricultural products are probably
less dependent upon any one locality or industry
than those dependent upon mining, we therefore have
a total loss of about $45,000,000 in round numbers.
In addition to these losses, there has been the ex-
tra expense imposed upon residents of the Sacra-
mento valley from the extra diking due to debris and
the extra cost of reclaiming lands. But some lands
have been benefited by the sliokens and others bene-
fited by the higher moisture level due to a higher
river and fiood surface. A question often considered
is: What is the maximum amount of damage possi-
ble from the mines ? State Engineer Hall estimated
the area of the Sacramento valley as follows:
.'^fjnare Miles.
High hill lands {MarysTllle Buttes) 65.50
Low hill or rolling lands 650.00
Dry plains above overflow 2.321 . 45
Dry p. ains subject to occasional overflow 450.00
Swamp lauds subject to overflow, lands covered
by debris, etc 1,254.00
River and slough surface 38.05
Total 4,769.00 3
The lands subject to occasional overflow cannot but
be benefited by a higher river level and a consequent
higher level of moisture. The lands are so far back
from the river as to receive no sands, and the clayey
slickens do more good than harm. The area subject
to yearly overfiow is, therefore, the area through
which damage will result. This area is estimated at
1254 square miles, or 802,560 acres ; if valued at $40
per acre, would amount to $40,128,000.
Supposing the annual washings from the hydraulic
mines were to continue at the rate of 1880, and that
10% of excavated material found lodgment in this
flood plain, it would require over 300 years to cover
this plain one foot deep.
It will be seen from the table of estimated debris
resting in California drainage channels that but 8%
of the total debris lies in the Sacramento and in the
Feather river below Marysville. But it was shown
that but one-fourth of this debris comes from the
mines ; in other words, one-fiftieth of the debris ex-
cavated from the mines finds lodgment in this chan-
nel. At the rate of annual washing in 1880, the chan-
nel would be raised one foot in 38 years.
♦Annual Rep. State Engineer, 1880, Part III.
tAnnualRep. Chief of Engineers, 1891.
tRept. State Engineer, 1880, Part III, p. 19.
2 Annual Report State Engineer, 1880, Part III, p. 7.
72
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 28, 1897.
The Solution and Precipitation of
Cyanide of Qold.*
the
NUMBER VI.
By S B. Christy, Professor of Mining and Metallurgy, University
of California, Berkeley, Cal.
7. The Precipitation of Gold from Cyanide Solutions
by Means of Metallic Zinc.
The precipitation of gold from cyanide solutions by
means of zinc-shavings has been more generally used
on the large scale than any other. It appears on the
face of it the simplest method that could be devised,
and in proper hands and under intelligent supervi-
sion it has given, on the whole, better results than
any other method in general use. Nevertheless,
those who have used it most are the most anxious to
find some other method.
Some of the principal objections urged against it
are the following ;
1. The great consumption of zinc compared with
the amount of gold precipitated.
2. The great destruction of potassium cyanide to
no useful purpose.
3. The great difficulty of removing zinc and cyan-
ogen residues from the gold, thus causing loss in
melting and the production of an unclean bullion.
4. The failure, in certain cases, to precipitate the
gold.
I do not need to dwell on the first three of these
difficulties. They have been sufficiently emphasized
by every one who has described the practical appli-
cation of the cyanide process ; but the incomplete
precipitation of the gold has not been sufficiently
recognized.
One reason for this appears to be that the reac-
tion which takes place when gold is precipitated
from the potassium-aurocyanide is not as simple as
it is generally supposed to be. Thus Dr. Soheidell,
in the Bulletin of the California State Mining Bu-
reau, on the "Cyanide Process," 1894:, p. 34, states
the usually accepted view. He says :
" The action of zinc on gold solution is theoreti-
cally very simple, a simple substitution of the gold
by the zinc according to the equation :
2AuKCy, + Zn=K,ZnCy,j+2Au."
This reaction had also been given in almost the
same words by Butters and Clennell (Eng. and Min.
Journal, Oct. 29, 1892). Wilson ("Cyanide Process,"
p. 34) and Rose ("Metallurgy of Gold," p. 323) adopt
the same reaction.
My attention was first called to this subject by a
remark of Mr. W. E. Feldtmann (Eug. and Min.
Journal, August 11, 1894), who, speaking of the pre-
cipitation of gold by zinc, says :
"Its completeness appears to depend, in a meas-
ure, on a slight excess of cyanide of potassium being
present in the solution." ,
The same fact was recognized by one of my stu-
dents, Mr. B. E. James, when acting as assayer at
the Merour mine, Utah (Mining and Scientific
Press, May 23, 1896).
This led me to investigate the reaction which
occurs. I had prepared a solution of potassium
aurocyanide with about 1.3 per cent metallic gold
and no free cyanide. A solution made from this by
dilution, so as to contain 0.1 per cent, or $603 per
ton, gold, was then treated with strips of sheet zinc
for twenty-four hours. The strips were carefully
burnished with emery paper, or with a sharp knife,
to avoid any film being left on the surface of the
zinc. Commercial sheet zinc was used, as is done in
practice. The solution was contained in glass tubes,
sometimes at rest, sometimes rotated mechanically
for the whole period of twenty -four hoiirs.
In no case was more than a ti-ace of gold precip-
itated. In many cases, where the zinc was brightly
burnished, not a trace of gold came down, and the
strips weighed exactly the same to a hundredth of a
milligramme before and after the test, and when dis-
solved in sulphuric acid left no trace of gold.
These experiments throw light on the statements
often made that it has been possible to extract the
gold from the ore but not from the solution. A per-
son trusting to the above-described reaction might
easily throw away such a solution after twenty-four
hours' contact with bright metallic zinc, even though
it contained $603 per ton.
The next experiments were made with lathe turn-
ings from the same sheet zinc which, in the polished
state, had failed to precipitate gold. With potassium
aurocyanide containing 0.1 per cent, or $603 gold,
per ton, which had failed to precipitate at all on the
bright sheet zinc, the gold was entirely precipitated
from the solution in twenty-four hours by filtering it
through a very large excess of zinc shavings (over
four hundred times the weight of the gold present).
The filtrations were repeated through the same
shavings four times.
When the solution contained only $10 worth of
gold per ton, the precipitation was only 82 per cent
of the gold in solution in a single filtration which
lasted twenty-four hours. In each case the solution
was allowed to remain in contact with zinc shavingi,
four hundred times the weight of the gold in solution,
until a color of gold appeai-ed on the shavings ; then
the solution was allowed to flow from the filter drop
*Colorado meeting American Institute of Mining Engineers, Sept.,
1808. (Revised Proofs Deo. '06.)
by drop, the shavings being continuously submerged.
The conditions were, therefore, much more favor-
able for complete precipitation than could be main-
tained in practice.
These differing results are very difficult to ex-
plain on the simple substitution reaction usually ac-
cepted. If the gold precipitates on the shavings,
why should it not do so on the same sheet of bur-
nished zinc from which the shavings were made ?
There is a larger surface of contact, it may be sug-
gested. But even the smallest fragment of a zinc
shaving will precipitate gold on itself, while, in the
same solution the freshly scraped surface of sheet
zinc, many times its area, is entirely or practically
without action. It may be thought that the turn-
ings had a cleaner surface than the scraped zinc,
but this cause was carefully eliminated.
All the indications point to the phenomena of
" polarization," so well known in electrolytic work,
where the formation of invisible traces of films on
the surface puts a stop to further action, either by
preventing contact, or by setting up an opposite
electromotive force.
I have not had time to establish firmly the follow-
ing explanation of the phenomena which I have ob-
served, but there seems some evidence in its favor.
There is no doubt that, besides the tendency of
the potassium-aurocyanide to split up into KCy and
Au and Cy, which is assumed in the reaction by sub-
stitution, there is also a tendency for it to split
along another line, viz., into K and AuCyj, the lat-
ter playing the part of an acid-radical. Now, if this
takes place in the presence of zinc and water, the
water will be attacked by the potassium, forming
caustic potash and hydrogen, and the AuCy, will be
attacked by the zinc, forming zinc-cyanide and me-
tallic gold, according to the following reaction :
2KAuCy2+2Zn+2H20=2ZnCy2 + 2KHO-|-2H=2Au.
There is no doubt that a certain tendency to form
this reaction exists, for electrolysis proves it. It
can only take place here by setting up a condition of
polarization on the surface of the zinc, owing to the
film of occluded hydrogen set free on its surface. If
this be so, it is now very clear why the zinc turnings
act, while the smooth zinc does not. The turnings
have an infinite number of ragged edges, which favor
the escape of the hydrogen gas, and the relief of the
condition of polarization, and thus allow the reaction
to proceed. The hard, smooth surface of the rolled
sheet zinc is very unfavorable to the formation of
gas bubbles from its surface, and hence to the con-
tinuation of the reaction.
Of course, when the reaction once sets in as above,
there is a further reaction between the caustic pot-
ash and the zinc cyanide, by which a part of the
latter is dissolved, and potassium zinc cyanide and
potassium zincate formed. Thus :
2ZuCy3+4KHO=ZnCy,,2KCy+ZnK202+2H20,
as already pointed out by Mr. J. S. C. Wells in a
valuable paper (Eng. and Min. Journal, December 21,
1895). The complete reaction would then be :
4KAuCy24-4Zn-f2H20=2ZnCy2-fZnCy2, 2KCy+
ZnK202+4H+4Au.
The turning point would seem to be ; Is hydrogen
formed as these reactions require, or is it absent, as
called for by the substitution reaction ? Numerous
experiments have always shown that by the action of
a solution of potassium aurocyanide containing only
50 mgs. of gold and zinc turnings, hydrogen gas is set
free in sufficient quantity to give a well defined fiame
(4 or 5 CO.). The hydrogen does not form in notice-
able quantity at first ; but, as the gold begins to come
down, on shaking the zinc turnings, fine bubbles of
gas escape, and may be easily collected in quantity.
It may be objected that the replacement reaction
look place, and that the hydrogen was evolved by the
subsequent reaction of the 2KCy,ZnCy2 on the zinc.
Experiment shows that the double cyanide of zinc
and potassium acts very slightly on zinc shavings,
but that when the latter have been partly plated
with gold, hydrogen is then set free. So that the
presence of hydrogen at the end of the reaction may
be due to this cause, at least in part. It is also prob-
able that the nascent hydrogen is, in part, absorbed
by the solution with the formation of methylamine:
HCN+2H3=CH3NH2,
the HCN being formed by the partial dissociation of
the dilute cyanide solution by "hydrolysis."
KCN4-H,0=KHO+HCN.
Another curious fact remains to be recorded.
When zinc turnings are placed in distilled water con-
taining a drop of phenolpthalein no coloration takes
place. When phenolpthalein is added to pure potas-
sium aurocyanide, no coloration takes place. This
shows the aurocyanide to be but little dissociated.
When the latter solution is poured upon the former,
at first no change occurs ; but, as the gold begins to
separate upon the zinc, adeep purple stain surrounds
the zinc turnings where the gold has separated out,
showing that the reaction has become alkaline.
Whether this is due to the formation of caustic pot-
ash, methylamine, or the double cyanide of zinc and
potassium, I have not demonstrated with certainty.
The fact, however, that zinc cyanide seems to sepa-
rate out early in the reaction, indicates the reaction
I have suggested.
Yet another point remains to be mentioned. When
to a solution of potassium-aurocyanide which has
been left for twenty-four hours in contact with zinc
strips, without action, a little free cyanide of potas-
sium is added, the gold comes down at once and the
precipitation is soon complete. This fact seems an
additional confirmation of the reaction that I have
suggested. It will be remembered that the forma-
tion of the insoluble cyanide of zinc is a feature of
this reaction. If this occurs it is certain that a film
of this substance, perhaps infinitely thin, must covei
the surface of the zinc, and, in addition to the film
of hydrogen, prevents the contact necessary to con-
tinue the reaction. The presence of free cyanide of
potassium, of course, readily dissolves this film, and
the reaction is free to continue.
The reaction which actually takes place in precipi-
tating gold from solutions containing free cyanide of
potassium will then be something like this :
2KAuCy2+3Zn+4KCy -|- 2H„0=2Au + 2 (ZnCv,2K
Cy)+ZnK202+4H.
It will be remembered that according to the sub-
stitution reaction one atom of zinc replaces two
atoms of gold, or 1 ounce of zinc should precipitate
6.2 ounces of gold; whereas, as every one knows in
practice, 1 ounce of zinc will precipitate only from
^ to xV ot an ounce of gold, or thirty to ninety times
less than the amount called for by the reaction by
substitution. According to the reactions I have sug-
gested, in the absence of free cyanide ot potassium
and caustic potash 1 ounce of zinc should precipitate
3.1 ounces of gold. In the presence of a moderate
excess of cyanide of potassium it should precipitate
2.06 ounces. The apparent discrepancy that seems
still to remain betv.'een theory and practice is in
reality due to the facts: first, that the free alkali
(potash in particular, formed in the solution of the
gold, or added to neutralize the free acid in the ore)
also dissolves the zinc as potassium zincate ; second,
that an excess of potassium cyanide dissolves the
zinc on its own account, both as the double cyanide
and as the zincate of potassium ; third, it should also
be remembered that water containing dissolved
oxygen attacks metallic zinc quite vigorously, form-
ing hydrate of zinc.
I do not consider the reactions which I have sug-
gested as demonstrated. I have considerable work
outlined on this subject which is not yet finished, and
the opinions here expressed are provisional. It is
not improbable that the reaction by replacement and
the more complicated one that I have suggested may
both take place under certain conditions of concen-
tration and temperature which are not yet under-
stood. It is also possible that the nature of the re-
action changes after the first deposit of gold.*
However the theory of this subject may finally
turn out, and even granting that, given indefinite
time and zinc-shavings, it may be possible to remove
all the gold from an aurocyanide solution in the ab-
sence of free cyanide of potassium, it is still prac-
tically true that it is impossible to remove all the
gold from a cyanide solution in a reasonable time,
say twenty-four hours, unless there is an excess of
about YXi Of T5 of 1 per cent of free cyanide of potas-
sium. This is all the more necessary in large scale
work, as fine ore-silt and the oxidizing effect of dis-
solved oxygen nearly always leave the shavings in
the zinc boxes more or less coated with films, which
increases the difficulty of an intimate contact of the
solution with metallic zinc.
*Mr. Alfred James in a valuable paper on " Cyanide
Practice " read before the Institution of Mining and
Metallurgy, London, May 25th, 1895, calls attention
to the inadequacy of the substitution reaction in ex-
plaining the precipitation of gold in the zinc boxes.
He doubts the action of KCy on the zinc, to any ap-
preciable extent, and calls attention to the fact (as
per EUsner's reaction :
2Au-f4KCy+H20+0=2KAuCy2 + 2KHO)
that KHO is always present in the cyanide solution.
He then suggests the following reaction in explan-
ation ot the precipitation of gold in the zinc boxes:
(a) Zn+2KHO=K2ZnOj + 2H;
"then as Feldtman has pointed out, the nascent
hydrogen reduces the gold,"
(i) 2KAuCy, + 2H=2KCy+2HCy+2Au;
then he adds that a subsequent reaction takes place
as follows :
(c) 2KCy+2HCy-fK2Zn02=ZnK3Cy4+2KHO.
When we come to study these reactions, however,
it must be evident that we may combine reactions
(a), (i), (c), into one reaction, for they really oc-
cur simultaneously. We have then :
(<t:)2KAuCy3-f2KHO-fZn=2Au+ZnK2Cy.,-f2IvHO.
It must be further plain that if we subtract the
2KH0 (which appears unchanged in this reaction)
from both members of equation we have (d) :
(e) 2KAuCy2-fZn=2Au-)-ZnK2Cy.i.
In short, it appears that the explanation of Mr.
James brings us back to the old substitution reaction
which he started out to avoid. His reactions also
fail to explain the increase of free alkali which
everyone recognizes as taking place in the zinc boxes.
{To he Continued.)
January 23, 1897.
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Scientific Progress.
Measuring the Earth.
Ad arc 3000 miles in length, which
has been in process of measurement by
trianfjulation for a period of over thirty
years, showing the curvature of the
earth's surface on this hemisphere, was
completed by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey last month.
The enterprise was inaugurated by
President Jefferson in 1.S07, but no
active progress in pushing it was re-
corded for many years later. Since
1874, several parties of civil engineers
have been at work almost steadily be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,
making the triangulations (or the big
arc, under the direct supervision of the
different coast and geodetic survey sup-
erintendents. These earth measures
worked iu general line toward one an-
other from both sides of the continent.
About the middle of the month the two
base lines from which the closing cal-
culations have been made were verified.
One was drawn in the State of Kansas,
and the other in Salt Lake valley,
Utah.
P. A. Welcker, of the Survey, speak-
ing of the work says that the general
purpose in measuring an arc across the
American continent is primarily to get
the true curvature of the earth on this
hemisphere. An accurate survey,
something that was never before
reached, is also desired. Surveys are
generally made on the basis that the
surface of the earth is flat.
This country is co-operating with all
the other civilized countries for the
common purpose of getting a new fig-
ure of the earth established to super-
sede the figure now in use. Bessel's
ellipsoid, the first figure of the earth
used by scientists, was established from
data collected by the Germans. The
ne.\t ellipsoid — the one now accepted —
was established by Clarke, an English-
man.
In 1874 an international agreement
was reached among the civilized na-
tions to take measurements for another
ellipsoid — one that will be practically
true. Every Government of conse-
quence in the world has since been en-
gaged iu measuring out an arc on the
surface of the globe. The arc in this
country is the longest measured by any
one nation.
All surveys in this country are to be
corrected Ijy the arc measured out
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The
ordinary surveys are inaccurate, as the
surveying engineers do not allow for
the curvature of the earth. In survey-
ing a State, they measure from county
to county, and the consequence is that
the surveys thus made overlap each
other.
Two years ago the connections be-
tween the Eastern and Western parties
of engineers were made at Mount
Ebert and Ouray.
A longer arc than ours is the one
measured conjointly by England, Ger-
many and Russia. These countries
combined on one arc and France and
Spain on another. The English have
also done a good deal of triangulation
measuring in India.
It will probably be a year before the
calculations are all completed and a
true figure of the earth is established.
The arc iu this country will be com-
bined with all the others established
over the globe and the mean curvature
of the earth's surface thus obtained.
It is e.xpected that the triangulation
calculations, combined with the use of
the pendulum, will give us the length
of the earth's diameter to a degree of
accuracy within a possible dift'erence
of 50 feet from the exact diameter.
In taking measurements here the
engineers first strike a straight line
from five to seven miles in length.
This is their base line. From this base
the engineers then spread out with
triangles and quadrilaterals, so as to
reach lines of twenty-five miles. From
figures they spread out into lines run-
ning from 100 to 190 miles in length.
In connection with the work of tri-
angulation just finished, another party
of Coast and Geodetic Survey engi-
neers have been engaged in running a
line of levels across the American con-
tinent. This latter is being done for
the purpose of accurately establishing
altitudes. These had heretofore been
fixed chiefly by the railroad companies.
The line of levels will run from Sandy
Hook, N. Y., to San Francisco. It
took over thirty years' work iu making i
tide observations on the Atlantic and
Pacific to get true sea levels as a pre-
liminary to the altitude survey. The
line of levels has reached Kansas from
the New York end, where operations
on it were suspended about two
months ago.
Determining of Carbon in Iron.
Engineer Peipers of Remscheid has
introduced a method of determining
carbon iu steel similar in principle to
the assay by touch in use for gold. A
series of test bars of known carbon
contents, and varying from each other
by about U.2 percent, between the lim-
its 0.2 per cent and 1.2 per cent, form
the touch needles, while touch stone is
represented by a slab of hard biscuit
porcelain. The bar is hammered and
filed to a blunt conical point, which
leaves a black mark when rubbed on
the porcelain slab. The sample to be
examined is rubbed upon the center of
the plate, to form a patch of about the
breadth and length of the finger, a
similar one being made on either side
of it with two of the bars whose com-
position is known. The chief point to
be attended to is to make the patches
uniform in depth of tint, which can be
readily done with a little practice. The
marked slab is then immersed to about
half its depth in a breaker containing
12-'. per cent solution of copper-ammo-
nium chloride in water, which dissolves
away the iron, leaving the carbon be-
hind as a gray stain, whose intensity
increases with the percentage propor-
tion. Steel with about 1* per cent of
carbon is nearly as dark after as before
immersion, while that with 0.25 gives
only a very pale shade when the iron is
removed. If the metal were perfectly
free from carbon, the mark would be
completely dissolved.
Numerous substances have been tried
for streak-plates, including agate, hard
glass and feldspar, but none of them
has been found equal to unglazed por-
celain. In its ordinary state, however,
the latter is too rough to abrade the
metal equally. It must be rubbed
down with coarse emery cloth to ren-
der the surface sufficiently uniform.
The markings may be nearly completely
removed by washing in water, but a
more satisfactory method is to clean
the slab by immersion for fifteen min-
utes in nitric or hydrochloric acid,
which removes rust spots and stains
and restores the original white surface.
The method is capable of indicating dif-
ferences of 0.05 per cent or 0.025 per
cent of carbon under favorable condi-
tions.
Changes in the Elasticity of Iron.
Wrought iron and steel are more apt
to tear and to break than was supposed
generally in former times. It has to
suffer from exterior influences, as wear
and tear, shock, tension and rust. A
piano string of 1-10 inch thickness
can stand a burden of up to 500
pounds without breaking, but bent sev-
eral times in difl'erent directions it
would lose one-half of its carrying
power. By the sharp bending the
small crystals of the original structure
of the iron have changed position, and
thus lost their hold in each other. Iron
and steel remain crystalline substances,
which fact cannot be altered by any
chemical process. As another example
we could take the axle of a locomotive,
which is manufactured to stand eight
to ten times as much wear as is ordi-
narily demanded of it. Yet after a
shorter or longer time of use it will
break suddenly by reason of the con-
tinual shocks and jolts to which it is
subjected, for iron has the property to
return to its original state when ex-
posed to shocks; it loses in elasticity,
and, .finally, it breaks. As wrought
iron suffers greatly from changes of
temperature, expanding in heat and
contracting in cold, detects in bridges
and other structures arise. All these
structures are exposed to wind and
weather; while in the day time the iron
parts are heated by the rays of the
sun, at night they cool off quickly. As
iron is very sensitive, a continual dif-
ference of length is caused in the
traverses and diagonals, riveted and
bolted together as solidly as possible;
the original length is never accurately
recovered, but the crystalline struc-
ture of the iron parts is loosened grad-
ually; the shocks caused by the traffic
over a bridge are yet to be added. Iron
bridges, therefore, should be carefully
examined from time to time, and worn-
out parts replaced immediately by new
ones. Finally, a fourth example may
be cited. The chain of a crane in a
covered room, which is not exposed to
rust-creating humidity and is war-
ranted to carry a burden of 50O
pounds, may, after years of use, break
suddenly while carrying only one-half
that burden. In carrying a load the
links of the chain have the tendency to
contract in the middle, and a certain
tension is caused, by which the crystal-
line and apparently fibrous structure
of the links is destroyed, which may
easily be the cause of serious accidents
if the chain is not examined at certain
intervals. — American Manufacturer.
insure maximum strength of material
employed, and of a character possess-
ing high resistance to the strains sub-
jected to in use, avoiding unnecessary
weight upon the timbers to which the
shafting is attached.
Lubricating Oils.
Mechanical Progress.
steel Frame Hangers.
Here.with are illustrated Giant steel
frame hangers, as manufactured by
In an address to the Association of
Mechanical Engineers at their recent
meeting in Providence Mr. George R.
Babbitt said that previous to the dis-
covery of petroleum, fish oils were more
generally used for lubricating than any
other. About thirty-three years ago
petroleum began to be produced in
large quantities, but the world was
slow to realize its value. There are
few places where one cannot get better
results with mineral oil than sperm oil.
At the time sperm was generally used
in cotton mills the spindles ran about
3000 or 4000 turns a minute, while now
the speed is from 8000 to 10,000. The
lubricant should be adapted to the
nature of work to be done. A very
heavy, slow running bearing requires
an oil of density and high in viscosity,
and a high fire test. Heavy quick
running bearings are best lubricated by
oils of lighter gravity and high in vis-
cosity. Light and quick running bear-
ings are best lubricated by oils of light
gravity and low viscosity. The lighter
gravity of oils are subject to evapora-
tion, which may result in making them
worthless. The animal oils are produced
by being pressed from lard, tallow and
cattle hoofs. Winter pressed oil means
that the material from which the oils
are to be pressed is first chilled with
ice or mechanical refrigeration, making
it clear of steariue matter. This process
reduces the quantity of oil that can be
pressed from the animal material, and
consequently the oil costs more than
that known as weather made oils.
Animal oils range from 23 to 24 gravity
Baume at 00° F. , and are very low in
viscosity as compared to mineral oils
of the same gravity. When crude oil
is taken from the ground it is of a dark
red color, but in a mass it looks black
or green. The oils from Pennsylvania
and West Virginia are the best for
lubrication. The best spindle oils are
prepared by filtering through bone
charcoal. The cheaper lubricating oils
are made clear by the parafe or acid
process. Paraffin e oils, on account of
the acids used, stain fabrics. Bone
filtered oils are first distilled to the
desired gravity, and then percolated
through the bone charcoal, placed in a
series of pans contained in an upright
cylinder. The first oil passing through
is white, but as the charcoal absorbs
the coloring matter in the oil, the oil
begins to show color, light at first and
darker afterwards. To make clear oils
the charcoal must be changed each time,
and they are, therefore, more expensive.
They are used when the fabric manu-
factured on the machinery is to be
bleached or dyed in delicate shades.
Petroleum lubricating oils range from
22 to 40 gravity Baume at 60° F., the
flash being from 300 to 400° F., and
their cold test from zero to 35. Cylinder
oils are made from the crude after the
lighter or more volatile products have
been taken out. The gravity of cylin-
der oils ranges from 25 to 28° Baume,
the flash point from 450 to 580° P., and
the cold test from 30 to 00° F. Ex-
perience has taught that a combination
of mineral and animal oils makes the
best cylinder lubricant.
Japanese Secret Alloys.
Cup-Oiling Bearing.
the J. B. Johnson Co., Gouverneur, N.
Y., constructed upon lines calculated to
The following is the composition, ac-
cording to the IniR Industry/ Gar.etti\ of
a number of Japanese alloys, hitherto
kept a close secret, and now revealed
by workmen engaged in making them:
The"shadko" is an alloy of copper
and from 1 to 10 per cent of gold. The
objects are placed in a mordant of sul-
phate of copper alum and verdigris
until they have assumed the coppered
or blue-black hue of swordsheatbs and
decorative articles. " Gni-shi-bu-iohi "
is a copper alloy with 30 or 50 per cent
of silver of the well-known gray color.
"Mokume" is a compound of several
alloys. About thirty plates or toils of
gold, "shadko," copper, silver and the
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last-mentioned alloy are soldered to-
gether, holes are made, the plate ham-
mered out and put in the mordant.
The finest Japanese brass, " sinohu,"
consists of 10 parts copper and 5 of
zinc. Bell metals, "karakane," are
made of 10 parts of copper, 4 tin, J
iron, Vf zinc, the copper being melted
first, and the other metals added in the
above order.
Electrical Progress.
Electric Traction Under Steam
Railway Conditions.
In a general way it may be stated
that the only methods of electric trac-
tion that have so far demonstrated
their ability to perform such work as
would be required on surface steam
railroads are some modification of the
much -abused trolley system, said H. M.
Brinkerhoff before the American Insti-
tute of Electrical Engineers at Chi-
cago. This may take the form of an
overhead contact or of a third rail; but
the principle of a continous conductor
fed from a central station with a direct
current of from 500 to 700 volts is com-
mon to all.
We have an example of the overhead
arrangement on a large scale in the
Baltimore & Ohio tunnel equipment at
Baltimore. There they are hauling
probably the heaviest train units ever
successfully handled electrically, and
are in fact doing the work of the
largest steam locomotives under
strictly steam railway conditions.
This, of course, does not allow of the
best economy being obtained, but it
demonstrates the ability of electric
motors to do even this extremely heavy
class of work.
In order to supply the large amount
of current required on this system the
overhead contact arrangement used is
necessarily heavy and hence expensive.
The cost of this particular form must
be so high as to make it unavailable for
lines of any great length.
The N. Y., N. H. & H. E. R., on
their Nantasket Beach line have suc-
cessfully operated an overhead system.
The difficulty experienced here was, I
believe, in keeping the trolley on at
high speeds, and that this, with other
considerations, has proved a drawback
is emphasized by the fact that this road
is now experimenting with a third rail
system.
Other companies might be mentioned
who are running lines with a few cars
as they say, "experimentally." These,
however, are sufficient to show that a
genuine efiort is being made by steam
railway managers to get at the facts as
to whether there is any economy to be
gained by the substitution of electricity
for steam on some of their lines.
In a general way I do not see that
there are any insurmountable obstacles
in the way of installing an electric sys-
tem on surface steam railroads follow-
ing either the line of an overhead or
third rail system.
With such experience as we now have,
by giving proper consideration to de-
tails and the requirements of the ser-
vice, we should be able to design a
system that would give very satisfac-
tory results.
The question whether it should be a
third rail, overhead or storage battery,
is simply a matter to be decided by the
conditions on the particular system con-
sidered, and a careful estimate of first
cost and maintenance.
Extracting Ore by Magnetism.
Daily press accounts of the Edison
process of extracting iron ore by mag-
netism, as in operation at the plant in
New Jersey, give the following :
There are three sets of the magnets
— 74 in the first set, 320 in the second,
and 320 more in the third set. The
tnagnets are about 4 feet long, and the
ore, on its journeyings, has to pass a
mile of faces of magnets. Right here
is presented what to the layman is a
most remarkable feature of the process.
The magnets are arranged in tiers of
five in a tier. The top one is weak,
but they increase in strength as they
go down, until the bottom one is very
powerful.
The ground rock passes through the
screen and starts downward in front
of the magnets. The magnets jerk the
particles of iron oxide from the mass
as they descend, but the iron does not
adhere to the magnets. And right
here is a most surprising sight. The
ore, in passing the first magnet, in-
clines toward it. As it rushes down,
the ore swings in more toward the
magnets, until, as it reaches the last
one, it curves inward and under it in a
half-circle, without any particle of ore
adhering to the magnet.
In the first passage past the mag-
nets, small quantities of stone stick to
the ore. The ore is carried upward
and started down before the second lot
of magnets, after passing through a
mill, which grinds off the particles of
stone. The first set of magnets extract
62 per cent of oxide of iron. When
the mass has passed the second set of
magnets, there is in it 75 per cent of
oxide of iron. Then it is ground again
and passes the third and most power-
ful set of magnets, which takes the
phosphates out and makes Bessemer of
it.
Electricity in Surgery.
A Cincinnati surgeon has constructed
and tested what is known as a cata-
phoresis outfit, by which anesthesia is
produced by an electric current and a
surface application of some one of the
well-known anesthetics. By means of
it a loss of feeling in the member oper-
ated on is produced without the loss of
consciousness or the danger attendant
upon the use of ether or chloroform.
One may witness the surgical or dental
operation and be entirely free from
pain during it. The invention is founded
on what is stated as a well-known fact,
viz : That an electric current will tend
to carry a substance from the positive
to the negative pole. This is the prin-
ciple made use of in electro-plating,
and it is the same that is made use of
in his new apparatus. All that is neces-
sary to accomplish the desired results,
says a description of the apparatus, is
that the subject that is to, undergo an
operation shall be charged with elec-
tricity from the negative electrode of a
battery. An application to the affected
part, a tooth, for example, is then
made of cocaine or other drug, and the
positive electrode, consisting, in the
case of the treatment of a tooth, of a
needle, is then brought in contact with
that part to which the drug is applied.
The curi-ent then finishes the work
by carrying the anesthetic into the
tissue or into the nerve of the tooth,
rendering the nerve completely insensi-
ble. As long as the electricity is ap-
plied, the current will flow from the
positive to the negative electrode, and
with it will be carried the drug to
whatever extent is required. The ef-
fect will last according to the strength
of the current, the time of application,
the amount of the drug, and many other
conditions, it being entirely dependent
upon such known qualities that, with
the successful regulation of the current,
the exact result of the application can
be foreknown.
According to the London Electrical
Review an interesting process is now
being conducted at Charlottenberg,
Germany, by M. Mehner, by means of
which ammonia and nitrides are pro-
duced. Oxygen compounds of such
elements as boron, silicon, magnesium,
titanium and vanadium, capable of
combining with nitrogen at high tem-
perature, are exposed to the heat of an
electric farnace in the presence of free
nitrogen and carbon. A high tension
current must be employed and a jet of
sand blown in whilst generator gas is
introduced; on entering the hot zone of
the electric furnace the sand is said to
evaporate and then acts as desired.
Nitrides thus manufactured may be
treated with steam to obtain the am-
monia and an oxide from which a nitride
may be re-formed as before.
Practical Information.
The use of electricity has called
13,117 patents into existence in the
way of generation; 2019 in electrical
railways, and 141 in electric brakes.
Metric Conversion Table.
The following metric conversion
table, which has been compiled by
C. W. Hunt, could be with advantage
pasted by engineers in their note books :
Millimeters muitiplied by .03987 equals inches.
Millimeters divided by 25.4 equals inches.
Centimeters multiplied by .8987 equals inches.
Centimeters divided by 2.54 equals inches.
Meters equals 89.37 inches. (Actof Congress.)
Meters multiplied by 3.SS1 equals feet.
Meters multiplied by 1.094 equals yards.
Kilometers multiplied by .631 equals miles.
Kilometers divided by 1.0093 equals miles.
Kilometers multiplied by S2S0.7 equals feet.
Square millimeters multiplied by .0155 equals
square inches.
Square millimeters divided by 645.1 equals
square inches.
Square centimeters multiplied by .1.56 equals
square inches.
Square centimeters divided by 6.451 equals
square inches.
Square meters multiplied by 10.764 equals
square feet.
Square kilometers multiplied by 347.1 equals
acres.
Hectares multiplied by 2.471 equals acres.
Cubic centimeters divided by 16 383 equals
cubic inches.
Cubic centimeters divided by 8.69 equals fluid
drachms (D. S. P.).
Cubic centimeters divided by 39.67 equals
fluid ounces (U. S. P.).
Cubic meters multiplied by 35.315 equals cubic
feet.
Cubic meters multiplied by 1.308 equals cubic
yards.
Cubic meters multiplied by 264.3 equals gal-
lons (331 cubic inches).
Liters multiplied by 61.033 equals cubic
inches. (Act of Congress.)
Liters multiplied bv 33.84 equals fluid ounces
(U. S. P.).
Liters multiplied by .2643 equals gallons (331
cubic inches).
Liters divided by 8.78 equals gallons (331
cubic inches).
Liters divided by 38.816 equals cubic feet.
Hectoliters multiplied by 3.531 equals cubic
feet.
Hetoliters multiplied by 3.84 equals bushels
(2150.42 cubic inches).
Hectoliters multiplied by .131 equals cubic
yards.
Hectoliters divided by 30,43 equals gallons
(331 cubic inches).
Grammes multiplied by 16.433 equals grains.
(Act of Congress. )
Grammes multiplied by 981 equals dynes.
Grammes (water) divided by 39.57 equals
fluid ounces.
Grammes divided by 28.35 equals ounces
avoirdupois.
Grammes per cubic cent, divided by 37.7
equals pounds per cubic inch.
Joule multiplied by .7373 equals footpounds.
Kilograms multiplied by 2.3046 equals pounds.
Kilograms multiplied by 85.3 equals ounces
avoirdupois.
Kilograms divided by 1103.3 equals tons (3000
pounds).
Kilograms per square cent, multiplied by
14.333 equals pounds per square inch.
Kilogram meters multiplied by 7.233 equals
foot pounds.
Kilograms per meter multiplied by .673 equals
pounds per square foot.
Kilograms per cubic meter multiplied by .036
equals per cubic foot.
Kilograms per cheval vapeur multiplied by
3.235 equals pounds per horse power.
Kili-watts multiplied by 1.34 equals horse
power.
Watts divided by 746 equals horse power.
Watts divided by .7378 equals foot pounds per
second.
Calorie multiplied by 8.968 equals B. T. D.
Cheval vapeur multiplied by .9863 equals
horse hower.
(Centigrade multiplied by 1.8) plus 33 equals
degrees Fahrenheit.
Francs multiplied by .193 equals dollars.
Gravity, Paris, equals 980.94 cent, per second.
The Deepest Bore-Hole.
The deepest bore-hole in the world,
says Mr. C. Zundel, in a late communi-
cation to the Industrial Society of Mul-
house, is one of 6571 feet below the
surface of the soil, made at Paruscho-
witz, near Rybrick, Upper Silesia. The
previous record for depth was the hole
drilled some years ago at Schladebach,
near Leipsig. The latter bore-hole was
made in a search for coal measures,
and 83 separate seams, some of consid-
siderable thickness, were penetrated.
The hole was 12 inches in diameter at
the beginning, and this was lined with
a tube about 0.4 inch thick; at a depth
of 230 feet the bore was reduced to 81
inches in diameter, and thus continued
for 351 feet. At this point the blue
marl encountered became so compact
that the diamond drill had to be used,
and, under the action of the water, the
marl swelled to such a degree that the
diameter of the pipe had to be again
reduced. The greatest difficulty en-
countered was the great weight of the
boring rods, as the depth increased.
Though steel was used, at a depth of
6560 feet the total weight of the tools
reached 30,155 pounds. Under this
weight, ruptures of the rods were fre-
quent, and an accident of this nature
finally stopped the work; about 4500
feet of rods fell to the bottom, and, be-
ing jammed under a part of the tubing,
it was impossible to withdraw it. The
diameter of the well at the bottom was
2| inches. Temperature observations
made showed 12° C, or 15° F., at the
surface, and at the depth of 6571 feet
the temperature reached 69.3° C, or
157° P. This is equivalent to an aver-
age augmentation of heat of 1° C. for
every 34. 14 metres of depth, or 1° F. for
every 63 feet.
The boring at Paruschowitz was com-
menced on March 26, 1892, and it
reached its maximum depth on May 17,
1893, or in 399 working days. The total
cost was $18,800, or about $2.86 per
lineal foot.
Those who are engaged in foundry
practice are apt to consider the cupola
and molding room au the chief con-
sumer of iron. Just to show an ex-
ample of what becomes of some of the
millions of tons of iron ore brought to
the surface yearly, it may be mentioned
that a building now being erected in
New York will consume in its construc-
tion no less than nine thousand (9000)
tons of steel work to form its frame-
work. This is as much as would be
required to lay 100 miles of track with
50-pound rails, and shows that if the
foundries are not doing much, and rail-
road is building almost at a standstill,
there is still to be found a market for
an enormous amount of iron. — The
Foundry.
Four months ago there was a rule
placed in effect on the Galveston, La
Porte & Houston railway that here-
after engineers would be compelled to
pay for all stock killed by them on that
line, and since then the amount paid
for dead cattle has not exceeded $20
per month, while heretofore it had
amounted to nearly $1200 per month.
The officers of the company say that
the killing of the stock, in a great
measure, is due to the negligence of
engineers, and the method adopted by
them has proven successful. The same
order was placed in effect on a small
road in Alabama several years ago.
Dr. Bollinger, director of the An-
atomico-Pathological Institution in
Munich asserts that it is very rare to
find a normal heart and normal kid-
neys in an adult resident of that city.
The reason for the kidney disease is the
tax put upon these organs by the
drinking of excessive amounts of beer,
and the cardiac hypertrophy and de-
generation are secondry lesions for the
most part. Formerly, the population
of the city was recruited by accessions
from the country, but the abuse of
beer has spread now to the rural com-
munities, so that this source of healthy
new blood is cut off.
A SCIENTIST says that only 900 per-
sons in 1,000,000, according to medical
authority, die from old age, while 1200
succumb to gout, 18,400 to measles,
2700 to apoplexy, 7000 to erysipelas,
7500 to consumption, 48,000 to scarlet
fever, 25,000 to whooping cough, 30,000
to typhoid and typhus, and 7000 to
rheumatism. The averages vary ac-
cording to locality, but these are con-
sidered accurate as regards the popu-
lation of the globe as a whole.
The steel umbrella frame has almost
superseded the old wooden one, but it
has one drawback. If the owner of
such an umbrella should be carrying
his steel frame in the vicinity of the
electric light or trolley wire and should
happen to touch the wire with the steel
point of the umbrella, he would receive
the full force of whatever charge the^
wire carried in his arm.
While paper is being used for dozens^
of purposes formerly monopolized by
wood, or even a harder material, such-
as car wheels, boxes, barrels, tubs,
pails, etc., wood is rapidly driving
other ingredients to the wall in the
manufacture of nearl.y all the cheaper
grades of paper.
January 23, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
75
Subscribers and Advertisers.
1
Maoy years ago the writer, in con- |
versalion with the proprietor of a
trade journal iu this city, sufrgested
that new subscribers should be secured. |
"Damn the subscribers," was the j
answer; "the advertisers are the |
fellows I'm after." That trade journal |
is dead. No man will advertise unless ;
he gets satisfactory answer thereto, '
and a paper that is valueless to adver-
tisers is equally worthless to readers.
In assuming business management of
the .MlNlNd ANl> SCIE.NTIFIC Prk.ss it
was believed that the best business
policy would be to let the advertisers
alone, assuming that they best under-
stood their own business, and to direct
the greatest effort to increase the cir-
culation of the paper. An advertise-
ment is of value only when seen by men
most likely to be customers. A trade
announcement as sometimes printed in
a paper published apparently only for
private distribution among a few com-
petitors is of no value. On the other
hand, to make a paper of value to ad-
vertisers by securing subscribers by
the thousand, it must be made of suffi-
cient interest and value to induce those
thousands to subscribe for it for the
news and information it contains.
Hence with the one idea in view to in-
crease the subscription of the paper
solely on its merits, and without re-
sorting to any meretricious schemes or
inducements, a systematic effort for
the last two years has resulted in an
enormous increase in the circulation of
the MiNiNd AND Scientific Press. Of
course this has cost considerable money
which was not spent in soliciting sub-
scriptions, but in making a paper
that men want for its value to them,
and not for the sake of- any prof-
fered "premium" or because the
paper was forced on them. How well
this idea has succeeded is illustrated
by the increase noted above.
Following is a list of new subscribers
received in twentv-one days — from
Dec. 5, 'au to Dec. 26, '96:
CALIFORNIA.
Paclac Coast Oil Co.. Mills Bldg., S. F.
C M. Cross, No. 101 Sansome St., S. F.
H. P. Monson, 560 Howard St., S. F.
.1. SpauUling. AuDurn.
C. Thornton, Washington.
E. P. Linde, Ophir.
J. MalmbL-rg, Auburn.
Geo. D. Wymau, Applegate.
W. O. Frost, Placervllle.
F. B. Lloyd, Placerville.
R. S. Raw, Omo Ranch.
James Mussel. O'Neals.
James E. Keeten, Wetmer.
Harrison Hotel, Gold Run.
Springer Smith, Gold Run.
John S. Ferrier, Todds VaUey.
Golden Gate Hotel. Granitevllle.
Globe Hotel. Jackson.
Peter Zaro, Jackson.
Geo. W. Bothwell, Hedges.
Geo. Zabel, Hart.
Frank Powell, North San Juan.
Wiley J. Tianin, Room M, Fiske Bldg., Fresno.
Santa Clara Co. Miners' Ass'n, Now Almaden.
Geo. L. Bouney, Maybert.
While Beardsley, Latrobe.
F. G. Albus. Butcher Ranch.
J. R. Page, Westville.
Latruth & Myers. Michigan Bluft.
J. W. Dunlap. Michigan Blull,
W. E. Babcock, Forest Hill.
F. H. Harvey, Gait.
Marcus Maack, Oroville.
A. T. McKenzie, Randsburg.
D. M. Pyle, Randsburg.
C. A. Burcham. Randsburg.
Thos. Kearns, Randsburg.
B. M. Atkinson, Randsburg.
Copley '& Cosley, Randsburg.
A. J. Fetter, Randsburg.
Summit Con.solidated 6. M. Co., Nevada City.
Geo. L. Hughes, Nevada City.
A. U. Allen, Nevada City.
C. D. Eastin, Nevada City.
Wm. Grimn, Nevada City.
Frank A. Eilermann, Nevada City.
J. M. Walling, Nevada City.
J. S. Gregory, Nevada City.
M. J. Britland, Nevada City.
S. T. Murchie, Nevada City.
T. T KirUham, Nevada City.
Martin Bros. & Muir, Nevada City.
J. E. Polngdester, P. O. box 1,51. Nevada City.
W. A. Dennis, Nevada City.
O. M. Eastman, Nevada City.
C. J. NalT/.iger, Nevada City.
W. W. Wagoner, Nevada City.
Jas. B. Tulley, Nevada City.
C. H. Weber, Nevada City.
D. J McFall, Nevada City.
Chas. Kahl, Nevada City.
Wm. McKlnlay, Nevada City.
M. B. Dumler, Nevada City.
Jas. Power, Nevada City.
A. Isoard, Nevada City.
Jas. Rosewall, Nevada City.
Henry Lane. Nevada City.
A. D. Foote, Grass Valley.
A. Mazza, Grass Valley.
- J. M. Johnson, Grass VaUey.
Wm. B. Fisher, Grass Valley.
C. A. Brockington, Grass Valley.
James Oliver, Grass Valley.
C. V. Smith, Grass Valley.
Thos. Buckingham, Grass Valley.
Allison Ranch Mine, Grass Valley.
John MiLlray, Grass Valley.
John Glasson, Grass Valley.
F. J. Thomas, Grass 'Valley.
Chas 'Dren, Grass Valley.
Brunswick Consolidated G. M. Co., Grass Valley,
Wm. Gelsendorfer, Weimar.
J. W. Bell. Weimar.
E. Vore. Weimar. |
John Rice, CamptonvlUe. 1
1. do TournlU, Durwiu. i
M. V. Rohrer. Napa.
A.C. Lighl.Tnylorvllle.
COLORADO.
Japan Mines Co., No. 107 Boston Uldg., Denver.
The Gold Nugget Monthly. Denver.
Fntnz Cazin. No 410 Cheesemau Blk.. Denver,
W. E. Johnson. No. 816 Equitable Bldg.. Denver.
Dewey Bros.. Boston Bldg., Denver.
C. M. Walker, No. 1.150 S. lOth St., Denver.
W. C. Howard. Denver.
Denver Wire and Iron Works, Denver.
D. C. Irish, Host No. CM. Cripple Crook.
D. C. Kling. Box No. 474. Cilpplo Creek.
Koht. Victor, Cripple Creek.
Wider & Brook, Box No. 'JISI, Cripple Creek.
F. D. French, Box No. 7:il, Cripple Creek.
Robt. A. Rutledgf, Box Ntt. -Joii. Cripple Creek.
F. J. Andrews, Box No. ICw. Cripple Creek.
John H. McKcuzIc, Box No. 136, Cripple Creek.
Robinson Bros.. Box No. I'.'l, Cripple Creok.
R. W. Fleming, Box .Vo. MM. Cripple Creek.
Williams, Waterman & Co.. tJrIpple Creek.
Kl Paso Iron Works, Box No. 1104, Cripple Creek.
C. W. Clawson, Supt. Rebecca Mine, Cripple
Creok.
J. P. Reddlngton.Gold King Mine. Cripple Creek.
A. I. Irwin, Box No. 1149, Cripple Creek.
R. A. Frevartlien, Supt. Midget Mine, Cripple
Creek.
Nevlns, Leech & Co., Nat. Hotel. Cripple Creek.
0. B. Amsden, Box No. 161. Victor.
C. L. Mitton, Box No. 33. Victor.
Jas. O. Rountree, Box No. jj-'itf, Victor.
D. li. Linares, Box No. 586, Victor.
J. iM. Vincent. Box No. 141, Victor.
James Doyle. Victor.
Fred Doyle, Victor.
Chas. Gammon. Victor.
M. G. Perrlne. Box No. 572. Victor.
Chas. Sharp, Box No. 15, "Viotor.
Robt. Redding, Victor.
T. J. Montgomery, Colo. Springs.
Thos. Fisher, Roslta.
J. E. Seely, GoldSelds.
W. P. Crandall. Macon.
F. W. Walker. Box No. 163. Goldllelds.
T. P. Rlgney, Colo. Springs.
H. L. Wollc, Macon.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
1. Jervis, Merchant's Exchange, Vancouver.
Garder, Harmon & Burwell, Vancouver.
David F. Douglass, Vancouver.
Rankin & Thyme. Vancouver.
John Mct^uilian. Vancouver.
Mclvenuon, De Beck & Co., Vancouver.
H Bt-ll, Irving &, Co., Vancouver.
Messrs. Owen & Tutiow, Vancouver.
LlUooet, Eraser River & Caribas Goldtields,
Vancouver.
T. H. Culland, Vancouver.
Leland Hotel, Vancouver.
E. Mahon. Vancouver.
Robt. Robertson, 857 Howard St., Vancouver.
Chas, T, Dunbar, Vancouver.
Macfarlane & Co., P. O. box 655, Vancouver.
Thos. Dunn & Co., Vancouver.
C. S. Douglass & Co., Vancouver.
McLennan, McFeely & Co., Vancouver.
Ceperly, Loewen & Campbell, Vancouver.
M. McGregor, Box 19, Victoria.
Tolmle & Stewart, Victoria.
R. J. Johnson, Garrlck' Head, Victoria.
E. A. Morris, Victoria.
Arthur Neavers, -14 Wharf St., Victoria.
Hon. Chas. E. Pooley, M. P. P., Victoria.
Bureau of Mines, Victoria.
Beehive Saloon, 4th & Broad Sts.. Victoria.
Windsor Hotel, Government St., Victoria.
Major C. T. Dupont, Victoria.
H. J. Scott, Hamilton Powder Co., Victoria.
R. S. Day, P. O. box 155, Victoria.
Dalby & Claxton, P. O. box 50a, Victoria.
Lawrence Goodacre, P. O. box 18, Victoria.
J. Mulrhead, P. O. box 228, Victoria.
J. Shotbolt, P. O. box 212, Victoria.
Flint & Pressor. P. O. box 468, Victoria.
Drlard Hotel, Victoria.
T. Lubbe. P. O. box Hi. Victoria.
A. B. Alexander, P. O. box I, Saudon.
Jno. J. Bowers, North Brookfleld Mine, Queens
Co., Nova Scotia.
Capt. M. N. Garland, North Bend.
Hector McKinnon, Sandon.
ARIZONA.
Senator Mining Co., Yuma.
Chas. Banker. Globe.
E. Rosser, Globe.
Wm. Mill Williams, Globe.
J. A. Chestnut, Haokberry.
H. H. Dyer, Globe,
John Doan, Fortuna.
IDAHO.
Walter Hovey Hill, Grangeville.
Iron Crown Mining and Smelting Co., Newsome.
W. W. Pisk, De Lamar.
M. O. Rollins, Doniphan.
MONTANA.
Public Library, Helena.
NEVADA.
Wm. Willis, Battle Mountain.
L. J. Hanchett, Sliver Peak.
J. March, Prospect.
UTAH.
McCornick & Co., Salt Lake City.
WASHINGTON.
The Josie Gold Mining Co., Spokane.
W. Caswell, Tacoma.
CANADA.
D. P. Shuler, Sudbury, Out.
MEXICO.
Robt. Schneider, Chihuahua, two copies.
Wm. Stewart, Topolobampo, Sinaloa.
M. G. Garner, Compa Minera Central and Anexas
Estado de Zacatecas.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Bickford, Spear & Co., P. O. box 2452, Boston.
MICHIGAN.
Geo. Uertz, Assyria.
NEW YORK.
N. Y. Public Library, 40 Lafayette Place, N. Y.
NORTH CAROLINA.
W. J. McKee, Lytton, Randolph Co.
OHIO.
Geo. D. Saxton, Canton.
Herbert T. Beatty, 255 Erie St., cr. Wm. L. Otis,
Cleveland.
PENNSYLVANIA.
D. J Llnskill, Plymouth.
INDIANA.
D. J. Bouteagle, Elkhard.
MISSOURI.
J. A. Hanley, Clayton.
FLORIDA.
P. G. Lidner, Tallahassee.
FOREIGN
Geo. EmmeDs, 10 Basinghall St., London E. C,
England.
Dante/. BroB., 32 Paternoster Row, London E. C,
England.
J. Addison Smith, II Pall Mall, London S. W.,
England.
Z. P. Maruya Co.. Toklo. Japan.
I. D. Krasoosselskl. St Petersburg. Russia. i
Mt. Morgan G. M. Co.. Mt Morgan via Rock- |
hampton. Queensland, Australia. '
It will be noted that the above list i
contains 213 new subscriptions re-
ceived at this ofBce during the three
weeks from Dec. 5 '96 to Dec. 26, '96,
inclusive. It is cited as being a
part of the reports of this office
handed to the writer for inspection
during the current week. It is to be
understood that the above are new
subscribers during twenty-one days,
the usual weekly lists of renewals not
being included. These 213 new sub-
scriptions constitute only a very small
segment of a very large circle, but
show the vigor and vitality of the paper.
This fact illustrates the growth of the
number of this paper's readers perhaps
better than any other statement could.
It also makes evident the fact that the
Mining and Scientific Press is not
purely a local publication; it covers its
chosen field in this west half of Amer-
ica. It further shows that, by this
paper, the attention of miners every-
where is directed to San Francisco as
the great mining center, and is thus
believed to be of direct benefit to this
city; and, finally, is suggestive of the
great increase in the mining activity
in this country. Of course, were there
no such interest in mining, there would
be no such demand for this journal, for
no amount of efl'ort could so greatly in-
crease the number of readers unless
the industry that it represented was a
lively one.
The force of all this is manifest to the
advertiser. While no special effort is
made to induce merchants and manu-
facturers to make business announce-
ments herein, yet as a rule live business
men realize that a paper read by so
many thousand probable customers
everywhere is necessarily the best
medium in which to advertise what
they have to sell. An advertisement,
after all, is only a bid for prominence,
and those who get the most prominence
get the most for their money. A good
deal of good money is fooled away in
advertising in journals that have no
circulation and are therefore of no
value.
The thousands of names on the sub-
scription lists of this paper and the
weekly sales of the news agents
throughout the country furnish no
fair idea of the number of our readers.
Frequently one copy of the paper is
passed around through six or eight
different hands, and then mailed else-
where. A case in point came last Octo-
ber from a little mining town in Ari-
zona. A mine superintendent wrote
ordering his paper changed to a post-
oftiee address in Me.\ico, where he
would be for the next year. In three
weeks after the change was made five
new subscribers had sent in a year's
subscription from that camp. Evi-
dently five men in that one place had
each individually decided to take the
paper himself after this. It may also
be stated that, in accordance with its
usual experience, during the twenty-
one days in which, as shown above,
213 new subscriptions were received,
there were but 17 discontinuances —
from the usual variety of natural
causes. This paper holds its subscrib-
ers, old and new, and the discontinu-
ance of a subscription, except from
the ordinary fluctuations of lite, is so
rare an occurrence as to be remarkable.
To speak of these business matters
at such length may appear to be in bad
taste, but a fact that has been so often-
kindly and widely commented upon by
so many of our contemporaries, and a
condition of affairs so manifestly satis-
factory to thousands of readers and
well-wishers all over the country, is
deemed worthy of such public and ex-
tended notice as it herein receives.
Do You Know
THAT THE
HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER
OF THE KIND IN THE COUNTRY? : : :
. THAT IT IS
THE ONLY PAPER
OF ITS CLASS
THAT GIVES THE EXACT FIGURES OF ITS
CIRCULATION?
It is Weekly Read by More Than 20,000 Men in Every Depart-
ment of Mining and Mechanical Industry.
IF .vou want your business advertisement seen by the JXfc'iV ro WHOM YOU NATURALLY
LOOK FOB BUSINESS put it in the
MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
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A paper that has led in its line for thirty-six years must have the qualifications that en-
title it to the patronage of iotelligeot men who realize that, while advertising pays, money
is thrown away that is given for advertising in papers with no circulation and which give
no results.
It is not what advertising costs, but what it produces, that determines its value.
The MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS
produces satisfactory results to those
who use it. : : : : : :
Economy is the judicious expenditure of money. It is sometimes economy to save ten
cents; it is sometimes economy to spend a thousand dollars. Economy in advertising means
to put your advertisement where it will do you good.
Success or failure depends upon profitable advertising. Our patrons find an investment
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76
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 23, 1897.
The nineral Output for 1896.
The following letter from John J. Valentine, President of Wells, Fargo & Co.,
gives their estimates tor 1896 of the yield of precious metals;
The following is our annual report of precious metals produced in the States
and Territories west of the Missouri river (including British Columbia) during
1896 which shows in the aggregate: Gold, $54,399,242; silver, $35,784,963;
copper, $28,869,305; lead, $7,236,026. Total gross result, $126,289,536. The
"commercial" value at which the several metals named herem have been esti-
mated is: Silver, 67 cts. per oz. ; copper, 11 cts. per lb.; and lead, $3 per cwt.
Allowance must always be made for probable variations from reported figures,
by reason of constantly increasing facilities for transporting bullion, ores and
base metals from the mines outside of the express and the difficulty of getting
entirely reliable data from private sources. Estimates obtained in this way
are liable to be exaggerated and are, to a considerable degree, guesswork; but
with some modification on this account, made herein, the general results
reached, while only approximately correct, may be accepted as the closest ap-
proximation possible under the circumstances.
States and Territouies.
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
British Columbia (entire province)
Gold Dust
and Bullion
by Express.
$11,553,928
1,081,656
1,746,762
346,850
2,652,500
4.625.000
777,698
13,712,483
245,115
1,.S13,510
4,572,265
25,000
1,384,000
Total
843,035,757
Gold Dust Silver Bul-
and Bullion ' lion by
by Other j Express.
Conveyances.
J3.973,376
960,000
203,452
37,500
2,715,966
1,163,132
544,200
1,775.880
Sll,363,485
S 83,839
478,814
96,784
170,500
3,272,682
9,350,000
1,050,348
12,185,881
179,876
293.618
185,000
311,730
3,500
2,100,000
J29,762,674
Ores and
Base Bullion
by Freight.
20,248
248,894
25,000
35,01)0
,300,000
,295,500
,392,591
,9.56,480
177,600
,882,909
37,500
842,137,722
$16,631,391
. 2,759,364
2,071,988
■053,850
2,750,955
8,125,182
37,370,500
10,383,759
26,854,844
1,146,791
9,265,917
4,794,765
311.730
28,500
4,340,000
8126,289,536
The gross yield for 1896, shown above, segregated, is approximately as follows:
Gold 43.07 $ 54,399,242
Silver 28.34 35,784,963
Copper 33.86 28,869,305
Lead 6.73 7,236,026
Total.
.8126,269,536
ANNUAL PRODUCTS OF LEAD, COPPER. SILVER AND GOLD IN THE STATES AND
TERBITOKIBS WEST OP THE MISSOURI RIVER, 1870-1896.
Production as per
Product after
The Net Products of the States and Territories west
ments, including
amounts from
and West Coast of Mexicc
, divided, are
as follows :
Year.
amounts from Brit-
British Columbia
ish Columbia and
West Coast of
and Wes/,
Coast of Mexico.
Mexico.
$ 54,000,000
58,284.000
63,236,959
72,258,693
74,401.045
80,889,057
90,875,173
98,421,754
81,1,54,622
75,349.601
. 80,167,936
Lead.
'- Copper.
Silver.
Gold.
1870
$ 53,150,000
55,784,000
60,351,834
70,139,860
71,965,610
76,703,483
$ 1,080,000
2,100,000
2,350,000
3 150 000
$17,380,000
19,386.000
19,924,429
27,483,302
29,699,122
31,635,2,39
833,750,000
.34,398,000
38,177,395
39,206,558
38,466,488
:19,968,194
42,886,9.35
44,880,223
37,576,030
1871
1872
1873
1874
3,800 000
1875
5,100.000
5,040,000
5,085,260
3.452,000
4,185,769
5.742,390
95,811,582
78,276,167
72,688,888
77,332,513
45,846,109
37,248,137
1880....
$ 898,000
38,033,055
32.559.067
1881....
84,504,417
81,198,474
6,361,903
1,195,000
42,987,613
.10,653,959
1883,...
92,411.835
89,207,549
8,008,155
4,065,037
48,1.33,039
29,011,318
1883. . . .
90,313,612
84,680,212
8,163,550
6,683,931
43.975,101
27,816,640
1884,...
84,975,954
81,688,835
6,831.091
6,086,353
43,529,925
35,183,667
1885....
90,181,260
87,311,382
8,562,991
7,838,036
44,616,699
26.393,756
1888....
103,011,761
100,160,222
9,185,192
9.276,755
52,136.851
29,561,424
1887. . . .
104,045.959
103,327,770
9,631,073
10,362,746
50,833,884
32..500,067
1888....
114,341,592
112,665.569
11,263,630
18,261,490
53,1,52,747
29,987,702
18811....
127,677,836
126.723,384
14,.593,.323
14,793,763
64,808,637
32,527,661
1890. . . .
127,166,410
126,804,855
11, .509,571
20,569,092
62,9.30,831
31,795,:i61
1891...,
118.237,441
1 17,946,566
12,385,780
13,261,663
60,614,004
31,68,'-,,118
1892....
111,531,700
111,359,508
11,433,947
19,370,616
50,607,601
29.847.444
1893. . . .
104,081,591
103,827,623
7,766,040
23,631,3.39
38,491,521
33,948,723
1894....
105,113.489
104,844,113
8,223,513
32,276,294
38,721,014
46,623,291
1895....
118,164,642
117,896,988
7,170,367
27,062,116
35,274,777
48,,399,729
1896....
126,289,636
131,949,536
6,636,036
38,713.305
33,684.963
53,015,242
The exports of silver during the past year to Japan, China, the Straits, etc.,
have been as follows: From London. $33,968,620; from San Francisco, S9,947,-
776. Total, $43,916,396, as against $43,956,787 last year. Pounds sterling esti-
mated at $4.84.
United States of Mexico.
STATEMENT OF THE PRODUCT OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO,
REVISED AND CORRECTED PROM 1877 TO 1896. VALUES UPON MINTAGE BASIS.
Gold.
1877-1878..
1878-1879 . .
1879-1880..
1880-1881..
1881-1883..
1882-1883..
1883-1884..
1884-1885..
1885-1886..
1886-1887. ,
1887-1888..
18''8-I889.,
1889-1890..
1890-1891..
1891-1892. .
1892-1893.,
1893-1894 ,
189-1-1895.,
747,000
881,000
942,000
,013,000
937.000
956,000
,055,000
914,000
,026,000
,047,000
,031,000
,040,000
, 100,000
150.000
275,000
,400,000
,425,000
,750,000
,475,000
'^"^"■^ .....| $28,164,000
$24,
25,
26,
,837,000
,125,000
,800,000
,234,000
',329,000
',569,000
,695,000
,226,000
112.000
,6oo;ooo
.912,000
'.706,000
500,000
;, 000, 000
750,000
500,000
,250,000
,225,000
,450,000
Total.
$25,584,000
26,006,000
27,742,000
30,247,000
30,266,000
30,525,000
33,750,000
34,140.000
35,138,000
35,647,000
35,943,000
41,746,000
42,600.000
44,150,000
47,025,000
49,900,000
48,675,000
58.975,000
59,925,000
$736,984,000
EXHIBIT OF THE COINAGE OF MEXICO FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MINTS IN
1537 TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR OF Iftflfi.
Colonial Epoch.
Uumilled coin from 1537 to 1731.
Pillar coin 1732 to 1771 . .
Bust coin 1772 to 1821
$ 8,497,950
19,889,014
40,391,447
Independence.
Iturbide'3 Imperial Bust, from 1822 to 1823
Republic Eagle, 1824 to June 30, 1873
$68,778.411
$ 557.3S
45,040,6J
Republic.
Eagle coin, from July 1. 1873, to June 3
$45,598,020
.1896.1 $11,561.080
Silver.
S 752,067,456
441,629,211
888.563,989
$2,082,260,656
$ 18.575,569
740,246,485
$758,822,054
$557,581,690
Copper.
$200,000
342,893"
$542,893
$5,235,177
$5,235,177
760,765,406
461,518,225
929,298,329
$2,151,581,960
$ 19,132,961
790,522,290
$809,655,251
$569,346,066
Colonial Epoch-from 1537 to 1821 ^^^^^' «,., , =, „, „„„
Independence— from 1822 to 1873. !b^,i51,581,960
Republic— from 1 875 to 1896 809,655,251
569,346,066
Total
Sau Francisco, Bee. 31, '96.
$3,530,583,277
John J. Valentine, President.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Bepublican: At the Anita in drifting north
from the shaft at the depth of 500 feet a well
defined ledge has been struck. There is a
rich streak about 18 inches wide, the whole
ledge being about S feet thick. All of it will
pay to mill.
At Pine Grove the Dane mill has been
started on good rock.
At the Lombard the companj'^ is preparing
to put up a 40-staaip mill.
Record : A body of rich milling ore has been
encountered in the 900 and 1250 levels at the
South Eureka mine and the mill has resumed
operations.
On the 700-level at the Central Eui'eka mine
a drift has been run south 200 feet on the vein
and it is still going ahead.
Dispatch: A good body of ore has been
struck in the Amador Queen No. 2, 12S0 feet
from the mouth of the tunnel, Mr. Gould has
twenty men employed in the mine and
will start up the mill in about ten days. It is
intended to sink a shaft on the Badaracco
ranch 2000 feet deep, and Mr. Gould goes to
London soon to complete the preliminary ar-
rangements.
Charles Mitterbauer recently made a strike
in the Wild Bill mine, near West Point, which
shows a ledge of rock that will average $35
per ton.
The shaft at the Bellwether mine is now
down 300 feet and a drift has been started
eastward. They have struck a good body of
ore in the drift, which assays well.
The work of repairing the shaft at the
Zeila is pi'ogressing favorably, hut it will be
a couple of months yet before the work of
taking out ore will be resumed. The mill is
still on rock from the Argonaut mine.
Ledger: The Kennedy mine has produced
during the last ten years 83,580,000, of which
§2.000,000 has been dividends. The output
for the year just closed was $371,000. This is
a low yield for this mine, owing to the low
grade of ore, but it is now working in better
rock. The ore body has grown wider from the
800-foot level and reached 30 feet at the
2100 level. The vein seems to be wedge-
shaped, with the edge upward. Orders have
been given to sink another 200 feet. This
mine is now the second deepest gold mine in
the world. The shaft from top to bottom, al-
lowing for the incline, measures 3450 feet.
Haskins and Chase, who are working the
Burse mine in Pioneer creek, have bought
the Baker mine, near West Point, and are
sinking a shaft and driving a tunnel. They
have placed a contract for a 10-stamp mill.
Cuneo & Harmon, who own the Missouri
mine, have four men at work taking out ore
preparatory to making a test crushing,
A rich shoot of ore has been struck in the
Union Consolidated.
ReQiater: At Enterprise Fred Bachman is
down 260 feet on the ledge and the rock shows
three feet of excellent ore. He runs four
stamps by water power and gets good returns.
At the Golden Fissure, or Shaw & Watson
mine, they have a 5-stamp mill run by water.
Their ledge is about 3 feet wide and prospects
well. They are down 100 feet on the ledge,
and will start a lower tunnel shortly.
At the Crystal Peak mine, owned by Aim
Bros., they have three ledges. One isunde-
veloped, on the second they have run a tunnel
180 feet and struck the ledge fully 100 feet
down. The vein is from 4 to G feet wide.
From thirty-five to forty men were at work
in the Magatia, from twelve to fifteen men at
the Princess and sixteen men at the Peter
Woods mine, of which E. C. Paxton is super-
intendent.
Mercurii: The Burlington Consolidated
Mining Company of San Francisco, which own
three claims west of Forbestown, are pushing
development work. They have made several
short crosscuts from the old tunnel ahead on
the ledge. The ledge is about 7 feet wide
and is of very good-looking rock, heavy with
sulphurets.
On the Costize mine, on McCall creek, they
have a ledge which ranges in width from 18
inches to 13 feet and can be traced the full
1500 feet of the claim. They have started a
tunnel which will tap the ledge 250 feet below
the cropping.
At the Missouri mine, Wilkie and Penni-
more have encountered some stringers of
quartz and believe they will strike the ledge
within a few feet.
Democrat: At Enterprise, on the Oregon
quartz mine, owned by Josiah Champion, he
has men at work in a tunnel which now is in
over 400 feet. The lode promises well and he
will erect a mill as soon as the tunnel is fin-
ished.
J. O, Carlisle has a quartz claim near En-
terprise with a 5-stamp mill crushing the
rock.
Shaw, Mearch &, Watson have a well-de-
fined lode claim and are working the rock in a
4-stamp mill.
The Aim brothers have a 2-stamptDill work-
ing quartz from a claim near the middle fork
of Feather river, and they say the working
tests are such as to warrant erecting a larger
mill.
ualaveras.
The Boston mine people are enlarging the
shaft to three compartments. They have about
100 feet to go to reach the bottom!
EL Dorado.
(Special Correspondence).— The shaft on the
Blanchard mine has reached 157 feet. The
company is sinking a winze from the 57-foot
level. The new 5-stamp mill is running stead-
ily on good ore.
Gravel properties about Newtown, ten miles
south of here, are receiving merited atten-
tion. The Rio di Oro hydraulic plant is run-
ning day and night. This property comprises
over 600 acres.
Activity on the Pine Hill Gold Mining Com-
pany's properties, nine miles west, continues.
The main shaft is 200 feet, with a 217-foot
drift from this level. On the 150-foot level a
drift runs south 380 feet, and another to the
west 284 feet. The company owns 206 acres.
They have crosscut, to date, three large
ledges of good grade ore.
The transfer of the Griffith Consolidated,
four miles southwest of Placerville, from C,
F. Bryant to E. A. Stent is of record. The
sale of this property by Mr. Stent to J. D.
Gow has been noted by the San Francisco
dailies.
The Big Sandy at Kelsey has reached 240
feet in the shaft. Considerable drifting has
been done north and south and crosscut sev-
eral ledges, but the foot wall has not yet been
reached. Mill tests of the ore have yielded
S35 per ton in free gold. There is a system of
ledges and they widen as depth is attained.
The Amazon, two miles north of Kelsey, is
drifting on the 300-foot level. W, U. Chad-
bourne of Leadville is operating the property
and working three shifts,
Alderson & Brown began development work
this week on a property of magnitude four
miles southwest of town. They have grouped
into one property the patented claims known
as the Essex, Edna, Cincinnati, Rattler,
Champion, Keystone and Concordia, now
known in the United States patent as the
Eden Consolidated. The reopening of these
properties, with the determination of going
to great depth, will aid partially to demon-
strate to a certainty the golden future of
El Dorado county.
Placerville, Jan. 19, '97.
Kern.
Calif ornian: W. C. Campbell, a placer miner,
has become interested in several claims near
Kernville and has invested §40,000 and is now
buying up adjacent c'aims and is having con-
siderable freight shipped in.
Several parties of prospectors are settled at
Piute and are systematically at work.
W. C. Wilson of Mojave has sold out his
mine in the Slate Range district for §16,000
cash.
The Good Hope is now bonded forS135,000by
the Kenyons to Smith and Centre of Pasa-
dena, The bond runs until February 1.
J, J. Brown of Leadville and James A.
Shinn, his expert, have been investigating
Randsburg. Mr. Brown has put in between
$20,000 and *30,000 and has bought nine claims.
Nevada.
Traiisiript : Rich gravel has been struck in
the Odin drift gravel mine. Work at this
mine was resumed only a short time ago,
under new management, and the strike was
made in a new drift that is being run for the
channel.
LJniim: The owners of the Bellfontaine in
Willow valley are desirous of developing the
propertv and erecting a mill, and have decided
to sell 35,000 of the 100,000 shares for a work-
ing capital.
Cline, Burton and Sleeper have a bond on
the Lord mine, adjoining the Red Hill, west
of Grass "Valley.
Herald : The Gold Point mine, Grass Val-
ley, is turning out $15, ore.
Transcript: In the Washington district
Hayes Bros, are finding big nuggets and
coarse gold in their gravel mine.
The Washington mine has been examined
by experts, with a view to purchasing and
reopening the property.
At the California mine Supt. Harmon is
pushing the tunnel ahead I'apidly, and expects
soon to cut into the ore shoots that paid so
well in the upper workings.
Work is soon to begin on the Giant King
mine and on Worthley & Co.'s claim,
TcJeuraph : On the Omaha group of mines
work is being actively prosecuted southward
in the development of the Homeward Bound
property, lately purchased. No. 8 drift en-
countered the shoot of ore a few days ago,
the vein averaging from 1 to 3 feet in
thickness, and stoping and underhand work
are also being actively prosecuted. The
Omaha has a 3S-stamp mill, which is going to
its full capacity. There are now employed
sixty men, besides about thirty tributers.
At the Bullion mine, which is opened by a
three-compartment shaft, one pumping and
two hoisting compartments, work is 'progress-
ing steadily. The shaft, which is now down
7(J0 feet, is being run to cut the 800-foot level,
from where it is' the present intention to turn
a drift south to cut the old ''lone" shoot of
ore. There are at present about twenty-five
men employed. It is the intention of the
company to put up a 20-stamp mill in the near
future.
Placer.
The Grand Victory Mining Company has
been, incorporated with a capital of $120,000 to
work property located on Fall creek, about
nine miles from Emigrant Gap. The mine is
a gravel one, and will be worked by the drift-
ing process. They have a shaft about 80 feet
in depth. Further progress was stopped by
encountering a large quantity of water,
Sentinel: A prospect stamp mill has been
erected at the Blackhawk gravel mine, near
Forest Hill.
The mill at the Redstone quartz mine, near
Blue Canyon, has been started up. The com-
pany is working quice a force of men.
San Bernardino.
iHdepcuilcnl : The report that work at the
old Gold Mountain mine, at Bear valley, had
been entirely suspended, was erroneous.
Work will continue along the line laid down
by Superintendent Church for those who have
bonded the property from E. J, Baldwin.
Siskiyou.
Ncivs: Dannenhrink Brothers, on Know
Nothing creek, are working on the 13QQ-foQti
January 23. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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level, where the vein is 4 feet wide, the ore
averaging about tSO per ton. j
The SalmoD River Hydraulic and Ditch i
Company keeps three giants running and is
opening up soioe rich gmvel in the old chan-
nel. ,
Deistleborst & Barton dredger, at Oak bar, '
is taking out good pay— $40 to t*k> each shift. I
The company intend to build another dredger
on the river above theFreshour ferry. ]
Neil A Wentzel are taking out good ore in i
the upper level of the Nebraska mine, on
Cherry creek.
G. H. Go$s has another pay chute in the
Drummer Boy, on Cherry creek.
Mann l\: Bogard have found good pay in «
Poverty Point, near Oak Bar. a claim they '
leased from H. J. Barton. j
Trinity.
Jmtrmil: At Coleridge there are twenty
stamps running on the creek— five at the Yel- \
lowstooe, tivo at the Enterprise and ten at <
the Star. I
At the Star mine they are running the south
drift ahead ou the ledge, which is now 6 feet
wide in the face of the drift and looks well.
The mill is running day shift on good ore. j
The winze in the Lone Jack mine has opened
up a large body of good ore. {
Taolamiin. j
rnlun-Dem'irrat : The Mamrootb mill is be- j
ing prepared for treating the high-grade ore. ;
The stamps are in and the concentrators will •
be ready by the flrst of February. '
The Gerrymander mine is being worked by
its new owners, with J. I-.. Joseph as superin-
tendent. A 5-stamp mill is on the property,
and this will be overhauled and in working or-
der inside of a month.
At the Confidence ore is being extracted
from the 800 level and crushed by the ."iO-
stamp mill. Good milling ore is found on the
various levels.
At the Star a chlorination plant of three
tons capacity has been put in.
Citizens of Jamestown hare organised a
company to work the old New York drift
gravel mine on Table mountain, which yie ded
half a million dollars in lS54-5(i. Litigation
stopped operations and the claim has lain idle
ever since. At present nine men are em-
ployed, j
(linmifle.: At the Belleview mine, taken |
hold of under bond by the California Explora- ;
tion Company, the "5-stamp mill has been]
closed down and two shafts will be sunk to a
depth of TiW feet. If the ore body shows up
as expected, it is the intension to erect a GO
stamp mill.
Infleptndrut: The Santa Ysabel Mining
Company is erecting a 20-stamp mill, the grad-
ing for which is almost completed. Sinking
still goes on in the three shafts and cross-
cutting. Shafts No. I and No. 2 have recently
been connected and connection with No. 3
will shortly be made.
Work ontbe Last Chance placer mine a.t ,
Montezuma has been resumed.
The Golden Gate mine is running full force I
night and day and the quality of the sul-
pburets is richer than ever.
The Jumper mine will shortly use elec-
tricity for power.
The Golden Rule mine is sinking and cross-
cutting and the quality of the ore proving
very satisfactory.
The Isabella & Gem mine, owned by J.
Faxon, is liable to be opened up again shortly.
Ynba.
At New York Flat, in Yuba county, south
of Forbesiown, T. H. Steel is working his
claim by hydraulic process under a permit
from the Debris Commission. He has seven
men employed. He is working in low ground
and uses a hydraulic elevator, which, with a
4%-inch nozzle, 16-inch truck and 325-foot pres-
sure, raises the water and gravel to a flume
23 feet above bedrock.
Near New York Flat, A. F. Roberts is work-
ing an extension of the old Deadwood ledge.
He has a tunnel in over 500 feet.
NEVAliA.
White Pine yens: In the Granite district,
east of Egan range, the Ben Hur. a new dis-
covery, was recently sold by W. D. Campbell
to Salt Lake people, who will operate it with
a large force of men. This sale has attracted
the attention of prospectors, and they have
located a number of claims, which show large
ledges carrying gold and silver.
De Lamar Ltide: At State Line a new
strike of very rich gold ore has been made by
Hicks Brothers and Mesher on the Nevada
side of the line.
F. N. Millett has incorporated the Gold Hill
Milling and Mining Campany, Provo capital-
ists furnishing the money to drive a 400-foot
tunnel on the property.
Mr. Christie is soon" to close a deal with the
Eagle Valley district claim owners.
The strike at the Magnolia has drawn at-
tention to that locality. In the main body is
a seam of ore which at times shows free gold.
Much of it shows valuation of over ?200in gold
and as much as 00 ounces in silver.
The Austin Mining Company's new mill
will be in operation in ninety days.
The Keystone mill has been started up.
Elko Free Pmss: Bald Mountain, Ruby
Mountain di=;trict, White Pine county, has
taken on a lively appearance within the past
six weeks, consequent upon the arrival of a
number of Elko and Eastern mini' l' men.
Denver and New York capitalists arc getting
hold of a large amount of mining property
with W. B. Duvall as their superintendent.
In the Salmon Kiver district, in the north-
eastern part of Elko county, about 100 men
are mining. Last summer some Montana men
began the erection of a 30-ton smelter, which
was started up last week. Coke will come
fr^n San Francisco. The ores of the district
run high in copper with some silver and gold.
Among the mines working are the Brooklyn,
owned by English & Co. This company has
about 250 tons of ore now ready (or the smelter
and teams are hauling it for reduction.
A number of promising mines have been
opened within five or six mites of thesmelter.
Good ore. containing copper and silver, is be-
ing taken out.
OUKUON.
flAKEK COIXTV.
The Alturas Mining Company Is spending
$IU00a month in development.
The Virtue mine has a new hoist, with
capacity to sink to a depth of 2U00 feet, the
first step toward really deep mining in Or-
egon.
The North Pole mine and mill are in full
activity. As soon as the raise to the surface
is completed there will be room for 100 miners
to work. It is proposed to enlarge the mill.
Grants Pass nhttfrver: J. E. Brown has a
30-foot tunnel on Mt. Reuben, adjoining the
Ajax, which shows a ledge of 7 to 8 feet of
solid ore.
C A. Wilcox of Wimer, on Evans creek,will
put a pipe :^nd giant on his placer this season.
George Darwin, superintendent of the Jew-
ett mine, has put a force of men at work driv-
ing a lower crosscut tunnel to cut the lead at
a depth of 100 feet below the present work-
ings.
Nearly all the bars along Rogue river be-
tween Woodville and the mouth of Galice
creek have been located and many pumping
plants will be worked next season.
Medford Muuitur-Mincr: The Bonanza raipe
recentlv turned out in twenty-six days' run
*20,000 in gold.
The newly discovered mine, the Jumbo,
owned by James & Myers, on Catherine creek,
east of Union, was bonded recently for $05,000
to St. Louis capitalists.
The Black Channel gold mine, on Foots
creek, is being worked by about sixty men,
under the management of Superintendent
Shotweli.
A deal has been closed by some Eas'ern
parties for the ranches belonging to McDou-
gal, Mardon, Hall and Mrs. Birdsey, on
Kane's creek, near Gold Hill. The purpose is
to use the land for gravel mining. The con-
sideration is about ?30,000. It is the inten-
tion to run a large ditch from upper Bear
creek.
WASHINGTON.
S])t,l;ci^tnati-R(flfw: The Bridgeport Mining
and Development Company at Conconully have
a group of fourteen claims on which a develop-
ment tunnel has been started and will be
continued until it is in l.'iOO feet, at which
point a vertical depth of SOO feet will be at-
tained. In the process of this work at least a
dozen veins which appear on the surface will
be cut.
Within a few miles of Loomiston, Okanogan
county, prospectors have discovered a 14-foot
ledge of rich ore, traceable on the surface for
4500 feet. Crosscuts were made at a depth of
40 feet, assays running from §11 to ?35 a ton.
Samples of the ore are not distinguishable
from the ore of the Le Roi mine, and it was
the similarity of the iron capping to that
found in the Trail district that led to the dis-
covery of the mines.
Spokane C/ijv»/ii(ic: The owners of the Old
Dominion, at Colville, have spent about
-^GOO.OOO in developing it until now there is
over 15,000 feet of work completed. The main
tunnel is in 3000 feet, which gives a vertical
depth of SOO feet and on the dip of the vein
1200 feet. During the last three years they
have purchased fifty-two additional proper-
ties. As soon as the new machinery arrives,
seventy-five men will be put to work and the
tunnel will be pushed on 3000 feet more.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SpiiliCKiuan-Revtcw: Preparations are being
made to start the Volcanic property, near
Grand Forks, on or about March 1st. Enough
capital has already been guaranteed to fully
equip the mine for extensive development.
This and other work contemplated will mean
the building of a large smelter near Volcanic
mountain and the encouragement of a railroad
into Grand Foi'ks before the 1st of next Sep-
tember.
The Seattle Company will also start work
on its property about that time. A shaft is
to be sunk 200 feet.
There are twelve mines up the North Pork
and around Grand Forks being worked at
present with good results, and most of the
money furnished comes from Spokane.
The Pathfinder property, now under bond to
Rossland and Toronto parties, has been an-
nounced to start work soon after March 1st.
The following is the output of the Slocan
district for the first week of 1S97 :
Mine. Tons.
Payne, Slocan 306
Slocan Star, Sandon 200
Surprise, Slocan 17
Idaho, Slocan 80
Enterprise. Slocan 40
Jackson, Slocan 6t
: Ruth 15
1 Rambler, Slocan 16
i Wonderful 30
Blue Bird, Slocan 12
Antoine, Slocan '7
I Whitewater, Slocan .I^sr 90
\ Last Cbance, Slocan "? 51
Washington --^ 32
' Reco, Slocan < 88
I Consolation, Slocan ^ 12
Total tor week 1.179
Approximate value $140,670
I At Rossland a syndicate rfrom Toronto has
I closed a deal for the Silent Friend, a claim
j adjoining the Commander, and work will com-
1 mence in a few days under the new company.
' One of the most important strikes of ore
ever made in a Trail Creek mine has been un-
i covered in the O. K. It was in the slopes up-
ward from the eleventh tunnel, and was a
' streak of perfectly free-milling ore.
I A three-fifths interest in the Edith, Arm
' and Hammer, Hidden Treasure and City of
Spokane mineral claims, near Nelson, Gal-
leger. Blaine and StoU, has been bonded to
English parties for$10,000. The first payment
has been made.
CTTAH.
Salt Lake Tribune. At Mercur the manage-
ment of La Cigale will not undertake the
erection of a mill on that ground until more
ore has been blocked out.
The management of the Rover has been di-
rected to proceed with the developmentof the
property.
The property of the Rover has already been
quite extensively explored, the workings at
present covering lOoo feet.
At Lion Hill the mill at the Northern Light
is nearing completion and will start up on
sixty tons a day. Forty-five men are now con-
structing the pipe line, which will covera dis-
tance of l."»,otio feet. With reference to de-
velopments on the mine, Superintendent
Hines reports the vein now opened up for 2*^
miles, beginning at the Monarch No. 3 and
connecting with what is known as the Winter
Quarters claim. Concerning the ores, he says
the whole will average about ?19 in gold and
$12.02 in silver.
On the McKinley mine they are drifting on
the vein and have already uncovered ore run-
ning from 10 to 6600 ounces in silver.
At Park City the winze being sunk from the
1500-foot level in Ontario shaft No. 2 is down
130 feet, all in good ore. Twenty-five cars of
ore are being taken out every twenty-four
hours, and. as soon as sloping will be begun
on the 1700 foot level, the output can be made
to exceed loO cars.
At Fish Springs the Utah and Galena mines
make regular shipments and are steadily im-
proving with development.
The Emma property, now under bond and
lease to the Bradshaw brothers of Lehi, has
improved greatly in the last two months.
At Bingham theownersof the Highland Boy
will in a few days let a contract for erecting
one of the largest mills in Utah. Meanwhile
the blocking out of ore is progressing steadily
and already. there is enough in sight to run
the mill for a long period.
The Bingham Copper Company is now below
the water level in its search for copper, and
important results are expected.
The Yoseraite No. 2 has been purchased by
the Sampson Mining Company. It is under-
stood that the consideration was a large block
—about one-half of the 500,000 shares of the
Sampson Company — so that the transaction
was in effect a consolidation.
Mammoth Record: Water in the Undine
has been increasing so rapidly that it was
found impossible to run more than one shift a
day profitably. A tank has been erected, and
teams are now hauling water to the various
other properties in the vicinity. A mine of
water in this district is somewhat of a bo-
nanza itself.
The Sunbeam shaft is going down at the
rate of 3 feet a day. The formation at
the bottom of the shaft is changing rapidly,
and the indications are that ore is not far
away.
Excavations have been completed for a new
hoist at the Southern Eureka.
Tintic Miner: Work has commenced on the
old Park mine, recently purchased by Riter
and Loose. A new incline shaft will be sunk
on the vein.
Kirby and Cobb, with their Salt Lake asso-
ciates,'have closed a deal for the Pride of the
Hills group.
A strike is reported this week in the Ajax
on the north drift from the 400-foot level.
Eureka Democrat : A steam hoist is to be
put in at the Homestake, and will be in opera-
tion within thirty days. The shaft is now
down 265 feet.
Work has begun on the May Day, and a tun-
nel is being run to tap the bottom of the shaft,
which is down 03 feet, where the indications
are such that, with a small amount of drift-
ing, the Humbug vein will be reached.
IDAHO.
Sp'ikesiiiau-Rrview : The Standard mine, in
the Coeur d'AIene district, distributed $400,-
000 in dividends among its stockholders last
year.
Miners from the Pierce district report snow
falling. Placer miners are pleased over the
prospects. The heaviest snow storms usually
prevail in January and February in the
mountains.
The tunnel in the Bimetallic group vrill be
driven 200 feet more, which will tap the main
ledge.
The progress in the gold fields of Florence
during the past year has been devoted prin-
cipally to preparatory work for the present
year. Altogether, there has been about 3500
feet of tunnel driven and nearly 1500 feet of
shaft sunk on claims in the various parts of
the camp. Ore from many of the claims has
been worked in the new custom mill, giving
average results of ?40 a ton.
A scheme is on foot to tap by a tunnel the
ore bodies of the Florence district. Florence
is 4110 feet above Salmon river; at the wire
bridge the altitude is 2105 feet above sea
level. The depth thus obtained by the pro-
posed tunnel exceeds 4000 feet, and in this
distance there are ledges carrying gold every
100 feet from Florence to the Salmon river, a
distance of eight miles.
From the Pierce district in 1S95 about
$30,000 worth of gold dust was shipped, while
the figures of shipment for 1890 sum up a
little over $100,000.
MONTANA.
Butte Miner: The Boston and Montana
Company's concentrator, at GreatFalls, which
has been closed down for several months,
started up last week and forty new men were
put to work. Several matte furnaces have
started up, and from this time on the whole
plant will be kept in continuous operation.
The Vulcan silver mine will start up about
February 1. and nearly 100 men will be
given employment, This mine has been closed
down since the great decline in the price of
silver bullion, and has filled up with water.
In the Colusa Parrot the 1200 level has
been reached, and a station is being made.
Another 100 feet will be sunk before exploring
will commence by cross-cutting. In the mean-
time ore is being shipped from the upper
levels.
Butte Mtniug and RaHivay Review: A rich
body of ore. 3 feet wide, which carries a
large percenUge of copper, has been discov-
ered in the tunnel in the rear of a liverv
stable at Wlckes.
A 20-stamp mill is to be built at the Mam-
moth mine, near Shoup, Lemhi county. The
property was recently sold by A. Torpence to
an Eastern syndicate, and extensive develop-
ment will be pushed during the winter.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Tfifuj*: The following figures,
which have been obtained from officials and
annual reports of the companies mentioned,
can be verified at any time. They show
plainly the rapid increase of production made
by the richest 100 miles square on earth,
known as the Black Hills district:
Mine. Tonti Treated. Value.
Homestake 366,000 tl.&73.000
Highland JB2,000 737,000
Dead wood-Terra £(H,aOO 400,000
ApexConsol 8.1fi0 24,000
J. R 1»800 15,000
Keystone 18LeOO 85.000
HolyTerror lO/BO 72.000
Deadbroke 7,500 50,000
St. Elmo 1,200 15.000
Grizzly Bear t,850 12.090
Hawkeye 8,300 22,000
Columbus 1,000 5,000
D. and D. Smelter 132.000 1,960,000
Union Hill Smelter 4,300 56,000
Golden Reward 48,117 998,000
Cvauide Mill 25;033 398,000
Kildonan Mill 38.943 700,000
Ores shipped 43,000 1,075,000
Placer mines, estimated 35,000
Total for 1896 1,013,660 *8.235,000
Total forl895 833,800 4.910,000
Increase 179,760 $3,325,000
It must also be remembered that these fig-
ures do not include the bi-product of silver
and copper, neither do they include the prod-
uct of several small quartz mines in the vicin-
ity of Central City, nor those of Garden City
and Carbonate Camp. The Tintf^ believes
that if the actual gold product of the Black
Hills for 1S90 could be arrived at, the amount
would be nearer $12,000,000 than the total ex-
pressed in the figures given above.
The Union Hill Company are pushing work
in all directions on their large holdings and
getting out enough ore from the present open-
ings to supply a plant of 100 tons daily capac-
ity.
A diamond drill capable of sinking 2500 feet
will soon be in operation on the Gold Belt and
Alaska group of claims in Ragged Top camp,
owned by General Green B. Raum and associ-
ates.
The Swamp Eagle lode, on the Poorman di-
vide, has resumed work and will open up the
large body of free milling cement ore which is
known toestend through the claim.
NEW^ MEXICO.
Santa Fe IWic Mexican : In the Carlisle gold
district of Grant county, where for several
years the Steeple Rock Mining Company has
been successfully operating, the Exploration
Company of London, backers of the comi>any.
have quietly secured control of 125 promising
gold prospects in the district and have about
completed arrangements for extensive devel-
opment. The plans of the Steeple Rock Com-
pany contemplate the reduction of 1000 tons
of ore per day in the course of a few months.
Huntington mills will be operated in connec-
tion with the chlorination process.
The si te for the smelter of the Mary Mining
and Smelting Company at Cerrillos has been
practicallv decided upon. It consists of about
fifteen blocks in the original town of Cerrillos,
north of the San Marcos arroyo. The property
is owned by Senator Elkins of West Virginia.
Silver City Enterprise: At Pinos Altos the
Treasure Mining Company, of Denver, Colo.,
is working about fifty men in the Atlantic
mine and mill. This company is making prepar-
ations to start operations upon the old Deep
Down property, which is also owned by the
company. This will trive employment to
twenty' or thirty more miners.
At Pinos Altos A. Hersberger is working
ten men on the Western mine. He will have
a mill-run made at the Stanley-Martin mill
next week.
Spiller and McLean are again working the
Pacific Gold Company's claim on the Pacific
vein. They are running ten stamps of the
company's mill, near Silver City, concentrat-
ing the ore.
At Gold Hill the Woods mill is running daily
on ores from the Woods prospects.
The Western Belle has started up again,
and, if satisfactory results are obtained,
another mill will be built.
The Standard Company will start up soon.
ARIZONA.
Tombstone Prospect: The Old Glory mill
has closed down. It has ore crushing capacity
for only twenty stamps and is adding enough
ore crushers to supply the thirty stamps at
the mill. The capacity of the reservoir Is also
to be increased; during the meantime develop-
ment work continues on the mine.
Phcenix RepuWicaii: Work on the new
smelter belonging to the Empire Smelting
Company at Rollin is progressing and it will
soon be ready to blow in.
There is a promise of some business for Gila
Bend, growing out of the development of min-
ing properties in the neighborhood. Recent
new discoveries are looking well, and parties
are now on the way to inspect them.
At Goldfield manv claims are being de-
veloped. About seventy-five men are kept
employed constantly at the Mammoth mine,
and the 20 stamp mill is kept busy.
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 23, 1897.
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Coast InduAtrial Notes.
—San Diego, Cat., oranges sell in Boston,
Mass., for $2.40 per box.
—It is thought in Sao FraQeisi>o that wheat
will go to 12 per cental this year.
— Newburg, Or. proposes to spend $15,000
gold bonds for a gravity system of water
works.
—Milter & Lux have bought all the sheep
feeding in Big Meadows, Nevada, amounting
to about 25,OUU head. The prices paid range
from $3.2o to $3.75 per head.
—Contracts liave been let for construction
of Gray's Harbor Government light station,
to cost $:iO,U(>0. The contract (or supplying
metal for the worlts was let for $7443,
— The W. J. Cox ranch of twenty acres at
Azusa, Los Angeles county, was sold last
weelc for $I7,U0<J. or at the rate of $S50 an
acre. It lies one mtle east of Azusa and Is
planted almost exclusively to navel oranges.
—The Blue Canyon Water Company has
been incorporated in Sacramento to furnish
water for drinking purposes, bringing it to
Sacramento from Blue Canyon Springs, in the
Sierra Nevadas, in cars to be constructed for
that purpose.
—It is thought that the $1,500,000 bonds re-
cently issued by San Diego, Cal., will be
withdrawn for a time at least. They were
designed to pay for an extensive water sys-
tem, but City Engineer Capps has refused to
accept the dam.
—The House Committee on Public Build-
logs and Grounds has ordered favorable re-
port on Senate bills authorizing public build-
ings at Tacoma, Wash., to cost fJOO.OOU, at
Salem, Or., to cost $100,000, and at Aberdeen,
S. D., to cost $100,000.
— Produce exports from San Francisco by
sea in IS'JO were $4:i,550,000, against $33,375*-
000 in 1S95, a gain of $10,000,000 last year. Of
the total, New Vork took $;S,OOS,obo, Great
Britain $10,121,000, Australia $4,743,400, Ha-
waiian Islands ?3,(i'.i5,400, China $3.1H3,S00,
Japan $2,489,300. Mexico $1,4-11,000, Central
America *3,410,500, and South Africa $1,04S,-
300.
—Gen. Nelson A. Miles, chief of the Ord-
nance Board, saj's a dispatch from Washing-
ton, D. C, has decided to make a demand for
appropriations for defense on four points on
the Pacific coast as follows :
Kinplnce-
Lorntion. Otnin. mnits. Bfiri-acks.
San Francisco JSOS.SOff" rilH.ooo f2ol.050
San Diugo 271.400 204 000 12:'i.o0.t
Mouth Columbia 23il.8O0 'JW.OOO 12:>.d25
Pueet Sound 297.000 2U;.000 251.050
—The current freight rate by sailing vessel
from New York to San Francisco, round Cape
Horn, is about 37^^ cents, and 5 per cent per
100 pounds, and this rate is hardly ever sub-
ject to a fluctuation of more than 5 cents
either way. Kates from the other side rule
considerably lower than this, averaging from
Liverpool to San Francisco between §5 and $6
per ton of 2240 pounds. The main reason for
the cheaper freight rates from England is
that the sailing vessels arrive there with
-cargoes, while they frequently have to come
in ballast.
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A catalogue is issued by the American
Blower Company, Detroit. Mich. The accom-
panying sketch is a miniature reproduction of
the cover. The book, of over 200 pages, is di-
vided into thirteen parts, each devoted to a
different subject, and contains new matter of
interest to engineers, contractors and archi-
tects; new fan and blower capacity tables,
etc. Those interested in blowers and mine
ventilation should write for the catalogue.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Tenipleton Milling Company, Templeton,
'Cal. ; .capital, -515,000; subscribed, $5460.
Sandusky and Oregon Creek Placer Mining
Co., San Francisco; capital, §10,000,000; §2500
. subscribed.
Selby Mining Co., San Francisco; capital
stock, $1,000,000-^500 subscribed; E. J. Mc-
Cutchen, H. R. Mann, W. H. Martin, W. W.
Deamer, V. Neale.
Empress Josephine G. M. & M. Co., San
Francisco; capital stock, $500,000— 335,000 sub-
scribed : W. O. Frost, R. P. Saxe, L. W. Wil-
beck, S. C. Nash, B. G. Smith.
Trinity M. & M. Co., San Francisco; capital
stock, ^300,000— $500 subscribed; C. H. Fish,
H. G. Blasdel, D. E. Hayes, W. S. Chapman,
L. Lr Bettys.
Webster G. M. Co., ;San Francisco; W. S.
Weymouth, W. C. Lewis, A. T. Dunbar, J. A.
■Stephens, G. S. George; capital stock $500,000
^1350 subscribed.
Recently Declared /lining Divi-
dends.
Mercur, Utah, $25,000, paj-able Jan. 19th.
The total to date is $000,000.
Alice Mining Co., Montana. $25,000, pavai
Jan. 12th. This is a total to date of $995,u
Bullion-Beck, Utah, Jan. 20th, 20 cents per
share.
Centennial-Eureka, Utah, Jan. 15lh, $1 per
share.
Galena, Utah, Jan. lltb, 5 cents per share.
Silver King, Utah, Jan. llth, 25 cents per
share.
The Calumet & Hecla Company of Michigan,
$1,500,000, payable February 10. This is divi-
dend No. lot, and makes a total of $48,850,000
declared to date.
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Personal.
C. L. MoKKiLi-, representing the Johanne.s-
burg, Kern Co., Cal., Mining & Milling Co., is
in San Francisco to buy a stamp mill for that
new camp.
I J. J. BituwN and James A. Shinn of Lead-
ville, who have been in the Randsburg dis-
trict, where they made some investments,
are now in San Francisco.
CuAKLES BuTTEKS has arrived from Salt
Lake, where he stayed over on his way from
South Africa, to look over the ground with a
view to establishing cyanide plants. He will
return to South Africa in a few weeks, but
expects before many months to come back to
California and remain.
At the forty-fourth annual meeting of the
American Society of Civil Engineers in New
York City last Wednesday the following offi-
cers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, B. M. Harrod of New Orleans; vice-
presidents. Col. George H. Mendell of San
Francisco and John F. Wallace of Chicago:
treasurer, John Thomson of New York.
L. P. GoLUSTOXE, of Grass Valley, who was
formerly connected with the State Mining
Bureau, for which he did some valuable work,
leaves in a few days for London and will from
there go to Coolgardie, Western Australia, to
take charge of mines owned by an English
syndicate. Mr. Goldstone has for some time
been operating mines in Grass Valley.
COLORADO'S GOLD FIELDS.
Millions Upon jUUIIoub of Dollars lu GolU Have
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It Is a. well-known fact that the richest anti moat
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Colorado, many of which are payiuR- lo fortunate Id-
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Some shrewd persona who Invested only a few dol-
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Farmers and Miners Uniting.
At a conference between the Senate
and Assembly Committees on Mines and
Mining and the Committee on Public
Works, held at Sacramento last week,
there was shown a desire on the part
of the representatives both from the
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arrangement by which the different
interests may work for the common
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tween the miners and the farmers.
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ers, said that they should try to get
help from the State and get immediate
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of seeing if the river will not carry
the debris off through the deepened
channel. In the past he had fought
the miners, but he felt that it was
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ber is considering them and will in due
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stage navigation is good, but when it
is at medium height the bars impede
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force of the current. The dredger
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earth an hour, much more than any
other machine has done. The river will
not receive so much benefit from its
taking the material out of its bed as it
will from raising the banks, so that
they can confine and carry a larger
flpw of water at flood height. They
could not hope to take out enough of
the detritus to hold down what is com-
ing down from above. He had no fig-
ures to present on the cost of prose-
cuting the work. That is a subject on
which the Debris Commission is work-
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Notices of Recent Patents.
List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacific Coast.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 5, 1897.
: 574,597.— A.IR PIPE Coupling— C. L. Bancroft,
Brown's. Nev.
574 St3,^:WRENCH--J, A. Barker, La Canada, Cal.
^574,655.— Check Holder- E. W. Beeman, Albany,
Or.
574,703.— Chart— J. Blocb, Portland, Or.
574,599.— Railway System— Clad well & Brittaln,
Seattle, Wash.
574,393.— Box CotJCH— R, G, Coates, Pasadena, Cal.
574,398.— Paddle Wheel— Mary A. Davis, Spoltane,
Wash.
574,788.— Ore FEEDER— M. Dillenberg, S. F.
674,410.— Bicycle Lock— C. A. Gay, Seattle, Wash.
674,730.— Can— J. Gould Jr. Berkeley, Cal.
574 6If).— Chalice— V. M. Law, East Oakland, Cal.
574,490.— ACCOUNTING DEVICE— E. Lt. McClure, S. P.
574,450.— MOLD-P. A. Redmon, S. F.
574,82n.— Car Coupling— H.B. Rogers, Sanger. Cal.
574,639.— Gold Saving Device— J. & D. V. Snow-
goose, Ashland, Or.
57J,589 —Ore Stamp— C. W. Tremain, Portland, Or.
574. f>90.— Foot Scraper— R. J. Trumbull, San
Rafael, Cal.
574,644. —Faucet Filter- W. H. Vance, S. F.
574,595.— AIR AND Gas Mixer— N. White, Pasa-
dena, Cal.
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U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lovring are worthy of special mention:
Can.— James Gould, Jr. , Berkeley, Cal.
No. 574,730. Dated Jan. 5, 1897. This inven-
tion relates to that class of can heads which
has flanges adapted to be fitted exteriorly to
the can body, and especially those heads
adapted by reason of a flange which may be
torn open to be called "key-opening" cans.
It consists essentially of a body and a head,
the head having a deep flange to fit over the
exterior of the body and having a portion be-
tween its lower edge and the angle formed
with the top provided with an inwardly bent
portion curved in cross section whereby its
lower inner angle with the lower straight
portion of the flange forms a positive stop to
limit the projection of the head upon the body,
a positive circumferential indentation of right
angular form in cross section to produce a
tearing line at the inner angles of the walls
and at a point inside the outer periphery of
the uan head, whereby it is protected from
accidental rupture.
Design for Photographic Card Mounts.—
Paul J. Stuparich, San Francisco, Cal. No.
26.427. Dated Dec. 23, 1896. This invention
relates to a design for card mounts and con-
sists essentially of an embossed oval with a
crown and branches imprinted upon a rough-
ened surface in the angles of the card exte-
rior to the central medallion.
Railway Rail Joint. — Byron Jennings, San
Jose, Cal. No. 573,980. Dated Dec. 29, 1896.
This invention relates to a device for connect-
ing the meeting ends of railway rails and
making a bond and joint to prevent these ends
being depressed by the constant passage of
heavily loaded trains, and it serves to main-
tain the level and register of the rails. It
consists of a base plate having a depressed
section beneath the meeting ends of the rails,
a curved spring equal to the depth of the
depression, which fits therein, and when
straightened out forms a continuous support
in line with the higher portions of the plate,
so that the rail practically rests upon those
parts. In conjunction with these are side
plates fitting and bolted to the webs of the
rails with flanges bent with relation to the
base plate so that the latter is retained in
place and the spring maintained in its
straightened condition in the chamber. If
these rails are to be used to conduct electric-
ity, as for electric roads, a copper surface
plate may be extended across the joint so as
to make a continuous electrical connection.
Multiple Syruping Machine.— Frederick
A. Robbins, San Francisco, Cal. No. 574,075.
Dated Dec. 29, 1896. This invention relates
to an appai'atus for supplying syrup or other
liquid simultaneously to a number of cans or
vessels which are to be filled. It consists
essentially of a plate, the upper surface of
which is provided with horizontal passages,
the outer ends of which passages connect with
a series of discharge nozzles opening down-
wardly. The inner ends connect with circle
holes or openings extending through a super-
posed plate and a spring-pressed valve turn-
able within a chamber upon said plate serves
to close or open these passages by means of a
lever fixed to the valve stem exterior to the
case. Suitable stops in the lineof travel of
the lever indicate when the valve is opened
or closed. This portion of the apparatus is
supported above the table which is adapted to
contain the cans, which are placed beneath
the nozzles to be filled, and a tilting plate is
so arranged that the cans resting thereon
may be tilted to a certain angle so as to dis-
charge a small portion of the syrup equally
from all the cans. Below this tilting plate is
a second table with converging grooves or
passages, which receives the surplus syrup
and returns it to a suitable receiver.
Concentrator Belt. — Wm. F. Bowers, San
Francisco, Cal. No. 575,142. Dated Jan. 12,
1897. This invention relates to that class of
endless concentrator belts which are made of
rubber and are provided with rubber ^side
flanges, being mounted so as to travel over
terminal drums or rollers, and it is designed
to overcome the difficulty and expense caused
by the cracking and breaking down of these
flanges when the belts are stretched in pass-
ing over the terminal drums. It consists par-
ticularly of a separate flexible reinforcing
strip extending through the length of the
flanges, this strip being substantially non-
elastic. It is preferably made in the form of a
cord of any suitable material,
Balanced SlideValves.— Geo. R. Herricks,
San Francisco, Cal. No. 575,155. Dated Jan.
12, 1897. This invention relates, to a means
for balancing slide valves of steam or other
engines which operate under considerable
pressure. It consists of a flanged valve
adapted to slide upon the valve seat and open
ports through which the steam or other
medium is admitted to the engine cylinder.
Around the channel formed by the flanges is
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valve and which is connected with the actu-
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regular movements imparted by the valve
stem and allowing the valve to work accu-
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valve and upon the steam chest cover is a
short open cylinder within which is fitted a
piston. A rod connects this piston with a
plate which fits above the valve and which
prevents the direct pressure of steam upon
the back of the valve, the connection between
the piston rod and the plate being by means
of a universal joint which allows the plate to
always fit the valve with an even pressure.
The area of the piston is just enough greater
than that of the plate to counterbalance the
weight of the piston and the plate and relieve
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ton B when the engine is running down grade
or without steam, a small cylindrical chamber
is extended above the steam chest cover hav-
ing a piston fitting within it and connected
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the plate which ordinarily rests upon the back
of the main valve. A central or adjusting
screw passing through the steam chest cover
is regulated so as to prevent an upward move-
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produce that result.
Soap Holder and Brdsh.— Geo. W. John-
son, San Francisco, Cal., assignor of one-third
to Philip D. Raine, same place. No. oT.i.l.M.
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under-mentioned work which it described as being:
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stated that "* Nothing- move revolutlocfary than Dr.
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The Argentaurum Papers,
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Some Remarks Concerning: Gravitation,
By STEPHEN H. EMMENS.
Contents.— Foreword; The Newtonian Doctrine;
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distinguished from Centres of Gravity; The Calcu-
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The above-mentioned work is published by the
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 23, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, Jan. 31, 1897.
Business is slowly reviving. The purchases
so far indicate filling in so as to keep assort-
ments up until personal visits are made to this
city for the purpose of spring stocking. The
buying of hardware, manufactured iron and
similar lines promises to be larger this year
than it was in 189G, owing to more building
and railroad construction. The indications are
at present there will not be any material
changes in quotations. There will be also
more machinery used for mining and agricul-
tural purposes. So far the rainfalls and
weather, not in this State alone, but through-
out the Coast, have been all that could be de-
sired, by even chronic pessimists, for the
growing crop of cereals, fruits and vegetables.
In the San Joaquin valley, southern part of
the State and Arizona there has been a heav-
ier precipitation and more generally distribu-
ted than for several years. The ground is wet
to a considerable depth, which insures moist-
ure for crops well into the spring months,
even if there are no more rainfalls. The
pasturage is reported better than for fully
five years, which Will benefit dairymen and
stockmen. Prices for all kinds of farm prod-
ucts, unless we except dairy products, prom-
ises to average good figures the coming sea-
son.
The local money market continues to work
on easy lines, with idle funds accumulating at
banks. Owing to low rates of interest ruling
at the East remitting is slow, but owing to
light, comparatively, shipments of products
to Eastern distributive points exchange is
well maint&.ined. The export value of clear-
ances the past week to foreign and Atlantic
domestic ports aggregates over $1,200,000,
which is larger than in any one of last year.
This is a gratifying showing, and is an im-
portant factor in providing more funds for in-
vestment purposes and also cancelling obliga-
tions. The East reports money still accumu-
lating at New York. Tbe rate of discount on
call paper went down to a very low rate last
week. Telegrams gave the rate as low as 1
per cent per annum. Short and long time
loans were made at the rate of from 2 to 3^
per cent a year. Well informed parties at the
East state that in New York fully S50, 000,000
of sterling exchange have been borrowed
against in that city. Never before in the
financial history of the United States has so
large a quantity been placed and held at any
one time. This precludes any possibility of
gold shipments for some time to come. Some
authorities think there will not be any during
the present calendar year. If it was not for
tariff and money tinkering by Congress the
very large surplus funds at the East would
invite more general investment and specula-
tion. In Europe money is easier but in good
demand owing to continued improvement in
business.
Nevp Tork Silver Prices.
NewYokk, Jan. 21.— Following are the clos-
ing prices for the week ;
, Silver in .
London. iV. T.
Friday 39 11-16 U^
Satui^day 29 1M6 84?i
Monday 29 11-16 04%
Tuesday 29 11-16 mi
Wednesday 29 1 1-16 Gi^i
Thursday 29 11-16 64=^
Copper. Lead. Iron. Tin.
Friday 1175 3 02^ U 00® 13 00 13 15
Saturday 1180 3 05 U 00@13 00 13 20
Monday 12 00 3 0714 11 00@13 00 13 30
Tuesday 12 00 3 10 11 00@13 00 13 40
Wednesday . .12 00 3 10 11 00@13 00 13 40
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime... 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft 15c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 17i4c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days S4.85J4
London Merchants 84,84!4
London Sight Bankers ti.BBU
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine. 64^
Mexican Dollars SlJir "'" '
SILVER.— Not within the past five years
has the market value of the white metal held
at steady prices for two consecutive weeks.
The inq_uiry is fair. The East continues to re-
port a free outward movement. The last
steamer lor the Orient took out for China
$25,500 in bullion and §147,000 for Japan. Mail
advices from London furnish the following re-
view for 1890: The high point in silver for
the year 1896 was 31 9-16 and the lowest 2'd% \
average, 30%. India has been a steady buyer,
except for a short time in October, when there
was a check on account of the famine pros-
pects. Japan has been a moderate buyer and
the Continent has absorbed silver at inter-
vals. The supply has been larger than here-
tofore, with the excess chiefly from tbe United
States, which has shipped about £3,000,000
more than in the previous year. The imports
and exports of silver for ten years follow :
Imports Silver. Exporis Silver.
1887 .' I 7.900,000 I 7,8)10,000
1888 T.aOO.OOO 7,61.5,000
1889 10,50U.OliO 10,068,000
ISyO 12.4U0,0U0 10.h90.000
1891 11,800.000 13,300,000
1892 13,500.000 14,000.000
1893 14.300,000 13,G00,Oi0
1894 13,200.000 12,200,000
1895 13.600,000 10,400,000
1896, about 16,400.000 about 14,900,000
The movetnent of gold has been mainly
against this country. Shipments to the
United Slates have been about £10,500,000,
while there has been a steady demand from
Russia and Germany. Imports and exports
for seven years follow :
Imports. E.xports.
1890 22,5fi8,000 l^-OOO-OOO
L891 30,300.000
1892 21,470,000
1893 24,200.000
1894 2?,(JOO,000
1S95 36.000.000
24,.'i00.000
18,0u0.000
22..^00,000
17.200.000
22,800,000
1896. about..
24.700.000 iiboiU 32,000,000
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The last steamer
for China took out 186,199 dollars. Our market
is fairly firm.
ANTIMONY.— Our market is quoted at 7%
@8c in a jobbing way. New York mail ad-
vices quote Ti^c for Cookson's, 6>^@6^hC for
Hallett's and 6%c for Japanese.
QUICKSILVER.— The market is practically
unchanged, so far as the demand is con-
cerned.
The market is quoted as follows :
Domestic trade, per flask 36 40
For export, quotations are nominal but less
than for home.
COPPER.— The market is very strong at
an advance, with still higher prices looked
for. The consumption abroad is simply enor-
mous, while in this country it is expected to
steadily increase. The production, although
very heavy, does not keep up to consumption.
The local market Is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing 14^®
Ingot, wholesale 13H@
Sbeet copper 17 (gi
Bolt 34 & 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17c
Lake Superior Sheathing 20
LEAD. —Not to be behind copper and tin,
lead is strong and higher abroad and at the
East.
Pig — ® 3 75
Bar — @ 4 00
Sheet — ® 5 25
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT.— There is a moderate demand.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs ... $1 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 45
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 45
BORAX.— Shipments to the East are fair.
The market is steady.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 5
Refined, In sacks 4^
Powdered, in car lots 4%
Concentrated, " 5
TIN. — The markets of the world are higher
and strong. It is stated that the advance is
due to a strong speculative bull campaign in
Europe. In our market consumers are begin-
ning to take hold.
Pig, per lb 14j<c@ — •
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box — @84 05
" " light, " — @ 3 95
IRON. — The market is practically un-
changed. Imports are fairly free with a fair
demand ruling. Late Eastern advices report
that conditions are extremely favorable for
consumption of iron and steel. Prices are
very low, machinery is cheap, all other kinds
of material are cheap, and labor is abundant.
Lastly, the financial outlook is favorable.
Prices may be expected to harden before long
and therefore the favorable time for under-
taking new enterprises involving consumption
of iron and steel is the present. Bessemer
pig at Pittsburg is showing considerable ac-
tivity. Prices have been low, but an improve-
ment is likely before long. Prompt iron at
Valley furnace has sold ^9.75. Steel billets
have been offered at makers' mill below
3115.50. There is not much chance of the Bes-
semer Association getting together again. In
Alabama the continued selling of iron for ex-
port is the only feature. This kind of inquiry
continues good.
We quote as follows :
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $21 00 $33 50
Thomas 23 00 33 50
Salisbury 30 00 33 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow $31 00 823 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 23 00
COAL. — The market maintains a firm tone
for cargoes of foreign in all positions. The
consumption of all kinds is large.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington S8 00@
Greta 6 00® 6 50
Nanaimo 6 50® 7 00
Gilman 5 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 50® 6 00
Coos Bay @ 5 00
Cannel 8 00®
Egg. hard 12 00@13 00
Wallsend @ 6 50
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Oardifl 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 no
Egg, hard 10 UO
West Hartley 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 9 50 @
" spot.lnbulk 10 00 @
" in sacks 11 00 @ 12 00
Cumberland ®
LUMBER.— There is a continued free ex-
port movement. The home consumption prom-
ises to be large.
Redwood, Fluming. 17 00 @
Pine 14 00 ® 19 00
Spruce 26 00 @ 31 00
NAILS. — The market is unsettled and
irregular at lower prices.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $2 40
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, '• " 3 25
POWDER.— The demand is fair.
The market is quoted as follows :
Hercules, No. 1*, per pound Hi^c
*' No. 2, " " 8Hc
ynilVIlNG MSSESSATLEIVTS.
Cofnpany and. Location. No.
Alta S M Co, Nev 54. . .
Anita G M Co, Cal 12. . .
Bullion Con G M Co, Cal 10. . .
ConCal& VaMCo.Nev 7...
Crown Point G & S M Co, Nev.69, . .
Eureka Con M Co, Nev 14...
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev. . . 80. . .
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 45. . .
Hale&Norcross S M Co, Nev.llO...
Hartmann Mining Co, Cal 1. . .
Jamison M Co 9. .
Julia Con M Co, Nev 28...
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal. . 5. . .
MineralHiilM&SCo, Cal... 1...
Ybarra G M Co, Lower Cal. . . 6. . .
Reward G M Co, Cal 17. . .
Thorpe M Co, Cal 5...
Utah Con M Co, Nev 24...
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and Sile. Secretary.
■ Feb 8 J E Jacobus, 309 Montgomery
■ Feb 18 LFReichling, 404 Montgomery
■ Feb 10 C A Grow, Mills Bldg
.Feb 4 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
.Feb 3 Jas Newlands, Mills Bldg
■ Mar 15 HP Bush, 134 Market
■ Feb 9 A KDurbrow. 309 Montgomery
■ Feb 23 W J. Gurnett, 308 Pine
■ Feb 1 R U Collins, 331 Pine
■ Feb 23 G W Peer, 4 Montgomery
■ Mar 22 Sam W Che^ney, 120 Sutter
-Mar 19 J Stadtfeldt Jr, 309 Montgomery
■ Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
• Mar 25 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
Jan 25 Jas Coffin, !32Market
■ Feb 5 S W Backus, Mills Building
• Mar 15 A P Prey, 44 Phelan Building
■ Mar 8 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
Mining Share Market.
San Francisco, Jan. 21, 1897.
The market which had been gainingstrength
since the commencement of the current month,
strengthened very materially on Saturday
under good buying. Monday morning there
was a bulge, prices advancing 20 to 40 per cent
over Saturday's closing. The advance was
short lived for under active selling by shorts
and realizing sales of holders Chollar broke
from SI. 30 to Sl.OO, Con. Virginia from S1.85 to
$1.65. -The rest of the list receded proportion-
ately. The decline continued Tuesday morn-
ing, when Chollar sold down to 81 cents. Con.
Virginia to iSl.55 and the others fell off in
about the same porportion. In the afternoon
of that day a steadier feeling prevailed owing
to a stronger tone in Con. Virginia. Yester-
day there was free buying of the shares of
tbat mine which advanced the price to $1.85
and $1.90. The balance of the list, outside of
the Gold Hill shares, strengthened m sympa-
thy. The latter were weak owing, it is said,
to holders getting out so as to buy elsewhere.
The bulge in tbe market on Monday and the
rapid break came as a surprise to the large
majority of dealers. The quick move up and
then down was hailed by brokers as a harbinger
of better limes for it looked very much to them
as if it was being worked by others than chip-
pers and room traders assisted by one or more
small pools. There is no person who wishes a
bull campaign more earnestly than a stock-
broker, for higher prices and active moves
bring in outside traders which means com-
missions for buying and selling. While the
market acts well yet it does not have the right
ring to it. It does not look as if there are
persons back of it who have the means to pro-
mote and sustain a bull campaign for a longer
duration iban a few days. The advance yes-
terday in Con. Virginia was due to reports of
an improvement on the luOO-foot level which
brought in outside buyers, all eager to take
the shares ofE tbe hands of better informed
and larger operators. At this writing it looks
as if prices may possibly go slightly higher so
as to encourage holding and also more outside
buying, for assessments must be levied and
collected. Experience has taught that no
large body of ore has ever been allowed to be
discovered, so far as made public, when prices
were low, and it is not at all likely that this
rule will be changed in the future.
Official letters from the Comstock mines
continue to report work being pushed mostly
to the west. For the very few miners
at work there is a good deal of exploiting and
deadwork done. A reduction in men, which
has been made from time to time, has been
done on the plea of economy, so as to cut down
expenses, by which the levying of assess-
ments would not come so often. While this
is the reason stated for so few men at work,
yet persons in position to judge what is going
on in the market, and also what can be done
in the mines, if desired, unhesitatingly state
that it is for the purpose of killing time and
disgusting outside holders so they will sell.
In every mine on the Comstock fairly fast
work is done when it is in the direction where
they do not expect to strike ore, but, if it is
in tbe direction of ore, then a snail's pace is
fast in comparison.
In Utah they are running an east cross-
drift, but on what level the letters do not say.
In Sierra Nevada they are running a west
cross-drift on the Layton tunnel level, and on
the 900-foot level they are extending an east
cross-drift and a north lateral drift. In Mex-
ican they are running a north drift and also
west cross-drift on the 1000-foot level. In
Ophir they are raising from the central tun-
nel level and running a west cross-drift on
the 1000-foot level. In all the above they find
nothing but porphyry and clay seams. In
Cod. Virginia they are running a cross-drift
from an upraise from the 1000-foot level, near
the Ophir line. It is in this cross-drift that
reports say there is an improvement. On the
16D0-foot level they are casing timbers. On
the 17o0-foot level active work is being done
in several directions. Best & Belcher and
Gould & Curry are still running a joint east
cross-drift. In Hale & Norcross work is con-
fined to the 900- foot and 975-foot levels. A
few tons of ore were raised last week. From
Savage no change is reported in the work be-
ing done. No work is reported in Chollar and
Potosi. In Bullion work is being done on the
north lateral drift, while in Alpha they are
still fooling away time on the 500-foot level,
so as to show others how not to find ore even
when it is near at hand. The work in Con.
Imperial and Confidence is unchanged.
Work was resumed in Crown Point last Sat-
urday. Discreet silence is maintained re-
garding the work in Belcher and Seg. Belcher.
It is the opinion in well-informed mining cir-
cles that this silence is due to their having
found considerable ore, which they are trying
not to let others know about until outside
shareholders are assessed out of their shares,
Overman reports raising a few tons of ore.
They have succeeded in getting away from
the ore in Alta, which the superintendent is
reported to have said he would strike.
News from the Brunswick lode is confirma-
tory of what the Mining and Scientific
Pkess said about Chollar. We then stated
that when they commenced extracting ore it
would meet all expenses. This is proving to be
tbe case now, and when they increase the
output -still more (113 tons were raised last
week) then better results will follow. This
very extracting of ore takes tbe shares of the
mine out of the market as a gamble, for it is
uncertainty and assessments that are the
main factors in promoting better and active
times, provided the bulk of shares are well in
hand. In Chollar they are working on the
200-foot, 300-foot, 400-foot and 500-foot levels.
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
^3:2,105,500
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Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mall.
JAMES A. POIiliOCK, Mining: Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
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Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
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mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
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At present prices are a sure profit. Write us for
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January 23, 1897.
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In the first four they are taking out ore. On
the 4UO-(oot level they are sinking to the 500
level so as to make connection for ventilation
with the south drift that is being run on that
level. In Occidental work is confined to the
levels reported last week. Nothing of impor-
tance has been struck. In Savage the work
is on the 4U0-foot level. The work in Best &
Belcher and Gould & Curry is in the same
direction and on the same levels reported last
week. It is rather singular that in no mine,
outside of Chollar, have they been able to
find paying ore. Perhaps it is not desirable.
The Chollar letters are explicit and all that
can be desired, so far as we know, by share-
holders. Some of the companies on the Corn-
stock could follow them with advantage to
shareholders and, at the same time, disarm
criticism and promote confidence that the
mines are honestly worked.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Rainfall and Temperature.
MlNlES.
Alpha
Alta Consolidated
Andes
Belcher ;
Best & Belcher
Bodle
Bullion
Challenge
Chollar
Confidence
Consolidated Oalitornia and Virginia.
Consolidated New York
Crown Point
Exchequer
Gould & Curry
Hale & Norcross
Justice
Mexican
Ophlr
Overman
Potosi
Savage
Sierra Nevada
Union
Utah
Yellow Jacket
Jan. Jan.
14. 21.
57
84
1 30
I
47
94
1 10
1 96
35
1 30
53
1 20
14
61
29
53
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Feancisco, January 21, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
800 Andes 15 900 Mexican
100 Belcher 42!'100 Occidental. .
600 Best& Belcher ... 75 600 Ophlr.
aOOChallenge 47
lOOOhoUar 94
920 Con Cal & Va 1 90
300 Crown Point 35
600 Gould & Curry .... 51
I50H.&N 1 30
The following data for the week ending 5
A. M., January 20, 1897, are from official
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Mining and Scien-
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9.24
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68
60
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34
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7.09
9.11
9.93
62
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7,77
12.37
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2.03
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9.70
7.82
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10.98
64
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2.22
6.62
1.66
4,84
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Yuma
2.1«
4.62
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1,90
64
42
*Up to 5 p. M. January 19; furnished by J. A.
Barwick.
Commercial Paragraphs.
1000 Overman
200 Potosi
200 Savage
800 Sierra Nevada. .. .
3UOUtah
300 Yellow Jacket....
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
700 Ophlr 1 20|600 Confidence 1
250 Mexican 49| 100 Sierra Nevada,
400 Gould & Curry .... 62!450 Seg Belcher. . .
150 Best &. Belcher ... 75}500 Overman
1070 (Don Cal & Va. . . . 1 96 150 Alta
Assessment Notices.
HARTMANN MINING COMPANY.— Locallon of I
principal place of buslneaa. San FranclBco, Callfor- 1
nla; location of works. Chill Gulch Mining Dlalr.ct, !
Calaveras County, California. 1
Notice is hereby giveu. that at a meeting- of the
Board of Directors, held on the 22iid day of Decem-
ber, IS'.H;, an assessment (No. 1) of o cents per share
was levied upon the issued capital stock of
the corporation, payable Immediately In United
States gold coin, to the secretary, at the office of
the company. Room 4G, No. 4 Montgomery street, San
Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
niaiu unpaid on the 1st day of February, 1897,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; and imless payment Is made before,
will be sold on TUESDAY, the '.i^d day of February,
1897, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
G. W. PEER, Secretary.
Office— Room 4(j, No. 4 Montgomery street, San
Francisco. California.
Gold, Silver and Copper Ores
and Sulphurets
BOUGHT AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
100 Chollar 94
300 Crown Point 32
300 Yellow Jacket.... 34
200 Alpha 13
800 Belcher
300 Challenge...
300 Occidental.
500 Syndicate . .
30 Potosi
THE OX/ERLAINID LIWIITEID,
VIA
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Only 3 1-3 Days to Chicago 3 1-3.
Only 4 1-3 Days to New \ork — 4 1-3.
The Union Pacific is the only line running Pull-
man double Drawing- Room sleepers and Dining
Cars San Francisco to Chicago daily without
change. Ouly one change to New York; dining
car service eotire disiance. Vestibuled coniposite
buflet smoking and library cars between Odgen
and Chicago.
The only line running upholstered Pullman Tour-
ist sleepers San Francisco to Chicago daily with-
out change, and personally conducted excursions
to St. Paul and Chicago without change, leaving
San Francisco every Friday.
Tickets and sleeping-car reservations at No. 1
Montgomery St. Steamship tickets on sale to and
from all points in Europe. D. W. HITCHCOCK,
General Agent, San Francisco.
The Walker Company, of Cleveland, Ohio,
has a contract to install an electric plant
in the Waldorf hotel, New York city—the
largest isolated plant in the world. It will
be able to develop 50,000 lights.
The Fort Wayne Electric Corporation has
secured the services of Mr. Samuel H. Taylor,
one of the pioneer electricians of the coast.
As representative of the Thompson Houston
Company, and later connection with the
Edison Light and Power Co., Mr. Taylor has
acquired a wide acquaintance and high stand-
ing among electricians and business men.
The Rand Drill Company has shipped to the
Le Roi Mining Company, Rossland, B. C, the
largest air compressor ever built in Canada.
The engines are Corliss compound condensing.
The two steam cylinders are 22-inch and 40-
inch diameter by* 4S-inch stroke, while the
two air cylinders are 22-inch and 34-inch di- j
ameter; the crank shaft which drives the ma-
chine is 12 inches diameter; the fly wheel 10
feet in diameter by 40-inch face.
The result of last year's operations by the
F. M. Davis Iron Works Company, Denver,
Col., is an indication of the advancement in
the mining industry throughout the West. In
the manufacture of mining machinery the
value of its product for 189(3 bas nearly doubled
that of the three preceding years respectively,
requiring the addition of 4500 square feet to
the machine shop, giving to the establishment
now a ground floor space of 39,500 square feet.
The various products of the company are sold
mostly in Colorado, while a steady market is
maintained in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
Idaho, Nevada, Montana and old Mexico.
Under the pressure of a growing demand
for rubber goods the San Francisco branch of
the Goodyear Rubber Company has enlarged
its warerooms and offlces and now occupies the
entire building, from roof to basement, on
Market street, numbering 573, 575, 577, 579.
The iuterior is fitted with the latest appli-
ances for handling the business. Every im-
aginable thing manufactured from rubber is
represented in the large stock which the com-
pany carries. Special mention may be made
of the full line of firemen's supplies, hose,
belting, packing, and the celebrated "Crack-
Proof* pure rubber boot, designed especially
for severe use in the mines or for hunting.
Catalogues from any of the different depart-
ments will be sent on application.
MINERAL HILL MINING AND SMELTING CO.—
Location of principal place of business, San Frau-
ciseo. California: location of works, SpencevlUe,
Nevada County, California.
Notice ia hereby given that at a meeting- of the
Board of Directors, held on the Jtb day of Janu-
ary, 1897. an assessment (No. 1) of five cents (5c) per
share was levied upon the whole of the capital
stock of the corporation, payable Immediately in
United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the company. 210 Sansome street. San Francisco.
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 15th day of February, 1897, will
be delluquent. and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 25th day of Maich. 1897, lo
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertlslni: and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Direclors.
CHAS. PEACH, Secretary.
Office— 210 Sansome street, San Francisco. Califor-
nia. Office hours from 1 to b o'clock p. at.
MARGUERITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING
COMPANY.— Location of principal place of busi-
ness, San Francisco, California; location of works.
Auburn, Placer County, California.
Notice Is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the Mih day of January,
1897, an assessment (No. 6) of 10 cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable Immediately In United States gold coin, to
th« Secretary, at the office of the company, 237 12th
street, San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the '.'Sth day of February, 1897, will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction: and, unless payment is made before, will
be sold on THURSDAY, the 8th day of April, 1897.
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
CHAS. PEACH, Secretary.
Office- 237 12th street, San Francisco, California.
Office hours from 4 to ti o'clock p. m.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business, San Francisco, California;
locallon of works. Fourth Crossing. Calaveras
County, California.
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the 13th day of Janu-
ary, 18'J7, an assessment (No. 5) of 5 cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
company. Room 44. Phelan building, San Francisco,
Callforn a.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 23d day of February. 1897, will
be delinquent and adrertlaed for sale at public
auciloi); and un-ess payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 15th day of March, 18fi7, to
pay the delluquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. P. FREY, Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building, San Francisco,
California.
BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES,
Developed and Undeveloped.
GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD,
IRON AND COAL.
For Sale by BEAUMONT BOGGS (of British
Ooluinbla Board ot Trade), Victoria, B. O.
SPECIALTY, COPPER ORES.
WRITE FOR RATES TO
PIONEER REDUCTION CO.,
NEVADA CITY, CAL.
Tlntlc Mining District,
UTAH.
The Tlntlc Mining District lies ele-hty-five miles
south of Salt Lake City on the Bio Grande Western
Railway, and la, as shown by the records of 1895 and
so far ni the present year, the greatest mineral pro-
ducing district In Utah.
The names of the great bonanzas of Tlntlc,
the Mammoth. Centennlal-Eureka, Bullion- Beck,
Eureka Hill and Gemini are recognized everywhere
that the mining Industry la known The four
former have each a record exceeding $1,000,000 In
dividends and the latter of over fW)0.000.
Until within the last two or three years no ade-
quate means of reduction of Tlntlc ores was la
operation in the district and the producilon of the
mines was limited to those ores sufficiently rich to
be shipped to ihe smelters for treatment, but this
has been changed by the erection of Immense com-
bination and foncentra Ion milling plants which
can work at a profit those Immenae deposits of low
grade ores which fill all the pruduelng mines of the
district. Four of these mills are In active operation,
and three others will undoubtedly be erected within
the next year.
The ores of Tlntlc are greatly diversified In
character. The principal metals produced are gold,
sliver, copper and lead. In sliver production Tlntlc
leads the State, while In the production of gold It
stands second on the list. Beside the big bonanzas
above mentioned there are some twenty-five or
more properties that now and In the past have been
p-'oduclng mines. a"d to these may be added a score
of others which have paid for their development by
their productB, and upon which the recent rivival
of the mining Industry has had the effect of a re-
conmiencemenl of operations.
Tlntic his four thriving towns— Eureka, the busi-
ness center of the dlntrlct. with a population of
2.500; Mammoth, population 1,000: Robinson and
Silver City, 50O each, all of which offer great Induce-
ments for Investments In a business way.
At the base of the foot hills only a few miles
away, Is a valley of 25.000 acres of choice fruit and
garden lands, watered by the Mt. Nebo Land and
irrigation Company.
As to the future of Tlntlc. It Is no exaggeration to
say that It pussesses the brightest prospects of any
mining district In Utah, and offers to the prospect-
ive Inventor opportunities which cannot be ex-
celled.
The Rio Grande Western Railway has a double
dally train service between Salt Lake City and the
Tlntlc Mining District. For further particulars
apply to F. A. WADLEIGH, General Passenger
Agent, Salt Lake City.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
AND BAKER CITY . .
* nining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
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Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Fred F. Connor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
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SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY. JANUARY 30, 189r.
TBREK DOLLARS PKK ANNUM.
Single Coplesi Ten Cents.
Protect the Mine Laborer and Supply Men.
Deep Shaft Sinking.
It is proposed to secure the enactment by the
present California Legislature of a law requiring-
those who work bonded or leased mines to file with
the county authorities bonds for the payment of the
labor employed and supplies furnished. Owing to
the inefficiency of the mechanics' lien law as it stands
at present on the statute book and emasculated by
the Supreme Court, the laboring miner has very
little protection,
and hardly a
week passes in
which there is
not reported a
case where la-
borers have been
left without their
pay and with no
means of secur-
ing it from the
property itself.
Now a lien will
not lie against a
mine covered by
an agricultural
patent nor ac-
cording to a re-
cent decision of
the Supreme
Court, for work
done in any mine
in taking out ore
even in prosecut-
ing development
work, but only in
dead work. Nor
will a lien lie
against a mine
held under a
Mexican grant.
A good lien law
covering all work
done by laborers
in all mines would
be satisfactory to
the mine owners
and give ample
protection to the
miners. The pro-
posed law provid-
ing for a bond from others than owners who are
working any mining property would then be of value
only to those supplying material, provisions, etc. At
present comparatively irresponsible people often
bond mines, work them a short time, obtaining credit
from supply men, and if the work does not develop
values leave the laborers and other creditors unpaid.
The worst of this to the supply men is that these la-
borers often run up bills at the local stores which
they cannot pay. It is well known that, owing to
losses through the almost universal system of credit
throughout the mining districts, prices at local
stores are out of proportion to the cost of the goods
sold. This works a hardship on whole communities.
It does not seem that requiring the proposed bonds
would work a hardship upon any one and it should do
much good. However, what is wanted most of all is
a lien law for the working miner. This has been
recommended by the Governor and by the Labor
Commissioner.
A suggestion has been made that some of the
mine owners in the Trail Creek district, in British
Columbia, combine for the purpose of sinking rapidly
a deep shaft in one or more representative claims
for the purpose of demonstrating whether the ore
bodies hold out in size and value with depth. The
suggestion is a good one. The sinking of the Ken-
nedy shaft in Amador county, California, to a depth
Electric Mining Hoist.
DOUBLE REEL ELECTRIC MINING HOIST.
of 2200 feet, and the proof thereby that the ore
body is as large and rich as in the upper levels, has
done much to increase the values in the minds of the
owners of properties on that belt for a longdistance.
Had this been done years ago there would now be
many more deep shafts along the Sierras than there
are now.
In South Africa the deep shafts are proving the
value of the mines in depth, and as a result there is
no hesitation about sinking on other mines at very
great expense. There they had the advantage of
large capital which is not as available in this coun-
try. A large majority of the mines are being worked
by men of small means who can hope to make de-
velopments at great depth only out of the profits of
the upper workings. Randsburg, in the IWojave
desert, is a good example of this. With the most
promising outlook on the surface, none of the mine
owners have sunk deep enough to prove what they
believe that the mines will hold out in depth.
The engraving on this page and the one on page !)2
represent an improved type double-reel elec-
tric mining hoist, manufactured by the Electrical
Engineering Co. of this city. The moving parts are
all mounted on cast-iron bed plate and are self-con-
tained. The drums are 40 inches in diameter, with
24-iDch face, having deep flanges to contain from 1500
to 2000 feet of three-fourths inch rope. Each drum
is independent of
the other, and
may be thrown in
or out while the
gears are in mo-
tion, and each is
provided with
bronze bushings,
which may be re-
placed in case of
wear and new
ones substituted
therefor. It will
be noted that on
the end of the in-
termediate shaft
there is a gypsy,
to be used in
loading timbers,
or other heavy
bodies into the
skip or cage.
The motor is of
the latest bi-
polar com mu-
tated field type,
where rheostat
resistances are
entirely dis-
pensed with,
whereby the
greatest possible
torque in start-
ing at slow speed
is obtained. The
center lever con-
trols the car
speed, operating
it at from 50 to
500 feet per
minute, having
seven different speeds in all, and being reversible.
The Mineral Land Bill.
So far Congress has taken no action in regard to
the Mineral Laud Bill, and nothing can be done un-
less the Speaker consents to allow time for its con-
sideration at this session. The Secretary of the
Mineral Lands Committee of the California Miners'
Association wrote last month to each member of
Congress from all the mining States and Territo-
ries, and to his letter replies have been received
from nearly all of them, expressing their desire not
only to vote for the measure but to do all in their
power toward securing its passage. More than that,
those most familiar with the state of affairs say that
they believe that there can be little doubt of its
passage, if it is allowed to come to a vote. A num-
ber of energetic members from this and other States
are doing all they can to bring this about. All de-
pends upon their influence with the Speaker.
fJO
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 30, 1897.
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ESTABLISHED IS<SO.
Oldest Mining: Journal on the American Continent.
Office, !fo. 220 Market Street, Northeast Corner Front, San Francisco.
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ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION:
United States, Mexico and Canada So 00
Al] Ottier Countries in the Postal Union 4 00
Entered at the S. F. Postofflce as secona-eiass mail matter.
Our latest forms go to press on Thwrsday evening.
J. F. HALLORAN General Manager
■ San Francisco, January 30, 1897.
TABI.E OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Double Reel Electric Mining Hoist, 89-9i2. A
New Stadia Protractor; "Bircb" Improved Two-Stamp Mill, 93.
Improved Double Tooth Dog; Large Generator in Course of Con-
struction, 96. Rubber Belts and Conveyors, 97.
EDITORIAL.— Protect the Mine Laborer and Supply Men; Deep
Shaft Sinking; Electric Mining Hoist; The Mineral Land Bill. 89.
Proposed Corporation Bills; Laws Framed by Miners; Foreign
Capital; The Mining Bureau, 90.
MINING SUMMARY. — From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 94-95.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Roberts-Austen's Discovery; A Prop-
erty of Compressed Air; Aluminum Cannot Be Used in Men-of-
War Construction; Account of a Meteorite; The Use of Sand
Blast, 96.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— Improved Double Tooth " Reliance "
Dog, Made Entirely of Steel; Largest Generators for Lighting;
Acoustical Properties of Aluminum, 96.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Electric Energy from Coal; Electric
Traction in the Sewers of Paris; A New Light, 97.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Oldest Iron Bridge; Mining at
Great Depths; Gas Consumption in Gas Engines; Charter of the
Bank of France; Influence of Fatigue upon the Nervous System, 97.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Markets; Coal and
Coke; Mining Share Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 106.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 91. The Solution and Precipita-
tion of the Cyanide of Gold; The Charcoal Thread; The Drain-
age of American Flat, 93. "Birch" Improved Two-Stamp Mill:
Suggestions for Stadia Surveying, 93. Rubber Belt Conveyors, 97.
Coast Industrial Notes; Recently Declared Mining Dividends;
Recent California Mining Incorporations; Personal, 98. List of
U. S. Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors; Notices of Recent
Patents, 103. Commercial Paragraphs; Temperature and Rain-
fall, 107.
Proposed Corporation Bills.
There have been introduced in the State Senate
three bills which contain some features that will be
of value and others that seem iniquitous. One of
these, Senate Bill No. 322, is to amend sections 307
and 312 of the Civil Code of California as to the use
of proxies in meetings of stocliholders of corpora-
tions. It provides that no proxy shall be voted un-
less it be that of the actual bona fide owner of the
shares, whether they shall at the time stand on the
boolfs of the corporation in the name of the actual
owner or not, and declares that brokers or persons
holding stock as security are not actual bona fide
owners in the sense of the bill.
There has been some litigation as to the right of
the latter class — persons holding stock as security —
voting such shares. It would seem that, in this re-
spect, a statute defining the rights in the premises
should be passed. But this bill goes too far and
provides that those in whose names shares are placed
as trustees may not vote them through proxy. It
practically takes away from the shareholder the
right to delegate his authority to others.
Another bill amending the present law provides
that monthly instead of weekly statements shall be
made by the secretaries of all corporations for the
stockholders, and that any stockholder shall be en-
titled to visit the property of the company with his
expert and make full examinations.
A third bill amends sections 332 and .342 of the
Civil Code. The new provisions as to section 332
are that no assessments may be levied by the board
of directors without the concurrence of a majority of
the stockholders at a meeting called by the board of
directors for that purpose, and that no assessment
shall be levied unless the board of directors has first
made a report to the stockholders, under oath of the
president and secretary, of the actual financial con-
dition of the property and containing itemized state-
ments of the expenditures of money derived frojn
the last assessment. Such a law would do much
toward securing better and more honest manage-
ment on the part of directors.
But that part of the same bill amending section
342 of the Civil Code does not seem to promise to
serve any good purposes. It provides that the
owner of any stock sold to another at a delinquent
sale for assessment may redeem it, at any time
within six months, upon paying all costs and ten per
cent additional. In the nature of things, the value
of mining stocks are more variable than most other
property, and the passage of such a bill would give
an unfair advantage to the delinquent in many
cases.
Laws Framed by Miners.
At a miners' meeting in Eandsburg last week a
new set of rules and regulations were prepared for
adoption by the mining district. These should be
worth the consideration of those interested in legis-
lating for the miner. There was adopted in the
earlier days of the canap a set of rules and regula-
tions which were found to be unsatisfactory. As the
Randsburg Miner says:
"It has been found that the present customs are
somewhat faulty, and it is the desire of those who
come to this camp to mine and work in good faith to
be protected. As hundreds of claims are staked and
monumented without the least sign of ledge matter
or ' mineral in place,' a law or custom is desired to
compel a certain amount of work to be done before a
claim can be recorded. By this means it is hoped to
balk the 'claim grabbers,' some of whom have as
high as thirty claims each located, and who at the
end of each thirty days put a new certificate of loca-
tion on the claims and hold them at high figures,
keeping out the men who would develop."
Now, in Randsburg district this miners' meeting
was composed of men of experience in other mining
pamps of this State and of other States and Terri-
tories. It is safe to say that the meeting had the
advantage of the advice of men who knew the faults
and good points of nearly all the mining laws and
district rules and regulations on the Pacific coast.
They were earnest men, interested in the welfare of
their camp and their own better protection. The
circumstances are so similar to those of all other
mining camps of this State, that rules as to locations
which would be suitable for them would be suit-
able for any other district in California. The princi-
pal sections of these rules and regulations are as fol-
lows:
Every location of a mining claim made in said dis-
trict shall contain: First, the name of the claim;
second, the name of the locator or locators; third,
the date of the location; fourth, the number of feet
in length of said claim, and the number of feet
claimed on each side of the center of discovery shaft
lengthwise of the claim, and the number of feet
claimed on each side of the discovery shaft cross-
wise of the claim; fifth, the general course of the lode
or premises, as near as may be; sixth, the locality of
the claim with reference to some natural object or
permanent monument as will identify the claim.
Sec. 3. Before filing the location certificate with
recorder of the district the discoverer shall locate his
claim: First, by sinking a discovery shaft upon the
premises so claimed to a depth of at least 10 feet
from the lowest part of the rim of such shaft at the
surface, and deeper, if necessary, until there is
shown by such work a lode or deposit of mineral in
place; second, by posting a notice at the point of dis-
covery, on the surface, said notice so posted substan-
tially conforming to the location certificate; third,
by marking such claim or premises on the ground, so
that the boundaries shall iDe marked by not less than
seven substantial posts projecting not less than 3
feet above the ground, or by substantial stone monu-
ments at least 3 feet high, to- wit., the initial or dis-
covery monument or post, one at each corner of the
claim, and one at each end center thereof.
Sec. 4. Any open crosscut, cut, adit, or tunnel
which shall be made as above provided for as a part
of the location of a mining claim, and which shall be
equal in amount of work to a shaft 10 feet deep from
the lowest part of the rim of such shaft at the sur-
face and 4 feet wide and 6 feet long, and which shall
cut -a lode or body of mineral in place at the depth of
10 feet from the surface, shall be equivalent, as dis-
covery work, to a shaft sunk from the surface, as
hereinbefore mentioned.
Sec. 7. Within three (3) months after the ex-
piration of the period of time for the performance of
annual labor, or the making of improvements upon
any mining claim or premises, the person on whose
behalf such work Or improvements were made, or
some person for him knowing the facts, may make
and record, in the office of the district recorder, an
affidavit.
Then follows the form of the affidavit to be made.
Section 8 deals with the relocation of forfeited and
abandoned claims, and provides that they shall only
be made by sinking a new discovery shaft and fixing
new boundary lines, the same as in making a new lo-
cation, or the relocator may sink the original dis-
covery shaft 10 feet deeper and erect new monu-
ments, and shall state in the locaiion certificate if
the whole or any part of the relocation has been
made on abandoned property.
These rules and regulations, it may be seen, are al-
most identical in their meaning to the similar sec-
tions of the bill proposed by the Mining and Scien-
tific Press, published Oct. 31, 1896, and submitted
for the consideration of the miners and the Legisla-
ture. A district such as Eandsburg, with good rules
and regulations, will not have the need for a general
law for the State, of course, that will many
other parts of the State, where there are no district
rules and regulations in force. In a recent decision
of the Supreme Court, in the case of Howeth v. Sul-
lenger, in which it is said that where a claim is not
in a mining district, any marking of the boundaries
so that they can be readily traced, is sufficient ; and
stakes and stone monuments set at each corner of
the claim and in the center of each end line, with one
or more notices of location sufficient for identifica-
tion of the claim, is a compliance with the statute.
And the Supreme Court of Nevada holds that such
marking is sufficient under the strongest con-
struction of the Act of Congress. But the miner
does not want to go to the court decisions to learn
what should be done.
Foreign Capital.
It would hardly seem necessary to present to for-
eign capitalists any further argument in favor of in-
vesting in mines in the United States and British
Columbia in preference to South Africa and Austra-
lia than that, while millions have within a few years
past been poured into the gold fields of these two
continents and very little has come this way, the out-
put of gold has increased some 25 per cent in Amer-
ica within a year and has fallen ofi^ in Australia and
barely held its own in Africa. This, it seems, is be-
ginning to be appreciated, for there is a livelier
interest taken now in London as to the mines of Brit-
ish Columbia than any other field.
It is often asked why British capital does not more
eagerly seek investments in mines in the United
States. Of course, one reason is that there are
closer relations in business and otherwise between
the British and the other gold fields, which are in
their own colonies, or, as in the case of Africa, in
condition to be controlled by them. But here the
Briton must take the conditions as he finds them.
However, probably the fact that the best gold miners
in the world are here, the values of properties placed
upon them by their owners are nearer their real
worth, and there is far less opportunity for specula-
tion, has much to do with deterring foreigners from
comming here for mines.
However, of late the tendency of English investors
in foreign mines has been to secure properties, not
for speculative purposes, but rather as pure invest-
ments. It is this class of purchasers that will turn
rather to America than to Australia. They are
learning that better opportunities for paying invest-
ments are to be found in the older mining districts
than in the new. They learn that too often the
prices on mines in new districts are " boom " prices,
and it is to be observed that of the investments made
by foreign capital in America during the past year
a large proportion has gone into old districts, and
in the purchase of well-developed mines. It is, on
the other hand, American capital that is developing
the new mining districts.
The Mining Bureau.
It is time that some active steps were taken by
the California Miners' Association and other repre-
sentatives of that industry toward securing proper
appropriation for the future maintenance of the
State Mining Bureau. The miners have never asked
for much legislation expensive to the taxpayers of
the State — be it said to their credit — but what they
have asked for has been of value not only to the
mining industry, but to the whole commonwealth.
The California Miners' Association, since its organi-
zation, has done much in securing legislation of
value, but few of their bills have carried appropria-
tions. The importance to California of mining will
justify the Legislature in passing the small appro-
priation required without much question. No other
industry has done more for the State's progress nor
asked less aid.
January 30, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
A LOT iu Randsburg, Cal., has been sold to a woman for
$1250.
MoLYuuENiTE bas lately been discovered in Utab, nut far
from Salt Lake.
TuEneW mining exchange in Spokane, Wash., held its first
public call on Jan. ISlb.
A TEX-HTAMi' mill will shortly be erected at the Shawmut
mine, Tuolumne county, Cal.
A 500IIOHSB powBK engine is to be erected at the De Lamar
mine, Pioche county, Nevada.
TnE shaft of the Congress mine in Arizona is now down 1700
feet and has been In pay all the way.
A coMi'ANY has been formed to work gold dredging machines
on the Saskatcbawan river, in Canada.
The gold output uf Esmeralda county, Nevada, for 189G was
|:iOO,000, according to the Ttrritnrinl F.ntcr,>rl)iK.
TiiR Colfax, Cal., Sentinel prints a list of 134 gold mines that
receive merchandise and machinery at that point.
The lirsl big sale of the year al Cripple Creek was that of
last week for livi.OOO of the Mollle Belle to Eastern capitalists.
A UAKDENEif in Santa Barbara, Cal., claims that he has dis-
covered the long lost Padres mine in the mountains of that
county.
Lahue deposits of silver ore with gold have been discovered
within a few miles of Chihuahua, Mexico, on the hacienda Ta-
buluopio.
A iiii.i. is going through the Idaho Legislature to prevent
Idaho mine owners from running stores in connection with
their mines.
It is reported that the intention of the owners of the De
Lamar mine in Nevada is to increase the daily capacity of the
mill to 500 tons.
A. C. Massev has leased a tract of land on the Juristac
ranch near Sargent's Station, Santa Clara county, with the
intention of boring for oil.
TuE Jerome xYcwx is authority for the statement that the
net profits of the United Verde copper mines at Jerorao, Ari-
zona, for 181K1, were $-3,500,01)0.
EA.sTEits people are experimenting with the low-grade ores
of Bingham, Utah, of which there are immense bodies, and
which have so far defied profitable treatment.
CossiDEKABLE Capital has lately gone into the Lake of the
Woods district in Ontario, Canada, where there are now 1-15
stamps working and some 50 more are being put in.
An experimental plant is being erected in Salt Lake, Utah,
under orders of Charles Butters, for testing the Siemeos-
Halske cyanide process he represents on Utah ores.
TuE Oroville AMerttirtj claims that the miners of Butte
county, Culirornia, produced *2.")U,0U0 more in 1890 than in 1895,
when, according to the mint estimate, it was $473,(173.
Thkee years ago some English capitalists obtained a group
of gold mines at El Perral, Chihuahua, Mexico, and have de-
veloped 800,000 tons of ore. A smelter has been erected.
Many miners in Mexico are going to the State of Sonora, on
account of the increased activity there. The superintendent
of the Poloma mine lately seat for 100 men for his property.
On Texada Island, British Columbia, in the Van Andamine,
owned by Victoria and Chicago capitalists, it is claimed that
the ore runs 00 to 70 per cent in copper, besides carrying
gold.
The proceedings of the fifth annual convention of the Cal-
ifornia Miners' Convention have been printed in pamphlet
form for distribution among the members by Secretary Julian
Sonntag.
Propositions for running the branch tunnel to American
Flat have been made to the Comstock Tunnel Company, and
many of the influential mining men are actively advocating
the scheme.
The Colorado State Bureau of Mines has issued an order
"prohibiting the continued use of iron or steel tamping bars
in mines in that State for the purpose of driving powder into
drilled holes."
After the 1st of July, 1897, any blank card of proper size
may be mailed by attaching a one-cent stamp, and will answer
the purpose of the present official postal card as a medium of
correspondence.
In answer to a subscriber regarding the statement as to
*' the deepest bore-hole in the world," the exact depth of the
one at Paruschowitz, Upper Silesia, is 6,57iJ.7l feet from the
surface of the soil.
The Exploration Company of London, since it purchased con-
trol of the Helena &, Frisco mine in Idaho, has been negotiat-
ing for control of several other big silver-lead mines in the
Cceur d'Alene district.
The Pueblo, Colorado, smelter made a shipment last week
of eighteen car loads of lead to Liverpool, England, via Gal-
veston. The ores from which the lead was smelted came from
British Columbia in bond.
During last month the Alaska-Treadwell mine milled 13,736
tons ore and treated 410 tons sulphurets. The bullion yield
was S43,u9(i, of which :S17,33S was from sulphurets; average
yield of ore, *3.U per ton.
A WOMAN is a candidate for the position of Mining Recorder
of the Georgetown district iu El Dorado county, Cal. Ttie
election is to be held in a corner saloon, and, if successful, she
will choose other headquarters.
DuKiNG '90 the Argentine mines. South America, yielded,
silver, 1,043,492 pounds; gold, 22,4b*3 pounds, and of copper,
857,780 pounds, most of which was shipped to France, Ger-
many, England, Belgium and Italy.
At Kamloops, British Columbia, to the north of Coal hill, in
which the copper-gold ores exist, has been discovered asbes-
tos, but the deposits have not as yet been sufiiciently devel-
oped to determine their extent and value.
The topographical survey of the Tintic district, Utah, by
the United States Geological Survey, is being made on a scale
of 800 feet to an inch, withcoatour interval of 20 feet, the
map covering an area of twelve square miles.
The Exploration Company of London, which lately purchased
the Tomboy at Telluride, Colorado, is preparing extensive
operations and will expend ^300,000 in improvements. As soon
as possible the output of the mine will be doubled.
The Burcham group of mines in Randsburg, Cal., has been
taken over by a corporation formed under the laws of Colo-
rado witB a capital of ®1,500,000, with shares at $1 each, par,
and non-assessable. The company proposes to erect a mill
and bring water in from Cuddaback lake, where It will
bore wells.
Tub site of the new town of Stent, in Tuolumne county,
Cal., is situated on a quartz claim located in 181*4 and on which
the necessary assessment work has been done since, but
which was not known of when the town was built up.
AssEMiiLVMAN PowEK of Placcr inlfoduccd iH the Legisla-
ture last Wedno-sday the bill proposed by the California
Miners' Association, supplementing the Federal Statutes as
I to locating mining claims and perfecting titles to them.
The Mountain Copper Company of Shasta, Cal., is arrang-
ing to add to its iwssesslons the Balla Klallala or Windy Camp
mines to the Iron Mountain group. This, if carried out, will
cause the building of another railroad six miles iu length.
A TEi,E(jitAM from Tacoma, Wash., states that Alaska and
Pugel Sound merchants and the steamship companies are pre-
paring for ah influx of 10,000 to 15,000 miners into Alaska this
spring. Last year about 5000 men went north to the mines.
In the California Legislature the Committee on Mines and
Mining has agreed to report favorably on the bill requiring
mining corporations to post a monthly statement of receipts
and expenditures, instead of a weekly statement, as hereto-
fore.
KiiPRESEXTATivEs of the Mouutain Copper Company, Shasta,
Cal., are purchasing low-grade ores to be used for flux in the
furnaces at the smelter at Keswick, and several owners of
ledges carrying low-grade ores have resumed operations upon
their properties.
DiMtiNG 1890 the Mercur mine in Utah, according to the
manager's report, handled 03,480 tons of ore and paid iu divi-
dends $225,000. The cost of mining the ore was $1.92 per ton
and of milling SO cents per ton. The ore yielded an average
of 112.83 per ton.
TuE Executive Committee of the California Miners' Asso-
ciation last Monday appointed the following a committee to
take steps toward securing an appropriation from the Legisla-
ture for the Mining Bureau: S. J. Hendy, Mark B. Kerr and
Samuel K. Thornton.
The Lizalda mine, on Table mountain, in Mexico, just over
the line between California and that country, has been
purchased by Maston & Scott, who are negotiating for the
purchase of the Sueno, and, if successful, say that they will
erect a smelter at San Diego.
DfiuNG'9d the Tacoma, Wash., smelterproduced 22,584 ounces
of gold, 438,504 ounces of silver, 5,012,000 pounds of lead, and
223,020 pounds of copper, of the total value of $921,994. During
the same period the Everett, Wash., smelterproduced in gold,
silver, copper and lead $1,255,000.
RossLAND, B. C, a year ago had a population of less than
400, while the present number of inhabitants is estimated at
0000. Not long ago a Canadian syndicate bought several hun-
dred lots on speculation. A better indication of the future
prospects of the place could not be asked.
Assemblyman Emmons has introduced in the L gislature a
bill limiting to seven the number of mining claims to be made
by any one person or corporation or association in any one dis-
trict in any one year, and to fourteen claims in one year in a
county embracing more than one mining district.
Washington is in much the same position as California as
to laws in regard to location of mines and there is a movement
on foot there to induce the Legislature to pass laws supple-
menting the Federal statutes such as have been proposed in
this State by the Mining and Scientific Press.
It is being strongly contended in British Columbia that
mining machinery from the United States should be admitted
free of duty. It is claimed that this ' would cheapen the cost
of working ores and result in building new smelters and mills
on the ground, and consequently keep much money at home.
Every miner should learn to sharpen tools. It is imprac-
ticable in small mines to employ a man exclusively for this
work, and it is generally impossible to take them to a black-
smith shop. Many a miner seeking work would be much more
quickly employed if he could do this, and it can be learned
very easily.
At a recent meeting of the Victoria, B. C, Board of Trade
a resolution was passed recommending the passage of a bill
shutting out of the province all companies organized under
the laws of a foreign country and imposing large fees and
duties upon companies organized under the provincial or
dominion acts.
A DEPOSIT of graphite, lately discovered in Ontario, promises
to be one of the largest in the world. There are several de-
posits in California, but the quality has not been shown to be
good. The demand for graphite is such that there is a con-
stant search for new sources of supply on the part of the
manufacturers who use the article.
The Committee on Mines and Mining will probably report
favorably on Assemblyman Robinson's bill, requiring mining
companies working under a bond or trust to file with the
County Recorder a bond of $5000 as security for the payment
of laborers and materials which may be used in the develop-
ment and working of those bonded mining claims.
A PETITION is being circulated, which finds many signatures,
asking for the passage of a law similar to those in force in
Colorado, Montana and Idaho, in which States the locator or a
claim is required to do not less than ten feet of work and to
find at least one wall before recording. This will prevent the
practice of one prospector locating the entire country with no
intention of developing his properties.
Ex-GovEHNOR West of Utah lately accompanied some special
agents of the Treasury to Rossland, B. C, as an ore expert.
He says that the sampling works will be re-established at
Northport when the new administration goes into power.
Secretary Carlisle has refused so far to expend the money ap-
propriated for this purpose. As it is now, the Government
must accept the assays of the smelting companies.
At Aspen, Colorado, the Cowenhagen Tunnel Company has
transferred its property to a new corporation, which is formed
to build a line of railway through Smuggler mountain to the
town of Lenado, and thence to the Denver & Rio Grande rail-
way. In order to carry out the railway scheme, it was neces-
sary to use the tunnel, which will probably be the first used
for a regular railway and mining and draining mines com-
bined.
A RECENT agitation as to whether lands once deeded to the
State for school purposes would revert to the Government
after they were found to be mineral-bearing, led last week to
a stampede to locate the school sections of the Cripple Creek
district. Prospectors swarmed over the sections, setting
stakes upon the State lands, and at night guards were
mounted to protect the new stakes against parties holding
leases from the State School Land Board.
JooN Heimuich and other Salt Lake capitalists are having
examinations made 'n the new Grand Encampment mining dis-
trict in southern Wyoming. Over a very large part of the
country surrounding are extensive deposits of auriferous
gravel, generally shallow and of lacustrine formation. The
gravel is mainly a quartz sand, carrying gold so fine that in
cases it lakes over 1000 nuggets to make one cent. However,
it is not flaky, and may be saved iu sluices.
CiTiNt; the fact that the Arkansas Valley smelter at Lead-
ville, Colo., treated more ore by 27,000 tons in '% than in '95,
even though the great strike was on, the Pueblo, Colo-
rado, 'Vu'c/fotn declares that the smelting business 'Ms the
best industry In the United States to-day." Still, a good
many are of the idea that a paying gold mine is better, that
being the only business from which is eliminated the trouble-
some factors of freight charges, competition and securing of
sales.
The Boston and Montana Copper Company produced from
its Montana mines nearly 00,000,000 pounds of copper in 1890.
The net earnings should show over?2,0oo,0it0, afier all interest
charges and sinking funds have been allowed. The company
has spent during 1890 some $30.r.000 to $400,000 for permanent
improvements. The management has reduced still further
the cost of production, and can deliver copper in New York at
a cost of 5 cents per pound, which should show a net profit of
over $300,000 per month.
The debris question is coming up in British Columbia. On
the lower Fruser river there has been some agitation about
running gravel in the river and filling the mouth with debris.
However, although the conditions are similar, there are many
who believe, as they did in California, that a very small pro-
portion of the damage is due to hydraulic mining. The silt
has been coming down for ages and has caused the formation
of the great fertile basins of the lower Frazer. A case is men-
tioned by the Minitig R':curd ot a large slide from which more
debris has come into the river than will be washed from the
Cariboo mine in twenty years.
The fight between the tunnel owners and mine owners is
coming on apace at Cripple Creek. George B. Mechem has
raised the court's ante and wants to take the whole of Gold
hill with his Chicago and Cripple Creek tunnel. The Judges
of the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis gave the New-
man tunnel 1,500 feet on the Rico-Aspen vein by right of its
location prior to the discovery of the ore at the surface.
Mechem has found a presumably blind vein in his tunnel at
Cripple Creek and located 7,500 feet of all kinds of veins on
Gold hill because of it. The miniog law gives the discoverer
of a vein 1,5UU feet upon it by virtue of his discovery hole
and location. Mechem has located five claims on one discovery
hole.
A HILL introduced in the California Legislature by Mr.
Soward of Sierra has passed the Assembly and provides that
owners of raining claims shall have precedence over all others
in the purchase of town lots from the public domain. The bill
as finally passed provides that if at any time within six
months of the filing of a plat of a townsite with the County
Recorder there shall remain unsurveyed into town lots any
portion thereof, any person who shall discover gold in any
portion of such unsurveyed portions shall by application to a
Superior Judge be given the right of preferred purchasers
upon the payment of an amount sufficient to survey such
mineral claim. After such survey is made the preferred
purchaser is entitled to a deed upon the payment of an amount
equal to $1.35 per acre or fraction thereof.
That " time is money " is acknowledged on all sides, but
seldom has it been more glowingly exemplified than in the
more or less truthful telegram from Denver that H. E. Brown
had been awarded $5,500,000 by the Court of Pretoria, South
Africa, for one hour of his time. According to the telegram,
some time in '90, the Transvaal Government announced that
certain South African mineral land would be thrown open to
locators, that he intended to so locate and was ready at the
advertised time, but the proclamation was withdrawn, where-
upon he began proceedings against the Government because
of such action on its part, which is now alleged to have re-
sulted in a verdict against the South African Republic for the
amount stated. It is probable, however, that some ciphers
may be dropped from the announced figures without detri-
ment to the truth.
It is proposed to advocate the passage of an act by the Leg-
islature placing an export duty on ores from British Columbia.
This action would mean practical prohibition of the smelting
of British Columbia ore in Washington or any other American
State. This, and several other measures looking toward pre-
vention of commercial relations between the mining districts
of Western Canada and the United States, have been pro-
posed, not by the miners themselves, but by people who ex-
pect to gain indirectly. It is suggested by the miners that
machinery be admitted free from the United States. Alto-
gether many suggestions somewhat ladical in their nature
have been proposed for the consideration of the Legislature.
But whether the present movements looking toward building
a Chinese wall passes or not, it must be said that the present
liberal laws and customs of the colony of the North have done
much toward building up the mining interests of British Co-
lumbia.
The Southern Pacific Company advertises through its gen-
eral land agent, Wm. H. Mills, in the Siskiyou county papers,
that to all persons having an actual, operated mine upon any
odd numbered section of land within the limits of the grant to
the California & Oregon Railroad Company, the land actually
within the mining claim will be relinquished if the land is
not patented, and will be donated if the land is patented.
Persons wishing to prospect patented railroad land can enter
into contract with the land agent, which will make the dis-
covery of mineral upon land safe to the prospector. All lands
which may reasonably be classified as mineral will be held for
encouragement of mining, and mining operations w,ill be given
the preference of occupancy and use, unless such land pos-
sesses a value for the timber growing thereon. In such cases
a timber value only will be assessed against the land and the
land held for the encouragement of mining; or, if patented,
will be sold at the minimum of $1.25 per acre, reserving the
timber right. In conclusion, Mr. Mills says: "In the dis-
position of its land the Central Pacific Railroad Company will
pursue the policy of encouraging the discovery of minerals and
the prosecution of mining enterprises, and in no case will its
title obstruct or discourage such enterprise.''
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Mining and Scientific Press.
January 30, 1897.
The Solution and Precipitation of tlie
Cyanide of Qold.*
NUMBER VII.
By S. B. Christy, Professor of Mining and Metallurgy, University
of California, Berkeley, Cal.
S. Recovery of Cyanide of Potassium from Strong
Solutions hy Zinc Sulphate.
As objeotioa will be made to the cuprous method
of gold precipitatioD when stroDg solutions of potas-
sium cyanide must be used, it is necessary to con-
sider the recovery of the cyanide from such solutions
previous to the precipitation of the gold.
A careful study of the ferrous sulphate method of
recovering the cyanide from strong solutions, pre-
vious to the recovery of the gold, by means of copper
solutions, as suggested by Prof, de Wilde, has led
me to regard it as entirely impracticable in most
cases that occur in practice. I have, therefore,
sought another method besides the one already set
forth (by means of sulphuric acid and aeration). This
I have found in the use of sul-
phate of zinc. I find, however,
that an American patent had
already been granted, October
15, 1895, to Bertram Haut of
Wiokenburg, Ariz., for such a
method of recovery. According
to the patent claim, he "precip-
itates the cyanide in the waste
or spent liquor by adding a
solution of sulphate of zinc con-
taining some free sulphuric acid,
whereby a cyanide precipitate
is obtained ; then drawing off
the supernatent liquor ; then
mixing with the said precipi-
tate a quantity of sulphuric acid
more than sufficient to decom-
pose the cyanide of zinc con-
tained in said precipitate, then
subjecting the mixture to a dis-
tilling operation."
The following statements are
founded on my experiments
made with a solution containing
1 per cent of free KCy and 0. 1
per cent, or $603, gold per ton.
When a chemical excess of sul-
phate of zinc is added to such a
cyanide of potassium solution a
white precipitate of cyanide of
zinc forms, which readily settles,
and may be decanted or filtered.
[If alkaline sulphides are pres-
ent, they may be first removed
by treating the solution by
means of lead sulphate.] If less
than an excess of zinc sulphate
is added, the precipitate sep-
arates very imperfectly from the
solution and is difficult either to
decant or filter. When the zinc
sulphate contains a little free
sulphuric acid very little gold
comes down with the zinc cya-
nide, and when an excess of the
zipc sulphate is used the precip-
itate separates in a manner
leaving very little to be desired.
When the cyanide of zinc is
acidified with sulphuric acid,
and treated either, as I have
already described, by pumping
air through it, or distilling it,
the cyanhydric acid may be very
completely recovered by collect-
ing it with caustic potash. The
latter may be entirely saturated
without loss by using two vessels for condensation,
the first receiving the saturated and the second a
weaker solution.
A certain amount of gold will u.sually be found in
the zinc sulphate solution (as HAuCya). After crys-
tallizing out the zinc sulphate to be used over again,
the gold may be recovered from the mother liquor by
precipitation with sulphurous acid and copper sul-
phate, as before described. The amount of gold that
comes down at this point seems to depend on the
amount of free acid contained in the zinc sulphate.
Sometimes only traces come down; sometimes nearly
half of that originally present in solution.
From the filtrate from the zinc cyanide precipitate
the gold may be recovered by sulphurous acid and
copper sulphate, or cuprous chloride direct, as al-
ready described.
This method of treating stronger solutions, such as
1 per cent, as would be used iu treating rich gold
ores, leaves very little to be desired, working on a
laboratory scale. It is in every way superior to that
described by Prof, de Wilde, with sulphate of iron.
Still, it may be questioned whether such a method
could be carried out in a mining camp. There is one
serious difficulty that it would meet. When the ore
solution contains ferrooyanide of potassium, as it is
likely to do, a ferrooyanide of zinc forms, which is of
♦Colorado meeting American Institute of Mining Engineers, Sept.,
1896. (Revised Proofs Deo. '96.)
the consistency of white lar3! ' This substance is
hard to settle, and practically impossible to filter.
It is insoluble in acids, but easily soluble in alkalies
or potassium cyanide. In the presence of this sub-
stance, the simple acidification of the solution, fol-
lowed by the removal of the HCy, by circulating air
through it and condensing in caustic potash, would
probably be a more successful method of recovering
the cyanide.
9. Precipitation of Aurous Cyanide hy Means of Zinc
Chloride.
An American patent has been taken out on this
method by Frederick Hinder, June 18, 1895. In this
method " the solution containing gold and silver in
solution is first treated by iron sulphide,' whereby
the silver is removed as a sulphide ; chloride of zinc
is then added to the filtrate, whereby the gold is pre-
cipitated as a double cyanide of zinc and gold."
I have also investigated this method. When chlo-
ride of zinc was made by boiling an excess of metal-
lic zinc in hydrochloric acid till the action ceased,
and the solution was added to one of potassium auro-
The Drainage of American Flat.
DOUBLE REEL ELECTRIC MINING HOIST. (See pane 89.)
cyanide, nothing more than a trace of gold was
precipitated. But when the chloride was formed by
treating oxide of zinc with hydrochloric acid, the
former in excess, so that one had in reality to do
with a solution of oxychloride of zinc, 99.37 per cent
of the gold present was precipitated. It should be
mentioned that both solutions of chloride of zinc had
a slightly acid reaction to litmus paper.
As, however, an excess of either acid or alkali
dissolves the gold precipitate, this method must re-
main inferior to the method of precipitation as
cuprous aurocyanide ; for this precipitate seems
almost absolutely insoluble in dilute sulphuric acid.
The latter, therefore, possesses a sharpness and
completeness that the zinc method can never have.
{To he Continued.)
The charcoal thread used as filaments in incan-
descent electric lamps costs $12,000 a pound. The
following is a list of the rarer metals, with their ap-
proximate prices per pound, based on the usual
reduction on such quantities :
Gallium $100,000
Beryllium and lanthanum 10,000
Rhodium and thorium 6,000
Didynium and rubidium 4,000
Indium and tantalum 3,500
Erbium, niobium and yttrium 3,000
Rhutenium and vanadium 2,000
The most expensive organic substance known is
ambergris, which is worth about $600 per pound.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by Dan de Quille.
The draining of American flat and the working
of the mines situated therein is at present being
seriously considered by the mining men of "Virginia
City and Gold Hill. The large basin-like depression
known as American fiat lies immediately south of the
most southerly of the Gold Hill mines. It covers
several hundred acres and is surrounded on all sides
with hills more or less rugged. There are known to
be many quartz lodes in this large basin and it has
always been thought that a main branch of the Com-
stook lode passes through it, though not showing on
the surface. It was early seen that if the Comstock
kept to the range on the east side of which it is situ-
ated, and swung in and out of the curves of the hills
to the northward, as at Virginia City, it must run
through American flat ; therefore locations were
made in that section by parties who came over from
California in the first rush in the spring of 1860.
The usual prospect holes — round, uutimbered shafts
— were sunk in numerous places,
and on these holdings work was
done until the wonderful rich-
ness of the mines in Virginia
City and Gold Hill caused a
boom that enlisted all the loose
capital on the Pacific coast in
mining enterprises on and along
the Comstock range.
When the boom came and ex-
cited men of means were wild to
find a place in which to put
their mone}', the owners of
claims in American flat had no
trouble in getting all the cap-
ital required for the erection of
hoisting works and the purchase
of first-class machinery. The
big flat was then considered the
most promising section off the
main Comstock lode and was
the scene of great activity. At
this time there was quite a
lively little town at the flat,
called American City, a 'bus line
to Virginia City and crowds of
passengers daily to and fro.
But soon adverse circum-
stances changed the roseate
hue of the American flat at-
mosphere to a cerulean tint.
Floods of water began to be en-
countered, and so strong was
the flow that at a depth of 500
or 600 feet nearly all were
drowned out of their mines.
However, a few of the stronger
companies still maintained the
fight. They put in more and
more powerful pumping ma-
chinery and managed to sink
their shafts to depths varying
from 800 to 1200 feet, and one
company, the Baltimore, on the
edge of the flat, attained a
depth of 1400 feet by a hard
struggle and by stopping out
some of the surface water. None
of them, however, was able to
do much prospecting work at
points below the 600 level, and,
finding at last that to handle
the flow of water was like trying
to drain a lake, all "threw up
the sponge ; " the machinery
was sold, the works pulled down
and the camp deserted, every
company being flooded out. So
these mines have ever since stood.
As the water could not be handled by pumping,
nothing remained to be done but to pull up stakes
and abandon the mines. Owing to the oonflguration
of the ground below the basin, down along the course
of American ravine — its outlet — it was useless to
think of running a drain tunnel. To have drained
the basin of the flat would have required the run-
ning of a tunnel from a point somewhere on Gold
canyon between Silver City and Dayton.
What is now proposed is to extend the Sutro drain
tunnel to American flat, either from the Crown
Point mine or the Alta, lower Gold Hill. One of the
principal mines in American flat is the Rook Island.
To reach this mine from the Crown Point would call
for an extension of the Sutro tunnel a distance of
8634 feet ; to reach the same point from the Alta an
extension of 7500 feet in length would be required.
As the starting point would be at a depth of about
1400 feet below the level of the surface, the exten-
sion would tap the American flat mines at as great
a depth as would a tunnel started five miles east,
down by the Carson.
American fiat was doubtless at one time the basin
of a lake. It has a dip to the east and at the lower
end there is an outlet in the shape of a big spring.
The greater part of the water in the flat is probably
of surface origin. It fills the basin and extends
downward to a depth of 500 to 600 feet. The pro-
January 30, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
93
posed tunnel extension would come in at a much
greater depth ; therefore, the whole basin would be
drained. Below this surface water which comes
from the "scalp" of the country no more water is
likely to be encountered than anywhere else along
Suggestions for Stadia Surveying.
Wrillea for the Mining and Scientific Pkess hy M. A. Knapi*.
As the topography of a mining claim is often a
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the Comstock ; therefore, mining operations may be well as the best method of working the vein; so is it
carried down far below the level of the tunnel
In case the extension is run it will most likely be
from the Alta mine. That route would cut across
the stratification of the country and would be likely
to find deposits of ore now unknown ; besides, it is
the shorter way to the flooded mines. Superintend-
ent W. E. Sharon of leading Gold Hill mines, Colonel
Boyle, superintendent of the Alta, and many other
mining men and experts favor
the running of the drain exten-
sion, while all business men on
the Comstock wish to see such
an enterprise started.
The leading mines of American
flat are the Baltimore, Knicker-
bocker and Rock Island, with
about fifty other mines and loca-
tions of more or less value, but
lacking development at depth.
Ore assaying as high as $80 and
$100 was found in the Rock
Island, and it may be had in
great quantities, as the vein is
immensely wide — over 400 feet.
The vein below the water level —
about 600 feet — contains a great
deal of iron in the shape of pyri-
tes and seems to be inclined to
run to gold. The water from
the mine deposits a kind of ma-
terial almost as hard as iron.
This soon lines the bottom and
sides of a flume to the thickness
of 2 or 3 inches, thus building
up a stone flume within a wooden
one. The predominating metal
in the Baltimore and Knicker-
bocker is silver, and in both
were found ores running from $25 to $200 and $300
a ton. Owing to the floods of water encountered
little could be done in the way of developing the
streaks and bunches of ore out into.
Besides the known lodes in American flat, it has j
always been thought that an unknown main branch
of the Comstock passes through it, though not show-
ing on the surface. Clarence King was evidently of
the opinion that the main lode runs through the flat.
He says : " In Seven Mile canyon, near the base of
Cedar hill, is the most northern known portion of
the Comstock lode. Prom that point
it continues south in a nearly direct
line, underneath Virginia City, across
the divide, past Gold Hill to Amer-
ican flat, where the wide depressed
area has produced conditions unfavor-
able to further development." The
"unfavorable" feature he referred
to was lack of drainage. From Cedar
hill along the course of the lode the
distance to the fiat is about 22,000
feet.
Supposing the proposed drain tun-
nel to free the mines of American flat
to the depth of no more than 1000 feet ,
it would still be worth while to run
it. Between the surface of the earth
and a depth of 1000 feet there are
great possibilities. Between the sur-
face and the 1000-foot level of the
Comstock twelve bodies of ore were
found and worked out, yielding 3,-
520,309 tons of ore of an average
value of $29.65 a ton and producing
$103,425,074 in bullion. The net profit
in working these upper bonanzas was
$22,813,280, which sum was returned
to the stockholders in dividends.
(To he Continued.)
important that a map of mining ground should show
those topographic features by contours, etc., as well
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the engineer by use of transit and stadia rod while
making the survey of the claim lines; as plane table
surveys require too much time in the field. Also, it is
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A NEW STADIA
Hinmi eScifiilJfit, Prpji
PHOTKACTOR.
monuments of the claim carefully plotted before
making the contour maps, as the stadia notes are
tied to the claim corners and other monuments lo-
cated by more careful survey.
To plot these stadia notes, giving position and ele-
vation of all points sighted to, stadia tables may be
used, reducing the field readings to horizontal and
vertical distances. To save time, however, two
ruled paper scales may be procured on which stadia
equivalents for the distances and vertical angles
read in the field may be found by following the
Bircli'
Improved Two-Stamp
Mill.
The cut represents a two-stamp,
triple discharge mill, for gold or sil-
ver ores, made by Wm. H. Birch & '
Co., 129-135 First St., S. F., based on
the principle of crushing a large quantity of ore eco-
nomically, in the shortest space of time, with the
least amount of power. The weights of stamps are
850 lbs. each, and the number of drops, 110 per min-
ute. The weight of mortar is 2400 lbs. ; screen dis-
charge, three sides; area, 468 square inches. The
shoes and dies are of forged steel. The steel cam
shaft is long enough so that another mill can be added
by coupling on, in order that in process of opening
and developing a prospective mine an additional two-,
stamp mill can be added. The steel columns which
support cam shaft are forged and securely keyed to
mortar with fiber washers to prevent jar. The brace
rods with turn-buckels to support mill are furnished.
The stem guides are of oak. Stamp heads steel
banded. Cam hubs steel banded. Cams have two
steel keys each.
BIRCH'' IMPROVED TWO-STAMP MILL.
proper degree and 10-foot lines to their intersection
and interpolating for the minute of angle and unit
figures of the distance.
A New Stadia Protractor. — The writer uses for this
work a paper scale which can be read much more
rapidly and fully as accurately as these intersection
scales, and thinking it might be of use to fellow min-
ing engineers, directions for making one are here
given. The work can be done in a day's time by a
good draughtsman. The accompanying sketch ex-
plains itself: Scale A is made of folded cross-section
paper and marked to 1000 feet. The center at C is
made by fastening a small metal-foil star to a circle
of cardboard and punching a pinhole through. Glue
to paper exactly on center C. A similar center is
fastened on the sheet below. When in use drive a
pin through the centers into the draughting table
beneath. The sheet of cross-section paper, 20x16
inches, should be of the same print as the one from
which the scale was cut. Arc No. 1 of 20-inch radius
is marked to degrees and half-degrees so that cosine
CO = cosine square of the angle as marked on the
scale. With this arc is used a horizontal scale on the
cross-section lines in which 1000=20 inches. This is
marked by horizontal rows of figures every inch ver-
tically; the hundreds and tens marked and lines over-
j ruled; interpolating in reading for units.
On arc 3 mark degrees and quarter-degrees so
I that i-sine co = sine X cosine of the degree of the
I angle marked on the scale. This is multiplied by 4
I in order to attain greater accuracy in reading verti-
cal distances. With this there is a vertical scale
carried through the paper in which 1 inch = 20 feet,
marked to 2 feet, and interpolated to ! foot. Fig-
ures should be in vertical rows every inch horizon-
tally, and horizontal lines overruled every * inch.
No. 2 arc is marked in true degrees and 10-minute
angles, and a vertical scale equal to the horizontal
one is marked on the sheet to correspond with this
arc.
These three sets of scales should be in three dif-
ferent colored inks. The functions cosine square and
sine X cosine are taken from stadia tables.
If now we have a stadia reading 510 feet at verti-
cal angle — 11*° — set the scale to the angle 11J° on
the No. 1 arc and the 510foot point on the scale A
reads the corrected horizontal distance on the hori-
zontal scale on the sheet. Then set the scale A on
the 111° angle on No. 3 arc, and the 510- foot point
marks the true vertical distance on the vertical
scale.
These readings are mentally corrected by the small
correction due to the focal length of the transit. No.
2 scale is used to reduce check readings taken at
high angles by causing the rodman to move the rod
slowly back and forth in a vertical plane which
passes through the instrument, the engineer taking
the largest stadia reading on the rod. This is of
course reduced to true distance by the direct
angle.
Two or three stadia readings can be reduced per
minute by the use of this scale, and it is so simple in
construction that no large mistakes of reading are
liable to occur. The errors of reading are very
slight, being about one-tenth to one-quarter the
errors of the reading of the transit notes. It is use-
less to reduce the office errors very far below those
of the field.
With the use of such a quick-reading scale, stadia
notes can be very readily reduced, and the contour
lines and general topographical features of a mining
claim quickly and closely plotted, giving a surface
map that will always be of value to the mine manage-
ment in connection with the later surveys of under-
ground work, as well as of special assistance in locat-
ing ditch and road lines, etc.
A more durable scale than the one above described
is made of a 2-inch strip of cardboard, 22 inches long.
A strip of white paper is glued to the under side and
on the l-inoh projecting edge the 1000-foot scale=
20 inches, is marked. This must be accurately
marked throughout to correspond with the cross-
section paper.
Telemeter- Stadia. Rod. — It is unfortunate that the
stadia rod, while giving results quite close enough
for topographical notes, cannot be relied upon for
measuring claim lines; as the errors, under unfavor-
able circumstances, may be as great as J per cent
or more. The writer wishes to suggest a simple and
fairly accurate method of measuring distances on
rough ground by a development of the telemeter
method :
Make a stadia rod 11 feet long, with targets at
i-foot and lOJ feet, accurately set and firmly fixed in
place on the rod. At 5* feet on the back of the rod
fasten the top of a light compass ball and socket tri-
pod, fixed so that the tripod can be folded back of
the rod, or extended and set over a point, so as to
hold the rod horizontally with the face to the instru-
ment. A level should be attached to the side of the
rod and a small cross-sight fixed on center, so that
the rodman can sight back to the instrument.
This rod can be used as the ordinary stadia rod ;
and on all measurements of claim lines, or stadia
turning points, can be set over the point and used
as a telemeter. In this case we have a lO-foot per-
pendicular base line ; and by taking ten or more
multiple readings of this small angle, and averaging
the error, it is possible to get it with great accuracy.
A table of functions of one-half of these small
angles, to the second, could then be used and the true
slope distance read ; corrected afterward for vertical
angle. A screw thread might be used on the vernier
of the upper plate, which would give the reading of
distance directly when a lO-foot base line was used.
This would obviate the necessity of use of a table
except to reduce the slope reading to horizontal and
vertical distances.
The chief advantage of the method is in the fact
that in cases where great accuracy is required,
time may be taken to repeat the multiple readings
a number of times, and reduce the error to less than
that of the most careful chaining. The expense of
surface mining surveys would be gi-eatly reduced by
use of this method.
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 23, '97.
94
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 30, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
(Special Correspondence).— At Pine Grove a
premising ledge of gold-bearing quartz has
been reached on the claim of Thomas Day &
Son, on Grass Valley creek, by a tunnel 200
feet in length.
in the Reward mine, on Grass Valley creek,
anew tunnel to crosscut a very wide ledge
has been begun.
A good strike of rich rock is reported from
the Wieland mine.
ThelO-stamp mill of the Azalea Company
started last week and. thus far operates quite
satisfactorily. Some good rock is being taken
from the old Dane ledge by the Azalea Co.
It is reported that a 20-stamp mill will soon
be completed on the Robinson mine near Vol-
cano.
Pine Grove, Jan. 33, *0r.
Rcpuhlican : It is expected that the Argo-
naut, Bellwether and Anita mining companies
will each erect a mill during the present year
of no fewer than forty stamps for each mine,
and possibly this number may be increased to
sixty.
Recnrd: The Union Consolidated is taking
out rich ore from the Union ledge on the east
and west level. The breast is from U to 20
feet wide. The incline is going down at the
rate of 30 to 40 feet per month with machine
drills, having reached a depth of 480 feet, and
when the 500 point is reached drifting on the
Union ledge will go ahead and a crosscut
pushed to the Gouge ledge.
Superintendent Dillon of the Dennis Kelly
mine, in Pioneer district, has completed a deal
for the purchase of the Robinson mine, near
Volcano, and will have charge of it for the
buyers.
At the Black Prince mine, in the shaft be-
ing sunk, they already have a good-sized vein
of S6 to $7 ore. Hoisting machinery is to be
erected at once.
Assays of ore from the 10.50 and 1200 levels
of the South Eureka mine shows a yield of
from $S0 to *13S per ton.
Ledger: J. P. Rooney, who is operating the
McMahon property, has had buildings erected
and will erect a steel whim. The shaft is
down lOU feet and crosscutting to the ledge
will be commenced.
The mill test recently made oq the Good
Hope mine was very satisfactory, and sinking
will be resumed as soon as material can be
gotten on the ground.
Calaveras.
(Jlirimir.lc: At the Hexter mine the tunnel
has reached a distance of nearly 1.500 feet, and
is being driven ahead as fast as possible.
Citizen: Kilburn and Coleman, mining men
of Seattle are negotiating for John Howard's
Poverty quartz mine in Salt Spring valley.
Frank Baurahogger of Angels is developing
the Great Western. A good vein of ore is in
sight which increases both in width and char-
acter as development increases.
The Carley brothers have resumed oper-
ations on their mines at French Gulch and
are running the .5-stamp mill.
Some rich rock has been discovered in the
Tryon mine, south of Angels.
EI Dorado.
(Special Correspondence).— O. W. Frost and
others, who recently purchased the Skinner
mine, one-half mile from town, have incorpor-
ated. They are driving a tunnel into the fa-
mous old hill that has yielded manj' thousand
dollars from its surface seams and pockets.
The property will be known as the Empress
Josephine mine.
F. B. Lloyd has completed a steam power
plant on the property recently purchased from
Noyes and French, by which he will drive ma-
chine drills on the tunnel work.
The Omo mine, twenty-five miles southeast
of Placerville, started a 5stamp mill last
week.
Mulky and Spreckels, in the Fairplay dis-
trict, twenty-seven miles east of here, have
started their hydraulic plant working day and
night.
D. H. Jackson and son are running tunnel
and shaft work on the Lone Star and Secora
properties, four miles southwest of town.
The Vavozxa broihers have reached 1000
feet in their tunnel, three miles east of town.
Tbey expect to reach the channel within 200
additional feet of work. They have 400 acres
in the property on which they are operating.
Col. Cumraings is operating a core drill on
the old Texas Hill gravel property, two and
one-half miles south of town. Rooney and Fair
are interested in the work.
The Selby Mining Company will sink a
shaft 200 feet on the property recently bonded
from the Larkin family, three and 'one-half
miles south of town.
The article in last week's Mining and Sci-
entific Pkess, " Why Mines Offered Are Not
Sold," strikes a responsive chord and meets
with approval among those striving to advance
the mining interests of this county.
The outlook for the development of mining
properties on this section of the mother lode
never appeared so bright and encouraging as
at present.
Brad Barnar and R. W. Dron of Glasgow,
Scotland, are operating on the Potter prop-
erty, one mile north of Kelsey. They bonded
the claim from Rinaldo Pillipini, the merchant
prince and cattle king of Garden valley.
Kohn, Kimball, and B. D. Pyke of San Fran-
cisco, locally known as the Big Three, have
struck a rich channel pay streak in the Negro
Hill section, three miles north of town.
Placerville, Jan. 25, '97.
E. W. and W. S. Chapman have put in a new
50-horse power, double electric hoist at their
Zantgraf mine. The shaft at the mine is now
down over 500 feet from the surface, or about
300 feet below the old tunnel. Sixty men are
employed at the mine.
Inyo.
Rcijinicr: Mr. Moore of Chicago has pur-
chased a group of mines from Mr. Adler, on
Blind Spring hill, and is running a tunnel to
tap the ledge.
The Lane mine is looking well, the ore in
the shaft being high grade.
The working force at the Snow's Canyon
mine has been reduced, Mr. Garlick having
enough ore out to make a test run of the cya-
nide plant.
Mariposa.
Gazette : R. D. Harper of San Francisco has
bonded the Sierra Rica and Pedro Gosa mines
on Bear creek from Kerrins and Began. Work
on the property is to be commenced as soon as
lumber can be hauled In. These mines have
been good producei's but have lain idle for a
number of years, the last work having been
done in 1S7S by Kerrins and Snediker.
It is reported that several mines in the
Sherlocks country have been sold to Fresno
parties, who are backed by Eastern capital.
These parties expect to erect an electric
power plant below the falls on Sherlocks creek
and operate the mines by electricity.
Mono.
Bridgeport Chronicle-Union: At the Dun-
derberg the mill is doing good work and
everything about the works is in good run-
ning' order. The tramway is complete and
runs seventeen tons of ore an hour to the mill.
The mine is looking well and it is probable
the company will erect a cyanide plant next
spring.
Nevada.
Uiiiiiyi: The Ragon quartz mine, near the
Stanfoi'd, has been bonded to Stockton men.
The ledge is a good one and in the early days
rich ore was extracted. There is a small
hoisting plant on the property.
The lessees of the California mine, near the
Reward, will put a steam hoisting plant on
the property.
Placer.
Colfax Sentinel: At the Sellier mine rapid
progress has been made, the rock in the tun-
nel being soft slate. An upraise to tap gravel
will be started this week. A flume has been
put in and a dump and large reservoir will be
constructed.
Johnson, Graber &. Dwyer are putting up a
Huntington mill on the old Gaj'etty ledge, on
the Bear river slope. Their ledge shows en-
couraging prospects.
The first car of machinery for the new
stamp mill at W. H. Pierce's quartz mine,
near Colfax, has arrived.
Arijus: The new mill at the Marguerite is
now running night and day on high-grade ore.
The Chicago Drift Gravel Mining Company,
whose property is situated on the ranches of
Threlkel and Zimmerman, in Long Valley dis-
trict, started their 3-stamp prospecting mill
on the 5th of January.
Plumas.
Nafi(nial-BnUt:tin: At Meadow Valley Prof.
Price has completed his prospecting of the Dia-
dem mine, having taken out over 400 samples,
amounting to about a ton and a half of ore.
He has developed a ledge of an average width
of 50 feet, having crosscut it in ten different
places OQ the 200 and 500-foot levels.
Riverside.
San Bernardino l)idcpcndcnt.:. The workmen
in the new shaft being sunk on the Good Hope
mine, near Perrls, opened up a 20-inch ledge
of rich ore last week.
Los Angeles men are backing Col. Hasson
in developing the Little Maggie mine, west
of Perris. There is an 8-inch vein that runs
high.
W. Newport of Menifee lately purchased a
promising free milling mine northeast of Fer-
ris. There is said to be a ledge 50 feet in
width that will run ;¥10 or $13 a ton. A tunnel
will be run into the side of the mountain, tap-
ping the vein at a depth of 700 feet.
San Bernardino.
Independent: At Ivan pah two or three of
the mines of that old silver camp are produc-
ing pay ore, most of which is shipped to the
Kingman sampler. Ivanpah has in days gone
by produced over §5,000,000 in silver.
Eastern capitalists are negotiating for the
purchase of the old Copper World mine, lying
nine miles southwest of Ivanpah. Ore from
this mine is said to run as high as fiO per cent
copper, with a considerable valuation in gold.
B. M. Lawrence is still operating the Stone-
wall mine in the Ivanpah district. This mine
has been on a paying basis for fifteen years.
The Bronze Mining Company at Vanderbilt
will soon start up again.
San Diego.
Ramona Sentinel: The water has been
pumped out of the Owens mine at Julian and
the mine retimbered, and now, with the 10-
stamp mill, about SSOOO per month in gold bul-
lion is being taken out.
Shasta.
Free Pretax: The placer miners in the Pitts-
burg mining district are meeting with suc-
cess. Two men found a small deposit of
gravel on Squaw creek, and in a short time
took out about S800.
Miles and Keith have over three miles of
ditch and are working in a lO-foot bank of rich
gravel.
Salee and McDonnell have five men em-
ployed in their long tunnel on Bully Hill.
They have passed through several small
ledges of free gold, but are working for a
larger ledge which appears upon the surface.
They are now in about SOO feet.
Hart and Lanyon are opening up the Lone
Rock mine on Riley bar near the Sacramento
river and have sunk a shaft 44 feet deep in
which they have found a Ki-inch ledge of ore
assaying from ^0 to *50 to the ton.
A. C, Hamilton of Virginia City, Nevada,
who recently purchased the Milkmaid mine
near French Gulch, will shortly begin active
operations upon the property on a large scale.
The thorough development of the Niagara
mine near French Gulch is being pushed for-
ward. A shaft has been sunk upon the ledge
from the O'Neal tunnel.
Sierra.
Enterprise: On the Extension tunnel two
ten-hour shifts have been put on and 40 feet
of tunnel were made last week. The object-
ive point will be reached in about four
months. '
. Mountain Messenger: The German company
at Minnesota are prospecting the old Cedar
mine and are doing well.
The Plumbago mine is working a large
force, driving tunnels and sloping.
At the Snowdown they are driving the main
tunnel for the Old Yankee channel, which
paid rich in early days.
Booth, Wright & Co. are working their
claim on the north fork of Kanaka creek with
fair results.
Siskiyou.
Jonrnal: T. J. Nolton has contracted with
I. N. Day of Cascade Locks and Grady ^
McArdle of Portland to transfer to them
bonds on some valuable mining ground and
numerous mining claims, amounting to several
hundred acres, in the big bend of the Klamath
river. The purchasers are to build a flume to
carry -1000 inches of water from the east fork
of ludian creek to the divide on the Happy
Camp mountain, where it will cover ten miles
of the richest portion of this famous gold
stream.
The Nannette B mine on Klamath river,
below Thompson creek, will be started up in
about two weeks, at which time the water
from the ditch and pipe will be turned into
the giants.
News ; The Columbia Gold and Silver Min-
ing Company will put a force of men to work
in the Columbia mine on Baldy mountain,
near Scott Bar. Their ledge averages 2 feet
in width and in many places it is 8 feet wide.
They have about 1000 feet of tunneling, and a
10-stamp mill run by water power.
J. S. Fore of the Last Chance mine has his
new improved elevator on the ground and will
have it operating in the spring. The bedrock
is about 50 feet deep from the surface, but
carries coarse gold.
On the Olsen mine, below Sawyers Bar,
they have struck another good pay" channel.
This mine consists of sixty acres of high
ground, with a bank of gravel 150 feet high,
and the improvements consist of a ditch from
Canyon creek, half a mile long, and 1000 feet
of 14-inch pipe, a No. 1 giant under 250-feet
pressure, and a derrick for hoisting the boul-
ders, operated by a current wheel in the river.
Jnurnal: G. W. Grayson, Jr., of Oakland
and Harry H. Hunter of Yreka have organ-
ized a company to work the Blue Gravel mine
at Greenhorn, near Yreka.
Trinity.
Journal: It is reported that the Altoona
mine is, now employing eighty men, which
force will be increased on entering the ledge.
A shaft has been sunk to the depth of SO feet.
Atthe^O-foot level a station was cut, from
which a drift was run to cut the vein at an
estimated distance of 75 feet.
On East Fork on the Ozark mine a tunnel is
being run on the ledge.
At the Enterprise the company are running
the mill on good rock from the Lone Jack
mine.
At the North Star eight men are employed
and both mine and mill are running. They
are working on a 5-foot ledge of ore.
Redding Free Press : A rich strike was re-
cently made in the lower level of the old
Lappen mine on Thorn gulch, at Deadwood.
The property is owned by Tourtelotte, Brady
and Cochran. At a depth of 40U feet a ledge
of free-gold ore, which is from 0 to IS inches
in width, and yields $200 per ton, was tapped
in several places.
James R. Eligh, who recently purchased the
Bloss & McCleary gravel mine at Trinity
Center, has struck a rich lead. Recently a
great slide came down the mountain and the
giants were turned upon it, and when the
earth washed away a channel of rich gravel
was encountered.
Tuolumne.
(Special Correspondence).— I have spent the
past week among the mines of Tuolumne
county, and everywhere found the mines
looking better than ever before. At Soulsby-
ville the Black Oak is running under a bond
of :f300,000. The ore body is now 13 feet wide.
Several teams are engaged in hauling ore to
Oakdale, from which point it is shipped to Sel-
by's. and nets the mine $40 a ton. The owners
state that they now have in sight, between
the 700 and 800 levels, 8250,000. Mr. Storms is
erecting a hoist on the Junction rainp, adjoin-
ing the Black Oak on the south, The Junction
is the property of the Mint employes. The
Wheal & Perrin has a milling of ore out and
will put it through the Soulsby mill to deter-
mine the value. The vein is of a good size,
and there is no longer any doubt about the
mines now being developed.
The Soulsby is again in active operation, af-
ter some fifteen years' idleness. The superin-
tendent, Mr. W. Sharwood, has placed the
old hoist on the Pennsylvania shaft and re-
built the mill of fifteen stamps. The shaft is
now down 220 feet; levels are boing run, and
as soon as they are out 100 feet, the shaft will
be continued on down. The Soulsby vein is
small in width, but large in gold value. In
the past history of the mine the j'ear's aver-
age of the ore was S35 a ton.
The rapid growth and evident prosperity of
Jimtown, Quartz Mountain and Stent are'the
earmarks of a good mining section. A Scotch
syndicate has taken the Atlas, on Jackass
Hill, and the Keltz, east of Columbia, and are
developing the Atlas. The ore is very heav-
ily sulphureted, and should the numerous
stringers once get together, it will give them
a large-sized ore body. South, the Alameda
is being put in shape to make it another Raw-
hide. The Rawhide has just had Demarest &
PuUen put a large Cornish pump in place, and
can now go on down into the mine's bonanzas.
Nevills Jr. is getting the Alabama into good
shape. The Whiskey Hill mine is now being
developed. South, the Sweany lies idle. The
Dutch is doing well. It has a fine hoist and
the best superintendent's residence in the
county. Down in the mine the ore bodies
show where the money comes from, for this
mine has been developed and equipped from
the ore crushed in the mine's small 10-stamp
mill. The ore body at this time is 65 feet
wide, while the Heslep vein, to the east, has
not been crosscut to. The App has a fine
plant and is said to be in good ore on the Hes-
lep vein. The San Ysabel is about to add
twenty stamps. The Fitzgerald boys have
been paid «80,000 for the New Era. This sec-
tion prides itself on the Jumper and Golden
Rule mines.
Real estate is advancing and the county
shows the benefits arising from the present
activity within the mines. Capital can at
this time find a variety of investments that
all promise well. E. H. Schaeffle.
Murphys, Cal., Jan. 2oth, '97.
Jamestown Lode: At the Jumper mine the
20-stamp mill crushes 55 tons daily.
Fred Cook has taken a bond on 100 acres of
gravel mining ground below the junction of
Wood's creek and the Tuolumne river, and
has associated with him in the venture capi-
talists of San Francisco.
The Equitable M. & M. Co. of Stockton will
have a 10-stamp mil) running by April 1st on
the Arbona mine at Tuttletown.
Sinking has been resumed in the Andy
Johnson at Chinese Camp. The ledge is 4 feet
strong in the bottom and the rock continues
to show free gold in paying quantities.
Unimi-Dcmocrat : The Black Oak mine, re-
cently sold to Belgium capitalists, will be
worked by its new owners on a large scale
with the opening of spring, and will be
equipped with improved machinery.
A concrete foundation for a 20-stamp mill is
being laid for the Santa Ysabel.
Water is being hoisted from the Dutch mine
to enable sinking on the vein to continue.
Negotiations are being carried to sell a
dozen mines in the vicinity of Jackass hill, on
the East lode, to an English company.
The Dead Horse mine, at Summersville,
still continues a steady producer.
The Andy Johnson mine, at Chinese Carap,
is being operated by half a dozen men.
Arrangements are being made for recom-
mencing operations on the Garfield- Virginia
mine, south of the Buchanan.
The Modoc mine, near the Buchanan, will
shortly be equipped with a pump, to enable a
closer examination of the property.
Independent : The Alameda mine is working
a large force of men and building is going on
rapidly.
The Draper mine at Soulsbyville is about
cleaned out and sinking will" shortly be re-
sumed.
NEVADA.
A new ore body has been uncovered on the
property of the Golden Eagle MiningCompany
in Humboldt county. The ore shows a valua-
tion of from S50 to $100 in gold per ton. The
company has just obtained a survey of its
property, which embraces about twenty
claims. As soon as the new working tunnel
is completed the board of directors will meet
to arrange for a mill. The ores are now being
blocked out with a force of thirteen men.
On the Ophir group, the development of
which is being promoted by the same gentle-
men with few exceptions, the tunnel is being
driven to cut the vein at a depth of 100 feet.
The owners of the Black Bird, which, has
been productive of some very high-grade ore
in the past, have patched up peace, and work
has been resumed.
Pioche Record: At the Magnolia mine at
De Lamar the new tunnel to tap the old works
was run on a contract a distance of 850 feet to
obtain air and connect with the old workings.
A raise was made of 28 feet after the ledge
was encountered. From the striking of the
ledge in the new tunnel they have driven
ahead 50 feet, all in good ore, and have not
yet encountered the other wall. As yet no
stoping has been done, the intention of the
company being to block out the ore bodies and
ascertain the full extent of the find.
Winnemucca Silver State: At Kennedy,
J. A. Blossom is working ten men developing
the Gold Note mine and taking out high-grade
ore.
H. F. Bender is working four or five men on
good ore.
Charles Kennedy is running the No. 5 tun-
nel in the Imperial mine, opening a ledge of
sulphide ore that assays well.
Abel & Alexander have secured the old Coy-
ote nline, and have purchased a 5-stamp mill,
which they will erect.
Kyle & Houston are running a deep tunnel
on the Key West mine.
White Pine News: The new strike in Gran-
ite district, Stepteo valley, is attracting
much attention.
At Cherry creek the North Mountain Co. J|
have decided to erect, in the early spring,
three rolls with a large crushing capacity.
The Star & Grey Eagle Co. are pushing for-
ward their work with two shifts of men, and
will soon be ready for the machinery.
Walker Lake BaHed?); Twenty-one tons of
Oneida ore, worked at the Hawthorne mill
this week, produced a bar of bullion worth
«2500.
OREGON.
Grant's Pass Jimrnal: A movement is on
foot looking toward erecting a smelting plant,
or the application of some other process of
treating sulpburets and ores of this district.
Times: H. A. Shorey and associates are
operating the Lance property in Foots Creek
January 30. 1807.
Mining and Scientific Press.
05
district (which they bonded for |ao.OUO) on a
larger scale than ever. Ttiey recently made
the first payment of fi500.
The Black Channel Mining Co. of Foots
creek is employing a good force of men, and
recently contracted for 500 feet of 15-inch
pine.
Mansfield Bros, have purchased a claim
near the Jewett mine, and are sinking a shaft
to develop it.
Operations have been resumed at the
Squaw Lake Mining Co.^s mines.
Baker City Dfmocmt: At Virtue a one-
half interest in the Uncle Dan mine in Quartz
gulch has been purchased by a Mr. Vincent,
who intends prosecuting development work.
The engine bed for the new engine at the
Virtue is about completed.
W. O. Reynolds of the Flagstaff Mining
Company has purchased in San Francisco ma-
chinery for the proposed mill to be erected at
once on the Flagstaff mine.
UTASHINUTON.
Sinihft*man-ftrview: In the Vakh district
the Gold Flint management are driving their
400-root tunnel as rapidly as possible and are
in 170 feet. They expect to tap the lead
May 1.
A fine body of ore has been struck on the
Good Hope. The ledge is being crosscut, but
the footwull has not been struck at a distance
of 'Zb feet.
it is expected that work on the Jim Hill,
owned by Judge Fleming of Texas and Senator
West of Illinois, will commence about Feb-
ruary 1.
BRITISH COI.ltMniA.
The Victoria Board of Trade has proposed
the following regulations as to mining corpor-
ations for the consideration of the Legislatur-e :
** 1. No companies to be registered to do
business in this province except those organ-
ized under British or Canadian acts.
" 2. The following scale of fees to be
charged by the government on all mining com-
panies incorporated :
Cajiital >ip fo Ftt/i(o bt Ivipont'l.
«I00.000 $-j.i
200.000 100
300,000 'JOO
■tOO.OOO ;j(IO
500,000 5(,0
800,000 rtOO
700.000 -IIX)
800,000 ; wx)
OOO.Oa) , , IKK)
1 .OOO.OUO 1 ,00(J
** 3. Not less than one-third of capital to be
set apart for 'working capital,' and which
shall not be sold for less than par value.
'• 4. Careful revision and consolidation of
the 'companies acts,' particularly as applying
to the organization of mining companies.
"5. If at all possible, to prevent the repeti-
tion of the names of claims.
"7. The provincial government to require
from all mining companies incorporated in
British Columbia or registered under the com-
panies acts 'foreign' an annual or semi-annual
statement, should be published in pamphlet
form, so that investors at home and abroad
would be able to judge of the position of their
investments. The statement should be in
tabulated form, not too much in detail, but
giving the most salient points, after the style
of the Dominion banking returns: Aulhoriztd
capital, treasury shares each, sold ; treasury
shares unsold; shipment of ore, tons; work-
men; average value of ore shipped; length of
time closed down; value of plant and ma-
chinery.
"8. That no shares (other than treasury)
to be permitted to be issued until after a
certain percentage (if only five percent) of the
treasury stock has been sold, and the money
in the hands of the company."
SpokCHnmn-Iiccicu: : The Jumbo has made
its first shipment of ore : two cars were loaded
and sent forward. The ore comes from the
maine sleighs.
The Sultana claim, on Lookout mountain,
has been sold for :?1U,000 down, the remainder
in thirty days. General Warren and a Mani-
toba syndicate are the buyers.
Hon. T. M. Daly, ex-minister of the interior
of Cadada, with W. A. McDonald and A. Kelly
of Brandon, Manitoba, have bought a half
interest in the Golden Crown, in the Welling-
ton camp. Boundary creek district, for $15,(JUU,
and have bonded the Calumet, in the same
district, for tlS,00O.
Spokane Chronicle: A one-fourth interest in
the Morning and Evening mines has passed
from E. E. Alexander into the control of A. D.
Coplen. Peter Steep has also sold his one-
eighth interest to Milton Bentley.
The Gooderham syndicate, which purchased
the War Eagle, will undoubtedly expend a
vast amount of money in improvements in the
Trail Creek district during the coming year.
An agent of theirs bas secured an option on a
parcel of land and a water power ou the river
front in the southern part of the town of
Trail. This fact gives some force to the state-
ment that the Gooderhams will erect a smelter
at Trail this spring.
The Sultana on Lookout mountain has been
sold to Chas. S. Warren. D. W. Higgins,
Governor Mcintosh and Senator Kerchoffer of
Manitoba. The purchase price was SIO.OOU.
CTAH.
Salt Lake Tribune: The California group,
consisting of fifteen claims in Camp Floyd
mining district, has been secured on a lease
and bond by Walker Bros, of this city, and
active development is already commenced
through a shaft on the Oregon claim.
Work has been resumed on the Badger
group, between Mercur and Sunshine.
At Park City in .the Daly-West, although
the output at present is limited, the blocking-
out of the ore bodies was going forward stead-
ily. Mr. Daly says that the Peck concen-
trating plant through which the company will
find a"market for its low-grade ores will be
erected.
In the Valeo it is expected that the ore body
will be reached through the main tunnel in
the next 50 feel, or at a distance of 325 feet
from the mouth.
At the Lucky Bill the management is still
drifting from the 1000-foot level. Ore showing
as much as $U\ in gold per ion is being en-
countered at intervals.
Id the Primrose development is progressing
steadily while ore is being taken out of a
streak that varies from lU lo IS inches.
In the (irand Central at Tintic early in
January the drift on the 700-foot level, at a
distance of 51(0 feet from the station, broke
Into the long sought chute of ore. Since then
the ore has been driven into for a distance of
40 feet, with a breast 5x7 feot. The metals
occ^ur in a gangue indeniical with that exist-
ing at the Centennial ICureka and shows not
only. a high percentage of copper, but free
gold. Tbo exploitation of its ground was com-
menced nearly two years ago by iho Grand
Central Company and since that time about
1115,000 has been expended.
In the West Dip at Mercur in all of the dis-
coveries made the ore dips to the west and
gels flatter as it goes, so that there is good
reason for the belief that the ore Is continuous
through the whole valley, and close to the
surface.
Bingham Itiilhtin : The Highland Boy Com-
pany are moving in the matter of erecting
their mill, but it is probable actual work will
not begin until spring opens.
Parties were here yesterday from New
York viewing the result of recent operations
at the Bingham tunnel, and it Is understood
that the great enterprise is to be pushea to
completion at as early a date as possible.
The Red Wing, in its lower tunnel, McCar-
rick lease, this week tapped a good body of
rich ore.
A twenty-five ton shipment of concentrates
has just been made from the Last Chance mill.
Ore is moving from Bingham station at the
rate of about five carloads daily.
The ore coming from the Old Jordan &
Galena Company's mines this month is averag-
ing between fifty and sixty tons daily, and
may reach ISOU tons.
Shipments from the Old Telegraph this
month have been lighter than for some time
previous, and do not exceed twenty-five car-
loads.
Park Patriot : On a low estimate the value
of the ore blocked out in the Dalv-West is not
less than *3,nU0,U{)0 at the market values. If
the much-talked-of new concentrator, a por-
tion of which is built, should be finished, the
Daly-West would be in condition to double its
present force.
The mineralized rock through which the
winze in the Ontario shaft No. 2 from the
15UU-foot level is being sent down to the 1700-
foot level this week is better than that
through which it was passed last week.
Twenty-four cars of first-class isre are being
taken daily out of the winze, which is 140
feet below the 15U0-foot level.
Tintic Miner: Salt Lake and Eastern par-
ties have secured a lease and bond on the
Fairview group lying on Mammoth hill. The
bond runs for twenty months and the con-
sideration is $75,000.
Options have been secured by local parties
on several promising properties north of
Eureka near the Rising Sun, and there prom-
ises to be a considerable movement there dur-
ing the coming spring.
Mercur Mcrcuru : The Brickyard has so much
ore blocked out that they cannot do much
more work to advantage until the new mill
is erected. Most of the men have been laid
off for a while.
The new working shaft in the La Cigale is
commenced, and ore of good value can be
obtained from the ground down.
lliAHO.
Spokesman- Review: Word came from Wal-
lace that in the Treasure Vault fine bodies of
ore have been uncovered. Work is being done
through three tunnels, with ore in each. It
is one of the few properties in the Coeur
d'Alenes that shows peacock ores in any
amount.
The Continental is showing a little ore in
its upper tunnel, where lUQ feet farther is
expected to run into the heart of the chute.
Its ore is peculiar, running silver in form of
chloride, bromide and galena, lead in galena,
chloride and crystals, copper and gold.
MuUan will add at least one to the list of
producing mines of the Coeur d'Alenes during
1897, arrangements having been made to put
a considerable force of men at work on the
Central as soon as spring opens.
Wardner Neun: Manager McDonald of the
Frisco mine, at Gem. has discharged about
100 of the miners. About 70 have been re-
tained to do development work. The shaft
will be sunk to a depth of 800 feet. When
this development work is completed the mine
will be in a better condition than ever before
for handling the immense output which this
property is capable of producing. A new Cor-
liss engine has been ordered.
The Consolidated Tiger-Poorman will re-
sume operations in a few weeks— possibly
within one week. The water is out down be-
low the lOOO-foot level, and miners are al-
ready at work on that level. Over $135,000
has been expended in new buildings and ma-
chinery during the past year. The new con-
centrating plant has a treating capacity of
500 tons of ore. and is automatic all the way
through.
MONTANA.
Butte Inter-Mountain: The semi-annual
statement of the United Smelting and Refin-
ing Company of Jersey City, N. J., and Hel-
ena, shows that the plant of the company at
East Helena and realty represents a cash
value of >;500,UOU, while ore and other personal
property belonging to it are valued at $530,-
000. The liabilities of the company are :^92,-
000. They are preparing another blast furnace
and other improvements are being made.
When the Massouri River Power Company
completes itg dam at Canyon Ferry, and is
prepared to deliver electrical power, the com-
pany will introduce electricity into its works
at East Helena.
3/iiiiiiu M'«»rl<t : Sinking has been resumed
at the Original at the bottom of the shaft,
which Is SOO feet deep, and will be continued
at least to the lOOO-foot level, where drifts
will be run and ore sloped out. The shaft
will later be sunk to greater depth. There is
no question of ore bodies in this property, as
the same lead runs through it as the one the
Gagnon bas worked for years to a depth of
about 1500 feet.
WYOMINti.
Denver ltcpnl>lUiiu: The Grand Encamp-
ment mining district is commencing to attract
outside capital, and within the last few weeks
a number of transfers have been made. Ed
Dickinson, general manager of the Union Pa-
cific system, Thos. Sun, one of the best known
stockmen in Wyoming, M. W. Dillon and
others have located -1000 acres of placer land
in the district, and have secured all of the
unappropriated water in the north and south
forks of the Grand Encampment creek. These
placers are rich with coarse, heavy gold. A
number of the business men of Rawlins are
agitating the question of putting up asmelter
for the reduction of these ores.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills THurx: The transfer of the
Star group, of eight locations, between Speur-
tish and Iron creeks, for a consideration of
$♦10,000, to R. H. Lilly, reported to represent
the Horseshoe Mining Company, gives some
idea of the rapid increase in the value of min-
ing claims in the new camp.
Developments in Ragged Top camp have re-
sulted in the finding of the same grade and
character of ore in nearly every section of the
Black Hills. The latest discoveries have been
made in Carbonate camp, on Phi.ynix gulch,
where Sol Jeflferson has unearthed boulders
which assay $30 per ton. In the same gulch,
on the Blue Bird group of claims, owned by
Wendel Roerner, the same character of float
Is found, which assays from $12 to $10 per ton.
On the Geyser group, owned by W. D. John-
son and J. Goldberg, similar boulders are in
evidence on the surface carrying from $12 per
ton up. This rock, apparently a limestone,
has lain unnoticed for years, and would have
remained so if it were not for the discoveries
made in Ragged Top.
The Calamity group, on the southwest slope
of Ragged Top mountain, have been sold, to-
gether with the Banquillo lodes Nos. 3 and 4,
to Eastern parties by the original locators.
Mosher and Goodman.
The Dacey shaft in Ragged Top camp is UI5
feet deep, the bottom being in yellow sand
and bunches of ore.
The Union Hill M. Co. have their diamond
drill in place at the bottom of the 320-foot
shaft on their Union Hill group. A 200-foot
hole will be sunk and a core of the material
passed through be secured, when the drill
will be removed to the Hoodoo tunnel, now in
425 feet. Horizontal bores will be driven,
crosscutting the formation. Both tunnel and
shaft are now in a good grade of ore and ap-
parently the same body, though several hun-
dred feet of virgin ground intervenes be-
tween. Supt. Grable is attending a meeting
of the company, at which a contract for the
erection of the new 200-stamp mill will be
awarded. The company will build a railroad
connecting their various mines with the mill
and smelter, and electricity will be used as
the motive power.
The old Hawkeye will retain its organiza-
tion and absorb the property of the Pluma
Company. The matter will be arranged in a
few weeks, and as soon as it is perfected a
large force of men will be put at work in the
mines and the mills started.
The deal for the Sunset and Rainy Day
lodes has been closed and the first payment
made to the owners, Fish and Hopkins. D. C.
Eoley, the purchaser, will at once commence
development work.
The new 500-horse power Corliss cross-com-
pound engine at the Homestake old "SO"
mill has been started up. One hundred of the
200 stamps in the remodeled mill are dropping.
COLORADO.
The Black Wonder Company' at Lake City,
Colo., is putting in a gas engine and blower at
the mine to furnish air to the lower workings
which are at a depth of 630 feet. This com-
pany has a lixiviation plant at the mine which
will be started to operating within a month.
At Cripple Creek at the Gold Queen, on Ga-
lena hill, a shaft down 05 feet discloses 4 feet
of ore that assays from S20 to $32 a ton. A new
steam plant has been ordered.
The Cripple Creek sampler has been pur-
chased by a syndicate of mine owners, com-
posed of Reed & McKinnie, Cobb & Wilson
and Beiakadish. Possession will be given by
Tutt & Penrose on March 1st,
The occurrence of galena in regular seam in
the feeders now being cut in the Pointer is
interesting. There appears to be a small zone
stretching northwest from the Pointer to-
ward Cripple Creek town, in which the prin-
cipal values are in silver.
The St. Thomas, ou Beacon hill, has been
taken under $3.^,000 bonds and lease by a new
companv organized by Timis & Ctapp.
The Cripple Creek district will have work
for all the new mills now planned, and if the
mines continue to turn out low grade ores as
,'\t present, there will be others needed soon.
It bas become a serious question with the
mines where to dispose of their products.
Every mill that treats the district ores is
crowded beyond its capacity, with bins over-
flowing and sidetracks filled with unloaded
cars. The present milling capacity of the
camp is about 540 tons a day, and the mills
under contemplation will add about 500 tons a
day to the capacity. Inside of sixty days the
cyanide mill at Florence will have increased
the capacity of its plant ItiO tons a day by the
completion of the new roasting apparattis.
At Victor the Anglo-Colorado Exploration
Syndicate will cut its group of 17 acres of
Battle mountain into blocks and lease the en-
tire ground, including the Rigi. The new
shaft on the Rigi has produced 25t) tons of ore
in the past two months from development
work alone.
A 12-foot vein, which gives average mill re-
turns of $'Si'i. has been opened up at a depth of
7s feet in iho Alpha properly, on Beacon hill.
The claim is under bond and" lease to Williaui
Mendel of Cripple Creek.
The third insia'lment of Elkton stock,
amounting to 50,000 shares, and a portion of a
block of 300,000 sharo.s, secured under option
last August by a French syndicate, has been
accepted on behalf of the foreigners. The
prii?e agreed upon was $1 a share. By clear-
ing the 50,000 shares, the Frenchmen have
now absorbed 2(K),000 of the 300.000 shares on
which they hold an option. The remaining
100,000 shares must be taken up at the rate of
50.(H)0 shares or more per month.
Near Georgetown the Aliunde Consolidated
Mining Company, which now owns llie prop-
erties of the Colorado Central Consolidated
Mining Company, the Equator Mining and
Smelting Compiiny and John Turck, keeps
employed from 05 to 70 men, and a vast amount
of dead work has been done since .lanuary,
1800. repairing and rotirabering workings that
had gone to decay from disuse caused by con-
tention in the courts. These different prop-
erties have produced about $.'>. 000. 000. The
Colorado Central alone has naid during its
lifetime $530,000 in dividends.
. The Doric Gold Mines (Limited) is an En-
glish enterprise and has erected one of the
finest air-compressor plants and buildings in
the Slate. They own 2S claims on Saxon
mountain, and also lease and bond on eight
other claims. They are driving an SxS-foot
cross-cut tunnel to develop their claims. In
the first -oOO feet they have encountered three
of the lodes, each in fair ore, and shortly in-
tend to drift on them.
The Dunderberg mine, at Brownvllle, has
been steadily developed for the past year or
more with a force of 74 miners, and has been
making regular shipments.
At Telluride, E. J. Field, general manager
of an Eastern company, which has an option
on Pinch Bros.' group of gold properties, the
Nellie mine, and Ctosett &■ Stansbeck's prop-
erty, the Star Grazer, is having development
work pushed as rapidly as possible. The
Stella tunnel is being driven ahead with
three shifts of men and is in a distance of 350
feet on the vein.
A party of experts have been making an ex-
amination of the Silver Pick group of proper-
ties, on Mt. Wilson, the past several days, for
English capitalists.
One of the most important mining deals re-
cently consummated is the consolidation of
the Cheesman and Joe Hill tunnel interests
on Battle mountain, Red Cliff mining district,
and the formation of the Eagle River Mining
and Tunneling Company, with a capital of
$3,000,000. The consolidation puts the new
company in possession of a very large area of
mineral ground on Battle mountain. The
plans and surveys have been made for the
construction of a two-track tunnel, 9x!) feet
in the clear and 3000 feet long.
.VKIZONA.
Bisbee oW» : South of Crittenden, the Em-
pire Smelling Company has purchased a tract
of land from R. R Richardson, on which a
townsite has been laid out and a large smelter
has been built. The new town is called
Rollin. The company has bought the Hard-
shell mine, twelve miles away, and the Flux,
but two and a half miles distant, and is
building roads to each.
Twenty teams are busy hauling ore from
the old Holland mine near Washington camp
in the Patagonian mountains.
The DuQuesne people are doing much de-
velopment work and have a hoist and other
machinery ample to go to the 600-foot level.
So soon as a sufficient amount of work is done
to justify, a smelter will be erected.
W. A. Clark of Butte, Montana, who owns
the United Verde mines at Jerome, has se-
cured the Pride of the West, a copper prop-
erly of promise, and a large force of men will
be put at work immediately. This claim was
recently bonded for $80,000, but the .sale did
not go.
At Harshaw, Prank Powers is building a
new concentrating mill at the World's Fair
mine. The property is a silver mine and rich.
Globe Silccr 7ir.lt: Lewisohn Bros, have
seventy-five men at work in the Rosemont
copper "mines and expect lo increase the force.
Developments in the Lost Gulch mine have
opened an important ore body. A large
amount of work has been done in opening the
mine during the past few months and the dis-
coveries of ore have exceeded the sanguine
expectations of the management. The mill is
of ten stamps, and about twenty-five tons of
ore are run through daily. The force of men
now emploved numbers thirty.
The shaft on the Black Copper is down 230
feet and a crosscut is to be started at that
depth. Work on the Dadeviile goes on and
the crosscut at the 75-foot level has been
driven 15 feet in good ore. The ledge at that
depth is supposed to be at least SO feet
through.
Eight copper claims owned by J. H. Dur-
ham, Ed S. Lyell and Jas. Flynn, near Owl
Head, Pinal county, were bonded Dec. 3rd
last to English capitalists for $-3.5,000.
Prescott Journal Miner : At Oro Blanco the
Old Glory has opened a true fissure vein with
well defined walls and S feet of vein matter
that assays $40 per ton.
A hood for twelve months has been given
to Thomas Whitney, of Chicago, for the Con-
necticut mine, in Hassayampa district. The
owners of the mine are Fred Sattes, Juan
Robles, Julian Mora and Peter Omallia. The
purchase price is $5000, of which $500 was paid
in cash.
The company which recently purchased the
Standard and Buster mines, in the Bradshaw
mountains from John. McKenzie, will shortly
commence active operations.
96
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 30, 1897.
Scientific Progress.
Roberts-Austen's Discovery.
Prof. Roberts-Austen's discoveries
on the interdifSusibility of metals have
been taken up by the Royal Society of
England. The facts have been to some
extent known to savants before, but
now the results are made more clear.
It is shown that solid metals may be
made to mix themselves as if the atoms
were living creatures. Prof. Roberts-
Austen has, in fact, discovered pieces
of metal engaged in the very act of
mixing themselves up with each other.
Of course, the interest of this is that
the interdiffusion had been found to
take place when the metals were cold,
and though this property in metals, to
be capable of attaching themselves one
to the other when cold, has been talked
about before, nothing so clearly proved
has hitherto been at the service of
metallurgists and chemists as the facts
adduced by Prof. Roberts-Austen. He
shows that when clean surfaces of lead
and gold are held together in the ab-
sence of air, at a temperature of 40°
for four days, they unite firmly, and
can only be separated by a force equal
to one-third of the breaking strain of
the lead. The professor has also
proved that if a plate of gold be laid
under one of lead about three- tenths of
an inch thick, in three days gold will
have risen and diffused itself to the top
of the other metal in very appreciable
quantity.
A Property of Compressed Air.
Experiments at the imperial navy
yards at Wilhelmshafen have shown
conclusively that aluminum cannot be
used practically in men-of-war con-
struction, while aluminum bronze has
turned out satisfactorily in many
cases, when the alloy contained 94-96
per cent of aluminum and 6-4 per cent
copper, says Engineering Magazine.
After investigating and testing alumi-
num in certain parts of vessels, the
following conclusions were arrived at:
Aluminum bronze is useless for bear-
ings, valves, etc., on account of the
rapid wearing away; it has been found
useful, however, for various parts of
machines where friction is not an im-
portant factor, and also in cases where
light weight is an object. Furniture
made of aluminum showed decidedly
too little resistance and required fre-
quent repainting; aluminum shows,
furthermore, but little resistance to
sea-water, thus making it useless for
the walls of vessels. A 10 per cent
aluminum bronze, however, stands a I
fair chance of being freely used as soon
as the price of aluminum can be suffi-
ciently reduced to approach the value
of cast steel.
ence, an account of a meteorite which
was seen at its fall by M. Bartlett
of Florence, Arizona,
passed through the heavens
in a southerly direction and
fell with a report like that
of a cannon. The new-found
meteorite is a typical ex-
ample of the class of sider-
ites, weighing about 521
pounds, and about 92 inches
long, 24 inches broad and
8 inches thick. Mr. Bart-
lett says: "It has the
characte ristic ' thumb '
marks, and on a flat side
it has two cup-shaped
pits from 4 to 6 inches in diameter,
which is a remarkable feature. At the
point where the fragments were re-
moved the octahedral cleavage and
lines of crystallization are noticeable
to a degree rarely seen in iron. It is,
however, on the etched surface pre-
pared through treating a polished slab
with dilute nitric acid, in the usual
manner, that the beauty of the crystal-
line structure is best seen.
Mechanical Progress.
Improved Double Tooth '« Reli-
ance" Dog, Hade En-
tirely of Steel.
These dogs are made both right and
Compressed-air motors have been in
successful operation in France for many
years, and they are now rapidly estab-
lishing themselves in public favor in
the United States. They have been
constructed and tested at Rome, New
York, continuously for two years, in
all conditions of weather, and have
given satisfaction even at temperatures
iDelow zero. Several motors are now,
and have been, running for some months
on the 125th-Street Railway, in the
city of New York, in daily service,
without having lost a trip and with
great satisfaction to the public.
A remarkable property of com-
pressed air is that its efficiency can be
doubled by reheating. This is not
theory; the fact has been confirmed by
actual demonstration, both in Europe
and America. It may appear incred-
ible and contrary to well-known phys-
ical laws that the efficiency of air can
be doubled by simply passing it through
a tank of hot water before admission
to the motor cylinders, but such is the
fact, and the reheating which doubles
the power represents a consumption of
coal only one-eighth of the amount re-
quired at the power station to produce
the compression. — Herman Hauph be-
fore the Franklin Institute.
The use of sand blast for removing
old paint from iron is being tried. In
one instance the sand blast was used
to clean between decks of a cattle
steamer, which was in an exceedingly
bad condition. The results were highly
satisfactory as to quality of work done,
but the time consumed was excessive.
The air pressure used was, however,
only about ten pounds per square inch,
and it is, therefore, reasonable to sup-
in a patent hollow knee. The lever
has a downward movement to dog log
or cant and is held firmly in position by
a ratchet and stop, operated by hand
piece on the end of lever, making it im-
possible for the teeth to work out and
release the cant or log and allow it to
crowd or break the saw. They are
made for both high and low knees. Ex-
treme height of high-knee dog is 26
inches and that of the low-knee dog is
18 inches; furnished by the Edw. P.
Allis Co., 9 Fremont St., San Fran-
IMPEOVED DOUBLE TOOTH DOG.
left hand and can be bolted to the knee
or standard of any sawmill head blocks.
The cut herewith represents a right-
hand dog, which is made to bolt to the
right-hand side of the knee, viewed from
the platform of the carriage, where the
setter works. This dog combines all
445 •30RINO FIHLD O? 1S00 K.W, 2 PH.ftSE BK
LARGE GENERATOR IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Warren M. Foote of Philadelphia
gives, in the American Journal of Sci-
pose that if, say, fiom forty to fifty
pounds pressure has been used, the
results might have been satisfactory
in point of both quality and economy
of work. At any rate, it would seem
worth trying the process further. The
pronaise of money saving that it holds
out is certainlv seductive.
the best features of the "Reliance"
single-tooth and "Boss" double-tooth
dogs, and has double-grip hook teeth,
working in both directions, up and
down, and all operated by one lever,
made entirely of steel, and so con-
structed as to be used to bolt to knees
of any head block, or inserted and used
Largest Generators for Lighting.
The four largest dynamo electric ma-
chines ever constructed, to be used
primarily for lighting purposes, were
installed last month by the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing Co.
at the central station of the Allegheny
County Light Co. of Pittsburg, Pa.
Each of these generators has an output
of 1500 kilowatts (2000 H. P.). They
are wound for 2400 volts and at a speed
of 116 R. P. .M. deliver two-phase cur-
rents at a frequency of sixty cycles per
second (7200 alternations per minute) —
that is to say, the direction of the cur-
rent is reversed 7200 times per minute.
These generators, says the Scientific
Machinist, are of the same general de-
sign as our standard engine-type ma-
chines and are direct connected to
Westinghouse marine-type compound
engines. The distinguishing feature of
engine-type generators is the manner
of mounting the armature. The arma-
ture is keyed to the engine shaft, and,
revolving in the magnetic field,
becomes the fly-wheel of the
engine. The energy of the
great 5000 H. P. machines in-
stalled by the Westinghouse
Co. at Niagara Falls is chiefly
used for general industrial pur-
poses, such as the operation of
machinery in mills and facto-
ries, the operation of street
railways and electrolytic pur-
poses. The principal use,
therefore, of that plant is to
supply power, while lighting
is merely incidental. These
generators will be used chiefly
for lighting arc and incandes-
cent lights, though a consider-
able amount of power for poly-
phase motors is provided for by
the same generators and dis-
tributing circuits that supply the
lights, so that they are the larg-
est machines of their class ever
constructed.
In the illustration the armature
and field bobbins are not in place.
This is merely a shop view show-
ing the field casting being turned
true in a lathe. The sixty-two
field poles of this machine are
constructed of a great number
of thin sheets of steel punched
into suitable form and cast into
the yoke or frame. These are
secured together by end plates,
which are held by long rivets
passing through holes provided
in the plates and the sheets of
steel. The height of each gener-
ator from the bottom of the bed
plate to the top of the field is
22 feet 7 inches. The weight of
the armature (the revolving ele-
ment) is 73,925 pounds. The
weight of the machine complete
is 226,522 pounds. The system
employed is known as the Tesla
polyphase alternating current
system. Each generator delivers
alternating currents to each of
two circuits, the currents in
these circuits differing from each
J other in their time relation, or
phase, by 90°.
'"^Si The observation made by
1 Mr. Alfred Springer five years
ago that the acoustical proper-
ties of aluminum are approxi-
mate to those of wood, has been
verified by continued experiments with
sound-boards of that metal, and the
author exhibited in the American As-
sociation several aluminum violins, to-
gether with a device, called a bass bar,
by means of which the quality of the
tone produced by the instrument can
be controlled.
January 30, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
97
Electrical Progress.
Electric Energy From Coal.
No means has been found for tfae di- i
rect determination of tho solution pres-
sure of metals, but it may be calculated
from the difference in potential between
a metal and a solution of one of its
salts, says the Klicin'ail lin Inr of Lon-
don. Methods for the determination of
the latter have been devised by Ost- i
wald, and improved by Paschen. By |
the use of these and other constants, ;
which the researches of physical chem- \
istry have placed in his hands, the \
physicist can now calculate the electro- '
motive force which can be obtained by
various combinations of metals and so- ^
lutions. On this side the theory has i
rendered essentially the same service
for the galvanic cell which the atomic
theory rendered for chemical com-
pounds when it furnished the means for
calculatin},' their percentage composi-
tion. As in the early days of the
atomic theory, many of the constants
in question arc imperfectly known, but
since the theory has shown clearly ;
their independence, new means for ]
their determination and for the control
of their accuracy are constantly beini^
discovered. Every one who is familiar
with the extremely wasteful character
of all processes now at our disposal for
the transformation of chemical into
mechanical energy, must have had the
thought that there is surely .some means
of saving a part of the enormous loss.
At present, the attention of the scien-
tific world is turned toward the trans-
formation of the chemical energy of
coal into electrical energy as the prob-
able solution of this problem. It seems
to be almost certain that physical chem-
istry has already made clear the prin-
ciples by means of which such a trans-
formation may be accomplished. In-
deed, Dr. W. Borchers, by the use of a
solution of cuprous chloride with pro-
ducer gas, or carbon monoxide on one
side and air on the other, has already
obtained an electrical current which
corresponds to a transformation of 30
per cent of the chemical energy into
electrical. This is an efficiency three
times that of the best steam engines.
There is no probability that this method
can ever be practically useful, but that
a practical method will soon be discov-
ered is, at least, possible.
induction coil is sent through a capil-
lary tube of about 0.05 mm. diameter,
provided with aluminum or copper elec-
trodes, and filled with air at ordinary
pressures, an intense luminosity is ob-
tained— a luminosity which is described
as "intrinsically far superior to that
of the arc." Wider tubes give less
light.
The difficulties in the way thus far
are that the light is not continuous and
tubes of proper diameter for the best
results deteriorate rapidly.
Practical Information.
Oldest Iron Bridge.
candle power gas jet, if consumed in a
gas engine, will produce three 16 C. P.
electric lights.
The idea of building iron bridges is
first found, according to Ganthey, in
Italian writings of the sixteenth cen-
tury, and French engineers tried to act
upon it in the beginning of the seven-
teenth. Desaguiliers planned an iron
bridge over the Thames. Garrin com-
menced in 171'J with the construction of
an iron bridge over the river Rhone at
Lyons, but the diffieulties and cost of
the work discouraged him, and the
bridge was finally built of wood. At
that time only chain bridges were
known, apart from wood and stone
structures. Chains were strected from
one bank of a river to the other, and
the flooring placed directly upon them.
Bridges of that kind originated proba-
bly in China. Anastasius Kircher de-
scribes in 1667 a bridge at Kin-tung,
China, which was supported by twenty
iron chains. The military bridges of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
were of similar character.
It was in England where the first
permanent iron bridge was built. It is
the cast iron, one-span bridge over the
Severn, near the famous Coalbrookdale
Iron Works, in Shropshire. After this
pattern many cast iron bridges were
manufactured in England during the
last two decades of the eighteenth cen-
tury and shipped even to America.
The material for the Severn bridge
was cast by the Coalbrookdale Iron
Works in 1776 to 1779, and in the lat-
ter year the bridge was open for traffic.
It is still in excellent preservation and
is in daily use for a considerable traffic
over the river Severn.
The charter of the Bank of Prance
expires next year, and the bank offi-
cials have been in negotiation with the
Government for some time to arrange
the terms upon which a renewal of the
charter will be granted. The Bank of
France has always been exceptionally
strong, having accumulated the larg-
est amount of currency, both gold and
silver, of any of the European national
banks. The charter of the bank is to
be renewed and extended, under the
agreement just reached, for twenty-
three years, but with some changes.
The limit of the note issue is raised
from 4,000.0110,000 to 5,000,000,000
francs— $1,000,000,000. New burdens,
however, and new services are im-
posed. The bank is to advance to the
Government 40,000,000 francs free of
interest, and is to renounce interest
! on loans made to the Government in
] 1857 and 1878, aggregating 140,000,000
I francs. About 7,000,000 francs of the
bank's notes are supposed to have been
J destroyed — having been out for a long
time and never presented for redemp-
tion. The bank is not to gain by this
loss of the noteholders. The Govern-
ment takes the 7,000,000 francs and
assumes the responsibility of redeem-
ing the notes if they are ever pre-
sented.
A STRIKING illustration of the in-
fluence of fatigue upon the nervous
system is afforded by an experiment
conducted by an Italian physician some
months ago. Twenty-four bicycle
riders who had ridden thirty-two miles
in two hours and a quarter were ex-
amined with reference to their hearing,
and it was in nearly every instance
found to be defective. After two hours'
rest the hearing had become nominal in
most of them.
Rubber Belt Conveyors.
The accompanying illustrations of
rubber belt conveyors is one that needs
but little explanation. Its simplicity
will be apparent at first glance, while
its efSoiency is demonstrated in the
many plants where the same is now
in use. The manufacture of this style
of conveyors has been taken up by the
Jeffrey M'f'g Company. The special
rubber belt and idlers, as shown, are
manufactured under the Robins pa-
tents. Illustrations ^1, 13 and 6" show
three styles of rubber belt. The trou-
ble heretofore has been to get the
proper kind of material in a rubber
belt which will stand the wear and tear
occasioned by the material falling upon
it. This has been brought to a high
degree of perfection in the Robins
belt. The reinforced thickness of rub-
ber on the belt insures long life by
having the carrying side strengthened
where it is niiistly needed. Fig. D
shows the supporting rollers and idle
rs, which are very simple in construc-
tion and make the erection of this sys-
tem comparatively inexpensive.
Pig. E \s. an illustration of the con-
veyor as it appears in operation. This
rubber belt system is arranged to de-
liver the material at the terminals or
along the line, and is especially desir-
able in the handling of ores, broken
stones, sand, clay, fertilizers, grain,
coal, etc. For catalogue and prices,
address the Jeffrey M'f'g Company at
Columbus, New York, Chicago, or
Denver.
Electric Traction in the Sewers
of Paris.
Ever since Victor Hugo made famous
in " Les Miserables " the sewers of
Paris, they have been one of the sights
which venturesome visitors to that city
aimed to see. It now seems that even
these have been invaded by electricity.
A contemporary, in describing them,
says :
"The boats are used in the larger
tunnels, which are some 10 feet high
and 18 feet broad, with a rectangular
channel in the floor forming a canal 10
feet wide and 3 feet 6 inches deep,
along which the sewage flows. The
smaller branches are similarly con-
structed, but the canal is under 4 feet
wide, and cars with flanged wheels run
on the edges of the channel, which act
as rails. The primary object of both
boats and cars is to drag scrapers for
cleaning the channel — the admission of
visitors being, as it were, an accidental
adjunct. Both cars and boats are now
pi'opelled by electricity derived from
accumulators contained in the leading
vehicle, and weighing from 40 to 14
cwt. In order not to unnecessarily
stir up trouble — and other things — from
the liquid depths, the boats have no
screws or paddles, but propel them-
selves by picking up a chain laid along
the bottom of the sewage channel and
passed over a driving pulley geared on
to the motor. The train consists in
busy times of six boats or oars and will
accommodate as many as 100 persons."
A New Light.
Prof. O. Schutt of Jena has invented
what he calls the electro-capillary light.
He finds that when a discharge of an
Mining at Great Depths.
B. H. Brough, in his recent lecture
on "The Problems Associated With
Mining at Great Depths," said that the
maximum depth had reached 4900 feet
at the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet
and Hecla mine, in the Lake Superior
district, and the only other mine over
4000 feet was the Tamarack, in the
same district, which is 4450 feet deep.
Of mines over 3500 and under 4000 feet
there were tour in Germany, two in
Belgium and one in Austria-Hungary.
The deepest British mine is sixth on the
world's list. It is the Pendleton, near
Manchester, and is 3474 feet. The deep-
est in Scotland was given as the Nid-
drie, at Portobello, which is 2010 feet.
Mr. Brough dealt with the difficulties
of deep mining ; and he stated that the
cost of hemp ropes used to be 6d. per
ton of output, but now crucible steel
wire ropes were used, and in one case a
flat rope weighed only 8.2 pounds per
foot, had a tensile strength of 89 tons
per square foot, raised loads of 11 tons
from a depth of 3117 feet, and yet
lasted twelve months. At the deep
mines of Calumet the cage, carrying
six tons, was lifted at the rate of a
mile in IJ minutes ; in England the
speed has been as great as 57 miles an
hour, and the lecturer pointed out that
the best way to increase the speed of
winding was to slightly increase the
steam pressure and the size of the en-
gines. In the Marohiennes mines the
shaft was small in diameter, although
nearly 4000 feet deep, and 10 and 12
deck cages were used, the cage weigh-
ing 8800 pounds, and carrying 13,200
pounds ; but in Kimberley mine of 1100
feet depth, 3665 tons had been taken
out in llj hours.
Recent experiments show conclu-
sively that the gas consumed in one 16-
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Idlers
RUBBER BELTS AND CONVEYORS.
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Mining & Milling Machinery,
Automatic Gut-Off Engines, High-Speed Engines, Hoisting Engines,
duartz Mills, Manty Chili Mills,
PUMPS-CORNISH AND OTHER.
Rolls and Concentrating Machinery,
Copper and Lead Furnaces.
0j^ ,^^ The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
% ^^^1 . • . DENVER, COLORADO, . . .
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Wilfley Concentrating Tabic,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For confirmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenridge, Col. ; M. E. Smith,
Concentrator, Golden, Col. ; Mary Murphy Mine, St, Elmo. Col. ; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Sp^ingB^
Col. ; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Col. ; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
RoMLEY, Colo.. Jan. 19. 1897.
The Mine ami Smeller -Supply Co., Deiicer, Volo. — Gentlemen: Answering yours of the 5tti Inst., would state
that after a thorough trial we have discarded nine other concentrators and adopted the Wilfley Concentrating-
Table, which we think up to date is the best table in the market, so far as our knowledge is concerned. Yours-
very truly, [signed! B. B. MORLEY, M'g'r Golf M . & M. Co.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost -♦■ PDIfP %4.^il ****
ev ery make, as is shown by letters in our possession. ■♦ tlv.*^^*-*? •t7*f"»7V« ""..^
\A/. H. BIRCH Sc CO.,
Office and Works, l:2T-l:2Q-131-133-135 F^irst Street, San Rrancisco, Cal.
WRITE FOK A CIRCULAK ON THE
"BIRCH" IMPROVED TWO-STAMP MILL.
IRON FRAME, TRIPLE DISCHARGE, 850-LB. STAMPS, FORGED STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
Rrice, 3450 f. o. lb.
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKS.
Dynamos, TWotors, Hoisting Apparatus, Arc and Incandescent Lamps^
Instruments, and General Supplies.
TELEPHONE AND LINE CONSTRUCTION. LONG DISTANCE POWER TRANSmSSION A SPECIALTY.
Office and V/Vorks: -409 7VI/\rk:eT ST., S/\N F='R/VI>ICISCO, CAL.
Januaiv 30, \ii\)l ,
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Coast Industrial Notes.
— Forty-tive car loads of walnuts, valued at
Dearly (70,000, were shipped from KuUertOD,
Cal., last year.
— Amerfcan railroad Interests and British
commercial influeoees have succeeded la side*
tracking the Nicaragua Canal project in this
session of the national Congress.
—The SuisuD, Cal., Board of City Trustees
has awarded $42,uOO water bonds to the San
Francisco Bridge Company, which contracts
to put in water works for ^t:i,034.
—The San Hedro Oil Company has incorpo-
rated at Los Angeles; E. T. Howe, Pasadena;
\V. H. Obear, \V. Duncan, A. Dodd, Los An-
geles; H. J. Muller, San Hedro; capital stock,
1500,000.
—The McCloud Kiver Kailroad Co. has in-
corporated to build from Sissonsto Fall river,
in Shasta county. Cal. W. E. Brown, W. W.
Van Arsdttle, D. W. Earl, J. D. Brown and G.
W. Scott have each subscribed IKS-iOO.
—The Fitzhugh Electric Power Company of
San Francisco propose to build an electric
plant on the Stanislaus river, three miles from
Tuttletovvn, Cul.. with :iOOO horse power, to
deliver to the mines from Fourth Crossing in
Calaveras county to Jacksonville.
—At a meeting of the Ways and Means
Committee of the State Legislature last week
It was decided to recommend for passage the
bill appropriating $1U,UU0 for an exhibit of
California products at the Guatemalau Ex-
position to oe held this summer.
—A contract was granted by the Mexican
Government for the construction of a vitrified
sewer pipe factory in the City of Mexico to
C. C. Merrill of Los Angeles, and it was com-
pleted last month. A bond in $10,000 was de-
posited as a guarantee ttiat flOO.OOO would be
expended.
— E. B. Hambo of San Francisco has con-
cluded the purchase of 130 acres of land lying
on San Diego bay. aljove Roseville. It is
claimed that a railroad deal is in progress to
connect Salt Lake and San Diego and giving
the Union Pacific an outlet to the Pacific
Coast independent of the Central Pacific, and
that this purchase was made in the Vander-
bilt interests.
— D. McLean tells the Salt Lake, Utah,
Hentlil that *'lhe Pacific Short Line is to be
built through to the coast, grading to begin
about May 1st. C. K. Bannister is to be the
chief engineer in charge of the entire line.
The route is through Ogden and Salt Lake,
around the lake to the south; across the Deep
Creek country, over Beckwith's pass and on
to San Francisco."
— Work has been resumed on the tunnel of
the Turlock Irrigation Canal system, under a
contract entered into with Judge J. A. Way-
mire in the spring of 1890. There remains 250
feet of the tunnel, out of a total of 650 feel, to
excavate. Waymire's contract is for the pay-
ment of about $350,000 for putting the entire
system in working order, so that the water
vpiU run over the district, which comprises
170,000 acres.
—The Mexican government has awarded
the contract for the making of a harbor where
ships may safely anchor at Mazatlan. The
specifications call for the construction of a
first-class harbor with a depth of not leas than
80 feet, thereby facilitating the anchorage of
ships of the heaviest tonnage. At present
ships anchor in the roadstead, but it is thought
that the harbor can be safely made in what
was originally known as the Puerto Viejo, and
where ships formerly hove to. The amount to
be expended will approximate ^10,000,000 Mex-
ican silver.
Recently Declared riining Divi-
dends.
The Coronas M. Co., Mexico, $15U0, Jan.
15lh.
Portland M. Co., Colorado, 1 cent per share,
Jan. 15th.
Ontario, Utah, M. Co., 10 cents per share,
payable to-day.
Santa Rosalie, Mexico, M. Co., 5 cents per
share, Jan. 2(;th.
The Homestake, South Dakoka, 35 cents per
share, Jan. 25th.
Alaska-Mexican M. Co., 10 cents per share,
$18,000, Jan. 28th.
Alaska-Treadwell M. Co., 37% cents per
share, $75,000, Jan. 28th.
The Elkton Consolidated, Colorado, 20 cents
pershare, $25,000, Jan. 20th.
Anchoria-Leland M. Co., Colorado, 1 cent
per share, §0000, Jan. 15th.
Boston-Montana, Montana, $450,000: pay-
able Feb. 20th. In 1890 the company declared
two dividends of $2 each and two dividends of
$2 and $1 extra each, making $10 per share on
150,000 shares for the year. In 1893 the com-
pany paid §3 on May 20th and $5 on Nov. 20th,
or $7 for the year. In 1894 it paid two divi-
dends of $1 each. This dividend makes total
dividends to date $5,375,000.
LiyVHTED,
THE OVERI-rtlNID
VIA
UNION PACIFIC
Only 3 1-2 Days to Chicago 3 1-2.
Only 4 1-a Days to New York"-4 1-3.
The Union Pacific is the only line running Pull-
man double Drawing-Room sleepers and Dining
Cars San Francisco to Chicago daily without
change. Ouly one change to New York; dining
car service entire distance. Vestibuled composite
buffet smoking and library cars between Odgen
and Chicago.
The only line running upholstered Pullman Tour-
ist sleepers San Francisco to Chicago daily with-
out change, and personally conducted excursions
to St. Paul and Chicago without change, leaving
San Francisco every Friday.
Tickets and sleeping-car reservations at No. 1
Montgomery St. Steamship tickets on sale to and
from all points in Europe. D. W. HITCHCOCK,
General Agent, San Francisco.
Recent California Mining; incor-
porations.
Curtis M. Co. ; J. F., \V. W. and A. H. Cur-
tis, J. H. Sivers. H. VV. Snow; cftpitat stock,
•500,000-»500 subscribed.
La Oesoubridora M. Co , San Francisco; J.
G. Follansbee, J. Smith, T. Turner. H. and J.
Clark; capital slock. $aoO.OOO— ♦15 subscribed.
Kose Creek G. M. & M. Co. ; E. W. and H.
Tucker, F. D. Bepler, T. O'Neill. C. Rapp, H.
C. Tabrett, G. E. Bridgett; capital stock,
»100,000-»7000 subscribed.
Kensington G. M. Co., San Francisco; F. L.
Collon, J. G. Brown, E, and W. M. Painter,
A. W. Moore; capiUl stock. «100,000— *250
subscribed.
Keddick Mining Co., Grass Valley, Cal.;
capital stock. $100,000— all subscribed; J. F.
Kidder, E. H. Brown. G. Fletcher, Grass
Valley; C. P. Longbridge. Nevada City; W.
E. Brown, San Francisco.
Colorado River Mining Co., San Diego; cap-
ital stock, *1.0(K),000-all subscribed; .1. H.
Bowman, J. Connor, Holbrook, Arizona; G. W.
Beermaker, W. F. and J. L. Stearns. Chula
Vista; J. R. Stearns, Tla Juana; C. Kiessig,
L. L. Greenwart, San Diego; M. Davis, Na-
tional City.
Personal.
J. R. Smjtu has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Reward mine, on Grass valley
creek, Amador county, Cal.
Henuv Bkatnoiibh has left New York since
the close of the deal in the Tomboy at Tellur-
ide, Colorado, and will go to Tintic and other
camps in Utah.
RoHEKT Duncan, Jk., superintendent of the
Alaska-Treadwell properties, has returned to
Alaska, but is expected to come to San Fran-
cisco again within a few weeks.
VicTuK M. Clement, formerly of Grass Val-
ley, who has returned from South Africa, is
making an examination of the Mereur prop-
erty in Utah, upon which Capt. De Lamar has
an option for an English syndicate at 11,500,-
000.
COLORADO'S UOLD FIELDS.
imillouB upon nilUlons of Dollars In Gold Have
Been Added to the ATorld's Wealth.
It Is ;» well-known fact lh;it the richest and most
famous gold mines In the known world are those of
Colorado, many of whlcli are paying- to fortunate In-
vestors millions of dollars annually in dividends
Some shrewd persons who Invested only a few dol-
lars are now receiving' hundreds and thousands In
protits. and, judging from presenllndleatlons. there
are more desirable chances to Invest just now than
ever before. New mines are discovered dally and
old ones strike richer veins of gold.
In order to moot the great demand for reliabJe in-
formation about mines and mining camps, one of
Denver's oldest and btfst known publishers has Just
issued a handsomely Illustrated book accurately
describing every mining camp in the entire State of
Colorado, giving scores of truthful photo-engrav-
ings of famous mines, mountains, cities, etc. Cripple
Creek, the world's wonder. Is fully described; also a
correct map of the district. Narratives of how many
poor people have become wealthy by judicious in-
vestments In gold mines, and sketches of former
prospectors who are now fixed for life. Tells how
to avoid unscrupulous brokers and sharpers. The
volume has been carefully compiled by a disinter-
ested author and every statement made is guaran-
teed to be true. All terms and phrases of miners
fully explained; tables showing the State's produc-
tion of gold and silver for 85 years past. The pub-
lisher will send by return mall a copy of the above
great book upon receipt of 2.ie. (currency or stamps),
which also Includes a ;i-months trial subscription
to his big fiti-column weekly family paper, the Ulus-
trahd irfcA'/j; Ncdfim'/. of Denver. Colorado (estab-
lished I61>0). Clubs of 5 and 6 books. 11. The paper
contains each week all the latest mining news and
Illustrations of Rocky mountain scenery, also true
stories of love and adventure Cut this out. Ad-
dress as above and mention The Press when you
write. It Is reliable.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carton
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS. " ^""'c-k^iYlof ii?""" ''•
Wr^toN a KwG Perforating Co.
W^^ liif^iiilim CHICAGO.
METALS PERFORATED AS REQUIRED FOR
Mining Screens of all Rinds
-AND FOR use IN-
Milling and Mining Machinery
Reduction and Concentrating Works
Woolen, Cotton, Paper and Pulp Mills
Rice, Flour and Cottonseed Oil Mills
Sugar and Malt Houses
Distilleries, Filter Presses
Stone, Coal and Ore Screens
Stamp Battery Screens
Brick and Tile Works, Filters
Spark Arresters, Gas and Water Workt
Oil, Gas and Vapor Stoves
Coffee Machinery, etc., etc.
5tand.rd 5lzes Perforated Tin and Brass Always in 5tock.
Main Office and Works: 209to2ll North Union Street, Chicago, ill., U.S.A.
Eastern Office: No. 284 Pearl Street, New York
DOUBLE RIPE AIR COmPRESSOR.;
This is a cut of
the Double Pipe
AirCompressor,
the Compressor
that is guaran-
teed to save 30%
in power over
any other make.
It is cheapest to
buy, cheapest to
carry about and
cheapest to run.
If your fue' 0"
water costs you
anything, you
want this Com-
pressor. If you
can get railroad
freights free,
and can carry
machinery to
your mine with-
out cost, and
your power
costs you noth-
ing, any make of Compressor will do you. You will be under no necessity to
write to PNEUMATIC POWER CO., at 306 Pine St. , San Francisco, Cal. We
could save you money, though, in cost of foundations, as our Compressors are
half the size of other makes.
Hydraulic and River Miners Handling Boulders Can
Easily Remove Them By Using
The Knox Patent Hydraulic Grapple.
IT WILL DO GOOD WORK AND GIVE SATISFACTION.
PRICE ACCORDING TO SIZE REQUIRED.
Address WM. KNOX, Jacksouvllle, Oregon, or JAS. ARMSTRONG, 10 Front Street, S. F., Cal.
HEADQUARTERS.
Genuine Englisli Pomp Leather i
For Heavy Mining Pump Buckets. Will
outwear any other materral and give beat
aatlBfiiclion. Samples furnislied on appli-
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO., Leatlier Manu-
'actnrers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F.
HERCULES
GrtS, CSfliSOLUNE; AIND DISTTIUUAiTE EINGIJNES.
HOISTING ENGINES,
2h. p. toaooii, p.
STATIONARY ENGINES,
1 h. p. to 200 h. p.
MARINE ENGINES.
2 h. p. to 200 h. p.
Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER insures a saving o( 60% on
cost of running. Just i4 your expense SAVED BY USING A HERCULES in place of ANY
other. We make no exception.
NEARLY 3000 HERCULES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
ACTUAL USE. HIGH GRADE.
We claim full power, automatic and positive adjustment regrulatlne speed and con-
snmption of fuel in proportion to work l)elng performed. No spring electrodes to burn out.
All sprinf;8 are outside. Point of ignition, speed and amount of fuel can be changed
while engine Is In operation.
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG.
ESTABL^D 1880. j^^gss HERCDLES GAS ENGINE WORKS,
■WORKS: 216,217,219,221,223,225,327,229,231 Bay St. OFFICE: 406-107 Sansome St.. San Francisco.
Experimental yviachlnery and Repair \A/orIts of rtll Kinds.
F». T. TAYLOR & CO., 523 A\lssion Street, San Francisco, Canfornia.
Dynamos for Electric Lighting and Depositing Metals.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
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January 30, 1897.
#—••—•———•••••••••••—
! A Great Mining Triumph.
I
. DeLAMAR.
Capt. T. R- DeLamar, of New York City, is one of the largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
the world. After the most careful investigation he purchased in August, 1895, two Griffin Mills, and his
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words.
New York, Jan. 9, 1S96.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. Gciitle/iicn .-—The two Griffin Mills li.ive been in operation now for cjo days on the
hardest rock, with the exception of corundum, that I have ever met during my mining life. They have taken the rock direct
from the breaker, aud they average about 20 tons to each machine, 40 niesli tine, without elevating or bolting. We simply put
a % mesh screen around the GrifRn Mill, and the sluH comes out 40 mesh fine or over, which makes it an excellent pulp for
leaching by cyanide or chlorination ; therefore we have concluded to order lO more Grifiin Hills. We h.ive tried high-speed
rolls and dry stamps, and after looking into the Huntington Dry Pulverizer, the Narod Pulverizer, the 5;tedman Pulverizer,
the Frisbie Lucop, the Cook, and various other dry pulverizers, unhesitatingly recnminend your (griffin Mill to any c—
Yours truly, (Signed) J. R. DeI
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS work.
DeLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO., J
Salt Lakb City, Utah, Nov. 24, 1S96. 5
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. Gf;;/&?;/tf« :— In answer to your inquiry as to what the "Griffin Mill " is doing at our S
DeLamar Mill, DeLamar, Nevada, we beg to state that we often run 3 10 tnns per day with 10 of your mills in operation, and .
on one occasion these 10 mills produced 40S tons in one day. I have no hesit.incy in stating that they smSX regularly produce £
at least 30 tons per day each on our ne, which is extremely and unusually hard. ^
Yours very truly, H. A. COHEN, General Matuiger. Z
These strong letters coming from such 'representative men are conclusive evidence that we are \
right in claiming that the " Griffin Mill " will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any •
other stamp or pulverizer made. •
Let us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which will tell you all ^
about the Mill and bring to you other evidence of its great achievements. a
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO., 92 State St., Boston, Mass. •
"CRACOROOF"
\ PURE RUBBER BOOTS
I Are the CHEAPEST because
iThey are the Most Durable.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
See that the heels are stamped
"Union India Rubber Co. Crack Proof."
BEST QUALITY
Belting, Packing and Hose.
Gold Seal. Hadg^er and Pioneer.
Manufactured only by
Goodyear Rubber Co.
R. H. Pe-\se, Vice Pres't and Manager,
Nos. 373. 575, 577, 570 M A RKET ST., Sao Francisco.
Nos. 73, 75 FIRST ST., Portland, Or.
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I Patent Centrifugal, Steam and Power Pump-
ing: Machinery, Simplest, Cheapest and Best.
i Orchard Trmks, Grtpe Crushers,
I Wine Presses, Wine Filters.
j Ui»-to-Date Keimlr Shop for Atl Kiuds of
I Puuips and Other Miivhlnery.
■ It will pay you to get our prii es.
I J. L. BUKTON MACHINE WORKS,
1 15-1 17 First St, San Francisco.
,
To Gold Miners! IT IS A FACT . . .
Silver Plated Copper Amalgam Plates;
F="or Saving Gold. j
GOLD REMOVED FROM OLD PLATES AND REFLATED, Old Plates l
bought. Grt our Reduced Rates. Five thousand orders dlled. :
Twenty-five Medals Awarded. !
That Our Annual
Production of
. . . Insulated Wire
SAK FRANCISCO GOLD, SILVER AKD NICKEL PLATING WORKS,
053 aud 665 Mission Street, Saa FrHucisoo. Cat.
Telephone, Main 5931.
E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor.
Every description of work plated. Send for Circular.
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Cross-Compound Steam Enginesand "Whirlpool" Centrifugal Pumps
For Irrigation, Drainage, Dredging:, Mining. Etc. Capacities Troiu 50 to 50,000
Gallons Per Minute.
BYROIN JACKSOIN yVlMCHlNE lA/ORKS,
625 Sixth street San Francisco.
THOUSANDS
TPIIAV Patent
1 K.tJ/^yv imnrovei
Improved
Automatic Ore
SCHAW,
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THEY ARE THE BEST
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-MANUFACTtTRERS OF
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Hydraulic, Irrigation and Power Plants, Well Pipe, Etc., all sizes.
laOBBALE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Iron out, punched and formed, for maning pipe on ground where required. AU kinds of Tools sup-
plied for making Pipe. Estimates given when required. Are prepared or coating all sizes of Pipes
with Asphaltum.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
^IS AT 7
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY GO,, 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U. S. A.
Just Listen— Reliable Common Sense Steel
, Whim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Hoisters, $300 aud up; hand
holsters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
mills built to fit the ore
|and guaranteed to save
what we say. Coal Mine.
equipments, S c re e ns,
Jigs, Tramways,
Arastors, Chlllian
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.!
Cornish Rolls, 12x20, weight'
■ " ,000 lbs . , price $350 ; Feed-
ers, Bumping Tables ; Blake Cnishers,
17x10, weight 8,100 lbs, only «250. Our
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and INCLUDES KVKRVTHING in the Eleetrital Wire Line.
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
NOS. 8 AND 10 PINE STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
IRANK L. BKOWN. PaclHc Coast -igeut.
Double-Joipted Bail-Bearing Hydr^iiliV fxi^nt^.
Now in Use Over the World. !
The above presents au Improved Double-Jointed Ball-Bearing: Hydraulic Oiant which we
build. The improvement consists of the introduction ot a Ball Beariug by which the pressure of the
water is reduced to a minimum and the direction of the nozzle chaoged at will with ease.
Catalogues and prices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HENDV MACHINE WORKS, 38 to 44 Fremont St., San Francisco, Cal.
The accompanying cut shows the general ar-
rangement of Kuiffbt's Standard Water Wheel,
of which there are hundreds In use in different
States of the Union.
These Wheels are made from 2 feet to 6 feet In
diameter, from 10 to lOOO-horse power, and
adapted to all heads and purposes.
Wheels inclosed in iron cases, from 6 to 24
Inches.
Wheels for electrical power can be furnished
with or without Governors. Higfhest reg:ala-
tion guaranteed.
For full particulars, send fordescriptivecatalogue.
Address all communications to
KNIGHT & CO., Sutter Creek, Cal., or,
KISDON IRON WORKS, Agents, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
MINE BELL SIGNALS.
Adopted, Used and In Force in Accordance
with State Law.
|:q^OR THE CONVENIENCE OF OTJK READERS IN THE MINING COUNTIES WE PRINT IN
■ legal size, 12x36 Inches, the Mine Bell Signals and Rules provided for in the Voorhies Act
passed by the State Legislature and approved March 8, 1893. The law is entitled " An Act to Establish
a Uniform System of Mine Bell Signals to Be Used in All Mines Operated in the State of California
for the Protection of Miners." We furnish these Signals and rules, printed on cloth so as to withstand
dampness, for 50 cents a copy. MINING AND SCIENTLPIC PRESS, S30 Market St.. San Francisco
January 30, 1897.
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RIEDLER PUMP VALVE MECHANISM.
One perfectly controllable valve far better and
permitting greater range of capacity than is af-
forded by the bodies full of little valves usual in
other pumps. Recent Reidler orders: Ewa Planta-
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Alaska Me.x. Mines; Penn. R. R;, D. L. &W. R. R., etc. >
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ANACONDA MINE CAR AXLE.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
. EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OF CONSTRTJCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEH OF POWER.
In simplicity ol construction, absence of wearing parts, high efMciency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XRAINS/VVISSIOIN
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON VU/VXER XA/HEEL. CO.,
1:21 and 133 TVlain Street,
San F^rancisco, Cal,
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Manufacturers of AoBayers' and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for MetallurErlcal Purposes.
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Alns\v-orth Balances.
"Union" Hoist.
742-40 Champa 5t., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San Francisco Agents.
ANQELS IRON WORKS,
DEMAREST & FULLEN, Props.
Mining Machinery.
Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
QUICKSILVERI
FOR SALE BY
Th^ Our^Ra Company,
OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Room 1,
428 California Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
IIWEINTTORS, 'Talco IVotIc» t
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
26MARKBTST., N. B. Corner Front (Upstairs), San
iTrajtcisco. Experimental macliinery and all klnda
of models. Tin and brassworte All communica-
tions strictly confidentW.
Unton Gas or Oil EogLae and Hoist Combined, on strong iron base
No Fire.
No Steam.
No Boiler. No Danger.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA. LTD.
CAPITAL, - .SoaO.lXlO.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLF,. ECONOMICAL.
IM^ARTHUR-FDRRFST PROSCeO
Gold Medal. Columbian Exposition. 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArttmr-Forrest Cyanide Process,
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board In the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manaeer; HuRh Butler, Attor-
ney: W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Techntcal
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, P. G. Gow, 23 Ste-
venson Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPheb Building, Denver. Colorado.
Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOHIN X/\YLOR <fe CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Assay ers' THater iai,
FURNACES, SCALES,
BALANCES.
WEIGHTS. ETC.
ALSO. MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES.
CHEHICALS AND
CHEillCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid, sp.gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
TEN 'VE/^RS' EJKIF^ERIENGE.
/At30ut Tvuo Thousand Engjlnes In Use>.
Started Instantly. Compact, strong, simple, efficient, economical. Perfectly governed, so
that oil Is used only In proportion to the work done. No expense when idle.
Particularly Adapted to Mining and Ship and Wharf Use.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND STATE H. P. DESIRED.
Union Gas Engino Company,
314 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
HOME MANUFACTURE.
FOWLER'S
} Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Covering.
As a Non-Conductor, Unequaled.
Special Rates for Steam Boilers and Drums.
C. G. Fowler, 6S6-S8 Howard St., S.T.
Roller. Steel and Special CHAINS
FOR
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MAGHINERY
FOR HAMDLISG UATElHAt Or ALLKIUDS.
COAl MINIHC MACHINERY.
WIRE CABLE
CONVEYORS.
Western Branch, Denver. Col
THE JEFFREY MFG. CO., Colnmbna, Ohio.
Send for CataloRTie. 103 Washington St.,NiiwTo"lt.
SAN FRANCISCO
F*!oneer Soroen Vl/orIc»
JOHK W. Q UIGK, Prop.
Improved Facilities! Finest Work! Lowest Priceal
Perforated Sheet Metals. Steel, Ruaala Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screens
for All Uses.
♦** MmnTG SCREENS A SPECIALTY. *»*
aai and 333 First Street. San Francibco, Cal.
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
Homog'eneouB Steel.Cast \
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. CALIFORNIA
PEKFORATiKO ScuBEN Cc. 145 and 147 Beale,St.,iS.P.
102
Mining and Scientific Press.
January 30, 1897.
Professional Cards.
D. B. HUNTLEY.
I Mining: Engineer and Metallurgfist, ^
De Lamar, Owyhee €o., Idaho.
ROOM 49. CROCKER BUILDING.
( Cor. Market and Montgromery Sts., San Francisco.
( Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE >
/ Mining: Property. Principals desiringr valuable )
/ quartz or gravel InveatmentB at reasonable \
) prices win do well to see what I may have, v
> Only legitimate mining properties handled. t
W. J. AUAivrs. E. JVt.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex-
• pert on general mill work and amalg'amation, '
I Eighteen years' experience. Will report on <
1 Mines and Mills, and take full charere of Min-
I ing Properties. Address, 133 Market St.,
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
[ Designing and Consulting
' MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC
I ENGINEERS.
; 431 Market St., Cor. First St.,
, Telephone BLACK 2403. San Francisco. Gal.
\ The Evans Assay Office, i
f W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor. )
I Successor to Jehu & Ogden. J
i 638 Montgoxaery Street, San Francisco. )
C Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block. )
( Ore Assays. Analyses of Minerals, Metals \
and their Alloys, Etc,
( School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, !
i Electrical and Milling: Engineering. ^
) Surveying. Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, i
733 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. \
OPEN ALL TEAR. i.
} Mining: and MetaUnrgical Work In All <
Branches.
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and es-
{ periments on rebellious ores for treatment by ,
( cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
\ ports upon mining properties.
H.W. H. PENNrMAN,
STATE LICENSED
I Land, and nine Surveyor, i
Late of the California Exploration Co. '
C Photogfraphic Reports and Assays of J
Mining: Property.
^ OFFICE— Citizen Building, Main Street, San ^
Andreas, Cal.
Eveleth,MacLymont&Co.
I MINING and CONSULTING
Engineers and Metallurgists,
( Examine and report on mines, ore bodies, J
J and all metallurgical processes* connected )
[ therewith. i
Practical mill tests, assays and analyses of 5
C ores and general analytical work undertaken)
\ at the
CALIFORKIA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
10 Annie St.. (opposite Palace Hotel).
Between Market and Mission Sta..
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
References to leading- mining- men on appli- 5
I cation. '
KICHABD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address : Richpark.
[ Crocker Buildicg San Francisco, Cal. ]
CHARLES P. GRIMWOOD,
[ Mining; Engineer and Metallurgist, ]
Laboratory, 314 Pine St., San Francisco.
. T. JONES. G. M. BDMONDSON. i
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
) 3Iin)ne, Corporation and Government. .
Rooms 1-J, Exchange Bank Block,
► COLORADO SPRINGS. - COLORADO, i
HoHN H. MEANS, Geologist & Mining EogineeH
; Pri^llmiaary reports on mines to determine
advisability of extended investig-ation : assists
upon large examinations. Intricate surveying:,
and geolog-ic work for lawsuits. Thorough ex-
perience. Abundant references. Aug-lo-Amer-
ican cods. Address, 1016 Pine St., S. F., Cal.
C^^M^VER SCHOOL OF "MINES, 1315 15tli' St7
) Established In 1877. Prof. P. J. Stanton. Prlnci- (
s pal, and experienced assistants. Assaying: /
< taug:ht for ¥25, in two weeks. Courses in miner- )
) alog-y. metallurg-y. mining, surveying-, geolog.v- f
\ Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor- \
/ respondeoce. Assays warranted correct. Lady C
) pupils received. Investments made and in- i
J formation given in reliable mining properties. I
H. C \A/OODRCD\A/,(
Mgr. Santa Anna Gold Mining Co.
ANQELS CAMP, CAL.
: yviine^s and TVVining;.
Correspondence solicited.
HENRY E. HIGHTON, ^
J ATTORNEYand COUNSELLOR, j
Rooms 36-39, ?
^ Fourth Floor Mills Building, i
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. S
[ Established Thirty-Eight Years. Special At- S
tention Paid to Mining Business. )
Thomas B. Si/erett, JW, E.
Twenty-six years practical experience in !
' metal mining. Will make reports upon prop-
[ erty. or furnish properties to purcbasers. if
' desirous to Invest In the Cripple Creek gold '
' district, all on short notice. <
• References furnished in Denver or San Fran- <
I Cisco. Branch ofBce, Room 35. tenth floor, Mills <
t Building. San Francisco, care S. K. Thornton, i
I or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 11)5. Denver, i
I Colo. Registered cable, Everett, Denver. ,
.^
i TOLEDO, LEWIS CO. (
t State of Wasliington, V. S. A. ?
) Geological, exploring and prospecting work c
( in the St. Helens (Cascade Mts., State of C
Wash.) copper and gold mining region. Min-
ing claims, options and shares Coal lands.
I Correspondence solicited. References given
I and expected.
I A.H.WARD. {Established in 1869.) h.c.waed.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO..
; NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS.
71 & 73 Stevenson St. (Near Market ^
and Second), San Francisco, Cal. ^
; Practical forking Tests of Ores by All ;
Processes a Specialty,
I Assaying-, Analyses of Ores, Minerals,
. Waters, Etc.
► Sampling: of Ores. Roasting of Ores.
Stamp Mill in Operation on Premises.
Supervision of Sampling.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worts
And Chemical Laborator)^
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
(INCOKPOKATED.)
C 36 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, Cal. 3
CAREFUL ASSAYING, Analysis ot Ores,
[ Waters, Etc.
PKACTI'^AL Instruction Giyen in As- -
; saying, CYANIDE PROCESS, Electro-Plat- >
[ ing, Etc. >
LOUIS FALKENAU,
} STATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
K 434 California St., near IVIontgomery.
) Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
) dustrlal Products, Poods, Medicines, etc., etc.
) Court Expecting' in all branches of Chemical (
} Technology. Working' Tests of Ores and In-
) vestig:ation of Metallurgical and Maaufactnr-
S ing Processes. Consultations on all qxiestlons
S of applied chemistry. Instructions given la j
\ assaying and all branches of chemistry.
MARO F. UNDERWOOD, M. D?^
'1148 Sutter Street, San Francisco, <'al. )
Arsenic, Mercury & Cyanide^
POISONING \
EDWARD L HALLAWELL,
115 and 117 Main Street (2nd floor),
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Millwright and Engineer.
Contractor for the erection of Stamp IViills, Roller
Mills, Reduction Works, Saw Mills (both circular
and band), Aerial Wire Rope and Surface Tram-
ways, etc., etc. Putting in machinery, shafting,
etc., of all kinds promptly attended to. Estimates
given on plants, complete, including machinery,
building material, etc.
Gold, Silver and Copper Ores
and Sulphurets
BOUGHT AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
SPECIALTY, COPPER ORES.
WRITE FOR RATES TO
PIONEER REDUCTION CO.,
NEVADA CITY, CAL.
AM
FPICANANO FO
SM
OP HOME
STUDY,
pree Sample Copy
... An Elementary Jonrnal for Students
Of Mechanics, Electricity, Architecture, Min-
ing, Plumbing, Healing and Ventilation,
Steam Engineering, Civil Engineering and
Mechanical and Architectural Drawing.
Address
HOME STUDY,
Bo3c lOOQ,
Scranton, F»a.
THE ROESSLER & HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Pine Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Glilorlde of Lime
Trade Marlt.
Sulphide of Iron
And other ChemlcaU for Minlntr Purposes.
THE PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
c'^ DEWEY & CO.^'^S.
aao MARKET ST. S.F.
yniLL OR F»L/\GER.
A Guarantee With Each IVtachine.
This machine Is the finest grold saver for both
placer mines and quartz mills. No other plate nec-
essary in mills where the Pacific Anialpamator la
used. It is constructed almost entirely of metal; It
can he transported on pack train. Possesses a larpe
amount of silvered amalgamating: plate surface. No
scouring' of amalpram. Any ordioary amalgamator
can operate the machine with grood success. Send
for catalogue.
THE PACIFIC MINING MACHINERY CO.,
127 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
RRED R. cook:.
Manufacturer of
LEATHER BELTING, LACING,
ETC., ETC.
SOS Mission St., near Main, San Francisco, Cal.
Telephone Drumm 75.
HORACE R BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
/" Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
Process,
rairillilul!!'! Brown's System of Mechanically
1 Stirred Koastmg:, Cooling' and
V Conveying Furnaces. Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN=CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Office 8 Drapers Gardens.
I^aDoratory and Ore Testing- Plant, 1530 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated hy leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine aud coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Glerici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form ol fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for U. S.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
'T'HE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efficient method of using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
* cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been in-
creased percentages ot values recovered and saving of time. IWaterial reduction in consumption ol
chemicals has also been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
All 07-eSt wiiliout exception., amenable to cyanide treatment can be treated to better advantage hy the
Kendall Process. This can be accepted as an axiom.
Themanager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District, Utah, wires: "We now begin to
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 230 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
ONE CENT Per Hour is Cheap.
That is what "WEBER" GASOI.INE ENGINES COST to run per H. P.
Simple, Safe, Keliable, Economical. Get Posted. Addresn WEBER
GAS & GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 430 S, W. Boutmard, Kansas City, Mo
January 30, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
103
RISDON IRON W/ORKS,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
Whuii Writ
niNERS, ATTENTION!
A= inches. We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED'
„_ ,, Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
^ ~ greatest possible density.
D= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
E= " We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your'
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
InRpleime montlon the MININC AND SUIKNTIFIC TRESS.
W/HITE, ROGERS Sc CO.,
Constructing Engineers and A^illvv/rights,
INO. 30^ F»II\E STREET,
S/\IN F*R/\INdSCO, C/\L.
We furnish the machinery und erect at ihc mines all descriptions of STAMP MILLS for the economical treatment of gold and silver ores. HOISTING A * PUMPING MACHINERY, operated by Steam,
Wutcr.or Electric Motors. CYANIDE. CHLORINATION AND LEACHING WORKS. COnPLETE CONCENTRATING AND SMELTING PLANTS for dressing lead ores and
smelting for copper and silver. IMPROVED AIR COMPRESSORS AND DRILLS. WIRE ROPE TRAflWAYS for transporting ores; ETC., ETC.
■^■^^ Practical Working: Plans and Specifications Provided for All Machinery Furnished or Structures Built By Us. 4-^4'
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey St Co.. Pioneer Putent
Solicitor!* ror Paolflo Cohhc
FOR THE WEEK ENIKNG JANUAUV 12, 1^07.
575 Oy.'».— Sieve foh Tiiresher.s— W. Bartelt, Fair-
field, Wash.
.S75,142.— CoNCENTRATOK liEi.T— W. F. Bowers, S. F.
574.K>1.— FUDiT SuiCER— Baltic Debzell, Jackson,
Cal.
575.ai7.— Trace Buckle— C. P. Dommon, Sacra-
mento. Cal.
575,223.— Car COUPLING— Ferguson & Miller, Glen-
(iora, Cal.
SV.^i.l.Vi.— Slihe Valve— G. R. HerricUs, S. F.
575,159.— Soap Holder— G. W. Johnson, S. F.
575,124.— Rutarv Engine— M. Matson. Scdro,
Wash.
575.285— Extension Taule— W. H. Mays, Los
Angeles, Cal,
575 261.- Conveyor- McCabe & Anderson, Tacoma,
Wash,
575.2*i6.— Handle BAR— McCoUum & Knoll, River-
side, Cal.
375,178.— Propulsion of Vessels— F. O. Slanker,
Pomona^ Cal.
57.S.19IJ.— Typewriter— L. E. Wilkes, Hillsbor-
ough, Or.
for the week ending JANUARY 19, 1897.
5?n,662.— Heel Plate— H. P. Andresen, Seattle,
Wash.
.■>75.5-l:i.— Trestle— T. A. Clark. Portland, Or.
575,^7.— Bicycle Attachment— Dehlin & Clark,
Seattle, Wash.
575,355.— L.IQUIO ELEVATOR— W. M. Kiddle, Clif-
ton. A. T.
57r>,360.— Net Controllbi^-T. Lindsay, Capitola,
Cal.
575.610.— Tooth Powder Box— P. S. Malcolm,
Portland, Or.
575,402.— Crib CoDNTEit— W. H. Martin, National
Military Home, Cal.
575.812.— Car Coupling- L. Mendelson, San Diego,
Cal.
675,572.— Shade Roller— G. M. Parsons, Carson,
Nev.
575.573.— Controller— O. H. ■& A. F. Picpcr, San
Jose, Cal
575..'i74.— Extension Ladder- J M. Pugh, Reno,
Nev.
575.380.— Mucilage Bottle— A Shackleton, Mer-
lin, Or.
.S75,443.— Corset Steel— Chloe F. Tilton, S F.
575.447.— Paper Cutter- M. F. Tytler. Seattle,
Wash.
575,406.— Bicycle Seat— C. E. Wbeeland, Seattle,
Wash.
575,672.— Prepayment Meter— H. W. Williams,
San Leandro, Cal.
26,.'i39.— Design for Beer Keg Guard— A. H.
Schram, Oregon City, Or.
Note.— Copies of U. S. and Forelgrn pateuta fur-
nished by Dewc-v & Co. Iti the shortest time possible
(by mail for lelegraphlc order). American and
Pnrelen patents obtained, and general patent buai-
oeas for Paclfie Coast Inveniora iranaaeted with
perfect security, at reasonable rates, and In the
shortest possible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention:
Prepayment Attachment for Meters. —
Hugh W. Williams, San Leandro. Cal. No.
575,672. Dated Jan. 19, 1897. This invention
relates to improvements in mechanism and
construction of attachments for meters where-
by the introduction of a coin of given value
into the apparatus sets free a mechanism
which will operate until an amount of gas has
passed through the meter rqual to the value
of the coin which has been, d.. posited. It con-
sists essentially in the combination of a
normally closed valve for controlling the meter
connection, a means dependent upon the de-
posit of a coin for opening the valve, means
for holding the valve open and permitting It
to close at the expiration of a given time,
comprising a rotatable screw, a lever con-
nected with the valve, a slidable finger
adapted to engage the screw and hold the
lever and maintain the valve open during the
engagement and to allow the valve to close
when the engagement terminates by the ro-
tation of the screw. In conjunction with this
mechanism is an indicator operated by the
sliding of the screw and a plurality of dis-
tinct scales over which the indicator plays so
that the sliding movement of the screw may
be varied in accordance with the correspond-
ence of its sections with the distinct scales.
Tlntlc Mining District,
UTAH.
Tbe Tlntlc Mining- District lies eiebty-live miles
south of Salt Lake City on tbe Rio Grande Western
K-allway. and Is, as shown by the recovda of 18% and
80 far In tbe present year, the Rreatest mineral pro-
ducingr district in Utali.
The names of the great bonanzas of Tlntlc,
tlie M;ininiotli. Centenulal-Eureka. Bullion-Beck.
Enrc'ka Hill and Gemini are recotjnlzed everywhere
ihai ilii- mining: industry Is known The four
fornifi- have each a record exceedintr $1,000,000 in
dividends and tlie latter of over fWIO.OOO.
Until within tbe last two or three years no ade-
quate means of reductiou of Tlntlc ores was In
operation in the district and tlie producllon of the
mines was limited to those orea sufficiently rich to
be shipped to the smelters for treatment, but this
has been clianged by the erection of Immense com-
bination and concentration milling plants which
can work at a profit thoae immense deposits of low
frrade ores which til! all the produelnp mines of the
district. Four of these mills are in active operation,
and three others will undoubtedly be erected within
the next year.
The ores of Tlntlc are greatly diversified In
character. Tbe principal metala produced are gold,
sliver, copper and lead. In silver production TIntie
leads the State, while In the production of gold It
stands second on the list. Bealde the big bonanzas
above mentioned there are some twenty-five or
more properties that now and in the past have been
producing mines. a"d to these may be added a score
of others which have paid for their development by
tbelr products, and iipon which the recent rlvlval
of the mining Industry has had the effect of a re-
commencemenL of operations.
Tlntlc has four thriving towns— Eureka, the busi-
ness center of the district, with a population of
2.500; Mammoth, population 1,000: Robinson and
Silver City. 500 each, all of which offer great Induce-
ments for Investments In a business way.
At the base of the foot hills only a few miles
away, Is a valley of 25.000 acres of choice fruit and
garden landa, watered by tbe Mt. Nebo Land and
Irrigation Company.
As to the future of Tlntlc. It le no exaggeration to
say that It possesses the brightest prospects of any
mining- district In Utah, and offers to the prospect-
ive inventor opportunities wlilch cannot be ex-
celled.
Tlie Rio Grande Western Railway has a double
dally train service between Salt Lake City and the
Tlntlc Mining Diatrlet. For further partieulara
apply to P. A. WADLEIGH, General Passenger
Agent. Salt Lake City.
" Ferrite " and Projectile
STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
CHEAPER THAN CAST IRON.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, ADDRESS
Rix Compressed Air Machinery Co<,
11 AND 13 FIRST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
M
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THOMSON & BOYLE,
310-314 REQUENA ST., LOS ANGELES, CAL.
(RON & STEEL
s^tfa^E-RJE^iS
^ii^^^^^^^l
F='or Hvclraullo F^urposes, iy\m.cX& from the Best
Sheet Steel, S]ng:le or IDoul^le Rlweted.
\A/jC\XER TiCVNKS. - OIL XAP^iKS.
STEAn BOILERS, ORE CARS, ORE BUCKETS, Etc.
Sheet Iron Work of All Kinds. Correspondence Solicited.
P
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P
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THE TRAIL CREEK, aAA
CCEUR D'ALENE . ^^^
AND BAKER CITY .
* nining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. Sc N.
Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
FhedF. Connor,
Genu Agent.
Ticket Ofpicb,
630 Market St.
E. E. BURLINGAME"S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Cbemical Laboratory. Eslabtisbed In Colorado.
18G(;. Samples by mall or express will receive
prompt and careful attention Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress Vim and IjaS Lawrence Street.. Denver, Colo.
HYDRAULIC MINKK.— A practical iiydrauUc
miner of 20 years' experience now open for engage-
ment. Experience as superintendent and foreman
In California and British Columbia. Understands
I ditch surveying and fitting up mines. Address
HYDRAULIC MINER, care this office.
sm(mmmms>/mLj
H. CHANNON COMPANY,
DEALERS IN
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January 30, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, Jan. 38, 1897.
Trade continues to steadily improve. While
the buying is largely of a hand-to-mouth
character, yet it is enlarging— that is, more
dealers come in daily, which makes each
week's aggregate sales show an increase over
preceding. If it was not for tariff tinkering,
there would be a decided revival in business;
but the uncertainty as to the import duties on
foreign products, raw and manufactured, cre-
ates a feeling of uncertainty and more or less
uneasiness. It looks now as if by the close of
February the new bill will have been so far
formulated as to give some degree of assur-
ance as to what can be expected, and, if
this proves correct, then large handlers of
goods and all kinds of manufacturers can op-
erate with more confidence, knowing that, for
four years at least, the tariff question will be
out of the way. A tour among the manufac-
turers shows that the majority are fairly busy
for the season of the year. They speak quite
hopefully of the future, particularly manu-
facturers of mining machinery and farm im-
plements. This hopeful feeling is created by
authentic reports that there will be more ac-
tivity in gold and copper mining than has be-
fore been known on this coast, and this will
call for machinery, while large crop prospects
makes it quite certain that there will be more
inquiry for farm implements.
In the local money market there is continued
ease with an increasing call for first-class
paper. The large accumulation of idle money
in the banks and a light call for accommoda-
tions is doing no little in shading the rate of
interest on gilt-edge security. For a better
investment many holders of money are turn-
ing to the better class of local securities—
those that pay dividends. This demand has
strengthened the market for them. The East
continues to report a plethora of money with
the rate of interest for call loans at 1% per
cent per year by trust companies and a per
cent by hanks. The easing of money markets
abroad, with the rate of interest in the Lon-
don open market at 2% per cent, is calculated
to work against, for the time being at least,
an advance in interest at New York. The ex-
ports of products from Atlantic seaports are
falling off, but still they are in excess of im-
ports. The balance in this country's favor
meets dividend and interest payments abroad
and also any selling of American securities
held in Europe.
New York Silver Prices.
New Yoke, Jan. 28.— Following are the clos-
ing prices for the week:
, — Silver
London.
Friday 39?^
Saturday 29%
Monday 29 13-16
Tuesday 29 13-16
Wednesday 29 13-16
Thursday 29 13-16
Copper. Lead. Iron.
Friday 12 00 3 10 11 00@13 00
Saturday 12 00 3 07H 1 1 00@13 00
Monday 12 00 3 05 11 00@13 00
Tuesday 12 00 3 05 U 00@13 00
Wednesday . .13 00 3 05 11 00@13 00
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
JSTew York Sight Draft 15c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 17i^c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.85^
London Merchants 44.84^
London Sight Bankers 84.88^
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 645i
Mexican Dollars 52@52;^
SILVER. — The market has shown more
strength, with an advance of % cent an ounce
on the week's business. This improvement
was predicted by the Mining and Scientific
Press. It ought not to cause surprise if the
markets at home and abroad do not move to
fully as high figures as ruled last year. The
shipments of bullion from New York are
quite large, but it seems as though they were
all provided for before arrival out, for English
markets, instead of declining, are advancing.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The Chinese New
Year's demand will be over soon, but while
it lasts shipments there will be free. Both
New York and London report large shipments
to meet requirements in China during that
holiday season.
ANTIMONY.— Our market is quoted at 7%
@8c in a jobbing way. New York mail ad-
vices quote 7J;^c for Cookson's, 6%^Q%c for
Hallett's and 6^c for Japanese.
QUICKSILVER.— The demand is good for
the season. The shipments by water to Mex-
ico have been light for fully two weeks past.
The market is unchanged so far as quotations
are concerned.
The market is quoted as follows :
Domestic trade, per flask 36 40
For export, quotations are nominal but less
than for home.
COPPER. —The market continues strong,
both at home and abroad. The impression
prevails that when the spring and summer
demand sets in, still better prices will rule.
This opinion is grounded on the belief that in
this country the consumption will be fully 25
per cent.more than last year's, while that in
Europe will not show any falling off, with the
probability that it will show an increase.
With increased consumption and no decided
increase in production, sellers will have the
advantage.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing 14^@
Ingot, wholesale 13^[gi
Sheet copper 17 @
Bolt Ji&&-16, 20o; % and larger, 17o
Lake Superior Sheathing 20
LEAD.— T he market has held firm through-
out the week.
Piff — @ 3 75
Bar.:::....::: - @ 400
Sheet - @ 5 25
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT.— There is a moderate demand.
Our market is quoted as follows:
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs ... $1 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " " ■■■ 145
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do. " "... 1 45
BORAX.—Shipments to the East are fair.
The market is steady.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 5
Refined, in sacks 43i
Powdered, in car lots 414
Concentrated, " 5
TIN.— The markets at the East and abroad
are higher, with the tendency to still better
figures. It looks as if the speculative pool
will be successful in promoting their deal, par-
ticularly if silver advances, so that it will cost
more to lay down pig from the Straits. Our
market is firming up for both plate and pig.
We quote as follows :
Pig, per lb HMc® —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 05@ —
" " " light, " 3 9&@ —
IRON.— The consumption of pig is said to be
increasing. Eastern advices indicate a stead-
ier tone, with the outlook favorable for a large
increase in business. It would seem from our
advices that the larger producers of Bessemer
expect a strong fight. At Milwaukee two iron
mining companies held their annual meetings,
the Metropolitan, which owns the largest
Gogebic range mine, and the Aurora, which
oiso owns a Gogebic mine that produces ore
of the Bessemer grade. In both instances,
the reports to the stockholders expressed
sanguine views with respect to the season of
1S97, although operations in 1S96 were highly
unsatisfactory, the Metropolitan having ship-
ped less than half as much ore as in 1S95.
These properties, if any, will be affected by
the Carnegie-Rockefeller combination, but
the Gogebic miners seem to think that they
can hold their own. Both Northwest and
Wisconsin share the belief of the mine owners
that the coming season will bring improve-
ment and both companies are preparing to
handle an increased business.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $21 00 $23 50
Thomas 22 00 33 50
Salisbury 30 00 33 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 $23 00
Garlsherrie 2150 28 00
COAL. — There is nothing new to report.
The demand is free and the market for nearly
all kinds is steady to firm.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington $8 00@
Greta 6 00® 6 50
Naualmo 6 50@ 7 00
Gilman 5 50@ 6 00
Seattle 5 50(«' 6 00
Coos Bay @ 5 00
Cannel ---. 8 00®
Egg. hard 12 00@13 00
Wailsend ® 6 50
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland -. 13 no
Egg, hard 10 00
West Hartley .' 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 9 50 @
spot.inbulk 10 00 @
" in sacks 1100 @ 12 00
Cumberland ®
LUMBER.— Agents report a continued good
shipping demand.
Redwood, Fluming 17 00 @
Pine 14 00 @ 19 00
Spruce 26 00 @ 3100
NAILS.— The market continued unsettled
irregular.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $2 40
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " " 2 25
POWDER.— The demand is fair.
The market is quoted as follows :
Hercules, No. 1*, per pound UHo
" No.2, " " 8Vic
Mining 5hare Market.
San Francisco, Jan. 28, 1897.
The market for the north-end shares ad-
vanced up to Monday, when Con. Virginia
sold at S2.60, While the north-ends advanced
the Gold Hill shares declined, but the middle
shares firmed up. After the regular session
on Monday Con. Virginia began to weaken,
causing a decline in the other north-end
shares and a weakening in the middle, but
the Gold Hill shares held steady. Tuesday
and Wednesday there was a further decline
in the north-enders, but the Gold Hillers ad-
vanced slightly. This see-sawing process is
something new to operators, who are some-
what mystified by it, but it looks very much
like manipulation without regard to news
from th6 mines. The advance in Con. Vir-
ginia was due to reports of a small strike— 13
to IS inches of ore, assaying from ®~5 to over
'&300 a ton. it had the effect to make some
shorts fill, and, at the same time, bring in
some outside buyers. The decline was due to
o£Bcial reports that several weeks' dead work
would have to be done before they can find
out its extent and value; or, in other words,
be developed. The strengthening in the Gold
Hill shares towards the close is as much of a
mystery as was the decline. The prices rul-
ing for some are too low, considering the work
ynilVIIVC^ /\SSESS7WEINTS.
Company and Location. JVo.
Alta S M Co, Nev 64. . .
Anita GM Co, Cal 13...
Best & Belcher M Co, Nev . . . .61 . . .
Bullion Con G M Co, Cal 10. . .
Con Gal & Va M Co, Nev 7...
Confidence GIM&M Co, Co... 1...
Crown Point G & S M Co, Nev.69. . .
Eureka Con Drift M Co, Oal, . . 7. . .
Eureka Con M Co, Nev 14. . .
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev. . . 80. . .
Gold Hill M Co, Cal 11...
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 45. . .
Hale&Norcross S M Co, Nev.llO. . .
Hartmanu Mining Co, Cal 1. . .
Jamison M Co 9. .
Julia Con M Co, Nev 28. . .
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal . . 6 . . .
Mineral HIIIM &SCo, Cal... 1...
Reward G M Co, Cal 17...
Thorpe M Co, Cal 5...
Utah Con M Co, Nev 24....
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.Jan 28
.Mar 2.
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.Jan 11.
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and S2le. Secretary.
.Feb 8 J E Jacobus, 309 Montgomery
.Feb 18 L FReichling, 404 Montgomery
.Mar 23 M JafEe. 309 Montgomery
.Feb 10 C A Grow, Mills Bldg
.Feb 4 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
.Mar 20 P Aureguy, 320 Sansome
.Feb 3 Jas Newlands, Mills Bldg
.Mar 20 DM Kent, 330 Pine
.Mar 15 HP Bush, 134 Market
.Feb 9 A K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Mar 4 C A Grow, Mills Bldg
.Feb 23 W J Gurnett, 308 Pine
.Feb ] R U Collins, 331 Pine
.Feb 23 G W Peer, 4 Montgomery
.Apr 21 Sam WCheyney, 120 Sutter
.Mar 19 J Stadtfeldt Jr, 309 Montgomery
. Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
.Mar 25 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
.Feb 5 S W Backus. Mills Building
.Mar 15 A FFrey, 44 Phelan Building
.Mar 8 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
that has been done, and also that is being
done, in the mines.
Prom the Comstock mines official letters do
not report any material change in the general
situation. The general tenor seems to be fa-
vorable, but at the same time it points to
time and more money before results can be
determined. In Qtah work is continued on
the same levels as heretofore reported. In
Union there seems to be more active work on
the 900-foot level. It is east, west and north.
From Mexican our advices state that work is
still continued on the 1000-foot level. It is to
the west. The formation is favorable. In
Ophir the work is to the west, both on the
lOOD-foot and Central tunnel levels. On the
latter level in an old west crosscut they have
run into some ore going over §134 to the ton.
In Con. Virginia they are working on the 1000-
foot, 1650-foot and IToO-foot levels. On the
1000-foot level they are running a south drift;
on the 1650-foot level they are upraising so as
to get at the ore reported on the 1550-foot
level. They are working on several floors of
the 1750-foot level. They extracted about 19
tons of ore last week assaying a little over
§40 to the ton. In Andes repair work will
soon be completed. Work is still continued
by Best & Belcher and Gould & Curry on their
joint east crossdrift from the SCO-foot level of
the Bonner shaft. The work in Savage ought
to begin to attract attention before long. In
Hale & Norcross they are still prospecting on
the 900-foot level without, so far, showing up
any ore. No work is being done by Chollar,
but in Potosi work has been done on the 450-
foot level toward the Bullion line. It is in
the west. Bullion is still running a north
drift. They are still working to the west in
Alpha on the 500-foot level. From the Gold
Hill mines official letters report that they are
still pushing, but slowly, the west crossdrift.
No work is being done by Challenge. A few
tons of ore are being raised each week by Con-
fidence. Preparatory work is being done by
Overman for more extensive exploiting work
on the 1100-foot level. They raise a few tons
of ore each week. It is reported that work
will be resumed before long by Caledonia. In
Alta they are in vein matter carrying string-
ers of quartz going from $9 to $23 a ton.
Advices from the Brunswick lode are to the
effect that work is being done on the 300-foot
level of Best & Belcher and Gould &; Curry;
they are running a south drift and also an
east crossdrift. The work in Savage is the
same as heretofore reported. ChoUar raised
last week TO tons of ore, assaying, by samples,
nearly ^5 in gold and a little over 33 ounces
of silver per ton. The clean-up from 189 tons
milled returned two bars of bullion, valued at
S8331. They are working on the 200-foot, 300-
foot, 400-foot and 500-foot levels in the same
directions as before reported. In Occidental
they are woi'king on the same levels reported
last week. There has been no change in the
I formation of the ground, but this is likely to
i be changed any day for the better, as the
I work is said to be in this direction.
I The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Mines.
Alpha ,
Alta Consolidated
Andes ,
Belcher ,
Best & Belcher ,
Bodle
Bullion
Challenge
Chollar
Confidence
Coniolidated California and Virginia.
I Consolidated New York
Crown Point ,
Exchequer
Gould & Curry
Hale & Norcross
Justice
Mexican
Ophir
Overman
Potosi
Sierra Nevada..
Union.
Utah
Yellow Jacket..
Jan. I Jan.
21. 28.
15$
42
75
15
37
47
94
I 10
1 95
1 25
2 20
52
1 25
48
1 15
14
55
50
47
43
37
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, January 28, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
200 Andes 15|550 Mexican 47
600 Belcher 37 200 Occidental 20
300 Best & Belcher ... 62 1 50 Ophir 1 10
100 Challenge 54jdO0 Overman 14
300 Chollar 88 200 Potosi 55
300 Con Cal & Va 2 05 500 S eg Belcher 11
150 Conadence 1 25 200 Sierra Nevada.. . . 47
1000 Con Imperial .... 02 200 Union 41
500 Crown Point 39 200 Yellow Jacket. ... 37
200 Gould & Curry.... 48
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
600H.&N ..1 25
300 Ophir 1 15
350 Mexican 48
200 Gould & Curry .... 52
100 Best & Belcher ... 66
350 Con Cal &Va 2 20
50 Savage 50
500 Chollar 96
500 Seg Belcher, 11
200 Union 43
100 Challenge 54
200 Standard 1 65
350N. G. & C 35
Light requires eight minutes and
eighteen seconds to pass from the sun
to the earth when at its mean distance;
therefore, when we look at the sun we
see him, not where he actually is, but
where he was about eight minutes and
eighteen seconds ago; his true place is
then always in advance of his apparent
place.
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
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WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREIIUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks. Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
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Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
The Jno. G. Morgan
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Telephone 1293.
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STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
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Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
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At present prices are a sure profit. Write us for
prospectus and information regarding mines, pro-
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Well Known Copper Mine
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H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
January 30, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Rainfall and Temperature.
The foUowiog data for the week ending 5
A. M., January 27, 1S97, are from official
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the MiNixa xni) Scien-
tific Pkuii:
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Sacramento , .22, 7.31 10.48 10.77 ^-1 38
SanPraDol8CO....i .Wl 1I.5» 10.74 13 11* .S7 1:;
KresDO ...., 4 78 3 18 3 »l W ;14
San Luis Obispo 0.70 10 00 71 38
LosAuBuluH 8.40 4.10, ll.tt» 78 48
San DlcKO 01 8.53 a. 30 5 afl 7-' 48
Yuma 4 fti .3i I W7 7*' +1
Commercial Paragraphs.
J. Geo. Leynek, machinist of Denver, has
recently enlarged his facilities for business.
Fmnt & LoMAX, electricians of Denver,
have Just built u 12 V., 2oOampere dynamo for
the Denver Engineering Works Company, de-
signed for a gold-saving process. It is built
with no insulated wire on annature.
The Uisdon Iron Works of San Francisco
have closed a contract with the French Flag-
staff Mining Company, of Baker City, Oregon,
to furnish a 10-slamp mill, Corliss engine,
Johnson concentrators and other mining ma-
chinery. The mill will be equipped with all
the latest improvements and will be delivered
In Baker City in about four weeks. The Ris-
don will furnish for this mill their well-known
and celebrated shoes and dies, made of ham-
mered steel, and it will also contain other
special features that will go to make up a
very complete and first-class mill. In short,
it will be a similar mill to that of the Bonanza
mine of Clifford, this county, of which Albert
Geiser is the manager.— Baker City Demo-
crat.
The contract for the electrical utilization of
the Falls of St. Anthony, at Minneapolis, has
beeij awarded to the General Electric Com-
pany. The St. Anthony Water Power Com-
pany and the Pillsbury flour mills and ele-
vator lines were merged in the Pillsbury-
Washburn Flour Mills Company, which con-
trolled not only most of the developed water
power of the falls, but also the undeveloped
water power below the falls. A dam to
utilize this power was constructed, and the
total available is calculated at 10,U0Q-borse
power. The water will pass through tur-
bines, seven of which, each of lOUO-horse
power capacity, will form the initial hydraulic
equipment. The electrical equipment will
consist of a plant comprising both direct cur-
rent railway apparatus for the needs of Min-
neapolis, and three-phase apparatus for trans-
mission of part of the power to St. Paul, ten
miles distant.
The Rocky Mountain Smelting Company has
been incorporated in Colorado, the directors
and incorporators being Chas. Foster of Fos-
toria, Ohio; Wilbur K. Johnson, Jas. B.
Orman, John Coon, Harry M. Clafflin. The
officers are: Chas. Foster, president; Wil-
liam E. Johnson, vice-president; William
Kopfer, secretary, and Geo. E. Ross-Lewin,
treasurer. The capital stock is *750,U0U. The
site selected .for the building of a smelter is
Florence, Colo., which possesses the advan-
tages of cheap coal near at hand, abundance of
fuel oil. and which is situate less than forty
miles from the Cripple Creek mining district.
The chief promoters of the enterprise are W.
E. and W. K. Johnson, who built the Florence
and Cripple Creek railroad. The new smelter,
it is understood, will be built expressly with
the view of treaiing Cripple Creek low-grade
ores, in which the best known methods will
be employed. Johnson Bros, and associates
are likewise engaged in building a railroad
from Florence to Silver Cliff, which will make
large ore shipments from the latter point to
Florence possible.
British Columbia.
W. J. R.COWELL,B.A.,F.G.S..Miiiing Engineer,
Reports on mines, designs and superintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
dress W. J. R. COWELL, Victoria, B. C.
British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has prospects for sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
sioclt and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park.
British Columbia Gold Mines.
, S. THORNTON LANQLEY,
JOHN ricTEER REPASS,
Mining Investments.
RECORD BLOCK, - - ROSSLAND. B. C.
Correspondence Solicited.
WAN rEI>«:— Foreman to run a copper blast fur-
nace, oxidized ores, in West Australia. Salary
$175. Expenses out paid. One year engagement.
Address ALFRKD ROPP, Selby Smelting Works,
Selby, Cal.
Assessment Notices.
HARTMANN MINING COMPANY.-Locatlon of
principal place of buHln(^-8H. Suu Francisco, Califor*
ala: localtoii uf %vurkH. Chill Utilcti Mlnliir DUir.ct,
Calavf r.is Coumy. Caltforiila.
Nuilet- iH liiTL-Liy k'iVL-n. tlutt at a meellnir of the
Board uf Dlrt^x'turH. tidd uri the 'i'Juil day of Dvceiii-
tK?r. 1K»). an a8MfMMiiuMit iNu. Ii of iceiitH por Bliare
wiia U'vled upon iIk.* Ishiil-iI capital Hiock of
ttR* corpu ration, puyablt* liii mediately lu Uiiluyl
Staler trold cuiu. to the uecretao'. at the office of
the company. Room 4t>. No. 4 Muatgomery btreet, Suu
PraiiclHco. Callfurnlu.
Any Htock upon which this aaaeBauicut ahull re-
tiialn unpaid on the iHt day of February. 1S07,
win be delliiQuent. and advertised for Hale at
public auction: and unb>H» payment Ib made before,
will be Hold on TUESDAY, the '2M\ day of February,
ISif'. tu pay the dt-lliujuent aHHeHnmenl. together
wlib Die coHtH of udvertlHlnk' and e.\penHL>H of BUle.
By order of the Board of DIreetorB.
G. W. PEER. Secretary.
Office — Room 4H. No. 4 UoniRuniery utreut. San
PrauclHCO. Uallforola.
MINERAL HILL MINING AND SMELTING CO.—
Locatluiiof principal place of buBluesB. San Fran-
cisco. California: location of works, SpeucevUlu,
Nevada County. California.
Notice 1b hereby iflveii that at a meeting* of the
Board of DtrectorB. held un the Jlli day of Janu-
ary, I»'.tT. an assesHnient (No. U of live centB (i>c» per.
Bhar© waB levied upon tlu* whole of the capital
stock of the corporation, payable Imuiedlaiely In
Uiilled States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the company. 210 Sanaome Htreet. San Francisco,
California.
Any Btuck upon which tlilB aBHcBsment Hhall re-
main uiiijaUl on tht' l.'itli day of February. ISVt;. will
b*' iJ.'llniiU('nl.and aUv>-rllMud for Bale at public auc-
lloii; and. unlesB payment la made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 'JStli day of March. ItiHT. to
pay tin- dt.-lluqueiit asBeaHinent, lotrelher with the
cofllM of advertising' and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
CHAS. PEACH, Secretary.
Office— 210 Sansonie street, San Francisco. Califor-
nia. Office hours from 1 to 8 o'clock p. .m.
MARGUERITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING
COMPANY.-Locatlon of principal place of buBl-
nees, San Pranclaco. California; location of works,
Auburn. Placer County. California.
Notice In hereby given, thai at a meeting of the
Board of DlreclorH, held on the 14ih day of -January.
IS'JT, an asBeasnient (No. a) of 10 cenlB per share was
levied upon the capital slock of the corporation,
payable Immediately in United States gold coin, to
the Secretary, at the office of the company, 2a7 12lh
street. San Prauclsco. California.
Any Htock upou wlilch thlB asaeasment shall re-
main unpaid ou the 20111 day of February. ISWT, will
be delinquent aud advertiaed for aale at public
auction; and. unless payment la made before, will
be sold ou THURSDAY, the .'<th day of April, 1897,
10 pay the delinquent aaaeaament, together with the
costs of adverllalng and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Dtreclors.
CHAS, PEACH. Secretary.
Office— 2a" 12th street. San Francisco, California.
Office hours from 4 to 0 o'clock p. M.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.-Locatlon of prin-
cipal place Of buslnesa, San Francisco, California;
locatlou of worka. Fourth Crossing. Calaveras
County, California.
Notice la hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors lield ou the lath day of Janu-
ary, I8'.l7, an assessment (No. 5) of 5 cents per
aliare waa levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
company. Room ^•l. Phelan building, San Pranclaco,
California.
Any aiock upon which this aBsessment shall re-
main unpaid on the TM day of February. 1SU7. will
be delluquent and advertised for sale at public,
auction: aud unless payment la made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the loth day of March, 1897, to
pay the delinquent asaeaament. together with the
coats of advertising and e-xpenses of sale.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
A. P. PREY. Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building, San Pranclaco,
Califorula.
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.-Locatlon of prin-
cipal place Of bualnesa. San Francisco, California;
location of works, on Jamison Creek, near Johns-
vlUe. Plumas County, California.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Dlreetora, held on the 27lh day of Novem-
ber. ISSW, an assessment (No. Ih, of 5 cents per
share, was levied upon the capital slock of the
corporation, payable Immediately In United States
gold coin to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, 120 Sutter street, San Pranclaco. California,
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid On the 26th day of January. 1S97, will
be delinquent, aud advertiaed for sale at public
auction: and unless payment is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 22nd day of March, 1897,
10 pay the dellnauent asseaanient, together with
the coata of adverlialuf,' and expenaea of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
Office— Room nO, 120 Sutter street. San Francisco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the BoariJ of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 25th day of
January, 18117, it Waa reaolved that any stock upon
which the aaaesament shall remain unpaid ou the
24ih day of February, 1897. will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction; aud. unless
payment Is made before, will be sold ou WEDNES-
DAY, the 2lBt day of April, 1897, to pay the deltn-
quent assessment, together with the coata of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
BEST &. BELCHER MINING COMPANY.— Loca-
tion Of principal place of buslneaa, San Francisco,
California; location of works, Virg'Inia District.
Storey County, Nevada.
Notice ia hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Dlreetora. held on the 2(ith day of January,
1897, an aaaeaament (No. Gl) of 25 cents per ahare waa
levied upou the capital atock of the corporation,
payable immediately In United States gold coin, to
the Secretary, at the office of the company, Room '6'i,
Nevada block. No. 309 Montgomery street, San Fran-
cisco, Calif ornia.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 2nd day of March. 1897. will
be delinquent and advertised lor sale at public
auction; aud. unless payment is made before, will
be sold ou TUESDAY, the 2ad day of March, 1897.
to pay the delinquent aaaeaament, together with the
costs of advertlamg and e.x:penaes of aale.
By Older of the Board of Directors.
M. JAFFE. Secretary.
Office- Room No. 33. Nevada block. No. 309 Mont-
gomery street, San Pranclaco, California.
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GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD,
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For Sale by BEAUMONT BOGGS (of British
Columbia Board of Trade}, Victoria. B. C.
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This work is wrilten hy an experienced metallur-
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working precious ores on the Pacific side of the
American Continent. He writes whereof he knows
from personal practice, and in such plain and com-
prehensive terms that neither the scientist nor the
practical miner can mistake his meaning.
The work, like Mr. Aaron's former publications
( "Testing and Working Silver Ores," "Leaching
Gold and Silver Ores." ) that have been " success-
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which renders his Information more readily avail-
able than that of more wordy writers. The want
of such a work has long been felt. It will be very
desirable in the hands of many.
Table of Co7i,tenfs .■—Fretakce; Introduction; Im-
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Systems of the Crucible Assay; Preliminary As-
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Dressing ; The Melting in Crucibles ; Scoriflcation ;
Cupellation; Weighing the Bead; Parting: Calcu-
lating the Assay; Assay of Ore Containing Coarse
Metal; Assay of Roasted Ore for Solubility; To
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the Value of a Specimen; Tests for Ores; A Few
Special Minerals; Solubility of Metals; Substi-
tutes and Expedients; Assay Tables.
The volume embraces 126 12-mo pages, with illus-
trations, well bound in cloth; 1896. Price Sl.OO
postpaid. Sold; by the mining and Scientific
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Price of 4-foot wide Plain Frue Vanner
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It can be safely stated, without going into a description or several new and untried concen-
trators that have lately conie into the market, that where sulphurets are of such value as to make
close saving necessary, the Frue Vanner is always used. It is the only endless belt concentrator
in the market that can be relied on to handle all classes of ores, and give universal satisfaction.
(In all competition of concentrators the Frue Vanner is taken as the standard machine of the world
and all comparisons made toy it. There have been over 4200 of these machines sold, 1700 having
been sold on the Pacific coast alone.) They are in use in every part of the world where mining is
carried on and in all cases they are giving perfect satisfaction. From time to time valuable and
important improvements have been made in this machine to increase its capacity and durability,
and particular attention is called to the Patent Lip Flange for the rubber belt, which does away
with nearly all the strain and cracking, as in the old style of flange, making the life of belt more
than double that of other style belts in the market. The lip of flange bends outward in going over
the large end rolls, thereby distributing the strain in the solid rubber, and bringing virtually no
strain either at the edge or at the base of flange, as is the case in all belts with a raised edge.
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No. 1909.
VOLUME LXXIV.
~ NQnib«r 0.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 189?.
TUKKE DOLLARS PKU ANNUM.
Single Copies, Ten Cents.
The Tomboy Mine.
The sale of a controlling interest in the Tomboy
mine of Telluride, San Miguel county, Colorado, to
the Exploration Company of London, at the rate of
about $1,500,000 for the whole property, affords an
illustration of the great profits in legitimate mining
conducted on business lines. The property, when
purchased by the people who have lately sold it, was
examinations have been made of the property with a
view to determining not its present value so much
as how the ores in sight or in prospect may be most
economically worked, so that during the life of the
mine as large a proportion of profits as possible may
be made.
It is to be observed that the E.xploratiou Company
and other English investors during the past two
years have turned their attention in the United
past two years nearly $50,000,000, are Americans.
On this page is an illustration from the Telluride,
Col. , Journal, of the Tomboy mill which, as at present
equipped, can treat 225 tons of ore daily. It is
understood that the capacity will be doubled and
other improvements made and development work
done that will involve an expenditure of some
$300,000.
A crosscut tunnel from the mill level to the mines
known to be of value, but required capital for its de-
velopment. It was a safe business proposition. They
paid $105,000 for it in June, 1894, and, after putting
considerable money in improvements, up to January
1, 1897, have paid in dividends $1,000,000. This,
added to the difference between the purchasing and
selling price, leaves a profit of nearly $2,500,000.
While there are large reserves, there is need for
considerable further expenditure in improvements to
take the best advantages of the possibilities in the
mine. The Exploration Company purchased 51 per
cent of the capital stock, and this gives them con-
trol. In order to increase the proportion of profits
from the ore reserves in sight, further large expen-
ditures are about to be made. Some $300,000 will be
expended in increasing the milling capacity and in
improving the facilities for taking out ore. Careful
THE TOMBOY MILL, TELLURIDE, COLORADO.
States rather to old and well-developed properties
which, with some improvements in the methods of
working, will become worth more than under their
old management. Such has been the case with the
Anaconda in Montana, the Helena & Frisco in Idaho
and the Tomboy in Colorado. Good prices have
been paid by the English for all these properties,
and yet they have made, or will make, them more
valuable by better development and management at
the outset than the previous owners could afford.
This has been the policy of this particular English
syndicate since its organization. Wiser than most
English concerns, they employ agents and experts
acquainted with local conditions and, instead of
sending out foreign engineers, most of the men
they have placed in charge of their properties
in America, for which they have paid within the
has been started, and, when completed, will, at a
distance of 1900 feet from the face, tap the vein at a
depth of 400 feet below the present workings. The
total amount of development work in the way of
tunnels, drifts and shafts done on the property up
to the present time does not exceed 4000 feet, which
is very little considering the output and the value of
the property. The number of men employed under
the system of the old management is about 210.
A BILL, drafted by Hon. Tirey L. Ford, has been
introduced in the Legislature as a substitute for the
first proposed bill appropriating $250,000. The
principal changes made are as to the power of the
State Commissioner, who is made only a ministerial
officer, and the power of determining as to the work
is left to the Board of Examiners.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
II.I.USTRATIONS.— The Tomboy Mill. Telluride Colorado, 109.
Clutch Drum Engine; Standard Center Oranlt Throttling Eu-
EDITOBIAL.— The Tomboy Mine; A Bill by TireyL. Ford, 109. The
Coming Rush to Alaska; Miners' Rights or Wa'r; Power ot Di-
rectors ot Mining Corporations; Prof. Christy's Article; Testi-
mony of E.xperts, 110 ^ ....
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California.
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 114-5.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— Will Steel Frames of Tall Buildings
Last? Power Lost in Transmission by Belts and Shafts; Double
Cylinder Hoisting Engine; Oxidizing Steel and Iron; New Stand-
ard Center Crank Throttling Engine, 116.
SCIENTIFIC PROGREMS.—Ancient Metallurgy; "The Starting
Point of the Iron Age in Europe;" The Reproduction of Color; A
Question Often Asked, 117.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— A Great Water Power Project; A Set
of Castings; A Series of Experiments, 117.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Brass and Its Manufacture; Gold
io the Ocean; Instinct of Animals; A Great Iron Range, 117.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Markets; Coal and
Coke; Mining Share Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 1-26.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 111. The Solution and Precipi-
tion of the Cyanide of Gold; The Scene of California Mining Be-
fore 18-19; The Drainage ot American Flat, ll:i. The Gravel Fields
of Northern California; Railways and Mining, 113. A Strange Ex-
perience, 116. Book Reviews; Catalogues, Etc.; Coast Industrial
Notes; Obituary; Recently Declaimed Mining Dividends; Per-
sonal, 119.- List of U. S. Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors;
Notices of Recent Patents, 127.
The Coming Rush to Alaska.
There promises to be more disappoiated gold seek-
ers returuing from Alaska at the end of the coming
season than last. They will have no reason to abuse
the country nor claim that it is not a splendid field
for men of small capital combined with some experi-
ence. Yet they will ; for those who will be disap-
pointed will be men who go unprepared and
lured into the country by the visionary prom-
ises of transportation companies and others in-
terested. A bureau of information — so it is called —
has been established on Puget Sound, which is adver-
tising over a large part of the United States fabulous
stories of the wealth, ot Alaska. Iheyhave distribu-
ted posters in the depots along the Northern trans--
continental lines and railways throughout Minnesota,
Iowa, and parts of Missouri, Wisconsin and Illinois,
and are extending the work into other States.
They are wise enough to do their work in those
parts of the country where there are few miners and
papers interested in that industry to prevent those
from going who have neither experience nor sufficient
means to carry themselves through incase ot failure.
Ot the presence ot great wealth in Alaska there
can be little question, but most ot the men who will
find It will be miners. There are men who have
had little or no experience in mining who will do well,
because they will go prepared to stay until they
learn or join fortunes with men ot more experience.
No man should go to the Yukon placers unless he is
prepared to stay for at least two seasons.
In the Yukon country rich placers have been dis-
covered, but most ot those lying along the creeks
and easily accessible have been taken up or worked
out, and most of the newcomers must go to the
upper benches, where the ground must be thawed
out by fire or with running water before it can be
loosened. The mining season is very short — not over
four or five months. As to quartz mining, none may
hope to do much in that direction, further than mak-
ing discoveries, without large capital, tor the cost ot
carrying in the necessary machinery is very heavy.
Professor Christy's Article.
In this issue of the Mining and Scientific Press
is published the conclusion of the very valuable paper
"Solution and Precipitation ot the Cyanide ot Gold,"
by Professor S. B. Christy, of the College of Mines of
the University of California. The work done by Pro-
fessor Christy is valuable and timely. It is too
often that men employed in scientific work de-
vote their time rather to explaining how things
have been done and going over old ground than in
doing timely work that will be ot immediate practi-
cal value. Through just such work as this ot Prof.
Christy can the University best win the confidence
and support of the public.
In this paper Prof. Christy does not go beyond
what he has proved in his own laboratories. In
other words, he has given a solid basis for others to
work on. Most ot the articles heretofore written by
able men on the subject have contained much ot a
suggestive nature rather than positive conclusions.
Po'vver of Directors of Mining Corporations.
There has been introduced in the Assemby ot Cali-
fornia, by its Committee on Mines and Mining, a bill
to amend the act of April 23, 1880, tor the protec-
tion ot stockholders in mining corporations so as to
provide that it shall not be lawful tor the directors
of any mining corporation to sell, lease or mortgage
or otherwise dispose ot any part ot the mining
ground held by the corporation, or to purchase or
obtain in any way (except by location) any addi-
tional mining ground without the consent of a major-
ity ot the stockholders.
In the State of Washington the law sets forth as
follows;
" The corporate powers of a corporation shall be
exercised by a board ot not less than' two trustees.
A majority ot the trustees shall form aboard tor the
transaction of business; and every decision of a ma-
jority ot the persons duly assembled as a board shall
be valid as a corporate act."
The Spokane SpoJiesman-Review commenting on
this says:
"It it be true, as contended, that the board ot
trustees may sell a mine or mines without the assent
ot the shareholders, it would be possible, under the
law tor three trustees in a board ot nine to sell all
the property of a corporation. Under this construc-
tion of the law, five trustees would constitute a
quorum, and three would be a majority and could
transfer the property."
The Oregon law in this respect is almost identical
and Judge Deady ot the United States District Court
has ruled, in a case involving the right of the trustees
ot the Oregonian Railway Company, to make a lease
practically amounting to a sale, as follows:
"The corporate powers of an incorporation formed
under the laws of this State are vested in the di-
rectors, and the validity of their acts is not affected
by the assent or dissent ot the shareholders, and the
powers ot the latter are limited to the matters
which concern the internal organization of the cor-
poration."
Miners' Rights of Way.
There has been introduced in the California Legis-
lature an act providing that every miner shall have
the right of way across any and all mining claims,
tor the purpose ot hauling quartz and all mineral-
bearing ores, wood, timber and all supplies tor min-
ing purposes to and from his claim. This is in its
general intent a good bill and should pass, provided
some restriction is made as to payment of any actual
damage.
No steps seem, however, to have been taken by the
representatives of the mining districts toward secur-
ing the passage of a bill much in the same direction,
but of far greater importance — a bill providing for a
constitutional amendment that will make mining a
public use and enable the owner ot a mining claim to
maintain proceedings in condemnation, in order to
run tunnels and secure other rights of way upon
paying just compensation for any damages that may
accrue.
The adoption of such an amendment to the consti-
tution can work no one a hardship, and it is not
likely to be opposed by any except those harpies who
make it a business to locate around valuable claims
tor the purpose ot levying blackmail. In many dis-
tricts in California are men whose main occupation
is the location and relocation without assessment
work of claims that they have no intention ot work-
ing and that are valueless, except in so far as they
may block some good mines' right ot way. But aside
from these cases there are many good reasons for
the passage of the bill, many of which have been
touched upon in previous issues of this paper.
Testimony of Experts.
Expert testimony in lawsuits in this country ot
doctors ot medicine, civil and mining engineers and
others, even when given by men whose reputation
places them above reproach, is always looked upon
much as the special plea of an attorney for one side —
with suspicion. While in many cases it will be ad-
mitted that " nothing but the truth " has been told,
" the whole truth" has not. The expert is employed
by one side. The judge or the jury look upon his
evidence as they do upon the speech ot the counsel
tor the same side. This has done much to bring ex-
pert testimony into disrepute and does the experts
themselves no good, as far as their reputations are
concerned.
In this connection the following letter received
from Prof. Frederic A. C. Perrine, D. Sc. of Leland
Stanford Jr. University, is of interest and should be
ot value in inducing action :
" In the October Atlantic Professor John Trow-
bridge has published an article on the influence of
expert testimony before the courts in its bearing
upon the independence of experts and the justice
meted by the courts, which is particularly import-
ant to mining engineers having many suits involving
scientific opinion.
"Professor Trowbridge shows that in spite of the
desire of the expert to give unbiased testimony the
lawyers, by demanding uncategorical answers, may
transform his opinion into something apparently
entirely favorable to their case. Such uncategorical
answers, being impossible as exact replies, are gen-
erally impossible to questions involving scientific
and engineering experience.
"The remedy proposed by Professor Trowbridge
has been often before indicated, and the method of
obtaining expert testimony which he advocates is
already in satisfactory use by the British admiralty
courts and the German tribunals for deciding on
patent rights. He proposes that no expert testi-
mony should be allowed in any case except such as
would be called by the courts themselves and the ex-
pense charged to the case exactly as are the wages
of the judge and jury. Should this be done, the
expert witnesses would be able to give their true
opinions and place the facts before the courts in £t
clear light, which in the present system is not pos-
sible, both on account ot the fact t'nat the expert
necessarily tends to further the side by which he is
retained, and that the judges are unable to deter-
mine when a categorical answer should be necessary.
" In every court of the land this abuse has become
recognized, until we find many judges deciding
according to their own personal prejudices, without
reference to the expert opinions, since these opinions
seem to them to be distinctly biased, and because
these experts are not scientific men telling ' the
whole truth and nothing but the truth,' but are
quasi advocates, endeavoring to the best of their
ability to earn the tees paid them.
" The miners ot California are endeavoring to ob-
tain many modifications in the mining laws which
will obtain for them greater justice in decisions in-
volving mine rights, but it seems that no clear rights
can ever be established by any modifications of the
laws until the adjudication of the laws enacted be
rendered in every case necessarily according to
justice and not prejudice. Judges and juries may
generally be relied upon to decide correctly concern-
ing points of law or equity with which they are al-
ready familiar, but where a particular knowledge is
necessary for a correct decision, and this knowledge
is only within the range of an expert's information,
all others are contused by the testimony given and
a wide field left open for particular prejudices in
legal decisions. This should be corrected, and it I
seems possible to solve the difficulty only by arrang- '
ing for testimony on such disputed points which shall
be clearly above suspicion; but we cannot expect to
obtain such testimony under the present method of
procedure nor will the procedure be changed until an
industry directly affected will attempt to have the
necessary laws passed. Should the miners or any
other body of men undertake the passage ot these
laws, there is no reason to expect determined oppo-
sition from any quarter whatever, since their enact-
ment would be a benefit to all parties concerned in
litigation involving decisions dependent upon the in-
formation for which experts are generally called."
February (i. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
Ill
Concentrates.
Over h:\U the silver produced id An/ooa last year came
from the county of Mohave.
Toe total capital stock of thlrteea mioin^ companies formed
in British Columbia last week was $10,300,000.
Tde contractors building the ditch for the Gold Creek, Ne-
vada, Placer Miuin^ Com(KiDy have 2'Ji) men on thoir pay-roll.
F. B. TiKNEKOf Butte, in the interest of Montana capital,
has secured a site in Hossland, B. C, for the erection of a cus-
tom sampling plant.
Bt'TTB, Mont.. Is soon to have another smelter plant, to be
constructed by the Occidental Smelting Company, composed of
Pennsylvania and London capital.
FoH the month of January, WJ7, San Francisco corporations
paid a total of Jl,Oitl,Nr>l in dividends, against a total of $1,120,-
3i*3 for the corresponding month in isyti.
In the Panauiint district, east of Randsburg, Cal., a strike
of rich ore is reported as made iu the old Amargosa. Consid-
erable prospecting is being done in the district.
TuEKE has been passed by the Senate a bill authorizing the
entry and patouiing of lands containing petroleum and other
mineral oils under the placer ;uining laws of the United
States.
ToK Hidden Treasure Company, owners of the Dam drift
mine at Centerville, Placer county, Cal., propose to put in an
electric plant, with which the cars will be run in and out of
the mine.
Col \V. VV. D. TritSEK of Spokane, one of the owners of the
Le Roi mine at Hossland, British Columbia, is authority for
the statement that they have been offered {4,000,000 for the
mine and have refused it.
Di'KiNti the tirst three weeks of January eight mines at
Rossland, B. C, shipped to smelters 35S5 tons of ore, and in
the third week of January from ten mines in the Stocan 554
ions were received at Kaslo.
The citizens of Rossland, British Columbia, are making a
determined effort to have the town incorporated, and it is
probable that a bill giving them power will be passed by the
provincial legislature this session.
J. A. VEUiNiiTos has received an order from an Eastern
syndicate to ship a carload of silicon from his mine near the
Queen station in Nevada, If this test proves satiafactof-yi
regular shipments will be made hereafter.
The first annual report of the Golden Cache Mines Company
of Vancouver, B. C, shows that considerable work has been
done in the way of development on their properties at Lillooel
and a 10-siamp mill has been contracted for.
A sTitiKE of rich quartz in San Gabriel canyon, in Los An-
geles county, Cal., is reported. For many years San Gabriel
canyon has been prospected and worked. Years ago the
mountains were known to contain quartz leads.
Ax onyx factory is to be erected at Phccnix, Arizona, by
people who have purchased some deposits of that mineral
near there. At the Cave creek mine there is at present 700
tons of onyx on the dump and 1000 more in sight.
AccoKDiNO to a Placer county paper, the Anaconda Company
of Montana have, through their agents, lately purchased from
E. M. Smith of Coloma a tract of land lying between Pilot
hill and Uniontown, El Dorado county, to mine for copper.
TuE ten-ton cages for the compartment shafts of the Calu-
met & Hecla, Mich., mine are building. The two 4000 H. P.
engines are designed to hoist the ten-ton cages at an average
speed of :iU00 feet per minute, or thirty-hve miles an hour.
A discovei;y has been made of a ledge of onyx on the Bru-
neau river in Elko county, Nevada. There are two varie-
ties—pearl and yellow. It is claimed that in the past Indians
obtained their onyx for their ornaments from these deposits.
TnEUK is a proposition on foot to establish at Trail, B. C, a
large gas plant, with the purpose of furnishing gas not only for
lighting purposes, but also for fuel in the mines, the claim
being made that this can be done more cheaply than the cost
of wood.
A MILL and cyanide plant are being erected by the South
Australian government for the treatment of gold ores in the
Macdonnell i-ange, a new district 1000 miles north o£ Adelaide,
where good prospects have been found, but no large ore bodies
developed.
T. S. Taltafeuo of Green River, Wyoming, has interested
Chicago capital in the proposed erection of a soda evaporating
plant. The plant will make a specialty of the manufacture of
caustic soda, the water of the Green River well yielding 10
per cent of this variety.
According to V Echo des Mines of Paris, small veins carrying
platinum have recently been found in syenitic rocks in Hun-
gary. Platinum has also been found in veins of manganese
ore existing in altered or decomposed syenites near Santa
Rosa de Osos in Colombia.
No I'AKTS of California are provided with worse roads than
the mining districts, and nothing would tend more toward the
development of mining than good roads. Senator Gleaves of
Shasta proposes a bill providing for a system of State high-
ways throughout the commonwealth.
The Fortuna and other mines in Nevada county, Cal., have
been purchased by the Summit Mining Company, owners of
the Dannebroge, in Brown's Valley. The Portuna was owned
many years ago by the late ex-Congressman Frank Page.
The new owners expect to put up a mill shortly.
At present all land offlce business for Randsburg and the
neighboring districts in Kern county, Cal., must be trans-
acted at Independence, Inyo county, which is 150 miles away
bystage. Steps are being taken to have these districts trans-
ferred to the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles land ofhce.
Tbe dividends paid by the mines of the liand, South Africa,
in 1895 amounted to £2,518,418, and in 1S90 to only £1,372,912;
yet there was a slight increase in 189B in the total output. In
1890 the Robinson paid £300,000 in dividends, the Perreira
£347,500, the Langlaate £141,000, and the Crown Reef £142,000.
Toe Edna mine, on Spring Gulch, in Calaveras county, Cal.,
was sold last week to W. G. Adams, superintendent of
the Bellweather mine at Jackson, who bought it for J. W.
Hepburn, City Assessor of Chicago, for SS5,000. It is proposed
to enlarge the shaft to three compartments and sink 1000
feet.
Director Walcott of the United States Geological Survey,
in his report on the Yukon district, says that it has been
found that not alone on the placers does the future of the
Yukon placers rest, Running west of north through the val-
ley is a broad continuous belt of quartz which will yield gold,
; silver, copper and lead. While the principal zone of ore is
largely low grade, there are many indications of rich placers.
The gold-bearing rock is of the same general quality as that
j found in the Treadwell mine.
! Is the California Legislature last Wednesday the Com-
mittee on Mines and Mining reported as a substitute for the
Senate Mining Debris Bill, the act upon the same subject
drawn by the State Miners' Association. It carries an appro-
I priatioD of $250,000, and was referred to the Fiuaace Com-
mittee, t
I A i>i.si'ATCn from San Diego., Cal., announces that the Hel-
j vetia gold mine, one of the largest in the Julian district, and
. owned by W. H. Holcomb and others, has been bonded for
! $40,000 to a party of Denver capitalists. There is being
driven a 1200-foot tunnel to tap a ledge 700 foet below the
surface.
In* the Slocan district, in British Columbia, there are fifty
mines from which ore is being shipped, and it is claimed that
before the end of the year this number will be nearly dou-
bled. Had it not been for the competition of railroads, that
induced the building of branches, this district could not have
made much of a showing.
In British Guiana the sugar industry Is declining, and the
attention of the government and the people is being turned
I to gold mining more than ever. Some important discoveries
I have attracted the attention of the leading spirits of the
I colony. It is probable that, with the settling of the dispute
' with Venezuela, there will be considerable activity.
I TuE Fitzhugh Electric I'ower Company is about to begin
I the construction of an electric-power plant on the Stanislaus
river near Tuttletown, Cal. The company proposes to install
the plant with 3000 horse power, allowing a loss of 50 per cent,
leaving 1500 horse power to deliver to the mines along the
mother lode from Fourth Crossing in Calaveras county.
A MEMBER of the United States Geological Survey, who took
■part in the recent examination of the copper belt at Butte,
Montana, writes: "It is still an open question with us as to
whether the amount of copper washed away in the water from
the mines of Butte district is not equal in value to the total
output of all the mines of the district, if it could be saved."
According to the official returns the gold yield of Victoria
for the past year amounted to 805,807 ounces, of the value of
£3,220,348, being an increase of 05,000 ounces. The yield up
to date amounts to 60,991,408 ounces, of the value of £343,-
805,033. The gold yield of New Zealand for the quarter end-
ing December amounted to 07,000 ounces, a decrease of
24,000 ounces.
The Public Lands Committee of the House has received a
petition from 350 citizens of Tuolumne county, asking that
certain lands in the northern section of Yosemiie Park be
separated from the reservation, on the ground that the terri-
tory in question is too remote from the park to be of service
as a pleasure ground, and, by reason of its location, is inacces-
sible in time of high water.
In South Africa, through an arrangement made by Cecil
Rhodes, the Cape government secures exclusive control of the
whole Robinson railway system, with the exception of the
Beira line, and there will be an extension built from Bulu-
wayo to Salisbury. This will break down the barriers put up
by the Boer government over the Transvaal system, it is
claimed, in favor of the Rand.
Last week Charles D, Lane and A. G. Campbell were paid
^350,000 for their seventeen mines in Silver Bow Basin, Alaska,
by Captain Thomas Mein, Robert Duncan Jr. and their asso-
ciates. The corporation has been reorganized and will be
known as the Alaska- Juneau Gold Mining Company ; presi-
dent, Henry Pichoir; vice-president, Thomas Mein; directors,
W. W. Mein, Robert Duncan Jr. and Joseph Mooser.
The Bank of England holds £34,518,093 gold, against £45,-
531,811 last year; the Bank of France, £76,333.500 gold and
£49,044,797 silver, against £77,373,870 gold and £49,333,733
silver; the Bank of Germany £30,821,700 gold and £13,407,3.50
silver, against £29,110,190 gold and £14,340,810 silver, and the
Bank of Austria-Hungary, £30,314,000 gold and £12,574,000
silver, against £34,400,000 gold and £12,060^000 silver.
D. C. Lane of Pomona has arranged to convey his mining
interests iu Inyo county, Cal., consisting of the Last Chance
No. 2, Southwest and Sunshine mines, to a syndicate of
Pomona capitalists for $SU,000. This group adjoins the old sil-
ver mines of Darwin. The new syndicate will at once put up
a 10-stamp mill, and will develop on a more extensive scale
than before.
Three transcontinental railroads are bidding for the
branches leading into the raining country of British Colum-
bia. These are the Canadian Pacific, the Northern Pi^ciflc
and the Great Northern. The railroads that they want are
the Spokane Falls &; Northern, running from Spokane to
Northport; the Columbia & Red Mountain, running from
Northport to Rossland, and the Nelson & Fort Sheppard, run-
ning from Northport to Nelson, B. C.
At Keswick, Shasta county, Cal., the Mountain Copper Com-
pany, Limited, are about to construct, under the direction of
H. A. Keller, 100 additional stall roasters and two smelting
furnaces. The excavation for the accommodation of the
roasters is now completed and the quarry men are at work
getting out rock fo^ their construction. When they are
erected the company will have four furnaces, each over 360
tons capacity every twenty-four hours.
The Butte Inter-Mtiuntain stated a short time ago that over
$2,000,000 went to waste in smelter smoke each year in Butte.
Now some chemists have under contemplation a plan to con-
vert the fumes of the smelters into sulphur and begin the
manufacture of chemicals in which sulphur forms the princi-
pal ingredient. All the sulphur used in the United States at
the present time is imported, and during the present winter
the price of this product has almost doubled.
The December yield of gold in the Rand, South Africa, was
200,000 ounces— the second best monthly record. Now, it
would appear that an effort is to be made to stir up more in-
terest in London in the mines. John Hays Hammond goes
down in a few days for the Consolidated Gold Fields, Limited,
and it is given out that his purpose is to try to make improve-
ments in the policy of working the mines that will increase
the output and revive interest in them in the London market.
The manager's report of the work done by the Horsefly
Gold Mining Company of this city in its properties on Horsefly
river, in the Cariboo district, B. C, shows that a ditch five
miles in length, eight feet wide on top and four on the bottom
and three feet deep has been dug, 15,000 feet of pipe, tools.
giants, etc., have been taken in, roads and houses built and
the mine put in shape to begin piping in the spring at a cost
of $100,033.55, in addition to $80,000 paid for property and
leases.
Thbke were registered in 1896 in London 857 mining
companies, with a total capitalization of £94,410,194. against
901 in 1895. with a total capitalization of £107,387,241.
The decrease was due entirely to the cessation of the forming
of South African comimnies. Jn companies formed to work
mines in other parts of the world there was an increase. In
1895 there were formed 338 new South African companies,
with a combined capital of £4t!,0S7,4S5, while the number in
189ti was only 113, with a combined capital of £18,520,004.
Says the Grass Valley, Cal., Tr.hijraph: "Assemblyman
Wm. S. Robinson will withdraw the mining bill introduced
by him several days since, wherein it would require a bond
of $5000 to be deposited by parties bonding mines, or, failing
to do so, they would bo fined $1000. Mr. Robinson introduced
the bill in all candor, fully believing that it would meet with
the approval of his constituents. As soon as he found out that
the measure was strongly opposed by-many who were engaged
in mining, he had no further disposition to press the matter."
Tai: Cdlor&do Miiiiiiif InrcHtor says that there is consider-
able experimenting with the mill at the Independence mine.
It is now stated that W. S. Stratton, the owner, has about
decided to take out the machinery and substitute a cyanide
plant instead. It is claimed that the immense dump at the
mine can all practically be made to pay a profit by the cyanide
process. The mill was erected at an enormous expense and
operated under a new process, known only to the discoverer
and Stratton. The latter furnished the money to test its
adaptability.
The statutory meeting of the shareholders in the Jackson
Exploration and Development Company, Limited, was held in
London last month, when the chairman stated that the No. 1
shaft in the Amador mine was down 308 feet. A small chute
worth 1 ounce 10 dwts. had been developed, but it was con-
sidered that the reef they were searching for, and which was
known to be rich, would not be found until a depth ot 500 feet
was attained. The total cost per foot of the driving had been
$23, but the manager thought he would be able to reduce the
amount in the future.
Last Monday the Butte and Boston Mining Company's
property was sold by Receiver John F. Forbis in Butte. The
property was bought by E. Rollins Morse, chairman of the
Butte and Boston reorganization committee, for $3,550,000,
but the bid was ?50,000, the difference being represented by
the incumbrances on the property. Immediately after the
the equity redemption sale, J. O. Bender, special master, sold
a portion of the property to satisfy a *l, 000, 000 mortgage, held
by the Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company. Morse also
bid it in for the account of the mortgage. This $1,000,000, how-
ever, is a part of the §2,550,000 included in the first sale.
A STOCKMAN has discovered a large body of gilsonite near
Price, Utah, which is said to be 35 feet thick. The gilsonite
deposits in the Uncompaghre reservation in the Uintah basin
have attracted the attention of prospectors and capitalists for
some time and have been the cause of special mention in a
presidential message to Congress. Vertical cracks, varying in
length from a few feet to several miles and in width from a
few inches to 18 or 20 feet, are filled with this mineral. Six of
these large veins, as they may be called, are estimated to con-
tain 34,000,000 tons of gilsonite. It is used for many purposes,
from paving to varnish for certain metals, and will not crack
with ordinary bending.
The Kootenay Water Supply Company of Waneta, British
Columbia, and the Kootenay Hydraulic Mining Company, both
owned by New York capitalists, have united for the purpose
of erecting an electric plant for generating power for the dis-
trict. The latter company have a large hydraulic plant on the
Pend d'Oreille with water power which was used to work
gold-bearing gravel banks near the boundary, but the gold
was flaky and could not be saved by that method. Another
system of saving the gold will be employed this summer.
The water power held and owned by these compauies will de-
velop over 10,000 horse power, and the project now is to utilize
this power in Rossland and other raining camps.
At a meeting of the miners of Riverside county at Perris,
Cal., last Saturday, the following resolutions were adopted;
That our representatives in Congress be instructed to use
every effort to secure the passage of the mineral lands bill at
the present session of Congress; that our representatives in
Congress be instructed to support and urge the adoption of
the resolution recently introduced by Senator Perkins, look-
ing toward the establishment of a Secretaryship of Mines and
Minerals; that our representatives in Congress be requested
to support the passage of an amendment to section 3326 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States, defining what shall
constitute a placer claim; that we are heartily in sympathy
with the purpose and objects of the California State Mmers'
AssociatioQ, and desire to co-operate therewith; that the dis-
trict recorder of every organized raining district within the
State be required bylaw to file with the county recorder a
transcript of all notices of location recorded by him every
three months.
Numerous smelters are ''proposed" here and there as
though such a plant involved no more than the building of a
5-starap mill. The proposers and projectors of raany such ideas
would do well to read the annual report of the directors of the
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. of Montana. The directors
therein explain an item of $3,609,665 which appears in the bal-
ance sheet as "loans" and outstanding accounts. They state
that "from the time that the ore from the mines is extracted
and delivered to the reduction works an average period of
from four to five raonths elapses before the copper, silver and
gold produced are paid for, rendering requisite a capital of
over §4,000,000 to carry such products." This concern has a
paid up capital of §30,000,000, but finds it necessary to borrow
millions more to carry on its operations. Although it has a
large refinery of its own, in which it refines half of the prod-
ucts of its smelter, it finds it more advantageous to ship the
other half in the shape of matte to Eastern smelters rather
than extend its own refining plant. These figures show the
large financial resources which any company, proposing to en-
gage in smelting operations on a considerable scale, and on a
sound business basis, should possess, aud should be remem-
bered when any proposition, which appears to lack such neces-
sary financial strength, is submitted for consideration, esps
cially with a view of getting a subsidy.
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February 6, 1897.
The Solution and Precipitation of the
Cyanide of Gold.*
NUMBER VIII. -CONCLUDED.
By S. B. Obbisxy, Professor of Mining and Metallurgy, University
of California, Berkeley, Cal.
10. The Advantages of Precipitating the Gold hy
Means of Cuprous Salts.
It must be evident to those who have followed the
progressive development of the cyanide process that,
as the method is better understood, the constant
tendency Is towards the use of more and more dilute
cyanide solutions. While in the beginning a solution
of 1 per cent was used, this was first reduced to one-
half, then one-quarter, and finally to one-tenth, and
even one-twentieth, of 1 per cent. As the action of
the so-called "oyanioides" contained in the ore is
better understood and prevented, it seems not un-
likely that the strength of the solution in potassium
cyanide may be reduced to one one-hundredth of 1
per cent, or even lower. It should be remembered
that much of the material treated by this process
does not assay over $3 per ton, or only half of one
one-thousandth of 1 per cent gold. So that a ton of
solution of 0.01 per cent potassium cyanide solution
contains thirty times as much cyanide as is needed
to dissolve $3 worth of gold in a ton of ore.
The present methods of precipitation, the electri-
cal and the zinc shavings method, both find in these
dilute solutions their great difficulty. In the elec-
trical process the resistance of such solutions is
something enormous. In the case of the zinc shav-
ings it is practically impossible to precipitate the
gold from such a solution unless it contains one or
two-tenths per cent free cyanide of potassium. This
fact alone prevents the cyanide from being utilized
to the best advantage.
In order that the cyanide should be utilized to the
full, we should form the maximum of KAuCyj and
leave a minimum of free KCy in the solution. This,
as has been pointed out, is fatal to the precipitation
of zinc shavings. But it is just here that the cuprous
method of precipitation comes into play most effi-
ciently.
In the treatment of such solutions with a bare ex-
cess of potassium cyanide, there is no method of pre-
cipitation yet invented that can compete with it. In
such a case there is not enough cyanide of potassium
in the solution to bother about saving it.
The method of procedure would then be as follows:
The solution would be made slightly acid by sulphuric
or sulphurous acid, as might be most convenient.
Then there would be added a copper sulphate solu-
tion with common salt, which had been saturated
with sulphurous acid. This solution should be added
until the filtered solution gives a red precipitate
with potassium ferrocyanide. The whole solution
should be thoroughly stirred before this end-point is
determined. A neat way to determine the end-point
is to place a few drops of the stirred mixture on a
double layer of fine filter-paper. On removing the
upper layer, a drop of ferrocyanide of potassium will
give a red precipitate of cuprous ferrocyanide on the
wetted spot of the lower layer when the end-point is
reached. This method avoids the delay of filtering
the solution in the ordinary way. It would, of
course, be best to determine the end-point before-
hand, with a liter of solution, and then add the cop-
per-salt to the mass of solution, after a preliminary
calculation as to how much is required.
The solution should be allowed to stand for at least
twelve hours, when it should be filtered. The fil-
trate should stand another twelve hours to see if
any further precipitate forms ; or it may be filtered
first through CuS, to remove any suspended or dis-
solved gold, and then through old scrap iron to
throw down any copper contents.
For the recovery of the gold from the cuprous
aurooyanide Prof, de Wilde suggests three methods
as follows :
"First Method. —Roasting iu a reverberatory furnace. One
obtains thus a residue of gold and of oxide of copper (CuO).
This latter is then dissolved iu sulphuric acid diluted to 30°
Baume (or in dilute nitric or hydrochloric acid), and the gold
remains in the residue as pure gold.
"At the same time the sulphate of copper is regenerated,
which will serve to precipitate the gold in subsequent opera-
tionsf, and the same quantity of copper may continue to
serve. Owing to the sharpness of the reactions, the loss of
copper will be insignificant.
"Second Method.— Solution of the cuprous cyanide in dilute
cblorhydric or nitric acid; there remains a residue of aureus
cyanide which, after washing and drying, is decomposed by
heat and pure gold is left behind.
"Third Method.— The precipitate is heated with tiO° Baume
sulphuric acid in a iJorcelaiu or iron pot; it is entirely decom-
posed, leaving a residue of pure spongy gold. After cooling'
water is added, the precious metal is washed by decantation,
dried and melted. The copper has been transformed into sul-
phate.
" The first method appears to me the most rational, the roast-
ing being attempted once or twice a month only. It is an
inexpensive operation, and the sulphate of copper is thus
regenerated."
In this matter I agree with Prof, de Wilde. After
*Colorado meeting American Institute of Mining Engineers Sent
1808. (Revised Proofs Deo. '96.) • e ■•
t The sulphate of copper thus regenerated should be crystallized
by cooling the solution, and the crystals drained from the adherent
acid mother liquor. A solution of sulphate of copper containing a
notable quantity of sulphuric acid is not adapted to the precipita-
tion of gold. The molher liquors, after being strengthened by the
addition of sulphuric acid, serve very well for the attack of the
mixture of oxide of copper and gold.
being carefully dried, the conversion of the cyanide
takes place very quietly at a low red heat, and the
spongy, porous, black residue readily dissolves in the
sulphuric acid, leaving the gold very clean. Care
should be taken not to alloy the gold and copper by
a reducing atmosphere and too much heat.
A fourth method would be to dissolve both gold
and copper cyanide in a strong KCy solution, and
precipitate pure gold by the dynamo. With less
than 2.5 volts and a strong solution of KCy this is
possible, the copper remaining in solution.! This I
have verified. All the objections to electrolysis ap-
ply, except that the bulk of the solution would be
small, and it would be concentrated.
In many cases it would probably prove more ad-
vantageous for the reduction works to ship this pre-
cipitate without attempting to reduce it, as the
technical skill to do this occasional work is hard to
get in mining camps.
The methods here outlined will certainly fail in the
hands of those without chemical knowledge and en-
gineering skill, and many unforeseen difficulties will
probably have to be overcome before they can be
utilized in practice. Nevertheless, I feel very con-
fident that in some of the methods here outlined for
the precipitation of gold by means of cuprous salts
will be found the missing link in the chain of opera-
tions necessary to utilize the extremely dilute solu-
tions of cyanide of potassium, which have been found
effective in extracting gold from low-grade ores. If
this should prove to be the case, and the usefulness
of the method should be extended, particularly iii
California, my native State, I shall feel amply repaid
tor this long labor.
III. — The Treatment of Ores.
I have here reached the limit laid out for myself in
the present paper. Still a few words on the applica-
tion of the process to ores may not be out of place.
In the first place, it should be said that the usual ex-
traction from the South African taifings averages
only from 60 to 70 per cent. While such results on
low-grade products that can be treated in no other
manner may be eminently satisfactory, they should
be regarded as decidedly unsatisfactory for rich ores
and concentrated sulphurets, assaying perhaps $100
per ton or upwards. It is to the treatment of such
products, particularly the latter, that I have given
the most attention. Although at first I could obtain
extractions at most averaging not more than 70 or
80 per cent, I was finally able to reach uniform ex-
tractions that were eminently satisfactory with
quite a wide range of ores. Thus, with the concen-
trated sulphurets from the Idaho mine. Grass Val-
ley, assaying $120 per ton, I began with 70 per cent
and finished with 98 and 99.45 per cent. With the
Alaska-Treadwell concentrates, assaying $50 per
ton, I began with 75 per cent extractions, and fin-
ished by .extracting all but a trace. In a lot of con-
centrates from the Bald Eagle mine, Alaska, assay-
ing $280 per ton, I was finally able to extract up to
97 per cent. On the other hand, with a lot of sul-
phurets from the Bay State mine, Amador county,
California, assaying $160 per ton, 90 per cent is the
best result yet obtained.
Each one of these ores demanded a long and pain-
ful study before these results could be obtained with
any certainty, and there still remain some difficulties
to be overcome before they can be reached on the
large scale. Still there seems a strong probability
this will be accomplished. And while it is___unlikely
that the cyanide process will displace any of the^
standard methods of gold-extraction it will certainly
supplement them where they are weak, and will per-
haps enable low-grade ores to be worked that will
not now pay for chlorination.
I cannot close without a warning to those who ex-
pect extravagant results from this method in the
hands of persons utterly ignorant of chemistry. No
process was ever introduced requiring a more thor-
ough and subtle chemical knowledge, and without it
success is absolutely impossible. But engineering
skill and experience are also equally indispensable,
and success can only foUow where these agents co-
operate to produce the final result.
t H. Freudenberg, ZeifurhfiftJ'nr Fliyxiti-atische Ctiemie, xii, p. 97.
The Scene of California Mining Before 1849.
Up one of the big canyons in the Santa Monica
mountains, a tew miles north of the town of Santa
Monica, are evidences of mining done fifty years ago
or more. It is evident, too, that it was placer gold
that they extracted, for the work was considerable
and undoubtedly done by large forces of men. These
former workings can be traced for more than a mile
in one canyon, and through the nicely heaped dumps
on either side trees are growing that would square,
if sawed, 5 or 6 inches. Many of these trees (oak)
are known to be of slow growth, and it is by them
that the length of time that has elapsed since the
work was done is estimated. These indications of
former mining have stimulated prospectors at one
time or another for many years to investigate the
ground with pick, shovel and pan, but no good ever
came of it further than a few "colors" of coarse
gold. Some quartz is also found, but of such a low
grade, and the vein matter being so small and
" pockety," that this, too, was given up, and noth-
ing like steady development of either the placer
deposits or quartz leads has ever been prosecuted to
any considerable extent.
The proverbial " oldest inhabitant " can throw no
light on the subject of by whom these former work-
ings was done, and it is a matter of perplexity wher-
ever the matter is mentioned. That they succeeded
in saving a great deal of gold, as evidenced
by the amount the channel was worked, no
one has a doubt. But where did they
come from, and where did they go ? are the
questions that remain unanswered. There is a beau-
tiful spring flowing from about the center of the old
workings, used by those who of late years have tried
to unravel the mystery. They have left a rocker
there, yet in a good state of preservation, and once
in a while one or more old California miners go up
and work a spell, never returning with enough gold
to reward them for their time and labor. Some
think it was done under the direction of the Fran-
ciscan Fathers, and they had for their subjects
natives, and the gold thus found was conveyed to
Old Mexico and utilized for church ornaments.
The place of their habitation is also obscured, as
it was hardly possible at that early period for water
to have been developed in the valleys and plains
below, where are now fine farms and orchards, and
many believe that their homes while at work were
in dugouts and tunnels in the steep sides of the can-
yon near the work. Prospecting for these old habi-
tations has been talked of a great deal and but little
work done toward it. The sides of the mountains
here are very steep and dugouts could have been
made with very little work. Some day, maybe, some
old prospector will dig in there and find the begin-
ning of these old places of rendezvous, and find
something that will give to modern civilization some
astonishing revelations of ancient mining. J. M.
■ 'Santa Monica, Jan. 24th, '97.
The Drainage of American Plat.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by Dan de Quillk.
NUMBER II. — CONCLUDED.
At Virginia City, beneath which place the Com-
stock was strongest and richest, is seen a great
basin-like depression, with an uneven and eastward-
sloping bottom, surrounded on all sides with rugged
hills. It was the opinion of Professor W. Frank
Stewart, an old Pacific coast prospector and semi-
scientist, that wherever large flats or marked de-
pressions occurred on the course of a lode there
would be found the strongest and richest deposits of
ore. This theory seemed to hold good on the Com-
stock. At Gold Hill there is a depression, similar to
that at Virginia City, but smaller, and at Silver
City, a short distance below, where is an extensive
system of gold-bearing lodes that have been paying
steadily for nearly forty years, there is another
depression of irregular form and somewhat broader
than that at Gold Hill. At American flat the depres-
sion is more marked and better defined than are any
of those at the points mentioned above. Therefore,
if there is anything in Professor Stewart's theory,
there should be some good bonanzas on that section
of the lode.
On the west side of American flat rises a high and
rugged mountain ridge — a continuation of the main
range at Virginia City of which Mount Davidson is
the culminating peak — which shows many evidences
of volcanic disturbances. This range of igneous rocks
has as its predominant peak a mountain smaller than
Mount Davidson, on the west side of which is an old
volcanic crater that has thrown out a great amount
of honeycombed lava ; on the west side of Mount
Davidson is a similar extinct crater. These two are
the only old volcanic craters found in the mountain
range in which the Comstock is situated.
At the west side of the flat, running along the base
of the range mentioned above, is a large reef of gyp-
sum ; on its south side is an isolated mountain which
evidently came up through the bottom of a lake, as
it has on its summit a considerable depth of smoothly
washed gravel. Although smoothly polished and
apparently sound, all this gravel has been com-
pletely cooked and may be crushed to powder by the
pressure of one's naked hands. When upheaved
this mountain also brought up with it on its crest a
lot of logs — parts of trees — all completely petrified.
One of these logs was 2 feet in diameter and about
40 feet in length. . On the east side of the flat are
some low, rocky hills, among which are pushed up
small areas of sedimentary rock. A patch of this of
slaty character and blue-gray in color shows in its
cleavage fractures very beautiful impressions of sea-
weed and other marine plants. These imprints of
plants are red, brown and orange in hue, the leaf
markings very distinct and the colors bright.
In the flat on the east side, near its outlet into
American ravine, was a considerable area of placer
ground, which was worked from time to time by
various parties and paid small wages — $2.50 to $3 a
day to each man. The gold in this ground evidently
came from the croppings of the lodes above on the
flat. In the rocky walls of the outlet of the flat is a
large vein of low-grade gold-bearing quartz. The
croppings average about $5 a ton, and by sinking on
the vein much richer ore would likely to be found.
Aside from the mines and metals it contains, this
February 6, 1897.
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113
section of the Comstock range is a very interesting
region, and one in which a geologist would find many
objects worthy of critical examination. In the large
mountain on which are the petrified logs is a big vein
of chalcedony, showing many beautiful arboresent
forms and red, blue, green, white and brown in
color. Some nodules of this mineral are quite opal-
escent, resembling Mexican fire opals.
The Comstock now occupies a secondary position
among the mining camps of Nevada. The De Lamar,
in Lincoln county, in the eastern part of the State,
is now the leading mine of Nevada, and is one of the
strongest and richest mines on the Pacific coast.
The April Fool, Magnolia and other lodes in the
same great gold bell are but little behind the De
Lamar. Rich and extensive mines are being opened
at the new camp of State Line, on the Utah border.
At Osceola, White Pine, new discoveries in lode and
placer and rich developments are being made, while
the Dexter mine is giving new life to Tuscarora. In
Klko county, at Island .Mountain, an immense reser-
voir is being constructed and preparations are being
made for working by hydraulic process some GOOO
acres of wonderfully rich placers. Work is also in
progress on several other areas of rich placer ground
in the same county. Among these are the deep
drift placers or drift diggings at Van Duzer creek,
which are paying $100 a day to the man, with other
diggings equally good being opened.
At present more enterprise is being shown by the
miners of eastern Nevada than has lately been ex-
hibited by those along the western border. There-
fore, if the people of the Comstock would not fall still
further behind, it behooves them to bestir them-
selves and make some new ventures by draining
American flat, opening up the " west country," and
by looking after the other "possibilities" of their
famous old mining field.
The Gravel Fields of Northern California.
Probably as extensive and valuable placer mining
enterprises as are in the world are in Trinity and
Siskiyou counties, California. They embrace an area
of 12,000 acres, and are being developed by French
capital, introduced by Fred Beaudry. Some years
ago he investigated the placer fields of Trinity and
Siskiyou counties, secured some of the cream of the
country and interested French capitalists, who
now control the 12,000 acres of gold-bearing ground
in the two counties.
Trinity and Siskiyou counties adjoin, the former on
the south and the latter on the north, bordering on
the State of Oregon. The country is mountainous,
and the culminations are sharp, while the canyons
and valleys are rich in auriferous gravel, eroded
from the mountain slopes through the the lapse of
centuries.
The Trinity county placers are on the Trinity
river drainage. That stream flows into the Klamath,
and the latter into the sea. The county is heavily
timbered, well watered, and the climate is mild and
equable. All up and down that region the sand and
the gravel bars are flecked with the yellow metal.
All this region is well timbered, watered and acces-
sible by good roads.
In the purchase of grounds, building of ditches,
flumes, pipe-lines, the establishment of giants, build-
ings, telephone and telegraph systems, electric
plants, roads and bridges, sawmills, etc., more than
$1,250,000 has already been expended, and the
work of improvement and development goes steadily
on. These syndicates have established the founda-
tion of enterprises that will give employment to hun-
dreds of men for a long time. At different times 400
or 500 men have already found employment on the
various works. Of course, after these improvements
are well established, and the enterprises are in full
swing, less men will be required, and the profits will
be correspondingly greater.
The LaOrange Hydraulic Gold Mining Company. —
This company's property embraces an area of 3174
acres, and is located in Oregon Gulch, Junction City
and Weaverville mining districts, Trinity county. It
was purchased in the spring of 1893 by Fred Beaudry
and Baron Ernest LaGrabge of France. Ditches
were extended and enlarged, building improvements
multiplied and the entire system placed on a basis of
magnificent proportions. The gold-bearing gravel
was found to vary from a few feet to 400 feet in
depth. This property is splendidly equipped with an
extensive water system.
A canal has been constructed from Rush creek, 14i
miles, having five tunnels, aggregating 2118 feet in
length. These tunnels have a grade of three-fourths
to one inch to the rod, and some of them are heavily
timbered almost their entire length, while about
seven-eighths of the ditch is in rook. These water
courses are 7 feet on top, 4i at the bottom,^ 4
deep, grade 14J feet to the mile, and carry 3000 min-
ers' inches, or 60 cubic feet of water per second. To
avoid-four miles of expensive rook work, a pipe-line
was put down 1681 feet in length, 18 inches in diam-
eter, with depressions of 355 feet.
At West Weaver a pipe-line was installed, 2224 feet
in length, 28 inches in diameter, with a fall of 150
feet, and depression 450 feet below this discharge.
Water rights acquired by this company are very val-
uable. The main canal is 14J miles in length, with a
capacity of 4000 inches ; upper Loveridge ditch, 4
miles, capacity 1500 inches; lower Loveridge ditch,
Vi miles, capacity (iUO inches; with five or six of
minor importance, making the aggregate about 23
miles, with capacity of 7000 inches. The waters are
taken from Rush, West Weaver and other creeks.
To increase the volume of water. Rush creek and
Stewart's fork are being connected by tunnel through
the mountain, 9000 feet in length, 5x7 feet dimen-
sions, passing under the comb of the mountain at a
depth of over 3000 feet. Power drills are now work-
ing from both sides. To bring the water from Stew-
art's fork into the mouth of the tunnel 8000 feet of
flume had to be constructed on that side. Several
thousand feet of the tunnel are already completed,
and the work is being pushed day and night. At
present the available water supply is from Rush
creek, and amounts to 3000 inches, under a head of
250 to 450 feet, delivered through three giants, with
nozzles from 6 to 9 inches in diameter, and 18-inch
inlet.
At the top of Table mountain a large reservoir has
been constructed, supplied by the canal system, from
which pipes radiate to the various giants, 15, 18 and
22 inches iu diameter, and under various heads. The
mine is equipped with a top sluice 108 feet in length,
G feet wide, 3 deep, with a grade of 8 inches to 12
feet, paved with block riffles 16x161, 11x13, 13x13,
followed by ground sluices 100 feet long. Still below
are forty-three boxes, 12 feet each, paved with block
and stone riffles. At the end of the main sluice is a
chute with right and left undercurrent, one 18x48,
the other 24x36, paved with rock riffles. Grade of
upper sluice is 8 to 12 inches to the box of 12 feet.
The larger intervening boulders are handled by der-
rick.
Electric plant, telephone and telegraph systems
and other improved features are in the equipment.
In the mine 9000 feet of sheet iron and steel pipe are
in use. The tailings are dumped into Oregon gulch,
which discharges into Trinity river, above Junction
City.
This company is incorporated under the laws of
Colorado, with W. H. Radford as superintendent.
The property is producing $1000 net per day of 24
hours. But, with the increased water supply and
the additional improvements being made, the com-
pany will soon-be prepared to greatly increase the
gold output. W.'S. Louden & Son were the engineers
in charge during the preliminary stages of its devel-
opment.
The French: Hydraulic Gold Mining Company. — This
enterprise is located at Junction City, ten miles from
Weaverville, the county seat of Trinity county. The
property was purchased by Mr. Beaudry of Dr. A.
H. Hayes, of Boston, June 23, 1893, and January 20,
1894, the present company took possession. Its area
is 1800 acres, and the company is still acquiring more
territory. 'The property was mined for years in a
rude and limited way by some of the early Califor-
nians. It lies on the west side of Trinity river.
Operations at present are mostly confined to the
McKinney and Picket claims, which are extensively
equipped with pipe lines, sluices, ditches, flumes,
giants, etc. These gravel deposits are terraced, the
lower 80, the upper 100 feet in depth, 1000 to 3000
feet in width, extending along the west bank of
Trinity river for a distance of three miles.
The main ditch taps Canyon creek, is twelve miles
in length and has a capacity of 3000 miners' inches.
It is 71 feet at the top, 41 on the bottom, 4 feet deep,
and the flumes are 4x6 feet, with 2-inch bottoms,
IV-inch sides, and grade 10 feet to the mile. At But-
ler's Divide a syphon .35 inches in diameter and 2214
feet in length is in use. Water is conveyed by the
ditch system to a penstock, thence by a large pipe-
line to the river. At this point a suspension bridge
516 feet in length spans Trinity river, along which
the large pipe-line extends to the opposite side,
thence to the works where the water is utilized. The
span is 335 feet, cables 4] inches in diameter, weight
of each 33,000 pounds, fastened at the ends by tun-
neling into the rock, with iron stanchions firmly
cemented in the solid granite. In this work about
4500 feet of 15, 18 and 26.-inch pipe were used.
Twelve miles above the head of the ditch the com-
pany has secured the right to the water of a lake,
the sourceof Canyon creek, in the Granite mountains,
at an altitude of 5600 feet. It has an area of 160
aci-es and is of unknown depth. The fall in these
diggings from the penstock to bedrock is 400 feet,
working pressure 225, using No. 7 to 14 iron. Sev-
eral bedrock drains in the McKinney claim are from
20 to 35 feet in depth, blasted in the clay slates. The
bedrock formation is a dark slate, with streaks of
quartz and bands of porphyry. No. 2 flume is 1000
feet in length, 4J feet wide, with grade 51 inches to
12 feet, and paved with block riffles 10x151. No. 3
flume is 840 feet in length, 41 feet wide, grade 8
inches to the box of 12 feet, and paved with block rif-
fles 12x12. Dump from tjie end of No. 2 is 100 feet
above the river ; from No. 3, 95 feet — thus affording
ample fall for tailings and room for the establish-
ment of undercurrents.
Ten giants are operated on the property, so ar-
ranged as to perform the greatest possible execu-
tion. A bedrock tunnel has been run on the south-
east end of the claim 260 feet ; from the breast an
incline of 30, and an upraise of 55. The tunnel con-
tains sluices 5i feet in the clear, with block riffles
12x12.
Operations on the Picket claim are more limited,
and the water is taken from McKinney and Mill
gulches. The ground being worked is the first, or
lower, bench, and the characteristics are about the
same as adjoining properties. The works consist of
a flume 400 feet in length, 4 feet wide, 6inch grade,
with block riffles 10x15. The necessary pipe-liae is
600 feet of 15-inch No. 7 iron.
Edward Cumenge is president of the company and
chief engineer of the LaG range. The general man-
agement of this property is in the hands of E. Sa-
ladin. Mr. Beaudry is local administrator, while the
main office is in Paris.
Till- Mini rsrille Hydraulic (raid Mines. — Minersville
is eighteen miles from Weaverville, on the east fork
of Stewart's fork of Trinity river and 2300 feet above
the Pacific. In August, 1894, Fred Beaudry pur-
chased a lot of these placer grounds and began active
operations on them. The various consolidations ag-
gregated 2800 acres, including the town of Miners-
ville, which he also owns. Since taking possession
he has constructed a system of ditches, llie principal
one of which is nine miles in length, taps the east
fork of Stewart's fork, has a capacity of 5000 miners'
inches, is 9 feet wide at the top, 6 at the bottom,
with an average grade of 15 feet to the mile, and in
places it is lined with 11 to 2-inch planking. Waste
gates and flumes are of 2inch lumber, with 4-foot
sides and 6 feet on the bottom. Length of main
canal and laterals, 16 miles.
On the property are fine bodies of sugar pine,
cedar and spruce, with a sawmill for cutting them
into lumber. Over 4000 feet of sheet iron and piping
have been laid, 15, 18 and 22-inch, with four giants
under a pressure of 350 feet. Seven miles of roads
have been constructed, and upon the property is one
of the largest giants in the world. Its weight is
nearly 4000 pounds, discharge pipe 16J feet in length
and inlet 18 inches. The property is in fine shape
and is yielding lucrative dividends. Like the Junc-
tion City placers, these gravel bars are in benches.
The gold is coarse.
Siskiyou, Hydraulic Gold Mines. — On the south fork
of Scott river Mr. Beaudry has purchased 974 acres
of placer ground and is equipping the tract for ex-
tensive operations. The territory is on the Klamath
river drainage, and the headwaters are several deep
lakes, varying from 20 to 160 acres each. There are
two ditches on the property — one from Boulder
creek, with capacity of 1500 inches, and the other
from Fox creek, of 7000 inches. Boulder and Fox
lakes can be utilized, thus greatly increasing the vol-
ume at nominal expense.
From three acres of the old diggings at this point
$170,000 were taken. The gravel has been thor-
oughly prospected. Along the river is virgin terri-
tory which prospects well. It is 200 to 600 feet in
width, 7 to 20 feet deep, and full length of the claim —
9500 feet. On the mine are 2000 feet of 11 and 15-
inch pipe, several giants and other improvements.
Pressure of the Fox ditch, 300 feet. Ditches, flumes,
pipe-lines, sawmills, electric plant, roads and various
other improvements are in course of construction.
The Beaudry Hydraulic Gold Mines. — On Wild Cat
creek Mr. Beaudry has purchased 1810 acres of gold-
bearing gravel bars, a short distance from the other
Siskiyou properties. This mine has an average width
of about 5000 feet, is over 9000 feet in length, and the
auriferous gravel is from a few feet to 100 in depth.
Along the streams and on the sides of the hills,
ridges and mountain slopes, gold in paying quanti-
ties is found. By extending the ditch already com-
pleted to Grizzly gulch on to Jackson creek, an
ample volume of water would be the result for exten-
sive hydraulic purposes on the mine. This could be
accomplished by the extension of the Grizzly creek
ditch a distance of about 8000 feet.
C. L. Hall, M. E.
Railways and Mining.
British Columbia is fortunate in having the advan-
tages of lively railroad competition. Without it the
great mines of the Kootenay country would yet be
only prospects awaiting development, for only a
small proportion of the ores could be shipped to
smelters without reasonable rates. Probably the
best indication of the value of the mineral resources
of the country is the fact that the competing rail-
roads are at great expense pushing their branches
into it. Contractors are building a line from Trail
to Robson ; the Great Northern expects to build a
branch from Bonner's Ferry to Nelson ; an applica-
tion is out for a charter for a road from Lethbridge,
Northwest Territory, to the Fraser river or the
Gulf of Georgia ; it is probable that the Canadian
Pacific will build a number of branch lines into Brit-
ish Columbia to hold trade, and a gang of men is clear-
ing the right of way for the Slocan river branch of
the Columbia & Kootenay Railway, and another gang
is clearing the right of way for the C. P. R. road
between Slocan crossing and Slocan lake.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
February 6, 189T.
Mining Summary.
CAI-IFOBNIA.
Ledrjer: The Black Prince, at lone, has
been bonded by Geo. Walker for thirty days
to Cutting & Jordan, the lessees. They are
putting up machinery to work this and the
Leoni mine. _ . ^ ^,
The Union Consolidated at Clinton, at the
depth of 400 feet, has made a rich strike. The
ledge is 16 feet wide, of free milling quartz,
and is expected to average §10 a ton. The shaft
was continued deeper, and, at 480 feet, struck
a rich body of galena rock The owners are
continuing to sink the shaft to yet greater
depths. They have a 30-stamp mill and con-
template increasing its capacity.
At the Bellweather property, owned chiefly
in Chicago and located at Jackson, they have
just completed a crosscut from 282 feet in
depth, 130 feet east, the last 50 feet being m
ledge matter which assays well. Sinking is
being prosecuted steadily, the shaft now being
about S20 feet in depth.
Fisher & Thompson of Stockton have bonded
the ledge on the Mullen property, on Mule
creek, near lone.
Butte.
Rcijistcr: On Magalia ridge, in the Peter
Woods mine, owned by the English syndicate,
eighteen men are employed under the supec-
vision of E. C. Paxton.
In the same vicinity, the Ethel gold mine,
owned by a New York syndicate, of which
Prof. Thomas Price is the general manager
and W. D. Edward superintendent, twelve
men are employed.
In the Princess mine ten men are employed
under Superintendent Geo. E. Hogg. It is
reported that an excellent quartz ledge has
been struck in this gravel mine. ■
In the Bader mine, of which Geo. B. Mowry
is superintendent, three shifts are employed,
and the gravel is paying well. The tunnel is
now in 1500 feet.
In the big Magalia mine there are forty-five
men at work.
On the John Dix mine, which is owned by
R. Diller of Chico, six men are employed, and
it is reported that the gravel pays well.
D. A. Metheson, near Nimshew, is running
an open cut on his quartz mine and uncovering
the ledge, which crops out for a long distance.
This is what in former years was known as
the old Meredith ledge. Mr. Matheson will
probably in the spring erect a quartz mill
upon his property.
CaiaveraB.
Prospect : The Sterling brothers have
pumped the water out of the Wide West
mine. The shaft is down about ISO feet, with
two drifts at the bottom, out of which good
rock has been taken. The ledge averages,
from 10 to 18 inches.
Thomas H. Jenkins, on Skull Flat, has
cleaned out an old tunnel on a claim above the
Barnhardt ranch. The tunnel was worked in
early days. After clearing out about 200 feet
of old driftings he uncovered a vein of ore
avering from 12 to IS inches wide that will
prospect very high, is free milling, and car-
ries a nice looking high grade of sulphureLs.
El Dorado.
(Special Correspondence).— Scuppon & Alex-
ander are prospecting on the old Moses Miller
mine, three miles south of town. Their tun-
nel is in 65 feet. The ore body is 5 feet, and
averages §G per ton. The ore is milled at the
Larkin mine. The sulphurets run 2 per cent
and average over ^200 per ton.
McCue & Mcpherson are opening a large
gravel property on the Beunet ranch, twelve
miles west of town.
Prospectors have uncovered an unusually
large ledge on the north side of the American
river, four miles north from here. The prop-
erty belongs lo a Mr. Hartman of San BYan-
cisco.
Seymour & Staver are doing systematic de-
velopment work on the old Vandalia property,
thirteen miles southwest of here. They have
completed over 4U0 feet of underground work.
The mineral-bearing ore is said to be similar
to the Utica holdings— quartzite, amphybolite
schist and soda spar. The young men are
working vigorously and with success.
It is reliably reported that Ballard & Mar-
tin will begin work on the old Superior, or
Tincup mine, three miles south of town, early
in the spring. This was a richly-paying prop-
erty ten yearfe ago. The old 10-stamp mill
still remains upon the property in a fair state
of preservation. The greatest depth attained
when this plant was operated was 155 feet.
J. T. McNutt started development work on
a 12-inch cropping. The shaft is now down 25
feet on a 24-inch ledge of good ore in a slate
formation. The property is thirteen miles
southwest of Placerville, near the Big Can-
yon mine. It is called the Rockefeller.
Placerville, Feb. 1st, '97.
Gazette: At the Ohio mine, about one-half a
mile from Greenwood, they are at present
working a force of ten men night and day.
The shaft is 300 feet deep and they are taking
good ore from the bottom of the shaft; the
quartz has a good showing of gold, and there
are prospects of a mill in the near future.
This mine is bonded by San Francisco parlies.
At the Welch mine, north of the Ohio, they
are sinking a shaft and are now down about
150 feet., They intend going down much far-
ther, as their prospects are good.
At the Garibaldi mine, owned by San
Francisco people, the tunnel is between 300
and 40U feet and the ledge is S feet wide, the
ore found assaying at $S per ton.
The owners of the Lucky Marian intend
placing machinery on the mine and a 20-stamp
mill be erected which will be in position to I'e-
sume work this month. The shaft is 110
feet deep; the ledge in south drift is 1*J feet
0 inches in width.
Hickman and Stevenson are working the
southern extension of the Lucky Marian
and have started to sink a shaft.
The Walker mine has been bonded to par-
ties in San Francisco. There is a 5-stamp mill
on the property and good work is being done.
Johannesburg News: W. D. Sollender has
sold to Rogers, Pepper & Allen, the owners of
the Wedge mine, the Gold Mountain group of
mines, situated one mile east of Johannes-
burg, which contains thirteen claims and lies
on the west slope of the mountain. A big force
of men has been put to work and more will be
added as fast as room is made for them. The
new company purpose erecting a mill as soon
as development justifies it.
The Standard mine, lying west of the Little
Butte and Kenyon mines, has beed sold to
A. C. Harper of the Harper-Reynolds Com-
pany of Los Angeles. A force of men has been
put to work developing the claim.
Union: Some rich ore has been uncovered
in the Pocahontas mine at Gold Flat. The
ledge is a good-sized one and there is every
indication that the pay streak will continue
ao depth is attained. In past years ore yield-
ing as high as §105 per ton has been taken out,
but the mine has never been worked below
the water level.
Placer.
Argus: The California Debris Commission
has received an application from G. D. Duncan
& Co. to mine by the hydraulic process in the
Pebble Bottom mine, near Yankee Jims.
Johnson, Graber &, Dyer are putting up a
Huntington mill on the old Gayetty ledge, on
the Bear river slope.
Herald: At the Red Point sixty men are
employed. The old channel is being followed
and they are in over 10,000 feet, the prospects
continuing good. This mine is operated by a
French company whose interests are looked
after by J. A. Ferguson.
The Morning Star mine at Iowa Hill con-
tinues to be one of the most steady paying
properties in that section. A dividend of SO
per share was recently declared.
The Big Dipper mine near Iowa Hill is in
active operation and is a good producer.
The mining operations in ihe vicinity of
Michigan Bluff are at somewhat of a stand-
still owing to the lack of water, but after the
first heavy rain work will be vigorously prose-
cuted.
The old Eveniog Star mine on the James
Bleenan ranch, on Rock creek, has been opened
up by a San Francisco company. About fifteen
men have been engaged the past two weeks
in cleaning out the old shaft, and when the
drifts are reached as many more men will be
employed. The Evening Star is a good prop-
erty, and a good deal of money was taken out
of it in early days.
Since the Dam mine was purchased by the
Hidden Treasux'S Company, Centerviile,
where it is located, has become an important
point, and when active operations begin in
the spring it will be one of the liveliest camps
in the mountains, owing to the large number
employed about the mine.
The Hidden Treasure at Sunny South con-
tinues a steady producer, although only a
comparatively small force is now employed.
Work at the Mountain Gate mine is being
carried on with speed, the tunnel now being
opened a distance of oUUO feel, and they are
crosscutting for solid gravel. This property is
owned by the Hidden Treasure Company.
About sixty men are employed at the Pio-
neer mine under the management of D. J.
Sullivan. A shaft is being sunk from the 500
to the 1000- foot level, and the mill is kept run-
ning steadily night and day. Tunnel No. 4 is
now in 2200 feet, and they will have to go in
500 feet more to reach the vein. Power drills
are kept in constant operation, and 10% feet
a day is made. The company recently pur-
chased four other claims adjoining their own
property and ore is being taken out and milled
at the Pioneer, and tnus far with good re-
sults. This mine is owned by a Boston com-
pany.
Rivers ide.
Independent: Work has been suspended on
the Golden Chariot mine, near Perris.
The St. Elmo people have opened up another
extensive body of rich gold in adrift about 250
feet from the main shaft.
The Jumbo Mining Company are now oper-
ating the Santa Fe mill, near'Perris.
The upper shaft in the old Santa Rosa mine,
near Perris, has reached a depth of 254 feet,
and thirty men are employed. The drifts
from the new shaft are within 15 feet of those
of the old shaft, and 25 tons of ore are ex-
tracted daily and milled at a good profit.
Twenty men are now employed on the level
in the Good Hope mine, Perris, where the
rich strike was made last week. The ore body
is holding its size and richness. The superin-
tendent says the stamp mill will be started
shortly.
Shasta.
Searchlight: Dr. O. H. Simons has held a
bond on the Balakalala for some time. This
bond has recently been assigned to Alex.
Hill, manager of the Mountain Copper Com-
pany, who will thoroughly explore the ore
body, and, if he finds it satisfactory, the ex-
penditure of large sums of money in railroad
and increased reduction capacity is assured.
The Balakalala group is composed of about
forty claims, and, like the Iron Mountain, is a
large mass of sulphide ore. The property is
located about four mites northeast of Iron
mountain.
It is reported that a sale is pending of the
Texas Consolidated at Old Diggings, R. G.
Hart, Sr., owner. This property is the
largest quartz mine in operation in northern
California and is developed to a depth of 1100
feet; it is equipped with a 20-stamp mill and
a complete plant, for saving and chlorination
sulphurets. Electric power is used in the
mill and an electric hoist is now being placed
in the tunnel No. 5 to take the place of a
gasoline hoist heretofore used.
D. Hunt, who has charge of Senator Jones'
interests in vShasta county, has a force of men
employed running a 500-foot tunnel oh the
Ballou mine on South Pork.
W. H. Goulet, a leaser on Deadwood, has
struck a rich find in the upper works of the
Last Chance ledge.
The Ancient Channel drift mine of Delta,
which has been idle for some time, will
shortly resume operations.
Chas. Butters will inspect his interests in
Shasta county this week. It is said on good
authority that his visit will probably result
in extensive development work in the neigh-
borhood of Kennett.
Free Press : The demand for siliceous ores is
increasing through the operations of the
Mountain Copper Company. This fact is giv-
ing an impetus to mining and prospecting
within a range of several miles from Keswick
and Redding. A home market has been cre-
ated for a marketable ore product, and the in-
dustrious miner, who is able and willing to
work, may, with small capital, except his
muscle, make a living. At present the de-
mand for silicious ores is greater than the
supply, and the company have taken hold of
several properties which they are developing
at their own expense.
While the Uncle Sam mine on Squaw creek
is worked out, yet there are about a dozen of
the old hands with their families living there
and making good wages with leases from the
company.
The Princess Hydraulic Mining Company
have completed their long ditch from Boulder
creek to Horsetown, a distance of eleven
miles. The water has been turned in and
they have started the giant in the mine at
Horsetown.
Siskiyou.
S. J. Fore, of the Last Chance mine,
near Callahan's, has purchased an Evans'
elevator, which is capable of hoisting 200
tons of gravel per hour. Everything is in
shape to operate the mine on an extensive
scale. Last Monday Mr. Fore placed thirty
additional names on the pay-roll.
Jtiarnal: Grayson and Hunter, who have
bonded the Blue Gravel mine at Greenhorn,
are sinking a shaft to strike the gravel bed
lower down the creek and then work up to the
old shaft.
Prospectors are locating new claims every-
where in the county to commence work for
the spring season, and companies are being
formed to work old claims on a more extensive
scale.
Several quartz ledges will be worked dur-
ing the coming summer that have been idle
on account of the ledges pinching out. It is
the intention to explore for the lost ledges by
going down deeper and running crosscuts.
Journal: The Blue Gravel mine, near this
place, will be reopened in the course of thirty
days by San Francisco parties brought here
byH. H. Hunter, who will retain an interest
in the property.
Several big mining deals are about consum-
mated in the county, among them being the
construction of a flume to cover the high bars
below the pumping plant on Shasta river.
These bars are known to be very rich, good
wages being made by wheeling the gravel
four hundred yards to the river and rocking it.
Newn: Charles Bienbaum is running a tun-
nel on the Jasmund mine in Humbug district.
It is a well-defined ledge and can be traced
for 2000 feet.
There will be some extensive improvements
made at the .Jumbo mine in the spring, in-
cluding a cable tramway, a wagon road and
som^ nf^'li'"innal improvements in the mill
whictiwiu be started after the tramway is
completed.
Work IS progressing on the 40D-foot level in
the Brown Bear, at the head of White's
gulch. The vein was reached in 240 feet by a
crosscut tunnel which was extended some 200
feet past the ledge, but the work now being
done is drifting on the vein.
Trinity.
Journal: At the Sybil group of mines near
Deadwood there are sixteen men employed.
There is enough ore of good quality in sight
to run the mill steadily.
At the Bloss &■ McClary mine the company
are piping night and day. On piping off a
slide from the mountain a good deposit of
gravel was found lately.
G. L. Carr has made a new strike in his
mine near Carrville. He ran in a prospecting
tunnel and then raised, striking the ledge in
two places.
On Coffee creek the Trinity Gold Placer
Mining Syndicate are running their bedrock
tunnel for the purpose of getting dump and
will have it completed by spring. They will
then be ready to operate their rich placer
mine on a large scale.
There are large deposits of gravel at Trinity
Center and vicinity, along Coffee creek, on
Dutton's creek, or Indian creek, around
Weaverville, at Junction City, Canyon creek.
Rattlesnake, Minersville and along the Trin-
ity river, which have not been worked to any
extent owing to the expense of bringing on
water.
At Hay Fork considerable work is being
done in the mines. Duncan and Pragmore on
Morgan gulch are taking out ore and have
struck a large body of rich rock.
B. Kellogg is working two men on his ledge
on Kingsbury gulch and is taking out ore.
W. C. Drinkwater is running his placer
mine with good results.
Quite a number of men are working with
sluices and rockers in Kingsbury gulch.
Tuolumne.
^n ion- Democrat: The mines around Yankee
Hill are showing up well. The Silver Queen,
owned by Geo. Mapes, is being steadily
worked.
The Wood's Creek mine, in the vicinity of
the Silver Queen, is showing a large and rich
vein. It has attained a depth of ISO feet, and
drifting is being done.
Work on the shaft of the No. 1 mine at Stent
is being pushed forward, and Jimes McGinn,
the owner, expects to develop a good body of
ore as soon as a contact with the vein proper is
effected.
Mother Lode Magnet : The mill at the Shaw-
mut mine is nearing completion, and the mine
will be in operation within the next two
weeks.
The Confidence mine, which had been run-
ning from ten to twenty-five stamps at regu-
lar intervals, started up the full complement
— thirty — last week. There is a large quan-
tity of ore on the dump, and the mine is said
to look better than ever. The company em-
ploys forty-three men.
There is some work being done on the
Green mine. It is the intention of the man-
agement to begin work on an extensive scale
as soon as the condition of the roads will per-
mit.
Mother Lode: It is reported that the App
will erect forty additional stamps this coming
season.
The Old Bonanza mine, within the city lim-
its of Sonora, and from which several of the
present leading citizens of the county secured
their fortunes, is to be reopened, after having
been shut down and abandoned for years.
Owing to the pockety nature of the ledge
matter, the mine has never heretofore been
worked systematically as a milling proposi-
tion, and it was through losing the rich pay
streak that the old claim was abandoned.
The California Exploration Company, which
recently purchased the Bellevue mine, have
closed down the mill. It is the intention to
expend §100,000 on development work, that
the mine may be properly opened up.
John Dingle and associates of Sonora have
bonded the Mullen mine, six miles east of
Sonora, to a San Francisco syndicate. The
new company will at once commence the sink-
ing of a new shaft.
The new chlorination works, of three tons
capacity, at the Star mine, are completed and
giving good results. Ten stamps are dropping
steadily on ore from the mine.
XEVADA.
Surveyor General Pratt of Nevada, in his
biennial report, says that in the western and
southwestern portions of the State, where
formerly was produced the bulk of Nevada's
silver, gold raining is experiencing as much of
a revival as elsewhere. In Esmeralda county
the Silver Star mines are paying their owners
a good profit, and Silver Peait is proving to be
a good gold-producing camp. The Big Indian,
Marietta, Mt. Grant and Hawthorne district
mines all make a good showing.
The bullion product of Nevada^ according to
statistics furnished by the Superintendent of
the Mint, for 1S95 was :
Gold $1,780,204
Silver 1,051,99^
Total $8,832,196
For ISye :
Gold $2,9S5,140
Silver 998,555
Total $3,953,695
This shows a gain for 1896 of $1,121,499, due
principally to the output of the counties of
Lincoln, Esmeralda and Elko.
Dayton Times: Considerable work has been
done on the Logan and Hulley mine, in Como
district, this winter, and a great deal of
ground has been opened up. At present
five men are at work on a lower tunnel.
There is low-grade ore enough in sight in the
mine to keep a 10-stamp mill running for
years.
Enterprise : A new ore body has been uncov-
ered on the property of the Golden Eagle Min-
ing Company, in Humboldt county. As soon
as the new Working tunnel is completed, the
Board of Directors will meet to arrange for a
mill with which to handle the ores that are
now being blocked out.
On the Ophir group, the development of
which is being prompted by the same gentle-
men, the tunnel is being pushed ahead with
two shifts.
The owners of the Blackbird, which has
been productive of some high-grade ore in the
past, have resumed work. The mine was
closed down about two years ago. The mill,
which has been idle since, will be started up
in April, with abundant ore on which to run.
Gold Creek News: There are three import-
ant works now going on that will do much
toward determining the extent and value of
the ledges in this camp. At a depth of 50 feet
the Snow Flake shaft has passed through the
hard hanging wall and has disclosed the side
of an ore body for nearly 7 feet. The quartz
is plentifully sprinkled with free gold, but no
tests have yet been made. The Blue Ridge
tunnel is in 150 feet and is now in granite and
quartzite. Striogei-s of quartz have been
found all along that may carry gold, but noth-
ing big is expected until tbe main dike is
reached. The Mother Lode tunnel is in 180
feet and as the slate and porphyry in the face
break easily, 5 and 6 feet every twenty-four
hours is being made. The two tunnels on the
Mother Lode and Blue Ridge groups and the
Snow Flake shaft were started at about the
same time. These are widely separated.
J. H. Robbins has located 4S0 acres of placer
ground on Beaver creek for himself and C. A.
Watkins. Beaver creek is six miles south-
east of Gold creek and its waters are drained
into the sink of the great basin.
Gold Creek News : Machinery has been or-
dered in San Francisco and hydraulicking at
the Gold creek mines will commence April
1st. The work will begin near the head of
Hope gulch, and four giants will be started
about that time. Some 5000 feet of pipe will
be laid. It is expected to install a plant that
will eventually work from 40,000 to 45,000 cu-
bic yards of gravel a day.
Walker Lake Bulletin : At Silver Peak the
February 6, 1897.
dumps of the Western Soldier and Driok-
water mines arc full of ore.
Work on the Mary tunnel is beiofi: pushed
night and (lay, and there hait been a favorable
chanf^c iu the faceduriogr the last few days.
It is in nearly SUO feet and is about 50U feel
below the surface.
In Alida valley they arostlll taking out rich
ore from the Suwana'minc.
Reese Klver Itevefth: T. J. Bell's placer
claims at lone are producing more K^ld than
ever. Several other valuable discoveries have
been made of late.
ORKGON.
Baker City Ium»cnit: E. M. Hand has
finished an examination of the Columbian mine
In the Virtue district, controlled by W. G.
Press of ChicaKo. Mr. Hand found that the
vein uvoraKcd over 115 to the ton in Ko)d, and
averaged over :i*/i feet in width, while the west
drift, which is In 75 feet, showed the same
averaec in value and width of vein at the 175-
fool level. A steam hoist is to be placed upon
the property al once and development pushed.
A lU-slamp mill wilt be erected U[>on the
property in the spring.
Medford .VaH: All the placer mines along
Evans and Saxe creeks are in full operation
with plenty of water.
The Hrouks placer mine is running In full
blast with good supply of water.
F. McCoinb and H. Uden are mining a placer
mine, below the mouth of Saxe creek, with a
big head of water.
Jacksonville P'-min-ratic Ttmcn: The Linch-
pin mine in Wagner creek district has devel-
oped a body of good sulphurel ore,' 7 feet wide,
at a depth of 114 feet.
Philips & Strong of Waldo district are build-
ing a long lino of ;j-foot tiume for an outlet.
Morris & Smith, who bought the Polk Dews
mine on the Palmer creek some time since,
one day last week picked up a *'J7 nugget.
Gold Hill Xftrn: Kane creek, near Gold
Hill, is under bond to Boston men. They will
take water (5000 inches) from Bear creek.
This will require a ditch thirty miles in
length, which will give Ihem 4UU feet fall al
the head of Kane creek.
The old tJold Hill mine, said lo have pro-
duced a large sum from a pocket in early days,
is being developed by a crosscut tunnel, cut-
ting the ledge at a depih of about 250 feet.
Dr. Braden will start his quart mines and
mill next week.
J. lieuman is taking considerable ore out of
the Kilter and will stun his roiik shortly.
Parlies are negotiating for the Sardine
creek placer fields. This is a verj' extensive
gravel deposit,
A number of small placer mines are oper-
ated around Gold Hill. With a high line
ditch southern Oregon would produce several
millions in gold every year.
The Black Channel, on Foots creek, is being
put in working order. Large reservoirs,
Humes, etc., are being built,
ItKITISU COLUMBIA.
Spi»lc:«in<ui- Review: In the Kettle river dis-
trict Ihe owners of the Pathfinder are nego-
tiating for a sale to Montreal and Toronto
parlies. Should the deal fail, there is a large
English syndidale anxious to gel hold of the
properly, and who propose the ereclion of
reduction works as soon as practicable.
A half interest in the Golden Crown, in
Wellington Camp, about half way between
Grand Forks and Boundary creek, has been
sold toT. M. Daly for $1.5,000.
The Ruth mine in the Slocan, which re-
cently came into the hands of Mr. Forster of
London and George Alexander of Kaslo, is
shipping about 000 tons of ore monthly.
At the Noble Five there are about 10,000
tons of ore on the dump, all of which has been
taken out in course of development. The new
concentrator is of 120 tons capacity. Tbe mill
was started up about a week ago. By May 1
Ihe mine will be opened up to a depth of lOUO
feet.
Negotiations are pending for the sale of the
Alamo, Cumberland, Slocau mill and tramway
and the Idaho mine, all in the Slocan district,
to an English syndicate at a price approxi-
mating tr.'iO, 000. The Idaho has already paid
in dividends lo its owners the sum of *lii5,000,
and is paying a dividend of *20.0(JU monthly.
The Payne mine is now shipping sixty ions
of ore a day. U is said that the ore will run
anywhere from 250 to 400 ounces in silver lo
tbe ton. The monthly smeker returns will
approximate 1150,000,
Superintendent Hall of the LeRoi writes
thai they have struck a new body of ore in
the face of the west drift of the oUO-foot level,
west of the main cross course. They are now
shipping 150 Ions of ore daily.
Spokane Chronicle: D. E. and W, H. McVay
have sold their interests iu the Ruth mine,
near Sandon, B. C, for about §75,000 to people
who represent an English syndicate that re-
cently purchased the two-mirds interest in
the same mine for *Uili,(}(tlj.
The Vancouver Ncivn-Advcrtiner says 356
mineral claims were recorded in Kamloops
district during the past year.
The yield of gold from Ihe placer mines on
the Thompson and Fraser rivers, within the
Yale division, amounted to :ffJl,6US.
In the Similkameen division the yield of
gold amounted to*9000and of platinum to S7.50.
Nelson Miner: There are at present 8f53
men employed in the Slocan mines. At the
customary wages of *3.50 a day the total daily
pay-roll of the district thus amounts lo over
«3U00.
■ The number of claims staked in this dis-
trict and recorded at New Denver since IS'Jl
is as follows;
1P92. .
1803..
18fl4..
119
633
1895 638
1896....: 1,085
Total 3,143
The Transfer group, between Dayton and
Springer creek, has been bonded to W. A.
Campbell of Rossland for $30,100,
Work has been commenced on the Skylark
Mining and Scientific Press.
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and Ranger claims, situated on Davtnn creek.
These claims are bonded to Mr. Dick of Nova
Scotia.
The Kover. on Ton Mile creek, was sold last
week to the Caruduff Slinlng Company at a
good tlgure. Thiscompanv has now interests
in thirteen claims in the district,
J, A. Thompson of CarndutT, N, W, T,, last
week bought from G, M. Sorelle a quarter
interest in the North Extension, Pay Uoll
and Quadra Fraction, on Dayton creek, ad-
joining the Exchange, now under bond to
K. C, Campbell-Johnstone,
The following is a statement of the ore
smelted by the Hall mines smelter during
the past year:
Value.
(.Jold (575.ao ounces) $ U.flOl
Silver (ftW.l-M.HU ounces) iJH)M3
Copper (i.247.1ihj ikjudUs) as,47I
Total *45*.0I8
The ore smelted amounted lo t;o,2(V2,405
pounds, 5y.r20,3S5 pounds being from the Sil-
ver King and 542,070 pounds being from out-
side mines, and 4.775,^35 pounds of matte was
produced.
Average price of gold per ounce, *20; silver,
07 cents; copper, 10 cents per pound,
Spokane rhnmUlc: The Alpha and Black
Bear mines near Sandon have been sold for
*75,000 lo English parlies.
The Kooienay-Columbia tunnel has at a
distance of 400 feet opened a large body of
high-grade ore, averaging about ?:iO in gold.
A strike of six inches of ore assaying HflO
ounces of silver has been made in the Cordelia
in the Slocan.
A, Dick has bonded Ihe Skylark and Ranger
on Dayton creek for tlO,000,
Mr. Heinze has secured enough ore to war-
rant him going ahead and enlarging the capac-
ity of his smelter by the addition of two
furnaces which have been ordered for the
treatment of Slocan ores.
Victoria Tdnts : The Kootena^v tunnel,
which is now 400 feel long and 100 feet in on
the Columbia ground, has opened up an s-fool
ore body. This is supposed lo be the chute
opened in the Columbia tunnel above, from
which shipments were made last year which
yielded over $50 to the ton.
The ore body found west of the main chute
in the Le Roi now measures about 5 feet
between the walls and assays about $40 in
gold and ten per cent in copper. This is the
highest grade ore in copper ever found in the
mine.
A double compartment shaft is being sunk
from No. 2 tunnel of the War Eagle and is
yielding large assays since the new owners
resumed work-
According to the weekly reports of the Ross-
land Miniir there are now nine regularly ship-
ping mines in the camp.
New Denver Leituc: Thirty more men have
been put lo work on the Reco.
The $40,000 bond on the Skylark and Ranger,
Dayton creek, made by A. Dick, has been
signed,
A strike of cube galena was made in the
Wakelield last week. Some ore soon to be
shipped from this property will return a profit
of over $100 to the too.
C. K, Hammond, acting for the Ramsdall
Mining Company, of Tacoma, has bonded tbe
Sapphire and Gem on Payne mountain for
$10,UOO, 15 per cent cash.
The Slocan Star is looking better than ever.
Between two and three levels sloping is be-
ing pushed. The width of the ledge, and the
way in which huge blocks of ore are blown
down reminds the spectator of coal mining,
UTAH.
Eureka Danovrnt : The Homeslake shaft is
nearing the 300 level. The vein has left the
shaft, but a crosscut lo the ore body will be
started from the 300.
The Buckeye is producing high-grade ore,
and regular shipments are being made.
The tunnel at the May Day is now in over
500 feet and will be run to the vein, which
will probably be encountered in another hun-
dred feet.
The experimental smelter at Mt. Nebo is
not ready to start up, but a force of nine addi-
tional men have been put on the Star to take
out ore.
Salt Lake Tiiinnie: The Marion and Geyser
have agreed to bury the hatchet and the
two properties will probably soon be consoli-
dated. The conflict between the Marion and
Geyser has been over ground the ownership
of which was claimed by the Geyser. It was
also a matter of evidence that the territory^ in
dispute was worth $750,000, and to acquire it
a better fight has been waged. It is under-
stood that in the compromise the two prop-
erties are consolidated. In that event the
company becomes one of the strongest in Camp
Floyd mining district. Each has a mill al-
ready erected. That on the Marion has a
capacity for handling about sixty tons a day,
which is now being put through, while the
Marion, with its recent improvements, is
handling an average of about lOi) tons.
Eastern capitalists have secured a bond
on the Yankee Girl al Silver City, and
that the deal will be consummated is now prac-
tically assured.
At Mercur work at the Northern Light is pro-
gressing and the early starting of the mill is
assured.
The Golden Gate has a larger force of men
al work now than at any previous time.
At the Little Pittsburg a good deal of ex-
ploration has been going on, and it is said
there is a better showing than for some lime
past.
The Gold Dust has a great deal of ore in
sight, and cinnabar is not lacking in the work-
ings. That a large mill will be erected early
in the spring is an assured thing,
Tintic 3/i)ier: There is a probability of the
Swansea being obliged to shut down on ac-
count of the excessive charges for treatment
of its ores now exacted by the smelters.
These charges, we understand, have been
advanced $7 per ton, which means, if ship-
ments are continued, u loss of about $25UU to
the Swansea Company.
The Bullion-Heck ore body on the soo level
is reported to be the richest in the history of
the mine.
A contract will bo let at once to sink another
100 feet in the Poi-ahontas. It is also slated
that a steam hoist is a probability in the near
future.
Capl. John A. Bard of the Silver Cloud re-
ports that the shaft on that property is down
UK) feet. It is proposed to put proper machin-
ery on this property and to sink a deep shaft.
Jesse Ivnight states that the new tunnel on
the Uncle Sam is now in UH) feet, and he has
let another 200-foot contract.
The connection between the surface and the
old shaft of the Mammoth mine lias been
made, and the mine will soon be able to greatly
increase Us output. The recent high-grade
gold ore struck in the lower levels is reported
to be holding out well.
Murray Suu: The Golden Chest mill is to
be closed down next week, and all the efforts
of the company will be concentrated on de-
velopment work. The upper levels of the
Chest are practically worked out, and the
company is not al present inclined to run a
lower tunnel until some virgin ground on the
old levels toward the Idaho line is prospected,
Wallace iVc«N: The water is down to the
1100-foot level in the Tiger shaft. Men are
being added to the force right along, and by
the end of the week there will probatily be
100 at work extracting ore. The pumps
on the llOO-fool level were found to be out of
order and retarded operations somewhat. The
milt is giving entire satisfaction.
MONTANA.
Butte Miner: The Altoona Mining Com-
pany has found some good ore at a depth of
420 feet. About $100,(iO() has been spent on this
property in the pas* eighteen months, it is
thought probably that the great copper belt
of Butte may dip iu that direction and that
a new mining district may be developed.
At this particular point it is. thought that
the Glengarry lead will be found at a depth
of from 400 to 700 feet from the surface.
At a depth of 172 feet tbe Parrot Company
found another stringer on the Hesperus lode
claim, under lease and bond from James A.
Murray. The stringer is similar to the one
found near tbe surface and contains a great
deal of zinc and a trace of copper.
The new Butte and Boston people will start
in with a $1,000,000 in the treasury for devel-
opment work. It is not at all unlikely that
for the first two months the smeller will be
allowed to remain under lease to the Boston
and Montana people. Development work will
be done in the mines of the company that are
now in some cases only promising prospects.
The capacity of the smelter owned by the
company is 500 tons per day. If necessary ore
can be taken out at once in sufficient quantities
to supply the smelter, but the reserves now
on hand would soon be exhausted. Tbe devel-
oped mines of the company are the Grey Rock,
1,200 feet deep; the Blue Jay, O.iO feet; the
Silver Bow, 1.000 feet; the Snohoniesh, 4.50
feet and the Harrington Placer, '200 feet.
Tbe Rarus mine, owned by F. A. Heinze,
is turning out about 500 tons of ore a day.
The Anaconda Company, it is reported, has
abandoned the Ground Squirrel mine after
spending a great deal of money in exploration
work. Some good ore was taken from the
mine, but it was found near tbe surface and
nothing was found at the greater depths.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Timrt^: A bond and option has
been given on a large group of mines situated
on tbe Blacktail divide lo a representative of
the Lei ter syndicate of Chicago, now operat-
ing in Cripple Creek. Col. The bond runs for
ninety days, at which time the entire
amount— $3.50,000— is to be paid. Among the
properties in the deal is the Kicking Horse
group, the price of which is $150,000,
The west drift on the Kicking Horse group
of mines is now in 21)0 feet, which completes
tbe contract. During the progress of the
work eleven ore shoois were crosscut that
carry an average value of $40 gold per ton.
During the past week several parties have
been investigating the amount of ore now be-
ing produced from the mines and getting data
as to the actual amount that could be pro-
duced if local facilities were at hand lo treat
it. The probability is that the parties who
have made the examination will report favor-
ably, and ihe result will be that a custom
plant of large capacity will be erected this
season,
WYOMING.
Considerable excitement prevails at Sun-
dance over the discovery at Bear lake of a
gold ore lead which assays high values. Peo-
ple are flocking lo the scene of the discovery,
and over 100 claims have been taken up. The
formation is said to be the same as that at
the now celebrated Ragged Top mines.
COLORADO.
Aspen Trihiinc: Extensive development
work is projected on the Park Regent mine,
and, among other things, the big incline on
the property will be extended an additional
100 feel. Of late some above average ore has
been taken from the Regent, both by leasers
and company men.
The monster pump station at the foot of the
main shaft on the Free Silver mine has been
completed and is now being timbered.
It is semi-ofhcially stated that within the
next sixty days the Deep Shaft will be started
up.
Cripple Creek Mail: The Doctor mine on
R^ven hill is now sending out thirty tons of
cyanide ore per day, besides the weekly out-
put of aeventy-dve tons of high-grade smelt-
ing ore.
The Good Will tunnel compressor has been
erected, and a contract has been lot to drive
500 feet. Eurtpcan capiialisis have sub-
scribed $50,000 for this tunnel.
Work will be resumed on the first of 'next
month at the Koss A: Hurd tunnel, which en-
ters Raven hill from the east and is running
toward the Elklon vein. The bore is in 7oO
feet and has cui five veins, but none of them
has been prospected.
There are forty men now employed at the
Vindicator, doing mostly developra'onl work.
In the eighth level of the Victor a large
vein of ore was opened up a few days ago.
The tonnage for January will exceed 1500
tons. A shipment of $U>2,000 last month will
bo more than equated this month. Saturday
night lO'.t cars were hoisted for the differenl
levels, large quantities of which are high
grade.
The new pump of the Lucetta shaft, one of
the Golconda Company's properlioF, has been
started. It has a capacity of 1800 gallons an
hour.
The Christmas for the week ending Jan-
uary 23rd beat all its previous records. A
new slope is being opened at the '.ilXI-foot
level, where 10 feet of good ore is in sight. It
shows free gold and sylvanite.
Garfield-Grouse lessees are working a big
force of miners, Tne output now is al the
rate of 300 tons a month.
Returns received from the Vandenburg
lease on the Jack Pot give a value of $118 per
ton on the low grade and $727 per ton on the
high grade. The consignment consisted of
twelve tons.
Mtninu licrtml: At the Breckenridge gold
bell heavy and regular shipments of smelting
ore are being made and the gold output of the
mines is constantly increasing. The develop-
ments of the past year have proven that the
blanket veins of Yuba Darn flats are lasting,
A. H. Boyd, lessee of the Sultana, is mak-
ing regular shipments of from 100 to 200 tons
per month of smelling ore. The majority of
the shipments are iron and sulphide, carrying
gold and silver.
At Cripple Creek there are 1.50 paying
mines, from 41 of which there were shipped
last year 111,100 tons of ore, at a valuation of
$7,540,000, or an average of $(J.S per ton.
Eighteen good strikes have been made
around Cripple Creek since New Year's day.
The mills and samplers are all running to
their fullest capacity. The output of ore for
the month of January, 1807, will equal, if not
exceed, any month of the year IS'JI).
NKW MEXICO.
Silver City l-:ntcr prise: The Treasure Min-
ing Company, a Denver organization under
the general management of S, S. Murply,
employs tifty men and is making the property
pay well. Liast week the work of cleaning
out and draining the old Deep Down property,
was commenced,
Spiller L*t McLean are working eight men on
the Pacific Gold Company's claim on the
Pacific vein.
The Golden Giant Company has thirty-five
men employed at the mine and mill,
W, C. Chandler is working eighteen men on
the Mountain Key on tbe 100, 200 and 300-foot
levels.
There is considerable slir about the old
copper properties in the vicinity of Paschel
and Whitewater. At Paschel Thomas Kuncky
is working six men and making regular ship-
ments to the reduction works. Between
Paschal and Whitewater James Woodward
recently started work on ten different claims.
Bell and Paul are going lo erect a small
smelting plant upon the old Doyle claims, be-
tween Apache and Rector's Camp, which they
have relocated.
The adit level upon the Copper Queen mine
has attained a length of 770 feet with vertical
depth of about 500 feet from tbe surface.
For 450 feet the ore body has been continuous
without a break. The ore body is from 3 to 5
feet in width and will average over $30 per
ton, three-fifths of the value being gold.
ARIZONA,
Joiirual-'Mincr: The Commonwealth Com-
pany at Pearce is negotiating for the building
of a 40-stamp mill for their property, and two
mills will soon be erected for crushing ore.
Williams and Cooper are to sink and timber a
well and as soon as sufficient water is struck
the mills will follow.
The Gold Cliff Company, in the Pearce dis-
trict, is considering the advisability of work-
ing its ores. A crosscut on the ledge 112 feet
from the surface reveals a vein over 20 feet
wide continuing down.
A rich strike is reported in the Gold Cliff
mine at Pearce.
Tbe World's Fair mine of the Harshaw dis-
trict is erecting a concentrating mill and four
carloads of other machinery to treat the ore
have arrived.
Tucson Sdtr: Tbe Patagonia mining region,
which embraces Crittenden and Rollln, will
be Ihe center of much mining interest during
the year. The copper and silver developments
are promising. Several companies are devel-
oping mining properties which with depth are
showing large bodies of high-grade ores.
Shipments of ore extracted are increasing in
volume, and reduction works are being
erected.
(Jiiurie)': At Chaparral the Annie mill has
been started up with ten OOO-pound stamps
and three 0-foot vanners.
The Lost Horse mine has shut down for a
short time because they have the dump full of
ore, and the I'oads are so bad that they cannot
haul.
The Lottie is working its mill night and
day, and sinking its shaft.
There is a force of men at work on the Bun-
ker Hill mine.
Mojave County Miner: H. R. McClure and
P. Edwards have made a deal with a Phila-
delphia syndicate for their properties in Clear
Creek. Provisions and mining supplies have
been sent out and several men will be put to
work.
Mining and Scientific Press.
February 6, 1897.
Mechanical Progress.
Will steel Frames of Tall Build-
ings Last?
What is occurring or what will occur
to the metallic portions of the many
tall buildings that are in process of
erection at the present time, under
great dissimilarity as regards temper-
ature, humidity and other climatic con-
ditions, but of one characteristic
sameness, viz., being sealed in solid
masonry or other coverings beyond the
ken of inspection ? Probably no engi-
neering question of to-day is entitled to
more serious consideration than this
one. In discussing it recently before
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Mr. M. P. "Wood maintained
that while inspection of some of the
buildings now in progress, as well as
some of those lately erected, reveals
possibly a slight improvement in the
means of preservation adopted over
those apparent a short time ago, yet
the improvement is a hollow mockery,
and will bear fruit for repentance be-
fore many years have passed. These
structures, though more carefully
painted than those erected before, with
more and heavier coatings of some
kind of stufif called paint, do not ap-
pear in a single case to have received
any attention or consideration as to
the condition of the metallic surfaces
before applying the protective coating
beyond a possible sweep with a dirty
broom to get rid of the rough dirt from
the workshop yard, and a possible wipe
with a piece of old sacking to remove
the grease due to machine processes.
There has been nothing like a washing
down of the parts with soda ash or lye
water to remove the grease, and then
pickling with weak acid to remove the
mill scale, and a subsequent washing
with lime water to neutralize the acid
bath, warming the work before paint-
ing it, and taking care to apply the |
paint only on clear, bright days, when
no sweating can occur, or applying the !
paint in warm paint rooms. It is safe |
to say that not in a single case out of |
the many skeleton structures of mod- |
ern sky-scrapers can this be found to
have been the procedure. There would
seem to be no better possible assur-
ance than all this of trouble ahead for
coming generations. — Cassier's Maga-
zine.
Power Lost in Transmission by
Belts and Shafts.
loss was so small that it must serve as
a serious commentary upon the char-
acter of the work generally done in
putting up shafting. This was in a
steel-screw works, and the loss was
only 14.5 per cent. In this factory the
machinery is all of the automatic type,
very compactly arranged, and the
shafting had been put up in the most
careful manner. The shafting was in
perfect alignment, and ran in hard
Double Cylinder Hoisting Engine.
The illustration represents an im-
proved hoisting engine supplied by
the Park & Lacy Co., 21 and 23
Fremont street, San Francisco, and
specially designed for mine use, which
is claimed to embody all the features
necessary to the requirements of this
coast. The valves are guaranteed to
relieve, through the pressure plate.
and length for drum duty. The drum
shafts are made of steel, of ample
diameter, and run in heavy anti-friction
boxing. The brakes are of the post
type, having sufficient resistance to
hold the full weight of the load in sus-
pension, and are operated by a foot
treadle. On the clutch drum engine,
as depicted in the illustration, the post
brake is operated by a ratchet lever
and additional brakes on the crank
discs are provided, which are
worked by a foot treadle located
contiguous to the throttle valve.
These engines are erected and
tested under steam pressure,
with brakes set, before ship-
ment.
Oxidizing Steel and Iron.
CLUTCH DRUM ENGINE.
cast-iron boxes without babbitt metal.
It is supported by very rigid hangers,
and was oiled by hand instead of wick
oilers. The results of these obser-
vations were presented to the Ameri-
can Society of Mechanical Engineers,
the strain upon the links usual in en-
gines having unbalancejd valves, and
to be as easily reversed' under steam
pressure as when at rest. The guides
are cast as a part of the drum and
main shaft bearings, thus assuring
A great many parts of ma-
chinery are exposed to moist-
ure and dampness, even if not
directly to water. It does
not always protect such pieces
to paint them, but they can
easily be fixed so that they will
rust little it any it they be
properly oxidized. A very
good way is to make a mixture
of nut galls and glacial acetic
acid. After standing a while
add a grain or so of nitrate of
silver or copper sulphate to
a small quantity of the mixture
(say one ounce or so) and the
solution is ready tor use. Clean
the surface of the metal with
pumice stone, but do not use
emery. Dry-air slack lime may
be used after pumice stone, then
:^ cover the surface with liquid;
let stand until covered with a
coat of oxide. A scratch brush
should then be used vigorously
upon the metal and the coat-
ing, and standing repeated
twice, twenty-four hours apart.
After scratch - brushing the
second time, clean the surface
ot the metal and rub with a
little Unseed oil and camphor.
Prof. C. H. Benjamin, of the Case
School of Applied Science at Cleveland,
O., has recently made public his ex-
periments in determining the loss of
power through friction in the trans-
mission by belts and shafting.
The observations were made in 16
factories, each engaged in a different
kind ot work. The method of making
observations was as follows: During
the daytime, when the works were in
operation and the machines were run-
ning, indicator cards, showing the
work being done by the engines, were
taken each hour. Then during the
noon hour or at night, when the en-
gines were driving only the shafting,
similar cards were taken, and when
these and the first ones had been aver-
aged the difference between the power
required to drive the shafting alone
and that required to drive the whole
shop was found, and this reduced again
to a percentage. The most startling
loss was found in a bridge-material
factory, where the shops were spread
over a lot of ground. Eighty per cent
of the engine's power was lost in the
shafting there. In a planing mill the
loss was 73 per cent; in a sewing ma-
chine factory it was nearly 70 per cent.
It was 77 per cent in a stamping mill
and 65 per cent in a boiler and ma-
chine works. The average loss for
heavy machine shops was found to be
62.3 per cent. The average for light
machine work was 55.1 per cent, and
in but one instance did the loss fall
below 47.3 per cent.
In this one case the percentage of
STANDARD CENTER CRANK THROTTLING ENGINE.
at its recent meeting, in a paper by
Prof. Benjamin, and tables were given
which showed the number of feet of
shafting run in each ot the factories
under observation, and other features
of the tests. One explanation ot this
immense loss of power. Prof. Benjamin
says, is economy in either the quantity
or the quality of the oil used. This
cuts down the apparent size of the bills
for shop expense, while the coal and
water bills go piling up.
perfect alignment. The crossheads
are adjustable and fitted with brass
slippers having broad wearing surfaces
scraped to true planes, and steel cross-
head pins. The connecting rods are
made of hammered iron, polished full
length, and fitted with selected hard
brass bo.xings. The straps are held
solid by bolts and are adjustable by
means of hand-fitted keys. The main
shafts are made of hammered iron,
turnedkfuU' lenth, and ot proper size
New Standard Center Crank
Throttling Engine.
The accompanying illustration shows
a new pattern hori-
zontal self-contained
engine, designed and
furnished by James
Leffel & Co., Spring-
field, Ohio, who will
send a descriptive
catalogue upon ap-
plication.
The builders of this
engine state that
they are prepared to
adapt it for use as
an automatic cut-off
engine by dispensing
with the throttling
type of governor,
and substituting an
improved shaft gov-
ernor ot the auto-
matic cut-off type on
main shaft of en-
gine, automatically
varying the point ot
cut-off and amount
of steam admitted to
piston, to conform
with the power be-
i 1) g required and
maintain the engine
at its rated speed.
This automatic gov-
ernor is also adjust-
able tor different
speeds, and can be
set to maintain a
lower or higher
speed than specified
in table of standard
dimensions, supplied by the builders.
A WORKMAN who was knocked sense-
less by an electric shock at the foundry
of the Anaconda Copper Mining Com-
pany was resuscitated, after the usual
expedients had failed, by removing his
clothes, burying him in the foundry
sand, except his mouth and nose, and
thoroughly soaking the sand with a jet
ot water. The same experience hap-
pened to the same man twice.
February 6, 1897.
MiNiN(j AND Scientific Press.
117
Scientific Progress.
Ancient Hetallurgy.
In the Anthropological section of the
recent meeting in Liverpool of the
British Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, Dr. J. H. Gladstone
spoke upon '• The Transition from Pure
Copper to Bronze Made with Tin." He
said that copper was worked by the
Egyptians in the Sinaiatic peninsula
from the fourth to the eighteenth dy-
nasty, perhaps from 5000 to iiOOO B. C.
At that period tools were made of pure
copper in Egypt and Syria, and by the
Amorites in Palestine, often on the
model of flints. The efforts to make
copper hard underwent three stages.
The first was to get the copper to con-
tain a large amount of cuprous oxide.
The second was to mi.x it with arsenic
and antimony. This was done by the
Egyptians in the twelfth dynasty, and
it was probably at first accidental, but
one specimen had been found contain-
ing 3.9 per cent of arsenic, and this
was probably a deliberately made al-
loy. Thirdly, it was gradually found
that tin was the best metal to harden
copper, but it was not so commonly
found. Tin mixed with copper does
occur before the bronze age, but only
to a very small extent, * to 1 per cent.
Afterward, as tin was more commonly
found and became less expensive, it
was more largely used, and so the
bronze age was reached. In many
parts of Egypt bronze tools and imple-
ments were found, and one specimen
contained 0 per cent of tin. Prof.
Flinders Petrie had found a bronze bar
at Medum, in Egypt, in one of the
small tombs belonging to the fourth or
fifth dynasty. The brass of the early
Israelilish period of tfie Bible was
bronze. The immense amount of
bronze used in ancient times, 5000
years ago, was astounding. The ques-
tion as to where this large amount of
tin was obtained is still unsolved.
practical process has been devised. Of
more importance is the indirect method
referred to above, by which a negative
is made through a screen ruled in col-
ors. From this negative a positive is
made, which, when backed up with a
ruled colored screen, yields a colored
picture closely resembling the original.
Before the British Association for
the Advancement of Science, at the
Liverpool meeting. Prof. W. Ridgway
read a paper on "The Starting Point
of the Iron Age in Europe." He said
that the origin of the iron age is one of
the most important points in European
arcbfeology. Scandinavia could not be
its place of origin, for there the iron
age began later than the Christian era.
And it is admitted that the iron age
came in per saltum in the Swiss lake
dwellings, in Italy, Greece, France and
Britain. Hellstadt, in Austria, was,
in fact, the only place in Europe where
articles of iron were found gradually
replacing those of the same kind in
bronze. Near the Hellstadt cemetery
lay one of the most famous iron mines
of antiquity. It was from this Austrian
center that the use of iron spread into
Italy, Switzerland, Gaul, Spain, Greece
and eastern Germany, among tribes
that were using bronze weapons and
implements, and Tacitus was our au-
thority on this point. In a discussion.
Dr. Montelius pointed out that there
were instances of the use of iron in
Scandinavia, gradually superseding
bronze, in the fifth or sixth century B.
C. A. J. Evans said there is very
early evidence of the use of iron in Sy-
ria, whence it spread to Greece, and
the spread of iron in Britain was ear-
lier than is generally supposed, as
early, in fact, as the sixth century B.
C, especially in Ireland.
The reproduction of color now ab-
sorbs the attention of a large class of
workers. M. Lippmann of the Sor-
bonne, Paris, says he has succeeded in
obtaining pictures in color directly from
the objects. A sensitive plate, of
practically grainless coating, is at-
tached to a tank of mercury in such a
manner that the film and mercury are
in absolute contact. The exposure is
then made and the plate developed and
fixed. Under certain conditions an im-
age in colors is produced. This, how-
ever, is only visible at certain angles,
just as the image in a daguerreotype,
and the results cannot be said to give
any encouragement to the idea that a
The question is often asked, Why is
it that a person who is lost, whether it
be in a dense wood or on a prairie, in-
variably moves in a circle, and always
to the right ? No satisfactory answer
has ever been given for this well-known
peculiarity under the circumstances
mentioned. Some physiologists, anat-
omists, and speculative philosophers
claim that the left leg in the human
species is slightly longer than the right,
and so takes longer steps, thus causing
a motion to the right which in time
completes a circle, if the mind is so be-
wildered that it has no fixed objective
point in view. Perhaps the real an-
swer to this queer question lies in the
fact that most persons use their right
hands in preference to the left, and are
accustomed to passing objects on their
right-hand side, and so, uncon.=ciously,
keep edging off to the right. On a
prairie, however, where there is noth-
ing in the way of obstacles worthy of
mention, this cause or reason for walk-
ing in a " right-handed " circle would
hardly hold good.
Electrical Procuress.
A Great Water Power Project.
Public announcement has been made
of a water-power project, which, in its
magnitude, will surpass even that of
the Niagara plants. The plan, accord-
ing to an electrical contemporary, con-
templates the development of 100,000-
horse power by the diversion of a por-
tion of the St. Lawrence river at the
town of Messena, in St. Lawrence
county. New York. It is proposed to
create an artificial fall by diverting a
portion of the stream to another chan-
nel, at a point where the topography
is such that a canal less than four
miles long will give a fall of about 50
feet. The Grass river flows parallel to
the St. Lawrence, and the two are
separated by a distance of only three
miles. The Grass river discharges
into the St. Lawrence at a point seven
miles below Messena. In that distance
the St. Lawrence falls about 100 feet,
while the Grass river falls only 50 feet,
so that at Messena the level of the lat-
ter is about 50 feet below that of the
St. Lawrence. A canal about 3i miles
long will bring the St. Lawrence water
to the bluff on the north bank of the
Grass river, where it will have a sheer
fall of 50 feet to the river below. The
proposed canal will be 200 feet wide,
and it is calculated will discharge
1,000,000 cubic feet of water a minute
under a head of 50 feet. The cost of
the canal, it is estimated, will be less
than SI, 000,000; and, according to the
present plans, most of the power will
be utilized on the spot in the operation
of wood pulp mills and the calcium car-
bide plant.
The Pioneer Electric Power Com-
pany of Ogden, Utah, has a set of
castings consisting of one flange cast-
ing 6 feet IJ inch internal diameter,
two flange castings i feet 7J inches in-
ternal diameter, one breeches pipe 6
feet internal diameter. The total
weight of breeches pipe is 10,000
pounds, and of the flanges and breeches
pipe 13,000 pounds. A stream of
water flowing through a riveted steel
pipe 6 feet in diameter, about one
mile long, with a fall of 300 feet, is di-
verted by the breeches pipe into two
streams, each 4 feet in diameter, lead-
ing to the power house. The casting is
designed to stand a pressure of 200
pounds per square inch, and in reality
will safely carry many times this load.
Commander R. G. O. Tupper of the
English navy has been conducting a
series of experiments at Portsmouth
by which it was shown that by means
of kites telegraphic communication
could be established between ships of a
fleet at considerable distances apart.
The experiments were made by officers
of the warships Daring and Dauntless.
The end of a wire which the kite bore
away from the Daring was dropped
upon the deck of the Dauntless, where
it was secured by the electrician of the
ship and attached to a telephone appa-
ratus in waiting. The other end,
which had remained aboard the Dar-
ing, was also attached to a telephone,
and as soon as this task was complet-
ed, the two ships were in perfect com-
munication. The kite remained sus-
pended, secured by two lines, for more
than four hours, during which time
communication between the Daring and
the Dauntless was uninterrupted.
Practical Information.
Brass and Its Manufacture.
In taking up the price list of the
American brass manufacturers we see
the different headings, " rolled " or
"sheet brass," which is generally
known as "common or high brass,"
"brazing," "spinning" and "spring
brass," etc., with the different prices
per pound of these different grades of
metal.
The brass which is ordinarily sold,
unless otherwise specified, is known as
common or high brass, and is spoken of
as "rolled" and "sheet" brass, and
consists generally of about 58 per cent
of copper and 42 per cent of zinc.
Looking farther down the list we see
" brazing, spinning and spring brass"
is worth one cent a pound more than
common or high brass. This additional
extra cent a pound is charged for the
reason that this brass contains a little
more copper than the high brass above
referred to, the copper being the ex-
pensive part of the brass, and the
price is generally directly in propor-
tion to the amount of copper which
enters into the composition of the
metal, and this brass will generally
contain about 60 per cent of copper
and 40 per cent of zinc.
The next grade of brass is "extra
quality" for brazing, spinning and a
high class of spring brass. This is
two cents a pound more than the com-
mon or high brass, and consists of
about 62J per cent of copper to 37J
per cent of zinc. The ne.xt, "low
brass," is four cents a pound more
than the common or high brass, and
contains 66;! per cent of copper to 33J
per cent of zinc. Gilding brass, oreide
and bronze are generally about seven
cents a pound more than the common
or high brass and contain anywhere
from 70 to 90 per cent of copper, with
the remainder zinc.
In all of these brasses a great num-
ber of mill men are using a small per-
centage of aluminum, as it makes the
brass flow more freely and gives it ad-
ditional fluidity, and also combines
with the impurities in the zinc and
brings them to the surface, thus ena-
bling them to use poorer zinc than
they would ordinarily use, and at the
same time secure stronger and tougher
metal. Aluminum is used to a small
extent in sheet brass, and to a very
large extent in brass castings. The
best brass in the world is made in the
United States, for the reason that we
have within our borders the very
purest of copper and the very best of
zinc. — The Foundry.
Gold in the Ocean.
Seventy-five billion tons of gold lie
in the ocean. This is the conclusion of
Prof. Liversidge, of the University of
Sydney, after nearly five years of ex-
periment.
Dr. Wurtz read a paper on the sub-
ject before the American Association
for the Advancement of Science as far
back as 1866. Many persons have
laughed outright at the assertion,
others have found it interesting reading
for a dull moment, and still others have
ascribed to its originator wonderfully
strong imaginative powers. Science
hasn't, at any time, considered it seri-
ously. Now, however, appears Prof.
Liversidge. who says it is true. More-
over, the Professor has ascertained to
a nicety how these seventv-five billion
tons of gold are distributed in the
waters throughout the globe. Month
after month he confined himself in his
laboratory, and there, with his delicate
instruments and faithful chemicals, he
wrung the story from the silent seas.
He obtained specimens of sea water
from various spots. Friendly ship
captains brought him jars full from
near and far. After his protracted
labors, and when at last he has satisfied
himself that he made no errors, he thus
has unbosomed the results in his me-
moir :
" The amount of gold obtained from
sea waters in my experiments must
necessarily be less than the total amount
of gold present in the water, since it
was found that known quantities of
gold chloride solution added to distilled
and sea waters, and then estimated by
precipitation, scarification and cupella-
tion, showed a loss, and sometimes a
very considerable one.
" All evidence is in favor of gold be-
ing present in sea water off the New
South Wales coast in the proportion of
about one-half to one grain per ton, or,
in round numbers, from 130 to 260 tons
of gold per cubic mile.
" This of course, means an enormous
amount for the whole of the ocean, the
cubic contents of which used to be put
down at 400,000,000 cubic miles. If
gold be uniformly present at the rate
of one grain per ton, the total amount
would be over 100,000,000,000 tons of
gold.
"A later estimate is 308,710,679
cubic miles. This even would mean
over 75,000,000,000 tons of fold."
There need be no fear however that
the seventy-five billion tons of gold
will be thrust upon an amazed world to
derange financial systems and make
the metal a glut.
There is no known method of profit-
ably coercing the gold from its floating
habitation. To all appearances it will
lie in its restless security a long while
before man's ingenuity will have de-
vised a cunning way to wrench it with-
out loss from the deep for his purposes.
Only scientists, with their costly chem-
icals, can now do that, and the gold
thus obtained is secured dearly.
Many persons still believe that the
instinct of animals preserves them from
certain accidents, and that they never
eat anything that is injurious to them.
Well-instructed persons have long
known that in this regard animals are
no better off than men. A chicken
does not hesitate to drink paint; a cow
partakes of water in which bags con-
taining nitrate of soda have been
washed; ducks strangle and choke in
swallowing snails. M. Giraud, a veter-
inary at Barnewitz, now notes a fact
that merits the attention of poultry
farmers. He has observed numerous
cases of poisoning in ducks following
their feeding on caterpillars, especially
those of the cabbage moth; these cater-
pillars have been given to the fowls in
mass or are found on the cabbage
leaves furnished them for food. After
from six to twenty hours, according to
the number of caterpillars eaten, poi-
soning manifests itself by loss of appe-
tite, great weakness, tottering steps,
accompanied sometimes by symptom-
atic movements, finally by difficulty of
breathing, and often death, after an
agony of variable duration, during
which the beak and claws grow pale.
No other iron range so far discov-
ered possesses greater apparent re-
serves than the Mesabi of Minnesota.
Conservative estimates formulated
from the records of properties now ex-
ploited and worked, together with
others determined by systematic ex-
plorations and analyses, show that the
Mesabi range can supply ore (which
will equal in average iron and phos-
phorus contents) double the quantity
which the entire Lake Superior region
has produced in fifty years. This
means 200,000,000 gross tons. In this
estimate there are not included a
number of properties which have been
imperfectly explored. — John Birkinbine
in The Foundry.
118
Mining and Scientific "Press
February 6, 1897.
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The general lines upon which this hoist is designed are
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Book Reviews.
The Tut'trial Stutieji: The Tutorinl ChtrnMiy:
Those two octavo volumes of 270 and 225 pages
respectively are from the University Tutorial
Series and are admirably adapted for inslruc-
tloD, tMing app!ic:ible alilco to the requirc-
meiils of the teacher or student, and ure ulso
valuuble as works for roferonco. The former
discusses the laws of physics. . mcehauieai
forces, prioclples of virtual velocities, the
laws of friction, the booh requiriu)? but a
rudimentary knowledge of trigonometry to be
of value to the unaided studeul : the latter uf
the two books takes up u systeinatir outiiue
of the chemistry of the non-metals and Is
essentially a book for the teacher, though of
manifest value in connection with laboratory
Eractice. The books are published and for sale
V Hinds & Noble, 4 Cooper Institute, New
York; price of each, *l.
Monetary SyHtems of the li'iirltl: This work,
by M. L. Muhlman, deputy assistant treas-
urer of the United States, Is of unusual value.
Without any political or [mrtisun prejudice
the monetary system of ihis c.iunlry is clearly
and accurately explained, as well us the mon-
etary system of every other nation on earth.
Tlie information in the book is merely a com-
pilation, but is the condensed cream of many
works, and ho arranged as to be of value to a
busy man who wants the undiluted facts. It
Is a vade mecum of modern monetary science.
Publifihed by Chas. H. Nicoll, 18'.t Broadway,
New York; price tl.
Recently Declared /lining Divi-
dends.
Catalogues, Etc.
Ij^yner DriUn, ASr foinprefunrs and Rfcrft'cjx :
Ad Illustrated description of the Leyner Rock
Drill and Air Compressors, with sectional
views, data, descriptions and testimonials.
The machinery spocitlcd is manufactured and
sold by the E. P. Allis Co., whose branch
ofUce Isalfl Fremont St., S. F. "Engines" is
the title of another very handsome catnloguo
received from the same company, 18r> pages of
finely printed illustrations anil descriptions of
varldus styles of engines built by the company
and installed throughout the country. On
page 100 is Illustrated the '*St. Louis type"
of vertical com|»und pumping engine, one of
two built for the citv of St. Louis, each being
72 feel in height and uf a capacity of 30,000,000
gallons in twenty-four hours. Sundry forms
of mining machinery also receive elaborate
notice; on page l.'io is portrayed the Reynolds
steam stamp; one of these stamps in the
stamp mill of the Tamarack Mining Co., Ope-
chee, Midi., has a crushing record of 1030
tons of conglomerate copper rock in six days.
L-i firlU- Onld I'-lcldM antl TrltiUiad, the Gatc-
witfi: Tlie Gunnison Gold Belt, two superb
brochures issued by B. L. Winchell of the
passenger department of the Denver and
Gulf li'y of Colorado, illustrate by contrast
the upiithy of California railroads in this re-
gard. These handsome little books, like many
of their predecessors, are admirably designed
to attract attention to the mining wealth of
Colorado and, incidentally, to secure increased
trafbc for the railroads. Statistical descrip-
tion and handsome illustrations combine to
make a very attractive showing for the region
described. The railroads centering in Denver
aid and foster the raining industry of Colorado
and are, of course, great gainers thereby, and
deservedly.
Ontario, Park Cilv, L'tah. 115,000; pivable
Jan. ;iO.
Centennial-Eureka, Utah, $30,000; payable
Jan. 21.
Morning Star Gravel Mining Co., No. 74, $1
per share.
LoRoi Mining Co., Rossland, B.C., 135,000;
payable Jan. 81.
Atlantic, Mich., Copper Mining Co., •! per
share. flU.OOU. Fob. lU.
Boston &. Montana Copper M. Co., tS per
share, f45U,0O0, Feb. 20.
The Pennsylvania Mining Companv, Grass
Valley, Cal., ^.MKKJ; payable Feb. 1.
Alice MiningCo.. Montana, <i2o,000: pavablo
Jan. Ui. This is a total to date of $00.'i.o6o.
Homestake, Black Hills, South Dakota,
t:il,2,">0; payable Feb. 25; a total to date of
to. lis. 750,
Hecla Consolidated Mining Co . Gleudale,
Montana, f 15. 000; payable Jan. 25; a total of
#2,1()0,0(M) to date.
The following will also pay dividends this
month: Calumei & Hecla, $1,500,000; Qulucy
Copper Mining Co., f(00,000; Gold Coin, *20,-
000; Osceola Copper Mining Co., $50,000.
The new year begins well with dividends in
Utah. The Centennial- Eureka has already
distributed f:^O.tKK), making a total of *l,yitO,-
om) to date, and Bullion- Be.-k *20.000, which
': advances its total to tl,VW7,000. Mercur paid
! out ^5,000. wh:ch ::i2tlr :: fitn! of ftlOO.OOO, and
I Galena «.VMti), making a total of *71,ooo. South
I Swansea paid $7500 during the month, which
' made a lotai of 515.u.)J, while the Swansea
[ paid $5000 among its stockholders, who have
1 divided $2*5,5u0 to date. The dividends by
these companies alone for the month amount
to over $100,000.
Coast Industrial Notes.
-The Humboldt and Trinity, Cal., Toll
Road Company proposes to build a wagon road
from Mad river to Hay Fork, and have it
built by next winter. Surveys are now being
made.
— Seven carloads of brandy were shipped
from San Jose to Philadelphia this week by
the Naglee estate. The shipment was In
casks and consisted of over 27,000 gallons.
The brandy is from fifteen to twenty years
old, and, at the present market value, is
worth nearly $200,000.
—The Mill Valley & Mount Tamalpais
Scenic Railroad Co. are considering the ques-
tion of extending their road to Bolinas, on the
Marin coast. The country that must be
traversed by the new line is mountainous and
the construction of the road will require con-
siderable engineering skill.
— C. R. Lloyd of this city, the principal
stockholder in the San Bernardino Electric
Light Company, has bought the East River-
side, San Bernardino Co., Cal., water power
and the connecting wires owned by the Elec-
tric Light and Power Company, adding 250
horse power to its capacity, and has made ar-
rangements to connect with the wires of the
Redlands Company at Colton, thus securing
the benefit of 500 horse power, the surplus of
that company. The purpose is to furnish
motive power for street railroads and also
power for the Santa Fe shops.
Obituary.
Prentiss Selby died at his residence in Oak-
land last Friday, aged 50 years. Mr. Selby
was a son of the late Thomas H. Selby, fou ri-
der of the Selby Smelting and Lead Works,
and was born in New York. In the early
fifties he came to California to join his father,
who had preceded him, and when the smelt-
ing works were established at North Beach
he took a position there and in time became
superintendent, a position he occupied for a
number of years. He retained a' large inter-
est in the company and took an active part in
its affairs up to the time of his death. During
his life Mr. Selby, while always a prominent
man, was never connected with any public
office.
Personal.
F. Klki'etko succeeds Thos. Couch in the
general management of the Boston & Mon-
tana Co.
PKOf. R. A. F. Penrose and John Brock-
man, owners of the Pearce mine north of Bis-
bee, Arizona, are in San Francisco.
JosEi-H Gkuss and son George have gone to
Australia, where Mr. Gruss will take the
management of some mines for an English
company.
Mk. Bertu.\m Hl'nt, the new local manager
of the Gold and Silver Extraction Co. of
America, has arrived, and assumed charge at
the company's office in this city.
Ex-Judoe Geokgu TLntNEit, one of the heav-
iest shareholders in the Le Roi mine in the
Trail Creek district, British Columbia, has
been elected United States Senator from
Washington.
Mk. W. Weston, mining engineer of Cripple
Creek, has made a second examination of the
White Hills (Arizona) Mining and Milling
Company's property for British capitalists.
He left Kingman on the 2tith ult. on his way
back to Colorado.
John Hays Hammond, consulting engineer
for the Consolidated Gold Fields, Limited,
will leave London next week for South Africa.
His main purpose as to the mines controlled
by his companies is to start more active work-
ing. His present intention is to remain but a
short time before returning to London, after
which be proposes to come out to the Pacific
coast for a short trip.
Genekal Wilson, who succeeds General
CraighiU as Chief of Engineers of the United
States Army, has twice been detailed for
work in California. On the occasion of his
last visit lie u^i- 1 iip;i£ri^il o?r \]\c work of the
Debris Commission on tne Yuoa and Ameri-
can rivers and made tours of inspection along
the upper Sacramento and Feather rivers.
He is familiar with all the conditions about
the Bay of San Francisco.
THE OVERL-rtND LI/VIITEID,
VIA
UNION PACIFIC.
Only 3 1-3 Days to Chicago 3 1-2.
Only 4 1-3 Days to New York— 4 1-3.
The Union Pacific Is the only line running Pull-
man double Drawing-Room sleepers and Dining
Cars San Francisco to Chicago dally without
change. Ouly one change to New York; dining
car service entire distance. Vestibuled composite
buffet smoking and library cars between Odgen
and Chicago.
The oiily line running upholstered Pullman Tour-
ist sleepers San Francisco to Chicago daily with-
out change, and personally conducted excursions
to St. Paul and Chicago without change, leaving
San Francisco every Friday.
Tickets and sleeping-car reservations at No. 1
Montgomery St. Steamship tickets on sale to and
from all points In Europe. D. W. HITCHCOCK,
General Agent. San Francisco.
rfON aKiNGj^ERFORATWC CO.
CHICAGO.
METALS PERFORATED AS REQUIRED FOR
Mining Screens of all Kinds
-AND FOR USE IN-
Milling and Mining Mactiinery
Reduction and Concentrating Works
Woolen, Cotton, Paper and Pulp Mills
Rice, Flour and Cottonseed Oil Mills
Sugar and Malt Houses
Distilleries, Filler Presses
Stone, Coal and Ore Screens
Stamp Battery Screens
Brick and Tile Works, Filters
Spark Arresters, Gas and Water Works
Oil, Gas and Vapor Stoves
Coffee Machinery, etc., etc.
ftanilard Sizes Perforated Tm oi d Binss Always In Stock
Main Office and Works: 20Qto2I I North Union Street, Chicago, III., U.S. A
Eastern Offic: Nr.jPj Prorr Strp.-t. ^'ew York
DOURLE PIPE AIR COAIPRESSOR.
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This is a cut of
the Double Pipe
AirCompressor,
the Compressor
that is guaran-
teed to save 30%
in power over
any other make.
It is cheapest to
buy, cheapest to
carry about and
cheapest to run.
If your fue' O"
water costs you
anything, you
want this Com-
pressor. If you
can get railroad
freights free,
and can carry
machinery to
your mine with-
out cost, and
your power
costs you noth-
ing, any mal^e of Compressor will do you. You will be under no necessity to
write to PNEUMATIC POWER CO., at 306 Pine St., San Francisco, Cal. We
could save you money, though, in cost of foundations, as our Compressors are
half the size of other makes.
Hydraulic and River Miners Handling Boulders Can
Easily Remove Them By Using
The Knox Patent Hydraulic Grapple.
IT WILL DO GOOD WORK AND GIVE SATISFACTION.
PRICE ACCORDING TO SIZE REQUIRED.
Address WM. KNOX, Jacksoovllle, Oregon, or JAS. ARMSTRONG, 10 Front Street, S. F., Cal.
RUF»XURE CURED.
Dr. J. C. Anthony, of 86 and 87 Chronicle Building, who fcr
the past four years has met with universal success in the cure ot
Ruptures, now guarantees a cure in from 10 to 16 days. There is
no pain, no blood drawn and absolutely without danger. Usually
but a single treatment required.
HERCULES
G/\S, GMSOLIINE iCViMD DISTILLATE EINGIINES.
HOISTING ENGINES,
2 h. p. to 200 h. p
STATIONARY ENGINES.
1 h. p. to 200 h. p.
MARINE ENGINES.
2 h. p. to 200 h. p.
Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER insures a saving ot 50% on
cost ot running. Just Y, your expense SAVED BY USING A HERCULES In place ot ANY
other. We make no exception.
NEARLY 3000 HERCULES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
ACTUAL USE. HIGH GRADE.
We claim full power, automatic and positive adjustiueot regulating speed and con-
sumption of fuel in proportion to work being performed. No spring electrodes to burn out.
All springs are outside. Point of ignition, speed and amount of fuel can be changed
while engine Is In operation.
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG.
ESTABLTSHEB 1880. jj^yggs HERCULES GAS ENGINE WORKS,
WORKS: 215,217,219,221,223,225,237,229,231 Bay St. OFFICE: 405-407 Sansome St.. San Francisco.
Experimental yviachlnery ar\d Repair \A/orlts of All Jtirids.
F». T. TAYLOR <fe CO., S:23 yVYIssion Street, San Francisco, California,
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RISDON IRON \A/0RK:S,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
A A= ...inches. We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED '
1, ^, Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
C= ' greatest possible density,
g D= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
I g^ " We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
i Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
When Writing please mention the MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
W/HITE, ROGERS & CO.,
Constrt4ctirig Engineers sund A^illvurights,
NO. 306 PIINE STREET, SAIN p-RAINCISCO, CML.
We lurnish the machinery and erect at the mines all descriptions ot STAMP MILLS for the economical treatment ot gold and silver ores. HOISTINQ A PUMPINQ MACHINERY, operated by Steam,
Water or Electric Motors. CYANIOB, CMLORINATION AND LEACHING WORKS. COnPLETE CONCENTRATING AND SMELTING PLANTS tor dressing lead ores and
smelting lor copper and silver. IMPROVED AIR COMPRESSORS AND DRILLS. WIRE HOPE TRAnWAYS for transporting ores; ETC., ETC.
-^^^ Practical Working Plans and Specifications Provided for All Machinery Furnished or Structures Built By Us. >4>
THE WOODBURY ORE CONCENTRATOR WITH IMPROVED BELTS SSVe"t"&an 'do*Ij1L^e ^T^^iTSTIlc^Tf ^Jifh^Ze^hSAL'sTo""':
■n Aq TKP loT T.OWIN^^ First-The Imnroved t)elt3. which consist of seven, are constructed and arranged so as to allow each belt to receive a
Jnl^fionof thenulDlnsucha^^^^ ^^ twice the capacity of other concentrators and enabling it to
portion Of the pulp in SUCH a manner as 10 1 eneveine ^^ 0,1,. fion^ jo to 15 tons of orepei di^ Secoiid-The machine eciualizes the load by several com-
-;' Institute. 1890 and 1891.
nd OLcupymg less than one-half
Geo. E. Woodbury,
Manufac
141 to 143
First St.
San Fran-
cisco. Cal.
piitments thereb^ working more ic^ulailv and with much less attention than is necessary to g-lve
other concentrators using w ide Delts Each of the belts on this machine takes care of the pulp that
IS allowed to It— in this w aj preventing the pulp from running- to the lower side of it, as is the case
when a machine becomes out of level where
wide belts are used. Third— The belts run on a
perfect line, needing no adjustment to prevent
their running- from side to side, as in other con-
centrators. Fourth— The belt surfaces are im-
proved by indentations and cornigations.
causing- the Concentrator to save fine sul-
phurets and ciulcksilver. and perform close
work. Fifth— The belts have fluted or corru-
gated edges, to form an expanded top edge,
which efEeetually prevents from cracking.
Sixth — The feed arrangement Is perfect.
Seventh — The machine is constructed of iron,
with steel crank-shaft self-oiling boxes, and
everything made in the most thorough manner,
enabling it to run with very little attention or
wear.
This Concentrator took the Ist prize at
the San Francisco Mechanics* Institute in
1890, 1891 and 189^, and at tlie Calilor-
nia State Fair in 1893; it took the Ist.
prize at the World's Columbian Exposition 1893, and at the San Francisco Midwinter Fair, 1895*
PATENTED,
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
. . . DENVER, COLORADO, . . .
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Wilfley Concentrating Tabic,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, witli a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For confirmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenridge. Col. : M. E. Smith
Concentrator, Golden. Col. ; Mary Murphy Mine. St. Elmo. Col. ; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs,
Col. ; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Col. ; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
ROMLEY, Colo.. Jan. 19, 1897.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co., Denver, C'o^o.— Gentlemen: Answering yours of the 5th inst.. would state
that after a thorough trial we have discarded nine other concentrators and adopted the Wiltjey Concentrating
Table, which we think up to date is the best table in the market, so far as our knowledge is concerned. Yours
very truly, [signed] B. B. MORLEY, M'g'r Golf M. & M. Co.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
every make, as is t^hown by letters in our possession.
PRICE, $450.".!'.
Hcn(lrie&BoitiioffMfg.Co.,
DENVER, COLORADO.
LATEST IMPROVED
Patent Friction Hoisting
ENGINES,
WITH
Automatic Alarm Bell and
Indicator. j
IMPROVED GOLD STAMP MILLS.
General Mining: Machinery and
Supplies.
THOUSANDS now m use Over the World.
I KUAX Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO.,
Pat. Jan. 5, '93, Aug. 37, '95.
Send for Uatalogue.
Sacrameinto. C::£ilIfornla.
MINE BELL SIGNALS.
Adopted, Used and In Force in Accordance
with State Law.
■I^OR THE CONVENIENCE OP OUR READERS IN THE MINING COUNTIES WE PRINT IN
■^ legal size, 12x36 inches, the Mine Bell Signals and Rules provided for in the Voorhles Act.
passed by the State Legislature and approved March 8, 1893. The law is entitled " An Act to Establish
a Uniform System ol Mine Bell Signals to Be Used in All Mines Operated in the State of California,
for the Protection of Miners." We furnish these Signals and rules, printed on cloth so as to withstand
dampness, for 50 cents a copy. MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. 220 Market St.. San Francisco
February 6, 1897.
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FRASER & CHALMERS,
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY.
CHICAGO, ILL..
U. S. A.
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
Also 80 Broadway, NEW YORK:
SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH;
DENVER. COLO.;
CITY OF MEXICO, MEX.
\ OTTO AERIAL TRAnWAYS.STAHP
niLLS, Blanton Self-Tightening Cams, Steel
Shoes and Dies, Browne Sizers, Vanners, Con-
centrators, Comet Adjustable Crushers, Eckart
Rolls, Ball Pulverizers, Huntington Mills, Woods
Dry Placer fliners, Hercules Gasoline Engines,
Perforated Metals, RIEDLER PUHPS AND
AIR COMPRESSORS, Corliss Engines,
Adams Boil-
BOOKS ON ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
Ji'ST JlKADr.
A Catalogue of Boohs ou Electricity. Mag-aetlsm,
Electrical Kofc-lneerliie. Electric Ltghtln?, Electric
Rallwaj'M.TeleiJhoiu', Electro- Deposition of Metals.
Eleetrol.vi>tiiv'. Eleetro-Metallnrpy,. and CoirnHte
Siiljjects. 'SI paces. Scut free to any one lu auy part
of the world who will furnish his address.
HKNRY CAREY BAIRD & CO.,
INDCSTUIAL PLTlil.lSUEHS. BOOK8CLLElt8& IMPORTEltt)
SIO Wiilnut St.. riillnilelphln, I",,.. U.S.A.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA, LTD.
CAPITAL, - (1M,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. KELIABLE. ECONOMICAL,
TMAOC MARK.
e r s. Steam
Hoists, Cast
Steel Cut
Gears, Gray's
Pat. Cage
Chairs, Roast-
ing and Smelt-
ing Furnaces, Brown Horseshoe Furnaces, Cyanide and Chlorination
Plant. SPECIAL CATALOGUES ON REQUEST.
RIEDLER PUMP VALVE MECHANISM.
One perfectly controllable valve far better and
permitting greater range of capacity than is af-
forded by the bodies full of little valves usual in
other pumps. Recent Reidler orders: Ewa Planta-
tion, H. I.; Chapin, Independence, Anaconda, and
Alaska Mex. Mines; Penn. R. R., D. L. & W. R. R., etc
ANACONDA MINB CAR AXLE.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence of wearing parts, liigh efficiency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XR/VINS;^ISSIOIN
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELXON \A/AXER W/HEEL CO.,
1:21 and 123 /VVain Street,
San F'rancisco, Oal.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Alanafacturers of ABsayers* and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallnr^ical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers in Chemiculs and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Ainsworlh Balances.
L. C. MARSHUTZ.
T. G. CANTRELL.
National Iron Works,
HI. W. Cor. Main and Howard Sis., San Francisco, Gal.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San Francisco Ag:ents.
ANGELS IRON WORKS,
OEMAREST & FULLEN, Props.
Mining Macliinery.
MfNGELS, CML.
Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
QUICKSILVERI
FOR SALE BY
Xh^ Eureka Company,
of san francisco.
Room 1, - 426 California Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
IINVEtSTORS, Talce Notice I
L.- PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
26 MARKET ST., N. E. Corner Front (Up Stairs), SAN
JRANCisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
of modela. Tin and brasaworte All communica-
tlons strictly conJldenUal.
MANUFACTURERS OF
STATIONARY AND COMPOUND
ENGINES,
FLOUR, SUGAR, SAW AND QUARTZ MILL
MACHINERY.
AMALGAMATING MACHINES.
CASTINGS AND FORCINGS
OF EVERT DESCRIPTIOIT.
All work tested and guaranteed.
IMPROVED PORTABLE HOISTING ENGINES.
Improved Self=Contained
Three or Five Stamp flill.
Saves bill for heavy timbers, millwright and me-
chanics' labor, and a large amount of space. The
term self-contained means a great deal for the mine
owner, and can be readily recognized and appreciated
in making an estimate for an ordinary plant when
the comparative cost is considered.
First: There Is saved a large bill for heavy tim-
bers, in many instances obtained at great expense
and loss of time.
Second : The saving in millwright and mechanics'
labor in framing and erecting.
Third: The large amount of space saved.
Fourth: The great saving of freight,
Send for Clrcalars and Price List.
IM^ARTHUR-FOflREST PMl
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition. 1803.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Sliver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArthur-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Mulr, Technical
Manager.
Calilornia and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 28
Stevenson Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPhbb Building, Denver, Colorado.
Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOHN TAYLOR <fe CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Assayors* TVlaterial,
FURNACES, SCALES,
BALANCES,
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO. MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEniCALS AND
CHEniCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker &, Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid, sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
Roller. Steel and Special CHAINS
FOR
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MAGHINERY
FOB HANDLI NO UATEIt tAL OF ALL EUtDS.
COAL MINING MACHINERy.
Western Branch. Denver. Col
THE JEFFREV niFC CO., Columbus, Ohio.
Send for Catalogue. 103 Waahlngtfln St., New Yobk.
EASTERN PRICES BEATEN.-
SAN FRANCISCO^
F»Ioneier Screen Vl/orks
JOSir W. Q UICK, Pi'op.
Improved FacUitiesI Finest "Work! Lowest Prices!
Perforated Sheet Metals. Steel, Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screene
for All Uses.
»«» MrniKG SCREEHS A SPECIALTY. ***
331 and 333 First Street, San FranclbCO, Cal*
I^^^l
QUARTZ SCREENS
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Ruaela Iron,
Homogeneous Steel, Cast \
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Braaa Screens for all purposes. Caiifohnia
Pbhfdratino soheen Co.. U5 and 147 Beale St., S.F
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Professional Cards.
HERBERT LANG. >
' Mining and Smeltini: Engineer,
( ROOM 4(1, CROCKEE BUILDING. >
f Cor. Market and Monttromery StB.. San Francisco. )
( Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE >
I Mlnlns Property. Principals desiring valuable )
/ quartz or (jrravel investments at reaBOnaoie \
) prices will do well to see what I may have, t
) Only legitimate mining properties handled.^^^
Jj/k. Eveleth. V. H. M.. MacLymont. J
< EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
> Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses i
5 of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines. ^
; 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Tal.
Opposite Palace Hotel,
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
I Designing and Consulting
' MECHANICAIi AND HYDRAUI^IC
I ENGINEERS.
1 421 Market St., Cor. First St ,
, Telephone BLACK 2403 San FraneiHCO, Cal.
I The Evans Assay Office, i
' W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor. '•
' Successor to Jebu & Ogden. *
[ 638 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. ,
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block. ,
► Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals," Metals "
and their Alloys, Etc.
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
< School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, >
5 Electrical and Mining: Engrineering. ?
S Surveylngr. Architecture, Drawing: and ABBaylne". \
> 733 Mariiet St., San Francisco, Cal. (
) OPEN ALL TEAR. (
} A. VAN DER NAILLEN, President. C
S Aasaying of Ore8,535; Bullion and Chloriuatiou c
Assay, $25; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Pull Course (
of Assaying:, f50. Established 18«4.
■ Send for Circular.
I Mining: and Metallurgical Work in All *
Branches. |
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex-
I periments on rebellious ores tor treatment by ,
( cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
[ ports upon mining properties.
\ H.W. H. PENNIMAN,
S STATE LICENSED
\ Land, and nine Surveyor. !
/ Late of the California Exploration Co.
C Fliotog'raptiic Reports and Assays of J
< Mining: Froperty.
S OFFICE— Citizen Building, Main Street, San (
i^ Andreas, Cal.
RICHARD A. PARKER, S
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER. >
Cable address: Kichpark. )
[Crocker Buildicg San Francisco, Gal. >
yvioRCiftis <fe CO.,
. ASSAYERS, REFINERS & ORE TESTERS.
b Guarantee reliable work. )
Wilson Block Los Angeles. >
CHARLES P. QRIMWOOD,
\ Mining: Engineer and Metallurg^ist,
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
t I T. JONES. G. M. EDMONDSON.
JONES & EOBIONDSON, i-AWYKRS.
> Mining:, Corporation and Government.
Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block.
► COLORADO SPRINGS, - COLORADO.
^irst Class Business References Furnished.
First Established in 1893.
^D Ci. Linares' rtssay Offloe.i
) P. O. BOX 586.
Office, South Second Street, VICTOR. COLO.
W. J. ADAMS, K. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex- -
' pert on general mill work and amalgamation. *
I Eie:hteen vears' experience. Will report on <
Mluea and Mills, and take full eharee ofMin- '
. iug Properties. Address, ili'Z Market ."^t.,
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal. (
J. HOWARD WILSON,
>/\ssayet- and Chemist, j
; .306 Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo. Colo. i
Correspondence solicited witb SHIPPERS OP )
OKE TO COLORADO SMELTERS.
JOHN H. MEANS, Geologist & Mining EogineeTI
Preliminary reports on mines to determine ;
' advisability of extended investigation; assists t
upon large examinations. Intricate surveying-, r
and geologic work for lawsuits. Thorough ex- /
perlence. Abundant references. Anglo-Amer- ,"
lean code. Address, 1016 Pine St.. S. P., Cal. ,
H. C VA/OODROVA/,!
< Mgr. Santa Anna Gold Mining Co. >
J ANGELS CAMP, CAL. \
^yWinos and TVliningf
) Correspondence solicited.
Twenty-six years practical experience In
( metal mining. Will make reports upon prop- )
} erty, or furnish properties to purchasers, if )
- desirous to Invest in the Cripple Creek gold ■
district, all on short notice.
Keferencea furnished in Denver or San Fran-
cisco. Branch olfice. Room 25, tenth floor. Mills
Building. San Francisco, care S. K. Thornton,
or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 195. Denver,
Colo. Registered cable. Everett, Denver.
$ or T]
\ Colo.
S CO. ?
TOLEDO. LEWIS CO.
State of Washlngrton, V. S. A. f
Geological, exploring and prospecting work c
in the St. Helens (Cascade Mts., State of ;
Wash.) copper and gold mining region. Min- f
S ing claims, options and shares Coal lands, f
S Correspondence solicited. References given c
J and expected. c
ROBINSON BROS.
^CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.
? p. O. Bo.x 194.
^fiSSAYERSAND MINERAL SURVEYORS.!
LIvIines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mail Solicited.
A. H. WARD.
->. ESTABLrSHED 1869.4-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET, ... - san FRANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying:, Analyses, Sampling:.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worlds
And Chemical Laboraton'.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
[lu(
LUCKHARDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICE j
(INCORPORATED.)
J 36 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, Cal.
CAREFUL ASSAYING, Analysis ol Ores,
i Waters, Etc.
PRACTI'^AL Instruction Given in As-
saying, CYANIDE PROCESS, Electro-Plat-
■ , Etc.
HENRY E. HIGHTON. ~1
^ ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR, ^
! Rooms 36-39. i
» Fourth Floor Mills ISuildiog, t
J SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. )
I Established Thirty-Eight Years. Special At- S
tention Paid to IMining Business. >
MARO F. UNDERWOOD, M. D,
'1148 gutter Street. San Francisco, Cal- 5
lArsenic, Mercury & Cyanide
POISONING ]
r
LOUIS FALKENAU,
'STATE ASSAY OFFICE, j
434 California St., near Montg^omery.
Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
^ duatrial Products, Foods. Medicines, etc.. etc.
Court Experting^ In all branches of Chemical^
I Technolog-y. Working- Tests of Ores and In-
► vesUgatlon of Metalhirg-lcal and Mannfactur-
) ing- Processes. Consultallons on all questions^
\ of applied chemistry. Instructions given Jn J
► assaying- and all branches of chemistry.
METAL MINING
rliiinirnl ilrmilny; Kl.'i-lrlclty ; Ardilti-Hiii
Arohltt'cliiriil HrnwliiK mill Dcslijiiln!!:} 81c
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A blowplping outfit irnd case nfi
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Send for Free Circular and Book of
Tcstimoniala, stating tlio subjuct you
ciah to Btudy, to
The Intenintlonnl BOX lOOS
'orri?»]ionduiiceScliuolH, SFrnntun,rii.
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THE ROESSLER S HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Pine Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Clilorlde of Lime
Trade Mark, SulptlldO Of ItOfl
And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes.
THE PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
> DRNVER SCHOOL OF MINES, ViW lijth St.
S Established In 1877. Prof. F.J. Stanton. Prtnci- i,
S pal. and experienced assistants. Assaying- t
\ tauprht for $25, in two weeks. Courses in miner- ,
S alogy. metallurgy, mining-, surveying-, peology. ,
S Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor- '
/ respondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady \
> pupils received. Investments made and In- i
> formation given in reliable mining- properties, f
EDWARD L HALLAWELL,
115 and 117 Main Street {3ud floor),
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Millwright and Engineer.
Contractor for the erection of Stamp Mills, Roller
Mills, Reduction Works, Saw Mills (both circular
and band), Aerial Wire Rope and Surface Tram-
ways, etc., etc. Putting in machinery, shafting,
etc., of all kinds promptly attended to. Estimates
given on plants, complete, including machinery,
building material, etc.
AM
FRICAN AND
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msBsm
c*^ DEWEY & CO. "S.
220 MARKET ST. S.F.
MILL OR PLACER.
A Guarantee With iCacli Alacliiae.
This machine is the finest gold saver for both
placer mines and quartz mills. No other plate nec-
essary In mills where the Pacific Amalgamator Is
used. It Is constructed almost entirely of metal; it
can be transported on pack train. Possesses a laree
amount of silvered amalgamating- plate surface. No
scouring of amalgam. Any ordinary amalgamator
can operate the machine with good success. Send
for catalogue.
THE PACIFIC MINING MACHINERY CO.,
I 137 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
RRED R. COOK,
Manufacturer of
LEATHER BELTING, LACING,
ETC., ETC.
I SOS AliBBion St., near Main, San Francisco, CaJ,
I Telephone Drumm 75.
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
/ Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
nimmTmnn I ' Process.
ralliNlEiu ^ Brown's System of Mechanically
Stirred Koasting;, Cooling and
V Conveying: Fnrnaces. Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Bnilding, CMcago, Illinois.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN^CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Olflce 8 Drapers Gardens.
Iiaooratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1530 Wyukoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixlviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clbrici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLEBICI, Manager for U. S.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
T^HE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efQcient method of using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
* cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been In-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumption of
chemicals has also been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
.4^^ ores, wiUiout exception., amenable to cyanide treatmenl can be treated to better' advantage by the
Kendall Process. This can be accejUed as an axiom.
The manager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District. Utah, wires : " We now begin to
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 220 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
POWFI? ^^^^ GASOLINE?
W\J VV L-rflV ical. Simple, Safe and Kellal
YES. It's Very Econom
Simple, Safe and Reliable, and Weber Gasoline Engini
require ?io engineer. His salary goes in your 2)0cket. For information address
TVEEER GAS Ss GASOLINE ENGINE CO., ^50 ^. W. Boulevar d,K.tuisas City f "Mo
February 6, 1897.
Mining and Scientifih Press.
123
List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Kvported Uy Ottwey A C'Om I'luuevr Futvut
Sollclton for Paclllc Coiuc.
roft TIIK WEKK ENDING JAN. M. Itii^.
570,(137 —Sit Lock— C. C. Cuyler, AraRo, Ogn.
57.'v7>jO.— Saw Cack—G. W. DrtJW, S. F.
576.0W.— BuTTi.E— C T. DriKCoU. Sun Josi-. Cul.
&76.(««"Krl'it FirrKK— J. Harrison, Vucavllle.
Cul.
5?S,t)U7.— SoLDBItlNU MACniNK— A. JohDHOD, Oak-
luDd, Cal.
67S,su:i.— Tourist's Case— Effle E. JoboHtoo. An-
uelK Camp, Cal.
ST.Stffti.— Pencil SMAnrENBR^P. L. Lord, River-
ttlUo. Cal.
57S,U3u.— Watbh Closkt— M. MoroU. Saota Bar-
bara, Cal.
■'>75.7a8.— Elevator— E. L. Parker, Los ADgoles,
Cal.
576,HN.-~1>IK roH PfloTOGUAPllKT MOUNTS— P. J.
Siupnrkh. S. F.
57ij,(jii3._Cais«on— J. M. Thorp. Sao Jose. Cal.
&7'i,8(U.— AuAixiAUATuit— J. J. Tiuker. PortluDd,
Ogo.
&7o,Ul6.— Wabhino Machine— U. F. WhltemaD.
OrcKonCliy.OKD.
-^6,Mu.~-Incinkrator— Helen S. Whlltoo, Frult-
vute, Cal.
:!0,.VU(.— Uehion. Water VViikkl Uuckkt- E. P.
Jones, Alumuda, Cut.
Note.— CopioH of U. S. and Porelpn patento fur-
ulBhud by Drwtiy Sl Co. In the Bliorlt*at time posHtble
oy uiukl or itilt'irntphlc order). AiiktIlmc ikiid Fur-
eliru pulenut ubUiliit-d. iiiid ^uDural p:iteiit buHliiesa
for Pacllle CoitHt iDVuiiturb trauBucted with perfect
dectirlty. ai reuHounblu rutoa. and lu the aboricat
puhHibtp tlmt>
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among tbo patents recently obtained
through Dewey &. Co.'s Scientific Press
U, S. and Foreign Patent Ageney, the fol-
lowing are worthy o( special mention:
Fri'it Pittixi; axi» SrREAiJixtJ Machine. —
James Harrison, Vacaville, Cal., assignor of
one- third to James T. Foster of Berkeley,
Cal. No. 575,SStS. Dated Jan. 'M, IS'.ir. This
invention relates to a novel feeding mech-
unisui, and means for pitting, dividing and
sopuiatiug the divided fruit, means for re-
ceiving and advancing the divided sections of
fruit and spreading them upon the trays, and
means for advancing the trays, and other de-
tails of conslruciion and arrangement. It
consists essentially of the combination of a
verticallj' reciprocating knife for severing the
fruit, forcing its pit out, a pair of auxiliary
knives converging downwardly and movable
with the main knife and adapted to enter the
fruit from above, and means for engaging the
upper portions of the auxiliary knives to sepa-
rate the lower edges thereof, whereby the
fruit is opened from its top downward, and
the sections laid on their backs. In conjunc-
tion with this is an inclined shaking table
adapted to receive the sections of fruit thus
laid out and advance them down the incline,
and a series of advancing trays adapted to re-
ceive the fruit sections.
Die for Mancfacturing Gauds for Photo-
UKAi-iiic Mounts.— Paul J. Stuparich, San
Francisco, Cal. No. 575.S14. Dated Jan. '3fi,
18i)0. This invention relates especially to im-
provements in the dies for the manufacture
of cards for photographic mounts, art panels,
and other similar purposes. It consists of a
card or base having an independent surface of
roughened material, a central panel formed
by removing a portion of the rough material
and a previously formed hard rim disposed
around the periphery of the panel so as to
form upon the card when acted upon by a suit-
able brace, an exterior roughened surface, an
interior panel and intermediate depressed
channel.
Gold, Silver and Copper Ores
and Sulphurets
BOUGHT AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
SPECIALTY, COPPER ORES.
WRITE FOR KATES TO
PIONEER REDUCTION CO.,
NEVADA CITV. CAL.
Hoskins' Patent
Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
.W. HOSKINS, "'n'k?i'iflo!'ii?.°°"'"-
B^Russell Process.
For Information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
Park City, Utab
ORES! ORES!
Gold, Sliver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
Alb Montgomery St.. 3an Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction. Cal.
MINING JOURNAL.
AWeekly Poblication.
Di'voted to the mininK industries of the Puclflc
coast, and especially Oret,'ou. The only
mining jdurmil in the Stale.
OREGON
who desire to
place their mu-
chfurry in Ore-
KOD minrs should
Advertisers
advcrlisf in ihi? OKKUON MINING .IOTJRNAl!
It is now in its ihlrd vulumf, :md goes into every
mining oiimp in southern Oregon and throughout
the State. Subscription. $3,00 per year. Sample
copies and advertising rates furnished on applica-
tion.
Orvg:on Mlnliie •louniul PublUhiof; Co.,
Grants Pass, Oregon.
THE TRAIL CREEK, a/U,
CCEURD'ALENE . .^W
ANii B.AKER CITY . . ^
* riining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. «& IN.
Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Fred F. Connor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 MarUet St.
British Columbia.
W.J. R.COWELL.B.A..F.G.S., Mining Eng:iiieer,
Reports on mines, designs and sunerintends the
erection ofinining and milling machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
dress W. J. R. COWELL. Victoria, B. C.
British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has Drospecls for sale in Trail Crecit and the
whole of the Columbia, basin. Will buy legitimate
stoclt and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park.
British Columbia Gold Mines
S. THORNTON LANQLEY,
JOHN HcTEER REPASS,
niiDing luvestiiu'nts.
RICCORD BLOCK, - • ROSSLAND, B. C.
Correspondence Solicited.
BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES,
Developed and Undeveloped.
GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD,
IRON AND COAL.
For Sale by BEAUMONT BOGGS (of British
Columbia Board of Trade), Victoria. B. O.
RUPTURE,!
Hydrocele, Varicocele,
Piles, Fissure, Fistula.
Ulceration, etc., cured
without operation or
detention from business. -8®" NO PAY UNTIL
CURED Tfcft Consultation Free. Call or send
for pamphlet.
DRS. MANSFIELD & PORTERFIELD,
838 MarUet Street, San Francisco.
'4Q DIGGIN'S.
(JUARTZ MINES: M Inclifs ot »•« ore to 3D (eot of iw ore. All at the minors' prices.
Jan. Jb, '97.
E. H. SCHAEFFLE. Murphys, Cal.
Cofc>fc> Sc Hesselmeyer,
DKSICN'IN'G AN'I) CONSULTl.N'G
Ale-chanical and Hydraulic
ENGINEERS:
'''""VS'ii?B'»]^w.'-'S'',*' '';■■„ ^l'"''!!"'"''? "' MIMKS and MILLS. Improvement and Development ot
WA PhK POWKR for All Applk-atlons. Will give I'EKSONAL SUPERVISION During the
Uinstruotlon and Erection ot All Work, If Desired. Twenty Years' Experience.
■4. .21 nriarU&t Street.
TELEPHONE BLACK 2103.
-San R"ranclsco, CZat.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.,
ENGINEERS,
CH
MACHINISTS,
FOUNDERS,
CrtGO. U. S. f\.
.MALLKAllLK IKON HI CKKTS of Approved Pntteni uud Weight.
LINK' I5KI.T KI.KVATOKS AND CONVEYORS.
KOPE POWER TK.INSMISSION.
SUAFTINti, PIU.CEVS, GEARING, CLDTCHES, ETC.
ELECTRIC COAL MINING MACHINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
JOSHUA HENDY HACHINE WORKS,
No. 42 FREMONT STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
BUILDERS OF
" Davis " Horse Power Whims. Ore and Rock Cars.
Specially ot
PROSPECTING.
MINING and
MILLING
PLANTS.
ORE and WATER
BUCKETS.
"T" RAIL OF
USUAL WEIGHTS,
EITHER NEW
OR SECOND-HAND,
FOR SALE
CHEAP.
UNlfig»RKS
MIN IN S AND AGR ICULTU RAL
AND NEARLY ALL KINDS OF
INCLUDING FLOUR MILLS. SAW MILLS and qUARTZ MILLS.
REPAIRING ""bv^^ FXPERIENCEC yVORKMEN.
SwIforEsbmntes FRONT SX.bet. N&O. SACRAMENTO, Cal.
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Mines, Mills and Factories.
Patent Non-Shrinking Water Tanks
A SPECIALTY,
11 Write for Catalogue and Estimate on any Kind of Tank
li Work.
^ PACIFIC TANR CO.
33 Beale Street San Francisco.
TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. *»-Estr8 \
Bizen and lengths made to order on short notice
611 and 613 FRONT ST.. «Hn Pran*^l«
DEWEY&CO., Patent Solicitors,
220 MARKET ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
HEADQCAKTERS.
=:i Genuine English Pump leather
For Hea\'5' Mining Pump Buckets. Will
outweai- liny other materfal and pive best
satisraclion. Samples furnished on appli-
cation. A. C. NICHOLS &, CO.. Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, JCW Battery St., S. P.
Dynamos for Electric Lighting and Depositing Metals,
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, CaL
124
Mining and Scientific Press.
February 6, 1897.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFICES: s^'*' Ts^J^fsi?' *'^'^-
DENVER, COL., PORTLAND, OR.,
15 First St. 605 Sixteentli St. Worcester Building,
Boston, Mass. New York, N. Y. Syracuse, N. T. Buffalo, N. Y. Philadelphia. Pa. Baltimore, Md.
Pittsburg Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Dallas, Texas. Cincinnati, O. Columbus. O. Nashville, Tenn.
Chicago, 111. Detroit, Mich. New Orleans. La. St. Louis, Mo.
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THOMSON & BOYLE,
310-314 REQUENA ST., LOS ANGELES, CAL.
— f [RON 8. STEEL J(
F='or HvdrauIIc F»urposes, /Vla.de from ttie. Best
Sheet Steel, Single or Ooutole Riveted.
lA/ATER TANKS. - OIL TANKS.
STEAH BOILERS, ORE CARS, ORE BUCKETS, Etc.
Sheet Iron Work of All Kinds. Correspondence Solicited.
P
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P
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A^ining F*ipe !
STEEL OR IRON.— We make pipe of either, but recommend STEEL, it being superior to iron in many
particulars and inferior in none.
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS OF
TH© Truazjc F"at. /\utomat
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO., Hardware Merchants,
... ORE C/VRS.
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a Pamphlet of either
§ Wheel and write full particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL&GO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
Rana Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
A^achinery.
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Monadnook Building Chicago
[shpemlng Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Sherbrook P. O [ Canada
Apartado 830 City of Mexico
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
VULCAN ROPEWAY
lA/ITTH
AUTOHATIC ORE LOADER and
AUTOMATIC DUriPINQ DEVICE.
for Conveying ^
Ore, Cordwood,
Empire Nevada April 17
Vulcan /? on WoiKi —Gentlemen The Ropeway furnished by ^^
your company to convey tailings from Morgan Mill to Mexican "^^^
Mill a distance of seven eighths of a mile is giving entire '^atis . " ' ~
faciion We transport ,200 tons of tailings in ten hours one man '^;r^,^
does the whole business including elevating tailings from hop '
per m the ground, operating Vulcan self loader, and attending to the Ropeway generally. The self
dumper requires no attention whatever. The Vulcan loader I consider the best feature in the whole
Ropeway, making it possible for one man to load 200 tons in ten hours.
Yours very truly, J. P. WOODBURY, Supt.
VULC/VN IRON W/ORKLS,
riANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY,
Cor. First and nisslon Sts., San Francisco, Cal.
P. Sc BJ
Manilla Roofing.
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE AT A SHALL COST.
250 Square Feet, with Nails and Faint Complete 94.00
D A D A CCTMH; P A TMT PA ^^^ battery street, san francisco.
rAKArrllNE r AlINl LU. 524 south broadway, losangeles.
THE OLD RELIABLE !
ALBANY
LUBRICATING COMPOUND
_ TWENTY- EIGHT YEARS' CONTINUOUS SEE-
iQuiiu VICE In the great Mines, Steamships. Railroads
and Mills all over the world prove It to be
ml THE KING OF LUBRICANTS !
Tatum & Bowen
34-36 FKEMOHT ST., SAH FRAIICISCO.
85 FROHT ST., PORTIAHB, OR.
DErtLERS IIN ;V\/\CHIISEFfV, OILS, /VlIlNINCi AISD IWII^L.
^ ■nrff""?*- SUPPLIES, ETC!. -'^SBViTnni. ^
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
■f-f>-f++ CHROVnE CAST STEEL+-f>4»
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
(These castings are extensively used in all the mining States and
Territories ol North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
l!llllllllllll|J H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
STAMP DIES. Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies. Stamp Cam.
Hr^ MOl^l^K h rn ^^^ ^*™ng machinery and supplies.
0 mJ % XT JL Vf JL\JL\AkJ \jL' \^vF»« nANHATTAN RUBBER BELTING, PACKING AND HOSE,
' ' SANDRDSON DBII.!. STRPI..
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CENTRIFUGAL PUrtPS,
LIGHT STEEL RAIL.
t'ebruary 6, 189t.
Mining and Scientific Press.
125
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Kansas City Smelting: and Refining: Co,
I ncrorporaced Uncle>r 'Fh^ Laws
Capital paid in
of INe\A/ York.
^2,T00,000.
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
BullioD, Mattes and Furnace Products,
QOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
SMELTING WOHKS:
Argcnlloe.Ku.: EIPuo.Tci.; Leadvllle, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
ArgentlDe. Kas.
We use ibe roUowlng Cipher Codes at our Ar-
gcDtiDe Works: A. B. C. Code: Morelng S Nealb
Code und Bedford McNeill's Code.
1 AGENCIES:
In Dnited States-
Denver, Colo.
Cripple Creek, Colo.
! Salt Lake City, Utab.
Spokane. Wash.
New York City, N. Y.
ChloaRO, 111.
. .. St. Louis, Mo
Id Mexico—
San Luis Potosl,
City of Mexico
Chihuahua.
Pachuca,
Hermosillo
Jimenez.
FOR FRICES, ADDRESS :
J. E. Jackson, No. 6 Atlas BIk, Salt Lake. Utab.
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash.
H. A. Trae, 815 nth St., Denver, Colo.
J. H. Weddle, Leadvllle, Colo.
C. E. Finney, Argentine. Kan.
WORKS OF THE CON. KANSAS CITY SMELTING AND KEFINING CO. AT LEADVILLE. COLO.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAHWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OP A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVESTIGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE (COLORADO Denver,
°°="^^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
.„Tco%%\^cir^o''^Zl^^jion Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper and F»yritic
SyWELXIING F^URINACES.
AHALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
Investigate Oar Late Improvements In ORE CRUSHING MACHINERY.
We Guarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree of Fineness *
^m
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting F\irnace3 is a Success. A great econo-
mizer of fuel , and enlarges capacity of furnace.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting: Furnace.
Equipped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
Insaringr rlgfid and strong walls.
I7o Cracks.
MINING, IRON AND WOODWORKING
MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES
INGERSOLL-SERGEANT PISTON INLET AIR COMPRESSORS AND ROCK DRILLS
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WIRE ROPE, MANILA ROPE, TACKLE BLOCKS, CHAIN
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HOISTING ENGINES.
Send/or our new Catalogue.
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DEWEY & CO.,
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Whim, price reduced to $100.
S team Holsters, $300 and up ; hand
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Mining and Scientific Pres^.
February 6, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, Feb. 4, 1S97.
Rains the past week have interrupted busi-
ness by confining purchases to actual near-by
wants. Bad roads in the interior prevent
country consumers from coming to distribut-
ive centers, confining business to townspeople.
It is stated that, with settled weather and
better roads, trade will pick up and by the
end of the current month largely increased
orders will be coming to hand. There is a
continued good movement by vessels to coast
points and also to foreign ports in the Pacific.
The general feeling with the trade is that
values of about all lines of goods are bottom
and there will be a gradual change for the
better. Crop advices continue favorable.
Unless there is some unforeseen unfavorable
climatic change later on, California will have
bumper crops of wheat, fruits and everything
turned out on the farm and dairy. It looks
now as if the call for farm implements will be
the largest the coming season than for over
half a decade. Rains and snow deposits cause
a cheerful feeling in districts where there has
for several seasons past been more or less
shortage of water for extended mining opera-
tions.
Contrary to expectation, exchange on New
York has strengthened. Why this is so it is
past finding out. Several reasons are as-
signed. One is that large holders of idle
money are sending it out of the State so as
to avoid paying taxes, for assessment day is
in next month; while another is that consid-
erable is going to New York so as to get the
better interest allowed by banks there. It
looks as if the first reason is the true one, for
it is a well-established fact that there is no
very great demand for money for new ven-
tures or otherwise until after the first Mon-
day in March. The rates of interest are still
in favor of borrowers giving gilt edge secur-
ity, but lenders do not seem disposed to press
for loans in this month. The export clear-
ances of goods to foreign ports aggregate the
past week over SSOO,000. These large weekly
shipments add still further to the general
ease here. New York mail advices state that
many loans secured on sterling exchange will
be paid off, owing to cheaper rates of money
at the East. New York banks continue to
adhere to a 3 per cent discount rate for call
loans, but trust companies place funds at 1%
to 1% per cent. The inquiry in that market
for funds is light, but an improvement is
looked for soon.
New York Silver Prices.
New Yoke, Feb. 4. — Following are the clos-
ing prices for the week :
, Silve?- in .
London. N. Y.
Friday ■- -393^ 64 7i
Saturday 29 1M6 649i
Monday ^H"J5 ^^'«
Tuesday *^ 11-16 64^8
Wednesday 299i 649i
Thursday 39=|£ 63?i
Copper. Lead. Iron. Tin.
Friday 12 00 3 07S4 11 00® 13 00 13 65
Saturday 13 00 3 07V4 11 00® 13 00 13 60
Monday 12 00 3 071^ 11 00@13 00 13 40
Tuesday 12 00 3 15 11 00@13 00 13 ^5
Wednesday . .13 00 3 15 11 00® 13 00 13 50
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6®7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Dralt. 20c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 32J^c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days «4.86^i
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers 84.88J4
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 642£
Mexican Dollars 81^@53
SILVER. —There is a continued steady de-
mand. For over one month there has been a
better export movement than ruled at the
corresponding time last year. This increase
has not been confined to this city alone, for
New York advices are to the effect that ship-
ments show quite a gain. The movements, so
far as we are advised, have been on legitimate
business lines and in no way of a speculative
character. If it is true that there has been
an absence of speculative buying, then the
situation looks healthy.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market is ex-
tremely quiet, but this always obtains during
Chinese New Year's holidays. This lasts
about fifteen days.
ANTIMONY.— Our market is quoted at 7^
@8c in a jobbing way. New York mall ad-
vices quote iyj2 for Cookson's, ti%@6°aC for
Hallett's and &%g for Japanese.
QUICKSILVER.— A sudden jump of 5s in
London caused an advance to ^37.50 in our
market and at New York to §37 to $37.50.
The demand is quiet.
The market is quoted as follows ;
Domestic trade, per flask 37 50
For export, quotations are nominal but less
than for home.
BORAX. — The outward movement seems to
be increasing.
The market is quoted as follows ;
Keflned, in car lots 5
Refined, In sacks 4?^
Powdered, in car lots Ay^
Concentrated, " 5
COPPER.— The general situation is quite
bullish and indicating that the markets at
home and abroad will move to still higher fig-
ures. The exports in last month aggregate
larger to Europe than in January, 1S96, which
strengthens the conviction that the consumx)-
tion abroad is not decreasing, but rather in-
creasing, and even with a larger production it
will tax producers to meet requirements.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing 141^®
Ingot, wholesale @\Z%
Sbeet copper ®17
Bolt K& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17c
LEAD.— The market has strengthened
again at the East, moving this time to a
higher range than for many months. The ac-
tion of the market looks as if a bull campaign
has been inaugurated abroad in tin, lead and
copper.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows :
Pig 3 75 @ 3 85
Bar — @ 4 00
Sheet — @ 525
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT. — There is a moderate demand.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bagof 25 lbs. ..$1 30
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 45
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 45
TIN. — Pig advanced and then shaded off,
only to recover towards the close. For plate
the local market is irregular, with quotations
for American hard to get correctly. The con-
sumption of pig is increasing at the East and
abroad, and with decreasing stocks the mar-
kets are strong.
We quote as follows :
Pig, per lb 14Hc@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box $4 05® —
" " " light, " 3 95® —
IRON.— The market is well supplied with
spot, but to arrive the supply is said to be
small. At the East there seems to be a stead-
ier feeling. Exports of Southern to Europe
are still large. From the Bulletin of the
American Iron and Steel Company we excerpt
the following:
"The American Iron and Steel Association
has received from the manufacturers complete
returns of the produciion of pig iron in the
United States in 18%, and also complete re-
turns of the stock of unsold pig iron in hands
of makers or their agents at the close of the
year. The total production of pig iron in IS96
was 8,623,127 gross tons, against 9,446.308 tons
in 1895, 6,657,388 tons in 1894. 7,124,502' tons in
1S93, 9,157,000 tons in 1892, 8.279,870 tons in 1891
and 9.202,703 tons in 1890. There was a great
shrinkage in production in the last half of
1896, but in the twelve month? embracing the
last hfilf of 1895 and the first half of 189(5 we
made 10,334,980 tons of pig iron. This large
production was due to the boom of 1895. A
greatly decreased production in the last half
of 1896 was due to the reaction from that boom
and to the uncertainty and apprehension at-
tending the Presidential campaign of that
year. The production of Bessemer pig iron in
1896 was 4,654,955 tons, against 5,623,695 tons
in 1895, a decrease of 968,740 tons. The pro-
duction of basic pig iron in 1896ainouuted to
336,403 tons, distributed as fellows; New
England, New York and New Jersey, 22,692
tons; Allegheny County, Pa., 168,095 tons;
other counties in Pennsylvania, 51,768 tons ;
Virginia and Alabama, 73,680 tons, and Ohio
and Wisconsin, 20,244 tons. The production
of charcoal pig iron in 1896 was 310,244 tons,
against 225,341 tons in 1895, an increase of
84,903 tons. The production of spiegeleisen
and ferro-manganese in 1896 was 131,940 tons
against 171,724 tons in 1895. The stocks of pig
iron which were unsold in the hands of manu-
facturers or their agents on Dec. 31, 1896, and
which were not intended for their own con-
sumption, amounted to 847,686 tons, against
705,847 tons, which were similarly held on
June 30, 1896, and 58,133 tons on Dec. 31, 1895."
AMERICAN.
To Ar?'iue. Spot.
Sloss $31 00 $23 50
Thomas 3300 3350
Salisbury 30 00 33 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 J23 00
Gartsherrie 31 50 23 00
COAL. — Imports the past week were mostly
from coast points. Foreign coals continue
steady. If crop prospects continue good, more
offerings will be made for shipment in the
spring months. There is no cannel in market.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington 88 00@
Greta 6 00® 6 50
N'anaimo 6 50® 7 00
Qriiman 6 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 50® 6 00
Coos Bay @ 5 00
Cannel 8 00®
Egg. hard 13 00®ia 00
Wallsend — —® 6 50
TO ARKIVB— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 UO
West Hartley 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 9 50 @
" spot.inbulk 10 00 ®
" in sacks U 00 @ 13 00
Cumberland @
LUMBEE.— Agents report a continued good
shipping demand.
Redwood, Fluming 17 00 @
Pine 14 00 @ 19 00
Spruce 26 00 ® 3100
NAILS.— The market is feverish and un-
certain.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" joDbing, " " $3 20
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, '■ " 2 00
POWDER.— The demand is fair.
The market is quoted as follows :
Hercules, No. 1*, per pound U^c
" No.2. " " 8i4c I
yniivuvc^ ASSESs/viErsTrs.
Company and Location.
AltaSM Co, Nev
Andes S M Co, Nev
Anita G M Co. Gal
Best & Belcher M Co, Nev. . .
Bullion Con G M Co, Cal.. ..
Confidence G M & M Co, Co . .
Eureba Con Drift M Co, Cal. .
Eureka Con M Co. Nev
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nov..
Gold Hill M Co, Cal
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal
Hartmann Mining Co, Cal
Jamison M Co
Julia Con M Co. Nev
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal.
Mineral Hill M & S Co, Cal. .
Thorpe M Co. Cal
Utah Con M Co, Nev ,
2^0. Ami. Levied, Delinq^t and Sile. Secretary.
54.... 5c.... Dec 14,, Jan 18. .Feb 8 J E Jacobus, 309 Montgomery
43. ... 10c ... . Feb 1. . Mar 8. . Mar 31 Jno W Twiggs, 309 Montgomery
,. 5c,...Dec 21. .Feb L.Feb 18 L F Reichllng, 404 Montgomery
.35c — Jan 26. .Mar 3. -Mar 23 M Jafle, 309 Montgomery
.10c....Nov 30.. Jan 11.. Feb 10 C A Grow, Mills Bldg
.10c... .Jan 19. -Feb 37, .Mar 30 F Aureguy, 320 Sansome
. 5c — Jan 30.. Feb 26.. Mar 20 D M Kent, 330 Pine
.35c — Jan 18. .Feb 23. .Mar 15 H P Bush, 134 Market
.15c — Dec 14. .Jan 19. .Feb 9 A KDurbrow, 309 Montgomery
.2dc — Jan 8. .Feb 15,. Mar 4 C A Grow, Mills Bldg '
. 5c.... Dee 23,. Jan 30, .Feb 2.^ W J Gurnett, 308 Pine
. 5c — Dec 23.. Feb l..Feb 23 G W Peer, 4 Montgomery
. 5c.... Nov 37. .Feb 24. .Apr 21 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
. 5c. ...Jan 21. .Feb 26. -Mar 19 J Sladtfeldt Jr. 309 Montgomery
.10c....Jan 14., Feb 35.. Apr 8 Cbas Peach, 237 Twelfth
. 5c... Jan 4. .Feb 15. .Mar 35 Chas Peach, 310 Sansome
. 5c — Jan 13. .Feb 23. .Mar 15 A F Frey, 44 Phelan Building
.5c — Jan 14. .Feb 17. .Mar 8 A W Havens, 309 Montgomery
,61,.
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Mining Share Market.
San Francisco. Feb. 4, 1897.
Under the lead pf Con. Virginia the market
fluctuated the past week from 5 to 10 per
cent, closing yesterday afternoon at a slight
advance on the lowest price of the week.
Con. Virginia sold down to §1.90 and then re-
covered yesterday to §13.10 and $3.15. At the
declining prices there was a good deal of
stocks reported to have come out from outside
holdings. Their selling, it is said, was due
to a gradual shrinkage in values and fears of
another line of assessments being levied at
an early day. The.se assessments, the Min-
ing AND Scientific Press asserted in Decem-
ber last, were inevitable, and therefore to the
informed is not cause for surprise. While
there has been buying from stronger' parties,
yet there is nothing, so far as surface indica-
tions go, to warrant the belief that it is by
insiders— those capable of promoting and sus-
taining a good-sized deal. The buying seems
to have been done largely by shorts filling
and two or more small outside pools. The lat-
ter are always content with a small profit and
therefore sell whenever possible on a small
bulge in prices. On more than one occasion
we have asserted that the shares of the Corn-
stock and other mines listed on the two ex-
changes are only worth for investment the
ore in sight, with a reasonable per cent added
for prospecting work that is being done. All
over these prices is largely fictitious and dan-
gerous to operate at. At this writing there
are two points which deserve watching for
near-by results, but there are others which
will do to watch later on. These two points
are the upraise in Con. Virginia from the
lf550-foot level and at the long west crossdrift
that is being run jointly by Confidence, Chal-
lenge and Con. Imperial. In the Bodie dis-
trict the work reported by Standard seems to
grow in interest. This company has com-
menced to overhaul their mill with the view
of making thorough repairs and adding the
latest improved machinery, so as to make it
the most complete and best equipped milling
property on this coast. The consolidation of
the companies heretofore mentioned is nearly
complete, for over 90 per cent of the old shares
have been redeemed, canceled and new shares
issued.
It is worthy of regard that the Chollar-
Brunswick ore which is being milled at the
Nevada mill shows honest management and
reflects credit on the company. In substanti-
ation of this, we take the following from the
last ofBcial letter: "From all points (Bruns-
wick lode) have saved and shipped for the
week 113 tons and ISOO pounds of ore ; average
car sample assay ; gold $31.57, silver S18.69 per
ton. Wagon samples : gold $27.28, silver 19.19
ounces. Battery samples, average for the
week: gold $35,02, silver 18.33 ounces per ton."
It will be seen that the gold battery assays
are higher than the other two assays".
The following companies report cash on hand
February 1: Alta S3139, Andes $1478, Alpha
Con. $3005, Best & Belcher $544 (with $2500
due to the bank). Bullion $298, Caledonia $30J0,
ChoUar $1731 (with $7000 due the bank on a
i note). Challenge Con. $3051, Con. Imperial
$630, Confidence $2027. Con. New York $451,
Con. California and Virginia $16,980, Crown
Point $4739, Exchequer $3674, Gould & Curry
$9468, Hale &. Norcross $2265, Mexican $6286,
Occidental Con. $1067, Overman $6148, Potosi
$6630, Savage $13,334, Sierra Nevada $5968,
Segregated Belcher $516, Silver Hill $49,
Standard $38,370, Syndicate $S70, Union Con.
$8090, Utah Con. $463.
The Belcher Mining Company reports an in-
debtedness of $801 and the Lady Washington
one of $1040.
The work reported by the leading mines on
the Comstock is practically unchanged, but at
several points it grows interesting, yet this
may be only a repetition of similar prospects
in years gone by; and while the favorable in-
dications may not fill, yet it is to be hoped
they will for the good of the share market.
In Utah they continue to find stringers of
quartz on the level heretofore reported. In
Sierra prospecting work is continued on the
LaytOQ tunnel level; no change in formation.
In Union they are still prospecting the 900-
foot level. The north drift was, at last ad-
vices, in porphyry with seams of gypsum,
which shows some value. In Mexican they
are still extending west crossdrift No. 2 on
the 1000-foot level. In Ophir work is confined
to the Central tunnel and 1000-foot levels.
Indications are said to be more favorable.
They raise a few tons of about $30 ore each
week from the former level. In Con. Virginia
work is largely coufihed to the 1000-foot, 1650-
i foot and 1750-foot levels. The upraise from
j the 1650-foot level to connect with the 1550-
foot level is being closely watched. There
I are many who look for good results, while
j others again think they will not find much of
I an improvement over that already reported.
Best &, Belcher and Gould & Curry continue
joint work to the east on the 800-foot Bonner
shaft level. Fairly active work is being done
by Savage on the levels heretofore published.
In Hale & Norcross prospecting and dead
work is confined to the 900-foot level. No
work is being done by Chollar. In Potosi
they are exploiting the old tunnel level.
There is a possibility of finding, before long,
enough ore to extract and mill. Bullion con-
tinues to push ahead the north drift from the
oUO-foot shaft level. It was started 2170 feet
in to the west. No change is reported in
Alpha workings. The joint west crossdrift of
Confidence, Challenge and Con, Imperial is in
softer formation, which admits of ibetter
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly j
authorized agents only. j
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona- I
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral i
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason- [
able terms. When sending reports on properties i
also send terms on whicn you are willing to sell |
or lease. I
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Milling Stocks, Bonds, Optione, Leases,
Contracts and Secnritles.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds ot Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeiirs or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
The
Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
B/\ INKERS
INo.
BROKERS,
1630 Stout Street.
Telephone 1293.
DENVER, COLO.
33:2,480,500
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, MinmB Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
Gold Mines CRIPPLE CREEK Gold Stocks
At present prices are a sure profit. Write us for
prospectus and information regarding mines, pro-
ducing and prospective producers. We have col-
lected a list of properties that will interest you.
Write us at once.
HOPKINS & JEWELL, P. O. Box 1201,
CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
Complete workin°r plant. Situation and facilities first class.
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
February 6, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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firogress. They expect to strike the west
ode about lUO feet farther od. In Coutideoce
the work is unehanged, as is that in Yellow
Jacket, Crown Point, Belcher, Segr. Belcher,
Overman and Alta.
Ou the Brunswick lode interest centers in
ChoUar, where they are working on the 200-
foot. 34X)-foot, ^oo-foot and 5oo-rooi levels. This
work seems to be largely done for the purixwe
of extracting ore found on the first four and
also developing the r>UO-foot lo strike its down-
ward continuation. They raise and mill each
week enough ore to pay current expenses. In
Occidental they are working on the levels
heretofore published, without any material
change in formation. Joint work is being
done by Con. Virginia, Best & Belcher and
Gould A: Curry to develop the 300-foot level.
They were putting In a chute at last advices.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week :
MIHW.
Jan.
28.
Feb.
4.
Alpha
Alia ConsoUdat«d
AndtjK
Beloher
Beat&Ueloher
Bodle
Bullion
CballoDge
ChoUar
CoDadunc«
CoDOOltdutcd Calirornla and Virginia..
Conftolidatcd New York
M
1 26
""so
14
31
77
"m
1 00
' 2 45
""33
Si!
1 Sb
XJ
Mexican
Ophtr
Ovennao
Potosl..
48
1 15
14
!>5
50
47
43
47
1 U5
"53
40
4(1
40
Utah
Yellow Jacket
37
32
Rainfall and Temperature.
The following data for the week ending 5
A. M., February 3, 1897, are from official
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the MiNiso and Scien-
tific Pkes8:
1 ^: >^i 4
CALirOKNIA
BTATIONH.
op
P B -
Or?
p p p
: » 1. e »
Kurcka
Red Bluff
Sacramento
San Francisco ...
Fresno
San Luis Obispo.
Los Angeles
ban Dtego
Yuma
og- (»B
O O I O (6
3.»> 26 74 2-1.73 25. -18
3.62 15. 6i 13.83 15,67
-I.IM 11.45 14.39| 11.61
3.25 14.66 12.42
2.23
264
2.62
U.7I
0.04.
7. a")
14.42
\0.V3
7 as
4.00
13.25!
5.91
2.82'
.46i
14.52
3.66
5an Francisco St6ck Board Sales.
San Francisco, Kebruiiry 4, lt©7.
9:80 A. M. SESSION.
100 AUa 08 5.tO Crown Point 33
500 Andes 14 JO Mexican 46
800 Best & Belcher ... 73 800 Potosl 52
3UU Caledonia 12 SoOSavage 49
4U0Chonar.: VH 50 Sierra Nevada 44
400ConCul & Va. ...2 2ti2U)UDiop 40
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
100 Opblr 1 05300 Poiosi 53
200 Mexican 47 200 Crown Point 32
500 Gould & Curry .... W.hio Yellow Jacket... . 32
600 Best & Belcher... 77 f.mj Belcher 31
700 ConCal & Va 2 i^ luu Sierra Nevada.... 46
700 ChoUar 1 00, lUO CliJiUenge 50
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gation it would be strange if he had not learned
something. He may have hit upon something valu-
able. Such things have happened and may happen
again. This would seem to be a reasonable view of
the matter; but those who take this view are rare,
and it is hard to find them. Great persistency,
therefore, is necessary on the part of those who want |
to accomplish anything, however important, for j
which they, themselves, have not the requisite
means." i
Nearly seventeen years ago those words of Mr. I
Four-Cycle Gas Engine.
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FOUR-CYCLE GAS ENGINE.
Bowers, written in the shadow of struggle, appeared
in this column, and now in the sunshine of his vic-
tory they appear prophetic.
Bulletin No. 3 ot'the Minister of Mines of British
Columbia — a report by "VyUliam A. Carlyle, the pro-
vincial mineralogist, on the Slocan, Nelson and Ains-
worth mining districts of West Kootenay — has been
issued. The work done by the Government as to the
new mining districts of British Columbia, while not
elaborate nor very thorough, owing to the large
ground to be covered, is timely and of value. The
amount of gold and silver produced from the Koote-
nay mines, when it is considered that it is a new and
comparatively undeveloped district opened up within
a little over two years under- great difficulties as to
transportation, climate and rebellious character of
the ores, speaks wonders tor the future prospects of
the country. This year promises to show a greater
advance than ever, for many new and large mines are
becoming producers.
A. Borsig, of Berlin, shows at the Berlin E.xhibi-
tion a four-cycle gas engine, noticeable, says the
American Manufacturer, from the absence of toothed
wheels or eccentrics. The general appearance of the
engine, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, follows the usual
lines, but the valves are worked by a kind of radial
gear h /i^, the principle of which is illustrated in Fig.
5, the diagram being from our Pittsburg contempo-
rary. The path 1, 2, 3 of the die or catch s corre-
sponds to the suction period; the path 3, 4, 1 to the
compression period;
the path la, 2a, 3a
to the expansion
period; and the path
3a, 4a, la to the
period of e.xhaust.
During the period
of suction, first cy-
cle 1, 2, 3, the pen-
dulum pawl P is
lifted by the lateral
projection a. (Fig. 2)
of the suction valve
V ; when the valve
closes, P slowly falls
back to be caught
by the die s; on the
path 3, 4, 1, .V runs,
therefore, idly. On
the path la, 2a, 3a,
s slides under the
corresponding edge
of P, opening the
exhaust valve »^
while it follows in
the path of 3a, 4a,
la. Thus the four-
cycle is completed.
When the motor
exceeds its speed,
the pendulum pawl
P is, by the action
of the roller r of the
suspension link d,
thrown up too high,
and falls in too late,
missing s. The ex-
haust valve then re-
mains closed; the expended mixture is once more
compressed and expanded, and this play is repeated
until the motor has regained its normal speed. Then
the pendulum pawl will again act, the exhaust valve
will be opened, the exhaust will escape, and suction
again take place on the up-stroke, after which the
normal conditions will continue.
At this time when the industrial world is giving
so much attention to the subject of gas engines,
the foregoing description, although brief, is particu-
larly interesting. It seems that this type has several
new features.
There have been in California within the past two
years a number of engineers and owners of gravel
mines in Russia looking into the methods in vogue
here, and it is probable that within a very short time
there will be a great change in the manner of work-
ing gravels in Siberia and the Caucasus. So far
most of the mining has been done in a very crude
way and at unnecessarily heavy expense for labor.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Pour-Cyole Gas Engine, 129. The Jeffrey Coal
Cutter; Jeffrey Mine Locomotives, i3B.
EDITORIAL.— A Successful Inventor; A Mininpr iteport on West
Kootenay; Four-Cycie Gas Engine; Russian Engineers in Cali-
fornia, l;i9. What an Authority on Advertising Says; The Min-
eral Land Bill; The Chinese and the Mines; The Debris Bills;
The English Promoters; The State's Lands and Mining Claims;
A Change in Policv, 130.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies. 134-5.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Calcium Carbide: A New Reducing
Agent; Tetanus Antitoxin; Penetrating Powers of Powerful
Lights; Important Alloys; For the Progress of Science, 136.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Jeffrey Coal Mining Machinery; In-
candescent Lamps; Ocean Telephony, i:iB. Electric Power in
Gold Mining; A New Process of Separating Metals, 137.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— The River Dredger; Carbolic Acid
for Tempering Steel; To Protect Miners' Lives; A Scheme to In-
sure the Safety of Trains, 137.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Easlern Chinese Railway; Alumi-
num on Warships; Tea Drunkards; Incandescent Gas Lighting;
May Be Outdone in Africa: British and Australian Sovereigns;
Shari^s in the Mediterranean; Origin of Petroleum; For Industrial
Greatness; To Discover a True Weathei' Indicator, 137-
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Marltets; Coal and
Coke; Mining Share Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 146.
.MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 131. Outline of the Geology of
California with Reference to Its Mineral Deposits; California
Deep Mining: Care of the Transit and Methods of Work, 13d. The
Coal Fields of Esmeralda County. Nev. ; Deep Shafts, 133. Coast
Industrial Notes; Personal; Commercial Paragraphs; RecentCali-
fornia Mining Incorporations; Recently Declared Mining Divi-
dends, 139. Books Received, 147.
In its issue of the 3rd inst. the greatest authority
on advertising in this country says ; " Many adver-
tisers never learn that that which will pay them
best may not be that which they like best. The best
advertisers are those who cast prejudices and pref-
erences aside, and utilize those methods which most
effectively influence the public."
The mineral land bill seems doomed to fail of pas-
sage by Congress at this session. But a few days
remain and much business is before the House, and
unless just pressure can be brought to bear upon
the Speaker, and immediately, there is little hope
of success. If it does fail, its passage at the next
session will be of little value, for the lands in ques-
tion are being so rapidly patented that there would
be little work for the commission.
The Chinese and the nines.
There has been considerable increase of late in the
agitation against Chinese immigration in British
Columbia. In Eastern Canada there is growing up
more sympathy for the movement and petitions are
being signed in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa ask-
ing that a tax of $500 per capita be imposed on Chi-
nese coming into the country. The greatest evil
done by this nationality, from the standpoint of
those interested in the mining industry, outside of
the harm done to mining laborers, is through their
taking up and working gravel mines and shipping
the gold product out of the country. This they do,
too, without making any large investments or doing
development work that will be of lasting value or
tend to improve the industry.
In California the Chinese have never been known
to develop mines on a large scale or expend money
that will be of value to the mining or other indus-
tries. Chinese miners' names are not on the books
of the machinery and supply men of San Francisco.
Yet, for the number of men of that race engaged in
mining, probably they take out as much gold as do
the whites.
Along the rivers and creeks of California,, where
there is auriferous gravel, particularly in Trinity,
Siskiyou, Plumas and Placer, may be seen hundreds
of Chinese working with small sluices, rockers or
pans, upon ground that belongs yet to the Federal
Government. They are squatters upon the public
domain — aliens who, when they have gathered a few
hundreds, will return to China.
Under the laws of the United States no one but a
citizen, or one who has declared his intention to be-
come one, may locate a mine. It has been suggested
that the State Legislature pass an act providing
some penalty for the working of mines that are not
located. The enforcement of such a law would pre-
serve these mines that, if not exhausted by the Chi-
nese, would in time afford means of livelihood for
part of our increasing population.
The Debris Bills.
An attempt is being made to show that there is
asked from the California State Legislature for re-
straining dams and for dredgers nearly double what
is really asked. There is now $250,000 in the State
treasury appropriated by an act of March 24, 1893.
To make this available the Legislature must amend
the present law. Governor Budd pointed this out in
his address to the last convention of the Miners' As-
sociation, and Controller Colgan, in a letter last
Wednesday to Mr. Soward, author of the bill for the
re-appropriation of the money, says that no part of
this appropriation has been drawn from the State
treasury, and the entire amount remains therein un-
expended. He continues: "There appears to be
no limitation as to the life of the appropriation. The
only conditions surrounding it are that no warrant
against it may be drawn or paid until the United
States Government shall have appropriated an equal
amount for a like purpose, and that the money is to
be paid only upon orders drawn by the Controller
upon the written request of the Debris Commissioner,
and only for payment of not more than one-half of
the cost of construction of works for restraining and
impounding mining debris. It follows, therefore,
that unless the law is amended or the office of Debris
Commissioner is continued in existence, the appro-
priation could not be used, as no legal demand could
be made upon the Controller."
And yet in the face of this it is claimed that $550,-
000 is being asked from the State.
There is being asked $300,000, and only that from
this Legislature for caring for debris. As to this
which is for dredging the Sacramento, it is urged that
such work is the duty of the Federal Government.
That is true, but the Federal Government refuses to
act, and unless the State steps in, much more dam-
age will soon be done than would be represented by
the amount asked for.
However, California has had a good lesson from
the appropriation of 1893 of the $250,000 for im-
pounding dams. That was not so much proper work
for the Federal Government as the dredging of the
river, yet when the Legislature made the appropri-
ation conditional upon a like appropriation from
Congress, there was found little trouble in obtain-
ing it.
If the State Legislature will now make the pro-
posed appropriation of $300,000 for the dredging,
there can be little question that Congress will do
more in the future than it would if the bill fails to
pass. In that way, from a financial point of view, it
is safe to say that the State could make no better
investment. An increased expenditure for the Sac-
ramento river on the part of Congress will mean
increased attention to the other needs of California
in the way of caring for rivers and harbors.
The English Promoter.
Some time ago mention was made in these columns
of a case of over-capitalization of a mine in Montana
on the London market. For the stock £150,000 was
asked, and of this £130,000 was to go to the vendors,
promoters, etc., and ,£20,000 waS for working capital
on a mine without a mill or machinery and only
£32,500 in ore in sight. Lately some Englishmen
obtained an option on the War Eagle mine, in the
Trail Creek district, British Columbia. The price
was $1,000,000, or a little less. They failed to take
the property, which has since been sold to a Cana-
dian syndicate for about $800,000.
But the prospectus issued by the company formed
in London — the War Eagle Mining Company— to
take over the property called for £500,000, or nearly
$2,500,000, for the vendors. This may be called a
case of over-capitalization with a vengeance, or
barefaced robbery. The War Eagle was well-devel-
oped, and the owners were not forced to sell nor de-
sirous of selling unless they got a fair price. It is
safe enough to presume that the mine was not worth
more than they asked. Yet these London promoters
calmly added 150 per cent to the price and made up
a prospectus to fit a mine worth two and a half mil-
lions.
Had the London public been taken in, they would
never have thought of blaming their own people, the
promoters, but would have called down maledictions
on the rascally Canadians.
Most of the trouble about the Australian mines
has been caused by the greed of promoters in London ,
and yet Australians are the ones to suffer in the end
from want of confidence on the part of capital in
their properties. It Is often asked why English
capital is not more anxious to seek investment in
California mines or properties in other old mining
districts. It is simply because so many of those who
place mines on the London market prefer to go to
districts about which there is less information ob-
tainable in order that the claims of their prospectors
may not be too closely questioned.
Africa has been deserted by this class of promoters
besause the properties are too well known.
The State's Lands and Mining Claims.
Under the act of Congress of March 3, 1853, there
was granted to the State of California the sixteenth
and thirty-sixth sections in each township, which
grant takes effect when these sections are identified
by survey. There was no exception made in the
act itself of the mineral lands, and it was held for
many years by the Stale Supreme Court that the
mineral lands passed to the State. However, later
the United States Supreme Court overruled this
interpretation of the law and upon the authority of
its decision the State Supreme Court in 1891 re-
versed its former holding in the following language :
In Higgins v. Houghton, 25 Cal., 253, it was held
by the Supreme Court of this State that mineral
lands were not excepted from the operation of the
grant of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections,
made to the State by the act of March 3, 1853, and
that as fast as the townships were surveyed the
State became the owner of these sections absolutely.
(And see Wedkind v. Craig, 50 Cal, 642.)
The rule declared by this court, as above stated,
has not been approved by the Supreme Court of the
United States. On the contrary, it was held by that
court, in Mining Company v. Consolidated Mining
Company, 102 U. S., 167, that the grant of the six-
teenth and thirty-sixth sections of public land to
the State of California, by the act of March 3, 1853,
was not intended to cover mineral lands, but that
such lands were, by the settled policy of the general
government, excluded from all grants.
That decision is controlling, and must be followed
here. The question then remains. Were the disputed
premises, at the time of the grant, mineral lands —
that is, known to be valuable for minerals ? (Deffe-
back V. Hawke, 115 U. S., 404.)
Prior to this decision, the Legislature, assuming
State ownership of the mineral school sections, pro-
vided for their sale by acts passed March 28, 1874,
February 3, 1876, and April 6, 1880. Notwithstand-
ing these later decisions, the State laws providing
for the sale of mineral lands remain upon the statute
books, and there is nothing to prevent the Surveyor-
General from receiving an application and issuing a
State title to lands which are not the property of
the State.
The statutes are waste material and should be re-
pealed. They may become the cause of confusion of
titles. In fact, they have in the past.
Senator Stratton has introduced in the State Sen-
ate a bill providing for their repeal (Senate Bill No.
615), which was referred to the Committee on Mines,
Drainage and Mining Debris, and has been by them
favorably reported.
A Change of Policy.
Not so many years ago — 1846 — the reward meted
out by the New South Wales, Australia, authorities
to a convict who discovered gold was 100 lashes on
the back. It was feared that if Australia became
known as a gold-producing country it would be ut-
terly spoiled as a receptacle for convicts. Now the
paternal governments of the Colonies are doing more
to encourage prospecting than any others in the
world. Large sums in the way of bonus are ofl'ered
by one for the discovery of new gold fields, govern-
ment aid is offered in other cases for putting up mills
and mining shafts on mines, it is proposed to erect a
public crushing plant in New South Wales, and now
comes the Minister for Mines of thatcolony suggest-
ing that the Education department should establish
classes in Sydney and other large towns for the in-
struction of prospectors, in order to enable them to
determine on the spot the various minerals they may
come across.
Februarvl3, 1897.
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Concentrates.
Tbbrb are emplojed in the mines about BakerCity, Oregon,
1000 men.
Is the Colar gold fields of Mysore, India, the yield for
1SV« was ±1.251, 73S.
The Comstock pay roll for January was |fiO,54S 30— «1000
more tban December.
Tbeke is a bill before ibe Ucab Legislature to provide for a
State Mine Inspector.
The owners of the Thorpe mine, in Calaveras county, Cal.,
propose to put up a lO-stamp mill and a cyanide planL
DrHixu the twelve years of its existence the Broken Hill
fleld has produced silver and lead to the value of ±32.S4O.lW0.
Tde Stockton iximpioy which owns the Arbooa mine at
Tutiletown, Tuolumne county, CaL, intends putting up a 10-
stamp mill.
The movement to iooorporaie the town of Kossland, British
Columbia, promises to succeed, as the government of Canada
promises support.
Atxx^KuiXG to the Denver K^puMiom the output of Cripple
Creek. Colorado for January was »1.3SO,000. against $700,000
for January, ISW.
Men are looking over the ground on Rogue river. Southern
Oregon, with a view to putting in a dredging plant to work
the auriferous gravels.
A TBLEiiRAM from Guthrie, Oklahoma, announces that a de-
tachment of troops bad arrested a number of miners at work
in the Wichita mountains.
R. A. F". Penko.-*b Jk. of Colorado Springs. Colo., will soon
begin the erection of a 40-stamp mill in Sulphur Spring Val-
ley, Arizona, near Wilcox.
Tde Nelson Tritmnr estimates the population of Wes>. Koote-
nay, iocludiog Nelson. Ainsworth, Slocan. Trail and Revel-
stoke districts, at about KI.11OO.
TuE Mount Morgan mine of Australia, during the six months
ending Nov. 30th last, produced 56,29S tons of ore, from which
T5,50tt ounces of gold were obtained.
F. Ai\ii 71T Heis/e is arranging for the extension of the
Columbia vS: Western Railway, running into British Colum-
bia, westward to the Okanogan country.
At the last reports on the Robinson Deep in the Rand, South
Africa, a shaft had reached a depth of 3137 feet. The distance
sunk in the month of November was 7'A feet.
Since D- H. Motlat and others have obtained control of the
property they hare announced their intention of again start-
ing the Deep shaft on Aspen mountain. O)lo.
At the Royal Mint, Melbourne, for the week ending Janu-
ary 9lh, l!^97, the gold received was SO.S:h* ounces, and the
vaJue of gold coin and bullion issued was jtril.669.
The California Exotoration Company have offered to bond
the Good Hope mine, near the Gwia mine, in Calaveras
countj', Cal., from the owner, Harry Howarth, for t-iO,000.
Near Etizabethtown, New Mexico, there have been made
discoveries of gold ore, and it is claimed that To pounds from
the Black Copper mine assayed at the rate of $iOi\000 a ton.
Is the new copper properties near Golconda, Nevada, the
English people who have them under bond employ 45 men,
and the developments made indicate that they will lake the
mine.
Os the W. Y. O. D. mine in Nevada county, Cal., a tunnel
475 feet long, T feet high, 4 feet wide on the bottom and 3
feet on top, was- run between December *27th last and Feb-
ruary 3rd. '
Manv new strikes made in Cripple Creek during the past
two months have enlivened the camp very much. The chief
need is for greater milling capacity for the treatment of low-
grade ores.
Americas concessionaries who went into the Corean gold
fields some months ago are well pleased with the outlook aud
are erecting a mill and making other arrangements to work
on a large scale.
The Mountain Copper Company, at Keswick. California,
has bonded the Utah Consolidated, in Old Diggings districlf
Shasta county, which contains a large ledge that has resisted
economical treatment by ordinary methods.
The monthly statement of the Alaska-Mexican Gold Min-
ing Company for December shows : Bullion shipment, f:37,170;
ore m lied. iiX,bTi tons; sulphurets treated, 147 tons. Of bul-
lion there came from sulphurets $6661; worldng expenses for
period, $20,064.
The Bodie, Cal., fndc-r states that Cain & McCone are
working ore at the Bodie tunnel mill at a cost of about f'J per
ton, and that if they could do away with the fuel expense by
the introduction of electric power the cost of milUng would
hardly exceed $1 per ton.
Most of the big mines in the Slocan and Kaslo districts in
British Columbia have contracted for their ore for scuie time,
and the bulk of It will go to American smelters. The ore in
the Ainsworth district is being sold on short contraots, and
most of it comes over the line.
The coast cities of British Columbia are agitating the ques-
tion of building smellers and securing direct railway commu-
uioation with the Kixttemiy country, in order to prevent all
the trade from going to eustera Canada over the Canadian
Pacific or to the United States.
A LoNDos syndicate has been given an option to deposit
$UK),tKK) in bank at Spokane, Wash., for the purpose of pur-
chasing the Le Roi mine in British Columbia for something
over $4,tKi0,0w). In case they fail to accept, another English
syndicate will be given an option.
Salt Lake capitalists are figuring on putting up a smelter
at Vancouver, British Columbia, in conjunction with people
from Portland, Oregon. Proposed smelttrshave been located
in many places in the Northwest, but the railroad builders
will determine which shall be put up.
At a meeting of the miners of Uandshurg district, Kern
- county. California, last week they passed u set of strong reso-
lutions condemning malicious claim-jumping, and announcing
that it would no longer be tolerated. These claim-jumpers
have been doing much harm by destivying coufidence in titles.
Toe British Columbia cinnabar mines are giving promise of
turning out well. The British Columbia Cinnabar Company,
which controls ihe largest property, has had a force of 'Jo men
at work during the winter and is erectiug furnaces. They
have been developing the pivpevty for two years and have ex-
tracted 120 rtasks of quicksilver.
The Spokane papers are advocating the opening up of the
' south half of the Colvilte, Wash.. Reserratloo. At present this
' acts as aa impassable barrier to the Okanogan mines. It is
claimed that its opening will mean not only opening up of
3,iMX0UO acres of land in the reservation, but practically of a
larger country beyond, by allowing railroads to be built-
Tub Helena and Frisco Company, a majority of who>se stock
was lately purchased by the Exploration Company, will soon
be reorganized. The property is located in Idaho, the com-
pany is iDCorporaied under ihe laws of Montana, and it is pro-
posed now to form the new iDCorporatioD under tbe laws of
I West Virginia.
Easteks capitalists have been in Sinta Fe county. New
Mexi^*o, lately, negotiating for the purchase of 6U.0O0 acres of
■ land known as the Ortiz mine granr. and owned by Senator
Elkins cf West Virginia, R C. Kerens of St. Louis and
; others. The property contains gold mines, some of the work-
j ings being over UiO years old.
I Ix tbe San Carlos reservation. Arizona, since the segrega-
tion of part of the land, considerable prospecting has been
1 done and several mining camps have been started. The ore
is mostly copper carrying gold. In one district, where large
bodies of galena ore have been discovered, there are evidences
of work having been done many decades aga
It is proposed to establish in Auckland, New Zealand, a min-
ing bank, but the plan has never been figured out in detail.
During the boom times in Broken Hill, Australia, in the
eighties, the branches of all the big banks loaned money on
shares, but this has ceased. It is suggested that the proposed
bank advance on " margins,'* as do tbe brokers.
At Otago, New Zealand, the Roxburgh Amalgamited Com-
pany six years ago put in two hydraulic e'evators to work au-
riferous gravels, and now have five in operation. The com-
pany have within the six years of their existence worked
about twenty-five acres. In that time they have taken out
10,776 ounces of gold, equal in value to SiOO.00*.'.
As evidence of the value to any new mining district of ruil-
way competition is furnished in the Northwest. Upon the
opening upof the mines of British Columbia, the American
roads hastened to form connections, and these are afforded
splendid facilities for shipping ore. Want of competition in
Canada has given the business to the competing Americans.
It has been demonstrated that the siliceous ore bell in the
Black Hills, South Dakota, extends from Nigger hill, in the
Bear gulch country, to Custer Peak, a distance of sixty-six
miles from northwest to southeasr. and from Crook mountain
on the northeast to Speartish creek on the southwest, a dis-
tance of thirty-five miles; and yet outside of this scope of
country numerous prospectors are at work.
A mviDESD has been paid by a m'ne in the now Lake of the
Wooiis district in Ontario. C-anada. The local press gives the
following account of it: "The Golden Gate Mining Company
direi'tors met this afternoon and declared -a dividend of 5t> per
cent. This is the first company operating in the Lake of the
Woods to declare a dividend. The money was made, not by
working the mine, but by a sale to an Englishman named
Lay cock."
The reports of the Union Pacific railroad as to shipments of
ores in Utah show a heavy increase over last year. The most
striking increase for the last week in January was in the
amount of silver and lead ore, the record showing that during
the week covered by the report 4S carloads were shipped, as
compared with 'Jo cars in lSi>6. During the same period the
same company handled 23 cars of silver and lead bullion, '2 car-
loads of copper bullion, 1 car of copper matte, aud 9 cars of
concentrates.
A TELE^iKAM from Nelson, British Columbia, states that the
exports of mineral from Kooienay for January, as declared at
the Nelson custom house, were: Ore, 34tt! lous, \-alue $:i5S,-
770; matte, 1141 tons, value ;^4Ui,727: total value. ?r>75,500.
Eight hundred and fifty -two tons are reported as being
shipped via Nakusp and Revelsioke, worth at* least $S5.:}0i\
bringing the total for the mouth up to $7tki.7iH», and making
the exports for the two mouths. December aud January, con-
siderably over a million doUai's.
As association composed entirely of mining men has been
formed at Nelson, British Columbia, for the purpose of super-
vising all legislation relating to mining matters especially,
and considering other subjects of interest to the industry.
Late last session of the Legislature a clause was hurriedly in-
serted into the mineral act, depriving miners of the right
which they had previously enjoyed, of cutting timber for min-
ing purposes anywhere ou Crv^iwu lands. Efforts will be made
to put this matter ou the original basis.
J. M. Harris, a man now about 3i.> years of age, went from
the Cceur d'Alene country to the Slocan. in British Columbia,
in ISii- and purchased a pi\"ispect, the Keco. February 1st the
Reco Mining Company declared a dividend of fUKi.iHKi. J. M.
Harris, who was elected president and manager, stated :
" Previous to incorporation the mine paid in dividends fS7,.'>00
and fl50,00t) in development, and shipi^ed nearly $',W,i.H.W
worth of ore. We claim ?3,iK)0,OOtt worth of ore in sight
today."
Now that there is such an increased demand for copper,
pi\ispecting for mines is going ou more actively than ever.
Mauy of the known deposits which have not of late been
worked, owing to the price aud low grade of the ore, are again
being exploited. This is particularly true in Arizona. In the
mountains about Tucson there are known to be many bodies
of oi*e. A great advantage the praspector has nowadays over
the man who went out a few years ago is the fact that he is
better equipped for determining the value of what he finds.
As Tv^ the late boom in West Australian mining stt.x'ks the
Sydney Oailu Tchtjnxph says: " We can promise Loudon folk
that shortly there will be exposures which will edify them.
They wilt learn, for example, that a mine of which the pres-
ent market value ou the London Stock Exchange is over
ilOO.iKH) has had two big crushiugs iu succession which have
returned 3 dwt. and 4 dwt. plm- ton, and thit the luformation
has been withheld fi-om the shareholders, who have been led
to believe that the battery has been idle pending additions
and alterations."
SoMK of the gravel miners along the streams in Siskiyou
county, Cal., are becoming interested in a scvV^p or dredging
apparatus lately invented for working gulch and creek bed
claims, whore the bediwk is deep. It is simply a scoop guided
by a slanting cable, extending UK) feet or more in length, to
bottom of diggings, SO to .Ml feet deep in an opeu cut. This
method, it is claimed, does away with the use of derrick or
pump, as the scoop will take up gravel and water to the ex-
tent of over a ton each load, and can be worked rapidly with
ooe man at the engine and two more in tbe cut, doing the
work of a dozen or more men under the old system.
Accord I.N .. to the report of the Princess Estate and GciA
Mining Com[»4ny. Limited, of Johannesburg, South Africa,
during the last year they treated by the cyanide process »3,-
«Sd loos, 75 per cent of the tonnage crushed" During tbe first
four months the percentage of gold extraction was only 60.46
per cent of the gold contents of the ore. vegetable loaKter
having had a deleterious influeni^ on the cyanide solutions.
In the last eight months, whenonly clean sands were treated,
the actual percentage of extraction rose to 71. S per cent, and
ultimately 7S per cent.
Shaft siskeks on the Amador Queen No, 1 at Jackson. Am-
ador county, Cal.. owned by the Jackson Exploration and
Development Company. Limited, claim a record. The shaft
is being sunk by contract, three eight-hour shifts of two men
each being employed. Sam Harvey is the contractor and
attends to the limbering, his partners being J. Kitto (who, in
conjunction with Harvey, won tbe drilling contest champion-
ship in )S»5\ John Fox, Hart Koberts, Sam Harris, .1. SUples
and Joe Jefford. During the month of January, IS^T, after
being hampered by a sudden infiux of water for two or three
days, this crew of men sunk and timbered the shaft So feel.
The shaft is 9x5 feet within timbers, lixl3 timbers being
used, and is in granite.
Is the Aspen. Colorado, district the managers and owners
of all the large properties have agreed to reduce the scale of
royalties exacted from leasing miners in amount to corre-
spond to reductions promised in freight by the railroad com-
panies. The agreement as drafted states that the owners
and leasers of mines in the vicinity of Aspen, realizing that the
mines contain large bodies of low-grade silver ores, which
cannot be mtued and marketed at a profit under existing rail-
road transportation and royalty rates, and knowing that a
reduction in these rates would greatly increase the output of
ore and furnish employment to a large number of men and
thus add to the general prosperity of the city and county,
agree to the reduction proposed.
A i'artt of miners, who had left Circle City, on the Yukon,
Alaska, Nov. l:>th. arrived at Dyea. on the southeast Alaskan
coast, Jan. 'JSth. They report that a number of new strikes
have been made on the Yukon. Of course, those who will
gain the most are the men whoha\-e gone in prepared to make
a long slay and carry themselves over a season or two. The
newcomers of this summer need not expect that they can take
ad\'antage of the discoveries made without money. Yet. from
all reports, in spite of the mauy difficulties of climate, trans-
portation and shortness of supplies, men of experience, with
provisions and money to carry them over for from two to three
seasons, will find more than the usual opportunities for mak-
ing a stake. But more unheeded advice has been given and
will be given about Alaska than mauy less remote and more
accessible districts. The usual rush of inexperienced tender-
feet, without means of subsistence, will go north in a few
months.
The following subjects for consideration have been sug-
gested to the British Columbia Legislature by the .Vt'iiitii;
fitconi of Victoria, B.C.: Liberal appropriations for roads
and trails; better police protection: amendments to the law
relating to mining incorporations for the better ptvtection of
investors and the checking of over-A.-apiiali^alion of compa-
nies; a re-arrangement of mining re^vrders' offices, so as to
give prospectors and others the least amount of trouble in
recording claims; amendments to the ace relating to tiie
incorporation of towns; a liberal policy towards railway ex-
tension and to aid new railways; a strict scrutiny of all av>pli-
cations for railway chartei-s; a liberal appropriation for adver-
tising the mineral resources of the province »»nd the
publication of much needed maps of mining districts; alnMish-
ing working miners' licenses; an act to com^wl all mining
companies doing business in this province, and incorporated
under the laws of the State of Washington or elsewhere, to
re- incorporate under the laws of British Columbia.
Tub Slocan. British C^jlumbia, district, with an area of
about 15 by 'Jo miles, aci'oriiing to W. A. Carlyle, the govern-
ment geologist, produced iu lSiH» lS,':;i5 tons of ore. which
yielded '2,Ul,t^SS ounces of silver, and U*,'JlO,(»tk> pounds of lead
or au average of U7,4 ounces of silver per ton and .V2.7 percent
lead, giving a net profit of $7o per ton. Manj- carloads of ore
shipped yielded as high as SlW and 40li ounces of silver per ton.
The Slocan Star, which has the largest chute of high-grade
ore iu the district, i-eceived from the smelters from ll.o'Jit
tons of ore aud concentrates sold during the last three years
912,000 ounces of silver and 1S,4^\000 pounds of lead. The
mines shipping during the past season in the three districts
were: Slocan, 4".; ; Nelson, 4: Aiusworth, R The miners at
work were: SUvan, I00i»; Ainsworth, "JiXi; Nelson, ,S,=>u. The
oi*e shipped was: Slocan, '2,Sltv5«U ounces of sih*er, 17,77^;^
pounds of lead, \-alue $2,0^3.445, against fiM'-M.nH iu l>'v»5: Nel-
son. 5:<t>.l43 ounces of silver and '2,OlO,:iiU pounds of lead, value
$4i»;i,'J"i% against J3^,1'.J0 in lSi>5; Ainsworth, a03,Si>7 ounces of
silver and 2,47l>,ur.i pounds of lead, value $^I0,9LS, against
iSS4.(i;7 in IS<*5.
W. F. Kksokick of C-olorado directs attention to a new
feature in the smelting interests of IDenver aud Pueblo— the
shipping of ore, carrying heavy in lead tis well as gold aud
silver, fixmi the miues of British Columbia in bond through
the United States to the Gulf of Mexico and thence by Brit-
ish steamers to Liver^iool, the oro being smelted at Denver
aud Pueblo while in bond during transit. The ore carries up-
ward of 00 per cent in lead, ou which aivounl the lead trust,
it is claimed, tried to freeze out the EugUsh owners of the
great silver aud load mines of British Columbia by declining
to buy the output of the mines. That district is so far from
the European market that the froight rates were heavily
against them, so much so that the lead coulAined in their oi*e
was of little commeroial value. As the ore eniei*s the United
States boundary, it comes uuder charge of United States cus-
tom officials, and iu this way is trausixirted to the smelting
works, where it is placed in bond warehouses, smelled, re-
fined, the lead bullion shipped by rail to Galveston, thence by
steamer to Liver^Kxil, from UW to ^100 tons per day heiug
handled iu that way. It is claimed that the amount of lead
that v^iiu bo pivduced from these British Columbia mines
would overstock the market aud cause heavy loss to the
trust, aud the mine owners of that district, 10 pivtecl them-
selves, formed a strong syndicate, which has been able to
make arrangements with the railivad reaching the Gulf on
terms enabling thorn to market their leiid in Livorpool, dis-
tant fiviu their mines by the route taken equal toovecoue-
thiM the ciroumfereuce of the globe.
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TABLE OP CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Four-Cycle Gas Engine, 129. The Jeffrey Coal
Cutter; Jelfrey Mine Locomotives, 136.
EDITORIAL.— A Successful luventor; A Mining Report on West
Kootenay; Four-Cycle Gas Engine; Russian Engineers in Cali-
fornia, l;i9. What an Authority on Advertising Says; The Min-
eral Land Bill; Tne Chinese and the Mines; The Debris Bills;
The English Promoters: The State's Lands and Mining Claims;
A Change in Policy, 130. ^ ,.„
MINING SUMMARY.— Prom the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Paeiflc Coast States and Territoiies. 134-5.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS. —Calcium Carbide; A New Reducing
Agent; Tetanus Antitoxin; Penetrating Powers of Powerful
Lights; Important Alloys; For the Progress of Science, 136.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Jeffrey Coal Mining Machinery; In-
candescent Lamps; Ocean Telephony, 136. Electric Power in
Gold Mining; A New Process of Separating Metals, 137.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— The River Dredger; Carbolic Acid
for Tempering Steel; To Protect Miners' Lives; A Scheme to In-
sure the Safety of Trains. 137.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Eastern Chinese Railway; Alumi-
num on Warships; Tea Drunkards; Incandescent Gas Lighting;
May Be Outdone in Africa; Britisn and Australian Sovereigns;
Sharks in the Mediterranean; Origin of Petroleum; For Industrial
Greatness; To Discover a True Weathei? Indicator, 137-
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Markets; Coal and
Coke; Mining Share Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 1-16.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 131. Outline of the Geology of
California with Reference to Its Mineral Deposits; California
Deep Mining; Care of the Transit and Methods of Work, 13-2, The
Coal Fields of Esmeralda County. Nev.; Deep Shafts, 133. Coast
Industrial Notes; Personal; Commercial Paragraphs; Recent Cali-
fornia Mining Incorporations; Recently Declared Mining Divi-
dends, 139. Books Received, 147.
In its issue of the 3rd Inst, the greatest authority
on advertising in this country says : " Many adver-
tisers never learn that that which will pay them
best may not be that which they like best. The best
advertisers are those who cast prejudices and pref-
erences aside, and utilize those methods which most
effectively influence the public."
The mineral land bill seems doomed to fail of pas-
sage by Congress at this session. But a few days
remain and much business is before the House, and
unless just pressure can be brought to bear upon
the Speaker, and immediately, there is little hope
of success. If it does fail, its passage at the next
session will be of little value, for the lands in ques-
tion are being so rapidly patented that there would
be little work for the commission.
The Chinese and the flines.
There has been considerable increase of late in the
agitation against Chinese immigration in British
Columbia. In Eastern Canada there is growing up
more sympathy for the movement and petitions are
being signed in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa ask-
ing that a tax of $500 per capita be imposed on Chi-
nese coming into the country. The greatest evil
done by this nationality, from the standpoint of
those interested in the mining industry, outside of
the harm done to mining laborers, is through their
taking up and working gravel mines and shipping
the gold product out of the country. This they do,
too, without making any large investments or doing
development work that will be of lasting value or
tend to improve the industry.
In California the Chinese have never been known
to develop mines on a large scale or expend money
that will be of value to the mining or other indus-
tries. Chinese miners' names are not on the books
of the machinery and supply men of San Francisco.
Yet, for the number of men of that race engaged in
mining, probably they take out as much gold as do
the whites.
Along the rivers and creeks of California, where
there is auriferous gravel, particularly in Trinity,
Siskiyou, Plumas and Placer, may be seen hundreds
of Chinese working with small sluices, rockers or
pans, upon ground that belongs yet to the Federal
Government. They are squatters upon the public
domain — aliens who, when they have gathered a few
hundreds, will return to China.
Under the laws of the United States no one but a
citizen, or one who has declared his intention to be-
come one, may locate a mine. It has been suggested
that the State Legislature pass an act providing
some penalty for the working of mines that are not
located. The enforcement of such a law would pre-
serve these mines that, if not exhausted by the Chi-
nese, would in time afford means of livelihood for
part of our increasing population.
The Debris Bills.
An attempt is being made to show that there is
asked from the California State Legislature for re-
straining dams and for dredgers nearly double what
is really asked. There is now $250,000 in the State
treasury appropriated by an act of March 24, 1893.
To make this available the Legislature must amend
the present law. Governor Budd pointed this out in
his address to the last convention of the Miners' As-
sociation, and Controller Colgan, in a letter last
Wednesday to Mr. Soward, author of the bill for the
re-appropriation of the money, says that no part of
this appropriation has been drawn from the State
treasury, and the entire amount remains therein un-
expended. He continues: "There appears to be
nn limitation as to the life of the appropriation. The
only conditions surrounding it are that no warrant
against it may be drawn or paid until the United
States Government shall have appropriated an equal
amount for a like purpose, and that the money is to
be paid only upon orders drawn by the Controller
upon the written request of the Debris Commissioner,
and only for payment of not more than one-half of
the cost of construction of works for restraining and
impounding mining debris. It follows, therefore,
that unless the law is amended or the office of Debris
Commissioner is continued in existence, the appro-
priation could not be used, as no legal demand could
be made upon the Controller."
And yet in the face of this it is claimed that $550,-
000 is being asked from the State.
There is being asked $300,000, and only that from
this Legislature for caring for debris. As to this
which is for dredging the Sacramento, it is urged that
such work is the duty of the Federal Government.
That is true, but the Federal Government refuses to
act, and unless the State steps in, much more dam-
age will soon be done than would be represented by
the amount asked for.
However, California has had a good lesson from
the appropriation of 1893 of the $250,000 for im-
pounding dams. That was not so much proper work
for the Federal Government as the dredging of the
river, yet when the Legislature made the appropri-
ation conditional upon a like appropriation from
Congress, there was found little trouble in obtain-
ing it.
If the State Legislature will now make the pro-
posed appropriation of $300,000 for the dredging,
there can be little question that Congress will do
more in the future than it would if the bill fails to
pass. In that way, from a financial point of view, it
is safe to say that the State could make no better
investment. An increased expenditure for the Sac-
ramento river on the part of Congress will mean
increased attention to the other needs of California
in the way of caring for rivers and harbors.
The English Promoter.
Some time ago mention was made in these columns
of a case of over-capitalization of a mine in Montana
on the London market. For the stock £150,000 was
asked, and of this £130,000 was to go to the vendors,
promoters, etc., and £20,000 was for working capital
on a mine without a mill or machinery and only
£32,500 in ore in sight. Lately some Englishmen
obtained an option on the War Eagle mine, in the
Trail Creek district, British Columbia. The price
was $1,000,000, or a little less. They failed to take
the property, which has since been sold to a Cana-
dian syndicate for about $800,000.
But the prospectus issued by the company formed
in London — the War Eagle Mining Company — to
take over the property called for £500,000, or nearly
$2,500,000, for the vendors. This may be called a
case of over-capitalization with a vengeance, or
barefaced robbery. The War Eagle was well-devel-
oped, and the owners were not forced to sell nor de-
sirous of selling unless they got a fair price. It is
safe enough to presume that the mine was not worth
more than they asked. Yet these London promoters
calmly added 150 per cent to the price and made up
a prospectus to fit a mine worth two and a half mil-
lions.
Had the London public been taken in, they would
never have thought of blaming their own people, the
promoters, but would have called down maledictions
on the rascally Canadians.
Most of the trouble about the Australian mines
has been caused by the greed of promoters in London,
and yet Australians are the ones to suffer in the end
from want of confidence on the part of capital in
their properties. It is often asked why English
capital is not more anxious to seek investment in
California mines or properties in other old mining
districts. It is simply because so many of those who
place mines on the London market prefer to go to
districts about which there is less information ob-
tainable in order that the claims of their prospectors
may not be too closely questioned.
Africa has been deserted by this class of promoters
besause the properties are too well known.
The State's Lands and Mining Claims.
Under the act of Congress of March 3, 1853, there
was granted to the State of California the sixteenth
and thirty-sixth sections in each township, which
grant takes effect when these sections are identified
by survey. There was no exception made in the
act itself of the mineral lands, and it was held for
many years by the Stale Supreme Court that the
mineral lands passed to the State. However, later
the United States Supreme Court overruled this
interpretation of the law and upon the authority of
its decision the State Supreme Court in 1891 re-
versed its former holding in the following language :
In Higgins v. Houghton, 25 Cal., 253, it was held
by the Supreme Court of this State that mineral
Jands were not excepted from the operation of the
grant of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections,
made to the State by the act of March 3, 1853, and
that as fast as the townships were surveyed the
State became the owner of these sections absolutely.
(And see Wedkind v. Craig, 56 Cal., 642.)
The rule declared by this court, as above stated,
has not been approved by the Supreme Court of the
United States. On the contrary, it was held by that
court, in Mining Company v. Consolidated Mining
Company, 102 U. S., 167, that the grant of the six-
teenth and thirty-sixth sections of public land to
the State of California, by the act of March 3, 1853,
was not intended to cover mineral lands, but that
such lands were, by the settled policy of the general
government, excluded from all grants.
That decision is controlling, and must be followed
here. The question then remains. Were the disputed
premises, at the time of the grant, mineral lands —
that is, known to be valuable for minerals ? (Deffe-
back V. Hawke, 115 U. S., 404.)
Prior to this decision, the Legislature, assuming
State ownership of the mineral school sections, pro-
vided for their sale by acts passed March 28, 1874,
February 3, 1876, and April 6, 1880. Notwithstand-
ing these later decisions, the State laws providing
for the sale of mineral lands remain upon the statute
books, and there is nothing to prevent the Surveyor-
General from receiving an application and issuing a
State title to lands which are not the property of
the State.
The statutes are waste material and should be re-
pealed. They may become the cause of confusion of
titles. In fact, they have in the past.
Senator Stratton has introduced in the State Sen-
ate a bill providing for their repeal (Senate Bill No.
615), which was referred to the Committee on Mines,
Drainage and Mining Debris, and has been by them
favorably reported.
A Change of Policy.
Not so many years ago — 1846 — the reward meted
out by the New South Wales, Australia, authorities
to a convict who discovered gold was 100 lashes on
the back. It was feared that if Australia became
known as a gold-producing country it would be ut-
terly spoiled as a receptacle for convicts. Now the
paternal governments of the Colonies are doing more
to encourage prospecting than any others in the
world. Large sums in the way of bonus are offered
by one for the discovery of new gold fields, govern-
ment aid is offered in other cases for putting up mills
and mining shafts on mines, it is proposed to erect a
public crushing plant in New South Wales, and now
comes the Minister for Mines of thatcolony suggest-
ing that the Education department should establish
classes in Sydney and other large towns for the in-
struction of prospectors, in order to enable them to
determine on the spot the various minerals they may
come across.
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Concentrates.
TnEKB are employed in the miaes about Baker City, OregOD,
1000 men.
In the Colar koM fields of Mysore, lodia. the yield for
18W was £1.251, 73S.
The Comstock pay roll for January was IrtO.MS 50— $1000
more than December.
TuEKE Is a bill before the Uiah Legislature to provide for a
Stale Mloe Inspector.
TuE owners of ihe Thorpe mine, in Calaveras county, Cat,
propose to put up a lU-slamp mill and a cyanide plant.
Dlkiso the twelve years of its existence the Broken Hill
field has produced silver and lead to the value of i.'2'i. 540,000. j
TuE SlocktOD ('ompiny which owns the Arbona mine at j
Tultlelown, Tuolumne county. Cat., intends putting up a 10-
stamp mill.
Toe movement to incorporate the town of Uossland, British
Columbia, promises tosuL-ceed, as the government of Canada
promises support.
AccoKiuNn to the Denver ftepiiWiciui the output of Cripple
Creek, Colorado for January was 11,350,000, against $700,000
for January, IsiMi,
Men are looking over the ground on Kogue river, Southern
Oregon, with a view to putting in a dredging plant to work
the auriferous gravels.
A TELRtiUAM from Guthrie, Oklahoma, announces that a de-
tachment of troops had arrested a number of miners at work
In the Wichita mountaius.
R. A. F. Penhose Jk. of Colorado Springs, Colo., will sooo
begin the erection of a 40-stamp mill iu Sulphur Spring Val-
ley, Arizona, near Wilcox.
The Nelson Trilmnr estimates the population of Wes'. Koote-
nay, including Nelson, Ainsworth, Slocan, Trail and Revel-
stoke districts, at about 10,000.
TuE Mount Morgan mine of Australia, during the six months
ending Nov. ;iOth last, produced 5t),'J9S tons of ore, from which
75,500 ounces of gold were obtained.
F. Ai-tiiJiT Heinze is arranging for the extension of the
Columbia & Western Railway, running into British Colum-
bia, westward to the Okanogan country.
At the last reports on the Robinson Deep in the Rand, South
Africa, a shaft had reached a depth of 2137 feet. The distance
sunk in the month of November was 73 feet.
Since D. H. Moffat and others have obtained control of the
property they have announced their intention of again start-
ing the Deep shaft on Aspen mountain, Colo.
At the Royal Mint, Melbourne, for the week ending Janu-
ary 9th, 1897, the gold received was 80,S2'J ounces, and the
value of gold coin and bullion issued was .1:121,069.
The California Exploration Company have offered to bond
the Good Hope mine, near the Gwin mine, in Calaveras
county, Cal., from the owner, Harry Howarth, for$40,0UU.
Neau Elizabethtown, New Mexico, there have been made
discoveries of gold ore, and it is claimed that 75 pounds from
the Black Copper mine assayed at the rate of $100,000 a ton.
In the new copper properties near Golconda, Nevada, the
English people who have them under bond employ 45 men,
and the developments made indicate that they will take the
mine.
On the W. Y. O. D. mine in Nevada county, Cal., a tunnel
475 feet long, 7 feet high, 4 feet wide on the bottom and 3
feet on top, was_ run between December 27th last and Feb-
ruary 3rd. *
Many new strikes made in Cripple Creek during the past
two months have enlivened the camp very much. The chief
need is for greater milling capacity for the treatment of low-
grade ores.
Amekican concessionaries who went into the Corean gold
fields some months ago are well pleased with the outlook and
are erecting a mill and making other arrangements to work
on a large scale.
The Mountain Copper Company, at Keswick, California,
has bonded the Utah Consolidated, in Old Diggings district,
Shasta county, which contains a large ledge that has resisted
economical treatment by ordinary methods.
The monthly statement of the Alaska-Mexican Gold Min-
ing Company for December shows: Bullion shipment, $27,170;
ore m lied, 10,573 tons; sulphurets treated, 147 tons. Of bul-
lion there came from sulphurets $6001; working expenses for
period, $20,064.
The Bodie, Cal., Index states that Cain & McCone are
working ore at the Bodie tunnel mill at a cost of about $2 per
ton, and that if they could do away with the fuel expense by
the introduction of electric power the cost of milling would
hardly exceed $1 per ton.
Most of the big mines in the Slocan and Kaslo districts in
British Columbia have contracted for their ore for some time,
and the bulk of It will go to American smelters. The ore in
the Ainsworth district is being sold on short contracts, and
most of it comes over the line.
The coast cities of British Columbia are agitating the ques-
tion of building smelters and securing direct railway commu-
nication with the Kootenay country, in order to prevent all
the trade from going to eastern Canada over the Canadian
Paciflc or to the United States.
A London syndicate has been given an option to deposit
$100,000 in bank at Spokane, Wash., for the purpose of pur-
chasing the Le Roi mine in British Columbia for something
over $4,000,000. In case they fail to accept, another English
syndicate will be given an option.
Salt Lake capitalists are figuring on putting up a smelter
at Vancouver. British Columbia, in conjunction with people
from Portland, Oregon. Proposed smelters have been located
in many places in the Northwest, but the railroad builders
will determine which shall be put up.
At a meeting of the miners of Randsburg district, Kern
. county. California, last week ihey passed a set of strong reso-
lutions condemning malicious claim-jumping, and announcing
that it would no longer be tolerated. These claim-jumpers
have been doing much harm by destroying confidence in titles.
The British Columbia cinnabar mines are giving promise of
turning out well. The British Columbia Cinnabar Company,
which controls the largest property, has had a force of 25 men
at work during the winter and is erecting furnaces. They
have been developing the property for two years and have ex-
tracted 120 flasks of quicksilver.
The Spokane papers are advocating the opening up of the
south half of theColvlUe, Wash., Reservation. At present this
acts as an impassable barrier to the Okanogan mines. It is
claimed that its opening wilt mean not only opening up of
3,000,000 acres of land in the reservation, but practically of a
larger country beyond, by allowing railroads to be built.
TuE Helena and Frisco Company, a majority of whose stock
was lat«ly purchased by the Exploration Company, will soon
be reorganized. The property is located in Idaho, the com-
pany is Incorporated under the laws of Montana, and it is pro-
posed now to form the new incorporatloo under the laws of
West Virginia.
Kastekn capitalists have been in S-inta Fe county, New
Mexico, lately, negotiating for the purchase of 00,000 acres of
land known as the Ortiz mine grani. and owned by Senator
Elkins of West Virginia. R. C. Kerens of St. Louis and
others. The property contains gold mines, some of the work-
ings being over 100 years old.
Lv the San Carlos reservation, Arizona, since the segrega-
tion of part of the laud, considerable prospecting has been
done and several mining camps have been started. The ore
is mostly copper carrying gold. In one district, where large
bodies of galena ore have been discovered, there are evidences
of work having been done many decades ago.
It is proi)osed to establish in Aucklaud, New Zealand, a min-
ing bank, but the plan has never been figured out in detail.
During the boom times in Broken Hill, Australia, in the
eighties, the branches of all the big banks loaned money on
shares, but this has ceased. It is suggested that the proposed
bank advance on "margins," as do the brokers.
At Olago, New Zealand, the Roxburgh Amalgamited Com-
pany six years ago put in two hydraulic elevators to work au-
riferous gravels, and now have five in operation. The com-
pany have within the six years of their existence worked
about twenty-five acres. In that time they have taken out
10,770 ounces of gold, equal in value to ^200,000.
An evidence of the value to any new raining district of rail-
way competition is furnished in the Northwest. Upon the
opening up of the mines of British Columbia, the American
roads hastened to form connections, and these are afforded
splendid facilities for shipping ore. Want of competition in
Canada has given the business to the competing Americans.
It has been demonstrated that the siliceous ore belt in the
Black Hills, South Dakota, extends from Nigger hill, in the
Bear gulch country, to Custer Peak, a distance of sixty-six
miles from northwest to southeast, and from Crook mountain
on the northeast to Spearfish creek on the southwest, a dis-
tance of thirty-five miles; and yet outside of this scope of
country numerous prospectors are at work.
A DIVIDEND has been paid by a mine in the new Lake of the
Woods district in Ontario, Canada. The local press gives the
following account of it: ''The Golden Gate Mining Company
directors met this afternoon and declared h dividend of 50 per
cent. This is the first company operating in the Lake of the
Woods to declare a dividend. The money was made, not by
working the mine, but by a sale to an Englishman named
Lay cock."
The reports of the Union Pacific railroad as to shipments of
ores in Utah show a heavy increase over last year. The most
striking increase for the last week in January was in the
amount of silver and lead ore, the record showing that during
the week covered by the report 48 carloads were shipped, as
compared with 23 cars in 1S90. During the same period the
same company handled 33 cars of silver and lead bullion, 2 car-
loads of copper bullion, 1 car of copper matte, and 9 cars of
concentrates.
A TELEGRAM from Nelsou, British Columbia, states that the
exports of mineral from Kootenay for January, as declared at
the Nelson custom house, were: Ore, 34U2 tons, value $258,-
779; matte, 1141 tons, value $410,737; total value, $075,500.
Eight hundred and fifty-two tons are reported as being
shipped via Nakusp and Revelstoke, worth atf least $85,200,
bringing the total for the month up to $700,700, and making
the exports for the two months, December and January, con-
siderably over a million dollars.
An association composed entirely of mining men has been
formed at Nelson, British Columbia, for the purpose of super-
vising all legislation relating to mining matters especially,
and considering other subjects of interest to the industry.
Late last session of the Legislature a clause was hurriedly in-
serted into the mineral act, depriving miners of the right
which they had previously enjoyed, of cutting timber for min-
ing purposes anywhere on Crown lands. Efforts will be made
to put this matter on the original basis.
J. M. Harris, a man now about 30 years of age, went from
the Coeur d'Alene country to the Slocan, in British Columbia,
in 1893 and purchased a prospect, the Reco. February 1st the
Reco Mining Company declared a dividend of $100,000. J. M.
Harris, who was elected president and manager, stated:
" Previous to incorporation the mine paid in dividends $37,500
and $150,000 in development, and shipped nearly $200,000
worth of ore. We claim $3,000,000 worth of ore in sight
to-day."
Now that there is such an increased demand for copper,
prospecting for mines is going on more actively than ever.
Many of the known deposits which have not of late been
worked, owing to the price and low grade of the ore, are again
being exploited. This is particularly true in Arizona. In the
mountains about Tucson there are known to be many bodies
of ore. A great advantage the prospector has nowadays over
ihe man who went out a few years ago is the fact that be is
better equipped for determining the value of what he finds.
As TO the late boom in West Australian mining stocks the
Sydney Dailu Telegraph says: " We can promise London folk
that shortly there will be exposures which will edify them.
They will learn, for example, that a mine of which the pres-
ent market value on the London Stock Exchange is over
i;l60,000 has had two big crushings in succession which have
returned 3 dwt. and 4 dwt. per ton, and that the information
has been withheld from the shareholders, who have been led
to believe that the battery has been idle pending additions
and alterations."
Some of the gravel miners along the streams in Siskiyou
county, Cal., are becoming interested in a scoop or dredging
apparatus lately invented for working gulch and creek bed
claims, where the bedrock is deep. It is simply a scoop guided
by a slanting cable, extending 100 feet or more in length, to
bottom of diggings, 30 to 50 feet deep in an open cut. This
method, it is claimed, does away with the use of derrick or
pump, as the scoop will take up gravel and water to the ex-
tent of over a ton each load, and can be worked rapidly with
one man at the engine and two more in the cut, doing the
work of a dozen or more men under the old system.
AccoRDiNO to the report of the Princess Estate and Gold
Mining Company, Limited, of Johannesburg, South Africa,
during the last year they treated by the cyanide process 33,-
633 tons, 75 per cent of the tonnage crushed. During the first
four months the percentage of gold extraction was only ttO.46
per cent of the gold contents of the ore, vegetable matter
having had a deleterious influence on the cyanide solutions.
In the last eight months, when only clean sands were treated,
the actual percentage of extraction rose to 71. S per cent, and
ultimately 75 per cent.
Shaft sinkers on the Amador Queen No. 1 at Jackson. Am-
ador county, Cal., owned by the Jackson Exploration and
Development Company, Limited, claim a record. The shaft
is being sunk by contract, three eight-hour shifts of two men
each being employed. Sam Harvey is the contractor and
attends to the timbering, his partners being J. Kitto (who, in
conjunction with Harvey, won the drilling contest champion-
ship in 1895), John Fox, Hart Roberts, Sam Harris, J. Staples
and Joe Jefford. During the month of January, 1S97, after
being hampered by a sudden influx of water for two or three
days, this crew of men sunk and timbered the shaft 85 feet.
The shaft is 9x5 feet within timbers, 12x13 timbers being
used, and is in granite.
In the Aspen, Colorado, district the managers and owners
of all the large properties have agreed to reduce the scale of
royalties exacted from leasing miners in amount to corre-
spond to reductions promised in freight by the railroad com-
panies. The agreement as drafted states that the owners
and leasers of mines in the vicinity of Aspen, realizing that the
mines contain large bodies of low-grade silver ores, which
cannot be mined and marketed at a profit under existing rail-
road transportation and royalty rates, and knowing that a
reduction in these rates would greatly increase the output of
ore and furnish employment to a large number of men and
thus add to the general prosperity of the city and county,
agree to the reduction proposed.
A p.^HTY of miners, who had left Circle City, on the Yukon,
Alaska, Nov. 18th, arrived at Dyea, on the southeast Alaskan
coast, Jan. 3Sth. They report that a number of new strikes
have been made on the Yukon. Of course, those who will
gain the most are the men who have gone in prepared to make
a long stay and carry themselves over a season or two. The
newcomers of this summer need not expect that they can take
advantage of the discoveries made without money. Vet. from
all reports, in spite of the many difficulties of climate, trans-
portation and shortness of supplies, men of experience, with
provisions and money to carry them over for from two to three
seasons, will find more than the usual opportunities for mak-
ing a stake. But more unheeded advice has been given and
will be given about Alaska than many less remote and more
accessible districts. The usual rush of inexperienced tender-
feet, without means of subsistence, will go north in a few
months.
The following subjects for consideration have been sug-
gested to the British Columbia Legislature by the Mining
Record of Victoria, B. C. : Liberal appropriations for roads
and trails; better police protection; amendments to the law
relating to mining incorporations for the better protection of
investors and the checking of over-capitalization of compa-
nies; a re-arrangement of mining recorders' ofSces, so as to
give prospectors and others the least amount of trouble in
recording claims; amendments to the act relating to the
incorporation of towns; a liberal policy towards railway ex-
tension and to aid new railways; a strict scrutiny of all appli-
cations for railway charters; a liberal appropriation for adver-
tising the mineral resources of the province and the
publication of much needed maps of mining districts; abolish-
ing working miners' licenses; an act to compel all mining
companies doing business in this province, and incorporated
under the laws of the State of Washington or elsewhere, to
re-incorporate under the laws of British Columbia.
The Slocan, British Columbia, district, with an area of
about 15 by 35 miles, according to W. A. Carlyle, the govern-
ment geologist, produced in 1890 18,315 tons of ore, which
yielded 3,141,088 ounces of silver, and 19,210,066 pounds of lead
or an average of 117.4 ounces of silver per ton and 53.7 percent
lead, giving a net profit of $75 per ton. Many carloads of ore
shipped yielded as high as 300 and 400 ounces of silver per ton.
The Slocan Star, which has the largest chute of high-grade
ore in the district, received from the smelters from 11,539
tons of ore and concentrates sold during the last three years
913,000 ounces of silver and 13,483,000 pounds of lead. The
mines shipping during the past season in the three districts
were; Slocan, 43; Nelson, 4; Ainsworth, 9. The miners at
work were: Slocan, 1000; Ainsworth, 300; Nelson, 35U. The
ore shipped was: Slocan, 3,316,501 ounces of silver, 17,778,384
pounds of lead, value $3,085,445, against $943,094 in 1895; Nel-
son, 580,143 ounces of silver and 3,010,394 pounds of lead, value
$493,225, against $38,130 in 1895; Ainsworth, 203,897 ounces of
silver and 2,470,973 pounds of lead, value $310,918, against
$384,077 in 1895.
W. F. Kendrick of Colorado directs attention to a new
feature in the smelting interests of Denver and Pueblo— the
shipping of ore, carrying heavy in lead as well as gold and
silver, from the mines of British Columbia in bond through
the United States to the Gulf of Mexico and thence by Brit-
ish steamers to Liverpool, the ore being smelted at Denver
and Pueblo while in bond during transit. The ore carries up-
ward of 00 per cent in lead, on which account the lead trust,
it is claimed, tried to freeze out the English owners of the
great silver and lead mines of British Columbia by declining
to buy the output of the mines. That district is so far from
the European market that the freight rates were heavily
against them, so much so that the lead contained iu their ore
was of little commercial value. As the ore enters the United
States boundary, it comes under charge of United States cus-
tom ofhcials, and in this way is transported to the smelting
works, where it is placed in bond warehouses, smelted, re-
fined, the lead bullion shipped by rail to Galveston, thence by
steamer to Liverpool, from 100 to 300 tons per day being
handled in that way. It is claimed that the amount of lead
that can be produced from these British Columbia mines
would overstock the market and cause heavy loss to the,
trust, and the mine owners of that district, to protect them-
selves, formed a strong syndicate, which has been able to
make arrangements with the railroad reaching the Gulf on
terms enabling them to market their lead in Liverpool, dis-
tant from their mines by the route taken equal to over one-
third the circumference of the globe.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
February 13, 1897.
Outline of the Geology of California with
Reference to Its Mineral Deposits.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by Harold W.
Fairbanks, Ph. D
The great mining interests of California make it
important that a general knowledge of the princi-
ples of geology should be possessed by those inter-
ested in the development of the various branches of
this industry. The applicatioD of the science to the
needs of society is its utilitarian aspect, but there is
another important one. Men are inquisitive and
want to know, for the satisfaction of knowing and
being intelligent, about the wonderful processes of
nature by which they are always surrounded.
As a civilized people we should develop science not
only for its practical results, but also for its minis-
tration to the higher purely intellectual life of the
race. The nature studies, among which geology is
one of the most important, although often more neg-
lected, are of the highest value in leading men away
from the more sordid motives of existence to a
nobler conception of life. The cosmic principles il-
lustrated in geologic changes are at work around us
continually and if we go through life with our eyes
shut to them we miss not only many pleasurable ex-
periences but are certainly less able to cope with
nature and turn her to our advantage. We are for-
tunate in living in a region filled with the most at-
tractive examples of geological and miueralogioal
processes, and in what is to follow I shall try to
present these in a manner to arouse interest in the
scientific as well as practical side.
In this series of articles I shall endeavor to give an
outline of the remarkably interesting geology of
California, as well as some of the general principles
by which geologists are guided in their efforts to uq-
ravel the almost inconceivable complex history of
our earth. If I can arouse any to take an interest
in this most practical of all studies, as well as im-
part some information which shall be of value to the
miners, the objects for which these articles have
been prepared will have been accomplished.
The science of geology has reached a position at
the present day which entitles it to the considera-
tion of legislators in their efforts to encourage and
build up means for developing the natural wealth of
the State. The science is not a mere ornamental
set of theories, but a body of knowledge built up at
the cost of much time and labor, which may be made
of the highest practical value.
We look out upon the mountains, valleys, and riv-
ers flowing to the great Pacific ocean and it seems
to us, judging from our brief experience, that we
are in a world whose features are permanent and
stable. The expression of the poet Bryant, "The
hills rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun," seems to
us not poetry but reality. However, when we come
to study closely the processes of nature we begin to
doubt the truth of this idea, " the everlasting hills,"
for we sometimes find shells on their summits simi-
lar to those living in the ocean, and the conclusion
seems irresistible that they were once beneath the
sea and that the sea must now cover in places what
was formerly dry land. To the beginner who has
not yet learned the methods of research into the
past history of the earth, the forms of nature about
him are utterly puzzling and meaningless. It has
been the effort of the geologist to discover the
sequence of events which have taken place, and the
method of their action in shaping the world and
bringing it to its present condition. He has at-
tempted to discover the laws exemplified in all the
processes and to reduce the complex phenomena
about us to order. But what has he to go by V Man
was not upon the earth during the millions of years
which have passed in its history, and how is he able
to speak with any certainty about these distant hap-
penings ?
The underlying principles are partly as follows: So
far as human experience is concerned nature is ob-
served to be uniform and the sequence of events in-
variable. Nothing happens haphazard or according
to chance. We reach the uniformitarian view of the
world, which means that the same causes have oper-
ated during its whole history which we see operating
to-day. The same conditions have always produced
the same results. Our fives are so short that we
cannot possibly experience the mighty changes
which we know have taken place, but by careful ob-
servation we have been enabled to find out that our
earth is not stable; that the sea and land are oscil-
lating now as we know they have Id the past; that
mountain ranges are being worn away by erosion as
well as undergoing uplift or depression. In short,
by means of a critical observation of what is, going
on to-day we are able to decipher the ancient rec-
ords of the world engraved in the rocky strata. In
studying the geological processes going on now we
find various phenomena takiog place before our eyes
which have been fossilized, so to speak, in the rocks
on which we tread. At many places along the sea-
shore we see great beds of pebbles and boulders be-
ing sorted and arranged in laj-ers by the action of
the waves. In climbing over the mountains many
miles from the ocean we come upon beds of pebbles
called conglomerates, which have the same appear-
ance as those along the seashore, and the conclusion
is formed that the mountains were once beneath the
sea, and that where the conglomerates occur there
was an ancient shore-line.
Beds of sand are formed at the present day in
more quiet waters out farther from the shore, or on
it when boulders are absent. When we meet among
the rocks similar sands hardened to sandstone or
quartzite by ages of consolidation and metamorphism,
we argue that in those spots in ancient times condi-
tions existed like those where sands are sorted in
beds at the present day.
Farther at sea, or in quiet, partially inclosed bays,
fine silt brought down from the mountains or ground
from the sea-clift's is being deposited, and in the
course of ages it will be hardened to form shale or
slate, or metamorphosed to form mica schist.
By means of the animal remains which have been
entombed in these beds we are enabled to say
whether the ancient body of water was the open
ocean, partly inclosed brackish lagoon, or fresh wa-
ter lake.
The great beds of limestone and marble scattered
over the earth are also very interesting. They often
consist, in part at least, of corals and other animal
1 remains. A large part of the material of some beds
may have been precipitated chemically in the bed of
the ocean, but we are satisfied that those full of
corals were formed in a manner similar to the coral
reefs in the shallower regions of the tropics.
We also know that when tropical plants and ani-
mals are discovered in the arctic regions, that cli-
mates have not remained the same indefinitely in any
particular locality, but that portions of the world
have been at one time much warmer than now,
while during another, called the glacial epoch, arctic
animals and plants descended into what are now the
temperate regions.
Our studies make it certain that, by means of the
different characters exhibited by the rocky strata
exposed in all parts of the world, whether sand-
stone, shale or limestone, or their metamorphosed
products quartzite, mica schist or marble, we can
determine the conditions existing in any special re-
gion and the disturbances which that region has
undergone.
But these are not the only rocks with which we
come in contact. There are the granitic types of
many kinds, the greenstones, the porphyries, and
various volcanic rocks. These all give evidences of
once having been molten. There is good reason for
believing that the globe has cooled from a molten
condition to the comparatively stable one in which it
is now. It used to be thought that in granite we
had the original fire-formed crust of the globe, but
now it is known that such is not the case, for we
have found that in California the granite of the
Sierra Nevadas has been squeezed into the aurifer-
ous slates which are quite young, geologically speak-
ing. The original crust of the earth has in all prob-
ability entirely disappeared, and there have been
formed in its place the later eruptive rocks and the
sedimentary ones resulting from their decomposition.
{To he Continued.)
confidence in deep mining on the Mother Lode to
spend their money freely. They started a new verti-
cal shaft to cut the vein 1400 feet deep. At that depth
the old bullion producer did not disappoint its new
owners, for a fine body of high grade ore, 14 to
20 feet wide was developed. A fine forty-
stamp mill was built, and inside of two years from
the day papers were signed the owners commenced
to get returns. — E. C. Loftus in Herald of Trade
and Finance.
'California Deep Mininjg.
Care of the Transit and flethods of Work.
It is no longer a debatable question whether deep
mining on the "Mother Lode" in this State will jus-
tify the expenditure, for work done for several com-
panies has demonstrated that it will pay. The old
Eureka, at Sutter creek, Amador county, was
worked to the 2200 level on the incline, and paid its
owners several million dollars in dividends. This
mine has been shut down for many years. There can
be no doubt it will be opened up again and produce
many millions more before the 3000 level is reached.
The Kennedy mine, at Jackson, Amador county, is
down 2200 feet vertical. At that point the largest
ore body ever discovered in that mine has been de-
veloped. At the present writing the extent in
length or depth of this great ore body is not known,
but it is known to be from 30 to 40 feet wide of
high grade milling ore. No doubt ought to exist in
the minds of practical mining men in California
about this ore body going down to the 3000 foot level.
At 3000 feet it may be larger and even richer than it
is on the 2200 level. The Oneida Mining Company,
Amador county, are sinking a vertical three-com-
partment shaft, and intend to go to 1700 feet before
they cut the vein. The Argonaut Mining Company,
of Amador county, sunk their shaft 1400 feet before
cross-cutting the vein. The old Keystone mine, at
Amador City, paid several million dollars in divi-
dends, was supposed to have been worked as deep as
it would pay, and therefore was practically aban-
doned many years ago. The main shaft was only
1300 feet deep on the iucline, and at that time the
mine was shut down. About seven years ago the
owners commenced to sink to the 1500 level. They
started ten of their forty stamps, and shortly after
ten more were dropping, and finally all the stamps
were dropping on paying ore. Two years ago the
old mill was burned down. A new forty-stamp mill
was built and in running order in ninety days. It
would not be surprising to see 100 stamps dropping
on Keystone ore within the next year. The fissure
in the Keystone is from 500 to 1000 feet in width.
The Gwin mine, in Calaveras county, which paid sev-
eral million dollars in dividends, was idle for eighteen
years. The present owners had the money and the
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by O. H. Packer,
M. E.
It will be impossible to treat this subject exhaust-
ively in so limited a space. Only the principal points
can be mentioned.
Care of the Transit. — When not in use the instru-
ment should be placed in its box or in a large case
made to contain it mounted. Whether in the box or
case the needle should be allowed to seek the pole
and then be raised off the pin to prevent dulling the
point. This will also assist the needle in retaining
its magnetism. When the instrument is in the field,
but not in actual use, it should be covered with a
silk or waterproof sack to shield it from the rays of
the sun, thus preventing unequal expansion of the
standards, etc.
Clearing the glass above the needle from dust by
rubbing with the silk cover often magnetizes the
glass, causing the needle to "stick." To discharge
the glass touch it in several places with the moist-
ened finger. Use special care not to disturb any ad-
justing screws by an accidental blow. It is easier
to keep an instrument in adjustment than to adjust
it. If the objective slide is not protected by a dust
guard remove the dust before closing the slide.
Looseness in this slide affects the line of collimation
and makes the instrument useless for accurate work.
• Adjustment of the Transit. — This subject would re-
quire too much spa,ce to be discussed here.
To Run a Straight Line. — Having the two points
which determine the line to be run, set the transit
over the forward point with one pair of levelling
screws jiarall el with the line. Level carefully with
one plate level across the line and the telescope ap-
proximately on the rear point. With the tangent
screw bisect the rear point. Revolve the telescope
on its horizontal axis and locate a point in advance
(using a stake, tack and plumb line). Reverse the
telescope and backsight to test the stability of the
instrument. If O. K. unclamp the alidade and re-
volve it approximately 180°. Revolve the telescope.
It will be approximately on the rear point. Relevel
the cross bubble. With the upper tangent screw bi-
sect the rear point. Revolve the telescope and lo-
cate a second point in advance beside the first one
(possibly on the same stake). Backsight again for
stability. The true line passes half way between
these two points. By this method all instrumental
errors are eliminated. Of course this method can-
not be used unless the transit has a full vertical
circle, as it should have.
To Measuxe a Horizontal Angle. — Center the transit
over the vertex of the angle to be measured. Bring
the telescope approximately on one of the points.
Level carefully. Bisect the point by means of the
tangent screw. If the instrument has two verniers
record the reading of each. Unclamp the alidade
and turn the telescope upon the second point. Clamp.
Bisect by means of theujiper tangent screw. Record
both vernier readings. Correct the readings of
vernier A by one-half the difference between the
readings of A and B. The difference between the
corrected readings should be recorded as " corrected
reading No. 1." Now approximately bisect the
angle with the telescope. Revolve the telescope on
its horizontal axis. Unclamp the alidade and re-
volve it approximately 180°. Relevel. Now meas-
ure the angle again and correct the readings as be-
fore. Record as " corrected reading No. 2." Cor-
rect No. 1 by one-half the difference between No. 1
and No. 2. The result is the true angle. This
method eliminates all errors of adjustment and ec-
centricity.
To Measure a Vertical Angle. — See that the vertical
circle reads 0° when the instrument is leveled, the
plate and telescope levels agreeing. Bisect the
point. The reading of the vertical circle is the true
angle if the instrument is perfectly made and ad-
justed. But these perfect conditions never exist.
Therefore, proceed as follows: Level. Measure the
angle and record the reading. Revolve the alidade
180°. Revolve the telescope. Level again and meas-
ure the angle again. Take the average of the two
readings for the true angle. This method eliminates
the errors of adjustment in the plate bubbles and of
the vernier to the vertical circle. It is evident that
this method requires a full vertical circle.
Traversing. — Traverse surveying is running a series
of consecutive straight lines, the azimuths or bear-
ings being determined with reference to due south,
I. e., the bearing of each line is the angle formed by
the intersection of each respective line with the
meridian.
The limb should be graduated from 0° to 360° in
the direction moved by the hands of a watch. In
,am
February 13, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
133
order to make a traverse survey the iDstrument
must be " oriented " at each station, /. <■., so placed
that the telescope would point due south when ver-
nier A reads 0°.
There are two ways of orienting. A customary
method, not the best, is to clamp the alidade and re-
volve telescope before moving from a station. Then
set up on the next station, bisecting the rear point
by means of the hm-tr tangent screw. Reverse the
telescope. The instrument is now oriented. Bisect
the next forward point. Record the readings and
proceed as before.
A better method is to set vtrnier A to read the
back azimuth at each station. The back azimuth is
obtained by adding (subtracting) 180° to (from) the
last forward reading. The length of the lines run
can be measured by any accurate method.
Therefore, to run a traverse proceed as follows:
Set up over station No. 1 with the telescope due
south, vernier A reading 0°. With the lower limb
clamped turn the alidade so as to bring the tele-
scope on station No. 2. Bisect the point by means of
the itppir tangent screw. Record the vernier read-
ings. Turn the alidade irncili/ 180°. Clamp. Set
up on station No. 2. Unclamp the loin r limb and
bring the telescope on station No. 1. Clamp and bi-
sect the point bj' means of the lowir tangent screw,
Now loosen the alidade, locate and bisect station No.
3. Record the vernier readings. Turn the alidade
ej-oclhj 180° and proceed as before. The azimuths
are recorded from 0° to 360°. The Inliimlis and di-
parturiK are computed by means of the following
formula;:
Departure=sineX distance.
DLatitude=cosineXdistance.
The use of logarithms will (ji-cnilij lessen the work.
For facilitating the office work there are special
tables of sines and cosines conveniently arranged for
azimuths from 0° to 360° and for every degree or 30
seconds of arc.
Junction, Nevada, Feb. 3, 'i)7.
The Coal Fields of Esmeralda County, Nev.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by M. A. Knapp.
About twenty-five miles from the great silver
mines of Candelaria, Nevada, and the same distance
from the Carson & Colorado Railroad at Rhodes'
Marsh, lies an extensive but undeveloped coal field,
first discovered about three years ago. Had it been
found before the Candelaria silver mills shut down,
and while they were running full time with wood at
$16 per cord, it would have made a fortune for the
lucky prospector who had sense enough to investi-
gate the peculiar black, shaly croppings over which
many of them must have walked.
At present there is no demand for large amounts
of fuel by any concern in that part of Nevada be-
sides the Carson & Colorado Railroad ; and as that
company does not see business enough to warrant
it in extending a spur to the mines (the management
being, in the wood business themselves), and as the
coal at present developed could not compete in dis-
tant markets with a first-class coal, it is unlikely
that any large amount will be mined for some years.
Except in case of a rise in the price of silver and a
resuscitation of the different camps of Candelaria,
there appears to be but one probable future demand
for fuel in that section sufficient to cause the pros-
pecting and development of these promising coal
fields. About twenty miles to the south of them lies
the old mining camp of Silver Peak. This would
better have been Gold Peak, as it has been a pro-
ducer of high-grade gold ore for years. This was
largely gouged out of immense ledges of low-grade
ore, which would not pay by the expensive methods
of handling and milling in vogue there. There is
little doubt that capital will eventual'y take hold of
these properties on the large scale their great value
justifies ; and when it does so there will be a revival
of gold mining in the outlying camps as well. This
will make a market for a considerable amount of
Columbus coal. As wood has become scarce and
expensive at Silver Peak, the coal could be delivered
in quantity in that town for $8 or $9 per ton.
In view of the probable growth and importance of
this section in the near future, a description of this
coal field may be of interest to miners on this coast,
as well as to geologists, owing to its rather inter-
esting stratigraphical relations.
The coal is found in the lowest strata of a Ter-
tiary lake bed series, now exposed by displacement
along a line of faulting, as explained later.
There are two workable veins of coal outcropping,
besides numerous bands of coaly shale. One of the
veins is \\ feet thick ; the other, lying 200 feet
deeper, is 5 feet thick. The latter lies in the middle
of a 50-foot belt of coaly shale ; and as it is the low-
est strata outcropping the conditions seem promis-
ing for better developments by prospecting the
deeper formations. The shales enclosing the coal
dip to the north and northeast at low angles, and
extend to the northwest, north and northeast. They
are probably to be found under the whole of Colum-
bus marsh, northwesterly. To the north they must
be cut ofi (possibly by a fault line) at the base of a
range of hills four or five miles distant.
To the northeast and east they probably extend
under most of the level and rolling land in that
direction for ten to twenty-five miles from the coal
mines. There is an area approximating eight by
twenty-five miles under which these strata extend.
How much of this contains coal, and within reason-
sonable distance from the surface, is a matter of
conjecture ; but the fact that in a well bored at
Columbus, twelve miles from the mines, some years
ago, some small seams of coal were found would lead
one to believe that the extent of the coal land is con-
siderable.
The development work done up to this date upon
the coal veins is largely wasted energy, and consists
of several inclines and shafts in the contorted por-
tion of the field near the fault line. The work has
been carried to a depth sufficient to show the char-
acter of the unaltered coal in this section of the
veins.
The material furnished by the two veins men-
tioned is almost identical in composition, and is a
compact, glossy, black, bituirinous coal of a coking
character, giving a firm, hard coke. The average
analysis is as follows :
Fixed carbon 38H%
VoliitUe mutter (Including moisture) 31H%
Ash 30 %
The excessively high percentage of ash does not
interfere with its free burning properties when prop-
erly handled, and it does not clinker on the grate.
The coal cokes somewhat when burnt, but a little
judicious stirring on an open grate overcomes this
difficulty. A test of ten tons that was made by the
Central Pacific at Reno on a locomotive gave very
favorable results in every respect except the annoy-
ance of several stoppages to clean the ash box. No
clinker occurred, as there is almost no sulphur in
the coal. It burnt freely with a long, hot flame, and,
when fed evenly and the coke kept loosened on the
grate, gave excellent returns.
As the high ash percentage is due to foreign mat-
ter— clay and sand, washed into the beds while the
coal was being deposited — it seems probable that, if
the field is extensive, good, clean coal can be found
in some part of it. Any large demand for fuel in
this section would justify extensive prospecting of
the strata by deep boring. With only 10 per cent
of ash this coal would have about 50 per cent of
fixed carbon and 40 per cent of volatile matter,
■which, with its other qualities, would make it most
excellent fuel.
The geological features of the deposit are inter-
esting as well as important in judging the probable
extent of the coal field. The accompanying sketch
shown a cross section of the strata northeast from
the coal outcrop:
erable volcanic activity in this section since the dis-
placement on the fault line took place, it seems more
probable that these rocks are intrusive than that
they are the underlying bed on which the coal was
deposited.
Professor Walcott, director of the United States
Geological Survey, recently took a flying trip to the
Silver Peak mining district. He made a hasty ex-
amination of the coal field and stated that the coal
strata corresponded to the Laramie series of Wyo-
ming, in which extensive coal deposits are found,
and which is a connecting link between the Creta-
ceous and Tertiary periods. Professor Merriam of
Berkeley, however, determined as Tertiary, and
probably Miocene, some fossil fresh water shells col-
lected by the writer in the shales 50 feet above
the coal measures. This would make the coal about
the same age as the Coos Bay deposits ; but, what-
ever the geological age, the quality of this coal will
certainly be excellent if found free from ash in these
strata.
It is to be regretted that this extensive deposit of
fine fuel was not found and developed when it would
have been of such great value in cheapening the cost
of running the Candelaria mines and mills, and en-
abling those famous mines to continue to produce
the white metal in spite of the action of Indian mints
and international conferences.
Deep Shafts.
The following is a list of leading deep mining shafts
in the world, as published in the London Mining
Journal:
UNITED STATES. Feel.
Red Jacltet, Calumet and Hecla, Lake Superior 4900
Tamarack, Lake Superior 44S0
Yellow Jacket, Comstock, Nevada 3123
California Mine, Colorado 2280
Grass Valley, Idaho 3182
Kennedy Mine, Jackson, California 22X
Pottsviile shaft (disused), Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company 2000 *
BELGIUM.
Produits Colliery, Mens 3937
Viviers shaft, Gllly 3750
Vlernoy shaft, A nderlues 3300
Marchienne Colliery 3117
St. Andre shaft, Poirier Colliery, Charleroi 3100
Ciply Colliery, Mods 2950
Houssu Colliery, Centre 2300
Marihaye Colliery, Liege 2100
Average depth of all Belgian collieries 1420
GREAT BRITAIN.
Pendleton. Manchester (workings) 3474
Ashton Moss, Manchester (workings) 3360
Astley Pit, Dukinfield (workings) 3150
Dolcoath Mine, Cornwall 2582
Rose Bridge Colliery .Wigan 2446
Cook's Kitchen. Cornwall 3)36
Harris' Navigation, Pontypridd 2367
Cadeby Main Colliery 2250
Bickershaw Colliery, Leigh 2210
rt FScilf'fU/'^fli
(a) Old volcanic in horizontal layers. (6) Five hundred feet of shales and sandstones, (f) Two hundred feet of shale
containing bands of coal, (r/) Conglomerate unconformable upon coal strata.
The mountains formed by the volcanic strata (a)
are the result of orthographic displacement along the
fault line, in accordance with the " Great Basin "
system of faulting fuUv described in a monograph
of the United States Geographical Survey, 1885, by
J. C. Russell, on the quaternary Lake Lahontan.
The throw of this fault is at least 3000 feet, the
steep escarpment of the many-colored volcanic clifiis
being still 2000 feet above the coal strata. The fault
line runs along the base of the range about north 70°
east, dipping here about 75°. It shows at the coal
mines as a 30-foot belt of clay gouge between the
volcanic rocks and the shales. A half mile west are
two low hills of hot spring deposit (aragonite), and
about two miles farther are still existing hot .springs
— a proof of fault lines in this country, according to
Russell, as well as strong evidence of some slight
recent displacement.
The coal-bearing strata of shales and sandstones
of every shade of pale yellow and drab are contorted
and broken near the fault line, and dip here about
15° to northeast. Two miles away they are nearly
flat to 5° of dip. On top of these strata is seen in
places a coarse conglomerate wash of boulders of
volcanic rocks, which is quite unconformable with
the coal strata. The deposits of the Quaternary
lake which filled Columbus marsh also overlie these
Tertiary strata, and possibly to a great depth.
In the lowest coal strata there shows at one place
a porphyritic volcanic rock, and a half mile west is
a small body of basalt. As there has been consid-
Moss Collieries (No. 4 pit), Wigan 2305
AsDley Pit, Duktnlield (shaft) 2058
Niddrle. Portobello, N. B 2010
Wearmouth Colliery 1722
Loanhead Colliery, Shott's Iron Company 1700
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
-Adalbert, Przibram, Bohemia 3672
Maria, Przibram 3281
Anna, Przibram 3100
Pranz Josef, Przibram 2000
Procopi, Przibram 2900
Einlgkeit, Joachlmsthal, Bohemia 1750
Amalia, Schemnltz, Hungary 1750
VICTORIA.
Lansell's, Bendigo 3302
Lazarus, Bendigo 3024
Magdala, Stawell 3409
Twenty-five gold mines exceed 2000
GERMANY.
Kaiser Wilhelm IT, Clausthal, Harz 2960
Einlgkeit, Lugau, Saxony 2620
Samson, San A ndreasberg, Harz 2560
Frelden Colliery, Olsnitz, Saxony : 3515
Concordia Colliery, Olsnitz, Saxony 3420
Hansa Colliery, Huckarde, Westphalia 2330
Maria Colliery, Hongen, Westphalia 3300
Camphausen Colliery, Saarbrucken 3396
Freiberg, Saxony (maximum depth) 2060
FRANCE.
Montchanin Colliery, Le Creuzot 2300
Treuil Colliery, Saint Etienne ■ 2034
Hottinguer shaft, Epinae 2000
Ronchamp Colliery, Haute-Saone 1870
SOUTH AFRICA.
Robinson Deep, S. A. R 1991
Nourse Deep 1578
Crown Deep 1321
Langlaagte Deep 1302
Jumpers Deep 1260
Kimberley Mine, Cape Colony 1261
De Beers Mine 1097
NORWAY.
Konigsberg Silver Mine 1000
134
Mining and Scientific Press.
February 13. 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFOKNIA.
Amador.
Dispatch: On the McMaben mine the shaft
is down 100 feet and a crosscut is beingr run
from that level to determine the dip of the
ledge and the location of the permanent
works.
Repuhlican: From the first cleanup at the
Argonaut the rock averaged between Sll and
$13 a ton, nearly $10 of which was in free gold.
A recent assay of 40 feet of the 85-foot ledge
of the Bellwether mine gave a result of from
$7 to ®1S a ton.
The diamond drill has been started at the
Alma mine at the 1000-foot level, and the
ledge has been struck 105 feet from the shaft.
Butte.
Mercury: At Cherokee, T. L. Vinton is
working a crew of forty men on a portion of
the old Spring Valley mining claim under a
permit from the Debris Commission. The
ground, which is very hard, is broken up by
powder blasts, tunnels being run in on the
bedrock to a length of 65 feet and the powder
exploded in these tunnels. About 2500 pounds
of powder is used in each blast. Three of
these shots are exploded simultaneously, 65
feet apart and 65 feet from the face, and
break up the ground for an area of 80x200 feet.
The settling reservoir is located eleven miles
below Cherokee on Dry creek and is kept in
good repair, three men and a team being kept
constantly at work. After leaving this dam
the water is carried in the Cherokee canal and
dumped Into the tules where it can do no
harm.
Register: Welsh, Sweetzer & Co. will be-
gin opening a gravel mine on the land of P. R.
Welsh in the lava bed country south of Oro-
ville. This land was mined by the Chinese
years ago, but on account of lack of powerful
machinery they could not get down where the
richest gravel lies.
Josiah Champion has his tunnel at the Ore-
gon mine in 500 feet. This promises to be one
of the greatest enterprises in Butte county.
The ledge is from 13 to 14 feet wide in the
upper tunnel. The rock is decomposed, handy
to get at and there is no water to bother the
men. Mr. Champion intends to put up a 35-
stamp mill when he strikes the ledge.
Calaveras.
Mountain Echo : Bisbee & Rasmussen have
struck a very rich body of ore that carries a
large per cent of sulphurets. The ledge is
about 40 feet wide.
Citizen: The Sugar Pine mine, on San Do-
mingo ridge, has been bonded to McClay &
Tretheway for S6000, $500 of which was paid
down. The mine was rece.ntly discovered and
is owned by Briseno & McDonald. A shaft 45
feet deep was sunk, exposing a 2-foot vein of
rich ore.
Chronicle: At the Thorpe mine the working
shaft, which is sunk off of the vein, has reached
a depth of 600 feet. The vein was crosscutted
at the 500-foot mark and the work of running
the 600 level is now in progress with the
prospect of finishing about the middle of next
week, when sinking will again be resumed.
The aim is to go down 700 feet, then open up
the three levels and begin stoping. Fifteen
men are at present on the pay-roll. The vein
in the 500 foot level runs from ten to fifteen
feet in width through in some places it is as
wide as twenty feet. The rock in some parts
of this will assay $12 to the ton. though taken
on an average it shows a yield of about S7.
A new hoist is to be erected on the Bund
mine and also one on the Burgess mine on the
Rathgeb property. These mines are being
opei-ated by the California Exploration Com-
pany.
Work at the Emerson mine has been sus-
pended temporarily. An increased flow of
water was encountered and in order to handle
the same additional machinery is to be
erected.
A twenty day's run at the Infernal gravel
mine in Chili Gulch, owned by Anthony &
Cope, yielded $1,3' 0. There are only six men
employed and only development work is being
prosecuted.
£1 Dorado.
(Special Correspondence).— Gravel mining is
receiving attention in the neighborhood of
Shingle Springs on rather a large scale.
Berry &, Gofl of Oakland are developing
property in Quartz canyon, in the Georgetown
section. They claim a ledge of low-grade ore
24 feet in width.
Work is progressing steadily on the pro-
jected electric power plant three miles from
town on the American river. The property
was bonded by Frank H. Page from Pearson
Brothers for a New York company.
At the Eagle King mine, near Grizzly Flats,
Melton & Witmer owners, a 4-foot ledge of
high-grade ore was opened last week at a
depth of 265 feet.
Mulkey & Spreckels have let a contract for
200 fep-t of tunnel in their gravel property
near Fair Play. From a comparatively small
open cut Mr. Mulkey took out $1033 last week.
There are over 400 acres in the claim. It will
be operated on an extensive scale.
John Kohlert has leased to four Oakland
parties a stretch of country in which they are
working old tailings. They are averaging $3
a day to the man. The property is located at
Indian Diggings.
Estee & Dennar have bonded their gravel
claim at Indian Diggings to Joseph Rodinea.
A. tunnel has been run 200 feet in good pay
ground.
Mr. Sears of Stockton has bonded ISO acres
from Mrs. M. French, four miles east of In-
dian Diggiogs. He has obtained a permit to
hydraulic and will soon begin operations.
Seissenop& Hanley are doing well on their
gravel claim just south of the Dalmatia mine,
near Kelsey. In one day last week they took
out $80, and on another day took out one piece
that weighed $50.
The Chanced Upon quartz mine and 10-
stamp mill in Kelsey were sold last week by
P. G. Galpin and Mrs M. Whitney of Oak-
land to Juan de Alvarado of London. Consid-
eration $40,000.
The prospector in the employ of English and
Scotch capitalists, the expert representing
Eastern capital, and the mining man repre-
senting his own interests, are abroad over
the county as was never recorded in the pre-
vious history of quartz mining in El Dorado.
"Prospects" are receiving constant atten-
tion. Bonds are offered at very reasonable
figures and on long time. El Dorado county
has not presented so bright an outlook for
quartz mining in thirty-five years.
The Grand Victory struck a new and rich
ore body last week at the 300 mark of the
shaft,
Placerville, Feb, 8th, '97.
The Darling mine, in El Dorado county, has
been sold by Philip G. Galpin and Mrs. Mary
F. Whitney of Oakland to Juan D. Alvarado
of London for $40,000. The Darling has been
idle for some time. Some ten years ago the
late Senator Whitney and Mr. Galpin put up
a 10-stamp mill and a steam hoist on the
property.
Gazette: The Gold Bug Co have com-
menced building ttieir new S-foot flume in
Canyon creek, and expect soon to be ready to
take out gold.
Nuoget : Tong and Ross of Clarksville are
sinking a shaft on the Enterprise quartz mine
in Marble Valley district. They have a 20-
inch ledge.
At the Zentgraf mine the shaft is now down
over 500 feet, or about 300 feet below the old
tunnel. Sixty men are employed.
Gazette: At the Gentle Annie mine their
10-stamp mill is kept steadily at work crush-
ing high-grade ore taken from the 300-foot
level.
At the Grand Victory they are crosscutting
from the bottom of their 300-foot shaft. In
this crosscut they have encountered better
and higher grade ore.
There has been a contract let at the Selby
mine. Diamond Springs district, to sink the
shaft 300 feet deeper.
The owners of the GrifSth Consolidated
mine, Diamond Springs district, are now sink-
ing their main double-compartment shaft be-
low the 150-foot level. It is their intention to
sink to a depth of 600 feet before stoping.
At the Starlight mine, Logtown district,
near El Dorado, the 10-starap mill is running
night and day on high-grade ore that is being
stoped from the 200, 300 and 400-foot levels.
The Big Canyon is running steadily along
furnishing ore io keep their 30-stamp mill and
their ohlorination plant at work all the time.
At the Larkin mine. Diamond Springs dis-
trict, they are driving a crosscut from the
100-foot level east running for the ledge.
Inyo.
Eciiister: J. W. Kelly has taken a force of
men to commence development work on two
groups of copper claims near Saline Valley.
The first group, consists of the Copper Wedge,
Tip Top. Copper Star, Copper King, Copper
Queen and Clipper. The otber mines include;
Golden Eagle, Bismark, Bryan, Excelsior,
Fairview, Standard, Butte and Summit.
Assays from the Copper King, Star, and Tip
Top show respectively 8 to 00 per cent, and 26
per cent commercial copper. All of these claims
carry more or less silver with thousands of
tons of ore in sight.
Kern.
J. R. Ellis of Frazier Valley, has sold his in-
terest in the Rademacher to the Downing
Mining Company of Visalia. They are work-
ing twelve men, running a crosscut, and have
cut through 30 feet of good ore. They will
sink a couple of shafts. The proposition of
sinking for water is very encouraging. They
are down 113 feet. So far water has not been
struck, but the ground is very damp.
J. W. McNitt is milling thirty tons of rock
at the Visalia Company's mill at Garlock.
Transcriijt: Preparations are being made
to resume work at the old Blue Tent gravel
mine, six miles north of this city. A restrain-
ing dam has been built, and recently a permit
to hydraulic was granted by the Debris Com-
missioners. In former years a large amount
of gold was taken from this mine. Experi-
ments showed it would not pay to work by
drifting. It is expected that everything will
be in readiness soon to turn on the water.
Telegraph : Recently the W. Y. O. D. Com-
pany concluded to develop the easterly vein,
and started a new shaft on the northerly
extremity of the Parr claim. The shaft is
now down over 300 feet in depth and an adit
level run north about 100 feet to connect with
a tunnel started from the surface for draining
the mine. In addition to the work a tunnel
has been run from the south side, 475 feet in
length. The development on the l3ack vein is
very encouraging. A large vein of good ore
has been encountered.
Sentinel: The Central Mining Company at
Deadwood has completed the new tunnel and
will soon be operating through it.
P. A. Wagner, of San Francisco, has a bond
on the property of the Sailor Consolidated
Mining Company, comprising the Sailor, SalUy,
Alma and Hazel, through which the Canada
Hill channel runs. Mr. Wagner secured the
bond for a German syndicate.
The Glen Consolidated gravel mine, near
Bald mountain, is paying well. The gravel
pays from $4.50 to $5 per car. The gold is very
coarse, and pieces of $5 and over are picked up
in the breast.
PlumaH.
Natioual-BxiUetin: C. D. Hazard has re-
sumed work on the Plumas Imperial. Last
fall the mine, ditches, dams, etc., were placed
in readiness for a season of active work this
year. The supply of water, owing to the late
storm, is excellent. The Plumas Imperial is
one of the most important hydraulic mining
propositions in Plumas, possessing a large de-
posit of gravel, a fine water privilege and a
large restraining dam and settling reservoir.
The pump at Thistle Shaft has been started.
This was done merely to determine whether
the water could be perceptibly lowered or
not. That it could was demonstrated, but it
is questionable whether the works could be
emptied of the great accumulation of water
at this season of the year. At any rate, work
has been suspended, and it is understood that
no effort will be made to resume till next
spring. Whether the company will again at-
tempt to work the rich mine through the
shaft, or tap it by means of a long tunnel, is
not known.
Shasta.
Searchlight: At Iron Mountain, where the
ore is turnished for the smelter of the Moun-
tain Copper Company, a rich strike was re-
cently reported in the rock chute on the right,
the ore showing a heavy deposit of native
copper. About 300 men are now at work,
which, taken with the 600 employed at Kes-
wick, makes a total of 900 in the company's
employ. About 500 tons of the ore are shipped
daily.*
Free Press: At the National Mill and Min-
ing Company's property, in Churntown dis-
trict, there are 34 men employed in the mill
and mine. The former is running steadily on
good ore and the latter is being developed as
fast as possible.
The Hidden Treasure mine, on Slick Rock
creek, together with the mill and water right,
the property of the McCormick-Saeltzer Com-
pany, has been sold to the Iron Mountain In-
vestment Company.
Sierra.
Muuntain Messenger : Development work is
being prosecuted in Slug Canon by Isaac Cope-
land, twenty men being now employed. The
tunnel lately started to tap the old works in
the Van Clief ledge had to be abandoned
temporarily, on account of the heavy flow of
water which was coming through the broken
ground.
The 5 stamp mill which was lately con-
structed near Loganville by Mr. Copeland is
running day and night on ore from the
Bolivia.
Siskiyou.
News: The Klamath Flume and Mining
Company will operate extensively in Happy
Camp district. Their property consists of 1000
acres of rich placer ground.
At the McKinley mine they have 100 tons
of high-grade ore, which will be hauled to the
mill as soon as the snow gets off.
Parties are negotiating for B. G. Reeder's
Bonanza mine in Fool's Paradise district.
This mine has been worked only at a depth of
.50 feet and a distance of some 300 feet in
length, but about $12,000 were taken out by
hand mortaring. Two hundred tons of -ore
left on the dump is supposed to go about $15
per ton. A stamp mill will probably be erected
uext summer.
Journal: George Warder is now crushing
quartz from the Crowley ledge near Calla-
hans, in a small stamp mill, with good results.
J. Fore has a force at work in placer mining
at Callahans.
Work is progressing gradually on the Del
Monte quartz mine at Humbug, owned by the
Hearst estate. Good prospects were found in
this ledge when first prospected.
Tuolumne.
I)ulependent: Chicago men are about to pur-
chase the Stanley mine, at Jacksonville.
The Black Oak mine is not sold, the parties
bonding it having failed to make final pay-
ment.
The Gold Bug, a parallel east of the Draper,
at Soulsbyville, has been opened by T. Whitto
and a 3- foot vein discovered, giving a value of
$100 to $150 in free gold. This vein is also a
west parallel to the Black Oak.
Union-Democrat : At the Mammoth mine
ten stamps are running night and day and
new men are being put on as fast as there is
room for them. It is reported that they have
struck $40 rock on the 700 foot level.
Last week a 57foot vein of very rich ore was
uncovered in the Norwegian mine, near Rob-
inson's Ferry. The mine was recently pur-
chased from the Lawson's, whom it had made
independently rich.
NEVADA.
Enterprise : Chinese and white men are
working the Pro Bono Publico placer ground
at the mouth of Six Mile canyon, raising
gravel to the surface through shallow shafts
sunk in the gravel at several points. So far
no bedrock has been found and is not likely to
be at the depth that can be sunk by windlass
power, as a shaft sent down 113 feet at the
placer where they are now operating, eight-
een years ago, failed to reach bedrock. The
entire plain east of town for a distance of five
miles east of the mouth of Six Mile canyon, is
a gravel bed of unknown depth, the bedrock
not cropping out at any point on the plain.
White Pine News : At Cherry Creek V. G.
Shepard has leased and bonded one of his
mines in Granite district to Colorado parties,
who commence operations at once.
Arrangements have been made by the Ben
Hur Co. to ship boiler and other machinery
for a 10-stamp mill, to be delivered on their
mines.
Contracts have been made by the North
Mountain Company for a boiler and other
machinery.
OREGON.
Baker Democrat: Supt. Albert Geiser has
come in from the Bonanza, bringing the out-
put for the month of January, the amount be-
ing $10,000. The new engine and boiler, the
former being 300 horse power and the latter
double that capacity, together with ten addi- '
tional stamps and other new machinery re-
cently put in, are running well, and increased
outputs may be looked for. The Bonanza will
have forty stamps dropping by May 1st.
The incorporation has been affected of the
Virginia Consolidated Mining Company under
the laws of Nevada. The Con. Virginia mine
is properly the south extension of the Virtue.
With continued depth the Virtue mine is
richer than ever. So rich is the ore body and
exhaustive at a depth of 700 feet that Mr.
Grayson, the owner, is now contemplating the
addition of twenty more stamps. This will
run the monthly output considerably above
the $30,000 mark, which has been credited to
the Virtue for many months past.
Godfrey & Tabor, owners of the Red Boy
mine, in Granite district, has shipped $4000
worth of gold bullion to the mint. The Red
Boy has been a steady producer for the past
two years, and to increase the output the
owners propose the immediate enlargement of
the mill.
The machinery from the Risdon Iron Works,
San Francisco, for the French Flagstaff Min-
ing Company, is arriving in Baker City.
Gold Hill News : Wra. Arthurs has purchased
the W. A. Jones property on little Applegate,
and will put a hydraulic plant on it,
Jacksonville Democratic-Times: Water is
more plentiful than it has been, and the min-
ers feel encouraged.
The Black Channel Company of Foots Creek
district is building a number of ditches,
flumes and reservoirs and will operate on a
large scale.
The old Gold Hill mine, which produced a
large quantity of gold in early days, is being
developed by a crosscut aimed to strike the
ledge at a depth of 350 feet.
It is reported that Ed Canfield of Galice
Creek district has found the ledge for which
he has been looking for a number of years.
WASHINGTON.
The Ivanhoe mine in the Okanogan country
is about to commence shipping ore. They are
now working on the 300-foot level and every
shot shows free silver in the ore. There is
now 1500 to 3000 tons of ore on the dump, the
greater part of which could be shipped if
Okanogan was blessed with railroad facilities.
As it is, freight and treatment charges are
$35 a ton.
It is reported that high-grade ore has been
encountered in the Palmer Mountain tunnel.
Prof. Langhammer, who put the cyanide
plant on the Wyandotte group, is now in Chi-
cago forming a company to develop the Allison
group, upon which he has a bond.
At Boundary the Legal Tender Mining Com-
pany is getting ready to commence active de-
velopment work on its property, which con-
sists of a group of six claims on Copper
mountain.
At Kettle Falls Mr. Wise of Rossland has
bonded the Rightside and has employed a
number of men to develop it.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Reoiew: At the Payne mine during Decem-
ber a total of 867 tons were shipped, while
last month the product reached 1000 tons,
even. This will net at the smelter about
$100 per ton, and it is therefore safe to say
that the mine has paid over $150,000 in sixty
days.
The Silver Bell property, on the south fork
of Kaslo creek, has been bonded by a syndi-
cate represented by Frank Loring for $75,000,
10 per cent down.
There has been a strike of considerable im-
portance recently made on the crosscut from
the big tunnel of the Iron Mask. This was on
the 310-foot level. The grade of ore is about
$45 a ton. The clean ore body is about 15
inches wide,
Spokane Chronicle : The Skyline people at
Ainsworth netted $26,000 from that mine
in 1896.
The Salmon river country, in the Nelson
district, is beginning to attract a great deal
of attention. At present there are twenty
mines working, despite the fact that there is
considerable snow on the hills.
The Argo, a claim adjoining the townsite of
Sandon, has been bonded for $35,000 to an
English syndicate.
R, C. Campbell Johnston has purchased the
Exchange group in the Slocan, consisting of
four claims, for $31,000.
Negotiations are pending for the purchase
for about $500,000 by the Vancouver and Brit-
ish Columbia Exploration Company of the
Slocan Mining and Milling Company's proper-
ties, the Alamo, Cumberland, Idaho, Wild
Goose, Corinth, Mocking Bird, Daybreak,
Defender and Comet, situated in Alamo basin
and on the divide between the south fork of
Carpenter creek and Slocan lake.
The Bannockburn. Evergreen, Silver Bot-
tom, Silver Reef, Iron Mask and Buckeye
have been bonded to Ed N. Murphy for
$50,000.
OTAH.
Salt Lake Trihune: The present output of
the Bullion-Beck, which has already paid
$1,967,000 in dividends, is reported at 300 tons
a day. On the 800-foot level there is more ore
blocked out now than can be marketed in a
year, while that the chute is continuous from
the 650 to the 900-foot level has been demon-
strated.
At Mercur the property of the Gold King
Mining Company has been bonded by James
Haggin and his Eastern connections, and its
systematic development will commence at
once.
The report of the treasurer at yesterday's
meeting of the Centennial-Eureka disclosed
that during the past year ores have been pro-
duced of the value of $450,740.30, and that the
dividends reached a total of $450,000,
At Mammoth the Swansea Tunnel Co, is
being organized with a capital stock of
$500,000. It is the intention to drive a tunnel
into the mountain for a distance of 1000 feet,
from which point a shaft will be sunk.
At Park City the great Ontario drain tun-
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nel is within less tbao 100 feet of Daly No. 1.
It is thought that with the completion of this
great sub-waterway the old Daly, which has
yielded its owners $"J,$S7,500, besides a sur-
plus of nearly 1500.000 in the treasury, will
take a new lease of life. Ore bodies that can-
not now be reached on account of water will
be worked.
Blnghain fiuUettn : In the 300-root level of
the Winnamuck, after running about '2tH) feet
east from the main incline, ore has been
broken Into and it is coming in across the en-
tiro face of the drift. The winze sinking from
the tunnel level is now 500 feet below the "200
and in solid ore, largely of shipping grade.
Mercur .Vcrcurw: On the SSOfoot level of j
the Sunshine it is reported that a body of ore i
is being developed, running from f^ to $12
per ton. I
A fine strike is reported in the Overland '
during the week, consisting of a 12-foot body
of ore of good value.
The Herschel tunnel Is now in VMO feet and
is being run with three shifts. The workings
are in porphyry.
Tintic Miner: The Sioux-AJax tunnel is
DOW in 1700 feet.
Shipments from the district for the week
are as follows: From the Bullion-Beck mine,
30 carloads ore; Centenniai-Eureka, 10 car-
loads ore; Eureka Hill mill, t carloads concen-
trates; AJax, 11 carloads ore: Mammoth mine,
7 carloads ore ; Mammoth mill, 7 carloads con-
centrates: Carisa, 4 carloads ore: Sioux, 5
carloads ore; South Swansea, 5 carloads ore;
Dragon iron mine, 1 carload ore daily.
At Pierce the placer miners are feeling
cheerful over the outlook for plenty of water
for the coming season. Parties coming out
from the mountains report the snow between
three and four feet deep and still piling up.
The interest that is being displayed in placer
mining already indicates that this feature of
mining will be pushed with vigor this year,
and will result in the development of "some
large claims.
On Salmon river McFadden and Cooper have
discovered a ledge of free-milling quartz
nearly 40 feet wide.
MONTANA.
During M)5 and '90 the Anaconda Copper
MinJDgCo. shipped from Anaconda:
IfUtt!.
Copper, lbs. fine 125.350,B9.3
Sliver, o7,s. flne '
99,775,394
5,1.33.826.747 5,4711.860 »-Z0
\7-lU.3im 20.2'29.4498
Gold. ozs. flne
In '96 the Boston & Montana Co. yielded
about 60,000,000 pounds of copper.
Butte Miuer: The Boston and Montana
Company is increasing the ore reserves in
sight. In addition to sinking 500 feet in two
shafts, crosscutting and exploration work is
being done in the other producing properties.
Including over $300,000 construction charged
to expense account, the Boston and Montana
earned last year fully $19 per share on its
capital stock.
The mill at the Hope mine in Basin, with
a capacity of 250 tons of ore daily, will start
up to-day.
White Cloud gold mine, five miles east of
Florence, Ravalli county, was bonded by W.
C. Tonkin of Thompson Falls for *1S.000. $5,000
payable July I, the remaining $i:i.000 Dec. 1.
Tonkin also agrees to pay a royalty of 20 per
cent on all ores extracted from the mine.
A rich strike of copper and silver ore has
been made in the Receiver mine at the head
of Horse canyon. At a depth of 230 feet a vein
of copper ore was cut through in the shaft
which goes 10 per cent copper and 22 ounces
in silver to the ton.
Intcr-Mtnnitain : Word comes from Phillips-
burg that the Combinai ion Company will close
down; that more than one-half of the miners
have already been laid off and that the mill
will finish the ore now in the bins in a week
or so.
Helena Indcperidcjit : The Merrell property
has been purchased by C. McLure of the
Granite Mountain and it is expected that
operations will be resumed in the spring.
Mr. Essler has started up the Rimini con-
centrator to treat the Eureka dump. The
mine is being worked by a small force and the
ore is being shipped.
SOCTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Ti/;te.s: The Horseshoe Mining
Company's mines are now producing more ore
daily than the Kiidonan mill can handle, the
capacityof which is now being doubled. When
this is done it will be the largest chlorination
mill in the world, and will handle from 2U0 to
250 tons of ore per day.
The Columbus Mining Company are advanc-
ing the drift from the 200-foot level of their
main shaft to a connection with the old work-
ings. It is now in over 400 feet. The ore
body is evidently an extension of the Home-
stake.
'J'he deal for the Carroll group of claims has
been closed, deeds signed and first payment
made, D. C. Boley and associates being the
purchasers. The group consists of twelve
locations situated on the Blacktail divide.
The Gold Queen Mining Company have re-
sumed development work on their group of
twelve claims, situated on Deadwood gulch,
above Golden Gate.
Additional mining claims aggregating about
300 acres, situated in the vicinity of Garden
City, have recently been included in the
ninety-day option secured on other properties
by C. L. Boon of Chicago. In the deal are
now included the Kicking Horse, the Penob-
scot, the American Express, the Dalton and
the Faust groups, also the property formerly
owned by the South Dakota Mining Company,
known as the Eva and Edna lodes, aggregat-
ing about 600 acres in all.
On the Union Hill Mining Company's prop-
erties the alterations of the old Richmond
silver mill into a gold stamp mill are about
completed, and it is expected that twenty of
the sixty stamps will be dropping in a week
or ten days. The mill will be equipped with
four varieties of fOOLenirators lo test their
cai>abilities and rapucilics. The contract for
the new 200-siamp mill will be awarded about
February 15lh. the delay being caused by a
change of the plans
The owners of the Hazel group of mines,
adjoining the Golden Slipper property, are
about dosing a deal with Eastern parties,
who agree to expend $10,U(H) in development
work in consideration of a half interest in the
properly.
MICHIGAN.
The Calumet A: Hecla Mining Co. in "Jft
yielded a total of lH),ooo,uoO pounds of refined
copper, the largest in its history.
The Atlantic Mining Co. hoist'ed 371. 12S tons
of i-ock in ''.H5, which yielded 4,S'.t4.22{i pounds
of rellned copper.
CULORAUO.
Cltll'l'I-E CKEEK.
(Special Correspondence). —The New Ninety-
six, on Gold Hill, belonging to the Mound
City and Gold Hill Gold Mining Company of
St. Louis, is being opened by the sinking of a
shaft, drifting and crosscutting.
The Jack G., on Raven Hiil, is under lease
toJ.R. Buchanan, whose shipments to the
Victor sampler show ore values of J70 per ton.
The Marionet, on Gold Hill, shipped thirteen
tons of ore one day last week which ran $25
per ton.
The Anaconda tunnel is in 4350 feet. At
the breast an upraise of 500 feet will be put
in to connect with the Kittle M. property
(one of the Anaconda group). Shipments have
been made continually from the Anaconda,
but such shipments have been merely inci-
dental to the work of development. A good
deal of stoplng has been done, and in the
course of developments many veins have been
cut, though comparatively little drifting has
been done.
The Ingham mine, on Raven Hill, under the
management of Supt. Law ton, has recently
made building improvements and is doing
some systematic development.
The Elkton, one of the best known mines on
Raven Hiil, has a 400-foot shaft and levels at
each 100 feet. The first level runs 1100 feet
north; the second 900 feet north and 125 feet
south; the third 800 feet north and 3S0 feet
south; the fourth 100 feet each way. Two
station pumps, each 700 gallons per minute,
serve to relieve the mine of s-urplus water.
Ore shipments are now being made from the
first and second levels and ore will soon be
shipped from the third. No stoping has yet
been done on the third and fourth levels. The
Elkton now works about ninety men and
three air drills are in use.
The Moose, located farther up the gulch
from the Elkton, has been closed down for
several weeks, though there is a rumor of
soon starting up. This property has been a
heavy producer, and, under favorable condi-
tions, it will doubtless resume its former
standing. The Moose shaft is down 680 feet
and has twelve levels.
The Trail is a new property, which is being
opened on the Elkton side of Bull Hill by
Christopher and Lauterman. A new plant of
machinery, consisting of hoisting apparatus,
air compressor and five air drills, has been
put in. A tunnel is being run in on the vein.
Two shafts are being sunk, and from various
points levels will be run.
The Last Dollar, in the course of its exten-
sive developments, has been shipping ore in
sufilcient amount to pay the expenses of
operating. The main shaft is down 375 feet,
and ore is being shipped from the first level.
December shipments amounted to seventeen
carloads, of which 200 tons was high grade
and 400 tons low grade.
The Orpha May, one of the big properties of
Bull Hill, recently put in new machinery.
The mine is shipping about twenty-four cars
of smelting ore per month. At least, it has
kept up this record for four or five months.
As the facilities are now greater with the
new machinery, its output is expected to be
increased. The shaft is down 450 feet.
About 100 men are employed here.
The Grouse, farther up the hill from the
Orpha May, is busily sinking a shaft, which
is down about 240 feet. Two levels have been
run. This property has shipped ore for over a
year.
The Theressa, on the south slope of Bull
Hill, has put in a new plant of machinery — a
120-horse power boiler and two air compressors.
The January shipments amounted to about
200 tons.*
The Legal Tender, owned by the Golden
Circle Mining Co., is a Bull cliff property. It
has shipped 1000 tons of ore worth about
$100,000.
The Christmas mine, near the Legal
Tender, shipped 150 tons of ore in January.
The ore is rated rather low grade.
The Lillie is being worked by the Foley
Mining and Leasing Company, the latter hav-
ing a one-year lease, About ten tons per day
of high-grade ore is being shipped, which
runs eight to ten ounces in gold. About 120
men are employed here.
The Pinto mine, belonging to the Free Coin-
age Company, is under lease to L. E. Reed &
Co., and is being developed.
The Orphan Belle, on the east slope of Bull
Hill, consists of four or five properties, under
lease, ore shipments being made from each
one. Very high grade ore is being produced.
The January shipments from the Orphan
Belle leases were 200 tons, which were high
grade. Lessees here pay a royalty of about
25 per cent.
One of the most interesting group of prop-
erties on Bull Hill is the Isabella, consisting
of the Buena Vista, Lee, Smuggler, Keith
and Comet, of 160 acres on the east slope of
Bull Hill. The properties, with shafts and
shaft houses, form a continuous line. The
Lee shaft is a model of construction and is a
three-compartment, 4>^xl3 feet. By means of
the worlf firpm this string of shafts the ihain
vein has been opened continuously for 2100
feet and at a depth of 560 feel. It is stated
thai this vein is the same as that of the
Victor mine, which adjoins the Isabella group
on the south. The output is well graded.
That designated as first class, which is very
high grade, goes to the smelters for treat-
ment; the second class to chlorination mills,
and the third class to the cyanide works. A
force of 185 men is employed by the company.
The work of 18% t-ompri.sed 7U feel of shafts,
6048 feet of leve:s and ISOl fathoms of stoping.
During that year the company hoisted 16.42S
mine carloads of first-class smelter ore, 7038
cars of second-grade chlorination ore, 3017
cars of third-grade cyanide ore. 1571 cars of
fourth-class waste and screenings and 15,516
cars of waste, making a total of 43,570 cars of
material hoisted. The net profits for the
year, according to the company's annual re-
port, after deducting expenditures for run-
ning expenses and improvements, amounted
10 $220. 114.
The Pharmacist, on the same hill, has two
shafts. The depth of the old shaft is ti.'iS feet,
that of the new shaft 300 feet. Stoping has
been done in all these levels. Shipments run
about 150 tons per month of high-grade ore,
low-grade shipments running about 150 tons
per month. Wasoott.
Victor, Col., Jan. 30, 'Vf7.
NEW MEXICO.
Silver City hlnlcrjtrisi:: At Chloride Flat M.
Taylor employs nine men on the Providencia
and is making regular daily shipments.
At Pinos Altos Bell & Stevens are employ-
ingeight men on the MinaGrande. The drift
from the south shaft to connect with I he north
shaft has been driven 275 feet, all the dis-
tance in ore. The Bell and Stevens mill is
I'unning steadily on ore from the Pacific.
The Golden Giant mine is working 35 men
and running the mine one shift.
The Treasure Mining Company is working
50 men and running the mill night and day.
At Copper Flat the new smelting plant is
nearly completed and will blow in before the
1st of March. Large ore reserves are devel-
oped in the mine and hundreds of tons of ore
are on the dumps. About 50 men are em-
ployed about the mine and smelter.
AKIZONA.
Tucson Star: Many prospects which were
known to be rich in copper have not been oper-
ated owing to the low prices being paid. In
the Galium range east of Mammoth consider-
able work is being done.
At Greaterville the Rosemont people are
putting up a whim and are working fifty men
developing and taking out ore preparatory to
blowing in the smelter.
E. Hughes is taking ore out of his copper
mine and packing it over the mountain to the
Rosemont smelter.
At the placers an increased output is the
result of a new discovery and abundance of
water.
MEXICO.
(Special Correspondence.) — The extension of
the Mexican Central Railroad through the
Amecan valley, Jalisco, has greatly increased
the activity in the mining districts of the
fifth canton of that State. Within two miles
of Ameca, the terminus, are undeveloped de-
posits of both gold and silver ore, while a
score of miles farther are rich copper mines.
To encourage operations in this territory, the
Department of Encouragement has appointed
Senor Adolph Martinez of Ameca mining agent.
Exceptionally tine openings for mining in-
vestors are offered in the territory of Guer-
rero, northeast of Iguila. soon to be opened by
the rapidly building Cuernavaca Railway.
Ores from territory thereabouts, controlled by
John P. Dawling and associates, assayed in
November last 280 ounces of silver and fiO"u
lead. Mr. Dawling expects to make his first
shipments this month.
Capt. Miguel Bornio, of the La Planchas
Mining Company, Sonora, has discovered a
ledge of gold and silver-bearing ore about a
mile from the works, measuring 5 feet in
thickness and showing considerable distance.
Assays have shown 40 ounces of silver and 2
ounces of gold.
J. Keefe Taylor, of the City of Mexico, has
recently placed gold mining property in the
State of Oaxaca with London parties: a sil-
ver mining investment in the State of Jalisco,
near Ameca, with New Yorkers, and has two
copper properties in Vera Cruz and Mirhoacin
in negotiation with London and New York in-
vestors, respectively. At present Mr. Taylor
is on the lookout for graphite property, which
can be handled to advantage, if suitably lo-
cated.
The French engineer, M. Maurite du Cha-
tenet, is in Sonora, in the interests of French
capitalists, looking into the merits of several
mining properties about Cibuta owned by
Senors Pierson and Holvilleur, of Mexico.
Boston capitalists are developing extensive
mining properties near Unionde Tula, Jalisco,
both gold and silver producing. Geo. H. Ellis
of Chicago is superintending the operations.
The La Campa Mining Company, of Tucson,
Ariz., are preparing to erect a 50-stamp mill
on their mining property in Sonora.
The La Colorado y Las Prietas, operating in
lower Sonora, have recently added two con-
centrating mills at their mines, for use in the
cyanide process.
Unexpectedly rich showings are being made
of late at the La Luz de Oro mines in Zacate-
cas.
There are several mines in Mexico that are
reported to be extraordinarily rich in silver.
One of these is in Sonora, where there is now
enough gold in sight to keep the milts going
for half a century. In the State of Durango
Maximilian Dam has a similar property, while
on the western slope of the Sierra Madre,
in the same State, the International Mining
Company, of which Senator Stewart of the
United States is president, controls another.
Capt. Eugene FoUette, of the City of Mex-
ico, has secured, in association with other
Mexican capitalists, valuable mining claims
in the vicinity of Ameca, Jalisco, the ores from
which assay from two to six ounces to the Ion,
gold.
In the territory near Tepic, Jalisco, for the
last year the outpuiof the Ahuacablan mine,
in the district of Ixtlan, was 1620 kilograms of
silver, value $5.'>,'J22.40: 1250 kilos of silver
sulphates, value $49,140.
John W. C. Maxwell of San Francisco, Cal.,
has been in Mexico for three weeks past on
business with the Fomento department at the
capital. He is also largely interested at sev-
eral points in Lower California.
The Cincos Senores minei at Pozos, Guana-
juato, showing 100 ounces to the ton, promise
to surpass their satisfactory record of the
past season. The Santa Brijida mine is also
showing well of late-30"^, lead and 60 ounces
silver.
A company is being organized at Monterey
to develop recently discovered veins of silver
two leagues west of that city, in the Mitras
mountains.
Denver parties are negotiating for the pur-
chase of the Las Catalanas mine uf Maurice J.
Cons, located in the Suiqui Grande jurisdic-
tion, Sonora.
A new territory is being opened up in the
State of Durango, about 14i) miles west of the
capital, near the Sinaloa line. La Providencia
is the most prominent mine of this territory.
Another district of promise lies some forty-
tive miles west of Durango, within easy reach
of the Mexican International; Panucode Cor-
onado it is called.
Clarence King is again at the capital for a
few weeks in the interest of a New York syn-
dicate. The properties under consideration
lie in Zicatecas and Guanajuato.
The Secretary of Fomento has ordered the
several mining companies operating in the
Corralitos mining district to suspend work
upon that territory, concerning which they are
in litigation with Senor Ramon Irigoyen ;" also
to stop filling the shafts of the companies, not
operating at present, with ores too poor for
smelting.
The Rothschilds, who but recently secured
the Bole copper mines in Lower California,
are now negotiating through their represen-
tative, John H. Thurmann, for the purchase
of the La Paz, Escarnacion and Espiritu
Santo mines, that have produced copper for
years in Chihuahua.
John B. Dickenson is working rich placer
mines near Pihuma, Jalisco, some thirty-five
miles from Colima, on the headwaters of the
Belam river, a stream of considerable volume.
On the side hills the soil has shown an aver-
age of from 50 to 60 cents per cubic meter, but
in the gullies and the bed of the old river
wash as high as $S per cubic meter has been
obtained.
Gold mining in the Minas Prietas district
of Sonora is attracting general attention of
late, because of the fine showing of the mines
in operation. A great difBculty in this sec-
tion is the lack of water with which to oper-
ate the mills. From this trouble the Colorado
mine has been idle two years, although the
Crestori, close at hand, has been worked con-
stantly, sufBcient water being secured from
the mine itself. Arrangements are being
tnade to jointly bring a water supply from the
mountains twenty miles away, which will
probably be done by a system of canals.
In September last an English syndicate
gave $1,000,000 for a three-quarter interest in
the Los Amarillos and Grand Central mines,
located in the Minas Prietas district of So-
nora, and now they are eager lo pay another
million for the remaining interests therein.
The output of the properties in October fol-
lowing the purchase was $300,000 in gold. The
two mines are treating 100 tons of ore daily
with two stamp mills, of twenty and ten
stamps respectively.
Denver, Col,, parties have just closed a deal
by which they secure the Roseate gold mines,
in the State of Oaxaca, at over $250,000, pos-
sion to be had about March 1st.
A syndicate, represented by Mr. Broderick
of the City of Mexico, is negotiating for the
purchase of the Copalguin mine in Durango,
the reported figure offered being $4,000,000, of
which $1,000,000 is to be paid down, upon privi-
lege of six months' experimental working of
the plant. If returns are satisfactory at the
end of that time, the remainder is to' be paid
at once; if unsatisfactory, the $1,000,000 is re-
turned to the prospective purchasers.
A powerful Mexican company is negotiating
for the purchase of the mining property in La
Piramicle, situated in the San Jose de Garcia
district, Sinaloa, the reported price agreed
upon being $1,500,000 (silver).
Recent results at the Flor de Maria mine,
near the Sierra de Moctezuma, Chihuahua, dis-
trict Bravos, show fifty ounces silver and 30%
lead. The mines are about twenty-five miles
from Moctezuma station, on the Mexican Cen-
tral.
Official reports from the State government
of Sinaloa show the principal minerals of the
State to be gold, silver and copper. There are
in operation six concerns of the first class, re-
ducing 144,000 tons of ore, valued at$4,300,000,
or $30 per ton ; ten concerns of the second or-
der, reducing 48,000 tons, at $50, amounting
to $2,400,000; besides a number of smaller op-
erations not considered. Resylts in the gold
mining district of San Jose de Garcia are ex- .
ceeding $8,000,000 per year.
The production of the mines of the Sierra
Mojada region, Saltillo, according to the re-
port of the Jefe Politico filed with Governor
Cardenas, and covering the period from Oct.
1, 1893, to Dec. 31, 1896, was in total $12,887,-
227.71. This report dealt with twenty-three
mines.
Extensive improvements will be observed
the coming season at the mines of the Neuva
Parena Mining Company, operating the Al-
mania and Parena mines near Monterey, in
the Sierra la Ventana,
The Michoacan Mining & Milling Company,
operating near Coalcoman, on the upper west-
ern spur of the Sierra Madre del Sur, are pre-
paring for extensive increase in their opera-
tions the coming season.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
February 13, 1897.
Scientific Progress.
Calcium Carbide: A New Reduc-
ing Agent.
Since the introduction of this re-
markable substance it is significant
that scientific men have been content
to allow the product to rank solely as
a water decomposer, and thus regard
the production of acetylene the only
available product.
Researches of a somewhat lengthy
description, which have lately been
carried out at the above laboratory,
involve the use of calcium carbide as a
metallurgical reducinjf agent.
In the first instance an excess of
litharge was heated to redness in con-
tact with the' carbide, in a clay cru-
cible, the reaction being accompanied
by vivid incandescence, resulting in the
formation of metallic lead and calcium
oxide, CaO.
A further portion was now selected,
in which the proportion of carbide ex-
celled that of the litharge ; this was
further subdivided into various smaller
portioQS, each portion being exposed
to various temperatures, resulting in a
regulus of calcium and lead of varying
percentage, together with the expul-
sion of CO3.
The alloys thus formed are more or
less brittle, and to a certain extent
sonorous when struck, their melting
point ranking below that of pure lead,
and are slowly, but completely, decom-
posed in contact with aqueous vapor,
the reaction being much less energetic
than that afforded by alloys of lead
with the alkaline metals. Stannic ox-
ide, cupric oxide, and also ferric oxide,
at corresponding higher temperatures,
were readily reduced, yielding results
of no practical value ; in the case of
the cupric alloys those samples con-
taining under 1 per cent of calcium
being rendered cold-short and break-
ing under very small strain, whilst, on
the other hand, iron containing cal-
cium approaches in appearance that
of ferro-manganese, being even more
brittle and very oxidizable in contact
with water.
In a further operation oxides of mSin-
ganese, nickel, cobalt, and even chro-
mium, molybdenum and tungsten, were
readily reduced, yielding calcium al-
loys. Results of experiments, com-
prising the reductive action of the
carbide upon the earthy chlorides and
their haloids, will be shortly to hand.
The already partial success of these
reactions seems to point most conclu-
sively towards a new and powerful re-
ducing agent, which at the same time,
considering the market value of the
carbide in question, could not fail to
replace both sodium and potassium. —
H. N. Warren in Chemical News.
Tetanus Antitoxin.
Consul General Frank H. Mason,
writing from Frankfort-on-the Main,
says that from the evidence presented
it would appear that tetanus, if not
already conquered, is in a fair way to
be successfully overcome. In the
Deutsche Medicinisclie Wnchaischrifl (Ber-
lin) for October 23rd appears a joint
announcement by Prof. Dr. von Behr-
ing of diphtheria-antitoxin fame and
Prof. Knorr of Marburg, describing
the qualities and best methods of using
the new tetanus antitoxin, which is
now prepared under Government
supervision as a commercial product
by the Parbwerke at Hoechst-on-Main,
and offered for use by medical practi-
tioners under the same conditions as
diphtheria antitoxin from the same
source.
Tetanus, as is well known, is an ex-
ceedingly painful and hitherto usually
fatal disease caused by blood poison-
ing, generally the result of a wound.
It is believed by physicians to be caused
by the introduction into the system of
a minute organism which rises from
the ground in certain localities, so that
the prevalence of tetanus varies
greatly even in different districts of
the same country. At all events, the
disease has its characteristic microbe,
which has been recognized, isolated,
described and reproduced by artificial
culture. The distinctive symptom of
tetanus is a persistent spasm of the
voluntary muscles, aggravated by
light, noise or other disturbing influ-
ence to which the patient may be sub-
jected. These spasms may affect any
muscular portion of the body, but
when, as is often the case, the maxil-
lary muscles are principally attacked,
the resulting malady is known as lock-
jaw.
The tetanus antitoxin described by
Profs, von Behring and Knorr is simi-
lar in nature, action and in the meth-
ods of its preparation to the antitoxin
of diphtheria.
The penetrating powers and ranges
of powerful lights, such as are employed
in lighthouse service, rapidl.y decrease
as the ratio of their luminous power in-
creases. For instance, a light of 5,-
000,000-candle power in the British
channel has in average weather a
luminous range of about forty-four nau-
tical miles, while if thelightbeincreased
to the power of 10,000,000-candle the
luminous range is only five miles more,
or forty-nine miles. According to cur-
rent practice, lights up to 200,000-
candle power are obtained by means of
mineral oil lamps, while electric lights
are used for higher powers, and almost
any power may thus be obtained. The
highest power yet attempted is about
36,000,000, at Penmark point, in the
department of Finisterre, Prance,
which, when completed, will be the
most powerful lighthouse illumination
in the world. The height of the tower
in which it is to be located is about
sixty-three meters, enabling it to be
seen during the day from a distance of
eighteen miles in fine weather. During
the night this light will be visible for
sixty miles. The rotundity of the earth
will prevent the rays from striking the
eye direotl.y at a distance of more than
thirty miles, but the sky overhead will
appear illuminated for thirty miles
more. The estimated cost is about
$120,000.— Machinery.
Henri Moissan finds that important
alloys can be obtained by taking ad-
vantage of the ease with which metallic
oxides are reduced by aluminum. His
general method appears to be to bring
aluminum into a molten condition, and
then to throw into it a mixture of
aluminum filings and of the oxide of the
metal which it is desired to alloy. A
further energetic development of heat
takes place, with the result that the
most refractory oxides are reduced.
By means of this method Moissan has
succeeded in preparing alloys of alumi-
num with nickel, molybdenum, tung-
sten, uranium, titanium and chromium.
The advantage of mixing tungsten,
etc., with steel is well known, and
Moissan states that not only this sub-
stance, but titanium also, can be intro-
duced into Siemens-Martin steel. Many
chemical substances when heated in
the electric furnace give some very
astonishing results, and in some cases
they become transformed into minerals
which up to the present have only
been met with in nature.
The late Dr. Alfred Nobel's bequests
should do much for the progress of
science. At any rate, magnificent re-
wards will accrue to the best discov-
eries. According to the terms of his
will, a fund is to be formed from all his
realizable property, the yearly interest
from which is to be divided into five
equal portions. The first of these is to
be allotted as a prize for the most im-
portant discovery in the domain of
physics. The second is for the prin-
cipal chemical discovery or improve-
ment. The third is for the chief dis-
covery in physiology or medicine. The
fourth is for the most distinguished
literary contribution in the same field,
while the fifth is to be allotted to
whomsoever may have achieved the
most or done the best to promote the
cause of peace. All these prizes are
open to Scandinavians and foreigners
alike. After deducting a few bequests
to individuals, it is expected that the
fund thus devised to the cause of
progress will amount to the sum of
35,000,000 kroner, or nearly $10,000,000.
Electrical Progress.
Jeffrey Coal Mining Hachinery.
The illustrations herewith represent
some of the Jeffrey specialties in the
line of coal mining machinery. The
words "Jeffrey" and "Successful
power coal mining machinery " are
synonymous, and, while the mining
public in general are familiar with
their manufacture, we illustrate here-
with their latest coal cutter and mine
locomotive, which are the culmination
of many years of experience. The
chain coal cutter, in simplicity, efii-
workmanship in any of the several pro-
cesses in putting them together.
As light is the only useful product,
the incandescent lamp may be said to
have a real efficiency of from 3 to 5 per
cent, the rest being wasted in heat.
An incandescent lamp may be operated
at such a low voltage as to give heat
but no light. The filament that will
stand the greatest degree of heat with-
out vaporizing, other things being
equal, is the best.
It is customary to state as the effi-
ciency of an incandescent lamp the
watts of energy required to produce
one candle of light. By increasing the
voltage we increase the light more
THE JEFFREY COAL CUTTER.
oiency and design, is claimed by the
manufacturers to be superior to all
other makes. The machine is oper-
ated by electric or air power, and the
daily work will average anywhere from
100 to 200 feet face, the undercut being
either 5, 6 or 7 feet, according to the
length of machine used.
The Jeffrey mine locomotives, wher-
ever used, are reported to effect a
great saving in the cost of production,
the illustrations herewith showing the
style made by that company. The one
than in proportion to the increase in
the energy consumed and the lamp is
then said to be more efficient. For ex-
ample, a lamp giving 16-candle power
of light at 100 volts pressure and con-
suming 56 watts of energy we would
call a 3 J- watt lamp. If we should in-
crease the voltage to 110, the candle
power would be increased to 28, the
energy consumed to 70, the watts per
candle would then be 2J and we would
call it a 2i-watt lamp. There is no dif-
ference in the lamp itself between what
is termed a 2J-watt lamp
and what is termed a Si-
watt lamp.
As lamps are operated
at a higher efficiency, their
defects become more ap-
parent. If one is satisfied
to operate a lamp at an
efficiency of 6 or 7 watts
per candle (and such lamps
are made and sold), what
is in reality a very bad
lamp may give a customer
good satisfaction.
The life of an incandes-
cent lamp will be shorter
as it is operated at a
higher efficiency, or in
other words at a higher
voltage. For example, if
at 31 watts a lamp would
have a life of 2400 hours, at
3 watts it would perhaps
have a life of 1000 hours
and at 2J watts a life of
350 hours.— F. S. Terry,
before the Northwestern
Elect. Ass'n.
JEFFREY MINE LOCOMOTIVES.
with man in center is preferred in
many instances, while the one with
controller on end is equally desirable.
These locomotives are used for mine as
well as surface work, and are designed
for various capacities. The Jeffrey
Company issue a complete catalogue
descriptive of their machinery, which
can be had by addressing them at
Columbus, New York, Chicago or
Denver.
Incandescent Lamps.
The making of an incandescent lamp
requires more than thirty distinct pro-
cesses, most of which affect its quality
rather than its appearance. The char-
acter of the filament, the way it is
flashed and the exhaustion may gener-
ally be said to have most to do in de-
termining the quality, but the defect in
a lamp may be traced to a defect in
either the filament, the glass, the
platinum, even the base, or due to poor
Ocean Telephony.
The following interview
with Thomas A. Edison is
taken from the New York
Herald. Mr. Edison was
first asked :
"If you were backed by
a $10,000,000 syndicate,
would you undertake to
construct a practical work-
ing telephone across the
Atlantic ocean ? "
" It is impossible," he replied.
" There is a Russian who has tele-
phoned under ten miles of water, and
who claims that he can easil.v telephone
across the Atlantic ocean. He is being
backed by a syndicate and it is said
that work will shortly be commenced
on a submarine telephone cable."
Mr. Edison figured a little, and said:
"The difficulty of telephoning in-
creases according to the square root
of the distance. He telephoned ten
miles under water, did he ? Well, he
must have had some little trouble. At
ten miles his difficulties are, we will
say, one. At twenty miles his difficul-
ties would be four. Then they would
run up as follows ;
At 40 miles 16 times as hard;
At 80 miles 64 times as hard;
At 160 miles 256 times as hard;
At .*J20 miles 1,024 times as hard;
At 640 miles 4,096 times as hard;
At 1,280 miles 16.384 times as bard;
At 2,560 miles 65,536 times as hard.
" This is about the distance across the
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.\tlantic ocean. Now, if that Russian
can overcome a job 65,000 times as
hard as telephoning under ten miles of
water, he may possibly telephone
across the Atlantic ocean. It is not a
question of battery, but of leakage and
the overcoming of resistance and the
impossibility of getting rid of the cur-
rent at the moment the voice ceases.
Such a distance, especially such a sub-
marine distance, affords entirely too
clumsy a channel for the quick and
variable current necessary to a tele-
phone wire. As I said before, it is not
a question of battery. Why, with the
battery now on the Alantic cable I can
run a fan motor at either end. At the
same lime the speed of the motor could
not be varied quickly enough to make
its starting and stopping a matter of
a few seconds. Taking these things
into consideration, I am afraid the emi-
nent Russian has a heavy job ahead of
him. If I could erect poles three miles
high I would undertake to telephone
around the earth. As you approach
the earth, however, the diflicuities in-
crease greatly, and they are of such a
nature that 1 am afraid they can never
be overcome — at least, not with pres-
ent human intelligence."
In the gold mining districts of west-
ern Australia, particularly the Cool-
gardic region, the Westralian Electric
Company proposes to follow the ex-
ample of California and Colorado, and
apply electric power transmitted over
long distances.
At the Rand Central Electric Works,
which applies electric power to the
gold mines of the Rand, South Africa,
the capacity of the plant, about 2000
H. P., has been applied for at an aver-
age of about .£45 per H. P. per annum
delivered, including wires and fittings.
There are four three-phase generators
in position, direct driven by vertical
triple expansion marine type engines,
having a maximum brake H. P. of 1200.
Each dynamo weighs eighty tons and
is constructed in four pieces. Eight
multi-tubular boilers, with "200 tubes
each, supply the steam. Each is of 600
H. P. and has 3300 square feet of heat-
ing surface. Only three sets of the
plant will be worked at first, the fourth
being held in reserve for a time. Some
of the mines supplied are situated over
twenty miles from the generating sta-
tion. Current is generated in the
dynamos at TOO volts, is raised by
means of step-up transformers to
10,000 volts, and at the mines is re-
duced by step-down transformers to
120 volts for lighting and 240 to 500
volts for motor work.
D. To.MMASi, in a paper published in
MuiiUcur Sa'iiilijiqne, describes a new
process of electrically separating and
refining metals, of which the following
is a brief abstract: The anodes are
either cast plates or granulated mate-
rial, resting in direct contact with the
positive leads. The cathode is a verti-
cal disk, capable of rotation about its
horizontal axis. Only the lower por-
tion is immersed in the electrolyte, and
the upper part is passed during rota-
tion between scrapers that efl'ect the
removal of any spongy deposit, trans-
ferring it to channels by which it is con-
veyed to a convenient receptacle. The
disk is constructed in replaceable sec-
tors, when a reguline deposit is to be
obtained, and the sectors are one by
one removed mechanically as they at-
tain sufficient thickness, and are
plunged beneath a fluid bath of the
metal under treatment until the de-
posit has been melted away and the
sector is ready for use again. A solid
disk is preferred for spongy deposits.
The advantages of this arrangement are
that polarization is prevented by the
rotation of the cathode and by the ac-
tion of the scrapers, and the liquid is
sufficiently agitated to prevent separa-
tion into layers of different density,
whilst spongy deposits are removed as
fast as they are produced, thus pre-
venting oxidation by the liquid and the
occurrence of local action. At the same
time the electrodes may be allowed to
approach more closely, owing to the
impossibility of short-circuiting through
irregularity of deposit, and the resist-
ance of the bath is therefore sensibly
diminished.
Mechanical Progress.
The River Dredger.
Electric Power in Gold Hining. '
The following is a general description
of the dredger which it is proposed to
use in the Sacramento river:
The machine will go through a sand-
bar at a speed of from live to ten feet
a minute, cutting its way through a
solid bank and leaving behind it a
channel forty feet wide and twenty feet
deep. Of course, it could not do its
work at such an amazing rate as this
if it were not for the water which it
has to work with. That is the secret
of the whole performance.
In front of the machine are six intake
pipes, turned downward. Surrounding
each of these is a cylinder fitted with
knives, which is kept in revolution all
the time, so that the knives cut and
chew up the sand and mix it with the
water. This process, it should be re-
membered, goes all around the intake
pipes, and in these pipes the suction of
great steam-driven centrifugal pumps
is pulling away at the loosened mass of
sand and water. It is easy to imagine
the result. Great solid streams of de-
bris How in the pipes at a rapid speed.
The hydraulic engineers have calcu-
lated the speed to a nicety. They know
to the fraction of a foot what speed the
current must have through those pipes
in order to carry the sand in solution.
Thus the problem .of maintaining a
channel in the Mississippi river at low
water is solved. Where there is now
but four and one-half feet of water in
the autumn there will be, after a few
of these dredges have been put to work,
fourteen feet. In two years it is pos-
sible to have fourteen feet of water
from St, Louis to the sea every day in
the year. Five hydraulic dredges will
do the work if employed four or five
months a year at a cost of $10,000 a
month each. This is almost magic —
modern magic.
The significance of this achievement
is that the problem of maintaining low-
water navigation in all alluvial streams
is solved. It is applicable to the Mis-
souri, to the Illinois, to the Sacra-
mento, to the Volga, to the Danube, to
the Dnieper, to the Hoogly in India,
to the La Plata, to rivers in all parts
of the world. It is thought that no
invention or achievement since the
development of steam navigation has
done as much for water transportation
upon rivers as this successful applica-
tion of hydraulics to river-bed dredg-
ing will do in the near future.
Carbolic Acid for Tempering Steel.
M. Levat recommends in L' Industrie
the use of carbolic acid for tempering
steel tools. In testing two cold chisels,
he tempered one in water, the other in
a solution of carbolic acid, after both
had been heated to a cherry red, The
chisels were set to work on extra hard
wrought iron. The one tempered in
water became notched after a short
time, the one tempered in carbolic acid
remained perfectly intact. The second
test was made with two puddle steel
bars, which were heated to white heat
and tempered in water and carbolic
acid respectively. The bar tempered in
carbolic acid showed a much finer frac-
ture, which refiected like a mirror
when filed. The carbon contents were
not increased, but in the bending test
the bar tempered in cai"bolic acid
showed more elasticity and pliability
than the other, while its hardness made
it more suitable for tools, as chisels,
drills, etc^
Wm. Evans of Silver Bow, Montana,
personally acquainted with the risks of
a miner's life, has interested himself in
an attempt to protect them from lia-
bility to accident by the introduction of
a bill in the Montana Legislature pro-
viding that all cages in mines over 300
feet in depth shall be cased in. Here-
tofore the casing in of cages has been
considered impracticable by many min-
ing men, but he figures that the
change can be accomplished with little
cost. He says that a steel, iron or wire
casing can be attached to any cage at
a trifling cost. The casing might be
swung on hinges or on rollers and should
be 5 feet high. The doors might be
made to swing inward, so that they
could be fastened when ore was being
hoisted. Another section of his bill
provides that the safety dogs be in-
spected at stated and frequent inter-
vals and kept in good order.
A French inventor is reported to
have formulated a scheme to insure the
safety of trains traveling in the same
direction on the same line of rails.
Briefly, the appliance consists of a
series of electro-magnets, which oper-
ate the whistle and the automatic
brake, by which means a given distance
can be maintained between the trains.
In connection with these are appliances
which give an approximate idea of the
distance of one train from the other.
It is said that warning can be conveyed
to a distance of from (iOO to 1000 meters,
and that the system is applicable to
points and level crossings.
Eastern Chinese Railway.
The details of the agreement be-
tween Russia and China regarding the
construction of a Chinese eastern rail-
way has been reported to the State
Department by Consul General Karel,
at St. Petersburg. The articles of
association of the new company were
sanctioned by the Czar in December
last, and by an imperial ordinance
issued December 23rd. The details of
the arrangement are in the main as
follows :
The association has been organized
under a convention concluded August
27th, 189G, by the Chinese government
for the construction and exploitation
of a railroad within Chinese territory
from a point on the western frontier of
Heilung Chung to a point on the east-
ern frontier of Kirin, and to be con-
nected with the Russian-Siberian line.
The company is granted concessions to
work coal and other mines and to con-
duct industrial and commercial enter-
prises in China in connection with the
railroad, or separately. An important
stipulation provides that shares can
be held only by Russian and Chinese
subjects. The company will own the
road eighty years after the opening of
the whole line. The Russian govern-
ment guarantees the resources of the
company to the extent of making oblig-
atory the payment of shares. The
capital stock of the road has been fixed
at 5,000,000 paper roubles ($2,570,000),
divided into 1000 shares, but bonds will
be issued as required. The company
must begin work in August, 1897, and
the line is to be completed in six years.
The total length of the Manchurian
line will be 1273 miles, of which 945 is
in Chinese territory, and it saves 341
miles over the old line to Vladivostock.
Aluminum on Warships.
Experiments at the imperial navy
yards at Wilhelmshafen have shown
conclusively that aluminum cannot be
used practically in men-of-war con-
struction, while aluminum bronze has
turned out satisfactorily in many cases,
when the alloy contained 94-96 per
cent of aluminum and 6-4 per cent of
copper. After investigating and test-
ing aluminum in certain parts of ves-
sels the following conclusions were ar-
rived at : Aluminum bronze is useless
for bearings, valves, etc., on account
of the rapid wearing away; it has been
found useful, however, for various
parts of machines where friction is not
an important factor, and also in cases
where light weight is an object. Fur-
niture made of aluminum showed de-
cidedly too little resistance and re-
quired frequent repainting. Aluminum
shows, furthermore, but little resist-
ance to sea water, thus making it
useless for the walls of vessels. A 10
per cent aluminum bronze, however,
stands a fair chance of being freely
used as soon as the price of aluminum
can be sufficiently reduced to approach
the value of cast steel. — Engineering
Magazine.
AciORDi.so to statistics recently fur-
nished by Dr. James Wood, of Brook-
lyn, of all the patients applying for
treatment at the chief dispensary of
that city, no less than 10 per cent are
tea drunkards. They are not aware of
the fact, but the symptoms of their
cases point unmistakably to over-in-
dulgence in tea, and that'presumption,
on inquiry, is confirmed by their confes-
sions. They sutler from headache, ver-
tigo, insomnia, palpitation of the heart,
mental confusion, nightmare, nausea,
hallucinations, morbid depression of
spirits, and sometimes from suicidal im-
pulses— surely a formidable list of
symptons. These patients are of both
sexes and all ages, and confess drink-
ing from a pint and a half to fifteen
pints of tea each day.
In Belgium a good deal of attention
is being paid to the question whether
incandescent gas lighting cannot be
made more intense by auxiliary means,
such as raising the pressure of the gas
in blow-through burners by means of
small hot-air motors, carbonic acid mo-
tors, or turbines and compressors
driven by town water. The result is
at present doubtful, for it is a question
whether the gain is not more than
counterbalanced by the increased cost
and trouble.
The Niagara electric power plant
may be outdone in Africa. It is pro-
posed to utilize the water power of the
Victoria falls, on the Zambesi river,
with the object of using the power to
generate electricity and supply it to
the various centers of population
throughout Rhodesia, either in the
form of power to work stamps and
mills or of motive power for other pur-
poses. Dr. Hopkinson and Professor
Forbes have reported favorably on the
scheme.
The British and Australian sover-
eigns are 18-carat fine and are now
both exactly alike. In 1870 a process
was adopted in the Sydney mint, so
that all the silver is now taken out.
Sovereigns coined in Sydney before
1870 are of a light color and easily dis-
tinguishable from British sovereigns,
simply because all native gold contains
more or less silver ; and this was re-
tained in the coin until means of remov-
ing it were adopted.
Befoke the Isthmus of Suez was
pierced by the canal there were scarce-
ly any sharks in the Mediterranean, the
passage through the Straits of Gibral-
tar not being to their liking. Now,
however, they come in by way of the
canal and in such numbers that in
more than one watering place on the
Mediterranean, and also on the Adri-
atic, the sign has gone up: "Beware
of sharks."
Herr Laur argues that petroleum
originates in the decomposition of sub-
terranean carbides by water, so that
the process must be a continuous one.
Such carbides as that of aluminum
would favor the formation of natural
gas ; such as that of uranium would
favor that of liquid products. The
nitrogen in crude petroleum would, on
this view, not be of animal origin, but
would be due to nitrides.
Germany seems to be forging ahead
in the race for industrial greatness, if
not supremacy. She already stands
second among the nations in the value
of her exports and imports. OfBcial
ficrures put her exports and imports for
1895 at $1,926,729,000; England's were
$8,125,820,600; Prance's $1,366,167,600,
and the United States' $1,544,770,000.
We are all anxious to discover a true
weather indicator — one that is strictly
up to date. Not many know of the
following method : Go out and gaze
upon the smallest cloud you see ; if it
decreases and disappears, it shows a
state of the air that is sure to be fol-
lowed by fair weather; but if it in-
creases, you may expect rain.
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February 13, 1897.
PROSPECTING BATTERY.
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THIS : :
Two-Stamp Self- Contained Battery
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I Expressly for Prospecting Work.
It was awarded First Prize at the recent Mechanics' and
Manufacturers' Fair, where it was in daily operation, crushing"
ores from various mines throughout the State.
Weight of stamps, 275 pounds each; capacity of battery, de-
termined by actual work, 200 pounds per hour, through a
No. 7 slot-punched screen.
Entire battery weighs about 3000 pounds; heaviest piece,
mortar, weighing 1 200 pounds.
Can be taken apart and transported to any locality.
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Instrume^nts, and General Supplies.
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IT IS A FACT
That Our Annual
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i^m Our
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and 1>XLUDES EVKKYTIIING in the Electrical Wire Line.
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
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165 acres of virgin ground on the famous Columbia channel. No ■■ cap," all pay gravel Free water
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QUARTZ MINES : 14 inches of J30 ore to 30 feet of $10 ore. All at the miners' prices.
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Coast Industrial Notes.
—There will be launched to-day fo Seattle.
Waiib , from Moran Bros/ establishment, the
GorerniDent revenue tup Golden Oaio. for
use in this harbor. The Golden Gate is tlic
tlrst sieel vessel built on Putrot Sound, and
the launching will be an afTaIr of a semi-
oOlcial nature.
— President EdKerton. bead of the Sfotch
syndicate wh>t*h Ih to dam the Uio Grundi-
near Fort SRidon, N. M., has gone to Lot.dt u
to pret<ent hit tinul report to the ca|>ilali^'s
who are buck f-f the enterprise. With twu
possible exceptions, this is to bo the largest
water storuve reservoir in the world. It will
cost nearly r-'.(MM» 000 and will irrigate -'OflJKW
acres of Uiu Grande valley land between Fort
Seldun and El Paso.
—The San Franci^coand San Joaquin Val-
ley Kallroud Company bus let a eoniravt for
grading south from Fresno, a distance of •iO
miles, to Hanford. The directors have de-
cided to build ihc Hanford extension to Ba-
berslield hcfore the line by the way of Keed-
ley and Visatia in Bakersfieid, but work on
the latter exlen^-ion will be started as soon us
rights-of-way disputes are settled. Accord-
ing to the contract, grading djUsI be com-
pleted by June 17, lSt»7.
Personal.
Hakhy B. Ai'siT has been appointed general
superintendent of the Tomboy mine at Tellu-
ridc, Colorado.
John B^ itNEof Buite, an experienced miner,
has been appointtd Stale Mine Inspector by
Governor Smith of Montana.
T. J. NoLTox has been appointed buperin-
tendent of the Klamath Flume and Mining
Company, in Sisliiyou county, California.
Fhank VV. Paoe, of the Summit Mining
Company, which recently paid fr)0,Ul.K) for the
Fortunu mining claims, near Nevada City,
Cat., will put an electric plant thereon.
A. D. Sea I MM, EK. who has been chief
draughismon for W. B. Sorey, chief engineer
of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley
Uailroad Company, has been appointed divi-
sion superintendent at Stockton.
Pkix< E Fekou Siiauhi.v, who owns large
placer properties in Uu!>sia, and M. Shagoloff
and M. KrasilnichofT, who are engineers,
have been looking into the metllods in vogue
in the hydraulic mines ol Trinity county, Cali-
fornia.
U. A, F. Pksk'ise, president of the Peavce,
Arizona, G. M. & M. Co., is in San Francisco
to get considerable machinery for the mine.
The property has paid from the start. IL is
fourteen miles from Bisbee and will be thor-
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Wuii.K the Link-Belt Machinery Co., Chi-
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with work, they are running their regular
force full rime. During the past few weeks a
gradual improvement has developed and the
signs point to increased activity in all depart- |
ments within u short time. They have, among i
others, closed contracts with the following I
concerns: Ciiimour & Co, Trenton, Ontario \
(tiie largest saw mill in Canada), one 750 H. P.
rope drive, which includes one 14- foot fly
wheel, shears (weight 40.000 pounds), etc.;
C. T. Uoenitz Leather Co., Sheboygan, Wis.,
2;-{.i H. P. rope drives; Baltimore & Ohio S.
W. Hallway, Zaleski, Ohio, complete coal
washing plant, including crushers, screens,
elevators, conveyors, etc., having a capacity
of cleaning 4nO tons soft coal per day; and are
now completing the installation of a (SOO ton
coal washing plant for the Crabtree mine of
the Alexandria Coal Co., Greensburg, Pa.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Company,
Denver, Goio, have recently put in Wilfley
concentrating tables in the Standai'd concen-
trating mill at Wallace, Idaho. They report
having shipped four of these tables to Georgia.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
SligerCon. G. M. Co.; P. Maslin, W H.
Brown, E. A. Curtis, C. W. and W. P. Kee-
ney; capital stock, ^100,000 — *oO,000 sub-
scribed.
E.vcelsior Mining Co., San Francisco, Cal. ;
capital, *U)0,0(IO-$:J020 subscribed ; D. A. Don-
elson, C. Williams, A. T. Sherwood, G. T.
Emery, J. B. Whitney.
Deseret G. M. Jx. M. Co., Los Angeles, Cal. ;
capital, :?UiO,OUO-$9fl,Ono subscribed; J. W.
Park, Banning; R. E. Dill, F. L. Hossack, D.
D. and G. W. Whitney, Los Angeles.
Black Hawk Gravel Mining Company, San
Francisco, Cal.; capital, i§lUO,000— $4.5 sub-
scribed ; C. H. Crocker, B. B. Brewer, P. A.
Smith, H. O. Wiedero, J. W. Rooch, San
Francisco.
Recently Declared Hining Divi-
dends.
The above presents an improved Doul>lt--.l.>iinc<l Itall-lteariii^ Ilydraalic Cilant which we
build. The Imnrovement consists of the introduction ot a KhM iSenrUif; by wbich the pressure of the
water is reduced to a minimum and the direciiou of the nozzle chaoped at will with ease.
Catalogues and prices of our specialties or HVDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
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Hydraulic and River Miners Handling Boulders Can
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The Knox Patent Hydraulic Grapple.
IT WILL DO GOOD WORK AND GIVE SATISFACTION.
PRICE ACCORDING TO SIZE REQUIRED.
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WRITE FOR KATES TO
PIONEER REDUCTION CO.,
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British Columbia.
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Reports on mines, designs and snnerintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery; makes
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mill tests, and seleci.s suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
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British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has prospects for sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
slock and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park.
British Columbia Gold Mines.
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Orchard Truckn. Grape Crusbers,
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Pumps and Other Machinery.
It will pav vou to get our prices.
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TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on band a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. JW"Extra
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611 and B13 FRONT ST., San Franclaon, r»I,
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ah. p. to 200 h. p
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2 h. p. to 203 h. p.
Utah Mining Co., Utah, 3 cents per share,
12000; total to date, $175, 000.
Silver King Mining Co., Utah, 35 cents per
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Silver King, Utah, $37,500; payable Feb. 8.
The payment of this dividend, which is tlie
second that has been posted the present year,
will increase the total to $937,500.
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We claim full power, aatomatio and positive adjustment refculatlne: speed and con-
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RISDOIN IROIN \A/0RK:S
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niNERS, ATTENTION!
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We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED '
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hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
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= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
= " We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
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commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
please mention the MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
GATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKE
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still leads the -world. It has greatly cheapened the cost of macadam and ballast, and m ade low grade ores profitable
ISO large sizes shipped to South Africa.
^% I ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■ I ■ of improved designs. Nothing equal to
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The Gates Improved Vanner Concentrators.
Every appliance for the mining and milling of ores.
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February 13, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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A Great lYIining Triumph.
Capt. J. R. DeLamar, of New York City, is one of the largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
ihii world. After the most careful investigation he purchased in August. 1895, two (Jriffin Mills, and his
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words.
Nbw York, Jan. o, 1S96.
RRADLEV PULVERIZER CO. GfntUmen: — The two Oriffin Mills have been in operation now for 90 day* on the
lardest rock, with the exception of corundum, that I have ever met during my nitiiing life. They have taken the rock direct
from the brciker, and ihey .iveraRe .ibout so ton* 10 each m.ichinc, 40 me»h fine, without elevating or bulling. Wc simply put
a % me»h screen around the Griffin Mill, and the slurf comes nut 40 niesh fine or over, whitli m.ikesit an excellent pulp for
leaching by cyanide or chlorinaiiiin; iheredire we have concluded tn order 1 0 more QrJffln mils. We have tried high-speed
L stamps, and after looking into the HuniinKion Dry Pulverizer, the N.irod Pulverizer, ihe Siedman Pulveriier,
ucup, the Cook, and variou:i other dry pulverizers, unhcsiutingly recummcnd vour Griffin Mill to any one.
Yours truly, (Signed) J. K. IJkLAMAR.
.; by c
rollft and dry si
the Frisbie Lui
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
DbLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO,
.Salt Lakh City, Utah. Nov. 24, 1896.
I5RADLEY PULVERIZER CO. GentUmen :— In answer lo your inquiry as to what the "Griffin Mill" is doing at our
DeL.imar Mill, DeLamar, Nevada, we beg lo state that we ottcn run 310 tons per day with ro of your mills in opentinii, and
un one occasion these 10 niitis produced 40^ tons in one day. I have no hesitancy in slating that they will regularly piuduce
at Icosl 30 ton& per day each on our ore, which is extremely and unusually hard.
Yours very truly, , U. A. <ZOWYSii, General Manager.
These strong letters coming from such Tepresentative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the ** Griffin Mill *' will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
Let us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which will tell you all
■nboui the Mill and bring to you other evidence of its great achievements.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO., 92 state St., Boston, Mass.
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IHeARTHUR-FORRCST PROeOO
Gold Medal. Columbian Exposition. 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArtlmr-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo, A.
Anderson, General Manager; HuRh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 23
Stevenson Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPhke Building, Denver. Colorado.
Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOHIN TA'VLOFt 6k CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Assayors* /Water iai,
FURNACES. SCALES,
BALANCES.
WEIGHTS. ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEHICALS AND
CHEHICAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid, sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
HENDRIESc
BOLTtlOFf
MFt.CO.
DENVER
COLcl
H
^^.'h
8c: ■
SMELTING
■sssJ
■^^^^^H
'>^l^^^^ SUPPLIES
-EASTERN PRICES BEATEN.
SAN FRANCISCO'
r^lotieer Soreen Vl/orlc»
JOHN W. Q UICK, Prop.
Improved Facllitlesl Finest Work! lowest Prices!
Perforated Sheet MetalB. Steel, Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc. Copper and Brass Screens
for All Uses.
,*, MnraiG SCKEEHS A SPECIAITT. V
221 and 223 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
QUARTZ SCREENS
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
Homoireneous Steel, Cast \
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. Califobnla
Perforating Screen Co.. 145 and 147 Beale St., 3.F
B^Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
V»Tb City, Utah
142
Mining and Scientific Press.
February 13, 1897.
Professional Cards.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
[Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,^
De liamar, Owybee Co., Idaho.
ALMARIN B. PAUL, M. E.,
V BOOM 49, CROCKER BUILDING.
( Cor. Martet and Montgomery Sts., San Francisco.
I Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE ,
t Mining Property. Principals desiring valuable )
f quartz or gravel investments at reasonable v
} prices will do vrell to see what I may have.
* Only legitimate mining properties handled.
I J. K. EVELETH. V. H. M. MacLtmont.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
t Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses ^
of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines.
\ 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal.
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
MECHANICAL AND HTDBACLIC
ENGINEERS.
431 Market St., Cor. First St.,
\ Telephone BLACK 2403 San Francisco, Cal. ,
W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
Successor to Jehu & Ogden.
: 638 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block.
» Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals '
and their Alloys, Etc. '
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
5 School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, J
Electrical and Mining Engineering.
i Surveying. Architecture, Drawing and Assaying. <
733 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.
OPEN ALL TEAR.
A. VAN DER NAILLEN, President.
f Aasaylngof Ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorlnatlon )
Assay, $25; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Full Course (
of Assaying, $50. Established 18M.
I lar Send for Circular.
I Mining and Metallurgical Work In All \
Branches. )
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex- )
E periments on rebellious ores lor treatment by (
{ cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
[ ports upon mining properties.
H.W. H. PENNIMAN,
STATE LICENSED
1 Land, and fline Surveyor.
Late of the California Exploration Co.
(Photographic Reports and Assays of 3
Mining Property.
► OFFICE— Citizen Building, Main Street, San ^
Andreas, Cal.
RICHARD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address: Richpark.
! Crocker Building San Francisco, Cal.
/VIORG^IV <«= CO.
! ASSAYERS, REFINER5 & ORE TESTERS.
Guarantee reliable work. /
J 261 Wilson Block Los Angeles. >
CHARLES P. GRIMWOOD,
\ Mining: Engineer and Metallurgist, ]
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
T. JONES. G. M. EDMONDSON.
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYKRS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
t Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block, ^
Colorado Springs. Colo
T. D. RVLE & CO.,
issek-y&rs and C hi e rn 1
W. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex-
I pert on general mill work and amalgamation.
' Eighteen years' experienee. Will report on
: Mines and Mills, and take full ehare-e of Mlt
I Ing: Properties. Address, 133 Market St.,
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal. (
eN H. MEANS, Geologist & Mining EtgineeH
rellmlnary reports on mines to determine f
cvuvisabiUty of extended Investigation; assists c
upon ia'-ge examinations. Intricate surveying", f
and geologic work for lawsuits. Thorough ex- ?
perience. Abundant references. Anglo-Amer-
ican code. Address, lOlB Pine St.. S. P., Cal.
H. C YA/OODROwTj
Mgr. Santa Anna Gold Mining Co. >
ANGELS CAMP, CAL. >
ITVVinos anci TVlining:.)
Correspondence solicited.
Thomas ^. Ewerett, JV\.
Twenty-six years practical experience in '
■ metal mining. Will make reports upon prop- j
' erty. or furnish properties to purchasers, if ;
' desirous to invest In the Cripple Creek gold '
► district, all on short notice. <
► Keferences furnished in Denver or San Fran- (
► Cisco. Branch ofBce. Room 25. tenth floor. Mills (
; Building. San Francisco, care S. K. Thornton, j
( or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box W5, Denver, )
i Colo. Registered cable, Everett. Denver. j
I TOLEDO, LEWIS CO. <
State of Washington, U. S. A, (
Geological, exploring and prospecting work (
I in the St. Helens (Cascade Mts., State of (
Wash.) copper and gold mining region. Min-
■ ing claims, options and shares Coal lands.
I Correspondence solicited. References given (
i expected.
ROBINSON BROS.
1 CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.
p. O. Box 19-!.
USSAYERS AND MIHERAL SURVEYORS.
Mines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mail Solicited.
A. H. WARD.
-> ESTABLISHED 1869. >-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET,
SAN FKANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
[ LUCKHARDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICE ]
(INCORPOKATED.)
[36 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, Cal.)
CAREFUL ASSAYING, Analysis of Ores,
J Waters, Etc.
PRACTICAL Instruction Given in As-
J saying. CYANIOE PROCESS, Electro-Plat- '
{ ing. Etc.
HENRY E. HIGHTON, ^
i ATTORNEYand COUNSELLOR, \
Booms 36-39, \
^Fourth Floor Mills Building:, (
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. j
! Establisbed Thirty-Eight Years. Special At- S
tention Paid to Mining Business. 3
MARO F. UNDERWOOD, M. D.
[1148 gutter Street, San Francisco, Cal.
iArsenic, Mercury & Cyanide^
' POISONING
LOUIS FALKENAU,
(STATE ASSAY OFFICE, i
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores. Metals, Soils, Waters. In-
t diistrlal Products, Foods. Medicines, etc., etc.
t Court Expertlng- in all branches of Chemical (,
t Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In-
} vestlg'ation of Metallurg-lcal and Manufactur-
J ing Processes. Consultations on all questions
{ of applit^d chemistry. Instructions given in J
k assaying and all branches of chemistry.
C'^RNVER SCHOOL OP "MINES. 121.5 l.Hh SC
) Established in 18?7. Prof.F. J. Stantoi], Prlncl-
\ pal. and experienced assistants. Assayingr
\ taught for $25, In two weeks. Courses in miuer-
S alogy. metallurgy, mining, surveying, geology.
\ Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor-- v
/ respondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady
) pupils received. Investments made and in-
J formation given in reliable mining properties.
EDWARD L HALLAWELL,
115 and 117 Main Street {3iid floor),
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Millwright and Engineer.
Contractor for the erection of Stamp Mills, Roller
Mills, Reduction Works, Saw Mills (both circular
and band), Aerial Wire Rope and Surface Tram-
ways, etc., etc. Putting in machinery, shafting.
etc., of all kinds promptly attended to. Estimates
given on plants, complete, including machinery,
building material, etc.
PROSPECTING
OonI nnd IHctnl Blinlng; Blcchanlcs; BIccliDn-
Druiring; Electricity; Arcliilecliir»< ; Ar-
cliHccturnl Drftivln^ mid Dfsl)inlnur; Slfl/iin
k Eii^inccrtng — Stnltonarv, I.ocoinotlvti or Wa-
1 rlno; tlvil, nullroiul, Itrlili;.', .lEunlclpnl
llydrnullo EnglnL-crin^; Plumbing; Englbh
nrnnclics.
Blowpiping outfit and tnineral
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/ Free Circular and Book of Testi-
iiionials, stating tho subject you wiah
to study, to
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. Correspondence Schools, Scntnt«a,Fii.
Box lOUS.
IHII
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THE ROESSLER & HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Pine Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hposulpiiite of Soda
Chloride of Lime
Trade Mark. SulpllidO Of IFOD
And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
F^lnest Assav Balances.
Our Beams are the
lightest on the market,
and positively inflexible.
They are unequaled In
accuracy and sensitive-
ness. Edges and bear-
ings are of Sapphire.
All makes of balances
thoroughly repaired at
reasonable rates.
3»19 Stout Street,
DENA'fiK, COLO.
Hoskins' Patent
Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS, " '"g.KK'ilE."" •■■
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination. and Bromine Processes ol Treating
Gold Ores.
f Brown's Complete Antomatic Mill
Process.
ralLrJlLiL^ Brown's System of Mechanically
Stirred Roasting^, Cooling and
v Conveying: Furnaces. £tc.
1607-8 ManMttaii Building, Chicago, Illinois.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worts
And Chemical Laboratorj.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CaK
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN=CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Office 8 Drapers Gardens.
Laboratory and Ore Testing" Plant, 1530 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clebici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for U. S.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
THE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efllcient method of using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been in-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumption of
chemicals has also been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
Alt ores, without excepfioa, amenable to cyanide treatment can be treated to better advantage by the
Kendall Process.' This can be accepted as an axiom.
The manager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District. Utah, wires : " We now begin to
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 230 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVEK EXTK ACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
HOME MANUFACTURE.
■ FOWLER'S
Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Govering.
As a Non-Conductor, Uneqnaled.
Special Rates for Steam Boilers and Drums,
C. G. Fowler. 656-58 Howard St., S.F.
PUO YOU *-^=»tiT^#^
oweR.'*
All riglit; you need CHEAP Power. One
Cent per Horse Power per Hour is
CHEAP. Weber Gasoline Engines rim
anything. "Economy in Power" is oitr motto.
For Catalogue and tCHtimoniaU address WEBER
GAS & GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 430,
Southweat Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo
February 1 3, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
143
FRASER & CHALMERS,
Chicago, Illinois,
Have brought out a new
line of medium size
Steam Hoisting Engines,
These are designed with
great care by engineers fa=
miliar with the best
previous practice, and
knowing just what is
wanted to render sat-
isfactory service on a
mine. Do you want
such service ? Then
buy one of these im=
proved machines.
Other Special Lines
of Manufacture
On whl>'h we would be
tclad to quote are
Stamp Mills, Shoes,
Smelting Furnaces, Dies,
Cvanide Plant, Cams,
Ore Crushers, Rolls,
FrueVanner Concentrators, Jigs,
Brown Roasting Furnaces,
Huntington Mills,
Perforated Metals and Screens,
Corliss Engines,
Adams Boilers,
Riedler Air f ompressors & Pumps,
Otto Aerial Tramways.
Qualified by a Quarter Century of Experience
to render you the best of service, we invite your
inquiries and patronage.
FRASER & CHALMERS, CHICAGO, ILL,
CITY Of MEXICO.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH:
DENVER COLO.
80 BROADWAY. NEW YORK.
ORES! ORES!
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
Hoist.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Montgomery St., 5an Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction, CaL
THE
CRIPPLE CREEK
GOLD MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
IIN OOLD.
Reiiched by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
In Connection with the Denver & Rio Grande.
For Information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
Denver, Colo.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
AND BAKER CITY . .
* nining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. <fc N.
Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Union Gas or Oil ]£ng:iue and Hoist Combined, on strong iron base
No Fire.
No Steam.
No Boiler. No Danger.
TEN "iTErtRS' E.JCF>ERIENCE.
/\t>out T\A/€> Thousand Eng;lnos In Use.
Started instantly. Compact, strong, simple, efficient, economical. Perfectly governed, so
that oil is used only in proportion to the work done. No expense when idle.
Particularly Adapted to Mining and Ship and Wharf Use.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND STATE H. P. DESIRED.
Union Gas Engine Company,
314 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Fred F. Connor,
Gen'I Agent.
TICKET Office,
630 Market St.
WE ARE NOW MAKING
The Best Tank
ON THE MARKET
And Selling at
Prices Lower Than Ever.
IF INTERESTED, SEND FOR
CIRCULAR AND PRICES.
Pacific
Manufacturing
Company,
SANTA CLARA, - CAL.
HEADQUARTERS.
Genuine Engllsi Pomp leather
For Heavy Mining- Pump Buckets. Will
outwear any oilier material and give beat
satisfaction. Samples furnished on appU
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO.. Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F.
Dynamos for Electric Lighting and Depositing Metals.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacltlo Coast* '
FOR TUB WEEK ENDING FUBRDAHY 2, 1887.
576.422.— Steam Scraper— J. Austin, S. F.
576.086.— Music Tuiinbr -J. F. Blasauf. S. F.
576.427.— Typb- Writing Macqink— J. Bonner.
Tlburon.Cal.
376.515.— Timber Raft— a. J. Buroham, Woodland,
Cal.
076.6i6 —Sash Lock— rarson &. Paterson. S. F.
576.OP0.— Rotary Engine— R. S. Case, Pasadena,
Cal.
576;J80.— Building Block— E. G. Durant, Pasa-
dena, Cal.
576,109.— Wrench— W. G. Gllmour, Oakland. Ogn.
576,315.— Stove and Cank—C. V. Gordon, Los.An-
Kcles, Cal.
.S76.3(i8.— Rread Cutter— J. Habric. S. F.
578,118.— Extracting Gold, Etc.— W. F. Heaih-
man, Santa Ana. Cal.
576,315.— Shading Pen—*. O. Horlon. Bridge, Ogn.
576.i*JO.— Can-Making Machine— K.D. Hume, Gold
Beach, Ogn.
576.121.- Can-Making Machine— R.D. Hume, Gold
Bt-ach, Ugn.
576.122.— Can-Making Machine— R. D. Humo,Gold
Beach, Ogn.
576.123.- CA^-HBADING MACHINE— R. D. Hume,
Gold Beach, Ogn.
576,121— Cutting Machine— R. D. Hume, Gold
Beach, Ogn.
576,125.— Can-Heading Machine— R. D. Hume,
Gold Beach, Ogn.
576.19.5.— Separator— R. W. Jessup, S. F.
576,129.— Advertising Device— L. Jullg. S. F.
.")76,i31— Current WnEEtv— a. Kruse, S. F.
576,272.— Hydrocarbon Burner— J. E. Larson,
Lo8 Angples, Cal.
576, i;i8.— Lemon Squeezer— F. R. Miner, LosAn-
Rcles, Cal.
576.231.— Steering Gear— F. E. Sohofleld, Everett
Wash.
576.283.— Car FENDER— I. O. Stephens, Oakland,
Cal.
576,170.— Manufacturing Gas— J. L. Stewart,
576,491.— Car Fend Bit— E. West, S. F.
Note.— Copiee of U. S. and Foreign patents fur-
nished by Dewey &, Co. In the shorlest time possible
{by mall for telegraphic order). American and
Forelg-n patents obtained, and general patent busl-
0688 for Paclflc Coast inventors transacted with
perfect security, at reasonable rates, and in the
shortest possible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention :
Car Fender.— Ira O. Stephens, Oakland,
Cal., assignor of one-half interest to Charles
L. Clough, San Francisco, Cal. No. 576,383.
Dated Feb. 2, 1897. This invention relates
to that class of car fenders in which an inde-
pendently acting spring or yielding bars are
employed. It consists essentially of inde-
pendent curved-spring yielding bars, project-
ing outwardly from the front of the car, to
which the uoper ends are attached, having
rear extensions underlying them and adapted
to move lineally, with stops to limit the
amount of movement. These underlying bars
have shoes fixed to their forward ends to
form a ridingsurface when the device is de-
pressed to form contact with the roadway.
Bread Cutter.— Jules Habrie, San Fran-
cisco, Cal. No. 576,308. Dated Feb. 3, 1897.
This invention relates to a device which is
especially adapted for cutting bread and other
substances into slices. It consists essentially
of a trough or guide to receive the bread, a
shaft journaled longitudinally above the
trough, a cam-shaped cutting blade fixed to
the shaft, transverse guides secured at oppo-
site ends to the frame and spanning the
trough and between which the blade is mov-
able, a feed board projecting upwardly into
the trough behind the loaf or article to be cut,
having a rack fixed to it, a transverse shaft,
a pinion on one end to engage the rack, a
ratchet wheel fixed upon the opposite end of
the shaft, a spring-actuated pawl engaging
the ratchet wheel, a cam fixed on the main
shaft and intermediate mechanism actuated
by the cam, whereby the pawl is oscillated
backward and forward to turn the ratchet
wheel and thus advance the loaf or article to
be cut by successive movements previous to
each cut made by the knife. The knife is
preferably in the shape of a cam, fixed to the
longitudinal top shaft, and when moved down-
ward it makes a drawing cut, which is very
effective in cleanly slicing the bread or other
article which is being cut. The cutter is so
made that it ordinarily will not cut entirely
through the loaf, but will just leave the lower
crust connected at one point, so that the
slices remain attached together; but if it is
desired to cut entirely through, a false bot-
tom can be placed in the trough, having a
transverse channel into which the knife en-
ters, and the cut will then be complete.
Separator. — Robert W. Jessup, Los An-
geles, Cal., assignor of one-half interest to
Fairfax H. Whs 'Ian, San Francisco, Cal. No.
576,195. Dated Feb. 2, 1897. This invention
relates to that class of separators employing
screens arranged in series in a passage pro-
vided with directing and stop plates whereby
the material is delivered to the successive
screens and the particles are kept apart. It
is particularly adapted to separation from
wheat of oats, chess, sweet clover, mustard
and other small kernels. It consists essen-
tially in the combination of a screen composed
of parallel-spaced needles, having a fixed con-
nection at one end, and thence extending
separate and independent to the other end,
and free at said end, said needles being pliant
and springy and adapted to vibrate under the
contact of the material and its passage over
them, an inclined directing plate in front of
the screen to deliver the material to it and an
inclined stop-plate behind the screen to keep
apart the separated materials.
144
Mining and Scientific Press.
February 13, 189T.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOB
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Portable Saw Mills.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
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Boston, Mass. New Yorfe, N. Y. Syracuse, N. Y.
Pittsburg, Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Dallas, Texas.
CMcago, 111. Detroit, Mich. New Orleans. La.
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Buffalo, N. Y. Philadelphia Pa. Baltimore, Md.
Cincinnati, O. Columbus. O. Nashville, Tenn.
St. Louis, Mo.
S^WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wlieels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
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Send for a FampUet of eltber
Wieel and write full partlculaxs.
JAMES LEFFEL& CO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
The accompanying cut shows the general ar-
rangement of Knight's Standard Water Wheel,
of which there are hundreds In nse in different
States of the Union.
These Wheels are made from 3 feet to 6 feet in
diameter, from 10 to lOOO-horse power, and
adapted to all heads and purposes.
Wheels inclosed in iron cases, from 6 to 34
Inches.
Wheels for electrical power can be furnished
y> ^with or without Governors. Highest regala-
^Jtion guaranteed.
Address all communications to
KNIGHT & CO., Sutter Creek, Cal., or,
RISDON IRON WORKS, Agents, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
For full particulars, send for descriptive catalogue.
WRITE
FOE
CATALOGUE
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OAS
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ENGINES.
Cross-Compound Steam Enginesand^Whirlpool" Centrifugal Pumps
For Irrigation, Drainage. Dredging, Mining, Etc. Capacities from 50 to 50,000
Gallons Per Minute.
BYRON JACK:S0IV TVV/ICHIINE lA/ORKS,
625 Sixth Street 5a„ Francisco.
INo. O
Single Circular.
4000-6000 feet
per day.
INo. :2
DouWe Circular,
15,000-20,000 ft.
per day.
Alaska Treadwell
Gold Mining Co.
San Francisco.
Feb. 20, 1S90.
Vulcan Iron IForfcs,
Gentlemen: Our
Double Circular
Saw Mill of about
20.000 feet daily ca-
pacity, for wnich
you made plans
and built the ma-
chinery complete.
Including- a set of
three G-lnch beam
Vulcan Head
Blocks. tiO-inch
opening, has given
ua complete satisfaction in every
respect, Respectful'y.
Alaska Trbaijivell Gold M. Co
A. T. CORBus, Sec'y.
Mining
Companies
Otber Consumers
of Lumber at
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rMarket Reports.
The Markets.
San Pbancisco, Feb. 11, 1897.
With more settled weather business begins
to improve, but no large moveinent of goods
to interior points is looked for until the roads
become passable. Jobbers are quite confident
that a large increase in the volume of goods
going out will set in soon, and continue to in-
crease well into March and April. In manu-
facturing circles there is a confident feeling
that . when the new season business thor-
oughly opens there will be more orders than
ever before. This is particularly the case
with manufacturers of mining machinery,
structural material, etc. The tariff question
seems to be losing its unfavorable influence
with receipt of semi-official information re-
garding its general character. It is stated
that the new bill will be more conservatively
drawn than many party leaders thought pos-
sible. This of itself is calculated to allay
mistrust and create the impression that for
the next four years, at least, there will not
be any more tinkering with the tariff. Had
a radical, high-protection bill been decided on
it is quite certain that before two years
changes would have to be made, owing to this
country's progress in manufactures and other
industries.
The prospects of a bountiful crop of wheat
and a very large increase in the surplus avail-
able for export are having an unfavorable effect
on prices for forward shipments of coal, iron,
etc., imported from Europe ; also for coal ship-
ments from Australia after May next. It is
argued that the big crop will draw ships to
us which will bring inward cargoes at low
freights so as to get outward cargoes at fair
to good prices.
In the local money market there is nothing
new to report. In the absence of free ship-
ments of products to the East and a continued
good demand for New York exchange, the
premium for Eastern exchange holds strong.
There is very little inquiry for funds, and no
improvement in the demand is looked for un-
til after the first week of March. It is quite
freely asserted that there will be more activ-
ity in the market than for several years, pro-
vided nothing occurs to disturb the growing
feeling of confidence. The Eastern money
markets continue to work on easy lines, with
the available surplus in funds not showing
any signs of decreasing. London sterlings at
New York has firmed up for long bills, owing
to a continued growing ease in the London
markets. Discounts have dropped there to a
rate of l^g per cent per year for call loans. At
New Yoi-k last loans reported were at the
rate of 1^ per cent a year for call loans.
New York Silver Frlcea.
New Yoke, Feb. 11. — Following are the clos-
ing prices for the week :
, Silver in .
London. iV. Y.
Friday 29=^ 64?^
Saturday 299i 54^
Monday 299i 64;!^
Tuesday . . : 29%. M%
Wednesday 29 11-16 Qifa
Thursday 29 11-16 Qi%
Copper. Lead.
Friday 12 00 3 20
Saturday 12 00 3 20
Monday 12 00 3 25
Tuesday 12 00 3 25
Wednesday ..12 00 3 25
l7'on. Tm.
11 00® 13 00 13 45
11 00@13 00 13 45
11 00@13 00 13 45
11 00@13 00 13 40
U OOmiS 00 13 45
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
.tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Ctommeroial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Dratt 22HcPrem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 25c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.86 J^
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers 84.88i4
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 64?^
Mexican Dollars Sli4@52
SILVER.— New York mail advices report
that for the week ending February 6 1,200,000
ounces of silver bullion were exported. In our
market the demand has been more quiet, as it
has at the East. The easing off in the price
does not cause any surprise, but before the
spring months pass better prices are looked
for.
Pixley & Abell report shipments of silver to
India, China and the Straits as follows for the
year to February 1, compared with the corre^
spending period of last year ;
Year. India.. China, Straits, Total.
1897 £253,000 £14,550 £267,550
Corresponding
period last year 234,498 12,400 55,200 302,098
It appears that quite large shipments of
silver are made direct from Australia to the
East without passing through London. Al-
most all the silver shipped by the Broken Hill
Proprietary Company goes to the East, being
reshipped at Colombo. Last year about 7,000,-
000 ounces was thus sent. In addition to this,
the shipments from San Francisco to the East
direct last year were something like 8,000,000
ounces.
MEXICAN DOLLARS. — The market is
quiet but steady. The China demand will
commence again after the current week.
ANTIMONY.— Our market is quoted at 7J^
@8c in a jobbing way. New York mail ad-
vices quote 7Xc for Cookson's, ti^@65^c for
Ballett's and 6J^c for Japanese.
COPPER. — The market is very strong with
a further advance looked for. New York ad-
vices report a strong upward tendency.-
Under date of the 3rd inst., D. Houston &
Co., 23 Piatt street. New York, say; During
the past month a very large business has been
done in Lake and Electrolytic, and consumers
have shown great interest in the market.
The Calumet & Hecla have sold freely at dif-
ferent stages of the market at prices varying
from liy^^llVa consecutively. Although these
transactions have not been in the nature of a
"pool " sale, the amount disposed of by this
company will aggregate about 10.000,000
pounds. In addition thereto, the Calumet &
Hecla has sold largely for export to the conti-
nent. The course of the market has fully
justified our conviction stated in our last cii'-
cular that copper would sell at 13 cents before
the present issue. Sales have been made re-
peatedly at 13 cents the past month by differ-
ent producers, and the quantity placed at
these figures has been considerable. That the
market rests on a substantial foundation is in-
disputable, and we incline to the belief that
the price of, copper is likely to reach a higher
level still. ' Large orders have been placed
with manufacturers for copper wire for elec-
trical purposes, against which heavy pur-
chases of copper have been made. The season
for activity in electrical improvements is close
at hand, and new work in connection with
trolley roads, telephone lines and electric
lighting is going to create a decided demand
for copper to furnish the wire necessary to
complete these projected schemes throughout
this country and Europe.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing 14V4@- —
Ingot, wholesale (&\Z^
Sbeet copper (rfil7
Bolt Ji & 5-16, 20c; 96 and larger, 17c
QUICKSILVER.— The market is firm at
$37.50 from the syndicate, but there are few
outside lots, aggregating about 100 to 300
flasks, that can be had at a slight concession.
New York is quoted firm, with outside lots
getting scarcer. These sell at 51 to 53 cents,
while the syndicate hold at 53 to 54 cents.
London is stronger with outside lots cleaning
up and the market advancing to Rothschild's
recent advance of 5s.
The market is quoted as follows :
Domestic trade, per flask 37 50
For export, quotations are nominal but less
than for home.
BORAX.— There is nothing new to report
in our market.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 5
Refined, in sacks 4^
Powdered, in car lots 4V4
Concentrated. " 5
LEAD.— A further advance has taken place
with the markets at home and abroad closing
strong, with the tendency to still better fig-
ures.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows :
ynilNIING AeSESSTWEISTS.
Company and Location.
No.
Ami.
Levied
Deting't
Alma G M Co, Cal
. 1..
. 6c..
..Feb 9
.Mar 13.
Andes S M Co, Nev
.48..
.lOc.
.Peb 1.
.Mar 8.
Anita GM Co, Cal
.12..
. 5c..
..Dec 21
.Feb 1.
Best & Belcher M Co. Nev . .
.61..
.25c..
.Jan 26
.Mar 2.
Conadence G M & M Co, Co.
. 1..
.lOc.
.Jan 19
.Feb 27.
Eurelia Con Drift M Co, Cal.
7..
. 60..
.Jan 20
.Feb 26.
Eureka Con IH Co, Nev
.14 .
.25c..
..Jan 18.
.Feb 23..
Gold Hill M Co, Cal
.11..
.25c..
.Jan 8.
.Feb 15.
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal
.«..
. 5c. .
..Dec 23.
.Jan 30.
Hartmann Mining Co, Cal...
1,
. 6o..
.Deo 22.
.Feb 1.
JamisonMCo
D
. 5c..
-Nov 27.
.Feb 24.
Julia Con M Co. Nev
,2«,.
. 5c..
.Jan 21
.Feb 26.
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal
. 5..
.10c. ,
.Jan 14.
.Feb 25.
Mineral Hill M & S Co, Cal.
. 1..
. 5c .
Jan 4.
.Feb 15.
Occidental Con M Co, Nev. .
.36..
.lOc.
.Feb 10.
.Mar 16.
Reward 6 M Co, Cal
1H
. 2c..
.feb 6.
Mar 11.
ThorpeMCo, Cal
. S..
. 5c..
.Jan 13.
.Feb 23.
Utah Con M Co, Nev
.Hi..
. 60..
.Jan 14.
Feb 17..
and Site. Secretary.
-Mar 29 DGutmann, 320 San some
. Mar 31 Jno W Twiggs, 309 Montgomery
-Feb 18 LP Reichling, 404 Montgomery
. Mar 23 M Jaffe. BOd Montgomery
■ Mar 20 F Aureguy, 320 Sansome
• Mar 20 DM Kent, 330 Pine
• Mar 15 H P Bush, 134 Market
■ Mar 4 C A Grow, Mills Bldg
■ Feb 23 W J Gurnett, 308 Pine
.Feb 23 G W Peer, 4 Montgomery
■ Apr 21 SamWCheyney, 120 Sutter
.Mar 19 J Sladtfeldt Jr, 309 Montgomery
■ Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
.Mar 25 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
■ Apr 6 A KDurbrow, 309 Montgomery
■ Mar 27 WW Backus, Mills Bldg
.Mar 15 A F Frey, 44 Phelan Building
-Mar 8 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
LUMBER.— There is nothing new to re-
port.
Redwood, Fluming .17 00 @
Pine 14 00 @ 19 00
Spruce 26 00 @ 31 00
NAILS. — The market is barely steady, even
at the low prices quoted.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " 82 20
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, '■ " 2 00
POWDER.— The demand is fair.
The market is quoted as follows :
Hercules, No. l*, per pound ll^^c
No. 2. " " 8Hc
Mining Share Market.
3 75
Pig
Bar — ® 4 00
Sheet — @ 5 25
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT.— -There is a stronger tone to the mar-
ket.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs . . .$1 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 45
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " " , . . 1 45
TIN.— The general situation is unchanged.
Pig seems to be strengthening, but plates are
very irregular.
We quote as follows :
Pig, per lb 14i/aC@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box $4 Oa@ —
" " " light, " 3 95® —
IRON— The market is reported essentially
unchanged. There is quite a stock of foreign
pig here with good shipments on the way. At
the East the markets are decidedly mixed with
the outlook rather uncertain. A leading New
York exchange reportingon the situation says:
"A gentleman who has large interests in tbe
iron and steel industry tells us that the
wholesale breaking up of pools in that industry
will not prove to be permanent. His opinion
is that these various associations have been
dissolved simply to let the situation adjust
itself pending the settlement of tariff ques-
tions and other matters. It does not seem
likely that any change will be made in tbe
tariff as far as manufacturers of steel are con-
cerned, but it is obvious that the absence of
combinations and an apparently free-for-all
condition of things is better while the tariff
Is under consideration than would be the
spectacle of half a dozen or a dozen pools scat-
tered all through the trade. As regards the
ore question, he believes that before very
long another ore pool will be formed, but there
is no hurry in forming it as navigation will
not open for some weeks.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive, Spot.
Sloss 821 00 $23 50
Thomas 2300 2350
Salisbury 30 00 33 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 i23 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 23 00
COAL. — The general situation is praetically
unchanged. The demand and offerings seem
to be fairly equal.. The future of the market
will depend largely on the wheat crop out-
turn. Present advices indicate a very large
surplus.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON. '
Wellington $8 00®
Greta 6 00® 6 50
Nanaimo 6 50@ 7 00
Giiman 5 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 50© 6 00
Coos Bay @ 5 00
Cannel 8 00®
Egg, hard 12 00@13 00
Wallsend ® 6 50
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 00
West Hartley 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot, in bulk 10 00 ®
" in sacks U 00 @ 12 00 Mine well developed,
Cumberland @ [
San Francisco, Feb. 11, 1897.
The market has hung around S3.0o for Con.
Virginia, while the balance of the list slowly
settled. There are enough bull points out of
a coming deal to promote much higher prices,
but the market acts in such a way as not to
create confidence with conservative operators
that the points are correct, at least for a
near-by move of much moment. At present
attention is drawn to Con. Virginia, and the
prospects are largely exaggerated, but what
they may result in it is hard to say. The
writer will venture the opinion that not much
if any wider vein will be found than is now
being worked, unless work should be pushed
further west. When the present showing is
developed it is not at all likely but the ore
will nearly pay expenses. It is beginning to
be discussed who is superintendent of Con.
Virginia. Some say Lyman and others say a
writer on an afterooon paper. At any rate,
the latter is getting considerable credit; so
he did when the famous, but ill-fated finan-
cially, Jim Rule drift was run. A rumor is
current that a combination has been formed to
drain the American Flat mines, lying to the
south of Overman. It is stated that D. O.
Mills and Francis Newland have lent their
names to the undertaking. That these mines
will be drained is not doubted, for they are
rich in minera', but how soon is an open ques-
tion. The writer will place himself on record
as asserting that the Comstock mines will be
pumped out and work carried on below the
water level. He will also assert that the west
lode will be shown up and dividends paid by
some of its companies. He will also affirm
that the millions of tons of low-grade ore on
the Comstock lode will be extracled and milled
at a good profit. He will also assert that the
Comstock Tunnel will be extended west, and
both its north and south lateral tunnels be
extended still further, besides which lateral
tunnels will be run to develop the Brunswick
and one or two more lodes. How soon the
above work will be started, and whether as a
whole or by sections, the writer will not
hazard an opinion; but in the course of time
it will all be dooe, and it will cost big money,
which must come out of shareholders.
] From the Comstock mines the official letters
are as barren of news as a skeleton is of flesh,
and they are equally as fascinating for assess-
ment-wracked shareholders to feast their
eyes upon. When there will be a change for
the better it is hard to say ; but with so much
active exploiting work going on from one end
of the lode to the other, there is apt, but not
at all likely until insiders have about all the
shares, to be important strikes which would
lend new interest to official advices. In Alta
they appeared to have dodged the Keystone
vein, but have not been so successful in dodg-
ing an assessment. In Caledonia they are
working on the 1100-foot level. No change of
work in Overman. They continue to kill time
and spend money. From Seg. Belcher and
Belcher the old stereotyped letters come to
hand. They do not give any particulars re-
garding work or how much rich ore they are
developing. Crown Point's letters are more
satisfactory, so far as concerns the work, but
is unsatisfactory so far as concerns ore strikes
or prospective strikes. Work is unchanged.
In Yellow Jacket and Confidence no change is
reported in the work. The latter is still tak-
ing out a few tons of ore each week while
working to avoid developing the west lode.
No work is reported by Challenge. The long
joint west crossdrift that is being run by Con-
fidence, Challenge and Con. Imperial is again
in hard material. From Alpha and Bullion no
change comes to hand. In Potosi they are
still fooling around on the upper levels. No
work is being done by Chollar. In Hale &
Norcross they are working on the 700, SCO and
900 foot levels. Between the two former they
have been repairing the shaft, and from the
latter they are upraising. From Savage,
Gould & Curry and Best &. Belcher nothing
new has come to hand. The center of attrac-
tion is at present the upraise in Con. Virginia
from the 16o0-foot level and the work on the
twenty-sixth floor of the 17o0-foot level. It
looks very much as if it will result in rainbow
chasing. The 1000-foot level bears closer
watching than the other two levels, but it
will take time yet. In Ophir they are still
exploiting the central tunnel and 1000-foot
levels. They appear careful not to find any-
thing of much value. The usual prospecting
work is being done by Mexican on the 1000-
foot level. Union on the 900-foot level and
Sierra Nevada in the Layton tunnel.
From the Brunswick lode nothing of an ex-
citing character comes to hand. Occidental
has levied another assessment, so as to pro-
vide the "sinews of war" to prosecute work
on the levels reported last week. Chollar ex-
tracted, raised and milled 72 tons of ore last
week. Work is being done below the 200-foot
level, where they were in a 3-foot vein assay-
ing over §45 a ton. They are working above
and below the 300-foot level. On the 400-foot
level they are upraising and also driving the
south drift ahead. On the 550-foot level they
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL. INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
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reported by Savage, Con. Virginia, Best &
Belcher and Gould & Curry is practically un-
changed.
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California: location of works, Virginia District.
Storey County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
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18i)7, an assessment (No. 61) of 25 centsper share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable Immediately in United States gold coin, to
the Secretary, at the office of the company, Room 'i'6,
Nevada block, No. S09 Montgomery street, San Fran-
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was levied upon the capital siock of the corpora-
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Rooms 20 and 22. Nevada block. 309 Montgomery
street, San Francisco, California.
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will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
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Vice-royal for an armed force to guard the transporta-
tion of a shipment of gold dust valued at over $2,000,-
000, from a place some miles north of Santa Fe to the
Mexican capital. Ancient workings show that cen-
turies before the date mentioned gold was produced
from that region in enormous quantities. Many who
have given the subject some attention say that the
La Belle district, Taos Co., New Mexico, is the oldest
mining community in the United States. Ancient evi-
dences of mining indicate principally placer work, but
quartz ledges are receiving the most present atten-
has made that entire country very easy of access.
The railroads of Colorado are a big factor in the de-
velopment of that State. Unlike our California
roads, they reach into every little camp, make the
most favorable rates as an inducement to business,
and superbly advertise the mineral resources of the
State. Like the Mormons in Utah, long ago, our
California railroad people seem afraid that the world
will find out the surpassing mineral wealth of the
Golden State and sedulously refrain from mention of
mines in their meager publications. The Denver
Mew JVlexican Gold Fields.
In the present universal quest for gold, the
traditions of ancient mining ground are remem-
bered and every prehistoric point is exploited
anew. Our California gold mines go back
through fifty years, but we write herewith of
a region that yielded gold to the crude efforts of
aboriginal miners before the first voyage of Co-
lumbus. Reference is made to the gold fields of
New Mexico. There is extant a document dated
prior to the uprising of 1680, signed by the
commandante at Santa Fe, asking the Mexican
THE DENMARK MINE, LA BELLE, NEW MEXtCO.
tion. Abundance of wood and water and a genial cli-
mate make work easier for the prospector and miner,
and quite recently one of Colorado's leading railways
and Gulf Road, of which B. L. Winchell is Gen. Pass.
Agt., has a line almost into the La Belle district,
and runs from Trinidad in southeastern Colorado to
Vasquez, N. M., a few miles north of La Belle.
The accompanying views are from the company's
most recent brochure, entitled "La Belle Gold
Fields, and Trinidad the Gateway."
Since the settlement of the Maxwell land grant
difficulty there is an influx of prospectors. The
ore is hematitic, changing to sulphides as depth is
reached. The breast of a 500-foot tunnel in the
Denmark is in $17 ore; the Climax shows a 14-foot
vein of $9 ore. The free gold will be treated at La,
Belle; the concentrates and base ore will be shipped
to Trinidad, the natural gateway to that part of
New Mexico, a young city where water, coal, iron
ore and railroad connection justify its claim to be-
ing the metropolis of southern Colorado.
THE CLIMAX MINE, LA BELLE, NEW MEXICO.
Imports and Exports of Gold and Silver.
The U. S. Bureau of Statistics reports some
interesting figures as to the exports and imports
of gold and silver for 1895 and 1896. In 1895 there
was imported of gold $1,310,448 and exported $15,-
481,347, while in 1896 the imports exceeded the ex-
ports, the former being $2,567,115 and the latter
$405,856. As to silver there has been little rela-
tive change during the two years under review.
The exports in 1895 were $5,159,537 against im-
ports of $883,489. In 1896 the exports were $6,-
819,545 against imports of $1,279,801. -•-
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— The Denmark Mine, La Belle, New Mexico;
The OUmax Mine, La Belle, New Mexico, 140. Improved Engine
Lathe, 156.
EDITORIAL— New Mexican Gold Fields; Imports and Exports of
Gold and Silver, 149. Mine Inspectors: The Mine Jumper's Para-
dise; The Age of the Gold-Bearing Gravels of the Sierras; An
Opening for California Building Stones, 150.
MINING SUMMARY.— Prom the Various Counties of Oalitornia,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 154-5.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Refractory Clays; Philosophy of Color
in Light; Candle Power; A New Source of Power; The Planet
Jupiter; A Renovated Coach, 156.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— Improved Engine Lathe; Reduction
in Cost of Manufacturing, 156.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Electrification of Air by Roentgen
Rays, 156. Electric Ship Lighting, 157.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— The Russian Oil Export In 1896;
Cost of a Piece of Track; A Concurrent Resolution; Great Iron
Manufacturing Plant ia Prance; To Establish an Iron Foundry in
Chili; Elements Entering into the Cornstalk, 157.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Markets; Coal and
Coke; Mining Share Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board ;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 166.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 15r. Outline of the Geology of
California with Reference to Its Mineral Deposits; Rapid-Drop
Stamps, 152. The West Kootenay Mines; Ore Atomic Process;
How to Thaw Powder; National Miners' Bureau of Information,
153. Coast Industrial Notes; Book Notices; Commercial Para-
graphs; Recent California Mining Incorporations; Personal; Re-
cently Declared Mining Dividends, 159.
An Opening for California Building Stones.
The authorities of the State University of Cali-
fornia are taking a step that will be of practical
value to those interested in buildinf? stones and will
do much to show the value of the resources in that
direction.
It is entirely probable that for many years to come
the authorities of the State University will be con-
cerned with the erection of new buildings. That
these new structures will be on a scale befitting the
dignity of the institution and of the State of Cali-
fornia is assured by the call for competitive plans
which has been issued by the Board of Regents to
architects the world over. This competition has
been rendered immediately possible by the enlight-
ened generosity of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, who a few
months ago gave $15,000 to advance the project and
thus secure designs from the most eminent archi-
tects of our time.
In the construction of the new buildings, stone will
be largely used; and in view of the fact that so little
is yet known of the possibilities of the building stones
of California, the Department of G-eology of the Uni-
versity has been requested, so far as the means at
its command will permit, to make a collection of the
building stones of the State so that they may be
available for examination and choice in determining
the stones to be used in construction. Prof. Lawson
has begun this work of assembling the building
stones of the State at Berkeley and invites the co-
operation of quarrymen in making the collection as
complete and representative as possible. From
quarries or outcrops where quarries are possible,
and where the stone is fairly uniform, it is desired to
secure two blocks of stone — one a twelve-inch cube
dressed diiierently on different faces to show the
qualities of the stone and a four-inch cube similarly
dressed for the museum shelves and showcases. In
cases where the rock has ornamental qualities and
varies in texture and color, as in the marble quarries,
several such blocks would be required to represent
fairly the stone. In cases where, owing to special
structures, the stone appears to better advantage
as slabs or columns, these are also desired. These
samples properly cut by skilled masons may be sent
by freight to the geological museum of the University
at Berkeley, where they will be made part of the
permanent economic exhibit as soon as the necessary
accommodations are provided for the museum. In
cases where there are ledges of promising rock, upon
which no quarrying has been done, and advice is de-
sired as to the most advantageous opening to be
made, it is possible that arrangements may be made
whereby Prof. Lawson may visit the ground and ad-
vise as to. the character of rook, extent, structural
features, etc.
Mine Inspectors.
There has been introduced in the California Legis-
lature by Prisk in the Senate and Robinson in the
Assembly a bill to provide for the appointment by
the Governor of a Mining Inspector, who shall be a
practical underground miner, in each Congressional
district in the State. The duties of these inspectors
are defined as follows ;
It shall be the duty of such inspector to examine
the underground works of every operated mine, so
as to ascertain its safety ; to inspect its machinery,
modes of ventilation, ladders, roads, supports and
modes of exit, and, in case he believes that any of the
same is insufficient, or dangerous, to notify the super-
intendent of such mine, or the owners thereof, and in
case such notice remains unheeded by said superin-
tendent or owner, such owner or person employing
labor therein shall be liable to his employes and their
legal representatives for any accident or injury
caused or promoted by the failure to attend to such
notice, and the fact that the danger was known to
such employes shall be no defense against such lia-
bility.
It would seem that, in order to make the work of
the inspectors of real value, some provision should be
made to force the mine superintendents or owners
to remedy the defects when pointed out.
The statute providing that there shall be in each
mine two means of egress has been ignored in many
oases. In respect to enforcing this law, the proposed
mine inspectors should be able to do good work, even
under the bill as drawn. It may be said that in a
large majority of the mines of the West the superin-
tendents and owners exercise a careful watch for the
safety and comfort of their miners. Not only are all
reasonable precautions taken against accidents, but
the mines are ventilated as well as the circumstances
will permit. Self-interest should induce all to do
this, but unfortunately there is a small proportion of
miner owners for whom stringent laws are neces-
sary, and it is toward such that the proposed bill is
directed.
It is probably best that in the proposed bill large
powers are not given the inspectors at first. The
measure is to an extent an experiment, and a trial
will show in what direction there should be changes
made by future legislatures.
The Mine Jumper's Paradise.
A correspondent writing from Kern county, Cali-
fornia, says that, owning a mining claim the title to
which seemed shaky through careless recording, he
had it relocated in the name of the new owners Janu-
ary 1, 1896, the notice reading " beginning at this
initial monument situated at the shaft of the .
mine, and well known as the old shaft on the so-
called mine and running due east, etc." The
exact point of compass was noted for future survey.
At the beginning of this year the mine was jumped
and taken possession of on the grounds that the as-
sessment work had not been done in 1896— the year
of location — and that proper monuments were not
put up marking the claim. Those who jumped the
property did not claim that the assessment work
should have been done under the old title, but under
that of the location of January 1, 1896, and, of
course, that objection need not be considered here.
But as to their other contention that proper monu-
ments had not been put up to mark the boundaries
of the claim — is there any one miner familiar with
the methods of locating mining claims, or mining
lawyer, who can tell what would be the result of a
suit brought in the premises ?
The Mining and Scientific Press is often asked
what shall constitute a proper marking of a mining
claim on location, and can only say that, to be on the
sate side, it is best to put a monument on every
corner and two or more on the vein. Until the State
Legislature of California shall prescribe what shall
constitute a proper marking, there will be confu-
sion. It was hoped that the mining members of the
present Legislature would take some steps toward
securing the passage of a bill making this provision.
Unless there are adopted good laws on this sub-
ject, the troubles caused by jumpers and black-
mailers who locate around new discoveries, cutting
oft rights of way, will increase largely in the near
future with the increased activity and interest in
mining, and California will become the mine jumper's
paradise.
The Age of the Qold-Bearing Gravels of
the Sierras.
Owing to the romance connected with the aurifer-
ous gravels lying along the western slope of the
Sierra Nevada mountains and the importance they
have been to the State, the country and to the world
through their great yields of gold, there has been
devoted to them more attention by geologists than
probably their value, from a scientific point of view,
would have warranted. More "theories," probably,
have been promulgated by prospectors, miners, dab-
blers in geology and others in reference to these de-
posits than as to any others in the world. Of these,
the old " blue lead " theory — the idea that there was
an ancient channel running along the Sierras north
and south, across which the preseat rivers have out
— has been one of the most popular. Geologists have
shown that the old streams, in a general way, fol-
lowed the directions of the present streams. Owing
to discovery of supposed vertebrate remains, many
have considered the deposits of much more recent
formation than they really are.
In a recent article in the Journal of Geology, Mr.
Waldemar Lindgren of the United States Geological
Survey gives an excellent summary of the evidences
gained during his extended work on the gold belt,
which bear upon the age and history of the aurifer-
ous gravels. They have been found not to belong to
one continuous period of deposition, but to several,
and it has been his object to discriminate those of
each period and determine their age. All students
on this subject from Whitney down have been obliged
to work at a disadvantage in having very few organic
remains besides plants to guide them.
He shows that during the later Cretaceous and
early Tertiary erosion was actively going on. The
earliest and deepest gravels date from the close of
the Eocene or the beginning of the Miocene.
During the Miocene broad valleys were excavated,
and toward its close, during the deposition of the
lone formation, the great mass of the auriferous
gravels were formed.
The extensive eruptions of volcanic material are
supposed to close the gravel period. In Mr. Lind-
gren's classification the Pliocene is considerably con-
tracted, and it is supposed to have closed with the
last of the flows of Andesitic lava. The filling period,
the Pleistocene, leading down to the present time,
was one of active erosion, resulting in the deep can-
yons dissecting the ancient aurifc/rous channels.
Lindgren differs from Whitney in making the main
body of the auriferous growth of Miocene, rather
than Pliocene, age ; but this comes partly from the
fact that he has included within the Miocene deposits
which some geologists are more inclined to consider
belong in the Pliocene. The determination ot that
point has, however, a greater technical than practi-
cal interest.
This work in the gold belt is certainly beset with
great difficulties, and it may be some time before all
differences are settled.
According to Lindgren, the history of the Sierra
Nevadas has been in general as follows:
1. In early Cretaceous the Sierra block separated
by a fault line from the great basin area.
2. Through the Cretaceous and Eocene continued
degradation.
3. Slight depression in Eocene or lower Miocene,
with the formation of the oldest and deepest aurifer-
ous gravels.
4. In later Miocene rhyolitic eruption and contin-
ued accumulation of gravels (main gravel period).
5. Andesitic eruptions and elevation ot the range.
6. Rapid erosion, followed by basaltic eruptions,
cutting deep canyons and glaciation.
A BILL has been introduced in the California As-
sembly by Mr. Caminetti and favorably reported
upon by the Committee on Mines and Mining inter-
ests, providing for liens of miners and others upon
mining claims. The act deals only with liens against
mining claims, and it is so framed as to overcome the
difficulties miners now find in making liens lie against
many kinds of mining property, such as those held
under agricultural patents or under a Mexican
grant. The bill also specifies against what kind of
work liens may lie. At present Supreme Court rul-
ings preclude the miner from most of the advantages
of the lien law. '
February 20, 1897.
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Concentrates.
Tub San FraDolsco Gold Mining Exchange has closed.
It Is proposed to organize a rainiDg exchange at Baker City,
Oregon.
A HANK is to be started in Johannesburg and one in Rands-
burg, in Kern county, Cal.
A 15-sTAMP mill is to be erected on ihe Rappahannock mine
at Sonora, Tuolumne county. Cal.
Tub -lO-stamp mill put up for the Gwin mine, Calaveras |
oouDty, Cat., last fall cost C:il,0OO. i
The Immediate erection of a matting plant for the sulphide
ores of Bingham, Utah, is promised.
At Waldo, in Southern Oregon, a large vein of copper has
been uncovered by hydraulic mining.
On February 1st the wages of the DeLamar, Idaho, miners
were reduced from $3.50 to $3 per day.
Dl'HINu the past two weeks over $2,U00,U00 in gold has been
received in New York from San Francisco.
Tqb amount of timber used in Butte, Montana, copper mines
ts estimated ut over 3(l,OUU,OUO feet for 1895.
A COMPANY has been Incorporated in Salt Lake to work the
Russell mica claims in Latah county, Idaho.
On the Vermilion river, in northwestern Colorado, rich
copper and gold deposits have been discovered.
Tdb Nevada Silica Company shipped from Carson last week
a carload of silica to Philadelphia as an experiment.
Tub shipments of ore from nine mines at Rosstand during
the first six weeks of this year amounted to 50S5 tons.
Jambs F. Wakdnek has obtained a bond on the Monitor
at Rossland. B. C, fora Montreal syndicate for about$20U,0U0.
F. Al'o. Heinze, formerly of Montana, who owns smelters
in British Columbia, is advocating an export duty on galena
ore.
Tub Congress mine, Arizona, has 4UU men on its pay-roll and
there is talk of eighty stamps being added to the 40-stamp
mill.
Toe prospect of having a railroad built into Deep Creek dis-
trict, in Utah, this summer has caused considerable renewed
activity.
Toe exact figures of the output of copper from the Anaconda
properties in Montana for '9« are 125,350,693 pounds, against
lii),775.2iM for 1895.
All men have their uses. Senator Stewart of Nevada
threatens to *' talk the Loud postal bill to death " in the Sen-
ate. He can do it.
Geo. D. Buhton is still organizing "electric smelting com-
panies." The most recent is in Portland, Me., "capital
stock $1,000,000;" paid up, $t»0.
Auuangements are being made for the erection of a cyanide
plant at the Eureka mill on the Carson river, Nevada, mainly
for the working Chollar tailings. ^
Up to February 0th the value of the ore, bullion and matte
shipped from the port of Nelson, British Columbia, from the
mines of southern Kootenay, was $953,441.
Tue promoters of the proposed Twin Lakes Railroad, from
Leadville, Colo., to handle the ores of that district, announce
that work will be commenced in March.
At Vancouver, B. C, men are boring for coal; opposite, in
North Vancouver, prospectors are at work on gold quartz
claims which so far have been but slightly developed.
A I'ROSPECToit near Great Falls, Montana, claims to have
discovered a soap mine. It consists, he says, of alkali, concen-
trated, and is strong enough to take the hair off a dog.
A telegkam from Santa Barbara, Cal., states that a gold
mine has been found in Smith's canyon, and that a number of
prospectors have gone into the hills of the neighborhood.
The Chainman group of mines in Robinson district, near Ely,
Nevada, has been sold to Charles Love and his associates for
$125,000. These mines have in the past produced $850,000.
A GROUP of eight claims at Gold Mountain, Piute county,
Utah, developed by Miller & Jones, has been sold to W. 1.
Higgins of Montana for $90,000. A mill will be put up in the
summer.
The Helvetia gold mine, Julian district, San Diego county,
Cal., is reported bonded for $40,000 to Denver capitalists. A
1300-foot tunnel is being driven to tap a ledge 700 feet below
the surface.
Prom the Peter Wood gravel mine on Magalia ridge, Butte
county, Cal., a large section of a tree was taken recently. It
was found at a vertical depth of 800 feet and from the face of
the tunnel 1100 feet.
In Kaslo, B. C, steps were recently taken toward forming
an association of mine owners of the Nelson, Ainsworth and
Slocan districts, and now a movement is on foot to form a sim-
ilar organization at Rossland.
The Geyser and Marion mining companies, in the Camp
Floyd district, Utah, have settled their differences and joined
forces in a new corporation, the Geyser-Marion Mining Com-
pany, with a capital stock of $1,500,000.
P. Aug. Heinze wishes to make arrangements to erect
refining works at Trail, B. C, to treat the matte product of
his smelter, and to that end is advocating an adjustment of
the tariff so as to put on an export duty.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon, who defeated the California
mineral land bill last May, has this week discovered that his
constituency remember and revenge treachery, even to a sis-
ter commonwealth, he having failed of re-election.
Negotiations are pending for the sale of the Almo-Cumber-
land Slocan mill and tramway and the Idaho mine in British
Columbia to an English syndicate. The mills have earned
$300,000 and the Idaho pays $30,000 a month in dividends.
The State land department of Montana has received from
the Secretary of the Interior a patent to 5459 acres of timber
land located on the Missouri river and valued at over $10 per
acre. The land belongs to the State Normal School grant.
Manager Dwight B. Hdntley of the De Lamar mine in
Idaho reports for January : Tons crushed, 4043 ; bullion real-
ized, $47,837; ore shipped, $1050; other revenue, $55; total,
$48,932; cost and expenses, $43,638; estimated profit, $6294.
At the John Dix mine, on the Magalia ridge, in Butte
county, Cal., in order to trace the channel, a man is trying
electric rods, which are supposed to point out the direction
the channel follows. Electricity surely is a wonderful thing.
In the second week in February there were shipped from
the Rossland, B. C, mines 1309 tons of ore, of which 730 came
from the Le Rol, 350 from the War Eagle, 90 from the Iron
Mask, 65 from the Kootenay and Columbia, and ^ from the
Josle.
The reports that have gone abroad of the improvement in
mining in the United States and British Columbia during the
past year or two, and the depression in the industry In Africa,
has caused many of the American miners who went there to
return.
TuKv are constructing a Humo from the Standard Consoli-
dated mill in Bodie, Cal., to the upper cyanide tank, a dis-
tance of 1500 feet, to convey tailings, which will be raised by
an elevator to about the height of the mill and dumped into
the boxes.
A telegram from Monterey, Mexico, announces the con-
solidation of the Carbonite, Trinidad and Aztec silver-lead
mines and the sale of the controlling interest in the Consoli-
dated Aztec Mining Company stock to a syndicate of local
millionaires.
Last Monday in Denver, Colorado, the Crosby-Ehrich In-
vestment Syndicate made a final payment of $100,000 on the
$;iOO,000 they had agreed to pay for 300,000 shares in the Elk-
ton Consolidated Mining Company. They are acting in bahalf
of French interests.
The Freshwater mining district, Colorado, is attracting
favorable attention. It is located tweve miles from Fresh-
water station, on the Colorado Midland Railway. Guffie is the
name of the poslofflce and new town. A mill of thirty-five
stamps is about complete.
Over 900 men are employed in the Slocan, B. C, mines.
Americans in the Slocan are alarmed for fear the Legislature
will pass a law prohibiting aliens from staking claims in
Canada. It is said that the Canadians are inclined to retali-
ate against the alien labor law recently passed.
The American consul at Matamoras, Mexico, writes to the
State Department of asphalt deposits 300 miies from t^iat t*ity
for working which he assisted in obtaining a concession for
Americans under a lease for fifty years. A company is now
being organized in the United States to commence work.
A BILL has been introduced in the Colorado Legislature
which is aimed to prevent the similarity of the names of min-
ing companies. There has grown up an evil in this respect
where unscrupulous people mislead the public by giving to
worthless properties names similar to those borne by rich
mines.
Lately J. A. Yerrington, at Carson, received several sheets
of mica from the Czarina mine, situated in the St. Thomas
mining district in Lincoln county, Nevada, from which ship-
ments were made to Manchester, England, and pronounced of
good quality. At the mine they are now cutting out sheets
a few feet from the surface,
J. K. Clark, one of the owners of the Mayflower mine in
Madison county, Montana, says that a coal discovery on the
south side of the Mayflower upsets all geological calculations.
The vein was found imbedded in the lime formation and is of
a medium fair grade. It is largely impregnated with iron and
on assaying went $5 in gold to the ton.
The Supreme Court of Montana has decided in favor of the
shareholders against the directors in the Bannister Mining
Company case. The directors had bought an adjoining claim
for $45,000, which they transferred to the company for $110,000.
The directors have been declared by the court guilty of a
conspiracy and the sale was declared void.
The Gold Creek, Nevada, Townsite Company, with a capi-
tal stock of $2,000,000; the Gold Creek, Nevada, Improvement
Company, capital stock $100,000, and the Elko, Nevada, Min-
ing Company, with a capital stock of $10,000,000, have incor-
porated in Colorado. The companies are formed to work the
Gold Creek placers and handle the other properties connected.
The Secretary of the Interior has ruled to the effect that
where the book and page of the record of the location certifi-
cate has not been given in the published notice for the appli-
cation of a patent to a mining claim, the application is de-
fective and must be made over again, although the receiver's
receipt has been issued. It is unlikely that such a decision
will be upheld by the courts.
A CONTRACT has been let for the erection of a 100- ton cya-
nide and amalgamation mill at Bingham, Utah, on the High-
land Boy property. The mill will be upon the plan generally
adopted in the treatment of South African ores, first amal-
gamating and the tailings treated with cyanide. It is to be
automatic throughout, the ore passing through the various
processes without any handling at all.
It is amusing to read the claim of Eastern "mining jour-
nals" that they are in daily receipt of inquiries from
" heavy " investors, asking for advice as to how and where to
make purchases of mining property. It is so likely that men
with money to buy mining property content themselves solely
with supplicating pointers from publishers of "sample copy"
"mining journals" in Eastern cities.
The stocks of copper in the world's market have been de-
creasing of late in spite of the large output, and with the con-
tinued increase of electrical work it is probable that, unless
there shall be a large increase in the output, the prices will
increase. The total visible supply of copper in the world on
February 1 was 32,288 tons, against 34,930 tons the first of Jan-
uary, and 43,128 tons at the first of February, 1896.
One Benjamin Brazelle, a very distinguished scientist of
St. Louis, Missouri, has discovered a key to all sorts of trans-
mutations with the aid of electricity. He can not only trans-
mute silver into gold, but gold into silver; but that he
considers an insignificant part of his discoveries, for he
can easily change clay into gold, silver, iron, calcium, alumi-
num, and some fifteen other metals not known to science.
Mining in the west of England is at a low ebb, and it is
said that only one mine is now working at a profit. The mines
of lead, antimony, iron, zinc and manganese, which formerly
gave employment to some thousands of people, have practi-
cally ceased to exist, and the production of copper, once a very
large industry, is now quite insignificant. Tin mining is still
an important industry, but the quantity produced is dwindling
year by year.
The Congressional Committee now working on the tariff bill
has decided to restore the McKinley duty on lead ores. The
McKinley rate was 1% cents per pound, the present duty is
% cent. It was also decided, instead of having imported lead
ores assayed at the port of entry as now, to admit them under
bond and have them assayed at the assaying office nearest
their destination. Copper, brass, gold and silver were also re-
stored to the rates of the McKinley law, which are 35 percent
ad valorem on copper, iVi cents per pound on brass and 80 per
cent ad valorem on gold and silver.
According to figures furnished by the Witwatersran d
Chamber of Mines. Johannesburg, South Africa, the total
number of ounces of gold produced by the mines of that dis-
trict during 1896 was 2,381,374, as compared with 2.277,635
ounces in 1895, 2,024,151» in 1894 and 1.478,473 in 1893. The
product for 1896 is 4239 ounces in excess of the precRding year's
output and 57,715 ounces more than the Transvaal mines
yielded in 1894.
The gold yield of Ontario, Canada, for 1894 was $32,776; for
1805, $.i0.281, and for 1896, about $175.iK)0. A number of large
mills have been erected and the output is increasing. Of the
minerals of economic value mined in Ontario there are salt,
petroleum, natural gas, graphite, mica, asbestos, gypsum,
apatite, gold, copper, nickel and iron. In 1896 the nickel from
the ores and matte of Ontario refined in the United States
amounted to 3,697,039 pounds.
The bill throwing open to use and occupation the reservoir
sites of the Western Stales has passed the House. Bowers
explained that with the amendments the bill was favorable
to the arid districts and was absolutely necessary to the
development of arid lands. Without such legislation acts pro-
viding for reservoir sites were useless. There are twenty-
three such sites in California, nineteen in New Mexico and
as many In Arizona and Nevada.
The Exploration Company of London, through Henry Brat-
nober, have purchased from Alvinza Hayward his one-.sixth
interest in the Mariposa grant, Mariposa county, Cal., for
$166,666.66, or at the rate of $1,000,000 for the whole property.
Negotiations are now pending for the purchase of other inter-
ests. The grant consists of 44,000 acres in Mariposa county.
The other owners are the Hobart estate, one-sixth; John W.
Mackay, one-sixth, and John P. and Sam Jones, three-sixths.
Mr. Beoo has gone on to Ottawa, Canada, to present to the
Minister of Railways and Canals his scheme for a railway
from Stickeen to Teslin lake and ask for government aid. His
plan is to reach the Yukon gold fields by means of a railway
from the head of navigation on the Stickeen to Teslin lake,
where the headwaters of the Yukon are reached and naviga-
tion to Fort Cudahy and other points on the Yukon is avail-
able. The length of the railroad would not exceed 125 miles.
The petroleum industry in Santa Barbara county, Cal., is
gradually increasing. Colonel C. F. Crocker recently ob-
tained right of way for a pipe line to Gaviota Landing,
through which the new coast road will run, and the product
will be piped to that point, a distance of twenty-five miles.
English capital is said to he interested in the enterprise.
Many prospect wells are being sunk in the Summerfield and
other districts. It is stated that one man is pumping a well
by hand and gets twelve barrels per day.
At the late annual meeting of the Daly West Company in
Salt Lake the reports showed that during the past year ore
of the value of $340,000 had been marketed; that improve-
ments amounting to $128,000 had been erected, and that
$114,000 had been put into general operating expenses. There
are now in the bins and upon the dumps 13,000 tons of ore, the
value of which is estimated at $150,000. The policy of the
management has been to take out only such ore as was neces-
sary in the prosecution of development work. Practically no
stoping has yet been done.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the California
Miners' Association last Tuesday, in this city, called to con-
sider the Debris Commission bills before the Legislature,
there were present by request Senators Voorhies, Chapman,
Prisk and Shine and Assemblymen Power, Soward and Mon-
tana. After considerable discussion, a resolution was adopted
recommending that the commissioner's term of office be fixed
at four years and his pay at $10 a day while engaged. The
question of salary was practically the only one at issue be-
tween the Senate and Assembly, the terms of the bill other-
wise having been agreed upon.
In the West Kootenay country, in British Columbia, the
mineral lands are open to location by any person having a free
miner's license, which costs $5 per year, but only one claim
1^00 feet square can be staked off on a vein or ore deposit by
one person. No vein or ore can be mined beyond the boundaries
of such claim. In other words, these locations have no extra-
lateral rights — except those taken up before 1893 — on which
the vein or deposit can be followed down on its dip beyond the
side line. Possessory rights are secured by doing $100 worth
of work each year, or paying that amount into the treasury of
the province. When $500 worth of work has been done, or that
amount paid in, the holder can secure full title through a
Crown grant.
In '93 Chauncey Depew was quoted as saying: "There are
fifty men in New York who can in twenty-four hours stop
every wheel on all railroads, close every door of our manufac-
tories, lock every switch of all telegraph lines, and shut down
every coal and iron mine in the United States. They can do
so because they control all the money which this country
produces." "This," says another prominent New Yorker,
"is as true to-day as it was then, except that the number
has been reduced to twenty-five." The statement on both
sides is probably a huge exaggeration, but it implies the ex-
istence of a money power which is a reality, and which has
much to do with the too violent ebb and flow of national pros-
perity. It also illustrates the fact that gold mining is the
one form of metal production unaffected by the usual law of
competition and business rivalry, thus standing unique among
the business industries of the world.
Even as smart a man as General Alger of Michigan, just
chosen Secretary of War by President-elect McKinley, and
who has made several millions in the lumber business, gets
cheated when he goes to Tennessee to buy mineral lands. A
case in which General Alger appears as plaintiff came up last
week at Chattanooga, Tenn., in the United States Circuit
Court there. It seems several years ago General Alger
bought of one Anderson 25,000 acres of alleged mineral lands
in Franklin county, Tenn. The agents who made the sale
represented the property which General Alger bought as pos-
sessing the richest deposit of coal In the South. To deceive
the purchaser, they washed the hillside ledges with black
paint, it is claimed, and by this ruse, the plaintiff alleges, he
was induced to invest his money in coal veins of great width.
The blackened rocks were made to look like coal. One would
think it would take something more than black paint to draw
$144,000 out of General Alger's pocket, on a supposed invest-
ment in rich coal lands in Tennessee. This beats any reported
case of "salting" a gold or silver mine.
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Mining and SciEKtiFic Press.
February 20, 1897.
Outline of the Geology of California with
Reference to Its Mineral Deposits.
NUMBER II.
"Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by Harold W.
Fairbanks. Ph. D.
For many millions of years the primitive earth
was subject to violent disturbances; the crust was
broken up and refused, until finally it became suffi-
ciently cooled to permit the water to settle upon it.
Then it was that the forces of erosion first began to
,act, which resulted in the formation of sedimentary
beds along the borders of the seas. Ages followed
with repeated eruptions of lavas on different por-
tions of the surface; the formation of great mountain
ranges; their erosion through the action of the at-
mosphere and the rain, while through continued
sinking or elevation the crust adjusted itself to the
cooling interior.
When life originated we do not know, far the earli-
est fossiliferous rocks which have been discovered
contain organisms already highly differentiated, and
it is believed that the time which elapsed between
the period when life appeared and the beginning of
the Cambrian was much greater than that from the
Cambrian to the present day. Our imagination
cannot conceive of such immense stretches of time,
and while it is quite evident that we cannot even ap-
proximately measure them, yet we are certain that
time has been long.
In studying geology, then, we begin with the
Archaean, the oldest rocks with which we are ac-
quainted and underlying the Cambrian. The basal
Archasan rooks contain no fossils at present, as it
appears that they have been totally destroyed by
metamorphism. JTrom these early times down to the
present there is a connected series of rocks which
have been deposited beneath the sea and contain
greater or less numbers of organic remains. These
beds do not, however, occur altogether in one re-
gion, and as there have been innumerable catastro-
phic disturbances, how are we to tell which rocks
are the older ? In some disturbed regions it is even
known that the strata have been completely over-
turned, so that the older lie on the top. In Califor-
nia the problem of the age of the rocks is particu-
larly difficult to solve, and if it were not for the fos-
sil remains buried in the rocks a classification of the
strata according to age would in many cases be im-
possible.
Although the western part of North America has
undergone many convulsions since life began, yet
there are portions of the Eastern States where there
is an almost complete series of strata from the oldest
to the youngest, and disturbed comparatively little.
As we study this, as well as other areas in different
parts of the earth, we find that there is in all places
where the record is comparatively complete a regu-
lar succession of animal and plant remains. The
oldest are the lowest and simplest in structure,
while the younger represent gradually higher and
higher types down to the present. When once this
organic scale has been established with some cer-
tainty we are in a position to apply it to disturbed
regions where the series of rocks is not complete.
In California the strata are most remarkably broken
and disturbed, and it is only by comparing the fossils
found in them with those from other parts of the
earth that we establish their relative ages. This is
not always an easy matter, for not only was the
progress of life not absolutely uniform in all parts,
but the fossils may be in poor condition and few in
number.
We have established, then, a scale of life for classi-
fying the sedimentary rocks of the globe, and when
we have added to this the fact that similar strata
are deposited under similar conditions in lakes or on
marginal sea bottoms, we are fairly well equipped
for beginning geological investigations.
There are also other criteria for determining the
occurrence of various events. If we examine a great
cliff in a canyon or on the seashore it appears to be
made up of regular layers of different kinds of rock,
as for instance, sandstone, shale and limestone.
These may be horizontal, or inclined with bends and
fractures, but it is known that they were formed
originally in a nearly horizontal position beneath the
water, and the position which they now occupy is due
to mountain-making movements. In undisturbed
portions of the earth these parallel layers may con-
stitute beds of many thousands of feet thickness and
have required for their formation millions of years.
On the western side of the Sacramento valley the
upturned Cretaceous strata have the remarkable
thickness of 30,000 feet.
Great convulsions have not generally affected the
whole earth at one time, so that geologists in ar-
ranging a classification of strata cannot use breaks
in the strata in one region for determining the posi-
tion of those in another. The different periods of
geological time to which names have been given are
thus not always clearly marked off in various parts
of the earth. While in California the oil-bearing
strata belonging to the Miocene are distinctly
marked oft' from the other formations above and be-
low, rooks of the same age may in another portion
of the country blend into those adjoining. I hope by
means of these illustrations to have made clear the
fact that terms which we are accustomed to see ap-
plied to different formations do not imply that they
are everywhere marked off by geographical catas-
trophies. The great breaks are not generally world
wide, and life has moved on in comparatively undis-
turbed conditions in some places, while in others the
strata have been violently upheaved or depressed
and life in those places destroyed.
The names which have been given to the successive
portions of geologic time from the earliest records
down to the present are the following: Archasan,
Algonkian, Cambrian, Silurian, Devonian, Carbon-
iferous, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Eocene, Mio-
cene, Pliocene, Quarternary. Each of these in dif-
ferent portions of the earth is divided into local
stages. Nothing is known definitely about the time
length of these divisions beyond the fact that they
are probably measured by millions of years. One not
familiar with geology may ask: What is the advan-
tage of these names, and what real meaning do they
convey ? As I have said before, the successive
groups of rooks to which the names have been given
are found in some portions of the world in regular
order one above the other, and with a definite series
of fossils in them. Take the great coal period called
the Carboniferous. It is characterized everywhere
by similar fossils and plants — a fact which has been
demonstrated at the expense of years of toil on the
part of the scientist. If now in examining the rocks
in different parts of California, as, for example, in
Shasta county or in the main gold belt in the Sierras,
we find certain fossils like those of the Carboniferous
of the Middle and Eastern States, we know that we
have rocks of that age in California and that there is
a possibility of finding coal. The coal of the Carbon-
iferous is of good quality, and it would be greatly to
our advantage to possess it. Study of these rocks
has, however, led to the conviction that nowhere on
the Pacific coast does coal of this age occur. Coal
beds require peculiar conditions for their formation
— low, swampy or partly inundated areas, either in-
land or formed by partly inclosed lagoons along the
ocean. Now, in California the strata of the Carbon-
iferous period are characterized by an abundance of
limestone and shale, which were probably formed in
the deep quiet waters of the open ocean at some dis-
tance from land.
It is rare that all the geological formations occur
in any single region, for, in order to have them all
present, that region must have been continuously
beneath the sea and receiving sediments through all
known geologic time. In California many of the
main geological periods are separated from each
other by great upheavals, while the strata of some
are absent. As a result of this they rest upon each
other in unconformable position. By this is meant
that the lower ones dip at a different angle from the
upper and present a more or less uneven surface on
which the upper was deposited. This is a very im-
portant condition to be observed in working out the
geological history of any region, for it is positive evi-
dence that between the periods of deposition of the
two series of rooks the country was raised from be-
neath the sea, perhaps to form a mountain range,
and exposed for thousands of years to the action of
rain and other disintegrating and erosive influences,
until possibly worn down nearly to the sea level
again, after which it sank and a new series of sedi-
ments formed over it. Our study of the Coast
Range shows that with them this has taken place
many times.
At the time of each disturbance, when the crust of
the earth has been broken, it has happened that
enormous bodies of molten rock have been forced up
into the rooks or have flowed out over them on the
surface. Sometimes these have covered thousands of
square miles, modifying the whole appearance of the
country. The economic importance which these lava
flows may acquire is illustrated well by the enormous
area in northeastern California, northern Nevada,
Oregon, Idaho and Washington, which is undoubt-
edly mineral-bearing, but which has been covered
several thousand feet deep by the non-mineral-bear-
ing lavas. Instead of mountain ranges with mineral
veins, we have a vast plateau or table land of lava.
It is not believed that the interior of the earth is
generally molten. It has a very high temperature,
but so great is the pressure that it acts as if it were
a solid, becoming molten only when the pressure is
removed along mountain foldings, when it flows out
through the cracks or lines of weakness in the broken
strata.
I have given above, in as plain language as possi-
ble, some of the meanings which we see implied in
geological phenomena, and which the student of
nature uses in deciphering the record of the rocks.
It will be seen that the science of geology is based
upon facts which become very instructive if properly
interpreted. All theories in geology are to-day, as
far as possible, compared with actual fact, and we
can be reasonably certain that the major part of the
conclusions reached are reliable, and not mere guess
work.
With this preliminary, which seemed necessary to
make the subject clear, I will now take up an outline
of the geological history of California as far as it is at
present known, beginning with the earliest rocks
and tracing them, down to the. present, discussing
at the same time the events which led to the . for-
mation of the great mineral deposits of differ-
ent kinds which are scattered up and down the State.
The western border of the American continent has
been the scene since the earliest time of violent fold-
ings of the crust and volcanic disturbances, and its
geologic history is correspondingly complex and dif-
ficult to decipher. A great deal of study has been
given to California, but we are still far from possess-
ing a satisfactory knowledge of what has taken place
here. The changes in topography, as well as geo-
graphy, have been so great that, accustomed as we
are to think of the hills and valleys as always exist-
ing where they are now, I fear that I cannot ade-
quately emphasize what the intensity of the changes
has been.
We have a fairly good idea of the great Archrean
area in the northeastern United States and Canada,
but in the Cordilleran region our knowledge is not
yet very definite. A belt of these ancient rocks has
been traced northwesterly through the Rocky moun-
tain region, while nearer, they occur in the Grand
canyon of the Colorado ; but, as far as California is
concerned, we cannot yet say anything definite, for
they have not been positively recognized here. The
Algonkian is generally associated with the Archaean,
and, consequently, we know as little concerning it.
A part of the California region, at least, was beneath
the sea during that period.
The Cambrian, the oldest group of fossil-bearing
rocks, has recently been discovered in the Inyo
Range, in eastern California. Rocks of the Silurian
period have been found in Plumas county, the De-
vonian in Shasta and Siskiyou counties, while the
Carboniferous appears at many points through the
whole gold-bearing region of the State. It is evident
that much of California was beneath the sea during
the long time represented by these periods, for we
must remember that where rocks of a certain age
occur that region was submerged during their forma-
tion, and probably above water where the strata are
absent. These strata now appear as limestone,
sandstone and slate, or have been changed to their
metamorphic forms as marble, quartzite and mica
schist. The relative ages of these older beds have
been determined by the fossils contained in them —
those animals which populated the world so many
million years ago, and which have sometimes been so
finely preserved that even the most delicate struc-
tures and markings are still visible. During the
period from the Cambrian to the Carboniferous land
probably existed in western Nevada, and, quite pos-
sibly, in the Coast ranges of California. Geologists
have generally considered the Coast ranges to be of
quite recent origin, but there is nevertheless a gran-
itic axis stretching from Point Reyes southeasterly
through the Santa Cruz, Gavilan, Santa Lucia and
San Jose ranges toward the SanEmedio, San Gabriel
and San Bernardino ranges, which, I think, is older
than the Sierra Nevadas, and may possibly represent
the oldest land area of California. It may be asked:
What is the reason for supposing the Coast ranges
to be so ancient ? It is as follows: Through all these
mountains there are no rocks carrying fossils older
than the Jurassic (a time just antedating the great
gold deposits), and it follows that where all the more
ancient rocks are absent, we have good reason for
believing that the region existed as land above the
sea, for then no extensive rook formations could have
been made. It is believed that some time after the
close of the Carboniferous (Calaveras formation) land
still existed through a part of the Sierra Nevada re-
gion, as well as in the Coast ranges.
It may be that gold-bearing quartz veins were
formed in this ancient mountain region, as pebbles
occur in places in a conglomerate at the base of the
Mariposa beds. It is thought by Mr. Lindgren that
the gold in this conglomerate, which is exposed on
the divide between the middle and north forks of the
American river, was derived from those ancient
veins ; but this is not at all certain, and it seems to
me that we have no good evidence of gold deposits
antedating the formation of the Sierra Nevadas as a
great mountain range at the close of the Jurassic.
(To he Continued.)
Rapid-Drop Stamps.
The following description of a rapid-drop stamp
mill comes through our Colorado agent from Newell
& Newell, of Central City, Colo.: "We have a 10-
stamp rapid-drop section in our Penn mill, equipped
with Bolthoff self-feeders and Gilpin county bumping
tables. These stamps weigh 550 pounds and run
about sixty-two drops per minute, with a drop 9
inches. Dimensions of mortar: 9 inches at bottom
and, say, 10 inches at bottom of screen. Discharge,
about 11 inches. The average percentage of amal-
gamation is about equal, inside and outside. We use
a 50-mesh screen — in fact, the same screen as we use
on our slow batteries, running side by side with the
fast.
In this mill our plates have an inclination of 2}
inches per foot. The ten rapid stamps crush fully as
much as the twenty-five slow stamps, all of them
running on the same quality of ore. The percentage
of values saved on the plates and in concentrates is
slightly in favor of the rapid stamps. It is our in-
tention to replace our slow stamps with the others
whenever they are worn out.
Will say we have tested them thoroughly on other
February 20, 1897.
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ores as well as our own, and are perfectly satisfied
that the rapid-drop stamps, so-called (though really
a compromise between a rapid drop and a slow drop),
have come to stay, even in slow-going old Gilpin.
We have also our Iron City mill, which is a com-
plete, automatic, modern, quick-drop mill — that is,
running at a speed of about sixty-two drops a minute
and containing twenty-five stamps— equipped with
BolthofT feeders and Gilpin county bumpers. In this
mill the stamps weigh t).")0 pounds and the plates
have an inclination of li inches per foot. We believe
two inches would be about the proper thing.
Nkwei.i. e'i; Newell.
Central City, Colo., Feb. 5, 1897.
The West Kootenay Mines.
The following are extracts from the report just
published by the Bureau of Mines of British Colum-
bia on the Slocan, Nelson and Ainsworth mining dis-
tricts in West Kootenay and written by William A.
Carlyle, the Provincial Mineralogist:
The mining industry of British Columbia, apart
from the placer, gold and coal raining, is of very re-
cent inception. Until eight or nine years ago the
great extent of the mountainous country south of
the Canadian Pacific Railway to the boundary line
was a wilderness known to few save the Indians and
hunters, or the prospectors for gold diggings, but
the finding of silver-copper ore on Toad mountain,
and the beginning of work on the silver lead ore
deposits on the east of Kootenay lake, discovered
many years ago by men in the Hudson Bay Com-
pany's employ, with the subsequent discovery among
the mountains near by of other silver ledges, signal-
ized the commencement of mining in Kootenay. But
it was not until 1890-91 that these silver veins were
beginning to attract mining men to this Province
from abroad, and active operations were getting
well under way.
Work, nevertheless, on some of the veins was per-
severed in, and in 189i nearly $650,000 worth of sil-
ver ore was sent out of Kootenay. Then better
means of communication were provided, and in 1895
the production of the different kinds of silver ore in-
creased to over $1,000,000, which production has
been doubled in 1896.
Meanwhile the gold-bearing pyrrhotite deposits on
Trail Creek were being exploited under many vicis-
situdes, until the shipments of pay ore, in 1894, to
the value of $75,000, and of nearly ten times this
amount, in 1895, from the large ore bodies of the Le-
Roi and War Eagle, commanded wide-spread inter-
est by reason of its being gold ore and very profit-
able.
The production of the Kootenay mines, when com-
pared with that of many of the mining centers in
other countries, will not appear so very large to a
casual reader, but when all the conditions are under-
stood, that an entirely new country of large terri-
torial extent is being rapidly opened up under diffi-
culties, that the supply of needed capital, until
recently, has been meager, and that in reality not a
single mine has had time to do sufficient develop-
ment to put it on a really proper basis for extraction
of ore and further exploratory work, this production
will then be seen to indicate a most flourishing and
hopeful condition of affairs.
As to the future there is now no doubt but that
the number of paying mines and the mine output will
steadily increase in the districts to be described, but
not with that extravagant rate of increase predicted
by some^at least not until those conditions exist
that will permit the extraction of a much greater
tonnage of ore.
There promises to be a steady increase in the
amount of the ore extracted and sold, and in the
amount of development done, but it is both unwise
and hurtful to predict very large and sudden ad-
vances in the mineraloutput, as it inust be remem-
bered that a greatly increased output requires also a
greatly increased amount of underground work, un-
less large bodies of very high-grade ore are uncov-
ered. ■ Extravagant -prophesies may travel far,-and,
if -tte-actual results do notapproatoh the amount thus,
foreto'd/harm unjustly a mine <)rdistrict, in which
..tlSe- progress'Eas been mosi ' favorable and satisfac-
• 'tpry, quite equal -to-.the' expectations of those best
qualified to know. -
The Slocan. — The Slocan. according to the number
of its shipping mines and the amount and value of
the ore sold, now ranks as the most productive min-
ing district in the Province and in point of import-
ance is not surpassed by any other.
In an area of fifteen by twenty-five miles there
have been discovered many veins of high-grade sil-
ver-lead ore, which are being developed with great
vigor and success, and among the mining men is every
feeling of confidence and hopefulness. This winter
nearly fifty of these properties are shipping high-
grade ore that yields very profitable returns, and a
large number of other claims are being opened up.
So far but comparatively little imported capital
has been expended here, as in the case of nearly
every mine now established sufficient money has been
realized from ore extracted during development to
pay for more extensive workings, new buildings,
mills, trails, roads and also dividends, but more or
less capital will be required to properly open up
many other claims on which the veins exist, but are
not so easily accessible as those first discovered.
But as most of these veins are found along the steep
mountain sides and can be worked by tunnels, and
the cost of mining is low, requiring little or no ma-
chinery, capital will be necessary mostly when tram-
ways and concentrators are to be built, or, in some
cases, for hoisting plants and pumps when tunnel
sites may not be available.
Many of these mines are located near the summits
of the high precipitous mountains at an elevation of
5500 to 6500 feet above sea level, where erosion has
cleared away nearly all debris from the veins ; but
lower down, also, on the mountain sides and in the
valleys, are being found other veins, or those discov-
ered first much higher up, to the highest of which
now run good trails or wagon roads, or else wire-
rope tramways. The snow that lies deep on these
summits during the winter is in no wise detrimental
to mining operations, as most work is done after its
fall, when the ore can be dragged down the smooth
snow trails in rawhides in larger loads and at lower
prices than are possible in the summer time, but the
tracks of snow-slides must be carefully avoided.
During 1896, 18,215 pounds of ore yielded 2,141,088
ounces of silver and 19,210,666 pounds of lead, or an
average of 117.4 ounces of silver per ton and 52.7.V
lead, which would have a net profit of about $75 per
ton, while many carloads were shipped that yielded
from 300 to 400 ounces of silver per ton.
The Slocan Star has, of course, the largest chute
of high-grade ore yet found in this district, and we
are kindly permitted to state that from 11,529 tons
of ore and concentrates sold during the last three
years 912,600 ounces of silver and 13,482,000 pounds
of lead have been paid for by the smelters, and of
these amounts 7000 tons yielded 600,000 ounces of
silver and 9,000,000 pounds of lead during the past
season of 1896.
Many of the veins are small, varying from 2 to 3
inches in width to 20 to 30 inches of solid ore, but the
high value of silver at present makes this ore very
profitable, together with the low cost of breaking
ground. The small Reco-Goodenough vein, the width
of which is measured in inches, is probably the rich-
est vein yet mined, as from the smelter returns of
about 600 tons the average was 407 ounces of silver
per ton and 42% lead. The high percentage of lead
makes this ore a very desirable one for the smelters,
and the lead contents are usually sufficient to pay
the freight and treatment charges and the duty
charged on the lead.
At no time in the history of this district have so
many mines had high-grade ore exposed, and of such
mines can be named among others the Slocan Star,
Ruth, Wonderful, Monitor, Idaho, Alamo, Cumber-
land, Ivanhoe, Queen Bess, Wild Goose, Payne
Group, Slocan Boy, Washington, R. E. Lee, Last
Chance, Noble Five Group, Reoo, Goodenough, Blue
Bird, Antoine, Surprise, Rambler, Best, Dardanelles,
Northern Belle, Whitewater, Wellington, Charles-
ton, Lucky Jim, London Hill, Reed and Tenderfoot,
Fisher Maiden, Thompson Group, Galena Farm, En-
terprise, Neepawa, Bondholder, Two Friends, How-
ard Fraction.
Nelson. — The Silver King silver-copper mine of the
Hall Mines Co., Ltd., the Poorman gold (quartz)
mine and some small placer workings have yielded
all the production credited to this district, but other
mines will be added ere long to this list. Since the
completion of the smelter at Nelson there has been
greatly increased activity at the mine of this com-
pany.
The Silver King mine has now shipped 31,000 tons
of ore that yielded 800,000 ounces of silver and
2,500,000 pounds of copper, and the development of
the property is rapidly being pushed, so as to permit
of a greatly increased output, while the smelter is
being increased so as to undertake the treatment of
all classes of ore as may be bought in the market.
The Poorman gold mine has given up about $100,-
000 from- its quartz ledge, and other properties in
this "locality that have similar, veins are now. under
■bond/.and will be worked. ■ '-
The new district known as the Salmon river coun-'
try, lying south of -Nelson to the boundary and trav-
erse'd by the Nelson "&" Fort Shepherd Railroad, was
not visited, but during the pas-t year many claims-
were staked off on gold and silver leads on the ridges,
between which run the tributaries of this river.
Ainsworth. — The output from Ainsworth for 1896
was much lowered by the cessation early in the year
of mining on the Blue Bell, in which, it is reported,
the ore has become rather low-grade for present con-
ditions, but in several of the other mines west of the
town of Ainsworth considerable progress was made.
material is suddenly quenched by the injection of
cold water. The operation is repeated several times,
until the quartz is so softened as to be easily crum-
bled into powder by the fingers. The contents are
then thrown into tank and the gold separated by
washing. It is claimed that in this process there is
no loss whatever by''fioat gold" or by oxidation,
but that every particle of gold in the ore is recov-
ered. The amount of fuel consumed in the operation
is variously stated, and will no doubt have a consid-
erable bearing upon the comparative economy of the
new process.
How to Thaw Powder.
Industries says the ore atomic process is now in
successful operation in West Australia. The process
consists in first crushing the gold-bearing quartz to
lumps of a convenient size, which are then, in a
closed chamber from which the air is excluded, sub-
mitted to the heat of a furnace, to the action of
water, and hydrogen gas. The sulphur in the ore is
thereby eliminated, being driven off as sulphuretted
hydrogen, and any oxide in the ore is reduced to the
metallic state. After being thoroughly heated the
Harry A. Lee, late Commissioner of Mines of Colo-
rado, writes to the Denver Repuhlican as follows on
the dangers of thawing dynamite :
The records of the bureau from December 1, 1896, to
date show eleven men killed and eleven men seriously
crippled, making a total of twenty-two casualties
from powder explosions in two months. The causes
of these accidents are picking out missed shots, the
use of iron or steel tamping bars, and the warming
or thawing of frozen powder.
At this season of year explosions are caused by
thawing powder in front of a fire or blacksmith
forge, on boiler walls and previously heated hot sand,
by dipping in hot water, thawing in can heated by
by candles or by holding in flame of candle. Few
nitro-powder consumers seem to be aware that quick
thawing or the application of dry heat of high tem-
perature is the cause of explosions.
Of the twenty-two noticed, all of the men killed
or injured were old miners and were pursuing cus-
toms which they had followed for periods varying
from five to twenty-five years without fatal results.
Where mining plants have steam power the ex-
pense of providing a water jacket powder warmer
is trivial. For smaller operators there are now sev-
eral portable powder warmers in the market which
can be procured at a cost from $2.50 to $5 each.
The warmer, as a whole, is a cyfinder, 10 or more
inches in diameter and about 20 inches high, with a
bail attached like a bucket for carrying around. The
top part is practically a vessel within a vessel, made
water tight. The inner vessel is the receptacle for
the powder and is securely fastened to the outer
vessel at the top and provided with removable cover.
The space between the two vessels is filled with
water through a spout. The compartment below
may be termed the fire box, has a door and proper
opening for ventilation and a candle stick to hold
two short candles or snuffs. The size here described
will hold about eight pounds of powder, but can be
procured of any dimension desired.
The miner fills the outer space with water, the
inner one with powder, lights the candles and goes
to work. The heat from the candles being so
small the increase in temperature is slow, but suf-
ficient to heat and thaw the powder within two or
three hours after charging. The candles burn out
and the water retains heat enough to keep powder
in good condition for several hours longer. The own-
ers of these warmers at first used a coal oil or fur-
nace lamp attachment for supplying heat. These
attachments were not approved of and it is gratifying
to state they have been changed and candles substi-
tuted. The reasons urged against the lamp were
quick and possibility of long-continued heat through
neglect. Nitro-powder and coal oil are compara-
tively safe when properly cared for, but a dangerous
combination when neglected.
The consumer of nitro-powder would do well to
give some time and study to the manufacture, use
and abuse of explosives. Literature on these ques-
tions will be furnished by any of the powder com-
panies upon application.
National Miners' Bureau of Information^
An association has been incorporated under the
laws of the State of Colorado called the -National
Miners' Bureau of Information, with headquarters in
Denver. The organization is ' officered "as follows:
Thomas B. Everett, general manager; Henry Apple,
treasurer ; M. C. Jackson, secretary, who, with J.
T. Cornforth, W.-M. Ingersoll, L. H.' Flanders, S; G.
Patrick, W. B. Rundle, C. P. Wicks, W. B. Corn-
forth and C. H. Olmsted, constitute the Board of
Control. Spacious quarters have been provided at
1628-34 Lawrence St., Denver.
The plans of the promoters of this bureau contem-
plate that any miner, prospector or mine owner,
having a property, but not having funds with which
to develop it, may place with the bureau specimens
of bis ore, with certificate of assays and data as to
location, development, grade of ore, process re-
quired, etc., and, by becoming a member of the
bureau, he shall have the facilities which it offers
members for coming into touch with investors. The
interests of the bureau are not to be confined to the
promotion of gold and silver mining, but extend to
copper, lead, iron, coal, marble, oils and kindred
products.
It is anticipated that the membership will include
representatives from all the mining sections of the
entire West.
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February 20, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CAIilFOBNIA.
Record: At the Balliol mine considerable
delay has been caused in building the 40-
stamp mill by the bad condition of the roads.
In the mine at a depth of 60 feet they have a
78-foot vein. Forty feet of this is solid ore
carrying from 3 to 5 per cent of sulphurets
and yielding well in free gold. The remain-
ing 38 feet of the ledge carries a softer char-
acter of quartz, but equally rich in free gold.
At Volcano Superintendent Dillon is putting
a crew of men at work on the Excelsior mine.
The Iron Mass mine will soon resume oper-
ations.
A new quartz claim is being opened near
the Excelsior and Iron Mass mines by the
Robinson brothers.
The Live Oak mine is making good progress
and will be ready to crush ore the last of this
month.
W. Dent and H. King have struck good pay
in the Blazing Star mine.
Dispatch ; At Volcano W. Lyle is having
the water taken out of the Eagle mine, with
the intention of opening it up once more.
The Tom & Dick, owned by Atkinson &
Taylor, has been bonded to Haskins & Chase,
and they are erecting a 10-stamp mill on the
property.
The old Soracco or Alta mine, owned by J.
Eckhart, has been bonded to a strong com-
pany and they are to commence work soon.
Ledger: The shaft at the Oneida is now
down 745 feet. The new skips have not yet
been hung, but will be in a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. Timms have sold the Ply-
mouth Rock mine to Cyrus E. Brown and
James A. Parsons of San Francisco.
The shaft at the Amador Queen is now
down about 500 feet. The small hoist now in
use on the property is proving inadequate for
the work at that depth, and they will take
down the Amador Gold Mine hoist and erect
it on the Amador Queen property.
Regist&r: At Magalia at the Peter Wood
mine, of which E. C. Paxton is superintendent,
eighteen men are employed and the main
tunnel is being extended on the channel.
More men are employed in the Magalia
mine than ever before known in its history.
The Ethel, formerly known as the Index or
Wiley mine, is being pushed day and night
under the management of W. D. Edwards.
Three shifts of men are driving the main
tunnel ahead.
George B. Mowry, superintendent of the
Bader mine, employs eighteen men. The
tunnel is now in 1500 feet.
The Oroville mine on the Main West Branch
owned by Walsh, Vosberg and the Downer
Bros, is turning pay from a channel of gravel
they have lately struck.
Ream & Barry have opened a mine on the
west branch of Main Butte creek, near the
John Dix mine.
Lambert & Co., on west branch of Butte
Creek are opening a mine on the Ohio ground.
At the Best mine, on Main Butte creek,
seven or eight men are employed under
Superintendent Jas. Ream.
Marysville Democrat : At the Templar mine
near Indiana Ranch for several months a 5-
s tamp mill has been operated and all of the
work has been performed in a manner that
satisfied the people who have bonded it that
the mine is a good one and will pay dividends.
The bond price was S20,000 and it is said the
company will enlarge the capacity of the mill
to ten stamps.
Calaveras.
Cltronicle: The mine on the Gabbert ranch
has been sold and the parties are getting
ready to sink a shaft 1000 feet. This property
i s located about two and one-half miles west
of the mother lode, in the serpentine forma-
tion, which can be traced for a distance of
fifteen miles running north and south.
The Sugar Pine mine, on San Domingo
ridge, has been bonded toMcClay and Trethe-
way for $6000. A shaft 45 feet deep has been
sunk, exposing a 3-foot vein of rich ore.
Toda and Schrack, on their mine, have a
tunnel 600 feet in length. At about 500 feet
they passed through a vein of quartz 12 feet
wide of the same character as the Gwin.
At the Gwin mine work is being prosecuted
on the 1200, 1300 and 1400 foot levels running
north, which keeps the forty stamps going
steadily. When the mine is opened upas the
owners intend it to be, it will be easy to keep
twice the amount of stamps running.
El Dorado.
(Special Correspondence). — On the Lucinda
property, three miles west of Grizzly Flats,
development work has progressed favorably.
The tunnel is in 120 feet on a 23-inch vein.
This is owned by Mrs. Nail.
On Mrs. Hoskins' property, two miles north
of Grizzly Flats, the tunnel is in 250 feet and
crosscutting on the ledge has been com-
menced.
Work is progressing favorably on the old
Jeffries gravel claim, two miles from Placer-
ville, preparatory to beginning milling opera
tions. The property is under bond to Graeter
& Doane.
The reopening of the long-time abandoned
Columbus mine, a rich producer in its time,
and from shallow workings, located at Cold
Springs, five miles west of town, is receiving
the consideration of several capitalists.'
C. W. D. Hodgkin is operating a gravel
property in the neighborhood of Shingle
Springs.
Reopening the old Barnes property, gener-
ally known as the Greenstone mine, nine
miles southwest of here, is actively in prog-
ress. This property was never ope'rated to
ahy great depth, yet the Wells-Fargo records
of the Shingle Springs office show it to have
shipped many thousands of dollars' worth of
gold, pure nietal that filled many a candle
box for the lessees.
The Black Rock hydraulic mine, one mile
east of town, is producing an encouraging
amount of gold.
Development work in quartz properties un-
der bond is assuming encouraging proportions
in all directions from Placerville throughout
the county.
Mr. Gebhard is reopening the old Buena
Vista mine, a few miles below the Church
mine. He is crosscutting the ledge froman 80-
foot tunnel.
The new 10-stamp mill erected on the lower
end of the abandoned Springfield is working
the tailings of the old-time property. It is
operated by Williams & Harpending and is
known as the Union mine.
Placerville, Feb. 15th, '97.
Nugget : The Jasper Mining Company, Web-
ber Creek district, are developing their prop-
erties, the Mammoth, the Gray Eagle and the
Independence. At the Mammoth they are
driving the tunnel along the ledge taking out
milling ore. They now have over 400 tons on
their dump.
At the Larkin mine they are still crosscut-
ting for the east ledge from the 100-foot level.
At the Griffith Consolidated they are sink-
ing their shaft and drifting on the 150-foot
level and are taking out very high-grade ore.
It is reported that a very rich body of ore
has been encountered in the Taylor or Idle wild
mine on the 600 foot level.
At the Grand Victory they are drifting from
the 300-foot level across the vein and are in
good ore.
Kern.
Times: The Winnie and Yucca Tree mines,
in the Stringer district, have been sold by
Cohen & O' Brien to O. H. Savage of San Jose
for $7500.
Mariposa.
Gazette: A company of mining men from
Chicago have the bond on the Yellowstone
mine and are doing good work under the man-
agement of G. Seymour. The main shaft is
down now about 420 feet. It is the intention
of the company to take the present hoisting
works and erect them over the new shaft and
put up a new hoisting works over the old
shaft. About fifteen men are at work.
R. H. Rodman of San Jose has made arrange-
ments for the purchase of the San Leandro
and Esperanzo mines on Bear creek, from the
Valenzuela Bros. Mr. Rodman intends erect-
ing a 5-stamp mill as soon as he can get the
machinery on the ground.
Nevada.
Herald: On the Ellison mine they are sink-
ing an incline shaft, of two compartments,
which has now reached a depth where ma-
chinery is necessary. A hoisting rig is being
put up. The Ellison adjoins the Odin on the
north, and the incline is being run into the
ridge to tap the lower end of the gravel chan-
nel, on which the Delaware, Harmony and
other mines are located.
Transcript: The Washington mine has been
worked to a depth of 400 feet, and has three
shoots of ore. The longest ore shoot is 380 feet
in length on the 400 level.
Hayes Bros, have been obliged to put in a
pump in their gravel mine, the recent rains
having raised the water.
Herald: At Washington work is about to be
commenced on the Gambrinus by Dana Har-
mon, of the California mine. A contract has
been let to extend a tunnel from the Cali-
fornia work.
A few men are still engaged at the Spanish,
though the mill has been shut down for the
winter.
The Eagle Bird, Yuba, Blue Bell and Ger-
man mines are lying idle though from appear-
ances it is expected that work will be resumed
at the Eagle Bird and German mines in the
spring.
Flumas.
National- Bulletin : It is the intention of
Superintendent J. F. Cummings in the spring
to let contracts to do a great deal of tunnel
and other work about his mine, which is one
of the most extensive and promising in north-
ern Plumas.
Chicago capitalists have a development
bond on the Morning Star mine, owned by
E. C. Robinson and others of Oakland. J. C
Frick, representing the Chicago men, is now
superintending the work of sinking the shaft
200 feet deeper. He has several men em-
ployed at this work and will soon be running
three shifts.
It is reported that the owners of the Fra-
zier mine, Oakland men, will erect a lO-stamp
mill early next summer and prosecute work
vigorously.
The Palo Alto mine is expected to resume
work early the approaching season.
In a mine near Merrimack, Oakland men
last fall and this winter ran about 600 feet of
tunnel. They expect to build a mill in the
spring.
San Dieg:o.
Sentinel: S. A. McDowell will start in soon
taking rock out of the Hubbard mine of Ban-
ner.
The Washington mine has been leased to
Grigsby, Plant and Hewitt Bros, for two
years.
P. E. AUbright, owner of the Alexandra
mine. Banner, is having considerable develop-
ment work done.
The Alpha mine of Banner is being worked
by the Stanley Bros, and Reeder.
San Bernardino.
The North Star Mining & Milling Company,
organized last October to work the North
Star, Gypsy, Gypsy Maid, Bobtail and Bron-
cho Jim mines in the Virginia Dale district,
has received a report from an expert employed
lately, showing that the company had one
shaft down 130 feet with 125-foot drift, with
17,000 tons of ore in sight, valued at 8140,000,
and it has been decided to push the work by
sinking the shaft from 500 to 700 feet deeper
and develop the mines without milling any
ore at present.
Shasta.
Free Press : The Mariana Mariscano Mining
Company, in the old Bell mine at Sunny Hill,
has the long tunnel in about 650 feet. It is
estimated that the first ledge will be struck
at 800 feet, but the work will be continued
until the main ledge is reached, which It is
estimated will require a tunnel 1150 feet in
length.
On the McCloud river rich placer diggings
have recently been discovered eight miles
above Baird. The Campbell brothers and
Pegg & Pipher have located ground which
pays in coarse gold.
Sierra.
Ente7-prise : A number of men went to work
last week at the Craycroft and Eureka nilnes,
there being a sufficient head of water to begin
operations.
Siskiyou.
Journal ; The Eastlick Brothers and Wright
& Fletcher hydraulic mines at Oro Fino have
been started up again with a good supply of
water for the giants.
H. H. Hunter will pump out his claim on
Greenhorn, at Calkin's place, and will soon
be ready to commence hoisting pay gravel
from bedrock again.
Charles Howell, who has a placer claim on
Spring gulch, Yreka Flats, near Yreka, picked
up a nugget worth $15 last week.
Siskiyou News : Hegler & Aldrich have been
taking out quartz since the last crushing, and
it is looking better and the ledge is getting
wider.
C. Blenbaum is working on the extension of
the Hegler ledge. They have a good prospect
and are running a tunnel on it to tap it lower
down.
Bull Bros. & Co. are piping in their claim on
Humbug. They get a splendid prospect in the
raise.
Smith & Coyle ot Hornbrook have been
prospecting below the railroad bunk house
and have found a rich streak of gravel. They
panned out one day S47, and think there is a
back channel and intend to run a tunnel in
on it.
Reporter : The hydraulic mines all over Sis-
kiyou are startingup, and will be kept in op-
eration from now until next summer. In the
Salmon river country and along the Klamath
some large plants have been put in during the
past few years, which will largely increase
the output of gold in this county.
Tuolumne.
Mother Lode Magnet: At the Alameda a
new hoist is being built, an air compressor
has just been put in working order, and de-
velopment work is being rushed as fast as
supplies will permit.
The Shawmut mine at Jacksonville is work-
ing twenty-five men. The company expect to
have the mill completed in about a month.
A boiler is being placed on the Modoc mine,
near the Buchanan. With the roads in condi-
tion to transport machinery and supplies, a
force of men will be put to work on the mine.
A rich strike was made in shaft No. 3 of the
Santa Ysabel group last week.
Another rich strike has been made on the
Fleming vein near Carapo Seco.
Shorey and Stover are putting a hydraulic
plant on their mines near Horse Shoe Bend,
which have been bonded from J. B. Doyle.
Independent: L, A. Engelke has bonded
his mining property at American Gamp to San
Francisco parties.
The Black Oak mine has not been sold, and
its owners say it will not be.
The Mullen mine near Tuttletown will
shortly be reopened by John iDoyle and asso-
ciates. '
The Rappahannock still continues to sink,
the quality of the ore encouraging such a
course.
Mr. Linehan of San Francisco is opening up
his mine on the mother lode near Mormon
creek.
The Miller and Holmes mine, has found the
lost Knox and Boyle vein. It Was crosscut on
the 600-foot level. The new 20-stamp mill is
well under way.
The Golden Rule is now drifting from the
500 level and expects to cut, the east ledge
within a few feet. This mine is now equipped
with electric lights. 1
The Jerrymander mine has struck a good
vein of ore.
Union- Democrat : A 60 H. P. gasolene engine
has arrived at the Rawhide [to be used to
operate the Cornish pump rec^tly put in.
At the 600 level of the Knoi j& Boyle of the
Santa Ysabel group very riqh ore has been
encountered. The ore body iis large, as is
usual in the mother lode properties.
On the Gerrymander it is fexpected to tap
the main vein soon and then th|e erection of a
20-stamp mill be considered. The mine is
parallel to the Golden Gate on the west.
At the Mammoth the big strike recently
made in the mine still holds out. The pay
streak takes in 6 feet of vein matter. Work
is being prosecuted on the 700 l,evel.,
NEVADA.
Silver State: At the Montauk mines at
Bartlett creek, which were purchased from L.
Vary last fall by the Columbia Mining Com-
pany, C. A. Kinney, the superintendent, has
had a force of men at work prospecting and
developing them since last fall. The Derby
mill was leased and started up a few weeks
ago. The concentrates average about S380 per
ton, while the ore works about S20 per ton on
the plates. Mr. Kinney also contemplates
the erection of a cyanide plant, which will
work the ore to a higher valuation, as it is
not entirely free-milling.
Reno Gazette : A strike is reported at Union-
ville, twety miles south of Mill City, by the
Thornton brothers.
Advices received by the Tribune from De
Lamar indicate that the April Fool Company
has been seriously crippled by the recent de-
cision concerning its rights to certain waters
and that already over thirty men have been
dismissed, the mill closed down and only men
enough retained at the mine to enable the
owners to work one eight-hour shift. This
force is confined to the blocking out of ore,
and until arrangements are made for water
it is not likely that further attempts will be
made to operate the plant. With the mill
closed down, the company will, no doubt, re-
sume the shipment of the very high grade ore
of which it showed itself capable before the
mill was erected, and commence the develop-
ment of an additional water supply.
Austin Reveille : In the north end of Lander
county the mill at Dean is running steadily
and turning out regular shipments of bullion,
and the mine is in good condition.
At Copper canyon six men are employed,
and Jorey, Briley and Worst, the owners,
have bonded it to Denver people, who are
now at work.
At Cottonwood canyon, between Galena and
Battle Mountain, is another copper mine
which has been bonded to outside parties, and
they have four miners at work.
There are many valuable copper mines in
Lander county, and it is only a matter of time
before they will be owned by capitalists.
OREGON.
Baker City Democrat: The Don Juan mine
in Robinsonville district, owned by Kelly &
Allen, produced thirty-five ounces of gold
bullion— the result of a run of five tons of ore
through a 3-stamp prospect mill.
At the Bear Creek quartz ledges the Vic-
tory and Hidden Treasure, owned by the
Lane Bros, of Susanville, have been bonded,
one of the considerations being on driving a
tunnel and tapping the ledge at a certain
depth and that a 20-stamp mill would be
erected on the property.
Grant's Pass Observer : About $300 in coarse
gold was brought in from the Hayes & Jewell
mine on Oscar creek this week. The largest
chunk weighed $180.
F. H. Mason & Co. of Spokane, Wash., have
bonded the Boynton quartz mine on Jump-off-
Joe for a short time in which to make a thor-
ough examination.
Rogue River Courier: The Horn-Silsby-
Tucker mine is piping night and day on the
lower Illinois, and the first clean-up has proven
it to be one of the richest placer mines in
southern Oregon. Some thirty men are at
work, and a ditch S% miles, just completed,
will furnish water the year round.
The Bolt quartz mine, on Galice creek, has
been sold to a company of Bavarian capital-
ists, who will erect a large mill to crush their
own and their neighbors' ore.
WASHINGTON.
Spokesman- Review : There will be six ship-
ping mines within ten miles of the mouth of
the Methow this year. They are the Hidden
Treasure, Highland Light, Monitor, Friday,
Hunter and Gray Eagle. Should the Cen-
tral Washington build fifty miles to the river,
the question would be settled.
At Chewelal the Black Hornet is showing a
ledge about 40 feet wide. The shaft is down
20 feet and the ore is improving steadily
with depth. It is iron and copper pyrites, car-
rying gold.
At Boundary, Captain Miller, manager of
the Columbia and Ontario Mining Company,
has purchased for O. W. Chamberlin of Pre-
toria, Out,, a group of five claims for $8000
cash.
William Berwick has purchased of M. W.
Bresterof Waneta a quarter interest In the
Nevada, a gold and silver property, located in
the Lost Creek mining camp, for $1150.
BRITISH OOIiUMBIA.
{Special Correspondence).— Supt. Veatch of
the Cinnabar Mining Co., Savonas, states
that the furnaces are practically completed.
He estimates an output of 125 tons of half per
cent per day, making a net profit of $50.
An assay of decomposed ore from the Orphan
Boy, Big Bend country, shows a return of 10
ozs. 3 dwts. of gold valued at $209.70 per ton
and 1 oz. 15 dwts. of silver valued at $1.15 per
ton. There are 1000 tons of ore on the dump
of the Orphan Boy, and a mill recently pur-
chased in San Francisco is on its way to the
mine, which is a free-milling proposition.
The Great Northern Railway Company
quotes a rate on copper ore from Victoria to
St. Louis of $16 per ton and one of $15 per ton
from New Westminster to Vancouver.
There is considerable mining activity at
Frederic's Arm, where Gobbledick and Fpr-
sythe are extensively developing claims.
TheSilver Tipmine 00 Taxada island is to
be worked by thei Taxada Proprietary Gold
Mines, Limited, capitalized in $250,000 in 35^-
cent shares. The principal offices of the com-
pany are in Vancouver, and assays are said to
show returns in gold and silver equal to from
$16.45 to $44 per ton.
The Athabasca mine at Nelson is creating
some stir. The Athabasca Company have
eight leads, but are working now only on one.
The tunnel on this lead is in 164 feet and the
ore averages from 100 assays over $100 a ton
free milling. A mill will be on the ground in
May, or as soon as the weather permits. Ex-
Minister of Finance for Canada, Poster, is at
present at the property overseeing develop-
ment work. GOIIDMAN.
Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 15th, '97.
The Tennessee and Iowa claims on Quartz
creek, one-half mile from the line of the Nel-
son & Fort Sheppard Railway, have been sold
to James McCreath of Nelson for $8000.
The exportation of ore from the Koo-
tenay this year amounts to 3593^ tons.
The smelters have produced 1405 tons of
matte. The ore shipments last week from
Slocan amounted to 504^ tons. The matte
and bullion shipments during the same period
amounted to 383 tons, of which the Trail
February 20. 1807.
Mining and Scientific Press.
156
smelter furnished 301 tODsaod the Hall Mines
82 tone.
S. NortnaD Jk Co., for themselves, and J. D.
Farrell have purchased a half interest In the
Keciproclty and LilliaD mineral claims, adjoin-
lofT the Payne gt-oup, in the Slocan.
The tlnal payment on the Coxey group has
been made by O. J. McCniig, wbo boui^ht the
property some time ago from John H. Cook
and Elliog Johnson. This payment amounts
tofai.OOO.
Colonel Peyton staletj that uU deals for the
Le Hoi are off. All the workings, including
the main shaft, fkip shaft, upraises, drifting,
tunneling and urosscutling, amounted at the
first of the year to fully iiVW feet. It is esti-
mated that 4357 cubic fathoms of ore and
waste have been taken from all of the work-
logs, or 93,054 tons hoisted from the mine.
One hundred and sixty persons are now upon
the Le Rol pay-roll. The company is now
hoisting and shipping about 15U tons daily. Of
this 50 tons goes to the Trail smeller, and the
rest goes to Everett, Tacoma and East
Helena. The output is equal to a train load
daily.
The ore shipments from Uossland last weeli
were as follows: Le Koi. 715 tons; War Eagle,
350 tons; Iron Mask, 'JO tons; Kootenay &
Columbia, 75 tons; Josie, 41 tons; Jumbo, '.*U
tons.
ALASKA.
iitntno Record: The following shows the
yield of gold In detail for iS'JG:
Nowell Gold Mining Co., a5 stamps 8 160.000
Berner's Bay M. & M. Co.. 40 stamps 125.000
AIiiska-Treadwell G. M. Co.. 240 stamps, 800.000
Aliisku-Mexican (J. M. Co., lA) stamps 45J,00((
Ala^iha Commercial Co., 40 stomps 500,000
Buld Eagle M. Co., 4 stamps , 200,000
EboRrG M. Co., 10 stamps 35.000
Juneau M. Co.. 30 stamps 35,000
Jaulin G. M. Co.. 10 stamps 30,000
Alaska-WIUouKbby G. M. Co., lO stamps. I.'i.OOO
Green mine, Norton Sound, 10 stamps ... 15.000
Total output of quartz mines fa.355.lX)0
Llluya buy placer mines 15,000
Cook's Inlet plactr mines 175.000
Birch Creek district, Yukon mines i,.SOO,000
Other Yukon districts 800.0(X1
From several small creeks in various parts
of the Territory, worked by arrastraa . . 35,000
Total output $4,670,000
Increase over 1805 ?l, 670,000
(Special Correspondence). —Gill S. Peyton
and Eastern parties have a bond on and are
opening a property at the mouth of Little
Cottonwood canyon. Two tunnels are being
driven to crosscut the vein. Samples of ore
show it to be a free milling proposition.
TheTaylor & Brunton Ore Sampling Com-
pany, having sampling works at Salt Lake
City, Utah, and Aspen and Cripple Creek,
Col., handled in IS'Jtt 76,000 tons of ore at Salt
Lake City, 100,000 tons at Aspen, and are now
handling at Cripple Creek about 3000 tons per
month.
At Kobinson, Tintic district, the Sioux-
Ajax tunnel, being driven in the locality of
the Mammoth, is now in IHOO feet.
The Carissa, a copper property belonging to
0'Mera& Co., is shipping about 150 tons of ore
per month, which runs from 14 to 40 per cent
copper.
The Grand Central people have spent at
least ¥130,000 on their property in Tintic, and
have recently made a strike of ore, rich in
gold and copper, in a well-marked vein. Their
double-compartment shaft has reached a depth
of 700 feet.
The Northern Light cyanide mill, in Mercur
district, will be in operation by Feb. 20th.
The ore from the Northern Light mine is of a
highly siliceous nature, is oxydized and car-
ries gold and silver.
The Sunshine cyanide mill is not now run-
ning. Within the last few months the ores in
the Sunshine mine have become arsenical and
considerable clay has been encountered, which
mats in the tanks to such an extent as to hin-
der percolation.
Captain Timothy Egan has been shipping
some ore from the Golden Star mine, located
on Bald mountain, near Marysvale, which, ran
$4S in silver and $7.70 in gold per ton. He con-
templates putting in a stamp mill, as bis ore
is free milling.
The Valeo mine, in the Park City district,
is attracting considerable interest. A body
of ore has been encountered which is rich in
copper and gold, with some lead. It contains
streaks of high-grade copper running as high
as 40 cent. The property belongs to Park City
people. Wascott.
Salt Lake, Feb. 14th, '07.
Tintic Miner: It is reported that the Swan-
sea Company have decided on the erection of
a concentrating plant. While the Swansea
has much high-grade ore in sight, which it
will pay to ship even under present conditions,
they also have immense bodies of low-grade
lead ores which are now a dead loss, but with
a concentrator would be a most valuable
product.
Shipments were as follows last week; From
the Bullion-Beck mine, thirty carloads of ore ;
Bullion-Beck mill, ten carloads of concen-
trates; Centennial Eureka, fifteen carloads of
ore ; Eureka Hill mill, eight carloads of concen-
trates; Humbug, two carloads of ore; Ajax,
nine carloads of ore; Sioux mine, nine carloads
of one ; Sioux mill, two carloads of concentrates ;
Mammoth mill, twelve carloads of concen-
.trates; North Star, four carloads of ore.
The Picnic shaft is down 260 feet and drift-
will commence in a few days. There are
several streaks of high-grade ore showing in
the shaft.
Tribiwe: Already the stimulating effect of
the advance in lead upon the output of Bing-
ham is making itself apparent, and whereas
days were recently allowed to go by in which
not a pound of ore was sent out, the daily
average at present is about seven carloads.
On the Provo river twenty miles from Park
City copper ore has been taken out of a cut
30 feet from the surface. The ledge shows a
breast of 10 feet at that point» The vein from
which the ore was taken is 18 inches. The
same rock assayed at Salt Lake yielded 30 per
centcopper, a few ounces of silverand'J5 cents
in gold.
Work has been started in sinking the Daly-
West shaft from the lUK) to the i:tOO-foot
level, if the present plans are carried out. At
the i;5U0-foot level a station will be cut and
drifts run out to cut the ledge.
At State Line the Gold Hilt Mining Com-
pany has decided to drive two long tunnels,
500 or 1000 feet, resiiectively. The contract
has been lot for the oUO-foot tunnel and the
contractors commeoL-ed work on the 4th inst.
The 10{K>-foot tunnel will be driven from the
southeast side of the range, and with each of
these tunnels the company expect to crosscut
several promising leads, which now crop out
on the surface.
Mercur Mercury: A good body of ore is now
uncovered in the Edna May.
The Daisies are looking better than ever.
A drift has been run about 110 feet on the 125-
foot level, and the iucliue has reached a point
about 40 feet lower. At both places the ore
is widening out.
Men are at work on the Chloride Point and
the old workings are being put in good shape.
At the Wonder a depth of ti'Si) feet has been
reached, and a station is being made at that
point. In a few days the work of sinking will
be continued.
Bingham liullelin : Water has been bother-
ing in the 300-foot level of the Winnamuek,
but a new pump now has it under control.
There is a great show of mineral at the face
of the east drift.
Tibbie & Hines have made a forty-ton ship-
ment from their Phoenix lease.
The shipments from the old Jordan mine
and mill this month promises to be about the
same as January's— 170U tons.
Mammoth Record: The ore shipments from
the camp were reported as follows : Ajax, nine
cars ; Sioux ore, nine cars; Sioux concentrates,
three cars; Mammoth concentrates, 10 cars;
Utah ore, three cars.
The Fisher Mining Company is putting up a
shaft house on their property near Diamond.
iiecietv: At Pierce the o-stamp mill which
will be placed upon ihe Boles group is being
loaded on wagons and taken out.
The Gold Reef, owned by Morris & Morrill,
has a tunnel 100 feet deep which taps a 20-
foot ledge of high-grade concentrating ore, as-
saying between $30 and f-iU.
The Idaho mine is being developed with a
prospector's stamp mill. A force of men is at
work driving a 4UO-foot tunnel, having reached
a depth at this time of about 200 feet.
On Quartz creek, about eight miles from
Pierce, Harris &; Matthews have driven a
tunnel on their property which shows a 25-
foot ledge of ore, which carries copper and
gold assaying §32.
jHONTANA.
Inter-Muuntai}! : The Ajax Mining Company
has paid a balance of $68,400 to Connor Bros,
and became possessedof the Stray Horse mine,
upon which the company took a bond one year
ago for $75,000. Besides that amount, the
Ajax Company has paid SIS.OOO to the lessees.
The Stray Horse is situated about six miles
from Winston.
The St. Paul &. Butte Company, which sus-
pended operations some months ago owing to
financial troubles, will resume work in a few
days on a group of properties near Lloyd's
milk ranch. Two sixty-horse boilers and an
engine have been secured, and are now being
placed in position.
The Agnes, southwest of the Colorado
smelter, is being operated by McNerny & Co.
An electric hoist and an electric pump have
been erected. The lessees expect to find
copper ore.
Butte Miner: At the Granite Mountain and
Bi-MetalUc mines in Granite county the
immense amount of tailings accumulated in
the past nine years at the mines will be
worked over and it is thought will be a profit-
able undertaking for the company. The mines
are kept in good condition at a good deal of
expense to tine stockholders and it is figured
that at least enough can be taken from the
tailings to pay the general expenses of keep-
the mines in condition.
Western Mining World: The annual output
of the Bald Butte Mining Company shows a
profit during the year of ?38,S45.22. Develop-
ment was as 'oUows: Tunnel 578 feet; levels,
4S9feet; winzes, crosscuts, etc., 325 feet; total,
1,392 feet. This work cost $12,720.22, an aver-
age of $9.14 per foot, including grading and
laying track; extracted and put into the bins
24,258 tons of ore, at a cost of S38,843.12, an
average of S1.43Jxi per ton. In addition there
are 3,600 tons of broken ore in the mine, and
59,900 tons in the reserve above tunnel No. 1.
During the year the mill has dropped its forty
stamps for 333.05 days of twenty-four hours
each, crushing 23,458 tons, an average of very
nearly 70^< tons per dav, at acost of $21,684.12,
an average of 92% cents per ton. This aver-
age cost is divided as follows : Labor, about
61 cents; wood, about 18% cents; supplies,
about 13 cents; total, 92% cents. This ore
has yielded bullion to the net value of @124,-
030.38, an average of $5.29 per ton. In addition
it has yielded 152 tons 857 lbs. of dry concen-
trates, of the net cash value of $8,811.01, an
average of $57.80 per ton of ore. The total net
yield per ton of ore milled is therefore -$5.67%.
WYOMING.
Notwithstanding heavy snows, the work of
prospecting and developing the Grand En-
campment mining district is being pushed
vigorously. A contract has been let by the
owners of the Golden Eagle for a 300-foot tun-
nel for a water level inlet to the lead. A car-
load of ore from the Tom Thumb mine runs
about $285 to the ton.
There has been received at Laramie thir-
teen carloads of steel pipe for the Inde-
pendence mountain placers. It was purchased
in San Francisco. When in position the pipe
will cover a distance of over two miles. It
tapes from 24 inchesdown to 10, and it will be
put in at a point where the fall is 300 feet.
The ditch from Big Creek lake will be com-
pleted by June 1st, will be fourteen miles
long and will carry 5000 miners' inches of
water. At the bottom it will belO feet wide,
and the total cost, when everything Is in
working order, is placed at $75,000.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Time.t: At Ragged Top the
Crown Hill Mining Company will, on the re-
turn of S. E. Young froni Ohio, inaugurate
extensive development work. Ore shipments
from this new camp now average from twenty-
five to thirty tons per day.
The Ragged Top Gold Mining Company,
owners of the Iva group, take out and' ship
from thirty to fifty tons per week.
All of the ore outside of the DaceyiS: Kilpat-
rick Bros.' property, is virtually taken from
the surface, none of the workings exceeding
30 feet in depth.
Hattenbach <& Co., owners of the Metallic
Streak group of claims, situated on the south-
west slope of Rugged Top mountain, have
opened up a body of oxidized iron ore that
assays from $47.20 to $81.79 gold per ton.
The new mining camp on the line of the B.
&, M. railroad, between Pringle and Loring
station, is alive with excitement over recent
discoveries.
The Demereau Mining Company, now oper-
ating near Pringle, south of Custer City, are
pushing work on their development tunnel,
now in 200 feet. One vein 30 feet in width
has been crosscut, the ore assaying from $16
to $32 gold per ton.
The Striegel group of claims, in South Ruby
Basin, consisting of thirteen locations, near
Euglewood, has been bonded for a short time
to eastern parties. A cash payment of $5,000
has been made to the owner, John Striegel.
The Sunnyside management at Hall City
are preparing to sink the shaft an additional
loo feet. The vein has steadily improved with
depth, and the mill is being run constantly on
excellent ore.
A new discovery of siliceous ore has been
made south of Englewood, on the line of the
B. & M. railroad, samples of which assay from
$10 to$180 gold per ton. The formation is lime
porphyry or phonoUte.
In Yellow Creek Camp the Wasp No. 2 Mining
Company have encountered another bonanza
in the claim. The shaft in now exposed for
over 30 feet in width, and still extends be-
yond the sides of the workings.
C. A. Stephens & Co. secured a sixty days
option and lease on the old Uncle Sam lode,
adjoining the Harrison, for $7,000.
The shaft of the National Mining Company
on Sugar Loaf hill is now down 250 feet, the
last six feet being in a soft chalky material
above which 20 feet of blue shale was passed
through. It is now believed that another
stratum of shale will be found before the ore
contact is encountered.
NEW MEXICO.
La Belle Ocssea.- V. G. Hyatt of Pueblo,
Colorado, has purchased the Golden Treasure
properties in Placer gulch for $10,000.
COLORADO.
Leadvillk.— (Special Correspondence) : De-
spite the baneful effects of the long-continued
labor troubles in Leadville, the district is
outputting 1200 tons of ore per day, and there
is discernible a rather hopeful feeling and an
actual improvement in business. About 1300
men are now employed at the various proper-
ties higher up on the bills, though the down-
town mines are still closed down. It is learned
that perhaps a majority of the men now em-
ployed are former members of the local min-
ers' union, who have withdrawn therefrom.
I find no hostility among mine owners to labor
unions in general, though an actual settle-
ment of the difficulty between the mine own-
ers and the Leadville Miners' Union, as at
present controlled, is a thing unlocked for.
Unquestionably, the present situation will
find a solution only in the time'required for
the antagonism to wear itself out.
A very important and encouraging matter
for Leadville is the action of the Illinois Steel
Works in deciding to draw its entire supply
of manganese of iron ore from Leadville. It is
estimated that 50,000 tons will be required
for 1897. This decision is due largely to the
efforts of Mr. Geo. W. Cook, Colorado agent of
the Illinois Steel Works. The Leadville man-
ganese of iron, after having been thoroughly
tested by that company in 1896, was found to
be entirely satisfactory. Formerly the Illinois
company obtained its supply of this ore from
Cuba, Chile, Russia and Japan. The result
will be to double the output of iron in Lead-
ville. By reason of a reduction of smelting
charges, as low as 3 ounce iron can be han-
dled. Immense bodies of this low-grade ore
are in reserve in many of the older properties,
which, under the present charges for smelt-
ing and the prospective demand, will doubt-
less be handled.
Among the properties which produce man-
ganese of iron to a marked degree are the
Star, Matchless, Chip, Stag, Bison, Denver
City, Japan, Jason, Iron-Silver. R. E. Lee and
Yankee Doodle. Wascott,
Leadville, Col., Feb. 10th, '97.
Denver Repuhlican : At Cripple Creek the
Ingham on Raven hill has produced 200 tons
of ore in the past eighteen days.
Pay ore has been found again in the Ruby
on Bull hill by the new workers. After nearly
a year of idleness the property was recently
secured under bond by T. W. Armstrong, rep-
resenting a Detroit syndicate.
A Boston company, organized as the Colo-
rado School Land Mining and Leasing Com-
pany, is putting up a compressor on Beaver
creek above GiUett and will drive a tunnel
with air drills into the foothills of Pike's
Peak.
The question among Bacon hill workers at
the present time is how far they will be
allowed to sink on the many new finds before
water becomes a serious interference. Dozens
of shafts are being pushed down at the present
time and no advance measures are being taken
toward draining the hill.
Granmer brothers are removing a lO-stamp
mill dowD from Park countv and setting It up
in Arequa gulch, near the Elkton mine. They
will experiment for the best process for hand-
ling the tailings and are undecided whether
to use cyanide or be content with table con-
centration.
The report of President R. J. Preston of the
Prince Albert Company shows the gross pro-
duction by lessees since last August has been
$59,338.95; 1,045 tons of ore yielding 2,973%
ounces of gold and 655) .; ounces of silver. The
company received as royalties from the ore
$11,324.34. For the ensuing year the new
work outlined contemplates the completion of
the crosscut from the Gold Dollar tunnel, by
which 200 feet of new stoping ground will be
opened.
During January the El Paso chlorination
mill at GiUett handled 1,407 tons, extracted
$40,027, making a daily treatment of forty-five
tons of ore of an average value of $28. Work
has been commenced on the new plant of 150
tons daily capacity being built by the com-
pany at Florence.
W. S. Stratton is developing his two con-
solidations on Globe and Ironclad hills with
a view to finding the right point for sinking
a main working shaft to great depth.
ARIZONA.
Itcpuhlican: At the Black Warrior the ore
in sight is estimated at 300,000 tons. Presi-
dent J. A. Flemming has arrived to consult
with Superintendent Hill and John Whyte in
regard to reduction works. The kind of works
that will be erected is yet to be determined,
but in all probability both leaching and smelt-
ing will be employed.
Prescott Jounial-Mincr: T. G. Massicks,
general manager of the Lynx creek hydraulic
works, has his boiler in position and will start
up his steam shovel and amalgamator soon.
He has experimented with this enough to
demonstrate its adaptability for extracting
the gold from the gravel beds, at a minimum
cost and with i he use of very little water.
Tucson Star: Stiles &. Mayhew, of Casa
Grande, have sold their recently discovered
copper property a few miles south of that town
for $60,000, and a smelter will be placed upon
the ground at once.
The mines in the neighborhood of Casa
Grande are rich, and are attracting a great
deal of attention of late. It is understood
I that the Silver Reef properties have just
changed ownership for a consideration of $75,-
000.
In the Oro Blanco district Chicago parties
have purchased the Con. Arizona mill and two
gold properties, and will start up at once.
The Oro mill is running on a good grade of gold
ore from the Oro mine.
There are sixty men employed extracting
ore and freighting it to the Rosemont smelter
which it is expected will blow in in a few
days.
The Twin Butte mines in the Sierrita dis-
trict, of Baxter associates, are producing a
high grade of copper ore from their 125-foot
level, the average being over 30 per ceni;.
Parties from the Pierce mines say that the
output is larger than ever before. Two pul-
verizing mills have been purchased and are in
transit. The capacity of these mills is fifty
tons each per day. These pulverizers have
become very popular throughout South Amer-
ica and at several points in New Mexico and
throughout the Rocky mountain region.
Mojave Afifier : The Excelsior Mining and
Milling Company has acquired title to thirty
claims in Indian Secret mining district. The
amount paid for the properties is said to have
exceeded $3,000,000. R. D. Root engineered
the deal and an English syndicate is the pur-
chaser.
Prescott Courier : The Lottie mill is run-
ning night and day with its ten stamps and
four concentrators.
The Annie is running its ten stamps and
three six-foot concentrators. A rich strike
was made in the bottom of the shaft, at a
depth of 300 feet. The ore is sulphuret and
and shows free gold.
The Henrietta mill has started up with
twenty stamps and eight concentrators.
The managers have put on a full force of men,
besides letting several leases.
The Jessie mill is running ten stamps and
four concentrators night and day. Superin-,
tendent Doran is having the other ten stamps
fixed up. The greatest output of value from
this mill is free gold, although it is a steadj'
shipper of concentrates.
Phoenix Republican: The 400-foot level of
the Crowned King mine at Big Bug shows
better ore than any or the upper levels, thus
keeping up its reputation of improving with
depth.
A deed has been filed for record from M. H.
Angeyine and J. T. Robertson, to the Silver
Spring Gold and Silver Mining Company, for
the Growler and Silver Spring mining claims,
located on the Hassayampa. It is stated that
a mill will be erected soon on the property by
the company.
At Kingman the Elkhart mine is to have a
100 ton concentrator.
LOWEK CALIFORNIA.
Lower Calif ornian : Work has been resumed
on the Aurora mine at Alamo. Three weeks
ago the pumps were started and the shafts of
both the Aurora and Princessa have been
drained to the 150-foot level, where they are
connected by a drift. Exploration work has
already begun on the old works, and a num-
ber of drifts will be run. Last week a good
body of ore was struck in one of the levels of
the old works, and the 5-stamp mill on the
property will start up immediately. It is
owned by Chicago people.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
February 20, 1897.
Scientific Procuress.
Refractory Clays.
tion, as would be tbe case if it pene-
trated the substance and was ttien re-
flected. In this way powdered red
glass appears white.
The most important of the single
components of clayare: Alumina, silicic
acid, the latter often in chemical com- |
bination, sometimes in mechanical ad- j
mixture, water lime, peroxide of iron, i
magnesia, and alkali. Clay rich in lime |
is called marl, while highly ferriferous ',
clays are called loam. These two kinds |
are not counted among the refractory
materials. Clay earth or oxide of alu-
mina melts in the flame of the oxyhy-
drogen gas blow-pipe, whereby the
kind chemically produced appears to be
more easily fusible than tbe natural ar-
ticle. Silica melts at the same tem-
perature as platinum, the chemical
product, too, being more easily fusible
than the natural silica, as quartz or
rock crystal.
When alumina is mixed with silica,
or when both materials enter^ into a
chemical combination, or, as it is often
noticed with natural clays, when silica
is partly combined with clay earth as
silicate of alumina, partly admixed
mechanically, the chemical law applies
to this combination of the two sub-
stances, that if two solid bodies enter
into a combination the melting point of
this combination is lower than the aver-
age of the melting temperatures of the
two bodies. A mixture of alumina and
silicic acid, or the chemical combination
of silicate of alumina melts at the same
temperature as wrought iron, but the
melting temperature rises with the
quantity and size of grain of the sand
admixed.
When we mix one part (weight) of
alumina with one, two, three, or more
parts of sand, give to these mixtures
tbe same shape, and heat them to the
temperature where cast steel melts,
we can observe that the mixtures with
higher sand contents begin to slag
later. But when the temperature
rises above the melting point of cast
Steel the mixtures richer in sand will
cake sooner than those with higher
contents of alumina.
Adding to the different mixtures of
alumina and sand the substances known
as flux, as lime, peroxide of iron, etc.,
double combinations of alumina and
silicic acid, and of silicic acid and the
bases of the flux are produced at high
temperatures. The melting point of
this double combination, however, is
again lower than that of the chemically
pure silicate of clay. This mixture
corresponds, on the whole, to the nat-
ural fire clays and these melt, there-
fore, the easier the more flux they con-
tain, with equal quantities of alumina
and silicic acid, or the larger the silica
contents with equal quantities of alu-
mina and flux. The contents of alumina
appear, therefore, to be determinative
for the refractory of the fire clays.
The refractory power and value of
clay can be ascertained by means of
chemical analysis. The refractory
power is dependent upon the propor-
tion of alumina to silicic acid and flux.
' The philosophy of color in light may
be presented in this way: It is noted
thtit the light from" an electric arc, for
jostanee, when seen near at hand, has
a.- '.distinctively bluish color, but this
same light, when viewed from. a dis-
tance, appears yellowish, certain of its
Tays having been absorbed by the water
vapor in the air on its passage to the
eye ; for a similar reason, the sun is
now, by some, considered to be a blue
star ; his light, which would appear in-
tensely white and rich in blue rays es-
pecially, if it could be seen beyond our
atmospliere, appears yellowish after it
has passed through that atmosphere
and lost some of its most refrangible
constituent rays. The effect of absorp-
tion in producing color is seen in the
fact that powdered bodies generally
appear white, a fact accounted for
when it is considered that a powder
consists of particles arranged at all
angles, so that the light falling upon it
meets various surfaces, and is mostly
reflected before it has passed below
the surface, and thus the white light
meeting it is not deprived of some of
its constituents by selective absorp-
ExPERiMENTS show that a light of 1-
candle power is plainly visible at 1
mile, and one of S-candle power at 2
miles. A 10-candle power light was
seen with a binocular at 4 miles, one of
29 at 5 miles, though faintly, and one of
33-candle power at the same distance
without difficulty. On an exception-
ally clear night a white light of 3 2-
candle power can be distinguished at
3 miles, one of 5. 6 at 4 and one of 12 at
5 miles.
A NEW source of power is utilized in
an engine invented by Hermann Pappe
of Hamburg, Germany. The most
peculiar feature of it is that the mate-
rial producing the power can be used
continuously, without a single renewal.
A mixture of ammonia vapor and car-
bonic acid gas, eventually under access
of steam, which, however, is not neces-
sary, is employed, so that, by the ex-
Mechanical Progress.
Improved Engine Lathe.
The illustration on this page is of a
24-inch improved engine lathe, supplied
by the Parke & Lacy Co., 21-23 Fre-
mont street, San Francisco, who fur-
nish upon application description of
details of features intended to render
them capable of more and quicker
work than the old style of lathes. In
the lathe portrayed the ratio of back
gearing is 13 to 1 ; cone diameters, 14J
to 5 inches ; width of step on cone, 3l
inches ; hole through spindle, lyf ;
front bearing of spindle, 4 inches diam-
eter, 61 inches long ; back bearing of
spindle, S-^g inches diameter, 4i inches
long ; diameter of tail spindle, 2ys
inches ; lathe cuts threads, 2 to 28 ;
feeds per inch, 4 to 80 ; weight of 10-
foot lathe, 4000 pounds ; speed of coun-
tershaft, 150 ; size of pulleys on coun-
tershaft, 14 inches by 4i inches ; 10-
foot lathe takes between centers 6
feet ; beds made in lengths of 8, 10, 12,
used for surgical and dental purposes
are very much smaller, and are three
times more valuable, if estimated by
weight, or more than $400,000 per
pound.
Formerly it was customary to esti-
mate approximately the cost of a loco-
motive at $1000 per ton weight. Thus,
an engine weighing 40,000 pounds
would cost about $20,000. To-day, a
first-class locomotive, weighing about
130,000 pounds, costs about $8000, or
less than 6J- cents per pound. Labor-
saving machinery and "piece-work"
systems of pay are largely accountable
for these results. — A. E. Outerbridge,
Jr., in Journal of the Franklin Inst.
Electrical Progress.
Electrification of Air by Roent-
gen Rays.
At a meeting of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh, Lord Kelvin made a com-
munication on "The Electrification of
Air by Roentgen Rays," the outcome,
pansion of the gas mixture entering
under pressure, a cooling of the vapors
in the cylinder of the engine is pro-
duced. Thus, a salt of ammonia is
formed by a smaller or larger part of
the gas mixture. This salt is returned
to a disintegrating apparatus, work-
ing under pressure, in order to be dis-
integrated by heat into its volatile
components, which are again utilized
for power purposes.
We now know the mass of the planet
Jupiter, certainly to within the hun-
dredth part, and probably to within
the thousandth of its total amount. It
seems useless for our purpose to ex-
press this weight in billions of tons. It
will suffice if we compare the weight of
Jupiter with the weight of the earth.
The result is that we find Jupiter
weighs as much as 310 bodies would do
if each of them had the same mass as
the earth.
An interesting novelty in passenger
car construction is a renovated coach,
which has been sheathed with sheet
copper of No. 30 gauge, under the di-
rection of Master Car Builder Apple-
yard of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company. The cop-
per does away with painting and var-
nishing, is on thin wooden sheathing, is
handsome, waterproof, and can be re-
paired in sections.
IMPROVED ENGINE LATHE.
14, 16, 18, 20, 22 feet ; swings over car-
riage 16i inches.
Reduction in Cost of Manufac-
turing.
A striking illustration of rapid
changes in methods, and concomitant
great reduction in cost of manufacture,
is furnished in the recent history of the
evolution of the incandescent electric
lamp.
In 1880 I visited Edison's. laboratory
at Menlo Park, to inspect his new sys-
tem of incandescent electric lighting.
I understood, at that time, that Mr.
Edison had succeeded by his methods
in reducing the cost of manufacture of
the little lamps one-half — i. e., from
about $3 to $1.50 each.
To-day, lamps far superior to the
earlier forms made in 1880 are sold in
large lots at less than 20 cents each 1
A single factory of the General Elec-
tric Company turns out 6,000,000 a
year, and the output of all the facto-
ries combined is about 20,000,000 lamps
per year.
It is interesting, in view of the pres-
ent low cost of the lamps, to know that
the carbon filament is estimated to be,
weight for weight, the most valuable
substance known.
Filaments for the ordinary 16-candle
power lamps are worth $10 a thousand,
and it takes 14,000 to weigh one pound.
The filaments in the tiny bulb lamps
as he explained, of experiments which
had occupied his attention, along with
that of Dr. Seattle and Dr. de Smolan,
since the end of October last. The
primary object of their investigations,
he said, was to test the effect of Roent-
gen rays shed upon electrified air — to
see whether or not the Roentgen rays
had any electrifying effect on air. The
following arrangement was made:
A lead cylinder 76 centimetres long
and -23 centimetres in diameter was
constructed. Both ends were closed
with paraffined cardboard, which was
transparent to the rays.' At the end
distant from the electrometer the
Roentgen lamp was placed. In the
other end two holes were made — one in
the middle in which a glass tube of suf-
ficient length was placed to allow the
end in the lead cylinder to be put into
any desired place in the cylinder. By
means of this air was drawn through
an electric filter by an air pump. The
other hole, a little from the center,
contained a second glass tube by which
air was drawn through india-rubber
tubing from the quadrangle of the
University of Glasgow outside the
laboratory. In one series of experi-
ments the end of the suction pipe was
kept in the center of the lead cylinder,
and at various points, 10 centimetres
apart, beginning with a point close to
the end distant from the Roentgen
lamp.
A primary object of their experi-
February 20, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
157
mpnts was to test whether air elec-
trified positively or uegativelv lost its
chartje by the passage of Roenti;pn
rays throufrh it. They sooq obtained
an aflirmative answer to that question.
They found that positively electrified
air lost its positive electricity, and in
some cases acquired negative elec-
tricity under the influence of Roent-
gen rays, and they were thus led to in-
vestigate the effect of Roentgen rays,
to begin with, on air unelectrificd. In
carrying out the experiments, his
Lordship added, they found it abso-
lutely necessary not only to surround
the elect ronaeter with wire gauze in the
usual manner, but they had also to
place it on a sheet of lead, and to sur-
round the side facing the Roentgen
lamp with lead, too. In some cases it
was even ijccessary to cover up the
whole with paper to prevent the elec-
trified air of the room from disturbing
the instrument.
Electric Ship Lighting.
When electrical plants were first
installed aboard ship, lead-encased
cables, run in ordinary molding, were
used almost entirely, and in case of
iron ships the hull was frequently em-
f)loyed for the return circuit. The
atter method soon passed out of use,
for it not only increased the fire haz-
ard, but was ineflicient mechanically,
and also liable to give rise to disturb-
ing influences on the s-hip's compasses.
Lead-encased conductors in ordinary
molding were used on the first two
United Stales men-of-war having elec-
tric plants — the Trenton and Omaha —
but with unsatisfactory results in each
case. In the latter ship, the electrical
plant of which was installed by the
writer in 188-1, the lead-encased port
and starboard mains passed through
holes bored in live-oak knees (one hole
to about each si.x feet of run), and the
writer has a vivid recollection of the
difficulties encountered in boring sev-
eral hundred three-quarter and half-
inch holes through about eight inches
of gnarled oak very nearly as hard to
pierce as some of the tougher metals.
It is, perhaps, needless to say that the
cost of labor and tools was no small
item in the cost of installation.
Lead-encased conductors were Anally
discarded, except in some special
work, as the protection from injury to
the insulation and from moisture, which
the lead sheath was supposed to give,
was found to be illusory. Dents caused
short circuiting on the sheath of the
conductors, while punctures, permit-
ting the entrance of moisture, led to
bad grounds, as well as short circuits.
At the present day what may be
called a composite system for the in-
stallation of the distributing conduct-
ors, is employed. Equal security in all
parts of the installation is the object
kept in view, and to obtain this sev-
eral systems are blended together as
one. While molding and flexible con-
duits are used in the saloons and cabins,
the conductors in the machinery spaces
and holds are run in iron conduits,
which are thoroughly insulated on the
inside, and special fittings are employed
in passing through the decks and bulk-
heads. Special water-tight switches,
cut-outs and fixtures are also used
wherever there is exposure to the
weather. — Cassier's Magazine.
Practical Information.
The Russian Oil Export in 1896.
The total Russian oil export for 1896
was as follows:
oil field on a more extensive scale. The
work on the pipe line between Baku
and Mihalovo, or half the distance be-
tween Baku and Batoum, will com-
mence as soon as the weather opens.
Drilling operations are being pushed
actively at Petrovsk, and it is believed
that the oil sand will be tapped shortly.
A Japanese steamship company will
commence in the spring to run a direct
line of steamers between Yokohama
and Batoum.
Wuinl-
natirifj
Oils,
Barrets.
4,0n,200
l.afM.200
INTELLIGENT STEAH USERS
Appreciate tho valiio of a wcU-luformed
engineer.
THE now AND WRY OP MODERN
STKAM KNCilNKEKING.
Residuum Lubrt-
and Cntde attivg Dtst.il-
On, Oil, late,
From— Barrels. Barrels. Barrels.
Batoum 70.000 »02,70O Tia.OOO
NoTOrosslsk.... 129.300 333,500 83,100
Total laS.SOO 726.200 846,700 6,431,400
The Baku oil field appears to be in-
exhaustible. In his December report
the Austrian consul at Batoum speaks
of two new gushers that came in dur-
ing the month, one producing from
5000 to 6000 barrels, the other over
10,000 a day. A Belgian company has
been organized to develop the Grosni
In an old pamphlet which was dis-
covered recently in the Astor library in
New York are some figures with refer-
ence to the cost of a piece of track laid
by the Baltimore and Ohio in 1830 and
1831. I. L. Sullivan, evidently a civil
engineer, in a report to R. L. Colt, es-
timates that the track laid with wood
sleepers, wood bearers, and plate rail,
exclusive of ground and gradation,
would cost $4362 per mile; with stone
blocks, wood bearers, and plate rail,
of which the cost of iron was $1324, the
cost would be $5115 per mile; with
granite sills in line with plate rail, of
which the iron was $2037, the cost |
would be $6500 per mile, divided as fol-
lows: Sills at $11.50 per 100, $3680; bar
iron, $1300; broken stone, $(i40; various
items, $880. This engineer speculated
on two-ton loads and one-ton cars, and
said in bis report that the Baltimore
and Ohio would be doing a very rash
thing if they went beyond this point.
He also says : " The locomotive engine
now operating successfully on the Bal-
timore road, made by Mr. Winans to
run on a friction carriage, though of
moderate power, has a great useful
efifect." Mr. Winans was apparently
the first to patent outside journals and
to reduce the resistance from friction
from llii to 4 pounds per ton. On July
4, 1828, Charles Carroll of CarroUtoii,
the celebrated signer of the Declara-
tion of Independence, laid the first
stone on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road.— Railway World.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION is simply
an expression of the members of Con-
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law. It does not go to the President
for his approval, and is no more than
the advice of a majority of Congress to
aid the President in the determination
of any public question. In other words,
it is no more than a resolution adopted
by any mass meeting. A joint resolu-
tion, when passed by Congress, must
go to the President for his approval or
veto. If approved, it becomes a law
that must be obeyed by President and
people ; if vetoed, it may be passed by
a two-thirds vote, and thus become a
law notwithstanding the objection of
the President. In brief, a concurrent
resolution is simply an expression of
the views of Congress, binding upon no
one. A joint resolution has every
attribute of a law, and becomes a law
when enacted by Congress, with the
approval of the IPresident or over his
veto.
By the consolidation of the two great
iron manufacturing firms of Schneider
and Canet, of Paris, the heads of the
two foundries visited President Faure
recently and assured him that Prance
now has an iron manufacturing plant
rivaling the Krupp establishment in
Germany.
Advices from Valparaiso, Chili, state
that the Chamber of Deputies has
passed a bill providing for a guarantee
of $125,000 to any company which will
establish an iron foundry on a large
scale in the country.
A SCIENTIST declares that "the ele-
ments entering into the cornstalk can
be made to produce alcohol, cellulose,
paper, matting, smokeless powder and
condition powders for cattle."
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Some ICemnrkd Coucenilng: OravltatioOt
liy STEPHKN H. KMMENS.
CoNTE.NTS.— Foreword: The Newtonian Doctrine:
TIic Defi'c'i of Newton 8 Proof rt^fipi-eiinj.- the Centre
of Force of a Spherical Mioll- TIil- Newtonian Dem-
onHtration reBpeelliit; the Atlr.iotlon exerted by
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of Allractiiiir Spheres havhifr rennilned undiscov-
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dlbtlnffuislied from CenireB of Gravity; The Calcu-
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of a Holld. hoiuoi:i.'ni'oiiHSpht'rf with relation to ox-
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sion of the Eiiulnoxi-s; The Duuslty of the Earth;
TliL- Internal Altractlvi- Korcf of a Splierlcal Shell;
The Internal Attraetlvt- Puree- of a Solid Sphere:
The slalvis of a Solid Spheri- wHli retrarU to liitornal
Pressure: 'iho Ccnirtfnj,'al Theory of Cowmlcal
Bodies; The Varhitlon or DL-iislty as rojrards the
RiirlhB f'rimt: The Sl^'nif^can<:e of Earthquakes;
Tlir T^-inpLTaiiin' of th._- Earlh: The Source of Ter-
n-htrlal lJi:il; The Sou ire of Solar Heat: Saturn and
JupllfM-; The Voleaiiie riuir.ictor and QuleMCcnt
Stalusof the Moon: Tlic Oblh|ulty of tho Ecliptic;
Elevation, Subsidence and (Jhicial Epochs; Tho
Cuollne and ShrlnklnB' of the Earth's Crust; Tho
Areh Thuory of the Earth's Crust; The cause of
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oulllno of a system of Uatversal Physics. Conclu-
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Coast Industrial Notes.
— FlagstalT. Arizona, has voted to issue
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—At La*i AnKcies a movement is on fool to
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—The Union Mill C>. of Truckee. Cal.. will
move their mill to Sardine Vallev and next
summer build a railroud from Sardine Valley
to Overton, a distance of niuo miles.
—Among the sums for harbor work con-
tracted for by the Secretary of War is HOO.OOO
for Humboldt bay, California. The river ap-
propriations include |ltlO.(H)0 for the Willam-
eltu and Yamhill rivers, Oregon.
—The steamer City of I'eking, sailing for
China and Japan last Saturday, carried a
treasure list valued at *ti(i.S.s:i;t, including
:ttll,i:i4 Mexican doltars, frJ05 iu gold coin,
and silver bullion valued at $:101,5UU.
—At Pasadena, Cal., the advocates of a
telephone system, to be owned and operated
by the city, have been circulating a petition
addressed to the Council, and asking it to
lake iiteps to forward the scheme.
—The annual meeting of the Manufactur-
ers' and Producers' Association, at which oili-
cers will be elected, will be held March '24Lh.
L. U. Mead. M. J. Keller and J. W. Kerr
constitute the committee of anangements.
—The orange shipments from Riverside for
this season to Feb. Sih amounted to 2*10,072
boxes, or lil2 carloads of twenty tons each.
Last season's total shipments were 2U1S car-
loads. Probably 40 per cent of Ibis year's
crop has been shipped.
—It is estimated that there will be planted
this year at Chino nr>00 acres of beets, and
that the factory will have beets from 4500
acres in Orange county and 2000 acres iu Ven-
tura county, making u total of 13,000 acres,
giving the factory about l;iO,UOO tons of beets
to work on the coining season, or more than
twice as many as it had last year.
—Mayor Carlson has sent A message to the
City Council of San Diego, Cal., concerning
the proposed railroad to Yuma. He seeks to
secure a franchise whereby he will control a
large part of the bay frunt for railroad pur-
poses. In addition to this, he wants San Di-
ego to put up t4so,000 as an interest guarantee
on the cost of building a Yuma road.
— American contractors have a contract
from the Mexican government for the im-
provement of the harbor at Mazatlan. About
r2,000,000 will be expended in the work. If a
deep harbor is secured Mazatlan will become
an important port, a concession for the build-
ing of a railroad from Duraogo to that place
having recently been granted by the govern-
ment.
—Last week in the United States Court at
Boise, Idaho, an order was made confirming
the sale of the Oregon Short Line. Joseph
Johnson of the New York Construction Co.
has closed a contract for building the 103
miles of road to the Seven Devels mining dis-
trict. A sub-contraci for the first 30 miles
has been let, subject to the approval of the
New York office, and another 20 miles is to be
contracted for at once. The company is con-
tracting for men to work on the grade.
— A Bombay native firm, under whose aus-
pices the Bombay Grain Trading Company has
been formed, are said to have ordered about
3000 tons of California corn for deli\'ery about
the end of this m^nth. The grain can be laid
down in Bombay at 2fs rupees per candy, as
compared with atj rupees per candy, the price
of Indian wheal in that market. Efforts are
being made to promote a taste for corn among
the natives, apparently with some success,
and a great demand for American corn in
India is confidently looked forward to in the
near future.
— The Union Iron Works, about March 17th,
will launch two war vessels — the Whee'ing
and the Marietta. This is the first time that
two war vessels have been launched the same
time on this coast. Citizens of Wheeling,
West Virginia, and Marietta, Ohio, will send
delegations to participate. These two addi-
tions to the United Slates navy are twin-
screw, light-draught composite gunboats.
Their contract cost price is §219,000 and
$223,000 respectively. Both vessels are of the
same dimensions — 174 feet long on the load
water line, the beam extreme at water line
34 feet, the draught 13 feet. They are 1000
tons displacement, and their horse power is
800, and estimated speed is 13 knots. The
coal supply is 250 tons, and the complement of
officers, seamen and marines 140. Their arma-
ment consists of six 4-inch rapid fire guns, one
forward and one aft on the main deck and two
on each broadside of the gun deck. There are
also four 6 pounders and four 1-pounders, all
rapid tire.
Book Notices.
Commercial Paragraphs. |
W. H. KcsuELi. of Florence, Co!., has one of ;
the sub contracts for the construction of the
new cyanide plant at that place. '
TiiKZingBrewing(^ompany of Denver, Col.,
now controlled by an Knglishsyndicato, is pre-
piring to build an entirely new plant, which
involves copper and iron work to the value of
about «20,000.
TiiK Iron City Manufacturing Company of
Pueblo, Co!., do all the iron work for the
Stearns-Koger Manufacturing Company of i gon trip.
Personal.
Jsu. L. NEAiii.K is president of thp Hydro i
Smelting and HeHning Co., Tacoma, Wash. ;
CiiAs. H. Wuitts has removed his sampling !
works from Tucson, Art/oua, to Jobannes>bure, i
Cal. :
CuAKLEs BiTTEits left San Francisco last '
Tuehduy for London on his way to South I
Africa. !
Stati: C.EoLuiiisT T. A. Hit kakii of Colorado '
has ruiurned to Denver from an eastern Ore- |
Denver. Among' the contracts which they
now have on hand is iho construction of the
new cyanide plant at Florence.
TuE liisdon Iron Works, Howard and B^ale
Sis., S. F., have issued a catalogue dealing
with the Evans elevator and hydraulic min-
ing machinery that will bo found of value to
those interested in gravel mining, especially
on account of the data, tables, etc., given.
Much has been done of late years in the way
of developing new methods for working
A. B. McCaw has returned from New York
! and is investigating some Calaveras county
] property.
P. T. Faksswoktii has been appointed gen-
eral manager of the Mammolh Mining Cum-
i pany, Utah.
E. C. EMii.EnAithT has accepted the posi-
: tion of superintendent of the Page Keduclioa
; Works, now being built at Florence, Colo.
M. E. Machoxalj) has resumed the position
F*Ioneer Screen W/orlcs
./0//.V U' Ql'iVK. Prop
Improved Facilities! Finest Worki Luwest Prlceal
Pcrfurriled Sheut MeialB. Sieol. Russia Iroo.
Amvricau HiaiJlMh, Zinc. Copper aud Brass Screeoe
for Ail UrtCH.
.*, MIKinG SCREEKS A SPECIALTY, •«•
SSI au<l 2'^3 KIritt 8tr««t, Snn Francihoo, Cal.
gravels where ditllculties as to dump, short- i of superintendent of the Gibbonsville, Idaho,
ness of water supply and lack of pressure are
met with, and many of these are explained in
this catalogue.
Tin; E. P. A His Co. has received advices of
the completion of a complete concentrating
plant, furnished for Jorge Basadre, laciia,
Chili, South America, 150 miles distant from a
railroad. All the machinery had to be trans-
ported by mule back, and no piece weighed
over 150 pounds, consequently all the ma-
chinery, etc., had to be made in sections
not weighing over l.'tO pounds. The iron beams
for the huilding and all the other parts were
also made in these sections. The labor em-
ployed in constiucting and erecting the build-
ings and machinery was principally comprised
of Bolivian Indians. The plant will soon be
in operation.
The Colliery Engineer Co., Scranton, Pa.,
proprietors of the International Correspond-
ence Schools, announce that, commencing with
the February issue, the name of the jnuroal,
Il'ime Sttidfi, which they publish, will be
chauged to Home Sttidj) MtHnizine, the page
will be reduced to magazine size, but the '
number of pages will be doubled. The articles I
relating to particular branches of industrial ]
science will be grouped in separate issues, i
Articles relating to steam engineering will be |
published iu the February and August issues; j
those on plumbing, heatiogand ventilation in j
the March and September issues; those on ■
architecture in the April and October issues; \
those on civil engineering in the May and No- 1
vember issues; those on electrical engineer-
ing in the June and December issues, and j
those on mechanical engineering in the July (
and January issues. Each issue will contain ;
other articles, but, as a rule, the general ;
reading portion will consist principally of arti-
cles on some particular technical subject. !
More space will be given to the answers to i
inquiries department. Inquiries relating to 1
the various trades and professions will be :
answered in the order in which they are re- :
ceived, without regard for the special edition j
in which they are published. Each issue will
contain a drawing plate, with instructions for
drawing it, and an effortwill be made toadapl i
the plate to the subject treated in the i.^isue ■
in which it appears. J hese plates will be of
great assistance to anyone who desires to
learn drawing and will be valuable for refer-
ence. The subscription price is ^I 50 a year,
but subscriptions will be accepted al 30 cents
for any of the two-number editions.
properties of the American Developmeut Co.
Thomas CintKANs, president of the Silver
King Mining Compjoy of Utah, has recently
been in Californiu, looking over our gold lields.
G M. HvAMs, consulting engineer of the
Boston & Montana, and ideutilied with the
reorganization of the Butte & Boston Com-
pany, is in California to inspect the Merced
gold mining properties, in which company be
is also interested.
Recently Declared flining
dends.
Divi-
Utah, Utah. *200U, payable Feb. tJ.
Silver King, Utah, $7500, payable Feb. -S.
Sacramento, Utah, |>5000, payable Feb. 'Ao.
New Yurk and Honduras Gold Mining Com-
pany, Uosario, $15,000, Feb. 15lh.
(^uincv Copper Mining Company, Michigan,
f40O,00i,'Peb. 15lh.
Bullion-Beck Mining Company, Utah, $1 per
share, *IU0,00U; a total to date of *2,007.000. j
Mercur Mining Company, Utah, ViV^ cents
per share, *25,000; total to'dale, ^fll5,6oO. I
I Centeooial-Eureka Mining Company, Utah. |
j *l per share, «30,000; total to date, «l, 020,000. 1
South Swansea. Utah, ^ToQO, payable Febru- I
ary 20; a total to date of *22,50U. '•
Standard Con. M. Co., Bodie, Cal., ten !
1 cents per share, payable March 2:3. i
I Daly, Utah, ?:ir,500, payable Feb. 22. The I
', total to date is *2,024,00U. |
I FOR SALE-CHANMEL GRAVEL PROPERTY.
] One liuudrcd autl Two Acres at llca&ouuble
j Figures.
I No cement. Permit to hydraulic assured. Ex-
; pense foi" impounding debris comparatively small.
, Cheap water. Reasonable time for prospecting.
i Will negotiate witb principals only, or auilioriz< d
j agents. Cash proposiiion. Address GllAVEL
j MINE, P. O. Box tie, PUcerville, Cai.
E. E. BURL.INGAMES ASSAY OFFICE AND
Clieniical Liiljoialory. EalubUsbed In Colorado.
liUlJ. Samples by mail or express will receive
prompt and careful attention Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted iiivl assayed or pnrobased. Ad-
dress n;W and 17H3 iiawrenco Street, Denver, Colo.
QUARTZ SCREENS*
A specially. Round, nloi
or burred slot hoU;H,
Genuine Riissia Iron.
Homogeneous Sieel.CaHl i
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron. Zinc. Cop-
; per or Brass Scroona for all purpoflee. California
Pkiifohatino Sckkbn Co., 1-15 and 147 Beale St.. S.F.
EDWARD L. HALLAWELL,
115 and ! 17 Main -Street {2nU lloor),
i SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
! Millwright and ED§:ineer.
Contraotor for the erection of Stamp Mills. Roller
Mills, Reduction Works, Saw Mills (both circular
and band), Aerial Wire Rope and Surface Tram-
ways, etc., etc. Putting in macbincry. shafting,
eic, of all kinds promptly attended to. Estimates
given on plants, complete, including machinery,
building material, etc.
ANGELS IRON WORKS,
DEAIAREST & FULLEN. Props.
Mining Machinery.
AINGELS, CftL,
Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope. Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. 4S~ Extra
sizes and lengths made to order on short notioe
611 sinrt «I.T FUONT ST.. .S»n Fpail^l-co. '' I.
FRED R. COOK,
Manufacturer of
LEATHER BELTING, LACING,
ETC , ETa
208 nilsftion St.. near niHin, San Frai.ci8co, Cal.
Telephone' Urumm 75.
Recent California Mininj; Incor-
porations.
Van TaEsel M. and W. Co., San Francisco;
capital stock tl5l),0U0— ?dOU subscribed. J.
CurtiD, J. W. Wright, A. McDonald, E, Mc-
Martin, W. R. Smedberg.
Inyo County M. and D. Co , JLos Angeles,
Cal. ; capital stock t3iiO,OUO-»T.S.iJOO subscribed.
C. A. Ludden, U. Couch, C. E. While, R. A.
Wallace, S. F. Owen, R. J. Tarr, P. B. King,
Pomona.
Horseshoe M. Co., San Francisco; capital
stock *l,U()n,llUO — S3CI00 subscribed. C. E.
Green, A. F. Morrison, San Francisco; J. D.
Bradley, J. P. Peck, A. G. Clough, Merced;
C. E. A. Foerster, San Mateo.
Almatah G. M. Co., San Praneiseo; capital
stock 8100,000 — «."», 000 subscribed. H. C.
Henderson, G. Gall, A. Woodside, T. Frolieh,
San Francisco; J. C. Jens, Belmont.
Bank of England Con. G. M. Co., San Fran-
cisco; capital stock SeOO,000 — t300,O0O sub-
scribed. T. Frolieh, A. Gall, A. Woodside,
San Francisco; J. C. Jens, Belmont; W. J.
Woodside, Belfast, Ireland.
Hydraulic and River Miners Handling Boulders Can
Easily Remove Them By Using
The Knox Patent Hydraulic Grapple.
IT WILL DO GOOD WORK AND GIVE SATISFACTION.
PRICE ACCORDINQ TO SIZE REQUIRED.
Address W.M. KNOX. Jacksouville, Oregon, or JAS. ARilISTBONG. 10 Front Street, S. F., Cal.
RUPTURE CURED.
Dr. J. C. Anthony, of 86 and 8; Chronicle Building, who fcr
1 the past four years has met with universal success in the cure oi
Ruptures, now guarantees a cure in from lo to i6 days. There is
no pain, no blood drawn and absolutely without danger. Usually
but a single treatment required.
Handhuifk of BrUiaJi Cohunbia Minino Latvia:
This is a second edition of a summary of the
"Mineral Act" and the "Placer Act" of
British Columbia that will be found to be of
interest to all who have to do wiih the mines
of that northwest province. Published by
Ernest H. Roome, Vancouver, B, C. ; price 25
cents.
Latetit Mining Laws of Bi'itish Columbia^
United States and the Stale of Washington:
This pamphlet, compiled by Filley & Ogden of
Olympia, Washington, will be found of value
to miners of the Northwest, many of whom
^re Interested on both sides of the interna-
tional boundary line. Published by O. C.
White, Olympia, Washington. Price 50 cents.
HERCULES
Gf\S, GASOLIINE i^VIND
HOISTING ENGINES,
an. p. to 200 h. p.
STATIONARY ENGINES,
1 li. p. to 200 h. p.
M.tRINE ENGINES,
an. p. to 200 h. p.
Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER insures a saving o[ 50% ou
cost or running. Just '/, your expense SAVED BY USING A HERCULES in place of ANY
other. We make no exception.
NBAKLT 3000 HERCULES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
ACTUAL USE. HIGH GRADE.
We claim fall power, automatic and positive ad.iu8tnieut regulatinc; npeed and eoo-
samption of fuel in proportion to work being performed. No spring electrodes to barn out.
All springs are outside. Point of ignition, speed and amount of fuel can be changed
Willie engine is iu operation.
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG.
EsTABL_tsH.D 1880. jjjfgjg HERCULES GAS ENGINE WORKS,
WORKS: 315,217,319,2-21,223,225,237,229,231 Bay St. OFFICE: ■105-407 Sansome St., San Francisco.
E3CperIme>ntal /Vlachlnery GLncl Repair W/orUs of All K-inds.
F». T. T/WLOR <fe CO., S3 3 Tnission Street, San F^rancisco, California.
160
Mining and Scientific Press.
February 20, 1897.
Professional Cards.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
(Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,
I De Lamar, Owy*»®e €o
Idaho.
rXK^EVELETH. V. H. M. MAOLYMONT.
^ EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
/\SSA"VERS.
S Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses «
\ of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines. '
I 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal.
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER.
Designing ana Consulting
MECHANICAL AND IIYDKAULIC
ENGINEERS.
431 Market St., Cor. First St ,
[ Telephone BLACK 240a Siiu Franclaco, Gal.
School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, >
{ Electrical and Mining: Engineering;. I
3 Surveying, ArcliltecLiu-e, Drawing- and Assaylugr. J
933 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. \
OPEN ALL YEAR. \
A. VAN DER NAILLEN, President. <
( Assaytngof Ores,$25; Bullioa and Chlorlnatlon (
Assay. 125; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Full Course (
at Assaying-, VM. Established ISM.
" "'^ Send for Circular.
[ MLnlngr and Metallurgical Work In All J
Branches. )
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex- >
[ periments on rebellious ores for treatment by f
[ cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
i ports upon mining properties.
H.W. H. PENNIMAN,
STATE LICENSED
I Land, and nine Surveyor.
Late of the California Exploration Co.
J Photographic Reports aod A sgays
Mining Property.
^ OFFICE— Citizen Building, Main Street, San ^
Andreas, Cal.
KICBIAKD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
* Cable address; Richpark.
{ Crocker Buildicg San Francisco, Cal.
CHARLES P. GRimWOOD,
! Mining: Engineer and Metallurgist,
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
T JONES. ' G. M. EDJIONDSON.
JONKS & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
5 Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
) T. I>. liVLE & CO.,
/rtssay^rs and CZhemlsl
) (Vline, Mill and ?^nlPlte^ Work.)
) Samples by Mail Receive Prompt Attent
S Box 020, - - - Lealvilu;, Col-:
TV. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex-
pert on general mill work and amalg-amatiou.
Eigliteen years' experience. Will report on
Minee and Mills, and lake full charge of Min-
ing Properlies. Address. 133 Market St.,
Room 15, San Francisco,
3f Min- <
St., ?
o, cal. /
rjoHN H. MEANS, Geologist & Mining EngineeTI
; Preliminarv reports on mines to determioe i
J a-dvisability of extended investigation; asBiats c
> upon la-ge exaniinatlona. Intricate surveying-, ?
\ and geolog-ic work for lawsuits. Tlioroujjh ex- /
perience. Abundant references. Anglo- Amer- )
H. C VA/OODROlA/,|
Mgr. Santa Anna Gold Mining Co. >
ANGELS CAMP. CAL. \
j/V\inos anc3 TVVining:.
/ Correspondence solicited.
) Thomas B. Ei/^rett, /Vl.
( Twenty-six years practical experience In ]
t meial mining. Will make reports upon prop- J
} erty. or furnish properties to piircbaaera, if ;
( desirous to invest in the Cripple Creek gold '
) district, all on short notice. <
- References furnished in Denver orSan Fran- '
Cisco. Branch office. Room 25, tenth floor. Mills i
Building, San Fruueisco. care S K. Thornton,
or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 195, Denver,
Colo. Registered cable, Evereit, Denver.
> TOLEDO, LEWIS CO. ?
J State of Washinston, U. S. A. I
S Geological, exploring and prospecting work c
S in the St. Helens [Cascade Mts.. State of f
S Wash.) copper and gold mining region. Min- (
s ing claims, options and shares Coal lands, i
S Correspondence solicited. References given i
Sand expected. c
R0BIN50N BRO
i CRIPPLE CREEK,
^ p. O. Box 19J. <
iSSAYERSAND MINERAL SURVEYORS. |
f03., \
L, COLO.
Mines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mail Solicited.
A. H. WAKD.
-4^ ESTABLISHED ISOO. .»-
H O. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
7) & 73 STEVKNSON STREET, - . - - sAN FRANCISCO, CAT..
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling^.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL, AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Works
And Chemical Laboratory.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
ScKHARDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICeI
(INCORPORATED.)
iG O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, Cal.
CAREFUL ASSAYING, Analysis of Ores,
} Waters, Etc.
I PKAtlTIf'AL Instruction Given in As-.
5 saying, CYANIDE PROCESS, Electro-Plat- >
( ins. Etc. >
\ HENRY E. HIGHTON, ~1
ATTORNEYand COUNSELLOR, \
Rooms 36-3il, (
> Fourth Floor Mills Building, (
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. )
j Established Thirty-Eight Years. Special At- >
tention Paid to Mining Business. }
MARO F. UNDERWOOD, M. dVj
'1118 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal.)
lArsenic, Mercury & Cyanide^
POISONING {
LOUIS FALKENAU,
(STATE ASSAY OFFICE,
434 California St., near Montgromery.
Analysis of Ores, Melals, Soils, Waters, In-
dustrial Products. Foods. Medicines, etc., etc.
Court Expertingr in all branches of Chemical
Technolog-y. Working' Tests of Ores and In-
vestig-atlon of Metallurgical and Manufactur- ;
; infr Processes. Cousultattons on all questions ?
\ of appllfid chemistry. Instructions eriven in /
assaying: and all branches of chemistry. >
\ assay
C'^RNVER SCHOOL OF "MINEs; 1215 l;)th Si.
S Established in 1SJ7. Prof. F. J. Stanton. Princ
^ pal, and experienced assistants. Assayin,
V laug-lit for S25, In two weeks. Courses iu miner
\ nlogy. metallurgy, mining, surveying:, peolog-y.
S Personal actual practice. Instruetiun by co --
/ resiJOndence. Assays warranted correct. Lady \
/ pupils received. Investments madi.- and In- C
c£2^'
rmatlon given in reliable mining
properties. C
Class Business Keferences FurotshetLc
First Established in 1893. (
MECHAKICAL DRAWING /^
llloclinnlot ; Elcrtrli-lly; Arctiltpdurc? Arctil-
lectiirnl Drnivlng nnil Det-lfi'lns; Stcsim ICn-
plncorliig (SIntlonnr)-, Locomotive or flLirlnc) ;
I Civil, Iti'Iilgo, llydrnuUr, 91iink'I|)iil nnd ItiiU-
J roml Enelnticrlne; riiimliiiiB niirl ih-nUng;
4'unl iinti Mt'iiil IMltiln^; ri-ospcctlng, nnd tlio I
EiigllNli llriiiicticH. m
i Student.", make rnpul progress iup
\ learning to Draw nntl Letter. E
r Send for Free Circular and Boole of p
Testimnniala, stating the subjeet you |
ish to study, to ^ "BY^
Tlic Intrrn.ittonl \ BOX 1008, '
ri-.[)ori(lL'uce Scliools.,J Sciiinloiij
THE ROESSLER & HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Pine Street, ITew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Chloride of Lime
Trade Mark. SUlphldO Ot IFOII
And other ChemlcaU lor Mining Purposes.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Finest /^ssay Balances.
Our ISeiiins are the
lifhtpst on the market,
and positively inflexible.
They are unc<iualed in
accurac.v and Bensltive-
iiess. Edffts and bear-
ings are of Sapphire.
All makes ot balances
ihoroug-hly repaired at
reasonable rales.
JIO Ptout Street.
DENVKK, €OLO.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
T?.^.Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
Tnrlt Citv. Utah
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE L.IST TO
W. HOSKINS, •"~Si,Sa'l«"itE.—"-
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
^ Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
rAiuIliuh^ Brown's System of Mechanically
Stirred Koastiag:. Cooling and
Conveying Furnaces. Etc.
1607-8 Mantiattan Building, CMcago, Illinois.
{'
The General Gold Extraeting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN-CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
Loudon Head Office S Drapers Gardens.
LaDoratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1530 Wynlcoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Stiver Ore6,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, -which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both Qne and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clerici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in tho
form of fine bullion without any retlning costs.
F. CLKRICI, Manager for U. S.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
THE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efficient method of .using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been In-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumption of
chemicals has also been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
All ores, without exception; a/nenable to cyanide ireaimenl can be treated to better advantage by the
Kendall P^rocess. This can be accepted as an axiom.
The manager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District, Utah, wires : " We now begin to
understand dioxide process ; last twenty days treated 220 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
HOME MANUFACTURE.
FOWLER'S
Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Goveriog.
As a Non-Conductor, Uueqnaled.
Special Rates for Steam Boilers and Dmma.
C. G. Fowler, 6S6-S8 Howard St., S.F.
WEBER Gasoline EngineS^S
purpose requiring power. Only a few minutes' attenHon required each
day. Guaranteed cost of operation is 1 cent per horse power per hour.
The simplest, most economical and best power. Address WEBER GAS
& GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 430 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, Mlo.
February 20. 189T.
Mining and Scientific Press.
161
Pelton Wheels in India.
The illustratioD on this page affords
a very good example of the enterprise
of one of our well known manufacturing
firms in reaching out after foreign
trade. When once assured of the home
marl<et, they set out to encompass the
earth with the products of their skill
and labor, and now appear to have
realized all reasonable expectations in
■-%r J,
this way, as there are few countries
open to travel where Pelton wheels
may not be found transmuting water-
falls into power for electric lighting
and all the manifold uses of science and
civilization.
One of the means by which this re-
sult has been accomplished is that of
having a corps of skilled engineers
constantly in the field, planning and in-
stalling works wherever such service is
required in any part of the world.
The cut here referred to shows one of
their engineers, with native assistants,
making a survey for a large power sta-
tion in the Malay Peninsula, not far
from Singapore— the plant being for
the purpose of supplying several large
towns with power and light by means
of electric transmission.
In addition to the work here referred
to, this firm shipped by the last
steamer three wheel plants to the
island of Java, in the East Indies, in-
cluding pipe lines and all appliances
connected therewith. These plant? arc
for the purpose of furnishing power to
run the machinery of sugar, tea and
coffee plantations, as well as furnishintr
light. ^
The advantages of water power,
where it can be availed of by such
simple and comparatively inexpensive
means, are coming to be better appre-
ciated and understood the world over.
With electricity as a medium of trans-
mission, there are few localities that
cannot make use of the economies that
such a power afforfls.
1:^^^^%^
AN ENGINEER OF THE PELTON WATER WHEEL COMPANY AND HIS CORPS OF ASSISTANTS
IVIAKING A SURVEY FOR AN ELECTRIC POWER STATION IN THE MALAY PENINSULA.
MINING, IRON AND WOODWORKING
MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES
INGERSOLL-SERGEANT PISTON INLET AIR COMPRESSORS AND ROCK DRILLS
ENGINES AND BOILERS
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The Edward P. Allis Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Reliance Crushing Rolls.
Established 1860.
Mining, Hilling and Smelting
MACHINERY.
Crushers, Rolls, Jles, Ooncentrators,
Screens, Stamps* Pumps,
C^ompressors, Hoists* Boilers, Btc, £tc.
RELIANCE WORKS.
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i4l»
Work the Best ! Prices the Lowest ! The BeSt in the World !
Write for Our New Catalogue.
Dynamos for Electric Lighting and Depositing Metals.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
'" -patents! xj
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February 20, 1897.
RISDON IRON \A/0RK:S
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
rilNERS, ATTENTION !
inches We beg to call attention to our "RISDON HAMMERED'
Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
"" hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
= " greatest possible density.
= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
= " We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
please mention the MIMIUG AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
- - A
When Writing:
JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS,
Office and Salesroom 38 to 44 Fremont Street.
Works Cor. Kearny, Francisco and Bay Streets.
i
1
Stamp ywnis!
Hoisting & Pampiiig Machinery Jriumpli Concentrators,
Hendy-Norbom Concentrators, Challenge Ore Feeders,
Hydranlic Mining MacMnery, Rock Breakers,
Steam Engines and Boilers, Water Wheels,
HENDY-NORBOM CONCENTRATOR.
OfBce of Webb Gold Mining Company, i
G. McM. Ross. Superintendent, V
Bhown'S Vallev. cal., Sept. 14, 1896. \
Mr. John 0. Nnrboni— Dear Sir: I have Ijeen using' your Con-
centratore at our mines In Brown's Valley and am pleased to in-
form you that they are in every resp' ctthorougbly sa iBfactory.
When erecting' 'he plant at the above-named place we built
Canvas plant, but since putting- in your Concentrators we have
but little use for ihat. The perceDtage of sulphureta now being
handled is from 1!^ to 3 percent, mostly galena and irou pyrites,
and cvushPd line. We save from tlie pulp over your machine
98V6 per cent, and it hardly pays for the labor on the Canvas
plant The motion g-iven your Vanner by its delicately con-
structed curved springs renderi^ it a perfect machine, and in my
estimation it is but a short time before it will replace all other
machines of a like nature now In use.
Yours very respectfully,
[Signedl F. W. PAGE,
General Manag^er Webb G. M. Co.
SAN Francisco, Cal., Jan. 31. 1897.
Jushuu Hcndii Machint: IForfci— GBNTLESrex: I have used two Of
your Hendy-Norbom Concentrators for two seasons in Alaska,
and wish to say that in their operation they have g-iven almost
perfect sailsfactioQ. They have handled ten tons each per day
of ore carrying- from 3 to 6 per cent of sulphxirets, an averagre
sav'ner of 95 per cent.
With ores carrying 3 to 4 per cent sulphurets, they will easily
handle ten tons each per day and save over 95 per cent; but with
a more heavily sulphuretted ore the quantity fclven them to
work should be less.
With the improvements you have made in this machine since
ours were bought. I should say that your Concentrator was al-
most perfect in capacity and in saving and wearing qualities.
Yours truly,
[Signed] N. S. TROWBRIDGE,
Supt. Bald Eagle M. Co.
GATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKER
still leads the 'world. It has neatly cheapened the oost of taacadara and ballast, and made low grade ores proflt€ible
180 large sizes shipped to South Africa.
f^ ■ ■■' ' ■■ I ' of improved designs. Nothing equal to
henerai Mining machinery High Grade comish roiis,
stamps, Concentrators, Connersville Blowers, High Speed Engines,
Cyanide and Clorinating Equipments.
The Gates Improved Vanner Concentrators.
ing and milling of ores.
GATES IRON WORKS,
Every appliance for the mining and milling of ores.
Agent for Gates Breakers in California,
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
121 Main St, San Francisco. 650 EIStOH AvenUC, DCpt. UU| GHIGAQO.
To Gold Miners!
Silver Plated Copper Amalgam Plates
F'or Sav/ing Gold.
GOLD REMOVED FROM OLD PLATES AND REFLATED. Old Plates
bought. Get our Reduced Rates. Five thousand orders filled.
Twenty-five Medals Awarded.
SAM FRANCISCO GOLD, SILVER AND NICKEL PLATING WORKS,
653 and 665 IVIisBton Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Telephone, Matn 5931.
E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor.
Every description of worti plated. Send for Circular.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
C3HIC:flC10, U. S. PI.
MALLEABLE IRON BUCKETS of Approved Pattern and Weight.
LINE BELT ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS.
HOPE POWER TKANSraiSSION.
SHAFTING, PULLEYS, GEARING, CLUTCHES, ETC.
ELECTRIC COAL MINING MACHINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
DESIGNING AND CONSULTING
Alectianical and Hydraulic
ENGINEERS!
Plans and Specifications for Machinery of MINES and MILLS. Improvement and Development of
WATER POWER for All Applications. Will give PEHSONAL SITPERVISION During the
Construction and Erection of All Work, if Desired. Twenty Years' Experience.
TELEPHONE BLACK 3403.
^21 Wlarket Street San F='ranclsco, Cal.
'4Q DIOOIN'S.
155 acres of virgin ground on the famous Columbia channel. No "cap," all pay gravel. Frt
and room to store debris. A hydraulic proposition. Title, D". S. Patent.
QUARTZ MINES : 14 inches of $20 ore to 30 feet of $10 ore. All at the miners' prices.
Jan. 25, '97.
E. H. SCHAEFFLE, Murphys, Cal.
QUICKSILVERI
FOR SALE BY
Th^ Eui-^ka Comts^ny,
of san francisco.
Room 1, - 426 California Street.
SAN FRANCISCO.
RUPTURE,!
' 1
Hydrocele, Varicocele,
Piles, Fissure.FlstuIa,
Ulceration, etc., cured
without operation or
detention from business. 4S- NO PAY UNTIL
CURED =®a Consultation Free. Call or send
for pamphlet.
DRS. MANSFIELD & PORTERFIELD,
838 Market Street, San Francisco.
February 20, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
168
FRASER & CHALMERS,
Chicago, III
Have brought out a new
line of medium size
inois,
5team Hoisting Engines,
These are designed with
great care by engineers fa
miliar with the best
previous practice, and
knowing just what is
wanted to render sat=
isfactory service on a
mine. Do you want
such service ? Then
buy one of these im=
proved machines.
Other Special Lines
of Manufacture
On whl'h we would be
iSlad to quote are
Stamp Mil Is, Shoes,
Smelting; Furnaces, Dies,
Cvaride Plant, Cams,
Ore Crushers, Rolls,
FrueVanner Concen'rators, Jig^s,
Brown Roasting Furnaces,
Huntingion Mills,
Perfora'ed Metals and Screens,
Corliss Engf'nes,
Adams Boilers,
Riedler Air r ompressors & Pumps,
Otto Aerial Tramways.
Qualified by a Quarter Century of Experience
to render you the best of service, we invite your
inquiries and patronage.
FRASER & CHALMERS, CHICAGO, ILL,
BOOKS ON ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
JrttT RBADT.
A Cataloirtie of BookB on Elwitrlolty. Mafroetlsm
Electrical EDclnfurliiir. Electric Llelitlnir. Electric
Railways. Telephone. Electro- DepOBlIlon of Metals
Electroiyplng. Eieclro-MeialUin'v. .-ind Cofrnale
Subjects. S2 pactes. Sent free to anv one In any part
of the world who will furnlsli his address.
BENKT CAREY BAIKD St CO.,
rNDUSTBIAL PU0LISIIEI18. BOO l(SBT,I.ER.S& IMPORTERS
810 WMlnnI St.. riilli«,|.-l|.hlii. I'll., p. .«. A.
CITV O" MEXICO.
SALT LAKB CITV, UTAH;
DENVER COLO.
80 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence of wearing parts, high efQcieucy and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XR/\NSyVVISSION
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. CATALOQUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
ADDRESS
I:2t anci 1:23 ;viain Street,
San F^'rancisco, Cal.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA, LTD.
CAPITAL, - $550,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
THAOt l,4ARK.
IM^ARTKUR'FDftREST PftCCOO
GoM Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS UDd others haylnpr Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have iheir material tested by
The MacArthur-Forrest Cyanide Process,
Sample^ assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Hoard In the United States: Geo. A.
Andersnn. General Manager; Hueh Butler. Attor-
npv: W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 28
Stevenson Street, San Pranctsco.
Office; McPhee Bdilding, Denver, Colorado.
Roller. Steel and Special CHAINS
FOE
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MAGHINER\
rOlt HANDLINO UATERIALOr ALLBIHDS
COAL WIIHIMB MACHINERY.
Western Branch, Denver. Colo,
THE JEFFREY MFG. CO., Columbus, Ohio
Bead for Catalogue. teg Wnalilngton St., new to"ie.
L. C. MARSHUTZ.
T. G. CANTRELL.
National Iron Works,
/!/. W. Cor. Main and Howard Sis., San Francisco, Gal.
MANUFACTURERS OP
STATIONARY AND COMPOUND
ENGINES,
FLOUR, SUGAR, SAW AND QUARTZ MILL
MACHINERY.
AMALGAMATING MACHINES.
CASTINGS AND FORCINGS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
All work tested and guaranteed.
IMPROVED PORTABLE HOISTING ENGINES.
WE ARE NOW MAKING
The Best Tank
ON THE MARKET
And Selling at
Prices Lower Than Eyeir.
IF interested; send for
CIRCULAR AND PRICES.
Pacific
Manufacturings
Company,
SANTA CLARA, - CAL.
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Improved Self=Contained
Three or Five Stamp flill.
Saves bill for heavy timbers, millwriglit and me-
chanics' labor, and a large amount of space. The
term self-contained means a great deal for the mine
owner, and can be readily recognized and appreciated
In making an estimate for an ordinary plant when
the comparative cost is considered.
First: There is saved a large bill for heavy tim-
bers, In many Instances obtained at great expense
and loss of time.
SECpND : The saving in millwright and mechanics'
labor in framing and erecting.
Third : The large amount of space saved.
Fourth: The great saving of freight,
Send for Circulars and Price List.
Adapted to all Heads from
Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building "Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a Pamplilet of either
Wlieel and write full particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL& CO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
NOTICE TO ORE SHIPPERS.
Bv siipping your ores to us sou can obtain the highest prices paid on competitive bids in the PuW'"
market, together with a careful and accurate sample, as with our new mill and improved machinery
we are able to give perfect satisfaction to all shippers. Write J or our Pocket Reference Booh. The
highest cash price paid for gold bullion and old gold. Prompt returns.
STATE ORE SAMPLING COMPANY, Denver, Colo.
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General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
CAT PC nPCTPPC- SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., DENVER, COI.., PORTLAND, OR..
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Boston. Mass. New York, N. T. Syracuse, N. T. BufEalo, N. T. Philadelphia Pa. Baltimore. Md.
Pittsburg-, Pa. Atlanta. Qa. Dallas, Texas. Cincinnati, O. Columbus. O. Nashville, Tenn.
Chicago, 111. Detroit, Mich. New Orleans. La. St. Louts. Mo
Hendrie&BoltlioffMfg.Co.,
DEN\/ER, COLORADO.
LATEST IMPROVED
Patent Friction Hoisting
ENGINES,
WITH
Automatic Alarm Bell and
Indicator.
IMPROVED GOLD STAMP MILLS.
General Mining: Machinery and
Supplies.
BURN OIL, CHEAPER THAN COAL.
OH.
THE THCKMAN FUEI. OIL BtlKNER CO., When Bnllding, KSfDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
Desigrners, Contractors and Engineers for Complete Fuel Oil Equipment for Boilers, Furnaces,
Ovens, Brick Kilns, Forges, Driers, Etc. Acknowledged tlie Best. Absolutely Smokeless. We
Guarantee Our Burners To Be More Economical Than Any Other. Write For Catalogue and Prices
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A AllNE
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY C0,ri220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U. S. A
Just Listen— RellableCommon Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Hoisters. $300 and up ; hand
holsters $30; steel ore buckets
prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps.
"1 mortars,
improved
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
mills built to fit the ore
|and guaranteed to save
what we say. Coal Mine,
equipments, S c ree ns,
Jigs, Tramways,
Arastors, Chilli an
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.
Cornish Rolls, 12x20, weight'
^ 6,000 lbs., price $350; Feed-
" ers. Bumping Tables ; Blake Crushers,
7x10, weight 8.100 lbs, only $250 Our
100 page illustrated catalogue free.
Rand Drill Co.
Rock DriUing, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
yyVachinery.
100 Broadway, ... New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OPPIGES:
Monadnock Building Ohloago
Ishpemlng '.'.'.'. Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
SherbrookP. O '...'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' Canada
Apartadosao City ol Mexico
H. D. MORBIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
flining flachinery.
Stamp Mills
Of the Latest Improved
Design for
Gold Milling.
VULCAN
WIRE ROPEWAYS
For Conveying Ore, Etc.
Vnlcan Iron Works,
Cor. First and Mission Streets.
San Francisco, Cat.
P. & BJ
Manilla Roofing.
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE AT A SHALL COST.
250 Sqaare Feet, with Nails and Faint Complete 84.00
D A D A CCTXTC D A TXTT T A ^16 BATTERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO,
rAlvArrliNE rAliil LU. 52* south broadway, losangeles.
THE OLD F^^ABLE !
ALBANY
LUBRICATING COMPOUND
TWENTY- EIGHT YEARS' CONTINUOUS SER-
VICE in the great Mines, Steamships. Railroads
and Mills all over the world prove It to be
THE KING OF LUBRICANTS !
Tatum & Bowen
34-36 FREMOHT ST., SAH FRARCISCO.
85 FEOHT ST., PORTLAHB, OR.
OBAL^BRS IN m. l\CW\T<E.Ti~V , OIL^S, JVIINIING AINI3 AlIL,!-
^ ■intr'"'!*^ SUPPl^IES, BTC -^Tf^TTmi. —
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
■f-*-f-f-»-f CHROTVVJE C/\ST STEEL ♦>♦>♦>
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used in all the mining States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Broohlyn, N. Y.
fl. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
DIES. Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies.
Stamp Gam.
H\\ MORI^K h ^{^ ««» MINING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
9 JL^* XT JL Vr .M.\.M.\.A,W.7 \jlL' VJV/«9 riANHATTAN RUBBER BBLTiNQ, PACKING AND HOSB
' SANDERSON DRILL STEBL.
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CBNTRIPUOAL PUnPS.
tlQHT STBBU RAIL.
February 20, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Kansas City Smelting and Refining Co
Incorporated Under The L-aui/s of NoiA/ "Vorlc,
Capital paid In $:2,T00,000.
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and FoTDace Products,
QOLD BARS. SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
SMELTINO WORKS:
ArfMtlne.Ku.: Bl Puo.Tex.: Leidvltle, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
ArgeDtlne, Koa
Wo use tbo foUowing Cipher Codes at our Ar-
KeDtlDO Works: A. B.C. Code; Morelog & Ncal's
Code anil Bedford MeNelll's Code.
AGENCIES:
Id (Tulted States-
Denver, Colo.
Cripple Creek, Colo.
Stklt Lake City, tJtat).
Spokane. Wash.
New YorkClty, N. Y.
OUoaKo, III.
St. Louis, Mo.
Ill Mexico —
San Luis Potosl,
Clly of Mexico
Chihuahua.
Paohuoa,
Hermoslllo
Jimenez.
FOR PRICES, ADDRESS :
J. B. Jacbson, No. 6 Atlas BIk, Salt I.ake, Utah.
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash.
H. A. True, 815 17th St., Denver, Colo.
J. H. Weddle, LeadvUIe, Colo.
C. E. Finney, Argentine, Kan.
W-iHKS <'t' TIIK <
IN. K.\NSAS ■
.Vi LEADVILLE, COLO.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAHWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVESTIGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE r'OLORADO Denver,
'"^'^^^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AQENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
.^rco^M^c'^rSJ'i^S.l'^lSlon Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper and Pyrltlc
SyVYELXIING F^URJNACES.
AHALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
InTe8ttg:ate Our Late ImproTements In ORE CRUSHING MACHINERY,
We Gnarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree of Fineness
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces Is a Success,
mlzer ot fuel , and enlarges capacity of furnace.
A great econo-
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smeltini: Furnace,
Eanlpped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles*
insaring: rigid and strong: walla.
I7o Cracks.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
. . . DENVER, COLORADO, . . .
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Wilflcy Concentrating Table,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself No
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For confirmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenrldge, Col. ; M. E. Smith
Concentrator, Golden, Col. ; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Col. ; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs,
Col.; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Col.; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
ROMLET, COLO.. Jan. 19, 1897.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.. Denver, Colo. — Gentlemen: Answering yours of the 5tli Inst., would state
that after a thorough trial we have discarded seven Woodbury Tables and two Johnsons and adopted the Wilfley
Concentrating Table, which we think up to date is the best table in the market, so far as our knowledge is con-
cerned. Yours very truly, [signed] B. B. MORLEY, M'g'r Golf M. & M. Co.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
every make, as Is shown by letters In our possession.
-f
PRICE, $450."^.
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World.
TPIIAV Patent
1 I^«_l/AyV Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
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Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco. Feb. 18, 1897.
Owing to continued unsettled weather,
business has been slow, yet the volume of
goods sent out the past week shows an in-
crease over the present week. It is the con-
sensus of opinion that we will enjoy a larger
and more healthy trade this year than for
over halt a decade past. This opinion seems to
be well grounded and based on the estab-
lished fact that present prospects point to this
year being the banner year lor big crops of all
kinds. The moisture in the ground extends
deeper than for over six years, which insures
a good supply for crops at the most trying
time; the acreage seeded to wheat shows a
large increase, as does the acreage devoted to
nearly all kinds of farm products, while there
will be a large increase in the numerof fruit-
bearing trees. This will call tor a largely in-
creased number of hands, which means better
times lor wage-earners. Turning to the gold
mining industry, all indications point to the
boom not only continuing, but enlarging.
More mills will be running, many of the older
ones have been enlarged, many new mines
will be bullion producers, a large number of
the older ones will increase their output,
while exploiting of new properties will be
more active, as will prospecting for new gold
finds. The above means an increased call lor
mining machinery, which ought to cause iron
workers to run full-banded and on lull time.
The local money market is dull with no call
outside of bullion and gold coin lor remitting
to the East. The demand trom this source
caused the premium on eastern exchange to
advance to such figares as to make it now
protiiable to buy or borrow gold bullion and
coin for sending forward by rail than to buy
exchange. Kelerring to this movement our
New Yurk correspondent writes: "The ar-
rivals ol gold Irom San Francisco are due to
the tact that there is a great scarcity of New
York exchange and currency on the Pacific
coast just now so that the only way to send
money ilast is in the form ol gold. This move-
ment is quite usual at this ume ol the year
and not ot itself at all significant, A number
ol reasons exist tor it, ot which one is the lact
that business is very dull on the Pacific
coast and there is very little employment lor
credit in that section. The effect is likely to
be a turther increase in the visible stocks ol
gold, which are now larger than they have
been at any time since the currency trouble
became acute in 1S98. Further arrivals ol
gold from San Francisco are likely before
long." . .-, . -
Our correspondent, it is quite evident, is
not properly advised. While the call here is
slow and will continue to be until alter the
first week in March yet the heavy shipments
hence are to avoid paying taxes and also to
make payments lor considerable ot the gold
secured last year trom New York when it was
lound that a run on the banks might be
started any day.
.New York Silver Prices.
New Yokk, Feb. 18. — Following are the clos-
ing prices lor the week :
* '^ , Silver m — -
London. xV. T.
Friday -f^ ^
Saturday 29^, ,,
Monday Si m
Tuesday 29 11-16
Wednesday ^ H «
Thursday 29 11-16
Copper. Lead, Iron.
Friday 12 00 3 25 10 25@13 50
Saturday U 90 3 26 10 25(aH2 50
Monday 1185 3 25 10 2o@ia 25
Tuesday 1190 3 35 10 25(gjl3 50
Wednesday ..12 00 3 35 10 25(aJ12 50
Thursday .... 12 00 3 30 10 25® 12 50
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New Yorli Sight Draft 25c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 27K8C Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.86^
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers 84.88^
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine ?A%
Mexican Dollars 51Hi&»&2
SILVER. — The market settled back a point
in London and also at tbe East towards the
close of the week. According to London cables
the market in that city must be quite sensi-
tive, for with the least improvement in the
inquiry from India or elsewhere the price
strengthens. There have been more India
Council bills put on the Eoglish market, which
has met to a large extent exchange require-
ments, thereby operating against the demand
from that quarter for the white metal. New
York mail advices continue to note free ship-
ments of silver bullion, but notwithstanding
this prices abroad do not shade oS much or get
below 29 ll-16d in London.
The last steamer hence for the Orient took
out for Japan silver bullion valued at S(i5,0U0,
and to Houg Kong ^33tj,500. This is quite an
increase in the shipments.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market has
held to fairly steady prices. The China
steamer took out the past week 361,335. The
next outgoing steamer will also talie out con-
siderable.
COPPER.— The market eased ofE at New
York and then strengthened, closing fairly
steady. The decline was due to foreign busi-
ness holding ofC. Our New York correspond-
ent, writing on the subject, says: The move-
ment of ingot in the form of deliveries on old
contracts continues heavy and, lo all accounts,
a large portion of the current output of pro-
ducers is absorbed. Hence the offerings for
prompt shipment are unusually light and
prices are held quite firmly. New business
continues rather slow, however, since no in-
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13 45
13 45
13 35
13 35
13 40
13 45
ducements are being made to large buyers,
while the general belief that there will be
copper enough to go around in the near future
apparently restrains excessive buying. Sell-
ers' prices remain at 12c for Lake Superior
ingot, ll%c for electrolytic and ll%@ll?sC for
casting stock.
The local market ife quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing I4H®
Ingot, wholesale ^13^
Sheet copper @17
Bolt Ji& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17c
QUICKSILVER.— There is no particular
change in the general situation. The ofEer-
ings from outside sources have been about all
absorbed, which gives the market a steadier
and firmer tone. New York mail advices
state that the market there and in London is
firmer. Under date of February 15 the New
York market is reported as follows : Quick-
silver price for lots of lUO flasks has advanced
sharply, and is now quoted at S38 per flask.
The rise is understood to be due to an ad-
vance in the foreign market. Jobbing prices
are consequently firmer at 52@53c, and the
indications suggest an advance ere long on
mercurial preparations.
BORAX.— There is a continued free move-
ment Eastward, where the demand appears to
be improving.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 5
Refined, In sacks ^%.
Powdered, in car lots 4!4
Concentrated, " 5
LEAD.— At the East and in England this
metal continues the attractive feature for
futures. The dealings have been quite heavy
for both cash and future delivery. The im-
provement in prices, it is said, has been
largely based on legitimate trade wants. The
Oil, Paint and Drug Repoi'tcr ot New York says:
" The smelting of Mexican as well as British
ores in bond here and the exportation of the
lead product has an advantage of something
like SIO per ton over the withdrawal of the
product for consumption here, and it requires
no other stimulus than this additional prod-
uct to induce smelters to take advantage of
the foreign outlet to the fullest possible ex-
tent. The only effect of the action of the Colo-
rado smelters is to open up an outlet for more
of the British lead than could be consumed
here and to render it in a higher degree inde-
pendent of the American consumers."
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
Pig 3 75 @ 3 85
Bar — @ 4 00
Sheet — @ 5 35
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT.— There is a stronger tone to the mar-
ket.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs... 81 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 45
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 45
TIN.— Plates are irregular, with a good in-
quiry ruling for American. Pig has fluctuated
slightly. The East reports a sensitive mar-
ket, with a strong upward tendency.
We quote as follows :
Pig, per lb 14^c@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 05@ —
" light. " 3 95® —
IRON.— The markets at the East have
shaded off, closing weak. This decline in the
face of heavy purchases of steel rails by rail-
road companies indicates a strong competitive
selling fight on between producers East.
The New York Journal of Commcixc just to
hand says: It was learned on very good
authority that the orders for steel rails placed
since the break in prices involve a total of
500,000 to 000,000 tons. Of this amount Eastern
manufacturers captured 150,000 to 200,000 tons,
the Illinois Steel company probably 300,000
tons, and other manufacturers the balance.
As the reports go, the Carnegie interest was
considerably behind in the procession, and
finally cut prices to the basis of $16 f. o. b at
their mill to avoid losing more orders. This
the interest in question does not admit, but it
is an open trade secret that Western orders
were taken at §16@17. Eastern mills and the
Illinois Company, it is understood, now have
enough business in hand to keep their works
in operation for six months or more.
Our New York correspondent writes : " It
is believed that the first step by the Carnegie-
Rockefeller combination will be to make heavy
sales of iron ore for delivery during the com-
ing season without regard to the pool. This
will probably cause a war on prices by all the
iron mining companies of northern Michigan
and Minnesota. In the previous years the
production of every important mine in the
Lake Superior region has been allotted and
prices fixed before this time, but this year
nothing has been accomplished with reference
to an agreement. President Bacon, of the
Minnesota Iron Company, says there has been
no agreement thus far for 1897. Two tons of
iron ore can be mined in the Lake Superior
region for every one that can be sold, and over
two tons of steel rails can be made for every
one used by the roads. This unlimited capa-
city will give boundless opportunities for war-
fare. Either of the great companies of the
Mesaba range can flood the ore market."
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $21 00 $23 50
Thomas 22 00 23 50
Salisbury 30 00 33 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow-. 821 00 833 00
Gartsherrle 21 50 23 00
COAL. — The market is practically un-
changed. The demand holds good. The sup-
ply of foreign on spot and to arrive is only
fair. Imports of domestic are fairly few.
COKE.— The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 9 50 @ ;
" spot,lnbulk 10 00 @
" in sacks 11 00 @ 12 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market shows slightly
more animation but at unchanged prices. At
yniisiNG /vssESS/vvErsTs.
Company and Location. No.
AlmaGMCo, Cal 1...
Andes S M Co, Nev 43. . .
Best & Belcher M Co, Nev — 61...
ConfidenceGM&M Co, Co... 1...
Con Imp M Co. Nev 38. . .
Eureka Con Drift M Co, Cal. . , 7. . .
Eureka Con M Co. Nev 14...
Gold Hill M Co, Cal 11 - - -
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 45. . ,
Hartmann Mining Co, Cal 1. . .
Jamison M Co 9. .
Julia Con M Co, Nev 28...
Marguerite GM&M Co, Cal.. 5...
MineralHiilM&SCo, Cal... 1...
Occidental Con M Co, Nev.... 26...
OphirS M Co, Nev 70...
Reward GM Co, Gal 18...
ThorpeMCcCal 5...
Troy M&D Co. Alaska 3...
Utah Con M Co, Nev 24. . .
Amt.
Levied, DelinqH
. 00. .
.Feb 9.
.Mar 13.
.lOc.
.Feb 1.
.Mar 8.
.Jan 26.
.Mar 2.
.10c. .
.Jan 19.
.Feb 27.
. 10. .
.Feb 16.
.Mar 23.
. 50..
.Jan 20
.Feb 26.
?.=ic
..Jan 18.
Feb 23.
2SC..
.Jan 8.
.Feb 15.
. 5c..
..Dec 23.
.Jan 30.
.•in
.Deo 22.
.Feb 1.
. 50..
.Not 27.
.Feb 24.
. 6c..
..Jan 21
.Feb 26.
lOr,
.Jan 14
.Feb 25.
.511..
.Jan 4.
.Feb 15.
.lOc.
.Feb 10.
.Mar 16.
.230..
. Keb 5.
Mar 10.
. 20..
.Feb 6,
.Mar 11.
. 5c..
.Jan 13.
.Feb 23.
.lOc.
.Feb 2
.Mar 0.
60..
.Jan 14.
.Feb 17.
and Sile. Secretary.
..Mar 29 DGutmann,320 Sansome
.Mar 31 Jno W Twiggs, 309 Montgomery
..Mar 23 M Jaffe. 309 Montgomery
.Mar 20 F Aureguy, 320 Sansome
..Apr 13 CL McCoy, Mills Bldg
.Mar 20 DM Kent, 330 Pine
.Mar 15 HP Bush, 134 Market
■ Mar 4 C A Grow, Mills Bldg
-Feb 2.^ W J Gurnett, 308 Pine
.Feb 23 G W Peer, 4 Montgomery
.Apr 21 Sam WCheyney, 120 Sutter
..Mar 19 J Stadtfeldt Jr, 309 Montgomery
Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
Apr 13 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
..Apr 6 AK Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
Mar 30 EB Holmes, 309 Montgomery
Mar 27 S W Backus, Mills Bldg
Mar 15 A F Frey, 44 Phelan Building
..Mar 26 0 Hyst,421 Mission
Mar 8 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
the East mail advices reported a little more
doing.
Our market is quoted at 7>^@Sc in a jobbing
way. New York mail advices quote 7^c for
Cookson's, 6%m%G for Hallett's and 6^c for
Japanese.
LUMBER.- There is an improving export
movement from this port and up north.
Redwood, Flvuning 17 00 @
Pine..... 1400 ® 19 00
Spruce 26 00 ©3100
NAILS.— The market is below the cost of
production.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg ..■■
" jobbing, " " *3 20
Cut, carloads, " "
jobbing, " " 2 00
POWDER.— The demand is improving.
The marke t is quoted as follows :
Hercules, No. 1*, per pound ll^c
No.2. " " 814c
SPELTER.— Our market is active and firm
at 5 cents a pound in a jobbing way. The New
York market is reported devoid of new inter-
est. For large parcels §4.05 to $4.15 per 100
pounds is quoted— jobbing higher. English
cables report a quiet market at the late shad-
ing in prices.
NICKEL ANODES.— There is a light call
reported, with the market quoted at 60 to 65
cents per pound.
PLATINUM.— The market is fairly steady
at *10 to ^Ib per ounce.
ZINC— There is a fairly good movement.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, accord-
ing to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is reported
fairly steady under a light call.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— A fair demand is reported in
our market at SI. 50 per pound in a jobbing way.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady to
firm.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
Chemicals.
Jobbers report that, while general trade is
quiet now, the outlook is quite promising for
a fairly free movement during the spring
months.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is re-
ported quiet but steady at 3^c per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% {LeBlanc process).— The
market is quiet but firm at $1.70 per 100 fts.
ina jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
lair demand at 2^c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— The New York mar-
ket is strong at fl.92X per 100 pounds,
owing to the fact that no stock is obtainable
there except from store. The advices from
Chili are to the effect that the combination
will restrict the output and keep values at
around §3. 92>^ per 100 lbs for 95%. Our mar-
ket is quoted from store at 4 cents per 100
ffis for 95%.
ACETIC ACID.— Eastern advices do not re-
port any change. Our market is fairly steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at 6@12c per ft in
carboys, according to make.
NITRIC ACID.— The market is steady from
6^0 per lb in carboys.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at V/Lc per lb for
66%.
BLUE VITRIOL.— The East reports the
market in good position. With us the market
is fairly firm. We quote in a jobbing way at
4:}4q per lb.
Alining Share Market.
San Francisco, Feb. 18, 1897.
The market for mining shares the past
week has been manipulated downwards by a
master hand. It would seem as if the same
person has been at the helm for some time
past and has the gift to attract outsiders to a
certain mine, while working its shares to get
the entire list lower, so as to freeze out hold-
ers at low prices. The moving of Con. Vir-
ginia up $1 a share and causing the rest of the
list to sympathize only slightly, and then at
each break cause the other shares to go down
proportionately, but at the rallies in the
former the others rallied only slightly. By
working it in this way, everything sells lower
than before the Con. Virginia advance, while
i the outside public has considerably less shares
— sold out by brokers, or else by themselves,
for fear of assessments and much lower prices.
At this writing it looks as if there will soon
be another up-move in the market, but what
will take the lead it is hard to say. The ac-
tion of the market indicates that the insiders
are after shares, and, if so, they will get
what is wanted, if they keep prices down for
months to come. Interest centers on the work
in Con. Virginia, but, from all we can learn,
the position taken in this department regard-
ing i t is thoroughly correct. Rumors begin
to circulate of an improvement in Chollar on
the Brunswick lode, 500-foot level. On this
level they are running a south drift, but from
all that can be learned, we think it was not
the object to strike the downward continua-
tion of the ore until the drift had been well
advanced, and, perhaps not then, until after
connection was made with the levels above.
If the ore vein on this level is found to be
wider and the grade does not show any falling
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, MiDing Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining: Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities*
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
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Weelily Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
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Telephone 1293.
DENVER, COLO.
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At present prices are a sure profit. Write us lor
prospectus and information regarding mines, pro-
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lected a list of properties that will interest you.
Write us at once.
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CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO.
Well Known Copper Mine
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F^OR SALE,
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H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett;,. Amador County, Cal.
February 20. 1897.
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off, then the company will be able to develops
good properly. It is rumored that in Opbtr an
improvemeDt is cominK in, but the price for
shares does not show it if there is. With the
comiDg of D. O. Mills to this coast the price
of the Gold Hill shures go dowo. This has
never failed, and why it is so no one seems to
know, aliboutfh they do considerable guessing.
The Standard Con. Company of Bodie has de-
clared a tU-ceot dividend, parable March 2<I.
The Bodie, Mono and Bulwer cumpanics have
disincorporated and have no longer a legal ex-
istence, the Standard Company having ab-
sorbed them.
There is a report current that George W.
Grayson will contest for the control of Hale &
Norcross, and that Col. Alvioza Hayward will
support him. If there is a contest it is not of
much moment, or else one of the contesting
parties, feeling assured of success, does not
compete for shares. If Mr. Grayson should
get control of Hale & Norcross it is robe
hoped that he will manage it better than the
Bullion. This mine ought to be a bullion pro-
ducer and not an assessment producer. It is
said that to the west, in what is known
as the old Crajsus ground, there is very
rich gold-bearing ore that can be extracted
and the mine made to pay dividends. The
Fox suit against the old management of Halo
& Norcross will not come up in the Supreme
Court before July next.
From the Comstock mines the news is far
from an exciting character, and none is looked
for until the insiders have frozen about every-
body out of their holdings. The work from
one end of the lodo to the other is being done
in a way not calculated to strike a rich body
of ore. In Utah they are running an east
crossdrift in the old west surface tunnel
workings. In Sierra Nevada tliev are still at
work on the iiOU-fool level and "also Lavton
tunnel level. On the UOU-foot level in Union
they are pushing, but slowly, three east
crossdrifts. The formation in them was, at
last advices, clay and porphyry. In Mexican,
on the lOUO-foot level, the west crossdrift is
in over 255 feet, with the face in porphyry,
showing clay separation. At last advices
there was a slight seepage of water. This
latter is accepted as a good sign, but it is not
at all likely it will be taken advantage of and
work prosecuted farther west so as to strike
the lode. It is more certain that work will
be stopped or else turned before many days.
From Ophir official advices do not report any-
thing of consequence doing in the Central
tunnel level. The west crossdrift on the
1000-foot level is in over 390 fe6t. At last ad-
vices the face was in soft porphyry, seams of
clay and lines of low-grade quartz. Connec-
tion has been made in Con. Virginia between
the IHSO-foot and 1550-foot levels, but the ex-
)ected boom in shares did not materialize,
nstead of prices going up they went down.
When they have the small veinbetter devel-
oped for working, enough good to high-grade
ore ought to be taken out to nearly pay
expenses. There is no change in the work-
ings on the irsofoot level. On the 1000-foot
level a south drift is being run from No. 3
west crossdrift.
They are running an east crossdrift on the
17o-foot level in Andes. The Best & Belcher
and Gould & Curry east crossdrift from the
SfJO-foot Bonner shaft level has been extended
a total distance of over 390 feet without hav-
ing found anything of greater value than por-
phyry. The work reported in Savage is prac-
tically unchanged. They are still repairing
the shaft in Hale & Norcross. They are rais-
ing ore from the 000-foot level. "From the
tenth floor above this level they have started
an east crossdrift. No work is reported in
Chollar. The south drift in Potosi ran from
the raise connection on the tunnel level is out
over 110 feet. At last advices it was chiefly
in quartz giving assays of $5 to 113 a ton.
They are still extending the north drift in
Bullion. They continue, so it is said, to fool
away time and spend money by playing work
on the 500-foot level. The joint Confidence,
Challenge and Con. Imperial west crossdrift
has been extended the usual few feet. At
the rate it is being "pushed," it will strike
the west lode about April next. No advices
have been received of work in Challenge. In
Confidence there is nothing new to report.
The same remarks apply to Yellow Jacket.
In Crown Point work is confined largely to
the levels heretofore reported. Belcher and
Seg, Belcher's ofilcial letters for the public
do not report from what level they are taking
out ore or anything regarding the work ; but,
it is said, that private letters do give the in-
formation and they also state that quite a
body of ore has been developed. Of the cor-
rectness of these reports the writer knows
nothing, but from the fact that official letters
do not give particulars as to the work it looks
as if they are correct. Overman continues to
raise a few tons of ore. Advices from the
1100-foot level workings in Caledonia are
highly encouraging, but no one seems to have
any more faith in the management of this
mine than of some of the others, and there-
fore favorable news counts for nothing with
them. From Alta the news is essentially un-
changed.
Prom the Brunswick lode nothing of inter-
est has come to band. In Occidental they are
running an east crossdrift on the 550-foot
level. On the 750-foot level and 850-foot level
they are running south drifts. The formation
on the 850-foot level was quite favorable at
last advices. In Chollar interest begins to
center on the south drift on the 500-foot level.
At last advices they were in over 110 feet,
with the formation softer and quite favorable.
On the 400-foot level they are running a south,
drift and also upraising. The latter was in
$30 to 8^5 ore 5 feet in width. No change is
reported in the work on the 300-foot and 800-
foot levels. Prom the January cleanup they
got $7867 in gold, and silver bars valued at
$1683. They are shipping ore to the mill on
February account. The work that is being
done by Best & Belcher, Gould & Curry and
Con. Virginia on the 300-foot level is an east
crossdrift and a south drift. Both, at last
advices, were in quartz. They have resumed
sinking the shaft.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week;
Mnrae.
Feb.
Feb.
18.
Alpha
Alta CoDBolldatad
Andes
Belohor
Best & Uelober
• 10
06
"■"28
08
t m
t»
II
Bodie
Bullion
.■■:
11
36
Chollar
Contldence
83
CoD^olidattid Caltrorala and Virginia..
1 90
Exchequer
45
1 7U
U4
4a
?l
49
48
Ophlr
8U
Potosi
Savage
Sierra Nevada
Union
Utah
40
S)
33
Yellow Jacket
29
a
5an Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, February 18, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
200 Alpha 00i650 Ophir 78
100 Alia Ul!i()U Overman 10
400 Belohcr LM&JU Polosl 39
3(10 Best & Belcher ... 60 luUSavage 40
100 Uu)llon II '31J0 Sierra Nevada. ... 34
AJO Challenge SUllOO Standard 1 65
l50ConCal & Va. ...1 85'300 Union 33
150 Confldence 831400 Yellow Jacket. ... 24
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
400 Ophlr 80-600 Yellow Jacket. ... 25
.V) Mexican 34'300 Belcher 22
5U Gould & Curry. . . . 31) -JOO Bullion 11
600 Best & Belcher . . . 6d,100 Union 33
300ConCal& Va 1 90 200 Occidental 08
200 Savage 40! 100 Andes II
500Poiosl 421 SOStandard 1 65
330H. &N 1 05'
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & vo.. Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacific Coast.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 9, 1897.
576.716.— Lamp— E. Boesch, S. P.
676.721.— Trolley System— W. G. Cattrey, Reno,
Nev.
576,805.— BOTTLE— E. Campbell, Dayton, Wash.
576.555.— Fountain Pen— H. J. Cowger, Pacific
Grove, Cal.
570,954.— Savings Bank— C. L. Dawson, Tacoma,
Wash.
576,960.— Elevator Drive Wheel— G. S. Fonts,
San Jose, Cal.
578,726.— Bicycle Seat— Getz & Westall, S. P.
676,ft7i.— Metal Pipe— C. S. Hamlin. Los Angeles,
Cal
576,992.— Blacking Brush— W. Hayball, Pendle-
ton. Or.
576.674-— Rope Driving Apparatus— J. H. Hoad-
ley, S. F.
576,729.— Adjustable Truck— E. Ireland, Win-
ters, Cal.
576.593 —Check Book— M. Leventritt. S. P.
576.868.— Operating Cars on Grades— Lynch &
Foster, S. F.
576.818.— Spraying Apparatus— W. J. McGraw,
Walla Walla, Wash.
576,688— Pruning Shears- 0. E. Perry. S. F.
576,897.— Cub Chalker-C. Salmond. S. F.
576,916.— Pump— A. W. ThierkofI, Redding, Cal.
Note.— PlalQ and Certified Copies of U.S. and For-
eign patentB oblamed by Dewey & Co., by mall or
telegraphic order. American and Porele'D patents
secured, and general patent buBiaeea transacted
with perfect security, at reasonable rates, and In
the shortest possible time.
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Tickets and sleeping-car reservations at No. 1
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from all points in Europe. D. W. HITCHCOCK,
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Colorado has within its limits some of the (?reat-
est gold mines that have ever been discovered. In
Cripple Creek In 1802 there were a few prospeetora
looking" over the hllla; In 1895 the camp turned out
over Sa.OOO.OOO in gold. Leadvllle, the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
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gold. New Inventions for working low-grade gold
ores, together with ihe discoveries made lo work
rebel lou3 ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers such as they have never enjoyed before, and
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district In the world posdesBea; the record of the
State In gold produciloa for the last three years
speakB for tt«elf. Among ihe oiher prominent
camps in theStaie are Tellurlde. Ophlr. Rico, Silver-
ton, Mineral Point. Durango. La Pluta. Ouray, Saw
Pit, Ironton, the Gunnison district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps are
springing Into existence every day The Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad, which ia the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has alwaya been the miner's
friend, reaches all the mining camps in Colorado.
For elegantly Illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines in Colorado, send to
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314 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Fasseneer Agent, - - DENVER, COLO.
Assessment Notices.
MARGUERITR GOLD MINING AND MILLING
COMPANY.— Location of principal placi* of husl-
ne«a. San FrariclSfu, Callfonilii: locailou uf works.
Auburn. Hlaot-r County. California.
Noilcf 1» hereby iflvcn. ihai ai a mi^tlnff of Iho
Board of Dlreciora, held on the 1-lih day of January.
ISiC. an aHHeManient iNo. 6) of 10 ceuib per share was
levied upon the capital ftluck of the corporutlou.
payable Imiutdtately lu United States jrold coin, to
lh« Seerotary. at the office of the company, 2S" I2lh
Hlr**et. Sail Pranclrtco. Caltforula.
Any Mtoek upob whk-h ilila assesamenl ehall re-
muln unpaid on the i'jih day of Fc-bruarv. Ifftt". will
bi- delluyuein and adverilaed for sale' ai public
auction: and, utilesH payment la made twfore. will
bu Bold on THUKSDAY, the 8th day of April. 18S)7,
to pay the dflliinueui asaoaament, together with the
costs of advcrtlHlnt: aud expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
. CUAS PEACH. Secretary.
Offlce-2a7 I2t»i street. San Francisco. California.
Onicu hours from 4 to U o'clock P. M.
THOltPK MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of bualiu'HB. Sail Pranctaco. California:
location of works. Fourth Crossing. Calavcraa
County. California.
Notice la hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held oo the 13th day of Janu-
ary, 1897. an assessment (No. C) of 5 cents per
aliare was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately In Uulted States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
company. Room 4-1. Phelan building, San Francisco.
Califoru a.
Any stock upon which this aaaeasmeut shall re-
main unpaid on the 2ad day of February. I»it7. will
be delinquent and advertised for Bale at public
auction: and un ess payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the IStli day of March. 18!t7. to
pay the dellnciuent assessment, together with the
costa of advertising and expenses of aale.
By order of the Board of Directors,
A. F, FKEY. Secretary.
Office— Room 44. Phelan building. Sao Francisco.
California.
BEST & BELCHER MINING COMPANY.-Loca-
tlou of principal place of business, San Francisco.
California; location of works, Virginia District.
Storey Coupty, Nevada.
Notice 18 hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 20ih day of January,
lffit7. an assessment (No. til) of 25 cents per ahare wae
levied upon the capital atock of the corporation,
payable Immediately Id United States gold coin, to
the Secretary, at the office of the company. Room 33,
Nevada block. No. 309 Montgomery street, San Fran-
cisco. California.
Any stock upon which this aseeasment shall re-
main unpaid on the 2nd day of March. l«y7. will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and, unless payment is made before, will
he sold on TUESDAY, the 23d day of March. 18117,
to pay the delinquent aeseaament, together with the
costs of advertising and expenaea of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
M. JAFFE. Secretary.
Office— Room No. 33, Nevada block. No. SOU Mont-
gomery street, San Franclnco, California.
ANDE- SILVER MINING COMPANY. -Location
Of principal place of business. San Fraacisco. Cali-
fornia; location of works. Virginia City, Storey
County. Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the lat day of Febru-
ary, 1897. an assessment (No. 43) of 10 cents per share
was levied upon the capital atock of the corpora-
tion, payable Immediately in United States gold
coin, to the secretary, at the office of the company.
Rooms 20 and 22, Nevada block. 309 Montgomery
stre- 1. San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 8lh day of March, 1897,
will he delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction: and unless payment la made before,
will be sold on WEDNESDAY, the 3lBt day of March,
1897, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Dlrectora.
JOHN W. TWIGGS, Secretary.
Offlee—Rooms 20 and 22. Nevada block. 309 Mont-
gomery street. San Francisco. California.
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business, San Francisco. California;
location of worts, on Jamison Creek, near Johna-
vllle, Plumas County, California.
Notice Is hereby given, tbal at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 27th day of Novem-
ber, 1S9C, an aesessment (No. 9), of 5 cents per
share, was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately in United States
gold coin to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, 130 Sutter street. San Francisco. California.
Any atoek upon which this asaessi-ent shall re-
main unpaid on the 25th day of January. 1S97, will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment la made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 22nd day of March, 1897,
to pay the delinquent aaaessment, together with
the costs of advertising and expenaea of aale.
By order of the Board of Dlreciora.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Office— Room 50, 120 Sutter street. San Franciaco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Comp;iny. held on the 25th day of
January, 1897, it was resolved that any stock upon
which the assessmeat shall remain unpaid on the
24ttidayof February, IS97. will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction; and. unless
payment is made before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the 2lBt uay of April, 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenaea of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
MINERAL HILL MINING AND SMELTING CO.—
Location of principal place of business, San Fran-
cisco. California; location of worka, Spencevllie,
Nevada County, California.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 4th day of Janu-
ary, 1897. an assessment (No. I) of five cents (6c) per
share was levied upon the whole of the capital
stock of the corporation, payable Immediately In
United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the company, 210 Sansome street, San Franciaco,
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 16lh day of February, 1897, will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment la made before, will he
sold on THURSDAY, the 25th day of Mai eh, 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costa of advertising and expenaea of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
CHAS. PEACH, Secretary.
Office— 210 Sansome street. San Franciaco, Califor-
nia. Office hours from 1 to 3 o'clock p. M.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Mineral Hill Mining and Smelting Company, held
ou the 15th day of February. 1697. It was resolved
that any stock upon which the asat^satnenl shall re-
main unpaid on the 15th day of March, 1897. will be
delinquent and advertlbed for aale at public auc-
tion; and. unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on TUESDAY, the 13th day of April, 1897, to
pay the delluqu- nt assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale,
CHAS. PEACH. Secretary.
OCCIDENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
PANY —Location of principal place of business.
Sum Francisco. California: location of works. Sliver
Star Milling District. Storey Couuty. Nevada.
Notice Is hereby irivoii that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the lOth dav of Febru-
ary- iSit". an aHaessment (No. 2t>i of 10 centa per
share waa levU-d upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable ImmtHllately In United States
golil coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. Room No. i;y. Nevada block. No. 309 Montgom-
ery street. San Franctaco. Calirurnla.
Any slock upon which this aSBessment shall re-
main uni)aid on the lilih day of March. 1S97, will
be delliKiueiit. and aUv.-rtlsed for sale at public
auction, and. unless payment is made before, will
be Hold on TUKSDAV. the (ith day of April. 1897. to
pay tiie dellnauenl asBessment. together wlin the
coats of advertising and expenses of sale.
By oixler of ilio Board of Directors.
ALFRED K DURlIitOW. Secretary.
Office- Room No. tl9. Nevaoa block. No. 3ol) Mont-
gomery etreei, San Franelsco. Caliiornla.
DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE.
HARTMANN MINING COMPANY.-Locatlon of
principal place of ouslneas. San Francisco. Califor-
nia; location of works. Chill Gulch Dlstilct. Cala-
veras County. California.
Notice.— There ;tre delinquent upon the following
d<>Bcrlbed atock. on account of asseBHineiit (No. 1)
levied on the 22nd day of December, 1890. the aeveral
amounlB set opposite the names of the respective
shareholdera, as follows:
No. No.
Name. Cert. Shares. Amt.
C. E S ephens 2 3.0OO 160 (HI
H. O.ersocn y 2.fi00 125 00
J. P. G. Barren 10 2.000 100 00
C. B. SchoQeld 14 2.000 190 00
C. C. Shepardaon 9 8 390 109 60
And In accordance with law. and an order from
the Board of Directors, made ou the 22ijd day of
December. I89ti, so many shares of each parcel
of such Block as may be iieceeaary, will bo sold
at public auction, at the office of the company.
Room 40. No. 4 Montgomery street Sa»' Praiicl co,
California, on TUESDAY, the 23d day of February,
1897, at the hour of 6:30 o'clock t'. u of said day. to
pay said Delinquent AsaeBsmeul Ihi-reon. together
with costa of advertising and expens' s of saie.
G W. PEER. Secretary.
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I
There has been introduced in the California Assem-
bly, and favorably reported upon by the Committee
on Mines and Mining Interests, a bill " legally delin-
injr what a miner's inch shall consist of." It is a
remarkable bill, worth quoting, and is as follows :
" For a uniform system of measuring water when
the term 'miner's inch' is used, it is hereby declared
that a ' miner's inch ' of water shall be such a quan-
tity as Hows from an orifice one inch square through
a two-inch plank, with still water standing at a
depth of six inches above the top of the orifice, sucb
a discharge to be not less than one and one-half
cubic feet per minute, equal to twelve gallons."
It will be observed that this bill prescribes that a
" miner's inch " shall be equal to a flow of not less
than one and one-half cubic feet of water per min-
ute, "equal In twelve. gaUons." Does the author pro-
pose to change the measures now in use in this coun-
try? According to all the accepted authorities, and
and chamfered edges combined, or not, as the case
may be." The Smartsville inch equals, according to
Bowie, 1.76 gallons per minute, the Park Canal and
Mining Company's inch in El Dorado was 1.39 gal-
lons per minute, and experiments made by Hamilton
Smith in 1874 through a rectangular slit, 50 inches
long, 2 inches wide, through a 3-inoh plank cham-
fered, the outer inch under 7-inch pressure above the
center of the opening, showed an inch to be equal to
1.57 cubic feet per minute. Experiments made by
A. J. Bowie have shown that an aperture 12 inches
high by 123 inches wide, through a IJ-inch plank,
with a head of 6 inches above the top of the opening,
will discharge 200 miner's inches, each equal to
1.4994 cubic feet per minute.
This module has been adopted rather generally for
measuring large amounts of water and for that pur-
pose is very convenient, while it would be useless for
measuring smaller quantities. So the aperture
named in the proposed bill would be of no use except
DITCH CONSTRUCTION IN IDAHO.— (Sm page IT>.\
as most school boys know, one cubic foot of water is
equal to about 7.48 gallons — or, to be more exact, it
is equal to 7.4805 gallons. Upon this basis one and
one-half cubic feet of water would equal 11.22075 gal-
lons. The standard American gallon, or old English
" wine" gallon, contains 231 cubic inches.
That there is need for a statute providing a stand-
ard for the value of a miners' inch there should be
no question. By choosing a flow of one and one-half
cubic feet per second we shall have one that would
be satisfactory, which cannot be misunderstood and
which will be a basis for easy calculation, for in this
case 40 miner's inches would equal a flow of one
cubic foot per second, the terms in which hydraulic
engineers make their calculations. It will be in the
power, then, of any farmer or miner purchasing
small quantities of water by the inch to obtain a box
of given dimensions, and by noting the time of the
flow very easily determine the amount of water he is
getting. .
For the State to prescribe through what orifice
and under what conditions the water must flow is a
piece of supererogation as valueless as it would be to
lay down the shape of vessels by which gallons must
be measured. The conditions of the case must de-
termine how the water shall be measured. What is
wanted is a standard for the quantity only.
Colorado and other States have by legislative en-
actment laid down the amount of water in cubic feet
per minute or second that shall equal the miner's
inch. In this State there are many different miner's
inches, owing to the many different ways of measur-
ing. On this subject A. J. Bowie, in his treatise on
"Hydraulic Mining," says: "The miner's inch of
water is a quantity which varies in almost every dis-
trict in California ; no one gauge has been uniformly
adopted, nor has any established pressure been
agreed upon under which the water shall be meas-
ured. » ♦ * The apertures through which the
water is measured are generally rectangular, but
vary greatly in width and length, being from 1 to 12
inches wide, and from a few inches to several feet
long. The discharges are through 1-inch, l*-inch,
2-inch and 3-inch planks, with srjuare, or with square
for measuring very small quantities. If the Legis-
lature will state the flow per minute that shall equal
a miner's inch, it will have done its duty.
'WOOD'
DIRECT-CURRENT MULTIPOLAR DYNAMO.
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TABLE OF CONTKNTS.
ILLiUSTRATIONS.— Ditcli Construction in Idaho ; " Wood " Direct-
Current Multipolar Dynamo, 169. Flume and Trestle; Cross Sec-
tion of Ditch, 172.
EDITORIAL.— The Miner's Inch, 169. Americans in British Co-
lumbia; The Prospector's Flight Northward; Mr. Bowie's Ar-
ticle; Foreign Capital, 170.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacilic Coast States and Territoiies. 174-5.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Formation of Clouds; Thorium and Its
Oxide Thoria; Silichromite, 176.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— " Wood " Direct-Current Multipolar
Dynamo; New X-Ray Phenomena; Electrical War Devices; The
Place of Electricity in the Chemical Industries; Electric Rail-
ways in the United States; Cost of the Niagara Palls Electric
Power, 176.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— Figuring the Capacity of Boilers;
Water Scoops for Railways, 176. The Mammoth Globe at the
Paris Exposition; Tribute to Machine Tools Made in the United
States. 177.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Olive Green Squadron; Abandon-
ment of a Social Experiment; A Late Device; Danger in Ealing
the Flesh of Poisoned Animals; The Longest Suspended Wire in
the World; Prehistoric Monuments of France, England and Ger-
many, 177.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Metal Markets; Coal and
Coke; Mining Share Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board;
Notices of Assessments, etc., 186-7.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 171. Ditch Construction in
Idabo, 173-3. Outline of the Geology of California with Reference
to Its Mineral Deposits, 173. Coast Industrial Notes; Personal;
Recently Declared Mining Dividends; Commercial Paragraphs;
Recent California Mining Incorporations, 179. Ttie Tutthill Water
Wheel, 181.
The Qovernment and flining.
In early days ia California, Australia and other
regions where gravel mining was being done, it was
a very common thing to see miners desert or pass
over good claims to go on in search of "the place where
the gold came from." In those days there were few
trained geologists, and none who had investigated
the subject of gravel deposits so as to be able to tell
the miners that any search for a "mother lode," or
anything of that sort, where almost pure gold could
be dug out, was useless. The impression prevailed
that the gold came from an almost pure source, and
was later scattered through the gravels.
Doubtless more labor and money were lost in these
wild and fruitless searches than in what would now
be considered good mining. The men engaged in the
industry had had no previous experience and could
not learn from the experience of predecessors. Had
the Federal G-overnment properly appreciated the
value of mining to the country, and made a slight
effort to render assistance, it would have made a
better investment than it ever has in any other way.
To-day but little aid from the Government is re-
ceived and millions are being lost yearly for want
of it.
This can easily be seen by contrasting the work
done for the mining industry in British Columbia by
the Canadian Government with the attitude of the
United States Government to the mining industry.
The fostering care of that more paternal Govern-
ment has developed in a little over two years one of
the richest gold-producing fields in the world. Yet
had no more been done than is done by the United
States Government for new or old mining districts,
British Columbia would not now be making such a
stir in the world.
On the Yukon river, at the Clondyke placers, the
miners — American citizens as well as British sub-
jects—are rejoicing over a report that their mines
have been found to be on the Canadian side of the
line. There is no country in the world that has
derived more benefit from the mining industry than
the United States, and no government makes less
effort for its development.
The geological survey of the United States is at
present under the direction of a man who appre-
ciates the value of the work that can be done- to aid
mining, but is hampered for want of means. Less
than halt a million dollars a year is spent and much
of that, perforce, is spent in purely scientiBc work.
It is to be hoped that Congress will soon be im-
pressed with the idea that no money spent can bring
larger returns, nor add more to the wealth of the
country, than upon the economic work of the geo-
logical survey.
The Prospector's Flight Northward.
Now again is coming the season when the pros-
pector takes his flight northward. A few months
ago he was driven out of Alaska and from the moun-
tains of British Columbia, Washington, Idaho and
northern Oregon, when the snow fell, and made his
way to the more congenial winter climates from
southern Oregon to Mexico.
As much as all the West from the Black Hills to
Vancouver Island, Colorado and New Mexico to Cali-
fornia and from Alaska to Mexico has been gone
over by prospectors these many years, there are be-
ing made more discoveries than ever before of mines
that will be of lasting value and of new districts that
will attract the world's attention. The prospector of
to-day in spirit and character is much like the pros-
pector of years ago, but he knows more and the
results of his better work is shown in the continuous
reports of strikes being made all over the western
side of the continent. What is most signiScant is
the fact that a very large proportion of these are
made in districts that have been gone over by the
prospector time and again for the past quarter of a
century or more. The Fraser river excitement took
thousands from California in the fifties only to be
disappointed. Now with modern methods the mines
promise to yield large returns and are attracting the
attention of capital.
In the Black Hills rich mines are being found in
rock that was passed over because it was not like
that of the first discoveries. In Wyoming thousands
of acres of placer are being exploited and hundreds
of thousands of dollars is being spent in water
ditches. Yet Wyoming has never been known as a
gold mining State. In Nevada the same story is be-
ing told. In New Mexico and Arizona the demand
for copper has been the cause of prospecting for ore
bodies carrying that metal, with the result that
enough promising discoveries have been made to
greatly add to the wealth of those Territories. So
in Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Alaska and other parts
of British Columbia, new districts, new mines and
unexpected formations carrying valuable minerals
are being constantly discovered by the prospector.
Yet, for all he is doing, he receives little reward
and little credit. Capital comes in, helps him out
with a " grub stake " and enables him to go on again
like the Wandering Jew and the capitalist goes to the
Senate or Europe.
Mr. Bovyie's Article.
large deposits and bringing in water at considerable
expense.
The promoters of all these enterprises turn to
California for examples, and many of them are
sending to California for engineers or practical hy-
draulic miners to assist in the work.
Foreign Capital.
On page 172 will be found an article by Aug.
J. Bowie on ditch construction in Idaho, in which he
gives the data gathered in his experience there in
1895 and 1896. But for the work done by Mr. Bowie
in writing his "Treatise on Hydraulic Mining," much
of value that was learned in California in developing
that industry would have been lost to the world
with the partial cessation of hydraulic mining
about fifteen years ago. Many of the best
engineers do not publish the results of their
observation and experience for the benefit
of others. The work that Mr. Bowie has done
in this way never brought him any return pecuni-
arily, but has been of inestimable value to others. It
must, however, be a source of satisfaction to him to
have learned that unselfish work brings great re-
wards in the way of satisfaction for doing a public
good.
Ditches and canals have been dug from the earliest
days of recorded history, yet since the beginning of
hydraulic mining in California more has been learned
of the conveyance of water than in all the
preceding time. An example of the progress in
ditch and flume construction is shown in
some of the newer methods adopted in the
construction of the ditch referred to in Mr.
Bowie's article. It is timely, because now more
than ever is there an activity in gravel mining in
all parts of the world where there are auriferous
gravels. In Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Mon-
tana, Nevada and British Columbia there are
many large areas of auriferous gravels that are
being opened up, and ditches from two or three to
nearly one hundred miles in length are being con-
structed. In Siberia and Russia it is predicted that
within a few years great store of gold will be taken
from the gravels. In New Zealand and Australia
and South America capitalists are taking hold of
It is fortunate that American mines are not in
favor in London among those who take hold of prop-
erties for the sake of promotion fees and do not care
what the result of the working of the mines shall be.
As a consequence, those gentlemen who are given
altogether too much to over-capitalizing go to other
fields for bait for their prey, and there is very little
heard nowadays of scandals on the London market
in connection with mines located in the United
States.
The reason for this is probably the fact that in-
formation in regard to nearly all the districts in this
country is easily obtainable, and that it is diflicult to
float a mine upon a prospectus that does not state
facts. It may be said that there is a disadvantage
to us in this, in that it prevents the coming here of
a great deal of capital; but, in answer to that, it can
be said that it is much better for us that no capital
shall be brought here or sent here at all unless it
comes for the exploiting of legitimate enterprises.
During the past year or two a great deal of money
has gone into Western Australia from London, and a
large part of it into enterprises that will never re-
turn interest on the investment — much less the prin-
cipal. It has been easy for the harpies on the Lon-
don market, known as promoters, to carry out these
schemes, because Western Australia is so new, and
there is so little business connection between it and
London that it is easy to present propositions with-
out fear that the investors or others can obtain reli-
able information and expose them if they are not
genuine.
In the colony of Victoria, where legitimate mining
has been conducted for many years, the promoters
find few properties to place on the London market ;
yet Victoria is not in want of capital, and can obtain
all that is necessary without any blowing of trumpets
for legitimate enterprises.
So it is with the United States. During the past
year at least $50,000,000 has been invested quietly
by English capitalists in this country, and the
chances are that during the coming year much more
will come in. Instead of sending out foreign engi-
neers, they have employed Americans, well ac-
quainted with the districts in which the proposed
investments were to be made, and with the local con-
ditions. ,
Americans in British Columbia.
The bill passed by Congress providing for restric-
tions on foreign immigration, with a clause prohibit-
ing Canadians from coming over the line temporarily
to work, is apt to cause some retaliatory legislation
in British Columbia, unless the cooler heads inter-
fere. At a meeting of American citizens at Eoss-
land last week resolutions were sent to President
Cleveland, protesting against the bill and asking him
to veto it. They stated that there were 25,000
American citizens in British Columbia and many
were heavily interested in the mining industry there.
At the regular meeting of the executive commit-
tee of the Northwest Mining Association last week
resolutions were passed asking that the Mayors of
various cities call mass meetings to pass resolutions
urging legislation, both National and State, that
will best serve to cement the friendly relations be-
tween the peoples' on both sides of the line.
Altogether it looks as if the British Columbians
will not act hastily in the matter, and, judging by
the editorials published in their papers, they are
more than desirous of doing all they can to continue
the friendly relations that at present exist. One of
them says :
If the Americans were preying upon Canada and
carrying all their wealth over the border, the Cana-
dian government would well occupy its time in seek-
ing a remedy for such a great evil, but it is Ameri-
can capital that is assisting to develop Canada's re-
sources ; it is American brains that is building up
her cities and American energy that is vitalizing
her business enterprises. A great many of the
Americans who are working in Canada are Canadians
in all but name.
February 27. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
A LAHOE vein of copper ore is reported to have been discov-
ered near Waldo, southern Oregon.
The Goodwill tunnel at Cripple Creek, Colo., is being run at
the rate of a little over 10 feet a day.
Hthmt & F^iwLKH propose to creel a lO-stamp mill on their
mine at Harrison gulch, Shasta county.
A COMPANY has been organized in Paris, with a capital stock
of 93,000,000, to develop the oil fields of Heru.
A NEW mining district, to be known as the O'Brien, has !
been formed in Secret Canyon, Kern county, Cal. |
J. S. WiLiiiu and \V. S. Peakes have arrauKcd for the pur-
chase of the Mainiiioth mine in Mariposa county, Cal.
D. LitiUTNEit is preparing to erect a quartz mill in the
Rodemacher mining district, twenty miles northwest of
Garlock, Cal.
Salt Lake capitalists are negotiating for the purchase of
the onyx deposits recently discovered on the Brumeau, north
of Elko. Nevada.
Tbb new railroad between Uobson and Trail, in British Co-
lumbia, Is being rapidly built, and is expected to run trains
by the first of July.
The French syndicate has concluded its purchase of 300,-
000 shares of the Elkton Consolidated mine at Cripple Creek,
Colo., at $1 per share.
TnB Rand Central Electric Works at Johannesburg, South
Africa, with a capacity of 'iOOO-borse power, supplies this
power at the rate of about f220 per annum.
A NfMBER of men are employed developing a coal mine In
Crum canyon, near Battle Mountain, Nevada. The vein
thows 2 feet of coal, which is said to be of excellent quality.
TiiK Black Abro mine, at Duraont, was sold last week at
Idaho Springs, Colorado, by W. H. Price to M. E. Smith,
representing Eastern capitalists, for a price approximating
$200,000.
Is the Frisco mine, Idaho, Manager MacDonald gives to
each man working in the shaft a bonus of $1 a fool if fiO feet is
made a month. If more than (10 feet is made he pays 125 for
each additional root.
Below the Corns tock mines, in Nevada, several placer
claims have recently been made along the course of the
Washoe, on Galena creek, below the Ophir, and several other
abandoned mill sites.
Some chemists have under consideration a plan to save the
sulphur from the fumes of the Butte, Montana, smelters, and
begin the manufacture of chemicals, in which sulphur forms
the principal ingredient.
TnoMAS Walsh and Harold Wilson have obtained bonds on
the Evergreen and Mayflower mines at Bingham, Utah, and
are negotiating for others. It is proposed to erect matting
plants to work the low-grade ores at Bingham and Ophir.
A SALE was made a few days ago of 4,000,000 pounds of Lake
Superior copper wire at 11^, cents for export to Germany,
where electric railways are rapidly extending. Copper for
twenty-eight railways in England is being contracted for.
A CABLEGRAM has been received from London by the Le Roi
Mining Company of Rossland, British Columbia, making an
offer for the property at the rate of about |14, 000,000, with an
agreement to place in deposit S100,000 as a guarantee of good
faith.
A BILL has been introduced in the Idaho Legislature, pro-
viding that two-fifths of the gross output of the mines shall
be assessed and taxed as any other property. As all improve-
ments of the mines are now taxed, this would virtually mean
double taxation.
Every mining journal published everywhere in every min-
ing State says : "There is no part of the world to-day that
offers belter inducements for the investment of money in
mining than right here in ." And the best of it is that
they all furnish excellent reasons for the assertion.
In a recent decision the Supreme Court of British Columbia
holds that under the coal mines regulation act it is illegal to
employ Chinamen in underground coal mining. An effort will
be made at this session of Parliament to pass a law extending
the same rule to all classes of underground mining.
The St. Elmo Mining and Water Company, who own the St.
Elmo mine in the Randsburg district, Kern county, California,
propose to sink a shaft 500 feet deep on the property. Nothing
will do more for the whole district than the sinking a few deep
shafts to determine the value of the mines in depth.
The great depth to which mines in Victoria, Australia,
have been worked says much for the future of mining in that
colony. In the Lazarus a shaft is down 3185 feet; in the New
Chum Qnited, 2892 feet; New Chum Consolidated, 3099 feet;
Garibaldi, 2720 feet; Shamrock, 2764 feet— and so on through
a long list.
In January the copper product of the Qnited States was
about 39,500,000 pounds, the same amount as was produced in
December, while foreign mines produced only 14,784,000
pounds, a decrease of 2,064,000 pounds. It is no wonder, then,
that foreign capitalists are so eagerly seeking copper deposits
in this country.
The London Mining Journal gives a list of quartz and
gravel mines of Victoria, Australia, fifty in number which
have paid in dividends over £20,000,000, most of them are yet
in operation. Taking the total product of Victorian mines at
£250,000,000 it is estimated that there has been paid in divi-
dends from this no less than £80,000,000.
The State of Nevada has received in grants from the
United States Government 2,455,860 acres of land, and there is
yet due from the same source 277,212 acres. Of this 90,000 is
an agricultural college grant, and 46,080 a university grant.
Of the lands granted a large acreage has been turned over by
the State for the establishment of a mining college.
The Surveyor-General of Nevada, in his annual report,
.speaking of the question whether Nevada is not a gold rather
than silver-producing State, says that the increase in pro-
duction of gold and silver combined in 1896 over 1895 was
11,121,499. This was all due to the increase in gold produc-
tion, for the silver production fell off from $1,051,992 in 1895 to
$988,555 in 1896.
The United States Debris Commission has granted permits
to hydraulic to A. P. Roberts, of Forbestown, Butte county,
Cal. ; to Gray & Taylor, for the Sugar Loaf mine, near Colfax,
Cal. The owners of the Tippecanoe mine, near Camptonvllle,
Yuba county, Cal., and the owners of the Kentucky Slab
mine, in El Dorado county, Cal., have been authorized to
reopen their mines.
Theke are some marvelous growths recorded in this part of
the world, but probably the most remarkable of late is the
growth of a tale in traveling from Costa Rica to Wyoming.
When it reached Laramie it was to the effect that one Mc-
Gregor had discovered a ledge in the Central American re-
public with gold quartz that assayed $£40,000 to the ton, or
about 60 per cent gold.
Pitosi'ECTixii with plows is the latest innovation in mining,
and was introduced a few days ago by Whelpley and Mamby,
in what is known as the "Stringer"' district, near Rands-
burg, Cal. They used a large plow with eight horses, and
plowed furrows across theirground. The soil Is a decomposed
granite, and by crossing two or three times in each place were
enabled to uncover several stringers.
Hakuv Johnsun, an extensive stock rasier in Lower Cali-
fornia, has for the past three years been digging a ditch to
convey water from half a dozen big springs on the slope of San
Pedro Martir lo extensive placer diggings at Socorro, a dis-
tance of eighteen miles. The placer ground is sixty miles
east of Colnett and Mr. Johnson has a Government patent for
thirty-two claims, or about eighty acres of ground.
The mineral land bill is dead— done to death according to
programme. This paper hoped to be able long before this to
chronicle its success. Many columns were published herein
in its favor, and considerable honest etfort was made in behalf
of the best interests of the commonwealth, which required
the passage of so just a measure. Those who killed the bill
should have their reward. They certainlj' earned it.
It is reported from Ottawa, Canada, that the Government
will probably pass a bill providing for the construction of the
proposed Crow's Nest Pass Railway and its continuation as
far as the coast. This, with the roads now built or arranged
for, will do much toward developing the mining districts rap-
idly and bringing down the cost of working ores, so that much
of a grade too low to be worked under present conditions may
be handled.
William Skey, analyst to the Home Department of New
Zealand, writes that he has found while engaged as an expert
in a government case that aqueous solutions of cyanogen do
not exert the least solvent action on gold or silver. Of course
as the gas decomposes there is a slight solvent action, but
even this is far too slow and destructive of the gas to make
extraction of gold a commercial success. This must prove to
be interesting to cyanide men.
Hiram S. Maxim, the great gun maker, has patented an
improved process for extracting gold from refractory ores. He
takes advantage of the affinity existing between gold and
lead, when both are at a high temperature, and subjects the
ore to the action of molten lead in the presence of a reducing
gas or atmosphere. Whilst in the presence of a reducing gas
or atmosphere the ore and molten lead are pounded, and the
mass is slowly rotated or stirred.
It is understood that the Exploration Company of London
has closed a deal for the purchase of the Santa Rita copper
mine near Silver City, New Mexico, for $1,500,000. The mine
was largely owned by J. Parker Whitney of Boston, and was
extensively worked during the Spanish occupation of the
country, and the legends of the locality are to the effect that
it was the deposit from which the ancient inhabitants used to
secure the copper for their weapons.
At the annual meeting of the Old Dominion Mining and
Concentrating Company in Seattle, Washington, which has
recently been incorporated for $5,000,000, G. B. Dennis, presi-
dent of the Northwest Mining Association, was elected presi-
dent. The company owns 53 claims in the Colville district,
and probably has more development work done than any other
company in the Northwest. The tunnel at the lower level is
in over 3000 feet. At this meeting it was decided to push the
tunnel another 2000 feet on the ledge.
The output of the mines of Victoria, Australia, last year
was about $15,000,000, as against about $5,500,000 for West
Australia. Yet English capital is much more interested in
the latter than in the former, and while but little money has
been invested in Victoria by London people, during the past
year immense sums have been paid out for development in
West Australia. The reason for this is not that there is more
faith on the part of the English promoter in West Australian
mines, but that there is more room for speculation.
There is a bill before the Utah Legislature providing for a
State Mine Inspector, and last week the Salt Lake Tribune
published interviews with a number of the leading miners as
to the bill. A lai'ge majority of them said that the value of
the bill would depend entirely on whether a good man is
appointed, and many of them expressed a fear that a mistake
in this direction might be made. That is the trouble in all
the States. Until all such appointments are made for merit,
and not for political reasons, the passage of more such lawi
will be of questionable value.
At a meeting of the shareholders of the Golden Feather,
limited, held in London, it was decided to reconstruct the
company in order to raise more capital to go on with the work
in their mines in Butte county, California. It was stated
that they had been deceived into working over old ground
during the past season. The chairman stated that had they
begun where they have now worked to this step would not
have been necessary. During the past year 2000 feet of the
river bed had been worked, and there remain in the claims
about 5000 feet which is virgin ground.
During the past six months a number of companies have
been organized by Eastern capital, largely to operate exten-
sive gravel deposits in Wyoming and Northwestern Colorado.
Last week at Rockdale, Wyoming, a company was formed to
work 5000 acres of placer ground near that place. A con-
tract has been let for the building of a ditch seven
miles long, 12 feet wide at the top and 8 feet at the bottom,
with a depth of 4 feet. Its cost is placed at $11,000. In this
case, as with most of the ditching in that country, nearly all
the work will be done with plows and scrapers.
In Washington, on the Similkameen river, a novel method
of mining gravel has been inaugurated. Last year there was
built at Wenatchee a stern-wheel steamer, fitted up with the
appliances, including pumps capable of handling 150 cubic
yards of gravel per hour pumped from the bed of the river.
The hose from these can take up a boulder G% inches in size
from a depth of 50 feet to a height of over 30 feet above the
water level. All of the material passes through a grizzly and
the larger rock is thrown back, and that which passes through
the grizzly is treated much as in ordinary sluice-box mining.
It has been announced from Washington that the south half
of the Colville reservation will be thrown open July I. The
Spokane papers are advocating the taking of steps to keep out
the "sooners" in order that an equal chance be given to all.
The Si>nUrsm(iu-l{n'i>ir says: "But it will be difficult to keep
" sooners " off the forbidden ground until that date. In deal-
ing with this problem the Government should either make a
thorough effort to keep off the invaders, or no effort at all,
leaving to all the opportunity to prospect the new ground and
be prepared to make locations on July 1. Justice requires
that all or none be excluded."
In the case of Parsons vs. Mix, from Cripple Creek, Colo.,
the Secretary of the Interior has ruled that all advertise-
ments for patent that do not give the book and page of the
records in the clerk's and recorder's office at which the location
or amended loL-ation certificate can be found, are defective,
and alt such must be republished. This it is claimed will
make it necessary to advertise again all those claims which
have been advertised in Cripple Creek during 1S06. The
trouble has grown out of the fact that the claim owners have
made contracts at low rates with surveyors, who, to save
money, also acted as attorneys.
The importation of lead ores from British Columbia to
American smelters is apt lo cut some figure with the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means at the next session of Congress
in framing a tariff. In case the increase proposed is insisted
upon, although a majority of the mines are owned by people
on this side of the line, it is claimed that they will do all
their smelting in Canada. The great bodies of ore that are
developed, the coal resources they have close at hand, and the
different varieties of ore that are and will no doubt continue
to be found, will make it impossible lo do their own smelting
and refining and have all the profits that accrue therefrom.
CoKNisn tin mining must be in a bad way according to the
Westminster (London) Gazctte,which says that thedepression
in the mining districts of Cornwall has reached an acute
stage. The price of tin has been gradually dropping for many
months past, and it is now lower than it has been for nearly
twenty years. Consequently miners are leaving the country
in thousands. Since January last over 1000 miners from the
districts of Camborne and Redruth alone have emigrated to
South Africa and other colonies. In fact, Cornwall is fast
losing the best of its brain and muscle. Last year no less
than 2086 Cornishmen left the country for South Africa alone.
On the Carson river, in Nevada, the tailings from the Corn-
stock have been for some time receiving the attention of the
Carson River Placer Mining and Dredging Company. The
dredgers have worked satisfactorily enough, and the supply
of material containing values in gold and silver is almost in-
exhaustible, but being composed of the tailings from over a
hundred different mines are of a base and complicated nature,
and it is no easy matter to decide upon a process for working
them. Herman Davis of Dayton, Nevada, has begun the con-
struction of a leaching plant of fifty tons capacity at that
place, and the dredging company have an option for its pur-
chase if satisfied with its work. About the first of March
they will have made some changes in their machinery and be-
gin screening material from their claims on the Carson river,
to be worked in the leaching plant.
It is reported that the Clondyke placers, on the Yukon,
have been found to lie on the British side of the line, and that
the miners, both American citizens and British subjects, hail
this with delight. The Alaska Sffirc/j^io/if says: "For years
the Yukon has been a large gold-producing region, but not
one dollar has our Government expended in building trails or
assisting miners in any way. All it has ever done has been
to give these people Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue
and Customs, and a poor mail service one season. Now there
is to be a radical change. The Canadian Government will
doubtless pursue its wise and liberal policy, build trails, pro-
vide courts, etc. It is a lamentable fact, but nevertheless
true, that the Yukoners, before another year has rolled
around, will sing 'God Save the Queen' more heartily than
ever they sang 'My Country, 'Tis of Thee.' "
In 1880 the Government, under an act of Congress, reserved
a number of large reservoir sites in the arid regions of the
United States, and also reserved from settlement almost all
the lands that could be irrigated from such reservoirs. The
people of the West protested vigorously against the with-
drawal of the lands from entry, and in 1890 Congress restored
the lands to settlement and reserved only the reservoir sites.
A bill passed last week by the House authorizes the State and
private individuals or companies to use and occupy these sites
for the purpose of storing water to be used for irrigation under
such regulations as the respective States may prescribe.
There has been reserved by the Government 138 reservoir
sites, thirty-five of which are located in Colorado, twenty-
three in California, thirty in Montana, nineteen in New
Mexico and thirteen in Utah. This bill permits these sites to
be used only for reservoir purposes, under the act of Congress
of 1891, which provides that maps showing the contemplated
improvement shall be filed in the Interior Department and
approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and that the work
of construction shall be commenced in good faith in one year
and finished in five years.
The American Institute of Mining Engineers held its
seventy-second meeting in Chicago last week, E. G. Spils-
bury presiding. Biographical sketches of Joseph D. Weeks
and Alexander Tripple were read. Among the papers read
were the following: "The Distribution of the Precious Metals
and Impurities in Copper," by Edward Keller, Baltimore,
Md. ; "The Precipitation of Gold by Zinc Threads from Dilute
and Foul Cyanide Solution," by Alfred James, Glasgow,
Scotland; "Sorting Before Sizing," by R.H.Richards, Bos-
ton, Mass. ; "The Chicago Drainage Canal," by J. F. Lewis,
Chicago, III.; "Influence of the Metalloids (Sulphur, Phos-
phorus and Silicon) in Cast Iron," by Guy R. Johnson, Embre-
ville, Tenn. ; "The Genesis of Auriferous Lodes from a Chem-
ical Point of View," by Prof. John R. Don, Dunedin, New
Zealand ; "Direct Generation of Electricity from Carbon," by
R. H. Sanders and H. M. Chance, Philadelphia, Pa. ; "Mining
Methods in Northern Minnesota," by Prof. F. W. Denton,
Minneapolis, Minn. ; "Discussion of Prof. Christy's Paper on
the Solution and Precipitation of the Cyanide of Gold," by
Alfred James, Glasgow, Scotland; "The Hand Auger and
Hand Drill in Prospecting Work," by Charles Catlett,
Staunton, Va,
172
Mining and Scientific Press.
February 27, 1897.
Ditch Construction in Idaho.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by Augustus J.
Bowie, Consulting Engineer.
Leesburg mining district, in Lenahi county, Idaho,
has, since its discovery, been noted for the produc-
tion of its gold placers. Situated in the heart of
rugged mountains, until the last two years it has
been practically inaccessible, The greatest part of
this region is drained by Napias creek, which re-
ceives the waters from tributary creeks as well as
from rains and melting snow from the surrounding
mountains. These topographical conditions neces-
sarily cause heavy floods during periods of warm
weather and rain, when its discharge at California
Bar has been as high as 700 cubic feet per second.
The California Bar claims are situated in Napias
creek, about three miles south of the Lown of Lees-
burg, and below the principal tributaries of Napias
creek.
In the fall of 1892 some Colorado speculators pros-
pected these claims and in the spring of 1893 deter-
mined to hydraulic them. Early in the sixties at-
tempts had been made to bottom this channel, and
in one instance $60,000 was lost in endeavoring to
reach it by means of a tunnel. Chinese subsequently
leased the ground, and thinking that they could con-
trol the surplus water and drift the gravel, con-
structed along the west side of the creek bed a canal
about two and one-half miles in length. The enter-
prise was a failure, but the property maintained its
reputation for richness, although its opening was
considered by all in these regions an impossible feat.
An examination showed, however, that it was per-
fectly feasible, although the grade for the sluices
was only 1.55 per cent.
The bar claims referred to approximate 4500 feet
in length by 300 to 800 feet in width of the creek bed,
contracting at the upper as well as at the lower
end. Alluvions occur on the west side of it, but
none on the east. The depth of the deposit in the
creek bed demonstrated by prospecting shafts was
57 feet at the lowest end and 18 feet at the upper.
The bedrock is a metamorphosed rhyolite. The
creek bed has been tailed through for years and con-
tains a large amount of sand and refuse material
covering a gold-bearing gravel deposit which lies on
bedrock.
The early miners ran a little ditch from Napias
creek, above Rapp's creek, which delivered a few
hundred inches of water at the lower end of the bar
under a pressure of 100 feet. The ditch was prac-
tically of no value, and a larger one was therefore
projected tor hydraulic mining purposes. The new
line was surveyed and located to draw the water di-
rectly from Napias creek, about a mile above Rapp's
creek. Work was started in October, 1894, on the
line, but extreme cold weather and snow closed the
operations. In the latter part of May, 1895, instruc-
tions were given to push the work and complete it.
Between 1894 and 1895 considerable information was
gathered as to the discharge of this water-shed, and
it had become very apparent that any ditch with its
head in this portion of Napias creek would in all
probability be destroyed in times of flood. Moreover,
it was noticed that the flow of water from Rapp's
creek was more desirable and as continuous as that
from Napias creek, and, should there be only this one
source of supply for both ditches, mining operations
were liable to be indefinitely suspended during the
water season. Rapp's creek was selected for the lo-
cation of the head of the new ditch, necessitating a
total change of plan and the construction of 3400 feet
of flume and trestle work. Oq account of the steep
rise of the hills, there are no available sites for stor-
age reservoirs in the vicinity of California Bar.
A distributing reservoir can be constructed about
a mile above the present head of the new ditch,
which would impound a few weeks' water for mining
during the dry season. The capacity of the new
ditch and that of the old ditch (enlarged to carry
1500 inches of water), with the assistance of the
China ditch to handle the surplus water, beyond the
head of the sluices, will enable very extensive mining
operations to be carried on during the entire water
season, and, should developments justify it, a larger
supply can be obtained.
Details and Cost of Construction of Rapp's Creek
Ditch and Flume. — This work was constructed in the
summer and fall of 1895 by the Leesburg Gold Min-
ing and Milling Company, Limited, to supply water
for the mining operations at California Bar, Lemhi
county, Idaho. The line was surveyed in July, 1892,
and staked in the fall of 1893. Preliminary work for
the purpose of estimates was carried on spasmodi-
cally during 1893-4 up to May, 1895.
The following table shows the total expenditure
from October 1st, 1894, to May 23rd, 1895 :
Labor clearing out stumps and grading $1059.77
Teamwork 436 87
Powder, caps and fuse 41 87
Tools 12,35
Total «1540.86
All this work was at the rate of $3 per diem for
labor.
The ditch (see annexed drawing) is 7 feet wide on
top, 4 feet on bottom, and 3J feet deep. In its con-
struction the bank was cut horizontally from the
grade stakes a distance of from 13 to 15 feet. The
outside bank of the ditch is 3 feet wide on top in
solid ground. The side slopes along the mountain
are exceedingly steep, and in places composed solely
of debris, making ditching impossible. On all the
curves the ditch is enlarged from 1 foot to IJ feet in
the bottom, with a corresponding increase on top.
The material from the excavation was placed on the
outer bank and sloped back to prevent any sliding
into the ditch. After the ground is thoroughly
soaked, caulked and consolidated, the carrying
capacity of the ditch can be readily increased 1 foot
in depth.
In the rock cuts, through a species of rhyolite,
badly fissured, boxes have been placed wherever it
was deemed necessary. In constructing the ditch,
besides manual labor, teams with plows, go-devils
and scrapers were employed. This is a new depart-
ure in mining work, but has been most successfully
used even on the steepest side hill.
After the grade pegs were set, an outside stake 3
or 4 feet high was placed immediately opposite to
them, so that the former could be readily fouud.
The first furrow was started from 4 to 6 feet inside
the grade peg. The ground was then graded for a
Of this there were ;
Cubic Yards.
In the ditch section 7,748.90
Slope section 16,841.51
Flume bed 653.27
Total 25,143.68
The total cost of the construction of the ditch, in-
cluding labor, side-lining and ditch at head-gate was
$10,309.86, segregated:
Labor and material $ i),448 28
Lining (materials, labor) 81)5 38
Head ditch 56 3i>
Total 8iu,3uy 8ti
Exclusive of the ditch lining, but including the
proportionate charge for superintendence, the cost
of this work is as follows :
Labor, etc t9,448 38
Superintendence 365 00
Total $9,813 28
Trestle Work. — The timber for the trestle was hewn
from spruce trees on the hillside above the line of
construction. The character of the ground over
„-jtT, tio"t"io« i- J- 4. • .. 4 which this work was constructed precluded any pos-
wdth of 12 to 13 feet, according to circumstances, to , gibjuty of ditching. It was hazardous to break the
a level with the top of the grade. In a word, a road '
was built by excavating the side hill on the grade of
the ditch.
As each stretch of road was completed, a team
with a plow was set to work about 4J feet inside the
grade peg, plowing the ground the top width of the j
ditch. A team with a go-devil with an adjustable j
side followed the plow, removing the ground broken.
As the work progressed, the go-devils were aban- I
doned arid scrapers used. In their employment |
great care was necessitated in seeing that the out-
side bank remained intact and was not damaged by
the teams. To insure against such accidents, where
the teams entered and left the ditch the ground was
gently sloped and left solid. The excavated mate-
rial was taken out one end and deposited along the
top and side of the outer bank, where it was
tramped down by the teams as they returned to I
enter the ditch.
Teams were used to within a foot of the bottom of
the ditch, from which point the ground was worked
down with pick and shovel to. grade, and the sides
properly sloped. The grade of the ditch is 10.5 feet
per mile.
Blasting as far as possible was avoided. The
greater part of the work was done with picks, gads,
sledges and crowbars. The outer bank has been kept
practically intact, great care being taken not to
have it shattered. 'The removal of heavy boulders
was effected by means of powder (giant), but most
carefully applied in very small quantities. The rhyo-
lite rock through which the ditch runs, although
compact, is somewhat disintegrated on the surface,
but badly fissured. It was readily handled with the [
assistance of sledges and gads. I
There are five waste ways, but two more are pro- j
jected to insure safety in ease of accident.
^Wf^&S- 5c/SA/7/f'C ^'iSJ,:3
steep hill
necessary
trees and
trestling
CROSS SECTION OF DITCH,
The dotted line shows a section of the ditch with
the bank cut 10 feet horizontally from grade stake.
Solid lines indicate the section as actually constructed
with the bank 13 to 15 feet from the stakes and sloped
back further than the dotted line figure. The area
inclosed in the solid lines was used in calculating the
number of cubic yards excavated, but no allowance
has been made for the extra amount of ground re-
moved in giving the inner bank its greater slope, as
required in the general construction of the work.
The volume of earth removed was calculated from
slopes taken every 50 feet along the line of the origi-
nal survey.
The total length of the line from the measuring
box at California Bar to the head of the ditch at
Rapp's creek is 15,105 feet, segregated as follows:
Feet.
Ditching 11,633
.Fluming 3,472
Total 16,105
Cubic Yards.
Earth and solid ground removed 30,456.25
Rock removed 4,134.16
Rook removed for flume bled 553.27
Total 36,143. (
FLOIME AND TRESTLE.
slopes any further than was absolutely
to anchor in the posts and sills. The
brush for 40 feet above and below this
were cleared and burned to protect the
flume against accident
and fire. Stumps on
the upper hillsides are
numerous, and a few
small poles placed
against them parallel
with the trestle will
afford protection
against rolling rocks,
while the many grow-
ing trees higher up give
the best security
against snowslides.
The average height
of the inner posts ap-
proximates 3 feet, and
the outer posts aver-
age about 6 feet, both
being 7 inches in diam-
eter. The posts are
stripped of their bark,
and set on sills of hewn
timber 6x8 inches,
with a length corre-
sponding to the requirement. On the inner
side only sufficient ground was excavated to
permit the placing of a 3 or 4-foot sill, as might
be necessitated. The outer post is set on a
sill securely placed on the ground purposely
excavated and leveled for it. A slope of 1}
inches to the foot is given to the posts, which are
nailed to the sills with 60-penny nails. The caps are
fitted with a gain to each post and nailed on both
sides. The stringers (each 18 feet long) of 6 x S-inch
timber are hewn on both sides, gained on the lower
side to the caps, and notched where they are nailed
to them. They lap on both ends over every three
bents. The bents are placed 8 feet from centers,
and are braced crossways with 3 and 4-inch diam-
eter round poles, spiked to the post caps. The
structure is so strong as not to require any longitu-
dinal bracing.
This particular piece of trestle work was com-
menced July 15th, 1895, and finished August 15th,
1895. The total number of hands employed was
thirteen, and the entire cost, including labor, tim-
ber, tools and nails, aggregated $1109.69.
The drawing shows the construction of the flume
February 27. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
173
and trestle in detail, and the table gives the respect-
ive amouDt of timber each contaias :*
Board itfOgurf.
Po»tii-7 In. dlam. bjSfl.byStt 10.395
Caps— ««. by « ft. by 8 In ia.sa)
8lfl»— 8ft. by« In. by81n la.aao
Strlngere— 18 ft. by 6 In. by 8 In i7.iia)
Total 8S.0SS
The lumber for the flume was cut at the company's
sawmill, about three miles by wagon road from the
present head of the ditch. It is a red fir of ordinary
quality, such as is usually found in this country.
The loRS were cut during the fall and winter of 1894,
and were fairly seasoned but somewhat checked. On
account of the scarcity of ready material, about one-
half of the caps on the flumo were made of two
pieces of 2 in. x 4 in. scantling, spiked together and
then gained. All lumber used in the ditch and flume
construction has been charged for at the rate of
(14.05 per M., the mill charge. The greater part of
the lumber had been culled over and the best planks
selected for the sluices.
The flume at the head below the main gates is (i
feet wide and 4 feet deep. This size runs for a dis-
tance of 150 feet, tapering into a 5-foot sluice 4 feet
deep, running a similar distance and tapering into
the regular size flumo as given in annexed table.
The lumber, sawed but not planed, was carefully put
together, all joints being closely battened. The
posts were gained 1 inch into the sills and caps, re-
spectively, and nailed. No side braces were used on
the flume.
TABLE OF FLUME.
Flume 1 feet wide. ISH Inches deep, 12-foot box.
fi posts 4 Inches X ^ Inches X 4 feet 32 feet.
."J caps 1 Inches .\ 4 Inches X 6 feet 84 "
3 sills 4 Inches x 4 Inches x 6 feet a4 "
1 tMjtlom planks IVi Inches x 12 Inches X 18 feet, . . 72 "
rt sides IH Inches x 12 inches x 12 feet 108 "
2 sides IH inches x H inches x 12 feet 24 "
ti battens 1^ Inches x 4 inches x 12 feet 36 "
Total 320 feet.
Hauling and delivering of material at the head of
the ditch was done by contract. Whenever the com-
pany's men or teams were employed on the ditch
construction the ruling rates have also been charged
to this account. As the flume progressed the lum-
ber was floated to the work as required.
Labor rates were as follows:
Laborers J2.50 per diem, 10 hours work.
Carpenters J3.50-J3.25
Teamsters J2,50 " '• "
Two horse team $3.00
Teamsters supplied plows and scrapers, did their
blacksmithing and furnished their own horse feed.
All the men were boarded by the company's con-
tractor at the rate of $1 per day per man, the com-
pany receiving 10% on all accounts. No credit for
profits has been given in any statement of costs.
COST OF FLDMB.
Labor j 879 50
Lumber 1,202 03
HauUng 191 23
Tools 7 66
Nails : 176 00
Superintendence 125 00
Total (2,681 42
The total amount of lumber charged above is 85,534
feet, B.M. In the side lining and intermediate boxes
between the main flume and measuring box there
have been used 23,769 feet B. M. lumber (additional).
The details of this cost will be found in the final
table.
The pressure box, measuring box and wasteway
from pressure box contain 12,015 feet lumber. The
sand box connects the measuring box with the pres-
sure box, which latter is protected from overflow by
means of a waste way. The measuring box has suf-
ficient capacity to gauge 3000 miner's inches and can
be increased should it be found desirable. The details
of cost are given in the final table.
In the gates and boxes at the head of the ditch
3310 feet of lumber were used. Four small timber-
cribbed dams (loaded with rocks), 4x6 feet in size,
angling up stream, sunk 3i feet and 4 feet high
above creek bottom, hold the gates through which
the water supply from Rapp's creek is drawn.
There is a temporary obstruction thrown across the
bed of the channel of Rapp's creek to direct the
water into the ditch. The gates at the head are
provided with a wasteway 10 feet wide, alongside of
them, so as to regulate the height of the water en-
* Exclusive of braces.
tering the ditch. To thoroughly protect the flume
from being destroyed by an overflow of the creek, or
back water, another set of gates and wasteway have
been placed about 50 feet below the main head gates,
firmly set in the ditch on a bluff of rocks. The
main flume, several hundred feet below the head, has
been fitted with a large sand box, 48 feet long.
The cost of tools in the construction of this ditch
and flume, as shown in the final statement, is insig-
nificant. This is due to the fact that the plows,
scrapers and go-devils were supplied by the men
owning the teams, and the company had on hand a
supply of tools left over after the building of the
Leesburg road. Hence the only charge is for mate-
rial consumed and a few necessary articles pur-
chased.
The entire ditch and flume were completed and
water delivered at the mine September 29th, 1895.
The ditch will bear comparison with any first-class
mining work of this character. The actual cost per
cubic yard of material used was 46.2* cents ; the cost
of 388 linear feet of lining, including material, was
$2.07 per foot ; the cost of the flume per linear foot
was 83.7 cents ; the cost of the trestle per linear foot
was 35.9 cents; the total cost of the entire work
aggregated $5799.30 per mile, including superinten-
dence, surveying, measuring box, pressure box,
wasteways, head gates, cribs, etc., and all moneys
expended from May, 1893, to May, 1895, which is
materially less than any similar size structure built
on the west coast in the mining region with the
same rate of labor.
♦The cost per cubic yard :is per tabulated statement Is 39.9 cents.
In this Is properly chargeable all expenditures prior to May, 1895,
which aggregate *I.'>40.80, making total cost 46 2 cents per cubic yard
Outline of the Geology of California with
Reference to Its Mineral Deposits.
NUMBBK III.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by Harold w.
Fairbanks, Ph. D.
The most important geological revolution of which
we have any record took place along the Pacific coast
of North America at the close of Jurassic time. The
sedimentary rocks in the Klamath mountains, the
Sierra Nevadas and probably the great region to
the south and east were folded together and involved
in enormous masses of molten granite and lifted
above the sea. The granite mountains before re-
ferred to had long existed along the axis of the Coast
Ranges, and there no melted granite core was formed
as far as we know; but they were uplifted to propor-
tions perhaps comparable with those of the present
day.
The next younger geological period which we rec-
ognize is the Cretaceous; but before the land again
sank so as to permit sediments of that age to be laid
down, hundreds of thousands of years may have
elapsed during which the great gold and silver de-
posits of the State were formed. Considered from
an economic standpoint, this period of mineralization
has been the one great event in the ancient history
of California.
After the granite had been squeezed into the sedi-
mentary rocks, upturning and breaking them, this
extensive region remained heated for a long time.
As it cooled off, the mountain, making movements,
again fractured the rocks, permitting the waters
falling upon the surface to penetrate and circulate
to great depths where they became heated through
contact with the still hot and, perhaps in places,
molten rocks. It may be that there were also other
subterranean waters derived from different sources
in addition to those derived directly from the surface.
Hot waters are capable of dissolving out various
rock constituents, and after becoming impregnated
with the alkalies are all the more effective in their
action upon rock material. Many, if not most, of the
rarer metallic elements are sparingly disseminated
in almost all rocks, occurring possibly in many cases
in greater amount as the depth increases. Many of
these minerals were dissolved out by the hot waters
which percolated through the fissures, and under fa-
vorable conditions issued upon the surface. As the
waters began to cool and exist under less pres-
suk-e in their upward course, various constituents
were precipitated, the process resulting finally
in the mineral veins which we now see exposed.
LEESBURG GOLD MINING AND MILLING COMPANY— CONSTRUCTION OF RAPP'S CREEK DITCH.
i
Grading
Excavating |t''<=«"«-
Ditch.
Main Flume
on Trestle,
Two
Switches,
257 Boxes.
Pressure
Box, Meas-
uring Box,
and
Wasteway.
Side Lining
and Interme-
diate Boxes
Between
Main Flume
Measuring
Box.
1
Gates, : Roads
Boxes, ! and
etc. ITrails.
Totals.
Labor
J 7,647.72
365.00
162.00
1,728.87
$1,051.00
$879.50
125.00
$148.18
$347.69
70.00
$30.00 $67 a.'j
$10,171.34
565 00
Foreman
5.00
191.23
7.66
9.00
24.00
8.00
232.23
94 8.5
3 79
106 30
33.09
33 09
Natls (bm kegs)
176.00
1,202.03
29.13
168.31
29.69
333.95
6.27
295.99
l-umber (124,638 ft. at 814.05)
46.37 ;
1,751 16
Totals
S10,031.53
$1,109.69
$2,581.42
$365.13
$805.33
$95.64 1 .S67 25
$15 04.T 98
Lumber used In flume and trestle. 85,544 feet; in pressure and measuring boxes, 9,090 feet; in wasteways, 3,925 feet; in side lining and
intermediate boxes, 33,769 feet; in gates and boxes, 3,310 feet; total lumber used, 124,638 feet. Timber in trestle reduced to B. M., 62,955
feet, is included in total cost of trestle under labor account, which represents the cost of hewing and setting, and also the excavation of
552.27 cuMc yards of rock.
I The mineral deposits along the western coast of
1 North America are not sporadic, but are found
thickly scattered over almost the whole of the great
region where had occurred the violent geological dis-
turbances already described, and we must conclude
that their deposition was directly due to these dis-
turbances. It is possible that the intensity of the
mineralization bears a direct ratio to the amount of
fusion and breaking up of the crust and subsequent
fissuring. In the Coast Ranges, south of the Klam-
ath mountains, there were no granitic outbursts at
I this time; and notwithstanding the fact that the
rocks are much fissured and broken, there are no
very important gold deposits, although gold does
occur in small amount at many places, more particu-
larly in the Cruickshank district in Monterey county.
The whole western border of North and South
America is characterized by its mineral richness and
its proportionate extreme geological complexity, and
we must come to the conclusion that they are related
to each other as cause and effect. It is, however,
remarkable that many extensive volcanic outbursts
are not associated with any mineral veins, as we
notice in the case of the great lava beds of the
northwest. It has also been noted that granite and
other acid rocks (those rich in silica) contain gold as
an original constituent, while the basic rocks (those
poor in silica), such as basalts which form so large a
proportion of many recent flows, do not contain it as
far as we know.
It may be that in a disturbed volcanic district,
when waters penetrate to the hot regions below,
they have a greater opportunity to become enriched
if they pass through granitic rocks which we sup-
pose contain more disseminated gold than the ba-
saltic rocks. As far as we know, granite underlies
the auriferous slate series through the main gold
belt, and it is also known that the granitic region of
eastern California is rich in gold-bearing veins. The
gold on the western slope of the Sierras was un-
doubtedly derived from sources underlying the slates
and dikes so abundant on the surface.
As the Cretaceous period which follows the time
of this important mineralizing action contains almost
no gold (the exception will be noted later), there is
good reason for believing that the innumerable gold
and silver veins date from the time of the flow of the
innumerable hot springs subsequent upon the gran-
itic intrusion.
Although it is probable that the Sierra Nevadas
and Coast Ranges existed as mountain elevations at
that time, we must not suppose that the country had
much of the appearance which it had to-day. It
must be borne in mind that since the mineral de-
posits were formed, thousands of feet in thickness
of disintegrated rock have been removed from the
mountains and deposited in the deeper valleys and
along the ocean shores, while immense mountain
blocks have been elevated and depressed, through
the formation of fissures on one side and subsequent
tilting. Movements along these great fissures are
frequently taking place to-day in Owen's valley on
the eastern side of the Sierra Nevadas and in many
other places in the State. Think for a moment how
thickly the quartz veins, generally gold-bearing, are
scattered the whole length of California in all kinds
of rocks and in all positions, bearing in mind the
probable conditions under which they were formed,
and we are in a position to understand the incorrect-
ness of much that is written upon prospecting and
the occurrence of ore deposits in general.
We trace the original conditions for ore deposition
to subterranean disturbances and probably the forma-
tion of molten rock masses. Following this there are
hot mineral-bearing springs depositing the minerals
carried in solution along the fissures in the rooks
through which the waters pass. Now these fissures
and the suitable chemical conditions for deposition
may occur in any kind of rock and anywhere in the
region where geological disturbances have occurred
and have been followed by mineral springs, but they
are more liable to occur in greater number and size
where the fissure systems are numerous and regular.
If, in addition, the strata have been evenly tilted and
are cut by dikes of intrusive rock running in a direc-
tion parallel to the stratification, we have excep-
tionally good conditions for the formation of veins
on a great scale. These conditions are all fulfilled
on the main gold belt in California, and particularly
along the mother lode, which in respect to the regu-
larity of the upturned sedimentary strata, the asso-
ciated dikes and great ore deposits cannot be
equaled in the world. Not only have the dikes been
intruded generally parallel to the stratification, but
the fissure systems have also been formed along
nearly the same lines. The regularity of the mother
lode is thus seen to be due to fortunate geological
conditions. The Mariposa beds, the sedimentary
portion of which consists largely of slate, are the
youngest of the auriferous slate series, and at the
time of the granite intrusion were evenly and regu-
larly folded. The diabase dikes known as greenstone
are in part ancient volcanic flows, and in part frag-
mental volcanic rocks. It seems more than probable,
judging from the character which is maintained by
the ore bodies in the deepest workings, that they
will continue beyond the greatest depth at which
they can be worked profitably.
, , {To he Continued.)
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Mining and Scientific Press.
February 27, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Register: P. M. Dodge & Co. are opeDing a
new gravel mine west of Oroville. A ditch
is being cut for mining purposes. It is pro-
posed to handle the gravel with teams and
scrapers and then wash it for the gold. Five
or six men are employed.
The Jim and Jack mine, near Pentz, is hav-
ing a large bedrock tunnel driven upon it.
At £]nterprise at least nine or ten mines
will be in operation this spring.
The rock in the Red Point mine is soft, so
the men are making excellent headway in
the tunnel. It is believed that by the first
of next month the ledge will be tapped, when
it is the intention of tbe owners of the mine
to erect a quartz mill, with a capacity of 20
stamps, to be run by water power.
Parties have* taken hold of the Carlisle
mine, and it is said that a new road will be at
once constructed from the end oi the Slater
road up to the Carlisle property. The mill is
almost completed, so that ten days' work will
put evervthing in running order in the plant.
Dave Burroughs will start up the Bullion
mill and push work on the mine within a few
da vs.
It is said that work will be .shortly resumed
upon the Carlisle quartz mine.
Josiah Champion struck very good gravel
near the old quartz mill in Price's ravine.
Coarse gold has been taken out from a side
ravine for many years in the winter season
when there was water to work. Now Mr.
Champion has water from the Forbestown
ditch to work with.
Calaveras.
Prospect: From present indications next
spring and summer will show a greater
activity in mining in this county than was
ever before seen, and even now with the
fearful condition of the roads, machinery and
lumber is almost daily being hauled in for the
development of our mining properties. Work
on the electric power plant on the Mokelumne
river, near Mokelumne Hill, still goes on and
by May or June it is expected that the com-
pany will have completed every arrangement
to furnish cheap power throughout the county
to all those desiring it. The California Ex-
ploration Company has at Valley Spring,
awaiting the better condition of the roads for
transportation, UOO poles for electric wires,
each 25 feet long, 13x13 at bottom and 0x0 at
top, one carload of wire and ten tons of in-
sulators, besides a large quantity of lumber
which has already been hauled to their mines
at different points.
At Murphys the McQuigmine, known as the
May Day, is being worked systematically. A.
small mill has been built and will be in oper-
ation soon.
The Carley mine has been producing some
good ore. Their mill is in readiness and crush-
ing can be commenced any day.
The report is current that the Geo. Taylor
mine on Six Mile creek is under negotiation
and may be operated by San Francisco com-
panies.
m Dorado.
(Special Correspondence}.— G. S. Estey, at
Indian Diggings, is running a tunnel through
a gravel bed. His objective point is the
channel bottom. The tunnel is in 500 feet.
He has been taking above $3 per day from the
excavation.
The Pyramid mine, nine miles southwest of
Placerville, has been bonded to a Scotch syn-
dicate for 8100,000, of which @40,000 are to be
paid in 30 days, the balance within a year.
Dixon & Morton have sold their mining
claim at Greenwood to Chicago parties, who
begin extensive development work immedi-
ately.
The shaft on tbe Ohio mine, near Green-
wood, has reached 300 feet. Superintendent
Keeny is well pleased with the outlook of the
property. It is owned by San Francisco par-
ties. The Greenwood section is slowly but
substantially advancing in the mining field.
The tunnel on the west end of the Lloyd
property, adjoining the town of Placerville, is
averaging S feet per day through a hard
formation of serpentine greenstone, which in
places is heavily minera^lized. The shaft was
sunk 60 feet on the ledge, which will be
reached by the tunnel at 450 feet, giving 250
backs. Open cuts are being made about the
center of the claim (which is 3900 feet in
length), in one of which six fair-sized seams
were found, which are yielding ore that as-
says above S30 per ton.
J. P. Webb, of St. Louis, representing tbe
Granite Mountain people, is making an ex-
tended sojourn in this county, examining its
mining resources. Mr. Webb is the inventor
of an improved cyanide process, on which he
has secured patents in every country in the
world using the cyanide method.
Another rich ledge, the width of which is
not yet known, has been discovered in the
300 level of tbe Gentle Annie pi'operty.
Meyer & Morrow have reached something
over 100 feet in their tunnel on the ledge two
miles northeast of Placerville, and are ex-
tracting a very fair grade of ore.
Grizzly Flats section, 3(1 miles southeast of
Placerville, is making advances carefully and
surely in the development of its mining re-
sources.
Noyes ^i Laugridge have reached 175 feet
in their tunnel, adioining the Gentle Annie
property on the north. They are driving
through a formation of sandstone. They ex-
pect to reach the shaft on their ledge next
week.
Raymond & Tanner are discovering encour-
aging prospects in their development work,
four miles southeast of town. They have
three claims on the mother lode.
On the Empress Josephine, ten minutes'
walk from the courthouse, the tunnel has
reached 340 feet. At 150 feet it crosses the
east ledge, which, including the porphyry,
measures 10 feet.
In the Big Sandy, at Kelsey, sinking and
drifting are progressing rapidly, and the
work is developing encouraging results.
When the few Silurians who hold large
areas of mining ground are borne to the dust
of earth, capitalists will meet with encour-
agement in seeking to develop properties for
the owner's benefit, without being expected
to pay great cash prices for the privilege of a
permit to sink on undeveloped properties to
ascertain what they may or may not contain.
Fortunately there arebutfewof them left.
When they are gone El Dorado county will
prove itself one of the richest mining sections
of the State.
Placerville, Feb. 33rd, '97.
Sentinel: The task of driving the big tun-
nel of the Eureka drift mine is drawing to a
close. Only about 20 feet more remains to be
run to reach the hole to the 19-foot mark,
where Mr. Chappellet intends to make the
upraise. He has been only a little over a
year in driving this tunnel.
At the Sellier Consolidated gravel mine.
Potato Flat, an upraise will be made from a
point 300 feet in on the main tunnel, to tap
the gravel.
The Blue Canyon Mining and Develpment
Company in the main tunnel are now cutting
a ledge of soft slate. Prom now on rapid
progress may be expected in the work of
driving the tunnel.
Piujuas.
Indc2:)endent : Active work at the BuUiou
mine is being done by Nick Fryer & Co.,- in
Mohawk. This property was purchased last
fall by Nevada people, and machinery put on
for working it. Concentrators are now being
put in. and ten men are at work in and about
the mine.
There are nine men working at the Clay-
bank mine, and the tunnel is being rapidly
driven ahead, about 40 feet per week being
the average.
San Diego.
Ramona Sentinel: At Julian the Helvetia
Mining Company have let a contract to take
out 300 tons of quartz from the Helvetia mine
at ;S;l.25per ton.
R. Gardiner has men at work taking out 100
tons of rock from the Richmond mine.
Fisher & Barclay, of Witch creek, are do-
ing considerable improvement work on the
placer ground near Ballena, owned by the
Santa Ysabel Water Company.
Enterpriac: Dr. A. Jump, who has for some
time past been developing the old Baker
ledge, in Sailor ravine, has built an arrastra
and has several men employed.
The pump at the Thistle shaft was started
up a short time ago to determine whether the
water could be lowered or not. That it could
was demonstrated, but it is questionable
whether the works could be emptied of the
great accumulation of water at this season of
the year. At any rate, work was suspended,
and it is understood that no effort will be
made to resume until next spring. Whether
the company will again attempt to work the
rich mine through the shaft or tap it by
means of a long tunnel, is not as yet deter-
mined,
Siskiyou.
Jtntnial: Dr. Simons & Co., of the Minetti
B mine, Klamath river, have fixed up their
suspension bridge and pipe across the river,
to turn the water in the first of last week,
and are now working the giants with good
success.
The miners of Greenhorn and Yreka Flats
are making calculations on doing a great
amount of work during the ensuing spring
and summer in developing quartz and placer
claims. There will be a good supply of water
to work the placer mines, as the ground is
full of moisture— most too much at present.
i\c(ys: The affairs of the Gold Ball Mining
Company have been adjusted and the mill will
be started by March 1st and will employ forty
men continually and crush forty tons of ore
every twenty-four hours. The ore is from 8
to 15 feet thick and mills from §9 to £13 per
ton.
Work in the Porks of Salmon hydraulic
mines progresses steadily. W. P. Bennett
has control of the water system of this local-
ity and has a large area of mining ground lo-
cated, which yields steady profits from year
to year. There is suflicient ground to employ
his plants for years to come.
The mine on McAdams creek, bought by S.
J. Dore and others from Mr. Davis, will soon
be in operation. Arrangements are now being
made to put a force of men to work.
On the McKinley mine there are 150 tons of
ore on the dump awaiting shipment to the
Chester mill in Quartz valley.
Tbe Diestelhorst dredger now operating in
the Klamath, near Oak Bar, is meeting with
good success. The river bed is somewhat
"spotted," and the machine occasionally runs
for a day or so without getting a color and at
other times a rich deposit in the river bed will
be encountered and several hundred dollars
taken out in a day. The Diestelhorst ^fe Bar-
ton Company contemplate putting in more
dredgers next spring.
/ Tuolumne.
Independent: The Heath syndicate have
bonded the Kelly and Clio mines at Jackson-
ville.
The Stanley mine on Kanaka creek is to be
opened, and for this purpose a large force of
men has been engaged.
The Jumper syndicate have recently struck
a new shoot of ore on the New Era.
In the Andy Johnson mine at Jacksonville
the shaft is now down 100 feet.
The Mountain Belle is now unwatering the
main shaft.
Work on the Draper mine continues, and the
shaft is now almost cleaned out to within, 40
feet of the last level, which is down some 300
feet. Sinking will then begin.
The Alabama mine is steadily sinking and
has encountered some very fine ore.
The Black Oak has struck richer ore than
ever at the bottom of the shaft.
The new shaft at Whisky Hill is now down
110 feet and a drift is to be run to crosscut the
ledge.
The Macaroni mine at Big Oak Flat has re-
cently struck a rich streak of ore.
The Wood Creek mine has its shaft down SO
feet. A tunnel has been started to tap the
ledge 300 feet from the surface.
The Shawmut mine has a force of twenty-
five men at work. The stamp mill now in
course of erection is approaching completion.
The Belleview continues sinking, and the
chances are that the ore now being uncovered
will warrant final payments on this property.
The Rappahannock will soon commence the
erection of a 15-stamp mill, the quality of the
ore taken out of late justifying such a course.
The Pino Blanco has recently run its tunnel
easterly and encountered a large body of ore
50 feet wide, which assays well. The footwall
has not yet been reached.
Union Democrat: The Mammoth has at-
tained a depth of 700 feet, and at that point
shows a strong 30-foot ledge of ore. The mill
not only does its own crushing, but that of the
Shawmut besides.
At the Shawmut Supt. Halsey has fifty
meu employed underground and on top, and
the miners are extracting a good grade of
rock.
On the App operations are confined prin-
cipally to work between the 1000 and 1100
levels, and the twenty stamps drop night and
day.
At the Golden Rule the perpendicular shaft
has been sunk 500 feet. A 10-stamp mill is on
the mine now, but twenty more stamps will
soon be added, when the property will be
worked to its limit. At present about twenty
underground miners do all the rock breaking.
NEVADA.
An expert has estimated that the placer
deposits at Rock hill, Humboldt county, Ne-
vada, will yield $1,000,000 in stream gold. The
property is operated by a Chinese company.
OREGON.
Rogue River Cimrier: E. C. E. Smith, a
mining expert recently from John Day dis-
trict, has bonded the placer mining grounds
on Sardine creek, from Messner's to E. N.
Williams', a distance of six miles. It com-
prises 1100 acres of mining ground and the
consideration is ^35,000. Mr. Smith expects
to sell the property to an English syndicate.
The Baylord-Ilifl pump placer mine above
town shut down after the cleanup last week
and discharged the men. It is said operation
will begin again in a couple of weeks. Quien
sabe !
Baker City Bedroch-Dcmoerat: The Max-
well mine is undergoing extensive develop-
ment, three levels being run. It is equipped
with a 10-stamp mill and four concenirators.
It is tbe intention of the management to start
the machinery in motion in the near future.
There is a large amount of good rock in sight.
The regular outputs from the Virtue, Bo-
nanza, North Pole, Columbia, Eureka & Ex-
celsior. Red Boy, Union Companion, Gold
Ridge and other valuable properties are doing
much to stimulate mining in these parts as
well as to attract the attention of outside
capitalists. A number of new properties,
among them being the Flagstaff. Columbian,
Perry, Ohio and Rachael, will soon be added
to the list of producers, materially increasing
the bullion output, which cannot fail to place
this favored section among the leading camps
of the West.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
VANCOUVER TO ROSSLAND.
fSpecial Correspondence). — Interest in min-
ing development in this province continues
not only unabated, but rapidly on the increase,
and "when the snow flies," men will be at
work in every district. In Victoria and Van-
couver there is scarcely a man who is not in
terested in some form or other of mining
enterprise, and the same holds good of all the
other centers of population in the province,
and beyond it into the populous cities of east-
ern Canada.
The excellent reports of the provincial min-
eralogist. Professor W. A. Carlyle, have done
much to satisfy people that British Columbia
is a first-class field for tbe expenditure of
large sums of money in legitimate mining
with less than the average amount of risk
that is usually involved in prospecting in new
country.
Traveling by the Canadian Pacific railroad
from Vancouver to Rossland one finds indica-
tions of mining every few miles of the way.
At "yale considerable work is going on, and
later in the year it is likely to be a busy
camp. In tbe days before the railway it was
an important point, being tbe head of naviga-
tion and the depot for freighters and pack
teams. Extensive operations are in progress
at the Queen gold and silver mine about two
and a half miles north from the C. P. R.
station at Yale. The managing director is
William Teague. Esq., J. P., and his chief
assistant is T. H. Rablin. The property is
owned and operated by a stock company with
a capital of $500,000, the head office being in
Vancouver. It is a tunneling proposition and
there are about 2000 feet of prospect tunnels.
On the Queen mine there appear to be three
ledges from 50 to 60 feet apart which at the
time of the writer's visit to Yale measured
AY^y 6 and 13 feet respectively, and the pre-
sumption appears reasonable that they will
join at a depth. The rock carries galena, cop-
per and arsenical pyrites and blende. It is not
unlike some of the Comstock ores. Later it
is probable that the company will put up a
cyanide plant and a small smelter. As re-
gards water and wood nothing better is to be
found anywhere. Capt. Teague has a number
of assays yielding from 35 to 100 ounces of sil-
ver to the ton, and gold from 3% to 6 dwts.
per ton. The country rock is a gray garnet-
iferous gneiss. About 25 to 30 men find em-
ployment at the mine.
At Siwash creek, east of Yale, is a group of
mines containing an immense body of low-
grade, free-milling ore that averages from
$2.50 to ?6 a ton. This Siwash creek property
has been bonded by Mr. Symington on behalf
of some English speculators, who expect to be
able to work it at from SI. 50 to $1.75 per ton.
There is plenty of cheap water power to be
had, and this expectation may be realized.
Just below the town of Yale is the cele-
brated "Hill's Bar," which in 185S-9 is said
to have yielded upwards of $1,750,000. Above
the old Bar, and immediately opposite the
town, is a flat of 640 acres known as Hill's Bar
Flat. The owner is T. H. Ladd of Merrill,
Wisconsin, who has in preparation a very
comprehensive scheme for the introduction of
an ample water supply.
A good many Chinamen are at work in sev-
eral localities around Yale, and appear to be
doing well.
The population of Yale is about 200. Before
the railway came through in 1886 it was about
1.500. With the revival in mining it will in
all probability soon recover lost ground. Good
accommodation is to be had for travelers.
Following the Eraser river up to North
Bend, twenty-seven miles distant, some con-
siderable hydraulicking is met with. The
work is in charge of Captain M. N. Garland,
as the representative of a Montreal company.
The ground here is rich and averages well,
but the water runs short at times, though
the great Eraser river rolls along below the
edge of the property. Capt. Garland has cut
a ditch and put in a quantity of flume to bring
in water from '49 creek, but the ultimate solu-
tion of the difiQculty in this and some other
rich spots in the same district will be some
scheme of raising water in sufficient quantity
from the Praser river itself. Last season
only one monitor was at work. The gold is
unusually coarse, and the cleanup averaged
about $100 a day per man.
From the cars at different points along the
Eraser river gold dredgers can be seen at
work. From what one can learn, they are
not very successful. They are in the aggra-
vating position of being able to prove that the
gold is there in quantity, but their appliances
are insufficient to con tend with the difficulties
in securing it. The volume of water in the
Praser is great, the current very rapid, and
the bed of the river for the most part un-
even and broken. In addition, much of the
gold that is raised is lost, owing to the enor-
mous quantity of salmon eggs in the water.
They make everything greasy, sometimes
even choking up the riffles and rendering it
almost impossible at times to save the gold.
This sounds fishy, but it is true.
In the influx of population that will take
place this summer Kamloops will in all prob-
ability receive more than its proportionate
share of tbe newcomers. There are several
reasons for this, the first being its situation
and the next the salubrity of its climate.
The mining excitement has spread to Kam-
loops and within the past six months about
300 claims have been staked out, principally
on Coal hill, a few miles southwest of the
town. Some of these claims look promis-
ing, but little or no work has been done on
the most of them.
The Iron Mask is operated by the British &
Canadian Gold and Silver Mining Company,
of which Hon. N. Clark Wallace is president.
W. T. Newman, a Toronto expert and author
of "Hidden Mines and How to Find Them,"
is in charge of the work. The Iron Mask ap-
pears to be a fissure vein. The foot wall is of
trap dyke. At a depth of 50 to 60 feet there
are two crosscuts. One is in 36 feet and the
other 44 feet, and there are no signs of a hang-
ing wall. There is clean ore running from IS
inches to 4 feet on the foot wall, and clean ore
again in the 36-foot crosscut. The ore is solid
without a break, laterally, and runs to an
average of about $70 a ton, all values.
The Python, about four miles southwest
of Kamloops, is owned by a local company, the
Inland Mining and Development Syndicate, of
which W. F. Woods is the president. Con-
siderable work has been done here. There is
a shaft down about 55 feet and about 70 feet
of tunneling. Both the shaft and the adit
are nearly all in ore. Assays give from 15 to
30 per cent in copper and from traces to $40 in
gold.
To the west of Coal hill A. G. McDonald
and Wm. Ford are opening up the Bonanza
claim. There is a 13-foot ledge between well-
defined walls from the grass roots. The ore
carries copper in considerable quantity and
gold from $4 to $31 per ton by assay.
y The Tranquille Creek Hvdraulic and Quartz
Mining Company, Limited, is beginning ex>._
tensive operations at Tranquille Creek, about
nine miles below Kamloops. The trustees are
James Vair, J. H. Russell and M. J. Mclver.
The capital is $250,000. divided into $10 shares.
Hewitt Bostock. the newly-elected member
to the Dominion Parliament, is largely inter-
ested in this company, which starts to work
with a large area of thoroughly proved ground
ahead of it.
The Yale & Homestake Gold & Silver Min-
ing Company's property is fifty-six miles
northeast of Kamloops by wagon road. It is
an incorporated company, with head office in
Vancouver. The capital is $400,000, divided
into 1,600,000 shares of 35 cents each. Suffi-
cient treasury stock has been disposed of to
provide for development and to start opera-
tions this spring free of debt. Mr. Pellew
Harvey, the Vancouver expert, says that
there "are 60,000 tons in sight, mostly low-
grade ore. Already sixty tons of the high-
grade ore has been taken out. This averages
over 100 ounces in silver, and from $4 to $130
in gold. The low-grade ore averages about
15 ounces in silver and $1 in gold. With a
view of working this extensive property
(seven full claims) to the best advantage, Mr.
February 27. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
175
Pellew Harvev has been commissioned to
visit Europe, taking with him bulk samples
for ireaiment at Swansea, Glasgow and Frei-
burg, and it is probable that as a result of his
investigations a cyanide plant will be put in
at once. , . ^ _
About twenty men are working at the
Cinnabar mines, twenty miles west of Kam-
loops. At the first start of those mines the
maoagementerected retorts that could handle
two tons a day, but the ore is of so low grade
that furnaces capable of handling twenty to j
twenty-five tons a day are now about being'
put up. The head oflice for these mines is in
Vancouver, and extensive work is arranged
to begin this spring.
The Glen iron mines are about fifteen miles
west of Kamloops. They have already shipped
over 5000 tons to Tacoma, the < re being used
principally for fluxing purposes by smelters.
For these the ore has to contain JO percent
Iron. Much of it, however, runs to (15 and 75
percent. There is an immense deposit, and
Bomc dav when (wpulatlon increases il will
probablv'bo useful for iron on the ground.
At Uevelstoke. which is the Junction where
one turns off to Arrowhead to take the
steamer for Trail, there is little going on in
a mining way near at hand, though there are
prospectors out in the surrounding hills.
Many miners, however, make this their
winter quarters, and it has all the appear-
ance of a raining town. A stranger can gel
the best of information uiwn all matters per-
taining to the district upon application to Mr.
Graham, the government agent, while at cbe
Columbia House there Is u cabinet of large
proportions, the collection of W. B. Pool, con-
taining well-indexed specimens of nearly all
the varieties of ores to be found within a
radius of 100 miles. In the Larado country,
forty miles south of Revelstoke, considerable
work is going on. Several companies are doing
work there on a large scale, and dozens of
claims are carrying on development in an
unpretentious way, but until summer opens
it IS difficult to get into the country there-
abouts and obtain precise information.
From Arrowhead to Trail, the sail down the
Arrow lakes takes a night and most of next
day. It is picturesque in the extreme, and
the boats are most comfortable. At short
intervals nearly all the way there are evi-
dences that the prospector is getting his work
in. Some of the specimens brought in from
the Arrow lakes are equal to anything hith-
erto produced in the province.
Trail is a particularly lively camp, building
going on in every direction, abd good pros-
pects reported all around.
At Trail there is some difficulty in arriving
at the exact facts about the smelter, and the
gentlemen in charge are somewhat chary of
allowing a visitor to arrive at an independent
opinion for himself. Mr. Heintze, the owner,
in a recently published interview, slated
that it is not working up to its fullest ca-
pacity, while, on the other hand, the mine
owners allege that the smelter cannot over-
take what thev are prepared to send in. In
proof of this assertion they point to the large
quantities of ore now being shipped to Ameri-
can smelters and slate that Mr. Heintze's
statements are largely prompted by the de-
sire to keep competitors out of the field and
to maintain the present high scale of prices.
Rcssland is about twelve miles by rail and
half that distance by road from Trail, and
omnibus sleighs run at frequent intervals.
Nothing on wheels is to be seen here at this
season of the year. Matters at present are
quiet in Rossland, but a more detailed ac-
count of this remarkable mining town must
form the subject of another communication.
During the past year British Columbia has
made giant strides. New discoveries are re-
ported everywhere over a territory of from
700 to 800 miles by 400 miles. Indications
point to the fact that nearly the whole of it
is well mineralized. Attention has been
turned to railroads in various directions, and,
when outside places are made accessible,
while every prospect will not turn out a mine,
British Columbia will be reckoned an import-
ant factor in the world's supply of the precious
metals. R. W. W.
Rossland, B. C, Feb. 19th, '97.
In the Provincial House of British Colum-
bia the Provincial secretary has presented a
return showing the amount of the mineral
output of the province for the year 1806. The
return also gives the aggregate product for
the last seven years. They are as follows :
Ymr. Value.
1890 $2.fl6H,608
lg91 3,546,709
t802 3.017,971
1893!*.! 3,588.413
1894 4,2:25.717
1895 5,655.303
1896 7.146,425
British Columbia's minerals have produced
wealth amounting to the enormous sum of
over 8100,000,000, as follows:
Gold (placer) $57,704,855
Gold (lode) 2,177,869
Silver 4,0-28,224
Lead 1,606.427
Copper 254,802
Ck>al and coke 33,934,427
Building stone, bricks, etc 1,200,000
Other metals 25,000
Total $100,931 ,604
The output of minerals from the various
districts during the past two years is as fol-
lows:
1S95. ia%:
Cariboo 8282,000 $384,050
Cassiar 22,.^75 21.000
■ Kootenay, East 17,575 154,427
Kootenay, West 2,223,206 4,002,735
LtUooet 40,663 33,665
Yale 241,581 206,078
Other districts 10,000 15,000
Total $2,834,000 $4,816,955
1895. 1806.
Placer gold $481,683 $6-14,026
In 1887 the product of lode mines was 117,-
331, and in lS9b it had increased to §4,357,176.
From 18S7 to 1896 the output of silver, gold,
copper and lead was from lode mines, |8,0fi7,- I
32-^. In ISlwi the output of coal was 846,235 j
tons, valued at t2,3*i;,!4o. The total amount |
of cwal and coke produced since the industry
began is 11.248,859 tons, valued at $33,92tl,602.
UTAH. I
THE TISTIC IHSTKICT.
(Special Correspondence). — Eighty miles
southwesterly from Salt Lake City, on the
west slope of" the Tlntic range, is the Tlntic
mininf: district, included in which are the
mines of Eureka, Mammoth, Koblnson and
Silver City. Here is a most interesting dis-
trict, containing such well-known producers
as the Mammoth, Centeunial-Eureka, Eureka
Hill, Bullion-Beck and Gemini. The lirst
named is principally gold and situate just
above the town of Mammoth. The last four
are on the Eureka side of the mountain spur
which separates Eureka from Mammoth, and
are chiefly silver-lead properties. To the
southward from Mammoth, and separated
from it by a spur of hills, is Silver Citj-, where
there are the Swansea and South Swansea
mines, which are profitable producers.
The ore bodies of the district occur in im-
mense de|wsits, ranging in depth from lOO to
200 feet, the great mass of which is low grade,
but within are bodies of very high-grade ore,
existing in pipes, chutes and other forms.
The general strike of the deiwsit is in a north
and south direction, with a dip toward the
northwest. It is clearly a contact deposit,
between granite below and shale above. The
deposit is an extensive mineral zone, consist-
ing of dolomite lime, and has been exploited
from Eureka on the north to the Buckeye,
south of Diamond.
The ores from the Mammoth, Centennial-
Eureka, Bullion-Beck, Eureka Hill and
Gemini are of a siliceous nature and carrj'
gold, silver and copper. Those from the
Swansea and South Swansea are a sulphate
of lead, carrying high values in silver. The
Carissa mine, southeast of the Mammoth, is
more distinctly a copper property, its ores
running 15 to 20 per cent copper, with light
values in silver and gold. The Ajax, better
known as the Copperopolis, is also a copper
mine, shipments from which have been run-
nine from 10 to 25 per cent in copper.
The gold ores of the district, which are des-
ignated as high grade, run from 2^< to 30
ounces gold. These high grades in gold are
observed to run very low in silver. Such ores
are largely free milling. The low-grade gold
ores, which exist in very large bodies, are
found profitable to mill when they run as low
as one-half ounce to the ton.
The ore treatment, as exemplified at the
Mammoth mill, consists of crushing and bat-
tery, from which the material is discharged
through a 40-mesh screen upon copper plates.
The tailings run automatically from there to
Frue vanners, where the baser materials are
concentrated. The tailings from the van-
ners drop to the pan floor and there
the pulp is put through the amalga-
mation process in the regular way. In
this mill two-thirds of the values saved
are from the amalgam plates, while one-third
is in the form of concentrates. This two-
thirds saved in bullion comes from 00 per cent
of the ore tonnage, and the one-third saved in
concentrates comes from the other 10 per cent
of the ore tonnage. The Mammoth mill's out-
put, divided up, is 75 per cent gold, 23 per
cent silver and 2 per cent base metal.
The depth of the Mammoth main shaft is
1600 feet, that of Centenniat-Eureka InuOfeet,
Eureka Hill UOO feet, Bullion-Beck 900 feet,
and Gemini 900 feet. At these depths these
properties are absolutely dry mines. In the
Mammoth, as depth is attained, thesilverand
copper values appear to grow less, while the
gold values of the ore increase. In addition to
its main shaft, the Mammoth workings con-
sist of thirteen levels, each of which extend
from 500 to 1900 feet. The nature of all these
mines makes extensive timbering necessary,
which are put up in square sets. The supply
of timber for this purpose is shipped largely
from Oregon.
The Bullion-Beck has nine levels, amount-
ing to eighteen to twenty miles of working.
Here the ore carries comparatively little gold,
but averages 50 to6U ounces in silver and 10 to
15 per cent lead to the ton. The higher grades
go to the smelters. The concentrating ore,
running 10 to 12 ounces silver and about 8 per
cent lead, is reduced in the ratio of six tons of
ore to one ion of concentrates. The mine is
producing 300 tons of ore per day— 100 tons of
high grade and 200 tons low and medium
grade.
The Eureka Hill is the oldest mine in the
district, having been opened as early as 1869.
This is on the same hill as is the Mammoth,
though on the opposite side from the latter.
The Eureka Hill ores differ from those of the
Mammoth only in the fact that their silver-
lead values preponderate, while in the latter
mine the gold is the chief product. Of the
output, about one-half the values are saved in
amalgam and the other half in the form of
concentrates.
The mills of the district are of that capacity
and equipment calculated to surprise those
unfamiliar with the district. The Eureka
Hill mill, which is claimed to be one of the
largest combination (amalgamation-concentra-
tion) mills in the world, has a capacity of 200
tons per day, though it is not now running full
time by reason of insufficient water supply.
It has 100 rapid-drop stamps. The Bullion-
Beck mill is purely a concentrating plant and
is equipped, for the treatment of low-grade
ores, with jigs and Cornish rolls and Frue
vanners, and treats 200 tons per day. The
Farrell mill is of the same type as the Mam-
moth and Eureka Hill, but of much smaller
capacity.
The Centennial-Eureka, the Gemini mines
and others have no milling facilities and ship
their product to the smelters.
Some experiments have been made on Tin-
tic ores with cyanide treatment, and it is
claimed a saving of 85 to 90 per cent was made
in these tests, These ores, however, differ ma-
terially from thoee of Mercur which yield to
cyanide, in being very hard and of close text-
ure.
Twenty-five miles west of Mammoth are
the springs of water and pumping plant of
the Mammoth Mining Company. A pipe line
conveys the water to Mammoth and Kobinson
and supply the mine, mill and the two towns.
The plant was put in at a cost of $100,000.
It is not outside the range of conservatism
to say that Tmtlc district is one of very sub-
stantial character, as shown by present de-
velopment and production, and, so ar as the
future is concerned, is one of the most promis-
ing in the State of Utah. The district has
superior transportation facilities, having the
Union Pacilic and the Kio Grande Western,
both of which afford good train service.
W A SCOTT.
Eureka, Utah, Feb. 17th, '97.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Times: Dacey and Kilpatrick
Bros, will in a short time inaugurate exten-
sive development work on their claims in
Ragged Top and on the Iron creek divide. A
new hoist will be placed on the Flora shaft,
which is now down 230 feet, and still in the
lime formation. Regular shipments of ore are
maintained from the original workings, the
output being from 35 to 50 tons per week.
Some thirty-five men are regularly employed
on the property.
A new district is now being opened up in
the scope of country between Custer Peak
and Nahant station, on the line of the B. &
M. railroad. Considerable Hoat rock has been
found which assays from $2.50 to $18 gold per
ton.
The Keystone Mining and Milling Company
have accepted a proposition for the sale of
their property to an English syndicate, and
preliminaries were recently closed by which
the proposed buyers have sixty days to ex-
amine and satisfy themselves of the value of
the property.
Baldwin and Pinney are making a success
of treating the Keystone concentrates by the
cyanide process.
WYOMING.
In the Keystone district a rich strike has
been made in the Mastodon mine, the prop-
erties of the Spring Creek Placer Company.
At a depth of 40 feet a streak of white iron
ore has been struck, averaging from 15 to 18
inches in width and showing free gold runniug
into hundreds of dollars per ton.
At South Pass mining is being revived
through the successful application of the
cyanide process to large bodies of ore in the
region heretofore supposed to be of too small
value to work. During the past week eight
cj-^anide plants have been located in the dis-
trict, most of them working on the tailings of
abandoned mines. The first plant was brought
in by two Mercur, Utah, men who purchased
an old dump for;i;500. They put in four cyanide
tanks and cleaned up S7,500 in the short sea-
son which followed. All of the old dumps in
the district are now in demand.
A discovery of gold in a limestone formation,
similar to that of the Ragged Top ore, has.
been made at the Needles, on Clear creek.
There has been a big rush to get claims and
a large number of locations are being made.
Negotiations are being made for the sale of
the preperties of the Douglas Consolidated
placer properties in the Keystone district.
The purchase price is placed at s^SO.OOO, and
an equivalent will be spent in putting the
property in working order. The Breitung
Mining' Syndicate of Chicago, is the prospec-
tive buyer.
The Spring Creek placers, in the Douglas
district, have been sold to an Eastern syndi-
cate represented by Weir & Sturgis of Chey-
enne. The purchase price is given at S24,00U,
and the first payment has already been made.
The property, which was owned by C. G.
Woleott, William Storey, Thomas Hale and
W. O. Owen, contains 740 acres, extending
along Spring creek for a distance of three and
a half miles. The new syndicate will at once
commence work on a six-mile ditch from Doug-
las creek. This, it is estimated, will cost
about §9,000, and will be completed in time
for this season's work.
MONTANA.
Inter- Mfiuntain: The property of the Clin-
ton Mining Company was sold recently to
Henry Williams, the general manager of the
Colorado Mining Company, for S7400. The
Clinton mine is located in Park canyon. Mr.
Henderson purchased the property for about
S40,000 eight years ago and expended $45,000
in running a tunnel 1800 feet into the side of
the mountain.
At the Diamond Hill mines, of which Col.
Thomas Ewing is manager, the recent rich
strike in F tunnel holds as good as when first
cut. It has proved to be the best large ore
body yet uncovered in the mine. A force of
men has been drifting on the ore, running a
tunnel 9 feet wide by 9 feet high in the clear,
all in ore. Practically all of the ore is said to
be free milling, and, while not high grade, is
rich enough to yield good returns for the mill-
ing. The men are pushing the tunnel from
16 to 20 feet a day.
The quartz mining industry of Beaverhead
county employs 300 men, placer mining 75.
For the calendar year 1896 the production of
metals was as follows: Gold, 3025 ounces;
silver, 360,470 ounces : copper, 239,631 pounds;
lead, 1,326,997 pounds.
Butte Miner: The Montana Ore Purchas-
ing Company has suspended work at the 800,-
foot level at the Glengarry for the present.
The pumps have been hoisted to the 400-foot
level, where the water will be allowed to
rise. About 150 tons of ore are hoisted daily,
partly by lessees.
At "the Atlantic mine sinking to the SOO-foot
is in progress. At the Leonard shaft the
working force is increased and the amount of
ore hoisted is 400 to 450 tons daily. At the
West Colusa only a few men are employed
and nothing but first-class ore is hoisted
through this shaft.
It is reported that an agent of the Butte &
Boston Company has been negotiating for the
Climax mine at Divide, about eighteen miles
from Butte. The mine has been worked for
many years and a good deal of valuable ore
taken from it.
The shaft at the Colusa Parrot mine is
down to the 12u0-foot level, where a station is
being made, and from the station crosscut-
ting will commence at once. At the Original
mine sinking is going on and before a station
is made the lOOU-foot level will be reached.
The Park canyon district is attracting more
attention at present than for a long time past.
The strike reported in the Sullivan mine has
had the effect of increasing the interest in
claims in the locality.
The Colorado Company will soon put an in-
creased force of men on the Old Glory mine,
which was purchased last month from John
Bordeaux and others for $45,000.
COLORADO.
X>QQVCV ItcijulfUvnn : At Cripple Creek the
January gross production of the Elkton mine
amounted to $81,310.60, which returns a net
profit of $59,159.56. The property is looking
exceptionally well and is producing some ore
that averages $223.77 per ton. The milling
ore will run over $-15 per ton. The main double
compartment shaft has a depth of 400 feet,
while the number of feet run in levels up to
date is 4,325. From September, 1895, to .Ian.
31, 1897, the gross production from the property
amounted to $602,046.26.
The total production from the Union Com-
pany's Bull hill properties for January
amounted to thirteen broad gauge cars, ten of
which contained smelting ore, and three mill
grade. The smelter returns received up to
the present time for January are $14,972.45.
The disbursements for January, including
construction, permanent improvements and
mine operating expenses were $21,500.
The Bacon Gold Hill Consolidated Gold Min-
ing Company have executed a bond and lease
on its Gold hill property, the Bryanboro, and
a lease on its Beacon hill claim, the Lucky
Boy. The bond on the Bryanboro calls for
$75,000 and the lease runs for eighteen months.
Kansas City parties will operate the property.
The Lucky Boy claim has been leased to
Cripple Creek parties for a term of eighteen
months.
Murphy & Judkins are producing an aver-
age of twelve tons a day from their late find
in the Smuggler of the Isabella Company.
After reaching the vein from the first sta-
tion in the new shaft on the Pharmacist, a
level has been run 60 feet on the ore, showing
the pay to be from 2 to 4 feet in width. The
ore broken in the new level is paying all ex-
penses of operating the mine. Since August
Manager A. D. Jones has expended between
$50,000 and $60,000 in dead work and improve-
ments.
February is going far ahead of January in
the production of ores from the Cripple Creek
district. The same overcrowded condition
exists at the mill, but the ore haulers and
railroads have expanded to meet the heavier
tonnage, and things are better adjusted all
around to the increased output. Just what
the increase will amount to cannot be accu-
rately foreseen, but at the present rate the
aggregate will reach $1,500,000.
At Ouray in the Bank of San Juan in the
Sneffles district, a force of men is d''iving a
crosscut to cut the vein at a depth of 600 feet
from the surface, and the tunnel is now ex-
tended 1,000 feet.
Col. Mix, owner of the Calliope, reports 350
feet of high-grade ore stripped in the upper
level, with 800 feet of stoping ground over-
head.
The shaft in the Wedge is down 370 feet,
where a station is cut, and a level driven to
both veins, which are apart about 70 feet.
The main vein at the point of contact shows
a large body of high-grade ore and the spur
or feeder contains a fair streak of low-grade
ore, which does not pay for shipment alone,
but would realize rich returns if treated by
smelters near by, and this can be done in the
spring, as Ouray has three propositions of this
kind in contemplation for erection within two
months.
The Fowler smelter is likely to be the first
in the field, as news was received last week
to the effect that the machinery for the plant
is all completed, with the exception of the
furnace, which is now in course of construction.
About seventy-five dump cars of ore per
shift is the average coming out of the Rev-
enue tunnel at present.
Warde &. Co. will resume operations on the
Esperanza this week. A crosscut will be
driven 175 feet to tap the vein and then 200
feet will be run on the latter.
A long crosscut is being driven by Theo.
Hess to tap the Black Silver vein at about 350
feet in denth.
ARIZONA.
Prescott Courier: At Walnut Grove, S. E.
Puller, of Prescott, and Mr. Sweeney, of
Chicago, have been prospecting placer ground
with the intention of putting up a steam plant.
Placeritas mill is running steadily with
thirty men at work in the mill and mine.
McNary Bros, have struck some rich placer
ground on Mill creek and are taking out from
$5 to $8 per day.
Globe Silocr Belt: Active operations have
been commenced at the United Globe mines
which consist of some thirty mining claims, a
sm^elting plant, cable tramway and other im-
provements necessary to the operation of the
mines. The supply of ore is drawn principally
I from the Hoosier, Buckeye, Dime, Big Johnny
' and Birdsnest.
The United Globe Miners' Company, owning
thirty of the richest copper mines in the Globe
district, has started its furnaces again after a
suspension of several years. A 3000-foot
bucket ore carrier from the main property to
the smelter has just been completed and
works well.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
February 27, 1897.
Scientific Progress.
Formation of Clouds.
Until John Aitken proved by experi-
ment that cloud particles are formed
by the adhesion of water vapor to the
dust-particles invisibly floating in the
atmosphere, little was known of the
real nature of clouds. The lowest stage
in the formation of clouds is haze. The
sultry haze, the suffocating fogs, the
drizzling mists and the thin rain, as
well as the pelting hail and the
feathery snow, are now all known
to be different stages of the vapor
in the air on the minute dust-
particles at different grades of heat
and cold. The formation of the clouds
is now distinctly understood. But, says
"Dr. MacPherson, the attention of the
meteorologist has not been so much di-
rected to the decay of clouds.
Whenever a cloud is formed it begins
to rain, and the drops shower down in
immense numbers, though most minute
in size. No doubt it is only in certain
circumstances that these drops are at-
tracted together so as to form large
drops, which fall to the earth in show-
ers, or deluge. But when the tempera-
ture and pressure are not suitable for
the formation of what we commonly
know as rain, the fine drops fall into
the air under the cloud, where they im-
mediately evaporate from their dust-
free surfaces if the air is dry and warm.
Whenever a cloud overhangs, flne rain
is falling, so that the cloud is in the
process of decay ; but this rain may not
reach the earth on account of the dry-
ness of the stratum of air beneath the
cloud, and the heat of the air over the
earth. So that on a summer day, with
the gold-fringed fleecy clouds sailing
overhead, it is really raining, but the
drops, being very small, evaporate long
before reaching the earth. It rains,
but much of this melting of the clouds
is reproduced by a wonderful circular-
ity, the moisture evaporating, seizing
other dust-particles in a cooler stratum,
forming cloud-particles, forming again,
and so on ad infinitum during the exist-
ing circumstances. That is the reason
why surfaces may be exposed to a cloud
on a mountain side without being wet-
ted. Eadiant heat is the cause of the
remarkable result. The rays of the
sun, which strike the upper part of the
cloud, not only heat that surface, but
also penetrate the cloud and fall on the
surface of bodies, generating heat
there. These heated surfaces, again,
ra,diate heat into the superincumbent
air. This warm air receives the fine
raindrops from the decaying cloud and
dissolves the moisture from the dust-
particles before the moisture can reach
the surfaces exposed. That a vast
amount of radiant heat rushes through
a cloud is clearly shown by exposing a
thermometer with black bulb in vacuo.
On some occasions a thermometer
would indicate from 40° to 50° above the
temperature of the air, thus rendering
the surface quite dry. Hence seats,
walls, posts, etc., may be dry, though
i n the middle of a cloud which is grad-
ually decaying.
Or the numerous new substances
made known by chemists early in the
present century, Dr. T. L. Phipson
says, m Knowledge, by far the most un-
promising of possible usefulness was
the metal thorium and its oxide thoria.
Berzelius, the discoverer, succeeded
with difficulty in extracting a minute
quantity of the metal in powder from
the Norwegian rocks. Aside from
burning at a red heat with greater
brilliancy than even magnesium, tho-
rium seemed to have no striking prop-
erties, and its oxide resembled common
lime, but the light-giving property is
just bringing this rare metal from"the
complete oblivion in which it has lain
for seventy years. Of all the metallic
oxides that have been tried for the
"hoods" or "mantles" of incandes-
cent burners, which are making street
gas a rival of the more expensive elec-
tric light, none has proven equal to
thoria. The consequence is a brisk de-
mand for this substance, so long be-
lieved to be useless, and at various
times during the last two or three
years a pound weight of thoria has
been freely sold at from $220 to $250.
The minerals thorite, orangite and pyro-
chlore, which contain a large amount of
thoria, are still very rare. A more
promising source of supply is monazite,
which contains 18 per cent of thoria,
and forms 1 to 7 or 8 per cent of the
so-called monazite sands that have been
recently found in some quantity in
North Carolina, Brazil and Quebec.
Several hundred tons of the sand are
now shipped yearly from Brazil to Eng-
land or Hamburg, while a ton of the
Norway thorite and orangite supplies
$35,000 of thoria in the same time.
SiLiCHROJilT'E is a new mineral com-
pound, manufactured in France. It is
an extremely hard, crystallized mass,
but easy to pulverize, and is used for
molding and polishing purposes. The
product is obtained by treating natural
chrome ore, sand and coal in an elec-
tric furnace. Chromate of iron itself
is a mixture of chromite, protoxide of
iron and aluminate of magnesia. When
to this mineral silica and carbon is
added, and the mixture subjected to
the heat of the electric furnace, there
remains in the furnace a molten mass
of crystalline structure, in which the
silicate of chrome predominates. It will
be seen that silichromite is closely re-
lated to carbide of silicon or carborun-
dum.
Electrical Progress.
'Wood" Direct-Current Multi-
polar Dynamo.
The dynamo, illustrated on page 169,
runs at a comparatively low speed,
while the temperature, when run con-
tinuously on full load for ten hours,
rises but 35° centigrade above the room.
The lower portion of thefield and pedes-
tals is cast in one piece and is mounted
to slide on a metal sub-base, on which
the dynamo is reversible. This is
brought about by the use of a curved
pedestal at the commutator end, which
enables both ends of the bed to be
equally distant from the center of the
field magnets. The field coils are wound
on steel shells, which are slipped over
the poles and held in place by the pole
shoes. It will be noticed that there is
an entire absence of terminals and other
connections around the field magnets
of this dynamo, there being only the
two cables, which leave the brush hold-
ers and pass under the base, where
they make the necessary connections
with the field coils and main binding
posts, which are mounted on slate
bases at each side of the forward pedes-
tal. The two small binding posts,
shown in front, are connected with the
shunt coils and are intended for con-
nection with the field rheostat.
The Mutual Electric Light Company,
San Francisco, have purchased a gen-
erator of this character, of 200 kilo-
watts capacity, for operating a power
circuit in this city, which will shortly
be placed in operation. This dynamo is
manufactured by the Fort Wayne Elec-
tric Corporation of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
represented by Chas. E.Lloyd, 18 Sec-
ond St., San Francisco.
New X-Ray Phenomena.
Sir David Salomons has recently been
experimenting with X rays and con-
tributes the following results :
1. A strong magnetic field stops the
passage of the current in the tube.
2. With a "shadow cross" tube, a
very small magnetic field near the
cathode causes the shadow to disappear.
3. A bar magnet (say 9"X1"X}")
will produce the same result when held
anywhere near the side of such a tube.
If the .magnet is too weak, then the
shadow will not quite disappear.
4.. If a pole of such a bar magnet be
held axially to the tube and the pole
placed to one arm of the cross, then on
rotating the magnet in a circle (i. e.,
its axis describing a cylinder) the cross
will rotate also, either following or
advancing before the pole according to
the pole applied ; in other words, at-
tracted or repelled.
5. The bar magnet also affects the I
" focus tube," rendering the X-ray re-
sults far less when a pole is near the
tube.
6. In a suitably adjusted magnetic
field a Crookes tube exhibits only the
usual vacuum tube phenomena.
7. Further, the ordinary radiometer
ceases to act in a strong magnetic
field.
Electrical War Devices.
The microphone is now being experi-
mented upon with a view to making it
available for detecting the approach of
a hostile force while the latter is yet
some distance away and far beyond
ordinary hearing. The microphone will
magnify the sound of the footsteps of a
fly until it is almost as loud as the
noise made by a man's feet. In its
proposed modifications it will attune
itself to the vibrations made by the
feet of distant soldiers on the march
and thus betray their presence and
their probable numbers to the pursued
or pursuing army possessing such a
valuable instrument. A great change
has taken place in the sapping and
mining department of the army since
electricity was introduced on a practi-
cal basis. Mines are now laid by the
engineer corps and exploded with a far
greater degree of nicety than when
slow-burning fuses were used. Rivers
can now be guarded almost by one
man, stationed where he can operate a
circuit in which a number of submarine
torpedoes are included. The torpe-
does used in the army differ from those
used in the navy. The latter include a
propelling apparatus which carries
them through the water ; those used
in the army are generally anchored at
the bottom of a stream. Given a num-
ber of torpedoes, judicially placed, a
single officer could make the passage
across a river by an army a decidedly
hazardous undertaking. The value of
electric firing as far as the guns them-
selves are concerned is admitted, par-
ticularly on shipboard or for coast
defense. There is no lost interval of
time between the command of the gun
captain and the actual exploding of the
piece. The instant the gun is to be
fired the officer connects the circuit
and the ball is on its way to its desti-
nation. If the object aimed at be a
distant vessel, rising and falling with
the waves, or a moving body of cav-
alry on land, the value of an instant
discharge can be easily recognized.
The possibilities claimed for the bal-
loon of the future are dazzling. For
instance, army officers say that there
is nothing improbable in the supposi-
tion of a general of the future using a
balloon as a point of observation and
transmitting his orders by wire to his
army beneath his feet. An officer with
everything thus under his eye could be
in electric communication with every
gun on the field, just as the commander
of a man-of-war in his conning tower is
able to personally operate every gun
on his ship.
The Place of Electricity in the
Chemical Industries.
In a lecture recently delivered by
M. Moissan before the Conservatoire
des Arts et Metiers, he prefaced his
remarks by saying that the future of
electricity lay, not in lighting and dis-
tribution of power, but in those lines
in which there was nothing compar-
able, such as telephony, surgery, medi-
cine and particularly electro - chem-
istry.
In the lecture it was stated that the
temperature of the voltaic arc re-
mained constant, being about 5400°
Fahr., independent of the number of
watts. By means of this heat, gener-
ated by the current from a fifty-horse
machine placed at his disposal, M.
Moissan produced quarter-pound ingots
of chromium, manganese and uranium
respectively. This was compared with
the method by which these metals were
formerly prepared in a free state and
sold at a price gradually cheapening
from that of the same weight as dia-
monds.
The lecturer then described the cal-
orimetrical methods adopted by Mr.
VioUe in determining the temperature
of the arc, and ended by describing
this method applied to the manufacture
of artificial diamonds. This is as fol-
lows : After producing in his electri-
cal furnace an ingot of iron, carbu-
retted to saturation, be plunged it into
a vessel of water. j?he great temper-
ature prevented the water boiling, but
making a coating of gas around the
ingot, which protected the iron from
contact with the water. G-raphite was
first formed, then dense, drawn-out
carbon, then black diamonds with a
crystalline form, and finally true dia-
monds having all the characteristics of
the natural stone, the faculty of ab-
sorbing and holding light, the crystal-
line form and the great density.
Electric railways in the United
States in the last ten years have in-
creased from 13 to 850. There were
last year 23,000 electric cars and over
9000 miles of track, the whole system
representing a capital of $400,000,000.
Power developed by the Niagara
Falls electric plant and transmitted to
Buffalo, N. Y. , will cost $36 per H. P.
per year.
Mechanical Progress.
Figuring the Capacity of Boilers.
As no method has been devised for
testing the evaporative capacity of a
boiler without the furnace on which it
is placed, all so-called tests partake
more or less of the nature of guesses,
as it is impossible to tell with any
degree of exactness, whether the re-
sults obtained, favorable or otherwise,
are to be credited to the design of boiler
or furnace. To this uncertainty is
probably to be ascribed the well known
discrepancy in the size of boilers offered
by different makers when any particular
capacity is called for, which again has
led to the now common practice of lay-
ing down specifications of size of shell,
number and diameter of tubes, etc.,
when bids on boilers are called for.
The boiler maker thus becomes merely
a mechanic, whose whole duty it is to
assemble the materials called for and
put them together in a workmanlike
manner, and being thus to a great ex-
tent relieved of responsibility, is ex-
pected to lower his price proportion-
ately. While this may be satisfactory
to some who would rather use their
muscles than brains, it discounts ability
and so is disliked by those who, from
close study and long experience, con-
sider themselves fitted for better things.
In a recent case where bids were
asked for a number of boilers for a
municipal plant,' instead of specifying
the heating and grate surface to be
furnished per horse-power, there was
stated the amount of water to be evap-
orated, the quality of the steam, i. e.,
its dryness as shown by the calorimeter,
and the efficiency to be reached, with
the kind of coal it was the intention of
the city to use. This new departure
would seem to be worthy of an extensive
following, as it places the responsibility
of the design of boiler and furnace
where they belong without dividing it
between designer and builder as the
other plan does. — F. Riddell in The
Boiler Maker.
Water Scoops for Railways.
Railways have for a long time made
use of water scoops, let down into
troughs set between the rails, to refill
engine tenders without stopping trains.
Such devices, it is claimed, have never
been entirely satisfactory, because
water could not be taken in this way
without running slowly. If the speed
were too great it became impossible to
lift the scoop from the water, and in
consequence it was smashed against
the end of the trough. The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad has since the middle of
1894 adopted as standard a device, in
which it is claimed the power required
to lift the dipper from the water is en-
tirely independent of the speed of train.
This result, to speak generally, is
arrived at by balancing the lower
curved portion of dipper near its center
February 27, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
177
on trunuions about which it turns with-
in limits. The upper end of this dipper
is connected with the uptake pipe by a
joint supported on another pivot.
The force of impact of water on the
lower half of dipper tends to hold it
down, while the similar force actinjj on
the upper half tends to lift it. It is
stated that these forces practically
balance each other, and that trains
have, with this device, taken water at
a speed of seventy miles per hour, fill-
ing a 3,1)00 gallon tender in nine seconds.
The advantages claimed are easy
manipulation, and no lost time, less
water wasted by being splashed out of
trough, and more water taken per 100
feet of trough, which can therefore be
shorter and cost less for construction
and maintenance. — Railway Gazette.
The Mammoth Globe at the Paris
Exposition.
The project of M. Borgel-Court to
construct at the Paris E.Kpositioii of
lltUO an enormous structure in the form
of a geographical globe of 150 meters
in diameter iiuite casts into the shade
both the Eiffel tower and the Ferris
wheel. Those who visited the Paris
Exposition of 1889 remember the globe
there shown, which, however, was only
about 42 feet in diameter, one millionth
of the earths diameter, and was in-
tended solely as a geographical e.xhibit.
The proposed monstrosity, as de-
scribed and illustrated in L'( Rceue
Tec/niiijui; however, is a far different
affair. It is to contain upon its five
interior Hoors representations of all
the various countries in the world.
The visitor is to be transported by
electric railways from one country to
another in such a manner that, in tra-
versing the interior of thfe structure,
he will practically visit every country
on earth (apparently with the excep-
tion of Germany), finishing, of course,
at a restaurant on the platform on top.
The entire cost of the proposed
globe, including the expenses of oper-
ation during the exposition, is esti-
mated at 10,000,000 francs.
Engineiiring, London, pays a hand-
some tribute to machine tools made in
the United States, saying : " It is not
a reassuring thing for those who would
see the engineering supremacy of this
country maintained to notice how cer-
tain American firms have ranged ahead
of us in the production of a light class
of machine tools, of which bicycle mak-
ing machines afford an example."
Practical Information.
Olive Green Squadron.
Olive green will be the fighting color
of the new ships of the navy of the
United States. That is the decision
arrived at by the Navy department
officials, and, were war now to be de-
clared, every cruiser and battleship in
the fleet would be dressed in an olive-
green tint inside of thirty-six hours.
Olive green has been found to be the
color least visible at sea. There are
other colors which would be more suit-
able for certain operations, but for all-
around work the shade selected is
deemed the 'best adapted. The Gush-
ing demonstrated, under the powerful
rays of the searchlight, that white was
readily picked up. On the other hand,
a black object was less easily detected
by the searchlight than a white one.
A black object is probably the least
difficult for a lookout to discover when
scanning the water on a dark night,
and when depending entirely upon his
eyes. During the late war the ships of
the Union fleet were, during the closing
years, painted a drab. This idea was
taken up from the blockade runners.
The latter, in steering into the mouth
of a harbor, were often able to discern
the black hulls of the blockading ships
long before the blockade runner could
be made out. For day work at sea a
drab color has many advantages. It
more alosely approaches to the shade
of the atmosphere, and to the tone of
the horizon backing the ship. But at
night the searchlight readily makes
out a drab-painted object. The olive
green which has been selected for the
new navy ships is not only difficult to
make out by day, but experience shows
is the hardest known color to discern
at night, when under the searchlight
rays.
The torpedo boats' commanders
are particularly interested in the sub-
ject of ship paints. It means much to
them, whether or no their vessels are
discovered by the enemy's searchlight
when at a distance of 1500 yards from
the enemy or at 700 yards. The earlier
the charging-on torpedo boat is dis-
covered, just that much longer will she
be under lire. During the tight with
the insurgent Admiral Mello in 1894,
the loyal ships of the Brazilian navy
were painted a greenish shade. The
torpedo boats which attacked the rebel
Admiral's flagship, the Aquidaban,
were enabled by reason of their green-
tinted hulls to approach within 400
yards of her before being discovered.
The remaining charge home space was
of such short duration that the Aquid-
aban was torpedoed before she could
beat oft' her assailants. The new paint
color is not to be applied to the sides of
the warships by any method of guess-
work. The exact proportion of the
mixture has been accurately deter-
mined, and is so issued to the comman-
ders of warships. The white squadrons
are conspicuous, pretty objects in peace
time, but, presto, all will change when
it comes to war.
Abandonment of a Social Ex-
periment.
The London Times says: "Two
schemes for insurance against want of
employment have existed for two or
three years past in Switzerland, one in
the canton of Berne and one in that of
St. Gall. The former was voluntary,
but in St. Gall the laborer was com-
pelled to insure. The American con-
suls at Chemnitz and St. Gall have
boih recently reported on the subject,
and the former states that men whose
work is steady and likely to continue
so complain bitterly that they are
compelled to support in idleness others
whose labor is uncertain, but who, for
that reason, are better paid when they
are at work. ' It is not in the nature
of things for such a system to succeed,
even among so loyal, loving and gentle
a folk as the Swiss. The effort is not
vain if it will teach the thoughtless how
hard it is to make laws, or to institute
any system that is to take the place of
thrift and economy during the days
when work is plentiful.' Some time
after this report the consul at St. Gall
wrote that the experiment had been
abandoned at the instance of the labor-
ers themselves. He says they ' found
that a system which insured against
loss of work resulted in the promotion
of laziness and idleness. In fact, a
knowledge of the existence of this sys-
tem of insurance had drawn to St. Gall
a considerable number of unemployed
from other parts of Switzerland, with
the object of obtaining support at the
expense of resident laborers.' Hence
the system disappears on and after
June 30 next."
J. D. Varney, in a paper in the
Journal of the Association of Engineer-
ing Societies, describes one of the lat-
est devices for determining the meri-
dian from the position of the sun with-
out computation. It consists of the
usual transit-theodolite, with one at-
tachment and one modification. The
modification is that the telescope is
carried in a tube which is connected to
the horizontal axis in the same manner
that the telescope usually is, and is
free to revolve in this tube about its
own axis. The attachment is a mirror
revolving on an axis attached to a
small ring which fits on the object end
of the telescope. Slow motion is pro-
vided for. The mirror is set with the
aid of the horizontal circle and a special
target, so that it reflects the line of
coUimation at an angle equal to the
angle between the earth's axis and a
line from the earth to the sun, (t. e.,
ninety degrees — sun's declination).
The telescope is set at an angle of de-
pression equal to the latitude of the
place. The instrument is revolved
about its vertical axis, and the tele-
scope about its own axis, until the im-
age of the sun appears in the cross
hairs, and then the instrument is point-
ing in the meridian. The writer claims
that with due regard to refraction and
hour angle a meridian of sufficient ac-
curacy for all ordinary work can be
obtained.
The degree of danger that may exist
in eating the flesh of poisoned animals
has been investigated by Lewin, whose
experiments have been described to the
Jledical Society of Berlin, The flesh of
a fowl that had been killed by three
grains of strychnine was fed to a dog,
which became ill on eating half a
pound, and was seized with tetanic con-
vulsions and died after consuming a
second portion. Some animals are not
readily affected by certain poisons.
For example, fowls proved very toler-
ant of strychnine, goats of hemlock,
partridges of arsenic, rabbits of nico-
tine. It is concluded that, even where
the animals that have swallowed poison
did not seem to have suffered inconve-
nience, the flesh may be unsafe food
for man.
According to V Echo dcs Mines, of
Paris, the longest suspended wire in
the world is in Switzerland. The wire
has just been stretched across the
Wallenstadt lake in the canton of St.
Gall, by the Swiss telephone adminis-
tration. This wire is suspended from
two iron towers erected for the pur-
pose, the distance between these sup-
ports being 2400 meters. At the low-
est point it is 40 meters above the wa-
ter. The wire is of steel of the best
quality and is 2 millimeters in diameter.
The prehistoric monuments of
France, England and Germany have
been carefully recorded. The first
American archaBo'ogical map is that of
Ohio, on which, in three years, the
curator of the Onio Archseological and
Historical Society has located more
than 5000 village sites, mounds, fortifi-
cations and graves, while probably
10,000 remain to be put down.
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Coast Industrial Notes.
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—The editor of the Gold Creek, Nevada.
yetcM baa sent some of the wood called moun-
tain mahogany to the East to be tested as to
its value for wood type.
—Next to tbe United Kingdom. Mexico
bought more United States machinery In No-
vember, *9ft, than any other nation. The sales
amounted to |34'J,SS4, against *14I,147 in No-
vember, *K6.
—The Los Angeles, Cal., Inrclnr says the
WatsoDvllIe beet-sugar factory has now tbe
world's record for the largest production of
sugar in one season, having already produced
18,891 tons of sugar and cut 1'>U,053 tons of
beets.
—The Wood River, Idaho, ThnfM says the
new Nampa Jfc Sliver City Railway Is com-
pleted to the Soakc river— twenty-two miles
out from Nampa— and ready for trafllc. The
other forly-ono miles of the road are to be
completed by May 1st.
—From the State of Nevada during De-
cember and January, to different points In
California, there were shipiMjd of cattle, 3W
cars containing TtHio head ; sheep, IDj cars con-
taining U).(>4r>head; calves,:) cars containing
1H5 head ; horses, H cars containing 44 head ;
hogs, I'-i cars containing 1)66 bead.
—Word comes from Anaheim, Cal., that
three new oil wolls are being sunit near Pla-
centia to supply fuel for the sugar-beet fac-
tory at Los Alamitos. The wells in operation
at Puonle are being taxed to their utmost iu
furnishing fuel for the Chino factory, which
consumes lUOU barrets a day during the worlt-
Ing season.
—The Truckee and Lalte Tahoe Railroad
Company has incorporated tocoonect the town
of Truckee with the northern shore of Lake
Tahoe at or near Tahoe City, seventeen miles.
W. S. Bliss of San Francisco, M. L. and I. L.
Req^ua of Oakland. D. L. BUssand W. D. Toby
of Carson City, Nev., are directors; capital
stock, t-JUs.OOO; $3U,000 subscribed.
—For San Diego is proposed a new telephone
system, not only covering the local field, but
connecting with Los Angeles, Riverside, San
Bernardino. Redlands, Pomona and Pasadena.
The promoters are business men of Los An-
geles, who have organized into a corporation
known as the Home Telephone Company, with
a capital of l-iOO.OUO, divided into 50,000 shares.
—Twenty-two thousand acres of land, form-
erly belonging to the Semi-Tropic Land aud
Water Company, have been transferred at
Los Angeles by the San Francisco Savings
Union to a company of English capitalists.
The price was over $500,000. Two thousand
acres lie in the Rialto irrigation district.
One tract of 2000 acres will be cleared at once
for planting canaigre.
—Thirteen million feet of American lumber
were imported into China last year. Accord-
ing to United States Consul Jernegan at
Shanghai, most of this came from Washington
and Oregon. The Chinese have completely
denuded eastern China of its timber and are
now drawing upon ours. Recent stimulation
of mill building in China and the growing
liking of the natives for foreign sty'e houses
have led to much of this demand.
— The Southern California Power Company
has been organized in San Bernardino, Cal. ;
capital stock, $1,000,000; principal stock-
holders, H. Fisher, Pittsburg, Pa., and H. H.
Sinclair, Redlands, Cat. ; to develop power
from the Santa Ana river, to be transmitted
by pole line seventy-five miles to Los An-
geles, for lighting and railroad companies. If
it goes, it will be the longest line and handle
the highest voltage (30,000 volts) in use in the
world. It is intended to begin work about
April 1, 1807^
Personal.
An;. J. Bowie, Jr., son of Aug. J. Bowie,
has returned from the East, and will begin
the practice of his profession in this State.
Mr. Bowie graduated with honors at Harvard,
and lateral the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, took degrees in both electrical
and mining engineering at the same time, and
with honors, the first time this has been done.
At the twenty-seventh annual session of
the American Institute of Mining Engineers,
held in Chicago last week, the following ofiS-
cers were elected: President, George S.
Brown, South Bethlehem, Pa.; vice-presi-
dents, D. W. Brunton, Aspen, Colo., W. E.
Eustis, Boston, James Douglas, New York
City ; managers, C. W. Goodale, Butte, Mont.,
Frank Lyman, Brooklyn, Frank M. Stanton,
Houghton, Mich. ; treasurer, Theodore D.
Rand, Philadelphia; secretary, Rossi ter W.
Raymond, New York City.
The Governor has appointed A. S. Cooper of
Santa Barbara State Mineralogist, to succeed
J. J. Crawford, whose term has expired. Mr.
Cooper has been a resident of Santa Barbara
for thirty years and has devoted his attention
largely to developing the asphaltum beds. He
is a native of Maryland, and came to Califor-
nia in 1853. He lived in Columbia, Tuol-
umne county, when a boy, and went to
White Pine, Nev., in 1869 as an assayer.
Since 1870 he has practiced the profession of
civil engineer, hydraulic construction, mine
surveying, etc. In 1873, in connection with
others, he opened a quicksilver mine north of
Santa Barbara. He has recently been en-
gaged in running a 1000-foot tunnel in the
sandstone of the Santa Ynez mountains to
acquire water for the Santa Barbara munici-
pality.
Commercial Paragraph.
The Mazapil Copper Company of Saltillo,
Mexico, has given a contract to the Colorado
Iron Works of Denver, Colorado, for three
elliptical bowl slag trucks. The same com-
pany win furnish a double pot slag truck for
the Compania Minera Fundicion y Afendora of
Monterey.
A Great lYIining TriumphTi
Capt. J. R. De Lamar, of N^w \'ork City, is one of tlie largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in f
the world. After the most careful investigation he purchased in August. 1895, two Griftin Mills, and his •
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words.
New York, J.in. 9, i8c>6.
BRADLEV PUI-VERIZKR CO. (7cw//,fwcM ;— The iwo Griffin Mills li.ave been in openilion now (or "^ days on the
hardest rock, with the exception uf curundtini, that I have ever met during mv muting life. They have taken the rock direct
from the breaker, and they average about 30 tons to each machine. 40 mesh tine, without elevatinj; or bolting. We simply put
■' ■ . . - - . - t ,
a % mesh screen around the Gritrin Mill, and the stuff cnmcs out 40 mesh tine or over, which maken i
the Fri»bic
itjMips, and after looking into the Huotingtoii Dry l^ulvcrizer. the
, ihc Couk, and van
other dry i)ulv
\'uurs Iruly.
mhcsiutiugiv
high-sji
Pulvcri
Jip for
leaching by cy.iiiide or chiorinalion : ihercforc wchave concluded lo order 10 more Qrlffln mils. Wc have tried higli-sficed
rolls and dry " _ i *. i .. ■ ■ . .1 i. . . >-. ,k ■ , .. t ^ , . ., . _ n
N.irod Pulveriser, the Sicdmaii Pu
ruriiniciid voiir CtritTin .Mill u> any oni
(Signed) J, K. iJtiL.AMAR.
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
DeLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO.,
Salt Lakh Citv, Utah, Nov. 24, 1H96.
BRADLEV PULVERIZER CO, Gftitifttitn .'—In answer to your inquiry as to what the " Griffin Mill" is doing at our
DcLamar Mill, Oel-amar, Nevada, wc beg to state that we often run 310 tons per day with 10 of your mills in oneration, and
on one occasion these 10 mills produced 408 ton» in one day. I have no hesitancy in stating that they will regularly produce
at least 30 tons per day each on our ore, which is extremely and unusually hard.
Yours very truly, H. A. COHEN, Generai Manager.
These strong letters coming from such 'representative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the " Griffin Mill " will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
Let us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which will lell you all
about the Mill and bring lo you other evidence of its great achievements.
I BRADLEY PUL^VER[^^
HERCULES
CMS, GASOLIINE /\ND DISTILLATE EINGIINES.
HOISTINC ENGINES,
2h. p. to 300 h. p.
STATIONARY ENGINES,
1 h. p. to 200 h. p.
■f
MARINE ENGINES,
2 h. p. to 200 h, p.
Our newly designed and perfeotod DISTILLATE VAPORIZER Insures a saving ot 50% on
cost ot running. Just V4 your expense SAVED BY USINQ A HERCULES in place ot ANY
otber. We muiie no exception.
NEARLY 3000 HERCULES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
ACTUAL USE. HIGH GRADE.
We claim full power, automatic and positive adjustment regulatiner speed and con-
HuDiptlon of fuel in proportion to work ijeing performed. No spring electrodes to bnrn out.
Ail 8pring:s are outHliie. Point of ignition, speed and amount of fuel can lie ctianged
while engine is in operation.
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG.
ESTABL^D 1880. jjjjgss HERCULES GAS ENGINE WORKS,
WORKS: 2I6,2I7,2I9,22I,223,225,2?7.229,23I Bay St. OFFICE: 405-407 Sansome St.. San Francisco.
E3cperlmental /VlacHlnerv arid Repair \A/orIC9 of f\\\ K.Incis.
P. T. TAYLOR & CO., 523 /Wlsslon Street, San Erancisco, California.
Recently Declared nining Divi-
dends.
Merrimac mine. Grass Valley, Cal., $9400;
payable Feb. 27.
Hounestake Mining Company, South Da-
kota, ^.Sl,3.")0; payable Feb. 35. The total to
date is 80,118,750.
Heela Consolidated Mining Company, Glen-
dale, Mont., *15,000; payable Feb. 25. Total
to date, «3,17d,000.
Idaho Mining & Milling Company, B. C,
*3U,000; payable Feb. 25.
Elkton, Colo., $20,000; payab'e Feb. 20.
The company has a cash reserve of $214,421.62.
Merrimac Mining Company, Nevada, Cal.,
10 cents per share, $0400.
Boston and Montana Copper Company, $3
per share ; payable Feb. 20th.
Victor, Col., 10 cents per share; payable
Feb. 18th.
Santa Rosalia (Mexico) Company, 10 cents
per share ; payable March 1st.
yEtna Con. Q. S. Company, 10 cents per
share, $10,000; payable March 1st.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Sliger Con. G. M. Co., Saa Francisco; capi-
tal stock, $100,000-$50,000 subscribed; P.
Maslin, Sacramento; VV. H. Brown, E. A. Cur-
tis, C. W. Keeney, San Francisco; W. P.
Keeney, Oakland.
San Philipe Mining and Development Co.,
San Fraacisco; capital stock, $250,000— all
subscribed ; F. H. Loftus, C. V. Manner, L.
Ph. Bolander, H. E. Gearon, L. R. Tuttle, o£
San Francisco.
Hydraulic and River Miners Handling Boulders Can
Easily Remove Them By Using
The Knox Patent Hydraulic Grapple.
IT WILL DO GOOD WORK AND GIVE SATISFACTION.
T?.!Russell Process.
For Information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
park City, Ctab
QUICKSILVERI
FOR SALE BY
The Eureka Company,
of san frajscisco.
Room 1,-426 California Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
For Sale at a Bargraln.
One new GOLD KING AMALG AM ATOK — never
used. Apply to Marsbutz & Cantrell, N. W. corner
Main and Howard streeta, San Francisco, California.
PRICE ACCORDING TO SIZE REQUIRED.
Address WM. KNOX, JacksonTlIle, Oregon, or JAS. ARMSTRONG, 10 Front Street, S. F., Cal.
WRITE
FOR
CATALOGUE
NO. 15.
Jackson's
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AND
OIL
ENGINES.
Cross-Compound Steam Engines and "Whirlpool" Centrifu§:al Pumps
For Irrlg:atlon, Drainage, Dredg:lng, Mining, Etc. Capacities from 50 to 50,000
Gallonfl Per Minute.
BYROIN JACICSOIN WVACHIINE lA/ORICS,
625 Sixth Street San Francisco.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.
ENGINEERS
FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
CHICnGO, U. S. FK..
MALLEABLE IRON BUCKETS of Approved Pattern and Weight
LINK- BELT ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS.
ROPE POWER TRANSMISSION.
SHAFTING, PULLEYS, GEARING, CLUTCHES, ETC.
ELECTRIC COAL MINING MAt^HINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO.
'4Q DIGOIN'S.
155 acres ot virgin ground on the famous Columbia channel. No " cap," all pay gravel. Free water
and room to store debris. A hydraulic proposition. Title, U. S. Patent.
QUARTZ MINES: 14 inches ot S20 ore to 30 leet ot $10 ore. All at the miners' prices.
E. H. SCHAEFFLE, Murphys, Cal.
180
Mining and Scientific Press.
February 27, 1897.
Professional Cards.
[ J. K. EVELETH. V. H. M. MACLYMONT.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
j Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses ^
of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines.
! 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal. j
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
< Designing and Consulting
} MECHANICAL AND HTDKAOLIC
I ENGINEERS.
S 431 Market St., Cor. First St.,
< Telephone BLACK 2403 San Pranciaco, Cal.
s The Evans Assay Office. ]
( W. N. JEHTJ, - - - - Proprietor. \
) Successor to Jehu & Ogden. )
' 638 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. >
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block. )
► Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals i
and their Alloys, Etc.
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
< School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, >
J Electrical and Mining: Engineering. I
S Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying. (
} 033 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. \
) OPEN ALL TEAR. \
> A. VAN DER NAILLEN, President. <
> Assaying Of Ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination c
Assay, S25; Blowpipe Assay, SIO. Full Course
of Assaying, $50. Estahliahed 18M.
, ^~ Send for Circular.
[ Mining and Metallurgical "Work in Ail ]
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I Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex- )
[ periments on rebellious ores for treatment by (
[ cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
{ ports upon mining properties.
H.W. H. PENNIMAN,
STATE LICENSED
I Land, and fline Surveyor. 1
Late of the California Exploration Co.
\ Photographic Keporta and Assays of J
Mining Property.
I OFFICE— Citizen Building, Main Street, San ^
Andreas, Cal.
RICHARD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address: Richpark.
Crocker Buildirg San Francisco, Cal.
TVlORGrtlN <fe CO., ^
ASSAYERS, REFINERS & ORE TESTERS. ,
i Guarantee reliable work. ,
C 261 Wilson Block Los Angeles. ,
CHARLES P. GRIMWOOD.
Mining: Eng:ineer and Metallurg^ist,
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
■1'" JONES. G. M. EOMONDSON.
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
S Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block,
Colorado Springs. Colo.
T. O. li-YLE & CO., J
/*ssaye-rs and Clhemlsts, S
; (Mine, Mill and Smelter Work.) \
J Samples by Mail Receive Prompt Attention. (
S Box 626, - - - LEiDVILLE, COLO. r
W. J. AOAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex- '
• pert on general mill work and amalgamation.
1 Eighteen years' experience. Will report on <
: Mines and Mills, and lake full charge of Min- !
I Ing Properties. Address, 133 Market St., i
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal. (
J. HOWARD WILSON,
[ Mssay^f arid Che»mist, |
t 306 Santa Fe Avenne, Pueblo, Colo. .
(Correspondence solicited with SHIPPERS OF J
' ORB TO COLORADO SM ELTERS. ■
r^ENVER SCHOOL OF MINES, 1215 15th St.
S Established in 1877. Prof. P. J. Stanton. Prlnci-
\ pal, and experienced aaslstanis. Assaying
< taught for $25. in two weeks. Courses in miner-
S alogy. metallurgy- mining, surveying, geology.
\ Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor- )
/ reapondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady \
) pupils received. Investments made and in- I
S formation given in reliable mining properlieSjC
H. C \A/OODRO\A/,
Mgr. Santa Anna Gold Mining Co.
ANQELS CAMP, CAL. \
ivnines and /Wining:,-
Correspondence solicited.
Thomas B. Evorett, /Vl. E.
Twenty-six years practical experience In !
' metal mining. Will make reports upon prop- !
• erty. or furnish properties to purchasers, if '
' desirous to Invest in the Cripple Creek gold ]
* district, all on short notice.
t References f u rnished in Denver or San Fran-
t Cisco. Branchoffice, Room 25. tenth floor. Mills <
I Building. San Francisco, care S. K. Thornton, {
t or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 195, Denver, {
I Colo. Registered cable, Everett, Denver.
t TOLEDO, LEWIS CO. t
State of Washington. U. S. A. )
Geological, exploring and prospecting work (
I in the St. Helens (Cascade Mts.^ State of i
Wash.) copper and gold mining region. Min-
ing claims, options and shares Coal lands.
I Correspondence solicited. References given (
i expected.
ROBINSON BROS., "^ \
1 CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.-
{ p. O. Box 194.
ISSAYERS AND MINERAL SURVEYORS.
) Mines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mail Solicited.
A. H. WARD.
->• ESTABLISHED 1869.4-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET, .... SAN FKANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worts
And Ciiemical Laboratory.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
(INCORPORATED.)
( 36 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, Cal. }
CAREFUL ASSAYING, Analysis of Ores,
[ Waters, Etc.
t PRACTICAL Instruction Given in As-.
[ saying, CYANIDE PROCESS, Bleotro-Plat- >
[ ing, Etc. /
r" HENRY E. HIGHTON, ~1
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR, ]
Rooms 36-39,
i Fourth Floor Mills Building,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
{ Established Thirty-Eight Years. Special At-
tention Paid to Mining Business.
MARO F. UNDERWOOD, M. D.
[1148 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal.)
[Arsenic, Mercury & Cyanide^
LOUIS FALKENAU,
ESTATE ASSAY OFFICE,
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
> duetrlal Products, Foods. Medicines, etc., etc.
> Court Experting- In all branches of Chemical
y Technolog-y. Working Tests of Ores and In-
) Ycstig-atlon of Metallurg-ical and Manufactur-
t ing Processes. Consultations on all questions
) of applied chemistry. Instructions given in
( assaying and all branches of chemistry.
EDWARD L. HALLAWELL,
115 and 117 Main Street (2na Boor),
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Millwriglit and Engineer.
Contractor for the erection of Stamp Mills, Roller
Mills, Reduction Works, Saw Mills (both circular
and band), Aerial Wire Rope and Surface Tram-
ways, etc., etc. Putting in machinery, shafting,
etc., of all Itinds promptly attended to. Estimates
given on plants, complete, including machinery,
building material, etc.
ST[1 ENGINEERING
(S(:ttlonarj', Lncomotivv or ^larlno); Illccliati<
lc«.; Slcchnnirnl Drinrliig; EluptrlcUy; Arclil-
tectum; .\rc1ill<!cl,urul Draivliig mill l>i-tiign-
Clvil, IEiUlrou<l, Itrlilge, Mnolclpiil iind
1 llj'iirntilie En gin i-v ring; IMumltln^; Ullntng;;
J'rosjiccllng; English Urnncbt.'s.
The Steam Engiaeeriug course is
, intended to qualify engineers to se-
\ cure Licenses.
' Send for Free circular and Book of
Testimonials, stating the Bubjectyou
wisli to study, to
The InternatlonnI \ BOX 1'
I CorrcspondcnceSclioolBfJ BcnuttoujPa*
iUGH!
BY V
THE ROESSLER & HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Pine Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulpbite of Soda
Chloride of lime
Trade Mark. SulphldO Of IrOtt
And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
lest Assc&v balances.
Our Beams are the
lightest on the market,
and positively inflexible.
They are unequaled in
accuracy and sensitive-
ness. Edges and bear-
ings are of Hapnlilre.
All makes of balances
thoroughly repaired at
reasonable rates.
3219 Stout Street,
DENA'ER, COLO.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carbon
/^ Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical, portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS, ''^•"^'^^^l^oViif:'"^''^
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
^ Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
Process.
Brown's System of mechanically
Stirred KoaBting, Cooling: and
Conveying Furnaces. Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Bnilding, CWcago, Illinois.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN^CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Office 8 Drapers Gardens^
Laboratory and Ore Testing: Plant, 1630 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,^
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clerici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for U. 8.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
THE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efficient method of using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been in-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumption of
chemicals has also been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
Alt ores, ivitkout excejiiio/i. amenable to cyanide treafment can be treated to better advantage by the
Kendall Process. This can be accepted as an axiom.
The manager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District. Utah, wires; " We now begin to
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 220 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
F^RANCIS synixH & CO.,
MAKtTFACTURERS OF
F='OFt TOVA/IN \A/MTER \A/ORK.S.
Hydraulic, Irrigation and Power Plants, Well Pipe, Etc., all sizes.
130BBALE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Iron cut, punched and formed, for making pipe on ground where required. All kinds of Tools sup-
plied for making Pipe. Estimates given when required. Are prepared or coating all sizes of Pipes
with Asphaltum.
February 27, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press,
181
The Tutthill Water Wheel.
In the jet propulsion wheel herewith
illustrated, designed by S. J. Tutthill,
of San Francisco, and manufactured by
the Oakland Iron Works at Oakland,
Cal., the impelling stream is not di-
vided on striking the bucket, butenter-
infj tangentially to the curve of the
bucket is entirely deflected in one di-
rection alternately to the right and
left with each succeeding bucket, thus,
as claimed by the designer and manu-
facturers, " reducing to a minimum all
tearing or separating of the stream,
and incidental wasteful production of
heat instead of work, while the alter-
nating of the bucket discbarge between
left and right gives large clearance for
the falling of the more or less com-
pletely spent water, and permits the
nearest approach to a complete re-
versal of the direction of the stream
without backwash. Any gain in clear-
ance thus etTected of course admits of a
greater capacity for receiving water,
and consequent greater output of
power for a wheel of given diameter
and speed.
■'The shape of the discharge lip of
i
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PP'
miimitiA\mjAi;M.
HkjH
OAKLAND moil fttttt
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m
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7M
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other makes, and is a recognition of
the requirements of theory in accom-
the bucket is a radical departure from I plishing the reversal of the stream and
absorption of its energy without seri-
ous loss incident to the impact result-
ing from the distorting of its section.
The usual flattening of the stream's
section, and the discharging of it in a
thin sheet along a lip of considerable
length is in buckets of such a type a
cause of very considerable loss of en-
ergy.
" In addition to the above points, the
designer has given special attention to
the form of the nozzle employed, and
has adopted a form simple in design
and directly in accord with the re-
quirements for high efficiency as deter-
mined by scientific hydraulic investiga-
tors."
They conclude by saying: "It is
evident that the successful embodiment
I in practice of the true theory for the
correct design of impulse wheels, as
I accomplished in this particular wheel,
must result in an unusually high de-
I gree of efHcienoy; and while no precise
I tests have as yet been completed for
I determining the degree of efficiency ob-
! tained, the results of approximate
i tests made on some of the considerable
number of wheels already in use clearly
1 indicate this to be another illustration
! of the truth of what should be an axiom
j among engineers, i. c, the best prac-
j tice is always the most perfect embodi-
ment of sound theory,"
W/HITE, ROGERS Sc CO.,
Constructing Engineers stndi TWillvurights,
NO. 306 F»irSE STREET,
S/\N F-RMIVCISCO, CAL.
We furnish the machinery and erect at the mines all descriptions or STAMP MILLS for the economical treatment of gold and silver ores. HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINERY, operated by Steam,
Water, or Electric Motors. CYANIDE, CHLORINATION AND LEACHING WORKS. COHPLETE CONCENTRATING AND SMELTING PLANTS for dressing lead ores and
smelting for copper and silver. IMPROVED AIR COMPRESSORS AND DRILLS. WIRE ROPE TRAHWAYS tor transporting ores; ETC., ETC.
>>^ Practical Working Plans and Specilications Provided for All Machinery Furnished or Structures Built By Us. 44^
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKS.
Dynamos, /Wotors, Hoisting Apparatus, /\rc and Inca:nciescent Lannips,
Instrume^nts, and General Supplies.
TELEPHONE AND LINE CONSTRUCTION. LONG DISTANCE POWER TRANSHISSION A SPECIALTY.
Office and \A/ork:s: 409 VVVMRKEX ST., SMN I="RMNdSCO, CAL.
The Edward P. Allis Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Reliance Crushing Rolls.
Established 1860.
RELIANCE WORKS.
Mining, Milling and Smelting
MACHINERY.
Orushers. Rolls. •Jlg;s» Concentrators,
Screens, Stamps, F*unip8,
Compressors, Hoists, Boilers* Btc, Btc
RE>'r40I-I>S CORL-ISS BNGINBS.
BBAirCH OFFICES:
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Denver, Col 427 Seventeenth Street.
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Chicago, 111 fi09 Home Ins. BaUdIng:.
Kansas City, Mo 43 Armour BuUdlng:.
Pittsburg, Pa German National Bank BuUdlngr*
New York City 26 Cortlandt Street.
City of Mexico Calle de Gante No. S.
Work the Best! Prices the Lowest! The Best in the World!
Write for Our New Catalogue.
CATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKER
still leads the world. It has greatly cheapened the cost of maoadam and ballast, and made low grade ores profitable
ISO large sizes shipped to South Africa.
tft IBMBB HB ■■ of improved designs. Nothing equal to
General Mining Machinery High Grade comish roiis,
stamps, Concentrators, Connersville Blowers, High Speed Engines,
Cyanide and Olorinating Equipments.
The Gates Itnpfoved Vanner Concentrators.
Every appliance for the mining and milling of ores.
Agent for Gates Breakers in California, tf^ilTCC ID^IVI IM^DITC
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO , UA I tb IKUHI ^^^^^^'^^^
121 Main St, San Francisco. 650 ElStOII AVenUB, Depf. UUf CHICAuDi
182
Mining and Scientific Press.
February 27, 1897.
RISDON IRON \A/ORKS
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
* A= inches. We beg to call attention to Our " RISDON HAMMERED '
jj ,, Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
■^ hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
nil ^ ~ greatest possible density.
B D= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
i E= " We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
■* Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
J Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
When Writing please mention the MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
Office and Works, 12T-129-131-133-135 F^irst Street, San F*rancisco, Cal.
WRITE FOR A CIRCULAR ON THE
"BIRCH" IMPROVED TWO-STAMP MILL.
IRON FRAME, TRIPLE DISCHARGE, 850-LB. STAMPS, FORGED STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
Rrioe, ^450 f. o. lb.
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacific Coast.
FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 16, 1897.
577,325.— Fruit Jar— S. S. Black, Pasadena, CaL
577.349.— Twine Holder— F. Bossong, EUensburg,
Wash.
577,353.— Fruit Grader— W. Brown, Portland, Or.
577,356.— Sluice Box— C. A. Christensen, Ore-
town, Or.
577,312.— ANIMAL TRAP— D. S. McCollum, Keno. Or.
577,145.— Bedstead— C. E. McKeag, Los Angeles,
Cal.
577,200.— Rowing Device- J. Nordwall, Seattle,
Wash.
577,062.— Transom Lock— G. M. Parsons, Car-
son, Nev.
577,070.— Paper Molds— H. Sandham, Spokane,
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577,274.— Thill Coupling— J. U. Tabor, Los An-
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577,275.— Fruit Slicer— M. Welch, Los An-
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Adjustable Truck.— Elias Ireland, Win-
ters, Cal. No. 576,729. Dated Feb. 9, 1897.
This invention relates to an improved truck
which is especially adapted to be used in con-
nection with an apparatus for bleaching
fruits. It consists essentially of a truck hav-
ing a vertically movable frame or body and
means by which it may be raised or depressed
at will so as to raise the platform-carrying
trays from their supports in the bleaching
house and transfer thera to other points where
they are left by the depression of the car
frame. The movable frame is mounted upon
the truck by means of arms having rule joints
which connect the frame directly with the
arms and a lever is fulcrumed upon the main
frame, having its lower end connecting with
a bar which is loosely journaled to the rear
axle of the truck so that by the movement of
the lever the frame may be raised or de-
pressed.
Trolley System.— W. G. Caffrey, Reno,
Nev. No. 576,721. Dated Feb. 9, 1S97. This
invention relates to the general class of elec-
trically propelled vehicles and to trolleys and
electrical conductors, and It consists in a
novel construction of the trolley and means
for adjustably securing it to the vehicle. A
positive and negative conductor are arranged
in vertical plane, one above the other, and a
trolley to travel in contact with the conduct-
ors, consisting of pivoted bars forming an
extensible and contractible frame, slotted
plates in which the frame bars are guided,
contacts carried by the plates and removable
and reversible arms pivoted to the plates
with strings for holding their contacts up to
the conductors, The extensible and contract-
ible trolley, with its rollers and the cross rods
on which the pivoted bars are guided, operate
in conjunction with the trolley pole or cable
and having a double joint between the pole or
cable and the cross rods.
Lamps.— Emile Boesch, San Francisco, Cal.
No. 576,716. Dated Feb. 9, 1897. This inven-
tion relates to certain improvements in car
lamps of that class which is adapted to be
fixed in the side or end of a car so as to give
light to the interior and exterior. It is also
applicable to light streets or houses with
various forms of burners known as argand or
chimney burners, either for oil or gas. In the
lamp fixture the body consists of a hollow
vertical or side reflector, an extension chim-
ney to which it is connected, said body hav-
ing feed and exhaust passages and an air
chamber on top, a removable fount having its
lower part fitting into and over the said air
chamber and provided with a burner and a
glass chimney fitted to the burner, having its
upper part fitting within the chimney exten-
sion. An air passage is made behind the re-
flecting surface and the lower part of the
body projecting into the car forms an air
chamber in communication with this passage,
the chimney extension forming a communica-
tion to supply air to the passage.
Gold, Silver and Copper Ores
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IT IS A FACT . . .
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VULCAN ROPEWAY
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dumper requires no attention whatever. The Vulcan loader I consider the best feature in the whole
Ropeway, making it possible for one man to load 200 tons in ten hours.
Yours very truly, J. P. WOODBURY, Supt.
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HANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY,
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THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAHWAY.
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IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
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February 27, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, Feb. 25, 1897.
With more settled weather and improving
roads, business begins to enlarge, but no de-
cided increase is looked for until after tax as-
sessment day, when money will be offering
more freely and dealers will not fear to stock
up. The prevailing feeling with foundrymen
and iron workers in general is that they will
handle more orders this year than they did in
1895. They look for a large increased call for
mill machinery, structural material, farm im-
plements and different kinds of railroad ma-
terial and machinery of all kinds for other in-
dustries and purposes. The low prices ruling
for raw material is quite an incentive and ad-
mits of making lower bids on all kinds of
work. Aside fi*om this there is a strong prob-
ability that increased duties will be put on
under the incoming administration, which will
cause higher prices for imported raw material
that will help those who laid in heavy stocks,
until they are used up, before the increased
duties.
In the local money market there is nothing
new to report. After a week or ten days
money will be offering freely, and, it is said,
many persons and firms will avail themselves
of the opportunity to get accommodations for
new ventui'es or else to prosecute old ones.
The premium on New York exchange has held
firm, but towards the close the tone is easier.
Before the close of March the premium on
Eastern exchange will probably be gone and
sales at par be the order. It is stated that
new capital will soon begin to come in for in-
vestment, particularly for gold mining prop-
erties. Several sales are already being nego-
tiated, which, it is thought, will be closed by
the end of March. The railroads, it is re-
ported, will make heavy disbursements for
improvements, extensions, relaying of rails
and new supplies. The East continues to re-
port an easy money market, although it is
noted by New York exchanges that more com-
mercial paper is coming out, which is accepted
as a favorable sign that the turn for the bet-
ter has set in. Our New York correspondent
writes: '*A good authority on the money
market says that there is getting to be more
tone to the market for time loans, and he is of
opinion that a gradual advance in the value of
money may be looked for in the next few
months. He bases this opinion first on the
fact that a general improvement is unques-
tionably under way^ which will gain strength
as time goes on and cause a good demand for
money from merchants and manufacturers.
Secondly, he .says that leading capitalists and
other powerful interests have provided them-
selves and are still providing themselves with
money in large blocks, according as opportu-
nity offers. There is, of course, a plentiful
supply of money for all needs at present, and
there is likely to be plenty for some time to
come; but an investment in longtime loans
just now, it is thought by many, might prove
profitable.
New York Sliver Prices.
Nkw YoKK, Feb. 25. — Following are the clos-
ing prices for the week :
London,
Friday 39 11-16
Saturday 29 11-16
Monday 39 1 1-16
Tuesday 29?£
Wednesday 295i
Thursday 299^
* Holiday.
Copper. Lead. Iron.
Friday 12 00 3 25 10 25@12 50
Saturday 12 00 3 25 10 25® 12 50
Monday *
Tuesday 12 00 3 20 10 35@12 50 13 35
Wednesday .... 12 00 3 25 10 25(5i12 50 13 45
Thursday 12 00 3 30 10 25@12 50 13 45
* Holiday.
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commerc'lal Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7^8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@S
New York Sight Draft 25.C Prem
New Yorli Telegraphic Transfer 27V4c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.86^4
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers 84.88!^
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 645b
Mexican Dollars 51^@52
SILVER.— The luarket towards the close
has strengthened slightly, in sympathy with
better prices abroad. The improvement in
London is said to be due to an increased call
from India and the Straits. It is the impres-
sion abroad that China will soon come in as a
freer buyer. In our market there is a con-
tinued fair export demand. The last steamer
for China took out 32,000 ounces for Hongkong,
but none for Japan.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market has
held to fairly good prices, but towards the
close it is firmer, in sympathy with silver.
The last steamer for China took out 188,676
dollars.
COPPER.— The market is practically un-
changed. At the East there is a continued
free outward movement, but increasing pro-
duction in this country seems to be against an
advance. The consumption in the United
States is steadily enlarging.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobhing 14V^@
Ingot, wholesale (s)l3V4
Sheet copper (ail7
Bolt H& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17c
QUICKSILVER.— The demand is fair. It
is stated that about all the outside holdings
have been taken ofE the market. New York
advices state that the market is strong at
$37.50^38 per fiask. Our market is quoted at
64?^
64 13-16
Tin.
13 45
13 45
S38 per flask. The export market is un-
changed.
BORAX.— The outward move by water and
rail is quite large. The last steamer for
Panama took out over 50 tons for New York.
Powdered is higher, and other sorts lower.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 43i
Refined, In sacks 5^^
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " 4H
LEAD.— The market is firm at full figures,
with the tendency to still better figures.
The consumption abroad is steadily increas-
ing, and it is expected that it will soon begin
to enlarge in this country.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows :
Pig 3 75 @ 3 85
Bar — @ 4 00
Sheet — @ 525
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT.— There is a stronger tone to the mar-
ket.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs ... 81 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 45
Buck. Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 45
TIN.— Pig is steady, and plates irregular.
Canners on the Columbia are getting their
supplies from the East. In our market Amer-
ican is also finding quick sales. At the East
it is said that there is still more or less cut-
ting. The markets abroad are fairly steady.
We quote as follows:
Pig, per lb 14!4c@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 05@ —
" " " light, " 3 95® —
IRON.— There is a fairly liberal spot stock
of foreign pig on hand, with few shipments on
the way. The very low prices ruling for
American at the East is against foreign. The
consumption in this city promises to be very
heavy this year.
The Cleveland Ohio, Iron Trade Review
says: Cheap raw materials in 1897 may pro-
long the present level, or something near it;
but more I'egular operation of mills, when it
comes, will at least bring more economical
production, if markets are not materially
higher. Structural steel has taken no no-
ticeable start. The money requirements of
the rail-buying campaign would tend to stiffen
rates slightly on the projectors of building
enterprises, but there seems no disposition to
push matters, even under the present tempt-
ing discounts. From the Birmingham dis-
trict comes reports of better sales in the
week, one Southern pipe works having placed
a fair order, while coo tracts of from 1000 to
3U00 tons for foundry grades are noted For-
eign demand keeps up and recent transactions
have netted 50 cents a ton more than sales for
home consumption. A small sale of No. 1
foundry for shipment to Chili was made at
$8.i>0, furnace.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss 82100 $23 50
Thomas 22 00 23 50
Salisbury 30 00 33 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 823 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 23 00
COAL.— Large consumers and handlers do
not anticipate wants beyond near-by mouths.
They believe that, with a continuance of
present brilliant wheat crop prospects, im-
portations of coal will be heavy. Fears are
entertained that the duty will be increased.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington S8 00®
Greta 6 00@ 6 50
I^'anaimo 6 50@ 7 00
&iiman 5 50@ 6 00
Seattle 5 50@ 6 00
Coos Bay @ 5 00
Caunel 8 00®
Egg. hard 12 00@13 00
Wallsend @ 6 50
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
I^Iverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 no
Egg, hard 10 00
West Hartley 6 50
COKE.— The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot,inbulk 10 00 @
■' in sacks 11 00 @ 12 00
Ciunberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is fairly steady
both here and at the East.
Our market is quoted at 7^f5)8c in a jobbing
way. New York mail advices quote ly^c for
Cookson's, 6X@6Hc for Hallett's and 6^c for
Japanese.
POWOER.— The market is unsettled, and,
pending negotiations for higher prices, we
take out prices. The different companies
have combined to advance prices, which we
will give next week.
NAILS. — The market is below the cost of
production.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $2 20
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, '• " 2 00
SPELTER.— The market is steady with a
good movement. The East is reported firm,
with a good demand ruling.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a-pound.
NICKEL ANODES.— The demand the past
week was fair. The East reports a slightly
improved call.
We quote in a jobbing way at 60 to 65 cents
a pound.
PLATINUM.— The inquiry is said to be
yvrnVIIVG ASSESSAAEINTS.
Company and Location.
No.
Ami,.
Levied
Delinq'i
Alma G M Co, Cal
. 1..
. So..
. .Feb 9
.Mar 13.
Andes S M Co, Nev
.VA. .
.lOc.
.Feb 1.
.Mar 8.
Best & Belcher M Co, Nev. .
.til .
.350..
.Jan 26
.Mar 8.
Confidence G M & M Co, Co.
. 1..
.100..
,Jan 19
.Feb 87.
Con Imp M Co. Nev
.38..
. 10. .
..Feb 16
.Mar 23.
Eureka Con Drift M Co, Cal.
V,.
. 5c..
..Jan 30
.Feb 26.
Eureka Con M Co. Nev
.14
.850..
..Jan 18.
.Feb 23..
Gold Hill M Co, Cal
,11..
.2oc..
.Jan 8.
.Feb 15.
. a.
2S
. 50..
. 50..
.Nov 27.
..Jan 21
.Mar 86.
Julia Con M Co. Nev
.Feb 26.
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal
. .5..
.10c. .
..Jan 14
.Feb 85.
Mineral Hill M & S Co, Cal.
1
. 5c..
.Jan 4.
.Feb 15.
Occidental Con M Co, Nev. .
an
.lOc.
..Feb 10.
.Mar 16.
Ophir S M Co, Nev
7(1,.
.S5c..
.K-eb 6.
.Mar 10.
Reward G M Co, Cal
.!«..
.2c..
.Feb 6.
.Mar 11.
ThorpeM Co. Cal
. 5..
. 50..
.Jan 13.
.Mar 83.
Troy M & D Co. Alaska
^
.lOc.
.Feb 2.
.Mar 9.
Utah Con M Co, Nev
.24..
. 5c. .
.Jan 14.
.Feb 17.
Q/fhd Sile. Secretary.
.Mar 29 D Gutmann, 320 Sansome
.Mar 31 Jno W Twiggs, 309 Montgomery
■ Mar 23 M Jaffe. 309 Montgomery
■ Mar 20 F Aureguy, 320 Sansome
■ Apr 13 C L McCoy, Mills Bldg
■ Mar 20 DM Kent. 330 Pine
■ Mar 15 HP Bush, 134 Market
■ Mar 4 C A Grow, Mills Bldg
. May 21 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
■ Mar 19 J Stadtfeldt Jr, 309 Montgomery
■ Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
.Apr 13 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
■ Apr 6 AK Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
-Mar 30 E B Holmes, 309 Moatgomery
.Mar 27 s W Backus, Mills Bldg
- Mar 29 A F Frey, 44 Phelan Building
■ Mar 26 O Kyst. 421 Mission
■ Mar 8 A W Havens, 309 Montgomery
fair, both here and at the East.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to S15 per ounce.
ZINC. — Dealers report an improved call the
past week.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM. — The market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— The East reports an increasing
call; our market is steady.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady to
firm.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
Chemicals.
There has been a continued fair demand for
the season of the year. The general impres-
sion is that quite an increased consumption
will rule this year.
BONEASH.— There is a good demand but
chiefly for export, with Australia drawing
liberally.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 3VaC; No.
3, 2^0.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is re-
ported quiet but firm at 2i^c per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is slow but steady at $1.50 per 100 lbs.
ina jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
fair demand at 2%c a pound fi'om stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— The market is es-
sentially unchanged. At the East there is
continued activity at from S1.87Jx^@i.90 for
commercial. Chili advices state that the
market is active at 13. 90 per 100 pounds for 95%.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for 95%.
ACETIC ACID. —The market is quiet at 6
to 12c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6^c per pound in car-
boys.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at l^c per lb for
66%.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Eastern advices state
that the market shows more activity. Our
market is quiet.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4%c per
pound.
Mining Share Market.
San Franoisco, Feb. 25, 1897.
The market has been only spasmodically
active the past week under review. It acts
different from any previous movement and
therefore is a puzzle to those not informed.
Con. Virginia has been used as a lever for
working the market; but, judging from how
the moves have been, it ought to take a back
seal and something else come to the front, for
evidently it is hardly time to let the "bot-
tom out" of the entire list, for too many as-
sessments have to be collected within the
next few months. Aside from this, the gath-
ering of sports in Nevada to see two persons
have a prize fight will afford an opportunity
to unload a considerable quantity of shares a1
a profit on current prices. Whether this will
be done the writer has no way of finding out,
but it is reported on the street that this is
the program. Those who have long experi-
ence in stock gambling do not believe that
much of a bull movement can be made at that
time, and, as for that, at any other time with-
out showing up a body of ore which gives
promise oP yielding enough bullion to admit of
dividends being paid. Moneyed outsiders are
not caught as easily as they were in years
gone by or before so much notoriety was given
to the way in which a large number of the
mines have been mismanaged. It is stated
that persons connected with the inside pool
have succeeded in forming a company and
elected directors for the purpose of draining
the American Plat mines. It is reported that
the company is incorporated under the laws
of Nevada. If this is so, then it will probably
be run like the Yellow Jacket. This mine
does not make reports, or at least none are
seen in this city, to the shareholders regard-
ing work or financial standing, owing to the
company not having been incorporated under
the laws of California, therefore money can be
misappropriated and no one outside of the
ring be the wiser.
From the Comstock mines the use is not
calculated to inspire the hopes of the long-
suffering assessment- wracked shareholders,
who have visions of untold wealth to be
theirs when the powers that be get ready to
show up two or more large bodies of ore found
years ago but kept in reserve for the future.
It is this belief which makes assessments
comparatively easy to collect, and has hereto-
fore helped no little in promoting by a bull
move. In Utah they are still running an east
crossdrift, and with as little prospects of
striking ore as at any time within the past
quarter of a century. An assessment, and as
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
fide properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
ContractB and Secaritles.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
VyiLL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
^3:2,480,500
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on ApplicatioD.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, Mlnins; Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Tlie Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
BANKERS
and
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Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
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I mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
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At present prices are a sure profit. Write us for
prospectus and information regarding mines, pro-
ducing and prospective producers. We have col-
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Write us at once.
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CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO.
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F"OFe SALE.
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H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Gal.
DYNAMOS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
February 27, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
187
for that quite a onmber, is liable to be struck
first. In Sierra Nevada there is no change in
the work or fornaatlon from that reported last
week. Tbe same remarks apply to Union,
with the exception that in the latter a vast
crossdrift has been started on the 900-fool
level. The offlcial letter from MexiL-an re-
ports that in the west crossdrift a light seep-
age o( water la coming in. On the Central
toDDol level of Ophir they are opening out
some old works. In one of these they have
made the big strike of 4 inches of ore assaying
tSO. It is not reported in the letter If it re-
qaired a magnifying glass to locate this ore.
On the lOOU-foot level ibe west crossdrift is in
more favorable formation. On the tUOO-foot
level of Couftolidated Virginia they have sus-
pended work to the west, and started an east
crossdrift from the Consolidated Virginia
shaft. On the 1500-fool and Ul.'iUfoot levels
tbe work seems to be largely preparatory, and
therefore uninteresting. More active explor-
ing work ought to be commenced soon.
Nothing of much consequence has been dis-
covered yet. From the 1750-foot level there
Isootbing new to report. Tbe total extrac-
tion of ore last week was 78 tons, assaying
over ^0 to the ton. There is no change to re-
port In the work In Best & Belcher and Gould
and Curry, and also in Savage. In Hale &
Norcross work is about the same as reported
last week. Chollar is not doing any work. In
Potosi they are sttll fooling away time on the
upper leveU. In Bullion the long north drift
U being pushed slowly ahead. It is said that
slow progrcs.s is made so as not to strike ore.
And it is said the same persons that control
this mine want to got control of Hale &. Nor-
cross. No work Is being done in Julia or Ex-
chequer, outside of the laborious duty of col-
lecting an assessment by the former. In
Alpha they continue to experiment how not
to find the west loue. They have, so far,
been a great success at it, and will probably
continue to be until the inside has frozen
shareholders out of their holdings.
Reports to band state that in the joint west
crossdrift run by Con. Imperial, Challenge
and Contldence, the formation has changed
decidedly for the better. It is softer and
looks well. At last advices there was quite
a flow of water. The work in Confldence is
unchanged. No news from Challenge or Yel-
low Jacket. The official letters from Belcher
and Seg. Belcher have not been changed for
the better. Raising of ore is reported, but no
particulars are given. Those in position to
know say that a big body of good to rich ore is
being developed, and that is why the letters
do not give any information a&.to the work.
In Crown Point the work is practically un-
changed from last week's advices. Advices
from Overman, Caledonia and Alta are prac-
tically unchanged since our last week's issue.
From the Brunswick lode there is very lit-
tle of interest- to report. Work in Occidental
is being done on the several levels heretofore
reported. The formation is practically un-
changed. In Chollar a good excuse presented
itself last week to stop extracting ore, viz;
too much snow, but the south drift on the 500-
foot level is being pushed ahead. At last ad-
vices they were in Chollar ground with favor-
able formation encountered, but no ore of
much value is expected to be struck yet
awhile. The work being done by Savage,
Best & Belcher, Gould & Curry, is on the
same levels and in the same directions re-
ported last week.
The market strengthened this morning un-
der the lead of Confidence, which sold up to
tl.Oo a share, against 82 cents bid yesterday.
The advance is said to be due to some ore or
quartz shown at the Confldence office, which,
it is stated, came out of that mine from the
west lode. There are some who think a Com-
stock superintendent, who has just returned
from Randsburg, brought the specimens. It
seems as if *'pocket miners" still exist. The
Gold Hill mines will have to levy assessments
soon.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Minks.
Feb.
18.
Feb.
25.
* 06
01
U
22
62
S 12
24
57
Bodie
Bullion
11
36
12
Chollar
94
83
1 90
1 05
CoD&olidated California and Virginia..
2 00
39
1 05
Si
80
10
42
40
34
33
Ophir
81
Potosi
44
38
Utah
07
Yellow Jacket
25
30
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The following data for the week ending 5
A. M., February 24, ISUT, are from oflicial
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
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San Francisco, February 2.5, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
200 Belcher 23 200 Ophir 81
200Bullion 13ilOOSavage 38
125ConCal & Va 2 00!
SECOND SESSION— 2:
300 Ophir 79
SOBesta Belcher... 67
lOO Chollar 94
200Potosl 44
400 Yellow Jacket.... 30
200 Belcher 24
100 Oonadenoe 1 05
100 Utah 07
100 Andes 12
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.-Locallonol prin-
cipal place of buHlnebs. San Francisco. California;
location of worKa. on Jamison Creek, near Jobns-
vllle. Plumas Oouiu.v. California.
Notice iH hereby (flveii. that at a nieetlnjf of the
Board of Dlrectore, lield on the 27th day of Novem-
ber. IB'.n;. an aBBCssment (No. 9). of a cents per
sliare. was levied upon llie capital stock of the
cornor.'itioii, payable imuiediately In United States
gold coin to tite Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. I2tl Sutter street. San Francisco. California.
I Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
I main unpaid on the 2.'ilh day of January. IS97. will
be dellnuneiit. and advertised for sale at public
auction: and unless payment is made before, will
bo sold on MONDAY, the Wnd day of March, 18tl7,
to pay the dellntiuent assessment. 101,'etlier with
the costs of advertlsintr and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
„„ SAM W, CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Office— Room 50, 121) Sutter street. San Francisco.
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
I Jamison Mining Company, held on the 251h day of
. January, 1897. It was resolved that any stock unon
which the above assesBmcnt shall remain unpaid on
the 24th day of February, 1897. will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction: and. unless
payment is made before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the 2iBl day of April, 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, loerether with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 24lh day of
February. 1897, it w«a resolved that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the 2Bch d;iy of March. !8!i7, will be de-
linquent and :idvertieed for sale at public auction;
and. unless payment is made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the 21st day of May, 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessineni, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Assessment Notices.
MINERAL HILL MINING AND SMRLTING CO.—
Location of principal place of business. San Fran-
cisco. California: location of works, SpenceviUe,
Nevada County, California.
Notice iB hereby g-lven that at a meeting' of the
Board of Directors, held on the 4tli day of Janu-
ary, 1897. an assessment (No. 1) of five cents (5c) per
share was levied upon the whole of the capital
stock of the corporation, payable Immediately In
United Slates gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the company. 210 Sansome street, San Francisco.
California.
Any slock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the loth day of February, 189T, will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 25th day of March, 1897, to
pay tbe delintiueut assessment, tog'etber with the
costs of advertising- and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
CHAS. PEACH, Secretary.
Office— 210 Sansome street, San Francisco. Califor-
nia. Office hours from 1 to 3 o'clock p. m.
BEST & BELCHER MINING COMPANY.— Loca-
tion of principal place of business, San Francisco,
California; location of works, Virginia District.
Storey County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby grlven that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 2tJth day of January.
1S97, an asseasment (No. 01) of 2G centsper share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable immediately in United States gold coin, to
the Secretary, at the office of the company, Room bS,
Nevada block. No. 309 Montg-omery street, San Fran-
cisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 3nd day of March, 1897. will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and, unless payment is made before, will
be sold on TUESDAY, the 2:id day of March, 1397,
to pay ttie delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
M. JAFPE. Secretary.
Office— Room No. 31!. Nevada block. No. 309 Mont-
I g-omery street. San Francisco, California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Mineral Hill Mining and Smelting Company, held
OQ the 15ih day of February. 1897. it was resolved
thai any stock upon which the assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the l.^th day of March, 1897. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and. unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on TUESDAY, the 13tti day of April. 1397. to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
CHAS. PEACH. Secretary.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business, San Francisco. California;
loeallon of works. Fourth Crossing, Calaveras
County, California.
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the I3th day of Janu-
ary, 1897. an assessment (No. 5) of 5 cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately In United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
company. Room 44. Phelan building, San Francisco,
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 23d day of February. 1897, will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction: and unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 15th day of March, 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. F. PREY. Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building, San Francisco.
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
By order of the Board of Directors the date of de-
linquency of the above assessment Is postponed to
the 32nd day of March, 1897, and the day of sale to
MONDAY, the 29ih day of March. 1697.
A. F, PREY, Secretary.
Office- Room 44, Phelan building. San Francisco,
California.
OCCIDENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
PANY.—Location of principal place of business,
San Francisco, California; location of works. Sliver
Star Mining District. Storey Couuty, Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held oa the 10th day of Febru-
ary. 1897. an asseasment (No. 20 of 10 cents per
share was levied upou the capital stock of the
corporation, payable immediately In United States
gold coin, to tbe Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. Room No. «9. Nevada block. No. 309 Montgom-
ery street. San Francisco. California.
Any stock upou which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the lUth day of March. 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and. unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on TUESDAY, the Cth day of April. I8H7, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together wltn the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBltOW. Secretary.
Office— Room No. t;9, Nevada block. No. 309 Mont-
gomery street, San Francisco. California.
ORES! ORES!
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
!
j PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
! FOR TREATMENT.
ANDES SILVER MINING COMPANY.— Location
Of principal place of business. San Praacisco. Cali-
fornia; location of works, Virginia City, Storey
County. Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 1st day of Febru-
ary, 1897, an assessment (No. 43) of 10 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
lion, payable Immediately In United States gold
coin, to the secretary, at the office of the company.
Rooms 20 and 22. Nevada block. 309 Montgomery
stre^ft, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 8th day of March, 1897,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment is made before.
will be sold on WEDNESDAY, the 31st day of March,
1897, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
JOHN W. TWIGGS, Secretary.
Office— Rooms 20 and 22, Nevada block. 309 Mont-
gomery street, San Pranciaco. California.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Montgoinery St., San Francisco.
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Colorado has within Its limits some of the preat-
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Cripple Creek In 18112 there Were a few prospectors
looking over the hills; In 1895 the camp turned out
over 58.000.000 In gold. Leadvllle, the old bonanza
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gold. New Inventions for working low-grade gold
ores, together with ihe discoveries made to work
rebellious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
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Colorado has InOucemeuls to offer such as uo other
dtstrha In tlic world posaesses; the record of the
State In gold produciiuu for the Ijtst three years
speaks for If^elf. Among ihe oilier pronilnenl
camps In the State are Tellurlde. Ophir. Rico. Silver-
ton. Mineral Point. Durango. La Plula. Ourav. Saw
Pit, fronton, Ihe Gunnison district and many others.
New tiiids are being made and new enmps are
springing Into existence every day The Denver &
Klo Grande Railroad, which Is the pioneer road of
Color;ido and which has always been the miner's
friend, reaches all tht; mining camps In Colorado.
For elegantly Illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines In Colurado, send to
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314 California St.. San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER.
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CRIPPLE CREEK
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For information, address
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The Problems of the Rand.
The mine owners of the Rand in South Africa have
fallen upon hard times. Between the unreasonable
restrictions, monopolies and duties of the Boer Gov-
ernment, and the lowness of the grade of their ore,
many of the big mines are finding it difficult to make
both ends meet and some have already closed down.
Others will soon work out their reefs to such a depth
that the dilTerence between cost and production will
get on the wrong side, unless the concessions asked
for from the Boers are granted. That these conces-
sions will be granted there can bB little doubt, for
the Boers have no desire to see the mines closed, but
unless they change their methods the concessions
will be so loaded as to be of little real value.
Much has been done for the mining world in the
Rand in the way of introducing cheap methods.
Necessity has been the cause of this. Now the great
problem with all the mine managers is still further
reductions. John Hays Hammond, consulting engi-
neer of the Consolidated Gold Fields who control sev-
eral of the largest mines, has lately left London for
the Rand. His main purpose is to see what can be
done in the way of starting up again some of the
properties closed down and increasing the profits of
others. It is hardly probable that much can be done
immediately, except in the way of consolidation. In
an interview before leaving London Mr. Hammond
said: "If you work your property with a small
plant, not only is the aggregate profit reduced but
the mere fact that mining is spread over a longer
period of time means the enormous loss of interest on
the capital invested and upon the gold output as
well."
What Mr. Hammond says seems almost self-evi-
dent, yet all over the world are mine owners at-
tempting with small plants to duplicate the figures
of costs of working in the Treadwell or the Home-
stake. What has been done in Africa will in time
influence mining here largely, especially in the direc-
tion of working low-grade ores and sinking to great
depths.
The American Flat Tunnel.
It seems probable that the scheme for draining
the mines of American Flat by an extension of the
Sutro tunnel will be carried out. A corporation is
being formed in Nevada, with Virginia City as its
principal place of business, which will in a few days
file its articles. The name of the corporation is the
American Flat Development Company, and the seven
directors chosen to form it are H. M. Yerington, W.
E. Sharon, J. W. Eckley, H. M. Gorham, E. D.
Boyle, Albert Lackey and J. R. Ryan.
The capital stock is placed at $10,000,000, and the
purposes of the incorporation, as stated in the
articles, give it wide scope for work and include the
owning and working of mines, controlling of water
supplies and utilizing them, generating electric
power and doing any kind of milling or reducing of
ores, etc.
It is announced that the work of running an exten-
sion from the Sutro tunnel to the Rook Island shaft
■ will be commenced first. This extension, it is pro-
posed, will go through the Alta mine, starting from
the shaft, and will be about 7500 feet in length.
From the Rock Island shaft a lateral drift is to be
run from the Caledonia mine on the north to the
Winnie claim on the south. It is understood that the
people forming the company control 15,000 linear
feet of ground which will be drained by this system
of tunnels.
While the first great drain tunnel for mining — the
Sutro — was built on the Comstock, there has been
much more activity in running similar, although not
as extensive, tunnels in other districts of late years,
especially in Colorado and Utah. In those States
many of the enterprises have been successful and
The nining Bureau Appropriation.
NEW MEXICO TURQUOISE PROSPECTORS.
THE CHALEHA, N. M., TURQUOISE MINE.
{See page 102,}
others now in course of construction promise to
yield good returns.
It is to be hoped that this enterprise will be freed
from the old unbusiness-like methods that were so
much in vogue on the Comstock during its halcyon
days. If so, it may instill new life into what has
been the greatest of all mining camps. Certainly,
the fact that such men as are connected with the
scheme have faith in it says much for it.
The Ways and Means Committee of the California
State Senate has recommended that the annual ap-
propriation for the State Mining Bureau be cut down
from $25,000 to $12,500. This is a poor way to econ-
omize. The amount proposed would be nearly all
eaten up by the salary of the State Mineralogist, the
rent of the Bureau, and the expenses of maintaining
the Museum in San Francisco, and very little, if any,
would be left for work in the field. The best work
done by the Bureau in the past has been in gathering
data of value to miners and preparing articles on
special subjects, all of which has been printed and
supplied free of charge to those desiring it. That
there has been a demand for this literature there can
be no question; that it has filled a want is shown by
the fact that, although larger editions of the Mining
Bureau's reports and publications have been printed
than those of any other State bureau or institution,
they have always been speedily exhausted. Second
editions of several of the valuable bulletins have been
printed to meet the demand.
The maintenance of the Museum has been of value,
partly for those who come to this city and desire to
gather information from it, but much more for the
use of those connected with the Bureau in preparing
their data. If these men can no longer be employed
the main object for maintaining the collection of
minerals and especially of the laboratories will be
gone.
It seems strange that, with all the renewed inter-
est in mining and the importance of the industry to
the State, the mining members of the Legislature
cannot see to it that the comparatively small appro-
priation of $25,000 is made. It is the old story —
miners ask for and receive from the State less than
any other class for their industry.
But little effort made by the Miners' Association
or others interested would be necessary to show to
the members of the Legislature that the State of
California can in no other way make a better invest-
ment. It is not as if mining was asking for direct
aid, as do so often other industries that are lan-
guishing.
To Protect Stockholders.
Up to the first of this week the only bill that was
passed by both houses of the State Legislature
of California in reference to mining was an
act to amend sections 1 and 3 of the act of
April 23, 1880, for the protection of stockhold-
ers in mining corporations. Section 1 is amended
so that the superintendent shall file with the
secretary of the company monthly instead of
weekly reports.
The third section is amended so that in case the
president shall refuse or neglect to give to any
shareholder an order to examine the mine owned by
the company such stockholder shall be entitled to
recover against the president $1000 and costs. In
case of the failure of the directors to have the
reports and accounts current made and posted they
shall be liable, either severally or jointly, to an
action by any stockholder in any court of competent
jurisdiction complaining thereof, and on proof of
such refusal or failure such complaining stockholder
shall recover judgment for actual damages sustained
by him, with costs of suit. And each of such default-
ing directors shall also be liable to removal for such
neglect.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— New Mexico Turquoise Prospectors; The
Chaleha, N. iVI., Turquoise IViine, 189. Layout of the Keating Fac-
tory at Middletown, Conn. ; A'iew of Keating Factory January 30,
1897; First Floor of Main Building— Room 1000 Feet Long, 19H.
EDITORIAL.- The Problems of the Rand; The American Flat Tun-
nel; The Mining Bureau Appropriation; To Protect Stockholders,
189. The State Lands; The Debris and Dredging Bills; The Im-
migration Bill and British Columbia; Uood Roads to the Mines;
Geology of the Sierras, 191.
MINING SUMMARY.— Prom the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 191-5.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— The Quacks and Electricity; A New
Theory; Petriflte, 196.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Unique in Its Motive Power; World's
Submarine Cables, 196.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.- Improved Method of Filtration, 196.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Pig Iron Production; A Great
Railroad Feat; Aluminum Brass, 197.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 206-7.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 191. Turquoise Mining in New
Mexico; Copper Refining, 192. Outline of the Geology of California
with Reference to Its Mineral Deposits; Recent Additions to
State Mining Bureau Exhibits; Mines in Sweden, 193. Coast In-
dustrial Notes; Personal; Recently Declared Mining Dividends;
Recent California Mining Incorporations, 199. List of U. S. Pat-
ents for Pacific Coast Inventors; Notices of Recent Patents, 202.
The 5tate Lands.
There should be no further argument required in
favor of repealing the act of the Legislature of
March 28, 1874, and subsequent acts amendatory of
it, providing for the sale of mineral lands in the
16th and 32nd sections, granted by the Federal Gov-
ernment to the State, than is contained in a letter
that the Surveyor-General of California has for-
warded to Mr. Soward of the Assembly. The act
has been declared by the United States and the
State Supreme Court void and simply waste mate-
rial. Yet the Surveyor-General writes that no less
than nineteen applicants for patents to 40 acres of
land each in the Randsburg district have filed papers
in his office under this act. They have no doubt
acted in good faith and probably have, some or all,
been the original locators. Others, however, who,
knowing that such claims are not valid, and that the
lands being mineral belong to the Federal Govern-
ment yet, have located them under the Federal
Statutes and local regulations and will obtain title.
In conclusion, Mr. Wright says that to permit the
present law to remain in its present form will cause
much complication and litigation over mining titles,
derived from two different sources under systems so
different and so at variance with each other as are
the United States law and the State law.
The Debris and Dredging Bills.
The Legislature has passed the so-called debris
and dredging bills. The former carried with it no
new appropriation — merely reappropriating $250,000
now in the State treasury and making it available.
It will be expended under the direction of the United
States Debris Commission, with a like amount appro-
priated by the Federal Government for the building
of dams lor restraining debris. That the expendi-
tures will be honestly made there can be little doubt,
and the fact that the commission has had now sev-
eral years to consider the questions relating to the
debris dams is guarantee that the work will be car-
ried out intelligently and to good purpose.
The dredging bill carries with it an appropriation
of $300,000 for dredging the Sacramento river.
While it is true that this work should have been
undertaken by the Federal Government, this appro-
priation by the State will no doubt induce Congress
at the next session, if proper representations are
made, to make as large or greater appropriations,
and in the end the State will have made a good
investment through forcing the Federal Government
to do more than It would otherwise for the Sacra-
mento river. In the meantime, it is to be hoped
that the State authorities in charge of the work will
do good work. Could they delay fixing upon final
and permanent plans until the Federal Government
steps in and joins the State in the improvement of
the river, probably there would be better returns
made with the money.
Good Roads to the Mines.
If any one is skeptical about the advantages of
the proposed changes in the system of building and
caring for roads in this State, he should take a trip
this month up through Calaveras, Tuolumne, Ama-
dor or any of the mining counties in which there is
activity in that industry and ride over the roads
over which supplies and machinery must be taken to
the mines. Many of these roads — thoroughfares —
leading to rich mining districts are impassable ex-
cept for very light wagons or buggies. Others will
permit the passage of freight wagons with such
small loads that the charges are almost prohibitive.
In all the depots on the way to the mines may be
seen machinery and supplies held up until the roads
improve. In Calaveras there are six mines which
one company expected to begin development work in
three months ago, but have been prevented from do-
ing so because the roads would not permit the haul-
ing in of the necessary machinery and supplies. In
nearly every district along the Sierra Nevadas in
which there has been increased activity in mining of
late years the roads are so bad that business is at a
standstill. Some mines obtained their supplies in
season, but many others could not and are conse-
quently idle. The machinery for dozens of mills and
for scores of proposed shafts is scattered along the
foothills, at railroad depots or part way to their des-
tination on the roadside. Could it all have gone in
when ordered there would now be many men em-
ployed who are idle and many thousands saved to the
mine owners.
This has been an unusually bad year for the roads
as far as the weather is concerned, and far worse
because of the increased amount of machinery and
other supplies that has been required on account of
the opening up of new mines. The utter inadequacy
of the roads has been shown and it has been a very
expensive lesson. It would be safe to say that in
many districts the losses entailed directly through
the wretched condition of the highways in this one
winter would more than pay for the building of good,
well-paved and well-drained roads.
The mine owners and the working miners, who
suffer through curtailment of employment, should
together be able to see to it that the supervisors of
their counties do their duty or see that capable and
honest men are elected to the boards.
The Immigration Bill and British Columbia.
The veto of the immigration bill by President
Cleveland will in one respect be of great value to the
American miners of the Northwest. A majority of
those engaged in mining in British Columbia are
American citizens. Most of the rich mines are owned
by people from Spokane and other parts of Wash-
ington and from Idaho and Montana, and, from the
liberal laws of the province, one not a subject may
take up claims and foreign corporations are given
all privileges. When the immigration bill, including
certain restrictions as to Canadian laborers coming
into the Eastern States, was passed by Congress,
there was considerable talk of retaliation in British
Columbia. While the papers published in that
province showed a very liberal spirit, there was yet
danger that some measures would have been passed
that would tend to do away with the extremely good
relations now existing between the miners of the
Northwestern States and British Columbia. Large
numbers of Canadians have come into those States
to engage in business, and the recent development of
the mineral resources of British Columbia has drawn
even greater numbers of Americans across the bor-
der, and they have been received in the broadest and
most liberal spirit.
It is to be hoped that any future attempts at legis-
lation against foreign immigration will not be di-
rected against a people with whom we have so much
in common as the Canadians.
Qeology of the Sierras.
The U. S. Geological Survey has done more work
of real value in California during the past year than
ever before. The importance of the work from an
economic standpoint and the value of the field in the
e.yes of the scientist for geological investigation have
been the incentives to Director Walcott. Refer-
ences have been made in these columns to the folios
issued by the Survey, covering different areas, geo-
logically and topographically, and especially to the
late publication, the "Nevada City Special Folio. "
Now there has been published " Further Contri-
butions to the Geology of the Sierra Nevadas," by
Henry W. Turner, a most comprehensive work, de-
voted to the central Sierra Nevada region.
It forms a part of the forthcoming seventeenth
annual report of the U. S. Geological Survey, and
embraces about 500 pages. The paper is illustrated
with a large number of photographic reproductions
which are of much general interest, and in addition
many plates representing peculiar and interesting
rocks. The latter are, however, of interest chiefly
to the technical geologist.
The report contains, as was to be expected, much
valuable matter for the special student, but there is
also a large amount of information which is of value
to the miner and general reader who takes any inter-
est whatever in the history of California's great
scenic mountains.
The most important work of the Survey upon the
gold belt is now nearly completed, but it seems evi-
dent, from the fact that the whole area of these
mountains is marked off for topographic sheets,
that the geological mapping is to be extended south-
erly into the higher Sierras and eastward toward
Nevada, which will involve many years of work.
In the present paper Mr. Turner discusses the
general history of the Sierra Nevadas, the possibil-
ity of the presence of Arch^an rocks, and in consid-
erable detail the character and classification of the
igneous rooks. The main portion of the paper is,
however, given up to a discussion of the different
atlas sheets, including the Chico, Bidwell Bar, Dow-
nieville, Sierraville, Jackson, Sonora, Oakdale, Mer-
ced-Mariposa, Big Trees and, more briefly, the
Dardanelles, Yosemite and Mt. Dana areas, which
are not yet mapped.
For those areas which lie in the main gold belt
Mr. Turner discusses the geological features under
two heads.
(1) The superjacent series, including the alluvial,
glacial and lake deposits and other beds of Tertiary
age, many of which are valuable because of the pres-
ence of gold. The volcanic rocks are an important
feature of the superjacent series from an economic
standpoint, as they cap in many instances the old
river channels.
(2) Under the head of subjacent series is treated
the auriferous slate series proper and the various
kinds of pre-Cretaceous igneous rocks which form
the main body of the Sierra Nevadas. In this con-
nection the geology of the mineral deposits is dis-
cussed.
Owing to the fact that the United States Geologi-
cal Survey has done so much in the Sierras, and ex-
pects to do more, and that the maps and reports are
in part sent free upon application, it would seem
that it would be very advantageous for miners and
others who are interested to become fairly familiar
with the more important geological terms and the-
ories which are so clearly given in this as well as in
other reports. The region concerned is destined to
grow more important from an economic standpoint
as the years pass, and the ability on the part of those
interested in mining to appreciate the larger geo-
logical questions will be of much practical value as
well as give personal satisfaction.
Although several distinct parties have been carry-
ing on geological mapping in the Sierras, their con-
clusions are generally in harmony, and must result
in a vast amount of practical benefit. In the present
paper there is nothing particularly new advanced,
unless it is the theory that many of the gneisses and
schists are of Archaean age. Up to within recently
there has been some question as to whether these
most ancient of rocks occur in California, but it is
becoming more probable that they exist not only in
the Sierra Nevadas, but in parts of the Coast
ranges, as well as in the southern part of the State.
March 6. 1897.
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Concentrates.
A LEDGE of copper ore baa been discovered near Randsburg,
Kern county, Cal.
Ehtimate^ of the copper output of Arizona for ISiHi place it
at i>.'J,:i'W,7K8 pounds.
SoiTnEKX Pacific surveyors are at work between Mojave
and Kandsburg, Cal.
A TBLBouAi'u LINE froiD Kraoier to Raodsburg, Cal., was put
Id operation last week.
Tbe dUcovory of a deposit of tin ore is reported near Gran-
ite, Grant couuly, Oregon.
The Colorado militia blil for services at tbe Leadvllle
strike aggregates r-iOO.OOO.
At Randsburg, California, tbo Excelsior claim has been sold
to Brown and Shlnn of Colorado for $15,000.
The owners of tbe Undine mine at Tintic, Utah, have been
offered tOOOO a month for the water from the mine.
Six new quartz mills will bo erected near Grants Pass, is
southern Oregon, as soon as the rainy season is over.
A DiscovEKY of a body of copper ore is reported from Glen-
dale, southern Oregon, which carries copper and gold.
The Wodgo Mining Company, whose properties are in the
Kandsburg district, Cal., has been incorporated in Denver,
Colo.
KEiHjKTSof discoveries of high-grade ore seventy-live miles
north of Yuma, Arizona, has caused considerable excitement
there.
In the vieloity of Gold Creek, Elko county, Nevada, some
200 quartz claims and 10,000 acres of placer ground have been
located.
An appropriation of $5000 a year for five years by tbe Wash-
ington Legislature for a geological survey of that State is be-
ing advocated.
TiiK Butte mine at Randsburg, Cal., has been sold to a San
Francisco syndicate for $120,000, a first payment of $20,000
having been made.
A LARGE deposit of what is said to be a good quality of
marble has been discovered on the desert about twelve miles
from Victor, San Bernardino county, Cal.
In anticipation of the opening of the Uncorapahgre reserva"
lion In Utah a number of people who want to take up gilson-
Ite or asphaltum beds are already on the scene.
There is in contemplation a consolidation of the MoUie Gib-
son, A. J., Deep Shaft and Franklin mines, which would make
one of the greatest mining enterprises in Colorado.
The Le Rol Mining Company, at Rossland, last weekstarted
up its new -lO-drill compressor. The engine, of 450 H. P., will
work the pumps and hoists, as well as the compressor.
A BILL is before tbe Utah Legislature providing that notices
of location shall be filed witn th& county recorder instead of
the recorder of mining districts, as has been tbe custom.
Toe owners of tbe Payne mine, in tbe Slocao, British Colum-
bia, wilt put in a tramway this season TOOO feet in length,
over which 100 tons of ore daily will be shipped by gravity.
The California Exploration Company is sinking shafts or
running tunnels on six mines in Calaveras county, Cal., the
Bund, Burgess, Gottschalk, Golden Hilt, Vire and Maloney.
Some Butte, Montana, mining men have obtained options on
a tract of coal lands in the Clark's Fork county, near Red
Lodge, with the idea of supplying the product to smelters in
Butte.
Captain J. B. De Lamau, in January, secured an option on
a majority of the stock of the Mercur mine in Utah at the rate
of $3,7.50,000 for tbe whole property, but has given it up after
examination.
Several large placer claims are being fitted up by capital-
ists in tbe John Day country in Oregon. Ditches built as
long ago as 1S(J2 are being reopened and considerable machin-
ery has been sent in.
In the California State Senate last Tuesday, on motion of
E. C. Voorheis, tbe Assembly joint resolution advocating tbe
passage of tbe California mineral land bill by Congress was
passed by a vote of -i'^ to 0.
San Francihco capitalists, represented by J. J. Fowler,
have bonded tbe Red Mountain copper mine, nearUkiah, Cal.,
for $10,000. The mine was discovered and worked a little
some twenty-five years ago.
It is contemplated by Salt Lake and Ogden people to erect
an electric power plant on the Bruneau river and transmit
2500-horse power to tbe Oro Grande mines, lying between tbe
Bruneau and Owyhee rivers.
There are said to be twenty-five paying mining properties
in tbe Silver Star district, Esmeralda county, Nevada. That
county, with a production of $8(iO.O00 in gold in 1896, was second
in the list, Lincoln being first.
Last week a sale of ten shares of Calumet and Hecla stock
was sold in Boston at $370 a share— the highest price on rec-
ord. This is at tbe rate of $37,000,000 for tbe whole of tbe
stock of this great copper property.
Through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce of Aspen,
Colorado, such reductions in freight rates and royalties have
been made on the silver ores of the district that tbe output
promises to be larger than that of 1896.
B. R. S\VEETLAND, Tucson, Arizona, sends an argument
that iron is tbe base of charcoal, and that carbon is not an
element, and suggests that the word " ferri " be substituted
for "carbon" in chemical nomenclature.
The owners of tbe Kennedy .mine at Jackson, Amador
county, Cal., are mailing arrangements to put up more power-
ful hoisting works over tbe north shaft, capable of sinking
1000 feet deeper than tbe present deepest level.
The Gold Creek, Nevada, News, describing tbe mica mines
in the Ruby mountains in Elko county, says that they crop
out here and there through the crest of the mountain for a
distance of sixty miles, and is of the best quality.
No less than 170 miners perished in the Zanamoro mine at
Zacatecas, Mexico, last week. A fire broke out and the men
were suffocated. Tbe principal shaft is 3300 feet deep, and
proper precautions bad not been taken for means of escape in
such cases.
A cable from Yokohama announces that the Japanese Gov-
ernment has decided to adopt tbe gold standard, at a ratio of
32V^ to 1. The smallest gold piece will be of the value of five
yen. Tbe silver yen will gradually be withdrawn. The new
.aw comes into operation in October.
W. S. Woou, of the Gulf Railway Mining Company bureau,
has gone to Hartville, Wyoming, to make an examination of
the iron ore alleged to be in existence there, to develop which
it has been proposed to build a branch railroad connecting
with the Gulf system at Orrin Junction.
At tbe De Lamar mine in Idaho the wages of miners were
reduced from $:i.r>0 to $.3 per day February 1st. The mine is
not paying as well as formerly and the management announces
that the utmost economy will have to be exercised in order to
keep tbe property In operation.
Miss Scott of Boise City, Idaho, is the owner and manager
of the General Petttt mine, near the old Atlanta, and in
which there is said to be $750,000 worth of oro blocked out.
She has lately been investigating different methods of work-
ing the ores, with a view to putting up a targe plant.
TuE Elkton Consolidated mine of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is
a good example of what can be done in the way of making
profits in a big mine. Since March, 1H90, the value of ore
mined has been $539,000, and of the proceeds $355,000 has been
clear profits. There is in sight oro valued at $000,000.
The output of tbe Arizona Copper Company', at Clifton, for
December last was 487,424 pounds of copper and 024,798 pounds
of matte. The total output of this company for the year 189tS
was 7,5?2,37G pounds of copper and 7,1179,402 pounds of matte, a
monthly average of 531,041 pounds of copper and 030,071 pounds
of matte.
English lead mines in Northumberland and Cumberland,
which have been worked in an old-fashioned way for cen-
turies, have been taken hold of by a Belgian company, who
have put in a large number of extra hands and are spending
considerable money in development and metallurgical ma-
chinery.
TncQuincy, Mich., Mining Company are credited with in-
tention to erect a smelting plant of their own to cost $75,000,
to he ready for operation when the present contract with tbe
L. S. Smelting Company expires in 1S9S. The new plant is to
be located near the stamp mill on Portage lake, to which they
will also build an addition.
It is announced by the Jacksonville, Oregon, Timrs that a
syndicate formed by Eastern capitalists has been making
arrangements to build a large irrigating and mining ditch to
take water from tbe Rogue river near the forks and carry it
along the foothills to Gold Hill and tbe Kane creek country.
Tbe proposed capacity is 10,000 inches.
The report of tbe State Comptroller of Nevada shows that
there were 90,799 tons and 1397 pounds of ore worked in the
State for the year 189(>, giving a gross yield of $3,857,841.38.
Of this amount Lincoln county turned in 41,183 tons and 1836
pounds of ore, giving a gross yield of $1,528,283.63. The bal-
ance of the counties turned in 49,610 tons, giving a gross yield
of $2.329,5.57.75.
Director Preston of the United States Mint has issued a
statement showing that there is on hand at the several United
States mints, purchased under the act of July 14, 1890, 119,-
827,991 fine ounces of silver bullion, which cost. §108,208,996,
and tbe coinage value of which is $154,929,120. Five and three-
quarter million ounces are at San Francisco, three millions at
New Orleans, half a million at Carson City and the balance at
Philadelphia.
The fact that 1000 tons of delayed freight await shipment
to different mines from Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., Cal., illus-
trates the need of road improvements. At present throughout
a large area of California the roads are impassable for a vehi-
cle of any kind. The attendant loss in one season, represented
in dollars, would go far toward putting those foothill roads in
better shape. Lack of proper road facilities is one of the most
serious drawbacks to the prosperity of California's mining in-
dustry.
The New York correspondent of the London Mining Journal
states that any London firm desiring a copy of tbe report of
tbe California State Mineralogist will be able to procure one
by simply writing to J. J. Crawford, State Mineralogist, San
Francisco. This impression prevails in other parts of the
country. Any one in California may obtain a copy by person-
ally applying at tbe Bureau, or by writing and forwarding 17
cents for postage. But those outside of California must for-
ward §1 in order to obtain it.
The digging of big tunnels in Colorado to tap tbe big min-
ing districts has become an important industry and is doing
much toward developing new mines or improving old ones.
But there is arising considerable trouble as to tbe ownership
of blind leads cut. The tunnel people claim the right to all
blind leads along the line of their bore that were not discov-
ered prior to starting their tunnel. This is hardly fair, and
trouble is arising with owners of mines who have discovered
and worked such leads that have been found after tbe tunnels
have been started, but before they had cut tbem.
There is considerable discussion in Los Angeles, Cal., over
propositions to regulate the production of oil so as to abate
certain nuisances connected with it. One paper demands
that the boring of oil wells should be prohibited within 1600
feet of a residence without tbe written consent of the owner.
As there is no point within tbe limits of Los Angeles that is
more than 1600 feet from a residence, this would aniount to
prohibition. The chief nuisance complained of is tbe running
of overflows into the gutters. This, it is claimed, could be
abated by forcing tbe owners of the wells to use more care.
Early in January a press dispatch announced the sale of
tbe Caledonia mine at Cripple Creek, Colorado, in London for
$585,000. It bad been bonded by W. S. Stratton to tbe Six
Brothers Company for $50,000. Some one in Colorado Springs
wrote to a London paper showing that it was a case of over-
capitalization with a vengeance. Tbe result has been that
English promoters have drawn in their horns and are putting
it on their market at something nearer tbe real value. It
might be a good idea for tbe Englisb investors to look after
their promoters a little more closely and quit putting the
blame for their rascally swindles on the mine owners of this
country, Australia and British Columbia.
There have been filed for record at Bakersfield. Cal.. agree-
ments of F. L. Mooers giving to Patrick Reddy of San Fran-
cisco option to purchase a one-fourtb interest in the Olympus,
Trilby, Rand, Singleton, Desert View and Johannesburg
mines. Rand district, for $45,000, and one-fourth interest in
the Triangle, Wedge, Yellow Aster and Mariposa mines for
$5000, and agreements of E. Rose, John Singleton and C. A.
Burcham giving Reddy an option on one-half interest in tbe
Trilby, Olympus, Triangle, Wedge, Yellow Aster, Rand,
Mariposa. Desert View, Johannesburg and Singleton mines,
in the Rand district, at $100,000. Burcham, Mooers and Sin-
gleton were tbe first discoverers of the quartz mines in the
Rand district. Shortly after the discovery a bond was given
for their sale to Douglas Browne, a Colorado mining engineer,
and his associates, and out of this grew a lawsuit, in which
Reddy obtained as a fee a quarter interest in the properties.
He won tho suit and now it is proposed to interest capital to
develop tbe mines.
Residents of Deadwood, South Dakota, have sent a telegram
to the Presidoni protesting against the forest reservation
lately made in the Black Hills, and saying that he has been
deceived by persons without knowledge of the conditions or
reckless of the consequences. This reserve, if maintained,
they say, will affect disastrously all the mining and depend-
ent industries of tho region and largely compel its depopula-
tion. Last Saturday Congress rescinded the presidential
order so far as all tbe States, except California, were con-
cerned. The entire area reserved was 21,379,840 acres. The
two in California are tbe Stanislaus reserve, embracing 691,200
acres, and tbe San Jacinto reserve, an estimated area of
737,280 acres.
In Victoria, Australia, a powerful local syndicate in tbe
Bendigo gold fields has been buying up as many of tbe tailings
heaps as they can secure. Among others they have purchased
the tailings at St. Mungo, New Moon, Johnson's Reef, Bee-
hive Crushing Works, and tho pyrites works at Jackass Flat,
all at Bendigo, amounting in all to over 2,000,000 tons. These
will take fully five years to treat, and will prove of great ad-
vantage to the field by tbe adding of a good asset to mining
companies, und the providing ol employment. The same syn-
dicate is also endeavoring to obtain a lease of the bed of tbe
creeks in the district, and it is estimated that if they are suc-
cessful in getting tbe right to wash them they will have fully
3,000,000 more tons to operate upon.
A TELBiiUAM from Washington announces that W, J. Puck-
ett, assayer in charge of the Denver mint, has made a report
to tho director of the mint at Washington on the value of the
mine production of Colorado for 1896. His figures are: Gold,
$15,110,960; silver (coinage value), $27,850,042; lead, $2,784,065;
copper, $811,782; total, $46,505,849. Mr. Puckett's estimate of
the gold production for 1895 was $1.5,013,434, and the director's
report for that year makes tbe production $13,30.5,100. Tbe sil-
ver production for 1896, it is stated, has fallen off about
$3,217,000. Two disasters, Mr. Puckett says, materially re-
duced tbe mineral production of the State during the year—
tbe Cripple Creek fire and the LeadviUe strike.
There is considerable adverse criticism in Washington of
President Cleveland's action in withdrawing from sale as for-
est reservation 8,050,087 acres in that State, or nearly one-
fifth its total area. It is claimed that these lands include most
of the best mineral land in Okanogan county, and, while tbe
act does not prohibit miners and prospectors from entering
and searching for mineral, it does, it is claimed, prevent tbe
development of tbe properties, as the timber cannot be used.
It would appear that there should be little trouble in getting
a further proclamation from tbe President or an act passed by
Congress giving tbe right to use timber, under proper restric-
tions. If so, it will be mucb better for the mining industry
after a few years that reasonable restrictions are put on now.
A BILL has been introduced in the Legislature of New Mex-
ico providing that all mining claims shall be thrown open to
relocation after a period of ninety days, provided that tbe
first locator has not done tbe required assessment work — a 10-
foot hole or its equivalent in an adit or other work. The bill
affects only that class of persons who have by their non-com-
pliance with tbe law in not doing any work whatever, for-
feited their claims, but are still holding public domain by a
series of relocations to the exclusion of bona fide locators and
prospectors, thus retarding the mineral development of the
mineral resources of tbe Territory. Under the bill a man may
locate as many claims as he pleases, but will forfeit any upon
which he does not do the required work within ninety days.
A HILL introduced in the British Columbia Legislature as a
government measure as to corporations provides that no com-
pany hereafter shall commence business unless 10 per cent o f
its capital stock shall be paid up in cash. Another important
clause is to the effect that nothing done by a foreign company,
although valid in the country where it was formed, or per-
missible under its original corporate powers, shall be of any
force unless it be within the rights, powers and privileges
and according to manner exercisable by companies under the
proposed act. Another provision is tbat every foreign com-
pany shall have a registered office in British Columbia. Al
companies will be compelled to prepare a balance sheet once a
year showing receipts and expenditures. Tbe new rate for
charges for registering companies will be one-tenth of l.per
cent on capitalization.
In Cuba, while gold and silver have not been found in pay-
ing quantities, copper was mined at Cabre by. the natives be-
fore Columbus discovered tbe island. Early in this century
Englisb capitalists purchased mines near Santiago, and the
books of the Consulate show that from 1828 to 1840 an average
of from two to three million dollars' worth of copper was
shipped annually to tbe United States from these mines
They continued in successful operation until 1867, when a
combination of circumstances, and not the poverty of the
mines, closed tbem up, and the various shafts, from 900 to
1200 feet deep, filled with water, all save 300 feet being below
the level of the sea. In later years, considerable copper was
taken from these mines by pumping tbe water from shafts to
tanks into which iron scraps were thrown.
On the first of this month tbe De Lamar mine in Lincoln
county, the most productive mine in the State of Nevada was
closed down. In connection with this Captain De Lamar, tbe
principal owner says : " Tbe recent organization of a miners'
union under the direction of Edwin Boyce, president of tbe
Western Federation of Miners, and movements on the part of
a certain element which appears to have arrayed itself against
the company's interests, all indicate that tbe brewing of a
strike has begun, and induced us to take this step. The property
will be closed down for an indefinite period. We desire to give
those who have inaugurated the movement and those whose
co-operation they are soliciting plenty of time for reflection.
Tbe lesson which has been recently taught through the trouble
at LeadviUe should serve as a warning to those who are agi-
ating tbe movement at De Lamar, and I make the prediction
now that every man who participates in it will live to lament
bis action. At LeadviUe the place of the union miner has
been tal^en by tbe miner from Missouri, homes have been
broken up, men to whom they were dear have been compelled
to seek employment in strange diggings— some perhaps, in
Missouri, where tbe wages are $1.25 a day as against $3.35 in
LeadviUe. At the De Lamar we are paying $3, and those who
receive it are prosperous."
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March 6, 1897.
Turquoise Mining in New Hexico.*
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by W. C. Fender-
son, Santa Fe, N. M.
The early miniDg of turquoise in New Mexico is
enveloped in a haze of myth, tradition and supersti-
tion difBcuIt to penetrate. The searcher for authen-
tic history concerning this fascinating subject is con-
fronted on the very threshold of his endeavors with
fact and fiction so skillfully interwoven by the hand
of Time and so generously amplified by myths long
antedating the discovery of America that he is apt
to view the segregation as a well-nigh hopeless task.
One of the oldest gems known to history, it would
seem that the turquoise wherever found has always
formed the basis of the most fantastic superstitions.
This is easily accounted for. The stone is extremely
sensitive, and under slightly varying temperature as
well as by contact with certain solids and fluids
changes color. Thus it has come to be consulted as
an omen, and endowed with magic and talismanic
properties — virtues which it has retained to a great
extent up to the present day. Of course, many of
the grosser superstitions connected with turquoise
have disappeared and are now to be found only in
time-stained volumes of the fifteenth, sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. Others have survived time
and the spread of intelligence and are as potent to-
day as in the past.
Persian soldiers prize this stone as a protection
against contagion, as do the Indians of New Mexico,
and Russian officers carry it for its supposed efficacy
against the fatal effect of wounds received in battle.
The monarchs of the East wear turquoise amulets,
and also use it in decorating horse trappings, swords,
etc., and everywhere throughout Eastern countries
it is believed to protect the wearer against disease
and insure him a speedy triumph over his enemies in
war. In affairs of the heart, too, it was and is held
as a charm of great potency, and in this regard the
Indians of New Mexico hold an opinion exactly simi-
lar to that entertained by their more enlightened
brothers of the East.
The stone they say is composed of elements
having the closest affinity with the wearer. As
long as love lies in the heart of the person re-
ceiving the gift, so long the stone retains its
brilliant color. But with the decline of affec-
tion the animal life of the stone experiences
a corresponding decline and finally dies with
the love of the wearer. Hence the change of color.
This is held as a safeguard against any possible de-
ception on the part of the lady. When the stone be-
gins to lose its azure blue and take on a green tint
the fond lover need not ask his queen if her love is
growing cold. He simply consults the gift stone,
which is a true register of her feelings.
On the same principle the turquoise, according to
the belief of many, changes color with the decline of
the wearer's health. About the middle of the six-
teenth century a Spanish lapidary named De Vargas
wrote a learned treatise on precious 'stones, from
which I extract the following: "One of my relations
had a turquoise which he had set in a ring of gold
and wore on his finger as a superior ornament. It
chanced that he was seized with a malady and gave
■ up his life. During the whole time in which he en-
joyed his full health the stone was distinguished for
its beauty and clearness, but no sooner was he taken
ill than it commenced to fade and upon his death it
assumed a withered, lifeless green color as though
mourning for its master." * * *
Coming down to our own times, certain facts are
known to observers and experts concerning this
stone upon which were no doubt constructed the
myths and superstitions of credulity. Lapidaries
are well aware that the brilliancy of turquoise de-
pends to a great extent upon the weather, also that
certain persons cannot wear the stone without caus-
ing it to deteriorate, in many cases never to be re-
stored to its original brilliancy. Only a short time
since a New York physician told me that he had
seen a valuable turquoise ring entirely ruined on the
finger of a man who had been stricken with a severe
attack of typhoid fever.
Turquoise is found in Persia, Saxony and New
Mexico. The Saxony product is of an inferior grade,
is found in red sandstone and is so sensitive that
most of it is ruined on the lapidary's wheel. Practi-
cally all of the turquoise of the world has been taken
from the mines of Persia and New Mexico. The
Persians call it Jirusa, and this is probably the callais
of Pliny. The Persian stone has a chemical composi-
tion represented by the formula 2al202P2055H20,
and the Shah has for years controlled the output of
his country, allowing only gems of an inferior quality
to leave his collection, supposed to be the most valu-
able in the world. According to report these mines
are about exhausted, and it may be due to this fact
that the industry in New Mexico is receiving so
much attention of late. But from whatever cause,
the fact remains that the production of turquoise
bids fair to become one of the leading industries of
the Territory. The Mexican name for this stone is
*See engravings on front page.
Chalclmitl, and how long the mines of New Mexico
were operated prior to the Spanish conquest is a
mere matter of speculation. That the work was ex-
tensively carried on in a dozen different locations is
attested by the implements unearthed in recent
years which were used by the Indians before the ad-
vantage of steel or iron tools was known to them.
Near Cerillos, in the southern part of Santa Fe
county, there is a section of mountainous country
over two hundred acres in extent, every foot of
which has been worked over in search of turquoise.
Here it was that the big Chalchuitl mine caved upon
its workmen and buried alive half a hundred natives
who were worked in slavery by Spanish masters. It
was this incident that caused the revolution of 1681,
when the Spanish were driven out of the Territory
and forced to remain away for a period of sixteen
years. Striving to obliterate all memory of their
hateful slavery, the natives filled up every mine in
the Territory, destroyed churches and even whole
towns in their endeavors to wipe out the work of
their oppressors. This was the largest turquoise
mine in New Mexico in the old days, and so it is at
the present time.
The Indian method was crude in the extreme.
Their only implement was a stone hammer, and they
never got deep enough to find the best stones. The
white man of to-day follows the lead of his Indian
predecessor in these old mines, but goes about 10
feet deeper, there finding his purest gems. The In-
dians had a curious method of blasting turquoise
rock. Over the refractory mass they would build a
hot fire and then dash upon it water, causing the
rock to crack. Then the stone hammers came into
play and the ore was crushed into beads, which after
being drilled were strung and worn as ornaments or
charms.
Out of some sixty or seventy turquoise claims in
New Mexico, about a dozen mines are in operation.
The total output of turquoise in the Territory was
$150,000 in 1891, $175,000 in 1892, $200,000 in 1893,
$250,000 in 1891, $350,000 in 1895 and $475,000 in
1896.
These figures are taken from official sources, but
no doubt greatly underestimate the true value of
turquoise mined since 1890. Why this is so will ap-
pear from the following incident: Last year the
owners of the largest turquoise mine in the Terri-
tory put in a valuation of their property amounting
to $250. The County Commissioners, knowing that
the mine had been in constant operation, considered
the valuation absurdly low and set about an investiga-
tion which resulted in raising the valuation from $250
to $25,000, upon which the owners cheerfully paid
the levy. This same mine sold in 1893 for $250,000,
and, according to the statement of a former owner,
has paid a million and a half a year since that time.
In 1895 one stone was taken out that sold for $6000.
This stone is now owned by a New York jewelry house
that also controls four of the best mines in the Ter-
ritory.
Recent discoveries have been made, demonstrating
the existence of valuable turquoise deposits, notably
in the Burro mountains near Silver City, about the
Hachitas, and in the Jarillas as far south as Las
Cruces. As before stated, the oldest and best known
mines are located in the southern part of Santa Fe
county, near the town of Cerillos. Most of the
claims being worked in this section are the old fiUed-
up mines of slavery days, though several have been
opened of late on virgin ground. The greatest
secrecy is maintained, both as to the location of
mines and the method of working them. No one is
allowed to inspect a turquoise mine, and employes
are warned against giving any information concern-
ing operation upon pain of immediate discharge.
Some time since Gov. Thornton, who is very fond of
turquoise, asked permission to inspect one of the
mines at Cerillos. He was refused. The formation
in which turquoise is found varies greatly. In the
vicinity of Santa Fe the matrix is usually a white
trachyte stone filled with bright crystals of pyrites,
which upon decomposition from exposure turns a
rusty brown. In some cases the matrix is red sand-
stone. In the Burro mountains the formation is rose
quartz, slender needles of which penetrate the tur-
quoise deposit, spoiling it for gem purposes. In the
Hachitas the matrix is a red granite. It is difficult
to account for these vagaries in formation, existing
in the case of no other mineral known to science.
The turquoise solution in the form of a liquid was un-
doubtedly at some period infiltrated into the seams
of the rock,' where it gradually solidified. This is
proven by the fact that wherever the veins are wide
enough the turquoise is found in uniform pebbles
with a talcose surrounding.
The color of the gem varies as much as the forma-
tion, azure blue being the color most sought and
most likely to hold its color. The dark blue stones
are preferred in England, pale blue in the United
States commands the best price, while in Paris pale
pea green or apple green stones are the most
sought.
In Russian Persia and the East Indies there is not
much choice in the matter of color. The prices of
these gems — that is, clear stones without a flaw — are
nearly uniform the world over. For small stones,
from 50 cents to $2 each. Good ring stones find
ready sale from $25 to $200 each. Large stones of
good quality and color realize exorbitant prices. A
perfect stone about the size of a silver quarter would
bring $3000, either in European or American mar-
kets.
Chemically, the American turquoise has about the
same properties as the Persian product, the former
being composed of: Alumina, 47.75; phosphoric acid,
27.34; water, 18.18; protoxide of copper, 2.02; per-
oxide of iron, 1.10; peroxide of manganese, 0.50; cal-
cium phosphate, 3.41.
The great profit in turquoise mining is found in the
simple and inexpensive methods of handling the ore.
No costly machinery, no intricate and expensive
treatment of the product of these mines are required.
From surface indications a shaft is sunk, until tur-
quoise rock shows up in paying quantities. Then
drifting commences — that is, tunnels are run to fol-
low the vein. The rock is blasted and then broken
into portable shape by sledge hammers, then put in-
to a bucket and hoisted to the surface by means of a
windlass. Here it is sorted, then packed into boxes
and shipped to firms that have contracts with the
mine owners for cutting. Most of the New Mexican
turquoise goes to New York, very little being cut in
the Territory. The average Mexican turquoise miner
gets $1.50 a day; Americans get $2.50. The larger
mines work only seven to ten men each, and in good
rock this force can take out from eight to ten thou-
sand dollars daily. This was the record of one of the
mines near Los Cerillos for a month and a half last
year, then the pay streak petered out and there was
three months of dead work. There is undoubtedly a
great future for turquoise mining in New Mexico,
but those now engaged in this industry knowing
that they have a good thing, try to create the im-
pression that the mines now in operation are being
conducted at a loss. This causes them to maintain
the strictest secrecy in everything relating to the
business. They will not allow photographs to be
made, or consent to allow any one to inspect the
mines; neither will they give any information con-
cerning the subject in general. There are not half
a dozen people in New Mexico who have ever seen
turquoise mined, outside of those engaged in the
work.
Copper Refining.
In his address before the chemical section of the
British Association, Ludwig Mond, speaking of cop-
per refining, said :
The first patents bearing on the electrolytic refin-
ing of copper were taken out by James Elkington
of Birmingham in the years 1865 and 1869 ; and some
time between these two dates the first electrolytic
copper refinery was estabUshed at Pembrey, near
Swansea. It is interesting to note that this works,
though it has now passed into other hands, is still
producing electrolytic copper ; and though England
to-day no longer stands in the forefront of the elec-
trolytic copper industry, it is because the conditions
of the industry have changed, and not because she
has lacked either the money or the brains requisite
to continue an industry which she originated. The
famous Mansfeld Copper Company of Germany were
the next to use the process ; and in 1872 a small re-
fnery was started at Eisleben, near the Hartz
mountains. The " Norddeutsche Affinerie," at Ham-
burg, followed in 1876 ; and, two years later, the
Oker Refinery of the "Communion Huttenwerke"
was commenced. A large number of small refineries
in France and Germany now sprung into existence ;
and for many years these European refineries, in-
cluding three or four in England, had the production
of electrolytic copper in their own hands. The
"Norddeutsche" refinery at Hamburg, with two
plants, was the largest and best arranged of all
these ; and of the others, that at Pembrey alone ap-
proached it in output. Yet the combined annual
output of these two works in the early days of the
industry was only 1000 tons. A rapid development,
however, in the scale of operations occurred between
1880 and 1890. The spread of electric lighting, and
the demand to which it led for a pure copper, caused
new refineries to spring up and the older ones to
increase their output enormously. In Europe the
"Norddeutsche," Messrs. Vivian's and Messrs. Bol-
ton's, with the original refinery at Pembrey, ranked
first in size ; but the development of the industry in
the United States quite, overshadowed these Euro-
pean extensions.
The mine owners in America who had been rapidly
increasing the output of raw copper from the mines
were struck by the very obvious fact that they were
paying European refiners to do what they could
equally well do themselves. With the energy and
love of bigness characteristic of our friends across
the Atlantic, they set to work and planned refineries
on a scale that has reduced some of the early Euro-
pean ones to mere toy dimensions. Some of these
refineries have been doubling and trebling their out-
put of electrolytic copper in the years 1892-1895, so
that to-day not only the output of raw copper, but
also the amount refined, is greater in the States
than in any other part of the world.
At the end of the year 1895 one-third of all the
raw copper produced in the States was being refined
there, and it was expected that this year the pro-
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193
portion will have risen to half. Adding the amount
refined electrolytically in Europe, it is safe to esti-
mate that at least 100.000 tons of raw copper are
DOW beiDjj treated by the electrolytic refiniofj
method. We thus arrive at the remarkable fact
that an industry started on a small scale by Mr.
James Elkin^ton at Pembrey about 18t>8, and one
which, until about 1S85, did not show any remarkable
signs of development, has become nearly as impor-
tant as the copper industry itself, and has extended
until it embraces over a quarter of the entire copper
output of the world.
This rapid extension has been chiefly due to the
demand for a pure copper for electric construction
purposes ; but the recovery of the whole of the silver
and ^old contained in the raw copper, at a compara-
tively small cost, has been a very slow process.
Outline of the Geology of California with
Reference to Its Mineral Deposits.
M'MRBK IV.
WrllleD for the Mi.si.no and Simkntipic Pkcss by Harold W.
Faiiiuanks. Fb. D
Gold deposits occur in all the pre-Cretaceous rocks
of California. Their character differs, however,
somewhat with the kind of rock and the ease and
regularity with which it fissures. The reasons for
the mineralogical differences are not well under-
stood. The veins in the granite in eastern Califor-
nia have generally a rather base character below
the water line, while in the main gold belt on the
western slope, where there is little granite, a large
part of the gold occurs in the free state. It is all
nonsense to assert that gold is found with any par-
ticular class of wall rocks. The importance of the
mineralogical character of wall rocks has been
greatly overestimated. In my experience over
nearly the whole of California I cannot recall any
rocks with which gold is not at times associated,
unless it is some of the modern volcanic rocks, and
while along the mother lode it may be more often
found with slate and greenstone, yet in other parts
it occurs in the most diverse kinds of rocks. We
may say, then, that in the distinctly mineral regions
of California the deposition of gold at least is but
slightly influenced by the character of the inclosing
rock. The fact ought to be emphasized that no
rules can be laid down for the guidance of prospect-
ors in regard to the kind of wall rock they ought to
look for. In a region of dikes the gold is not due
primarily to the presence of the dikes, nor to the
good fissures which may be formed along their con-
tacts— fissures, of course, formed more easily and
regularly than in the non-laminated rocks — but
rather to subterranean heat, movements fracturing
the rocks, and mineral-bearing waters. Dikes are
indications of mineral veins only in so far as they
offer lines of weakness and fracture for the passage
of solutions in a mineralized region.
We ought not to conceive of the gold-bearing
veins as in general having been formed in large
open fissures, for there is not much evidence of it in
this State at least. Hot mineral-bearing waters
remove gradually portions of the walls of fissures,
acting most easily upon the partly ground-up mate-
rial, and then upon the solid rock itself. , It is known
that the veins of the gold belt were formed at a
very great depth, and it is inconceivable that open-
ings the size of the great ore bodies which have been
found should have existed during the long period
requisite for their filling. The banded or ribbon
quartz of the mother lode region is due, it seems to
me, to repeated loosening of the walls of the fissures
as a result of mountain disturbances, so that thin
layers of quartz are separated by films of chloritic
matter derived from the rubbing of the wall upon
the quartz when the fissures were tightened.
As has been said before, the gold veins were formed
ages ago (close of the Jurassic), and since then the
surface of the country has been profoundly modified.
As a result, the. topography to-day gives almost no
■ idea of whatit was when the veins were formed, so
that paying -veins are just as apt to be found in a
stretch of rolling country as one highly mountainous.
If a prospector is satisfied by the general indications
that he is in a mineral region, he may, until he learns
its characteristics, as well prospect in one portion
as another, guiding himself by placer deposits, float
rock and the reddened character of the outcrops. As
far as the present topography is concerned, one is as
liable to find permanent paying veins in the granite
knobs and gently rolling hills of some portions of the
Mojave desert, as in the very high mountains farther
north in Inyo county. The events which gave rise to
the mineralization of this region are separated by
ages from those which originated the recent topog-
raphy. The most of the mineral deposits of eastern
California bear no relation to dikes. The gold and
silver both occur in association with a great variety
of rocks and very frequently in the massive granite.
Why It is that the great granite areas of the Coast
ranges are free from minerals it is difficult to say,
unless it is that the conditions which gave rise to the
mineral springs of the gold period were absent from
this region. The deposits which are occasioaally
met are probably of the same age as those in the
Sierras and Klamath mountains.
During the deposition of the gold and silver, and
for many hundreds of thousands of years afterward,
the mountains of California were undergoing ero-
sion and their material being carried off in the
streams. We have no adequate means of discovering
bow many thousands of feet in thickness of rock has
been disintegrated and removed.
Silver seems to be chiefly confined to the region of
the great basin east of the crest of the Sierra
Nevadas, where it either occurs by itself, generally
in limestone, or with gold in other formations. The
occurrence of the precious metals seems to be some-
what different geologically in that region from what
it is in the rest of the State. The gold is character-
ized by the fact that it occurs almost wholly in iron
or copper pyrites below the water line. Why silver
is abundant in"that region and not farther west we
do not know. It may be dependent partly on the
different conditions of deposition, for it is mainly
found in limestone, which is abundant there, and
partly upon the original difference of the chemical
action in the deep seated regions from whence the
mineral bearing solutions derived their contents.
The evidence is good that the silver deposits when
they occur in chamber form in limestone are due to
replacement, but whether they occur at as great
depths as gold we have not yet sufl3cient evidence to
say. At Modoc, in Inyo county, the best ore is
reported at a depth of over 1000 feet.
The Sierra Nevada region has never been covered
by the sea since the great upheaval previous to the
period of mineralization, but the Coast ranges have
been almost submerged many times. The mineral
deposition ceased before they first began to sink for
the next younger rocks, the Cretaceous, contain
none worth mentioning. These younger rocks are
generally so different that it is not often the pros-
pector can make a mistake, although he may in some
portions of the Coast ranges.
Through the long geological ages represented by
the Cretaceous, Eocene, Miocene, and a part of the
Pliocene, the Sierra Nevadas were undergoing ero-
sion and being reduced from a lofty range to one
with gentle slopes and broad river vaUeys. Oscilla-
tions of level took place, but they were not so pro-
nounced as in the Coast ranges, where the land rose
and sank many times in response to an equilibrating
movement of the crust. In these ranges these dis-
turbances are used to mark off different divisions of
geological time. The northern end of the Sierras,
now occupied by Lassen's Peak (volcanic ridge), was
below water. An arm of the sea extended up the
Sacramento valley and into Oregon, making an
island of the Klamath mountains. During a part of
the period of depression, known as the Upper Cre-
taceous, the streams flowing from the Klamath
mountains brought down to this old seashore consid-
erable quantities of gold, and the waves and currents
distributed it along the ancient beach, together with
gravel and boulders, to form the conglomerates now
exposed in this region. They appear in Shasta and
Siskiyou counties and in southern Oregon. These
auriferous deposits have been erroneously consid-
ered as an ancient river channel, but they contain
ocean shells and must have been formed along the
shore.
In the northern Sierras, during the Eocene and
Miocene, the climate was warm and moist, as shown
by the vegetable remains in the old lakes and river
beds.
During hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions
of years the rivers of the Sierra Nevada region were
concentrating the gold from the disintegrated
quartz veins as the wear of the rocks exposed them
to view. It is quite certain that in the gravel now
deeply buried along the eastern side of the San
Joaquin and Sacramento valleys lies untold wealth
which can probably never be reached. The ancient
streams which finally became almost choked up by
means of the sand, gravel and boulders gathered in
their beds, we now recognize as the auriferous
gravel channels. They flowed much the same direc-
tion as do the modern streams, but in broad shallow
vaUeys. The scenery of the Sierras was then tame
aud uninteresting, and ihe climate warm. The sea
flUed the - Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, and
the ■ Coast ranges were low and bordered with
islands. These ancient river channels are to be
observed occasionally in the southern part of the
State and on the peninsula of Lower California. In
San Diego county is one rich in gold, also in the San
Gabriel and San Emedio mountains. The placer
deposits about Goler, in the Mojave desert, are
partly modified shore deposits and partly the result
of stream erosion. The topography of that region is
an ancient one, and the amount of gold buried at
considerable depths in the desert gravels must be
very great.
During the Pliocene disturbances began to be
experienced along the crest of the Sierras, and enor-
mous volumes of andesitic lavas were poured out.
Some of the flows built up low portions of the crest,
while others flowed down the ancient river beds
toward the west. Mud and boulders accompanied
these flows, capping the old river beds. Following
the lava eruptions, a renewed activity in mineral
deposition took place east of the Sierras and in
portions of Nevada. The silver deposits of Alpine
county, the enormously rich gold veins of Bodie and
the Comstock lode date from this time.
Some time after the lava flows were inaugurated
the Sierra Nevadas began to rise through the for-
mation of faults or fissures on their eastern side,
giving rise to the precipitous scarp extending for
over 100 miles. As the land arose the streams com-
menced to cut out their beds and made the begin-
ning of the deep canyons in which they now flow.
The sea was finally .crowded out of the great valley
of California, and the Coast ranges were elevated to
approximately their present proportions.
We have so far only slightly touched upon the
history of the Coast ranges, which is complex but
very interesting. The geological history of no
portion of California has been more misunderstood
than this region. An old theory of the geologists
was that the continent has grown successively
westward by the addition of range after range of
mountains elevated from beneath the sea, and that
as a consequence the last bordering the ocean must
be the youngest.
{Td tit', CnvtinuriJ.)
Recent Additions to State Mining Bureau
Exhibits.
Trilobites and other Silurian fossils from the Chi-
cago drainage canal.
Silver-bismuth ore, Yankee Girl mine, San Juan,
Colorado. F. C. Mathyas.
Gold quartz with free gold, Harrison gulch, Shasta
county, Cal. H. B. Gaston.
Gold quartz, Fortuna mine, Arizona. C. D. Lane.
Gold quartz, several specimens, Kalgoorlie, West
Australia. A. G. Holroyd.
Telluride of gold in calcite, Kalgoorlie, West Aus-
tralia. A. G. Holroyd.
Gold quartz, Rand mine, Randsburg, Kern county,
Cal. W. H. Wilton.
Gold quartz, several specimens, Berner's bay,
Alaska. L. G. Bach.
Gold and silver ores, several specimens, from Col-
ville Indian reservation, Washington, and Rossland,
Slocan, etc., B. C. L. E. Richardson.
Auriferous vein matter — ochrous earth assaying
$7300 per ton, Blue Bell mine, Hayden Hill, Lassen
county, Cal. Ed B. Preston.
Gold quartz showing free gold, Cadmus mine, Ne-
vada City, Cal. Chas. Kahl, Supt.
Ten specimens new minerals — bravasite, bieberite,
caxoclasite, berzelite, cryophyllite, ralstonite, rie-
beckite, bayldonite, leuchtenbergite and diaspore.
J. Z. Davis.
Gold quartz with copper, etc., Mesquite mountain,
near Garlock, Kern county, Cal. F. Adams.
Gold quartz assaying $78 per ton. Syndicate mine.
Potter Ridge, Madera county, Cal. Jno. S Wilbur.
Polished specimens of aragonite from Utah. F. C.
Mathyas.
Auriferous pyrite, Congress mine, Arizona. W. H.
Storms.
Gold quartz, Aravaca district, Arizona. J.
Danker.
Gold quartz, Philadelphia mine. El Dorado county,
Cal. J. B. Polk.
Polished specimens marble and serpentine — Cali-
fornia. A. L. Seager.
And a number of other specimens from various lo-
Feb. 26, 1897. H. S. Durden, Curator.
nines in Sweden.
Some forty years ago numerous finds of iron, cop-
per, nickel and silver ore were made round the lakes
Ann, Kail, Jufoern and Anjau, and some of these
finds were worked during a short period. At that
time the railroad from Drontheim to Ostersund did
not yet exist, and the ore had to be carted from the-
mines to the Norwegian coast, or to the Roros metal'
works in Norway, a distance of over 150 miles in
some cases. The expenses of such a long carting and,
the impossibility of transporting large quantities of;;
ore, proved mining to be unprofitable and the mines ;
were soon closed up.
The public have taken little or no interest regard-
ing these mines since that time. However, it seems
now as if the improved communications, the railway
from Drontheim to Ostersund, the steamers that are
trading on the lakes in summer time, the projected
new Government railroads, and the invention re-
cently made by the Swedish inventor. Dr. 6. De
Laval, should rouse the interest that was exhibited
during earlier days.
Dr. De Laval has constructed a furnace, by means
of which, and through the application of strong elec-
tric steam, it would be possible to smelt the ore, and
to extract the metal with great facility and economy.
A company has been floated with a capital of more
than a million pounds, with the object of utilizing
this invention, and the company has acquired the im-
mense waterfalls near Trollhattan, and is trying to
buy several other falls in the neighborhood for the
same purpose. — London Mining Journal.
194
Mining and Scientific Press,
March 6, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Republican: The Murphy claim, in Hunt's
gulch, was bonded some time ago by William
Doyle, owner of the Doyle mine. Doyle, in
turn, has bonded the claim to O L. Golinsky
of San Joaquin. Work has already commenced
upon the property. It is the Intention to sink
a shaft and prospect the mine to some depth.
"• Record: At the South Spring Hill, mine
Superintendent J. R. Tregloan is preparing to
sink 500 feet deeper, and machinery for that
purpose has been purchased. On the east vein
in the Median shaft a conti'act has been let to
sink 100 feet. The machinery at this shaft is
being overhauled and safety brakes are being
put in. A portion of the stamps in the mill^are
running on ore from the Talisman shaft. A
sudden influx of water in the South Spring
Hill mine recently has delayed work some-
what in that quarter. However, the big
storms caused the same trouble all along the
lode.
Dispatch: At the Kennedy they are sinking
the south shaft from the 1950-foot level, and
will probably go down to the 3'^00-foot level be-
fore stopping. They are working the levels
from the 3100-foot level in the north shaft,
taking out ore enough to keep the 40-stamp
mill running night and day.
The mill has been started up at the Amador
Queen No. 2.
Superintendent Ross is getting the upper
hand of the water in the Mahoney mine, and
operations will be resumed in a few days.
The new and larger hoist at the Amador
Queen No. 1 will be ready for use in a short
time.
jiedgcr: At the Alma the ledge has been
prospected from the 1000-foot level with a
diamond drill and was found to be about 100
feet from the shaft. It prospected from $Q to
$;36. A station is now being cut and crosscut-
ting commenced. They expect to encounter
the ledge in about four weeks.
At the Bellwether in January employes
were notified that at the end of the current
month they would have to take 100 shares of
stock at 25 cents per share. On pay day the
stock was issued to them. A few days later
all except one shift were laid off, and adver-
tisements appeared offering Bellwether stock
for sale at 10 cents per share. Some of the
men are threatening to compel the managers
of the company to refund the money and take
their stock back.
Butte.
Register: Jas. Carlisle will start his mill
soon, and it is thought the new road up from
Enterprise, will be pushed ahead this spring.
It is reported that E. W. Slater will erect
a 5-stamp mill on his quartz ledge in the
spring.
Calaveras.
At the G win work is being prosecuted on
the 1300, 1300 and UOQ levels, and the forty
stamps are kept busy. It is expected that
when the mine has been properly opened up
twice that number of stamps will be kept
busy.
The Ford mine is almost the first effort at
deep mining arouDd San Andreas. The mine
was operated for some time by the Ford broth-
ers, but later corporation was effected, a
number of the leading citizens of San Andreas
and their friends taking a portion of the stock,
and they have kept a force of men employed
under the Ford brothers. The shaft is now
down 400 feet. The company intends to con-
tinue the shaft on to the 1000- foot mark. A
mill test of about 1000 tons is to be made as
soon as a mill can be secured for the purpose
in the neighborhood.
£1 Dorado.
{Special Correspondence). —Work will be re-
sumed this week on the W. W. Stone quartz
property south of town, both on the shaft and
tunnel, that were abandoned some time ago.
The ledge is from 3 to 5 feet and the ore of
fair grade.
Preparations are still in progress toward es-
tablishing an electric power plant on the
American river. New York people are now at
the head of the enterprise, and they are mak-
ing haste slowly.
A 10-stamp mill is in course of construction
on the Hoge property, seven miles west of
Placerville.
An option has been given on the Tunnel and
Shaft mine, one-half mile north of town, to
San Francisco people.
Sinking and crosscutting is progressing rap-
idly on the Steub property, near Diamond
Springs. This was formerly known as the
GrifBth Consolidated, and, though a good pro-
ducer many years ago, was abandoned at 1.50
feet depth.
The Lookout mine and 4-stamp mill are pro-
ducing good results. The ore body is large.
The property is twelve miles southwest of
Placerville.
At the Blachard mine, four miles south of
town, sinking and drifting are being persist-
ently pursued, and the 5-stamp mill is in con-
stant operation.'
An English company is examining a large
property in this vicioity with a view to pur-
chasing. There is considerable development
work done, and the experts are pleased with
the results of their assays. The result of the
negotiations will be definitely known in about
sixty days.
Benson, Burns, Carmichael and Kell are
running a tunnel and taking out rich ore In
the Poverty Point section within a mile north
of town.
Placerville, March 3d, '97.
Nevada.
Transcript: Mr. Epstein, one of the original
owners of the Pittsburg mine, has purchased
C. J. Bandman's interest and is now the prin-
L-ipal stockholder. It is his intention to pay
off all claims against the company and resume
operations on quite an extensive scale. Work
will begin in a short time, and a large force
of men will be employed. Years ago the
Pittsburg was considered one of the best
mines in this district. ,There is a good mill
and hoisting plant on the mine, and about 100
tons of ore on the dump.
Sentinel: The last contract of 100 feet in
the Gold Run tunnel was let last week. This
distance will tap the 49th and 54th shafts,
which is known to be rich milling ground.
At the Glen Consolidated gravel mine at
Duncan canyon, on the Forest Hill divide,
they have developed a well-defined channel.
The gravel is coarse and heavy and runs from
S3 to 110 a car, making an average of over S5.
The company owns 550 acres, covering 13,000
feet of the channel. They have a breast
about 80 feet wide, but the channel is over
100 feet wide. The gravel is blue and is soft
and free. Very little powder is used.
At the Polifka the ledge is about 8 feet
wide. It will be opened on a larger scale in
the spring.
The Hidden Treasure Company have everj'-
thing in shape now at Centerville for exten-
sive operations. A larger force has been put
to work. They are preparing to place an elec-
tric-power plant early next spring in the east
branch of El Dorado canyon, near the mouth
of the Hidden Treasure tunnel. They will
convey 40 inches of water which flows from
the tunnel to a point above the site selected
for the works. The survey shows that 864
feet of pressure can be obtained. This will
give them 75 H. P. The current will be
transmitted to the Dam claim, a distance of
three miles, and will be used to illuminate
the mine and to furnish power for operating
the blower, the forges and running the cars.
At the Red Point gravel mine the main
working tunnel is now in nearly 10,000 feet.
The gravel is yielding well and sixty men are
employed.
Fluiuas.
Oroville Rcuistcr: A telegram has been re-
ceived from Supt. Wingate directing the
Thistle Shaft mine to begin operations on the
first of April and to pump out the water re-
gardless of the expense. It is said if the
Thistle Shaft mine cannot be successfully
drained by pumping a mile tunnel will be run
which will cost about iS60,000.
No work to amount to anything is being
done on the Gold Bar and other mines on
the Middle Fork, but work will be pushed as
soon as spring opens.
Work is being driven energetically at the
Bunker Hill and North America mines under
Supt. Meikle.
At Saw Pit there will be more mining done
this year than for many years past and much
of the work will be hydraulic mining.
Mr. Turner near Onion Valley has a good
quartz ledge and has a strong company to back
him in building a mill and working the mine.
Wingate & Alsby have struck a good ledge
in the Slate Creek district and it is reported
that a mill will be erected in the spring.
E. Squires will add a force of men as soon
as spring opens at his mine near Gibsonville.
Independent: Charles Hegard of the Last
Chance mine has completed the air shaft for
the ventilation of the tunnel, which will be
driven ahead as rapidly as possible.
National-Bulletin : Taylor Diggings hydrau-
lic mine will soon be operated again. Mr.
Wilson, the superintendent, sent out word
last week to his foreman, Thos. Fant, to get
the mine in readiness for active work as soon
as the water season opens. The mine is a big
proposition. Last year a deep bed of hydraulic
auriferous gravel was developed. During the
spring it will probably employ twenty or
twenty-five men.
San Bernardino.
Los Angeles rimes: The mines of the San
Bernardino range are being worked to advan-
tage. At the Rose they are drifting on the
700-foot level, taking out good ore.
J. W. Smart is working a rich stringer in
Cook's canyon, assaying $300 to the ton.
O. G. Leach of the Black Hawk mining dis-
trict has made a deal disposing of the Opera
mine to R. F. Harrison, manager of the Rose,
and the Llewellyn Bros, of Los Angeles.
Mr. Cochrane and others of Los Angeles
have taken hold of the old Drisuoll mine in
Dry Lake district, and are down 75 feet in
good ore.
Ed Dolch of Victor is having ore taken out
of his mine that assays well.
E. C. Chappell is taking out ore from an ad-
joining claim.
The Valley Gold Company will resume oper-
ations in the spring under the management of
W. E. Pedley.
The Green Lead people have struck ore that
goes from S15 to S20 per ton.
Shasta.
Seai'chlight: The Minnesota mine, which
has been idle for some time, will no doubt be
started up during the present season. The
ledge is from 3 to 6 feet wide where shown up
by development work. The greatest depth
reached so far is 400 feet. A 10-stamp mill is
located on the property.
Supt. Von Krusze of the Sybil mine started
his mill last week and is now crushing from
twelve to fourteen tons of ore per day. There
is ore enough in sight to keep the mill run-
ning for three or four months.
Courier: The Texas Consolidated is devel-
oped to a depth of 900 feet and is worked
through a series of tunnels. No. 5— the low-
est working tunnel — is about 1600 feet long,
and is 650 feet vertical depth in the end.
Free Press : Supt. Frank Brightman is mak-
ing arrangements to explore the Gladstone
property with a diamond drill.
Manager Hill of the Mountain Copper Com-
pany has withdrawn his force of men sent to
the Balla Klallala camp for the purpose of do-
ing preliminary work pending a sale of the
Windy Camp group of mines to the company,
and the report is current that the sale will
not be made.
Jackson and Perkins have discovered an ex-
tensive ledge on Muletown mountain, near
the Markwick and Jones claims. The ledge
is said to be 50 feet ^ wide and can be traced
for more than a mile.
Clendenin and Salnave are developing the
Reid mine on Star gulch. A short time since
they struck a rich ledge of ore in one of the
tunnels.
Sierra.
Enterprise: At the North Fork drift mine
good prospects have been obtained from the
gravel. There are twenty^three names on
the pay-roll, and day and night shifts are
employed.
Sixteen hands are employed at Lucky Dog
Ravine drift diggings. The gravel averages
S3 to S4 a carload.
The new north tunnel, being run for the
northeast part of the Bald Mountain ex-
tension, up the ridge, is in about 400 feet, out
of the 845 feet to be put through to where the
streak was left long ago in No. 15 upraise.
Siskiyou.
Ncwfi: About twenty men are employed at
the American bar mine putting in the wing-
dam and fitting up for work.
J. G. Waugh has been constructing a ditch
to bring water from Buckhorn to his high
channel mine on Beaver creek.
The Bonanza on Grizzly gulch will be opened
up this spring, some very rich ore having
been discovered last winter.
Olute, Winsell and Neal have leased the
Thompson placer mine on Hungry creek, and
are on the ground operating it.
S. J. Fore, superintendent of the Last
Chance mine, will begin putting in place the
big elevators immediately. Mr. Fore will
soon begin the erection of a stamp mill on the
quartz ledge that he bought from Davis
brothers.
The Columbia mine has a force of men at
work taking out quartz.
The gentlemen who have a bond on the
Allen mine in Quartz valley are meeting with
success. On the 350-foot level they drifted
north and found a good 4-foot ledge that pros-
pects well. Compressed air is used for drill-
ing and also for running the hoist. The quartz
is crushed in a 10-starop mill.
Spengler Brothers &. Co. are starting up
their mine, known as the Humbug Flume and
Mining Company's property, at the mouth of
Humbug creek, embracing 100 acres of ground.
Juu7'nal: Hunter & Smith are sinking a
shaft on the Greenhorn blue gravel mine,
working day and night shifts, with their
steam pump ready to drain the claim on strik-
ing water. They will probably have to go
down 100 feet, tqj'each bedrock.
Chamberlain tJcTimmons expect to commence
work again soon at the Mabel quartz mine,
between Oak and Scott Bar, adjoining the
Columbia quartz mine.
The miners on Empire, Lum Gray and Dutch
creeks, in the Honolulu section, Klamath
river, are all busy ground-sluicing with very
good success. Several good claims have been
worked at the head of Empire creek, some ten
miles from the river, this being the first sea-
son that the crock has been worked above
lunkers.
Reid and Green, have found rich prospects
on the summit of the Humbug range, west of
Yreka, in galena ore, most of the Humbug
ledges containing considerable galena, earrv-
ing gold.
Thos. Cartwright, has relocated the old
Eliza quartz mine on north fork of Humbug.
This claim yielded well when fli'st worked.
Tuolumne.
Mother Lode Magnet: At the Santa Ysabel
the tunnel is in 300 feet on the grouge and the
ledge is expected to come in at every shot.
At the Dutch machinery for the additional
ten stamps which they are adding to the mill
is arriving. A new engine is being placed in
the mill, which will furnish power to run the
stamps, and a blower for the mine.
At the Miller & Holmes mine the large ore
chute recently discovered is being blocked
out so that stoping can be rapidly done as
soon as the mill is erected.
At the Norwegian near Robinson's Ferry
some rich rock has been taken out and a two-
stamp mill is to be erected as soon as possible.
Twenty men are now employed at the mine,
and the force will be increased.
Banvcr: The Rappahannock mine is to have
a 15-stamp mill.
A new mill is to be erected upon the Norwe-
gain mine near Tuttletown.
The hoisting works at the Mariatt, near
Tuttletown, are completed and the clearing
of the shaft of water has commenced.
Union- Democrat: At the Golden Rule on
crosscutting at the 500 level two veins were
cut 350 feet east, and drifting on them is con-
tinued night and day. One carries a width of
16 and the other of 8 feet, and both break
easy.
The Accident mine at Big Oak Flat, owned
by the James Bros., has been bonded for
ISOOO.
The main shaft of the Jumper has attained
a depth of 310 feet and still sinking. Most of
the ore sent up comes from the 300 and 300
levels where drifting is under way, and the
twenty stamps are kept busy crushing.
The Punchbowl gravel mine in Table Moun-
tain, owned by Jamestown people, and which
has lain idle for over a year, will soon be
again put in full blast by a company of Paris,
France. 0. E. Shafer will be the manager.
The Heath syndicate will soon resume
operations on the Clio and Heath mines.
These twin locations were proven good before,
having an 8-foot well-defined ledge which was
reduced at the little 5-stamp plant belonging
to the company.
Independent : Machinery is being put in the
Modoc mine.
Active operations have been commenced at
the Confidence mine, under superintendencv
of A. MacDonald. The, 30-stamp mill has
twenty of its stamps employed night and day.
The Louisiana mine at Cherokee has been
sold and the money paid, the purchaser being
the California Consols, Limited, a Scotch com-
pany.
OREGON.
Medford Monitor-Miner: The Gray Eagle
mine on Sardine creek is showing up well,
having a large ledge that will mill over $30
per ton in free gold.
The Jewett mine near Grants Pass is turn-
ing out much fine ore and the ledge is grow-
ing wider and richer as the depth increases.
Rogue River Courier: The quartz mine
known as the S. S. on Jump-off- Joe has been
bonded for sixty days to Portland parties.
At the Jewett mine the ore body is now
from 7 to 8 feet in width and getting richer
all the time.
Blalock Bros, have been piping night and
day on their Grave creek placers running two
giants.
Muir & Green, of the Junction mine on
Louse creek are figuring on a big ditch to
take water out of Evans creek and carry it to
the mine. They have filed a water right be-
low the forks of the creek some seventeen
miles from where it empties into Rogue river
and contracted for preliminary survey.
Another carload of ore is being loaded at
Merlin by Taylor & Crow. The rock has to
be packed on horses fourteen miles, but the
net proceeds at Ashland always repay the
owners well for the trouble.
E. N. Williams of Gold Hill sold his placer
ground on Sardine creek to some Colorado
parties, who talk of putting in a ditch from
Rogue river to increase the water supply.
A large custom mill, one able to handle the
ores of this section, would do much to advance
the interest of this camp. There are large
amounts of ore on the dumps that would pay
handsome returns.
The Flagstaff is sinking at the rate of 5 feet
per day and the management expects to strike
water in a few days.
Deep sinking is going on at the Columbia
mine in the Virtue district, but water is re-
tarding progress of operations. A pumping
plant will be necessary to meet the needs.
The shaft of the Fagstaff mine is at a depth
of 500 feet, equal to 460 feet vertical. A vein
of ore 3 feet wide between walls was struck
at this depth a day or so ago. The machinery
for the new 10-stamp mill has arrived.
Baker City Democrat : Captain Clough has
transferred all his mining interests in the
Sparta district to F. W. Tallmadge of New
York and his associates who propose to oper-
ate in a large scale. The properties transferred
are the Eagle canal and quartz and placer
claims. The Sparta or Eagle canal is a ditch
about thirty miles in length constructed in
1871 by I. B. Bowen, Sr., and E. P.Cranston,
to supply water from Eagle creek for the rich
placer mines at Sparta and old Gemtown,
then one of the most productive gold districts
in eastern Oregon.
OKANT COUNTY.
The Red Boy is working fifteen men.
They have a IQ-ton mill and are taking from
S6000 to 1^8000 out per month. It is the inten-
tion to put in a 10-stamp mill in the spring.
They are now driving a 1000-foot tunnel to tap
their ledges at a greater depth, and. if they
succeed in striking what they expect, will
need ten or twenty stamps more.
Two four-horse loads of iron pipe and giant
arrived last week for the Grant Gold Mining
Company. The giant is the largest ever
brought to this section of the country.
J. W. Larkin has five men at work on the
Boston, on Buffalo hill. He has secured the
co-operation of Washington and Idaho capital
and it is intended to thoroughly develop the
mine.
UNION COUNTY.
Repuhlitan: The most extensive operations
carried on in Union are by the Union-Com-
panion Mining Company. A deep tunnel so
located as to prospect nearly all the ledges of
the mountain and which, when extended to
a point vertically under the summit, will give
back or stoping ground of over 3500 feet above
tunnel level. Already 1200 feet of this tunnel
has been driven and a large ledge of good ore
found on the Union-Companion vein at a depth
of 400 feet below all their workings. The
mine produces from §14,000 to €20,000 per
month. Ore runs from S9 to $35 per ton.
The Red Jacket, adjacent to the Union-
Companion is in litigation. Several thousand
feet of tunnel work opened up large ore bodies
from which many thousand tons have been
milled.
Many other claims on the mountain have
extracted and reduced ore at the ten small
custom mills in the camp.
The Keady mines on East Egale have un-
covered several ledges of from 1 to 6 feet in
width and have profitably reduced the ore in
a 10-stamp mill.
In the Sanger district the Bradley mine
has been opei-aied for several years, and has
produced over a half million dollars in gold.
Active operations ceased last season. A deep
tunnel from Eagle creek is projected that will
save steam hoist and steam milling, thereby
reducing operations to a minimum.
Three miles northerly from the Sanger or
Bradley mine is the Basin, a recent discovery,
equipped witha new 5-stamp mill and operated
to a depth of 300 feet.
WASHINGTON.
Spokesman-Review: The Skookum Mining
Company have commenced to get their ma-
chinery and supplies forwarded to the com-
pany's placer grounds, known as the Russian
bars, on the Pend d'Oreille river. They have
a new device on the order of a steam derrick
with a grapple, bucket-shaped, for handling
the gravel.
The Rightsides mine, owned by W. J.
Stamhaugh of Kettle Falls, has been bonded
by Mr. Wize and other parties of Roasland,
March 6. 1897.
MlNTNG AND SCIENTIFIC PrESS.
195
B. C. for $15,000, and men are at work de-
veloping ibe claim. The ore Is rich Id gold
and copper.
At Loomis, Id ihe Palmer mountaic tunnel,
work is steadily progressing with a full force
of men, as fast as can bo expected by hand
drilMng, but the company hope soon to have an
air compressor plant io position.
The Simllkameeo Uold Placer Mining Com-
pany will, in a few days, commence operations
oo the claims on the Similkameen river with
tbeir dredger to raise the sand from the bot-
tom by centrifuKal pumps, and run it over
tables coated with quicksilver.
Dr. Langhammer, who took a bond on the
Allison group last fall, has made an agreement
with a Chicago syndicate by which a lOU-ton
dally cyanide plant is to be erected, provided
the ore in the group averages t-'^O per ton ; 120
assays made averaged $37.!M> per ton, and if
the titles are found perfect the syndicate will
buy a controlling interest in the property and
erect the reduction works.
The Roanoke Mining and Milling Company,
a syndicate of Michigan City. Ind., capital-
ists, have miners at work on their claims on
the south bank of the Similkameen river. It
Is the intention to continue the development
work until the tunnols are run oUO feet.
When the Hoanoke tunnel has penetrated the
mountain 500 feet reduction works will bo
erected of sufilcient capacity to handle the
output.
KUITI8H CULUMItlA.
Spokeitman-ltrvfetv. For the first lifty days
of the present year the Le Uoi mine bus aver-
aged in shipments 100 tons of crude ore daily.
Now, since the compressor is in operation,
and the gravity tramway ready for business,
when the new hoist is in position and operat-
ing the output of the Le Uol mine will be
Increased fourfold.
In the Center Star, which adjoins the Le
Uol, the main tunnel is now in over 14U0 feet,
and is within 70 feet of the east end line of
the Le Koi.
On Monte Cristo mountain the mines are
being developed night and day. No less than
four mines on this hill are being developed by
power drills. They are the City of Spokane,
Colonna, Monte Cristo and Iron Horse.
The Wallers Company has secured an option
on a four-tlfths interest in the Pilgrim for
$60,000. The bond is to be ^akeu up on March
4. It is understood that the Walters Com-
Sany is acting in the interest of Toronto and
lontreal capital. This company aiso hold a
bond on the Gem and Tiger fractions, which
adjoin the Pilgrim, and it is their intention to
consolidate the three in one company. This
will give an area of about twenty acres.
Nelson Miner: The following is the product
of the mines of the Ivootenay country for this
year up to February 20:
ORE EXPORTED.
Ton/1.
From Slooan via Kaslo ■1242?a
FromSlocafl via Nakusp 1597^
From Rosaland via Northport 267iiU
From Rosslund via N elson 16;^
Totiil 8d36V4
Toiul value-
Through Nelson custom bouse $489,477.94
Through Revelstoke (Nakusp) 174,416.65
Total $663,y94.59
Average value per ton 77.77
PRODUCE OP SMELTERS (SHIPPED).
Tons.
Nelson (Hall mines) matte 357
Trail smelter matte 1304?^
Total im\U
Total value $ 632.906.00
Total value ore and matte exported — 1,296,800.59
ALASKA.
Mining liccotd: There arrived Feb. 10 the
first parly this winter from the Yukon coun-
try. Speaking of the shortage of supplies at
Circle City, they say there is plenty of noth-
ing but sugar. Flour has sold as high as S50
per hundred.
A greater amount of winter drifting than
ever before has proved profitable on Eagle
creek.
Of the Clondyke strikes, they say the Clon-
dyke river is a stream about forty yards in
width at the point of its confluence with the
Yukon, about fifty-five miles above Forty
Mile, and is about such a stream as Forty
Mile creek. Its principal tributaries are
Bonanza and Hunker creeks, each about
twenty miles in length. The gold of this dis-
trict is invariably found in the beds of the
streams, there being no bench diggings. The
pay streak runs from 3 to 6 feet deep and lies
under from 12 to 30 feet of gravel, and the dis-
trict is distinctly and entirely a winter dig-
gings, sinking and drifting being only practi-
cable when the gravel is frozen.
One hundred and ninety-two claims are
staked out along Bonanza creek, extending a
distance of twelve miles, 102 miles below and
ninety miles above the discovery claim.
The gold of the Clondyke section is coarse
and dark, carrying considerable adhering
quartz. A number of nuggets taken out on
Bonanza creek will weigh from S3 to $13 each.
Claims are allowed exiendiog 500 feet along
the streams, from rim to rim, and the Cana-
dian authorities demand a fee of $15 from the
locator of each claim. The best claim thus far
opened up on Bonanza creek is No. 22 above
discovery, which was sold by P. C. Richard-
son for $13000, half cash, balance "on bed-
rock."
News: The class of capitalists who so far
have invested here are men with means to
put their acquisitions ou a paying basis. Of
i.hat class might be mentioned the Julian
Mining Company, which built a 10-stamp mill
at Beroev's bay last fall; the Nicolai Com-
pany, which will build one this spring of like
size on the Horrible lode; the Bald Eagle
Company, the Sum Dum Chief Company, the
Windham Bay Company, the Ebner Gold Min-
ing Company and the Boston & Alaska Com-
pany, which has just begun operations at
Funter h&y. The latter gives promise of de-
veloping into a plant second in magnitude only
to the Treadwell Company.
The Sum Dum Chief Mining Company has
begun active work for the season, A complete
lO-slamp mill has been ordered, workmen are
framing the mill timbers, and everything will
be on the mill site ready for erection by
March 15.
The Nowell Company has under considera-
tion the addition of fifteen stamps to their
Sheep creek mill. There will be a large milt
built on the Ready Bullion claim this summer
and probably one on the 700-foot claim adjoin-
ing Treadwells. The Mills property, on the
north shore of Holkham bay, now under bond
to a French syndicate for *2."i0,000, will be
thoroughly developed early in the season.
UTAH.
TINTIC DISTRICT.
(Special Correspondence). — The Tintic Min-
ing and Development Company is driving a
tunnel into Mammoth mountain to tap the
Sioux vein, which they expect to strike by go-
ing 4000 feet. This is to be a royalty tunnel,
but the company expect to cut through their
own ground at 2100 feel from the mouth, at
1400 feet depth.
The Emerald shaft is down 455 feet, Some
drifting is being done, and several chutes of
low-grade ore have been found. The purpose
is to sink 700 feet.
The Grand Central, lying adjacent to the
Mammoth, on the same side of the hill, has a
shaft down 700 feet; has 1000 feet of drifting
on the 200- foot level and is in ore; has 50(i feet
of drifting on the 400-foot level and 800 feet at
the 700-foot level. The property is well
equipped, and, while not now a shipper, there
is strong likelihood of its soon becoming one.
The Apex is a promising prospect on the
south slope of Mammoth hill. Its owners are
doing some systematic work prospecting for
the Centeunial-Eureka vein, which is on the
opposite side of the hill.
At Silver City, the Silver Park tunnel is in
800 feet and a shaft is being sunk. The man-
agement contemplate putting in hoisting
machinery.
The Four Aces shaft is down 485 feet, is
equipped with a gasoline hoisting engine and
has shipped some carbonate-lead ore. Levels
have been run every 100 feet. Ores on the
lower levels are said to run as high as SO ozs.
silver and 30 per cent lead.
The South Swansea shaft is 450 feet deep,
with levels every 50 feet. The workings con-
nect with those of the old Swansea. The
work DOW in progress is principally develop-
ment and blocking out the ore. Ore on every
level has been found, which is silver-lead sul-
phate. Very little of it is oxidized. The ores
of this part of the district are io, porphyry and
run 40 ozs. to 60 ozs. silver and 20 per cent
lead, though some of the high grade runs as
high as 120 ozs. silver. The South Swansea is
shipping about 3U0 tons per month. The old
Swansea shaft is down about 000 feet, and
production and development goes steadily on.
Wascott.
Mammoth, Utah, Feb. 16th, '97.
Mercur Mercury: Lillian Russell shaft on
the La Cigale is going down at the rate of 6
feet a day, and the drifts north from the 100
and 200-foot levels are being driven at a like
rate of speed. The plans of the company for a
mill are completed, and early in the summer
ground will be broken for its erection. The
mill will have a capacity of 500 tons, and will
be complete in all its details. The ore will need
no handling after being hoisted, the machinery
taking it from the ore bins to the crusher, the
tanks, and will even carry it out on the dump.
The Wonder shaft was down last week to a
depth of 650 feet.
Kislingbury, Jenkins and Clements have
been sampling the Sacramento in the interest
of Capt. De Lamar. Manager Bothwell says
that no option has been given on the property,
nor any price quoted.
Salt Lake Tribune: The output from the
Bullion-Beck property at present is perhaps
larger than that of any bonanza in the State,
the shipments of crude ore amounting to about
2500 tons a month with the concentrates reach-
ing a total of nearly 1000 tons. It is said of
the ore that rarely has its values exceeded
those of the present time, the high grade
showing an increased amount of gold as depth
has been attained, while the argentiferous
values have maintained a uniform figure.
On the West Dip at Mercur extensive de-
velopment work is being done, with most
gratifying results. The showing at the La
Cigale continues as work progresses, as do the
Daisies and there is every indication that the
rush to that locality will increase with the
opening of spring. The snow there is yet at
such a depth as to render intelligent prospect-
ing almost impossible, although hundreds of
claims have been staked off.
The Mercur Mining Company will within
two weeks increase the capacity of their mill-
ing plant to 300 tons daily. To accomplish
this will involve but little expense, the only
thing necessary being an increase in the tank-
age and a heavier crusher. At present the
mill is handling a little over 200 tons a day
that afford a monthly dividend in the sum of
$25,000, and with the increase the impression
prevails that this will be swelled to at least
$37,500.
At Frisco the mill upon the property of the
Horn Silver Mining Company, which has paid
over i8;d,OUO,000 to its stockholders, has been
shut down, and about 100 employees at the
mine and concentractor laid off. At the offices
of the company in this city it is claimed that
the shut-down was simply to enable the man-
agement to make needed repairs on the mill,
and that this having been done the property
would start up again.
All three of the Salt Lake smelters are
quite busy in turning out bullion, and their
ore supplies keep up well. The past few years
there has been such sharp competition in
smelting as to necessitate the adaptation of
labor and fuel-saving devices to cut down the
cost of reduction of o^es into bullion and
matte.
The Chloride Point Consolidated Mining
and Milling Company have decided to erect a
100-ton mill at their property in the Camp Floyd
district, and it is understood that the work
of construction will begin at an early date.
MONTANA.
Manager Knippenberg in his annual report
of the Hecla Consolidated Mining Company
shows the production for IS'.tO to have been :
Silver, ozs., 362,735; lead, lbs., 2.77t»,S05;silicia,
lbs., 3.358,030; iron, lbs., 1,510,520; zinc, lbs.,
1,784.405. The net value of bullion and matter
shipped during 1806 was $2vK3,474.90, which
with receipts from other sources made up a
total of $286,323. 10. The expenditures, not
counting dividends, were *24U,U50.31, leaving
a net cash profit of f20.372.><8.
Intir-M'tiuiUiin: The Montana Ore Purchas-
ing Company are negotiating for the McNa-
mara interest in the Snohomish mine for t~5,-
000. The property is now being worked under
lease, and is developed by a shaft 450 feet in
depth and numerous crosscuts and drifts.
Minrr: At the Bi-Metallic mine in Granite
county, which has produced ^32,000,000, and
has paid $12,000,01)0 in dividends in nine years,
the machinery for starting to work over the
tailings that have accumulated for so many
years, is about ready and it is said that the
mill will not again shut down. After the tail-
ings are used up it is probable that the mill
will be kept running from the ore that is
taken from the mines.
On the High Ore work has been suspended
on the tunnel, which is in 1,185 feet. In driv-
ing several veins carrying good values io gold,
silver and lead have been cut. The objective
point of the tunnel is still about 400 feet ahead.
It is expected that work will soon be resumed.
SODTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills I'/mfs: P. L. Gibbs, principal
owner of the Omega mine, adjoining the
Homestake, is negotiating for the erection of
a leaching plant in connection with his stamp
mill situated at the mouth of Blacktail on
Deadwood gulch. The new plant will be
operated under the cyanide or chlorination
method.
G. W. Drew and M. V. Little of Chicago,
associated with D. C. Boley, who have re-
cently purchased the Carroll group of mines,
on the Blacktail divide, and the Sunset prop-
erty, west of the Gunnison and Clinton
groups, propose to erect a large and suitable
works for the treatment of the product of
their mines, and of sufilcient capacity to
handle custom ores.
A new discovery of siliceous ore is reported
to have been made in the vicinity of Hill City,
two miles from the Sunnyside mine. The
locator claims to have a vertical vein S feet
wide that he has traced by openings on its
course for 45U0 feet in length.
At Keystone the Holy Terror Company em-
ploy about fifty men. The shaft is in the
vicinity of 475 feet and is being pushed as
fast as possible. The mine is a steady and
large producer.
The Union Hill Mining Company are get-
ting the Richmond mill in shape for the re-
duction of gold ores. Twenty stamps are now
in position and will be dropping in a few days.
The mill will be equipped with four different
makes of concentrators to test their ability
and capacity. The one giving the best re-
sults will be adopted and a full complement of
them will be placed in position. The mill
when completed will have eighty stamps.
COLORADO.
Denver Reimhlican : At Cripple Creek on
the Strong mine on Battle mountain the shaft
is down 500 feet and the foundation has been
prepared for a new 12x14 geared bolster that
will see the shaft down lOUO feet deeper.
C. B. Wider has secured the Raven hill
group of the Cresson Company under a bond
and lease, and put a force to work prospecting
the ground. The group contains thirty-four
acres and ranks among the best of the indif-
ferently prospected territory on Raven hill.
The old Eaton shaft on the Gold Dollar has
been unwatered and sinking resumed. In
the prospecting tunnel run, about 50 feet
away from the shaft, what is undoubtedly
the extension of the Lindsay-Lanterman vein
has been opened, and assays from 10 inches of
the ore range from SOO to $1500 a ton.
J. J. Weicher of London has purchased the
bond and lease on the Caledonia on Gold hill
from the Six Brothers Company, and the
property is now being operated for him by the
McMas'ters brothers, while the final sale of
the property is being negotiated in London.
The Elkton during the first eighteen days
in February shipped 27 cars of ore, including
all grades. The Moon-Anchor Company dur-
ing the past week shipped 143 tons of ore.
At Ouray the Cleopatra Mining and Milling
Company announces to owners and operators
of mining property tributary to Ouray that
they will erect during the next three or four
months smelting works for the reduction of
copper sulphide, iron sulphide, siliceous and
lime ores. They expect their first furnace
will be in operation early in June.
The O. & N. tunnel, which has cut the
American ore measures on the gold belt,
shipped out a single car recently which netted
over $9000 iu gold.
At Leadville shipments have commenced
from the newly opened Henriett shaft. A
foi'ce of twenty-five men were put to work
breaking ore in the third and fourth levels,
about 450 feet from the surface. The ore is a
lead carbonate, and recent assays show an
average value of 13 ounces silver and 39 to 40
per cent lead.
NEW MEXICO.
The Baldy district has been a large pro-
ducer of gold since 1866, and the product has
been well up into the millions, while gold was
taken from the placer workings under Spanish,
rule as early as 1640, and for forty years
thereafter. A large portion of the district,
and all of that portion which was known to be
gold-bearing up to three years ago. Is em-
braced within the Maxwell land grant, the
title to which has been in conflict for many
years. This was u complete bar to the in-
vestment of capital to develop the well-
known rich leads. Happily, the question of
title has been absolutely settled by an act of
Congress, and in IS'.M the district was thrown
open to prospectors under conditions verv
similar to those relating to the location o*f
mineral claims ou government land, and in
most respects more favorable. Since then
thousands have gone into the newly opened
fields, which have been demonstrated to be
rich in gold. This includes the La Belle dis-
trict, the Red River district, the Keystone
district and the Hematite district.
The Aztec mine was discovered by Matthew
Lynch and others iu 1867, and in about nine
years' working is reported to have produced
over $1,250,000. This property has over 2000
feet or underground workings, most of it
ready for sloping, and is said to have over
40,000 tons of ore In sight.
Other old mines iu the vicinity of Baldy ar^.
the Montezuma, Rebel Chief, Legal Tender,
Black Horse and French Henry groups, be-
sides many others more recently developed.
The capacity of the mines in this district, if
worked to the fullest extent, is not less than
1200 tons of ore daily. Seven stamp mills,
with over 200 stamps, are in operation in the
district.
The Bandanna group, near Elizabethtown,
consists of six very fine claims, upon which
there are 500 feet of shafts and 3(HiO feet of
tunnels, developing eight well-defined veins,
ranging from 8 inches up to 3 feet io width ot
high-grade ores, and from 5 to 8 feet in width
of ore.
On the Golden Ajax a lO-stamp mill has
been in operation since last June, but has not
been entirely successful in saving the values,
and a concentrating plant is now being put in
to handle the tailings.
In the Red River district a thirty-ton
smelter was erected last November, which
will be a great factor in developing the dis-
trict the coming season; and though it can
handle only a small portion of the ores pro-
duced, it will give a practical demonstration
so much needed in all new mineral fields.
The placers constitute one of the chief
sources of gold in all of the districts. The
Lynch placers at Elizabethtown have been
operated since 1866, and comprise a tract
of about 7000 acres, carrying an average of IS
feet of auriferous gravel running not less than
30 cents per cubic yard. These placers and
others in the immediate vicinity of Baldy
mountain have produced more than $3,000,000.
The Lynch placer is operated by a ditch 42
miles long, which cost originally over $300,000,
and by two shorter ditches, which furnish a
large volume of water. The Franklin placers
comprise over 800 acres of ground on Red
river. Over $20,000 worth of improvements
were completed late last fall. The Monte-'
zuraa placers, on Red river, were operated
profitably last season. Near the head of Red
river are the Long Canyon and Black Tiger
placers, located last season and operated in a
small way. In the La Belle district a Boston
company, which located a number of placer
claims last season, has recently purchased all
the adjoining placer ground and in the spring
will construct a ditch from the Costilla.
ARIZONA.
Globe Silver Belt : Between the Verde and
Jerome there are over sixty men prospecting,
most of them having gone there recently on
account of the striking of a large ledge, assay-
ing high in gold and silver.
John W. Garrett of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, Arthur A. Brownlee of New York
and Thomas R. Lombard of Chicago, through
the efforts of W. O. O'Neill of Prescott, have
become interested in the Grand Canyon
copper mines, owned by F. R. Nellis and
others. The bond covers twenty claims and
runs eighteen months, the price fixed being
$85,000.
Mr. Backstein, who has bonded several
mines in the Lone Star district, and who went
to St. Louis recently to buy a smelter and
other machinery, has made the purchase and
the machinery is now in transit.
There are sixty men employed extracting
ore and freighting it to the Rosemont smelter,
which, it is expected, will blow in in a few
days.
Tucson Star: At the Pierce mines the out ■
put is larger than ever before. Two pulveriz-
ing mills have been purchased and are in
transit and will be erected and in operation
within sixty days. The capacity of these
mills is fifty tons each, making a total of 100
tons per day.
Journal-Miner: A shipment of $20,000 in
gold bullion was made last week from the
Harqua Hala mines.
The Sundance Company is awaiting the ar-
rival of new machinery for their mill, which
they propose to erect at their Silver Trail
mine.
Despite the reports to the contrary, the
presen t lessees of the Bonanza mine, at
Harqua Hala, will probably make application
for a renewal of the lease at the headquarters
at London. Ten stamps are kept running
twelve hours per day.
Phcenix RepuiiUcan: The shaft of the Con-
gress mine is now down more than 1700 feet
and has been in pay dirt all the way.
The copper mines near the Grand canyon,'
back of Flagstaff, are bonded to Eastern cap-
ital and are developing into big producers.
It is reported that Wm. Stiles and Felix
Mayhew of Casa Grande have sold their re-
cently discovered copper property, a few miles
south of that town, for $60,000, and that a
smelter will be placed on the ground at once.
It Is understood that the Silver Reef proper-;
ties have just changed ownership for a con-
sideration of $75,000.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
Maich 6, 1897.
Scientific Progress.
The Quacks and Electricity.
In a recent address Dr. George M.
Sternberg spoke on " Pseudo Science
in Medicine," and described the use
made of the electric belt, "microbe
killer " and the X-ray by the army of
quacks " who trade upon the imper-
fect knowledge of the masses, and by
plausibly written advertisements con-
vince many, even of the educated
classes, that their particular method
of treatment is based upon the latest
scientific discoveries." Continuing,
Dr. Sternberg says:
" A Franklin draws lightning from
the clouds; a Galvani shows that an
electric current may be developed by
the contact of metals, and that such a
current causes muscular contraction,
and innumerable patient investigators
add to our knowledge of electricity.
The scientific physician avails himself
of this potent agent for the treatment
of certain ailments in which it appears
to be indicated, but admits that he
meets with many disappointments in
his clinical experiments. The pseudo-
scientific quack writes, or has written,
advertisements in which fact and fic-
tion are so commingled that even edu-
cated persons may be deceived, and,
having aroused interest in the alleged
therapeutic value of this mysterious
agent, offers his electric belt or finger
ring made of two metals, or pocket
battery, as a sure cure for certain
specified ailments, or, if less modest
and more certain of the credulity of
the public, as a cure for all of the dis-
eases to which man is subject."
Metallurgists now think they know
why a piece of red-hot tool-steel be-
comes flint hard when suddenly
quenched in water. For years they
have been satisfied with the explana-
tion that the shock drove the molecules
of the steel into closer contact, hence
the hardness; but this theory was com-
pletely destroyed by the fact that the
volume of the hardened steel was
greater than that of the unhardened
material. After five years' search the
metallurgical department of the Shef-
field Technical School has solved sub-
stantially this difficult problem. It
had been necessary to employ very in-
tricate physical apparatus, the object
of which was to measure accurately
what seemed a paradox, namely, how
much hotter a piece of steel became on
cooling, and how much cooler it became
on heating. These phenomena were
due to the formation or dissociation of
compounds within the steel itself. The
result of the researches showed, almost
beyond doubt, that the almost diamond
hardness of quenched steel was due to
the presence of a remarkable sub-
carbide of iron, and that the action of
tempering was due to the fact that far
below red heat this compound decom-
posed and diluted the mass with soft
iron. The permanent magnetism of
steel depended on the amount present
of this compound. — Mechanical En-
gineering.
An English exchange tells of a re-
markable invention it is proposed soon
to-bring out in England called petri-
fite. It is stated to be a combination
of -well-known inexpensive substances
which has the property of rapidly bind-
ing together or solidifying, without
pressure or mechanism, almost any ma-
terials that can be named. It is said
that even water itself, fresh or salt,
and most liquids become solidified and
transformed in twenty-four hours into
insoluble stone or rock. The invention,
which can be used either as a perfectly
white powder or as a liquid, is added in
varying proportions as required. An
ordinary mixing mill and a pulverizer
are the only machines necessary for the
manufacture on a large scale, and
smaller quantities may be treated by
hand alone. Among the numerous ap-
plications to which it is claimed that
petriiite can be made may be mentioned
buildings, paving, aqueducts, reser-
voirs, tunnels, embankments, bricks,
tiles, concrete and cement. It is
thought that it may also be used as a
binding material in coal briquette man-
ufacture, one part of petrifite to thirty
or even forty parts of dust, making a
solid briquette without pressure.
Where a hard briquette is required it is
advisable to use the present ordinary
briquette presses instead of increasing
the proportion of petrifite.
Electrical Progress.
Unique in Its Motive Power.
An interesting installation is now
under way at Middletown, Conn.,
each one of which is devoted to some
special operation on the wheel. Refer-
ence to the plan shows the different
apartments which occupy these Ls.
The main L— 200 feet long, 50 feet wide
and two stories high — is the repair de-
partment and the store room.
The unique feature of this factory
lies in the fact that it will be entirely
operated by electricity, not an engine
or a main belt coming into the factory
proper. The system chosen is the
three-phase system of the General
Electric Company, now in use in many
power transmission and distribution
plants throughout the country.
The engine and generating plant are
B
LAYOUT OF THE KEATING FACTORY AT MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
where the Keating Wheel Co. have
completed a factory unique in its con-
struction and in the application of its
motive power. When complete the
located in the southeast corner of the
plot in a two-story brick and stone
building. Steam is generated by a
Babcock & Wilcox boiler of 250 H. P.,
tion, 60 cycle machine, also placed on
piers carried up from the ground. The
main belt from the engine and fly
wheel passes down to the ground floor,
where a countershaft runs in bearings
set upon brick and stone piers. The
shaft is carried the entire length of the
room and from it will be driven, event-
ually, another three-phase machine,
probably of similar capacity, as well as
a set of lighting machines.
The exciter for the generator is a 45
kilowatt machine of the I. B. type, run
from a pulley on the shaft of the three-
phase machine.
The main building, 1000 feet long, is
one great hall, supported on rows of
pillars 10 feet apart. It will be seen
by the diagram of the building that
the main shafting is about 800 feet
long and runs down the central aisle,
being divided into three sections, be-
tween each of which is a 50 H. P. Gen-
eral Electric induction motor of the in-
verted type. There are other shorter
lines of shafting, which are about 350
feet long, one on each side of the main
shafting in the north part of the build-
ing. Still another line of shafting,
about 250 feet long, runs through the
repair department. The motors driv-
ing the shafting in the main building
are two 50 H. P., while the line of
shafting running through the repair
shop is driven by a 20 H. P. motor, se-
cured to the ceiling of the first floor in
the main building.
All of the motors are equipped with
two pulleys on each end, so that four
independent shafts can be driven from
each motor. The extent of this shaft-
ing and the method of driving the
motors can be gathered from the illus-
tration made from a photograph taken
from one end of the main building.
i There is about 160 feet of shafting on
the other side of the far motor
; shown in the picture. This will
give some idea of the extent of
the installation.
KEATING FACTORy JANUARY
factory and offices will cover a space
of 168,250 square feet, of which about
150,000 square feet will be devoted en-
tirely to bicycle manufacture. The
separated by a brick partition from
the engine room. The engine — of 500
H. P., the high pressure side only of
which is installed — is erected upon the
The world's submarine cables
now number more than 1300, ac-
cording to the recent presidential
address to the London Institution
of Electrical Engineers. They have
an aggregate length of 162,000
nautical miles, over half of them
being less than five miles long,
while eight of them exceed 2000
miles. They represent a total ex-
penditure of about $200,000,000,
about 75 per cent of which is
j British capital. A fleet of forty-one re-
pair ships is maintained. The electrician
can localize the breaks in a cable closer
than the captain can sail his vessel, yet
a break on one of the Anglo-American
lines costs almost half a million dollars
to mend — this being probably the most
expensive repair on record. It is pos-
sible to transmit nearly fifty words of
five letters each per minute on the At-
lantic cables by an automatic trans-
mitter.
Mechanical Progress.
Improved Hetliod of Filtration.
FIRST FLOOR OF MAIN BUILDING; ROOM 1000 FEET LONG.
establishment is divided into three
buildings of brick and stone. The
main building is 1000 feet long, 50 feet
wide and two stories high. Projecting
from this on the river side are six Ls,
second floor upon brick and stone cap
piers built up from the ground. On
the same floor is a General Electric
three-phase generator, known as an
A-T 16 pole, 250 kilowatt, 450 revolu-
Frank H. Mason, United States Con-
sul General at Frankfort, Germany,
writes that there is in operation at
Worms, Kiel and several other places
in Germany an improved system of fil-
tration of water on a large scale. The
new system is the invention of Director
Fischer, waterworks engineer of the
city of Worms, where the use of Rhine
water for general purposes presented
the same problem that confronts cities
like Cincinnati, St. Louis, Cairo, and
others which derive their water supply
from the often turbid rivers of the
Mississippi valley. The germ, or fun-
damental idea, upon which the new
system is based is the fact that clean,
sharp sand, when mixed in due propor-
tion with finely pulverized glass, which
may be derived from the waste of glass
works, old bottles, etc., forms a porous
mass, which, by baking under a high
temperature, may be hardened in any
desired form. The inventor in this case
hit upon the plan of molding this por-
ous cement into hollow plates, or
plaques, about 40 inches square and 8 ■
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inches thick — that is, with walls 3
inches in thickness and about 2 inches
of hollow space at the center of the
plaque.
In constructing the filtering plant,
these plates are set upright in groups
or batteries of any number, according
to the desired size and capacity of the
rstablishmeot, and are ranged along
the lower portion of one or more tanks
of hydraulic masonry, where they can
be covered to a depth of 3 or 4 feet
with the water to be filtered. The
water is then forced by its own pres-
sure through the porous walls of the
plate into the interior hollow space,
where it trickles down and is drawn off
through pipes, laid at the bottom of
the tank, to the reservoir which re-
ceives the filtered water. These dis-
charge pipes are rigged with cocks so
that each plate and group of plates
may be isolated for cleaning or other
purposes while the adjacent batteries
are in operation, l^or greater economy
of space and tubing, two tiers of
plates are set, one above another
in the usual manner, whereby
both tiers are served by one set
of discharge pipes. The water,
in passing through the 3-inch walls of
vitrified sand, is filtered as perfectly
as by traversing 3 feet of loose sand or
gravel in the ordinary sand-filtering
process. The plates, beingset upright
and close to each other, increase from
eight to ten fold the filtering surface
that may be condensed within any
given superficial area, thus securing an
important economy of space within
frost-proof constructions, and where,
as is often the case, land is costly and
diflicull to obtain.
Nor is this the only, or even the
principal, advantage of the new system.
Every practical waterworks engineer
knows the delays, labor apd expense
involved by turning sand filters out of
circuit and cleansing them of the mud
and detritus which collect so rapidly at
the bottom of the tank. With the
plaque filter, the cleansing operation is
easily and quickly performed by simply
reversing the current of water, that is,
turning it backward through the dis-
charge pipes into the hollow plates,
whence it percolates outward through
the porous walls into the tank, dislodg-
ing readily the dirt that has collected
on the outer surface. This falls to the
bottom of the tank in which the plates
are submerged, and is draw off in
liquid form, assisted, when the accumu-
lation is large, by means of a hoe or
shovel, and followed by flushing with a
hose.
Practical Information.
Pig Iron Production.
So far the available statistics enable
a conjecture to be made of the pig iron
output of 1896. It is likely to be by far
the largest on record. The best esti-
mates that can be made place it at 30,-
500,000 tons, of which the contributions
that can be appraised with apparent
confidence are the following :
Ton».
Great Britain , 8.050,000
United States 8.623.000
Germany fl,3u0,000
Franco 2,250,000
Russia l.eoo.OOO
Austra- Hungary 1,300,000
Belgium liSO.OOO
Sweden 1550,000
Total 30,123,000
And when to this we add contribu-
tions from Canada, India, Italy, Spain,
China, Japan, Mexico and other coun-
tries, we can depend upon it that we
are rather under than over the mark.
— Iron and Coal Review.
A SPECIAL from Chicago over the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the
Burlington & Missouri railroads reached
Denver, Col., at 3:52 a. m. Feb. 16th,
having traveled 1026 miles in 18 hours
and 52 minutes. This journey goes
into history as the greatest railroad
feat ever accomplished. On straight
stretches of track the train covered
more than sixty miles an hour. The
mountain climb from Akron, Col., to
Denver, ,118 miles, was made in 124
minutes, the train running an even mile
a minute much of the distance. This rec-
ord is considerably better than any pre-
viously made. The average speed was
.906 mile per minute. The record be-
fore had been held by a New York Cen-
tral special, which made the run from
New York to Chicago, 964 miles, in 19
hours and 57 minutes (1197 minutes), an
average of .805 mile per minute.
Amminum urass is used extensively
in places where strength is required,
especially in electrical work and the
electrical attachments for wires on
trolley work, both overhead and under-
ground. The use of aluminum also
makes brass very tough, and one can
take brass with a few per cent of alumi-
num in it and bend it into all sorts of
shapes and forms without breaking it ;
whereas, without the aluminum, it
would not stand one-half the amount of
work which it will with it.
THE 0\/ERLrtlND I-I/VIITBD,
VIA
UNION PACIFIC.
Only 3 l-a l>»y« to ChlcaKO 3 1-2.
Only 1 l-a Baya to New Xork— -4 l-a.
The Union Paciflc is t'le only line running Pull-
man double Drawlng-l.oom sleepers and Dining
Cars San Francisco to Chicago daily without
obango. Ouly one change to New York; dining
oar service entire disiance. Vestibuled composite
budet smoking and library cars between Odgen
and Chicago.
The ouly line running upbolstored Pullman Tour-
ist sleepers San Francisco to Chicago daily with-
out change, and personally conducted excursions
to St. Paul and Chicago without change, leaving
San Francisco every Friday.
Tickets and sleeping-car reservations at No. 1
Montgomery St. Steamship tickets on sale to and
from all points in Europe. D. W. HITCHCOCK
General Agent. San Francisco
Two Big Bargains !
STEAn SHOVEL
F-OR SALE.
First-class machine; nearly new;
ample power to handle anything
but solid rock ; cost $7000; was
set up but never used; will be
sold for $2000; can be bought
with or without 50 H, P. boiler.
A Bennett Amalgamator.
Cost originally over $7500: in
fair condition; can be bought for
$1600. For particulars as to
capacity, location, etc., address
SPOT CASH.
Minine" and Scientific Press Office,
220 Market Street, - - San Francisco, Cal.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA. LTD.
CAPITAL, . $550,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
^ftAOE MARK.
IweARTHUR-FOBHEST PItCC3^
Gold Medal, Columbiun Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArttinr-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 216
Sansome Street, San Prancisco.
Office: mcPhee Bdilding, Denver, Colorado.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chomlcal Liiboratory. E»t.ubllshed in Colorado,
18(il). Sauiplea by iniill or express will receive
prompt and careful attention Gold aad silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress ITHG and 17:iS Lawrouco Street, Denver, Colo.
P^t ^ayne Jlectric (Corporation,
M ANL'FACTUKERS OF Til K " ' *■'
Of
Arc Lighting. Alternating and Direct Current Incandescent Lighting,
Power Generators, Motors, Transformers, Instruments and Appliances.
CHAS. R. LLOYD, AGENT. 18 SECOND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
DESIGNING AND CONSULTING
/Vlechanical and Hydraulic
ENGINEERS!
■.??iJ,^,?'V;%!'."';°'* '""■ M:"'l"nery of MINES iiDd MILLS. Improvement and Dcvelopmenl or
WATER POWKR for All Applications. Will Elve PEKSONAL SUPERVISION During the
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TUTTHILL WATER WHEEL.
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Thearetically as Weil as Practically Perfect.
CONTRACTS TAKEN FOR ANY
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„„Y°.'""'° ".^?°^i"\'^' ?,''''P'° ■""* Durable Governor, entirely new and novel, that will positively
regulate speed of wheel. Specially adapted for electric railway and lighting plants.
Write for Catalogue.
OAKLAND IRON WORKS, Builders,
lOS FIRST STKKET, .SAN FRANCISCO.
Telephone 1007 Main.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.,
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
CHICSrtCSO, U. S. f\.
MAI.I.FABI.D IRON BUCKISTS of Approved Pattern and Weight
LINK BFLT ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS.
ROPE POWER TRANSMISSION.
SHAFTING, PlILLEVS, GEARING, CLOTCHES. ETC.
ELECTRIC COAL MIKING MACHINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
To Gold Miners!
Silver Plated Copper Amalgam Plates
F'^or Saving: Gold.
GOLD REMOVED PROM OLD PLATES AND REPLATED. Old Plates
bought. Get our Reduced Rates. Five thousand orders filled.
Twenty-flve Medals Awarded.
m FRMCISCO GOLD, SILVER AND NICKEL PLATIMG WORKS,
653 and 655 Mission Street, San Francisco. Cal.
Telephone, Main 5931.
E. a. DENNISTON, Proprietor.
Ever.v description of work plated. Send for Circular.
UNIONiffl^ORKS
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MINE BELL SIGNALST
Adopted, Used and In Force in Accordance
with State Law.
IZ>OR THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR READERS IN THE MINING COUNTIES WE PRINT IN
■"^ le^al size, 12x36 inches, tbe Mine Bell Signals and Rules provided for in the Voorhies Act
passed by the State Legislature and approved March 8, 1893. The law Is entitled " An Act to Establish
a Uniform System of Mine Bell Signals to Be Used in All Mines Operated in the State of California,
for the Protection of Miners." We furnish these Signals and rules, printed on cloth so as to withstand
dampness, for 50 cents a copy. MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. 2'20 Market St.. San Francisco.
Experimental n^achlnery and Repair Works of Mil K-lnds.
F». T. Tr/\Y)LOR & CO., 5:2 3 yWission Street, San Francisco, California.
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 6, 1897.
UNION IRON WORK5,
^ ^ 222 riarket Street, San Francisco, Cal. ^ ^
'^wE^^ MAKE THIS SMALL <^^^»^
DOUBLE CYLINDER SINGLE DRUM HOIST
For Prospecting Purposes
or Underground Work,
USING COMPRESSED AIR.
The entire hoist is self-contained, being mounted on an
iron sole plate or bed which carries all the operating levers
and provides a footboard for the operator. The engines are
provided with reversible link motion and the drum with a
broad strap brake, insuring safe and rapid work.
The general lines upon which this hoist is designed are
neat, strong and substantial and all the operating parts are
conveniently arranged.
The size herewith illustrated is the 4 in. x 10 in., rated
at 1 5 horse power. The larger sizes, 8 in. x 12 in. and up-
wards are provided with post brakes.
HOIST F-OR PROSPECTING.
L. C. MARSHUTZ.
T. G. CANTRELL.
Dow Steam Pump Works,; M^itinnni Iron Works
OFFICE AND WORKS: 114 and 116 BEALE St., San Francisco. i i l CI H U 11 Cl-l. All/ 11 TTvrll\0^
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MANUFACTURERS OF
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SINGLE OR DUPLEX FOR EVERY POSSIBLE DUTY.
MINING PUMPS,
Irrigation Pumps,
Artesian Well Engines,
Independent Air Pump and
Condenser,
i
For Stationary Engines or Steam Pumps.
Power Pumping
Machinery,
speed Governors,
BALAKE VALVES AND PRESSURE REG ■
ULATORS FOR STEAM PUMPS,
Etc., Etc.
IV. W. Cor. Main and Howard Sis., San Francisco. Cal.
MANUFACTURERS OF
M\ STATIONARY AND COMPOUND
^^ ENGINES,
FLOUR, SUGAR, SAW AND QUARTZ MILL
MACHINERY.
AMALGAMATING MACHDffiS.
CASTINGS AND FORCINGS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTIOIT.
All work tested and guaranteed.
IMPROVED PORTABLE HOISTIMG ENGINES..
Improved Self=Contained
Three or Five Stamp flill,
Saves bijl for heavy timbers, millwrif,^ht and me-
chanics' labor, and a large amount of space. The
term self-contained means a great deal for the mine
owner, and can be readily recognized and appreciated
in making an estimate for an ordinary plant when
the comparative cost is considered.
First: There is saved a large bill for heavy tim-
bers, in many instances obtained at great expense
and loss of time.
Second: The saving in millwright and mechanice'
labor in framing and erecting.
Third: The large amount of space saved.
Fourth: The great saving of freight,
Scud for Circulars and Price LlHt.
'4Q DIGGIN'S.
155 acres of virgin ground on the famous Columbia channel. No " cap," all pay gravel. Fre
and room to store debris. A hydraulic proposition. Title. U. S. Patent.
QUARTZ MINES: 14 inches of $30 ore to 3!) feet of $10 ore. All at the miners' prices.
CorresDondenoe Solicited. Send for Catalogue, j Jan. 25, '97.
E. H. SCHAEFFLE, Murphys, Cal.
March C. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
199
Coast Industrial Notes.
Personal.
—J. H. Wadsworlh is erecting ao artificial
ice plant at Yreka, Siskiyou county.
—The GoverDTOOnl of Colombia has voted
ti.OOO.OOO francs for the purchase of more war-
ships.
—Receiver Clark has contracted for IS.tXH)
tons steel rails for the Unioa Pacitic and 50ou
tons for the Orogoo Short Line.
—The Los Angeles Bdisou Electric Company
has called a meeting of stockhotHer.s for March
'juth to authorize the issue of $5U0,00U bunded
indebtedness.
—A corporation has been formed, called the
Truckee J<c Lake Tahoe liailroad Company,
for the purpose of building a road to the
lake, with a terminus at Tahoe City. The di- [
rectors are capitalists of Nevada or men who
have been prominently connected with the
Comstock.
—The Arizona Legislature is asked to grant
exemption from taxation for ten years to a
proposed railroad to the Globe district, to be
called the Santa Fe, Phtrnix & Globe. Globe
Is one of the best mineral regions in the West.
For years it has thrived with hauling done
120 miles. Even now hauling Is done seventy
miles.
-Dr. Thos. Addison, coast representative
Goo. Electric Co., considers as almost defi-
nitely assured the plan to establish a large
electric plant at the Corral Hollow, Cal.,
mines to furnish light and power to Oakland,
Berkeley and Alameda. The scheme includes
the building of fortv-two miles of line and the
generation of lU.UUU H. P. at the mines.
—The regular rumors of the usual annual
" fishermen's strike " are reported from As-
toria, Or., where the most protitable business
on the coast is conducted. From a little strip
of water is annually lifted f:i,i)oo.O0U worth of
salmon, it being all harvest, there being no
sowing or cultivation. The canners and fish-
ermen have a chronic grievance against each
other, and all efforts to induce a good under-
standing and business co-operation are
thwarted by a few on each side, who find
profit in fomenting discord.
—At the beginning of the work on the
Transsiberian Kailway, the Transbaikal and
Amoor section was planned to extend from
Chita through Srelensk, on the shores of the
river ShilUa, to Pokrovskaia; thence along
the northern shore of the river Amoor to
Khabarovsk, to join the Ussuri [Railroad, (run-
ning south to Vludivostock). But investiga-
tion clearly showed that the construction of a
line in that section involved such technical
difliculties as would greatly increase the cost
of the undertaking. Thus, for example, on the
Sretensk-KhabarovsU section, UJti? versts(U0.5
miles) long, the cost per verst (O.HtJ3 mile)
would amount to the sum of IIO.OOU rubles
($4(;.2C0). This first raised the question of
building the Transsiberian Kailway through
Chinese territory, and investigation made in
Manchuria showed that it would not only
cheapen and shorten the coastruciion of the
road, but would present other advantages.
Negotiations were begun on this subject, and
the result was that the Chinese Government
gave a concession to the Russo-Chinese Bank,
and a new company, called the Eastern Chi-
tiese Railway Company, was formed, which is
to construct and work a railway within Chi-
nese territory. The articles of association of
the new company were sanctioned by the
Czar Dec. 10. 1890. and bv an imperial ordi-
nance issued on Dec. 23, 189tt. The details of
the arrangement are these: The association
has been organized on the strength of the
convention concluded Aug. 27, 1S96, by the
Chinese Government with the Russo-Chinese
Government Bank for the construction and
exploitationof a railroad within the boundaries
of China, from a point on the western frontier
of the province of Heilung Chang to a point on
the eastern frontier of Kirin, and to be con-
nected wiih the branches of the Transsiberian
Railway which the Russian Government in-
tends to build. The company may, with the
permission of the Chinese Government, work,
in connection with the railroad or separately,
coal mines and other mining, industrial and
commercial enterprises in China. In case such
enterprises should be worked independently
of the railroad, then the company must keep'a
separate set of books for each of them. The
Russo-Chinese Bank rakes upon itself the
duty of organizing this company, and, when
the' same is organized, all the rights and
duties concerning the construction and ex-
ploitation of the line granted by the above-
mentioned convention are conferred upon the
company. The company will be con.sidered
organized as soon as the Government Bank
presents to the IVlinisler of Finance proof that
the founders of the compLiny have paid in
their first installment of the shares, and they
should be paid in not later than two months
after the confirmation of the articles of as-
sociation. The balance of the shares should be
paid in, according to their nominal value, not
later than a year after the organization of the
company. Siiares can be held only by Russian
and Cbinese subjects. According to the con-
vention, the company will own the Chinese
Eastern Railway during eighty years after
the opening of the whole line. The new line
will begin at the Onon station of the Trans-
baikal Railroad and will cross the Chinese
frontier near the town of Staro-Zurukbait ; it
will run in Manchuria toward the towns of
Cicikar(Tsitsikar), Khu-lan-Chen andNing-tu
and connect with the Nikolsk station of the
South Ussuri Railroad. The total length o£
the Manchuria Railway will be 1920 versts
• (1273 miles), of which 1425 versts (945 miles)
will be in Chinese territory.
Recently
Rt'tisELL L. Di'NN is in London, where he
went from Paris after his return from Si-
beria.
Tu£ new office of Manager Graham of the
Vulcan Iron Works of San Francisco Is at 505
Mission street.
Caitais GiLLirrxB, of the United States
Debris Commission. has been in Plumas county,
Cal., inspecting dams.
D. H. jACKt;ox of Oakland, Cal., will next
week resume active operations on his El
Dorado county property.
Lieut. H. E. Loi-ez of the Washington navy
yard is ordered to the Union Iron Works of I Mart-h 1
San Francisco as inspector of ordnance. ^..-.--..
CnAKLEs F. Hoffman, accompanied by his
son, Ros-a, reached St. Petersburg. Russia,
January 1st, on his way to Siberia. The mines
he goes to are on the Araoor river.
Bektkam Hcnt, California and Nevada
agent of the Gold and Silver Extraction Co. of
America, L't'd., has moved his oftice from 23
Stevenson St., to 216 Sansome St., Sau Fran-
cisco.
Pkof. R. a. F. Pesiu>se. president of the
Commonwealth Mining Company, is a candi-
date for the Governorship of Arizona — an ap-
pointment that will be made by President
McKinley.
Jas. Spiers Jii., of the Fulton Engineering
and Shipbuilding Works, has returned from
the Contidence mine, Tuolumne Co., and from
practical experience realizes the need of road
improvement.
HoKACE F. Bkows. M. E., of Chicago, who
has been putting in one of his roasting fur-
naces at the Planet-Saturn mine, Arizona, is
visiting El Dorado county, Cal., which he
first saw thirty-eight years ago.
William Hammond Hall, of this city, for-
merly State Engineer of California, has been
in London for some time past, and last week
sailed for South Africa with John Hays Ham-
mond. He goes to make an examination of the
water supplies oX the Rand for the Consoli-
dated Gold Fields, or the Rhodes outfit.
BiNOEit Hermann of Oregon is slated as
been managing properties at Grass Valley for
a number of years and has contributed some
valuable work to the State Mining Bureau.
Ho secured this position, which carries a sal-
ary of f7500 a year and expenses, through
Louis Janin of this citv.
Declared flining
dends.
Divi-
Highland Mining Co., South Dakota, one of
the Homestake corporations, 1^20,000, payable
Feb. 20— a total to date of *3,244,918.
Florence Mining Co., Montana, ^10,000; pay-
able March I.
Le Roi, Rossland, B. C, $25,000; payable
arch 1. This makes a total of ^2.5,000 'since
October, 'fl.5.
Idaho, British Columbia, $20,000; payable
Feb. 27.
Anchoria-Leland, $0000; payable Feb. 15th.
Arizona copper mine, $48,000; payable Feb.
Two Friends mine, Slocan, B. C,
cent; payable March 31.
PennM. Co., (^rass Valley, Cal., 5 cents per
share; payable March 10.
Cariboo M. Co., B. C, 2 cents per share,
$10,000; payable March 3.
Ontario Mining Co., Utah, monthly dividend
$15,000; payable March 2.
Daly, Utah, Mining Co., monthly dividend
$;i7,ri0b; payable March 2.
Morning Star gravel mine, Placer Co., Cal.,
No. 7.5, $5 per share; payable March 1.
2% per
Recent California Minin^r Incor-
porations.
The Vista Consolidated Mining and Milling
Company, Los Angeles; capital stock, $1,200,-
000-$900,000 subscribed; C. A. Lemon, San
Bernardino; W. A. McGovern, C. H. Elliott,
Louisa A. Litterer, J. B. Galvan, C. E. Ham-
ilton, J. H. Morrissey, C. F. McNutt, Los
Angeles; G. W. Lupton, Azusa.
Spangler Mining Co., Yreka, Cal.; capital
stock, $30,000, all subscribed; M. Ruener, C.
and F. Spangler, J. Piper, J. F. Hutchins, A.
Nola, A. Smith, F. Huseman, Yreka,
scribed; O. M. and E. G. Loveridge, E
Hirschler. G. E. Beach, L. Wadham.
Delta Mining Co., San Francisco; capital
stock, $100.000-$5(M) subscribed; J. C. Pranks,
M. \V. Mclatash, F. M. and C. E. Wilson. T
F. Blake. '
Tracy G. M. and M. Co., San Francisco;
capital stock. $87.5,000— $350 subscribed; D. E.
O'ConnelJ. W. G. Drown, .T. A. Reid. E.
Lichau, M. Claussenius. I. 1. Brown, T. R.
Bannorman.
Delta Mining Company, S. F. ; capital stock,
$100,000; $5(J0 subscribed; J. C. Pranks, M H
Mcintosh, F. M. and C. E. Wilson, T F
Blake.
ORES! ORES!
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUfED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Montgomery St., San Francisco.
-, _ . - . , ^ Idvo Exploration Co., San Francisco: capi- !
l\lr. Lamoreaux's successor as commissionerof I tal stock, «3, 000,000-$!, 100,000 subscribed ; O. I
the general land office. Mr. Hermann has | p Kapp, M. G. Vallejo, P. B, Donahoo, A.
served twelve years in Congress, is thor- i puhrmann, J. Heenan, San Francisco. I
oughly conversant with the requirements of Oro Vista M. and M. Co., Los Angeles; cap-
the position, is friendly to the mining inter- , jj^i stock, «1,200,000-$900,000 subscribed; C.
S. Lemon, San Bernardino; G. W. Lupton.
CJonsign shipments to Vallejo Jncctlon, Cal.
Gold, Silver and Copper Ores
and Sulphurets
BOUGHT AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
ests of the coast and not likely to be ioflu
enced in the manner so painfully peculiar in
the case of Mr. Lamoreaux.
L. P. GoLDSTONE, of Grass Valley, has re-
turned from London and will leave on the next
steamer bound for Australia, where he goes
to take the management of some promising
properties for Bewic, Moreing & Co., one of
the heaviest firms there and who deal in
mines all over the world. Mr. Goldstone has
Azusa; W. A. McGovern, C. H. Elliott, L. A
Litterer, J. B. Galivan, C. E. Hamilton, J.
H. Morrissey, C. F. McNutt, Los Angeles.
Golden Butte Mining Co., San Francisco;
capital stock, $1,000,000— $350 subscribed; G.
H. Hopps, V. B. Allen, G. W. Bumm, D. F.
Cooper, D. F. Lehigh, San Francisco.
Rose Hill Hydraulic G. M. and M. Co., San
Francisco; capital stock, $100, QUO— §5000 sub-
SPECIALTY, COPPER ORES.
WRITE FOR RATES TO
PIONEER REDUCTION CO.,
NEVADA CITV, CAL.
STEAM ORE STAMP.
One of the BONANZA MINES of the Black Hills was developed
by a TREMAIN STEAM STAMP MILL, installed last summer at a cost of
about $r6oo. After six months' run the superintendent wrote the fol-
lowing letter:
HiLb ClTV, S. D., Feb. 2, 1897.
Gatm Iron WorA-^, (150 Eiston Ave., Ckicafio, 7^/.— Gentlemen : It gives me (?reat pleasure in in-
forming you of our success with the Tremain'Steam Stamp Mill which we have been running since last
July. We have been running on hard, white quartz, some of it of a flinty character and a small portion
of it slightly decomposed We average about ten tons every 24 hours through a forty-mesh screen. If
our financial standing had been a little better, so we could have put in a small engine and rock crusher,
I am confldeot we could put throuirh 14 to 15 tons in 2-J hours. The wear and tear is considerably less
than an ordinary stamp mill, it all being on the shoes and dies. The last we used of these were of the
aluminum steel, which are the best wearing sboes and dies I have ever seen. The parts are all well
made and durable, I having failed to see any weak point about the machinery.
We use one cord of pine wood in 24 hours, and run the mill with 70 to 80 lbs. of .Hteam.
T have followed mining in connection with milling for thirty years and have never seen its equal
for convenience, durability and cheapnes.s. To parties wishing to purchase a quarty, mill I cheerfully
recommend the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill for its small cost, economy in operation and complete re-
sults of working. Very truly yours, [signed] JAMES C McDONALD,
Supt. St. Elmo M. & M. Co.
This Mill has the capacity of a 5-stamp gravity mill and costs less
than half to install. Automatic feeder of approved design. Weight of
entire Mill 3300 lbs. Made sectional for mule-back transportation.
AGENTS FOR CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON:
PROSPECTIVE niNING AND HACHINERY CO.,
137 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, nu PORTLAND. OREGON.
yvianij fact IJ red
L3cc!ijsi\/e ly K>y
rrlpple Creek— II b Hi-*tory to Date, Illustrated.
Just out, with correct map and costly full page
views natiirul ;is life. TIiIh pi-eai book will be seat
free prepitld with our big 5f;-col. family paper 3
mouths on trial for 2uc (sumps or silver! : club of 5,
81. Latent miulut? news. Mention The Press and
address Illustrated Weekly Sentin^}. Denver, Colo.
GATES IRON WORKS,
650 Eiston Ave. Dept. UU. CHICAGO.
HERCULES
GMS, G/XSOLIINE /\IND DISTILL/ITE EINGIINES.
HOISTING ENGINES,
2 h. p. to 200 h. p
STATIONAKV ENGINES,
1 h. p. to 200 h. p.
MARINE ENGINES,
2 h. p. to 200 h. p.
Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER insures a saving of 50% on
cost of running. Just ^ your expense SAVED 3Y USING A HERCULES in place of ANY
otber. We make no exception.
NEAKLY 3000 HERCULES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
ACTUAL USE. HIGH GRADE.
We claim fall power, automatic and positive adjustment resulatin? speed and con-
sumption of fuel in proportion to work being performed No spring: olectrodos to burn out.
All springs are outside. Point of ignition, speed and amount of fuel can be changed
ivtiile engine is in operation.
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG.
EsTABLfSBKDisso. jj^yggj HERCULES 64S ENGINE WORKS,
WOKES: 215,217,219,221,223,225,287,229,231 Bay St. OFFICE: 405-407 Sansome St.. San Francisco,
200
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 6, 1897.
Professional Cards.
BEKNAKD MACDONAtD,
Consulting Mining Engineer,,
BtrrTis, Montana. <
Codes : Bedford McNeils and MoreiDg&Nells^
BERTRAn HUNT, P.I.C. F.C.S.
Chemist and Metallurgist.
(Aeent Gold and Ssivor Ex. Oo. of America,
Ltd.) 216 SANSOME STREET^ S. P., CAL.
. K. EVELETH.
V. H. M. MACLYMONT.
EVELETH fe MacLYMONT,
I Practical Mill Tosfs, Assays and Analyses
of Ores. Examine aiid Report on Mines.
I 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal.
Opposite Palace Hctel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
> M£CHANICAI. AND HTDRADLIC
I ENGINEERS.
f 431 Market St., Cor. First St.,
t Telephone BLA-G^ 2403- San Francisco, Cal.
( W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
\ Succegsor to Jehu & Ogden.
' 628 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. >
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block. )
' Ore Assays, Analyses ot Minerals, Metals \
' and their Alloys, Etc.
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List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
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FOR WEEK ENDING FEBRUART 33, 1897.
577 476 — Harrow— M. L. AUers. Gooseberry, Or.
577708.— Par Aiit-ED Ruler— J. D. Barrie, Los An-
577,504.— Key Fastener— W. F. Blanchet, Hay-
wards. Cal.
577,506.— Brake Shoe— M. J. Brnndage, North San
Juan, Cal. ^ „ . ,
577,507.— Dental PLtrcGER — A, Cane, Golden
Gate, Cal. ^ ^ ^ ^
577 728.— Drawing Steam Beer— E. Demers, S. F.
577,748.— Refrigerator Car— C. S. Hardy. San
Diego, Cal.
577,552,_Can— Hill & McKay, Portland. Or.
577.581,— Bicycle Chain Protector— H. Jacoby,
Oroville, Cal.
577,483. —Mower Finger Guard— F. A. Kelley,
Susanville, Cal.
577.756.— Faucet Register— Kelly & Vore, Oregon
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577,787— Abstracting Ores— J. P. Sctimitz, S. F.
577,7fl3.— Drainage Fitting— A. C. Stewart, Los
Angeles, Cal.
577,462.— Oil. CAN faucet— J. T. Stewart, Los An-
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577.474— Mucilage Bottle— Elizabeth G. Wood-
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Chain Protector and Dust Guard for
BiCTCLES.-Harry Jacoby, Oroville, Cal. No.
577,581. Dated Feb. 23, 1897. This invention
consists in the construction and arrangement
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wheels and chains of bicycles and other simi-
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within which the chain travels. The whole
device is easily opened or detached for clean-
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MINING and
MILLING
PLANTS.
ORE and WATER
BCCKETS.
"T" RAIL OP
USUAL WEIGHTS,
EITHER NEW
OR SECOND-HAND,
POR SALE
CHEAP.
Ore and Rock
Por information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
Park City, rtnh
ANGELS IRON WORKS,
DEMAREST & FULLEN, Props,
Mining Machinery.
Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
RAILS FOR SALE.
10 TONS 10-lb. T RAIL, SgS.OO PER TON.
Apply at 373 Sixth Street, Oakland, Cal.
March 6, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
203
RISDOIN IRON W/ORFCS,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, |Cal.
Whfn Writing plenRe mention t
niNERS, ATTENTION!
We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED "
Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
he .MININU AND SClKNTlriC FRESS.
r
^
B
A= inches.
B= "
C = "
D= "
E= "
THE WOODBURY ORE CONCENTRATOR WITH IMPROVED BELTS ';,;" '!^"-"""-! ?'"'."'k"-"«™--«' m-a«')
Premium »t
MORE THAN DOUI3LE THIS cJAPACITY with one-half 1..-
thi; Bpuci- "f imy oiht_'r conc»-*ntr.iiur.
Tbo antifxiil <-ui hhuwB tin* t>(.'lt In It
HAS THK FOLLOWING MEltlTS:
porlion uf tli<- pull) In such a inuuuer
Geo. E. Woodbury,
Manuructurur,
141 to 1-13
FlrHt St.
Sua Fran-
cisco. Cal.
Buill of bt'Ht StcL'l uiul Wrovtirht Irun. Sironp and durable, rrli-e *"»~5 t. *i. h. Si-uU fur CaialoL-nr- :iihI 'ri-stinionlal!
s 1iiinrove<i form, wblch eonslMts of jornieattid etlfTUB. to form an L-xpandlm.' t.iii nl^-.-. THK I.MI'Ki 'Vl-:i) MACHINE
FirBl— Tbt.* Improved belts, wbk-b coiiHlat of aevi-n. are coiibtructed and arrangri'd av ua tu alluw cauh bflt to r(,'t:eiv« a
ab to relievu llio '""*''''"*^ *'*"'*'"'"*■ ""■■'''^^■''' K'lvlnif It twice the capacity of otb(.*r coucoiilrators, alid ouablliiy ll to
work from I'J to 15 tonu of ore pi^rday. Second— The machine equalizes llie load by several com-
partmentt*, thereby workliie" more regularly and with much lens attention than Is necessary to t,'lve
utbur conceutratora ubIiik wide oelts. Each of the belts ou ihls machine takes care of the pulp that
la allowed to ll— In thla way proventine the pulp from running to the lower side of U. as Is the case
when a maclihie becomes out of level where
wide belts are used. Third— The belts run on a
perfect line, needing no adjustment to prevent
their runnluR- from side to side, as in other con-
centrators. Fourth— The belt surfaces are im-
proved by indentations and corrugations
causing- the Conconlrator to save Que hul
phurets and dulckallver. and perform cks
work. Fifth— The bells have fluted or eoi i ii
gated edges, to form an expanded lop td^'i
which effectually prevents from eraclvlng
Sixth — The feed arrangement la perfect
Seventh— The machine Is constructed of hon
with steel crank-shaft self-oiling bovea and
everything made in the most thorough m inner
enabling it to run with very little attention or
wear.
Alechiinti-N
ss power ai
lustit
;1 oeeu|
ute 1800 iiuU 18*>1
! ss than one hair
This Concentrator took the iHt prize at
the San Frant'Ism .^Icelianics' Institute In
1890. 18:H iiiut isii'i, luui at tlie Calllor-
nia State lair in 18!>3: it took the 1st.
prize at the World's Columbian ExpoKltion 1803, and at the San FraueiscoIVIIdwiDterFair, 180n<
PATENT HOOP CLAMP.
MALLEABLE IRON HEADS, WROUGHT IRON BOLT.
These couplings are the best. They are the most powerful. They have a direct pull
with right and left screw. They work freely on ball and socket joints. They are easily ap-
plied. We use them extensively in our tank building department.
ORE V/VXS,
PRECIF«IT/\THNG T/\INKS,
SOLUTION TANKS,
FILTER BOTTOns,
ZINC BOXES, ETC.,
For Hyposulphite and Cyanide Leaching Plants.
PAN AND SETTLER STAVES.
BATTERY GUIDES,
AND
Water Tanks of all Sizes.
WELLS, RUSSELL k CO., Mechanics' Mills, Cor. Mission and Fremont Sts., San Francisco, Cal.
IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER- YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE-YOU NEED IT.
IF YOU HAVE A CYANIDE PLANT-YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IT.
IF YOU OWN CHLORINATION WORKS--YOU SHOULD BUY IT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL--YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
What? P. &B. Paint.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ACID PROOF— TRIED AND PROVEN.
Manufactured by
PAR/\F^RINE PAIINX CO., fSS ^^rT^Ji'^^"-
You Can Order It From Your Dealer.
DEWEY & CO.,
220 Market St.,
SAN FRANCISCO,
PATENT SOLICITOR:
It Is a F^act-
JEST'ABL^ISHE^O 1863
Inventor^', on the Pacillc Coast ■will find It greatly to their advantage to consult this old experlencetl,
flrst-class agency. We have able and trustworthy associates and agents in, Washington and the capi-
tal cities of the principal nations of the world. In connection with our scientific and Patent Law Li-
brary, and reccyd of original cases in our oftice, we hxve other advantages far beyond those which can
be olTered home inventors by other agencies. The information accumulated through long and careful
practice before the Office, and the frequent examination of patents already granted, for the purpose of
determining the patentability of inventions brought before uf enables us to give advice which will
save inventors the expense of applying for patents upon inventions whic*^ are not new. Circulars and
advice sent free on receipt of postage. Address DEWEY & CO., Patent Aeeats. 320 Market St.. S^F
THAT OUR ANNUAL
PRODUCT OF ... ,
INSULATED WIRE
EXCEEDS that of any other maaafacturer In the United States,
and Includes Everything: in the Electrical Line
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company,
S and lO F"IINE STREETr, S«IN FRMINCISCO, C;nL.
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
FOR
Mines, Mills and Factories.
Patent Non-Shrinking Water Tanks
A SPECIALTY.
Write for Catalogue and Estimate on any Kind of Tanli
Work.
PACIFIC TANK CO.
33 Beale Street San Francisco.
HE4 DQUARTEKS.
Genuine EngUsi Pomp leather
For Heavy Mining: Pump Buckets. Will
outwear any other material and g-lve beat
satisfaction. Samples furnished on appli-
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO., Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F.
204
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 6. 1897.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFICES: san francisco, cai..,
Boston, Mass. New York, N. Y. Syracuse, N. T.
Pittsburg, Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Dallas, Texas.
Chicago, 111. Detroit, Mich. New Orleaue. La.
DENVER, COL., PORTLAND, OR.,
505 Sixteenth St. WoFcester BuUdlng^,
BufEalo, N. Y. Philadelphia Pa. Baltimore, Md.
Cincinnati, O. Columbus. O. Nashville, Tenn.
St. Louis. Mo
MARSH STEAM PUMP.
Count Its Moving Parts
as Shown Dark
In the Cut. Only Six.
ABSOLUTE ACTUATION AND REQULATION.
PATENT SELF-QOVERNINQ STEAH VALVE.
PATENT EASY-SEATIftO WATER VALVE.
NO OUTSIDE VALVE GEAR.
Haximnm of Strength, Simplicity and Service.
Minimum of Weight, Wear and Waste.
Simonds Saws. Dodge Wood Split Pulleys
Bickford & Francis Leather Beltinfi:.
Cleveland Rubber Co.^s Rubber Belting and Hose.
Qrant Corundum and Detroit Emery Wheels.
ONLY THE BEST.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
SimONDS Sf\\J\J CO.
31 Main street San Francisco.
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Adapted to alt Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a PampMet of either
Wheel and write full particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL&GO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
IS AT
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY CO,, 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U. S. A.
Just Listen— Reliable Common Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Hoisters, $300 and up ; hand
' hoisters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps,
high mortars, la-
test improved
Only J800.
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
mills built to fit the ore
|aod guaranteed to save
what wesay. Coal Mine.
equipments, S c re e ns,
Jigs, Tramways,
Arastors, C hi 1 1 i a n
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.;
Cornish Rolls, 12x20, weight'
" ,000 lbs . , price $a50 : Feed-
ers. Bumping Tables ; Blake Crushers,
17x10, weiKht 8.100 lbs, only 8250. Our
100 page illustrated catalogue freb.
RancJ Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
/V\achiriet-y.
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OPPIOES:
Monadnook Building Chicago
Ishpomlng Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Sherbrook P. O Canada
Apartado 830 : City of Mexico
H. D. MORRIS & CO,, Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal,
Portable Saw Mills.
INo. O
Single Circular.
4000-6000 feet
per day.
INo. 2
Double Circular,
15,000-20.000 ft.
per day.
Alaska Treadwell
Gold Mining Co.
San FKANcrsco.
Feb. 20, ISfld.
Vulcan Iron ^Vorks,
Gentlemen: Our
Double Circular
Saw Mill of about
20.000 feet dally ca-
pacity, for which
you made plana
and built the ma-
chinery complete.
including: a set of
three (i-lnch beam
Vulcan Head
Blocks. tiO-iuch
openingr, has given
us complete satlafactlon in evi
reRjpect. ReapectfuFy.
Alaska Treadwell Gold M. Co,
A. T. CoRBDS, Sec'y.
Mining:
Companies
OR
Other Consumers
of Lumber at
Remote Points,
SEND FOR
CATALOGUE.
Manufactured by
VULCAN IRON WORKS,
Corner First & Mission Sts.,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
THE OLD RELIABLE !
ALBANY
LUBRICATING COMPOUND
TWENTY- EIGHT YEARS' CONTINUOUS SER-
VICE in the great Mines, Steamships. Railroads
and Mills all over the world prove it to be
THE KING OF LUBRICANTS !
Tatum & Bowen
34-36 FREMOHT ST.. SAH FRABCISCO.
8S FRONT ST., PORTIAHB, OR.
ILERS ir^ iyi/\CHlNIB.Ft~*', OILS, yvmSIING rtIND /VXILL
^ ttlff""?*- SUFF'l-IES. ETC -^SBSSSSB—^
WE ARE NOW MAKING
3fel The Best Tank
ON THE MARKET
And Selling at
Prices Lower Than Ever.
IP INTERESTED, SEND FOR
CIRCULAR AND PRICES.
Pacific
Manufacturing
Company,
SANTA CLARA, - CAL.
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
-- — .AND " ■
♦»♦» CHROTVIE CfKST STEEL-f-f-f-f+>
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Cnisber Plates.
These castings are extensively used in allthe mining _States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Ciroular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
fl. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 and 143 First Street, Sao Francisco.
"dies" Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies.
Stamp Cam.
H.1).
MORl^K Rj rn ^^Sli" ^1IN1NG MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
XT A Vr A \JL\AkJ \jiL' VJ\-F»# riANHATTAN RUBBER BELTINQ, PACKINQ AND HOSE
^ SANDERSON DRILL STEEL.
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CBNTRIPUOAL PUnPS,
LIGHT 9TBBL RAIL.
March 6. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
205
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
. . . DENVER, COLORADO, . . .
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Wilfley Concentrating Table,
And claim for it uktter work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For contlrmaHon of uH of the above we refer to Houry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Brockenritlge, Col.; M. E. Smith
CoDceuirator, GolUeo. Col.; Mury Murphy Miue. St. Elmo. Col.; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs,
Col.; W. H. Bellows, Uoyd Mill, Boulder. Col.; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
RoMLKY. Colo.. Jan. 19. 1897.
Thf Mill'- and Sim-llrr Stipplij Co.. Denver. C'o/«.— Gentlemkn : Answering yours of the 5th iost., would state
that after a thorough trial we have discarded seven Woodbury Tables and two Johnsons and adopted the Wilfley
Concentrating Table, which we ihlnlt up to date Is the best table In the market, so far as our knowledge Is con-
cerned. Yours very truly. [signeu] H. B. MORLEY, M'g'r Golf M. & M. Co.
These Tables liave (llHplnced belt tables of almost
every make, art in Hhowii by lettertt In our poHBeHHiori.
PRICE, $450."^.
001XrjS<3I-.IID.A.TE:
Kansas City Smelting and Refining: Co,
Capital paid in
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
Incorporated Under The l_aiA/9 of [Ne\A/ >'orlc.
^:2,T00,000.
SMELTING WORKS:
ArKcntlne.Ku.; ei Paso, Tex.; Leadville, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
Argentine, Kas
We use the following Cipher Codes at our Ar- j
Kcntlne Works: A. B.C. Code; Moreing & Neal's L
Code and Bedford McNeill's Code.
AGENCIES:
Id United States-
Denver, Colo.
Cripple Creek, Colo.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Spokane. Wash.
New York City, N. Y.
Chicago, III.
St. Louis, Mo.
In Mexico —
San Luia Potosl,
City of Mexico
Chihuahua.
Pachuca,
HermosUlo
Jimenez.
FOR PRICES, ADDRESS :
J. E. Jackson, No. 6 Atlas BUc. Salt Lake, Utah.
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash.
H. A. True, 815 17th St., Denver, Colo.
J. H. Weddle, Leadville, Colo.
C. E. Finney, Argentine, Kan.
WORKS OF THE CON. KANSAS CITY SMIiLTlNG AND REFINING CO. AT LEADVILLE, COLO.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAflWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO KIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVES riGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE r'OLORADO Denver,
^i^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
We ABE Manttfacthrers of /^rf^lr^
AND Contracting Engineers for ^— ■^-'■*"^t
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
Sil\/er, Lead, Copper and F»yritlc
STVVELXIING F^URN/\CES.
AflALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
Investigate Onr Late Improvements In ORE CRUSHING MACHINERY.
We Guarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree of Fineness
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS tor all Smelting Furnaces is a Success. A great econo-
mizer of fuel , and enlarges capacity of furnace.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting: Furnace.
Eanlipel with Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
insuring: rigid and strong walls.
Ifo Cracks.
yWining F^ipe !
STEEL OR IRON.— We make pipe of eltlier, but recommend STEEL, It being superior to Iron in many
particulars and inferior in none.
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS OF ^""^ |"J f^ ^""^ /\ E^ ^2
-The Truax F»at. /Automatic ^~^* V. B— ^ ^^^' J K. M V^^— '•
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO., Hardware Merchants,
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
Hen(lrie&BoltlioffMfg.Co.,
DENWER, COLORADO.
NOTICE TO ORE SHIPPERS.
By shipping your ores to us you can obtain the highest prices paid on competitive bids In the public
market, together with a careful and accurate sample, as with our new mill and improved machinery
we are abl£ to give perfect satisfaction to all shippers. Write for our docket Reference Book.. The
highest cash price paid for gold bullion and old gold. Prompt returns.
STATE ORE SAMPLING COMPANY, Denver, Colo.
LATEST IMPROVED
Patent Friction Hoisting
ENGINES,
WITH - —
Automatic Alarm Bell and
Indicator.
IMPROVED GOLD STAMP ]»IILLS.
General Mining Machinery and
Supplies.
206
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 6, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, March 4, 1897.
Jobbers repoi't an increasing demand in all
lines of goods. The buying seems to have
taken on new life, for many merchants have
discarded the hand-to-mouth way of buying
and are purchasing In larger quantities. It
may be that a larger consumption has com-
pelled this course, for there has been quite an
influx of persons into the gold mining dis-
tricts, and also into the more favored agri-
cultural sections of the Stale. Several iron
manufacturers report more estimates on new
work, particularly mining, structural and rail-
road, than at this time in 1S96. So far the
year opens to them under favoring auspices —
raw material cheaper, crop prospects never
better for a large yield, and a continued boom
in the gold mining industry.
The iocal money market is working easier,
with the premium for exchange on New York
cut half in two. It is stated that it will soon
be wiped out and exchange may sell below
par before thirty days pass. This verifies the
position taken by the Mining and Scientific
Phess. There is now money offered on the
market with, in some instances, shaded rates
of discount asked. There seems to be more
inquiry for funds for investment propositions
and also for other purposes, but borrowers, as
a rule, want a lower rate of discount, which
it now looits as if they will secure. The i ut-
ward movements of California have fallen
away, but they still aggregate in value nearly
half a million a week.
Eastern money markets are reported fairly
active, but at no advance in the rates of dis-
count. It seems to be the prevailing opinion
at the East, and also on this coast, that
towards the close of the extra session of Con-
gress, when the country will know what to
expect in new legislation, business through-
out the country will begin to show a marked
revival. Our New York correspondent writes
that "there is a noticeable hardening in the
commercial paper market. The head of one of
the large banks which does a good deal of
business in paper tells us that in his opinion
the rate for standard grades is likely to be
lull 4 per cent before long. The reason for
this is that most of the banks and institutions
which make a habit of buying paper have full
lines on hand just now, and they are not in-
clined to extend themselves further in this
direction at present. For call loans on gilt edge
security the 'gentlemen's agreement' not
to loan money at less than 2 per cent, which
has been adhered to for some weeks by most
of the leading banks in this city, has lately
been departed from by two or three banks.
One bank loaned over S1,OUO,000 at less than 2
per cent, and at least two others loaned con-
siderable sums at the same rate."
New York Silver Prices.
New Yoke, March 4. — Following are the
closing prices for the week :
, — Silver in ,
- London. N. Y.
Friday 29 1M6
Saturday 29 11-16
Monday 295a
Tuesday 29 jig
Wednesday 39 5g
Thursday 29^
Copper. Lead. Iron.
12 00 3 32^ 10 25@12 50
Friday..
Saturday 12 00
Monday 12 00
Tuesday 12 00
Wednesday ....12 00
Thursday 12 00
3 35
3 35
3 33
3 35
3 35
10 25@12 50
10 25@12 50
10 25@12 50
10 25(5112 50
10 25®12 50
645^
64^8
64^2
64^4
64
U^A
Tin.
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 50
13 50
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft 7i4c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 12i4c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84. 86^^
London Merchants $4.85
London Sight Bankers 84.88?:£
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 645a
Mexican Dollars 51!4@52
SILVER.— The market hung around last
week's closing, but on Monday it began to
ease off in London and at New York. The de-
cline is reported to be largely due to a selling
pressure brought on by press telegrams that
Japan would adopt the gold standard. The
crop season in India is at hand, which has
some influence on the market abroad. It is
stated that the call on the London market
has fallen off some, which the outward ship-
ments from America have not decreased.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— In sympathy with
silver Mexicans have eased off, which has
caused exporters to buy sparingly. The mar-
ket closes dull.
COPPER.~The market has held to firm
prices throughout the week. Eastern ad-
vices state that the market is strong at full
figures, with a continued free export move-
ment. The production in this country, it is
said, is increasing, but so is the consumption
at home and abroad. Notwithstanding the
heavy movements to Europe, stocks there are
decreasing.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing UVi®
Ingot, wholesale ^il3j^
Sheet copper (aU7
Bolt M& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17c
QUICKSILVER. -The market is strong at
another advance. It is stated that the ad-
vancing markets here and abroad is due to a
smaller output. Shipments to Mexico the
past week aggregated 3U0 flasks. Our market
is quoted at S3S. 75 for domestic consumption.
BORAX. —The market is steady at last
week's changes.
The market is quoted as follows ;
Refined, In car lots 4?^
Refined, in sacks 5^
Powdered, In car lots 5
Oonoentrfited, " A\i
LEAD.— There is nothing new to report.
The markets at the East and abroad are
strong. There is an increased demand from
corroders.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows ;
Pig 375 @ 3 85
Bar — @ 4 00
Sheet — @ 5 25
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT.— There is a strong tone to the mar-
ket.
Our market is quoted as follows:
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs... 81 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " " ... 145
Buck. Balls and Chilled, do, " "... I 45
TIN.— The market holds fairly firm for pig,
but is irregular for plate.
We quote as follows:
Plg,perlb 14Mc@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box $4 05® —
" " " light. " 3 95® —
IRON. — The market is shaded on our quota-
tions. The demand is fair for the season.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $20 00 $22 00
Thomas 21 00 22 00
Salisbury , 29 00 31 50
ENGLISH.
Barrow $31 00 833 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 33 00
COAL.— The War Department is asking for
bids on next fiscal year's requirements for
this coast. The demand for steam, gas and
house is light. The general market is un-
changed.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington $8 00@
Greta ; 6 0Q@ 6 50
Fanalmo 6 50@ 7 00
tollman 5 50@ 6 00
Seattle 5 50@. 6 00
Coos Bay @ 5 oo
Cannel 8 00@
Egg, hard 13 00@13 00
Wallsend @ e 50
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff q 35
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 uO
West Hartley 6 50
COKE.— The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot.lnbulk 10 00 @
In sacks n 00 @ 12 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is fairly steady
both here and at the East.
Our market is quoted at 7i^@Sc in a jobbing
way. New York mail advices quote 7%c for
Cookson's, 6X®6Hc for Hallett's and (>J^c for
Japanese.
POWDER.— At present market values are
nominally unchanged.
The market is quoted as follows ;
Hercules, No. 1*, per pound 11 Ho
No. 2, " " 8^c
NAILS.— The market appears to be shaping
in favor of buyers.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $2 26
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " " 3 00
SPELTER.— There is a continued fair move-
ment at firm prices.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
NICKEL ANODES.— The markets here and
at the East are practically unchanged.
PLATINUM.— The inquiry is said to be
fair.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
SilO to $15 per ounce.
ZINC— The market is steady at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM. — The market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— The East reports an improved
movement.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
§1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady to
fir 01.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
Chemicals.
Jobbers report an improved demand, but
this always obtains with the spring trade set-
ting in. In quotations, outside of nitrate of
soda, no changes are reported in either our
market or at the East.
BONEASH,
is fair.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 3Xo: No.
3, 3^0.
Ca'USTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is re-
ported quiet but firm at S^c per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 5S% (LeBlanc process}.— The
market is quiet but steady at $1.50 per 100 lbs.
in a jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OP SODA.— There is a
fair demand at 2%c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OP SODA.— The East reports a
continued active demand, with holders able
to get a further advance. Chile reports
strong markets.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is quiet at 6
to 13c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6>^c per pound in car-
boys.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at l%c per lb for
BLUE VITRIOL.— The Eastern markets
yniivuvcs
Company and Location. No. Ami.
AlmaGMCo, Cal 1.... 5c...
Alpha Con M&M Co, Nev... .18.. . . 5c...
Andes S M Co, Nev 43. . . . 10c.
Belchers M Co, Nev.. 54..
Best& Belcher M Co, Nev..,, 61..
Confidence G M & M Co, Co . . . 1 . .
Con Imp M Co. Nev 38..
Eureka Con Dritt M Co, Cal. . . 7. .
Eureka Con M Co, Nev 14..
Jamison M Co 9.
Julia Con M Co, Nev 28. .
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal. . 5. .
Mexican G & S M Co, Nev. . . .56. .
Mineral Hill M & S Co, Gal. . . 1. .
Occidental Con M Co, Nev 36. .
OphirS M Co, Nev 70..
Reward G M Co, Cal 18. .
Thorpe M Co, Cal 5..
Troy M & D Co. Alaska 3. .
Utah Con M Co, Nev 34. .
.35c
.25c.
.10c.
. Ic.
. 5c.
.25c.
. 5c.
. 5C.
• lOo.
.20c.,
. 5c.
.10c.
.25c.
Levied, Delinq't and Site. Secretary.
9. .Mar 13. .Mar 29 D Gutmann, 320 Sansome
2.. Apr 5.. Apr 27'. C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
l..Mar 8.. Mar 31 Jno W Twiggs, 309 Montgomery
2.. Apr 6.. Apr 27 C L Perkins, Mills Bldg
!6..Mar 2. .Mar 23 M Jaffe. 309 Monfgomery
19. .Feb 27. .Mar 20 P Aureguy, 320 Sansdme
.Feb
.Mar
.Feb
.Mar
.Jan
.Jan
Feb 16.. Mar 23.. Apr 13 C L McCoy, Mills L.„„
Jan 20.. Feb 26.. Mar 20 DM Kent, 330 Pine
Jan 18. .Feb 23.. Mar 15 ;..H P Bush, 134 Market
Nov 27.. Mar 26.. May 21 Sam WChevney, 120 Sutter
,Jan 21.. Feb 26.. Mar 19 J Stadtfeldt Jr, 309 Montgomery
Jan 14.. Feb 25. .Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
Mar 3.. Apr 7.. Apr 29 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
Jan 4.. Feb 15.. Apr 13 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
Feb 10. .Mar 16. .Apr 6 A K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
H-eb 5. .Mar 10. .Mar 30 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
2c.... Feb 6. .Mar 11.. Mar 27 s W Backus, Mills Bldg
5c — Jan 13.. Mar 10.. Mar 29 A F Frey, 44 Phelan Building
10c....Feb 2.. Mar 9.. Mar 26 O Kyst, ^21 Mission
5c. ...Jan 14. .Feb 17. .Mar 8 A W Havens, 309 Montgomery
Company and Location. Secretary and Office in S. F. Date.
Hale & Norcross S M Co, Nev R U Collins, 331 Pine Mar 10
are strong and active. Ours is firm but quiet.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4i^c per
pound.
Mining 5hare Market.
San Pranoisco, March 4, 1897.
The market this week sold lower under the
lead of Con. Virginia. The decline is said to
have been brought about by the free selling
of Con. Virginia and Hale & Norcross by an
outside operator. Whether the selling was
for his or another person's account is a dis-
puted point; but let that be as it may, the ef-
fect suited those who are trying to get prices
down and keep them down, if possible, until
outside holders are frozen out by assessments.
So far as the present showing in Con.Virginia
is concerned the price ruling for it is too
high, but there are far too many who take
chances in the hopes that a big body of good
to high-grade ore may be developed. The
writer will state now, as he did when the
market was higher, that prices for shares
are based on the quantity of ore in sight,
a fair valuation of dead work and exploit-
ing work, and a fair advance for the pros-
pects of finding ore. On this basis Con. Vir-
ginia is not worth %\ a share and some of the
other shares are also too high, while some,
like Alpha, Bullion, and some of the Gold Hill
shares, are too low. Three assessments were
levied this week. The levying of them, with
rumors of more to follow, has a depressing
influence and encourages bears to sell the
higher-priced shares, There is another thing
that is against the market and that is, any
movement to reform the management of the
mines antagonizes the other interests. These
interests combine to down the promoters of
any move to create more honesty in mine
management. This is witnessed in the com-
bination to take Hale & Norcross from the
present management and put it in control of
those, so report says, whose management of
the mine they control is far from satisfactory.
This may be an inside move so as to destroy
confidence to buy shares at as low prices as
possible. It is to be hoped that the fears ex-
pressed by some as to the motives which actu-
ate those who will get control of Hale & Nor-
cross are groundless and that the mine will be
managed on honest lines. This would make it
an object lesson as to persons in control of the
mines said to be wrongly managed.
The following companies report cash on
hand March 1: Alpha Con., §1739; Alta, $468;
Andes, S645-, Best & Belcher, *4508; Bullion,
S3139; Con. California & Virginia, S17S8; Con.
New York, S413; Crown Point, S2359; Chal-
lenge Con., $1398; Con. Imperial, S123; Ex-
chequer, S3423 ; Gould & Curry, S7031 ; Justice,
S109; Occidental Con., S204; Potosi, $3593;
Savage, S7954; Sierra Nevada, S47; Union
Con., $3564 ; Utah Con., S3921 ; Caledonia (Gold
Hill), S3S33; Confidence, $1158; Overman,
$4431; Standard Con., $9566.
The following mining companies report an
indebtedness March 1 : Belcher, $4301 ; Choi-
lar, $8000; Hale & Norcross, $196; Kentuck,
$11; Lady Washington, $11; Mexican, $1000;
Ophir, $2500, due bank, less $843 cash on hand •
Seg. Belcher, $1000, due bank, less $394 cash
on hand; Silver King, $1954.
The news from the Comstock mines- is not
of a character to enthuse shareholders. The
general tenor of ofdcial letters filed at the
different ofQces gives the impression that it is
not ore the managements are after, but it is
how to kill time, so as to pay out money and
levy more assessments. Advices from Alta
are practically unchanged. The letters (of-
ficial) give the impression to mining men that
the management is trying to see how long
they can bleed shareholders before showing
up ore. In Overman and Caledonia the work
is on the same levels heretofore reported.
They continue a success in not showing up, or,
at least, none so far as the public is advised.
The official letters from Seg. Belcher are as
silent as an Egyptian mummy as to the re-
ported ore found some time ago. The letters
are also silent as to the levels on which work
is being done. This gives the impression that
more shares of these mines— Crown Point and
Yellow Jacket— are wanted by the inside.
The work in Crown Point is essentially un-
changed. It looks as if it will be some time,
probably not before more shares are secured,
before ore is shown up. Nothing was heard
of the past week about the ore reported taken
out of the long west crossdrift that is being
[ run by Confidence, Challenge and Con. Im-
I perial. There is nothing new, so far as of-
ficially reported, from these mines. It looks
to an outsider as if the Alpha management
has its superintendent play a game of hide
and seek with the west lode. It is stated that
there is plenty of good to high grade ore to
the west, which can be shown up when de-
sired. Prom Bullion nothing of an exciting
character is expected for several weeks yet,
or until shares are better concentrated. Prom
Potosi, Hale & Norcross, Savage, Gould &
Curry and Best & Belcher nothing of an im-
portant nature has been allowed to leak out.
No work IS reported in Chollar. In Con. Vir-
ginia the work is continued on the 1000-foot,
1550-foot, 1650-foot and 1750-foot levels. Prom
the way the market broke, it would seem as
if the stringer of ore had been hid, to come
into view when it is desired to make shorts
fill. The reports from its different levels are
-The export and home demand
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
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WILL INVESTIGATE only -thoroughly bona-
fide properties-, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Iflineral Lands,
Mining Stoclcs. Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
B/\ INKERS
^3:2,480,500
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
BROKERS,
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STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
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Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
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Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
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At present prices are a sure profit. Write us for
prospectus and information regarding mines, pro-
ducing and prospective producers. We have col-
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Write us at once.
HOPKINS & JEWEL!., P. O. Box 1301,
CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
Complete working: plant. Situation and facilities first class.
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
Address
March 6, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
207
practically umhanBed since our last week's
review, ll looks us if it is not advisable to
tind much ore at this stage or tbo game. In
Opbir they continue to foot arouod the Cen-
tral TuiiDCl and lOUUtoot level, with nothing
new reported. The oMcial letter reports a
strike on the lOOO-foot level of Mexican, but
it is T5 cents, not 175, a ton ore. The forma-
tion is the same as reported last week. In
Union considerable work is being done, but to
no purpose, outside of getting away with
money for expenses. The letter from Sierra
Nevada reports a small seepage of water from
workings on the Layton tunnel level. A share-
bolder thinks it small In comparison to the
seepage of money frotu his pocket. From L'tab
and Andes notbi'ng of importance has come to
hand.
Prom the Brunswick lode nothing new came
to band the past week. The letters on tile
are very largely a counterpart of those filed
the preceding week. In Occidental they are
working on the 550-foot, T50-foot and SiiO-fool
levels. On the latter level bunches of ore
^«ve been found, in Ctiollar the work is con-
' led to the south drift on the .VJO-foot level.
he material Is very bard. The work re-
^Jrted in utUclal letters from Savage, Gould
JSc Curry, Best Jc Belcher and Con. Virginia
Is about the same as in the letters tiled for
several weeks past.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Munv.
Fob.
25.
Mar.
4.
, .
t Ot
« IS
at
67
Ilelober
Host ti lieloher.
18
72
Hulllon
12
10
38
Chollar
04
1 OS
200
OS
CoDiolldaicd California and Virginia..
Consolidated Now York
Crown Point
1 OS
Gould i Curry
Hule & Noroross
Justice
34
go
20
Oplilr
72
44
38
36
31
Sierra Nevada
20
Utah
Vellow Jacket
07
30
■■"■J7
San Francisco Stock Board 3ales.
San Francisco, March 4, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
aOOAlta..' 04 350 Kentuck 01
iOOBest & Belcher... 72 lUO Mexican 29
3(J0 Challenge 38 10,000 Nev Queen 04
"'"'' ~ aSOOOphir 72
aXlConCal & Va I 65
too Coniitleuue 05
30U Con Imperial 01
1 50 Oould a, Curry .... m
300H.&N 90
lUO PotosI
300Savage 31
150 Union 29
300 Yellow Jacket.... 27
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
400OphIr 71 100 Yellow Jacket.... 25
dUU Gould & Curry .... 3d: lOO Belcher 18
ISO Best & Belcher ... 71 100 Bullion 10
260ConCal& Va 1 55' 100 Challenge 37
100 Chollar 01 :5700 Nev Queen 04
300H.&N 87!
Complimentary.
The Mining AND SciENTiPio Press of San
Francisco, in its issue of February 20, devotes
the front page to an illustrated account of the
La Belle gold fields. This journal has the
largest circulation of any mining journal in
the United States, and the good that it has
done the mining interests of New Mesicodur-
Ing the past three or four years is simply
incalculable. It is seldom that an issue of
this widely read paper appears without an
extended account of some of our mines. As a
matter of reciprocity, this journal deserves
the support of the mining interests of the
whole Territory. It follows closely the very
latest inv ntions in mining machinery, con-
tains reliable mioing news from all parts of
the world, and is simply indispensable alike to
the working miner and the mining investor.
— Daily New Mexican, Santa Fc.
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Mulo and Howard Bireets, San Praaclsco, Calirornla.
Rainfall and Temperature.
The foUowiag data for the vreek ending 5
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mill tests, and selects suitable processes for ihe
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Has prospects for sale In Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
stock and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park.
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suinc year, and the transaction of sueh other biisl-
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close of busluesH hours.
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two or more years with a responsible party any-
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Assessment Notices.
JAMISON JVIINING COMPANY.-Locailon of prlo-
cipal plac** uf DUblnefeH. San FVuiielBCO. Califoruin;
location of wurKH, on Janilsun Creek, near Johns-
vlUe. PhiniaM Cuunly. California.
Notk-f 1h htTL-by (flvf n. that at a meellng of the
Board of Dlrt-x'iortj. held on the l^'lh day of Noveni-
brr, IKHi, an aseesBnifDl (No. Ul, of 5 centa per
share, waa It-vled upon the capital stock of the
c<.-rporatlon. payable Ininit'il lately In UuUod Statt-H
tro'.tl coin lo tni- SecrL-tary, at tin- ofllee of llio com-
pany. i:i* SnttiT hirv<-'l. San Frant-lHco. California.
Any utock u|)On whU'h ihlH aHH«'MHii>t;nt Hhall re-
main unpaid ou the L'^th day uf January. IH'.iT. will
bi.' didlnijut-nt, and advyrllsed for ttali; at public
auciluii: and unlt-sa i)aynii-'ut lb mado bcforu. will
be aold on MONDAY, tin- ■-'"-'nd day of March, ISiir.
to pay tin.* ik-lliittueni .'iMht-HHincnt, together with
thi' eoutu of advertlelm: ami ■.•xpuiiHeB of Halo.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Onici^— Room 30. 120 Suiter street. San Francisco,
Callfornta.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a nieetlnK of the Board of Dlrectoru of the
Jamison Minim; Company, held on the 2,^th day of
January. I8i(i. It waa resolved that any utuek upon
which ihe abovoa»seMHmi;nt shall riMunln inipald on
the'iillti (lay nf February, I«li7. will bedellntment and
adverllHL'U for nale at itnbllc auciloii; and. unless
paynu-iit is maile before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY. Ih.- -Jlbt aay of April. IN'.I?. w pay iht- dclln-
ilUL-ni aBacHsmcnt, lopetliL-r with tliL* coats of adver-
tising' and oxpenues of ualt;.
SAM W. CHEYNRY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a iiu-ellne of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 'Mih day of
PeDriiary, Itil)7, it W;-h resolved that any stock vipou
which the above aRHessnie'tt shall remain nnpald
on FRIDAY, the 2tiili day of March. IS'.IT. will be de-
lliuiuenl and advertised for sale at public auction;
and. unless payment Is made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the 2!8t day of May, 189", lo pay the delln-
tinenl assessmeiu. toKelher with the costs of adver-
tising and e.vpenses oT sale.
SAM VV. CHEYNEY, Secretary,
MINERAL HILL MINING AND SMELTING CO.—
Location of principal place of business. San Fran-
cisco. California: location of works, Spencevllie,
Nevada County. California.
Notice la hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 4th day of Janu-
ary, ISilT. au assessnieni (No. 1) of hve cents (5c) per
share was levied ujion the whole of the capital
stock of the corporation, payable Immediately In
United States gold coin, lo the Secretary, at the office
of the company. 210 Sanaonie street. San Francisco.
California.
Any stock upon which tills asBessinent shall re-
main unpaid on the l.'ith day of February, IsilT, will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and. unletjs payment Is made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 26th day of March, ISOr, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
. CHAS. PEACH, Secretary.
OfBce— 210 Sansome street, San Francisco. Califor-
nia. OflQce hours from 1 to 3 o'clock P. ai.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Mineral Hill Mining and Smelting Company, held
ou the 16lh day of February. IS'JT. it was resolved
that any stock upon which the assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 15th day of March, 1897, will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment is made before, will be
sold on TUESDAY, the 13th day ot April. IK'.i". to
pay the dellnqut-nt assessment, together wUh the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
CHAS. PEACH, Secretary.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business, San Francisco, California;
location of works, Fourth Crossing. Calaveras
County. California.
Notice Is hereby given that at a nieetlug of the
Board of Directors held on the 13lh day of Janu-
ary, 1897. an assessment (No. 6) of 6 cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
company. Room 44. Phelan building, San Francisco,
Callforn'a.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 2nd day of February. 18137, will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and im ess payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 15th day of March, 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and e.xpenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. F. FREY, Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building, San Francisco,
California.
or»220 MARKET. ST.S.r..^
V^LEVATQR la FnONT.ST^.r.— >^
POSTPONEMENT.
By order of the Board of Directors the date of de-
linquency of the. above aasessment la postponed to
the lOth day of March, 18ii7, and the day of sale to
MONDAY, the 29ih day of March. 1897.
A, F. FREY, Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building, San Francisco,
California.
ANDE^ SILVER MINING COMPAN"y, -Location
of principal place of business. San Fraaclsco, Cali-
fornia; location of works, Virginia City, Storey
Coimty, Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given, that "at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the Isl day of Febru-
ary, 1897, an assessment (No. 43) of 10 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately In United Stales gold
coin, lo the secretary, at the office of the company.
Rooms 20 and 22, Nevada block. 309 Montgomery
street, San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon wlilch this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 8th day of March, 1897,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction: and unless payment Is made before,
will be sold on WEDNESDAY, Ihe3l8tday of March,
1897, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
witn the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
JOHN W. TWIGGS, Secretary.
Office— Rooms 20 and 22. Nevada block, aOl) Mont-
gomery street, San Francisco. California.
OCCIDENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
PANY.—Location of principal place of business,
San Francisco. California; location of works. Sliver
Star Minlug District, Storey Couuty, Nevada,
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the 10th day of Febru-
ary. 1897. an assessment (No. 2(i) of 10 cents per
share was levied upon the capltiil stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately In United Stales
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. Room No. 09, Nevada block. No. 909 Montgom-
ery street. San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the Ifith day of March. 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and. unless payment is made before, will
be sold on TUESDAY, the 0th day of April, 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together witn the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBKOW. Secretary.
Office— Room No. 09. Nevada block, No. 309 Mont-
gomery street, San Francisco. California.
DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE.
MARGUERITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING
OOMPANY.— Location of principal place of busi-
ness, San Francisco. California: location of works.
Auburn. Placer County. California.
Noltee.— There are ilellimueni upon the following
aeHcrlbcd Ktock, ou account ot asaeasmenl (No. 6)
levied ou the Uth day of January. IK*:, the several
amounts set opposite the namee of the respective
ahareholders. as followa;
No. No.
T^.'""%. u, *^e'"l- Shares. Ami
JullnH Winkler 2S 260 25 00
,' M ■ ,.V,' V," ^ l-""" »W 00
Julius Winkler grf ftuo m «»
Mrs. G. F. Deetken 190 tXIO CO 00
f,'"*;'! l^'-i-tlten 237 \xm 100 00
Mrs. G. P. D.-etken 239 41K> 40 CO
Franx Schniltz 383 60 fi fO
Franz Schniltz 28if fiO 5 00
FranzSchmltz 207 60 6 UO
Franr Sehmltz 288 60 & 00
Fr,iuz Schmllz 2Kit 50 6 00
FranzSchmltz aw 50 6 00
And in accordance with law. and an order from
the Board of Directors, mado ou the 14ih day of
January. 1(^97, so ninny ahares of e:ieh parcel
of stieh stock as may be necessary, will be sold
at public auction, at the offlc*! of the compiiuy,
2.S7 Tweifih Htreet, San Francisco, California, on
THURSDAY, tliesthday of April, 1897. at the hour
of ,'i;:iU o'clock i: .M. of said day. to pay said Delin-
quent Assessment thereon, together with costs of
advertising aud expenst's of sale.
F. MKTTMANN, Secretarv.
Office— 237 Twelfth street. San Fraaclsco, Cali-
fornia.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Colnrado h:iH within lis limits some of the ereai-
est gold mlncH th.it have ever been discovered. In
Crliiple Creek in IsHi there w.-re a few prospeelors
looking over the lillls; In l.S'J.') the camp turned out
over?8,0f)(l.0001n Kuld, LM;idvllle. the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
ver what It is lo-thiy. Is becomlnf,' a big producer of
gold. New Invi'Mllons for working low-grade gold
ores, together with the discoveries madu lo work
rebellious ores, have opem-d up a field for the min-
ers such as they have m-ver i^nioycd before, and
Color:nlo has loOuceniei Is to offer such as no other
district In the world pos-'eSHis; the record of the
St.ite In gold production for ihe last llirt-e years
spt-aks for Itwelf. Among ihe oilier prominent
camps 111 the Stale are Tellurlde.Ophlr. Rico, SI iver-
tfin. Mineral Polnl. Dnraniro. La Plata, Ouray. Saw
Pit, Ironton.lhe Gunnison district and many others.
New Tinds are liciiig made and new camps are
springing Into existence every day The Denver &.
Rio Grande Rallroiid. whlc*! is the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has always been the miner's
friend. re:tches al! thu mining camps In Colorado,
For elegantly illustrated descriptive books, free, of
niines In Colorado, send to
^V. J. SHOTWKLL, - - - General Agrent,
314 California St.. Sau Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passenger Agent, - - DENVER, COLO.
CRIPPLE CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Montli
IIN OOLD.
Reaehfci by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
In Connection with the Denver & Bio Qrande.
For information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
Denvkh, Colo.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . ,
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G. MCM. Ross. SUPEH1NTENJ>ENT, >
Bhown's valley. Cal., Sept. 14. 189«. \
Mr, John O. Nm-hom — DeakSiu: I have been using' your Cou-
centratora at our mines in Brown's Valley and am pleased to in-
form you that they are In every re.spect thoroughly sailsfactory.
When erecting- the plant at the above-niimed place we built
Canvas plant, but since putting- in your Concentrators we have
but little use for that. The percentage of sulphurets now being:
handled is from i% to 2 percent, mostly g-alena and Iron pyrites,
and Ci'uahed fine. We save from the pulp over your machine
IISH per cent, and It hardly pays for the labor on the Canvas
plant The motion given your Vanner by Its delicately con-
structed curved springs renders it ;i perfect machine, and in my
estimation it Is but a short time before it will replace all other
machines of a like nature now In use.
Yours very respectfully.
[Slgnedl F. W. PAGE,
General Manager Webb G. M. Co.
SAN Francisco, Cal., Jan. 31. 1897.
JiiHhiia Hendqi Machine TForfca— Gentlemen: I have used two of
your Hendy-Norbom Concentrators for two seasons in Alaska.
;tnd wish to say that In their operation they have given almost
perfect satisfaction. They have handled ten tons each per day
of ore carrying from H to fj per cent of sulphurets, an «verage
saving of '.15 per cent.
With ores carrying- 8 to 4 per cent sulphurets, they will easily
handle ten tons each per day and save over % per cent; hut with
a more heavily sulphuretted ore the ciuantlty given them to
work should be less.
With the Improvements you have made In this'machine since
ours were bought. I should say that your Concentrator was al-
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Yours truly,
[Signed] N. S. TROWBRIDGE,
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SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 189r.
TMREK DULLAKS PEK ANNUM.
Single Coplen. TeD Ceiitn.
The Cochrane Special Feed Water Heaters
and Receivers.
Herewith are presented several views of one of
the devices which have been designed and placed on
the market for heating the feed water, and for use
in connection with any heating system using exhaust
steam. The first view shows the external appearance
of the Cochrane special heater and receiver, built by
the Harrison Safety Boiler Works, Germantown
Junction, Philadelphia. The second view shows the
general construction and location of the oil separa-
when the pressure of the exhaust falls. The exhaust
pipe to the atmosphere is provided with a back pres-
sure valve set to any required pressure (usually less
than three pounds), that the pressure may not ex-
ceed the desired amount.
The cold water is automatically regulated by a
self-draining float, which, so long as the condensed
steam furnishes the necessary water supply, allows
no cold water to enter, thus obtaining the full benefit
of all the heat in the exhaust, and using over and
over again the comparatively pure water of conden-
sation, whit-h should furnish from 811 to 90 per cent
The returns from the heating system are brought
into a specially designed trough forming a water
seal for the return pipe, thereby preventing steam
from the heater from ascending into the heating sys-
tem through the return pipe and interfering with
the circulation, and at the same time providing for
bringing this water of condensation into contact
with exhaust steam in the heater, to insure for this
water the same temperature as that of the water
stored in the pool below. Another feature is the
provision for both a working low water level and a
high water line, in order that the heater may store
Fio. 2.
COCHRANE SPECIAL PEED WATER HEATERS AND RECEIVERS.
tor, overflow opening and its protecting hood, steam
trap, float and connections to waste pipe, etc. Figs.
3 and 4 show the general construction. These heat-
ers are constructed to withstand, if necessary, a
working pressure of fifteen pounds per square inch,
which is five or six times as much as the back pres-
sure ordinarily carried to insure circulation in a
heating system.
The system, in brief, is as follows : The different
exhausts from pumps, engines, etc., are collected in
one pipe and passed into the heater through the
separator, which extracts all oil or grease. The
boiler teed water is first taken care of, the cold
water needed to supplement the return condensing
■ the requisite amount of exhaust steam. The surplus
exhaust then passes through the heating system
and this, when condensed, is gathered and brought
back into the heater in the firm of hot water ; the
exhaust- being supplemented, when necessary, by
live steam direct from the boiler through a reducing
valve, which is so set that it will only admit steam
of all the water used when the heating system is in
operation. This means pure water for the boilers,
less frequent cleaning, greater efficiency and
greater longevity. In these heaters the cold water
supply is brought in at the top and the quantity of
this supply is controlled by a balanced valve oper-
ated by suitable connections to a ventilated copper
float of long leverage. The temperature is given to
the incoming water by breaking it up and thoroughly
mingling it with the exhaust steam, which passes
up between the trays and thence out of the top of
the heater to the heating system. The exhaust
steam in entering the heater first passes through
the oil separator.
To prevent the egress of steam while providing an
exit for the overflow, and for the oil and water taken
out by the separator, a special steam trap, com-
posed of another suitable long leverage ventilated
copper float operating a balanced valve in the waste
pipe, is provided. The illustration will explain the
general detail of this arrangement.
up any sudden rush of the pure water of condensa-
tion returned from the system.
To provide additional depositing surface and filter-
ing material, all of these heaters and receivers are
furnished with perforated cast iron plates or shelv-
ing, on which filtering material, such as coke, hay,
gravel, etc., can be used. Suitable doors for the, in-
troduction and removal of the flltering material are
furnished, together with hand hole and tray cleaning
doors, all conveniently placed and so arranged that
easy access is offered to all parts of the heater.
The Parke & Lacy Co , 21 and 23 Fremont street,
San Francisco, who are the coast agents for this
heater and receiver, furnish a detailed list of twenty-
two sales in October and November, '96. In one
case — the Baltimore & Catonsville Construction Co.
— sixteen competitors bid on an advertised contract
for 6000 H. P. for use in the steam plants of the
electric road running between Baltimore and Wash-
ington, and after thorough investigation the con-
i tract was given the " Cochrane."
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J. F. HAL.L.OBAN General .Vlanager
San Francisco, March 13, 189?.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
1LLUSTRA.TI0NS.— Cochrane Special Peed Water Heaters and
Receivers, 309. Duplex "Union" Gasoline Engine; Handling
Coal and Ashes in. Boiler Room, 21o.
EDITORIAL.— The Cochrane Special Feed Water Heaters and Re-
ceivers, 209. Mud Roads to the Mines; Non-Residenis and Min-
ing Degrees; Mine Robberies; Mining Corporations' Power to
Purchase Property ; For the Prospectors' Protection; Reports of
Mining Corporations, 210.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of Calitornia,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territories, 314-5.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Electricity Direct from Coal; Tem-
perature at the Bottom of the Ocean; Aluminum Army Utensils;
Test of the Purity of Metals, 216.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— Continuous Rails for Street Rail-
roads; The Largest Reservoir in the World; What a Pound of
Coal Does; A Type of Passenger Coaches; A Twin-Screw Mall
and Passenger steamer, 216.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— " Phase;" The Horseless Carriage;
A Scheme for the Indefinite Preservation of Eggs, 216.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Occasionally Forgotten; The Con-
gressional Library, 216. Packing of Goods for Chile; The Anthra-
cite Industry, 217.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 226-7.
MISCELLANEOUS.- Concentrates, 211. The Precipitation of Gold
by Zinc Thread from Dilute and Foul Cyanide Solutions ; New
Zealand Gravel Dredgers; Upon What Advertising Depends, 212.
■ Outline of the Geology of California with Reference to Its Mineral
Deposits; California Diamonds ; Drift Mining Costs, 213. Duplex
"Union" Gasoline Engine; An Advance in Methods, 21.5. Coast
Industrial Notes; Recent California Mining Incorporations; Re-
cently Declared Mining Dividends; Personal; Book Reviews;
Gold in Australia, 219.
Mud Roads to the Mines.
Since the publication of the last issue of this paper
a number of communications have been received in
reference to the wretched state of the roads in the
mining counties along the Sierras. One corre-
spondent writes that on the road from lone to Sutter
Creek, in Amador county, he saw eight freight
wagons stuck in the mud and left to await better
weather and an improvement in the condition of the
roads. Besides that, there were four dead mules.
Many people, in preference to driving over the roads
or taking the stage, walk across the country, avoid-
ing the highways. Many of the mines which ship
out concentrates to the smelters are compelled to
store them until spring. But little calculation would
be required to show that the losses entailed to the
owners of working mines, to those who are fitting up
new properties, to the storekeepers and to the work-
ing miners who are thrown out of employment for
the time, during this one season, is enough to more
than pay for first-class highways.
. Under the old laws there has been little excuse for
bringing about such a condition, and it is question-
able if much good will be done under the new High-
ways Act unless the people are more careful in the
choice of officers. However, all interests are suffi-
ciently awakened to the need of a change, and their
influence should be felt.
Non-Residents and Hining Degrees.
At the last convention of the California Miners'
Association C. McM. Ross made a suggestion that ar-
rangements be made so that the University of Cali-
fornia issue to non-resident students the degree of
Mining Engineer, that the University announce the
subjects in which students would be examined and
suggest the best text-books for study, and in all pos-
sible ways aid the non-resident students to prepare
for such examinations as would be required.
As to the first part of the suggestion made by Mr.
Ross — that the University issue to non-residents the
degree of Mining Engineer — there is no doubf that
upon passing the proper examinations any non-resi-
dent would obtain such a degree. However, without
better facilities than can now be obtained in the min-
ing districts and without the aid and general direc-
tion of the faculty of the College of Mines, very few
would be able to prepare themselves. For this rea-
son the suggestion made by Mr. Ross is of value and
should be acted upon, if a feasible plan can be devised.
It is well known that a large proportion of the
students in the College of Mines are miners who have
gone to Berkeley to obtain better knowledge of the
sciences upon which a thorough mining education is
based. Much of the work, no doubt, they might do
at the mines in certain districts with very little as-
sistance from the University. However, to obtain
the degree of Bachelor of Science or Mining Engineer
they would all doubtless have to spend some time in
the laboratories at Berkeley.
For the Prospectors' Protection.
Mine Robberies.
As to this evil, the act of March 20, 1872, provides
that anyone stealing from any mining claim, tunnel,
sluice, undercurrent, riffle box or sulphuret machine
any gold dust, amalgam, quicksilver or concentrates
shall be deemed guilty of grand larceny. This has
long been found inadequate, and the Legislature has
passed a bill introduced by Assemblyman Powers of
Placer amending the act so as to read as follows, the
words in italics being new: Every person who shall
feloniously steal, take, conceal, remove or carry
away from any mj'ne or mining claim, tunnel, sluice,
undercurrent, riffie box, sulphuret machine, quartz
mill, arrastra mill, cklorination or reduction works, any
gold dust, or mtggets, or specimen rock, amalgam,
quicksilver, or concentrates, or zinc sponge, or the ore
or mineral fro7n any mine, ledge, lode, vein or deposit, or
other valuable mineral products the property of
another, shall be deemed guilty of grand larceny,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished. by im-
prisonment in the State prison for any term not less
than one year or more than fourteen years.
A number of leading members of the Calitornia
Miners' Association a few months ago asked that
steps be taken to induce the Legislature to pass an
act to provide that all people who bought ore, sul-
phurets or bullion should keep a book, in which
should be recorded the names of those from whom
they purchased, the mine from which it was secured
and other such data as would identify it, and to pro-
vide, further, that any one making affidavit that ore
or bullion had been stolen from him should have a right
to inspect such books. Such a law is in force in Colo-
rado and works well. In this State those who steal
from the mines can with little difficulty dispose of
bullion to storekeepers or saloonkeepers in the
neighborhood with little fear of detection from that
source. Mine owners often complain that from those
who purchase they seldom find any records of the
purchase. Yet they say that in most of the cases
where such stolen property is traced, it is through
the larger concerns who do keep records. However,
no steps were taken to have such a bill introduced by
those most interested.
riining Corporations' Power to Purchase
Property.
Assembly bill No. 454, an act to amend the act of
April 23, 1880, for the further protection of stock-
holders in mining companies, has passed the Legis-
lature and been signed by the Governor. Such a
bill was recommended by the last convention of the
California Miners' Association. It is as follows :
It shall not be lawful for the directors of any min-
ing corporation to sell, lease, mortgage, or other-
wise dispose of the whole or any part of the mining
ground owned or held by such corporation, nor to
purchase or obtain in any way (except by location)
any additional mining ground, unless such act be
ratified by the holders of at least a majority stock
of such corporation then outstanding. Such rati-
fication may be made either in writing, signed and
acknowledged by such stockholders, or by resolu-
tion, duly passed at any regularly called stockhold-
ers' meeting. The certificate of the secretary of any
mining corporation reciting such ratification at
a stockholders' meeting, or the names of stockhold-
ers with the amount of stock held by each, and the
total stock outstanding signed and acknowledged by
him in the manner provided for acknowledgments to
conveyances of real property, may be attached to or
indorsed upon any deed, mortgage, conveyance, or
other instrument made under this act and recorded
with such deed, conveyance or other instrument, and
the recitals contained in such certificate, or the duly
recorded copy thereof, are made prima facie evidence
of their truthfulness for all purposes whatsoever ;
provided, that no one except a stockholder in any
such corporation shall be permitted to urge any
objection to the acquisition of any additional ground
or other property by such corporation.
A mining lawyfer commenting on the pending min-
ing legislation at Olympia, Wash., according to a
paper published in that State, brings up the follow-
ing unique arguments against a meritorious bill;
The bill before the Legislature providing for ten
feet of work to be done on a mining claim before a
mineral discovery can be established may be wise
legislation, but it will not fill the bill. When a pros-
pector makes or locates a discovery, he is very apt
to know whether or not it is worth his while to sink
on the property. One thing certain, it is his by
right of discovery under the'United States statutes,
and the State has no business interfering with him
to the end of making his privilege an expensive lux-
ury. Prospecting is a trade within itself, and in-
volves the element of discovery only, while mining is
quite another occupation, and it is hardly the proper
thing for the State to force the prospector to work
or the miner to prospect.
The average genuine prospector will probably ob-
ject to this description of him, even where he is given
credit for knowing whether a mine will pay to sink
on or not simply by looking at it. Of course, most
prospectors know that many a good claim has been
spoiled by sinking on it, and some of them know
when to stop sinking for fear of injuring their pros-
pects. However, the real prospector knows very
well that to be compelled to sink ten feet or run a
tunnel that distance before completing a location can
work him little harm, and in a way is a protection
to him. One of the greatest evils the prospector or
any one locating a mine has to contend with is from
those harpies who, upon the discovery of a promis-
ing claim, make locations all about with the idea
that these may become of value through the work of
the first locator or for the purpose of levying black-
mail by cutting oS rights of way. Not being com-
pelled to do any work, they simply hold their claims,
and, if necessary, when the time for doing the re-
quired assessment work has passed, relocate. Often
these worthies work in pairs or in groups, and at the
time for relocation jump each other's claims. Such
a bill can work no hardship upon the man who hon-
estly locates a mine.
Had all locators been compelled to comply with
the spirit of the laws as they now stand, many more
mines would have been developed. The object of
them is to encourage the mining industry and not to
hamper it. It is claimed that the passage of the
proposed bill would be in confiiot with the United
States statutes, but such is not the case. Similar
laws have been tried in other States and not over-
thrown by the courts.
Reports of Mining Corporations.
Last week mention was made of the passage by
the Legislature of California of a bill to amend the
act of March 30, 1874, for the better protection of
stockholders in mining corporations. It would ap-
pear that the passage of this bill in the shape it was
signed by the Governor is more far reaching than
was indicated by the copy sent to the Mining and
Scientific Press. The bill as originally introduced
by the Committee on Mines and Mining \i\ the Assem-
bly was made to refer to all mining corporations.
But before its final passage there were added to the
first section, which provides for the making of
monthly reports by superintendents and keeping of
accounts for the inspection of stockholders, the fol-
lowing words : " Provided that this section shall
apply only to mining corporations whose stock is
listed and offered for sale at public exchange, and
shall not apply to mining corporations whose stock
is not listed in the public exchange, and is not
offered for public sale."
If the act stands, its effect will be that the super-
intendents of mining companies shall no longer be
required to make weekly or monthly statements, nor
the secretaries compelled to keep their accounts
open to inspection of shareholders, excepting, of
course, companies listed on exchanges. This is as
desired by and in accordance with a resolution of
the Calitornia Miners' Association passed at its last
convention, in which the repeal of the act of March
30, 1874, was urged.
However, the bill would seem to have been loosely
drawn. It has been suggested to us that the words
quoted above will be construed as making the bill
special legislation and unconstitutional.
March 13, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
i
Ax experimenltti plant for lestiag ores is being erected for
Charles Buliers in Sail Lake City.
A New YoKK syndicate has purchased the California miDe
in the Slocan district, British Columhia. for $60,000.
HiuuTS of way are being obtained for the proposed railroad
from Oakdale. Stanislaus county, to Soaora, Tuolumne county.
TuEProvinuial Legislature of British Columbia has passed a
bin that will enable Rossland, Nelson and Grand Forks to In-
oorporate.
The Young America, adjoining the Dexter mine, at Tusca-
rora, Nevada, has been bonded to A. B. Andrews of Satl Lake
for $30,000.
The Mercur mine in Utah has ordered a rock crusher with
a capacity of 1000 tons daily, and will begin the enlargement
of the mill.
TDK owners of the Centennial-Eureka mine at Tintic, Utah,
contemplate erecting a mill, to work low-grade ores, with a
capacity of 200 tons a day.
To »ATE 294 applications for permits to work hydraulic
mines have been made to the California Debris Commission;
of which 281 have been granted.
The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company of Queensland
crushed, in IS'.Hi, U)4,20:> tons of ore. from which the gold
returned amounted to 151, l;^" ounces.
Tests are being made in Butte, Montana, of a smokeless
powder, which it is claimed will not explode from concussion,
and when ignited makes no smoke or fumes.
An amendment to the mining laws of British Columbia, to
provide that no Chinese shall be employed in quartz mines, is
being advocated in the Provincial Legislature.
Toe Mitchell's Creek Freehold Gold Estate of New South
Wales crushed last year 11,240 tons of ore, from which there
was obtained in gold £204,504, an average of over *110 per ton.
The first hoisting engine in the Rand district, in Kern
county, California, has just been erected on the King Solomon
mine, on which it is the intention of the owners to sink 500
feet. I
Tueke is considerable stir over some new placer discoveries
in Tule canyon, Esmeralda county, Nevada, where placer
claims are being stakea off ou ground covered by 4 or 5 feet
of snow.
TuE railroad from Nampa to the Owyhee mines in Idaho,
which is being built by local capital, has been completed to
the Snake river, where a bridge is to be built at an expense
of *ro,uoo.
AccoKDiXG to a Mariposa county paper Capt. A. H. Ward
has disposed of his Pinon Blanco mining property to a company
of Colorado mining men known as the Iron Mountain Mining
Company of Colorado. •
Theke is an eager seeking after British Columbia mines on
the part of English capitalists. Offers have been made for
the War Eagle, lately purchased by a Montreal syndicate,
for the Le Roi and for the Jumbo.
The Jackson Exploration Company in January in SO'^ days
sunk the main shaft in the Amador Queen No. 1, in Amador
county, California, 77% feet, making a total to that date of
472 feet. Ten men were employed.
The Alice mine in Pinacate district, Riverside county, Cal.,
has been bonded to Los Angeles people for one year. A cya-
nide plant of about twenty-five tons daily capacity will be
put up and the ores treated by that process.
A coNTKACT has been let for building 102 miles of railway
from Weiser to Seven Devils, Idaho. It is expected to begin
work this month. The building of this road is caused by the
need for transportation of ore from the mines.
The Revelstoke, British Columbia, Board of Trade has rec-
ommended the appointmentof aGovernment inspector in each
district to report upon the condition of each mine, so as to af-
ford investors an opportunity to obtain actual facts.
Dr. Willis E. Evekette, the mining editor of the Washing-
ton 2arcj<(«j-, states that he and associates have been author-
ized by a syndicate of lOreign and New York capitalists to
ofler *5,00U,000 for the Le Roi mine at Rossland. B. C.
At Los Angeles the price of oil is steadily going up, sales
having been made at as high a price as $1.50 at the wells. The
City Council has taken up the question of regulating the work
of production, to abate nuisances within the city limits.
What is claimed to be a valuable discovery of coal has been
made near White Horse district, Wasboe county, Nevada.
The layer found at a depth of 32 feet below the surface is said
to show a body 4 feet thick of coal of excellent quality.
The manager of the Harquahala mine in Arizona reports for
January : 3titi3 tons of tailings —Bullion yielded, $7054 ; royalty
on lessees' ore and miscellaneous, I315U; total, :£I0,204. Mill-
ing and cyaniding expenses, iJoSbti; profit for month, ;§483S.
In order to better handle the output, the Everett & Monte
Cristo Railroad Company in Washington has decided to build
a branch extending from the main line at Granite Falls some
thirty miles into the Sultan and Silverton mining districts.
A MILL has been introduced in the Legislature of New Mex-
ico 10 prevent mine owners from compelling their employes to
purchase their supplies from the mine stores— a custom that
is very general in that Territory among the larger companies.
Up to Feb. 28 there were shipped from the Kootenay mines
this year 954"!^ tons of ore of an average value of *77.10, or a
total value of $736,096. Besides this, matte from the smelters
valued at $661,079 was shipped. This gives a total for the two
months of *1, 397, 175.
The railroads io the Kootenay country in British Columbia
are increasing their rolling stock to meet the demands on
them, and the hotels are overcrowded. The newspapers warn
all except miners or men with money to stay away, as there
is no employment for others.
Arrangements are being made for the erection of a 200-ton
matte smelter at Canon City, Colorado, by a company repre-
sented by ex-Governor Foster of Ohio and other parties. The
plant is intended to reduce the Cripple Creek ores from 30 to
25 tons to 1, and sell the matte to the refineries.
In Montana the Mineral Land Commissioners have in the
Bozeman district classified 1,656,134 acres of railroad lands
out of the total of 2,313,164 acres. The cost to the Govern-
ment will not exceed 7 mills per acre. Only four protests
have been filed against the classifications as made.
At the Le Roi mine, British Columbia, a test was made of
ten tons of ore that assayed SIO per ton, or what is is called
in that camp low grade, and it showed that $7.50 per ton was
free and could be saved on the plates. This, it is understood,
will lead 10 the erection of stamp mills on the ground.
The London and Cripple Creek Reduction Corporation is the
name of the company which has about completed reduction
works at Florence, Col. The new plant, the manager states,
will have a capacity for treating 200 tons of ore per day by the
Page luaching process, designed to work low-grade refactory
ores.
The Union Pacific Railroad Co.'s coal mine No. 1 at Rock
Springs, Wyoming, has produced, since it was opened in 1S69,
over 5,000,000 tons of coal. To bring coal to the surface the
company operates a 20U0-horse power engine having two reels,
each of which carries a steel rope 1^ inches in diameter and
over a mile long.
Colonel C. F. Crocker, of the Southern Pacific Company. |
states that they have made surveys and have everytning in
readiness to begin building a road from Mojave toRandsburg,
California, but are awaiting until satisfied that the develop-
ments of the camp will warrani this. A road could be built
in a few weeks.
Many records for fast sinking of shafts are being published
of late. At the Amador Queen mine in Amador county, Cal.,
lately 85 feet were sunk in thirty days. At the W. Y. O. D.
mine at Nevada City, Cal., a shaft 6x10 was sunk last month
150 feet in thirty days through solid blasting in granite,
diorite and diabase.
TuBUE has been organized a Mining Bureau by people of
Denver, Colorado, which will keep exhibits of ores from all
districts and reports of mines and districts, which may be con-
sulted. In addition, on Saturday afternoons meetings are
held, at which addresses are made by authorities on different
subjects connected with mining.
Several good records have of late been made in California
in shaft sinking, but none so far equal some of those of the
Comstock. In 1878 the Osbinton shaft was sunk from ihe sur-
face 2000 feet in five months— anaverage of nearly 14 feet per
day. The dimensions were 30x8. The Forinan shaft was
sunk 2000 feet at the rate of 15 feet per day.
In proportion to the amount of money spent and lives lost in
Rhodesia and the stir it has made in the world during the
past year or two, the gold output of the mines has been ridicu-
lously small. According to the Rfiodcsian Times, published at
Salisbury, the total number of tons mined since 1S90 is only
about 10,000 and the gold obtained 7047 ounces.
In Cripple Creek more low-grade ores are being treated this
year than ever before. The building of new reduction plants
has brought down the cost, and lower grades are being treated
than has heretofore been possible. Much of the ore of this
class is being held as an investment, the owners believing
that treatment costs will be still further reduced.
During the week ending February 27 twenty-four cars
loaded with silver and lead bullion were hauled out of Salt
Lake City, Utah, by the Union Pacific, the weight reaching
834,049 pounds. In addition to this there were three oars of
copper bullion, weighing 142,539 pounds, and fifty-one cars of
gold, silver and lead ore, weighing 1,997,200 pounds.
At La Brilladora mine, at La Brilladora, Mexico, owned by
New York people since 1892, the hoisting plant consists of na-
tives, each with a rawhide bag and a notched pole. They strap
the bags to their heads and carry out from 200 to 300 pounds
each trip. One man will make twenty-five trips each day to
a depth of 2U0 feet. His wage is 37% cents per day.
The Utah Legislature has before it a mining bill providing
that locators shall put monuments at each corner of a claim,
and that within ninety days from the date of the location
notice annual assessment work to the value of $100 must be
done. It will not be many years, it is to be hoped, before
California will fall into line and pass laws containing these
reasonable provisions.
The Horn Silver mine, Utah, In 1896 put through the mill
26,684 tons and marketed 5534 tons. The yield was $213,543.
The cost of extracting the ore was $4.51 per ton, the cost of
concentration, including labor and supplies, $1.52, each ton of
concentrates representing a cost of $7.63. The average value
of the concentrates was $26.88, while the average value of the
shipping ore was $12.93 per ton.
The Mining Investnr of Colorado Springs, whicbis a conserva-
tive and yet a bright paper, says that it believes $10,000,000
would be a conservative estimate of the output of Cripple
Creek for 1897 and would not be at all surprised to see it foot
up $12,000,000. It may be, it says, that litigation will inter-
fere, but nothing outside of this can interfere with the in-
creasing prosperity of the camp.
State Senator Nbbekbr of Utah is advocating the passage
of a law to regulate the number of claims a single individual
may locate. He says that two partners confessed to having
located no less than 458 claims in the Camp Flag district. To-
day the annual assessment work on them would call for an
annual outlay of $45,800. Over 100 claims have been located in
the interest of one person in the West Dip at Mercur and
another controls 163.
Word comes from Tintic, Utah, that in the Sioux-Ajax tun-
nel the mineral-bearing zone has been reached. The ultimate
destination of the big tunnel is a point at which connection
will be made with the ore bodies of the Sioux mine, in which
ihousands of tons of ore have been blocked out. It was to pro-
vide an economical outlet for these bodies that the tunnel was
incepted, but in tapping these it became necessary to cut
through ground that must share the benefit.
There is hard feeling between the " sooners " and the gov-
ernment officials on the borders of the Colville reservation in
Washington. Along the Columbia river, from Hunter to
Daisy, there are said to be from 300 to 500 men waiting for the
signal which will open the reservation to the prospector.
The seekers for locations declare that when the north half of
the reservation was opened last year the government officials
held the civilians at bay and took up the bRst ground.
At the time of the great fire in the Utica mine at Angels,
Cal., all the rats in the mine were killed or driven out.
Lately the superintendent ordered of his hardware merchant
in San Francisco a gross of rats to be sent up. This has been
done and the rats turned loose in the mine, where they are
said to serve as a protection to the miners. In case of fire,
water or gases the movements of the rats warn the miners of
the approach of danger. They also prove useful in clearing up
the refuse of the mines.
A movement is on foot in London among certain sharehold-
ers in mining companies to form an association for the purpose
of protecting their interests. One of the promoters says:
'* The discovery of gold in Western Australia and the cheap-
ening of the mode of extraction of the precious metal have led
to the formation of an enormous number of mining oompanies.
It is notorious that many of these companies are not managed
in the interest of the shareholders at all. but solely with a
view to put money Into the pockets of the directors and their
friends."
The San Francisco Copper Company, operating copper mines
in Lower California, has disposed of its holdings to a London
and Paris financial combination for a consideration of *500,00't,
and the stock is soon to be placed on the Paris bourse. The
mine is an old producer and the output up to the present time
is claimed to be in excessof 11,000,000. It was formerly worked
by the Mexicans in the crude fashion of the miners of that
country, and for several years past has been operated by an
American company.
Last week the cash in the New York clearing house banks
was a little over $200,000,000, an amount that has not been
exceeded since 1S94, Of this sum $60,000,000 Is seeking In-
vestment. There is likely to be more. The gold mines of the
United States produced over $50,000,000 in 1S96, and probably
not much less than $100,000,000 was paid to American owners
of mines in purchasing properties by foreigners. It is prob-
able that much more will come in this year, and much of this
money will seek investments other than mining.
The Wyoming Legislature has passed an act by which fees
for filing incorporation articles are regulated by the amount
of capital stock. There is a similar law in Montana, which is
easily evaded. In other States it has been proposed to adopt
like measures. Luxuries, especially harmful luxuries, have long
been considered fit objects for high taxation. If any one wants
to incorporate a 10-foot shaft with a 2-foot vein for $1,000,000,
he should pay for the use of the facilities given by the State.
An act on this subject might be entitled *'Anact to levy a
tax on deception."
The coming "boom" in mining in London promises to be as
to British Columbia properties. Africa and Australia cannot
be conjured with, and the most available field seems to be
British Columbia. More of the money that is seeking legiti-
mate investment will come to the United States than ever be-
fore, but probably, happily, without any ''boom." British
Columbia is a splendid field for investment, and those papers
which care most for the welfare of the Province are doing
all they can to prevent overcapitalization of mines and to keep
up the good reputation of the properties and people of the
Kootenay country.
The day after the closing down of the De Lamar mine in
Lincoln Co., Nevada, March 1st, on account of the formation
of a miners' union and the belief on the part of Captain De-
Lamar that a strike would ensue, a meeting of the old em-
ployes was held at which resolutions were adopted by the
employes of the De Lamar Company stating that they were
satisfied with the treatment and wages they had been receiv-
ing, and had not contemplated a strike and were duly appre-
ciative of the situation. The Salt Lake Tribune states that
this does away with all misunderstandings and that the com-
pany will soon resume work,
The Carson Appeal makes an attack on Assembly bill No.
74, introduced in the Nevada Legislature, providing for an
extra tax on the product of the mines, saying that it is a
scheme on the part of some script dealers io San Francisco to
realize a profit out of the bonds of Lincoln county. In 1878
Lincoln county issued bonds to the extent of $180,000, bearing
10 per cent interest per annum. The interest and principal
now amount to $600,000. In 1895 no interest had been paid on
the part of the principal. For ten years prior to 1895 the com-
missioners of Lincoln county failed to levy any tax to meet
the payment of these bonds, aud the holders sued the county
in the U. S. Court and obtained judgment for $600,000. This
bill, if passed, would impose most of the burden on the De
Lamar mine if it should start up again.
The miners of the Rand district, in Kern county, California,
are evidently not satisfied with the laws being passed by the
Legislature, for the amended laws and regulations adopted
last week provided for a definite marking of the boundaries of
all claims. The proposed bill, which is now in the hands of
the Governor, leaves this point in as unsatisfactory a shape as
it has been. The section of the Rand regulations on this sub-
ject is as follows : "Section 4, The area of a mining claim in
the Rand mining district shall be as now by the United States
mining laws provided, not to exceed 1500 feet in length, with
300 feet on each side of the vein or lode, and such surface
boundaries shall be marked by five monuments, one at each
corner, with an initial monument at the point of discovery,
each monument to be not less than 2^ feet high, with a notice
placed thereon, showing the designated corner of the claim,
with relation to the same.''
Regarding the foreign market Messrs. Pierre Humbert Jr.
& Co. say: "The talk of another large foreign investment of
capital in our copper mines may or may not be true at present,
but it is certain that over three years ago letters were re-
ceived from a very prominent London banking house, desiring
to know if Calumet &, Hecla and Boston & Montana could be
acquired for that market. Since that time the Anaconda
mine has been placed there, and has whetted the appetite of
foreigners for our copper mines. It would not be astonishing
if a London absorption of shares from the Boston market
itself would not soon develop. The demand for good gold min-
ing properties increases, and there is considerable activity in
the placement of new properties. Another $2,000,0(10 syndi-
cate is being organized to operate in mother lode gold proper-
ties. The tendency of the Boston market is distinctly toward
mining properties of copper and gold."
The annual report of the Quincy, Mich., Mining Company
for 1896 shows a production for the year of 16,863,477 pounds of
refined copper, as compared with 16,304,721 pounds produced
in 1895, an increase of 568.756 pounds. The gross sum realized
for the copper was $1,843,117.19, and from sales of silver
$32,080.42. This is equivalent to 10.93 cents per pound for the
copper alone, or, taking copper and silver together, 11.05 cents
per pound on the output. Expenses at mine, smelting, trans-
portation and all other expenses amounted to $1,108,569.14,
making the cost of copper 6,57 cents per pound. Mining and
other profits from all sources were $770,063.64. Dividends
paid by the company in 1896 amounted to $1,000,000. Two of
the Quincy's shafts are now down a depth of over 4000 feet
and another 3920 feet. Since the organization of the company
the Quincy mine has produced a total of 199,388,521 pounds of
refined copper at a profit of $9,597,564.32, from which fifty-six
dividends, amounting to a total of $8,670,000, have been paid.
The shares of the company are to he doubled shortly, making
them 100,000.
212
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 13, 1897.
The Precipitation of Qold by Zinc Thread from
Dilute and Foul Cyanide Solutions.*
By ALFRED James, Glasgow, Scotland.
-. Some months since, in the Johannesburg gold fields
■iof South Africa, the attention of the author was
■directed to certain statements to the effect that the
gold contents of foul or extremely dilute cyanide
'solutions could not be effectively precipitated in-prac-
tice by the usual zinc method.
Such statements caused all the greater surprise
because it is iwell known that, this difficulty is not
encountered in other well-known districts, as, for
example, in New Zealand, where solutions contain-
ing less than 0.05 per cent of CKy are regularly
reduced in practice to below 1 grain of gold per ton,
while in Mexico and the United States almost
■ equally satisfactory precipitations ^are^.not uncom-
mon.
As a result oif these representations, however, the
author visited several plants at work in the Trans-
vaal, and noted that while at soine few mines the
precipitation was really excellent, at o.ther the efflu-
ent, after treatment, was much too high in bullion
contents. .
• An investigation into the causes of these unsatis-
factory results disclosed the fact that more atten-
tion to the close packing of the zinc shavings in the
extractor compartments tended to improve the
results, even with the most dilute solutions. The
function of the zinc being one of surface, it stands
to reason that a compartment well filled with zinc
would be more effective than a half-filled one.
Moreover, the quality of the zinc was inferior. This
-should be in long, tough, thin, light threads, light
enough to ignite readily, and tough enough not to
disintegrate easily into a slime. The coarse shav-
.ings too frequently employed appear to give the
reverse of the best practice; they are brittle, con-
tain less surface, and take up more room. It is
almost impossible to pack a compartment properly
with such zinc, which permits the existence of chan-
nels through which the solution may ascend without
coming into effective Contact with the zinc at all.
The boxes which do the best work have compart-
ments the depth of which is greater than any other
dimension.
But even under the best conditions solutions are
encountered which give trouble when run through in
the ordinary way. Such solutions are those charged
.with alumina salts, and those resulting froni the
treatment of weathered concentrates containing
acid iron salts.
Very thorough investigation has been carried out
, on these solutions ; and it is found that by simply
^ giving theni longer contact with the zinc they may
be treiated with complete success. With solutions
the alkalinity of which has been neutralized by acid
salts, it is advisable to add a slight amount of soda ;
but even in the most difficult case an alkalinity of
0.025 per cent, or i pound per ton, has been found
perfectly effective.
Moreover, with extremely dilute cyanide solutions,
that is, solutions containing under 0.05 per cent of
free cyanide, perfectly satisfactory precipitation
may be carried out by passing the solution through
the extractors at the rate of 1 ton of solution per
twenty-four hours for each cubic foot of zinc thread
employed. But even when the solutions are very
foul, with iron and alumina salts in solution, and
containing no free cyanide, one is able in practice to
reduce the bullion contents to 1 or 2 grains per ton
by passing- the solution through the extractors at
ibe rate of about J ton of solution per cubic foot per
diem, the solution being in contact with the zinc for
one and one-half to two hours.
■ This small amount of extractor space, even with
the most difficult solutions, as compared with that
required for electric precipitation, deserves to be
noted;
Liquors derived from the treatment of cupriferous
ores and concentrates, and containing 0.2 per cent
of copper in solution, were found to be quite amen-
able to a treatment similar to that which sufficed for
the foul liquors from weathered concentrates.
The following are notes of experiments carried
out in connection with the investigation above re-
ferred to.
. The solution examined was one that was returned
in a cyanide works as containing 44 grains of gold
per ton, after it had been hoioe passed through the
extractors in the usual manner. An investigation
showed that it contained a considerable quantity of
arsenic and nearly 1 per cent of soluble sulphates in
solution, resulting from the treatment of some ex-
ceedingly acid weathered concentrates.
The solution was run through the extractors with
the following modifications ;
(rt) The solution was run through a third time at the rate
of 3 tons per cubic foot of zinc per diem.
Assay before treatment, 3 dwts. 13 grs. per ton.
Assay after treatment, 1 dwt. IS grs. per ton.
{^)i There were added 4 lbs. of ammonium chloride per ton
of solution, and it was run through at 3 tons per cubic foot
per diem.
Assay before treatment, 3 dwts. 13 grs. per ton.
Assay after treatment, 1 dwt. 17 grs. per ton.
The addition of the. above amount of ammonium
♦ Trans. Am. Ins. M. E., Chicago meeting, February, 1897.
chloride had thus no beneficial effect at the above
rate of extraction.
(c) There were added per ton of solution 4 lbs. of burnt
lime, slaked and made into a cream, and the precipitate was
allowed to settle. The rate of flow was not accurately deter-
mined, owing to the precipitate having reduced the rate of
flow in pipe.
Assay before treatment, 3 dwts. 13 grs.
Assay after treatment, 14 grs.
{d) Solution (o) was run through again, for a fourth time, at
3 tons per cubic foot per diem.
Assay before treatment, 1 dwt. IS grs.
Assay after treatment, 5 grs.
(e) The solution was run through again at especially slow
rate of % ton per cubic foot per diem.
Assay before treatment, 1 dwt. 11 grs.
Assay after treatment, 3 grs.
This shows a great improvement, and indicates
that slow running is, of itself, more practically effi-
cacious and cheaper than the addition of chemicals
to assist precipitation.
It was found, however, that after the run bad
been continued for some hours the assay of the efflu-
ent rose to 12 and then to 20 grains per ton. An
examination of the zinc showed that it had been
coated with a white incrustation which consisted
mainly of ferrocyanide of zinc.
In all the above experiments there was only a
trace of free cyanide or of alkali present in solution ;
and the formation of the incrustation pointed to the
necessity of alkali or free cyanide in solution to pre-
vent any such reaction.
{/) Some of the same solution as that used for the previous
experiment was now run through the extractor at the rate of
about K ton per cubic foot of zinc per diem, after sufficient
cyanide had been added to the solution to make it show 0.08
per cent of free KCy.
Assay before treatment, 0 dwt. 19 grs. gold per ton.
Assay after treatment, 0 dwt. 3 grs. gold per ton.
KCy before treatment, 0.08 per cent.
KCy after treatment, 0.033 per cent.
This experiment shows that the addition of free
cyanide causes a satisfactory precipitation. There
was no incrustation formed on the zinc. The con-
sumption of cyanide, however, amounted to 1 pound
per ton ; and to avoid this, if possible, the investiga-
tion was continued, and
((7) A similar experiment was carried out at the same rale
of flow, but adding 4 lbs. of slaked lime per ton of solution
instead of cyanide, the precipitated sludge being allowed to
settle.
Assay before treatment, 0 dwt. 19 grs.
Assay after treatment, 5 grs.
KCy before treatment, nil.
KCy after treatment, nil.
The zinc was washed free from incrustation in
dilute solution of caustic soda prior to the commence-
ment of this experiment, and sufficient new zinc was
added to replace the consumption of previous runs.
At the conclusion of the experiment there was
a slight incrustation on the zinc in the first com-
partment only.
(70 Experiment as above, but with 4 lbs. of caustic soda per
ton added in place of lime. No fresh zinc was added, nor was
the zinc washed.
Assay of solution before treatment, 0 dwt. 19 grs.
Assay of solution after treatment, 0 dwt. 1 gr.
After the run the zinc was very black, and there
was no incrustation.
(i) Experiment as above, but with less soda, and the rate of
flow increased to X 'on per cubic foot per diem.
Assay of solution before treatment, 0 dwt. 19 grs.
Assay of solution after treatment, 0 dwt. 3 grs.
(k) In this experiment the run was continued for some days
at % ton per cubic foot per diem, and samples were taken
every twelve hours. There was no caustic soda added, there
being present only l-o lb. per ton of solution ; gold was added
to make the solution up to 3 dwts. per ton.
The solution assayed before treatment, 3 dwts, 0 gr.
The solution assayed after treatment, 0 dwt. 2 grs. to 0
dwt. 5 grs.
The above experiments show the perfect practica-
bility of precipitation from troublesome solutions by
keeping the rate of flow at J to J ton per cubic foot
per diem, with the presence of from 0.01 to 0.15 per
cent of caustic soda.
A further test was made on the precipitation of
auriferous solution carrying quantities of copper,
with the following results :
(0 Used solution from the sumps, containing 0.3 per cent of
copper in solution; was run through extractors at the rate of
>3 ton per cubic foot zinc space per day. Half a pound of
caustic soda was added per ton of solution.
Gold in solution before treatment, 3 dwts. 0 gr.
Gold in solution after treatment, 0 dwt. 0.8 gr.
Copper in solution before treatment, 0.13 per cent.
Copper in solution after treatment, 0.097 per cent.
The zinc was coated with metallic copper, but the
precipitation at above rate of flow was practically
perfect.
Two more prolonged trials were then undertaken,
in which a large quantity of solution was run over
the zinc used in I, without any addition of fre.^h zinc,
for over a week, to note the effect of the metallic
copper coating on the zinc. It was found that the
coating became disintegrated in the upper compart-
ment, and that the precipitation continued unim-
paired, though, as the quantity of zinc in the
extractors was gradually lessened, the effluent
solutions rose in value proportionately. On replac-
ing, however, with fresh zinc the zinc consumed, the
solution again became practically gold free, as in ?.
In connection with the above precipitation experi-
ments, two other points call for especial remark :
1. The amount of' alkali added is kept as low as
possible, to avoid any great excess beyond the
amount required to neutralize the acidity of the ore
and for zinc box reactions.
2. It is well known that the presence of alkali or
alkaline carbonates, always present in used solu-
tions, interferes with the silver nitrate test, making
the solution appear to be stronger in available cya-
nide than is really the case. Chemists in charge of
works should, therefore, be careful not to be misled
by this test, or lowered extractions may result. The
effect of caustic potash or soda on double cyanide of
zinc and potassium is not to regenerate all the cya-
nide of potassium as shown by silver test, the test,
as suggested by C. J. Ellis, being rendered unreli-
able by the silver throwing out the zinc from the
double cyanide, and the zinc so displaced being dis-
placed by the KHO present, thus prolonging the
titration.
K2Zny.i+2AgN03+4KHO = 2KAgCy, + K„Za02 +
2ENO3+2H2O.
New Zealand Qravel Dredgers.
Dredging, like everything else connected with
mining, offers room for numerous improvements.
The evolution of the dredge itself from the mere raw-
bide scoop, worked by hand, to the great steam
bucket dredge, which lifts its hundred tons of wash
per hour, shows what advances have been made in
capacity, but other improvements have been made
almost more important than increased capacity. In-
creased length of ladder now allows the buckets to
bring up stuff from a depth of 50 feet, and 1 suppose
this is by no means the limit of deep working. The
tailings elevator is another important feature, for it
overcomes a difficulty which threatened the very life
of deep working. It will be easilj'seen that a dredge
excavating to a depth of even 30 feet or 40 feet in the
gravels of a river bed must make a very big hole. In
the loose shingle the sides would naturally fall in un-
til what is known as a sufficient batter was made,
and frequently the hole excavated was larger than
the whole length of the dredge. This meant until
recently that the enormous amount of tailings sent
over the stern of the dredge simply tumbled again
into the hole excavated, and had to be dredged over
again. The tailings elevator prevents this, for it
carries the tailings far beyond the stern of the
dredge, and, if necessary, can stack them to a height
of 30 feet.
The separating cylinder is still another improve-
ment. Not long ago all the wash lifted by the dredge
was simply shot onto the tables — big stones, little
stones — a constant stream of tons in which were a
few tiny atoms of gold. Fifty or sixty tons of heavy
boulders, sand, etc., were hourly shot onto the
tables, causing great waste of labor, great waste of
gold; for the body of water required to sweep this
stuff away again carried much of the fine gold with
it. Now all the wash, as it comes up in the buckets,
is shot into a perforated iron cylinder, which, slowly
revolving, sifts out the sand and fine stuff which con-
tains the gold, and sends all the heavy stones direct
onto the tailings elevator, which carries them clean
away.
These improvements in the actual working parts
of the dredge have practically made the dredge mas-
ter of the ordinary difficulties met with, but there is
almost as much need for improvements in gold-sav-
ing apparatus now as there ever was. It has been
pointed out again and again that the small size of
gravitation tables and the vibration caused by the
working of the dredge are accountable for the loss
of a large percentage of gold. I see no reason why
gravitation tables should be limited in size to the
space not occupied by machinery on the main deck
of the dredge. It would be quite easy to have the
gravitation tables forming the roof, as it were, of
the lower deck, and extending even over a larger
area than the size of the pontoons. The fine, concen-
trated wash, as it comes from the cylinder, could
easily be elevated to the tables, and so distributed
as to be spread evenly over a surface five times as
large as is used now, and if this is not sufficient, or
if the vibration is still a drawback, why not have the
gravitation tables extended over separate pontoons
not affected by the vibration. In this way very light
pontoons could carry a very large area of tables,
and, if this were not sufficient, then send the concen-
trated wash ashore and treat it there. — New Zea-
land Mining Standard.
In business, as well as in society, a great deal de-
pends upon who introduces you. In advertising, the
same thing is true. Take two journals going to the
same people. Your advertisement in the one having
the most prestige will do you more good than it will
in the other. The prestige, the character or the in-
definable something about an old, established, high-
class medium lends itself to your advertisement in
that medium. It adds value to your goods. But
every time you place your advertisement in a medium
of doubtful or cheap standing, this quality also lends
itself to your advertisement. Be as careful about the
character of the medium you use as you are of the
company you keep. Do not use a medium because it
is cheap. It may be dear at any price. You cannot
afford to lend your prestige to a poor journal. — Ad-
vertising Experience, Chicago.
March 13, 18S>7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
213
Outline of the Qeology of California with
Reference to Its Mineral Deposits.
NL'UBEK V.
Written for the Mining AND Scientific Phess by Hakoi.u \V.
Faihuanks, Ph. D
Altbouf^b the great deeps of the oceaa basiD have
probably always been submerged, yet areas conti-
nental in size have oscillated up and down, one por-
tion sinking while another rose to maintain an
equilibrium. Instead of the Sierra Nevadas being
the ancient range of California, we now think that
the region of the coast mountains was elevated above
the sea in most remote geological times. Following
the period of gold deposition the Coast ranges be-
gan sinking again beneath the sea, which continued
for an indetinitely long period e.xcept for a time,
when they were temporarily re-elevated by the up-
welling of great bodies of eruptive rock which is now
known as serpentine. This is a peculiar rock, con-
taining less silica than any other known rock, but
carrying, in minutely disseminated quantities, the
mineral linowu as chrome iron. As this mineral oc-
curred originally in the rocks, it was of course with-
out value; but Nature has taken another step and
concentrated it for us. The serpentine has been lis-
sured, and through these fissures percolating waters
have passed, though under just what physical and
chemical conditions we do not know. These dissolved
out the chrome iron and deposited it in bunches of
different sizes in the serpentine.
The Pick and Shovel mine near San Luis Obispo
has been worked more than any other in California,
and the deposits there are illustrative of the occur-
rence of chrome iron generally. When one bunch is
worked out there is very little to guide the miner in
finding another. Sometimes, however, a seam fol-
lowed from one end of an ore body will lead to an-
other, but it is very uncertain work. Bunches are
known of more than a thousand tons weight. The
areas of serpentine, and consequently those in which
chrome iron may be looked for, e.\tend in the Coast
ranges from Santa Barbara county into Oregon and
from Mariposa county nor,th along the western slope
of the Sierras. As a mineralogical curiosity I might
mention an occurrence of chrome iron south of
Shingle Springs, El Dorado county, in slate some
distance from serpentine.
In some parts of California the proper conditions
were present for the formation of coal beds during
the Qpper Cretaceous. This was notably the case in
Shasta county. The beds dip beneath the lava and
have been much eroded.
At the close of the Cretaceous the geography of
California was again changed by an uplift in the
Coast ranges. After a period of erosion sinking
was inaugurated during the following period, to which
we give the name of Eocene or Tejon. Again condi-
tions for coal occurred as illustrated by the beds
near Mt. Diablo, Corral Hollow and other localities
in the Coast ranges. Owing to the disturbed condi-
tion of the strata, the search for coal is a puzzling
and often disappointing one.
At the close of the Eocene the strata of the Coast
ranges were again folded together, uplifted from the
sea and subjected to erosion. Then followed a long
period of subsidance through the Miocene. We have
come now to the time when the greater portion of
the oil-bearing strata were formed as well as quite
extensive beds of coal. Wherever we find coal we
know that the region must have been low and
swampy on the borders of inland lakes or protected
ocean lagoons. The Miocene coal is so young that
its quality is poor, but it is mined from Elsinore on
the south through the Coast ranges nearly to Ore-
gon. Much of the coal in the latter State is also
quite recent in formation. It is also mined at sev-
eral places in the San Joaquin valley. It is dark and
often brightly lustered when first mined, but soon
crumbles. The intense mountain-making disturb-
ances since the formation of these beds have so
folded, faulted and eroded them that great care is
necessary in determining the value of any outcrop.
Only a skilled geologist can do it, and even he is lia-
ble to be mistaken unless thoroughly familiar with
the local geologic conditions. Some of the best ap-
pearing beds are mere remnants left by erosion.
The conditions governing the occurrence of the oil
beds are wholly different from those of the coal, and
the two products are nowhere associated together.
Our studies have shown clearly that the oil found at
so many points through the Coast ranges has been
derived almost wholly from the decay of sea animals.
While the oil is now encountered in porous sandstone,
it was not formed there but in the associated lime-
stones. These are sometimes clayey and sometimes
silicious, but have been formed largely of the re-
mains of immense numbers of microscopic animals,
together with fish which were sporadically entombed
in the sediments. Exceptional conditions existed
over the area of the Coast ranges during the latter
part of the Miocene, for the quiet sea seems to have
been fairly alive with minute calcareous and silicious
organisms, the organic portion of whose remains go
to make up the dark green oil. Several thousand
feet of these sediments were formed, consolidated
and finally lifted above the sea. With pressure and
some accompanying heat, produced in the folding of
the strata, the organic matter was distilled out and
f>assed in many cases into the loose sandstone over-
ying the oil shales and limestones.
The oil-bearing rocks were termed by Prof. Whit-
ney the Bituminous Slate series. They can often be
recognized by the fetid odor on fresh surfaces as well
as by their general light color and thin, even layers.
They extend from Los Angeles through the Coast
ranges to a point a little north of San Francisco.
Though much of the region has not been carefully ex-
amined, yet the possible productive area is large.
There is good evidence that the oil rocks underlie the
whole of the Santa Barbara channel, but it is a ques-
tion whether they can ever be tapped.
The remnant of the oil left from distillation and
found over such a large section of country is known
as asphaltum when found in veins and bunches more
or less pure, and as bituminous rook when impreg-
nating a loose sandstone. In the country south of
San Luis Obispo great hills are found consisting of
sandstone, and more of less completely impregnated
with bituminous matter. The asphaltum residue
represents of course an enormous quantity of oil, the
volatile portions of which much have been distilled
off under heat, and it is a question which yet remains
to be settled whether oil can still be obtained in
Quantity near the great bodies of bituminous rock.
At many localities in Santa Barbara county there are
chimneys of baked rock in the vicinity of bituminous
deposits, and the question of the relation between
these is an interesting one. Intelligent study of the
various geological questions connected with the oc-
currence of oil and asphaltum would be of great value.
A very marked disturbance took place in the Coast
ranges at the close of the deposition of the oil-
bearing rocks (Miocene), elevating the country again
to form a prominent mountain range so that the
erosive agencies began to work actively upon the
exposed strata. During the Pliocene, the next geo-
logical period, sinking again commenced so as to
permit the formation of strata of that age at many
points along the coast, particularly at the mouths of
the old rivers.
At some time during the Pliocene disturbances
again arose which culminated in the outburst of vol-
canic rocks in the region between Clear lake and
San Francisco, and to a less extent farther south,
in the region of the Santa Barbara islands. These
eruptions continued at intervals into the Quater-
nary. In northern California they were much
greater in extent, building up from beneath the sea
the volcanic ridge extending from Lassen's butte
northward to Mount Shasta, and forming the thou-
sands of square miles of elevated plains in northeast-
ern part of the State, in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho.
(To be Continued.)
California Diamonds.
The New York correspondent of the London Mill-
ing Journal believes that the prospects for diamond
mining in the United States, and especially in Cali-
fornia, are good. In a recent letter he says:
"It is not, I think, generally understood that the
United States is likely enough, sooner or later, to
become a diamond producing country. Records of
unquestionable trustworthiness exist of diamonds
having been found in Virginia and North Carolina,
but the most productive State hitherto has been
California. The first announcement of Californian
diamonds was in 1850, in SiUiman's Journal, and since
then many genuine discoveries have from time to
time been reported. The chief localities have been
near Cherokee in Butte county, near Placerville in
El Dorado county, French Corral in Nevada county
and several places in Amador county. In Trinity
county also some very minute diamond crystals have
been found. Prof. P. Woehler of Gottingen some
years ago examined samples of the " platinum
sands" of Trinity river. After removing gold, plat-
inum, chromic iron, silica, ruthenium, etc., by the
usual methods, he observed the residue microscopic-
ally and found numerous colorless, transparent
grains, which he presumed to be diamonds. Subse-
quent combustion in oxygen and precipitation from
bayta water convinced him that the microscopic
ci-ystals were true diamonds. Having regard,
therefore, to the wide area of the district over whicti
the discoveries have been made, and to the fact that
the whole of this district is of a distinctly volcanic
character, and even yet is covered here and there
with huge masses of lava and indurated volcanic
mud, it can hardly be doubted that systematic pros-
pecting will lead to the development of productive
diamond fields. Analogous conditions, with varia-
tions of local detail, are observable in Arizona. I
have myself seen on the mesa lands near Pinal many
spots that I pointed out to the local prospectors as
highly probable to prove diamondiferous; and on the
occasion of a visit of inspection that I made in 1894
to the Upper Eancheria district of Amador county,
California, I met several of the men who had found
some of the more noted Californian diamonds, and
was shown the exact places of the discoveries. The
finds all happened in washing gold from the gravel
that underlies the volcanic cap, and it is a moot ques-
tion whether the gems were, properly, constituents
of the lower or upper formation. But that they were
merely specimens of far greater numbers cannot be
doubted; and any adventurous spirit who may be
willing to risk a little capital on the chance of dis-
covering a large fortune might easily do worse than
to engage in diamond hunting at Upper Rancheria.
An attempt was made to interest the great DeBeers
Company in the matter. It was thought that, of all
men, the famous Sissy Raids (as we irreverent
Yankees now call your irresolute empire builder)
would appreciate the importance of protecting the
diamond market. But this idea proved erroneous.
So the Californian communication was probably
used for curl papers, and its senders received no
reply."
Drift nining Costs.
In the Mayflower, a representative drift mine in
Placer county, on the Forest Hill divide, F. Chap-
pellet gives the following figures and data as to the
cost of mining and milling the gravel, which will be
of value to others engaged in similar work:
COST FOB MINING AND MILLINC PER CAR — CAPACITY 1 TON— IN
MAYFLOWER GRAVEL MINING CO., FOREST HILL. CAL.
Jliniiit/.
Labor, etc $1 IKI
Timber, eto [M
Trausportation 05
Powder, candles, etc 10
Tolal tl 19
Millinff h>j Steam.
Labor, wood, eto ai
Wear and tear on mill 01
Total t 4!
Extra expense, blacksmith, etc 0-2
When using compressor lor ventilation 01
When running the mill by water the cost is 9 cents per
car less than the above estimate.
It will be observed that Mr. Chappellet states that,
using water power instead of steam for running the
mill, the cost of milling per car of the gravel would
be but 13 cents.
The Mayflower mine has been worked some twenty
years and may be taken as a good type of a drift
mine with cemented gravel which costs more not
only to work, but also for milling, than non-cemented
gravel, the difference being, under similar circum-
stances otherwise, generally about 20 to 35 cents
per car.
It will be interesting to those who worked similar
gravels flfteen years ago to compare the figures of
those days with the present. The cost of No. 2
powder then was from 25 to 28 cents a pound, and it
is now being supplied for 8 cents a pound. Other
supplies have fallen in price and new and cheaper
methods of mining and milling have been introduced
so that the cost of working such gravel as that of
the Mayflower has fallen from about $3 per oar to
from $1.30 to $1.50.
This mine contains three distinct channels, the
main Mayflower running north and south, the Orono
crossing the Mayflower at a right angle crossing
from the east and an upper channel following the
same course as the Mayflower, but seventy-five feet
higher. The Mayflower is now working two of these
channels and opening the upper one. The gold on
each channel is of different character and fineness.
On the channels two and one-half miles of drifting
has been done since the mine was opened.
Although the cost of timber and wood on the For-
est Hill divide is comparatively low, it makes a great
difference in the cost of any work where power is
used whether steam or water power is in use. For
example, in the Eureka Consolidated, Mr. Chappellet
states that a tunnel 1900 feet in length, 6x6, which
they have run with machine drifls costs $9.50 per
foot, using steam, while had it been possible to use
water power the cost would not have exceeded $8 or
$8.50 per foot.
J. B. Hobson, now operating in Cariboo, in a re-
port stated that the cemented gravels there could be
milled for 20 cents a carload and that twenty stamps
could crush 200 tons per day, and was taken to task
by the Canadian Mining Review. In reply, Mr. Hob-
son sent some data which that paper questioned.
These figures from the iMayflower bear out the truth
of Mr. Hobson's claim as to cost. The following is
some of the data given by Mr. Hobson:
COLUMBUS WATEBHODSE'S MILL, IOWA BILL.
Number of stamps 10
Weight of stamps 1150 lbs. '
Drop of stamps 6 to 8 inches
Drop of stamps per minute .95
Size of screens, round holes fa inch
Water used In battery 8 miners' inches
Duty of 10 stamps for -24 hours: 80 tons
Cost of mining and milling per ton $1.85
MORNING STAR MINE, IOWA BILL.
Number of stamps 10
Number of men employed in mine and mill 70
Cost of timber for 12 months $3050
Cost of general supplies, powder, etc., for 12 months:. . .$6056
No. of carloads of cemented gravel milled in 12 mos — 35,000
Cost of mining and milling per carload $1.45
Dividends declared for 12 months $121,200
Average yield of cemented gravel per ton $4.90
Cost of mining per carload of one ton $1.33
Cost of milling per carload of one ton 12 cents
Weight of stamps 850 lbs.
Size of screens, round holes 3-16 inch .
Drop of stamps 6 to 8 inches
Drop of stamps per minute 95 to 100
Power used, Dodd's si^moidal 36-inch water wheel, operated
with 15 miners' inches of water delivered under a head of
470 feet.
Duty of the 10 stamps per 24 hours 130 tons
Water used in battery 8 miners' inches
214
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 13, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Amador.
liecord: At the Potrazuba mine some rich
ore has been encountered in the north drift,
which is now in 80 feet; the drift south has
been driven 150 feet, and an upraise is now
being made to the surface. Some 700 tons of
ore has been extracted, and, as scon as the
weather will permit, the management expect
to have another milling test made.
The work of laying 3200 feet of pipe at the
Balliol mine is expected to be completed so as
to start up the 40-stamp mill next week.
Ledger : Superintendent Bi bo of the Union
Consolidated, in consultation with the di-
rectors of the company, reached the conclusion
that the proper manner in which to operate
the property was to discontinue drifting and
crosscutting, and sink; so on last pay day
about one-half the men were discharged, and
the balance continued at work sinking the
shaft, which will probably be put down 1500
feet.
Bntte.
At the Magalia mine, owned by Rideout &
Haggin. and consisting of 1100 acres of gravel,
the new shaft is 512 teet deep. The pumping
is all donie by compressed air, reheated beiow
by steam. Originally the whole volume of
water was raised to the surface, but Superin-
lendent Gassaway now pumps it to the 300-
foot level, where it is discharged through the
old works into the creek beyond. A steam
hoist at the bottom of the shaft hoists the
gravel from the face of the gangway to the
shaft, at present a distance of 1100 feet.
Enterprise: E, C. Pas ton, from the Magalia
ridge, says that every mine on the ridge is
being operated and that there are fuliy 500
men employed in the mines along the ridge
and on Butte creek.
Mercury : At Cherokee the bedrock of the
ground hitherto worked in the Spring Valley
is being sluiced off by hydraulic process and
good returns are being made. The claim is
owned by the Spring Valley Company and
leased by P. L. Vincent, a local merchant.
He employs forty-two men, and has permis-
sion from the Debris Commissioners to work,
having built a dam ten miles down the river.
Calaveras.
Chrojiiclei Ex-Congressman J. A. Louttit
has bonded from Mrs. J. Vandel her mine on
the west slope of French bill, and a contract
has already been let to L. Vandel to a sink a
shaft to the depth of 50 feet on the lead.
In the Infernal gravel mine the gravel
taken out is very rich. Considerable trouble
, is now experienced with water, and in order
to obviate this difflculty a drain tunnel is now
being run. The tunnel will be 250 feet in
length.
Active operations have been resumed at the
Green Meadow hydraulic mine, near Glencce,
by W. Clark. The claim comprises sixteen
acres. The bank averages 10 feet and the
water is obtained from the Clark ditch under
a good. pressure.
The body of water that flooded the El En-
cino mine a few weeks ago has finally been
drained off to the drain tunnel level. The
drain tunnel has been driven towards tbe old
works for the distance of 150 feei, and it will
be continued until the old works are tapped.
Prospect: The old gravel channel at San
Antone camp, which m early days yielded
great riches, is again being opened by
Peirano and Lee. Water was the great
drawback in early days, when the bed of the
San Antone was worked and the channel made
famous by its yields. It is now the supposi-
tion that the gravel deposits run directly
under the old Cuneo store and thence under
the mountains.
Seven men began labor upon the mines
in CoUierville district during the past week
under the superintendeucy of J. Heard.
Inyo
Register: Best & Smith, owners of the
Molus mine, have during the winter taken
out enough ore to run their arrastra the com-
ing summer. The shaft is down 80 feet and
drifts 35 and 30 feet long have been run in
two directions.
A deed was signed in Bishop last week con-
veying title to the Wild Rose mine from
Harry McNamara and Pat Dowd to W. S.
Couch and G. P. Doyle. The purchase price
is $10,000. The mine, eight miles from Ben-
ton, has been idle for years. The work for-
merly done was limited, comprising a 100- foot
Tunnel and 130-foot shaft, but in this over
8300,000 was taken out. Later Joseph McDer-
mott sunk a 60 foot shaft, finding only base
ore. The Banner mill, three miles distant,
will be placed in shape to work the ore. This
mill has not been used for thirteen years. A
concentrating plant will be used at once, and
if cyaniding experiments give satisfactory
results a cyanide plant will be added.
Nevada.
Tidings: The work of putting in the new
crown wheel to the North Star pump was fin-
ished last week, and the pump is once more at
work after a stoppage of about four weeks.
Although many miners and tributers have
been forced to cease work by the flooding of
the mine, the water has not crept up as fast
as was expected. It is now slightly above the
1800-foot level. It was thought the 1200 level
would be submerged.
TranscHpt: A' French Corral Alex Dahl-
berg In his claim has run a tunnel about 50
feet from the South Yuba river, and has run
in on the vein 200 feet. The ledge is from 20
inches to 3 feet in width and some of the
quartz sbows free gold. That in which gold
cannot be seen prospects well in gold and sul-
phurets.
Placer.
Colfax Sentinel: The old Mountain Gate
mine at Damascus is being slowly opened up.
There are five men engaged in retimbering
the old gangways.
Some weeks ago an upraise was made in the
Cedar Creek tunnel. Gravel in abundance
was found. Supt. A. Rodger is now preparing
to prospect the channel.
The owners of the Tadpole gravel mine,
near Secret House, have organized a company
to work the property. The following Board
of Directors have been chosen: J. L. Spar-
hawk, M. Poor, J. S. Sparhawk, J. Q. Acker-
man and W. H. Cass. J. L. Sparhawk is man-
ager and W. H. Cass is secretary and treas-
urer. The mine comprises IHO acres of land
traversed by the same channel as that in the
Whiskey Hill and Macedon claims, of which
Secret Ravine is supposed to be the outlet.
The main tunnel at the works of the Blue
Canyon Mining and Development Company is
now in 330 feet. The rock is getting more fa-
vorable each day.
Thos. Wolford and D. P. Kidd will resume
the work of developing the American Hill
gravel mine in about two weeks.
Herald: The Bald Mountain mine above
Last Chance has its shaft down 75 feet, and
expects to reach bedrock in 40 feet more. A
tunnel 1800 feet in length which had been run
some years ago, and which came in too high
for connection, will now be made to connect
with the present shaft and the water and dirt
taken out through the tunnel.
The Glen mine continues to pay well, and
the company is opening ground as fast as pos-
sible to enable them to work a large crew to
an advantage.
The Sailor Gravel Mining Company is work-
ing steadily with a full crew opening up
ground, and all gravel passed through shows
up well.
The La Trinidad quartz mine at Sailor can-
yon has a small crew during this winter tak-
ing care of the machinery and making devel-
opments. This company started to bUild a
fine mill last fall, but the winter set in before
they could complete the plant.
The Hancock Gravel Mining Company at
Canada Hill have their tunnel in 600 feet, and
are now raising to tap the channel, expecting
to break through and begin gangways, cross-
cuts, etc., and to block out ground.
At New York canyon the Avilon mine has
developed a fine body of blue gravel in 300
feet which is proving rich, and they are open-
ing it up, employing additional men as fast as
there can be room made for them.
The Herman mine is employing a crew of
twenty men and the mill is running steadily,
the ore showing up fully as good the past
month as ever in the history of the mine.
Plumas.
Independent: The Debris Commissioners
granted a permit last week to John B. Sutton
& Ben L. Jones, to mine by hydraulic process
at Jackson creek, near Cromberg.
George Brandt has been at the Centennial
mine making needed repairs, building a new
wheel and putting things in order for an early
start.
Shasta.
Searchlight: Capt. Roberts, in his mine on
Harrison gulch, has run three tunnels on the
ledge. No. 1 is about 2.50 feet, while Nos. 2
and 3 are in about 300 feet, running on high-
grade ore all the way. Besides these three
tunnels, two crosscuts will further develop
the ledge to a depth of 500 feet.
Immediately adjoining Capt. Roberts'
claims is the Lucky Baldwin Extension,
owned by Fowler & Hurst. The property has
been developed by two tunnels, the lower
giving a depth of about 180 feet; these are be-
ing connected with an upraise. From the
lower tunnel a drift is being run on the ledge
which has been uncovered for about one-third
of the length of the claim, showing good ore
all the way.
Reports of strikes are numerous, and confi-
dence in the future of the camp is expressed
on all sides.
At the National Consolidated Mining Com-
pany's property on Rich gulch arrangements
are on foot to operate the machinery of the
mine by electrical power furnished from the
Paul &, Garlick plant at Copley.
The litigation involving the ownership of
the Shasta County Gold Mining and Develop-
ment Company groupof mines is about cleared
away. Fifteen or twenty men will be put to
work removing ore which will be shipped to
Keswick to be used as a flux.
A working test is being made at the Kes-
wick smelter on fifteen tons of ore taken from
the Murray & Hull property above Shasta. If
the ore comes up to requirements a contract
will be entered into to purchase a large quan-
tity of the ore, to be delivered at the smelter.
Free PreKs: Robert E. Hanley has closed
down the Niagara mill after a successful run
made on ore taken out in sinking 15 feet
deeper in the shaft on the ledge, the lowest
level in the mine, and where the ledge is 5
feet in width and shows high-grade ore.
Owing to the flow of water tbey were com-
pelled to cease operations. The property never
looked better, and a steam pumping plant and
hoisting works will probably be put in imme-
diately.
A prospecting smelter, with a capacity of
ten tons every twenty-four hours, is being
erected on Clear creek under the supervision
of E. Markwick. The object of the smelter is
to demonstrate the successful smelting of the
ores from the South Fork and Mule Mountain
mines.
Work upon the John P. Jones mine near Igo
is progressing rapidly. The contract for the
construction of 200 feet of tunnel is completed
making a total of 400 feet, and a contract for
200 feet more will probably be let imme-
diately. At the conclusion of this work it is
expected to tap the ledge.
It is stated upon good authority that A. C.
Hamilton of Virginia City will shortly begin
the work of reopening the Potosi quartz mine
near Muletown, the property of his brother-
in-law, Senator John P. Jones.
Last week on the Princess Hydraulic Min-
ing Company's property on Clear creek the
water was turned into the long ditch which
was constructed from Boulder creek to the
mine, a distance of eleven miles. One giant
was set to work and on Wednesday the sec-
ond giant was placed in operation.
Enterprise: The owners of the Tippecanoe
hydraulic mine, on Oregon creek between
Pike City and Camptonville, have been
granted a permit by the Debris Commissioners.
Siskiyou.
Journal: The day and night shifts at the
Blue Gravel mine on Greenhorn are now down
about 40 feet, and will soon be on bedrock,
making about fi feet to the shift. In another
week the derrick will be in position, and an
extra lot of men will be set at work within a
couple of weeks, as Hunter & Smith intend to
put on all the hands possible.
The miners at work on a small scale are not
doing much lately, owing to the great amount
of water in the ground from the recent heavy
rainstorms, but will soon be able to start up
again.
The river miners who expected to get out
timbers and lay in suppliesof lumber for early
wingdamming have received a setback also
from the late rains, which made the streams
high and the roads too rough for doing much.
News: Golden & Eveleth have struck an-
other rich pay chute in the 400-foot level of
the Brown Bear mine.
The Oregonian on Salmon may be worked
the coming season. It belongs to Hunter,
Wallace and others, and is north of Sawyers
Bar.
The Campbell property in Quartz valley
will soon commence another run under the
management of William Hobart, who has the
property leased. The largest cut and dis-
charge flume in this part of the country is on
this property, it being 1.500 feet long and 35
feet deep.
The Mabel mine, owned by Chamberlain
and Timmins, will soon begin work. Mr.
Chamberlain expects to resume work on the
two south tunnels.
Tnolnmne.
Union-Democrat : In the Soulsby drifts are
being run from the 200 level, and stoping is
being done on the south 200. The vein is from
18 inches to 2 feet in width and the ore gives
flattering results. An air compressor is being
put in and soon two Burleigh drills will be
operated in the mine. Ten stamps are in oper-
ation and thirty men employed in the mine.
On the Golden Rule operations at present
are conflned to drifting north and south on
the two veins from the 500 level and rock of a
first-class grade is being taken out.
At the Black Oak ore is being extracted
from the 900, where a large and rich body has
been uncovered. There is a 14-foot vein, and
the lowest grade ore goes high. It is esti-
mated that 30.000 tons of ore are awaiting
treatment. A 10-stamp mill is on the prem-
ises and preparations are now being made for
ten additional. Forty-five men do the work
at present, and this number will be increased
before long.
At tibe App work is principally confined to
drifting and stoping in the 300, 300 and 800
levels, and rock of high grade is being taken
out.
At the Dutch work continues on the 200 and
300 levels, the two veins carrying 35 feet of
quartz, although still carrying the footwall
along on No. 3. The new blower and other
machinery is being put in position, and soon
the Dutch will be driven down to the 1000,
500 feet deeper than at present.
On the Alabama a depth of 220 feet has
been reached in the double compartment
shaft. Superintendent Nevills expects to let
a contract on Monday for sinking 100 feet far-
ther, but in the meantime sinking by day's
pay continues as usual. Work so far is alto-
gether on the east mother vein, showing S
feet of quartz.
The Genevieve will soon have a prospecting
mill, and about twenty men on the payroll.
Garber & Bishop are the owners.
The Clark mine, on the east lode, will be
driven deeper as soon as the water can be
pumped from the shaft. The owners are
Drencher &; Lefevre.
Judge W. N. Harris of Jamestown will open
the Junietta in early summer.
The Leap Year gi'avel mine in Table moun-
tain, which has been worked off and on for a
great many years, resumed operations again
this week under the management of its own-
ers, Hosbins, Lark and Hoskins.
W. N. Harris, owner of the Mazeppa, will
extensively operate his mine and place a mill
on the property as soon as spring opens. The
Mazeppa juins the Jumper on the south.
Negotiations are under way for the opening
up of the Strike- Young America mine.
Independent: The Dead Horse at Summers-
ville is taking out some very good ore on the
1400 level.
At the Rappahannock the main shaft is be-
ing sunk by a contract and is now down 580
feet.
OREGON.
The Victory Placer Mining Company of
Oregon has incorporated at Roseburg; capital
stock, $5,000,000; W. H. Taylor, J. M. Steven-
son, C. A, Sehlbrede. The property they pro-
pose working adjoins the Nash, or Victory
mine, near Glendale, Or.
Jacksonville Times : More than a dozen
giants are now playing in Canyon creek dis-
trict, not far from Kerbyville, within a radius
of six miles.
Beekmao & Huffer have several men at
work at their quartz mine near Jacksonville,
who are engaged in stoping. They will im-
mediately commence the construction of a 180-
foot tunnel to tap the ledge.
Applegate Bros, are doing considerable
development work on the La Rose ledge in
Kane's creek district. They have opened the
mine at different points for a distance of 400
feet, and everywhere find it showing good
ore.
Medford Monitor-Miner : The Cameron placer
mine on Applegate comprising a large amount
of ground has been sold to San Francisco
parties for about ®.50,000. A S25,000 hydraulic
plant will be put in and the property will be
operated on a large plan.
Baker City Democrat: The Virginia Consoli-
dated shaft is now down 400 feet and will be
run 100 feet deeper. Then crosscutting to the
Virtue vein will be commenced.
Water at a depth of 550 feet in the shaft at
the Flagstaff mine settles the problem of ore
reduction by the French Flagstaff Company.
There is now nothing to retard the process of
mill building.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Spokane Chronicle: The Home-Payne Syndi-
cate has secured a bond on the True Fissure
claim in the Trout Lake district. The bond
calls for 'S50,000 with a substantial cash pay-
ment. This makes the fourth claim that this
company has secured control of in the Trout
Lake district, the others being the Broad-
view, Phillipsburgand Old Sonoma.
Frank Watson who is directing the work on
the Fisher Maiden mine near Silverton has
recently secured a bond on the Arlington and
Burlington properties on Springer creek for
S50,O0U: S5, 000 in cash and the remainder in
several short payments.
During last week twelve Slocan properties
shipped ore to the amount of t>58 tons. The
Payne mine headed the list with 200 tons to
its credit, the Slocan Star came next with 120
tons, followed by the Ruth with ninety tons.
S pokes man-Bexnew : A t Rossland in the Koote-
nay and Columbia but one slope is being carried
along, and the output is averaging fifieen to
twenty tons of high-grade ore.
In the Sunset No. 2 the Canadian Gold
Fields Syndicate have sunk the shaft to a
depth of 50 feet in almost a solid 4-foot streak
of high-grade shipping ore. At this depth a
drift was run to the west for a distance of 70
feet and showed up a body of ore of the same
class on the average, being 36 inches wide.
The ore body recently struck in the White
Bear continues to improve in width and grade,
and is now fully 15 feet wide, the last four
feet of which, says one of the principal stock-
holders, is of good shipping value at the present
rates of transportation and treatment.
Mammoth Record : The ore body which was
encountered in the Boss Tweed last week is
proving to be a bonanza. It is the intention of
the company to erect an ore house and put in a
whim as soon as the deep snow disappears.
The vein in the Sunbeam shaft has widened
to four feet, and some recent assays show sixty
ounces of silver. As depth is being attaineii
the vein matter becomes more mineralized.
The new 24x40 foot shaft-house has been
completed and all arrangements have been
made for going on down to a good depth at the
Last Chance.
The stockholders of the Sunbeam have al-
lowed the option on the Joab Lawerence
ground to lapse, and the probabilities are that
a new company will be formed to develop the
claim.
A contract has been let for continuing the
shaft of the Southern Eureka dop^n another
fifty feet.
A force of five men started work on the Anna
Laura, and will push the shaft on down.
Silver City S(ar: A strike of a 4-foot vein
of ore is reported this week at the Sunbeam.
Another ore strike is reported in the Swansea
this week. The new strike is on the 550-foot
level and is said to be 7 feet wide and running
well in silver and lead, with a high percent-
age of iron.
It is said to be doubtful that the Centennial
Eureka Company will make a contract with
the smelters for their output owing to the ex-
orbitant charges for smelting.
Mining Journal: In Boise county six men
have been at work on the Jupiter this winter.
A tunnel (550 feet in length has been run,
150 feet of this distance being on the ledge.
The ledge varies from 30 to 40 feet in width
and all carries gold.
A payment of $1000 on the Illinois mine was
telegraphed to Boise from Denver by W. G,
Shedd. Mr. Shedd has held a bond on the
mine for some time.
The output of the Lucky Boy at Custer
averages fifty tons a day, and in addition to
the company's mill its ores are now being put
through the Black plant.
Boise basin placer miners look for a long
and prosperous season the coming summer.
Early snow with rain has packed the snow in
the mountains so that it will me t very slowly.
De 'La.m&v Nugget : At Dewey the Florida
Mountain Mining Company has discharged all
its miners except the half dozen employed in
running the drift upon the lower level, and
the new and splendidly equipped rail! atDewey
has ceased to drop its stamps. It was one of
those common instances where a mill was built
before the mine was ready to supply the ma-
terial to keep it running; but such instances
usually occur with properties on which a stock
deal is being manipulated, which was not the
case in this instance. About seventy-five
men have been laid off at the mine and mill,
and the village of Dewey with its magnificent
hotel, about ready to be opened, its splendid
mill and fine store and other buildings are
in a condition of desuetude.
MONTANA.
Miner: A half interest in the Snohomish
mine and a one-third interest in the Tramway
has passed from the heirs of the McNamara
estate to P. Aug. Heinze and the Montana
Ore Purchasing Company. For the half in-
terest in the Snohomish about SIOO.OOO was
paid, and S25,000 was the amount agreed upon
for one-third of the Tramway lode claim.
On the Big Bonanza, a silver property, near
March IS, 1807.
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215
WBlbervUle, under lease to Rosenthal and
WilsoD. a I'J-inch vein has heeo out at a depth
of KM) feet that assays 120 ounces to the ton in '
silver. I
In the Altoooa. at tho mouth of Horse can-
yon, a shaft is now down -iOO feet and another [
:Mn}feet will he sunk ut once. On 'he North- i
western, also. ."{OU additional feel will be sunk '
by the company and u good deal of crosscut- \
tioK done at each level.
The work of preparing the mines of the ■
Duite and Boston Company for operation is
goioK on steadily under Superintendent Bat-
lermaD.
Siokiog on the Original mine still continues
and In a few days tho IHH) level will be
reached. It is probable now that a station
will be cut at the '.HNJ level and possibly some
exploration work done at thai potnl.
WVOMIN<J.
Wagon loads of steel piping are being sent
dally from Laramie to the placers of the Big
Horn Mining Company at Independence moun-
tain. About ten of the fourteen mitesof ditch-
ing have already been completed, and as soon
as the weather permits 150 men will be put to
work to complete tho contract. The company,
which Is controlled by Denver and Leadville
partioH, owns over l.lJixJacros of ground, which,
it is estimated, can be worked for 10 cents per
vard by means of the tine plant now being put
in. This will cost fully llOO.t-OO when com-
pleted. It is estimated, hovvevf^r. that it will
not handle more than one-third of tho water
which the big ditch will curry. Active oper-
ations will commence July 1.
Work on tho Uockda'le placers, on Rock
creek, has commenced in good earnest. The
properties, consisting of several thousand
acres, are owned by the Overland Gold Min-
ing Company. Several thousand dollars* worth
of hydraulic piping has been shipped. A force
of men is now at work on the grounds, and
active operations will begin with the coming
of the rtrst snow water, which is looked for
about May 1.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Tfmf^: The Ellison hoist now
being constructed by the Homestake Mining
Company will, in connection vvith the steel
tramway, represent an expenditure of #2.iO,(K)0.
The dimensions of the present buildings are
24X)xtK) feet and the highest part is about so
feel, which is in the center of the hoist and
covers the hoisting gallows. The hoisting
gallows is 5.5 feet from the foundation. This
frame is suspended over the shAft which is
now down to the .'100-foot level. The hoist
will be run by a double 800 H. P. engine,
which is of the latest pattern and was made
especially for the Homestake Company by the
Union Iron Works of San Francisco.
Weedon & Card, owners of the Red Cloud
group of claims, on Deadwood gulch are ex-
tending their main tunnel, U is now in 75
feet and will have to be driven •J'j.'i feet farther
to intersect the vein of ore now exposed in
their old worltings.
The Buxton Mining Company have arranged
for regular shipments of ore from their Bo- i
nan/a mine to the smelter. It is reported that
from '200 to 300 tons per month will be shipped.
Clark's Forks placers, in the Big Horn
country, are now attracting the attention of
investors and \vith proper facilities they may
become profitable.
The pay-roll of the Union Hill Mining Com-
pany, now operating in and around Galena
camp, ranges from f 1.5,000 to#20,0[)0per raonih,
with every indication that the amount will
be more than doubled before the end of the
year.
On the Faust group of claims, which con-
sists of thirty-eight. locatiops. the develop-
ment shaft is down 1IV2 feet and is being sunk
from 2 to .3 feet per day. The shaft is now in
the blue shales, which are now quite soft, in-
dicating the close proximity of an ore shoot.
Work is being continued at the Tin Crown
mica mine, three miles northwest of Custer
City, with a large body of excellent mica of
large size having been encountered in the
workings, which Is being cut and boxed pre-
paratory to its shipment to Eastern markets.
The property was recently purchased by an
Eastern company, who propose to operate it
upon a large scale.
COLORADO.
Denver RcpuhUcan: During February the
Elkton Consolidated Company shipped a total
of forty cars, which it is estimated will re-
turn the company, after all treatment charges
have been deducted, between $00,000 and
*70,000. ' The mine operating expenses for
February will be about ?^11, 000. Some of the
ore shipped during the month brought nearly
*400 per ton. The shipments for this week
were nine cars, part smetier and part mill are.
The company now has $212,000 in the treasury.
The production from the Union Company's
properties for February amounted to twelve
cars, which will return about S14. 000. Of the
twelve cars shipped, five contained smelter
ore and seven mill stuff. The mine operating
expenses for the same period will range be-
tween Sll.OOO and *12,000.
Ashton & Richardson, in prospecting from
a 40-foot upraise in the ISofoot level on the
Claude fraction of the Brother .Jonathan have
opened 2 feet of sylvanite ore, in what was
con^dered as the footwall by the former
lessees.
J. F, Brady of Chicago has ordered a hoist-
ing plant built and will place it over the deep
shaft on the Cranks group on Raven hill. The
shaft is down 200 feet, and will be sunk per-
pendicularly to great depth.
The uOO-foot station in the Moon-Anchor
shaft is finished, and a crosscut for the vein
started. In the 400-foot level a narrow seam
of ore that has been drifted on for 45 feet has
produced six tons that will ship at from $400
to $800 a ton. The property is producing its
usual quanliity of low-grade ore, and the plant
is being increased by the addition of new
boilers of 85 H. P. capacity.
On the Pharmacist the new vein in the
south drift from the 300-foot station now
measures 8 feet across and a considerable
quantity of it is sacked for first grade, ex-
pected to run $<UX) a ton.
W. C. Newell has arranged with Buffalo
capitalists for money to drive a tunnel l.lHK)
feet into Grouse mountain from the Arequa
The El Paso Gold King in Poverty gulch Is
undergoing extensive development, and in ac-
cordance with the policy of the management
DO efTort Is made to produce more than for
operating expenses. Among the surface Im-
provements and increased equipment required
before deeper working is possible a third 100
H. P. boiler is being installed, and a larger
air compressor is expected before the middle
of the month.
At Central City Denver parties intend put-
ting a small plant of machinery on the Only
Boy property, on Negro hill, with the inten-
tion of spending £5,000 In developing tho
properly.
H. Grier sold his four-ninths interest In the
Mexican lode last week to H, L. Morris of
Denver and S. V. Jett of Central City, the
consideration being a cash one.
The Golden Cloud property, at the head of
Virginia canyon, has been leased and bonded
by its Central City owners to the Imperial
Mining and Leasing Company. The present
depth of the shaft is 230 feet, and Superin-
tendent Eby says the company iniends to
sink about 200 feet, to fully open up and de-
velop the property.
A force of nearly twenty men are employed
in the Gettysburg mine, on Bates hill, from
which considerable mill ore is being shipped
everyday. Sinking is being carried on at a
depth of *>45 feet, the company intending lo
reach a depth of 7(J0 feet on the present con-
tract.
At the Lotus mine, in Russell gulch, sink-
ing with three eight-hour shifts was resumed
on Monday at a depth of 475 feet, the contract
calling for 125 feet of sinking.
At the Topeka mine, in Russell gulch, the
water is now down to the tenth level, which
Isadepthof nearly 900 feel, and the two bottom
levels are being cleaned out so that leasers
can take a block of ground. After the sump
is cleaned out, it is the intention of the com-
pany to begin sinking.
The arrival in Leadville of Percy St. George
of Philadelphia and Mr. .J. L. Emerson of
Salida means that within a very few days
work will be resumed on the Pawnolos mine.
This property is located in Big Evans gulch
and has lain idle since 1893. At that time the
mine was closed down on account of the low
price of silver, but- it is believed that the big
iron bodies which are exposed in it will pay for
the development work which may result in
opening up other large ore bodies.
The Silver Mountain gold mine at Empire,
owned by the Bank of Clear Creek county,
has been leased and bonded to a Boston com-
pany. A. F. Ross, agent of the company, has
purchased new machinery, which is now on
the ground, and the further development of
the property will commence at once.
At F^lorence the London and Cripple Creek
Reduction Company, which began the erection
of a ()0-ton mill in November last for the treat-
ment of oxidized gold ores, will begin opera-
tions within the week.
The El Paso Chlorination Company will
erect a huge plant at this point, which will
rank second in point of size of the four reduc-
tion plants at this point, as it will be built
with a capacity of 150 tons daily. The larger
plant is the Metallic Extraction Works at
Cyanide, now treating 350 tons daily.
ARIZONA.
Pvescott Journal- Miner: Superintendent A.
J. Doran is running a drift on the 100-foot level
of the Yavapai mine, one of the Little Jessie
group, and has 4 feet of good ore in the face of j
the drift.
Col. A. O. Brodie is working about a dozen
men on the Crown Point mine in Castle Creek
district.
The sale of the Bultard mine may now be
considered as assured. The syndicate have
six men engaged in the survey and location of
a pipe line from Date creek to the mine, a
distance of from eighteen to twenty-four
miles. They will put up a plant at the mine
for the reduction of the ore on the ground.
The opening up of this mine, the construction
of the pipe line and the erection of a plant
necessary for the reduction of the ore, means
an outlay of $2.50,000 to $400,000.
J. C. Rankin, superintendent of Waters
mine in the Santa Maria district expects to
start up work on that property again within
the next few days.
Mr. Strong has also bonded a mine in the
Santa Maria district, and expects to put up a
mill at once.
The Congress Gold Company has recently
made some extensive additions to their plant,
and have still others under consideration.
This company has had a regular and steady
increase lo their output for the past two years
and are planning lo further increase it.
The Planet-Saturn Company is still running
its plant, but will add improvements to it in
the near future.
AUSTRALIA.
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company's
twenty-third half yearly report for the half
year ending November 30, 1890, has been re-
ceived.
The profits for the six months have been
£152,944 13s lid, out of which sum
£144,000 have been distributed in dividends.
The total amount of ore mined was 320,910
tons. The following table will give the inter-
esting data as to product and cost of working:
Ore treated, tons 208,303
Pine silver produced, ounces 4,028.292
Lead produced, tons 10,065
£. s. d.
Amount received 674,361 7 .3
Value per ton 3 4 9
Expenses, including depreciation — 521,416 13 4
Cost per ton 2 10 1
Profit per ton 0 14 8
Duplex •'Union** Gasoline Engine.
Wo show on this puge an illustratioa of the
pioneer plant of its kind, being a 20 H. P.
duplex "Union" gasoline engine and double
cylinder air compressor combined on one base.
pensive, and, after a thorough investigation
I of the merits of gasoline engines for mining
j purposes, the orders were placed with the
' Union Gas Engine Company of San Francisco,
] who are the largest and oldest builders of gas
' and gasoline engines west of the Mississippi,
DUPLEX ''UNION" GASOLINE ENGINE,
Two of these plants have been furnished to a
Boston syndicate, represented by Mr. Jas. E.
Mills, for use in their Mexican property. The
Boston parties are the principal owners of the
Calumet and Hecla mines. The engines and
compressors were in sections weighing not over
350 pounds each, for mule-back transportation.
In the region in which these plants are being
operated good fuel and water are rather ex-
and claim to have been the first to build suc-
cessful gasoline engines: the first to success-
fully use electric ignition, as shown by their
patents issued in 1SS5, and were the first to
build gasoline engines for running mining ma-
chinery. These plants were thoroughly
tested before leaving the works by experts,
who were more than pleased with the results
shown. *
An Advance in Methods.
Handling coal and ashes by mechanical
means is now regarded as essential in all well
designed boiler houses. The power station
not so equipped is easily recognized by its
dirtiness and by the large item on the expense
Each tank, of which there are ten, holds
twenty-five tons. Capacity of machinery forty
tons nut coal per hour. The ashes are drawn
through discharge gates, from hoppers in base-
ment under boilers, into a tilting car and run
over track to'either end of room where Link-
Belt elevators raise same to storage pockets
at ends of building, from whence they are
HANDLING COAL AND ASHES IN BOILER ROOM.
account for shoveling coal and carrying away
the ashes. In the Hawthorne Avenue power
house of the North Chicago Street Railway
Co., Chicago (view of a portion of the boiler
room being shown herewith), the coal is de-
livered by wagons to the coal storage place
beneath the sidewalk. From there it is drawn
as needed into conveyor discharging into an
elevator at end of room, which in turn deliv-
ers the coal into a horizontal conveyor running
over the cylindrical coal tanks shown in cut.
j drawn finally to wagons or scow and carried
away.
This machinery was designed and installed
by the Link-Belt Machinery Co., 39th St. and
Stewart Ave., Chicago, whose many devices
for the rapid and economical handling of all
classes of freight, grain, raw and manufac-
tured products, and for the transmission of
power, are so widely employed in this country.
They will be pleased to mail their latest cata-
logues to those interested. *
216
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 13, 1897.
Scientific Progress.
Electricity Direct From Coal.
There is no likelihood that much
more will be heard of the direct gener-
ation of electricity from carbon, if
what Tesla says is to be taken as true.
In a recent address he spoke on the
subject as follows: "A great deal is
expected from a more economical utili-
zation of the stored energy of the car-
bon in a battery, but while the attain-
ment of such a result would be hailed
as a great achievement, it would not
be much of an advance towards the ul-
timate and permanent method of ob-
taining power, as some engineers seem
to believe. By reasons both of economy
and conyenience we are driven to the
general adoption of a system of energy
supply from central stations; and for
such purposes the beauties of the me-
chanical generation of electricity can-
not be exaggerated. The advantages
of this generally accepted method are
Certainly so great that the probability
of replacing the engine dynamos by
batteries is, in niy opinion, a remote
one, the more so as the high-pressure
steam engine and gas engine give
promise of a considerably more eco-
nomical thermo7dynamical conversion.
Even if we had this day such an eco-
nomical coal battery, its introduction
in central stations would by no means
be assured, as its use would entail
many inconveniences and drawbacks.
Very likely the carbon could not be
burned in its natural form as in a boiler,
but would have to be specially pre-
pared to secure uniformity in the cur-
rent generation. There would need to
be a great many cells to make up the
E.M.P. usually required." Tesla pro-
ceeded to specify a number of other ob-
jections to this method of obtaining
electrical energy, but the preceding
would appear to be sufficient in itself to
dampen the hopes of those who have
been anticipating the advent of elec-
tricity direct from coal.
The temperature at the bottom of
the ocean is nearly down to freezing
point, and sometimes actually below it.
There is a total absence of light, as far
as sunlight is concerned, and there is
an enormous pressure, reckoned at
about one ton to the square inch in
every 1000 fathoms, which is 160 times
greater than that of the atmosphere
we live in. At 2500 fathoms the pres-
sure is thirty times more powerful than
the steam pressure of a locomotive
when drawing a train. As late as 1880
a leading zoologist explained the exist-
ence of deep-sea animals at such depths
by assuming that their bodies were
composed of solids and liquids of great
density, and contained no air. This,
however, is not the case with deep-sea
fish, which are provided with air-
inflated swimming bladders. If one of
these fish, in full chase after its prey,
happens to ascend beyond a certain
level, its bladder becomes distended
with the decreased pressure, and
carries it, in spite of all its efforts, still
higher in its course. In fact, members
of this unfortunate class are liable to
become victims to the unusual accident
of falling upvvard, and no doubt meet
with a violent death soon after leaving
their accustomed level, and long before
their bodies reach the surface in a dis-
torted and unnatural state. Even
ground sharks, brought up from a
depth of no more than 500 fathoms,
expire before they gain the surface.
Since the Madagascar campaign the
value of aluminum army utensils is no
longer doubted in Prance. Cooking
and other utensils, altogether 15,000
sets, made of aluminum, proved entirely
satisfactory. M. Moissan, member of
the French Academy of Sciences, says
in his report to the Minister of War on
the labors of the commission appointed
to inquire into the usefulness of alumi-
num for military purposes ; ' ' The com-
mittee is now in possession of full in-
formation in regard to the value of
camp utensils manufactured of alumi-
num. The French industry is able to
produce cooking utensils of aluminum
by stamping, including pots, pans,
cups, etc., for the whole army. The
armature of helmets of aluminum has
been left aside for the time being, as it
wears out too quickly."
A TEST of the purity of metals, rival-
ing the spectroscope in delicacy, has
been pointed out by Prof. J. A. Hen-
nig, who has found that the electrical
conductivity of pure metals is im-
mensely increased by intense cold,
while the increase in alloys is not more
than 10 per cent.
Mechanical Progress.
Continuous Rails for Street
Railroads.
Continuous rails, made up of ordi-
nary rails length welded together elec-
trically, are in use on many miles of
electric street railways in the United
States, and with excellent results, too,
having shown themselves to constitute
an ideal track. Whatever misgivings
may have arisen at one time as to the
serious pranks which expansion and
contraction might play with such con-
tinuous tracks have been effectively al-
layed, as experience has shown that
the difficulties likely to grow from these
causes are not extraordinary. It is in-
teresting, however, to note that of the
troubles from temperature variations
in the track, that due to a temperature
lower than the one at which the rails
were welded is the only one requiring
serious consideration. It is found in
the tendency of the rail to shrink in a
longitudinal direction, and this must be
counteracted by a pull on the ends of
the rail sufdoient to produce a corre-
sponding amount of stretch. Tempera-
tures above that at which the rails
were welded cause compression, and
this has never been found to make trou-
ble where the track was at all secured
by the roadbed.
Experience, therefore, would seem to
point to the winter season as the time
for welding continuous track, as then
the rails are materially contracted,
and, though exceptionally cold snaps
may be productive of a slight state of
tension in the rails, yet the maximum
stress would be nothing like that in
rails welded in the summer, and proba-
bly far below the strength of the welds.
— Cassier's Magazine.
The Largest Reservoir in the
World.
The Metropolitan Water Commission
is about to build the largest storage
reservoir in the world, its capacity
being no less than 65,000,000,000 gal-
lons, enough to supply the city of Bos-
ton for three and one-half years, and
four times as much as the capacity of
all the existing waterworks reservoirs
of that city. Its capacity is twice as
much as that of the new Croton reser-
voir of New York ; thrice that of the
six reservoirs of Birmingham, Eng-
land ; thirty times that of the Coohitu-
ate, and twenty-five times that of
Hobbs Brook of the Cambridge system.
It will hold more water than the inner
harbor of Boston. This dam is to be
built at CUnton, Mass., and the vast
volume of water, covering over 4000
acres, will be entrapped and retained
by a dam 1250 feet long (or 20 feet
shorter than the Croton dam), 127 feet
high above the ground, and 158 feet
high above its rock foundation. This
is, however, not as high as a number
of others which retain much less water.
The Croton dam has a height of 157
feet above ground and 225 above rock.
— Engineering Magazine.
In 1840 a pound of coal propelled a
displacement weight of 0.578 ton eight
knots; but the earning weight was only
one-tenth of this, as 50 per cent of the
displacement represented the machin-
ery and fuel, 40 per cent of the hull,
and 10 per cent, or 0.057 ton, the cargo.
In 1850, with iron vessels and the screw
propeller, a displacement weight of 0.6
ton was propelled nine knots by the
pound of coal, but the proportion of
cargo had risen to 27 per cent, or 0.16
ton. In 1860, with high boiler pressure
and the surface condenser, 0.82 ton dis-
placement was propelled ten knots,
and the cargo was 33 per cent, or 0.27
ton. In 1880 the compound engine was
in full swing, and 1.8 tons displacement
was propelled ten knots, and the cargo
was 50 per cent, or 0.9 ton. In 1880, in
the freight steamer, 2.1 tons displace-
ment was propelled ten knots, with still
50 per cent, or 1.05 tons of cargo. In
1895 there were two classes of freight
boats. The " tramp " propelled thirty-
four displacement tons eight and a half
knots, with 60 per cent, or two tons of
cargo. At the same time the huge
cargo steamers of the North Atlantic
were driving a displacement of 3.14
tons twelve knots, with 55 per cent, or
1.7 tons of cargo. On the express
passenger steamers the cargo weight is
down to 0.09 ton per pound of coal.
A TYPE of passenger coaches finished
with copper on the outside rather than
the usual paint and varnish is being
put into service on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad. The ad-
vantage of this is that the cars are
more readily kept in a condition of
cleanliness and brightness, and when it
is necessary to send a car to the shops
for an exterior overhauling, it is ready
for the service again in half the time
required to paint and varnish it. All
the wood panelling and sheathing is
made in precisely the same manner,
and a light coating of copper is formed
around the wood, fitting closely into all
the curves and corners. Each piece of
sheathing and its strip of copper are
passed through the machine simulta-
neously and come out ready for use
with the copper wrapped tightly
around the wood. After the sheathing
and other members are covered or
plated with copper, they are applied to
the body of the car in such a manner
that the exposed surfaces are not punc-
tured by nails or other fastenings, so
that when completed the casual ob-
server would not notice but that the car
was finished with paint and varnish.
All joints are watertight.
IsMAY, Imrie & Co. of the White
Star steamship line have authorized
Harland & Wolff of Belfast, Ireland, to
build for the Liverpool and New York
service a twin-screw mail and passen-
ger steamer 704 feet long, in which
extreme speed will be subordinated to
the comfort and convenience of passen-
gers. The new steamer will be 25 feet
longer than the Great Eastern, hith-
erto the longest vessel ever built, and
65 feet longer than any vessel now
afloat or in process of construction.
Electrical Progress.
" Phase."
The thorough comprehension of the
meaning of the word "phase" has
been attended with considerable diffi-
culty by students engaged in electrical
engineering. It seems that two views
may be taken which appeal respectively
to the theoretically inclined and practi-
cal mind, says the Electrical Age. The
mathematical and physical interpreta-
tion of the term invites certain atti-
tudes on the part of the student, en-
deavoring to enlist his sympathies and
exercise his power of mental absorption
in both directions at once. It becomes
necessary to appreciate the full physi-
cal meaning of a phenomenon which,
although peculiarly involved with the
flow of electrical energy through a cir-
cuit, is in certain respects of a common
and familiar nature. There are many
occasions when a perceptible period of
rest occurs between an active cause
and its effect — the lightning flash and
the subsequent silence until the deep
reverberation and boom of atmospheric
tidal waves are beard re-echoed with
deafening intensity.
And in the flow of a current, between
its condition of fullness and moment of
origin, an interval elapses. When an
electro-motive force is applied to cre-
ate a flow through a given resistance,
the maximum flow is not an instanta-
neous result of it, but a comparatively
gradual growth takes place. It is as
though the wire suffered from a mate-
rial incapacity to instantaneously con-
vey the electrical energy at its maxi-
mum value onward. It therefore be-
comes evident that if the retardation or
self-induction were entirely absent, the
current would attain its full strength
the instant the electromotive force was
applied. Phase is a term signifying
time, whatever may be its cause, and
its existence is due to the lack of im-
mediate correspondence between an
electromotive force and the current it
excites in a given resistance. If a cir-
cuit has no self-induction and no elec-
trostatic capacity, the maximum value
of the current would be produced at
once. Whatever symbolic references
may be made to the meaning of phase,
and in whatever relation it may be held
to other phenomena, let it be always
understood as a purely physical phe-
nomenon at the first, and then let the
student, with this clear conception in
his mind, proceed to invade that other
world of relationships, that wide-
stretching panorama of exactitudes
and sine functions.
An electric landau caused some sen-
sation on the London streets lately. It
demonstrated the fact that the horse-
less carriage can be steered through
the crowded thoroughfares with facility.
A New York electrician has devised
a scheme for the indefinite preserva-
tion of eggs by an electric current suf-
ficient in strength to destroy germ life.
Practical Information.
Occasionally Forgotten.
Specific heat is the measure of the
capacity of any substance for heat, or
the ratio of the amount of heat re-
quired to raise the temperature of a
substance 1 degree to the amount of
heat required to raise an equal weight
of water to 1 degree F.
The specific heat of water is 1 ; cast
iron, .13; steel, .11; air, .23; copper,
.10; lead, .03; steam, .48.
Heat units required to raise the tem-
perature of any substance : Multiply
weight of substance in pounds by num-
ber of degrees to be raised, and this
product by the specific heat.
A heat unit is amount of heat re-
quired to raise the temperature of one
pound of water 1 degree P.
A heat unit-is capable of doing 772-
foot pounds of work, or 772-foot pounds
of work done is capable of producing
one heat unit.
The foot pound is the unit of work
done, and one pound weight moved one
foot.
Force is that which tends to move
any weight, and the work done by the
force is measured by the intensity of
the force, times the distance through
which it acts, measured in the direc-
tion of the force.
Power is the rate at which any agent
can work, and is the product of force,
distance and time.
The unit of power is the horse power,
and the doing of 33,000-foot pounds of
work in one minute.
Sensible heat can be measured by
the thermometer. Latent heat is the
heat required to convert one pound of
water at a given temperature into
steam at same temperature.
A pound of good coal contains about
14,500 heat units.
The Congressional Library.
In building the National library at
Washington so careful has the expense,
$6,000,000, been guarded, that it was
found possible, as the building ap-
proached completion, to go more largely
into interior decoration than was an-
ticipated in the original estimates. As
a result, the building is extremely rich
in its interior finish, abounding in mar-
bles of all the choicest varieties, mosa-
ics and frescoes, and it is so full of day-
fight in nearly every portion that its
beauties can be perfectly seen ; in this
respect it differs from most of our best
March 13, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
217
public edifices. In plan the building is
simply a cross, with two long arms and
two short ones, set down in a hollow
square, leaving four large courtyards.
In the center of the cross is the oc-
tagonal reading room, occupying a
magnificent rotunda. The long arms
of the cross, extending northward and
southward from the reading room, are
the great twin book-stacks, each of
which is nine stories in height and will
contain 800,000 volumes. Electric book
railways, on the principle of an endless
chain carrying small racks, connect
every part of the stacks with the de-
livery desk in the center of the reading
room.
By the operations of the copyright
law since 1876, the Congressional li-
brary has secured for its shelves one
copy of every book (with very few ex-
ceptions) published in the United
States, besides a second copy of each,
which is preserved and filed for use as
documentary evidence in law cases in-
volving copyrights. With much that
is practically worthless, the library
has thus gathered every valuable work
issued in this country for a score of
years, while, by purchases abroad, it
has aimed to keep fairly well supplied
with the important publications, of not
too special character, of every Euro-
pean country.
Packing of Goods for Chile.
Consul Dobbs writes from Valpa-
raiso: " Many American manufactur-
ers still do not seem to realize the
harm they are doing themselves and
American trade generally by putting
up \heir goods in too slight packages.
Shirts, soap, toilet articles, and many
kinds of canned goods, just exactly the
packages which Joffer most, temptation,
often come in very thin boxes, without
any protection in the way of wire or
sheet-iron bands, nailed with short,
wire nails, easily drawn, and the Chil-
ean longshoreman or lighterman, ex-
pert in the use of the short, strong
knife he carries, often makes a nice
plunder right under the eyes of the
officers of the steamers. Then, again,
in heavier articles, which offer no
temptation to theft, the cases are not
strong enough to withstand the very
rough handling they receive. The
peon likes to see a good smash, and
not only handles the cases roughly, but
if be is not watched will deliberately
drop a case in such a way as to smash
it, just to see it break, and with the
same enjoyment that a small boy
throws stones through a window.
Whenever possible, packing should be
done in such a manner that the package
could not be broken open by ordinary
means or by being dropped. A case in
point occurred the other day. A lot
of miscellaneous bronze and brass re-
pairs for mining machinery came in
what was a little stronger than a
cracker box. It broke open in the
ship's hold, and certainly many small
parts were lost, pi'obably some ot them
of vital importance. A peon was de-
tected in carrying off' some small cast-
ings in his bundle, not that they were
of any use to him, but simply appar-
ently for the sake of stealing. A promi-
nent Chilean importer of American
goods said to me the other day: ' If
Cripple Greek— It» HUtory to Date, Illustrated.
Just out, with correct map and costly full pape
views natural as life. TlilH preat book will t]c sent
free prepaltl with our biff 5il-co!. famlLv paper .1
months on trial for 2r,c (slain ps or sllveri : club of 5.
fl. Latest mining news. Mention The Press and
aadress tliiistmUii iVcfkUl Sentinel, Denver, Colo.
American manufacturers only knew
! how to pack goods as well as they
know how to make them, American
I trade in South America would very
i soon make a better comparison with
English and German trade than it does
to-dav.' "
Mr. Wsi. CuKFORDof Pittsburg, Pa.,
' at a recent meeting of the Ohio Insti-
j tute of Mining Engineers, gave a re-
I sum<- of the anthracite industry and the
I preseilt magnitude of the same, remind-
I ing his hearers that coal is now in the
[ earth's crust — none is being formed at
I the present time. He gave it as bis
I opinion that, at the present rate of con-
sumption, 1000 years will probably be
the limit of our available fields, but the
consumption is doubled every ten years.
The coal of the world is not likely to
last as long as the human race.
Wanted: Good Engine Lathe.
24 i(> :)0-lncli SwIdk:. State condition, maker's
name, and price. Address " LATHK," Mining and
Scientttlu Pri!8s, Sau l-'rancisco.
PROPOSALS FOR ROCK CRUSHER.
The Board of Supervisors of Butte County, Cali-
j fornia, hereby invites plans, speclUcailons and
; proposals for furnlshlDg the following named ma-
, chinery. viz:
One Rock Crusher, with a capacity for crushing
j not less than 12 to 15 tons of rocU, or cobble-stones
1 6 to 9 Inches In diameter, per hour, at ordinary
I speed, rock to be crushed to not over 2 Inches In
I diameter. Bids to state the price per foot for ele-
I vator attachment, and of rock screens.
I One Koad Roller, not less than 5 feet In width
and to weigh not less than five tons.
All of the above machinery to be first class in
every respect.
Bids w ill bo received by the Clerk of the Board
at his onice In OroviUe, Butte County, California,
up to Wednesday, April 7, 1897, at lU a. m. The
right to reject any and all bids is hereby reserved.
By order of the Board of Supervisors.
ED HARKNESS, County Clerk.
Oroville, Cal., March (i. I8i)7.
WANTED.
Hoisting and Compressor
Complete with BOILERS,
PUMPS, Etc.
Ooistiug; Eugine Alust lie Doable Drum and
Capable of HoUting Oue Thousand Feet.
Send full particulars to
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This Oflice.
Wanted :
Some quartz mining company who are just start-
ing out in business, or a company who are dlssat-
Isbed with their superintendent, or some manager
who is dtssatisfled with his assistants, or any one
in the mining business to give me a job. I have a
I job. but I want a better one. I WANT MORE
WORK AND I WANT MORE PAY. I have run
the whole works of a 60-stamp plant. I can make
an assay, retort and melt bullion, build roads and
bridges, keep books, run a store— In short, I can
do what a mine manager should be able to do. I
am 33 years old, am married, and will contract tor
, two ormore years with a responsible party any-
where on earth. Could begin shortly after a proper
agreement was entered into. CAN FURNISH
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PUJ-.OUS. To avoid delays, address
JOHN P. SCHMIT,
1301 SANTEE ST..
LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA.
power!
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"DANIEL BEST"
Crude Oil Engine.
This Bng'ine can be operated on either Crude Oil.
Distillate, Gasoline, or Kerosene. 1 1 m the eheap-
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of Oil. but can use any kind thai will make pas and is
not handicapped by being- compelled to use a certaia
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We puarantee our Enpiues to work perfectly on
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CRUDE OIL. from Coallnfra, Fresno county, forihe
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from ;iny other Oil, and It la also a natural lubricant
aewcU, tlie valves belnjr always lubricated suffi-
ciently to prevent iJienj from stickinp, thus asRurlnp
greater durabillLy of the working parts than It other-
wise would be In using: dry gas. And another ad-
vaniage we claim Is. that danger from explosions
1b reduced to a minimum, there being no accnmula-
ilou of gas. hut is used by the Eng-ine as fast as it is
generated and hence la absolutely safe. The fol-
lowing: is a test that we m;ide with one of our Five-
Horse Power Crude Oil Eng'Ines, runnlug^ ten hours
on the different gas oils:
California Crude Oil. -JO grav.. tH galie. at .'"le.. I.aris
Distillate 40 " 714 " 8c.. .fiO
Domestic Coal Oil.... 40 " 7J^ " 12J^C..0:iH
Gasoline 74 " 8U " ISc. l.ai!4
City Gas 1000 feet. 2.00
We manufacture all sizes from two-horse power
up. and will guarantee that our Engines will run
cheaper and are more simple In construction, have
fewer parts and hence are more durable than any
other Gas Engines on the market. Seeing is believ-
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operation at our works. We will be pleased to see
you and will at all times take pleasure In sliowlng
them up. Our Eng-lnes are specially adapted for
running: well and mining machinery— In fact, for any
kind of power de^^lred. We are the pionpera and first
Inventors of Crude Oil and Distillate Engines. We
always lead and never follow. Send for Cata-
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"CRACK PROOF"
PURE RUBBER BOOTS
Are the CHEAPEST beciuse
They Are the Most Durable.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
See that iho heels are stamped
"Union India Rub\)er Co. Crack Proof."
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THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
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CAPITAL, - $5.50,000.
The Origfinal Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE, RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
WIAOE MARK.
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Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArthnr-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Sample" assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board In the Qnlted States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Afrent, Bertram Hunt, 216
Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPheb Building, Denver, Colorado.
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and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
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416 Montjromery St., San Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction. Cal.
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concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
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UNION IRON WORKS,
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THIS : :
PROSPECTING BATTERY.
Two-Stamp Self- Contained Battery
^^-^^^^ IS DESIGNED BY «^^^!Z!b^
THE UNION IRON WORKS
Expressly for Prospecting Work.
It was awarded First Prize at the recent Mechanics' and
Manufacturers' Fair, where it was in daily operation, crushing
ores from various mines throughout the State.
Weight of stamps, 275 pounds each; capacity of battery, de-
termined by actual work, 200 pounds per hour, through a
No. 7 slot-punched screen.
Entire battery weighs about 3000 pounds; heaviest piece,
mortar, weighing 1200 pounds.
Can be taken apart and transported to any locality.
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. . . DENVER, COLORADO, . . .
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Wilfley Concentrating Table,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. N<>
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For confirmation of all of tlio above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breclrenrjdge, CoL; M. E. Smith
Concentrator, Golden. Col. ; Mary Murphy Mine. St. Elmo, Col. ; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho SprlDg.=i
Col. ; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Col. ; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
RoMLEY, Colo.. Jan. 19. 1897.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co., Denver, fo^o.— Gentlemen: Answering yours of tbe 5th inst., would stale
that after a thorough trial we have discarded seven Woodbury Tables and two Johnsons and adopted the WiltJey
Concentrating Table, which we think up to date is the best table in the market, so far as our knowledge is con-
cerned. Yours very tmly, [signed] B. B. MORLEY, M'g'r Golf M. & M. Co.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of aluiOKt
every make* as is »hovrn by letters la oar possession.
PRICE, $450.»J2.
Office and \A/ork:s, l:2T-l:2Q-131-133-135 F^irst Street, San Rrancisco, Cal.
WKITJE rOK A CIBCULAK ON THE
"BIRCH" IMPROVED TWO-STAMP MILL.
IRON FRAME, TRIPLE DISCHARGE, 850-LB. STAMPS, FORGED STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
___^ Rrioe, 3^50 f. o. b.
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKS.
Dynamos, TVlotors, Moisting Apparatus, Arc and Incandescent Lamps,
Instruments, and General Supplies.
TELEPHONE AND LINE CONSTRUCTION. LONG DISTANCE POWER TRANSHISSION A SPECIALTY-
Offlce and \A/orks: 409 yVYMRKET ST., SAN I=^R/\NClSCO, C/^I_.
March IS, 1897.
Mining'and Scientific Press.
219
*'Union"Hoist.
Tbo atx>ve uul reprcbCDts uur 10 li. p. l>uuble Cylinder EDginc uf lutes t lype, nutX Hoist coiabjDedoD
viroog IroD butie. This Hoist Is dcslgnod to raise cue too IS5 feet por mluuie from on iucllDcd shuft.or
IBOO pounds at tbe Hume speed vertical lift. The drum wtU hold over 600 feet of H-mch cable. The out-
fit wett^bs 3iO0 p^uudK.
The above uul lUustrutes the A) h. p. "Uaiou" Uaplux Gasotme, or Ulsbniate, li'i!,'iui; and Double
Cylind-jr Air Oompressor comblQtd oa iron base. Space octMiplcd. flX*X9 feet- Weight, 60J0 pounds.
Made in sectfou.s each weighing less ili^n 350 pounds.
THE UNION GAS ENGINE CO.
.,---*«*OS5SS^&v O U I L^ O
" Union " Qas Engines,
\A/hich Use Either yv\ani4f actured or rSeJtLirtal Gae, Ordinary
Stovfe Gasoline (INaphtha or Benzinel, Olstlliat^ or Kerosene.
HTATIONAltV KNtJlNKS for Ail Kln<li4 of Work, Ballt lu Sizes from 3 to 300 b. p.
•• UNION" tOMBlNKD HOISTS In Sims from 2 to 40 h. p.
■'UNION" tOMlSINKO CO« I'RESSOKS— 20. 3(>, 40 h. p.
llOISrS aud COIU'Rl^^SORS Can lie Built in Larger Sluen to Order.
■ UNION " RLAKINK KNOINES. 4 to SOO h. p., of Single, Douljlc auil rour-Cylinaer Types.
TEN VE>KS' KXPKKIENCE Building Gas and Oil Engines.
" ONION " ENCiNEI Are In Use All Over the Uulled States.
"UNION" ENGINES Are Simple, Ouiahle and Economiial.
.Office: 314 Howard Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Ccast Industrial Notes.
—A Muucie, Indiana, glass manufaetuver
has an order for sixty carloads of glass for
San Francisco to replace EuropeaD glass, which
has heretofore supplied the Pacific coast.
—Two-fifths of the orange crop of southern
(Jaliforoia this year comes from Riverside,
where there are 20,(11)0 acres in orchard, the
net earnings of which are estimated at
»1, 000,000. or ?50 an acre.
—The Great Northern and Northern Pacific
railroads arc soon to run solid trains over the
O. K. & N. road. It is understood that the
Great Northern will chanfrc its terminus
from Seattle, Wash., to the Columbia river.
—The Columbia Southern Railroad, capital
stock $100,000. has incorporated at Dalles, Or.
The terminal points are Biggs Station, on the
O. R. & N., aud Prinevilte, Or. The contract
specifies that construction shall commence
May I.
—As a sample of the variety in California
OHmate, at Moosa, San Diego Co., last week,
the wife of Warland Tower made ice cream
from ice frozen naturally 500 feet distant from
the orange orchard wherein it was eaten some
hours later, and freshly plucked strawberries
furnished the flavoring.
-The Redcndo Railway Beach and Hotel
Companies have re-elected President L. T.
Garsney, Vice-President P. T. IVlorgan, Sec-
retary and Treasurer H. B. Ainsworth. The
stockholders have authorized the purchase of
steel rails to replace the company's tracks be-
tween Los Angeles aud Redondo.
. , —The beet sugar factory to be erected near
Saliuas, Monterey county, Cal., will be the
largest in the world, and with its warehouses,
etc., will cover 52a acres. The largest build-
ing will be 5Sf) feet in length, 106 feet wide
and six stories high. The crushing capacity
will be 3000 tons daily, which will produce 450
tons of refined sugar.
—The construction of another large ditch in
southero Oregon is proposed, tapping Rogue
river on the north side, the capacity of the
ditch to be 10,000 inches and the course about
70 miles. It is claimed that 15,000 acres of
farming land and M500 acres of mineral land
will be subject to the proposed ditch. The
cost is estimated at $400,000.
—Proposals have been made to the Mexican
Government by an American syndii-ate for
the purchase of the Tehuantepec Railway,
and the subject submitted to a special com-
mittee for consideration; it will not be coun-
tenanced. A corps of engineers has been
appointed by the department of communica-
tions to report on the probable cost of improv-
ing Salina Cruz and Coatzacoalcos harbors
with a view of shortly inaugurating work.
— Receiver C. J. Smith of the Oregon Im-
provement-Company reports in operations for
the year ending November 30, 189(5, that the
total earnings of all branches were ¥3,231, -
620.75, ascorapared with :§;:1,258,503.75 in ISOo—
a decrease of §30,883. The operating expenses
were $3, Sti7, 3S0. 3T, as compared with *2,8(i8,-
580.37— a decrease of §1200 14. The net earn-
ings were $354,240.38, as compared with $389,-
917.24— a decrease of §35.(i7(i 80. The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company has a profit balance
for the year of 14373.82. The Pacific Railway
Company shows u loss of SOS. 929 00. The Co-
lumbia and Puget Sound Railroiid, a local coal
road, has a profit balance of $118.31*1.21. The
Seattle and Northern made a profit of 312,-
909.01. The Port Townsend Snuthern Rail-
road was run at a loss of $13,783,07. The coal
sales of the company were 15,000 tons in ex-
cess of the previous year, and profits were
about 'Sll,000. The receiver says this was ac-
complished in the face of the lowest prices
ever made on foreign coal in the San Fran-
cisco market.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Amargosa Mining and Milling Company,
Los Angeles; capital stock $1,000,000— $8()0, 000
subscribed. E. T. Loy, J. H. Hurin, H. B.
Eakins, D. C. Naver, Los Angeles; P. J.
Keeler, Santa Monica.
Marguerite Gravel and Quartz M. Co., San
Francisco; capital stock, $2,000,000— §1,996,000
subscribed. W. .1. Smith, C. H. Parrish, L.
Reckless, J. F. McNamara, C. H. Smith.
Trophy Mining Companv, Ferodale, Hum-
boldt county; capital stock, $100,000— §70,000
sub.'^cribed. T. Dungan, China Flat; C. A.
Berding, H. C. Blum, C. H. Dungan, J.
Smith, Ferndale.
Big Seven M. Co., San Jose, Cal.; capital
stock, $100,000— $43,7.50 subscribed. H. C.
Pfister, W. Denker. G. Loeb, A. J. Rhein,
W. A. Bowdeu, San Jose.
Petticoat Mining Company, San Francisco;
capital stock, $.500,000~$100 subscribed. C.
Gross, J. T. Henry, H. McAllister, I. Froh-
man, G. B. Tennant.
Valmere M. and M. Co., Los Angeles; capi-
tal stock, $300,000-$50,000 subscribed; P. E.
Nelson, Los Angeles; R. A. Matthews, N.
Ross. Randsburg; J. T. Matthews, Needles;
J. duter, Barstow; M. A. Graham, San Diego,
Cal. ; C. R. Matthews, Williams, Ariz.
Recently Declared flining Divi-
dends.
Silver King, Utah, $37,500, payable March 10.
Utah, Utah, $2000, payable March 10.
Bullion - Beck, Utuh, 550,000, payable
March 20.
Ontario, Utah, $1.5,000, payable March 4.
The total to date is $13,385,000.
Daly, Utah. $37,500, pavable March 4, a
total of $2,905,000.
Personal.
W. E. HowAUD is engaged in developing
the Montezuma mine at Alamo, Lower Cali-
fornia.
Frank A. Leacu of Oakland will succeed
Jno. Daggett as superintendent of the San
Francisco mint.
G. Morton, second vice-president and treas-
urer of the Mexican National Railway, is
visiting San Francisco-
W. L. Austin' of Denver has been elected
president of the Colorado Scientific Society,
and Irving Hale first vice-president.
Alf. Tueoidgo of Nevada county will be
appointed by Gov. Budd State Debris Com-
missioner to succeed John F. Kidder.
William A. Hawley of Grass Valley, Cal.,
has returned from South Africa, where he has
been superintending a mining property.
Francis Heuutevant, who is interested in
large mining operations at Red Hill, Trinity
county, Cal.', returned last week from a visit
to France.
Jas. CaoN.'i-N has resigned the superintend-
ency of the Hale & Norcross mine, Virginia
City, Nev., to look after his Rossland, B. C,
mining interests.
Col. George Stone, president Santa Rosa
& Sonoma County Electric Railway, is in New
York to negotiate the sale of $700,000 worth
of the company's bonds.
Charles F. Hoff.man, who is in Siberia, in
the interests of a syndicate controlling large
gravel deposits, was at last accounts at Blag-
overschensk, on the Amoor river.
Rdssell L. Dunn, who went to Siberia last
summer to examine and report upon exten-
sive gravel mines controlled by a Parisian
syndicate, has returned to San Francisco.
G. F. Hehr, recently traveling nassenger
agent of the Union Pacific, is promoted to the
office of division passenger agent of the South-
ern Pacific, with headquarters at Los An-
geles.
Jam us P. Wakdner has for some time been
operating in mines at Rossland and Trail,
British Columbia. Not long since he had
occasion to go East, and asked the agent at
the Kootenay town he was in for a pass. A
telegram was sent to headquarters for in-
struction and the answer ihat came was:
"Don't let Jim walk." The wilv agent ob-
tained some subsistence from Mr. Wardner
by changing the telegram to " Don't; let Jim
walk," before handing over the pass.
Book Reviews.
TnERE are 360 mountains in the United
States which have a height exceeding 10,000
feet. The greatest number is in Colorado and
Utah.
<V((8, Omiiline and OU Vapor hJngincs : By
Gardner D. Hiseock, M.E. This is the first
book on the subject of explosive motors pub-
lished, and it cannot but fill a want, for there
has been a great deal of attention given of
late to this class of machinery. The use for
larger power has so greatly increaser' the
field that a good worjk on the subject has be-
come almost a necessity. This work is de-
signed for the general information of every
one interested in this new motor pnver. The
book treats of the theory and practice of gas,
gasoline and oil engines, as designed and
manufactured in the United States. It also
contains chapters on horseless vehicles, elec-
tric lighting, marine propulsion, etc., and is
illustrated with 220engraving3. Published by
Norman W. Henley & Co., 13^ Nassau St., N.
Y. Price, $2.50. . ,
Annual Uepoi-t of the Boant iif Regents of th&
Smithsonian T)isliUUe : This work contains
much matter that shows the good that is being
done with the income fi'om the foundation of
James Smithson. Among the articles in the
appendix are: "On the Magnitude of the
Soiar System," by William Harkness; "Ter-
restrial Magnetism," by Prof. W. A. Rucker;
"The Age of Electricity," by M. Mascart;
" Weather Making, Ancient and Modern,'' by
Mark W. Harrington; "The Promotion of
Further Discoveries in the Arctic and Ant-
arctic Regions," by Sir Clements W. Mark-
ham.
Gold in Australia.
The value of the gold raised in the various
colonies differs very materially, as will be
seen from the following table, giving the yield
and value in 1895:
Value
PVeif/kf, Vii'ue, per oz.
0Z8. £ £ 6. d.
N^ew South Wales 360,105 1.315,920 .^ 13 4
Victoria 740,036 2,miHii 4 0 0
Queensland 626.299 2.210,887 3 10 6
South Australia 47,343 ri-'.842 3 14 6
West Australia ^3l.fii3 879.748 3 16 0
T:Lsm!ima 54,964 ai^.-.SO 3 17 10
New Zaaland 293,491 ],162,ie4 3 19 10
Australasia 2,353,811 8,870,641 3 15 4
The gold yield of Western Australia for the
year 1896 amounted to 281,265 ounces, being an
increase of 49,753 ounces as compared with
that of the previous year.
At the Broken Hill Proprietary mines 27,591
tons of ore were treated for the four weeks
ending February 4, and the output from the
refinery was 413 ounces gold (estimated). 534,-
655 ounces silver, 2323 tons lead, 58 tons anti-
monial lead (estimated), and 386 tons copper
mai.te, containing 59 tons copper (estimated),
and 38,833 ounces silver .(estimated).
220
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 13, 1897.
Professional Cards.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
j Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,!
De Lamar, Owyhee Co., Idaho.
. D. H. j£»c:k.soi»i.
I PlaoervlUe, Califomta. Oa,We address, Ixa.
; MINING ENGINEER. )
> EeportB on Mines and Methods of Ore Treat- I
' ment. Calltornia Miue3_5PeciaUleB_^^^_^_^
BERTRAH HUNT, P.l.C. P.C.S.
Chemist and Metallurgist.
! (Agent Gold and Silver Ex. Co. of America,
Ltd. I 216 SANSOMB STREET, S. F., OAL.
! J. K. EVELETH. • V. H. M. MACLYMONT.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
( Practical Mill Tests, Assays ancl Analyses i
of Ores. Examine and iteport on Mines. <
► 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal. 5
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
MECHANICAL AND HTORAUI-IC
ENGINEERS.
4»1 Market St., Cor. First St.,
I Telephone BLACK 2403 San Pranelaco, Cal.
The Evans Assay Office.
W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
Successor to Jehu & Ogden.
' 638 Montgomery Street, San Fraaclsco. j
' Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block. ,
' Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals <
and their Alloys, Etc. '
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
< School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, 5
f Electrical and Mining Engineering. ?
S Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and As8.ayinp. (
933 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. \
OPEN ALL TEAR._ <
} Mining and Metallurgical Work In
J ISra^hes.
{ Assays, Chenaical Analysis of Ores and ex- ,
t periments on rebellious ores for treatment by j
\ cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
C ports upon mining properties.
'KIcmARD A. PARKER,
CONSCI.TING MINING ENGINEER.
1 Cable address ; Kichpark.
C Crocker Buildii g San Francisco, Cal.
/v\ORCi«r>i .«: c:c>.,
I ASSAYER.'*, REFINERS & ORE TESTERS.
C Guarantee reliable work.
( 261 Wilson Block Los Angeles
CHAKLES P. QRIMWOOD,
! Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,
Laboratory, 314 Pine St., San Francisco.
T 'tones" ' G. M. EDMONDSON. (
JONES& EDMONDSON, LAWYEKS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
Booms I-J, Exchange Bank Block,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
J. HOWARD WILSON,
[ Assayer and Chemist, j
t 306 Santa Ee Avenue. PuPblo. Colo. .
( Correspondence solicitPd with SHIPPERS OF J
OBETOCOLORADOSMKLTBKS.
r^RNVEE SCHOOL OP MINES, 1215 l!)th^t^
\ Established in 1ST7. Prof. P. J. Stanton. Prlncl- /
< pal, and experienced assistants. Assaying f
< taught for $25, In two weeks. Courses In miner- I
S alogy, metallurg-y, mining, surveying, geology. }
\ Personal actual practice. Instruction by co- )
y respondeoce. Assays warranted correct. Lady v
> pupils received. Investments made and in- C
J formation given in reliable mining properties^
ALMARIN B,
ROOM 49, CROCKER BUILDING,
( Cor. Market and Montg-omery Sta., San Francisco. )
I Will act as AGENT tor the sale of RELIABLE >
( Mining Property. Principals desiring- valuable )
- quartz or gravel investments at reasonable •■
prices will do well to see what I may have.
Only legitimate miulng properties handled.
K. LUOLOF^F^, ;
I TOLEDO LEWIS CO. )
State of Wafthlnstou, V. S. A. <
Geological, exploring and prospecting work <
I in the St. Helens (Cascade Mts., State of {
Wash.) copper and gold mining region. Min-
' ing claims, options and shares Coal lands, i
I Correspondence solicited. References given {
t and expected.
ROBINSON BROS.,
i CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.S
! p. O. Box 104.
USSAYERS AND MIKERAL SURVEYORS,
Mines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mail Solicited.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
^ STATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
dustrial Products, Poods. Medicines, etc., etc.
Court Expertingr In all branches of Chemical
■ Technology. Working- Tests of Ores and In-
vestigation of Metallurgical and Manufactur- ^
ing- Processes. Consultations on all questions (
\ of applied chemistry. Instructions given in
( assaying: and all branches of chemistry.
A. H, WARD.
>- KSTA«LISHKI> .1869. >
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
H. C. "WARD.
11 & -3 STEVENSON STREET,
S-\N FRANCISCO, C.iL.
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worlds
And Chemical Laborator)'.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
[Check your ASSATERS, or do your O'WN J
Assaying by the SIMPLE METHODS of
! LDCKHARDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICE \
(INCORPORATED.)
O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, Cal.
HENRY E, HIGHTON, ^
[ ATTORNEYand COUNSELLOR, I
Rooms 36-39, }
^ Fourth Floor Mills Building:, I
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. S
[ Established Thirty-Eight Years. Special At- S
tention Paid to Mining Business. i
MARO F. UNDERWOOD, M. D.
[1148 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Arsenic, Mercury & Cyanidej
POISONING
[ Cured completely without loss of time. Treat-
ment by mail, if desired.
Thomas B, E,\/G>r&tt, JW, E, '
I Twenty-six years practical experience in '
■ metal miniag. Will make reports itpon prop- '
[ erty, or furnish properties to purchasers, if )
' desirous to invest in the Cripple Creefc grold '
► district, all on short notice.
> heferences furnished in Denver or San Fran-
» Cisco. Branch office. Room 25. tenth floor. Mills i
i Building-. San Francisco, care S K. Thornton,
t or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 195, Denver,
, Colo. Registered cable. Everett, Denver.
METAL MINING
PronprqtlnK; Conl Mlnlntt^ Slcph.nnlrai .Mf-
rlinnicnl llrnwlnp; EloetricUj-; ArrlillfpliiiT ;
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'rliip( dvll," Hiillroiiil, lirlilge, Shinlrlpiil iiml
Ilyilriiulio Enyliipcrliig; I'luinbitif;; EiiglUli j
Ttrnnchcft.
A l)lowpiping outfit and cn.=ic (
I iniiioriil ppecimona free tn stiifloiits.E
Send for FrcQ Circular and Bnnlt of^
TostimonialH. stating Iho Gul'juct you
■wish to study, to
The Inlprnatlonnt BOX 1008
forri'spondcnee School'", SrmBtoii.Piv. ^}\
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Finest Assa
.V Balances.
Our Beams are the
llghtpst on the market,
and positively inflexible.
They are uneqnaled In
accuracy and sensitive-
ness. Edges and bear-
ings are of bappiilre.
All makes of balances
thorougrUly repaired at
reasonable rates.
3319 Stout Street,
DENVER, COLO.
Hoskins' Patent
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chetuieal Laboratory. Established In Colorado,
iseti. Samples by mail or express will receive
prompt and careful attention Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted ann assayed or purchased. Ad-
drees 173« and 1733 Lawrence Street, Denver, Colo.
Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces,
No dust. No asbes.
Cheap, e£f active, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. H0SKINS,"»"cK1S'itEr"'
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for tlie
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
f Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
_ rAltiWlliJii Brown's System of Mechanically
I Stirred Koasting, Cooling and
V Conveying Furnaces. Etc.
1607-8 Manliattan BuildiDg, CWcago, Illinois.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN-CLERICI PROCES5.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100 000
Lomlon Head Office g Drapers Gardens.
Laboratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1630 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Orea
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes which clasq of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both flne and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clebici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for U. S.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
qPHE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efficient method of using cyanide for the extraction of nre-
* cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been in-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumntion at
chemicals has als.o been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
All ores, inthout exception, amenable to cyanide treatment can be treated to better advantaae bv the
Kendall Process. Tliis can be accepted as an axiom.
The manager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District. Utah, wires : " We now begin t«
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 220 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
mgs samples ipu.o,).
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway. New York City.
THE CELEBRATED
HAMMERED STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
Warranted Not To Clip Off or Batter Up. A HOME PRODUCTION.
Also, Best Refined Cast Tool Steel, Well Bit Steel, Heavy and Light
Iron and Steel Forgings of All Descriptions.
PRICES UPON APPLICATION.
GEO. W. PENNINGTON & SONS, ^'« "'"' ^^%^^tpKAlTisio. cac.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
CHIC«GO, U. S. M.
iMALLEABLE IRON BUCKKTS of Approved Pattern and Weleht
LINK BELT ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS.
ROPE POWER TRANSMISSION.
SHAFTING. PULLEYS, GEARING, CLUTCHES, ETC.
ELECTRIC COAL MINING MACHINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
■B-^VUO YOU USKw-^ #^ i
PoweR?!
All right; you need CHEAP Power. One
':ent per Horse Power per Hoar is
)HEAK. ^Veber GasoUnt* Engines run
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For Catalogue and tent hnimialsfnitlressWEKKR
"AS « *;a.SOHNK ENtxINE CO.. j.(o
iiifjijcctf JiauJn'aril. KiinnaR City, Mo
March 13 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
221
FRASER & CHALMERS,
Chicago, Illinois,
Have brought out a new
line of medium size
Steam Hoisting Engines,
These are designed with
great care by engineers fa-
miliar with the best
previous practice, and
knowing just what is
wanted to render sat=
isfactory service on a
mine. Do you want
such service ? Then
buy one of these im-
proved machines.
Other Special Lines .
of Manufacture
On which we would be
Klad to quote are
Stamp Mills. Shoe«,
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AiiSTUACT OP CoNTKSTS— Chapter I, Preparatory
Instruction: 11. CryHlallopritphy: III. Survpvlnff:
IV. Analym-Hof Ores-Wet ML-thod; V. SpecliirMln-
erulo{,'.v--(iolU: VI. Pl.'itlnuni. Etc.— Sllvt-r: VII. Cop-
per :nid How M,-HHurt^Kl In Or..'H; VIIl. U'ml and Tin;
l.\. ZliK'-Iroii; X, Mcri-ury. Blsnmih. Nickel, Co-
oiilt. and CiidmluMi: XI. Ahinilnliiin, Antimony
MlinyiinL'Be. and Otln-r Mlni-raU; XII. Potroleuin
Ozocerite. AHphlilt. Punt; XIII. Precious SlOneBi
Appendix. Corrections of WulehtH and Meiisurew.
Glossary of TerniB. etc.. Index.
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hull Descriptions of the MoBt KfTcL-tlv.' Methods for
Both the Qualltallve and Quantitative Aniilvses of
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Operations of Mlnlnir. Including Archlleeiuru and
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Manufacturers and Importers of
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Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.43; Muriatic Aoid, sp. gr. 1.20;
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List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
Coast inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacific Coast.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAHCH 2d, 1897.
578,001.— CUERENT MoTOE—C. A. Barron, Seattle,
Wash.
578,211.— Safety Clevis- B. O. Clark, Pasadena,
Cal.
578,218.— Log Caeriee— R. E. L. and A. J. Daggs,
Phoenix, A. T.
578,214.— Punch— W. C. Dillingham, Los Angeles,
Cal.
578,290.— Peune Harvester— A. B. Enns, Dallas,
Or.
577.948._Toor^Ford & Mahler, S. P.
578,062.— Rotary Engine— H. L. Lightner, S. P.
577,963.— Bottle— C. A. Lord, S. F.
578,306 —Thill Coupling— E. T. Martin, Portland,
Or.
578,067.— Fruit Gbader— S. McGarvin, San Jose,
Cal.
578,264.— BATH TUB— E. M. Reinhardt, San Diego,
Cal.
578.038.— Gun Barrel- J. Singer, Los Angeles, Cal.
577,992.— Gas Governor— C. A. Swltzer, Los An-
geles, Cal.
577,970. - Street Cleaner— J. B. Tilton, Fresno,
Cal.
577,936.— Rotary Puirp— E. J. Verrue, S. F.
Note.— Plain and Certified Copies of U. S. and Por-
etg-n patents obtained tiy Dewey & Co., by mail or
telegraphic order. American and Foreign patents
secured, and g'eneral patent business transacted
with perfect security, at reasonable rates, and In
the shortest popslblp time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
owing are worthy of special mention :
Rotating Gravity Engine. — Henry L.
Lightner, San Francisco, Cal. No. 578,062-
Dated March 2, 1S97. This invention relates
to an improvement in engines. It consists es-
sentially of cylinders standing radially with
relation to a journal shaft to which they are
centrally connected so as to revolve there-
with, weights slidable from end to end of said
cylinders, pipes connecting the opposite ends
of the cylinders with the hollow shafts or
trunnions about which they are revoluble,
and a supply pipe connected with one end of
the shaft, valves whereby steam is admitted
under pressure into the cylinders, an actuat-
ing device by which the valves are opened
when the ends of the cylinders successively
pass the lowest point in their revolution so
that the weights are forced to the opposite
and upper ends of the cylinders, exhaust pipes
connecting the ends of the cylinders with the
shaft or trunnion opposite to the inlet pipe for
the escape of steam and mechanism for open-
ing the exhaust valve when they reach the
upper part of their revolution so as to allow
the escape of steam and the free movement of
the weights in that direction.
Fruit Grader. — Smith McGarvin, San
Jose, Cal. No. 578,067. Dated March 2, 1897.
This invention relates to ah improved ap-
paratus for grading fruit, and especially
prunes and other fruits which may be of dif-
ferent sizes and which it is desirable to sepa-
rate from each other. It consists essentially
of a series of superposed oppositely inclined
screens having perforations of diminishing
diameter from the top to the bottom, parallel
receiving floors beneath each screen, means
for discharging from each of said floors to the
screen next below, a means for discharging
from the lower ends of each of the screens
into receiving boxes and oppositely oscillat-
ing frames at each end of the screens to which
said screens are connected alternately so that
those inclining in one direction will be car-
ried by one frame and those in the other by
the opposite frame. Springs connect each
frame with an intermediate fixed support so
as to give them an upward and return move-
ment and partially counterbalance the frames
in their movements, tn conjunction with this
is a hopper having a flexible bottom, the free
edge of which rests against the slats of the
distributing belt or elevator so that each slat
in passing will take away a certain amount of
the fruit and deliver it upon the screens
while the flexible bottom prevents the es-
cape of any portion through the bottom.
British Columbia.
■W.J.R.COWELL,B.A..F.G.S., Mining Engineer,
Reports on mines, designs and sunerintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
dress W. J. R. COWELL, Victoria, B. C.
British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has prospects tor sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin, will buy legitimate
stock and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park.
TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment ol Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. 4»*Estr8
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RAILS FOR SALE.
10 TONS 16-lb. T RAIL, SI35.00 PER TON.
Apply at 873 Sixth Street, Oakland, Cal.
A Great Mining Triumph.
Capt. J. R. DeLamar, of New York City, is one of the largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
the world. After the most careful investigation he purchased in August, 1S95, two Griffin Mills, and his
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words.
New York, Jan. 9, 1896.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. GcitUemeit :— The two Griffin Mills have been in operation now for 90 days on the
hardest rock, with the exception of corundum, that 1 have ever met during my mining life. They have taken the rock direct
from the breaker, and they average about 20 ions 10 each machine, 40 mesh line, without elevating or bolting. We simply put
a % mesh screen around the Griffin Mill, and the stuff comes out 40 mesh fine or over, which makes it an excellent pulp for
• teaching by cyanide or chlorination ; therefore we have concluded to order 1 0 more Griffin Hills. We have tried high-speed
rolls and dry stamps, and after looking into the Huntington Dry Pulverizer, the Narod Pulverizer, the Sledman Pulverizer,
the Frisbie Lucop, the Cook, and various other dry pulverizers, unhesitatingly recommend vour Griffin Mill to any one.
Yours truly, (Signed) J. R. DhLAMAR.
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
DeLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO.,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 24, 1896.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. Gentlemen :—\xi answer to your inquiry as to what the " GrifRn Mill" is doing at our
DeLamar Mill, DeLamar, Nevada, we beg to state that we often run 3 10 tons per day with 10 of your mills in operation, and
on one occasion these 10 mills produced 408 tons in one day. I have no hesitancy in stating that they will regularly produce
at least 30 tons per day each on our ore, which is extremely and unusually hard.
Yours very truly, H. A. COHEN, Gc7ier at Manager.
These strong letters coming from such 'representative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the '* Griffin Mill " will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
Let us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which \vill tell you all
about the Mill and bring to you other evidence of its great achievements.
BRADLEY PULVERiZER CO., 92 State St., Boston, Mass.
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port ^ayne Jlectric (Corporation,
- — MANUFACTURERS OF THE
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Genuine English Pump leather
For Heavy Mining: Pump Buckets. Will
outwear any other material and g-lve best
satisfaction. Samples furnished on appU
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO.. Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F.
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Orcbard Trucks, Grape Crusbers,
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Pamps and Other Machinery.
It will pay you to get our prices.
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March 13. 18S)7.
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RISDOIN IRON \A/0RK:S,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
When 'Wrltliif: pleiise ni<?ntluii th
niNERS, ATTENTION!
We beg to call attention to our "RISDON HAMMERED'
Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are ^P^
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
. MINIXl .VND SUIKNTIKIC PKESS.
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IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER--YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE-YOU NEED IT.
IF YOU HAVE A CYANIDE PLANT--YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IT.
IF YOU OWN CHLORINATION WORKS--YOU "SHOULD BUY IT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL--YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
What? p. &B. Paint.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ACID PROOF — TRIED AND PROVEN.
Manufactured by
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Vou Cau Order It From Your Denier.
Double-Jointed Ball-Bearing HydrauliC GiantS.
The above presents an improved Double-.Joinleil Ball-Uearing Hydraulic €,laiit which we
liulld. The Improi-emcnt consists of the introduction or il Ball BearluK by which the pressure ot the
water is reduced to a minimum and the direction of the nozzle ctianKCd at will with ease.
i-ntaiogues and prices ot our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnishetl upon
application. JOsHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS, 38 to 44 Fremont St., San Francisco, Cal.
Tbe aucompanying cat shows tbe general ar-
rangement of Knight's Standard Water Wheel,
of which there are hundreds la use in different
States of the Union.
These Wheels are made from 3 feet to G feet In
diitmeter, from 10 to 1000-horse power, and
adapted to all lieadtt and purposes.
Wheels inclosed in Iron cases, from G to 24
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Wheels for electrical power can be furnished
Iwith or without Governors. Highest regala-
Jtiou guaranteed.
Address all communications to
KNIGHT & CO., Sutter Creek, Cal., or,
KISOON IRON WORKS, Agents, San Fran-
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For full particulars, send fordescrlptivecatalogue.
W*R I T E
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Silver Plated Copper Amalgam Plates
Por Saving Gold.
GOLD REMOVED PROM OLD PLATES AND REFLATED. Old Plates
Dougbt. Get our Reduced Rates. Plve thousand orders filled.
Twenty-five Medals Awarded.
SAM FRiKCISCO GOLD, SILVER AND NICKEL PLATIKG WORKS,
E. G. DENNISTON,
653 and 665 Mission Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Telephone, Main 5931.
Every description of work plated. Send for Circular.
Proprietor.
RRAINCIS STWIXH & CO.,
-MANUFACTnREBS OF—
F=^OR TOW/rS \A//\TER \A/ORICS.
Hydraulic, Irrigation and Power Plants, Well Pipe, Etc., all sizes.
130BBALG STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Iron cut. punched and formed, for making pipe on ground where required. All kinds of Tools sup-
plied for making Pipe. Estimates given when required. Are prepared or coating all sizes of PlDes
with Asphaltum.
CRlPPLEICREEKj
MINING DISTRICT
.'-' :,• IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
lis GOLD.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
In Connection with the Denver & Rio Grande.
For information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
Denver, Colo.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
To'' rado has wilhln Its limits some ot the pveat-
ewl euld iiilues thnt have over been discovered. In
Crlijple Creek in 18'.l2 there wpre a few pvospeetoi-a
looking- over the hills; in 1895 the camp turned out
over S8.000.000 In pold. Leadvllle, the old bonanza
camp and the niinei-al product of which niad"^ Den-
ver what It Is to-day, is hecomlnf: a blp producer of
grold. New inventions for workinp low-pradt; R-old
ores, together with ihe discoverleB uiaUe to work
rebellious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers such as they have never eojoyed before, and
Colorado baa inducemeuts to offer such as no other
district in tbe world possesses: the record of the
State in gold prodiicilon for the last thn-e yearn
speaks for lt«elf. Amonp ihe other prominent
camps in the State are Telluride.Ophlr, Rico, Silver-
tnn. Mineral Point. Durang-o. La Pluta. Ouray, Saw
Pit, Ironton, the Gunnison district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps are
apringrtue into e.xlatence every day The Denver &.
Rio Grande Railroad, which Is the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has always been tbe miner's
friend, reaches all tbe mining camps in Colorado.
For elegantly illustrated descriptive books, free, ot
mines in Colorado, send to
AV. J. SHOTWELL, - - - General Agent,
314 California St.. San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passenger Agent, - - DENVER, COLO.
Two Big Bargains !
STEAn SHOVEL
F=^OR SALE.
First-class machine; nearly new;
ample power to handle anything
but solid rock ; cost $7000; was
set up but never used; will be
sold for $200d; can be bought
with or without 50 H. P. boiler..
.•*■.
A Bennett Amalgamator.
Cost originally over $7500; in
fair condition; can be bought for
$1600. For particulars as to
capacity, location, etc., address
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cascadeW ATER WHEEL
Adapted to atl Heads from
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Mining and Scientific Press,
March 13, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, March 11, 1897.
Business continues fair, with a steady in-
crease in arrivals of merchants. They report
roads in nearly all parts of the State almost
impassable, which makes distribution slow.
With clear weather for a few days travel will
be better, when a large consumption demand
is looked for. The feeling with the trade
seems to be gaining strength that business
this spring will be larger than for several
years. With iron workers a good business is
reported, chiefly on previous orders, although
new work is being figured on. It is confi-
dently expected that there will be an enlarged
demand in structural and railroad materials
and mining machinery and supplies.
The local money market continues to show
a steadily growing ease. Idle money is com-
ing out, which will make itself favorably felt
within the next thirty days. The banks ex-
press more confidence in the future, which
will cause them to put out more money. Gold
coin sent from this city to New York from
January 1, 1897, to March 1, aggregated over
18,000,000. Of this amount the United States
Treasury sent 83,000,000. It is stated that
there is more inquiry for funds on realty, but
borrowers do not like to pay asking rates of
interest, believing that a lower range will
rule before long. The East reports general
ease at all money centers. It is the belief
that an improved demand for funds is near at
hand. This opinion is grounded on all advices
pointing to a larger business in all branches of
trade, except luxuries, than for four years,
which will necessarily call for more accommo-
dations by manufacturers to meet the de-
mand.
New ¥ork Silver Prices.
New Yokk, March 11. — Following are the
closing prices for the week :
, Silver
London.
Friday 39%
Saturday 29 5-16
Monday 29!4
Tuesday 29 3-16
Wednesday ^H
Thursday 29 3-16
quiet. The former is firm, but the latter is
irregular owing to more or less cutting be-
tween American and foreign.
We quote as follows :
Pig, per lb 14!^c@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 05@ —
" " " light, " 3 95@ —
IRON. — Pig is essentially unchanged. The
imports of foreign continue free. The con-
sumptive demand is light owing to consider-
able having been bought to arrive. At the
Hast markets are reported unchanged. The
consumption promises to exceed any former
year. England fears the competition from
this country.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $20 00 $22 00
Thomas 21 00 92 00
Salisbury 29 00 3150
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 $23 00
Gartsherrle 21 50 33 00
COAL. — The demand is fair for all grades.
The market is unchanged,
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington $8 00@
Greta 6 00@-6 50
^■^anaimo 6 50© 7 00
tulman 5 50@ 6 00
Seattle 5 50© 6 00
Coos Bay @ 5 00
Cannel 8 00@
.hard 13 00@13 00
Copper.
Friday 12 00
Saturday 12 00
Monday 12 00
Tuesday 12 00
Wednesday .... 13 00
Thursday 12 00
iV. Y.
64
637b
633^
63^8
63?a
6358
Tift.
13 45
13 45
13 45
13 40
13 40
13 40
Lead. Iron.
3 40 10 25@12 50
3 40 10 2d©12 50
3 40 10 25@I2 50
3 40 10 2a@12 50
3 40 10 25(5)12 50
3 40 10 26©12 50
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6©8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7©8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6©8
New York Sight Draft 7^0 Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer IS^c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days J4.863i
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers M.BSU
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 63%
Mexican Dollars 51
SILVER.— The market eased ofE still more
the past week, closing barely steady. There
is a light demand for India, which has its ef-
fect, while from otber sources the call is only
fair. A strong probability that Japan will
adopt the gold standard has its effect also.
The export movements from New York are
not large, the drop evidently having inter-
fered. The last steamer for China took out
$365,700 of silver. For the first two months
of the calendar year the export movement by
water was $1,055,450.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market has
been quiet. The last China steamer took out
84,903 dollars. For the two months ending
March Ist the shipments aggregate 11,243,911.
QUICKSILVER.— The market is fairly
strong on this coast, at the East and abroad.
The demand is said to be improving. For the
first two months of the calendar year receipts
at this port aggregate 2438 flasks, against
7689 flasks in the same time last year, and the
exports aggregate 909 flasks this year, against
4504 last year.
Our market is quoted at $40 for domestic
consumption.
BORAX. —The outward movement con-
tinues fairly free.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 4=^
Refined, In sacks 5i^
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " 4^
COPPER. — The market seems to be sus-
tained at the East by force. With any easing
up prices will have to go off. The opinion pre-
vails tliat with the India demand improving,
better prices will rule even in the face of an
increased output. There is an absence of any
speculative demand.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing 14^©
Ingot, wholesale ©131^
Sheet copper ©17
Bolt M& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17c
LEAD.— The market has held to Arm fig-
ures. Eastern advices state that the demand
continues good for the season of the year, in
this country and in Europe.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows;
Pig 3 75 @ 3 85
Bar — ® 4 00
Sheet — @ 5 25
Pipe — @ 4 50
SHOT. — The demand is only moderately
fair.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 35 lbs... 81 20
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 45
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 45
TIN.— For both pig and plate the market is
Wallsend . ,
I 6 50
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff : 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 UO
West Hartley 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 9 50 @
" spotjinbulk 10 00 @
" in sacks 11 00 @ 12 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is steadier.
Our market is quoted at 7X@8c in a jobbing
way. New York mail advices quote Ty^c for
Cookson's, 6X@6Hc for Hallett's and 6^0 for
Japanese.
POWDER.— The demand is strong. No
change in prices is reported up to this writing.
The market is quoted as follows :
Hercules, No. 1*, per pound 1154c
N0.2. " " 8l4e
NAILS.— The market is stiffening at t.he
East and on this coast, with higher prices
looked for.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $3 25
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " " 2 10
SPELTER.— The market is fairly active
both here and at the East.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound,
NICKEL ANODES.— The markets here and
at the East are firmer.
PLATINUM.— Dealers report a fair inquiry.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to *15 per ounce.
ZINC— The market is steady at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM. — The market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH,— There is nothing new to re-
port. At the East prices are firm.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady to
firm.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
Chemicals,
There is a light movement from jobbers.
The bad condition of interior roads is against
much of a demand. As a rule, the markets
here and at the East are firm.
BONEASH.— Manufacturers report a good
movement.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 8^c: No.
2, 2%c.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is re-
ported quiet but firm at 3^c per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is quiet but steady at SI. 70 per 100 lbs.
in a jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
fair demand at 3^o a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA,— The market is eas-
ier. Eastern advices state that the demand
is slacker and market easier.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is quiet at 6
to 13c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6^c per pound in car-
boys.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at l%c per lb for
66%.
BLUE VITRIOL.— The Eastern markets
are easier. Our market is steady, but dull.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4%c per
pound.
Estimates wanted for boring for coal. Only
competent and expert man wanted. Call at Room
205, Grooker Building, for particulars. I
ynilVIING ASSESS/VVEINTTS.
1.
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Company and Location. ' N^o.
AlmaGMCo, Cal 1..
Alpha Con M & M Co, Nev. . . . 18. .
Andes S M Co, Nev 43. .
Belcher SM Co, Nev 54..
Best & Belcher M Co, Nev. .. .61..
Con Cal & Va M Co, Nev 8..
Confidence G M & M Co, Co
Con Imp M Co. Nev
Eureka Con Drift M Co, Cal
Eureka Con M Co, Nev
Horseshoe Bar Con M Co, Cal. 7
Jamison M Co 9.
Julia Con M Co. Nev 28.
Marguerite GM& M Co, Cal.. 5.
Mexican G & S M Co, Nev. . . .56 ,
MineralHillM&SCo, Cal.., 1.
Occidental Con M Co, Nev 26.
OphirS M Co, Nev 70.
PotosiMCcNev .47.
Reward GM Co, Cal 18.
Sierra Nevada S M Co, Nev.113.,
Thorpe M Co, Cal 5..
Troy M & D Co. Alaska 3. ,
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Levied,
,Feb 9.
.Mar 2.
.Feb 1.
-Mar 2.
.Jan 26.
.Mar 8.
.Jan 19.
.Feb 16.
.Jan 20.
.Jan 18.
.Mar 8.
.Nov 27.
.Jan 21.
.Jan 14.
Mar 3.
Jan 4. .
.Feb 10.
. H'eb 5,,
.Mar 10,
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.Mar 2
Jan 13.
.Feb 2
Deling' t
.Mar 13.
.Apr 6.
.Mar 8.
• Apr 6.
.Mar 2.
,Apr 13.
.Feb 27.
,Mar 23.
-Feb 26.
.Feb 23.
.Apr 17,
Mar 26.
.Feb 26.
.Feb 35.
.Apr 7.
.Feb 15.
.Mar 16.
,Mar 10.
.Apr 14.
.Mar n.
.Apr 6.
Mar 10.
Mar 9.
and S2le. Secretary.
-Mar 29 D Gutmann, 320 Sansome
.Apr 27 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
• Mar 31 Jno W Twiggs, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 27 C L Perkins, Mills Bide
.Mar 23 M Jaffa. 309 Montgomery
.May 3 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
■ Mar 20 F Aureguy, 320 Sansome
.Apr 13 CL McCoy, Mills Bldg
-Mar 20 DM Kent. 330 Pine
■ Mar 15 H P Bush, 134 Market
.May 8 DM Kent, 330 Pine
.May 31 Sam \V Che\ney, 120 Sutter
.Mar 19 J Stadtfeldt Jr, 309 Montgomery
■ Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
.Apr 29 CE Elliott, 309 Montgomery
■ Apr 13 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
.Apr 6 A KDurbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Mar 30 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
.May 5 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
.Mar 37 s W Backus, Mills Bldg
.Apr 26 EL Parker, 309 Montgomery
■ Mar 29 AFFrey,44Plielan Building
.Mar 26 O Kyst, 431 Mission
Mining Share Market.
San Francisco, March 11, 1897.
The market has been devoid of interest.
The depression that has ruled since January
1st last still continues. It seems to be a
growing belief that there will be no change of
a permanent character for some time to come.
This does not indicate a belief that there will
be up moves, but there will not be prices
worth outsiders venturing in the market to
try and get. Those who contend that there
will not be much of a deal for some time to
come base their opinion on reports that large
moneyed men are not personally interested in
the game, and without them neither a good
sized or a fair sized deal can be made. They
state that probable suits at law by discon-
tents are a prime factor in keeping them out.
They also state that under present conditions
they would not give support to the market
even if ore should be found in a mine in pay-
ing quantities. The attempt was made to
galvanize the market into life on reported ore
strike in Coo. Virginia has failed, for opera-
tors do not find that experienced miners, not
stock gambling operators, place confidence in
the reports. Aside from that, an assessment
even has more weight than reports of a small
vein of ore. Even with this drawback, they
may find more ore than indications warrant in
expecting, which may enable stock manipu-
lators to advance the shares sufficient to make
shorts fill and also sell a few hundred shares
to outsiders who stand in need of being left
on a deal proposition. It is the growing im-
pression that after the Legislature adjourns,
and with money easy, an attempt will be
made to advance prices to carry out the usual
spring deal proposition. Assessments continue
to be levied, for it takes money to run mines.
Official letters filed at the different offices
in this city do not report any material change
since our last week's issue. Work is being
pushed as rapidly as possible considering the
small number of miners at work. Several of
the companies have more bosses and attaches
than miners, which helps to give employment
and, incidentally, ''eat up" assessment
money. The Utah letter reports fair work on
the same level and in the same direction
heretofore reported. The east crossdrift in
Sierra Nevada from the north drift on the
Layton tunnel level has struck water. This
is considered favorable. The face shows por-
phyry, with seams of clay. In Union work is
continued on the west crossdrift, and also
east crossdrift on the 900-foot level. The
formation is practically unchanged. Mexican
letter reports that the face of the west cross-
drift, lOuO-foot level, is in hard porphyry,
showing clay seams and soft vein matter on
the bottom, In Ophir work is continued on
the 1000-foot level westward and southward
on the Central tunnel level. The Con. Vir-
ginia letter states that work is being done on
the 1750-fobt, 165U-foot, 1550-foot and iUOO-foot
levels. So far the sanguine expectations of
bull pointers have not been realized, for the
ore in the workings from 1550-foot level have
narrowed instead of widened. On the 1650-
foot mine floor, the fi.rst floor above the sill
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on whicii you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining StockB. Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Secnritiefl*
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all lilnds' 1
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands r
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands. I
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of banlc and other references. Use
McNeiirs or A B 0 Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
floor, the ore vein is 3 feet wide. The ore
raised last week from all workings aggre-
gated 68 tons, assaying §50.90 a ton. A north
dinft has been started by Best & Belcher and
Gould & Curry from the 800-foot Bonner shaft
level. In Savage the usual work is reported.
Now that the Hale & Norcross election is
over, unless more wrangling over law points
should set in, it is to be hoped that the super-
intendent will be allowed to prosecute work
more energetically. No work is being done
in Chollar. Work is continued by Potosi from
the tunnel level. They found i'?t ore in the
mine and a 20-cent assessment in the ofiBce.
In Bullion and Alpha the work is on the same
levels and directions heretofore reported. The
letters from Con. Imperial, Confidence and
Challenge do not report any particular
change. The long west crossdrift is expected
to strike the west lode some time in next
month. Nothing is allowed to leak out from
Yellow Jacket. The Crown Point letter does
not report any material change. Silence con-
tinues the order regarding ore developments
in Belcher and Seg. Belcher. Some ore is
still raised, but from what level and character
of work the letters do not report. Overman
raised last week a few tons of ore from the
900-foot level. It assays over 150 a ton. In
Caledonia wox'k is continued on the llOU-foot
level. From Alta nothing new comes to hand.
From the Brunswick lode our advices are
slightly more encouraging. In Occidental
they are working on the 550-foot, 750-foot and
S5U-foot levels. On the first and last levels
they have struck ore. On the 550-foot it is 5
feet wide, assaying over $5, and on the S50 it
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foot and 40U-foot levels. On the 500-foot level
they are pushing as fast us possible the south
drift. The Savage, Gould & Curry and Best
i Belcher letters do not report any change in
work or material encountered.
The following illustrates the changes of the
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MINES.
Mar. Mar.
4. 11.
Alls OonsolldaMd
Andeii
Belober
t M
■is ::::;:
Tlit 77
eodle
Bullion
Challenge
Cbollar
10
38
1 100
gs
Con!,oIldsie(l CalUomla and Virginia..
Consolidated New York
1 06
I 66
SI
90
36
Hale & Norcroaa.
8D
78
Ophir
07
Poiosl
39
SI
3i
Savage
W
a
9i
Utah
06
Yellow Jacket
«7
a)
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, March 11, 1807.
0:3U A. u. session.
aooBoslfi Uclchor... 77' .W Gould & Curry .... 35
bUIChollar 1 uliKJUOpblr 97
lOOConCali Vu I i'ijtio Sierra Nevada.. .. 20
leOO Cod Imperial.... 01 luo Union 3i
SECOND SESSION— 2:3U P. M.
500 Best & Belcher ... 70 400 Sierra Nevada.... 27
aOOConCal i Va 1 ii 200 Utah 05
lUOChollar lilbllOUnlon 28
200Potosl »2 luu Occidental m
1000 H.&N m .'«) standard 1 6,S
200 Vollow Jacket.... 20! 2oOphlr 00
SCO Con Imperial 01
Rainfall and Temperature.
The following data for the week ending 5
A. M., March 10, 1897, are from official
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Miniso'and Scien-
tific PliEss;
' *^.
Hi H
>
?f
R
CALIFORNIA
STATIONS.
otal Sea
Rainfall La
to Same Da
otal Sea
Rainfall to
n
CO
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'■ 1
■ o
1 "'I
so O
: V
: p
r?
Eureka ,
32.01
32.78
.56
.36
.lii
.70
22.46' 14.53
15.21 15.22
20,02
15.42
60
5S
•w
Sacramento
37
San Francisco ...
. 1,20,
20.69 13.80
18.77
,54
KJ
Fresno
.30
0,26 4,03
5,61
m
36
San Luis Obispo.
l.W
10.71, 14,61
....
62
34
Los Angeles
, .60
16.05 7.87
16.34
62
40
San Diego
,.=)2
10.88 o.6f
8.52
60
41
Yuma
. Ai
5.31
0.88
2.67
72
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ou FItlDAY. the 'JGih day of Mareh. IS'.iT. will hi- de-
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FKIDAY. the 21st day of May. 1«97. to pay the delin-
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SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
MINERAL HILL, MINING AND SMELTING CO.—
Location of principal place of business. Sau Fran-
cisco. California: location of works, Spencevllie,
Nevada County, California.
Notice is hereby given that at a meetingr of the
Board of Directors, held on the -Ilh day of Janu-
ary. ISin. an assessment (No. 1) of live cents (Gc) per
share was levied upon the whole of the capital
stuck of the corporation, payable Immediately In
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of the eumpany. 210 Sansome street. Sau Francisco.
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid ou the loth day of February. ISHT. will
be dellnqueut. and advertised for sale at public auc-
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pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising' and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
CHAS. PEACH, Secretary.
Office— 210 Sansome street, Sau Francisco, Califor-
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POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Mineral Hill Mining and Smelting Company, held
ou the loth day of February, 1S07. It was resolved
tliat any stock upon which the assessment shall re-
malu unpaid on the IStb day of March. 1897, will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
ttou; and, unless payment is made before, will be
sold on TUESDAY, the lath day of April, iai)7. to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
CHAS. PEACH. Secretary.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
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location of works. Fourth Crossing. Calaveras
County. California.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the 13th day of Janu-
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share was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable immediately In United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
company, Room 44. Phelan building, San Francisco,
California.
Auy stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 2Ud day of February. 18y7, will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment le made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 16th day of March. I8fl7, to
pay the delinquent assesstnent, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. F. PREY. Secretary.
Office — Room 44, Phelan building. San Francisco.
California.
For Sale at a Barg^aiu.
One new GOLD KING AMALGAMATOR — never
used. Apply to Marshutz & Cantrell. N. W. corner
Main aud Howard streets, San Francisco, California.
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By order of the Board of Directors the date of de-
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MONDAY, the 2Uth day of March. 1897.
A. F. FREY, Secretary.
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ANDE'l SILVER MINING COMPANY. -Location
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fornia; location of works, Virginia City. Storey
County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the Ist day of Febru-
ary. 1897, an assessment (No. 43) of 10 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately In United States gold
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Rooms 20 and 22, Nevada block. 309 Montgomery
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Any stock upon which this assessment shall
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will be sold on WEDNESDAY, theiilstday of March,
1897. to pay the delinquent assessment, together
wltlj the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
JOHN W. TWIGGS, Secretary.
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Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
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ary. 1897. an assessment (No. 201 of 10 cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately In United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. Room No. 09, Nevada block. No. 309 Montgom-
ery street. San Francisco, California.
Any Block upon which this assessment shall re-
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be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and, unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on TUESDAY, the 0th day of April. 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together wltn the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DUBBliOW. Secretary.
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Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
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1897, an assessment (No. 8) of 25 cents per share was
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payable Immediately in United States gold coin, to
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Auburn, Placer County, California.
Notice.— There are delinquent upon the following
described stock, on account of assessment (No. 5)
levied on the 14th day of January, 1897. the several
amounts set opposite the names of the respective
shareholders, as follows:
No. No.
Name. Cert. Shares. Amt.
Julius Winkler 29 250 25 00
G. F. Deetkeu 82 l.flOO 100 00
Julius Winkler 9ii SOU 50 00
Mrs. G. P. Deetkeu 190 (500 TO 00
FredDeetken 237 1.000 100 00
Mrs. G.P. Deetken 239 400 40 00
And in accordance with law. and an order from
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of such stock as may be necessary, will be sold
at public auction, at the office of the company.
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THURSDAY, the 8th day of April, 1897, at the hour
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F"RUE ORE CONCEINTTRATOR.
OVER 4:200 IIN f\CT^VJ/\l^ USE.
Manufactured under
Patents of
April 27, 1880;
September 18, 1883;
July 24, 1888;
March 31, 1891.
July 18, 1893.
It can be safely stated, without going into a description of several new and untried concen-
trators that have lately come into the market, that where sulphurets are of such value as to make
close saving necessary, the Frue Vanner is always used. It is the only endless belt concentrator
in the ma Uet that can be relied on to handle all classes of ores, and give universal satisfaction.
(In all competition of concentrators the Frue Vanner is taken as the standard machine of the world
and all comparisons made by it. There have been over 4200 of these machines sold, 1700 havins
been sold on the Pacihc coast alone.) They are in use in every part of the world where mining !-•<
carried on and in all cases they are giving perfect satisfaction. From time to time valuable and
important improvements have been made in this machine to increase its capacity and durability,
md particular attention is called to the Patent Lip Flange for the rubber belt, which does away
w itb nearly all the strain and cracking, as in the old style of flange, making the life of belt more
than double that of other style belts in the market. The lip of flange bends outward in going over
the large end rolls, thereby distributing the strain in the solid rubber, and bringing virtually no
strain either at the edge or at the base of flange, as is the case in all belts with a raised edge.
Price of 4-foot wide Plain Frue Vanner !»500, f. o. l>.
•» ' »« «' Improved Belt Frue Vanner 600, f. o. b.
•' 6-foot " Plain Belt Frue Vanner 600, f. o. b.
For any Information, pamphlets, circulars or testimonials, call on or address
JAS. S. BROWNELL, Western Agent FRUE VANNING MACHINE CO.
(Successor to Adams & Carter).
132 jyVarU.&t St., Room 15, San F^ranclsoo.
RISDON IRON \A/0RK:S
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
READ WHAT MINERS THINK OF THE BRYAN PATENT ROLLER QUARTZ MILL AND JOHNSTON CONCENTRATOR.
Oppiob of the Candelaria Consolidated Mexican Mining Co. /
San DlMAS, DURANGO, Mexico, October 25, 188S. f
E.ISDON Iron Works. San Francisco— Gentlemen: Our company has
been operating three of the 4-foot Bryan Roller Quartz Mills, one of
which has been running steadily for three years, one for two and one
for one year. Our qiiartz is very hard; we crush through a No. fJO
meah screen. Our mills run 55 revolutions per minute, and each crush
through tiO-me-ah screens 12 tons in 24 hours; through 50-nieah, 15 tons;
and through 40 mesh, 18 tons. This proportion has been continuous.
One set of dies will crush from 1500 to IGOO tons.
One set of tires will crush 150U tons.
One ring plate will crush from 2200 to 2i!00 tons.
The mills require very little attention. At our mill an ovdmarj
" peon," earning one dollar per day. has complete charge.
In regard to sliming, in comparison with stamps, by reason of the
aischarge surface and the continuous agitation by the scrapers, a
MUCH less amount of slime Is created. A three years' experience
teaches me that, in every respect, the mills are a complete success,
and of material benefit to the mining world. They can be set up and
running in fortv-eight hours and can be dismounted In the same time
and removed to wherever desired. Ours were packed on our mule
trail over as difficult a road as any in Mexico. As a gold amalgamator
U Is unequaled by any mill now in existence. Yours truly.
D. M. BURNS, Superintendent.
Bullion-Beck and Champion Mining Company, (
Eureka, Utah, August 24. 1895. \
The RiSDON Iron and IiOCOMOtive Wohks. San Francisco— Gentle-
men; Referring to contract made by you with the Bullion-Beck and
Champion Mining Company, by which you were to furnish one 5-fooi
Bryan Roller Quartz Mill on four months' trial, in competition with
the Huntington Mill, would say that we have made the test, and the
Bryan Mill has proven so greatly superior on all points claimed, viz.,
capacity and economy, that we have ordered a second Bryan Mill from
you and have concluded to discontinue the use of the Huntington Mill.
JOHN BECK. Pres.
Yours truly,
SIMON BAMBERGER, Director. [Copy.]
W. J. Beatie, Sec'fy.
Bullion-Beck and Champion Mining Company. I
Eureka, Utah, Aug. 24. 1895. \
The Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works, San Francisco— Gentle-
men: In February last, in connection with the five-foot Bryan Boiler
Mill which we took from you to test in competition with the Hunting-
ton Mill, we also took a six-foot Johnston Concentrator to be tested
with ten Frues, one end shake with four belts and one side sliake
Woodbury. We have been working these machines since the mill
was completed, at such times when we had sufficient water.
The terms on which the test was made was that the machine doing
the most satisfactory work should be accepted and the others taken
out. This did not apply to the Frue, as they were purchased with the
plant. In compliance with this agreement, we now inform you that
the Johnston Concentrator has proved so superior over the other ma-
chines that we now order from you fourmore of the Johnston Concen-
trators. Yours truly, JOHN BECK. Pres.
SIMON Bamberger. Director. W. J. Beatie, Sec't'y.
Great salt Lake and Hot Springs Railway. J
S. BAMnEKGEii. President and Manager. . y
Salt Lake City, Utah. October 10, 1895. \
B. R. Tawndraw, Est;., care Guyer Hot Springs. Ketchum. Idaho-
Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the twenty-eighth of September, we
have been using at the Bullion-Beck Concentrating Works. Frue Van-
ner, Woodbury and Johnston machines, side by side for the last four
months; and after a thorough trial of all of them, we concluded that
the Johnston Vanner was doing the most accurate work and was the
best; hence, we bought four more Johnston machines and shall con-
tinue to use them in preference to any other.
You will find it the easiest regulated machine and very much easier
set up than either of the other machines. We bought our machines
from the Risdon Iron Works, of San Francisco, where Mr. Johnston,
the patentee, personally superintends the manufacturing of them.
Hoping you will make a success, 1 remain. Yours truly,
[Copy.] [Signed] SIMON BAMBERGER.
The Gold Valley Mining Company of San Francisco. J
C. C. McIVEU, President; D. Cusu.man, Secretary. >
Mission San Jose. Cal.. Oct. 17th, 1895. \
Risdon Iron AND Locomotive Works. San Francisco -Gentlemen:
We take great pleasure in having to inform yon that, after a careful
Investigation extending over a six weeks' steady run alongside of six
other concentrators, the Johnston which you put in for ns was the
only machine from whicli you could noi find a loss lu
the tailings. It has done all you claim for it and has proved more
than satisfactory. We Intend replacing all our other concentrators
with Johnston's, as we are convinced they will pay for themselves
many times over in a year. CHAS. C. McIVER, President.
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ROF=F» SXR/VIGHX LIINE FURNACE
FOR ROASTING, CHLORINATING AND DESULPHURIZING ORES.
Extracts from Letters Received from Mr. Philip Argall, Manager the Metallic Extraction
Co., Cyanide, Colorado:
January 2, 1807.
"The roasting is invariably good. We can do 80 tons per day to 0.13% sulphur, when everytliing
runs smooth. Our month record which, of course, includes all delays, is 1700 tons, from 1.94% sulphur
to 0.16%."
February 19, 1897.
" Our furnace is now running very nicely indeed, averaging 90 tons per day to 0.10% sulphur, and
doing excellent work; in fact, it has improved right along and we are highly pleased with it.
"For 24 hours ending 7 A. M. to-day 102 tons were roasted."
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF FURNACE.
The ROPP FURNACE is now is successful operation at the
following reduction works: The Hanauer Smelting Works, Salt
Lake City, Utah (CVj/ ,,''--nace); The Metallic Extraction Co., Cy-
anide, Colo, (one furna???^^/^^" Colorado-Philadelphia Reduction
Co., Colorado City, Colo. (thre?-?7'gy. ,ies); The Selby Smelting &
Lead Co., Selby, Cal; (one furnace); The Mount Morgan Gold
Mining Co., Rockhampton, Queensland (one furnace); and Broken
Hill Proprietary Co., Broken Hill, New South Wales (two furnaces).
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\Ol.lMK LXXIV.
Number 12.
SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 189r.
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SLug:le Coplest Teu Ceuts.
Extravagance in Road Work.
Considerable has recently been said in these
columns regarding the need of good roads in
California. It is to be borne in mind that a
large amount of money is annually e.\pended
for " road work " in the various counties — one
man writes that in his county 4.') per cent of
the taxes collected are so expended — but it
sometimes happens that that money is not
wisely or judiciously spent.
Herewith is illustrated two striking in-
stances of extravagance in road making. The
lower picture shows a plank culvert which
looks economical, but is really a tax-consuming
ilevice. Substructures of perishable material
are always extravagant, though the first cost
has an economical look on paper. They con-
sume a large amount of timber and afford op-
portunity for a large amount of wage paying.
Every time a plank gives out- a whole lot of
county machinery is set at work and the cost
of repairs is enormous. A case has been cited
in which a man and team were sent to put a
plank in a bridge a few miles distant. He
started out leisurely in the morning, got a
plank from a lumber yard and proceeded to the
broken bridge four or five miles away. Arriv-
ng about lunch time, he ate his lunch and then
unloaded the plank. He found that he Lad
bought a 12-inch plank instead of a 10-inch,
and was forced to leave the misfit plank in the
gap and return to town. As it was too late in the
day to return he unhitched and turned in for the
night. The next morning he went again to the lum-
ber yard and got a plank of the right width and
started again for the broken bridge. Arriving there
he found that some one had stolen the loose plank
which he left in the gap, but he succeeded in nail-
ing down the new one and Sfot back to town that
INSTANCE OF MONEY WASTED l;\' BUIL.DI.XG MAKESHFIT ROADS.
night. When the bill came in against the county
it of course included the cost of two planks and
two days' time of man and team to put one plank
in a bridge — a job which should have been done in
half a day. All perishable substructures are likely
be very expensive in this way, and that is the reason
why permanent, imperishable structures are so cheap
in the end. The plank culvert shown in the engrav-
TYPE OP CULVERT WHICH IS OF ENDLESS EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY.
ing will require constant patching and renewal, and
will therefore in a few years cost many times as
much as a cement and glazed sewer-pipe culvert
would.
The upper picture on this page is just as eloquent
in its way. It represents the construction of a road-
way over a lava plain in Tehama county. The plan
has been to roll the rocks to one side and thus clear
a way, but the material beneath was of such
nature that the roadway soon became danger-
ous and almost impassable. Five times, there-
fore, new roads were arranged to take the
place of those worn out, and the picture
shows four of these abandoned roadways
Last year, on advice of the Bureau of High-
ways, the people undertook to build a mac-
adamized road of the rock which lay all
around. There was no public money avail-
able, so one man advanced the money to
buy a rock crusher, the neighbors subscribed
1000 days' labor of themselves and teams,
others subscribed food and provender for man
and beast while the work was in progress, and
the result is the macadamized road of which a
portion is shown at the extreme right of the
picture. It has cost less than did the five
worn-out roads and it will last for a lifetime
with a little care and watchfulness. It was a
hard place to build a road, for there was no
soil into which excavation could be made to
hold the broken rock in place, but by piling up
the loose rocks on each side, and making a
crushed rock roadway between these retaining
lines of large rock, the difficulty has been over-
come. This, too, shows how a good job will be
a permanent improvement and thus enter into
the actual wealth and resources of the county,
while a poor road is not only expensive but
but represents no investment at all, because it
has no durability or permanence In it.
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March 20, 1897.
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tasle; of contents.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Instance of Money Wasted in Building Make-
shift Roads; Type of Culvert Which Is of Endless Expense to the
County, 2-39. Works of Arkansas Valley Smelting Co., Leadville.
Colo., 335. The "Daniel Best" Crude Oil Engine, 240. Hercules
Gas Engine, 242.
EDITORIAL.— Extravagance in Road Work. 229. California School
Lands; Tlie Forest Reservations; The Debris and Dredger Bills;
The New Law as to Locations, 230.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— An Improved Pyrometer; A New
Process for the Protection of Iron Structures; An Unnecessary
Change; Envelopes Lined with Tinfoil; Aluminum, 336.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Electricity from Carbon Without
Heat; Carbons for Electrolysis; High Electric Voltages; Mag-
netized Watches. 237.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— A Novel Use of Cast Iron; Why
American Machinery Leads; Projectiles of Steel; An AU-Round-
the- World Route; Largest Locomotives Ever Constructed; Amer-
ican and German Railroads Compared; Large Steamers; Steel
Rails for the German Pacific, 237.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Reckoning Time Simplified; A
New Metal; Cutting of Ice in Wisconsin; Prominent Feature of
the Metal Market; A Water-Tube Jail; A New Expedition; The
Missouri's Source; Earliest Discovery of Iron; Good Sponges;
A Prize for the Swiftest Bird, 237.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territories. 23S-9.
THE MARKETS. — Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 250.
MISCELLANEOUS.- Concentrates, 231. Outline of the Geology of
California with Reference to Its Mineral Deposits; Bolivian
Mines, 232. The Yukon, Alaska, Mines; Characteristics of the El
Dorado Gold Belt; Electric vs. Water Power. 233. The Spitz-
kasten and Settling Tank, 234. The Consolidated Kansas City
Smelting and Refining Company; Report of Commissioner of Pat-
ents; Costs of the Past and the Present; Alabama Mineral Prod-
ucts, 236. The -Daniel Best" Crude Oil Engine. 240. Coast
Industrial Notes; Personal; Commercial Paragraphs; Recent
California Mining Incorporations; Hercules Gas Engine; Re-
cently Declared Mining Dividends, 242. List of U.S. Patents for
Pacific Coast Inventors; Notices of Recent Patents, 247.
The Debris and Dredger Bills.
The debris and dredger bills have been passed by
the Legislature of California and signed by the Gov-
ernor. There was, of course, no expectation that
, the debris bill would fail of passage, for it was de-
signed merely to correct the bill by which $250,000
was appropriated in 1892, to be expended in conjunc-
tion with another $250,000 appropriated by Congress
for building restraining dams under the direction of
the United States engineers. That this money will be
wisely and well spent there can be little doubt, simply
because the direction of the works to be undertaken
is put almost entirely in the hands of the United
States Debris Commissioners. The California Legis-
lature has never made a wiser investment than this.
Had Congress not been induced to make its appro-
priation, and had the State's $250,000 been expended
under the direction of Commissioners appointed by
the Governor, with an eye to the good of his party
or his own political future, little good would prob-
ably have been done. As it is, no matter what ap-
pointments may be made by the Governor or how
much it is attempted to do politics with the money
appropriated, the United States engineers will go on
and expend it in a business-like way. There will be no
scandals connected with the debris appropriations.
The dredger bill as first passed by the Senate and
Assembly provided for the expenditure of $300,000
in dredging and straightening the channel of the
Sacramento river. The amount, properly expended,
would not be more than would be required for. the
good work that could be done in two years. How-
ever, the Governor, desirous of making a name for
economy, called into conference the champions of
the measure and forced them to accept a modified
bill, by which the first year's levy should be only
one-quarter of a cent — making about $30,000, and
the second year's only one- half a cent — amounting to
$60,000, leaving the rest of the appropriation to be
collected thereafter.
It was suggested in the Mining .and Scientific
Press early in the session that, upon proper presen-
tation of the case, Congress could easily be induced
to make an appropriation for improving the Sacra-
mento at least equal to that made by the State to be
expended at the same time. As it is, it will now be
at least a year before the State can do much or ex-
pend a large part of the money intended for the pur-
pose, and it is to be hoped that at the next session of
Congress some steps will be taken to induce the
Federal government to join in the work. The open-
ing of the Sacramento river to navigation and its
preservation for that purpose is not the province of
the State, but of the Federal government. Yet, as
was said in these columns a few months ago, the ex-
penditure of money by the State on the river will
probably be a good investment, in that it will induce
the Federal government to do much more than it
would otherwise.
It is to be hoped, too, that the Federal govern-
ment will come in before any large proportion of the
amount intended to be expended by the dredger bill
is paid out. That in the end most of the work of im-
proving the Sacramento river will be done by the
Federal government there can be no question, and it
will be much better if what has been appropri-
ated by the State be expended in such manner as to
be of value and in accordance with the views of
United States engineers. Otherwise it is apt to be
wasted.
The New Law as to Locations.
The new mining law as to locating upon the public
domain, which has passed the Legislature of Califor-
nia, contains some desirable provisions, but is in
other respects far short of what is wanted. Its pro-
visions are as follows:
The discoverer of any vein or lode shall im-
mediately, upon making a discovery, erect at
the point of discovery a substantial monument,
or mound of rocks, and post thereon a pre-
liminary notice which shall contain the name of the
lode or claim ; the name of the locator or locators ;
the date of discovery; the length, width and general
course of the vein, and a statement that the notice is
a first or preliminary notice. Such notice shall be
recorded in the ofBce of the County Recorder of the
county in which the same is posted within twenty
days after the posting thereof. Upon the erection
of said monument and posting such notice, the dis-
coverer shall be allowed the period of time specified
in Section 3 of this Act to enable him to perfect his
location as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. "Within sixty days from the date of the
discovery of a vein or lode, the discoverer must per-
form fifty dollars' worth of labor in developing his
discovery, and mark his location on the ground so
that its boundaries can be readily traced, and must
file in the office of the County Recorder of the county
in which the claim is situated a certificate of loca-
tion, which said certificate shall state:
1. The name of the lode or claim.
2. The name of the locator or locators.
3. The date of discovery and posting of notice,
provided for in Section 2 of this act, which shall be
considered as the date of the location.
■1. A description of the claim, defining the ex-
terior boundaries as they are marked upon the
ground, and such additional description by reference
to some natural objects, or permanent monument, as
will identify the claim.
5. A statement that such certificate is final or
completed notice of location, and that he has per-
formed the aforesaid fifty dollars' worth of labor in
development work thereon within the aforesaid sixty-
day period, stating generally the nature thereof.
Said certificate shall be dated and signed by or on
behalf of the locator or locators, and verified by them
or by some one in their behalf, and when filed for
record shall be deemed and considered as prima facie
evidence of the facts therein recited. A copy of
such certificate of location, certified by the County
Recorder, shall be admitted in evidence in all actions
or proceedings with the same effect as the original.
The performance of such labor shall be deemed a
necessary act in completing such location and a part
thereof, and no part thereof shall inure to the bene-
fit of any subsequent location.
Sec. 4. The discoverer of placers or other forms
of deposit, subject to location and appropriation
under mining laws applicable to placers, shall locate
his claim in the following manner :
First — He must immediately post in a conspicuous
place at the point of discovery thereon a notice or
certificate of location thereof containing :
{a) The name of the claim.
(6) The name of the locator or locators.
(f) The date of discovery and posting of the notice,
hereinbefore provided for, which shall be considered
as the date of the location.
((?) A description of the claim by reference to legal
subdivisions of sections, if the location is made in
conformity with the public surveys ; otherwise, a
description with reference to some natural object
or permanent monument as will identify the claim,
and where such claim is located by legal subdivisions
of the public surveys such location shall, notwith-
standing that fact, be marked by the locator upon i
the ground, the same as other locations. '
Second — Within thirty days from the date of such '
discovery he must record such notice or certificate
of location in the office of the County Recorder of the
county in which such discovery is made, and so dis- i
tinctly mark his location on the ground that its :
boundaries can be readily traced.
Third — Within sixty days from the date of the dis-
covery the discoverer shall perform labor upon such ^
location or claim in developing the same to an amount i
which shall be equivalent in the aggregate to at least
ten dollars' ($10) worth of such labor for each twenty
acres, or fractional part thereof, contained in such
location or claim.
A failure to perform such labor within said time
shall cause all rights under such location to be for-
feited, and the land discovered thereby shall at once
be open to location by qualified locators other than
the preceding locators, but shall not in any event be
open to location by such preceding locators, and any
labor performed by them thereon shall not inure to
the benefit of any subsequent locator thereof.
Fifth — Such locator shall, upon the performance of
such labor, file with the recorder of the county an
affidavit showing such performance, and generally
the nature and kind of work so done.
Sec 5. The affidavit provided for in the last sec-
tion, and the aforesaid placer notice or certificate of
location when filed for location, shall be deemed and
considered as prima facie evidence of the facts therein
recited. A copy of such certificate, notice or afiB-
davit, certified by the County Recorder, shall be ad-
mitted in evidence in all actions or proceedings with
the same effect as the original.
Sec 6. All locations of quartz or placer forma-
tions or deposits, hereafter made, which do not
conform to the requirements of this act, in so far
as the same are respectively applicable thereto shall
be void.
Sec 7. No record of a mining claim or mill site
made after the passage of this act, in the records of
any mining district, shall be valid. All notices of
location of mining claims, mill sites, and other no-
tices, heretofore recorded in such district records,
if such notices conform to the local rules and regula-
tions in force in such district, are hereby declared
valid. Within thirty days after the passage of this i
act the District Recorder or custodian of the records !
of the several mining districts in this State, shall
transmit to the County Recorders of the respective
counties wherein the respective districts are situ- .
ated, all the records of said respective districts, and
thenceforward such County Recorder shall be deemed:
and considered the legal custodian of such records. '.
Thereafter copies of such records, certified by thei
County Recorder, may be received in evidence with;'
the same effect as the originals.
The two things most needed in the mining law of :
this State were some definition as to what shaU con-
stitute a proper marking and some provision for i
preventing people from evading the spirit of thei
United States statute requiring assessment work to
be done and so holding claims without doing any- ,
thing to develop them. As to this last, the bill,
makes full provision, but as to what shall constitute .
a proper marking the bill is silent, and those whoi
wish to locate mines will still be as much in the dark
as ever as to what monuments they shall erect, and
this fruitful source of litigation will still remain.
California School Lands.
Very late in the session of the California Legisla-i
ture Senator Stratton introduced a bill providing
for the repeal of the acts of March 28, 1874, Febru-
ary 3, 1876, and April 6, 1880, providing for the sale
of mineral land in school sections 16 and 36, granted
to the State by the Federal government. In spite
of the short time allowed and the opposition that
was brought to bear by parties in interest, the bill
has been passed and has gone to the Governor for
his signature.
This will be of particular interest to people in the
Rand district in Kern county, from which place less
than nineteen applications for patents for forty
acres each have been filed with the Attorney Gen- ,
eral under the acts referred to, and which have been ;
declared by the United States Supreme Court void.
There is being mooted the question whether or
not mineral claims may be located within the
boundaries of the forest reserves, recently set
apart by presidential proclamation. If they may,
or if it is the desire of the Government that
this shall be allowed, the question should be speedily
settled by Congressional enactment at this special t
session. A delay can only lead to confusion, and the
miners are already overburdened with that in re-
spect to the laws. i
March 20, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
ROADLAXD. B. C, proposes to organize a miDiDg exchange.
Mercuk. Utah. wiU be lighted with electriclly by the first |
of May.
Tde shipments from Blogbani, Utah, in February amounted
to iS&2 tonii of ore.
Lt'Mneu (.*o(iis ll-1'.j a thousand at the mines near Coolgardie,
Western Australia.
A coui'ANY has been formed to work the mica mines In
Latah county, Idaho.
Toe new owners of the Edna mine in Calaveras county,
Cal., propose to erect a four-stamp mill.
It is announced that metallic tin has been discovered near
the north fork of the Salmon river in British Columbia.
At the Dead Horse mine \u TuuluniQe county, California,
the shaft, which is 1500 feet deep, is to bo sunk another 5U0.
It is proposed by some Alaskans to drive '.fOO bead of cattle
overland from Seattle, Wash., into the Yukon country by the
Dallon trail and Chilkat pass.
The Good Will tunnel, at Cripple Creek, Colo., which is in a
distance of over 800 feet, was cut 318 feet In 38 days In Feb-
ruary, an average of 11.3.5 feet a day.
The London JSc Cripple Creek Company has completed its
cyanide plant at Florence, Colorado, at an expense of f lUO.UOO,
and is working In Cripplo Creek ores.
TiiEKE were thirty-nine claims recorded in the oftice of the
Recorder of the Raud mining district, In Kern county, Cali-
fornia, for the week ending March 12.
At Marcus, Idaho, the owners of the Sunnyside group of
mines have incorporated their properties and wilt soon start a
tunnel 3000 feet in length to tap their claims.
A WORKMAN in digging a cellar at Salmo, on the Salmon
river In British Columbia, last week, found a ilO-nugget, and
over 100 claims have been staked out since then.
Toe bill introduced by Assemblyman Robinson of Nevada
providing for the appointment of a Slate mining inspector has
passed both houses of the California legislature.
Tbe mines of the United States of Colombia have, it is esti-
mated, yielded In gold since the emancipation from Spain
1700,000,000. Nearly every state and province has its gold
deposits.
Two MiNiNo operators from Australia came over in the
Miowera on her last trip, bound for the British Columbia
mines, and state that many other miners are preparing to
come over.
Tub Mica Manufacturing Company, limited, is being tioated
in London at £80,000. It is formed to acquire and work the
Lake Glrard group of mica mines, consisting of 1700 acres, in
Ontario, Canada. •
In Siskiyou Co., Cal., it is claimed that there is at least a
third more mining done this season than there was last. A
good supply of water promised for the gravel mines will add
much to the total output.
Captain Hall, superintendent of the Le Roi mine at Ross-
land, B. C, slates that when the new hoisting apparatus is in
and the compressor drills all started he will be able to get
out 1000 tons of ore a day.
The Union Colliery Company, of Comox, B. C, has entered
into contract with the Koolenay smelting companies to supply
lOQO tons of Union coke per montiifor the next twelve months,
and this amount may be increased.
The Mailman &, Thompson chlorination works at Grass Val-
ley, Cal., were burned last Saturday morning. They were
built in '87 and. operated successfully until twelve months
ago. The loss is estimated at H'J.OOO.
The people of Forest City, Sierra county, propose to buy the
electric plant lately used by the Bald Mountain Extension
Company to illuminate the town. Downieville and Sierra City
are already supplied with electric light.
Up to March 6, the total value of ore and matte shipped from
the Kootenay country since the first of the year was $1,658,-
400.05. The total for the week ending March H was 1361,224.80.
This all shows a large increase over last year.
Tqeue is not a county in the State of Wyoming that is not
underlaid with coal to a greater or less extent. In this indus-
try over 4000 men are employed, producing annually 2,500,000
tons of coal, valued at tbe mine at over $4,000,000.
The De Lamar mine in Lincoln county, Nevada, has been
started up again, the men and the management having arrived
at an understanding by which there will be no danger of
strikes. The output of the mine is nearly 300 tons daily.
The February cleanup of the Alaska-Treadwell G. M. Co.,
Alaska, resulted as follows: Bullion shipment, §38,189; ore
milled, 19,154 tons; sulphurets treated, 430 ions; bullion from
sulphurets, $13.3.53; average cost of the bullion was $1.99 per
ton of ore milled.
A CONTRACT for machinery castings and for a 200-stamp mill to
be erected by the Union Hill Mining Company in Galena, South
Dakota, has been awarded. This new company has on its pay
roll 200 men, and their proposed work promises to add much to
the output ot the Black Hills.
Theke is considerable excitement in Ventura County, Cali-
fornia, over a gold discovery made in Ojai valley. Hundreds
of locations have been made, and the mountains are full of
prospectors. The discovery as reported is of a ledge carrying
comparatively low-grade ore.
Douglas J. Neame, of London, England, has obtained op-
tions on the Commander, Jumbo and Gertrude mines, at
Rossland, British Columbia, the prices aggregating $875,000,
of which $250,000 is for the Commander, $500,000 for the
Jumbo, and $125,000 for the Gertrude.
The Toronto World states that the Gooderham-Blackstock
syndicate, which lately bought the War Eagle mine in British
Columbia for about $800,000, had an offer from a London syndi-
cate of $2,475,000. It is more likely that the London promoters
offer about $1,000,000 and reserve the balance of $1,475,000 to
pay for promoting.
The Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver
Mining Company, of Montana, has begun an action in the
United States court to recover half a million dollars from the
Montana Ore Purchasing Company, E. Augustus Heinze and
A. P. Heinze, the alleged value of ores extracted from the
Pennsylvania by the defendants.
During the month of February there were shipped from
the Black Hawk depot, in Colorado, 287 cars of mineral, rep-
resenting the product of the district for that month,
aggregating 4592 tons. Compared with the corresponding
month of 18'Jt} this shows an increased shipment of 102 curs, or
lti:)2 tons of mineral, or an increase of over 50 per cent.
The Leadville strike has been declared off by the miners.
The struggle has been a long and hard one and has entailed
hea\'}* losses on all concerned. It is claimed that the loss to
the camp has been no less than $4,000,000, and the mainte-
nance of the troops has added much to the taxation of the
State.
THEGovernor of California has signed Assemblyman Sow-
ard*8 but providing that unoccupied town lots in Government
townsites shall be open to mineral claims, and the same
member's bill permitting claims without acknowledgment or
certificate of acknowledgment, and validating all notices here-
tofore filed without such.
The Legislature of the Slate of Washington has lately
passed bills to prevent the defacement, mutilation or destruc-
tion of miners^ location stakes or notices and providing penalty
clause ; extending the right of eminent domain to mining and
milling companies; appointing an inspector of coal mines for
the proiecliou of coal miners.
The Canadian Pacific Hallway, in Its annual report, an-
nounces that the building of the Crow's Nest Pass line will
be proceeded with as soon as weather will permit, whether
assistance is received from the Canadian Government or not.
This wilt do British Columbia mining districts much good in
increasing facilities for shipping.
In the John Day country there is considerable activity in
placer mining. Ditches built as far back as 1802 have been
opeacd, and old claims are being once more profitably' worked.
Many of these are being worked with the various patterns of
gold-saving machines, with good results. Considerable capital
is going in, and several mines are to be fitted up on large
scales.
The appropriation bill passed by Congress provides for
$15,000 for continuing explorations of the waters of Alaska
and making hydrographic surveys, including survey of the
Alautian islands and examination of the mouth of the Yukon
river, and for the establishment of latitude, longitude aud
magnetic stations. Also, $5000 for continuation of the inves-
tigation of the coal and gold resources of Alaska.
Ji'LiAN SoNNTAo has tendered to President Neff his resig"
nation as secretary of the California Miners' Association.
Mr. Sonntag has done good work during the past winter in
connection with the mining legislation at Sacramento, and
finds that too much of his time has been taken from his own
business. Since he accepted the position, about eighteen
months ago, Mr. Sonntag has never accepled the salary of $50
a month attached to the oflice.
The Nevada Legislature has passed an act providing that
all Slate deeds or patents to lands shall contain a provision
expressly reserving all mines that may exist in such land, and
the State disclaims any interest in mineral lands selected by
the State on account of any grant from the United States. This
act is to prevent all controversy regarding the title to mining
claims discovered upon lands selected by the State and dis-
posed of to settlers or speculators.
The ancient Athenians who smelted galena at Laurium did
not trouble themselves about the lead contents of their slags,
and, consequently, at the present date it pays to smelt them.
Some of these slags, rich in lead, have Ibeen exposed to the
action of sea water, and from the resulting decomposi tion some
new crystalline lead compounds have been formed. According
to A. Lacroix, these crystals are sometimes of considerable
size, and consist of laurionite, penfieldite, matlockite, cerus-
site, hydro-cerussite andanglesite.
A NEW company will begin work about May first on the
proposed Pandora tunnel, to run from Pandora to the
Telluride mine in Colorado, a distance of 7000 feet. It will
cut the southeast extension of the Smuggler-Union vein, the
Columbia-Menona and Bradley and Pioneer, Eight-five, Ar-
gentine and Big Elephant, Japan, Flora, Climax, and finally
the Big Elephant. All these leads will be cut at a depth of
from 2000 to 3000 feet below the surface.
At the Zelnora mine at Bingham, Utah, they are testing
water seeping from one of the copper veins in the main can-
yon with the purpose, if results are favorable, of establishing
a precipitating plant. Several years ago Prof. Hirsching of
Salt Lake estimated that two tons of copper are carried away
by the water of Bingham creek every twenty-four hours, and
that a process might be operated which would precipitate the
metal at the nominal expense of $2.50 a too.
The first sluice box ever operated in Alaska is claimed to
have been one put in by Duncan McKinnon at Shuck in 1870.
The boxes were carried about a mile and a half from the beach
by Indians at an expense to Mr. McKinnon of $17, and were
very crudely put into position and charged with quicksilver
and shoveled full of dirt on which the water was then turned,
the process being continued for three days. A clean-up at the
end of that time yielded a button weighing $7.50.
The Douglas mill and reduction works, at Dayton, Nevada,
have been leased by the Peck Brothers, who, as heretofore
announced, have purchased the Douglas ore tailings deposit
east of the mouth of Six-mile canyon. The Peck process will
he adopted in working them. The deposit contains over
500,000 tons which it is claimed show an average assay value
of $7. The narrow-gauge road from Dayton to the deposit will
be repaired, and it is claimed that 500 tons a day will be
worked.
In the Camp Floyd mining district, Utah, there will in all
probability be five large mills erected as soon as the weather
will permit. These will be in the Gold Dust, Brickyard, Over-
land, La Cigale and Daisy properties. It is also probable that
a large mill will be erected this year on the Golden Gate, and
at Mercur the plants at the Mercur, Marlon and Geyser will
he enlarged. Besides this, the mill at the Sunshine will be
started up, and it is probable that the output of the camp will
be nearly doubled.
It is reported from Boston, Mass., that a German syndicate
has invested some $20,000,000 in Montana copper mine stocks
and secured control of some of the largest mines, including
the Boston & Montana and Butte &■ Boston mines. Then the
Boston News Bureau says that the Rothschilds are trying to
buy the Calumet & Hecla, the Tamarack, Butte & Boston and
Boston & Montana properties, and corroborates the story
which has been going the rounds of the press to the effect
that Butte & Boston stock amounting to $1,800,000 has been
transferred to foreigners.
Secretary Julian Sonntag states that the treasury of the
California Miners' Association is empty, and asks that the
various county organizations now far behind in their dues
come forward. While there is no need for much money for
present expenses, there is money due for the expenses of the
past winter, which have necessarily been heavy. The good
work of the Association should not be hampered for want of
tbe comparatively small sums due from the branch organiza-
tions.
The New Mexico Miners' Association was organized last
week at Santa Fe. The by-laws and constitution of the Cali-
fornia Miners' Association were adopted. Antonio Joseph of
Taos and F. A. Geynolds of Chloride were elected president
and secretary, respectively. It was stated that the object Is
to unite mine owners and capitalists interested in New
Mexico against the Western Federation of Miners, which has
so long flourished at Loadville. Cripplo Creek and other
camps In Colorado.
A meeting of the shareholders of the Banner Gold Mine,
whose properties are in Butte county, California, was held In
London on February 24, to roconsiltute the company. The
chairman explained that It was proposed to amalgamate the
Long's BarGold Mine, Clark Guld Mine, Coffee Gold Mine,
and the Hedge's Gold Placer and Quartz Mine with the
Banner and Amvaky Mine under the name of the Consolidated
Gold Mines of California, The shares in the new company
would be issued with a liability of 33. The scheme was
adopted.
New York people have purchased for $80,000 gravel property
In Wyoming, consisting of 1920 acres of placer ground, which
averages from 3 to 5 feet in depth. This gravel Is a lacustrine
deposit from granite and very easy to wash, containing very
few boulders, and those small in size. The gold, however, is
very fine in all that country In southern Wyoming and north-
western Colorado, averaging in many deposits 1000 nuggets to
1 cent. However, it is not flaky, but in the shape of small
nuggets, and comparatively easy to save with proper appli-
ances.
The Ploche naurd, in speaking of the old Ely district, says
that there are as good opportunities there now for mining as
ever. While the ore is not of as high grade as formerly, the
prices and costs of working have been reduced enough to give a
greater profit. The paper says: *' The charges of hauling
from the mines to the railroad have fallen a trifle lower than
00 per cent of what they were at the time this district was
flourishing, while the charges on the railroad to the smelters
have been reduced to a trifle less than one-half, and the
smelting charges have fallen or been reduced in a like propor-
tion."
At the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Ameri-
can Plat Company at Virginia City last week, after the
election of officers, W. E. Sharon, H. M. Gorham and E. D.
Doyle were appointed a committee to negotiate an agreement
with the Comstock Tunnel Company for the purpose of secur-
ing their assistance in constructing a tunnel from the shaft of
the Alta Mining Company, to drain the Comstock lode, con-
necting with the tunnel from the Alta shaft to the Sutro
tunnel at the Foreman shaft, and A. Lackey, E. D. Boyle and
J. R. Ryan a committee to negotiate with owners of claims
upon the Comstock lode for the conveyance of undivided
portions of such claims to the company.
In the Cceur d'Alene country, at the Bunker Hill and Sulli-
van property, they will soon continue the big tunnel which
was commenced in 1890 by D. A. Clement, who was the mana-
ger of the property. It had been run between 500 and 000 feet
at the time of the troubles in that section, and the work has
not been continued since that time. This will be the greatest
work in the district, and the tunnel when completed will he
one and a half miles long, and at one mile will tap the big
vein running through that section, and will drain all the
mines between Kellogg and the Tyler. John Hays Hammond,
who retains his interests in the properties, is expected to
come out to the mines on his return from South Africa.
At the examination of Cecil Rhodes by the parliamer^tary
committee appointed to enquire into the Jameson raid into the
Transvaal, it appeared that the fines imposed upon the mem-
bers of the Reform Committee were in part paid by him. Mr.
Rhodes stated that he had sold 40,000 shares of the South
Africa Company stock to pay the expenses of the war against
the Matabeles, and had expended ,£94,000 in that. He fur-
ther testified that he had paid £50,000 toward the fines which
had been imposed by the Transvaal court at Pretoria upon the
Johannesburg reform committee prisoners. The questions
put and answers given showed that the narrow and reaction-
ary policy of the Transvaal Government is endangering the
peace of South Africa.
From the Slocan mines, owned by Farrell, Yawkey and
Humphreys, the Idaho, Alamo, Cumberland and the Min-
nesota Silver, of the Ivanhoe group, the smelter returns up to
January 1 of the present year show that the Idaho has pro-
duced ore to the value of $236,000; the Alamo, $186,000; the
Cumberland, $12,000; and the Minnesota Silver, $42,000— a
total of $476,000. The general average of crude ore and con-
centrates from the Idaho during the life of the mine has been
1,52 ounces of silver and 50 per cent lead. The highest smelter
returns from any ore shipment was 636 ounces of silver. The
average concentration of the different properties is as follows:
Idaho, 4 tons to 1 ; Alamo, 3.8 tons to 1 ; Cumberland, 3.9 tons
toL
The powder war has been brought to a close by an arrange-
ment between the Atlantic and Pacific coast companies. The
Eastern companies are to keep out of the coast field and vice
versa, but between the two is a neutral ground including
New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. It is
open to both parties, who have agreed to advance prices from
I cent to lYs cents on both black powder and high explosives.
The California, Judson and Giant companies have an agree-
ment as to their territory— Washington, Oregon, California,
Nevada, Arizona and Idaho— in which the advances will he
higher than in the neutral belt, and will be about 2 cents a
pound. It is understood that a powder factory will be started
in Denver, Colorado.
There has been passed over the Governor's veto in Utah a
new mining bill as to locations and titles to mining claims.
The main objection to the bill was that it provided that all
locations must be recorded with the county recorder, as well
as the district recorder, thus practically doing away with the
necessity for the district recorders. In other respects the bill
is practically the same as that proposed for adoption by the
California Legislature in the Mining and SciENTif ic Press
of October 31, 1896. As to marking boundaries, it prescribes
that on a location of a quartz claim there must be erected in
each corner thereof, and at any angle in the side line, a monu-
ment marked with the name of the claim and the corner or
angle it represents.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
March 20, 1897.
Outline of the Qeology of California with
Reference to Its Mineral Deposits.
NUMBER VI. — CONCLUDED.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by Harold W.
Fairbanks, Ph. D
The important event of economic importance in
the Coast ranges connected with the volcanic erup-
tions was the inauguration of the flow of numerous
hot springs impregnated with silica, sulphur, cinna-
bar and occasionally gold. The cinnabar deposits
are among the most important of the mineral re-
sources of the State. They are traceable directly to
the volcanic disturbances mentioned. Cinnabar is
one of the most recently formed minerals. In sev-
eral places, as Sulphur Bank and Colusa Creek, the
deposition is still taking place. These two localities
are worthy of the closest study by those interested
in the conditions of mineral deposition. The hot —
almost boiling — waters are still depositing cinnabar,
sulphur and gold at Colusa Creek, and the under-
ground workings of some of the mines here, which
are almost unbearably hot, illustrate so finely the
conditions under which many minerals are formed
that a visit to them is most profitable and instruct-
ive. At the Sulphur Bank there are good illustra-
tions of the manner in which hot mineral waters
decompose and remove solid rock, partially substi-
tuting the minerals originally held in solution.
As cinnabar is still being formed, it follows that
deposits of this mineral may be looked for in any and
all of the rocks in the quicksilver belt. Large
masses of red croppings are widely disseminated
through tlie gold belt, going by the name of " quick-
silver rock." They are the result of the same min-
eralizing action as the workable deposits, but in
many cases do not contain the mineral in noticeable
amount. In superficial appearance they are some-
what similar to the great red croppings along the
mother lode, consisting of the carbonates of lime,
iron and magnesia in a skeleton work of opaline
silica. The gangue of the mother lode often con-
tains maraposite, while its silica is crystalline.
Quicksilver deposits are found from Santa Barbara
county on the south to Siskiyou county, and at a
few places in small amount in El Dorado and
Tuolumne counties.
Since the quicksilver ores have been formed so
recently, very little erosion of the surface portions
has taken place. Nevertheless, the deposits have
not been found to extend to as great depth as those
of some other minerals. Below 1500 feet, or even at
much less depths, they begin to show signs of giving
out. In the case of gold, on the contrary, we have
no adequate means of measuring the depths reached
by the veins, for thousands of feet of the surface
have been removed by erosion. The deepest mines
on the mother lode do not appear to have reached
poorer rock. There is an exception, however, to be
noted in the case of the gold veins at Bodie, where
it appears that the conditions of deposition were
more nearly like those of cinnabar. There the veins
have been found to be profitable to a depth of only
700 feet, and in places much less. The Bodie veins
have the appearance of having been formed in more
or less open fissures, a condition which does not
seem to have prevailed during the post-Jurassic
period of gold deposition.
The few gold veins found in the Cretaceous rocks
at Colusa Creek are more curiosities than anything
else, although some gold has been taken from them.
In one mine gold is associated most intimately with
cinnabar, while in others it is found in quartz which
occurs lining open fissures through which hot waters
once flowed.
Just why the deposits following a certain disturb-
ance should be quicksilver in one region and silver or
gold in another it is difficult to say. It may be due
to difilerent conditions of precipitation or, more
likely, to the solvent power which different kinds of
solutions possess in their actions upon the minerals
disseminated through the rooks.
There are many other less important minerals,
the geology of whose occurrence has not been fully
investigated. Among these mignt be mentioned the
iron ores, antimony, ochres, etc.
The variety, quality and accessibility of our build-
ing stones are, with few exceptions, unknown.
Granite, marble and sandstone are abundant in
nearly all parts of the State. In examining them
for economic purposes we must take into account
the geological conditions to which they have been
subjected. In a country where mineralization is so
widespread it is not to be wondered at that iron
pyrites is so often met in rocks which otherwise
would be good for building purposes. The great
trouble with the many excellent building stones
found in the Coast ranges is the fact that they have
been so fractured in the oft-repeated mountain-
making movements that large pieces free from flaws
are difficult to obtain. The younger rocks, if coher-
ent enough, are more apt to be free from such im-
perfections. The great bodies of granite and marble
in these mountains are very often rendered totally
unfit for building purposes on account of the crush-
ing to which they have been subjected.
The recent geological history of California is, per-
haps, as interesting as any and can be more easily
understood. The most important of the events of
early Quaternary times was the glaciation of the
Sierra Nevadas. Although this has been greatly
exaggerated, it was, nevertheless, an important
event. Opinions differ as to whether glaciation in
the Sierra Nevadas occurred at the same time that
great ice sheet covered the Eastern and Northern
States. The cause of the ice period is now more
generally attributed to the elevation of land areas,
and with this view it is not necessary to consider
that glaciation took place here at the same time as
in other regions. It seems, also, that the glaciers
did not reach lower than an elevation of 5000 feet,
and many phenomena attributed by uncritical ob-
servers to ice, not only in the Sierras but Coast
ranges, have really no relation to it. In the great
basin area of Nevada the glaciation of the Sierras
was the time of the large and numerous lakes, chief
among which was Lahontan. It is probable, also,
that at about the same time the coast of California
was more elevated than at present, and that the
Santa Barbara islands were connected with the
mainland.
As a result of the increased elevation and snow
the country became colder and the great mammals
of this period, the elephant and mammoth, wandered
over California, as we know by the bones frequently
found. It is quite possible that man shared the
country with them, or even came at an earlier date.
Russell found a flint implement in the clays of glacial
Lake Lahontan, and there seems to be good evi-
dence that human implements and remains have
been obtained from the auriferous gravels under-
neath the lava flows.
The great lakes which existed in Nevada and east-
ern California have mostly dried up, and from their
former beds we obtain soda, borax and other miner-
als. These alkali and borax flats are situated in the
lowest portions of many of the depressions where the
water last stood and occasionally appears in the
present period. Prom the borders of these flats
slope back for many miles the desert gravels and
boulder-covered slopes leading to the mountain can-
yons.
The minerals found on the flats were probably
gradually leached from the decomposing rocks sur-
rounding the basins; springs also may have furnished
some material. The streams emptying into these
basins having no outlet gradually enriched them, un-
til, upon the drying up of the waters, the minerals
held in solution were left mingled with the clay sedi-
ments.
Since the great lava floods of northern California
were formed volcanic action has gradually been de-
creasing, and within the bounds of the State there
is no record of any lava flow having taken place for
about the space of 200 years. This last flow was in
the Lassen's peak region. The larger portion of the
lavas found in the State have not flowed out of vol-
canic cones but from fissures. Volcanic cones are
among the last products of an eruptive period, as a
general thing. Because volcanic activity is quiescent
in California at the present time, it is no indication
that it has permanently ceased. Earthquakes indi-
cate that movements of the crust are still taking
place, and no one can tell when these movements will
become violent enough to be accompanied by lava
eruptions.
We must become used to the idea that the geologi-
cal processes are going on to-day as they always
have. Slow changes of level of the coast are taking
place. It is possible that in comparatively recent
times the Sacramento river flowed down through the
Santa Clara valley to the bay of Monterey, instead
of out through the Golden Gate. Before the recent
subsidence about the bay of San Francisco took
place, the Farallones were probably a part of the
mainland, for an elevation now of 180 feet would con-
nect them with it.
The problems of geology have to deal in an eco-
nomic way with many other things than the occur-
rence of minerals. The character of the soil, and
the water supply, are largely dependent upon geo-
logic conditions. The soil varies with the chemical
character of the rocks, except in valleys where it is
made up of the wash from the adjacent mountain
slopes. The character of the soil from different kinds
of rocks is well illustrated by dikes of serpentine,
which, if they extend through a wooded, hilly coun-
try can be easily traced by the lack of plant and tree
growth.
The rainfall varies enormously in different parts of
California, but this is not by any means the only con-
dition governing the available water supply of any
particular section. Those areas covered by lava
flows are characteristically devoid of springs, be-
cause the more or less porous condition of the rock
permits the water to flow beneath the surface, where
it is generally inaccessible unless the country is cut
by canyons, which permits it to emerge. This con-
dition of things is particularly characteristic of
northeastern California and, to a less extent, of vol-
canic areas in other portions. Even where the rain-
fall is light, water can be obtained if the under-
ground conditions are favorable. Most of the wells
put down even by professionals are located without
any regard to the demands of geologic structure.
These simple problems in practical geology ought to
be better understood, for a little knowledge will
often enable one to determine with some degree of
accuracy the best place to search for water. There
are large portions of the State where the possibility
of tapping underground waters is of the highest im-
portance. There are areas where it is not practical
to collect surface waters in reservoirs, and' in many
of these a knowledge of the geology of the district
will solve the problem.
Geology teaches another important thing in re-
gard to those regions where the rainfall is fitful, and
where, when it does come, it is torrential. That is,
that unless care is taken the protective covering
which nature has spread over the surface in the form
of vegetation will be removed and destructive condi-
tions started in operation. The less the absorptive
nature of the surface the sooner the rain escapes,
furrowing the surface and -allowing it to dry out
quickly. The danger is not so great where the rain-
fall is distributed more evenly through the year and
in a level country. In a region possessing the cli-
mate of California there is considerable danger in
many places that man will so disturb the balance of
the forces of nature that much harm will result. Let
us take an illustration with which we are familiar,
the shoaling of the bays and rivers from the detritus
deposited from the water. In the case of the streams
draining into San Francisco bay this has been laid
chiefly to the hydraulic mines, but the blame is in
part misplaced. Any one who travels over the hills
and mountains can easily see, if he be observant,
the erosion which has taken place since man began
to cut into the hills for various purposes, since stock
killed off the grass and formed innumerable paths,
where gullies begin to be formed. With the cover-
ing of the surface broken, every heavy rain removes
an immense amount of soil, a large part of which
eventually reaches the rivers.
When we are better informed concerning the pro-
cesses of nature, these and many other questions will
be looked at in a new light.
The elementary principles of geology are perhaps
less understood than those of any other science
which has to do with our every-day lives. If we can
get an insight into the subject it will not only prove
of fascinating interest but be of the greatest practi-
cal value to all who work in or upon the earth.
Man has come to attain his present position
through the operation of natural laws. The better
and more thoroughly he attains to a knowledge of
these laws, and especially those governing the
changes and development of the earth on which he
treads, the better he becomes fitted to make use of
the inexhaustible riches around him.
Bolivian Mines.
The British Consul at Callao, in a late report, says
that Bolivia derives her wealth almost exclusively
from her mining industry, which is on an important
scale. No country in the world has lost so much in
consequence of the fall in the value of silver, which is
her chief production. This depression has been in-
tensified by other causes, such, for instance, as the
influx of water into the lower workings of the
Huanchaca mines, and, so far, the efforts which have
been made to drain them have met with no success.
In the Potosi the Royal Silver Mining Company has
not been very fortunate, although over $1,000,000
have been spent. However, an improvement is re-
ported as having taken place of late. In Colquechaca
former mismanagement of the principal mining es-
tablishment is said to have been the cause of the
diminution of the production, but things are now on
a better footing. On the other hand, the mines in
the Oruro district have given satisfactory result.
The amalgamating works at Huanchaca have just
been closed. All the ores from Huanchaca and sev-
eral other mines are now sent to the great reducing
establishment at Antofagasta, called Playa Blanca.
This establishment is one of the largest in the world,
and is said to have cost from $7,000,000 to $8,000,000.
Gold washing is carried on in Bolivia, but on a small
scale. At Tipuani, to the north of La Paz, a good
deal of this metal has been obtained at different
times from auriferous alluvia. Even from the bed of
the La Paz river, within thirty minutes' walk of the
city of that name, small quantities are obtained
yearly. Auriferous quartz is found in several parts
of the country. A reef of considerable extent exists
in the province of Chayauta, and another at San
Simon, on the banks of the river Itenes. The latter
has been greatly extolled, but it is said that fevers
and wild Indians impede mining operations. The tin
mines of Bolivia are of great importance. One of the
most productive is that of Ayevaca, in the Oruro
district. According to an experienced engineer, the
lodes are from 1 to 3 feet wide, giving masses of solid
ores averaging some 40 per cent of the metal. The
tin ore is found along the eastern border of the
plateau from Lake Titioaca to near the south boun-
dary of the Republic, but the richest zone lies be-
tween latitudes 17° and 19°. It is estimated that the
yearly output is from 5000 to 6000 tons. Copper of
March 20, 1897.
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excellent quality is obtained from the Corocoro dis-
trict. It is packed in bags in the form of " barilla,"
sent in barges to the mouth of the Desaguadero
canal, and conveyed across Lake Titicaca in the
steamers of the Peruvian Corporation. From Puno
it is sent to Mollendo for shipment to Europe. The
mode of extracting this ore is a very primitive one ;
were suitable machinery used the production could
be greatly increased. The Cborolque mines, in the
department of Potosi, arc of great importance, but
the fall in the price of bismuth has affected them
greatly. This industry is in the hands of one firm,
which has been acting in concert with other pro-
ducers in Europe for the purpose of establishing a
monopoly of that article.
The Yukon, Alaska nines.
WrIltoD for tbc Mi.MNU A.M'SciESTU'io I'liKs.sIiy Ilviu».\ E. .Janes.
This winter there are about 1200 men in the country,
distributed as follows: About 700 at Circle City and
the tributary diggings, possibly 25 on Seventy Mile
and American creeks between here and there, about
125 at Forty Mile and the diggings on the head of
Forty Mile and Sixty Mile rivers, and at least 350 in
the new Oonauza and Hunker districts.
A fair idea of the general location of these places
can be had from a U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
map. Honanza and Hunker creeks are tributaries of
the Klondiek river near its mouth. It is about fifty
miles above here and three miles above old Fort Re-
liance, on the east branch of the Yukon. The town
started at the mouth of the Klondiek river has been
named Dawson, and already boasts a sawmill, three
saloons and about fifty cabins. Bonanza creek was
discovered in the latter part of August, and in one
month the discoverer took out $1000. Since the cold
weather began, so that holes could be sunk by
thawing the gravel, commonly called " burning," the
creek proves to be as rich as any yet found in the
Yukon country. One of the richest claims has a pay
streak 30 feet wide of 3 feet o'f bedrock and 4 feet of
gravel, which will average, it is claimed, $1 to the
pan, but I think 50 cents is nearer it. For two miles
each way from this claim good pay has been located
at close intervals.
About half a mile above the Discovery claim is a
tributary of Bonanza, called El Dorado, which has
very good pay for a mile and a half from its mouth,
though it is not equal to that on the first claim men-
tioned.
Hunker creek has not been prospected much yet,
but will doubtless have some good claims. Bonanza
creek is about twenty-five miles long, and on it and
its tributaries there are located probably 400 claims
of 500 feet each, and half that many in Hunker dis-
trict. Of that number, some will never pay, many
will pay wages and maybe a little more, and a goodly
number will give their owners snug sums.
The prevailing wages of the country are $1 per
hour, depending on the distance from the supply
point. From five to eight hours is a winter day's
work.
The diggings at the head of Forty Mile and Sixty
Mile rivers are from one to ten years old, and, while
none of them are so extensive as Bonanza's, they
have had diggings as rich as any but the very best
on Bonanza.
Now, as to the methods used: The diggings are of
two classes — summer and winter. Most of the creeks
have a slight fall and wide bottoms, the gravel being
covered by 1 to 10 feet of muck, or soil, (not glacial
drift). The bedrock is often 20 feet deep, and since
the ground never thaws more than 2 or 3 feet from
the surface, drains and ditches are expensive ; so
each winter more " burning" is done, which consists
in thawing the gravel by fire, removing it and re-
peating, 'ihe muck thaws but little, and makes a
good roof tor drifting. The dumps are sluiced with
the first water in the spring. Sometimes the creeks
do not freeze up solid and the water gives trouble —
that being the case this year in places where the
average temperature for the past five weeks was 10°
below zero. There is proniise of a cold spell — the
coldest, 45° below zero, being recorded to-day. Last
year at this time the daily mean was 55° to 65°.
Summer diggings ire expensive to open for work,
but the net returns are often more than if " burn-
ing "had been the method. In most cases lumber
must be whipsawed, the average cost being $150 per
thousand feet. Other things being in proportion,
considerable expense is incurred before the ground is
ready to shovel into the sluice boxes.
In all probability there will be work for all that
come in this spring. Bonanza is in an unprospected
section of the country, though there may not be many
new creeks found. No one should think of coming
unless he can land with $500, if he purchase his out-
fit at Juneau, and twice that if he purchase after ar-
rival here.
But little attention has been paid to quartz par-
ticularly, as- the hills and valleys are covered by a
heavy growth of moss. So tar nothing but small
stringers have been found in the bedrock. Nuggets
are often found which are more than half quartz.
Forty Mile, Northwest Territory, Jan. 21st, '97.
Charactertistics of the El Dorado Qold Belt.
Pke-SR by A. Tni-IISTON
Written for tbo Mi.MNG and Scientific
Hevdon.
Of all the mineral belts gridironing the western
slope of the Sierra Nevada, none has yet equaled
the mother lode in its entirety as a wealth producer,
for, aside from the value contained in its immense
ore bodies, in its immediate neighborhood, unmis-
takably formed from the gold released by the wear-
ing away of its ledges, were placer deposits whose
richness has never been surpassed in mining history.
This belt, which is not only the oldest, but was
formed, as a whole, under the most favorable condi-
tions, has been a marvel to the mining world, not
only because of its great extent, but also on account
of the great size and permanent character of its ore
bodies. No other gold-bearing quartz belt in the
world has yet equaled it as a wealth producer.
Rich though it be, all portions are not e(|ually
mineralized, consequently, on account of the perma-
nent character of its mineral centers, the most pros-
perous quartz mines along its course are located in
the immediate vicinity of the places noted for the
richness of their placer deposits.
El Dorado Couttlij. — This is the county in which
Marshall made his discovery of the great placer
deposits of the Sierra Nevada on the 24th day of
January, 1848. While it would be difficult to prove
that it was the richest portion of California, still the
statement that no portion of the State was richer is
beyond successful contradiction.
The mother lode runs north and northeasterly
from one side of the county to the other, a distance
of some thirty miles. Partly on account of a change
in the line of the forces which elevated the Sierra
Nevadas, and partly from the compression caused by
the intrusion of large masses of igneous rocks, prin-
cipally to the west, the line of the mother lode has
been deflected, and, in the northern portions, where
the igneous rocks had intruded themselves within
the belt itself, its various ledges diverge and appa-
rently abruptly terminate at the northern boundary
of the county. At this point, to all appearances,
the line of weakness, along which the fissures opened,
shifted westward, although it still continues north-
ward.
This change of conditions, whose attendant effects
will be touched upon in the description of the forma-
tion of the "central belt," under which the mother
lode in this region was formed, has produced a min-
eral section differing more or less from any other
upon its line. For this reason it has been misunder-
stood, mismanaged and condemned for years. Still,
in spite of these drawbacks, time will prove that
twenty-five miles of this belt, with Placerville as the
center, will yet equal any other twenty-five miles in
the whole State.
Placerville. — In the early days Placerville was the
most important town in the mining region and the
second largest in the State. Its wealth in placers
was almost fabulous, and the mother lode runs
directly through it. Every ravine fed by the gold
released by its wearing away was literally paved
with gold, and the total yield of placer gold derived
from this source alone seems like an Eastern fairy
tale, as it foots well up into the millions.
The Central Belt of the Mother Lode at Placerville. —
As far as can be determined by the present devel-
opments the central belt of the mother lode was
formed in the following manner at this point : Dur-
ing the process of mountain building which uplifted
the Sierra Nevadas the slate belt known as the Mari-
posa formation was lifted on edge, and shortly after-
wards the dyke of feldspathic, chloritic and magne-
sian rock, now called serpentine in its altered form,
was intruded, and this, locally called "greenstone,"
forms the foot or western wall of the central belt,
which dips east.
At various periods thereafter the long-continued
strain opened and reopened fissures along the line of
weakness upon its eastern side. At first these fis-
sures extended to the depths favorable for the for-
mation of a calcareous or lime rock, locally known as
porphyry. After various fissures had been filled
with porphyry came the tremendous pressure from
the western intrusion of igneous rock, which crowded
the whole formation eastward, fracturing and shat-
tering it to a marked degree. Afterwards another
period of uplifting reopened the fissures, which pene-
trated this time to the mineral producing sections of
the earth's crust.
The mineral, upon its way to the surface in the
form of metallic vapors, also in solution with hot
waters, was deposited with a regular irregularity
wherever the conditions were favorable for the pre-
cipitation and accumulation of mineral. The hot
mineral-laden waters oozed through the network of
seams in the greenstone, porphyry and slate, depos-
iting gold and quartz in the seams, as well as en-
riching the enclosing rocks themselves bv infiltration.
During this process many of the rocks became
altered, as the hot waters dissolved many of their
constituents and replaced them by others. In places
the conditions were favorable for the regular pro-
cess of ledge formation, that is, the enlargement of
the fissures by the hot waters dissolving and carry-
ing away a portion of the enclosing rocks in return
for the mineral deposited, until a regular ledge of
size was formed.
But to a large extent the gold was deposited in
the seams : consequently, when there was an oppor-
tunity to cut out and fill, the waters had nothing
but quartz to deposit, the result being the forma-
tion of a body of barren quartz. This fact has led
many astray, as they were so accustomed to finding
the pay within the bodies of quartz that the idea
seems never to have occurred to them that the pay
could be associated in any other way in remuner-
ative quantities.
In the mother lode it is no uncommon occurrence
to find that the quartz-seamed black slate associated
with the ledge contains enough gold to pay for work-
ing, while it is all that enables some to be operated
profitably. In such cases it has been transformed
by the ledge-producing agencies, until it has become
pay ore, and is then known by miners as " black
quartz."
The Location of the Pay. — The pay, especially near
the surface — as developments have proven that the
ledges grow more regular with depth — will be found
in the quartz-seamed slate, the quartz-seamed por-
phyry and in the quartz-seamed greenstone, on whose
eastern side have been found the largest deposits of
gold produced by the mother lode. The large masses
of quartz, until the formation becomes regular with
depth, are comparatively barren, for reasons above
stated. The pay is, to a large extent, in what was
country rock, what still looks like country rock, but
is not country rock, as it has been so altered and
mineralized that it has become ore.
The Crii of Pucket.s. — The opinion prevails to a
marked degree, among shallow thinkers, that be-
cause a ledge contains pockets to a marked degree
it is not a milling proposition. Yet an ore body is
nothing but an immense pocket. In this section all
ore bodies contain pockets of greater or less value.
The pocket formation to beware of is that in which
only an occasional pocket is found and everything
else is barren. To such the term "pockety" is
extremely applicable.
It makes no difference whether the pay is in plates
or fine ; whether it occurs in a solid quartz ledge or
in the fine quartz seams and altered country rook ;
whether in pockets or evenly disseminated through-
out the mass, if it is only there in sufficient quanti-
ties to make a profitable average.
Regarding this point, the ledge matter moved by
pocket hunters on a section of the main belt 1700
feet long, in their search for pockets, has been meas-
ured and, taking only the gold, concerning which
there is definite information, and leaving out the
amounts taken out irregularly, as well as the values
remaining in the rock, too poor to crush in a hand
mortar, the division gave an average of over $8 per
ton. This was where $3 rock in such quantities
would have paid a heavy dividend if properly worked,
and also where every one has claimed for years that
the ledge was only good for "pocket hunting."
Electric vs. Water Power.
According to the Calaveras Prospect, the following
figures from the CaUfornia Exploration Company
show the comparative cost of water power under
various heads at 20 cents per miner's inch and elec-
trical power in the districts in Calaveras county
which it is proposed to supply:
w
s
is
n
«
i
^
.15
62
28
109
U
172
a
246
112
439
13
34
38
76
50
134
80
210
11
22
20
39
44
88
78
155
182
242
IS
25
27
44
61
98
109
173
20
27
3.5
48
80
107
143
191
26
30
45
52
103
11
7 1
372.00
6.54 00
,032.00
,476.00
,634.00
204.09
456.00
804.00
,260.00
132.00
234.00
528.00
930.00
,3.53.00
150.00
264.00
588.00
,038.00
162.00
288.10
612.00
,146.00
180.00
312.00
702.00
$127.50
210 00
MO.OO
441.00
728.00
110.50
210.00
375.00
660.00
98.50
170.00
330.00
546.00
793.00
127.50
202.50
427.00
6.58 50
170.00
262.60
660.00
925.50
195.00
337.50
669.50
a 244.50
444.00
702.00
1,035.00
1,906.00
93.50
246.00
429.00
700.00
39.60
64.60
198.00
384.00
559.00
23.50
62.50
161.00
379.50
8.00
25.50
82.00
220.50
15.00
24.50
32.50
RATES.
Up to and including 1 H. P., $13.50 per H. P. per montli.
From 2 H. P. to 10 H. P., $10 per H. P. per month.
Prom 11 H. P. to 25 H. P., $8.50 per H. P. per month.
From 26 H. P. to 50 H. P., $7.50 per H. P. per month.
234
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 20, 1897.
The 5pitzkasten and Settling Tank.
By R. H. Richards and C. E. Locke, Boston, Mass.
In "Sorting Before Sizing" (a paper first an-
nounced at the Pittsburg meeting, February, 1896,
but delayed in preparation and now presented at
the present meeting) it is shown that if slime tables
are to do their best work on slimes below 0.5 mm. or
0.02 inch in diameter they must be carefully sorted
or classified, and fed to a series of tables suitably
adjusted to the different slime sorts. The reason is
that the coarser and finer slime sorts require re-
spectively different adjustments of the tables.
Hence, if the two are fed together upon a table
which has, as nearly as may be, average adjust-
ments, fine galena, for example, will go into the
tails, or coarse quartz into the heads, or both —
losses which could have been largely prevented if the
slime had been carefully sorted and each sort sent
to its own slime tables.
As indicated in the paper just mentioned, the
present tendency in this country is generally to do
away with slime sorting or " classification," and sim-
ply take the overflow from the hydraulic classifier
and divide it among the tables by means of a dis-
tributing tank. We must, therefore, look to the old
country to see what means of slime sorting have
been approved.
The spitzkasten is the only apparatus recognized
by such authorities as Rittinger and Linkenbach.
Reducing Rittinger's Austrian measures to metric
units, we find that in 1866 he recommended for 100
liters per minute the following dimensions :
Width, mm. Lengthy mm.
First box 100 1896.6
Second box SOD 2845.0
Third box 400 3793.3
Fourthbox 800 4741.6
And so on. Increased quantity of material treated
widens in geometrical progression, and lengthens in
arithmetical progression, the pointed boxes.
Linkenbach (1887) recommends for 100 liters per
minute of slime :
Width, mm. Length, mm.
First box 228 3600
Second box 343 4800
Thirdbox 513 6000
With the same rule for increased quantity. Both
authorities declare that 50° is the minimum angle
that can be allowed for the sides of the box, but
their diagrams mostly show as much as 58° for the
minimum angle,
Rittinger, who was the inventor of the spitzkas-
ten, describes its action as a separation in a hori-
zontal current according to the law of equal settling
particles. In the light of recent investigations we
prefer to use the term " free settling." He says,
further, that, in order to prevent slime from depos-
iting) the sole of the feed distributor should descend
to the inlet of the box at an angle of 1° 15' or 0.25
inch to 1 foot tor the coarser sorts, and 0° 6.25' or
0.02 inch in 1 foot for the finer sorts, and should
enter at the exact level of the exit. Linkenbach
favors raising the sole of the feed distributor to 1 or
2 inches above the entrance, for the same purpose.
For the last box, Rittinger favors destroying the
surface current by an inverted dam, making thereby
a settling tank of this box. Linkenbach favors cut-
ting up the boxes, when they are large, into two
smaller sets, thereby discharging the spigot prod-
ucts at a higher level, and diminishing tlie weight of
the loaded apparatus.
Both authorities make note of the fact that the
spitzkasten gives only an approximation to true
sorting according to the law of free settling par-
ticles, but neither authority tells wherein, or how
far, the spitzkasten departs from perfect sorting.
In these directions the authors have sought to
supply some missing data, and the lines which their
investigation has taken are :
First — The horizontal current ; what is its form
and what becomes of it ?
Second — The feed distributor ; what is the effect
upon the current of varying the angle of its slope ?
Third— Can the current be so confined as to make
it a true horizontal current ?
Our spitzkasten is like that of Rittinger in every
respect, except that we need no spigot to discharge
water ijelow, and our sides are vertical (which, in-
deed, is the case also in some of Rittinger's boxes).
As representing nearly the speeds of the three
boxes of Linkenbach for a width of 8 inches, three
rates of current were selected, namely, 190, 126 and
85 pounds of water per minute, respectively.
I. — Tlie Form of the Current. — These experiments
show, in the first place, that the surface current has
the form of a wedge, widening (/. c, deepening)
towards the outlet, and having, for the current of
190 pounds per minute, an apex angle of 11°, and for
85 pounds 34.5°. The angle found for the 126-pound
current was 16.5°. The water composing these
wedges is most rapid on the surface (where the fric-
tion of the air may be disregarded), and the surface
velocity is : For 190 pounds per minute, 10,84 ; for
126 pounds, 8.29 ; and for 85 pounds, 7.05 inches per
second. The velocity decreases with increasing
depth, until at the bottom of the wedge it does not
exceed : For 190 pounds per second, 3 ; for 126
pounds, 2 ; and for 85 pounds, 1 inch per second.
♦Trans. Am. Inst. Min. Eng., Cbicago Meeting, February, 1897.
These wedges are the result of the mixing of the
so-called stagnant water below with the surface cur-
rent by an action to which we shall refer as head
suction, or upward current on the head partition,
which widens them and slows their speed.
In the second place, it will be noticed that there
is a wide undercurrent or eddy, returning down the
slope of the tail partition, and carrying with it a
portion of the slime, which should be taken to the
next box of the series, but which passes, instead,
down the tail partition to the bottom and then up
the feed partition to rejoin the wedge.
Thirdly, we notice that there is a top layer which
passes off at the outlet.
An approximate estimate was made of the two
quantities, namely, that going over the outlet, and
that passing down in the undercurrent. From these
dimensions and the width of the spitzkasten (8
inches) we can compute the following values :
Water per mirwute.
Ooerjiow.
Pounds.
Cubic inches pel' secoiul
190
86.6,
136
58.0
These results were checked by weighing the over-
flow with scales, the result being ;
Water 2ier minute.
Pounds.
190
Ouerjlow.
Cubic inches per second,
87.7
58.0
39.2
We get also as the measure of the undercurrent :
Water per minute.
Founds,
190
126
85
Undercurrent .
CuMc inches 2ier second.
134.5
263.4
230 7
These figures show an extraordinarily large quan-
tity of slime-charged water sent down into the stag-
nant pool in proportion to the feed and overflow.
There are, to be sure, errors in the computation.
The authors are of the opinion that a flat layer
which comes in at the feed and goes out at the out-
let without forming a wedge with its tail undercur-
rent and head suction is the ideal condition to be
attained, if possible, and that the more any particu-
lar form departs from that ideal the more unsatis-
factory it is.
II. — The Slope of the Feed Sole. — A series of
trials was made to get the best slope of the feed
sole. The angles tested were 0°, 5°, 8°, 10°, 15°, 20°,
25°, 28° 30' and 30°. Of these, 5° to 10° gave the nar-
rowest angle of wedge with all the different water
quantities. This conforms with Rittinger's and
Linkenbach's requirement, namely, that fine slimes
must be prevented from settling on the feed sole.
Angles larger than 10° tended to widen the wedge
somewhat, and showed no gain to compensate for
the loss of head. When 30° was reached a curious
change took place. The whole current followed
down the slope of the head partition and formed a
head undercurrent, that is, a current at the feed
end. Since 30° is more than half of 58°, the sole was
set at 28° 30', or about one-half of 58° ; and the
curious phenomenon was then observed that the
feed current was indifferent as to which of the two
ways it would go, namely, as a head' undercurrent
or as a horizontal surface current. By placing a
bit of iron plate under it it could be guided to be-
come a surface current, and by placing the sheet
iron over it at the proper angle it could be deflected
downwards and become an undercurrent. But it
absolutely refused to take any intermediate posi-
tion. It was either surface current or undercur-
rent, and, when once directed, it would continue to
flow as directed after the guide plate had been
removed.
Next a special set of variations in feed slope was
tried, comprising the following forms :
1. A catenary curve having 6-inch drop and 6-inch
advance.
2. A cycloid curve, drawn by 6-inch circle, rolling
on a straight line.
3. A horizontal feed sole, depressed 1 inch below
the overfiow.
4. A horizontal feed sole, raised 1 inch above the
overflow, and meeting the head partition at an
obtuse angle of 122°.
5. A horizontal feed sole, raised 1 inch above the
overflow, its end being cut off square.
The catenary (No. 1) gave a higher speed than the.
5°-slope feed sole ; but no gain in angle of wedge or
diminution of tail undercurrent was observed.
The cycloid (No. 2) gave the most rapid current
of all ; but no gain in wedge angle or diminution of
tail undercurrent was observed.
When the horizontal feed sole was depressed 1
inch (No. 3) it gave a wedge angle of 25° for 190
pounds water, which was wider and more unsatis-
factory than that for 86 pounds.
When the horizontal feed sole was elevated 1 inch
(No. 4) above the outlet, and the feed sole and head
partition met at an obtuse angle of 122°, there re-
sulted a head undercurrent like that given by a 30°-
slope, the horizontal current having disappeared
altogether.
When the horizontal feed sole was elevated 1 inch,
but the end of the board was sawed off square
(No. 5), a case of equilibrium was presented like that
of the feed sole sloping 28° 30'; a plate-iron guide
could cause it to establish either a surface current
or a head undercurrent, and, once established, the
water would flow on in the course allotted to it
until it was disturbed.
Our conclusion is that a flat feed sole, sloping 5°,
and joining the head partition at the level of the
overflow, will give the best results.
By the experiments recorded above we are satis-
fled that the spitzkasten is not a scientifically exact
instrument. The trommel, jig, spitzlutte and sepa-
rator, when well constructed, and the slime table,
when properly adjusted, are all scientiflcally accu-
rate instruments ; that is to say, when fed with
suitable material, and not overfed, they will all do
perfect work. They depart from scientiflo accuracy
only through overfeeding, or through the feeding of
material that is not susceptible of perfect work, or
through imperfect construction. The first two of
these causes are due to the demands of commerce ;
the last, to ignorance.
The spitzkasten, on the other hand, is scientifi-
cally imperfect. It cannot be fed with such a prod-
uct, or at such a speed, or so adjusted to suit its
feed, that it will do perfect work. There is always
the tail undercurrent to contaminate the product'
from the spigot.
Can this defect be cured in any way? Three,
means have been considered, consisting in the use,
respectively, of
(a) A balanced hydraulic water supply.
(h) An upward current of hydraulic water.
(c) A perforated board.
Under a and b, by balanced hydraulic water is
meant an addition of hydraulic water, which will ex-
actly supply the spigot with the right quantity of
water, no more and no less. This is an extremely
difficult thing to do. A slight excess of water, that
is, an upward current, will prevent a free discharge
and cause a troublesome accumulation of products
in the box ; while a slight deficit will carry down
contaminating fine slimes.
The method of applying this water by a vertical
tube inside the box is not approved by the authors,
as it will seriously disturb the surface current. If
hydraulic balance water is to be used, it should be
put on outside with the T and plug or T and goose-
neck dischar^je.
Under c (perforated board) a J-inoh board was
perforated with .1-inch holes, which were 1 inch from
center to center on the cross rows, while lengthwise
the rows were 1 inch apart from center to center ;
but the holes of one cross row were staggered i inch
with the holes of the next. This was done through-
out to give the grains full opportunity to fall through
the holes.
This perforated board was 47J inches long, of
which 12 inches was blank, and served for feed sole,
while 35J inches was perforated, as above described.
The board was placed horizontal, with its top sur-
face on a level with the overfiow.
The apparatus was, therefore, a continuous acting
rinne (German) or run (Cornish), in which the grains
suitable for deposit at any time could drop through
the holes, and those not suitable could be carried
forward.
This perforated board must have, at least, a bal-
anced hydraulic water. It is quite possible that if
the hydraulic is introduced in the stagnant water
space, with means to break up its current, a notice-
able upward current could be used, which would go
far towards keeping out altogether the objection-
able fine slimes, and towards the yielding of a prod-
uct truly sorted, according to the law of free
settling particles. Such a hydraulic should be
applied as a horizontal current for the whole width
of the box, and directly beneath the feed sole.
The authors are aware that a perforated board
has been used in France. They, however, did not
know of its existence until after the work here re-
corded was done. They are aware, also, that the
Kohinoor mill, in Missouri, has a spitzkasten with a
first box supplied with a horizontal lattice work.
The Settling Tanks. — The overfiow from a spitz-
kasten with balanced hydraulic water must go to a
settling tank to extract the pulp which is to feed
the last table, as the slime water has not been less-
ened, and may have been increased, in volume by its
passage through the spitzkasten.
A settling tank which is fed with a horijontal cuP'
rent at the surface will have a bad surface current
of wedge shape, which will probably have an angle
not narrower than 12° nor wider than 25°, according
to the way the current is introduced. If it is fed
above the surface it will produce a head undercur-
rent, which is as bad as the surface current. If it
is fed with a plunging stream, this will pass to the
bottom and fiatten and form a bottom undercurrent.
All these ways of feeding are, therefore, bad.
To make the most of a settling tank, the current
of feed slime must be brought to approximate rest
as soon as possible after entering the tank, and a
very slow movement must be established, which is
of uniform velocity from top to bottom and from side
to side. An even surface distributor across the
inlet end, deep enough to slow the current greatly, ■
and with a bottom steep enough to prevent the set-
tling of slime, and this followed by two gratings
made up of vertical bars 1 inch square with 1-inch
spaces, the bars of the first grating staggered with
those of the first, will probably prove satisfactory.
March 20, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
235
The Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and
Refining Company.
The metallurgical works of the Consolidated Kan-
sas City Smelting and Refining Company consist of
three reduction plants and one refinery, all of which
taken together constitute the largest and most mod-
ernly equipped institution of the kind in the United
States. The parent plant, located at Argentine, a
suburb of Kansas City, Mo., comprises reduction and
refining works. In the reduction department of this
plant the equipment is modern and thorough for re-
ducing silver-lead ores to base metal and also for re-
ducing copper ores to copper matte. In the reSning
department the base bullion is handled and the gold,
silver and lead are separated from each other. A
special feature of the refinery consists of a complete
and extensive copper-refining department, where the
copper matte is reduced to refined copper ingots.
The Argentine plant covers an area of twenty acres
of ground and at this time it has a smelting capacity
of 15,000 tons of ore per month. The capacity of the
refining department is as follows: Silver-lead re-
fining, 6000 tons of bullion per month; copper refining,
1,000,000 pounds of ingot copper per month. During
the year 1896 the silver-lead refinery produced at
the rate of 1,250,000 ounces of silver and *:-i35,000 of
gold per month. The Argentine plant was estab-
lished in 1881 and the first year's output, that of
1882, was 2168 ounces gold, 645,246 ounces silver and
Mexico and the United States. This plant is the
pioneer among smelting works in the Southwest,
whose establishment at El Paso resulted in a rapid
development of the mining interests of New Mexico,
Arizona and Mexico, and made it possible for
j mine owners in those Territories to send to Kl Paso
a grade of ore which would not bear shipment to
more distant smelters. Its establishment has like-
wise opened avenues for other industries to thrive,
which otherwise could not have existed.
I By reason of the location and equipment of this
I company's three reduction plants, they are able to
j draw ore supplies from all parts of the United
States, Mexico, British Columbia and Canada. While
the T.,eadville plant obtains its principal supply from
the Leadville district, a considerable tonnage of ore
is treated which comes from Creede, Cripple Creek,
Red Cliff, Breckenridge, Aspen and other Colorado
camps, and from points in Utah, Montana, and the
CiL'ur d'Alene lead regions of Idaho.
The El Paso plant derives its supply from New
Mexico, Arizona and Mexico. The Argentine plant
draws from the larger and more general Held of
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Montana,
Idaho and British Columbia. The Argentine refinery
handles the base bullion from the company's Lead-
ville and El Paso works, and as well from various in-
dependent smelting plants of the United States and
Canada.
A subordinate branch of this company's business is
marks, labels and prints registered, and 12,133
j patents expired during the year. There are left
I pending action a total of 8,867 applications. The
j number of applications exceed previous years by
] nearly 3000. The report says the work at the end
I of the year was only thirty days behind, but the
I record cannot be kept up with the present force.
Costs of the Past and the Present.
The fall in prices of materials, wages and other
charges connected with mining has had more to do in
most districts in the West with the reduction in the
cost of producing gold and silver than have the im-
provements in methods. In the Comstock, according
to the late J. Ross Browne, in his United States
Mineral Resources for 1868, the cost of running 938
feet of tunnel in the 400 level of the Gould & Curry
was $16.84 per foot, and of 1465 feet on the 200-foot
level $16.08 per foot. In the same mine the average
cost of extracting ore for the year 1866 was $8.82 per
ton. In the Gould & Curry it was $7.86 and in the
Hale & Norcross $9.08. In commenting on this, Mr.
Browne said: "These results show a marked im-
provement on previous years, and enable lower-grade
ores to be worked more profitably than was formerly
the case."
In 1867 the cost of milling Savage ores was $14.04,
Hale & Norcross $14.26, and Gould & Curry $13.30.
The cost of sinking the four-compartment Bonner
WORKS OF ARKANSAS VALLEY SMELTING CO., LEADVILLE, COLO.
13,651 pounds of lead. To show the growth of the
plant in the intervening time, it may be cited that
within the year 1896 the total output was: Gold,
201,343 ounces; silver, 5,482,924 ounces; lead, 82,-
413,919 pounds; copper, 4,U38,814 pounds. This out-
put for 1896 was the result of handling at the Argen-
tine plant of over 300,000 tons of raw material.
This company's Colorado plant is situate at Lead-
ville, the greatest producer of carbonate silver-lead
ores of any camp in the world, and which is now be-
coming prominent as a producer of high-grade gold
ores. The Leadville plant, known as the Arkansas
Valley Smelter, has all the equipment of a modern
smelting plant, having a capacity for the reduction
of 27,000 tons of ore per month. The Leadville plant
covers ten acres of ground and is the most thor-
oughly equipped smelter in the State of Colorado.
Its location at Leadville will be recognized as an ad-
vantageous one, when it is recalled that this district
has never been equalled as to tonnage of ores pro-
duced. It is on a great mineral zone which shows no
signs of exhaustion. The constant discovery of new
ore bodies and the opening of new mines, with a ten-
dency to a widening of the district, prove all this.
Notwithstanding the labor troubles of the past year,
which seem now to be practically settled, the camp
has steadily produced a large tonnage of ores. A
striking feature of this production has been the
marked increase of the gold output, which in 1896
amounted to $1,524,363.
The third plant belonging to the Consolidated
Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company is lo-
cated at El Paso, Texas, the gateway city between
j done by the Mexican Ore Company, which was or-
I ganized by them some time ago to operate in the
j Republic of Mexico. This ore company has handled
j from 50 to 80 per cent of the ore exported from
! Mexico, and which has been handled chiefly by the
smelters and refinery of the consolidated company.
In many of the principal mining camps of the United
States and Mexico the Consolidated Kansas City
Smelting and Refining Company maintain sampling
works for the purpose of purchasing and sampling
ore to ship to their reduction works. The same
company is also an operator of mines in the United
States, British Columbia and Mexico, from which its
reduction plants draw a portion of their ore supply.
It also has offices in Denver, Colo. ; Salt Lake City,
Utah; Spokane, Wash.; El Paso, Texas; Hermosillo,
Chihuahua and Paohuca, Mexico; and the City of
Mexico.
As an evidence of the business which this company
furnishes the railroads, it may be cited that within
the year 1896 the company shipped 25,000 carloads
of freight, aggregating about 300,000 tons, making a
revenue to the railroads of about $1,750,000. The
company has in its employ at its smelters, samplers
and offices about 2500 men.
The commissioner'of patents reports for the calen-
dar year 1896 total cash receipts of $1,324,059, and the
total expenditures $1,113,413. The balance in the
treasury on account of the patent fund, January 1,
was $4,718,639. During the year there were 43'982
applications for patents, designs and reissues;
23,373 patents were issued and reissued, 1,864 trade
shaft of the Gould & Curry to a depth of 692* feet
was $75,738.40.
In Colorado a comparison of the cost of supplies in
1870 and at the present time shows that on an aver-
age $27 will buy as much now as $100 in 1870. The
following table has been published lately in a Colo-
rado paper :
1870. 1897.
Stamp mtU charges, per cord (8 tons) . .$35 OO $10 Off
Labor.perday 4 00 2 50
Lumber, per 1000 feet 60 00 18 00
Teaming, per day 16 00 4 00
Candles, per bos 2O0O 400
Giant powder, per pound 1 00 14
Fuse, ner 1000 feet 30 00 6 00
Nails, per keg 20 00 -3 00-
Iron, per pound 25 03
Steel, per pound 40 09
Wood, per cord 8 00 5 50
Coal oil, per gallon 3 00 20
Shovels, each 2 75 100
Picks, each 3 75 100
Rope, per pound 60 15
Smelting, per ton 65 00 10 00
Alabama Mineral Products.
Below are totals of outputs for January, 1897 :
Tons.
Coal 416,858. 4
Coke 92,112.0
Iron ore 132,713.0
Pig Iron 90,352.0
This being the first month this effort to obtain sta-
tistics has been made, the returns, including totals,
are imperfect, and represent only about 75 per cent
of actual production for January in Alabama.
Eugene A. Smith,
State Geologist and Sec. Ala. Ind. and Sci. Society.
University, Alabama, March 8, 1897.
236
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March 20, 1897.
Scientific Progress.
An Improved Pyrometer.
The air thermometer is used for lab-
oratory work in making precise deter-
minations of very high temperature,
but is not suited for every-day use in
manufacturing establishments. For
this purpose the latest form of Le
Chatelier pyrometer promises much.
The following description is condensed
from an article by Dr. Russner in the
Zeitschr. d. Oesterr. Ing. u. Arch.
Vereines:
Heretofore the fact that an electric
current is developed when the junction
of two dissimilar metals is warmed has
been applied to the indication of very
slight differences of temperature, as in
the well-known thermo-electric pile.
In the Le Chatelier pyrometer, how-
ever, the principle is modified by using
two metals so nearly alike that a high
temperature is needed to produce a
moderate electro-motive force. Briefly,
the element consists of two wires — one
of platinum and the other of an alloy of
platinum and rhodium, each wire being
about one meter long, and the two be-
ing fused together at one end. One of
the wires is inserted in a porcelain
tube open at both ends; the other is
carried along just outside, so that the
junction of the wires is at the end of
the tube. This tube is then slipped
into another tube, also of porcelain,
but closed at one end, the junction of
the wires being in the closed end, and
the two free ends of the wires brought
out to connections to a galvanometer.
The whole is enclosed in a protecting
tube, open at the end, which is inserted
into the furnace whose temperature is
to be determined. Since both platinum
and the platinum-rhodium alloy have
very high fusing points, the portion of
the instrument which is exposed to the
heat is able to stand very high temper-
atures, while the galvanometer upon
which the readings are made may be
at any distance from the furnace,
either in the office or in any desired
part of the establishment.
Each pyrometer is calibrated by com-
parison with an air thermometer, and
it has been found that an alloy of 90
per cent platinum and 10 per cent rho-
dium for one wire, and pure platinum
for the other, give an electromotive
force nearly proportional to the tem-
perature, so that a temperature of
1800° C. produces 1800 microvolts, etc.
This is almost exactly true for temper-
atures of 700° C. and above. An alloy
of 85 per cent platinum and 15 per cent
rhodium produces a feebler current, an
electromotive force of 800 microvolts
being produced by a temperature of
about 1650° C.
Experimental comparisons with the
air thermometer have shown that the
Le Chatelier pyrometer will determine
temperatures within an error of ± 5°
C. for 1000°. One of the instruments
was subjected to the continuous action
of a Siemens regenerative furnace in a
glass works for three and one-halt
months without injury, following the
variations of temperature between
1100° and 1600° C ; when recompared
with the air thermometer the zero was
found to be unchanged.
In this connection the following de-
terminations of fusing points made by
the Le Chatelier pyrometer and those
of previous observers are given, those
of Holborn & "Wien having been made
with the new pyrometer:
\ouu. Bin Hi. ^^, |,..^^j^
Silver 95400 986°C 971°C
Gold \,Mh° 1,091° 1,072°
Copper 1,061° 1,096° 1,082°
Nickel 1,476° 1,484°
Palladium 1,B00° 1,585° 1,587°
Platinum 1,775° 1,757° 1,780°
A NEW PROCESS for the protection of
iron structures against the injurious
action of rust has been suggested by a
German chemist, M. Deniuger of Dres-
den. It consists of treating the iron
with a solution of ferrocyanide, which
forms a coating of cyanide of iron, uni-
form and impermeable to water, and
of such a nature as to protect effect-
ively the iron covered. The operation,
applied on a large scale, is reported to
have already given good results. The
following is the method adopted in
practice : The solution is mixed with a
flaxseed varnish, to which has been
added a little turpentine or benzol, so
as to cause a very homogeneous emul-
sion, which can be applied without dif-
ficulty. The evaporation of the alcohol
leaves the flaxseed varnish, which
forms a coat protecting the cyanide of
iron which is deposited upon the iron.
There is no necessity of previously pre-
paring the iron in any way beyond re-
moving the beds of rust which are too
thick to admit of the action of the ferro-
cyanide. ^
An Unnecessary Change.
Coleman Sellers, M. E., in his paper
on the metric system, read before the
American Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers, concluded as follows:
"It is the thing just now to favor
the change. A young engineer enlist-
ing himself in the ranks of the metrical
reformers (?) buys a cheap scientific
notoriety. He is brought into sympa-
thy with the self-constituted advanced
thinkers. Those who oppose the
change after having become familiar
with both, are said to ' sever them-
selves from the congenial sympathy of
the enlightened public opinion of to-
day.' The mechanical engineer can ac-
cept nothing as true until he has dem-
onstrated the truth by experimenting;
at least, in anything capable of being
put to the test of experiment. It is
in the power of any intelligent man to
test the metric system as others have
done. He will, 1 think, find that the
savants who originated the scheme be-
fore mechanical engineering, as it now
exists, was known a!s a profession,
made the mistake of beginning at the
wrong end, the big end of the scale,
the size of the world, and by the time
they had cut it up or down to human
wants it came out less fitted to human
requirements than if they had recog-
nized in the beginning the needs of the
beings who were to use it.
" Our meteorological reformers urge
us to adopt a new system in place of
our present one, a system that har-
monizes in no way with anything we
now use. This new system is practi-
cally based on a certain measure over
39 inches long. This is cut up into
1000 parts, and 100 of these parts
cubed gives their primary vessel of
measurement. The contents of this
vessel in distilled water under certain
conditions is their pound weight. Had
the English yard of 36 inches been so
treated it would have been as good a
system, but no better. It would have
been as inapplicable comfortably to our
profession as is the metric. The won-
derful extension of the metric system
to time and infinite space was given up
as impracticable long ago, and we are
now asked to bear the shock of a
mighty change, to use this inconveni-
ent system, this unhandy system of 10,
for the sake of uniformity with some
other peoples of the world.
"In conclusion, when we take into
consideration the enormous interests
involved in manufacturing in America,
if it is, as we think, unwise to tamper
with the existing metrology of our
workshops, the question may well be
raised as to the wisdom of enforcing
the metric system in trade generally.
The practical mind of Americans has
already dispensed with much useless
stuff, coming to us with our old metrol-
ogy; is in not better to continue to
amend what we have, to encourage the
uniformity so desirable, rather than to
attempt to make all things new, but in
no respect practically better, at so
frightful a cost? "
Envelopes lined with tinfoil will pos-
sibly be a " fad" in the near future, if
experiments with the Roentgen ray
continue. It has already been demon-
strated that the contents of a sealed
letter, enclosed in the ordinary envelope,
may be photographed. The Oaulois, a
French paper, has photographed such
private matter in fifteen seconds. By
using envelopes lined with tinfoil let-
ter writers can defy the X rays in the
hands of the inquisitive.
Aluminum is little acted upon by
mineral waters and withstands the
action of sea water better than iron,
steel or copper.
Electrical Progress.
Electricity from Carbon Without
Heat.
Willard E. Case lately delivered a
lecture before the New York Electrical
Society on this subject, which has long
been engaging the attention of scien-
tists, and while they have succeeded in
a number of ways and some of them
quite efBcient, either the cost of the
materials, the lack of efficiency, or the
great trouble involved in the proper
maintenance of the operation, or all
combined, has left the development far
short of the ideal, so that to-day the
burning of coal under a boiler, the
transformation of the latent heat of
steam into mechanical energy, and the
latter into electrical energy by means
of the dynamo, with all of its attendant
losses, still remains supreme.
Mr. Case in the course of the lecture
said: "Now, the question which we
naturally ask is, How are we to con-
vert this potential energy of the car-
bon into electricity with the least loss ?
If the boiler, steam engine and dynamo
are not available for our use economi-
cally, how shall we do it ? We know
that the voltaic battery does not act
through the transformation of heat in-
to electricity — it produces electrical
energy direct. The zinc is oxidized
and the potential energy of that zinc is
converted directly into electrical en-
ergy without the production of heat.
But the cost of this zinc and the chemi-
cals employed to oxidize it are so ex-
pensive that we cannot aiiord to use
them. The cheapest materials which
present themselves at present to our
notice are coal or carbon and the oxy-
gen of the air. And if we could con-
vert the energy of the coal into electri-
cal energy direct and cheaply, we could
do away with our steam motors, in
time, provided the apparatus was sim-
ple and practical. Now, there is no
known reason why a cheap substance
may not yet be found which will act on
coal and develop electrical currents in
place of heat, but the general tendency
of late has been to discard this method
and to attempt to find some stable
electrolyte or bath which will act as a
carrier of the oxygen of the air, con-
veying it to the carbon and oxidizing it
as zinc is oxidized in a battery, produc-
ing electricity. This electrical energy
would be the equivalent of the heat en-
ergy that would be developed by the
combustion of the coal in the ordinary
way.
" Of course, the subject of electricity
direct from carbon has been considered
from many points of view. Some have
attempted to obtain cheap electricity
by using the oxygen of the air to oxi-
dize various substances, others have
attempted to oxidize coal with the oxy-
gen of the air without heat, and others
have attempted to oxidize coal by the
oxygen of the air with the application
of external heat."
Carbons for Electrolysis.
The , extension of eleotroly.tic pro-
cesses inindustrial chemistry has; cre-
ated a demand for terminal^ whieh-shall
be inexpensive and permanent, and
numerous patents in this line have been
taken out, especially in connection with
the electrolytic production of the alka-
line chlorides.
Gas carbon is not available in large
sheets, such as are commercially re-
quired, and hence these have been made
of powdered coke, baked with a ce-
menting material in the same manner
as electric light carbons are made.
Such carbon plates, however, are not
permanent, but soon become disin-
tegrated by the action of the solutions,
and especially by the action of the lib-
erated gases.
Dr. Alber Lessing, in the Elef.tt-o-
chemische Zeitschrift, claims to have
solved the problem by producing car-
bon sheets entirely homogeneous and
free from cracks, by a fusing process
which not only insures the permanence
of the sheet, but also increases its con-
ductivity. The new product is said to
be harder than steel, readily scratch-
ing glass, and proof against the emery
wheel, and possesses a metallic ring
which testifies to its homogeneity. If
these claims are maintained, and the
prepared carbon can be produced at a
reasonable price, it should soon be on
the market for many other uses as well
as the one for which it was originally
produced.
High Electric Voltages.
Apropos of the constantly increasing
voltages in electric transmission lines,
Mr. C. P. Steinmetz, the well. known
American electric engineer, recently
remarked before one of the electrical
societies that while only a few years
ago 3000 volts were hardly considered
commercially safe, 11,000 and 12,000
volts are now used extensively, and
15,000 to 20,000 volts are under discus-
sion. The danger limit is reached in the
high-potential lines, not in the step-up
and step-down transformers. Trans-
formers can be built and operated safely
at voltages far beyond anything ever
thought of for power transmission.
Only a few months ago Mr. Steinmetz
was able to reach, by stationary trans-
formers, a potention of 160,000 volts
effective, or nearly a quarter of a mil-
lion volts maximum — by the way, prob-
ably the highest alternating voltage
ever experimented upon by man, if we
leave out electrostatic charges and os-
cillatory discharges as limited power
phenomena, while in his case he had
practically unlimited power — a 100 kilo-
watt motor — behind the 160,000 volts.
In line insulators considerable progress
has been made, and insulators can now
be secured which will not be pierced
below 50,000 or 60,000 volts effective
alternating potential in dry weather.
When damp, in fog or rain, a consider-
ably lower voltage will leap or creep
over the insulator surface and thus
short-circuit the line, and this brings
us to the real limitation of transmission
voltage which exists at present — the
climate. In a perfectly dry climate
Mr. Steinmetz would not hesitate to
consider 20,000, or even 30,000, volts
quite safe, while in a very damp and
foggy climate, in rain and sleet, half
this voltage may be decidedly unsafe.—
Cassier's Magazine.
Magnetized Watches.
In this age of electricity and electri-
cally-propelled machinery, the wearers
of watches are constantly coming in
contact with sources of danger to the
fine time-keeping qualities of their
vest-pocket companions.
Non-magnetic watches are those in
which the balance-wheel, hair-spring,
roller-table, lever and 'scape- wheel are
made of metals which are neither mag-
netic nor diamagnetic; and such watches
have been brought to a high degree of
perfection, some having been produced
which have had nearly as close a rate as
the best of these which are not non-
magnetic. In addition to this, several
varieties of anti-magnetio shields have
been placed on the market, which are
said to be more or less effectual in pre-
venting magnetism in watches.
. However, in the ordinary watch the
hair-spring, roller-table, lever and
'scape-wheel are made of steel either
wholly or in part. A watch of this kind
will become magnetized by being
brought in too close proximity to a
powerful magnetic field, suo'n as is de-
veloped in a dynamo or a motor.
It will be seen that as all the steel
parts of the watch become permanent
magnets under the conditions men-
tioned, each steel part thus assumes
definite polarity and tends to place it-
self in a north-and-south position like a
compass. Moreover, each steel part
attracts and is attracted by, and re-
pels and is repelled by, every other
steel part in the watch.
The influence of these magnets, one
on the other, and the influence of the
earth's magnetism on the several parts,
seriously impede their freedom of mo-
tion, thereby affecting the rate of the
March 20, 1897.
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237
watch, sometimes even causing it to
stop.
A simple method to detect the pres-
ence of ma>;netism in a vatcb is to place
a small compass (one with a very tine
sensitive needle about 0.8 centimeters
In lenKtb) directly over the balance-
wheel and upon the " bridge " which
supports it. If the needle oscillates, it
is evident that the watch is niajiQetized.
However, this test is not conclusive, as
the hairspring may be magnetized,
and, under certain conditions, the
needle will not show it.
Demagnetizers of various construc-
tion have been contrived, but none will
thoroughly demagnetize all the parts of
a watch unless the watch be taken
apart and each steel piece submitted
separately to the action of the demag-
netizer, testing each piece each time it
is passed through the machine in order
to ascertain to what extent the mag-
netism has been removed, and again
passing it through the helix in another
position if it be found to still contain
magnetism.
Mechanical Proorress.
A Novel Use of Cast Iron.
Diamonds are used in dressing dia-
monds; steel is employed in doishiag
steel, and an Eastern shop has made
the innovation of using cast iron lathe
tools for cutting wrought Iron, cast
iron and brass. This may seem ab-
surd at first, but upon reflection we
know that cast iron can to a certain
e.'ctent be tempered by chilling. Being
thus made harder, it bears the same
relation to ordinary cast iron, which is
comparatively soft, that ooe grade of
steel does to another. It has been
found that tools cast of a chilling mix-
ture, with that part of the tool which
performs the work chilled, will work
better than the same tools made of
steel, at least the shop making a prac-
tice of employing them finds that the
workmen prefer them, which in itself is
a recommendation that would not be
given without being backed up with
reason.
As many of our foundries are oper-
ated in connection with machine shops,
it would take but a small outlay to test
the claims of the efficiency of cast iron
for this purpose. It is said that these
tools, while proving superior on the
softer metals, are unsuitable for work-
ing steel, a statement we can readily
understand when we consider that the
weakest metal must give away. The
readiness with which tools of different
shapes may be made, and the general
cheapness of the process, are the ad-
vantages claimed. A careful investi-
gation may prove the extent of their
merit, something that may not have
been thought of before.
Why American Machinery Leads.
American makers of machine tools
have long been active and formidable
competitors in the markets of Europe,
but the recent invasion of England
with tools for making bicycles has
caused alarm. Many special tools were
exhibited at the recent National Cycle
Show and attracted much attention be-
cause of their accuracy, their efficiency
and the ingenuity of their design. One
of our English contemporaries, says
the American Manufacturer, devotes
several pages in two different issues,
to descriptions of some of these tools,
and says that the Americans are reap-
ing a rich harvest by selling, pretty
well at their own price, special cycle-
making tools which cannot be bought
of British makers. The editor under-
takes then to explain why the Ameri-
can has shown so much more prompt-
ness and originality in seeing and meet-
ing this demand. He thinks it evident
that the English mechanic could have
made the machines if he had thought of
them. But why did he not think ?
That seems to be largely a sociological
matter. The control of English works,
making machine tools, is largely in the
hands of prosperous men who send
their sons to schools where mechanical
ingenuity is unhonored and where the
important knowledge seems to be the
politer branches of learning. The
young man so trained passes a little
time in the shops, where he sees de-
signing entirely in the hands of subor-
dinates, and where the notion is con-
firmed in his mind that designing is a
subordinate part of the work of the
concern; and so he gradually takes the
business control of the establishment
with such theories well fixed in his
mind.
In order to give to projectiles of
steel or steel alloys a special hardness
at certain places, at others and in the
interior a special tenacity, they are
heated, according to Louis Grambow of
Berlin, at the places to be hardened to
a bright red, corresponding to the
hardness desired. The other parts are
heated only to such a degree of red as
to preclude their hardening in the sub-
sequent tempering process. This
treatment may be preceded by a beat-
ing of the whole projectile to a shade
of red not sufficient to cause a harden-
ing and a tempering of the whole pro-
jectile in order to make it tough
throughout. Both treatments may be
preceded by a hardening of the whole
projectile by heating until the crystal-
line structure disappears, and then
tempering all over afterwards. In
partial hardening the projectile can be
subjected to the different temperatures
in a furnace by covering the parts to
be least heated with sand or clay, or
heated gas currents can be used for
heating the single parts, the flames
playing through open spaces in a flask
enclosing the projectile.
Dr. DeKarjiet, the eminent Russian
lecturer, who is at Vancouver, B. C,
to give addresses on Siberia and its
prospects, declares that with the open-
ing of the Trans-Siberian railroad there
will speedily follow direct and rapid
steam communication between Vladivo-
stock and Vancouver. This would place
British Columbia in an all-around-the-
world route that could be traversed in
forty days. Dr. DeKarmet expects the
Canadian Pacific railroad to join in the
work of developing this great route by
land and by sea. He predicts that
with the opening of the railway there
would come such vast gold development
in Siberia as would make that country
one of the greatest gold producers in
the world. Even now, with but primi-
tive appliances and methods, it pro-
duces in the neighborhood of $29,000,-
000 in gold yearly.
The Schenectady Locomotive Works
are building engines for the Northern
Pacific railroad which will be the larg-
est locomotives ever constructed.
Some of their features are: Cylinders,
23 by 34 inches, 30 inches stroke; boil-
ers, 72 inches in diameter at the small-
est ring next to the smoke box; five
driving wheels on each side; working
weight, 100 tons. The fire-box sheets,
1231 inches by 73f inches, and half an
inch thick, had to be made in two
pieces, with a lap joint.
A Commission sent out by the Ger-
man Government has made a report in
which American and German railroads
are compared, with little favor to the
latter. There is nothing in all Europe,
the Commission reports, to equal in
running time and comfort the service
between Chicago and New York. Com-
parisons of rates, arrangements of
equipment, and accommodations all
show in favor of our roads.
The North German Lloyd line has in
course of construction and remodeling
steamers amounting to 70,000 regis-
tered tons. Seven ocean steamers are
building and one remodeling, and a
number of tugs are in course of con-
struction. The largest of the ocean
steamers will have 13,800 registered
tons, another 12,500, and three others
each 10,500. The work is all being done
in German shipyards.
When the Union Pacific was built
the company paid $130 a ton for its iron
rails, delivered at Omaha. Last week
it purchased 30,000 tons of steel rails, to
be delivered at Omaha, for $18 per ton.
Practical Information.
Reckoning Time Simplified.
Deputy Etiennes intends at the next
meeting of the French Chamber to offer
a decimal subdivision of time for uni-
versal adoption, as described some time
ago.
The day is divided into 10 hours, the
hour into 100 minutes and the minutes
into 100 seconds, making 1000 minutes,
or 100,000 seconds, per day.
The hour hand always points in the
direction of the sun. Consequently, as
the day begins and ends at midnight,
the hour hand points downward, as
also do the minute hand and second
hand, at the exact time of the change
of day, or 10 o'clock. Thence it rises
with the sun in its apparent motion
around the earth, points to the zenith
at noon, after which it descends until
it reaches its extreme lower point
again at midnight. Thus the hour hand
makes but one revolution around the
dial each day. It is then the figure X
on the dial at which the hour hand com-
mences and ends each day, the minute
hand each hour and the second hand
each minute.
The time indicated by the decimal
clock is always positive time. While
6 o'clock A. ,M. is represented decimally
by 2;30 o'clock and 6 o'clock p. m. is
represented by 7:30 o'clock, noon is
represented by 5 o'clock and midnight
by 10 o'clock.
It provides a standard time for the
entire globe. It is proposed to divide
the terrestrial globe into 1000° -of
longitude, corresponding with the 1000
minutes of the day, and by grouping
them into twenty sections of 50° each
establish standard time for the whole
world.
Giving to Greenwich, where the
counting of the meridian begins, the
midnight meridian, and making it 1000°,
the twenty sections would all be reck-
oned east of Greenwich and all the way
around the globe.
It is said that this decimal system of
time originated in America, being the
invention of a United States citizen, al-
though probably the French will be the
first to recognize and adopt it.
A New Hetal.
Wilfred van Wart, Franz Popp and
J. J. Bradley, Birmingham, England,
after several years of experimenting,
have discovered a new silver-colored
metal of beautiful appearance and of
great strength. Mr. F. W. Burstall,
professor of civil and mechanical en-
gineering at the Mason's Science Col-
lege, Birmingham, has elaborately
tested tubes made from this new metal,
upon the results of which tests the in-
ventors claim that their new metal,
which is to be called "vestadium," is
very much stronger and of far greater
utility than any other metal of the same
specific gravity at present known.
Vestadium is an alloy of aluminum,
with a specific gravity of 2.73 — that is,
about one-third the weight of steel of
the same volume — and is, therefore, of
about the same specific gravity as pure
aluminum, which is the lightest metal
in mercantile use.
The following is one of the tests made
by F. W. Burstall: " A tube, 12 inches
long, was fixed with one end against a
support and pressure applied to the
other end; the tube only commenced to
yield when a pressure of over 4800
pounds had been applied, and was only
very slightly crushed at a pressure of
more than 5000 pounds. One of the
great advantages which these tubes
possess is that they never snap. In
the whole of the twelve tests made the
metal was found to be homogeneous,
and in every case the fracture was
clean and silky. Vestadium is non-
corrosive, the atmosphere and water
take no effect upon it, and sulphuric
acid does not even mark it. In color
it is whiter than silver and takes a
magnificent polish which never tar-
nishes and requires no cleaning. It can
can be used with the greatest advan-
tage in all trades, and for articles for
outdoor and household use it is spe-
cially suitable, as it requires practically
no cleaning, which is, of course, a great
saving of labor.
The cutting of ice in Wisconsin for
market is described as follows: A field
of good ice, the thickest, cleanest and
purest on the lake, is selected at the
start for domestic use. This is then
"laid off," and next the snow is re-
moved by immense iron scrapers. It is
then scored by horse power into squares
which will produce blocks, or cakes,
nearly 2 feet square, each weighing 225
pounds. A team of horses, drawing a
sharp, thin ice plow, then goes over
the field, following the scored lines and
cutting into the ice to a depth of 5 or (i
inches. A heavier plow follows, mak-
ing the cut 10 or 12 inches in depth.
Then, by means of long saws with dou-
ble handles on one end, workmen go
over the same field, sawing entirely
through the ice at distances of 12 or IH
feet, as desired, and to the width of four
marked cakes. These large sections of
ice are then taken charge of by a crew
of men under a foreman, and with long,
hooked poles the men "steer" the sec-
tions toward the channels of open water
which lead to the ice houses, channels
which are in some instances a mile or
two long.
The most prominent feature of the
metal markets for several years past
has been lowering prices, but in no line
has this tendency been more strongly
shown than in the aluminum trade. A
look over the prices quoted for some
vears past shows surprising figures.
Throughout 1893 No. 1 98 per cent
aluminum in ton lots sold for 75 cents
per pound. A year later the price
dropped to 65 cents and in 1895 the
price quoted was 58 cents. Last year
50 cents per pound was the average
figure, but since the opening of 1897 a
decided lowering of rates has occurred.
A WATER-TUBE jail is one of the
latest achievements of ingenuity. It
is no longer necessary to make the
prison bars so heavy and so hard
that cutting through them be-
comes very difficult ; but, instead, they
are made simply of pipes, forming part
of a high-pressure water system.
Should any of these pipes be severed,
the water would escape and quickly
give warning of the break.
An expedition is to be sent out
shortly to northeastern Asia and north-
western America. M. Jessup will pay
all the bills connected with it, which
during the six years of its continuance
will aggregate $50,000. F. W. Putnam
of Cambridge, Mass., has the general
direction of the expedition, which is to
determine whether or not the primeval
American Indians and Esquimaux came
from Asia originally.
An explorer says that the Missouri's
source is at the crest of the Rockies,
8000 feet above sea level, just within
the boundary of Montana. The stream
is two feet wide and two inches deep,
its water coming from melted snow.
The source is 4221 miles from the Gulf
of Mexico and 2945 miles from its con-
fluence with the Mississippi, making
the river the longest unbroken current
in the world.
The earliest discovery of iron within
the present limit of the country was in
the mountain range of western North
Carolina, and the first effort to manu-
facture it into merchantable form was
made in the State of Virginia in 1619.
The foundry was destroyed by the In-
dians in 1622.
Good sponges have steadily grown
dearer of late years, and now the Cuban
insurrection cuts off one source of sup-
ply. Since the rebellion so many of the
fishermen are forced to serve on board
ship that there are few left to go fish-
The French Minister of War lately
offered a prize for the swiftest bird in
a flight from Perigueux to Paris — 310
miles. There were 2746 entries, and
the winner did the distance in seven
hours and thirty-four minutes.
238
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 20, 189T.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Amador.
Dispatch : The Union Consolidated gold mine
has not closed down. At the suggestion of
Sopt. Bibo all t^e men working in the drift
and stopes were laid off and more men pat in
the shaft. The intention is to discontinue
work in the drifts and sink on the ledge 300
feet which will make the shaft 830 feet deep.
At the Bellwether a small force of men is
keeping the water out, and in running north
alo;ng the ledge at the 280-foot level. It is
expected that the full force of men will be
put on soon again and that the shaft will be
sunk to a greater depth.
Under date of March 13th, Louis C. Tetard,
secretary Bellwether G. M. Co., writes from
Chicago, stating that the item concerning thei
company's business, which appeared in this
column on the 6th inst., was incorrect. He
says that no man in the employ of the com-
pany was ever told that he must buy 100
shares of stock at 25 cents per share; that no
stock was so issued, and no money thus re-
tained. Mr. Tetard states that he owns and
represents nine-tenths of all the company
stock, that none of this is on the market at
any price at this time, and has not and will
not be advertised for sale.
Republican: There is no doubt that the
erection of a 40-stamp mill will be commenced
on the Argonaut as soon as the weather settles.
The mine is looking remarkably well. The
ore body has been penetrated and to some ex-
tent prospected on three levels— namely, 1150,
1250 and 1350.
Record: At the American mine on Sutter
creek the new stamp mill was started last
week by Wilifred Dennis. In the bottom of
the 70-fo6t shaft the vein is 8 feet wide.
Work has been resumed at the Black Prince
mine, Mount Echo district, and the machinery
has arrived. Machinery for the Leona mine
in the same district is on the road.
Botte.
Mercury: At Magalia a new and promising
enterprise is the Bader mine, one and a half
miles southwest of town. It is a location on
an ancient river channel, and the company
own 110 acres; The channel beneath a lava
capped mountain 500 feet high is being de-
veloped by a bed rock tunneliwbich was run SOD
feet before gravel was struck by raising
twelve feet. The channel is believed to be in
the neighborhood of 200 feet in width, and
where breasted out, is about 3 feet deep.
The Gold Bank mine at Forbestown is a
large ledge of low-grade ore, but by a system-
atic system of working, and a complete and
extensive plant for reduction, has paid divi-
dends quite regularly— notwithstanding the
immense amount of dead and developed work
which has all the time been prosecuted, since
it was started. The hoisting, pumping and
milling is done by means of water power,
using 150 inches under about 200 feet pressure.
The Golden Queen, an adjoining mine has
been leased by the Stow Company, from which
the rock now being worked is extracted,
while the development, work in the lower
tunnel is being made.
Three miles west of Forbestown, on the
South Fork of the Feather, J. Chamberlain is
superintendent of the New Oregon, for a San
Francisco company, and is meeting with flat-
tering prospects. The ledge is 12 feet wide.
On the hill above Forbstown is the Burling-
ton Consolidated, owned by Ralston & Co. of
San Francisco. A drain tunnel has been
pushed ahead for some distance on the vein,
and at the face of the ledge is 10 or 12 feet in
width;
The Missouri ledge, a mile north of town,
has been bonded by a Texas company, and is
being prospected under the superintendency
of-Mr. Stow-of the Gold Bank;
In the Carlisle mine, northeast of town, the
vein is large and carries a heavy percentage
of high-grade sulphurets. It has a 5-stamp
mill. In the same claim there are two other
large veins, yielding a good grade of quartz.
The owner is now engaged- in preparingfor
extensive work this season.
■ Hampton & Martin own a ledge two miles
southeast of town, which, with a shaft 40
feet deep, shows a 4-foot vein.
There are thirty-three drift mines in Butte
cpunty, sixteen of which are being worked
more or less extensively, employing in each
from one or two to eighty men.
There are forty-five quartz mines, partly or
extensively opened. Of this number thirty
are working, employing from one to 110 men.
Calaveras.
Prospect: At the Big Six mine in Salt Spring
vialley, owned by D. L. McAfee, W. K. Dean,
R. N. Dean, J. McAfee, P. S. Dean and Chas.
McCoy, two shafts have been sunk, one about
10 feet and another 40 feet, and the vein is 14
feet in width between the two well-defined
walls.
The working tunnel which is'being run- by
the Exploration Company in the Gottschalk
mine has connected with the crosscut and the
latter is being enlarged to the size of the
tunnel. The crosscut is about 80 feet long,
and as soon as it is enlarged to correspond with
the working tunnel, sinking on the vein will
commence.
Chronicle: At the Gwin mine the 40-stamp
mill is running night and day and crushing at
the rate of 115 tons every twenty-four hours.
The lead at present is from 8 to 10 feet wide
of an excellent quality of ore. There are at
present eighty-four men employed in and
around the mine.
Mountain Echo : A rich chute of ore has been
discovered in the Bald Hill' mine at Albany
Flat, owned by Fred Brunner. Mr. Brunner
was about to bond the mine to parties when
the discovery was made, and thereupon
changed bis mind.
A corps of engineers has made a survey of
the north shaft of the Ford mine at San An-
dreas, with a view of connecting it with the
south shaft.
Active operations have been resumed at the
Green Meadow hydraulic near Glencoe by
W. Clark. The claim comprises sixteen acres.
The Fellowcraft mine will start up with a
full force of men. The revival of the opera-
tions at this mine is regarded as an important
proposition by those interested in mining. It
was opened last spring under favorable circumr
stances. A 10-stamp mill was erected and the
prospects for a good mine were encouraging!
Af ber a short time operations ceased and the
property has remained idle up to the present
time.
The Rose Hill Hydraulic Mining Company;
recently incorporated in San Francisco, will
work the Rose Hill mine.
El Dorado. |
(Special Correspondence). — The Point Look-
out mine, situated five miles south of Shinglei
Springs and twelve miles west of Placerville,'
was sold last week to Bassett & Smith, of
Pomona for ■§60,000, of which amount $20,000
are payable in , sixty days. The ledge is 15
feet wide at a depth of 50 feet. The ore aver-
ages SS in free gold and $150 per ton in sul-:
phurets. There is a 4-stamp mill on the
property.
The tunnel on the Lloyd mine, one-half mile
from the Court House, has reached 135 feet.
It is 5x6^^ feet in the clear. The work has
crosscut the formation of a ledge 20 feet wide,
of which 8 feet are mineralized. The forma-,
tion is locally known as greenstone. Power
drills and systematic efforts are accomplishing
their work very rapidly.
Meyers & Morrow, three-fourths of a mile
north of town, are working successfully on the
Lucky Star, which joins the Gentle Annie
property on the east. They have a shaft 35
feet, tunnels 240, and open cuts 160 feet in'
length. The ledge averages 2>$ feet, and is
a porphyry quartz. The general average of
the ore is $20 (with very rich sulphurets), but
from this rich specimen ore is hammered in a
mortar, so rich that its quality was beyond,
belief had the writer not been an eye witness.
A visit was made last week by your corre-
spondent to the old Skinner, Noyes & Lemmon
property, now known as the JEmpress Jo-
sephine mine. It is less than half a mile
from the court house. The tunnel has reached
245 feet. The drift to the north has reached
15 feet on a ledge 14 feet wide, the opposite
wall of which has not been reached. The gold
was plainly visible, not less than 15 ounces
being taken out with pick and gad within
half an hour, and what clung to the quartz
was gathered on a canvas spread across the
bottom of the tunnel. It is argued by some
that this must be a pocket proposition exclu-
sively, yet it should be borne in mind that
the ore js all gold bearing, and will average
above §8 (free milling), and from $100 to 1150
per ton in sulphurets. The slate, as well as
the quartz and porphyry, carry gold, visible
without a glass. For years this property has
been gophered, and yielded a large amount. of
gold, but now system and depth are proving
that a good mine is in reserve. El Dorado
county is now being rapidly redeemed from its
dormant state.
Placerville, March 16th, '97.
Nevada.
Transcript : Some very rich quartz has been
struck on tbe 600 level of the Pittsburg mine
by tributers. Twenty men are at work there.
Charles Bell of San Francisco and W. H.
French of San Jose have purchased the old
Crumbecher mine in Washington district and
intend putting up a mill as soon as the snow
goes ofC. The average of all the samples taken
for 53 feet in width was S5.40 per ton, and the
sulphurets assayed S.^0 per ton.
Prof. Treadwell has received a letter from
London capitalists who have been considering
the big tunnel proposition from the South
Yul)a river to the Nevada City and Grass
Valley mines, in which they state they must
have:all the Gold Bank Tunnel interest and
the control of the Grass Valley Railway &
Tunnel Company. They want to consolidate
to forestall any opposition. " If reasonable
terms can be arranged, they contemplate the
purchase of some desirable gold mining prop-
erties along the line.
of Minneapolis. Since the 20th of February,
two monitors have been running night and
day continuously, and doing good work. The
supply of water is plentiful, and will be for
many months.
Sam Firmstone and associates are doing de^
velopment work on the Phoenix, at the head
of North Canyon, and expect soon to cut the
ledge.'
Sbasta.
Democrat : Bell and Scranton are getting out
some good ore from the Oro^Finomine they
recently bought from A. K. Pitch, and which
was formerly owned by Judge Sweeny.
Conroy, Hull and Murray are shipping ore ^^^^ uu^ijaw^ui
from their mine four miles north of Shasta to i pe'iSe'ntly^ "1*1011'
the smelter at Keswick. • -.*'.■
C. E. Brown and many others are also
shipping ore to Keswick. The deadly fumes
from the smelter are beginning to tell on the
timber near Shasta as well as along the Sac-
ramento river. For quite a distance north
and west of the town the hills are covered
with dead trees.
Siskiyou.
Journal: The Brown Bear quartz mine, of
Salmon river, owned by Golden & Eveleth,
has been sold to G. W. Grayson of Oakland,
Cal. It will be worked upon an extensive
scale as soon as preparations are completed.
The Chinese company, just above the mouth
of Humbug creek, in Klamath river, have
their wingdams and wheels ready to commence
work, except the dip wheel for the sluices,
which is now being built.
The Greenhorn blue gravel mine will soon
be open for hoisting pay gravel, as the shaft
is now down about 90 feet, with expectation
of sinking 15 or 20 feet more to reach bottom
of bedrock.
Lively times in mining may be anticipated
during the coming spring and summer around
and near Yreka. The old Espy, claim and
pumping machinery is now in successful opera-
tion under control of Hunter and Simmons,
who have already piped off more than an acre
of ground, since starting their mammoth pump
at Shasta river. Several good claims have
been located on Shasta river below the elec-
tric light plant, in Pool's Paradise district,
and all the old claims are to be worked with
renewed energy at Hawkinsville, Long gulch,
Canal gulch and other localities north of town.
On west side of town several claims will be
worked on Humbug gulch. Greenhorn gulch,
Portuguese gulch. Spring gulch and other
gulches, while south of town, the rich claims
on Greenhorn creek are being opened again.
Reporter : S. J. Fore has purchased a saw-
mill and five stamps to be added to a 5-stamp
mill now being moved to his mine. The pres-
ent tunnel now shows 40,000 tons of ore in
sight. Mr. Pore will also have his mine at
Callahans running by the 20th inst., where
thirty men are now employed.
News: Ed McNulty is surveying a ditch
from near the electric light plant, extending
four or five miles down the Shasta river to
rich placer ground he has located, which lies
on both sides of the river.
Under the new arrangement the Ball mine
in Klamath mountain will be started up soon
with its 30-stamp mill.
Superintendent Munger, although progress is
rather slow owing to the extreme hardness of
the rock. The shaft has reached the 120-foot
rnark and on arriving at the 200 the vein will
be crosscut and a level run.
At the Dutch a strike of rich quartz was
made in the drift on the 300-foot level Sunday.
The Sailor mine, a Table mountain proposi-
tion, owned by Kent & Dick, is in tbe main
channel, with 700 feet of tunnel, and sending
out blue gravel which pays well.
A 5-foot vein of rich ore has been uticovered
in the Norwegian mine, near Robinsoii*s
Ferry. The mine was recently purchased by
H. F. Emeric of San Francisco and others
from the Lawsons, whom it has made inde-
pendently rich. Prank Enzensberger was
placed in charge as general manager and
under his directions work on the property has
progressed rapidly.
On the Golden Gate they are driving the
200 level northward into the hill to reach a
large pay chute which, from surface indica-
tions, exists in the upper claim of the group.
The chute on which the mill is running is over
650 feet long and the mine opened to a depth
of 700 feet. No ore has been extracted below
tbe 500 level and it is said that the reserves
still in sight above that level are sufficient to
supply the mill for a long time. The number
of men employed is about seventy-five. Mr.
Jacob A. Fischer, the general manager, is at
present personally superintending affairs at
the mine.
NEVADA.
Dayton Times: Rapid progress is being
made on the Davis leaching plant. It will
consist of five large redwood tanks, 20 feet in
diameter and 5 feet deep, and two redwood
settling tanks, 16 feet in diameter and 8 feet
deep. The plant is so situated that the
material to be worked will be hauled onto the
runway over the tanks and dumped through
screens into the tanks. When the material
has been treated the solution will be drawn
off into the two 16-foot tanks and the waste
will be discharged through a flume, under
the Rock Point ditch, into the river below
the dam. The plant will be oj a capacity to
handle between fifty and sixty tons of ma-
terial a day.
It has been found that the Douglass ditch
will have to be enlarged some 3 feet to
furnish water enough to give suBicient power
for the Peck plant which is to be put in here.
To enlarge and clean the ditch thirty men
have been employed, and work will begin
immediately.
OREGON.
Placer. -
Sentinel : J. G. McCloud, of Clipper Gap, has
bonded his Big Lead quartz mine on Rich
Flat, near Auburn, to Joel Smith for S20,000.
The life of the bond is eighteen months. Mr.
Smith has engaged four miners and will im-
mediately commence to sink on the ledge.
Argus : At Blue Canyon the Van Avery mine
has been closed down for the time being, the
snow having shut off the water supply which
operates the mill.
The Azalea mine is running in full blast.
The Redstone mine was closed down for a
short time.
The Haub mine, in Shady Run district, is
shut down on account of too much snow.
The old Mountain Gate mine is being slowly
opened up. Five men are engaged in re-
timbering the old gangways.
About a dozen men have been laid off at the
Pioneer mine.
Herald,: At the Marguerite mine they are
now running a perpendicular shaft from a drift
to the "surface, and when the top is reached, a
distance of 300 feet, they will go down again
and enlarge and timber the shaft which they
intend to sink 1000 feet. A hoisting works
will also be erected.
Plumas.
National Bulletin : At Greenville, Standart
& McGill have several men employed in their
big mine near Round Valley. As soon as the
snow leaves they will put on a larger force,
begin the hauling of ore and resume the oper-
ation of their mill.
One of the big mining operations in this
county now is the Plumas Imperial hydraulic
mine, owneti and operated by C. D. Hazzard,
Sierra.
Enterprise: Last week fine appearing blue
colored gravel was struck in the latest up-
raise of the North Fork drift mine. The boul-
ders encountered are large and well washed.
Pretty gold specimens, some rather heavy,
were picked out of the gravel near the bed-
rock. Quite a number of miners are employed
and the future success of these old-time
diggings is now assured.
The Bald Mountain Extension's north tun-
nel, being run for the channel northeastward,
was in 432 feet last week. This only leaves
413 feet more ahead to reach gravel in up-
raises Nos. 15 and 16. The rock in the face of
the tunnel is very soft and over 40 feet is the
weekly (six days) progress, with two ten-
hour shifts working. >
Should the Plumbago ledge continue to pay
well, a telephone line will be put up to con-
nect with that of Alleghany and Forest
City.
The mining-outlook at and in the vicinity of
Alleghany is again brightening.
Trinity.
Fi'ee Press: The Trinity Mining and Milling
Company, having its office at 56 Nevada block,
San Francisco, has been incorporated, with
Charles H. Fish as president and J. Stadtfeld
Jr. secretary. The properties to be operated
are the Trinity Consolidated mines in Dog
Creek mining district. It has long been known
that these mines possessed great values, but
for want of sufficient capital and machinery
have heretofore ■ been worked in a desultory
manner. In the early 60' s this camp produced
great quantities of placer gold, but until
lately quartz mining has not received much
attention there.
Journal: The Pelletreau claim, at Taylor's
Flat, 400 feet above the river bed, comprises
about sixty acres of rich gravel. At present
it is running night and day, and gives em-
ployment to eight men and pays S500 a week.
The Don Juan mine, situated about three
miles above Burnt Raiich, operated by Mr. G.
W. Huestis, is paying well.
At East Pork the Enterprise company are
running their mines and crushing ore from
the Lone Jack ledge with good results. The
North Star mine is being run, and the ore
crushed in the 10-stamp mill on that property.
Nicholson & Cleckner are taking out quartz
from the Poorman mine and having it crushed
in the Enterprise mill. .
Tnolamne.
Union-Democrat: Work on the Marlow
mine, near Summersville, is being prosecuted
vigorously. This is a gravel claim and indi-
cations are that it is rich. Twelve men are
employed.
The Trio is being drivei^ down by Acting
BAKER COUNTY.
The Virtue, the oldest mine in the district,
was discovered in 1864, and has the credit of
producing over S3,000,000in gold. The mine
was developed to a depth of 700 feet, the ore
now going to the mill coming from 300, 470
and 600-foot levels. It is the intention of the
company to put in twenty more stamps this
season. The new hoist and pumping plant,
just installed, have a capacity for developing
the mine to a depth of 2000 feet. The main
pay chute is 800 feet long, and. averages 3 feet
in width.
The Consolidated Virginia is the southern
extension of the Virtue. The shaft is now
down 415 feet, and in very hard diorite. It is
expected that forty days more will be used up
in the shaft before they are ready to crosscut
for the lode.
The Flagstaff, northeast of the Red Jacket,
is in the same ore belt. This mine, owned by
a French company, has a fine steam hoist,
eight compressed air drills and plant, and has
just finished a 10-stampsteel mill of the latest
improved pattern. The shaft is now down 550
feet, and will be pushed to a depth of 800.
Drifts have been run at the 100, 200 and 300-
foot levels, exposing an ore chute from 200 to
400 feet long and of good quality. The mill
will be started as soon as the water supply
has been increased a little.
The White Swan, three miles east of the
Virtue, at this date is held by persons who
are reorganizing the company, and hope to
drive away the cloud that has hung over the
mine so long. The mine has a record of over
^30,000 in, gold, all from above the 240-foot
level.
The Columbian mine is two miles northeast
of the Virtue. The incline is down 325 feet,
and the ore has been drifted at the 100 and
200-foot levels. The steam hoist has a capac-
ity of 800 feet. Here it will be necessary to
sink for water, and a 10-stamp mill will be
erected as soon as water is reached.
The Mabel mine is 2% miles southeast of
the White Swan. The ledge is from 1 to 6
feet wide, and from one pocket there was
taken some years ago S24,U00. No work has
been done for some time.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
{Special Correspondence). — In a short time
an act will have passed the Provincial Legis-
lature making it compulsory for a mining com-
pany incorporated after that date to put up
10% of the capital stock of the company in
cash. For this reason in the past two weeks
eighty-two mining companies have been in-
corporated with an aggregate capitalization
of about $65,000,000. Tbis brings the total
capitalization of British Columbia mining com-
panies up to over §500,000,000, and a very
small proportion of this represents actual cash
investment.
Trade centers are commencing to feel the
injurious effects of over-speculation in stocks.
Many business men of small means have ex-
changed available cash for stock not profitably
negotiable just now, and collections are very
slow in consequence, while in the rural dis-
tricts it is impossible to collect even a small
percentage of taxes due owing to moneys
available being appropriated for mine invest-
ments.
No less than three mining towns are being
sold by sections in Vancouver. All are in a
very incipient state as yet, but bid fair to
become settlements of importance. They are
Channton on Phillip's Arm north from Van-
March 20, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press,
239
couver, near ibe CbaDoe Miniog Compaoy
claims, recently sold to an EngUsb syodieate,
CacbtOD, near the famous Golden Cache mines
of Lillooel, and Fairvlew, about a mile from
Falrview camp, Okanogan.
Five svodlcaies in all have asked permis-
sion under certain conditions to build a
smelter and refinery in Vancouver. Four of
them want big bonuses ranging from ♦lUO.OOO
to $150,000. but an English syndicate offers to
build a smelter and retinery, expecting no
more Inducement than free city water and
lax exemption, it is altogether likely that
the English syndicate, being the lowest
bidder, will build the sniclter.
The Aurious, Marguerite and Nanaimo
claims in LItlooet, near the Golden Cache
group, have at last been put on the market,
having been acquired by the Lillooet Gold
KeefsCompony. The mines have been capital-
ized for $:i00,<NV>, and shuros are selling at 2.'i
cents par. Tli*' ore is free-milHiig and re-
sembles the Golden Eagle ore. Assays from
the surface run high in gold.
Every one is anxiously looking forward to
the issue of the Hrst dividend from Seaboard
mines. Several of the mineM from VanL-ouver's
\'ery door to wiihin a radius of 300 miles have
i>een shipping ore, but none of them in large
iiuantiiv. From the result of the work at the
Alberni' Consolidated, Vancouver island, how-
ever, there is every indication that the coast
proper will soon have a dividend i>ayer. A
stamp mill has been running night and day.
and. according to report, the ore turned out
ISO to the ton from rock taken at random
across the lead. This week ten tons of ore
were shipped to San Francisco to have it prop-
erly mill-tested, and. should the result be fa-
vorable, a 2«-stamp mill will be erected.
The Dominion Developing Company share-
holders have decided to reduce the capital
stock of the company from $500,000 to $22,500.
The move is a very popular one in these days
of over-capitalization.
The latest excitement is caused by the lo-
cation of large numbers of promising gold and
silver claims in the ncighborhcxjd of Pitt and
Harrison lakes respectively, and wiihin easy
reach of New Westminster and Vancouver via
the Fraser river. At Pitt lake fifty pros-
pectors have located over 100 claims and many
of the first assays show rich in gold. Access
is cheap and easy by water to the Everett
smelter, to which the mines will probably
ship most of their ore. Several will begin
shipping in early spring.
The mountains around Cayoosh creek, near
the Golden Eagle, are being sci»led by hun-
dreds of prospectors who are staking claims in
the snow. The country isall staked out with-
in a radius of several miles from the now fa-
mous Golden Cache mines. The reputation of
this camp is now so widespread on account of
the Golden Cache mines that numerous com-
panies are rapidly being formed to procure
and take up claims now on the market.
Among the best companies organized is the
Lillooet Gold Fields Mining and Milling Com-
pany, organized to develop the Aurious and
Marguerite claims, near the Golden Cache
group. The capitalization is low — $;200,0U0.
The ledges on the claims owned by this com-
pany have been stripped in several places and
average assays from the surface run about ??15
in free-milling gold, with every indicatiou of
improvement.
The owners of the Van Anda mine, Texada
island, are well satisfied with the latest re-
ports from the workings. The 110-foot level
of this Texada island mine has cut a vein
showing rich peacock ore, and on the 70-foot
level the ore continues well defined and much
stoping is being done, there being consider-
able ore now ready to ship. Sixty tons will
be shipped at once to the smelter. Mean-
while the Raven, two miles from the Van
Anda, is showing fine peacock ore at the bot-
tom of the shaft and the Victoria has a shaft
down 70 feet and the ore continues well. The
mines on Texada island are now attracting
general attention lo the coast. Texada has
for long years been known to be richly min-
eralized, but only recently have attempts to
exploit its ores materialized. Now pros-
pectors have located very many promising
claims all over the island.
The Queen Bee and Bully Boy claims on
Valdez island, which are being worked by a
Vancouver syndicate, show encouragingly.
The shaft on the Queen Bee is down a4 feet,
where average assays show ;f43 a ton. The
ore carries gold, with a trace of silver. On
the Bully Boy a tunnel is in (10 feet, showing
ore similar, but not quite of such good grade,
as in the Van Anda case. There are sixty
tons of ore on the dump.
The Fairview Consolidated Quartz Mining
Company, Limited, incorporated for $3,500,000,
will acquire the Reco, White Swan, Quartz
Queen, California, Standard. Nightingale,
Ocean Wave, Sundown, Ironclad, Fannie Mor-
ris, Silver Bow and Rob Roy claims in the
Fairview camp. Of this and several other
Fairview mining companies Mr. A. A. David-
son of Victoria will be the managing director.
There will undoubtedly be large developments
in the Fairview camp this year, although un-
til recently development has iDeen compara-
tively slow.
The iron ore of Nanaimo and Texada island
has been but little worked yet, and this only
for the supply of blast furnaces at Port Town-
send, Wash., now closed down. It is, how-
ever, now hoped that, in conjunction with the
coal of Nanaimo, the working of this iron ore
may be resumed, in connection with iron blast
works within the Province itself.
Victoria, March 10, '97. Goodman.
Spokesman-Review: Sir James Grant of
Ottawa has obtained R. C. Campbell-John-
son's option on the Exchange group in the
Slocan. The option is said to be for §21,000.
Spokane Chronicle: A good strike has been
made in the Center Star mine 200 feet from
the Le Roi line. The main tunnel in the Cen-
ter Star, which is almost 1500 feet long,
reached the Le Roi several days ago. Man-
ager Durant then began crosscutting both
ways about 200 feet from the Lo Roi line,
where a good shoot of or© had been cut diag-
onally. The crosscut lo the south is in 0 feet
and shows no sign of the fool wall of the
ledge. The crosscut to the north Is now 24
feet long and shows no sign of the banging
wall.
The new air compressor at the Slocan Star
has been set up and the drills are now cut-
ting the remaining 4.')0 feet the No. 5 tunnel
has to reach the vein. When completed the
tunnel will be about liOO feet in length and
about 600 feel from the surface. The mill U
turning out thirty tons of concentrates daily.
Th6 monthly pay-roll shows an average of
over 100 men employed at the mine and mill.
On Pass creek, a" tributary of the north
fork of Kettle river, the Pathfinder was
bonded a short timo ago by Parkenson & Pef-
fer to English parties for t*15,000. The shaft
Is down :iO feet and shows ^Jl.ju in gold and
about $10 in silver and cupper.
ALASKA.
SewM: Reports have been brought from
Funter Bay of the recent developments in the
War Horse group of claims, in whose veins iho
lelluride ore has been proven to exist. The
ledge upon which the greatest work has been
done crops out near the water's edge; in fact,
is covered at times by the highest tides of the
month. The shaft is now down to a depth of
44 foet, disclosing an IS-lnch vein of exception-
ally rich ore. Lending into the main ledge
are numerous stringers varying in width from
2 to S inches and all showing the same general
characteristics.
The Kloudiek will not be the only scene of
activity on the Vukon this season. The Birch
creek diggings will turn out more gold than
ever before, as many claims are now opened
up for the Hrst time, while the old producers
are in a correspondingly further advanced
stage of development and able to keep up the
record established in years past. On Masto-
don creek alone, which contains all told but
fifty-two locations, about thirty-five claims
will be worked continuously during the sum-
mer.
UTAH,
Tintic Miner: A strike of ore has been
made this week in the Alaska shaft at a
depth of i:{0 feet. The vein is said lo be
nearly 4 feet wide.
At the Centennial-Eureka C. E. Allen, with
Superintendent Smith, is conducting a thor-
ough examination of the property, and will, in
short time, decide on the capacity of the pro-
jected mill. It is said of the "Centonnial-
Eureka that already blocked out are ores that
will keep the mill operating for several years,
with 200 tons a day being put through. Mean-
while additional depths are being explored;
practically no stoping is being done.
Salt Lake Tribune: At Park City stoping
in the Daly has been resumed. The ore will
be stored in the drifts, which are mostly
empty, and the men will go to and return
from work through Daly No. 3.
At the Anchor considerable first-class ore is
being stored ready for shipment as soon as the
roads will permit its being delivered at the
Mackintosh sampler.
At Mercur the Marion has resumed work
with the old force, and the usual amount of ore
is being put through. At the Geyser between
97 and lou tons are put through daily, and the
crusher is not busy half the time. The mill
will soon be treating the full 100 tons, and as
soon as the weather moderates tanks suHicient
to bring the daily capacity up to fifty tons
will be put in.
The Wachussetts, consisting of two claims
on Lion Hill, has been sold for $20,000, to
Dern, Airis, Brown and Peyton.
Mammoth ficcojd : The old Diamond min-
ing property has been started up again.
The Mammoth Mining Company have their
new hoist in position, and will start work
immediately.
Eureka Democrat: For the past eight
months a series of experiments has been
made at the Eureka-Hill with a view of
adapting the leaching process to the working
of the ore being taken out of that property.
The ore can be treated at a considerably less
figure by this method than at the smelters,
and will enable the company to work lower
grade ores.
Mr. Schwarthorn sent out a force of men
from Provo this week to work the Last Hope,
which lies on Mineral hill, on the east slope
of Godiva mountain.
Arrangements are being made for the in-
corporation of the Orient Mining Company,
which will develop some promising properties
in West Tintic.
Thomas Barrett put ten men at work on
Monday on the Lily Consolidated.
A force of men will be put to work on the
Valley View, near Silver City.
Il>AHO.
Wardner iVeu's : It is not expected that the
Helena-Frisco mine at Gem will be ready to
start up full blast before the first of July.
Nearly a hundred men are now employed in
sinking, cutting out stations and other pre-
paratory work. This property is being fitted
with the most complete and up-to-date mining
machinery in existence. Manager McDonald
estimates that not over 120 employes will be
required to operate the entire property when
the work and improvements now in progress
are completed.
The Frisco shaft is now down to the 600-foot
level. Good headway is being made in the
drifts. One hundred men are at work. No
ore is being milled at present.
A new strike is reported on Moon creek,
west of Osburn, on a property now under bond
and lease to McCallum & Co. The ledge
is good and strong.
The Tiger-Poorman Company has 185 men at
work. Sinking is being done on the shaft,
and the station for the 1200-foot level will be
started soon. The mill is turning out about
forty tons of concentrates per day.
The Standard is employing 140 men at the
mine and mill. All stones on the Campbell
tunnel level show fine bodies of ore. About
2o0 Ions are sent to the mill every day, and It
is expected the mill will be running full time
soon.
MONTANA.
At the Mayflower, shipment of ore is going
on at the old rate. The company has started
a tunnel .100 feet below the old workings.
La(.*asse Brothers, owners of placer mines in
Cedar guich. have sent men to begin work.
Lasi fall a new flume was completed.
The Iron Mountain company have a tele-
gram from the superintendent at the mine
that the lead had been cut at the seventeenth
level. The Iron Mountain is now the deepest
mine in Montana.
luUr-Monntain: The chemical laboratorv
for utilizing the smelter smoke of Butte bid's
fair to become an assured fact. R. H. Horn-
brook, a competent chemist, has been in the
city several weeks looking into the matter
and making tests at the Colorado smelter,
and it is understood that within a few days
work will be commenced on a plant to be situ-
ated near the Colorado company's smelter.
The shaft of the Parrotl companv has
reached the 250-foot level, where it is likely a
station will be cut and crosscuts run to tap
the ledges believed to exist in that localitv.
No ore bodies have yet been cut.
Miner: Encouraging reports continue to
come in from the Horse and Park Canyon
districts, and there are now probably more
men at work in this section than ever before
in its history.
Elmer Metcalf and others have been given
a lease on the Grant Extension owned by the
Anaconda company. They are now sinking
and at the same time putting in machinery.
It is the intention to sink 200 feet before
crosscutting commences.
The Ajax Mining Company of Helena has
come into possession of the Stray Horse mine
in Jefferson countv. taking up the bond given
last year for #75,000.
At the West Colusa of the Boston and Mon-
tana, prep iration is being made for placing a
head frame and sheave wheel at the 600-foot
level, preparatory to sinking to the '.lUO-foot.
The size of the shaft will be 9x17 feet S inches
in the clear, wall plates 12x12 inches timber,
end and counterpieces 12x14 inches. This will
allow two cars to be placed end to end on each
deck of the cage.
At the Moonlight, crosscutting on the 600-
foot is in progress. The shaft is going down
steadily, being at preseutabout 750 feet deep.
At the Poulin, the shaft is completed in the
1200-foot level, where a station is being cut.
Minltid a)t(i Railway Rrvieiv: The heavy fall
of SQOW in the mountains insures an ample
supply of water for placer mining the coming
season.
The Jaw Bone and Queen Bee mines at
Hassell have been sold by Angus McQueen, of
Helena, to an English syndicate, who propose
to put it on the London stock board at a par
value of SI, 000,000.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Times: At Ragged Top, F. M.
Wall is working fiteen men on his lease on
Balmoral lodes No. 6, 7 and S. He has driven
two tunnels, each about 75 feet in length,
from which he has run two crosscuts and an
incline to intersect the fissure veins which
are known to extend through the property.
Dacey & Kilpatrick Bros, have temporarily
suspended all work except that of sinking
the main shaft, in which eight men are em-
ployed. The shaft is now down 270 feet.
The result of operations of the diamond drill
on the Alaska group, owned by General Raum,
is of interest. Though a depth of over 200
feet has been reached, there is as yet no
change in the rock or formation.
At Keystone the shaft on the Holy Terror
has passed the 500-foot level, and a station
will now be made and a crosscut run to the
vein. The rock through which the last 50
feet has been sunk has been softer than for-
merly, and there are other indications that an
ore body will be opened on this level.
Baldwin & Co., lessees of the cyanide annex
to the Keystone mill, are making a success in
the treatment of tailings and concentrates,
and propose to handle the entire dump. The
European expert, who is to examine and re-
port on the property for an English syndicate,
is expected to be in the camp next week.
COLORADO.
Denver llcpuhlican : At Silverton the Ham-
let, on Sultan mountain, has been worked all
winter and has developed a large body of
pyritous ore, from which shipments will be
made when the trail is opened.
The Sampson mine will be started up in the
spring with a large force of men.
The Shenandoah, which has been worked
all winter, has a body of galena and copper ore
12 feet thick with only the width of the drift
taken out. When shipments commence, it
can be broken down in large blocks and will
give employment to twenty-five men.
The Victoria has 180 tons of ore taken out in
drifting 100 feet on the new ore body, which
will be dropped down to the mill when the
latter starts.
The crosscut tunnel on the Letter B at
Gladstone is now in a strong body of tine-
looking quartz and the advent of paying
ground is looked for within 50 feet.
The Idaho group of mines, on Kendall moun-
tain, has been bonded to an Eastern company
and will be in full operation when the spring
opens. The property is extensively developed
by tunnels on the vein. When the lower tun-
nel is extended to the end of Idaho No. 2, it
will have attained a depth of 25Q0 feet; and
as the outcrop is on the summit of Kendall
mountain, the immense value of this deposit
can be estimated.
The 400-foot tunnel on the Red and Bonita
Mountain mines has been completed and a
new contract on the same property will soon
be commenced. Drifting on the veins is
progressing. Nine veins were cut, most of
which were blind on the surface. The veins
all disclose mineral, but the main vein aimed
for will not be reached until the tunnel is in
1000 feet.
On the Gunnison bell at Ohio Citv the Ray-
mond, owned by D. H. Moffat and Eben
Smith, is developed by a 600-foot tunnel.
The vein is 5 feet between walls, with a 2-
foot pay streak.
The mines In the district have been idle for
several years, as they produced onlv silver at
first, and it was not thought that they car-
ried gold to any great extent. Recent de-
velopments, however, have shown that the
gold values are continuous from the rich lodes
of the San Juan region in a general north-
easterly direction to the neighborhood of
Pitkin.
The Little Chief is developed by tunnel
work 450 feet in length, and has opened a vein
of ore IS inches wide.
The mining district contiguous to Lawson,
up to isyo, was one of the best silver camps in
theClear Creek district, and before the ex-
odus took place it employed fully 4OO0 men in
Its mines on these mountains. For a long
time but little has been heard of Lawson, yet
there is a portion of the Silver Creek district
that has kept right on producing ore.
The Two Sisters group also employs about
forty men. There are three shaft-houses on
the property, and ore of a high grade has been
shipped from here for many years.
On the Georgetown road, west of the Mill-
ington, the Bellevue is one of the greatest
producers in the camp. The shaft is down 400
feet and is being sunk deeper as fast as three
shifts a day can sink it. It has recently been
leased and bonded to a Denver company.
AtTelluride the Japan is making regular
shipments of high-grade gold and silver ore.
New stoping ground is being coutinuallv
opened up, and after the mill starts in the
spring, when there is sufficient water formill-
ing purposes, this property will be one of the
largest concentrate and high-grade ore
shippers in Savage basin.
J. H. Schofield, superintendent of the Du-
quesne Gold and Silver Mining and Milling
Company of Pittsburg, has men employed
driving a tunnel on a group of properties near
Ames. It is now in 400 feet, with about 350
more to drive before intersecting a big vein
carrying gold and silver, which is the object-
ive point of the tunnel.
On the K. C. Humboldt, located on the same
lead as the Smuggler-Union and Sheridan-
Mendota, a force of seventy men is employed,
and from six to seven cars of high-grade gold
and silver ore are shipped out per vreek. The
ore runs well in gold, and some of the ship-
ments have netted as high as §2000 per car.
In the Freshwater district the Hub Hill
Gold Mining Company, owning fifteen claims
on Hub Hill, near Guffey, is sinking a 100-foot
shaft and otherwise improving.
The new cyanide mill is running success-
fully and proving its ability to treat the ores
of the district. Two more propositions are
pending to erect milling plants of not less
than 200 tons capacity per day.
The Missouri Mining and Milling Company
at Manhattan has struck the vein in the
Whadbee tunnel in the Monte Cristo mine
and find it 8 feet wide between the walls and
well defined. The ore is apparently very
rich. It is composed of sulphides carrying
both gold and silver.
Reports from three mills treating Cripple
Creek ores show 6500 tons handled by them
during February. The Colorado-Philadelphia
chlorination workings treated 3700 tons of an
average value of §25. The Brodie handled
13S7 tons, the extraction averaging less than
§22. The Gillett chlorination mill treated
1300 tons of a total gross value of §3.5,000.
In February the Anchoria-Leland produced
600 tons of ore of all grades, paying the ex-
penses and dividends, besides adding to the
surplus. All the ore came from the first level
on the Maloney cross vein, which has now
been followed for 300 feet without disclosing
the end of the chute. The new cross vein
opened to the south of the big shaft has been
followed for 30 feet.
The tunnel run to the Republic vein from
Mayflower ground has cut the vein in 448 feet
from the mouth, tapping the ore chute at a
depth of 150 feet.
Sinking has been resumed at the main shaft
on the Grouse of the Bankers' Company. A
station was cut at 230 feet, and drifts are be-
ing run into the ore. In about 25 feet farther
it is expected the vertical shaft willcatchthe
vein on its dip, and from there the work is to
be carried on as an incline on the vein to a
depth of 500 feet.
The Squaw Mountain tunnel is being pushed
on by hand, and at 1600 feet in the hill has en-
countered a new vein from which good assays
are being had.
The lessees on the Estelline on Howell Hill
have opened a vein in the north end of the
property, and at a depth of 20 feet are getting
assays from $6 to $18 a ton. The Westminster
Company is negotiating with English capital
for taking up the §85,000 bond on this prop-
erty, due in July next.
ARIZONA.
D. B. Gillett, superintendent and general
manager of the Gold Note and Surprise mines,
has since commencing work on the mines,
about June 1st of last year, up to February
Sth done 2790 feet of work in sinking and drift-
ing on the claims, all of the work being blast-
ing ground. Included in the work on the
Gold Note is a double compartment shaft
which has been sunk to the 2U0-foot level and
is well timbered and lined. Work will be
resumed on the shaft the first of March and it
will be continued to a depth of 500 feet, from
which point levels will be run.
Nogales Oasi^ : For each hundred feet of the
new four compartment shaft now going down
on the Grand Central mine about 35,000 feet
of timbering is required.
Development work was recently commenced
on the South Verde mine, about 400 yards
beyond the Verde.
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240
Mining and Scientific Press-
March 20, 1897.
The «* Daniel Best" Crude Oil
Engine.
Showing Improved Gas Generator for Using
Crade Petroleum for Fuel.
In these days of fierce competition it is nec-
essary, for all who hope to succeed, to reduce
running expenses to the lowest possible point;
hence by the use of a recently patented gas
generator, to be used in connection with a gas
engine, it is possible to use the cheapest
grades of gas oils, such as crude oil, distillate,
common coal oil or kerosene, gasoline or naph-
tha. It will furnish power at one-quarter the
cost of steam power and at one-half the cost
of power furnished by the ordinary gasoline
engine, so that the "Daniel Best" crude oil
engine will save any user of power a large per
cent of his operating expenses, and will pay
for itself in a very short time.
The reasons why the "Daniel Best" crude
oil engine is superior to the ordinary gasoline
engine are as follows :
First — It can use crude oil instead of gaso-
line alone, and is absolutely safe from explo-
sions or danger of causing fire. Plunge a
burning brand into a can of crude oil and it
will be extinguished as surely as if plunged
into water, but if you briog the burning brand
anywhere near a can of gasoline there will be
an explosion and a fire.
Second— One gallon of crude oil will furnish
as much power with the "Daniel Best" en-
gine as a gallon of gasoline will with any
other engine made, and the cost of crude oil is
about one-fourth that of gasoline. There is a
refined lubricating oil left, when using a
paraffine base, which is worth nearly as much
as the first cost of the crude oil, so that the
saving infuel in operating the "Daniel Best"
engine is by far the most economical power
yet discovered.
Third — With gasoline there is a constant
loss by evaporation, which is of course much
greater in warm than in cold weather, and in
hot weather this loss is very large, sometimes
reaching as high as 50 per cent, while with
crude oil (petroleum) there is scarcely any
loss from this source.
Fourth — Crude oil acts as a lubricant as
well as furnishinggas for power, andkeepsthe
piston of the engine always lubricated, thus
they do not wear as do the pistons of the ordi-
nary gas engines using only gasoline or manu-
factured city gas; hence the "Daniel Best"
crude oil engine is the more durable.
Fifth — While the "Daniel Best" engine
will run with crude oil. it will also run with
either city gas, gasoline, naphtha, common
■coal gas, or distillate, so that in case of one
iind of fuel giving out any of the others can
oeused; and the "Daniel Best" engine, by
tihe use of this newly improved generator, will
get more power from a given amount of oil
that will any other gas engine in the market.
From a test we made, the following table
will show the comparative cost of operating a
5-horse power steam engine and a 5-horse
power "Daniel Best" crude oil engine using
gasoline, common coal oil, distillate and crude
oil from Coalinga, Fresno county, oil wells,
also crude oil imported from Peru, and based
upon actual service of the above-named en-
gines, running ten hours on each kind of fuel
named.
The first test of the "Daniel Best" engine
was on gasoline 74 gravity ; second, cheap coal
oil 110 fire test; third, distillate 40 gravity;
fourth, Coalinga, Fresno county, crude oil
right from the wells; fifth, Peruvian crude
oil with paraffine base.
Cost of running 5-horse power steam engine
ten hours :
Coal at §6. 50 per ton $1 . 13
Engineer 3.25
Lubricating oil 15
Boiler compound 05
Kindling for starting fire 10
Total S3 .68
The "Daniel Best" crude oil engine using
74 gravity gasoline:
S% gallons gasoline 74 gravity at 18c. . .$1 .57%
Labor 1 hour attending engine and fill-
ing tank 30
Lubricating oil 15
Electric battery loss per day 03
Total SI . 94X
The "Daniel Best" engine using kerosene
oil 110 fire test:
7i^ gallons kerosene oil 110 fire test at
15c $1 .12%
Labor 1 hour attending engine and fill-
ing tank 20
Lubricating oil 15
Electric battery loss per day 03
Total $1 .49%
The "Daniel Best" crude oil engine using
distillate :
7% gallons distillate 40 gravity at Sc..$ .60
Labor 1 hour per day attending engine. .30
Lubricating oil 15
Electric battery loss per day 02
Total ; $ .97
The "Daniel Best" engine using Coalinga,
Fresnocounty, California, crude oil right from
the well :
7% gallons crude oil 36 gravity at 5c. . .$ .37%
Labor 1 hour per day attending engine. .20
Lubricating oil 15
Electric battery loss per day 03
Total $ .74%
The " Daniel Best " engine using Peruvian
crude oil :
13 gallons crude oil (Peruvian) at 5c $ .(i5
Labor 1 hour per day attending engine. .30
Lubricating oil 15
Electric battery loss per day 03
Total ;$1 , 03
The generator also acts as a refinery, and
THE '^DANIEL BEST" CRUDE OIL ENGINE.
from the 13 gallons of the Peruvian crude oil
used we have left a residue of 3 gallons of
good lubricating oil, so from this total sub-
tract the value of this residue or machine
oil:
Total cost as above $1.03
Less 3 gallons machine oil or residue at
15c 45
Total cost of running ten hours on
Peruvian crude oil S .57
The following summary will then show cost
of running a 5-horse power engine ten hours :
Steam power $3 .68
"Daniel Best" engine on gasoline 1.94%
"Daniel Best" engine on kerosene
(common coal oil) 1.49%
"Daniel Best " engine on distillate 40
gravity 97
"Daniel Best" engine on crude oil
(Coalinga) 74%
"Daniel Best" engine on crude oil
(Peruvian) 57
From these results it is easily seen what it
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is possible to do with our improved gas gener-
ator. By its use we get even much better re-
suits when using gasoline of 74 and 86 gravity,
such as used in the ordinary gasoline engine,
and much better results from lower grades of
gasoline, as well as common domestic coal oil,
distillate or crude oil, than is possible to get
from city gas, as all gas engines run with city
gas if they will ruo at all.
With this generator we vaporize the gaso-
line drop by drop, and when taken from a 50
to 100-gallon tank the last drop is as rich in
gas as the first.
Every one knows of the economy of using
the exhaust heat to heat the water of a steam
engine boiler before it is pumped into the
boiler, i. e., changing of a liquid (gasoline) to a
gas produces freezing cold gas, which, when
drawn into the cylinder, consumes part of its
own force in heating the balance to a point of
chemical change. We save the heat (which is
power) of the exhaust to vaporize these lower
grades of oil ; there is more gas in a gallon of
low-grade gasoline, distillate or crude petro-
leum than there is in a gallon of high-grade
gasoline 80 gravity, and it is only a question
of a practicable way of utilizing the waste
heat to make gas of these cheap grades of oil.
We have solved this problem by the use of our
improved generator, and other advantages
are that the danger of fire is very materially
reduced; in fact, to the same bases as when
using city gas, for when using gasoline, kero-
sene or distillate we connect with a 50 to 100-
gallon tank, as the case may be, 30 to 100 feet
from the engine, and it is pumped into the
generator with an automatic pump only as re-
quired to produce gas enough for the engine.
There is no danger of explosions of crude oil ;
the tank containing same can be placed where
most convenient, and the oil pumped auto-
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Reports on mines, designs and superintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery ; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for ihe
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whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
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mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park
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(A CORPORATION.)
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Coast Industrial Notes.
—Santa Cruz, Cal., is raising 510,000 to estab-
lish, a woolen factory.
—The California Woolen Mills, Petaiuma,
Cat,, have resumed operations.
— This year's orange crop at Redlands will
bring California S-iUO.OOO. The frdit sells for
S2.50 per box.
— The Navy Department has ordered the first
payment of §80,000 to the Union Iron Works
upon the battleship Wisconsin.
— Railroad engineers have incorporated the
Tia Juana Fruit Company, to do business at
the Needles, Cal., with a capital of §00,000.
—The California State Mining Bureau pro--
poses to make a thorough geological survey of
the region lying within a radius of ten or
fifteen miles of the town of San Luis Obispo.
— ^A news bulletin can now be flashed from
New York to San Francisco in ten seconds,
heavy copper wire which spans the continent
without relay stations making this rapid
transmission possible.
—The Manufacturers and Producers' Asso-
ciation will hold a stockholders' meeting,
Room 2, Gth floor, Mills Bldg., S. F., at 1 :30
p. M., next Wednesday, the 24th inst., to elect
oflicers for the ensuing year.
—The O. R. & N. people contemplate the con-
struction of a line from Umatilla Junction or
Wallula, up through the Okanogan country
and into the mining districts of the Kootenay
country.
— Two or more trains run regularly over the
U. V. &, P., Arizona, on account of the ma-
chinery and building material daily arriving
at the junction. Bullion at the Jerome
smelter is increasing, and shipments are now
made almost entirely at night.
— Sixteen hundred carloads of beans are
stored in warehouses in Santa Barbara and
Ventura counties. About half are Limas and
the rest other varieties. When the beans are
stored" in Southern Pacific warehouses the
company advances SI per cental.
—A dividend (No. 23) of 25 cents per share
has been declared on the capital stock of the
Parafflne Paint Co., 116 Battery street, San
Francisco, payable at the ofBce of R. S. Shain-
wald, secretary, on March 29. This company
furnishes a good article and is deservedly
prosperous.
—The Santa Fe Railway Company is chang-
ing its oil-burning engines in California back
to coal burners. The company has been using
from 600 to SOD barrels of oil per day, but the
rise in price, with the still further advance,
as a result of the oil combiniation, has re-
sulted in going back to the former conditions.
—The mill of the Corralitos Paper Mill Com-
pany, recently built at Watsonville, Cal., has
been shut down. The people residing along
the stream on which the mill is located com-
plained of refuse from the mill running into
the water, and, as there was no other place
for it, the only alternative was to close the
mill.
— Three hundred tons of steel rails have
been sent to Salinas, Cal., to be used in build-
ing.amile of railroad switches for the new
beet sugar factory. There will be over 500
acres of land occupied by the factory and its
necessary beet sheds, pulp sheds, pumping
plants, reservoir, machine shops, ofQces, ware-
houses, switches, etc.
— It is estimated at the Chino, Cal., sugar
factory that 144,000 tons of beets will be deliv-
ered there next summer and fall. Prom these
will be made 40,000,000 pounds of sugar. The
output in '96, with a short crop of 65,000 tons of
be^ts, was 17,000,000 pounds of sugar, which,
at a net profit of 1^ cents a pound, netted the
factory owners §250,000 for the season.
— About 20,000 acres of land west of San
Bernardino, Cal., have been bought by the
Anglo-American Canaigre Company and the
Chicoia Water Campany. It is stated with
apparent authority, that when the investment
is completed, it will represent an outlay of
Sl,500,000. The company will put in a crop of
canaigre, 2000 acres to be planted this year.
A canaigre factory will be built a year later.
—San Francisco has in operation one of the
most thorough systems of food inspection in
the country. It consists of four inspection sta-
tions, covering the whole of the city. It is
the intention of the Board of Health to
wage war on everything found adulterated.
The chemical laboratory planned by the board
is completed, and the various deputy inspectors
are collecting samples of different kinds of
food throughout the city. All adulterated
brands will be condemned and confiscated.
—By a new contract between Sebastian
Camacho, acting in behalf of the Western
Railway Company of Mexico, and the Depart-
mentof Communications, represented by Gen-
eral Francisco Z. Mena, the company in ques-
tion agrees to keep in commission two steam-
ships of 400 tons each, to make regular trips
between the ports of Guaymas and San
Benito on the Pacific, touching both ways at
La Paz, Altata, Mazatlan, San Bias, Man-
zanillo, Acapulco, Puerto Angel, Salina Cruz
and Tonala.
—The general officers of the Oregon Short
Line are as follows : W. H. Bancroft, vice-
president and general manager; S. W. Eccles,
general freight and trafSc manager: E. E.
Calvin, general superintendent; D. E. Bur-
ley, general passenger and ticket agent; J.
C. O'Melveny, engineer mountain division
Union Pacific, chief engineer; J. F. Dunn,
master mechanic Union Pacific at Pocatello,
Idaho, superintendent of motive power; Ira O.
Rhodes, assistant to purchasing agent Union
Pacific, general purchasing agent; E. J.
Fishei-, .claim agent mountain division Union
Pacific, general claim agent; W. D. Lincoln,
.car accountant; J. B. Evans, general tax
agent; J, M. Bennett, assistant superintend-
,ent bridge.s and buildings Union Pacific at l
Pocatello, superintendent of bridges and |
buildings; H. C. Smartwood, general baggage
agent. The offices have been opened in"Salt
Lake City.
Personal.
CoRBETT should uow be appointed American
consul to Nevada.
E. K. Stevenot has returned to San Fran-
cisco from Sonoma county.
Julian Sonntag has resigned the secre-
taryship of the Cal. State Miners' Associ-
ation.
D. A. Bender has been appointed assistant
general manager Alameda & San Joaquin
Railroad.
Thomas Orman has been appointed superin-
tendent of the De Lamar mine and mill at
Pioche, Nevada.
T. M. O'Brien, who has been in the Yukon
country since 1SS7, has arrived in San Fran-
cisco and will return to Circle City, where he
has large interests, in June.
M. A. Knapp has gone as engineer to the
Rosario mines, 60 miles back of Mazatlan, old
properties which have long been worked and
which now employ about 900 men.
Ralph Nichols last week resigned the su-
perintendency of the De Lamar mines at Pi-
oche, Nevada, and left for Leadville to take
charge of the Moffit and Smith properties.
Commissioner of the Gen. Land Office,
Lamoureux, who used his high official position
to beat the mineral land bill, and who did his
best or worst against that needed public
measure, has been caught in other equally
questionable woi'k and will be dismissed from
the department.
Commercial Paragraphs.
Within two years past between 3000 and
4000 Anaconda axles have been put in use in
Montana and other western States and Brit-
ish Columbia. Users find them cheap, simple
and easy to care for, and " repeat" orders are
numerous. A catalogue describing this axle
is published by Fraser & Chalmers, Chicago.
The large Rand compressor, recently in-:
stalled in the LeRoi, B. C, mine, will be
known as the *' Senator," and is to be used
for running all the pumps and hoists at the
mine, in addition to'operating forty drills. It
is described as a beautiful piece of mechanism
in every detail of its construction, and is
fitted with the latest type of mechanical air
valves, automatic governors, etc. It has the
distinction, furthermore, of being one of the
three largest compressors in use in the North-
west. The machine is a Rand air compressor
of the latest improved type, with Corliss com-
pound condensing engine ; size of steam cylin-
ders, 22x40x48 inches stroke ; air cylinders,
22x34x48 inches stroke, with intercooler. The
Rand Drill Company, 100 Broadway, New
York, builders, report a steadily increasing
demand for their compressors and drills for
mining purposes, and claim that they make
the most efficient, economical and durable ma-
chines for this class of work on the market.
The success of the operation of long-distance
electrical transmission is perhaps best gauged
by the opinion expressed by the company oper-
ating the plant. An extract from a recent let-
ter regarding the operation of the Fresno,
Cal., long-distance transmission maybe inter-
esting to our readers. It was written by
Mr. John J. Seymour, president of the San
Joaquin Electric Company, operating the San
Joaquin river and Fresno transmission, to the
General Electric Company, which installed it:
" It affords me great pleasure to write you re-
garding the successful operation of the long-
distance transmission plant installed for our
company. The entire plant as furnished has
been in actual practical operation for a
period of several months. The thirty-
five miles transmission has given us
no trouble whatever. Our load at pres-
ent consists of 145 arc lights and 500U
incandescent lights and 410 H. P. in motors,
the latter including ISO H. P. for the Sperry
flour mill and 7.5 H. P. for the city pumping
plant. All of the machinery doing this work
has worked with perfect success from the
start. The incandescent lights have most of
them been newly wired in, thus enabling us
to properly balance the load, and the regula-
tion has given us no trouble whatever. Dur-
ing extensive tests it was impossible to find
more than two volts variation between any
lamps on the system. Lights so furnished
seem to me to be better than incandescent
lights usually furnished in San Francisco and
other cities of the State."
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Reliance G. M. Co., San Francisco; capital
stock, $500,000— all subscribed; W. T. Harley,
J. H. Sayre, W. J. Gwynn, L. Bowles, I. T.
Milliken, W. Sharwood, W. F. Drake.
St. Elmo Mining and Water Co., Los An-
geles; capital stock S2, 500, 000 —$759,500 sub-
scribed. W. Ferguson, J. P. and M M
Turner, E. H. Gould. C. T. Thomas, M. J.'
Blaisdell, C. L. North, Los Angeles; D. M
Pyle, Bakersfield.
Cripple Creek— Its History to Date, lUustrated.
Just oiit, with correct map and costly full page
\'iews Datural as life. This ri'eat book will be sent
free prepaid with our big 5«-eol. family paper ■;!
months on trial for 25c (stamps or silver) ; club of 5
U. Latest miulog news. Mention The Press and
address niustrated Weekly Sentinel, Denver, Colo.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboralory, Established in Colorado,
IStifi. Samples by mail or express will receive
prompt and careful attention. Gold and silver bul-
liou refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress 173ti and 1733 Lawx-ence Street, Denver, Colo.
Hercules Gas Engine.
Herewith is illustrated an 80 H. P. Her-
cules self-starting gasoline engine shipped to
the Rawhide mine near Jamestown, Tuolumne
county, Cal., where it will he used to drive
the company's new 10-inch Cornish pump. The
vice is very substantial and easily cared for.
The electrodes are heavy pieces of hard steel,
located in combustion chamber, the electrode
stems passing through inlet valve head to
permit tension springs being external and
away from heat. This obviates the necessity
of removing head to renew or adjust electrode
springs. The tension springs can be adjusted
80 H. P. SELF-STARTING GASOLINE ENGINE, WEIGHT 16,500 LBS., BUILT
BY THE HERCULES GAS ENGINE WORKS, SAN FRANCISCO.
engine is of the horizontal, single cylinder
type, very heavy and substantial, of simple
design and built to withstand severe and con-
tinual service. The generator will vaporize
either gasoline or low-grade distillate oil, the
latter being an exceedingly efQcient fuel and
very cheap. The governor, instead of being
the usual fly wheel or shaft type, is a fly ball
or pendulum governor, and controls the speed
of the engine very closely by operating a
valve in inlet pipe. The electric igniting de-
while engine is running. A self-starting de-
vice does away with either a small starting
engine or the labor of turning engine over by
hand. The point of ignition is adjustable,
permitting the highest possible efQciency at
minimum consumption of fuel. Every precau-
tion was taken by the builders, the "Hercules
Gas Engine Works, to guard against mis-
haps, and under exceedingly sure tests the
engine made a splendid showing of economy,
efficiency and general excellence. *
Recently Declared flining Divi-
dends.
South Swansea, Utah, $7500, payable
March 20.
Centennial-Eureka, Utah, $30,000, payable
March 15. The total to date is $1,930,000.
Bullion - Beck, Utah, S50,000, payable
March 20.
Mercur, Utah, $25,000, payable March 17.
Cariboo & Rambler Consolidated Gold Min-
ing Co., British Columbia; §20,000, payable
April 15.
Portland Mining Co., Colorado; $30,000, pay-
able March 21.
^tna Con. Quicksilver Co., Cal., 10 cents
per share, $10,000, to-day.
ORES! ORES!
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SENSIBILITY, 1-200 MILLIGRAMME.
This is a short beam balance and especially
adapted for smelters and assay offices where ex-
treme accuracy and rapidity are prerequisites.
Photos and Prices oa Application.
IM. AINSWORTH,
No. 2151 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLORADO.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OP
F^lnest Assav Balances.
Our Beams are the
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Roller^ Steer and Special CHAINS
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F'OR SALE.
The four Boilers now ia use at tlie Crown
Mills, together with Fronts, A'alves, Grate-
Bars. etc., are offered for Sale.
Delivery can be made on or about the 1st of May.
For further particulars, inquire of
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STOCKTON CAIilFOBNia.
For Sale at a JSargfaiu.
One new GOLD KING AMALGAMATOR — never
used. Apply to Marshutz & Cantrell, N. W. corner
Main and Howard streets, San Francisco, California.
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We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
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And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hoars. It is simplicity itself. No
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For cpnfirmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenridge, Col.; M. E. Smith
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ROMi-BT, Colo., Jan. 19. 1897.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Go., Denver, Co^o.— Gentlemen: Answering yours of the 5th inst.. would state
that after a thorough trial we have discarded seven Woodbury Tables and two Johnsons and adopted the WilQey
Concentrating Table, which we think up to date is the best table in the marltet, so far as our knowledge is con-
cerned. Yours very truly, [signed] B. B. MORLEY, M'g'r Golf M. & M. Co.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
every make, as is shown by letters in our possession.
PRICE, $450."^.
THE GUTTA PERCHA AND RUBBER M'F'G CO,
30 and 3:2 FRETWOINT ST., S/VIN FR/^NCISCO.
Spadone's Conoe^ntratoi- Belts.»i
The " SPADONE " Curved Edge Concentrator Belt is attracting^ much attention among mining men, its merits appealing to the millman of
practical experience. "^
Illustration (Fig. 1.) shows a cross-section, and (Pig. 2.) shows, the edge flanging outwardly
as it passes over tiie pulley. This relieves the strain from the top and bottom of the edge by di-
recting the strain automatically to the Inside face surface of the edges. Heretofore all belts
have been so constructed that when they pass over the pulleys or rolls, a direct strain comes ;
upon the top or at the base of the edges, causing the edges to break away from the body of the
belts in a very short time. We avoid this Mechanical Defect by our Spadone Curved Edge. Belts
made to flt.any machine — 4,?5 and 6 feet wide. Prices and samples on application.
We shall' be pleased to quote you also on Water, Air Drill, Steam, Suction and Fire
HOSE, RUBBEK BELTING and RUBBER PACKING. Correspondence Solicited.
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Assaying. — Part I — Gold and Silver Ores.
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This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
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form ol fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for U- S.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
THE KENDALL PROCESS is the most e£Qcient method of using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been in-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumption of
chemicals has also been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
All ores, wiikout exception, amenable to cyanide treatment can be treated to better advantage by the
Kendall Process. This can be accepted as an axioTR.
The manager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District, Utah, wires : " We now begin to
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 220 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.,
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
CHICnCJO, U. S. FK..
MODERN METHODS as applied to the haDdllng of Freight, Grain,
Ores, Raw and Manufactured-Products,
MALI,EABLE lEON BUCKETS, Approved Pattern and
Welghi; KOPE POWER TKANSMISsIONS, SHAFTING,
PLLLEYS, GEARiKG, CLUTCHES, ETC.; ELECTRIC
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
SEND FOE CATALOGUE NO. 20.
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World.
I kUAX improvel
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAl, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO,, J
Pat. Jan. 5, '92, Aug. 27,
/AGENTS,
Send for Catalogue.
Saoramento. California
HEADQUARTERS.
Genuine English Pomp Leather
'pi
outwear any other material and g-ive best
satisfaction. Samples furnished on appli-
cation. A. C- NICHOLS & CO., Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F
MATch 20, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
247
List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
Coa5t Inventors.
K«port«<l by Dew«7 A Co., I'loneer fittont
HoUcltOFB for Facltlc Co»8t.
FOB THE WEEK ENDING MAHCII 9, llM.
KM68.— EiTGiNB ExuACST— Blubaugb & Slmpsoo,
RedUods. Cal.
A78.<I25— Sawing Machine— A. C. Calkfos, Santa
Barbara, Cal.
678,840.— SiiiRT Shield— G Cann, Los Aogoles,
Cal.
ftTO.ttSS.— MiXEK— A.S. Cooptir. Santa Barbara. Cal.
678,852.— HaikTosk— M.J. Fk-mlDg.Hortlunil. Or.
678,688.— Stovepipe Cocplino— T. HoUand, Spo-
kaoe, WaNh.
678,571.— Window Screen— E Larson. Traver. Cul.
678J172.— Scnsuade— F. E. Lashells, Sacramento,
GftL
678.70L— BiCTCLK GEAR- Metto & Raybum, San
Jofte, Cal.
&78.(JU>.— Kco TCRNEB— R. A. Morse. Portland, Or.
578.463.- WiKECrTTER- J. H. Nash, Stockton, Cal.
&78.1S8I.— Vehicle Dhatt— Jas. Porieous, Frowno,
Cal.
578.471— Case— W. N. Sherman. Meroed. Cal.
578.681 —Sliding Door-C. F. SkllUog, Los An-
Keles. Cal.
678flflO — Ct7LTiVAToR— L. H. Smith, El Cajon. Cal.
578.012.— Wave Motor— d. F. Spangler, Suniu
Ana, Cal.
:.lj,727— Design— W. F. Smith. S. F.
Note.— Plain and CurilileUCopli'M of U.S. and Por-
uljcu pateutB obialucd by Dewi-y A Co.. by innll or
toleffraphlc order. American aud Forolfru putuntu
Hecur«HJ, and treneral pat«Dt bUBlaeeH iranRncied
with porf<H:l Hecurliy. at reauonuble rates, and In
the ahorteat poealble time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention:
Draft Connection for Veuk-le.s. —James
Portcous, Fresno, Cal. No. 57S..')S1. Dated
March 0, IH'JT. This Invention relates to the
class of connections by which the draft devices
such as poles and shafts arc attat-hed to
vehicles. It is especially adapted for use upon
vehicles having a single pivotal front wheel,
such, for example, as the three-wheeled
trucks used in vineyards and orchards, and
its object is to provide a simple and effective
device for readily interchanging the pole or
shafts In connection with such trucks and at
the same time furnishing a bearing on each
side with which to stcadythe connection and
guide the truck. It consists essentially of a
pivotal pin for the wheel bearing having its
lower extremity formed into a hook, a coupling
bar or draft device having its rear extremity
formed with wide parallel spaced jaw plates
adapted to recive the hook between them,
and to furnish a bearing for the hook and a
cross pin passing through the jaw plates and
engaging the hook.
Sun Shade. — Frank E. Lashells, Sacra-
mento, Cal. No 578,572. Dated March 9,
1807. The object of this invention is lo pro-
vide a sunshade adapted to be readily and
firmly secured to a person, to fit persons of
different sizes and capable of having its in-
clination and position varied losuit conditions
under which the sun may be shining on the
individual. It is especially applicable to per-
sons walking, horseback riding, in vehicles, or
for bicycle riding. It consists of a vertically
adjustable supporting standard having the
sunshade adjustably fixed upon the upper
portion, a means for carrying the standard,
consisting of a waist belt to be fitted to the
user and upwardly diverging back frame
secured to the waist belt and to which the
standard is secured, and devices passing
over the shoulders and connecting the top of
the back frame with the waist belt in front.
Gold, Silver and Copper Ores
and Sulphurets
BOUGHT AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
SPECIALTY, COPPER ORES.
WRITE FOR RATES TO
PIONEER REDUCTION CO.,
NEVADA CITY, CAL.
A Valve that Shuts Steam Off
TIGHT.
Full particulars by addressing the manufacturers,
The Wm. Powell Co.,
CIN< INNATI, O.
For Sale by Supply Houses Everywhere.
\A/ho Sees Vour Advertlserrient ?»
Is an important question.
>K
When asked for an
sive circulation among probable purchasers.
ad" demand proof of exten-
HERCULES
G/\S, GASOLIINE rtrSD
UOIHTING ENGINES.
'i b. p. to 2UU b. p.
STATIONARY ENGINES,
1 b. p. to 200 b. p.
MARINE ENGINES,
2 b. p. to 200 b. p.
Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER InBuros a saving of 50JJ on
cost ot running. Just H your expense SAVED BY USING A HERCULES In pUoe of ANY
otber. We make no exception.
NEARLY 3000 HERCULES HOI.STING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
ACTUAL i:SE. MIGU GRADE.
Wl> clulm full power, nutoniatlc atid poNltlve adjuHtment rei^iilntlni; speed and con-
Ruiiiptltiu of fucMD proportion to work being porformud. No Hpring elp<-trodeH to burn oat.
All Hprliigs are outside. I'oliit of Igoltlou, speed and amoant of fuel can be changed
while eiiKlne Is In operation.
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG.
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WORKS: 215.217.219,2ai,223,eS.lH7.S-.'9,331 Buy .St. OFFICE: 4i:i.W07 Sansomc St.. S-.m Francisco.
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p. T.
Ejcperlmcntal /Vlaohlnery and Repair W/ortcs of All K.lncls.
X/\YLOR <fe CO.. 523 /VVIssion Street, San p-rancisco, California.
MARSH STEAM PUMP.
ABSOLUTE ACTUATION AND REGULATION.
Count Its Moving Parts PATENT SELF-QOVERNINQ STEAn VALVE.
as Shown Dark PATENT EASV-SEATI^G WATER VALVE.
In the Cut. Only Six. NO OUTSIDE VALVE OBAR.
Maxlmnm of Strength, Simplicity and Service.
Mlnimnm o£ Weight, Wear and Waste.
Simonds Saws. Dodfe Wood Split Pulleys
Btckford & Francis Leather Belting.
Cleveland Rubber Co.'s Rubber Belting and Hose.
Grant Corundum and Detroit Emery Wheels.
ONLY THE BEST.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
siynoNDS s/\\Ai co.
31 Main Street San Francisco.
TUTTH I LL WATER WH EEL.
The Latest and Best Jet Wheel in the Market, BARRING NONE.
AVlieels, Bockete and Nozzles Designed to Suit .Special Requirements. When Head and
Conditions Are Given.
Theoretically an VTell ae Practically Perfect. Highest Efficiency Guaranteed.
CONTRACTS TAKEN FOR ANY SIZE PLANT.
We have a Sensitive, Simple and Durable Governor, entirely new and novel, that will positively
regulate speed of wheel. Specially adapted for electric railway and lighting plants.
Write for Catalogue.
OAKLAND IRON WORKS, Builders,
108 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Telephone 1007 Main,
To Gold Miners!
Silver Plated Copper Amalgam Plates
F'^or Saving Gold.
GOLD REMOVED FROM OLD PLATES AND REFLATED. Old Plates
bought. Get our Reduced Rates. Five thousand orders filled.
Twenty-flve Medals Awarded.
m FRAHCISCO GOLD, SILYER AND HICKEL PLATING WORKS,
653 and 655 nilgsion Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Telephone, Main 5931.
E. G. DENNISTON, - Proprietor.
Every description ot work plated. Send for Circular.
Hydraulic and River Miners!
YOU CAN REMOVE BOULDERS, STUMPS, SNAGS, ETC.,
WITH ECONOMY, EASE AND SATISFACTION BY USING THE
Knox Patent Hydraulic Grapple.
Address WILLIAM KNOX, Jacksonville, Oregon, or JAMES
ARMSTRONG, lo Front St., S. F., for information and prices.
H. CHANNON COMPANY,
DEALERS IN
Contractors' and Mining Supplies
WIRE ROPE. MANILA ROPE, TACKLE BLOCKS, CHAIN
and CHAIN HOISTS, HAND POWERS and
HOISTING ENGINES.
Send for our new Catalogue.
24-2& iWARICET ST., - - - - CHICAGO.
THE ROESSLER S HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Pine Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Cblorlde of Lime
Trade Mark. Sulphide Of IrOIl
And other Chemicals tor Mining Purposes.
-THE-
CRIPPLE CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
irS GOLD.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
In Connection ivitli the Denver & Bio Grande.
For information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
Denver, Colo.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Colorado has within Its limits some of the ereat-
est eold mines that have ever been discovered. In
Cripple Creek in !8n2 there were a few prospectors
looklner over the hills; in 1895 the camp turned out
over SS.OOO.OOO In pold. Leadvllle, the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
ver what it Is to-day, is becoming' a big' producer of
gold. New inventions for worklne low-grade gold
ores, together with the discoveries made to work
rebellious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers such ae they have never enjoyed before, and
Colorado has inducements to offer .such as no other
district in the world possesses; the record of the
State in gold production for the last three years
speaks for Unelf. Among the other prominent
camps In the State are Tellurtde.Ophlr. Rico, Silver-
ton, Mineral Point. Durimpo. La Pluta. Ouray. Saw
Pit, Ironton, the Gunnison district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps are
springing into existence every day The Denver &.
Rio Grande Railroad, which is the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has always been the miner's
friend, reaches all the mining camps In Colorado.
For elegantly Illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines in Oolorado, send to
W. J. SHOTWJELL, - - - General Agent,
314 California St.. San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Paasenjer Agent, - - DEHVER, COLO.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
AND BAKER CITY . .
* riining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. & IN.
Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUan TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Fred f. Connor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
248
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March 20, 1897.
General Eleqric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOK
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFTCES: *^^ TsFJJsfs't?' '''^^■'
BoBton, Mass. New York, N. Y. Syracuse, N. T.
Pittaburr, Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Dallas, Texas.
Chlcaro. 111. Detroit, Mich. New Orleans. La.
DENVEK, COL., PORTLAND, OR.,
606 Sixteentli St. "Worcester Building:,
Buffalo, N. Y. Philadelphia. Pa. Baltimore, Md.
Cincinnati, O. Columbus. O. Nashville, Tenn.
St. Louis, Mo
It Is a F"aot-
THAT OUK ANNUAL.
PRODUCT OF
INSULATED WIRE
KXCEEDS that of any other mannfacturer In the United States,
and Includes iETerythiug in the Electrical Line
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company,
S and lO F-irSE STREET, SM.rN FRAINCISCO, c:ai_.
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our esperience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a Pamplilet of either
Wheel and write fuU particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL&CO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
IS AT •
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY CO., 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U, S. A
Just Listen— ReliableCommon Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Hoisters, $300 and up ; hand
' hoisters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps,
high mortars, la-
test improved
Only $800.
--r^S^uNiX.
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
mills built to fit the ore
land guaranteed to save /
what we say. Coal Mi ne .J
equipments, S c re e ns
Jigs, Tramways,
Arastors, Chillian
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.
Cornish Rolls, 12x20. weight'
■ ■ ,000 lbs . , price $350 ; Peed -
ers. Bumping Tables ; Blake Crushers.
i7xl0, weight 8.100 lbs, only $250. Our
100 page illustrated catalogue free.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
WVaohinery.
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OPPICBS:
Monadnook Building Chicago
Ishpeming V. Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denyer
SherbrookP. O ....Canada
ApartadoSSO Olty ot Mexico
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
VULCAN ROPEWAY
Vl/ITH
AUTOriATIC ORE LOADER and
AUTOMATIC DUnPING DEVICE.
for Conveying
Ore, Cordwood
^^ , EfttPiRE Nevada Aprill? 1HM6
Vt/Uan I/on ^otk-i —Gentlemen The Ropewav furnished by
your company to (.onvey tailings fiom Morgan Mill to Mexican ±>-^^i
Mill, a distance of seven-eighths of a mile, is giving entire satis C'^Z-^^^ , ,,--
faciion. We transport 200 tons of tailings in ten hours; one man "~ -■-— H<d;v|
does the whole business, including elevating tailiogs from hop
per in the ground, operating Vulcan self-loader, and attending to the Ropeway t^fneially. 1 he self
dumper requires no attention whatever. The Vulcan loader I consider the best feature in the whole
Ropeway, making it possible for one man to load 200 tons in ten hours.
Yours very truly, J. P. WOODBURY, Supt.
VULCAN IRON VUORKLS,
riANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY,
Cor. First and Mission 5ts.> San Francisco, Cal.
WE ARE NOW MAKING
1|K| The Best Tank
ON THE MARKET
And Selling at
Prices Lower Than Ever.
IF INTERESTED, SEND FOE
CIEOUIiAR AND PRICES.
Pacific
Manufacturing
Company,
SANTA CLARA, - CAL.
THE OLD REILJABJUE !
ALBANY
LUBRICATING COMPOUND
TWENTY- EIGHT YEARS' CONTINUOUS SER-
VICE in the great Mines, Steamships. Railroads
and Mills all over the world prove It to be
THE KING OF LUBRICANTS !
Tatum & Bo wen
34-36 FREMOHT ST.. SAW FSAITCISCO.
85 FRONT ST., PORTIAHB, OR.
OEAL^BRS IN mrtCHIIMEFt'V, OILS, WIUNIIVCS rtIV13 JWlM^t^
^ ■rrff"'"?*- SUPPLIES, ETC — =?S?iViTmi» ^
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
-f-M-f-f+ C^HROTVIE CAST "STTE EL >>+>+>•
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates;
-These castings are extensively used in all the mining^States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
fl. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, W and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies. stamp Cam
H\\ MOl^l^K ^ ffi 5™5J MINING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
• MJ % X.} m\J m\_M\JL\J \3Lf \j\j %^ riANHATTAN RUBBER BBLTINO. PACKING AND HOSE,
' SANDERSON DRILL STEEL.
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL.
MORRIS CBNTRIPUQAL PUHPS.
LIQHT STBBL RAIL.
March 20, 189T.
Mining and Scientific Press.
249
JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS,
Olllce and Salesroom J8 to ■*4 Fremont Street.
Works - Cor. Kearny. Francisco and Bay Streets.
JCCCCOCOC
stamp /Wills!
Hoisting & Pumping Machineryjrlumph Concentrators,
Hendy-Norbom Concentrators, Challenge Ore Feeders,
Hydraulic Mining Machinery, Rock Breakers,
Steam Engines and Boilers, Water Wheels.
nENDY-NORBOM CONCENTRATOR.
OflU-«' of Wkhh Gold Mining Cumpanv. j
G. McM. Ru.ss. Sri'EUINTENDKXT, )-
„ , Ukown w Vallkv. Cai... Sept. 14, 189ti. (
Mr. John O. A'or&oiii— De A it Silt: 1 have been using your Con-
centrators at our mines in Brown's Valley aiul am pleased to In-
JOnn you that they are In every respect thorouslily sa Isfaciorv.
When erecting ihc plant at the above-uanied place we built
Canvas plant, but since putilnB" In your Concentrators we have
but little use for that. The iwrcentape of sulphnrets now belner
handled Is from Hv to 2 percent, niosily palena and Iron pyrites,
and c.-ushed line. We save from tlie pulp over your machine
Wi^ per cent, and li hardly pays fur tiie labor on tin- Canvas
piant The motion elvi-n your Vautu^r by Its deltcately con-
f-inictt'd curved sprhifirs renders It a perfect machine, and lii niv
I HiliiiatiOD it Is but a short time before It will replace all other
machines jf a like nature now in use.
Yours very respectfully.
[Sipned] P. W. PAGE.
l>eneral Manajrer Webb G. M. Co.
San' Phancisco. Cai,., Jan. si. 18»7.
Jii>!hiitt lli-mly Miichiur Works— G'EKTi.KM EX : I have tised two of
your Hendy-Norboni Concentrators for two seasons In Alaska
and wish to say that in their operation Ihey have pivfu almost
perfect sailsfactton. They have handled ten tons each per day
of ore carrying from S to G per cent of sulphurets. an average
SHvlntf of I*.') per cent.
With ores carrying 3 to 4 per cent sulphurets. they will easily
handle ten tonB each per day and save over 95 percent; but with
a more lieavlly snlpluiretted ore the quanllly »iven them to
work should be loss.
With the Improvements you have made In this machine since
ours were bought, I should say that your Coneeutralor was al-
most perfect in capacity and In saving and wearing qualltloa.
Yours tnilv,
[Sign._-.n N. S. TROWBRIDGE.
.S\ipl. Bald Eagle M, Co.
C3 o r<r s o j_. I J3 .A. T e: ID
Kansas City Smelting and Refining: Co.
Capital paid in
Buyers of All Classes of r
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and Furnace Products, i
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
icrorporated Undeir The I_a\A/s of T*<i&\A/ "Vorlc.
^2,T00,000.
SMELTING WORKS:
Argentine, Kbs.; El Paso, Tex.; Leadvllle, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
Argentine, Kas
We use the following Cipher Codes at our Ar-
Kentlne Works: A. B. C. Code; Moreing & Neal's
Code and Bedford McNeill's Code.
J AGENCIES:
] In United States—
1 Denver, Colo.
; Cripple Creek, Colo.
I Salt Lake City, Utah.
; Spokane. Wash.
1 New York City, N. Y.
ChicaKo. lU.
Id Mexico—
St. lLouis,Mo.
San Luis Potosi,
City of Mexico
Chihuahua.
Pachuca,
Hermoslllo
Jimenez.
FOR PRICES, ADDRESS :
J. E. Jackson, No. 6 Atlas Blk. Salt Lake, Utah.
C. D. Porter. Spokane, Wash.
H.A. True. 815 17th St., Denver, Colo.
J. H. Weddle, Leadville, Colo.
C. E. Finney. Argentine, Kan.
WORKS OF THE CON. KANSAS CITY SMELTING AND REFINING CO. AT DEADVILLE. COLO.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAflWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVES TIGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE r'OLORADO Denver,
^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
We ARE Mandfactdrers OF ^jC^Ici
AND CONTRACTING ENGINEERS FOR
►il\/er. Lead, Copper emd F*yritic
Si^ELXlING RURIN/VCES.
AHALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
Investigate Our Late Improvements In ORE CRUSHING MACHINERY.
We Guarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree of Fineness
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces is a Success,
mizer of fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
A great eeono-
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting: Furnace.
Eanlpped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles.
insuring: rigid and strong walls.
TXo Cracks.
The Edward P. Allis Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
The Reliance Crushing Rolls.
Established 1860.
Mining, Milling and Smelting
MACHINERY.
Cruah&rSf Rolls* <JIg:s> Concentrators,
Screens, Stamps, Pumps,
Compressors, Hoists, Oollors, E^to., Etc.
RELIANCE WORKS.
RE^TSOt-IiS CORIwISS EXVGIINES.
BRANCH OFFICES:
San FranclBCo, Cal 9 Fremont Street.
Batte» Mont 30 W. Granite Street.
Salt Lake City, Utah 73 So. Main Street.
Denver, Col 437 Seventeenth Street.
Minneapolis, Minn 437 Corn Exchange.
Chicag:o. Ill 609 Home Ins. BnUding.
Kansas City, Mo 43 Armour Building:.
Pittsburg, Pa Gernaau National Bank Bnllding.
New York City 36 Cortlandt Street.
City of Mexico Calle de Gante No. 8.
Work the Best ! Prices the Lowest ! The Best in the World !
Write for Our New Catalogue.
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March 20, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, March 18, 1897.
The fickle character of the weather con-
tinues to interfere with an active trade call.
Buying, unless for easily accessible points, is
still in small quantities, owing to generally
poor roads. Nearly everything that will be
affected by the Dingley tariff is being marked
up, with still higher values looked for when
positive information comes to hand regarding
how the different schedules will pass. On
this coast many farm industries will be well
protected, as will coal and nearly all kinds of
metals. While the latter is good for the min-
ers benefited, it works an injury on iron
workers in particular, for it is calculated to
give the East still greater advantage, for our
iron, etc., is largely foreign, owing to the
small output here, while the East has an
oversuppty and is increasing in export. East-
ern advices continue to note growing firmness
and a general feeling that the time for the
better has come and business will steadily
improve. The different financial trade and
mining journals are largely optimists on the
situation.
The local money-market is practically un-
changed. Money begins to come out for in-
vestment, which will grow as the spring
months pass and business improves. Exchange
on New York is slightly firmer. Light ship-
ments of produce eastward offer limited ex-
change. Importers of foreign goods are said
to be sending money East to withdraw them
from bond in anticipation of an early passing
of the tariff bill. The East reports the rates
of interest firming up. The stronger tone is
due to more inquiry for funds and decreasing
bank reserve. There have been free with-
drawals of goods from bond, which necessi-
tated payments of duty. These payments, it
is said, aggregate a large sum at the end of
each week.
New York Silver Prices.
New Yokk, March 18. — Following are the
closing prices for the week:
, Silver in ,
London. iV. Y.
Friday 29 3-16 6m
Saturday 29 1-16 63?S
Monday 28 15-16 63
Tuesday 28% 62
Wednesday 2y y-16 Q-i%
Thursday 29 9-16 62|4
Copper. Lead. Iron. Tin.
Friday 11 85feH2 00 3 40 10 25® 12 50 13 40
Saturday. . .11 86@13 00 3 40 10 2d@12 50 13 40
Monday 11 85® 12 00 3 37^ 10 25@12 50 13 35
Tuesday 11 85@12 00 3 37!^ 10 25@12 50 13 30
Wednesday.il 83@12 00 3 40 10 26(5112 50 13 25
Thursday... 11 8a@i2 00 3 40 10 25®12 50 13 25
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft 7i^c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 12^cPrem
London Bankers' 60 days «4.86J4
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers 14.89
Refined Silver, peroz,, 1000 fine 62^
Mexican Dollars 49H®50
SILVER.— The market continued to go up
until Wednesday, when an improvement came
through from New York, with still better
prices to-day. This advance stopped the de-
cline in London. The pending adverse legisla-
tion by Japan has its influence on the market.
The situation at present is hard to solve satis-
factorily ; but there is one thing certain, unless
the markets abroad receive more support than
it looks as if they will receive at this writing,
it is only a question of time when lower prices
will rule. It may be that low market values
will force leading nations to give support to
the white metal. Mail advices from New
York state that there is a fair outward move-
ment.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— In sympathy with
silver, the market sold lower, but at the close
there is a steadier feeling. The demand is
only fair.
QUICKSILVER. —The market is firm at
quotations. In our market there is more or
less cleaning up by outside holders at slightly
lower prices than we quote. The East and
Europe report a similar condition. Large hand-
lers look for still higher prices in the near
future.
Our market is quoted at $40 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— The East reports a continued
free outward movement, with an increasing
home demand. AH information from abroad
and from New York indicates an entire ab-
sence of any speculative movement. This
would seem lo point to shading in prices.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing 14H@
Ingot, wholesale @13!4
Sheet copper ®17
Bolt H& 5-16, 20o ; % and larger, 17c
LEAD. — In our market prices have been
marked up, with a strong tone reported. The
East and Europe report strong markets, with
an improving demand.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — ® 4 50
Sheet 5 62H@ 6 12^
Pipe 4 87^@ 5 37^
SHOT.— The threatened advance has taken
place at last.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs . . .$1 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 60
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " " ... 1 60
TIN. — The market is fairly active for both
pig and tin. The tendency appears to be up-
ward. This would be more pronounced if it
was assured that the higher tariff bill will
become law.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way:
Pig, per lb 14Hc@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 05® 4 15
" light, " 3 95® —
BORAX.— Market prices and demand are
practically unchanged.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 4^
Refined, in sacks , bi4
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " 4%
POWDER.— The market is higher. The
. demand continues free.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from H%c to 17)^ c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 2, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
IRON.— There is continuation of both Am-
erican and foreign. The market shows con-
siderable firmness. The East reports a large
consumption, with values fairly firm. The
exports of southern to Europe promise to be
very heavy this year.
AMJERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $20 00 $22 00
Thomas 21 00 32 00
Salisbury 29 00 31 50
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 823 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 23 00
COAL— The market is practically un-
changed. There is a continued fair consumption
of household, but steam seems to be falling
off some. The supply of all kinds is ample.
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot, in bulk 10 00 @
" In sacks 11 00 @ 13 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is firm at an
advance.
Our market is quoted at 7^@SXc in a job-
bing way. New Vork mail advices quote 7^c
forCookson's, 6^@7c for Hallett's and 6'-^@fc
for Japanese.
NAILS— The demand is increasing.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg 1
" jobbing, " " j2'25
Cut, carloads, " "
jobbing, " " a'io
SPELTER— The market is quiet but firm.
The East reports a fairly active demand.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
NICKEL ANODES.— The markets here and
at the East are steady.
PLATINUM.— Dealers reportafair inquiry.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to $15 per ounce.
ZINC— The market is steady at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM. — The market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— There is a fair inquiry for the
season.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
11.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady to
firm.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
Chemicals.
Pending tariff legislation unsettles the
market somewhat. The general feeling is
that prices will advance on several lines.
BONEASH.— There is a good export move-
ment, chiefly to Australasia.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows : Extra, 4c a pound : No. 1, 3Mc ; No.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is re-
ported quiet but firm at 3%c per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 5S% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is quiet but steady at $1.70 per 100 fts.
in a jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
slow demand at 2>^c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— Advices from pri-
mary markets are against sellers. Our mar-
ket is easy.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is quiet at 6
to 12c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6%c per pound in car-
boys.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at IMc per lb for
66%.
BLUE VITRIOL.— The Eastern markets
are steadier. Our market is steady, but dull.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4%c per
pound.
Mining Share Market.
San Franoisco, March IS, 1897.
The market continued dull throughout the
past week, with no redeem^ing features ,
worthy of note. Fluctuations were down-
ward up to Wednesday, when ChoUar showed \
more strength, steadying the entire line. ;
TWIINING ASSESSTWEIVTS.
Company and Location. No.
AlmaGMCo, Cal 1...
AlpbaConM&MCo, Nev....l8...
Andes S Wf Co, Nev 43. . .
Belcher S M Co, Nev 54...
Best & Belcher M Co, Nev.... 61...
Con Cal & Va M Co, Nev 8...
Confidence G M & M Co, Co. . .
Confidence S M Co, Nev
Con Imp M Co. Nev
Eurelia Con Drift M Co, Cal...
Horseshoe Bar Con M Co, Cal.
Jamison MCo
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal,
Mexican G & S M Co, Nev. . . .56
Mineral Hill M & S Co, Cal. . . 1,
Occideotal Con M Co, Nev,
OphirSM Co, Nev
Potosi M Co. Nev
Reward GM Co, Cal
Sierra Nevada S M Co, Nev.112,
Thorpe M Co, Cal 5. . . .
Troy M & D Co, Alaska 3. . .
1..
5..
,.26.
.70..
.47..
.18..
Amt.
. 5c..
5c..,
lOc.
.25c..
35c..
.25c..
.lOc.
.30c,.
. ic.
, 5c..
.lOc.
, 5c..
.10c. .
20c..,
, 5c..
,10c..
25c. . ,
.20c. .
2c..,
25c. . .
5c...
10c...
Levied,
.Feb 9.
.Mar 3.
.Feb 1..
.Mar 2.
• Jan 26.
.Mar 8.
-Jan 19.
.Mar 13.
.Feb 16.
.Jan 20.
.Mar 8.
.Nov 27.,
.Jan 14.
Mar .3.
.Jan 4.
.Feb 10.
.Keb 5.
.Mar 10.
.Feb 6.
.Mar 2.
.Jan 13.
.Feb 2.
Delinq't and Sile. Secretary.
.Mar 13. .Mar 29 D Gutmann, 320 Sansome
.Apr 5.. Apr 27 CE Elliott, 309 Montgomery
-Mar 8.. Mar 31 Jno W Twiggs, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 6. .Apr 27 C L Perkins, Mills Bldg
.Mar 2.. Mar 23 M Jaflfe. 309 Montgomery
-Apr 13. .May 3 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
.Feb 27. .Mar 20 F Aureguy, 320 Sansome
.Apr 16.. May 7 A S Groth, 414 California
.Mar 23. .Apr 13 C L McCoy, Mills Bldg
.Feb 26.. Mar 20 D M Kent, 330 Pine
.Apr 17. .May 8 D M Kent, 330 Pine
.Mar 26. .May 21 SamWCheyney, 120 Sutter
.Feb 35. . Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
.Apr 7.. Apr 29 CE Elliott, 309 Montgomery
.Feb 15. .Apr 13 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
• Mar 16. .Apr 6 A K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Mar 10. .Mar 30 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 14. .May 5 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
.Mar 11. .Mar 27 S W Backus, Mills Bldg
.Apr 6.. Apr 26 E L Parker, 309 Montgomery
Mar 10.. Mar 29 A F Frey, 44 Phelan Building
.Mar 9. .Mar 26 O Byst, 421 Mission
Con. Virginia sold at $1.20 the past week,
which is a lower figure touched than for a
long time past. Low as it is, the belief in
well-informed circles prevails that consider-
ably lower prices will be seen within the next
few weeks, although a rally may take place
first. This opinion is doubtless based on
seemingly authentic advices, that large
money men are not in the market, and not
likely to come in until all lawsuits have been
ended and enough ore uncovered to justify
them in taking a hand in promoting a bull
movement. If this is the correct situation,
then outside holders will have to face more
assessments and lower prices. They begin
now to talk about the prospects of striking
the west lode by the long west crossdrift,
which is being run jointly by Con. Imperial,
Challenge and Confidence. This crossdrift,
it is stated, ought to strike the west lode in
April. We venture the opinion that even if
it'does, it is safe to predict that no big re-
ports will be made of the find. The writer
has reason to believe that the work will not
go beyond the first few feet of ore, which does
not assay more than fair grade. It is quite
possible that they may do the same as has
been done in Alpha, fail to strike the west
lode for fear, it is said, of its bearing on the
share market. Even the Bullion west cross-
drift was not extended far enough to the
west to strike the lode. It is said to have
been run in such a way as to make it very
considerably longer than it should have been.
The Con. Virginia stringer of ore, which it
was thought by the bulls would turn out to be
a good proposition, has not developed much
size and only good grade. The failure to come
up to expectation as work progressed has
had an unfavorable effect on the shares of the
mine. As these went down in value, ChoUar's
shares began to strengthen owing to favor-
able reports from the work on the Brunswick
lode, and also to this mine seemingly being
under improved management. The Standard
Con. (Bodie district) has held steady prices.
The outlook is said to be favorable for this
mine.
Official letters from the Comstock mines
continue stale and barren of news calculated
to encourage outsiders who have been paying
assessments for many a long, weary day. It
is stated in well-informed circles that better
reports based on actual work can be made,
but they fear the public would rush Jn and
buy, only to be heavy losers if promising
prospects did not materialize. It must be
cause for congratulation, this display of re-
gard for outsiders, yet no one believes it, for
dealing in shares is like playing at the game
of love and war, all is fair between contest-
ants. From the Alta group nothing of im-
portance is at hand. The official letter
contains the same "old song and dance," but
as for that, all the other official letters are of
the same character. The letters from Over-
man and Caledonia are practically unchanged.
The work points to more time. The Seg.
Belcher and Belcher letters fail to report on
the reported strike made some time ago.
Private advices state that when the powers
that be are ready these mines can be made to
pay dividends. Crown Point reports fair
work on several levels, without any change
worthy of note. No advices come to hand
from Yellow Jacket. In Confidence snail pro-
gress is being made; faster work appears to
be made in spending money than prosecuting
work. Work is cantinued on the Challenge,
Confidence and Con. Imperial joint cross-drift,
but slow progress is being made. In Alpha it
looks as if they are fooling away time so as to
get rid of assessment money. By pushing
farther west rich ore could be found— so it is
reported at Virginia City. Prom Bullion the
I news is unimportant. They are prospecting
in Potosi on the tunnel level*. No work is be-
ing done in ChoUar; all worji is being con-
fined to the Brunswick lode. The official
letter from Hale & Norcross indicates that
preparatory work for more exploiting has
been completed. Best & Belcher and Gould
<& Curry are running a joint east cross-drift
on the SOO-foot Bonner shaft level. Active
work is reported from Savage. Work in
Consolidated Virginia is confined to the levels
reported the past month or two; present pros-
pects are not flatering for a big find; work
must be farther west to strike the rich and
wider lode. In Ophir work is continued on
the 1000-foot and Central tunnel levels; noth-
ing of importance is reported. The Mexican
letter is of about the same character of those
received for several months past. From
Union, Sierra Nevada and Utah nothing of
interest comes to hand. There are rumors
about Andes, but they are not positive enough
yet to note.
From the Brunswick lode the official letters
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
fide properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-PIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
BANKERS
INo.
BROKERS,
1630 Stout Street.
Telephone 1393.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Dally market circular mailed free on
application.
33:2,480,500
Paid in Dividends by Utali Mining; Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAJUES A. POLLOCK, Minine Stock BTOkeT,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
Complete working plant. Situation and facilities first class.
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
The Cheapest Advertising: : : :
Is that which gives the largest results in proportion to the amount expended.
DYNAMOS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
March 20. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
251
report more or less active work In Occidental,
ChoUar, Savaee, Gould A Curry and Best &
Belcher. The work in Chollar is fttvorable.
As It progresses it shows that the mine, prop-
erly managed, can be put on a small paying
basis, but it looks as 1/ the bullion proceeds
are to be eat up largely by dead work. The
work reported is on the 2U0-foot and 50U foot
levels and sinking the shaft. The latter is
down on the incline over H'Mi feet. Stormy
weather interferes with ore shipment, which
stops sloping. In Occidental they are doing
some active work, but the ore found, so far as
reported, does not Justify extracting.
The following illustralea the changes of the
week:
MZHM.
Mar. Mar.
II. 16.
Alpha
Alia Consolidated
AndoK
Belcher
Best & Belotaer.
Bodle
UullloD
CballeoKO
Chullur
CODllllCDCO
CoDu>lidttted California and Vlrglnta..
Consoliaated New York
Crown Point
Exobuquer
Uould & Curry
Hule & Noroross
Juatloe
Mexican
Ophlr
Overman
PotoBi
Savago
Sierra Nevada
Union
Utah
Yellow Jacket
I 71
S 1 06
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.-Locatlon of prin-
cipal phicc of DUHlness. Sail Francisco. CallforDlu;
lot;:itlui) of wurKH. on Jamison CrtM^H, near Juhna-
vllle. PluniuMCuuniy. California.
NotltT- Ifi lii-reby iflvt-n. ihut nt n meeting of Iho
' Itoanl of Dln-ciurH, livlii on the '.^Tih duy uf Novem-
I Iht, IKWI. an UHBfhHMn--nl (No. 'Ji. of 5 ci-nls per
I Hharf. waH It-vlinl uimh the capllal Htock of Ihe
corporation, payiibic linMu-<Ilat«-ly In UuIuhI States
ifoM coin lu int.* Si.'cn-tJiry. at IIr* office of the coni-
paiij'. VM Sutl.T Min.-.-i, San Fraiielsco. California.
Any Mtoek niton whk-li thlH u»«e»ti i ent bhull re-
main uni)iil(l on thi.- '.'^ili day of January. l&)'. will
be Uelliiqueiit. aiul U(lvertl»e(l for sale at public
auction; anil uni>.-4H payint-Mii is made before, will
be bold ou MONU.VY, llie ■.".'iid day of March. 181*7.
to pay the dc-lhuiuent nnheMaun-nl, tOKvihur with
the costs of advurllHlnt: and expenses of sale.
By order of (he BoiirtI of Dlrroiora.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
Ofllce—Itoom 50, IM Sutter blreel, Sau Francisco,
Callfuraia.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a nicetliifT of t)ie Uuard of Directors of the
Jamison Mlnliiir Company, held on the -'Jth day of
January. IS*.'?. It was reaulvL-d that any stock uoou
whleh theuboveat^Hehsment tthall remuln unpaid ou
l\w -Mih day I'f February, ]s\<:. will bedelhuiueut aud
adverilHed for hah- at public auction; and. unlesH
payment \h m:ul<? b<?fore. will bf sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the -Jlht uay of April. Ls-JT. to pay the delin-
quent assessnient, together with the costs of adver-
tlalug unii expenses of su!e.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Under date of the 12th inst. Jas, A. Pollock
writes from Salt Lake City.
The mining stock market was fairly active and
a dectdt:d improvement In quotations may be noted
in some stofks. The tone of the market wus un-
deolubly healthy and there Is a streuBtbeulng ten-
dency in the hlsh grade stocks that must event-
ually Impart contldcncu In the gencriil list and In
time lead to a higher range of values. I regard
the future In a very fuvorable light.
Ajax was again lower, and sold down below last
week's prices. There seems to be no good reason
for the depressed state of the stock, other than the
fact thai buy tog has been very Umlied. The prop-
erties are !o"king exceptionally well. Anchor and
Alliance both remained without feature The for-
mer Is sending In some ore. As wus stated bv me
would be the case. Bullion-Beck has declared Its
March dividend in (he sum of $50,000. or ,S0 cents
per share. The stock went ofT the amount of the
dividend at the close, wlih ooly limited dealings.
At the mines the showing of ore is reported to be
very One. but the properties are being pressed to
their utmost limit, legardkss of metal prices.
Buckeye was a fraction stronger, with un heavy
business. On the usual date the Centennial Eu-
reka will pay the regular dividend, although ship-
ments of ore are being very much curtailed on
account of unsatisfactory treatment charges. The
management anaounces that no mill will be erected
in the Immediate future.
Although the mines are looking very well, Daly
was Qo stronger than last week, in fact, the feeling
was one or depression. An immense snowslide on
the 7ih did conslderiible damage to Daly No. 1
hoisting works and caused a suspension of opera-
tions at the plant. Only limited ofterines were
recorded. Daly West was not very active and
quotations were pracltcally unchanged. Dalton &
Lark did little business. Asking Quotations were
unchanged with bidding lower. Dalton was lower.
Nothing is being done at the properties. Dexter
reported a strllie and the stock moved up several
points, with little business really done.
Nothing was done in East Golden Gate. It has
not been announced as yet what the future policy
of the company will be. Another assessment is
likely. Pour Aces sold lower. Galena was about
unchanged. The March dividend meeting has not
yet been called. Geyser Marion was In fair de-
mand, with prices about unchanged. The company
is making regular cyanide shipments and oltlclal
reports show it to be doing well Horn Silver was
not active, in fact, it never ison this market, there
being so few local sellers. The mines are looking
very well and the mill Is doing good work. Little
Pittsburg Was active at advancing figures.
Mereur has df-clared Its regular dividend, pay-
able on the usual date. The stock sold up to and
above the $7 mark and remalued practically un-
chai]ged. even after the dividend books closed.
The tendency is upwards. Some splendid develop-
ments have occurred at the mine during the past
week. It is estimated that the ore reserves have
been increased by fully a year's supply, through
the new disclosures. The mill increase will re-
quire about forty days before completed. Mam-
moth recovered very materially and at the close
was passing the 82 mark. Some high-grade gold
ore Is coming from the properties, which are loolt-
Ing well. Northern Light did not fluctuate widely.
Higher prices are anticipated for the stock when
the mill gets down to actual work.
Ontario was oiTering at lower figures than for
some weeks, whi'e buyers were not numerous.
Richmond-Anaconda sold at last week's bidding
prices. Rover was materially stronger, on eu-
couraging reports from the properties, where the
development work being carried on is uncovering
some nice ore bodies. Sunbeam was fairly active
at unchanged figures. Silver King has paid Its
March dividend, while Sacramento passed its pay-
ment for this mouth. The latter slock was offered
down. Sunshine was not very active and prices
remained unchanged. Mill operations will prob-
ably soon be resumed, as some large milling ore
bodies have been blocked out. Swansea made
good advances and sold at better figures than for
some weeks. The company has resumed ore ship-
ments. South Swansea has not yet declared its
March divideud but will probably do so soon. The
Stock changed little. Tetro sold slightly lower.
Utah has been making a splendid shipment record
and the company is expected to pay its usual divi-
dend this month. The treasury's condition cer-
tainly merits a payment.
San Francisco Stock Board 5ales.
SAN Francisco, March 18, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
lOOChoUar 1 osaoo Yellow Jacket. ... 29
100 Mexican 27|
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
POSTPONEMENT.
Al a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mlnlnj? Couii>any. hehl on the 24lh day of
FeDruary, WJ~. It w. s resolved Ihat any stock upon
which the above a-^sessnieiit shall rt-nialn unpaid
on FKIDAV. the I'Cih day of March. IHDT. will be de-
llii(iu<-nt and advert sud fur salu at public auction:
and. unless payment lb made before, will bo uold ou
KKIUAY. the iJlbt day of May. IttUT. to pay the delin-
quent assessiu'-ni. loj:ulher with the costs of adver-
Hbluf and expenses of sale.
SAM W, CHEYNEY. Secretary.
THOilPE MINING COMPANY.-Locatlon of prin-
cipal place of business. Sau Francisco. California;
location of works, Fourth Crossing. Calaveras
County. Oallforula.
Notice Is hereby given that at a lueetlng" of the
Board of Directors held on the llJth day of Janu-
ary. 1897. an asBcssnient (No. fi) of 5 cents per
share was levied upon the capital stuck of the
corporation, payable immediately In United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
company. Room ii. Phelau building. Sau Francisco,
California.
Any stock upon which this assessmeut shall re-
main unpaid ou the 2'6t\ day of February, IBS", will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
aucilou: aud un ess payment la made before, will
be sold ou MONDAY, the loth day of March. 18;i7, to
pay the delinquent aaseasmenl, together with the
costs of advertlalng and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. F. FREY. Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan bulldlug, San Francisco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
By order of the Board of Directors the date of de-
linquency of the above assessment is postponed to
the lOih day of March. 1807. aud the day of sale to
MONDAY, the 2yih day of March. 1897.
A. F. PREY, Secretary.
Office— Room 44. Phelan building. San Francisco,
California.
ANDE" SILVER MINING COMPANY .—Location
Of principal place of business. Sau Praaclsco, Cali-
fornia; location of works, Virginia City, Storey
County. Nevada.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the lat day of Febru-
ary. 181)7, an assessment (No. 43) of 10 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable Immediately in United States gold
coin, to the secretary, at the office Of the company.
Rooms 20 and 22. Nevada block. 809 Montgomery
slret-t. San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 8lh day of March. 1897,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
putjilc auction; and unless payment la made before,
will be sold on WEDNESDAY, the Slat day of March,
IS'.t". to pay the delinquent aasessnient, together
with the coats of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
JOHN W. TWIGGS. Secretary.
Office— Rooms 20 and 22. Nevada block, UOy Mont-
gomery street, San Francisco. California.
CONSOLIDATED CALIH^ORNIA AND VIRGINIA
Mining Company.— Location of principal place of
bualneas. Sau Francisco, California; location of
works. Virginia Mining District. Storey County,
Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the Slh day of March,
1897. an assessment (No. 8) of 20 cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable immediately in United States gold colu, to
the Secretary, al the office of the company, Room 47,
Nevada block. No. 309 Montgomery street, San Fran-
cisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the lath day of April, 1897, will
be delinquent and advertised (or sale at public
auction; and. unless payment is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 'Ad day of May, 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
coata of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. W. HAVENS. Secretary.
Office— Room No. 4T. Nevada block. No. 309 Mont-
gomery street, San Francisco, California.
250Sa^ge 29
SOOPotosI 33
200 Yellow Jacket. ... 27
500 Con Imperial 01
1400Kentuck 01
50 Sierra Nevada. ... 26
200 Standard 1 60
DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE.
MARGUERITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING
COMPANY.-Locatlon of principal place of busi-
ness. San Frauelaeo. Calirornla; location of works.
Auburn, Placer County. Callforuia.
Notice.— There are delinquent upon the following
described atoek. on account of assessment (No. 5)
levied on the 14th day of January, 1897. the several
amounts set opposite the names of the respective
shareholders, as follows;
No. No.
Name. Cert. Shares. Amt.
Julius Winkler 29 250 25 00
G F. Deetkeo 82 1.(100 100 00
Julius Winkler 9ti 509 oO 00
Mrs. G. F. Deetken 190 (iOO 00 00
FredDeetken 237 1.000 IOO 00
Mrs. G. F. Deetkeu 239 400 40 00
And In accordance wUh law. arid an order from
the Board of Directors, made on the 14th day of
January. 1897. so manv shares of each parcel
of such slock as may be necessary, will be sold
at public auction, at the office of the company,
237 Twelfth street, San Francisco, California, on
THURSDAY, the 8th day of April, 1897, at the hour
of 5:30 o'clock P. ai. of aald day. to pay said Delin-
quent Assessment thereon, together with costs of
advertising and expenses of sale.
F. MBTTMANN. Secretary.
Office- 237 Twelfth street, San Francisco, Cali-
fornia.
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up to Wednesday, April 7. 1897, at lu a. m. The
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Oroville, Cal., March 9, 1897.
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Quicksilver.
California is ihe only State in the Union in which
quicksilver is produced, and from this State comes
nearly half the world's supply. The supply can be
increased easily at any time that the nnarkets will
warrant, and with the increased demand of the past
mines, several in Italy and in Russia. Altogether
these three countries produce somewhat less than
California.
Lately some mines have been opened in British
Columbia. Inquiries have been sent to San Francisco
for men and machinery for opening mines in Peru.
In California cinnabar has been profitably worked
the Rothschilds, but under such conditions that no
hardship is worked on the consumers. They have
control of the Alraaden mines of Spain and of the
Idria of Austria, and from those mines could easily
produce more than the world requires. Of late the
price of quicksilver has gone up from $36 to $40, but
if any attempt were made to largely increase the
MANHATTAN QUICKSILVER MINE.
FURNACE OP THE MIRABEL QUICKSILVER MINE.
.1 V ^-.^ \
GREAT WESTERN QUICKSILVER MINE.
REDINUTON QUICKSILVER MINE.
two years there has been a corresponding increase in
the output.
There are not in the State, however, any such
great mines as the Almaden of Spain, which pro-
duced in 1895 40,669 flasks, and in 1894, 44,521 flasks,
although the furnaces were closed down for six
months each year. These mines could easily produce
enough to supply the demand of the whole world for
many years to come. In Austria, as in Spain, most
of the quicksilver produced comes from one mine,
the Idria. The output has for several years past
been about half as much as from all the California
mines. There are in Mexico three or four producing
in many parts of the State. According to the last re-
port of the State Mineralogist, from which the illus-
trations on this page and on page 257 are taken, there
were last year nine quicksilver mines in Colusa county,
thirteen in Lake, ten in Napa, two in San Benito,
eight in San Luis Obispo, seven in Santa Clara,
three in Siskiyou, seven in Sonoma, one in Stanislaus,
two in Trinity and one in Yolo — a total of sixty-one.
Of course, many of these have been but slightly ex-
ploited, while others have been practically worked
out and others have been closed down owing to the
low price of quicksilver.
The quicksilver prices are practically controlled by
price above the last figure, many other mines now
idle would be opened.
Until a few years ago large quantities of quicksil-
ver were shipped to China and Japan from California,
but that market has been entirely closed to Ameri-
can producers by the Rothschilds.
The output of the California mines in 1893 was
30,164 flasks, in 1894, 30,440 flasks, and 1895, 35,122
flasks. According to the most reliable estimates,
the output of 1896 fell off to about 30,000 flasks.
While there is apt to be an increased demand in
this country for a number of years to come, it is
not likely that this will largely increase the price.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
II^LUSTRATIONS.— Manhattan Quicksilver Mine; Furnace of the
Mii-abel Quicksilver Mine; Great Western Quicksilver Mine;
Redington Quicksilver Mine. 253. Great Eastern Quicksilver
Mine; Ore Drier of Great Eastern Mine, 257- Franklin M. & M.
Co.'s Flume, La Belle, N. M ; Mexican Adobe wuA Oven; El Moro
Coke Ovens, Trinidad. Colo.. 259.
EDITORIAL.- Quicksilver, 253. The Work of the California Min-
ing Bureau: The Mineral Lands Bill; Gravel Mining Failures;
Hydraulic Miners and the Associatiou; Mr. Crawford's Work;
Value of Stock Gambling to Deep Mining, 254.
SCIENTIFIC PROGKESri.— Tbe Origin of Petroleum; Utilizing
Wave Power; Temperature of Arid Regions; Artificial Light; The
X-Kav Again, 260.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Electricity in Safe Breakins; Elec-
tric Tramways in Paris; Atmosphere Surrounding an lilectric
Arc Light; American Electrical uoods; Apparatus for Electric
Heating and Cooking; A New System of Electric Light, 260.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— .4 New Method of Dressing Car
Wheels. Axles, etc. ; The Country's Industrial Progress; A Deli-
cate Instrument; A Little Heat Engine; Oil-Fed Twist Drills;
The "Self-Regulating Wave Motor,"' 261.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Hard to Figure Out a Rule; Bac-
teria; What Is a Gallon! 261.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies. 262-3.
THE MARKETS. — Eastern and Local Markets; Mining share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 274-5.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 255. Notes on the Cyanide
Process; AVhy He Can't Sell, 256. Tendency of English Capital;
Imprisoned in Mexico; The Gold Fields of the Force River. Co-
lombia, 257. Forest Reservations and Mining; Iron Industry in
the Eastern Part of Cuba, 258. "Trinidad, the Gateway;" Rail-
roads Needed; Ancient Coin Alloys; Uses a Band Saw, 269. Coast
Industrial Notes; Personal; Recently Declared Mining Dividends;
Recent California Mining Incorporations; Book Notices. 265.
List of U.S. Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors; Notices of Re-
cent Patents, 270. Estimates on Government Work; High Build-
ings; Meeting of the American Society for the Advancement of
ycieuce, 37.'i.
The Mineral Lands Bill.
The Mineral Land bill has again been introduced in
Congress. Although the present special session will
be short, and few bills not connected with the cause
for the call are apt to pass, it is probable that there
will be little of the old opposition to this meritorious
measure, except from the railroad people, and they
have lost most of the means of blocking its way that
they had at the last and preceding session. But for
the work of Mr. Lamoureux, the General Land Com-
missioner under the last administration, the bill
would have been passed without difficulty. He has
gone out of office under a cloud and has been suc-
ceeded by ex Congressman Binger Herman of Ore-
gon, who on the floor of the House was one of the
ablest champions of the measure. Senator Mitchell
of Oregon blocked the bill at one stage, but has been
relegated to private life. The California delegation
may be relied upon to do all in their power, and alto-
gether the way seems smoothed for the bill.
Gravel Mining Failures.
Probably in no branch of mining has a larger pro-
portion of failures been made than in working gravel.
This is largely due to the fact that most of those who
go into this branch of mining imagine that the prob-
lems are all simple. During the palmy days of hy-
draulic mining in California it is safe to say that
over 50 per cent of the large undertakings did not
pay. Yet of the men who wei'e engaged in mining then
those who are now working gravel make few failui-es.
They have learned hard lessons. With no authori-
ties to fall back on, and no past experience with
large hydraulic pipes, big ditches and flumes and
under currents, they were compelled to work out
their own problems. They built up a system of hy-
draulic mining that is the standard the world over.
So it is with drift mining.
Yet of those who have been opening up gravel
mines in other States and Territories, few take
advantage of what has been learned here and employ
California miners; but, assuming that their enter-
prises are simple, employ surveyors or civil engineers
without experience in the kind of work to be done.
As a result, failures are being continually recorded.
In working dredgers there has been considerable
success for many years in New Zealand while in
British Columbia, Idaho, Montana and elsewhere
many dredgers have been built which have proved to
be failures. Upon the Eraser river in British Col-
umbia, a great deal of money has been lost in this
way. At Marsh, Idaho, a big mining dredge boat
which cost §35,000 and which never realized a dollar
in profits is being dismantled. It is probable that
had information been obtained from New Zealand
where this class of work is understood better work
would have been done.
Mr. Cra'wford's Work.
Next Thursday Mr. J. J. Crawford, the State Min-
eralogist, will turn over his office to his successor.
The mining industry of California owes to Mr. Craw-
ford considerable for the work he has done that has
been of real value. Too often public bureaus such as
this are given to wasting opportunities by issuing
data of more value to the future historian than the
worker of the present. Then, it is often the case
that work done is of too scientific a nature, or, in
other cases, there is not enough of the economic sci-
entific work that is of most value, for the reason
that the data so gathered is not otherwise obtain-
able. In no country in the world is so much done
by the G-overnment for the people in the way of pub-
lishing information for the good of different indus-
tries as in the United States. Heretofore too large
a proportion of the work done by the Federa
government, or by the different State governments,
has been done by men who could not appreciate the
fact that the purpose of the work intended to be
done was much more economic than scientific. This
has been the trouble with the United States Geolog-
ical Survey until the present director took charge.
In the State bureaus, and especially those which
have to do with geology and mining, while the intent
of the laws establishing them have been good, the
value of the work has often been questionable, simply
because politics has had too much to do with the
choice of men and the reports have been padded with
worthless material. It is all very well to talk of
doing "practical" work, but, after all, tbe practical
work that will be worthy of confidence must be done
by men of education as well as practical experience.
In mining, more than in any other industry, science
plays a large part. The best miners the world over
to-day must know something of geology, mineralogy,
chemistry, civil engineering, mechanical and electri-
cal engineering.
Copies of the bulletins published by Mr. Crawford
have been called for by miners, not only all over Cali-
fornia, but in all the mining districts of the world.
Their preparation has required the assistance of men
of education as well as experience. These are :
"Methods of Mine Timbering," " Gas and Petroleum
Yielding Formations of the Central Valley of Cali-
fornia," "Catalogue of California Fossils," "The
Cyanide Process," "Notes on Gold Milling Practices
in California," "Mineral Statistics of California for
1894 and 1895," "Mine Drainage, Pumps, etc.," "A
Bibliography Relating to the Geologic Paleontology
and Mineral Resources of California," and, about to
be issued, " Oil Yielding Formations of Los Angeles,
Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties." Besides
these in the twelfth and thirteenth reports are many
other articles on special subjects connected with
mining, written by authorities, a full list of which
would show that a great deal of high-class work has
been done.
Hydraulic Miners and the Association.
The California Miners' Association, it is announced,
is out of funds, and the various county organizations
have been requested to send in their pro rata
amounts as soon as possible. In this connection,
President Neff suggests that those who are now
working hydraulic mines under permits from the
United States Debris Commission — some 230 in num-
ber— be asked to come forward at this time with a
special subscription, to show their appreciation of
the good that has been done for them by the Asso-
ciation. But for the CaUfornia Miners' Association
none of these 230 mines would be running to-day.
More than that, mainly through the efforts of the
California Miners' Association, large appropriations
have been made by the State and Federal govern-
ments to build restraining dams, the State has ap-
propriated a large sum for dredging the Sacramento
river and good feeling has been brought about be-
tween the miners and the farmers. It would appear
that the outlook for much further increase in hydrau-
lic mining and under easier conditions is very bright.
Certainly, some recognition of this work of the Asso-
ciation should be made by the hydraulic miners as a
body.
Value of Stock Gambling to Deep Mining.
It has always seemed strange to the mining world
that in California, in proportion to the amount of
work done, there has been less deep mining than in
other and smaller districts. What makes this par-
ticularly remarkable is the fact that to California
the mining world turns more than anywhere else for
its best mining engineers. Probably the chief rea-
son why there has been so little deep mining on the
so-called mother lode of California is the fact that
there has never been offered by the public, through
stock speculation, large sums to be expended in bold
ventures, as there has been in other districts in the
world. Nearly ail the work that has been done in
quartz mining in California has been undertaken
by private individuals, or by a few men united in
close corporations, who could not afford the risks
of bold undertakings. In nearly every California
mine the owners have sunk from level to level
only upon finding ore as they go down. The discov-
ery of ore on one level has given them confidence to
sink to the next. Of the profits from the upper
levels, little has ever been laid by for working capi-
tal to enable them to undertake extensive explora-
tions.
It was much the same in Rhodesia in South Africa,
where those who first went in, stripped the surface
and paid out their profits in dividends, but put noth-
ing aside for working capital. As a consequence they
did not go very deep and the question as to whether
the mines would pay in depth was not solved. In
New South Wales it was the same — the mine owners
working from level to level as ore was discovered,
but never putting money aside for large develop-
ments.
But on the Comstook there was as bold mining as
was ever done in the world, and all in spite of
greater difficulties and heavy expenses for water,
wood and machinery. The reason for this was that
the speculative public was back of the enterprises,
and there was no end of money to be obtained. The
public was indifferent to the cost, most of the indi-
viduals buying in to-day and selling out to-morrow,
caring little as so what the future of the mines would
be. But the California mines were never on the
stock market and consequently never backed by the
general public, as were those of the Comstock.
Tbe Rand mines of South Africa are a good illus-
tration of how much more the public, who know little
about mining, can do in the way of bold mining, than
can the real miners with their small capital. It is
true that a large proportion of the speculative pub-
lic lost money in the Comstock and on the Rand ; so,
too, will probably the London public lose money in
Western Australia ; but altogether the world will
be benefited.
It now looks as if there would be struck a happy
medium in mining in California. There is now a
great deal of capital ready to be invested in mines,
just as there was in earlier years in California im-
mense sums invested in wheat growing, and later in
viticulture, and still later in horticultui-e. With a
better knowledge of mining and of the mines than is
possessed in any other mining district, it is probable
that the industry in this State will be carried on
upon much more business-like methods than it the
in the past, either here or elsewhere.
In Amador and Calaveras counties during the
past two years companies have either expended or
made arrangements to expend between two and
three million dollars in sinking deep shafts. In some
of these cases it will be necessary to expend as much
as a quarter of a mi'lion before determining whether
there is any ore in the properties ; yet the success
which has been met with in those that have been
sunk in the neighborhood makes it almost certain
that, taken altogether, there will be an immense
profit made upon the money expended.
The work of the California Mining Bureau will not
be hampered by a decrease in the appropriation, for
the Legislature has included in the levy $50,000 for
the two coming fiscal years. Mr. Cooper, the new
State Mineralogist, will take office on the first of
April. Already Mr. Watts and Mr. Fairbanks have
been sent out by Mr. Crawford at the request of Mr.
Cooper to examine into the oil fields of Los Angeles
and San Luis Obispo counties.
March 27, 1897.
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Concentrates.
Watek U now only 1% cents a gallon al JobaoneHburg, Cal.
ARni'i' patent roaster is to be added to tbe Kverell, Wasb.,
Hmelter.
The Nevada Queen mine at Tuscarora, Nevada, Is to be
Htarled up again after years of idleness.
In February there were sevoniy-seven mining locations
tiled with the ret-orderof Uiverslde county.
In Brown's Valley, Yuba county. Cal., George Smethurst
has discovered a quartz ledge in his grain Held.
It Is reported that the Union Hacitic proponen to run a
branch road into the Deep Creek district in Utah.
A nBiHiHiT of asbestos, which is claimed to be :UK) feel wide
and 200O foot long, has been discavercd at Badger, Colu.
STE.\%iRKrt from Puget Sound, Wash., bound for Alasita, arc
unable to carry all thase who want to go north to the mines.
A coKi'S of experts, under Victor Clements, are making an
examination of the De Lamar property, In Lincoln Co., Ne
vada.
At Johannesburg, South Africa, Puget sound llr sells for
from 1180 to tStW per lOUO feet, according to condition and
grade.
The new stock exchange at Kossland, B. C, will be Incor-
liurated soon and is expected to ho ready for buitinc.Hs by
April I.
I'ETBK A. Hakt has purchased a one half Interest in the
Holla Union mine on the American river, near Auburn, Cul.,
for f4U00.
l-'iKTKKN miles from Kandsburg, Kern county. Cal., a dis-
covery of coal was made last week and men have been sent
out to exploit it.
Thk Pioche, Nev., Heeord says that Iho chance of men being
put to work is frustrated by tbe refusal of the leusu of the
tmelter and other property there.
TuK legislature of Nevada has passed an act to incorporate
the town of lieno, and authorizes the issuance of bind-i for
water works and an electric light plant.
No I.E.SH than (Ifty-one locations of mining claims were Hied
with the recorder of the Ilandsburg district, Kern county,
Cal., for the week ending March 12th.
The Southern California Railway Company has contracted
for n()00 barrels of oil from the Summerland, Santa Barbara,
district, to be denvcred in Los Angeles.
The anti-debris people are endeavoring to have the Spring
Valley mines at Cherokee, Butte county, closed down and the I
|)ermit revoked by the Debris Commiission.
In tbe Summit mine, in Nevada county, Cal., last Monday,
the machine drill opened up a large How of water, that rap-
idly begun to Hll the mine. Larger pumps have been ordered.
The Goodwill tunnel, which is being run into Gold hill at
Cripple Creek, Colo., was begun January 3nd with machine
drills, and an average of \'i% feet was made for fifty-six days
in granite.
Tun Puentc, Los Angeles county, Cal., oil wells supply the
Chino sugar factory with SO.OOU barrels of oil per year. This
is the residue after extracting the gasoline, reHned petro-
leum and benzine.
At the Butte t!fe Boston Company's smelting plant in Moo-
tana converters will soon be put in, and when the company
starts up its plant the product will be blister copper instead
of matte as heretofore.
Oil puices at Los Angeles continue to rise and it is now
selling at fHiO per barrel, which is nearly four times as
much as the price of a year ago. At ¥1.00 tbe cost is equiva-
lent to Coal at m a ton.
Dividends have been publicly declared by Utah mines this
month to the amount of $176,500 and according to the Salt
Lake TrUmnr the amounts divided by close corporations will
bring the total up to *2r)0,(jU0.
Theke is a proposition on foot to go on with the boring of a
tunnel under Sunset peak, in the Cocur d'Alene country,
Idaho, for which surveys were made some two years ago. Jt
would tap some HIteen mines.
The second largest sale that has taken place at Kossland,
B. C, is that made last week of tbe Columbia- K^ootenay group,
which was turned over by the Chicago owners to F. Aug.
Heinze and bis associates for 1500,000.
The Santa Maria Asphalt Company, in Santa Barbara
county, Cal., has agreed to sell to the Consolidated Asphalt
Company of Los Angeles :iOO acres of asphalt land in Santa
Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
The Union Hill Mining Company at Deadwood, South Da-
kota, have let a contract to Eraser &, Cbalmers for tbe erec-
tion of a '200-siamp mill at Galena. This, next to the
Homestake, will be the largest in the Black Hills.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company is advertising in
the British Columbia papers for bids for the grading of the
Slocan branch of the Columbia i: Kootenay Kailway from the
bridge across the Slocan river to Slocan City, a distance of
about thirty-one miles.
The value of the ore and bullion shipped from the Kootenay
mines from the 1st of January to March i:Uh of this year vpas
*l.8U,272.ai. At this rate, and there Is no reason to believe
it will not at least be maintained, the year's output would
amount to about $0,500,000.
AocoRDiNo to the Butte, Montana, T}ttrr-Minin(iiiu, it is
reckoned that every cent decline in silver entails a loss of
$50,000 a year upon the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.
The company is said to have purchased a valuable copper prop-
erty in British Columbia.
TELEGiiAaiH from Yuma, Arizona, announce that there is
some excitement over the gold discoveries near Tacna sta-
tion, and that a number of capitalists and representatives of
capital have gone out to them. Many men and teams have
left Yuma for the new mines.
Julian Sonntac has, at the earnest request of President
Neff, withdrawn his resignation as secretary of the Califor-
nia Miners' Association. A press of private business was the
.only reason for Mr. Sonntag's desire to give up the position
in which he has done good work.
It is understood that the Government will clear the Lardeau
river from obstructions this summer, which will open up th ■
mineral country about Howser lake, British Columbia. Then
a railroad is promised by the Horne-Payne syndicate from the
Columbia'^iver to Trout Lake district.
The official returns of the gold production of Tasmania show
an output of 03,,5S0 ounces, valued at $1,143,295, an increase of
9181,100 over that of 1895. The complete ofHcial returns from
the seven Australasian colonies show an output of M4,-l.'i5,000,
an increase of 11.001,000 over that of lS'.t5.
The followiog from a cable from the manager of the Hau-
rakl, a Victorian gold mine, shows great profits in deep work-
ing: Total amount crushed (four weeks), .WO tons; ounces of
gold, Ul^lO. Costs, including repairing plant since Hre, $10,000:
proHt, $10,000; ;J000-foot level now being drained.
At West Point, Calaveras county, Cal., Dr. C. E. Congdon
has deeded to .}. C. Cramer the Silver Mountain mine for
9SO,000. Mr. Cramer represents Minnesota capitalists. The
property consists of a mountain of porphyry. Tests which
have already been made Indicate a value of from $3 to $4
a ton.
Theue is being Hoated in London the Gold Fields of British
Columbia, Limited, capitalized at £000,000, to take over and
work the Albert Canyon and Dowie Creek groups, the Channc
properties, Chrome valley claims, Flossie L. mine. Little Dar-
ling and other properties in the Trait Creek and Uossland dis-
tricts.
F. August Heinze announces that he will extend bis rail-
way at once from the Columbia river at Rob-^on, B. C, to
Pendleton, and thence to the coast. A bill has been intro-
duced in the Dominion parliament at Ottawa for a charter to
build a railroad from Golden to Fort Steele, In the Kootenay
country.
The net profits of the mines of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is
placed at all the way from $iOO,000 to $:100,OOU, on a total out-
put of about $1,000,000 a mon'h. Considering that a large pro-
portion of the mines are in process of development, and but a
small percentage paying dividends, this speaks well for the
industry.
The Montana Ore Producing Company has mortgaged its
Silver Bow, Montana, possessions to Richard Lacy of New
York for ^1,000,000 worth of bonds bearing 0 per cent interest
and running 20 years. The money realized is to be used by
the company in acquiring other property and making improve-
ments on what it already has.
A LEADING consulting engineer in London says that of all
the vast capitalization of South African and West Australian
mining companies, amounting to hundreds of millions of dol-
lars, probably at least 50 per cent is watered stock, that less
than 10 per cent oE such companies will be successful and that
HO per cent will prove failures.
Si'EAKiN*; of the end of the strike at Leadville, Colo., the
Denver Hi^iJidiltani says that the place may look forward to a
period of prosperity and that it is to be hoped that in tbe
future more attention than heretofore will be given to the
Leadville gold belt. It has been claimed that tlais belt is as
valuable as the one at Cripple Creek.
On the Golden Gate mine at Mercur, Utah, Captain J. K.
De Lamar has blocked out ore bodies estimated to be worth
several millions, and in doing this he has expended nearly
$400,000 without taking out a dollar's worth of bullion. The
erection of a mill and accessories for working the ore will
bring the expenditure to some $000,000.
Colonel Ti'UNEK of the Le Roi mine, at Rossiand, British
Columbia, in denying that the property had been sold last
week to the Rio Tinto Company of Scotch capitalists, said that
negotiations had been opened some time ago by that company
and they had been given a verbal offer of the mine for $5,000,-
UUO, but so far had not come forward with a forfeit.
At Bingham, Utah, a project is on foot to tunnel Markham
hill for purposes of drainage and to give an outlet to the
mines. It would intersect the veins of the Ruby, Native,
Tough Nut, Red Wing. Julia Dean and Markham group
mines, etc., reaching as far as the Montezuma, a distance of
2500 feet, and tap the latter at a depth of 1000 to 1300 feet.
A telegham from San Diego, Cal., announces that Col. E.
W. Sebens, of Denver, Colo., had closed a deal by which an
English syndicate purchases the Golden Cross group of gold
mines at Hedges, near Ogilby, on the Colorado desert, for
$1,500,000, the new company to take possession within sixty
days. San Francisco parties do not confirm this statement.
The last Congress made appropriations for the Carson Mint
as follows: Superintendent, $3000; assayer and melter and
refiner, $2500 each; chief clerk, $1800; bookkeeper, cashier,
assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner and weight
clerk, $1500, or a total of $17,300. In addition to this, $4000
was appropriated for incidentals, wastage or loss in sweep-
ing, etc.
The Mammoth, Utah, Star is trying to get up a case to test
the constitutionality of tbe new mining law passed by the
Legislature over the Governor's veto. The two main grounds
for objection are that all locations must be recorded with the
county recorder instead of, or as well as, the district recorder,
and that assessment work must be done within ninety days
of location,
RossLAND, British Columbia, which is only two years old,
claims a population of SOOU. There is a continual stream of
new comers to the place, largely of men who will not be a
burden but rather an advantage to a new country, and the
promises are that with the advent of English and other for-
eign capital a large increase will be made in the population
during the year.
A teleokam from Seattle, Wash., states that R. A. Lane
and other Boston and Sin Francisco people, who had chartered
the barkentine Bertha at San Francisco, had arrived there
last week and employed 100 laborers to work upon a nine-mile
ditch to be dug at Cooks Inlet, Alaska, in furtherance of a
project to hydraulic twelve square miles of placer ground in
the vicinity of Anchor Point, Turn Again Arm.
The opening up of the Belknap reservation in Montana last
week created tittle stir. There has been no greater rush for
those who had prospects located than before the President
signed the treaty, and under the provisions of that act all
those who in good faith made locations on the reservation be-
fore the bill was signed are entitled to a 00 days' preference
right to make good their locations after the land is officially
opened up.
Tno.MAy ToNOE, a well known writer on mining matters and
an Englishman, in returning to Colorado from England, spoke
of the London promoter and said : Colorado's mining industry
has had an escape in consequence of the professional promoters
in London having for the past year or two practically confined
their attention to South Africa, Western Australia and other
places. The peculiar methods of the average London promoter
can only result in loss to the actual investor, or rather
"speculator," and in discredit to the mining district where
tbe properties are located. No matter what the property, the
first move of the average promoter is to arrange for an excess-
ive profit for himself. Involving serious over-capitalization.
Tub report of the Atlantic Mining Company of Michigan, for
the year 1H90 shows that tbe production of mineral was 0.440.-
000 pounds, which yielded 75.8Sfu, or4.804,32i> pounds of refined
copper, for which an average of 10.S4c per pound was realized.
The receipts for copper sold were $530,007; interest received,
$404; total, $.');M,ltIl. The working expenses at mine were
$:iiJ4,:i7'.t; smel'ing, froightand other expenses, $04,830, making
a total of $450,300, and leaving a profit of $71,0.")3. To this Is to
be added $3185 received for stumpage on the company's prop-
erty, making a total of $75,137.
The following are the items in the proposed new tariff bill
before Congress, as scheduled by the House, whore debate is
now going on : Lead-bearing ores. 1 cent per pound on the
lead contained. Load duties are to be estimated at port of
entry, bonds given in double the amount and the duties
liquidated in the end after Government assay. Lead dross
and refuse lead, 3 cents per pound; sheet, pipe, shot, etc., 3'^
cents; metallic minerals, crude, including monzanite sand, 30
percent; mica, 3 cents per pound and 15 per cent; nickel, 0
cents per pound: quicksilver, 10 cents per pound.
The railway committee of the British Columbia Degislaturc
has reported favorably upon the applications for charters for
seven different proposed railways. They are the Victoria,
Vancouver it Eastern, to operate from the two first-named
cities into the Kootenay country by way of Fair View, CJrand
Forks and Christina lake; the Nanaimo-Alberti, the Cassiar
Central, the East Kootenay & Lardeau, the Stikeen & Teslin
Lake and the Bedlington & Nelson. Of these, the first which
has the necessary capital on hand, the Bedlington & Nelson,
backed by the Great Northern, will start work at once.
The yield of minerals in Idaho for 1805 has been calculated
by tbe superintendent of the United States assay oftli'e at
Boise. There was a falling off in the product of gold, but a
much larger increase in that of silver and lead. For 1895 the
gold yield was $3,591,000 and for ISOti $3,333,700. The silver
yield for 1805 was $.),314,498 and 18% $i).474,705. Of lead, the
yield for 1805 was valued at $3,301,331 and for 1896 $3,953,3s((.
The total for the three metals for 1895 was $10,110,485 and for
IS9IJ $11,751,815. There is such a considerable increase in
activity in the CiRur d'Alene country, and of placers in differ-
ent parts of the State, backed by capital, >hat it is probable
that this year's yield of gold will exceed that of 1895.
The new tariff bill has some provisions of interest to miners
and metallurgists, more particularly those relating to the
proposed duty on lead and lead ore. Another matter in which
manufacturers on this coast are interested is the evident in-
tention of the franiers of the present tariff bill to wipe out the
rebate provision in the duty on tinplate. At present there is
a rebate of 99."ii on all re-exported tin. In '9(i there were
0,192,020 boxes tinplate used in this country, of which 3,3(39,540
were imported. This imported tin, when made into cans for
fish, meat, oil, etc., and exported, secured a return to the
American canners of the duty paid thereon. One company in
'00 collected over $1,500,000 in rebates on tin thus re-exported.
The number of inquiries daily received at this office is great.
They comprise a variety of subjects. During the week just
past, have been received inquiries from nine States, and three
foreign countries, asking for information about books, the
cyanide process, mining laws, electric furnaces for the manu-
facture of iron, pyritic smelting, the mother lode, geology of
California, manufacture of sulphuric acid, how to construct
gold saving riltles, makes of steam shovels and amalgamators,
asbestos deposits, gas engines, the Peck centrifugal process,
copper in Nevada, California mica, telluride, dry washers,
arrastras, electric pumps, diamond drills, mining reports,
river dredger, mine boring, hydraulic elevator, chrome iron.
An agreement was entered into last year for the purchase
of 400,000 shares of stock in the Elkton property at Cripple
Creek, Colo., ostensibly for a French syndicate, and with the
understanding that it was to be placed in France. According
to the Denver llc}iid>lican, the stock which was handled by
Colorado Springs people has all been thrown on the local mar-
ket and heretofore the syndicate working the deal has been
able to resell the stock at a handsome profit, the constant im-
provement in the property making an expansive market that
would absorb the large blocks when the syndicate found it
advisable to sell. After taking 300,000 shares in this manner
and rehandiing them at a profit of from 30 to .50 cents a share
to the syndicate, the market has apparently been fl lied up,
and now the syndicate with its last 100,000 shares on band
finds the price dropping.
On the 33rd inst. Senator Perkins introduced in the Senate
the California mineral lands bill, practically the same as that
in the last Congress, which failed after passing both houses,
but with amendments in the Senate. The present measure
provides an appropriation of $40,000 to carry out the provisions
of the act. Ic is set forth that there snail be a board of three
commissioners appointed in each land district of the State to
determine the character of the lands as to mineral or agricul-
tural uses. Provision is made for the taking up of mineral
lands, wherever determined, and also for the separation of
such lands from railroad grants. The championship of Dubois
of Idaho and Bowers of California will be missed, but their
loss will be otfset by the absence of Secretary of the Interior
Smithand Commissionerof the Gen. Land Office Lamoureux,
two of the trinity that beat the bill in the 54th Congress.
With the exception of the Speaker of the House, the attitude
of the new administration is friendly to the miners.
The Territorial Legislature of New Mexico has passed a
new law, as to locating and obiaining titles to mining claims,
that is in line with the work done by other Legislatures in
the West, excepting that of California. As to the marking of
the Claims, it is provided that locators shall cause the surface
boundaries of each claim to be plainly marked by eight sub-
stantial posts or stone monuments, each projecting at least 3
feet above the surface of the ground, to-wit: One at each
corner of said claim and one at the center of each end and side
line thereof, each of which posts or monuments shall be plainly
marked, so as to show the name of such claim and the direc-
tion thereof from each post or monument. The California law
just adopted leaves the marking of the boundaries necessary
to be made to be decided by the courts in the future, as in the
past, and, as a consequence, there will be the same amount of
confusion and litigation. The new Territorial law also pro-
hibits the relocation of mines by previous owners, and compels
locators to do assessment work within ninety days. Aiio-
gether the law is practically the same as that proposed by the
Mining and Scientific Press last October, much of the
language being quoted verbatim.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
March27, 1897.
Notes on the Cyanide Process.
In the issues of this journal of dates Deo. 19, Deo.
26, 1896, January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 1897, ap-
peared an article on " The Solution and Precipitation
of the Cyanide of Gold," by S. B. Christy, Professor
of Mining and Metallurgy, University of California,
Berlseley, Cal., which has attracted unusual atten-
tion everywhere. It was published from revised
proofs of the paper read at the Colorado meeting of
American Institute of Mining Engineers, Sept., 1896.
Under date of March 15th, 1897, Mr. J. E. Clennell,
of Salt Lake City, Utah, contributes the following
notes on Prof. Christy's article. They are in the
form of a letter to that gentleman, and that form is
preserved in the following, which, alike with the
original article is of considerable interest :
Prof. &■ B. Christy, University of California, Berke-
ley, CaZ.— Dear Sir : After perusing your interest-
ing and valuable contribution to the literature of the
cyanide process, I beg to submit the following notes
suggested by various portions of your paper. I am
well aware that the experiments made in our labora-
tory at Johannesburg, to which I draw your atten-
tion, were not carried out with the scientific accuracy
vhich is possible at a well equipped university, but
they were nevertheless regulated as far as possible
by the conditions of actual work, and may therefore
be of some interest to practical metallurgists.
I entirely endorse your remarks as to the difficulty
of handling zinc-ferrocyanide, which would be nearly
always formed in practice. In laboratory experi-
ments I have sometimes succeeded in getting this
precipitate to settle by adding powdered chalk to
the slightly acidulated solution.
The practical recovery of cyanide from very dilute
solutions is still, to my belief, an unsolved problem ;
where it is possible to use the same solutions re-
peatedly, this recovery, of course, is not of much
consequence.
Action of Oxygen in the Solution of Gold. — Your
conclusions are entirely borne out by our experience.
The rate of solution in all cases where definite results
could be obtained appears to depend upon the free-
dom of access of air. In three parallel sets of ex-
periments, in which equal weights and surface of
gold foil were exposed for an equal length of time to
equal quantities of the same strength of solution, in
watch glasses, flasks, and test tubes respectively,
we found that the amount of gold dissolved was
greatest in the watch glasses and least in the test
tubes. In forty-eight hours nearly double as much
had dissolved in the watch glasses as in the test
tubes.
In practice we once or twice attempted to use
solutions containing alkaline sulphides, which would
of course, readily absorb any oxygen present in the
liquid, and always got very poor results, sometimes
no extraction at all.
With regard to the use of oxidizing agents in prac-
tice, we have seldom come across any ore which
could not be extracted as effectually without them,
provided sufficient time of contact was given.
The ultimate percentage of gold extracted and the
ultimate quantity of cyanide consumed is practically
the same, with and without the oxidizer, when the
reaction has been carried to its limits; i. e. when in
both cases all the gold capable of being dissolved in
cyanide has been extracted. The only use of oxidiz-
ing agents seem to be to accelerate the action, and
it is obviously a matter of no moment whether the
gold is dissolved in one hour or in twenty-four hours,
when the mechanical process of leaching requires
thirty-six hours.
There is apparently an exception to this in the
case of certain ores containing mispickel or other
substances liable to yield alkaline sulphides on treat-
ment with ordinary cyanide, the oxidizing agent
tending to prevent this result. With ordinary
pyritic concentrates we found no advantage except
rapidity of solution. The oxidizing agents princi-
pally employed were ferricyanide, permanganate, and
persulphate of potassium. A few tests were also
made with sodium peroxide.
The Bromo- Cyanide Process. — It is not at all clear
to me that the bromide of cyanogen in this process
does not act indirectly as an oxidizing agent. Un-
doubtedly, as you state, an immediate decomposition
occurs on mixing solutions of potassium cyanide and
cyanogen bromide. In our experiments we demon-
strated that cyanogen is given off in a volatile form,
but whether as free cyanogen, or in combination, as
HCy, could not be determined.
We have to choose between these two equations :
(1) BrCy-fKCy=KBr+2Cy,
as suggested in your paper, or
(2) BrCy+KCy-t-HjO=E:Br+2HCy+0.
Our experiments with mixtures of KCy and BrCy
showed :
(a) That a rapid diminution in the apparent
strength of cyanide and also of BrCy took place on
standing, both in open and closed vessels.
(6) That when the mixture was kept in a closed
vessel the whole of the cyanogen originally con-
tained in the KCy could be recovered as an alkaline
cyanide by adding a free alkali.
It was also found that the addition of an alkali to
a solution of cyanogen bromide decomposed it imme-
diately, not, however, producing an equivalent quan-
tity of alkaline cyanide, but apparently in accordance
with the equation :
BrCy+2KOH=KBr+KCyO+H20.
Whether a cyauate is actually produced or not I
had no means of definitely determining, but the
mixed solution gave with AgNOj an immediate
white precipitate insoluble in an excess of the mix-
ture, showing that a cyanide could not be present.
Assuming that the addition of the cyanogen bro-
mide to potassium cyanide in aqueous solution may
give rise to the formation of oxygen or some readily
decomposed oxy-compound, the solution of gold may
be, after all, in accordance with Eisner's equation in
two stages, thus :
(1) BrCy-fKCy+H20=KBr+2HCy-f O ;
(2) 2Au4-4KCy-fO-fH20=2KAuCy2+2KOH.
In the ideal case where the gold is present exactly
in equivalent proportions, and in a condition to com-
bine as fast as the cyanogen compounds are decom-
posed, we might combine these two reactions and
obtain the result expressed by Mr. Sulman's equa-
tion,
3KCy+2Au+BrCy=2K;AuCy2-f-KBr.
In practice, however, the first reaction would
always go on to an enormous extent in excess of the
second. There is, accordingly, always an excess of
(hydrocyanic) acid present after the reaction is com-
plete, so that the second equation ought possibly to
be expressed as follows :
2Au+2KCy+2HCy+0=2KAuCy2+H,0.
According to Sulman, the thermal energy theoret-
ically developed by his supposed reaction is less than
that in Eisner's. If this is the case, it is somewhat
difScult to account for the greater energy with
which gold is attacked by the bromo-cyanide mix-
ture as compared with ordinary cyanide.
I should be greatly interested to know if you have
obtained conclusive proof of the liberation of cyano-
gen by the addition of KCy to BrCy.
We did not find any marked difference in their
effect upon ores between bromo-cyanide mixtures
and equivalent mixtures of KCy with ferricyanide or
other oxidizing agents.
In regard to the formation of paracyanogen, we
found that although this took place to a consider-
able extent when bromine was added gradually to an
excess of potassium cyanide solution, it did not
occur when the addition was made in the opposite
way, namely, when potassium cyanide, in moderately
dilute solutions, was added to an excess of bromine
until the color of the latter was just destroyed. The
bromide of cyanogen thus produced was tolerably
stable, and, unless mixed with cyanide solution, did
not deteriorate in strength to any very marked
extent in the course of two or three days. We gen-
erally used a mixture of two parts KCy to one of
BrCy (in accordance with Sulman's equation), which
was either prepared just before using or formed in
the one itself by running on the separate solutions.
Re-treatment of Imperfectly Roasted Material. — We
made a number of experiments on this subject, but
the results obtained were very variable. In some
cases, where a thorough preliminary washing with
water and sometimes with dilute acid was given, it
was found possible to extract a fair percentage of
the gold, which had resisted chlorination, by treat-
ing for a long time with dilute cyanide solution, but
I do not think it likely that the action was aided in
any way by the presence of free chlorine remaining
in the tailings. In the first place, the iron com-
pounds, etc., in the imperfectly roasted material
would destroy any excess of chlorine ; and if such did
remain, it would be assuredly removed by the pre-
liminary washing which, as you point out, is neces-
sary before adding cyanide.
In one set of experiments on the cyanide treat-
ment of concentrates, while from thoroughly roasted
material we got an extraction of nearly 90 per cent,
from imperfectly roasted material of similar charac-
ter we obtained, after twelve days' treatment, and
notwithstanding a thorough preliminary water and
alkali wash, extractions varying from 24 per cent to
35 per cent Only.
Solubility of Gold Sulphide in Cyanide. — We have
not made any experiments bearing directly on this
subject, but our experience as to the difficulty of
precipitating gold from cyanide solutions by sul-
phydric acid is similar to yours. We found that
alkaline solutions gave no precipitation at all, while
even from acidulated solutions the precipitation was
very imperfect.
Estimation of Gold in Cyanide Solutions. — With re-
gard to the estimation of the quantity of gold in
cyanide solutions, we found the results obtained by
slow evaporation of the solution with litharge and
fusion of the residue with a reducing flux to agree
perfectly with results calculated from the difference
of the assay of ore, or other material tested, before
and after cyanide extraction.
The process is tedious, but with solutions weak in
gold is more satisfactory than evaporation on lead
foil. The method suggested by Crosse of precipita-
tion with silver nitrate, also gave correct results
when carefully executed, but was more troublesome
when a large number of determinations had to be
made. I see that you have used the same principle.
We tried the method, you describe of acidifying with
sulphuric acid, and boiling, but could not obtain re-
liable results. We also tried precipitation with so-
dium amalgam, but the results were uncertain.
Precipitation of Gold from Cyanide Solutions. — We
made a considerable number of experiments on pre-
cipition by means of charcoal, and salts of copper,
mercury, lead, etc. In ordinary solutions the gold
was precipitated, although imperfectly, by agitation
with finely divided charcoal. The other reagents,
when used singly, gave little or no efiect. A mixture
of charcoal, however, with either silver nitrate, cop-
per sulphate, or ferrous sulphate, gave in many
cases an almost complete precipitation. On the
whole, the combination of charcoal and copper sul-
phate gave the best results. The effect was practi-
cally the same whether the solution was acid or alka-
line, and whether the reagents were added together
or separately.
The reaction appeared to be complete after about
IJ hours agitation. The solutions used were the di-
lute cyanide liquors from the Siemens & Halske pro-
cess and contained originally from .0001 to .0004 per
cent of gold.
The methods of precipitation with cupric sulphide
and cuprous chloride are new to me, and very inter-
esting, though in South Africa, at all events, the
cost of free sulphuric acid would be a fatal objection
to their use, except for laboratory purposes. I had
seen Prof, de Wildes' patents, but had not paid
much attention to them, regarding his methods as
impracticable.
Electric Precipitation. — The theoretical objections
which you urge against the Siemens & Halske pro-
cess have not prevented its sucoessfal operation on
an enormous scale in the treatment of tailings and
slimes in South Africa. The necessity for a large
surface has been met by the use of very large precip-
itation boxes, or by the employment of lead in the
form of thin strips. The action of the solution on
the iron anodes is of little practical importance, and
the precipitate settling from the electrolyte, to
which you refer, is recovered and treated after a
cleanup, which is necessai-y only at long intervals.
Although, as you remark, great technical skill was
necessary in the initiation of the process to over-
come these and other difficulties, the practical work-
ing at present does not involve any higher degree of
skill or knowledge than the handling of the zinc shav-
ings in the MacArthur-Porrest process, and is en-
trusted to foremen with no special knowledge of
chemistry or electricity.
Precipitation of Zinc. — Your discussion on this sub-
ject seems to give a plausible explanation of the ob-
served facts, viz: the incompleteness of the precipi-
tation when the quantity of free cyanide is insuffi-
cient, the evolution of hydrogen, the increase in the
alkalinity, and the large consumption of zinc in ex-
cess of that theoretically required by the substitu-
tion reaction. If you will refer to the article pub-
lished by Mr. Butters and myself in 1892, from which
you quote, 3'ou will find that we had drawn attention
to the insufficiency of the substitution reaction,
though some of the views put forward by us at that
time were doubtless erroneous.
Where insufficient free cyanide is used we have
sometimes observed the deposition of a white sub-
stance which proved to consist mainly of ferrocya-
nide of zinc.
Recovery of Cyanide hy Precipitation with 2Xnc Sul-
phate.— This matter was investigated by several
chemists in South Africa at an early date, and to-
gether with the method by precipitation with fer-
rous-sulphate formed the subject of a patent applied
for in the Transvaal, by Wm. Bettel, I think in 1893.
It could hardly be carried out in practice with the
immense volumes of dilute solution which we have to
handle, and any process involving the use of mineral
acids is of course out of the question.
Trusting that an interchange of ideas on these
subjects may be of mutual benefit, I am
Yours faithfully.
Salt Lake City, Utah. J. E. Clennell.
Why He Can't Sell.
An export house received advices by last mail from
their traveler in the River Plate saying: " The rea-
son why I can not send you orders for certain classes
of merchandise is that my prices are higher than
those being offered here by English and German
houses on similar goods. You have sent me a large
catalogue of a jobbing house, which has a very com-
plete line in railway supplies, tools and machinery,
with prices and discounts. This catalogue is good
enough to take orders from, but to be able to sell at
the discounts which this firm has given us is impossi-
ble. I lost an order for a quantity of railway track
material by being 12 per cent higher than an English
salesman. The party that bought the goods kindly
informed me that they had saved upward of $650 by
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Mining and Scientific Press
not giving me the order. Three days ago I also lost
an order (or three hoisting engines, which an English
maker obtained. In this way I could relate a num-
ber of instances in which my prices have not been
right. Let me impress upon you that it is of the ut-
most importance that, in sending me prices and dis-
counts, it should be from the manufacturers, and not
from wholesale jobbers, particularly in this line, for
the European competitors are in this market
strongly looking out for anything in the engineering
line, and made of iron and steel."
Tendency of English Capital.
State Geologist Rickard of Colorado has recently
returned from England, and in a published interview
is credited with saying :
"There is no doubt that there is a very strong
undercurrent of feeling in mining circles favoring in-
vestment in .\merican mining properties. They
have dumped a great deal of money in South Africa
and West Australia, and there is a lull in those
directions, which will probably receive very little
new capital, comparatively, after this. It must not
be understood, however, that all the money repre-
sented by the capitalization of these companies has
been e.xpended in South Africa and West Australia.
A great deal of it is left in the shape of uncalled
capital, that is, capital subscribed but not paid in,
which can be used in other directions, as the law
governing the formation of the joint stock limited
companies permits the calling in of the entire amount
of the capital subscribed. The tendency toward
investment in this country is tempered somewhat by
the Governor died, and I am now informed that as
this trammel no longer exists we can reasonably ex-
pect a decision within thirty days. The Mining Attn
Scientific Press has been a source of great comfort
and has relieved many of what otherwise would have
been long, weary hours in this Mexican jail.
The Cold Fields of the Porce River, Colombia.
The Republic of Colombia has long been known to
the Spaniards and their descendants as being ex-
ceedingly rich in its deposits of gold; but, owing to
its geographical location and its climatic conditions,
it was only during the past few years that it began
to attract the attention of the world at large.
The old Spaniard, who was a wonderful seeker
after gold, knew the value of the Colombian mines,
and he drew largely from them in gathering the
wealth that went to enrich the "mother country"
during the palmy days following the conquest of the
southern hemisphere. His descendants, too, have
proPted by his knowledge, and have followed in his
footsteps in taking from the bountiful stores that
Nature has lavishly placed at hand; and, in almost
every section of the Republic, they have continued
to operate mines that, since the emancipation from
Spain, have yielded, without machinery, a steady
stream of the yellow metal, which has swelled
the output of the country to more than $700,000,000.
Nearly every State and province in Colombia has
its gold deposits, more or less rich, and from some of
these deposits have come, at times, yields that al-
most challenge belief. The stories that have come
to the outside world, from time to time, of the
indulged in relative to the source of their supply.
Mining has been carried on in the valley to a
greater or less extent for over 300 years. The In-
dians inhabiting this portion of the continent washed
out gold in a crude way, and they, of all the tribes
in Co'ombia. had most gold to sell to the Spaniards.
They frequently gave the " conquerors " twenty
dollars in gold-dust for a pound of salt, and seventy
dollars for a hatchet, and it is said that in one of
their villages the Spaniards found more than $20,000
in gold. The Spaniards mined in the valley for many
years with good results, and. following them, the
natives also. From 1G02 to 1620 more than $t),000,-
000 was washed out here; and, although working has
been limited almost exclusively to superficial de-
posits, easy to mine, the output has steadily in-
creased, until in recent years it has been estimated
i to run more than $1,000,000 annually.
I Individual instances of great returns for working
I are on record. On the lower reach of the river the
: natives have taken out, by diving, pans of gravel
that yielded more than two pounds of gold. One
! proprietor, after spending nearly $75,000 for the in-
troduction of water, washed out, in a few days, more
1 than 10,(J00 ounces of gold-dust, and from a small
I bar in the river valley, though hardly 500 feet long
i by 50 feet wide, more than $200,000 was taken. At
i the Cristina mine, some years since, fourteen men, in
j thirty hours' work, washed out 118 ounces of gold,
j while at Barcinos 265 ounces were extracted from
I about 160 cubic yards of gravel. At Guayabalito
the daily yield in the winter (dry) season, with a
small force of men, runs from 44 to 102 ounces; at Li
Llave it has run from 26i to 2i(A ounces; at Caracnii,
GREAT EASTERN QUICKSILVER MIKE.
(See paffe]2oJ.l
ORE DRIER OF GREAT EASTERN MINE.
the remembrance of President Cleveland's Vene-
zuelan message and the attitude of the Senate on
the arbitration treaty. Besides this, a great many
people who have invested in American railroad
securities are not at all satisfied that they have been
treated fairly. They do not take into consideration
that American investors were treated just as badly,
but charge their losses to sharp practice on the
part of Americans. But the amount of money that
is coming into England from investments in all parts
of the world is so great that they must find new
channels for investment, and I am of the opinion
that the example of the London Exploration Com-
pany, which has made such heavy investments in
this country, will be very generally followed by the
other syndicates that have been formed there for the
.purpose of investing in mining properties. The in-
terest paid on government securities is so low that
there is a disposition to take some risks in invest-
ments that promise to pay more, and America is the
only mineral field that has been left untried."
Imprisoned in Mexico.
Under date of the 13th inst. , W. Viggers writes
from Durango, Mexico: Two years ago last Feb.
12th, I with three others was incarcerated here in
Durango under charges of robbery, preferred against
us by the then U. S. Consul of this place. We ap-
pealed to our respective Governments, English and
Atnerican; the U. S. sent down Mr. R. S. Chilton,
chief of the consular bureau, to investigate the ac-
tion of the Consul, J. S. McCaughan, who did so, and
found them grossly fabulous, and demanded his im-
mediate resignation, but the case not being a politi-
cal one, the Governments could not further inter-
fere, and thus the case has been dragging along.
Both Governments have protested from time to
time of the delays, but nothing more tangible than
this has been done by the Governments, and, further-
more, the influence of the Governor was thrown
against us. The early part of last month, however.
gold alluvions of the Darien, Choco, Atrato, San
Juan, Cauca, Nechi and Porce, and the rumors set
afloat regarding the fabulous richness of these fields
and streams, have read for half a century like fairy
tales. Yet many of these stories have a basis of
truth. Explorations, in recent years, into the re-
gions mentioned have brought to light the fact that,
I within their precincts, in some places, lie stores of
I wealth of vast extent, though formidably guarded
I against the encroachment of man by climatic and
other conditions too deadly to face.
The Stale of Antioquia, though but little known,
I by reason of its almost inaccessible location, is per-
' haps the richest State, in mineral wealth, in all Co-
' lombia. Situated, it might be said, almost in the
" lap of the Andes," and cross-seamed by many spurs
from the parent chain, the State presents an almost
unbroken area laced with gold-bearing quartz veins
of great value, while many of its streams have valley
deposits of placer gold of almost incredible richness.
Nearly $150,000,000 in gold has been taken out of
the mines of this State during the present century,
although most of the workings there have generally
been limited to surface deposits easy to reach. A
very large proportion of this amount has been taken
from placer deposits in the valley of the Porce — a
river that has long been known to be exceedingly
rich in gold.
This river, which seems to be of comparatively re-
cent origin, has its source in the heart of Antioquia,
near the city of Medellin, and drains northwardly,
between the two ranges of the Cordilleras, through
a distance of about 175 miles, to its junction with the
Nechi. Through a good portion of this length it is
fed by mountain streams and torrents that have cut
their way, in deep canyons, across the fianks of the
Cordilleras, and that bring into the valley, with
their detritus, gold from innumerable veins. As a
consequence, the river has, for over sixty-five miles,
an almost uninterrupted series of gravel bars, or
fiats, exceedingly rich in gold. So rich, indeed, are
some of these bars that much speculation has been
from 58 to 731 ; at Naranjal, 15; at Oralito, 73J ; and
at Socorro Megaron, as much as 132. At San Ba-
silio, in two weeks' work, 764 ounces of gold were
taken out in the winter of 1886, and at San Jose 588
ounces were extracted in the working season of 1885.
An English engineer of some repute examined and
reported on the richness of the Porce river some
I years since. He estimated that the river contained
gold in the proportion of 14.7 ounces per superficial
square yard, and that in the lower fifty-mile reach
of the river, after its junction with the Nechi, there
were more than 4000 tons of gold !
The writer of this paper noticed, during his con-
nection with the surveys of the Intercontinental
Railway, the richness of some of the Porce bars, and
he has recently been conducting some examinations
and tests which show results in keeping with those
above described.
At one place, where the bar had a formation of
about six feet of loose sand (decomposed granite),
mixed with boulders, and below this another forma-
tion of gravel, sand and boulders, the upper stratum
showed, from the "grass roots " down, an average
of $6 per cubic yard, while the lower stratum gave
an average of more than $80 per cubic yard. At
another place three cubic feet of gravel, taken as
average from fifty different places in the lower
stratum, yielded 15.81 grams of gold-dust, or about
$9 in gold, there being 31 . 1 grams in one ounce Troy,
which is valued, in this gold, at about $18.
At still another place, from 256 pounds of gravel,
taken from sixteen different places, 6.4 castellanos
of gold-dust were washed out. This result corre-
sponds to a yield of nearly $200 per cubic yard, the
specific gravity of the gravel being about two and
the weight of a cubic foot about 125 pounds. The
former result corresponds to a yield of about $80
per cubic yard. Several wheelbarrows of gravel
(three or four cubic yards) at another place gave
$435. One batea yieiiled $'7.50 in gold-dust, and, out
of several hundred bateas taken, not one failed to
show gold in immense paying quantities. Other
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tests were made with results equally startling, but
those given serve to show the enormous richness of
the river valley.
When one remembers that, according to Silliman,
Cuoaenge and Loclf , the rich gravel along the Yuba
river and at " Pond's claim," in California, averaged
only from 34 to 45 cents per cubic yard, while the
gravel at such mines as Independence, Todd's Val-
ley, Roach Hill and Iowa Hill ran only from 25 to 71
cents per cubic yard, he can begin in some measure
to appreciate the enormity of these figures. The
writer is constrained to admit that they read like a
fairy tale; and, had not the richness of the river
valley been fully demonstrated by the examinations
of experts and by mining operations, he would cer-
tainly hesitate to give them. Of course, places have
been found in California, and elsewhere, where the
yield of gold was greater even than the figures given
above. These places were known as " pockets,"
however, and were limited in extent, whereas almost
the entire valley of the Force seems to show the
large average given, demonstrating the fact that,
through exceptionally favorable conditions, the river
has been for many years the reservoir for gold de-
posits from almost unlimited fields.
The question will naturally be asked, Why, if this
river is so rich, has it not been mined out already ?
As before stated, mining operations have been car-
ried on in the valley by the natives, and by the In-
dians before them, for more than 300 years. They
have been limited, however, almost exclusively to
the deposits that were inclined against the hillsides,
where bedrock was above the level of the river, and
to the old channels that were easy to work. iThese
deposits have been practically exhausted. The rich
deposits, however, that lie below the level of the
river, and that require expensive machinery to work
them, are almost intact, and they have never been
worked except by the primitive method of " ve-
raneos," common in the country, which consists in
sinking, in the di-y season, to bedrock a rude caisson,
composed of sticks, earth and vines, and working the
gravel thereby uncovered. No regularly organized
scheme of mining these deposits has ever been car-
ried out, and for obvious reasons.
Antioquia being situated far inland, and difficult
of access by reason of the lofty Cordilleras on the
east, south and west, and the almost impenetrable
jungles and morasses of the Atrato, Cauca and Mag-
dalena on the north, is almost unknown to foreigners,
and even to the natives living on the coast. As a
consequence, its mineral wealth has never been made
known to the world, to attract miners, except
through vague rumors that have come from an oc-
casional wanderer who has found his way into the
State by chance. And, when a foreigner, attracted
by these rumors, has started to investigate them,
he has usually become so appalled by the formidable
obstacles presented by Nature in bis path, that he
has genefally turned aside to investigate fields in
nearer provinces, report of which has reached his
ear. The entire Republic of Colombia is so rich in
mineral wealth that the seeker after mines there
generally becomes bewildered, as soon as he has en-
tered the country, by reports coming to him, fronn
almost every source, of mines fabulously rich that
deserve his attention. As a result, in face of the ob-
stacles intervening between Antioquia and the coast,
he generally turns aside to other and nearer fields.
The writer knows personally of several expeditions
that left the States for Antioquia, and were thus di-
verted. In view of these facts, very few foreigners
have ever penetrated to the rich mines of the State,
and those that have penetrated there have usually
been unable to provide the capital necessary for
working mines. The natives of Antioquia are not,
as a rule, mining people, and those who have means
sufficient to develop a mine are generally merchants
who have made their money in trade, and who are
unwilling to risk it in the more hazardous business of
mining. There are only a few persons in all Antio-
quia having as much capital as $200,000 in gold, and
they know absolutely nothing of forming large stock
companies, such as we have in the States. Further-
more, those that have money live in the cities on the
upper tablelands, where the climate is healthy, and
they are unwilling, except when necessity compels,
to venture into the lower and more unhealthy mining
regions of the river valleys. In consequence of this,
it is only those, generally, who have to become
ruined or crippled in trade that undertake mining
operations to recoup their fortunes; and it almost
invariably happens, with these, that, as soon as they
have amassed wealth enough to return to mer-
chandizing—no matter how fabulously rich their
mine or large its returns — they either abandon the
work to a foreman or lease the mine to some one
they wish to befriend.
The climate, too, which is bad in the river valleys,
and everywhere except on the elevated tablelands
and the highways, which are almost impassable for
machinery, have helped to throw obstacles in the
way of mining on any extended scale.
All of these things have combined to prevent in
Antioquia, and even in Colombia, a mining " boom"
that would have led to the working of the alluvial
deposits of the Force. That such a "boom" will
soon occur, however, is easy to be seen. The rich
discoveries of silver which enriched Chili were made
from 1825 to 1848; the gold alluvions of California
were discovered in 1848; those of British Columbia in
1858; the rich silver noines in Nevada, which have
lowered the price of silver, were discovered in 1859;
those of Bolivia in 1860; the rich gold deposits of
Guiana and Venezuela in 18ti(j; and those of the
Transvaal within recent years. Impelled by recent
financial agitation in the States and elsewhere, the
world is now " casting about " in every direction for
i new gold fields, and Colombia's day appears, there-
fore, to be near at hand.
When that day shall have come, and the present
primitive appliances and methods being discarded,
improved machinery and recently discovered methods
of mining shall have been applied to the working of
the Force and other Colombian streams, and to un-
covering and extracting the gold from the vast lodes
of quartz that are now lying hidden in Antioquia and
other parts of Colombia, it is no hazirdous venture
to say that the world will view the results with un-
bounded amazement.
In order to prevent a misconception of the situa-
tion, it is eminently proper, before closing this paper,
to warn persons against going to Colombia to mine
without reasonable means. While the mining laws
of the country are exceedingly liberal to both na-
tives and foreigners, and while there are many rich
mines to be discovered a-nd claimed in nearly every
section, it is still true that in Colombia, perhaps more
than in any other country in the world, money is
needed, especially for mining.
As for the valley of the Force, there is probably,
in all this territory, not a yard of soil that is not al-
ready taken, and nearly all of the river bars of any
value are owned or controlled by a wealthy firm of
native mine owners, who do not care to sell them ex-
cept for prices commensurate with their value. —
J. D. Garrison in the Engineering Magazine.
Forest Reservations and Mining.
There have been attacks made upon the reserva-
tions of forests under the proclamation of President
Cleveland on February 22 in all the States inter-
ested. All the papers which have opposed them
have done so mainly upon the ground that the Presi-
dent's proclamation would prevent prospecting or
mining on lands in question. Similar arguments
have been advanced by Senators from all States in-
terested except California. This contention would
seem to be wrong, and it would appear that other
motives inspire the opposition. The Forestry Com-
mission in its report says :
"The Commission fully recognized the fact that
the forest reserves established and proposed can not
be maintained unless a plan can be adopted under
which their boundaries can be modified so as to take
from them all lands better suited for agriculture
than for the production of forests, and under which
their timber can be made available for domestic and
commercial purposes, and vaJiuililr niiiicrah inn hi-
frijiily suught for ami mined wilhiji tlicir htmndarics.
"The Commission is now engaged in perfecting a
scheme of forest management which it believes will
make the administration of the reserves possible,
and which in due time will be submitted. It believes
that the solution of this difficult problem will, how-
ever, be made easier if reserved areas are now in-
creased, as the greater the number of people
interested in drawing supplies from the reserved
territory, or in mining in them, the greater will be
the pressure on Congress to enact laws permitting
their proper administration. For this reason it is
the unanimous opinion of the Commission that the
establishment by proclamation of the reserves de-
scribed above is now a matter of the utmost import-
ance to the development and welfare of the whole
country."
The following statement, in answer to questions
about these vigorous protests against the forest re-
serves, is made by Gilford Finchot, a member of the
Commission which recommended the reserves, and its
secretary :
" The attack on the forest reserves declared by
ex-President Cleveland on Washington's Birthday is
founded on a misunderstanding. There is a funda-
mental misconception of the objects of the reserves
and the reasons why the Forest Commission of the
National Academy of Sciences recommended their
establishment. The members of this Commission un-
derstand as fully as any one can that forest reserves
permanently withdrawn from use would be wholly
unworthy of being maintained. The only reason for
reserving any area must be that it will be more use-
ful to the people as a reserve than as part of the pub-
lic domain. With that idea clearly in mind, we have
been considering for several months past the ques-
tion of making all the reserves, both these and the
17,000,000 acres hitherto proclaimed, contribute to
the utmost to the welfare of the regions in which
they lie, and work on a bill for submission to Con-
gress to open the reserves to use, wjaile providing
the necessary means for the preservation of the for-
est, is so far on toward completion.
" The Commission' x Statement. — An official statement
of its position was recently made by the Commission
to a conference committee of the House and Senate
which was considering the matter of the newly pro-
claimed reserves. Omitting those parts which refer
to specific amendments to the sundry civil bill, in
which the provision to abolish the reserves was in-
serted by the Senate, this statement is as fol-
lows ;
" ' It has never been the desire of the Commission
to restrict the natural development of any resources
contained in the reserves, but, on the contrary, to
recommend the widest use of all their resources,
mines as well as all others, compatible with the
preservation of the forests upon them.
' ' ' The Commission made its recommendations after
thorough study of the data available in the Geolog-
ical Survey, the General Land Office and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, supplemented by a sufficient
investigation on the ground, continued through sev-
eral months. There has been nothing in the nature
of hasty judgment, but the decisions reached have in
every case resulted from careful and adequate study
of the questions involved, and the Commission de^
sires to reiterate them here. It must not be under-
stood that no land has been included in these reserves
which should eventually be devoted to other uses.
From the necessities of the case such temporary in-
clusion was unavoidable, and was, and is, a part of
the policy of the Commission to recommend the re-
cession of all such lands in all the reservations as
soon as surveys can be made and it can be accu-
rately known where such lands lie.
" ' There is at present no legal practicable means
by which small settlers may obtain from the public
lands the timber which they need. Large corpora-
tions, on the contrary, through the permit system
and otherwise, have excellent facilities. The inten-
tion of the Commission is to recommend such legisla-
tion as will remedy this evil.
" ' It will not be denied that great good will result
to the Western States, as well as to the nation at
large, from the preservation of the Western forests.
The chief danger to them is from fire, not from the
axe. Fire can be controlled by the Government,
and by it alone. It follows that Government con-
trol of certain of the Western forests is indispens-
able.'
^'Nol to Remain Undcoelo-jied. — The intention of the
Commission is to prepare and recommend a plan by
which the whole value of the reserves may be used
for the good of the people, and by which none of
their resources will remain undeveloped. We have
no desire to protect these forests against use, but
against destruction. It must not be forgotten that
the judicious cutting of the timber is essential to
right forest management, and that, the best of all
ways to insure the protection and preservation of a
forest is by use.
' 'The action of the California delegation in Congress
shows, as well as anything can, the public approval
which forest reserves have acquired in parts of the
West, and their value to agricultural and other in-
terests. By special request of the California Sena-
tors their State was omitted from the Senate amend-
ment abolishing the reserves, and the discussion in
the House showed that the California Representa-
tives were also prepared to resent any attack upon
the reserves in California. In New York the Gov-
ernor has urged, and the Legislature seems about to
pass, a bill appropriating $1,000,000 to purchase
forest lands at the headwaters of streams, for the
sake of protecting the water supply. In view of
these examples of the real value of reserves in the
opinion of the people, East and West, and with the
knowledge that there is no desire to blockade the
resources of the reserves, of whatever kind, the
greater part of the irritation which has followed the
proclamation will, I hope, gradually disappear.
Great corporations which have been in the habit of
taking vast amounts of Government timber free, un-
der the permit system or otherwise, will undoubtedly
continue to complain, but in this case it is not the
infringement of any right which make the difficulty,
but merely the discontinuance of a gift.
"During the discussion in Congress it was repeat-
edly said that the Commission had acted from too
meager a knowledge of the new reserves. I want to
say that five members of the Commission spent from
three to four months in the field, and all of that time
that was not required to move from place to place or
to consult with scientific or mountain men was spent
in the woods on the areas since reserved. Long
trips with pack trains (one of twenty-five days) were
made, and two on foot, with the result that thirteen
reserves recommended all but two are personally
known to members of the Commission. Of these
two, one was laid down by the State Engineer of the
State where it lies, and in the other the character of
the forest was well known from the study of adjacent
areas, and the region itself had been thoroughly and
repeatedly described to us by the men best able to
do so."
TuE iron industry in the eastern part of Cuba over-
shadows all other interests. Two American com-
panies in that vicinity employ 1400 men, and ship to
Pennsylvania mills nearly 50,000 tons of ore per
month. The ore is very rich. From 1828 to 1840,
Cuba also shipped to this country over $3,000,000
worth of copper ore, but this branch of trade has
lapsed considerably. American capital was busy in
the development of numerous new deposits of man-
ganese ore when the revolution broke out.
March 27. 1897.
Mining and .scientific Press,
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•Trinidad, tlie Gateway.
I
In tbe southeasterD part of Colorado, a few miles
from the New Mexican lioe, lies Trinidad, the
metropolis of that section, and the natural yatcway
to the La lielle mining district. The illustration of
the Me.xican adobe and oven might indicate that
that was a slow country, but there is nothing slow
about the business men of Trinidad or the gold that
is now being taken out south of there. From the El
Moro colte ovens, illustrated on thl» page, is annually
shipped great quantities of coke through Colorado,
New Mexico, Kansas and Nebraska. The coal and
iron deposits of that section make manifest its future
commercial importance. The T^a Belle mining dis-
trict, the oldest gold mining section on the continent,
is reached by tbe Union Pacific, Denver A Gulf Rail-
way, which affords direct communication with the
Gulf of Mexico.
Tributary to the La Belle district is the "Red
River country, " remarkable mainly for the diversity
of its ores. Years ago a copper smelter was erected
at this point, but was abandoned in the search for
silver. Much copper ore was mined in the vicinity,
as is shown in tbe dumps before a number of old
mines which were once abandoned, but are now being
relocated and opened up. In the walls of this can-
yon gold veins liave been opened, among others, the
Kranklin Mill and Mining Co., operated prolitably. A
cut of the flume appears. The ore bodies are deemed
of sufficient extent to warrant the erection of a
chemical reduction works, which is being backed by
a Philadelphia syndicate and will be a modification of
the cyanide-chlorination processes.
The Denver & Gulf Railway Co. has done a great
deal in the way of developing this district, and is an
FRANKLIN M. & M. CO.'S FLUME, LA BELLE, N. M.
not hitherto been able to recognize so ostensible a
fact. "Alpha."
San Fi'ancisco, March 23rd, '97.
" Alpha " is right. About a year ago this paper
had a series of editorials, giving facts and figures in
detail, showing how cheaply narrow gauge roads
have been constructed in mountainous regions, and
how satisfactorily they operated. Railroads with a
much narrower gauge than that between Colfax and
Grass Valley are being successfully operated else-
where, and the matter is worthy of general atten-
tion and immediate action.
MEXICAN ADOBE AND OVEN.
example of what a live railway corporation can do in
making new business, thus helping itself and the
country to which it looks for local trade.
Railroads Needed.
Ancient Coin Alloys.
Alloys of gold and silver, even if rich in gold, have
a silver white color, consequently in ancient times
gold was generally present undetected in silver coins.
The parting of gold and silver was discovered in the
16th century, but even then it was not found possible
to prepare 2i carat gold. Most of the medieval sil-
ver coins are rich in gold, containing 0.02 per cent,
or even more Stolba has found in old Bohemian
silver coins, dating from 1037 to 1120, as much as
0 42 to 0.45 per cent of gold. This is very remark-
able, for the Bohemian silver mines then worked
yielded silver free from gold. It is probable, there-
fore, that these old Bohemian silver coins were
made out of remelted Arabian ones.
The United States Geological Survey uses a band
saw, the invention of the department, for cutting
up specimens which come for microscopic examina-
tion. It is an endless steel wire, between an eighth
To THE Editor: — We have read your article in the
issue of March 13th on muddy roads with much in-
terest. We have had an experience like your cor-
respondent's on the road he speaks of, between lone
and Sutter Creek — only in our case, when told by i
the driver to get out and walk, we found hardly any
earth to walk on. A friend writes us from the inte-
rior that he saw twenty wrecks of teams between
Chinese Camp and Oakdale, and accounts from
about everywhere else agree in declaring that the
condition of the roads is simply horrible. It is well,
of course, to talk about improving the roads, but we
fear that this is a remedy that will not cure, at least
In winter. What the mining towns of Sutter Creek,
Angels and Sonora need is railroads. It would not
take over sixty to eighty miles to connect all these
places with civilization, and it is strange that such
lines have not been built. The Denver & Rio Grande
and Canadian Pacific require no stimulation on this
head; and were the camps named or Randsburg in
their territory, there would be little complaint as to
the difficulty of reaching them in summer or winter.
The stage ride from the railways to these towns is a
great bar to the investment of capital. People of
means like to be able to visit properties with com-
fort and pleasure, and many a man with money,
after having been jolted and knocked about in a
rickety stage over a stony or rutty road, has shaken
off the dust against a locality in which the torture
was inflicted and sworn he would not repeat his ex
EL MORO COKE OVENS, TRINIDAD, COLO.
gift. With easy access and cheap freights, the min-
ing towns of California would increase tenfold in
perience if tbe mine he went to see could be had as a business, and it is strange that the railroads have
and a sixteenth of an inch thick, running
high speed over two wheels. Water and
are fed on the wire as it runs.
at very
emery
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Mining and Scientific Press.
March 27, 1897.
Scientific Progress.
The Origin of Petroleum.
At a recent meeting of the American
Philosophical Society, in Philadelphia,
papers were read by some of the most
eminent oil experts in this country —
men who have devoted years to the
study of the subject. The subject for
the evening was "The G-enesis and
Chemical Eelations of Petroleum and
Natural Gas." The discussion was
opened by a paper read by Prof. S. P.
Sadtler, who was followed by Prof.
S. F. Peckbam of Ann Arbor, Mich.,
Prof. David T. Day of Washington and
Prof. C. F. Mabery of Cleveland,
Ohio. The papers and discussion took
a wide range, and the opinions of emi-
nent experts in Europe and America
were cited, not only upon the origin
but also upon the constituents of petro-
leum. Bat little was said about natu-
ral gas, which was simply referred to
as the same substance in another form.
The opinions expressed and cited show
that there is no agreement, or anything
approximating it, among scientific
men as to whether it is a product
derived from organic matter, animal
or vegetable, or from inorganic mat-
ter, or from both. There seemed to be
abundant evidence in favor of any of
these derivations, and as Prof. Ma-
bery, who spoke principally on the
chemical constituents of petroleum,
showed that there were very great
differences in the oils from the different
fields, the conclusion would seem to be
warranted that they are derived from
both organic and inorganic substances,
and also from a combination of them.
It is also probable that the processes
are as varied as the elements from
which they are produced. There is no
end of literature upon the subject.
One of the earliest writers. Baron von
Humboldt, described the petroleum
springs on the coast of Venezuela, and
believed the oil was distilled from the
primitive rocks. A French writer at
a somewhat later date connected the
rooks with igneous and eruptive agen-
cies. Dr. Sadtler, who gave a recapit-
ulation of the various theories ad-
vanced, mentioned as the simplest the
emanation theory, that is, it is a
cosmic product formed in the crust of
the earth by the direct union of hydro-
gen and carbon. That theory, how-
ever, does not find much credit at
present. Another theory was that the
metallic carbides in the depths of the
earth, coming . in contact with water
filtered from the earth's crust, would
produce the necessary conditions.
Among the organic theories the
decomposition of peat covered with
sand was mentioned. Prof. Peckham
spoke of the theory of the production
of petroleum from the remains of ma-
rine animals. He was not prepared to
say that any formula was of universal
application. Bitumens in some in-
stances were produced by the decom-
position of animal remains in the places
where they were originally produced.
There were also primary distillations
produced by hot steam in past periods.
In some instances bitumens had been
transferred and stored by hot steam
and pressure. Much geological and
chemical research would be necessary
to determine all the varied processes
which have produced the many vari-
eties of petroleum that have been
discovered.
Utilizing Wave Power.
For many years past engineers have
endeavored to devise a practical plan
or apparatus whereby the actual
power resulting from the action of
waves and tides may be conserved,
and the energy either utilized imme-
diately or accumulated and stored for
future usage. Granted that an effi-
cient apparatus can be made available,
it is obvious that the purposes to which
it may be applied are many. In the
designing of power generators, even
those utilizing the energy of falling
water, it is necessary, from a commer-
cial point of view, that their efKciency
should approximate with some amount
of accuracy to the theoretical value of
the source of power. In the designing
of wave motors and tide motors, how-
ever, this relative efSoiency can in
some measure be ignored, for the
power available is so vast that the suc-
cessful utilization of even a small frac-
tion of it would create an almost
entirely new set of industrial and man-
ufacturing conditions in those districts
in which tide and wave power is avail-
able. Ultimately, of course, the in-
ventor would strive to perfect his
apparatus so that the results bore
some close relation to the potential
energy. At present, however, as we
have said, he is untrammeled by such
considerations, and his leading aim is
to devise some means of making per-
haps the greatest of Nature's powers
available for the use of man. — Indus-
tries and Iron.
Temperature of Arid Regions.
Willis L. Moore, chief of the United
States Weather Bureau, expressed the
opinion, in a recent paper on "Some
Climatic Features of the Arid Region,"
that the ideal climate, as regards equal-
ity of temperature and absence of
moisture, does not exist in the United
States. Such a climate, he says, is
found only on the plateaus of the tropics,
as, for example, at Santa Fe de Bogota,
in Colombia, where the average annual
temperature is about 59°. The south-
eastern part of the United States has
the nearest approach to this ideal tem-
perature. Even in the Southwest the
range of variation is too great, and the
rainfall reaches from nothing to a point
greater than is to be found in the East-
ern or Middle States. Ranges of tem-
perature depend upon the dryness and
clearness of the sky. Thus, while the
summer temperature of the Souttiwest
is high, the real degree of heat as felt
by animal life is not indicated by the
common thermometer, but by a mer-
curial thermometer, the bulb of which
is wet at the time of the observation.
In this manner is shown the tempera-
ture of evaporation, the sensible tem-
perature, and, more nearly than can
otherwise be indicated, the actual heat
of the body.
The inland valleys and plains east of
the Rocky mountain foothills have an
average summer temperature of from
65° on the north to 80° on the Gulf
coast. While the daytime heat in the
arid regions seems excessive, it is not
really so, owing to the extreme dry-
ness of the atmosphere. It is, as is well
known, the moist, "sticky" heat that
is prostrating. Again, in these regions
the radiation at night is so great that
the temperature is made tolerable, and,
indeed, comfortable. Estimated by the
temperature of evaporation, the arid
region is the coolest part of the coun-
try. The falling of temperature from
the time of the greatest heat is ii-regu-
lar and not at all dependent upon longi-
tude reckoned west from Greenwich.
Mr. Moore cites as an example of this
fact that the temperature falls as much
by 6 p. M. in Denver as it does by 8 p. M.
in New York and Philadelphia. This is
accounted for in the greater daily range
and more rapid rate of cooling at ele-
vated stations.
Artificial light should be essen-
tially different from sunlight. It is
natural for the optic nerve, fatigued by
daylight, to be relieved by twilight and
darkness, but the use of the eyes can
be safely continued for some hours
longer if an artificial light, that is soft
and as free as possible from actinic
rays, be employed. The greenish-blue
light of the gas mantles in most com-
mon use may prove injurious to the eye-
sight in the course of time. A pharma-
ceutical writer adds that the light of
acetylene — not yet a safe or economical
illuminant — to be remarkably free from
actinic rays, as is also the light from
paraifine.
A Baltimore man said his arm had
been broken by a railroad car and de-
manded $3500 of the company. He was
offered $100 and refused it. Then the
company thought of the X-ray, which
brought out the bones in plain sight,
showing that they had never been
broken. Then the man offered to take
$25, but didn't get a cent.
Electrical Progress.
Electricity in Safe-Breaking.
About three years ago attention was
called to the possibility of using an
electric current for the purpose of
opening so-called burglar proof safes.
In investigating the possibilities of
using electricity upon an explosive-
resisting safe, it appeared that it was
not at all a question of possibility —
that admitted of no doubt — only one
of probability and practicability. Sug-
gestions were made that burglars
would soon use the enormous heat of
an electric arc for drawingthe temper
or penetrating the sheets of steel
vaults and safes. The opinion ex-
pressed has now received verification,
for recent experiments have shown
an arc of forty to fifty volts, with a
current of 300 to 500 amperes, pene-
trate in three to ten minutes safe walls
3 to 6 inches thick, and as a demon-
stration of the masses of metal which
could be operated upon a rough steel
ingot, perhaps 6x7x10 inches, was pen-
etrated with a diagonal jagged hole
from IJ to 3} inches in diameter, the
thickness of metal piei-ced being about
8 or 9 inches.
What construction can resist this
concentration of heat ? The hardest
steel is penetrated easily, even more
easily than the softest iron, while the
oast metal used in the heretofore in-
vulnerable safe melts and runs like
water, making, from its very nature,
an easier safe to open than those built
of the rolled metal, which, as is well
known, remains plastic under a high
degree of heat, and has not the tend-
ency to flow from the arc and leave an
entirely unobrtructed passage. In
penetrating the wrought iron or mild
steel it was frequently necassary to
allow the arc to play on the semi-
plastic mass being melted, to keep it
from congealing and preventing fur-
ther progress. This took somewhat
longer time. The cast safes, owing to
the fact that the metal was necessarily
designed to flow, in order that the safe
could be cast from the pattern, did not
resist the arc nearly so long for a
given penetration. The metal readily
flowed, and a hole large enough to per-
mit the safe to be opened was quickly
made ; this without noise or aught to
give warning.
Electric Tramways in Paris.
The question of increased facilities
for local transportation in Paris is be-
ing agitated, especially in view of the
anticipated requirements for the com-
ing exposition. There has been pre-
pared a scheme by MM. Cauderay and
Renard for a system of electric tram-
ways which shall meet all the demands
of the situation. Apart from the local
features of interest which the plans
present, it is worthy of note that the
scheme includes the idea of combining
both underground and overhead trol-
leys with the storage system. Each
car is to carry a storage battery,which
may be charged at any time when in
connection with a trolley wire, and the
current from the storage battery is to
be used to carry the car over that por-
tion of the city in which no wire, either
overhead or underground is permitted.
Wherever a subterranean conduit is
permissible, it is to be constructed,
while in the suburbs the overhead wire
is contemplated. The practicability of
the combination scheme is yet to be de-
termined, but it is possible that in
some such method the problem may be
solved with justice to all concerned, not
only in Paris, but on this side of the
Atlantic as well. — Engineering Maga-
zine.
W. E. Wilson, P. R. S., and G. F.
Fitzgerald, P. S. R., have communi-
cated to the Royal Society of England
a paper on the observed effects of
altering the nature and pressure of
the atmosphere surrounding an elec-
tric arc light. The authors describe
experiments upon the arc light in air,
oxygen, hydrogen and carbonic acid
gas. It has been found by previous
observers that NOa is formed when the
carbon arc is produced in air ; and
these experiments prove that, with air
and oxygen at high pressures, such
large quantities of NO2 are formed in
this way that observations of the radi-
ation at these pressures was impos-
sible. Experiments in the same way
with hydrogen showed that in this gas
the arc is long and thin, with a red
line down the center. Observation of
the crater of the .carbon in hydrogen
at high pressure was impossible, be-
cause, in the first place, only a very
short arc could be maintained ; and,
secondly, soot trees and a deposit of
graphite carbon all round the margin
of the crater at high pressure com-
pletely hid it. The experiments in
carbonic acid at high pressures were
the most satisfactory, but owing to a
variety of difficulties it was found im-
possible to decide with certainty
whether the crater itself was hotter or
colder at high pressures. A thermo-
dynamic investigation of the conditions
of the electric arc in an atmosphere at
high pressure indicates that by the
theory the temperature of the crater
should rise 220° 0. for every additional
atmosphere of pressure, and that the
radiation should be double for an in-
crease of four atmospheres. Such a
large increase would have almost cer-
tainly been detected by the authors,
but nothing of the kind was noticed. —
Industries and Iron.
An electrical engineer, who has just
returned from a year and a half trip
abroad in the interest of the ex-
port department of one of the leading
electrical companies, gives his views as
to where American manufacturers of
electrical goods can increase their ex-
port business, and says: "While the
manufacturers of electrical machinery
in this country have exported goods to
a great extent to South America,
Japan, and, to some extent, to south-
ern Europe, they have, up to date, al-
most entirely ignored the vast markets
of the northern part of Europe, Den-
mark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and
Russia. These countries, bordering on
the Baltic, excepting Norway, have a
population of many millions. Electric-
ity is there used to a great extent and
for numerous purposes. The machinery
is, in most instances, imported either
from Germany or England. Our manu-
facturers have the idea that the cheap
European labor bars out American
goods. This is wrong. The fact is, we
are far ahead in skilled labor and in
working machinery and tools, and we
surpass many of our competitors. These
facts should enable us to compete. We
are to-day doing a big export business
through English and German houses.
American manufacturers should cater
either directly or through reliable ex-
port houses for export business and not
let foreigners derive the benefit of their
labor and obtain the profits that should
remain at home."
In designing apparatus for electric
heating and cooking it is necessary to
consider all the laws of heat — its con-
duction, insulation, absorption and con-
vection— as well as those of electricity.
The question of latent and specific heat
must be carefully weighed when de-
signing electric heaters or cookers for
special purposes. A pound of water
will absorb much more heat in a rise of
100 degrees temperature than will a
pound of copper or iron. The electric
heating of water is more expensive
than the electric heating of iron. The
economy of electric heating and cook-
ing depends upon the construction of
the apparatus so that the heat is all
concentrated upon the special work in
hand and for the minimum of time pos-
sible to do this work. The heat should
not go anywhere else than where used
before thoroughly ready to use it.
Chair-car No. 1432, Santa Fe route,
is equipped with a new system of elec-
tric light, generated from the car
axles. When the train is running the
light is taken direct from the dynamo,
and when running at less than eight
miles an hour the light is taken auto-
matically from the storage battery.
This dynamo makes over 4,500,000
revolutions on the round trip between
Chicago and Denver,
March 27, 1897.
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Mechanical Progress.
A New riethod of Dressing Car
Wheels, Axles, etc.
The art of dressing the harder kinds
of metal, such as iron, in the cold
state has within historic periods de-
pended upon the grindstone, and it is
not until comparatively recent years
that other means have become known
which reduce the length of time re-
quired by the expenditure of more
power, or, in other words, since hand
labor has been replaced by machinery.
The working of iron in the cold state
by means of machinery to cut or dress
it has largely supplemented the art of
working hot iron for more than a cen-
tury, and has been the only known
means except the grindstone for
dressing and finishing iron and its
various alloys until late years. The
greatest departure from the work of
the grindstone was probably made by
the introduction of the emery wheel,
which differs from the grindstone in
being revolved very rapidly, and there-
fore in doing more work in the same
time, thereby replacing time by power;
but, on the other hand, it is like the
grindstone, in that it loses much more
of its own substance than it removes
from the material operated upon. A
further advance was made in the art
by the intrnduction of the blind saw for
cross cutting bars of iron or steel,
iiuch as rails, etc., in the cold state.
In its operation, the most notable feat-
ure is. that less of the operating mate-
rial is displaced than is removed from
the material operated upon, even
though the latter is. the harder sub-
stance. This may be looked upon as
being, until recently, the latest form
of the attempt to substitute power for
time in the manipulation of cold iron
or steel.
What appears to be a further dis-
tinct advance, inasmuch as the effect
is not only to remove more metal in a
given time, but also to leave the sur-
face so dressed in more perfect state
than heretofore for the work they
are intended to perform, is accom-
plished by the Sibbald machine and
process which was primarily intended
for dressing journals and other forms
of finished work.
A description of the machine may be
given as follows. A ring about 33
inches diameter of mild steel (of about
0,65 per cent carbon) is fixed like the
tire of a locomotive driving wheel on a
suitable center, which is mounted on a
heavy shaft, and has its perphery
turned to produce the proper profile
on the wheel to be operated upon, and
very carefully balanced. The disc
thus formed is driven at a speed of
about 3000 revolutions per minute.
The wheel is set in a suitable carrier
and is revolved slowly, about two or
three revolutions per minute, so that
the surface when brought against the
operating disc will move in an opposite
direction. The wheel and disc are then
pressed together with a force suflScient
to cause friction enough to consume a
great part of the power which is driv-
ing the disc, and thus convert the
power into heat. The disc cuts or
rubs off the metal of the wheel oper-
ated upon, and leaves a smooth finished
surface, which by the pressure and
heat is closed and hardened to a con-
siderable degree and to a depth of 0.01
of an inch or more, depending on the
grade of the steel worked upon.
The principal constructive feature in
the machine itself is the manner in
which the friction on the journals of
the disc, which would result from the
combined great pressure and high
speed, . is overcome by a system of
forced lubrication, carried out by
pumping oil into the bearings at the
point of contact, thus causing the
shaft to revolve upon a film of oil
which flows out at the ends where it is
collected by centrifugal force and re-
turned to the pumps.
Commissioner of Patents Seymour
has issued an account of the country's
industrial progress, and gives a sum-
mary of inventing devices in use. In
1866 there were 6616 patents taken
out, in 1895 22,057. Electricity has
produced 18.700 patents, bicycles 2(i21,
elevators 1736.
A Delicate Instrument.
One of the most exquisitely sensitive
j instruments ever devised has just been
set up by G. Henning of New York,
known as the mirror-testing apparatus,
designed to test and register the ex-
pansion or stretching of metals under
heat or strain. It is capable of meas-
uring the strain caused by the footfall
of a pedestrian crossing the Brooklyn
bridge.
This instrument is simple, its chief
part consisting of little mirrors carried
on spindles, which in turn, are fastened
to a pair of knife edges, so that the
slightest change in the position of the
knife edge causes a deflection of the
mirrors. For the rest there is an
ordinary reading telescope, to which is
attached a finely graduated scale, read-
ing down to 1- 100,000th of an inch.
When the knife edges are lightly
clamped against the object to be tested,
say a bar of steel, and the latter be
stretched or expanded, the knife edge
will change position, the mirror will be
deflected, and as the latter is looked at
through the telescope from a distance
of 5 or 10 feet, the graduated scale
which the mirror reflects seems to move
up and down. By watching these move-
ments the stress on the bar is easily
calculated. An instrument so sensitive
as this, and dealing with graduations of
MOO.OOOth part of an inch, will reg-
ister the most minute changes of tem-
perature. The mere proximity of the
body will, by the expansion due to the
heat radiated therefrom, introduce
errors, and the utmost precaution must
be taken that the temperature of the
room in which the observations are to
be made does not vary while they are
in progress. Moreover, nervous or ex-
citable persops cannot use such delicate
micrometers at all, and even for others
considerable experience is necessary
before one can become expert in their
use and their delicate readings be of
practical value.
A. R. Bennett has devised a little
heat engine of greater sensitiveness
than the radiometer of Crookes. The
motor begins to revolve the moment it
is exposed to daylight in the open air,
whether the sun is shining or not, the
action being due to convection current
set up by the slight heating of the
metal surfaces and consequent expan-
sion of the air thereon while the glass
shade covering the working part is not
heated and condenses the air. In one
modification, surplus heat is automati-
cally stored by day for use at night,
such a motor having continued to rotate
throughout three favorable months
without stopping day or night. The
instrument varies in speed with baro-
metric pressure and moisture of the
air, is capable of making the dew point,
and can be used as a calorimeter by
cooling it to the temperature at which
rotation ceases, and then suspending
pieces of heated metal inside. In this
way the specific heats of substances
can be accurately compared, the num-
ber of rotations caused being in direct
proportion to the amount of introduced
heat. The instrument also promises to
be of service in measuring the com-
parative heat-retaining power of tex-
tile fabrics, boiler compositions, etc.,
and the relative heat conductivities of
thin threads and wires, while it is now
being employed in a series of interest-
ing tests of the comparative sensitive-
ness to convection effects of various
gases.
Oil fed twist drills are among the
latest tool novelties put on the market.
As described in Cassier's they are pro-
vided with small tubes passing down
the body of the tool from shank to
point. Oil is forced into these at the
shank end, and by its escape at the
bottom of the hole being drilled it lubri-
cates the cutting edges of the drill far
more effectively than is possible by the
older method of squirting oil into the
hole from a can. A minor advantage
claimed for the tool is that the oil, as it
flows outward through the hole, assists
in the removal of the chips. Drills of
this kind, like the lubricated milling
cutters, should give good accounts of
themselves.
The "self-regulating wave motor'
has again been '' brought to a state of
perfection," this time by Parvin
Wright of Los Angeles, Cal.
Practical Information.
Hard to Figure Out a Rule.
The State Department has com-
pleted the work of collecting and pub-
lishing a complete set of reports by
United States ambassadors, ministers
and consular officers abroad, exhibit-
ing in concise form the financial sys-
tems of all of the countries of the civ-
ilized world, with full explanatory
notes by the officials of the effects of
the different kinds of money used as
standards of value upon the industrial
population of the respective nations.
Nineteen nations are treated in this
last volume, and from a summary of
the conditions in these countries the
following facts are extracted:
Argentine Republic uses inconvert-
ible paper as a standard of value,
though the mints are open to gold. In
the last 10 years prices have advanced
as measured in this standard, and
wages as well.
The British Australian colonies with
the gold standard show a mixed result.
Prices of agricultural products ad-
vanced in the decade in New Zealand,
while they declined in Victoria; wages
declined in the first case and remained
stationary and high in the latter.
In Bolivia, with a single silver stand-
ard, though there was no data on the
effect of wages, it appeared that food
supplies, except for imported articles,
were cheap, while clothing, house rents,
drugs, and hardware were high.
From Brazil, with a nominal gold
standard, but no actual coinage, data
is wanting.
Cape Colony has the single gold
standard, though without mintage.
There the wages have increased 15 per
cent in the decade and there has been
an increase in the cost of living, with
heavy fluctuations in the export com-
modities.
In China, without any legal stand-
ard, silver weighed for large trans-
actions and copper for small sales, are
used in business. There has been an
increase in the silver price of imports;
no difference in the price of Chinese
products, and wages show no change,
though new avenues for employment
have been opened up in manufacturing.
Denmark, with the single gold stand-
ard, shows an increase of 10 per cent
in wages since 1884.
India, with a silver standard, though
with mints closed except to the govern-
ment, shows an increase in the prices
of some articles and a decline in others;
wages show the same variation. The
increase in prices is in raw exports,
and in imports, except tea, and the de-
crease in tea and sugar.
Japan, with a silver standard, shows
a general advance in prices and in
wages as well. There was a decline in
prices between 1884 and 1887 attrib-
uted to the curtailment of paper money
and a general advance from the latter
date up to 1895. The increase is said
to be due to a scarcity in the crop. The
Japanese Consul says that he is au-
thorized by his Government to state
that notwithstanding the recent adop-
tion by Japan of a gold standard of
currency, she will continue the use of
silver and that all silver now in the
possession of his Government will be
coined into subsidiary coins.
Persia has a silver standard and in
that country wages and prices both
advanced in the past 10 years. The
currency is, however, greatly depreci-
ated and the country is much poorer
than it was 23 years ago.
Peru uses silver only and prices in-
creased as measured in t'oat standard,
while Portugal, with a gold standard,
showed a 25 per cent increase attrib-
utable to the fact that the actual
money in use is paper.
Salvador is now using silver, but
steps have been taken to substitute
gold. Meanwhile prices were ad-
vanced in a marked degree, owing, it
is said, to depreciated currency. The
only labor in Salvador is employed on
farms and wages in that case were
advanced slightly.
Gold is the standard in Sierra Leone
and prices generally declined, owing,
it is said, to overtrading and the fall-
ing off in exports to Europe.
In the South African republic, with
a gold standard high prices obtained
for domestic goods. Imported arti-
cles are said to be "reasonable" and
wages are high in the skilled trades,
mining, and building.
Spain uses a double standard, gold
and silver: prices have generally ad-
vanced and only expert labor has ad-
j vanced its wages.
The high prices are attributed to the
fact that Spain is constantly importing
a large quantity of the necessaries of
life and because of the premium she
must pay on them; prices of living are
12 to 20 per cent higher than if the
currency were at par.
The gold standard in Sweden was
accompanied by declining prices, but
advancing wages, while Venezuela,
with the double standard, though with
closed mints, showed a mixed result;
wages stationary and prices advancing
in some articles and declining in others.
Bacteria.
Zoologists and botanists alike laid
claim to the bacteria until compara-
tively recent years, but the zoologists
were forced to yield to their botanical
brethren, and the curious little or-
ganisms popularly known as "mi-
crobes " are now classified, almost
without question, among the simplest
of the plant forms, and as near rela-
tives of the algai. The most common
form of bacteria is rod-shaped, though
others are spiral, spherical and egg-
shaped. In size they vary consider-
ably. Some of the larger forms are
s-iwiia of an inch in length, while one of
the smallest is about s^ljss of an inch.
To give a rather more definite idea of
the minuteness of some of these or-
ganisms, imagine 1500 placed end
to end, hardly reaching across a pin
head. Extremely powerful lenses must
consequently be brought to bear upon
them before they will 'yield up the se-
cret of their lite history and workings;
and, as the little bodies are almost
transparent, the microscopist is obliged
to stain them with some dye to render
them anything but shadowy and indis-
tinct. Some, however, massed to-
gether in large quantities, make a most
brilliant showing. The phosphorescent
lights seen in many bodies of water
and on decaying wood or vegetables
are produced by immense numbers of
massed bacteria. Other kinds have a
blue or greenish tinge, and one of the
most striking of all is scarlet in color,
the little cells collected in large quan-
tities on certain moist organic sub-
stances having the appearance of
blood drops.
What Is a Gallon?
In the issue of Feb. 27th editorial
reference was made to a bill introduced
in the California Legislature regarding
a "miner's inch," which raised the
question: " What is a gallon ? " That
comes up as a matter of some moment ,
in an interesting and curious suit
brought by a Chicago paint firm against
the National Linseed Oil Company, to
recover the value of alleged short de-
liveries of oil. That particular case
hinges on this point: The United States
standard gallon contains 231 cubic
inches. This amount of water at 60°
Fahrenheit, the accepted temperature,
weighs 8i pounds. Raw linseed oil,
consequently, with a specific gravity
of 932, should weigh 7.766 pounds. It
has become the custom in commercial
transactions to consider 75 pounds the
weight of a gallon of the oil, which is
really more than a quarter of a pound
less than the actual weight at the
standard temperature. The suit is to
recover this difference in purchases
extending over a long period, estimated
at a money value of $25,000.
262
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 27, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Amador.
Ledger: In Volcano district work was re-
sumed some time ago by J. W. Lyle on the
Fogus property.
The McVay mine, which is located in Clap-
board gulch, has been equipped with a roller
mill and is now crushing ore.
W. F. Detert, the superintendent, states
that the repair work at the Zeila cannot be
finished before May 1st, and perhaps not until
a later date.
E. M. Allen et al. have sold the Moore mine
to William Fleming of Chicago.
The hauling of ore from the Argonaut to the
Zeila mill yet continues. The Zeila mill is
now running on the second 500-ton test crush-
ing. The managers of the Argonaut are grad-
ing the foundation for a 40-stamp mill which
they contemplate erecting as soon as the
weather will permit.
At the American mine on Sutter creek the
new stamp mill was started up last week by
Wilfred Dennis. Id the bottom of the 70-foot
shaft the vein is S feet wide.
The California mine at Drytown has been
contracted to the Pocahontas Improvement
Co. for the sum of §33,400. This property was
owned by Mrs. E. A. Miller, John L. Rich-
ards, William F. Richards, P. K. Hinkson,
Prances Cox and Mrs. Hattie Piatt of Sacra-
mento county and Charles J. Richards of
Placer count3^
Dispatch: On the Alma the shaft is down
1000 feet and they are crosscutting to the
ledge, making stopes, sump, etc.
The shaft at the Good Hope mine is now
down over 100 feet and sinkiog is steadily
progressing. They are going down on the
ledge and are taking out quartz ail the time.
Repuhlican: At the Amador Queen No. 1
they are putting up more powerful hoisting
gear. The shaft is down over 5U0 feet. It is
the intention to go down to the depth of 1000
feet.
A rich strike occurred a few days ago in the
Valparaiso mine at the head of Murphy's
yulch. The strike was in the north exten-
sion of the old Mammoth mine, three miles
south of Jackson.
J. F. Parks, superintendent of the Ken-
.edy, has been negotiating recently for the
purpose of securing a bond for four years on
the Good Hope mine. Seventy-five thousand
dollars is to be the purchase price, if the com-
pany at the expiration of the term concludes
to take the mine.
Bntte.
Mercury : At tbe Diamond mine the shaft is
sunk to the depth of 175 feet with good pros-
pects. There is a force of eight men at work.
Register: At the Maack mine, in Morris
ravine, the pay gravel it is I'eported will aver-
age $35 a day to the man. In order to work
the mine to advantage the tunnels must be
cut down lower and this will oblige the owners
to put eight or ten men to work.
At the Mt. Ida mine the tunnel is now in
175 feet, the shaft was down SO feet, and the
drift from the bottom of the shaft is 60 feet.
The rock looks well but owing to the stormy
weather during February and early in this
month the milt was closed and will not be run
again for tUree or four weeks.
Calaveras.
At the South. Paloma mine under the man-
agement of Mark B. Kerr, the shaft has
reached a depth of 460 feet and a contract has
been let to sink to 600 feet, when crosscuting
will be made to the ledge.
At tbe Prussian Hill mine they have run a
tunnel and tapped the ledge at about 170 feet
from the surlace. It shows about two feet
in thickness, and the quartz is of very satis-
factory appearance.
At the Gwinn the main work is being done
on the 1300 and 1400-foot levels, and ore is be-
ing taken out fast enough to keep the 40-
stamp mill running night and day. About 115
tons is crushed every day, and the owners are
well satisfied with the results.
Citizen: At the San Andreas mine, adjoin-
ing the Ford, in charge of W. J. Provard, an
incline shaft is being sunk and crosscuttiug
east and west will be commenced when con-
siderable depth has been reached.
Chronicle: At the Infernal mine the drain
tunnel to tap the water in the mine has now
reacbed a distance of SO feet and the distance
to be run is 350 feet.
The Luddy mine, about 1000 feet from the
power plant on the bank of the Mokelumne
river was located some six years ago by Mr.
Luddy of San Andreas, and C. Kelton of Big
Bar Bridge, who at that time ran a tunnel iu
on the ledge 125 feet and took out some good
ore. The mine remained idle until last year
when it was bonded to S. H. Lucas, who has
been developing the property. They are now
in good pay ore aod have a ledge 8 feet wide.
[■'roapect : The Ford Mining Company, incor-
porated March 30, 1SH6, reports the following
work done :
Shaft sunk since incorporation 200 feet ;
crosscuts and drifts run during the year on
the 300-foot and 4U0-foot levels amount to a
total of 769 feet. Summary of ore bodies: In old
shaft about 60 feet in width of low-grade, highly
mineralized ore; in new or north shaft, low-
grade ore encountered in the shaft from 100
feet to 350 feet in depth. At 100-foot level high-
grade ore was found in limited quantities. At
ISO-foot level exists an ore body 05 feet in width
of the same general character as that in the old
shaft. At3(J0-foot level two ore bodies exist, one
yo feet in width and the other 15 feet in width.
In the 400-foot level small deposits of quartz
and ore were cut near the shaft and an ore body
of 20 feet in width was cut at a distance of 100
feet from the shaft. The ore in the 300 and
400-foot levels is of the same general char-
acter, carrying free gold and gold-bearing sul-
phurets. It may properly be termed a low-
grade milling ore. Assays have been made of
portions of these ore bodies by different assay-
ers, with results ranging from §3.50 to $30.00
per ton.
£1 Dorado.
(Special Coi'respondence.)— M. T. Davis,
dwelling near Mud Springs, last week turned
up four handsome quartz specimens while fol-
lowing his plowshare. They are literally
covei'ed with gold on all sides.
Development work is contemplated on tbe
Boneset property in the Jayhawk district,
twelve miles west of Placerville. A tunnel
was run on this property some years ago. It
is now proposed to crosscut the ledge.
In the Big Sandy near Kelsey, a new ore
body of good average size and quality was
struck last week at 250 feet depth.
At the Pine Hill, nine miles west of town,
they are crosscutting on the 200 level. They
are "drifting to the northwest and when the
footwall is reached sinking will be resumed to
an additional depth of 300 feet. The ledge
matter is 93 feet between the greenstone
wall and the dyke. A mill test for 68 feet
down yielded S6 in free gold and from S75 to
^250 in sulphurets. Steam power and com-
pressed air for drills are in use. The shaft
and drift work completed to date is 1353 feet.
The property is 2000x6500 feet in area.
Chas. Neiily, et al., of San Francisco, have
purchased the Perry ranch, 160 acres, in the
vicinity of the Grand Victory mine, six miles
southeast of Placerville. They will incorpo-
rate and begin extensive development work
within a few months.
TheStarlight,raineeightmiles westof town,
has struck a new ore body of good quality on
the 250 level. This property is equipped with
a new 10-stamp mill and a rope tramway.
Steam power is in use.
Pennsylvania people are backing an enter-
prise in reopening the French Hill property
and putting the 10-starap mill in repair at
Spanish Dry Diggings six miles north of Green-
wood.
Placerville, March 23d, '97.
Mendociuo.
The Red Mountain Mining Company has
bonded its property, eight miles southeast of
Ukiah, for $10,000.
Alariposa.
Gazette: Work on the Roma mine, on Bear
creek, is progressing rapidly, with eight men
at work. This is an old mine and was worked
in early days on a large scale.
C. G. Rogers, superintendent of the King
Solomon and the Last Rose of Summer mines,
extensions of the Roma, has eight men at
work sinking and drifting.
M. McDougal is opening up the North Star
mine with six men sinking a shaft. They are
down 60 feet and the vein is 4 feet in width
and prospects well from wall to wall.
J. A. Schroeder, superintendent of the
Schroeder mine, now owned hy F. W. Keeney
of San Francisco, has a crew of men at work
piping and taking out rock for the new mill
which is waiting to be transported to the
mine as soon as the roads permit.
Mono.
Best & Smith, owners of the Molus mine,
have taken out considerable ore. The prop-
erty is situated near the old Piute mine
across the Mono line in the White mountains.
Nevada.
Transcript: John McCarthy has sold bis
group of mines in Washington township. The
sale includes a water right of 400 inches of
water and a ditch eight miles long, and in-
cludes the ground and claims from the Honest
Prank and El Capitan to Poorman's creek
below the Spanish mine.
Epstein & Bandman, of San Francisco, have
inspected the Pittsburg mine. They found
the property in satisfactory shape. It is be-
lieved that a plan is on foot to resume regular
operations at this once very productive mine
which has for years been worked in a desultory
sort of way.
Telegraph: At the Bullion mine the shaft is
now down to a depth of 800 feet and they have
commenced a drift in order to strike theledge.
The drift will be started from the 800 depth
and it is expected that by running south about
30 feet the ledge will be encountered.
Placer.
Argus: J. H. McCloud, of Clipper Gap, has
bonded his big lead mine at Rich Flat to Joel
Smith for §30,000, the life of the bond being
IS mouths.
The managers of the Marguerite mine are
raising a shaft fx'om a drift to the surface.
When this is completed they intend to sink
to the depth of 1000 feet. Hoisting works
will be erected,
Sentinel: The big tunnel at the Eureka
Consolidated drift gravel mine, above Forest
Hill, was in a distance of 1933 feet on the date
of March 13. , The rock is very soft, and gives
evidence that the channel must be near at
hand. An upraise will soon be made. The
company owns 6^^ miles of established channel
on the divide that has so far produced over
?30, 000,000.
$au ISeruardino.
On the Columbia mine, in the Macedonia
district, one shaft is down 75 feet and another
30 feet is being sunk, also a crosscut tunnel
140 feet long. This tunnel taps the ledge
about 100 feet deep. Two hundred tons of
second-class ore is on the dump and ten tons
of first-class ore.
The Occidental, Golden West and Good
Hope are showing good ore.
H. U. Mudge is developing- a group of five
claims in the 29 Palms district. A 10-stamp
mill will probably be put iu in the spring.
Times : The Rose mime is putting on a large
force of men and is sinking from the 700-foot
level. Their 10-stamp mill is running night
and day, besides shipping considerable high-
grade ore.
The old Jeff Davis mine in the Morongo
district has been purchased by San Francisco
capitalists, represented on the grounds by G.
L. Brown and M. E. and W. Barclay,
tbe latter being superintendent. They have
put ten men at work. The deepest shaft is
down 120 feet. They have also purchased the
Old Woman spring and two or three claims
from J. Doyle and expect to put in a mill at
the spring' at an early date. They have also
bonded a group of mines ten miles from Victor
to be worked by a company called the Lafa-
yette Gold Company.
E. McFee has run a tunnel on a well-defined
ledge in Blackhawk mountain, showing a fine
ledge of a large body of medium-grade gold
ore.
San Dleso.
Union: Twenty men are at work on the Au-
rora mine at Alamo under the direction of F.
M. Bradshaw, one of the owners. The Au-
rora, before a granite dike was encountered a
few years ago, produced ;6400,000 for its owners,
Russell & Rhodes of Los Angeles.
The new management at the old copper
mine, four miles south of San Marcos, has sunk
a shaft and got a new ledge which is not only
richer in copper than the old one but bears
considerable silver.
Shasta.
Searchlight: Tbe Mountain Copper Company
is rapidly increasing its smelting capacity,
and in a few weeks the third smelter will be
ready to charge. The second furnace has
been receiving ore for some time, and the
capacity of the ovens and surface kilns has
been taxed to the utmost. The new surface
kilns on the bluff opposite the smelter are
now being charged; with these the output
will be nearly trebled. The roasted or cal-
cined ore will be carried to the smelters by
means of a wire ropeway, now about com-
pleted, and a great saving will result over the
old system of reloading into cars and hauling
the ore to its final destination.
Holt tSc Gregg have a large force of men em-
ployed at their lime quarries, nearKennett,
building several large kilns. The firm will
burn 2600 barrels during the present year.
M. D. Butler of the Delta mine, on Dog
creek, will develop a cinnabar property in
Trinity county. The Delta mine has been
bonded by E.*^ Sanders et al., and pumping
machinery is being put into the mine to de-
velop to a greater depth.
Barner & RIebe and Richard Hetschel, own-
ers of the Gambrinus mine, located near
Whiskeytown, struck a foot vein of rich rock
on that property last week. Another tunnel
will be started to tap the ledge 100 feet
lower.
Dale &; Dawson, proprietors of the Star of
Hope mine, on Clover creek, shipped a car-
load of ore to the Keswick smelter last week.
Their property has paid for its own develop-
ment up to date.
Considerable interest has been aroused on
account of the finding of good placer ground
on the McCloud and some of its tributaries.
J. B. Campbell has a claim ten miles above
Baird that has produced considerable value.
Last week he found a $36 nugget, and, from
appearances, he is working on an old channel.
Quartz gold is also found in the gulches tribu-
tary to the McCloud.
Free Press: At the Princess hydraulic mine,
near Horsetown, after an experimental run of
seventeen days with one giant, a good clean-
up was made, and it will now be a mouth be-
fore the next. The giants are running night
and day. Eight men are now employed.
At Old Diggings, the Central mine, owned
by Whitehouse & Bliss of New York, and un-
der the management of Mr. Hart, is turning
out to be an excellent property. A railroad or
tramway has been built from the mine to the
Sacramento river, where the ore will be
dumped and transported across tbe river and
taken to the smelter at Keswick.
Litsch & Panter are hauling rich ore from
the Garfield mine, which is also put across the
river by a ropeway.
The Spanish mine, owned by Joshua Henry,
is being developed, as also the Reid mine,
which is under the foremanship of William
Sandry.
Sierra.
Enterprise: Forty feet were made last week
in the north tunnel at the Extension, with
the rock in the face still soft.
Siskiyou.
Reporter: On Scott Bar twenty men are
employed on the Columbia mine.
News: The Deistlehorst dredger is oper-
ating day and night in the Klamath. One
advantage of this kind of mining is the ability
to run in all kinds of weather, or in high or
low water. The results of the enterprise
have heretofore been entirely satisfactory,
and more machines will be put in during the
coming summer.
, Work at the Blue Gravel has been progress-
ing steadily during the past week. They
have drifted a distance of 33 feet from the
shaft on bedrock, which is pitched 3 feet.
On Humbug the Bull Brothers are working
their hydraulic claim with good success.
Colstein & Thrasn are taking out ore from
their quartz mine and doing development
work.
There have been some important develop-
ments in quartz properties during the past
week in the Salmon river and Quartz valley
localities, and reports of two rich strikes
have been received.
Trinity.
Free Press: The furnaces at the Altoona
quicksilver mine at Cinnabar will soon close
down for a short time pending the further
development of the mine. In the lower level
at a depth of 350 feet the ledge pitched off
from the shaft. During the winter months
the shaft was put down to 500 feet and a drift
was run to crosscut the ledge at that depth.
The ore body was struck and looked exceed-
ingly well. The air in the drift was bad and
work upon an upraise on the ledge from the
drift to the lower level has been in progress
for some time in hopes of improving the venti-
lation. The work is not yet completed and
the furnaces will be closed until the work is
done. Tbe mine is very wet. A 13-inch
stream of water flows continuously from the
pumps. The property never looked more val-
uable than at present.
Operations at tbe Bloss & McCleary hy-
draulic mine are progressing favorably. The
firm has recently been operating extensively
on the Hoskins mine, which they have had
under bond for some time. They have com-
pleted the 60-foot shaft to the bed-rock and
last week began drifting from the bottom.
Taolnmne.
Democratic Banner: Tbe Toledo mine, near
Tuttletown, has been bonded by San Fran-
cisco parties.
A well-defined ore chute has been developed
in the Butler mine, Big Oak Plat, and hoist-
ing machinery is being erected.
The Monogram has been developed suffi-
ciently to justify the erection of a 10-stamp
mill, which will be done at once.
John James has sold the Two Brothers
mine, at Groveland, to parties in San Fran-
cisco. They expect to start to work as soon
as they can land the necessary machinery.
Union Democrat : At the Dutch the drift is
still being carried along through the rich body
of ore struck last week, but its true extent
has not yet been proven. Work is also con-
tinuing on the 200 level.
The Table Mountain gravel mine is being
worked at present with a small crew, which
will be increased by the owners, J. Hoskin &
Co., when summer opens. One hundred and
fifty feet of the old tunnel has been cleaned
up, from which point they are drifting both
ways on a body of pay gravel of some 60 feet
in width.
At the Santa Ysabel sinking has been re-
sumed in shaft No. 3 from the 600 level. They
have commenced upraising onto Mascot vein
to get the ledge blocked out for crushing
when the new mill is in running order. Mill-
wrights have commenced work on the new 30-
stamp mill, but progress is slow on account of
lumber and material arriving slowly. The
machinery has all been forwarded and is tied
up at Oakdale,
The Alabama is confining operations to
sinking the shaft another 100 feet. When the
neceesary depth is reached working on a large
scale will be commenced under Superinten-
dent W. E. Nevills.
Independent: Dr. Redding has struck a very
rich vein of ore on his Tarantula mine. The
quartz is intermixed with dyke and the vein
from which it is taken is undoubtedly the
Toledo.
NEVADA.
Walker Lake Bulletin: At Silver Peak in
the Chiatovich tunnel there has been struck
a large body of good ore in the Mary ledge,
which the tupnel taps at a depth of about 450
feet. This proves tbe permanency of the
mines.
L. Leidy is still developing his mine and
has some good ore,
Barnes and partners of Alida Valley are
taking out rich ore for shipment when the
roads open.
Vickery & Scott are running a tunnel to
drain their mine and arc nearly in to the
ledge.
A Los Angeles company has purchased and
located a large lot of placer ground near
Little Log spring, at the head of Tule can-
yon, and intend to work as soon as the snow
gets off.
A copper deposit has been discovered in
Salene valley,
Dayton Times: The enlargements to the
Douglass mill for the machines of the Peck
plant are approaching completion.
The Davis leacbing plant is completed with
the exception of setting up the tanks, which
are expected to arrive soon.
WASHINGTON.
Spokane Chronicle: A Cheney syndicate
has acquired the First National, Anna V. and
Ruby, seven miles from Chewelah, Men are
doing development work.
lUAHO.
F. F. Church, superintendent of the Boise
assay office, has completed the compilation of
the figures of gold, silver and lead during the
year 1896. These figures show a total of
m, 751, 845, an increase of §1,641.360 over 1895.
The following is a summary of the production:
1SD6. 1S9^.
Gold $2,333,700 $3,594,666
Silver 6,474,765 5,214,498
Lead 2,953,380 2,301.321
Tstals $11,751,845 $10,110,485
Owyhee county leads in the production of
gold,-while Shoshone county shows the largest
production of silver and lead.
Near Pierce City the American Placer Min-
ing Company will start three giants before
long. This company finished a three-mile
bedrock flume last fall at a cost of $25,000, by
which they will be able to handle the gravel
in the Oro Fino bottom for a distance of
twelve miles, which has never been worked
for lack of dump. The flume empties into the
canyon down which the Oro Fino rushes to
the Clearwater, descending 2000 feet in fif-
teen miles. A short run was made with one
giant last fall before cold weather came, the
clean-up showing $1.50 per yard. The com-
pany owns some 150U acres that it is their in-
tention to wash off eventually, with an aver-
age depth of two yards, but the amount of
water for use is small.
The Montana mine, located in Custer
county, has been sold to Spokane and New
York parties for §40.000.
Near Ketchum the Florida Mountain Min-
ing Company has discharged all its miners ex-
cept half a "dozen employed running the drift
in the lower level. In consequence, the new
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-m
sod well-equipped mill at Dewey baa ceased
to drop sumps. The ore was of such low
grade thai U has not been paying hauling and
mining expenses. About seventy-live men
have been laid off.
UKIT18B COLUMBIA.
The following annual statement of the
Slocao Star mine for Ib'Jti will give an idea of
costs of working and other disadvantages in
that direction overcome by the richness of the
ore. U will be been that the duty paid ex-
ceeds the cost of all machinery, lluiiics and
other Improvements :
RBCBIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1, tSW. t 49.40)! 60
Sales ol on) ie»5,8H.3S
Rents, etc 4,904. B3
Sales of material and sup-
plies 338.M
Refundor overcharges 451.50 ^^,, ^^ ^,
Damutfc to Uume 3B.50-W51.M5.8l
Tolul tTOi.oos.ao
■xpBKDiToan.
Labor I W.lIT.ll
Supplies 19.33^. ai
General expenaea 3.0W.'i>
Elqutpmont 30,5«V3.4«
FretBbiBDd treatment 1«I,330.1S
Duly 75,450. M
Counsel fees. Inuurance, etc. 3,121. I&-*3»4,0}>4. 07
PurchuBB or mineral claims r^^TZ
DtvlUfods •-• ^'ySS'S
Cash oD hand December 31, 1886 M.TOS.bS
Total $701,008.50
Receipts from sales of silver and lead year
ending December 31, 1896—
SW.aoi oe ouDces of silver $303.302. 10
Averugu price of silver per ounce, .8731
H.940,39a puundsof load 125^,512.25
Average price of lead per cwt., tiSSH
Total »M5,814.35
sniP.M&NTS rOR 1890.
<Jross weight of ore reported from
smelters 15,507.097
Less lure weight of sacks IW.iBO
Less lure moisture 222,133
Net weight of ore reported from
smellers 15,210,774
Average assay of year's shipments — 7,605.0774
net tons; sliver, 80.875 ounces per ion; lend, &3. 35
percent; moisture, 1.14 per cent.
Total production of silver and lead—
Gross ounces of silver reported from
smelters 615,053.75
Less smelter deductions, 5 per cent 30,752.69
Net ounces of silver reported from
smelters : 5W,301 06
Gross pounds of lead reported from
smellers 9,040,442
Less smelter deductions, 10 per cent 994,044
Net pouDds of lead reported from
smelters 8,946,398
There has been expended during the life of
the mine *7l,:i7tS in machinery, flumes and
other improvements.
Spokane Chroukh: C. L. Hoffman has
bought the Cultus mineral claim for $4UU0.
The Slociin Slur will declare another divi-
dend of *50,UU0 next inoiiih, making a total of
t45O,0OO paid in dividenus by this miue.
F. LcCaslo has bouded the Slociin Chief
No. 10 and the Kooienay Queen at Kaslo
creek for t:iO,UUU, 10 per cent down.
The Mountain View on Granite mountain,
near Stlverton, has been bonded by New Den-
ver parties to John McMartin for *:iO,000.
Webb and Hughes, owners of the Monte-
zuma mine, on the south fork of Kaslo creek,
are making final arrangements to build a 100-
ton concentrator.
The ore now in the bottom of Le Roi's
shaft, below the oOO-foot level, and in the face
of the new west drift on that level, is of a
very high grade. That in the west drift as-
says higher in gold than any yet taken from
the miue. Ten assays taken from the .ore in
the bottom of the shaft gave an average of
$.iy.'JO per ton, while five assays made from
the face of the west drift gave an average of
S130 per too.
UTAH.
Tintic Miner : Ccntennial-Eureka mine made
another ore strike during the last week,
which, promises to guarantee the continuance
of regular dividends. The new ore body is
over 8 feet wide, and an average sample
across the entire face shows values of 79 ounces
silver *S in gold.
The shipments for the week were as follows :
From the Bullion-Beck mine, twenty-five
carloads of ore ; Bullion-Beck mill, ten carloads
of concentrates; Eureka Hill mine and mill,
live carloads of concentrates ; Ajax, five car-
loads of ore; Mammoth mill, eight carloads of
concentrates; Sioux mill, six carloads of con-
centrates; Buckeye, one carload of ore; Drag-
on iron mine, two carloads of ore daily ;
Noon's iron mine, one carload of ore daily.
Eureka Democrat : Work will be resumed on
the Buda claim near the Buckeye at Silver
City. The shaft is now down li- feet, and an
inclioe drift has been run for a distance of
100 feet.
The timbers have arrived for the Godiva
shaft and foundation for the compressor, and
are being put in place.
Mammoth Record: All but three of the
workmen at the Sunbeam have been laid off.
The flow of water which was encountered a
lew days ago will pi-obably necessitate the
putting in of a pumping plant if the company
decides to continue active development.
Work has been suspended on the Primrose
at Silver City, the shaft having been sunk to
the depth of 200 feet.
Bingham BuUctiu : The Nast group has
passed from the control of the Bingham Copper
Coropaoy, which was operating it under bond
and lease, and reverted to the owners.
The Bingham Copper Company is placing an
order for a hoist at the Starlus, which will be
planted over the shaft at the tunnel level,
which is now 170 feet in depth.
Tribu7ie: Since January 1st the Ontario has
shipped 165,0136 fine ounces of silver, and the
Daly 115,936. The figures represent the pro-
duct up to and Including March 10th.
The auriferous deposits <^ the extreme
West Dip are to be put to a test and to that
eodCapt. J.R. De Lamar will put down a
shaft to whatever depth may be necessary to
aooomplish it.
la the Sunshine the workings have reached
a depth of about lOOU feet, the arsenical prop-
erties have almost entirely disappeared, and it
Is claimed that there is a better quality of ore
Id sight than has yet been encountered in the
mine. All the while the mill hasbeen closed
down experiments looking to an increased
saving of values have been in progress.
The Sacramento will very likely begin the
payment of dividends again in April.
T. M. Thomas, who is identified with the
gilsonite deposits of the Uncompahgre reser-
vation, says the intention is to begin work on
the locations as soon as an order can be secured
from the ofUcials at Washington.
The Dal ton & Lark is producing only such
ore as is necessary to provide for expenses,
and DO effort will bo made to increase the
output until the matting plant is erected.
President W. H. Thomas has gone to Bing-
ham to outline plans for the future develop-
ment of the Niagara Company's property. At
present the ground is being worked almost
exclusively by lessees, the managemeni hav-
ing found that the most profitable method.
That the low-grade gold ores of Bingham can
be profltablymined was revealed first, perhaps,
by the management of the Niagara. Col.
HeffroD, who was In charge at the time, as-
certained that on the surface were ores run-
ning from t4 to*7 per ton, and to the end that
they might be handled, experiments were
begun. Before the expiration of the season
it was demonstrated that the gold ores could
be treated at a fair profit.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills 'i'fmew; A. B. Wells of Fort
Meade has closed a deal on the Canada group
of twenty-two claims, lying north of the
Highland group on Iron creek.
Hartzell, Hennelley, Murphy & Rankins,
the owners of a group in the Ragged Top
country, have disposed of ten claims in the
Foulz group to Mason, Stewart and other
Elkhoru railroad officials for *10,000.
Development work on the Snowstorm prop-
erty in Nevada gulch has been suspended,
but will be resumed by the first of May. The
Eastern parties represented by Merrill &
Allen have sunk a shaft ;iiiO feet to quartzite
and driven tunnels aggregating 425 feet, with-
out finding ore that would justify handling.
They have expended about ?yo,000.
KUpairick Bros. & Dacey are working
double shifts in the shaft on the Flora E., on
Ragged Top, vphich is now about ;^80 feel in
depth. The company has contemplated for
some time putting in a new hoisting plant
over the Dacey shaft, though the matter has
not as yet been decided upon.
The "now hydraulic company at Hayward
will put a dam across Battle creek and put in
an extensive pumping plant which will lift
the water to the divide between Battle creek
and Rosebud, where the reservoir will give a
suQl:;ient head of water for hydraulic pur-
poses.
The Union Hill Company's last shipment of
ore from the Richmond-Sitting Bull property
gave returns of 107 ounces silver, 10 per cent
lead and ^0 gold per ton. A large force of
men are employed and there is more ore and
of better grade in sight than at any time
since the mine was first opened. A fine grade
of iron fluxing ore is being mined from the
Custer lode, one of the Richmond group of
claims. The company are also taking out a
good grade of ore from the Black Prince
group. At the Branch Mint lode the vein of
ore IS steadily increasing in size. The dia-
mond drill on Union Hill proper has reached a
depth of 030 feet. The core brought up shovys
the ore body to be continuous and of average
grade. Assays show values ranging from
^7.33 to ?^33 gold per ton. The ore is a free
milling proposition, and with the big mill and
automatic appliances to be put up this season
by the company the cost of milling and min-
ing this ore will not exceed H per ton.
A discovery of siliceous ore identical with
that from Ragged Top has been made in the
limestone range southwest of Custer peak by
W. M. Merritt. The ore is found in the lime-
stone, folluwing a porphyry contact, and ex-
ists in vertical and horizontal veins that are
easily traced for a distance of 6000 feet.
WYOMING.
An option has been given to New York cap-
italists by the owners of the group of iron
mines at Hartsvllle, from which shipments of
iron ore have been made for the past two
months to Denver smelters. The price to be
paid for the claims is *35,000.
MONTANA.
Inlcr-Motintain : There vpill be no cessation
of work by the Parrot Company at the new
plant at Gaylord. It has already cost in the
neighborhood of half a million dollars and it is
expected to be in running order by July or
August at the latest. The Parrot people have
decided to discontinue operations at the Hes-
perus and a force of men has been engaged in
hoisting the pumps and removing the machin-
ery.
A few months ago the Parrot company
bonded the Hesperus and Red Chief lodes for
*260,a00 and began work on the shaft in the
former claim, which was developed to a depth
of 250 feet. Several stringers of copper ore
were struck while sinking, but no ore bodies.
At the Mohegan gold mine at Red Bluff
the new lU-stamp mill is in operation, with
enough ore in sight to run 13 months.
Butte Miner: The great tunnel which was
constructed at the cost of $350,000 taps both
the Bimetallic and the Granite Mountain, the
former at the lOUO-foot level and the latter at
the ISUO. The tunnel drains both mines and
will save a large amount of money each month
which in the past had to be spent for pump-
ing. At the mill every device for the cheap
handling of low-grade ores and the utili^.ation
of power will be in use, and it is esiimated
that there are about 100,000 tons of low-grade
ore on the Bimetallic and Granite dumps
which will be put through this mill.
The Butte and Boston Mining Company are
getting ready to start the Blue Jay. The
shaft is down 050 feet, and there is a good
body of ore on the bottom, but the ground is
mostly worked about this level.
The" Emery mine in Deer Lodge county has
Just been leased for another year. From Sep-
tember 1, 18i»5, to January l,'lS',t7, {15 months)
the total output of this mine was *UU,l\il ;
and during that period the royalty paid to the
owners of the mine amounted to ?37,OS:i.
The Montana Ore Purchasing Company has
been given an option on the Nipper mining
laim, the bond being for $l.'i2,00t). During
the past year a shaft 350 feet deep has been
sunk on the claim, which borders on the Ana-
conda mine.
Cobban and Rlckards. of Butte, have a lease
on the Moon ranch, Missoula, and are pros-
pecting for coal. They will either sink a reg-
ular working shaft to a depth of 150 feet, or
drive the diamond drill into the ground 1000
feet.
The Excelsior mine, Bannack, is employing
50 men. It Is estimated that 2.50 more will
have work in the placer and quartz mines
in that vicinity next summer.
The Bannack Gold Dredging Company will
work the Bon Accord placer ground. Another
dredge is being built by this company with a
capacity 50 per cent greater than the old one.
Madi:<iniUui: The capacity of the plant on
German bar for working gravel will be about
SOO cubic yards for the shift. From the tower,
to which the gravel will be elevated by means
of a large scraper-car traveling on a cable, it
will work in all directions for a radius of 300
feet, or about four acres. Then the tower
will be moved on rollers and slides by means
of a powerful engine— a necessary part of the
plant. The car will carry about two tons of
gravel each trip, and will make trips in a trille
over one minute. It dumps automatically into
the high tower; the gold is separated from
the gravel by ordinary sluicing methods.
COLORADO.
CRIPPLE CREEK.
(Special Correspondence.)— The district is
now producing about 700 tons of ore per day,
which, it is estimated, averages about two
and a half ounces in gold to the ton.
A recent shipment by the Prince Albert, on
Beacon hill, ran :SiV,30O to the ton. A later
shipment ran $700 to the ton.
The Anehoria Leland, for February, shipped
600 tons of ore, which ran about $60 per ton.
Two hundred tons besides this went to the
chlorination works and ran ^20 to $35 per ton.
The Moon-Anchor, on Gold, is opening a 500-
foot level to cut an ore chute 30 to 30 feet
north of shaft. The latter is down 500 feet.
The 400-foot level is now producing.
The Geyser nlill has put in an electro-
chemical process, which the owners believe
will fill the requirements for a certain char-
acter of ore.
The Gold Coin is shipping about fifty tons
per day— three-fourths of it going to the
cyanide works at Florence. Gold Coin ores
run from §30 to $40 per ton.
Control in the Ashmont was sold to Rich-
ardson, Hiil & Co., of Boston, for $50,000. The
property Is on Raven hill.
The Gold Hill tunnel has been driven to a
point within 300 feet of the Moon-Anchor vein,
which, it is claimed, it will cut at a depth of
320 feet. It will also cut the Anchoria-Lelaud
workings at 650 feet. It is designed to be a
drainage and transportation tunnel and the
promoters are working in harmony with the
surface claimants.
The Alice mine, on Gold hill, has put in a
new air compressor and are driving in on the
vein. This property is owned by Geo. A.
Joslyn and D. V. Sholes of Omaha.
The St. Thomas, on Beacon, owned by the
Contract Gold Mining Company, is being de-
veloped by a shaft and drifts therefrom. This
is only one of a long line of new properties on
Beacon, all of which have encountered good
indications near the surface. The Lindsay
lease is understood to have developed ore
worth $65 per ton at 50 feet. The Lanterman
property, next to it, is in a fair way to become
a producing mine.
The Mutual Benefit Mining and Leasing
Company, operating the Chicago and Cripple
Creek tunnel on Globe hill, is shipping ore of
the value of two and a half ounces per ton
from drifts and slopes off the tunnel.
W A SCOTT.
Denver Republican: At Cripple Creek an
option on the Lindsay lease and bond on block
22 of the Arequa townslte has been purchased
by Dennis Sullivan of Denver. The price to
be paid is in the neigbborhood of §50,000 above
the bond of the same amount running from
the Mabel M. Company.
New York parties have purchased of Ben
Brewer the Philadelphia claim, located south
of the town of Cripple Creek. The ground is
to go into a stock company soon to be organized
with a group of claims on Republican moun-
tain,
A station for the fourth level is being cut
in the Arcadia shaft at 375 feet. Production
is from fifty to sixty tons a mouth.
Sinking the Independence shaft has been
suspended near the point for the 900-foot sta-
tion. The water flow increased with such
force that it was found advisible to slop the
shaft until further exploration could be done
in the seventh level. The mine is yielding
about its usual lOOo tons of smelting ore a
month.
The Anaconda is shipping its usual amount
of mill ore, from thirty to forty tons daily, or,
approximately, 1000 tons a mouth. *
At Telluride, the resumption oE work on the
Canton illustrates to some extent how gradu-
ally gold propositions in San Miguel county,
considered unprofitable to work a few years
ago, when almost every person's attention
was given to mining for silver, are coming
into prominence and being leased, bonded and
developed.
The Occidental, in the immediate vicinity
of the Japan, Tomboy and other well known
properties, Savage basin, was recently leased
and bonded to George Blackwell and Nate
Fields for an agreed price of ¥35,000.
Near Central City, the output during the
past month of the' Kansas, Hidden Treasure
and Indiana mines, in Nevadaville, operated
by the Gold Coin Mines Company, reached a
total of $25,000. This same company has also
entered into a contract with the California
Mining and Milling Company, an English cor-
poration, owning the California group of
twelve patented claims on Quartz hill, to pur-
chase the property.
The Old Kentucky Mining Company of Gil-
pin county has let a contract to sink the main
shaft 300 feet below the 400-foot level. A num-
ber of ore bodies have been passed through in
sinking the shaft, but no shipments of moment
will be made until the mine is thoroughly de-
veloped.
During the coming season a 100-ton plant for
the reduction of low-grade ores will be erected
at some point in the San Juan region. A spe-
cialty will be made of ?12 to $20 ore.
NKW .MKXICO.
Silver City /:;M((rpriKt; At Central the new
cable for the hoist at the Texas mine hasbeen
put on the spool and all preparations made to
resume sinking the shaft. The 300 level will
be reached and drifts started next week.
The bond on the Lost mine group expires
on April 2nd, and from the expressions of the
expert sent to examine the property, it is
expected the deal will be closed and the new
owners will commence active operations
immediateij'.
At Plnos the four mining experts who spent
ten days examining the Bell & Stevens prop-
erties have gone to San Francisco.
At Copper Hat the new smelter is working
successfully and is running full time except
Sundays. Work is progressing rapidly in the
mines with favorable developments. The
company has also started work upon the
" Anson S" mine, between Copper Plat and
Hanover.
At Mogollon the Confidence mine is produc-
ing about 100 tons of ore per day, more than
sufficient to supply the 30-stamp mill, belong-
ing to the company, on Whitewater.
ARIZONA.
Phoenix Republican: An Eastern syndicate,
headed by J. B. Greenhub of Peoria, Illinois,
has purchased the property of the Santa
Maria Mining Company- six claims on the
Santa Maria owned by C. D. Clark and J. C.
Uankin of Phosoix. Clark and Rankin bought
these mines two years ago, erected a mill and
have uncovered large ore bodies. The new
company will at once put up more stamps, put
in a cyanide plant and work the mines on an
extensive scale.
C. L. Hall, of the Mammoth mine at Gold-
field, has bouded the Bull Dog mine, and ac-
tive work will be commenced at once on the
mine.
News comes from Oro Blanco that a 12-foot '
vein of high-grade gold ore has been struck in
the mine formerly owned by Hart and associ-
ates. The body of ore seems permanent.
Tucson Star: The DuQuesne Mining &
Reduction Company have bought a 100 H. P.
boiler and a 50 H. P. hoist for their mines.
The Ora mine, under the supervision of Mr.
Gould, is taking out $1000 a day, besides their
concentrates and battery clingings.
The Baxter mines have sent in a large ship-
ment of high-grade copper ore to the smelter,
which averages 27 per cent.
Prescott Jiiurnal-Miner: The Providence
Mining Company has struck 2 feet of ore be-
low the 200-foot level which assays high.
Their new 10-stamp mill is now running with
satisfactory results.
What has been known as the Mexican mine
on the lower Hassaj'ampaand from which such
fabulously rich ore has been taken at inter-
vals, is again to the front in the production of
two large gold nuggets. One of them was of
the value of $320 and the other about $90.
MEXICO.
Lower Calif ornian: The San Juan mines,
just below the twenty-eighth parallel, .in
which work was temporarily suspended for a
time, are now operated by Messrs. Schramm
&, Moraga to their full capacity. About 150
men are employed at the mine, and nearly the
same number in the reduction works, which
are about seven miles distant from the mine
and connected by a railroad. The San Juan
mines have been opei-ated for the past twelve
years. The main shaft is down 1000 feet, with
extensive drifts and crosscuts. The ore car-
ries both gold and silver. Of the latter the
average is 40 ounces per ton ; of the former
from ^S to $10. These mines were formerly
owned by the Cranz Bros, of San Jose, Cal.,
who developed the property to its present im-
portance. At San Francisquito the Lacy
Bros, of Los Angeles are pushing development
work on what is known as the Bareno mines
which they recently purchased. They have
a large force of men at work, have sunk the
shaft to a depth of 95 feet, and have tunneled
100 feet or more. Their machinery, including
a mill of twenty tons daily capacity, dynamo
for electric lighting, etc., is now on the
ground.
The Ibarra Mining Company at Calmalli
are opening some extensive bodies of ore,
much of which is very high grade, and work
will probably soon be resumed on a larger
scale than ever.
It is reported that miners are again in de-
mand in the Alamo. Several of the mines in
that district are increasing their forces, and
a large number of men have left Ensenada
during the past week to find work there.
F. M. Bradshaw of the Aurora mine writes
that they are hoisting some good rock and are
working twenty men.
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Coast Industreal Notes.
—The corner stone of the new afflUated col-
leges In San Francisco will be laid this after-
noon.
—Nevada City, Cal.. trustees have offered
Mrs. HuntinglOD r-'5,000 for the N. C. water-
works. She asks r28.000.
California dry wines are now selling at 20
cents a gallon. Three years ago the same
kinds of wine sold at six cents.
—The contract for the construction of the
Valley Eoad branch from Fresno to Vlsalia,
Cal., has been signed and work begun.
—A San Jose, Cal., brick company has the
contract to furnish 3,000,000 bricks for the
Sprockets sugar refinery at Salinas, Cal.
—San Miguel, the westernmost of the
Santa Barbara channel islands, is to be a big
hog ranch run by F. K. Rule. The Island
comprises 14,000 acres,
—The Astoria Iron Works of Astoria, Or.,
has been awarded the contract for repairing
the lighthouse tender Manzanita. They will
receive $18,800 for the work.
—At San Jose, Cal., the tunnel on the exten-
sion of the motor railway into Alum Rock
park will be finished in about ten days, and
trains will then begin running to the bath-
houses.
—Point Richmond has been bought by the
San Joaquin Valley Railroad and will be its
tidewater terminus. It is the intention to
make it a rival to Port Costa in the wheat
shipping business.
—At Los Angeles, Cal., the Merchants' and
Manufacturers Association has undertaken
the construction of a boulevard to run between
Los Aogelcsand Pasadena, ten miles in length
and 140 feet wide to cost $300,000.
—Operating ofiicials of the Santa Fe road
have decided that the bulk of the 55,000 tons
of steel rails recently purchased by that com-
pany shall be used in relaying portions of the
tracks between Chicago and Kansas City.
—The largest importation of Turkish leaf
tobacco ever received at San Francisco, con-
signed to a prominent firm, will be used in the
manufacture of cigarettes. It weighed 71S3
pounds and is said to have cost fTOOO in Con-
stantinople.
—Last Saturday a tariff on shingles of 62%
cents and lumber 00 cents became effective
on mixed cars from Portland, Seattle and
Tacoma to Kansas City, Mo., Leavenwortli
and points in K^ansas on the Northern Pacific
railroad system.
—At Tacoma, Wash., the Northern Pacific
Railway Company will begin worli soon on
the construction of a seawall of solid stone
masonry between its ocean docks and coal
bunkers, a distance of 1200 feet. The wall will
run from 15 to 40 feet in height.
—The Santa Fe Railroad Company will do
considerable repair work this season. Nearly
200 miles of new steel track will be laid be-
tween Albuquerque and Barstow at a cost of
4=800,000. One hundred and fifty miles more of
the track will be ballasted with volcanic
cinders.
—A new survey of the Pacific, particularly
with a view of seeing where the ocean trough
east of Japan may best be crossed by a cable,
is to be called for at this time. The work
will be of scientific value and is a contribu-
tion that ought to be made to the Pacific
cable project.
—The Great Northern Railway has an ar-
rangement which gives it the option of the
Columbia river route to Portland and thence
by steamer or taking the longer haul to Se-
attle and Ihence by steamer either way, in
connection with the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company. The Northern Pacific is not in any
way connected with the new instructions.
—San Francisco lumbermen are trying to
organize a trust to raise the price of lumber
from $4 to *5 per M. They claim that the
actual cost of milling the lumber is greater
than the present prices. The former combina-
tion of lumber mills collapsed last year by
several mills outside the combination offering
lumber at prices lower than those outside of
the trust.
—The Corral Hollow, Cal., coal mines are
now in practical operation. A large plant,
previously described herein, has been put in
at the mines, thirty-six miles from Stockton.
The coal veins give evidence of continuity,
and it is thought the quantity is to be esti-
mated by the million tons. The Pacific Trans-
mission Co. proposes to erect works at the
mines to use the screenings and waste in
generating electric power and light for Oak-
land.
—The Oregon Short Line, now an indepen-
dent line, includes the followiug branches:
Frisco, Utah, to Silver Bow, Mont. ; Granger,
Wyo., to Huntington, Or.; Shoshone, Idaho,
to Keichum, Idaho; Cache Junction, Utah,
to Preston, Idaho; Syracuse Junction, Utah,
to Syracuse, Utah ; Salt Lake to Terminus,
Utah; Lehi Junction, Utah, to Iron ton, with
branches to Eureka, Monmouth, Tintic, Sil-
ver City and Northern Spy mine, Utah. It is
unlikely that there will be any unity of action
between the Union Pacific and the Oregon
Short Line. After May 1 no annual passes of
Union Pacific issue will be accepted by the
Oregon Short Line.
■ —The Southern California Power Company,
capitalized at $1,000,000, proposes to develop
the water power of the Santa Ana river by
taking water out at the junction of Bear
creek with the river and carrying it in a
ditch and pipe line to the head of the present
Bear valley canal, there to be delivered to
water wheels at 1100 feet head, generating
10,000 H. P. The electric plant in the power
house will deliver the current to wires for
transmission to Los Angeles, seventy-five
miles. The power to be sold to various elec-
tric street railway and lighting companies
now using steam as a motive power in that
city. The Times says this can be done at a
price which will supplant every stationary
steam plant in Los Angeles.
Personal.
T. A. RicKAHD has been deservedlv re-ap-
pointed State Geologist of Colorado.
J. Q. McDonald, of Denver, is now man-
aging the Brodie mill at Cripple Creek.
O. H. Packer, a mining engineer of Junc-
tion, Nevada, is about to remove to San
Francisco.
W. Frank Drake of Sonora, Cal., has been
appointed superintendent of the Reliance
Gold Mining Co.
W. S. SruATTox of Cripple Creek has been
in Utah the past week looking at some of the
raining camps.
P. A. Snei.i. has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Cactus Mining Company's
mines and mill at Frisco, Utah.
BiNOER Hermann of Oregon has been ap-
pointed by President McKinley as Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office. The office
will now be filled by an honest and competent
man.
H. C. Hoover, M. E., graduate of Leiand
Stanford Jr. University, and for some time
connected with the United States Geolocical
Survey, has accepted an engagement in Wes-
tern Australia, and left last Wednesday for
London, from whence he will go direct to
Australia. His work will be to examine some
large mineral fields controlled by a London
syndicate. Mr. Hoover has for some time
been an assistant to Louis Janin, at whose
recommendation he obtained the place. His
salary is understood to be $5000 a year.
Recently Declared flining Divi-
dends.
Mercur, Utah, $25,000; payable March 20th.
Bullion-Beck, Utah, §50,000; payable March
20th.
Standard Con. Mining Company of Bodie,
Cal., *20,000: March 23.
Western Mine Enterprise Company, Butte,
Montana; payable March 19.
Goodenough, Slocan, British Columbia,
124,000, payable March 16.
Napa Con. Q. M. Co., Cal., 10c per share,
«10,000; payable April 1.
Slocan Star, British Columbia, $50,000; pay-
able March 25. This is a total of $350,000 paid
since August, 1895.
Homestake, South Dakota, $31,250; payable
March 25th; a total this year of 193,750, and
since opening, $6,181,250.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Arrastraville Mining Company,S. P. ; capital
stock, §350,000— $14 subscribed" L. E. Lake,
J. W. Harrison, R. B. Hogue, G. L. Norte, R.
Rising, F. H. McCormick, J. Metcalf.
Excelsior M. Co., San Francisco; capital
stock, §10,000,000— $50,000 subscribed. G.
Niebaum, L. Sloss, L. Gerstle, W. L. Gerstle,
all of San Francisco.
Yellow Jacket G. M. Co., Plumas, Cal.;
principal place of business, San Jose; capital
stock, $500,000 -$170,000 subscribed. G. Rob-
erts, W. M. Cooper, C. Doerr, I. E. Brigdon,
San Jose; R. Fisk, Edenvale; J. M. Haski'ns,
F. J. Smith, Evergreen.
Alaska Empire Mining Co. and Deiaroff
Mining Co., S. F. ; each company has capital
stock of $10,000,000; $50,000 subscribed; G.
Niebaum, L. Sloss, W. L. Gerstle.
California G. M. Co., San Francisco; capital
stock, $800,000-$5 subscribed. T. J. Huteson,
Central City. Nebr. ; C, H. Maass, P. H.
Ames, J. McNab, J. Long, San Francisco.
SierraMiningand Development Co., Fresno;
capital stock, $100,000— subscribed, $1000, E.
C. Dunn, W. A. Washer, W. N. Rohrer, T. P.
Forsey, Fresno; A. N. Dick, Woodland.
Book Notices.
The Practical Managemoit of Engtves and
Boilers : This is a valuable treatise for en-
gineers and firemen on boiler setting, pumps,
injectors, feedwater heaters, steam engine
economy, condensers, indicators, slide valves,
safety valves, governors, steam gauges, in-
crustation and corrosion, etc., by William Bar-
net Le Van, consulting steam engineer and
member of the American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers and of the Franklin Institute.
It is illustrated by forty-nine valuable en-
gravings. Pub ished by Philadelphia Book
Co., 19 South Ninth St. Price, $2.
Cripple Creek— It s History to Date, Illustrated.
Just out, with correct map and costly full pa^e
views natural as life. This great book will be sent
free prepaid with our biff 5t)-eol. family paper ■'<]
monlha on trial for 2oc (slumps or silver) : club of 5.
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Cheap ! SANTA F^ROUIE.
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not handicapped by beliiff compelled to use a certain
on. Do not forget th s when in need of an Engine.
We guarantee our Enpines to work perfectly on
CallfcirniaCrudeOil. or DlslUhile, or any oilier kind
of paseous Oil; we however prefer CALIFORNIA
CRUDE OIL, from Coallnffa, Fresno county, forihe
reason that gas from Crude Oil will produce more
power from the number of feet of gas used than
from any other Oil, and it Is also a natural lubricant
as well, the valves being always lubricated suffi-
ciently to prevent them from sticking, thus assuring
greater durability of the working- parts than It other-
wise would be In using dry gas. And another ad-
vantage we claim is, that danger from explosions
is reduced to a minimum, therr being no accumula-
tion of gafl. but ia used by the Engine as fast as it is
generated and hence is absolutely safe. The fol-
lowing is a tesi that we made with one of our Five-
Horse Power Crude Oil Engines, running ten hours
on the different gas oils:
California Crude OH. 40 grav., 7"-g galls, at 5c., S.-tTM
Distillate 40 ' 7H " 8e., .60
DomesticCoal OI1....'IO " 7!^ " UJ^c. .98%
Gasoline T4 " 8?i " hie. 1.81 ^^
City Gas 1000 feet, 2.00
We manufacture all sizes from two-horso power
up. and will guarantee that our Engines will run
elieaper and are more simple in construction, have
fewer parts and hence are more durable than any
other Gas Engines on the market. Seeing 1b believ-
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operation at our works. We will be pleased to see
you and will at all ihnes take pleasure In showing
them up. Our Engines are specially adapted for
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kind of power desired. We are the pion<-er8 and first
inventors of Crude Oil and Distillate Engines. We
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Gold, Silver and Copper Ores
and Sulphurets
BOUGHT AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICES.
SPECIALTY, COPPER ORES.
WRITE POK KATES TO
PIONEER REDUCTION CO.,
NEVADA CITY, CAL.
IINV/ElN-rORS, Take. INotrce I
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
23fJ Makebt St., N. E. Corner Prout (Up Stairs), San
Francisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
uf models. Tin and braaswork All communica-
tions strictly cnnflflential.
The Great SANTA FE ROUTE,
with Its TEN THOUSAND
WILES of Track,
Reaches nil the prioclpnl minlns camps In COLO-
RADO, NEW MEXICO. ARIZONA ana
CALIFORNIA.
Randslburg,
THE HEW EL DORADO,
Can be reacheil by no ollu-r lice. Do'ible dally
stages lun belwe.'n KkaMER and
RANDSBURG.
H. C. BUSH, A. Q. P. A.
Ticket Office, 644 Market Street,
San Francisco, CaL
CRIPPLE CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
IIN GOLD.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
In Connection with the Denver & Rio Grande.
For information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
Denver, Colo.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Colorado has within Its limits some of the great-
est gold mines that have ever been discovered. In
CrlDple Creek In 1892 there were a few prospectors
looking- over the hills; in 1895 the camp turned out
over $8,000,000 In gold. Leadvllle. the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
ver what It is to-day, is becoming a biff producer of
gold. New inventions for working low-grade grold
ores, together with the discoveries made io work
rebel ious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers such as they have never enjoyed before, and
Colorado has induceinei.t8 to offer «uch as no other
district In the world posnessea; the record of the
State in gold production for the Inst ihree years
speaks for it«elf. Among the oiher prom'lnent
camps in the State are Tellurlde. Ophir, KIco, Siiver-
inn. Mineral Point, Duranpo. La Pluta. Ouray, Saw
Pit. Ironton, the Gunnison district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps are
springing into existence every day The Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad, whlc^ Is the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has always been the miner's
friend, reaches all the mining camps In Colorado.
For elegantly illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines In Colorado, send to
W. J. SHOTAVELL, - - - General Agent,
314 California St.. San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passenger Agent, - - DENVER, COLO.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE .
AND BAKER CITY .
* riining Districts
ABE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. cfe N.
Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Frkd F. Connor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
T^^ Rossland Miner.
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"Union" Hoist.
Tbe above cut represents our 10 h. p. Double Cylinder Engine of latest type, and Hoist combined on
strong iron base. Tbis hoist is designed to raise one ton 125 feet per minute from an Inclined shaft, or
1500 pounds at the same speed vertical lift. The drum will hold over 60U feet of fs-inch cable. The out-
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Made in sections each weighing less than 350 pounds.
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STATIONARY ENGINES for All Kinds of Work, Bnllt In Sizes from 3 to 300 h. p.
"UNION" COMBINrD BOISTS In Sizes from 2 to 40 h. p.
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' UNION " MARINE ENGINES, 4 to 200 h. p., of Single, Double and Fonr-Cyllnder Types.
TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE Bnllding Gas and Oil Engines.
"UNION" ENGINES Are In Use All OTer the United Stales.
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CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKS.
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IM^ARTHUR-FORREST PROCIlO
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
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Samples assayed and fuliy'reported upon. Par-
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Assaying Gold
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A Standard Work.
THIRD EDITION JUST OUT.
By C. H. AARON.
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gist who has devoted many years to assaying and
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from personal practice, and In such plain and com-
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practical miner can mistake his meaning.
The work, like Mr. Aaron's former publications
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of such a work has long been felt. It will be very
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Table of CO}t,/eiifs :—PreUce; Introduction; Im-
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Omce; Preparation of the Ore; Weighing the
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Systems of the Crucible Assay; Preliminary As-
say; Dressing the Crucible Assays; Examples of
Dressing; The Melting in Crucibles; ScoriOoaiion;
Cupellation; Weighing the Bead; Parting; Calcu-
lating the Assay; Assay of Ore Containing Coarse
Metal; Assay of Roasted Ore for Solubility; To
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the Value of a Specimen; Tests for Ores; A Few
Special Minerals; Solubility of Metals; Substi-
tutes and Expedients; Assay Tables.
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Reports on mines, designs and superintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery ; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
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British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has prospects for sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
stocli and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots lor sale in Trail and Deer Park.
268
Professional Cards.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
Mining Engineer ani Metallurgist,
De Lamar, Owyhee Co., Idaho. ^
r BERNAKD MACDONALD,
£ Consulting Mining Engineer,,
f Butte, Montana.
i Codes: Bedford McNeils and Moreing& Neils.
BERTRAn HUNT, F.I.C. F.C.S.
> Chemist and Metallurgist.
» (Agent Gold anrl Silver Ex. Cn. of America, ?
(Ltd) 216 sanso_m_e^strej:t^s.j\,_cax|J
Vs. K. EVELETH. V. H. M. MACLYMONT.
I EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
i Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses ^
of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines.
' 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal. \
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
MECHANICAL AND HXDRACLIC
ENGINEERS.
431 Market St., Cor. First St.,
I Telephone BLACK 2J03 San FranciHCO.Cal.
The Evans Assay Office.
( W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
^ Successor to Jehu & Ogden.
C 628 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block.
' Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals <
and their Alloys, Etc.
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- 933 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. \
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( Assaying of Ores, $35: Bullion and Chlorlnatlon C
Assay, *25: Blowpipe Assay. $10. Pull Course ;
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"^ Send for Circular.
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KICHAKD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address: Richpark.
i Crocker Buildir g San Francisco, Cal.
yviORCSrtiN ««: c::o.,
. A5SAYERS, REFINERS & ORE TESTERS.
b Guarantee reliable work.
Wilson Block Los Angeles.
CHARLES P. GRIMWOOD,
Mining: Engineer and Metallurgist,
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
T JONES. G. M. EDMONDSON.
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
^ Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block,
COLORADO Springs, Colo.
T. D. KYLE & CO.,
'Mssayers and Ohemlsts
) (Vllne, Ml'l and ^^mt'lter Work,)
) Samples by Mail Receive Prompt Attention.
Box fi26. - - - _ LEAl.VlLLE^ COLH
W^. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex- <
I pert on general mill work and amalgamation,
t Eighteen years' experience. Will report on (
■ Mines and Mills, and take full charee of Mln-
. Ing PropertifcS. Address, 133 .Market St.,
Room 16. San Francisco, "
DfMln- <
St., ?
o, Cal. /
J. HOWARD WILSON,
S /\ssaye»i- and Chiomist, j
I 306 Santa Fe Avenue. Fneblo, Colo. .
I Correspondence solicitpd with SHIPPERS OF 3
ORE TO COLORADO SMKLTERS. ^
S Established In 1S77. Prof. F.J. Stanton. Prlncl-
C pal, and experienced assistants. Assaying
< laught for $25, in two weeks. Courses In mlner-
S alogv. metaHurp-y, mining, surveying, geology.
\ Personal actual practice. Instructiun by co*- ^
> respondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady \
) pupUa received. Investments made and In- (
J^rniation given In reliable mining properties^
; ALMARIN B.
( BOOM 49. CROCKER BUILDING.
C Cor. Market and Montgomery Sts.. San Francisco.
} Will act aa AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE
( Mining Property. Principals desiring valuable
) quartz or gravel investments at reasonable
) prices will do well to see what I may have.
J Only legitimate mining properties handled.
{Assaying and Mill Tests.
/Twenty years' experience with^
' Pacific coast ores. i
! 83 STEVENSON ST., SAN FRANCISCO.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
ESTATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores. Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
dustrial Products. Poods. Medicines, etc., etc.
Court Bxperting in all branches of Chemical'
Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In-
vestigation of Metallurgical and Manufactur- .
ing Processes. Consultations on all questions'
of applitid chemistry. Instructions given In
assaying and all branches of chemistry.
A. H. WARD.
-■f ESTABLISHED 1869. -f-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying;, Analyses, Sampling.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTKATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
r
yvinsE ou/rsERSi
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Assaying by the SIMPLE METHODS of
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(INCORPORATED.)
r^ HENRY E. HIGHTON, ~1
\ ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR,
Rooms 36-39,
Fourtli Floor Mills Building,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Established Thirty-Eight Years. Special At-
tention Paid to Mining Business.
MARO F. UNDERWOOD, M. D.
[1148 Sntter Street, San Francisco, Cal. 1
lArsenic, Mercury & Cyanidej
' POISONING \
TThomas B. ^t/erett, /V\, E.
Twenty-six years practical experience in '
; metal mining. Will make reports upon prop-
' erty. or furnish properties to purchasers, if ,
• desirous to Invest in the Cripple Creek gold j
• district, all on short notice.
► References furnished in Denver or San Pran-
) Cisco. Branch office. Room 25. tenth floor, Mills <
1 Building. San Francisco, care S K. Thornton,
I or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 1%, Denver, (
, Colo. Registered cable. Everett, Denver.
Plonker Sor^e>n V/l/orIca
yOS-JV W. QUICK, Prop.
Improved Facilities! Finest Work! Lowest Prices!
Perforated Sheet Metals. Steel, Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screene
for All Usea.
**» MBOHG SCREETTS A SPECIALTY. ***
321 and 323 First Street. San Francibco, Oal.
[ ABBOT A. HANKS,
' Chemist and Assayer.
[ to Henry G. Hanks,
1866. The super-
[ vision of sampling
[ of ores shipped to
' San Francisco
* specialty.
► —718—
! Montgomery Street,
\ San Francisco.
QUARTZ SCREENS
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron.
Homogeneous Steel, Cast i
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. California
Pbhforatino screen Co.. 145 and 147 Beale St., S.P.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Established In Colorado,
ISIifJ. Samples by mail or express will receive
prompt and careful attention Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted anil assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress 1730 and 17aS Lawrence Street. Denver. Colo.
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worts
And Cliemical Laborator}'.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
HORACE F. BROWN,
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorlnatlon and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
/ Brown's Complete Autonaatlo Mill
nimniTmrn I ProceSB.
FAihlilLLi Brown's System of Mechanically
1 Stirred Koasttng:, Cooltng and
v. Conveying Furnaces. Etc.
1607-8 Mankttan Building, Chicago, Illinois.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN-CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Office S Drapers Gardens*
liaDoratory and Ore Testing: Plant, 1530 Wynkoop St.. Denver* Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit In treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well Itnown, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clbrici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLFRICI, Manager for U. S.
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO.
THE KENDALL PROCESS is the most efficient method of using cyanide for the extraction of pre-
cious metals from their ores. Wherever this process has been adopted the result has been in-
creased percentages of values recovered and saving of time. Material reduction in consumption of
chemicals has also been demonstrated with respect to several classes of ores.
Alt ores, without exception, amenable to cyanide treatment can be treated to better advantage by the
Kendall Process. This can be accepted as an axio>n.
The manager of one of the largest mines in the Mercur District. Utah, wires: " We now begin to
understand dioxide process; last twenty days treated 220 tons per day of $26.50 ore, average of all tail-
ings samples $0.83."
Owners of mines and reduction works can obtain full information on application to
KENDALL GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION CO 47 Broadway, New York City.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.,
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
CHICAGO, U. S. A.
MODERN METHODS as applied to the handling of Freight, Grain,
Ores, Raw and Manufactured Products.
MALLEABLE IKON BUCKETS, Approved Pattern and
Weljthi; ROPE POWER TKANSMISsIONS, SHAETING,
PULLEYS, GEARING, CLUTCHES, ETC.; ELECTRIC
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
THOUSANDS now in Vse Over the World.
I KUAA improvM
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO,,
AGENTS,
Aug. 37/95. Send/or Catalogue. Sacramento, California.
March 27, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
289
FRASER & CHALMERS,
Chicago, Illinois,
Have brought out a new
line of medium size
Steam Hoisting Engines,
These are designed with
great care by engineers fa-
miliar with the best
previous practice, and
knowing just what is
wanted to render sat=
isfactory service on a
mine. Do you want
such service ? Then
buy one of these im-
proved machines.
Other Special Lines
of Manufacture
On which we would be
glad to quote are
Stamp Mills. Shoes,
Smelting Furnaces, Dies,
Cvaride Plant, Cams,
Ore Crusliers, Rolls,
Frue Vanner Concentrators, Jigs,
Brown Roasting Furnaces,
Huntington Mills,
Perforated Metals and Screens,
Corliss Engines,
Adams Boilers,
Riedler Air Compressors & Pumps,
Otto^Aerial Tramways.
Qualified by a Quarter Century of Experience
to render you the best of service, we invite your
inquiries and patronage.
FRASER & CHALMERS, CHICAGO, ILL.,
CITY O" MEXICO,
SALT LAKB CITY, UTAH;
DENVER COLO.
80 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTEUCTIGN AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence ol wearing parts, high efficiency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all.requlrements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given (or the development of water powers based upon direct applloation,or
"CRACK PROOF"
PURE RUBBER BOOTS
Are the CHEAPEST becaase
They Are the Most Durable.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
See that ihu Ueels are stamped
"Union India Rubber Co. Crack Proof."
BEST QUALITY
Belting, Packing and Hose.
<;old Seal, Badger and Pioneer.
Manufactured only by
Goodyear Rubber Co.
R. H. Pease, Vlce-Prcs't and Manager,
Nos. 573, 575, 577, 670 MARKET ST., San Francisco.
Nos. 73, 76 FIRST ST., Portland, Or.
ELECTRIC XRANSTVYISSIOIN
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
1:21 anci 1:23 VVlain Street,
San F'rancisco, Gal.
Roller, Steel and Special CHAINS
FOH
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MACHINERY
rORHXNDLI.NQ UATERIU. OF ALL EUfDS.
GOAL MINING MACHIWERY.
WIRE CABLE
CONVEYORS.
Forlon'rami
ebortdlstaacd
conveying.
Western Branch, Denver, Colo.
THE JEFFREY QIFO. CO., Columbus, Ohio.
Send for Catalogue. 108 WashlDgton St., New Tc-t
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carton
^ Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOE PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS, "^'"■'c''^i'?lo!*ii!™'»«-
GATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKER
still leads the world. It has greatly cheapened the cost of macadam and ballast, and m ade low grade ores profitable
1 80 large sizes shipped to South Africa.
f^ I ■■■■ ' BH I " of improved designs. Nothing equal to
henerai inining Riacninery High Grade comish roiis,
stamps, Concentrators, Connersville Blowers, High Speed Engines,
Cyanide and Clorinating Equipments.
The Gates Improved Vanner Concentrators.
ing and milling of ores.
GATES IRON WORKS,
Every appUance for the mining and milling of ores.
Agent for Gates Breakers in California,
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., ...«,••
121 Mam St., San Francisco. 650 ElSfOn AVenUC, Dcpt. UU, CHICAGOi
CHASIES C. MOOSE, FacUlc Coast Aeent, 32 FIRST St., SAK FitAKCISCO, CAL.
TUTTH ILL WATER WHEEL.
The Latest and Best Jet Wheel in the Market, BARRING NONE.
TVheels. Buckets and Nozzles Designed to Suit Special Requirements. IkVhen Head and
CouditlonB Are Given.
Theoretically as Well as Practically P«?rfect. Highest Efficiency Guaranteed.
CONTRACTS TAKEN FOR ANY SIZE PLANT.
We have a Sensitive, Simple and Durable Governor, entirely new and novel, that will positively
regulate speed of wheel. Specially adapted for electric railway and lighting plants.
TVrlte for Catalogue.
OAKLAND IRON WORKS, Builders,
108 FIKST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Telephone 1007 Main.
HEADQUARTERS.
Gennlne English Pump leather
For Heavy Mining Pump Buckets. Will
outwear any other material and grlve best
aatlBfactlon. Samples furnished on appli-
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO.. Leather Manu-
facturerg and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F
270
Mining and Scientific Press.
March 27, 1897.
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacific Coast.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 1897.
578.963.— Smelting Furnace— C. Bishop, Tacoma,
Wash.
578,716-— Telegraph Fire Hose— J. Buchtel, Port-
land, Oku.
578.974.- Barrel— O. W. Crawford, S. F.
578,863.— Gas Meter— E. B. De La Matyr, S. F.
578.864.— Gas METER— E. B. De La Matyr, S. F.
578,865.- Gas METER— E. B. De La Maiyr, S F
578.928.— Sawmill Set Works— R. D. InmaD, Port-
land. Oga.
578.882.— Railway Hail Joint— L. W. Kennedy,
Oakland, Cal.
578,995.— Lamp— W. H. Kincaid, Santa Barbara,
Cal.
578,763.— Fishing Line— L. H. McMahon, Salem,
Ogn.
578,898.— Thrasher— Nunamaker & Williams, lone,
Ogn.
579,075.— Electric Call— Owen, Williams & Don-
aldson, Garvanza, Cal.
578 902 —Spraying Machine— A. H. Ruggles, Los
Angeles, Cal.
578,952 —Salt Box— T. Tellefsen, Seabold, Wash.
578,790.— Fruit Fitter- P. M. Trask, Columbia,
Cal.
579,101.— Preserving Wood — Rose L. Valleen,
Seattle. Wash.
578,951.— Electrical Apparatus— B. C. Van
Emon, S. F.
Note.- Plain and Certified Copies of U.S. and For-
elg;n patenia obtained by Dewey & Co., by mail or
telegraphic order. American and Forelro patents
secured, and general patent business transacted
with perfect security, at reasonable rates, and In
the shortest posaible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
Q. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention : .
Railway Rail Joint.— Leonard W. Ken-
nedy, Oakland, Cal., assignor one-half to
Philip G. Galpin, Berkeley, Cal. No. 578, SS2.
Dated March 16, 18i»7. This invention relates
to improvements in joints for the meeting
ends of railway rails, and a means for uniting
and supporting them. The object is to bridge
the space necessarily left between the ends
of rails to accommodate the expansion and
contraction, and to provide a means for con-
necting and supporting the meeting ends of
railway rails so as to form a continuous line
of travel upon which the flanges of the wheels
pass over the joints to prevent bruising and
battering the latter. It consists essentially
of a plate adapted to fit the form of the side
of the rail having a dovetailed head or exten-
sion fitting into a corresponding recess made
in the rail head, this head and recess forming
a lock to hold the sections of the rail together
and prevent any lateral shifting of the joint.
Composite Barrel.— O. W. Crawford, San
Francisco, Cal. No. 578.974. Dated March
16, 1897. This invention relates to improve-
ments in the construction of barrels, and it
consists in so forming the outer longitudinal
staves and the inner metal lining as to make
a homogeneous composite package in which
the metal interior and the outer cylinder are
formed of longitudinal staves, and surround-
ing hoops are rolled into form, simultaneously
forming a composite suructure having interior
hoops at the ends to receive the heads which
fit therein.
Every Inventor Wants a Good Patent
Or none at aJI. To secure the best patents
Inventors have only to address Dewet & Co
Pioneer Patent Agents, No. 330 Market St
San Francisco.
There are many good reasons why Pacific Coast
Inventors should patronize this Home Agency,
It is the ablest, largest, best, most con-
vement, economical and speedy for all Pacific
Coast patrons.
It is the oldest on this side of the American
continent, most experienced, and in everv wav
reliable. -^
Conducted from 1863 by its present owners
(A. T. Dewey, W. B. Ewer and Geo. H.
Strong), this agency has the best knowledge
of pa tents already issued and of the state of
the arts in all lines of inventions most com-
mon on this coast.
Patents secured in the United States,
Canada, Mexico, all British colonies and
provinces, England and other civilized coun-
tries throughout the globe.
Caveats filed, assignments duly prepared
examinations made, and a general Patent
Agency business conducted.
Established and successfuUy and popularly
conducted for nearly thirty years, our patrons
number many thousands, to whom we refer
with confidence, as men of influence and re-
ff l-^' ^'*^ ^^^ ^^^ inventors are cordially
Offered the complimentary use of our library
« ?f? advice, etc. No other agency can
afford Pacific States inventors half the ad-
vantages possessed by this old, well-tried and
experienced firm.
ANGELS IRON WORKS,
DEMAREST & PULLEN. Props.
Mining Machinery.
Write tor estimates on complete Mimns, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
Wanted: Good Engine Lathe.
14 to 16-Inch Swing. State condition, maker's
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Scientific Press, San Francisco,
:
:
A Great Mining Triumph.
Capt. J. R. DeLamar, of New York City, is one of the largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
the world. After the most careful investigation he purchased in August, 1895, two Griffin Mills, and his
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words.
New York, Jan. g, 1896.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. Ge>tilemcu:—T\\t two Griffin Mills have been in operation now for 90 days on the
hardest rock, with the exception of corundum, that 1 have ever met during my nnning life. They have taken the rock direct
from the breakerj and they average about 20 tons to each machine, 40 mesh tine, without elevating or bolting. We simply put
a li mesh screen around the Griffin Mill, and the stuff comes out 40 mesh fine or over, wliich makes it an excellent pulp for
leaching by cyanide or chlorination ; therefore we have concluded to order 1 0 more Griffin Hills. We have tried high-speed
rolls and dry stamps, and after looking into the Huntington Dry Pulverizer, the Narod Pulverizer, the .Siedman Pulverizer,
the Frisbie Lucop, the Cook, and various other dry pulverizers, unhesitatingly reconnnend vour Griffin Mill to any one.
Yours truly, (Signed) J. R. DeLAMAR.
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
DeLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO.,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 24, i8g6.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. Ge?itlemc7i .-—In answer to your inquiry as to what the " Griffin Mill " is doing at our
DeLamar Mill, DeLamar, Nevada, we beg to state that we often run 310 tons per day with 10 of your mills in operation, and
on one occasion these lo mills produced 408 tons in one day. I have no hesitancy in stating that they will regularly produce
at least 30 tons per day each on our ore, which is extremely and unusually hard.
Yours very truly, H. A. COHEN, Gc7teral Manager.
These strong letters coming from such 'representative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the " Griffin Mill " will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
Let us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which will tell you all
about the Mill and bring to you other evidence of its great achievements.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO., 92 State St., Boston, Mass.
HERCULES
GAS, CIMSOLIIVE MIND DISTILL/\TE EINCJIINES.
HOISTING ENGINES,
2 b. p. to 300 h. p.
STATIONARY ENGINES,
1 h. p. to 200 h. p.
MARINE ENGINES,
2 b. p. to 200 h. p.
Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER insures a saving oJ 50% on
cost of running. Just 14 your expense SAVED BY USING A HERCULES in place of ANY
other. We make no exception.
NEARLY 3000 HERCULES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
ACTUAL USE. HIGH GRADE.
We claim full power, automatic and positive adjustment regulatlns speed and con-
samption of fuel in proportion to worli being performed. No spring electrodes to burn out.
All springs are outside. Point of ignition, speed and amount of fuel can be changed
while engine is in operation.
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG.
EsTABt^ismcB 1880. jjjjggg HERCDLES GAS ENGINE WORKS,
WORKS: 215,217,219,221,223,285,227,229,331 Bay St. OFFICE: 405-407 Sansome St., San Francisco.
The Cheapest Advertising: : : :
Is that which gives the largest results in proportion to the amount expended.
DYNAMOS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Double-Jointed Bail-Bearing HydrauUC GiantS.
Tbe above presents an improved Double-Jomted Ball-Bearing Hydraulic Giant whicb we
build. The improvement consists of the introduction of a Ball Bearing by which the pressure of the
water is reduced to a minimum and tbe direction of the nozzle changed at win with ease
Catalogues and prices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HENDV MACHINE WORKS, 38 to 44 Fremont St., San Francisco, Cal.
Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOHN T/VYI_OR & CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
i /\ssayers' TWaterial,
FURNACES, SCALES,
BALANCES.
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEniCALS AND
CHEnlCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for .the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
IS.i3.igrlit's"W^^tox-''W'tLoel.
The accompanying cut shows the general ar-
rangement of Knight's Standard Water Wheel,
of which there are hundreds in use in different
States of the Union.
These Wheels are made from 2 feet to 6 feet in
diameter, from 10 to lOOO-horse power, and
adapted to all headri and purpONeH.
Wheels inclosed in iron cases, from ti to '.^4
inches.
Wheels for electrical power oau be furnished
with or "without Governors* Highest regula-
tion guaranteed.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.-13; Muriatic Acid, sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.8-15.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Manufacturers of AHsayers* and Chemists'
Supplies.
FirQ Brick and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Ainsworth Balances.
For full particulars, sendfordescrlptivecatalogue.
Address all conmiunicatiiins to
KNIGHT & CO., Sutter Creek, Cal., or.
RISDON IRON WORKS, Agents, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
o
NE CENT Per Hour is Cheap,
That Is what ■• WEBER " GASOLINE ENGINES COST to run per H. P.
?.'?yvf' „*"'*■ Ke'lable, Econnmlcal. Get Posted. Adarees WEBER
GAS & GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 430 S. W. Soilkvard. Kansas City, Mo
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAYLOR « CO., San Francisco Agents,
March 27, 1897.
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Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Fbancisco, March 35, 189T.
Business continues to revive, but, as yet,
slowly. It has been years since there was
such a feeling of confidence with the trade
and manufacturers. There are few, if any,
pessimists, for they have turned optimists.
The general trend of values is toward higher
prices, which, in itself, is calculated to pro-
mote a better feeling. This is in strong con-
trast with the past few years, for the trend
was downward. Tariff talk and uncertainty
how the Dingley bill will finally become law,
have an unsettled influence on market values
on the coast and in the East. This uncer-
tainty also prevents stocking up, except in a
few lines, as freely as the trade would if a
positive assurance were had regarding
the outcome. Several local manufacturers
are beginning to run longer time and full-
handed. Iron workers in general report in-
creased bids on new work, but owing to close
competition low figures have to be named.
The local money market continues to work
on easy lines notwithstanding continued re-
mitting to the East. Owing to a small sup-
ply of bills in the East, New York exchange
is strong at an advance. The money sent to
that city is imports from Australia and also
by importers here who are withdrawing goods
from bond which come from Europe via the
East. It is reported in mining circles that
considerable money is coming from Europe to
this country for investment in mining prop-
erties and that more attention will be given
to the mines in this State than heretofore.
This, it is said, is due to good results se-
cured from former investment. If swindlers
and would-be so-called mining experts do not
foist poor and worthless properties on buyers
we can look for a larger boom in mining in
1898 than will be witnessed this year. The
Eastern money markets are reported easy
although under an increasing demand for
funds the rates of discount begin to
strenghten. The improved call comes from
manufacturers and also importers of foreign
goods. There is a growing impression at the
East that gold exporting is owing to the in-
creasing premium on the yellow metal at
European money centers. This higher pre-
mium has been brought about by the heavy
buying of both Russia and Japan.
New York Silver Prices.
New Yoke, March 25. — Following are the
closing prices for the week:
, — Silve?' in .
London. N. Y.
Friday 28?^ 62?S
Saturday 28 11-16 62i4
Monday 28 15-16 63
Tuesday 28 11-16 63
Wednesday 28^ 62?^
Thursday 28 13-16 623^
Copper. Lead. Iron. Tin.
Friday ..U 85@13 00 3 45 10 00@12 50 13 30
Saturday. . .11 85@12 00 3 45 10 00@12 50 13 32^
Monday 11 85@.12 00 3 45 10 00@12 50 13 37^
Tuesday U 85@13 00 3 45 10 00(flH2 50 13 40
Wednesday. U 85@12 00 3 45 10 00@12 50 13 30
Thursday.. .11 85@12 00 3 45 10 00@13 60 13 35
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7^8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft I7i4c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 20c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days «4.86!4
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers 14.89
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 621^
Mexican Dollars. 49H@oU
SILVER.— The market at London advanced
to 28 ll-l6d and the New York market to 63
cents but when the former rose to 28-''/4d the
latter setback to 625^ cents. The advance
was due to reports that Japan would not throw
her holdings on the market, but what caused
the decline we are not advised, but it was
probably due to realizing sales. The demand
in Europe is said to be slow which has an un-
favorable effect for with any selling pressure
lower prices would have to be accepted by
holders.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— There is a fair de-
mand at current quotations. The unsettled
feverish market for silver bullion is not cal-
culated to promote buying of Mexicans beyond
immediate requirements.
QUICKSILVER.— The market has held to
steady prices, with a stronger tone as the
odds and ends are placed. London and New
York advices state that as the markets clean-
up of outside holdings values advance to the
syndicate's figures. There was exported the
past week 330 flasks to Central America and
Mexico.
Our market is quoted at $>40 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— Our market is practically un-
changed, but Eastern advices state there is
an easier tone on the Atlantic seaboard, with
Europe bidding lower. For round lots of Lake
Superior ll^i was bid. The dullness in the
markets at the East and abroad, with an en-
tire absence of any speculative movement, are
against sellers. The increased production in
this country and large consumers abroad be-
ing supplied for a few weeks ahead are the
prime factors in causing weak markets.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing 14H@
Ingot, wholesale (s>\Z%
Sheet copper (aii7
Bolt J4& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17c
LEAD. — There is a continued free consump-
tion in this country, which, with strong hold-
ing, keeps the market up. Europe sends ad-
vices of strong markets.
Mr. C. KirchofE, Special Agent for the
United States Geological Survey, in his state-
ment for March 15th, estimates" as follows:
*To()s.
Production of domestic lead for 1896 166,964
Home consumption for 1896 185,589
* Tons of 2240 lbs.
The figures of the Metal Exchange, pub-
lished in their Anmial Review, January 9th,
were:
*Ton^.
Domestic production 160,000
Home consumpEion - 187,470
* Tons of 2240 lbs.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — @ 4 50
Sheet 5 62!4@ 6 12^
Pipe 4 87i4.'ai 5 371^
SHOT.— The market is firmer atlastweek's
advance.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs...$l 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 60
Buck. Balls and Chilled, do. " " ...160
TIN— Our market is steady for both pig
and plate. Heavy imports of plate are being
made of both foreign and American for can-
ners' use. The consumption promises to be
larger this year. The East reports a barely
steady market for pig and continued cutting
in plate.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
Pig, per lb 14Hc@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box $4 05@ 4 15
" " " light. " 3 95® —
BORAX.— Market prices and demand are
practically unchanged.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 4%
Refined, In sacks b\i
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " iVa
POWDER— The market is firm with a good
demand ruling.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from ll\c to 17'4C, according to
strength and quantity; No. 2, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
IRON. — The market is fairly steady on this
coast. The proposed increased duty on for-
eign has somewhat of an unsettling influence.
At the East the markets are easy with a ten-
dency to lower figures owing to strong selling
competition. Exports are increasing.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $20 00 $32 00
Thomas 21 00 32 00
Salisbury 29 00 31 50
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 133 00
Gartsherrie 31 50 33 00
COAL. — The market is firm for all varieties
on spot and nearby arrivals, but for distant
shipments the feeling is easy, yet sellers will
not name lower figures. It is stated that the
consumption of steam on this coast will show
a very large increase this year.
We quote as follows :
SPOT fROtd YARD— PER TON.
Wellington $8 00@
Greta 6 00@ 6 50
yanaimo 6 50® 7 00
(diiman 5 50@ 6 00
Seattle 5 50@ 6 00
Coos Bay — (& 4 75
Cannel 8 00@
Egg, hard 12 00@13 00
Wallsend 6 50®
TO ABBIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
lilverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff 6 35
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 no
Egg, hard 10 UO
West Hartley 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot, in bulk 10 00 @
" In sacks 11 00 @ 13 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is steady.
Our market is quoted at 7^@8%c in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote 7Xc
forCookson's, 6^@7c for Hallett's and 6J8@7c
for Japanese,
NAILS— The demand is free and market
strong.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $2 25
Cut, carloads, " "
jobbing, " " 3 10
SPELTER.— The market is steady, with a
fair inquiry reported. The East reports ac-
tive markets.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound,
NICKEL ANODES.— The markets here and
at the East are steady.
PLATINUM.— Dealers reportafair inquiry.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to S15 per ounce.
ZINC— The market is steady at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac
cording to thickness.
Pending tariff legislation unsettles the
market somewhat. The general feeling is
that prices will advance on several lines.
BONEASH.— There is a good export move-
ment, chiefly to Australasia.
ALUMINUM. — The market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— There is a fair inquiry for the
season.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
11.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady to
firm.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
Chemicals.
The tariff question is having its effect on
the market. The general feeling is that bet-
TnilNIIVG ASSESS A\E NTS.
Coinpany and Location. No. Ami. Levied, DelinqH
AlmaGMCo.Cal 1.... 5c. ...Feb 9. Mar 13.
Alpha Con M & M Co, Nev....l8.... 5c.... Mar 3.. Apr 5.
Andes S M Co, Nev 43. . . .10c. . . .Feb 1 . -Mar 8.
Belcher S M Co, Nev 54 25c — Mar 2.. Apr 6.
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal...ll. . . . 3c.... Mar 23., Apr 23.
Channel Bend M Co, Cal 7.... 2c.... Mar 22.. Apr 24.
Con Cal & Va M Co, Nev 8.... 25c.... Mar 8.. Apr 13.
Confidence S M Co, Nev 28. .. .30c... .Mar 13. .Apr 16.
Con Imp M Co. Nev 38.... lc....Feb 16.. Mar 23.
Crown Point G & S M Co,Nev.70. ...20c. . ..Mar 24.. Apr 38.
Hale &. Norcross S M Co, Nev.Ul. . . .10c. . . .Mar 20. .Apr 23.
Horseshoe BarCon MCo, Cal. 7. ...10c. ...Mar 8. .Apr 17
JamisonMCo 9. .. 5c. ...Nov 27. .Mar 26
Marguerite GM&M Co, Cal.. 5. . ..lOc. ..Jan 14. .Feb 25
MexlcanG&SM Co, Nev....56....20c... Mar 3. .Apr 7.
Mineral HiIlM& SCO, Cal... 1.... 5c.. ..Jan 4.. Feb 15.
Occidental ConMCo.Nev... .26. ...lOc... .Feb 10. .Mar 16
OphirS M Co, Nev 70.. ..25c. . . .f'eb 5.. Mar 10,
Potosi M Co, Nev 47. ...30c.. ..Mar 10. .Apr 14
Reward GM Co, Cal 18.... 2c.... Feb 6.. Mar 11,
Sierra Nevada S M Co, Nev.ll2....2oc....Mar 2.. Apr 6
and Site. Secretary.
.Mar 29 D Gutmann, 320 Sansome
. Apr 27 CE Elliott, 309 Montgomery
. Mar 31 Jno W Twiggs, 309 Montgomerv
.Apr 37 C L Perkins, Mills Bids
■ May 15 J Stadfeld
.May 17 J PLanghorne, 39 Sutter
.May 3 AW Havens,-309 Montgomery
.May 7 AS Groth, 414 Calilorniii,
.Apr 13 CL McCoy, Mills Bldg
.May 19 — James Newlands, Mills Building
-May 14 R R Gi-ayson, 331 Pine
..May 8 DM Kent, 330 Pine
May 21 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
Apr 29 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
Apr 13 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
,Apr 6 A K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
Mar 30 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
May 5 C E Elliotr, 309 Montgomei-y
Mar 27 S W Backus, Mills Bid?
Apr 26 E L Parker, 309 Montgomery
ter prices will rule following the passing of
the bill. With improving trade the call for
chemicals shows an increase.
BONEASH.— The market is firm with a
good demand reported.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 3^0 ; No.
2, 3!^c.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is re-
ported steady and firm at 2>ic per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is quiet but firm at :gl.<0 per 100 lbs.
in a jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
better demand at 2V^c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA —Advices from pri-
mary markets are to the effect that prices are
slightly higher.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6
to 13c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
firmer from store at e^c per pound in car-
boys.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is fair.
We quote in a jobbing way at IJ^c per lb for
66%.
BLUE VITRIOL.— The Eastern markets
are firmer. Our market is steady, but dull.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4J^c per
pound.
Mining Share Market.
San Francisco. March 25, 1897.
Dullness rules supreme in the share market.
If it were not for cross-orders and other
methods to make a good showing, the record
of sales would be the smallest known. The
muddle in the Hale & Norcross election is not
calculated to help matters. The Pox combina-
tion have the books, office, all papers and con-
trol the mine, while the Grayson-Hayward
combination have nothing to show beyond
their organization. The latter have a ma-
jority of actual shares. Whether theirs are
not is a disputed point; and not being prop-
erly issued, if Judge Slack's recent decision
holds good, cannot be voted. The question is
in court and will be settled soon. There is
another case in court which ought to be de-
cided soon, and that is the appeal to the
United States Supreme Court testing the
clause in the State Constitution against mar-
gin trading. With these two cases out of the
way and also that of M. W. Fox against the
olddirectors of the Hale &; Norcross Company,
and that of Theodore Fox against John W.
Mackay in the Con. Virginia matter, we can
then look for better times on the Comstock.
Every week creates deeper disgust with out-
siders at the way the market acts, and, as
this grows, selling becomes the order. Unless
things change within the next three or four
months, there will not be a corporal's guard
left as traders. So far as we can learn, not
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, iviich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Secnritiea.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines. Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeiirs or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
one of the broker's offices has a ticker. This
more than anything else ought to show to
what a low point the business has sunk, and
yet they live in hopes that history will repeat
itself and a valuable strike of ore be made un-
expectedly. This has been done more than
once, and it is not at all unlikely but it will
be again, for the Comstock is prolific in pos-
sibilities and the unexpected. Interest con-
tinues to be centered on the work in Chollar
on the Brunswick lode. The ore now out and
in sight will cover the expense of opening up
the 500-foot and 600-foot levels, and if the
downward continuation of the ore shows an
improvement on the upper levels, the shares
ought to command higher prices; but if they
do not, then present prices are too high.
The work in Con. Virginia and the long
west crossdrift being run jointly by Con. Im-
perial, Challenge and Confidence, are being
closely watched, for good results are expected
to follow more extended work.
From the Comstock mines the news is prac-
tically unchanged. In Alta the superintend-
ent seems to be doing his best to earn his
money by prosecuting work, but which is not
calculated to strike ore. The same remarks
apply to both Overman and Caledonia, al-
though in these two mines the work indicates
that it is being done in such a way as to ex-
pedite exploiting later on. The work in the
former is on the 000 level and in the latter on
the 1100 level. No ore was raised last week.
The gold-bearing ore found in Seg. Belcher
has caused the shares to sell at very low fig-
ures. Those holding shares can console them-
selves with the knowledge that preceding the
Con. Virginia deal the shares sold down to 5
cents, and would have gone still lower if the
cent dealings had been in force. The decline
helped to get shares by the manipulators.
From Belcher there is nothing new to report.
The letters continue to ignore the ore strike.
It is shares, not assessment money, the man-
agers want, and to get them they send prices
down. From Crown Point there comes to
hand the same old story told for weeks past.
From Yellow Jacket no advices come to hand.
Well-informed miners think well of the mine.
Some go so far as to assert that large quanti-
ties of high-grade ore can be extracted when
required by the powers that be. The Con.
Imperial, Challenge and Confidence joint west
crossdiift is being driven at a snail pace. No
change is reported in formation. Some work
is being done in Confidence on the level re-
ported last week. Some ore has been milled
which netted over $880. To get this out cost
a considerably larger sum of money. No won-
der outsiders have no confidence in Confi-
dence. Alpha's official letter is nearly an
exact copy of the preceding week's letter. It
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
BANKERS
BROKERS,
fNo. leao stout stf&&u
Telephone 1293.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
33:2,480,500
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, Mining; .*4toek Kroker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
Complete working plant. Situation and facilities first class.
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
DEWEY & CO., Patent Solicitors, 220 Market St., San Francisco.
March 27, 1897-
Mining and Scientific Press.
275
would save time to have several copies struck
off and ouly change the dates and feet run.
Even the latter is not necessary, unless for
the purpose of foollog the public. From Bul-
lion DOthinfi: new came to hand. In Potusi
they Kot Intoti feet o( quartz assaying about
^47 a ton, and then they ran for old ground,
which they succeeded in siriiting. and, at the
same time, struck down the market value of
the shares. No tvork was done in ChoUar. In
Halo &■ Norcross they started a west cross-
drift GO tbu ^.Hiu lovoi. The official letter says
that work was sus|>onded on the 17th. From
Savage, (ioutd J^ Curry and Best «% Belcher
nothing new hus been received, so lar as ofll-
clal letters show. In Con. Virginia thcv are
working on the 1000, l.wO, IR-jU and 17'>0 levels.
The letter from the superintendent indicates
that work Is being done for freer exploiting
later on. Only nine tons of ore was raised
last week. In Ophtr thoy are working on the
1000 level and also Central Tunnel level. This
company succeeds better In Hnding assess-
ments than ore, or, at least, this has been the
ease for several years past. The work la in
the same directiun as reported last week. In
Mexican they struck 75-ccnl ore the pist
week in their west crossdrtft on the tUOO
level. The oltlclal letters do not contain any-
thing worthy of note from Union, Sierra
Nevada or Utah. In Andes thoy are raising
from the 176 level for surface connection.
Interest on the Brunswick lode centers in
Chollar. They are sloping ore on the 300
level. On the 200 level they have cut out for
timber for a west crossdrlft. They got ore 2
feet wide. On the 400 level they are opening
north on the litih door of the north upraise,
in the south drift of the noo level they will
run about OU feet more and then crossdrift for
the ore. They will soon be ready to commence
operations on the floo level. In Occidental
tliey are working on the r)5U and SoO levels.
The ore in both levels is low grade. In Con.
Virginia, Best &. Belcher and Gould vt Curry
they are sinking shaft No. 2 and exploiting on
the 320 level.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Minis.
Mar.
18.
Mar.
25.
S 02
17
Belcher
33
ChoUar
S 1 05
I 25
13
30
27
26
Potosl. . .
33
29
26
39
28
Utah
06
Yellow Jacket
29
25
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, March 25, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
200 Potosl H9
300 Sierra Nevada 24
1000 Silver HIU 01
350 Challenge 33
iJOCbollar 1 20
1000 Con Imperial . ... 02
200 Crown Point 13
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
.■lOOOphir gOjlOOUtah.
100 Mexican 26
100 Gould & Curry .... 30
lUO Chollar 1 25
100 Crown Point 25
200 Yellow Jacket .... 25
06
SOOSavage 29
100 Union 28
bOOAlta 02
ISOOAndes 17
A REMARKABLE difference between
Government estimates and prices made
in competition occurred in the letting
of the contract for Superior harbor. It
is stated that E. and J. B. Brayman of
Toledo, Ohio, took a big harbor con-
tract at Boston recently at a low figure
away from the American Dredging
Company at Philadelphia. The latter
company retaliated by bidding on the
Superior harbor contract of 2,000,000
yards. The Government estimate for
this work was $3,065,000. The Ameri-
can Dredging Company bid $1,986,000,
and was confident of getting the con-
tract, while the Braymans bid $2,275,-
000. Local firms learned of the war,
and put in a bid of $1,655,000, which is
$1,400,000 below the Government es-
timate. Six members of the Atlantic
& Gulf Dredging Association pledged
$50,000 each toward putting in a plant
at Superior, and offered $1,000,000 to
carry on the war if necessary. The
lowest bid was 9 cents per yard, while
the Government estimate was 15 cents.
The highest building in New York is
that of the Manhattan Life Insurance
Company, which is about 324 feet high.
The highest building in San Francisco
is the Spreckels building, 304 feet. The
San Francisco City Hall dome is 300
feet above the pavement.
Who Sees Your Advertisement "P
Is an important question. When ysktd for an '■ ad " demand proof of exten-
sive circulation among probable purchasers.
M<
The American Association for the
advancement of science will meet in
Detroit this year from August 11 to 17,
and the British Association will meet
in Toronto from August 18 to 25. Be-
sides these fixtures, the four-hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of Amer-
ica by Cabot is to be commemorated
by the National Historical Association
of Canada, who have arranged to hold
at Toronto during the summer an ex-
hibition of records, relics, documents,
paintings, etc. Finally, the British
Medical Association has resolved to
visit Canada this year, and it will meet
at Montreal on the 24th of August, its
proceedings extending over the week.
port ^ayne £lectrlc Corporation,
Rainfall and Temperature.
Tho following data for the week ending 5
A. M., Man-h 24. ly.tT, are from official
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Mining and Scibn-
TIFIC PuEss:
CALIFORNIA
bTATIONS.
S3 '■
aP3
IE
Eureka 1.58 43.41; 33.91
Red BlufT U6 22. M
Sacramento 44 15. 65| 1.1.93
SanFranoisco 14 20.87|
Fresno 62 9.98i
San Luis Obispo,. .26 20.09|
Los Angeles 02 16
San Diego 44 11. .Wi
Yuma 04 5.35|
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33.91
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21.56
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16.17
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15.11
20.17
41
4.i)3
5.88
30
14.71
36
7.88
17.80
38 1
5.68
9,22
40
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2.81
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PROPOSALS FOR ROCK CRUSHER.
.M.\NrFArTUUEUS OF TlIK -
OF
Arc Lighting. Alternating and Direct Current Incandescent Lighting,
Power Generators, Motors, Transformers, Instruments and Appliances.
CHAS. R. LLOYD, AGENT, 18 SECOND STREET. SAN FRANCISCO.
Assessment Notices.
CONSULIUATRD CALIPOKMA AND VIRGINIA
MliiliifT Company.— Location u( principal placp of
buHlnesB. San FrrinelHCO, CaUfornlu; lucailou of
works. Vli-k'hila Mlnlop Dlsirlcl. Storev Couoly.
Nev-atlii.
Noilct* 18 hereby given that at a nieetlug of the
Roard of Dlrectoi-B. held on the 8th day of March,
1S'.1T. au asBuHsment (No, M) of 25 cent» per share waa
le%'ieU upon the capital slock of the corporallon.
payable Immediately In United Stales go\ti coin, to
tho Secretary, at the offlce of the company. Ruom 47.
Nevada block. No. :t09 Mouteoniery street, San Fran-
cisco. California.
Any Htufk upon which Uils assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the VMh Uav of April. IH9T. will
be Uellnciueiit and advertised (or sale at public
auction; and, unlesH payment la made before. wlU
be aold on MONDAY, the Sd day of May. l8ilT. to
pay the delinquent asHeSBTneiU, lopeilier with the
costs of adverllaing' and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
^^ A. W. HAVENS, Secretary.
Office-Room No. 4T, Nevada block. No. '.WJ Mont-
gomery street, San Kranclweo. California.
The Board of Supervisors of Butte County, Cali-
fornia, hereby invites plans, specifications and
proposals for furnishing the following named ma-
chinery, viz:
One Rock Crusher, with el capacity for crushing
not less than 12 to 15 tons of rock, or cobble-stones
6 to t) inches in diameter, per hour, at ordinary
speed, rock to be crushed to not over 2 Inches In
diameter. Bids to slate the price per foot for ele-
vator attachment, and of rock screens.
One Koad Roller, not less than 5 feet in width
and to weigh not less than tlve tons.
All of the above machinery to be lirst class in
every respect.
Bids will be received by the Clerk of the Board
at his office in OrovlUe, Butte County, California,
up to Wednesday, April 7, 1897, at lu a. m. The
right to reject any and all bids is hereby reserved.
By order of the Board of Supervisors.
ED HARKNESS, County Clerk.
Oroville, Cal., March 9, 1897.
r\PFlCE OF THE HALE & N0RCR09S SILVER
^ Mlntnjr Company. Room No. 11. San Franci-iieo
StOfk and Exchanere Building, No. Hljl Pine street.
San Francisco.
To the 8toekholdf-rs of the Hale & Norcross Silver
Mining Coinpiiny and to all others concerned:
Notice 18 hereby given thtit. pursuant to the con-
sent. In writing, of the holders of two-thirds of the
capital stock ofthe Hale &, Norcross Silver Mining
Company, duly liled In the office Of said company.
the principal place of business of said Hale &.
Norcross Silver Mining Company has been changed
from Room No. ;J of the San Francisco Stock and
Exchange building, No. S3l Pine street. In the City
and County of San Francisco. State of California, to
Room No. 1 In the same building, where the busi-
ness of said Company will be hereafter transacted.
This notice Is published In accordance with Section
;i21 of the Civil Code.
Dated March lit, 1897.
Bv order of the Board of Directors.
R. R. ORAYSON. Secretary.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
The Monterey Power Company Invites bids for
putting lu Its entire plant, dam. Jlume, wheels, elec-
trical apparatus and pole line irom Little River i22
miles south of Monterey City) to Monterey and Sa-
linas City, for Ihe generation and iransmlssion of
electrical current of not leso than 46U-horse power;
entire distance being approximately a? miles.
Bids will be received up to SATURDAY, April 17.
181IT. at 2 o clock p. AL.at the company's offices, Mon-
terey City, Monierey Couui,y. Cal., where plans and
specifications may be seen.
AU bids must be accompanied by acertlQed check
for ten per cent of the sum of siich bid. Checks lo
be payable to the company and to be held upon the
usual conditions.
By order of the Board of Directors.
F. A. BUTSCH, Secretary.
HALE& NORCROSSSILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location of principal place of business. San Prao-
clsco, California: location of works. Storev County,
Nevada.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 20lh day of March,
1897. an assessment (No. ill) of lU cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately In United States gold
coin, lo the secretary, at the office of thecompany,
room II. uai Pine street. San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 2ad day of April. 1897,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment la made before,
will be sold on FRIDAY, the l-(th day of May,
1897, lo pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
R. H. GRAYSON, Secretary.
Office— Room 11, Xi\ Pine street, San Francisco.
California.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.— Notice of Stock-
holders' Meeting of Ihe Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Company. In accordance with a resoliilion passed
by the Board of Directors of the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Com i);iny, a meeting of the stockholders of
the company will oe held at 2 o'clock In the after-
noon on WEDNESDAY, the 2lst ijay of April, 1897, at
its principal office, room '2H, :i20 Sansome street, sau
Frjinclsco, lo consider and vote upon a proposition
to Increase the capital slock of this companv to
Five Million Dollars. In five hundred thousand
shares at the par value of ten dollars each.
R. M. METN. Secretary.
Dated San Francisco. Cal.. March IH, 1897.
ORES! ORES!
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Montgomery St., San Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction, Cal.
SEALED PROPOSALS.
Bids win be received at the office of the under-
signed until 5 o'clock p. yi. on MONDAY. March 29,
IH'.iT. for one centrifugal pump of 8UU9 galli^ns capac-
ity, to be placed in position lu new pumping plant
at toot of S street. lu Sacramento City. Specltica-
tlons on lUe at office of City Clerk. A certified
check, made payable to City Clerk, for an amount
not less than 19 per cent of amount bid, must ac-
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California Building Stones.
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February 20th contained an editorial call
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State has been
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nificent build-
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plated in the
schemes for the
greater Uni-
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State. It was
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that q uar ry-
men and others
interested i n
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which they be-
1 i e V e d good
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INKERS of
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strate the value of the stones of the State for struc- in 1890 the value of granite alone was $1,329,018,
tural material, but will in cases save much needless i and in 1891 $1,300,000. Considering the very small
expense. That there will be a much greater use of | number of buildings erected of stone in the State
stone for building material in this State than there j compared with what will be in the future, this will
has been in the past is indicated by the larger pro- I show that this branch of the mining industry will in
time play no
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EUREIvA GRANITE QUARRY, PLACER COUNTY.
ROCKLIN GRANITE COMPANY'S QDAREY, PLACER COUNTY.
should send two samples of each kind — one a 12-inch
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ples have been sent in that they are blocking up the
already overcrowded museum. The work that will
be done in this way will be of great value to the
State. Examinations made will not only demon-
portion of stone buildings being erected in San
Francisco and other cities of California. The value
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oughly and well, cannot be overestimated.
According to the report of the United States
Geological Survey, the value of various kinds of stone
produced in California in 1895 was only $715,450; yet
the building centers many better qualities of stone
almost prohibitive. However, this is now being all
changed.
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illustrations of some of the leading quarries of the
State, reproduced from the thirteenth report of
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TABI,!: OF CONTENTS.
IIjIjUSTRATIONS.— Jacoby Sandstone Quarry, Humboldt County;
Eureka Granite Quarry, Placer County; Rocklin Granite Com-
pany's Quarry, Placer County, 277. Siberian Gold Washing
Machine; Sluice, Etc., of Washing Machine; Siberian Flume
Built Entirely of Poles Caulked with Moss; Prospecting, 380.
"Firing '■ Frozen Ground to Sink Shurfs; Siberian Road Rig for
Summer; Winter Travel in the Mines, 281. Sites Sandstone
Quarry, Colusa County; Goodrich Sandstone Quarry, Santa Clara
County, 383.
EDITORIAL.— California Building Stones, 277. Entry of Oil Lands
as Placers; John Muir on the Forest Reservations; The Alien
Land Law, 378.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Rising and Lowering Continents; The
First English Armor Plate Rolling; Earthquake Knowledge; A
Marvel of Geology; Heat of the Sun, 384.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Instruments for Fine Measurements;
Polarization of Electric Rays; Magnetism and Light; Compound
and Shunt Wound Generators, 3&1.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— A Sidereal Clock; To Shut Off
Steam Instantly ; There Have Been Built in the United States in
1896 33,000 Cars More, Etc.; Hammers in Egypt; Shorthand in
England; Train Record Broken; Trial of Compressed Air Motors ;
Longest Turntable in the World, 385.
PRACTICAL INPORMATION.—Economic Value of Fruit Stones;
New Panama Canal Company ; Three Useful Things in Case of
Wounds; Russian Waterway from India to St. Petersburg; The
Practice of Woman Changing Her Name; To Ascertain Whether
or Not a Room Is Damp; Good Sandpaper; The Sahara Is Not a
Barren and Worthless Waste, 285.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 286-7.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc.. 398-9.
MISCELLANEOUS.- Concentrates, 379. Gold Mining In Siberia,
280-1. Practical Treatment of Pyritic Gold Ores at Gibbonsville,
Idaho. 283. The New Forest Reservations ; Simple Ore Tests, 383.
The Proposed Tariff on Lead, 289. Personal; Recently Declared
Mining Dividends ; Book Notices ; Recent California Mining Incor-
porations; Needed by Every Mining Man, 290. List of U. S.
Patents, Week Ending March 23, '97; Notices of Recent Pat-
ents, 294.
Entry of Oil Lands as Placers.
The act recently passed by Congress to permit the
entry of land valuable for petroleum or other min-
eral oils, has been published by the Commissioner
of the General Land Office with his construction of
it regarding its application to cases where claims
have been initiated prior to February 11, 1897,
when the law went into force. The new law is as
follows :
An act to authorize the entry and patenting of
lands containing petroleum and other mineral oils
under the placer "mining laws of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America, in Con-
gress assembled, that any person authorized to
enter lands under the mining laws of the United
States, may enter and obtain patent to lands con-
taining petroleum or other mineral oils, and chiefly
valuable therefor under the provisions of the laws
relating to placer mineral claims : Provided, That
lands containing such petroleum or other mineral
oils which have heretofore been filed upon, claimed,
or improved as mineral, but not yet patented, may
be held and patented under the provisions of this act,
the same as if such filing, claim, or improvement
were subsequent to the date of the passage hereof.
The Commissioner's construction of the law and in-
struction to the land officers is as follows :
It is to be observed that though the provisions of
the placer mineral land laws are, by said act, ex-
tended so as to allow the location and entry there-
under of public lands, chiefly valuable for petroleum
or other mineral oils, yet the substances named are
not expressly stated to be mineral, in view of which
it would appear that the prior assertion of a legal
adverse claim to land valuable for petroleum or other
mineral oils would preclude the acquisition of any
rights thereto under the provisions of the mineral
land laws.
Claims to lands of the character mentioned, here-
tofore initiated under the mineral land laws, are by
said act expressly confirmed, but this confirmation
must, of course, be construed as applying only to
cases where, prior to February 11, 1897, no valid
adverse claim to lands involved had been acquired
under other than the mineral land laws.
Iq proceeding under this law you will act in accord-
ance with the views herein set forth.
The law giving aliens the right to hold land in the
Territories which was approved March 2d, last, will
be of more interest to the mining industry than
probably any other, particularly because foreign
capital is turning toward investments so much
in that direction. For that reason the law, a
copy of which has been furnished the IHining
AND Scientific Press by John M. Wright of this city,
is considered worthy of publication. It is as follows:
An act to better define and regulate the rights of
aliens to hold and own real estate in the Territories :
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, that an act entitled "An act to
restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territo-
ries to American citizens, and so forth," approved
March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
except so far as it effects real estate in the District
of Columbia, be and the same is hereby amended so
as t,o read as follows :
"Section 1. That no alien or person who is not a
citizen of the United States, or who has not declared
his intention to become a citizen of the United States
in the manner prescribed by law, shall acquire title
to or own any land in any of the Territories of the
United States, except as hereinafter provided : Pro-
vided, That the prohibition of this section shall not
apply to cases in which the right to hold or dispose
of lands in the United States is secured by existing
treaties to citizens or subjects of foreign countries,
which rights, so far as they may exist by force of
any such treaty, shall continue to exist so long as
such treaties are in force, and no longer.
"Sbo. 2. That this act shall not apply to land
now owned in any of the Territories of the United
States by aliens, which was acquired on or before
March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, so
long as it is held by the then owners, their heirs or
legal representatives, nor to any alien who shall
become a bona fide resident of the United States,
and any alien who shall become a bona fide resident
of the United States, or shall have declared bis in-
tention to become a citizen of the United States in
the manner provided by the law, shall have the right
to acquire and hold lands in either of the territories
of the United States upon the same terms as citizens
of the United States: Provided, That if any such
resident alien shall cease to be bona fide resident of
the United States then such alien shall have ten
years from the time he ceases to be such bona fide
resident in which to alienate such lands. This act
shall not be construed to prevent any persons not
citizens of the United States from requiring or hold-
ing lots or parcels of land in any incorporated or
platted city, town or village, or in any mine or
mining claim, in any of the Territories of the United
States.
" Sec. 3. That this act shall not prevent aliens
from acquiring lands or any interests therein by in-
heritance or in the ordinary course of justice in the
collection of debts, nor from acquiring liens on real
estate or any interest therein, nor from lending
money and securing the same on real estate or any
interest therein ; nor from enforcing any such lien,
nor from acquiring and holding title to such real es-
tate, or any interest therein, upon which a lien may
have heretofore or maly hereafter be fixed, or upon
which a loan of money may have been heretofore or
hereafter may be made and secured: Provided how-
ever, That all lands so acquired shall be sold within
ten years after title shall be perfected in him
under said sale or the same shall escheat to the
United States and be forfeited as hereinafter pro-
vided.
" Sec 4. That any alien who shall hereafter hold
lands in any part of the Territories of the United
States in conratvention of the provisions of this act
may nevertheless convey his title thereto at any
time before the institution of escheat proceedings as
hereinafter provided: Provided however. That if
any such conveyance may be made hy such alien,
either to an alien or to a citizen of the United States,
in trust and for the purpose and with the intention
of evading the provisions of this act, such conveyance
shall be null and void, and any such lands so con-
veyed shall be forfeited and escheat to the United
States.
" Seo. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Attor-
ney-General of the United States, when he shall be
informed or have reason to believe that land in any
of the Territories of the United States are being
held contrary to the provisions of this act, to insti-
tute or cause to be instituted suit in behalf of the
United States in the District Court of the Territory
in the district where such land or a part thereof may
be situated, praying for the escheat of the same on
behalf of the United States to the United States:
Provided, That before any such suit is instituted the
Attorney-General shall give or cause to be given
ninety days notice by registered letter of his inten-
tion to sue, or by personal notice directed to or de-
livered to the owner of said land, or the person who
last rendered the same for taxation, or his agent,
and to all other persons having an interest in such
lands of which he may have actual or constructive
notice. In the event personal notice cannot be ob-
tained in some one of the modes above provided,
then said notice shall be given by publication in some
newspaper published in the county where the land is
situate, and if no newspaper is published in said
county then the said notice shall be published in
some newspaper nearest said county.
" Sec 6. That if it shall be determined upon the
trial of any such escheat proceedings that the lands
are held contrary to the provisions of this act, the
court trying said cause shall render judgment con-
demning such lands and shall order the same to be
sold as under execution; and the proceeds of such
sale, after deducting costs of such suit, shall be paid
to the clerk of such court so rendering judgment,
and said fund shall remain in the hands of such clerk
for one year from the date of such payment, subject
to the order of the alien owner of such lands, or his
heirs or legal representatives; and if not claimed
within the period of one year, such clerk shall pay
the same into the treasury of the Territory in which
the lands may be situated, for the benefit of the
available school fund of said Territory: Provided,
That the defendant in any such escheat proceedings
may, at any time before final judgment, suggest and
show to the court that he has conformed with the law,
either becoming a bona fide resident of the United
States, or by declaring his intention of becoming a
citizen of the United States, or by the doing or hap-
pening of any other act which, under the provisions
of this act, would entitle him to hold or own real es-
tate, which being admitted or proved, such suit
shall be dismissed on payment of costs and a
reasonable attorney fee to be fixed by the court.
" Sec 7. That this act shall not in any manner be
construed to refer to the District of Columbia, nor to
authorize aliens to acquire title from the United
States to any of the public lands of the United
States or to in any manner affect or change the laws
regulating the disposal of the public lands of the
United States. And the act of which this act is an
amendment shall remain in force and unchanged by
this act so far as it refers to or affects real estate in
the District of Columbia."
Jolin Muir on the Forest Reservations.
In another column will be found an article by John
Muir, the great mountaineer — a plea for the preser-
vation of the forests. Miners and prospectors gen-
erally know that these reservations will prevent
large companies from ruining the source of supply
of timber for the mines and be of the greatest ben-
efit to them.
The vigor of the protest that has been made im-
mediately suggests that self-interest is behind it.
Those who are really looking out for the interests of
miners and prospectors have never shown such ac-
tivity in public matters.
The members of the United States Forestry Com-
mission are broad-gauge, practical men, who have
tramped over the mountain ranges of the West for
the past twenty-five years and know every part of
them.
It is protested that if the Commission propose
any plan for the management and use of the forests
they should have presented it before the reservations
were made. Yet, in reply to this it may be said
that the timber grabbers would in that case have
had better opportunities to prevent their ever being
made.
The Commission is now busy preparing a plan for
forest management. The key note of their whole
plan is fair play and use of forests without destruc-
tion. If in their plan nothing more should be done
than simply stop forest fires, that would enormously
reduce the loss. Four-fifths of the decrease in tim-
ber in the forests now is caused by fires. Their
prevention can only be accomplished by the General
Government.
The commission upon whose report these reserva-
tions were created concedes that it will be impossible
to maintain them, unless some provision shall be
made which will permit citizens to search for and
develop valuable mineral ledges and deposits, and
to utilize the timber within reasonable limitations.
If this provision is made, the miners should con-
sider the reservation of these forests by the Govern-
ment the greatest boon that could be conferred upon
their industry. There is many an old and still
prosperous mining district on the Pacific coast that
is now suffering through the extravagant and waste-
ful manner in which the timber of the immediate
neighborhood has been cleared off, without regard
to the future. Many a mine is paying now twice as
much for timber as it would had the neighboring
forests been carefully conserved, and the timber
taken from them wisely.
Apr! 3.1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
G6I pounds in 1S95. This is the chief source of supply of nickel
to this country.
TuE report from the Alaska-Mexican for Februarj* shows:
Period since last return, twenty-eight days: bullion ship-
ment, 1*25,2^^2; ore milled, 11,245 tons; sulphurets treated, '2S1
j tons; of bullion there cawe from sulphurets $9590; working
* expenses for period, tSS/Jltt.
' A LEDGE of high-grade ore has been cut in the Ontario mine
i at Park City, Utah, on the 1100-foot level. Tbe same ledge
shows on upper levels but not as wide, and the managers ex-
pect to cut It on the 1500-foot level. This, if true, will be of
\ vast importance to tbe district.
Vke SiN'i). a iwlice otUcer under the Chinese Consul in San
Francisco, in an Interview with a writer on the Trihunr in
Salt Lake, last week, stated that there are now in Califor-
nia 5000 Chinese engaged in washing gravel and that their
earnings avernged from 50 cents to $1.50 a day.
Alexandek B. Hii.l, manager of the Mountain Copper Com-
: pany, in Shasta county, California, has secured a new bond on
' tbe Ballakalala or Windy Camp group of forty claims and de-
; velo^ment work on a large scale will be commenced immedi-
ately to exploit tbe large masses of sulphide ores.
The directors of the Mountain Copper Company, in Shasta
I county, California, will come out from England and visit tbe
'■ property this month. It is intended to bring the question of
1 the ill effects of the fumes from ihe smelter to their notice,
: and some action will probably be taken to abate the nuisance.
[ Toe ore shipments from Rossland, British Columbia, for the
week ending March 29th broke all previous records and
. reached a total of 12:^0 tons. Of this the LeRoi shipped 1000
[ tons, or more than that mine ever shipped in a like period be-
t fore. The War lOagle shipped 120, Iron Mask \^, O. K. 14 and
j Giant 21.
In Yokohl valley, eighteen miles east of Visalia, Cal.,
there have been discovered some copper ore deposits,
and people interested have secured an option on the
tract of 3700 acres of land ; that there is plenty of wood and
water close by, and the amount of ore appears to be unlimited,
containing 22 per cent copper.
At the Anaconda copper mines in Montana the St. Law-
rence shaft is down 1300 feet, the Never Sweat 1430 feet.
High Ore No. 1 1200 feet, and High Ore No. 2 1000 feet. The
work of connecting all the mines of this company underground
is nearing completion. Compressed air will be used to trans-
mit ore from where it is mined to the stations.
The manager of the De La Mar Mining Company of Idaho has
cabled to London the following returns for February : Crushed
during the month, 3545 tons; bullion produced in the mill,
$41,770; estimated value of ore shipped to smelters, $700; mis-
cellaneous revenue, $05; total product, $42,-505; total expenses,
$38,030; profit for the month of February, $4,535.
The famous appeal of tbe Wells vs. Petty case, which bad
to decide the meaning of the expression "You will be in on
it," spoken by the defendant to the plaintiff, in locating a
mining prospect, was decided by the full court in Victoria,
B. C, March 20th, in favor of Wells, giving him a half inter-
est in the Monitor No. 2 mine, at Three Forks, and an exten-
sion.
Tqeue is a rule at the Ajax mine, in Utah, that no one may
be admitted to the mine without a passport from the board of
directors. Last week the owner of 11.5,000 out of 300,000 shares
of the capital stock of the company, Samuel Mclntyre, in the
absence of the manager, went into the mine without a pass-
port. In consequence, three men who admitted Mr. Mclntyre
lost their jobs.
It is announced at Vancouver, British Columbia, that the
Dunsmuir estate is interested in the Texada mines and that the
Esquimau and Nanaimo railroad property of the Dunsmuir's
is to be extended to the Union coal mines, where coke is made
for the Kootenay smelters, and that if the development of the
Texada mines continues to be favorable a smelter will be built
in that vicinity.
The Alaska Juneau Company, which recently purchased the
Lane-Campbell properties, is preparing to prospect the ore
body by sinking a lOOO-foot shaft, keeping its forty-stamp mill
in operation on the rock taken out. If the ore body continues
a large mill will be erected on tidewater and an electric plant
on Salmon creek. To connect mine and mill an electric rail-
way may be built.
R. S. McConnell, government geologist, who visited Koote-
nay last year, has completed some analyses of samples ob-
tained from Trail Creek properties, and in ore from the Colum-
bia Kootenay he discovered gersdorphite, a sulphide of nickel
and arsenic. The nickel value of the gersdorphite in the rock
examined was twenty per cent, which may mean that the
Columbia Kootenay has some considerable value in nickel.
An English mining syndicate, in which Lord Sudeley and
Sir Bache-Cunard are leading members, and with whom J. D.
and Dr. Redding and E. A. Wiltsee are associated, last fall
purchased the Tarantula, an old idle mine near Tuttletown,
Tuolumne county. California, for §20,000 and began develop-
ment work. Last week a strike of phenomenally rich ore 3
feet in width was made. Hoisting works will be erected and
a shaft sunk down 200 feet.
The Goodenough Mines Company of the Slocan, British
Columbia, in its statement recently published shows that
from January 14, 1895, to March 12, 1807, there has been ship-
ped from this property 303 tons, 1S07 pounds of ore of an aggre-
gate value, according to smelters returns, of $61,581,70, which
is at tbe rate of §203,12 per ton of crude ore. The highest
assay of silver to the ton of any single shipment was 817.6
ounces and in lead 70.5 per cent.
One of the experts who has lately been examining the
Cedros Island mines, off the coast of Lower California, for
Kidder & Hellman of Indiana, says that so far no price has
ToEKE are fifty stamps io the mills in the Cracker district
Id Baker county, Oregon.
A Boston capitalist has bonded John Dobbins' copper prop-
erly near Yerringtoo, Nevada.
Lix^-AL louraals state that six new quartz mills will be built
this season at Grants Pass, Oregon.
Hiou-oitAi>E samples of ore have been brought to Salt Lake
from tbe Starlus mine at Bingham, Utah.
Panting & Hansa have ordered a ten stamp mill for the
BurDtHfver mine in Baker county, Oregon.
AssATEK Pl'ckett of the Denver mint predicts that Colo-
rado win produce $20,000,(KX) in gold this year.
In tbe Horsfal mine, tbe tlrst one located in Boulder county,
Colorado, a strike of rich ore has lately been made.
Prepakations are being made to enlarge the mill at the
Mercur)' mine Id Utah to a capacity of :t00 tons daily.
In the vicinity of Ballarat, in the Panamini district, Call- I
furoia. there are 150 prospectors, and more coming in every ,
day. i
Tei,llkkm is being smelted on a considerable scale from j
TranssylvaDlan gold aod silver ores, oear Shomoltz In Hun-
gary.
Dr. C. E. Amvikjn has deeded to Joseph C. Cramer the Sil- ,
vor MounlaiD mine near West Point, Calaveras Co., Cal., for I
•80,000. I
Tue mines of Butte, Montana, use 1,500,000 pounds of pow- (
der yearly— the Anaconda mine nearly two-thirds of this
amount. |
It Is proposed by the Sumpter Valley railway people to build
a road connecting Baker City, Oregon, with tbe Seven Devils
copper region.
In Southern Oregon fifteen years ago it cost more to pay the
freight charges on goods into the mines than the supplies now
cost at the mines.
Some Eastern people have been in eastern Nevada looking
at copper prospects, and have made some purchases with a
view to developing.
Tub Gold Creek, Nevada J^*eun, says that mica crops out in
tbe Ruby mountains, Elko county, distance sixty miles, and
that it is of the best quality.
As effort is being made to substitute electricity for steam
in the mines at Cripple Creek, Colorado. The cost of coal at
that place is from $0 to $7 per ton.
At a recent closing of the Boston &; Montana books it was
found that there were 1700 stockholders, a gain of about 000
as compared with the previous quarter.
A London syndicate has made an offer of $55,000 for 51 per
cent of tbe stock of the Bonita Gold Mining Company's prop-
erty near Grand Forks, British Columbia.
Superintendent Reiculing, of the Anita mine, in Amador
county. California, says a mill with fifteen or twenty stamps
will be erected— probably during this summer.
Ui* to March 20, since January 1, there was shipped from
the Kootenay mines ore and matte valued at $2,002,120.04. At
this rate the year's output would reach over $0,000,000.
The Parrott Company in Montana last October took a bond
on the Hesperus copper property at $200,000, but. after sinking
a double compartment shaft 230 feet, have given it up.
Miners in Wyoming are arranging to call a convention for
the purpose of devising ways and means of bringing the vari-
ous mineral industries of the State before the public.
Eastern people who lately purchased the Yankee Boy mine
near Laramie, Wyoming, have struck a vein of copper which
a press dispatch states runs fifty per cent in pure copper.
TuESilver Star district, Esmeralda county, Nevada, reports
twenty-five paying mining properties. That county produced
$:^60,000 in gold in 1890, second in the list, Lincoln being first.
TnE discovery of valuable ore bodies in the southern part of
the Leadville, Colo., district, may do much toward reviving
the camp, and restore tbe activity which ceased with the
strike.
A I'RESS DISPATCH from Colorado Springs, Colorado, reports
that the Mollie Gibson mine has been leased for a term of five
years to a pool at a royalty of 25 per cent and a bonus of
$25,000.
Ten shares Calumet and Hecla stock were recently sold in
Boston at $^i70 a share— the highest price on record, at the
rate of $37,000,000 for the whole of the stock of that copper
property.
The directors of tbe LeRoi mine at Rossland, British Colum-
bia, state that they will soon erect a smelter, which will
probably be located at Nortbport, Washington. Tbe capacity
proposed is 350 tons daily.
The output of the Indian gold mines for February was
30,420 ounces, the largest monthly record. There has been a
steady increase in the yield since January, 1S93, when it
amounted to 10,844 ounces.
That part of the Columbia & Western railway between
Trail and Robsen, British Columbia, is expected to be open
for traEBc by June 1st, and connection will he made with Slo-
can lake points by Sept. 1st.
Captain J. B. De Lamar when sailing for Paris from New
York last week cabled to his banker in Salt Lake to offer
$1,000,000 cash for the Mercur mine. The offer was refused,
according to the Salt Lake TrUiuiir.
Salt Lake and Ogden, Utah, men propose the erection of an
electric power plant on the Bruneau river to transmit 2500-
horse power to the Oro Grande mines, lying between the
Bruneau and Owyhee rivers, Idaho.
Across the bay from Ensenada, Lower California, a lead
mine discovered some months ago has been developed and the
vein— from S to 30 feet wide— carries, it is claimed, 08 per been named by the Cedros Island Company, nor has either
cent of lead and some silver, gold and copper.
C. W. Smith, receiver for the Atlantic »!k Pacific Raih'oad,
went into Rand district, in Kern county, California, last week,
to, as he explained, look over the ground with a view to put-
ting in a branch if the camp develops well enough to war-
rant it.
In copper mining in the Lake Superior district in Michigan
the rights are vertical from the surface, but in Montana it is
under the United States laws, by which the owner of an out-
cropping vein can follow the same and all its dips, spurs
and angles.
The shipments of matte from the copper-nickel ores of the
Sudbury district in Ontario, Canada, to the United States to
be refined amounted in 1890 to 3,697,039 pounds against 2,668,-
party to the proposed deal talked regarding the many things
necessary to be cleared up, before the trade could be made.
The ore is plentiful, but of low grade, and Mr. Kidder will
not recommend touching it with less than a 100-stamp mill.
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the California
Miners' Association was held last Wednesday evening, in San
Francisco, for the purpose, mainly, of considering the present
status of the mineral land bill, and the Legislative Committee
was instructed to use every effort in furthering the measure,
as it appears to have a good chance to pass at the present ex-
tra session of Congress. It was decided to ask that the clause
in regard to Oregon lands be left out of the bill, for it would
then be more likely to go through. The president, Mr. NefE,
and the secretary, Mr. Sonntag, were added to the committee
appointed at the last convention to confer with the United
States Debris Commission.
The Toronto (iU^he advertises the prospectus of the Colorado
Gold Mining and Development Company, which has been In-
corporated under the laws of West Virginia by men li\ing in
New York, and which has its property in Kern countv, Cali-
fornia, its principal place of business in Rochester, New York,
and to cap the cl imax the stock is being placed in the Toronto
market. The capital stock is placed at $2,000,000. The mines
are the Keyes, Three Chimneys and other locations in Kern
county.
The St. Petersburg Department of Mines has issued a book
on the mineral resources of the Caucasus. The author states
that gold is met with in the Arcba-an rocks on tbe southern
slopes of the Caucasus, as well as in alluvial deposits. On the
whole, however, the Caucasus is poor in respect to gold de-
posits. Lead ores occur in tbe districts of Artwin and of
Batoum, but they occupy a subordinate position in association
with copper ores. Copper ore, usually met with in beds, is
widely distributed, usually in company with lead and zinc.
The Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company has commenced
work on a lOOO-foot five compartment shaft 8x23, the first 270
feet to be completed May 1st, when a new hoisting plant will
be in place and the shaft driven 20 feet per day. If satisfac-
tory the company will erect a mill of 300 additional stamps,
and the working force increased to nearly 1000 men. The
company has decided to replace the present water and steam
power plants by which the Treadwell and Mexican mines are
operated, with electric power. The cost of the plant is placed
at $.500,000.
Tnu Montana Company at MarysvUle, Montana, have de-
cided to put in tbe long talked of plant at the Drum Lummond
mine for working over tbe tailings dump of about a miliion
tons, and contracts have been entered into for its erection.
Cyanide will be the process and the capacity will be 500 tons
daily. The results of tbe working of the process on such a
large scale will be looked forward to with interest— particu-
larly as to the cost per ton. There are many other dumps in
this country held by owners on speculation, waiting for fur-
ther reductions in costs of working.
Tue annual report of the Alice Gold and Silver Mining Com-
pany of Walkerville, Montana, shows a product for the pus t
year of $547,410.95 in silver and $10,405.27 in gold, the whole
reaching a total of $.J03,882.22. During the year there was
54S bars turned out of the mill, while in addition to this 43S5
tons of base ore were sold, the whole showing an average of
$32.70 per ton. In the Blue Wing claim the mill returns show
an average of 100 ounces silver and gold to tbe value of $40 pe r
ton, the width of the pay-streak varying from 10 inches to 3
feet, with the vein 4feet between walls.
The annual report of the Boston and Montana Mining Com-
pany states that the electrolytic plant at Great Palls, Mon-
tana, will soon be producing 3,.500,000 pounds per month. Tbe
gross receipts were for the fiscal year $0,413,307, the total
expenses $3,534,283, the net earnings $2.074, .350. Dividends,
.$1,500,000; surplus for year, $1.174,.350. Total surplus, $2,740,-
328. Ore reserves, tons, 950,000; assets, $3,128,971; liabilities,
$388,642; and surplus, $3,740,328. The total dividends de-
clared to date since the first one paid in August, 1888, is
$5,375,000. The gross receipts for 1890 amount to $1,415,070
more than in 1S95, while the total operating expenses have in-
creased about $900,000.
It has been suggested that a convention be held in Denver,
Colorado, during the present year to consider the subject of
gold mining. On this subject the Denver RcpuhUcan stiys :
" Intelligent Colorado people know that through the develop-
ment of the gold resources of this State local prosperity may
be secured. But of this the East is ignorant. It has been
printed hundreds of times in Colorado papers. But compara-
tively few Eastern people have heard anything about our
claim in this respect, and possibly some who have heard have
attributed it to idle boasting." It is further suggested that
the convention be not representative of Colorado only, but
that delegates be invited from all other gold-producing States
and Territories in the Union, and also from British Columbia
and Mexico.
Under date of March 30th, Secretary Sonntag, of the Cali-
fornia Miners' Association, writes; "I deem it necessary that
the journal representing tbe mining interests of the State of
California should be notified of the fact that the California
Mining Association is very sadly in need of funds. I much re-
gret to state that this year tbe counties which have very ma-
terially aided in the good work of the association have not
responded to appeals of its officers as they did last year. It
has been decided by President Neff to have Mr. S. K. Thorn-
ton, of this city, visit the mining counties on a collecting
tour. Tbe work performed by the association speaks for it-
self. It is to be sincerely hoped that the miners of California
will respond liberally to our appeal. If the organization is to
be maintained, it has got to have tbe support, not alone moral,
but also financial, from the minei's of California. Last year,
aL the annual convention, a showing was made whereby the
entire indebtedness of the association had been paid, and
over $500 still remained in the treasury, but we have had
considerable expense for the convention and other matters in-
cidental to the work of the organization. None of tbe officers
draw a dollar of salary, and it is certainly to be hoped that
this last appeal will bring about good results."
The Dingley tariff bill passed the House of Representatives
last Wednesday, March 3lst, and now goes to the Senate. The
lead schedule is as follows: "Imported lead-bearing ores of
all kinds shall pay a duty of 1 cent per pound : Prooided, That
on all importations of lead-bearing ores the duties shall be es-
timated at tbe port of entry, and a bond given in double the
amount of such estimated duties for the transportation of the
ores by common carriers bonded for tbe transportation of ap-
praised or unappraised merchandise to properly equipped
sampling or smelting establishments. On the arrival of the
ores at such establishments they shall be sampled according
to commercial methods under the supervision of government
officers, who shall be stationed at such establishments, and
who shall submit the samples thus offered to a government
assayer, designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, who
shall make a proper assay of the sample, and upon his report
of the lead contents of the ore the import entries shall be
liquidated thereon. And the Secretary of the Treasury is au-
thorized to make all necessary regulations to enforce the pro-
visions of this paragraph. Lead dross, lead bullion or base
bullion, lead in pigs and bars, and old refuse scrap lead, fit
only to be manufactured, 2 cents per pound; lead in sheets,
jipes, shot, glaziers' lead and lead wire, 2% cents per pound."
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Mining and Scientific Press.
April 3, 1897.
Oold Mining in Siberia.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Pre-s by
Russell L. Dunn, M.E.
Gold mining has been profitably carried on in
Siberia on a large scale almost as long a time as it
has in California, but in technical development it is
still in its infancy. While elsewhere in the world
where gold is mined the processes and methods em-
ployed are the most advanced that the experience of
'California and other districts have developed, the Si-
berian gold mining is for the most part limited to the
knowledge and methods with which the industry
started there. The prominence acquired by gold
mining during the last few years has directed atten-
tion to Siberia as a possible source of large gold re-
turns through the use of the capital and experience
of other countries. It has very naturally been pre-
basin to the latter river. From here the main over-
land wagon road taken runs through the foothills of
the Altai mountains to Irkoutsk, on the Angara
river, a distance of about 700 miles. Thence, cross-
ing Lake Baikal, the route was over the plateau
region lying close up to the summit of the Altais,
which it crossed into the headwaters of the Shilka,
the principal northern tributary of the Amoor river,
and descending the canyon of that stream into the
heart of the Nertshinsk district, 1100 miles from
Irktousk, where I made a detailed examination of a
tract of mining lands nearly as large as the entire
gold-bearing Sierra region of California. Though
close to the navigable Shilka river, I was still nearly
2000 miles by that river and the Amoor from the Pa-
cific ocean. The gold-bearing district may be con-
sidered as extending from the Yenisei river to the
Pacific ocean and from the southern limit of the
Amoor drainage and the Altais northward till the
foothills disappear about the Arctic circle in the
vast swampy plains that border the Northern ocean.
placers. Not every valley or gulch is auriferous ; in
fact, the proportion of the whole number is surpris-
ingly small. Also, only a small portion of the length
of the auriferous valleys is sufficiently rich to be con-
sidered a placer. While, as a rule, much wider than
the stream that formed it, the placer is seldom over
a third of the width of the valley that contains it,
The depth of the placer varies from a few inches to
30 or 40 feet. Only the lower fourth of this resting
on the eroded bedrock is auriferous. The remainder
is a barren overburden, similar in physical composi-
tion to the other portion, except that it contains no
gold. Through a vast region, including that which I
particularly examined, the placers are perpetually
frozen, except for the couple of feet or so of swampy
surface. The method of working these placers under
such unusual conditions is quite interesting, though
not to be commended as economical. It is in two
stages — first, prospecting to determine possible val-
ues, and, second, the exploitation proper. Both are
controlled by the physical conditions created by the
^HIN
SIBERIAN GOLD WASHING MACHINE.
SIBERIAN FLUME BUILT ENTIRELY OF POLES CAULKED WITH MOSS.
PROSPECTING.
.sumed that a country which could for liiaDy yea:rs
produce so large an amount of gold, using primitive
methods and appliances, could produce very much
more and much larger profits by the use of foreign
capital and experience. As the conclusion of the
study of Siberian mines and mining conditions on the
ground during the last few months, I should say
that, while this presumption is partly true, it is very
largely misleading.
Siberia is a large gold producer, because it is
a very large country. The unconscious comparison
of yields is made with countries very much smaller
than it, and, consequently, to the disparagement of
the latter. In Siberia gold is found scattered over
an area about 3000 miles east and west by 1000 north
and south. In addition, there is the small Ural dis-
trict, not included in the preceding, from which
comes a large part of the total annual production
credited to Siberia. In my recent visit, my route of
travel to and from the country crossed the Urals,
south of the gold mining district, and thence was by
the line of the Siberian Transcontinental railroad,
across the vast plains of the Obi river system and
the low hills of the divide between it and the Yenisei
* The photographs from which the engravings with this article were
made, were taken on the ground by Mr, Dunn for the Mining and
Scientific Press on the occasion of his visit to that region in Sep-
tember and October, '96.
Considerable as was the area examined by me and
the territory covered in my route of travel, it
is only an insignificant fraction of the the total gold-
bearing area described. Still, with all the compari-
son that it was possible to make from the published
reports on other fractions and inquiry of Siberians
who were informed, I am assured that the regions
seen by me are fairly representative of the whole.
All of the gold yield of Siberia has up to the pres-
ent time come from shallow surface placers, such as
were worked in the river bars and foothill gulches of
California by the first gold seekers. These shallow
placers in Siberia are numerous, but scattered, and
only exceptionally are they rich, measured by the
yield of similar California placers. The evidence of
formation from the direct erosion of auriferous
quartz lodes seems to me conclusive, though in the
few instances that I learned of in which the quartz
lodes were discovered, the Siberian miners failed to
appreciate their gold-bearing value. These lodes
seem to be very similar in character to our Califor-
nia lodes, and to have been formed, like them, in con-
nection with intrusive eruptive rocks. They have ap-
parently neither been eroded very deeply nor by tor-
rential streams, so that the gold of the placers is not
very far from its source in the lodes. The erosion has
all been done by the existing streams, which have made
flat, swampy valleys, a portion of which form the
climate. The time required as a result of these con-
ditions from the initiation of prospecting to the
prosecution of the exploitation is three years, two of
which are required for the prospecting and the third
for the working of the ground located by the pros-
pecting as sufficiently rich in gold to pa}' a profit.
Prospecting is done as follows: In the late au-
tumn in the valley that has been selected for pros-
pecting tranyerse lines are staked out about one-
third of a mile apart and points designated in these
lines spaced 40 feet between, at which points pros-
pect holes, termed "shurfs," are to be sunk. As
soon as the swampy surface is well frozen the work
of sinking these shurfs is commenced, one or two
men working together, sinking a number simultane-
ously. In dimensions they are about 7 feet square
and reach to bedrock at depths from 6 to 25 feet.
To dig them the ground is first thawed out by build-
ing fires. These soften the ground to a depth of 7
inches for each firing, the softened ground being re-
moved by the pick and shovel. When gold begins to
appear in the ground each successive 7 inches of
softened wash is deposited by itself by the side of the
shurf and marked with a stake giving its depth from
the surface. The foreman or engineer prospects
these saved layers and finally with a 72-lb. sample
washed either in the Siberian batea (a shallow
wooden bowl about 22 inches in diameter) or in the
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Siberian sluice (which has its nearest comparison in ,
a mortar mixing bed), and determines the weight of '
gold that a unit of 3600 pounds of the wash will con-
tain. This he marlts on a rough plan map of the
shurfs and also marks the respective depths of over-
burden and of " pay." This washing is usually done
in the following summer. From the mapped iigures
he decides whether or not to prospect further. If I
sufficient gold is shown to pay on working, other in- 1
lermediate lines of shurfs are staked out, about 100
feet apart this time, and in the following winter
they are sunk, prospected the next summer and
mapped. These more complete mapped figures may
justify exploitation and possibly they may not. If
the engineer decides that they do he plats on the
map what is termed a " project," designating the
boundaries of a pit to be worked and calculates the
several dimensions of it: length, breadth, area,
depths of overburden and pay, cubes of each, aver-
age estimate of gold yield per unit of 100 poods (31)00
lbs.) of pay, and the total estimate of
gold content. On this map the subse-
quent exploitation is based.
The present method of exploitation
begins with taking the ground mapped
out as a workable project in the early
winter. liuildings (log structures)
are erected close to the works for the
men and horses to be used, and advan-
tage taken of the snow to sled in all the
supplies and forage for the coming
summer as well as for the winter. The
pit is staked out to conform to the map
made by the engineer, the ground
within is cleared of timber an(j",brush,
and the surface to the depth of 3 feet
or less is removed while half frozen,
as it works easier then than when a
swamp in summer. With this upper
3 feet go all the tree stumps and roots.
The ground is broken out in large
lumps with a heavy crowbar used a
churn drill, broken up with a sort of
pick and shoveled into dump carts
which deposit it alongside of the pit
as convenient. A ditch is constructed
to divert the water of the stream in
the valley and to provide water for
the washing machine.
This last is prepared or started. It
is located at or near the lower end of
from the termination of the second sluice a similar
box takes the riffle contents to the cleanup room.
This last is furnished with a so-called Siberian sluice
and a water supply from the Hume. From the lower
sluice the structure is continued in a narrower sluice
(made of poles caulked by moss), still on a steep
grade till the bottom is about 3 feet from the ground
and then takes very nearly the slope of the surface
of the valley, and is continued to discharge the wa-
ter below a point at which it can back into the e.\'-
cavated pit, a distance from 150 feel upward. At
the upper end of this pole sluice the heavy tailings,
sand and gravel are caught in one or more traps
built the full width of the sluice, with open bottom
close to the ground. As tailings accumulate they
are removed from below, shoveled into carts and
dumped in piles as nearby as convenient.
The description of the machine (?) has been accom-
panied by a description of its operation, and to that
e.xtent is 'inlicipating. The upper 3 feet of the sur-
}/[mw^:l .'>:-; i:w,jricPRI
FIRING" FROZEN GROUND TO SINK SHURFS.
Siberian placer has less than $50 per linear foot of
chaunel. In California the average is safely double
that.
The cost of Siberian placer mining oan'.be materi-
ally reduced, but there does not seem to be much
opportunity for our hydraulic methods. They are
out of the question in the frozen placers and only ex-
ceptionally available for placers that thaw out in
summer down to the bedrock.
Quartz mines cannot be said to exist in Siberia
yet, but auriferous ledges unquestionably bead every
I placer deposit. Some of these, in the aggregate an
! enormous number, will undoubtedly make quartz
mines offering possibilities of profit equal to those of
I any other country. The industry has to be created,
j however, and practically entirely from the outside.
I Kven the prospector who is to find the ledges is un-
' known in Siberia. There are no tools in stock, or
I even sample, that a quartz miner must have. I
doubt if even a gold pan could be found or, except
at the mint at Trkoutsk, an assay out-
tit. There is no mining or milling ma-
chinery, and there is neither the know-
ledge nor plant to construct it. It is
doubtful it there can even be found the
mechanical skill required of mine black-
smiths and millmen. All of this is the
more surprising considering the long
occupancy of tiie country by the Rus-
sians and the gold mining industry
developed during the last fifty years.
What the country needs is many of
the all-round working miners of Cali-
fornia, men who besides being miners
are mine blacksmiths and carpenters,
can assay quartz, operate a hoist and
run a stamp mill. It is not, however,
a country for them to go to, except
under engagement. The conditions of
life are not pleasant, and the language
and fixed habits of the people difficul-
ties hard to contend with. There
should be quite a good market there,
(to be developed of course, for the Si-
berian miners do not themselves know
what they need) for certain types of
light portable mine and mill machinery
and mining tools. The climatic and
transportation conditions impose lim-
itations on quartz mining operations
that rarely have to be considered in
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SIBERIAN ROAD RIG FOR SUMMER.
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WINTER TRAVEL IN THE MINES.
the pit and constructed of round timbers. A
driveway on an incline is built on trestle bents
up to a platform from 25 to 30 feet high above
the surface. The carts carrying 1000 to 1600
pounds of auriferous earth dump on this plat-
form over a shallow chute conducting to the washing
sluice. From the ditch above referred to (or replac-
ing it entirely if all the water is taken) a flume made
of round poles, caulked with moss, on trestle bents,
brings water to the machine. This is fed in at the
head of the sluice with the auriferous earth and
washes it down the sluice. The sluice is a trough
made of smoothed square timbers or planks, 6 inches
deep, 2 feet wide and 30 feet long (different machines
vary these dimensions), set on a slope of about one
drop to six horizontal. Wooden rifSes are set in the
bottom to catch the gold, and there are inclined
platforms alongside used by the workmen in remov-
ing large rocks and clay masses. The former are
piled alongside as convenient and the latter thrown
into a box having a sheet-iron perforated bottom
set at the foot of the sluice. Here they are rubbed
up with water fed from a branch of the flume till
they pass through the perforations into another
sluice set at even a steeper angle than the first and
mingle there with the washings from the upper box.
At the toot'of the sluice box coming from the dump
platform is a box arranged to take the cleanup from
the riffles to the cleanup room (made of slabs) and
face of the pit is all that is removed during the early
winter. In the following spring, soon as the ground
thaws, the remainder is removed in benches of
3 feet or so in depth, the extent of the thaw, horses
and carts being used, and the overburden being re-
moved separately from the auriferous bottom. The
latter goes to the machine and is treated as above
described. Local conditions modify the description
of machine given above, advantage being taken of an
old pit or steep hillside sometimes, and occasionally
a revolving perforated iron cylinder is used to wash
the gravel.
As above stated, the Siberian placers are not
notably rich and the cost of working by the method
described is high. The minimum that will pay costs
is about 30 cents a cubic yard, measuring both over-
burden and pay, and in some districts 50 cents. The
placers worked range in yield from the minimum fig-
ures given above up to $2 and $2.50 in the richest
placers. It is hardly necessary to say that the
lower yields are more often obtained than the higher,
and in no case should expectations of continued re-
turn be based on these latter. While the character of
the placers and the manner of their formation are
such that they frequently contain rich sections,
these rich sections are quite limited and short-lived
if actively exploited. Absolutely, compared with
placers now being worked in California and Oregon,
they are not as rich. In gold content the average
other countries. Neither the roads nor road
vehicles admit of the transporting of heavy ma-
chinery. Distances from bases of supply, are
often enormous and the means of communication
poor. Telegraph lines are few and the letter
post exasperatingly uncertain, stopping entirely ,
in the last month of autumn and in the first
month of spring.
Siberian mining conditions interested me particu-
larly by reason of the conditions of mining in Alaska
being comparable. The latter country would seem,
however, to offer the better present opportunities.
The climate is more moderate, transportation facili-
ties considerably better, and there is on the ground
exactly the class of intelligent miners required to
rapidly and economically build up a profitable mining
industry. A few years of the energetic exploitation
which has built up the Transvaal gold mining in-
dustry will, however, result in the disappearance of
most of the existing difficulties in Siberia and will en-
able the prosecution of the industry on even terms
as to costs with other countries. This is compre-
hended by the Siberian mine owners and the Russian
capital now active in developing the enormous dor-
mant gold-producing resources of their country. It
is quite in reason to anticipate a very large increase
in the annual gold yield of Siberia, possibly to the
extent of doubling its present figure, within five
years.
282
Mining and Scientific Press.
April 3, 1897.
Practical Treatment of Pyritic Gold Ores at
Qibbonsville, Idaho.
Written tor the Mining and Soientimc Press by C. C. BnRGEn.
A general description of the property of the Amer-
ican Developing and Mining Company at Gibbons-
-ville has been published, but it is thought that a
more detailed sketch of the reduction plant, and the
methods of treatment employed therein, may prove
of interest.
The problem to be solved was the economic treat-
ment of a low-grade pyritic ore, averaging in value
about $10 a ton. The character of the ore is mag-
nesium slates and quartz, more or less impregnated
with iron pyrites. These pyrites are fairly pure,
containing from .5 to 1 per cent copper, and occa-
sionally a trace of lead, while arsenical pyrites are
rather frequently encountered. The ores of this
section were worked, as long as they were free mill-
ing, by arrastras and primitive stamp mills; on
turning base, as the mines became deeper, many
methods were employed to save the values. Several
badly constructed ohlorination works, a cyanide
plant, a process consisting of roasting the ore and
subsequently amalgamation, were tried, all of which
proved total failures.
The success of the plant designed and operated by
Bernard MacDonald and the writer for the past
year and a half is conclusive evidence that such ores
are readily amenable to careful treatment.
The general character of the plant is stamping
the ore wet, running the pulp over copper plates,
the sulphurets in the pulp being then saved on Frue
vanners. The concentrates thus obtained are
roasted in a Pierce turret furnace, supplemented by
a small reverberatory. The roasted ore is then sub-
jected to barrel chlorination.
The ore as delivered from the mine is run through
a Blake crusher and Cornish rolls, falling into the
battery ore bins, about f to »• inch in size.
The stamp battery consists of thirty 950-pound
stamps. The drop is from 6J to 7i inches, 94 to the
minute. Size of screen used, 30 mesh, No. 29 Tyler
steel wire. The mortars are narrow, double dis-
charge, the height of the latter being maintained at
about 4 inches. Eight-foot silvered copper plates
are placed in front and back of each battery, the
grade being 2 inches to the foot. The whole design
of the battery is to attain, by means of a short,
quick drop, comparatively coarse screen and low
discharge, a rapid crushing and discharging of the
pulp with the production of a minimum amount of
slimes. We endeavor to strike a mean between the
extremes of sliming the sulphurets too greatly and
that of saving too little of the gold contents of the
ore as amalgam. The battery accomplishes this
very successfully, its daily output being from three
and a third to three and a half tons to the stamp ;
together with this rapid crushing, 50 to 55 per cent
of the value of the ore is left on the copper plates.
The sulphurets in the pulp are left in such a suitable
condition for concentration that enough concen-
trates are saved to bring the total recovery of the
values in the ore to 90 per cent and over.
A word about double discharge mortars may be
of interest here. Many objections are raised against
this style of battery, such as that the back screen is
too quickly broken or worn out by the ore as it
drops from the feed chute, being dashed against it
by the falling stamps ; that a back screen is very
unhandy to get at, and the battery men will not
take pains to keep it open and clean, and so on.
Our experience is to the contrary. The back screen
lasts as long as the front one — from ten days to two
weeks — the additional discharging capacity accentu-
ates our speed of crushing at least one-third, and
we think that a double discharge mortar is emi-
nently suitable where the fast crushing of a pyritic
ore, with the production of as few slimes as possible,
is desired.
After the pulp leaves the battery tables the
amount flowing from each ten stamps passes through
a Brown hydrometric sizer, where it is divided into
five classes, each of which flows onto a 6-foot Frue
vanner, adjusted as to speed, inclination, etc., to con-
form to the size pulp it is intended to treat.
This method of sizing mill pulp before concentra-
tion has proven very successful here. The coarsest,
material is treated on a machine making 208 shakes
per minute, with a 6-foot per minute belt travel, the
inclination of the belt being 31 inches. The finest
material is treated on a machine making 174 shakes,
with a 4-foot belt travel and 23-inch inclination. The
three intermediate vanners are graded proportion-
ately.
Sizing before concentrating on vanners is a subject
much discussed and combatted at present. Our ex-
perience, after numerous tests and assays of feed
and tailings, lead us to assert that such treatment is
highly successful and eminently desirable ; in tact,
without sizing, our saving of concentrates would not
be nearly as great as it is. Concentrating on vanners
may be likened to hand vanning. In the latter, if it
is desired to separate coarse material, it is only com-
mon sense to give the pan a quick motion. If the
material desired to be saved is very fine and impal-
pable, the operator will proceed slowly and care-
fully. Will one not make a better saving by sepa-
rating his pulp into sizes, giving each size the proper
motion, than by treating a mixture of sizes by a
motion adapted to neither the coarse nor the fine
particles ? In machine vanning the reasoning is ex-
actly similar, and our experience bears it out in prac-
tice.
One authority — Mr. Goodale of Butte, Montana —
asserts, in his article on ore dressing, as carried out
in Butte, that better results are obtained by treat-
ing a mixture of sizes, one of the reasons given being
that, in his opinion, the coarse sulphurets serve as a
trap for the fine material, preventing the flow of
water from washing them away. This may be true
when the mineral is all settled down upon the belt,
but how would it affect the material, while in suspen-
sion, before it reaches the belt ? This is the danger
point in concentration. It is not nearly so difficult
to recover mineral that is once settled on the belt as
it is to get it there.
Reasoning and theory on either side of the ques-
tion are all very well, but results are what count.
The facts that our percentage of extraction ranges
from 90 to 93 per cent of the value of the ore ; that
a well constructed canvas plant, built to operate on
the tailings, was an economic failure, the per cent of
slimes lost from the vanners being too small to even
pay the expense of running .the plant, would show,
as compared with the results obtained in some mills
treating a similar class of ore, that sizing is a de-
cided advantage and certainly does no harm.
The concentrates obtained are' elevated to a feed bin
in the top of the roaster building. This plant com-
prises a standard double hearth Pierce turret roast-
er, supplemented by a small single-deck reverbera-
tory, the latter capable of holding two 11 -ton charges.
This type of mechanical furnace is so well known
that it is hardly necessary to describe it, beyond
stating that the hearth is a complete circle, and the
machinery moving the arms and rabbles is placed in-
side the masonry. The ore is stirred and conveyed
around the hearth by tour rabbles fitted with stir-
ring plates, these rabbles being connected with arms
radiating from the center of the machinery pit. A
current of air is forced through the arms, rabbles,
etc., by a blower, which not only keeps the ironwork
exposed to the heat cool, but materially assists the
desulphurization. Each hearth has two Pre boxes.
At present we use only the upper hearth, this, with
the reverberatory, having a capacity of twelve to fif-
teen tons of concentrates in twenty-four hours. The
feed is automatic, the sulphurets are evenly distribu-
ted, stirred and conveyed around the hearth, past
the two fireboxes and discharged through a slot.
The sulphur contents of the concentrates varies from
35 to 40 per cent. The roasted ore as discharged
carries about 1 per cent sulphur, existing princi-
pally in the sulphate condition. This is introduced
into the reverberatory in ton and a half ton charges
and subjected to a strong heat, until the sulphate
salts are destroyed, usually in two to three hours.
The roasted ore from the reverberatory is con-
veyed to the cooling fioor, from whence it is elevated
to the storage bins in the chlorination department.
The feature of .our roasting works is the use of the
modern mechanical furnace to accomplish by far the
greater part of the work. The application of this
type of furnace is not new for roasting crude ore,
but it is the first instance, as far as we are aware,
of its use for roasting concentrates for chlorination.
It may be said here that roasting crude ore, carrying
from 2 to 5 per cent of sulphur, and concentrates,
containing 40 per cent, are two very different under-
takings. The use of the Pierce furnace, as against
the ordinary reverbatory, enables us to make a very
considerable saving in the cost of labor per ton of
ore. For roasting twelve tons of concentrates, one
man to a 12-hour shift is employed on the turret fur-
nace, and two men to a shift on the reverberatory, or
six men all told. To do the same work by reverbera-
tories would require four 3-ton furnaces, each em-
ploying four men, or sixteen men all told. This lat-
ter case is taken from a plant, in actual, successful
practice. The question of six men- against sixteen in
a locality where wages are $3 a day is a very im-
portant one.
The cost for repairs, wear and tear on the mechani-
cal furnace is very slight, especiall.y when care is
taken to see that all working parts are properly set,
adjusted and regularly oiled. No dust must be al-
lowed to settle on the machinery or eVen enter the
pit. Attention to these matters will ensure a long
life to the machine. The principal wear is on the
stirring blocks fastened to the rabble arms; these at
the end of six months may be bent and warped so
that they do not stir the ore properly and carry it
forward too rapidly. We always have another set of
rabbles fitted with new blocks, ready to put in posi-
tion when this occurs. The rabble arms themselves
last indefinitely. The current of cold air passing
through them keeping them from being burnt or dis-
torted out of shape.
The success of the application of the mechanical
furnace for roasting sulphurets is very gratifying.
It is a step in the right direction, and its employ-
ment in that connection is certain to extend.
The chlorination plant comprises two lead-lined,
steel-shell barrels, containing 65 cubic feet of space,
or large enough to hold 11 tons of roasted
ore, together with the necessary chemicals and
water. Below the chlorinating barrels are placed
two filter tanks, of steel, lined with lead. The fil-
trated solution runs into storage tanks on the next
floor below, from which it is drawn off into precipi-
tating tanks, where the gold is thrown out of the
solution by ferrous sulphate solution. Sufficient
water to make a thin pulp is introduced into the
barrel, then a measured quantity of sulphuric acid,
66° Beaume, next a ton and a half of roasted ore, and,
lastly, the requisite amount of chloride of lime. The
barrel is then sealed as quickly as possible and set
in motion. There is no filter or projection of any
kind inside the barrel, it being a smooth-surfaced
cylinder, barring the lead caps over the bolts fast-
ening the lining to the shell. It is asserted that
projections or stirrers inside the barrel exercise a
beneficial effect by causing a more thorough mixing
of ore and chlorinated solution. We found the per
cent of extraction to be exactly the same whether
stirrers were used or not. Moreover, these projec-
tions are difficult to keep in place, unless fastened
under the lead lining, in which case the lead on the
raised surfaces soon wears through.
In seeking for a quick, labor-saving filtering de-
vice it was decided to use an upright, lead-lined
cylinder, supported on trunnions, and provided with
gears and a crank, so that the tank could be in-
verted by hand. In the bottom a wooden filter
frame is placed, over which asbestos cloth is
stretched and securely fastened by a chime driven
in tightly all around the frame, the cloth passing
under the chime. This method of securing the cloth
answers very well, we never having one tear loose.
The portion of the tank containing the filter is de-
tachable, and can be quickly taken off and replaced
when it is necessary to put in a new cloth. The
tank is sufficiently large enough to hold the charge
contained in the chlorinating barrel and the neces-
sary wash waters, and is provided with a cap, car-
rying compressed air and water connections. The
filtrated solution passes .out at the bottom through a
rubber hose and lead pipe to the storage tanks
below. At the end of three hours the chlorinating
barrel is stopped, the cap removed and the contents
dumped through a sluice and 6-inch rubber hose into
the filter tanks. The barrel is immediately re-
charged and set in motion, when the workman pro-
ceeds to filter. The cap of the tank is fastened on,
and compressed air and water are allowed to enter
the barrel, until a test of the filtrate with ferrous
sulphate solution shows no gold is present, or, in
other words, that the filtration is finished. The air
is shut off, the tank is filled with water, the cap
removed and the tank inverted, the contents drop-
ping into a tailing sluice leading to the dump. This
method of filtering is very simple and satisfactory,
and to us appears to have many advantages over
sand filters in cost and time of operation. The total
time consumed in filtering a charge is an hour. If
necessary, it could be done in thirty minutes, by
using greater pressure. The solution leaves the
barrel as clear as crystal — the wear and tear on the
cloth is very light. If properly put in, it will last at
least six months. The gain by not having these
sand filters to each barrel, three or four hours' time
consumed in filtering and then removing the tailings
by shoveling, tramming, etc., is obvious.
There are two chlorinating barrels, and one filter
for each barrel. Four charges — two to each barrel
— are made every twelve hours, one man only being
employed to each shift. Six charges every twelve
hours, or the full capacity of the plant, could be
made as easily as four. The filtered solution flows
through lead pipes into three storage tanks on the
floor below. These tanks are of steel, lined with six-
pound lead, and are 6 feet in diameter by 8 feet high.
The solution is drawn off from a tap, 6 inches above
the bottom, thus allowing space; for, the collection of
any slimes that may pass the filter cloth.
On the next floor below are the filtering tanks,
twelve in number, 7x7 feet square by 4 feet high. ■
They are built of 2-inch plank, tongued and grooved,
braced by 4x6-inch timbers, bolted, together with.
J-inch rods. All seams are tightly caulked and. the-,
whole tank painted with P. & B. paraffine acid-proof
paint. This style of tank was used in preference to
the usual redwood tanks, owing to the heavy cost of
bringing the latter; a' hundred miles from the rail-
road. The.y have given much satisfaction, the loss
in leakage having been very slight, and if the caulk-
ing is looked after and the seams painted from time
to time, such tanks should last a long time. Except
the precipitating tanks, all other appliances are of .
lead or lead-lined.
The method of precipitation is as follows ; The
solution is run from the storage tanks into a launder
running over the precipitating tanks, provided with
a gate and outlet for each tank. When a tank is
full, eight to ten buckets of sulphate of iron solution
is added. Cj ^The contents are thoroughly stirred,
allowed to stand for thirty minutes, when a test is
made in a porcelain dish with a little sulphate solu-
tion, to see if the gold is all precipitated. If not,
more of the precipitant is added. If precipitation
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is complete, the tank is allowed to stand for three
days, when all of the gold will be settled on the bot-
tom of the tank. The supernatant liquor is then
drawn olT through two lead taps provided for that
purpose, one 12 inches from the bottom, the other
about an inch from it. The tank is again tilled with
solution, precipitated, allowed to settle, and so on
until it is desired to clean up. When the tank has
been drained down through the last tap the settled
gold, liquor, etc., are swept out through a special
tap in the bottom of the tank, into a pail. The con-
tents of all the tanks are poured into a smaller one,
'2x2x4 feet, and allowed to settle for a few hours ;
the liquor is carefully siphoned off and returned to
the precipitating tanks. The gold remains as a
thick, brown mud, which is scooped into pans, care-
fully and thoroughly dried, mi.xed with bicarbonate
of soda, borax glass and silica, and melted in graph-
ite crucibles. The resulting bars run from 980 to
!I'J5 fine.
Filtering and washing the precipitate may be dis-
pensed with if sufficient time for settling is allowed
when the mass is in the cleanup tank. Much time is
thereby saved, the cleaning up of twelve tanks, con-
taining JTOOO or $8000, having been accomplished in
twelve hours. When the precipitate is filtered and
washed the bars run over IMIO line ; when this is not
done the average fineness is '.180.
In all cases it is advisable to allow the liquor with-
drawn from the precipitating tanks to drain through
The New Forest Reservations.
Wrlllen for Ihe MINING AMJ Scientifii' Puess by John Mllii.
Uncle Sam is trying to save his forests — what is
left of them — and at the same time trying to find
out how best they can be put to use and kept in use
forever for the benefit of miners, farmers, lumber-
men and the people in general. But the problem,
though simple looking enough in theory, is a very
difficult one on account of widely varying conditions
and interests, and the general apathy and blindness
of those whose interests are not immediately in-
volved. In the meaiV.ime the demands made on the
forests for timber grow heavier every year, while
the area of the fores t lands is rapidly being dimin-
ished and all kinds of waste and destruction go on,
not only unchecked but with accelerated speed.
Running fires consume probably from five to ten
times as much timber as the a.xe, even under pres-
ent wasteful methods of lumbering, and as new
settlements are made and the woods are more gen-
erally invaded these fires, of course, become more
frequent and destructive. It needs no prophet,
therefore, to see that unless protective measures be
speedily invented and applied our magnificent for-
terior. Under skilled management, something like
what obtains in European countries, a perennial
harvest of timber may be drawn from the woods suf-
ficient for every need, and to spare, without dimin-
ishing their area, leaving them as beautiful as before,
and as fruitful, with all their beneficent influences
of every kind unimpaired.
As a foundation for such a system, it was at once
seen that all the forest-bearing lands not more valu-
able for agriculture than for timber should be with-
drawn from sale and held together by the Govern-
ment in the public domain. Accordingly, as a
preliminary step, on the recommendation of the
Commission, twenty-one million acres in the West
were reserved, in addition to some seventeen million
acres formerly reserved by Presidents Harrison and
Cleveland.
Then out of the West, the very region most to be
benefited by a rational policy, came a storm of objec-
tion and protest. " All the resources of our States
are being withdrawn from use;" "All our forests
are to be made into pleasure grounds for wild ani-
mals and dawdling sentimentalists," they cried.
They then claimed that all settlers were to be ejected
from the reservations ; that no search for minerals
would be allowed, etc., which, being interpreted, is,
"Let good old ruin go on and a few quick dollars be
caught." If this were the voice of the people, the
fair expression of public opinion, then good-bye for-
ests. But we are far from believing it is. This sort
SITES SANDSTONE QUARRY, COLUSA COUNTY.
(See page T,','.)
GOODRICH SANDSTONE QUARRY, SANTA CLARA COUNTY.
a sawdust or sand filter, as a precaution that no gold
left in suspension may be left. Great care must be
taken to always keep the chloride of lime in a cool,
dry place. If it becomes damp it is almost useless,
and causes much trouble and annoyance.
The proportion of chemicals used is nine pounds of
chloride of lime and eleven to twelve pounds of sul-
phuric acid per ton of ore. The average extraction
of the values in the concentrates has been 95 per
cent since the starting of the plant.
The superintendence of the operation should only
be left in the hands of a man trained in the chem-
istry of the process. Many things occur upsetting
the line of procedure laid down by an installing engi- i
neer, that are really simple and easily remedied, but
puzzling to the ordinary mill man.
There is no doubt that the applicability of the
chlorination process to many ores and classes of con-
centrates is constantly becoming better known, and
its use will be extended, especially when it is more
universally understood that such plants as described
are built only to save cost of working in treating
comparatively large quantities of material. Small
mills can be erected very cheaply, built entirely out
of common lumber ; furnaces may be constructed
out of rock, stones, etc., which will answer the pur-
pose very well indeed.
A comparison of working costs of this method of
chlorination with the Plattner process, as now car-
ried out, may be of interest ;
2 Turret roaster men at .13 $ 6 00
i Reverberatory roaster men at $3 12 00
6 Cords of wood at $2.25 13 50
2 Barrel men at ifS 6 00
1 Tank room man at $3 3 00
90 Pounds of chloride of lime at .05 4 50
110 Pounds of sulphuric acid at .04 4 40
Wear and tear, repairs, oil, etc 5 00
Total IB54 SO
40.54^-12=4.54. c-j I 1
Figured on twelve tons of concentrates per twenty-
four hours, equivalent to ten tons of roasted ore, the
cost per ton i« seen to be less than $5. The average
cost of chlorinating a ton of sulphurets throughout
California and Alaska is given in the latest re-
ports at $8.
ests, once thought inexhaustible and as little in
need of protection as the ocean, will in a few decades
be utterly destroyed.
On the Atlantic slope and in the middle West
much of the land was cleared for. farms, the soil
being fertile, and bread, rather than timber, being
required ; but very little of the remaining forest
lands are fit for agriculture, and when cleared be-
come desolate and give rise to floods. At present
most of the forest-bearing lands still belonging to
the United States are in the great mountain chains
of the West. Some of these, on the Coast ranges
facing the ocean, are comparatively free from fire
on account of copious rainfall, but the Rocky moun-
tain region is dry and is swept every summer
by tremendous fires. The timber is inferior, but of
vast importance, nevertheless, covering, as it does,
the fountains of our great rivers and supplying the
mines of this rich mineral region and the farms in
the adjacent lowlands.
Every interest demands a new departure in the
Government's management of its forest property.
As Mr. E. A. Bowers, formerly inspector of public
lands, well says, " the time is ripe for the introduc-
tion of some intelligent policy. Some of the very
men who have been the devastators of our finest
forests begin to see the folly of their course, and fear
that soon there will be no material for the lumber
trade. They are ready and willing to pay the Gov-
ernment a reasonable price for timber which can be
properly sold, and aver that some system by which
they can cut timber under authority of law is a
necessity. The more intelligent pioneers of the
arid regions realize that the regular flow of the
streams throughout the whole season, furnishing
water for irrigation through the summer drouth, is
changing into torrents of a few weeks' duration in
the spring which carry destruction by their flood
and wash away the fertile soil, and then suddenly
subside and disappear when most needed."
Thus settlers, lumbermen and miners alike call
out tor reform, and the reform required is now being
earnestly and thoroughly studied by the Forestry
Commission appointed by the National Academy of
Sciences at the request of the Secretary of the In-
of protestant seldom speaks in his own name, but
usually in the name of his poor neighbor, while the
great corporation and the free grabbers in general
are kept out of sight in the background. One per-
son with a thousand dollars directly at stake will
complain more and fight more on a public question
like this than a thousand men whose interests are
only indirect and out of sight.
But things refuse to be mismanaged long. Light
is beginning to bring the question into a fair view,
and the policy of use without destruction and fair
play to all must win at last.
Simple Ore Tests.
The following simple tests will show whether an
ore carries any precious metals. Afterwards sam-
ples of the rock should be assayed to ascertain the
amount of value per ton:
Gold — Powder ; roast if sulphurets are present ;
grind very fine and wash in pan or spoon ; examine
with lens ; yellow particles not soluable in nitric acid.
The color of pure gold is bright yellow, tinged with
red. Gold may be distinguished from all other metals
or alloys by the following simple traits : It is yel-
low, malleable, not acted upon by nitric acid.
Silver — Pure silver is the brightest of metals, of a
beautiful white color and rich luster.
Chloride of Silver — If suspected in a pulp, harshly
rub a bright and wet copper cartridge thereon. If
a chloride or chloride-bromide of silver, it will
whiten the copper. Graphite will thus whiten cop-
per or gold but can be rubbed off.
Copper — After roasting the pulp, intimately mix
and well knead with a like quantity of salt and oan-
dle^grease or any other fat, and cast into the fire
when the characteristic colors — first blue, then
green — will appear. This test is better made at
night.
Galena — Black zinc blend is often mistaken for
galena. The two may be distinguished by the infal-
lible sign: the powder of galena is black ; that of
blende, brown or yellow.
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Scientific Progress.
Rising and Lowering Continents.
The rapid rise of the land about Hud-
son bay is said to be the most remark-
able gradual upheaval of an extensive
region ever known. Driftwood covered
beaches are now 20 to 50 or 70 feet
above the water, new islands have ap-
peared and many channels and all the
old harbors have become too shallow
for ships. At the present rate, this
shallow bay will disappear in a few
centuries, adding a vast area of dry
land or salt marsh to British territory
in America.
The erosion of the earth's exposed
portions assumes rather serious im-
portance when we are told, as in Dr.
John Murray's latest lecture, that the
continents will entirely disappear in
about 6000 years if the present rate of
washing away continues. The average
height of the continents above sea level
is now about 275 feet. The average
depth of the sea is something like 13,000
feet, and its volume is so great that, if
all the land of the continents were lev-
eled off, the earth's surface would be an
unbroken ocean two miles deep. The
greatest ocean depth yet found is 5155
fathoms in the Pacific, off the Kerma-
dec islands. The continental deposit
of mud does not extend outward be-
yond a depth of 100 fathoms, and all is
contained within a distance of 300
miles, this great mud belt being the
feeding ground of the ocean. It seems
almost certain that sunlight does not
penetrate beyond about 100 fathoms —
a belief confirmed by the total absence
of plants at greater depths. There
are no currents and very little motion
of the water below 100 fathoms, all
being blackness and stillness — an abyss
of gloom appalling to the imagination.
The darkness is relieved only by the
phosphorescent lamps of the strange
organisms which live at the bottom and
feed on the organic particles precipi-
tated from the upper waters. A feat-
ure of the deep-sea fish is that they
contain very little bony substance or
carbonate of lime. Dr. Murray thinks
that life gradually found its way into
the ocean from the continents, and
that the farther away from land it got
the more archaic it became in form.
The First English Armor Plate
Rolling.
In a sketch of the life work of Sir
John Brown, the eminent English iron
and steel manufacturer. The Engineer
gives the following account of the first
armor plate rolling in England:
"It is Mr. Brown's custom to go on
the continent every autumn. In 1860,
on his way home, he returned by Tou-
lon. There was no little commotion in
the place that day. The French ship
La G-loire had put into the harbor.
This ship was a wooden 90-gun three-
decker. The French had cut her down
into a sort of magnified corvette, armed
her with forty heavy guns, and clothed
her with hammered iron armor 4J
inches thick; the plates were each five
feet long and two feet wide. This
'new departure' in men-of-war put
our admiralty in a fever. Ten 90-gun
and 100-gun timber-built ships were at
once stopped in their construction, the
intention being to make them so many
British editions to the French craft.
Sir John tried to get on board the ship.
He was not allowed. Inspecting the
vessel very closely through his glasses,
his quick eye detected that the ham-
mered armor had a cobbled look, rough,
like a rubble wall. He felt sure he
could do better than that. Convinced
that he could roll a plate superior to
anything that could be hammered, he
went back to Sheffield and set to work.
He put down a rolling mill, and experi-
mented incessantly until he achieved
his purpose. At a meeting of the In-
stitution of Mechanical Engineers, Sir
John read a paper, in which he gave a
description of the method of rolling a
five-ton armor plate. As the first au-
thoritative account of armor-plate roll-
ing in England, an extract is worth
preserving. Here it is: Several bars
of iron were rolled twelve inches broad
by one inch thick and were cut thirty
inches long. Five of these bars were
piled and rolled down to another slab,
and these two slabs were then welded
and rolled down to a plate 1} inches
thick, which was sheared to four-feet
square. Four plates like that one
were then piled and rolled down to one
plate, measuring eight by four feet and
two inches thick. Lastly, four of these
were piled and rolled to form the final
and entire plate. There were thus
welded together sixteen thicknesses of
plate, each of which was originally one
inch thick, to form one plate 4J inches
thick, being a reduction of thirty-five
times in thickness, and in the opera-
tion from 3500 to iOOO square feet of
surface had to be perfectly welded by
the process of rolling. Even with the
greatest care it was not surprising
that blisters and imperfect welding
should occur and render the plate de-
fective. This was the chief difficulty to
be overcome, and it increased with the
magnitude and weight of the plate, the
final operation of welding the four
plates, measuring eight by four feet
and 22 inches thick, being a very crit-
ical one. The intensity of the heat
thrown off was almost unendurable,
and the loss of a few moments in the
conveyance of the pile from the furnace
to the rolls would be fatal to success."
to account for a difference in height
that would enable the warm column to
empty into the sea while the cold col-
umn is depressed below sea level.
Heat of the Sun.
Earthquake Knowledge.
Earthquake science, which attracts
little attention in the United States,
has made great strides during the last
few years. Prof. John Milne observes
that only very recently an earthquake
was looked upon as a transient phe-
nomenon lasting a few seconds, or at
most two or three minutes, while now,
by the aid of the seismograph, it is
possible to discover and record all the
tremors preliminary to and following an
earthquake. From his residence in the
Isle of Wight, Prof. Milne was last year
able to take records of two of the most
destructive earthquakes in Japan, and
in one case to predict that the occur-
rence of an earthquake at a certain
time in Japan would be reported, the
only inaccuracy in his prediction prov-
ing to be an error of one minute in
time. The earthquakes now recorded
in Japan, which is pre-eminently the
land of such phenomena, now exceed
1000 a year. Seismology is being taken
up in that country with great eager-
ness, making it certain that earth-
quake study throughout the world will
be revolutionized very soon, and the
Japanese have already profited by the
work done to the extent of entirely
altering the character of their build-
ings, and thus greatly reducing the
loss from earthquakes. A committee
of the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science is seeking co-op-
eration in an effort to extend and sys-
tematize the observation of earth move-
ments.
A MARVEL of geology that has re-
mained strangely unknown is possessed
by Greece at Argostoli, in the island of
Cephalonia. At this point four cur-
rents of water set in from the sea and
sink into the limestone of the cliffs,
giving an anomalous water power that
in the middle of the century was used
for driving two grist mills. The fall
from sea level to the surface of the dis-
charge pits is 3 feet to 5 feet. Allow-
ing a flow of 2000 cubic feet per minute
to be necessary to drive the mills. Profs.
F. W. and W. O. Crosby find that the
annual consumption of water must
have been 2,000,000,000 cubic feet,
which would fill a chamber about five
miles long, 1000 feet wide and 75 feet
deep. As the flow seems to have been
uninterrupted and fairly uniform for a
century, perhaps for many centuries,
it cannot be assumed that the water is
simply filling a fissure. Other theories
— such as evaporation in the porous
rock or on encountering volcanic fires —
are also unsatisfactory, and Profs.
Crosby have reached the new conclu-
sion tliat the water returns to the sur-
face after being heated, the difference
in density between the cold water en-
tering the underground channel and the
warm water emerging being sufficient
Estimates of the sun's temperature
have ranged from 18,000,000,000 de-
grees down to 3000 degrees Fahr. At
the Moscow observatory, Prof. Ceraski
has repeated the old experiment of
measuring the heat of direct sunlight
at the focus of a mirror, the mirror in
this case being very accurately made
and having a focal length of about 39
inches. The result was 3500 degrees
C. (6300 degrees Fahr.), showing only
that the solar temperature is greater
than this. A measurement of the heat
reflected from an arc lamp was then
made, the temperature in the focus of
the mirror proving to be only 100 de-
grees to 150 degrees C, although the
arc itself was known to have a temper-
ature of very nearly 3500 degrees.
From this it is argued that the tem-
perature of the sun must be very much
more than 3500 degrees, while it is be-
lieved that this method may lead to an
accurate estimate.
Electrical Progress.
Instruments for Fine Measure-
ments.
In electrical work minuteness of
measurement has been obtained. At
the recent New York Electrical Expo-
sition a meter was shown which would
measure a current of 88,000 amperes.
Lord Kelvin devised an instrument,
which, as now perfected, will measure
a current of one fifty-four millionths of
an ampere ; and such a current as is
formed by dipping the tip of a brass
pin and of a steel needle, connected
with the galvanometer, into a drop of
salt water, will cause the needle to
swing clear across the scale. The
radio-micrometer constructed by Prof.
Vernon Boys, is so delicate that it will
detect and register the rise of tempera-
ture through one-millionth of a degree.
This extraordinary device will measure
the radiant heat given off by a candle
flame two miles away ! It is merely a
loop of wire suspended by a delicate
quartz fiber between the poles of a
magnet, the circuit bemg closed by a
piece of antimony and a piece of bis-
muth soldered to a minute disc of cop-
per foil. Similar instruments have been
constructed to measure a microvolt
(r«uo of 3- volt) and the resistance of the
one-millionth of an ohm. A mile of No.
10 copper wire has a resistance of
about an ohm.
The figures and comparisons convey
no very vivid idea of the micro-cosmic
world into which they penetrate. By
means of defraction gradings, that is,
fine lines ruled upon glass — and it is
possible to rule these as high as 120,000
lines to the inch — fractional wave
lengths so infinitesimal that 2,500,000
of them laid alongside of each other
would only make an inch, can be de-
tected. Supposing that it were possi-
ble to draw out the little gold dollar of
our currency into a wire one-twenty-
five-hundred-millionth of an inch in di-
ameter (one-two-and-a-half-billion ths),
that wire would be long enough to
stretch to the sun and back again 10,000
times.
Reaching to such an extreme degree
of tenuity, it would seem as if the
groping physicist might be somewhere
near the fundamental mystery of the
constitution of atoms and molecules ;
and yet that mystery would be still
locked in every infinitesimal portion of
this minute wire.
Polarization of Electric Rays.
Prof. J. Chunder Bose of Calcutta
recently lectured before the Royal
Institution in London on " The Polari-
zation of the Electric Ray." He de-
scribed the apparatus designed by
himself for experimenting with electric
waves, by means of which, he said, ex-
periments in electric radiation could
be carried on with as much certainty
as could experiments with ordinary
light. He performed experiments illus-
trating the number of properties pos-
sessed in common by light waves and
electric waves. He exhibited the
power of selective absorption to elec-
tric rays displayed by many substances,
pointing out that while water, for ex-
ample, which was a conductor, stopped
them, liquid air, which was a bad con-
ductor, was quite transparent to them.
He showed that various crystals could
polarize electric rays just as they did
ordinary light, and proved that sub-
stances under pressure and strain
could produce double refraction in them
as did glass under the same conditions
in light. Tourmaline, he said, was use-
less for electric rays, but a lock of
human hair was extraordinarily effi-
cient, and ordinary jute formed a good
polarizer.
riagnetism and Light.
Zeeman, of Amsterdam, has recently
discovered a curious influence exer-
cised by the magnetic field upon the
period of light emitted by a flame. He
introduced into an oxyhydrogen flame,
placed between the poles of a Ruhm-
korff's electro-magnet, a filament of
asbestos soaked in common salt. The
light of the flame was examined with a
Rowland's grating. Whenever the cir-
cuit was closed, both D lines were seen
to widen. To eliminate possible sources
of error in this experiment, another
experiment was made by heating sodium
strongly in a tube of biscuit porcelain,
closed at both ends, by plane parallel
glass plates. The tube was placed
horizontally between the poles of th^
magnet, at right angles to the lines of
force. The light of an arc lamp was
sent through. The absorption spec-
trum showed both d lines. Excitation
of the magnet caused immediate widen-
ing of the lines. It thus appears very
probable that the period of sodium
light is altered in \he magnetic field.
Zeeman considers that the true ex-
planation of these results is afforded
by the theory of electrical phenomena
propounded by Prof. Lorentz. Accord-
ing to this theory, there are in all
bodies small molecular elements charged
with electricity, and all electrical pro-
cesses are to be referred to the equilib-
rium or motion of these "ions." Zee-
man considers that in the magnetic
field the forces directly acting upon
the ions suffice for the explanation of
the phenomena. Prof. Lorentz, when
consulted on this subject, predicted
that the light from the edges of the '
widened lines would be found to be cir-
cularly polarized when looked at in the .
direction of the lines of force ; and,
further, that the magnitude of the
effect would lead to the determination
of the ratio of the electric charge
which the ion carries to its mass. •
These predictions were verified by ex-
periment.— London Electrical Review.
Compound and 5hunt Wound
Generators.
The successful operation of stations,
for electric lighting and power depends
largely on the automatic regulation,
not only of the speed of the prime
movers, but also of the E. M. P. of the
generators. In both of these essential
features the last few years have brought
forth marked development, in conse-
quence of which we are now enabled to
install plants for electric lighting and '
power, in which the speed of the en-' '
gines will not vary more than li per
cent from the normal, when the full
load is suddenly thrown on or off, while
the builders of dynamo machinery can
and do supply us with generators which
are almost absolutely self-regulating as
to E. M. P. A modern constant po-
tential generator will not only compen-
sate automatically for the variable
losses due to armature reaction and
internal resistance, but it can be made
to give an E. M. P. at the brushes
which, under varying conditions of
load, will be such as to compensate not
only for the variable losses in the ma-
chine itself, but also those due to the ,
resistance of the external circuit.
The success which has thus been at-
tained in the automatic regulation of
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.constant potential generators is largely
due to the careful study and applica-
tion of compound winding ; and while
but a few years since nearly all of the
larjfe stations were equipped with
plain shunt-wound generators, we find
that these have now been superseded
by the compound- wound type in al-
most every class of service. — Journal
Franklin Inst.
Mechanical Progress.
A Sidereal Clock.
The sidereal clock at the Greenwich
Observatory is in an underground room
called the magnetic basement, where
it ticks its seconds as prescribed by the
"clock" stars. This reference to the
"clockstars" — fixed stars, slightly over
two hundred in number, which are used
in determining sidereal time, brings up
the transit circle, the most important
instrument in the observatory, and one
of the most interesting. It consists of
a large telescope, the outside of which
is not unlike a great cannon, as it is of
solid iron. It is supported by trun-
nions, which allow the telescope to be
elevated oc depressed, to point north
or south, and to make a complete revo-
lution, but never to diverge from the
north and south line. The magnifying
power of this instrument is not very
great, but its tield of view is large, so
that it admits plenty of light, for it is
not intended as a searcher after or for
gazing at celestial objects, but for
noting the exact time at which stars
and planets pass south and north of
Greenwich. Upon looking through
this telescope is noted what seems to
be a vertical row of iron bars placed
at equal distances from each other.
They are, however, spiders' webs, the
center one, passing through the focus
of the object glass, being the meridian
line. By observing the time at which
the "clock stars" pass over these
web lines, or "wires" as they are
called, is sidereal time regulated. The
adjustment of the instrument has to be
extremely exact in order to obviate
error. The slightest thing will put it
out, even so small a matter as too much
sunshine.
On one occasion the correction for a
level error in the instrument having
become inconveniently large, owing,
apparently, to a subsidence of the
eastern support, about a ton weight of
stone was placed on the western pier.
But this having no effect, the stones
were removed and a sheet of very thin
paper was placed under the support
on the eastern side, by which means
the error was corrected.
To Shut Off Steam Instantly.
It sometimes happens in a large fac-
tory, run by steam power, that a man
gets caught in the belting, some tool
drops into a machine, a shaft is broken,
or some other accident happens whicii
renders the instant stoppage of the en-
gine desirable. In the few minutes re-
quired to pass the word along to the
engineer a life may be lost, or machin-
ery may be damaged to the extent of
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dol-
lars. To cope with situations like this
a device has been invented to be at-
tached to the engine itself, but actu-
ated instantly by an electric wire from
any part of the building. At various
convenient stations the wire is provided
with a button, like those commonly
used on electric call bells. So long as
the buttons are let alone, nothing will
happen, but if any one of them be
pressed for' the tenth part of a second,
that operation will immediately shut off
steam. The current in the wire, when
the button is pressed, energizes an
electro-magnet on the engine, and the
attractive power of the magnet throws
up the arms of the governor and shuts
the valve admitting steam to the en-
gine. This electric apparatus can also
be made to work automatically with a
slight increase of speed in the engine,
and thus^prevent racing, bursting of
flywheels and other mishaps. The Trl-
hune says the invention has been fully
tested, and is now about to be manu-
I factured for the market in Springfield,
I Mass.
I TiiEKt: have been built in the United
States in 18!l(i 3H,000 cars more than
the total of two years ago, yet the to-
tal is still below the lowest of any year
before 1891, for which we have figures
that are comparable. These go back
to 1S88, and the lowest total in that
period is in 1893, when ,^)(i,!HlO cars were
reported built, or about tiUUU more than
in 1K9G. But one of the large com-
panies, whose output is included this
year, did not report in 1893, so that
the dift'erence is actually larger. Com-
I paring with 1890, the best year for car
' building in the last decade (the best for
locomotive builders also), we find that
the 189li output was not half that of
the earlier year, when 11I3,UU0 cars
were built. In both 1891 and 1892 also
the contracting shops turned out with-
in 4ll()U of 1UU,0(JII cars.
H.v.M.MF.KS are represented on the
monuments of Egypt, twenty centuries
before our era. They greatly resem-
bled the hammers now in use, save that
there were no claws on the back for the
extraction of nails. The first hammer
was undoubtedly a stone held in the
hand. Claw hammers were invented
some time during the Middle Ages.
Illuminated manuscripts of the eleveath
century represent carpenters with
claw hammers. Hammers are of all
sizes, from the dainty instruments used
by the jeweler, which weigh less than
half an ounce, to the gigantic fifty-ton
hammer of ship-building establish-
ments, some of which weigh as much as
fifty tons and have a falling force of
from ninety to one hundred. Every
trade has its own hammer and its own
way of using it.
In England much attention is given
to shorthand, especially for reports for
newspapers. It is quite the rule that
every man connected with a newspaper,
as an editor or reporter is a trained
writer of shorthand, an accomplish-
ment made necessary by the practice
of printing very full reports of speeches
delivered in Parliament or on the plat-
form. It has not yet come into any-
thing like universal use, as with us, for
business correspondence, but is grow-
ing into popularity since the typewrit-
ing machine began to make its way ;
neither is it employed in courts of law
for taking verbatim reports of testi-
mony, this duty being still assumed by
the judge, in accordance with old-time
usage.
E. T. Paine, of Boston, on March
9th, on a train on the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad,
broke all previous records between
Washington and Wilmington. .Mr.
Paine's wife was dying in Boston, and
Mr. Paine chartered the train in Wash-
ington at $2 per minute, and offered a
bonus for every minute clipped oS the
record. The distance between Wash-
ington and Philadelphia is 135 miles,
and it was covered in 132 minutes.
Two three-minute stops were made to
cool journals. It took the train but
30 minutes to make the 34 miles be-
tween Perryville and Wilmington.
In the trial of the compressed air
motors on 125th Street line in New
York, the cars have made regular daily
trips for nearly eight months, have
successfully completed a total mileage
of 23,183 miles, and carried about 138,-
650 passengers. An accurate account
has been taken of the daily consumption
of air, as well as the consumption dur-
ing each trip, and the motors have
demonstrated, not alone their practi-
cability, but also their economy.
The longest turntable in the world
was completed recently at East Al-
bany for the New York Central. It is
intended not only for locomotives, but
for sleeping and long private cars. It
is 682 feet in length, and its construc-
tion required 431 yards of concrete in
the center of the table. As evidence of
how nicely it is adjusted, a boy fourteen
years of age turned one of the com-
pany's heaviest locomotives on it with
but little effort, so perfect is its me-
chanical adjustment.
Practical Information.
Economic Value of Fruit Stones.
The seeds or stones of many fruits
which would apparently seem useless
have some economic value, and in this
connection we are speaking chiefly of
those which are often thrown away.
In certain parts of Egypt the date
stones are boiled to soften them, and
the camels and cattle are fed upon
them. They are calcined by the
Chinese, and enter into the composition
of their Indian ink. In Spain they are
burnt and powdered for dentifrice, and
vegetable ivory nuts are applied to the
same purposes. Some species of At-
talea nuts are burned in Brazil to
blacken the raw caoutchouc or india-
rubber. The seed or stone of the tam-
arind is sometimes prescribed in India
in cases of dysentery as a tonic, and in
the form of an electuary. In times of
scarcity the natives eat them after be-
ing roasted and soaked for a few hours
in water; the dark outer skin comes
off, and they are then boiled or tried.
An oil has been obtained from this
seed. The seed of the carob bean is
ground up as food for cattle, and is used
in Algeria, when roasted, as coffee.
The new Panama Canal Company,
which is now said to be quietly but
steadily working upon the construction
of a lock canal, was organized in Paris
on October 1, 1894, just in time to
save the concession from Colombia,
which expired on October 31, 1894.
Stockholders subscribed $4,000,000 to-
ward the work, and from some of the
thieving promoters of the old company
a further sum of $3,400,000 was forced.
The report of the Commission of Dutch,
Belgian and French engineers, sub-
mitted in May, 1890, estimates that a
lock canal could be built for $180,000,000,
including interest on the investment
and 20 per cent for contingencies. The
estimated traffic was 1,000,000 tons for
the first year and 6,000,000 tons twelve
years after the opening of the canal.
The latter amount would yield $12,-
250,000 annually in net tolls, which
would be about 25 per cent higher than
the tolls on the Suez canal. The esti-
mated value of work done and plant on
hand was $90,000,000. The United
States of Colombia has granted a
further concession extending the time
of completion to 1904. Under the
present administration it is claimed
that the strictest economy is being
practiced and the latest devices for
cheaply handling earth and rock are
being introduced.
Three useful things to have in the
house as a provision in case of wounds
not sufficiently serious to necessitate a
doctor, are a spool of adhesive plaster,
some iodoform gauze and a package of
carbolated absorbent cotton. Cleanse
and dry as nearly as may be the cut
surface with a wad of the cotton, using
moderate pressure, and elevating the
part if necessary to check the flow of
blood. Do not apply any water. Bring
the cut surfaces together as accurately
as possible and retain them there with
as few and as narrow strips of the
plaster as will suffice, cutting them of a
good length. Then cover the wound
with a dozen or so thicknesses of the
iodoform gauze, which should extend an
inch beyond the wound. Over the gauze
apply a liberal layer of the absorbent
cotton, allowing it to extend beyond
the gauze. The cotton may be kept in
place by a bandage, or a part of the
leg of a stocking may be drawn over it.
Moderate pressure, if evenly distribu-
ted, is helpful. The pressure of a string
is hurtful. Keep the part moderately
elevated and take care that there is no
constriction of the limb above the
wound.
Russia has under consideration the
establishment of a gigantic water-
way from India to St. Petersburg.
Prom the confines of Afghanistan, this
route would pass by the Amou Darya,
and across the Caspian sea to reach, by
way of the Volga and the Marie river
system, the capital and the Baltic. The
whole project depends on the possibility
of diverting anew the waters of the
Amou Darya in their ancient bed, lead-
ing to the Caspian. After the occupa-
tion of Krasnovodsk in 1869, and the
capture of Khiva in 1873, a number of
expeditions were sent into the Turco-
man Steppes to examine the ancient
Ijeds of the Amou Darya. After Lieut.
General A. Glonkhovskoi's five years of
unceasing labor, the expedition re-
ported in favor of the restoration of
the ancient bed of the majestic Amou
Darya, which would restore their an-
cient fertility to the oases of the coun-
try, and, by re-establishing the irriga-
tion of the Turcoman Steppes, would
procure for the whole region abundant
crops. The establishing an unbroken
river route from the Baltic to Afghan-
istan would open up to Russia at the
same time the markets of India, which
are up to the present inaccessible, and
would assure for the whole world the
shortest road, by the Caspian sea and
Russia, by which the commerce be-
tween the richest country of Asia and
the States of Europe would largely
benefit. Last August a new expedition
under the same direction was sent, on
the initiative of the Government, to
the valley of the Amou Darya, with the
object of ascertaining what changes
had taken place in the course of the
river since 1884, and also in its minor
channels, so that the new question of
the best direction for the course of the
river might be settled.
The practice of woman changing her
name on marriage originated from a
Roman custom and came into use after
the Roman occupation. Thus, Julia
and Octavia, married to Pompey and
Cicero, were called by the Romans
.lulia of Pompey, Octavia of Cicero, and
in later times women in most countries
signed their names in the same way,
but omitted the "of." Many persons
think that the custom originated from
the Scriptural teaching that husband
and wife are one. This was the rule of
law so far back as Bracton, and it was
decided in the case of Bon vs. Smith in
the reign of Elizabeth that a woman by
marriage loses her former name, and
legally receives the name of her hus-
band. The custom, however, is not
universal. In Spain and Portugal mar-
ried women do not take the names of
their husbands, but continue to be
known by their own. In many parts of
the United States a woman never re-
linquishes her maiden name, and is
called by it as often as by that of her
husband. Even in the rural parts of
England one often finds a married wo-
man called by her maiden name, and in
country districts of Scotland it is some-
times found that both names are used.
In many parts of Prance and Belgium
the husband's and wife's names are
used together when either of them is
used.
To ASCERTAIN whether or not a room
is damp, a pound of fresh lime should
be placed therein, after hermetically
closing doors and windows. In twenty-
four hours it should be weighed, and if
the pound has absorbed more than 1
per cent of water, the room should be
considered damp and classed as un-
healthy. The question of the dampness
of dwellings is a frequent cause of dis-
pute between landlord and tenant, and
is naturally solved in the negative by
the former. The question can be set-
tled by the test of the hydration of
lime, which will give irrefutable proof
of the validity of such complaint.
Good sandpaper will not crack when
folded double, and, when the sanded
surfaces are rubbed together, an idea
of the quality may be obtained by ob-
serving how readily the particles of
sand are detached. Sandpaper should
always be kept in a dry place. If the
back of the paper is chalked, it will
prevent its slipping when using.
The Sahara is not a barren and
worthless waste. Some time ago there
were 9,000,000 sheep in the Algerian
Sahara alone, besides 2,000,000 goats
and 260,000 camels. On the oases
there are 1,500,000 date palms.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
April 3, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA,
Amador.
RcpuhUcan: At the Anita at the depth of
500 feet drifts have been run on the ledge
north and south. The south drift has followed
the ore body for 80 feet from the shaft. The
north drift is in ore for 300 feet. The length ,
of the chute at this level is 250 feet, the j
width ranging from 3 to 8 feet. A portion of
this ledge is high-grade ore. The average of
the ledge in its entire length and width is
estimated at ®(5 per ton.
At the Alma they have been running a drift
east at the 1000-foot level to tap the ledge.
The ore was penetrated some months ago by
the diamond drill, the drillings showing a ti- j
foot ledge of good quality. The regular drift
has been extended 100 feet from the shaft. In
the early part of the week an abundance of
water was tapped, indicating that the fissure
is close by.
The McMahon, east of the Zeile, is being
prospected under a bond secured by T. H.
Rooney. Last week a quartz ledge was en-
countered at the depth of 100 feet.
The Oneida shaft is down oyer SOO feet and
making rapid progress.
The new 40-stamp mill of the Baliol Mining
Company, operating the old Maximilian mine,
east of Sutter Creek, was started last week.
Lahjcr: A. SauUan, who has been prospect-
ing on the property west of the Alma, intends
to reopen the incline and sink 100 feet this
spring.
The Union Consolidated will prospect their
ledges at the 500-foot level. They propose to
run east to the gouge ledge, about 130 feet,
and west to the Paugh, about 600 feet.
J. P. Parks, representing the company oper-
ating the Kennedy, has been trying to get a
four-year bond on the Good Hope mine, and to
pay §75,000 therefor if it should prove to be a
profitable investment after development work
bas been done. The principal owner, Mr.
Peters, refuses to accept the proposition. The
work of sinking has been resumed.
Record: Ore is being hauled from the Argo-
naut to the Zeile mill. Grading is being done
for a 40-stamp mill, which will be erected as
soon as the weather settles.
The Bay Stale mine in Plymouth district
suspended operations a couple of weeks ago.
It is understood to be the intention to resume
work again in a short time.
Mercury: At Forbestown Mr. Antram has
put his mining property into the hands of the
Pacific Mining Improvement Company for de-
velopment. They have a 12-foot ledge, the
ore low grade, but it is proposed to build a
100-stamp mill.
Charles Webb Howard of San Francisco,
who has had a bond on the Dannebroge and
and Pennsylvania mines in Brown's valley,
has complied with the conditions of the bond,
and is now the real owner of those claims.
The consideration was §35,000 for the Danne-
broge and §4000 for the Pennsylvania. N. D.
Rideout was the seller of the Dannebroge.
P. W. Page is Mr. Howard's general mana-
ger.
Kl Dorado.
(Special Correspondence). — San Francisco
parties have purchased 160 acres of gravel
property upon which a mill is to be erected
within a short time ; active work will be com-
menced in a few weeks. The property is
within five miles of town.
At the Union mine the work of running a
tunnel is progressing rapidly. The distance
run is 250 feet. It is expected that the ledge
will be cut at another 250 feet. The property
is a portion of the old Church Union, eleven
miles southwest of town, and is operated by
Judge George £. Williams.
At the Omo mine, twenty-five miles east of
Placerville, one tunnel has reached 140 feet,
and a lower one has reached 300 feet, both
on a 6-foot ledge of §10 ore. A 5-stamp mill
is just completed and within a few weeks the
plant will be in full operation.
New life is coming into the famous Indian
Diggings gravel mines which were rich pro-
ducers during the days of hydraulic mining.
Men are working the tailings through sluices
and netting from S3 to §5 per day.
Placerville, March 30th, '97.
Repithlican: Several new prospects on
Kings river, in the vicinity of Trimmer's
Springs, are reported. Among the most
promising is the Bowers lead, which is re-
ported to have been bonded for a large sum
recently. A number of other prospects also
promise well. Great interest is being taken
by the prospectors, and it is believed that the
attention of capital will soon be attracted
to that locality. The ledges are all very
large.
Inyo,
RegMer: At Darwin work is still progress-
ing at the Lane mine, now owned by the Inyo
County Mining and Development Company.
The force has been increased to fourteen men.
The new shaft is down nearly 600 feet, with
plenty of high-grade ore in sight, enough be-
ing taken out to keep a team hauling on an
average of fifteen tons to the trip each four
days. Besides which the company is doing
a lot of dead work, and have two men em-
ployed opening up the Lane Spring, in the
Darwin Wash.
The Bryan mill, at Montgomery Bros.'
camp, was started last week. About twenty-
five men are employed at the camp.
Hannaberry & Kern speak of putting up a
miil on their claims in Jail canyon.
Panamint district seems to be having a big
boom, as the roads between Panamint and
Randsburg are lined with teams. New towns
are also springing up, one being laid out at
Post Office Springs, and one with the handle
of Ballarat, a mile and a half north of Post
OfBce, has one hundred inhabitants.
K em .
CaJifornian: There is decided interest in
and about Havilah, in the mines. Several are
being developed which show fiattering re-
sults. Keysville is having a small boom of
late. The mines there are turning out good
ore.
Prom all indications Piute mountain will
have a boom. There are large, well-defined
ledges, and many minor ledges from 1 to 3
feet, that bear very rich quartz, and the
miners are patiently waiting for the snow to
disappear to resume work.
A stamp mill is to be built on the Surplus
mine, there being sufBcient ore in sight to
keep a mill running for some time, and it is of
a high grade.
The Amalie Mining Company are running
their mill daily with good results.
H. W. Blaisdell is coming back to Havilah
to resume operations in the mines there.
Hern and San Bernardino.
(Special Correspondence). — The activity in
mining circles which has characterized the
past year has not abated. At Virginia Dale,
Randsburg, Kramer, Needles, IProvidence,
Picacho and other points a great amount of
businesslike development work is being done,
and in each of the camps above mentioned
there are from one to half a dozen mines that
are paying very well. At Randsburg the
town lot boom which held sway in the bus-
tling camp a few weeks ago has entirely sub-
sided, but there is no decrease in the number
of inquiries for safe mining propositions. It
is expected a large force will soon be put on
to work the Rand group of mines, and Reddy,
one of the owners, says a 30-stamp mill will
soon be put in at the foot of the incline, five
miles from the mines, where a water supply
can be easily obtained. In this camp are
many idle men, who came expecting to secure
employment. There is a shortage of capital
and an excess of workmen in all that section.
San Bernardino, March 29th, '07. G.
Transcript: The steam pump ordered for
the Summit mine has arrived and is being
placed in position with all possible haste. It
will pump from the shaft at the rate of 400
gallons of water every minute, which with
the other pump already at work will probably
free the mine of water down to the 300 level
in a week. The water has risen in the shaft
280 feet and was still rising. It is not known
whether the water comes from a large under-
ground waterway or is an indication that a
big ledge of quartz is not far from where the
body of water was tapped by the machine
drills.
Union: In the California mine Supt. Dana
Harmon has the tunnel now in 1640 feet and it
is calculated to strike tne vein when the tun-
nel is pushed ahead another 150 feet. This
will give about 600 feet of backs, and will be
the deepest working ever done in that section
of the county.
Jflacer.
SButinel: The New 5-stamp mill at the
Mountain Maid quartz mine is now running
day and night. This mine is located near
You Bet. The main tunnel is in about 400
feet on the ledge. A crosscut has been made
showing a width of 25 feet for the ledge with-
out having either hanging or foot wall. At
the end of the main tunnel they have 150 feet
of backs. By sinking on the ledge to the
level of Bear river the backs would be in-
creased to 500 feet. The ledge contains
streaks of high-grade ore, but as the entire
ledge matter is run through the mill it makes
a low-grade proposition. The rock is dark,
almost what might be called a porphyry dike,
and is such that two men in the tunnel more
than keep a o-stamp mill running.
The French Hill quartz mine in Spanish Dry
Diggings district, near Butcher ranch, has
been sold to J. H. Galey of Pittsburgh Pa.,
for S40,000. The mine was the property of
State Printer A. J. Johnston, and the sale
was negotiated by Col. W. R. Wallace of
Auburn. Mr. Galey is a large stockholder
in the Standard Oil Company. A 10-stamp
mill is on the ground and a concentrator has
arrived at Auburn. The ledge is about 40
feet in width and prospects well in free gold.
The sulphurets are rich.
At a depth of 260 feet in the Occidental mine
at Grizzly Plat gravel has been encountered.
Supt. Wm. Cameron expects to reach bedrock
by sinking the shaft 60 feet farther. The
Occidental adjoins the Morning Star mine.
At the quartz mine on the old Brokaw place,
east of Auburn, purchased from C. F. Reed by
James E. and John T. Walsh, a perpendicular
shaft is being sunk. Some weeks ago these
gentlemen took nearly $1000 from a rich
stringer.
One-half interest in the Bell Union mine
has been sold for 14000 to P. A. Hart. The
mine is owned principally by H. M. Bayne
and is situated on the American river, near
Auburn. The ledge is 4 feet thick and has
been cut in many difEerent places.
At Westville the Herman mine is working
twenty-five men and is paying well, if not
better than ever. Supt. O. L. Barton says
as soon as the road can be opened the company
will put in a compressor to run the new tunnel
to tap the main ledge 400 feet lower. Every-
thing looks favorable for putting ten more
stamps in the mill this coming summer.
The Avalon gravel mine at New York
canyon, east of Westville, is working seven
men. Supt. Worden expects soon to strike
through into gravel.
Supt. B. Denton of the Sailor Canyon gravel
mine says that the mine has been bonded to a
German syndicate in San Francisco for a large
sum.
Italian Bar mining district bids fair to be a
prosperous camp in the near future, as some
eight or ten locations have been made in
quartz this season, and all seem to show -good
prospects and can be opened with very little
capital.
Hobsou, Ward & Co. have closed down their
mine until spring, when they will reopen on a
larger scale.
There is beyond a doubt going to be a boom
among the mines in this vicinity this summer,
especially among quartz mines, as they seem
to be more numerous than gravel.
Argm: At Blue Canyon the proprietors of
the Van Avery mine are getting their new
concentrator in place. Work in the tunnel
will be taken up again as soon as the weather
becomes more favorable.
Work in the Redstone mine still remains
suspended on account of deep snow.
Plumas.
NationaJ-BuUetin: The Plumas Imperial
mine has developed and is now working an
immense bank of auriferous gravel. The bank
is 100 feet high, 80 feet of which is excellent
appeai:ing channel wash, the remaining 20
feet being strata of pipe clay. The channel is
about 1200 feet wide. Hydraulicking is pro-
ceeding steadily.
M. P. Peterson has returned to the Sunny-
side on the North Fork, on which work will
soon be resumed.
San Bernardino and' Riverside.
(Special Correspondence).~In the AUrginia
Dale district, on the desert east of San Ber-
nardino, there are perhaps 600 or 700 men in a
region twelve by sixteen miles, and a great
deal of quiet work is being done. Dale City,
platted three weeks ago, is the business cen-
ter, and already has a couple of stores, a
saloon, blacksmith shop, postoffice, a wagon
line to the railroad, etc. The town is located
at the point heretofore known as Lyons
Wells, and the site was chosen on account of
the water supply the place afforded. The San
Francisco company which lately acquired the
old Virginia Dale mine at this place has
erected a 40-ton mill, which was started up
this week and is said to be working satisfac-
torily. This plant will be a great thing for
the district, as it will do custom work most of
the time. Development work hereabouts has
been greatly retarded by the absence of mill-
ing facilities, but will go forward right well
under the new order of things. The 2-stamp
mill of the North Star Company started up
again this week. For several months this
company has been doing systematic develop-
ment work and a short time ago an expert
reported §120,000 worth of ore in sight. The
Leoti mine is also paying handsomely. The
district contains several other notable prop-
ties,' which will be mentioned in a future
letter.
At Twenty-nine Palms, on the desert east
of San Bernardino, the Desert Mining and
Milling Co., under the superintendency of
Mr. Mudge, have erected a 10-stamp mill,
which was billed to start up some time this
week. The mines of this group contain a
great deal of rebellious ore, and the same
company is figuring on the erection of a cya-
nide plant with fifty tons daily capacity at an
early day.
At the Iron Chief mine, forty miles north-
east of Walters station, on the Southern Pa-
cific, Beach, Moore, Stephens & Stewart have
a great deal of high-grade ore on the dump.
Shipments to the Selby smelter will be made
shortlv-
At the old Santa Rosa mine, near Perns,
Riverside county, sixteen employes have sued
the company for back wages in sums ranging
from 150 to §200.
A large body of very rich ore has been
opened up in the lower workings of the Green
Lead mine at Holcomb Valley. The 10-stamp
mill will be started up at once.
The old Good Hope mine, near Perris, Riv-
erside county, cleaned up §11,000 last Satur-
day as the result of a two weeks' run. Under
the management of Mr. Sigafus the property
seems to be paying handsomely.
The late run of ore from the Alice mine,
same district, gave good returns. G.
San Bernardino, March 30th, '97.
San Diego.
Union : At Julian the Helvetia has been
idle, but work is expected to begin again this
week.
Delgrove & Phillips are having fifty tons of
ore hauled from the North Star mine to the
Ready Relief mill.
Parley Bros. & Co. are sinking a shaft on
their mine, the Gold Cup, in Banner. They
are down 50 feet and are taking out good ore.
F. O. Potter has sold the Paddock mine to
J. W. Brenning of San Diego.
Shasta.
Free Press ; The success of the Mountain
Copper Company is now assured. By the
shipment of three and one-half cars of matte
per day the output of the smelter will equal
the cost of operating the great plant each
day. With two furnaces in operation this
output is easily acquired. Operations have
been retarded by the work of developing the
mine at Iron Mountain. The Mountain Cop-
per Company have been running their No. 1
furnace steadily and on Wednesday com-
pleted the repairs on furnace No. 2 and
started it running. Furnace No. 3 is well
under way, but will not be ready for opera-
tion for some time. At this time nine train
loads of ore are delivered at the roasting
plant every twenty-four hours from the mine.
The train is composed of ten cars of a capacity
of eight tons each. The development of the
mine shows that with the consumption of 3000
tons of ore each day there is sufficient ore in
sight to last for twenty-five years. With an
output of 3000 tons of ore per day from the
mine it will be sufttcient to supply ten fur-
naces of equal capacity of those now in opera-
tion.
Free Press : A rich strike was recently made
in the Ballou mine on the south fork of Clear
creek. The property belongs to E. L. Ballou,
but is under bond to Senator John P. Jones of
Nevada, who has been developing the prop-
erty for several months past. The strike was
made in the 350-foot level, or 150 feet below
the old workings. A ledge of ore ^hich runs
from 2 to 3 feet in width was encountered.
C. G. Crowell, manager for the company
who own the Mad Mule mine near Whisky-
town, intends starting work upon a new tun-
nel upon the property.
The National Mining Company has just com-
pleted a mile of road around the hill to the
Garfield mine, and the mill will soon be run
by electric power.
Mr. Hill of the Mountain Copper Company
holds a bond on the Balla Klallala or Win.dy
Camp mines, on which he will soon commence
development work.
At Copley an extension of the pipe line for
Dr. W. H. Garlick will be built to increase
the pressure at the electric power house near
Bull's Bar, and power furnished the National
Mining Company on Rich gulch.
Searchlight: The Mammoth mine of Old
Diggings, owned principally by Samuel Sche-
ney of San Francisco, will shortly resume op-
erations on a large scale. Two hundred tons
of ore are now on the dump.
A meeting of the leading mine owners of
the Harrison gulch section was held in Red
Bluff last week, among those present being
Captain Roberts, J.W. Frank and others own-
ing valuable interests. It was decided to in-
corporate as a mining company and withdraw
the mines from the market. The company
will organize with a capitalization of §800,000.
The Crown Point Consolidated Gold Milling
and Mining Company completed its two ore
dumpsjast week. The new road to the mine
is completed, and shipping ore will commence
at once.
John M. Pfeiffer last week sold his mine at
Lower Springs for $1000 to E. W. Brackett
and Wm. A. Spark.
Sierra.
The Enterprise learns that the company who
have the control of the Bigelow mine, at Si-
erra City, intend erecting a large mill on the
mine in the near future.
Siskiyou.
News: Doggett, Craig, Harbaugh and R.
M. Walker are running a tunnel on the old
Pioneer mine in Quartz Valley.
The Columbia mine on old Baldy is being
worked night and day, about twenty-five men
being employed in extracting ore, while the
mill is kept running steadily.
Winsell, Clute & Neil, who have leased
the Thompson mine on Hungry creek, are
piping night and day on a 45-foot bank.
A. S. Smith, of San Francisco, has leased of
Dave Horn a strip of ground on Cottonwood
creek above Hornbrook, and is making prepa-
rations to prospect the old channel. He is now
working a crew of some ten or twelve men
and expects soon to be able to double the
force.
The Belcher Placer Mining Company has
been incorporated, with William Baptist,
president, and W. J. Bennett secretary and
treasurer. Their properties at present con-
sist of nineteen claims or about 2000 acres of
placer ground, some of which are in active
operation at the present time. A large part
of their property is located in the Salmon
River country.
Reporter: At Scott Bar the Columbia is
working over twenty men, and are taking
out good ore. The 5-stamp mill is kept
busy and it is reported that five stamps more
will be added in the near future.
William Chamberlain will resume work on
the Mabel mine as soon as his co-owner. Dr.
A. J. Timmons, returns from the East. The
Mabel is an extension of the Columbia.
At Nolton the Seattle Company's pipe is
running day and night. They have eight
men in their employ.
Below Happy Camp, the Kanaka Flat mines
have been located by Dr. Gregory and Mr.
Brown, with the water rights for working it.
AtMilliken's Bar is a high bench or bar
which J. Friedland Rolls &. Co. have located,
with water to work. They are now prospect-
ing by drifting and getting excellent returns.
Trinity.
Keddiug Searchlight: On the Bloss & Mc-
Cleary properties at Trinity Center the area
of gold-bearing gravel is 1060 acres, compris-
ing four channels on a succession of benches
from the river to the top of the mountain. All
these channels carry value, and the gravel in
the upper one is 90 feet in depth. Gravel is
being worked now with 2100 inches of water
which is brought to the ground by two
ditches, one six miles and the other three
miles in length. The volume of water will
be increased to almost 5000 inches during the
present year, and a ditch and flume to open
up the deposit from the river, about three-
fourths of a mile in length, will also be added
shortly. A fall of 600 feet can be utilized.
Redding Free Press : G. L. Carr, of Carr-
ville, is operating an old discovery called the
Blue Jacket. Upon the surface he found a
ledge of ore which was 40 feet in width.
He began a tunnel, which, when it strikes
the ledge, will be 300 feet in length and will
tap the ore body at a depth of 120 feet.
On the Forget-Me-Not mine -Mr. Carr has
run over 1000 feet of tunnels and has a ledge
of ore 4 feet in width which will average
§12 per' ton, and which he has tapped at a
depth of 200 feet.
Journal : On the La Grange ditch exten-
sion tunnel twenty-four men are working
steadily and the tunnel is being driven ahead.
As soon as the weather permits a force of
men will be put on to complete the ditch to
Stuart's Fork. There yet remain about
eight miles of flaming to bring the water to
the tunnel.
Bert Kellogg is running the arrastra on his
mine on Kingsbury gulch on high-grade rock.
Hawksley & Mack are surveying a ditch
from the Hay Pork creek to carry 2000 inches
of water for mining and irrigating purposes.
The placer mines are working the usual
April S, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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number of men with good results. On the
MouDtala View mine, owned by Pragmore &
Duncan, the arraslra is running on good ore.
TaolomDC
rnion-lteinorrnt: At Ihc Kawhide the pres-
ent force consists of tOU men but the number
will be Increascil when the weather will per-
mit fuel to be lauded on the property to move
some maobinerv which is at present Idle. In
the main shah sinking has been resumed
from tbe 1000 level and will bo continued to
the 1900. The exact ilepth attained up to
date la t05U feet. The ledge at ibis point
carries a uniform width of :iu feet of well de-
tlaed quart/..
On the App all tbe force possible bus been
i-ooeentratcd at the SOO, where crosacuttinn,
drifting and sloping is being carried on. The
ledge on this level where being sloped out
shows 20 feet of well defined quurU.
On the Santa Ysabcl sinking in shaft three
still continues from the 000 level. Upraising
on the Mascot vein Is carried on toward the
100 orossculting connection. Work on the new
mill Is very slow, owing to ordered material
and supplies still being lied up at Oakdale.
At the Dutch crosscutting and drifting on
ore body in the :i00 level continues. On the
'MO stoping in ore is being carried on.
At ibe Ml. JefTerson the main shaft is down
'JS) feet, and has been abandoned by •!. N.
Meighan. the manager, who has commenced
the sinking of a new shaft. Tbe vein is a
strong one, and the ore assays high in free
gold and sulphurets.
On the Wonder mine at Big Oak Flat a
■Vttanip mill has been erected on tbe mine.
It has uu ore chute 10 feet in thickness and of
unknown length on the north end, and another
UD tbe south end.
Considerable surface work has been done on
the Gold Bug and an ore chute of both high
and low grade has been developed and is
known to extend not less than 40U feet in
length.
The Accident, which joins the Longfellow on
the north end, is owned by Wra. and Arthur
.lames, and has from U to V2 feel of ore thai
will work $11 per ton in free gold.
The Longfellow mine is tionded by Dr. J.
U. U. iioberts ,.t Co. Some rich ore has been
struck in an incline shaft about 100 feel south
of the main shaft.
NKVADA.
Salt Lake 'iV(''ini»-; The April Fool is re-
ported running along steadily, as is also the
Magnolia, at which the recent strike was
registered, and there *is not an idle main in
the camp.
Victor M. Clement is engaged in au examin-
ation of the De Lamar mine. The prevail-
ing opinion is that the examination is in behalf
of a foreign syndicate which has in view the
purchase of the property, although there is
a theory that the Captain has ordered the
measurement that he may have definite
knowleilge of the value ef the ore bodies that
are now blocked out. Should a sale take
place, tlie figure will not be less than fiS.UOO,-
000, as that amount was refused when Charles
M. Kolker made the examination of the mine
last season and recommended that his syndi-
cate take it up at this figure. Meanwhile tbe
new machinery that will largely increase the
capacity of the mill is being put on the
ground as rapidly as possible, and thirty days
later over NUOO tons a month will be going
through the plant.
OK KG ON.
TiitKs: Carson ^: Son are running a drift in
their placer mine on Oscar creek, Josephine
county, and have reached a depth of ^iOO feet.
They "have struck an old channel and are tak-
ing out good pay,
A deal has been closed by the Ollala Mining
Company for the purchase of a large area of
ground on the Ollala river, Douglas county,
and work vrill be pushed. Portland parties
are interested.
The mines in Evans creek district are being
run on full lime with a good supply of water;
also those on Pleasant creek.
The recent strike at the head of Pleasant
creek is attracting considerable attention.
B^ourteen claims have already been located on
the lode.
A. W. Sturgis of Forest creek made a partial
cleanup a few days since, after a five weeks
run. Nearly $2100 worth of gold dust was
taken out.
The carload of quartz from the Taylor .Sc
Crow mine on T^ost Flat, Josephine county,
which was crushed at the Hicks mill at Ash-
land last week, yielded S2,5UU. There were
thirteen tons of .the ore. The carload crushed
before produced nearly ;i!3,000.
i'onrir.r: There are twelve men employed on
the Horn-Silsby-Tucker placers on the Illinois
river. Considerable work has been done on
the new ditch, strengthening it against the
snowfall in the raountaius, but they will have
water for working the year around.
The HamptoQ-lLewis placers on Upper Grave
creek keep sixteen men busy. Extensive
preparations have been going on at these
mines for two years and now they are about
ready to run six monitors steady. A race
12O0 feet long has just been completed. It is
paved with railroad iron to resist the cutting
process of boulders.
Baker City Dcmovrat : The shaft at the
Virginia Consolidated mine lacks only a few
feel of being down to the depth intended be-
fore crosscutting to the Virtue ledge -jOU feet.
•It is the intention of the owners of tbe
Columbia mine to at once commence deep sink-
ing. A vertical shaft 400 or 5U0 feet will be
sunk.
The Bradbury Bros, have sold their property
north of the Flagstaff mine to J. W. McCoy,
manager of the Perry mine, for §S,000.
The Grant Mining" Company will carry on
placer mining operations in Granite district
the coming season on a very extensive scale,
having reservoirs and ditches of large capa-
city already consti'ucted. It is expected the
oompaoy will employ upwards of 100 men in
Its several claims.
The machinery necessary for the erection of
the smelter at Quartzburg was shipped some
time ago. Tbe smelter will enable the miners
of that district to realize a good value on ore
from mines that otherwib« would remain un-
profitable.
nrtwnian: In the Cracker district, in Baker
county. In the Eureka and Excelsior mine a 20-
stamp mill is working. The cost of mining
and milling has been brought to a little less
than ^3 a ton. The plant handles about
seventy tons of ore a day. The ore Is not free
milling, as the gold is iii the sulphurets. The
lode is from 20 to fully 200 feet in width ; the
milling ore runs from 2 to lu feet in width.
On the North Pole the lode is tapped by
two tunnels, the second being 400 feet lower
than the drst. The upper tunnel exposes an
ore chute 600 feel long, with milling ore vary-
ing from 2 to 15 feet in winth. The plant on
the mine consists of a 10-ton furnace; ten
stamps, and a complete cyanide plant with a
'opacity of over twenty-five tons of ore a day.
WASHINGTON.
SpitH€>'man-R(cHw : On theColville reserva-
tion many mines are being worked.
The Green Mining and Development Com-
pany has been formed in Walla VVatIa for the
purpose of developing the Blue creek gold
mines. The capital stock is placed at f 1,000,000.
The Palmer mountain tunnel at Loomis is
now in the mountain 2.10 feet. Inside of sixty
days the machinery for the new air com-
pressor will be in position, which will increase
the weekly progress to about 40 feet.
The owners of the Kalaumzoo group are still
developing the rich copper-iron capping on the
Johnny Bull, and the size of the ledge is not
yet definitely ascertained.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Spokane fV(r'iM(i/f: From 1000 to 1200 men
will find employment in the mines around
CJrand Forks this summer.
Judge Spanks has let a contract for a r>0-
foot shaft on the Groy Eagle.
The Olive Mining and Smelting Company,
which owns the Volcanic on the North Fork of
Kettle river, willstart work about April 15th,
with a large force of men. The company
already has a tunnel in M'lO feet and several
shafts from 10 to 20 feet deep. It is the
intention to erect a smelter as soon as suffi-
cient development work is done.
The final payment has been made on the
Mother Lode claim in Deadwood camp. The
total sum paid is Sl(),Of)0.
The Placer gold excitement has abated some
at Salmo as nearly all the ground in that
vicinity has been staked and the owners are
now waiting till a thaw comes to see what
their claims contain.
On the Deer Park mine at Rossland, the
shaft will be pumped out and the work of
sinking renewed. It is intended to sink until
the ;iOO-foot level is reached.
A member of the Goodersham-Blockstock
syndicate in Toronto, informs the people there
that the War Eagle Company has contracted
for a large amount of material and the
machinery for their smelter at Northport.
The sale of the Homestake, li. E. Lee and
Maid of Erin by Mr. Linnard to an English
syndicate has been definitely settled and Mr.
Linnard has taken a large interest in the
property himself and will return at once
and act as manager cf the property. One of
the provisions of the sale was that a smelter
should be erected this sprmg. The smeller
will be located on the Maid of Erin ground
and will be 850 tons capacity.
The Payne mine is shipping sixty tons of
ore a day, which is more than any other Slocan
property has ever shipped.
The Silver King mine is employing ISO men
at the mine and smelter. At the mine a
large rich body of ore has been unexpectedly
found in the lower tunnel, which was being
run to tap a body of ore discovered last year
by a diamond drill.
Work is being steadily pushed on the Prim-
rose group. This group is on a parallel vein
with the Silver King.
The Two Friends, Slocan property, is now
working twenty-five men, most of whom are
employed on the GOO-fool tunnel, which is
being run to tap the ledge.
Things are running full blast under the
Heinze management at the Koolenay and
Columbia mine. The face of the long tunnel
is in solid ore, which is fully s feet wide.
The present showing is at a depth of 300 feet
and it is thougtit that the ore will improve
when more depth is gained.
Spok':stmin-RctHeAV. In the Slocan the Won-
derful is working twenty-five men and the
shipments from the mine amount to one-half
car a day.
The Slocan Mining and Milling Company's
concentrator is employing fifteen men. At
present the mill is being run on Idaho ore.
The Mile Point at Ainsworth has recently
passed into the hands of the British-Canadian
Gold Fields Company. The new owners will
employ twenty men in the further develop-
ment of the property.
The British Canadian Gold Fields Company
have bonded the Howard Fraction group of
five claims on Springer creek, near the foot of
Slocan lake. The bond was for §50,000, ten
per cent of which was paid down ; $17,01)0 will
be paid October 1st. The new owners will
put fifteen men at work developing the prop-
erty at once.
UTAH.
Tribune: The plans for the projected mill
upon the La Cigale have been approved and
its construction will be commenced in the
next ten days. The mill promises to be one
of the most perfect that has been put up in
the West. The tanks will be provided with
a self-dumping device, everything will be on
a system of gravity from the time the ore
leaves the mine, and it is expected to handle
ore at less cost than has yet been accomplished
in Camp Floyd mining district. As planned,
the mill will have a capacity of 300 tons a day
with which to begin.
The mill at the Northern Light has been
started up. Six tanks have been constructed
and eighteen more will be put in as soon as
possible. With these the mill will have a
capacity for handling over 250 tons a day. The
ores at present show an average of $12.75 per
ton, with sufficient blocked out to last tbe
mill for an indefinite period.
Eureka Hcmocrttt : The shaft at the Cornu-
copia, which is being worked under the
Golden Treasure lease, is now down 254 feet,
and is being driven as fast as two shifts can
push it. It is the intention to run a drift to
the vein from the .~>00 level as soon as that
depth is reached.
Development is being pushed with as large
a force of men as can work to advantage at
the Jason Mining and Development Company's
property. Some fine looking ore was encoun-
tered this week which assayed .iO ounces in
silver.
The vein in the Domingo, adjoining the
Buckeye at Silver Uily, has widened out to
2 feet and a shipment of <."{0 ore is being pre-
pared.
Bingham lUitlcfin: Word conies from the
Last Chance mines that connection between
the British tunnel and Hooper has been made.
The Hooper is making a large showing of ore,
and a steady run of the mill is planned when-
ever the product can bo hauled.
The output of the Old Jordan i*c Galena is
likely to reach nearly 2000 tons this month, an
average of eighty tons being the present daily
shipment.
Mercur Mcn-uru ■• The Wonder has broken
into the vein.
The Brickyard crosscut is now about 1S5
feet in length, and the ore bodies hold their
own well in appearance and size. An upraise
has been made from the crosscut 20 feet all
in ore, and this, added to the 20 feel of ore
developed below, makes the vein at this point
40 feet in thickness and no hanging wall yet.
The shaft in the Gladstone is down 220 feet,
and a blue shale, heavily impregnated with
iron pyrites, is being encountered.
Tintic .l/(;((jr: In the Picnic the ore has
been struck on the ;i75-foot level, a short dis-
tance from the shaft, and shows values of
50.4 ounces silver, 4.S,5 per cent lead.
Shipments from the district for the week
are as follows: From the Bullion-Beck mine,
twenty carloads ore; Bullion-Beck mill, five
carloads concentrates; Eureka Hill mine, five
carloads concentrates ; Ajax, nine carloads
ore; Mammoth mill, eight carloads concen-
trates; North Star, two carloads ore: Dragon
iron mine, two carloads ore daily; Noon's iron
mine, one carload ore daily.
The Jason Mining Company has resumed
work on the Silver Hill. The shaft is down
SO feet, andvpill be sunk at once 100 feet
deeper. Considerable pay ore is already ex-
posed in the workings of the property.
A new strike of ore is reported this week
on the .")00-foot level of the Four Aces.
Salt Lake Tribune: At Frisco, in the Horn
Silver, the output consists of forty tons of
concentrates and as many tons of crude ore
daily. To accomplish this a force of 170 men
is required, and at no time in recent years
has the bonanza, which has presented divi-
dends amounting to *5, 130,000, presented a
better appearance.
The lost vein for which the management of
the Utah, in Deep Creek, has long been dig-
ging has been found. The success of the Utah
was among the first things to draw attention
to Deep Creek. From the grass roots the
mine has paid. At a depth of 270 feet, how-
ever, the main ore body disappeared, and since
that the sloping has been on a parallel chute.
Recently it was decided to prospect for the
vein off the station at which it was lost, and a
letter from the superintendent assures the
management thai the lost chute has been
found again.
WYOMIN(;.
Near the summit of Medicine Bow range, in
southern W^yoming, during the past year
several Eastern syndicates have become in-
terested in the camp and arrangements are
now perfected to commence active operations
on an extensive scale as soon as the season
will permit. The ore bodies in this camp are
principally a bluish quartz, carrying iron
pyrites and assays give from *0 to §12 per ton
gold.
A syndicate has. through J. W. Myers of
of Salt Lake, obtained a bond on several of
the most valuable gold and copper properties
in the Seminoe mining district, in Carbon
county, north of Rawlins. Among the prop-
erties bonded are the Penn, which was pur-
chased some fifteen years ago by the Duponts
and still belongs to the estate. A large
amount of development work has been done on
this property. A stamp mill was erected for
the purpose of treating the ores by amalgama-
tion, but proved a failure, owing to the re-
fractory character of the ore. The King,
Independence, Rawlins and Deadwood are
also included in the bond, and considerable
work has been done on these.
COLORADO.
ISOL'LUEK COUNTY.
(Special Correspondence}.— The Daleno Min-
ing and Milling Company is building a chlori-
nation mill for treating the telluride ores of
Boulder county. During the past twenty-seven
years every new process for saving the pre-
cious metals contained in the so-called refrac-
tory tellurides has been erected in this county
on a small or large scale without any marked
success. A bromine process built at a cost of
over §S0,000 by Henry R. Cassell and B. C.
Hinman of New York, metallurgists and
chemists, for the purpose of saving the gold
and silver contained in the low-grade ores of
the Keystone and Kekionga mines, the cost of
treatment not to exceed $3. .50 per ton, has
shut down after an expenditure of over
§150.000.
Prof. Cassell claims to be the inventor of
the cyanide process which he claims ha.s
proven unusually successful on several grades
of mineral that were free from the baser ore,
such as zinc, galena, copper, etc. Boulder
has had two elaborate plants built in which
cyanide was used for the purpose of extract-
ing the gold and silver from telluride ores,
and although the owners, after spending
about $lt>0,ooo, claimed the process a success,
yet both mills are shut down.
Two chlorination mills are now in course of
construction in this city, and a third, to be
known as the Boulder Ore Keduction Com-
pany, will soon begin the erection of a
plant, at a cost of $150,000. The pro-
cess to be used is chlorination and lixiviatton
and precipitation by electricity.
Chlorination has certainly been successful
in treating ores throughout" the mining dis-
tricts of the great West, but has not been
thoroughly tested on the telluride ores of
Boulder county, and until the owners demon-
strate beyond a doubt their ability to save
the amount of precious metals contained in
the low-grade (from $10 to #20) ores which are
so abundant in Boulder county, the average
miner will not enthuse to any great extent
over promises.
We have rich gold mines in Boulder county ;
our mines produce gold ore, some of it
yielding over $100 per pound. When the
pockets are encountered in the Golden Age
mine, Jamestown, the leasers often takeout
J2000 and ^tOOO in three or four days. Other
leasers pau out from $20 to ^^^} per pound from
their best ore, and retort it, then sell the
tailings or concentrates, which are caught in
a tub, for $3 or $4 per pound to the sampling
works. Such rich veins are numerous in
Boulder county mines, which are operated
principally by sets of leasers on portions of
ground throughnut them.
The old Horsfal mine on Gold hill, the first
lode claim ever discovered in Boulder county,
by David Horsfal, in the spring of ISo'.t, pro-
duced $100,000 in gold the first year by wash-
ing by rocker and sluice boxes*; but of late
years the property has not been in operation,
until a lease and bond were obtained from
Dick Blower, one of the original owners.
The Emancipation mine is producing rich
mineral in large quantities. The prop-
erty is owned by a London, England, syn-
dicate, who purchased it last fall, after the
mine had been idle for ten years through liti-
gation over the crossing of two veins, Eman-
(;ipation and Western Slope, each party
claimi ng the intersection and the rich ore
contained therein. About $50,000 was ex-
pended in fighting the case through the sev-
eral courts, resulting in the bankruptcy of
the original owners and the deeding of the
mine over to the several lawyers for fighting
the case. The interests of these several per-
sons were bonded to one man; then the sale
was consummated for $125,000.
Williamson ik, Haffner of Denver purchased
the Scotch company's mill at Salina last week
for the purpose of placing a new chemical
process in the building to treat ore from their
Great Britain and Sackcut mines, Sugar Loaf,
which contain large quantities of low-grade
mineral in combination with the high-class
smelling ore. Mr. Williamson says he can
treat his ore for $2 per ton and save over 05
per cent of tbe value contained therein.
The Milan mine at Sugar Loaf is producing
a quantity of ore that yields $1 per pound. A
specimen of the stuff is on exhibition in the
window of the First National Bank of this
city. This property is also owned by an Eng-
lish syndicate, and is rapidly improving by
more extensive development.
Wm. M. Rulk.
Boulder, Colo.. March 24th, '97.
Rcpubliran : The Cripple Creek Consolidated
Company has started on the plan for the de-
velopment of the Genevas. A station in shaft
No. 1 has been cut at 450 feet, and sinking the
shaft will be crowded with all possible speed.
The Good Will Tunnel Company has taken a
contract to drive a drift from its tunnel on
the vein cut in Ellen McGregor ground.
The new shaft-house and gallows-frame at
the Granite are completed, and work under
ground has been resumed. Manager Cone
proposes sinking the deep shaft on the properly
to an indefinite depth, and will send out levels
to explore the territory in all directions at
each 100 feet.
The Chicago-Cripple Creek tunnel is being
driven under Gold and Globe hills at the rate
of 10 feel a day, and is now somewhere between
1,800 and 2,000 feet in. Three drifts are being
run on low-grade ore, two on the 1,300-foot
vein, and one about 400 feet farther in the
hill. On the 1,300-foot vein about 200 feet of
drifts have been run.
The Gregory shaft on the Raven group is
down 380 feet and making progress of 2 feet
a day. The tunnel from Squaw gulch is 2,000
feet into the hill, and is now driving ahead on
the vein that cuts the Snowy Range and
Maid of Erin.
The new extension of the Leadville mining
dislrict in a southerly direction shown by the
Nil Desperandum strike is gaining in import-
ance. This opened up an ore body on the west
side of the fault in the Dome ground and since
then the leasers have opened another ore body
on the east side of the fault. The iron was
struck at the bottom of a 125-foot shaft and on
drifting in some 20 feet on the lower level a
Lbody of iron was found which runs from 6 to
30 ounces in silver and 36 to 37 per cent excess
of iron.
The Nisi Prius Company some months ago
secured a lease on the Crown Point ground on
Rock hill and drained the ground of its im-
mense amount of accumulated water. During
the past few months development work has
been vigorously pushed, and recently an im-
portant strike was made. An entirely new
body of ore has been broken into, 14 feet high
and 0 feet across the face of the drift.
The discoveries aod renewed activity on
Rock hill are the direct result of the reduc-
tion in smelter charges and the higher price
paid for iron.
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April 3, 1897.
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The Proposed Tariff on Lead.
CoDsiderable discussion still goes on in and out of
Congress regarding the tariff schedule as affecting
lead and lead products. The question is one of in-
terest to American mining industries. The House
of Representatives passed the tariff bill on March 31.
In the Senate full data and convincing argument
will be needed to alter the provisions regarding any
dutiable article.
The bill as presented gives duty as follows ; Lead
in ore, 1 cent ; lead bullion, etc., 2 cents ; in sheets,
pipe, etc., 21 cents.
In this connection it is to be said that in a recent
ioterview with a prominent smelter owner of Colo-
rado he said to a representative of this paper :
"It is a matter of marked interest to note that
the mining public of Colorado, who several years ago
were decidedly opposed to the admission of lead flux
ores of our neighboring countries, are to-day decid-
edly in favor of it, and their Senators and Repre-
sentatives are advocating this adjustment in the
House and Senate. It has been proved beyond any
question that these lead ores are necessary to the
successful operation of our American smelters.
Fully one-third of our capacity would be closed down
if it were not for the foreign ores. It is our desire
to stimulate the price of lead, and we are confident
that it cannot be done in any other way than by the
adoption of this schedule of rates ; and I believe
that this proposition is demonstrable, first, because
if the lead is admitted in the form of ores as a basis
for lead smelting, these ores are distributed to
smelting companies all over the Western States,
and the lead product finds its way to the various
markets in the United States and does not accumu-
late at any particular point. Moreover, it is not
brought in in excess of the reiiuirements of Ameri-
can smelters, to keep their capacity going and to
smelt the siliceous and other refractory ores offered.
On the contrary, if they were shut out they would
be smelted in larger quantities in Mexico and Can-
ada, and the lead bullion would accumulate at the
large markets, and especially at New York, and
this large, unnecessary accumulation, far beyond i
the ability of the local concerns to consume, always
stands as a menace to the market, and frequently
thoroughly demoralizes the prices. It must be
taken as a primary proposition that the lead cannot
be kept out of the United States. It must come in,
and will come in ; if not in one way, in another.
Therefore, we hold that it should come in in raw
material, and form the basis for American smelting
and refining, and serve the best purpose to the larg-
est number of American miners of refractory ores."
Another phase of the matter is presented in an
interview this week in which a large smelter owner
says: " In the lead tariff agitation within the past
few days, appears evident the strong fight being
made by the National Lead Company. They are
proposing, and fighting with all their strength, for
the exclusion of lead ores by a prohibitive tariff, and
providing well for the possibility of importing large
quantities of foreign refined lead and bullion. Their
purposes seem:
"First — By the exclusion of lead ore they pro-
pose to weaken the power of all western smelting
and refining interests by lessening their ability to
secure lead Hux ores, thereby curtailing to a very
large extent their refined lead supplies, so that they
will become less of a factor in the market.
''Second — They want to leave the doors open for
the largest importation of foreign refined lead and
bullion, so that they may be in position at any time
to smash the lead market, and keep it in a demoral-
ized condition, pending their accumulation of neces-
sary supplies. It is a well-known fact in the East
that the National Lead Company, whenever the
market has been firm, with tendency to advance,
have imported a large batch of foreign lead, and
kept it in bond in New York. This so largely in-
creased the visible supply as to stand as a menace to
the market, and actually depreciated it, so that they
could lay in their supplies ; then they would reship
the lead to Europe and sell. This is the kind of a
proposition we are contending with now. It seems
that in the very nature of things this would cement
the interests of not only smelters and miners of sil-
icious and other refractory ores, but the lead miners
as well. Our desire is primarily to advance the
price of lead, so that American mines, which are
not now in operation, will secure a sufBoient price
for lead to enable them to operate and increase their
output.
" In the next place, pending the increase of lead
supplies in the United States, we want to fill up our
deficiency from Mexican and British Columbia mines,
so that the miners of silicious ore, iron ores and limy
ores, which are non-lead bearing, may be in position
to find an ample market for their ore. There is a
strange condition existing in the Black Hills of
South Dakota, where there are untold quantities of
silicious ore and hardly a pound of lead or copper
flux. There is no lead smelter in the camp, because
lead supplies cannot be secured. The Missouri
river cannot take the ores because they cannot se-
cure the lead flux. The Black Hills miners are ask-
ing that their ore be taken ; they are demanding
lead ore absolutely free of duty, and both Senators
from that State are advocating this plan. The Sen-
ators from Idaho and Senator Cannon, from Utah,
are demanding a prohibitive rate on ore. It would
be better if we could agree to a reasonable duty on
lead in ore, and a higher duty on refined lead, so
that the American mines located in the interior of a
vast country, which must of necessity stand very
high cost of transportation to reach the more settled
districts of our country, which provide the markets,
may have ample opportunity to mine their ores and
get them to this market, leaving them something of
a profit. Their best policy would be to agree upon
this as a reasonable compromise, and a reasonable
adjustment, as between the ore and the refined
article, and all would find in the end that the im-
proved price of lead would come not from the exclu-
sion of ore, but from the advance in the duty on
refined lead, which would restrict the importation of
the refined article, instead of excluding the raw ma-
terial and admitting the refined article.
"The National Lead Company manages to keep up
the duty on white lead and keep down the duty on
pig lead ; the price of white lead does not decrease
in proportion with the price of pig lead. The gen-
eral interests of this company are detrimental to all
of our western mining and smelting interests."
The present duty on pig lead is 1 cent per pound,
lead in silver ore } of a cent per pound, being just one-
half of the duties in the McKinley bill of 1890.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA, LTD.
CAPITAL, - $.150,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
TflADe MARK.
IM^ARTHUR-FORREST PROCCnO
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractorj
and Low Grade Gold and Sliver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The HacArtliur-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assiiyed nod fully reported upoD. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board In the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Rluir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 216
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Coast Industrial Notes.
1
—Alfalfa hay from Nevada is supplied in
Grass Valley, Gal., at $10.50 per ton.
— HoUister, Gal., has voted for the issuance
of $35,000 in bonds to put in a sewer system.
—Oranges which sell for fifteen cents per
dozen in California, are worth $1 each at Cir-
cle City, Alaska.
—Construction of the first foreign warship
ever built in the United States has been be-
gun by the Union Iron Works, of this city, on
the Japanese cruiser.
—The Santa Fe Railroad Company to-day
inaugurates a 71-hour schedule for their
" California Limited " between Los Angeles
and Chicago. This makes a cut of exactly
twelve hours in the time.
-The Tacoma Railway and Motor Com-
pany, operating most of the electric and cable
streetcar lines in Tacoma, Wash., was sold
last Saturday under foreclosure for :^100,000 to
the GenerarElectric Company.
—The Vancouver, B. G., city council has
made an agreement with an English firm to
build a smelter and refinery there. The city
gives exemption from taxes and 50,000 gallons
of free water daily for ten years.
—The S. F. & S. J. V. road engineers com-
menced tracklaying on the Hanford route last
Monday. The work will be pushed at the
rate of a mile a day. Work has also been com-
menced by the graders on the Visalia route.
— Sonora, Tuolume Co., Gal., expects that
the Sierra railway, from Oakdale, Stanislaus
Co., will be built into that place and be in
running order by Sept. 1st, '97. Graders are
at work and some of the material is on the
way.
—Construction of the Alviso, Gal., railway
has begun and trains will be running between
San Jose and Alviso during the summer. As
soon as the track is laid, steamers will be put
on between Alviso and San Francisco to con-
nect with the trains.
—Construction has begun on the electric
power enterprise, San Gabriel, Gal., where
the entire flow of the San Gabriel river for
eight miles is to be taken out of its natural
channel, carried through tunnels and red-
wood slave pipes and dropped 400 feet to elec-
tric generators. The estimated cost is $750,-
000.
—At Everett, Wash., dredging in the har-
bor goes on night and day. THe dredging will
be 2900 feet long, 50 feet wide, with an aver-
age depth of 5 feet of earth removed. Tbe
dredging began about 3000 feet south of the
dike, and the dirt is delivered through a long
pipe 1000 feet inside the channel. The
dredger pumps about 3000 yards of earth in
twenty-four hours.
— The Folsom Electric Power Company asks
from Woodland and Yolo county a franchise to
build an electric road from Elkhorn on the
Sacramento river, through Woodland up to
Rumsy, in Capay valley. In payment for said
franchise, elecjric power to run the street
railway system, which is offered free to
Woodland, will be furnished for almost noth-
ing. The two propositions will probably be
put to a vote of the people at the yearly mu-
nicipal election.
— The California culture of olives has in-
creased so rapidly that the State now has a
monopoly of the market of this country. The
crop last year netted §350,000 to the growers,
but this year it is estimated the output will
yield §3,000,000. The reason for the expected
great increase is that a great number of or-
chards bear this year for the first time. It
take seven years to bring an orchard to profit-
able bearing. Properly tended the trees con-
tinue to produce for centuries.
— President Ripley of the Santa Fe practi-
cally confirms the report of the deal between
the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific, by which
the former obtains control of the Mojave di-
vision of the Southern Pacific, extending from
Mojave to The Needles, 340 miles. This piece
of road heretofore has been operated by the
Atlantic & Pacific, and the Santa Fe has
trackage over it. By this deal, however. It
will be placed in exclusive possession of the
property and will now be able to reach the Pa-
cific ocean over its own tracks, independently
of any of its neighbors.
—The Nevada City, Gal., Transcript, says
that those parties holding the controlling in-
terest in the Grass Valley Railway & Tunnel
Company have reached an agreement with the
controlling interest of the Gold Bank Tunnel
Company as to the price and terms of the pro-
posed sale. None of the Grass Valley Tunnel
Company's stock was ever issued. The Gold
Bank Tunnel Company's stock is owned by
about 600 stockholders in Nevada City, Grass
Valley, and a few in New York and London.
No shares were ever sold for less than SI, and
from that to SS. The management has kept a
promise for twelve years that there should be
no assessments.
— Gonsul-General Jernigan of Shanghai,
China, says an important article of import at
Shanghai is American lumber. To date, this
has principally consisted of pine lumber from
the States of Oregon and Washington, though
considerable redwood from California also
finds an appreciative market, as does timber
from Britisb Columbia. The eastern part of
China is almost denuded of trees, causing the
native supply of timber to be very limited.
The regions back of Puchau furnish consider-
able, not suitable for building purposes, in a
foreign sense, but affording the means of a
large traffic between the natives. It is from
the Fuchau regions that the wood for making
• cofQns is mostly obtained, the superstition of
the Chinese permitting only certain kinds to
be used for this purpose. Prom Hunan and
other parts oC western China large quantities
of pine are cut and wafted down the Yangtze
river, but as a rule it is of a very inferior
quality. Some wood finds its way from the
interior to Canton. Teak and other varieties
of hard wood are imported from the East In-
dies, Siam and Burmab, and some pine timber
comes from Japan. Recently a lot of railroad
ties were brought from Japan- to Tientsin.
The rapid growth of Shanghai, and more es-
pecially the building of large cotton mills and
silk filatures there and in other cities, have
largely increased the import of pine timber.
This will appear from the following table:
, 1895 .
guanmj. ^taolk.
Hardwood beams, cubic ft. 344,396 $137,768
Softwood beams, square ft. 4,380,371 63,078
Hardwood planks, cubic ft. 501,468 180,538
Softwood planks, square ft. 18,769,599 :370,282
Teak planks, cubic ft 30.353 9,769
Poles, pieces 9,873 3,949
Masts and Spars, pieces. . . 127 20,320
Teak logs, cubic ft 947 203
One of the largest lumber dealers at Shanghai
furnishes the following statement of sales of
pine lumber made by the principal lumber
firms for the years 1S93-1896 :
Square Feet.
1893 6,000,000
1894 6,000,000
1895 12,000,000
1896 14,000.000
The customs returns for 1S96 are not yet pub-
lished, but it is estimated that between
30,000,000 and 30,000,000 square feet of timber
were imported during the year just closed,
and that there were about 11,000,000 square
feet on hand. As stated, the greater quantity
of the lumber comes from the United States,
and the quantity imported amounted in 189(3
to 14,000,000 square feet.
—The engineers, who were forced to desist
on account of the storms, will return to their
labors to-day and complete the surveys, to-
gether with the cost of construction, for the
Rawhide Gold Mining Company's electric
plant in Tuolumne Co., Cal. The company has
an option on tvPo sites, and on the reports of
the engineers in charge will depend the final
selection. Should the one on the Stanislaus
river be adopted, power will have to be trans-
mitted seven miles; while should the report
favor the Tuolumne, the distance would be
thirteen. The Deinorrat says either one or
the other will be agreed on very shortly, and
on the first day of June work begins on the
1000 H. P. plant. The force generated will be
used in operating the machinery about the
Rawhide and App mines.
Personal.
H. F. Calenrukg has been appointed super-
intendent of the Gray Eagle mine in Placer
county.
M. C. Bullock, president M. G. Bullock
Manufacturing Company, Chicago, is visiting
San Francisco.
Almarin B. Paul has returned from Shasta
Co., Gal., where he installed an electric plant
for the National Mining Go.
Chas. E. Uren of Grass Valley, Cal., is con-
sidering a London proposition to look into a
Mexican mining property.
Chas. A. Brockington has been reappointed
superintendent of the Orleans Mining Co.,
Grass Valley, Gal., one of the oldest mining
incorporations in the State.
Charles Butters has left London for Johan-
nesburg, South Africa, where he will remain
some time — probably over six months. On his
return he expects to come out to the United
States again.
President Mark W. Harrington", of the
University of Washington, at Seattle, has
sent his resignation to the Board of Regents
and it was accepted. His place will be filled
temporarily by the appointment of Professor
W. F. Edwards.
R. L. Dunn, the mining engineer, who re-
cently returned from an extended profes-
sional trip to Siberia, brings with him much
hitherto unpublished information concerning
that largely unknown, but interesting, coun-
try. In this week's issue is given a very
comprehensive paper written by him on gold
mining there. Siberia is quite accessible to
trade from San Francisco. The Mining and
Scientific Press suggests that the Manu-
facturers' and Producers' Association invite
Mr. Dunn to deliver a lecture from his obser-
vations of Siberian trade and industry.
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List of U. 3. Patents for Pacific
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Separating Throttle Valve.— John C. H.
Stut, Oakland, Cal. No. 579,457. Dated March
33, 1897. This invention relates to devices by
which the steam in the steam pipe is con-
trolled on its way to its place of use, and it is
especially designed to separate the water
from the steam which may be intermixed
therewith, so that all water coming with the
steam from the boilers, and which results
from condensation in the steam pipe before it
reaches the valve, will be separated from the
steam and allow the latter to enter the place
of use in a dry condition, while the water will
be led to a convenient receptacle. It consists
essentially of a casing having a valve con-
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use; a device for mechanically separating the
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space or passage so that the steam is caused,
in passing through said openings or passage,
to bend upon itself a plurality of times in its
flow from the exit; said openings are made in
parts adapted to be removed when worn for
the substitution of others.
Cuff Fastener. — Frederick E. Rockstroh,
San Francisco, Cal. No. 579,331. Dated
March 23, 1897. This invention relates to
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Send for Catalogue. 1(13 WaaS-.lncton St., Nkw To'-k.
108 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Telephone 1007 Main.
Hydraulic and River Miners!
YOU CAN REMOVE BOULDERS, STUMPS, SNAGS, ETC.,
WITH ECONOMY, EASE AND SATISFACTION BY USING THE
Knox Patent Hydraulic Grapple.
Address WILLIAM KNOX, Jacksonville, Oregon, or JAMES
ARMSTRONG, lo Front St., S. F., for information and prices.
A Valve that Shuts Steam Off
TK3HX.
Full particulars by addressing the manufacturers,
The Wm. Powell Co.,
CINCINNATI, O.
For Sale by Supply Houses Everywhere.
DEWEY & CO
-patents: ai
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April 3, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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RISDON IRON \A/0RK:S,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
A= inches. We beg to call attention to our "RISDON HAMMERED"
D_ ,, Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
greatest possible density.
D= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
E=. ■' We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
lliiK plcHBe mention the MINING AND SCIKNTIFIC PRESS.
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THT^ AX7nnr\ftTrPV nPH: rrnVrCWTP a tat? W^TTH TIUPPHVPT^ TiPT TQ ""^^ awarded the Highest (Bronze Medal) Premium at Mechanics' Institute. 1890 and 1891
InC WUUUOUIVI UKt; LUIILOIIKAIUK Wllrl imri^UVELI OJCLIO more than double this capacity with one-half 16SS power and occupying less than one-hal
the space of aiiv other concent riitor. BulH of bc-al Steel and Wrought Iron. Sn'ontr and durable. Price S575 f. o. b. Send for Catalog-ue and TesUnioniats.
Thf annexed cut aliows the belt hi Us (niproved form, which consiala of corrug-ated edg^es. to form an expanding^ top edge. THE IMPROVED MACHINE
HAS THE FOLLOWING MERITS: First— The Improved belts, which consist Of seven, are constructed and nrrangred so as to allow each belt to receive i
portion o( the pnlp in such a manner as to relieve the macliine of its load, thereby g'lving' it twice the capacity of other concentrators, and enabling- it to
work from 12 to 15 tons of ore per day. Second— The machine eciualizea the load by several com
pai'lnients, thereby working more reg^ularly and with much less attention than is necessary to g'i\ e
other concentrators using wide belts. Each of the belts on this machine takes care of the pulp that
is allowed to tl— in this way preventing' the pulp from running- to the lower side of it, as Is the case
when a machine becomes out of level where
Geo. E. Woodbury,
M.'inuf;ictiir"r
141 to 11:;
wide belts are used. Third— The belts run on
perfect line, needing: no adjustment to prevent
their running from side to side, as in other con
centrators. Fourth — The belt surfaces are itn
proved by indentations and corrupation'*
causing- the Concentrator to save fine snl
phurets and quicksilver, and perform cIom
work. Fifth- The belts have fluted or corrii
gated edges, to form an expanded top edpe
which effectually prevents from cracking-
Sixth— The feed arrangement is perfect
Seventh— The machine is constructed of iron
with steel crank-shaft self-oiling boxes, and
everything made in the most thorough maunei
enabling it to run with very little attention or
wear.
This Concentrator took tlie 1st prize at
tlie :^an Francisco Mechanic.^' Institute in ^vbbhik f'/HH -a \ rn-c-K^ny-cy-n
1S90. 1891 and 189S, and at the Califor- ^^B* kmB K,,^^^^^'
nia State Fair in 1892; it took the 1st, -^ Aug. IJ. 1«9U.
prize at the World's Columbian Exposition 1893, and at the San Francisco 3Iidwii>ter Fair, 1S95-
PATENT HOOP CLAMP.
MALLEABLE IRON HEADS. WROUGHT IRON BOLT.
These couplings are easily applied. They are the best — most powerful. They have a
direct pull, working freely with ri^ht and left screw on ball and socket joints tangentially
to curvature of the tank. The turn-buckle principle of these clamps makes chem lasting
favorites with all who have once tried them. We use them extensively in our tank building
departinent.
ORE V/\XS,
SOLUTION XMNKS,
FILTER BOTTOnS,
ZINC BOXES, ETC.,
For Hyposulphite and Cyanide Leaching Plants.
PAN AND SETTLER STAVES,
BATTERY GUIDES,
AND
Water Tanks of all Sizes.
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WELLS, RUSSELL k CO., Mechanics' Mills, Cor. Mission and Fremont- Sts., San Francisco, Cal.
Patented.
THE GUTTA PERCHA AND RUBBER M'FG CO
30 and 32 FREyVVOINT ST., Si^iIN F-R/\INdSCO.
Spadone's Conoentratot- Belts.
The " SPADONE " Curved Edge Concentrator Belt is attractiog mucli attention among mining men, its merits appealing to the mi]
practical experience.
Illustration (Fig. 1.) shows a cross-section, and (Fig. 2.) shows the edge flanging outwardly
as it passes over the pulley. This relieves the strain from the top and bottom of the edge by di-
recting the strain automatically to the inside face surface of the edges. Heretofore all belts
have been so constructed that when they pass over the pulleys or rolls, a direct strain comes
upon the top or at the base of the edges, causing the edges to break away from the body of the
belts in ai- very short time. We avoid (his Mechanical Defect by our Spadone Curved Edge. Belts
made to fit any machine — 1, 5 and 6 feet wide. Prices and samples on application.
We shall be pleased to quote you also on Water, Air Drill, Steam, Suction and Fire
OSE, RUBBER BELTING and RUBBER PACKING. Correspondence Solicited.
THE GUTTA PERCHA RUBBER AND flFG CO.
TELEPHONE, MAIN 1813.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
April 3, 1897.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OVF^CES:^^^^f^^^,^^,%^''=^^- 5oT§Sfe^nS?^St. ^oSSJa^en^ulStg.
Boston. Mass. New York, N. Y. Syracuse, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Philadelphia Pa. Baltimore, Md.
Pittsburg Pa Atlanta. Ga. Dallas. Texas. Cincinnati, O. Columhus. O. Nashville, Tenn.
Chicaeo. ill. Detroit. Mich. New Orleans. La. St. Louis, Mo
JOSHUA HENDY HACHINE WORKS,
No. 42 FREMONT STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
BtriLDERS OF
" Davis " Horse Power Whims. Ore and Rock
Cars.
Specialty of
PROSPECTING,
MINING and
MILLING
PLANTS.
ORE and WATEU
BUCKETS.
"T" BAIL OF
USUAL WEIGHTS,
EITHER NEW
OR SECOND-HAND,
FOR SALE
CHEAP.
TURBINfc
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wheels enables
us to suit every reqaireraent cif
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a FampMet of either
Wheel and write full particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL& GO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
THE J
Just
H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY CO., 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U. S. A.
Listen— ReliableCommon Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $100.
S team Holsters, $300 and up ; hand
hoisters $30; Gteel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps,
liigh mortars, la-
test improved
Only $800.
o:
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
milU built to tit the ore
|and guaranteed to save
what we say. Coal Mine
equipments, S c re e ns.
Jigs, Tramways,
Arastors, Chillian
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.
Cornish Rolls, 12x20, weight"
' (5,000 lbs. , price $350 ; Feed-
~ era. Bumping Tables ; Blake Crushers,
i7:t10. weight 8.1OO lbs, only $250. Our
100 page illustrated catalogue free.
Rand Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
yWachinery.
100 Broadway,
New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
MonadnooU Building Chicago
[sbpeming JVIichigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Sherbrook P. O Canada
Apanado 830 City of Mexico
H, D. MORRIS A CO., Agents, 141 First St„ San Francisco, Cal.
Mining flachinery.
Stamp Mills
Of the Latest Improved
Design for
Gold Milling.
VULCAN
WIRE ROPEWAYS
For Conveying Ore, Etc.
Vulcan Iron Works,
or. First and Mission Streets,
San Franciscot Cal.
WE ARE NOW MAKING
The Best Tank
ON THE MARKET
And Selling at
Prices Lower Than Ever.
IP INTERESTED, SEND FOR
CIRCULAR AND PRICES.
Pacific
Manufacturing
Company,
SANTA CLARA, - CAL.
THE OLD RELIABLE !
ALBANY
LUBRICATING COMPOUND
TWENTY ■ EIGHT YEARS' CONTINUOUS SER-
VICE In the great Mines, Steamships. Railroads
and Mills all over the world prove It to be
THE KING OF LUBRICANTS !
Tatum & Bowen
34-36 FREMOHT ST., SAH FEAHCISCO.
85 FROHT ST., PORTLAITO, OR.
DEALERS IIN /VIACI-IIINER'V', C3IL.S, miNING rtlVD /VUL-I-
'^ mxrrrr""^^^ suf>i=»lies, ^tc -"^^asan*-^^
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
♦-♦-f-»^4-f CHROTVIE C/\&T STEEL-f-f^-f-^-f
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used In air the mining States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
tUustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Iigil B. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, Ui and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
^, ^illlilllUDBi
STAMP DIES. Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies. Stamp Cam.
Hl\ MQ1>1>K h rn "^SJ '^^INING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
^ mJ % XT A vF A\A\ Jlk_/ \j^. V^vF»# HANHATTAN rubber BELTING, PACKING AND HOSE,
' SANnRRSON DRILI. STREL.
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CENTRIFUGAL PUnPS,
LIGHT STEEL RAIL.
April 3. 1897.
Mining and SciENTiFin Press.
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Kansas City Smelting; and Refining: Co.
I n corpora ted (Jrider The Lows of tVevA/ 'N'orU.
Capital paid in ^^2,T00,000.
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
SMELTING WORKS:
Argentine, Kaj.; El Paso, Tex.; Leadvllle. Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
Argentine, Kas
We use the following Clphop Codes at our Ar-
Kontloe Works: A. B. C. Code: Moreing & Neal's
Code and Bedford McNeill's Code.
ACKNtlES:
Id Unitfd StittfM—
Denver. C<ilo.
Cripple ('rofU. Colo.
lu M4*xlro-
Sun L.ul8 Potosi,
Suit I.iilii'CU.v. tliub.
Sijokiine. Wash.
New vnrk Cliy. N. Y.
Cblcaeo. 111.
St. L.ouls,Mo.
CUy o( Mexico
Chibuubua.
Pacbuca,
HcrmoslUo
Jimenez.
KOK PKICKS, ADDRESS :
J.K. JachHOn,No.UAtln8BIk,SMltL,Hke.DtHh.
C D. Porter, Spokane, WiiHh.
H. A. True. 8 IS 1 7tli St.. Ueitver. Coin.
J.U.AVeddle. LeadvUle. Colo.
C K. Fhiiiey. Argentine. K»n.
KANSAS CITY SMELTIN
IIMNG CO. AT LBADVILLE, COLO.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAflWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
LUS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVESTIGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE r'OLORADO Denver,
V^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
WKAKEMAfftFAciDBERBOF ^ qqIj^^ Sil\/er, Lead, Copper and F»yritlc
AND Contracting Engineers for
ItuprOTed Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
SyVVELXING RURIN/\CES.
AflALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
Investigate Onr Late ImprovenQents In ORE: CRUSHING MACHINERY.
We Guarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree of Fineness
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces Is a Success. A great econo-
mizer of fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting Furnace.
EQulpped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
jnsnriner rifid and strong walls.
I7o Cracks.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
. . . DENVER, COLORADO, . . .
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Wilfley Concentrating Table,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For confirmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, BrecUenridge, Col. ; M. E. Smith
Concentrator, Golden. Col.; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Col.; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs,
Col.; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Col.; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
RoMLEY, Colo.. Jan. 19, 1897.
The Mine and SmeUer Supply Co., Denver. Colo. — Gentlemen: Answering yours of the 5th inst., would state
that after a thorough trial we have discarded seven Woodbury Tables and two Johnsons and adopted th^ WilHey
Concentrating Table, which we think up to date is the best table in the market, so Tar as our knowledge is tjon-
cerned. Yours very truly, [signed] B B. MORLEY, M'g'r Golf M. & M. Co.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
every make, as Is ttfaown by letters lu uur possession.
PRICE, $450."^;.
POSITIVE FEED. MINIMUM POWER.
Bolthoff Improved Challenge Automatic Ore Feeder.
The only revolving disc feeder, made without gears or clutches. Feeds wet or dry ore; slow or
Is operated by a Friction Band. We have other valuable stamp mill improvements.
WHEN WRITING FOR CIRCULARS AND PRICES MENTION THIS PAPER.
endrie & Bolthoff MTg Co.,
DENVER,
COLORADO.
. . . ,, IINVENTORS, Tales Notice I
" It IS character, not circulation, that some advertisers want. I l. peterson, model maker,
[ 22t) Market St., N. E. Corner Front (Up Stairs), San
1 1 'T^ lA/r O T> llill FitANCisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
well. 1 he iVllNING and bCIENTIFlC rRESS has both. IP'-^-'J^l?; TId and brasswork Afi commumca-
Very
tlons aPrictlii confldenUal.
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Mining and Scientific 'Press.
April 3, 189T.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, April 1, 1897.
Business continues quiet but not more so
than usual at this season of the year. Jobbers
report that while trade is quiet it is steadily
picliing up with the outlook favorable to a
large iuurcase in the volume of goods over any
previous season. It is thought that the call
will be more pronounced when the crop season
advances far enough to give assurances of
large outturns. The impression prevails that
there will be quite an increase in the nail for
harvest machinery the. coming season. We
are informed that considerable figuring is be-
ing done on new work for structural, mining
and railroad purposes. The belief prevails
that more work will be turned out this year
than there was in 1S96.
The local money market continues very
easy, with more idle money coming out for iu-
vesLment. It is stated that rates are being
shaded. There is not much demand for funds
- except from importers who wish to take im-
.norts out of bond. This continues to keep the
premium on Eastern exchanges well up, con-
siderably higher than rules at this time of thu
year. Tbose in position to know believe that
this coming crop season there will be a freer
demand for money than has obtained for sev-
eral seasons past. This opinion is grounded on
llie present outlooli, favoring large crop esti-
mates for both grain and fruit, and, if real-
ized, considerable money will be required to
move them. Prom New York our advices con-
tinue to report an easy market in the face of
heavy payments for goods withdrawn from
warehouse. This, doubtless, is due to no large
speculative movement in anything outside of
wools, and also to free exports of merchandise
and farm products. Sterling bills have ad-
vanced slightly, which indicates remitting to
Europe for goods, and probably also that
Europe is selling American securities, owing
to the United States Supreme Court's decis-
ion—a case bearing against railroad combioa-
tious and similar organizations. In London
, the money market is easy, owing to large pay-
ments b}'" the Bank of England on Japanese
and other accounts. At other money centers
war rumors affect the market.
New York Silver Prices.
New Yoke, April 1. — Following are the
closing prices for the week :
, Silve?'
London. jV. Y.
Friday -8^ 625^
Saturday 28^^ bzy^
Monday SSi^b 6214
Tuesday 28,^-16 ei'^
Wednesday ^o- a , ^ »\ H'^o
Thursday 2» 7-16 63
Copper. Lead. Iron. Tin.
Friday - .10 7&@13 00 3 40 10 00@12 50 13 30
Saturday. . .11 70@ll 90 3 ^0 10 0Cl(aH2 50 13 25
Mondav ..11 70{S.U 85 3 40 10 U0@12 50 13 25
Tuesday U 70@11 80 3 40 10 0U@12 50 13 20
Wednesday. 11 70@.U 75 3 40 10 00® 12 50 17^
Thursday .. .11 7U(a'll 75 3 37/210 U0Co>12 50 171/2
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime - 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Dralt 20c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 22i4c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.86 !4
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers 84.89
Rellned Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 62^
Mexican Dollars. 49^@50
SILVER. — There has been a steady declin-
ing the past week with the close reported
steady and firmer at home and abroad. The
action of Japan against the white metal and a
bill introduced into Congress to return silver
certificates and sell the bullion on hand have
an unfavorable influence. The London market
is said to be exceptionally weak, while at New
York they are inclined to sell short even at
the lower prices now ruling. It may be that
the markets will recover slightly when the
policy is known of the present administration
towards getting support for international bi-
metallism and also its opposition against any
measure to sell the supply now on hand.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market has
sold lower, in sympathj' with the decline in
silver. The demand in our market is light.
QUICKSILVER. —The Mexican steamer
took out 135 flasks. The market holds to strong
figures, with odds and ends about cleaned up.
New York and London advicesreport the mar-
ket working up to the last advance. Nearly
all outside holdings have been cared for.
Our market is quoted at $40 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— The market has sold lower at
the East and in London. The decline was in-
dicated last week. It is due to a slow demand
from consumers, no speculative inquiry, con-
tinued liberal production and stocks increas-
ing. When the spring demand sets in and
' consumers' supplies are worked down it is quite
likely that better prices will rule.
The local market is quoted as follows:
Ingot, jobbing 14Vi@
ingot, wholesale @13i^
Sbeet copper (&YI
Bolt >^& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17c
LEAD,— The market holds to fairly steady
prices. The consumption in this counti'y is
steadily increasing.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows :
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — @ 4 60
Sheet....; 5 62/2® 6 12!4
Pipe 4 87^® 5 37^
SHOT.— The market is steady with only a
fair jobbing demand reported.
Our market is quoted as follows:
Drop, sizes smaller thanB, per bag of 25 lbs... 81 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 60
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do. " " ...160
TIN.— The markets at the East and abroad
have shaded off slightly for pig. In our mar-
ket pig is easy, with continued cutting in
prices of American. The consumption is quite
active.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way;
Pig, per lb 14i/flC@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box $4 05@ 4 15
" " " light. " 3 95® —
BORAX.— Shipments to the East by rail
and water are quite free. The market is
steady.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 49^
Refined, in sacks 5^
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " 4^
POWDER— The market is steady.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from ll^^c to ITJ^c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 3, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
IRON.— There is nothing new to report in
our market. The consumption seems to be
steadily increasing. Our foundrymeo, as a
rule, have good stocks on hand. The East re-
ports continued activity, but at no advance in
prices. Heavy shipments continue to be sent
abroad.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $20 00 $22 00
Thomas 21 00 22 00
Salisbury 29 00 31 50
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 $23 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 23 00
COAL.— The market is practically un-
changed. For foreign the tone seems to be
firm for spot, on passage and early shipment.
Receipts have been lighter the past week.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington $8 00®
Greta 6 00@ 6 50
Kanaimo 6 50® 7 00
(>uman 5 60® 6 00
Seattle 5 50@ 6 00
Coos Bay @, 4 75
Cannel 8 00®
Egg, hard 12 00@13 00
Wallsend 6 50®
TO ARRIVE— CABGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Lilverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardlft 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 UO
West Hartley 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot, in bulk 10 00 @
" in sacks U 00 @ 13 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is steady.
Our market is quoted at 7%®Sy^c in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote Ty^c
for Cookson's, 7t§)7?8C for Hallett's and 7c
for Japanese.
NAILS. — Notwithstanding the East re-
ports advancing markets, ours is unchanged.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $2 25
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, '• " 2 10
SPELTER.— The market is weaker. The
East reports more offering.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
NICKEL ANODES.— -The markets here and
at the East are barely steady.
PLATINUM.— Dealers report a slow inquiry.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
§10 to §15 per ounce.
ZINC— The market is steady at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM. — The market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— There is a slow inquiry.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is slightly
easier.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
Chemicals.
In our market there is nothing new to re-
port. Business seems to be picking up, al-
though it is still slow. Tariff agitation has
somewhat of an unsettling influence, but the
feeling prevails that on nearly everythihg
higher duties will prevail.
BONEASH.— The market is unchanged.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 3J^c; No.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is re-
ported slow but steady at 2^^ per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is quiet but steady at ^Sl. 70 per 100 lbs.
ina jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
fair demand at 3i^c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— Advices from the
East report stiffer prices. With us no change
is reported.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6
to 12c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6^c per pound in car-
boys.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is fair.
We quote in a jobbing way at IV^c per lb for
60%.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Our market is steady,
but dull.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4!^c per
pound.
A^IINING ASSESSTWEIVTrS.
Company and Location. No. Amt. Levied., Delinq't
Alpha Con M &M Co, Nev... .18.... 5c.... Mar 2.. Apr 5.
Belcher S M Co, Nev 54.. . .25c.. ..Mar 2.. Apr 6
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal... 11.... 3c.. . .Mar 22. .Apr 23.
Channel Bend M Co, Cal 7.... 2c.... Mar 22.. Apr 24,
Con Cal & Va M Co, Nev 8. .. .25c... .Mar 8. .Apr 13.
Confidences M Co, Nev 28.. . .30c.. . .Mar 12.. Apr 16.
Con Imp M Co. Nev 38.... lc....Feb 16.. Mar 23.
Crown Point G & S M Co,Nev.70....20c. . . .Mar 24. .Apr 28.
Hale& Norcross S M Co, Nev.lU. ... 10c. . . .Mar 20. -Apr 23.
Horseshoe Bar Con M Co, Cal. 7....10C. . . .Mar 8. .Apr l"?.
JamisonMCo 9. .. 5c Nov 27. .Apr 24.
Marguerite GM&MCo, Cal.. 5....10c. . ..Jan 14. .Feb 25.
Mexican G & S M Co, Nev. . . .56....20c... Mar 3.. Apr 7.
MineralHillM &S Co, Cal... 1.... 5c.... Jan 4.. Feb 15.
OccideDtalConM Co, Nev....26....10c....Feb 10. .Mar 16
PotosiM Co, Nev 47.. ..20c. . ..Mar 10.. Apr 14
SierraNevada S M Co, Nev. 112 Soc Mar 2. .Apr 6,
SulphurBankQM Co, Cal.... 5.. ..25c.. ..Mar 23. .May 3
and, Sxte. Secreiai^y.
.Apr 27 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 27 C L Perkins, Mills Bldg
.May 15 J Stadfeld
.May 17 J PLanghorne, 39 Sutter
.May 3 AW Havens, 309 Montgomery
-May 7 A S Groth, 414 California
.Apr 13 C L McCoy, Mills B!dg
.May 19 — James Newlands, Mills Building
.May 14 RR Grayson, 331 Pine
.May 8 DM Kent, 330 Pine
.June 19 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
. Apr 8 Chas Peach, 237 Twelfth
.Apr 29 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
. Apr 13 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
.Apr 6 A K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
-May 5 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
. Apr 26 EL, Parker, 309 Montgomery
..June 3 T Wintringham, 306 California
Mining 5hare Market.
San Francisco. April 1, 1S97.
The market shaded off up to Monday, when
a steadier tone set in, with shorts filling. At
the decline there was considerable stock
thrown out by margin holders. On Tuesday
and Wednesday there was outside buying on
the long side, which strengthened values
slightly. The buying was largely due to
points of a pending upmove and advices from
the Brunswick lode that in Chollar and Occi-
dental there was an improvement, in the
former in the-winze which is being sunk from
the 200-foot level and in the latter in the
work on the 500-foot level. For the past few
days there have been more sales recorded
than for several weeks past. Considerable of
the sales recorded are said to have been cross
orders for the purpose of inducing outsiders to
buy at stronger prices. Present low prices do
not offer any inducements to shorts; besides
this, it would be hard to place a large line.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable condition of
the share market, it is conceded that for
some time past there has been a steady
absorption of shares by strong parties at the
declining prices. Even with this buying in
evidence, it is stated by the better informed
that lower prices will rule before a good-sized
deal is engineered; but in the interim there
is liable to be a fair-sized rally. This opinion
is based on the work in the mines, assess-
ments levied and to be levied, and the gen-
eral condition of business on this coast and at
the East not being such as to encourage a
belief that successful unloading at high prices
can be engineered. Evidently the market
for a big move is waiting for better times.
Standard Con. shares have been inactive but
steadily held, owing to the near approach of
the spring months, when more active work
can be resumed. The outlook for this mine is
quite promising, provided it is honestly man-
aged.
The news from the Brunswick lode is quite
encouraging. In Occidental they are in 10
feet on the 550-foot level, which assays from
^S to §12 a ton gold. If this should prove to be
free milling, it ought to pay something above
cost of extraction, hauling and milling. On
the S50-foot level the ore is still low-grade. In
Chollar they are sinking a winze from the 200-
foot level. At last mail advices they were in
4 feet of ore, giving SSO a ton. We are not ad-
vised if this is a new find or the ledge upon
which they have been working. They con-
tinue to take out and mill ore. The south
drift on the 500-foot level is being pu.shed
ahead. They are in a total distance of about
175 feet. Within the next ten days a cross-
drift will be started to run for the downward
continuation of the ore found above. The
work in Savage, Best & Belcher and Gould &
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Iflineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities*
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, MiningProperties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best or bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
33:2,915,000
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, Mining: Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Curry is practically the same as reported last
week, with no cbange in material encoun-
tered, or, at least, official letters do not re-
port any.
Official letters from the Comstock mines are
said to be quite satisfactory to the pools that
are buying shares and freezing outsiders out
of their holdings by assessments, and no en-
couraging ad vices are allowed to be reported by
those who are supposed to be in charge. The
muddle over the Hale & Norcross ownership
has not as yet interfered with work iu the
mine, but suit brought for possession by the
reported Grayson- Hay ward combination is ex-
pected to stop work. It looks very much as if
they were not ready to show up the ore which
the Fox combination has contended exists in
the mine. From the Alta group nothing new
has come to band. The work seems to be of a
procrastinating character to kill time and in-
directly "kill off" outside holders. Overman
took out a few tons of ore the past week, just
enough to make a showing. The work in this
mine and California is unchanged. They are
still after Belcher shares for no mention has
yet been made of the reported strike some
time ago, of a valuable body of ore. OfQcial
letters do not report on what level work is
being done. From Segregated Belcher noth-
ing new comes to hand. It looks as if news
was being suppressed, for official letters do
not conform to the law. In Crown Point they
are working on several levels but with indif-
ferent success so far as finding ore, but it has
the effect of manipulators finding more shares
at lower prices. From Yellow Jacket nothing
is allowed to leak out. In Confidence they
are still working on the upper levels. Work
is still continued on Challenge, Confidence
and Con. Imperial joint cross-drift. They ex-
pect to strike the west lode sometime in this
month, unless work should be ordered stopped.
In Alpha they are fooling around the 500-foot
level. Work is continued by Bullion in the
north drift heretofore reported. In Potosi
they are preparing to stope ore from workings
on the tunnel level. In Hale& Norcross work
is confined to the 900-foot level. No work is
being done by Chollar. The work in Savage,
Gould & Curry and Best & Belcher is prac-
tically the same as reported last week. Both
private and official advices from Con. Virginia
do not afford any comfort to stockholders.
Unless some ore is struck soon the shares are
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
B/\ INKERS
BROKERS,
INo. 1630 Stout Street.
Telephone 1S93.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mall, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
Thomas J. Frv, John Syt>vanus,
President. Sec'y & Treas.
T. R. Miller, John D. Fleming,
Vice-Pres't. Counsel.
CAPITAL STOCE. SIOO.OOO.
THE
Mining Investment Company,
No. 531 to 634 Cooper Bnildlne:,
DENVER, COLO.
Branch Omce, - COLORADO SPRINGS.
Cif\\i\ ant\ ^ ^® have prospective purchas-
UUIU anu ■ e^s for developed and producing
I mines and desire to correspond
[direct with owners of such prop-
Pfnnf>rfiAc lerties. We handle properties on
ri uf^ci lies j legitimate commission only ana
Tjir J. J I prefer to deal with owner or
wanteu. j authorized representatives.
Copper
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
F^OR SALE.
Complete working plant. Situation and facilities first class.
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
DEWEY & CO., Patent Solicitors, 220 Market St., San Francisco.
April 3, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
299
likely to setl betow present prices with assess-
ment added. Work is reported oa Ibo 1000-
foot, 15jO-foot, liJ50-foot and 1750-root levels.
It is not materially changed from our last
week's report. There is DOthing to warrant
that much ore is intended to be struck soon.
The Ophlr letters reports work to the west on
its 1000-foot level and upraising from the cen-
tral tunnel. They passed through streaks of
quartz assaying from $2 to $15 a ton. In Mexi-
can they are pushing slowly to the west od
the lOUO-foot level. The material Is un*
^hanged. Considerable work is being done in
Union both east and west. The material en-
countered looks well but does not ** pan out"
well according to oftieial advice. In Sierra
Nevada work is couflncd to Layton tunnel.
No change is reported from Utah. In Andes
they have made surface connection. Work
has been resumed on the 175-foot level.
The foUowlog illustrates the changes of the
week:
MIHBS.
Mar.
25.
Apr.
I.
Alpbu
1 OS
17
t 1)1
AndeH
Belcher
Best & Belcher
Bodle
BullloD
Chftllengv ,
1 iS
38
Cbollur
1 15
Consolidated California and Virginia..
Consolidated New York ..
1 20
Crown Point
13
18
Exchequer
Gould i Curry
Hale & Norcross
30
39
88
186
90
23
91
Ophlr
39
34
28
22
■" 27
Savage
Sierra Nevada
■a
as
m
lis
Utah
San Francisco Stock Board 5ales.
San Fhancisco, .April i, 1897.
9:30 A. «. SESSION.
300 Belcher U 50 Mexican 23
aOOBestJE Belcher... fri 200 N. G. & C 08
200 Challenge 38 3iio Ophlr 91
.'iOOChollar. I ISlOOPotosl 31
lOUConCal & Va 1 20 lOOSavage 26
lOOCrown Point 18 -200 Yellow Jacket. . .. 27
lOOQould scurry ....' 251
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
200Ophlr 90
100ConCal& Va 1 20
lOO Savage 20
lOOMexlcan 22
2(»H. &N 88
lloOSlerraNevada... 22
SOOAlta 01
Rainfall and Temperature.
The followiDg data for the week ending 5
A. M,, March 31, 1897, are from oftitjial
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Mining and Scien-
tific Pkess;
' r?
.^1 H
> 1 2
K
CALIFORNIA
STATIONS.
P
Ob
PO
^1
I-
: v
CDT3
c a
^B
n-a
row
■ •"
■ "
Eureka
'
....! 33.97
37.19;...-
Red BluH
.20
1,20
22.84' 16.19
I6.73; 16.97
22.33
17.37
30
36
66
Sacramento
72
San Francisco . . .
l.n
22.30; 15.37
20.87
39
59
.21
.42
10.22; 5.37
20.62| 15.41
6.21
32
.36
70
San Luis Obispo.
78
Los Angeles
.28
16,71
8.88
10.23
411
7K
San Diego
.114
11.60
6.68
9,57
411
711
Yuma
5.35
.88
2.88
40
86
QPPICE OF THE HALE & NORCROSS SILVER
^ Mlntnj: CoiriDany. Room No. 11. San Fruneiseo
Stock and Exchange Building-, No, 331 Pine street,
San Francleco.
To the stoc-kholUers of the Hale & NorcrosB Silver
Mining Company and to all others concerned:
Notice Is hereby given Ihal. pursuant to the con-
Beot, in wrltlnK". of the liolders of two-thirds of the
capital stock of tlie Hale & Norcross Silver Mining-
Company, duly filed In the ofBee of said company,
the principal place of business of said Hale &;
Norcross Silver Mining Company has been changed
from Room No. 3 of the Sau Pranelfaco Slock and
Exchange building. No. lilil Pine street, in the City
and County of San Francisco. State of California, to
Room No. 1 In the same building, where the busi-
ness of said Company will be hereafter transacted.
This notice is publislied In accordance with Section
:«lor the Civil Code.
Dated Marcli 19. 1S9T.
By order of the Boai-d uf Directors.
R. R. GRAYSON, Secretary.
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION hav-
ing received applications to mine by the hydraulic
process from T. C. Cox and W. C. Pidge. in the
Philadelphia mines, near Columbia. Tuolumne
Co.. to deposit tailings in Rose and Eagle creeks,
and from F. G. Curnow and others, in the Little
Grass Valley Mine, near Columbia Hill. Nevada
Co., to deposit tailings in an old reservoir, gives no-
tice that a meeting will be held at room 5'J. Flood
BulldlngvSan Fiauelsco. Cal.. on April IS*. 18'.i7. at
l:i
P. .^r.
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN
TRADE MARKS.
patents;
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Assessment Notices.
CONSOLIDATED CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINIA
Mining Com puny. —Local Ion of principal place of
buBlueBU. San Francisco, California: locailon of
works. Virginia Minlo? DIsirlct. Storey Couniy.
Notice 18 hereby fflvon thai at a meetlup of the
Boar^l of Dlrcclors. held on the sih day of March.
Ibyr an a»»camiiL-nt <No. f>? uf lii ceulH per share was
levied uiKjh iho capital stock of the corporation,
payable Immediately In Dulteti States sold coin, to
the Secretary, at the office of the company. Room ■»;.
ftevada block. No. aOy Montgomery street. San Prau-
cluco. California.
Ajiy Block uijoii which this aaseaement shall re-
main unpaid on the 13th day of April, 18'.*?. will
be doUimuent and advertised for sale at public
auction: and, unless payment Is made before, will
hf sold on MONDAY, the ;M day of May, 1897. to
pay tho dellmiuent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
^„ „ „ A. W. HAVENS. Secretary.
Orllce— Room No. 47. Nevada block. No. iiO'J Monl-
iromery street. San Francisco, California.
HALE 4 NORCROSS SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location of principal place of business. San Fraa-
clsco. California: location of works. Storey Conntv.
Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the "iuth day of March
isy;, an assessment (No. Ill) of lU cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable Immediately In United States gold
coin, to the secretary, at the office of the company,
room II. 3;il Pine street. San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the JlSd day of April, ISy?.
will be dellntiuent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment Is made before,
will be sold on FRIDAY, the 14th day of M:iy.
J8»7, to pay the delluQuem assessment, together
with the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
„^ „ R. R. GRAYSON, Secretary.
Office-Room 11, 331 Pine street, San Francisco.
California.
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. 4. 4. >.
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MINING AND SCiFnTIFIC PKESS,
220 Market St., San Francisco, Cal I
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.-Locatlou of prin-
cipal place of business. San Francisco. California;
location of works, on Jamison Creek, near Johns-
vlUe. Plumas County, California.
Notice is hereby elven. that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 27th day of Novem-
ber, 1830. an assessment (No. U). of 5 cents per
share, was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable immediately In United States
gold coin to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, 120 Sutler street, San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 25th day of January. IS!)", will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction: and unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 22nd day of March, 1897,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with
the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
Offlce— Room 50, 120 Sutter street. San Francisco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the :i6th day of
January, 1S97. It was resolved that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid on
the 24th day of February, ISiiT. will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction; and, unless
payment Is made before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the 2l8t day of April. 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
NOTICK TO CONTKACTOKS.
The Morilt-n-y Power Company Invili'H bids for
imttlng in Us entire plant, dam. tlume. wheels, elec-
tric:!! apparatus and pole line from Little River (22
miles south of Monterey Cllyi to Monterey and Sa-
linas CUy. for the generation and transmission of
elecirleal eurrent of not lesw than 450-horse power:
entire dlst.-iiiee being apiiru.xlmately 37 miles.
Bids will be received up to SATURDAY, April 17.
IS'.I7. at 2 o'clock l\.M.,at the company's offices, Mon-
terey City. Monterey County. Cal.. where plans and
speclticatlons may be seen.
All bids must be accompanied by acerllfied check
for ten per cent of the sum of such bid. Checks lo
be payable to the company and to be hold upon the
usual conditions.
By order of the Board of Directors.
F. A. BOTSCH, Secretary.
SKALEL> PKOPOSALS.
Bids will be received at the office of the under-
signed until 6 o'clock V. M. on MONDAY. April 5.
1S'.17. for ;iOOU feet of U-lneh caat-lron pipe, dipped
and delivered at the freight sheds In this city, and
to weigh not less than oO pounds to the foot. A cer-
tified check, made payable to City Clerk, for an
amount not less than 10 per cent of bid, must ac-
company each bid. The Board of Trustees reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Sacramento. Cal. M. J. DESMOND. City Clerk.
AINSWORTH NO. 045.
SENSIULK TO 1-50 MILLIGRAMME.
Eight-lDch beam, single rider atlachment, and
designed for a .silver button balance to carry a
heavy load.
Send for Photos aud Prlceg of this and
other It^hioceH to
WM. AINSWORTH,
No. 2151 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLORADO.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OP
F=^Inest Assa
V Balances.
Our IteaiiiH are the
lightest on the market.
-■ind positively Inflexible,
They are iniequuled In
aeeuraey and sensitive-
ness. Edges and bear-
ings are of Sapphire.
All makes of balances
thoroughly repaired at
reasonable rates.
2319 Stout Street,
DENVER, COLO.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 24th day of
February. 1897, it was resolved that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain impald
on FRIDAY, the 2t;ih day of March. 18117. will be de-
linquent and advertised for sale at public auction;
and. unless payment Is made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the 21st day of May. 1897. to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
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POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 2tilh day of
March. IStlT, It was resolved that any slock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the 24th day of April, 1897. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, tmless payment Is made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the 19th day of June, 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
British Columbia.
■W.J. R.COWELL,B.A.,F.G.S.. Mining Engineer,
Reports on mines, designs and superintends the
erection of mining and mllllDg machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
dress W. J. R. COWELL, Victoria, B. C.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.— Notice of Stock-
holders' Meeting of the Steeple Rock Development
Company: In accordance with a resolution passed
by the Board of Directors of the Steeple Rock De-
velopment Company, a meeting of the stockliolders
of this company will be held at a o'clock la the
afternoon on TUESDAY, ihe llth day of May, 1897.
at its principal office, No JJL'O Sansome street, room
24, San Francisco. California, to consider and vote
upon a proposition to increase the capital slock of
this company to Two Million Dollars, in four hun-
dred thousand shares, at the |)ar value of five dol-
lars each. H. PICHOIB, Secretary.
Dated at San Franci.'ico. Cal.. March 2fJ, 189T.
British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TJtAIL, B. C,
Has prospects for sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
stock and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park,
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.— Notice of Stock-
holders' Meeting of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Company; In aceordanee with a resolution passed
by the Board of Directors of the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Company, a meeting of the stockholders of
the company will De held at 'I o'clock in the after-
noon on WEDNESDAY, the 2l3t day of April, 1897, at
its principal office, room 2:i, a20 Sansome street, san
Francisco, to consider and vole upon a proposition
to Increase the capital stock of this company to
Five Million Dollars. In five hundred thousantl
shares at the par value of ten dollars each.
R. M. MEIN. Secretary.
Dated San Francisco. Cal.. March 13, 1897.
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in diO'erent parts of California. Understands con-
centrators. Good reference given if required.
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81ng:le Coplea. Teo Ceots.
Chrome Ores.
Chrome ore, like quicksilver, is one of the mineral
products of the United States mined only in Cali-
fornia. Some years ago the shipments from the
State were quite extensive. Chrome ore has been
produced in California and shipped to the East for
nearly forty years. Many people upon discovering a
body of chrome ore think it of more value than it
really is. The value of chrome ore
laid down in San Francisco ready
for shipment around the Horn is not
over $10 to $12 per ton. A very
large proportion of the ores of this
State are of low grade, carrying less
than 50 per cent. Ore carrying from
50 per cent up only is considered
high grade enough to work.
Of late years there has been con-
siderable falling off in the demand
for and shipment of California ore.
This is to be attributed to several
reasons. The main supply from
abroad is from Russia and Turkey,
within reach of cheap transporta-
tion. These ores come into the
United States free of duty; they are
mined by labor little better than
slave' they are often brought over
as bauast and the freight is very
low. The ores from Smyrna and the
Ural mountains are as a rule higher
grade than those found in California,
within reach of cheap transporta-
tion. The ores from the Ural moun-
tains and the Caucasus, which com-
manded the world's market in 1877,
contain from 53 to 55 per cent
chromite. In 1877 large deposits
were found near Smyrna, in Asiatic
Turkey, which were soft and gran-
ular in texture, easily mined, not
far from a shipping point, contained
from 55 to 58 per cent chromite and
were comparatively free from silica.
. Chrome ore in the Black Lake dis-
trict in Canada has been mined dur-
ing the past few years and the ship-
ments in 1895 amounted to about
2500 tons.
In the United States the great
center of bichromate manufacture
is at Baltimore, Maryland, the first
deposits in this country having been
worked in that State. They are now
practically exhausted. The total
product of the United States for
several years, all from California, has been from 1500
to 2000 tons annually, while the total consumption
has been about 5000 tons. The world's consumption
is about 80,000 tons, about half of which comes from
Turkey.
The old firm of Kruse & Euler was for many years
in the business of shipping these ores from Califor-
nia, and they received samples of chrome from nearly
every county in California. Several of the deposits
of the highest grade have been worked out, but
many others remain unworked because they are in
comparatively inaccessible places, where the cost of
transportation prevents their being mined profitably.
It has been suggested that a duty of $2 or $3 a ton
on this article would enable this State to furnish the
total amount required for consumption in the United
States and in time supply much for export.
At the present time chrome is being mined in Te-
hama, Shasta and San tjuis Obispo counties mainly.
At San Luis Obispo the San Luis Chrome Company
has concentrating works.
The new law as to locating mining claims passed
The Law and Veins, Lodes and nines.
SAN LUIS CHROME WORKS-EXTERIOR VIEW.
SAN LUIS CHROME WORKS— INTERIOR VIEW.
at the late session of the Legislature will go into ef-
fect May 25th. It was published in full in the Mining
AND Scientific Pkess March 20th. There are so
many provisions made as to what shall constitute a
valid location that have not been upon the statute
books of this State, that it behooves all those who
are interested to carefully read the law. Heretofore
there has been a great deal of guesswork as to how
locations should be made and most of them have been
made carelessly, many with resultant litigation. One
advantage about the new law is that it may be easily
understood by miners without legal advice. The pro-
visions as to what must be done are plain, although
they entail upon the locator considerable extra work.
In a brief in a ease before the Superior Court of
Lake County, Mr. A. H. Ricketts of this city gives
some interesting data as to what constitutes a " vein
or a lode " or " known mines " in the eye of the law.
He says:
"By the term 'veins' or 'lodes,' as used in the
mining acts of Congress, is meant lines or aggrega-
tions of metal embedded in quartz
or other rock in place; both are in-
tended to indicate the presence of
metal in the rock.
"But it is not enough that there
may be some indications by outcrop-
pings on the surface of the existence
of lodes or veins of rock in place
bearing cinnabar or other metal to
justify their designation as ' known '
veins or ledges.
"A ' vein ' or ' lode ' is not known
to exist until it has been discovered
and heated — that is, that its bound-
aries have been specially marked on
the surface, so as to be readily
traced, and the notice of location is
recorded in the usual books of record
within the mining district in which
it is situated.
"It follows, therefore, that a vein
is not ' known to exist ' in the law
except by an actual discoxvi-j/ of the
vein within a given location.
"The existence of the location is
a matter which every one is legally
presumed to know. The existence
of a 'mine 'is not known until ore
has been extracted or shown to exist
in sufficient quantities and value to
warrant extracting within the
boundaries of the claim located;
until then the location is a ' pros-
pect,' and the mere existence of
shafts, tunnels, inclines and stopes
on the vein, no matter how extensive
such excavations may be, is not evi-
dence of a mine of value; or, in other
words, a ' vein' is the work of nature;
a ' mine ' is the resul t of man's handi-
work in disclosing the mineral con-
tained in the vein.
"Or, in other words, a 'known
mine ' may be said to be one which
is especially recognized by the nat-
ural material having been made visi-
ble (and productive) through work-
ings or exploration, and not until
known mine ' within the meaning of the
again, the term 'mine' is generally
equivalent to a ' worked vein, for by working the
vein it becomes a mine, for ' A mine is not properly
so called until it is opened; before that it is but a
'vein.' — Astry v. Ballard, 2 Mod. Rep., 193; King's
Bench 28 and 29, Charles II.
"And this was the opinion of Lord Coke in his
First Inst. 54-b, where he tells us that if a man de-
mise lands and mines, some being opened and others
not, the lessee may use the mines opened, but has no
power to dig the unopened mines."
The U. S. statutes intend that a " known " mine
should be synonymous with an operated mine.
then is it a '
statute; or,
302
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TABLE OP CONTENTS.
njLiTJSTRATIONS.— San LiUis Chrome Works— Exterior View; San
IjUis Chrome Works— Interior View, 301. A New Quartz Stamp,
304. Electric Hoist, Pleasant Valley Coal Co., Castle Gate, Utah ;
Electric Hoist, Alta Argent Mine, Aspen, Colo.; Head of Incline,
Alta Argent Mine; Hoist Controlled from This Point; Over-Bal-
anced Electric Hoist, Free Silver Mine, Aspen, Colo.; Electric
Hoist in Maltby Colliery, Lehigh Valley Coat Co., Wilkesbarre,
Pa., 308.
EDITORIAL.— Chrome Ores; The New Law as to Locating Mining
Claims; The Law and Veins, Lodes and Mines, 301. The Surplus
Population of New Mining Camps; The Gold Miners' Convention;
The California Legislature and the Mining Industry; The New
Road Bills, 302.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies. 306-7;
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Ascending the Highest Peak of the
Andes; Advantages of Gutta Percba, 308.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Electrical Mining Hoists, 308.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION.— Packing Goods tor Mexico; A
Novel Form of Crosscut Saw; An Unusual Incident, 309.
THE MARKETS. — Eastern and- Local Markets ; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 318-9.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 303. Practical Notes on Hy-
draulic Mining; A New Quartz Stamp, 304. The Marble Belt;
New Mexican Miners' Association; British Columbia Minister of
Mines' Report, 305. Coast Industrial Notes; Book Notices; Per-
sonal; Commercial Paragraphs; Recent California Mining Incor-
porations; Recently Declared Mining Dividends, 311. List of U.
S. Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors ; Notices of Recent Patents,
314.
The Qold Miners' Convention.
The National Mining Bureau of Colorado has issued
a call for an international gold miners' convention to
be held in Denver on the 15th and 16th of June next.
It is proposed to have in connection with it exhibits
of gold ores and a general mineral display. A re-
quest is made that State mining bureaus, schools of
mines, boards of trade, chambers of commerce, min-
ing exchanges, and all mining organizations co-oper-
ate in forming the exhibit, and send delegates..
Each county in the mining States, and in the mining
districts of British Columbia and Mexico are asked to
elect delegates. Governor Adams of Colorado has
been named as President of the convention, and
Irwin JMahon as Secretary.
It is to be hoped that the Executive Committee of
the California Miners' Association will take steps to
see that this State is properly represented. Of late
years Colorado has done more than California to
interest Eastern and European capital in the devel-
opment of mining, and especially gold mining, in the
West, and the influences of such a gathering as pro-
posed should be large in that direction.
Yet in other respects the proposed convention
should be of still greater value to those who do not
have mines to sell, but desire to keep in touch with
all that is new and best in the working of mines.
Coloradans have learned much from California about
mining, and vice versa. It would seem that no miner
could attend such a meeting without bringing back
much of value to himself and to others. A similar
convention held annually and in different mining cen-
ters in the West would be a valuable, educational in-
stitution.
The Surplus Population of New Mining
Camps.
In nearly every new raining district in the West
there is a greater surplus of unemployed men than
in the older camps. As a general rule, there is less
demand for labor in these new districts for some
time after their discovery, and until capital comes
in in sufficient quantity to develop them. A skilled
prospector needs little advice as to where he should
go ; he has means of finding out and knows well how
to take care of himself under the most adverse cir-
cumstances. This may be said of most miners of
long experience ; but the men who make up the
large surplus of the unnecessary population in the
new mining camps are nearly all men of smaller ex-
perience, and, to a certain extent, useless. Hun-
dreds of men have gone to the Eandsburg district
who have no knowledge of mining, but imagine that
they can find something to do. So it is with the
camps in British Columbia ; so it is with Alaska.
Warnings are continually sounded through the local
papers published in all those districts to people to
stay away. Probably the best advice that could be
given to those who earnestly desire to learn some-
thing of mining is to choose the older camps, for in
these there are more opportunities for unskilled
miners than in the new districts, where men are
compelled to depend so much more upon their own
resources.
The California Legislature and the Hining
Industry.
Altogether, the mining industry has fared very
well at the hands of the late California Legislature.
Heretofore there has never been any attention
worth speaking of devoted by Legislatures to the
mining industry, and as a result there has been con-
siderable confusion and resultant litigation, particu-
larly as to location rights.
Last October the Mining and Scientific Press
suggested that the ■California Miners' Association
take up this matter, and it did. As a result, the
foundation has now been laid for a good set of min-
ing laws for California. In all the scandals con-
nected with the last session of the Legislature there
was no sign of anything of the sort attached to any
of the legislation connected with the mining indus-
try. The members all appreciated the importance
of the revival of mining, and seemed willing to do
whatever they could to help it. No appropriations
were asked. Miners are self-reliant. All that they
ask is permission to use the machinery of the State
government only when it is absolutely necessary.
Of the bills passed it may be said of some of them
that they are experimental and may need revision at
the hands of the next or some future session ; but in
the main they all tend in the right direction, and
enough good has been done to enable the Miners'
Association to, with very little work, procure amend-
ments or additional laws from the next session. Of
those passed that prescribing the manner of locating
mining claims is probably of the most importance to
the miner. The bill was published in the Mini.nq and
Scientific Press March 20th. As to Section 3,
which provides that within sixty days from the date
of the discovery of the vein or lode, or of the location
of a placer claim, the locator must perform $50 worth
of labor in developing the property, many communi-
cations with adverse criticisms have been received.
It is claimed that the time allowed for the perform-
ance of the work is too short. It is pointed out that
in some of the higher altitudes storms will often pre-
vent complying with this, especially in the begin-
ning of winter or in the early spring. There is much
to be said in favor of an extension of the time al-
lowed.
Mr. Soward's bill as to recording notices — an
amendment to Section 1159 of the Civil Code — bears
upon the bill referred to above, and is as follows:
Judgments affecting the title to or possession of
real property authenticated by the certificate of the
clerk of the court in which such judgments were ren-
dered (and notices of location of mining claims), may
be recorded without acknowledgment, certificate of
acknowledgment, or further proof. The record of
all notices of location of mining claims heretofore
made in the proper office without acknowledgment,
or certificate of acknowledgment, or other proof
shall have the same force and effect for all purposes
as if the same had been duly acknowledged, or proved
and certified as required by law. Affidavits showing
work or posting of notices upon mining claims may
also be recorded in the Recorder's office of the county
where such mining claims are situated.
Another bill passed amends Section 15 of the act of
March 30, 1868, so that in town lands granted to
unincorporated towns in this State by the act of
Congress of March 2, 1867, within six months after
the plat required by the act has been filed, if there
shall remain any unclaimed land, any one discover-
ing gold upon it shall be considered a preferred pur-
chaser.
An act recommended by the California Miners'
Association, and passed, provides that the directors
of any mining corporation shall not sell, lease, mort-
gage or otherwise dispose of any mining ground, or
purchase or obtain in any other way except by loca-
tion, any additional mining ground, unless such act
be ratified by at least two-thirds of such corpora-
tion.
Another act passed amends the statute of March
30, 1874, for the better protection of the stock-
holders of mining corporations formed under the laws
of the State of California, so as to provide that only
such corporations as have their stock listed on a pub-
lic stock exchange must file and keep for the inspec-
tion of the other holders reports of the secretary
and superintendent, and that these reports shall be
made monthly, instead of weekly, as under the old
act.
An act repealing the act of March 28, 1874, and
acts amendatory to it, providing tor the sale of min-
eral lands in the school sections 16 and 36 granted by
the Federal Government, was discussed in these col-
umns while it was before the Legislature. Those
acts were declared void by the decision of the United
States Supreme Court, and their presence on the
statute books have resulted in considerable confusion
and in many cases have led to no little extortion and
blackmail.
The debris bill reappropriates $250,000 appropri-
ated in 1892, to be expended in conjunction with a
like amount provided for by the Federal Government
for building restraining dams.
While not a mining bill, the drainage Act appro-
priates $300,000 for the improvement and drainage
of navigable streams — particularly the Sacramento
and its tributaries — and should do much toward
clearing a way for reopening of hydraulic mines.
Of the measures proposed, and which failed of
passage, several were of considerable importance.
One was Mr. Caminetti's bill proposed by the
Mining and Scientific Press last October, relating
to the liens of miners upon mining claims. Another
was Senator Prisk's bill, providing for the appoint-
ment of a mining inspector. Another was a bill to
amend Section 605 of the Penal Code, relating to the
removal, defacing or altering land marks; and an-
other was a bill proposed by this paper to amend
and give wider scope to the Act providing for the
prevention of robbery of bullion, ore and other val-
uable material from mines.
The New Road Bills.
The cost of transportation in nearly all the mining
districts of California is a very heavy item of ex-
pense to the owners of mines. During the past win-
ter the Mining and Scientific Press has often called
attention to the heavy losses incurred through fail-
ure to take in supplies ordered. Many mills that ]
were ordered in October, November and December,
and whose stamps should now be crushing ore, are
lying along the roads between the railway and their
destination. The losses incurred should be sufficient
lesson to the people, who are themselves responsible
in great measure for this condition of affairs. The
Legislature has passed a number of laws with a view
to improving the roads in all parts of the State.
Yet unless the voters themselves are more careful
than they have been in the past to choose honest and
intelligent representatives to care for the highways
these laws will accomplish little.
It would seem that in the mining counties the local
miners associations could do much good in this re-
spect, and certainly it is within their province to
make the attempt. Candidates for office might be
pledged to do their simple duty in carrying out the
laws honestly. Certainly no politician in the mining
district would care to offend such an organization as
the Miners' Association. The work done so far by
the State in legislation and by many counties in im-
proving the roads has been through the influence of
the bicycle clubs and similar organizations. Little
can be expected in the way of influence from this
source in the mountains, and it behooves the miners
to take the matter up.
The bills passed by the Legislature provide a gen-
eral law for the State, dividing the roads into three
classes — State, county and district. The State high-
ways should, in a measure, fill a great want tor large
arteries leading to the more important districts
away from railroad communication. Good work
done upon them will have a salutary effect upon the
county and district authorities in the way of object
lessons.
Altogether the machinery is provided for obtain-
ing good roads, but it remains with those directly
interested to see that it is honestly and intelligently
used.
April 10. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
TiiK Auglo-Mexican CoDipttoy of Mexico reports for Febru-
ary &u output of |4l,0>iU.
A .VsTAMi' mill is to be erected on the Coii:\ut mine, at Hur-
rjaon gulch, Shasta county. Cat.
TiiKCoiiisiock, Nev., paid $tm,4l5.lt; to employes in March,
|S!»7. $20U0 larger than in Kehruary.
I JIB question of dividing Lincoln county, Nevada, is to bo
iiiitcd to the voters at the election in is'.is.
I ml: Carlield-Virginia mine, in Tuolumne. Cal., has been
I .ruled to C. M. Cross of San Francisco forf'Ja.iMJO.
i'nH next meeting of the H. C. AssoiMation of Mining En-
gineers will be held at New Denver about June 1st.
A itii.i. has been introduced in Congress fur the establish-
ment of a CJovernmenl assay ottlce at Baker City, Oregon.
TuK export of gold from British Guiana from January I to
March 1. lMt7, was valued at*2ls,52o, against tllf^OTSfor 1S%.
TnK L*. S. Debris Commission has revoked the permit
granted the S. P. V. G. M. Co , Cherokee, Butte county, Cal.
TiinKussian gold reserve in the Treasury and State bank,
aci-ording to an official statement March 28tb, was 803,500,000
roubles.
Sui'KKiNTKsitEST Daooett of the San Francisco Mint has an
order from Director Prescott for the coinage of suo,OiK) silver
dollars.
La^t week a blast of 70,000 pound.s of powder was tired at
the Morenadam in San Diego county and 100, OUU tons of rock
■li^lodged.
S\N FftAXcisro men are negotiating for the purchase of the
Lucky Hill, near the Enterprise mine, near Fresno Flats,
t'lilifornia.
.\ riiu' sANitearloads of mining timbers, machinery and sup-
plies have been received at Kingman station, Arliiona, since
tlie ilrst of January.
Till: monthly re(>orts of mining companies will be tiled on
-.econd Monday of each month, instead of the lirst Mon-
. . under the old law.
What are represented to be extensive bodies of high-grade
luijper have been discovered on the Mashel river, thirty miles
-louihof Tacoma, Wash.
TiiK United Globe Copper Company of Arizona propose to
erect larger hoisting works on the Hoosier shaft and increase
the output of the mines.
AccoKDiNii to the Arc-Ltght, the owners of the Lighlner
mine, adjoining the Ctiea. at Angels Camp, California, pro-
iwso to erect a 2U-stamp mill.
BoKiNi. for oil at Richland, San Diego county, Cal., has been
under way some time, and last week at a depth of XUO feet
i signs of petroleum were found.
■ TiiE^oOOO mining inspector bill which passed both houses of
the last California Legislature, was one of the measures
pocket-vetoed by Governor Budd.
KojtEKT G. Smith has brought suit in Salt Lake to recover
a one-fourth interest in the Ben Hur Gold Mining Company's
properly, in White Pine district, Nevada.
TiiR Butte mine, in the Rand district, Kern county, Cal., has,
according to a press dispatch, been sold to Wilson, owner of
thr- Wilson House at Butte, Montana, for §f>U,00a.
riiE Arizona licixihUran announces that Rochester, New
York, capitalists offer to erect a large smelter at Phcenix if
the city will grant them sufticient land for the plant.
AccLntiJiNii to the Siiiikcsiinni-Rei'icu' of Spokane, Washing-
ton, ore has been found in the Anchor mine which carries
nickel, cinnabar, copper, gold, some silver and cobalt.
The owners of the April Fool mine at De Lamar, Nevada,
who have been paying wages of $^^.5(1 per day, have issued a
notice that after the tirst of April they will pay Sy per day.
AN Knglish syndicate that has a bond on the Comraanuer
mine at Kossland, B. C, at *250,000, has called for and been
granted an extension of time of twenty days, or until May 10.
A NEW pump has been forwarded to the Thistle Shaft, near
Glbsonville, Plumas county, Cal., and the work of clearing
the big drift mine of water will be commenced in a few days.
At Harrison gulch, in Shasta county, California, a tunnel,
now in 400 feet, is to be run 4500 feet through the Conant and
the Hurst lS: Fowler locations in the Lucky Baldwin loca-
tions.
Leai> during the week sold as high as ^i.So per 100 pounds—
a higher figure than it has reached before since August, 1S95,
when the price was f-i.-i7%. Since that date it has gone as low
as*3.o0.
At Mercur, Utah, the management of the Brickyard prop-
erty announce that as soon as the snow has gone the work of
building a mill with a capacity of 300 tons daily will be com-
menced.
TuEReid mines, in Old Diggins district, in Shasta county,
Cal., have been bonded to W. H. Clendenin, E. A. Reid and
J. M. Salnave, owners, and A. B. Paul and Samuel Sandry,
for «60,000.
Toe valueof the products of the lode mines of the Kooteoay,
British Columbia, for the quarter ending March 31 was
t2,151,85S.5S. The total product for the year 18% was
14,257,179.
In British Columbia a means of beating the law as to as-
sessment work on locations is being worked in some districts
by a system of relocations similar to that in vogue in places
on this side of the line.
A I'REss dispatch from New York reports that English capi-
talists are endeavoring to secure control of the Butte & Bos-
ton copper properties in Montana and the Old Dominion
copper mines in Arizona.
The Provincial Legislature of British Columbia has passed
an act forbidding the employment of Japanese or Chinese.
The Chinese had already been barred from employment, to a
certain extent, in the mines,
TuEUE is a small army of prospectors in Kossland, B. C,
waiting for the snow to melt so that they can go into the
mountains. Many of them will go farther north^than last
season into the Salmon and North Fork districts.
Toe owners of the New Idria mines are asking the Fresno
county, Cal., authorities to build a few miles of road that will
give them connection to ship their product by way of Mendota.
At present shipments are made by way of Tres Pinos.
The world'^ production of manganese ore is about 500,000
tons annually, of which it is estimated 250,000 tons come from
Russia, 43,000 from Germany, ;i6,000 from Chili, 33,000 from
France, while only about 15,000 tons are pi*oduced in the United
States. In this country manganese ore can be delivered at
New Vork from Cuba or Russia cheaper than from Arkansas
or Colorado. There Is Imported about 00,000 tons annually.
TiiEKE are estimated to be between '^OOO and 2.500 men work-
ing along the banks of the Snake river between American
Falls and Bliss in Idaho placer mining. The work is done on
a small scale and the men make from $1.50 to $lo u day each.
Aki/.ona papers are advocating big tunnels for tapping some
of the mining districts of that Territory. It is claimed that j
in many places in Arizona largo numbers of veins could bo cut
from 1000 to 1500 feet below the apex by tunnels :tOOO feet
long.
PiiiTCUAitn MoiHiAN, a member of the English Parliament,
is in China and was lately in consultation with Li Hung
Chang in regard to developing mines. Mr. Morgan has done
considerable work in endeavoring to develop gold mines in
Wales.
Vadn-ek iSi Fkishee at Bingham, Utah, have leased ground
near the Bingham Copper Company's mines with the Inten-
tion of constructing a precipitating plant to treat the sul-
phate of copper in solution seeping froui mineral veins of that
iocality.
A WA(50N itoAi> to jonnect Hay Fork, in Trinity county, with
Redding, Shasta county, Cal., is about to be built. The Board
of Supervisors of Shasta county last week received bids for
building that county's section, and they ran from 70 cents a
rod to $2.24 per rod.
Last week occurred the first strike in the history of Tuol-
umne county. The manager of the Souisby mine announced
that there would be made a reduction of .'>0 cents per day
in wages and fifteen men walked out. Later all the men re-
sumed work at the old wages.
At the first general meeting of the New Goldfields of Brit-
ish Columbia, Limited, in London, the chairman stated that
he had dispatched a man to the Praser river property to erect
anew dredger. The directors are negotiating for the erec-
tion of smelting works in British Columbia.
MiNEKs should not be fooled by proffers of "write-ups"
published on a coin basis, notoriously incorrect, and of no
value. As the Redding, Cal., s<<(rc/ifi(//f( says; "The best
write-up that the resources of any county can have is the en-
terprising weekly that the community supports.''
The treaty with Great Britain providing for an arbitration
tribunal for the settlement of the disputed Guiana boundary
has been unanimously ratified by both houses of the Vene-
zuelan Congress. This will give an impetus to many proposed
schemes for exploring the mining districts of both countries.
WflATEVEii may be the sins of the last California Legisla-
ture, be it said to its credit that it did a great deal for the
mining interests of the State, and that, too, without the
shadow of a suspicion of unworthy influence, the need of such
legislation being generally recognized and universally under-
stood.
In the Rand, South Africa, on the Robinson Deep, the
shaft at 2300 feet has struck the south reef, which is 6
inches wide and assays live ounces per ton. This same reef
at 1800 feet was 1 foot wide and assayed three ounces per
ton. The shaft at 2390 feet in depth was 3000 feet from the
outcrop.
Samuel Newhouse, and his European associates, last week
made a final payment of $91,000 and acquired full title to the
Highland Boy group of claims at Bingham, Utah, upon which
they have run 500 feet of tunnels, shafts and drifts. The
erection of a mill with a capacity of 200 tons daily will be com-
menced immediately.
F. R. Bakek and C. H. Ross of Tacoma, Wash., have incor-
porated the Union Milling and Smelting Company ; object, to
apply the hydrocarbon principle in smelting. This is an old
principle in the science of metallurgy. The manner in which
it is to be applied by the new corporation is patented by Bar-
ron Bros, of Tacoma, Wash.
A (iHOUP of twelve coal claims in San Carlos x-eservation
have been developed slightly by Hendersen and Crowe, who
sunk a shaft 90 feet, which cut two seams of coal, 30 and 60
inches in thickness respectively, which are reported to be of
good quality. Farther work will not be done until the fields
are thrown open by the Government.
The Black Bear Quartz Mining Company of Siskiyou county
Cal., which has gone through many vicissitudes in its long
history, is applying for patents for its claims located over
thirty years ago and from which between two and three mil-
lions have been taken in gold. A much smaller proportion of
mine owners in California have applied for patents than in
newer districts in other States.
The owners in London of the Banner mine in Butte county,
California, have formed a new company— the Consolidated Gold
Mines of California, Limited, to purchase and work the Long' g
Bar, Clark, Coffee and Hedges. The owners will receive in
payment £100,000 in paid-up shares out of a total of £250,000.
These properties, as well as the Golden Feather, Morris
Ravine and Golden Gate, are managed by George.H. Evans,
with headquarters at Oroville.
A snoKT TIME ago the Boston & Montana Company of Mon-
tana sued the Montana Ore Purchasing Company for $000,000,
for ore alleged to have been taken from the plaintiff's ground
on the Rarus lead. Now the Montana Ore Purchasing Com-
pany have entered suit against the Boston & Montana Com-
pany for damages in the sum of $3,200,000, the net value of
ores alleged to have been worth $3,000,000 and unlawfully ex-
tracted from the plaintiff's property in another part of the
same Rarus lead.
The California State Mining Bureau has issued its bulletin
No. 11, on "Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles,
Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties," by W. L. Watts. The
importance of this new industry in the counties named justi-
fies the careful and exhaustive work done by Mr. Watts for
the State. It is valuable, especially to those engaged in the
search for the product. The field covered is very extensive
and it has taken a long time to prepare the data. The bul-
letin should have been published some months ago, but owing
to the unusual amount of work in the State printing office it
has been delayed. At present Mr. Watts and several assist-
ants are at work in San Luis Obispo county, and another bul-
letin will be issued during the year. All the oil fields of the
State, and those districts in which there is a probability that
oil may be found, will be covered if the present intention of
the bureau is carried out. In addition to the geological
work, there is much data of value in this first bulletin as to
the refining of the crude oils of the State, which require
methods different from those in vogue in the Eastern States
and in Russia.
In an article on the minerals of Montana, G. C. Swallow
calls attention to what he describes as a copper placer in a
smalt stream between Jefferson City and Beaver Station, on
the old stage road. He says: "My attention was attracted
to it by seeing my horses' shoes covered with bright copper
after driving through it. I found the water strongly impreg-
nated with a solution of copper and the .sand in the bed of the
brook filled with bright crystals of the same material."
TuE Montana Legislature has passed an act which provides
that when any mine is worked by means of a vertical shaft
more than 300 feet deep only iron-bonneted safety cages, en-
closed by an iron, steel or wire casing, can be used; that the
doors shall be 5 feet high and shall be adjusted either on
hinges or rollers. The bill further provides that the safety
dogs shall be inspected and kept in proper order, and that any
one failing to comply with the law shall be fined from $100 to
$500. Then, Montana has a mining inspector and can afford
such laws.
Cai'Tain William Hall, superintendent of the Le Roi mine
at Rossland, British Columbia, has had a number of mill tests
of ore from his mine made with results of importance to the
district, in that they showed that the gold in the ores of the
mines about Rossland is almost wholly free. He has, in conse-
quence, recommended that his company erect a mill of about
so stamps. The saving in the cost of shipping alone would en-
able the working of much ore that is now of too low grade to
be handled, and would largely increase the value of most of
the properties in the district.
The books of the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Com-
pany and the Midland Terminal Railroad Company show that
the tonnage output for the Cripple Creek district for the
month of February amounted to 18,200 tons, or 050 tons of ore
per day. These figures do not include the ore treated at the
Hartzell, Brodie, Globe, Gold and Gold Geyser mills, which
would bring the total up to 725 tons per day. Of this amount
7500 tons were sent to the smelters and the balance to the
different cyanide and chlorination works. The total tonnage
output for March has not been figured up, but it is known
that a decided increase has been made in the output over the
preceding month.
In Rhodesia, South Africa, werk has not been recommenced
in the mines since the war, in which the machinery and
plants were for the most part destroyed, and most of the
work that was done must be done over again. It is not any
fear of a fresh outbreak that hinders mining, but the difti-
culty of transport. The war destroyed the machinery and
plants and the rinderpest destroyed the cattle, and, of course,
the transport. It is genei-ally considered by the Rhodesiau
mining companies that it would be better only to do tenta-
tive work until the railway is completed from Buluwayo,
which it will be by the end of the year, when stores, plants,
etc., can be brought in at much smaller cost.
The cost of shipment of supplies to South Africa is probably
as great as ever they were in the most inaccessible districts
of the western part of the United States, and the e.\-orbitant
charge? on the African railways, due to the rapacity of the
Boers, have much to do with retarding the industry of mining
there. An illustration is given by the London Maiiiiu Jouniai
of the cost of seventeen shipments of mining machinery from
England. The cost in London was £11,140, and the ocean and
railway freights, landing charges and customs brought the
total cost at Johannesburg up to £28,000. Of this the railway
charges amounted to no less than £11,493. The distance
hauled over the railway is only 607 miles. On the last fifty-
two miles, over the Boer railway, the charge is at the rate of
41 cents per 100 pounds.
TuE output of the mines of the Rand in South Africa for
February was 311,000 ounces. With the exception of Septem-
ber, 1890, this is the largest output recorded. The yield
since June of last year each month has been monthly over
300,000 ounces and never before that excepting in one month
reached that amount. While this would seem to show a
healthy increase looking at the totals, a glance at the product
of the individual mines will in some respects tell a different
story. The claim that the mines would pay in depth as well
as nearer the surface is not to be entirely borne out. That
the total yield has kept up is due largely to the fact that new
mines have been opened. No less than a dozen mines which
produced no yield in September of last year have in February
yielded some 35,000 ounces. At the same time seventeen of
the smaller mines which in September, 1890, produced
37,608 ounces yielded in February nothing. This is a large
number in a total of sixty-eight to be closed down in the
short space of six months. Vet it must be remembered that
there can be no question of the presence of proved ore de-
posits that while not of high grade are of such extent and
size that with economical management and worked on a large
scale will profitably produce a great deal of gold for many
years to come. That the Rand will continue for many years
to be one of the world's great sources of gold cannot be
questioned, but whether the annual output will be greater or
somewhat less in the near future has not been determined.
The Exploration Company of London, at the head of which
is Hamilton Smith, who first made his reputation as an engi-
neer in California, and which is backed by the Rothschilds, is
not in itself a heavy investor in mines, as is popularly sup-
posed. The company was formed about fifteen years ago for
the purpose of examining and managing mines for others —
syndicates or capitalists who desired the services of engi-
neers. Since then hundreds of millions* worth of properties
have been examined, opened, operated and, on their recom-
mendation, placed on the London market. These include the
Kimberley diamond mines, many of the largest properties in
Africa, mines in Australia, Spain, Russia, and in fact in all
parts of the world. Many of these properties are still man-
aged by the Exploration Company for the owners, such as the
Treadwell mines of Alaska, the Anaconda properties in Mon-
tana, the Tomboy in Colorado, the Helena & Frisco in Idaho,
the Oneida in Amador county, Cal., and many of the largest
mines of the Rand in South Africa. Lately, upon their re-
ports, electric railroads in Paris and underground roads in
London have been exploited by English capital. Some six
months ago two similar concerns under practically the same
management, the Transvaal and General Association and the
Western Australia and General Association, were amal-
gamated with the Exploration Company, and at the annual
meeting in London of the new Exploration Company last
month it was announced that the profits for six months were
£134,945, and a dividend of £110,000, or about 30 per cent, was
declared.
m
Mining and Scientific Press.
April 10, 189?.
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
NUMBER I.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by George H.
Evans, C.E., M.E., General Manager Cons. G. Mines of Gal., Ld.,
Oroville, Cal.
Of the various kinds of mining there are none
more interesting than hydraulic mining, and in con-
nection with it there are innumerable points on
which a mine manager or superintendent should be
thoroughly posted, some of the most Important be-
ing as follows :
First — Water facilities and the different methods
of both roughly and accurately measuring the aver-
age amount of water available the season through
for working the claim or claims.
Second — The nature of country through which the
ditches, flumes and pipe lines have to be constructed
in order to carry water for mining purposes, and the
different grades suitable for such purpose. This is
most important. The writer knows instances where
ditches have been constructed for long distances
with too heavy a grade, and consequently the water
when turned in acquired too much velocity and com-
pletely washed away the greater portion of the
ditch. On the other hand, by the employment of
cheap or incompetent men, ditches have been con-
structed with too little grade, and there are cases
where men have constructed ditches with the fall in
the wrong direction.
Third— The quantity of water different size pipes
will carry or that can be discharged through pipes
and nozzles under various heads.
Fourth— The friction caused by using pipes of too
small diameter, and the loss of head due to this; also
loss of head due to bends of short radius, and angles
of all kinds in pipe lines.
Fifth— A full and complete practical knowledge of
the different motors used In connection with hydrau-
lic mining, and all particulars relative to the effici-
ency of the various kinds of water wheels, etc.
Sixth — The strength of materials, and especially
of chains, hemp and wire rope.
Seventh — The bursting and working strain of
Iron and steel pipes of different diameters, and the
strength of iron and steel plates, single and double-
riveted, with punched and drilled holes.
Eighth — Methods of economically treating alluvial
deposits in large quantities, when there is not suffi-
cient grade for ground sluices, and yet enough water
for piping, or in cases where, owing to the debris
law, it is necessary to impound the tailings.
Water Facilities. — This is one of the most important
matters in connection with hydraulic mining, and
great care should be taken in arriving at the aver-
age quantity of water available all the year round,
or during the entire season, so that sluicing opera-
tions can be carried on continuously. In order to
do this it is necessary to correctly measure the
creeks, or streams, at different points, to fairly
approximate the average supply of water that can
safely be relied upon from such source, not forgetting
that, according to the location, allowance must be
made for loss due to evaporation and leakage, which
in some cases reaches as high as 20 per cent.
A very simple method of measuring the quantity
of water flowing in a stream is as follows : Measure
the depth of water in feet, at from six to twelve
points across the stream at equal distances ; do this
In two or three places along a fairly straight course ;
add all depths together, and divide the result by the
number of measurements taken ; this will give the
average depth of the stream, and such depth multi-
plied by the average width in feet will give its cross
section, or area in square feet, which, multiplied by
the velocity of water in feet per minute, will give
the number of cubic feet flowing per minute in the
stream.
To find the velocity, a very simple way is to step
or measure off 120 feet along the bank, and in order
to allow for the surface of the water flowing faster
than the bottom or sides, and thus obtain the mean
velocity, call the measurement 100 feet, and at the
commencement of this 100 feet throw into the middle
of the stream several pieces of paper or wood at
intervals, and note the time it takes each one of
them to reach the end of the measured line ; then
divide the total time in minutes taken by all the
floats by the number of floats, and the result will be
the average time taken for each float to make the
trip ; divide the average time in minutes by the dis-
tance in feet, viz., 100, and the result will be the
velocity in feet per minute, and this multiplied by
the area in square feet will give the number of cubic
feet flowing per minute; or, if the answer be re-
quired in miners' inches, multiply the cubic feet per
minute by 2 and divide by 3.
Another simple method for small streams is to put
a small dam across the stream and back up the water
sufficiently deep to prevent any considerable velocity,
and on top of the dam place a thin board with a notch
cut out of it wide enough, by estimation, to carry
the whole of the water with a moderate depth of
overflow, and the following calculation will give the
number of gallons discharged per minute, and this
result divided by 11.25 will convert the gallons per
minute to miners' inches. For example: A weir with
*CopyriglaleU by the auLUor.
4 inches overflowing the length of a notch which is 6
feet, or 72 inches, wide, the number of gallons per
minute would be found by the following formula:
G = d X Vd X 1 X 2.67.
Where G represents gallons per minute, d = depth
of overflow in inches and 1 = length of notch in
inches. In this case G wiU be found by multiplying 4
by the square root of 4, and by the length of notch
or 72 inches, and then by 2 67, making the quantity
of water in gallons per minute = 1538, and this di-
vided by 11,25 = 136.71 miners' inches.
There are many other and more correct methods
I of measuring the flow of water in channels and
streams, but I have illustrated the two most simple,
I in order that any person of ordinary intelligence
could easily determine the quantity of water running
in open streams without the aid of difficult formute.
Nature of Country for Grades, etc. — The nature of
the country through which it is intended to carry
ditches or flumes must be carefully considered in or-
der to establish the correct grade, upon which, of
course, depends the velocity, or, more plainly speak-
ing, the destroying force of the water, and in locating
the sites for water races the following points should
be carefully considered:
First — Ascertain by careful aneroid readings the
lowest point in the stream, creek or other source of
water supply that will allow sufficient grade for con-
veying the water to a point suitable for working the
claim or claims, and if the maximum supply obtain-
able is less than required for advantageous working,
then favorable sites must be located for the construc-
tion of storage dams or reservoirs capable of storing
sufBcient to keep up the required supply.
Second — Should the lowest point in the stream,
creek or other source of water supply contain more
than enough to meet the requirements of the mine or
mines, in driest season, then the locator should select
the greatest elevation that the country through
which the ditch has to be constructed, and the water
supply available at driest season will allow, so that
the ditch when completed will command the largest
area of mining ground with the maximum head or
pressure. This is an important point, as in many
instances ditches of considerable length have been
constructed and much money wasted in the endeavor
to command large tracts of mining ground, and
when such ditches have been completed it was found
that they tapped the source of supply at such an
elevation that it was impossible, except in the wet
season to get sufficient water to wash with.
Third — All timber work along the line of ditch
should be curtailed as much as possible, and when
fluming cannot be avoided the use of iron or steel
should be carefully considered for ditches of a per-
manent nature, as in many instances the first cost is
not very much greater, but the durability and the
great saving in cost of maintaining more than com-
pensates the owner of the ditch.
When timber work is found necessary, care should
be taken in securing the most durable kinds, and
after flumes and supports are finished they should be
thoroughly coated with a hot mixture of asphaltum,
or painted with a good mineral paint, while all
foundations for trestles, etc., should be placed in
such a manner that they can be easily removed and
renewed at all times.
Fourth — The line of the ditch should be carefully
laid out so that it will be as short as possible, with,
of course, due regard to economy etc., and in coming
around long points or in places where sidelings are
very steep and composed of loose rock, tunneling
through such spurs should be carefully considered,
or when it is proved by boring that such tunnels can
be constructed to stand without timbering, they
should always be preferred to long ditches around
such spurs or points, unless the ground for ditching
is exceedingly good and the extra distance quite
short.
Fifth — Along the line of ditch all springs or water
courses should be connected by means of short
flumes or ditches, so that the loss due to leaks and
evaporation from the main supply will be entirely or
partly made up. It is also absolutely necessary for
the safety of the ditch that by- washes or water gates
be constructed for the purpose of taking care of any
sudden increase of water from heavy rains or melt-
ing snow along the line of ditch.
These by-washes must be kept in condition to at
all times divert any water above the usual height
over the gates or through the openings in the sides of
the race, and in locating the points for by-washes, or
safety outlets, it is necessary to carefully consider
what becomes of the surplus water, as in many cases
owners of ditches have rendered themselves liable
for heavy damages.
Sixth — At the different points along the line of
race when fluming has to be resorted to, allowance
should be made for an increase of grade, in order
that the flume can be constructed of much smaller
dimensions than the ditch and yet carry all the water
required.
While on this subject, it is necessary to remember
that the least amount of friction in ditches and flumes
is developed when the least wetted border, or peri-
meter, is obtained, and to do this the width of the
bottom must be from IJ to 2] times the depth of the
sides. These two points, if carefully studied, will
save ditch owners large sums of money in both lum-
ber and construction accounts.
The following is a simple rule for finding the height
of the sides of a ditch or flume when area of same is
known, and it is desirable to follow the rule just
mentioned above:
When width is to be 2i times the height of the
sides, multiply the area in square inches by 4 and di-
vide the result by 9, then take the square root of the
product and that wiU be the height of the sides.
^ When the width is to be If times the height of the
sides, multiply the area in square inches by 4 and di-
vide by 7, then extract the square root of the prod-
uct and the answer will be the height of the sides.
Seventh — It is agreed by the best authorities that,
when constructing tunnels, where they will stand
without timbers, the best form of roof is the Gothic
arch, as it stands better than the circular or any
other kind of roof and is not so liable to flake. In
fact, tunnels constructed with circular roof, except
in very tight ground, have been noticed to flake off
until they assume nearly the section of the Gothic
arch.
(To he Continued.)
A New Quartz Stamp.
Richard A. Parker, consulting engineer of the
California Exploration Company, has called the
attention of the Mining and SciENTinc Press to an
improvement in stamps that should be of interest to
owners of quartz miUs in California, particularly
now when heavy stamps are coming more and more
into use. It consists of a false shoe to be inserted in
the boss as the crushing shoe
wears down, and is illus-
trated by the accompanying
cut.
This false shoe was in-
vented for the purpose of
keeping the stamp to prac-
tically its normal weight as
the crushing shoe is worn
down. It is made as is the
ordinary shoe, with a recess
in its bottom the same as the
recess in the boss. This, if
inserted as the shoe wears
down, will maintain the uni-
formity of the weight of the
stamp and consequently
maintain the uniformity of
crushing, besides allowing an
additional amount of wear
from the worn shoe. This,
however, introduces another
feature and demands that
the mortar boxes shall be
made high enough to permit
the insertion of the false
shoes, and provision must be
made for this accordingly.
Mr. Parker, while in South
Africa in charge of some of
the large properties of the
Consolidated Gold Fields,
Limited, made practical tests
of these false shoes in mills
erected' there, and, he
states, with very satisfac-
tory results. Speaking of
this, he says :
"Stamp milling on the
Rand must be regarded in a different light from
that of other places or other countries ; there
it is essentially a crushing machine and its use-
fulness is dependent upon its ability to pulver-
ize the ore fine enough to liberate the gold and
prepare the ore for chemical treatment. Else-
where the primary object is to amalgamate the ore
in the mortar ; but the two objects are in a measure
opposed to each other. The usual weight of the
stamp is 950 to 1050 pounds, and as high as five and
a quarter tons per day of blue ore is crushed by the
latter weight stamp. To increase the weight of the
stamp necessitates an increased area of wearing
parts. A 9-inch die used with a 1050-pound stamp
has 63to square inches area of wearing surface. If
the weight of the stamp is increased this wearing
area should be increased, and the proportionate area
for a 1250-pound stamp is 84 square inches, which
corresponds to lOJ inches in diameter for the die.
" One thing that is notable in South Africa is the
fact that the shoes are made much deeper there
than here, in order that a smaller proportion of
metal may be thrown away when the shoe is worn
out. The advantage of using a false shoe, there-
fore, becomes much more important in cases where
deep shoes are used. All over California there has
been an increase of late in the depth of shoes. Mill
men are beginning to realize the fact that stamps
should be heavier than those used ten years ago.
" So far as my knowledge goes, the ultimate end
of all our milling work is going to be confined very
largely to the question of crushing. It certainly
was so in South Africa, and I see no critical differ-
ence between what would constitute good practice
there and here. Stamps weighing on an average
800 pounds in South Africa have been replaced by
April 10, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
those weighing 1000 pounds, and in many cases up
to 1250 pounds.
" Of course, the question of crushing is a function
of the mortar and stamp and shoe and die ; and in
the mortar of late years the tendency has been to
reduce its size so as to keep the pulp upon the dies.
In Colorado there are extreme cases where it has
been found necessary to amalgamate as far as pos-
sible in the mortars, and, as has been shown by Mr.
Rickard, there are in use 600-pound stamps which
drop IB inches thirty times a minute. The crushing
capacity of such a plant is necessarily limited ; and
as you pass through the various stages of heavier
stamps with an increasing number of drops per min-
ute you finally reach the present modern practice of
)250-pound stamps dropping 8* inches from ninety-
two to ninety-five times per minute. With ample
plate surface — which is of the utmost importance —
the question of amalgamation in the mortars does
not become so essential in the majority of ores found
in California mines. The greater the crushing capac-
ity, of course, the le.ss the cost."
The Marble Belt.
WrlltcD for the MlMN(;
ami scikntiki
Hevdon.
Press by A. Thuk.ston
There are many lenses or segregated bodies of
limestone in the Calaveras formation upon the west
slope of the Sierra Nevadas. These lenses run all
the way from an e.xceedingly impure limestone to as
fine a quality of marble as there is to be found in the
State. What is locally known in Amador and El
Dorado counties as the marble belt is a series of
lenses of crystalline limestone extending from above
Fairplay, upon the middle fork of the Cosumnes
river in El Dorado county, to Volcano in Amador
county. These lenses are exposed to view at the
middle fork of the Cosumnes, at the old mining town
of Brownsville (otherwise known as Mendon), at In-
dian Diggings, at Dry Creek and at Volcano. Much
of this marble is of such a fine quality that lack of
transportation is all that prevents it from being
commercially valuable. At Volcano and Indian
Diggings attempts were made to quarry it, but the
cost of transportation made them failures.
Although the marble as marble was an unavail-
able source of wealth, and in itself contained no
gold, still the marble belt has been and is of great
interest to gravel miners. This is because in and
around the various lenses were and are large de-
posits of exceedingly rich gravel. These gravels
were so rich that from 15 to 20 feet square consti-
tuted a claim, and from these small areas gold was
taken out by the tens of thousands of dollars. On
account of their manner of formation these deposits
have never been exhausted, although Volcano has
been worked continuously ever since the early '50s.
Tlip Formation of the Graoel Deposits. — Water has
a solvent power upon lime. The great caverns in
limestone were formed by the waters dissolving and
carrying away the lime atom by atom. For this
reason the waters gradually cut large irregular
basins in the marble wherever opportunity offered,
and filled them with gold-bearing gravels. The pro-
cess of cutting out and filling in proceeded simulta-
neously and extended over a great space of time, as
the waters gradually dissolved the marble under-
neath, allowing the gravel to sink and giving room
for the deposition of fresh gravel on top. The slow-
ness of the process allowed a greater concentration
of the precious metals and accounts in part for the
great richness of the gravels in the marble belt.
After the underlying gravels were deposited came
the various rhyolitic or aqueous lava flows which
partially filled the then existing channels. As the
gulches were not quite filled the streams cut second-
ary channels, known as cement channels, in the soft
rhyolites or chalk lavas, and filled them with gold-
bearing gravels of varying value. Subsequent frag-
mental lava fiows and showers of volcanic ash filled
the gulches, covered the country and necessitated
the cutting of a new drainage system.
With the exception of the middle fork, the places
mentioned were formed in the days gone by, but
there the process of formation is still going on in
the bed of the river.
The Character of the Graoel. — The gravel is to quite
a large extent a fine quality of quartz, often
sprinkled with gold, mixed with blue gravel and
iron, which occurs both as a limonite and a mag-
netite. The iron is often found in masses of several
hundred weight. In addition to these are the
various petrifications and reformations characteristic
of the marble belt. These, especially the chalced-
onies, are often very beautiful, and if within reach
of a market would be valuable for mosaic and other
ornamental stone work. The gravel is slightly
cemented, just enough to hold the gold, and it falls
apart as soon as touched by running water.
' The Past Work. — In order to fully appreciate these
peculiar deposits and comprehend the amount of
work which has been done in the various camps upon
this belt, it is necessary to visit them in person and
spend months in unraveling their peculiarities. Such
time is not wasted, for they, as well as their inhab-
itants, are very interesting studies. As long as the
deposits were easily accessible the various diggings
were redhot mining camps. Everybody had money
and was anxious to spend it. The majority succeeded.
When the camps became hydraulic propositions
they were no longer run at such a high pressure,
although they were still prosperous, and continued
so until the unjust anti-debris law put an end to
further operations. Since then, outside of \'olcano,
but little has been done, with the exception of the
gophering done by a few '49 spring of '50s.
None of the various camps have been worked out.
The middle fork requires more machinery and better
directed effort than has yet been expended upon it,
which is to quite an extent true of all the other
places. Hydraulic elevators and ejectors are the
solution of the problem of working the deep ground.
At Brownsville, outside of a few points of marble, no
bedrock has yet been struck. Although unquestion-
ably rich, this deposit is an exceedingly difficult one
to work successfully without a consolidation of sev-
eral properties and a large working capital.
Indian Diggings was a wide-open mining camp in
the early days, and polled UOO votes in '5(). Its larg-
est deposit of gravel, which is over 150 feet in thick-
ness and prospects evenly and well throughout its
whole thickness, is owned by the Plymouth Consoli-
dated Company, and is lying idle because of the fear
that after the required $73,000 is expended in open-
ing it up the anti-debris forces might succeed in
closing it down. Outside of this, there are a num-
ber of other properties which, if reopened and
properly equipped, would yield rich returns upon
the investment, for there is as good gravel remain-
ing as was worked ; besides, but little bedrock has
been cleaned, but that which was immensely
rich. There is no better recommendation for the
remaining gravel than the fact that Indian Diggings
was one of the two most famous places upon the
marble belt.
At Dry Creek the conditions were not as favor-
able for the formation of the rich gravel deposits
which made Volcano and Indian Diggings so noted.
With its surrounding gulches, whose yield was
simply phenomenal, its Hell's Half Acre, and enor-
mously rich gravel deposits in its marble basins.
Volcano was the most noted of all the camps upon
the marble belt. When the easily accessible de-
posits were worked out an expensive tunnel and tail-
race were blasted out of the solid rock for an outlet.
Although there is a great deal of gold remaining
here still, this section does not offer the same induce-
ments and openings for enterprise and capital as
the more northern portion of the marble belt.
New Mexican Miners' Association.
The following letter referring to an item quoted
from a New Mexican paper in the Mining and Sci-
entific Press of March 20th is self-explanatory:
We note in your issue of the 20th inst. mention of |
the organization here on the 18th inst. of the New i
Mexico Miners' Association, which adopted the by- I
laws and constitution of the California Miners' Asso- !
elation. F. A. Reynolds of Chloride, N. M.; Antonio I
Joseph of Taos, N. M., and James H. Purdy of Santa i
Fe, N. M., being elected president, vice-president "
and treasurer, respectively. That mention adds er-
roneously; "It was stated that the object is to
unite mine owners and capitalists interested in New
Mexico against the Western Federation of Miners,
which has so long flourished at Leadville, Cripple
Creek and other camps in Colorado."
Will you, by publishing this denial, please correct
the error so made. It is not true that any such
statement was made at that organization by any one
or in any manner as to the objects of our associa-
tion, or otherwise. The Western Federation of
Miners was not mentioned or referred to. The New
Mexico Miners' Association is organized for the fol-
lowing purposes, which are set out in the articles
mote intercourse between those friendly to the min-
ing interests in New Mexico by meetings and other-
wise." F. A. Reynoltis,
JA.MES H. PuRDT, Sec. Pres. N. M. M A
Santa Fe, N. M., March 30, 1897.
British Columbia Minister of Mines' Report.
The annual report of. the Minister of Mines of Brit-
ish Columbia for the year ending December 31, 1896
has been received. This promptness in publishing
reports so that they may be of practical value micht
well be universally initiated. All the work done
seems to have been timely and of a nature to be of
most value to the industry. The total production of
minerals for all years up to the end of 1896 is given
in the following table:
ClolU.pljccr »57.704,8.W
Goki, lode .»i7?a«fi
G-livop -.177,eo»
t^"'^" I .«W,4i7
Copper asjRO-"
Coal uDd Coke.. .. . aiOJl'^"?
Buiidint,' stoDe, Brtoks, elo '..'. i':flio'(X)()
oilier Mftuls ;:■: ■.j5;quo
T"''' SI00,931 ,6IM
The following table gives a detailed statement of
the amount and value of the different mine products
for 1895 and 1896, but it has as yet been impossible
to collect statistics concerning the amount of building
stone, brick, lime, fire-clay, tiles, etc. The increase
iu the value of the precious metals produced, and the
baser metals, especially of lead, is marked, and the
total increase for 1896 over 1895 was from $2,834 000
to $4,816,000.
Quantity Value.
Gold, plaeer, ozs 3-1.084
Gold, quartz, ozs 39,964
Silver, ozs , l,4U6,5iM
Copper, lbs ' 9.^2,84(1
Lead, lbs 116.475,464
Coal, tons [ 939.854
Coke, tons 4o2
Other materials
Totals.
Quantity Value,
S 481,883
785,271
977,229
47,642
532,255
2,81«,962
2,26U
10,000
27,201 $ 544.026
62,2.59 1,244,1811
3,135,343 j 2.100.61
3,818,556 ! 190,928
24.199,977 1 721,384
816,235 I 2,327.145
615 ; 3,075
15,000
,655,302 $7,146,425
PRODUCTION OP METALS PER DISTRICT.
Cariboo
Cassiar ..
Kootenay, East, .
Kootenay. West.,
Lillooet
Yale
Other districts- . ,
Totals ,
$ 282.400
22..575
17,575
3,223,206
40.663
241..581
10,000
a,838,000
» 384,050
21,000
154.427
4,002.735
33,666
206.078
15,000
$4,816,955
The gold output is now beginning to steadily rise
as the operations of the large hydraulic mining com-
panies in Cariboo begin to assume such a scale, that
with larger water supplies and the mines more
opened out for work, a much larger amount of
ground can be washed.
The next table shows very clearly the fact that
lode mining in this Province has just fairly begun,
and that the progress now being made is decided and
very satisfactory.
The gold production of course consists mostly of
the output of Rossland mines as per smelter returns,
but there are added the gold saved by amalgamation
in the Oeoyoos district as at Camp McKinney, in the
Nelson district as at the Poorman mine, and the
product of small lots of gold ore sent out to the
the smelters from other parts.
Some silver ore is known to have been sold prior
to 1887, but no record has been obtained regarding
these small sales.
PRODUCTION OF LODE MINES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
1894,.
1895. ,
1.170
6,252
39,364
62,259
23,404
125,014
786,271
1,244,180
108,945 i $3,177,869
70,
77,
327,
746,
1,496,
3,135,
5,907,993
$ 17,331
75,000
47,873
73,948
4,000
66,935
195,000
470,219
977,229
3,100,689
$4,028,224
Total
"( Values.
113,000
6,805
588,665
25,607
1,768,430
72,605
3,135,,023
78,996
5,662,628
169,875
16,475,464
632,255
24,199,977
731,384
$1,606,427
324,680
952,840
3,818,556
16,234
47,642
190,926
$ 17,331
76,000
47,873
79,753
29,607
139,440
297,400
781,342
2.343,397
4,375,179
5,096,076
$8,067,323
of incorporation as article 11 thereof, as follows:
Article II — Objects. " The objects for which this
association is formed are: To develop, foster and
protect the mining industry of the Territory of New
Mexico, and to those ends to obtain all desirable in-
formation of the location, extent and character of
the mineral resources of this Territory, and to make
that information widely known at home and abroad;
also, to obtain all attainable scientific and reliable
desirable information, especially the latest, pertain-
ing to mines and mining, and to the means and meth-
ods most approved for their development, and simi-
lar information of the methods of treatment of the
mineral-bearing ores, and to diffuse as widely as
practicable the information so obtained; also, to pro-
Reports in detail are made upon the different dis-
tricts by capable assistants. These have been noted
and quoted from in the Mining and Scientific Press
as they appeared during the latter part of last year.
The Bureau of Mines was organized January 1,
1896, and will have its offices, laboratories and
library in the new Government buildings when they
are completed. In addition to the work of examin-
ing and reporting upon the mines of the Province
and maintaining a laboratory for determining min-
erals, it is proposed to maintain student laboratories
for instruction in assaying, blowpiping, mineralogy,
geology, etc., and to establish and equip a plant for
testing, metallurgically, the different kinds of ore,
coal, coke, etc.
^00
Mining and Scientific Press,
April 10. 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Amador.
Lrdurr: Mr. Dillon, the superintendent of
the Robinson mine, has determined to put up
roller mills to ultimately extend to the capac-
ity of 100 stamps.
At the Baliol mine the 40-stamp mill is
crushing night and day up to its fiallest capac-
ity. New tunnels are being opened up, but
the entire force of men on the payroll numbers
only thirty-eight. Half a dozen men or even
less keep the ore bins constantly filled and
the 40-stamp mill crushing day and night.
At the McMahon mine as soon as the
machinery can be put in the shaft is to be
sunk until it taps the ledge at a supposed in-
creased depth of about 130 or 140 feet. If this
work results in showing a satisfactory charac-
ter of ledge matter, the intention is to sink
another and larger shaft to the eastward to
tap the ledge at a greater depth.
Dispatch: In the Jackson Gate they are
crosscutting to strike the east ledge; but as
the rock is very hard they are making rather
slow progress.
On the Good Hope stations are being opened
and levels have been started at a depth of
115 feet. There is a 10 stamp mill at tMs
mine which has been started up north and
south along the ledge and good ore is being
taken out.
Rcpulilicaii: At the Alma the east drift at
the 1000- foot level has penetrated ledge matter
a distance of 30 feet. The quartz prospects
free gold by ordinary miner's pan test. The
ore is considerably broken up, and while the
distance between walls shows the existence
of a true fissure vein, it may be that drifting
north and south will be necessary to encounter
the well-defined ore body.
At the Oneida the shaft is down 820 feet,
and sinking will be continued until a depth of
1500 has been reached. The new hoist has
been put into service and the old hoist re-
moved.
Butte.
Mcrciivir- The machinery in the Carlisle
mine will be started up this week. Ten men
will be employed to begin with.
The JerseyBlue mine, on Ohio flat, shows
a ledge of 5 feet, with excellent ore in
sight.
Calaveras.
Mountain Echo: The Rosehill gravel claim,
in El Dorado mining district, formerly owned
by the Rodoscino heirs, has been sold. Sur-
veyors have surveyed the ground, and prepa-
rations are now being made to hydraulic the
gravel. The new management will lay 10,000
feet of pipe and begin operations at once with
a large force of men.
The Martin mine has been purchased by
G. W. McNear of San Francisco. The claim
is now being worked by water power, but
heretofore it was operated by steam. Mr.
McNear worked this mine in the month of
January with a force of fifteen men, but has
since increased the working force.
A San Jose company, through the agency of
Mr. E. W. Hayden, has purchased the Gaston
hill drift mine, in El Dorado raining district
for §12,000. The company will commence work
about the 1st of April.
The Ponte talc mine in San Domingo dis-
trict has been bonded to a Los Angeles com-
pany whose expert was up the other day to
inspect the property. A tunnel is being run
to tap the vein at a depth of 100 feet.
Pmspect : A rich strike has been made in the
Blood mine at CoUierville during the past
week. An opening (J feet wide, with a vein
on one side varying from S to 12 inches has
been encountered and the rock is of high
grade. Prospecting work is being done at the
Zigler mine, on the hill between the Gold
Cliff and Utica mines, with results very en-
couraging to the owners. A tunnel ISO feet
in length has been run along the vein, show-
ing an immense body of ore, the exact width
of which is not yet known, but it is believed
that it will average from 35 to 40 feet.
Mr. Higgins, manager for the company who
are developing the Ponte mine across the San
Domingo, has completed his tunnel which taps
the lode at about 75 feet. The rock found is
filled with sulphurets and is of a low grade.
(Htizcn: William Drown has organized a
company at San Francisco to develop his mine
at Angels Camp.
The Nap mine, west of North Branch is be-
ing prospected by A. C. Van Meter.
At the Gwin mine work is going steadily on
at the 1300 and 1400-foot levels. The face of
the north drift is 238 feet from the shaft, and
the face of the south drift is 250 feet away.
They are taking o\it some fine quartz, and the
. mill is crushing about 110 tons a day. During
March 3500 tons of rock were put through the
mill.
An 8-foot gold-bearing ledge has been dis-
covered at the Bald Hill mine about 200 feet
from the old shaft.
Kl Dorado,
(Special Correspondence).— The drift on the
350 level of the Septimus Development Com-
pany's mine has reached 500 feet. It is ex-
pected that 50 feet additional will reach the
Robinson chute, which five years ago pro-
duced good ore.
The tunnel through the Mierson Consoli-
dated property, by which it is calculated to
tap the Lloyd ledge at 450 feet, has been
driven 175 feet. The work on this property is
doue by power drills and is moving rapidly.
The north drift on the Empress Josephine is
35 feet in a good body of ore.
The Salisbury mine, a corporation in which
A. W. Longley of Chicago was the largest
shareholder, because of default in paying the
April installment, has reverted to D. H. Jack-
son.
In the Darrow mine the tunnel to the lead
is 240 feet. The drift on the lead is 700 feet.
Crosscutting has been started. Thus far the I
ledge is found to be 40 feet. The ore is low
grade. The footwall is said to be talc and
the hanging a species of schist.
The Point Lookout mine has a tunnel 100
feet on the ledge, from the center of which a
shaft has reached 20 feet on ledge matter.
The walls have not yet been found. The whole
hill, from the grass roots, seems a milling
proposition, and the ore averages :gl0 in fi'ee
gold, with 5 per centsulphurets that run from
§50 to $150 per ton. The formation is locally
known as quartzite. The property has a
4-stamp mill in operation, to which the ore is
carted one-half mile.
The several properties owned by I. C. Heald
at Nashville are receiving the attention of
Eastern people. They are all mother lode
veins, said to lie in the center of the belt.
Considerable prospecting is being done in
the old Kanaka district in the vicinity of the
confluence of Weber creek and the south fork
of the American river.
The demand for gravel properties in this
mother county of rich placer diggings is grow-
ing steadily and a few of large dimensions are
about to change hands. Some of these are
milling and others of a hydraulic nature. The
hydraulic elevator will also come into use.
The tunnel on the Boulder mine last week
had reached 548 feet. It is thought that at 30
feet farther the ledge will be tapped. This is
said to be a fissure vein in the contact. A
10-stamp mill is completed on the property.
The depth attained in the Big Canyon mine
is 900 feet, but water impedes work at that
point. Ore is being milled at present from
the 300 level.
A custom mill is among the recent achieve-
ments of an enterprising citizen of this place.
The machinery will be in operation within a
few days.
There is a superabundance of idle laborers
hereabouts. Mining men coming here for
work will be disappointed, and the outlook for
employment is not growing to any encourag-
ing extent for those already here.
Piacerville, April 5th, 'Ot.
Kern.
Los Angeles Tiiii€!<: At Randsburg some
.lich strikes have been made recently. A.
Matheson in the Marvel mine, beyond the
Stringer district, struck a pocket of ore on
Friday last.
In the Reedly mine, Jenkins, owner, some
rich ore has been found. This mine lies north-
west towards the valley.
The Minnehaha, one and a half miles south-
west, owned by Maginnis, Hanson and
O'Leary, is showing up well. They are sink-
ing a double compartment shaft and have a
vein of ore running from 2 to 4 feet.
The owners of ihe G. B., on the Kramer
road, have milled ninety tons recently which
went $20 per ton. The vein of ore runs from
.2 to 4% feet and is easily worked.
I-.OS Angeles.
For many years the part of Lytle creek be-
tween Santa Barbara and the mountain source
has been successfully worked for gold. The re-
cent find of a $50 nugget gave a renewed zest
to the work, but the prospectors had not given
the quartz along the creek much attention
until a firm of Los Angeles capitalists com-
menced last October to drive a tunnel into
the hillside. It is now in 100 feet and the
workmen are in a ledge of gold-bearing quartz
that assays very high.
Mariposa.
Capt. H. H. Todd, who bonded the Quartz
Mountain properties near the junction of the
North Fork and Merced mines in Mariposa
last October is, with Capt. A. H. Ward, about
to begin their development, and buildings are
being erected. There are immense deposits
of low-grade ore in cases 100 feet wide, over
2000 feet in length, with strong feeders run-
ning in. With the cheap water supply avail-
able, and facilities for working through tun-
nels, the ore can be worked very cheaply.
Arc lAiilii : Sinking has been resumed in
the Great Western mine, owned by Frank
BauQihogger. The shaft in this mine is being
sunk in good ore.
At the Tryon mine the woi'king shaft has
reached a depth of 200 feet, and a drift has
been run through a solid body of ore more
than 2(5 feet, and the end is not yet. Tests of
this ore body have proved satisfactory to the
company. Sinking has again been resumed,
and will be continued to a depth of perhaps
(JOO feet.
Clnzctic : Pinon Blanco mine, owned by Capt.
A. H. Ward has been bonded to the Iron Moun-
tain Mine Company of Colorado. The first
payment has been made. The company ex-
pects by the first of May to have a full force
of men at work developing the mine. Surveys
are being made for further plants.
The Virginia mine, belonging to D. O. Toole,
has been bonded by the California Explora-
tion Companj'. Their engineer, U. A. Parker,
has'put a force of men to work sinking a shaft
and clearing the old tunnel, and will in a short
time consider the erection of a 20 stamp mill
it develops well.
Nevada.
Trnn.tci-ipt: The prospects in the El Capitan
lower tunnel, at Washington, are encourag-
ing. It looks as if there would be as great
a shoot of ore as in the Giant King and Queen,
both being in the same fissure and contact
sister shoots.
The Giant Queen mine, south extension of
the Giant King, has been bonded to parties
with capital, who propose to open up and de-
velop the property.
Union: The Bullion shaft is now down 830
feet and drifts are being run both ways. The
ore is being crushed at the Omaha mill, and
that from the No. 2 level is of good milling
quality.
Tclcgrapli : In the Omaha there is every
prospect of a continuation of pay ore. It is
the present intention to sink an incline shaft
on the newly purchased ground.
The Brunswick mine has for a long time
been contending with a stream of water which I
is under control by the lO-inch plunger pump
in the bottom of the mine.
San Diego.
Uuiftn: The Glen Cliff Mining Company re-
sumed work on its mines two weeks ago.
A shipment of ore, has been made which justi-
fies an additional force of men.
The Owens mine at Julian is to have its
main shaft deepened 200 feet, making the
shaft 550 feet in depth.
A new mining enterprise has been started
in the Chihuahua district, northeast of Oak
Grove and near the dividing line of San Diego
and Riverside counties. Several of the claims
are owned by Los Angeles men, who have
secured mill sites and water rights and are
preparing to put up a 10-stamp mill. There
is a 00-foot shaft en one claim in the district,
and the development work that has been done
shows a promising vein of ore. Very good
assays are obtained from the surface rock.
Placer.
Colfax Sciiiincl: At the Drummond mine the
new lower tunnel is now in about 400 feet.
Power drills are used and two shifts of three
men each are making about 40 feet per week
The tunnel will be run 1200 feet in all. This
tunnel will tap the ledge 500 feet below the
tunnel.
The Central gravel mine, at Deadwood,
recently purchased by J. O. Whitney, has six
men engaged on development work. A larger
force of men will be put on this spring.
8lia8ta.
Scarrhlidht : The Safe Deposit mine on Spring
creek, owned by Stump, Foster, Fitzpa'trick
& Lilly, was bonded last week to George
Senn, who will at once put on a force of men
to push development and if the properties
come up to expectations will close the deal by
the payment of 530,000 at the expiration of the
bond in ninety days.
Dale & Dawson made a shipment of ore from
their mine on Little Churn creek to the
smelters at Keswick last Tuesday which re-
turned over §50 to the ton. The ledge from
which the ore is taken averages about 14
inches in width.
Quite a number of persons in that vicinity
are engaged in shipping and delivering " bull
quartz" to the Keswick smelters where it is
used as flux.
Geo. Vestal and his associates have un-
covered a very rich ledge near Horsetown.
President Schmitt and Superintendent
Rahn of the National Consolidated have closed
a contract for .50 H. P. from the Spring Creek
Electric Power Company and will hereafter
run their mill, hoists, etc., with electricity.
A road has just been completed from the
Garfield, Logan and Mt. Shasta claims one
mile away. Rock is now being broken on
these properties and hauled to the mill.
These upper claims have been developed by
means of three tunnels; the lowest cutting
the ledge at a depth of about 200 feet and
showing 5 to 0 feet of good ore.
The lieid group of mines in Old Diggin's
are showing up well under development. The
group is composed of six claims, and develop-
ment at the greatest depth yet reached shows
a 10-foot ledge of good quartz.
G. A. Von Krue^e, superintendent of the
Sybil group of mines, on the Dead wood-French
Gulch divide, proposes to put in a 40-ton roller
mill.
A great amount of good ore is at present on
the dumps and in the bins. Twenty-two men
are employed on development work. The
lower tunnel is now in about 170 feet, but
considerable distance will have to be covered
before the objective point is reached.
The Crown Point Consolidated, having
completed its new road to the mine, is now
hauling ore to Redding for shipment to the
Keswick smelter.
A. C. Hamilton, Harry Gorham and W. E.
Lester, who with Senator J. H. Jones are
interested in the bond on the Milkmaid mine
at French gulch, were here from Virginia
City the past week looking over their property
interests.
Free Press: Dobrowsky and Bergh have let
a contract to complete the development of
their mining property near Shasta. They
recently completed their lower tunnel, which
is 185 feet in length and taps the ledge at a
depth of 100 feet.
J. P. W. Davis, who owns the Washington
mine on Whisky creek, has made a sale of the
property for $3000 in three payments.
Siskiyou.
Journal: The Columbia quartz mine, near
Scott river, sent a lot of bullion to Yreka last
week. Eighteen men are employed getting
out quartz to keep the mill running.
W. A. Chamberlain and Dr. A. J. Timmons,
who own the extension of this ledge, the
Mabel mine, intend to start up work soon for
the summer season.
The cold weather lately has frozen up the
water supply in the Salmon range, preventing
the hydraulic minei's of Quartz valley, Oro
Fino,' Mugginsville, and Scott valley from
piping.
At the American Bar mine, Klamath river,
they are now hoisting dirt. They employ
about forty men and by reason of the machin-
ery being geared up so much higher than the
ordinary river derricks, they can handle about
300 tubs of dirt, each carrying from 1000 to
1200 lbs. in twenty-four hours, which is more
than twice the amount the old plants can
handle. The gravel in this mine pays well all
the way down to bedrock.
The Boomer mine, near the £ orks of Salmon,
owned by Wm. Bennett, is now being worked
with good results. Mr. Bennett also has a
giant at his mine near his home on the Forks
and one at the Crapo mine. The one now-
working on the Crapo will be removed to an-
other piece of ground about two miles from
the Forks of Salmon, containing about forty
acres.
Several other hydraulic mines on the Salmon
river are in operation, and are reported to be
paying well.
There is some talk of again starting up the
20-stamp mill at the Gold Ball mine, near
Sawyer's Bar. This property has been idle a
long time.
News: The Klamath Flume & Mining Co.
(The Big Four Company) are running a higher
survey, starting at their tunnel site and
carrying the line to the East Fork of Indian
creek. They have four gangs of men at work
drifting on their property near William Point
to determine at what point their ground shall
first be opened up. In May work will com-
mence on their 1,000-foot tunnel and on the
eleven-mile ditch and flume.
Tnolamne.
Union-Democrat: On the Rawhide the maiTi
shaft is being driven down towards the 1100,
although sinking will not be discontinued
until the 1300 is reached. Crosscutting, drift-
ing and stoping on the 900 and 1000 levels
goes on every shift in the 30-foot vein.
On the Rappahannock sinking has passed
the 600-foot mark. When the depth amounts
to 030 feet, crosscutting and drifting will be
commenced on the 600, the extra 30 feet being
for a sump. In the bottom of the shaft a 35-
foot vein of good rock shows up, with very
little water to contend with.
Tndepoidcut : Sinking continues on the
several shafts of the Tarantula steadily and
the ore gives promise of a bonanza.
The Andy Johnson mine, at Chinese Camp,
will open up again as soon as the engine is in
place.
The Rappahannock is still sinking in its
main shaft and good ore is being added to the
dump.
The Gerrymander mine has unearthed an-
other rich vein of ore.
Good rock was struck last week in the
McKennie mine on the Parrot's Ferry road,
two miles from Columbia.
Ventura.
Herald : The most authentic information
from the Ojal gold fields is that many of the
mine owners have consolidated their mining
interests, money thus being secured to aid de-
velopment. Two miles west of NordhofC con-
siderable low-grade ore has been found. Al-
though a shaft is down only 3 feet, a well
defined 2-foot lead has been found. The most
flattering reports, however, come from the
Big Six mine in Gridley canyon, located about
five miles northeast of Nordhoff.
NEVADA.
Elko Tidit){js: Located about sixty miles
north from Wells is the rapidly growing rain-
ing camp of Salmon. The district was located
In 1873 by Hanks, Lewis and Noll, and for a
time created great excitement among pros-
pectors, but trouble in milling soon caused the
excitement to die out and the camp lo sink
into oblivion. About two years ago the at-
tention of mining men was again attracted to
this district and several tons of gold and
copper bearing rock were shipped to the
smelters at Salt Lake City. Last year a
large smelter was erected by Eastern capital-
ists and the camp commenced to grow and is
still growing. During the winter months the
smelter has been lying idle on account of the
deep snow in this section and the poor condi-
tion of the roads leading to Wells, which pre-
vented transportation. But several of the
mines have been kept open all the winter, and
when the snow will have disappeared and the
roads have again become passable, there will
be more than enough rock to run the furnaces
for several months. At present there are
about 200 men in the camp, living in rock
houses and tents.
It is reported that the Magnolia mine at De
Lamar, which is showing up finely, will
shortly pass into the hands of the De Lamar
Company.
Ua.ytoa Tint rs: Nine tanks for the Davis
leaching plant are being set up.
Widening and cleaning the Douglass ditch
has been completed and the water turned.
The dilch has been widened to 6 feet 0 inches
at the bottom, and will carry water enough
to furnish power to run the concentrating
plant being put in. W. H. Peck has forty
men employed at the mill building in Dayton.
He expects to start up in less than thirty
days, and will work about 300 tons daily. The
supply consists of about 450,000 tons, the re-
ducLion of which will require at least twoand
one-half years. Chas. V. Peck will be the
superintendent of the new concern.
Walker Lake JiuUetin: Col. Sutherland
spent several days in Candelaria last week.
A lot of machinery, a sampling outfit of the
Bailey process, is now at Belleville.
OREGON.
Jacksonville Democratic Times: Belding tt
Dowell of Green's creek will soon erect a
stamp mill. They have several hundred tons
of good ore on the dump.
G. W. Bailey has opened the old Mountain
Lion mine on Missouri flat in a new place,
and discovered a vein IS Inches wide which
prospects well.
Six monitors are running at the Hampton-
Lewis mines on Grave creek. A race 1200
feet long has just been completed, which is
paved with railroad iron.
The Spokane parties who bonded the Boyn-
ton ledge on Jump-off-Joe for 13000 have found
that the pay seam widens from its original IS
inches to 4 feet, and some of the rock assays
high.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
From the Slocan the Wonderful is working
twenty-five men and the shipments from the
mine amount to one-half car a day.
The Payne mine is now shipping sixty tons
of ore daily. The Ruth is shipping thirty tons.
The Carbonate mineral claim has now
passed wholly into the hands of Charles E.
Caldwell of Kaslo, who recently purchased the
remaining interests of Gay Reeder and D. E.
Croft for $5000.
Galusha and Finch, the chief owners of the
Jumbo mine at Rossland, have received a
cablegram from the London interests holding
the option on that mine asking for an exten-
April 10. 18i)7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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sion of twenty days. They telegmphud in
answer thai it could be had for $oOOO cash.
The present option, which expired April 1st,
cost the holders $:i5WJ.
Up to Saturday, Mart-h 27th, there has been
shipped from the iiossland mines l'.i,'Mii tons,
as follows: Le Koi. I'Soti tons; War Eagle,
■^47; Columbia & Kootenav, 455; Iron Musk,
707; Jumbo. 'Jl ; Josie, Titj; ClifT. til; Red
Mountain, 50: U. K., ^i; Evening Star, i.M ;
(liant, 'i\: I. X. L., 1'.!. The shipments from
the O. K. were cont'entrates. During the
period from January Uth to March "i'lh there
were ia;J7 tons of ore milled at the O. K.
The Kcco Mining and Milling Company,
Limited, who are operating the Ueco mine,
near Saudon, intend to put up a double-rope
aerial tramway and a 120ton concentrator.
In 181H, with six men, ore to the value of
K500 was taken out of this mine : in 1*95. with
from eight to twenty men, ^1,7n7; last year,
with fifty men, *02.u7;j; and up to date this
year tPJ-l.OtHJ. They ship a carload, or twenty
tons, every two days, which brings in $4U0U
net profit. One carload cleared ilO.UOO. The
ore is produced from a lead which does not
average more than 4 inches of clear ore.
UTAH.
Salt Lake 7r».Hnr: W. H. Donnell of Iho
Sunbeam and Rabbit's Foot is negotiating
with Wilson A: McCormick for the purchase
of the Geneva mine at Silver City.
The North Star group, consisting of ten
claims, lying eighteen miles from Frisco, has
been secured by Murray, Weigel Jt Cory.
Articles of incoriioration have been Hied of
the Hoston A: Mercur Gold Company, formed
by Boston and Salt Lake capitalists.
Bingham Hii//'//M ; At the Xast mine the
new owners will clean out the Bullion tunnel
and probably resume work in the long drain
tunnel begun three years ago near the mouth
of Muddy gulch. This tunnel, if ever com-
pleted, will cover nearly 4000 feel. It will
nave a depth of about ti5U feet below the tun-
nel level of the Nast.
Vadnor it Frisbee have secured a bond and
lease on the Argentine, paralleling the Zel-
nora on the west.
About .■iiiU,OUU feet of lumber will be re-
quired for the Highland Boy milt building.
Tintic Minrr: Work on the Independent-
Tesora property has been suspended and the
machinery has been transferred to the Treas-
ure Leasing Company. The machinery is now
being erected on the Valley claim, which is
being worked by the latter company.
Work on the Eag.le mine has been com-
menced under the direction of N. W. Mc-
Chrystal.
Shipments for the week were as follows:
From the Bullion-Beck mine, twenty car-
loads of ore; Bullion-Beck mill, ten carloads
of concentrates ; Humbug, three carloads of
ore; North Star, two carloads of ore; Buck-
eye, one carload of ore; Dragon iron mine, two
carloads of ore daily; Noon's iron mine, one
carload of ore daily; Mammoth mill, seven
carloads of concentrates; Sioux mill, two car-
loads of concentrates.
Park lirninl : At the Constellation mine
the prospects are much belter. The entire
force of three shifts is drifting on ihe ledge,
which is growing larger continually.
No date for the resumption of work at the
Marsac mill has been agreed upon, nor is it
likely to be until the return of Superintend-
ent Chambers from San Francisco. The ore
in the Marsac bins now is in the neighbor-
hood of 900 tons.
1L>AH<».
The Consolidated Tiger-Poorman mill at
Burke is now treating a daily average of tiao
tons of ore.
At the Frisco the first set of timbei's has
been placed in the new station on the 500-foot
level. Sinking has been resumed in the
shaft and it will be put down to the SOO-fooL
point as rapidly as possible. Carpenters will
be through with alterations in the mill about
April 10, and will then begin on the new ore
sorting room. The impro\emonts now under
way will cost about *'J00,0LI0.
The Montana mine on Estes mountain has
been sold and the first payment of ^10,000 has
been made. As soon as spring opens mining
machinery men will be given an opportunity
of figuring on a plant to treat the ore.
ft now looks as though the Seven Devils
mining district will be reached from Payette,
instead of Weiser, as the former camp has
succeeded In giving the largest bonus for the
building of the road.
In the bottom of the shaft of the Banner
mine— 200 feet deep— they have cut into the
largest body of ore yet found in this property.
Another strike in the Elkhorn has created
considerable excitement. The ore body now
exposed is H feet wide, of iron o.xide quartz
and the best grade. This property is three
miles west of the Banner, at the head of
Slate creek.
The management of the Lucky Boy Com-
pany will make some radical changes in its
milling plant. The mill was originally erected
.to, treat sulphuret ores. Thirleen'hundted
tons were run through a gold mill, with the
result that 85 per ceut of the gold was saved.
Another lot was worked by raw pan amal-
gamaion and 85 per cent of the silver was
saved. From these facts it is known that a
combination mill with plates and pans will
serve that purpose, while twice as much ore
can be put through wet as by the process re-
quiring it to be crushed dry. It is expected
that the change will be completed about the
first of June and the management hopes to
produce during the year about §700,000.
MONTANA.
Miiiiim ami RaiJit'du Review. At Neiharl
the Diamond R. Mining Company will begin
the erection of a 100-ton custom concentrator
about May 1st, to be completed within sixty
days. This company owns the Moulton and
other good property at Neiharl, all of which
will be worked, and if successful other com-
panies will put up concentrators.
The Gait mine at Neihart last week finished
the upraise to the upper workings and is now
ready for heavy development as soon as the
comiKiny sees til to put on a larger crew.
Intfi-Miniulain: There are now about 300
men at work in the Alice properties, includ-
ing the lessees and trlbutors. The 00-
stampmillof the company Is running regu-
larly.
The Montana Mining and Milling Company.
Limited (Drum Lummond), has begun work
preliminary to building its cyanide plant. A
force of men are putting in a switch from the
Norihorn Pacilic track below Mary svi lie.
which will run to the site of the plant.* Over
the switch will be hauled all the material for
the plant, and in a few weeks actual construc-
tion, it is said, will be under way at the dam.
The cyanide plant which the company will
operate in the future will be one of the largest
in this pari of the West.
The old Liverpool mine in Lump gulch last
summer was closed down for some time by
its owners, the Merrill-Miller Mining Com-
pany, owing to the boarding-house trouble,
which involved all three of the largest mines
of the district. Several months later it was
lea.sGd to Alex Swain of Helena, who reports
that he has received returns from a shipment
of ore from the 450-rooi level of the mine
which netted him l.s7 ounces uf silver to the
ton.
Thos. Ewing, manager Diamond Hill mine,
is pushing the work at the mine as fast as
possible. Seventy men are employed.
Manager Kelley, New Elkhorn Mining Co.,
reports 1175 tons ore raised during December.
The result of the month's operations is as fol-
lows: Estimated value of bullion shipped,
^24,755; surplus on November shipments,
$500; net value of bullion, *2.5,y24; returns
from ore shipped, *t>,:J24 ; toial receipts, $31,-
550; current expenses, $25,280; profit for De-
cember, H't'ZTO.
Butte Miner: A lease has been granted by
the Anaconda Company on the Grant Exten-
sion fraction to Swell iJc Metcalf, who are
sinking a shaft from the surface. They have
machinery on the ground to hoist from a
depth of '500 feet. At the High Ore No. 1. a
body of smelting ore liO feet wide on the
1200-fool level is furnishing its quota of ore
for the smeiler. At the High Ore No. 2 the
shaft is down KJGU feet with crosscutting in
progress on the bottom. At the Modoc all
work above the louo-foot level is suspended
for the present. Hoskin tt Co. have secured
a lease on the west end of this claim; they
have machinery on the grounds to put down
their shaft as fast as possible. At the Moun-
tain Consolidated both shafts are down to the
1300-foot level; at the No. 2 shaft a streak of
ore 15 feet wide was encountered in cut-
ting the station. This is considered a stringer
from the vein. At the Never Sweat the shaft
is down below the 1400-foot level, with sink-
ing still in progress. The ore on the 1200
and 130f>-foot level is from SO to 100 feel wide.
At the St, Lawrence the shaft is down below
the 1300-foot level.
Preparations are being made to sink a shaft
1000 feet on one of the syndicate group of
mines belonging to the Anaconda Company.
This mine is a silver property and but little
work has been so far done on it, the shaft be-
ing now down about 5 feet.
COLORADO.
(Special Correspondence). — In Cripple Creek
district operations have been resumed on the
Wisconsin group of claims, between Bull hill
and Battle mountain, by E. Hasey, who has
outlined some extensive development work.
The litigation between the Smith-Moffat
Syndicate, owners of the Granite lode, on
Battle mountain, and the Portland Gold Min-
ing Company, whose Portland group of mines
adjoin the Granite, is in a fair way toward
seitleraent. James Doyle, treasurer of the
Portland Company, and several of the large
shareholders have secured an option of sixty
da.vs on the Granite mine, and it is probable
that the property will be purchased before
the option expires. The litigation between
the companies is due to both of them laying
claim to the apex of the Bob Tail vein.
A new plant of heavy machinery is being
erected on the Vindicator mine on Bull hill,
one holding of the Vindicator Gold Mining
Company. The new plant will consist of a
four-drill compound air compressor, a 10x14
hoist, good for 1500 feet, two 100 H. P. boilers
and a cage. The working force of tifiy men
will be increased to one hundred when the
machinery is in place. The 300-foot station
in the main shaft is completed and the drifts
are being extended both east and west, open-
ing up large bodies of sloping ground. The
output for February was 700 tons of ore and
the March output will reach from 10(10 to
1200 tons.
The bond and lease on the Squaw mountain
tunnel were this week purchased from R. M.
Maloney, E. L. White and J. Cooper by D.
Curry of London, representing a wealthy
Scotch syndicate. The bond to the tunnel
company from the owners was for *200,000 and
the consideration for the transfer was a cash
payment of *40,U00. The lease originally
granted was for two years and there are yet
eighteen months of unexpired time. About
two months ago the buildings and machinery
at the mouth of the tunnel were destroyed by
tire, since which time the bore has been
driven by hand and has reached a distance of
over 1000 feet into Squaw mountain from the
southwest. Several rich veins have already
been cut by the bore and different sets of
sub-lessees have been making numerous ship-
ments from them. The new owners have
ordered a new plant of machinery, consisting
of one six-drill compressor, four Eclipse-Ioger-
soll drills, and two SO H. P. boilers.
The United States cV; British Columbia Min-
ing Company have taken a one-year lease on
the Los Angeles mine on Bull hill.
Colorado Springs capitalists have been
granted an eighleen-months option on the
Marguerite lode, in Poverty gulch, by the
Marguerite Consolidated Mining Company.
The price to be paid is $20,000 and the lessees
agree to work forty shifts per month and pay
20 per cent royally on ore extracted.
Id order to cut the f^incoln vein a new 170-
foot shaft will be sunk.
lilLI'lN tot NTV.
(Special Correspondence. )~The V. S. M.
property, whic'h parallels the gulch at Central
City, is being developed under the manage-
ment of W. H. Knowles. The present depth
of the shaft is 250 feet, with workings at the
150-foot level.
The large producing mines in Russell gulch
are Ihe Saratoga, Frontenac and Aduddel.
The Saratoga, belonging to the Saratoga and
Cyclops Gold Mining Company, is sinking a
cage shaft, which has reached a depth of SOO
feet. Its March shipments amounted to 100
loos of ore.
The Frontenac produces a silver-lead ore,
and shipments amount to 150 to 200 tons per
month. This property is worked under a sys-
tem of leases.
The Aduddel mine is on the same vein as
that of the Frontenac. Shipments equal
about 150 tons per month. It will be seen that
these three principal mines of Russell gulch
produce practically no free milling ore, which
is a departure from the ordinary Gilpin county
proposition.
The mines and mill of the Vendome com-
pany are keeping up a good record of produc-
tion. Their ores are of two classes — one
heavy in lead, and the other pyrites of iron,
the gold in which is quite free, though the
amalgamation is freer in the iron ores than in
the lead. The Vendome has been a producer
for fifteen years.
In Gilpin county, with ore from the recog-
nized free- milling bell, a mining company,
having its own milling facilities, can produce
its ore, mill it, and reduce it tu bullion at a
cost of *2.50 per ton.
The Queen of the West, in Cnase gulch, is
under the managemeotof C. M. Shaw. The
old shaft has been relimbered and sunk to a
depth of 370 feel. A new pumping plant has
been put in, and new hoisting machinery is
contemplated. The sinking has been on the
vein, which is said to be 5 feet in width.
The ore is mill dirt.
The Concrete, on Grinnell hill, is working
with a force of fifty men, and outputting fifty
tons of ore per day. Drifts are being run east
and west at a depth uf 1200 feet.
The Kansas-Burroughs mine, on Quartz
hill, is shipping from fifty to sixty tons per day,
and is developing with the view of making a
larger output.
The stamp mills and concentrating plants
of the district are operating at about full
force, and as spring work opens they will have
all they can do.
The Rocky Mountain concentrator is con-
ceded to be tilling a good office in the district.
It puts rebellious ores into such form as make
them desirable to the smelters, which make
practically no treatment charge.
Pine creek district, lying about seven miles
west of Central City, is making steady prog-
ress, and the town of Apex presents a busy
appearance. This district is more than 1000
feet higher than Central City and the snows
have been heavy there the past winter. Not-
withstanding some disadvantages, there is
much work in progress and a good many prop-
erties are being equipped with machinery.
Among the tunnels being opened are the An-
nie H., Lessie B. Davis, Fourth of July, Boos-
ter, Nancy Hanks, Gilbert, Schultz-Wonder,
Martin, Cora, Calhoun, St. Louis, Zang. Se-
christ and Bob Davis. Among the shafts
equipped with machinery and being sunk are
the Plateau, Mascotte, Manchester, Anter,
Nancy Lee. Stamboul and Moose.
The W. J. Chamberlain sampling works at
Blackhawk, which were destroyed by tire a
few weeks ago, are being rebuilt on a much
larger csale.
CLE.VK CKEEK COITXTV.
At Idaho Springs the Mixsell mill is being
enlarged from fifteen to thirty stamps.
Andrew Anderson has just completed a new
milling plant. Its capacity will be about
twenty-five tons in twenty-four hours.
W^ A SCOTT.
NKW MEXICO.
At the Red River mining district, fifteen
miles northwest of Elizabethlown, the veins
are reported numerous and wide. The ore is
a hematite, some being oxidized and free mill-
ing, but not enough work has yet been done
to thoroughly demonstrate whether the mill-
ing ore will last to any great depth, most of
the holes being only from 15 to 25 feet deep.
About 800 men are at work on producing
mines and prospects for wages. No work of
any importance can be done there, much be-
fore the middle of April, as there are 2 feet of
snow on the ground now, and several pros-
pects which are in ore are unable to work on
account of the snow. The extent of the dis-
trict has not yet been developed, but prob-
ably the mineral belt extends not less than
thirty miles in a northwesterly direction.
The line of the Maxwell land grant is about
four miles south of Red River Cit3', and some
good finds have been made within the grant.
The grant owners have given prospectors the
same privileges that are accorded by the
United States laws for one claim, but retain
all extensions of any vein discovered.
Las Vegas Ojj(/c: At Hopewell the Cinna-
bar Mining Company have their new shaft
down IJJO feet. They wilt commence drifting
at once to cut the main lead.
On the Little Mary mine, owned by the
Eureka Mining Company, in drifting from
their main shaft, they have cut a 7-foot lode
and have drifted 100 feet on it and are taking
out ore.
On the Good Hope property, owned and
worked by Burlington railway officials, they
have their tunnel in 300 feel and are pushing
ahead to cut the main lode.
The Gold Nugget claim in Jones gulch,
shows four distinct lodes, running in width
from 2 to 8 feet.
Silver City Euteiin-itic: W. H. Newcomb
has started shipping iron ore from Legal Ten-
der hill, just outside the city limits. He is
shipping two cars per day.
A new strike of importance is reported from
the west side of Finos Altos mountains; or it
might be called a rediscovery of a long lost
mine. Judge J. W. Bail discovered it in 1867
but no one knowing much about silver it was
abandoned. After some ten years ho made
fruitless etTorts to discover it. The vein is 4
to 5 feet between the walls.
At the MogoUon the main shaft on the Con-
fidence mine has attained a depth of 452 feet.
Work on sinking has been suspended until
better hoisting facilities are provided.
There are eight men employed on develop-
ment work upon Maud S.
.VKIZONA.
Itrimitlii-nu: The new mill of the Buckhorn
Mining Company in Buckhorn Basin is now
complete.
Manager McLane of the Senator Mining
Company In the Buena Vista district says that
they have several shafts sunk varying from
50 to 200 feet and all of them have encountered
rich ore. A targe stamp mill will be put in
soon.
The Black Warrior CopperCompany is form-
ulating plans for reduction works and other
improvements of their properties.
'I'he Baxter mines in I^ima county have made
a shipment of copper ore averaging 27 per cent.
On April 1st work was begun on the Lacev-
Falson copper properties in the Silver Be'll
district, by H. Sissons.
Supt. W. Jackson of the Pinto Creek Min-
ing and Smelting Company reports that at
loo feet the tunnel on the YoTambienhas
siruck very rich sulphuret ore, the breast of
ore being 5 feet in width.
Prospectors are scouring the district in the
vicinity of the King of Arizona and valuable
finds and locations are reported.
In tlie Sierra Pintado region in the north-
western part of the district of Altar, close to
the Arizona line, some very rich gold dis-
coveries have been recently made.
N. Gallesis putting in a cyanide plant on
the Santa Maria property owned by the Swiss
Belle Company.
Dr. Plank is about to build a mill on Silver
creek in the San Francisco mining district.
The Co-Operative Mining and Milling Com-
pany on the Auga Fria has completed its pipe
line and the mill has been started up. The
pipe line is 8,000 feet in length with a 201-foot
head, the pipe being from 12 to 15 inches in
diameter which gives them 100 H. P. Elec-
tricity is generated from a large dynamo by
this water power. The mill has ten stamps
and the company has ore enough in sight now
to keep it in operation for four months. Their
deepest shaft is as yet only 120 feet deep but
they have a body of ore in it 20 feet wide, the
vein running from 3 to 20 inches in width.
ALAltAMA.
E. A. Smith, State Geologist and secretary
Alabama Ind. and Sci. Society, Anniston, Ala-
bama, reports that the mineral industry of
Alabama during the month of February, 1807,
resulted in the following productions;
y'fiiiH.
Coal 402.?dt)
Coke 96,343
Iron Ore 314,135
Pig Iron 59.Sfl 1
Limestone (for Flux) 19,110
SOUTH AFRICA.
The following from the report of the Van Ryn
is a good example of the close working of some
big mines on the Rand with small profits :
Milling— Owing to the scarcity of labor the
available hands were employed "in the widest
slopes, where the rock is broken with the
least labor. The yield per ton in the mill has
on account of this been only 5.4 dwts. The
run of the mill has been a good one, consider-
ing that it stopped over Christmas Day for 24
hours. Since the receipt of these particulars
from the manager the labor supply has in-
creased, and we are advised that during Janu-
ary a profit of i:22S was made. For February
a higher percentage of the ore is now being
sorted, and the results are expected to show
considerable improvement. December: 80
stamps ran 29 days 14 hours, ore crushed 10,-
141 tons, crushed per stamp per day 4.3 ions,
amalgam won SUotJ ounces, bullion gold 2750
ounces, yield per ton in bu'lion gold 5.1 dwts.
Cyanide works: The extraction of the cya-
nide works has been better than November,
being 74 per cent. December: Tonnage
treated 0400, yield in bullion gold 837.37
ounces, yield per ton 2.050 dwts, theoretical
extraction 73.7 per cent. Ore at surface, De-
cember, 3013 tons. Native labor: All work
on the property has been impeded by the
scarcity of native labor. At present it is difli-
cult to engage boys except through agents,
and almost as difficult to keep them. The
Pass Law does not prevent the boys from
clearing. It causes great expense and incon-
venience without giving protection.
ACCOUNTS.
I— Gust of Pikiduction Gross and Per Ton
Milled.
December, i-svti.
GrOKB. Per Ton.
Mining ^ 6,756 19 5 ilO 13 3.91
Transport
MiUinK 1.690 13 2 0 3 4 01
Maintenance «!3 7 1 0 17.21
Redemption 1,923 I'i 0 (J 36
General charges 255 0 0 d 0 6.03
Totals ±:il,439 11 8 t'l 2 .3.10
Cyanide works 1.156 17 0 0 2 3;i»
Total costs i:i2,506 8 8 tl 4 6.57
Realized per ton 1 1 4.91
Loss per ton ±:0 0 1.66
II— Revenue.
Dectiiiber. ISSG.
Ozn, Valtif".
Gold, at 73s 3d 2013,30 .£ n,3.S8 0 0
Cyanide process S37.37 3,038 19 II
Totals 3750.67 i;i2,376 19 11
Rents 45 5 0
Total revenue (per ton, 24s Sd) i'12,423 4 11
308
Mining and Scientific Press.
April 10, 1897.
Scientific Progress.
Ascending the Highest Peak of
the Andes.
The highest mountain of the Ameri-
can Andes, Aconcagua, 24,000 feet
high, has been ascended. On Jan. 14th
Zurbriggen, the Swiss guide of the
Fitzgerald expedition, stood on the
summit — an elevation of more than
24,000 feet above sea level. He has
thus anticipated the feat upon which
Mr. Fitzgerald had set his heart, and
for the accomplishment of which he or-
ganized the expedition. The difficulties
of the ascent were numerous. The cold
was intense, and apparently intermina-
ble slopes of snow stretched upward
and moclsed the hopes of the weary
climbers. But this was not all
" Mountain sickness," due to the thin-
ness of the air, also tested their physi-
cal powers and endurance. It must be
a great mortification to Mr. Fitzgerald
that the superior physical powers of
his guide carried him to the summit be-
fore his courageous leader, but illness
for a time forbade further struggle on
the part of the latter.
Mr. Fitzgerald and his party set out
for the ascent of the mountain on Dec.
23rd, expecting to reach the summit
four days later. On the 25th the party
bivouacited at an elevation of 19,000
feet, on the neck of the mountain, in a
gale of wind and snow. All suffered
from sickness and the intense cold.
Next day two porters had to be sent
back ill. Zurbriggen, whilst prospect-
ing around, found Gussfeldt's card in a
tin box, dated March, 1883. This was
at a height of 21,000 feet. The Russian
furnace, upon which so much of the
comfort of the party depended, would
not act, and exploded. Thenceforth,
there was no hot food, which was a
serious deprivation, and this want
forced the party to descend to the val-
ley on the 27th. There they remained
three days to recruit^, meanwhile send-
ing up wood and water to the neck of
the mountain in readiness for another
attack. On the 30th they braced them-
selves for a second attempt. The boil-
ing thermometers were useless, for
they were not rated high enough. Dur-
ing three days the lowest temperature
was 5° Fahrenheit; the highest, in the
sun, 26.46°. On the 31st they were
struggling painfully upward, and Zur-
briggen's feet became frosted. They
had to halt for two hours in conse-
quence. After constant rubbing, they
succeeded in restoring circulation.
Struggling upward, a height of 22,500
feet was reached, and then exhausted
nature gave in. They returned on Jan.
2d to the starting point to recruit. On
the 9lh they made a third attack on the
mountain, the cold then being intense.
On the 14th a height of 23,000 feet was
gained, and there, unfortunately, Mr.
Fitzgerald had to turn back ill, when
only about 1000 feet from the summit.
It was very mortifying. Zurbriggen
continued the ascent and stood on the
apex at 5 o'clock.
Zurbriggen's feat crowns all similar
achievements. Humboldt, in 1802,
climbed Chimborazo (19,000 feet), and in
1890 was followed by Mr. Whymper,
whose record as a climber is familiar to
all. Among the Himalayas, in 1892, Sir
Martin Conwav climbed Pioneer Peak,
estimated at 22,000 feet, and Mr. Mum-
mery and Mr. Hastings reached 21,000
feet on Nanga-Parbat. Only a very
sanguine climber can indulge in the hope
of scaling Mount Everest (29,000 feet)
and Dapsang (28,700 feet) which tower
above the giants of the Himalayas.
In a recently patented process a
thin film of gutta percha is applied to
a sheet of paper or fabric, and when
the surface thus covered is laid on an-
other surface and submitted to heat
and pressure a union is effected by the
melting of the gutta percha, which
when cool again joins the two surfaces
strongly and eflectually. It can be
used advantageously in bookbinding,
backing and mounting paper, making
card and mill board, pasteboard, etc.,
and mounting photographic and other
prints. Sensitized photograph papers
thus coated on their posterior sides
may be used like ordinary sensitized
papers, the gutta percha having no
effect on the chemical baths. These
products preserve their adhesive prop-
erties indefinitely under the influence
of high temperature and may be used
at any period after their manufacture.
Electrical Progress.
Electrical flining Hoists.
At the Free Silver mine, at Aspen,
smaller motor is ordinarily used to run
an air compressor and winch for pull-
ing ropes, but in case the main hoist
motor is called upon for heavier work
than usual the smaller one can be
thrown in gear with it.
The hoist being counterbalanced the
load on the motors is reduced to about
one-third of that which would be thrown
on a plain hoist of the same capacity.
The radius of the arms of the reels is 5
feet, each reel carrying 1500 feet of
rope 4 in. wide and f-in. thick. The
hoist is provided with a car and cage,
and the loaded car and cage weigh
counterweight of 5125 lbs. The maxi-
mum hoisting speed with the cage and
car, and using the small piston on the
motor, is about 600 feet per minute;
with the bailer, and using the larger
pinion, about 1000 feet per minute.
The voltage used is 525 volts, and the
current is taken from the central sta-
tion at Aspen.
Last summer an interesting test was
made with this hoist when using it for
bailing. At that time the mine shaft
was 835 feet deep, a depth to be ulti-
mately increased to from 1200 to 1500
feet. The condensed figures showing
ELECTRIC HOIST, PLEASANT VALLEY GOAL
CO., CASTLE GATE, DTAH.
ELECTRIC HOIST, PLEASANT VALLEY COAL
CO., CASTLE GATE, UTAH.
ELECTRIC HOIST, ALTA ARGENT MINE,
ASPEN, COLO.
HEAD OF INCLINE, ALTA ARGENT MINE; HOIST
CONTROLLED PROM THIS POINT.
OVER-BALANCED ELECTRIC HOIST, FREE SIL-
VER MINE, ASPEN, COLO.
ELECTRIC HOIST IN MALTBY COLLIERY, LEHIGH
VALLEY COAL CO., WILKESBARRE, PA.
Colorado, is an electrical hoist, rated
at 125 H. P., but capable of applying
to the hoisting machinery power to the
extent of 200 H. P. This is the larg-
est electrical hoist in the world. It is
a double-reel flat-rope overbalanced
hoist, built after the designs of Mr. D.
W. Brunton, manager of the Free Sil-
ver Mining Co., and also of the Cowen-
hoven tunnel, Delia S., Alta Argent
and Johnson mines.
The electrical equipment consists
of one General Electric Company's
100-kilowatt multipolar motor, with
a speed of 550 revolutions per
minute, and a smaller motor of
similar type of 60 K. W. capacity
and a speed of 475 revolutions. This
about 5000 lbs. As in sinking the mine
it cannot be timbered entirely to the
bottom, and the cage cannot go below
the timbering, a bucket is hung below
the cage. This is 35 in. high and about
28 in. in diameter. It weighs 400 lbs.,
and holds 12| cu. ft. of water weighing
800 lbs. or rock weighing 2000 lbs. To
relieve the shaft from a sudden inflow
of water, this hoist is provided with a
bailer, which is used as an adjunct to
the pumps. This is 4 ft. 2 in. by 3 ft.
2 in. by 8 ft. 4 in. and weighs empty
1950 lbs. and filled 8880 lbs. The coun-
terweight used with the cage and
bucket is 2450 lbs.; with the cage and
car 2675 lbs. With the bailer these
two weights are used, making a total
the operation of this hoist during the
test are as follows:
HOISTING.
WeiEbt or bailer, 1950 lbs. ; water, 6930 lbs.
Total 8880 lbs.
Counterweight .'jlS.^lbs.
(Ropes balance, considering entire trip.)
Net weight raised 375.5 lbs.
Depth ot shaft 835 ft.
Worlt, 3765 X 835 3,135,425 ft. lbs.
Time hoisting 2.35 min,
Foot-poiinds per minute 1,393.521 ft. lbs.
Mechanical H. P., 1,393,521-^33.000= ....43.3 H. P.
LOWERING.
Counterweight 3175 lbs.
Weight ot bailer empty 1950 lbs.
I (Ropes balance, considering entire trip.)
Net weight 3175 lbs.
Depth oJ Shalt 835 ft.
Work, 3175 X 835 2,651,125 ft. lbs.
Time of lowering 2.25 min.
Foot-pounds per minute 1,178,377 tt. lbs.
Mechanical e. P., 1,178,277-^33,000= 35.7 H. P.
At the Alta Argent mine, also at
April 10, 18U7.
Mining and Scientifih Press.
309
Aspen, Colorado, is another hoist. This
is placed at the head of the incliDe. The
current is taken from the power plant
of the Roaring Fork Electric Light
and Power Co., three and one-half
miles distant, two miles beint; above
the ground and one and one-half miles
through the Cowenhoven tunnel and
mine workings. This hoist is also over-
balanced and is equipped with a Gen-
eral Electric Company's multipolar
slow-speed 500- volt motor, having a
capacity of 20 H. P.
The location of this hoist has been
arranged with an eye almost exclu-
sively directed to the convenience of
handling the cars. The hoist is placed
on a platform about 10 feet above the
level at the head of the incline, where
the ore cars are stopped and run off
after being hoisted. Here the hoist
operator stands and handles his con-
trolling levers and reversing switch.
This arrangement gets the hoist out of
the way, while it allows the operator to
attend to the cars. In the case of
other hoists at Aspen, the hoist is
placed directly at the head of the in-
cline. This relegates the operator to
the back of the hoist, where he can see
both shaft and rope when hoisting and
lowering. To attend to the cars he
would be compelled to pass around the
hoist, and as this entails a loss of time,
a second man to handle the cars is usu-
ally necessary. At the Alta Argent
one man suffices to operate the hoist
and handle the cars.
In the mines of the Pleasant Valley
Coal Company of Castle Gate, Utah, is
another direct current mine hoist, used
for hauling the coal cars up the incline.
This hoist is a double-reduction single-
drum hoist, equipped with a standard
h. W. P. 20 H. P. railway motor and
double 51 rheostat. It is designed to
lift 4000 lbs. 500 ff. per minute. The
drum is 47 in. in diameter and 36 in.
face, with two brake hands in V-shaped
grooves on the drum. It is provided
with both friction and positive clutches
and is operated by five levers — one for
the rheostat, one for the friction
clutches, one for the positive clutch
and two for the brake. The dimensions
of the base, on which are mounted the
drum, motor and controller, are only
78 in. by 95 in. Another hoist of simi-
lar pattern, but using a friction clutch
only and a G. E. 2000 motor with a
double 83 rheostat, has recently been
added to the very complete mining
equipment of the Pleasant Valley Coal
Company. The motor in this case is
fully enclosed.
The three hoists just mentioned are
in the West. In the mines of the Le-
high Valley Coal Company, at Maltby,
is the direct current electric hoist
shown in the illustration, very similar
to that at the Castle Gate colliery.
The dimensions of the drum are the
same, the G. E. motor is of similar ca-
pacity, but the controller is of the N.
R. type with packed ribbon rheostats
mounted separately from the base. It
is designed to hoist 5000 lbs. at a speed
. of 500 feet per minute.
All these hoists are and have been in
constant service for months without
serious hitch or stoppage beyond those
necessitated in ordinary mine service.
Practical Information.
Packing Goods for Mexico.
The following paragraph is from the
annual report of Consul Oliver of
Merida, dated January 19, 1898 :
"This section of the Mexican coast,
from Progreso to Vera Cruz, being
absolutely devoid of safe harbors, com-
pels me to again remind exporters to
pack their goods more securely, so
that they may stand the rough han-
dling to which they are invariably sub-
jected in their transfer from the ships
to the lighters, by reason of the rough,
open sea and the "northers" which
visit this coast during five months of
each year. The merchants here are
unanimous in their complaints regard-
ing the careless manner in which all
merchandise-from the United States is
packed. They further state that, by
reason of this carelessness, they have
lost a large amount of trade, which has
gone to Europe, where all merchandise U Cn k PV DD /^/^C *'
is skillfully and securely packed, with LilVALilV I I\.VyUJr
an eye single to the "conditions re-
ferred to."
James Meikeljomx of Rhinelander,
Wis., has invented a novel form of
crosscut saw, which is an endless chain
affair. It is adapted to the cutting of
large timber, and, it is claimed, will go
through a good-sized stick in thirty
seconds. It will cut down trees of any
size up to 10 feet in diameter, and cut
the tree into desired lengths. The
saw teeth travel round a steel frame,
3i feet long and (i inches high, rounded
at the ends, and about as thick through
as an ordinary rotary. Power is trans-
mitted by a sprocket wheel at the
shaft end of the blade. The saw can
be raised and lowered at will. In use
it is simply rested on the log, and
quickly does its work. Compressed
air, electricity or steam can be used to
operate the saw. By using an extended
shaft it can be used to cut off piles
under water.
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Beaber and French sawed through a
tree measuring 13 feet in circumfer-
ence, and though they sawed until the
teeth of the saw came through on the
opposite side ; though the tree top was
free from all support ; though they
pried and chopped and wondered and
talked, still that tree stood there, and
still the saw remained pinched in so
tightly that it could not be moved. At
last they were obliged to go home,
leaving the tree standing on its stump.
Next day the tree was down. It had
apparently sprung or slid from the
stump, striking perpendicularly in the
sandy soil at first, making a bole 5
feet deep and as far across.
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Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArtlmr-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
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Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
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California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 216
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for the Protection of Miners." We furnish these Signals and rules, printed on cloth so as to withstand
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Coast Industrial Notes.
—The Salinas, Cal., beet sugar factory will
L-ost $2,000,000.
—Upwards of 'JOO earloads or beans from last
year's crop remain over at Ventura, Cal.
—The San Timateo, Cal., oil "boom" is
done, and the last derrick has been shipped
bat'k to Los Angeles.
—Over ten miles of the new Sierra Kail-
road from Oakdale to Sonora, Cal., is graded,
and a mile of track laid.
— The Oregon Short Line has sent in engi-
neers to see if it is feasible to build a road
from the south into the Seven Devils copper
district in Idaho.
—An attempt is being made to make tele-
phone connections between San Francisco and
Yreka. The lines running from Vreka to the
west in the mining districts of the Klamath
and those connecting Sisson with Uedding
will probably be joined.
—The Risdon Iron Works is pushing work
on the iron structure of the new Union ferry
depot at the foot of Market street, San Fran-
cisco. President Colnon, of the Board of |
Harbor CommissioDcrs, thinks that the build-
ing will be completed within a year.
— The salmon fishing season on the lower i
Columbia opens to-day. The usual "strike"
is on. the canners offering 4 cents per pound,
the fishermen demanding i]/^. About the 1st
of May one or two of the canners will accede
and then the season's work will fairly begin.
—The Redlands, Cal., Light and Power
Company proposes to Issue 1.^0,000 in stock,
half to be bought by citizens and the other
half to be retained by the company, for the
purpose of substituting electricity for mule
power upon the street-railways in that town.
—Riverside, Cal., claims that the running
expenses of the city electric plant are fllSO
per month, and there is a revenue of |tJ70 a
month, leaving f480 as the cost of running
eighty-four arc lamps. This, however, does
not take into account interest on cost or de-
preciation of plant.
—The Power Development Company has
built a flume along the wall of the canyon to
the location of the power house, fifteen miles
from Bakersfleld, Cal., with a capacity of
plant of 10,000 volts. The cost of the work
has been nearly *175,000 and the power is ex-
pected to be sufficient to run ail the local
machinery.
—On Thursday, the 8th, C. P. Huntington
was re-elected president of the Southern
Pacific Company. The report shows that
the gross earnings for the twelve
months ending Dec. 3Ist last were 148,656,-
410, as against JoO, 457,023 for the year 1895.
The expenses were $31,961,916, as compared
with t3.3,'243,89S for 1895.
— C. P. Huntington of the Pacific Mail says
he intends to add a new steamer to the China
run to replace the City of Rio Janeiro and
Peru, which are considered too slow. He in-
tends to build a 10,000-ton vessel, to cost
about $1,500,000. He says the construction of
the vessel will soon be begun at Newport
News, where be owns a large shipbuilding
plant.
—The committee to raise .=;ubscriptions for
the proposed railroad from San Diego to the
back country has obtained signatures for over
$10,000. The total cost of the road is esti-
mated at $300,000, and $20,000 must be sub-
scribed. Besides these subscriptions of stock,
a subsidy of 7U0 acres of land in Santa Maria
valley has been given, and many farmers
have agreed to do work at grading, taking
one-half cash and the other half in stock.
—The success of the Joggen's log rafts from
the Columbia river in H)5 and'9'5 has occa-
sioned the formation of a combine of San
Francisco lumber mill men, who have bought
out Baines & Robertson, and propose bringing
down two large rafts this season— one in June
and one in August— from the Columbia river,
each containing about 7000 M feet, board
measure. They figure a large saving in
freights and the utilization of considerable re-
fuse.
—The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad will be
sold at auction on May 3. at Gallup, N. M., to
the highest bidder. No bid of less than
$5,000,000 will be entertained by the auction-
eer. It will be purchased, no doubt, by the
Santa Fe people. The Atlantic & Pacific runs
from Albuquerque to The Needles. From the
latter place to Mojave Junction the San»>a Fe
has been operating the Mojave division of the
Southern Pacific, which it will purchase next
month. Large sums of money will certainly
be spent in improvements on this through line.
The roadbed will be braced up and a new line
■ of telegraph constructed from Barstow to Los
Angeles, which, while not a part of the At-
lantic & Pacific, is its near relation.
— F. R. Lingham, head of a large lumber
firm in Johannesburg, South Africa, is in
Seattle, Wash., to place an order for 30,000,000
feet of lumber. Within the past eigheeen
months Lingham has shipped nearly 30,000,000
feet of lumber from Puget sound to South
Africa. The vessels will carry, also, cargoes
of heavy merchandise from San Francisco,
where an order for 4000 tons of mining machin-
ery was latel3' placed. Four hundred tons of
this machinery is to be taken back by each
ship, in addition to the regular lumber cargo.
By the end of next year most of the wheat
and flour consumed in the Transvaal and
other South African States will be purchased
and shipped direct from the Pacific coast.
Personal.
Captain Hesky Glass, U. S. N.. has been
detailed as captain of the yard at Mare Island.
Ex-GovEKKOK Benjamin- BtxTEHwoRTH of
Ohio has been appointed Commissioner of
Patents.
Cai'Tain Thomas Culcu has returned to
Montana from California, and is at his ranch
at Great Falls.
D. J. Baumb of Butte, Montana, has been
appointed superintendent of the Bald Eagle
mines at Boundary, Wash.
A. Maltmax of Grass Vallev, Cal., goes to
northern China to superintend'the mioiog op-
erations of an English company.
VV. E. SnAitoN has been appointed superin-
tendent of the American Flat Development
Company at Virginia Cit3', Nevada.
Victor Clement, who has been examining
the Mercur mine at Mercur, Utah, and the
De Lamar in Nevada, has left for London.
W. C. Qlisiiv, representing the MisiXG
ANi> Scientific Pkess, leaves on the 3t)th
inst. on an extended sojourn in Australia.
B. A. CAitnwELL of SaltLake isat Truckee,
Cal., considering the feasibilitv of reduction
works there to handle the Meadow Lake ores.
F. M. SoiTU was elected secretary, and L.
L. Jewell treasurer of the Southern Oregon
Miners' Association, at Grant's Pass, last
week.
Lieutenant-Colonel S. B. M. Young of
the Fourth Cavalry, U. S. A., has been de-
tailed as superintendent of the Yellowstone
National Park.
James F. Wakdnbb of Wardner, Idaho,
Rossland, B. C, etc., proposes to write a book
of reminiscences of the bright side of mining
life in the western part of the United States
and British Columbia, with a chapter or two
in Africa.
Recently
Declared
dends.
riining Divi-
Commercial Paragraphs.
The Colorado Iron Works has shipped one of
their new single elliptical slag trucks to
Leadville for the use of the Arkansas Valley
Smelter.
Steele, Bristol & Co., having purchased
the right for Colorado to operate with the
Beam Converting Gold and Silver Process,
have erected a plant in Denver, Colo , to treat
ore by that method.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Company of
Denver, Colo., are introducing the Wilfley
concentrating tables in some of the old estab-
lished stamp mills in Gilpin county, Colo., hav-
ing lately put one in the Blackhaw mill at
Blackhawk, Colo.
The Montgomery Machinery Company of
Denver, Colo., recently shipped an 80 H. P.
boiler to Albuquerque, N. M., for the electric
light works at that place; also, a bolster,
crusher, boiler, ore feeders and concentrators,
to White Oaks, N. M., for a mill in that dis-
trict.
The Risdon Iron Works, Howard and Beale,
San Francisco, have issued the tenth edition
of their catalogue. No. 8, "The Bryan Roller
Quartz Mill," and "The Johnston Concentra-
tor." In these the effort has been to still
further advance the standard of efficiency. In
the construction of the mill there has been an
improvement in the manner of app'yingthe mo-
tive power. Illustrated details of the mill and
concentrator are fully set forth in the cata-
logue, which will be sent to any address.
Byron Jackson of San Francisco has a con-
tract to furnish pumps and machinery for the
Rockford, Illinois, water works. This Cali-
fornia contract for an Illinois corporation was
secured solely on merit, and suggests a good
many things' worth thinking about. There
are three pumps with a daily capacity of
9,000,000 gallons, each driven by a cross com-
pound single valve 100 H. P. condensing en-
gine. The machinery in its entirety weighs
thirty-six tons. The plant is to be in working
operation June 1, '97.
Book Notices.
Morning Star Gravel Mining Co., Colfax,
Cal., $5 per share; payable April 1.
Alice Gold and Silver Mining Co., Montana,
$30,000; payable April 7.
Silver King, Utah, $37,500; payable April 10.
McNeill's Code : By Bedford McNeill, F.G.S.
All telegraphic codes have the same purposes
—to save costs in telegraphing, to ensure
secrecy in confidential correspondence and to
avoid liability of error. The author, a mining
engineer, has made up the 4400 phrases given
in the code with especial reference to the
needs of mining men, engineers, directors of
companies, bankers, brokers, accountants,
financiers and merchants, all of whom will
find this code economical and in other respects
serviceable for their purpose. One of its spe-
cial features is a schedule embracing the
phrases required when surveying or reporting
upon mineral property. Another is the system
for transmitting full and detailed monthly re-
ports from mines, smelters, etc., at very low
cost, intelligently and safely. Besides answer-
ing these special purposes, this code meets all
the requirements of general commercial cor-
respondence. Published by the Scientific
Publishing Co. and for sale by Henry L.
Tyler, 307 Montgomery St., S. F. Price, $7.50.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Angus M.&M. Co., Los Angeles; capital
stock, $500,000— all subscribed; F. H. Rust,
I. N. Inskeep, J. J. Lonergan, B. M. Calkins,
E. R. Shrader.
Uyak Mining Company, San Francisco; E.
B. Pond, W. B. Bradford, C. Hirsch, R.
Minor, H. T. Fortmann. Capital stock,
S500,000.
"Union" Hoist.
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strong Iron base. Tills huist isdesignt-d io raise one Ion 1^5 feet per minute from an inclined shatt, or
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Electrical Engineering Co.,
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yWanufacturers of /\11 Kinds of
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For Mines, Mills and Hoists.
Girard Water Wheel Co.,
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These wheels are durable, highly effi=
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have perfect regulation, which feature
makes them especially suitable for the
operation of electric machinery.
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April 10, 1897.
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j Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,
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ROBINSON BROS.,
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The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN-CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented In U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Office 8 Drapers Gardens*
Laboratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1530 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Glerici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in tbe
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLFRICI, Manager for U. S.
Hydraulic and River Miners!
YOU CAN REMOVE BOULDERS, STUMPS, SNAGS, ETC.,
WITH ECONOMY, EASE AND SATISFACTION BY USING THE
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Address WILLIAM KNOX, Jacksonville, Oregon, or JAMES
ARMSTRONG, lo Front St., S. F., for information and prices.
DEWEY & CO.,
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ERASER & CHALMERS,
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Have brought out a new
line of medium size
Steam Hoisting Engines,
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The above presents an Improved Double- Jointed Ball-Bearing: Hydraulic Giant which we
build. The improvement consists of the introduction of a Ball Bearing by "which the pressure of the
water is reduced to a minimum and the direction of the nozzle changed at win with ease.
f'atalogues and orices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS. 38 to 44 Fremont St., San Fraocisco. Cal.
Roller, Steel and Special CHAINS
FOR
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MACHINER'r
roa HANDLING MATKniALOriLLElNDS
jflsmMiiss.8oii»[iisi>-PHii[iPii3m5'si*ci»ciijyiiiMiisoiii(;i[MPt[^5Ciiioiim«it[MBit*pm
Western BraDCh, Denver, Colo.
THE JEFFRET IIIFU. CO.. Columbus, Ohio.
fiend for Catalogue. 163 WaahlDgton St., NKW YCK.
GHAKLES C. MOORE, Pacific Coast Agent, 32 FIRST St., SAH FRAITCISCO, CAL.
HEADQUARTERS.
Genuine English Pump Leather
outwear any other materfal and grlve best
satisfaction. Samples furnished on appli
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO.. Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F
DEWEY & CO.
^< Patent Agents/
SANTA FE^ROUTE.
The Great SANTA FE ROUTE,
with Its TEN THOUSAND
MILES of Track,
Roaches all the principal mining camps to COLO-
RADO, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA and
CALIFORNIA.
Randslburg,
THE HEW EL DORADO,
Can be reached by no other line. Double daily
stages run between KRAMER and
RANDSBURG.
H. C. BUSH, A. Q. P. A.
Ticket Office, 644 Market Street,
San Francisco, Cal.
CRIPPLE CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
IIV GOLD.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
In Conuection with the Denver & Rio Grande.
For information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT. General Traffic Agent,
Denver. Colo.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Colorado has within its limits some of the great-
est g-old mines that have ever been discovered, In
Cripple Creek in 1S!I2 tbere were a few prospectors
looking over the hills; In 1895 the camp turned out
over $8,000,000 fn pold. Leadville. the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
ver what it Is to-day, is becoming a big producer of
gold. New Inventions for working low-grade gold
ores, together with the discoveries made to work
rebellions ores, have opened up a fleld for the min-
ers such as they have never enjoyed before, and
Colorado has indncemeuts to offer such as no other
district In the world possesses: the record of the
State iu gold production for the last three years
spf-aks for Itoelf. Among the other prominent
camps In the State are Telluride. Ophir. Rico. Silver-
tnn, Mineral Point. Diirango. La Pluta, Ouray, Saw
Pit, Ironton, the Gunnison district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps are
springing- into existence every day The Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad, which is the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has always been the miner's
friend, reaches all the mining camps in Colorado.
For elegantly illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines in Colorado, send to
W. J. SHOTWELL. - - - General Agent,
314 California St.. San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passenger Agent, - - DENVER, COLO.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
AND BAKER CITY . .
* riining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. Sc N.
Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Fred F. Connor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St
314
Mining and Scientific Press.
April 10, 1897.
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
SolicltorB for Pacific Coast.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 30, 1897.
579,873. — Lawn Sprinki.eh — Hictchock & Ed-
wards, Los Angeles, Cal.
579,679.— Concentrator— C. A. Holmes, Seattle.
Wash.
579,725.— Insulator and Holder— W. C. Keitlily,
S. F.
579,758.— Swimming Apparatus— W. Luce, Neha-
lem. Or.
579,888,— Oil Can— S. I. Merrill. Los Angeles, Cal.
679,598.— Abstract Book— G. C. Murray, Santa
Rosa, Cal.
579,719.— Hoisting Apparatus- W. F. Murray,
S. F.
579,804.— Hose Coupling — G. W. Owings, Rit-
ter, Or.
579,727.— Heat Producer- E. Turck, Analieim.
579,739.— Spark Arrester— H. H. Warner. Ta-
coraa. Wash.
579,921.— igniter— G. L. Woodworth, Palo Alto,
Cal.
579,813. — Transfer Bridge — A. McK. Wylie.
Stockton. Cal.
NOTE.- Plain and Certified Copies of U. S. and For-
eign patents obtained by Dewey &, Co., hy mail or
telegraphic order. American and Foreign patents
secured, and general patent business transacted
with perfect security, at reasonable rates, ana Ir
the shortest possible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention ;
Insulators and Holders for Electric
Railways.— Willie C. Keithly, S. F. No.
579,725. Dated March 30, 1S97. This inven-
tion relates to a device for holding the insu-
lators by which the trolley wires of electric
railways are suspended. It has for its object
a novel means for securing the insulator with-
in a protecting cap or cover, and removably
locking it thereto, and means for suspending
the whole device from the posts which are de-
signed to support the wires along their course.
It consists essentially of a cap substantially
of the form of a frustum of a cone having in-
terior oppositely placed projecting lugs, a cor-
respondingly shaped insulator having oppo-
sitely placed lugs upon the exterior adapted
to engage and lock with those in the interior
of the cap when the insulator is turned there-
in, lugs in the interior of the insulator, a
shank or stem adapted to connect with and
suspend the trolley wire, said shank having a
winged disk adapted to lock with the lugs in
the interior of the insulator, a protecting disk
secured thereto below the mouth of the insu-
lator. In conjunction therewith are hooks so
disposed upon the top of the cap as to receive
the transverse supporting wire and a groove
or channel in the top of the cap in which this
wire lies between the hooks.
Hoisting Apparatus. — Wm. F. Murray,
S. F. No. 579,719. Dated March 30, 1897.
This invention relates to a hoistiog apparatus
such as is employed in conjunction with pile
drivers for raising a weight and releasing it.
It consists essentially in the combination of a
winding drum, a driving gear with which it is
forced into engagement, a shaft upon which
the gear is fixed and the drum is slidable,
means for resisting the thrust of the engage-
ment of the drum with the gear so that the
collar is prevented from rotating on the shaft.
This means consists of concealed pins seated
in tongues projecting inwardly and adapted to
enter sockets in the shaft.
Pontoon Transfer Bridge for Dikes or
Canals. — Alexander McKay Wylie, Stockton,
Cal. No. 579,813. Dated March 30, IS97.
This invention relates to the general class of
apparatus used in making or dredging water
courses, canals, ditches and other excava-
tions and forming in connection therewith
dikes and embankments bordering on the
work. It consists essentially of a pontoon or
float, abridge connected therewith extend-
ing to and over the hank and having a sup-
port upon the bank upon which the projecting
portion is supported, a car adapted to receive
the material to be transferred from the
dredger, means for effecting the travel of the
car from the pontoon or float over the bridge
and back again, means for automatically back-
ing the car at the inner end of the bridge and
pneumatic cushion cylinders with pisions so
arranged and connected as to control the
descent of the car over the curved portion
where it delivers its contents. The' car is
provided with a swinging gate closing by
gravity and latches which are disengaged to
allow the gate to open at the proper time.
Hoskins' Patent
Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dusl. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSIONS, ''''^'^^lio'^il?'"'''•
TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. a9"Estr9
sizes and lengths made to order on short notice
,611 and 613 FBONT ST., Ean Francisco, Cal.
:
i
A Great Mining Triumph.
Capt. J. R. DeLamar, of New York City, is one of the largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
the world. After the most careful investigation he purchased in August. 1S95, two Griffin Mills, and his
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words.
New York, Jan. q, iSlj6.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. (Av/y/fwcw .'—The two Griffin Mills have been in optration now for qo days on the
hardest rock, with the exception of corundum, titat I have ever met during my mining life. They have taken ihe rock direct
from the breaker, and they average about 20 ions to each macliiiie, 40 mesh fine, without elevating or bolting. We simply put
a \i mesh screen around the Griffin Mill, and the stuff comes out 40 mesh fine or over, which makes it an excellent pulp for
leaching by cyanide or chlorination ; therefore we have concluded to order 10 more Griffin Hills. We have tried high-speed
rolls and dry stamps, and after looking into the Huntington Dry Pulverizer, the Narod Pulverizer, the Stedman Pulverizer,
the Frisbie Lucop, the Cook, and various other dry pulverizers, unhesitatingly recommend vour Griffin Mill to any one.
Yours truly, (Signed) J. R. DeLAMAR.
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
DeLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO.,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 24, 1S96.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. Gentkiitcn .-—In answer to yourinquiry as to whatthe " GrifRn Mill" is doing at our
DeLamar Mill. DeLamar, Nevada, we beg to state that we often run 310 tons per day with 10 of your mills in operation, and
on one nccasion these 10 mills produced 40S tons in one day. I have no hesitancy in stating that they will regularly produce
at least 30 tons per day each on our ore, which is extremely and unusually hard.
Yours very truly, H. A. COHEN, General Manager.
These strong letters coming from such 'representative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the " Griffin Mill " will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
Let us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which will tell you all
about the Mill and bring to you other evidence of its great achievements.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO., 92 state St., Boston, Mass.
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HERCULES
<3/\S, GflLSOLIINE rtIND DISTILLATE EINGIINES
HOISTING ENGINES,
3 h. p. to 200 b. p.
STATIONAKY ENGINES,
1 h. p. to 200 h. p.
■f
MARINE ENGINES,
2h. p. to 200 h. p.
Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER insures a saving of 50% on
cost of running. Just V, your expense SAVED BY USING A HERCULES in place ot ANY
other. We make no exception.
NEARLY 3000 HBRCUtES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
ACTUAL USE. HIGH GRADE.
We claim full power, automatic and positive adjustment regulatinie: speed and con-
sumption of fuel in proportion to work being performed. No spring electrodes to burnout.
All springs are outside. Point of ignition, speed and amount of fuel can be cbanged
while engine is in operation.
write for illustrated catalog.
Established 1880.
WORKS: 215,217,219,!
Address HERCDLES GAS ENGINE WORKS,
1,223,2-25,227,229,231 Bay St. OFFICE: 405-407 Sansome St., San Francisco.
E^TCperlmental Wlachilnerv and Repair \A/orlcs of All KLInds.
F». T. TA'VJUOR & CO., S:23 TVVisslon Stree>t, San F'rancisco, Califoi-nia.
H. CHANNON COMPANY,
DEALERS IN
Contractors' and Mining Supplies
WIRE ROPE, MANILA ROPE, TACKLE BLOCKS, CHAIN
and CHAIN HOISTS. HAND POWERS and
HOISTING ENGINES.
Send for oar new Culalogue.
:24-:26 TVl/VRKEX ST., - - - - CHIC/VOO.
T^f Califomi^
THE CELEBRATED
HAMMERED STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
Warranted Not To Clip Off or Batter Up. A HOME J'RODUCTION.
Also, Best Refined Cast Tool Steel, Well Bit Steel, Heavy and Light
Iron and Steel Forgings of All Descriptions.
PRICES UPON APPLICATION.
GEO. W. PENNINGTON & SONS, ^'« """ ""sAN^FRANal'co. cal.
-EASTERN PRICES BEATEN.-
SAN FRANCISCO'
,^f~ F*loneeir Scr^^n \A/orlcs
^ JOHN W. Q UICE, Pi-op.
Improved Facilltlesl Finest Work! Lowest Prices!
Perforated Sheet Metals, Steel, Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screens
for All Uses.
*** MIKIHG SCREEHS A SPZCIALTT. ***
321 and 233 First Street, San Francibco. Cal.
QUARTZ SCREENS
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World.
- TPIIAV Patent
Automatic Ore Cars.
THF,Y ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
Honiog-eneous Steel, Cast ^
Sleel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc, Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. California
Pekfokating Sckekn Co.. M5 aod 147 Beale St., S.P.
XJ Si/L
8CHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO.
Pat. Jan. 5, '92, Aug. 27, '05. Send for VataLogiie. Sacr
F'RANCIS STVVIXH & CO.,
-MANDFACTUREBS OF-
Patent Centrifugal, Steam and Power Pump-
ing Machinery, Simplest, Cheapest and Best.
Orcliard TrucltB, Grape Crashers,
Wine Presses, Wine Filters.
Up-to-Date iiepair Shop for All Kinds of
Pumps and Other J>Iacbiuery.
It will pay you to get our prices.
I. L. BURTON MACHINE WORKS,
115-117 First St., San Francisco.
QUICKSILVER!
FOR SALE BY
Th^ Eureka Company,
of san francisco.
Room 1, - 426 California Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
I=OR TOVUIN \AJI\TE.H \A/ORK.S.
Hydraulic, Irrigation and Power Plants, Well Pipe, Etc., all sizes.
130 BBALE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Iron cut, punched and formed,* for making pipe on ground where required. All kinds of Tools sup-
plied^for making Pipe. Estimatesigiven when required. Are prepared or coating all sizes of Pipes
with Asphaltum.
B^Russell Process.
For information concerninfr this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO..
Farfc City, Ctab .
Apiil 10, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
315
RISDON IRON XA/ORKS,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
- -A
We beg to call attention to our ■' RISDON HAMMERED"
Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
rhvii WrIllilK I'leuae nienllun the MINING ANM SC'IKNTIKIC I'RKSS.
GATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKER
still leads the ■world. It has greatly cheapened the cost of macadam and ballast, and m ade low grade ores profitable
180 large sizes shipped to South Africa.
General Mining Machinery
of improved designs. Nothing equal to
High Grade Cornish Rolls,
stamps, Concentrators, Connersville Blowers, High Speed Engines,
Cyanide and Clorinating Equipments.
The Gates Improved Vanner Concentrators.
Every appliance for the mining and milling of ores.
Agent for Gates Breakers in California,
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
650 Elston Avenue, Depf. UU,
121 Main St., San Francisco.
GATES IRON WORKS,
CHiOACO.
Compressors Hoisters Air- Drills Blowers
Automatic Engines Corliss Engines
Stamp Mills '^^^ Saw Mills
Whims Winches
I-PS MACHINERY Heaters
Tools Forges
Ore Feeders ^^ Dynamos
Gas Engines Sampling Mills
Concentrators Rolls Crushers Boilers
We are the one great
" Pebble on the beach."
\ I'URCHASING AGENTS: \
Wlitii In till' markH for tniichincri/ I
or supplier nend sjjec'Jications to iin /
for our prices. Our stock is the larc/- s
(-47 and most select carried in ani/ (
mining district in the United States. ^
< WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. )
Hendrie & Bolthoff M'f'g Co.
Denver, Colo., U. S. A.
Belting Packing Pulleys Shovels Cordage
Wire Rope Wire Screen
Steel >^ Cages
Iron Chain
Pipe SUPPLIES Ho,,
Cars Rails
Indicators ^^N^ Injectors
Telephones Lubricators
.Shafting Buckets Castings Blocks Valves
KROGH MT^G CO. KLnigrlxt'sl^U^^torTTV^lxool.
Successors to Saa Francisco Tool Co.'s
MACHINE AND M'F'G DEPT.
Mamifiicturci's of and Dealers in
nining and Pumpg
nachinery
COMPRISING
BRIGGS' 2-STAMP TRIPLE DIS-
CHARGE QUARTZ MILL, of
Latest Improved Pattern.
Kock Breakers, Ore FerdtM-N, Coiicentra-
tors, £iiglne.s and Koileri^, Hoiatlnn; RigK
to be opurati'd by Hothp, Stca.111 Power, or any
other motor; Ore Cars and Ore ISiic-ketK,
Coruish an<l Jack-head Pumps, Triple-
Act inK Pumps, CeiitrHopal Sand and
Gravel Pumps, Wooden Taiihs and Pumpn
for the Cyanide Process, Pipe and Gate
Valves, Link Clialn Elevators for elevating
and conveying- all kinds or material.
EsUniates as to coHt of machinery and its
ereeliou rnrnl6lied upon application. Write
for Catalogue and Prices.
OFFICE AND WORKS AT
51 Beaie St. and 9 to 17 Stevenson St.
SAN FKANCISCO. CAL.
The accompanying cut shows tbe general ar-
rangement of Knight's Standard Water "Wheel,
of which there are hundreds In use in different
States or the Union.
These Wheels are made from 3 feet to 6 feet hi
diameter, from 10 to 1000-horse power, and
a<lapted to all heads and purposeB.
Wheels inclosed in iron cases, from 6 to 3-1:
Inches.
Wheels for electrical power can be furnished
with or without Governors. H)g:hest.ree:ula-
tion g:uaranteed.
Address all communications to
KNIGHT & CO., .Sutter Creek; Cal., or,
KISDON IRON WORKS, Agents, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
WRITE
CATALOGUE
NO. 15.
Jackson's
GAS
AND
OIL
ENGINES.
PUU YOU USE w--^ #^
owEKr
All light, you need CHJKAl' Po\ver, One
, Cent per Horse Power per Hour is
CHKAP. Weber Gasoline Engines run
: anythiivj. "Economy in Power" ia our motto.
'- For Catalogue and testinitnials address WEJiER
GAS * GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 430
Southwest Boulevard, Kansnn CJty, Mo
Cross-Compound Steam Enginesand "Whirlpool" Centrifugal Pumps
For Irrigation, Urainage. Oredging, Mining, Etc. Capacities from 50 to 50,000
Gallons Per Minute.
BYRON JACICSOrV yVVACHIlNE lA/ORICS,
; 625 5Uth street , , s^n Pran^iscQg
316
Mining and Scientific Press.
April 10, 1897.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNiNQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFICES: ^^^ TsVlSfsi?' ''^^■'
Boston, Mass. New York, N. Y. Syracuse. N. Y.
Pltteburr. Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Dallas. Texas.
Chicago, in. Detroit. Mich. New Orleans. La.
DEXVER, COL., PORTLAND, OR.,
505 Sbcteenth St. "WorceBter BnUding,
Buffalo, N. Y. Philadelphia Pa. Baltimore. Md.
Cincinnati. O. Colnmhus. O. Nashville, Tenn.
St. Louis. Mo
IT IS A FACT . . .
That Our Annual
Production of
. . . Insulated Wire
E^XCEEDS
Our
'Crown.'
WIRE.
-That of any other manufacturer in the United States
and INCLUDES EVERVTJdJJJG in the Electrical Wire Line.
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
NOS. 8 AND 10 PINE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
FKAXK L. BROWS, Pacific Coast Agent.
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water AVheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a ParapMet of either
Wheel and write fall particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL& GO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U,S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
IS AT
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY CO., 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U. S. A.
Just Listen— Reliahle Common Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $] 00.
Steam Hoisters, $300 and up ; hand
' holsters $30; Gteei ore buckets
all prices: prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A lO-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb.
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
l-^^mills buJlt to fit the ore
J)\'|\and guai-anteed to save
-What wesay. Coal Mine.
equipments, S c re e ns.
Jips, Tramways.,
Arastors, Chillian
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.J,^
Cornish Rolls. 12x20. weight '^
6.000 lbs., price S3.50: Feed-
ers. Bumping Tables ; Blake Crushers.
i7xl0, weie^ht 8.100 lbs. only $i=iO. Our
100 page illustrated catalogue free.
RancJ Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
yWachinery.
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Monadnocli Building Chicago
Ishpemlng Michigan
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SherbrookP. O Canada
Apartado 830 City ot Mexico
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
VULCAN ROPEWAY!
\A/ITFI
AUTOnATlC ORE LOADER and
AUTOMATIC DUnPINQ DEVICE.
Ore, Cordwood, ^
Empire "Nfva.da -^pr 11 In
\ lea/ In ]\ofi. — L LNTLEMEN The Roppw IT fum 1 J by
your company to convey Tailings from Morgan Mill to Mexican
Mill, a distance of seveD-eighths of a mile, is giving entire "^atis
faciion. We transport 200 tons of tailings in ten hours: one man
does the whole business, including elevating tailings from hop
per.in.the ground, operating Vulcan self-loader, and attending to the Ropeway generally
dumper requires no attention whatever. The Vulcan loader I consider the best feature id
Ropeway, making it possible for one man to load 200 tons in ten hours.
Yours very truly. J. P. WOODBURY
The self
the wbolp
Supt.
VULCAN IRON lA/ORKLS,
riANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY,
Cor. First and Hission 5ts., San Francisco, Cal.
WE ARE NOW MAKING
The Best Tank
ON THE MARKET
And Selling at
Prices Lower Than Ever.
IF INTERESTED. SEND FOR
CIRCULAR AND PRICES.
Pacific L
Manufacturing ^
Company,
SANTA CLARA, - CAL.
THE OLD RELIABLE !
DEALERS
ALBANY
LUBRICATING COMPOUND
TWENTY- EIGHT YEARS' CONTINUOUS SER-
VICE in the great Mines, Steamships. Railroads
and Mills all over the world prove it to be
THE KING OF LUBRICANTS !
Tatum & Bowen
34-36 FEEMOBT ST., SAB FRATtCISCO.
SS FROHT ST., PORTLABD, OR.
IN VVlrtCHllNER-V, OILS, /V\I1NIMG AND /V\ILL
^ ■nTf""?*- SUI=»I=»LIES. ETC -^^SSSm..^
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used in all the mining States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send shetch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
e. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, i4i and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
STAMP DIES.' Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies. Stamp Cam.
H\\ MOl^RK Rr rn "^SJ ^™NG MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES,
• mJ % A TX. V/ A \A \Ak-T ^3^ V^V^#9 riANHATTAN RUBBER BELTING, PACKING AND HOSE,
^ SANDRPfiON nPII.I. STPRI..
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CENTRIPUQAL PUnPS,
LIGHT STEEL RAIL.
April 10, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Presj^
Sl7
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAHWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO IIBO
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRA.MWAY
SHOULD INVESTIGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSKWHERE
THEr'OLORADO Denver,
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Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bflllion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS,, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
SMELTING WORKS:
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REDUCTION WORKS:
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gentine Works : A. B. C. Code: Moreing & Neal's
Code and Bedford McNeill's Code.
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Salt Lake City, Utab.
Spokane. Wash.
New York City, N. Y.
Chicago, 111.
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In Mexico-
San Luis Potosi,
City of Mexico
Chibuabua.
Pachuca,
HermosUlo
Jimenez.
FOK PRIC£S, ADDRESS :
J. E. JaoksOD, No. 6 Atlas Blk, Salt Lake, Ctah.
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash.
H. A. True. 8 IS 17th St.,Deuver. Colo.
J, H. Weddle, LeadvlUe, Coio.
C. E. Finney, Argentine, Kan.
WOBKS UV THb; CUN. KANSAS CITY SMELTING AND REPINING CO. AT LEADVILLE, COLO.
The Mine and Smelter Supply Co.,
. . . DENVER, COLORADO, . . .
ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
Wilfley Concentrating Table,
And claim for ic better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For confirmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenridge, Col.; M. E. Smith
Concentrator, Golden, Col.; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Col.; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs,
Col.; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Col.; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
RoMLEY, Colo.. Jan. 19. 1897.
7'he Mine and Smelter Supply Co., Denver. Colo. — Gentlemen: Answering yours of the 5th Inst., would state
that after a thorough trial we have discarded seven Woodbury Tables and two Johnsons and adopted the Wilflev
Concentrating Table, which we think up to date is the best table in the market, so far as our knowledge is con-
cerned. Yours very truly, (signed] B. B. MORLEY, M'g'r Golf M. & M. Co.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
every makei as is shown by letters in our possessiou.
PRICE, $450.''.2.
IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER--YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE-YOU NEED IT.
IF YOU HAVE A CYANIDE PLANT-YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IT.
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL--YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
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We have a Sensitive, Simple and Durable Governor, entirely new and novel, that will positively
regulate speed of wheel. Specially adapted for electric railway and lighting plants.
Write for Catalogfue.
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108 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Telephone 1007 Main.
Manufactured by
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You Cau Order It From Your l>ealer.
DEWEY & CO., Patent Solicitors, 220 Market St., San Francisco.
NOTICE TO ORE SHIPPERS.
I By shipping your ores to us you can obtain the highest prices paid on competitive bids in the public
j market, together with a careful and accurate sample, as with our new mill and improved machinery
I we are able to give perfect satisfaction to all shippers. Write for our focket Reference Book. The
I highest cash price paid for gold bullion and old gold. Prompt returns.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
April 10, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, April S, 1897.
Jobbers report a steadily enlarging demand
for all lines of poods with prices, as a rule,
stiffening. Tariff legislation continues a dis-
turbing t'actor, and until the bill has been
further advanced in the Senate, dealers will
be slow in banking on the high rates of duty
the House bill calls for. When buying beyond
nearby wants they do not take goods that
have been advanced to about full figures with
the proposed tariff added. This course is dic-
tated by authentic information that the Sen-
ate will prune the bill very materially, and
also that it will not accept the retroactive
part. It is thought that the latter was
adopted by the House so as to keep importers
from shipping very large quantities of goods
into this country. Crop ad\nces continue of
the most favorable character, but the season
is backward, which endangers grain in sec-
tions subject to north winds. With the fruit
and grain crops assured, business with the
agricultural sections will be pushed by job-
bers. Poundrym^n and manufacturers report
continued free inquiry for bids on new work.
Many of them have considerable work on
hand.
The local money market is practically un-
changed. The banks report a liberal supply
of funds on hand, with a light demand ruling.
Idle money continues to come out for invest-
ment, but it meets with a slow demand. The
belief prevails that within the next sixty
days this demand will begin to increase for
crop purposes. It is believed, also, that when
tariff legislation is further advanced there
will set in more activity in speculative chan-
nels, which will call for money. Merchants
report fair to good remittances for the season
of the year. New York advices are to the
effect that money is still in large oversupply,
causing low rates of discount to rule, notwith-
standing an improved call from importers,
woolen manufacturers and wool speculators.
The supply of sterling bills on which loans
have been made has been reduced to about
$10,000,000. Money in England continues in
oversupply. In the open London market the
rate is as low as 1]^ per cent a year for call on
gilt-edge security. Russia and Japan con-
tinue to buy gold, which keeps the premium
strong.
New York Silver Frices.
New Yokk, April 8. — Following are the
closing prices for the week :
, Silver in ,
London.. N. Y.
Friday 28 7-16 62
Saturday 28''a 61 %
Monday 28i'„ 6l^i
Tuesday 28 5-16 61 11- 16
Wednesday 'i%\ 61 a,
Thursday 28 7-16 62
Copper. Lead. Iron. Tin.
10 70@10 75 3 37^410 00@]3 50 13 17!^
Friday
Saturday. ..11 70@il 75
Monday 11 lG(g\\\ 75
Tuesday 11 65@ll 75
Wednesday.il 65@11 75
Thursday... 11 70@11 75
3 40
3 40
3 40
3 40
3 40
10 00@I2 50
10 00@I2 50
10 00(5)12 50
10 00(5)12 50
10 00(oJl2 50
13 1714
13 20
13 20
13 30
13 35
The local buUion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6(218
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7(Si8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft ...IScPrem
New York Telegraphic Transfer I7^c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.8614
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers I^.SB^,-
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 62H
Mexican Dollars 49(®50
SILVER.— The market went off about %
cent from last week's closing, but to-day it
seems to be steadier. New York advices
state that at the lower prices there has been
very heavy shipments from that city to Eu-
rope. The fear still exists that Japan may
yet authorize the sale of her bullion, and until
this assumes a stronger negative form the
market is expected to rule at low prices.
Our New York advices report : " In Inciia the
stringency in the money market continues.
Indeed, the expenditure upon famine relief is
50 great, and is likely to continue so long,
that more or less of stringency may be ex-
pected for some months. At the same time
the India Council is not selling very freely.
The belief is that the drain upon the Govern-
ment treasuries consequent upon the relief
works is so great that the Council is not in a
position to sell very freely."
MEXICAN DOLLARS. — The market is
quiet at the low quoted prices. The uncer-
tainty as to the course of silver causes Chi-
nese shippers to confine their buying to actual
wants.
QUIGKSILVER.~Our market is reported
the same as last week. The East reports a
firmer market at New York, and also London.
There has been a steady cleaning up of out-
side holdings, with a good consumptive call
ruling.
Our market is quoted at |;40 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.—Prices have continued to shade
off in this country and also in Europe. There
seems to be an entire absence of any specula-
tive movement, which precludes the possibil-
ity of au upmove when the production is
steadily increasing. The consumption in
America and Europe is fully as large as it
was at any time in 1896. In our market 14^
cents is an outside figure for ingots in jobbing
lots.
The local market is quoted as follows ■
Ingot, jobbing ' @ 141/
Ingot, wholesale ^13^
Sheet copper 6U7
Bolt }i&5-16,20o; % and larger, 17
TIN.— The market at the East, after selling
lower, has strengthened, closing stiong to-
day. The demand at the East and on this
coast for tin plate is quite active, but, owing
to selling competition, American plate is hard
to quote correctly.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
Pig. per lb 14i4c@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box $4 05@ 4 15
" " light, " 3 95® —
BORAX.— The outward movement by rail
and water to the East is large.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 4^
Refined, in sacks 5
Powdered, In car lots 5
Concentrated, *' W3
PC WDER— The market is steady.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from ll^'+c to 17,^^c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 3, from 9c to 11c,
according to strength and quantity.
LEAD.— There is nothing new in report in
our market. Prices shaded off at the East,
but toward the close it recovered under an
improved demand.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows :
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — @ 4 50
Sheet 5 621^® 6 nVs.
Pipe 4 87!^® 5 37'/^
SHOT. — The market is steady with only a
fair jobbing demand reported.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs ... SI 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 60
Buck. Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 60
IRON.— There is nothing new to report in
the market either here or at the East. The
consumption is very heavy in this country,
stimulated by low prices. Notwithstanding
this, the exports to Europe are increasing.
This shows very large production.
AMHEICAN.
To Arrioe. Spot.
Sloss $20 00 $22 00
Thomas 21 00 22 00
Salisbury 29 00 31 50
ENGLISH .
Barrow $21 00 123 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 33 00
COAL.— The market is essentially un-
changed. The imports are less, as is the
quantity on passage. This makes a firm mar-
ket for spot and near-by. Distant cargoes are
easier, owing to prospects of a large wheat
crop in this State.
COKE.— The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies' '
English, to load 9 50 @
" spot, in bulk 10 00 @
" In sacks 11 00 @ 12 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is steady.
Our market is quoted at 7%@8Xc in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote 7%c
for Cookson's, ~@7^nCfor Hallett's and 7c
for Japanese.
NAILS.— The market is steady to firm.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $2 25
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, '• " 2 10
SPELTER.—The market is steadier.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
NICKEL ANODES.— The markets here and
at the East are firmer.
PLATINUM.— Dealers report a slow inquiry.
^ Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to %\b per ounce.
ZINC— The market is steady at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to \h cents, ac-
cording to thickness,
ALUMINUM.— The market is firm.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— There is nothing new to re-
port.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is slightly
steadier.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
Chemicals.
The market is firming up at the East in an-
ticipation of tariff legislation. While our
market is not quoted higher, yet it is quite
firm with a tendency to advance prices.
BONEASH.— The market is unchanged.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 3Hc; No.
2 2yc.
' CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is more
active, but steady at 2^c per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is quiet but steady at *1.70 per 100 lbs.
in a jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
better demand at 2^c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OP SODA.— Advices from the
East report an improving demand at firmer
prices.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6
to 13c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6%c per pound in car-
boys.
SULPHURIC ACID.^The demand is fair.
We quote in a jobbing way at V-Ac per lb for
66%.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Our market is more
actire.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4J/$c per
pound.
^3:2,915,000
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, Mining Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
ynuviNcs assessm^eivts.
No.
..18...
.54..,
.11...
. 8..
,.28..
Company and Location.
Alpha Con M & M Co, Nev.
Belcher S M Co, Nev
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal.
Channel Bend M Co, Cal —
Con Cal & Va M Co, Nev. . . .
Confidence S M Co, Nev
Con Imp M Co. Nev 38. . .
Crown Point G & S M Co,Nev.70. . ,
East Best & Belcher, Nev 5...
Eureka Con DM Co, Cal 8...
Golden State M Co, Idaho — 1 . . .
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 46...
Hale & Norcross S M Co, Nev. HI . . ,
Horseshoe Bur Con M Co, Cal. 7. . .
Jamison M Co 9. .
Mexican G &SM Co, Nev. .. .56...
Mineral Hill M & S Co, Cal. . . 1 . . .
Potosi M Co, Nev 47...
Seg Belcher & Mides Con M
Co.Nev 19...
Sierra Nevada S M Co, Nev. 112. . .
Sulphur Bank QM Co, Cal.... 5...
Tena,bo M&M Co., Nev 1...
Union Con M Co, Cal 1 . . .
Union Con S M Co, Nev 54...
DelinqH and Sjle. Secretary.
.Apr 5.. Apr 27... C E Elliott, 309 Montgomerv
-Apr 6. .Apr 37 C L Perkins, Mills Bide
• Apr 23.. May 15 J Stadfeld
.Apr 24., May 17 J P Langhorne, 39 Sutter
.Apr 13.. May 3 A W Havens, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 16. .May 7 A S Groth, 414 California
.Mar 23.. Apr 13 C L McCoy, Mills Bide
.Apr 28. .May 19 — James Newlands, Mills Buildine
.Apr 26.. May 13 EW Sichel, 337 Pine
.May 15.. June 5 DM Kent, 330 Pine
.May l.,May 17 E Logan, 101 Van Ness
,May 8.. May 29 W J Gurnett, 308 Pine
.Apr 23.. May 14 RR Grayson, 331 Piue
.Apr 17.. May 8 DM Kent, 330 Pint;
.Apr 24.. June 19 Sam WChevney, 120 Sutter
.Apr 7.. Apr 29 CE Elliott, 30S) Montgomery
.Feb 15.. Apr 13 Chas Peach, 210 Sansome
.Apr 14., May 5 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
. 5c Apr 6.. May 10.. May 29 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomerv
,25c Mar 2. .Apr 6. .Apr 26 E L Parker, 309 Montgomery
.25c.... Mar 23.. May 3. .June 3 T Wintringham, ,306 California
.50c.... Mar 29.. May 4.. May 24 T J Read, 606 Suttei-
,10c. ...Mar 18. .Apr 22. .May 10 J M Fletcher. 320 Sansome
,20c — Apr 7.. May 11.. June 1 AP Swain, 309 Montgomery
Ami.
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Levied,
Mar 3.
.Mar 2.
■ Mar 22
.Mar 22
.Mar 8.
.Mar 12.
.Feb 16.
.Mar 24.
Mar 25.
-Apr 2.
Mar 39.
Mar 30.
.Mar 20.
.Mar 8.
.Nov 27.
Mar 3.
.Jan 4.
.Mar 10.
Mining Share Market.
San Francisco, April S. 1897.
The activity reported last week has con-
tinued since. There was an advance under
the lead of Con. Virginia up to Wednesday
morning, when the shares sold at SI. Co, Ophir
at$1.15 ChoUar atSl.25, and the rest of the
list in proportion. It is said that the advance
was due first to outside buying on bull points
while the higher prices for Con. Virginia and
Ophir caused quite a number of shorts to fill.
The latter were chiefly small short sellers
who fly to cover at any moves indicating much
of au advance. It is said that there are some
shorts out on Con. Virginia and shares in two
or three other mines but it will require more
than a 50 per cent or even 100 per cent raise
to make them fill. Some day they may be
compelled to fill at a heavy loss for the chances
for finding a big body of good to high grade
ore in one or more of the mines are not ex-
hausted by any means. While the unexpected
is liable to occur, as it has several times in
the past, yet the work that is being prosecuted
does not point to favorable results in the near
future, but it does indicate more assessments.
A report came to hand from Virginia City
that in Best & Belcher shaft No. 3, Bruns-
wick lode, they have struck ore. Whether
the report is correct or not the writer has no
way of verifying but experienced miners have
held to the opinion that when desired more
ore and higher grades could be found north of
Savage than has been found south of that
mine. It is the belief among miners that
sometime the Brunsvvicklode would be worked
so as to make it possible for mines located on
it to pay dividends. At this writing it looks
as if that time is in the dim future, possibly
after the old and rich men belonging to the
inside pool are gone to their last resting
place and younger men in charge.
Only §206,898 assessments levied on shares
of mines located in Nevada fall delinquent in
this month. More assessments will (all de-
linquent next month, the month afterward,
so on ab libitum. These assessments are a
rich lead for some persons, but it is safe to
say not for those on the outside so unfortu-
nate as to own shares. Some of the compa-
nies collect assessments and have not had
even one miner at work for months before
levying it, while others have two at work and
from six to ten supernumeraries. On the pay
roll there are several companies that have
qui tea number of miners at work but they
are worked in such a way as not to strike ore
of much value or size.
From the Comstock mines the news contin-
ues unimportant— too many shares out and
the business and financial conditions of the
country not as yet justifying an attempt to
make a big deal. In Utah they are still run-
ning east from the old south drift. No change
in material is reported. At last the Super-
intendent of Sierra Nevada has made a strike,
which must afford some satisfaction to share-
holders, even if it is water, which has been
struck in the west crossdrift on the Layton
tunnel level. In Union they are exploiting
the 900-foot level in almost every direction
except that which would lead to a strike of
ore. The west crossdrift on the lOGO-foot
level in Mexican has been stopped after being
driven ahead nearly 400 feet. The writer
stated some time ago this would be done
when within a short distance of ore. But
this assertion can be made regarding the
work in any of the mines. In Ophir they are
still drifting west on the 1000-foot level. This
ought to be stopped before long or else they
will strike ore. In Con Virginia they are still
"pegging away" on the 1000- foot, 1550-foot,
loSO-foot and 1750-foot levels. The work ou
I these levels is of the same character reported
by lis for two weeks past. Unless more ore is
taken out in the near future than for several
weeks past another assessment will have to
follow the one now on. They are making slow
progress very fast in the Best & Belcher and
Gould & Curry joint east crossdrift. Fully
6 feet was run last week. Nothing was
struckoutside of porphyry. In Savage noth-
ing new is reported by the Superintendent.
The official letter from Hale & Norcross re-
ports that they are driving ahead on a west
crossdrift from a raise above the 900-foot
level. The company sold 32 tons of ore at $15
a ton and 15 tons of old fillings at ftl.50 a ton.
No work is being done in Chollar. In Potosi
they are exploiting the upper levels. Miners
say that if the work is in the right direction
good results are sure to follow. They are
slowly extending the north drift in Bullion.
They are still at work on the 500-foot level of
Alpl^. The management is more desirous of
getting shares than ever. Slow progress is
being made in the west crossdrift that is be-
ing run by Challenge, Con. Imperial and Con-
fidence. Confidence reports extracting a
few tons of ore. From Crown Point, Belcher,
Seg. Belcher,Overman and Caledonia nothing
new is reported in last letters received. In
Alta they have run an east drift into East
Alta ground. They cut a stringer of fair
grade ore.
From the Brunswick lode official letters are
unimportant, but private advices state that
in shaft No. 3, Best & Belcher, they have
struck ore. This is quite important. In
Chollar they have commenced work to open up
the HOO-foot level. A crossdrift is expected to
be started soon from the south drift on the
500-foot level. They have resumed extractiou
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
BANKERS
WILL NEGOTIATE With owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining; Stocks. Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-PIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Save best of hanli and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
BROKERS,
No. 1630 Stout Street.
Telephone 1393.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo,
Orders executed In large or small amounts for cash
or ou reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Dally market circular mailed free on
application.
Thomas J. Fry, John Syi-vanus,
President. Sec'y &. Treas.
T. R. Miller, John D. Fleming,
Vice-Pres't. Counsel.
CAPITAL STOCK. !$100,000.
THE
Mining Investment Company,
No. 531 to 534 Cooper Building,
DENVER, COLO.
Brauch Omce. - COLORADO SPRINGS.
finlH anA I ^*^ have prospective purchas-
«-iuiu dnu I ers for developed and producing
/-> I mines and desire lo correspond
copper [direct with owners of such prop-
Pi*nn*»t-ti*»c ' ^'■ties. We bandit properties on
f ropcriicb legitimate commission only and
Wnnt*>i1 ' P'^'^f^'" ^0 deal with owner or
w dnLcu. [ authorized representatives.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
Complete working plant. Situation and facilities Ursl class.
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
April 10. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
sin
of ore. Bullion shipped to mint aggregates
fl0,-l83, of which «5^«1 Is gold. In Occidental
the work is praelicttUy unchanged, being eon-
Uoued on the 550-foot and S50-foot levels.
The formation is about the same as reported
last week. In Savage, Gould A: Curry and
Best & Belcher onii-ial advices do not report
uiy change from last week's advices,
i'he following illustrates the changes of the
eok :
Minks.
Alpha
Alta CoosoHdated
ABdOH
Belobor
Best & Belober ,
Bodle
MuIIlOD ,
;,jll(-Dge
oDtlduDce
Coo:#olldatod Calirornla and Virginia.
OODsoUduted New York
OrowD Point
Exchequer ,
Gould Ai, Curry ,
Halo &■ Norcroas
Justice
MexicuD
Ophlr
Overmito
Potosl
SavuKu
Slerru Nevada
UdIod
Utah
Vellow Jaokei
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Apr. Apr.
I
14
! 10
as 36
1 is: 1 15
81
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16
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San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, Ajiril s, 1887
d:3U A. M. SESSION.
aouAllu uy auO Gould & Curry ....
fiO Belcber .'17 lOOH.&N
1100 Uest & Belcher, . 66 -^Ki Keutuck
lUOCuU-Uonta... 1-2 100 Mexican
■JOO Challenge ■'« J'W Ophlr I
lU) Chollar 1 15 .AiO Poiosl
TUUConCul & Vii. ...1 60J0U Sierra Nevada....
SECOND SESSION— 3:30 P. M.
aoo Mexican 16 nw Belcher
auO Ooutd & Curry ii~' lUU Contldence
aSOCOD Cal & Va 1 'iu .'lO Sierra Nevada....
lOU Best & Belcher ... til ;»0 Bullion
:«JU Potusf rWiiOO Union
lUU Crown Point 16 AXl AUa
100 Yellow Jacket .... ^8 lUO Andes
100 Alpha 10 ILJU Ophir 1
THK CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMJIISSION ha\--
liitr reci-'lved appllcatloiTs to intnt- b.v the hydruulle
proci'Hs from T. C. Oo.t ami VV. C. Pldge, In tlie
Philailclpbla mim-n. oeiir Columbia. Tuolumne
Co., tn tli-poaU tallliiCH In Rost- and Kag-le (.-reeks,
and from t>'. u. Ciinn-w and otMers. In thL- LIHIl;
GraHs ValU-y Mlnu. near Cohimbla HUl. Ni-vada
Co.. lo deposit talllnfrb In an old n-Bcrvoir. plvcs no-
tli'o thai a nu'etiny will 1)6 held at room SU. Flood
Hiilidlnj,'. San Prant-lHco. Cal. on April V.i. I.S'.IV. ;it
1::M) I'. M.
STOCKHOLDEItS* MEETING. Noiiee of StOc-k-
liu)(lt*rt> Mft'iiuK' of ilie Sieople Ruck Devf lopun;nl
Conipanv: la Jicrord.-incc -with a nHoUuinii paaned
by the Buard of Dlrectara of tin- Steeiik- Kock De-
velopment Company, a mei-Unp of the stockhold.i-rt
of llila company will be lield at ;i u'cluck In lln?
ariernoon on TUESDAY, the lllh day ol May. ISHT.
lit Its principal offloe. No ;i",iO Sanaome strtset. i-uom
iJ. San Francisco. California, to consider an<! volt?
upuu a proposition to increase the capital stuck of
thla conipaDy tu Two Million Dollars. In four hiin-
tlred thousand shai'es. at tlie par vahie of live dol-
lars each. H. PlcaoiR. Secretary.
Dateil al San Fi-anclbco, Cal.. Mareli ~'i;. IS'JT.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.— Notice of Stock-
holders' Meeting of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Company. lu accordance with a resolution passed
by the Board of DlrGctorsof the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining Company, a iiiuetlugr of the Btoekholdcrs of
the company will do held at -* o'clock In the after-
noon on WEDNESDAY. Ihe'-'lsl day of April, IKiU.al
lis principal ottice. room 2n. :K0 Sansume street. San
Prauclsco. to conBlder and vole upon a proposlllon
to Increase the capital stock of ihis company to
Five Million Dollars, in five hundred ihousaud
Hhares at the par value of ten dollarB eaeh,
R. M. MEIN, Secretary.
Dated San Francisco. Cal.. March i:i, IflliT.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
The Monlfrcv Power Company Invites bids for
putting in its entire plant, dam. flume, wheels, elec-
trical apparatus and pole line from Little River (^2
inlles south of Monterey Clly) to Monterey and Sa-
linas City, for the generation and transmission of
electrical current of not leas than 450-horae powei-;
entire distance being approximately 3T miles.
Bids will be received up to SATURDAY. April 17.
1897. at 'i o'clock i'. .m.. at the company's ofBces. Mon-
terey City, Monterey County. Cal., where plans and
Hpeciticatluns may be seen.
All bids liiiial be accompanied by a certified cheek
for ten per cent of the sum of Such bid. Checks to
he payable to the company and to be held upon the
usual condUioim.
Bv order of the Board of Directors.
P. A. BOTSCH, Secretary.
Position as Prospector or Mining: Engi-
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Eighteen years' experience in coast mines. Bouds
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PATENTS
220 MARKET ST.S.F.
Assessment Notices.
CONSOLIDATED CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINIA
MlniniT Compauy.—Loeailon of principal place or
buslDVHH. Sau FranclMco. Callfornlu: lucutlon of
workH. Virginia Mhiiog Dlntrlcl. Slor^-y Couuly,
Nevada.
Nutleo is hereby iflveu (hat at a meetluif of the
Board of DlrectorH. held ou the 8th day u( March,
1SV7, au aHHCHsment (No.s) of 2^ cents per share was
levied uuun the capital stock of the corporation,
payable immediately In United States gold coin, to
the Secretary, at the uHlce of the company. Room 4T.
Nevada block. No. :iO'.> Monigomery mreet. San Fran-
cIhcu. California.
Any stuck upon which thtH aBHeHsnieut Hha!l re-
main \inpald on the i;Uti day of April, 189T. will
be dcUnijueiit and udvertlHt.-d for ualo at public
auction: and. unless payment Is made before, will
bi- Mold un MONDAY, the 'Ml day of May. 1S»7. to
pay the dellnciuent HsseHsmeut. together with the
eosts of advertising and expentiea of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. W. HAVENS. Secretary.
Offle«*-Kuom No. 47, Nevada block. No. «« Mont-
gomery street. San PranclHco. California.
HALE A; NOKCROSS SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location of principal plac<- of business. Sau Frau-
cIbCO, California; location of works, Ston-y County,
Nevada.
Nollce l8 hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held un the '-llth day of March,
I6))T, an USseHsnient (No. Ill) uf 111 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
lion, payable Immediately in United Slates gold
coin, to the secretary, at the ofHce of the company,
room U.:i;(l Pine street. San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which tlils assesHment shall
remain unpaid on the 'i'M day of April, 18U7,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unlt.-ss payment is made before,
will be sold on FRIDAY, the 14th day of May,
18i>7, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the coats of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Dlrectora.
K. R. GRAYSON, Secretary.
Oflice— Room 11. ;>;u Pine street, San Prauclsco.
California.
SEG. BKLCHER AND MIDES CONSOLIDATED
Mining Company.— Localion of principal place of
business. San Pranclsco, Califorula; location of
works. Gold HUl Mining District. County of Storey,
Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the lilh day of April,
1897. an assessment (No. I'.b of •< cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately in United States gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. No. BOW Montgomery street. Room .'lU. Nevada
block, San Francisco, California.
Any Block upoTi which this assessment .shall re-
main unpaid un tlie lUth day of May. 18'.17. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and, unless payment la made before, will
be sold on SATURDAY, the -J'.'lh day of May. 1897. to
pay the deilnqueul iissessment, together wltn the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
Bv order of the Board of Directors.
E. B. HOLMES. Secretary.
oaice— No. ;iO'.i Montgomery street. Room M, Ne-
vada block. San Francisco. California.
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal phice of business. San Francisco, California;
location of works, on Jamison Creek, near Johns-
vlUe. Plumas County, California.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the ~'7th day of Novem-
ber. WM'i, an assessment (No, !t). of o cents per
share, was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable immediately in United States
gold coin to the Secretary, at the ofRee of the com-
pany, 121) Sutter street. San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the S.'ith day of January. 1SH7, will
be dellntiuent. and advertised for sale at public
auction: and unless payment la made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the :.'-'nd day of March, IS'.tr.
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with
the costs of advertising and expenses uf sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SAM W. CHEYNEV, Secretary.
Office— Room TiO, 130 Sutter street. San Prauclsco,
Callfonita.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 25tlx day of
January. 18it7, it was resolved that any stock upon
which llie aboveassessmentshallremainnnpaldon
the -Mth day of February, 18i)7. will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction: and, unless
pavment la made before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the 21st day of April. 181)7. to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting Of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the '^4111 day of
February. 1837. it was resolved that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the 2i;ih day of March. IS!i7. will be de-
llntiuent and advertised for sale at public auction;
and. unless pavment is made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the 21st day of May. 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary,
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Dlroctors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 2iltli day of
March, 1S!IT, It was resolved that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the '.Mth day of April, LS9T. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion: and. unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the I'.ith day of June. 18i)7, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together witli the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
OFFICE OP THE HALE & N0RCR03S SILVER
Mining Company. Room No. 11. San Francisco
Stock aiul Exchange Building, No. ;«1 Pine street,
San Francisco,
To tlie stockholders of the Hale & Noreroas Silver
Mining Company and to all others concerned:
Notice Is hereby given that, pursuant to the con-
sent, lu writing, of the lioUlers of iwo-lhlrds of the
capital stock ofllie Haie it Norcrosa Silver Mining
Company, duly died In the ofBce of said company,
the principal place ol business of said Hale &
Norcrosa Stiver Mining Company has been changed
from Room No. '.i of tlie San Francisco Stock and
Exchange building. No. ;iHl Pine street. In the CUy
and Cotinly ol San Francisco. Stale of California, to
Room No. I in the same building, where the busi-
ness uf said fiompany will be hereafter transacted.
This notice la publlslied In accordance with Section
H2I .if the Civil Code.
Dated March I'.!. 1.4117.
Bv ordei- of the Board of Directors.
li. R. GRAYSON. Secretary.
F^OR SALE.
The four Hollers now in use at llie Crown
Mills, together with Fronts, Valves. Orale-
Itars. ete.. are offered for Sale.
Delivery can be made on or about the 1st of May.
For furtlier parltculura, inquire of
STOCKTON MILLING CO.,
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April 10, 1897.
THE BROWNELL "PATENT LIP" FLANGE FRUE VANNER BELTS.
It has taken years of ceaseless testing and experimenting to produce the superior belt which
we now offer, with elastic flanges and pliable body reinforced with specially woven duck. Every
belt is manufactured by experienced workmen, and carefully tested on machines especially built
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l^enuity, combined with honesty of construction, can possibly produce.
RAWHIDE GOLD MINING COMPANY. j
Jamestown, Tuolumne Co.. Cal., Feb. 21, 1897. j
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used and I take great pleasure in testifying to the fact. Yours truly, W. A. NEVILLS, Presideoi.
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nected with this company, and I consider them the best that we have used. The quality of rubber in the flange seems to be the best, and we are not
bothered with the flange cracking and thereby destroying the life of the belt. At present we are using 14 concentrators, and have in use several
kinds of belts. We consider your Patent Lipped flange the best. Yours very truly, THE CONS. SOUTH SPRING HILL G. M. CO.
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California Petroleum.
Probably no other mining industry in California
enjoyed last year a greater increase of prosperity
than that of petroleum. Although complete returns
have not been received, Statistician Yale states that
while the yield of 1896 in barrels will be shown to
have been but slightly more than that of 1895 the
value has been far greater, owing to better prices
having been obtained. There were produced, in
1895, l,245,33lt barrels, valued at $1,000,235. Far
better prices were obtained in 1896 than in 1895
owing to an increased local consumption, better
means of stor-
ing and an in- '
crease in the
amount ship-
ped to this
city and other
distant points.
The great
question now
before the oil
producers is
how to obtain
a wider mar-
ket for their
product, and
e s p e cially to
arra n g e for
shipping facili-
ties to the city
of San Francis-
co. The larger
concerns can
and do ship,
and, as a con-
sequence, they
obtain far bet-
ter prices for
their oil than
do the small-
er producers.
The fact that
the prices in
1896 went up
to nearly dou-
ble those of 1895, without a large widening of the
field to be supplied, speaks very well for the future
outlook of the oil industry in California.
In 1893 the yield of petroleum amounted to 470,179
barrels, valued at $608,092; in 1894 it was 783,078
barrels, valued at $1,064,521, and in 1895, as stated,
1,245,339 barrels, valued at $1,000,235.
Los Angeles leads all other counties la the prod-
uct, and the output for 1896 was probably a little
short of that for 1895, which amounted to 979,695
barrels, valued at $732,817. In Ventura county, the
second largest producer, the yield was slightly in-
creased over that of 1895, when it was 244,000
barrels. In Santa Barbara many new wells have
been bored, and the yield, which was about 16,000
barrels in 1895, was more than doubled in 1896.
Small quantities come from Fresno, Kern and Santa
Cruz counties. There has been considerable pros-
pecting in other counties from San Diego as far
north as San Francisco. The State Mineralogist
announces that he will have as soon as possible a
map prepared of all the district, from San Francisco
south along the coast, showing the location of known
oil districts, and will have the field work continued
until all the ground has been thoroughly covered by
his deputies.
Bulletin No. 11 on "The Oil and Gas Yielding
Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa
Barbara Counties," by W. L. Watts, issued last
week by the State Mining Bureau, covers the terri-
tory in these three counties in which oil wells have
been bored very well, and the work will be of great i
value in those districts. Mr. Watts is now at the i
Puente wells and H. W. Fairbanks is in San Luis ■
Obispo looking over the geological formations, espe- i
cially with regard to the indications of the presence I
of oil. This work will doubtless be continued by the '
OIL WELLS IN LOS ANGELES CITY.
Bureau and will be of great value to those who de-
sire to prospect for oil, and will in many cases save
unnecessary expenditure of money. The cost of
prospecting for oil is heavy, and the geological work
done by the Bureau will consequently be of much
value. Mr. Cooper is himself writing another bulle-
tin to be published soon on the oil industry.
In discussing the use of oil for fuel, Mr. Watts
states that on the locomotives of the Santa Fe, be-
tween Barstow and San Diego, an average of results
on a freight engine show that four barrels of oil did
the same work as 2200 pounds of Nanaimo coal.
Taking coal at $6.65 per 2000 pounds, and oil at $1.33
I per barrel, which is near the highest prices reached,
j a money saving of 27.1 per cent is effected. Other
I cases are given where a saving of over 50 per cent
I was effected on overland passenger trains by the use
I of oil, instead of coal, even when the price of oil was
j over $6 per 2000 pounds.
I Frederick Salathe, Ph. D., contributes in Bulletin
j 11 a paper giving a resume of original researches,
j analyses and refining methods of petroleum, in which
i he has the following to say as to its origin:
I The opinions on the origin of petroleum still differ
widely among chemists, but through the classic re-
searches recently made by Engler, who has produced
the complete series of paraffins, identical with the
petroleum-hydrocarbons, by synthesis from fish oils
under pressure during distillation, the theory of ani-
mal origin of petroleum has become most plausible.
The question has been asked: What has become of
the nitrogen, if petroleum was formed of marine ani-
mals, and why are most of the petroleum-hydrocar-
bons free from nitrogen combinations ?
Analysis of some natural gas from a well in Penn-
sylvania shows the presence of nitrogen in natural
gas, which in one instance amounted to 23 per cent
by volume.
In 1892 I began an investigation on the hydrocar-
bon series con-
stituting the
Ventura coun-
ty crude oils,
which I found
to contain in-
variably from
0.75 to 3.5 per
cent of nitro-
gen. The ex-
periment was
c o n d ucted in
such a manner
as to ascertain
in what form
or combination
the nitrogen
existed in the
crude petrole-
um, with the
view of isolat-
ing the nitrog-
enous hydro-
carbons.
The result
was the identi-
fication of a
number of or-
ganic bases of
the Pyridiu
and Chinolin
series, which
heretofore
were found
only in the so-
calle d animal
tar from the
distillation of
animal cadav-
ers or bones.
The presence
of these or-
ganic bases in the California petroleum indicates,
therefore, clearly the origin of this petroleum from
animal matter furnished by the slow decay of a ma-
rine fauna, which became extinct by changes of the
sea water through local influx of saline mother
liquors.
As to the refining, Mr. Salathe gives the following
conclusions :
Prom the investigations given so far, it is evident
that the refining of the crude California oils is not an
easy task and that they require refining methods
different from those practiced with Eastern or Rus-
sian oils.
The complicated nature of this class of asphaltic
crude oils necessitates complete elimination of all un-
stable hydrocarbons by inexpensive practical pro-
cesses. Another great difference exists between the
specific gravities of Eastern oil distillates and those
of California oils. Viscosity of distillate or reduced
stock being equal, the gravities are from 5° to 6° B.
lower in California oil fractions than in those of East-
ern oils. Flash and fire tests are from 10° to 30° P.
lower in California oil distillates than in Eastern dis-
tillates of the same gravity.
The accompanying illustration, from the State
Mineralogist's report, shows the forest of rigs in the
oil section of the city of Los Angeles.
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TABLE OF CONTKNTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Oil Wells in Los Angeles City, 321. Map of
Grass Valley and Nevada Uity, Cal., aM. Collapsed Furnace of
the " City of Everett;" Cross-Section of the "City of Everett,"
Showing the Blow-Off Pipes ; Bolthoff Combined Noiseless Gear
and Friction Hoist, 3"28. Motor Car with Four Loaded Freight
Cars; Motor Car witli Four N. Y. C. & H. R. Passenger Coauhes
with Trolley Used for Moving the Cars Around the Yards where
the Third Rail Is Not Laid; View of Track Showing Third
Rails, S3U.
EDITORIAL.— California Petroleum, 321. Mr. Evans' Article; The
Mint Report; Nevada's New Mining Law; The Passing of Dis-
trict Rules and Regulations; The Prospector; The Oregon Min-
eral Land Bill; University Extension and Mining, 322.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 326-7.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Proposed Polar E.xploration; The
Economic Element in Technical Education, 328.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.- Experimental Railroad Work, 329.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— H. P. of a Steam Boiler; Cast Iron;
An Arrangement of Fast and Loose Pulleys, 329.
THE MARKETS. — Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; f»Jotices of Assess-
ments, etc., 318-9.
MISCELLANEOUS.- Concentrates, 323. Grass Valley and Ne-
vada City, Cal., 3"24. Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining, 325.
Coast Industrial Notes; Recent California Mining Incorporations;
Recently Declared Mining Dividends; Personal, 331. List of Pat-
ents for Pacific Coast Inventors ; Notices of Recent Patents, 3al.
IVlr. Evans' Article.
In the issue of the 10th inst. was begun an article
entitled " Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining," by
George H. Evans of Oroville, general manager of a
number of mines in Butte county owned by English
capitalists. Mr. Evans, while a skilled engineer,
appreciates the need that the large majority of
miners have for rules for calculating as to water
ditches, pipes, etc., that are not too technical and
may be used by any one familiar with the common
rules of arithmetic. In this work he is making avail-
able to many the best results of the work of hy-
draulic engineers. Besides this, much of the data
given, gathered from practical experience, will be
found of as much value to the mining engineer as to
the miner.
University Extension and Mining.
When Levi Strauss of San Francisco last month
established twenty-eight scholarships in the State
University the Governor addressed him a letter of
thanks, in which he took occasion to say: "I have
long contemplated a change in the local character of
the normal schools of the State, so that they might
subserve the purposes and, in fact, constitute
branches of our State University, so that students
could practically attend the State University for,
perhaps, the first two years near their own homes
and there receive absolutely similar instruction to
that at the parent institution and by the same pro-
fessors."
In this column some time ago it was sug-
gested that the faculty of the School of Mines
at the State University devise some scheme by
which young men in the mining districts would be
enabled to do part of the work required of candi-
dates for the degree of mining engineer at their
homes. The establishment of local schools of mines
would, of course, be out of the question ; but there
young men could be given directions for the study of
geology, mineralogy and, in many cases, chemistry
in the mines. A little practical work done in any of
these sciences would enable those who propose to
enter the School of Mines at Berkeley to obtain
degrees in much less than the time usually required.
There is no reason why each mining town of any
consequence in this State should not have a good
working collection of minerals. This, and university
extension lectures by the professors from Berkeley,
would make a beginning. There are many good pur-
poses that the mineral collections from the mines of
any county would subserve besides that of education,
and there should be no difficulty found in forming
them.
The Prospector.
Now comes the season when the nomadic pros-
pector will be heard from in the north. During the
past winter he has done good work in Arizona, New
Mexico and in southern California, and as a result
there have been more reports of the discovery of
valuable mines and the opening up of new districts
in that part of the country during the past three or
four months than there has been for several years
before. What is best about it all is the fact that
capitalists or representatives of capital have paid
attention to these reports and followed them up, and
as a result a great deal of development work is being
done and the prospector's labors will not go in vain
so much as they have in the past decade and a half,
during which the mining industry has been in the
dumps and men of means have sought other sources
for investment. For many years back the prospect-
or's reports have not been noticed — even when he has
made valuable discoveries. He has been neglected,
looked upon as about "played out" and treated
with scant courtesy by capital. Now this is all
changed. Capital keeps an eye on the prospector
and is very glad to give heed to him.
It is not uncommon nowadays for men of means,
interested in mines, to engage on a salary skilled
prospectors to go out and look for mines. In all
cases, in addition to the pay, which is generally small
— a little more than enough to cover expenses — there
is the promise of an interest in any discoveries made.
This is of course an outgrowth of the old system of
"grub-staking," which, too, is still in vogue. Many
of these prospectors so sent out are men of consider-
able education, with a good knowledge of mining
geology and assaying.
Like the men of wealth and leisure, or like the
birds, the independent prospector, in a measure, has
his winter abode and his summer resort. Many of
those who have lately been in the more congenial
winter climates of the south, are now making their
way north. Alaska is fast filling up with prospectors
for the season. They will not go to the Yukon placers
nor search for labor in the quartz mines already
opened; they will go farther afield and prospect for
quartz in comparatively unknown districts of the
great northern province. Whether there shall be
much greater interest taken in the Alaska quartz
mines later in the season or next year, will depend
largely upon what account is rendered by the pros-
pectors.
In Eossland, Trail and other towns of British Co-
lumbia, in the Kootenay district, a few days ago,
were hundreds of prospectors camping on the rear
of winter. Now the snows are melting and they are
making their way north, and, in many cases, far be-
yond where any mining has heretofore been done.
There are few better fields, too, for an immense
country, virgin to the prospector, lies ready for his
wooing. So, too, in Idaho, Washington, Montana,
Wyoming, South Dakota, and in the higher altitudes
of Utah, Nevada and Colorado, as the snows melt,
the prospectors are making their way for their sum-
mer outings. Reports of the discoveries of new
mines and new mining districts may be expected for
the next six months from the north, rather than
from the south.
Nevada's Ne'w Mining Law.
The State of Nevada has just adopted a law re-
lating to the location of mining claims, mill sites and
tunnel rights, which is an exact copy, with the ex-
ception of one sentence, of the bill prepared for the
Mining and Scientific Press, and published in the
issue of October 31st last for the consideration of
the California Miners' Convention and the State
Legislature. It has several advantages over the
new California act. One of these is in that it spe-
cifioally defines what number and sizes of posts shall
be set up to properly mark the boundaries, and will
stop a very fruitful source of litigation. As to the
amount of work to be done to hold a location, the
bill provides that, within ninety days after the post-
ing of the notice, the locator must sink a discovery
shaft to a depth of at least ten feet or run a cut or
tunnel equivalent. The act, which is made up
mainly from the best practices in other States and
Territories, covers the ground very thoroughly and
is in accordance with the requirements of practical
miners.
The Mint Report.
The annual report of the director of the Mint of
the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1896, has been received. Some of the information
contained has been given to the public by the di-
rector through the press, but much of it that would
have been of value and more interest if published be-
fore it became ancient history is now given out for
the first time. The main value of the publications
of the Government is lost in the delay in printing
them and giving them out to the public. Until a
few years ago the publications of the United States
Geological Survey were of little practical value for
this reason. Now it is generally acknowledged that
a great deal of interest is being taken in the work of
the Survey because it is more timely than it was
and there is less delay in giving out the results.
This report of the director of the Mint is nearly a
year behind time and comes after interest in the
period covered has considerably died out.
As to gold of domestic production, the deposits
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, were
valued at $53,910,957.02, while those for the previous
year were $44,371,948.83. As practically all the
gold produced was sent to the Mint, this gives a
pretty accurate idea of the great increase in the
yield of that metal. As to silver, the deposits at
the Mint tell very little as to the product. The total
value of the silver bullion received during the year
of domestic production was $5,716,742.64, as com-
pared with $8,804,363.43 for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1895.
The Oregon nineral Land Bill
The Passing of District Rules and Regula-
tions.
The new mining law of Utah, as to the location of
claims upon the public domain of the United States,
provides — as does that of California — for the record-
ing of all notices with the county recorder. This
more than anything else tends to do away with the
necessity for local mining districts. In Utah the
principal objection urged against the bill was this
clause; but in California less was heard on this point,
mainly because in many of the old camps for years
there has been no local recorder and in very few has
the old district organization been kept up. It would
seem as if the day for the district rules and regula-
tions had about passed away. New Mexico, Arizona,
California, Utah and other States and Territories
have practically all adopted laws that will be found
ample for any mining district in any of the States
named. However, these laws are not perfect, and
new districts in some cases may consider it neces-
sary to supplement them with local rules and regula-
tions. It is to be hoped that they will, especially in
California, so that there may be given trial of rules
that in time should be incorporated in the law of the
State.
In southern Oregon the miners are beginning to
feel the need for the passage of the mineral lands
bill, presented in the United States Senate by Sena-
tor McBride, providing for the segregation of agri-
cultural and mineral lands under the railroad grants
— similar to the mineral land bill proposed for Cali-
fornia. The newspapers of southern Oregon are
exposing the methods of the railroad, whose repre- .
sentative says that there is a mistaken idea among '
the people to the effect that the railroad company
wants to gobble up the mineral lauds. On this
subject the Rogue River Courier says :
The people residing in the mineral belt of southern
Oregon have had these same sentiments preached to
them for several years, notwithstanding mineral
claimants find they must go to much trouble and ex- .
pense to defend their claims from the railroad land
grant patents. Possibly the fault is with the Gen-
eral Land Office, which by its ruling throws the
burden of proof upon the mineral claimant. It is
hoped that through the new Commissioner, Mr.
Hermann, who should be familiar with the situation,
the ruling may be modified to throw the burden of
proof upon the company, or otherwise simplify the
miner's procedure. There is good ground for main-
taining the position that the bulk of the railroad
lands claimed in southern Oregon are mineral, and
would be found to 'be so upon examination. But
patents have issued for a vast amount of these lands
to the railroad already.
April 17, 1897.
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Concentrates.
TnB shaft of the Geyser mine at Silver Cliff, Colorado, is
dowa 2:iH feel.
SoMB Nevada county, Cal., mioes are now using coal from
Corral Hollow.
A KiscovEKV of copper-gold ores noar tide water has been
made on Frince of Wales island, Alaska.
Cni'i'EK, not being specially provided for in the Dingley bill,
goes Into The general 10 per cent ad valorem class.
The gold yield of Victoria, Australia, for January, 1807, was
52,li3-Souncesagain8t .50,878 ounces in ISiHi and 2;i,477 in 18115.
Ai.L steamers going to Alaska are loaded with miners and
Ihelr outllls, most of them on the way to the Yukon country.
Stei's are being taken by the Minos Department of New
South Wales to issue the returns of the yield of gold quar-
terly.
TiisGolden Cycle Mining Company of Cripple Creek has
ordered four l."»o-horse power boilers and a l3-drill air com-
pressor.
SENAToit Mt.'BKiUE has introduced in Congress a bill provld-
log fur the examination and class! ticatlon of mineral lands in
Oregon.
The opal mines in Owyhee county. Idaho, formerly owned
by Anchor, Shirley A: Co., have been sold to a Philadelphia
company.
TuK town of Cariin, Nevada, is considerably excited over
the discovery of gold-bearing placers near that place, on the
Humboldt river.
The proprietorship of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company
U gradually drifting to London. Transfers to the London
register arc numerous.
The statement of the condition of the United States Treas-
ury April \i showed: Available cash balance, *22r>.4IO,052;
gold reserve, 11 j3, 114,438.
At Nevada City, California, the Champion Mining Company
and the Providence people contemplate the erection of chlo-
rinaiion plants at these mines.
A<"('<iiti>iNt-i to the Gold Creek (Nevada) N<wn^ from 300 cubic
yards of gravel along the bed of Van Duser creek there was
cleaned up a few days ago $4910.12.
Aktici.es ok incokpokation have been tiled in Portland,
Oregon, by a company bearing the novel name of the McKin-
ley Gold and Bryan Silver Mining Company.
The Santa Pe Company has been having some borings made
for oil near Fullerton, Orange county, and last week at a
depth of .^10 feet struck a flow of five barrels per day.
The hoisting works at the Poorman »& Hastings drift
gravel mine on Harmony ridge near Nevada City, Cal., was
destroyed by tire last Monday. The loss was about $4000.
The Holliday Coal Company, which is opening up some new
coal mines near Price, Utah, have a vein of anthracite 9)/^ feet
deep, from which the first shipment to Salt Lake sold at $7.50.
The Southern Pacific coal mines at Red Canyon, Utah, pro-
duce 500 tons a day, all of which is consumed by the company.
The workings in the measure have reached a depth of 1800
feet.
The Travertine Company at Bridgeport, Cal., has sold
three-fourths of its stock to an English syndicate for $125,000.
The new owners will erect a better plant for working the
stone.
A SMALL herd of cattle was driven into the Yukon country
by the Chilcat pass last summer as an experiment; the
plan was found to be feasible, and a larger herd will be taken
in this summer.
What promises to be of interest to the mining industry is
the opening of parts of the Eastern and Southern Ute Indian
reservations in northwest Colorado, which will probably be
done this summer.
The London hji-onomist of the 10th inst. shows that forty-
one Hand, South Africa, mining company stocks on the Stock
Exchange have declined from £121,000,000 to £43,000,000 the
past eighteen months.
At the first election in Rossland, B. C, last week, 1067
votes were cast, and Robert Scott, who was chosen Mayor,
announced that he would oppose anything savoring of the
nature of a " wide open " town.
The Greek boys' property near Berners Bay, in Alaska, has
been placed in Butte, Montana, for $60,000. A tunnel will be
run to open up the ledge and a 10-stamp mill erected under
the management of E. D. Lutes.
Utah's new mining law, passed over the Governor's veto,
goes into effect May 10th, after which date all locations must
be filed with the County Recorder, and within ninety days
$50 worth of work must be done on each claim.
In the blue clay, at a depth of 30 feet, in the old Hupp &
McMurray mine at Weaverville, Trinity county, Cal., lately,
about a cord of cedar wood was found. It was not petrified,
but charred, and must have been there many ages.
The oldest tunnel known connected the Pool of Siloam with
a spring outside Jerusalem. Prom an inscription discovered
In 1880 it appeared to have begun from both ends. The work
dated from the time of Hezekiah, or even of Solomon.
The Vulture mine at Phoenix, Arizona, formerly owned by
ex-Senator Tabor of Colorado, which has produced over a mil-
lion, has been sold to W. B. Davis of Tucson and H. M. Love
of Chicago, who will construct a mill and cyanide plant.
The output of Cripple Creek has been steadily increased for
several months, and so far this year averages, according to
conservative estimates, nearly a million. Most of the increase
has come from the increased amount of low-grade ores worked.
Viewed purely as a commercial proposition, the matierof
good roads is an important one to California manufacturers of
mining machinery. U is to the interest of every man furnish-
ing mine supplies to have improved roads throughout the
State.
A London press dispatch states that there are indications
that the British are making preparations in many directions
for trouble with the Transvaal. During the week two more
regiments have been notified to prepare for service in South
Africa.
In the Canadian Parliament a bill has been introduced, and
supported by the premier, giving the Government power to
place restrictions upon the employment of alien labor, with a
view to retaliating against any similar legislation in the
United States.
The European consumption of copper for the first two months
of this year has been much larger than for the same period of
18%, and the increase in England, France and Germany is es-
timated at sjiTtl tons. The imports of copper into Germany
during is'.tti were 7;i, 12:* tons, against 5'.*,742 in 18'.t5.
A MAIL CAKitiEK from the Yukon mines in Alaska reports
that flour is selling at $1 a pound and bam at $7.50 a pound.
He states that many miners are rushing into the country
without sufticlent provisions. Few of those who go best sup-
plied will have more than enough for their own use.
A (i(x»D many hard things are at present being said against
Gov. Budd for his action in vetoing some appropriations. So
far as the miners are concerned he was just and kept his
word, acting exactly in accordance with the promise made at
the Miners' Convention in this city— after his election.
Peoe'LE who lately leased the Ajax dump at Tintic, Utah,
are shipping on an average 100 tons a month of ore which was
taken from the mine from ten to twenty-tive years ago, and
which was then considered too low grade to ship. The aver-
age value of the ore which they arc shipping runs about $:W
a ton.
The Colorado Springs Mining hivenlin- complains that the
London International Bourse (Ltd.) of London is selling cheap
Cripple Creek mining stocks at a price far in advance of what
is being offered for them in Colorado. One stock that is sold
in Colorado Springs at 5 cents per share is offered at 50 cents
in London.
The Le Roi Mining Company of Rossland, British Columbia,
has been considering the advisability of increasing its capital
from $2..i00.000 to $5,000,000, and at its last meeting decided
not to do so. The directors state that offers have been re-
ceived from English capitalists to purchase the property for
$4,000,000.
It is proposed by the Government of West Australia to
establish a Government assay department, metallurgical
works and a school of mines, to subsidize smelting works,
erect public batteries at various centers, etc. It will not be
the fault of the Government if the miner is not contented
with his lot.
ELMOitE& Van Dusen of Green Bay, Wisconsin, have se-
cured options on the Minnesota and National copper mines at
Rockland, Ontonagon county, Michigan. These are mass
mines and paid nearly $2,000,000 in dividends in the early
days of Lake Superior mining. Both have been idle for more
than ten years.
In Nevada City, California, the Providence and Champion
mines are reported to be under examination by English syn-
dicates with a view to their purchase. Captain Thomas Mein
and Henry Bratnober, representatives of the Exploration
Company of London, have been examining the Nevada City
and MuUer and Walling mines.
The provincial government of British Columbia has an-
nounced its railway policy to be to provide for a loan of $2,500,-
000, out of which cash subsidies of $4000 a mile are to be given
to the railway from Penticton to Boundary Creek, 100 miles;
a railway from Butte inlet to Quesnelle, 230 miles, and one
from the coast to CbilUwick, 00 miles.
Considerable interest is being taken in the attempts to
save the fine placer gold along the Saskatchewan river in
Canada. Numbers of Americans from Chicago and Nebraska
have already commenced work there. There have been sev-
eral attempts to use machinery for saving this fine gold, but
they have proved futile in a large measure.
With the opening of spring and summer travel come the
usual tremendous tales of rich gold finds, and "the richest
gold deposits on earth " is again a familiar head line. An im-
mense amount of prospecting is being done, ajid doubtless '97
will develop some good properties. Meanwhile the gorgeous
imagery of the newspapers is not to be taken too seriously.
The Arizona Citizen says the act passed by the late Legis-
lature entitled to encourage mining and prospecting in Ari-
zona is liable to drive every assayer out of the business.
Prom ten to thirty or more assays are being made daily at
the University, while local assayers do not average a half
dozen a week. There is neither wisdom nor justice in such
legislation.
Theue is in contemplation the sinking of a borehole to a
greater depth than has yet been reached in the gold fields of
the Rand— some 4000 to 4500 feet. This would be in the dip
from the outcrop about 10,000 feet. The Ecksteins and the
Consolidated Goldfields will undertake tlie work at some spot
where their interests join, but the exact locality has not been
decided yet.
A NEW LAW of Idaho provides that none but citizens or
those who have declared their intention to become citizens
may be employes in the mines. Manager Huntley last week
notified all the aliens at the De Lamar mine to quit or take
out their first papers. Most of them declared their intention
to become citizens. The constitutionality of the law will be
tested in the courts.
TuE annual report of the Franklin Mining Company of
Michigan shows a production of 2,746,070 pounds of refined
copper during 1896. The summary of the year's business
gives receipts for the year (including copper unsold estimated
at 11% cents) of $307,447.99 and total expenditures of $286, -
789.70, leaving a mining profit for the year of $20,658.29. Net
surplus December 31, 1896, stood at $153,487.45.
In New Zealand satisfactory work in^he use of dredgers
for mining auriferous gravels has been done. A report just
published of the returns of the fifteen companies engaged in
this class of mining shows that during 1895 they produced
12.782 ounces valued at £49,535 at a cost of £40,327. Six of
the companies worked at a small loss, but several of them
were under extraordinary expenses that will not recur.
The annual report of the Osceola Consolidated Mining Com-
pany (copper) of Michigan shows the following figures for
1896: Gross receipts, $687,017.85; total costs, $602,908.74; net
income, $84,109.11; dividends paid, $100,000; balance of as-
sets, December 31st, $257,171.76; refined copper output,
0,251,304 pounds; total cost per pound, 9.64 cents. A larger
construction account charged to running expenses is the
cause of the high cost per pound compared with 1895, when it
was 8.75 cents.
In many of the higher altitudes of the California Sierras
during winter the only communication between mines and
mining towns and the outer world is upon snowshoes. This is
especially true of districts in Siskiyou and Plumas counties.
At La Porte, Plumas county, last week there were held some
snowshoe races, in one of which 1800 feet was run in 15 sec-
onds. This is at the rate of a mile in 44 seconds, more than
twice as fast as the best record for race horses and faster
than the time of the fastest express trains. It is said that a
hurricane holds the best time record for one mile, covering
the distance in 30 seconds. A balloon has done the mile in 40
seconds. The third place is held by the California snow-
shoers; the fourth by a railroad engine in 53.57 seconds.
The 30-inch inverted siphon pipe of the Cherokee Company
in Butte county, which carries water over the west branch
of the Feather river, broke last week, but was repaired in a
few days. This pipe was put in in 1870 and carries 2200 inches
of water. The head Is 150 feet and the greatest depression
887 feet. Although it has been in use a quarter of a century,
the men who repaired it last week report that none of the
rivets are worn to any appreciable extent; even the coating
of tar and asphalt that lined the inside of the pipe remains.
Pkess dispatches from Seattle, Washington, and Washing-
ton, D. C, state that the United States Government will
probably send a squad of mounted police to the Yukon gold
fields in Alaska. On the Canadian side of the line the
mounted police of the Dominion Government have done good
work, and those in the country with good intentions prefer
for that reason to be under the care of the British flag. On
the American side there is no law nor government except
such as the miners chose to make for themselves.
At a meeting of the shareholders of the Mountain Copper
Company, Limited, owners of the Mountain mines of Shasta
county, Cal., held in London on March 25th, the chairman
stated that the capital of the undertaking was fully absorbed,
and was in the hands of over 100 shareholders. They were
already producing copper, and there was every prospect of
the company being a success. He said about 1000 tons of
copper had been sold since January. It was rather too early
to go into the cost of production; but, roughly speaking, he
should say there was a good profit upon the work done up
to date.
TuE report of the Drum Lummond mine in Montana, made
to the shareholders in London, for the half year ending
December 31 shows that the income amounted to $246,294, and
that the total expenses were $213,597. Development work
shows that it has been energetically continued during the
half year, and as a result 4447 feet of levels, shafts and winzes
have been completed at a cost of $60,057. All this work is
said not to have opened up any large bodies of ore. but a 2-
foot pay streak was undercut in the south drift of shaft No. 2.
Better results are expected when the cyanide plant now
being built begins to work over the immense quantities of
tailings and low-grade ore in the dump.
The annual output of the Isabella Mining Company of Crip-
ple Creek, Colorado, for 189(i, shows receipts from smelting ore
of $494,043.20, chlorination ore $63,011.54, bullion $6093.28 and
concentrates $4892.63. a total of $568,040.65. The expenses
were $347,926.44, of which there was paid for milling $191,-
121.22, treatment charges $76,138.23, transportation $33,277.12,
and lessees $33,448.68. The net profits were $220,114.21. out of
which $180,000 was paid in dividends. The total mine expense,
including all construction plant and dead work, amounted to
$4.36 per mine car of rock, including waste hoisted. The cost
per ton for the 8630 tons of pay ore hoisted was $22.15, divided
as follows: Improvements, $3 60; surface expense, $;138; min-
ing ore, $8.87; development, $5.12; general expense, $2.18. Of
this, $17.63 was for labor and $4.36 for supplies.
The variety of "circulating medium" is uptly illustrated
by mail receipts in the business office of this paper— national
bank notes from east of the Rockies, Bank of England notes
from Europe, bills of exchange from South America, big Mexi-
can dollars from Mexico, Wells-Fargo express orders, and
United States money orders and gold coin from the Pacific
coast. The most unique is the frequent receipt of gold amal-
gam, and a " gold button," the latter mostly from Nevada,
Idaho, Arizona and Montana. Usually with the receipt of a
gold button comes a letter stating that no money order or
greenbacks can be had, and instructing the office to send such
and such books and the Mining and Scientific Pkess. The
gold thus sent is usually less than an ounce in weight, varying
in value from $14 to $18 to the ounce. Postage stamps are
also largely received, some foreign correspondents burdening
the ofBce with stamps from their countries, which are not
accepted by United States postal authorities, and hence not
commercially available.
The tone of some of the English papers in reference to the
Transvaal would indicate that there will be trouble in store
for Krueger, whether he wants it or not. The London Mining
Trorit/, in a late issue, says: "The present state of things
cannot last. This is felt by the entire white population of
South Africa, and, as we have already said, it must be mended
or ended. In either case, our advice is to buy Kaffir shares.
We believe that any announcement on the part of this country
in the way of an ultimatum for the distinct breaches of the
London Convention of 1884 that have been made will improve
prices. Even if this ultimatum led to war, we still believe
that quotations would be improved, because there would be a
relief to the intolerable strain that is now felt, and particu-
larly by those of our countrymen and of other nationalities
who are now resident within the Transvaal. We hope, how-
ever, that this ultimatum will not be presented just yet-
that we shall, at least, be allowed to get over the Diamond
Jubilee celebrations, and in that time we fancy the Boer Gov-
ernment will have had quite sufticient rope to hang itself."
The assistant manager of an Alaska transportation and
trading company, in a recent interview in a paper in the East,
where he has been drumming up business fot his concern,
gives some very misleading information as to the mines of
that country. He says that " the area of this placer mining
district extends on both sides of the line a distance of 400
miles long by 100 miles wide, but so far as operations are
being carried on over a distance of only 30 miles square. The
rest of the country is practically unprospected and, although
Indians and stragglers frequently bring in nuggets from un-
worked territory, no attempt has been made to mine outside
of the limited territory referred to, because there are not
enough men in the country to extend the operations. The
gold IS gotten out by panning or sluicing, in a primitive way,
the sands on the river banks. To show how rich these sands
are, one man recently got $208 in gold from a single pan, and
another has a claim which shows through 5 feet, of gravel,
yielding $3 to every pan. Miners are in great demand, and
an ordinary shovel-bearer can get from $10 to $15 a day wages
for simply digging sand. He can thus earn $1500 to $2000 dur-
ing the five months of summer which the land enjoys, and his
living expenses will not exceed $500 a year." This sort of
talk has led many into Alaska, to meei with privations and
hardships.
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NEVADA COUNTY
C0MP!LE:0 FRO-M U. S, GOVGRNWtNT SURVLYS ,
PERSONAL OBSERVATION IN THE FIELD
MAP OF GRASS VALLEY AND NEVADA CITY, CAL.
Grass Valley and Nevada City, Cal.
Oq this page appears a correct, up-to-date
portraiture of the vicinity of Grass Valley and
Nevada City, Cal., specially engraved for this paper
from a map recently compiled by Chas. E. Uren,
C. E., of Grass Valley, Cal. The map is on a scale
of 20 chains to 1 inch. In connection with this, Mr.
Uren has prepared the following:
Ornss Valley Mi'iiwg District. — This district was
finally organized at a convention held at Grass Val- I
ley July 27, 1872, immediately after the act of Con-
gress of May 10, 1872, governing the location and ex-
tent of quartz mining claims. The first section of
the local mining laws, passed at said convention,
reading: "Grass Valley mining district shall em-
brace in its territorial extent the same limits as the
township of Grass Valley, as defined by law."
The district, as it now exists, contains about 122
square miles of territory, and joins the Nevada min-
ing district on the south. The city of Grass Valley,
the metropolis of Nevada county, is situated in the
northern part of the district and contains a popula-
tion of about 8000.
The discovery of gold in the vicinity of Grass Val-
ley dates back as early as October, 1848, the mining
at that time having been confined to shallow placers
and creek mining.
The first discovery of gold-bearing quartz in Cali-
fornia is credited to this district. This discovery
marked a new era of prosperity and the creation of
a new system of mining.
The honor of the first quartz mill constructed for
the reduction of ore has been divided between the
April 17, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
325
Gold Hill mine of this district and the old Benton
mill on the Merced river, on the Mariposa grant.
Mariposa county, owned at that time by General
Fremont, "the Pathfinder." While the latter mill
still remains in its primitive state — a relic well worth
preserving to illustrate the evolution of the cjuartz
mill — Grass Valley has been more fortunate and pros-
perous.
It has unquestionably been since the early mining
history of California the most prominent as a gold-
producing district. Not only in all mining commu-
nities, but in a great many commercial centers
throughout the world, may be found men whose
recollections take them back to Grass Valley and its
earlier surroundings.
To-day we find mining operations carried on more
extensively and on a more permanent basis than dur-
ing any time of its history. The equipment of the
mines with power is better than that of any other
district in the world. An abundance of water power
varying in head from 100 to 770 feet, according to
locality; electric power, to the extent of 2000 H. P.,
brought into the district as a competitor, and the
price of wood, ranging from $'A to $0 per cord, are
the available facilities for power, thereby reducing
the cost to a minimum.
The several means of generating power have been
illustrated at the different mines in operation, giving
an opportunity to judge impartially the cheapest and
most efficient.
The number of stamps in Grass Valley district is
313, of which 238 are at present in operation. There
are a total of eighteen mills — six equipped with
steam, eleven with water and one with electric
power.
There are thirty-four hoists, all of which are pro-
vided with steam plants, two of which are also sup-
plied and operated with compressed air and ten with
water power.
The pumping capacity of the several plants aggre-
gate over 8000 gallons per minute, or about 730 min-
ers' inches of water — the Cornish system being the
general one in use. Among these are three com-
pressed air pumping systems, aggregating 2800 gal-
lons per minute and using the Dow and Knowles
pumps.
Over ten miles of hoisting shafts have been sunk
on the different mines throughout the district, the
most depth on the slope of the vein attained being
3150 feet and a vertical depth of 3182 feet.
There are also over- fifty-one miles of drifts and
crosscuts run in the development of the many veins,
without taking into consideration the upraises and
winzes.
The stoped area does not exceed 12,000,000 square
feet, which ore could be crushed by the 313 stamps
working incessantly in a little over nine years.
The estimated production of gold from the district
is 1100,000,000, and the largest production of any
one mine in the district is a little over $12,000,000.
There are about 250 mining locations, most of
which are covered by patent, and varying from the
old original "square claim" and those procured un-
der the mining acts of 1866 and 1872.
At present there is more activity in mining than
there has been for many years and the future of
Grass Valley never looked more promising.
Chas. E. Uren.
Grass Valley, Cal , March 25th, '97.
The following is from the well known mining en-
gineer, Mr. W. F. Englebright, and was written to
accompany the map ;
Nevada City Mining District. — This district is situ-
ated northeast of and adjoins the Grass Valley min-
ing district, and takes its name from Nevada City,
the county seat of Nevada county.
Since the year 1849 it has been the scene of active
mining operations — first, in the working of the shal-
low placers and ravines, which were among the rich-
est discovered in the State, and then the systematic
working of the deep ancient river channels and ex-
tensive quartz mines. During all this time mining in
this district and the production of bullion have been
continuous, which, for a record in gold mining, is
worthy of note in the history of our State. To-day
mining in the district stands on a more permanent
basis than ever before, as the developments in recent
years in both the gravel and quartz mines warrant a
continuation of prosperity for many years to come.
There are now running sixteen hoisting and pump-
ing works, with over two miles of incline or perpen-
dicular shafts, and over twenty miles of tunnels and
drifts open, in working shape.
The greatest depth thus far attained is 1800 feet
on the incline, making a perpendicular depth of 960
feet, and the most valuable and extensive ore bodies
opened in the district were in recent years uncov-
ered in these deep workings.
There are 210 stamps running in the district, with
forty stamps on mines not in active operation. All
of the mills are of modern construction, fitted up with
all the latest improvements for the reduction of ores
and gold-saving machinery. Water is used for power
under pressure of from 200 to 400 feet, there being
about 1000 Ti. P. used in the district to run hoisting
and pumping machinery and mills ; the pumping ma-
chinery is light, as the amount of water cut in the
deepest shafts is comparatively small.
There are two chlorination plants and one smelter
[ in the district.
The estimated production of gold from this district
is about *75,000,000.
The annual production of gold in the past few
years has been about *1, 000,000. The mines of the
district now support a population of over 5000, who
live in Nevada City and vicinity, and this city is to-
day one of the most prosperous in the State.
W. l'\ ENULEliRHIllT.
Nevada City, Cal., March 24th, '97.
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
NU.MUEK II.
Wrilteu for tho MiNl.NC .\NU Scikntific I'kkss by GKuKt^K H.
Evans, C,K.. M.E,,GenL'rul Manugei- Cous. O. Mines of Cal., Ld.
OroviMc'.Ciil.
Oruilcs, ('ajiiiciti/, ilr. — In connection with the
grades and various shapes of water races, the follow-
ing points require particular attention:
First — As before mentioned, the character of the
ground through which the ditch is constructed will
have a great bearing on the grade required, but, as
a guide, it will be well to remember that practical
results have demonstrated that, in ordinary ground,
the water should travel at the rate of from 180 to 200
feet per minute. Then the grade will be determined
by the dimensions of the ditch, and its intended car-
rying capacity.
Second — Races in which the water flows at too
high a velocity through ground of a porous nature
will never be free from leakage, owing to the fact
that the velocity of the water will not allow any sedi-
ment to settle, and in all ditches properly con-
structed the sediment traveling with the water at a
moderate velocity is always relied upon to entirely
tighten up all portions of the ditch cut through
ground of a porous nature; and, again, if the velocity
is too high, it will scour holes in the bottom and sides
of the ditch when constructed in sandy or clay soils.
By neglecting these points, the cost of maintaining
will unnecessarily be increased.
Third — To establish the grade of a ditch when the
velocity and area of same is known, one of the sim-
plest methods of calculation is as follows: Multiply
the velocity in feet per minute, by the wetted peri-
meter, in feet, and divide the result by twice the
area in square feet, and the product will be the total
fall in feet required to each mile. To reduce this fall
to inches, for each 12 feet in length multiply by .027.
Example: Suppose we have a ditch to construct for
a distance of six miles, to deliver 600 miners' inches,
or 900 cubic feet, per minute, or 15 cubic feet per
second.
To commence with, we are told that in ordinary
ground the velocity should be about 3 feet per sec-
ond, or 180 feet per minute. Now, knowing the ve-
locity and the distance, the area required is ob-
tained by dividing the discharge in cubic feet
per second, viz: 15 by the velocity in feet per second,
viz., 3, the result shows that an area of 5 square feet
will discharge the quantity of water required, and in
order to have the ditch or flume constructed with
least amount of friction, the width of the bottom
must be from 1:1 to 2J- times the height of the sides,
and in this instance the section of the ditch or flume
would be 3 feet in bottom, with 1 foot 8-inch sides.
Having now the velocity and area, we next find
the wetted border or perimeter — in other words, the
length — of so much of the bottom and sides as is
wetted by the water ; for instance, if a flume or
ditch is 30 inches wide and 12 inches deep, its wetted
perimeter, when full, is 30-|-12-f-12=54 inches, or 4,5
feet, and the same ditch or flume, if empty, has no
wetted perimeter at all. Now, fully understanding
the meaning of wetted perimeter, we find that the
ditch or flume in our example has a wetted perime-
ter = to 3 + 1 ft. 8 in. 4- 1 ft. 8 in. = 6 feet 4
inches, which, for convenience in calculating, we re-
duce to decimals, and have 6.33. We now have the
following results, viz : Velocity, 3 feet per second ;
discbarge, 15 cubic feet per second ; wetted peri-
meter, 6.33 feet.
To find the grade, we first multiply the velocity in
feet per second by itself, and in this instance the
result is 3X3=9, which has to be multiplied by the
wetted perimeter in feet, 6..33 ; therefore, 9X6.33=
56.97, this total has to be divided by twice the area
in square feet, viz., 5X2=10; therefore, 56.97-i-10=
5.69, the total fall in feet per mile. This result is
practically correct for flumes and ditches of short
length in good ground, but allowance must be made
according to the roughness and the contour of the
ditch. »
A more difficult, but correct, formula, which has
been obtained from actual experiments made in con-
nection with ditches constructed in ordinary ground,
with the usual winding course and short bends, is as
follows : Velocity in feet per second = 6 times the
square root of 2XGXRXS. Where G is the accel-
eration of gravity, or 32.2, R is the hydraulic
radius, which is found by dividing the sectional area
of the ditch in feet by the wetted perimeter or bor-
der in feet, and S, the sine of inclination, or the
total fall or' grade in feet, divided by the total
length in feet.
It the ditch is constructed through rough country
♦Copyrighted by the author.
and the bottom or sides of same present rough sur-
faces to the water, then 5 times the square root of
2 g r s will give the mean velocity in feet per second,
and the velocity multiplied by the area in square
feet will give the discharge in cubic feet per second,
which result multiplied by 40 will give the discharge
in miners' inches.
E.xample : To find the velocity and then the dis-
charge in cubic feet per second, and miners' inches
from a ditch with a fairly straight course, and con-
structed through good ground, having the following
dimensions and fall, viz. : Section of ditch, 6X3 feet ;
fall or gradient, 8 feet to the mile ; length of ditch,
15 miles.
We first proceed by working out R, which we are
told is the sectional area of ditch in feet divided by
the wetted perimeter in feet, and in this instance
., . 6, -,3 18 , ^
'''^6+3+3=12=l-5-
S, or sine inclination, will be found by dividing the
fall by the length, or ., =.001515. '
Since twice G (the acceleration of gravity) is
2X32 2, or 64 4, we have G, R, and S, and our form- .
ula stands as follows :
6 times the square root of 64.4X1. 5X. 001515, and
the easiest method of calculation in this case is by
logarithms, as follows :
Lur/'n.
2g=2X32.2 or 64.4=1,8089
R=1.5=0.1761
S=. 001515=7.1804
Square Root=2 | 19 1654
U.5827
X6 0,7782
10.3609=2.29
Answer 2.29 feet per second velocity, and this
multiplied by the area, 18 square feet=discharge, or
41.22 cubic feet per second, or 41.22X40=1648.80
miner's inches. . .
The above formula is also correct for flumes with
sawed boards, and battens over the joints inside the
boxes, but instead of using 6 or 5 as a co-efficient
the formula must read 8/2grs for velocity in feet
per second, and 8 )/2grsX area for discharge in cubic
feet per second.
I might add here, that these last formula^ have
been practically tested by several authorities, and
especially by the Government engineers of New Zea-
land, to whom I believe belongs the credit of arriv-
ing at the exact co-efficients shown above.
As before mentioned, it is of great importance
that a safe allowance should be made for loss due to
leakage and evaporation, more especially when the
line of ditch does not pick up any small creeks or
springs on its course, and it is agreed by the best
authorities that a suitable allowance may be calcu-,
lated by the following formula:
Sectional area of ditch in feet
Mean velocity in feet per second X 5280
Equals the loss in cubic feet per second per mile, ]
where M is a co-efficient varying from 3 to 20, ac-
cording to the climatic conditions of the country
through which the ditch is constructed.
In New Zealand, on the west coast and, in fact, all
through the middle island, good results have been ob-
tained by using 3 for a multiplier, but again in the
north island, where the climate more resembles this
country and the loss due to evaporation is heavy, it
is necessary to often use as high as 20 for M, in or-
der to obtain satisfactory results.
Fourth — When, owing to weak banks it is necessary
to build walls on the lower side of a ditch, the ground
should be removed to obtain a solid foundation, and
two walls — an outer and an inner — should be built
up, with space enough between to allow a good pud-
dle clay to be rammed in; such a wall, if properly
constructed, will never give further trouble.
Fifth — All earth, trees, roots, etc., must be moved
quite clear of the lower side of the ditch, with the
exception of just sufficient to make a track. Unless
all waste materials are moved to such a distance that
they will not become a heavy drag on the lower side
of the ditch, slides will be frequent and costly.
Sixth — At the entrance of tunnels, commencement
of flumes, and at other points where the velocity of
the water is considerably retarded, the effect of wa-
ter changing its form at such places is an important
point, and must never be neglected; in fact, all cal-
culations referring to the flow of water in ditches,
etc., the mean velocity must be determined as accu-
rately as possible.
Before going further, many readers will appreciate
the following simple method of arriving at the areas
or cross-sections of the different forms of ditches,
sluices and flumes, which may be calculated as fol-
lows, viz:
To find the area of a section of a flume or ditch
with straight sides, multiply the width of bottom (in
inches) by height of sides (in inches), the product will
be the area in square inches, and this divided by 144
will give area in square feet.
Example: What is the area of a flume or ditch 28
inches wide and 18 inches deep ? Answer: 28x18=
504 sq, in., which, divided by 144, = Si sq. ft.
{Tu 6c Goutinuad.)
326
Mining and Scientific Press.
April 17, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
(Special Correspondence).— At Pin^ Grove
the Dane mill is now running on rock from
the Mitchell mine, half a mile away. The
rock is low grade, but is being quarried out
from the surface, and the ledge is wide.
The Reward mill is making a run on a good
shoot of rock, and the outlook is encouraging.
The old Marklee mine, near Volcano, is soon
to be reopened by a San Francisco company.
Thi.s mine was worked down to a depth of 500
or 600 feet in the seventies, and ore to the
value of about $1,000,000 extracted. It is be-
lieved that large masses of comparatively
rich ore were left in the various levels, as too
low grade to prove attractive at that time. A
dump of some 10,000 tons is estimated to be
worth «2 to $3 per ton, and can be milled at a
cost not exceeding 75 cents per ton.
The Robinson or Treasure Hill mine, near
Volcano, is being actively exploited under the
superintendence of Mr. T. B. Dillon. It ap-
pears to be an immense deposit of gold-bear-
ing porphyry, with innumerable quartz seams
running through it in all directions. The out-
look is very favorable for a long period of
profitable milling.
Ledger : On the Mahoney the mill is again
running, though the inflow of water is so
great that the lower beds have not been
reached yet. ^ . -^^
H. L. Whitney, who is operating the Light-
house mine, intends to erect a 5-stamp mill
on the property.
The crosscut on the Alma has encountered
the footwall ledge and drifting is progressing
both north and south in good-looking ore.
Record: A new shaft has been started at
the South Eureka mine to the east of the
present one. It is expected to sink it about
bOO feet.
The Argonaut mine has just crushed 100
tons of ore at the Zeile mill and it yielded at
the rate of $12.50 per ton. The crushing made
previous to this paid $9 per ton.
The directors of the Potazuba have decided
to sink the main shaft deeper and open new
levels, and the work is to begin at once.
Register: J. R. Lightford & Co. of the In-
dian Spring mine will shortly have a 850-foot
shaft bored. They are now in 3400 feet with
their tunnel, and in order to work the gravel
to better advantage they will have an 8-inch
hole bored from the surface down to the tun-
nel. Then a pipe will be put in the shaft and
300 inches of water will be used to wash the
gravel. The boring will have to be done
through lava rock until within S or 10 feet of
the tunnel. They expect it will take about
three weeks to complete the boring and get
the pipe in place.
Calaveras.
Chronicle: A rich strike was made last
week in the Blood mine, which was worked
years ago, but abandoned when the vein was
lost.
The North Star mine at Mokelumne Hill is
working a 10-stamp mill and twelve men.
Prospect: Stent men have the Brunner
mine and are now pumping out the water.
Some good rock has been found.
The shaft in the Tryon mine is now 300 feet
deep. A drift was run in 36 feet of solid
quartz without finding the opposite wall,
showing that the lead is widening with
depth. Drifting was discontinued and sink-
ing resumed.
W. Garrard is sinking on the old Brown
mine, below the new Stickle hoist. The
shaft Is now about 80 feet deep and good rock
is being taken out.
The tunnel being run by Shepherd & Co. at
Robinson's Perry is now in the hill 1300 feet.
The ore is low grade, but indications for
better rock are favorable.
P. Baumhogger has resumed operations on
the Great Western, between Altaville and
Angels. Sinking in the shaft, which was al-
ready 100 feet deep, has been commenced.
The vein is 10 feet in width; the ore has
proved satisfactory.
£1 Dorado.
(Special Correspondence). — Summers and
Miller of San Francisco are taking ore from
the Gray Eagle, Mammoth and Myrtle prop-
erties and crushing at the Mammoth 10-stamp
mill above the confluence of Weber creek and
the American river. The ore is fair grade
and rich in sulphurets.
A Chinese company bought a large tract of
land, built impounding dams, and are hy-
draulicking, near Volcanoville. The property
is known as the Flora mine.
The Two Channel Mining Co. on the George-
town divide has completed a new tunnel 750
feet and tapped the lowest part of the chan-
nel. The tunnel is timbered with 7-foot
posts, '6%-toot caps in the clear, and laid with
T-rails. *The 10-stamp mill will soon be run-
ning at one end of the property, while a hy-
draulic plant is in operation at the other.
W. C. Green is the superintendent.
The Morris mine, an extension of the Two
Channel, has extended the old tunnel and
made an upraise 18 feet into the gravel. The
tunoel is 600 feet long. This is a milling
property.
L. P. Burnham of Oakland has bonded from
Barrette Bros, and others the old Crystal
mine for Eastern people. At 190 feet the
shaft was abandoned nine years ago. There
is a 10-stamp mill on the place. Work has
been started to pump the shaft and also to
run a tunnel. The property is two miles
south of Shingle Springs.
The Star Light Co. are extending the 370-
foot level from the south to the north shaft —
a distance of (iOO feet. They are taking out a
very good grade of ore.
Eastern people are negotiating for a bond
on the old Pocahontas property with a view to
pumping the shaft and examining thoroughly
this one-time rich property, on which the
relics of three score of arrastras are plainly
visible. The mine was worked by Spaniards
in the 50s, and was taken up under bond
about a year ago by a corporation, whose bond
expired within the past month.
The Big Sandy Co., of Toledo, Ohio, whose
works are located at Kelsey, are negotiating
for the " old Jim Marshal property," latterly
known as the Gray Eagle, the north exten-
sion of the Big Sandy.
The old Mount Pleasant near Grizzly Flats
was transferred within the past few weeks to
people who will soop renew operations on this
old-time dividend-paying mine, which was
abandoned at a depth of 700 feet about ten
years ago.
On the 8th inst. the German quartz mine,
situated nine miles south of Placerville, was
sold by Hager and Straten to Chas. O.
Richards of San Francisco for S13,000. The
shaft is down 183 feet. There are two known
ledges at this point about 40 feet apart, each
said to be above 4 feet, of pay quartz in strat-
ified slate. Work is to be actively inaugu-
rated within a week. The ore is fair grade
and rich in sulphurets. It is a mother lode
property.
Raymond and Turner have reached 35 feet
in shaft and 35 feet in tunnel on a 3X-foot
ledge of $10 ore, about 4^ miles south of town.
The lumber output for the coming season in
this county will ' be enormous as compared
with other seasons, judging from the con-
tracts made with properties under develop-
ment. The contract price is S15 per M. de-
livered at the mine.
H. E. Casey is running a bedrock tunnel on
the old Ames property, within a mile from
Placerville. He has reached 800 feet and cut
over 3 feet of pay gravel. He has just en-
tered the channel and will soon be ready to
erect a mill.
At the Griffith Consolidated a new tunnel
has reached about 75 feet, with a prospect of
600 feet backs, cutting probably five ledges.
D. H. Jackson has a crew at work sinking
on tbe Marguerite, a mother-lode property,
near the old Superior mine, about three miles
south of town.
Placerville, April 12, '97.
Placer Aruws: E. M. Smith of Coloma has
received returns from copper ore sent to
England from the Lily Emma mine near
Greenwood creek. The return shows 16 per
cent copper, S ounces of silver and 13.35
worth of gold to the ton. The English syndi-
cate that has been talking of purchasing will
probably take the mine if the ore body proves
to be large enough to justify them in pur-
chasing.
Nevada.
Union: At the Home mine on the 330-foot
level a strong body of ore has been encoun-
tered which is over 3 feet wide. The quartz
is high grade. This is the same chute of ore
which was cut about 90 feet above where the
present strike was made.
flacer.
Sentinel: Supt. J. A. Shields of the Glen
Consolidated gravel mine reports that the
mine continues to pay well. Six men are now
at work and the force will be increased this
spring.
The Hidden Treasure Gravel Mining Com-
pany have ceased operations at the tunnel at
Sunny South and will devote their entire at-
tention to their works at the Dam tunnel at
Centerville. The Hidden Treasure Company
now have seventy-five miners at work breast-
ing gravel at Centerville.
D. Harmon, formerly superintendent of the
Mayflower mine, is now in charge of the Cali-
fornia quartz mine near Graniteville, owned
by the Shasta Mining Company. A bedrock,
2000-foot tunnel is running to tap the ledge
below the old works. The tunnel is now in
1675 feet, 163 feet having been made during
March. The vein is on the contact between
slate and syenite, and workings near the sur-
face developed a pay chute of nearly 1000 feet.
Arguti: The Bullion mine, near Ophir,
which has produced some excellent ore, but
which has been idle for some time past, has
been bonded and is now being worked by H.
E. Ladd and J, C. Rude.
The Eclipse mine was started up on Wednes-
day last under the management and superin-
tendency of Ben Hawkins. At present, while
drifting is going on, only five stamps will be
run, but it is expected they will start the
other five stamps soon.
Work has been commenced on the shaft for
the Golden Blossom Company. The shaft in
the clear is about 7x15 feet and when tim-
bered complete will accommodate three com-
partments of 4x4 feet each. The new hoisting
works will be erected with a view of sinking
from 1000 to 1500 feet.
Plumas.
Independent : A large amount of capital is
to be expended by English capitalists on the
group of quartz mines consisting of the Ket-
tle, Caledonia, Baker, etc., consolidated as
the Green Mountain. An estimate of the cost
of driving a tunnel 3000 feet in length, which
includes machinery, has been made and the
determination reached to expend S100.000*on
the enterprise. Three eight-hour shifts will
be put on and the tunnel driven without in-
termission. This is the first time in the his-
tory of the Green Mountain that a thoroughly
busihess-Uke proposition has been entertained
in regard to its proper development.
National-Bulletin: At Granite Basin Mr.
Pratt, a New York capitalist, has the Morn-
ing Star bonded and is prospecting by a shaft
which is now down 90 feet. When to a depth
of 100 feet, drifting will begin. On this prop-
erty fifteen men are now employed, and later
ten more will be added. J. E. Frick is the
superintendent.
John R. Perkins has directed Horace Wal-
dron to employ men and begin taking ore out
of the Homestake mine.
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San Bernardino.
(Special Correspondence). — Providence
Mountain district is producing high-grade
ore. The old Trojan district is evidently en-
tering upon a prosperous era. It is a twenty-
five-mile down-hill haul to Penner, the near-
est station on the Atlantic &. Pacific Rail-
road. The cost from mine to car is $10 a ton.
A great deal of the ore runs about ¥100 a ton ;
some as high as $400 or 1500.
Notwithstanding the low price of silver, a
number of shipments of ore have lately been
made from the Ivanpah district, in the north-
eastern part of San Bernardino county.
Don Palmer of St. Louis and W. E. Van
Slyke of San Bernardino are developing a
group of mines— copper and gold— in the Sun-
rise mountains, eighteen miles southeast of
Needles. They have a shaft down over 100
feet and have done considerable tunneling.
Should the ore bodies hold as well as they
now appear, a mill of at least forty stamps
will be erected on the Colorado river, near
the new Atlantic & Pacific bridge.
John and Rudolph Plynn are running an ar-
rastra on picked ore at the Mountain Jewel
mine, eighty miles north of Needles. Power
is furnished' by a gasoline engine.
There has been talk of erecting a smelter
at Needles. A Denver expert named Davis,
seconded by the business men of the desert
town, has been investigating the mines ad-
jacent to that point. It is said that, if his
report is satisfactory, a plant with a capacity
of at least 100 tons a day will result.
Everything seems to he going forward fa-
vorably in the Virginia Dale district. Miners
at the Desert Queen are now taking out ore
that averages 50 cents to the 100-pound sack.
The forty-ton mill at the old Virginia Dale
mine is running nearly all the time, and the
owners express themselves as being satisfied
with the returns. In the Pleasant Valley
mine Prince & Christy have opened up an 11-
inch ledge of rich ore. The county is build-
ing an excellent road from Amboy, on the At-
lantic & Pacific, to Dale City. G.
San Diego.
Union: The bonding of a group of mines in
San Mateo canyon owned by W. S. Clark, to
an English company, has caused renewed
interest in that section. The mines were
bonded for $25,500, of which the first payment
has been made, $5,000 being due April 1, and
the balance due in three quarterly payments.
The English company proposes to erect a
smelter at once. The mining district is about
twenty-five miles from Fallbrook, in the
Santa Rosa mountains.
Shasta.
Searchlight: The London-Burton property
of Centerville mining district will be started
up shortb'.
R. G. Hart has completed the tramway from
the Central mine to the river. Twenty men
will take out ore for shipment to the Keswick
smelters.
SlBklyon.
News: li^our days of good weather has en-
abled the Klamath Flume and Mining Com-
pany {the Big Pour Company) to complete
their second preliminary survey. They will
adopt the second survey— the tunnel route—
which will cut off eight miles of the distance.
Mr. Garrett, who purchased the bar just
across the river from Hamburgh, has begun
work on his claim. The mine will be worked
by means of a large derrick and a good sized
force of men will be employed.
A sawmill has been erected at the Aurora
quartz mine in Cherry Creek district, which
will provide the lumber for extensive build-
ings on the property. A 10-stamp mill will be
put up, with a forty-horse power engine and
a sixty-horse power boiler.
S. J. Fore, who is developing the Last
Chance placer mine, near Callahans, turned
water into the new ditch last week. The
pipe has been laid and all machinery is in
place ready to start the elevator.
Journal: Smith and Hunter have removed
the machinery and pump about 160 feet south-
west of the shaft lately sunk at the Green-
horn Blue Gravel mine, and are sinking a new
shaft to strike the main channel.
S. J. Fore is getting machinery and lumber
over to McAdams creek to put up a sawmill at
Hi Yu gulch, where he has a quartz mine. As
soon as the sawmill is in operation, he will put
up a quartz mill.
Superintendent Brokaw of the Steamboat
mine, on McAdams creek, near Port Jones, is
expected to start up work soon.
The Horse Creek Mining Company's claim
on the Klamath river is being worked with a
good supply of water in the ditch, to keep the
giants constantly in operation.
Some fifteen Chinamen are working a claim
on Klamath river, below the mouth of Horse
creek.
The Distlehorst-Barton dredger is at work
below Oak Bar. The dredger has handled an
immense amount of gravel since it was built
and has paid the owners fairly well. They
expect some time to strike a rich bed of
gravel, as there are certainly plenty of them
in the Klamath.
The new shaft in the Greenhorn Blue
Gravel mine is down about 70 feet, and in
another week will be at bedrock and on the
main channel. As soon as bedrock is reached,
a larger force will be put on.
Eepoi-tcr : The mine of Martin Shuler, be-
low Scott river bridge, week before last pro-
duced about $350 for the labor of three men.
In this amount there was one nugget weigh-
ing $114 and another worth $68, besides sev-
eral smaller ones ranging from $5 to $30. The
week before a nugget worth $180 was found.
The Columbia mine has a full crew at work
and the ore taken out is very good. The mill
is running steadily.
Capitalists are negotiating for the Gumboot
mine, owned by.Simon Bros. & Co.
Journal: The Seattle Placer Mining Com-
pany, at Nolton, are running full blast.
The Siskiyou Gold Mining Company, below
Happy Camp, had a cleanup a few days ago.
and sent $3000 in gold dust to Port Jones for
shipment.
The American Bar Company, on the Upper
Klamath, commenced hoisting a few days ago.
and find the gravel prospecting well.
The hydraulic mines along the Klamath are
doing well. The new companies which have
put in modern machinery and obtained a plen-
tiful supply of water, are well satisfied with
the expenditure of their capital.
At the extension of the Siskiyou mine, a
ledge on the Hamburg, owned by Raynes, M(^
Cook & Farraher, some of the richest ore ever
taken out in Siskiyou has been found.
Trinity.
Journal : There is a splendid field for pros-
pectors in Trinity county in the Trinity
Center and Coffee Creek districts, on Canyon
creek and Stuart's Pork, East Pork, Rattle-
snake, New river, Hay Fork, and Wildwood,
and along the Lower Trinity. A large amount
of capital is seeking gold investment in this
State and nothing stimulates the prospector
more than the fact that a promising location is
readily salable at a fair compensation.
Hall & Carpenter will shortly put up a
roller mill, equal to 4-stamp output, on their
properties on the Trinity county side of the
Harrison gulch lead.
Taolnmne.
Union-Democrat: At the Rawhide the shaft
is down about 1070 feet, with 330 more to go
before crosscutting. At present a force of
miners is employed on the 900 and 1000 levels,
drifting, stoping, etc., and all rock reduced in
the 40-stamp mill is being taken from these
points.
At the Dutch high-grade ore continues to be
extracted from the workings of this mine,
almost altogether from the 200 and 300 levels.
At the Rappahannock sinking is still going '
on below the 600, and the extra 30 feet for a
sump has almost been attained. Immediately
or reaching this depth crosscutting, drifting,
stoping, etc., will be commenced with a large
force of miners. The ledge shows very strong,
carrying a wall to wall width of 35 feet.
At the Tarantula sinking continues night
and day in shaft No. 4. The vein which by
actual test went up into the hundreds per ton,
is widening.
The Leap Year is driving in its tunnel for
the big channel in Table mountain, but is
also running out some first-class gravel as it
goes along.
Development work on the Santa Margarita,
Hog mountain, has been commenced.
The Philadelphia mine, on the North Fork
of the Tuolumne is being developed under the
supervision of W. H. McClintock.
A great many pocket miners have recently
located on Bald mountain, recognized as one of
the best districts in the world for that class
of mining.
NEVADA.
Carson Neivs : Rapid progress is being made
on the cyanide plant at the old Eureka site,
which is being constructed by McCone, Cain
& Woodbury. This plant is being put up to
work what tailings are left at that place, and
will also work the Chollar tailings and the
large batch that lie behind the old foundry
just this side of Silver City. The plant is of
130 tons capacity per day. It will be ready to
begin operations before the first of next
month.
De Lamar Lode: Dwyer & Jacobson are
getting good assays from a 15-inch streak in
their claim, the Defender, between De Lamar
and April Fool properties.
On April 1st the April Fool Gold Mining and
Milling Company made a reduction of 50 cents
a day on the miners' wages on their property.
Nearly all of the machinery for the new ad-
ditions to tbe De Lamar mill is being put in
place. Several new leaching tanks are now
in operation, and when everything is com-
pleted over 300 tons a day will be worked.
Gold Creek News : The Gold Creek Mining
Company have built fifteen miles of ditch
during the winter and thrown up a dam and a
dike that contain 62,000 cubic yards thrown
up to make the reservoir. The length of the
in-take ditch'is 42,380 feet, outlet 33,800.
There is a by-pass ditch to take the water
from the in-take around the reservoir 3700
feet long, and two small ditches to bring the
water in from Big Bend and Mill creeks, 325
and 400 feet respectively. The reservoir
tower is 50 feet high. The dam itself is 44.
This tower will eventually form a well of
solid masonry.
Territorial Enterprise : Work is to be com-
menced on the Zadig tunnel, which was
started some time ago for the purpose of
draining various of the Silver City mines.
John Kelly of Bodie has become interested in
the proposition and wi.l take an active part in
the furtherance of the enterprise.
At Ely lumber for a mill for the Chainman
mine, which was recently sold to C. D. Lane
and others of California, is being hauled in,
and the company will no doubt go ahead with
the -opening up and draining of the mine
which has so long stood idle. Pumping ma-
chinery and pipe is being taken in.
The Egan mine at Egan canyon is making
preparations for heavy machinery.
Many big outfits are waiting at Wells to go
into the Contact district at the head of
Salmon river, on the Idaho and Nevada line,
sixty-five miles north of Wells,
OREGON.
Baker City Democrat : The owners of the
Virginia Consolidated mine have decided to
put in a station at the present depth of the
shaft, 500 feet, and crosscut to the Virtue
ledge; also to continue deep sinking 300 feet
farther and then crosscut the same as above.
A cleanup of $10,000 was made last week at
the Bonanza, the result of eighteen days' run
with twenty stamps. Sixty tons of concen-
trates were saved during the run which will
yield a net profit of upwards of $3000,
The Burnt River Mining Company own all
of the numerous quartz claims on what has
been known for some years as Gold hill. The
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mipesare located twenty-seven miles south-
east of Baker City. There are a series of
irifts OD ore showing the existence of at least
Ji parallel veins. The ore in the veins runs
III 'M inches to -1 feet. A crosscut tunnel
..a,3 been-started on the Spring Guluh mine,
lu cut all of the lodes at nearly right angle.
This tunnel Is already in over :jO0 feet, and
when it is a little over'2O0O feet in length it
will be 1250 feet below the suoimit of the
mountain.
Grants Pass olmfrver: Kramer Jk Wheeler
have bought the Henry Hutchins mine on Pea
Vine mountain, in the Galice Creek district,
and will soon commence the erection of a
quartz mill.
WASHINGTON.
Sjtofifjfiintn-Itfrifir: At Nelson the Ueserva-
tion Mining and Milling Company are working
a large force of men on their property near the
boundary, and but for the present transporta-
tion facilities the property would be a shipper.
A Spokane company has recently stocked a
group of claims in Vulcan camp and intend
putting men to work at once.
At Boundary the general development work
which the Bald Eaglo Company has been car-
rying on during the past five months has sal-
islied them of the permanency of the ledges,
and now they have laid the permanent tunnel
for workinglhe property.
IIKITISU COLUMBIA.
Sttnkfi^man-Ii'cirir: The shipments of ore
from Rossland during the week ending April
3 were: Le Roi S51 tons, War Eagle 144,
Jron Mask 'M, a total of luyi tons. There was
shipped from the Trail smelter during the
past week 142 tons of matte. The amount of
ore milled by the O. K. Company was 123 tons.
The total shipments from Rossland from Janu-
ary I to April 3 were 15,U31 tons.
A number of big payments have been made
on bonds on properties in the Trout Lake dis-
trict. The Home - Payne Syndicate paid
$2;a,4O0 on the Broadview, Old Sonoma and
Philllpsburg. The liinglish company owning
the Great Northern paid *10,UOO.
At Sandon during March there was shipped
from the Ruth mine *jyu tons of ore, from the
Payne 1150 tons, and from the Slocan Star 3ti0
tons. The Sto<;an Queen, adjoining the Slocan
Star, has a showing of 14 inches of ore in the
face of the 175-foot tunnel.
At Greenwood work will be shortly begun
on the Anaconda group of claims, Deadwood
camp. This group consists of the Anaconda,
Koolenay and Columbia, and is owned by
E. A. Bielenberg of. Greenwood. They have
an extensive surface showing of copper and
iron pyrites.
At the Jewel, Long Lake camp, the shaft is
down 120 feet, and the showing of ore has im-
proved.
The work which has been carried on at the
coal deposits at Rock creek for some time has
resulted, it is reported, in the striking of an-
other seam of coal of an excellent quality.
At Camp McKinley last week the Dongola
group of five claims was bonded to T. H. Cal-
land of Vancouver, who represents an English,
syndicate.
The Combination tunnel is well under way,
and it is expected that work will be contin-
ued on this property all summer.
The Gold Bug and Hidden Treasure claims,
in Deadwood camp, have been sold to Adolph
Drucker, M. P., of Northampton, England.
The Lead King group of claims has been
bonded, through W. T. Thompson of Midway,
to an English company. The group lies about
one mile south of Anaconda.
At a distance of 230 feet from the mouth of
the tunnel the hanging wall was struck on
the Mother Lode claim, Deadwood camp. The
first 27 feet was in solid rock; the balance of
the distance, or 203 feet, was all in ore, some
of which was of a good grade.
ALASKA.
Mining Record : Again the warning is sent
out from the Yukon to all to stay out of the
country unless abundant supplies are taken.
There will be work for a large number of men
and wages will not be less than $10 a day, but
all men hired will be required to board them-
selves, and it is more than likely that those
who come with less than a year's supplies wilt
be refused work. If a claim owner employs a
man who comes without provisions he forces a
division of his own scanty stock, and is thus
cutting his own throat and insuring the doub-
ling of his own privations. The companies
cannot possibly carry in enough to supply
those already there ; any addition to the num-
ber to be provided for must bring starvation
to all.
Concerning the big returns from single pans
of dirt, it should be remembered that the
dirt is invariably taken from bedrock, and in
these immensely rich spots the pay streak is
always thin, sometimes not more than 2 or 3
inches. On the other hand, an example is
found in the Rhodes claim, where the gravel
runs from $2.47 to the pan on the upper strata
to $4.99 at bedrock, with a pay streak 'J feet
deep. On such claims as this no barren dirt
need be handled, and the net profits equal
those where the richer, though very much
smaller, pay streaks are found.
Mammoth Record: In the Home Rule Con-
solidated a 5-inch vein of ore, which assays
forty ounces of silver and 3U per cent lead has
been encountered in the drift which has been
run for SU feet from the bottom of the 160-
foot shaft.
An expert has been out looking over the
Boss Tweed, and it is probable that a sale of
the property will be consummated in a short
time.
The new hoisting apparatus for the Mam-
moth mine will be set in motion within a
week. It is the intention of the company to
increase thejjutput of the mine, and to push
the shaft down to the2500-level as rapidly as
possible. Nearly all the ore which is now be-
ing taken out comes from the upper levels.
Peyton & Bacoru have leased the Sioux mill
and expect to start the machinery as soon as
a supply of ore can be secured from the Sioux. I
Tintic MiU'^r: Manager Johnson of the Gold '
Point mine at Sunshine has secured a lease 1
and bond on the Gold Blossom mine, northeast '
of Eureka. !
Shipments from the district for the week {
are as follows: From the Bullion-Beck mine, i
twenty-live carloads ore; Bullion- Beck mil!,
five carloads concentrates; North Star, two
carloads ore ; Buckeye, one carload ore : Drag- I
gon iron mine, one carload ore daily : Noon's
iron mine, one carload ore dally ; South Swan-
sea, five carloads ore : Swansea, five carloads i
ore; Mammoth mill, 7 carloads concentrates. ■
A new strike is reported on the 300 level of
the Homestake.
A good strike of ore is reported this week
in the Morning Glory. The ore is in the drift
from the 2*>5-fool level, about ti5 feet from the
shaft.
Mercur Mercury: In the Camp Floyd dis-
trict 503 men are employed in the mines. The
figures emphasise the remarkable amount of
ore mined in this district per man emploj'ed.
Take the Mercur mine, for instance: With
only a hundred men employed, including shift
bosses, engineers, miners, timbermen and
muckers, an average of thirty tons are mined
and placed in the ore bins, ready for loading
onto the ore train every day.
The Wonder workings are being extended
rapidly. The vein has been crosscut 50 feet,
and drifted on 40 feet. The ore looks exceed-
ingly well.
Salt Lake Trilmm: At Silver City in the
Homestake 50 feet from the 300-root level a
body of ore was broken into which shows a
gray copper. This, said an oflicer in the com-
pany yesterday, demonstrates what has been
contended for some time, that in the Home-
stake is to be found a class of ore as good as
that which has made the mines on the north
famous.
State Line district has almost instantane-
ously discarded her winter garments. The
Ophir Company are working with a full force
again, and a shipment of high-grade ore will
shortly arrive on the market. Favorable re-
ports come from all properties under develop-
ment in the district, and several new strikes
are reported from the surrounding country.
Xl>AHO.
SpoliCKimin-Review : In the Pierre's Lake
district a body of rich ore has been uncovered
in the Anaconda mine. Three feet of solid
ore was encountered in the bottom of the in-
cline shaft at a depth of 15 feet.
There are a number of well-known claims
in the Pierre's Lake district, among them the
Little Giant, Lincoln group, Big Iron, Peer-
less. Butte and Chief group, and others. The
owners of the Lincoln will put ten men to
work on their claim as soon as the weather
will permit.
At Wallace a strike has been made in the
crosscut tunnel on the Panhandle. A stringer
was being followed, and for some time it had
been showing up considerable galena, but the
ledge was cut in a fine chute of ore.
The Palmer Mountain Tunnel Company
have ordered a five-drill compressor plant to
hasten the work of the tunnel scheme. In
addition to this a complete steam plant has
been ordered to furnish power to the drills
and for electric lighting. The plant will be
in operation by June 1. The tunnel is now in
250 feet and at a distance of 150 feet farther
they expect to Intersect the vein on the Tun-
nelclaim at a depth of 170 feet. The next
vein to be intersected is the Final, 300 feet
from the Tunnel vein. One hundred feet far-
ther on is another vein, which traverses the
Final on. the surface.
De Lamar d>>'uooct '• A mining company has
changed the channel of the Clearwater at
Webfoot, ninety miles above Lewistoo, and
will work the channel of the river for placer
gold. The water was turned through an old
channel by means of a dam 225 feet long. In
years past miners have made from $5 to $6 a
day with a rocker, but the Indians drove the
miners away.
At Gem the Formosa mill has been started.
This will be the first new Cujur d'Alene mine
to commence shipping this year.
Near Kendrick, on Big Bear creek, where
copper ore was recently discovered, several
claims will be developed this season.
At MuUan, Miles C. Moore will soon have a
force of men at work on the Central, on the
mountain side south of town. He is inter-
ested in gold properties near Pierce City, to
which he took a quartz mill during the winter.
MONTANA.
Waiter S. Kelly makes the following report
for February to the English stockholders of
the Elkhornmine: Dry ore panned. 119b.33
tons; average assay value ounces, *35.32; av-
erage per cent salt used, 15.39; average tail-
ings, ounces, $3.03; average percent saved,
92.67; number Dure bars produced, 37; num-
ber ounces fine silver produced, 37,616.69;
number ounces fine gold produced, 33,459; bit-
teries in service, 21>^day9; pans in service,
2S days. Shipments of smelting ore: Lot No.
3, 30.8075 tons; proceeds, $1918 69; Lot No. 4,
'iti. 4770 tons; proceeds, $1872.19; total, 57.2845
tons; proceeds, $3790.88. Result of month's
operations : Estimated value of bullion
shipped, $24,1,76; surplus on January ship-
ments, $790.91; net value of bullion, *24, 866. 91 ;
returns from ore shipped, $3790.88; loial re-
ceipts, $28,657.89; c-urrent expenses, $"^8,488.87;
profit for February (or at ^.90 to f sterling
equal to £10.5), $5168.92.
Miner: At the Original mine sinking on the
incline shaft is again in progress from the 900-
foot level. When the 9uo was reached a sta-
tion was cut and now another 100 feet will be
sunk before another station will be made.
From the 1,000-foot level some crosscutting
will probcibly be done and ii is ihoughc prob-
able that tne miiin vein running through the
Gagnan will be found near that level.
Jntcr-Mountain: The deal for the sale of the
Gold Hill mine is closed by which J. K. and C.
\V. Clark, E. L. Whit more and A. J. Johnson
become the owners for $100,000, cash payment |
of $2,.500 having been made to bind the sate, i
The property is at Gay Lord. Work will be !
continued on the upper tunnel, and another '
tunnel 2O0 feet lower down will be run. This i
tunnel will give a depth of about 3t>0 feet.
Besides this claim the new owners have
bonded 6 adjoining claims upon which little
work has been done, but which may prove
valuable later.
The sale of the Michael Davitt, a small frac-
tion lying east of the Pennsylvania and south
of the east line of the Rarus, to the Montana
Ore Purchasing Co. for$:i51.lOO, was a surprise
to the mining men of Butte, who had no idea
that the properly would bring that figure. It
is very generally believed that the strip of
ground is looked upon as a key to the lawsuit
now on between the Boston companies and
the Montana Ore Purchasing Co. The
Michael Davitt is an L-shaped fraction, its
greatest length being about 550 feet, and its
greatest width about 400 feet,
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills Tinifs: Negotiations are pend-
ing for the sale of the Keystone to an En-
glish syndicate. The Keystone is a big mine,
but the ore is low grade, not to exceed H per
ton, and cannot be made to pay the profits
expected in mining with the present limited
facilities for treating the ore. With a 100-
stamp mill, equipped with modern automatic
feeders, etc., it can be made a splendid
proposition.
The Anna Creek Gold Mining and Milling
Company has selected the site for its electro-
cyanide plant. All arrangements are ready
for construction work to begin as soon as the
snow goes off. Machinery has been ordered
and will be on the ground in a few weeks.
The new plant will have a capacity of 100
tons per day and will be completed by
August 1st.
There are several very promising copper
prospects situated in the vicinity of Custer
peak, owned by the locators, W. M. Merritt
and Wm. McMillan, upon which considerable
work has been performed, exposing ore in
large quantities on several different loca-
tions. A number of these copper lodes show
great strength at the surface, containing car-
bonates and oxides of copper and iron in large
quantities. The ores carry from 2 to 30 per
cent copper.
The Golden Reward Company's plant is do-
ing splendid work, running through 150 tons
of ore on an average every twenty-four hours.
At this rate the plant is treating 4500 tons a
month, which vields at the rate of $25 a ton,
$112,500 a month, oi: $1,350,000 a year.
WYOMING.
In the Jackson Hole district several strikes
are reported every week, and as the snow is
off these will be opened up and their true
value determined. The granite formation
contains fissure veins which carry free-milling
gold ore.
Preparations are being made by the placer
miners for spring work, which will be strung
all along the river for forty miles. Near the
lake, or head of Snake river, is the Harris
Dunn Gold Mining Company's plant. This
company has spent $30,000, last year worked
seventy-five men, and will work a large force
of men, next summer.
South of this outfit comes Miller ^ Bear, at
the mouth of Buffalo creek.
Next on the Snake river is S. J. Brown,
who spent all last summer and considerable
money taking out a ditch and getting ready,
which work was not completed until late in
the fall. This portion of Snake river will be
the scene of the most active work during the
summer as it is here are located the Dead
Man's bar placers, the Tortolalla Gold Dredg-
ing Company's placers, theTeton Gold Mining
Company's placers, which will construct a
ditch ten miles long, bringing water from the
Gros Ventre river over to Snake river banks.
COLORADO.
nepuliUvaii : All the early day prospectuses
sent forth to unite interest in Cripple Creek
companies laid heavy stress on the point that
this was a dry camp. The Frenchmen who
purchased the C. O. D. mine and formed the
Rebecca Company to operate it had, no doubt,
appreciated the advantages of mining without
the hindrance of an underground flow of
water. The flow ihat was struck has necessi-
tated the erection of one of the largest pump-
ing plants in Colorado, which will be in place
shortly. Two of the great Battle Mountain
mines, the Portland and Independence, will
need such plants by the time the C. O. D.
developments are completed and by that time
again, there will be others. Cripple Creek is
no longer a dry camp. If it is a camp at all,
it is a deep mining and very wet camp. As a
surface camp it could go on for ten or twenty
years opening new surface chutes and scratch-
ing off the lop, but for a long, enduring dis-
trict, it must and will go deep and pump much
water.
Blunt &: Co., who are working the Fanny B.,
have produced $40,000 from their lease in the
last four months. A drift run south from 135
feet depth has recently come into a new ore
chute ot fully as good grade as that worked in
the 60-foot level. A pool of Cripple Creek
merchants has recently taken the Bryan, on
which Blunt & Co. have a bond, under a lease.
The California and Hidden Treasure mines,
Nevada district, Gilpin county, owned and
opeiated by the California Milling and Mining
Company, Limited, of London, have been
sold. Tbe price and terms of sale have not
yet been announced. The two properties to-
gether with the Hidden Treasure mill, were
bougut by the company some years ago, but
have for a long iime" been worked at great
disadvautage on account of the lack of suffi-
cient capital, and have not yielded sufficiently
tu pay Lhe interest on the mortgage of $40,000.
rhb contract for the sale of the mines provides
that the purchasers shall pay a royalty of 5
per cent on the whole output of the mines for
a period of ten years, and that the ore pro-
duced shall be sent to the Hidden Treasure
mill for treatment for five years.
During the month of March there were
shipped from the Black Hawk depot of the U.
P., D. &. G. railroad, 302 ore cars aggregating
4,s32 loos, which represented the mineral out-
put of Gilpin county for the past month. As
compared with the corresponding month of
last year this shows a gain of 100 cars or 1,690
tons, an increase in tonnage of over 50 per
cent.
The following table shows the increased
ore shipment for the first quarter of this year
as compared with the same period of I8'.ni:
Months— 1896. IHUT. Increuse.
January 191 3:J5 144 ciirs or a,3W tuns
February 185 287 103 cars or l,8fti Iodh
March 196 302 106 cars or 1.61W tons
Cripple Creek Mail: Shipments from the
Anchoria-Leland last week amounted to 154
tons. Of this amount, 54 tons had an average
value of about $200 per ton, and 100 tons was
low-grade stuff worth about $30 per ton.
It has been announced unofficially that the
gross production from the Portlandproperties
during the month of March amounted to from
$60,000 to $70,000.
The Chicago & Cripple Creek tunnel has
been driven into Globe hill 1810 feet. Two
machines are constantly at work in the breast
and making about 10 feet a day; a third ma-
chine is at work on the Lelia vein, discovered
about 1300 feet from .the mouth, and from
which three cars of ore have been shipped, bu i
not of a very high grade.
The Lillie, on Bull hill, has shipped 675 tons
of ore for the month of March, which returned
gross values of $23,385.05 and net values of
*17,3;i6.H4. The average value of the ore
mined was$34, 60. The royalties received by
the company amounted to $4213.91. There is
still 147 tons of ore taken out in March to be
heard from.
ARIZONA.
UNITED VEKDE PKOl'EUTIEs.
(Special Correspondence).— The mines and
reduction works of tbe United Verde Copper
Company at Jerome are at present employing
over 500 men and are handling approximately
400 tons of ore per day. The principal shaft is
about 500 feet deep and from different levels
tunnels have been driven, and the under-
ground workings -are extensive. The engine
capacity of the plant amounts to 2000-horse
power, which is utilized in hoisting ore, oper-
ating air drills, copper converters, machine
shop and a 40-ton crane. A vast amount of
new iron work is being put in, consisting of
structural works for buildings covering the
entire plant, consisting of engine and boiler
rooms, converters, blast furnaces, machine
shops and foundry. Additional engines and
boilers and two new converters are being put
in. A new reverberatory furnace has just
been completed which will be used in smelt-
ing the finer ores, especially those rich in
silver.
The ore when taken from the mines is first
roasted in heaps, extending along the slope of
the mountain in three long rows, whereby it
is desulphurized. It then goes to the blast
furnaces and finally to the converters. The
copper bullion which is thus produced is about
*J9.% pure copper.
The mines, smelting plant and town of
Jerome are situated on the east slope of the
Black Hills range, pretty well up toward the
crest, at an altitude of about 5500 feet above
sea level and at least ISflO feet above the Rio
Verde valley, which spreads out in g.-and
panorama to the east and south.
The town contains about 3000 people, and
while a considerable amount of prospecting is
going oil in the adjacent territory, there is
practically no mining in progress excepting
that being carried on by the United Verde
Company. The latter has a water system of
some magnitude, the supply being derived
from mountain springs.
The United Verde and Pacific railroad,
which runs from Jerome Junction to Jerome,
a distance of twenty-six miles, is an example
of interesting engineering. Fourteen miles
of tne road — that portion which traverses the
Black Hills range— contains 18S curves, 34 of
which are of 40 degrees, 2 of 45 degrees and
132 from 36 to 40 degrees. In this distance of
fourteen miles there are but two places
where a train of five orsix cars can straighten
out. Wascott.
Jerome, April 10th, '97.
Gleason, the new gold camp of southwestern
Arizona, is experiencing a boom. Hundreds of
men have already examined the properties of
the district. The region, which is one of the
most arid on the face of the globe, is now be-
ing worked over, acre by acre, scores of pros-
pectors having been fitted out in Yuma dur-
ing the past month. Among the old residents
of Arizona there is little doubt that the new
find is nothing less than the "Lost French-
man" mine, one of the mineral legends of the
southwest and one supposed to rest on a
foundation insubstantial with the rest of the
fabulous tales of Golcondas found and lost.
The outfitting point for the new mines is
Yuma, the only considerable settlement in
the region. Transportation by stage is secured
from a railroad station about thirty miles east
of Yuma. It is believed that the ores will
eventually be milled on the Colorado river,
near Castle Dome landing, a distance of
twenty-five miles. The springs relied upon
to furnish water are far from sufficient for
mining purposes. All this will, of course, de-
mand capital. Till some such arrangement is
made it is probable that the richest ore only
will be sought, to be shipped elsewhere for
reduction.
The main mine of the camp has been named
King of Arizona. Parallel to it have been
found several smaller ledges, running from a
few inches to a few feet in width, and with
assay values fully equal to those of the King.
While development is naturally being first
sought, iiie shafts have been sunk in every
instance on good pay ground, and tons of ore
are piled up under guard at the shaft mouths,
awaiting transportation to tbe railroad-
328
Mining and Scientific Press.
April 17, 1897.
Collapse of a Pair of Corrugated
Furnaces.
Herewith is illustrated an accident
whicii recently occurred on the North-
west coast, which shows the amount of
deformation that a well-made corru-
gated furnace can undergo without
leading to a disastrous explosion; also
conveys the lesson that unnecessary
complications in valves in piping should
be carefully avoided, since they are
almost sure to result in trouble.
The accident took place in one of the
boiler while there was a fire in each of
them.
The blow-off pipes from the four
boilers are connected into cross or
thwartship blow-pipes, which pass over
the tops of the boilers, as shown in
Fig. 2, and are provided with valves
on the port and starboard sides of the
vessel. It is this arrangement of the
blow-pipes which led to the accident
under discussion.
The vessel was loaded in British
Columbia with coal, and after leaving
Victoria, B. C, and while steaming
ifiu. 1.— COLLAPSED FURNACE OF THE "CITY OF EVERETT.'
four compound marine boilers of the
whalebaok steamer City of Everett,
used as a freight steamer in the coast-
ing trade between San Diego, Cal.,
and British Columbia. The City of
Everett was built of steel, in 1894, at
Everett, Wash.', and is 346 feet in
length, 42 feet 8 inches breadth, and
across the straits of San Juan de Fuca,
the engineer in charge ordered the
water tender, or fireman, to blow
down three or four inches of water
from the starboard boiler. In carry-
ing out this order the fireman opened
the valve on the front head of the
starboard boiler, and also the outboard
Fig. 3.— CROSS-SECTION OF THE "CITY OF EVERETT,'
BLOW-OFF PIPES.
SHOWING THE
13 feet 7 inches in depth. She has
four compound marine boilers, each
132 inches in diameter and 11 feet long.
The shells are of steel, 0.938 of an inch
thick, and of GO, 000 pounds tensile
strength ; and the pressure allowed
by the Government inspector is 168
pounds per square inch.
Each of the four boilers has two cor-
rugated steel furnaces 40 inches in
diameter and 8 feet 6 inches long. The
furnace, shown in Pig. 1, is from the
forward starboard boiler, both fur-
naces of which were burned and bulged
down by blowing the water out of the
blowing valve on the starboard side.
(This will be understood by reference
to Pig. 2.) After blowing down as far
as desired the top outboard valve was
closed. This, of course, stopped the
blowing at once ; but when the man
came down from the ladder he forgot
to shut the lower valve on the head of
the boiler.
When the steamer reached Port
Townsend one of the breeching bolts on
the forward port boiler was found to
be leaking, and the chief engineer
therefore ordered the pressure to be
lowered on that boiler, and that water
blown out so that the bolt could be re-
newed. He also gave orders to wash
out the two after boilers, and carry
steam only on the forward starboard
boiler {i. c, the one on the right, in
Pig. 2). Asthe Everett was to lie at
the dock over night a slow fire was
kept under this boiler, the fires under
the other three being hauled. When
the steam pressure on the three cool-
ing boilers had been reduced to about
20 pounds orders were given to open
the blow-off valves attached to them
and blow down. This was done, the
blow-off valve on the front head of
the starboard boiler being open all
this time, although it was supposed to
be shut.
The result hardly needs to be told.
The boilers from which the Bres had
] been drawn were under only 20 pounds
of steam, while the forward starboard
boiler, with a fire in each furnace, was
carrying 60 pounds, so that it emptied
itself much more rapidly than any of
the others. After some little time one
of the firemen opened one of the doors
of the forward starboard boiler, and
found the furnace redhot and bulged
down, as shown in the engravings.
Upon investigation he found the other
furnace in this boiler in the same con-
dition. The fires were at once hauled
out, and upon examination it was found
that the furnaces were down 21 inches,
the corrugations being pulled out
so that at the bottom of the bulges
the furnace was almost smooth ; but
no sign of fracture could be discov-
ered.
If these furnaces had been poorly
made, or if they had been constructed
of a material deficient in ductility, it is
almost certain that a disastrous explo-
sion would have followed the rough
usage to which they were subjected ;
and this fact ought to satisfy anyone
of the paramount importance in boiler
construction of having good material
and good workmanship. The unwis-
dom of giving a fireman too many
things to remember will also be appa-
rent ; for if the boiler had been pro-
vided with its own separate blow-pipe,
discharging directly into the sea with-
out any connection with the other
boilers, this accident could not have
happened.
Bolthoff Combined Noiseless Qear
and Friction Hoist.
The new hoist herewith illustrated is
made by the Hendrie & Bolthoff M'f'g
Co., Denver, Colo., who say: " It is an
BOLTHOFF COMBINED NOISELESS
GEAR AND FRICTION HOIST.
acknowledged fact that the only serious
objection to the older pattern of geared
hoists is the noise caused by gears or
pinions when attempting to operate at
high speeds." They claim that by the
introduction of their new patent noise-
less gear and pinion they have reduced
this to a minimum, and, combined with
their friction hoist, have produced a
machine which effects a saving of 33
per cent in steam and a consequent re-
duction in the fuel bill, safety to em-
ployes insured by a greatly improved
brake, a durable machine. By the
method of construction employed in
this hoist it is impossible to spring the
drum shaft. Standard sizes are as fol-
lows: 6x8, 7x10, 9x10, 10x12 and 12x12.
All their hoists are equipped with a
Bolthoff balanced register throttle
valve, by which the steam can be shut
off instantly if occasion requires. The
valve is perfectly balanced, and is pro-
vided with a screw to take up the wear.
No packing is required.
Scientific Progress.
Proposed Polar Exploration.
Three incidents in Polar exploration
of much more than ordinary significance
have occurred within the last few days,
says the Brooklyn Eagle. The public
and formal indorsement by the Ameri-
can Geographical Society of Civil En-
gineer Peary's plan for an expedition
to reach the North Pole, marks an ad-
vance in the development of the project
and brings it within the reach of ac-
tualities. With the approval of this
most authoritative and influential body
of scientists and geographers, Mr.
Peary's project has the recognized
standing, which is essential as a base of
operations, and upon which the efforts
for the ways and means may be organ-
ized. The value of the moral support
of the society is indeed greater than
the financial, and, with this secured to
the project, the systematic and vigor-
ous effort among the individual mem-
bers of the society will be likely to ad-
vance to definite form and purpose the
project which promises so much to sci-
ence and to America.
Scarcely less important is the report
that the English Government, upon the
recommendation of Mr. Goschen, first
lord of the admiralty, is in favor of ap-
propriating to the Antarctic expedi-
tion $80,000, which not only commits
the English Government to a serious
and persistent effort in the unknown-
and unexplored continental areas to
the south, but, in the judgment of the
London papers, indicates a conviction
on the part of the Cabinet that peace
for at least three years is certain. Dr.
John Murray, upon whose recommenda-
tion Mr. Goschen has acted, asked for
two ships for three years, with a maxi-
mum complement of 300 officers and
men. Dr. Murray says that the expe-
dition will spend the first summer in
sounding the whole Antarctic ocean
south of latitude 60, by which definite
knowledge of the contour lines of the
ocean's bottom may be obtained, and
that a landing party, which would prob-
ably travel in a short time over the in-
land ice to the South Pole, should be
put ashore. Whether there is any
foundation for the report that Nansen,
the Norwegian, is to head the expedi-
tion, is not known.
The third incident of interest in the
Polar field is the grant by King Oscar,
of Norway and Sweden, of a gunboat to
convey Andree's balloon equipment to
his Spitzbergen headquarters, and his
request to the authorities of all north-
ern and sub-Arctic posts and stations
to inform the natives that the balloon
and the explorers may be expected to
drop among them at any time after
July 1. A similar notification was sent
out last year, but, as will be remem-
bered, no one was seriously alarmed by
the appearance or the arrival of the
aerial party.
Discussing, several years ago, the
economic element in technical educa-
tion. Prof. L. S. Randolph remarked
that no more exasperating thing can
occur to the young graduate leaving
college, with his brain filled with ther-
modynamics, neutral axes, radii of
gyration and the like, than to be asked
the price of a six-penny pulley and to
have no idea of the answer, nor to
know where to get the information.
The condition which prompted this
statement is as much in evidence to-
day as it was at that time. Business
training is sadly neglected in the prep-
aration of the engineering student for
practical work in later days, and he
should make good use, therefore, of
any available opportunity afterward to
acquire his training, partially at least,
by actual contact with business meth-
ods. Engineering success to-day de-
mands business faculties at ready com-
mand.
Apr 117, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
329
Electrical Prosrress.
Experimental Railroad Work.
The trend taken by the electric rail-
way industry in the direction of the
field hitherto occupied exclusively by
the steam locomotive, as evinced by
the recent developments on the New
York, New Haven & Hartford and
Baltimore >& Ohio railroads, has caused
the General Electric Company to pro-
vide itself with its own special line of
I - - - -
long, and the third another tangent
2730 feet in length. Running beside
the track on the far side from the
canal are conductor rails. Of these
there are two running, parallel with
each other and the track, from the top
of the first gradient to the end of the
line. They are 30-pound rails, set on
8-ineh ash blocks treated with berg-
tbeer in vacuum pans and thoroughly
impregnated. The two sets of con-
j ductor rails have been laid down for
j the purpose of experiment with alter-
nating multiphase currents. For direct
passenger division in the center, and a
rear compartment in which are carried
the air pump, tools, etc.
The equipment of the forward com-
partment consists of a skeleton wooden
switchboard carrying the ammeters,
voltmeters, wattmeters, etc., to en-
able the engineer to gauge exactly and
record the performance of the specific
motor equipment which may be under
experiment at any stated time. In ad-
dition the switchboard is fitted with
the necessary quick break switches,
magnetic blow-out, fuse boxes, auto-
this train up and down the track, with
equally encouraging results.
! Our illustration (Fig. 2) of the latter
j test is made from a snap shot photo-
j graph taken as the train was rushing
past the first semaphore at a speed of
about forty miles an hour. Fig. 3,
made with the train at rest, shows the
construction of the track, the method
of laying the conductor rails and the
semaphore with its jwiithbnx.
i>
Fio. 1.— MOTOR C.\U Wiril FuUK LOADED FREIGHT CARS.
track, upon which to carry out electri-
cal traction experiments. Beginning
with the early motors of Vandepoele
and Sprague, and following along the
lines of those built for interurban serv-
ice, elevated, suburban and branch
steam lines, and reaching the huge 360
H P. motors giving a drawbar pull of
current experiments two rails are con-
nected in multiple. Both service and
conductor rails are bonded with 0000
copper bonds. The current is taken
from the works power house over a
line issuing from the back of the test-
ing department. The feeder is a
500,000 c. m. insulated cable, running
Fig a— motor CAR \VI rti i'OUR i\. V. U. tt II. li. 1>ASSENUEU COACHES WITH
'trolley used for moving the cars around the yards where
the third rail is not laid.
by the track for a distance of about
5300 feet. The line is divided into three
working sections, each controlled by
its own switch and semaphore. When
this switch is closed its section of con-
ductor is made alive, and the move-
ment of the switch handle sets the
semaphore. The experiments made so
far have been carried on fbr the pur-
60,000 pounds on the great electric en-
gines on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
way, the next step is the development,
along lines already indicated, of some
feasible method of electric traction
which can be adapted to long distance
railroads, efficiently and economically,
and, therefore, commercially.
The line of track built by the Gen-
FlG. 3.— VIEW OF track SHOWING THIRD RAILS.
eral Electric Company lies between
the works at Schenectady, N. Y., and
the Erie canal. It is 6700 feet long, of
the regulation railroad construction,
the service rails being standard rails
85 pounds to the yard.
The track rises on a gradient of 4
per cent to the level of the heel path.
The first section of the line is a tan-
gent 2415 feet long, the second a series
of short tangents and curves 1635 feet
pose of developing motors and systems
of operation for elevated and surface
seam roads. For locomotive a special
eight- wheeled car is used. This resem-
bles a regular passenger coach so con-
structed as to give an unobstructed
access to the two motor trucks. The
weight of this coach - locomotive,
equipped, is 30 tons, empty. It is
divided into three sections — a driving
and testing department in front, a
matic circuit breakers, etc. The con-
troller is set in front of the right for-
ward front window, through which the
driving engineer has an unobstructed
view of the track in front of him. To
his right is the valve handle of the air
brake, and in front of him is an operat-
ing ammeter gauging the current out-
put. The resistances are suspended
from beneath the central compartment.
In the test during which the photo-
graphs from which our illustrations
were made the equipment of the car
consisted of four General Electric 2000
motors — each motor being rated at
about 125 H. P. — one motor to each
axle, motion being communicated to
the wheels through steel gear and
pinion. The forward truck was
equipped with a special speed re-
corder. The controller used was a K
16 series parallel controller.
From beneath the bolster of each
truck, set between the wheels on the
conductor rails' side, projects a heavy
oaken beam, to which is suspended the
contact shoe by means of which the
current is brought from rails to motors.
This shoe is a fiat piece of cast iron,
with the ends slightly curved. It is
fastened by two loose links to an iron
casting bolted to the oak beam. This
method of suspension keeps the shoe
continuously in contact with the sur-
face of the conductor rail, as it allows
it to conform immediately to any in-
equalities which may occur in the
latter.
The air for the brakes and whistle,
one of which is set at each end of the
car, is furnished by a vertical direct
connected air pump, operated by a
motor controlled automatically. This
automatic action is brought about by
the balancing of the pressure in the
tanks against the power of a spiral
spring. The spring is coiled in a cylin-
der furnished with a piston, the upper
end of which is a switch in a magnetic
blov7-out device. As soon as the pres-
sure in the main tank falls below the
desired pounds per square inch the
spring forces up the piston until its
upper end is in contact at the switch.
Contact being made, the motor circuit
is closed and the air pump motor starts.
As soon as the pressure rises to nor-
mal the piston is forced back, the cir-
cuit is broken and the motor stops any
arc at the point of rupture of contact,
being immediately extinguished in the
magnetic field of the blow-out device.
The first test made with the motor
equipment, the total drawbar pull of
which is about 15,000 pounds, consisted
in the hauling of four fiat cars, each
loaded with pigs of iron. This load,
about 121 tons dead weight, was easily
handled by the locomotive, and the
records as to speed and power required
showed gratifying results.
The locomotive was then coupled to
four standard passenger coaches, mak-
ing, with the motor car, a train of 130
tons. The controller was in charge of
Chief Engineer W. B. Potter, and
S. H. Libby acted as conductor. Sev-
eral interesting runs were made with
Mechanical Progress.
H. P. of a Steam Boiler.
Rule: To find the H. P. generated
in any kind of a boiler when running,
first, notice how long it will take to
evaporate 1" of water in the glass
gauge, divide this into 60, which gives
number of inches evaporated in one
hour; second, multiply the average di-
ameter where evaporation took place
by the length of the boiler in inches;
this multiplied by the number of inches
evaporated and the answer divided by
.1728 gives the cubic feet of water
evaporated in one hour.
There is no such thing as a H. P. to
a steam boiler — it is a measure appli-
cable only to dynamic effect; but as
boilers are necessary to drive steam en-
gines the same measure applied to
steam engines is now universally ap-
plied to the boiler.
The standard as fixed is one cubic
foot of water evaporated per hour from
and at 212 degrees. For such H. P.
this at that time was the requirement
of the best engine in use. At the Cen-
tennial Exposition, in 1876, a board of
engineers selected from all parts of the
world adopted as a standard for tests
of boilers 30 pounds of water evapo-
rated per hour under a steam pressure
of 70 pounds per square inch as repre-
senting one boiler H. P. The general
rule in estimating H. P. of boilers is
based on its evaporating one cubic foot
of water per H. P. per hour one foot,
or 62i pounds, or ,,% gallons of water
evaporated per hour is equivalent to
one H. P.; that is, a boiler that will
evaporate ten cubic feet of water, 625
pounds of water, or 62J gallons of wa-
ter per hour is a boiler of 10 H. P.
It is claimed that cast iron may be
used for dressing or finishing wrought
iron, cast iron or brass. It is said that
an Eastern shop is using cast iron
lathes for this purpose. It is a fact,
however, that cast iron can to a cer-
tain extent be tempered by chilling.
Being thus made harder, it bears the
same relation to cast iron, which is com-
paratively soft, that one grade of steel
does to another. It has been found
that tools cast of a chilling mixture,
with that part of the tool which per-
forms the work chilled, will work bet-
ter than the same tools made of steel —
at least, the shop making a practice of
employing them finds that the workmen
prefer them, which in itself is a recom-
mendation that would not be given
without being backed up with reason.
As many of our foundries are operated
in connection with machine shops, it
would take but a small outlay to test
the claims of the efficiency of cast iron
for this purpose.
An arrangement of fast and loose
pulleys that is being used with some
favor consists in cutting a number of
grooves obliquely on the surface of the
fast pulley, about 3 inches in length,
running from that side nearest the
loose pulley and terminating about the
middle by a gradual diminution in the
depth and width of the cuts. These
grooves, which are cut about IJ inches
apart and in the direction in which the
belt runs, have the effect of taking hold
of the belt immediately it leaves the
loose pulley, and, in wormlike fashion,
draw it onto the whole surface of the
fast pulley, thus relieving the belts at
once from the pressure of the guide
fork, and causing the pulley to be im-
mediately gripped and started without
delay. Where there is much belt ship-
ping to do, as on mules, planers, etc.,
there is claimed an increased output of
about 5 per cent and a saving in wear
of belts.
330
Mining and Scientific Press
April 17, 1897.
Union Iron Works,
222 MARKET STREET.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
T?liis
Three-Stamp
Iron Frame Battery
WAS MADE BY THE
UNION IRON WORKS
FOR THE
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS.
The stamps weigh 350 lbs.
The total weight of the battery is
5000 lbs.
The weight of the heaviest piece is
1300 lbs.
Capacity, five tons per day.
L. 0. MAESHIITZ.
T. G. CANTKELL.
National Iron Works,
N. W. Cor Main and Howard Sis., San Francisco. Cal.
IliU
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MANUPACTUREKS OP
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1890" ENGINE.
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ENQINE5,
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MACHINERY.
AMALGAMATING MACHINES.
CASTINGS AND FORCINGS
OF EVERT DESCRIPTIOlf.
All work tested and guaranteed.
IMPROVED PORTABLE HOISTING ENGINES.
Improved Self-Contained
Three or Five Stamp flill,
Saves bill tor heavy timbers, millwriy^ht and me-
chanics' labor, and a large amount of space. The
term self-contained means a great deal for the mine
owner, and can be readily recognized and appreciated
in making an estimate for an ordinary plant when
the comparative cost is considered.
First: There is saved a large bill for heavy tim-
bers, in many instances obtained at great expense
and loss of time.
Second: The saving in millwright and mechanics'
labor in framing and erecting.
Third: The large amount of space saved.
Fourth: The great saving ol freight,
Send for Circulars and Price List.
Edward P. Allis Co.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Reynolds Corliss Engfines
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
MINING, MILLING AND SMELTING
MACHINERY.
BRANCH
OFFICE-'^s^o'""^^
9 Fremont St,
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
aiRDER FRAME ENGINE.
HEADQUABTERS.
Genome English Pomp leather
ForHeavy Mining Pump Buckets. Will
outwear any other maierlal and g-lve besi
satisfaction. Samples furnished on appH
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO.. Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F
April 17, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
331
Coast Industrial Notes.
— Work on the Sierra Kailway from Oak-
lale to Sonora, Tuoiumue Co., Cal., is pro-
L'ressing rapidly. Over two miles of track
nas been laid.
—At Los Angeles, Cal., the questioa of re-
fiiodiDgtbe bonded indebtedness of the city,
.iinounting to $370,000, was settled last Salur-
Uty by a vote in favor of the proposition.
—The preliminary survey for a narrow-
jauge railroad from Ukiah, Cal., to the head
if the Navarro river has been completed.
The road is to be built by local capital, and
will i^enetrate the redwood bell on the coast.
It will be about twenty-tive miles long.
—Minister Baker, representing the United
States at Managua, Nicaragua, has been in-
structed by the State Department to take
such stops as may seem advisable to prevent
the forfeiture of the Nicaraguan canal con-
cession by the Government to which he is ac-
credited.
—There are planted for the Chino sugar
factory at Chino. Cal., about 4U00 acres of
beets, of which 1200 are on the Chino ranch,
2*J00 acres about Anaheim and 170 acres in
Ventura county, Anaheim has 1500 acres yet
to plant, making a total of 4100 acres to be de-
voted to the crop there.
—A new fish hatchery, for which the super-
visors of MeiidoL'iuo county contributed $750,
has been completed at Ukiah. Eggs will be
received at the new hatchery from Lake
Tahoe April 15th. The product from the local
hatchery will be used for stocking streams in
Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin counties.
—The first steamer bound for Mexico under
the terms of the agreement made with the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company will leave
San Francisco April t;5th and touch at San
Pedro for her cargo Apnl •.i7th. The steamer
will touch at San Pedro both going and re-
turning, thus opening free trade relations be-
tween southern California and Mexico.
—The orange season for southern California
is about closed. Thus far 470U carloads of
oranges have gone to market, and it is be-
lieved there are about 250 more carloads of
navel oranges and 500 cars of other varieties.
The crop was variously estimated last De-
cember from 7000 to SOOU carloads, so it will
be seen ihat the estimates were from 500 to
1000 carloads too high.
—The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Rail-
road, Grass Valley, Cal., during the past
year, earned $25,^41.35 in excess of its ex-
penses, paid $10,000 of its bonded indebt-
edness, and proposes to reduce the fare about
July 1st. J. F. Kidder is president and man-
ager; P. Johnston, vice-president; G.
Fletcher, secretary and auditor; E. H.
Brown, treasurer and superintendent.
—The Shasta Lumber Company was sold
under foreclosure of mortgage at San Jose,
Cal., last week, for $S7,000. The property in
Shasta county includes 35,000 acres of fine
timber land in the Sierra, a thirty-mile flume
that cost $150,000, twenty-two miles of rail-
road connecting with the Southern Pacific,
sawmills, etc. It was mortgaged for $360,000,
and was locally estimated to be worth a mil-
lion dollars.
—The celery harvest in the peat lands west
of Santa Ana, Cal., is concluded. There have
been 250 carloads, or ten trainloads of twenty-
tive cars each. The celery is conservatively
valued at $1500 per car, which would make
the total output sent East represent $375,000.
This amount of money represents only what
was shipped East. The growing of celery
for the winter markets of the East was be-
gun only four years ago.
—In San Diego county, Cal., the Lower
Otay dam will soon be completed. It is the
first to be completed of four large rock-filled
dams in process of construction by the South-
ern California Water Company. All are with-
in sixty miles of San Diego and the system
when completed will have cost $3,000,000
and will be capable of irrigating 100,000
acres of mesa lands in the county. One hun-
dred and fifty men are now employed.
Personal.
Hos. E. C. VoiHHiEs of Amador is a candi-
date for the San Francisco superintendency of
the Mint,
Wilms Kxapp has been elected superin-
tendent of the Orient Mining Companv at
Tlnlic. Utah.
Ale.wxoek Bukkell has been appointed
manager of the Montana Mining Company
(the Drum Lummond).
J. H. Means of the State Mining Bureau is
making an extended study of the geological
formation of Uandsburg, Kern Co., Cal.
Eow.vitD Kent, who was for four years
chief engineer for the Anaconda Company at
Butte, Montana, has taken the same [wsi'tion
with the Boston A: Montana Company.
Makk Elliott, a Santa Rosa, Cal., raining
engineer, recently reported dead in Mashona-
tand. South Africa, has returned from that
region after a five years' absence. He pro-
poses to return next October.
Ale.\a.s'deu Hill, manager of the Mountain
Copper Company, Limited, of Shasta county,
Cal., has resigned and will take hold of some
large enterprises in the same county on ac-
count of himself and some Eastern associates.
William Bailey, president, and O. P.
Posey, general manager, of the Tomboy mine
at Telluride, Colorado, were in San Francisco
last week, where they made the formal trans-
fer of 51 per cent of the stock and control of
that property to representatives of the Ex-
ploration Company of London, which has pur-
chased it.
Capt. C. E. Gillette of the U. S. Debris
Commission has returned from the southern
part of the State, and, in company with Col.
C. R. Suter and Lieut. C. E. L. B." Davis— the
two other members of the commission— has
been the past week viewing De Guerre point,
Smartville and other points on the Yuba,
Feather and Sacramento rivers, where
restraining barriers are deemed feasible. The
appropriation is now available, and as soon as
the commissioners shall decide whei'e con-
struction shall begin, actual operations will
commence.
Pkof. Lewis Swift of Echo Mountain Ob-
servatory, Los Angeles county, California,
has received from the Royal Astronomical So-
ciety of England the Jackson-Gwilt gift,
which consists of an interest in the invested
capital and a bron/ie medal. This is the first
time the Jaikson-Gwilt gift has been
awarded. The Herschel medal, which accom-
panies ihe letter, is of bronze, bearing on one
side the inscription : " William Herschel,
MDCCXXXVIII-MDCCCXXII," surrounding
a bas-relief of the great astronomer. On the
reverse side is a graceful female figure sup-
porting a globe and surrounded by the planet-
ary system, with the inscription: "Royal
Astronomical Society, Jackson-Gwilt Gift."
On the rim of the medal is inscribed: " Lewis
Swift, 1897." Prof. Swift has discovered
nearly 1000 nebulte and comets. Nine medals
and two cash prizes have been awarded to
him for his discoveries.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Jenny Lind Mining Company, San Fran-
cisco; capital stock, ?1, 000,000, all subscribed;
C. D. and T. T. Lane, Angels Camp; L. W.
Shinn, San Francisco; A. Hay ward, H. G.
Stevenson. San Mateo.
Karma Mining Co., San Francisco; Jno. M.
Wright, D. E, Hayes, R. H. Turner, W. E.
Thompson, J. W. Lancaster; capital stock
§100,000, §50 subscribed.
Big Ledge Mining Co., San Bernardino,
Cal. ; M. Peacock, W. and S. Thies, Los An-
geles, C. B. Morris, San Bernardino; capital
stock §100,000, 821,040 subscribed.
port Y^^ayne plectrlc (Corporation,
MANUKACTUKERS OF THE
OF —
Arc Ligfhtingf. Alternating: and Direct Current Incandescent Lighting,
Power Generators, Motors, Transformers, Instruments and Appliances
CHAS. R. LLOYD, AQENT, 18 SECOND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Electrical Engineering Co.,
34-36 MAIN STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Alanufaotuirers of All KincJs of
Electric
Machinery
For Mines, Mills and Hoists.
British Columbia.
W. J. R. COWELL.B.A.,F.G.S., Mining: Engrineer,
Reports on mines, designs and suoerintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes (or the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
dress W. J. R. COWELL, Victoria. B. C.
British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has prospects for sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
stock and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park.
Girard Water Wheel Co.,
34-36 MAIN STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
These wheels are durable, highly effi=
cient, and are the only wheels which
have perfect regulation, which feature
makes them especially suitable for the
operation of electric machinery.
JOSHUA HENDY HACHINE WORKS,
No. 42 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Recently Declared Hining Divi-
dends.
G win mine, Calaveras Co., Cal., $6000, pay-
able immediately.
Portland Mining Company, Cripple Creek,
Colo., S30,0a0; payable April 15tli,
\7I/MISXED.
Position as Prospector or Mining: Engi-
neer for New Mining: Company.
First-class assayer,miUman, miner and cyanfder.
Eighteen years' experience in coast mines. Bonds
furnished if desired. Address L, Mining and
Scientific Press Ofllce.
An Kxperienced Millmau desires position
in a mill. Has had several years' experience
iQ different parts of California. Understands con-
centrators. Good reference given If required.
Address "JVUnman," Mining and Scientific Press.
Patent Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
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automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO l
BUILDERS OP-
" Davis " Horse Power Whims.
Specialty of
PROSPECTING,
MINING and
MILLING
PLANTS.
ORE ami WATER
BUCKETS.
"T" RAIL OF
USUAL WEIGHTS.
EITHER NEW
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FOR SALE
CHEAP.
Ore and Rock Cars.
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MARINE ENGINES,
2 h. p. to 200 h. p.
HOISTING ENGINES, ♦ STATIONARY ENGINES, ♦
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Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER insures a saving of 50% on
cost of running. Just >4 your expense SAVED BY USING A HERCULES in place of ANY
other. We make no exception.
NEARLY 3000 HERCULES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
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We claim full poiver, automatic and positive adjustment regulatini; speed and con-
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DYNAMOS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
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Professional Cards.
HERBERT L/\ING, >
Mining and Smelting Engineer, v
Albany Hotel, Oakland, Cal. )
D. B. HUNTLEY,
■Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,
De taniar, Owyliee €o., Idaho.
D. H. Jc»CK.SOIM,
' Placerville, California. Cable address, Isa.
MINING ENGINEER. \
) Reports on Mines and Metlioda of Ore Treat- C
ment. California Mines_SpeciaUies_^ ^^.^
f J. K. EVEDETH.
V. H. M. IMacLyMONT.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
> Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses ^
of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines.
[ 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal. 5
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
? MECHANICAL AND HYDRACLIC
I ENGINEERS.
) 431 Market St., Cor. First St.,
\ Telephone BLACK 2403 San Franciaco. Cal
1
{ The Evans Assay Office, i
f W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor. )
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\ 628 Montgonaery Street, San Francisco.
I Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block.
' Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Met
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J School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, >
; Electrical and Mining: Engineering. ^
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) 933 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. \
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1 Assaying- of Ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorlnatlon (
S Assay. S25: Blowpipe Aaaav. SIO. Pull Course .'
of Assaying. ¥50. Established 18H4.
I t^~ Send for Circular.
. H. HARX/EY, ^
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aud Metalluriflcal Work In
lirancheH.
yisays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex- )
ments on rebellious ores for treatment by ^
aide or other processes. Surveys and re- )
s upon mining properties.
Mining a^d Scientific Press.
April 17, 1897.
KICHAKD A. PARKER
CONSTOTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address : Richpark.
J Croclter Build it g San Francisco, Cal.
;k. f
ASSAYER.S, REFINERS & ORE TESTERS.
< Guarantee reliable worlt. }
< 261 Wilson Block Los Angeles^
T. D. KYLE & VO.
/\ssei^&rs and Ohem
Ists, S
mention. (
W. J. ADAMS. E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex- '
pert on g:eneral mill work and amalg-amatlon.
Eig-hteen years' experience. Will report on
Mines and Mills, and take full charge of Min-
ing Properties. Address, 133 Market St,,
Room 15, aan Francieco, Cal.
Ex- \
ion. 5
on \
iJin- <
t., <
SSb6
r^^KNVER SCHOOL OF MINE:*. 1215 lolli' Str
S Established in 1ST7. Prof. F.J. Stanton. Prlnci- (
\ pal, and experienced assistants. Assaying- }
( taugl.t for J25. in two weeks. Courses in miner- )
S alogy. metallurgy, mining, surveying, geolog.v- }
5 Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor- j
/ respondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady \
J pupils received. Inveatments made and in- I
formation given in reliable mining properties. C
) form.
( mining Property. Principals desiring valuable )
e quartz or gravel investments at reasonable \
J prices will do well to see what I may have, v
J Only legitimate mining properties handled. t
j Assaying and Mill Tests.!
/Twenty years' experience with]
> Pacific coast ores.
< 33 STEVENSON ST., SAN FRANCISCO.
"^ ROBINSON BR05.,
CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.
p. O. Box 19J. )
^iSSAYERSAND MINERAL SURVEYORS.
Mines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mail Solicited.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
ESTATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
434 California St., near Montgromery.
Analysis of Ores. Metals. Soils, Waters, In-
J dustrlal Producla. Foods. Medicines, etc.. etc.
) Court Experting in a.11 branches of Chemical
} Technology. Working Teats of Ores and In-
l vestigatlon of Metallurgical and Manutaetur-
« ing Processes. Consultaiiona oti all questions?
\ of applied chemistry. Itistructiona given in (
^ assaying and all brand
A. H. WARD.
-4 ESTABLISHED 186». ♦-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT «& CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling:.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Works
And Chemical Laboratory.
524 Sacramento Street, San Fralncisco, Cal.
Q Check your ASSAYERS, or do your OVTnJ
Assaying by the SIMPLE METHODS of
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(INCORPORATED.)
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P HENRY E. HIGHTON, ~1
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5 Rooms 36-39, \
J Fourth Floor Mills Building, '
\ SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. )
" Established Thirty-Eight Years. Special At- S
tention Paid to Mining Business. i
pree Sample Copy °?coT"
. , , An Elementary Journal lor Students
Ot Mechanics, Electricity, Architecture. Min-
ing, Plumbing, Heating and Ventilation.
Steam Engineering, Civil Engineering and
Mechanical and Architectural Drawing-
Address .
HOME STUDY,
Bo3c looe,
Scranion- F»e
ril4S f-utter Street, San ITrancisco, ual. 1
Arsenic, Mercury & Cyanide^
POISONING I
' metal mining. Will make reports upon prop- :
' erty. or furnish properties to purchasers, if '
■ desirous to invest in the Cripple Creek gold "
' district, all on short notice. *
! Keferences furnished in Denver or San Fran- '■
I Cisco. Branch ofBce. Room 25. tenth floor. Mills (
; Building. San Franciaco, care S K. Thornton, i
I or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 195. Denver, ,
, Colo. Registered cable, Everett, Denver. ,
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ABBOT A. HANKS,
Chemist and Assayer. Successor
' to Henry G. Hanks, established^
' 1866. The super-
' vision of sampling f
' of ores shipped tol
' San Francisco a
' specialty.
' —718—
1 Montgomery Street,
I San Francisco.
Established 1853. Incorporated 1895.
JOHIN TAYLOR & CO.,
63 First Street, San FrancUt^o, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
I Assayers' yvVaterial,
FURNACES, SCALES.
BALANCES.
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEHICALS AND
CHEniCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents Tor the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Worlds
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.43; iMuriatic Acid. sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Manufacturers of Aasayers' and Cheiiittits^
Supplies.
Fire BrlcU and Tile for Metallurgical Pui-poses
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Alnsworth Balances.
R. J. Walter. Felix A. Walter, H. S. Waiter. )
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> Mining Enprineers and Metallurgisls. Estab- :
I lishtrd in Coloradoin 1879. AssayOlHce &Chein- (
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J. J. RISHER
Civil and Hydraulic EngiQeei
U. S. Deputy Mineral Sui
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA
' ]
veyor, ?
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San Frauclsco Agents.
IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER- YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE--YOU NEED IT.
IF YOU HAVE A CYANIDE PLANT-YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IT.
IF YOU OWN CHLORINATION WORKS--YOU SHOULD BUY IT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL--YOU CANT DO WITHOUT IT.
What? P. &B. Paint.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ACID PROOF—TRIED AND PROVEN.
Manufactured by .
R/\R/\RRIINE F»/VI!NX CO., ^f" »=ranois.=o.
-OS /=\ng^les.
You, Can Order It From Your Dealer.
Hydraulic and River Miners!
YOU CAN REMOVE BOULDERS, STUMPS, SNAGS, ETC..
WITH ECONOMY, EASE AND SATISFACTION BY USING THE
Knox Patent Hydraulic Grapple.
Address WILLIAM KNOX, Jacksonville, Oregon, or JAMES
ARMSTRONG, 10 Front St, S. F., for information and prices.
WEBER Gasoline EngineSH
purpose requiring: power. Only a few minutes' attenHon required each
day. Guaranteed cost of operation is 1 cent per home power perbour.
The simplest, most economical and besi'power. Address WEBER GAS
& GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 430 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo.
April 17, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press
333
FRASER & CHALMERS,
Chicago, Illinois,
Have brought out a new
line of medium size
5team Hoisting Engines,
These are designed with
great care by engineers fa=
miliar with the best
previous practice, and
knowing just what is
wanted to render sat=
isfactory service on a
mine. Do you want
such service ? Then
buy one of these im=
proved machines.
Other Special Lines
of Manufacture
On which we would be
glad to quote are
Stamp Mills, Shoes,
Smelting Furnaces, Dies,
Cvanide Plant, Cams,
Ore Crushers, Rolls,
Frue Vanner Concentrators, Jigs,
Brown Roasting Furnaces,
Huntington Mills,
Perforated Metals and Screens,
Corliss Engines,
Adams Boilers,
Riedler Air Compressors & Pumps,
Otto Aerial Tramways.
Qualified by a Quarter Century of Experience
to render you the best of service, we invite your
inquiries and patronage.
FRASER & CHALMERS, CHICAGO, ILL.,
CITV OP MEXICO.
SALT LAKB CITY, UTAH;
DENVER COLO.
80 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence of wearing parts, high efticiency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECXRIC XRANSTVVISSIOIN
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.
ADDRESS
1:21 and 1:23 TVlain Street,
San F'ranclsco, Cal,
A STEAM ORE STAMP.
One of the BONANZA MINES of the Black Hills was developed
by a TREMAIN STEAM STAMP MILL, installed last summer at a cost of
about $i6oo. After six months' run the superintendent wrote the fol-
lowing letter:
Hill City, S. D,, Feb. 2, 1897.
(hile>^ froii Wurkfi, fiM Elutoa Aoe., Cldcago. III. — Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure in in-
forming you of our success with the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill which we have been running since last
July, We have been running on hard, white quartz, some of it of a Hinty character and a sD?,all portion
of it slightly decomposed We average about ten tons every 24 hours through a forty-m'^sh screen. If
our tinaocial standing had been a little better, so we could have put in a small engine and rock crusher,
i am confldent we could put through 14 to 15 tons in 24 hours. The wear and tear is considerably less
than an ordinary siamp mill, it all being on the shoes and dies. The last we used of these were of the
aluminum steel, which are the best wearing shoes and dies I have ever seen. The parts are all well
made and durable, I having failed to see any weak point about the machinery.
We use one cord of pine wood in 24 hours, and run the mill with 70 to 80 lbs. of steam.
I have followed mining in connection with milling for thirty years and have never seen its equal
for convenience, durability and cheapness. To parties wishing to purchase a quartz mill I cheerfully
recommend the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill for its small cost, economy In operation and complete re-
sults of working. Very truly yours, Lsigned] JAMKS C. McDUNALD,
Supt. St. Elmo M. & M. Co.
This Mill has the capacity of a 5-stamp gravity mill and costs less
than half to install. Automatic feeder of approved design. Weight of
entire Mill 3300 lbs. Made sectional for mule-back transportation.
AGENTS FOR CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON:
PROSPECTIVE niNINQ AND flACHINERY CO.,
127 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, OR PORTLAND, OREGON.
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650 Elston Ave. Dept. UU. CHICAGO.
K^Russell Process.
For Information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to-
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
k
Park City, Utah .
DEWEY&CO., Patent Solicitors.
Inventors on the Pacitio Coast will find i t greatly to their advantage to consult this old experienced,
flrst-class agency. We have able and trustworthy associates and agents in Washington and the capi-
tal cities of the principal nations of the world. In connection with our scientific and Patent Law Li-
brary, and record of original cases in our othce, we have other advantages far beyond those which can
be offered home inventors by other agencies. The information accumulated through long and careful
practice before the Office, and the frequent examination of patents already granted, for the purpose of
determining the patentability of inventions brought before us, enables us to give advice which will
give inventors the expense of applying for patents upon inventions which are not new. Circulars and
advice sent free on receipt Qt postage. Address DEWEY & CO., Patent Agents. 220 MarketSt.; S. F.
Gold
lA/anted,
And Colorudo Ims enough Icir ibe whole world
Yours tor the tlndloB: shall we tell you where to
look! Please send six cents to cover postage on
an elaborate book called "Colorado's Gold; " 128
pages, with 80 new halMone cnfravlufs. Address
B. I_. \A/INCHELL,
<;. r. A. Un. Viu-.. Denver & <;ulf K'y,,
OEIN\/E:f», COLO.
SANTA FE ROUTE.
The Great SANTA FE ROUTE,
1 with Its TEN THOUSAND
MILES of Track,
Reiiches all the principal mlniuK camps in COLO
RADO, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA and
CALIFORNIA.
Randslbuirg,
THE NEW EL DORADO,
Can be reached by no other line. Double daily
stages run between KRAMER and
RANDSBURG.
H. C. BUSH, A. Q. P. A.
Ticket Office, 644 Market Street,
San Francisco, Cal.
CRIPPLE CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODDCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
IIV GOLD.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
In Connection with the Deuver & Rio Grautle.
For information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
Denver, Colo.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Colorado has within Its limits some of the preat-
est gold mines that have ever been discovered. In
Cripple Creek in 1892 there were a few prospectors
looking- over the hlUa; In 1S% the camp turned out
over ^.OOO.OOO In gold. LeadvlUe, the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
ver what it Is to-day, la beeomlns- a big- producer of
ffOld. New inventions for working low-grade eold
ores, together with the discoveries made to work
rebellious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers such !i8 they have never enjoyed before, and
Colorado has Inducements to offer such as no other
district In tlie world possesses; the record of the
State In gold productiou for the Inat three years
speaks for ItRelf. Among- the other pronilnent
camps in theStateareTellurlde, Ophlr, Rico, Silver-
ton, Mineral Point. Daraiigo. La Plata. Ouray. Saw
Pit, Irontou.lhe Gunnison district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps arc
springing Into existence every day The Denver &.
Rio Grande Railroad, which is tlie pioneer road of
Colorado and which lias always been the miner's
friend, reaches all the mining camps in Colorado.
For elegantly illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines in Colorado, send to
W. J. SaOTWBLL, - - - General Agent,
;il4 California St.. San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passenger Agent. - - DENVER, COLO.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
AND BAKER CITY . .
* nining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. & N.
Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Fred F. Conkor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
INVEINTORS, Take. Notice I
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
22t; Market St., N. E. Corner Front (Up Stairs), San
Francisco. Experimental machinery and all klnda
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OF"
POTASSIUM.
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In
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THE GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY.
Works at BECKTON near LONDON,
EINGLAIND.
For Prices, Address
SCHOELLKOPF,
HARTFORD&
MACLAGAN, Ltd.,
Sole American Agents. \
No. 3 Cedar
Street,
NEWYORK
CITY.
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co.i Pioneer Patent
Soilcltorg for Pacific Coast.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 6, 1897.
580,077.— Photo Plate Holder — M. Anderson,
Northport, Wash.
580,262.— Stairway and Fire Escape — G. H.
Dyer, S. P.
580,269.— Dredging Apparatus— P. J. Gildea, S.F.
580,271.— Bicycle brake— A. N. Godfrey, Port
Townsend. Wash
580,084.— Water Pipe Joint— H. H. Gorier. S. F.
580,282.— Touch Regulator— R. F. Hornung, Oak-
land, Cal.
580,215.— Stove— K. P. McKay, Portland, Or.
580,193.— Box Cover— MaryMcRae, Everett. Wash.
580,1'12. — Hose Nozzle — Neiisen & Krauth, Ala-
meda, Cal.
580,217.— Hot air Cabinet— W. H. Peirce, S. P.
580,226.— Pipe Tunnel- E. F. Sanlord, Merced,
Cal.
580,229.— Fruit Slicer— S. H. Shelley, Berryessa,
Cal
580,232.— Harness Hanger— E. P. Smith, S. P.
580,073.— Wave Power- Williams & Tuller, S. P.
580,030.— Concentrator— Geo. B. Woodbury, S. F
Note.— PlaiQ and Certified Copies of U. S. and For-
eign patents obtained by Dewey & Co.. by mail or
telegraphic order. American and Foreign patents
secured, and general patent buBiaess transacted
with perfect security, at reasonable rates, and in
the shortest possible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
througtL Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the tol-
lowing are vporthy of special mention :
Fruit Slicing Machine.— S. H. Shelley,
Berryessa, Cal. No. 580,339. Dated April 6,
1897. This invention relates to a machine
which is especially designed to slice fruit,
preparatory to its being canned, dried, pre-
served, or put up in other ways. It consists
essentially of a series of rotary cutters, the
blades of which stand in radial planes, so that
the edges of the cutters converge and stand
closely together; a mechanism by which each
of the cutters is rotated in its plane ; a means
for passing the fruit beneath and between the
converging edges of the cutters, and a yield-
ing surface beneath the cutters for receiving
the fruit and holding it up into contact with
the cutters as it passes. In conjunction with
the carrier upon which the fruit is conveyed
is an intermediate carrier extending between
the main ones and slightly above the level
thereof, whereby the central portion of the
fruit is prevented from sinking between the
main carriers.
Subaqueous Pipe-Tunnels.- Edgar F. San-
ford, Merced, Cal. No. 580,336. Dated April
6, 1897. This invention relates to the class of
pipe-tunnels or conduits for any purpose, such
the conveying of liquids or gases, or the trans-
portation of messages and goods, or the pas-
sage of vehicles, such tunnels being laid under
water to rest upon or in the bottom. It con-
sists essentially of flexibly jointed sections; a
continuous flexible line secured to each sec-
tion and crossing the joint so as to connect
them together; coupling sections telescoped
in the adjacent ends of the main section, and
of suflBciently smaller diameter to permit the
main sections to bend out of line ; bands of
flexible waterproof material encircling the
joints exteriorly, and fastenings on the main
sections consisting of fixed and movable jaws
which engage the continuous cable which
flexibly connects the sections together. In
conjunction with these are controllable nozzles
in each section with pipes leading thereto,
whereby water may be introduced and ejected
against the bottom so as to adjust and grade
the line of the tunnel or conduit.
Touch Regulator for Keyed Instruments.
Rudolph F. Hornung, Oakland, Cal. No.
580,383. Dated April 6, 1897. This invention
relates to a novel means for arranging and
mounting the touch-regulating mechanism, to
cause it to exert varying degrees of pressure
and vary the touch of the keys to suit indi-
vidual performers. It consists essentially in
the combination of a pivotally mounted bar ■ a
series of coiled springs secured thereto, hav-
ing their tree ends so disposed as to contact
with a part of the action of the instrument ■ a
crank arm depending from the pivot bar; a
racbet bar having side flanges provided with
inturned lower edges, and a rod connected
with the crank arm, having a pawl at its free
end adapted to engage the raohet bar and to
slide freely between the side flanges By
means of an interposed rocking bar the pawl
may be moved with relation to the ratchet so
as to increase or decrease the tension of the
springs.
Collapsible Telescopic Hot Air Cabinet.
Wm. H. Pierce, San Francisco, Cal. No.
580,317. Dated April 8, 1897. This invention
relates to an adjustable cabinet which is spe-
cially designed for the purpose of hot-air bath-
ing an4 treating. The object is to provide a
cabinet which may be made to form an en-
closed chamber within which the person is
seated for the purpose of applying a hot-air
bath, the chamber being adjustable for differ-
ent heights, and made to be taken to pieces
and folded up by means of telescoping frame-
work. It consists essentially of tubular
corner posts, other corner posts adapted to be
slidabty fitted to the first named ones, means
connected with one set of posts engaging with
the posts of the other set to vertically adjust
the height of the cabinet, sockets on the sta-
tionary posts and transverse connecting bars
having their opposite ends bent to detachably
engage said sockets, an exterior flexible cov-
ering for the cabinet and devices for securing
the corners or angles to both sets of corner
posts, said covering having a neck opening
and a flexible front with means for closing
■and uniting the same.
Adjustable Stairways and Fire Escapes.
— G. H. Dyer, San Francisco, Cal. No. 580,363.
Dated April 6, 1897. This invention relates
to improvements in stairways whereby the
direction of the exit and entrance at the oppo-
site ends may be regulated to suit the points
where the landings are located. The object
is also to provide a simple and easily adjust-
able means for building spiral and other stairs
without any necessity of laying out each set
of stairs to suit the particular location. It
consists essentially of a step support with
collars and means whereby they are adjust-
ably clamped upon the support, said collars
having supporting lugs, segmental tread
plates having horizontal, flat- faced inner ends
fitting and secured upon the lugs and stand-
ards by which the outer ends of the steps are
adjustably connected and supported. The
peripheries of the steps have a series of per-
forations so that the standards may be con-
nected with two or more steps and secured
thereto.
Mining Dredging Apparatus. — Peter J.
Gildea, San Francisco, Cal. No. 580,369. Dated
April 6, 1807. This invention relates -to that
class of dredgers in which a suction pump is
employed to raise the material. It is especi-
ally designed to be used in mining operations
to raise to the surface material from which
the precious metals may be separated or ex-
tracted, and has for its object a means for
stirring and loosening up the material at the
bottom, at the same time preventing the
clogging up of the suction pipe. The screen
chamber enclosing the mouth of the suction
pipe has holes in the lower side and recipro-
cating pieces operating through the holes to
keep them clear; these pieces also projecting,
so that they are adapted to loosen up the ma-
terial beneath. The screen box is rotated so
that the longitudinally slidable rods are
moved in and out through the holes in it, and
a means operated by the rotation of the ex-
terior pipe and box which acts to move or re-
ciprocate the said rods. In order to dispose of
the larger rocks and pieces, I employ an end- I
less traveling carrier with teeth and guide |
extensions, which act to carry away these [
larger rocks or pieces. The tank forms a part
of the suction channel having communication
therewith and a screen, so that the material
is separated from the water by said screen
and falls into a receiving box beneath.
Every Inventor Wants a Good Patent
I Or none at all. To secure the best patents
! Inventors have only to address Dewey & Co
Pioneer Patent Agents, No. 330 Market St!!
San Francisco.
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(A. T. Dewey, W. B. Ewer and Geo. H.
btrong), this agency has the best knowledge
of patents already issued and of the state of
the arts in all lines of inve.itions most com-
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Patents secured in the United States,
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Agency business conducted.
Established and successfully and popularly
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number many thousands, to whom we reiJer
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afford Pacific States inventors half the ad-
vantages possessed by this old, well-tried and
experienced firm.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.^
PELATAN=CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in IT. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
liOudoa Head Office S Drapers Uartkutt^-
Laboratory aud Ore Testing Plant, 1530 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose aud clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clerici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLEKICI, Manager for U. S.
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTINQ
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
I Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
rAiuNluL't Brown's System of Mechaolcally
Stirred Roasting. Cooling and
'. Conveying Furnaces, Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois,
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTIOM
COMPANY, OF AMERICA, LTD.
CAPITAL, - 1660,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
THADE MARK.
AINSWORTH NO. 054.
SFNSIBLF TO
MILUGBAMME,
For weighing the pulp or ore charge for assaying.
This balance also makes an extremely accurate
diamond or prescription scale.
Photos and Prices on Application.
WM. AINSWORTH,
No. 2151 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLORADO.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
1=^1 nest nssav ^^ilatices.
Our Beams are the
llgrhtpst on the market,
and positively inflexible.
They are nnequuled in
accuracy and aensUive-
neas. Edges and bear-
Inprs are ot Sappliire.
All makes of balances
thorougrhly repaired at
reasonable rates.
3319 Stout Street,
DENVER, COLO.
-EASTERN PRICES BEATEN.
SAN FRANCISCO^
^^^ F»Ioneer Screen \A/orlc8
■^ JOMJ^ W. QUICK, Frop
Improved Facilities! Finest Work! Luwest PricesI
Perforated Sheet Metals. Steel. Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass ScreenE
for All Uses.
*** MIMING SCREENS A SPECIALTY. ***
321 and 223 First Street, San Francibco, Cal.
(M?ARTHUR'FORREST PROGEMO
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, IM93.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArtliur-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 316
Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPhee BtriLDiNG, Denver, Colorado.-
THE ROESSLER & HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO,
73 Pine Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Chloride of Lime
Trade Mark. SulphidO Of IrOU
And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes.
For Sale at a JSargaiii.
One new GOLD KING AMALGAMATOR -never
used. Apply to Marsluitz & Cantrell, N. W. corner
Main and Howard streets, San Franclsc-o, California.
QUARTZ SCREENS
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
Homogeneous Steel.Cast
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purpoaeB. Calipobni..^
Perforating Sckebn Co.. 145 and 147 Beale St., S.P.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Established in Colorado,
186(1. Samples by mail or express will receive
prompt and careful attention. Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assaved or purchased. Ad-
dress 1736 and nas i^a^vrencf? Stj-eet, Denver, Colo,
A Valve that Shuts Steam Off
TIGHT.
Full particulars by addressing the manufacturers,
The Wm. Powell Co.,
CINriNNATI, O.
Puget Sound Machinery Depot, Seattle, Wash.,
parry a stock.
April 17, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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RISDOIN IRON \A/0RK:S,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED"
Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are %
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
When WrltliiK pleuHe lueutloo the MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PBKSS.
"Union" Hoist.
Josliua Hendy Macliine Worts,
San Francisco, Cal.
Office and Salesroom 38 to 44 Fremont Street.
Works Cor. Kearny, Francisco and Bay Streets.
Tlif above cut repre^eois our 10 h. p. Double Cylinder Engine of latest type, and Hoist combined on
strong iron base. This hoist is designed to raise one ton 135 feet per minute from an inclined shaft, or
l.'W) pounds at the same speed vertical lift. The drum will hold over 6U0 feet of ?B-inch cable. The out-
Ht weiyhs 3500 pounds.
THE UNION GAS ENGINE CO.
BIJII-O THE
"Union" Gas Engines,
Which use either Manufactured or Natural Gas, Ordi=
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Distillate or Kerosene.
STATIONARY ENGINES for All Kinds of Work, Bnllt In Sizes from 3 to 300 li. p.
" UNION " COMBINED HOISTS In Sizes from 2 to 40 h. p.
"CNION" COMBINED COMPRESSORS — 20, 30, 40 h. p.
HOISTS and COMPRESSORS Can Be Built In Larger Sizes to Order.
" UNION ■■ MARINE ENGINES, 4 to 200 h. p., of Single, Double and Four-Cylinder Types.
TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE Bnllding Gas and Oil Engines.
"UNION" ENGINES Are In Use All Over the United Stales.
" UNION •' EN<;INES Are Simple, Durable and Economical.
•Office: 314 HOWARD ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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Hydraulic ffining Machinery,
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Challenge Ore Feeders,
Rock Breakers,
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to - STr/=V/V\F" BrtTTER'V.
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PATENT SELF-QOVERNINQ STEAH VALVE.
PATENT EASV-SEATISQ WATER VALVE.
NO OUTSIDE VALVE OEAR.
Maximum of Strength, Simplicity and Service.
Minimim of Weight, Wear and Waste.
Alining F*ipe !
Simonds Saws. Dodge Wood Split Pulleys
Bicl<ford & Francis Leather Belting;.
Cleveland Rubber Co.'s Rubber Belting and Hose.
Grant Corundum and Detroit Emery Wheels.
ONLY THE BEST.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
SiyVVONDS SfWAI CO.
31 Main street San Francisco
HOME MANUFACTURE.
FOWLER'S
Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Covering.
As a Non-Coudoctor, Unequaled.
Special Rates for Steam Boilers and DrumB
C. G. Fowler, 656-58 Howard St., S.F,
STEEL OR IRON. — We make pipe of either, but recommend STEEL, it being superior to iron in many
particulars and inferior in none.
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS OP
Th© Trija:x: F^at. Automatic
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO., Hardware Merchants,
ORE CARS.
SACRAMENTO. CAL.
Colblb & Hesselmeyei-,
DESIGNING AND CONSULTING
TVlechanical and Hydraulic
ENGINEERS!
Plans and Specifications for Machinery of MINES and MILLS. Improvement and Development of
WATER POWER for AH Applications. Will give PERSONAL SUPERVISION During the
Construction and Erection of All Work, if Desired. Twenty Years' Experience.
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General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
CAT RC nPT3Tri=C- SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., DJENVER, COL,
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It Is a F^aot.
THAT ODK ANNUAL
PRODUCT OF ...
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EXCEEDS that of any other manufacturer In the United States,
and Includes Everything: in the Electrical Line
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company,
S and 10 F-IISE STREET, SrtN FfRrtlNCISCO, CAL.
s^eWater wheel
Adapted to all Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water "Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a Pamphlet of either
Wheel and write full particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL& CO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
IS AT ■
rHE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY CO., 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U, S. A,
Just Listen— Reliable Common Sense Steel
, Whim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Holsters, $300 and up ; hand
' hoisters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills $300. A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps,
high mortars, la-
test improved
Only $800,
Oj
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
mills built to fit the
land guaranteed to save
iwhat we say. Coal Mine,
ecLuipments, S c re e ns,
Jigs, Tramways,
Arastors, Chillian
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.
Cornish Rolls, 12x20, weight'
■ 6,000 lbs . , price $3.50 : Feed-
ers, Bumping Tables; Blake Crushers,
■7x10, weight 8,100 lbs, only $250. Our
100 page illustrated catalogue freb.
Rana Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
A\achinei-y.
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Monadnock Building Chicago
Ishpemlng Mlohigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Sherbrook P. O Canada
Apartado 830 City ot Mexico
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
Portable Saw Mills.
No. O
Single Circular.
4000-6000 feet
per day.
No
Single Circular,
8,000-10,000 ft
per day
No. :2
Double Circular
15,000-20,000 ft.
per day.
Alaska Treadwell
Go]d Mining Co.
San Fkancisco.
Feb. 20, 18Gi;.
Vulcan Iran lFo7-te,
Gentlemen: Our
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pacity, fnr which
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and built the ma-
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including' a set of
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opening, has giveu
U9 complete satis'action in every
respect. Respectful'y.
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A. T. CORBUS, Sec'y.
Mining:
Companies
OR
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of Luml)er at
Remote Points.
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ill The Best Tank
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Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used in all the mining States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
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Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD. SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
BqIUod, Mattes and Furnace Products,
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ABE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
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And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity
of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No
moving belts or intricate parts. Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For confinnation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenridge, Col.; M. E. Smith
Concentrator, Golden, Col. ; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Col. ; W. E. Renshaw, MaySower Mill, Idaho Springs,
Col. ; W. H. Bellows, Boyd Mill, Boulder, Col. ; H. E. Woods, Denver, Col.
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The Mine and Smeller Supply Co., Denver, 6'oio.— Gentlemen : Answering yours of the 5th inst., would state
that after a thorough trial we have discarded seven Woodbury Tables and two Johnsons and adopted the WilQey
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These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
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PRICE, $450.''.2..
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Market Reports.
The Markets.
Fri.
Sat. ..11 50 @ll 60
Mon...ll 40 @11 50
Tue. ..11 37H@11 50
Wed.. 11 36 (gJll 5U
Thur..ll 35 (oJll 50
613^
6178
63H
62f8
63
Tin.
13 35
13 30
13 25
13 25
13 25
13 30
San Pkakcisco, April 15, 1S97.
The trade reports increasing orders, with
the buying as a rule in larger quantities,
which is quite a radical departure from what
has been a characterizing feature of their pur-
chases for a long time past. This is accepied
as a growing feeling of confidence, inspired by
the belief that prices are low, crops will be
large, that a gold mining boom is at band and
there will be a revival in speculation before the
summer months pass. The activity reported
in railroad car shops, new lines being built,
with contemplated improvements in other di-
rections, are an incentive to trade. It is said
that more buildings will be erected in iuterior
towns and cities than for several years past.
Manufacturers continue to report increasing
orders, with the majority adding more help.
At this writing the outlook is quite promising.
The local money market is reported practi-
cally unchanged. The banks accommodate
regular customers to a larger extent than at
any time last year, while those with gilt-edge
security have no difficulty in getting shaded
rates of discount. Collections are reported by
jobbers as fairly easy, with accounts not so
large as has been the practice. In the ab-
sence of a liberal supply of Eastern and for-
eign bills the premium on New York exchange
holds to strong figures. New York advices
state that the money market is still duU,
with the rates of discount from IX to 3 per
cent, with the bulk of transactions rrom ly^
to 1%. The supply of commercial paper is
light. The sterling exchange loans have been
reduced to below $5,U0U,UU0, which causes
some to believe that gold exporting will be
the order before long, in the absence of any
large export movement of American products
and free imports ol foreign. Even if this does
take place it will not have much effect, owing
to the large gold reserve, over $150,0UU,U0U,
held by the Treasury. London cables report
continued ease in the money market, by rea-
son of heavy disbursements. They also report
gold in active demand by the Orient and also
Austria, which causes the premium to be
maintained.
New Torb SUver Prices.
New Yokk, April 15. — Following are the
closing prices for the week :
, isilvei- im — ^
London. 2^. Y.
Friday '^'%
Saturday 28 7-16
Monday 28i4
Tuesday 28i4
Wednesday 28J.4
Thursday 28 7-16
Copper. Lead. Iron.
11 45 @11 55 3 32!4 10 00@12 50
3 30 10 00(0112 5U
3 30 10 00@12 50
3 35 10 0U(gJl2 50
3 35 10 00(ail2 50
3 35 10 00@12 50
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
C3ommercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, primtj 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6^7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7(0*8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Dralt .. .15c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 17^c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.a7j-4
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers 84.88^s
Retlned Silver, peroz., 1000 line 62^
Mexican Dollars 49@aU
SILVER. — The market advanced the past
week in sympathy with better prices in L,on-
don. The improvement abroad is said to be
due to a better inquiry from India. The ex-
port movements from New York continue
large. Mon&u-, of London, in its issue of March
31, says that at 2S T-ltid "it seems likely that
the Indian Government will purchase more
freely, and it is not improbable that the Con-
tinent will become a buyer once more. Of
course, very much depends upon the way in
which supplies are forced upon the market;
but it can scarcely be worth the while of
American holders ot the metal to adopt a pol-
icy which would clearly be detrimental to
their own interests." The appointment of a
commission by President McKinley to visit
Europe and sound the countries on an inter-
national monetary convention may possibly
have some effect on the buying.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market is
practically unchanged. There has been some
quiet buying for shipment to China, but at
low current prices.
QUICKSILVER.— There is a fair move-
ment for export and for domestic consump-
tion. The market has held fairly firm at un-
changed quotations. The East reports a
firmer market at 54@55 cents.
Our market is quoted at §40 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— The markets at the East and
abroad have sold lower, closing weak at the
decline. Our market, while not quoted lower,
favors buyers. In the face of a large consump-
tion in Europe and this country, it is hard to
understand the decline, unless it is through
an enlarged protection and more anxiety to
sell.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing @14V^
Ingot, wholesale @13i4
Sheet copper (ail7
Bolt M&5-16, 20o; % and larger, 17
TIN. — In our market there is a good demand
for both pig and plate. The market has held
to fairly steady prices both in this country
and abroad. The tariff has not had much ef-
fect as yet.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
Pig, per lb 14!^c@ —
Plate, I C ooke, heavy, per box $4 05@ 4 15
" " " light, " 3 95® —
POWDER— The market is steady.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules : No. 1, from Vl%c to 17J4c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 2, from 9c to Uc,
according to strength and quantity.
BORAX. — The market is reported un-
changed.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots 45i
Refined, in sacks 5
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " W2
LEAD— There is a continued free consump-
tion. Prices at the East and with us have
not varied much the past week.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows :
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — @ 4 50
Sheet 5 62/2® 6 12!4
Pipe 4 871/2® 5 37H
SHOT. — The market is steady with only a
fair jobbing demand reported.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs . . .$1 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " " ... 160
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 60
IRON.— The market is practically un-
changed. Some shading is reported on Amer-
ican, but foreign is said to hold to fairly firm
prices in view of the proposed tariff. The
East continues to report free shipments to
Europe.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $20 00 822 00
Thomas 21 00 22 00
Salisbury 29 00 3150
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 GO $33 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 23 00
COAL.— Domestic coals have met with a
smaller consumption owing to warmer
weather. Steam coals are unchanged. The
outlook promises a larger consumption of the
latter. The market is steady.
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot, In bulk 10 00 @
•' in sacks 11 00 @ 12 00
Cumberland ®
ANTIMONY. —The market is steady.
Our market is quoted at 7i4@Si^c in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote T^c
for Cookson's, 7@73BCfor Hallett's and 7c
for Japanese.
NAILS.— The market is firm.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $a as
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " " 2 10
SPELTER.~The market is steady.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
NICKEL ANODES.— The markets here and
at the East are steady.
PLATINUM.— Dealers report a better
inquiry.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to $15 per ounce.
ZINC— The market is steady at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is firm.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— There is nothing new to re-
port.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
Chemicals.
The market is steadily firming up in all lines
with a better demand reported. It is ex-
pected that higher quotations will be made
within a few days. Eastern advices state
that slightly higher prices are quoted in
everything affected by the tariff with still
better figures looked for at an early day.
BONEASH.— The market is steady.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows : Extra, 4g a pound ; No. 1, 3V^c ; No.
2, aj/sc.
CAUSTICSODA, 60%.— The market is fairly
active, but steady at 3%c per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% {LeBlanc process).- The
market is quiet but firm at i51.70 per 100 lbs.
in a jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
good demand at 2i/^c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— Advices from the
East reports a strong market.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is firm at 6
to 12c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6^c per pound in car-
boys.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is fair.
We quote in a jobbing way at l^c per lb for
66%.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Our market is strong.
The East reports higher markets.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4%c per
pound.
Mining Share Market.
San Franoisco, April 15, 1S97.
The market has continued fairly active,
with Con. Virginia the leader. After selling
down to §1.60 and Ophir to §1.05, Chollar to
SI. 10 and the rest of the list in proportion, it
advanced to 11.75. carrying the others up,
with Chollar sold up to $1.35. Yesterday
morning there was an easier tone and as the
day passed the leading shares sold down,
closing with Con. Virginia SI. 55 bid; but
Chollar was $1.20 bid. The action of the mar-
ket indicates that it is being manipulated for
lower prices, for at each decline there is a
ynilVIINCS ASSESS/WEIVTS.
Company and Location. No.
Alpha Con M &M Co, Nev... .18.. .
Belcher SM Co, Nev 54...
Brunswick Con G M Co,Cal...ll. ..
Channel Bend M Co, Cal 7...
Con Cal & Va M Co, Nev 8...
Confidence S M Co, Nev 28...
Crown Point G & S M Co,Nev.70. .
East Be.st & Belcher, Nev 5...
Eureka Con D M Co, Cal 8...
Golden State M Co, Idaho... 1...
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 46...
Hale & Norcross S M Co, Nev. 111. .
Horseshoe Bar Con M Co, Cal. 7 . . .
Jamison M Co 9. .
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal, 6 ..
Mexican G & S M Co, Nev ... .56 . .
Overman S M Co, Nev 77 . . .
Potosi M Co, Nev 47...
Savape M Co, Nev i)2. . .
Seg Belcher & Mides Con M
Co, Nev 19...
Sierra Nevada S M Co, Nev. 112. . .
Sulphur Bank Q M Co, Cal , . . . 5. . .
Tenabo M & M Co. , Nev 1 . . .
Thorpe M Co, Cal 6...
Union Con M Co, Cal l...
Union Con S M Co, Nev 54...
Amt.
Levied
. 50..
.Mar 2
.250..
.Mar 2
. 3c..
.Mar 22
. 20..
. Mar 22
.25c..
.Mar 8
.30c..
.Mar 12
.200..
..Mar 24
15c..
.Mar 25.
. 6n..
.Apr 2
. l?ac
.Mar 29
5c..
.Mar 30
.lOc,
.Mar 20
.100..
.Mar 8
. 5c..
Nov 27.
.10c. .
.Apr 12
200..
Mar 3.
.100..
.Apr 12.
.20c..
.Mar 10
.200..
.Apr 13.
, 5c...
,2oc. ..
.25c...
,50c...
. 2/2C.
,10c...
20c...
Apr 6.
Mar 2.
Mar 23.
Mar 29.
Apr 14.
Mar 18.
Apr 7.
Deling't and Sile. Secretary.
-Apr 5. .Apr 27 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 6. .Apr 27 C L. Perkins, Mills Bld^
.Apr 23.. May 15 J Stadfeld
.Apr 24.. May 17 J P Langhorne, 39 Sutter
.Apr 13.. May 3 A W Havens, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 16,. May 7... A S Groth, 414 California
.Apr 28. .May 19 — James Newlands, Mills Building
-Apr 36.. May 13 ■ E W Sichel, 337 Pine
.May 15.. June 5 DM Kent, 330 Pine
.May l..May 17 E Logan, 10! Van Ness
.May 8. . May 29 W J Gurnett, 308 Pine
.Apr 23.. May 14 R R Grayson, 331 Pine
.Apr 17. .May 8 D M Kent, 330 Pine
-Apr 24.. June 19 Sam W Chejnev, 120 Sutter
-May 24. .June 21 P Mettmann, 237 Twelfth
.Apr 7. .Apr 29 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
.May 17.. June 7 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
.Apr 14. .May 5 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
.May 17.. June 7 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
.May 10.. May 29 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 6.. Apr 26 E L Parker, 309 Montgomery
.May 3. .June 3 T Wintringham, 306 California
.May 4. May 24 T J Read, 606 Sutter
May 22.. June 13 AF Frey, Phelan Building
-Apr 22.. May 10 J M Fletcher. 320 Sansome
.May 11. June 1 .«..A P Swain, 309 Montgomery
rally to force the smaller shorts to fill, by
which a break can be engineered with no
short fillers to interfere. That lower prices
can be made for the higher priced shares is
generally admitted by usually well-informed
operators. These hold to the opinion that
without the business of the country showing
larger revival, without confidence being re-
stored, and without speculation being more
pronounced at the East, it is quite impossible
to promote a large deal even if a good-sized
showing of ore should be made in one or two
of the mines. A few years ago the showing
that is now made by Chollar on the Bruns-
wick lode, and that which is being made by
Potosi on the Comstock lode, with several
other prospects as good as they now are, the
market would have sold at a big advance on
present prices. The trading would have also
been active, with outsiders largely in evi-
dence. To-day there are comparatively few
of them, and these are board room chippers
and chronic traders. The very low price at
which silver is selling is no inducement for
mine managers to work silver-bearing ore,
even if they should have it in larger quanti-
ties than advices indicate. Under this condi-
tion it seems to be their policy to exploit the
mines for gold-bearing ore, and this takes
time, expenditure of money and considerable
dead work. There can be no doubt that in
quite a number of them dead work has been
so well advanced on several levels as to admit
of more active exploiting when deemed advis-
able by the powers that be. From the nature
of the work on the Comstock lode it looks
very much as if there will be a more general
driving to the west, which can be now more
easily done since several long west cross-
drifts have tapped the water, which is said
to have interfered with exploiting work in
that direction. On the Brunswick lode the
work points to a downward continuation with
each 100-foot level opened up as it progresses
down. With the return of warm weather
more active work will be inaugurated in the
Bodie district. It is said that preparations
have been or are being made for extensive
exploiting work, and also for milling on an
enlarged form and more economically the ore
0 the Con. Standard Company. With those
informed on the situation the opinion prevails
that there will be more activity in that camp
than for several years past.
The following companies report having had
balances on hand April 1, 1897 : Andes,
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
fide properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Securities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties andMineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
33:2,S>l5,OOo
Paid in Dividends by Utah lining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, Mining Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
IS7696.42; Alta, ^305.27 ; Best & Belcher, *13,-
I 777.73; Consolidated California Ik Virginia,
I S1317.20; Caledonia, $26.56.85; Consolidated
J New York, $3.")6.11; Coniidence, $717 69; Con-
solidated Imperial, $3843.18; Challenge Con-
solidated, $773.63; Exchequer, $3123.44; Gould
& Curry, $842: Julia Consolidated, $784.59;
Kentuck Consolidated, $.572.66; Ophir. $14,-
378.23; Overman, $39U6.3S; Occidental Con-
solidated, $1970; Potosi, $540.68; Sierra Ne-
vada, $14,608.27; Standard Consolidated, $18,-
228.29 ; Syndicate, $848. 87 ; Union Consolidated,
$1472.37; Utah Consolidated, $2160.77.
The following mining companies report hav-
ing had an indebtedness April 1, 1897 : Alpha
Consolidated, $370.68; Belcher, $8569.83;
Crown Point, $4719.33; Chollar, due bank
$9500, less $355,31 cash on hand; Lady Wash-
ington, $1280; Mexican, due bank $1000, less
$472.90 cash on hand ; Savage, due bank $3000,
less $428.45 cash on hand; Segregated Bel-
cher, $54.19; Silver King of Arizona, $1731.84.
From the Comstock lode our advices are
largely from official sources, and they are
generally as unsatisfactory to assessment-
worried shareholders as a picked bone is
to a hungry man. The majority of the let-
ters are largely a repel ition of those sent
for many weeks. The only variat-ons are
a change in number of feet run and a few
words added or stricken out, so as to give
them the appearance of newness. In Utah
they are working east from the south drift.
They are in over 170 feet. In Sierra Nevada
they are also running east, but from the Lay-
ton tunnel level. They are in about 370 feet.
Work is continued east in Union from the
north lateral drift. They are driving ahead,
but slowly, three east crossdrifts from the
work on the 900-foot level. In both Mexican
and Ophir they continue to work on the 1000-
foot level — the former running south from a
west crossdrift and the latter a west cross-
drift. In Ophir they are also exploiting on the
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Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
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Orders executed in large or small amounts for casb
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mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
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President. Sec'y & Treas.
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Vice-Pres't. Counsel.
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THE
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No. 521 to 524 Cooper Building.
DENVER, COLO.
Branch Office, - COLORADO SPRINGS.
G|j ««H 1 We have prospective purchas-
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Complete working plant. Situation and facilities first class.
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April 17. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
339
Central tunnel level. The official letter from
Con. Virginia reports continued exploiting
Jfork on the lOOO-foot. Ia50-foot and HioO-foot
levels. The letter is more encouraging than
for some time past, as it denotes increased ac-
tivity, particularly on the ItioO-foot level. As
yet nothing has been found to encourage the
belief of a large body of ore being near at
band. The Joint Best & Belcher and Goutd &.
Curry east crossdrift was at last advices in
soft porphyry. The worii in Savage is contin-
ued on same levels heretofore re|X)rted. No
work is being done in Chollar. In Potosl they
are working lo open up the 1750-fool level. lo
prosecuting the work ihey extract some ore.
Fully 112 tons have been raised, assaying
about 113 gold and 1 1 ounces silver. The work
In Bullion, Alpha, Con. Imperial and Conti-
dence is on the same levels and in the same
directions heretofore reported in this depart-
ment. From Crown Point, Belcher and Seg.
Belcher nothing new is at hand. The official
letters from the two latter still fail to report
levels on which they are at work and also
about the ore said to have been struck some
lime ago. In Overman and Caledonia the
work is practically unchanged. The manage-
ment of the former has succeeded in striking
ah assessment -but this should not create sur-
prise. Private advices, it is reported, from
Alta are quite encouraging, but nothing, it is
saia, is allowed to leak out.
From the Brunswick lode our advices con-
tinue lo report active work in Occidental,
Chollar, Savage and jointly by Best 6i
Belcher, f Jould & Curry and Con. Virginia.
Id these mines the work is practically un-
changed, but it indicates an earnest desire to
open up these mines to the best possible ad-
vantage for future operations. Chollar has
resumed extracting and shipment of ore.
Last week's letter reports 94 tons extracted
and shipped to the mill. The top assays aver-
aged till. 2.5 in gold and 14.58 ounces of silver.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
MINES.
r-
T
i 10
08
22
37
66
i 08
20
36
64
Bullion
10
36
1 15
81
I 60
33
1 15
Consolidated California and Virginia..
18
35
88
33
88
46
1 00
46
Ophir
1 00
33
63
20
47
26
47
Yellow Jacket
28
5an Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, April 15, :
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
200 Andes 20:100 H.&N.
lOU Belcher 36| 100 Mexican 46
100 Best & Belcher. . . 63 100 Ophir 100
lUOUhallenge 33100Potosl 63
lUO Gould & Curry .... 331200 Savage. 21
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
200Meidcan 44 200 Belcher
100 Best & Belcher .. . 64
.MOSavage 20
600 Chollar 1 15
1200 H. & N 86
lOOAlpba 08
300 Sierra Nevada.... 47
250 CaledODia. 12
900 Andes 20
5300 Nev Queen 05
Rainfall and Temperature.
The following data tor the weeli ending 5
A. M., April 14, 1897, are from official
sources, and are furnished hy the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Mining and Scien-
tific PiiEss :
- — — — —
H
►J 1^
>
s s
CALIFORNIA
ctn
n
s»
: p
B 5
STATIONS.
■fa
: E
: "
SB
: »
can
*"
. —
48.04
42.13
39.43
23.31
18.53
36
52
60
72
23.74' 17.19
16.87| 19.09
86
Sacramento
83
San Francisco . . .
22.57! 17.23
21.85
81
10.531 5.99
6.49
20.711 15,88
42
94
Los Angeles
16.74 8.88
18.79
48
5.35 .88
392
56
Yuma 1 —
96
THE CALIFORNIA DKBRI'^ COMMISSION liav-
iiie reeet.veil applications 10 mine b.v the liydraullc
.proces-i from T. C. Cox ami W. C. Pidge. iu ibe
Philadelphia mines, near Columbia. Tuommne
■Co.. to deposit tailings in Rose and Eagle creeks,
and from h'. G-. Curnow and ulht-rB. In the Little
iGrasa Valley Mine, near Columbia Htll. Nevada
■CO.. 10 deposit tailings in an old r^ae voir, pives no-
tiee thai a meeting wlU be held at room .VJ. Flood
BiiUdlnt'. San Francisco, Cal.. on Ap il HI, 1897. at
1:HU P. M.
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION, liav-
Ing received upplleailons to mine b.v the lii'draulic
pi-ocesB from M.J. Williams and oiliers. in the Ga-
lena Hill Min"t. near Camptonville. Yuba Co., lo Ue-
poalt lailliiga in Eaalmans Ravine; from Joseph
HuBller, In the Hustler Mine No. 2. near Cherokee.
Nevada Co.. to deposit tailings In Shady Creek; and
and trom McGregor & Nix. lu their mine near
Cuerokee, Butie Co., to deposit tallinga behind the
Impounding works of theSprlng Valley Mine, gives
notice that a meeting will be held at room 59. Flood
Building, San Pranciaco, Cal.. on May ;i, 1M9.. at
l:aOP. M.
Assessment Notices.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.-Locatlon of prlu-
cipal place of buBtnesB. San PranclBco. California:
location of works. Fourth CrosBing. Calaveras
County. California.
Notice lu hert^by jrivcu that at a inecttti^ of the
Boai-d of DIr»;ctorH held on the Uth day of
April, IH'JT. an aaHesbint'iii iNo. il) of .Dl'S. c«'iUft per
Mhare was levied upon Uif raplial Htuck of iln* cor-
j>oratlon, payable Ininiedlatt'ly In ITnU.-d Slatrs
K'oUl (■i>ln lo the se<M-fi;iry. at the office of the
(Oinpany. room -l-l Phelan building. San Fi';iiici8t.-o.
('aliroriiia.
Any Miock upon whlcli ihlH UBBeasinenl Hhall re-
niatu unpaid on the r.'d day of May. isit". will
be dL'Uuguout and adverllHed for aale at public
auclloo; and unieHH payuieiit 1h made before, will
be Hold ou MONDAY, the 14th day of June. 18it". to
pay the delinquent asMeHanieut. together with the
cOBta of udvertlBlug and ex peuacB of sale.
By order of the Boanl of Directors.
A. F. FREY. Secretary.
Office— Room J-l, Phi-lan bulldln^'. San Franclaco.
California.
[NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS— Electric Llghl-
' ^ Ing Plant. Ontce of the Water Commission,
Astoria (Or.i. April 8. IH97.— Notice Is hereby given
that sealed proposals will be received at this
office until la o'clock, noou. May I, 1897, for the
various works and materials necessary for the ia-
siallioB of a scries Kixiy-arc-liKbt plant to be
opcraled hy an impulse water wheel, and owned
by the muuiciimlity. Proposals must be made on
printed forms supplied by Ilie clerk of the Com-
mission, and in full accordance therewith, and
must be accompuuled with a certified check of
bank deposit in an amount c<|ual to (lU) per cent
of the nKtrrcKate sum bid. made payable to the
clerk of the Astoria Water Commission, Dupli-
cates nf bids and accompanying snccilled plans
shall be Hied at the nffice of the engineer on or be-
fore the date mentioned. Plans and specillcations
i can be seen after April 15th. either at the office of
this Ciimmisslou or at the office of the engineer.
THE ASTORIA WATER COMMISSION.
By W. W, PARKER. Chairman.
Attest: H. G. VAN DUSEN. Clerk.
ARTHi'R L. ADAMS. M. Am. Soc. C. E. '.Engi-
neer, -lui Calirornla Street. San Francisco. Cal.
HALE A NOliCROSS SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location of principal place of buslneas, San Prad-
clsco. Callforoia; location of works. Storey County,
Nevada.
Notice ia hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 20th day of Mareh,
18!)7, an asBeBHnieut (No. lU) of 10 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable Immediately In Unlled States gold
coin, to the secretary, al the office of the coiiipauy.
room 11. Jtil Pine street. San Franciaco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the tA\X day of April. 1897.
will be delinquent, and adverlised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment la made before,
will be sold on FRIDAY, the 14th day of May,
I8y7, to pay the delinquent asseeauient. together
with the costa of .idvertlslng and e.xpeuaes of aale.
By order of the Board of Directora.
R. R. GRAYSON, Secretary.
Office— Room 11, 331 Pine street, San Francisco.
California.
SEG. BKLCHER AND MIDES CONSOLIDATED
Mining Company. —Location of principal place of
business. San Francisco. California; location of
works. Gold Hll! Mining District, Couuly of Storey.
Nevada.
Notice is hereb.v given that al a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the Uth day of April,
18117. an assessment (No. Ill) of a cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable Immediately In United States gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. No. 309 Montgomery street. Room 50. Nevada
block, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this asaessment shall re-
main unpaid on tlie 10th day of May, 1S'.I7. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale al public
auction, and. unless payment is made before, will
be sold on SATURDAY, ihe 2;)th day of May. 18!)". to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertlaiug and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
E. B. HOLMES. Secretary.
Office— No. SOU Montgomery street. Room AO. Ne-
vada block, San Franclaco. California.
MARGUERITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING
Company.— Location of principal place of busi-
ness, San Francisco. Calirornla; location of works.
Auburn. Placer County, California.
Notice is hereby given thai at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 12th day of April,
1897. an assessment (No. (i) of 10 cents per ahare was
levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable immediately in United States gold coin, to
the Secretary, at the office of the company, 'iVTi 12th
street, San Franciaco, California.
Any atock upon which this aaaessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 24th day of May, 1897, will
be delinquent and advertised (or sale at public
auction: and, unless payment is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 21st day of June, 1897. to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
F. METTMANN, Secretary.
Office— 237 12th street. San Francisco, California.
Office hours from 5 to 0 o'clock i'. .m The Seci-etary
will also receive payments from 12 to ft i'. -M. at his
business office, 22.0 Sansome street.
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.-Location of prin-
cipal place of business. San Francisco. California;
location of works, on Jamison Creek, near Johns-
vllle, Plumas County, California.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 27th day of Novem-
ber, 189G. an assessment (No. 9), of 5 centa per
share, was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately in United States
gold coin to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, 120 Sutter street, San Franclaco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment ahall re-
maiu unpaid on the 2oth day of January. lSii7. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment Is made before, will
be sold ou MONDAY, the 22ud day of March, 1897.
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with
the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Office— Room 50, 120 Sutter street. San Francisco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held ou the 25ih day of
January, 18117, it was resolved tliat any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid ou
the 24th day of February, 18!i7. will be delinquent and
adverlised for sale at public auction; and. unless
payment la made before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY, tlie 2l8t uay of April, 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costa of adver-
tising and expenses of saie.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of liie Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 24th diiy of
February, 1807, it w;>s resolved that any stock upon
wlilch the above aaaessment sliall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the 2(!th day of March. 1897. will be de-
Ihuiiieiii and advertised for sale .'it public auction;
and. unless payment Is made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the 2l3t day of May, 1897. to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costa of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held ou the 2titli day of
March, 1897, it was resolved that any stock upon
which the above assesament suali remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the 24th day of April, 1897, will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the IDtti day of June. 1897. to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
^ -patents! ^
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QPFICE OF THE HALE A N0RCR05S SILVER
^^ Miiiliik' Ctimpauy. Room No. 11. San Francisco
Stoek and Kx.-iiang*- Building. No. iCll Pine street.
San Francisco.
To the wtockholdei-s of Ihe Halo & Norcross Silver
Mining Company ;iQd to all otiiei-s concerned:
Notice Is hereby given ihal, pursuant to the con-
sent. In writing, of the holders of two-thirds of tlie
capital slock of the Hale A Noreioss Sliver Mining
Company, duly hied In the offiee of said company,
the prliielpa! place of business of said Hale &
Norcross Sliver Mining Company has been changed
from Room No. H of the San Francisco Stock and
Exchange building. No. ;WI Pine atreet. in the City
and Counly of San Francisco. Slate of California, to
Room No. 1 in the same buliding, where the busi-
ness of a;ild Conir)any will be- hereafter transacted.
This notice Is published In accordance with Section
X'lof theClv ICode.
Dated March 19. 1897.
By order of the Board of Directors.
R. R. GRAYSON. Secretary.
Sto<'klii>I(lprs' niei'tiiij; .lami-iou Mining I'o.
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
Jamison Mining: Company: In accordance with
the by-laws of the company, the regular annual
meeting of stockholders of the company will be
held at 'l o'clock p. m. on MONDAY, the 3d of May,
1897. at thd office of the company, rooms .50 and 54,
1:20 Sutter sireet, San Francisco, California.
By order of ihe President.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
Dated San Francisco, April 9. 1897.
STOCKHOLDERS" MEETING. -NoUee of Stock-
holders' Meeting of ihe Steeple Rock Development
Company: In accordaoce with a reaohitlon passed
by the Board of Directors of the Steeple Rock De-
velopment Company, a meeting of the stockholders
of tills comp.auv will be held at H o'clock io the
afternoon on TUESDAY, the 11th day of May, 1897.
at its principal offiee. No 320 Sansome street, room
24, San Francla-'O. California, to consider and vote
uitori ;i proposition to increase the capital stock of
thja company to Two Mllli 'U Dollars. lu four hun-
dred thouaand shar s, at llie par value of five dol-
lars each H. PICHOIR, Secretary.
Dated at San Franciaco. Cal . March 2(1. 1897.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.— Notice of Stock-
holders' Meeting of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining
Conipanv. In accordance with a resolution passed
by the Board of Direetorsof the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mining <'onipany. a meeting of the stockholders of
the company will oe held at 2 o'clock In tlie after-
noon on WEDNESDAY, the 21st day of April. 1897, at
its principal office, room "i'A. 320 Sausome street. San
Francisco, to consider :ind vote upon a proposition
to increase the capital slock of this company to
Five Million Dollars, in five hundred thousand
shares at the par value of ten dollars each.
R. M. MEIN, Secretary.
Dated San Franclaco. Cal.. March IH. 1897.
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The four IloUers now in use at the Crown
Mills, together with Jb'roiitH, Valves, Grate-
Bars. etc., are offered for Saie.
Delivery can be made on or about the lat of May.
For further particulars. Inquire of
STOCKTON MILLING CO.,
STOCKTON OALIfOKNIA.
TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. «i" Extra
sizes and lengths made to order on short notioe
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READ WHAT MINERS THINK OF THE BRYAN PATENT ROLLER QUARTZ MILL AND JOHNSTON CONCENTRATOR.
Office op the Oandelakia Consolidated Mexican Mining Co. (
SAN DiMAS, DUUANGO, MEXICO, October 25, 188S. 1
RjsnoN Iron Works. San Franciaco— Gentlemen: Onr company has
been operatingr three Of the 4- foot Bryan Roller Quartz Mills, one of
which has been runni<'g steadily for three years, one for two and one
for one year. Our quartz is very hard; we crush through a No. fiO
mesh screen. Our mills run 5.5 revolutions per minute, and each crush
through GO-mesli screens 12 tons in 34 houi-s; throug'h 50-me8h. 15 tons:
;ind through 40 mesh, 18 tons. This proportion has been continuous.
One set of dies will crush from 150U to KiOO tons.
One set of tires will crush 15UU tons.
One rlniT plate will crush from 2200 to 2300 tons.
The mills require very little attention. At our mill an ordinary
" peon," earning: one dollar per day. has complete charg"e.
In regard to sliming, in comparison with stamps, by reason of the
discharge surface and the continuous agitation by the scrapers, a
MUCH less amount of slime is created. A three years' experience
teaches me that, in every respect, the mills are a complete success,
and of material benefit to the mining world. They can be set up and
running in forty-eight hours and can be dismounted in the same time
and removed to wherever desired. Ours were paetted on our mule
trail over as difficult a road as any in Mexico. As a gold amalgamator
it is unequaled by any mill now In existence. Yours truly,
D. M. BURNS Superintendent.
Champion Mining Company, by which you were 10 fnniish one fi-foot
Bryan Roller Quartz Mill on four months' trial. In competition with
the Huntington Mill, would say that we have made the test, and the
Bryan Mill has proven so greatly superior on all points claimed, viz..
capacity and economy, that ^ve have ordered a second Bryan Mill from
you and have concluded to discontinue the use of the Huntington Mill-
JOHN BECK. Pres.
BuTjLION-Beck and Champion Mining Cosipany. (
EoiiEKA, Utah, August 24. 1895. |
Th^e Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works. San Praucisco— Gentle-
men': Referring to contract made by you with the Buliiou-Beck and
Yours truly,
Simon Bamberger, Director. [Copy.]
W.J. Beatie, Sec'i y.
B[ri,i,ioN-BECK and Champion Mining Company. (
Eureka, Utah, Aug. 24. 1895. (
The Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works. San Francisco— Gentle-
men; In February last, in connection with the live-1'oot Bryan Roller
Mill which we took from you to lest in competition with the Hunting-
ton Mill, we also took a six-foot Johnston Concentrator to be tested
with ten Prues, one end shake with four belts and one side shake
Woodhury. We have been working these machines since the mill
was completed, at such times when we had sufficient water.
The terms on which the test was made was that the machine doing
the most satisfactory work should be accepted and the others taken
out. This did not apply to the Frup, as they were purchased with the
plant. In compliance with this agreement, we now inform you that
the Johnston Concentrator has proved so superior over the other ma-
chines that we now order from you four more of the Johnston Concen-
trators. Yours truly, JOHN BECK. Pres.
Simon Bajiberqer. Director, W. J. Beatie, Sec't'y.
Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs Railway. J
S. BAaiBERGEK. President and Manager. )- ,
SALT Lake City, Utah. October 10. 1895. \
B. B. Tawndraw, Esq.. care Guyer Hot Springs, Ketchum. Iddho-^
Dear Sir: In reply to youi-s of the' twenty-eighth of September,' we
have been using at the Bullion-Beck Concentrating Works, PrUe Vailn
ner. Woodbury and Johnston machines, side by side for the last four
months; and after a thorough trial of all of them, we concluded that
the Johnston Vanner was doing the most accurate, work and was the
best; hence, we bought four more Johnston machines and shall con-
tinue to use them in preference to any other.
You will find it the easiest regulated machine and very much easier
set up than either of the other machines. We bought our machines
from the Risdon Iron Works, of San Francisco, where Mr. Johnston,
the patentee, personally superintends the manufacturiner of them.
Hoping you will make a success, I remain, Yours truly.
CCopy.] [Signed] SEMON BAMBERGER.
C. C. McIVBK. President; D. Cushman. Secretary. ,
Mission San Jose, Cal., Oct. I7lh, 1895. \
RiSDON Iron AND Locomotive Works. San Francisco -Gentlemen;-
We take great pleasure in having to inform you that, after a careful
investigation extending over a six weeks' steady run alongside of six
other concentrators, the Johnston which you put in for us was the
only machine from which you could not And a loss in
the tailings. It has done all you claim for it and has proved mort;-
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with Johnston's, as we are convinced they will pay for themselves
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Arrastras.
That the arrastra for small work is still a great
favorite, especially in the remoter districts in the
mountains away from the wagon roads, there can be
no question. In western Siskiyou, Trinity, Plumas
and all along the Sierras south these serviceable gold
savers may be seen. In manj' places it is almost im-
possible to bring in heavy freight, owing to want of
wagon roads, and nearly all the material for building
an arrastra may be found on the ground.
E. B. Preston, in his "California Gold Mill Prac-
tices," says: "Although the arrastra has been
largely super-
seded by the
stamp mill, the
fact remains
that it is the
cheapest and
best all-round
gold-saving
appliance we
have. Hence
its use is al-
ways indicated
where small,
rich veins are
worked in the
higher moun-
tain regions."
On this page
is illustrated
an arrastra in
use at the
Georgia mine
in Redding
canyon, Inyo
county, owned
by George F.
Willis of Inde-
pendence. It
is a 10-toot ar-
rastra, driven
by 12 miners'
inches of water
on an 18-inch
sigmoidal wheel under 90 feet pressure through 450
feet of 4-inch pipe. The drags (mullers) weigh from
300 to 800 pounds and make about eight revolutions
per minute.
On page :W5 will be found plans for building a
double arrastra which costs but little, and with the
exception of a very little iron and nails all the mate-
rial for its construction may be found in most of the
mining districts of the State. The plans are from
an arrastra at the Commodore mine in Siskiyou
county, owned by C. C. Humphrey of Scott Bar. It
reduces five tons of ore per twenty-four hours, and
cost, complete and ready to run, about $700. It re-
quires two men, one on each shift, and is driven by a
wooden hurdy wheel, 18 ft. in diameter, using 30
miners' inches of water, supplied through a 7-in.
pipe with a 2-in. nozzle, under 100 ft. pressure. The
two grinding pits are situated one on each side of
the water wheel, so that its shaft, L, transmits the
power by pin wheels (at right angles to each other)
to the arrastra shafts, H H. The horizontal pin
wheels, J J, have tifty-one perpendicular hard-wood
pins, 2 in. in diameter, 4 in. in length, and set 4 in.
apart from center to center. The pin wheels, K K,
are 3 ft. in diameter, and are built on the 2-ft. wheel
shaft. Each has thirteen hard-wood pins, 2 in. in
diameter, 4 in. in length, driven in horizontally, 4 in.
apart from center to center. Both wheels are made
of sections of 2-in. plank, nailed together and bound
with two bands of wagon tire. The ends of each
shaft terminate in 3-in. iron spindles. Each pit is
built as follows; Heart-wood center post, .4, 8 ft.
long and 18 in. in diameter, is set 4i ft. in the
ground; around this a double floor, B, 16 ft. square
and made of 2-in. plank, is laid as a foundation.
Next, the circular rim, <^\ 12 ft. diameter, is built of
2-in. plank with broken joints, until the top is 38 in.
above the Hoor. In the pit thus formed, moist clay,
ARRASTRA OF THE GEORGIA MINE.
I I), is rammed, a thin layer at a time, until it is 10 in.
thick. Next, a bed of dry, clean sand for the pave-
I ment is placed upon the clay. The pavement is made
' of hard, fine-grained rocks (trap), having at least
1 one nearly flat surface, which are placed as close to,
] gether as possible and the interstices filled with
I spawls tightly wedged. The annular pavement, E,
I should be as smooth as possible, and with a depres-
I sion 4 in. deep. The drags or mullers, F F, are
j made of the same rock as the pavement, and weigh
from 800 to 1000 lbs. each. By means of eyebolts,
let into the rock, they are hung to the drag-arms,
I G G, by chains. The forward edge of the drag is
■ raised about 1 in. to allow it to pass over the mate-
; rial, and the eyebolts are so placed that one corner
i of the drag is somewhat in advance. As it plows
I through the pulp, a portion is pushed to one side, di-
i rectly in the path of the next following drag. The
relative position and size of the drags must be such
I that every part of the pavement is passed over in
! each revolution. The proper speed is twelve revo-
I lutions per minute. The mndiis (tpcramll is as fol-
lows: Each charge, consisting of one and one-fourth
tons of ore, broken to the size of a walnut, is gradu-
ally shoveled into the pit, water enough being added
to make a rather thick pulp when the quartz is pul-
verized. After eight hours grinding (more or less,
according to the hardness of the ore), two ounces of
quicksilver for every $20 gold in the ore is added
I gradually. After two hours more, the speed is re-
duced to four revolutions per minute, to allow the
amalgam to settle, water being added to thin the
pulp. After another two hours, or when a pan
scraped along the bottom does not show any amal-
gam or quicksilver, the pulp is allowed to pass off
slowly into the sluices. The outlet for this purpose
is made as follows: A slot IG in. high and 6 in. wide
I is cut through the rim, extending from a point 4 in.
below the top
of the rim to
the pavement.
This opening
is closed by
pieces of board
2 in. high and
sliding in
guides. By re-
moving these
pieces, one by
one, 2 in. in
depth of pulp
can be run off
each time. The
sluices into
which the pulp
flows are from
12 ft. to 24 ft.
long, and the
bottom is
covered with
amalgamated
plates, riffles,
and burlap.
When the ar-
rastra is emp-
tied to within
3 in. or 4 in. of
the bottom,
the outlet is
closed, the
speed is in-
creased, and a new charge of ore put in. About
once a month the paving is taken up and the amal-
gam collected from the sand below, cleaned and
retorted.
A WISE step is being taken by the Executive Com-
mittee of the California Miners' Association in striv-
ing to increase the interest in the organization
throughout the mining sections of the State by
strengthening the local or county associations. For
some time past the vice-president of the California
Association, Samuel K. Thornton, has been visiting
the principal mining centers and has been calling to
the attention of the miners the advantage of giving
the Association support by joining the local organi-
zations, and has been doing good work in starting
the formation of local branches where they have not
heretofore existed. He believes that 10,000 men can
be induced to join, and if so — or even if half that
number join — the California Miners' Association will
I be put upon a firm basis and enabled to go on with
the work it has in hand. Under great difficulties and
with very little money the Association has done
i splendid work in the past, and there will be even
' more need for its services in the future.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
rLLUSTRATIONS.— An-astra of the Georgia Mine, .'Wl. Double Ar-
rastra of the Commodore Mine, 345. Dynamo Room of the Niagara
Falls Power Co.'s Central Station, Showing Heaters on Walls-
Largest Electrically Heated Building in the World, 348. Sub-
aqueous Pipe Tunnel, 349.
EDITORIAL.— Arrastras; A Wise Step, 341. A New Field to Be
Opened: Assessment Work on Locations; The Railroad's Last
Move; Forestry Commission Report; School Sections and Mineral
Lands, 343.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties ot California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Terrltoiies. 346-7.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Heating a Building by Electricity;
Independent Driving of Machines by Electric Motors, 348.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— A New Power of Air; Longevity in
Southern Latitudes, 348. Science of the Mosfiuito; The Analyses
ot Berthelot, 349.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— Subaqueous Pipe Tunnel; Power
from Ocean Waves, 349.
'I'HE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 358-9.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 343. Practical Notes on Hy-
draulic Mining; African Mining Costs; Theories of Pan Amal-
gamation, 344. The Law of Mines; An Interesting Memoir; The
Rand in 1896, 3-15. Coast Industrial Notes; Recent California Min-
ing Incorporations; Recently Declared Mining Dividends; Per-
sonal, 351. List of Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors; Notices
of Recent Patents, 354.
A New Field to be Opened.
There is a plan of business men in the East to
have representatives visit the ports on the Mexican,
Central American and South American coasts with
a view to ascertaining what may be aooomplished in
the way of establishing business relations between
the countries of the south and the United States. It
would be well for mining machinery manufacturers
to be represented in this undertaking. The time
will come very shortly when Mexico and South Amer-
ica will receive a great deal of attention in the min-
ing world. Those first upon the scene will reap the
greatest rewards.
Hardly a weeli passes now that there do not
come requests from the south for men specially
fitted for certain kinds of mining or for machinery
for large enterprises. From this State during the
past six months a large number of skilled engineers
and practical miners have been engaged for differ-
ent countries of South America, including Brazil,
Peru, Bolivia, United States of Colombia and the
Guianas. The friendly feeling on the part of the
peoples of these countries for those of the United
States should be a great advantage. American
skilled miners have done more than those from all
other countries for the opening up of African, Brit-
ish Columbia and Mexican mines, and there should
be no reason why the first and best fruits from
South America should not come this way.
The discovery and opening up of mines has done
more for Africa than anything else. So, too, with
Australia and British Columbia ; and if the world's
attention is to be attracted to Mexico and to South
America in the near future, it will be through the
opening up of the mineral resources.
The Railroad's Last Move.
The following is a sample of a number of items
that have been going the rounds of the press in the
country for some months past ;
The Southern Pacific Company has, through its
land agent, W. H. Mills, issued a circular stating
that miners who wish to prospect on railroad lands
can do so under contract, and the company will will-
ingly relinquish all claim to any operated mine on
their lands. Lands which can be reasonably classi-
fied as mineral lands will be held for encouragement
of mining, the policy of the company being to en-
courage mining and the development of such enter-
prises.
This item and others similar in tone have been
printed most persistently during the past few weeks,
more especially in newspapers with railroad lean-
ings, but quite often in those which have not.
This work on the part of the railroad people at
this particular time is in the nature of " back firing"
in their fight against the mineral lands bill now
before Congress. Doubtless clippings from the
papers will be made and presented to the commit-
tees of Congress to show that there is no real need
for the passage of the proposed bill, because the
railroad will do more for the miners than would the
Government. In southern Oregon the same tactics
are being pursued. It is presumption for the rail-
road to make these offers in regard to lands that
they have no honest title to. It is not theirs to give
to miners or any others the privilege to develop or
work mineral lands. Their offer, as tar as it relates
to the lands to which they have already obtained
patents, is made in order to disarm opposition to
their plans to acquire title to others.
Assessment Work on Locations.
The new mining act of California was signed by
the Governor on March 27th and will go into effect
May 26th. Lode locators should take notice that
$50 worth of work must be done within sixty days
after posting the preliminary notice. This applies,
of course, only to those claims located after the act
goes into effect. The impression seems to prevail
that this amount of work will be counted in and be
given credit for as part of the annual assessment
work required by the Federal statutes, but in very
few cases will this be so. Section 2324 of the United
States statutes was amended January 22, 1880, by
adding the following words:
"Provided., That the period within which the work
required to be done annually on all unpatented min-
eral claims shall commence on the first day of Janu-
ary succeeding the date of location of such claim;
and this section shall apply to all claims located
since the tenth day of May, A. D. 1872."
In the case of lode claims the amount of labor that
would have to be performed up to within a year from
the first of January succeeding the date of location
would be therefore in California $150 worth.
The new State law requires that $10 worth of
work must be done on each twenty acres of placer
ground located within sixty days after location. Be-
sides this, under the United States statutes, the re-
quired annual assessment work must be done.
In cases where claims are located near the end of
the calendar year it will be possible to do the re-
quired $50 worth of work after January 1 of the year
following and within sixty days of location, and so
make it part of the required annual assessment work
specified by the United States statutes.
School Sections and Mineral Lands.
There has been some question raised as to one sec-
tion of the act ot the California Legislature to repeal
the Act of March 28, 1874, to provide for the sale ot
mineral lands in Sections Iti and 36 — school sections
ceded to the State by the Federal Government.
Section 3 of the Act is as follows :
The sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections belonging
to the State, in which there may be found valuable
mineral deposits, are hereby declared to be free and
open to exploration, occupation, and purchase of the
United States, under the laws, rules and regulations
passed and prescribed by the United States for the
sale of mineral lands.
This section gave the advocates of the bill much
trouble. It was contended on one hand that with a
repeal of the old laws permitting purchases of these
lands from the State, the mining possessions would
be upheld, although no title could be obtained, and
that Section 3 was a nullity, but that as a whole the
bill would prevent much trouble. Then again it is
contended that the land is by the Act receded to
the United States Government. But it is asked :
The State having got title by virtue of the return of
the Surveyor General, how can such title be divested
so as to permit mineral claimants to purchase from the
United States? Nevada has ceded back to the Fed-
eral Government the mineral lands in school sections
acquired by that State.
In regard to this, the author of the bill, Mr. A. H.
Ricketts, says :
I intended that said section should operate as a
complete retrocession of the title ot the State to such
portions of the school sections as might at any time
be found to be valuable for minerals, and tor which
application to purchase might be made to the United
States. It is said, in that section, that lands contain-
ing valuable mineral discoveries are " tree and open
to * * "•'■ purchase of the United States, under
the laws, rules and regulations passed and pre-
scribed by the United States for the sale of mineral
lands." This I take to be a waiver of the claim ot the
State to the land in place. It cannot be assumed
that the Legislature would do so vain a thing as to
declare that lands can be purchased of the United
States unless all necessary incidents to the carrying
out of the provision are presumed. It might have
been added that, when lands were purchased of the
United States under the provisions of the act, such
purchase should be considered as a waiver of the
claim of the State ; or a provision in express terms
that all mineral deposits occupied and purchased of
the United States are ceded by the State to the
United States ; but I think that these things are all
presumed and are necessary conclusions from the
wording of that section. When an application of
this character is made in the United States Land
office, it will, in my opinion, be necessary only to sug-
gest this bill to effect a complete waiver of the claim
of the State ; and the United States will deal with
the property the same as other public lands. The
permission and resulting waiver are limited by the
terms of the act to those valuable mineral deposits
which, except for the claim ot the State, would be
subject to sale under the United States mineral laws.
My theory in drafting this section was that it
should be as concise and comprehensive as possible.
I feel confident that the Interior Department of the
United States and the courts will decide as I have
suggested. The intent of the Legislature is shown
in the balance of the bill, which provides tor the res-
ervation of mineral lands, and repeals all State laws
for the sale thereof. It leaves the mineral lands of
the State subject to only one method ot disposal, and
that is by purchase of the United States, as provided
in the third section.
Forestry Commission Report.
The substance of the detailed and voluminous re-
port to be submitted by the Government Forestry
Commission, the body designated by the National
Academy ot Science, is embraced in the following let-
ter, which has been submitted by the commission to
the Secretary of the Interior, in advance ot the
formal report to be made early next month :
The legislation relating to reserved forest lauds of
the public domain, which the commission of the Na-
tional Academy will recommend in its final report,
now in course ot preparation, provides tor the fol-
lowing:
First — That authority be given to the Secretary of
War to make details of troops, at the request ot the
Secretary of the Interior, to protect temporarily
and until the forest service is organized the property
ot the Government in the forest reservations from
fire and trespass and to enforce such rules and regu-
lations as he may make for their care.
Second — The establishment of a permanent forest
bureau in the Department of the Interior, composed
ot trained officers, to administer, maintain and im-
prove the reserved forest lands.
Third — The appointment of a commission to insti-
tute as rapidly as possible, under the supervision of
the director ot the Geological Survey, topographical
surveys of the reservations, and determine what por-
tions of them should be reopened to entry and sale.
Fourth — To authorize the Secretary of the Interior
to issue the necessary rules and regulations for the
protection, growth and improvement ot the forests
on the reservations, for the sale ot timber, firewood
and fencing from them to actual settlers in and ad-
jacent to the reservations and to owners of mines
legally located therein, for use in such mines; grant-
ing permits to sawmill owners to enter the reserva-
tions for the purpose ot manufacturing such lumber
as may be sold actual settlers in and adjacent to the
reservations and to the owners of mines located
therein; tor allowing actual settlers who have no
timber claims to take from the reservations firewood,
posts, poles and fencing material necessary tor their
immediate personal use ; tor allowing the public to
enter and cross the reservations ; tor granting
county commissioners right of way for irrigating
ditches, Humes and pipes and for reservoir sites, and
tor permitting prospectors, under such rules and
regulations as he may from time to time establish, to
enter such reservations in search of valuable min-
eral.
The commission will recommend that the reserva-
tions be opened to the location of mining claims
under the general mining laws, and that the owners
of valid mining locations in the reservations made
and held in good faith shall be permitted to tell and
remove from their claims the timbers growing on
them tor actual mining purposes in connection with
the particular claim from which the timber is cut.
It will also recommend that the owners ot unper-
fected bona fide claims or patents ot land included in
the forest reservations be permitted to relinquish
their claims, the Government selecting in lieu tracts
of vacant land open to settlement, but not exceed-
ing in area the tracts covered by their claims or
patents ; and that the owners of such unpertected
claims shall not be subjected to additional charges
tor entries or record, and that credit shall be allowed
them tor the time spent on the relinquished claims.
The commission will also recommend that the Sec-
retary of the Interior be authorized to enter into
negotiations with the land grant railroad companies
for the purpose of concluding agreements by which
these companies may relinquish to the United States
the title acquired by them to lands within their
grants and indemnity limits when these lands lie
within the boundaries of forest reservations, and
may accept other unappropriated lands in exchange
tor the even numbered sections within their granted
and indemnity limits not included in forest reserva-
tions.
April 24, 18;)7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
343
Concentrates.
-.
OvBK 500 miners are now regularly employed at Mereur,
Utah.
A HBoisii mlDlug exebauge is beiog organized at Spokane,
Wash.
The number of miners engaged in Kussian mines exceeds
5U0,00U.
In the past three years Owyhee county, Idaho, has pro-
duced IT.OOO.uOO in bullion.
TBEKEare MO men on the pay-roll of the Mountain Copper
Company at Keswick, Shasta county, Cal.
SiKVEv.-t are being made of a site secured near Nelson, Brit-
ish Cotumbia, for the erection of a smelter.
The gold exports from West Australia for March amounted
to 40,20*1 ounces, against :f^53ti for February.
Tbb mines of Vuba and Butte counties are being examined
for the Slate Mineralogist by E. B. Preston.
Bayn'k& AiiAKT will erect soon a 5-stamp mill on the Belle
Union quartz mine at Weimar, Placer county, Cal.
Anotuek strike has been reixtrted from the Harqua Hala
mountains in Arizona, not fur from the Sunset mines.
WouKMEX sinking: a well in the town of Nelson, B. C, last
week, found gravel bearing gold in paying quantities.
Senatok K. W. Chapman has bonded the Black Oak mine,
near Weimar, Placer county, Cal., from Wyman, Seaver & Co.
MiNiNu MAciiiNEKv manufacturers In the West are notcom-
plalning that the '* wave of prosperity" has not struck them.
TnEassayerof the United Slates assay office at Helena,
Montana, states that gold is coming in more freely than last
year.
ToEKE are over forty companies registered in London formed
to carry out operations in, or in connection with, British Co-
lumbia.
On Ury creek, near Golden, Colorado, an oil well being
driven is down 010 feet and in soliditied shale saturated
with oil.
Theke was exported from New Vork in the week ending
April 8ch to Europe l,yiU,U0O ounces of silver, valued at
ll.UO.sou.
Tde Old Dominion copper mine and smelter at Globe, Ari-
zona, closed down last Monday, throwing 300 men out of
employment.
The gold yield of the colony of Queensland, Australia, for
March wus(i4,8U0 ounces, of which 13,700 ounces came from
the Mount Morgan,
The owners of the Highland Boy mine at Mammoth, Utah,
have lei a contract for the erection of a mill with a capacity
of ".iuu tons of ore daily.
St. Louis people, represented by Stephen Peck, who have
tt bond on copper properties near Casa Grande, Oregon, pro-
pose to erect a smeiter.
Theke was discovered near Kamloops, B. C, last week
what was supposed lu be a diamond, which has been seat to
Victoria for examination.
AccoHDiNi-i to the Spokane Spulietsman-Iieoiew the owners of
the Keco mine of the Slocan, B. C, have sixteen cars of ore in
transic which will average i'^oW a car.
The good work of the prospectors during the past winter in
the south IS shown by the great interest being taken in newly
discovered mines in New Mexico and Arizona.
At the Millikin Ranch mine, near Nevada City, Cal., new
hoisting works are to be built by the owners, Poorman &
Hastings, to lake the place ot! those burned last week.
The export of gold from British Guiana for the first two and
a half months of tnis year amounted to *:ir2,571 in value, an
increase oi *'M,bSd over tne corresponding period of 181)0.
TuEKE is to be a great deal oi railroad buildiug in the
Kuoleuay, Britlsn ColumDia iDis summer, and it is reported
that inquiries are beiug made for o,UUU men to begin work in
June.
At Urum canyon, in Lander county, Nevada, in the coal
mine opened a short time ago, they have a seam 40 inches
inick, wtiich is widening, and ibe coal tested is of good
quality.
It is claimed that there will be twice as many men engaged
in developing mines mis season, as soon as the weather nas
settled, as mere ever has been in the Black Hills, South
Dakota.
It is announced as the intention of the Le Roi Company, at
HosslauU, B. C. or mdividual owners to build a smeiter this
summer either at Northport, Washington, or between there
andKosbland.
ABOiT lorty miles north of Helena, Montana, near the Mis-
souri river, tne Boston ix, Montana and other companies are
taking considerable mteryst- in promising new discoveries of
copper dcposiLS:
A NICKEL DEPOSIT has been discovered near Washington,
Nevaaa county, Cal., and a quantity of ground has been lo-
cated, ine assays maae sauw a large perceniagti of nickel
and some gold.
John Tayluh & Sons of London, one of the heaviest tirms
there as mining engineers and dealers in mines, are sending
a represeuiaLive tuBntisb Columbia to inspect mining prop-
erty in iheir benalf.
James Hill, oJ: me Great Northern, proposes soon to begin
ihe construction of a Drancn line from Jennings or Kalispel,
Montana, to Waruner and to Port Steele, in British Colum-
bia, to tap the rich mineral belts.
In the new town of Preston, in the Ragged Top district in the
Black HiUs, the streets will soon be paved witu ¥20 ore. Ore,
unless worth more than that, cannot be shipped with profit,
and such material is to be put in the streets.
The Alaska-Tread well reports for March, twenty-eight days
run: Bullion shipment, S4d,053; ore milled, 18,04^ tons; sul-
phurets treated, 4Ul tons. Of bullion there came from sulphu-
rets*l5,77o; gross expenses for period, 5'i4,054.
The concession granted by the Dominion Government to F.
August Heinze and his associates to build the Columbia and
Western railroad in British Columbia amounts toabout 3,450,-
OOO acres of land and about ?;40U,0UU in cash subsidy.
The representative of an Eastern company has lately been
in Nevada City and Grass Valley trying to make arrange-
ments witlt-lhe mining companies for working their tailings;
and, if terms are satisiactory, promises to put up a plant.
.Mrs. LavinaE. Hatnes, a Chicago milliner, made some
mgney in stockin a Cripple Creek property two years ago,
sold her store and went to Colorado. Now she is returning to
Chicago to close a sale of a $75,000 property she has placed.
B\ M. Stevens has applied to the Canadian Government for
the privilege of establishing a series of trading posts in Brit-
ish Alaska, extending from the Klondiek country to the
boundary, the stations to be at distances of fifty miles apart.
FoK the eight months ending with February last the im-
ports of gold into the United States was valued at t71i,72y,'.t.VJ
and exports $14,750,455. For the same period ending with
February, 189t), the imports were only t29,7Sti,501, against ex-
ports of $S'i,is0,7O4.
TnEitBare numerous old gold mines in Germany which were
shut down— some because of exhaustion of ore and some by
the Thirty Years War. Of the latter the Newalbenreuth in
the Upper Palatinate was worked up to the Thirty Years
War and the books are siltl in existence.
THEOooegum, an Indian mine, produced in I8tf6, 68,888 tons
of ore from which 511,4*11 ounces of gold was extracted by mill-
ing, and from 59,401 tons of tailings 10,413 ounces were ob-
tained. The total gold produced was 03,815 ounces, valued at
i;'340,(;4r), on which the profits were £10.S,H50.
Sami'les of graphite from the newly discovered mines at
Renfrew, in Ontario, Canada, were sent to the Johann Paber
factory in Bavaria, and the manufacturers state that, upon
testing it, they have found it equal to their own Bohemian
graphite. They have given an order for a trial shipment of
forty tons.
Manaukk Frank Nicuhlmon of the Consolidated Gold
Fields of Mexico reports the latest assays as follows: 1. East
breast of San Juan 4i^ feet wide, gold $10, silver $15.06, total
$25.00. '2. West breast of San Juan 4y^ feet wide, gold $10,
silver $Ui.OO, total $26.00. 3. Ore being hoisted from old
chute, gold $4, silver $5.61, total $0.61.
It has been estimated that, owing to the increased demand
for copper in this country, the exports in 1S97 will not exceed
80,000 tons, against 125,000 tons in 1896. The total visible
European supply, including that atloat, was on April 1st 32,333
tons, which, with the exception of the amount at the first of
last month, is less than for many years.
The shipments of ore from the mines of Rossland, British
Columbia, from Jan. 1 until April 10 amounted to 15,896 tons,
of which amount the Le Roi has shipped 11,113 tons; the War
Eagle 3991 tons; Iron Mask, 863; Columbia and Kootenay, 455;
Josie, 136; the balance, 349 tons, is from seven other mines,
of which HG tons were concentrates from the O. K.
A hei'UEsentative meeting of members of the Chamber of
Commerce, the Miners' Bureau, Mining Exchange and Real
Estate Exchange of Denver, Colorado, was held last week to
arrange for the proposed National Gold Mining Convention.
It was decided to have appointed an executive committee of
twenty members from the bodies represented to promote the
enterprise.
A COMPANY has been formed in Colorado with a capital stock
of $1,750,000 to build a railroad to connect the Cripple Creek
towns. The proposed system is to start near Victor, run
through Horseshoe pass to Cripple Creek. Connections will
run to Gillett, Goldfield and Independence, and connection
will be had for carrying ore to the main lines from all points
of the district.
The mining committee of the Legislature of British
Columbia has recommended that aliens be not allowed to take
up mining claims. While this will work some inconvenience
it Is claimed that there will be no hardship connected with
the passage of such an act. The committee also recomends
that a person tiling an adverse claim must prove that the
location is no good.
The Federal Government will in a few days dispatch a com-
pany of infantry to the Yukon gold mines. An ofiQcer, probably
with the rank of colonel, will be in command and will be given
extraordinary powers. Besides that, a United States Com-
missioner will be appointed and stationed at Circle City. The
Secretary of the Interior will appoint a surveyor tosurvey the
mining claims, and the Secretary of the Treasury will detail
an officer of the Internal Revenue Service.
Leading miners of Tmtic, Utah, held a meeting last week,
at which it was decided to contest the new mining law which
provides that district recorders shall turn over their records
to the county recorders, and that in future all records must
be filed with the county official. Resolutions were passed
asking the district recorder to refuse to give up his records as
required by the new law, on the ground that they are the
property of the miners of the district, and not of the State or
county.
There seems to be a peculiar situation at Fool's Gulch, five
miles southeast of Congress, Arizona, wherein the Planet
Saturn Company developed their mine to considerable extent
and built a mill, and after opei-ating it two or three months
closed it down. The management comprises Boston parties,
and, while rumors are abundant, there seems to be no reli-
able information as to the cause of the closing down of the
properly, which has long been considered a valuable one.
Exi'EuiMENTs are being made at Niagara, which may have
an important effect upon copper mining. According to the
Chicago Inter Ocedii it has been found possible to substitute
aluminum for copper for the transmission of heavy currents
used in the reduction process. A line made of aluminum
weighed eleven and one-half tons, whereas it would have re-
quired twenty-four tons of copper. The relative conductivity
of copper and aluminum is as 100 to 63; but copp3r being three
and three-tenths heavier than aluminum, weight for weight,
aluminum has a conductivity, relative to copper as 308 to 300.
At the annual meeting of the Sierra Buttes Gold Mining
Company, held in London early in the month, the chairman,
in his address, said : ''However small the profit was, we were
satisfied to goon working the mines in the hope that some de-
velopments might be made to give us better returns in the
future. Pursuing that policy during the past half-year, a
small prol3t was made and considerable development work
done. The total profit at the various mines only amounted to
.£3830 16s lOd, of which £1047 7s 2d was the share of the
Buttes and £2333 19s 8d that of the Eureka. The Whitlock
paid for its own development out of its profits before this
amount was brought to account; but the Mammoth earned
hardly anything— the ore was so poor— and the amount of ex-
' penditure over its earnings for development during the last
I half-year was £1849 lOs 3d.
Jn the case of co-owners advertised as delinquent, or served
I personally with notice of delinquency, they have from the
i time of the personal service 90 days in which to pay up, and,
I in case of publication of notice, 90 days from the last day of
publication. As the notice must be published 90 days, this
gives ISO days from the time of the commencement of the
publication of the notice.
The Amador lifc»rd, published at Sutter Creek, Cal., has
issued a special mining edition that is of value. The forty
pages are filled with conservative accounts of the mines and
mills and statistics of one of the richest counties in the State.
Amador has been particularly fortunate in securing the at-
tention of capital during the past few years and as a result
the claim of the Htximt that it will soon lead all counties of
the State in the production of gold is apt to be borne out.
The mining edition of the lirtonl will be well worth the care-
ful study of those interested in mining in any part of the
State.
The first quartz mill ever built in Montana was put up
at Bannock in 1863, says the Miuinu n'orUl. The mill
was built with wooden stamps on which pieces of wagon tires
and other old iron plates were used for shoes. This mill was
intended to work gold quartz ores entirely. The first silver
mill was unquestionably the old Pioneer, now owned by the
Hope Company near Philipsburg. The pans for this mill were
shipped by wagon all the way from San Francisco, and iu
crossing the Rio Virgin in southern Utah, the wagon and
teams sunk in the quicksands, and the pans were buried there
for several weeks until they could be dug out and raised by
derricks.
Some desirable changes are being made iu the quarters of
the State Mining Bureau. The librarj' and offices are now
much better lighted and more commodious than formerly.
Mr. Cooper, the State Mineralogist, is endeavoring to induce
the State Harbor Commission to allow him the use of the
upper floor of the new ferry depot building at the foot of Mar-
ket street for the housing of the Mining Bureau. He claims
that, aside from the saving to the State in rent, there are
many other advantages. A large proportion of those from the
country who would be benefited by visiting the museum could
do so much more easily if located there than in its present
quarters.
The announcement of any new discovery of mineral wealth
is generally followed by a rush of people who have no business
on the scene — men without experient^e or means. At Glea-
son, Arizona, lately some rich discoveries were reported, and
now comes word that for miles about prospectors are in the
hills, many of whom have come in without money, tools or
food. A mining camp is the most hospitable place in the
world, but it is rather hard on th j honest men to be compelled
to care for all these worthies. Already warnings are being
sent out from Gleason for men without means to stay away.
There is no demand for labor, and there are more prospectors
than enough.
In the Cienega placer fields near Santa Ana, Sonora, Mex-
ico, which are some forty miles square in extent, the conces-
sionaires— the Serna Brothers, Governor Corral and W.
Loaiza— have some 900 men, mostly Yaquis. operating dry
washers. Of these there are about 150 in operation, each
machine being worked by five men. Some of the gold, espe-
cially the larger nuggets, is not turned over by the workmen
with the returns, but in a roundabout way sold to the conces-
sionaires, who are content to purchase them — their own proiJ-
erty— having from long custom come to believe that the best
way to get along. In the profits from the supplies given in
exchange they manage to come out on the right side and ulti-
mately get all the gold.
There has been published by the Victor Gold Mining Com-
pany of Cripple Creek, Colorado, a report covering its opera-
tions from February 15, 1893, to December 31, 1896, which will
rank as one of the best productions of the kind, both typo-
graphically and as to the matter contained. It was prepared
by Leo Von Rosenberg, of 35 Broadway St., New Vork. For the
benefit of the shareholders in Prance it is printed in French,
as well as in English. As to the data given, it appears that
the total length of drifts run from February 15, 1893, is 7098
feet ; depth of main shaft, 460 feet ; product, 37,351 tons of ore :
net proceeds from ore sales, $1,337,804.88; value of smelting
ore per ton, $148.27; value of cyanide ore per ton, $8.34; oper-
ating expenses, $453,245.67; cost of producing each dollar, 3?
cents; dividends paid to January 31, 1896, $705,000. The divi-
dends are 70 per cent on the capital. Only sufficient ore is
being extracted to pay the operating expenses and the
monthly dividend of $30,000. A measurement of the blocks of
ground now opened exposes over 33,000 tons of ore.
Of the prospector Sam Davis says in the Cluilauiinuu : " To
the brave and rugged prospector, with his cheap outfit of
mining tools, his empty stomach, and his hopeful heart is due
the rapid development of the West. At the tap of his pick
the doors of nature's treasure vaults open; but their wealth
is not for him. The stock sharks, the speculators and the
promoters rob him of his interest, and the snow is no sooner
sinking from the slopes of the foothills than the poor fellow is
wending his course into new territory. He appears in the
rocky fastnesses of the mountains, and, with no companions
but his pick and frying pan, is lost to memory. Suddenly
comes the news of another discovery, and a city rises like a
pillar of flame in the wilderness. ' Lucky Bill has struck it
rich,' gambled away his pile and pushed on. The bones of
hundreds of the advance couriers of civilization blaze the path
of progress in the West, or moulder in forgotten graves, while
in their wake are teeming cities they have founded and the
ceaseless murmur of the m^ney-seeking multitude whose for-
tunes they have builded."
The Grand Central mine, placed on the London market last
year by the Exploration Company, has come in for considera-
ble criticism. At the annual meeting of the company in Lon-
don a few days ago, the following statement was made by the
chairman: "Regarding the Grand Central mine of Mexico,
our connection with which has subjected us to some adverse
criticism, the recent results and reports are disappointing, we
I regret. The mine was reported upon by two eminent experts,
' on whose judgment, and Mr. Hamilton Smith's, we were en-
' titled to act, and which judgment was confirmed by Captain
j Mein in November last. Knowing him so well, and appreciai-
! inghimasfully asldo, I had no hesitation in adopting his views .
' Captain Mein was mistaken then, and he may be mistaken
I now, and the mine, judging from its pist history and that of
I its neighbors, should again yield large profits. All 1 want tu
establish now is that, before joining others in this business
I your directors took all reasonable precautions." Now word
has reached San Francisco that this week a strike has been
made in the Grand Central that will make it worth more than
it was estimated at by Captain Mein and others when it was
purchased by the Exploration Company,
Mi
Mining and Scientific Press.
April 24, 1897.
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
NUMKElt III.
Written for the Mining akd SCIE^TIFIO Press by George H.
EVANS, C.E., M.E., General Manager Cons. G. Mines of Gal., Ld.
Oroville, Cal.
To find the area of a flume or ditch with sloping
sides, add the width at top and bottom (in inches)
together and multiply the result by 2. This answer
will be the area in square inches, which, divided by
lii, will give the area in square feet.
Example: What is the area of a'cross section of a
ditch 48 inches wide at top and 26 inches wide at the
bottom, with a depth of 24 inches ? Answer: 48 +
26 = 74, which, X 24, = 1776, and this divided by 2
= 888 square inches -^ 144 = 6.16 square feet.
To find the square feet of the cross section of a
ditch or flume with sides sloping to a point at the
bottom, multiply the width (in inches) by half the
depth (in inches) and the answer will be area in square
inches which divided by 144 gives area in square
feet.
Example: What is the area of a flume or ditch 70
inches wide and sloping to a point at the bottom,
with a depth of 36 inches? Answer; 70X18, or
half the depth in inches, = 1260 inches, or divided by
144 = 8.75 square feet.
Carrying Capacity of Pipes, DiscJiarge of Nozzles,
Etc.— It is hardly possible to point out any portions
of a hydraulic plant that are of more importance
than pipes and nozzles, and in out of the way places
miners have great diflSculty in finding out the cor-
rect sizes of pipes and particularly the capacity of
of same, especially with regard to quantities of
water discharged through pipes and nozzles of dif-
ferent diameters, there being innumerable in-
stances at the present day where miners do not
know the pressure of water is only as the head, with-
out any regard (neglecting friction and bends) to
the size of pipes. For example: — A pipe line com-
posed of 6-inch pipe, and another line of 40-inch pipe,
with same fall or head will both give the same pres-
sure. It was only a short time since that I was
asked by a miner of some experience if he could not
double his pressure by doubling the diameter of his
pipe.
As an illustration, this fact is easily demonstrated
by attaching the same size and kind of faucet to two
tanks, one say of 3 feet diameter and 3 feet deep and
the other as large as convenient, say 6 feet in diam-
eter and 3 feet deep. Fill both with water to same
depth, then after placing buckets of equal capacity
under each faucet, turn both on at the same time.
To the surprise of any person not acquainted with
hydraulics it will be seen that although the larger
tank contains four times more water than the smaller
one both buckets will be filled at the same time.
It is well to thoroughly understand the principle of
hydrostatics in building storage dams and reservoirs,
remembering that there is the same pressure on the
bank of a reservoir with water 3 feet deep and ex-
tending back for a distance of 10 feet, as there
would be if the water dammed back ten miles, so
long as the depth remained the same.
In reference to nozzles, they require great care
in construction so as to be of correct form, in order
that the water leaving them will be in a solid stream,
instead of scattering and thus losing its power,
which is the case with nozzles of improper construc-
tion. In order to get the best effect it is absolutely
necessary that the head of the pipe conveying the
water should be at least 3 or 4 feet under water in
order to prevent any air getting into the pipe, which
also causes the water to scatter when leaving the
nozzle.
All pipe lines should be laid as straight as possible,
or with curves having as large a radius as can be
obtained, and it must be remembered that new pipes
well coated will carry more water than old pipes
that have been rusted inside; therefore allowance
must be made accordingly. It is good practice to
allow one-sixth the diameter of pipes under 6 inches,
and 1 inch on all diameters over 6 inches.
The first thing necessary for the miner to do is to
ascertain the fall available for the pipe line and its
length in feet. Knowing this and the quantity of
water he is going to use it is easy to determine the
diameter of the pipe, always bearing in mind that
in order to secure efficiency and economy in con-
struction water should flow in the pipe at a velocity
of not more than 3 feet per second. A few of the
simple methods of determining the discharge of pipes
are as follows :
First — To obtain the velocity, first multiply the
diameter in feet by the efi'ective head in feet and di-
vide the result by the length of the line in feet, then
take the square root of the product and multiply by
50; this will give the velocity in feet per second, and
the velocity multiplied by the area of the pipe in
square feet will give the quantity of water discharged
in cubic feet per second, which, multiplied by 40, will
give the number of miners' inches.
Second — To find the velocity in feet per minute,
multiply the number of cubic feet of water discharged
per minute by 144 and divide the product by the area
of the pipe in inches. For example: A 11-inch pipe
discharging 150 cubic feet of water per minute, the
velocity would be 160X144-^95.03 (the area of pipe
♦nnpyrlghted by the author.
in inches) or 227.6feet perminute, or 227.6X1=151.7
miners' inches.
Third — In all cases the pipe will require a funnel or
bell-shaped entrance, and an additional head to put
the water in train in addition to correct dimensions
for overcoming friction, assuming of course the total
head available be required. To obtain the additional
head commonly termed the velocity head, a simple
method is to square the velocity in feet per second
and divide by 64.4 and then divide that product by
0.70. The answer will be the extra head in feet re-
quired.
We are told by some authorities that in cases
where the length of the pipe exceeds 1000 diameters
the head due to velocity and even bends may be neg-
lected, but in practice I find it better to err on the
right side and in no case neglect working out the
heads due to those losses and including them in all
estimates.
Another simple and approximate method of find-
ing the velocity is by multiplying the number of
miners' inches discharged by 11 and divide the prod-
uct by three times the square of the diameter of the
pipe. For example: A 10-inch pipe discharging
400 miners' inches; the velocity will be 400X11=4400,
divided by three times the square of the diameter, or
3X100=300. Answer, 14.6 feet per second. By
means of the same formula the number of miners'
inches discharged through a pipe of a known diam-
eter and velocity will be found as follows: Multiply
the velocity in feet per second by 3 and the product
by the square of the diameter, then divide by 11 and
the result will be the discharge in miners' inches.
For example: A pipe with a diameter of 20 inches,
discharging water at a velocity of 3 feet per second,
the number of miners' inches discharged will be as
follows: 3X3X400 (the square of the diameter) or
3600^-11= 327 miners' inches.
Fourth — A more complicated but accurate formula
for determining the velocity per second of water in
pipes is: 140 times the square root of RXS minus 11
times the cube root of RXS— where R is the hydrau-
lic radius, which is found by dividing the diameter of
pipe in feet by 4, and S the sine of inclination, which
is found by dividing the total fall in feet by length of
pipe line in feet.
This formula has been tested in a thoroughly prac-
tical manner by Mr. Gordon, the Government En-
gineer in New Zealand, and he found it could not be
relied upon when calculating high velocities, as it
gave too great a discharge, but with low velocities
and small diameters of pipe, it was deemed fairly ac-
curate.
[To he Continued.)
African Mining Costs.
The annual report for 1896 of the Robinson Gold
Mining Company, the greatest property on the
Rand, South Africa, shows that 177,500 tons of ore
was mined during the year, and it is estimated that
the ore in sight at the end of December was 441,506
tons down to and including the tenth level.
During the year there were sunk 655 feet of
shafts, 6267 feet of drifting done, 3384 feet of raises
and 1542 feet of crosscuts. The costs of these works
will be interesting to American miners for compari-
son. All expenses for 11,193 feet of drives, raises
and crosscuts were £31,738 5s 7d, or at the rate of
$13.79 per foot. Nearly one-third of this sum was
paid out for explosives. This item, owing to the
heavy charges caused by the Government monopoly,
is out of all proportion to the cost in other countries.
The total cost of mining and milling and the rate
per ton of ore are given in the following table:
, issa. , js.9.5.
Per Ton Per Ton
Total. Milled. Milletl.
£ sd£sd£s
Mining, includ'g mine maintenanc"e.ll0,747 U 5 12 5.75 8
Milling, includ'g mill maintenance. 32.788 4 0 3 8.34 J5
General maintenance 4,387 3 7 5.94 .74
General charges (see revenue acc't) 20,044 13 6 2 3.10 2.07
Cyanide expenses 14,769 12 1 1 7.97 6.82
Totals 182,787 4 7 1 0 7 10 1 0 7.16
Mine development 37,091 10 .s 4 2.15 5 8.65
Machinery, plant and buildings 28,088 6 8 3 1.86 7.47
Totals 247,837 18 1 7 11.11 1 6 11.28
The following table will show the cost of cyaniding
in one of the largest plants in the world. It is
stated in the report that the main feature of the
year's work in this line has been the saving of an ad-
ditional 10 per cent. This, of course, will more than
make up for the increase in cost. The percentage of
extraction for 1896 was 73.8, against 63.89 in 1895:
. 18U6. . ism.
PerTonPerTon
Cija- Cya-
Total. nided. nided.
£ s d s d s d
Wages (whites and natives, includ'g food). 3,486 15 1 0 8.38 0 7.42
General supplies 1,268 9 0 0 3.06 0 2.76
I'uel and power 1,466 79 0 3.52 0 2.92
Cyanide, 54,371 lbs 3,371 86 0 8.10 0 9 88
Zinc, 22,485 lbs 363 35 0 0.87 0 0.66
Pilling and discharging vats 4,813 84 0 11.56 0 9.51
Totals 14,769 12 1 2 11.48 2 9.06
The duty per stamp per diem was 4.06 tons,
crushed through a 900- mesh screen. The cost per
ton for milling 177,500 tons was about 90 cents.
The average number of employes for the year has
been of Europeans 256 and natives 1606
Theories of Pan Amalgamation.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by
E. Herligendorfer, Durango, Mexico.
While pan amalgamation is a complete success for
chloridized silver, it is but partially successful for
the so-called free milling silver combinations with
sulphur, antimony and arsenic.
What is the reason why raw pan amalgamation
can never recover all the silver from sulphurets, not
even from the most free milling silver mineral, viz.,
silverglanoe ?
There is in the pan on one side metallic copper,
precipitated from bluestoue and at once amalga-
mated when quicksilver is present; on the other side,
silver sulphide. The silver sulphide wishes to be
combined with copper sulphide, and to satisfy this
wish it undergoes a partial self-destruction by giv-
ing the greater part of its sulphur to the copper,
which needs for saturation more sulphur than the
silver; and just as much copper is sulphurized as the
remaining silver sulphide wants to form a compound
combination of silver sulphide + copper sulphide,
while the greater part of the silver is amalgamated.
Raw pan amalgamation has only one bait to hold
out, namely, metallic copper; and though the copper
is aided in its electro-chemical action by . heat, fric-
tion, brine, iron and quicksilver, it cannot be an in-
ducement for the compound silver sulphide -f cop-
per sulphide, which is already satisfied with copper.
The newly formed compound has become rebellious
for the pan and will escape into the tailings; or in
other words, only a limited percentage of silver can
be extracteii by the raw pan amalgamation of sul-
phurets.
Likewise will raw pan amalgamation have no in-
ducement whatever for the silver sulphide contained
in sulphuretted copper ores, and the inducement will
not be strong enough for the silver sulphide con-
tained in iron pyrites, zinc blende, etc., though iron
and zinc sulphide are not quite so attractive for sil-
ver sulphide as copper sulphide is for the same.
We have the example that in a watery solution of
silver sulphate the silver can be replaced by copper
or iron, without leaving a rebellious balance. It is
evident that raw pan amalgamation does not work
in a similar way. Or could the copper, simply by its
affinity for sulphur, take the place of the silver ? See-
ing the difficulty to chloridize the silver contained in
the same free milling combinations with cuprous chlo-
ride, though silver has probably more aflBnity to
chlorine than copper has to sulphur, it appears that
an extra help is wanted to reach the object. Such
an extra inducement is for raw pan amalgamation
the predisposing power to form the compound silver
sulphide + copper sulphide, which nature has also
formed in several minerals.
The raw ore is frequently overloaded with sulphur,
a part of which is in a firmer and another part in a
looser combination with the base metals. The looser
part of sulphur would destroy the quicksilver were
the latter not protected by copper precipitated from
bluestone. It is then obvious that more or less cop-
per sulphide will be formed without the necessity to
take the sulphur from silver sulphide, and that
either all or a part of the silver sulphide will find the
desired share of copper sulphide; and the result will
be that little silver or none at all is amalgamated,
because the free milling silver combinations have be-
come rebellious.
The same will happen after imperfect roasting,
when the roasted pulp contains loose sulphur, one
part of which will resulphurize some silver chloride
to form silver sulphide; but this silver sulphide will
not be amalgamated as in free milling ore, because
another part of sulphur joins the copper of the blue-
stone, to form again the rebellious compound silver
sulphide and copper sulphide.
Most likely will antimony and arsenic form similar
combinations with silver and copper as sulphur, but
as antimony and arsenic have less affinity to copper,
raw pan amalgamation will be less successful when
antimony and arsenic prevail.
I also suppose that the Russell process works in
an analogous way as raw pan amalgamation does,
replacing silver with copper, but never completely,
only so much of it that a rebellious or insoluble com-
pound of silver sulphide -f copper sulphide re-
mains. After imperfect roasting, the Russell process
as well as pan amalgamation will form a great deal
of copper sulphide and silver sulphide. But the
thoroughly mixing pan will, with detrimental result,
favor the union of the two partners, while in lixivia-
tion the silver sulphide cannot easily find the sepa-
rately formed copper sulphide and remains amenable
to the action of the extra solution. This explains
the better results of the Russell process for all im-
perfectly roasted ore and also for raw ore overloaded
with sulphur.
The cbloridizing theory for raw pan amalgamation
with cuprous chloride has been doubted long ago.
Some gentleman who has the opportunity might
oblige the profession by preparing copper amalgam
in a separate pan from bluestone and quicksilver.
When the copper amalgam has been well washed be-
fore using it, then, of course, any chloridizing idear
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will be given up. I expect that pure copper amal-
K&ta will not only do all amalgamating work in pan
amaliramation perfectly well, but the absence of iron
chloride originating from bluestone will avoid much
destruction of ([uicksilver and also the carrying away
of silver and gold by foamy tjuicksilver. 1 hope,
then, that copper amalgam may become an article of
commerce, always to be used iu pan amalgamation
instead of bluestone.
The Law of nines.
Existing mining law literature will shortly be fur-
ther enriched by an exhaustive treatise on tlie Amer-
ican law relating to mines and mineral lands and the
acquisition of mining rights in lands of the public do-
DOUBl_Er
dence. The basis of mining law, as we understand '
it, is the common sense rules formulated by miners
themselves in local organizations, tempered and di-
rected by natural evolution from precedent and an- |
cient custom and crystallized into the dignity of an i
accepted statute. " !
The introductory treats of the mining laws of for-
eign countries; chapter I of title aci|uired and rights
conferred by location, the character of the tenure;
chauler I[ the nature and extent of properly rights
conferred by lode locations; chapter III the same as
conferred by placer and other locations; chapter I\'
perpetuation of the estate by annual development j
and improvement; chapter V forfeiture of the estate I
and its restoration by resumption of work, and soon, i
Out of the great mass of mining literature the '
miners' dwellings, tools, etc. The ores comprise
turquoise, a hydrosilicate of copper, and sandstones
impregnated with copper salts. These appear to
represent the surface alteration products, while the
deep-seated pyrites deposit has not been toucbed.
The ores must have been smelted with imported
wood. The slags are precisely similar to those of
the present day. The tools found are of special in-
terest. They were discovered in the ruins of the
miners' dwellings, and are of three kinds. The pick
is of cast copper, containing no appreciable propor-
tion of tin, but a gieat quantity of arsenic, which
appears to have been intentionally added. The
chisel is of very hard metal, a bronze very poor in
tin, and free from arsenic. Lastly, the pricker is of
i-opper, containing no tin, a little arsenic, and inap-
preciable traces of antimony. The
presence of tin and arsenic in some of
the tools, and their absence in others,
shows that the ancient Egyptians
understood the way to modify tlie prop-
erties of their metals at will by adding
foreign materials. The Sinai mines
were shut down 3000 years ago, owing
to the poor quality of the ores, and
also owing to the difficulties of trans-
port.— London Mining Journal.
The Rand in 1806.
F.c.M/irHy/i:>
DOUBLE ARKASTRA OF THE COMMODORE MINE. (Sec pnuc Ul.)
main, by Hon. Curtis H. Lindley of San Francisco,
who has devoted considerable time to the prepara-
tion of the work which is shortly to be issued. The
publication is of timely value. No department of
human industry is of more present prominence than
the mining interests, and if from many fragmentary
monographs and conflicting decisions a clear, sys-
tematic and comprehensive compilation of leading
facts and authoritative information can be secured,
its author will have conferred a benefit on the min-
ing public.
That this desirable result will be attained seems
evident by the conception of the scope and trend of
the book, as outlined by Mr. Lindley in the preface.
As he points out, there is no such thing as a national
mining code. Indeed, the remark of Emerson, "law
is only a collection of memoranda," is almost a just
one when applied to our system of nsining jurispru-
author seems to bring an orderly, philosophi-
cal and comprehensive collection of law applying to
the rights and duties of the miner in the many in-
stances where his iriterests and requirements are
dimly defined and often misunderstood.
An interesting memoir presented by Bertholet to
the Preneh Academy of Sciences describes the an-
cient copper mines of Sinai, which were in operation
5000 to 1200 years before the Christian era. Ves-
tiges of these mines may still be seen near the coast
of the Gulf of Suez. Two deposits were worked —
that of Wadi-Maghera and, somewhat later, that of
Serabil-el-Khadem. Both occur in sandstone, not in
the porphyry which forms the main portion of the
mountain. In addition to copper, there also occur
iron ores and gypsum. Old levels are still in exist-
ence, as well as vestiges of furnaces, crucibles, slags,
The following gives rather a gloomy
outlook for the siiareholders in the Rand
mines in South Africa. It is from the
London Miiuufi Jonnntl^ and among
other things shows that more money
was spent upon the Rand than was
produced:
The figures dealing with the raining
industry are not altogether satisfac-
tory, inasmuch as the yield per ton
shows a decline of over 2 dwts. as com-
pared with 1895. Though this might
not appear a serious decline on other
gold fields, it is on the Rand, and in
the case of many mines would mean
their absolute failure. This decline,
when it becomes generally known,
might sound a note of warning to many
who had a serious intention of invest-
ing in South African mines, but we
would warn and advise them not to
take it too seriously. The total pro-
duction of ore tor 1896 was 1,339,952
tons. This is an increase of ZMfi^X
tons over 1895.
The total production of Transvaal
gold in 1896 was 2,497,946 ounces valued
at £8,597,013.
The dividend list shows a distribu-
tion of £1,545,256 in dividends for gold
mining companies on the Rand (includ-
ing the Rand Central Ore Reduction
Company) and £168,625 by collieries
and the Consolidated Deep Levels. A
total is given of the returns of the
stores consumed by 81 companies,
which shows the value of the stores to
be £4,040,605. Some prominent factors
in this total are; Machinery, £892,651;
coal, £609,102; dynamite, £101,993;
blasting gelatine, £439,671; gelignite,
roburite, etc., £22,791. Candles to the
extent of 119,135 boxes were consumed
of a value of £76,526. Cyanide figures
at 1,969,437 pounds, valued at £125,531;
mealies, meal and forage at £338,845;
timber and deals at £274,655; sundries
at £427,527. While the consumption of
dynamite has fallen in value from £117,-
126 in 1895 to £101,998 in 1896, that of
blasting gelatine has risen from £297,-
828 to £439,671.
From the above figures it will be
seen at a glance that the stores amount
to an excessive sum. It is closely ap-
proached by the expenditure on labor,
which is nearly £4,000,000. It is ob-
vious, therefore, that there is still
plenty of room for economy. The fu-
ture prosperity of the field is abso-
lutely dependent upon the practice of
economy, and there is abundant scope for this in the
reduction of wages. We are not alluding exclusively
to native pay, but also to the remuneration paid to
the white hands. It will also be seen from these
figures that more money was spent upon the Rand
than it produced — a fact which will surprise a great
many. But this is not to be wondered at, inasmuch
as it is the experience of nearly every gold field, and
it is not to be expected that the Rand should prove
an exception to the rule. The magnates of the Rand
are still impressed with the necessity of retrench-
ment. One means thought to be very effective was
direct cyaniding, but the experiments which have
been carried out have not been a success. These
trials have been made on the Village Main Reef,
where 617 tons of ore was treated, estimated to give
a yield of 80.2 per cent. The actual return, how-
ever, was no more than 64 per cent.
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Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
IJitipatcIt : The Butte Basin tunnel, which
is being run on the Amador side of the
Mokelumne river, a short distance from Big
Bar bridge, has now reached a distance of
over 1000 feet. There are about 850 feet yet
to run to reach the point desired.
Mr. Petrie writes from Baltimore that he
will soon open up and operate the Tripp and
Roaring Gimlet mines on the Amador side of
the river, between the electric plant and the
Big Bar bridge. After he gets the mines
under way it is Mr. Petrie's intention to
begin to develop the Ibex property at Rich
gulch.
In crosscutting for the Union ledge at the
VVeiland mine they have struck the ledge
about 25 feet off the shaft. The ledge is from
4 to 5 feet wide and shows sulphurets and
considerable good-looking quartz. The com-
pany will keep on crosscutting towards the
gouge ledge with machine drills, and are to
start drifting east on the Union ledge with
hand drills to a distance of 1000 feet, after
which they will continue sinking.
At the Amador Queen No. 1 the new hoist
is completed and the mine is now equipped
with hoisting machinery to go down 2U00 feet
as it is, and, by a slight change io the pipe
line, to go down 3000 feet. Mr. Dye has fin-
ished enlarging the shaft from 8x4 to 9x5 feet
in the clear for a distance of 150 feet. The
new skip will hold one and one-half tons of
rock and the water skip will bring up 400 gal-
lons at a load.
Ledger: The managers of the Potazuba
have decided to sink the shaft 200 feet below
its present depth, making it 450 feet deep.
At the depth of 100 feet drifts were run on
the ledge over 100 feet north and 100 feet
south, and mill tests were made which were
satisfactory.
The South Eureka is now sinking a new
shaft about 300 yards south of the old shaft.
Some people from Utah are negotiating with
the owners of the Price mine at Plymouth
with the idea of purchasing.
The Gold Hill, south of the Pocahontas, is
being exploited by a company under a two-
year bond. They have tunnel in 150 feet.
At the Oneida the old hoisting plant has
been removed and the new machinery is
being used.
W. H. Glenn is operating the Blue Gravel
placer mine, in Rancheria district, under per-
mission from the Debris Commission.
RepuUicaii: At the Argonaut graders are
at work excavating for the mill.
At the Anita the north drift is being pushed
ahead, with a long distance yet to go before
they expect to reach the ore chute on the
Shober ground, the outcroppings of which
show so strongly on the surface. A crosscut
has been run 175 feet immediately west from
the shaft.
Bntte.
Mercury: J. H. Challen and San Jose people
have incorporated the Topaz Centennial mine,
near Spanish Ranch, and it is now being
worked, a bedrock tunnel being developed
with good results.
Mr. Warner of San Francisco has bonded
the Buchanan gravel mine for six months.
He will run a tunnel to the channel.
Calaveras. ~
VhronicU : The work of sinking at the Es-
peranza mine still continues. The shaft is
now down 4ti0 feet. Good ore was encountered
at the 400-foot level.
The California Exploration Company have
placed a gasoline hoist upon the Gold HQl
mine.
An air compressor and drill are to be put in
at the Vair tunnel, on the Gobbi ranch.
At the Gwin work is prosecuted on the 1300
and 1400-foot levels, the drifts being driven
north and south from the shaft at both levels.
The miners are stoping and up-raising in all
drifts and taking out rock sufiQcient to keep
the forty stamps running night and day.
Mountain Echo: The Great Western mine,
owned by F. Baumhogger, has been started
up with a full force of men. The work of sink-
ing the shaft is proceeding.
Work is progressing actively at the Carson
Creek mine.
T. T. Lane has purchased the interests of
Morgan & Smith in the Plymouth Rock mine
at Jenny Lind.
Work will be resumed on the Keystone
mine, owned by Demarast & Linxwiller, in a
few days.
Operations on the Ghost mine have been
suspended for the present, but will shortly be
resumed.
Citizen: Men are at work at the Judith or
Edna mine grading for the mill. The mill
will be used for prospecting, and will be of
four stamps.
Preparations are being made at the Vair
tunnel, near Mokelumne hill, to utilize the
water from the Mokelumne Hill and Campo
Seco Canal Company's ditch for power to run
the air compressor and machine drills which
will be put in.
At the Burgess mine development work is
progressing steadily. The force of men was
increased the first of the week, making the
number of men employed at the mine four-
teen.
Kl Dorado.
(Special Correspondence).— The Big Sandy
at Kelsey has reached 330 feet in the shaft.
They will crosscut to the hanging wall and
also run drifts both north and south. The
outlook for this property is growing quite en-
couraging.
The new tunnel on the Blue Gouge has been
run 313 feet through the country rock, locally
known as granodiorite, and cut through the
east wall (of a schist formation) and cut 6 feet
into the ledge, Judging from the surface
surveys, the distance through ledge matter
to the west wall will be 380 feet. The tunnel
will be 500 feet, with 650-foot "backs." This
is 300 feet below an upper 300-foot tunnel,
which also cut 380 feet of milling ledge mat-
ter. The ore in the new tunnel yields about
H in free gold and a good percentage of high-
grade sulphurets.
The old Jeffries mine is making a good
showing and will soon have a 10-stamp (gravel)
mill in operation. The property is less than
a mile from town. The tunnel is SOO feet and
the upraise 100 feet, on which the tunnel runs
through a fair grade of gravel with indica-
tions of an approach to slate. The company
expects to run the tunnel 650 feet on the
bench.
The Star Light is stoping on the 370 (lowest)
level and taking out rich ore from a good-sized
ledge.
J. A. White & Co., prospectors, have three
locations twenty miles east of town, on one of
which they have sunk a 30-foot shaft and
made several surface cuts. The footwall is
slate aod the hanging wall porphyry. The
ledge is 4 feet on a fair grade of ore. The sul-
phurets run 15 per cent and assay $300 per ton.
S. K. Thornton, vice-president of the State
Miners' Association, reached here to-day. He
will canvass the county in the interest of the
State organization, and he will meet with a
warm welcome among the miners and the
mine owners of old El Dorado county.
Placervil e, April 19th, '97.
Nevada.
Union : In Washington district French &
Bell have commenced work on their mine at
the head of Crombecker creek. In a week
they will haul in ten 2-stamp mills, each of
which will have a capacity of crushing four
tons of quartz a day.
Superintendent Durbin has men at work re-
moving the burned timbers and debris at the
Milliken mine. The machinery is not damaged
much. It will be but a month before opera-
tions are resumed.
Transcript : Dr. Dow and Dr. McMahon of
San Jose, owners of the Le Du and Nancy
Hanks mines in Maybert district, intend to
work them this summer. Machinery is at
Emigrant Gap and will be hauled to the
mines as soon as the road is open.
Flacer.
Sentinel: At the Belle Union, the property
of Bayne &; Ahart, the ledge has an average
width of 4 feet. It has been crosscut in
numerous places from the tunnel. The ore
prospects from $6 to $13 per ton.
Bedrock has been reached at the Occidental
mine, near Iowa Hill, at a depth in the shaft
of 2S0 feet. The company is now running a
stope and have reached a point about SO feet
from the shaft.
Arima: The tunnel at the Dardanelles
mine, the scene of the late accident, is being
reopened.
Herald: Operations have begun at the
Gray Eagle mine, and quite a force of men
will he put on. When the mine is well
opened up the force will be increased. It is
said that no Chinamen will be employed.
J. H. Challen has incorporated the Golden
Ancient Channel &. Yellow Jacket. Develop-
ment work will be commenced as soon as
snow clears.
Work at Thistle Shaft will soon be re-
sumed.
At the Sunnyside mine on North Fork
preparations are being made to do a great
deal of work in the way of developing the
property. Advices from the East indicate a
disposition to engage in work on a large scale.
It is probable that some big contracts will
be let.
Sau Diego.
Sentinel: At Banner camp the Ready Relief
and Redmond mines are being worked by
Bally Bros., with the usual force of ten men.
At the Ranchita mine the mill is a new
5-stamp. An engine has been added recently
for hoisting purposes in place of the mule
used previously. The main shaft is now down
340 feet.
The Owens mine at Julian, which is the
property of the Owens Consolidated Mining
Company, is at present working only ten men,
as the mill is not running at this time. The
main shaft is down 350 feet. There are two
ledges, one north and the other south of the
main shaft with crosscuts, about 450 feet
worked at each level drifting. The ledge
varies in width from 1 to 4 feet.
UJiion: The stamp mill for the United
States Mint mine, near Warner ranch, has
arrived at Temecula, and will be hauled to
the mine.
Shasta.
ScarchUyJit : Captain Roberts has suspended
operations for the present in his Harrison
gulch properties, pending such time as will be
required to put in a better system of treating
the ore. The mill heretofore used has per-
mitted too much waste of value, it being
estimated that not more than one-half of the
gold has been saved.
Democrat : H. McDonald and Fitzmaurice
of the Mountain Mines Company have left for
the Copper City mining camp, where Mr.
McDonald is interested in the copper fields
of the district, which are known to be very
extensive, and it is given on good authority
that a syndicate proposes to erect large
smelters, run a railroad to connect the
Southern Pacific, and mine for copper on a
large scale.
Scarrhiiiihl : C. Jones, who recently struck
a pocket on the east side of Muletown moun-
tain, from which #800 has already been taken,
is now erecting a small quartz mill on the
property.
Desmond &■ Merchant are developing a prom-
ising claim on the Squaw-Clear creek divide,
north of the Balakalala mine. A 3-foot ledge
has been uncovered for a distance of about 300
feet, and the outcroppings show gold for a
much greater distance.
H. Weiser, in opening his mine above the
Miller property, above Shasta, struck a rich
ledge, running high in gold value. The recent
extensive demand for llux has set the miners
of that section to digging.
W. H. Bergh and F. Cobrowsky, at the
Early Discovery, near Shasta, have four men
employed, and the development is showing up
good property. A crosscut tunnel 350 feet
long has tapped the ledge at a depth of 100
feet. It is the intention of the owners to put
in a stamp mill in the near future in the place
of the present crude arrastra.
Mountain Mcusengcr: The mill which has
been standing idle for some time at the
Northern Belle mine, near Loganville, will be
started up soon.
Owing to the heavy flow of water struck in
the old works at the Prospect mine, in Slug
canyon, it was deemed expedient to run a
lower tunnel and also to drain the water en-
countered in the old works.
Work is progressing rapidly at the Bald Mt.
Extension mine, the north tunnel being
pushed ahead at the rate of 40 feet a week. It
is expected that after ruuniag 300 feet farther
they will strike the channel. In the old south
tunnel gravel is being taken out which is pay-
ing very well.
Slskiyon.
Journal: The finding of rich ore in the ex-
tension of the Siskiyou, on Humbug, has
aroused considerable interest in mining cir-
cles, especially among those who have ledges
in that locality.
The Garrett mine, at Humbug Bar, which
was purchased by a Chinese company last
fall, is now in operation. It was found last
year before selling out to the Chinamen that
they had dumped an immense pile of rocks
directly over the pay channel, which the Chi-
nese began removing upon taking charge.
The Distlehorst & Barton dredger is now
working at the David Collins place, below
Oak Bar. They are gradually moving down
on the Klamath, and will soon reach the
mouth of Scott river.
The placer mine situated opposite Scott
Bar, recently purchased by Mr. Garrett of
Woodland, will soon be opened up.
The Seattle placer mine on Thompson creek
is in active operation at present, and will no
doubt prove richer than ever this season. It
is under excellent management and has a
splendid plant.
Thompson creek is about the liveliest sec-
tion of the county now. The two large hy-
draulic mines, the Nanetta B. and the Seattle
placer mine, employ a large number of men,
all of whom make their headquarters at Nol-
ton, on Thompson creek, while there are also
numerous other smaller mines in operation in
that locality.
The Eastlick Brothers' mine at Oro Fino is
running full blast at present, there being
plenty of water for the giants. This mine
will be kept in operation until after the 4th
of July.
Journal: The Eastlick Bros.' hydraulic
mine at Oro Fino is running full blast now,
with a bountiful supply of water. They have
two giants in operation and expect to keep
them going until July.
The Wright & Fletcher and the Gardiner
hydraulic claims are also doing well at Oro
Pino and expect to have fully as loog a season
as usual.
Trinity.
Jinirnitl: There is considerable activity in
mining on the East Fork and vicinity this
winter. A number of new placer mines have
been opened and worked with good results.
The work done on the old claims yield good
returns. The quartz claims are being worked
with good results.
Cannon <Sc Hanley of French Gulch in a
t quartz location near Castella have a 30-foot
j ledge of free-milling ore.
Hedges & Pelletreau Sr. have sold the
I Highland placer mine, opposite Taylor's Flat,
] to Red Bluff men. The property comprises
I about seventy acres of gravel, with water
I right. The claim is a high bench and had
I been overlooked for years until the present
owners took possession and began working
the mine. ■
Tuolnnine.
Democrat : At the Black Oak, operated by
the Scott brothers, the main shaft is down
past the 800 level and is being driven to the
900, where more crosscutting and drifting
will be done. The vein at the 800 has a width
of 14 feet, which is getting stronger with
every shift. The quartz from wall to wall
is high grade ore, though quite rebellious.
A 10-stamp mill does the crushing at present,
but ten more are being put in position as
rapidly as possible. Ore is being shipped
regularly to the Selby Smelting Works for
reduction.
At the Dead Horse the main shaft is being
driven another 300 feet which will give it a
total depth of 1700 feet.
At the Lady Washington George McGilli-
vray has a large force under Superintendent
Fisher doing development woi'k. A good body
of ore has been struck and the outlook is
fovorable.
At the Confidence a new 30 stamp mill is in
course of erection to take the place of the old
fashioned one now on the site.
The California Exploration Company has
the Belleview mine under bond, and will very
likely take the property at the expiration of
the time. One of the requirements is that
the operators drive the shaft 300 feet deeper
from the 800 to the UiOO level.
The main shaft of the Rawhide is nearing
the 1100 mark, and sinking will go on till the
1300 level is reached.
The North Star and Black Warrior Consoli-
dated has driven the tunnel in to a depth of
ISO feet, and are breaking ground at the rate
of 8 feet per day, with three shifts. The
ledge will be tapped when 650 feetl has been
run, and then the big shaft started down on
its 1000 feet trip. There will also be 300 feet
of stoping between roof of tunnel and surface.
Indepeyident : Dr. Redding of the Tarantula
mine will shortly erect hoisting works.
The Jumper mine is having a new air com-
pressor put in.
Sinking in the main shaft at the Mammoth
mine has been continued and a new tunnel is
being run.
Mapes & Peters are operating their gravel
mine at the head of Woods' creek. Several
other placer mines are being opened up in that
vicinity.
Work on the Nervy mine, at Italian Bar,
will be resumed shortly. The lower tunnel,
which is being run to tap the chute is now
within 30 feet of it.
Silver State : Mining properties in lone, Nye
county, are receiving a great deal of atten-
tion from outside investors. Several pieces
of property have been bonded. The mine
owned by Bray, Bell and others is turning
out regular shipments of gold bullion, as well
as shipping concentrates that run high.
At Battle Mountain a number of mines are
being worked and some paying well, notably
the Morning Star at Dean, near Lewis, from
which regular shipments of gold bullion are
made.
Dayton TifH etc At Silver City the Taylor
and Pollard mills are running steadily.
Th^ Succor mine is producing good ore, and
quite a force of men are at work. The Lager
Beer mine is also looking well. Both of these
properties are operated by the same company.
Men are at work in the Combination tun-
nel, running crosscuts and driving ahead.
The Oest is still producing good ore. A
cleanup was made last week which yielded
over $4000.
The old Silver Citj'- mine is being pros-
pected under the direction of Col. Boyle.
E. Pedroli & Co. are putting up a steam
mill near their mine.
White Pine Neivm: The possession of the
Chainman group of mines has passed from the
old Chainman Company, and is now under the
control of the new company, with Charles D.
Lane of California at its head. It is quite
generally understood that operations will be
begun at once. A civil engineer representing
Lane & Co. and an electrician are now on the
ground looking over the situation, having in
view the location of a mill site, etc.
Enterprise: The placer mines near Carl in
are showing up splendidly.
Mason valley is experiencing a prospecting
boom just now. Ledges carrying free gold,
also copper ledges, are being discovered every
day, and the hills are being scoured by ranch
prospectors.
Battle Mountain Namdan: Johnson and
Olives of Salt Lake City, who have a bond on
the Copper Canyon property, intend to make
a shipment of about fifty or sixty tons of the
ore as soon as it can be extracted and hauled
to the depot.
Gold Creek News: The water has been
turned into the ditch at the headgate on
Penrod creek, and every headgate and valve
is set ready for the rush of water from the
melting snow that is expected any hour.
Silver City Enterprise: W. H, Newcomb is
shipping two cars of iron ore daily from Legal
Tender hill, almost within the city limits.
At Carlisle the new 10-siamp mill is about
completed and will soon be running full blast.
If the process of extracting the precious met-
als prove a success, a larger plant will he
erected.
Pinos Altos will probably have the finest
display of ores from any single mining camp
at the Nashville exposition. The mine owners
have all taken an active interest in the mat-
ter.
A. Hersberger is working twelve men on
the Western mine. The ore is being reduced
at the Stanley-Martin mill and producing good
results.
Bell & Stephens have eighteen men em-
ployed upon their claim on the Pacific. The
only work in progress is the running of drifts
north and south at the 450-foot level. The ore
body is larger and of better grade than ever
before found in the mine.
The Treasure Mining Company is cutting
out a station at the bottom level preparatory
to resuming sinking on the main shaft of the
Atlantic mine. The shaft is now 297 feet in
depth and will be sunk 163 feet deeper, thus
allowing for a sump of 10 feet below the 450-
foot level, at which level drifts will be run.
At Mogollon the force upon the Maud S has
been increased to eighteen men, all upon de-
velopment work. New ore bodies have been
encountered in two places in the mine, and,
from present indications, there will be suf-
ficient ore uncovered within ninety days to
warrant starting the mill.
The Confidence mine is employing about
fifty-five miners and producing its regular
quota of seventy-five tons of ore per day,
which supplies the mill at Graham, on White-
water creek.
OREGON.
Baker City Democrat: Operations on the
old Sanger mine will be commenced before
May 1st. The Sanger mine has produced more
gold than any other mine in eastern Oregon,
with the possible exception of the Virtue.
Rogue River Courier: A 5-stamp mill is be-
ing set up on the Belding-Dowell ledge, on
Green's creek, about five miles from town.
Cramer*.^: Wheeler of Myrtle creek have
purchased a quartz ledge on Galice creek from
Henry Hutchins for $3000.
Placer men have about quit in the Dry Dig-
gings country, as the water has gi\'en out.
Some prospecting is being done for ledges.
Jacksonville />cm'j<ra(ic 2'imcs: The Lance
Mining Company of Foots creek will enlarge
their plant next season. One giant has been
in operation and more will be added. The
flqine being constructed tvom Rogue river, to
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secure a dump, has been run IdIo bedrock
about 2000 feet from the river.
A. A. [>avls of Medford will soon erect a
mill at the ledge io Lane's Creek district,
formerly owned by Scott & Lee.
Hull jfc Beck of Louse creek are runoiog^
ifaeir placer mines on full time, with plenty of
water and good prospects.
If Ibis weather continues many placer micers
will commence cleaning up. The water sup-
ply Ih diminishing in dlfTerenl localities.
A :iOO-foot, working tunnel is to be run at the
Barth'Signoretti mine, on Murphy gulch, to
Lap the ledge at a depth of 150 feet below the
old shaft.
Dr. Hinkle's North Star mine, on the Sar-
dine creek divide, i.s being developed, and Is
showing up well.
WASHINGTON.
SiniheMimin-liccitir: The Scotia Mining and
Milling Co., on Toulon mountain, in the Col-
ville reservation, has tunneled through 'JO
feet of ore at a depth of 200 feel from the sur-
face, and arranged to put down a shaft
100 feet on the vein and drift both ways from
that depth. The progress of work on the Sco-
tia will be greatly facilitated by the addition
of needed machinery.
North of Colville is a short chain of rugged
bills, lying between Mill creek and the Col-
ville river, which are now proving to be rich
in mineral deposits. This section has long
been considered worthless, so far as the ex-
istence of the precious metals is concerned,
but small tinds have been coming to the sur-
face for some months, until now the hills are
being thoroughly prospected, with good re-
sults.
At Marcus, in the Anaconda, on Kettle
river, the shaft shows a solid face of ore for a
width of S feet. The property will begin
shipping ore at once.
ItKITISH COLUMHIA,
In the Slocan. John Tingling has taken a
bond on the Little Daisy and Golden, adjoin-
ing properties on Springer creek. The
purchase price was ^3.5,000. One year ago the
same property was offered for tl.^.OOO.
The Nicola, Tremont and Osborne, Four
Mile creek properties, have been sold to K. A.
Roberts and A. T. Monteith of Rossland, for
t35,UW for a two-thirds interest.
Representatives of the Porter- Watson syn-
dicate, that has lately bonded the Arlington
group on Lemon creek, will at once put a force
of men to work on the property.
Ore exports from the Slocan made by the
way of Kevelstoke during March amounted
to ;i.34 tons, valued at $34, Wl.
A. L. Davenport has sold to R. E. Brown
of Spokane his five-eighths interest in the
Kmerald Hill, adjoining the SilverTipon Blue
Ridge, about ten miles from Kaslo.
At Fori Steele at the North Star mine
there are are several thousand tons of ore now
at the landing awaiting shipment down the
river, and about 500 tons at the mine ready to
ship.
Several townsites have recently been taken
up, among them the town of Kimberly, lying
between the North Star and Sullivan group.
Owing to its proximity to those mines, it bids
fair to be a town of considerable importance.
There will be another good town atCranbrook.
Where the big town of the district will be
located it is difficult to say.
Word comes from Cascade that a strong
.syndicate has been formed to operate on
Castle mountain. It has secured 19 claims
at the foot of Christina lake, and will push
development work as soon as snow will
permit.
Si>i>li£»iiiitii-£iccii:ii:: A majority interest in
the Maud S. and Ben Hassen. on the North
Fork of the Salmon, has been bonded by the
North Fork Mining Company, a Victoria com-
pany, for $25,000. James Siuart will imme-
diately put a large force of men to work. A
200foot tunnel will be run on the Maude S, to
lap the ledge at a depth of 175 feet.
At Rossland the shipments for the week
ending April 10 were Le Roi. 405 tons; War
Eagle, 400; Iron Mask, 60; a total of 805 tons.
Salt Lake Tribune: The richest strike of
ore that has been registered in Silver City
the present season is that in the South Swan-
sea. In the drift, 150 feet off the 350-foot
level, native silver was uncovered that assays
showed To contain thousands of ounces of
silver. How much there is of this class of
ore has not been determined.
The directors of the Utah aud the Galena
have under consideration a proposition looking
to a consolidation of the property of the two
companies, who are also reaching out for the
Oriole, the Wildcat and Miner's Dream, all
of which claims are regarded as extensions
of the main vein. The workings of the Utah,
which has been productive of $175,000, and
those of the Galena, that has divided *7I,000
among its stockholders, have already been
connected, and as the ore chutes are but a
few foet apart, one hoisting plant should be
made to serve both companies.
Trihunc: At Bingham the drift off the 450
level in the Crown Point has broken into vein
matter at a distance of \'Mj feet from the
shaft. Meanwhile Manager Pat Ryan con-
tinues sinking the shaft to greater depths,
and at certain distances will crosscut to the
vein.
The Luzerne having been absorbed by the
Alma Gold Mining Company, work upon it
will-be resumed at once. The acquirement
of Ibis claim gives the company a group of
three claims lying between the Swansea and
the Sunbeam, that promise to become pro-
ductive.
Bingham JJu/.Jcf,j)i ; A bunk-house with ac-
commodations-for about thirty men was com-
pleted at the Fortune last week, and Manager
Hill is expecting to soon have that many em-
ployed. The present force is fourteen work-
ing one shift.
At the Montezurn^ there will be out early
next week a 100-ton shipment. Manager
William Strickley has increased his force and
is extending the main tunnel, which is now
in SOO feet.
Manager Weir of the Highland Bov Com-
pany says that the contract for building the
new mill would be let immediately.
There are now tlfteea leases working in the
Tiewaukee, and all in more or less ore, some
doing well.
Tintic -l/ificr: Last week shipments were
as follows: From the Bullion-Beck mine, 25
carloads ore; Bullion-Beck mill, 5 carloads
concentrates; Eureka Hill mill, 5 carloads
concentrates; North Star, 3 carloads ore;
Carlsu, 5 carloads ore; Dragon iron mine, 2
carloads ore daily; Noon's iron mine, 1 carload
ore daily ; Centennial Eureka, 0 carloads ore;
South Swansea, S carloads ore; Swansea, 5
carloads ore; Mammoth mill, ti carloads con-
centrates ; Ajax, 8 carloads ore.
The failure of the Centennial Eureka to
declare its regular dividend is a great sur-
prise, as that company continued the pay-
ments during the great depression, when
hardly another company in the country was
doing so. The fact that no dividend was
declared does not indicate anything wrong at
the mine, as it never looked in better shape.
Work has been commenced on the Gen.
Logan mine.
C. L. Ccpe has sold the Silver Dollar claim
to J. W. Lynch and J. W. Murdock, the
stated consideration being $12,000, of which
amount ibOO was paid down.
Mercur Mnvur^u: The discovery of ore on a
new portion of the Sacramento, as reported
last week, proves to be of great importance.
The strike was made on the hill west of the
mill, and a body of ore from I'd to 14 feet in
thickness has since been developed, which
gives average returns of i^i'i.
The Cedar Valley Company will soon resume
development.
Magnificent cinnabar ore is being blocked
out in the south drift in the Overland.
The West Geyser strike is opening up ex-
ceedingly well, and large bodies of $11 ore
are being blocked out.
It is estimated that there is already blocked
out in the Daisy 13.500 tons of ore of'an aver-
age value of $7.40 per ton.
State Line Buzzard : Prospectors who
anticipate prospecting at State Line and
vicinity can venture in about t.en days, as the
snow will have thawed by that time so as to
not materially impede their progress. The
route to State Line should be by Desert
Springs, and provisions can be obtained at
State Line as cheap as in Salt Lake, minus
the freight: also, camping utensils and
miners' supplies. The grass will be plentiful
in the hills this spring.
The Ofer will make another shipment of
high-grade ore shortly.
Hicks and Mosher are down about 30 feet
on their gold claim, and are taking out ore
which runs high in gold, which is visible in
the rock.
The Rice Bros, and J. Lund are working
on their claims and extracting some good gold
rock.
The owners of the Confidence and Persever-
ance claims, situated ten miles north of State
Line, will resume work as soon as the snow
is gone.
Murphy and Higgins have resumed work on
their Blueledge claim. They are in 100 feet,
and expect to strike the ledge in 40 feet
more.
Salt Lake Trihinif. At West Dip in the
Daisj' the incline is now 270 feet deep and
drifts are being run on the vein. The vein
widens with depth and, while it now shows
about 15 feet thick, it is believed that cross-
cuts running east and west would show that
it is thicker than this. Superintendent Mayne
has been making a leaching test on Daisy ore
and finds that 05 per cent can be extracted in
forty-eight hours.
At La Cigale the new mill will start out
with a capacity for handling 200 tons per day,
which will be increased as the needs demand.
The mill will probably be completed within
sixty days.
Mercur .lifrc'i// : The Mercur is reported
doing better than at any period in its career.
The Geyser-Marion, since the interests of
the two companies were pooled, is achieving
excellent results, the latest shipment of
cyanides reaching a total of $14,000.
It is expected that the Golden Gate will get
to work on its mill and have the plant in oper-
ation before another winter.
I1>AH4>.
Iffahii Avalunrlir: Work upon the Dewey
crosscut tunnel being driven to tap the heart
of Florida mountain is progressing steadily.
A contract has been let for an additional 2U0
feet.
On the Nugget the leesees are rushing
work upon the crosscut tunnel and are near
the vein.
A hoist for the shaft in the Blain tunnel of
the Trade Dollar is now enroute, and the vein
will be opened to a greater depth. The mine
is making regular and heavy shipments each
month, and is producing more money than
ever before in its history.
At the Golden State negotiations are in
progress looking toward the settlement of all
misunderstandings between the co-owners,
and it is more than probable that work will
be resumed upon the property within a very
short time.
The contract for sinking the first 120 feet of
shaft from the Idaho tunnel level in the Black
Jack is well under way. It is expected that
a hoist will be installed by the time this
contract is completed.
spiikcsinan'Rcrieir : A strike of rich ore
about three miles east of Porthill, on the
Kootenay river, is creating considerable ex-
citement in that section.
At Pierce the Pacific Placer Company
has sold its property in Read's creek to a
Chicago syndicate for ^.55,000.
At Lewiston large numbers of prospectors
are outfltling, and they depart daily for the
mountains. The season is late, and the suow
is deep on the high ranges. It will be impossi-
ble to do any prospecting for a month, but
many of them go in on the river bars to camp,
and in the meantime they will use the rocker
on the bars.
The Green Creek Mining Company, Lim-
ited, has been incorporated at Moscow to op-
erate a group of thirty claims on the South
fork of the Clearwater river, thirteen miles
above Grangeville.
MONTANA.
The Alice Mining Company will develop the
Valdemire to greater depth, and are making
arrangements to put on a large hoisting plant
to sink the present shaft deeper.
The hoisting engine formerly on the Glen-
garry, llie property of tbe Montana Ore Pur-
chasing Company, has been placed on the
Nipper claim cornering on the Anaconda,
where it will be used to sink the present
shaft 200 or 300 feet deeper. This property
was recently acquired by this company on
bond for $235,000, with the privilege of ex-
ploring the same for one year.
At Deer Lodge there will be more ore
shipped from the smaller mines about that
camp this summer than ever before. A good
many prospectors are at work opening up
claims and some of the smaller mines are look-
ing remarkably well. A new district has
been opened up between Ellistoo and the On-
tario. It comprises the territory known as
Marcus Daly's old wood camp.
InUr-M'ittntifiii : The Boston & Montana
Company will make a record for itself this
year in the matter of production of ore. Dur-
ing the past few months the production has
exceeded SOO tons of ore per day and within
the past few days orders have been given by
Superintendent Klepetko to increase the out-
put at least 200 tons per day. For this pur-
pose the working force at the mines is being
increased.
It is reported in Marysville that the .50-
stamp millof the Montana Mining Company,
Limited, will begin crushing Drum Lummon
ore May 1. One hundred men are at work
underground and large reserves of ore have
been blocked out, since the two mills closed
down last fall. The ore bins are about full
and there is more ore in the mine ready to be
lifted to the surface.
The Gold Belt properties at Empire, which
were purchased about two years ago by Sam
Word & Sons, have been started upunder
the management of Will Word, and forty
stamps of the mill will be dropping on ore
the latter part of the week. The Gold Belt
when worked by an English syndicate called
the Gold Leaf Companv, produced nearly
$2,000,000 in gold.
The Mayger brothers of tbe St. Louis Min-
ing lit Milling Company are hauling ore from
their mine in Marysville to Trinity gulch,
where they erected a new mill last summer.
The recent decision of the Northern Pacific
people to build a branch of that road down the
Ruby valley from Gaylord to Twin Bridges
with a promise of a further extension of the
liue at a later period has given the mine
owners around Silver Star, Sheridan and
Rochester new hope.
WYOMING .
W. S. Ward, director of tbe Mining Bureau
of the Denver & Gulf Railway, purchased
of I. S. Bartlett, E. A. Stack and others the
Blue Bird and Good Fortune mines at Hart-
ville, paying -^22,000. Heretofore ore ship-
ments from the mines have been made by
team for sixteen miles to the line of the Den-
ver & Gulf. A spur will now be built to the
mines and an all-rail haul secured.
During the past winter a number of mining
properties in districts tributary to Laramie
have been purchased by Eastern syndicates,
who will commence active operations as soon
as the season will permit. The American
Gold and Copper Company of Chicago have
purchased a small plant for the reduction of
their copper ores in the Jelm mountain dis-
trict, some twenty-eight miles southwest
from Laramie.
A contract has been let by the Oregon
Butte Mining Company for freighting 5,000,-
000 pounds of iron pipe from Rawlins. The
pipe is to be used in connection with the
hydraulic apparatus in working the placer
mines of the company.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Black Hills 'fiinc.'<: The Durango Mining
Company have commenced shipping 100 tons of
ore, which will average better than $100 a ton
in gold. This is a month's output, with a
force of five miners, making the net output
$10,000.
An option for two months, at $8500, on the
Badger group of mines at Ragged Top, has
been given to Eastern people.
NEW MEXICO.
Denver Rcinihlivan : Despite the unusual
snowfall which now covers northern New
Mexico's mining district, there is now an un-
precedented rush of miners and prospectors
into the camps of Taos, Colfax and Rio Ar-
riba counties, which border on the southern
Colorado line.
On the Piedre Lumbre grant, in RioGrande
county, all sorts of sluicing, dry and wet
placer devices have for years been tried on
the gravel pits without avail. There has been
of late considerable experiments that give
promise of success in working the ground.
New Mcrivati : Within a few miles of Hills-
boro there are many acres of gold placers. For
several years a company, of which W. S.
Hopewell, W. H. Bucher, W. B. Childers,
J. T. McLaughlin, John A. Lee and others are
members, has had several thousand acres of
these placers located. For a year past some
Pittsburg capitalists have carefully investi-
gated the problem of working them and tested
tbe gravel. These capitalists have now closed
a deal fov the placer claims, it is understood.
paying $S2,000 for tbem. The water rights
have been purchased from W. S. Hopewell for
$25,000, and water will bo brought to the
placers by a system of open ditches and pipes
—about fifteen miles of the latter and about
ten miles of the former.
COLORADO.
Denver He publican : At Cripple Creek the
production from the Ingham last month was
350 tons of an average value of $'>0, and so far
this month seven carloads have been sent out.
The development is being kept ahead of the
stopers in such a way as to guarantee steady
production for several months.
The FranklinUoby Company has shut down
its Lillie in Poverty gulch and will, in all
probability, start damage proceedings against
the Moon-Anchor. The management claims
that the water from the Moon-Aochor is al-
lowed to flow down the gulch and fill the
Lillie shaft.
The richest ore that was ever broken in the
Anchoria-Leland is now coming from a new
drift started west on the Maloney cross-vein
from the first level of the big shaft.
The Maggie, on Howell hill, has been
bonded to Boston parties for $::{5,000.
Tne Victor Mining Company has issued a
circular in which it is said that for the past
ninety days trouble has been experienced in
marketing the third and fourth class ores
(which comprise from 75 to 90 per cent of the
tonnage) at the cyanide mill, more of these
grades being offered there than they can
handle and treat. Tbe works are being en-
larged, and within three or four months the
increased capacity will enable them to handle
all the shipments made them. They now
have over 2000 tons at the mill awaiting treat-
ment, and the ore bins at tbe mine are full.
This necessitates an almost complete stoppage
of mining for the present. During the pasr
four years the company has paid out $soo.000
in dividends, at the rate of $20,000 a month.
At Central City, at the Fisk mine, 100 men
are working, mostly on tribute, and all of
them are making day's wages and a good
many are making good money. Most of the
work is being carried on in the upper levels
and in the day shift, wh4e at night timber
men are busy putting in new timbers in the
shaft below the SOO- oot level, and President
Conie of the property says they are anxious to
get the water out so as to reach the '.100-foot
level (the bottom of shaft), when the force of
men will be increased.
At Silverton the Silver Lake is producing
225 tons daily ; and, as soon as the mill can
handle it, 500 tons daily will be forthcoming.
The Victoria Company have been opening
up new ground this winter and enough ore
has been opened to keep tbe mill running all
summer.
Judge Terry, who took back the Sunnysidc
mine, after a company had spent $50,000, and
threw it up because they could find no ore,
has already broken enough mineral to supply
his mill this summer, and has a 15-foot brea.st
of ore that is of better grade than any ore
previously discovered.
The Ariadne, owned by the Congressional
Company, has been developing all winter, and
a firm body of copper and silver ore has been
opened at a depth of 400 feet, while a dis-
covery of rich tellurium ore has been made on
the surface.
The Pearl, on Cement creek, which has one
of the largest bodies of pyritous ores in :.he
district, but too low grade to ship, is being
worked by Beaver & Co. under lease.
J. M. Callow, general manager of the
Golden Horn Consolidated Company, in Ice
Lake basin, is on his return from London,
where he has been attending a meeting of his
company. He is accompanied with $00,000
with which to build a tramway from the mines
to the mill, and also to add a steam plant and
air compressors.
A Chicago syndicate has bought the Jersey
mine, overlooking the town of Eureka, and
has let a contract for 100 feet of drifting
Samples of ore from the new strike in the
Ajax sustain all that has been claimed for it.
and are identical with those that were ob-
tained from the Mammoth at a corresponding
level several years ago. The silver expresses
itself in the form of a sulphuret, and that the
percentage of lead is high is made known
through the presence of galena.
ARIZONA.
Phcenix Rvpulilivau: The Copper (j>ueen
Company of Bisbee has completed a deal with
the Detroit Copper Company of Morenci
whereby the former company acquires a con-
trolling interest in the Morenci properties.
The Copper Queen Company has been a mi-
nority stockholder in the Detroit Company.
The Kassar Gold Mining Company has been
reorganized, and the properties will be
worked in the future by the new company,
which owns the Kassar and Diamond H gold
properties in Lost gulch.
The Duquesne Mining Company are adding
new machinery to their plant near Nogales.
The output of the Old Dominion Copper Min-
ing and Smelting Company at Globe was the
largest last month in tbe history of the com-
pany's operations.
New reduction works are to be erected at
the Holland mine in Washington camp.
Prescott Jmirnnl-Mincr : J. K. Murphy and
W. T. Hutchinson are working the Gold Bug
mine with excellent results, taking out good
shipping ore.
Parties have taken a lease on Powell's
Dark Horse and Right Bower claims, silver
properties, and are taking out ore from them.
The vein is 7 feet wide.
Men are at work on the Texas Chief and
Texas Prince, on which there is a tunnel 100
feet long. The ledge is from 2 to 3 feet wide
and the ore carries gold and about 33 per cent
in copper.
RcpuhliciDt : An option has been obtained by
a Pennsylvania company on the Peabody mine
at Russellville, in the Dragoon range, in the
southern part of the territory. The peabody
has been dormant for some time,
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Mining and Scientific Press.
April 24, 1897.
Electrical Progress,
Heating a Building; by Electricity.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by
Orrin e. Uunlap.
The central power station of the
Niagara Palls Power Company, at
Niagara Falls, is probably the largest
building in the United States, if not in
the world, that is heated entirely by
electricity. Despite the large propor-
tions of this structure, no heat other
than electricity is employed to make it
comfortable during the cold months.
The power house is 195x60x50 feet.
The power house is divided into the
dynamo room and the office quarters,
making necessary the use of two kinds
of heaters. All the heaters in the ofSce
portion of the building are on a second-
ary 100 volt circuit, which circuit is fed
through converters which reduce the
voltage from 2000 to 100. The use of a
high potential circuit through the of-
fices would necessarily entail danger,
and it is for this reason the low voltage
was adopted. The office section is two
sulators No. 6 wire is strung. There
are thirty-eight coils, each IJ-inch in
diameter, the distance between convo-
lutions being twice the diameter of the
wire; the resistance of the heaters will
take about 65 amperes at 440 volts, so
that each five heaters in series will con-
sume 2200 volts at 65 amperes.
In heating the dynamo room and the
office portion of the power house the
maximum amount of power used is 430
H. P., not taking into account the heat
from the dynamos, an important factor,
so far as the dynamo room is concerned.
Three dynamos, each of 5000 H. P. ca-
pacity, are now in use in the dynamo
room; but, as a general thing, only two
of the machines are operated at the
same time. Were each of the dynamos
run so as to generate 4000 H. P., in-
stead of at its full capacity, and 3 per
cent of this power was lost in heat,
which is a fair estimate, each of the two
dynamos would contribute 120 H. P.
toward heating the dynamo room, or
from the two machines 240 H. P. in
heat would be the result. By adding
this 240 H. P. to the amount of power
consumed by the heaters, it will be seen
from coal itself, but possibly from the
products of coal. The effect depends
upon the efficiency of the apparatus.
We now get electricity from coal, but
we have to go through a cii'cuitous
method. Electric heating may be ad-
vantageous for some particular pur-
poses, such as heating soldering irons,
where the heat must be constant.
Electric heat in application to cooking
may become popular, because it does
not take much heat to cook, and very
little heat would be wasted, where by
the ordinary method considerable is
lost."
Independent Driving of Macliines
by Electric Motors.
Scientific
Progress.
The advantages of independent driv-
ing of machines in any shop — that is,
without the use of the traditional long
lines of shafting — are never so well
appreciated as when figures are avail-
able designed to show how much power
is ordinarily used up in simply turning
the shafting — in the friction of the
transmission between driving and
working points. A good many experi-
DYNAMO ROOM OF THE NrAGARA FALLS POWER CO.'S CENTRAL STATION, SHOWrNG HEATERS
ON WALLS: LARGEST ELECTRICALLY HEATED BUILDING IN THE WORLD.
stories in height, and in it there is about
175 H. P. in heaters. The current de-
voted to heating the offices is taken
from the primary of the circuit which
feeds the street railways about the city
of Niagara Falls. In the office are two
7 H. P. heaters, or a total of 14 H. P.
in this room, 20x15x10 feet high.
In the dynamo room, which is quite
spacious, the heaters employed are of
different pattern. Instead of being
placed on the floor, they are fastened
on the wall of the room about 15 feet
above the floor. There are fifteen of
these heaters in the dynamo room in
circuits of five each, each circuit being
capable of taking up 200 H. P. , but it
never yet has been found necessary to
put all three circuits in service, two of
them answering every purpose. The
current used for heating purposes in
the dynamo room is taken from the bus
bars, and carried on No. 4 covered
wire. As this current is taken direct
from the 2200 volt circuit, and as each
heater takes up about 40 H. P., it is
apparent that to install converters to
convert this power down to 100 volts,
the voltage used in the office portion of
the building would be expensive. All
the heaters in the dynamo room are of
simple construction, being made of two
circular rolled iron plates i-inch thick |
and 24 inches diameter. Bolts hold j
these plates 4 feet apart, one above the
other. In each plate there are twenty-
eight holes, the diameter of each hole
being half an inch. Each hole contains
a porcelain insulator; through these in-
that nearly 700 H. P. is consumed in
heat in the building.
The Niagara Falls Power Company
have found their electric heating ser-
vice very comfortable, but this does
not denote that electricity will come
into general use for heating purposes.
The company are fortunate in having a
large amount of cheap power, but, de-
spite this fact, the electrical heating of
their power house is a luxury, and one
which few people are rich enough to en-
joy. To the subject of electrical heat-
ing P. M. Lincoln has given consider-
able thought and study, and his views
of the future of it are given in these
words: " I do not think electric heat-
ing will ever come into general use.
You can look at it in this way : It
takes a great deal of power, compara-
tively, to make a given quantity of
heat. Suppose a man was going to buy
current enough to heat his house.
Every form of heater has 100 efficiency.
In an incandescent lamp all of the
power is ultimately converted into heat
and if a man were to put in enough in-
candescent lamps to heat his house,
you can imagine what his bill would be
at the end of a month. That is the
only proper way to look at it. When
we get electricity direct from coal, it
may be used for heating. By far the
most economical way to use coal for
heating at present is to burn it, and
not transform it into electricity by the
present methods. Yes, I think the
time will come when they will get elec-
tricity direct from coal — not direct
ments have been made in the past to
determine what this waste amounts to,
and the results nearly always have in-
dicated tremendous losses, relatively
speaking. Still, one is not quite pre-
pared for the figures given in a paper
on the subject recently presented be-
fore the American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers by Prof. C. H. Benjamin.
The trials of which they are the out-
come were made at sixteen difl'erent
establishments, with horse power totals
ranging from 8 to 400, and with per-
centages lost in friction from 141 to 80,
the average friction loss amounting to
over 55 per cent. These figures, it is
proper to add, include, in every case,
the friction of the engine itself, but
even if a liberal deduction be made for
this we have still a formidable reminder.
What a fruitful field there is here for
the electrical engineer! While small
steam engines are used in some oases
for driving single machines, ^and form
a part of them, it is to the electric
motor that we will eventually be in-
debted for a wider application of the
independent driving system. There are
a few shops — models in their way —
where this system is in use, and has
been for several years, and year by
year fresh proofs are given of its mani-
fold advantages. In these shops ma-
chine tools of all kinds, traveling cranes,
elevators, each has its own motor, big
or little, and the line shaft, the coun-
tershaft and the multitude of pulleys
are, indeed, relics of a past regime. —
Cassier's Magazine.
A New Power of Air.
C. E. Tripler claims to have dis-
covered a new power which, according
to him, is going to revolutionize trans-
portation and manufacturing. It is
liquefied air. How he Uquefies air he
will not tell. It has been done before,
but in small quantities in scientific
laboratories, but never commercially.
When liquefied, the air is at a tem-
perature of 450° below zero, on the
Fahrenheit scale. It boils or vaporizes
again at 210° below zero, and it is from
the expansion consequent upon this
vaporization that Mr. Tripler obtains
his "power," which is transmitted
through an engine exactly as the power
generated by steam from boiling water
is transmitted. It is possible, how-
ever, he declares, to obtain a pressure
of 2000 pounds to the square inch at a
temperature of 200° below zero, and at
practically no cost, from liquefled air,
while to obtain 150 ponnds of steam a
temperature of 360° above zero is re-
quired and the consumption of large
quantities of coal. It can be seen that
if Mr. Tripler's contention is true all '
ideas of transportation and manufac-
turing must be readjusted.
The most remarkable claim is yet to
be told. Mr. Tripler declares that his
liquefied air in boiling, or changing to
vapor again, absorbs the heat in the
surrounding air so rapidly that it in
turn is liquefied and flows into the
reservoir, which in this manner is al-
ways kept supplied. That is, once the
apparatus is charged with a supply of
liquefied air it feeds itself, and will
practically run forever without any
cost for fuel. Mr. Tripler declares,
too, that there is no loss of power in
this process. He says he has set up
one of his machines at the works of the
American Air Power Company, in
129th street. New York City, and will
soon give an exhibition of its opera-
tion. In appearance the apparatus
resembles an ordinary barrel placed
above a small engine. The interior of
the barrel is lined with a thick coating
of felt or other non-conducting ma-
terial, and is filled with a network of
pipes, somewhat like the condenser in
a distillery. In the bottom of the cyl-
inder is the tank containing liquefied
air. The method of operation is Mr.
Tripler's secret.
Longevity in Southern Latitudes.
Because in tropical countries more
decayed vegetable matter is found, and
in consequence more miasma, the idea
has become popular that only vigorous
health and long life are likely in north-
ern latitudes, where frost now and then
asserts itself. The fact that humanity
matures much earlier in tropical climes
seems to warrant the conclusion that it
must necessarily perish much earlier.
Dr. Luigi Sambon of Rome attempts to
put these popular impressions to sleep
by an elaborate exhibition of statistics,
lie doesn't contend that the warmest
climate is most suitable to a man, un-
der the conditions of modern civiliza-
tion, but he remonstrates vigorously
against the idea that a cold and vari-
able climate is the most conducive to
the physical and intellectual improve-
ment of the human race. While north-
ern climates may produce stalwart
frames, statistics show that they do not
conduce to longevity. In proof of his
position, the doctor cites the fact that
the average Arab outlives the average
Esquimau by not less than twenty-five
years. He shows that the people who
live along the unhealthful coasts of
Central and South America survive the
inhabitants of the higher and cooler al-
titudes of the interior. He shows also
that the Hindus, who often reach
puberty as early as nine years, live to a
surprising old age. The inhabitants of
the southern countries of Europe are
found to five much longer than those of
the northern latitudes. To illustrate,
in England in a population of 27,000,-
April 24, 18!»7.
000 there are but 146 centeDariaos,
while in Spain with a population of but
18,000,000 there are 401 centenarians.
Science of the riosquito.
There are four truths respecting; the
mosquito which modern science has es-
tablished:
First — A mosquito cannot live in air
free from malarial poison. L'ntainted
Mining and Scientific Press.
349
swells, while probing, is caused by the
discoloration of the lymph in contact
with the blood and the muscular effort
of insertinc; the probe.
Fourth — A mosquito will never in-
sert its lancet in a person not sus-
ceptible to an attack of malaria. In
this respect its sense is more accurate
than the most skilled and e.^perienced
pathologist. This also proves not only
its unerring instinct, but that it never
/i>/.y.
Mechanical Progress.
Subaqueous Pipe Tunnel.
E. F. Sanford, Merced, Cal., has pa-
tented a subaqueous pipe tunnel, de-
signed to be a solution of a diflicult
engineering problem. The invention
relates to the class of pipe tunnels or
air has the same effect on him as a
healthy community on a doctor. It de-
prives him of patients, and he must go
to less favored localities to practice his
profession.
Second — The lymph, which flows
through an automatic valve when it in-
serts its proboscis, contains a modified
germ of the malarial fever; and, ac-
cording to the well-seitled law of in-
oculation, the introduction of the weak
germ renders harmless a subsequent
attack by the strong germ.
Third — The mosquito never swallows
human blood. It cannot. The fact
that its body becomes discolored and
SUBAQUEOUS PIPE TUNNEL.
wounds unnecessarily. Its thrusts are
those of a skilled and human surgeon.
The analyses of Berthelot not only
show that the Chaldean weapons, orna-
ments and tools of 5000 or 6000 years
ago were of pure copper, but that iron,
silver and gold were known. The cop-
per age preceded that of bronze, which
appeared later in both Egypt and Chal-
dea. It is further noted, moreover,
that the form of hatchets with handles,
the processes of manufacture, and even
the practical uses, were the same for
the pure copper hatchets of Chaldea
and the prehistoric hatchets of Europe.
conduits for any purpose, such as the
conveying of liquids or gases, or the
transportation of messages and goods,
or the passage of vehicles, such tunnels
being laid under water to rest upon or
in the bottom. It consists essentially
of flexibly jointed sections; a continuous
j flexible line secured to each section and
crossing the joint so as to connect
I them together; coupling sections tele-
scoped in the adjacent ends of the main
section, and of sufficiently smaller di-
ameter to permit the main section to
bend out of line; bands of flexible wa-
terproof material encircling the joints
exteriorly, and fastenings on the main
sections consisting of fixed and mov-
iablejaws which engage the continuous
cable which flexibly connects the sec-
.tious together. In conjunction with
[these are controllable nozzles in each
section with pipes leading thereto,
whereby water may be introduced and
ejected against the bottom so as to ad-
just and grade the line of the tunnel or
conduit.
The invention is deemed by the in-
ventor to be applicable to any river or
body of water where a bridge would be
a hindrance to navigation or where the
nature of the soil is such that a bridge
foundation could not be made without
great expense. The estuary between
Oakland and Alameda could, in his
judgment, be crossed by a tunnel of
this description at an expense not
greater than that of a bridge. If the
practicability of laying such a tunnel
over a short distance were established,
longer ones would presumably follow.
The accompanying illustrations give a
good idea of its practical structure and
operation.
Power From Ocean Waves.
A recent issue of the London Indus-
tries and Iron describes and illustrates
an apparatus constructed by B. M.
Fletcher, Am. Inst. C. E., for the con-
version of the force of the ocean waves
into useful power by the operation of a
high pressure pump. The apparatus
consists of a buoyant submerged hori-
zontal plane securely anchored at the
bottom at a depth sufficient to be be-
yond wave action (probably 40 feet or
more) and carrying a vertical pipe that
rises a few feet above the surface of the
water and serves as a guide upon which
a Abating buoy slides up and down.
The top of the stationary pipe is made
to serve as a pump piston working in a
movable eccentric cylinder attached to
the buoy. Sea water is thus pumped
through a system of valves and pipes
to suitable reservoirs or accumulators
I to serve for the storage of hydraulic
power.
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Coast Industrial Notes.
—There are 131 creameries id California.
—A starch factory is butldiogat Port Costa,
Cal.
— Work has begun on the King's river
bridge by the Vallej' road.
—The California Asphalt Co. is about to
build a retluery at Ventura, Cal.
—The traosfer to the Southern Pacific of
the New Mexico and Arizona and Sonera rail-
ways will be made May ir>.
—The Klectric Power Company Is consider-
ing the question of building an electric rall-
uay from CIrass Valley to Nevada City, Cul.
—The thirtieth Industrial Exposition of the
Mechanics' Institute will opon at ihe San
Francisco Pavilion August 17th and close
September ISth.
—Two guns, each weighing 115,830 pounds,
4'< feet long and throwing a lUOU-pound shot,
will be mounted at Lime Point and Fort
Point, San Francisco harbor, next month.
—The Spokane & British Columbia Tele-
|)hono Company have received twelve tons of
ropper wire from San Francisco. This will
string 144 miles. Within a month Rossland
and Spokane will be connected.
—The Manufacturers' and Producers' Asso-
ciation is engaged in a present effort to have
freight rates from San Francisco and Eastern
points reduced to the amounts now being paid
by Eastern shippers to this coast.
—San Diego, Cal,, proposes a contract for
the development of a supply of water which
will impose a municipal debt of §l,r)(JO,UU(J.
The proposal to contract another $100,000 of
debt for an electric light plant is not favorably
received.
—In MtO the Chine, Cal., beet sugar factory
^'rew ;00U acres of beets, producing t>4,U00
ions of beets, an average of '.32SU pounds of
crude sugar per acre. The net profit to the
factory was about $240,000. The average re-
turn per acre to growers of beets was $33.75.
—The grade on the Sierra Railroad is now
tinished to Tulloch's ranch, and within a few
days the grade will be complete to the Emery
ranch. Two large trestles must be constructed
at once— one at Tulloch's and one on the Mc-
Kinnie ranch. A large force of men will be
put on the rock work in the mountains in a
lew days.
—The Southern Pacific Company is con-
sidering the closing of the sixty-mile gap in
the coast division. There will" be required I
twenty-seven iron bridges in this distance.
The cost of building the sixty miles will be
about $2,500,000. The coast route will not
shorten the distance by rail between San
Francisco and Los Angeles; it will be 4SS
miles as against 4W by the San Joaquin
Valley route. At present it is 231;^ hours,
and this will be cut to 17.
—The line of boats from Golden, on the
C. P. R. li., down the Columbia, with that
from Jennings, on the Kootenay river, north
into the Fort Steele country, has been consol-
idated. The combined concern will be known
as the International Navigation Company. It
is a branch of the C. P. R. R. service. There
are already live steamers on these routes,
and the sixth is building. The new company
has one contract to carry 4500 tons galena ore
from the North Star mine to Jennings.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Logan G. M. Co., S. F. ; J. C. Young, D.
Hughes, W. Johnstone, J. J. Scoville, G. L.
Brown ; capital stock, $500,000 ; $250 subscribed.
Behemoth Con. G. M. Co., S. F. ; D. A.
Donelson, A. T. Sherwood, J. B. Whitney, C.
Williams, G. T. Emery ; capital stock, $UOO,000;
.?5,U00 subscribed.
Caro M. Co., S. F. ; F. S. Samuels, J. L. and
F. L. Mudge, I. Stewart, J B. Smith; capital
stock, $250,000; $500 subscribed.
Jupiter M. Co., S. F. ; B. J. C. and A. O.
Wendt, I. Cantour, V. Pouclet; capital stock,
-*10, 000,000; $2,500 subscribed.
Big Ledge Mining Company, San Bernar-
dino. Directors— S. Theis, Perry; M. Peacock,
Los Angeles; C. B. Morris, San Bernardino;
capital stock, $100,000; subscribed, $21,040.
National Con. M. Co., Redding, Cal. ; capi-
tal stock, $1,000,000; G. Schmitt, G. F. Volz,
■C. Rehn, C. WoUpert, J. Seharff.
■Recently Declared flining Divi-
dends.
The Morning Star Mining Company of Iowa
Hill, Cal., has declared its seventy-sixth divi-
■dend of $5 per share.
Swansea, Utah, $5000; payable April 20th.
South Swansea, Utah, $7500; payable April
lyth.
Geyser-Marion,Utah, $9000 ; payable April 31.
Rambler-Cariboo Company, British Colum-
bia, $30,000; payable April 15.
Mercur, Utah. Mining Company, $35,000,
.April 20. Other Utan mining company divi-
dends are: Geyser-Marion, ^9000; Swansea,
$5000; South Swansea, $7500.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Montana,
-*1, 500, 000, a total of $3,750,000 to date.
Anchoria-Leland M. Co., Colorado, $6000;
April 15.
Calumet & Hecla M. Co., Michigan, $500,-
-1100; April 33.
Portland M. Co., Colorado, $30,000; April 15.
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Personal.
CuAs. CuEN of Grass Valley, Cal., has gone
to Mexico to examine some mining properly.
Alhekt Maltm.^n of Grass Valley, Cal., will
take charge ol some mining operations in
northern China.
LiKt T. Peahv, of Arctic fame, has been
transferred from the New York navv yard to
Mare Island, Cal.
U. Cavm.i, has returned from South Africa
and will manage the Poorman Gold Mines,
Ltd., at Silver City, Idaho.
J. F. McDitXNELL of Virginia, Nevada, has
orgunl/ed a branch of the Western Federation
of Miners In Tuolumne Co.. Cal.
Jb-sse MiE.LKK has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Scotia Mining and Milling
Company on Toulon mountain, on the Cal-
vllie reservation, Washington.
LoL'is Williams has been appointed super-
intendent of the Uolroit Copper Company at
Moronci, Ari/ooa, control of which was lately
acquired by the Copper (^lueen Company.
John Hav,> Hammond, resident consulting
engineer in London of the Consolidated Gold
Fields, returned to England last week from
South Africa. It is his intention to return to
California shortly.
Hamilton Smith, who has long been man-
aging director of the Exploration Company of
London, which he and De Crano founded, has,
owing to want of time, given that position up,
but remains in the board of directors.
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IN
PIPE LINES
Ity the iiseol'this <le-
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speeds can be far
more easily niain-
t ai ne<l , a n <l all
danger of iiyury to
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Minimum power and water required. Requires
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water is returned and used over and over again.
Light, durable and easily transported, Simple in
construction and inexpensive.
^"'EDISON MACHINE COMPANY,
240 West 'Wasblne:toii Street,
I'HOENIX ARIZONA.
Our cataloffue S Is sent
free for the HBklngr. It llsta
bookH pertaining- to all llie
sciences. A copy should be
li.'id for ready reference by
those dcBlrlng- electrical,
medical, enplneerlng-. scien-
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everybody at wholesale prices.
Moiitjjoinery Wiird & Co., Chicago.
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L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
22« MARKET ST., N. E. Corner Front (Up Stairs), San
Francisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
of models. Tin and braaswork All communica-
tions strictly confidential.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Montsomery St., San Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction, Cal.
FOR SALE.
The four Boilers now in use at the Crovru
MUls, together with Fronts, Valves, Grate-
Bars, etc., are olTered for Sale.
Delivery can be made on or about the 1st of May.
For further particulars. Inquire of
STOCKTON MILLING CO.,
STOCKTON CALIKORNI A.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Established In Colorado,
186ti. Samples by mall or express will receive
prompt and careful attention. Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress 1786 and 1733 Lawrence Street, Denver, Colo.
DYNAMOS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
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Professional Cards.
HERBERT LAING,
Mining and Smelting Engineer,
Albany Hotel, Oakland, Cal.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
[Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,
De Lamar, Owyhee €o., Idaho.
, BEBNAKD MACDONALD,
(Consulting Mining Engineer,
) Butte, Montana.
[ Codes : Bedford McNeils and Morelng & Nells. (
BERTRAH HUNT, P.I.C. P.C.S.
Chemist and Metallurgist.
i (Asent Gold and Silver Ex. Co. of America, (
i Ltd.) 216 SANSOME STREET, S. F.. CAL. ■
t J. K. EVELETH. V. H. M. MAOLYMONT.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
! Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses^
of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines.
► lO Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal. J
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
I Designing and Consulting
' MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC
; ENGINEERS.
431 Market St., Cor. First St.,
\ Telephone BLACK 2403 San Franoiaco, Cal.
The Evans Assay Office. .
W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor. ;
Successor to Jehu & Ogden. ]
I 63S Montgomery Street, San Francisco. ^
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block. j
' Ore Assays, Analyses or Minerals, Metals '
and their Alloys, Etc.
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
( School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, >
J Electrical and Mining: Engineering. ?
S Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and AsBaying. i
- 933 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. (
OPEN ALL YEAR. \
A. VAN DEB NAILLEN, President. C
I Assaying of Ores, $26; Bullion and Chlorination (
Assay, $25; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Full Course (
of Assaying, $50. Established 1864.
, tW" Send for Circular.
f Mining and Metallurgical Work In All ]
) Branches.
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex-
{ perlments on rebellious ores for treatment by i
) cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
> ports upon mining properties.
RICHARD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
L Cable address : Richpark.
I Crocker Buildiog San Francisco, Cal.
CHARLES P. QRIMWOOD,
I Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,
2 Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
"V'jONES' " ' G. M. EDMONDSON.
■ JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort. ,
S Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block, (
Colorado Springs, Colo.
J. HOWARD WILSON,
I /\ssaye>i" and <Z:h^mlst,
t 306 Santa Fe ATeuue, Pueblo. Colo. .
C Correspondence solicited with SHIPPERS OF J
' ORE TO COLORADO SMELTERS. ^
eENVEB SCHOOL OF MINES. 1*215 15th St.
ablished in 1877. Prof. P. J. Stanton. Princi-
and experienced assistants. Assaying
( taught for ¥25, in two weeks. Courses in miner-
S alogy. metallurgy, mining, surveying, geology.
\ Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor- ^
/ respoudence. Assays warranted correct. Lady \
) pupils received. Investments made and in- (
> formation given in reliable miuinfr properties^
ROOM 49. CROCKER BUILDING.
< Cor. Market and Montgomery Sts., San Francisco. ]
? Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE
( Mining Property. Principals desiring valuable J
- quartz or gravel Investments at reasonable {
prices will do well to see what I may have, i
Only legitimate mining properties handled. <
Assaying and Mill Tests.
[Twenty years' experience with]
Pacific coast ores.
[ 23 STEVENSON ST., SAN FR.-VNCISCO.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
ESTATE ASSAY OFFICE,;
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
dustrial Products, Foods. Medicines, etc., etc.
Court Experting in all branches of Chemical '
Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In-
vestigation of Metallurgical and Manufactur- ;
Ing Processes. Consultations on all questions^
of appllt^d chemistry. Instructions given in
assaying and all branches of chemistry.
A. H. WARD.
->- ESTABLISHED 1869. 4-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET, - . - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling^.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONOENTKATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Works
And Chemical Laboratory.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
|oheok youi- ASSAYERS, or do your OWN}
Assaying by the SIMPLE METHOI>S of
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(INCORPORATED.)
} HG O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, Cal.
HENRY E. HIGHTON,
> ATTORNEYand COUNSELLOR, <
TThomas
Twenty-six years practical experience in
I metal mining. Will make reports ttpon prop- 5
( erty, or furnish properties to purchasers, if >
( desirous to invest in the Cripple Creek gold \
> district, all on short notice. <
f References furnished in Denver or San Fran- \
) Cisco. Branch ofBce. Room 25. tenth floor. Mills c
> Building, San Francisco, care S. K. Thornton, {
S or THOMAS B. EVERETT. Box 195, Denver, /
5 Colo. Registered cable, Everett, Denver. )
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ABBOT A. HANKS,
Chemist and Assayer. Successor
to Henry G. Hanks, established
1866. The super-
vision of sampling
of ores shipped to
San Francisco ai
specialty.
—718—
Montgomery Street,
San Francisco.
5 Mod
' R. J. Walter, Felix A. Walter, H. S. Walter.
► Mining Properties Examined and Reported on.
\A/rtLTER BROTHERS,
' Mining Engineers and Metallurgists. Estab-
I lished in Colorado In 1871*. Assay Office & Cliem-
I ical Laboratory, 1452 Blake St.. Denver, Colo.
Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOHIV TAYLOR <fe CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
FURNACES, SCALES,
BALANCES.
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES.
CHEniCALS AND
CHEHICAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
j Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid. sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
ANGELS IRON WORKS,
0EIVIARE5T & PULLEN, Props.
Mining Machinery.
Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
TUTTH ILL WATER WHEEL.
The Latest and Best Jet Wheel in the Market. BARRING NONE.
AVheels, Backets aud Nozzles Designed to Suit Special Requirements. When Head and
Conditions Are Given.
Theoretically as Well as Practically Perfect. Highest Efficiency Guaranteed.
CONTRACTS TAKEN FOR ANY SIZE PLANT.
We have a Sensitive, Simple and Durable Governor, entirely new and novel, that will positively
regulate speed of wheel. Specially adapted for electric railway and lighting plants.
AVrlte for Catalogue.
OAKLAND IRON WORKS, Builders,
108 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Telephone 1007 Main.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN-^CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
London Head Office ..8 Drapers Gardens.
Laboratory and Ore Testing Flant» 1530 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit In treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores^
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pblatan-Clerici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for U. S.
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
I Brown's Conaplete Automatic Mill
Process.
PATENTEE- Brown's System of 3Iechanically
Stirred Roasting. Cooling and
'. Conveying Furnuces, Etc.
1607-8 Maniattan Building, Chicago, Illinois.
T"t Callfoi-nia
THE CELEBRATED
HAMMERED STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
Warranted Not To Clip Off or Batter Up. A HOltlE PRODUCTION.
Also, Best Refined Cast Tool Steel, Well Bit Steel, Heavy and Light
Iron and Steel Forgings of All Descriptions.
PRICES UPON APPLICATION.
GEO. W. PENNINGTON & SONS, ^'« """ """sA'N^PRANctl'co. cal.
o
NE CENT Per Hour is Cheap,
That is what ■> WEBER " GASOLINE ENGINES COST to run per H. P.
Simple, Safe, Reliable, Economical. Get Posted. Address WEBEK
GAS & GASOLINE ENGINE CO.. MO .S. II'. Boulevard. Kansas City, Mo.
April 24, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
353
IFRASER & CHALMERS, "'"''Z^t^'^^i
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY,
j Beg to announce that^they
now manufacture and contro
the sale of the unrivaled
OTTO AERIAL:::::
^^^^ TRAMWAY
I Over Seven Hundred lines
in operation.
I Spans up to Two Thousand
feet and more.
I Highest Awards at World's I
Columbian Exposition.
' Catalogues sent on applica-
tion, giving full description
and details.
Otto Aerial Tramways
Give the best workincr re-
o
suits m every case, and never-
failing satisfaction.
All difficulties of transpor-
tation surmounted by an eco-
nomical and effective carrier.
Be sure you investigate
the Otto Tramway before
purchasing.
Write us your requirements
and we will take pleasure in
preparing complete specifica-
tions.
FRASER & CHALMERS,
Hanufacturers of the
Otto Tramway.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence of wearing parts, high eftlclency and facility of adaptation to varying conUitions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the marhet. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XRAINSi^ISSIOIN
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.
t2l and 1:23 Alain Street,
San F'rancisco, Gal.
Double-Jointed Ball-Bearing HydrauliC GiailtS.
Roller, steel and Special CHAINS
ton
ELEVATING
CONVEYING !
MACHINERY
rO&HiL^'DLI^*0 UATE!lIALOrAU.EIKDS.
COAL MININQ MACHINERY-
Western Branch, Denver, Colo,
THE JEFFREY MJPii. CO., Colnmbust Ohio.
8«nd for Catalogue. 163 Washington St., New ro^K.
The above presents an improved Double- Join ted Ball-Bearing Hydraulic Giant which we
build. The improvement consists of the introduction of a Bail Bearing by which the pressure of the
water is reduced to a minimum and the direction of the nozzle chant^ed at will with ease.
Catalogues and prices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS, 33 to 44 Fremont St., San Francisco, Cal.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
lUanafacturers of ARsayers' and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Ainsworth Balances.
BowMiiss.eourasi^piiiyiDQpmawm^^cimiLsiDKiCTMi'itsCHiiiiijjsNmBPPmsiw^
lltE^&»iKj(jM,^,
immm
SEND FOR BOOKON STEBM.
BMflS,lil.i?Cffli[i[l£rSI?MmBi;o;ilLSilHillltM
CHARLES C. MOOKE, Pacific Coast A^ent, 32 FIKST St., SAIT FKAHCISCO, CAL.
1742-46 Champa 5t., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San Francisco Agents.
HOME MANUFACTURE.
FOWLER'S
Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Covering.
As a Non-CondQctor, Uneqasled.
Special Rates for Steam Boilers and Drums
C. G. Fowler, 656-58 Howard St., S.F.
"CRACK PROOF"
PURE RUBBER BOOTS
Are the CHEAPEST becinse
They Are the Most Durable.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
Set' thm the beds are stamped
"Union India Rubber Co. Crack Proof."
UEST QUALITY
Belting, Packing and Hose.
Cold Si-ttl, itadger and IMuuevr.
Manufactured only by
Goodyear Rubber Co.
R. H. Peask, Vlce-Pres't and Manager,
Nos. 573, 575, 577, 570 MARKET ST., San Francisco.
Nos. 73, 75 FIRST ST., Portland, Or.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA. LTD.
CAPITAL, ■ J550,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
VH&Oe MARK.
IM^ARTHUR-rORRrST PROSOO
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 189S.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArthur-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board In the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler. Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 216
Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPhee Building, Denver. Colorado,
THE ROESSLER & HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Pine Street. Wew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Chloride of Lime
Trade Mark. Sulphlde Of IFOU
And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes.
F*loneer Soreen Vl/orica
JOBN W. Q UXGK, P)-op.
Improved Facilities! Finest Workl Lowest Frlcesl
Perforated Sheet Metals, Steel, Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screene
for AH Uses.
*** MmmG SCREENS A SPECIALTY. *»♦
%31 and 233 First Street, San Franclbco, Cal.
I^^^
^^^'
QUARTZ SCREENS <
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
Homogeneous Steel, Cast i
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. CALIFORN1.A
PEKFOBATiNG SCREEN Cc. 145 and 147 Bealc St., S.F.
Hoskins' Patent
Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No asties.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS, " ^°"?^iYlofit?r -'
354
Mining and Scientific Press.
April 24, 1897.
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Faclflc Coast.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL ISl'H, 1897.
.^80,5R8.— FuEi.^Frank Batter, Marshfield, Or.
580,592— Refining Asphalt— A. F. L. Bell, Car-
penteria, Cal.
580,759.— STuaip Puller— E. M. Bliss, Tacoma,
Wasb.
."180,778.- Leveling Machine— B. B. DeNure, Ve-
kol, A. T.
580,819.— Smoothing Machine- F. E. Fay, Los
Angeles. Cal.
580,574.— F ADC ET AND VALVE— F. H. Fowler, S. P.
580,600,— Wind Engine— T. R. Goth, S. F.
580,692.— Bearing— J. Himes, Port Blalieley, Wash.
580,693,— Bearing— J. Himes, Port Blakeley, Wash.
580,788.— Animal trap— J. Killefer, Los Angeles,
Cal.
580,604.— ^FiRE RBMOVEEt—R. M. Otey, San Jacinto,
580,557.— Headlight— R. P. Schwerin, S. F.
580,560- - Fruit Slicer— I. Scoville, Oakland, Cal.
580,808.— Windmill— H. Soeliner, S. F.
580,563.— Fruit Cutter— M. B. Totten, Colusa. Cal.
580,823.— Hose Reel— G. H. Williams, Los Angeles,
Cal.
26,889.- Design for Check Hook— L. Heibner,
Red Bluff, Cal.
Note.— Plain and Certified CopleB of U. S. and For-
eign patents obtained by Dewey &. Co., by mall or
telegraphic order. American and Poreigrn patents
secured, and general patent business transaiited
wltb perfect security, at reasonable rates, and in
the shortest possible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through. Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention ;
Faucet and Valve.— Frank A. Fowler, San
Francisco, Cal. No. 6S0,.574. Dated April 13,
1897. This invention relates to a discharge
nozzle or faucet which may be applied to cans
or receptacles of any kind containing liquid
from which it is desired to withdraw the con-
tents from time to time. It is especially
applicable to cans containing oils. It consists
of an interior spring-actuated controlling
valve, an air vent connecting with the nozzle,
a means for operating the valve and controll-
ing the air vent simultaneously, so that the
air vent is opened when the nozzle is opened
and closed when the latter is closed. The
device may be locked when the valves are
closed, so as to prevent any leakage or escape
therefrom.
Fruit Cutter. — M. B. Totten, Colusa, Cal.,
assignor of one-third to Joseph B. Cooke,
same place. No. 580,563. Dated April 13, 1S97.
This invention relates to a hand implement or
tool for cutting fruit so as to remove the pits
therefrom preparatory to drying. It consists
of opposing blades, each having a distinct cut-
ting edge at its point and heel and an inter-
vening cutting edge of curved or recessed
form adapted to embrace and hold the pit
while the severed sections of fruit are being
removed, these blades being arranged to
oveiiap at the point and heel on opposite sides
so as to prevent their springing sideways
while holding the pit.
Process of Manufacturing Ftiel.— Frank
Batter, Marshfield, Or. No. 5S0,.^idS. Dated
April 13, 1897. This invention relates to the
manufacture of fuel from lignite and coal con-
taining a low percentage of fixed carbon. It
consists in subjecting the material to a low
temperature in a closed retort to dry off the
moisture and volatile products, then collect-
ing and condensing the volatile products and
allowing the gases therefrom to return to the
retort furnaces to be used as a fuel after
being first subjected to a washing action,
then withdrawing the residue from the re-
torts, reducing it to line particles or powder,
withdrawing the tar and oil resulting from
condensation of the volatile products aod mix-
ing them with the reduced residue from the
retort, then subjecting the mass to pressure,
baking it and separating it into blocks or
ingots in molds, where it is subjected to pres-
sure to form permanent blocks.
Electric Headlight. — R. P. Schwerin,
San Francisco, Cal., assignor to Market
Street Railway Co. No. 580,557. Dated April
13, 1897. This invention relates to the class
of illuminating devices and is especially
adapted as an electric light to be carried by
electrically operated cars. A parabolic casing
is constructed having a top opening, a lamp
socket fixed therein; the parabolic mirror
within the casing is separated from the lamp
to form a ventilating space or channel, and an
air inlet opens into the bottom of the casing
just in front of the lower edge of the mirror,
and an outlet between the outer portion and
the ventilating space, tbence to the open air.
The front of the casing has a flat glazed door,
through which the light is delivered. The
casing is supported upon a jointed leg so that
it may be set to any desired angle. The exit
openings for the escape of air are protected
by a shield.
Apparatus for Refining Asphaltum. — Ar-
thur F. L. Bell, Carpenteria, Cal., assignor to
the Alcatraz Asphalt Co., San Francisco, Cal.
No. 580,592. Dated April 13, 1897. This in-
vention relates to the general class of refin-
ing apparatus and is especially applicable to
refining asphaltum. It consists essentially of
a rotatable closed drum to receive a jar of
material, means for admitting air or steam to
the interior of the drum, and a means to per-
mit the escape of the gases therefrom. The
drum has a hollow axle, into one end of which
the air and steam are admitted and allowed
to pass into pipes or passages which discharge
into the mass of material toward the bottom.
A Great IVIining Triumph.
Capt. J. R. DeLaraar, of New York City, is one of the largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
the world. After the most careful investigation he purchased in August, 1895, two Griffin Mills, and his
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words.
Nbw York, Jan. g, 1896.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. GciUlcmcn ;~Tlie Iwo Griffin Mills li;ive been in operation now for qo days on llie
hardest rock, with tUe exception of corundnm, that I Have ever met during my mining life. Tliey have taken the rock direct
from the breaker, and they average about 20 tons to each macliine, 40 mesh rine, without elevating or bulling. We simply put
a y^ mesh screen around the Griffin Mill, and the stuff comes out 40 mesh fine or over, which makes it an excellent pulp for
leaching by cyanide or chlorination ; therefore we have concluded to order 10 more Griffin Hills. We have tried high-speed
rolls and dry stamps, and after looking into the Huntington Dry Pulverizer, the Narod Puherizer. ihe Stedman Pulverizer,
ihe Frisbie Lucop, the Cook, and various other dry pulverizers, unhesitatingly recommend your Griftln Mill to any one.
Yours truly, (Signed) J. R. DeLAMAR.
HOW 10 CRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
DeLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO.,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 24, 1S96.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. Geutlemcn ;~In answer to your inquiry as to what the " Griffin Mill" is doing at our
DeLamar Mill, DeLamar, Nevada, we beg to state that we often run 3 10 tons per day with 10 of your mills in operation, and
on one occasion these 10 mills produced 408 tons in one day. I have no hesitancy in stating that they will regularly produce
at least 30 tons per day each on our ore, which is extremely and unusually hard.
Yours very truly, H. A. COHEN, General Mattager.
These strong letters coming from such 'representative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the " Griffin Mill " will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
Ltt us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which vnW tell you all
about the Mill and bring to you other evidence of its great achievements.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO., 92 state St., Boston, Mass.
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HERCULES
CJMS, <3/\SOLIINE ii\IND DISTILLATE ErNGIINES.
HOISTING ENGINES,
3 11. p. to 200 h. p.
STATIONARY ENGINES,
1 h. p. to 200 h. p.
MAKINE ENGINES.
3 li. p. to 200 h. p.
Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER insures a saving of 50% on
cost of running. Just V4 your expense SAVED BY USING A HERCULES in place of ANY .
other. We make no exception.
NEARLY 3000 HERCULES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
ACTUAL USE. HIGH GRADE.
We claim fall power, aatomatic and positive adjastment regulating speed and cou-
samption of fuel in proportion to work being performed. No spring electrodes to barn out.
All springs are outside. Point of ignition, speed and amount of fuel can be changed
while engine is In operation.
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG.
EsTABLjsBEi, 1880. ^^^^^^^ HERCULES GiS ENGINE WORKS,
WORKS: 315,317,219,231,333,325,337,229,331 Bay St. OFFICE: 405-407 Sansome St., San Francisco.
r^TT! A "F??^ p. X. XAVLOR & CO.
^- T-^ ^ l^m. IfcJ^^J 523 TVVisslon St., San F^rancisoo, Cc&l.
The opposite end of tbe axle is designed to
permit the escape of gases and vapors and hol-
low shields are so disposed with relation to
the inlet and outlet openings as to protect the
openings from the contents of the drum, the i
arrangement being such that the air or steam
is continually injected into the lower part [
containing the asphaltum, and the inlet and ,
discharge openings are protected. |
Frujt Slicing Machine. —Ives Scoville,
Oakland, Cal. No. 580,560. Dated April 13,
1S97. This invention relates to the class of
slicing machines and is especially adapted for
slicing such fruit as peaches after they have
been peeled and the stones or pits removed.
It consists essentially of a fruit holder having
a recessed end to form a segmental socket,
which receives the end of the fruit and hav-
ing a horizontal forward projeciing support
upon which the fruit rests while being ad-
vanced to the slicing devices. These sficing
devices consist of a series of radially disposed
knives, towards which the slidable horizontal
support or plate and the holder are movable.
The holder is slotted so that the slots conin-
cide with the blades, and when the holder is
pushed forward the fruit will be subdivided
by these blades, which pass into the slots of
the holder sufficiently for that purpose.
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Genuine English Pump Leather
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ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
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of from 15 to 25 tons per day of 24 hours. It is simplicity itself. Nn
moving belts or intricate parts. 'Anyone can learn to operate in an hour.
For connrmalion of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breokenridge, Col.; M. E. Smith
L'oQcentraior, Golden, Col. ; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Col. ; W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs.
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WORKS OF THE CON. KANSAS CITY SMELTING AND REFINING CO. AT LEADVILLE, COLO.
GATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKER
still leads the world. It has greatly cheapened the coat of macadam and ballast, and m ade low grade ores profitable
180 large sizes shipped to South Africa.
g^ ■ ■■■ ■ ■■ I " of improved designs. Nothing equal to
General Mining machinery High Grade comish roiu,
stamps, Concentrators, Connersville Blowers, High Speed Engines,
Cyanide and Ciorinating Equipments.
The Gates Improved Vanner Concentrators.
Every appliance for the mining and milling of ores.
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Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, April 22, 1897.
There is a steady but, as yet, a slow in-
crease in the volume of goods going out. From
the agricultural sections the call, so far, has
not come up to expectation, this, doubtless,
is owing to dry weather and the need in many
locality of rains at an early day to insure a
good yield of grain. So far the fruit crop
prospects are favorable for a large yield, yet
it will be from one to three weeks before it
can be known how much the fruit has set,
if favorable then there will be more disposi-
tion to bay goods and make improvements in
anticipation of a large outturn. Manufac-
turers report that the outlook favors the ex-
pectation that there will be a decided increase
in demand for all kinds of work. The tariff
question is somewhat of a disturbing factor at
present, but this will soon be set at rest by
the Senate committee's report on the House
bill. It is generally conceded that nearly all,
if not all the amendments that will be rec-
ommended will be accepted by the House.
In the local money market tbere is absolute-
ly nothing new to report. The rates of dis-
count are being shaded on gilt-edge security
and call loans. For term loans the rates at
commercial banks are unchanged, but the
savings banks are disposed to more ease. The
expectation that large requirements will
come for crop moving purposes makes banks
rather conservative in placing time loans. It
is stated that some inquiry is being made as
to accommodations later on or within the
next two or three months. There are consider-
able quiet inquiries in the market for gold
mining properties. It is stated that quite a
number will change hands if expert reports
are favorable. The New York market is
reported as follows : "The money market ap-
pears to have fallen into a condition of ex-
treme lethargy and nothing but the fact that
many of the banks will not mark down their
rates below 2% keeps the call money rate
above 1%. The principal banks prefer to have
call loans paid off than to reduce below 3%.
Their argument is that if they loan below
this rate it would eventually mean a \% rate
for call money and that within a very short
time. They argue that they would have to
keep twice as much money outstanding with
money at 1% as they now keep in order to
earn the same profit, with double the risk.
In their opinion this is not good business. It
is better to have loans paid off to a moderate
extent. The Trust companies are taking a
lot of business from the Clearing House
banks, especially street loans. These com-
panies are apparently willing to make the
best of existing rates in thecaiUoan market."
London advices continue to report an active
demand for gold with the premium not only
sustained, but tending to stronger figures.
New fork Silver Prices.
New Yoke, April 22. — Following are the
closing prices for the week :
, Silver in .
London. xV. Y.
Friday 28 7-16 62
Saturday 28 7-16 62
Monday 28 7-16 62
Tuesday 28 7-16 62
Wednesday 28 7-16 63
Thursday 38 7-16 61 15-16
Copper. Lead, Iron. Tin.
Fri....I140 @11 60 3 26 10 00@12 50 13 30
Sat. . .11 35 @11 6U 3 25 10 00@12 50 13 25
Mon.-.ll 30 ©1150 3 27^ 10 00@12 50 13 20
Tue. ..1130 @11 50 3 30 iO 00@13 50 13 20
Wed . .11 2a @U 50 3 30 10 00@12 50 13 20
Thur. .11 35 @11 50 3 30 10 00@12 50 13 20
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Gall Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft I7i^c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 30e Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.873^
London Merchants 84.86^
London Sight Bankers 14.89 J<
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine „ 613^
Mexican Dollars. 49@&U
SILVER.— The market held steady at 62
cents up to to-day, when it was a shade lower.
The demand is stow not only here, but at th^
East. The last steamer for the Orient took
out only §144,US in bullioa. The East re-
ports a slow market. Our London advices are
to the efEect that steady holding in the
United States keeps the market from break-
ing, owing to the very light demand from all
sources.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The last steamer
for China took out 14,998 dollars. The market
is slow, with a very light inquiry reported.
The East reports a quiet market, with shaded
prices necessary to place a round parcel.
QUICKSILVER.— The market here is re-
ported practically unchanged so far as quota-
tions are concerned, but the demand is
enlarging. The Eastern markets, at last mail
advices^ were easier. The last steamer for
CentralAmerica took out 120 flasks.
Our market is quoted at $40 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.~The market has been sinking
at the East and abroad for fully one month
until prices are now, it would seem, low
enough to justify buying. In our market
quotations are not given lower, yet buyers
can get concessions. James Lewis & Sons
write under date of April 2nd from Liverpool
as follows; ''The quantity of Chile bars at
Liverpool and Swansea is now reduced to
19,282 tons, against 30,008 tons a year ago,
while the invisible supply of copper both in
England and on the continent must be much
less than it was on the 1st of January of this
year. European consumption continues on a
large scale, and a great increase is expected
in the course of the year in the United States,
so large that a leading American authority
anticipates that the exports to Europe this
year will not exceed 80,000 tons, against
125,000 tons in 1896."
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing @H^
Ingot, wholesale @13i4
Sheet copper @17
Bolt J.i& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17
LEAD— There is a continued free consump-
tion. Prices at the East and with us have
not varied much the past week.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — @ 4 50
Sheet 5 63!4@ 6 12^
Pipe 4 87^2® 5 37!/2
SHOT. — The market is steady with only a
fair jobbing demand reported.
Our market is quoted as follows:
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs.. .81 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 60
Buck. Balls and Chilled, do, " " ... 1 60
TIN.— The market with us is dull for both
pig and plate, owing to the bulk of wants hav-
ing been met. There is reported a quiet
market, with lower prices ruling for pig.
Plates are steady at combination prices.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
Pig, per lb 141^c@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 05@ 4 15
" " light, " 3 95® —
POWDER— The market is steady.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from 11^-40 to 17^40, according to
strength and quantity; No. 2, from 9c to He,
according to strength and quantity.
BORAX, — The market is reported fairly
active.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in oar lots, in barrels 5
Refined, in carload lots In sacks 4%
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated. " 4V4
LEAD.— There is a fairly free consumption.
The East reports quieter markets, with St.
Louis not so strong, owing to a falling oflf in
the demand.
IRON.— There is practically nothing new to
report. The market is firmer for foreign and
steadier for American. The East reports
that Southern furnacemen think that no
further reduction can be made in prices.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $20 00 $32 00
Thomas 21 00 23 00
Salisbury 29 00 31 50
BNGLISB.
Barrow $21 00 |23 00
Gartsherrie 31 50 23 00
COAL.— 1*he demand is light for all de-
scriptions, but the market is held steady.
The consumption of steam is expected to show
a large increase this year.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington $8 00@
Greta 6 00@ 6 50
Nanaimo 6 50@ 7 00
Qihoaan , 5 50@ 6 00
Seattle 5 50@ 6 00
Coos Bay -^ 4 75
Cannel 8 00®
Egg. hard 12 00@13 00
Wallsend 6 50@
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 35
Scotch Splint
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 00
West Hartley 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot,lnbulk 10 00 @
" in sacks 11 00 @ 13 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is steady.
Our market is quoted at 7y^@S%c in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote 7>^c
for Cookson's, 7@7^cXor Hallett's and 7c
for Japanese.
NAILS,— The market is firm.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $2 25
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " " 3 10
ChemlcalB.
The market is quite firm for all lines af-
fected by tariff legislation, but importers and
jobbers are not disposed to advance values
until the Senate bill is reported. This bill, it
is thought, will be passed with only a few
changes. The East reports strong markets,
but with few changes in quotations, and
these are of no consequence.
SPELTER.— The market is quiet.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
NICKEL ANODES.— The markets here and
at the East are firmer.
PLATINUM. —Dealers report a light
inquiry.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to ^15 per ounce.
ZINC— The market is steady at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is firm.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— There is nothing new to re-
port.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
BONEASH.— The market is firm.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, Bhic: No.
2, 3>ic.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%. —The market is fairly
yVlIINHNCJ /\SSESS7VVEINTS.
Company and Location. No. Amt.
AlpbaConM&MCo,Nev....l8.... 5c...
Belchers M Co, Nev 54.... 25c...
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal...ll 3c...
Channel Bend M Co, Cal 7.... 2c...
ConCal& Va M Co, Nev 8.... 25c...
Confidence SM Co, Nev 28,... 30c...
Crown Point G & S M Co,Nev.70.. . .20c. . ,
East Best & Belcher, Nev 5 15c. . .
Eureka Con DM Co, Cal 8.... 5c...
Golden StateM Co, Idaho.... 1.... K,'c.
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 46.... 5c...
Hale& Norci'oss S M Co, Nev.lU. . . .10c. . .
Horseshoe Bar Con M Co, Cal. 7 lOe. . .
JamisonMCo 9. .. 5c...
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal. 6 lOc...
MesicanG&SM Co, Nov.... 56 ...20c...
Overman S M Co, Nev 77 lOc. .
Potosi M Co, Nev 47. . . .20c . . .
Savage M Co, Nev 93 20c.. .
Seg Belcher & Mides Con M
Co, Nev 19.... 5c...
Sierra Nevada S M Co, Nev. 112 2oc. . .
Sulphur Bank QM Co, Cal.... 5.... 25c...
TenaboM& M Co., Nev 1....50e-..
Thorpe M Co, Cal 6.... Si^c.
Union Con M Co, Cal 1 10c .. .
Union Con S M Co, Nev 54.... 20c...
Levied, Delinq't and S2le. Secretary.
.Mar 2.. Apr 5.. Apr 27 CE Elliott, 309 Mont^omei'v
.Mar 2. .Apr 6, Apr 27 C L Perkins, Mltis Bide
. Mar 22. .Apr 23. .May 15 j Stadfeld
.Mar 22.. Apr 24. .May 17 J P Langhoi-De. 39 Sutter
.Mar 8. .Apr 13, .May 3 A W Havens. 309 Montgomerv
.Mar 12.. Apr 16. .May 7 A S Groth, 414 OiUlfomia
•-Mar 24. .Apr 28. .May 19. . . .James Newlauds, Mills Buildiae
.Mar 25.. Apr 26..Majl3 E VV Sichei, 337 Piul
.Apr 2.. May la.. June h D M Kent, 330 Plae
.Mar 29.. May L.May 17 E Logan, lOl Van NesR
.Mar 30.. May 8.. May 29 W J Gurneit, 3U8 Pine
.Mar 20.. Apr 23.. May 14 BR Grayson. 331 Pine
.Mar 8. .Apr 17.. May 8 D M Kent, 330 Plae
.Nov 27. .Apr 24. .June 19 Sam W Cbeyney. 120 Sutter
.Apr 12.. May 24.. June 21 F Mettmann, 237 Twelfth
Mar 3. .Apr 7.. Apr 39 C E Rlliott. .319 MoDtsomery
.Apr 12. May 17. .June 7 Geo D Edwards, 414 Californlu
.Mar 10. .Apr 14. .May 5 C E Elliott, 3U9 Moatgomerv
.Apr 13. .May 17 June 7 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 6., May 10.. May 39 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomerv
.Mar 2. .Apr 6. .Apr 36 E L Parker, 309 Montgomerv
.Mar 33. .May 3. .June 3 T Wintringham, 306 California
.Mar 29.. May 4.. May 24 T J Read, 606 Suuei-
.Apr 14. .May 33.. June 13 A F Prey, Pdelan Building
.Mar 18. .Apr 22. .May 10 J M Fleicher. 330 Sansome
-Apr 7.. May 11.. June 1 A P Swaiu, 309 Montgomery
active, but steady at 2J4c per pound in a
jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% {LeBIanc process).- The
market is quiet but firm at $1.70 per ioD lbs.
in a jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OP SODA.— There is a
fair demand at 2^c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— Advices from the
East are unchanged.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is firm at 6
to 12c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at &/^c per pound in car-
boys.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is slower.
We quote in a jobbiog way at l^oC per lb for
66%.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Our market is steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4f>^c per
pound.
Mining 3hare Market.
San Pkancisco. April 22. 1897.
The market has continued fatrly active at
generally firmer prices. The action of the
market gives unmistakable evidence of its
being manipulated for a coming de^l. The
moves also indicate that strooger parlies are
in the background who are pumping ouiside
shareholders of their long-held assesstuent
paid shares, and at figures considerably be-
low what have been paid in assessments.
There can be no doubt that, the mines, taken
as a whole, were ne\er in better condition for
working to the west, or in any other direc-
tion, while the general condition — financial,
manufacture, or general business — of the
country is shaping itself in line with greater
activity and more prosperous times which will
give strong support to a speculative bull cam-
paign this summer and fall, not only in the
East, but also on this coast. It looks now as
if the many ways by which the mines have
been looted in the past, have been well ven-
tilated through the press and law suits so as
to make it impossible to bring a new action at
law against those guilty, owing to its being
outlawed by time after the tacts had been
made known. This, of course, does not apply
to the cases now pending in court, but these
will probably be out of the way within a few
months. The advance in Con. Virginia the
past week to §3.10 a share, with other north
end shares sympathizing, is said to have been
based on news of an improvement on the 1650- 1
foot level towards the Ophir line. Ofiicial ad- 1
vices do not give much importance to the im-
provement, but private advices do. It is
stated that the vein is 4 feet wide, 2 feet of
which goes considerably over $100 to the ton.
It looks as if more ore is expected in that por-
tion of the mine, for they have prepared for
something of the kind with a two-compart-
ment shaft. The west joint workings oC Ken-
tuck, Crown Point and Yellow Jacket on an
upper level is expected to result in finding
high grade gold ore, provided the west cross-
drift is not stopped before reaching the ore
known to be towards the west. The long
crossdrif t run jointly by Con. Imperial, Chal-
lenge and Confidence ouglLt to be near the
west lode. When this is struck better prices
ought to rule for the shares. There are sev-
eral points along the lode which bear close
watching, provided the work is done honestly
and in the interest of shareholders, and not
operators in the share market in this city.
Ofticial letters from the Comstock mines do
not report any essential changes, yet they
indicate the approach in two or more points,
which ought to give good results before many
weeks pass, unless the inside give word to
have it stopped. In Con. Virginia they are
getting the lUOO-foot level in better working
condition and until this is done it looks as it
it is not the intention to show up the ore
there. The work on the 1550-foot level la
practically unchanged. On the 1650-foot level,
as noted above, an improvement is reported.
There is an increase in the number of tons
raised. Last week there were 94 tons assay-
ing over $42 to the ton. There was milled
135 tons which yielded in bullion an assay
value of §15,124. In Ophir some stringers of
good ore have been struck ia prosecuting, the
work reported in our last issue. In Mexican
fair progress is still the order in running the
west crossdrift on the 1000-foot level. The
total length was 56 feet about one week ago.
From Sierra Nevada, Union and Utah nothing
new from official sources has come to hand.
The work is the same heretofore reported,
while the number of feet run does not vary
much. Some very interesting work is being
done in Andes. Best & Belcher and Gould &
Curry continue to report work in the joint
east crossdrift on the 800-foot Bonner shaft
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
B/\ INKERS
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, I^eases,
Contracts and Secnrities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
V7ILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds |
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method ol working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms,
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeiU's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
^32,Q15,OOo
Paid in Dividends by Utah i*Iining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, Mining Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, 'UTAH.
BROKERS,
No. 1630 Stout Street.
Telephone 1893.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in ] arge or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mall, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
Thomas J. Fry, John Syi.vands,
President. Sec'y & Treas,
T. R. Miller, John D. Fleming,
Vlce-Pres't. Counsel.
CAPITAX. STOCK, $(100,000.
THE
Mining Investment Company,
No. 5S1 to 524 Cooper Balldlng,
DENVER, COLO.
Branch Office, - COLORADO SPRINGS.
(\f\\i\ anA ^ ^^ have prospective purchas-
VJUIU anu ■ ers for developed and producing
I mines and desire to correspond
y- I mines ana aesjre to corresppuu
copper I direct with owners of such prop-
Prnn^rtii^e I^rties. We handle properties on
rTOperilcS I legitimate commission only and
AV"anf*»i1 prefer lo deal with owner or
VYaiilcU. J authorized representatives.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
F^OF? SALE.
Complete workinf? plant. Situation and facilities first class,
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
April 24, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
359
level. Id Savage active exploiting and dead
work Is being done in several levels. \o
work is reported in Chotlar. They are still
opening to the south on the tunnel level in
Potofll. Some ore. about 40 tons, was ex traded
last vreek. It assayed over |4:i to the ion.
Id Bullion work is continued on the north
lateral drift. The work in Alpha is slttl con-
doed to the 50()-foot level. Last week they
averaged 1-foot a day. There is no change in
tfae work being done in any of the Gold Hill
mines, and nothing of much importance is ex-
pected to be reported until the inside man-
agers have frozen outside holders out of the
bulk of their holdings which were bought at
higher figures. No mention has been made
yet of the ore strike made a long lime ago in
two of the mines. The oQicial letters do not
contain anything that would indicate an ex-
pectation of redlscoverinf? the ore at au early
date. In Alta the work is practically the
same as heretofore reported by us. There
are some ugly rumors out about the manage-
ment of this mine.
From the Brunswick lode public advices do
not report any material change from advices
received the preceding week, but private ad-
vices are quite encouraging; yet in operating
In shares it Is not safe to goby the latter even
if they are thoroughly correct. The joint
work being done by Coq. Virginia, Best ^i i
Belcher and <Jould A: Curry is contined to 1
.tinking shaft No. 2, which is down on an in- j
clino about 780 feet, and ruoniug east cross-
drifts on the ;iOO-root level. Id Savage no i
change is reported in the work that is being
done. In Chollar they have about linished {
the station in shaft No. I on the t'»UO-foot level.
They have started three crossdrifts on the
.500-foot level— two to the east and one to the
west. On the 4(lO-foot. HUUfool and 200-foot
levels active exploiting work is the order.
Last week nearly 200 tons of ore were ex-
tracted from these levels and sent to mill.
The battery assays averaged over $17 in gold
and 16 ounces in silver to the ton. This was
higher than the ear sample assays.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Assessment Notices.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.-Locutloii of prin-
cipal place of buHinesH. San PraucUfo. Ciiliroruia:
location of workb, Pourih CroBslue. CalitveruH
Couuiy. Callfurnla.
Notice 1h hcTt-by frivt'i) tliat iit ii n:eu(lii|f of tho
Board of Dlrt'ctorH ht-ld on llitt Utti day of
April. Ibl^T. an atitwAbiiiuiit iNu. til uf .(L'S; ceutB pur
Hharc was levied upon llu- caplial stock of llio cor-
poration, payable linuiedlai*'ly in U[ili*.'d 3tai*^-B
gold fOtn to the secretary, at the offlct* of the
company, room n Phelan biilldInK'. San PranctHco,
California.
Atiy Block upon which thitt iibHcsstnent fihall re-
main unpaid on the 'i'Ul day of May. 18U~. will
Ik* delinquent and adverlUfd for Hale at public
auclloo; and nn vhb pajnuMit Is made before, will
bf HoJd on Mt)NbAY. tlie lltliday of June. 181>7. to
pay the dellnqnout aHMuHBUient. lot^c'ther with the
coHtB of advertlHlng' and expeuHes of sale.
By order of tho Board of Dlrectora.
A. F. FREY. Secretary.
OlBce— Boom 44. Phi'Ian building. San Pranelnco.
California.
MINES.
Apr.
15.
""i:-
Alpba..
$ 08
20
36
Best & Belcher..
$ 68
Bodle
33
1 15
i 05
CoDiolidated California and Virginia..
1 80
12
Gould & Curry..
33
88
32
46
1 00
48
1 05
Potosl . . . ...
63
20
47
55
Sierra Nevada
50
■X
Utah
Yellow Jacket
27
SEG. BKLCHER AND MIDICS CONSOLIDATED
Mlnlntr Company.— Location of principal plaeu of
bimlnfSH. San Francisco. California: location of
works, Gold Hill Mlnluk' District. County of Storey,
Nevada.
Notice Is liureby piven that at a nieetlnt; of the
Board of Dtreetors held on the (Jtli day of April,
IKtI. an assessment (No. H>) of 5 cents per stiare
was levlt'il upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable Immediately In United Slates gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of Ihe eoni-
paiiy. No. suit Moniijomerv street. Room SU. Nevada
bluek. San Francisco. California.
Any 6to(;k upon which this asuesHmeot shall re-
main unpaid on the lllih day of May, IH'.i". will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and, unless payment is made before, will
be sold on SATURDAY. the-J'.Hb day of May. 1897. to
pay the di'linquenl asscssuieiit, tOK-ether wltn the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
Bv order of the Board of Directors.
E. B. HOLMES. Secretary,
OlHce— No. IfOl' Monlffomery street. Room 50, Ne-
vada block, San Francisco. California.
MARGUERITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING
Company,— Location of principal place of busi-
ness, San PraneiBco, California; location of works.
Auburn. Placer County, California.
Notice is hereby elven that at a meeting' of the
Board of Directors, held on the I'Jth day of April,
1S97. au assessment (No. il) of 111 cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable Immediately In United States gold coin, to
the Secretary, at the office of the company, 2oT 1-Hli
street, Sau Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 'ilth day of May. ISH", will
be delinquent and advertised for sale al public
auction; and. unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the -'1st day of June, I8!IT. to
pay tbe delinquent assessment, together with the
coats of advertising- and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
F. METTMANN, Secretary.
Office— 'i;iT l'2lh street, San Francisco, California.
Office hours from o to li o'clock r. ir The Secretary
will also receive payments from 12 to .i iv M. at his
business office, 'i2:i Sansome blreet.
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, April ii, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
too Crown Point 121 100 Mexican 48
taOConCal&Va 1 80 iOO Union 26
H)OQould& Curry .... 321100 Yellow Jacket. .. . 27
^KCOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
400 Best & Bi-lcber... 66,200 Gould & Curry. .. . 33
2U0 6.5;-J00 Mexican 47
flOOChollar 1 05 -J B Ophir 105
100 1 00 llOOPotosi .'J5
aOOConCal & Va. ..A 75,400 Sierra Nevada... . 50
i»0 1 65700 Yellow Jacket.... 26
SOU 1 711
Rainfall and Temperature.
The followiog data for the week ending 5
1. M., April 31, 1897, are from official
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Mining and Scien-
tific Press:
H
H t >i
>
r! r
CALIFOUNIA
STATIONS.
h
OBJ
5gS
inlmum T€
ture for the
aximum Te
ture for the
t)01
"5=
Ox
Po
CD'S ^"0
■ ?
: p
: gs
: p
?'S,?='p
■ "^
■ "^
Eureka
\.0i
49.06' 43.69
40.55
60
40
.34
,11
24.08 17.65
16.98| 19.09
23.80.
19.07
92
87
44
42
San Francisco . . .
in
22.61' 17. ec
22,31
7U
41]
Fresno
'1'
10.53 5,9E
6,63
94
42
San Luis Obispo.
T
20.71i 16.06
80
42
Los Angeles
T
16.741 8.8i
19,07
80
M
San Diego
11.63! 5.80
9.99
51
Yuma
5.35; .88
2 93|H0O
56
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business, San Pranctsco. California;
location of works, on Jamison Creek, near Jolins-
vlUe. Plnniaa County, California.
Notice Is hereby g'lven. that at a meelins' of the
Board of Directors, held on the 27lh day of Novem-
ber, 1896. an assessment (No. 9), of 5 cents per
share, was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately In United States
gold coin to the Secretary, at tlie office of the eoni-
pauy, 120 Sutter street, San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 2flth day of January. 1897, will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 22ud day of March, 18'.)T,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with
the costs of advertlainir and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
OEBce— Room 50, 120 Sutter street, San Francisco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 25ili day of
January. 18'.t7, It was resolved that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid on
the 24th day of February. 18'.(7. wlU be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction; and. unless
payment is made before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the 21st day of April, 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 24lh day of
February, 1697, It was resolved that any stock upon
whicli the above aesesament shall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the 2(!th day of March. 1897. will be de-
linquent and advertised for sale at public auction:
and. unless pavment la made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the 21at day of May. 1897. to pay the delin-
quent asaessment, together with the coats of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
NtockliitlilerH' MeetiuK .Imnistm 5IiiilnK Co.
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
.lamtson Mining Company; In accordance with
the by-laws of the company, the regular annual
meeting of stockholders of the company will be
held at 2 o'clock p. m. on MONDAY, the M of May.
1897. at ihd office of the company, rooms 50 and ."H,
120 Sutter street, San Francisco, California.
By order of ihe Hresident.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Dated San Francisco, April 9, 1897.
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION, hav-
ing received applications to mine by the hydraulic
proceaa from diaries and Bpu Howlelt. in the Hew-
lett claim, near Columbia Hill, Nevada Co., to de-
posit ta.llags in Knapp Ravine, and frum the Mar-
guerite Gravel and Quartz Mining Co., In the
Margaeriie Mine in Eureka Mining District, Nevada
Co.. to deposit tailings in a ravine, gives notice that
a meeting will be held at Room 59. Flood Building,
San Francisco. Cal., on May 10th, 1897, at 1:30 P. M.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting Of the Board of Directors of the
JamlaoD Mining Company, held on the 2ijth day of
March, 1897, It waa resolved that any stock upon
which tbe above assesament shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the 24th day of April. 1S97, will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unleaa payment Is made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the VJth day of June. 1897. to
pay the delinquent assesament, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses or sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.— Notice of Stock-
holders' Meeting of the Steeple Rock Development
Company: In accordance with a resolution pabsed
by the Board of Directors of the Steeple Reck De-
velopment Company, a uicetliig of the stoekliolders
of this conipanv will be held at 'A o'elocK 1q the
afternoon on TUESDAY, ihe Uth day of May. 1.S97.
aiits principal olllce. No. MO Sanaome street, room
24. Sau Francisco. Calirornia. toiconslder and \'ote
ui)ou a prop^.-sltlon to increase the capital atock of
this eompany to Two Million Dollars, in four hun-
dred thousand aharts, at the par value of five dol-
lars eacli. H. PICHOIR, Secretary.
Diited at San Franciaeo, Cal., March 2(1, 1397.
PROPOSALS FOR CANAL.
Sealed proposals will bo received at the office of
the Southern California Power Company, Red-
lands, Caliri'mta. until May 15. 1K»7, for the con-
slruciion of 3'j miles of canal, on the north side of
Santa Au» river. Irum the mouth of Hear creek to
Ihe mouth t)f Keller creek, Sau Bernardino county,
Cultfornlu,
The work is mostly through granite rock and
consists of tunnels, Humes itod trestles. Over two
miles of tho distance Is through tunnels ranging
from 100 to Ifiou feel In length. There are twenty
tunnels in ull.
Contractors may bid on the whole or any purt of
the work. Pliius and^spccllicatlons can be seen
at the oillcc of the company, or they will bo sent
by mail upon appllcuitou if desired. Satisfactory
references must be given by bidders as to their
responsibility, and as a giiaranleo that a contract
would be cuttTcd Into, providing the bid is ac-
cepted. The company reserves ihc right to reject
any and all bids.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER CO,
By Hknry Fishbh, President.
VTOTICE TO CONTRACTORS— Electric Llght-
'^ ing Plant. Offlcc of the Water Commission,
Astoria (Or.). Aprils, 18V»7.— Notice Is hereby given
that scaled proposals will be received at this
ofilce until la o'clock, noon. May 1, 1897, for the
various works and materials necessary for the in-
stalling of a series sixly-arc-light plant to bo
operated by an impulse water wheel, and owned
by the municipality. Proposals must he made on
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Mn tool VOLUME I.XXIV.
110. 17^1. Namber 18.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 1. 1897.
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Two California Mines.
On this page is illustrated
two typical large well-man-
aged California mines — the old
Providence at Nevada City
and the Uncle Sam near Ken-
nett, Shasta county. One
thing that strikes the miner
from the arid regions or from
the more rigorous climates of
the north is the great advan-
tage the climate is to the
miner along the Sierras. As
far as the weather is con-
cerned, in nearly all cases he
may work the year round
without any difficulty. For
this reason, someday, with the
splendid water power of the
mountains, California should
become a great manufacturing
State. The employer of labor
knows how much better value
can be obtained from workmen
and from machinery in an
equable climate than a more
rigorous one. ■
The view of the surround-
ings at the Uncle Sam is a
great contrast to those of -■- - --.- -i—
mines in many districts of the
West, but such scenes may be
found in any mining camp from Siskiyou to the
southern end of the Sierras.
The Providence mine is one of the old and deep
mines of Nevada county. It has seen many ups and
downs, like other of the rich properties of to-day.
In 1887, after having been given over to tributers,
the owners began to work it but soon quit. Again
in 1890 work was resumed, the 1250-foot shaft re- i
PBOVIDJENCE MINE, MILL AND FURNACE.
timbered and new machinery put in. Since then the
mine has become one of the leading properties of the
district, employs about 100 men and keeps its 40-
stamp mill running steadily. Several efforts have
lately been made by European capitalists to pur-
chase the Providence.
The Uncle Sam is comparatively a new mine, hav-
ing been located in 1886. It is situated in the Back-
bone mining
111
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district, . la
r Kennett, in Shasta
county, and owned by t', "^''^rra Buttes Gold Mining
Company, L'd. Up t'- jj)j,_ ,1 a year ago this prop-
erty paid large div„ ifeatf— nearly a million alto-
gether— but the pay' ',:, were worked out about
a year ago and only^^ ^ ™^, tributers are working.
This is an example i^jg^g^^^^equipped and well-man-
aged property up t throw a-'ie of its closing down.
F 200 fee,
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River Dredging.
UNCLE SAM MINE AND MILL.
C trable money has been
6^Psame'"P0'^ dredgers for work-
ing y ^auriferous gravels of the
Frast, land Quesnelle rivers, in
BritisLB'' Columbia, but without
very gratifying results. During
the; season of 1896', there were
seven'dredgerS'in operation, some
only for a few days, but none of
them' achieved fmore^lthan a par-
tial success. Four "others" had
been built and abandoned before
last year. The total cost of these
machines is estimated at $170,000,
and none *of those in operation
last year will be worked this sea-
son without radical changes in
the machinery. It seems that the
natural obstructions to work —
the swift currents and heavy
boulders — will prevent any suc-
cessful operations unless new
methods are adopted. The work
done, however, has demonstrated
that the beds of the streams are
rich in places. Several dredgers
are being rebuilt foe another trial.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Providence Mine, Mill and Furnace; Uncle
Sam Mine and Mill. 361. Utah Mine, Eureka, Ltah; View of Eu-
reka, Utah; Mammoth Station, R. G. W. Railway, and Farrell
Mill; Mammoth Mine, Mammoth; Mammoth Mill, Mammoth;
Centennial-Eureka Mine, Eureka: Eureka Hill Mine and Mill,
Eureka; Double Circle, Tintic Line, R. G. W. Ry.; Bullion Beck
Mine and Mill, Eureka, 364. View of Congress, Arizona, Showing
Mines and Mill, 367. New Style Gallows Frame; Quadruple-Ex-
pansion Single-Crank Mill Engine, 369. Leyner Rock Drill, 374.
EDITORIAL.— Two California Mines; Fraser River Dredging, 361.
Worth Noticing; British Capital's New Field; California Bullion
Product, 362.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Watt and the Measurement of Power;
The Diameter of Jupiter, 368.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Double Trolleys for Street Cars;
Calibration of Current Meters; Refining Bismuth by Electrolysis,
368. Government Telegraph Lines; Electricity in Japan, 369.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— A Hydraulic Pumping Engine;
Quadruple-Expansion Single-Crank Mill Engine; New Style Gal-
lows Frame; Self-PropelllngFire Engines, 369.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territories, 370-1.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 382-3.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 363. Tintic District, Utah,
364. Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining; Japanese Alloys,
365. The Conservation of Intellectual Wave Forces, 368. The
Great Northern Gold Field; The Congress, Arizona, Mines and
Mill, 367. Coast Industrial Notes; Commercial Paragraphs; Re-
cent California Mining Incorporations; Personal; Recently De-
clared Mining Dividends, 373. The Leyner Rock Drill, 374. List
of Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors; Notices of Recent
Patents, 378.
British Capital's New Field.
i\i
is a little different.
invested have been
question that the
and there will be
"t present, owing
vestor is not in-
There will soon be a great change in the trend of
investment of English capital in mining properties,
unless all the signs fail. In last week's issue there
was some account of the last year's work on the
Eand in South Africa, from which it appears that
the cost of mining has amounted to more than the
total yield of gold. This would not be a bad sign in
an undeveloped district ; but in Africa, where the
amount of ore that will be available may be estimated
with comparative certainty, it seems a great deal.
Certainly the British public w 1 not invest in Africa
with any expectations of grer profits or opportuni
ties for speculation.
In Western Australia th
While the profits from the
extremely small, there can
country is practically unde'^
opportunities for speculatir
to overcapitalization, the E
clined to make investments I RST 'Omuoh harm has
been done by this overcapi a, that it is difB-
cult now in London to f d mines from any
part of Australia.
The British speculators s^^^^omoters are bound
to find new fields, and, as a^ "''^t, their representa-
tives are to be seen in far' ;ater numbers than
ever before in the western p^ ^t of the North Ameri-
can continent. This will bAng in a great deal of
capital to the Western States, Mexico and British
Columbia and the development of many large prop-
erties that are now undeveloped. But one trouble
will come from it all: The English promoter will in-
dulge in his old habit of overcapitalization and many
a district in the West will receive a black eye in the
London market.
British Columbia is already suffering from this to a
certain extent, and the good people there lately
formed a miners' protective association in the west
Kootenay country, whose purpose is to protect the
investing public and give out such information as will
be of value to prospective purchasers. It is stated
that numerous companies have been organized and
the stock sold largely on account of the proximity of
the prospect to some well known property. To such
an extent has this been carried on that many East-
ern people are beginning to lose confidence in the
mines of Trail Creek and other parts of British Co-
lumbia. Such an organization can be the means of
doing an immense amount of good by exposing any
wild cat scheme which may appear in public.
California Bullion Product.
The statistics of bullion product of California for
the calendar year 1896 have been forwarded from
the San Francisco Mint to the Director of the United
States Mint at Washington for publication in his
annual report on the " Production of Gold and Silver
in the United States." The following statement
shows the gold and silver yield of the State by coun-
ties for 1896 :
COUNTY.
Alpine
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Del Norte
El Dorado
Fresno
Humboldt
Inyo
Kern
Lassen
Los Angeles
Madera
Mariposa
Merced
Mono
Nevada
Placer
Plumas
Riverside
Sacramento
San Bernardino. .
San Diego
Santa Barbara.. .
San Luis Obispo .
Snasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
Stanislaus
Tulare
Tuolumne
Trinity
Yuba
Oold.
S 40O
1,5S!3,351
749,318
1,546,398
34,150
813,289
28,235
65,092
238,507
690,866
40,300
39,468
104,339
335,637
1.250
451,663
2,380,756
1,674,844
462,526
262,800
133,050
96,722
668,578
8,592
3,000
699,209
786,174
1,091,264
16,635
20,092
1,070,141
1,296,330
171,687
Totals I $17,181,562
S 3,767
6,389
500
Total.
108,619
34,649
1,240
180
83,283
8,584
6,690
130,714
40
34,233
423
652
$ 400
1,527,119
754,705
1,546,898
24,150
812,823
28,334
65,092
317,138
625,616
40,300
35,468
105,579
335,817
1,260
633,837
2,389,340
1,681,534
462,609
276,260
133,050
227,436
660,618
8,592
3,000
623,443
736,598
1,091,917
16,635
20,093
1,070,470
1,296,330
171,687
$422,463 i $17,604,028
In 1895 the yield of gold of the State was $15,334,-
317, and that of silver was $599,789, a total of $15,-
934,107. A comparison of these figures shows that
the gold yield of 1896 increased over that of 1895 by
$1,847,245. In 1894 the gold yield of the State was
$13,923,281; in 1893, $12,122,844; in 1892, $12,571,900.
For purposes of comparison is appended the gold
and silver product of California for 1895 :
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Del Norte
EI Dorado
Fresno
Humboldt
Inyo
Kern
Lassen
Los Angeles
Madera
Mariposa
Merced
Mono
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Plumas
Riverside
Sacramento
San Bernardino ..
San Diego
San Luis Obispo.
Santa Barbara
Shasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
Stanislaus
Trinity
Tulare
Tuolumne
Yuba
Unapportioned . . . ,
Totals.
1,717,916
8,260
700,101
47,249
92,635
92,142
231,433
25,000
23,350
163,323
216,633
1,500
652,690
1.789,815
144
1,699,634
602.951
285,106
146,872
131,360
344,307
3,000
4,000
781,696
694,469
950,006
26,481
1,166,745
18,320
666,754
111,482
53,786
188,329
46,064
84,910
400
5,273
271
2,550
319,410
28,417
108
177
1,257
'312'
$15,334,317
$599,789
$ 1,393,018
706,196
1,719,993
8,250
700,548
47,249
93,636
380,471
2?7,497
26,000
23,330
163,333
316.639
1,600
637,600
1,790,215
144
1,604,907
603,332
387,656
145,873
350,770
344,907
3,000
4.000
810,113
694,676
950,183
28,481
1,168,002
16,320
667,066
111,482
64,940
$15,934,107
The following shows the increase or decrease in
the yield of California counties for '96 as compared
with '95:
County.
Increase,
1896,
over 1895.
Decrease,
1896,
from 1895.
$400
131,421
53,055
Butte
$171,526
Del Norte
15,966
113,196
27,542
146,364
359,433
15,300
12,138
Kern . .
57,983
119,014
250
Mono
101,136
590,940
75,209
Plumas
140,424
23 306
Riverside
12,822
34,637
216,270
4,593
Santa Barbara
Shasta
182 486
91,704
141,258
Siskiyou
9,846
3,772
403,387
129,585
60.205
Trinity
Yuba : ■
When it is considered that there have been no dis-
coveries of new districts nor the introduction of
more than the usual small amount of foreign capital,
the figures given say much for the stability of the
industry of mining in California. There has been
less of the speculative element in connection with
mining in this State probably than in any other
mining district in the world of late years, and a
larger proportion of the capital required for develop-
ment has been supplied by local people. True, it is
a complaint often heard that California capitalists
are very slow about taking hold of mining, and many
ask why a boom does not materialize. If such a
record as has been made for the past eight years
will be continued under present conditions it is to be
hoped that the day of the " boom " and wild specu-
lation is far off.
A healthy, steady growth of the mining industry in
this State can do much for all other industries, while
factitious work would most certainly be followed by
a relapse that would bring general disaster. Such
has been the case of late with South Africa and
western Australia. The latter is one of the best il-
lustrations of the evils of speculative mining. There
can be no doubt that the mines are of value and will
in time add much to the world's wealth. But they
were taken up by promoters and speculators in Eng-
land and overcapitalized. As a result, millions were
expended foolishly and now it is almost impossible to
float not only a western Australia mine in London,
but even a mine from other colonies of Australia. It
will be several years before the colonies will recover
from the setback. It is hardly necessary to mention
the evils that followed the wild speculation on the
Comstock. It is well understood that for that the
quartz mines of California were deserted and their
development delayed many years. For a long time
most of the men of means in San Francisco fore-
swore mining of all kinds, and it looked as if mining
in this State would continue to decline. There has,
however, been a healthy recovery that promises a
future more brilliant than the great past of the lead-
ing modern El Dorado.
Worth Noticing.
The leading authority on advertising and circula-
tion in the United States is the American Newspaper
Directory, published by Geo. P. Rowell, 10 Spruce
street. New York City. In the last issue of that
volume, under the head of " Mining and Engineer-
ing," is said :
In all the States of the Far West and the Pacific
slope, consisting of California, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, and Utah, the largest circulation credited
to any publication devoted to engineering and min-
ing is accorded to the Mining and Scientific Press,
a weekly, published at San Francisco, Cal. ; and the
publishers of the American Newspaper Directory
will guarantee the accuracy of the circulation rating
accorded to this paper by a reward of one hundred
dollars, payable to the first person who successfully
assails it.
Elsewhere it says :
Among the engineering and mining papers in Cali-
fornia, none has credit for so large a regular issue
as is accorded to the Mining and Scientific Press,
published weekly at San Francisco. In fact, it fully
equals five times the combined issue accorded to all
the others, and the publishers of the American News-
paper Directory will guarantee the accuracy of the
circulation rating accorded to this paper by a reward
of one hundred dollars, payable to the first person
who successfully assails it.
Again, talking of electrical papers, it says :
Among the electrical papers in California, none
has credit for so large a regular issue as is accorded
to the Mining and Scientific Press, published
weekly at San Francisco ; and the publishers of the
American Newspaper Directory will guarantee the
accuracy of the circulation rating accorded to this
paper by a reward of one hundred dollars, payable
to the first person who successfully assails it.
In this regard three things are worth noticing :
First, that the above three statements were made
as a matter of public record, were unsolicited, not
paid for in any way, and emanated from competent
authority; second, that no attempt has been made
anywhere to deny or contradict any one of the three
statements, and that since those statements were
made the paid circulation of this paper has increased
to an extent that warrants the publishers of the
American Newspaper Directory to make an even
more favorable statement, unpaid for and unasked,
in the forthcoming annual edition of that reliable
work ; third, so far as known, this paper is the only
one of its class that recognizes the right of the
advertiser to know its circulation, and publishes it
in plain figures.
May 1, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
363
Concentrates.
The Los Aogeles Herald is advocating the building of a
smelter at ihat city.
A 200TON milling plant is to be built at Freshwater, south-
west of Cripple Creek.
Aniji'T 2>0 men are now employed at the Golden Cross mine.
Hedges. San Diego county, Cal.
Tbe Western Kederalton of Miners will hold a convention
at Salt Lake City, Utah, od the 1 Uh Inst.
Thk railway being built from Robsoo to Trail, B. C, it is
eipected, will be open for traffic by May 'JOth.
Native laborers in the mioes on the Rand, South Africa, are
paid less than tlO a month in wag€s on an average.
Natlrai. liAs has been found in the city limits of Sacra-
meoio by a company that has been boring on Y street.
Tbb Chloride Point Mining Company at Mercur, Utah, is
about to erect a mill with a daily capacity of 200 tons.
BiTTE capitalists are figuring on erecting a smelter either |
at Twin Bridges or at some point on the Big Hole river.
At Monroe, Utah, a mouutain of mineral paint material has
been discovered, which it is proposed by the owners to work.
Theke is a movement on foot to establish a powder factory
at Kossland, B. C, encouraged by the raise in price of 3 cents
per pound.
LucAi. capitalists are developing six turquoise claims
twenty miles south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, recently illus-
trated in this paper.
Stock In the Mollie Gibson of Aspen, Colorado, which sold
at 11^ in its halcyon days, is now quoted at 12 cents on the
Colorado Springs exchange.
TuEdiscovery of placer gold on the townsite of Nelson, Brit-
ish Columbiu. has caused considerable excitement, and
brought in a number of gravel miners.
The Ivaslo-Montezuma Mining and Milling Company have
decided to build a mill with 2UU tons daily capacity at their
property near Kaslo, British Columbia.
The managers of leading quicksilver mining companies state
that the prospects for increased business and belter prices
for quicksilver for this year are very good.
The East Kootenay country will attract more than usual
attention this season since the building of the Crow's Nest
Pass Hallway, which will tap it, is assured.
A WEEKLY journal has made its appearance in London which
la devoted entirely to promoting mining investments in
British Columbia mines in the English market;
The Canadian Government will send a commissioo to the
Yukon country as soon as travel permits to organize a terri-
torial government, and report upon the conditions.
Notice has been given that the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company will begin at once to build the Crows Nest Pass
railroad, which will mean much to the Kootenay mines.
It is proposed to erect at the entrance of Liberty Park, Salt
Lake City, an archway to be constructed of minerals from the
various mines io the State, each camp to have a place in it.
The gold yield of California for '9t> was *17,181,o63; for '95,
$15,aS4,ai7; for '94, $13,923,281; for '93, |12,122,&44; for '92,
$12,571,900. On page 363 appears the yield by counties for '95
and '9t>.
Placer mining in Cripple Creek, Colorado, has been carried
on with some difficulty for want of water, until lately the
tunnels have increased the flow, and many claims are being
worked.
A BILL has been introduced in the British, Columbia Legis-
lature to provide for the appointment of an inspector of mines
to secure the safety and good health of men working in
metalliferous mines.
Captain J. R. DeLamab has offered a bonus of $50,000 for
the discovery of a process for working in a practical way the
so-called arsenical ores of the Golden Gate mine at Mercur,
Utah, says the Salt Lake Tribune.
Is British Columbia any miner, before working in mines
even for wages, must get a Government license, costing $5.
It is proposed to abolish this tax, as to the working miner, but
not as to the prospector. Poor old prospector.
The Calaveras, California, Citizen states that the Explora-
tion Company of London has secured a bond on the Hall,
Bachmann and Big Four mining properties, situated in Fourth
Crossing mining district and adjoining the Thorpe mine.
The Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company have pur-
chased a site of 32o acres for a smelter at Five Mile point, the
terminus of the Nelson & Fort Sheppard railway, near Nel-
son, B. C. The plant is to have a capacity of 300 tons a day.
U. S. Consul General Maretta reports that the yield of
gold in Australia in 1896 was 2,375,948 ounces, an increase of
16,000 over that of 1895. Since 1851 over 100,000,000 ounces
have been produced, of which fil per cent came from Victoria.
There are no funds available for continuing the work of the
mineral land commissioners in Montana in designating min-
eral from agricultural lands within the railroad grants, and
it is probable that their work will be discontinued for a time.
The new law of Idaho as to placer locations provides that
the locator roust place a post or monument at each corner, and
within fifteen days after making the location make an exca-
vation of not less than 100 cubic feet for the purpose of pros-
pecting.
A MINE owner of Rossland, B. C, makes the prediction that
inside of two years there will be 5000 men at work on Red
mountain, and not a smokestack will be seen on the moun-
tain, for all the work of hoisting and drilling will be done by
electricity.
The Debris Commission has received applications for per-
mits to mine from Charles and Benjamin Hewlett, of the Hew-
lett claim, Columbia Hill, Nevada county, and Marguerite
Gravel and Quartz Mining Company in Eureka district, Ne-
vada county.
At Helena, Montana, Martin Cummings was last week
awarded $13,000 damages against the Helena and Livingstone
Smelting Company, owner of the Alta mine, for injuries
caused by the falling of a rock, which he alleged was the re-
sult of incompetency of a miner in the preceding shift.
Large accessions of membership have been made by sev-
eral county miners' associations during the past two weeks.
In Placer county the collectors announce that the number of
members this year will be larger than ever. Among tbe sub-
scriptions sent in was $30 from the Chinese at the Red Point
mine.
THECastle Peak gilsonite mines, north of Price, Utah, are
sending two and three carloads a month to tbe East to be
used in varnish and lacquer making. There are many differ-
ent qualities in the State and the amount that will be mined
will depend largely upon the freight charges. At present
only the most valuable can be shipped.
In Spain there were mined in 1S96, at the Atmaden quick-
silver mines, 22.100 tons of ore. In Asturias, El Porvenia
Mining Company raised 7005 Ions of ore, the Union Asturiana
4471 tons, and La Soterrana 670 tons. In Granada SOO tons
were obtained. At Alraadeo 16,07*i tons were smelted, yield-
ing 41,330 flasks of quicksilver. The total quicksilver produc-
tion of Spain amounted to 4B,SM flasks.
The proposed exemption of Imported mining machinery from
duty under the new tariflf bill pleases British Columbia In
general, with the exception of a small number of engineering
firms in the Province which manufacture to a limited extent
certain classes of mining machinery. The change will benefit
United States manufacturers in California and elsewhere to
the detriment of eastern Canadian firms.
In the Seven Devils district, in Idaho, to which several
railroads are contemplating the building of branches for the
business of hauling the copper ores, it is claimed that there
are in sight 75,000 tons of ore in one mine, which will yield
50,000,000 pounds of copper, and in another 30,000 tons which
can be mined without the use of a single candle. Without a
railroad these resources cannot be made available.
The Mexican Government has issued a statement showing
that the exports of precious metals for the first six months of
the fiscal year 1890-7 amounted in value to $31,787,92*), as
against $31,550,414 for the same period of 1895-90. There is a
notable increase in the exportation in gold and a marked fall-
ing off in silver. Gold ores show a rise from $S3,343 to $129,-
tj02, while gold bullion advanced from $2,541,719 to $2,829,090.
At the annual meeting of the South Paloma Gold Mining
Company, held at their office in San Francisco, April 10. the
following directors were elected: John A. Wright, president;
Ansel M. Easton, vice-president; C. W. Howard, Jr., Sydney
V. Smith, and Mark B. Kerr manager. The shaft in the
mine, which adjoins the Gwin in Calaveras county, is down 525
feet, and at 600 feet drifting to the ledge will be commenced.
The American Flat Development Company is formulating
a proposition to be submitted to the owners of mines in Amer-
ican Flat, by which the company will take a portion of the
claims for draining the properties with a branch of the Sutro
tunnel, and another proposition will be made for an agreement
with the Comstock Tunnel Company. It is understood that
the latter company is desirous of obtaining the contract for
the extension.
The mineral output of Idaho for the year 1896 has been com-
piled by Superintendent Church of the Boise City assay office,
and shows an advance of over a million dollars over that of
1395. Gold showed a slight decrease, but silver and lead both
show increases. The figures are as follows: Gold, 1895, $2,-
594,666; 1896, $2,323,700. Silver, 1895, $5,214,498; 1896, $6,474,-
765. Lead, 1895, $2,302,321; 1896, $2,593,380. Totals, 1895, $10, -
110,485; 1896, $11,751,845.
United States Consul MoDaniel writes from Bahia, Bra-
zil, that some deposits of manganese near that city have been
bought by a company, and their engineer reports that these
mines have proven to be the richest in quantity and quality
known, and convenient of access, being situated about sixteen
miles from the port of Nazareth, on the railroad between
Nazareth and Amargosa. He estimates that over 1,000,000
tons of first-class ore are in this mine.
The joint committee representative of the leading commer-
cial bodies of Denver, Colorado, appointed to consider the
advisability of holding a gold mining convention in that city,
has decided to hold the convention Wednesday and Thursday,
July 14th and 15th. The members of the committee seem to
be of many opinions as to what should be the scope of the
business of the convention. Upon that will depend very much
as to whether a large attendance may be expected from other
parts of the West than Colorado.
A meeting of the managers of the properties within the
city limits of Leadville, Colorado, was held last Monday to
consider the question of draining the mines. During last
year's stnke the pumps were stopped and many of the mines
flooded. A plan was proposed and accepted. Ten thousand
dollars was subscribed for the preliminary work and $4000
more will be added when pumping operations commence. The
mines when drained will put 550 more men to work and in-
crease the output of ore 500 tons per day.
On January 23, 1897, there was published on page 75, a
statement showing in detail that during 13 days there had
been received at this office the names of 221 new subscribers.
From January 23, '97, to April 24, '97, there were received at
this office the names of 638 more. This brief statement of fact
illustrates the great increase in the circulation of this paper,
and why advertisers find its columns profitable. The 638 are
residents of fourteen American States, British Columbia,
Mexico, South America and Europe. Of the 638, 118 are resi-
dents of California.
It is understood that the Exploration Company of London
has secured an option on the De Lamar mine of Nevada, which
has been under examination by Victor Clement and others
lately. The report of the management, made in conformity
with the Nevada law imposing a tax on the net output, for
the quarter ending December 31 last shows that during that
period 20,677 tons of ore were put through the mill, the gross
value of which was $575,462. From this $77,000 was taken for
extraction, $22,000 for transportation and $372,186 for milling,
which left a net profit of about $100,000 for the quarter in
question.
In the April Foi-um is an article by William E. Smythe on
Nevada, in which he says; "Nevada is the victim of circum-
stances. Rich in the potentialities of material greatness, and
therefore strong in the capacity to support a social structure,
she presents tbe baffling paradox of a declining population in
a Western State. If she were located in South Africa, the
nations of Europe would plot and struggle for possession of
her minerals, lands and waters; if in New South Wales, the
Colonial Government would employ the public capital to re-
claim her deserts, and enable the surplus population of
Adelaide to make homes upon her soil."
Judge Brantley of the District Court of Deer Lodge
county, Montana, believes little in evasion of the mining
laws. In a case recently decided wherein suit was instituted
to oust a party that had filed on a claim in good faith, the
judge decided that the actual amount of $100 must be ex-
pended on a mineral claim in order to hold it. He also decided
that the usual wages paid in a district must decide the man-
ner in which this 1100 1r made up. In this case the parties
claimed to have done twenty-three days' work and charged
at the rate of $5 per day. The evidence showed that the reg-
ular rale of wages was only $:i per day, and so the judge de-
cided that twenty-three days' work would not hold the claim,
and rendered a judgment in favor of the defendants.
RivEit DREDGING for aurifcrous gravels has been made a suc-
cess in New Zealand, but only partially so in this country, al-
though much attention is just now being paid to that form of
mining. Samuel L. Theller has lately purchased the rights
for California and Oregon in the Bowers dredger, and
it is proposed, under the direction of W. B. Murdock,
of this city, to make trials of the dredger for mining
purposes. The lifting action of the dredger is by suction, and
whatever will go throngh the inlet pipe of, say, tf or 8 inches,
drawn from a river bed, can be forced by their system of de-
livery and landed 100 or 1000 yards from the point of opera-
tion. That there is abundant opportunity for dredger work
there can be little question, and that a satisfactory system
will be adopted soon there can be little doubt, for the en-
gineering difficulties are not insurmountable.
The .^iltna Consolidated Quicksilver Mining Company of
California, in its report for the year ending December 31, 1896,
shows that the receipts from quicksilver sold were $120,286.
The expenses, including $4812 for repairs and $4396 for depre-
ciation, were $73,244, leaving net earnings of **6,992. From
these was paid in dividends $40,000, or s per cent on the stock,
leaving a surplus of $6992. Tbe general account shows assets :
Plant, $501,712; quicksilver on hand, $37,020; supplies, $6561;
cash, $6618; total, $552,511. The liabilities were: Stock,
$500,000; unpaid drafts, $2284; total, $.502,284, leaving a sur-
plus balance of $50,227. There were 16,392 tons of ore treated
during the year, yielding 290,700 pounds of quicksilver; the
average tenor of the ore was 8.87 percent. The earnings
were $7.;i4, the expenses $4.47, and the profit $2.87 per Ion of
ore. The average receipt was 41.4c per pound of quicksilver,
and the average cost 25.2c, leaving a profit of 16.2c per pound.
The report of the Napa Consolidated Quicksilver Mining
Company of California for the year ending December 31, 1896,
shows that the receipts from sales of product were $158,888;
expenses were $110,202, leaving a profit of $4S,2:i6. The divi-
dends paid were $60,000, or 8.57 per cent on the stock, showing
a deficit of $11,364, which was drawn from the surplus. The
assets at the close of the year included $50,820 quicksilver on
hand, $11,756 supplies; $450 cash; a total of $63,026. Liabili-
ties included $33,580 unpaid drafts and overdrafts, and $566
unclaimed dividends, a total of $34,146, leaving a surolus bal-
ance of $28,880. There were 17,880 tons of ore worked, from
which 382,500 pounds of quicksiver were obtained. The ore
thus showed an average of 10.7 per cent metal. The receipts
per pound of quicksilver were 41.5c, the expenses 28.Sc, and
the profit 12.7c. The yield per ton of ore was $8.88, the ex-
penses $6.16, and the net earnings $2.72. The new develop-
ment work included 5128 feet of drifts and 263 feet of winzes.
The Salt Lake Tribune, after stating that Utah can boast of
a greater list of dividend-paying silver mines than all the
world besides, gives the following list of large producers that
are now paying profits, with the amount of dividends each has
paid: Ontario, $13,400,000; Horn Silver, $5,130,000; Bullion-
Beck, $3,117,000; Centennial-Eureka, $1,950,000; Daly, $2,925,-
000; Mercur, $675,000; Silver King, $1,012,500; Utah, $175,000,
Galena, $75,000; Swansea, 5^6,100; South Swansea, $29,960;
Mammoth, $1,150,000. Of those whose dividends have not
been made public the Ajax has divided about $1,000,000, the
Eureka Hill nearly $2,000,000, Gemini-Keystone $800,000,
while large profits have been paid by the Old Jordan, Old
Telegraph, Humbug, Julia, Dean and a number of others
owned by individuals or close coroporations. Besides these,
the Geyser-Marion and Dalton & Lark properties, whicLi are
paying dividends, have under the old ownerships paid large
sums. Then there are a large number of properties being
developed, or upon which ir'Uing plants are being erected,
that will largely increase t.^' list before the end of the year.
Under date of Virginia J^^-, Nevada, April 27th, an old ex-
perienced Comstock mic^'a-tf tes: "In the East, Europe and
South Africa they are ' ' ,:ly proclaiming that the Com-
stock is played out, ex>,x's foii dead. The truth is that no
better place in which the resu't can be found anywhere in
the United States th dJstance^^P levels of the Comstock.
Counting from the m f>jj.Qw q established at the 1600 level
by the Sutro tunnel, - nnn i! ^.ally attained a depth of only
about 1750 feet in our a... orkings, which is merely a be-
ginning compared with'^" n,- qi 9eing done in Lake Superior and
other places. The situ '^ ' "present on the Comstock for
drainage, ventilation aifc the prking purposes is the same as
if 1600 feet of surface mt had been removed and thrown
aside. We can as easily g-^^ieyond the 1700 feet attained
from the Sutro tunnel It lown as we could sink below
that depth from the natu [][ urface. Sooner or later work
will be resumed in the de. evels. A start came near being
made in 1891; everybody wia' redhot for it, but finally the
scheme fell through just when a start was on the point of be-
ing made."
Binger Hermann, Commissioner of the General Land Of-
fice, writes the Helena, Montana, register and receiver:
" Your attention is directed to the fact that by decision ren-.
dered by the department on Feb. 27, '97, in the case of W. H.
Gowdy et al. vs. the Kismet Gold Mining Company, the de-
cision rendered in said case on May 23, '96, and reported in 22
L. D., 624, was modified, and paragraph 29 of the mining regu-
lations amended so as to read as follows : The claimant is
then required to post a copy of the plat of such survey in. a
conspicuous place upon the claim, together with notice of his
intention to apply for a patent therefor, which notice will give
the date of posting, the name of the claimant, the name of the
claim, the mining district, and the county; whether or not
the location is of record, and, if so, where the record may be
found, giving the book and the page thereof; the number of
feet claimed along the vein and the presumed direction there-
of; the number of feet claimed on the lode in each direction
from the point of discovery, or other well-defined place on the
claim; the names of all adjoining and conflicting claims, or, if
none exist, the notice should so state. According to the last
decision of the department, the amendment of said paragraph
will take effect on the first day of June, '97, and all publica-
tions thereafter made must contain the information therein
prescribed. All publications made or started prior to that
date are to be treated in accordance with the practice of the
department existing prior to the original decision in the case
of W. H. Gowdy et al. vs. the Kismet Gold Mining Com-
pany."
tie4
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 1, 1894.
Tintic District, Utah.
Utah occupies the pleasant prominence in the
mining world of having paid to date an even
UTAH MINE, EUREKA, UTAH.
$33,000,000 dividends on mining stock companies
operating within its borders. The old Mormon pol-
icy of discouraging mining operations has been dis-
railroads, with just recognition of business require-
ments, have made many inducements in the way of
transportation. Juab county is particularly favored
in this regard. In '96 Tintic district (reached quickly
and easily from Ogden and Salt Lake City by the
Rio Grande Western Railway) yielded $5,000,000^ in
gold, silver, copper and lead, and declared divi-
dends aggregating $1,725,500. '
On this page is illustrated the prosperous mining j
camp of Eureka, a place of 3000 population, where \
at an altitude of 6500 feet has been extracted many j
million dollars' worth of ore, and where have been i
fought out several legal contests over that much !
vexed matter of "apex" and "side lines, "which
constitutes one of the puzzles of American mining
law. At Eureka are the Eureka Hill mine and mill,
illustrated herewith, where 110 men give a daily
output of 150 tons ; there is a double compartment
shaft down 1100 feet, and there are twenty-five
miles of underground track. West of the Eureka is
and a daily output of 50 tons, which averages 60
ounces silver and $14 gold to the ton ; poorer ore is
MAMMOTH STATION, R. G. W. RAILWAY, AND
FARRELL MILL.
mined and stored pending the completion of a large
mill.
South of Eureka, in "Mammoth Hollow," is the
VIJSW OF EUREKA, UTAH.
carded the past twenty ye^ j--, 3,nd the mineral
resources of the youngest StJi^oe in the Union are
being developed. Utah is fortunate in several mat-
the Bullion-Beck, also depicted, one of the biggest
" base ore " mines in the country, running about 55
ounces silver to the ton and 15 per cent lead. About
CENTENNIAL-EUREKA MINE, EUREKA.
Mammoth, the deepest mine in Utah, the present
workings being 1800 feet below the level from which
the main shaft starts. The Mammoth is one of
EUREKA HILL MINE AND MILL, EUREKA.
ters regarding such mining development : coupled
with rich deposits come the pleasant facts that there
have never been any serious labor troubles, that
most of the camps are easy of access, and that the
DOUBLE CIRCLE, TINTIC
240 men are employed, the daily output being over
300 tons. This company has paid dividends aggre-
gating $2,500,000. North of the Eureka Hill is the
Centennial-Eureka, with a main shaft 1500 feet deep,
EUREKA.
Utah's gold mines. In the mill are sixty 1000-pound
stamps. When the present additions are complete
the mill's daily capacity will be 300 tons.
In the immediate vicinity are many other mines in
May 1. 1807.
Mining and. Scientific Press.
365
every stage of development, contributing to the ag-
gregate output of the district and giving promise of
continuity.
The Rio Grande Western Railway Co. has just
issued another of its handsome publications, which
contains much authentic information about Utah's
mines in general and Tintic district in particular,
and which can be had upon application to Mr. F. A.
Wadleigh, Gen. Pass. Agt., Salt I^ake City, to whom
we are indebted for the use of the illustrations in this
brief notice of a rich district which the railroad has
done much to develop.
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
.NCMIIKk IV.
WrllK>D for tbf Mini.ng and Hcikntikii- ['ii1£.ss hy (jKvw.R H.
EVANS, C.K., M.E.,Genenil MuDUger Cous. C. MtDOROfCal., Ld.
OrovlUu, Ciil.
■ Fifth— Another set of formuhr given in '"Practi-
•cal Hydraulics," by Thos. Box, are as follows:
Where d = diameter of pipe in inches. Tj = length
in yards. H = head in feet. C = gallons discharged
per minute.
■! L-(3d)^X H
G«
G^XL
(3d)'^'
Example 1. Find the diameter of pipe required
to discbarge 300 gallons per minute with 80 feet
head; length of pipe, 200 yards:
e^((3d)-^ X HV]
\\ = \
80
300
Loq\.
2.4771
300- = 4.9542
200 = 2.3010
7 2552
^ 80 = 1.9031
5 I 5.3521
Fifth root = 1.0704
: 3 = 0.4771
.5933 = 3.92 inches diameter.
E.nimjili- '2. Find the number of gallons discharged
by a pipe 10 inches in diameter, 900 yards in length,
with a head of 50 feet:
G
/'(3 ■ lOj'^X^OVl
V 000 V
900
10 = 30
Lnq\.
1.4771
Fifth power = 7.3855
X 50 = 1.6990
9.0845
: 900 = 2 9542
2 \j.vm
Square root = 3.0ti51 = 1162 gallons per minute.
Kxampir .J. Find the head necessary to discharge
120 gallons per minute through a 6-inch pipe 500
yards long:'
^(3X6)' ,
Log's.
120 = 2.0792
120= = 4.1584
X 500 ^ 2.6980
Loq.
6 = 18 = 1.2553
6,8574
5 = 6.2765
.5809 = 3,81 feet.
In all these examples care must be taken, and
more especially in short pipe lines, to allow. for loss
.of head due to velocity at entry, also for friction of
the water against the sides of the pipe.
Example Jf. Given diameter of pipe in inches, and
velocity in feet per minute to finddischarge in cubic
feet or gallons per minute. Q=0,32725Xd=XV=
cubic feet per minute, and cubic feet per minute
multiplied by 7.48=gallons per minute.
Sixth — In constructing a pipe line, care must be
taken to place air valves at all high places, blow-off
valves at all low places in the line, and when the line
is subject to extreme heat and cold, it is absolutely
necessary to provide at least one good expansion
joint each half mile.
Another excellent precaution is to place near the
lower end of the line a safety valve, either the spring
or ordinary level kind, and set it at a pressure
slightly above the maximum due to the head, then
when gates are closed too quickly by careless attend-
ants, the valve will relieve the shock, instead of al-
lowing the whole line to be strained.
All gates should have outside screws, and the
threads on them fine, so that it will be impossible to
open or shut them too quickly, The careless open-
♦CopyrlgUtea by tue autbof.
ing and shutting of gates has wrecked many a good
line.
It has always been my rule to place tell-tale
gauges in the main lines a few feet behind a main
gate, and from such a gauge one can easily see
whether the water was turned on or off slowly, and
it should be an invariable rule to discharge any man
that handles a gate in a careless manner, after once
being warned by those in charge of the works.
Seventh — With reference to the numerous devices
for joining pipe, I have no hesitation in recommend-
ing that all pipes near and around the workings of
the claim, should be furnished with angle ii-on flanges.
In this country they are certainly the exception to
the rule, but if once used, no other kind of connec-
tion will be tolerated.
It is often necessary to lind the quantity of water
that will be discharged through a sluice gate with
side walls, and the number of gallons per minute
that will flow through under certain heads may be
found by the following easy formula:'
In determining the head of water care must be
taken to measure from the center of the opening in
sluice gate to surface. .
G - 8.025 X I'H X .6 X AX 6.23 X (iO.
H= (6.23 X 60 : a) : .6
I. 8.025 , I
Where G = gallons per minute, H = head or depth
of water from surface to center of sluice opening,
A = area of opening.
Example; How many gallons per minute will be
discharged from a reservoir through a sluice gate
with side walls, when the depth of water above the
center of the opening is 7 feet and the opening is 2
feet wide and 1 foot high '!
Answer: G = 8.025 X i/H X .6 X A X 6.23 X 60 =
H A '
8.025 Xi/7X.6X3ft. X 6.23 X 60 = 14281.785 gal-
lons per minute. Which -:- 11.25 = 1269.49 miners'
inches.
Again, if it is required to find the head or height
of water above center of opening in a sluice gate
necessary to discharge 14,300 gallons per minute
through an opening 3 feet by 1 foot, we proceed as
follows :_
H= j V6 23 X 60 -:- a) ^ .6 !- and in this instance
8.025
H =
lY 14300
' ^6.23 X 60
*o..;i".'
K:
14300 ^
373,80
\ ''' 8.025
0.
8.025
-^
:38.25H-.i
1.025
2.64° or 6.96 or nearly 7-inch head.
/21^\
^8.025>'
In many instances a sluice valve is us'ed instead of
a gate, and when the pipe attached to the valves is
comparatively short, say of a' length not exceeding
more than three diameters, the following formula
maybe used:
Where G = gallons per minute, H = head in feet
or height of water above the center of the valve
opening, d == diameter of valve opening in inches.
Example: How many gallons per minute will a
sluice valve 10 inches in diameter discharge when
the height of water is 3 feet above the center of
valve opening ? ^
Answer: G = ,'H )< A- X 10 = i 3 X 10= X 10 =
1732 gallons per minute, or 1732 -:- 11.25 = 153
miners' inches.
Example 2. With same measurements find the
head required to discharge 1732 gallons per minute.
Answer:
H=r -^^)^=( -l-^A^-)^=3feet.
M- X 10/ MO^ X 10'
'Example 3. To find diameter of valve necessary
to discharge same quantity of water with same
head as in examples 1 and 2.
Answer:'
: 1732;.
,1.732X10
.= i;^100= 10
■ VyHX-10"'
inches diameter.
In connection with the last formula it must be
borne in mind that if the pipe leading to the sluice
valve to reservoir is much larger than three diam-
eters, allowance must be made for friction, etc.
Nozzles. — Nozzles require great care in construc-
tion so as to be of correct form, and perfectly smooth
in bore, in order that the water leaving them will be
in a solid stream, instead of scattering and thereby
losing power, as is the case with nozzles of improper
construction. In order to get the best effect from
any kind of nozzle, it is absolutely necessary that
the head of the supply pipe should be 3 or 4 feet
under water, to avoid air getting into the pipe and
causing the water to scatter when leaving the
nozzle.
To determine the velocity and discharge in cubic
feet per second for well-made nozzles, either
of the following simple methods may be followed ;
First — Multiply the square root of the hydrostatic
or effective head in feet by 8.03. This will give the
velocity in feet per second, and that multiplied by
the area of the discharge end of the nozzle in square
feet will give the discharge in cubic feet per second,
which, multiplied by 40, will give the answer in
miners' inches. Example : Nozzle 4 inches in diam-
eter, discharging water under an effective head of
400 feet, find velocity and discharge. The square
root of the head— or 400 feet— is 20, and 20 < 8. 03
equals the velocity in feet per second, viz., 160.60.
Area of 4-inch nozzle in square feet =.087266, and
this multiplied by 160.60=14 cubic feet per second,
or 14 • 40=560 miners' inches. The result obtained
by this rule is nearly the theoretical discharge,
while for ordinary practical results the actual dis-
charge will be from 75 to 85 per cent of the answer
obtained by this rule.
Second — To find the discharge in gallons per min-
ute, use the following formula': G = v/hX^X.24.
Where G = gallons discharged per minute, h =
hydrostatic or effective head on nozzle in feet, and d
= the diameter of nozzle in Jths of an inch.
Example: Find the discharge from a nozzle 3
inches in diameter with a head of 205 feet. The
square root of the head viz: 205 is 14.317 and the di-
ameter in Jths of an inch is 3X8=24, which squared
is24 ■ 24, or 576. Therefore, G= 14. 317 X 576 X. 24
equals 1979 gallons per minute, and this divided by
11,25 = 176 miners' inches.
For accurate results the following two rules may
be followed:
First — Discharge in cubic feet per second = i'2^gh
XaXO.96, where g is the acceleration of gravity in
feet per second, commonly accepted as 32.2 h = the
hydrostatic or effective head in feet, and a = the
area of nozzle discharge in square feet.
Second — Discharge in cubic feet per second =
i/^Xd^Xo where h = the effective head in feet,
d = diameter of nozzle in iths of an inch, and c = a
variable co-efficient from .00064 to .00066.
It is a well known fact that water issuing from a
nozzle should theoretically attain the height of the
head. For instance, a nozzle with 300 feet effective
head should throw a stream a height of 300 feet, but
we all know this eflBciency cannot be reached in prac-
tice, owing to the resistance of the air, and other
causes, but the difference has been found by experi-
ment to vary nearly in inverse ratio to the diameter
of the jet, and in " Practical Hydraulics," by Thos.
Box, we have a formula for approximately calcu-
lating the loss of head for each case, which is as fol-
TT'-
lows: h' = — X .0125. Where H = the effective
a
head on the nozzle in feet, h' = the difference between
the head and the height of discharge column from
nozzle, d = the diameter of the jet in Jths of an
inch. Mr. Box goes on to remark that as a result of
this rule each size of nozzle attains a maximum
height with a certain head, and when the head is in-
creased beyond that point, the nozzle does not throw
the stream so far, but, on the contrary, the eflBciency
of the nozzle greatly diminishes ; a good deal owing
to the fact that an excessive head, or more plainly
speaking, a head out of proportion to the diameter of
the nozzle, tends to scatter the issuing stream and
cause it to meet with more resistance from the air
than a jet of solid water issuing with a moderate
head.
Adopting Mr. Box's formula we will work out the
following, and see the result :
First — At what distance will a well-formed nozzle
of 2-inch diameter throw a stream of water having
an effective head of 200 feet ?
Answer : h'=^^"^'x.0125 or *^^X.0125 = 31.25.
Therefore, the height the nozzle will throw is 200 —
31.25, or 168.75 feet.
Second — Take the same nozzle, with a head of 450
450- 202500
feet, and the loss will be ,-„ -X.0125 or - j g ' X
.0125=158.20 feet. That is to say, the water will
be discharged to a height of 450—158.20, or 291.80,
feet, instead of 450 feet, the theoretical height minus
all friction due to the head.
{To he Continued. )
The following is stated to be thecompositibn of a
number of Japanese alloys hitherto kept a close
secret, and now revealed by workmen making them.
The " shadko" is an alloy of copper and from 1 to 10
per cent of gold; the objects are placed in a mordant
of sulphate of copper, alum and verdigris until they
have assumed the coppered or blue-black hue of
swordsheaths and decorative articles. "Gni-shi-bu-
ichi " is a copper alloy with 30 or 50 per cent of sil-
ver of the well-known gray color. "Mokume " is a
compound of several alloys. About thirty plates of
foils of gold, " shadko," copper, silver and the last-
mentioned alloy are soldered together, holes are
made, the plate hammered out and put in the mor-
dant. The finest Japanese brass, " sinchu," consists
of 10 parts copper and 5 of zinc; of bell metals,
" karakane" is made of 10 parts of copper, 4 tin, J
iron, li zinc, the copper being melted first and the
other metals added in the above order. Other pro-
portions give inferior bell metals.
366
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 1, 1897.
The Conservation of Intellectual Wave Forces.
To THE Editor: — In your valuable paper our at-
tention is often arrested by problems pertaining to
light, vibration, electricity and magnetism — all inter-
esting and stimulating to our oouceptions of the ma-
terial activities in the universe, with a constant
desire to have them subserve the interests and prog-
ress of man. The mind is sometimes bewildered at
the possibilities presented, and when revealed in
glimpses of possible truths in new relations, abun-
dant food is furnished for active reasoning, foresight
and investigation, and with this thought in view, I
desire to present to your readers a succinct ac-
count of some radical ideas and conclusions as
reached by Solomon J. Silberstein, 311 East 74th
street, New York, and set forth in a recent book
(300 pages) under the title of "The Disclosures of the
Universal Mysteries." I cannot undertake to cover
the ground in this communication, but hope to be
able to give tangible expression to some of the ideas
advanced which will repay perusal, and, from a
somewhat necessary fragmentary presentation,
oblige the reader to imagine the argumentative links.
In the first place, Mr. Silberstein, as a basis for
his theories, does not accept any deductions that
relegate intelligence from the original and persist-
ent energies of the universe. Absolute intellectuality
is sole factor in the last analysis and is the only real
existent element that was, is, and ever will be, eter-
nal, without beginning and without end. Every ob-
ject, all objectivity in the universe and particularized
being, is but a chain of tendencies, activities, accen-
tuating and perfecting themselves through the im-
partial impulses and vibrations originally set
up in the formulative atom ; adjusted and re-
adjusted by accumulations in the transforming order
of evolution, involution, and motor forces generated
in the method, insuring continuous life and perpetu-
ating activities. The questions at once arise: What
hypothesis is most warranted in settling the ques-
tion? Did matter, as we understand it in its incipient
state, have motion, force or energy communicated to
it from outside, or was such energy inherent in it ?
Has matter ever existed, commonly understood as
extension, in an ever-present condition ? As a
further basis, Mr. Silberstein claims as co-existing
with intelligence, an absolute essence, that is form-
less in itself, but partakes of the embryo character,-
and is, as it were, the offspring of the universe as a
whole, characterized, as the medium between the
absolute mind and actuated forms, the non-absolute
forms, that appear and disappear, re-appear trans-
formed, re-formed, some rising above the sub-con-
scious into the threshold of self-consciousness, entail-
ing a conception of its own relation to the divine in-
telligence. "The intellectual being of the universe
is conceived to be — the ideal concept of the universe
as a whole. The intellectual universe, as a conse-
quence, cannot be thinkable to existor to be enclosed
in any physical thing behind intellectuality. Intel-
lectuality, therefore, has not any other attribute,
nor any mode of matter and force, but pure ab-
solute intellectuality, the pure mathematical bond
of the universe as an intellectual substance in
an eternal being, standing by itself, without change
in all eternity. The extension, or matter and force,
can not be an attribute of God as a unit in Him just
as intellect (as Spinosa thought), but a separate
creation made of Him. * » * Absolute intel-
lectuality, which is not material, embraces all ab-
stract images without end in one perfectly absolute
generality, in the one intellectual being; so that
in the knowledge of every one of the mental images
in the absolute intellectuality is contained the know-
ledge of all mental images of eternal existence, and
that every one of the mentally separate images are
perfectly known and conceived one in the other in
their mutual intertwined relation in the one pure
absolute generality." The key to Mr. Silberstein's
solutions appear to rest in what he calls the
" eentrality of motion," which in its ultra interior
meaning expresses the innermost lender and
spiritual- waves of thought, the resul-tant of cogita-
tion and a reflexion of the light of intellection in its
infinite notation of infinite change in the vibratory
action of related activities.
" Particularized compound objects are not ema-
nated from the very light of the mind, from the
essBLce of intellectuality; nor do they issue forth
from the essence of the universe to assume an in-
dividual existence, so that the objective appearances
should have an objective separated existence of any
kind of any reality. But inasmuch as the essence of
the universe issues forth from the very light of the
mind, as a radiation of the intellectual waves or as a
photographic image, its absolute emanation becomes
a general activity in the universal essence; and by
this general activity the universe is actuated. It
vibrates in spiritual waves and reveals itself accord-
ing to time and to place in particularization, coming
one from the other and one after the other as they
are conceived one in the other in the absolute mind,
in the essence of intellectuality itself. * * * The
physical waves which appear before us in the forms
of particularized compound objects, in different
states of energy, in magnetism, electricity, heat,
light and so on, changing one into the other and
balancing each other in time and place by a non-
absolute existence in the objective world, are con-
tained in and are nothing else but the spiritual
waves of the universal essence, the substantiations
of the general activity, in an absolute existence."
The absolute mind embraces all that wisdom can
conceive in one absolute generality; through the
whole intellectual waves springs up the universe as
a whole, its one generality, at once, by one eternal
general and absolute emanation. The general ema-
nation of all compound objects in general, as they
exist in potency in the universal essence, is as absolute
an existence as that of their existence In the abso-
lute mind itself."
The science of geometry supposes a fixed point as
a premise to its conclusions, and scientists reduce
matter to elementary bodies or elements, upon
which to base their conclusions in experimental phi-
losophy, all of which answers a purpose as far as
determining to what extent, and in what manner,
their combinations can be made available for pro-
gressive action and economic use. But the truth
remains, according to Mr. Silberstein, " that nature
itself knows not of those elements which our scien-
tists have invented, for it is one eternity, contained
in one absolute essence, in which there is absolutely
no change and no variation."
The excitations in the universal essence by
the cogitations or vibrations of intellectuality
express themselves at the crest of the spiritual
sources or points of potential excitation in the
first forms of primordial matter of atomic pro-
portion, which points become centers of mo-
tion, following the laws of intellectuality, being
equal to each other in quantity and in quality,
equally distanced one from the other in their first
formation only, but in their multitude of combina-
tions, subtractions and additions, represent in their
various combinations all the particularized beings
and objects perceivable in the universe of objectiv-
ity as represented to our senses, but they are not
properties of matter, but modifications of transfor-
mations in that general activity of molecular density,
motion and change. It is in Mr. Silberstein's theory
and explanation of motion and energy in the atom
that he finds proof of nature's laws and evidences
that upset many (not all) of Newton's affirmed laws
of attraction and gravitation, and obliges him to
pronounce them, as well as many other scientific
conclusions, absolutely false. While it might require
long and detailed extracts from his book to substan-
tiate his statements conclusively to the reader of
this article, a careful student cannot but be im-
pressed by the arguments and facts advanced in his
philosophy; and perhaps what he has to say about
" matter and force" will cause a better understand-
ing of his metaphysical and mechanical application.
In this chapter he says :
"The general force which brings forth the atoms in
their actual existence is the same force, by the same
action or impulse, that keeps them in their state and
foim. The atoms, althoiigh they are indivisible and
conceivable only by our intelligence, are still distinct
dividuals, each of them separately occupying some
space, and are, therefore, capable of being intellect-
ually conceived as consisting of a number of con-
stituents— of parts, that go to make up this indi-
vidual body — the atom, since the space bounded by
the atom can be conceived to be infinitely divisible.
That force must be located, therefore, in the center
of the atom, whence it exercises its binding influence
on all parts equally. For the general force of trans-
formation is not a material force; it is not produced
in an object through its material formation after it
is formed, that its exercise should be properly quali-'
fied to the whole mass or volume of that object, or to
exercise its whole power in every particle of matter
of that object alike. But it is a spiritual force, and
remains always the same; its action or impulse is
the spiritual vibration of the universal essence,
which occupies no space, through which spiritual
points are thrown off from their potential state —
from their generality into their individualizations ;
and in that moment, when the spiritual points ex-
tend themselves in space, becoming individualized in
the form of matter, the spiritual force remains ab-
solutely the same in the absolute emanation, which
is the intellectual light of the intellectual waves of
intellectuality itself, which is never extensible.
"The impulse of the spiritual force itself is to
transfer all objects from their generality, in which
matter and force are absolutely one, into their indi-
viduality, in which matter and force are separately
perceived, and, therefore, the force cannot be ex-
tended with the atom in space ; it cannot fill up or
occupy the whole volume of the atom, but it must re-
main in the absolute emanation and must be located
in that spiritual point as it was before in its general-
ity, before it becomes extension ; that point I call
the center, and that spiritual force which is located
in the center I call— eentrality. The definition of the
word ' force ' in my whole system is, therefore, the
power of conservation in every body, which is the
force of eentrality. Its impulse is to keep the atom
or the body in its peculiar state and form, and there
is no other force in the center besides the eentrality.
We must, therefore, conceive the atoms in the first
moment of their creation, being extended in all sides
alike, as regular spheres, whose radii were equal.
The force of eentrality is the one tender or inner-
most force or principle in the universe which holds
and correlates the universe together in one gradual,
harmonious and eternal scale of creation, according
to fixed, immutable and unvarying laws of nature,
which are the laws of intellectuality, the G-od of the
universe,"
"The force of eentrality, bringing forth the atom in
its individual state, brings an excitement in each
and every conceivable point or part of the body of
the atom, producing thereby a vibration in all its
parts. The excitement of the atom is the act of the
influence or reflection of the force of eentrality in
the center through which the matter of the atom is
acted upon ; by receiving the actions of the force
the matter becomes vibrating, producing the motion
in matter. Thus, the force of eentrality is the active
force, while the force of motion is passive. As long
as the force of eentrality acts in the matter of the
atom, there is motion in matter. Should, however,
the force of eentrality cease to exist, the motion,
together with the matter, would, then, also cease to
be in existence.
" The influence of the force of- eentrality, yielding
and imparting itself to all parts of the atom, dimin-
ishes itself according to the square of the distance
from the center. The atoms, although they are
physically indivisible, because they are not com-
posed from, nor can be divided into simpler forms of
matter, yet, since they are distinct individuals, and
extend themselves from their spiritual state — from
the center — each of them separately occupies some
space, they, therefore, consist of a certain num-
ber of constituents — or parts — however small,
that go to make up this individual body — the atom —
that it should be able to occupy a limited portion of
space. So that we are able to draw imaginary
circles in the body of the atom around the center
till its circumference, the sphere nearest to the cen-
ter, will be the smallest and the sphere bounded by
its circumference the greatest. The eentrality being
conceived to exist in the center, its influence to keep
the body of the atom in its individual state, in order
that no particle of the body should remove from the
center, exercises with its whole power in the parts
of the Brst imaginary sphere, four times weaker in
the parts of the second, nine times weaker in the
third sphere, and the weakest at the circumference
of the body. For the distance of the second sphere
from the center is two times greater than the dis-
tance of the first sphere, the spherical activity in
the second is, as a mathematical consequence, four
times weaker. The third being three times greater
than the first, the spherical activity must be nine
times weaker, and so on ; so that the influence of
eentrality divides itself in as ever so many parts.
Hence the above law, that the influence diminishes
according to the square of the distance.
"The vibration of the particles of the atom is
quite the reverse ; it increases according to the
square of the distance from the center. It is the
greatest at the circumference and nought at the
center. * * * The particles of the body of the
atom can never remove from the center to occupy a
larger space, for the spiritual force of eentrality
bringing the atom in its individual state holds the
body as such ; from the moment the atom becomes
extension it can extend no more or less than it is.
Those particles, again, cannot keep their place, for
the motion compels them to move. There must be,
therefore, a generated resultant force, combined of
the two, to regulate the power of the two forces.
* * * Each and every particle of the circumfer-
ence of the atom looking eastward has the tendency
to move in a straight line eastwards. The other
particles looking westward do the same in an oppo-
site direction. The shape of the atom must be,
therefore, changed into another form by such a
mechanical way by its own impulse. While the
parts of one side tend to move in their direction, the
parts of the other side keep them back ; and thus it
is with all sides — -the motion of all the sides inces-
santly jumps back to the center, bringing thereby a
new excitement into the center. 'The eentrality,
therefore, changes its position in the atom, so that
"the shape of the atom is changed from a spherical
one into an oval. form, longer in one direction and
shorter in the other, more massive in one end of the
long diameter and thinner at the other."
In such a form the resultant force came into play,
to bring the atom in a circular motion around its
own axis. This resultant force is a mechanical re-
sult. The impulse of eentrality is only to keep the
body of the atom in its state, in order to be an atom
in its certain volume and mass, no more and no less,
and has entirely no power to attract any particle to
the center. The first conception of matter and the
first cause of the physical universe is positively the
extension alone, caused only by the same force of
eentrality, and, therefore, no force of " attraction or
gravity " in matter can be thinkable ; for were any
force of attraction or that so-called force of gravity
in the center of the atom, or in the center of any
body, then no extension could ever be possible in the
universe ; the property of extension, as well as its
term, is positively contrary to the term and prop-
May 1, 1897.
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567
erty of gravity. The matter itself, from its very be-
ginDing till the highest development of bodies, pos-
sesses only the one and the first property of exten-
sion, to be diffused from the center into more space,
oot to be attracted to the center. Thus, the impulse
of centrality, as it is not a force of gravity, is not a
direct opposite force to the motion ; it serves only as
a resistance to it, and, in the same time, it produces
fDotion. As a final result, an elliptical way is pro-
duced in the universal space with which the long
diameter of the atom makes a certain angle, estab-
lishing two absolute universal laws in nature; The
first law is that every individual object in the uni-
verse is in constant motion, inherent in itself, and the
second law is, that the motion in every object must
bo modified in an internal double motion."
How these atoms meet and join others, forming
compact molecules ; how these spaces between the
atoms and molecules represent different degrees of
porosity, and the presence of the universal essence
whenever matter can be postulated ; how the atomic
weights and the relation of the elements thereto are
reduced to formulas only of molecular density and
their inlluenccs ; how the application of this theory
of motion explains Kepler's laws, as well as the
planetary motions ; how every existing thing of the
whole physical world, in whatever state or form it
may be, possesses its own force of existence as its
own property, or each of them possesses a part of
that general force of universal existence, he epito-
mizes as follows: " Thus all objects of the world are
in an eternal struggle of existence — in offensive and
defensive states — in action and resistance to action."
To see all these thoughts further elaborated, I would
recommend the book itself, upon which the author
has bestowed a life of laborious study.
Ezra W. Keeleii.
San Francisco, Apiil yth, '97.
Texas Consolidated, Garfield, National, and possibly
fifty others that could be named. There is but one
property having any especial depth and this is the
Texas Consolidated Co., better known as Hart's.
.Mr. R. G. Hart, president and manager, has been
: untiring in his labir of development, and for it de-
' serves the greatest credit. Not over 200 feet in
depth can be claimed by any of the others, and here
the majority of lodes run from 3 to 15 feet in width.
The Texas Consolidated has a development of 1050
feet. This mine has been for years a paying prop-
erty— first with a five-stamp mill, now increased to
a twenty-stamp mill. It is now actively and pros-
perously at work, showing that development in
depth is what this northern section recjuires to make
it one of the great gold-producing parts of Cali-
fornia. All of the above named mines and locations
are embraced in a distance of, say, six miles in
length and two miles in width, and this is but one
of many similar zones.
On the westerly side of the Sacramento river, and
parallel to the before-mentioned mineral range, and
reaching westerly to Clear creek and beyond through
Trinity county and northerly into Oregon, is a min-
eral belt of large proportions. In this section west
of the Sacramento river, also some six miles above
Redding, are the works of the Mountain Copper Co.,
Limited — an English company under the efficient
supervision of Mr. A. J. Hill. This institution has
become, in the short period of little over a year, one
of the most extensive and enterprising companies in
the State of California. The mine of the Mountain
The Congress, Arizona, Mines and mil.
The Congress mines and mill are on the south side
of the Date mountains, overlooking the Hassayampa
valley, sixty miles south of Prescott, and seventy
miles north of Phcvnix, Arizona. The four miles of
railroad operated from Congress junction, on the
main line of the Santa Ke, Prescott & Phoenix rail-
road, to the mines and mill of the Congress Gold
Mining Company, belong to the latter company.
The mines output daily about 110 tons of ore, the
present milling capacity, and about 400 men are em-
ployed. In the mines and mill the men work eight
and ten-hour shifts.
The underground developments are pushed con-
stantly, the main shaft (on an incline of 22°), being
1750 feet deep; 600 feet east of the main shaft is a
second one 1150 feet deep; 1000 feet west of the main
shaft is a third, 850 feel deep, and which the man-
agement contemplate sinking to the :!000-foot level.
Both the second and third shafts connect with the
main shaft by drifts, on the vein from which stoping
is going on.
The vein is a remarkable one in some respects,
there appearing to be no break in it as far as devel-
opment has gone, to the 1700-foot level. It dips at
an angle of 22°, and the vein matter, which is a hard,
white quartz, runs in marked uniformity of width,
averaging about 20 inches. The main shaft is lighted
by electricity. The trackage, on which the ore cars
run up and down the incline, is of 40-pound railroad
iron. Levels are run at every 75 feet. The ore car-
The Great Northern Gold Field.
Written for the Mi.vi.sG and Scientific Puess by
Ai.MAKiN B. Paul.
When we take into consideration that the land
embraced in the counties of Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou
and southernOregon, according to the views of emi-
nent geologists, was the first of the mineral ranges
to raise above the ocean, and from the further fact
of these localities being the seat of great volcanic
action, we can begin to reason as to the cause of
such a widespread quartz stratificaiion and of the
great golden possibilities of these northern sections
when capital shall be found bold enough to delve
deeper into the bowels of these mineral ranges.
That age has much to do in the formation of metallic
deposits and the maturing of them, no one in these
later days questions, whether the mineral be gold
and silver, copper or iron.
These northern sections, from unexplained rea-
sons— notwithstanding their large outpourings of
gold in the earlier days — for the past thirty-five
years have received but little attention, excepting
from the very few, in comparison to such sections,
as are embraced in the counties of Amador, Tuol-
umne, Calaveras and Nevada. The " Mother lode"
has its charm, and many believers, and while it is
unquestionably an important and valuable mineral
zone, it is not detracting anything from it to say
there are others in California that with the same ex-
penditure of capital in development, judging from
surface indications of these parts, have equally as
inviting an appearance. When it comes to the gold
yield per capita in the past, and the quartz outcrop
of the present, these northern sections are by no
means inferior, and more than Inviting for enter-
prising capital.
The great drawback to this mineral field has been
lack of large capital — capital in proportion to the
deposits of quartz veins to be found — and not to the
lack of faith by the owners of mines, who lay by and
hold on to their locations year after year in an abid-
ing faith that in time the hidden treasure below will
through some agency put them " on velvet."
When we view the awakening mining spirit and
the strides made in the past ten years in improved
machinery, in every department of mining, and the
same advance in systems by which a high per cent of
the ores' value can be extracted at a comparatively
nominal expense, we feel as though we can say to the
" hard-fisted " quartz prospector that your time is
close at hand.
Speaking of mineral zones, from near Redding in
Shasta county, and running northerly into southern
Oregon, is a mineral belt fully sixty miles or more in
width, with every elevated section filled with quartz
oroppings carrying gold, silver, copper and iron.
Gold is generally the predominating metal, though
at times it is copper, and in some localities are large
iron deposits.
_ Commencing on the east side of the Sacramento
river, and only about six miles above Redding, is the
beginning of a belt of gold-bearing quartz. It is in
this zone that are located the companies known as
the Original Quartz Hill, the Calumet, Walkers,
Reid Group, Old Spanish, Mammoth, Central, Hart's
VIEW OF CONGRESS, ARIZONA, SHOWING MINES AND MILL.
Co. carries some 15% of copper, with a fair value in
gold and silver. The lode varies in width from 30
to 300 feet. It is an immense deposit, and yet not
over 300 feet in depth.
Moving north towards Squaw creek there are
quartz outcrops without number, and varying in
width from two to forty feet; and yet, with the ex-
ception of the Uncle Sam, there is but a limited de-
velopment in depth. In this section is the Balakalla
group — an immense mineral deposit, having a trifling
development, but showing a flattering outlook for
profitable expenditure in works.
As to Siskiyou county, on all its higher ranges are
quartz veins in any number, yet, save the Black
Bear and Gold Run mines, there is but a limited de-
velopment. As stated, this mineral zone runs into
southern Oregon, and here there is less development
than in the northern sections of California. As to
Trinity county, it has its record as a gold-producing
one, especially in gravel; and as all the gold comes
from quartz, it may be considered a good quartz sec-
tion. Biit save about French Gulch, where there
are several fairly worked mines in depth, no large
amount of work has been done.
No mine approximates development sufficiently to
show its true value short of 1000 feet in depth, and
there is no promising lode at the surface but what
will be a paying proposition at some point of its 1000
feet development, and the sooner California miners
realize this fact and impress it strongly on their
minds, as do the English, the more successful in
their mining ventures will they become. Some few
have, and good returns have been their reward, and
this fact should be an incentive for others. To thus
develop lodes, I am aware, requires large capital;
but a one-tenth interest in a property, having 1000
feet development, will have a greater value than has
the whole vein with 100 feet development. Every
proposition for development should be well con-
sidered by mine owners, as development only opens
up the value of any quartz deposit.
ries pyrites of iron and no free gold, and the values
have held about the same uniform figure throughout.
The general run of milling ore averages about $20
per ton. Ores from high-grade streaks, running ap-
proximately $200 per ton, are shipped directly to
the smelters. Besides the main vein, which thus far
has been the principal producer, the company is
opening two others, one above the Congress and one
below, the latter being in the foot walls of the Con-
gress, and parallel with it. To develop the lower
vein a crosscut is being driven on the 1400-foot level,
which is now in about 500 feet. It is believed that
by thoroughly opening the latter vein, the capacity
of the property will be doubled. All shafts have steam
hoists; air drills are used in sinking and drifting.
The mill has forty 850-pound stamps, 93 drops per
minute, dropping 6 inches, crushing 110 tons of ore
every twenty-four hours. The screens used are 20-
mesh. Twenty concentrators are used; 75 per cent
of the values are saved. The tailings run into set-
tling tanks, from which 85 per cent of the water is
pumped back and used again. Prom the tanks the
tailings are run into beds and, when dried, from
there to the cyanide mill, elevated to storage bins,
and automatically dumped into a 100-ton roasting
furnace. The roasted material is automatically
dumped into a bin, from which it is elevated into the
cyanide tanks. By this process about 90 per cent of
the remaining 25 per cent of the ore values are re-
covered, making a total saving of about 97i per cent
of the gold values in the ore.
The future plans of the company contemplate the
erection of a new mill on the same plan as the pres-
ent one, for the purpose of increasing their milling
capacity. In the proposed new mill, 1000-pound
stamps will doubtless be put in. The concentrates
are shipped to the Consolidated Kansas City re-
duction works at El Paso. The supply of water
is pumped one mile, and raised 500 feet, to convey it
over a range of hills to the property.
Congress, Arizona, April 14th, '97. Wasoott.
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.MlNTKG- AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
May 1, 1897.
Scientific Prosfress.
Watt and the Measurement of
Power'.
' :' By iVsl. H. Preece, c; B. P. R. S.
;, James Watt's greatest invention—
which has been most prolific in excit-
i- ng further improvements in the steam
engine, and which has supplied the
engineer with a new sense — is, per-
haps, the "indicator." He also
;,i)rougbt into use the term "horse
"power." Watt, in introducing ' the
steam engine, found the chief competi-
tor he had to meet was the horse. It
-worked the pumps in mines and brew-
■houses; it drew the ores to the surface:
it was employed for grinding and for
milling., It was clear that his custom-
ers would oompare the performance of
his engines with that of their horses.
He determined by experiment that a
rgood horse worlsing continuously could
raise: 22,000 pounds 1 foot high in one
minute. He thought he would go " one
■better," so he'Said, "I will call 33,000
pounds raised 1 foot high in one minute
a horse's power." Thus he gave his
customers the advantage of 50 per
cent more worli; but he did more, in-
stead of compelling them to keep relays
of horses each of which could not work
continuously more than six or eight
hours he gave them a machine which
worked continuously throughout the
twenty-four hours.
The above definition of a horse's
power was singularly unfortunate. It
means fifteen tons moved at a snail's
pace. Few people can grasp the con-
ception.. We know what a man can do,
esjjeoially when rowing a race, or when
raising .bricks. Going up a mountain
at the rate of 1,000 feet per hour — a
fair performance — he does about ^ of
a -horse's power (H. P.) if he weighs
168 pounds. Working a tread-mill ab-
sorbs i horse power, which is distinct-
ly hard labor. If he runs upstairs at
the rate o'f 3:i feet per second he does
one horse power, and this is not good
for his heart. We also know what a
horse can do in drawing a cart or mov-
ing a canal barge; " 550 pounds moved
1 foot .per second " — the leisurely pace
of a child walking — is more compre-
hensible than, and the same thing as,
33,i000 foot-pounds per minute, and is
now more frequently used, especially
abroad.'-
But Watt was not the first to use
the term " horse's power." Savery did
this in 1702. ' ' An engine, " said Savery,
■ "which jpill raise as much water as two
horses, , working; together at one time
in- such , a work, can do, and for which
there must be constantly kept ten or
, twelve, horses for doing the same, then
, J say such an engine will do the work
or labor of ten or twelve horses."
■Watt, however, gave the unit a scien-
tific character, and was virtually its
- founder.
--- He thus introduced the conception of
jjpwer as the rate of doing work. His
unit of work was 1 pound raised 1 foot
■ high, .irrespective of the time in which it
was done ; but by conceiving this being
done inamnit of time he conveyed the
. idea of pow.er. ;
. Again.,he was anticipated, for Smea-
ton, in the -Philosophical Transa.ctions
.ipr 1-759, in describing his; experimental
inquiry concerning the natural powers
of water and wind, said: "The rais-
■ -io-g of a weight relative to the height
to wiieb it can be raised in a given,
time is the most proper measure of
power." Watt did, however, introduce
the term " duty " to determine the com-
parative merits of steam engines. It
was introduced by him in Cornwall,
and is often known as the "Cornish
million," for he determined how many
pounds could be raised 1 foot high by
burning a bushel of coal in his boiler,
and found that this could be expressed
only in millions.
Watt's bushel was subsequently
changed in England to 1 cwt. (112
pounds), and in the United States to
100 pounds. It has now become prac-
tically obsolete, for more effective and
more uniform means are adopted to ex-
press the relative efficiency of engines.
The term "horsepower" has prob-
ably seen its best days. It is grad-
ually being displaced, and with the
advent of the metrical sy.stem it will
disappear. As a scientific term it has
been much abused, and as a commer-
cial term it conveys no meaning. Sir
Frederick Bramwell wrotein 1883 :
" A barrister lately said to the same
writer of this report: ' You surely do
not mean to tell me that you do not
know what a horse-power is — you that
have been a mechamical engineer all
your life ? ' The answer given was: 'In-
deed, I do not ; there is a difficulty in
the outset ; what sort of horse power
do you mean ? ' ' Why,- I mean a horse-
power.' ' I know you do, but there are
five kinds of horse-power.' 'Five kinds!
impossible; it can't be.' 'But there
are ; I will give you the names and the
nature of them: (1) The real horse-
power, the power of a horse, estimated
to lift 22,000 pounds 1 foot high per
minute. (2) That which in James Watt's
time was called the 'nominal horse-
power, a horse- power of 33,000 pounds
raised 1 foot high per minute, which
power he gave all his early engines, so
that the purchaser, having one and a
half times the power of a good horse,
should not be in a position to complain
of the engine as inadequate. This term
nominal is now commonly confounded
with the commercial horse-power, and
the name, theoretical horse-power, is
substituted to represent that which
was received as the scientific horse-
power of 33,000 foot-pounds. (3) The
gross indicated horse-power. This is
the whole power developed on the pis-
ton of the engine without any deduction
for friction, which power, divided by
-33,000, gives the gross indicated horse-
power. (4) The net indicated horse-
power. This is the same as tlie ifore-
going, minus a certain allowance for
friction. (5) The commercial, or, as it:
is now frequently called, the nominal
horse-power. This is a horse-power
about which no two persons can
agree.' " .
Sir Frederick Bramwell might have
added a sixth — viz., electrical horse-
power, that which appears in the cir-
cuit, or electrical energy.
Is a horse power really a horse's
power? Tredgold made it 27,000 foot-
pounds per minute for eight hours.
Rennie assumed 22,000 as correct.
Beardmore had a horse weighing a lit-
tle over half a ton which did 9000 foot-
pounds per minute for hours a day.
Morin made it 26,150 foot-pounds. Two
horses will tow a canal-boat at 2i miles
an hour, while a steam engine of 10-
horse power is needed to do the same
work by means of a screw. Tramcars
are drawn by two horses at a speed
which the so-called 25-horse power
motor can , scarcely do. The horse is
really a more efificiept machine for a
time than the engine, and its "pull"
can be directly applied,- but he tires
and sickens and dies. He is better
adapted to certain kinds of work. He
can at times expend much more energy
than the so-called horse power. At
other times he is helpless and hopeless.
Thus it appears clear that a horse
power is not a horse's power.
The horse power is based on the units
of pounds, feet, and minutes. .
. Scientific men are now universally
using a system of units -based on the
" centimetre," " gramme," _and " sec-
ond "—hence -called the "C.G.S."
;sy-stem, to distinguish- it from the
"F.P.S.," or British engineers' system.
In -this - system, - the unit of work,
viz., one gramme moved through one
centimetre against unit force, is called
very small, but 10,000,000 of these
small units are taken and are called
the "joule," and become a practical
unit of work. Thus Joule's own mech-
anical equivalent, the work absorbed
in raising the temperature of one
pound of water one deg. Fahr. at or
about its maximum density, indicated
in the " F. P. S." system as 778 foot-
pounds, is in the "C.G.S." system
the work absorbed in raising the tem-
perature of one gramme of water one
deg. Cent,, at or about the same maxi-
mum density, as 4.2 joules. Thus the
joule is to the foot-pound as one to
1,356, and the horse power, instead of
being 550 foot-pounds per second, be-
comes 746 joules per second. The
joule per second, or the unit of power,
has now been universally called a
"Watt;" and thus in the new system
the rate of doing work, that is, the
power developed by the steam engine,
or any other machine, or by any other
process, mechanical or physical, is
most appropriately indicated in units
bearing the name of the Greenock in-
ventor. The term watt was applied
in 1883 by the late Sir William Siemens
to the joule per second, but I had
previously in 1881 at the Paris Con-
gress proposed to apply it to 1,000
joules per second. Siemens' proposal
has been preferred, and in conse-
quence the practical unit of power
comparable with the horse power be-
comes the kilowatt. Had my proposal
found favor, the practical unit of power
would have been the watt, and Sie-
mens' unit would have been a milliwatt.
I venture to think the acceptance of
my unit would have hastened the de-
parture of the term horse power.
Energy, though so protean in its
character, retains its joule throughout
all its changes. Every joule impressed
on the surface of the ocean by the rays
of the sun adds to the moisture of some
cloud which, condensed into rain by
contact with our cool highlands, feeds
a river. The engineer directs this fall-
ing water through the blades of a tur-
bine, and each joule that passes assists
in rotating dynamos to excite strong
electro-magnetic fields and powerful
currents of electricity, which in their
turn produce light, the intensest heat
known, and chemical decomposition.
Thus in every stage of their trans-
formations the joule remains the same
mechanical unit, whilst the energy that
it measures outproteuses Proteus.
Th6 grand principle of the conserva-
tion of energy teaches us that no en-
ergy is ever lost. The total energy
present assumes a form either useful
or useless to man. The skill of the
engineer is devoted to -render that
which is useless useful, and no one has
helped him to do this more thoroughly
than James Watt.
The watt is universal and exact ; the
horse power is not. The latter equals in
jP'ooi-pounclB
per second.
England 550.00
Erance 643.47
Germany 582.25
The foot-pound per second equals
1,356 watts. The horse-power, there-
fore, equals 746 watts. The watt
equals 0.7373 foot-pound per second.
The kilowatt, 1000 watts, equals 1.34
horse-power.
If, in order to obtain the value of the
power, we divide by 33,000 the ordi-
nary formula, A P S ?s where A is the
effective area of the piston in square
inches, P the mean pressure of the
steam in pounds per square inch dur-
ing one stroke, S the length of this
stroke in feet, and n the number of
strokes per minute, we get it in horse-
power. If we divide it by 44,238, we
get it in kilowatts
Horse-powers multiplied by 0.746 are
expressed in kilowatts ; and kilowatts
multiplied by 1.34 are expressed in
horse-power. The new system is uni-
versally used by electrical engineers.
Names, when well selected, secure
precision of language ; a watt is a
watt, and nothing else. A pound, on
the other hand, may be either a force
or a mass of inertia. Names fix ideas.
Every electrical workman has a defi-
nite and blear conception of an ohm or
an ampere. H« requires no definition
to impress them on his mind. The
name alone conveys to him all he wants
to know. They become fundamental
ideas. There is no ambiguity, hence
there is no difficulty either in teaching
or in practice. The same benefits
would certainly arise if we applied the
term kilowatt to the unit of power.
No one would have to ask, " What sort
of kilowatt do you mean ? "
The diameter of Jupiter is about
eighty-five thousand miles, or nearly
eleven times that of the earth. Its
volume is 1233 times that of the earth;
but owing to its being of a less density,
its mass or weight is but three hundred
times the earth's.
Electrical Progress.
Double Trolleys for Street Cars.
The best electrical engineering talent
was at one time divided as to how the
current should be rendered available
to the moving car, and some of the
(now historical) most successful experi-
ments involved the double-trolley sys-
tem, with over-running trolleys. Un-
der-running trolleys succeeded the
over-running, but the difficulty and ex-
pense of insulating the positive from
the negative wires, because of their
necessarily close proximity, and some
other causes, led to the abandonment
of the double trolley system. The lat-
ter has its advantages, however, and
these are appreciated in the city of
Cincinnati, the only place in the world
where the double-trolley overhead sys-
tem is exclusively used.
The main advantage claimed for the
double- trolley system is that it renders
the car independent of the track for Its
motive power. One of the chief disad-
vantages is that the two sides of the
circuit, being necessarily near together,
render leakage a factor of greater im-
portance to be dealt with. Mechanic-
ally, the system is undesirable, especi-
ally in localities where trolley lines
cross or intersect each other, or branch.
It is clear that when two single wires
cross each other there is but one inter-
section, but when two pairs of wires
cross each other there are four inter-
sections. The difficulty is really less a
mechanical one than an electrical one
in this case, but, however perfectly the
problem may be solved in the future,
the relative merits of the systems must
ever be the same.
The inducement to return to the dou-
ble trolley are, among others, that the
latter is really cheaper to construct,
that it renders the operation of the car
practically independent of the condi-
tion of the track and that it averts en-
tirely that alarming, but growing and
insidious evil, electrolysis.
Great as are the advantages of the
double-trolley system over the single
(and it possesses some not mentioned
here), its disadvantages outweigh them
to such an extent that the electric rail-
way fraternity will not make the
change, nor the electrical engineering
fraternity, recommend it unless this
change is made compulsory by law.—
N. W. Perry in Cassier's Magazine.
Calibration of Current Meters.
The February issue of the Oesterr.
Monatsclirift d. Ojfentliclien Baudiaist
contains an interesting account of the
apparatus used by the Austrian Hydro-
graphic Bureau for calibrating current
meters of the Woltmaun-Mill type, and
determining constants for their rating.
The tank is nearly 400 feet long and
nearly 6 feet deep, entirely closed in a
shed. On each side of the canal is a
rail, so that a car carried on the rails
runs directly over the canal. This car
is propelled by electricity, and its
speed can be regulated from about 100
feet per minute up to 1,000 feet. On
the car is placed the recording appa-
ratus, consisting of a chronograph, a
speed-recorder, and a distance-re-
corder, all making electric records of
the various data.
The current meter makes an electric
contact for every fifty revolutions,
while the chronograph marks seconds,
and the distance is recorded for every
ten meters; and, as all these appear
side by side on the same strip of paper,
the relations which the revolutions of
the meter bear to the elements of time
and distance may be fully investigated.
Refining Bismuth by Electrolysis.
It is reported that a satisfactory
method of refining bismuth has been de-
vised by B. Zakorski, who employed
impure bismuth as an anode in an elec-
trolytic tank with a solution containing
nitric acid as an electrolyte. Carbon,
pure bismuth, platinum, or other suit-
able material, may be employed as the
cathode. A current density of 15 am-
peres per square foot of active bismuth
May 1, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
369
surface is recommended, and the den-
sity must not exceed 'M amperes.
Pure bismuth is deposited on the cath-
odes, from whence it falls, or may be
easily removed. It is then washed
with dilute HNO,, dried and fused.
When the electrolyte has become too
rich in lead, it may be freed from it by
electrolysis, or the contained bismuth
may be precipitated by metallic lead,
and the resulting solution of lead ni-
trate utilized in any desired way.
Qovernment Telegraph Lines.
A bill has been introduced in the Sen-
ate by Senator Kyle to provide for a
Government telegraph system within
the United States, to be under the gov-
ernment of a board consisting of the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of
War and the Postmaster General, and
shall consist of four trunk lines con-
necting the northeastern, the north-
western, western and southwestern
and the southern part of the United
States with the city of Washington,
and that these trunk lines shall be con-
nected with lines and offices established
at such cities, towns and places as shall
be for the public interest for the time
being; all to be e.xtended and increased
as Congress may from time to time
provide money therefor.
This telegraph line shall be carried
on and operated as a part of the Dostal
system of the United States, and the
rates for the use thereof shall be estab-
lished by the above-named board.
The bill further provides that there
shall be no discrimination in the matter
of charges and rates, with the excep-
tion of messages for the press, and in
that case no publisher of any one news-
paper or combination of newspapers
shall be allowed better rates than any
other.
It is provided that this Government
telegraph line shall be constructed and
kept in repair under the direction and
superintendence of the Secretary of
War and through the Corps of Engi-
neers.
A.MONd the many modern institutions
of Japan, electricity very naturally
takes a leading position. The absence
of gas works in the country alone will
account for the prominence which is
bound to be given to this branch of the
engineering industry. Here, where
earthquakes and other seismic disturb-
ances are so frequent, the impossibility
of adopting a general system of gas
piping throughout any large town is at
, once apparent. Then, again, .Tapanis
well off for water power in many of its
important centers, with the result that
the cost of lighting or traction by elec-
tricity is reduced to a minimum.
A Hydraulic Pumping Engine.
plunging pumps arranged duple.x fash-
ion, one pair being in the middle, while
the other is at the end of the stroke,
so as to insure a continuous tlow in the
rising main. The plungers are tubes
of i in. inside and 7.33 in. outside diam-
eter, closed at one end, which forms
the pump piston, while the other slides
through a packed joint on a central
tube of 3.38 in. thick and 1.38 in. bore,
through which the pressure water is
admitted to the interior of the plunger
during the driving stroke, the combi-
nation being essentially a hydraulic
press with fixed rara and moving cylin-
der. The length of stroke is about 12
in. The plungers in each pair are cou-
pled by side rods, so that the forcing
stroke of one works the suction of the
other, the pressure water being admit-
ted and exhausted by a piston valve
worked by tappets and levers from the
connecting rods. A pressure equalizer
is placed both on the admission and the
discharge sides of the power water,
which returns through a pipe some-
what larger than the admission (l..")7
in. diameter) to the press pumps at the
surface. The water is mixed with
grease in order to diminish the fric-
tional resistance. All the joints are
packed with cup leathers, which keep
tight, notwithstanding the extremely
high working pressure.
Quadruple-Expansion Single-
Crank Mill Engine.
The engine herewith illustrated was
constructed by Fleming and Fergusen,
Birmingham. Although it has four
cylinders, it has only a single crank.
It is of the vertical type, the cylinders
being arranged in pairs tandem fashion.
The high-pressure and second cylinders
pressure and third cylinders are actu-
ated by an eccentric, cut-off being reg-
ulated by a sensitive shaft governor.
English engine builders claim that this
plan is superior to that of
having the high-pressure
valves alone controlled
by the governor, as the
early cut-otT in the third
cylinder checks any ten-
dency to racing which
might be caused bj' the
steam already in the en-
gine. A surface con-
denser was fitted, being
cast in one with the
back supporting column.
The air, circulating and
feed pumps are driven
from an extension of the
radius lever of the tri-
angular connecting rod.
This engine is so de-
signed that when the
water supply is short,
for condensing purposes,
the engine can be con-
verted into a compound
high-pressure engine, of
almost the same power,
on short notice. To do
this the valves of the
upper cylinders are sim-
ply disconnected, leav-
ing the two lower cylin-
ders (]()" and 25" in di-
ameter) to do the work
as compound high-pres-
sure engines, the com-
pressor being shut off
through a double valve placed on the
exhaust pipe, which opens to the at-
mosphere at the same time as it shuts
to the condenser. It takes but a few
minutes to change the engine from sur-
face condensing to compound. On ac-
New Style Gallows Frame.
Prom the Isabella Gold Mining Co.,
Cripple Creek, Colo., Mr. Francis T.
At the Schmidtmannshall salt mine,
near Aschersleben, Germany, a water-
pressure pumping engine, on Kaselow-
sky's system, has been erected in the
No. IV shaft. The chief difference
between this and other engines of the
same class is in the high working pres-
sure adopted, so that only a small sup-
ply of water is necessary. The pres-
sure of 3,300 lbs. to the square inch is
obtained by a steam engine of 200-horse
power, working differential pumps at
the surface, and is transmitted to the
engine underground by a pipe of 1.18
in. bore, having a pneumatic accumu-
lator at either end of the line. In
these accumulators the power water
lifts a plunger of 6 in. diameter and 4
ft. stroke, against the resistance of a
piston of 15 in. diameter moving in a
closed cylinder overhead containing
air, which is maintained by a compress-
ing pump at 600 lbs. pressure per square
inch. The ratio of the two pressures,
5.5 to 1, being nearly inversely pro-
portional to the areas of the piston, 1
to 5.6, the load on each side of the ac-
cumulator is under ordinary conditions
the same.
The pumping engine is a combination
of two pairs of horizontal single-acting
QUADRUPLE-EXPANSION SINGLE-CRANK MILL ENGINE.
are placed respectively over the third
and low-pressure cylinders; these cylin-
ders are 9 ', 12", 16" and 25" in diam-
eter, the stroke being 211". The two
crossheads are connected by links to
the top end of a steel triangular con-
necting rod. The valves for the high-
count of simplicity, economy, steady
running and small floor space occupied,
this type of engine is said to be well
adapted for electric power stations.
The engine runs at 160 revolutions,
at which speed it gives 250 effective
H. P,
NEW ST-l'Ll-; CALLOWS FKAMI'
Freeland, the manager and engineer,
sends a photograph of a gallows frame
on the new main three-compartment
Lee shaft, the sixth under steam there,
from which the accompanying cut is
engraved. It is of Oregon timber 50
and 64 feet long. The
main frame (dark in
■ cut), weighing seven
tons, was framed on
the ground and lifted
at once, using one of
the back legs tem-
porarily as a gin
pole, the other back
leg being framed and
ready to hoist; main
tackle, six-ply l}-inch
rope ; secondary
tackle, four-ply 1-inch
rope; power, four
heavy draft horses;
ginlpole guys, old i
wire rope secured to
dead men. The ar-
rangement of tackle
gave a power of
eighty horses on the
load. The secondary
tackle worked from
a snub post. Four
rolling hitches were
used on the main
draft line. It went
up in six bites with-
out a hitch.
The collar is pro-
longed to the foot of
back legs. The sway
braces foot on a con-
tinuous bolted cross-
sill. Every quadran-
gular panel is cross-
biaced with diagonal
stiuts or ties. It
^xTi^ PS?" '® double-bolted
nil BBI \ throughout and the
I ^ 2S^_ '^°K chains have turn
yijj \~ buckles. The sheaves
are 6 feet 6 inches.
The frame is un-
usually rigid, has
square joints, can be
put together on the
ground and raised in
one piece, can be de-
signed of any re-
quired strength and
IS cheaper than the
prevalent styles of
high frames.
Sei.f-pkopeluno Ere engines are be-
coming the fashion. Boston has just
added one to her fire-fighting equip-
ment— not the first, by the way, that
has been turned out in the United
States— and it will probably not be
long before other cities will follow suit.
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 1, 1897.
CAI-IFORNIA.
Amador.
Ledger: The old Marklee mine, near Vol-
cano, is soon to be reopened by a San Fran-
cisco company. Tbis mine was worked down
to a depth of 500 or 600 feet in the seventies,
and ore to the value of about $1,000,000 ex-
tracted. It is believed that large masses of
comparatively ricb ore were left in the various
levels, as too low grade to prove attractive at
that time. A dump of some 10,000 tons is
estimated to be worth $3 to $3 per ton, and
can be milled at a cost not exceeding 75 cents
per ton.
The Gover shaft has been put down to 1200
feet in depth. At this point the work has
been devoted to cutting a station and run-
ning drifts and crosscuts. The ledge is re-
ported to be very good indeed, in fact, better
than heretofore encountered in the mine. The
mine is at present being worked on the agree-
ments secured from the lien holders and other
creditors two years ago in July.
Bntte.
In nine mines at and around Magalia and
Forbestown 356 miners are at work— Persh-
backer, 65 ; Princess, 15 ; Pomerat, 15 ; Math-
erson, 5; Bader, 10; Wylie, 12; Dix, 10; Gold-
bank, 114; Carlisle, 10.
Calaveras.
Pronpect: The placer mines in the neigh-
borhood of El Dorado are coming to the front
with reports that are very encouraging. It
is reported that excellent pay dirt has been
found in the gravel operated by Pache &,
Bush.
The parties operating the Martin placer
mine are putting in a water power hoist and
machinery, and preparing to work the prop-
erty on a large scale.
n he Bessella mine, being worked by Oak-
land parties, can be successfully operated at
a comparatively small cost. The tunnel by
which the channel is at present being worked
carries all the water off, requiring no pump-
ing or hoisting. The quantity of gravel is
very extensive and the prospects are better
than they have ever been before.
Citizen: The Bald Hill mine at Albany
Flat, owned by Fred Brunner of Angels, has
been bonded for $3500.
The Rose Hill mines, near El Dorado, have
been sold to Edward Hirschler of San Fran-
cisco for $5000. This group comprises about
seventy acres, and includes a quartz vein
that has been developed to some extent, and
rich deposits of gravel. • The purchaser will
begin work on the gravelimmediately. Water
will be conveyed from Table mountain, which
will jaecessitate the use of about 12,000 feet of
pipe.
Chronicle: The Vair tunnel being run by
the California Exploration Company has now
reached a length of 600 feet. The air com-
pressor and Burleigh drills were started up
last week. Power is obtained from the
Mokelumne and Campo Seco canal.
On the Bund mine sinking on the footwall
is going on, the shaft having reached a depth
of 240 feet. The vein at the bottom shows a
width of 25 feet. Considerable water has
been encountered.
The Sparrow Hawk and Calaveras Queen
mines, on Esperanza creek, are showing up
well as development work progresses. The
mines have been bonded to a San Francisco
company through Charles Pieffer and Prank
H. Hall. A tunnel 225 feet in length has
been run on the lead in the Sparrow Hawk
and the pay chute has just been struck.
There has also been two shafts sunk, one 65
and the other 25 feet in depth. It is the in-
tention of the company to run a tunnel in
from Esperanza creek, some 600 feet in length.
The same gentlemen have also bonded the
VVerle ranch mine to a San Francisco company,
and work has been commenced on the prop-
erty.
El Dorado.
(Special Correspondence). — The tunnel in
1 he Lloyd property has gone beyond 225 feet
and is cutting through a formation that shows
encouraging prospects.
The drift north in the Empress Josephine
property has passed the 45-foot mark and is in
a good grade of ore.
The shaft on the Marguerite is down 50
feet on a 13-foot ledge of satisfactory ore.
Work is progressing rapidly on the Smith
property and the developments are gratifying
to the prospectors. This is in close proximity
to the Lloyd, Empress Josephine and Gentle
Annie properties.
At the Union property the tunnel is ap-
proaching the ntended limit of 500 feet.
At the Larkin mine 0. H. Dunton is drift-
ing for the east ledge on the 100 level. D. H.
Jackson, the former superintendent and a
large owner of stock, resigned because the
company concluded to erect a mill when they
had reached but 250 feet depth, and the shaft,
lie thought, should be driven .500 or 600 feet
before talking of a mill.
Id a mother lode section where miners of
many years' experience are superseded by
K'aduates of ninety-day observation studies,
and whose deep mining does not go beyond
iheir superficial experience, there are several
illustrations within a small radius of Placer-
ville. Yet people wonder why the much-
\'aunted mother lode is less productive in one
ouniythan in another, losing sight of com-
parisons in which experience, the best of
skillful mining, and great depth are very im-
pjrtant factors. In the outcome the county is
damned and the San Francisco merchants
throw up their hands in anguish, thinking
they have been duped by designing people
and inveigled into unproductive .schemes of
no merit, despite the fact that the mineral
surveyor's lines have been stubbornly ig-
nored. Men who know nothing of mining and
are unwilling to trust to experienced men, and
reluctant to dig deep into the earth, do them-
selves and localities better service by
refusing to venture into unknown fields
under the guidance of inexperienced and self-
opinionated ninety-day graduates in the min-
ing field.
Placerville, April 26th, '97.
Nevada^
A 10-stamp quartz mill has been ordered for
the Kirkham mine at Nevada City, California.
Herald: The Spanish mine, near Washing-
ton, has resumed work and the mill is kept
constantly running. This mine is worked
principally from the surface in open cats.
Shafts are raised from the main tunnel, which
is on a level with the top of the ore dump at
the mill, and the ore, being stoped out by the
use of churn drills, is run down these shafts,
where it is received by a train of cars and
carried to the mill. The loaded cars are run
by gravity and a mule is used to draw back
the empty train. From 130 to 140 tons of ore
are run through the mill daily. Long strings
of plates and sluices are used in saving the
gold. Eight white men and six Chinamen is
about all the labor employed to run both mine
and mill.
Placer.
Sentinel: Extensive development work is
in progress at the Black Oak mine, near Wei-
mar. E. W. Chapman has taken charge and
will thoroughly prospect the property. A
shaft will be sunk near the lower tunnel to a
depth of 200 feet. From this shaft the ledge
will be crosscut and drifts will be run. A
compressor will be put in to furnish power for
'running machine drills, and three shifts will
engage in the work of sinking. Mr. Chap-
man has let a contract to extend the tunnel
south 200 feet on the ledge.
The May Flower Mining Company at For-
est Hill have commenced to build a flume to
convey the water which they will use for
hydraulicking next winter. At their drift
mine the company is engaged running a bed-
rock tunnel to strike the channel in the Orono
tunnel, 2500 feet east of the Mav Flower
channel.
The big tunnel of the Eureka Consolidated
Drift Mining Company, above Forest Hill, is
now in 2010 feet. The 'rock at present is very
soft and the outlook is very encouraging.
The lumber for the new 5-stamp mill and
boarding house for the Belle Union mine has
arrived at Weimar.
At the Retta quartz mine in the Westville
district a shaft will be sunk on the ledge this
season.
Sprague & Neal will open the old Blake
quartz mine, near Succor Flat, this spring.
They will run a tunnel in on the ledge.
Plnraas.
Independent : The Thistle Shaft force has
been lowering the water at the rate of about
15 inches in twelve hours.
It is expected that the water in the large
Feather river ditch will be through in a few
days, when the three large monitors in the
Upper Dutch will be running. At present
only one monitor is in use.
At Johnsville a contract has been let to
drive 100 feet of tunnel at the Four Hills
mine.
Shasta.
Sea}'chlioht : The Milkmaid mine, north of
French Gulch, is working as many men as
possible so as to open up ground enough to
supply ore to keep the new mill running. It
is the intention to put thirty miners at work
as soon as working room for them can be
opened up.
The Niagara mine at French Gulch has
closed down temporarily. The company is
undergoing a reorganization.
Free Press: Active operations will soon be
resumed at the smelter at the old After-
thought mill, on North Cow creek. Late last
fall a smelter of twenty-five tons capacity per
day was erected, but owing to lateness in the
season operations were abandoned. The de-
velopment work at the mine continued. They
have a 6-foot ledge of rich base ore carrying
over 20 per cent in copper, together with good
values in both gold and silver. The presence
of much zinc in the ore makes it difficult to
reduce.
A rich strike was recently made in the
Delta mine on Dog creek, near Delta, owned
by M. D. Butler and son, but now under bond
to the Delta Mining Company of San Fran-
cisco. The company has been developing the
property for some time past. There is a tun-
nel 300 feet in length upon the property.
They began at a distance of 250 feet from the
mouth of the tunnel to sink a shaft. At a
depth of 40 feet tbey struck a fine body of ore
which is very rich in sulphurets and galena.
The Crown Point Gold Mining Company are
hauling ore from their mine on Muletown
mountain to this city and shipping it by rail
to the smelter at Keswick. Five carloads
have already been shipped.
Sisklyoa.
iVcics : The McConnelltfe Quinn mine at the
mouth of Humbug is being fitted up for the
summer's work. This mine is operated by
Chinamen on the percentage system.
The Pennsylvania placer mine, on the lower
Klamath, has made the second cleanup of 100
ounces. This is one of the best equipped
mines on the river.
A Portland company, representing large
capital, are examining the placer mines of Oro
Fino, with a view of making an offer for them.
The Classic Hill mine, on Indian creek, is
being fitted up for the season's run. This
mine is owned by Matthews and Vogan.
Dave and John Drake have recently made a
rich strike at the head of Collins creek, in
Oak Bar district.
I. N. Day, president of the Klamath Flume
and Milling Company, is expected at Happy
Camp to decide on the survey that will be
adopted for their big ditch.
Journal: The B. Reider mine, on Shasta
river, will probably be sold to a Boston com-
pany. Negotiations have been under way for
some time.
The Bunker Hill mine, near Happy Camp,
is in active operation, and the owners expect
to do better than ever with the mine this sea-
son.
The high water in the Klamath at Ash
creek troubled the miners very seriously,
causing considerable damage and expense.
The American Bar Company was obliged,
from the great pressure on their wingdam, to
fill the pit. This company works between
forty and forty-five men. who have been laid
off until the river goes down and the pit is
pumped out.
The Mabel mine, on the divide between Oak
Bar and Scott Bar, owned by Timmons &
Chamberlain, will no doubt soon be sold to a
company of San Francisco capitalists, and will
then be worked on an extensive scale.
Journal: The Klamath River Flume and
Mining Company intend carrying the water
from the North Pork of Indian creek to their
mine six miles above Happy Camp, a distance
of fifteen'miles. At the crossing of Ambrose
creek, a siphon will be put in with a drop of
400 feet. They have a large tract of mining
ground in the vicinity, which they have been
prospecting for some time past.
The old Lost Chance mine, at Callahans
Ranch, is being worked at present with quite
a force of men.
Trinity.
Jour)Kil : At Deadwood the Brown Bear
Company are working a larger force than for
a year past and recently discovered a large
body of ore in the old Last Chance drifts.
Gazear& Clements have struck a rich ledge
on the Enterprise claim— small but rich.
The Blagrave brothers have struck a ledge
on Donnelly gulch, supposed to be an exten-
sion cf the Little Gem. They are running a
tunnel to tap the ore body.
Cochran, Brady & Tourtellotte are working
on the Lappin mine with good results.
TaolTunne.
The Tarantula mine, recently purchased by
an English syndicate for the sum of $20,000,
is turning out well. A 200-foot shaft is being
sunk and a suitable hoist erected.
The Junction mine, under process of de-
velopment under the management of W. H.
Storms, is making a very encouraging show-
ing. A vein varying in width from 14 to 30
inches assays well.
Independent : South of the Tuolumne river,
on the Grant mine, owned by a San Francisco
company, there is a shaft 225 feet, from which
they have taken considerable money. At the
present they are preparing to put up machin-
ery to sink 1000 feet.
The North Star and Black Warrior, owned
by D. R. Oliver of Stockton, is an old prop-
erty that was worked years ago, but has been
lying idle for want of capital to develop it
until Mr. Oliver invested. At present he
has a force of men employed, working three
shifts, running a tunnel which is in about 220
feet.
Uniiin-Denioerat: At the Soulsby drifting
and crosscutting is being done in the new
shaft on the 200 level, while a crew of men are
still engaged in sinking,
At the Black Oak the shaft is nearing the
000 level. The vein holds a uniform depth of
14 feet. Large quantities of ore are being
shipped every day to the Selby Smelting
Works.
At the Dead Horse quartz is being sent up
from the 1.500, that is as good as the mine ever
took out. The shaft is still being driven down
and sinking will continue until a depth has
been attained of 1700 feet. The vein is large,
and there is plenty of good ore in sight.
The ore body in the Lady Washington has
enlarged, and a big output is shortly ex-
pected.
Drifting and crosscutting has been com-
menced on the 500 of the Rappahannock, and a
full force will be put on sometime in the near
future.
Supt. McDonald is working the Confidence
full-handed, and beside the general under-
ground workings is having systematic pros-
pecting done for surface chutes.
The mill of the Belleview is still hung up,
while the shaft is being run down another 200
feet. It has already neared the 900 level,
with a rich body of ore in sight right along.
Driving ahead in the 1200-foot breast of the
Kelz tunnel exposes better rock every shift.
Other portions of the mine are being worked
beside, and the 15-stampmill is kept running.
DeniocrnUc-Bninicr: The first payment of
$2000 on the Plummer gravel mine, above Co-
lumbia, has been made by T. C. Cox to the
Plummer Bros. The area in gravel is large
and prospects well. A ditch from the Stanis-
laus river, with a capacity of 1000 miner's
inches, will be built.
NEVADA.
White Pine Neivn: Freight teams keep roll-
ing in from the railroad with material for the
Star and Gray Eagle mines.
The new management of the Cainman mine
are to run their works at the mine by elec-
trical power, the waters of Murray creek to
be used in generating the electricity. Work
on the ditch has begun.
Dayton Times: Some time during the sum-
mer ore from the Logan & HuUy mine, and
also from the Mayday mine, in Como, will be
treated by the patent pulverizing and concen-
trating process of C. V. Peck's at the Doug-
lass mill. The ore from the Logan *lt Hully
mine assays anywhere from $10 to $50 per ton.
Some of it has been worked by different pro-
cesses, but the full value has never been
extracted.
Eureka Sentinel: This district has been
famed for years as a great lead-smelting cen-
ter, and the impression has gone abroad that
only silver was found in the ores smelted.
Now, as a fact, one-third or more of the pre-
cious metal produced has been gold, many of
the mines producing gold almost exclusively.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of ore have
been worked in the district assaying $20 and
upwards a ton in gold, a great deal of it run-
ning far above that figure. At the present
time large quantities of ore are being taJien
out of our mines and sent abroad and sold,
coming quite up to these figures in gold.
In White Pine county at Hamilton a great
deal of ore is being taken out for shipment
this summer.
Pioche Rpciml: The Chainman group of
mines at Ely are now in possession of the
new owners. Lane and others of San Fran-
cisco, and active work has been entered upon.
The waters of Murray creek will be utilized
to generate electrical power for use of both
hoist and mill at the mines. The ditch for
this purpose is under construction.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The report for the quarter year ending
December 31, 1896, by the DeLamar Company,
the last report made, shows that 20,67T tons
of ore were worked through the mill, the
gross yield being $.575,462. From this there
was deducted $77,435 as the cost -o£ extract-
ing; ¥22,436 for transportation, and $372,186 as
the cost of milling, leaving a net product for
the three months ofS103,403.
OREGON.
Rogue River Courier: Thirty men are at
work on the Pickett Greek Mining Company's
placers. Most of thera are engaged in digging
the new five-mile ditch. Piping has been
suspended for the season.
A prospector picked up a $140-nugget at the
head of Jump-off-Joe last week. It was shaped
like a piece of strap 4 inches long and rather
thin.
The Alexander-Bent placers are running on
full time on Galice creek. Two monitors are
busy tearing down banks from 30 to 90 feet
high.
The contract for running the 500-foot tunnel
on the new Lewis acqueduct has been let to
J. W. Ray for $2.25 a foot. A twelve-mile
ditch will be dug this fall, after the clean-up.
This ditch will connect the upper Grave creek
placers with the Lewis diggings nearLeland.
An old channel, rich in gold, Crosses the Sis-
kiyous at the head of the Althouse, near the
California line, and has been traced across
the Illinois valley in a northwest course,
thence across Rogue river below the Sherer
placers and thence into Douglas county, strik-
ing the rich diggings of Cow creek. In early
days to strike this channel meant pounds, not
ounces, of nuggets, but it takes digging and
piping to uncover them now, although the old
channel is exceedingly rich wherever dug
into. Modern methods will make it yield more
gold than ever in the near future.
Grant's Pass Observer: At the Lewis placer
mine on Grave creek two 5-inch giants are in
place, working alternately. Sixteen men are
employed in and about the mine.
A large vein of ore has been cut thi'ough in
the Free and Easy mine at Kerbv at a 150-
foot depth.
The old Hole-in-the-Ground property is be-
ing opened up by the A. J. Richison Mining
Company, which has purchased the Hold Out
claim and is getting the mine in shape for
work.
Medford Mail: Work will soon be com-
menced on the mining ditch from the Saxe
Creek falls to N. D. Young's placer mine,
where a hydraulic plant is to be put in.
Work will soon begin on theBart-Signoretti
mine, owned by Purder & Stanfield, near
Murphy gulch. A 200-foot working tunnel is
to be run to tap the vein at a depth of 150 feet
below the old shaft.
It is reported that the parties interested in
the proposed big mining ditch from Evans
creek to Loose creek are soon to let out the
contracts for the building of it. The length
of the ditch will be about forty-five miles and
will have a capacity of 1500 inches of water.
WASHINGTON.
Importations of lead ore at Northport
amount to 300,000 pounds a day. The duty
collected is over '840,000 a month.
In the Lakeview Mining Company's prop-
erty the ore is chloride and sulphate, bromide
and quartz and chloride, carrying silver and
some gold. The formation is a slate roof and
porphyry foot wall, and the ore ledges are
from 2 to 8 feet. There is on the Lakeview a
175-foot tunnel, with a 85-foot crosscut tunnel,
a 140-foot incline tunnel and crosscut.
On the Whitecap mine, owned by Poorman
& Hays, on Red Top mountain, there are two
ledges. On one is an open cut 30 feet long
and 10 feet deep, with a 5-foot ledge. The
ore is siliceous, carrying gold, silver and
copper.
The Anaconda mine, owned by the British
Canadian Gold Fields Company, and the De-
troit, owned by W. H. Kearney & Co. of Spo-
kane, are adjoining properties to the Washing-
ton, and the ore characteristics the same.
Development work is being pushed on the
Anaconda under the direction of Superintend-
ent McDonald. The tunnel now being driven
is in 220 feet, and it is expected to crosscut
the ledge within the next 10 feet and at a
depth of 175 feet.
The Bald Eagle mines comprise a group of
six claims, owned by Aug. Heinze— owner of
the Trail smelter — and are on Chloride
mountain. A 600-foot working tunnel has just
been laid out to tap the ledge .300 feet below
the surface.
Spohesman-Hei'iew : F. K. McBroom has ten
men at work on the Big Iron mine, on the res-
ervation. Over $4400 was spent on this prop-
erty after last August. The claim is remark-
able for its strong iron capping.
The Little Giant mine has been developed
beyond the experimental stage, and improved
machinery will be put in with which to break
and hoist the ore in an S-foot vein at the bot-
tom of a 75-foot shaft,
AI.ASKA.
News: Cooks inlet received a black eye
last season. The summer before reports were
brought out by men who were considered
trustworthy and competent that the Cooks
inlet section was second only to the great
Yukon. Many inexperienced men went in
last summer and failing reported the country
May 1, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
371
worthless. A few, however, had faith in the
disuoveries. About a year ago the Kxcelsior
Company chartered the steamer Excelsior
from Sab FraDcist-o to make a special trip to
the inlet, and sent her off loaded to the
guards with lumtior, steel pipe, hydraulii-s,
supplies and men. The carpo was discharged
on the beach at Anchor point and all summer
long improvements were made and develop-
ments prosecuted. Those comprising iho
company are Boston capitalists. The company
was formerly known as the Boston-Alaska
Mining Company, though now is spoken oi as
the Anchor Point Company, with K. A. Lane
general manager. Their holdings consist of
several hundred acres of placer ground at
A Dehor point and also a number of claims at
the mouth of tbeShuitna river near Tyoonock.
The former is the scene of their developments
at present. Last season ten giants were
brought up and that number has been this
season augmented by ten more. To furnish
the quantity of water to operate these giants
the comi>any has constructed a dam across a
ravine in the mountains, creating a reservoir.
This was built last summer. Two miles of
the ditch were dug last season, its dimen-
sions being '-i feet deep, 4 feet on the bottom
and 9 feet on the lop. The contract on the
remaining live miles yet to be dug has been
let, and a force of eighty men went to the
inlet two weeks ago on iheBertha, chartered
for the trip. Two sizes of nozzles are used,
according to the stage of water in the reser-
voir—one of -'i and one of 4 inches diameter.
The claims owned by the company have a
frontage on the beach of over two miles, the
gravel averaging about 10 feet in thickness.
But little stripping is necessary and but few
large rocks or boulders have so' far been en-
countered to harrass the work of the giants.
BRITISH CULIJMBIA.
The following are returns of the ore produc-
tion up to April 17, and they show that the
yield is at the rate of nearly nine million for
the whole year:
OKK BXPOHTBU
'/■fll,^.
From Sloe an via Kuslo 0,1-2894
From Sloe an via Nakusp 2.ft42vi
From Rossland viu Norlhporl 6.088Vi
From Rossland via Nelson S2
i7.9ll9ii
Total value:
Through Nelson customhouse $1 039,n82.:i8
Throuch RuvelsloUe (Nakusp) 21*2.110.65
Avoriifjc value per ton, $74.3105.
PROnncK OF SMEI.TEUS
(Shipped I
.fI,331,102,0.S
Nelson (Hall mines) matte 56 1 H
Trail smrlter matte 3.279'.i
2.&40-:'4
Total value $l,227,869.*i7
Total value of ore and matte expt'd. . 2.559,062. fiO
Ore shipments from Rossland during the
week ending Saturday, April 17, were: Le
Koi. '.too tons; War Eagle, '200; Iron Mask, 7');
O. K.. 33; total, 1,207. The O. K. mill treated
113 tons. These shipments bring the amount
for the year to 17,103 tons, of which the Le
Roi has contributed 13,012 tons; the War
Eagle, 3,101, Columbia and Kootenay, 45S,
Iron Mask, 938; Jumbo, 91 ; Josie, 130 ;
Cliflf, HI; Red Mountain, 56; O. K., concen-
trates, lis ; Evening Star, 31 ; Giant, 21 ; I. X.
L., 13.
Knotenain : In Ains worth district is an-
nounced the discovery, last week, of a fine
body of ore on the east side of the lake, and
one and one-half miles northeast of Blue Belle
mine. It is a 6-foot ledge of galena ore, as-
saying forty-three ounces of silver and 50 per
cent lead per ton.
There is reported the sale of the Twin claim
to A. W. Morris, of Montreal, by McArthur
and Strobeck for *35,000; *3,000 cash.
T. M. Gibson has purchased for his company
Lhe Mamie for §3,500 cash, from the Britania
Mining Co., and the Lady of the Lake and
Hamburg from O. Berg and Dan Clark for
$8,000 cash. This company nows own a string
of fine claims, and will put up machinery for
the active operation of the Little Donald, as
soon as the roads are in a condition to be used.
Spokesman- Review : Henry Croft of Victoria
has closed for the Black Fox, Daisy and Cali-
fornia, on the South Fork, for $30,000. The
new owner will at once begin the construction
of a concentrator.
A short time ago the Blue Jay claim near
Vernon was bonded to a London company for
*10,000, on which the owner, H. Latimer, has
received the first payment of $2500, the bal-
ance to follow in six months. Work will be
pushed ahead on this claim.
The Ruby Gold Mining Company received
an offer from New York of $25,000 for four-
fifths of the property. The offer has been
accepted, providing the purchasers guarantee
to do a certain amount of work upon the prop-
erty every year.
A concentrator of 150 tons cepacity has been
ordered for the Galena Farm, a Slocan prop-
erty owned by a strong English syndicate.
The mill will be in operation in the course of
three months.
Port Steele Prospcctnr : The North Star
mine produced and shipped during the year
1896 nearly 4500 tons of ore, which had a valua-
tion of $225,000. At the present time the
company has 3,000 tons of rich carbonates and
galena at their landing on the Kootenay river
and 3,000 more on the dump— 6,000 tons that
will average $60 per ton, or a gross valuation
of $360,000.
-There is no doubt that at least 200 mines in
this district will become producers upon the
advent of the Crow's Nest railway.
DTAH.
Salt Lake TrUmnc: In the syenite-dolomite
contact, between Frisco and Copper gulch,
and not more than three miles from the post-
office, a lead, said to be 20 feet wide, has
been struck, from which splendid samples of
lead-silver ore have been taken.
Ad offer hag ^e^n wade totti© owners of the
Martha and Kate Sacketl claims in Beaver
Lake district, and if aci^epted, the purchasers
will put up a small hoisting plant and prose-
cute development.
The Horn Silver is employing about 100
men. The mill is running steadily, and ship-
ments of ore continue regularly.
At I'rice W. H. Calmer, superintendent of
the gilsonlte company, owning the I'ariett
mines, expects to put more men at work soon
and renew shipments of gilsonite.
Mammoth Hentrd: The contract for sinking
another 100 feet in the Emerald shaft has
been awarded. The shaft is now down 534
feet, and will continue to the 700 level, when
a drift will be run to the vein.
The shaft which is being sunk ;i50 feet from
the mouth of the Lower Mammoth tunnel, is
now down 100 feet, and will be pushed down
another 100 feet.
Work is to be resumed next week at the
Sunbeam, and the shaft will be pushed on
down.
Tinlic Minrr: Shipments from the district
for the week are as follows: From the Bul-
lion-Beck mine, 15 carloads of ore : Cen-
tennial - Eureka, 7 carloads concentrates;
Swansea. 4 carloads ore; South Swansea, 5
carloads ore ; North Star, 1 carload ore ;
Dragon iron mine, 3 carloads ore daily.
The newly incorporated Murray Hill com-
pany will commence sinking on their property
in a few days. The property of the company
j consists of the Murray Hill, Sego Lily and
I Silver Dick claims, Iving just east of the Rab-
I bit Foot.
Arrangements are nearly completed for the
1 commencement of operations on the Peru, and
I that work will surely begin about May 1st.
I Secretary Cobb of theTriumph MilliogCom-
I pany advises us that the force at the mine
j has been increased, and that the development
I hereafter will be pushed faster than ever.
The Horaesiake people are taking out con-
siderable good ore. They have also com-
' menced sinking the shaft from the 300-foot
I level, and will carry it down to the 500.
Mercur Mficun/: Enough ore is taken from
I drifts to run the Sacramento mill, and conse-
I quently stoping in other parts of the property
has been discontinued.
; Between thirty-five and forty tons of ore
rare hoisted daily at the Maltie mine. The
1 workings are fast reaching forward, and are
I Bearing the old Nimrod workings, but at a
much lower depth.
At the MoUie Gibson, work on which is be-
ing pushed by Mr. Craft and associates, a
drift has been run in a northerly direction
from the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 45
feet, on a fine body of ore. A south drift will
be run soon.
The Great Eastern Mining and Milling
Company has let a contract to drive their in-
cline tunnel, which is in 90 feet now, another
65 feet, and think to strike pay ore before the
contract is finished.
Owing to the burning out of the shaft on
the Searchlight, in the Sunshine end of the
district, raining work on the property was dis-
continued; but now that the shaft has been
retimbered, active development work has
again been resumed.
Bingham Jiiillctiu : Lively work has been
done at the Winnamuck mine this week to
prevent its flooding; but in spite of all ef-
forts, it may fill to the 200 level. The occur-
rence is especially inopportune, as we under-
stand parties are now en route from the East
to inspect the Winnamuck and other Utah
properties.
At the Pha-nix and Coramaodel sinking and
raising are in progress to connect the tunnel
level with the level 335 feet above for air and
production. The work will be completed with-
in six weeks, when the mines will be in con-
dition to output 200 tons of ore per month.
R. H. Carr and Charles Jacobs have begun
work on the No. 10 and '93, adjoining the
Chicago, on whicb they have a bond and lease
from the Heaston Bros.
Work on the Bingham tunnel will soon be
actively resumed, with plenty of funds to
complete it.
Eureka Dr.iuoorat : It is the intention of the
Orient Mining Company to start development
work on the Golden Hope claim, the most
promising ground in their group, soon after
the 1st of May.
The Grand Central is still pushing ahead,
and an excavation is now being made for a
donkey engine, which is to be placed in the
workings.
Some good-looking rock has been uncovered
at the bottom of the Gen. Logan shaft, and
the indications are favorable for a good strike
in that property.
Arrangements are being perfected for tte
incorporation of the Lucky Boy group of mines,
which are located near Silver City.
Silver City Star: The Treasure Leasing
Company has let a contract for sinking the
shaft on the Cornucopia 115 feet deeper. The
shaft is now down 265 feet, and when this
contract is completed the 400-foot station will
be cut. A station will also be cut on the 300
level and a station pump put in to handle the
flow of water which it is expected will be en-
countered.
M. D. Hewlett of Eureka recently pur-
chased a one-fourth interest in the Lucky
Boy claim from H. F. Lockerby, and arrange-
ments are now being made to incorporate the
property.
IDAHO.
The Union Silver Star Company of Black-
tail mountain will resume operations in a few
days with a large force of men.
The American Developing and Mining Com-
pany is soon to put a force of men at work on
the Bull of the Woods group of mines south-
' west of Gibbonsville. This property is famous
for its mountains of low-grade ore, and it is
among the probabilities that a reduction plant
commensurate with the amount of ore in sight
will be erected on it during the coming sum-
mer. Mr. MacDonald. the manager says that
the ATaerigan Developing and Mining Com-
pany is now in shape to adopt a more aggres-
sive policy in every branch of its business
than it has done in the past, and that it is not
improbable that a stamp mill would be erected
on the Hull of the Woods during the season.
\In the Elk City country, on the Bitter Root
divide, in 1S'»5 a Chicago company put in a
hydraulic elevator plant on American Hill,
and last year they are reported to have taken
out $1,000 in gold per day. A Butte company
purchased last fall the Buffalo Hill placer
properly and have kept a large force of men
at work all winter putting in a bedrock flume.
They used 100,000 feet of lumber in its con-
struction and have hauled in over the thirty
tons of iron pipe and hydraulic equipment.
The Ternan Hill properly was also purchased
by Butte parties a few months ago and with
characteristic enterprise are going ahead to
open up the ground and equip it with up-to-
date improvements. The Moose ereekplacers
have also passed into the hands of Eastern
people and last fall they prospected for and
found an old channel carrying the coarsest
gold ever found in the Bitter Root country.
Silver City Aralunclic: On the Morning
Star a level has been started from the shaft
during the past week, and will be known as
the No. 5. The miners are working in good
ore at that point.
At the Trade Dollar three eight-hour shifts
are at work at the new shaft in the Blaine
tunnel. The hoist is now enroute from the
East and will soon be in place. The mill is
running at full capacity, with regular bullion
and concentrate shipments.
MONTANA.
Jnie.r-Muunlain: The Hope mine at Basin
will be started under the superintendence of
Arthur Bird. He is confident that within
thirty days he can make the property pay a
$10,000 dividend from the proceeds of a big I
body of ore which was uncovered just before
the shut down. The proceeds are to be first
applied to the payment of cost of mining and
milling, and the balance to be applied to the
payment of outstanding time checks amount-
ing in all to about $5,000.
The Gold Coin mill is shut down for the
present on account of new machinery being
placed in position. The mine is working with
a full force. Two shafts are being developed.
One is down to a point where if the lead is
struck again the company will have 300 feet
of ore in sight. During the week General
Manager L. U. Loomis and Superintendent
W. T. Morgan bonded a group of six claims in
the Royal district, for $40,000, and paid $5,000
down.
W. R. Moore, a barrister of Rossland, B. C,
has secured a bond from G. W. Collins and J.
T. White upon the Iron Clad mine in Lost
Creek district. The bond runs for five months
and calls for the total payment of $17,000.
Butte Miner: John W. Forbis, as receiver
for the Butte & Boston properties, has paid
out ^6,000, or a 35 per cent dividend on debts
of the old company, which amounted to less
than $300,000.
In the Clipper mine at Pony a strike was
made in No. 4 tunnel. At a depth of 1200 feet
a large body of high-grade ore was struck,
running from $80 to $180, on what is known as
the Belle ground. The length of the tunnel
is 1700 feet. This find has demonstrated the
fact that what is needed in the Pony district
is depth.
The Anaconda Company is moving the ma-
chinery from the Matte mine to the Orphan
Girl, near Big Butte, where a shaft 1000 feet
deep will be sunk on this silver property. It
is reported that the company will develop
several of the silver properties in this vicin-
ity, as the ore carries silica, which is needed
for fluxing purposes in reducing the copper
ore from some of the big mines of the com-
pany.
NEW MEXICO.
Silver City Enterprise: D. B. Gillette,
representing himself and others, has made
one of the biggest purchases of mining prop-
erty recorded for many years in the Terri-
tory. The property is the Pacific group of
gold mines at Pinos Altos, nine miles from
Silver City. The mines owned by Bell &
Stevens, of Pinos Altos, included in the sale,
are the Pacific Extension and Pacific No. 2 on
the Pacific vein, the Grey Horse and Tip Top,
parallel and adjacent to the Pacific claims on
the west, the Ohio mine on the Mountain Key
vein, the Mina Grande, Mogul and Kept
Woman, on the Mina Grande vein ; the Silver
Rule, parallel and adjoining the Kept Woman
on the west; the Little Chief and Annie
mines, adjoining the Treasure Mining Com-
pany's property, on the Atlantic vein; the
Mackinaw mill and mill site, in the town of
Pinos Altos, and the Raymond mill and mill
site, formerly known as the Smith & Ailman
property.
In addition to the properties of Bell &
Stevens, there is included in the deal the
valuable mining properties of the Pacific Gold
(Company of St. Louis, at Pinos Altos, and the
company's 30 stamp mill at Silver City. The
amount paid for the properties is said to be
$250,000, spot cash. The new owners have al-
ready taken possession of the property. It is
expected that the new company will build a
pipe line to bring water from the big springs
on the ranches which they have purchased to
the mines, and that a large reduction plant
will be built at the mines. D. B. Gillette will
take charge of the property as general super-
intendent.
At Pinos Altos the Treasure Mining Com-
pany has the usual complement of fifty men
at work in the mine and mill.
At Santa Rita there are twenty men em-
ployed on the Driscoll lease assorting the old
dumps.
J. B. Gilchrist has sixteen men at work
upon his leased ground on the Guadaloupe,
Chino, Oxide and Yosemite mines.
L. R. Munson has leased and bonded his
copper mine, situated half a mile from Santa
Rita, to N. S. Berray ; consideration, $10,000.
Wm. Kieffi is working seventy-eight men on
the Othello and Desdemona claims. His ship-
ments average over fifty tons per day. The
shipments for March were seventy-eight cars
of twenty tons each. The ore is a lead car-
bonate, running about 60 per cent lead and 10
to 15 ounces silver per ton.
ARIZONA.
IU)miiUvi\n : The Black Warrior Copper
Company has bonded the Gray Eagle, Blue
Eagle and Black Eagle mining claims, from
Sultan A: Sidow. These claims are located
ten miles north of Globe and two miles from
Richmond Basin. The claims show an im-
mense ledge of iron ore, which carries enough
copper to pay transoortation and smelting
charges, together with some lime, and is al-
most free of silica. Contracts will be let im-
mediately for the development of the claims.
The North American Exploration Company,
who have a bond on the Continental copper
mines, are greatly encouraged by the devel-
opments made, and Mr. Amster is instructed
to push the work as rapidly as possible.
The reported strike of 'copper in Coconino
county has caused something like a boom.
Two hundred men have been working ail win-
ter, and results have been most encouraging.
It is claimed that this is the only point in Ari-
zona where self-smelting ores are found— the
only place in the Territory where there may
be immense deposits of lead and copper oxides
to make possible local reduction works.
Ninety-five per cent of the ores of Arizona are
dry ores, which can not be worked alone.
They have to be concentrated. The result is
that from 15,000 to 30,000 tons of Arizona ore
are shipped annually.
The Gopher mine, Big Bug district, has
been sold by Mrs. Fanny Kautz to the Gopher
Gold Mining Companv; consideration named
in deed, $196,750.
Final payment has been made on the Ophir
mine, which is an extension of the Congress,
E. B. Gage, representing the Congress Min-
ing Company, being the purchaser, and E.
Gillespie, R. H. Burmister, Len Hale, F. G.
Parker and W. C. Bashford, the sellers; con-
sideration, $30,000.
In Black Rock district, on the Hassayampa,
Murphy lV Hutchinson are working the Gold
Bug mine with excellent results, taking out
good shipping ore. The ledge is 3 feet wide.
Parties have taken a lease on Powell's
Dark Horse and Right Bower claims-silver
properties—and are taking out ore from them.
The vein is 7 feet wide.
A large force of men is at work on the Texas
Chief and Texas Prince, on which there is a
tunnel 100 feet long. The ledge is from 3 to 3
feet wide and the ore carries gold and about
33 per cent in copper.
COLORADO.
Denver Rcpiildicau : These figures show
the production of Cripple Creek mines so far
this year, estimating the remainder of the
present month at the rate the ore is now com-
ing out :
Month. Toiiti.
January 18,000
February 18,500
March 23.500
April 17,500
$3,877,5C0
During the same period of 1896 the yield
was:
January % 460,000
February 50R,280
March 534,000
April . 435.000
AKeraije.
Vaiuf.
MS
J8
15
60
J 864,000
886.0U1I
1,057,500
1,050,000
Total $1,937,280
Actual figures on the production are at all
times hard to get. These are those conserva-
tive business men with millions at stake in
camp have compiled for their own information
and guidance. In every previous year in the
history of Cripple Creek the first four months
have been the worst of the twelve. The sec-
ond four have always shown a decided gain in
output, and the last four — September, Octo-
ber, November and December — have never
failed to turn out more ore than the total of
the eight preceding.
The Legal Tender, on Bull hill, is produc-
ing an average of sixty tons of ore per day,
about one-third of which is smelting rock of
an average grade of four ounces. The milling
ore is worth from $15 to $;30 a ton.
At Pine Creek a new plant of machinery
will at an early date be put upon the Golden
Scepter property, operated by Omaha and
Denver parties.
The Elk Park Mining and Milling Com-
pany has a force of men working on the two
shifts in the Annie H. property. Sinking is
being carried on in the shaft at a present
depth of nearly 135 feet, with a'3%-foot vein
of yellow and gray copper.
At the Jessie Bartlett Davis property, on
the northwest slope of Colorado hill, a tunnel
is being run to cut the shaft, which is now in
135 feet, and another contract has been let to
drive it SO feet farther. The crevice matter
of late shows considerable copper iron coming
in.
A Chicago expert has been examining the
Plateau mine, which has its shaft down 350
feet, and it is reported that the owners will
sink it another 350 feet.
Word comes from Idaho Springs that a big
strike has just been made in the Wilcox tun-
nel, operated by Rev. Wilcox of Denver, a
blind lead measuring 3 feet wide, with values
running from $30 to $150 per ton, being cut in
the breast at about 1200 feet from the surface
end.
At Breckenridge among the new projects
for this season's operations are an electric
power and ore railway company, a sampling
works, a local custom gold mill, a 30-ton capac-
ity cyanide mill for the Carrie group, a "quick
drop" stamp mill for the Golden Eagle, a new
10-stamp battery for the Hamilton Company,
a mill, and the installation of several river
plant placer machines.
A Boston company has been formed to oper-
ate the Williams placer, in the Swan River
aistrlct, duripg the season,
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Coast Industrial Notes.
— I..OS Angeles now figures on IOU,OOU popu-
lation.
—Indications point to a very large Cali-
fornia fruit crop this year.
—Tracy, Ual., reports the discovery of natu-
ral gas there in paying quantities.
—Three locomotives are now in service on
the new road building from Oakdalo, Cal.,
Into Amador county.
—Los Angeles cites the fact that Colorado
hsa ten smelters and argues that one should
be built in the southern California metropolis.
—The Pacific Improvement Co. is about to
file a bid for the construction of the deep
water harbo>' at San Pedro, Cal., inside the
13, SOO.IHK) appropriation limit.
—So far no provision providing for the abro-
gation of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty is
Td the tariff bill under present consideration
by the United States Senate.
—Yesterday took place the lirst shipment
from this coast of Hr lumber to Japan to be
used in the manufacture of tea chests, the
Victoria carrying 'JOO M. from Tacoma, Wash.
—The California Northern Railway Co., re-
cently incorporated in Arizona, proposes to
build a railroad from Kramer, Cal., on the
A. & P- road, to Kandsburg, twenty-six
miles. It is stated that the line will be in
operation August 1. "Jl.
—The proposition of settlement made by the
bondholders of the Mount L.owe Railroad at
Pasadena, Cul.. has been accepted by a ma-
jority of the unsecured creditors and will
probably be accepted by all. The plan is to
reorganize the company with a bond issue of
$5.')(t,00U. The present bonded indebtedness
Is ♦oUO.OOO.
—The total number of vessels on this coast
is I'iJil, including every kind of craft. Built
in California. !>U4; Washington, 426; Oregon,
22"; Maine, Si; Massachusetts, 85; Pennsyl-
vania, 10; New York, 11 ; Alaska, 5; unknown
or foreign, 20; Delaware, 5; New Hampshire,
4: Coonecticut, '-i; New Jersey, 2; Rhode
island, "3; Idaho, I; Michigan, 1. The oldest
listed vessel is the Oregon, built in Maine in
181S. The first one built in California is the
Pike Co., in ISol ; the next oldest the Eclipse,
in 1K52.
Commercial Paragraphs.
TuE second. edition of Catalogue No. 4 is
just issued by the Union Iron Works, 223 Mar-
ket St., San Francisco, in which the Union
Improved Ore Concentrator is elaborately il-
lustrated and described, containing much of
practical interest to every mining man in con-
nection with one of the most important pro-
cesses connected with ore treatment.
The Edison gold saving machine for placer
mining, also designed to operate in connec-
tion with stamp mills, is being manufactured
by the Edison Machine Company of Phumix,
Arizona. The managers state that they ex-
pect to .arrange for the manufacture of the
machine in Oakland, Cal. The chief
points of vantage claimed by the builders is
that it requires a minimum amount of water,
which is automatically used over many times,
and its lightness and simplicity make it
adaptable to all localities. A very close sav-
ing is claimed for It.
The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of
Columbus, Ohio, is out with its 1897 catalogue
descriptive of chains and labor-saving devices.
This catalogue is gotten up in handsome style
and is one of the most complete of its kind
published. The first part is devoted to illus-
trations of labor-saving appliances as applied
to various industries, while the balance of the
book is devoted to the illustrating of its
various chains, sprocket wheels, cable con-
veyor fixtures, and general mill and factory
supplies. It is a valuable reference book and
its price lists are such as will be of interest
to all using labor-saving appliances. Copies
can be had by addressing the above company
at Columbus, New York, Philadelphia, Chi-
cago, St. Louis and Denver.
John O. Noriiom, representing the Joshua
Hendy Machine Co. of San Francisco, has a
.contract with Dier, Davidson & Russell, for
thfe Tinhorn Quartz Mining Company, Fair-
view Camp, Okanogan county, B. C", for a
mill, which will be working in sixty days and
will have the largest capacity of any mill yet
erected in British Columbia— sixty tons a
day. The power will be supplied by a 120 H P.
engine, which will enable the company lo in-
crease the capacity lo 120 tons a day. The
plant of the Tinhorn Company's mill includes
a Corliss engine with modern steel boilers, a
Hercules Improved Blake ore crusher, also
Hendy-Norbom ore concentrators. The mill
will be automatic. The plant includes an
incline tramway connecting the ore bins at the
mouth of the tunnel, the cars dumping ore
automatically at the mill.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Gaston Hill Placer Mining Company, San
Jose; S. P. Saunders, L. M. Simonton, J. R.
Kocher, J. G. Jury, A. D. Dannes; capital
stock $12,000— all subscribed.
Marklee Mining Company, San Francisco:
,T. Flint, San Juan, G. W.' Root, H. Wilson,
G. P. Rixford, W. C. Smith, San Jose; capi-
tal ^tock $100,000—160,000 subscribed.
Little Butte M. and M. Co., Los Angeles;
W. Gillelen, E. T. Earl, H. K. Gregory, E. L.
Allen, Los Angeles; W. J. Clark, H. C. Oak-
ley, Ontario; capital stock, 1500,000; sub-
scribed, $400,000.
Middlemarch Copper Co., Los Angeles;
E. J. Gird, Tombstone, Ariz. ; W. K. Gird,
Chino; M. M. O'Gorman, H. B. Ellis, 1. B.
Hamilton, D. C. Morrison, Los Angeles; cap-
ital stock, $1,000,000; subscribed, $524,000.
Personal.
EMti, R. Ar{.(oiE has returned from South
Africa and will superintend a mine iu Sonora,
Mexico.
W. S. Bliss of Carson has been anpointcd
manager of the Cbatnman mines at Ely, Ne-
vada, for the new owners.
LitL'is J.iN'is Jk. sailed for Australia last
Thursday and will ho there, making Sydney
hia headquarters, for some time.
J. H. GiLMoKu has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Mechanics' Fair, which begins
at the Pavilion In San Francisco, August 17.
John W. Maokav will spend part of the
summer at the Allison Ranch mine in Grass I
Valley, Cal., owned by him and James L. [
Flood.
R. T. B.vvLiss, formerly manager of the |
Montana Company {the Drum Lummon) has
been appointed consulting engineer of the
Exploration Company of London, taking up
much of the work heretofore done by Hamil-
ton Smith.
S. L. TuELLEK of San Francisco has bought
from A. H. Bowers all the latter's interest in
his hydraulic dredge, so far as California and
Oregon are concerned. The purchase price is
said to be $250,000, which includes prospective
judgments for damage suits instituted against
various parties by Bowers.
W. Weston, mining engineer of Cripple
Creek, has returned from Georgetown, Colo.,
where he made an examination and report on
the property of the Doric Gold Mines, Lim-
ited, for the London Company. He was ac-
companied by his colleague, Capt. Jno. D.
Murphy, and the chairman of the company,
Mr. W. E. Swanton.
Dk. Jokdan, president of Stanford Univer-
sity, and one of the British American Bering
Sea Commission, recently delivered at Cor-
nell University a lecture on the Alaska fur
seal, in which he spoke in very harsh terras of
the Paris tribunal under whose finding the
present status of the seal question has been
reached. He called it a farce; said it had
brought contempt upon the name of arbitra-
tion, and declared that in the list of regula-
tions drawn up by the tribunal for the
preservation of the seals there was only one
of any value whatever, that one, n&mely
which provides for a revision of the regula
tions every live years.
Pkuf. A. C. Lawson of toe University of
California has been named by the Board of
Regents of that institution its delegate to the
International Geological Congress at St.
Petersburg, Russia, which will probably be
the greatest gathering ever held of men dis-
tinguished in that branch of science. An at-
tractive feature of the meeting is the unusu-
ally extensive excursions to take place before
and after the meetings. These will be into
Finland, the Ural mountains, the oil fields of
the Caspian, parts of the Black sea and the
Caucasus mountains. All these excursions
will be made in special trains at the expense
of the Russian Government. Prof. Lawson
will take the opportunity afforded to look into
the geological questions of the oil fields of the
Caspian particularly, which are in many re-
spects similar to those of California. Prof.
Lawson has done good work while in Cali-
fornia and will worthily represent the Uni-
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Morning Star Drift Gravel Mining Co.,
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The Leyner Rock Drill.
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De iLamar, Owyhee Co., Idaho.
r-
EEKNAKD MACDONALD,
^Consulting Mining Engineer, J
5 Butte, Montana.
SCodes : Bedford McNeils and Moreing & NeUs^ ^
BERTRAn HUNT, P.l.C. F.C.S.
Chemist and Metallurgist.
I (Agent Gold and Silver Ex. Co. of America, i
1 Ltd.) 216 SANSOME STRBBT^ S. F., CAL. i
} J. K. eveleth.
V. H. M. MACLTMONT.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
\ Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses ^
of Ores, Examine and Report on Mines.
! 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal. 5
Opposite Palace Hctel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
MECHANICAL AND HTDRACI.IC
ENGINEERS.
421 Market St., Cor. First St.,
I Telephone BLACK 2403 San Francisco, Cal.
( W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
( Successor to Jehu & Ogden. )
', 638 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. >
, Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block. )
' Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals \
' and their Alloys, Etc. -
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
( School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, >
Electrical and Mining Engineering. ;
^ Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaylnir. I
933 Marltet St., San Francisco, Cal. (
OPEN ALL TEAR. \
A. VAN DER NAILLEN, Preeldenl. i
» Assayingr of Ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorinatlon c
Assay, 825; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Full Course ?
of Assaying, S50. Established 1864.
, tW Send for Circular.
' Mining and Metallarglcal Work in All <
Branclieg. '
, Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex- .
\ periments on rebellious ores for treatment by /
E cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re- *
i ports upon mining properties.
Mining and. Scientific Press.
May 1, 1897*
RICHARD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address: Richpark.
J Crocker Buildiog.. San Francisco, Cal.
CHARLES P. GRIMWOOD,
\ Mining Engineer and Metallurgist, j
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
i I. T. JONES. G. M- EDMONDSON.
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining:, Corporation and Tort.
^ Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
IT.
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T. D. KYLE & CO., .
Assav^fS anci Chiemists, S
\ J. .
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■ydraulic Eng
U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor,
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA
W. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of CoUinihia School of Mines. Ex-
pert on general mill work and araalgaination, '
Eighteen years' experience. Will report on <
Mines and Mills, and take full charge of Min-
ing Properties. Address. 133 Market St.,
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal. (
J. HOWARD WILSON,
r /\ssaye»r and Chemist,
I 306 Santa Fe Avenne, Pueblo, Colo.
[Correspondence solicited with SHIPPERS OF)
ORE TO COLORADO SMELTERS. ^
> DKNVER SCHOOL OF MINES, 1215 15th St. (
) Established in 1877. Prof. P.J. Stanton. Prlnci- (
\ pal. and experienced assistants. Assaying' /
< tatight for $25, in two weeks. Courses in miner- )
S alogy. metallurgy, mining, surveying, geology. }
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ROOM 49, CROCKER BUILDING.
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? Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE J
f Mining Property. Principals desiring valuable )
/ quartz or gravel Investments at reasonable j
) prices will do well to see what I may have. (
i Only legitimate mining properties handled. c
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ABBOT A
Chemist and Assayer. Successor
' to Henry G. Hanks, established
' 1866, The super-
' vision of sampling
' of ores shipped to
' San Francisco a
' specialty.
I —718—
I Montgomery Street,
I San Francisco.
LOUrS FALKENAU,
[STATE ASSAY OFFICE,
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores. Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
dustrial Products, Poods, Medicines, etc., etc.
Court Expertlng in all branches of Chemical
Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In-
vestigation of Metallurgical and Manufactur- ^
Ing Processes. Consultations on all questions ^
S of applied chemistry. Instructions given in
\ assaying and all branches of chemistry
A. H. WARD.
— f ESTABLISHED 1869. >-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET, - . . - sAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling:.
PRACTICAL WORKING TEST5 OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Works
And Chemical Laborator}.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
5 Check your ASSAYERS, or do your OWN J
Assaying by the SIMPLE METHODS ol
! LUCKHARDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICE \
(INCORPORATED.)
I 36 O'Farrell Street, San FranclBco, Cal.
HENRY E. HIGHTON,
\ ATTORNEVand COUNSELLOR, j
Thomas ^. E,\/e>r&ttf /V\,
Twenty-six years practical experience in
metal mining. Will make reports upon prop-
l erty. or furnish properties to purchasers, If S
/ desirous to invest in the Cripple Creek gold S
) district, all on short notice. (
f References furnished in Denver or San Fran- i
J Cisco. Branch office. Room 25. tenth floor, Mills C
) Building, San Francisco, care S- K. Thornton, i
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\ Colo. Registered cable, Everett, Denver. /
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i CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.
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USSAYERSAND MIUERAL SURVEYORS,^
Mines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mall Solicited.
R. J. Walter. Felix A. Walter, H. S. Walter,
Mining Properties Examined and Reported on,
i \A//1LTER BROTHERS,
i Mining Engineers and Metalliirgisls. Estab- ,
S llshed iu Colorado In 1879. Assay Office &Chem- j
S ical Laboratory, 1452 Blake St., Denver, Colo. <
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)D. G. Linares' Assav Offloe.
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Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOMIN TAYLOR «fe CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cai.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Assay ers* THatorial,
FURNACES, SCALES,
BALANCES,
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEHICALS AND
CHEniCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
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Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid. sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
ANGELS IRON WORKS,
DEMAREST & FULLEN, Props.
Mining Machinery.
rtlNGELS, C:/\L.
Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Establlehed in Colorado,
ISfid. Samples by mail or express will receive
prompt and careful attention. Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress 173G and 173S Lawrence Street, Denver, Colo.
IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER- YOU WANT IT.
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL-YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
What? P. &B. Paint
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ACID PROOF— TRIED AND PROVEN.
Manufactured by
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You Can Or<ler It Frona Your Dealer.
TUTTHILL WATER WHEEL.
The Latest and Best Jet Wheel In the Market, BARRING NONE.
Wheels, Buckets and Nozzles DesisToed to Suit .Special Requlrenaents. When Head and
Conditions Are Given.
Theoretically as Weil as Practically Perfect. Highest EflScleDcy Gaaranteed.
CONTRACTS TAKEN FOR ANY SIZE PLANT.
We have a Sensitive, Simple and Durable Governor, entirely new and novel, that will positively
regulate speed of wheel. Specially adapted for electric railway and lighting plants.
Write for Catalogue.
OAKLAND IRON WORKS, Builders,
108 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Telephone 1007 Main.
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
/ Brown^B Complete Antomatic Mill
TtimniTmrfn Process.
PATEHTEE 1 Brown's System of Mechaolcally
Stirred Roasting, Cooling- and
'. Conveying Furnaces, Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Bailding, Chicago, Illinois.
HOME MANnFACTURE.
FOWLER'S
Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Covering,
Aa a NoQ-CoDclnctor, Uneqnaled.
Special KateB for Steam Boilers and Drums
C. G, Fowler. 656-58 Howard St„ S.F.
May 1. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
FRASER & CHALMERS,
CHICAGO. ILL.,
U. S. A.
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY.
Beg to announce that they
now manufacture and control
the sale of the unrivaled
OTTO AERIAL:::::
^^^= TRAMWAY
Over Seven Hundred lines
in operation.
Spans up to Two Thousand
feet and more.
I lighest Awards at World's
Columbian Exposition.
Catalogues sent on applica-
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and details.
Otto Aerial Tramways
Give the best workincj re-
suits m every case, and never-
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All difficulties of transpor-
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nomical and effective carrier.
Be sure you investigate
the Otto Tramway before
purchasing.
Write us your requirements
and we will take pleasure in
preparing complete specifica-
tions.
FRASER & CHALMERS,
rianufacturers of the
Otto Tramway.
Gold
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity ol construction, absence of wearing parts, high efficiency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
ir ore fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XR/VINSTVVISSIOIN
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
1:21 and 1:23 vnain Street,
San F="rancisco, Gal.
A STEAM ORE STAMP.
by
One of the BONANZA MINES of the Black Hills was developed
a TREMAIN STEAM STAMP MILL, installed last summer at a cost of
about $t6oo. After six months' run the superintendent wrote the fol-
owing letter:
Hill Citt, S. D., Feb. 2, 1897.
Gates Trail Works, i;.>0 vision Ave., Chicago. III. — Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure in in-
forming you of our success with the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill which we have been running since last
July. We have been running on hard, white quartz, some of it of a flinty character and a small portion
of it slightly decomposed We average about ten tons every 24 hours through a forty-mesh screen. If
our financial standing had been a little better, so we could have put in a small engine and rock crusher,
I am confldent we could put through 14 to 15 tons in 24 hours. The wear and tear is considerably less
than an ordinary stamp mill, it all being on the shoes and dies. The last we used of these were of the
aluminum steel, which are the best wearing shoes and dies I have ever seen. The parts are all well
made and durable, I having failed to see any weak point about the machinery.
We use one cord of pine wood in 24 hours, and run the mill with 70 to 80 lbs. of steam.
I have followed mining in connection with milling for thirty years and have never seen its equal
for convenience, durability and cheapness. To parties wishing to purchase a quartz mill I cheerfully
recommend the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill for its small cost, economy in operation and complete re-
sults of working. Very truly yours, [SIGNED] JAMES C. MCDONALD,
Supt. St. Elmo M. & M. Co.
This Mill has the capacity of a 5-stamp gravity mill and costs less
than half to install. Automatic feeder of approved design. Weight of
entire Mill 3300 lbs. Made sectional for mule-back transportation.
AGENTS FOR CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON:
PROSPECTIVE niNINQ AND HACHINERY CO.,
.137 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, OR PORTLAND, OREGON.
TVlanufactured ^jcdijslwesly toy
GATES IRON WORKS,
650 Elston Ave. Dept. UU. CHICAGO.
The Cheapest Advertising : : : :
*J^ It that which gives the. largest results in proportion to the amount expended.
GrZE-A-I^ilS,
R.X. TAYLOR Sc CO.
5^:3 /V\leeion St., San F~rancisoo, Ca.1.
\A/^ntecl,
And Colorado has enough for ihu whole world.
Yours for ihe Qodintr: shall wo tell you where lo
look? Please send sis cents to cover postage on
an elaborate book called " Colorado's Gold; " 128
pat'es. with 80 new half-tone cnyravings. Address
B. L. lA/INCHELL,
G. 1*. A. Un. Pac. Denver & Gulf K'y,,
SANTA FE^ROUTE.
The Great SANTA FE ROUTE,
with Its TEN THOUSAND
MILES of Track,
Reaches all the principal miniDff camps in COLO
RADO, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA and
CALIFORNIA.
Randslbtarg,
THE HEW El DORADO,
Can be reached by no other line. Double daily
stages run between KRAMER and
RANDSB0RG.
H. C. BUSH, A. G. P. A.
Ticket Office, 644 Market Street,
San Francisco, Cal.
CRIPPLE CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
IN GOLD.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
In Connection with the Denver & Kio Grande.
For Information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
Denver, Colo.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Colorado has within Its limits some of the preat-
est gold mines that have ever been discovered In
Cripple Creek In 1892 there were a few prospectors
looking over the hills; In 1895 the camp turned out
over JS.000,000 In gold. Leadvllle, the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
ver what it is to-day, is becoming a big producer of
gold. New inventions for working low-grade gold
ores, together with the discoveries made to work
rebellious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers such as they have never enjoyed before, and
Colorado has inducements to offer such as uo other
district In the world possesses; the record of the
State In gold production for the last three years
speaks for itself. Among the other prominent
camps in theStateareTelluride.Ophir, Rico, Silver-
ion, Mineral Point. Durango. La Pluta. Ouray, Saw
Pit, Ironton, the Gunnison district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps are
springing Into existence every day The Denver &
Bio Grande Railroad, which is the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has always been the miner's
friend, reaches all the mining camps In Colorado.
For elegantly illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines in Colorado, send to
W. J. SHOTWELL, - - - General Agent,
314 California St.. San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passenger Agent, - - DENVER, COLO.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
AND BAKER CITY . .
* riining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. & IN.
Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Fred F. Connor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
22(J Market St., N. B. Corner Front (Up Stairs), San
Francisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
of models. Tin and brasia^^rk All eommuqlca'
ti.one strictly conftdential. '■''•-• ■'
378
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 1 , 1897.
List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacific Coast.
FOa THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 20, 1897.
581,105.— Bottle Stopper— J. A. Donahue. Los
ADgeles. Cal.
581, uai.— Wave Poweu— J. M. Dyer, S. F.
58I,Oi33.— iNSULATOR^S. L. Foster. S. F.
581,1.^7.— BOTTLE— W. S. Hannaford, Pasadena, Cal.
581,159.— Amalgamator— J A. Hedge, l.os An-
geles, Cal.
581,313,— Feed Water Heater— Jones & Wilson,
Fulton, Or.
581,006.— Stone Cutter— D. Kilpatrlclt, Los An-
geles, Cal.
58U,877.— Curling Iron— E. K. Mlddlekauf, S. F.
581,012- PowekTransmitter- U. Root, Coquille,
Or.
580.959.— Mop Head— P. J. Scharbach, Woodburn,
Or.
581.044— Telephone Signal— W F. Smith, S. F.
580,965.— Horse Training Device— J. W. Weath-
ers, Llano, Cal.
581.188.— Milk Tester- G. G. Wickson. S. F.
681.096.~Rdbber Pedals— I. J. Willard, Sacra-
mento, Cal.
NoTE.-Plaiu and Certified Copies of U.S. and For-
eleu pateuta obia.ntd by Dewe.v & Co., b.v mall or
telegraphic order. American and Pnrelern patents
secured, and general patent busiaess transacted
with perfect security, at reasonable rates, and In
the shonest possible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
Q. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention :
Power .Transmitting Mechanism. — Uriah
Root, Coquille, Or. No. 581,012. Dated April
20, 1897. This invention relates to the class
of power transmitting mechanisms. It con-
sists essentially of a centrally pivoted lever,
with means for operating it, links depending
from the lever with swinging rods, ball and
socket connections between the rods and the
links and a shaft having cranks set at right
angles, with connections between the cranks
and rods. A centrally pivoted lever has pedals
upon it to receive the feet and the central
handle, so that it may be operated by both
hand and foot power.
Wave Power.— J. M. Dyer, San Francisco,
Cal. No. 581,021. Dated April 20, 1897. This
invention relates to a means for applying the
motion and force of the waves and in trans-
mitting this motion and converting it into a
rotary motion so that it may be applied to
machinery for various purposes. It consists
essentially of a float having a rigid arm or
beam with which the float is slidably con-
nected, the beam having a ball-bearing or
universal joint at the loner end about which
it is movable, guy ropes or chains connected
with opposite sides of the float and diverging
to the points of anchorage which are axially in
line with the ball joint, a framework above
carrying a driving shaft and connections be-
tween the float and shaft, so that the move-
ments of the former will be transmitted to
the latter. The power may be transmitted
directly or by means of a pivoted lever car-
ried on the framework, there being a connec-
tion between the float and the lever and also
between the lever and the driving shaft.
Rubber Attachment for Pedals. — Frank
J. Willard, Sacramento, Cal. No. 581,095.
Dated April 20, 1897. This invention relates
to a means for attaching rubber cushions or
foot pieces to the pedals of bicycles. The ob-
ject is to provide such a construction as will
allow the rubber loot-pieces to be readily at-
tached to or detached from the pedal. It con-
sisis essentially of a pair of rubber strips or
pieces and frames exterior of and adapted to
clamp the bases of said strips, each of said
frames having a laterally projecting flange
adapted to engage the edges of the pedal and
a spring connecting the frames, whereby
they may be stretched to fit the pedal and
be held by the tension of the spring.
Section Insulator for Electric Rail-
ways.— Samuel L. Foster, San Francisco,
Cal., assignor to the Market St. Railway Co.,
same place. No. 5Sl,03:i Dated April 20, 1897.
This invention relates to those devices used
on electric railways, especially of the over-
head class, and section insulators, insulated
crossings, frogs and switches, according to
the particular use in which they are em-
ployed, all of them being in one form or
another interposed in the path of travel of
the trolley, it consists of section insulators
andotiier- devices^ -interposed -in the path of
the trolley having a terminal member to
which the end of the trolley wire is con-
nected, said member having an inclined plane
or planes diverging with respect to each other
adapted to gradually receive or part with the
bearings of the flanges of the trolley wheel
before or after said wheel leaves or comes to
its bearing on the wire, according as it may
be entering upon or leaving the terminal.
Hoskins' Patent
Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco.
Domical, portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS, "^n^HJiYlofil?."""'"
The right of the advertiser to know the measure of his purchase in circulation
is no less than the right of the publisher to know the weight of print paper
received from the mill. -. — =
I il~i^r^C^t JL,l~i^^~^ G/\S, G/VSOLIINE AND DISTILLATE ENGIINES,
HOISTING ENGINES,
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STATIONAKY ENGINES,
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MARINE ENGINES,
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Our newly designed and perfected DISTILLATE VAPORIZER insures a saving of 50% on
cost of running. Just •/, your expense SAVED BY USING A HERCULES in place of ANY
other. We malie no exception.
NEARLY 3000 BEBCULES HOISTING, STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES IN
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We claim full power, automatic and positive adjastment reg:ulatlng: speed and con-
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All springs are outside. Point of ig^nition, speed and aiuoant of fuel can be changed
while eng^ine is In operation.
WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOG.
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DYNAMOS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal,
Dow Steam Pump Works,
OFFICE AND WORKS: 114 and 116 BEALE St., San Francisco.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Dow's Improved Steam Pumps,
SINGLE OR DUPLEX, FOR EVERY POSSIBLE DUTY.
MINING PUMPS,
Irrigation Pumps,
Artesian Well Engines,
Independent Air Pump and
Condenser,
For Stationary Engines or Steam Pumps,
Power Pumping
Machinery,
speed Governors,
BALANCE VALYES AND PRESSURE REG
ULATORS FOR STEAM PUMPS,
Etc., Etc.
Roller, steel and Special CHAINS
— roE —
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MACHINERY
FOR BAHDLina UATSRIAL OF ALLEINDS.
COAL MINING MACHIMiRY.
WIRE CABLE
CONVEYORS.
For Ion Grand
fihort distance
conveying.
Western Branch, Denver. Colu.
THE JEFFREY MFG. CO., Colambns, Ohio
fiend forCataloguB. lea W.iahlnRton RL, nbw Tck.
norre.sDondence Solicited.
DESIGNING AND CONSULTING
yWechanical and Hydraulic
ENQINEERSi
Plans and Speclfloatlons for Machinery of MINES and MILLS. Improvement and Development of
WATER POWER for All Applications. Will give PERSONAL SUPERVISION During the
Construction and Erection of All Work, if Desired. Twenty Years' Experience.
TELEPHONE BLACK 3403.
-♦rZI ;v\arket Street San Francisco. C;al.
THOUSANDS now in use Over the
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Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO.,
flkCSEIMTS,
Pat. Jan. 5, '92, Aug. 27, '95. Send for Catalogue. Sacramento. California.
SM FRANCISCO
Pioneer Screen \A/orkm
JOHN W. QUICK, Prop.
Improved Facilities! Finest Work! Lowest Price«I
Perforated Sheet Metale. Steel, Eusala Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screens
for AU Uses.
»*♦ — MnrmG screens a specialty. — ••*
2^1 and 223 First Street, San Franclbco, Cal.
QUARTZ SCREENS
A speeialty. Round, slot
or burred elot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
Homog-eneouB Steel.Cast i
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. Caxifoenia
Pekpohating Screen Co.. 145 and 147 Beale St., S.P.
For Sale at a Barg^alo.
One new GOLD KING AMALGAMATOR — never
used. Apply to Marshutz & Cantrell, N. W. corner
Main and Howard streets, San Francisco, California.
May 1. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
379
SDON IRON \A/ORKS
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Sts., San Francisco.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
= inches. We beg to call attention to our"RlSDON HAMMERED"
^ ., Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are BpS
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
~ ' greatest possible density.
= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
^ " We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
please mention the ftllNINt: AND SCIKNTIFIC PBKSS.
THE WOODBURY ORE CONCENTRATOR WITH IMPROVED BELTS i:,'^'nT4h'':S ^^?^^^"hi^^^^^\l^':;^:^rt'l7^^Z^!:;!^l:,l
HieBpafeofiliiy n,li..ri-,.iic.-iili-;iloi-. niilll oflicM s I .iiul WninKlil Iron, Suunf aii.l .Inral.l.-- ITi.-i. »-,7r, f. „. b. Send for Cal:il.jcu.- an.lTi-slliMonlalB. """•-" 1' "> i .lou^uii upMn, j.
890 and 1891.
less than one-faaU
The .innt-xid <-ni hIiowh i1i.- ln-ll In Hh f
HAS THK FOI,r/lWINi; MKltlTS: Plrsl— Th.- Inn"
portion of ihc pulp In Huc-h it iii.-innor as to relieve lli^
Geo. E. Woodbur},
Manufacturer,
141 to 143
First St.
San Fran>
elMo. Cal.
xpundlng- top edpc. THE IMPHKVKD MACHINE
>veii l"-llH, which i.'uriHl8t uf strvi.-n. arc re-nsinirl.-ii and :irranK-i_'(l ho aw lo allow vimU Oult to receive a
Miachlin- of lis load, therob.v (,-ivliic ll iwlc** U\<- capacity of oth.T tonceiitrators. and enaljllntr It to
work from r_' to 15 tons of on- pur day. Secoml-The niacliln.- iitnall/t-H the load bv several coiii-
partiuonlB, thereby working more rcBriilarly and with much N'mm attention than la necessarv to plve
other coiiceiilrators iibliii: wldy oelts. Each of the belts on thits machine lakes care of the pulp that
la allowed to It— In this way preventing the pul[) from runnlug^ to the lower side of ll. as Is the case
when a machine becomes out of level where
wide belts are used. Third— The belts run on a
perfect line, needing' no adjnatineiil lo prevent
ihelr running from side to aide, as In other coii-
ceutrators. Foiirtli— The hell surfaces are Im-
proved by Indentations and corrug-ations.
cauship the Concentrator lo nave One sul-
phuretB and (inlcksllver, and perform close
work. Fifth— The belts have fluted or corru-
gated edpes, lo form an expanded top ed|re,
which effectually prevents from cracklugr.
Sixth— The feed arrangement Is perfect.
Seventh— The machine Is constructed of iron,
with steel crank-shaft self-olllng boxes, and
everything made In the most thorough manner,
enabling It to run with very little attention or
wear.
Tliis Concentrator took tlie iKt prixe ttt
tlie .San Francisco Mechanics' Institute in
1890. 1801 and 1892, and at the Califor-
nia State Fair in 1892; it took tlie iKt.
prize at tJie World's Columbian Kxposltion 1893, and at the San Francisco Midwinter Fair, 1805*
THE GUTTA PERCHA AND RUBBER M'FG CO,
30 and 32 p-REAAOINT ST., S/\IN p-RMIVCISCO.
Spadorie's Concentratoi- Belt«=g.p^i^
The " 8PADONB " Carved Ed^e Concentrator Belt is attracting: much attention among mining: men, Its merits appealing to the mlUman of
practical experience.
lilustraiion (Fitr. I.) shows a cross-sectioo. and (Fig. C.) shows the edge flangiDg outwardly
as It passes over the pulley. This relieves the strain from the top and bottom of the edge by di-
recting the strain auiomatioally to the inside faoe surface of Ihe edges. Heretofore all belts
have been so constructed that when they pass over the pulleys or rolls, a direct strain comes
upon the top or at the base of the edges, causing the edges to break away from the body of the
belts in a very short time. IVV avoid tliis Merha nical Defect by our Spadone (Jiu'ted Edqe. Belts
made to Qt any machine — 1, 5 and 6 feel wide. Prices and samples on application.
We shall be pleased to qaote yon also on Water, Air Drill, Steam, Suction and Fire
HOSE, RUBBER BELTING and RUBBER PACKING. Correspondence Solicited.
THE GUTTA PERCHA RUBBER AND n'F'G CO.
TELEPHONE, MAIN 1813.
JOSHUA HENDY HACHINE W0RK5,iM A DClI CTC A IW PITMP
No. 42 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ( iTli\.|\3n k311>i\.ll lU i'l 1 •
BUILDERS OP-
Davis " Horse Power Whims.
Specialty of
PROSPECTING,
MINING and
MILLING
PLANTS.
OKK and WATKK
BUCKETS.
"T" RAIL OF
USUAL WEIGHTS,
EITHER NEW
OR SECOND-HAND,
FOR SALE
CHEAP.
Ore and
Count Its Moving Parts
as Shown Dark
In the Cut. Only Six.
UNIONiRONWORKS
sr * RnOTjifiLSON^CV>;rps
M IN I N G AND AGR ICU LTD RAL
AND NEARLY ALL KINDS OF
j^ A C". H ■ M E R^v:
INCLUDING FLDUR MILLS. SAW MILLS and qUARTZ MILLS.
REPAIRING °%y' EXPERIENCED WORKMEN.
ABSOLUTE ACTUATION AND REGULATION.
PATENT SELF-OOVERNINQ STEAH VALVE.
PATENT EASV-SEATINQ WATER VALVE.
NO OUTSIDE VALVE GEAR.
Maxlmnm of Strength, Simplicity and Service.
Mlnimnm of Weigllt, Wear and Waste.
SimoDds Saws. Dodge Wood Split Pulleys
Blckford & Francis Leather Belting.
Cleveland Rubber Co.'s Rubber Belting and Hose.
Orant Corundum and Detroit Emery Wheels.
ONLY THE BEST.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
SI7VVONDS SAIA/ CO.
31 Main Street San Francisco.
ink-Belt Machinery Co.,
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
c::Hic:rtGO, u. s. i\.
MODERN METHODS as applied to ttie haDdling of Freight, Grain,
Ores, Raw and Manufactured Products.
MALLKABLE IKON BUCKETS, Approved Pattern and
Welghi; ROPE POWER TRANSMISSIONS, SHAFTING,
PULLEYS, GEARING, CLUTCHES, ETC.; ELECTRIC
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
Riveted Steel Water Pipe.
THE WEIGELE PIPE WORKS,
k
sendforEsbmates FRONT St.,bet. im&o. SACRAMENTO, Cal. '2949-51 LaHmer St.
HYDRAULIC GIANTS
IN STOCK.
DENVER, COLO.
380
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 1, 189T.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFICES: ^^^ Ts'^J^/t'^t?' •^'^'-
DENVER, COL., PORTLAND, OR.,
■ 15 FlrsTst. ' ■ 505 Sixteenth St. Worcester BuUdlng,
Rnaton Maaa New Torli N Y Syracuse, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md.
pfusbuVg/pa. A?lInTa°.G'a''''- DSfas.yexas Clnelnnatl, O, Columbus O, Nashville, Tenu.
Chicago, in. Detroit, Mich, New Orleans, La, St, Louis, Mo
It Is a F'act.
THAT OUR ANNUAL
PRODUCT OF . . .
INSULATED WIRE
EXCEEDS that Of any other mauiifacturer in the United States,
and Includes ETcrything in the Electrical Line
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company,
S and lO PINE STREET, SrtlN F-RMINCISCO, Cf\L^.
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of ,
Water Power Plants. We guar- 1
antee satisfaction.
Send for a Pamplilet of either
Wleel and write full particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL& GO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
IS AT
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY CO., 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U. S. A,
Just Listen— Reliable Common Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $1 00.
Steam Holsters, J300 and up ; hand
tioisters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300, A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps,
bigh. mortars, la-
test improved.
Only $S00.
^^u>
o;
Ores tested and amalga
mation and concentration
mills built to lit the ore
land guaranteed to save
whatwesay. Coal Mine
equipments, Sc reens,
Jigs, Tramways,
Arastors, Chilli an
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.]
Cornish Rolls, 12x20, weight'
" ',000 lbs.,price$350;Feed-
ers. Bumping Tables; Blake Crushers.
17x10, weight 8.1OO lbs, only J250. Our
100 page illustrated catalogue free.
Rana Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
A^achln<ery .
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Monadnook Building Chicago
[shpeming Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Sherbrook P, O Canada
Apartado 880 City of Mexico
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
VULCAN ROPEWAY
\A/ITH
AUTOriATIC ORE LOADER and
AUTOMATIC DUnPINQ DEVICE.
For Conveying W
Ore, Cordwood,
Empire Nevada April 17 1896
T iiUan Ii on IJ oi ks —Gentlemen The Ropew av furnished t
your company to convey tailings from Morgan Mill to Mexican ^^
Mill, a distance of seven-eighths of a mile, is giving entire satis- .-^c
faction. We transport 200 tons of tailings in ten hours; one man
does the whole business, including elevating tailings from hop-
per in the ground, operating Vulcan self-loader, and attending to the Ropeway generally. The self
dumper requires no attention whatever. The Vulcan loader I consider the best feature in the whole
Ropeway, making it possible for one man to load 200 tons in ten hours.
Yours very truly, J. P. WOODBURY, Supt.
VULC/VN IRON W/ORKLS,
HANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY,
Cor. First and ntssion Sts.. San Francisco, Cal.
WE ARE NOW MAKING
The Best Tank
ON THE MARKET
And Selling at
Prices Lower Than Ever.
-IP INTERESTED, SEND FOR
CIRCULAR AND PRICES,
Pacific
Manufacturing
Company,
SANTA CLARA, - CAL.
THE OLD RELIABLE!
ALBANY
LUBRICATING COMPOUND
TWENTY- EIGHT YEARS' CONTINUOUS SER-
VICE in the great Mines, Steamships. Railroads
and Mills all over the world prove it to be
THE KING OF LUBRICANTS !
Tatum & Bowen
34-36 FREMONT ST., SAH FRAnCISCO.
85 FROHT ST., PORTLA]?]), OR.
DEALERS IN yV\/\C:Hl INER-V, OII_S, JVIIININ<3 rtIND mil-I^
— Tiff"'"?*' SUPPLIES. ETC -"ffrWItnii. ^
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
■f-»-f*-f> CHROTWE CAST STEEL >♦♦>♦♦
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively-^used In all the mining States and
erritories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
nd cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
.illustrated Circular.
STAMP DIES.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL. WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 and 143 First Street, San Francisco. ,^Mp
special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies. Stamp Cam.
H\\ MOl^l^K ^J rn ^^SU" MINING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
• mJ % XTXv/X\X\Ak^ VjL- V^vF •• nANHATTAN RUBBER BELTINQ, PACKINO AND HOSE,
y SANDERSON DRILL STEEL.
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cal,
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CBNTRIPUQAL PUnPS,
(.lOflT sTPei- RAIL.
May 1, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAHWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1«X)
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION Of A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVKSriG ATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE COLORADO Denver.
""^^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
rco^\lI!!.rrSof!SSr^^°lo. Gold, Sil\/er, Lead, Copper and Ryritic
SyWELXIING RURPSACES.
AHALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
381
Iiitprovctl Ulnrk llHwk Ort? Itreitker.
Investlgatu Our Late Improvements lu ORK CKUSUINU MACHINKKV.
We Unarautee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree of FLueueHB.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furuiices is a Success. A great econo-
mizer of fuel , unci enlarges capacity of furnace.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting: Furnace.
Eanlpped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles
insuring rigid and strong waits.
No Cracks.
aoT^iso
Kansas City Smelting and Refining Co.
Incorporated Under The L.aiA/s of fSeiA/ "Vork.
Capital paid in 32, 700,000.
Buyers of All Classes of
iOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
ullioD, Mattes -and Furnace Products,
QOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
r"
SMELTING WORKS:
rgentine.Kas.; Bl Paso, Tex.; Lead vllle, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
Argentine, Kas
We use the following Cipher Codes at our Ar
untine Works: A. B. C. Code; Morelng & Neal't
ode and Bedford McNeiU's Code.
AGKNCIKS:
In United States—
Denver, Colo.
Cripple Creek, Colo.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Spokane, Wash.
New York City, N. Y.
Chicago. lU.
St. Louis, Mo.
lu Mexico —
San Luis Potosi,
City of Mexico
Chihuahua,
Pachuca,
Hermoslllo,
Jimenez.
FOR PK1C£S, ADDRESS :
J. E. Jackson, No. G Atlas Blk, Salt Lake, Utah
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash.
H.A. True, 815 17th St., Denver. Colu.
J. H. Weddle, LeadviUe, Colo.
C. £. Finney, Argentine. Kan.
WORKS OF THE CUN. KANSAS CITY SMELTING AND KKflNlNU Uu. AT LEADVtLLE, COLO.
L. C. MARSHUT2.
T. G. CANTRELL.
WRITE
FOR
CATALOGUE.
M890" ENGINE.
Edward P. Allis Co.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Reynolds Corliss Engfines
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
WINING, MILLING AND SMELTING
MACHINERY.
RANCH
) Fremont 5t.
.AN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
National Iron Works,
M. W. Cor. Main and Howard Sfs., San Francisco, Cal.
Ill n (BiSTllK MANUFACTURERS OP
. _4«nSifolK.!^fl!8i STATIONARY AND COMPOUND
%m. ENGINES,
**iliiil FLOUR, SUGAR, SAW AND QUARTZ MILL
MACHINERY.
HEADQCARTBBS.
lenulne English Pnmp Leather
For Heavy Mining Pump Buckets. Will
outwear any other material and give beat
aatlBfactlon. Samples furnished on appll
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO., Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F
AMALGAMATING MACHINES.
■t/ CASTINGS AND FORGINGS
- OF EVERY DESCRimOlf.
All work tested and guaranteed.
IMPROVED PORTABLE HOISTING ENGINES.
Improved Self=Contained
Three or Five Stamp mill.
Saves bill for heavy timbers, millwrii^ht and me-
chanics' labor, and a large amount of space. The
term self-contained means a great deal for the mine
owner, and can be readily recognized and appreciated
in making an estimate for an ordinary plant when
the comparative cost is considered.
Fihst: There Is saved a large bill for heavy tim-
bers, in many Instances obtained at great expense
and loss of time.
Second : The saving in millwright and mechanics'
labor in framing and erecting.
Third; The large amount of space saved.
Fourth : The great saving of freight,
Send for Clrcalartt and Price Llat.
DEWEY & CO., Patent Solicitors, 220 Market St., San Francisco.
382
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 1, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco. April 29, 1S97.
Jobbers continue to report a steady increase
in tbe volume of goods going out on orders.
The number of visiiing merchants shows an
iuerease. As yet very few changes have been
made in prices of goods that will be affected
by the tariff, owing to the uncertainly as to
what modiUcaiions will be made by the Sen-
ate. The dry weather scare seems to have
subsided, although it is admitted that many
localities are greatly in need of rains; but
others, again, can do without a precipitation
for some time. At this writing fruit crop
prospects are all that can be desired for a
large outturn, while the cereal outturn prom-
ises over the average. Foundrymen and ma-
chinemen report active business in their
lines, with orders running on every line of
goods and machines in use. It is stated that
fully lu per cent more men are employed than
at the corresponding time in lS9tJ.
The local money market does not show any
material change' The banks report a gocJ
supply of available funds with only a moderate
inquiry for accommodation. Collections are
said to be easy, with the retail trade owiag
less than usual at this season of the year.
The banks hold to the opinion, unless the
crops are injured, there will be quite a de-
mand for money to move the crops, but there
will be less storing by first hands. The latter
will sell, provided prices for grain do not go
much lower than are ruling now. There is
considerable money coming in for putting into
mines. It is stated that a large number of
sales have been negotiated, while many oth-
ers are under negotiation pending investiga-
tion. The decline in copper has caused some
falling off in the inquiry for copper mines, but
the inquiry for gold mines seems to be iu-
• creasing. At the East the money markets
work on easy lines. The renewal ol gold ship-
ments to Europe has not had any material ef-
fect on the situation there. The very large
reserves, over $oO,OUO,UOU, held by the Treas-
ury, and the very large supply, over fSO,OUU,-
UOU, in the vaults ot the ^'ew York banks,
admit of a large export movement. It is stated
that the outward move is by importers to
meet bills abi-oad. Our advices from Europe
are to the effect that there is still a contin-
ued drain on England for gold, which keeps
the premium for the yellow metal at strong
figures.
New York Silver Prices.
Nsw Yoke, April "29. — Following are the
closing prices for the weeK:
, SUver m
London.
Friday 28 5-16
Saturday 28M
Monday '^'>i
Tuesday 28 o-16
Wednesday 28 5-16
Thursday 28 o-16
Copper. Lead. Iron.
.11 ib @ll 50 3 25 10 00@13 50
Fri..
Sat.
Mon..
Tue. .
Wed.
Thur.
11 35 @ll 50 3 25 10 00@12 50
11 25 (&11 50 3 22i4 10 00@12 50
U 25 (ffill 50 3 25 10 00@12 50
11 iio (a;U 50 3 25 10 00® 12 50
11 2b @il 50 3 25 10 00(^12 50
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Cominercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 8@8
New York Sight Draft locPrem
New York Telegraphic Transfer l7J4c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days *4.S7»4 j
London Merchants |4.S'3
London Sight Bankers H.f^H
ReHned Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 61 ?3
Mexican Dollars 49&iM
SILVER. —The market has held to fairly
steady prices throughout the week. All ad-
vices from Europe are to the effect that the
demand is slow and stocks are said to be accu-
mulating. The only thing that keeps the
market from going lower- is the indifferent
selling offers from America. With a selling
pressure from this side, there is no question
of lower prices than ever before known.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market is
slow from two causes. Tbe first is that this
is the wrong season of the year for much of a
demand from the Orient, and the second is
that the low price of exchange is against sell-
ing Mexican dollars. Exchange can be had
at 49 cents, while the Mexican dollars would
cost about 50 cents.
QUICKSILVER.— The market is quiet, but
reported steady at quotations. Our New
York advices state that quicksilver suffers
somewhat in price from the weight of sharp
competition, and sellers name a further de-
cline. On April 24 lots of 100 fiasks were
quoted at *39 per flask and lots of 25 fiasks at
^9.25, while as low as 52 cents per pound was
named on small jobbing parcels.
Our market is quoted at HO foj* domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— The market has held barely
steady with us, owing to the low and weak
markets at the East. New York advices
state that, notwithstanding the heavy ex-
ports to Europe, stocks continue to accumu-
late, and in consequence there is some cat-
ling in prices.
The local market is quoted as follows:
Ingot, jobbing @UH
Ingot, wholesale ®13i4
Sheet copper ^17
Bolt !^& 5-16, 20c; 56 and larger, 17
TIN.— In our market the demand for plate is I
light, owing to can makers' wants being sup-
plied. Pig tin moves fairly at quotations. ■
For a round parcel lower quotations could be
secured.
We quote as follows in a jobbing wav:
Pig, per lb l4Hc@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box $i 05@ 4 15
light. " 395® —
LEAD. — There is nothing new to report
and none expected until the Senate Tariff
Committee reports the tariff bill. The con-
sumption in this country is larger than last
year, but fair, liberal supplies are against
sellers.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows :
E>ig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — @ 4 50
Sheet 5 62H@ 6 12!4
Pipe 4 87H@ 5 37hi
SHOT.— The market is steady with only a
fair jobbing demand reported.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs.. -II 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 60
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " " ... 1 60
POWDER— The market is steady, with a
large demand.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1. from 11!!4C to IT^c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 2, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
BORAX.— The market is reported steady.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in car lots, in barrels 5
Refined, in carload lots in sacks 4^
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated. " 4^
IRON.— There is nothing to report in our
market outside of an increasing consumption.
The East continues to report cutting by |
Southern furnacemen ; but, notwithstanding
it, trade is slow, owing to heavy orders hav-
ing been placed a few weeks ago.
AMERICAN.
To At-rive. Spot.
Sloss 820 00 $22 00
Thomas 21 00 22 OO
Salisbury 29 00 31 50
ENGLISB.
Barrow 82100 823 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 23 00
COAL. — Spot parcels and also near-by ar-
rivals of foreign are unchanged. Domestic
and coast coals are in fairly free offerings.
The consumption of steam is larger than at
this time last year.
- We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington 88 00®
Greta 6 00@ 6 50
>'anaimo 6 50@ 7 00
tx.iman 5 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 50@ 6 00
Coos Bay — — @ 4 75
Cannel 8 00®
Egg. hard 12 00@13 00
Wallsend 6 50@
TO ABJaiVB— CARGO I-OTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 ^
Scotch Splint
Cardifl 6 -^
LehighLump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 UO
West Hartley 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot.inbulb 10 00 @
" In sacks U 00 ® 12 00
Cumberland . . @
ANTIMONY.— The market is easy.
Our market is quoted at 7^(§iS%c in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote 7^4
7%c for Cookson's, T@7?^c for Hallett's and
7c for Japanese.
NAILS. — The market is steady.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " 82^
Cut. carloads, " "
jobbing, '■ '* 2 10
Chemicals.
Owing to the impression prevailing that the
retroactive clause of the tariff bill will not
hold, even if it is not struck out, and also that
the House bill will be modified and not passed
before towards the close of July, the market
for about all kinds of chemicals is weaker.
The East reports an easier market for all
leading staples.
SPELTER.— The market is steady.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
NICKEL ANODES.— The market is easier.
PLATINTTM.— There is a fair demand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
JIG to $15 per ounce.
ZINC. —The market is quiet at steady
prices.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness. |
ALUMINUM.— The market is easy.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
BISMUTH.— There is a fair demand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is easy.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to to cents
per pound.
BONEIASH.— The marketis steady.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, S^^c; No.
2 2Vc.
'caustic SODA, 60%.— The market is easy
at 2^c per pound in a jobbing wav.
SODA ASH, bS% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is easier at $1.70 per 100 lbs. in a
jobbing wav.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
light demand at 3Xc a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— Advices from the
East report a firmer market for spot, but i
weaker for shipments and distant arrivals. ! .
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for ' "
950/^ i
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6 [
to 12c per pound from store for carboys, ac- i
cording to make. ' !
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is slow j
and market easy at quotation.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
ymrvusG assesstvieivts.
Company and Location. No. Amt. Levied, Belinq^t and Site. Secretary.
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal...ll 3c — Mar 22.. Apr 33.. May 15 J Stadfelfl
Channel Bend M Co, Cal 7 — 2c — Mar 22. .Apr 24.. May 17 J P Langhome, 39 Sutter
ConCal& Va M Co. Nev 8.. ..25c.... Mar 8.. Apr 13.. May 3 A W Havens. 309 Montgomery
Confidence S M Co, Nev 28 — 30c — Mar 12.. Apr 16. .May 7 AS Groth, 414 California
Crown Point G&S M Co,Nev.70....20c....Mar 24.. Apr 28. .May 19.... James Newlands, Mills Building
East Best & Belcher, Nev 5 15c Mar 25.. Apr 26. .May 13 E W Sichel, 337 Pine
Eureka Con D M Co, Cal 8 oc — Apr 2.. May 15..Jvme 5 DM Kent, 330 Pine
Golden State M Co, Idaho — 1 iT^cMar 39.. May 1. .May 17 E Logan. 101 Van Ness
Gould&CurryS M Co, Nev. 81. .. .20c... .Apr 29.. June 1. ,June22. .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 46.... 5c.... Mar 30.. May 8..Mav29 W J Gurnett, 3u8 Pine
Hale&NorcrossS M Co, Nev. Ill 10c Mar 20.. Apr 33.. May 14 R R Grayson, 331 Pine
Horseshoe Bar Con M Co, Cal. 7 10c Mar 8.. Apr 17.. May 8 DM Kent, 330 Pine
Jamison M Co 9 5c Nov 27. .Apr 24. .June 19 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal. 6 — 10c — Apr :2..May 24.. June 21 F Mettmann, 237 Twelfth
Overman S M Co, Nev 77 10c Apr 12.. May 17.. June 7 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
Potosi M Co, Nev 47 20c Mar 10.. Apr 14.. May 5 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
Savage M Co, Nev 92.... 20c.... Apr 13.. May 17. .June 7 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
Seg Belcher & Mides Con M
Co, Nev 19 5c Apr 6.. May 10.. May 29 E B Holmes. 309 Montgomery
Sulphur Bank Q M Co, Cal — 5 25c Mar 23.. May 3.. June 3 T Wintringham, 306 California
TenaboM&M Co., Nev 1....50c-...Mar 29.. May 4.. May 24 T J Read. 606 Sutter
Thorpe M Co. Cal 6 2i4c..Apr 14..May 22..June 13 A F Frey, Pnelan Building
Union Con M Co, Cal 1... .10c. ...Mar 18. .Apr 22. .May 10 J M Fletcher. 320 Sansome
Union Con S M Co, Nev 54 — 20c — Apr 7.. May 11.. June 1 A P Swain, 309 Montgomery
easier from store at G%c per pound in car- 1
boys. '
We quote in a jobbing wav at l^c per lb for ^
669^.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Our market is weaker, i
We quote in a jobbing way at 4^4c per j
pound.
Mining Share Market.
San Fkascisco. April 29. 1S97.
The market under the lead of Con. Virginia
sold down until the shares of that mine sold
at §1.5U— the strut points to which they were
to go down. From this figure it began to re-
cover making quite a move yesterday after-
noon when they sold up to $1.85 on regular
call. The points are out quite generally for
Con. Virginia to sell at $:i.5u or even higher a
share. It is the belief with many that the
inside pool has been steadily concentrating
leading shares on the down grade from much
higher figures than now rule. This opinion
is based on the way in which the market is
handled and also from well authenticated re-
ports that large numbers of outsiders holding
fair to good sized blocks of shares have either
none or very few, and their holdings have
drifted into strong hands. Aside from^this
the work in tbe mines is of such a character
as to warrant asserting that in one or more
mines it has been pushed in such directions that
it would not take many days to show up con-
siderable ore, notwithstanding strut reports
put out by insiders and their " tools " or cop-
pers " that there is no ore to be found. The
history of the Comstock verifies the asser-
tion that when the cry is "if they uan only
strike some ore'' and the share market has
been moving down for some time, the cry is
made for the purpose oE buying and not sell-
ing. The latter is down when prices are up
and when ore strikes are reported. Gambling
in mining shares is a veritable mint, but not
to outsiders, but to the inside pool and mill
owners. Continued low prices ruling for
silver is against the management of the mines
trying to get silver bearing ore, and in conse-
quence the work done and thai being done is
with the view of showing up gold bearing ore
which experienced Comstock miners assert
is on a well defined lode to the west. There
are some who affirm that gold bearing ore is
also to the east of the lode. Aside from this
when the powers that be are ready they can
extract and mill at a profit the very large
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
fide properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks. Bonds. Options. Leases,
Contracts and Securities.
j MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method o( working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OVrS EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
33:2,Q15,OOo
Paid in Dividends by UtaH Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK. Minlnsr Stocls Brofeer,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
deposits of low grade ore, running from $8 to
$16 and some $20 in quite a number of the
mines. This ore being free milling can be
made to pay dividends provided the mill rings
or other persons do not appropriate the lion's
share of the bullion. This, it is said, can be
done without mine oftlcials in this city having
personal knowledge of it.
From the Comstock mines official letters
report continued active work in Con. Virginia
on several levels with the prospects on the
north drift from the 6U0-foot upraise from the
IboU-foot level, of quite a promising character.
The writer's advices, wnile speaking favor-
ably of the showing, are of such a character as
to warrant the belief that it is not the inten-
tion to make public any information calculated
to invite cupidity of outsiders at this stage
of the game. As the drift is towards Ophir
any improvement in it ought to have a favor-
able influence on the latter. The work in
this mine on the 1000-foot and 1550-foot levels
is practically unchanged, but it deserves
watching. Some very good work is being
done at different parts of the mine, which
indicates more activity at early day, pro-
vided it is not stoppea. In Ophir the west
crossdrlft on the 1000-foot is in favorable
ground. Work on the central tunnel level
is the same as reported last week. In the
upraise they ran into 2 inches of fair grade
ore. Work is continued in crossdrift No. "i
1000-foot level in Mexican. Nothing new is
reported. In Union they are still going east
frum the workings on the yjO-foot level. No
change is reported in the east crossdrift from
the Layton tunnel level in Sierra Nevada.
From both Utah and Andes nothing import-
ant comes to hand. The Best & Belcher and
Gould & Curry joint east crossdrift 500-foot
level Bonner shaft level is being driven slow-
ly ahead. In Savage there is no change in
the character of tue work or material en-
countered. The official letter from Hale <fc
Norcross reports repair work whenever needed
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
BAINKERS
and
BROKERS,
No. 1630 Stout Street*
Telephone 1293.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reagOTiable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mail, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Daily market circular mailed free on
application.
THO.MAS J. FBV, JOHS SYT-VASCS.
President. Sec'y & Treas.
T. &. Miller, John d, Flemxsg.
Vice-Pres' t . CounseL
CAPITAL STOCK. 8100,000.
XHE
Mining Investment Company,
Xo. 531 to 534 Cooper Halldlng:,
DENVER, COLO.; -f
Branch Office. - COLORADO SPRINGS.
C\e\\t\ ani\ ^ We nave prospective puTChas-
Viuiu anu ^rg f^j. developed and prodncing
(- I mines and desire to correspond
supper . direct with owners of suchprop-
Prnn^rll^c ferties. We handle properties on
■ ' upci lies I legitimate commission oDly and
Wsint#»H ' P^^f^r to deal with owner or
wanicU. J authorized representatives.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
FOR S/\LE.
Complete working plant. Situation and facilities Qrst class.
H. D. RAMXETT. Eanlett, Amador County, Cal.
"It is character, not circulation, that some advertisers want."
Very well. The Mixing and Scientific Press has both.
May 1, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
383
and also exploiting from the 900-foot level
workiogB. Jn a west crossdrlft run from an
upraise they struck a small vein assaying
mostly silver. No work in ChoUar is reported.
! Id Potosl tbey are still drifting south and
living each week a few tons of ore assaying
juver^ to the ton. It is the opinion that
L-ooaiderable ore can be extracted when de-
)sired. In Bullion work is continued on the
luorth drift, while in Alpha slow work is be-
log done In driving the west crossdrift on the
ftOO-foot level. The past week 'JO feel was
made in the Con. luiporial. Challenge and
'Contidence joint westcrossdrift. The distance
jiu Im over IlOO feet. From Crown Point,
Belcher and Seg. Belcher the same old re-
l|jorts, with slight variations, come to hand,
irhe Joint work that is being done by Kentuck,
Yeliow Jacket and Crown Point on the upper
level ought to give good results later on. In
Overman work is continued on the UOO-foot
lavel. A few tons of ore are raised each week.
From Caledonia and Alta nothing new is at
hand.
Prom the Brunswick lode our advices are of
a fairly favorable character. In Occidental
they are sinking from the 550-foot level. This
winze will be met by a drift on the tI50-foot
level. They are running a west crossdrifl on
the 550 foot level. In Chotlar they are placing
in position a larger boiler so as to prosecute
work on iheiiOO-root level. When completed
B south drift will be started from the shaft
an that level in Hale & Norcross ground.
Work on the 'iOO-foot, ;W)0-foot, 400-foot and
H)0-foot levels is practically llie same as re-
iiorted last week. More ore is being ex-
iracted, raised and sent to mill. Last week
a2 tons were milled, which gave to the ton a
[jattery sample assay of ^17.01 in gold and 10^-^
junces of silver. The work by Savage, Gould
k Curry, Best &. Belcher and Con. Virginia is
ibout the same as reported last week.
The market opened strong and active this
morning under buying orders from Virginia
Jity. In the Pacitlc board Con. Virginia sold
it 12.15, but In the San Francisco board it
iold at fJ. The rest of the list sympathized.
\fter regular session the market weakened
»ff, Con. Virginia closing at $1.90 at noon.. At
, he 2:30 session it sold down to tl. SO, but was
Irmer after Call. In Crown Point they are
■unning a west crossdrlft from a raise from
-he 800-foot level. On the 000-foot level they
ire saving a little ore. In Savage they are
vorkiug on the 500-foot, 750-foot and SoO-foot
evels. In the Brunswick lode ground they
lave suspended work until about the last of
lext week.
The following Illustrates the changes of the
veek :
\A/ho
MINBS.
^Ipba
Llta Consolidated.
\nde.s
;lelcher
,iest & Belcher (
Ijodle
Apr.
22.
bullion
i^alleage
'^hollar
^DtideDce
^Dsolldated California and Virginia-
Consolidated New York
Crown Point .•
lilchequer
iJould & Curry
liale & Norcross
[uslice
Mexican —
pphir
Overman
f*olosi
ravage
jierra Nevada
Jnion
(J tab
r'ellow Jacket
I
1 05
'i'so
"ih
48
1 05
Apr.
1 10
1 15
a 00
52
1 15
05
ea
23
59
27
"as
5an Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San PranoiscO, April 29, 1897.
9;30 A. M. SESSION.
OOAlla 07
OOAndes 24
3U) Belcher 39
100 Best & Belcher. . 73
600 Bullion 08
lOOChollar 1 10
560ConCal& Va....2 00
OOConddenoe 1 15
UOCoa New York... 03
UO Crown Point 34
00 Gould &. Curry .
SMH.iN 90
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
00 Ophir 1 05 1 300 Sierra Nevada . .
OOMexican 46900Union.
UOO Gould scurry... 30
UO Best & Belcher ... 67
576 Con Cal & Va ... 1 95
HJOChollar 91
1 100 Potosl 56
350 Mexican
400N. G.& C
200 Occidental
lOOOphlr 1
500 Overman
1200 Potosl
600 Savage
500 Sierra Nevada
500 Silver Hill
1150 Union
700 Yellow Jacket....
1200 Alta..
lOO Caledonia
lOO Occidental
100 Yellow Jacket.
100 Andes
Rainfall and Temperature.
The following data for the week endiog 5
M., April 38, 1897, are frotn oiHcial
ources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Mining and Scien-
iFio Press;
H
►3
•^
>
s.\ s
CALIirORNlA
STATIONS.
I?
ES
ffi CD
inimum Te
ture for the
axlmum Te
ture for the
°"o
0»
*s
4B
: C5
?='S
■ •-
■ —
.04
49.10
44.91
41.67
72
42
.! .00
24.08
20.71
24.29
91
46
.acramento
.mi
22.61
20.44
22.83
81
48
. .00
.: .00
10.53
20.71
8.16
17.62
6.77
92
82
42
>an Luis Obispo.
38
jOS Angeles
. .02
16.7e
9.0«
19.3a
80
46
ian Diego
.02
11.65
5.90
10,13 i 70
-*uma
. T
5.35
.88
2,94
i 8=
M
M<
Vocir /\ci\/ertisemont *?
When asked for an
Is an important question
extensive circulation amon^ probable purchasers
'ad" demand proof of
THK CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION, hav-
liiir reoelved appUcuUoiie tu iiitDf by the )i>ilraulle
proceBH from M. J. WtlUaiiiH iiiiil otbere. Id ihu Ga-
lena Hill Mlue. ut'ar CainpioiivlUe. Yuba Co.. to tie-
poHlt tailliiKs 111 EiiBliiiaii 8 Ravlue: from Juaeph
Htmiler, In the HuHiler Mine No. 2, near Cherokee.
Nev-jila Co.. tOilepoHll lalllutrft la Shady Creek; and
and from UcQrefOr dt Nix. In their mini* near
Cberokee. Butte Co., to depuHlt tat\lneB behind the
ImpouDdlDir works of the Spring Valley Mine, trtvcB
notice that a meetlnir will be held at room 59. Flood
Bulldlntr, Saw FninclBco. Cal.. on May ;i. 1m:>7. at
l:;«P. M.
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION, hav-
lUK' received appllcatlona It) mine by the hydraulic
process from Charles and Ben Howlett. In the How-
leit claim, uear Columbia mil. NVvada Co.. to de-
posit laiUa^s In Knapp Uavlne, and from the Mar-
guerite Gravel and Ouartz Mining' Co., In the
Mareuerlie Mine In Eureka Mlnlntf Difitrlct. Ni-vada
Co.. to deposit tallluk'S In a ravlue. sires notice thai
a meeting will be lield at Room J9. Flood Buildinj.'.
San Fram-Uco. Cal.. on May lOlh. is07. at 1::« P. M.
THE LOS ANGELES MINING BUREAU,
Cor. Temple and Now Htgh Sts,, Los Aogelert.
We have Eastern and foreign correspondents
who are seeking good mining properties for Invest-
ment. This Bureau wlU examine and place choice
mining properties in California. Nevada, Arizona,
New and Old Mexico. Critical and accurate test.s
of ore made. Best references given. For any in-
formation, address DR. STEPHEN BOWERS.
President; H. C. SIGLER, Secretary.
port ^ayne £lectric (Corporation,
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CHAS. R. LLOYD, AGENT, 18 SECOND STREET. SAN FRANCISCO.
DEWEY & CO.,
220 Market S!^
SAN FRANCISCO,
Assessment Notices.
PATENT SOLICITORS.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business. San Francisco, California;
location of works, Pourlh Crossing, Calaveras
County. California.
Notice is hereby given that ai a meeting- of the
Board of Directors held on the 1-lth day of
April, IHHT. an assessinent (No. t!) of .02 1^ cents per
share was levied upon the capital slock of the cor- i
poralton, payable Immediately in United Slates
pold coin to the secretary, at the ofBce of the
company, room 44 Phelan building, San Francisco,
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the T2d day of May. IS'J". will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction : and unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 141 h day of June. 1897. to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the ]
costs of advertising and expenses of sale. j
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. P. FREY. Secretary.
OflBce — Room 44, Phelan building. San Francisco.
California.
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SEG. BBLCHER AND MIDES CONSOLIDATED
Mining Company.— Location of principal place of
business. San Francisco. California; location of
works. Gold Hill Mining District. County of Storey,
Nevada,
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the 6th day of April,
1897. an assessment (No. 19) of G cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable Immediately in United States gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. No. a09 Montgomery street. Room 50, Nevada
block. San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 10th day of May, 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and, unless payment is made before, will
be sold on SATURDAY, the :29th day of May, 1897. to
pay the deUnquenl assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
E. B. HOLMES, Secretary,
Office— No. 309 Montgomery street. Room 50, Ne-
vada block, San Francisco. California.
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business, San Francisco, California;
location of works, on Jamison Creek, near Johns-
vlUe, Plumas County. California.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 27lh day of Novem-
ber. 1890, an assessment (No. 9), of 6 cents per
share, was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable immediately in United States
gold coin to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, 120 Sutter street, San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the ^ioth day of January. 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction: and unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 22nd day of March, 1897,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with
the coats of advertising and expenses of sale.
Bv order of the Board of Directors.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Office— Room 50, 120 Sutter street. San Francisco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 25th day of
January, 1897. It was resoU-ed that any stock upon
which the above abseasment shall remain unpaid on
the 24th day of February, 1897. will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction; and, unless
payment is made before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the :2l8t nay of April. 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
MARGUERITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING !
Company.— Location of principal place of busl- \
uess. San Francisco. California; location of works, !
Auburn, Placer County, California. I
Notice is hereby given thai at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 12lh day of April,
1897, an assessment (No. 0) of lU cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable immediately in United States gold coin, to
the Secretary, at the office of the company, 237 12th
street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 24th day of May, 1S97. will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and. unless payment is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 21st day of June. 1897. to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
F. METTMANN, Secretary.
Offlce~237 12lh street. San Francisco. California.
Office hours from 5 to 0 o'clock p. m The Secretary
will also receive payments from 12 to 5 P. M. at his
business office, 225 Sansome fatreet.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 24ih day of
February, 1897, It was resolved that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the 2Gth day of Marc-h. 189T. will be de-
linquent ana advertised for sale at public auction;
and. unless payment Is made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the 21st day of May, 1897. to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 2tiih day of
March. 1897, it was resolved ihat any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the 24th day of April. 189T. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the 19th day of June, 1897. to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses oT sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 24th day of
April. 1897, It was resolved that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on MONDAY, the 24ih day of May. 1897, will be de-
linquent and advertlbed for sale at public auction;
and unless payment Is made before, will be sold on
MONDAY, the 19th day of July, 1897, to pay the de-
linquent assessment, together with the costs of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
GOULD & CURRY SILVER MINING COMPAN"?.
Location of principal place of business. San Fran-
cisco, California; location of works, Virginia, Storey
County. Nevada.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 29ih day of April.
1897. an assessment (No. SI) of 20 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately in United States gold
coin, to the secretary, at the office of the company,
room 09, Nevada Block.- 309 Montgomery street. San
Francisco. California.
Anv stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the Isi day of June. 1S97,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment Is made before,
win be sold on TUESDAY, the 22d day of June,
1897, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBROW. Secretary.
Office— Room ti9. Nevada BlocK, No. 309 Montgom-
ery street, San Francisco. California.
PROPOSALS FOR CANAL.
Sealed proposals will be received at the office of
the Southern California Power Company, Red-
lands, California, until May 15, 1897, for the con-
straciion of 3^ miles ol canal, on the north side of
Santa Ana river, from the mouth of Bear creek to
the mouth of Keller creek, &in Bernardino county,
California.
The work is mostly through granite rock and
consists of tunnels, flumes and trestles. Over two
miles of the distance is through tunnels ranging
from lOU to 16(X) feel in length. There are twenty
tunnels in all-
Contractors may bid on the whole or any part of
the work. Plans and, specifications can be seen
at the office of the company, or they will be sent
by mail upon application it desirea. Satisfactory
references must be given by bidders as to their
responsibiliiy, and as a guarantee that a contract
would be entered, into, providing the bid is ac-
cepted. The comp'any reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER CO.
By Henry Fisher, President.
.Stoc-kliulilerK' Meeting; Jamlsou I>liniog^ Co.
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the
Jamison Mining Company: In accordance with
the by-laws of the company, the regular annual
meeting of stockholders of the company will be
held at 2 o'clock P. M. on MONDAY, the 3d of May,
1897, at thd office of the company, rooms .W and 54,
l:iu Sutter street, San Francisco, California.
By order of the President.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
Dated San Francisco, April 9, 1897.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.— Notice of Stock-
holders' Meeting of ihe Steeple Rock Development
Company: In accordance with a resolutiou paesed
by the Board of Directors of the Steeple Rock De-
velopment Company, a meeting of the stockholders
of this company will be held at 3 o'clock In the
afternoon on TUESDAY, the 11th day of May, 1897.
at Its principal office. No, 320 Sansome street, room
24, San Francisco. California, to, consider and vote
upon a proposition to Increase the capital stock of
this company to Two Milll jn Dollars, in four hun-
dred thousand ahar, s. at ihe par value of five dol-
lars each. H. PICHOIR, Secretary.
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Some Gravel Mining Methods.
lifted to varjing heights, was used for sluicing id the
bars, and, in cases, for irrigation. Many such wheels
Mining in California, both quartz and gravel, has are now in use in the streams that run through the
given encouragement to invention in special lines, i arid but fertile country of Utah and Colorado.
Probably more has been done for hydraulics than i In Siskiyou, on the Scott river, are some of these
anything else that is of value to other
industries. Here first the thin iron
pipes came Into general use for water
under pressure. The necessities of the
earlier hydraulic miner were such that
he was compelled to resort to many
devices that were new. Some stood
the test, but many were partially or
wholly failures. The sigmoidal wheel,
which is such a valuable adjunct in hy-
draulics, is a California invention, and
it is to be expected that with the use
of the many supplies of water for
generating electric power, as much
advance will be made in the future as
in the past. .
In building up the present Califor-
nia system of hydraulic mining, now
a standard the world over, from the
use of the pan that would wash a yard
of gravel in a day to the giants that
will move 10,000 yards, many a plan
for handling water was tested and
found valuable or thrown aside as use-
less. Some, such as the use of the hose t
pipes, served their purpose for a time
until supplemented by something bet-
ter. Yet in a few small mines in the
northern part of the State even to this day an old-
fashioned canvas pipe may occasionally be seen.
The rocker and pan are yet producing not. a small
proportion of the bullion yield of several counties.
tained in the neighborhood and at triiliog cost.
The Holcomb Valley Mining Company's steatn
shovel, illustrated on this page, was built to meet
other difficulties in handling gravel. This company —
an English corporation — has been operating for sev.
eral years in San Bernardino county,
, and has e.xpended large sums in ma-
chinery and experimenting and pros-
pecting. With the dredging machine
or steam shovel fully ;-!000 feet of
trench, averaging IC feet wide and
IS feet deep, has been excavated.
Water for sluicing was pumped from
wells, but the quantity of gold in the
gravel has been too small to make
such expensive operations pay.
Faith in Deep Sinking.
STEAM SHOVEL AT HOLCOMB VALLEY MINE.
wheels, which are illustrated on this page. At W. T.
Bennett's mine, at Oak Bar, three of these wheels
are in place and furnish power for a pump and a
hoist and raise water for sluicing. In this case the
•Much encouragement has been given
to bolder ventures in the way of sink-
ing shafts to great depths in California
during the past year. Some weeks ago
mention was made of the finding of
larger bodies of good ore on the 2300-
foot level of the Kennedy than had
been found above. In the Gwin mine
last week exceptionally rich rock was>
found on the 1300-foot level. In the
Dead Horse ore in the lower levels is
reported as good as ever found above,
and preparations have been made to
sink to 1700 feet. At a number of,
other large mines announcement has been made of
intention to sink much deeper. In most of these
mines the capital invested is local.
In the past California capital has sometimes lacked
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There was a time, particularly about the beginning
of the second decade of gold mining in California,
while most of the mining was confined to the low bars
along the rivers, that many of the streams were
lined with large current wheels used to raise water.
Many hundreds of them were built along the Trinity,
Salmon, Klamath and other streams, and the water,-
bedrock lies 22 feet below the river water level. In
A. Brady's mine, at Scott Bar, the bedrock lies 16
feet below the water level, and a wing dam made of
brush and earth encloses the mine. The gravel is
handled by wheelbarrow. A dip wheel and a pump
wheel are driven by the current of the river. Most
of the material for making these wheels can be ob-
faith in the mines of the State and little was done to
show what was below the surface. The whole State-
has been scoured' over to discover mines without-
sinking. But now an era of deep mining in California
is promised and, what is best, it will be inaugurated
largely by local capital. Soon many of the deep .
shafts now sinking as ventures will develop big mines.-
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
rijIjUSTRATIONS.— Steam Shovel at Holcomh Valley Mine; Cur-
rent Wheels, Bennett River Mine; Current wheels, Brady Mine,
Scott River, 385. Bishee, Arizona, Showing Partial View of Cop-
per Queen Property, 388. Triplex Chain PuOry Block, 392.
EDITORIAL.— Some Gravel Mining Methods; Faith in Deep Sinli-
ing 385 The Denver Convention; The New Mining Law and Dis-
trict Recorders; The Increasing Gold Yield; An Important Ques-
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Terntoiies, 390-1.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Malting Large Diamonds; The By-
products of the Pittsburg Gas Works; The Cerebral Nervous
System; Platinum; Brass and Brouze Castings, 39:1.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— Triplex chain Pulley Block; The
Compression of Air for Power; Gas Engines for Mining, 392.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— The Future of Electro-Metallurgy,
39iJ. The •■Telescriptor,"393. .
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 402. ..„-,. ti
MISCELLANEOUS.- Concentrates, 387. Practical Notes on Hy-
draulic Mining; The copper Queen Property, Arizona, 388 The
Gold Belt of the Lower Colorado i^lver; What Sup of the Wheel
Means, 389. Coast Industrial Noies; Recently Declared Mining
Dividends; Personal; Recent California Mining Incorporations;
Commercial Paragraphs, 395. List of Patents for Pacihc Coast
Inventors; Notices of Recent Patents, 403.
The Denver Convention.
The committee appointed by the commercial bodies
of Denver, Colorado, have decided to call the Inter-
national Congress of Gold Miners to meet in that
city July 8th, 9th and 10th. According to press dis-
patches, it has been decided to divide the meeting
into two classes, partaking of a convention, and an
exposition tor the display of methods and processes
that are of value to the working miner.
The basis of representation decided upon is thirty
delegates at large from each State and Territory, to
be appointed by the Governor, five from each county,
five from each city, and one additional for each 1000
or fraction thereof. Properly managed and with
good representation from the different States, the
convention can do much good. It is to be hoped that
the promotion element will not predominate. While
advertising is a good thing, even in mining, it must
be remembered that there are a number of mine own-
ers in these Western States who do not consider
it their only object in life to sell out. The educational
features should be given due consideration, and, if
that is done, the future conventions proposed will be
better attended. It is to be hoped that California
will be well represented.
The New Mining Law and District Recorders.
Secretary Sonntag of the California Miners' Asso-
ciation received last week from E. B. Maginnis, Dis-
trict Recorder of the Rand district, California, a
letter asking for information as to the new mining
law, as follows:
There are so many interpretations of the new min-
incr law. to make it clear to myself and the miners
here, will you kindly answer the following questions;
When does it take effect ? When am 1 to turn
over my books to the County Recorder ? How about
turning over books in thirty days, when law does not
take effect until sixty days ? The Rand district is in
Kern and San Bernardino counties — to which County
Recorder am I supposed to deliver my books ? When
shall I stop receiving location notices ? If the books
have to be segregated, where shall it Be done and who
shall pay for it ?
Curtiss H. Lindley, of the Committee on Legislation
of the California Miners' Association, in response to
a request from Mr. Sonntag in the matter, writes
as follows:
1. The act was approved March 27, 1897, and it
takes effect at midnight of May 25th. No records
made on or after May 2Gth in the district recorder's
office will be valid.
2. The time within which the district recorder is
required to turn over the books to the county re-
corder commences to run from the date the act
"takes effect," which is equivalent to its "passage"
in a legal sense. In other words, the district re-
corder should turn over his books to the county re-
corder on or before June 25th.
3. As Rand district lies partly in Kern county
and partly in San Bernardino, I think the law will
be satisfied by depositing the records with either
county recorder, suggesting the one where the dis-
trict recorder's office is situated, although this is
merely a suggestion.
4. There is no law authorizing the records to be
duplicated or segregated. The county recorder in
whose custody the books are placed would be the
lawful custodian and could issue certified copies
although the location in question might be in another
county. I do not see any serious difficulty in the
situation at all as the deposit of the records with
either county recorder will make them accessible and
fix a legal depository.
The Increasing Gold Yield.
There can now be little doubt that the yield of
gold for 1897 will show a considerably greater in-
crease than did that of 1896. Last year the bulk of
the increase in the yield over 1895 came from the
United States. There were many things that tended
to keep down the product last year, such as the
Transvaal raid and subsequent troubles, the slump
in West Australia and the fire in Cripple Creek. So
far in 1897 nothing has happened in any part of the
world to disturb the industry, and nothing is likely
to occur, except it be trouble between the British
and the Boer governments. Up to the end of March
the yield of the Rand was 652,898 ounces, against
489,178 ounces for the first three months of 1896. If
this rate is kept up to the end of the year, there will
be an increase in the yield of the Rand alone of over
$6,000,000. Whatever the disturbances, the yield
cannot well be less than that of 1896.
Of all the gold fields of the world the Rand is the
most uncertain in spite of the fact that the extent
and value of its ore bodies are comparatively best
known; and until the questions between the Uit-
landers and Boers, particularly as to monopolies,
are settled, and until it is decided who shall rule the
Rand, the gold yield cannot be counted on with cer-
tainty. While under present conditions it is likely
that more mines will be closed down, there are
enough large properties being exploited, and upon
which large mills will be erected within the next
year or two to very largely increase the total yield.
The Rand Mines, Limited, a company organized by
the Exploration Company of London, controls,
through subsidiary companies, nearly 1700 claims be-
ing developed, and upon which, up to the end of
1896, £2,226,102 had been expended. Upon only one
mine has a mill been erected, but by March, 1898,
there will be dropping on their properties 710 stamps
according to present plans, and eventually 1300 al-
together. While Africa will not do to conjure with
on the London stock market, she will still be heard
from for many years as a producer of bullion.
In the Australian colonies there is shown a healthy
increase in the returns and everything tends toward
still better reports before the end of the year. The
product of the Bendigo district for the first eleven
weeks of 1897 shows an increase over the correspond-
ing period of 1896 of 4200 ounces.
The Russian output can hardly fail to show some
increase, for considerably more interest is being
taken in the gravels of Siberia and the Urals than
before by representatives of foreign capital, and it is
predicted that with the introduction of improved
methods Siberian gold fields will make a wonderful
showing. As it is, the crude methods of working the
gravel are proof of their richness.
Into British Columbia alargeamount of machinery
is being shipped. This says more for that district
than the sale of the War Eagle for nearly a million
dollars, or the offer of a million pounds sterling for
the Le Roi. The increase of the yield of precious
metals in the Kootenay country has been steady and
has not been forced by factitious methods caused by
speculations or over capitalization such as has been
the case in western Australia and South Africa.
In Colorado, at Cripple Creek there has been a
very large increase; the superintendent of the Den-
ver mint says that in January, February and March
there was produced in all Colorado no less than 20
per cent more than during the corresponding period
of 1896.
In California there can be little question as to the
future. Conditions prevent much speculation and
the amount of development work being done on busi-
ness lines promise a continual healthy growth in the
output.
If there shall be no troubles in Africa nor a
European war the world's yield of gold for 1897
should exceed that of 1896 by $20,000,000 at least.
An Important Question.
At a recent meeting of the Executive Committef
of the California Mines Association a committee was
appointed to take action toward securing from Con-
gress a further appropriation of $600,000 for im-
pounding debris and the Anti-Debris Association was
asked to name a similar committee to co-operate.
The miners did so much in the last legislature
for the drainage bill that it appeared then as if an
era of good feeling between the miners and the farm-
ers was being inaugurated, and that the two interests
would in future act in harmony for the common good.
. However, in answer to the notification of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Miners' Association, the
Anti-Debris Association state that they have been
unable to get a meeting together to appoint the com-
mittee suggested. Meanwhile the Sacramento Board
of Supervisors are causing the arrest of miners
charged with operating illegally. There can be no
objection to any just effort against anyone who vio-
lates the law, but the Federal statutes provide that
such steps may be taken through the California De-
bris Commission. This body is disinterested and will
see that the laws are enforced. Steps are being
taken against grouod sluicing, which is allowed un-
der the present laws. This question would better be
brought up in other shape. If it is proposed to niake
an attempt to hamper sluice, drift and quartz min-
ing, as well as hydraulic, there will be arrayed with
the hydraulic miners interests that will be heard.
The Board of Trade in Nevada City, Cal. , issues a
warning in resolutions adopted last week that should
be given heed by the good people of Sacramento.
They are in part as follows:
For years the mining interests of Nevada county
were involved in litigation with the people of the
valleys, resulting in decisions of the courts which
have stopped hydraulic mining. And though such
litigation proved of great injury to this county, said
decisions have been respected in good faith by the
miners of Nevada county.
And though said litigation separated for a time
the business interests of Nevada county and Sacra-
mento, yet ID recent years the business interests of
the two sections have been closely allied, old scores
have been forgotten and harmony has existed, which
was shown and may well be remembered, that in the
recent session of the Legislature the representatives
of the mountains came to the assistance of the valleys
to pass .the Dredger bill.
For years the people of Nevada county have been
given the assurance by the representatives of the
valleys that the litigation of the past was directed
solely against hydraulic mining, and that no attempt
would ever be made to interfere with any other kind
of mining, either quartz, drift or placer; yet in the
face of these promises made by the people of the
valleys and accepted in good faith by the people of
Nevada county, who have resumed their business re-
lations with Sacramento, the supervisors of Sacra-
mento county have brought suit in the Superior
Court of Sacramento county against respected citi-
zens of Nevada county and obtained a temporary in-
junction against them from mining by ground
sluicing.
That we recognize in this suit which has been
brought by the Supervisors of Sacramento county
against citizens of Nevada county, a new departure
in litigation, involving methods of mining which are
perfectly legitimate and allowed by the State and
National Government. This new issue involves all
classes of mining, both quartz and drift, as well as
placer mining, to which it is now directed, striking
at the very foundation of the mining interests of
Nevada county. ■ And recognizing as we do, the de-
cisions of the courts against hydraulic mining, we
will not submit without a struggle, to a new step
being taken to crush our mining interests, and will
do everything in our power to protect them.
And be it further resolved: That in the citizens of
Sacramento we recognize people who are and should
be our friends, with whom we have close relations in
business, which this litigation threatens to sever.
That we do not believe that the people of Sacramento
endorse or in any way support the action of the
Sacramento Supervisors in bringing this action, be-
lieving that- their action was induced solely at the
instigation of well-known agitators who have for
years made money out of both valley and mountains
by stirring up litigation. And it is no more than
right that we look to the conservative business men
of Sacramento, to protect their own business inter-
ests, by protecting ours.
May S, 18'J7.
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Concentrates.
Bakbk Citv, Or., waatsa U. S. assay oflice and sUould have
Ddbino April, 1897, local corporations paid $749,041 in divi- i
dends ; $728,:JWl last April.
A t'OMi'ASV organized in Pittsburg, Pa., is preparing to :
work sulpbur deposits in Lower California.
The total production of copper in Iho world for 18% is osti- j
mated at iTU.UJO tons, against :i;t4,10o tons in 1S9.V I
Tub tariff biU being passed by the Canadian government
provides for the aJmission of mining machinery free.
Anothek addition is being put in the De Lamar mill in
Nevada, for more cyanide tanks which will increase the ca-
pacity to 5UU tons daily.
The railroad now building from Oakdale, Stanislaus Co-t
Cal., into Amador Co. will, it is expected, be ultimately ex-
tended to Mariposa Co.
TuK Elkton Mining Company, of Cripple Creek, Colo,, has
invested part of its surplus funds in United States l)ond8 of
the face value of *luu,OOU.
Tbb steamship Laho, New York to Bremen, on the 4th took
tl,5O0,U0U In gold; the St. Paul, New York to London, on the
5tb took 515,000 ounces of silver. i
Last week fifteen sacks of ore from the Anchoria-Leylaud ,
mine at Cripple Creek, Colorado, were shipped to Denver by
express because of its high value.
The Hampton Plains Estate Company in western Australia
has offered a reward of i;lO,000 for the discovery of a payable
reef on block 45, Hampton Plains.
It Is stated that work will commence in a few days on the
proposed railroad from Kramer to Kandsburg, Cat., and that
it will probably be in operation by August 1st.
The government statistics of the German Empire for isyti,
show the following production in tons: Coal, 85,li3H,Si)i ; brown
coal, 2tS,79r,SS0; iron ore, i4,u;2,815; pig iron, 6,295,;i7ii.
The Hall mines smelter at Nelson, B. C, is being enlarged
to treat 380 tons of ore daily. A new blast furnace with a
capacity of 250 tons daily has just been completed.
The new shaft in the Utica mine at Angels Camp, Califor-
nia, for which ground was broken December ISth last, was
down to a depth of <)U0 feet on the first of this month.
Farrox .^M) Stahlmax of Salt Lake, who are developing
the Adelaide copper mines at Golconda, Nevada, have been
arranging for a site for a smelter it is proposed to erect there.
In the tariff bill as presented to the Senate the duty on
lead in ore is increased from one to \y„ cents a pound. The
duty on quicksilver is reduced from ten to five cents a
pound.
It is thought that, when completed, the United Verde Cop-
per Company's smelter at Jerome, Arizona, will be the second
largest producer in America, the Anaconda of Butte, Montana,
being the largest.
The amendment to the mining laws of British Columbia,
providing that aliens may not take up claims, has been passed
by the legislature at Victoria. This does not apply to foreign
companies, however.
The cyanide-chlorination plants treating Cripple Creek, Colo-
rado, ores are handling bQO lo OOO tons daily and when the new
mills being built are completed their capacity will be about
lOOO tons to handle low grade ores.
Cardweli, axd Bemis, who are interested in the develop-
ment of the Meadow Lake mines, are'asking the people of
Truckee, Cal., to contribute toward building a road from that
place, over which to transport the ore.
The returns of gold bars received at the United States
branch mint in Denver for the first three months of this year
show a total valuation of fl, 550,294. 57, the largest quarter's
business ever done there by some $500,000.
In the down town and Carbonate hill basins at Leadville,
Colo., which it is proposed to drain by tunnel, it is estimated
that from 1891 to the turn of the strike in 1896, no less than
500O gallons of water per minute were pumped.
The coal production of Hungary amounted in 18% to 4,970,-
000 tons, as compared with 4,651,400 tons in the previous year.
The imports amounted to 1,701,800 tons, so that the total coal
consumption of the kingdom was about 6,.^00,000 tons.
Morse B. Davis, I. M. Jacobs and A. Binnard last week or-
ganized the Montana Smelter Company, for the purpose of
constructing a smelter at Twin Bridges, for which twenty-
five acres of land have been given by citizens of that place.
In the Bendigo District, Victoria, Australia, the gold out-
put from January 1st to March 0th of this year, is reported at
31,939 ounces against 30,423 ounces for the same period in lS9f3.
The dividends paid from January 1st to March 0, 1897, amounted
to £18,519.
Last week no less than thirty-five locations of mining
claims were recorded in Calaveras county. Until the new
mining law goes into effect— May 2(ith— there will be an un-
usually large number of locations, many to avoid the ^bO as-
sessment work.
Alexander Burrell, the new manager of the Drum Lum-
mon mine in Montana, announces that the 50-stamp mill will
be started up again in a few days. The cyanide plant to
work the tailings, with a capacity of 400 tons daily, will be
finished in two months.
The British Columbia Legislature has passed an act forbid-
ding the employment of Chinese or Japanese underground,
under penalty. Many mining towns in Kootenay have forbid-
den Orientals to cross their boundaries, and many have been
sent back with threats.
The Alaska-Mexican (Alaska) reports for March as follows :
Period since last return, thirty-one days. Bullion shipment,
*27,485; ore milled, 12,036 tons; sulphurets treated, 344 tons.
Of bullion there came from sulphurets $12,817. Working ex-
penses for period, $28,803.
The report of the Rio Tinto Copper Company of Spain, shows
that in 1896 the pyrites produced amounted to 1,437,332 tons,
and the average copper contents somewhat above that of the
previous year. The copper production at the mine was 34,501
tons, and the copper sales 30,685 tons.
A second mining stock exchange has been formed at Spo-
kane, Wash., under the name of the Spokane Board of Trade
and Stock Exchange. It is proposed that mines listed shall
be designated as "shipping" mines, "prospective" mines, or
"prospectsjj' according to their condition.
The first regular mail service authorized for an entire year
ih Alaska has been contracted for by the Postofflce Depart-
k
ment, the service being from Juneau to Circle City. 900 miles
each way. The contract calls for one round trip a month, be-
ginning July Ist, '97. The contract price is $7000.
Ax English syndicate has purchased the Winnamuck Min-
ing Company's property at Bingham, and have paid down
$50,100 of the purchase price. This mine produced very large
profits up to 1889, when the vein was lost. During the past
year new men took hold and discovered targe bodies of good
ore.
The cyanide plant beiag built by McCone, Woodbury &
Cain at the Eureka mill, on the Comstock, will have a daily
capacity of 130 tons. It is designed to work the tailings they
have purchased, known as the Eureka mill tailings, Morgan
mill tailings and those of the Nevada or Chollar mill, aggre-
gating about 70,000 tons.
At Winnemucca, Nevada, there arrived last week several
teams with wagon loads of bora.\ from southeastern Oregon,
about 150 miles away. The teams wi'l make regular trips
from now on. and by taking freight for the northern country
on the return trip will m u measure revive the old-time
freighting business from Winnemucca,
TuE United States Government has let a contract for a
monthly mail service to the Yukon gold fields and application
has been made to the Canadian Government at Ottawa to
open up a service by the White pass at the head of Lynn
canal. This would necessitate the building of a trail whicb,
it is claimed, would be of value to the miners.
The gold output of the Rand, South Africa, for the month
of March was 232,066 ounces. This shows an increase of 21,-
066 ounces, as compared with the previous month's total, and
an increase of 5s, 114 ounces, as compired with the corre-
sponding month of last year. The output is a record one, ex-
ceeding last August's record by no less than 18,648 ounces.
The Denver ^t Rio Grande people propose to build a spur
railroad from the Leadville city freight yards to the mines,
tapping alt the large producers. When this announcement
was made last week a vigorous protest was made by the own-
ers and drivers of wagons which have been hauling the ores,
and a committee was sent to Djnver to ask the railroad people
to reconsider.
It is curious that $200,000 a ton is the favorite value put on
ore in rich strikes all over the country this season. Below
this the next figure is $20,000 and then comes $10,000, but no
strikes are ever recorded of ore worth any sum between $20,-
OOOand $200,00'J. A ton may contain nearly $600,000 worth of
gold, if pure enough, and this gives a large field for changes
in styles of stories.
The tendency of the times is strikingly illustrated in the
case of A. T. Hatch, till recently the greatest fruit grower in
the great fruit growing State of California. About four
months ago he failed, and recognizing the general trend of
affairs immediately started on a prospecting tour, returning
to this city last week. He hopes now to make another for-
tune in California mines.
The British Columbia Legislature has passed an act exclud-
ing United States citizens from taking up mining claims in
British Columbia. The act reads that no one shall be entitled
to a free miner's license enabling him to locate precious metal
claims unless he is eighteen years of age or over and is born a
British subject, or unless he files a declaration of intention to
become a British subject.
V^ In spite of all the newer and more advanced methods that
are coming in, it is refreshing to note that the old styles of
mining still hold sway in places and are adopted even by big
companies. Last week the Reservation Star Gold Mining
Company, owners of property in the Pierre's Lake district, in
Idaho, sent up to their mines a force consisting of a man, a
dog and a double-barreled shotgun to begin operations.
The Elkhorn mine in Montana, owned by English people>
has been for some time considered about worked out. The
report for the past thirteen months shows that the mine pro-
duced during that period $411,945. Of this there was paid for
wages and other expenses at Elkhorn $295,930; the output
was 13,830 tons, and was treated in the Elkhorn mills. The
mill product was 486,721 ounces silver and 340 ounces gold.
Manager D. B. Huntley of the De Lamar (Idaho) mine re-
ports for March as follows: Crashed during the month, 4420
tons. Bullion produced in the mill, 140,675; estimated value
of ore shipped to smelters, $2628; miscellaneous revenue, $125;
total produce, $52,438; total expenses, 138,678; profit for the
month of March, $13,750; bullion and ore on hand and in tran-
sit, being result of general cleanup for the year, $10,085; to-
tal, $33,835.
SoMEof the peopleof British Columbia are protestingagainst
granting the request of the Duke of Teck Chartered Company
to be allowed to administer the government of the Yukon
country in Canada, after the manner of the British Chartered
companies in other parts of the world. It is claimed that the
people going into that country are capable of setting up a local
government and managing their own affairs as loyal subjects
of the Queen.
Since speculation and overcapitalization are dying out in
mining, more interest is being taken in the expenditure of
money in genuine development work. This most encour-
aging sign for the mines of the western part of the United
States is the fact that so much money is being paid out for
machinery, for that is the best indication that ore bodies
worth working are being discovered and developed in greater
quantities than for many years past.
The Caledonia mine of Cripple Creek, sold by Mr. Strattoo
a short time ago for $50,000, and which has not been improved
since, has been placed on the London market as the "Caledo-
nia (Cripple Creek) Gold Mine, Limited," at .£125,000 or $650,-
000. It is a very healthy sign for the future of legititnate
mining in Colorado that this and similar schemes are being
exposed whenever they appear by the newspapers of that
State. The JiiuiJii/ ^""e«f'>r says that it is absurd to suppose
that the mine is worth anything like what it is offered for.
On April 16th a meeting of representatives of all the mining
groups was convened at Johannesburg to consider a petition
to be presented to the Volksraad on affairs of gold mining in-
dustry. The petition refers to the questions of railways, the
dynamite monopoly, the Liquor law, thefts of gold, native la-
bor, and other subjects. The industry has now united, and
has formed a committee to deal with all questions in their en-
tirety. On this committee both the Mining Chambers and
the whole of the industry are represented. It was decided to
agitate on constitutional lines with a view to obtaining a re-
duction of freight tariffs and of customs duties.
In the Boss Tweed mine, at Mammoth, Utah, last week, a
I 4-foot ledge of ore, assaying 50 per cent bismuth, is reported
I 10 have been discovered. Of this the Eureka rvKiM.nif says:
I " About 500 pounds of float has also been discovered in West
Tintic, which runs 43 per cent bismuth and 42 ounces in sil-
I ver. A party will leave In a few days for the scene for the
purpose of locating the ledge. There is no plant in the United
j Slates that can work this metal, and interested parties are
I now corresponding with the Welsh works at Swansea, with a
i view to securing a market. It is estima'ed that ore which
j carries 50 per cent bismuth is worth at least $2400 a ton."
TuK report of the Franklin Mining Company of Michigan for
i 1896 shows that the mine produced 3,3ii7,2l8 pounds mineral,
which yielded SI. 55 per cent, or 2,746,076 pounds fine copper.
There were 1:15.1.56 tons rock hoisted and 123,079 tons rock
stamped, the yield being 1.3S per cent, or27.5S pounds mineral
per ton stamped. The amount of mass and barrei work was
961,930 pounds. The total receipts were: For copper, $:107.356;
interest, $92; total, $;S07, 448. Expenditures were: For run-
ning expenses at mine, $246,893; smelting, freight, insurance,
etc., $39,897; total, $2S6,790, leaving a balance of $20,658. The
average receipt per pound of copper was 11. 19c. ; mining ex-
penses, 8.99c. ; other expenses, 1.45c. ; total, 10.44c., showing a
surplus of 0.75c. per pound.
In British Columbia the railways are getting very large
subsidies not only in money but in agricultural land, and now
comes Premier Turner proposing to grant to the Cassiar Cen-
tral Railway all minerals in the land granted to it, whereupon
there is considerable protest made. The Premier announces
that the district is difficult of access, and by his Railway bill
he places free miners in this position : They must conform to
the mining laws of the province ; they must give the railway
company a one-half interest in any mineral property they dis-
cover within the railway belt; they must pay a royalty of IJ^
per cent upon the net returns ; they must pay $50 per annum
for each claim held by them and $100 for every transfer of a
mining claim; they must pay 50 cents per thousand for all mill-
ing timber used and 35 cents per cord for all cordwood used.
The following figures of production for California for 1896
have been issued by the State Mineralogist: Gold, 831,251
fineozs., $17,181,963; silver (coinage value, $423. 463^ commer-
cial value, $219,123; chrome iron, 7S6 tons, $7775; mineral
paint, 395 tons, 45500; antimony, 55 tons, $2300; manganese,
318 tons, $3400; magnesite, 1500 tons, $11,000; aspbaltum.
19,000 tons, $62,000; marble, 7S89 cu. ft., $33,.500; sandstone,
58,000 cu. ft., $38,300; granite, 185,000 cu. ft., $378,000; lime,
20,275 bbls., $153,000; quicksilver, 30,000 fiks, $1,020,000; cop-
per, 1,993,387 lbs., $209,190; lead, 1,293,500 lbs., $33,571; plat-
inum, 150 ozs., $3350; borax, 13,606,890 lbs., $080,345; coal,
69,449 tons, $158,135; gypsum, 1300 tons, $13,000; petroleum,
l,242,Sf>0 bbls., $1,243,800; slate, 500 squares, $3500; cement,
9500 bbls, $28,-500; bituminous rock, 37,000 tons, $101,750; salt,
45,300 tons, $90,600.
In this country, where there is not even a bureau of mines
supported by the Federal Government, and the industry
hardly recognized officially, it will be Interesting to read the
following item from the Australian Muuiiy .'Stitn<l(t}-il: " It is
gratifying to note that the Governments of Victoria and New
South Wales have found no diflleulty in federating over a
homely matter of prospecting on the border near Cape Howe.
Each Government has a party in the field, and the results are
described as encouraging, so encouraging, in fact, that one of
the most obvious difficulties which beset this form of State
aid to industry has already cropped up. Some members of
the prospecting party, to-wit, are making applications for the
blocks they have helped to discover, and the problem as to
who is to get the first benefit of the 'find' threatens to
become a knotty one."
The report of the Alaska-Mexican for 1896 shows that the
total receipts from ore worked were $245,863; the expenses
were $184,212, leaving a net balance of $61,850. To this is to be
added $2f>,227 balance from previous year, making a total of
$87,877. Dividends paid were $73,000, or S per cent on the
stock, leaving a balance of $15,877 at the close of the year. Of
the bullion obtained, $76,3:^0, or about 31 per cent, was from
sulphurets collected by concentration and treated by chlorina-
tion. The total quantity of ore taken out and milled during
the year was 101,703 tons, and 1390 tons of waste rock were
moved. The total development work amounted to 2395 feet.
In drifting 500 feet on the vein, samples taken from every
blast gave an average assay of $;i.21 per ton. A large number
of samples taken from faces of drifts gave an average of $4.74
per ton. The estimate of ore in sight at the end of the year
is 607,366 tons, or over five years' supply for the mill.
The Elk City country, on the western slope of Bitter Root
divide, in Idaho, opened in 1860, produced a large amount of
gold from placers. For the ten years between 1880 and 1890
the district was occupied almost exclusively by Chinese, who
worked over the old diggings. About IS87 some white men
from Cueur d'Alene entered the camp, jumped the best of the
ground owned and worked by the Chinese, and took the mat-
ter into the courts. Judge Sweet in 18S9 decided that aliens
could not hold mining ground under the United States mining
laws, and there was soon after a general exodus of Celestials
from the mining camps on b^th sides of the Clearwater.
Their places, however, were speedily titled by white people,
and the result has been distinctly beneficial to that section.
Syndicates of Chicago and Butte people have taken hold of
some of the best of the old placer claims and are developing
the ancient channel of American river. Many a placer claim
in California is now worked by Chinese who could not hold
possession.
Some amendments to the new mining law of British Colum-
bia, as finally reported, are as follows: The employment of
females or children underground is prohibited. Chinese or
Japanese may not be employed underground nor in caring for
machinery'. No wages must be paid to employes in or near
places where liquor is sold. On or before January 16th of
each year returns must be sent to the Bureau of Mines for the
year of the output of mines and other informitiou that may be
required. Provisions are made for inquiry into accidents in
mines and general rules are mide for proper ventilation and
to prevent the storage of explosives in mines. Each mine is
to have a suitable device for thawing explosives and iron
tamping rods are forbidden. Every working vertical shaft iu
which persons are hoisted or lowered, if over 300 feet deep,
must have a safety cage and guides. Mine owners must as-
sume the responsibility of lowering or hoisting men, or must
prohibit it positively. Provisions are also made for proper
timbering, ladderways, etc., and penalties are imposed for in-
fraction of the regulations.
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May S, 1897.
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
NUMJSEU V.
Written tor the Miking and Scientific Press by George H,
Evans, C.E.,M.E., General Manager Cons. G. Mines of Cal., Ld.
Oroville, Cal.
Friction in Pipes. — This is a most important mat-
ter to those who are connected in any way with min-
iug or other enterprises in which water is used under
pressure, and very few miners are conversant with
the principles relating to friction of water in pipes,
etc. Most people connected with water supply have
a knowledge of the fact that when large quantities
of water are discharged from pipes of small diameter
the pressure is greatly reduced, but few know how
to arrive at a correct method of finding out the
exact loss due to friction. Were it otherwise there
would not be in evidence so many palpable blunders
in the construction of pipe lines used for hydraulic
mining and other purposes, and in many instances
success would be the rule in place of failures, many
of which are due entirely to errors made in bringing
the water supply to the claim, and laying down
pipes of too small diameter, thus reducing the effect-
ive head or pressure (in instances I have known) to
less than one'-nalf that available with pipe lines
properly proportioned.
In a previous paragraph I stated that water flow-
ing through pipes should not exceed 3 feet per sec-
ond, or 180 feet per minute, and if all users of water
tor hydraulic mining or power purposes had their
pipes of the correct diameter to insure a velocity
not exceeding that named above there would be very
little trouble, as both efBciency of water and econ-
omy in construction of pipe line would be attained.
It must l)e understood that the friction of water
in pipes increases as' the square of the velocity, and
also depends upon the condition of the pipes —
whether they are foul and rusty, or are new, or in
gopd condition. Even the rivet heads in a pipe line
of considerable length cause a good deal of friction
and consequently loss of head.
There are several formute for determining the
friction in pipes, but most all of them are difficult
and too complex for ordihary miners. But Mr.
William Cox, has simplified Weisbach's formula, and
yet gives identical results. Besides it is easy to
work out. ' It is as follows:
H -—X ( 4X V= + 5 V— 2 ) when H = friction
12UUd^
bead in feet, d = diameter of pipe in inches. L =
length of pipe in feet, and v = velocity of water in
feet per SPcond.
Example. — What is the loss in head of a pipe line
discharging 400 miners' inches or 600 cubic feet per
minute, diameter of pipe beiag 12 inches, and
length of line 5,000 feet. We must first find the
velocity in feet per second, and to do this we use a
simple formula, given in remarks on velocity of
water through pipes, in a previous paragraph, viz;
Multiply number of cubic feet of water discharged
per minute by 144 and divide the product by the
diameter of the pipe in inches. Therefore in this
case, velocity = 600X144-;-113.10 the area in inches,
or 763.9 feet per minute or 12.73 feet per second.
Now knowing the velocity, diameter and length,
we will find H or friction head as follows:
,1200d ^
4- 5 V - 2)
5000
.3472
1200d 12X1200
4X 12.73^ -1- 5X 12.73 -2 = 709.86 and this X .3472
= 246,44 feet or friction head.
That is to say, if we had in this example a fall of
500 feet, and constructed a pipe line with pipes 12
inches in diameter, having a total length of 5,000
feet, our actual head of 500 feet would be reduced to
500—246,44 or 253.56 feet, or putting it more plainly,
we would have a pressure of 110 pounds to the square
inch instead of 217 pounds, and this loss is due
entirely to using pipes of too small a diameter.
Another formula I use, and which gives clear re-
sults, is as follows : H=-,5 — — .
2ga
H=loss of head by friction in each 100 feet of pipe.
p=the perimeter, or circumference of the pipe in
feet.
1=100 feet.
c=a variable coefBcient from .00406 to .01338;
according to the nature of the pipe, and velocity of
water.
v= velocity of water in feet per second.
. gr=the acceleration of gravity, or 32,2 feet.
a=the sectional area of pipe in feet.
Example : A pipe line 5000 feet in length, of
newly-riveted pipe, 20 inches in diameter, with a
head of 650 feet between the supply and discharge
ends,' and delivering 400 miners' inches of water,
what is the loss of head ?
First determine the velocity, which is 4,58 feet per
pi c v=
5,235X100X. 00506X20.9^55,372^
140.45'6
second, then H= -
2X32,2X2,181
,394 feet, or .394 feet loss for each 100 feet of line,
* Copyrighted hy the Author,
and there being 5000 feet of pipe, the loss will be
5000^-lOOX .394, 19.70 feet, and the actual pressure
head would in this case be 650 feet, less 19.70 feet
frictional head, or 630.30 feet.
It is well to remember that it makes no difference
whether the water is flowing up hill or down, or
whether the pressure is great or small, the total
friction will be materially the same, and that in
wooden pipes the friction is nearly double that of iron
or steel.
Loss of Head Due to Bench and Angles. — This loss is
also an important one, and in many instances is
great, owing to the number of sharp bends or changes
in the direction of a line of pipe, carrying water for
mining, or other purposes. In a pipe line there
should be no bends having a radius of less than five
diameters.
To calculate the loss of head due to the resistance
of a right angle bend, the simplest rule is to obtain
the velocity of water flowing in feet per second due
to the head, and multiply the square of such velocity
by .0152, For example: What is the loss of head
due to the resistance of a 90 degree elbow, with
water flowing at a velocity of 15 feet per second ?
Answer: 15'=X.0152, or 3.42 feet.
Where the radius of the bend is greater, or more
than five diameters, the head required to overcome
the resistance can be found by multiplying the square
of the velocity in feet per second by the number of
The Copper Qiieen Property, Arizona.
Bisbee is the seat of operations of the Copper
Queen Consolidated Mining Company, in Cochise
county, in the Mule mountains, thirty miles south of
Tombstone and fifty-six miles southeasterly from,
Benson. It is within seven miles of theMexican bor-
der. The mountains here are lofty, but not rugged,'
with a scant growth of timber. As shown in the ac-
companying illustration, the town occupies a position
in a gulch, with less room than there is at Dead wood.
South Dakota. The property of the Copper Queen
takes up the entire slope of the mountain, on the
south side of the gulch, extending for more than a
mile along the trend of the mountain. The ore de^
posits follow the alignment of the gulch, the original
discoveries having been made from out-croppings at
the surface, at a point above the present location of
the town. While the belt of copper ore appears to
have a well-defined trend, the ore bodies seem to be
irregularly formed, widening out into an immense
pocket in one place, then narrowing down to a verti-
cal vein in another.
The underground workings consist of two main
shafts, 400 feet and 500 feet deep, respectively, from
which levels have been run at each 100 feet, with
very extensive stoping from each level. Within the
BISBEE, ARIZONA, SHOWING PARTIAL VIEW OF COPPER QUEEN PROPERTY.
degrees in the angle, and dividing the product by
88489. For example: Velocity 10 feet per second,
what is the resistance of a bend having an angle of
V=X120
120°? Answer:-gg^^g-=. 135 feet.
When the radius is less than five diameters, the
resistance would be as. per following rule: Mean
velocity squared, divided by 64.4 multiplied by the
square of half the angle of deflection, multiplied by
2.06 times the 4th power of the same angle.
For fairly accurate results, this ' formula may be
simplified by multiplying the square of the velocity
in feet per second by C, C being equal to the follow-
ing co-efficients for the various angles, viz :
C=. 000109 for angle of 10 degrees.
C=. 000466 " " " 20 "'
C=. 001134 ", " " 30 "
C=. 002158 " " " 40 "
C=. 003634 " " " 50 "
C=. 005652 " " " 60 "
.C=. 008276 " " " 70 "
C= -011491 " " " 80 "
C=. 015248 " " " 90 "
(To he Continued.)
At the present price of about 32 cents a pound,
aluminum is cheaper than the same bulk of copper
or brass. Yet 100 pounds of brass, or 250 of copper,
are sold to one of aluminum. Manufacturers of the
new metal disposed of 650 tons of it last year, but
they are compelled to discover its novel uses.
Aluminum has nearly displaced nickel in the arts,
and it is in growing demand for cooking utensils, bi-
cycle parts, plates for false teeth, handles for sur-
gical instruments, a substitute for lithographic
stones, non-magnetic electric apparatus and military
accoutrements. Its lightness renders it peculiarly
suitable for canteens, buttons and belt plates.
various drifts and levels there are about forty miles
of ore-car trackage. The two main hoisting plants,
handle 500 tons of ore each twenty-four hours.
The smelting and reduction -plant, which, partially
appears in the illustration, consists of three blast
furnaces in operation, three copper converters and
three revolving roasters. In the engine room are
five engines, aggregating over 1000 H. P., operating
the air drills, furnaces, converters and other machin-
ery. A new upright engine is being put in to oper-
ate the converters. In the converting department
the material is handled by hydraulic cars, instead of
cranes.
A large percentage of the ores thus far has been
partially oxydized, but at lower depths they become
sulphides, which require some roasting. As both
oxydized and sulphide ores are being produced, they
are mixed in such a proportion as to produce about a
45 per cent matte, which yields to the converting
process without roasting. The company makes use
of the revolving roasters to some extent to desul-
phurize the more refractory sulphide ores. The
average ore values, as they are mixed and smelted,
run about 8 per cent copper, and the product of the
converters is a copper bullion which is over 99 per
cent pure copper. The product of the property, as
now operating, is about two million pounds of cop-
per per month.
The Arizona & Southeastern railroad, which runs
from Benson to Bisbee, connects with the Southern
Pacific at Benson and with the Nogales & Guaymas'
line at Fairbanks. While this road is operated sepa-
rately, the stock therein is owned by the Copper
Queen Company.
As an example of the liberal spirit which charac-
terizes the Copper Queen management, it may be
cited that it maintains an excellent free library for
the use of the employes, as well as a well regulated
hospital. The public school building of Bisbee, with
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wrouDcls, was donated to the town by the company.
Messrs. Dodge and James, large stockholders in
the Copper Queen Consolidated Company, who have
long been heavy shareholders in the well known De-
troit copper property at Morenci, near Clifton, have
recently acquired possession of the remainder of the
stock in the latter property.
At the Copper Queen property over 1000 men are
on the company's payrolls, though a smaller number
than this is constantly employed.
Adjoining the Copper (>ueen properties on the
north are the fifteen claims of the Copper King Com-
pany, amounting to about 320 acres, which would
seem to be in a position to hold the ore deposits of
the Copper Queen in their trend eastward. The Cop-
per K'ing is but a prospect at present, though one
that apparently justifies the hopes entertained by its
promoters. A shaft is being sunk — now HO feet deep
—with good indications. The plans are to sink this
and two other shafts to a depth of .500 feet. Surface
indications and the location of the Copper King
claims in their relation to the well developed mineral
zone of the Copper (Jueeu, favor the probability of
success. The promoter of the new prospective mine
is a stock company, whose directors are Messrs.
B. C. Davis, W. H.'Mack, Thos. F. Gaynor, Chas.
R. Tjee and Jere R. Fleet, with oflices in Brooklyn,
N. Y. Wascott.
Bisbee, Arizona, April 22nd, '97.
The Gold Belt of the Lower Colorado River.
"A dark-hued lizard on the dark-hued sand ;
A rock, a short gray tree : above, an equal sky-
She siis and dreams. The whiteless blue of heaven
Comes down to meet the greenless brown of earth
And compasses her dream."
And this is Arizona and the desert bordering the
Lower Colorado river of the West. And the languor
of the dreamer is passing, giving way to the promise
of a glorious future replete with success from ener-
getic efforts. It is said "nature equalizes matter;"
hence, because of the unkind physical surroundings
peculiar to this region, it would appear compensa-
tion has been and will be had in the marvelous depo-
sitions of. the precious minerals beneath the forbid-
ding e-xterior. Values in gold, particularly, com-
mensurate with the hardships and actual physical
suffering endured in quest of the yellow metal in this
dreary zone of desolation, have been and will be
found. Of the many meritorious gold strikes now in
the embryotic state of "prospects" and being
worked from Ehrenbergh northerly to the vicinity
of Yuma, on and along the Colorado and Gila rivers
to southerly, we will not at this time touch. It is of
those known to exist, actualities, tangible values in
gold as found in better known prospects and mines,
this letter will treat.
Beginning with the latest recorded and verified
strike in the S. H. mountains, eighty miles northerly
■ from the town of Yuma and thirty miles from th^
Gila river: Though having no personal knowledge of
the strike at the King of Arizona, or locally called
the Gleason group, yet from reliable authority and
from samples of ore in hand we find a very peculiar
and interesting new condition. The lode vein crops
for three claims in length — 4500 feet— and holds an
average width of about 20 feet, in a diorite and por-
phyry contact. The great mass of the vein matter
is a hard, reddish black, hungry-looking limestone,
and a bluish and cream-colored sugar quartz 4 feet
thick on the hanging wall threaded and shot with
coarse gold of a value up to $1 per pound of rock.
Again, the highest values in this free metallic gold
are held in a yellow carbonate of lead and a matrix
of " sugar quartz." Other samples are of a fine
quartz conglomerate, through all of which iron as an
oxide-carbonate and hematite appears. Along the
cleavage of the rock strata of vein stuff occur seams
of calcspar.
All of this matter is impregnated with coarse, vis-
ible gold, though in much of the dense limestone
where no gold is visible even under the glass, string
and shot gold is had from the hornspoon. I am cred-
itably informed that the 4-foot pay streak will not
run below $50 per ton and up to $2000 gold per ton,
and the remaining 14 to 16 feet of width of vein
SDoons approximately to plate $8 to $12 per ton.
Until the outcrop is broken it appears to be but or-
dinary " mal paies" (hard, black, porous lavas).
Part of the vein is in high, serrated cliffs. Until a
fresh fracture is made this appears to be valueless,
volcanic rock. When broken it was first pronounced
a black quartz; investigation shows it to be lime-
stone. This emphasizes the writer's reiterated ad-
vice to desert prospectors to pass no defined ledge
of rock without breaking samples for a fresh frac-
ture, for the sunburned, sand-polished outcrop of all
rocks looks alike in blackened, shining surface in the
desert. It is enough to say the King of Arizona
group is a tangible reality so far as extensive and
high surface values in gold goes, and from a practi-
cal miner's standpoint this 4500 feet in length of reg-
ularly defined outcrop in a contact of primary rocks
the future of the vein at depth is assured, presum-
edly with it precious burden.
Next in order of discovery is the La Fortuna, on
the Gila river, near Yuma. This, from all accounts,
is a huge " pipe vein " some 400 feet in length along
the strike, all pay and 3 to 12 feet thick, that has
attained a depth of 300 feet; and its record can be
boiled down to the regular result in shipments of
gold bullion from twenty head of stamps, running
from *8(l,000 to *1UO,(IOO monthly. This holds in
value and strength with depth.
Were these two late finds in Colorado they would
long ere this rival the world-wide reputation of
Cripple Creek. As it is, the La Fortuna is quietly
pounding out fortunes every month and is simply a
close corporate and quiet business afTair; while in
the really remarkable volume and values of gold in
the Iving of Arizona, or Gleason group, local peo-
ple of small means, having secured an interest, are
putting in ten stamps thirty miles distant, at the
nearest running water on the Gila river, and will
make the mine purchase any additional plants re-
quired.
Let us see how Arizona and the desert compare
with other and more favorably situated regions. In
addition to the properties mentioned, we have the
Harqua Hala with about $3,000,00(1 to its credit, now
paying leasers handsomely, after the usual top-
heavy English company shut down. Again, the
Congress mine with no clatter, no blast of trumpet,
sending out bullion regularly and at a depth of 2000
feet having ore blocked out for many years' work, to
go through their 40-stamp mill. They have modern
plants and methods in all particulars, and it is prob-
ably the equal as a dividend mine of any on the Pa-
cific coast, and that means the world. The next in
order is the old Vulture mine with $15,000,000 pro-
duction from the surface zone, and to the (iOO level.
This has at last got into the hands of men with
money and nerve to drive down to the lower ore
zone, when this old producer will doubtless continue
a dividend property for years to come.
I wonder if it ever occurs to some of our California
mining men, when they condemn by wholesale the
desert mines as mere surface or infiltration deposits,
that very much the same talk held back develop-
ments and driving for the lower ore zone on the
mother lode of California for many years, until men
having the money and doing a little single-handed
thinking on their own account solved the problem of
permanent ore bodies of great magnitude below the
barren vein matter of the surface ore zones and
made the mother lode of Cafifornia a synonym for
great and lasting mines. Diamond Joe Reynolds did
this on the Congress mine, which, by the way, was
originally worked for the copper, and depth made of
it a gold mine.
Pray, gentlemen, why should this happy condition
be confined to northern California ? However, this
is a matter that will be defined in the early future,
as this desert region bordering the Lower Colorado
river is being thoroughly exploited by Colorado min-
ing men who are corraling every tangible mining
prospect of merit they can secure; and the energy,
ability and nerve that have made Colorado what it is
to-day will surely demonstrate more permanent pay-
ing mines in this region.
The Gold Rock of San Diego county, California,
near Yuma, was condemned in its prospect state by
at least two distinguished and able California mining
experts, yet it appears to be doing pretty well with
60 feet thickness of $6 to $8 rock at the' 300 level,
and 120 stamps dropping. This, the Gold Rock — a
segregation vein in porphyry — is certainly a prop-
erty of merit and under competent management
would never have got into the hands of a receiver.
It was the old thing of "biting off more than you
can chew." While forty stamps were making money,
eighty stamps additional required some pretty low-
grade stuff to go under the hammers to keep them
all dropping. Then they started to economize at
the wrong end by cutting down the pay of their mill-
man — one of the best on the coast. He quitting, all
sorts of tank men, crusher feeders and general mill
swampers tried it a rattle and the tailings pond
fattened, until the old millman was recalled at double
his past salary. The Gold Rock is a good property.
The Senator mine (the old Buena Vista), fourteen
miles north from Yuma, has a 12 to 40-foot vein at
the 200 level, and 2 to (1 feet good pay. A mill will
soon go up of twenty stamps, and the mine is regu-
larly and systematically blocked out for stoping, with
large reserves in sight. They are a mile from the
Colorado river, in San Diego county.
To the contrary, Picacho district of San Diego
county is erecting mills galore near the river's bank,
with perfect confidence that mines must of necessity
be found. Really, there have been more misleading
reports from this district than any other in this
lower desert country. They are not of the order of
poor men's mines; they require capital to condition
for successful work and the strictest economy of
management. Excepting the Jaynes group, there
is nothing demonstrated to be called a mine. There
are many meritorious prospects in Picacho, of low-
grade ores, but the wild, fantastic tales of 50 to 200
feet of $20 to $50 per ton rock are romances pure
and simple. It is not the occasional hand samples
of rich rock that make the value of a mine. It is
what, day after day, in continual average of an ore
body that the commercial value is found.
The " crosscutting of 50 to 200 feet of vein, and no
walls," as reported, is eminently correct, as there
are no walls defined and gouge-cased in the district,
so they could not well be in sight. There are zones,
by courtesy called veins of segregation, with no regu-
larity of system through the district. In these zones
occur thin seams of quartz, pinching and swelling
from a "shoe string" to a few inches thick; also de-
tached pockets of rich rock. It is what is known to
the miner as " spotted," like plums in a pudding.
Now, to get these rich seams and pockets close
enough together to be able to work the entire mas§,
is the problem. This, in many instances, is assured,
so far as surface prospecting shows. Again, cap-
ping of a brecciated conglomerate in a calcareous
cement, generally, and gold-bearing in pockets, oc-
curs in apparent flows havingdefined trends through
the ryolitic rocks. The entire basin is made up of a
jumble of porphyries, granites, slates, etc., with an
occasional intrusion of igneous rock, protruding as
peaks through the unsystemized mass. Much gold
has been taken out in places, derived in the opinion
of the writer from these rich seams aud pockets of
quartz. In some instances concentrators will be re-
quired to recover the gold values iron coated aud
scattered through the vein stuff.
The mines of this district are exceptionally easy of
access, and the ore may be mined cheaply. The
probable value of the ore will run from $2 to $10 per
ton in gold. It is specially free. By modern meth-
ods, under competent economical management, with
the favorable location — twenty-eight miles from rail
facilities at Yuma and a navigable river for five
miles and to the river bank — this district may be
made a dividend producer.
Stories of large deposits of $50 rock and up result
in harm. The posted mining man don't believe them.
The novice, if of an economical (?) turn, does his own
exporting, builds castles in the air on the half-dozen
colors of light gold in a pan test, really representing
from $3 to $5 per ton aud which he is assured is $20
rock. Getting to the end of his financial rope he is
choked ofl' with a curse on the gamble of mining,
when really he has not used simple business dis-
cretion in his preliminary investigation.
There are up, and on the way, one 10-stamp
mill and six other mills, by one company, and
not one foot of ground regularly blocked out
for stoping. It is true, probably, as claimed that
considerable development in a small way has been
done by nature in the cutting of gulches through and
across these ore zones. Yet a mining man would
like more tangible values actually susceptible of
measurement in sight than are found in a few shal-
low shafts and surface trenching.
This in a nutshell is the condition of Picacho dis-
trict to-day. There are extensive bodies of low-
grade gold ores with a friable gangue, and a
straight-away free-milling amalgamating rock that
may be mined, handled and reduced at a specially
low cost, after the first expense of the installation of
the required hauling and reduction plants.
Do not infer that these are all of the mining camps
of the Lower Colorado river. There are many prop-
erties being worked and some now under bond to
Colorado people that will be heard from in the early
future. Reference is here made only to the 'jetter
advertised camps. There is no boom on, but the
burning of powder and breaking of ground is going
on from above Ehrenbergh to the Souora line, bor-
dering the Lower Colorado, to an extent not known
of before even in old Yuma, by a working, not a jaw-
bone fraternity, having faith in their holdings.
Systematic prospecting of this desert region now
nor at any time has been made. The country forma-
tions are the most promising and fruitful, and the
Colorado river from the Grand Canyon to its mouth is
highly mineralized on both sides for many miles back,
and its vast possibilities have hardly been touched.
More earnest prospecting has been done the past
two seasons and the result is partly outlined above.
The man with money has his agents in the field, and
the dawn of a grand future for desert mining is here.
A plain statement of facts that may be proven is of
more ultimate value than the hysterical statements
of stray news reporters, who enthusing on a hand
sample of gold rook run to adjectives and gush when
writing of this region. Tavloii D. MacLeod.
Yuma, Arizona, April 25fch, '97.
What Slip of the Wheel Heans.
On steamships one often hears the expression
" slip of the wheel." Now the meaning of this may
be explained in a very simple manner. It is the
difference between the actual distance run and the
distance that would have been covered had the pro-
peller acted upon a solid substance instead of a fluid.
In other words, the expression may be understood
as the lost motion of the propeller. It is usual to
allow a certain number of revolutions to the pro-
peller or paddles to the mile, and at the end of a
stated time the estimated distance run by the ship,
according to the number of turns made, is compared
with the ictual distance run by the ship according to
observation of the heavenly bodies or by the patent
log, and the difference between these two records is
expressed as a percentum, and entered in the log
book as "slip of wheel." Retardation by reason of
head winds and high seas comes under the head of
slip. For example: If the distance run according
to revolutions is 100 miles, and the actual distance
run is 75 miles, the slip of wheel is 25 per cent.
390
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 8, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Amador.
licpiihUcan : At the Valparaiso they are
working the rich ore extracted during the
last three weeks. This ore is of the black
metal, arsenical sulphurets variety. It is not
free milling rock.
At the Union Consolidated ten stamps of the
mill were started a week ago on ore taken in
excavating for a station at the oOO-foot level.
The rock is an improvement upon the ore met
within the levels above. Twenty men are
now employed about the mine and mill, and
the number will soon be increased, as it is the
intention to run the mill to i ts fullest capacity
as soon as the 500 level is opened up.
It is reported that the Muldoon mine has
been bonded to San Francisco parties for
^"•jiOOO, and that S2000 has been expended
thereon. Work is expected to commence at
an early date.
Dispatdi : The Argonaut Company has lev-
ied an assessment of 5 cents per share. They
are at work upon the foundation of a 40-stamp
mill and are pushing the work as rapidly as
possible.
At the Wieland they have struck the gouge
ledge at tte 500-foot level, and have a better
looking ledge than was encountered at the r;00
or 400- foot levels.
Ledger: At the Black Prince the new ma-
chinery has been placed and two shifts have
been kept at work. Ore has already been
shipped for treatment.
Drifting continues on the Anita, running
north to tap the ore chute on the Shober
ground, and they have run the west drift
about aOO feet.
At the Good Hope drifting has been stopped
and the work of sinking has been resumed.
At the Kennedy a contract has been let for
the new hoisting works to be placed over the
north shaft.
The DeWitt mine, adjoining the Amador
Queen mine on the west, is running a shift
day and night to tap the ledge. ^
On the Amador Queen the erection of the
new hoist has been completed. The shaft is
down 520 feet.
Five concentrators were put in the Quartz
Glen mine at Rich gulch last week.
The company who have been working the
Del Ray under a bond have been actively en-
gaged in exploiting with quite a large gang of
men. At the 150-foot level they bad good ore.
The company have taken up the bond and are
now proprietors of the mine. They propose to
continue active operations on a more extended
scale.
JSatte.
Rcf/isfer: At the Magalia or old Persh-
backer mine there are sixty-five men em-
ployed. They are running north on a new
lead, running southeast on one channel, and
also cleaning up the old works. The north
channel leads toward the Princess channel.
There are fifteen men employed on the
Princess mine and the pay gravel is good.
The Pomerat quartz mine, which has been
bonded to S. H. Jackson of Chico, gives em-
ployment to fifteen men and the rock taken
out is rich in free gold.
The Orleans quartz mine, near Coutolenc,
has been bonded to San Francisco parties, who
will begin work at once.
On the MathersoD quartz mine five men are
employed.
Ten men are employed in the Bader mine.
In the Ethyl or old Wylie mine three shifts
are employed and twelve men are at work.
Ten men are employed in the Dix mine, on
Butte creek, and six men are at work in the
Best miae, on the same creek.
At Nirashew tne Butte Creek quartz mine
is about to be opened and a number of men
will be employed.
The Nimshew Gold Mining Companj', Geo.
C. Higgins superintendent, is sinking a shaft
to tap the old Blackleg tunnel and are also
opening the Emma mine.
It is reported that the Kane mine, near In-
skip, has been bonded to Goodall, Perkins
& Co.
Peter Woods is working his mine on Scott's
bar, on Butte creek, and is taking out good
pay gravel.
Calaveras.
Cimniiclc: P. L. Sherman is developing the
Paragon group of mines, near West Point.
They are the Paragon, Mountain View, Bull-
ion, Tip Top and La Palomacita. They are so
located that all may be worked from one cross
formation tunnel. This proposed tunnel, when
in a distance of 1300 feet, will cut all the
above leads giving vertical backs of from 200
to oUO feet. At present the work consists of
the extension of three tunnels, which will tap
the La Palomacita, Mountain View and Bull-
ion lodes at depths ranging from 150 to 350
feet vertical, and when these veins are cut
drifting will be prosecuted north on each
vein, where greater backs will be had. A 10-
stamp mill is now being constructed.
Amador Uiapntrh : The Gwin mine has
struck some very rich ore in the 1400-foot
level. One piece was taken out last week
that had over §500 worth of gold in it. The
streak of this rich ore is not wide and varies
as it goes, but seems to run along the whole
length of the vein.
('ilizcu: The Scieffard mine, near the Ken-
tucky House, was bonded last week to the
Western Mining Company of San Francisco,
of which Claus Spreckels is one of the share-
holders. The ledge was discovered about a
year ago, when a shaft was sunk on the vein
to a depth of 55 feet and a tunnel run for 180
feet to tap the ledge.
The Gilien placer mining claim, situated at
Spring gulch, east of San Andreas, is being
prospected by a mining company from San
Jose with a view of taking a bond on the
property.
Kl Dorado.
{ Special Correspondence ). — J. W. Arm-
strong has just started two shifts on the old
Plymouth property, one mile northwest of
Kelsey. In the sixties this mine had a
4-stamp mill in operation, and produced con-
siderable money from surface cuts. The
present company will sink deep and give the
property a fair test.
M. A. Murphy has bonded the Old Judge
mine, near Kelsey, to F. W. Beardslee, J. C.
Shepardson and a party from Los Angeles,
who speak of immediately opening the prop-
erty.
Gilson, Sutherland & Company are about to
erect a 10-stamp mill on their extensive
gravel plant at Grizzly Flats.
The Grand Victory Company are about to
increase their motive power, and are adding
new pumps in connection with new boiler and
rmpressor works.
Goulee and Hilbert have reached 40 feet on
a y-foot ledge of ore that yields a good mortar
test. The shaft is on the vein. The property
is in Kelsey canj'on, near the village of the
same name.
George Thorsen, a successful prospector, is
running a surface cut and tunnel on a 20-foot
ledge, on a property adjoining the Kelsey Gold
and Silver mine. The ore and gouge matter
all yield a fair prospect of free gold.
Thirty tons of ore, crushed at the new cus-
tom mill, from surface cuts on the Lloyd
property, yielded 300 pounds of rich sul-
phurets and *21 per ton in free gold.
Placerville, May 3, '97.
Rcpuhlican : It is reported that the Poca-
hontas mine at Logtown will start up soon.
This is one of the oldest quartz mines in the
county, and has been very rich. It has been
idle for years, except two or three months
last summer.
The Channel Bend mine, where a company
has been exploring a body of gravel on a
bench of the American river, northest of
Georgetown, shut down this week.
But little work is being done at the Grand
Victory at present, as the mine is flooded
with water. About the first of the month the
miners drilled into a seam from which water
was forced out like a hydraulic through the
drill hole. Since that time the pumps have
been unable to control it, and water has risen
from the 300-foot level to within TO feet of the
top. The two pumps, throwing 13 or 13 inches
of water, at first lowered the water, but
when nearing the lower levels could make no
impression on it.
KerD.
Cali/oniia)t: At Havilah, McNulty and
partners have bonded the Hart mine to a San
Francisco company.
John Hays, one of Kern's most successful
mining men, has some leasers working in the
Ophir and Canty mines. - Both are making a
good showing.
Shipsey and Moore have made a good clean-
up from the Marguerite. The seams are
about 12 or 14 inches.
Mr. Coulson, representing New York and
Pennsylvania capitalists, has purchased the
Rotschford and New World mines. The latter
was owned by G. Miller of Havilah. There is
considerable development work to be done.
A tunnel of SOO feet must be run on the
Rotschford and one 400 or 500 feet on the New
World. If Mr. Coulson's expectations are
realized he will have a 20-stamp mill running
next spring.
On Piute mountain the Bright Star mine
has been sold to an Eastern capitalist.
A number of small claims have been sold in
Kelsoe canyon.
Mariposa.
(razcite; Near Hornitos within the past
couple of weeks operations have been com-
menced on three different mining properties.
Several men were put to work at the Campo-
donicD mine. The Mt. Gaines mine, which is
reported to have recently changed hands, has
a force of men at work on it. The Barcrof t
mine, another of the mines which is reported
to have been sold recently, is being operated.
The California Exploration Co. has pur-
chased the Virginia mine, that has been in
litigation for over eighteen years, and is pro-
ceeding actively to develop it.
Nevada.
H. H. Beck has sold the Reno, Nev., Reduc-
tion Works to W. H. H. Graves of Oakland
and B. A. Cardwell of Salt Lake City, who
propose to enlai'ge and remodel the plant. It
is expected to employ fifty men. B. A. Card-
well is interested in the Meadow Lake mines,
and says that the ore can be worked at a cost
of ?5 or S6 a ton. His process is to crush the
rock with rollers and concentrate, from which
he says he can save 96 per cent of the assay
value of the ore by melting it. He wants to
build a wagon road to Truckee.
'I't-tDiscripl : Arrangements are being made
for working the Pittsburg mine on an exten-
sive scale. It has been pumped out to the 600
level, and in a short time the water will be
down to the SOO level, when the work of sink-
ing the shaft deeper will begin. An air com-
pressor plant for running drills will be put in.
There is a ledge on the tiOO level from which
quartz yielding well has been taken.
U)iio)i : In a few weeks the Nevada County
Electric Power Company will undertake their
scheme of working the South Yuba river bed.
The water of the river will be diverted into
the company's flumes, which will permit of
working nearly the whole of the four miles of
the river located by the company down to
bedrock. For several years past considerable
portion of the river has been worked by
Chinamen under lease. Superintendent De-
Sabla frequently imposed more severe condi-
tions upon them, but they found it profitable
even after paring a very liberal royalty to
the company. They never worked the river,
however, to bedrock, where it is expected to
be found the richest.
Tidingti: At the Pittsburg mine the water
has been lowered, so that the 700-foot level
will be uncovered within a day or two. When
the 800-foot level is reached, sinking will be
resumed. Besides that, a large force of men
will be put on to open out the various levels of
the mine.
Placer.
Sentinel: At the Chicago drift mine, owned
by G. L. Tbrelkel, a body of gravel has been
encountered.
At the Haskell mine, near Auburn, gravel
was reached in the face of the bedrock tunnel
last week.
The Laird gravel mine, near Loomis, em-
ploys twenty men. The gravel mined is
bringing good returns. The Laird, the
Chicago and the Haskell mines are all sup-
posed to be on the same channel.
Waugh, Walker and Duryea are developing
the Lady Hanson quartz ledge, two miles
northeast of Auburn.
A corporation has been formed of Placer
county people to reopen the old Dardanelles
mine, which has in its long history produced
over $3,500,000 as a drift and hydraulic mine.
At the Gold Blossom mine, at Ophir, owned
by Charles F. Reed, and which has been pay-
ing very well for some time, arrangements are
being made to sink a double-compartment
shaft to a depth of 1000 feet.
PlnniaB.
Independent : The Little Jamison Company
contemplate adding twenty stamps more to
their mill, making a total of thirty stamps.
The Plumas Eureka mine will start in
crushing ore as soon as the snow is gone.
At Johnsville the Claybank tunnel will be
run ahead towards the north side of Bald
mountain, where it is generally believed the
Thistle Shaft channel lies buried.
There has been let a contract to run 400
feet of tunnel into the Glazier mine on the
Nort Fork.
James H. Chalien, superintendent of the
Topaz Centennial mine, also the Golden An-
cient Channel and the Yellow Jacket mines,
has two shifts driving forward the tunnel in
the Topaz, which, when advanced 600 feet,
will it is expected strike the rich gravel
channel in that property. Work on the
Golden Ancient Channel and the Yellow
Jacket properties will be commenced as soon
as the snow is off, when it will be practicable
to get on the ground with raining supplies, etc.
Sau Diego.
Ramona Hentincl: At Julian a strike is re-
ported in the Richmond mine.
The Ranchitamine is turning out high-grade
ore.
Mr. Jacoby has let a contract to run a 250-
foot tunnel on the Tom Scott mine.
Shasta.
Free Press: At the Niagara mine extensive
preparations are being made to resume opera-
lions. The O'Neil tunnel, which is now in
2700 feet, is being extended, and by the first
day of May a large force of miners will be put
to work getting out ore. The ledge is 4 feet
in width. On June 1st the mill of eighteen
stamps will be started. The workings on the
O'Neil level are now in 700 feet from the sur-
face. By running a tunnel about a mile in
length the ore chute in the O'Neil tunnel
could be tapped at a depth of loOO feet: but
as this would be very expensive, a hoisting
and pumping plant will probably be put in.
The Niagara Company has recently been re-
organized. The syndicate of Dutch capital-
ists which formerly controlled the property
has sold out to a number of people in San
Francisco.
Sierra.
Meiimcniier : Isaac Copeland is about to com-
,mence operations at the Independence quartz
mine on Wolf creek.
The California Debris Commission has re-
ceived an application from M. .1, Williams and
others to mine by the hydraulic process
in the Galena Hill mine, the tailings to be
deposited in Eastman's ravine.
The mill at the Northern Bell mine started
again last week, and several men were put to
work.
Siskiyou.
Journal: The Hunter & Simmons claim at
Hawkinsville is still worked with good suc-
cess, the big pump at Shasta river keeping
their ditch at the top of the hill supplied for
operating the giants.
The Gold Ball mine, near Sawyer's Bar, is
still idle and probably will be for some time
to come, until the difficulties which it has
been under for a number of months past are
finally settled.
The Salmon River Ditch and Mining Com-
pany are at work at their big hydraulic mine
near Sawyer's Bar. They have handled a
large amount of gravel alread.y this season,
and it is reported are doing well. This mine
is fitted up with modern machinery and has
an electric plant.
Work has been commenced again on the
Greenhorn blue gravel mine, and the shaft
will soon be free from water to permit sink-
ing down to bedrock.
The Black Bear mine, owned by John Dag-
gett, is now in operation, with about ten men
employed.
Wm. Bennett has four mines in operation
now, and is doing very well with all of them.
AVfc-s: The fine weather has started a
number of prospectors out in the mountains to
look for ledges, some of whom have already
made promising locations. The best reports
come from Cherry Creek and Oak Bar dis-
tricts, although there is considerable activity
in other districts.
James Morrison arrived in Quartz valley
last week and is making preparations to start
up work in the quartz mine owned by Abram
Erno and himself.
Dave McCook of Humbug district has un-
covered an IS-inch ledge in his Mount Shasta
mine.
Trinity.
Redding Free Press: The Brown Bear min-
ing property at Deadwood is being cleaned up
and prepared for the inspection of parties con-
templating its purchase. The mine is now in
such a shape that to further develop it a very
long tunnel must be run or a hoisting plant
erected, requiring the expenditure of a con-
siderable sum of money. Of late years lessees
have worked about in the upper workings,
taking out small bodies of ore, which was
milled at the company's mill.
At the Altoona mining operations will soon
be resumed. Since the day the mine was
flooded the Cornish pump has been constantly
throwing a 10-inch stream of water. The
water is being gradually removed from the
mine; but if Mr. Williams finds the work pro-
gressing too slowly he will immediately order
a huge Dow pump shipped from San Francisco,
Everything will be placed in readiness to re-
sume operations on a large scale as soon as
the mine is dry.
Journal: A company proposes to sink one or
more shafts in Weaverville basin to test the
question whether or not there is a deep chan-
nel of pay gravel there. A subscription paper
for stock has been drawn up and will be cir-
culated. It is estimated that the cost of the
necessary machinery and labor to sink the
first shaft would be'about $3000. The machin-
ery once purchased, the cost of sinking suc-
ceeding shafts would be much lessened.
At the Nash deep gravel mine, on Coffee
creek, owned by an English company and
superintended by Mr. Maitland, the long bed-
rock tunnel has been finished and a long flume
will he built.
At Carrville work on the Strode mine has
begun for the summer; ten or fifteen men are
employed and the mill is now running.
On the old Bloss & McClary placer mines
Jas. Eligh and partners have been working
steadily all winter and have taken off a large
amount of gravel, and still have a long sluic-
ing season ahead.
Taoiamne.
Demiieral: At the Black Oak sinking in the
main shaft,, which is nearing the 800 mark,
goes on day and night, and when that depth
is attained new levels will be run. The major
part of the ore comes from the 700, where a
10-foot ledge of well-defined ore is being
stoped out. Ten stamps are being added to
the mill. The cyanide plant, with a capacity
of thirty tons per day, will soon be in opera-
tion. A contract has just been let for a six-
drill air compressor to supplant the old in-
ferior one. Forty men are employed about
the mine.
At the Rappahannock the shaft has at-
tained a depth of 650 feet. It will be driven
down to the 1000-foot mark without a stop. On
the 600 level a station is beingputin and a
level run to the ledge.
The Punch Bowl gravel mine, on Table
mountain, is having a quarter-pitch incline
shaft run down on the rim to tap the main
channel.
Tndcpendciii: The Golden Rule is reported
to have struck a vein of rich ore.
The Dutch mine crosscut, on the 30O level,
shows up a vein with 18 feet of pay ore.
The Rosedale gravel mine, near Jamestown,
has been sold to G. Leeney and M Price.
The Queen mine, at Stent, is being worked
by a San Francisco company, which has bonded
the propert.y.
The Alameda mine is sinking in its main
shaft and has encountered some rich ore dur-
ing the past week.
The Grey Eagle mine at American Camp,
which was bonded some time ago to M. Page
& Co. of San Francisco, was started up last
week with Mr. Page as superintendent. Five
men are at work. ^
The Green mine, near Confidence, has 'been
bonded by A. P. Minear.
The Providence mine, on the north fork of
the Tuolumne river, has struck an S-foot vein
which shows up well in free gold.
The mill at the Norwegian mine is nearing
completion and will shortly be put to work
crushing the ore now being taken out.
The Columbus mine, in the Cherokee dis-
trict, is drifting on the 200 level under the
superiutendency of J. E. Summers. Good ore
has been encountered.
The Confidence mine is getting its plant
into working condition. New mortars and a
rock crusher are on the road, and will as soon
as possible be placed in position. A contract
has been let to sink a 100-foot air shaft at 13.50
a foot.
The Tarantula mine has its new snaft down
40 feet. The ledge is increasing in size and
value.
The Omega mine, owned by Ayres & Brad-
ford, and adjoining the Rawhide No. 2, has
been sold to the Jumper syndicate for 140,000,
$10,000 of which has already been paid.
NEVADA.
Reno (iazctic: In Humboldt county the
Barber Canyon placer mines, near Dun Glen,
are still being worked with success. The
working force was increased to forty men last
week.
Jonas Nelson is working one of the old silver
mines in Antelope district on shares. He
made a shipment of ore to the Selby Smelting
and Lead Company last week, which runs
about 1 10 ounces of silver and 40 per cent lead.
The Thornton Brothers, who discovered a
rich lead in an old abandoned mine at Qnion-
viile last winter, assaying from §300 to §900 in
gold, have recently erected a 2-stamp mill
near the mine, and commenced crushing ore.
The Blackbird Mining Company have ceased
operations on their tunnel, which was run a
distance of about 450 feet to tap the ledge at
a depth of 80 feet below the lowest workings,
but thus far have been unable to strike the
ledge, which, no doubt, is due to a "fault" or
"dip" in the vein. Mr. Strong, the superin-
tendent, has gone to Detroit to consult with
his company as to the advisability of continu-
ing further explorations.
Placer diggings were recently discovered
near Rabbit Hole, thirty miles north of Love-
lock. The owners of the many claims have
subscribed for making a ditch to carry water
to the grounds, six miles.
The Quong Foo Placer Mining Company of
San Francisco began active operations at
Rock Hill, near Mill City, May 1st, under the
supervision of J. C. Jones of lone, Cal.
At the Adelaide copper mine, south of Gol-
May 8, 1807.
Mining and Scientific Press.
391
i>ODda, owned by an English company, the
vein has been cut at four differenl points and
discloHCs a body of ore of a uniforui width of
40 feet. Thirty-live men are sinking a double
corapartmeot shaft -MJO feet in depth and when
completed active operations wilt commence
wtib MM men.
The Foltz placer mining property, south of
Mtll Citv. was bonded to Messrs. Humphreys
and GrSftln last week fur *JO,000. They are
endeavoring to place it with a Denver com-
pany, who will operate it on a large scale in
the event of their purchasing the property.
White Pine ,V'rr^: Several men were put
to work grading roads and millslte at the
Ohainman mine last week, preparatory to
bringing In the necessary machinery.
Work was started up on the Millionaire
mine the first of the week.
The machinery for the mill of the Ben Hur
Mining Co. has arrived and will be erected
immediately.
The Siepioo mine in the Shell Creek range
of mountains, east of Ely. the property of the
Brim Bros., Salt Lake City, is among the
rich lead propositions in this vicinity. The
ore vein is well dertned, about 'i feet thick
and carries 7;s per cent lead with occasional
stringers of almost pure metal.
Gold Creek AVio: On April 2.Sth the water
ftlood at 14 feet at the tower in Little Sun-
ttower reservoir. This represents more than
lOO.tJOO.UOO gallons imrounded, or about one-
eighth the capacity of the reservoir. The
water now covers about seventy-five acres
and extends back over a half mile to within
100 feet of the dike on the west. This water
all comes from the lower part of the water-
shed. As vet there is no water. Howing
through the intake ditch from the three upper
creeks. The work of puddling and strength-
ening the banks siiU goes on.
ORKGON.
Grant's Pass ohKcrvcr: The Black Gold
Channel Mining Co. of Foots creek has ex-
pended several thousand dollars during the
past few months in new ditches, pipe and
flume. Piping is being carried on with a -ioO-
foot pressure. The new flume is bx'.i feet in
size and l-'IOO feet long, and there is 3000 feel
of tunnel on the bedrock in the old channel.
The Gold Uust mine on Grave creek is being
cleaned up. The proprietors, Hale Bros.,
Willke Sc Porter, intend digging another
ditch !) miles long and 4 feet on the bottom,
which will give Iheni water for nine months.
Kogue River Courirr: The Pickett Creek
placer mine, owned by John, Judson, Owens-
by and Keithi is piping night and day. The
old channel overlooked by miners for forty
years is now being tapped, and prospects rich
in fine gold.
A 5-stamp mill arrived last week from San
Francisco for the Jewett min ^ When run-
ning, this mine will employ from 15 lo'iOmen.
Grant's Pass Miniuu Jmnnal : Two big
mining ditches are being constructed from the
east fork of Pleasant creek to the new hy-
draulic mines near the mouth of Jamieson
gulch.
Work will soon he commenced on the mining
ditch from the Saxe Creek falls to N- D.
Young's placer mine, where a hydraulic is to
be put in.
On Grave creek and its tributaries there
are twenty hydraulic plants, most of which
have made profi.table seasons.
WASHINGTON.
Spakemnan-Kcview. James Crawford will
resume work on the Morning and Evening
properties for tbe Pierre's Lake and Flat
Creek Mining Company next week. This con-
tract calls for three shafts, each 50 feet deep,
at various points along the vein.
The Clyde- Mohawk Mining Company of
Spokane will also put a force of men to work
on their propertiesonTouloo mountain. This is
the second property placed under active de-
velopment work in this camp during the pres-
ent month.
At Chewelah the Spokane Copper Mining
and Milling Company will do considerable
work on the Grand and Magnus the coming
summer.
J. H. Watts of Salt Lake City, on behalf of
an Eastern syndicate, has taken a bond on
the Hopeful, Montana and Concord mineral
claims, in the Methow district, the considera-
tion being $75,000, one-tenth of the considera-
tion being paid.
KRITISH COLUMBIA.
(Special Correspondence).— In the last six
months over 2000 miner's licenses have been
taken out in Westminster district atone.
As there are some nine recorder's
oflSces, at the same rate there would
be 18,000 or 20,000 persons who have
taken out privileges to prospect in
that period. Double or treble that number in
the Province had before chat period secured
their licenses. Last week in New Westmin-
ster there were 148 miner's licenses issued
and seventy-seven claims recorded.
In Lillooet the new ledge of the Alpha Bell
proves to be 20 feet wide. The Alpha Bell is
situated on Cayoos creek a few feet from the
Golden Cache. A gang of men are stripping
Iheledge.
On the Athabasca, a free milling mine in
Nelson district, 260 feet of tunneling has been
done and nearly 100 assays made of the rock.
The last three assays at a depth of 200 feet as
shown by the certificates, run as follows in
free gold: $127.80, $164.07 and §102.75. In
sixty days a stamp mill is to be erected.
Tbe shaft on the Silver Tip mine, Taxada
island, midway between Vancouver and Vic-
toria in the Gulf, is down 90 feet, showing 4
feet of high grade ore containing from 0 to 15
■ per cent nickle and $35 in gold.
The snow is rapidly melting off the moun-
tains in Harrison Lake country near West-
minster City and the Indians have consented
to lake in white prospectors. A gang of men
have started for the Fire Mountain prospect
which is said to be the biggest strike made
here for years. Two fissure veins run paral-
lel in this mine and are cross-cut at intervals
by other veins where the rock is rich. The '
tunnel has been driven in 100 feet.
Vancouver, May 1st, ".)7.
Spokane f'/irnn (cle : In the Cariboo gravel
mines of the Horse Fly Company, under the
management of John B. Hobsori, the machin-
ery for the lU stamp mill for crushing the
cemented grave! is on the ground and a crew
of i^rpentors are at work. The mill will be
completed and started in about six weeks and
the mine will be opened up. The main tunnel
will by that time bo pushed in suftlcienlly to
kce'p a supply of gravel for milling.
liu^xUinitf-r: Superintendent C. P. Kobbins
reports that eighty tons were shipped the past
week from the Iron Mask. In a couple of
weeks the connection will have been made
with the old workings and the output of the
mine will be more than doubled.
A strike was made in the War Eagle last
week which the management consider to be
of considerable importance. On the 125-fuut
level, whoVe the east and west drifts inter-
sect the vein there is ore on the face of both
drifts, which are 120 feel apart.
The Sovereign mine, owned by Peterson
and Kyan. has been bonded for $:i«,000 to A.
W. Morris of Montreal. The Sovereign is
located on Lookout Mountain, near Trail.
The ledge has been tapped hy a tunnel of 120
feet and the mine is fairly well opened.
Spiiluxiniiii-ICfiHeiv: In the Ainsworth dis-
trict the Mile Point is putting in expensive
machinery and working a crew every day.
The mine is under bond to an English syndi-
cate for #40,000.
Twenty men are at work on the Tariff
sinking a shaft.
The Black Diamond and Little Phil are
working thirty men and are shipping ore reg-
ularly. New drill and compressor plants have
been ordered for these mines and will be
erected as soon as the railroads can land
them.
The No. 1 is working twenty men in the
mine and concentrator on pay ore.
The Jeff Davis is sinking a double compart-
ment shafi, which is now down 85 feet. A
drill and compressor plant has been ordered
by this company.
The Highland mine has been working a
crew for some time and arrangements are
making to put in a concentrator.
Ten or fifteen men were put to work on the
Twin this week. The Twin was practically
sold last week for ^35,000.
T. M. Gibson, representing the owners of
the Black Diamond, Little Donald and other
claims, recently purchased the Lady of the
Lake, Hamburg and Sovereign for a consider-
ation of *S000 cash. The Mamie was also pur-
chased by the same parties for $;^500 cash.
A 100-foot contract has been let on the Star
claim and as the shaft goes down, the show-
ing, which is a good one, continues to im-
prove.
At New Denver several deals have been
made of late, among them the Bachelor and
Get There Eli groups, on Twelve Mile, to G.
A. Parini, London, England, fur $12,000 and
$12,500 respectively; the Palmita, on Carpen-
ter creek, to E. C. Clarkson of Toronto, for
$20,000; the Heather and Heather Fraction,
to Vancouver parties, for $10,000, and the Hy-
derbad, on Ten Mile, to a Vancouver com-
pany, for $18,000.
UTAH.
Mammoth llcmrd: It has been decided to
abandon the North Swansea Tunnel Company
project, which had in view the running of a
tunnel through the mountain north of Rob-
inson.
The Sioux mill, which is being operated
under a lease by Paytou &. Bacorn, is now
running at its full capacity on Ajax ore. It
is probable that 1500 to 3000 tons of this ore
will be run through before a start will be
made on the Sioux product.
Tbe Opex shaft has now reached the 500-
foot level and drifting has been commenced.
Shipments from the camp for the week have
been as follows: Carisa, four cars; Mam-
moth concentrates, four cars ; Ajax, five cars.
Biugham BuJ let in: The new owners of the
Winnamuck will carry out the plans of the
old company in regard to deep working.
Col. O. B. Hardy last week transferred to
Chicago parties his entire interest in the
Bingham Copper Company's property, and
resigned his cftices as president and manager.
Silver City ^tnr: The ore body recently
struck pn the 26.5-foot level of the Morning
Glory is said to be improving in character.
A strike of high grade ore was made in the
Boss Tweed this week, assays showing 43 per
cent bismuth.
The Olson Bros., who have a bond on the
Governor for $20,000 have begun work on the
property.
The Buckeye records two strikes this week ;
one on the 270 level and the other in the shaft
at a depth of 350 feet. The ore from the
bottom of the shaft shows S.5 ounces silver
and $32 gold, while the body of pyrites which
was also encountered in the shaft, shows
ly ounces silver. The ore from the 370 level
runs over 100 ounces silver and 10 per cent
copper.
The week's shipments were as follows:
From tbe Bullion-Back mine, fifteen carloads
ore; Bullion-Beck mill, ten carloads concen-
trates; Centennial-Eureka, five carloads ore;
Eureka Hill, five carloads ore; Uncle Sam,
two carloads ore; Carisa. four carloads ore ;
Ajax, five carloads ore; Mammoth mill, four
carloads concentrates; Sioux mill, two car-
loads Ajax concentrates ; South Swansea, five
carloads ore ; Dragon Iron mine, three carloads
ore daih'.
MONTANA.
Butte Miner: The Diamond K. Mining Com-
pany is to build a concentrator at Neihart,
for the reduction of its own and custom ores.
Ira Myers, president of the company, reports
that the company will build a non-freezing
flume from main Belt creek. Tbe concentra-
tor is to have a capacity of 100 tons daily.
Clark, Renshaw and Dunbar are working on
Dr. Mitchell and Mr. Hennessy's Pierre
claim in Granite county under a long lease.
They have undertaken to drive a 400-foot tun-
nel under tbe old workings of the mine, which
in former years yielded high grade ore that
was shipped out.
The BuUe and Boston is gradually increas-
ing its force at the Blue Jay, Gray Rock and
Sliver Bow mines. At the" East" Gray Rock
pump stations are being cut on the 700 and
1400-feet levels, and development work is also
in progress on the north vein. The south
vein is given over to difterent parlies of les-
sees from the soo-foot level to .surface. It is
stated that the shaft, which is 1450 feet deep
at present, will be sunk deeper as soon as the
new station pumps are put in.
At the Original mine sinking will be com-
pleted to the 1000 level in a few days, where
a large station will be cut. From this point
as well as from some of the large stations
above, cross-cutting will then commence on
an extensive scale.
The Clipper group of claims, at Pony, owned
by Collins A: Morris, employs twenty-five men
doing development work. This number will
he increased when the weather and roads im-
prove, so that ore can bo hauled to the com-
pany's 20-stamp mill at Pony.
Intrr-Mininttiin : The Anaconda Company
will this year start up the Union Consolidated
silver properties northwest of Walkerville.
Some of the machinery has already arrived
and new buildings will be erected. It is un-
derstood the shafts in the property will be
developed to a great depth and that the pro-
duct of the mines will be used for fluxing pur-
poses at the smelter.
W. A. G. Birkin, who worked the Penning-
ton group of mines at Pageville with poor suc-
cess during the past year, has bonded the
Clear Grit and Sunrise mines in the May-
flower district from Knight brother.'iand Jesse
Johnson, in the alleged sum of $100,000, of '
which tiie small payment of $750 is to be made I
down. I
The deal for the transfer of the MiiyHower
group of mines near Norris, was consummated
this week in Butte between A. G. MacDonald
of Norris, and Frank J. Turner and J. J.
Broughall of Butte, by which the latter ac-
quire full title. The properties show sufll-
cient development to warrant the erection of
a mill in tbe near future.
IDAHO.
Si)iih€sinan-licview. At Camp Jerome the
Early Bird Mining Company are preparing to
sink an additional 100 feet on their property.
Placer mining is being carried on rather ex-
tensively at present, while the snow is on the
mountains.
WYOMING.
One hundred mining locations have just
been made for a St. Louis company at the
head of the Popo Agie river in Lander county.
The locations cover a field of cement, which
contains gold in paying quantities. The de-
posits were found three years ago and since
that time numerous tests have been made of
the ore, with favorable results. The St.
Louis company will develop the property on
an extensive scale.
A dispatch from Otto states that C. W. For-
ester and W. H. Page, who have been pros-
pecting near the mouth of the Big Horn
canyon, report finding an immense ore body
carrying gold. No lead has been discovered,
the ore, which appears to be a granite forma-
tion, lying on the surface in a blanket over a
territory half a mile wide, extending from
the foothills to the top of the mountain. The
granite is not very hard and the ore can be
taken out with picks. The discoverers have
forty tons out ready for shipment when the
roads are in condition to allow it. The ore is
said to be of like character to that found at
Ragged Top, the new Black Hills camp.
COLORADO.
nevnhlimn: At Cripple Creek the Bull Hill
tunnel is to be started up by a new company
to be formed on the mutual investment plan.
A compressor plant is to be put on. and the
company purposes subleasing the several veins
that have been cut by the tunnel in its com-
pleted length of 000 feet.
Overproduction is the cry heard everywhere
now. As a sample, the Florence works have
more than 2000 tons of ore on hand, and it was
given out ten days ago that they did not want
any more rock for some days still to come.
The works at Gillett have a steady supply
from producers under contract, and for a year
or more have not gone into the market. The
Brodie plant last week refused to purchase
300 tons, and again refused a lot of double that
size. Miners have an idea that there is some-
thing of a preconsidered plan on the part of
the mill men in refusing ores, so that an ad-
vance in treatment charges can be made. An
informal gathering of some of the big pro-
ducers was had on April 17th to examine into
this matter. It was contended that present
prices afford ample profit, and any raise in
price would meet with opposition. There was
also some talk of subscribing toward the con-
struction of another mill that should be run
upon a co-operative basis.
In the Goose Creek district a mill is to be
erected to work ores of low grade.
Lind &. Anderson shipped fifty tons to the
mills this week from their lease on the south
end of the Dante, and are in shape to keep up
the production at this rate.
The St. Louis tunnel, being run into Tender-
foot hill from the head of Spring creek, at 300
feet from the mouth has cut a wide phouolite
dike that gives assays up to $10 a ton,
The machinery for the Pony Express is be-
ing placed in position and will soon be ready
for work.
Since taking the old Blue Bird shaft back
from the lessees the company is getting out
ore at a good rate and shipping an average of
fifty tons a week.
Work has been resumed on the Golden Gate
tunnel, being run by the company of the same
name into Raven hill from the head of Squaw
gulch.
At Ouray in the Gustan in Red Mountain
district two weeks ago the vein of good ore
averaged from P^ to 2 feet in width, and since
then it has been growing wider, until now
the width of i» feet Is being worked.
The O. and X. tunnel has lately developed
a larger body of ore, and this will necessitate
the additionof a larger force being employed.
W. C. Newell will start the new machinery
plant on bis Grouse mountain tunnel to-
morrow, and expects to push the bore with
three shifts and two air drills.
The Santa Rita has disclosed a new ore
chute in a drift run 100 feet south from the
2.50-foot level. The ore is eight inches in
width, and from assays shows an average
volue of $100 a ton.
At Aspen in the San .laciuto the ore un-
covered last week forms a body S feet wide
and runs from 125 to 250 ounces silver to the
ton. The lessees, Brown and Caley, antici-
pate putting three shifts to work immediately.
The Melton mine, near the Lead King has
been working steady all winter, and while no
rich strikes arc reported they are producing
a fair grade of copper and lead ore.
The Inez is the only mine in the district
that has been pushing development work with
improved machinery. The principal work on
this mine has been in driving a tunnel to
strike the Black (Jueen contact on Sheep
mountain. They are now in over 1,000 feet,
and all indications point to a near approach to
the ore.
The Mollie Gibson mine is now pushing
work on the thirteenth level south to connect
with the Argentum-Juniata, and is doing con-
siderable work north of the Silver King shaft
and making regular shipments.
The Argentum-Juniata continues to make
steady shipments of sixty tons of 100-ounco
ore.
At Lake City James Lindsey let a (contract
for driving 400 feet of tunnel on the Superior
and Worldbeater at Carson camp.
Superintendent W. Arnold of the Aliunde
Consolidated Mining Company reports that
all the levels are being extended on the Colo-
rado Central mine westerly into virgin
ground, all showing more or less ore.
Orson E. Clark is having a group of mines
developed in Ea'^t Argentine district that
produce silver and gold.
The Dubois Tunnel Company has let a con-
tract to drive their tunnel 150 feet at $1S per
foot. This tunnel is now in the hill 436 feet.
The Rii^o smelter, idle for two years, is to
be remodeled and constructed on the plan of
the Walsh smelter at Silverton.
NEW MEXICO.
Silver City Enterprise: The Santa Rita
camp has been a steady copper producer dur-
ing the past eighteen months. Until within
the past two months most of the product was
derived from assorting the old dumps, some of
which were thrown out by the Spaniards a
century ago. The DriscoU Mining Company
has twenty-three men now employed assort-
ing these dumps. Some of the ore found is
very high grade, containing a large proper-,
tion of native copper.
J. B. Gilchrist is producing and shipping to
the reduction works about 200 tons of copper
ore per month from his leased property, the
Chino and Guadaloupe claims.
Mayfield and Baker are developing their
property adjoining the Santa Rita Company's
mines, and are extracting and shipping sufii-
cient copper ore to pay for development work.
Brunswick and Manzanares, of Las Vegas,
are making preparations to work their placer
claims on an extensive scale. These mines
are located on Whitewater. The mines have
been worked intermittently for twenty-eight
years pist.
At Pinos Altos five shafts, each 1000 feet in
depth, are to be sunk immediately by the re-
cent purchasers upon the Mina Grande and
Ohio mines, and (three shafts upon the Pa-
cific vein) one on tbe claim formerly owned
by the Pacific Gold Company, one on tbe Pa-
cific Extension, and one on the Pacific No. 2.
The Treasure Mining Company is remodel-
ing its mill upon the Atlantic mine.
ARIZONA.
The mines and reduction works of the
United Verde Copper Company at Jerome are
at present employing over .500 men and hand-
ling approximately 400 tons of ore a day. The
principal shaft is about 500 feet deep and from
different levels tunnels have been driven, and
the underground workings are extensive.
Reports come from Casa Grande that the
copper mines twelve miles south of that place
are improving fast. Mr. Hanover, formerly of
Globe, is superintendent. These claims were
bonded by Messrs. Mayhew, Stiles and Uiloa,
some months ago, to St. Louis parties for $50,-
000. Development work was commenced im-
mediately and a smelter is now to be con-
structed.
Phcenix licpuhlivnn : The Old Dominion has
been closed down a week. This is already
felt by the merchants of Globe, but no one en-
tertains a suspicion that such a condition will
prevail for an extensive period. Freight
teams are still engaged in hauling coke and
wood, and twenty-five men are retained at
the mine-s. Mr.'S. A. Parnall, secretary of
the Old Dominion, says he has instructions
from Boston to say nothing in regard to the
company's plans, but also received a dispatch
from one of the members at Chicago saying he
might disclose the reason for the suspension
of operations, but prefers to remain quiet un-
til further instructions reach him.
At the United Globe nearly 250 men are
working at $3 a day in the mines and at the
company's smelter.
The Middle March Copper Company has
been formed to prosecute work in the Dra-
goons. It is understood the company intends
beginning active work on their property
shortly.
The Dragoons are receiving much attention
from prospectors, and the results are very en-
couraging. Several copper propositions have
recently been uncovered.
The Montezuma Mining and Milling Com-
pany will work gold claims in the Huachucas
belonging to Henry Forest.
392
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 8, 1807.
Scientific Progress.
flaking Large Diamonds.
Consul Germain of Zurich, Switzer-
land, writes as follows of Moyat's
claims of making large diamonds:
Diamonds of a very small size have
been produced artificially heretofore,
but no one has as yet succeeded in pro-
ducing large ones. Mr. E. Moyat claims
to have discovered a new process by
which to produce diamonds of large
dimensions. In principle, his process
is about the same as the one already
invented by others, and that is to ob-
tain crystallized carbon out of iron and
coal, by means of high pressure and
high temperature. Yet there is some
improvement in the Moyat process as
regards the technical operation. Pul-
verized coal, iron chips, and liquid
carbonic acid are placed in a steel tube
and hermetically sealed. Tbe contents
are then subjected to the action of an
electric arc light by means of two
electrodes introduced into the tube.
The iron liquefies, is then saturated
by part of the pulverized coal, at the
same time the liquid carbonic acid
evaporates, thereby creating an en-
ormous pressure on the mixture of
iron and coal. This pressure again
considerably increases the dissolution
of the coal in the liquid iron. While
the mixture is cooling, the carbon
crystallizes partly in the form of a real
diamonds and partly in the form of
similar stones. These crystals are
then segregated by dissolving the iron
in diluted muriatic acid. The mixture,
by the above method, remains under
high pressure during the operation of
the electric current, while by other
methods the pressure is obtained later
on only by means of the rapid cooling
process of the crucible.
The by-products of the Pittsburg
Gas Works, says the Post of that city,
pay the expenses of that profitable es-
tablishment, and leave its receipts for
gas clear gain. Concerning by-products
of other industries, it is said that those
of oil refineries are both profitable and
valuable ; and the molasses of beet
sugar, once considered and treated as
comparatively of no account, now sup-
plies very considerable quantities of
potash and alcohol. Oleic acid, a resi-
due of stearine making, is now utilized
in soap making. The mother water of
salt works furnishes much useful ma-
terial ; the soapy liquor in which raw
wool has been washed is made to pro-
duce large quantities of grease, known
as " Rheims grease," for soap making,
and, in fact, nearly half the weight of
some fleeces is of a substance which,
treated with an acid, gives the Rheims
grease.
The researches and experiments of
Messrs. Broca and Richet have led
them to the conclusion that the cere-
bral nervous system is incapable of per-
ceiving more than an average of ten
separate impressions per second. Af-
ter each excitation of the nerves a
period of inertia follows, lasting about
one-tenth of a second, and during this
period a new impression cannot be
made. According to the same author-
ity, a person cannot make more than
ten, or, at the most, a dozen, separate
voluntary movements of any kind in a
second, although the muscles, inde-
pendently of the will, are capable of
making as many as thirty or forty.
Platinum is pre-eminently the metal
of the chemist, both in analytical and
industrial operations. No chemical
laboratory is complete without a varied
assortment of platinum apparatus, and
fortunes are annually invested in plati-
num retorts for the commercial con-
centration of oil of vitriol. Chemical
operations alone consumed until with-
in a few years the bulk of the metal
produced. The dental and electrical
industries are said at present to con-
sume, in the United States alone, more
than half of the world's supply of plati-
num. In the manufacture of artificial
teeth platinum pins are used to fasten
the porcelain teeth to the supporting
plate during the process of baking the
porcelain. Platinum is the only metal
available for this purpose because of
the high temperatures required.
For years manufacturers of brass
and bronze castings have been greatly
troubled with the apparently unavoid-
able tendency of copper to become
porous when put in the mold. Practi-
cal foundrymen have long discussed
this tendency, which has been made im-
portant by the fact that it is quite a
drawback in work for electrical pur-
poses. Various alloys have been tried,
but these all injure the purity of the
easting. It is now announced that
Edison is paying some attention to the
subject, and experiments in this line
are now being made in Pittsburg.
Triplex Chain Pulley Block.
When the Triplex chain block was
first introduced a report was published
of tests made by Prof. R. H. Thurston,
of Cornell University, to determine the
TRIPLEX CHAIN PULLEY BLOCK.
relative mechanical efficiency of various
types of chain blocks in use, showing it
developed an efficiency of 79.5 per cent.
Two new sizes of the Triplex block
have recently been produced capable
respectively of handling loads of six-
teen and twenty tons. The accompany-
ing illustration shows the design of
these blocks. The construction con-
sists in placing a yoke on the upper
hook, each end of this yoke carrying a
Triplex mechanism of two tons capacity
and each mechanism being operated by
an independent hand chain. The two
slack ends of the hoisting chain are at-
tached respectively to the two Triplex
hoists. The first loop of this chain then
passes around the driving sheave in
each hoist and thence over two sets of
intermediate sheaves, one set carried
in the frame of the bottom hook and
the other set in the frame connected
directly with the shank of the upper
hook. The number of parts of chain is
such that the maximum load on each
part does not exceed two tons. In like
manner the maximum load on each hoist
is limited to two tons, and this is the
limit of load carried by each arm of tbe
yoke. All the remainder of the load is
suspended directly from the shank of
the upper hook. Still greater compact-
ness and from 18 to 20 inches additional
headroom can be obtained by omitting
the upper hook and crosshead and
building the block into the trolley of a
hand crane or overhead tramrail
system.
The Compression of Air for Power.
To THE Editor: — In planning for the
compression of air, the first thing
should be to select that air most suit-
able for the purpose. Ordinarily this
is given no attention, and the air is
drawn direct from the engine room,
which is very injurious, as such air is
rarefied by the heat from the boilers and
engine, steam pipes, and so on. Vapors
of escaping steam and dust particles
are generally abundant, hence air should
not be drawn from the engine room,
but from some cool and clean place. The
north side of a building is generally
shaded, and near the eaves is as free
from dust as any place to be found.
The air can be led under the floor in
tight conductors, which should be made
of such material as is a non-conductor
of heat. And at times of the year
when water can be had of a cooler tem-
perature than the air it is a good idea
to subject the air to a very fine spray,
which win assist to cool the air as well
as to wash out fine dust which might
be drawn in. Air should be drawn in
the cylinder as cool as possible, and
this is secured only by admitting it in
a solid, undivided mass. And for this
leason the ordinary poppet valves are
open to much objection, as such valves
are closed by springs, and to insure
closing at all speeds the springs must
have considerable strength ; hence it
shows a great resistance to the inflow-
ing air and deprives the operator of
the power he should have. While we
do find now and then a machine which
has a mechanical valve which works
similarly to the famous Corliss valve,
which works very perfectly and gives
a free, unobstructed inlet, in my ex-
perience I find the mechanical valve
the only one suitable for air com-
pressors, not showing any favors to
special builders. Again, I find people
using water in their air cylinders,
which is very injurious, and which no
man will allow if he understands the
compression of air, as it robs the owner
of power and is an injury to his ma-
chine. To be sure, we have some makes
that have no water jackets and have
no other means of cooling ; but if you
have such you had better throw them
away, as they are a bill of expense.
And, again, the lubrication of air com-
pressors does not receive the attention
it should. We find some using oils
that are gummy and gritty, some of
low test, and so on, with no thought,
apparently, as to the proper amount.
An oil which might do quite well on
steam is not suitable at all for air. Get
an oil of a high test, solid body, free
flowing, and free from any gummy
or mineral substance. Engineer.
Angels, Cal., May 1st, '97.
Qas Engines for Hining.
While the manufacturers of gas en-
gines located east of the Rocky moun-
tains are waiting to be educated up to
the fact that they are producing ma-
chinery that can be used to great ad-
vantage in mining operations, their
competitors on the Pacific slope are
busy turning out engines tor almost all
kinds of mining service. The western
manufacturer, in his enterprising work
for expansion of trade, has realized the
fact that there are many instances in
mining practice where a gas engine
makes an efficient and cheap power
producer. It is true that he has com-
paratively near him many mines at
which steam engines would be very ex-
pensive on account of the cost of fuel,
but the eastern manufacturer has the
advantage of more nearby mines in
which gas engines can be used to ad-
vantage at parts of the workings where
steam is impracticable and compressed
air and electricity cannot compete on
account of higher cost of installation.
Besides, the eastern manufacturers of
gas engines can get almost, if not
quite, as low freight rates to many of.
the mines of the Rocky mountain re/
gions as can their Pacific slope com-
petitors. It is true that many mining
men look on the gas engine with sus.-;v
picion. They treated compressed aiir!..
machinery in the same way, but both
of these have won a big place in the
mining industry. It is sheer nonsense
to say that a gas engine is as efficient
j and cheap as a steam engine at coal
mines, where fuel is cheap and power
must not be conveyed long distances
under ground, but even at many coal
mines there are points in the workings
where pumping and haulage must be
done mechanically, and while the
amount of coal available is consider-
able, it is not large enough to warrant
the installation of either steam, com-
pressed air or electric machinery, even
if the use of steam is practical.
To sum the matter of gas engine ser-
vice up, we append the following list
of cases in which they will be found
both economical and efficient:
For hoisting, hauling, and pumping
from dip workings distant from the
main openings; for running isolated
ventilating machinery, and for isolated
pumps for water supply at mines not
equipped with electrical plants, and
where the installation of an electrical
plant would be inexpedient. — Colliery
Engineer,
Electrical Progress.
The Future of Electro-rietallurgy.
John B. C. Kershaw has completed a
series of articles in the London Elec-
trician on the present development of
the art of electro-metallurgy, and in
the last speaks of the most probable
lines of future development.
In his resume he shows that in all
branches of electro-metallurgical ac-
tivity Germany and the United States
have a large lead — Germany having 88
and this country 37 establishments, all
told, engaged in this branch of indus-
try, with England 27 and France 18. If
the value of the product were consid-
ered instead of the number of estab-
lishments, the United States would
stand easily first with a large margin
to spare. In the electrolytic produc-
tion of copper this country has double
the number of establishments credited
to Germany, and nearly as many as
all other countries combined, and in
output it largely exceeds of all the
others.
As to the future of the copper indus-
try, Mr. Kershaw thinks that an enor-
mous expansion would follow the gen-
eral adoption of bimetallism.
As for aluminum, he believes that it
must remain an electro-metallurgical
product, but that the sulphide may re-
place the oxide as an ore.
He thinks the aluminum industry is
already established upon a firm basis
and bids fair to be a permanent one.
He thinks it is handicapped, however,
in competition with other metal by the
fact that it is much weaker than steel
and dearer than copper and brass. He
looks to a cheapening in the cost of
production and an improvement in the
purity of the commercial article as
being vital to any great expansion of
the industry.
Of the future of the alkali and
bleaching compounds he is not very
certain. Rival chemical processes al-
ready in the hands of powerful trade
organizations will be strong compet-
itors, if not successful ones, of the elec-
trolytic methods.
The manufacture of chlorates by
electrolytic methods, he considers, has
a bright future, and that they will
eventually supplant the chemical meth-
ods. Electrolytic gold and silver recov-
ery, he also thinks, will in the future
be the method most employed.
The production of zinc, sodium and-
potassium must, he thinks, be the re-
sult of electrolysis in the future rather
than of purely chemical methods.
The Hermite sanitation process, he
thinks, will not survive, since deodori-
zation, and not sterilization, is alone
May 8, 18'J7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
393
effected thereby, and this is not
enough.
The production of ozone, however,
by silent electrical discharge he re-
gards as a permanent industry, and
hydrogen gas as a byproduct in elec-
trolytic methods will receive more at-
tention iF a use for that gas is found.
But perhaps the brightest future as
cast by the horoscope is that in store
for the electrolytic white lead industry.
The " telescriptor" is the name given
to a recent invention, for which is
claimed the power of transcribing mes-
sages sent over a line, the object of the
invention being to furnish expeditious-
ly a permanent record of such mes-
sages as are ordinarilj- sent by 'phone.
It is claimed that the scheme can be
applied to e.xisting telephone systems,
so that, for example, a correspondent
in San Francisco wishing to communi-
cate with his Sacramento office would
simply call up the Sacramento end on
the 'phone; then, by switching the circuit
over on to the sending apparatus,
which is described as being in the form
of a typewriter, and operated in the
same manner, he writes out his mes-
sage, which is printed at the Sacra-
mento end. The specific advantages
claimed are that the message is
furnished in permanent form, and com-
munication is much more expeditious
than by telegraph, since it is direct,
there being no delivery at a central
office and subsequent handling by mes-
senger boys.
Situations Wanted.
Expert Chemist, Assayer, Surveyor, Sj^^f
undersiands mill work, cyanide process, smelting
ore, eic. wants place. Salary secondary. Ad-
dress -'Miner," 518 Third Street, OaUland, Cal.
. Experienced Physician and Surgeon
Wants engagement with mining company. Six-
teen years' expeiience. Strictly temperate. Ad-
"Bellevue," this otllce.
PROPOSALS FOR CANAL.
Sealed proposals will be received at the office of
the Southern California Power Company, Red-
lands, California, until May 15. 1897, for the con-
struction of 3'4 miles of canal, on the north side of
Santa Ana river, from the mouth of Bear creek to
the mouth of Keller creek, San Bernardino county,
California.
The work is mostly through granite rock and
consists of tunnels, flumes and trestles. Over two
miles of the distance is through tunnels ranging
from lOG to 1600 feet in length. There are twenty
tunnels in all.
Contractors may bid on the whole or any part of
the work. Plans and specifications can be seen
at the office of the company, or they will be sent
by mail upon application if desired. Satisfactory
references must be given by bidders as to their
responsibility, and as a guarantee that a contract
would be entered into, providicg the bid is ac-
cepted. The company reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER CO.
By Henry Fisher, President.
Well Boring Wanted.
Proposals are invited from those having suit-
ble tools, for sinking one to ten prospecting holes
in cobble and boulders to bedrock, from two hun-
dred to three hundred feet deep.
Particulars on application to
A. LUNDBEKG, Vallecito, Cal.
\A/MNXED.
Five-Stamp Mill with Rock Breaker
and Two Concentrators.
AU In rirst-Clasa Condition. F. o. b. steamer
at San Francisco or Puget Sound.
ADDRESS; THE ALASKA MINER, JUNEAU.
\A/ANXED.
Gold Mill, To Lease or Purchase.
On Mine or In Good Castoni District.
Address "V," Mining and Scientific Press Office.
STCDCK.
Copper KiDg of Arizona
Can be had by applying to
C.W. BLACKBURN, Fiscal Agent,
BISBEB. ARIZONA.
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Our catalogue S Is sent
free for the asking. It lists
books pertaining to all the
sciences. A copy should be
had for ready reference by
those desiring- electrical,
medical, engineering, sclen-
tlfic. mining and technical books, which we sell to
everybody at wholesale prices.
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I A Great IVIining Triumph.
J Capt. J. R. DcLamar, of New York City, is one of the largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
2 the world. After the most careful investigation he purchased in August. 1S95, two Griffin Mills, and his
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words.
Xrw Vobk*. Jan, 0. iSK>fi,
HRADI.EV PULVERIZER CO. (;*•«///;«<•«:— The two Griffin Mills tuve been in openition now for r^ daya on tlie
liarde&i ruck, with the exception ot corundiim, ihat I have ever met during my mininK lilc. They h.ivc taken ihe rock direct
(roni llic breaker, and they avera(>e about so ions 10 each machine, 40 mesh rine, without elevating or bolting. We simply put
a % mesh screen around ihe Gnffin Mill, and the stuff comes out 40 mesh fine or over, whicli makes it an excellent pulp (or
Icachins bv cyanide or chlorination; therclore we have concluded m order 10 more Griffin nills. We have tried hiRh-speed
rolls and dr>- stamps, and after looking into the Huntingiun Dry PuKeriicr. the Nanid Pulveriser, llic Stcdman Pulverizer,
ihe 1-ribbie Lucup, the Cook, and various other drv pulverisers, unhesitatinglv recommend vnnr (Jriffin .Mill to anv one.
Yours truly. (Signed) J. K. DbLAMAR.
:
HOW 10 CRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
DbLAMAR'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO.,
Salt Lakk City, Utah. Nov. 2<, 1S96.
BRADI.EV PULVERIZER CO. Genllenten :~\n answer to your inquiry as to what the " Griffin Mill" is doing at our
De Lamar Mill, DcLamar, Nevada, we beg to state that we often run 310 tons per day with 10 of your mills in operation, and
on one occasion these 10 mills produced ^oS tons in imc day. I have no hesitancy in slating that lliey will regularly produce
at least 30 tons per day each on our ore, which is extremely and unusually hard.
Yours very truly, H. A. COHEN, Ocneral MiUtager.
These strong letters coming from such Tepresentative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the " Griffin Mill " will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
Let us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which will tell you all
nbout ihe Miil and bring to you other evidence of its great achievements.
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HAVE REMOVED THEIR
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From .f -f 4-
HO-112 Beale St.
ORES! ORES!
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they are better than ever prepared to do | VlUlU. OilVCl dUU LtaU Ul t^
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Promptly, and at Keasonable Prices, and will 3.I1U COIlCCIltr^tCS
continue the manufacture of
Thomson & Evans Steam Pumps,
Deep Well Pumpg. Power Pamps. Etc..
Also Marine Engines. Ship and Steamboat Work,
Pipe Cutting, General Jobbing and Repairing.
OFFICE: 209-211
MISSION ST.
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PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
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HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Siaecial attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
, Brown's Complete Automatic mill
I Process*
PATENTEE I Krown-B System of Mechanically
Stirred Rortsting, Cooling and
' Conveying Furnace8» Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction, Cal.
For Placer Mining.
THE EDISON
GOLD SAVING HACHINE.
The Most Complete Machine in the World for
GRAVEL WASHING.
Guaranteed to Save Every Particle of Flour and
Flake Gold, and Floured Quicksilver.
WILL HANDLE 3 TONS OF GRAVEL PER HOUR.
Minimum power and water required. Requires
but one handling of gravel. By motion of machine
water is returned and used over and over again.
Light, durable and easily transported. Simple in
construction and inexpensive.
^"^ EDISON MACHINE COMPANY,
PKKSCOTT, ARIZON.i.
PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
THE CELEBRATED
HAMMERED STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
Warranted Not To Clip Oft or Batter Up. A HOME PKODPCTION.
Also, Best Refined Cast Tool Steel, Well Bit Steel, Heavy and Light
Iron and Steel Forgings of All Descriptions.
PRICES UPON APPLICATION.
GEO. W. PENNINGTON & SONS, ^'« "'"' "»sS°N''gSA!f£rs'co. cal.
A GUARANTEE WITH EACH MACHINE.
This machine is the finest gold saver for both
placer mines and quartz mills. No other plate
necessary In mills where the Pacific Amalgamator
is used. THE PACIFIC MINING MACHINERY
CO., 127 First Street, San Francisco, California.
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May 8, 1897.
UNION IRON WORKS,
222 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
THIS : :
PROSPECTING BATTERY.
Two-Stamp Self- Contained Battery
^.=^^^13 DESIGNED Wi -^^sm^
THE UNION IRON WORKS
Expressly for Prospecting Work.
It was awarded First Prize at the recent Mechanics' and
Manufacturers' Fair, where it was in daily operation, crushing
ores from various mines throughout the State.
Weight of stamps, 275 pounds each; capacity of battery, de-
termined by actual work, 200 pounds per hour, through a
No. 7 slot-punched screen.
Entire battery weighs about 3000 pounds; heaviest piece,
mortar, weighing 1200 pounds.
Can be taken apart and transported to any locality.
POSITIVE FEED. MINIMUM POWER.
Bolthoff Improved Challenge Automatic Ore Feeder.
The only revolving disc feeder, made without gears or clutches. Feeds wet or dry ore; slow or
Is operated by a Friction Band. We have other valuable stamp mill improvements.
WHEN WRITING FOE CIRCULARS AND PRICES MENTION THIS PAPER.
endrie & Bolthoff MTg Co.,
DENVER,
COLORADO.
\M, H. BIRCH 8c CO.,
INo. 12T to 13S Rirst Street, San Erancisco, Cal.
BUILDERS OF Lightn^f Qu^rt^ TWills.
No. 2 niLL==3 TONS CAPACITY, 1 1=2 H. P., = = $225.
No. 3 niLLr==6 TO 10 TONS PER DAY, 3 1-2 H. P., $600.
LARGER yniLLS BUILT.
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THE "LIQHTNER" QUARTZ MILL.
•BIRCH" TWO-STAMP MILLS, McOLBW CONCENTRATORS, AND ALL KINDS OF MINING MACHINERY.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
CiHicnGO, u. s. r\.
MODERN METHODS as applied to the iandling of Freight, Grain,
Ores, Raw and Manufactured Products.
MALLEABLE IKON BUCKETS, Approved Pattern and
Welftht; ROPE POWER TRANSMISSIONS, SHAFTING,
PULLEYS, GEARING, CLUTCHES, ETC.; ELECTRIC
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World.
1 KUAA Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER k CO,,
Pat. Jan. 5, '92, Aug. S'f, '95.
Send for Catalogue.
Sacramento. Ciallfornla.
Mav 8. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
391
Coast Industrial Notes.
—The Pacific Sheet Metal Works of this
city have established a branch plant at Los
Aogeles, Cal.
—The S. F. and Yokohama Transportation
Co. is the name of a new steamship line to be
put on between this port and Japan.
—The California Powder Co. has bid one
dollar a pound on a proposed government con- |
tract for 40,000 pounds smokeless powder.
—At Gallup, N. M., on the 3rd, was sold the |
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad for ♦12,U00.000 to
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe K'y Co. i
—The Los Angeles Board of Education asks '
the City Council for *;J:17,1*00 for new school- j
houses or additions to the present buildings.
— U. S. senatorial action on the tarift seems [
to make certain the fact that citrus fruits, '.
wool and hides will be scheduled in the tarifT
bill.
—The Los Angeles Water Company is re-
wjrted willing to sell to the city for *3, 000,000.
The city engineer reports that to develop a
new system would cost about fl. 500,000.
—Several hundred men find present employ-
ment on the sixty miles of railroad now build-
ing along the south bank of the Columbia
river from Astoria, Or., to Goble, there con-
necting with the N. P. U. R.
—Canadian salmon canners in British Co-
lumbia claim that the proposed Canadian duty
of one-half a cent per pound on fresh salmon
will make them move their plants to the
Slate of Washington. Forty-five cannery
men, employing 2500 fishermen, are now doing
business in British Columbia.
—In the new tariff bill as handed in from
the Senate Committee the drawback on tin is
retained. All coal is subjected to a duty of
75 cents per ton, except that it shall be 00
cents per ton on coal imported from any coun-
try that does not impose higher rates of duty
than those named in the tariff bill.
—On the Valley railroad the grading on the
Visalia route as far as Reedley is completed,
and grading commenced below Kings river.
Tracklayers have finished their work to Kings
river. Surveyors are at work in the Tejon
Pass, where it is reported that a road from
Mojave to Bakersfield, Cal., to connect the
Santa Fe and the Valley road will be begun.
—The Mexican Land, Navigation & R'y Co.
is the name of a new corporation in the City
of Mexico with *1, 000,000 capital, with nearly
all the stock in the hands of Pearson & Son of
London. The proposition is to drain the val-
ley of Mexico, and build a railway "from some
suitable point on the National Tehuantepec
road to a desirable point in the State of Vera
Cruz."
Personal.
Jas. D, Hauib has returned from New York
city.
Gk(. E. Ames of the Union Iron Works is
back from a business visit to the City of
Mexico.
Leo Vos Rosesheku of New York is in
Colorado on professional business. Later he
will visit the Pacific coast.
J. O. Hakkon, general manager of the
Parke & Lacy Co., is making an extended
business visit to Central America.
Captain J. W. Pi.ni>ek, who has lately been
appointed engineer in charge of the Gold
Creek, Nevada, placers, Is in San Francisco
for the purpose of purchasing machinery.
C. W. FiEi.nixo, one of tho directors, and
Mr. Wright, who will succeed Alexander Hill
who has resigned the mauageuicnt of the
Mountain copper mines of Shasta county, will
soon arrive at Keswick, Cal.
port ^ayne flectric (Corporation,
-MANUFACTURERS OF THF. -
OF
Arc Lighting, Alternating and Direct Current Incandescent Lighting,
Power Generators, Motors, Transformers, Instruments and Appliances.
CHAS. R. LLOYD. AQENT, 18 SECOND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Dardanelles Cons. Mining Company, Au-
burn; L. L. Chamberlain, B. B. Deming,
C. A. Bilkey, C. Tuttle and E. F. Wright;
capital stock, tlOO.OOO.
Clover Flat G. M. Co, Eureka; capital
stock, f«4UU— all subscribed.
Salmon River Belcher M. Co., Yreka; capi-
tal stock, t500,OUU-*.'iOO,000 subscribed.
Winona Mining Co., S. F. ; capital stock,
tlOI),OOU; i2b subscribed.
Recently
Declared riining
dends.
Divi-
The Ontario Mining Company, Utah, $15,000;
payable April 3Uth.
The Gold Coin Mines Company, Colorado,
tao.OOO; payable May 1st.
Idaho, British Columbia, t2o,000; payable
April 26. Total to date, tir5,000.
Reco, British Columbia, t.50,000; payable
May 1. The total to date is $187,500.
Le Roi, British Columbia, 125,000; payable
April SO. The total to date is $375,000.
Pennsylvania, Grass Valley, Cal., 5 cents
per share ; payable May 5.
Commercial Paragraphs.
The Fulton Engineering and Shipbuilding
Works have a contract for a new hoisting
plant on the north shaft of the Kennedy mine,
Amador Co., Cal.
W. H. Emanl'el. Denver agent for the E. P.
AUis Company of Milwaukee, and for the
Rand Drill Company, Chicago and New York,
says: "During the past thirty days I re-
ceived more inquiries about machinery than
during the same period of time for the past
live years, and have made more sales than we
have made in the same time for many years.
I think the trade in mining machinery during
the next six months will be the heaviest in
the historv of Colorado."
lA/MNXED.
Old Iron Shafting,
5 to 15 in. Diameter.
Address "IRON," Mining and Scientific Press
THE LOS ANGELES MINING BUREAU,
Cor. Temple and New High Sts., Los Angeles.
We have Eastern and foreign correspondents
who are seeking good mining properties for invest-
ment. This Bureau will examine and place choice
mining properties in California, Nevada, Arizona.
New and Old Mexico. Critical and accurate tests
of ore made. Best references given. For any in-
formation, address DR. STEPHEN BOWERS,
President; H. C. SIGLER, Secretary.
IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER-YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE-YOU NEED IT.
IF YOU HAVE A CYANIDE PLANT--YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IT.
IF YOU OWN CHLORINATION WORKS--YOU SHOULD BUY IT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL--YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
What? P. &B. Paint.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ACID PROOF — TRIED AND PROVEN.
Manufactured by
P/\R/\RFINE P/\INX CO., ESS S^"«"«U"«':°
ToQ Can Order It From Yoar Dealer.
Double-Jointed Ball-Bearing HydrauUC GiailtS.
The above presents an improved Double-Jointed Ball-Bearing Hydraulic Giant which we
build. The improvement consists of the introduction of a Ball Bearing by wbich the pressure of the
water is reduced to a mlnimimi and the direction of the nozzle changed at will with ease.
Catalogues and prices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS, 38 to 44 Fremont St., San Francisco, Cal.
oweR.'^
All right; you need CHEAP Power. One
Cent per Horse Power per Hour is
CHEAP. Weber Gasoline Engines run
(inythino. "Ecnnomy In Pmver" is {mr motto.
For Vatalo^e ami test imnniat-g address WEBEK
GAS & GASOLINE ENUINE CO., 430 i
Southwest Boulcvnrd. Kansas City, Mo
CYANIDE
^Vghest Known G,.^^^
POTASSIUM.
GUARANTEED
In
ll:2-lfc).
/vrt J > zinc Lined
99% and over. \ c^s^s.
-yvirtDE B^'-
For Prices, Address
THE GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY. \ ^^" tford^''' I '"'^sl^T'
Works at BECKTON near LONDON, maCLAQAN, Ltd., NEWYORK
ENGLAND. { Sole American Agents. ' I CITY.
T"J: HALLIDIE ROPEWAY
stands pre-eminent for the transportation of Ore, Fuel and other materials over mountainous and rugged country.
Parties desiring to remove large quantities of Sand, Gravel, Earth, Ore, Rock, to construct Dams, Levees or Embanliments, etc., can do more
efflcient worli at less cost by the
Hallidie System of Ropeway Transportation
SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO-^H^^^JJUi^" -\
Than by any other known system.
CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS,
8 and 10 PINE STREET, = = = . SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKs!
Dynamos, TWotors, Hoisting Apparatus, /\rc and Incandescent Lamps,
Instruments, and General Supplies.
TELEPHONE AND LINE CONSTRUCTION. LONQ DISTANCE POWER TRANSHISSION A SPECIALTY.
Office and \A/ork;s: 40Q TVIARKEX ST., SA^N F=^R/\NCISCO, CAL.
396
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 8, 1897.
Professional Cards.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
MECHANICAIi AND HTDRACLIC
ENGINEERS.
431 Market St., Cor, First St.,
i Telephone BLACK 2403 San Pranciaco, Cal.
The Evans Assay Office.
W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor. >
Successor to Jehu & Ogden. \
[ 628 Montgromery Street, San Francisco. )
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block. )
' Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals \
and their Alloys, Etc.
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
} Mining: and Metallurgical Wort in All '
Branclies.
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex- 3
\ perlments on rebellious ores for treatment by ,
i cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
^ ports upon mining properties.
r^-BMA'^R"ScHOOirOp"'MIN^
) Established in 1ST7. Prof. F. J. Stanton, Prlnei-
\ pal, and experienced assistants. Assaying
( taug-ht for $23, in two weeks. Courses hi miner-
S alo^y, metallurg:y, mining', surveying', geology. ^
) Personal actual practice. Instruetioii by cor- \
' respondence. Assa.vs warranted correct. Lady \
pupils received. Investments made and in- t
formation given in reliable mining' properties. C
SENSIBLE TO 1-50 MILLIGRAMME.
Eight-inch beam, single rider attacbment, and
designed for a silver button balance to carry a
heavy load.
Send for Photos and Prices of tliis and
other ISalances to
WM. AINSWORTH,
No. 2151 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLORADO.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
ESTATE ASSAY OFFICE, j
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores. Metals, Soils, Waters. In- j
► duatrial Products, Poods. Medicines, etc., etc. i
'> Court Experting in all branches of Chemical i
1 Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In- c
I vestigation of Metallurgical and Manufactur- (
i ing Processes. Consultations on all questions (
I of applied chemistry. Instructions g^iven in J
► assaying and all branches of chemistry.
A. H. WARD.
—f ESTABLISHED 1S69. ♦-
H. G. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying:, Analyses, Sampling:.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONOENTEATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worlds
And Chemical Laborator)'.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SAN FRANCISCO'
^^^ F^lonoeir Soreen \A/orlc8
^ JOHN W. Q UICK, Prop,
Improved Facilities! Finest Wort! Lowest PricesI
Perforated Sheet Metals, Steel, Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screens
for All Uses.
*** MIinWG SCREENS A SPECIALTY. **»
331 and ^23 First Street. San Francibco, Cal.
QUARTZ SCREENS
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
Homog-eneous Steel.Cast
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. Calipornia
Perporating Schebn Co.. 145 and 147 Beale St., S.F.
British Columbia.
■W.J. R.COWELL,B.A.,F-G.S., Mining: Engineer,
Reports on mines, designs and superintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
dress W. J. B. COWELL, Victoria, B. C.
British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has prospects for sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
stock and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park.
PROSPECTJNG
Metal Mining; Coal Mioing ; Surveying and
Mrtppinf;: Rloctricity; Sliet't Mel.il Pattern
Culting; Mychunic il & Arcliitectural Driiv.'inc;
S;:S,. 31 COURSES Vtt
Etisiu'r'g; Mechanics; Plumb's; Ar'ihitpcliire;
Stationary, Locmnotivc. Miirim. Rimi.n-LTUig ;
Euglish Hrunolies; Bi.o[-.kL'i.'i]iii2 : Klmrrhand
*,';;,'"■ GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
Fees Moderate, Advance or Installments.
Circular Free: ^Jtulr. suhjfct yim wi-ti to study
iDtiTuiilioiiiil Currcspondcnc SflinntH, Hot lUUS, Scrnnton, Pa,
Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOHIN T/WLOR & CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Assayers' TVlaterial,
FURNACES, SCALES,
BALANCES,
WEIQHTS, ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEHICALS AND
CHEniCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid. sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA. LTD.
CAPITAL, - $550,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
TnAOe MARK.
rM^ARTHUR-FORREST PROSEBlA
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
Tlie MacArtlmr-Forrest Cyanide Process,
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 216
Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPhee Building, Denver. Colorado.
THE ROESSLER & HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Pine Street, Hew York,
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
^«HEMISTSi~
LTSKT^r Chloride of Lime
Trade Mark. Sulphlde Of IrOU
And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, efre.ctive, eco-
nomical, portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS. " ^""^H^iYlo^iL?.""" ''
B^Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
Park City. Utah .
TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. Jt^Extrs
sizes and lengths made to order on short notice
611 ancieiS FKONT ST., San FranclHCO.Cal.
May S. 18!)7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
397
FRASER & CHALMERS,
CHICAGO, ILL.
U. S. A.
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY,
Beg to announce that they
now manufacture and control
the sale of the unrivaled
OTTO AERIAL:::::
i^^^ TRAMWAY
Over Seven Hundred lines
in operation.
Spans up to Two Thousand
feet and more.
1 lighest Awards at W'orld's
Columbian Exposition.
Catalogues sent on applica-
tion, giving full description
and details.
Otto Aerial Tramways
Give the best working re-
sults in every case, and never-
failing satisfaction.
All difficulties of transpor-
tation surmoimted by an eco-
nomical and effective carrier.
Be sure you investigate
the Otto Tramway before
purchasing.
Write us your requirements
and we will take pleasure in
preparing complete specifica-
tions.
FRASER & CHALMERS,
rienufacturers of the
Otto Tramway.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence of wearing parts, high efflclency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
m^re fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XRANSTWISSIOIN
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
1:21 and 1:23 TWain Street,
San F^rancisco, Cal.
Roller, Steel and Special CHAINS
FOH
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MACHINERY
FOE HAUDLlsa MATERIAL OF ALL ELND3
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
WIRE CABLE
CONVEYORS.
Western Branch, Denver, Colo.
THE JEFFREY BIFW. CO., Colnmbus, Ohio.
Bend for Catalogue. 103 WasblDgton St., Kkw Tck.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
nianufactarers of Assay era' and Chemists'
Supplies.
Pire Briclt and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers In Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Ainsworth Balances.
WRITE
FOR
CATALOGUE.
' 1890" ENGINE.
-fTHE>-
Edward P. AUis Co,
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Reynolds Corliss Engines
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
MINING, MILLING AND SMELTING
MACHINERY.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
. . 3IWJ
JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San FranciBco Agents.
BRANCH
OFFICE-'^zsB"~^
9 Fremont St. j
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
GIRDER FRAME ENGINE.
HEADQCARTEKS.
Genuine English Pnmp Leatlier
For Heavy Mining: Pump Buckets. WIU
outwear any other material and give best
eatlsf action. Samples furnished on appli-
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO.. Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealera, 404 Battery St,, S. F.
Gold
\A/^nte^cl,
And Coloriido has enouKli for the whole world.
Yours for ilie tlDdlng: shall wo tell you where to
look? Please send six cents to cover postage on
an elaborate hook called "Colorado's Gold; " 1S8
pages, with 8U new hulf-tane engravings. Address
B, L. VA/INCHELL,
U. r. A. I'll. Pin-,. Denver & Gulf Ry..
DENVER, COLO.
SANTA F^ROUTE.
Tlie Great SANTA FE ROUTE,
witli Its TEN THOUSAND
MILES of Tracli,
Reaches iiH tlie principal minintj camps in COLO-
RADO, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA and
CALIFORNIA.
Randslburg,
THE MEW EL DORADO,
Can be I'eaclaed by no other line. Double daily
stages run between KRAMER and
RANDSBURG.
H. C. BUSH, A. Q. P. A.
Ticket Office, 644 Market Street,
San Francisco, Cal.
CRIPPLE CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
IIN GOLO.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
lu Counectlou with the Denver & Rio Graude.
For information^ address
C. F. KLLIOTT, General Trafflc Agent,
Denver, Colo.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Colorado has within its limits some of the great-
est gold mines that have ever been discovered. In
Cripple Creek In ]8n2 there were a few prospectors
looking over the hills; in 1SD5 the camp turned out
over ¥8.000,000 In gold. Leadville. the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
ver what it fs to-day, is becoming a big- producer of
gold. New inventions for working low-grade gold
ores, together with the discoveries made lo work
rebellious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers such as they have never enjoyed before, and
Colorado has inducements to offer such as no other
district in the world possesses; the record of the
State in gold production for the last three years
speaks for Itwelf. Among ihe oiher prominent
camps in the State are Tellurlde.Ophir, Rico, Silver-
ton, Mineral Point. Durango. La Piuta, Ouray, Saw
Pit, Ironton, the Gunnison district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps are
springing into existence every day The Denver &,
Rio Grande Railroad, which is tlie pioneer road of
Colorado and which lias always been the miner's
friend, reaches all the mining camps in Colorado.
For elegantly illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines In Colorado, send to
W. J. SHOTWJELL, - - - General Agent,
314 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passengrer Agrent, - - DEIfVER, COLO.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
AND BAKER CITY . .
* riining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
O. R. & N.
Steamsliip and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Frhd F. Connor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
IIN\/EP>iTORS, Talco INotlce I
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
230 MARKET St.. N. E. Corner Front (tJp Stairs), SAN
FfiANCisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
of models. Tin and brasswork All communica-
tions stricfty confidititial.
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May 8, \89*7.
ESTABLISHED 1849.
I. S. VAN WINKLE & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
Iron, Steel, Coal, Blacksmiths', Miners' and Mill Supplies,
413-415 TVVARICEX ST., SAN I=^R/VNCISCO, GAL.
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\A/hy the Springer Concentrator Is the Best:
It will do more and cleaner work than any rubber belt machine.
It weighs only one-half as much as some of the six-foot concentrators.
Is the most simple in its construction of any machine in the market, and only one-third as many
pieces in it as in some of the others. Was invented by an old miner of forty years" experience hand-
ling every known concentrator on the market.
Should any piece need repairing, it can be removed without disturbing any other part of the
machine.
Can be set up by any inexperienced miner.
Its distributor is perfection itself, distributing the pulp evenly over the entire surface of the belt.
Grade of shaking frame can be changed while the machine is running at full speed.
It is the strongest, lightest running and most inexpensive to keep in repair of any
Will save more of the fine slimes than any other machine.
Is cheaper than any other six-fopt machine, costing only $350.00 f. o. b. cars or boat, San Francisco.
Will handle the pulp from five stamps better than any other Concentrator.
Has adjustable eccentrics, and any length of stroke can be had, thereby giving different speeds
per minute.
The belt is very durable, being made of No. 3 Canvas, woven especially for the Springer concentra-
This machine requires so little attention that one man will easily attend to a dozen of them.
It has a solid rubber flange, which no other canvas belt has.
Wear and tear upon this machine is not one-third as much as upon some of the other concentrators.
tor.
Electrical Engineering Co,
34-36 MAIN STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
yvianiafacturers of /\11 Kinds of
Electric
Machinery
For Mines, Mills and Hoists.
Girard Water Wheel Co.,
34-36 MAIN STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
These wheels are durable, highly effi=
cient, and are the only wheels which
have perfect regulation, which feature
makes them especially suitable for the
operation of electric machinery.
"Union" Hoist.
The above'cut represents our 10 h. p. Double Cylinder Engine of latest type, and Hoist combined on
strong iron base. This hoist is designed to raise one ton lib feet per minute from an inclined shaft, or
1500 pounds at the same speed vertical lift. The drum will hold over 600 feet of ^a-inch cable. The out-
fit weighs 3500 pounds.
THE UNION GAS ENGINE CO.
^UILED THE
**Uriion" Oas Engines,
Which use either Manufactured or Natural Gas, Ordi-
nary Stove Gasoline (Naphtha or Benzine),
Distillate or Kerosene.
STATIONARY ENGINES tor All Kinds of Work, BnUt in Sizes from 3 to 300 h. p.
"UNION" COMBINED HOISTS in Sizes from 2 to 40 b. p.
"UNION" COMBINED COMPRESSORS — 20, 30, 40 h. p.
HOISTS and COMPRESSORS Can Be Built In Larger Sizes to Order.
" UNION " MARINE ENGINES, 4 to 200 h. p., of Single, Double and Fonr-Cyllnder Types.
TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE Building Gas and Oil Engines.
"UNION" ENGINES Are In Use All Over the United States.
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RISDON IRON \A/0RK:S,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Sts., 5an Francisco.
.inches.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED' ..^
Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are EpI
so as to give the
When Writing
hammered and then compressed in moulds
~ greatest possible density.
= " These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
= " We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
pleaae mention the MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
DEWEY & CO.,
220 Market S!.,
SAN FRANCISCO,
PATENT SOLICITORS.
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Inventors on the Pacitic Coast will tind it greatly to their advantage to consult this old experienced,
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be offered home inventors by other agencies. The information accumulated through long and careful
Sractice before the Office, and the frequent examination of patents already granted, for the purpose of
etermining the patentability of inventions brought before us, enables us to give advice which will
save inventors the expense of applying for patents upon inventions which are not new. Circulars and
advice sent free on receipt of postage. Address DEWEY & CO., Patent Agents. 220 Market St S F
CHARLES C. MOORE. Pacific Coast Agent, 32 FIRST St., SAIT FRANCISCO, CAL.
To Gold Miners!
Silver Plated Copper Amalgamating Plates
For Saving Gold in Quartz and Placer Mining.
Every Desorlptlon of /Vllning Folates /Wad©.
ONLY BEST COPPER AND REFINED SILVER USED. OLD MINING
PLATES REFLATED. TWENTY-SIX MEDALS AWARDED.
GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL, COPPER & BRASS PLATING.
Denniston San Francisco Plating Works,
653 and 656 miBsion Street, San Francisco, cal.
E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor.
Telephone, Main 5931. Send for Circular.
Riveted Steel Water Pipe.
THE WEIGELE PIPE WORKS,
DENVER, COLO.
kroghmpg;co.
Successors to San Francisco Tool Co.'s
MACHINE AND M'F'G DEPT.
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
fliDing and PumpiDg
flacMnery,
COMPRISING
BRIGGS* 2-STAMP TRIPLE DIS-
CHARGE QUARTZ MILL, of
Latest Improved Pattern.
Kock Breakers, Ore FeedcrH, ConccDtnt-
tors, Engines and Boilers, Hoigtln^ KigH
to be operated by Horse, Steaui Power, or any
otlier motor; Ore Cars and Ore Buckets,
Cornish and Jack-head Pumps, Triple-
Actlns Pumps, Centrifug:al Sand and
Gravel Pumps, Wooden Tanks and Pumps
for the Cyanide Process. Pipe and Gate
Valves, Link Clialu Elevators for elevating
and conveying- all kinds of material.
Estimates as to cost of machinery and its
erection furnished upon application. Write
for Catalogue and Prices.
OFFICE AND WORKS AT
51 Beale St, and 9 to 17 Stevenson St.
SAN FRANCISCO CAL.,
2949-51 Larimer St.
HYDRAULIC GIANTS
IN STOCK.
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Patent Centrifugal, Steam and Power Pump-
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Orchard Trucks, Grape Crashers,
"Wine Presses, Wine Filters.
Dp-to-Date Repair Shop for All Kinds of
Pumps and Otlier Machinery,
It will pay you to get our prices.
I. t. BURTON MACHINE WORKS,
HS-117 First St., San Francisco.
QUICKSILVERI
-TOR SALE BY—
Th© Eureka Company,
of sak francisco.
Room 1, - 436 California Street,
SAN rRANOISCO.
ANGELS IRON WORKS,
DEMAREST & FULLBN. Props.
Mining Machinery.
Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
FOR SALE.
The four Boilers now in use at the Crown
Mills, together with Fronts, Valves, Grate-
Bars, etc., are offered I'or Sale.
Delivery can be made on or about the lat of May.
For further particulars, Inquire of
STOCKTON MILLINQ CO.,
STOCKTON CAHFOBNIA.
The accompanying cut shows the general ar-
rangement of Knight's Standard Water Wheel,
of which there are hundreds In use in different
States of the Union.
These Wheels are made from 3 feet to 6 feet In
diameter, from 10 to 1000-horse power, and
adapted to all heads and purposes.
Wheels inclosed in iron cases, from 6 to 24
inches.
Wheels for electrical power can be furnished
1 with or without Governors. Highest regula-
-J tion g'uarauteed.
Address all communications to
KNIGHT & CO., Sutter Creek, Cal., or,
RISDON IRON WORKS, Agents, San Fran-
For full particulars, sendfordcscriptivecatalogue. cisco, Cal.
TDTTHILL WATER WHEEL.
The Best Jet Wheel in the Market,
BARRING NONE.
Wheels. Buckets and Nozzles Designed to Suit Spe-
cial Requirements. When Head and
Conditions Are Given.
Theoretically as Well as Practically Perfect.
Highest Ffflciency Guaranteed.
We have a Sensitive, Simple Governor that will posi-
tively regulate speed of wheel. Specially adapted for
electric railway and lighting plants.
Write for Catalogue.
Oakland Iron Works, Builders,
108 FIRST STREET, - - - SAN FRANCISCO,
Telephone 1007 Main.
F^R/\NCIS S7VVIXH & CO.,
MANUFACTUBERS OF
F^OFt TO\A/N ^A/fVTE^Fi \A/OF4ICS.
Hydraulic, Irrigation and Power Plants, Well Pipe, Etc., all sizes.
130BBALE STREET. SAN PRANCISCO. CAU.
Iron cut. punched and formed, for making pipe on ground where required. All kinds of Tools sup-
plied for making;Plpe. Estimates giv^o wben required. Are prepared or coating all sizes of Pipes
with Aspbalttma.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
May 8, 1897.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFICES: ^'^'^ Ts^F^r/t^sl?' ''^^■'
BoBton, Mass. New York, N. T. Syracuse, N. T.
Pittsburg, Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Ballas. Texas.
Chicag-o, III. Detroit, Mich.. New Orleana. La.
DENTER, COIi., PORTLAND, OR.,
505 Sixteenth St. Worcester Building:,
EufEalo, N. Y. Philadelphia Pa. Baltimore, Md .
Cincinnati, O. Columhus. O. Nashville, Tenn.
St. Louis. Mo
IT IS A FACT . . .
That Our Annual
Production of
St""<^5r....:j.2:*^\
. . . Insulated Wire
EXLCEEDS
■"Tliat of any other mannf actnrer in the United States
and INCLUDES EVERYTHING in the Electrical Wire Line.
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
NOS. 8 AND 10 PINE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
FRANK L. BKOWN, PaciBc Coast Agent.
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a Pamplilet of either
"Wheel and write full particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL&CO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY
Just Listen— Keliatle Common Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $100.
S team Hoisters, $300 and up ; hand
holsters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps.
liigh mortars, la-
test improved.
Only 8800.
22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U. S. A.
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
mills built to fit theoi
land guaranteed to save
'what we say. Coal Mine ,
equipments, S c re e ns.
Jigs, Tramways,
Arastors, Chilli an
Mills, Ore Sacks,
Cornish Rolls, 12x20, weight'
■ " ,000 lbs . , price $350 ; Feed-
ers, Bumping Tables ; Blake Crushers,
t7sl0, weight 8.100 lbs, only $250, Our
100 page illustrated catalogue fbeh.
Rana Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
TWachinery.
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Monadnook Building Chicago
Ishpemlng Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Sherbrook P. O Canada
Apartado 830 City ot Mexico
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cal.
Portable Saw Mills.
Single Circular,
4000-6000 feet
per day.
INo. 2
Double Circular,
15,000-20,000 ft.
per day.
Alaska Treadwell
Gold Mining Co.
San Francisco,
Feb. 20, 18%.
Vidcan Iron Wm-lis,
Gentlemen: Our
Double Circular
Saw Mill of about
20.000 feet daily ca-
pacity, for which
you made plans
and built the ma-
chinery complete.
iQcluding: a set of
three fJ-inchbeam
Vulcan Head
Blocks. tiO-inch
openingr, has g-iven
us complete satisfaction in e\erj
respect. RespectfuPy.
ALASKA Treadwell Gold M. Co.
A. T. CoRBus, Sec>.
Mining:
Companies
OR ,
Other Consumers I
of Lumber at
Remote Points, il
SEND FOK
CATALOGUE. I
Manufactured by
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WE ARE NOW MAKING
IBil Tlie Best Tank
ON THE MARKET
And Selling at
Prices Lower Than Ever.
IP INTERESTED, SEND FOE
CIRCULAR AND PRICES.
Pacific
Manufacturing
Company,
SANTA CLARA, - CAL.
THE OLD RELIABLE !
ALBANY
LUBRICATING COMPOUND
TWENTY- EIGHT YEARS' CONTINUOUS SER-
VICE in the great Mines, Steamships. BallroadB i
and Mills all over the world prove It to be
THE KING OF LUBRICANTS!
Tatum & Bowen
34-36 FREMOHT ST., SAIT FRARCISCO.
8S FROlfT ST.. PORTIAHB, OR.
DBAl^BRS IN AlACIHirSERY, C3ILS, ./VIIISIINCS rtND yVlILI-
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
-f-f»-f+ CHROTWE CAST STEEL -f-f-f-f-f*
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used in all the mining States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
fl. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
STAMP DIES. Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies. stamp Cam.
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# mJ % 1TA\/M\|^M\ML.7 \j(_- \_^vF## nANHATTAN RUBBER BELTING, PACKING AND HOSE,
y SANDRDSON ni^lLI. STRRL.
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SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CBNTRIPUOAL PUnPS,
LIGHT STEBL RAIL.
May 8, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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OOINTS;
Kansas City Smelting: and Refining: Co.
tcorporated Under The l-auvs of Neuw Vorlc.
Capital paid in $:2,T00,000.
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Ballion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
SMELTING WORKS:
Arcentine.Kas.: EIPuo.Tcx.; Leadvllle. Colo.
RKDUCTION WORKS:
Argentine, Kas
We uso tbo foltowlDg ClphGr Codes at our Ar-
geollno Works: A. B.C. Code; Moreing & Neal's
Code UDd Bedford McNeiirs Code.
AtJKNCIES:
In United States—
Deuver, Colo.
Cripple Creeli, Colo.
Salt Lake City. Uiab.
Spokane. Wash.
Nuw York City, N. Y.
Cblcago, in.
St. Louis, Mo.
lu Mexico —
San Luis Potosl,
City of Mexico
Cblbuabua.
Pacbuua,
HermoslUo,
Jimenez.
FOR PRICES, ADUKESS :
J. E. Jacksou, No. a A tlas II tk, Salt Lake. Utah
C. D. Forter, Spokane, WuhIi.
H. A. True. 815 17th St., Denver, Colo.
J. H. Weddle, LeadvUle. Colo.
C. E. Fhiuey, ArKentlne, Kan.
.JUK.-5 :>t lllL ..-i!.N. KA.NsAa L.l'iV .-^.Mi-LTiNu AMi KLilM
AT LEADVILLE, COLO.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAHWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO lOUO
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVESTIGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THEfC^LORADO Denver.
^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
WEAUE MANDFAcioRERsoF ^ qqIcJ^ Sllver, LeacJ, Copper and F»yritlc
AND CONTKACTINO ENGINEBK
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
SyyVELXIING PURINACES.
AflALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
Investigate Our Late ImprOTements In ORE CRUSHING MACHINERY.
We Guarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree of Flueuess.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces is a Success. A great econo-
mizer of fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting: Furnace.
E^nipped with Arcb-Bar System of Mantles,
insuring: rig:id and strong walls.
ITo Cracks.
The /Wirie sindi Smelter Supply Co., Den\/er, Colo.
THE LARGEST STOCK OF MINING, fllLLINQ AND SHELTING MACHINERY WEST OF CHICAGO.
PIPE. PACKING, RUBBER BELTING, AND SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS.
soLE^^GENxs^FOR WILFLEY CONCENTRATING TABLE,
And claini for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity of from 15 to 25 tons per day of
24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No moving belts or intricate parts. Any one can learn to operate in an hour.
\A/ILF='I-E>' CONCIErNTRMTOR
For confirmation of all of tbe above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenrldge, Colo. ; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Colo.
W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs, Colo. ; H. E. Woods, Denver, Colo.
— GENERAL OFFICES OF —
The Durant Mining Co. The Late Acquisition Cons. Mining Co. ■ The Compromise Mining Co. The A.'5pen Samplino Co. '
The Conomaba Mine. The Smuggler Concrntrator. The Smuggler Mining Go.
ASPEN, COLORADO, April 8, 1897.
7'he Mine and Smeller Supjily Co.. Denver, 6'o/o.— Gentlemen: Your favor of the 5lh inst. at band and noied. In regard to the Wllfley
Table I wish to say that I consider it to be the best device in use I'c day for concentratint,' fine ores; thai it will save everything that a .
old pan will; that it combines the clean saving of a Riltinger wijh the capacity of a huddle. I think that without
ut question it will sup-
plYiut'in time all other devices for handling fine^and slimy ores. This includes all the vanning machines and buddies.
This is higher praise than I am in the habit of giving, but I feel sure that it is deserved, and you may make any use ^f this ^hat you
desire. Yours very truly,
Tliese Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
every make, as 1b shown by letters tn our possessiou.
[signed]
♦
PRICE, $450.*i2
S. I. HALLETT.
00
GATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKER
still leads the world. It has greatly cheapened the cost of maoadam and ballast, and made low grade ores profitable
180 large sizes shipped to South Africa.
0^ m ■■■ ■ ■■ I ■ of improved designs. Nothing equal to
General mining Machinery High crade comish roiis,
stamps, Concentrators, Connersville Blowers, High Speed Engines,
Cyanide and Clorinating Equipments.
The Gates Improved Vanner Concentrators.
Every appliance for the mining and milling of ores
Agent for Gates Breakers in California,
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., ^,^ ^, , . „ . „„
121 Main St., San Francisco. DOO ElSIOn AVCnUe) Depti UUi
GATES IRON WORKS,
CHICAGO.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
May 8, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, May 6, 1897.
General trade is reported only fair, not
coming up to expectations. This is said to be
due to tariff delay in Congress, causing a
feeling of uncertainty as to the probable out-
come and also when the bill will become law.
The proceedings so far, In both branches of
Congress, are convincing evidence that tariff
legislation is controlled largely by sectional
interests, and therefore it is difficult to fore-
cast the bill that will finally pass. Until the
business interests of the country see in what
shape the bill will pass, trade and general
speculation will be more or less lifeless out-
side of their normal conditions. The very
heavy importations, with more to come, of
foreign goods and raw material that will be
affected by the tariff will hang as an incubus
over the markets until the bulk is absorbed.
Iron workers continue to report good business
in structural and railroad material and also
in machinery chiefly for mining purposes.
The local money market is practically un-
changed. There is plenty available funds for
city purposes but it is difficult to secure loans
on country property. This it is stated will
change when confidence becomes stronger and
tariff and financial legislations are of the past.
It is reported in well informed circles that at
the next regular meeting of Congress the
monetary system of this country will come in
■for legislation. If these reports prove to be
correctly founded then there will intervene
another period of uncertainty. Remittances
to the £ast are not quite so heavy and with
our fruit crop coming in the premiums or east-
ern exchanges ought to go down. Sterling
bills are weak and lower in the absence of
much of a demand. This weakness will prob-
ably interfere with gold shipments from At-
lantic seaports. These shipments aggregate
nearly ten million dollars at last advises re-
ceived. There were free withdrawals from
the Treasury which reduced the reserve be-
low $150,000,000, notwithstanding the extra-
ordinary large sums held in banker's vaults.
With us there is a continued enlarging de-
mand for gold property. The buyers repre-"
sent eastern and European capital. It is
stated that both undeveloped and developed
propertv is wanted, but chiefly the latter.
Keports are current that three or four heavy
transactions are pending with a strong prob-
ability that at least three will be closed at an
early day. One of them is for an Arizona gold
property. We are also informed that for the
last year there has been some 'quiet buying of
large silver producing mines— chiefly in
Mexico. Advices from every gold producing
district on this coast are quite encouraging.
New York Silver Prices.
New Yoke, May 6. — Following are the
closing prices for the week :
, Silver in ,
London. JV. y.
Friday 28 3-16 61 5u
Saturday 28 3-16 6l>/z
Monday 28 1-16 61
Tuesday 27 15-16 m%
Wednesday 27 15-16 60?b
Thursday 28 61
Copper. Lead. Iron. Tin.
Frl....ll @U 25 3 20 10 00@13 50 13 30
Sat. ..11 @ll 35 3 15 10 UU@I2 50 13 25
Men.. .11 ©1125 3 20 10 0U@12 5U 13 20
Tue. -.10 87ys@n 121^ 3 20 10 0U@12 50 13 25
Wed . .10 75 @11 12/8 3 2214 10 00(5)12 50 13 20
Thur. .10 75 @11 12!/2 3 )i-iVi 10 00@12 50 13 20
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows ;
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, primtj 6^8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7fet8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender fl@8
New York Sight Drart 10c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 13i4o Prem
London Bankers' 6U days J4.87
London Merchants 84.83
I^ondon Sight Bankers %^MH
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 61
Mexican Dollars . 49@50
SILVER.— The market sold down up to
Wednesday, when a slightly stronger tone
set in. The lower prices were induced by the
light demand abroad and also the placing in
London of Indian Council bills at lower prices.
A further decline was prevented by a mint-
age order from France. This order, although
not large, had the effect of bringing in other
orders, which steadied the London market
and caused it to sell fractionally higher.
Freer shipments are being made from Atlan-
tic seaports to Europe. The last steamer for
the Orient lookout '6110,000 in silver bullion,
of which $97,000 was for Bombay and the re-
mainder for Hongkong.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market con-
tinues dull at quotations. The last steamer
for Hongkong took out 13,362 dollars in Mexi-
can and ;i3,T50 in sols.
QUICKSILVER.— The market is strong at
an advance of 50 cents. About all the odds
and ends have been cleaned up, both here and
in New York. Shipments by water the past
week to Mexico aggregate 120 flasks. The
Senate tariff bill reduces tbe import duty.
Our market is quoted at §40.50 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— The markets at the East have
continued to shade off, with selling orders for
future delivery reported on the New York
market at less than ruling for spot. The pro-
duction in this country seems to be in excess
of the consumptive demand, notwithstanding
it is increasing in this country and continues
quite heavy abroad. The consumption on this
coast shows an increase. Sheet and bolt can
be shaded on quotations.
The local market is quoted as follows ;
Ingot, jobbing @14
Ingot, wholesale ^13
Sheet copper @17
Bolt J4&&-16,20c; % and larger, 17
TIN. — The market is weak at quotations for
both pig and plate. The bulk of the demand
is over for the season. The East reports a
weak market for pig at the decline, owing to
the lower price for silver bullion.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
Pig, per lb 14c@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 00{a 4 15
" light. " 3 90® —
LEAD. — The market, in sympathy with the
East, is lower. Corroders are using more
both here and at the East, but the available
supply is ample for all requirements. It is
said that concessions can be bad on our quota-
tions.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — @ 4 50
Sheet 5 m%@ 6 12'/S
Pipe 4 87i^@ 5 37^
SHOT. — There is a fair jobbing demand.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs...$l 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " " ...160
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do. " "... 1 60
POWDER.— An active demand is reported
from the mining camps, which keep the fac-
tories running to full capacity.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from ll^^c to ITJ^c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 3, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
BORAX. — There is a continued fair ship-
ping demand. By the last steamer for New
York via Panama the shipments aggregated
over 85,000 pounds.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in carload lots, in barrels 5
Refined, In carload lots I n sacks A%
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " 4^4
IRON.— In cur market the consumption con-
tinues heavy, with some shading in price.
The East reports the markets unsettled with
Southern furnacemen fighting for a stronger
footing in the Northern and Central States.
In this they are favored by reduced railway
freights.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss 820 00 $93 00
Thomas 31 00 22 00
Salisbury 29 00 31 50
ENGLisn.
Barrow .-. .... 821 00 133 00
Gartsherrie 31 50 23 00
COAL.— The market is practically un-
changed. Shipments to arrive are in excess
of the corresponding time last year, but this
does not appear to affect prices, which con-
tinue steady.
ANTIMONY. — The market is weak and
quiet.
Our market is quoted at "^^©S'^c in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote
7^c for Cookson's, 6"y@7J^c for Hallett's and
0'k®~c for Japanese.
NAILS.— The market is lower.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " 82 15
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, '■ " 2 05
PLATINUM.— There is a fair demand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
SlO to 115 per ounce.
ZINC. —The market is quiet at steady
prices.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is easy.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
Chemicals.
The market for nearly all kinds is unfavor-
ably affected by free imports, owing to fears
of increased duties. The uncertainty regard-
ing tbe bill has an unfavorable effect. From
New York our advices are as follows:
Crude brimstone is a shade easier, with
unmixed seconds offered at ii;l9.50 on spot and
$19.25 to arrive, and thirds about 75c less.
Chlorate of potash, yellow prussiate of potash
and oxalic acid were reported to have been
sold at a fractional concession from the prices
generally quoted, and the market for these as
well as for some other chemicals appears
weaker under the influence of late heavy
arrivals. Nitrate soda on spot met with fair
sale at $1.90 in lots of 1000 bags, and $1.93>i@
1.95 in smaller quantity. Future shipments
are still quoted at Sil.75@l.S5, according to
position. No changes of importance were
noted in prices of other chemicals, and the
business passing is of very ordinary character
all through.
SPELTER— There is a fair movement at a
shade lower quotations. Our Eastern ad-
vices state that smelters avoid selling com-
petition so as to enable the combine to main-
tain prices.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
BISMUTH.— There is a slow demand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
11.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is weak at
quotations.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
BONEASH.^The market is firmer with a
good export movement.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows : Extra, 4c a pound ; No. 1, ZyLc : No.
2, 2Xc.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is easy
at 2^c per pound in a jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is steadier at $1.70 per 100 fts. in a
jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
light demand at 2^c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— In our market there
is nothing new to report.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is weaker at 6
Company and Location. No. Ami.
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal...ll. ... 3c...
Bullion M Co. Nev 50.... 10c ..
Channel Bend M Co, Cal 7 2c...
Crown Point G& S M Co,Nev.70....20c. .
East Best & Belcher, Nev 5 15c...
Eureka ConDM Co, Cal 8 5c...
Golden State M Co, Idaho 1 \%c.
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev. 81.... 20c...
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 46 5c...
Hale & Norcross S M Co, Nev.Ul. . . .10c. . ,
Horseshoe Bar Con M Co, Cal. 7 10c. . .
JamisonMCo 9. .. 5c...
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal. 6.... 10c...
Overman S M Co, Nev 77.... 10c...
Savage M Co, Nev 92.... 20c...
Seg Belcher & Mides Con M
Co, Nev 19.... 5c...
Sulphur Bank Q M Co, Cal .... 5. . . .25c. . .
TenaboM&M Co., Nev 1....50c-..
Thorpe M Co, Cal 6. . . . 2!4e.
Union Con M Co, Cal 1....10c...
Union Con S M Co, Nev 54. . . .20c. . .
Levied, Deling't and Szle. Secretary.
.Mar 23.. Apr 23. .May 15 J Stadfeld
.May 4. .June 8. ..Tune 28 R R Graybon, ISiPine
.Mar 32.. Apr 24.. May 17 JP Langhorne, 39 Sutter
.Mar 24. .Apr 28. .May 19 — James Newlands, Mills BulldiM
.Mar 25.. Apr 26.. May 13 E W Sichel, 337 Pine
.Apr 3.. May 15.. June 5 DM Kent, 330 Pine
.Mar 29.. May l..May 17 E Logan, IQi Van Ness
.Apr 29.. June 1. .June22. .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Monigomerv
.Mar 30. -May 8..May29 W J Gurnett, 308 Pine
.Mar 20.. Apr 23.. May 14 RR Grayson, 331 Pine
.Mar 8. .Apr 17. .May 8 D M Kent, 330 Pine
.Nov 27. .Apr 24. .June 19 Sam W Cbeyney. 120 Sutler
.Apr 12.. May 34.. June 21 F Mettmann, 337 Twelfth
.Apr 12. .May 17.. June 7 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
.Apr 13,. May 17. .June 7 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 6.. May 10.. May 29 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomerv
.Mar 23. .May 3. .June 3 T Wintringham, 306 California
.Mar 29,. May 4.. May 24 T J Read, 606 Sutter
,Apr 14.. May 22.. June 13 A PFrey, Phelan Building
.Mar 18. -Apr 22.. May 10 J M Fletcher. 320 Sansome
.Apr 7. .May 11. .June 1 A P Swain, 309 Montgomery
to 12c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is slow
and market easy at quotation.
We quote in a jobbing way at l^c per lb for
66%.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steadier from store at 6^c per pound in car-
boys.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Our market is easy.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4f^4c per
pound.
Mining Share Market.
San PiiANOisco. May 0, 1897.
The market continues to act as if it is under
strong manipulation, with Con. Virginia in
the north end and Confidence in the Gold
Hill group the leaders. The former has
been making steady advances since it sold
down to about $1.05 a share. After each up-
move it has not fallen back to the lower figure
from which it moved, except once, when it
touched 11.50 twice; but the last time it did
so the price advanced to over $2.50 a share.
The remainder of the list sympathized, par-
ticularly the shares of adjoining mines. The
shares of the middle shares, under the lead
of Chollar, advanced in sympathy, but when
it came to falling back they seemed some-
what demoralized. The writer is informed
that there is still lacking a feeling of confi-
dence with the public. Chronic traders fol-
low the market by buying when signs of
strength are in evidence, and sell when the
market looks top heavy. A large majority of
persons who gave attention to the market
deal in wheat futures, owing to tbe better
opportunity of making quick turns, while the
moneyed public do not operate, although a
large class of them glance over prices to see
if there are indications of a deal. With these,
and we might say with the large majority
of business men, a genuine deal would be
hailed with undisguised favor, but little
deals of a few dollars do more harm than
good. It has been the history of the mining
share market that when the shares of any
mine was advanced to $40 or $60 a share and
under active trading, general business and
speculation revived. Whether we will ever
witness such figures again is a disputed point
with outside traders, but there is one thing
quite certain, they are not likely to come
while the general business and financial con-
ditions of the country continue at present
low ebb. Experience has taught that there
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer In
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Miulnj^ Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and. SeuuritteS'
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNelU's or A B G Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
must be active trading at higher fluctuating
prices at speculative centers in securities
dealt in before a successful large-sized deal
in mining shares can be carried out. The
public have been upset too much already
lor it to come in at high prices, even with the
showing up of a good-sized body of ore, unless
they become crazily enthused by seeing free
speculative movements at the East in rail-
road and industrial securities, and also im-
proving business with merchants and manu-
facturers.
The news from the Comstock mines contin-
ues to report active work in several mines,
but in other mines it is being prosecuted in a
half-hearted, kill-time kind of way. So far
as can be learned, the work is not calculated
to show up a large body of ore, at least not
at this stage of the game. What may be done
later, it is stated, depeodslargely on whether
the conditions favor a good-sized deal in min-
ing shares. Attention centers largely on the
work in Con. Virginia on and around the 1650-
foot level towards the Ophir line. This at-
tention is doubtless the more marked owing
to a double compartment shaft having been
sunk there, and experience has taught that
this is done only when everything warrants
the belief of the existence of a good-sized ore
body. The last official letter filed in this city
confirms the statement made by the Mining
AND Scientific Press that they had got into
4 feet of high-grade ore. The superintendent
writes that the average assays were ¥200 a
ton, at the time he wrote his letter, in the
face of the upraise from the lt350-foot level.
He also wrote that a good quality of ore was
showing north and south in the upraise. At
other parts of the mine active work is still
the order, with some degree of interest being
centered on the 1000-foot and 1550-foot levels.
Tbey extracted and raised last week forty
tons of ore, assaying over $137 to the ton.
Advices from Ophir state that they are still
prosecuting work on the 1000-foot and Central
Tunnel levels. They run through streaks of
low-grade ore- In working west on the 1000-
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brokerage Company,
BANKERS
and
BROKERS,
INo. 1630 Stout Street.
Telephone 1293.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Orders executed in 1 arge or amall amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mall, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Dally market circular mailed free on
application.
$33,014,000
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining: Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAAI£S A. POLLOCK, Miniag: Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Thomas J. Fry, John Syi.vanus,
President. Sec'y & Treaa.
T. R. Miller, John D. Fleming,
Vice-Pres't. Counsel.
CAPITAL STOCK, SilOO.OOO.
THE
Mining Investment Company,
No. 531 to 534 Cooper Building:,
DENVER, COLO.
Branch Office, - COLORADO SPRINGS.
Gold and
Copper
Properties
Wanted.
"1 We have prospective purchas-
I ers for developed and producing
I mines and desire to correspond
I direct with owners of such prop-
I'erties. We handle properties on
legitimate commission only and
prefer 'lo deal -with owner or
J authorized representatives.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed.
F^OR SALE.
Complete working plant. Situation and facilities first class.
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
A -CD C3 R. X. X A VLOR & CO.
Ml i^Lm \^ K^? ■ 523 ;V\ission St., San F'ranclsco, Cal.
Ma> 8, JbU7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
403
foot level of Mexican they continue to pass
through streaks of quartz giving low assays.
Id UniOD the work is to the east od the '.'du-
foot level. In Sierra Nevada they are sllll
go\ug east from the Layton Tunnel level. In
the east orossdrift in Utah they pass through
clay seams and lines of quart/. In the joint
east crossdriftof Best & Belcher and Gould &
Curry, from the sou-foot Bonner shaft level,
last advices stated they were in soft por-
phyry. As this is said to be favorable, it
would seem to be about time to stop the
work. In Savage no change is reported in the
work or material encountered. No work is
being done In Chollar. lo Potosl they are
atill prosecuting work on the tunnel level.
No change is reported in the work in Bullion
and Alpha. The long west crossdrift run
)olDlly by Con. Imperial, Challenge and Con-
fidence IS being pushed slowly ahead. No
cbsDge is reported in the material run
through. There is some interest manifested
by the more experienced miners in the west
crossdrift that is being run by Yellow Jacket,
Kentuck and Crown Point. From the latter
mine nothing new comes to hand, but so far
as that is concerned, the same remarks can
apply to the work in Belcher, Seg. Belcher,
Overman, Caledonia and Alta. No mention
has as yet been made of the ore strike re-
ported to have been made in the tirst two
mines some time ago. It looks as if they are
atlll after shares of the mines in that end,
and to ofhcially report an ore strike or to give
particulars regarding work would probably
iDterfere with the game.
From the Brunswick lode we are not ad-
vised of any material change in the general
8lluation since last week's review. The joint
work of Con. Virginia, Best & Belcher and
Gould it Curry is beingclosely watched to see
if the ore found farther north extends to
these mines. The impression prevails that it
not only does, but it will be found richer and
in larger quantity, when desired by the in-
side pool. In Savage they encountered every
indication of an ore vein, but the work was
either stopped or else turned. In Chollar they
have about completed erecting a new boiler.
When this is down, work will be resumed in
Savage and also in Cbollar on the tiou-fooi
level. On this level a south drift will be run.
They are still stoping ore in the '200-foot and
40U-foot levels. On the 300 foot level the work
is largely exploiting, as it is on the oUO-foot
level. Over 200 tons of ore were raised last
week, assaying over $22 in gold and 20 ounces
of silver to the ton. The work in Occidental
is confined to the same levels and directions
reported last week. The material encountered
does not shore any essential change.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week :
j List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Keportt><l by Dewey A Co.. Floueer FMtenI
Solicitor* for PaclQc Coast.
j .'>tt|.ftiy.— BoTTLKS— W. C. Hurretl. PortliiDtl, Or.
t f^ljua— Ink Koiistain— J. K. Ilurlel, Astoria. Or.
I 58I.4.SI — Rkfinis<: AsI'Hai.titm — a. F. L. Hell.
I CurpfDieriu, Cal.
581,410.— Spkavisc AIM'AHATI-S — G. A. & R. F.
I Uuoo, DlDUbu.Cal.
I S«r..'i.=ia.— UooK Faste.nkk— M. W. Oreer. Menio
I Hcitrhls. Cul.
I 5SI.5in.-SASii Lot K— \V T. GrepK. Lodi. Cftl.
I 5N|.r^i._Tov— H. E. Henrlksfu. S. h\
.'^i.ftsy. — PvjoTSTouL— S C. HoujjrbloD. S. F.
.SMI,ril>0.-Fl,v THAI'— IsbiTK & Hcrt,Miulst.S. F.
5«l,Mie — FcHNArK-H. LuDK, Oaklaml. Cal.
.sai.^-ij.— (;»»i,ii-Savin(. Uevi.-k— j. Mali, Uiikland,
Cal
r.wL.'jtiO.— Cool, Kit Kuit Piston Rods— M. L. Mery.
chk-o, cm.
.'*l.j;j|.— CuOKKKKuulcK Maohinks— R.F. Schroe-
j der. Sacrumento, Ciil.
j 5Hl.j;w.— AKKATiN<; Fluids— U. C Sncalh. S. F.
I .'>Hi.4H.— HicvcLK Hhakk— VV.A; W. S. Valentine,
I 5HI.-1U1.— Gang Plow— K. li. Wageuer, Modesto,
I Cal.
2«.uyu.— Design for Fdunack— .1. G. Ills. S. F.
L'0,y(J5.— Design Koit Badge— .1. A. & (;. A. Mont-
gomt.'ry. Los Augeles. Cal.
NoTB. — PUitu Jind CeriifieU Coplea of U. S. aud For-
eig-u paieiiia oblulneil Oy Uewey it Co., by mall ur
UMegraplilc order. American aud PoralBu patoiiiH
HL-fured. aud jreueral pateui DubluenB trauaacied
wUh perfect securlly, ai reasonable rates, and lu
the shortest p-iUBlble time.
Assessment Notices.
THORPE MINING COMPANY—Locatlon of prin-
cipal place of bUBlnesH. San Franctsou. Callfornta:
location of works. Fourth CroHBtii^. Caliiveras
County. Caltrornlii.
Notice i» lufreby irlveu lha( at a ireeilti? of the
Doard of Dlnt-torB held ou the Hili day of
April, IK*;, au aBKi'iidineiil tNo. C) of .02^, cents per
share was levied upon the caplial «tock of Ihecor-
porullon. itayable Inimedljileiy In ITnlu-d Stali-s
»fo1d colli to the Bcci-utary, at the ofllcf- of the
company, room 44 Plielan biiUdlng. Sail PranclBco.
California.
Any Block upon which ihlH asseHBmcnl Bliall n--
maln unpaid on the I'Sd day of May. ISHT. will
be delinquent and adverttsed for sale at public
auctlori: aud uu chb payuicnl Ib made before, will
beeold on MONDAY, the Ulh day of June, ISIT. to
pay the d^'llnqueot asBesBuient. toE^ether wllh the
coBtB of advertlBlnif and expenacB of sale.
By order of the Board of Ulrectorw.
_. A. K. FUEY. Secrelarv.
OfTiee-Koom 44."Phelan bnlldlnt,'. San Francisco.
California,
Mines.
Apr.
May
Alpha
$ 07
39
73
» 24
Best & Belcher .
64
Bodle
Bullion
08
Cbollar
1 10
1 15
a 00
03
34
83
1 30
Consolidated Calllomla and Virginia..
Consolidated New York
2 15
39
90
31
52
1 15
05
W
23
59
27
43
Ophlr
1 05
52
Utah
Yellow Jacket
28
31
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
SiN Francisco, May 6, 11
9l30 A. M. SESSION.
100 Chollar -«3jltX) Ophlr
;iOOConCal& Va -i 15|500 Overman
100 Confidence... i 30 100 Potosl
500 Mexican 43 800 Sierra Nevada. . .
:M) Occidental IH 530 Union
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
lOOOphir 99 200 Yellow Jacket..
U00tiould& Gurry.... 311
150 Best & Belcher ... 64 S
400 Con Cal & Va 2 U5 1
BOOSavage 31 1
auO Chollar.... 82 1
lOOPotoal 51
100. Overman..
250 Union
150 Caledonia...
lUO Occidental.,
100 Andes
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS C0MMIS9I0N, hav-
ing received appUcationB to mine by the hydraulic
process from the Industrial Gold Mining Co., in tha
Old French Mine near Indian Bigelns, El Dorado
Co., to deposit talliai^s in (Jtdar Creett; from James
Rooks, in the Mesaerer Mine near Spanisli Ranch,
Plumas Co., 10 deposit tailings in Spanish Creek;
from the Haskel Kavlne Mining Co., in Us mine In
Mohawk Valley. Sierra Co.. to uepoalt tailing'^, on a
Hat; and from costa. Davis & Co.. in their mine at
Cherokee. Butte Co , to deposit talllngH In an old
pit; gives notice that a meeting will be lield at
room :V.i. Flood Building. San Francisco. Cal., on
May 21. LSI)?, at l:;tUl>. .m.
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION. b;iv-
Ing received applications to mine by the hydraulic
process from Charles and Ben Howiett- in the How-
letl claim, near Columbia HUl, Nevada Co., lo de-
posit tailings in Knapp Ravine, and from the Mar-
guerite Gravel and Quartz Mining Co., In llie
Marguerite Mlue in Eureka Mining District, Nevada
Co.. to deposit tailings in a ravine, gives notice that
a meeting will be held at Koorn 59. Flood Building,
San Francisco. Cal., on May lUth. ISSti. at 1:30 P. M.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.— Notice of Stock-
holders' Meeting or ihe Steeple Rock Development
Company: In accordance with a resolution pabsed
by the Board of Directors of the Steeple Kock De-
velopment Company, a meeting of the stockholders
of this company will be held at a o'clock in the
afternoon on TUESDAY, the Uth day of May, ISStT.
at Its principal otlice. No. 'A'M Sansome street, room
24, San Francisco. California, to consider and vote
upon a proposition to increase the capital stock of
this company to Two Million Dollars, in four hun-
dred thousand shares, at the par value of five dol-
lars each. H. PiCaoiR, Secretary.
Dated at San Francisco, Cal., March 20, 1897.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Pkess
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
Ijwingare worthy of special mention:
Ai'r.\i{.\TLs roK Ccmimxi;, Aekatisc; and
EvAi-oKATiNii FLfins. — Richard G. Sneath,
San Francisco, Cal. No. 581,439. Dated April
27, \S97. This invention relates to an appar-
atus which is especially designed lo cool,
aerate or evaporate fluidssuoh as water, milk,
cream, salt brine, saccharine water, or any
other liquid which can be thus operated upon.
The invention consists of a sluice having a
perforated bottom, a closed chamber beneath
the sluice, a passage through which air is
supplied to the chamber under pressure so
that the liquid flowing in the sluice is con-
stantly acted upon by jets of air passing
the perforated bottom, this chamber having a
trap or seal at one end to prevent the escape
of air and having a discharge passage at the
bottom of the air receiving end through which
the liquid is delivered.
Bicycle Bkake. — William and William S.
Valentine. Lewiston, Cal. No. .581.444. Dated
April 37, ISriT. This invention relates to an
improved brake to be employed particularly
in conjunction with bicycles so that the brake
may be used without friction and injury to
the tire. It consists of a groved disk securely
fastened to the spokes of the wheel, a lever
adapted to fit into the gronve of the disk and
so fulcrumed to the fork of the machine that
by means of a connecting rod and compound
lever upon the handle bar the brake may be
applied at any time, the pressure of the shoe
or lever in the grooved disk being sufficient
to regulate the speed of the machine.
„ CRACK PROOF"
PURE RUBBER BOOTS
Are the CHEAPEST tiecanse
They Are the Most Durable.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
Se6 that the heels are stamped
"Union India Rubber Co. Crack Proof."
BEST QUALITY
Belting, Packing and Hose.
<>ol(I Seal, Badger and Pioneer.
Manufactured only by
Goodyear Rubber Co.
R. H. Pease, Vice-Pres't and Manager,
Nos. 573, 575, 577, 679 MARKET ST., San Francisco.
Nos. 73, 75 FIRST ST., Portland, Or.
Alaska :
: flines.
Developed and Undeveloped
Free-Milling Properties.
E. F. CASSEL,
JUNEAU ALASKA.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Established In Colorado,
18B(). Samples by mail or e.xpreas will receive
prompt and careful attention Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress 1730 aod 1733 Lawrence Street. Denver, Colo.
For hale at a liarfsaiii.
One new GOLD KING AMALGAMATOR — never
need. Apply to Marahutz &. Cautrell. N. \V. corner
Main and Howa.rd Btreeta, San Francisco, California.
Ch£SP
power!
SEG UcL(;HEK .VND MlDES CONSOLIDATED
Miniiip Com imny,— Location of principal place of
bushieiib. S;in Francisco. Culifornlu: location of
works. Gold Hill Mlnlup Dlstrlcl. Coiiaty of Storey,
Nevaila.
Notice is liereby ^iven tluil at a lueellng- of the
Board of Directors held on the Olh dav of April,
ISttT. Jin asseBsmeut (No. I'.i) of fi cents per sliare
was levied npon tlie capital slock of tbe corponi-
tlon, payable Inimedialely in United Slates gold
coin, lo the Secretary, al the olHce of lh« com-
pany. No. HUit Monteoinerv street. Itoom .'iU. Nevada
block. Sail Francisco. California.
Any Block upon which tblB assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the KUh day of Mav. 1S97. will
be dellntiueiit. and advertised for sale at public
auction, aud. unless payment is uiade before, will
be sold ou SATUKDAY, Ihe -i'Mh day of May. 1897, to
pay the dellnquenl assessment, together with the i
costs of advertlslnK and e.Kpenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
E. B. HOLMES. Secretary.
Office— No. :>01i Moiiteomery street. Room 50. Ne-
vada block, San Francisco. Califorola.
.7AMIS0N MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal plac'' of Dublnebs. San Francisco. California;
location or worKs. on Jamison Creek, near Jobns-
ville. Plumas Coimty, California.
Notice 1h hereby given, that at a nieeting- of tlie
Board of Directors, held on the :i7th day of Novem-
b-'r. 18!h;, an assessment (No. tt). of 5 cents per
share, was levied upon tlie capital stock of the
corporation, payable lunnedlately In United States
froM coin to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, 120 Suiter street. San Francisco. Cailforula.
Auy stock upon wlileh this assessmeul shall re-
main unpaid ou the 25tli day of January. 1897, will
be delinquent, and adverllsed for sale at public
auction: and unless payment is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY. Ihe 22nd day of March. lSSt7.
to pay the delinquent assessment, tog-ether with
the costs of advertising' and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SAM W. CHliYNEY, Secretary.
Office— Room .ill. lliU Suiter street. San Francisco,
Calirornia. *
POSTPONEMKNT.
At a meeting- of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 25th day of
January, 18'.l7. it was resolved that any stock npon
which the above assessmentshail remain unpaid on
the 24th day nf February, 1897. will bedelluquent and
advertised for sale at public auction: aud, uuless
payment Is made before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the 2l8t uay of April, 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising' and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of llie Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mtuint,' Conipany. held on the 24ih day of
February. 1897, it Wi.s resolved tliat auy slock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the 2i;tli day of March. 18117. will be de-
linquent and advertised for sale at public auction;
and. unless payment is made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the 2l8t day of May, IHit", to pay the delin-
quent asaessmeui, together wilh the costs of adver-
tising aud expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of iho Board of Directors of the
Jamleoa Minnig Compan,v. held on the 2iith day of
March, 18li7, it was resolved that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the 24th day of April. 1897. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment Is made before, will be
sold ou SATURDAY, the lUth day of June. 1897. to
pay the delinquent asaesament, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHBJYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors Of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 24th day of
April, 1897. it was reaoived that any stock upon
whicli the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on MONDAY, the 24th day of May, 18!)7. will be de-
linquent and advertited for sale at public auction;
and. uule'*s payment is made before, will be sold on
MONDAY, the 19tli day of July. 1N97. to pay the de-
linquent assessment, together witli the costs of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
MARGUERITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING
Company.— Location of priuclpal place of busi-
ness, San Francisco, California; location of works.
Auburn, Placer Count-.-, California.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the ]2Lh day of April.
1897, an assessment (No. fi) of Ul cents per share was
levied upon the capital slock of the corporation,
payable immediately In United Slates gold coin, to
the Secretary, at tlie office of the company, 237 12th
street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this asaeaBment shall re-
main impald on the 24th day of May, J8H7, will
be delinquent and adverilsed for sale at public
auction; aud. unless p.ayment la made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 2l8t day of June, 1897. to
pay the delinquent aa.seesment, together with the
costs of adverilsing itnd expenses of sale. I
By order of the Board of Directors. I
F. METTMANN. Secrelary.
Office- 2;i7 I2tli street. San Francisco. California. ■
Office hours from o to 0 o'clock v. M The Secretary
will also receive payments from 12 lo a v. fti. at his
business office, 22:t Sanaome street. !
GOULD & CURRY SILVER MINING COMPANY. I
Location of principal place of business. San Fran- i
Cisco, California; location of works, Virginia, Storey j
County, Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 29th day of April, I
1897, an assessment (No. 81) of 20 cents per share l
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora- !
lion, payable Immediately In United States gold
coin, to the secretary, at the office of the company, |
room t;ii. Nevada Block. :i09 Monigomery street. San ,
Francisco. California. I
Any stock npou which this asaesament shall
remain unpaid on the let day of June, 1897,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction: and unless payment Is made before.
will be sold on TUESDAY, the 22d day of June,
1897, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
witn the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board o f Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBROW. Secretary.
Office— Room ti9. Nevada Block. No. 309 Montgom-
ery street, San Francisco. California.
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the past two years and have given entire satisfaction. I know of no better flange for a side shake machine.
Yours truly, JOHN ROSS JR., Superintendent.
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REVIEW.
No. 1923.-
VOLCMK LXXIV.
N amber '*0.
SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, MAY 15, 189r.
THRKE DOLLARS PER ANNUIH.
Single Coplefl. Ten CeDtR.
The Mining of Beach Sands. in the beach mines of New Zealand, and that there-
fore the gold in Humboldt county should be saved.
The saving of fine gold in beach sand and in many I Tt may be said in answer to this that in nearly all
other deposits inland has long been a problem with i cases where the fine gold has been saved without
the gravel miner. In Humboldt county beach min- ' much difficulty, it has not been of a scaly nature —
banks carrying large amounts of gold offer a large
reward for any one who may discover a process for
working them on a large scale. So far the most suc-
cessful plants for working these sands have been
modifications of the old-fashioned "toms,'' or other
i
Uw€
L^-
OREGON TOM, UNION MINE.
ORDINARY TOMS, WITH PLATES, UNION MINE.
ing has been conducted since the early days almost
without interruption, and almost invariably without
much success. The failure to save the gold has been
due mainly to the fact that the gold is " scaly;" yet
year after year mines are being worked with old
processes tried
over again, or
new methods.
Often consider-
able sums are ex-
pended in ex-
ploi ting new
gold-saving de-
vices.
Aside from the
fact that the gold
is nearly always
scaly, and conse-
quently w"'ashed
down by the
water to the sea
and refuses to
settle in the rif-
fles, there is a
very large pro-
portion of black
sandinthe "~
gravel. The spe-
cific gravity of
this black sand
is so great that
it- settles in the riffles, filling up the interstices;
and after the first few hours, or in cases a few days'
run, no gold can settle on this account. Black sand
has often been found the cause of the great difficulty
in saving fine gold where it was found in large quan-
tities in other gravel mines in the interior.
It is often pointed out that exceedingly fine gold
that is, the particles, however small, have been in
the shape of little nuggets.
In saying that all methods so far tried for saving
scaly gold are failures, it is not meant that no gold
is saved. Many of them save quite a percentage of
OREGON TOM BEACH SAND WASHER.
the gold; but although beach mining has been carried^
I on since early days and in many places, from Mexico
! to northern Alaska, it has been successful only in
! working the richer spots. No method has been found
for working rapidly and saving at the same time such
1 proportion of the gold as is usually saved in the
hydraulic mines.
as fine as one thousand pieces to one cent— is saved I The immense deposits of beach sands often in high
small sluices used for washing gravels. There are
illustrated on this page two of these "toms," used
on the Union mine in Humboldt county.
In the northwestern part of Colorado, and
in Wyoming are many thousands of acres of shallow
deposits of sandy
gravel lying up-
on clay bottoms
and containing
gold in paying
quantity. These
deposits have
not been made
by rivers, but
are lacustrine.
They vary i n
depth from 1 or
2 feet to as much
as 25, but aver-
age about 7 or 8.
In one district in
Routt county
over 100,000
acres have been
located with-
in the past
four years. The
gold generally is
evenly distribut-
ed and exceed-
ingly fine, actual
count showing that the number of particles re-
quired to make one cent in value being over 1000 on
an average. Yet of this gold a far larger propor-
tion is saved than of the "scaly" beach gold,
because it is in the shape of exceedingly small par-
ticles, showing that it has not been subject to the
flattening process of most gold that has beer
moved far.
406
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May 15, 1897.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Oregon Tom, Union Mine; Ordinary Toms,
with Plates, Union Mine; Oregon Tom Beach Sand Washer, 405.
Cross-Piowing in an Egyptian Field near Cairo, 408. An Egyptian
Fellah and His Team Plowing for Wheal on Land Moistened by
the Overflow of the Nile; An East Indian Plowing Scene— Prepar-
ation of Rice Ground with a Yoke of Black Water Oxen, 409. Pair
of 30x72 In. Direct Acting Hoisting Engines Built by the Union
Iron Works. 411.
EDITORIAL.— The Mining of Beach Sands. 405. Mineral Product
of California for 1896; New Capital and Increase of Yield; The
Foreign Investor's Opportunity, 406.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— The Use of Compressed Air tor
Mining Purposes; A Novelty in Row Boats, 413.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Photography in Natural Colors; Test-
ing a Water Supply: Fluid Air for Industrial Uses, 413.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Mysteries of Nature of Light and
Electricity; Electricity in War; The Use of the Overhead Trolley;
Spectographic Analysis; The True Path of the Current; The De-
velopment of the Electrical Industry, 413.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 414-5.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 420.
VI ISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 407. Some Colorado Concen-
tration Methods; Strength of Building Stones; In Other and Older
Lands, 408. Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining; Africa's
Sicadj' Yield; iilHuU Turr.is for Quartz Location Notices, 410.
GalifornJa Asphalt in Glass;o\':; Direct Acting Hoisting Engines;
Raplil Tunnellnp; Prr.n.!>.(;ilf>T? --' 3i;i;i2^m; "Rare Eartlis,'' 411.
' ■■ ^tlue toMiut; Hhul' Sir.ktng Accounts; Of Commercial Im-
^u'c; What a GoiXl Ml'...., :: y; The Debris Troubles; Silver
with the Gold, 416. Ooabi. x,idujtrial Notes; Personal; Recent
California Mining Incorporations; Book Notices; Recently De-
clared Mining Dividends, 418. List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors ; Notices of Recent Patents, 419.
New Capital and Increase of Yield.
Estimates as to probable increase in tiie yield of
mines in most districts are based, in nearly all cases,
on the increased amount of work done, the increased
amount of capital interested, or the increase gen-
erally in activity in the industry. The fact that the
results of this work may not be apparent immedi-
ately is generally lost sight of. In California, during
the past five years, a great deal of capital has been
invested in mines and expended in development,
which has not produced a dollar of bullion in return
to the owners, and will not for some time. In Ama-
dor and Calaveras counties are over a dozen large
mines, upon which work has been going on for
years. Some are erecting mills, some are still sink-
ing, and one or two, like the Gwin, have begun to
crush ore. All told, upon these mines, nearly three
millions of dollars will be expended before returns
are made. The fact that for several years the ex-
penditure of money in new ventures in California
has been far out of proportion to the increase in the
gold yield, instead of being a discouraging sign
should be looked upon as evidence that the industry
of mining is being developed carefully and conserva-
tively, and that the increase of the gold yield will be
healthy.
Even if many times as much capital as has been
offered had been invested in mining in California
during the past two years, the increase in the out-
put of bullion would not have been in proportion.
There is always a tendency to make a stock job
out of the mines in any district. Since the beginning
of the increased activity in California mines all the
conditions for such speculation have been unfavor-
able and the industry has been conducted mostly by
small companies or individuals, upon business lines.
Into western Australia there was lately a very
great influx of capital, yet the output of gold was
very small. Through speculation a great many lost
money but the mines are rich and the output in
time will be very large. The attempt to open up
the mines with a rush was a failure.
Mineral Product of California for 1896.
State Mineralogist Cooper has sent to the printer
Bulletin No. 12 of the State Mining Bureau, giving
by counties the amount and value of each of the sub-
stances mined or quarried in California in the year
1896. An abstract of the tabulated sheet shows the
following division of products:
Precious Metals $17,604,026 30
Metallic Substances (Including the Precious
Metals) 18,937,793 00
Non-Metallic Substances 1 ,4 15,993 00
Hydrocarbons and Gases 1,777,340 00
Structural Material 2,160,272 00
The total value is $24,291,398.
The following table gives the figures for 1895 and
1896:
output of quicksilver does not show any failure in
the product of the mines, which, it is well known,
could be made to produce much more if the demand-,^
required it.
The better prices for asphaltum that have pre- •
vailed here have made a large increase in the value. -
of the product, while the amount of output has de-
creased. As to petroleum, it will be seen thit
while there has been a very slight increase in the
number of barrels produced, higher prices have pre-
vailed and made it worth more than the output of
1895 by $180,558.
Of the articles in which there was considerable
falling off are silver and lead. Much of this is due to
decreased output of the mines on the western slope
Antimony, tons
Asbestos, tons
Asphaltum, tons
Bituminous Rock, tons
Borax, tons
Cement, barrels
Chrome, tons
p,„^ (Brick,M
^"'*- 1 Pottery, etc., tons..
Coal, tons
Copper, pounds
Gold
Granite, cubic feet
Gypsum, tons
Lead, pounds
Lime, barrels
Limestone, tons
Macadam, tons
Magnesite, tons
Manganese, tons
Marble, cubic feet
Mineral Paint, tons
Mineral Water, gallons. .,
Natural Gas
Onyx, cubic feet
Paving Blocks, M
Petroleum, barrels
Platinum, ounces
Quicksilver, flasks
Rubble, tons
Salt, tons
Sandstone, cubic feet
Serpentine, cubic feet —
Silver
Slate, squares
Soapstone, tons
Soda, tons
Totals.
35
25,525
38,921
5,959
16,283
1,740
131,772
37,660
79,858
225,650
288,449
5,158
1,592,400
304.764
71,355
840,650
2,200
830
14,864
850
701,397
1,200
2,232
,245,339
. 15
36,104
414,038
53,031
55.242
4,000
17
20,914
49,466
6,754
9.500
786
24,000
41,907
70,649
1,992,844
182,261
1,310
1,293,500
302,750
68,181
646,646
.1,500
318
7,889
395
808,843
3,000
4,161
1,357,780
162
30,765
313,973
64,743
58,524
1,500
1,350
25
19,000
500
'aiooo'
t 1,485 CO
1,000 DO
170,500 00
121,586 00
595.500 00
• 32,566 OO
16,795 00
672,860 00
39,685 00
193,790 00
21,900 OO
15,334,317 00
221,329 00
51,014 00
49,364 00
386.094 00
71,640 00
700,987 00
17,000 00
8,'200 00
56,566 00
8,425 00
291,500 00
112,000 00
12,000 00
73,.388 00
1,000,235 00
900 00
1,337,131 00
394,952 00
160,676 00
35,373 00
4,000 00
599,789 70
9,450 00
375 00
47,500 00
$22,844,664 29
362,590
122,S00
657,400
28,350
7,776
524,740
62.900
161,335
199,518
17,181,662
201,004
12,580
38,805
261,505
71,113
510,245
11,000
3,415
32,415
5.540
387,434
111,457
24,000
77,584
1,180,793
944
1,075,449
329,639
153,314
28,378
6,000
422,463
3,500
Increase.
192,090
914
78.600
177,618
1,847,245
45,934
12,000
4,246
180,658
44
65,000 00
$24 291,398 00
Decrease.
4,306
9,020
147,620
38,434
10,569
121.589
587
190,742
6,000
4,785'
24,151
3,885
543
261,682
65,313
177,326
6,950
375
Total net Increase, $1,446,734.
THE MINERAL PRODUCT OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES, INCLUDING
ALL' SUBSTANCES MINED IN EACH, SHOWS THE FOLLOWING TOTAL
VALUES FOR 1896 AND 1895 !
Alameda
Alpine
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Colusa —
Contra Costa
Del Norte
El Dorado
Fresno
Humboldt
Inyo
Kern
Lake
Lassen
Los Angeles
Madera
Marin
Mariposa
Mendocino
Merced
Mono
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Plumas
Riverside
Sacramento
San Benito
San Bernardino..
San Diego
San Francisco
San Joaquin
San Luis Obispo..
San Mateo. . .
Santa Barbara. . .
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Shasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Tehama
Trinity
Tuolumne
Tulare
Ventura
Yolo
Y^uba
Unapportioned. . .
Totals..
1 230,630 00
400 00
1,593,021 02
755.480 88
1,555.888 85
14,5M 00
138,109 OO
24,150 00
819.481 22
85.884 60
308,546 85
497,626 48
710.010 35
264,944 OO
■10,300 00
1,072,738 55
186,904 84
93,260 OO
335,817 44
$ 274,647 00
1,250 00
562,042 31
1,000 00
495,366 00
2,292,160 42
1,735,750 65
463,609 61
355,598 00
189,268 00
91,095 00
1,003,889 eo
603.991 00
322,667 00
130,157 00
37.271 00
2,500 00
383,159 00
318,415 00
'239,199 00
813.593 29
786,598 27
1,091,917 47
23,413 00
135,146 00
18,435 00
475 00
1,435.366 30
1,070,470 13
25,762 00
292,800 00
378 00
171,687 77
380,200 00
$24,291,398 OC
1,443,504 40
706,196 38
1,734.918 14
440 00
139,655 OO
8,250 00
738,498 99
52,049 00
.156.221 20
461.409 51
343,078 69
507.074 00
25.000 00
1,076,717 00
311,985 74
157,790 00
216,629 46
150 00
1,500 00
648,527 31
489,200 00
1,795,391 16
4.144 00
1,677,627 32
603,222 57
378.155 00
•211,497 75
104,250 00
1,114,863 30
386.407 57
379.696 00
102,800 OO
81,3-20 00
5,000 00
158,678 00
445,950 00
■254,776 00
811,233 62
694,576 63
1,030,983 73
24,285 00
177,840 00
30,081 50
11,525 00
1,305,412 41
667,066 77
18,820 00
264,6i!4 00
1,873 00
111,483 34
395,340 00
a-23,814,664 29
It will be observed that the net increase of prod-
uct of all articles was $1,446,734 and that the in-
crease of the gold yield alone was $1,847,245.
The largest falling off was in structural materials,
amounting to no less than $553,483. This was, of
course, due to the small amount of new buildings
erected on account of depression in business. Alto-
gether, the mining industry makes a better showing
than any other in the State. The decrease in the
of the Sierra Nevada, in Inyo and San Bernardino
counties.
The output of copper increased from 225,650
pounds in 1895 to 1,992,844 pounds in 1896, due
mainly to the opening of the Mountain copper mines
of Shasta county.
The Foreign Investor's Opportunity.
The mine owners in this State come in for consid-
erable criticism, if not abuse, from promoters for
asking prices that prohibit sales for their mines.
The trouble is not so much that the owner asks more
than the mine is worth, but that in asking simply a
reasonable price for it he leaves the poor promoter
no opportunity to pile on fees and commissions.
Many of the large producing mines in California —
nearly all of them, in fact— have been examined by
experts for foreign capital within the past three or
four years, but no sales have taken place. For
many of them, offers have been made by the most
reputable of foreign syndicates, looking for good
investments. Generally speaking, they expect
much less interest return beside the capital of their
investment, and so are in a position to offer good
prices. The fact that their oiTers have been de-
clined is the best proof that the California miners
have acquired faith in the permanency of their ore
bodies in depth.
It would appear that the best opportunities for
foreign investors in California will be for some time
in taking hold of prospects and developing them.
Unless they acquire more faith in the mines of the
State faster than they have been of late they are
apt to be left behind in the race by local capital.
It is noticeable that people from the Eastern
money centers of the United States do not care for
this kind of investment. When looking for mining
property they generally ask only for mines that are
developed and producing. They are very poor
prospectors, and would rather gamble on something
else. The Englishman is a born gambler, and only
asks a fair chance for his money. However, he has
been too busy playing Africans and Westralians of
late to pay much attention to other districts; but as
he needs a new field now, it is as likely as not that
he will overcome his mistaken idea that Americans
are too smart, and try California.
May 15,1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
40T
Concentrates.
Is the oil fields near Floreuee, Colo., there are seven holes
being drilled.
The Eureka mine ftt Murray, Idaho, has been jumped by a
brother of one of the owners.
l'uES:s dispatches annouace a strike in the Buckeye mines in
Ihe Pine Nut district, Nevada.
A SLIT Involving the interest of some 500 people in town lots
Id De Lamar, Nevada, is on trial at Carson.
BiX)K3 of the mining recorder at Bingham, Ulah, show that
there are over 9000 locations in the district.
Is California gold nuggets the average percentage is said
to be 88 per cent gold, and 1*2 per cent silver.
A NrcoET of gold weighing live pounds has been found in
the Ybarra mines at CalamilU, Lower California.
Califoknia'>. "gold crop" for '9H. commands the admiration
of the world. It Is a big advertisement for the Golden State.
C. D. Lane and a.ssociates have purchased an interest in
the Eureka mine at Cerbat, sixteen miles north of Kingman,
Arizona.
The Portland-Alaska Company at Berner's Bay, Alaska, is
putting in a wire tramway 9200 feet in length with one span
of vm feet.
The Point Loma oil well in San Diego county is down 1116
feet and the formation Is said to be similar to that in the Los
Angeles oil fields.
TuE Anglo-Mexican of Mexico, owned in London, reports
for March the output: $40,390 bullion, $'2040 concentrates,
•JfH\0 tons, 27 days' run.
The Chicago people who recently purchased the Vulture
mine in Arizona, are preparing to erect a lOO-ton cyanide
plant to treat the tailings.
Le.m)Ville, Colo., is now daily producing 1000 tons of ore.
Gold, silver and lead to the value of $:iOO, 000, 000 has been
produced from that great carbonate camp.
Last week in Boston a sale of 10,000,000 pounds of Lake
copper was made at 11 cents by the Calumet & Hecla and
other companies for May and June delivery.
The annual report of the Victor, Colorado, mine, shows
that since the organization oE the company the average cost
of producing tl worth of gold has been 37 cents.
In the deepest parts of the Grand canyon of the Colorado
river are bodies of copper ore, but it is at present so inaccess-
ible that little inducement is offered to exploit it.
In southern Oregon most of the hydraulic mines have
closed down a month earlier than usual, but owing to better
plants for working the season has been satisfactory.
Rev. J. H. Webek, assisted by three other divines, on the
6th inst., at Russell Gulch, Colorado, formally dedicated " to
the Lord" the Bon Ton mine, and the proceeds thereof.
The deepest mine in Colorado is the Geyser, at Silver
Cliff, in Custer county, in which the three-compartment
shaft is timbered to the depth of 2425 feet perpendicular.
At Midway, in British Columbia, fifty claims were recorded
last week. Into all the newer parts of the Kootenay country,
and especially the east, hundreds of prospectors are going.
The owners of the Rawhide mine in Tuolumne county, Cal.,
are having experiments and tests made to determine whether
to put up a concentrating plant or a cyanide plant of 100 tons
capacity.
The Brickyard Mining Company is arranging to erect a
mill on its property at Mercur, Utah. The leaching plant will
have a capacity of 300 tons daily, and the stamps will be able
to crush 400 tons.
Toe La Grange Hydraulic Mining Company, in Trinity
county, Cal., is about to put in a siphon pipe line across
Stewart's Fork, 2000 feet in length. The pipe will be 30
inches in diameter.
Ore producers in Utah have been notified by the railroads
of a raise of $2.50 a ton on shipments to outside points. This
makes the rate $9.50 to Denver and Pueblo and will seriously
affect the industry.
The Calumet & Hecla, Mich., management propose sinking
three shafts on the Osceola amygdaloid. James Hoaston, from
Montana, son of the Calumet & Hecla's superintendent, will
have charge of the work.
The trails to the Yukon placers are reported to be in most
wretched condition, and a number finding the difficulties of
taking their outfits in have turned back, selling their sup-
plies for whatever they could get.
It is probable that the Le Roi mine, of Rossland, B. C, will
soon pass into the hands of London people who have been try-
ing to purchase it for some time. The price offered, according
to one of the principal shareholders, is £1,000,000.
A CONTRACT has been let for the construction of the new
plant of the Montana Smelter Company, at Twin Bridges,
Montana, and it is expected to be ready for woi*k within
ninety days. Its capacity will be thirty tons daily.
A NEW Colorado law provides that a fee of *10 shall be
charged all new corporations on capital of 150,000 or less. In
excess of that fifteen cents shall be charged on each ^1000 of
capital. A similar law has long been ingeniously evaded in
Montana.
The only cinnabar mine being worked under the British
flag is at Lake Kamloops in British Columbia. It was opened
last year, and a furnace with a daily capacity of thirty tons
purchased in San Francisco has been erected and was fired
up April Ist,
Felix Julian de Noraubert has brought suit in the United
States courts in Denver, Colo., against Fred Beaudry to re-
cover $33,500 commission for finding a purchaser for placers at
Junction City, Trinity Co., Cal., purchased by a French com-
pany for $500,000.
Near Lovelock, Nevada, in Rabbit Hole district, the placer
miners bring water through a seven-mile ditch and are sluic-
ing gravel hauled by teams about a quarter of a mile, but on
account of the scarcity of water they propose putting in a
pump and engine.
E. B. Jennings of Table Rock, Jackson Co., Oregon, upon
whose farm coal has been found, has bonded his property to
capitalists who have paid $1000 down and agree to pay $50,000
if, upon sinking, developments are satisfactory. Preparations
are being made to sink 800 feet.
A FEW days ago a member of the Colorado Springs Mining
St03k Association was suspended for overcharging a client in a
small amount, and at the same lime three other members were
expelled for cutting comniisslons.
Toe fifth annual convention of the Western Federation of
Miners began in Salt Lake City, Utah, last Monday. The
president of the Federation, Edward Boyce, of Wardner,
Idaho, advised each union to organize a riile club, and in two
years thus have 35,000 armed men.
The report of the director of the mint shows that during
the month of April the total coinage at the United States
mints was $10,410.5S0. Of this amount $8,000,000 was in gold,
$l,5;^o,000 in silver, and $74,080 in minor coins. Of the silver
coinage $1,400,000 was in standard dollars.
MoRELLA, Mexico, reports that a copper mine near Ario, in
the State of Michoacau, has been sold to English capitalists
for $400,000 in gold, and that the Todos Santos gold mine, in
San Jose de Garcia district, Sinaloa, has been sold to the
Anglo-Mexican Mining Company for $82,000 in gold.
At Phuunix, Arizona, the Chamber of Commerce is at work
on a proposition submitted by Charles E. Majors, represent-
ing capitalists of Rochester, N. Y., whereby the donation of
200 acres of land convenient to the Santa Fe and Southern
Pacific railways will secure the building of a smelter.
The alien clause of the mineral land act has been defeated
in the British Columbia Legislature by a vote of 13 to 12.
The proposal to deny aliens the privilege of prospecting in the
British Columbia mineral fields was intensely unpopular in
thd mining districts, and it was condemned by the govern-
ment.
The annual report by the directors of the Tharsis Sulphur
&. Copper Company for the year 1896, shows that the total
quantity of mineral raised at the Tharsis, Calanas and Lagu-
nazo mines in Spain, during the year, was 557,557 tons {ex-
clusive of 48,357 tons of cupreous sterile), against 612,483 tons
in 1895— a decrease of 54,906 tons.
For the third time a portion of the dam built by the Ohio
Gold Mining Company across the San Joaquin river, about
three miles above Millerton, Cal., has been washed away.
The dam was built to turn the stream through a channel con-
structed around a section of the river bed, where, it is be-
lieved, there are rich deposits of gold. In another month
work of washing would have begun.
A London syndicate has purchased for $500,000 the group of
mines composed of the Idaho, Alamo, Cumberland, Concentra-
tor and Tramway, near Three Porks, B. C, from A. E. Hum-
phreys, J. D. Farrell and M. D. Moore of Spokane and W. C.
Yakeys of Detroit, Mich. These are mainly silver producers
and the Idaho has paid to date $225,000 in dividends.
A LAW recently enacted by the New Mexico Legislature
makes it impossible to do "lead pencil assessments " in that
Territory, and this law will result in a good many locations
changing hands at nominal prices. Ninety days will be al-
lowed in which assessment may be done, and it is a misde-
meanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, to lap new
claims on older locations.
United States engineer officers are in Colorado to select a
reservoir site in that State, and will then go to Wyoming.
The cost of construction will be paid by the Federal Govern-
ment. It is believed that the Colorado reservoir site will be
selected on the South Platte. The National Government will
construct these two reservoirs, but the States must do the
ditch building and furnish the water supply.
The Ferreira Company, one of the largest Rand, South
Africa, companies, reports for the year 1896 that the quantity
of ore crushed was 120,763 ton, which yielded 99,315 ounces of
gold of the value of £355,031. The profit on the treatment of
tailings amounted to £100,461, whilst the sum obtained by
sale of concentrates amounted to £71,344. The cash profit for
the year was £346,008 and £171,000 was paid in dividends.
The mining fever has reached the ministry in British Co-
lumbia. Rev. G. R. Maxwell, Presbyterian, is president
of a mining company. Rev. P. Yolland, Revelstoke, is a min-
eral assayer. Rev. Father Emmeul is shareholder in a score
of mines, and Rev. R. R. Maitland, the most prominent Meth-
odist minister in the province, is to abandon the pulpit alto-
gether and embark in mining.
The new Canadian tariff law admitting mining machinery
free of duty is very broad. Following is the language of the
special section : " Machinery of a class exclusively used and
required for mining, smelting or refining purposes, and also
all materials for the construction of such machinery in Can-
ada to be free for that purpose— the whole to be subject to
regulations to be made by the controller of customs."
According to the message of President Diaz, of Mexico,
there were applied for 5800 mining titles under the new law
of 1893 up to the end of 1S96. Of these 3183 were in Sonora.
The total exportations of mineral of all kinds, including gold,
silver, copper, lead, coal, marble, etc., for 1896-97 reach
$71. 000,000. Of the nearly $6,000,000 of gold exported, Sonora
furnished $3,237,838. The gold and silver production of
Sonora for 1S9G will show at least $6,743,980.
The GaltCompany, in Montana, has an ingenious contrivance
for protecting the mines against fire. A door of boiler iron
has been placed in the tunnel, about 50 feet from its mouth,
fixed with a weight to make it close automatically. A ^^-inch
rope holds it open, being drawn through the main building
outside and fastened where it can be cut at a moment's no-
tice. This rope, in case the main building should take fire,
will burn ofE, or be liberated with a knife, in time to close the
door and preserve the air in the mine free from smoke. The
miners can find easy exit through the other outlet.
The new mining law of Utah went into effect last Monday,
and, as provided in the California law to go into effect May
26th, all locations must be recorded with the county recorders.
The new Utah law provides that each corner shall be marked
substantially, and that within ninety days after location $50
worth of work must be done. A determined opposition to
this law has developed among the miners, and at a meeting
in Silver City it was resolved to fight it in the courts, on the
ground that it is in conflict with the Federal statutes.
The sixth report of the Ontario, Canada, Bureau of Mines
states that there was an Increase in the number of mining
locations sold and leased of 218 acres, of lands sold and leased
13,685 acres, and an increase in receipts from sales and rentals
of $23,644. During the year 22 charters were granted under
the Ontario Joint Stock Companies act, the aggregate of
their capital being :S12,775,000. In the first quarter of the
present year, however, 33 mining companies have been char-
tered, with a total capital of $30,665,000. With regard to the
production of gold the remark is made that it has considerably
increased, but that the encouragement lies mainly in the ex-
tent and promise of development work going on. Nickel and
copper production was about the same as last j'ear.
'*Gilsonite" is so named after S. H. Gilson, of Salt Lake
City. The mineral is also known as Uintaite. It is described
as a variety of asphalt, H. 3-2J^, Sp. G. 1.005-1.07; color black,
brilliant and lustrous; streak rich brown; brittle fracture
conchoidal; a nonconductor of electricity, but electrically ex-
cited by friction; fuses in candle Hame, burns with bright
fiame like sealing wax, and like latter takes sharp impres-
sion from seal ; by distillation gives off small quantity of white,
dense oil, and some gras; dissolves in heavy oils and fats;
soluble also in alcohol, but not readily in ether or turpentine.
REPOitTs come from the Drum Lummon mine at Marysville,
Mont., that the great old property is not exhausted, and that
new ore bodies have lately been discovered. The mill has
been closed down for some time at the recommendation of A.
T. Bayliss, who lately resigned to take charge of the mining
work of the Exploration Company. In the meantime the
cyanide plant of 3106 tons daily capacity to work the old tail-
ings is being put up, and exploration and development work
is going on. To the mining industry all over the coast the
success of old producers that have been reported worked out
is of more importance than anything else in giving encourage-
ment to capital.
The premier of Western Australia in a campaign speech
lately which was mostly taken up with matters connected
with the mining industry said: "During the last few
months what is called a slump has been on in the market,
which means that the people in England are not sending
money out so freely as they were some time ago to carry on
mining in the colony. But I am glad to say that the colony's
good fortune has not forsaken it, for very rich discoveries of
telluride and refractory ores have been made at Kalgoorlie.
A parcel of 513 tons of this refractory ore was sent to the Dry
Creek Smelting Works in south Australia some time ago, and
returned 11 ounces to the ton, equal to £30,000, while an-
other parcel of fifty tons from, I think, the Boulder Main Reef
mine, some time ago, yielded 10 ounces to the ton."
United States production of copper for the first quarter of
1897 was 1229 tons larger than for the corresponding period of
180G. Exports of copper from this country for the first three
months of this year were 2383 tons greater than during the
first three months of 1896. From January 1st to March 31st,
American production amounted to 118,135,360 pounds of fine
copper, and exports to 66,615,360 pounds, so that the exports
were equal to 56.38 per cent of the total production during the
period mentioned. These heavy shipments effectually pre-
vent any serious accumulation of stocks at this centre, and the
distribution of supplies going to Europe from this and other
sources, indicate a rapidity of absorption through foreign
channels. The magnitude of European consumption continues
to furnish the most vital support the market has. In the past
two years the stock of Chili copper in Liverpool and Swansea
has decreased 19,130 tons in the face of the enormous ship-
ments from this country, and the stocli' of Chili now at those
points is only 18,790 tons on May 1st, inst.
The report of the expert, C. W. Goodale, made to the re-
organization committee of the Butte ik, Boston Company of
Montana, last August, has been published by the Boston
News Bureau. It shows that the amount of ore extracted
from the Silver Bow mine up to the suspension of operations
in February, 1S96, was 601,665 tons. The percentage of copper
was 8.47 in 1893; 6.13in 1894; 4.14 in 1S95; 4.69 In 1896, with
mining cost figured at 13.78 per ton, which includes cost of ex-
ploration and developments. The ore in sight is placed at 45,-
000 tons, valued at $88,750, with a possible addition of ^10,000
in undeveloped reserves. It Is safe to assume that the valu-
able ore above the present bottom of the mine would yield at
least $135,000 above all costs. From the Gray Rock group of
mines shipments to the company's works have amounted to
173,593 tons, with percentage of copper 8.10 in 1893; 8.35 in
1894; 6.60 in 1895. Net value of ore in sight may be placed at
11.74 per ton on 16,909 tons, or 129,421, with possibility that
under favorable circumstances this could be increased by
§45,000.
The Supreme Court of the United States has handed down a
decision in the Colorado case known as the Rico-Aspen tunnel
case. The decision apparently settles the controversy, not
only of that particular case, but between the tunnel-site
owners and subsequent locators of veins along the line of the
tunnel-site or on its territory. The decision of the Supreme
Court settles the contention that a tunnel-site locator has the
right to possession to every blind vein which crosses the line
of the tunnel within 3000 feet of its face, which was not dis-
covered when the tunnel was located; provided, that the tun-
nel-site owners have prosecuted the work on the tun-
nel with diligence. And the discovery of a lode or vein from
the surface after the location of the tunnel will not deprive
the owner of the tunnel of any part of the vein; and, provided
further, that he has diligently prosecuted his work on the
tunnel. The decision also settles the right of the owner of
such tunnel to locate 1500 feet along the vein, and this location
may be made partially upon one side of the point of discovery
of the tunnel, or entirely upon one side.
The annual report of the New Elkhorn Mining Company for
1896 shows receipts from Leadvllle mines, £8333; Montana
mines, £83,330; interest, etc., £114; total, £90,743. The ex-
penses were: Leadvllle mine, £11,314; Elkhorn mine, Mon-
tana, £59,168; London office, £3709; taxes, etc., £578; total,
£74,669. This left a balance of £16,073 profit. In their Elk-
horn mine in Montana the work shows 99 feet shaft sunk, 139
feet winzes, 751 feet drifts, 367 feet crosscuts. The average
cost per lineal foot was: Shaft, $36.11; winze, S7.99; drifts,
$5.76; crosscuts, $7.33. The total rock raised from the mine
was 13,830 tons, divided as follows: Dry ore, to mill, 11,513
tons; sold to smelter, 554 tons; second-class ore to dumps, 143
tons; surplus in stock, 166 tons; waste sorted out, 1454 tons.
The ore sold to smelter showed by assay 85.6 ounces gold,
90,787 ounces silver and 149,367 pounds lead. The net value
was $50,356, or $90.86 per ton. The mill statement shows
13,762 dry tons crushed and 13,718 tons panned, the stamps
working 315.38 days and the pans 357.63 days. The average
saving was 93.3 per cent. The average duty per stamp per
day was 1.75 tons. The bullion product was 340 fine ounces
gold and 486,731 fine ounces silver. The average price re-
ceived for silver was 66.95c per ounce. This would give an
average value per ton of ore crushed of $34.19. The cost per
ton for mining was $13.39 and for milling $7.17, a total of
$19.56, leaving a profit of $4.63 per ton.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
May ]5, 1897.
Some Colorado Concentration Methods.
VViiuen for the Mining and Scientific Puers by Ph. Reakden,
Superintenaent Abbott Quicksilver Mining Co.
Among the many kinds of gold and silver ores of
Colorado there are very few real free gold proposi-
tions. All run more or less, as depth is gained, into
stilphurets, containing iron, copper, lead, zinc or
tellurium, and occasionally metallic arsenic. Conse-
quently the study and practice of concentrating
these sulphides are growing very fast and with very
satisfactory results. Almost all mills have some
system of concentration, either below the plates or
directly below the crushing machinery.
The writer has bad some experience in the tel-
lurides and sulphides of Boulder county and Cripple
Creek, the gold-bearing sulphides of Summit and Gil-
pin counties, and the gold, silver, copper and lead-
bearing sulphides of the San Juan, and has had prac-
tical experience with many kinds of bumping tables,
shaking tables, Frue vanners (both smooth and
corrugated), Woodbury vanners, Triumph vanners,
Monell vanners, Lurig vanners, the Ogden table,
and ,iigs of several varieties and circular revolving
buddies. I find that in nearly all the mills that I
have seen there is not enough importance given to
frequent and perfect sizing of the product before it
goes to the concentrating machines, and also a dis-
position to pulverize the ores far too fine, to make
a close saving, as in the ordinary stamp mill. I cite
an instance where, in a mill of which I had charge,
I had been crushing with stamps through a 40-mesh
battery screen and amalgamating. Our loss per
ton ran from $2 to $4. We changed to 20 and then
to 16-mesh, put in two hydraulic sizers, and the loss
never exceeded $1.25 and was frequently less than
25 cents per ton, on the same ore as run through the
40-mesh screen. This ore was an iron sulphide car-
rying a small percentage of zinc. We saved by con-
centration about all the gold and silver that would
not amalgamate. Our product always had less than
8 per cent silver and 8 per cent zinc and about 40
per cent iron in it ; and smelters gave us rates as
follows — 10 per cent silica and 8 per cent zinc was
the neutral basis : Smelting charges, $6 per ton,
and also 15 cents per unit for silica in excess of 10
per cent, with a rebate of 15 cents per unit for iron in
excess of silica, and charges of 50 cents per unit for
zinc in excess of 8 per cent. Ours being a clean
product, we were paid 15 cents per unit for 30 units
of iron, which amounted to $4,50, which, deducted
from $G, left total smeltiog charges of $1.50 per ton.
We could mine and mill, with our capacity of 35 tons
daily, ore that contained only $3.50 per ton in gold
and silver. The entire expense of milling this ore
did not exceed 60 cents per ton with steam power.
The fuel bill amounted to 30 cents per ton of ore milled.
Another instance, where we were milling an ore
containing 5 per cent lead, 10 per cent zinc and 7 per
cent copper and iron, all in sulphides : We crushed,
first, with a Blake crusher to about 1 inch diameter,
then passed through one set of 14x30-inch Cornisli
rolls, crushing to 6-mesh fine. All ore that did not
pass the first 6-mesh revolving screen came back to
the rolls again, then was carried by elevators to the
revolving trommels or screens ; first 6-mesh screen
delivered the screened product to jigs with 4-mesh
screens ; the next sizing screen was 10-mesh, which
delivered its product to jigs with 8-mesh screens ;
next sizing screen was 16-mesh, which delivered its
product to jigs with 12-mesh screens ; then all mate-
rial finer than 16 mesh went to hydraulic sizers,
making one class 20-mesh and one class 30-mesh fine,
which were sent to separate jigs, and all material
finer than 30-mesh was classed as slimes and sent to
circular revolving buddies, where the mineral re-
maining in the pulp was about all taken out, 80 per
cent of which would pass lOOmesh assayers' sieve.
The tailings were then allowed to run away. In this
case the maximum loss was less than $1 per ton,
and generally about 50c. The product contained less
than 8 per cent silica and less than 8 per cent zinc.
We were paid for all the gold, silver and lead in the
ore and given free treatment by the smelters. The
jigs were ordinary three-compartment Hartz jigs,
with slight modifications, running very much faster
than the old style of working, and each jig handled
about sixteen tons of pulp per twenty-four hours,
making all the product through the screens. The
buddies or slimers were circular revolving tables,
20 feet diameter, with bed of best Portland cement,
revolving once per minute. The pulp and clear
water were introduced to the machines somewhat
differently from the usual practice. The buddle made
a finished and a half-finished, or middling, product.
The middlings were discharged into the boot of a
small belt and bucket elevator, which raised it up to
the feed box and sent it again over the buddle. By
this process there was scarcely any loss of slimes
and a clean product always obtained. All the con-
centrators should automatically discharge the fin-
ished product into one large tank, divided by a
partition in the middle and not over 25 feet deep, so
that water could be drawn off and the product shov-
eled onto a draining floor while the other one is
receiving the product from the machines. Where
there is no shortage of clear water a continuous dis-
charge from the jigs may be made by leaving the jig
gates partly open ; and in cases where there is a
shortage of clear water the excess clear water may
be raised from the product bin either by elevators or
pump and used again in the batteries or rolls, and
by putting in a simple device to separate the clear
water from the tailings at least 50 per cent of the
tail water from the jigs and buddies may be utilized
over and over.
The hydraulic sizers were conical-shaped, with
point down. All pulp and water passing were com-
pelled to go to the bottom and there separated,
where the coarse ore passed out and the overflow
going through another hydraulic sizer, the coarse
ore passing out at the bottom and the slimes over-
flowing and going to the slime machines. I would
consider no hydraulic sizer a good one that did not
have a partition from the top lo very near the bot-
tom, thus causing every particle of pulp and water
to pass under the partition or cone, causing a com-
plete submersion of all metallic particles. 1 have
seen a valuable product building up like foam on top
of an open sizer, which came in contact with the air
and would not sink again, consequently flowed off
with the surplus and tail waters.
If in either the iron, lead or copper sulphides a
complete separation of quartz from the ore did not
occur in the ore passing the coarsest screen, I should
recommend that the tailings be recrushed to pass
through a screen fine enough to insure perfect sepa-
ration, then sent to the sizers and machines. In
some mills it is the practice to regrind all the tail-
ings. No canvas plants are required where ores
are treated by the above described processes. Three
men per shift will easily handle a fifty-ton plant,
viz., one man on the rock breaker, one on the jigs
and slimes and one on the motive power and shovel-
Kingston, N. Y., and will stand a pressure of 13,900
pounds to the cubic inch.
Tuckahoe marble will bear 12,950 pounds to the
cubic inch, and that is more than the red granite of
the Bay of Fundy region will stand, its limit being
11,812.
The trap rocks of New Jersey and the dolerites of
Staten Island are the strongest stones in the United
States, their crushing resistance being 24,000 pounds
to the cubic inch.
Rhode Island granite crushes at 17,750 pounds to
the cubic inch, that of Virginia will bear 21,250
pounds to the cubic inch, and that from the quarries
of Maryland 19,750. The New England granites vary
somewhat from these standards, but not greatly.
In Other and Older Lands.
Irrigation in California is a present and pressing
problem engaging the attention of trained practical
men throughout the commonwealth. All that modern
thought and improved mechanical device can do is
being used in the correct solution of this important
matter. In sharp contrast with this twentieth cen-
tury method of dealing with this question is the style
still in operation in other and older lands, as depicted
in the three accompanying illustrations, of irrigation
methods and results in some of the famous old lands
of the earth.
In the upper view on the next page the Egyptian
fellah, who is yoking up his cattle to continue
his plowing of land left moist by the receding Nile,
is all unconscious that forty centuries are look-
ing down upon him from the summit of the
CROSS-PLOWING IN AN JOGVPTIAK FIELD NEAR PAIRO.
ing product from the receiving bins to the draining
floor, which should be made of good, tight 'flooring,
with slope of 4 inches in 10 feet towards the receiv-
ing bin. The practice of drying the concentrates
sent to smelters has been largely abandoned, there
being far less loss in handling in bulk or sacks a
semi-moist product that if it were thoroughly dried.
If the product is desirable, there is very little if any
trouble with the smelters about moisture.
Jigs should have one tight and one loose pulley, so
that they could be stopped or started instantly with-
out interfering with the other machines, and should
have graduated eccentrics to regulate the strike
from 5 to 1 inch, and should have cast iron discharge
gates to regulate the discharge, and may be either
double or single jigs. Sizers may be made of iron of
any size from IJ to 8 feet in diameter at the top, or
may be made of lumber at the mill. A good carpen-
ter will make one of the smaller sizes in a day.
The best buddies are made of iron entirely, except-
ing the bottoms of the launder boxes and the cement
floor or bed. They are single or double-decked, and
each 20-foot buddle will handle with ease twenty
tons of pulp per day.
Sulphur Creek, Cal., April 24th, '97.
Strength of Building Stones.
The work being undertaken by the State Univer-
sity of California, under the direction of Professor
A. C. Lawson, in examining into the building stones
of the State, has created considerable interest in
that industry. The following data is given as the
crushing strength of American building stone:
From Lee, Mass., come some of the strongest mar-
bles in the world. They will bear a weight of 13,400
pounds to the cubic inch.
The strongest American limestone comes from
pyramid. The state of his mind is reflected in
the rudeness of the character of his tool. Forget-
ful of yesterday, regardless of to-morrow, he
has lost even the ambition of his forefathers, and is
content to relieve his stomach from the pangs of
hunger and save his back from the throng of the
Turkish tax collector, and, accomplishing this, he
has little thought beside. Egypt was once the
granary of the world, and, even with the rudest ap-
pliances, produced a considerable surplus. The old
implements and methods prevail, but the old spirit
and industry are gone. Only about half of the arable
land of the rich Nile valley is now under cultivation.
The richest land lies waste. The stimulus to effort is
gone. The Turkish yoke has ground the life out of
the people. Turkish taxation takes the farmer's
product about as fast as he can bring it forth.
The Egyptian plow shown in the engraving is bet-
ter than the Asiatic model shown in the larger view
on the next page, because it is something of a mold
board, which half turns the soil; but it is a very rude
atfair at best, as can be seen in the smaller view on
this page, where a combination ox and camel team is
cross-plowing. In the distance are seen the date
palms for which Egypt is famous, and they are the
chief source of wealth to the country, which, however,
goes to the exchequer of the rulers, for the date
palm is singled out as a bearer of heavy tax burdens.
So heavily are these trees taxed that often the poor
fellah, finding that his tree will not bear him a crop
large enough to pay the tax, cuts it down, thus rid-
ding himself of the tax evil, as the man got rid of the
rats by burning down his barn.
On the dry uplands the camel and dromedary are at
home; on low, swampy land the bullock is the recourse
of the cultivator. The lower picture on the next page
shows a couple of Hindoos discussing the behavior of
the off ox, whom no amount of prodding seems to
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Mining and bciENiiFiC Press.
409
with the plow. The picture, apart from its piclur-
esqueness, is a sermon ou tlie worth and services of
keep up to his place. The scene is the margin of a
river, where the large area of overflowed land oBers
good field for rice growing. The climate is shown by j civilization.
the semi-tropic vegetation and the decollete cos- These views show forcibly the contrast between
tumes of the men. The rudeness of the plow corre- i the darkness which still prevails in the old lands and
spends to the forms already shown in previous pic-
tures of Oriental farming, and the intellectual and
social standing of the operators is quite in keeping
the enlightenment of the newer and more progres-
sive nations They show that in countries whose
monumenls were reared before the dawn of history
there is darkness now — the darkness of lost arts and
bare survival of primitive industries — which is al-
most incredible, in view of the progress on other
continents of new-found arts and progressive indus-
tries. Why has there been this decadence? Why
have these lands and peoples either stood still or
retrograded through all the centuries of the-present
era?
AN EGYPTIAN FELLAH AND HIS TEAM PLOWING FOR WHEAT ON LAND MOISTENED BY THE OVERFLOW OP THE NILE.
AN EAST
INDIAN PLOWING SCENE-PREPARATION OF KIGE GROUND WITH A YOKE OF BLACK WATER OXEN.
410
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 15, 1897.
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
NUMBER VI.
TVritten for the Mining and Scientific Press by Gkouge H.
Evans, C.E., M.E., General Manager Cons. G. Mines of Cal., Lcl.
' OroviUe. Cal.
Hydraulic Motors, Water Wheels, Etc. — There is no
power easier handled or less complicated than water
power, and it would take too much space to give in
detail a history of all the various forms of motors,
but I will endeavor to describe the particulars and
efficiency of the most popular methods.
The power of a fall of water is easily calculated,
and is found as follows : Multiply the number of
cubic feet per minute by the weight per cubic foot,
or 62^ pounds, and the product by the fall in feet,
then divide by 33,000. For example : What is the
horse-power in a body of water equal to 60 cubic feet
per minute, or iO miners' inches, having a fall of 200
eOVfi9 5V200
feet ? Answer ; 33000 =^2.72 H. P., which
is the total power in the water, and from this result
allowance must be made for friction, etc.
Another easy method of calculating the power is
to remember that one cubic foot of water flowing per
minute and falling 1 foot is equal to .0016098 horse-
power, and that one miners' inch falling 1 foot is
equal to .0024147 horse-power. These multipliers
will give result equal to about 85 per cent of the
theoretical power.
Example 1. What horse-power can be obtained
from 40 cubic feet of water per minute falling 300
feet, using a motor giving about 85 per cent effi-
ciency? Answer: .00160!)8X40X300=19.31 H. P.
Bxamplc 3. What horse-power can be obtained
from 100 miners' inches of water falling 60 feet,
using a motor giving about 85 per cent efficiency?
Answer : .0024147X100X60=14.48 H. P.
The most common forms of wheels used by many
miners are current or bull wheels, undershot wheels,
breast wheels and overshot wheels. The efficiency
of these various wheels vary about as follows : Cur-
rent or bull wheels, 20 to 50 per cent ; undershot
wheels, 27 to 35 per cent ; breast wheels, 45 to 60
per cent ; overshot wheels, 60 to 75 per cent. The
next class of motors includes the various forms of
turbines, of which there are numerous varieties,
many of them giving as high as 85 to 87 per cent.
Approximate and simple rules for finding quantity
■of water, height of fall and horse-power developed at
an efficiency of 75 per cent are as follows :
Quantity of water in cubic feet per minute is found
by multiplying the horse-power by 706 and dividing
the product by the fall in feet. Example : How
much water is required with 200 feet of a fall to
develop 10 horse-power, using a motor giving 75 per
cent eBBcienoy? Answer:' 10X706-^200=35.3 cubic
feet per minute, or about 24 miners' inches.
To find how much fall is required to generate a
required horse-power, with a known quantity of
water, multiply the horse-power b3^706 and divide
by the quantity of cubic feet per minute.
Example : Having a supply of 60 cubic feet per
minute, and requiring 20 horse-power from motor
giving 75 per cent efficiency, what fall is necessary?
Answer : 20X706-^60=235.3 feet.
To find the horse-power in a fall of water when
the fall and quantity are known, multiply the num-
ber of cubic feet per minute by the height of fall and
divide by 706.
Example : Having a fall of 100 cubic feet per
minute, and a fall of 75 feet, what horse-power can
be obtained from a motor giving 75 per cent effi-
ciency? Answer: 100X75^-706=10.6 H. P.
Should the motor be of a class that would give
only 65 per cent efficiency, such as most overshot
wheels, it is necessary to use 815 as a multiplier
instead of 706.
Current or Bull Wheels. — To calculate the horse
power of a current or bull wheel, it should be
understood that in all such motors the velocity
of the periphery of the wheel, or, more plainly
speaking, the number of feet per second the
rim of the wheel is traveling, should never vary much
from half the velocity of the stream, or half the ve-
locity due to the head of water. In this class of
wheels the diameter is seldom less than 6 feet, or
greater than 16 feet, and the number of floats '7 to
13. The inclination of floats from radial lines should
be between 20 and 30 degrees, depth of floats from
10 to 16 inches, and they should be immersed for
about one-half their depth.
The horse power of this class of motors is found by
the following formula;
H=.0028XVX MXAX(V-M).
M=VX.55.
x=cosine of angle between the floats, multiplied
by the radius minus the radius, or the distance below
a horizontal line produced from under the extremity
of the vertical float.
Where H=horse power.
V=velocity of current in feet per second.
M=the mean velocity of the periphery of
the wheel in feet per second.
A.=the immersed area of the floats in square
feel
To obtain the angle between the floats, divide 360
* Copyrighted by the Autlioi'.
(the number of degrees in a circle) by the number of
floats on the wheel.
Example: A current or bull wheel, 16 feet in
diameter, having 12 floits, each of which are 8 feet
long, with a maximum immersion of 15 inches, what
is the horse power of the wheel, when the stream has
a velocity of 7 feet per second ?
Answer: Angle between floats = 360 -^ 12 or 30
degrees, x = the cosine of the angle of 30 degrees,
or .86603 X by the radius or 8 feet = 6.92824 — the
radius, 8 feet = 1.0717 or 12.86 inches. This is the
distance that the second float will be above the hori-
zontal line produced from under the extreme edge of
the vertical float, thus showing that although the
maximum immersion of any of the floats is 15 inches,
the adjoining floats would be 12.86 inches higher, and
to get at the area of the immersed floats, the depth
of the second float will be 15—12.86=2.14 inches, and
and the area of the three immersed floats=15-f 2.14
-1-2.14 inches, or 1.606 feet multiplied by length of
floats, or 8 feet=12.84 feet area, and the velocity be-
ing 7 feet per second, M or the mean velocity of the
periphery of the wheel=7 X ■ 55 or 3.85 feet per second.
V M A VM
Now. H = .0028X8X3. 85 X12.84X (7-3.85)=8.49
H. P. ■
Undershot Wheels. — To determine the horse power
of an undershot wheel, with a rim velocity equal to
about one-half, or .57 times the velocity due to the
head of water, or .57Xy 2gh: Where g is the accel-
eration of gravity, commonly taken as 32.2, and h is
the head of water in feet above the bottom of the
WXh
.00066 Q h or .^^XO.35.
30000'
head of water.
quantity of water in cubic feet per
wheel, H
1511XH
Where h
Q
minute.
W = weight of water in pounds.
H = effective horse-power.
Example: What horse-power is obtainable from
an undershot wheel, with about 35 per cent efficiency,
using 1500 cubic feet per minute, with a head of 2
feet? Answer: H=. 00066X1500X2=1 98 H. P., or
^ 1511X1.98
Q= o =1496 cubic feet per minute.
Breast Wheels. — The following calculations will ex-
plain how to arrive at the effective horse-power of
breast wheels ;
961 XH
Low breast wheels : H=.00104QXh. Q^
„ WXh
or, H=o^7^nX0.55.
33000'
High breast wheels :
WXh,
33000'
Where Q=
H=.00108QXh. Q=
h
928 XH
or, H
^X0.60.
quantity of water in cubic feet per
minute.
h=head of water in feet.
H= effective horse-power.
W= weight of water in pounds.
Example 1. A breast wheel 16 feet in diameter,
using 1500 cubic feet of water per minute, under an
8-foot head, what will be the horse-power of the
Q h
wheel? Answer: H=. 00104X1500X8=12,48 H.P.
Example 2. How much water will be required
under a 10-foot head to generate 25 horse- power,
with a breast wheel 21 feet in diameter ? Answer :
^ 961 XH 961X21 „.,_ ... ^
Qr= — r = — tq — =2018 cubic feet per minute.
In either of the above cases if the wheel takes the
water above one-half its diameter, of course the
power would be increased, and calculations should be
made by using the formulae given for high brea,st
wheels. For example:. Awheel 22 feet in diam'e-
ter, using 500 cubic feet of water per minute, under
a head of 16 feet (that is to say, the water goes into
the buckets at a point IB feet from the bottom of
the wheel), what horse-power will the wheel give ?
Answer: H=. 00108X500X16=8.64 H. P.; and
Qr= Ig =500 cubic feet per minute.
{To he Continued.)
Africa's Steady Yield.
In spite of the fact that London speculators have
run down the price of shares in African gold mines,
the industry managed by the engineers probably
without much regard to the price of shares, shows a
healthy growth. The following table shows the out-
put each month since January, 1892;
Month. IS'J-J. 18HS. ISO-i. 1895. ISW. 1897.
Ozs.dwt. Ozs. Ozs. Ozs. Ozs. Ozs.
January.... 8^,560 8 108,373 149,814 177,463 148,178 209,832
February.. 86.649 8 93,25^ ISl.PTO 169,295 167,018 211,000
March 93,244 11 110,474 165,372 184.945 178,982 232,066
April 95,562 6 122,053 168,745 186,323 176,707
May 99,436 6 116,911 169,773 194,581 195,008
June 103,252 3 123.907 168,162 200,941 198,640
July 110,279 1 126,169 167.953 199,453 203,873
August 102,322 3 136,069 174.977 203,573 313,418
September. 107,851 13 129,585 176,707 194,764 202.562 .
October.... 112,167 8 138,599 173,378 192,652 199,890
November . 106,794 15 138,640 173.304 195 213 201,1 18
December., 170,748 17 148,357 182,104 178,428 206,518
Totals... .1,120,863 1 1,478,473 2,024,159 2,277,635 2,281,875 652,8i
Blank Forms for Quartz Location Notices.
Recent inquiry for a satisfactory blank for a quartz location
notice, to conform with the new mining location law, results
in our profEering the following, which have been gone over by
a prominent practical miner, an experienced mining engineer
and a leading mining lawyer :
FIRST OB PRELIMINARY NOTICE OF DISCOVERY AND LOCA-
TION OP QUARTZ LODE MINING CLAIM. ,
■ Quartz Lode Miulner Claim
Mining- Dlsti-lct,
Counly,
State of California.
The undersigned, who citizen., of the United States, or
lia — declared intention to become such citizen . . and of
lawful a^e, hereby declare and give notice to all persons concerned
that ha — discovered, within the limits of the claim hereby
located, a vein or lode of auartz or other rock in place bearing
and other precious metals. That ihecourseof
8ald vein or lode, aa near as can be ascertained from present devel-
opment, is northwesteiiy and southeasterly. That ha.... this
day of A. D. 189... discov-
ered and located, and do — hereby locate and claim, under and bv
virtue of the provisions of Chapter Six of Title XXXII of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, and acts amendatory thereto, and the
laws of the State of California, a mluing- claim upon said vein or lode
to be named the Quartz lode mlniug claim, ex-
tendingr from the point of diacovery (where Ihia notice Is posted on a
substantial monument) along said vein or lode
feot in a direction to a and
feet in a direction to a
and feet on either side of
the middle or center of aaid vein or lode at the surface, comprising In
all feot in lenrth along said vein or lode and
feet in width, with all the rights and privileges
as to surface ground and veins, lodes or ledges within the boundaries
of said claim and otherwise, and tlie metals, minerals and valuable
deposits of every kind contained in said veins, lodes or ledges, or
within said boundaries, which are given or allowed by the provisions
of tlte laws of the United Stales aforesaid or by the laws of the State
of California.
The said mining- claim hereby located is situate in the
mining district, County of State of California,
and is situated
The adjoining claims, so far as known, are the
claim on the the claim on
the and the claim on the
.J And hereby furtJier declare and givL-
notice :
1. That the name of the lode or claim hereby located is the
Quartz lode mining claim.
2. Thai the name., of the locator
3. That the date of the discovt-ry is A. D. 18'.!..
4. That the length of the vein Is
5. That the width of the vein is
ti. That the general course of the vein is
7. That this la the first or preliminary notice.
Tlie undersigned intend. . to hold this cl im under and in accord-
ance with the provisions of the laws of the United States and of the
State of California, and to record this notice in the office of the
Recorder of said County within twenty days from the date hereof, as
provided by law.
Dated , 189. . . and signed :
Locator., and Claimant..
CERTIFICATE OF LOCATION.
Final oh CujMpletbd Notice ok Location of a quautz Lode
Mining Clai.m.
Quartz Lode Mining Claim,
Mining District,
County.
State of California.
The undersigned, who citizen., of the United States (or ha...,
declared intention to become such citizen..) and of lawful
age. hereby declare. . and give. . notice to all persons concerned that
ha discovered within the limits of the claim hereby located
a vein or lode of quartz or other rock in place," bearing
and that on the da.v of A. D. 189..,
did locate and claim, uuder and by virtue of Chapter Six. Title
XXXII of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the laws
amendatory thereto and the laws of the State of California, a mining
claim upon said vein or lode to be named the
Quartz Lode Mining Claim.
That thereupon erected at the point of discovery a substantial
monument or mound of rocka and posted thereon aprelimlnarynotlce
containing the name of tlic lode or claim, the name of the locator or
locators, the date of discovery, the length, width and general course
of the vein, and a statement that said notice was a first Of preliminary
notice, and within twenty dayrt from the date of such discovery did
record a copy of said prellmioary notice in the office of the county
recorder of county.
And the undersigned locator., do — hereby certify:
1. That the name of the lode or claim Is the
Quartz Lode Mining Claim.
2. Thai the name., of the locator
if. That the date of discovery and postlne- of notice was tlie
day of A. D. 189..
4. That the claim so located extends along said vein or lode
feet in a direction and
feet in a direction from the point of discovery where
said preliminary notice was posted, and Is feet in
length along said lode or vein and — feet In width,
being feet on each side of the middle of the vein at
the surface.
That aaid claim la distinctly marked upon tlie ground so that Us
boundaries can be readily traced by a substantial monument or
mound ot stone at the point of discovery, and by
at each end of the claim upon the lode or vein, and at each corner of
the claim, the exterior boundaries of the claim as marked by said
monuments being as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at - ■
That this claim is in the mining district.
county of ■ State of California, and is situated
5. That this certificate is the final or completed notice of location
of aaid claim, and that the locator. . of said claim
ha since the datB of the discovery and location thereof done and
performed or caused to be done and performed labor to the value of
at least fifty dollars (S50).
That the nature of such labor was
and that the reasonable value of said labor was . .
dollars (8 ).
Dated A. D. 189. . , and signed
Locator., and Claimant..
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. i
COONTY OF \
being first duly sworn,
says that he is of lawful age and
a citizen of the United States and is
locator., and claimant., of the Quartz lode mining claim
mentioned and described in the foregoing certificate of location and
person., whose name subscribed thereto as
such locator., and claimant.. That he knows the contents of said
certificate and that the matters and things therein stated are true.
Subscribed and aworn to before me this day of
189..
[ SEAL]
In and for the county of , State of California.
The above forms have been prepared with intelligent care,
adapting to the requirements of the new State law, the
May l.i, 18!»7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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standard Montana rorm, which has been In use fifteen years,
has passed the Washington departments in over four thousand
patent cases and has been through the United States Supreme
Court several times. In the form for the tirst notice it will
be noticed that the passage customary in this State is omitted,
which claims water and timber "as given by law," for the
reason that neither of these is now given or ever was given
by either the national or State mining law, Ourcodes already
provide the only way in which water rights may be acquired,
and the act of .lunellrd, ISTs, provides for timber grown on
public mineral land. No additional rights to wood and water [
can be acquired by posting the quartz location notice, and any
attempt to do so Is useless.
The drat tines in the body of the notice recite the corapli-
ance of the locator with the statutory conditions, which will
enable him to locate a quart?, claim at all. He must be a clti-
sen and he must discover mineral, it is ospociaily necessary
Direct Acting Hoistini; Engines.
Herewith is illustrated a pair of 30 in. x 72 in. di-
rect acting hoisting engines, lately built by the
Union Iron Works of this city for the Anaconda
Copper Mining Company of Montana. These engines
are intended to embody all the very latest improve-
ments that experience and practical working have
demonstrated as valuable in this class of machinery.
The brakes, clutches and reversing gear are ar-
ranged to be operated by compressed air or steam,
by means of auxiliary cylinders which are under full
control of the engineer, stationed upon the elevated
the Porter Allen type, heavy and substantial, with
large foundation base and anchor bolts.
These engines, before being shipped, were tested
at the Works, and from their action and the ease
with which they were handled it is con6dently ex-
pected that this type of engine will be adopted by
the company for all their deep working. A dupli-
cate of this engine has also been furnished the Homo-
stake Mining Company of Dakota.
Rapid Tunneling.
§
PAIR OF 30. IN. X 73 IN. DIRECT ACTING HOISTING ENGINES BUILT BY THE UNION IRON WORKS,
that he thus qualify himself. The new State law makes the
location notice prima facie evidence of the facts therein re-
cited. In the preliminary notice under the State law, the
filling of all the blanlis would not be entirely necessary, but
the new law requires that this notice be recorded; and Sec-
tion 33a4, Revised Statutes U. S., says: "All records
of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or
names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a de-
scription of the claim located by reference to some natural
object or permanent monument as will identify the claim."
Another part of the same section prohibits the enacting of
any location laws limiting or omitting these provisions. The
term "adjoining claim" is of value, definitely showing what
the locator intended to take up, and a recent court decision
seems to almost require it.
The above is not submitted as being perfect, but in response
to a general demand it is published in a hope that it will prove
generally satisfactory.
Several blocks of the streets of Glasgow, Scot-
land, are to be paved with California asphalt for the
purpose of giving a thorough trial. Glasgow man-
ages its municipal affairs better than most cities.
platform shown, insuring the most rapid work with
absolute safety.
The center bearing usually employed has been dis-
pensed with in these engines. The shaft is hollow
forged steel and of ample strength and stiffness to
withstand any strains that can be brought to bear
upon it. AH reciprocating parts are of steel and
are as light as consistent with the duty required.
The strains due to contraction and expansion have
been eliminated in these engines, as the cylinders
are of the "overhung" type, their weight being
taken by a guide saddle, which admits of free longi-
tudinal movement, due to expansion, causing no
strain on bed plate or foundations. The cylinders
are steam-jacketed and fitted with valves of the
Scott & O'Neil balanced type, provided with Corliss
releasing gear and hand cut-off, enabling the engines
to be run economically with reference to the work to
be performed. The bed plates are a modification of
In response to a request from the Mining and Sci-
entific Press, Mr. Robin-
son of the Hexter mine at
Mokelumne Hill has fur-
nished the following inter-
esting data as to the driv-
ing of their tunnel:
I have run the Hexter
tunnel very rapidly, consid-
ering the hardness of the
rock the tunnel passed
through. It was a very
hard syenite rock, often re-
quiring twenty-four hours
to drill one round of holes
in the face of the tunnel,
which, when fired, broke an
8x8 opening. This I tim-
bered with 10x10 Oregon
pine timber, leaving a tun-
nel 7 ft. x 6 ft. 4 in. X 5 ft.
I use a compressor, driven
by water power, 400 feet
head. My average speed
has been 40 feet per week,
completing the drainway
and boarding it, thus pre-
venting the waste water
from flowing over the track.
It was my practice to pay
the workmen a bonus of $11
per running foot for all
over 40 feet they drove per
week, but only one month
did they earn a bonus.
That month they made 195
feet. In the aggregate
they did good work. The
machine men were never
allowed to hammer their
drill, as is the habit of min-
ing when it sticks. Thus I
was enabled to keep my ma-
chines in first-class condi-
tion, never requiring to send
them to the shop for re-
pairs. My plan is to spring
the holes before charging.
Fire the relief and bottom
holes first, reserving for
the last the roof holes. In
this way a square, clean
break is effected and the
roof is not shattered, and
all danger of dropping
stones is obviated in a
great measure.
Some mining man has said
that a tunnel or shaft can
be sunk through hard rock
as cheaply but not so rap-
idly by means of hand
drills as by machine drills.
It is not so. For instance,
with me the ditch broke and
for one day I was compelled
to resort to hand drills, and
not to exceed 8 inches of
tunnel was made that day.
What I have performed
in a few months in this
hard rock with machine
drills would have taken
as many years to have
accomplished with hand
drills.
W. T. Robinson, Supt. Hexter M. Co.
Mokelumne Hill, April 26th, '97.
According to the recently published report of the
Russian Department of Mines for 1895, the produc-
tion of platinum for that year was 9700 pounds, a de-
crease of 1700 pounds from that of the year preced-
ing. The production of all other mineral products
showed a decided increase, except that of gold, which
decreased slightly. The largest relative increase
was in mercury, the production of which, 500 tons,
was more than twice that of the previous year.
The laboratory at Cornell University has many
"rare earths." A recent inventory disclosed that
of didymium, which sells for $7 an ounce, Cornell
has 300 ounces ; of cerium, quoted at $6 an ounce,
400 ounces ; of lanthanum, worth $35 an ounce, 30
ounces.
412
Mining and Scientific Press,
May 15, 1897.
Mechanical Progress.
The Use of Compressed Air for
Mining Purposes.
A lecuue delivered to the Engineering Students
nf the Leliind Stanloi-d Jr. University, May 3,
1897, by Edward A. Rix, M. Am. Soc. M. E.
It was my intention wljen first in-
vited to read a paper here on Com-
pressed Air, to deal with the subject of
" Power Transmission by Compressed
Air," inasmuch as that particular
theme is just now the subject of much
speculation among engineers, and of
much interest to power consumers, but
upon reflection it appeared to me to be
a better plan, and one which would
help you the most, to discuss that use
of compressed air which at present
most vitally affects our own interests,
namely, its use in our mines.
All of you, as engineers or spectators,
in travelling through the mining coun-
ties of this State, will have occasion to
observe the use and abuse of com-
pressed air in many of its more impor-
tant applications, and you will feel
much more at home with the subject
on such occasions after listening to a
paper directed to that particular end
than if a general subject, such as
" Transmission," was dilated upon with
no particular plant in this State to
offer as an object lesson.
It is not my purpose to belittle the
service which is rendered by that in-
comparable, mysterious power which
we call electricity, although I may
claim that it has usurped the legitimate
place of compressed air in many in-
stances. There is no conflict between
these two great agencies. Each has
its proper and legitimate field of use-
fulness, independent of the other, and
it is easy for an intelligent engineer to
recognize these separate rights, and in
proportion as he does, so will his work
be successful. A small portion of the
territory of these powers seems to
overlap and it is there that we hear
the noise and confusion of disputed
title, and many in the midst of this
turmoil lose sight of the great inde-
pendent domain of each which required
development and which will yield rich
return to the earnest student and
worker.
Compressed air is the only power
which is alone sufficient to supply all
the power needs of an average mine.
For lighting purposes from five to ten
per cent may, if required, be converted
into electricity for Ihatpurpose. Where
steam or water power is used, Sfty per
cent or more is converted into com-
pressed air, and five to ten per cent
into electricity for lighting. '"Where
electricity is used, from fifty per cent
to ninety per cent is converted into
compressed air, the remainder: being
directly used for lighting.
The reason for so great a conversion
of other powers into compressed air
lies in the fact that generally one-half
the entire power is absorbed by pumps,
underground hoists and rook drills.
The two former, in nineteen cases out
of twenty, are actuated by compressed
air, and the latter always. It is true
that. both the hoists and pumps may
be run by electricity economically, but
as yet there has not been produced a
rock drill actuated by electricity, which
has been a success, and inasmuch as
air is required for rock drills, and as
they consume more than the pumps and
hoist as a rule, the mine management
generally concludes to use air for aU
three kinds of work rather than in-
troduce two kinds of power service
underground.
I am perfectly aware that my state-
ment regarding the failure of electric
rock drills may be disputed by manu-
facturers of the so-called article, or by
electrical enthusiasts, but notwith-
standing all that, shall maintain my
statement true, and it will receive the
support of the larger electrical con-
cerns.
It is true that electric drills have
been made by two or three firms and
on the shop floor they drill very nicely,
at the rate of 2 inches per minute,
in medium granite, for the first 2
feet. From that point on to 41 feet.
the average depth of a blasting hole,
their drilling capacity deteriorates
very rapidly.
The air drill does from three to four
times the work easily.
The claim for the electric d rill is that
it consumes but one-third the power.
This is true, but if it takes three of
them to do the work of one air drill,
the wages of six men will have to be
balanced against the wages of two men
and the extra power consumption. The
latter equals perhaps the pay of one
man, so that to do the same work with
the electric drill would cost twice more
than tor the air drill.
There are other considerations, how-
ever, independent of this, which militate
against the electric drill, viz , that it
will not stand the dust, mud, water,
hammer beating and general rough
usage, and again, it would be necessary
to introduce a ventilating system for
fresh air, as well as to expel smoke,
where electric drills are used, while
with the air machines their exhaust
furnishes all necessary fresh air and
ventilation.
It needs no great discernment to see,
therefore, that the simplest and most
desirable proposition, and the one in-
volving the least machinery and trans-
formation of one power into the other,
is compressed air, which exchanges
from five to ten per cent of itself for
lighting purposes only, while any of
the others must make exchange for at
least fifty per cent of air and the light-
ing beside.
I have assumed, of course, that the
cost of any of these powers delivered
to the mine was equal, and the motors
which absorbed them were the most
efficient for the purpose.
All things being equal, then, I assume
from what I have seen of the various
requirements of a mine for power pur-
poses, and for the reasons given be-
fore, that compressed air is the ideal
power for general mining purposes.
With varying conditions, however, it
is simply a matter of combining and
comparing the cost of fuel or water,
repairs, interest on the plant, insurance
and taxes, in order to select the
proper general power, and should com-
parisons be nearly equal, then general
utility, simplicity and safety should
decide the choice.
When the preponderance of evidence
is for any one of these forms or power
it requires no skill to make a selection,
but when all things are equal as to cost
and maintenance, or nearly so, in
bringing any of the powers to the mine,
then I wish to show why compressed
air should be the choice without hesi-
tation, and after the choice is thus
made, how to use it so as to justify the
choice.
Compressed air has been abused in
its use most shamefully, and until re-
cently none of its friends has been able
to be seen or heard, so intensely has
the interest of the world been centered
upon the marvelous results of the in-
vestigation in the electrical phenom-
ena. The mysterious has such a
fascination for the ordinary mind, and
the meteoric developments of electrical
science have followed so thick and fast
and in so many fields of usefulness,
that the average individual could be
stampeded into the electrical camp by
a mere mention of the name of this
most elusive fluid. Now there has
come a breathing spell, and the advo-
cates of compressed air are calling
attention to the fact that compressed
air, properly generated and^applied,
owns a place in the economies of the
day, and this they propose to main-
tain.
Compressed air has been generally
understood to be a most expensive
form of power, and has been given suf-
ferance only because of its utility,
since for underground work it really
has no rival at any price. Because
the laws of compression and expansion
of permanent gases belong to the
realm of higher mathematics few un-
derstood what they were dealing with,
and many of these, unable to overcome
the freezing of their motors, did as the
public generally did, viz., used the air
at practically full stroke and threw
away all the intrinsic energy of the air
which we can develop by expansion.
Theoretically, they thus threw away
two-thirds of their power, and practi-
cally about three-fourths. Ordinary
direct acting pumps and rock drills
do not even have an efficiency of 25/0.
No small wonder, then, that the wood
piles have dwindled rapidly away and
small power results been produced.
Everything was sacrificed to utility,
and compressed air did • not take its
proper rank until engineers began to
realize that it must be used expan-
sively. To use air in an ordinary
direct acting pump is equivalent to
throttling a head of water to one-
fourth of its spouting velocity to accom-
modate the speed of a wrongly geared
water wheel.
I fancy that most of the trouble on
the whole subject has arisen from a
misconception of what compressed air
is in a power sense.
Many believe that the power of the
engine which compresses the air has
been stored in the compressed air, and
the more steam they give the engine,
and the harder it worries and flurries,
the more work the air should finally
yield up. They cannot understand
that a pound of compressed air at the
same temperature contains the same
intrinsic energy, no matter what the
pressure is, and this is originally con-
tained in the atmosphere before it is
compressed at all. This being the
case, no matter what power was ex-
pended to compress 1 pound of air to
say 90 lbs. gauge pressure, it will have
at the same temperature but one in-
trinsic potential stored within it.
Temperature is the head — if I may use
a term applied to water ; from it comes
the power. If by reason of a physical
condition — viz., pressure — 1 pound of
air is allowed to fall from a height rep-
resented by a temperature 60 to
one lower, represented by say
— 60, that 1 pound will generate
184.il3 foot pounds of work, through
every degree it falls, and so on until it
reaches — 461, the absolute 0, which is
the bottom where in theory air has
neither pressure nor volume, and its
work is done. The total intrinsic en-
ergy is always 184.93 multiplied by the
number of degrees the 1 lb. of air is
distant from — 461 degrees Fahr.
This 184.93 is simply the 778 which
represents the foot pounds of work in
one British thermal unit, multiplied by
0.2377, which is the specific heat of air
at constant volume ; that is to say, it
is the fraction of a B. T. U. necessary
to raise 1 pound of air 1 degree. The
quantity of heat, therefore, necessary
to raise the temperature of 1 pound of
air from absolute zero to 60 degrees
Fahr., which represents a distance of
521 degrees, will be 184.93 multiplied
by 521, which would be 96,348.52 foot
pounds, which represents the intrinsic
energy of 1 pound of air at 60 degrees
Fahr. This, of course, presumes that
no heat will be either lost or gained by
radiation or otherwise during the ex-
pansion of air, and this sort of expan-
sion is called adiabatic.
The center of the earth is the abso-
lute 0 of water-power, for there water
has no weight. This corresponds to
the absolute 0 of air, and every pound
of water at the same distance, meas-
ured in pressure, from the center of
the earth, has the same potential, and
independent of its temperature, just
as 1 pound of air has the same poten-
tial at the same distance, measured in
temperature, from its absolute 0, inde-
pendent of its pressure.
The sea level for water corresponds
to the atmospheric line for air, for at
these points neither will manifest mo-
tion or power. Suppose the land and
water to be on a level, we could not
then use any of the potential in the
Welter, unless by some mechanical de-
vice we continually created a shaft,
whose depth we would call pressure,
below the sea level for the water to
fall into and generate power, and it
matters not how much power it re-
quires to maintain this shaft at any
depth, 1 lb. of water dropping into it
will always yield up the same fraction
of its total intrinsic potential. The
same with air ; at the atmospheric line
we cannot avail ourselves of its poten-
tial, so we use a mechanical device
called a compressor to prepare a shaft.
as it were, which we also call pressure,
whose depth we measure in degrees of
temperature, and no matter how much
power it takes to maintain this condi-
tion of affairs, 1 lb. of air dropping
into this shaft will always give out the
same fraction of its total intrinsic en-
ergy. I hope I have made the idea'
clear that I wished to convey, viz.,
that in neither case did the resultant ,
power depend for its measure upon the
mechanical means which caused its
activity. Consequently, in compress-
ing air the energy stored in the com-
pressed air is not a definite function of
the power required to compress it, but
is a definite function of an ideal com-
pression we call isothermal, with an
empirical index determined by prac-
tice.
In order to show you by some calcu-
lations that the intrinsic energy in the
air is independent of its pressure and
that no matter between what points
of pressure you expand the air, there
will always be enough power in the air
left to account for its total intrinsic
energy, viz., 96,348,52 foot lbs, at 60
degrees Fahr. This will show you at
the same time why we depend upon
the pressure to put the air in a condi-
tion to realize a portion of its intrinsic
energy for work.
Taking, for instance, 1. lb. of air at
100 lbs. gauge, and at 60 degrees Fahr.,
if allowed to expand adiabatically to
atmospheric pressure, it will produce
work, and consequently lose part of its
heat, and we find that its temperature,
after expansion has taken place, is :
T (P) Y— 1
173.96 degrees Fahr. 77,— =,15— : —^f~
^ To (Po) Y
The drop of temperature is ;
173.95-1-60=233.95 degrees ;
and as 778X0,2377=184.93, the work
of adiabatic expansion is :
184.93X233.95=43,264.37 ft. lbs.,
this being the ii.sp/id
ivark.
The adiabatic work of
expansion from
173 95degs. Fahr.to
the absolute 0 would
be 184.93X287.05=53.084 15 ft. lbs.
Total 96,348.52 ft. lbs.,
which is the total intrinsic energy ;
that is to say, we have utilized 45 per
cent of the total intrinsic energy.
Next, taking air at 10 lbs. gauge,
the temperature after adiabatic ex-
pansion to atmospheric pressure is
12.9 degrees Fahr., and the useful work
of expansion is :
184.93X72,9=13,481 39 ft. lbs.
The adiabatic expan- ' -— ,^.
si on from — 12 9
degs. to absolute 0
would give :
184 93X448.1=82,867,13 ft. lbs.
Total 96,348.52 ft. lbs.,
('. r. , the total intrinsic energy, and the
useful work is here 14 per cent of the
total intrinsic energy.
It is hardly necessary to say that
these figures are theoretical, because,
in practice, part of the work of expan-
sion, and consequently part of the
heat, is absorbed by the friction of the
piston in the cylinder, and lost by
radiation from the various pieces of
the machines.
We see, therefore, that the only por-
tion of the intrinsic energy of air that 1
is practically obtainable is the expan-
sion work which it does above atmos-
pheric pressure, i. r., that the pressure
of this air must be raised above the
pressure of the atmosphere,
{To he Ooiitiiiiu'd.)
A NOVELTY in the way of row boats
is being made by a company in New
York City. The boats are made of
waterproof canvas and rubber, in four
distinct air-tight compartments. While
said to be not easily punctured, if that
should happen the manufacturers say
a boat full of water will sustain in
safety all who can get in it. They are
regularly made in four sizes, 7 ft. to 16
ft.; they have wood or air cushion seats
as desired, with metal row locks and
wood base, buckled into an upper air
chamber. It is said that two or three
of these boats of ordinary size can be
carried in an average traveling trunk.
May 19, 1807.
Mining and Scientific Press.
i\:
Scientific Progress.
Photography in Natural Colors.
Frank H. Mason, United States Con-
sul at Frankfort, Germany, thus de-
scribes Chassagnes discovery: But it
remained for a French savant, M. Ville-
dieu Chassagne, of No. 40 Avenue des
Ternes, Paris, working out a theory
suggested by Dr. Adrien Dansac, to
find the real philosopher's stone, and to
produce, by purely chemical means, on
sensitized plates, paper, or films, pho-
tographs showing the actual colors of
the subject as they appear in nature.
The process of M. Chassagne, to which
be has devoted many years of study
and costly experiment, is exceedingly
direct and simple in its practical appli-
cation, and may be briefly described as
follows;
An ordinary sensitized gelatin plate
is first treated by immersion in a color-
less solution of certain salts, the secret
of which the inventor has not yet re-
vealed. This plate, being exposed in a
camera, receives a negative impres-
sion, and is developed, fixed, and fin-
ished in the ordinary manner, produc-
ing a monochromatic negative precisely
similar in appearance to any other.
That is to say, the treatment of the
dry plate by the mysterious liquid of
M. Chassagne reveals no visible effect
in the appearance of the negative
which is produced therefrom.
From this negative there is then
printed, by the usual process of con-
tact and exposure to light, a positive,
which may be made on sensitized pa-
per, or film, or glass gelatin plate,
which has been likewise treated before
printing with the same colorless and
unexplained solution. Thus far, all is
monochromatic, and does not differ in
appearance from any ordinary nega-
tive and the paper print or transpar-
ent positive made therefrom. The
miracle now appears in the fact that
the treatment of the negative plate and
positive print with the limpid solution
has imparted to the latter the occult
instinct of selective absorption; in other
words, the power to absorb and assimi-
late from solutions of the primary col-
ors the exact quantity and proportion
of each tint that is required to produce
all the hues and gradations of nature.
The positive is now passed success-
ively through three colored solutions —
blue, red, and green — and from these it
takes up by absorption the proportion-
ate amount of each color that is re-
quired to give the colors and grada-
tions of tint which were present in the
natural subject of the photograph. If
this photograph is a portrait, the flesh
tints become warm and vital, the colors
of the eyes, hair, and every detail of
hue and texture in the costume, jew-
elry, etc., are faithfully reproduced. If
the subject is a landscape, the sky be-
comes blue or gray as in nature, the
grass and all the elaborate gamut of
green, brown, and purple shadows,
which occur, for instance, in a wood or
group of trees of different species un-
der strong sunlight, are brought out
with marvelous fidelity. Such a posi-
tive, printed on glass as a transpar-
ency, hung in a window and studied
from behind with a strong monocle,
produces the effect of looking upon the
actual landscape. Paintings, either in
oil or water colors, are reproduced so
literally as to fairly deceive the eye, in
all except size, the photograph cop-
ies being, of course, generally much
smaller than the originals.
From this brief description it will be
obvious that the discovery of M. Chas-
sagne is embodied in the chemical com-
position of the four liquids, one of which
is colorless, one blue, one green, and
the other red. The process of using
these liquids, which is so simple as to
be within the easy reach of any profes-
. sional or good amateur photographer,
has been patented in all civilized coun-
tries where patents are granted, but
the composition of the liquids is thus
far a secret, and is not described in
the applications.
In view of the importance of testing
a water-supply, especially for nitrites
. that may indicate contaroiaation, Ijbe
following Is noteworthy. Zambelli rec-
ommends the colorimetric method for |
determining nitrites. A reagent is
made by dissolving 2 grammes of sul-
phanilic acid and 2 grammes of phenol ]
in 50 cc. of equal parts of sulphuric [
acid and water. A measured quantity !
of the solution to be tested is placed in
a flask, and 2 or 3 cc. of the above so-
lution added. In ten to fifteen min-
utes the solution is made just alkaline
with ammonia; if nitrous acid be pre-
sent a yellow coloration will be pro-
duced. This color is matched by re-
peating the reaction, using a standard
solution of silver nitrite.
be an improvemeDt, is to have the
pump and all parts of the machine
kept very low in temperature.
Air in the cheap, portable form of a
liquid rich in o.xygen can be used for
many purposes in manufactures and
the trades. The discovery of a cheap
method may be of importance to Amer-
ican manufacturers.
Electrical Progress.
riysteries of^Nature of Light and
Electricity.
Fluid Air for Industrial Uses.
Charles deKay, United States Con-
sul-General at Berlin, writes of the
new method invented by Linde for pro-
ducing fluid air cheaply.
Hitherto the classic example of a
method to liquefy air and obtain oxy-
gen has been that invented by Beatty
and Cailletet in 1877. With their ma-
chine, one began with carbonic acid
gas. By means of a pump, this gas
was condensed in a tube, round which
lay water at 10° to keep the tube cool
The carbonic acid gas, being reduced to
a very low temperature, passed from
the first tube into another chamber
with a tube in it, and in so doing fell to
a lower temperature. Into this second
tube was pumped at high pressure
ethylene gas, which, in turn, fell to a
low temperature, owing to the cold-
ness of the carbonic acid gas bathing
the tube. The ethylene gas was then
passed from the second tube into a
third compartment and fell further in
temperature in so doing. The third
compartment had likewise a tube with
an air pump attached. Into this third
tube was pumped oxygen gas and from
the ethylene gas bathing it the oxygen
gas reached a temperature of 192° be-
low zero. Finally, the oxygen was let
out into a fourth compartment, in which
was a fourth tube. The air pump at-
tached to this fourth tube having filled
it with condensed atmospheric air, the
latter was so reduced in temperature
that, when it in turn was released from
the tube, its cold was 273° below zero,
and it appeared in the form of drops
like water.
This product, which is called liquid
or fluid air, has a milky appearance
from the presence of some carbonic-
acid gas, bubbles constantly, and from
its enormous cold emits a smoke or
cloud like the top of a very high moun-
tain, and will only gradually resolve it-
self again into air when exposed to the
ordinary atmosphere.
Fluid air costs about 10 marks (say
$2.25) for 5 cubic meters reduced. The
new method is the invention of Profes-
sor Linde, of Munich. It produces the
liquid for 10 pfennigs (say 21 cents) for
5 cubic meters, and it yields the prod-
uct either as a gas or fluid, as one
wishes. This is one of the most inge-
nious pieces of mechanism recently
known; its chief feature is its economy
of working, for it uses air to refriger-
ate air. After the pump has worked
for a certain time, one turns a cock and
the liquid air runs out at a temperature
of 273° below zero.
In Professor Linde's method, an air
pump of 5-horse power condenses air
to a pressure of 200 atmospheres; _ this
air passes down a spiral tube and is let
out in a chamber, causing great cold;
then it rises and passes on the outside
of the spiral tube, bathing it and thus
cooling the new air that has been
pumped into the tube to take its place.
This cooled air follows on into the
chamber, expands and again lowers its
temperature, then passes on up around
the same spiral tube; but as its tem-
perature has become much lower, the
new air in the tube is still further re-
frigerated. This circulating process
goes on, until the new air pumped into
the tube reaches the expansion cham-
ber at a temperature of 273° below
zero, when it drops into the chamber
in the form of liquid. Thus the air,
steadily cooled, is made to refrigerate
the newly pumped air more and more,
■until the necessary degree of cold is at-
tained.
Another idea, which may or may not
It has been announced that Dr. P.
Zeeman of the Amsterdam University,
while working at Leyden, discovered
that the lines of a metallic spectrum
are broadened when the source of light
is in an intense magnetic Held. The
experiments of Dr. Zeeman were most
rigorously and accurately conducted.
Both emission and absorption spectra
were examined with a large Rowland
grating spectroscope, and the results
were marked and certain. The mean-
ing of the fact is clear to those versed
in electro-optics, and, indeed, some
such broadening had been predicted by
several physicists, and sought for by
others. Dr. Lorentz of Leyden, from
theoretical considerations, ventured
the prediction that the light at the
edges of the broadened lines will be
found to be polarized. This was com-
pletely verified by the experiments of
Dr. Zeeman. The discovery will prob-
ably substantiate the hypothesis that
radiation is due to the motion of elec-
tric charges, whether free or associ-
ated with the vibrating molecules of
the luminous body. It has seemed more
and more likely, as knowledge of ether-
physics has advanced, that radiation
could not be excited by the motions of
the inert molecules of matter, but must
of necessity require their electrifica-
tion. The new facts apparently dem-
onstrate that this is true, and throw
another ray of light upon the still ob-
scure subject of the mechanism of radi-
ation. Of course, the principal bear-
ing of the discovery is upon the theory
of light. It is a step toward more com-
plete knowledge of the means by which
the particles of a body at high temper-
ature disturb the adjacent ether. It
contains also the germs of conclusions
regarding the nature of radiating and
absorbing matter which may go far
toward extending our knowledge of
molecular and ether-physics. There is
little doubt that the solutions of the
two mysteries, the nature of light and
of electricity are destined to be simul-
taneously attained.
Electricity in War.
In the way of torpedoes, dirigible and
otherwise, considerable progress has
been made, so that the torpedo is now
probably the most effective instrument
of destruction that can be employed in
offensive warfare. Against this weapon
no armor plating is effective and other
means of defense have been necessarily
resorted to. Of these the searchlight
is doubtless the one most relied upon.
But this is by no means the only role in
which electricity will appear in the
next great war. Triangulation by
means of the Fiske electric range finder
now enables a gunner to plant a missile
with great accuracy upon an enemy's
fortress or his man-of-war, and other
devices, notably of the type of Prof.
Badt's electro-magnetic sentinel, will
give warning even in the darkest night
or the densest fog of the approach and
exact position of any man-of-war.
During the past few years the United
States Engineering Corps at Fort
Wadsworth have been engaged in ac-
curately plotting the approaches to
New York harbor, so that the positions
of all buoys and landmarks are accu-
rately known. The elevation of each
gun required to drop a projectile upon
any one of the plotted points would,
therefore, in the case of war be no
longer a matter of experiment, and
doubtless the same is true of other
harbors abroad.
With electro-magnetic sentinels judi-
ciously placed In the approaches to a
harbor at a distance too great for the
invader to reach the city with shells,
almost the exact position of an invad-
ing vessel, the direction of its course
and its speed would be known during
the darkest night as well as in the
brightest day.
Americans have been constantly re-
minded of their barbarity in permitting
the use of the overhead trolley, and
have been told of the greater civiliza-
tion of the countries of the old world,
where no such unsightly intrusion is
permitted ; but the trolley now seems
to be making its inroads in France and
Germany with remarkable rapidity.
JJven in Paris overhead wires are
being talked of for the transportation
facilities of the coming exposition of
11)00, and in the provincial cities of
France, as well as inlthe great major-
ity of the cities of Germany, the Amer-
ican system seems to have gained a
firm hold. That the overhead wire is
unsightly is not to be denied, and ulti-
mately, no doubt, it will have to give
way to some less objectionable form of
power communication ; but that it is a
necessary intermediate stage of the
solution of the rapid transit question
must be admitted, whether the admis-
sion be welcome or not. — Cassier's
Magazine.
W. N. Hartley a.\d H. Ra.maue
have recently examined a large number
of ores and minerals by means of spec-
trographic analysis. Most notable is
the wide distribution of gallium, which
was found in 68 out of 168 specimens,
occurring in most magnetites, bauxites
and blendes, and nearly half the clay
ironstones and manganese ores. Ru-
bidium appears to be even more widely
distributed, occurring in most iron ores.
Indium was found in thirty minerals,
including all the carbonates of iron and
tin ores and most blendes. Thallium,
while less widespread, was frequently
found. Iron and sodium were found in
every specimen and potassium in all
but two, one a blende and the other a
tin ore. Calcium, copper and silver
were found in all but a few cases.
Such a wide dissemination of gallium
and indium is unexpected, and the
same might be said of silver. Among
metals not looked for by the authors,
titanium is known to be found almost
universally, and possibly the same is
true of gold.
Houston and Kennelly have lately
presented to the American Philosophi-
cal Society an elaborate paper, in
which they have sought to demonstrate
that the insulating substance surround-
ing an electric conductor is the true
path of the current. The Edison Com-
pany of New York is reported to be
substituting the Thomson mechanical
wattmeters in place of the old chemi-
cal meters. Following out the inter-
esting experiments of Becquerel, which
showed that certain salts of uranium,
after exposure to sunlight, emitted ra-
diations which, like the Rontgen rays,
were capable of effecting photographic
sensitive plates through intervening
opaque substances. Professor McKis-
sick of Auburn, Ala., as the result of
numerous experiments, announces his
belief that the Becquerel ray is the con-
necting link between the ordinary light
and the Rontgen ray.
The development of the electrical
industry and popularity of the pneu-
matic bicycle tire have so largely in-
creased the consumption of India
rubber without any increase in the
sources of supply as to make the ques-
tion of how to meet the demand an
exceedingly serious one. That this
situation will stimulate the inventive
faculty to supply an artificial substi-
tute there can be no question, and
should success be met with the pro-
spective rubber famine will be a bless-
ing. There have been many rubber
substitutes, and while some of these
meet some of the requirements, they
have so uniformly failed to meet others
that the announcement of a new one,
however well indorsed, fails to create
a ripple in the rubber market.
414
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 15, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Amador.
Record: At Oleta good rock was struck in
the 450-foot tunnel at the Monte Christe mine
last week. This proves that the mine is quite
extensive. Mr. Dillon intends to build a new
mill at once and begin crushing ore on a large
scale.
The directors of the Potazuba Company held
their regular monthly meeting this week,
and call No. S of 3 cents per share was levied
on the subscribed stock. Sinking at the mine
is going on rapidly. During the last twenty
day.s, since sinking began, the shaft has been
put down 40 feet and is now 2S5 feet deep.
The ledge still continues in the bottom and
the prospects at the mine are good.
Dispatch: The Iron Mass mine, near Vol-
cano, owned by A. B. McLaughlin and others,
is showing encouraging prospects. A steam
hoist will at once be put up and the shaft
sunk to the lOOO-foot level.
At the Gwin the rich rock still holds out,
and the returns from the mill are very en-
couraging. The Gwin will pay a dividend for
April in excess of the one for March.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Union Consolidated Mining Company
the following were elected officers; Presi-
dent, Capt. Matson; secretary, G. E. H.
Baker; treasurer, J. B. F. Davis.
The excavation for the foundation of the
new mill at the Argonaut will be finished in
a week, when the work of laying the concrete
foundation will begin. The ore still yields
well.
Kutte.
Reoister ; At Enterprise the Red Point
mine, under the management of Josiah Cham-
piOD, is rapidly being developed. The tunnel
is in 570 feet on this mine and drifts are being
run in two directions from the face of the
main tunnel, while an upraise of 400 feet will
be made.
Mr. Murray, who has recently bought the
Aim Brothers' mine, will soon put up a 5-
stamp mill.
At the Chrystal Hill mine the 5-stamp mill
is running steadily and crushing good pay-
ing quartz.
Calaveras.
Pnispect: At the Burgess mine, which is
being operated by the California Exploration
Company, the work of sinking progresses
steadily and a depth of ISO feet has already
been reached.
The Pine Log, near Copperopolis, is working
thirty men, and the 30-stamp mill is running
day and night. Last month a dividend of
^SOOO was declared.
The 700-foot mark has been reached in the
shaft of the Thorpe mine, at Fourth Crossing,
and preparations are under way to run a level
to cross-cut the vein. When that is done,
sinking for another 100-foot stretch will be re-
newed.
The shaft at the Bund mine, between
Fourth Crossing and Altaville, is down 374
feet and sinking still continues. At a further
depth of 2G feet it is the intention to run a
level, cross-cutting the ledge. The 200-foot
level shows a vein 35 or 30 feet wide.
On the Wells mine, at Fourth Crossing,
nothing is at present being done, the Explora-
tion Company having relinquished their bond.
Some rich rock was struck in the Esper-
anza mine, at Mokelumne Hill, recently. The
company are still engaged in sinking their
three-compartment working shaft, which will
be pushed to a depth of 1000 feet.
A 4-stamp mill is being put up on the Edna
mine, in Spring Gulch, and new buildings are
being erected. The mill will be used simply for
testing the ore as sinking progresses. It is
the intention of the company to go down IflOO
feet.
Page Cutting, of Murphys, has bonded to
Rigney, Blanding and Howkhis gravel mine,
the Round Butte, in Table Mountain district,
for one year, for ^^3000, ^500 of which amount
was paid.
The interest of Reed, Solinsky and Reddick
in the Lafranchi mine, at West Point, is
bonded to J. A. Faull, for one year, for S3000.
The old Calaveras quartz mine, near Sheep
Ranch, is to be reopened, and the work of
pumping the water out of the old works is in
progress. The property has been bonded to a
San Francisco company. The mine has been
idle for eight or ten years, notwithstanding
that over ^60,000 were taken out, with no
deeper development than fiOO feet. It has a
13-foot ledge of high grade ore. The company
proposes, when the water will have been
pumped out, to put up good, substantial ma-
chinery and drive the shaft down to a depth
of 1000 feet.
Lcdiicr: The Paragon, Mountain View, Tip
Top, Bullion and La Paloraacita locations near
West Point are beiog opened up. It is pro-
posed to run a 1300-foot tunnel which will tap
them all. At present three tunnels are being
extended into the Bullion, Mountain View
and La Palomacita, and a 10-stanip mill is
being erected, and 1300 feet of pipe is being
laid to bring water.
chrdniclc: Another large body of good ore
has been found at the Gwin, this time on the
1400-foot level. Although it is not as rich as
that taken from the 1300-foot level last week,
still it is remarkably rich ore and will prob-
ably go away up in the hundreds per ton.
In the Steep Gulch mine on French Hill,
owned by M. Nunes and C. Murphy, there
has been a tunnel run in from the gulch which
taps the lead at a depth of aboutHOfeet, at
which point it shows a width of nearly 5
feet.
Toda and Schrack are still at work on their
mine, which is situated on Toda ranch. The
bedrock tunnel has now reached a length of
700 feet and it is expected to tap the gravel
channel any day.
The hanging wall vein in the South Paloma
shows up at a width of 5>^ feet. The shaft
is down 560 feet. Forty feet more will be
sunk, making 600 feet, when stations will be
cut and the work of cross-cutting will be com-
menced.
Inyo.
Reoist&r: L. F. J. Wrinkle went north last
week to buy the Confidence and Mendocino
mines. Funeral range, northeast of Panamint.
The present owners are offered, for the two,
^100,000, a guarantee that §100.000 worth of
work will be done, and one-fifth of non-assess-
able capital stock.
Wm. Birchim will shortly begin developing
his silver mine, the Indian King, east of the
White Mountain summit.
Operations at Copper Mountain were sched-
uled to begin May 1st. Heavy storms have
damaged the water ditches greatly, and repair
work will be the first thing in order.
Nevada.
Telcara ph : A crushing of eighty-nine tons
of ore has been completed from the Wisconsin
mine near Grass Valley. The result was ^30
per ton, or SGO per load. The ore crushed
came from the No. 4 level north, and the ledge
is a good-sized one and there is a great deal
more of the same quality in sight.
Unioyi: A contract has been let for sinking
a shaft on the Reddick mine on the Blue Tent
road above Nevada City 430 feet.
Thomas, Curtis, Griffin and Horrell have
leased the gravel mine at Randolph Flat.
The tunnel is now in about 1500 feet.
A contract has been let for sinking the shaft
at the Independence mine another 100 feet.
Chavanne and Fricot are developing the prop-
erty.
There has been struck a fine body of ore in
the Massachusetts Hill mine in the shaft at a
depth of 1300 feet. The vein is 3 feet in size,
of fine quality milling ore, and has every in-
dication of permanency. The company has
been prospecting the Massachusetts Hill for
over a year with indifferent success. They
had every confidence that they had a good
mine could they but discover the pay chute.
Flacer.
Aroift<: A large force of men is working on
the dam at Canyon creek for the Gold Run
Mining Company.
At Weimar the Belle Union mine is to be
equipped with a rock-breaker, self-feeder and
concentrator. They intend running a ditch
from Joe Brown Flat for water supply.
Sentinel: W. B. Lobner, H. S. Tittle and
J. Zuver of Auburn have secured a four-year
lease on a quartz ledge below the Georgetown
road about one mile from Auburn. The ledge
is from 3 to 4 feet wide.
James R.Hines of Weimar has been pros-
pecting his Yellow Jacket ledge. The vein
in some places is 16 feet wide.
Since the snow has melted at Westville
work has been resumed at the Herman mine
with a force of twenty-eight men. The com-
pany are preparing to use compressed air con-
veyed from a power plant four miles distant.
The Hidden Treasure Mining Company has
purchased ninety tons of 30-pound steel rails.
The rails are the same size as the ones used
by the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Rail-
road. The rails will lay 2% miles of track
and will be used in the main' tunnels of the
company's mines. The Glen Gravel Mining
Company has purchased 3000 feet of rails to
be shipped at the same time.
Plumas.
Naliimal Bulletin: J. F. Cummings and V.
B. Allen, of San Francisco, are pi'ospecting the
Bushman gravel mine, north of Emigrant
hill, owned by Goodwin and Thompson, and
bonded for a limited period to the parties
named. The mine is undeveloped, but indi-
cations point to a good property. Fine pros-
pects have been found, and the channel is
traceable a long distance.
Independent: Plumas T. Turner has started
a tunnel to tap the gravel deposit in Union
Hill, on the north side of Onion valley. This
locality for many years has been the subject
of speculation and favorable mention, but the
task of exploring it was beyond the means of
local miners.
San Diego.
Ramona SenfAncl: R, Melrose has leased
the Old Blue mine and is driving a tunnel.
The Ready Relief mill is running on fifly
tons of Redman rock that assays well. Bailey
Bros, are working one shift in the Ready
Relief and two shifts in the Redman.
Mr. Tainge, of the San Diego mine, is soon
to return with machinery to handle the water
in the mine.
:Sliasta.
Free Pres'i: Extensive preparations have
been made at Keswick for the reception of
the directors of the Mountain Copper Com-
pany, who will visit the property this week.
A general cleaning up of the property has
been made. Two furnaces have been run-
ning steadily, but during the directors' visit
all three of them will be in operation. A new
locomotive for use on the Iron Mountain rail-
way has been ordered, and when delivered
there will be four in use. This will necessi-
tate the employment of more miners in getting
out a larger quantity of ore to supply the ore
trains and the smelters.
Searchliiiht : Director Chas. W. Fielding of
the Mountain Copper Company has arrived
from London, and is now at Keswick and Iron
Mountain. With him is Louis T. Wright of
London, who will succeed Alex. Hill as gen-
eral manager of the company's properties.
Mr. Hill will devote hisentireenergies to the
development of the Balakalla group, which he
recently bonded, and where a force of men
are now engaged in opening up the ore body.
SiHklyou.
Journal: In the Steamboat mine, on Mc-
Adams Creek, under the supervision of Super-
intendent Brokaw, the machinery is excel-
lent, and will, no doubt, keep the mines clear
of water which has been a great drawback
in working the property in the past.
The Chinese Company, at Hamburgh Bar,
who are working the old Garrett mine, ^vq ac-
complishing some good work. They have had
very little trouble this spring with high
water after the first freshet, when a portion
of their dam was carried away.
The Nannetta B. mine, on Thompson Creek,
which is owned by the Colorado Company, is
still being successfully worked. This plant
is one of the best in the county.
The Seattle placer mine, in the same lo-
cality, may be started up again, as the owners
were put "to a considerable expense in fitting
it up. This is the old Shinar mine, which was
always considered a good property. It was
sold to the Seattle Placer Mining Company a
couple of years ago for S10,000.
Vogan & Matthews will work the Classic
Hill mine, on Indian Creek, near Happy Camp,
this season.
The Klamath river dredger is now a few
miles below Oak Bar. The dredger has been
at work almost continuously since it was first
built, which is a good indication that it is a
paying proposition. At the time the dredger
was built many old miners were skeptical as
to its practicability on such a turbulent
stream as the Klamath.
The Bunker Hill mine, near Happy Camp,
is being worked this season with renewed en-
ergy.
A lare-e pump from mouth of Barkhouse
Creek, Klamath river, is to be used at the
Greenhorn blue gravel mine, which it is ex-
pected will be able to handle the great
amount of water in that claim at present.
Hunter and Smith have been troubled con-
siderably by water since reaching a depth of
over 90 feet in the shaft. As soon as the
water can be kept out, they will be able to
reach the blue gravel at bed rock, over 110
feet below the surface.
News: The Horse Creek Mining Company
have their ground stripped off and have made
a partial cleanup, which shows a good yield of
coarse gold.
The Salmon River Hydraulic Mining Com-
pany are extending their ditch about a mile
further down the river for the purpose of
working alow bar.
Golden and Eveleth are running a new tun-
nel on the Brown Bear and expect to strike
the ledge in a short time.
The Black Bear Companj' will drive a new
tunnel to tap the ledge at a lower point than
has ever before been reached. The owners
of the mine have profited greatly by the new
wagon road which enables them to get heavy
machinery to the property, which it was im-
possible to handle by pack trains. The mill
has been running steadily on ore of good
grade. About a dozen Chinamen are em-
ployed in the mine.
William Klein is taking good pay from his
hydraulic mine at Sawyer's Bar, and makes a
rich cleanup about once a month.
Chris. Jensen is piping on McKinney Creek
with good prospects. He has plenty of water.
Tuolumne.
Independent: At Columbia D. Harrie and
J. Lenox of Oakland are making preparations
for opening up a gravel mine on the south
fork of the Tuolumne river, at the mnuth of
Clark's gulch.
Work on the Sunset mine has been re-
sumed. The machinery is now on the ground.
At the Alabama mine very high grade ore
has been struck in the incline shaft. The
vein is quite large and gold shows up freely
to the naked eye.
An increased force of men will be added to
the working of . the McKenna mine in a few
days.
Union Democrat : At the Rawhide the main
shaft is down now nearly 1100 feet, with
sinking going steadily on. Most of the ore
sent up for reduction comes from the stopes
between the 1000 and 900 and 900 and 800-foot
levels. A big force is drifting north on the
800-foot level.
The shaft in the Alabama is now down 345
feet, and being driven a foot deeper every
day by ihe contractors. A water station has
just been completed at the 300-foot level.
Placer mining at American Camp, eight
miles above Columbia, is picking up briskly.
Within a radius of a few miles from that
point are a number of good properties that
will yield well when properly worked.
A few miles above the Camp is a section
known as the Philadelphia Diggings, which
is reported as very rich. A Stockton company
are acquiring a number of claims in the dis-
trict, and are spending considerable money
for the purpose of securing water with which
to wash their gravel. The preliminary sur-
veys for a ditch have been made, which will
carry a steady supply of water from the Stan-
islaus river.
The old Riverside mine, four miles above
Italian Bar, on the Stanislaus, has been
bonded to a syndicate who propose to com-
mence active operations immediately.
The Gray Eagle, at American Camp, will
soon be running full blast. A 6-foot vein in
slate has been uncovered.
The Royal mine, at Experimental gulch,
has a small force of men at work and from
developments is proving a good proposition,
with 5 feet of free milling quartz.
The Omega gravel mine, owned by C. W.
Ayers and S. S. Bradford, has been sold by
them to a Scotch syndicate for $40,000, of
which S10,000 has already been paid, and the
remainder will be forthcoming shortly. The
property is situated on Table mountain, be-
tween the Alabama and Rawhide. Opera-
tions on an extensive scale will be com-
menced at once.
Yuba.
Nevada Transcript : The tunnel at the Good
Title mine is in 600 feet, and the shaft from
the tunnel is down 160 feet. In the shaft a
few days ago a large shoot of rich ore was
struck. The ledge is 11 feet S inches wide.
There is also another shoot of ore coming in.
A run of four days with the 5-stamp mill
yielded $1500. The owners of the mine have
located six more claims in the vicinity. They
will put up a 30-stamp mill soon and work the
mine on an extensive scale.
NEVADA.
Walker Lake Bulletin: At Silver Peak, in
Chiatovich's tunnel, the ledge started oq a
month ago is looking and producing well. The
pay streak is 6 feet wide. In tendaysthe
ground will be opened so that stopingonthe
ore will commence, when a few men can keep
the 10-stamp mill running.
The Valcalde Brothers are running the
O'Halemillon ore from their mines and are
doing well.
The owners of mines in the White mouiit-
ains, above Fish Lake valley, are to begin
work as soon as the snow goes off.
Elko Free Press: At Tuscarora the Dexter
has moved its cyanide plant to the De Frees
mill across the valley.
A rich strike is reported made in the Coptis,
owned by the Dexter Co. It is reported that
the company will put up a 10-stamp mill.
Work has begun on the Young America
East; probably will begin on the Poorm^n
June 1st.
Pioche Record: Last fall the old Pacific
tunnel, east of the Meadow valley divide,
was opened up and work on it pushed to reach
the "Yuba vein. The porphyry dike was
reached but no ore found, and Ihe first work-
ers gave it, up. Later the work was prose-
cuted by V. Lloyd and J. Cook, and drifting
was begun, which, after running something
like 100 feet, developed a bunch of galena ore,
rich in silver.
The extreme southern part of Lincoln
county, that bordering on the Colorado river,
will this summer experience a mining boom.
Three mills are in operation at El Dorado
canyon and points below, on ore from lode
claims which heretofore have claimed the
bulk of attention given lo mining in that sec-
tion, and all are doing well.
The Temple Bar Con. Mining Company, or-
ganized in San Francisco under the laws of
Arizona, is formed to work placers in the Colo-
rado at Temple Bar. The company's property
embraces 1700 acres. A OOii-horse power en-
gine will be erected for pumping purposes. It
will be the largest in the Stale for hydraulic
purposes and will lift 17,000,000 gallons of wa-
ter every twenty-four hours. The water
power will be 135-foot head, and the company
expects to work from ten to fifteen hydraulic
giants. An electric plant will form part of
the machinery put in, and all the machinery
will be located on the Nevada side.
Gold Creek News: Captain Pinder is ex-
pected back from San Francisco next week
with machinery for the hydraulic elevator
which will be placed in Hope gulch. Sluicing
will begin in Hope gulch. This ground was
nearly all washed over by Penrod years ago.
It is the plan to run through the old tailings
and to wash down the hill slopes that were
left. The sluice boxes are elevated to a
height of 40 feet and have a fall of 7 feet in
160. At the end of the box ai-e 40 feet of
tables for catching the black sand that goes
off in the tailings. These tables are about 13
feet wide and have 4000 augur holes filled
with mercury. '^
Silrer State: About Ely and Cherry Creek,
in White Pine county, everything is picking
up on account of the revival in mining.
The Star and Gray Eagle properties at
Cherry Creek are being improved extensively.
Pumping and hoistingworks are being erected
and a concentrator will go up soon. The pump
will be the largest in operation in the State,
having a capacity of 3000 gallons a minute.
The Newton Dunvan mine of Kinsley has
about 1300 sacks of low-grade ore out for
shipment, and should the returns meet with
their expectations the owners will continue
extracting ore for shipment.
A 5-stamp mill is to be put up shortly at the
Ben Hur gold mine, twentj^-five miles from
Cherrj' Creek.
The Chainman mine at Ely will have a
good-sized mill soon. Bids are now out for
hauling 133,000 feet of lumber. If present in-
tentions are carried out an electric light and
power plant will be erected and operated in
connection with the mine and mill.
Lyon County Times: Nearly all the ma-
chinery has arrived for the Peck plant in the
Douglass mill.
It is reported that Spragg & Martin have
sold their copper mine in Mason Valley for
$13,000, to the same parties who bought the
Dobbins mine.
The work of running the tunnel on the
Dobbins copper mine in Mason Valley is pro-
gressing. The new company has four men at
work, and the whole tunnel is said to be in
first-class copper ore.
OREGON.
Rogue River C(niripr: Marteen Brothers
cleaned up last week on the Althouse and got
§3000 from the sluices.
Crow & Taylor will ship another carload of
ore from Merlin to Ashland on the 10th.
Horner and Savage of the Seattle Dredger
Co. are out on Silver creek looking up placer
interests. A survey will be made and ditches
dug this season.
River bar mining will soon be in operation
if the dry weather keeps up. though there is
more snow in the Siskiyous than usual at this
time of year.
The Coast Range Mining Co. is putting in a
pumping plant near Woodville.
The Hampton-Lewis placers are operating
two giants night and day with sixteen men.
Grant's Pass (Jiiservcr: Pox & Co. are work-
ing on a copper deposit near Waldo that prom-
ises well.
Belding & Dowell's 5-stamp mill is running
on good ore from their Green's creek mine.
Copper ore that carries from S3 to ;SS in gold
is reported found near Browntown by Smith
& Thurshburger.
The Rocky Gulch Co. made a partial clean-
up last week which was very satisfactory.
They will have plenty of water to run nearly
all summer.
The new 5-stamp mill at the Jewett mine
will be ready to start up in about ten days.
May 15, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
415
They h&ve about 200 tons (Tf ore on the dump
ready to huui to the mill.
Baker City Ihmornil : The Elkhorn Miningr
and- Milling Company has beea ineorporated
to acquire the Smw Pluke. Big Spring, Calu-
met, Monitor, Cold Bug, Herla, Silver Bu^,
Tip Top and Willamette mineral claims in
Baker county: t-aphai, $I.:>(X),000.
The shaft on the Con. Virginia is down 5.5
feet, and the depth attained for the month
was 7r» feet. Sinking will continue for an in- I
definite period.
WASHINGTON.
Spftkfitnian-liri-if.ir : The Bridgeport Mining
and Milling Company will push development
on their Mineral hill properties in the Okan-
ogan this coming .season. The tunnel al-
ready started and in t'lfi feet will be continued
into the mountain for I.'iOO feet, which will
give a vertical depth of H)0 feet.
HKITISB CULUMltlA.
(Special Correspondence ).— Boring for coal
has been suspended in the immediate \'icinity
of Vancouver. The scams found within a
thousand feel of the surface were but a few
inches thick. In the meanwhile metal min-
ing is being carried on practically in the city
itself. Ore has been Iwated at ijynoe Creek,
North Vancouver, carrying values to the ex-
lent of ti7 in copper and gold.
iS'othing is talked about on the Seaboard
Just now but the free millinc propositions
owned by Vancouver people. There are many
smelting prospects at Vancouver's very doors,
but they are not in good favor just now and it
is next to impossible to dispose of treasury
stock for development work. On the other
band, the free-milling properties are no
sooner stocked than there is a rush made for
shares before the price is raised.
Jn Lillooet the road to the Golden Cache
mines is built, and the mill plant is in process
of erection, while the Alpha Bell and Cold
Weef propositions are being developed with
abundance of money in the treasury from the
sale of stock.
, Vancouver, May !Sth, '07.
The shipments of ore and matte from Koote-
nay, notwithstanding the difficulties encoun-
tered, are gradually coming up. For the week
ending May 1, the shipments sbovved a value
of $48,::>tj:i 74, swelling the total amount for the
year to $2.1141, 291.6s, an average of *f;i;a,3^2.92
per month. The following table gives the
sources for the year to that dale:
ORE EXPOHTED.
From Slocan via Kaslo fl.798i4
From Slocjiu via Nakusp 2.64;iV4
From Hosslaud via Northport 6,479'i
From RosshinU via Nelson 52
Total 18,990».(
Total ralite—
Through Nelson custom house $1,104,18-1 3^
Through Revelsloke iNakusp) 292.110 65
Total $1.39B.-J94 97
Average value per ton, $73,536.
PRODUCE OP SMELTERS (SHIPPED).
'J'ons.
Nelson (Hall mines) matte 582
Trail smeller matte 2,S\QH
Total 2.901 M
Total value. *1.244.99fl.71; total value of ore and
matte exported. .$2,641,291.68.
Spokexmnti-fiecien': It has been definitely
decided that the Le Roi smelter will be built
by the Le Roi Company, instead of by a new
company to be made up of individual members
of the Le Roi and outside individuals. This
will call for heavy expenditures out of the Le
Roi treasurv for several months, aggregating
about *100,b(iU. Still it is expected that the
company will continue to pay its regular
monthly dividend of $35,000. In addition to
tiiis the company has cut out a great deal of
development work in the mine, and will im-
prove its plant by putting in additional ma-
chinery. With its new machinery, just put
In complete working order, the Le Roi mine
can hoist 500 tons of ore daily.
In the Fort Steele country the North Star
will ship tJOOO tons of carbonate ore this season.
The sulphide ore is not being taken from the
mine. The carbonates which will be shipped
will probably average fi2 per cent lead and 40
ounces of silver to the ton.
The expected exodus to the North Fork of
Salmon river has commenced. From ten to
twenty people leave the cars daily at Gillam's
and strike into the mountains.
Largely owing to the promised building of
the Crow's Nest Pass Railway by the Ca-
nadian Pacific people, the rush of miners, pros-
pectors and capitalists to the Port Steele
country this year will almost amount to a
stampede. Bonner's Ferry is one of the chief
outfitting points for the camp, and although
the season has hardly opened, parties arrive
here almost daily and leave for Fort Steele
over Wild Horse trail, which is easily fifty or
ixty miles the sortest route.
The Rico, which has paid *1 87,500 in divi-
dends, is now developed aboutfiOOO feet in the
seven tunnels. Thirty men are employed in
extending all of the tunnels. The concen-
trator and tramway recently ordered will be
finished by September 1. The tramway will
be a mile aad a quarter in length. When the
concentrator and tramway are completed they
will commence to mine the vein on the orig-
inal discovery. This vein will average 12
teet in width on clean and concentrating ore.
A sixty-ton concentrator has been ordered
for. the Jackson mines in the Slocan. George
Alexander and his associates are owners of
• "the property.
ALASKA.
Ncwh: In the Berner's Bay district the
Julian Company put up a 10-starap mill last
season and si-nce the first ton of ore was milled
they have had an exceptional run of prosper-
ity, saving the three months' shut down this
■winter necessitated by a sliortage of water.
This season two other companies are begin-
ning operations in that district. The Port-
land-Alaska Company, at the head of which is
L. Nicolai of Portland, is erecting: a 10 stamp
mill on the Horrible group, the mill timbers
and machinery being already on the ground.
A mining man of Butte, Montana, has pur-
chased the Creek boys' property, and under
the management of D. E. Lutes is preparing
to build and equip a lU-stamp nill.
In the Sum Dum district the Sum Dum
Chief Mining Company has a force of men at
work on their new mill and tramwav, which
they hope to have completed and readv for
ore by the first of July or August.
In Silver Bow basin at the Nowell placers
the two giants that were in use last season
will be employed this summer. The same
company will operate their 20-stamp mill as
.soon as the tramway leading to the mine can
be used.
The Alaska-Juneau Companv, purchasers of
the Campbell mill of thirty stamps, will run
steadily during the summer and a very large
amount of development work will be done by
the company. A diamond drill will be em-
ployed in prospecting the ledge at a low
depth, it being the intention to sink several
holes at least 1000 feet deep.
On the Webster property men have been
employed all winter driving tunnels and
blocking out ore, and their mill will also be
set to work at an early day.
The Kbner Gold Company's plant is the
only one in the basin which has run during
the winter. The capacity of the Ebner mill
will be doubled within the next ninety days,
the additional machinery having already been
ordered. By the middle of June the entire
basin will be a beehive of industry and will
afford employment to 800 or 400 men.
SpiiliCHiuau-Rericir: The superintendent of
the Hiyu mine in the Florence district in his
report to the directors states that there is ore
enough in sight to run a 10-stamp mill for two
years. The work of development is being
pushed with six men employed. The directors
say that they will have a mill on the ground
inside of three months.
Silver City Ai'nlanchc: The Trade Dollar
Company has secured a 90-day extension of
time upon its bond on the Alpine group, be-
longing to Lewis & Nichols, and will continue
development work.
Salt Lake Trifmne: At Marysvale, in the
New Crystal Company's property, the incline
has been run 3.^0 feet on the ore chute, the oi-e
showing a valuation of S4 in gold, 30 ounces
silver and 30 per cent lead, and spreads out
blanket-like between the porphyry and
quartzite, and at times is as much as 5 feet in
thickness. Ore is now being extracted and
shipments will begin in a short time.
At the Webster the pushing of the main
tunnel, which has now penetrated the hill
1050 feet, continues, and a large amount of ore
is exposed, which shows 25 ounces silver, 33
per cent lead and gold of the value of $2 per
ton. The property is owned by W. R. Hearst
and others, and is managed by R. C. Chambei's.
Charles D. Hank and others have secured an
option on the Chattanooga, and will begin
prospecting the ground at once.
Kramer and Botholdi have secured an op-
tion on the Great Western, owned by Henry
W. Lawrence, and developments will continue
throughout the season.
A lease and bond has been secured on the
Argonaut placer at Bingham by Matthews,
Bolton and Peterson, who will proceed at
once with the sluicing of its sands. The bar
covers twenty-three acres, and spreads out
over Carr Fork. The bond is fixed at 420,000,
while the holders have five years in which to
close the deal.
Reports from the Sioux-Ajax tunnel are that
it has now penetrated the zone to a distance
of 23a0 feet.
Mammoth Record: The new East Tintic
Railway is now hauling about 200 tons of ore
a day from the Mammoth mine to the mill,
which amount exceeds the regular shipment
of the mine since the road has been built.
Bullock ik, Radcliff have resumed work on
the Annie Laurie.
Supt. Toll of the New State is ordering the
machinery for a steam hoist which is to be put
in at the property.
Mercur Mercury- Smith, Blake and as-
sociates are figuring on securing a lease on
the Sunshine mine and mill, and, if success-
ful, will have the puoperty in operation in less
than a month. These gentlemen were among
the first to apply the cyanide process.
The La Cigale property continues to im-
prove. The vein has grown larger and richer
as depth is attained until now the width of
the vein in the lower levels is not known and
will not be until it is crosscut.
Hereafter the cleanup at the Geyser- Marion
will be made every fifteen days, and it is ex-
pected that the total output will be *1S,000
per month. It takes S5fj00 of this for the pay-
roll and $1000 or S2000 more for cyanide, zinc,
coal and various other necessary expenses.
A favorable change has occurred in the
Daisy incline, now down about 300 feet. The
ore has made into the footwall to a depth of
at least 4 feet, adding that much to the width
of the ore body.
The Brickyard north drift is now in about
200 feet and the good ore still continues.
Tintic 3/(?ier: Shipments from the district
for the week are as follows : From the Bull-
ion-Beck mine, 10 carloads ore; Bullion-Beck
mill, 15 carloads concentrates; Centennial-
Eureka, 1 carload ore; Uncle Sam, 4 carloads
ore; Mammoth mill, 7 carloads concentrates;
Utah, 3 carloads ore; Lakeview and Stockton,
1 carload ore; Swansea, 3 carloads ore; South
Swansea, 5 carloads ore; North Star, 3 car-
loads ore ; Black Dragon, 1 carload ore ; Dragon
iron mine, 2 carloads ore daily.
The Sioux-Ajax tunnel people are preparing
to put in an air compressor at the Sioux mill,
and will hereafter furnish their own power to
ihe drills in the tunnel.
The lessees of the Cleveland mine at Mam-
moth commenced work on the property Satur-
day. The work is being done through the
Sioux-Ajax tunnel.
Joseph Corber and Jai-ob Hupfer have sold
the Hungarian mine to Frank Knox for
*15,000—f 1000 down and the balance in pay-
ments to be completed in a year.
A large amount of native" silver is coming
out of the winze from the 1000-foot level of the
Beck. The winze Is now down over 50 feet
below the lOOo-foot level, and there is no sign
of the end of the ore body. i
A lease and bond will be given this week on I
the Black .lack and Tidal mines belonging to 1
L. E. Riler, and development will be com-
menced at once.
MONTANA.
.i/fn.-r: A big Strike has just been made in
the Anderson mine on the Parrot flat, near
the Glengarry, and the mine which has been
merely a promising prospect up to this time
is now one of the producers. A vein of ore
from 3 to >> feet wide was cut through recentlv
on the 200 level. The ore is of good grade and
carries gold and silver as well as copper.
The Bannack Cold Dredge Company has
improved their plant which is at work in
Grasshopper creek. The placing of the plant at
the stream where it is located has cost the
company about *200,000. Last year nearly
half that amount was, however, secured in gold
from the bed of the creek.
On the Alice properties in Walkerville the
monthly output is about the same as last
month. About 300 men are employed in the
mines and in the mill and there is no probabil-
ity of that number being cut down in the
near future.
luicr-Mii\nilQiu: Judge Knowles decided a
question of general interest to mining men
Friday in the United States District Court.
The suit was that brought by Anton Baum
and others against Ross Deegan, an applica-
tion for an injunction to resti-ain the defend-
ant from working a mining claim in Jefferson
county. The vein passed from the Buzz lode,
cutting the side line, into the adjacent Ama-
zon. On its dip it is so inclined that eventu-
ally it passed into the Buzz, although its apex
was in the Amazon. The rule generally be-
lieved to prevail is that a miner may follow
the vein on its dip outside the side line, if it
goes there. In the case in controversy, how-
ever, the end lines of the Amazon, in which
is the apex of the vein, are not parallel, one
of the side lines being S5 feet longer than the
other.
Judge Knowles held that the right to follow
outside the side lines exists only when the
end lines are parallel.
The owners of the Amazon, Baum et al, had
obtained an injunction against Ross Deegan,
the owner of the Buzz, to prevent him from
taking any ore out of the vein that apexed in
the Amazon. Judge Knowles discharged the
injunction. It is understood that an appeal
will be taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals
at San Francisco.
COLORADO.
Denver EcpnhUcan: The settlement of the
pumping proposition in the down-town district
of Leadville is of much more importance than
appears on the surface of the detailed agree-
ment published, as it means the development
of a section of territory that has been only
partially prospected heretofore and which
promises to go far toward extending the gold
district from the Little -lohnny on the north
to the Big Johnny on the south, a distance of
between seven and ten miles. The district
that will be drained includes everything
f^rom the Pendery fault on the east to Cali-
fornia gulch on the south and west, and Stray
Horse gulch on the north, and within this
territory are located the Penrose, Bon Air,
Welden, Bohn, Northern and Sixth-street
properties, which are all producers of good
ore, and will this year greatly increase the
product of the camp.
Another important effect upon the Lead-
ville mining district will be the development
of the territory south of California gulch.
Parties are now looking over the ground pre-
paratory to sinking two shafts in the section
south of the gulch. It is expected that it will
be necessary to sink 000 feet before reaching
the rich ore chute that is known to cross Cal-
ifornia gulch, and the money necessary to de-
velop the ground is already subscribed in the
event that it is decided to commence work.
At Ouray a rich strike has been made in the
Commodore Poote. The vein consists of a
rich body of native and brittle silver and
chlorides. The vein at the opening was about
15 inches wide.
The new strike at the Gustou turns out to
be a wonderful find. The miners are now
working in the new ore body, which is about
12 feet in width.
New prospects and mines are being opened
up almost every day, and the miners are fast
getting out of town and into the hills.
Arrangements are being made to resume
work on the St. Paul mine, above Red
Mountain. A contract will be let at once to
sink the shaft 200 feet.
There were shipped from this station dur-
ing the month of April 155 cars of ore, a short-
age of seventy-five cars from the shipments
made during the month preceding. This is
accounted for owing to the regular spring
condition of the SnetTels and Bachelor roads.
At Vankee a party of Eastern men who
have been spending several weeks looking
over the district, have taken options on sev-
eral mining properties, and will at once start
the erection of a new 50-ton daily capacity
concentrator, which will have sufficient power
to be increased at any time to 100 tons daily.
The mill will be built near the mouth of Cum-
berland gulch, affording a down-hill pull from
the mines in Silver Creek, Cumberland and
Warsaw gulches.
It is the intention of the Standard company
to shortly begin the erection of a large miil
for the treatment of their ores.
At Idaho Springs in putting through an up-
raise at the tunnel of the Lamartine mine the
body of lead ore has increased both in size
and value. This body of ore is independent
of the mine proper, where the force of miners
has been increased to 150 men. Almost every
one of the levels being worked is producing
an exclusively smelting ore.
The Amazon and Cr<vsus mines, near the
Dove's Nest on Beaton mountain, are being
started up this week. Thev are among the
oldest locations in the State.'
At Cripple Creek the best as to the output
give 14,000 tons handled by the process plants,
1.jOO by the stamp mills and IIOOO tons by the
smelters, making a total of 21,500 tons of an
aggregated value of *1, 075,000. The mill ores
were distributed approximatelv as follows:
Metallic extraction works, 0200 tons; Colo-
rado-Philadelphia, 4300 tons; Gillett and Bro-
die, 1400 tons each; Page mills, 700 tonp;
stamps, 1500. These figures give the ore an
average value of $50, a slight increase.
The manager of the Orpha Mav gives the
April production at thirty broad-gauge car-
loads, or i;oo tons, of an average value of $50.
Work on the ore from the shaft bottom has
commenced, the drift having been extended
40 feet from the 4su-foot point.
Station for the third level from the main
shaft of the Gold Coin at 330 feet depth has
been completed, and drifting commenced.
During the week the mine outpulted 290 tons
of the usual average of $35.
The Castle Creek Tunnel and Power Com-
pany are about to let contracts to drive the
tunnel and also the make upraises, about 2,000
feet in all. By reason of the fact that the
tunnel has not been worked for three years, a
considerable amount of work is necessary to
clean it up. The company also owns the Castle
Creek electric light plant, and improvements
will be made on this property, which will thus
enable them, in addition to supplying electric
light to the city, to furnish electric lights for
the mines belonging to the companv. and also
power to run an underground hoisting plant.
The new company working the Squaw
Mountain tunnel under bond and lease, now
has two machine drills working in the breast,
and is making 12 feet a day. The tunnel is
now I.OUO feet in. Production from vein No. 4
and its cross-vein is going on heavily. Last
week eighty tons were shipped, and returns
show half of it to have had a value of *1S0 a
ton, and the remainder was $40 ore. It is the
expectation to make a second shipment of
about 100 tons before the end of the present
month.
At Fairplay the old Beaver Creek Placer
Mining Company has been rejuvenated under
the name of the Fairplay Hydraulic Mining
Company, by Senator Renter and others,
with J. H. Abeel as superintendent. The
company has 1,000 acres of good placer ground
and pipes its water from Mosquito creek to
the Beaver ditch, which supplies the work-
ings with a b'g force of water. The company
will employ from thirty-five to forty men this
season on the works.
The annual report of the Pharmacist shows
that during the year the company has ex-
pended $30,000 in sinking and equipping the
new shaft and in opening the mine, and has
cleared in addition sufficient to lift the in-
debtedness of the company, about $11,000.
The year closes with the property entirely
out of debt and with one of the best equipped
mines and best opened ore bodies in the dis-
trict.
In Clear Creek County on the Bellevue-
Hudson mine on Columbia mountain, the vein
has widened out to 13 feet 0 inches in thick-
ness. The shaft has reached a depth of 000
feet from the surface and 125 feet below the
level of the tunnel. A tunnel from the base
of the mountain is in contemplation. Ship-
ments of the ore, which is of a good grade in
silver, are regularly made.
NEW MEXICO.
Silver City Eji/crpjisc: At Mogollon in the
face of the main adit level of the Confidence
mine a large body of ore has been encountered
which is of higher grade than the ore recently
milled. The vein at this point is 12 feet in
width and the ore body over 4 feet wide and
increasing in width.
On the Maud S a body of high-grade ore has
been struck on the 375-foot level. Another
strike has been made on the 150-foot level and
is supposed to be the upper portion of the ore
body found below.
John T. Mitchell who came from Denver to
expert the Tellurium mines on Little Dry
creek has secured an option on the property
and will commence work immediately.
ARIZONA.
Phfcnix rtrpuhlicau : Downes &; Burke of
Huachuca have bonded their mine.
The Excelsior Mining Company at White
Hills, has recently erected a 40-stamp mill on
their property.
In the Russellville district in Cochise county
the old Peabody mine, which has beena large
producer, was some months ago bonded to
Fiege & Joerss and since rebonded by them
to a Philadelphia and English company. The
company has purchased a diamond drill and
will thoroughly exploit portions of the Pea-
body ground which have never yet been
opened up.
Prescott Cmiricr: In the northern part of
the Territory there are sixteen men at work
in the Minnehaha and Bismuth claims, upon
each of which 500 feet is to be sunk. The
Minnehaha has a double compartment shaft,
the Bismuth a single.
A cyanide plant is to be put in to work over
400 tons of tailings from the old Fortuna mine.
Men are now at work erecting this plant.
The Fortuna mill will start up in a few days,
Nogales Onsf's: The Empire Smelting Com-
pany have got into place the two hoists on
their mines— the Flux and Hardshell. It is
the intention to have a month's supply (2,400
tons) in the ore bins at the smelter before
blowing in, so when the fire is again lighted
a long run can be made without running short
of rock.
416
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 15, 1897.
From nine to Mint.
Uy D. K. TUTTLE, Ph.D., Melter and Refiner of
the United States Mint iit Philadelphia.
The great increase in the production
of gold in recent years is not attribu-
table alone to the discovery or opening
of new fields. It is largely due to the
use of better business methods in the
working of time -honored processes,
but more largely to the introduction of
new means of extraction, which,
whether worked alone or in combina-
tion with the old, make it possible to
treat with profit immense quantities of
low-grade ores in known deposits of
so-called refractory ores which have
hitherto defied profitable treatment.
If space permitted, it would be in-
teresting to take a glance at the whole
field of gold getting, but it is hoped
that some notes on the later and per-
haps the coming methods of extraction
may prove useful.
It is likely that the stamp mill and
amalgamator process will survive as
long as we have free milling ores. But
the day of letting rich tailings go to
waste has passed or is rapidly passing
away.
The Robinson mine in South Africa
furnishes an admirable illustration of
what modern methods can accomplish
in supplementing the stamp mill.
In 1893, 94,842 tons of ore were
worked — first by the familiar method
of stamping and amalgamation. The
yield from the stamps was $1,885,583.
The tailings, instead of being allowed
. to go to waste, were passed over Frue
vanners, by which sulphurets to the
amount of 2714 tons were obtained.
These concentrates were roasted,
treated by chlorination, and yielded
$219,514.
The tailings from the concentrators,
amounting to 55,200 tons, were passed
on to the cyanide works, where gold to
the amount of $289,722 was recovered.
A statement of these returns would
show :
Pei' ton.
From mil] $19. 88
From chlorination 2.32
From cyanide 3.05
Total $25.25
It will be seen that more than 20 per
cent of the returns came from the tail-
ings treated by modern processes, and
that these added 27 per cent to the
output from the stamps. These re-
sults should be very suggestive to mine
owners.
It would be a platitude to say to any
intelligent mining man that no one pro-
cess is suited to all ores ; but it has not
been so well understood that no single
process is likely to aflord the largest
possible returns from any one ore.
The concentrates in the case of the
Robinson mine were collected at very
low cost while the tailings were pass-
ing from the stamps to what would
have been the dump. Yet they yielded
$80.88 per ton by chlorination. The
tailings from the Frue vanners cost
nothing for crushing, yet they yielded
more per ton than some ores profitably
treated in this country.
The chlorination process has found
its way into quite extensive use in the
United States, and much more may be
expected from it when, as is hoped,
water power expended in the electro-
lytic decomposition of common salt for
the production of chlorine may dis-
pense with the transportation of chem-
icals to remote regions. This seems to
be one of the possibilities of the future.
The, limitations of the cyanide pro-
cess are beginning to be understood
and its possibilities will become more
apparent as this knowledge is ex-
tended. Its failures are what might
have been expected with the experi-
ence of to-day. That it has a brilliant
future no one can doubt who has kept
pace with recent developments. It is
suited to but a limited class of ores,
yet these are plentiful. The ores of
the Mercur mine in Utah would be val-
ueless for treatment by any other
known process. It is best suited for
silicious or limestone ores, in which
the gold is finely divided. It will make
a fair extraction from pyritic ores in
which oxidation has not begun. It is
suited to old tailings weathered and
leached by rains, and to new tailings
where the leaching is made too slow by
slimes. Any difSculties here are likely
to be mechanical ones.
It is not suited to ores carrying
coarse gold, as the time required for
solution is too long. It has not been
successful with ores carrying copper,
which seem to have a destructive
action on the cyanide solution. Par-
tially oxidized pyritic ores or tailings
must be rich enough to pay for a pre-
liminary alkaline leaching.
A comparatively simple chemical ex-
amination will determine the treatment
best suited for any gold-bearing mate-
rial, and many an expensive mistake
has been made by subjecting a valuable
ore to a treatment admirably adapted
to some other and quite different min-
eral deposit.
It is now fully understood and appre-
ciated that oxygen enters as a neces-
sary element in the reaction by which
gold is dissolved by potassium cyanide.
Efforts are being made to supple-
ment the cyanide solution with oxidiz-
ing chemical, but while much may be
hoped from experiment in this direc-
tion there is as yet no assured success
to note.
{To he Continued..)
Shaft Sinking Accounts.
There are being sunk at the present
time in California more shafts to con-
siderable depths, from 500 to over 2000
feet, than ever before in the history of
mining in this State. Data as to the
cost is of value in making up esti-
mates, but of this very little is avail-
able, mainly because such a small pro-
portion of the mine managers have time
to keep or appreciate the value of seg-
regated accounts. In no part of the
world has more been done toward de-
veloping the best of modern methods
of mining the precious metals than in
California, but probably in no other im-
portant mining field is so little atten-
tion paid to the keeping of accounts.
The main value of detailed statements
of costs of all kinds of work about a
mine is not in that it is a check upon
leakage, but as a guide for future work
and as a reference. No mine owner or
manager who has looked into the affairs
of any old mite but has bewailed the
fact that so little data is available, not
only as to costs but as to what work
has been done.
Mark B. Kerr, superintendent of the
South Paloma mine in Calaveras
county, has sent some data as to the
details of cost of sinking 550 feet on
that mine. It will be seen that the
average cost per foot was very low.
This was due in large measure to
careful and economical management.
The size of the shaft is 5x7 in the clear,
with one working compartment and a
ladderway. The power used was
steam. The timbers are of Oregon pine
and 12x12 inches in size:
Wood (20 cord.s per hhd. ft. @ $4.50 per cord. , .$ .90
Candles 20
Powder and fuse 50
Top labor 2.50
Timber and lagging 2.00
Oil for light 05
Engine oil 05
Steel and charcoal 05
Management and office 2.25
V\^ater for boiler and air blower 30
Mine labor (contract) 7.00
Total per foot $15.70
Of Commercial Importance.
Department of the Inteeior, 1
United States Geological Survey, i
DIVI.SION OP Mining Statistics and Tech- r
NOLOGY,— Washington, May 8, 1897. J
I have received the following cable-
gram from Coolgardie, West Australia,
to which I beg to call your respectful
attention and trust that our American
mining machinery will be exhibited in
a manner creditable to the country and
profitable to our manufacturers :
" Kindly distribute among American
manufacturers ; International Exposi-
tion gold mining machinery under Gov-
ernment auspices opens Coolgardie,
October 1st. (Signed) Williams, Sec-
retary, Coolgardie."
Very truly yours, Davih T. Day,
Chief of Division.
Wliat a Good flany Say.
The Mining and Scientific Press is
the best and has the largest circula-
tion of any mining journal in the world.
No practical miner should be without
it.— Colfax, Cal., Sentinel, May 7.
The Debris Troubles.
(From our Special Correspondent.)
The much advertised difficulty at the
Red Dog and Goodwin gravel mines at
You Bet, in Nevada county, has stirred
up consitierable ill feeling throughout
this entire section of country. The
Anti-Debris Association, or to be more
precise, some of its officers, have suc-
ceeded in making themselves quite ob-
noxious, and the result of their work
forebodes serious consequences unless
the prudent measures sought to be pur-
sued by wiser counsel should succeed
in its honest efforts to adjust the diffi-
culty.
A committee of five gentlemen from
the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce
met a like committee from the Board of
Trade of Nevada City to visit and ex-
amine the operations and methods at
the above named properties. Mr. S.
K. Thornton, vice-president of the
State Miners' Association, who hap-
pened to be in Nevada City on busi-
ness connected with the Association,
and a representative of the Mining and
Scientific Press temporarily here,
were invited to accompany the com-
mittees. Arriving at the mine the
committees found that a ''spy" had
already preceded them and endeavored
to serve injunction papers issued from
the Superior Court of Sacramento
county, but failed because of his in-
ability to find the owners of the prop-
erties. Had his efforts not been futile
his work would have precluded the
possibility of affording the committees
an opportunity of carrying out the
purpose of their visit.
The facts of this case can be briefly
stated. These people at You Bet have
for three years operated in these claims
by the sluicing process. Their blasts
generall.y were in short drifts of from
10 to 15 feet and 8 to 10 feet cross-
drifts. The amount of powder used
was from ten to fifteen kegs (twenty-
five pounds each), and not 3000 pounds
as charged. There was no evidence of
monitors now or in the past.
In addition to this it may be stated
that their work would naturally be a
matter to come under the supervision
nf the U. S. Debris Commission, whose
agent is almost constantly in the neigh-
borhood.
The waters from the mine flow
through a river bed filled with tailings
from the upper hydraulic works which
had been accumulated previous to the
Sawyer decision, and during the rains
and present dissolving snows in the
mountains these tailings are naturally
carried along and serve to a large ex-
tent to increase the limited debris from
the present ground sluicings in the
mine. And yet, in spite of all the in-
terference of these natural elements,
the law-abiding miner is prohibited
from pursuing his vocation. The writer
heard the agent of the anti-debris
people acknowledge that he had never
been refused admission to the mine,
whether at night or in the day, and
that he had always been the recipient
of courteous treatment.
In giving this unbiased and truthful
statement of facts the writer desires
to add that the several owners de-
clared to the committees their con-
stant observance of the law in their
case, and that their work was always
open to inspection to officers of the law
and to interested people. These gen-
tlemen command the respect of the
community throughout the county, and
their frank and honest countenances
stamp upon them the character of
honor and uprightness.
This last measure of persecution
should be speedily visited by an adjust-
ment due a law-abiding body of men,
and the proper reparation should be
made on the part of a few who, like
pariahs, seek to thrive by imposing
upon valley people's credulity. Neither
the mountain people nor the valley
folks can stop the springtime melting
of the winter snows, nor the flow of
the waters from never-failing springs
adown the hillside, carrying with them
the detritus in their pathway. Adding
this to the sluicing of gravels, but
bearing in mind the long and winding
way through which they travel before
reaching the valleys, the careful ob-
server will find -the waters presented
in an original condition of clearness
and fitness for culinary and drinkincr
purposes, despite the efforts of a few
who cling to a losing cause that would
live only to bring business stagnation
in its possible success. J. F. L.
Nevada City, May 17, '97.
Silver With the Gold.
The complaint against the Mint stat-
istican, Charles 6. Yale, as made by
the Chronicle and other journals of the
State, for not recording a heavier per-
centage of silver with the yearly prod-
uct of the precious metals of California
may have a very good effect, even if it
does redound on the millman and lighten
into correctness the work of the Mint
statistician. The controversy will do
good by way of awakening the gold
miners of California to the fact, which
for years I have been trying to impress
on their minds, that in working the free
gold millingsystem, composed of stamps,
silver plates and concentrators, that
too large a percentage of silver is lost.
It is a well settled fact in the minds of
investigators that the average value of
silver does not reach to exceed 10 per
cent, and yet there are many mines
that will run from 15 to 30 per cent,
but we do not get it by along shot — not
25 per cent of it.
We will now do some figuring on this
basis and see the result: Mr. Yale gives
the total yield of gold for California at
$17,181,582. Ten per cent of this
amount would be $1,718,158.20, and 25
per cent of this amount saved will be
$429,538.50. Mr. Yale gives as his es-
timate $422,453.60, and I think his fig-
ures are as near correct as it is possi-
ble to have them. It must be remem-
bered that there are various chlorina-
tion works in various parts of the
State, working sulphurets, not one of
which, as far as I know, first extract
the silver contained therein prior to
chlorination. Consequently, all the sil-
ver is lost. Now for the question of sil-
ver in our California gold mines. Some
twenty-five years ago the question was
agitated as to the average percentage
of silver in the gold mines of California,
and from data gathered carefully
to settle this point the following table
was made up from the many assays of
ores from the various parts of the
State, which table was compiled, T be-
lieve, by Prof. Henry G. Hanks:
Colli,
^er Ueiil.
FlneneRtt.
Sllmr.
Per Vent.
Fiiienen
75.86
758,6
20.67
206.7
86.57
865,7
12.33
123.3
86.87
868,7
12.33
123.3
88.75
887.5
8.88
088.8
89.10
891.0
10.50
105.0
89.61
896.1
10,05
100,6
90.01
900.1
9,01
090.1
90. a!
903.3
6.80
068.0
90,70
907.0
8.88
088.0
90.90
909.0
8.70
087."
90.96
909.6
9.M
094.4
92.00
920.0
7.00
070.0
93.70
927.0
6.90
069.0
93,53
935.3
6.47
064.7
96.42
964.2
3.50
035.8
This list shows an average of 9.41-100
per cent, taking the entire State. Now,
calculating on this basis, and that I am
right in estimating the percentage of
silver saved, the result then would be
$401,946.49, which is $20,317.11 less
than Mr. Yale's estimate. These fig-
ures prove two points: First, that Mr.
Yale's estimate is approximately as
correct as it is possible to have it,
considering the difficulty the Mint stat-
istician has in getting even the gold
product, and, secondly, that not over
25 per cent of the silver contained in
the ores is saved. In many of our mills
labor is figured down to hardly a fair
living rate, and yet silver is allowed to
go to waste, and, in some instances, in
value more than the whole mill labor
bill. Capitalists are satisfied to get 10
per cent yearly on their mining invest-
ments, and yet, in some instances, run
5 per cent a month off that might be
saved, as well as a given percentage of
gold more. There are two important
individuals for mining operations — the
millman and the assayer. One tells the
value of the bullion he gets from a
given quantity of ore, and the other
can tell you what you don't get. All
mills have the former, but too few the
latter — the sequel is clear.
Almarin B. Paul, *
San Francisco, May 10, 1897.
May 15, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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May 15, 1897.
Coast Industrial Notes.
— Tlie orange shipments from Riverside,
Cal., in April amounted to 121,593 boxes, and
a total lor the season of 614,890 boxes, or 3157
carloads of 30 tons each.
— Langstafl and Wilson are putting in an
electric-light plant at Forest Hill, Cal. In
addition to furnishing light, they will have a
plant for the manufacture of ice.
—A franchise is being sought in Los Angeles
for an electric railroad on San Pedro street to
a point bevond the citv limits, and it is ex-
pected that the road will before long be ex-
tended to San Pedro.
—At a meeting of the city trustees of So-
noma, Cal., last week a special election to
vote on the question of bonds for the munici-
pal water works was called for June 14th.
The sum asked for is *22,600.
—An electric line is to be built connecting
the Oarlick power plant at Copley, Cal., with
the National mine and mill at Old Diggings,
three and a half miles, being the third min-
ing plant in that district to be run by electric
power from Copley, ten miles from Redding.
—It is estimated that there are now grow-
ing in Orange county over 7000 acres of sug-ir
beets, and the indications are that in a tew
years this large acreage will be materially
increased. The Chino factory has contracts
for 4000 acres and the new Alamitos factory
has about 3500 acres.
— W. A. Clark, who is building the Los Ala-
mitos sugar refinery, in southern California,
is in Paris, and a letter from there states
that he has purchased a tract of :n,000 acres
for a coffee plantation from President Diaz, in
Mexico, near Vera Cruz, and will establish a
line of steamers and form a colony down there.
— C. W. Leighton of Chicago has leased sev-
eral thousand acres of land near Tampico,
Mexico, for American capitalists, who will
put the entire tract in sugar beets. They
will establish a beet sugar factory near there.
They claim that with the cheap labor of Mex-
ico and the richness of the land they can
make big profits in their enterprise.
— Senor Romero, Mexican minister at Wash-
ington, publishes an estimate of the money
circulation of Mexico, in which he states that
the five authorized banks of emission in the
republic have issued S40,000,000 in notes, of
which S3«,000,000 are guaranteed by credits
in possession of the banks. Then the banks
have also in possession ?45,000,UOO. With that
there is in circulation about $1011,000,000, or
tS.35 per capita.
—By June 1st, as at present arranged, a
line of steamers will be in operation between
Oakland, Cal., and Sacramento river points,
running to within twenty miles of the State
capital. Negotiations are" also pending tor the
establishment of a line to operate on the San
.loaquin river. Docking privileges will be es-
tablished at the foot of Alice street. Ware-
houses will be constructed and connection
made with the Southern Pacific tracks on
First street.
— The latest census taken by the Mexican
Government showed a population of 13,570,000,
an increase since the last census, seventeen
years previous, of 3,663,000, or 36 per cent.
With the introduction of modern methods,
the better education of the common people,
and the better sanitar.v conditions, insisted
upon by the Government, the growth of Mex-
ico would be faster during the next seventeen
years and greater progress would be made.
The cattle and fruit industries have made
rapid strides, and the transportation of
oranges over the Mexican Central road has
increased 100 per cent every year during the
past three years. The mining business is an
important factor and to-day some of the larg-
est smelters in the world are located in Mex-
ico. No retaliatory measures are anticipated
on the part of the Mexican Government on
account of the -new tariff, which is unfavor-
able to Mexico, as to the duties on cattle and
hides.
Personal.
Hamilton Smith is expected in Butte, Mon-
tana, shortly.
C. W. Wqite has been appointed general
manager of the coal department of the Ana-
conda Copper Mining Company at Belt, Mon-
tana.
PuiNCE PoNiATOwsKi, president of the Cali-
fornia Exploration Company, has gone to
London on business connected with that com-
pany and the Sierra Pacific Railway, and will
return about the end of June.
Ik recognition of the good work done by
Prof. A. C. Lawson the Board of Regents o"f
the University of California have created a
new chair — that of mineralogy — to which he
has been appointed professor. He remains
also as associate professor to Dr. Joseph Le
Conte in geology.
Ex-Vice President Stevenson and Messrs.
Wolcott and Paine, the other two members of
the International Bimetallic Commission,
sailed from New York for Havre, France, last
Saturday. They will first visit Paris, then
London, then Berlin, their object being to se-
cure the consent of all the European nations,
or as many of them as possible, to the holding
of a conference of the nations in regard to an
international agreement as to the coinage and
ratio of gold and silver.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Star of Plumas W. and M. Co., San Fran-
cisco: H. G. Greiner, F. H. Rood, W. Gerken,
D. Meyer, N. Hansen, F. Mart, W. J. G lea-
son ; capital stock $100,000, subscribed $5600.
Bonus M. Co., San .lose: I. Meyer, J. F.
Harlan, E. Knickerbocker, R. D. Fox, V. D.
Livingston: capital stock #100,000, subscribed
$60,000.
Bessella M. Co., Oakland: S. B. Reynolds,
G. H. Torrence, J. A. Sands. D. H. Mclntyre,
C. W. Getchell: capital stock $500,000, sub-
scribed $450,000.
Glen Olive M. Co., S. F. ; W. L. and W. E.
Palmer, S. B. and P. B. Peterson, G. T. and
W. M. lilink; $500,000, all subscribed.
Santa Gertrudes M, & M. Co., S. F. : G. S.
Conroy, N. Selig, J. F. Keamey, G. W.
Gagan, G. W. Loehr, L. M. Manzei-, P. W.
Meyer, G. L. Compo, H. H. Fuller ; capital
stock, $30,000; subscribed, $45.
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GOLD QUARTZ MINE rally emilpped with all re-
Qtilred macbinery and wiler powor and reservoirs.
situated ou lU acres of mining' property In El Dorado
county, to be sold al a barpaln. Principals only
apply to Tlios. R. Church. Ulli; Pranltlln St.. or A. M.
Ebbela, 1(15) Sacramento St.. S. P.
PROPOSALS FOR CANAL.
Sealed proposals will be receiycd at the office of
the Southern Callforoia Power Company. Red-
lands, California, until May 15, 1897, for the con-
struction of SH miles of canal, on the north side of
Santa Ana river, from the mouth of Bear creek to
the mouth of Keller creek, San Bernardino county,
California.
The worlt is mostly through granite rock and
consists of tunnels, flumes and trestles. Over two
miles of the distance is through tunnels ranging
from lUU to ItiUU feet In length. There are twenty
tunnels in all.
Contractors may bid on the whole or any part of
the work. Plans and speolfioattons can be seen
at the office of the company, or they will be sent
by mall upon appUoatfon U desirea. Satisfactory
references must be given by bidders as to their
responsibility, and as a guarantee that a contract
would be entered into, providicg the bid is ac-
cepted. The company reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
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water is returned and used over and over again.
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stroke; compound, 9 in. and 15 in. by 16 in. stroke.
Orivlnp wheels, -13 In. diameter, steel tired.
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gallons. Westiughonse Automatic air brakes.
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73 Pine Street. Hew Tori.
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Developed and Undeveloped
Free-Milling Properties.
E. F. CASSEL,
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Can be bad by applying to
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BISBEB, ARIZONA.
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Reports on mines, designs and superintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited. Ad-
dress W. .1. R. COVVELL, Victoria, B. C.
British Columbia.
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Has prospects for sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
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List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Uewey A Co.. PloQ««*r Tnteut
Hollcltom for Ftkclflc Coust.
rUK THK WEEK KNIUNG MAY 4, I81»7.
5gl,g74,_STovE— C. M. AUeo. S P.
fiBI.877.— Fatcbt— J. H. nearu, S. F.
6>i,00T.— PeN'M. Calenuak— Uratlshaw & Wood,
Orange. Cal.
581.H17,— Cautbidgk LnAHEic— K. O. Cttrvin, Mur-
pbyK. C»l.
f^Xftrt.—l^KWV FuuTBCTOR— Emily A. CliDgmtin.
Wi.tm!— Gas Appakatcs— a. S. Cooper, Sanlu
Harburu. Cnl.
BK.M17— LoAiuNi; Apparatus— H. C. Domeyer,
SauviuK Islaod. Or.
* WI.816.— TKLECUAPiiv— C. F. Eatoo Jr., Santa Uar-
baru, Cal.
5te.Il(t.~CAKPET Sewing Machine— H. Kschwol-
lor. S. F.
88I.H57.— Vknth.ateu Hat— J. E. UoDdmuD, Santu
Kosa. Cat.
581.731.— SiTcTioN Bo.\— M. D. KccQcy, Aniloch,
Cul.
681.73i— FoH.MiNc CvMNnKu— M. D. Keeney, An-
tloch. Cal.
&81.7Xi.— Section Bo.\— M. D. Keoaey, Anlloeli.
Cal.
581.880— (ioi.L' Saving Apparatus— J. Marshall,
Falrtleia. Cul.
MI.WW.- Cultivator— N. McLeaii, Watsonville,
Cal.
58t,0tO.— BriLinNfiK- J. C. Pollon, S. F.
5Si.0m._ni.-vi LK Hanih.e— p. C. Petersou, Alcx-
iiDiler \'iilk'V. Cal.
fiW.Hii.— Must Fuhm— NataUu ScheU. S. F.
&»l,r78.— Sash Loi-K- F. Soverio, S F.
bSa.aiO.— Cdhkent Motor- J. J. Smith, Auburn.
Cal.
581,836.— CiKiNDiNG MAiniNK— Emma Taylor, S. F.
:i7.uil —Design for D<.iucnE Pan — Haviland &
Pratt, S F.
27.018.- UEsir.N FOR Meat Holder — C. P. Lon^'b-
rlil^re. Nevada. Ciil.
•.•7,006.- Design kor Flag- C. P. Perkins, S. F.
27.028.- DESIGN FOK Cut'K — F. YouDg, Knights
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Lauding, Cal.
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Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. aud Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention:
Revolving Si'rav Apparatus.- G. A. and
K. F. Dunn, Dinuba, Cal. No. 581,415.
Dated April 27, ls(t7. This invention relates
loan apparatus which is especially designed
to travel over the surface of the ground and
act as a roller and at the same time to form a
traveling receptacle for water, with a means
by which pressure can be applied so that the
water can be ejected in the form of a spray to
be applied to trees or for other purposes. The
roller is mounted in a suitable frame so that
power may be applied to move it over the
ground, and a second smaller wheel or roller
'is so journaled in the frame that it forms con-
tact with the surface of the roller and is
thereby revolved. The shaft of this second
roller operates a crank wheel or disk from
which power is derived to work a pump, the
pump acting to force air into the interior of
the cylinder. A discharge pipe leads through
one of the journals of the cylinder which is
hollow, the inner end of the pipe being lo-
cated near the bottom of the cylinder so that
the liquid contained therein will be forced
into the pipe by the pressure of the air, and
the outer end of the pipe has a hose connected
with it through which the liquid may be dis-
charged with force upon trees or plants when
it is desired to spray them to destroy insects, or
if plain water is used it may be used to water
roads or dampen the surface wherever it is
desired.
Tor.— B. E. Henriksen, San Francisco, Cal.
No. 581,420. Dated April 2T, 1897. The ob-
ject of this invention is to provide a simple
and attractive toy adapted to produce a sound
which may be more or less an imitation of the
natural voice of the creature in the likeness
of which the toy is constructed. It comprises
a hollow resonant figure having a vibratable
member, a head with a flexible or hinged neck,
a lever within the figure hinged at its lower
end and extending upwardly into the neck
having its free end adapted to bear against
the same to throw the head up, a cord attached
, to the lever at a point above its hinge and
passing outwardly through the vibratable
member whereby it may be operated to cause
the figure to give forth a sound.
Preliminary Cooler for Ice Machines. —
'R. F. Schroeder, Sacramento, Cal., assignor
of one-fourth to C. W. Hutton, same place. No
581,431. Dated April 27, 1897. This invention
is designed to be used in conjunction with ice
machines where it is important to save all the
labor and time possible, and its operation is
.10 cool the water passing through this pre-
liminary apparatus before it is delivered into
, jthe final freezing cans so that it enters these
. .cans at a temperature approximately close to
^be freezing point. It consists essentially of
channels interposed between the water supply
and the freezing cans through which the
.water flows, a pivotal trough having openings
in the bottom, said trough being movable so
'that the openings stand above the channels
or may be moved to one side thereof, a mech-
anism for aOtomatically tilting the trough so
that the water flows alternately over the
pipes or passages and to one side of them so
that the discharge of cold brine upon the
channels or passages takes place while the
brine is being delivered into the freezing
cans, and it is diverted from these i)assages
after Iho cans are tilled and while iho water
is lem()orarily not flowing in the passages,
the object being to prevent the water in the
passages from absolutely freezing when it is
not in motloD.
AI'PARATIS FOK iiEFININC ASPIIALTIM.—
Arthur F. L. Bell, Carpenleria, Cul., assignor
I to the Alcatraz Asphalt Co. of San Francisco,
I Cal. No. 5SI,451. Dated April 27, lfS'.t7. This
I invention relates loan apparatus for extract-
I Ing and purifying asphaltum and kindred sub-
I stances from siliuious and other earthy
I matter by crushing, healing, agitation and
I the employment of solvents incor|»oraled
I therewith and the reevaporalion of the sol-
vents whereby the asphalt is reduced to
a merchantable product. If also relates to
devices for collecting and condensing the
volatilized products arising from the treat-
ment. It consists essentially of a stationary
casing or shell with an interior revolubfe
drum having end openings and separated from
the shell to form a circumscribing space, said
drum or cylinder having its inner face pro-
[ vided with means rigid therewith for advanc-
ing the material, means for supplying the
, material lo the drum, means for effecting the
j flow of a solvent through the drum in the
opposite direction to the movement of the
j material, and means for recovering the va-
; porized solvent. The material is advanced
' through the drum by a spirally-formed tlango
j rotating therein while heat is'applied through
the double walls formed by the surrounding
j space or chamber. The sand, silt and other
; material is discharged from the drum to a
i drier and the vaporized solvent is recovered
1 by means of a condenser, suitably connected
! with the apparatus.
GoLii Saving Device.— .Joseph Mait, Oak-
land, Cal. No. 581,425. Dated April 27, 1897.
This invention relates to an apparatus for
separating gold and valuable heavy substances
from lighter and worthless material. It con-
sists essentially of an inclined longitudinally
oscillating screen and oppositely inclined hop-
per and a regulating gate through which the
material is supplied to the upper end of the
screen, an extension or guide between the
discharge and the screen, an air chamber
supported below the screen having inlet open-
ings in the sides and an open discharge cover-
ing the lower surface of the screen, fans with
oppositely inclined blades journaled to rotate
within the openings so as to force air in from
opposite sides, and riffles fixed upon the screen
surface having short upturned lower edges
with the longest incline directed upwardly
along the screen.
Stove.— Charles M. Allen, San Francisco,
Cal. No. 581,974. Dated May 4, 1S97. This
invention relates to improvements in stoves
and is especially adapted to stoves or ranges
employed for cooking purposes. It consists of
a separable movable top, a means for operat-
ing it so that by sliding the movable portion
backward the fuel compartment is exposed
and fuel may be introduced thereinto without
removing the utensils from that portion of the
stove. The operation is elTected by racks and
pinions engaging the racks and turnable so as
to move them and the movable part to which
they are attached. There is also a device
consisting of a flattened portion of the rollers
upon which the top is carried, which flattened
portion arrives beneath the rollers just as the
top is closed, and thus allows it to drop a little
and prevents it from being moved accident-
ally.
Sulky Cultivator.— Neil McLean, Watson-
ville, Cal. No. 581,99(5. Dated May 4, 1S97.
This invention relates to improvements in
that class of apparatus known as sulky plows
or cultivators. It consists essentially of a
wheel axle having the outer ends and the
central portion in the same axial line, the
bearing wheel being turnable upon the outer
ends of the shaft and the seat and beam por-
tion being connected with the central portion
of the shaft, which is turnable in a journal
box, while the plows or cultivators are raised
or depressed by links connecting them with
the intermediate crank portions of the shaft
with a suitable operating lever for the pur-
pose. This construction allows the plows or
cultivator teeth to be raised or depressed
without lifting any portion of the beam or
the rider's weight, and makes the operation
very simple and easy.
Submerged Current Motor.— John J.
Smith, Auburn, Cal. No. 582,000. Dated
May 4, 1S97. This invention relates to an
apparatus for applying the power of a current
of water flowing in a ditch, sluice or other
waterway. It consists essentially of a plu-
rality of parallel shafts journaled upon a
frame with their axes in the line of move-
ment of the current in which the frame is im-
mersed, gears upon the ends of the shafts and
intermediate gears by which the various
shafts are connected and propeller blades
fixed upon the shafts so that the passage of
the water rotates these blades in their shafts
and motion is transmitted to the main driv-
ing shaft. A clutch mechanism allows any one
or more of the shafts to be disengaged by the
use of an interior independent shaft revoluble
within the shafts which carry the propeller.
Lamp Oveuplow Protector. — Emily A.
Clingmau, San Francisco, Cal. No. 581,997.
Dated May 4, 1897. This invention is de-
signed to prevent the overflow and soiling of
] lamps while they are being filled. It con-
I sists essentially of a flexible removable disk
having a central opening to flt around the
filling nozzle of the lamp, this disk being pro-
I vided with upturned peripheral and interior
flanges so that when fitted around the filling
nozzle it will catch and retain any overflow
j and prevent its soiling the lamp or Qth^r
parts,
Joshua Hendy Machine Works,
San Francisco, Cal.
Olflce and Salearoom 38 to 44 Fremont Street.
**'°''''* Cor. Kearny, Francisco and Boy Streets.
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Steam Engines and Boilers,
Triumph Concentrators,
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Water Wheels.
MARSH STEAM PUMP.
Count Its Moving Parts
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PATENT SELF-QOVERNINQ STEArt VALVB.
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Simonds Saws. Dodge Wood Split Pulleys
Bickford & Francis Leather Belting.
Cleveland Rubber Co.'s Rubber Belting: and Hose.
Grant Corundum and Detroit Emery Wheels.*
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Professional Cards.
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I Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,
De Ijamar, Owyhee Co., Idaho.
BEKNARD MACDONAI.D,
Consulting Mining Engineer,
Bdtte, Montana.
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Chemist and Metallurgist.
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I J. K. EVELETH. V. H. M. MacLtmont.
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MECHANICAI. AND HYDRAULIC
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KXCHARD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address: Richparb. ,
[ Crocl^er Bnildiog San Francisco, Cal. ,
TVlORCirtlN «fc CO.,
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Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
a'. JONES. G. M. EDMOKDSON.
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
> Rooms I-J, Exchange Banlt Blocli,
Colorado Springs, Colo,
(Aline, Mill and Smelter Work.)
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Box 62H, - - - Leadville. Colo.
W^. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MININO ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex-
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I Eighteen years' experience. Will report on (
: Mines and Mills, and take full charge of Min- '
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Boom 15, San Francisco, Cal. (
J. HOWARD WILSON,
306 Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo, Colo.
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ORE TO COLORADO SMELTERS. *'
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( Established in 1877. Prof. F.J. Stanton. Prlnei-
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taught for $25, in two weeks. Courses in miner- >
S alogy. metallurgy, mining, surveying, geology.
\ Personal actual practice. Instruction by cc- )
f reapondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady -
J pupils received. Investments made and In-
formation given in reliable mining properllea.
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Chemist and Assayer. Successor
to Henry G. Hanks, established
1866. The super-
vision of sampling
of ores shipped to
San Francisco a
specialty.
718-
; Montgomery street,
San Francisco.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
I STATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
434 California St., near Montgromerj.
Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
> dustrial Products, Foods. Medicines, etc.. etc.
> Court Experting in all branches of Chemical <
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> vestigatlon of Metallurgical and Manufactur-
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AINSWORTH NO. 049.
SENSIBLE TO 1-10 MILLIGRAMME.
This is an agate bearing pulp or chemical scale,
and; is also furnished with rider apparatus for
analytical work.
Photos and Prices of tbis and other Balances
on application.
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No. 2151 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLORADO,
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
f=^Inest Assav balances.
Our Beams are the
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and positively inflexible.
They are imeqnaled in
aecuracv and sensitive-
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All makes of balances
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And Chemical Laboratorj'.
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COMPANY, OF AMERICA, LTD.
CAPITAL, - $550,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
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(M^ARTHUR-FORREST PROCEKQ
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
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should have their material tested by
The MacArthur-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
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PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
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This machine is the finest gold saver for both
placer mines and quartz mills. No other plate
necessary in mills where the Pacific Amalgamator
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May 15, 1897.
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THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
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THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
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A STEAM ORE STAMP.
One of the BONANZA MINES of the Black Hills was developed
by a TREMAIN STEAM STAMP MILL, installed last summer at a cost of
about $i6oo. After six months' run the superintendent wrote the fol-
lowing letter:
Hill City. S. D., Feb. 2, 1897.
(f'i'':-s- linii Works, ii.vt EtHfon Ac*?., Chicago. ///.— Gkntlembs: It gives me great pleasure in in-
formin? you of our success with the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill which we have been running since last
July. We have been running on hard, white quartz, some of it of a Hinly character and a small portion
of it slightly decoTiposed We average about ten tons every 24 hours through a forty-m'^sh screen. If
our finaocial standing had been a little better, so we could have put in a small engine and rock crusher,
I am coutident we could put ihroush 14 to 15 tons in 24 hours. The wear and tear is considerably less
than an ordinary s-amp mill, it all being on the shoes and dies. The last we used of these were of the
aluminum steel' which are the best wearing shoes and dies I have ever seen. The parts are all well
made and durable. I having failed to see any weak point about the machinery.
We use one cord of pine wood in ii hours, and run the mill with 70 to SI lbs. of steam.
T have followed mining in connection with milling for thirty years and have never seen its equal
lor convenience, durability and cheapness. To parties wishing to purchase a quartz mill I cheerfully
recommend the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill for its small cost, economy in operation and complete re-
sults of working. Very truly yours, [SIGNED] JAMES C McDUNALD,
Supt. St. Elmo M. & M. Co.
This Mill has the capacity of a 5-stamp gravity mill and costs less
than half to install. Automatic feeder of approved design. Weight of
entire Mill 3300 lbs. Made sectional for mule-back transportation,
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H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 14i and 143 First Street, San Francisco. .^^^^^^
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H. ft. MORRIS & CO "^^ ^^^^^ MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
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nANMATTAN RUBBER BELTINQ, PACKING' AND HOSE,
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CBNTRIPUQAL PUHPS,
LIGHT STEEL RAIL.
Mav 1"' 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
420
The yWine stnd Smelter Supply Co., Den\/er, Colo.
THE LARGEST STOCK OF MINING, HILLING AND SHELTINQ MACHINERY WEST OF CHICAGO.
I'll'K. I-ACKIN<,, KfltBEK IIKl.TIMi. AND SUI'I'I.I KS OK ALL KINUS.
SOLE /\GEP^TiS FOR
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And claim tor it hhttku work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity of from 15 to 25 tons per day of
24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No moving belts or intricate parts. Any one can learn to operate in an hour.
VUILFLEV CIOINCErNX RrtTOR.
The DmtANT Mininc Co.
,., ''""r ':OD'l''nJttll<>i> of all of ihe above we refer to Henry Lowe. Puzzle Mine, Breokcnrldgo, Colo. : Mary Murphy Mine, St Elmo Colo
W. E. RenBliaw,Mayllower Mill, Idaho Springs. Colo : H. B.Woods. Denver, Colo. ■ j '."■I'-y mme, .t,i. i.imu. i^oio.
— GENERAL OPriCES OF —
The LATKAcginsnios Cons. Mining Co. TnECoMpnoMisE Mining Co Thk Aspkn Sampmnc Co
'JiikConomaka Mink. The SmugclehConckntkatok. THKSMDGt;i,BH Mininc Co.
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I lie Miiir mill Miielhr .•"i/iiilij la.. n,iiiir. To/n.— CENTLEMKN : Vour favor oflhe 5th Inst, at hand and noted. In regard to the WllHcv
Tal)le I wish to say that I consider It to t)e the best devlee In use lo-dav for cont-entratliit.' tine ores: that It will .save evcrythlDK that a
TOld pan will: that It comblni's the clean savInK of a Rlttluger with the capacity of a huddle. I think that without iiuestion It will sup-
plant in lime all other devices for handling tine and slimy ores. This Includes all the vanning machines and buddies
This is higher praise than I am In the habit of giving, hut I feid sure that it Is deserved, and you may make any use of this that vou
desire. Yours very truly. |SI0NE1I| S. 1. HALI.ETT.'
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THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY' AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY' RUNS UP TO IIXW
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We tinarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree or FineneHK.
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mizer of fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
improved Black Ilawk Ore Rreaker.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
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Equipped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
insnrlng- rig:id and strong walls.
No Cracks.
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Buyers of All Classes of r
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
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Code and Bedford McNeilPs Code.
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Tools
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for onr prices. Our stock is the larg-
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PATENTS
426
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 15, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, May 13, 1897.
General business continues fair foi* the
season, although it is not up to expectations
owing to had crop reports. That the yield oE
wheat will not he a full crop is acknowledged
by all, but that it will fall below last year's
is not conceded by usually well informed
parlies. Higher average prices for the cereal
will offset the falling off in the outturn, and
will make returns in money considerably
larger than in last year's crop. The fruit
crop will fall below estimates four weeks ago
yet there is not a variety but will show an
increase over last year by reason of more
trees and vines comiug into bearing and the
general average to the older plant beiug
larger. Prices that will be realized for the
canned and dried product will be governed by
the apple crop at the East, and for the greeu
fruit by the consumptive capacity of the
masses, and the latter will be controlled by
their purchasing power. The continued tink-
ering of the tariff by Congress is having a bac'
effect for many lines of goods which showed
an advancing tendency and are either halting
or else lower. In metals and chemicals there
are very few changes.
The local money market is reported fairly
easy, with accommodations easily obtained by
parties good to gilt edge security. Regard-
ing collections, there are conflicting reports.
While money jobbers report good collections,
there are an equal number who say they are
poor; hut they all concur in saying there are
fewer outstanding accounts, with the very
large proportion considered good, while the
others may require a long time to work out.
The mines continue to send in increasing
quantities of gold and less silver. Well-in-
formed sources estimate the yield on this
coast at fully 20 per cent more this year than
was last year's. In this State the output of
the mines is placed at about 15 per cent more,
while some place it as high as 25 percent
greater. This increase is based on more
mines being worked in about all parts of the
State, while the older mines do not show any
falling off. Remittances to the East are free
for the season, causing stiff rates for ex-
change. The East reports a plethora of funds,
with spasmodic speculation in railroad and
industrial securities. Sterlings are weak at
New York, but, notwithstanding this, gold is
going to Europe. Tbe high premiums ruling
in Europe for the yellow metal make ship-
ments proiitable. The European money mar-
kets are about the same as reported last
week. The market is governed largely by
war news — when it looks peace speculation
shows a revival and money comes out, but
when it looks like continued war, then specu-
lation is slow and money does not offer so
freely.
New York Silver Prices.
New York, May 13.— Following are the
-losing prices for the week :
, SiVDer in .
London. JV. Y.
Friday 27 13-16 60^
Saturdi.y 279i m%
Monday 27 11-16 QOH
Tuesday 27 11-16 60^i,
Wednesday 27% 60^
Thursday 27% 60?^
Copper. Lead. Iron. Tm.
Fri....lO 75 @11 3 25 10 00@12 50 13 25
Sat... 10 75 @11 3 30 10 00@13 50 13 30
Mon...l0 75 @11 3 30 10 00@12 50 13 30
Tue. ..10 75 @U 3 321^ 10 00@12 50 13 25
Wed.. 10 75 @U 3 32H 10 00(5(12 50 13 26
Thur..l0 75 @11 3 30 10 00@12 50 13 30
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
CJommercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft . 12i4c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer I5c Prem
Loudon Bankers' 60 days 84.87
London Merchants 84.83
London Sight Bankers 84.88^
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 60!^
Mexican Dollars 49(a50
SILVER.— The market fell the past week
to 60/4 cents and then advanced to ^^y^ cents,
closing barely steady at that figure to-day.
The demand is slow with us, as it is at the
East. The export movements from New York
are light. The smaller shipments are due to
the inactive demand abroad. It is the con-
sensus of opinion that the markets will not
show much improvement until the financial
situation improves in India, and there is a
general revival of business in that country
and China.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The movement is
still slow. New York advices quote sales at
from 48 to 49 cents, with reports as low as 47X
cents.
QUICKSILVER.— The market is steady to
firm at quotations. The demand shows a
slight increase over the corresponding time
last year. Our market is quoted at 140. .50 for
domestic consumption.
COPPER.— The market is lower again, and
that, too, in the face of heavy sales at the
East, aggregating as follows: Calumet &
Hecla 10,000,000 pounds, Quincy 4,000,000
pounds, and John Stanton has also* sold a con-
siderable quantity. Tbe price at which the
C. & H. placed their copper is 11 cents, with
delivery in May and June. James Lewis &;
Son of Liverpool write that the apparent con-
sumption of England, France and Germany
has increased so far this year at the rate of
37,834 tons per annum. On the other hand,
the exports of sheets and yellow metal to
India has decreased 3500 tons as compared
with the SEime three months of last year.
TIN— The market is practically unchanged
for both pig and plate.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing @,H
Ingot, wholesale (Sii3
Sheet copper @17
Bolt J4&&-lfl, 20o; % and larger, 17
LEAD— The markets both here and at the
East show more strength since the new tariff
bill was introduced into the Senate.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — @ 4 50
Sheet 5 62^i@ 6 12!4
Pipe 4 87!4@ 5 37^
SHOT. — There is a fair jobbing demand.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs ... 81 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 60
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 60
POWDER— The market is active at full
quotations. The consumption is steatily in-
creasing.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from \\%c to ITJ^c, according to
strength aod quantity; No. 2, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
BORAX— There is nothing new to report.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, In carload lots, in barrels 5
Refined, in carload lots i n sacks 4Jii
Powdered, In car lots 5
Concentrated. " 4.%
IRON —Advices from the East state that
the markets are unsettled under strong com
petition. The low prices are causing quite a
number of furnaces to blow out.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss $20 00 $22 00
Thomas 21 00 22 00
Salisbury 29 00 31 50
ENGLISH.
Barrow $21 00 823 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 23 00
COAL— Poor crop prospects makes it quite
certain Ihat less foreign will be imported
than had been estimated. The market for all
kinds is steady.
ANTIMONY. — The market is steady and
quiet.
Our market is quoted at 7^4@S^4C in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote
7%c for Cookson's, 6J3@73-^c for HalletVs and
6'='8@7c for Japanese.
NAILS.— The market is fii-mer.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $3 20
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " " 2 10
PLATINUM.— There is a fair demand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to S15 per ounce.
ZINC. —The market is quiet at steady
prices.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is steadier.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
Chemicals.
The East reports an unsettled market with
the tendency to lower figures owing to heavy
stocks on spot and to arrive, imported in anti-
cipation of higher duties. The probability
that the bill will not become law for sixty
days yet, causes a selling by weaker holders.
SPELTER — The market is maintained
steady by not forcing sales.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
BISMUTH.— There is a fair demand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
11.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.-The market is steadier.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
BONEASH.— The market is steady.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows : Extra, 4c a pound ; No. 1, 3i^c : No.
3 SVc. ' 'K 1
'caustic soda, 60%. --The market is firm
at 3c per pound in a jobbing way.
soda ash, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is steady at §1.55 per 100 lbs. in a
jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OW SODA.— There is a
slow demand at 3^0 a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— In our market there
is nothing new to report.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
955^.
ACETIC AOID.— The market is steady at 6
to 13c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at IJ^c per lb for
66%.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6i^@7c per pound in car-
boys.
BLUE VITRIOL. — Our market is fairly
steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at A%c per
pound.
Mining Share Market.
AlINIING ASSESSTViElVTS.
San Francisco. May I.S, 1S97.
The market has been spasmodically active
with Con. Virginia the leader. Prices shrank
steadily up to Tuesday, when Con. Virginia
sold on the regular morning call at SI. SO; but
in the informal the shares were in demand on
an order from Virginia City, said to have been
sent through the manipulator's instruction
from this city to that place so as to give out-
siders the impression that it was outside buy-
ing. These purchases advanced the shares
to S'l25 by the afternoon of that day.
Wednesday morning the market opened
strong with sales of Con. Virginia at $3.35,
but it began to ease oiT as soon as the smaller
shorts had filled and some realizing was no-
ticeable. The entire list moved in sympathy
with Con. Virginia with the heaviest decline
on the down grade in Chollar by reason of an
Company and Location.
Brunswick Con G M Co, Cal
Bullion M Co. Nev
Challenge Con M. Co, Nev. . .
Channel Bend M Co, Cal. . . .
ChoUar M Co, Nevada
Crown Point G & S M Co, Nev
Eureka Con D M Co, Cal
Golden State M Co, Idaho ....
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev.
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal
Jamison M Co
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal
Occidental Con M Co, Nev
Overman S M Co, Nev
Savage M Co, Nev
Seg Belcher & Mides Con M
Co, Nev
Sulphur Bank Q M Co, Cal. . .
Tenabo M & M Co., Nev
Thorpe M Co, Cal
Union Con S M Co, Nev
No. Ami. Levied, DelinqH and S2le. Secretary.
.11.... 3c.... Mar 22.. Apr 23, .May 15 J Stadfeld
50 10c — May 4.. June 8.. June 28 R R Grayson, 331 Pine
23....10c....May 13. June 16. .July 8 CL McCoy, Mills Bldg
, 7 2c Mar 22. .Apr 24.. May 17 JP Langhorne, 39 Sutter
43.... 15c.... May 10.. June 15. July 8 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
70.... 20c.... Mar 24.. Apr 28. .May 19... .James Newlands. Mills Building
8.... 5c....Apr 2. .May 15. .June 5 D M Kent, 330 Pine
1.... ]9^c..Mar 29.. May L.May 17 E Logan, 101 Van Ness
81.... 20c.... Apr 39.. June 1. .June22. .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
46.... 5c.... Mar 30.. May 8.. May 29 "W J Gurnett, 308 Pine
9. .. 5c Nov 27. .Apr 24. .June 19 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
, 6....10c....Apr 12.. May 24.. June 21 P Mettmann, 237 Twelfth
27 10c May 11. .June 12. .July 1 .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
77....10c....Apr 12. .May 17.. June 7 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
20c.... Apr 13. .May 17.. June 7 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
19. . . . 5c. . . -Apr 6. .May 10. .May 29 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
5.... 25c.... Mar 23. .May 3. .June 3 T Wintringham, 306 California
1 . . . .50c. .. .Mar 29. .May 4. .May 24 T J Read, 606 Sutter
6 2!4c..Apr 14.. May 22.. June 13 AFFrey, Phelan Building
4 20c Apr 7.. May 11.. June 1 A P Swain, 309 Montgomery
assessment, but on the upmove the shares in
the north end group of mines showed the most
strength. The advance in Con. Virginia is
said to have been on a reported improvement
in the workings above the 1650-foot level. It
is believed that before thirty days pass there
will be more improvements reported in this
mine. The rapid decline in ChoUar was en-
gineered by levying an assessment of 15 cents
after assurances had been made that there
was enough ore taken out from the Bruns-
wick lode to pay all expenses, and, if properly
managed, leave a balance. It is hardly neces-
sary to state that C. E. Elliott is secretary
of the company. The impression seems to be
quite general that the mine affairs of the
company are not properly handled in the in-
terest of outside shareholders. No doubt ex-
ists but this belief is founded to some extent
on the way in which money has been paid in
connection with the Chollar-Norcross-Savage
Shaft Co.'s combination shaft on the Com-
stock lode. It is stated that this shaft has
been closed down for years, and that a lone
watchman has performed all the duties re-
quired for the period of inaction. Regardless
of that fact and of the hard times on the lode.
Secretary Elliott has rendered his regular
monthly statement of pay roll, 1300 or $300 a
month, and a water bill for the Virginia and
Gold Hill Water Company of ^75 per month
and not a drop so far as known, of water has
been used in ten years. It is hardly necessary
to state that it is said secretary Elliott fig-
ures in this pay roll of 1300 or $300 a month.
The Hale &. Norcross Company very com-
mendably refused to pay its proportion of
these unnecessary expenses in these hard
times, and as a consequence it is stated that
the management of this company is to be
done by those interested in the ChoUar propo-
sition, notwithstanding the H. & N. Co. agree
to pay their proportion of the watchman's
salary. This is said to be only one of the
many ways for spending money by which as-
sessments can be levied oftener. It is no
wonder that so much difliculty is met in try-
ing to make a deal, for outsiders, when such
couditions obtain, will know that if they buy
the shares on an advance it is tail they lose
and heads the other fellows win. It is sur-
prising that the honest members of the two
mining share exchanges do not rise to the
occasion and insist on a change in the interest
of shareholders, or else refuse longer to call
the shares. This action would inspire confi-
dence, and be instrumental in bringing in a
class of dealers who could buy and sell at
much higher figures, thus insuring active
trading and brokers making money and not
losing, as they have for some time past.
The following mining companies had cash on
hand May 1 :
Alpha Con., $3033; Andes, $6335; Alta,
$1777; Belcher, $3908; Best & Belcher, $10,-
479; BuUion, $2645; Con. Cal. & Va., $9861;
Challenge Con, $130; Con. Imperial, $3824;
Con. New York, $3; Crown Point, $11,638;
Caledonia, $2168; Confidence, $5899; Ex-
chequer, $2005; Gould & Curry, $2350; Hale
&. Norcross, $2156; Julia Con., $735; Mexican,
$11,673; Ophir, $9837; Overman, $1992; Po-
tosi, $16,052; Sierra Nevada, $13,262 ; Stand-
ard Con., $25,715; Syndicate, $858; Union
Con., $2294; Utah Con., $1229.
The following mining companies had an in-
debtedness May 1: Cholar, $10,000, with
April expenses unpaid, less $91.26 cash on
hand and bullion in transit; Lady Washing-
ton, $1460; Segregated Belcher, $1300, less
$524 cash on hand ; Savage, $7600, less $35 cash
on hand; Silver King of Arizona, $2254. The
April expenses of the Savage mine are paid.
From the Comstock mines our advices are
practically unchanged since last week's re-
view. Very little information is allowed to
leak. Talk about the espionage of the press
in Russia and other despotic countries, it
is nothing to compare with the way of manu-
facturing, cutting off or enlarging news, as
desired, regarding work in the Comstock
mines, so that the only things that can be de-
pended on in the ofQcial letter which, unless
an object is sought, are as hare of meat as a
well-picked bone. It is needless to say that
in these cases the inside gets the meat of the
news while the outside gets the bones — num-
ber of feet run, directions, and sometimes the
level or levels on which the work is done.
Prom Con. Virginia come to hand reports of
another small strike in the workings in the
upraise from the 1650-foot level. It is the be-
lief with many on the outside that quite a
body of ore is in sight on that level, and that
much higher prices will rule, on merit, for the
shares, but from all that we can learn not
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leaaesi
Contracts and Secnrities*
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-PIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands. {
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes. i
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL !
WORK. I
The Jno. G. Morgan
Brolierage Company,
BANKERS
and
BROKERS,
No. 1630 Stout Street,
Telephone 1293.
DENVER, COLO.
STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND
PROVISIONS.
Direct private wires to Chicago, New York, Cripple
Creek, Colorado Springs and Pneblo.
Orders executed in large or small amounts for cash
or on reasonable margins. Out-of-town orders by
mall, telephone or telegraph will receive prompt
attention. Dally market circular mailed free on
application.
^33,014,000
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, Miuing? Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Thomas J. Fry, John Syt.vands,
President. Sec'y & Treas.
T. R. MiLLEB, John D. Fleming.
Vice-Pres't. Counsel.
CAPITAI. STOCK* SIOO.OOO.
THE
Mining Investment Company,
No. 5S1 to 534 Cooper Buildings,
DENVER, COLO.
Branch Office, - COLORADO SPRINGS.
Gold and
Copper
Properties
Wanted.
1 We have prospective purchas-
I ers for developed and producing
I mines and desire to correspond
I direct with owners of such prop-
' erties. We handle properties on
legitimate commission ODly and
prefer to deal vrith owner or
authorized representatives.
Well Known Copper Mine
Mine well developed. Complete working plant. Situation and lacilitiea first class. Add
H. D. RANLETT, Ranlett, Amador County, Cal.
\A/ho Sees V^our /\dL\/ &rt\s&m&r\t "?
»^^ Is an important question. When asked for an
^*^ extensive circulation among probable purchasers.-
' ad " demand proof of
May 15, 1897.
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much ore will be shown up, or, at least, not
enough to send the shares up to ligures which
would cause the mine to sell ou the basis of
$1,500,000. This, on a business proposition, is
a very big Bgure for a mine now-a-duys, un-
less It Is a large orodUL-er or a proipeciive
producer of gold. The work on the UKJO-foot
and IsriU-foot levels does not excite attention,
yet some quite important dead work is being
done In further purposes. There were ex-
tracted last week J2 ions of ore assaying over
iim tc the ton.
In Ophir work is still confined to the Cen-
tral tunnel and lOdU-foot levels. On the for-
mer level 4 inches of ore has been found from
which one ton of ore was extracted assaying
litO. They followed the streak north. On
the luOO-foot level the crossdrift is to the
west. In Mexican they are running a south-
westerly drift on the lOUO-foot level. They
pass through porphyry, seams of clay and
narrow streaks of quartz. Elliott is secre-
tary of this mine, as he Is of Sierra Nevada.
In this latter mine they are still fooling around
on the Laylon tunnel level. In Union the
work heretofore reported is unchanged. The
material does not show any essential change.
In Andes they are still at work on the 175-
foot level, lu Utah they are crossdrifting
east on the old west surface tunnel. Best &.
Belcher and Gould & Curry conline their
work to the joint east crossdrift on the SUU-
foot level of the Bonner shaft. Prom Savage
nothing new comes to head. In Hale & Nor-
cross work is west and south from the tenth
floor above the HOU foot level. No work is
reported in Chollar, but in Potosi Ihey are
at work on the 17.')-foot level. They manage
not to report much ore. Elliott is secretary
of this mine, as he is of Alpha, in which mine
so much reported fooling work has been done
and is still being done on the TiiJU-foot level.
In Bullion the work is conHued to the north
drift heretofore reported. Slow progress is
being made in the joint west crossdrift that
Is being run by Con. Imperial, Challenge and
confidence. Nothing,, so far as the public is
advised, has been struck yet. In Confidence
they are still working on the upper level.
No ore was extracted last week. The joint
west crossdrift of Yellow Jacket, Kentuck
and Crown Point is being driven ahead. The
work in Crown Point, Belcher, Seg. Belcher,
Overman. Caledonia and Alta, so far as the
official letter goes, is of the same character as
heretofore reported. Some ore is being raised
by Belcher, Seg. Belcher and Overman. The
letters from two former fail to state from
what level th'e ore is extracted.
From the Brunswick lode the ofticial letters
do not report any material change from any of
the mines. Chollar's letter reports that '2US
tons of ore were extracted, ra'sed and milled
which assayed to the ton «3:i.'J-t in gold 10.81
ounces in' silver. The April cleanup of the
mill yielded *1S,447.55 of which «i),4;j3.63 was
gold.' The only change in the work since our
last issue is the starting of west crossdrift
No. 1 on the 3UU-foot level and stopping No. 2
crossdrift on the 500-foot level. The work in
Occidental is on the same levels and in the
same directions published last week. The
Joint work of Con. Virginia, Best & Belcher
and Gould &. Curry is unchanged.
The following resolution was passed this
morning by the board of trustees of the Hale
and Norcross :
Whekeas, Information has been received by
members of this board of trustees that the
seal of this corporation has been forged and
counterfeited by certain persons, and that
said persons have collected moneys from stock-
holders of this corporation as assessments of
its stock without authority of law; now,
therefore, be it
Resuhied, That the president of this com-
pany be, and he is, hereby authorized and di-
rected to present this matter to the grand
jury of the city and county for their action, to
the end that said parties may be punished for
their unlawful acts.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Mines.
May
6.
May
13.
Alpha
« 24
S 23
ja , t,' '
25
64
58
Bodie
25
83
1 30
2 15
70
CoDsoHdated Calitornla and Virginia..
1 SO
27
31
23
43
1 Oo
06
52
21
52
30
Ophir
95
15
48
12
St
Utah
yellow Jacket
31
27
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
SAN FBAHOlsco, May 13, 1897.
I A. M. SESSION.
5^0 Andes
700 Best &. Belcher ... 58
100 Caledonia 12
200 Challenge 25
400 Chollar
650OonCal&Va I 90
100 Gould & Curry .... 23
1000 Ophir
40O Overman
900 Savage
100 Seg Belcher...,
100 Union
100 Yellow Jacket.
" It is character, not circulation, that some advertisers want."
Very well. The Mining and Scientific Press has both.
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DYNAMOS.
AAOXORS /\[ND MR/VVATURE lA/IINDirSG.
CZommutators RetjuIIt. rtmalgrarn Folates.
RLIINT & LO/VVAX, Donv/er, Colo.
Rainfall and Temperature.
The following data for the week ending 5
A. M., May 12, 1897, are from ofticial
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Mining and Scien-
tific Pkess:
I p. M.
SECOND SESSION—
1100 Yellow Jacket.,
500 Belcher
300 Overman
200 Caledonia
100 Challenge
200 Gould & Curry.... 22
350 Con Cal &Va 1 85
400Savage 13
lOOChoUar 70
400 Potosi 49
300 Crown Point 27
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24.91
40
48
70
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94
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16.98
23.67
20.33
8B
4t>
San Francisco
T
2i.61
20.84
23.33
191 81
Fresno
.00
10.53
8,16
7.55
48 94
San Luis Obispo..
.110
30.70
17.6-1
44 90
Los Angeles
IH
16.80
9.35
19.54
48 76
San Diego
.02
11.87
5.02
10.29
62 66
Yuma
T
5,35
.88
2.96
58
98
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Assessment Notices.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.-Locallon Of prin-
cipal place of buslncBs, San Pranelseo, Callforula;
loeailoii of workM, Fourth CrosBliig-. CalaveruH
County, Calirornla.
Notice la hereby elven that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the !4lli day of
April, is;i7. an UBbea-smeul iNo. ti) of .1)2^. centB pur
9hu,re was levied upon the cupU:tl Block of the cor-
poration, payable liiiniedliiteiy In United Slates
gold coin to the secretary, at the office of the
couipuuy. room .11 Phelau biilldlug-, Sau Praiiclsco,
Callforula.
Any stock upon which thin uBseSBment shall re-
main unpaid ou the 2'.id day of May. latlT, will
be delluqueut and :idvertlsed for sale at public
auction; and uu'ess payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 14th day of June. 1897, to
pay Ihe dellnciueut asBeBBUieul. toe:ulher wtlh the
cosia of adveiHlsluir and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Dlreciors.
A. F. FREY. Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building. San Frauclsco.
Cullfornla.
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.— Location of prlti-
elp^l place of biisluefcs. Sun Pranclaco. California:
lociUiuu uf worKS. on Janilsou Creek, near Johns-
vllle, PluniaH Cauiily, Cullforuia.
Nuiici.' iR bureby ^'iveii. ibat at a meeting- of the
Board uT DlroL-iura. lifcld ou the 27tli day of Novem-
ber, ISHIJ. u.n aHBeHBuieiU (No. 9), of 5 cents per
share, was levied upon the capital stock ot the
corporation, payable immediately In United States
gold coin lo the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, 120 Suiter street, Sau Francisco. California.
Any stock upon whleb this asaeaaojent shall re-
main unpaid on the 25th day of January. 1897, will
be delluqueut, and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 22nd day of March, 1897,
to pay the delluqiieut aBsesament, tog-ether with
the costs of adverllalug and expenses of Bale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
Office— Room SO. 120 Suitor street. San Frauclsco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of DIreetora of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 25lh day of
Jauuarv, lSi)7. it was resolved that any stock upon
wbieh the above asseBsmeut shall remain unpaid on
the 24th day nf February, 1897. will bedeliutiuent aud
advertised for sale at public auction; and. unlesa
payment Is made before, will be sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the 2l8t day of April, 1897, to pay the dellu-
queut asaessment. together with the coata of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Dlreciors of the
Jamison Mlulng Company, held ou the 24th day of
February, 1897. It whb resolved that any Btoek upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the 2tiih day of March. ISltT, will he de-
lluqueut and advertised for sale at public auction;
and. unless payment la made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the 2lHt day of May, 1897, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meellug of the Board of Directors of the
JamiBon Mining Company, held on the 2(ith day of
March, 1897, It was resolved that any slock upon
which the above assesBment shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the 24th day of April. 1897, will be
delinquent aud advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; aud, unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the lUth day of Juno, 1897. to
pay the delluqueut assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a lueetlng of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 24th day of
I April, 189", It was resoived that any slock upon
I which the above assessment aliall remain unpaid
on MONDAY. the24lhday of May. 1897. will be de-
linqnent and advertUed for sale at public auoiion;
and uulesB payment la made before, will be sold ou
MONDAY. Ihe 19th day of July, 1897, to pay the de-
linquent asaessment, together with the coats of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
MARGUERITE GOLD MINING AND MILLING
Compauy.-Locatlou of principal place of busl-
ueBB. Shu Francisco. California; location of works
Auburn. PlacL-r Counly, Callforula.
Notice is hereby given that at a mooilng of the
Board of Directors, held ou the Pith day of April,
1S9T. au asHcHSmeut (No. tl) of lU ceutM per ahare waa
levied upou the capital stock of the corporation,
payable Immedlalely in United Statea gold coin, to ,
the Secretary, at the office uf the company 2;(7 !2lh
Street. San Frauclsco, California.
Any stock upou which this aaaessnient shall re-
main unpaid on the 24th day of May. 1897. will
be delinquent aud advertlBed (or sale at public
auction; aud, unless payment Is nuide before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 2t8t dav of June. 18it7. to
pay the delinquent asaesBmcnt, together with tho
costs of advertising and expenBOS of sale.
By order of the Board of Dlreciors.
P. METTMANN. Secretary.
Office— 2;J7 12lh street. San FranclBco. California.
Office hours from 5 to (J o'clock v. si The Secretary
will also receive payments from 12 lo 6 i>. m. at his
j bnslueas office, 22ilSauaome fcireet.
I GOULD & CURRY SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location of principal place of bnaluesB. San Fran-
cisco. California; location of works. Virginia, Storey
County, Nevada.
Notice l8 hereby given, that at a uioollug of the
Board of DireetorB, held on the 29th day of April.
1897, an asBeBBment (No. si) of 20 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately In United Stales gold
coin, to the secretary, at tho office Of the couipany.
room H9. Nevada Block. ;-J09 Montgonierv stret-t. San
Pranclaco. California.
Any stock upon which this assesanieut shall
remain unpaid on tlie Ist day of June. 1897,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; aud inileas payment la made before.
will be BOld on TUESDAY, the 22d day of June,
I 1897, to pay Ihe delinquent aaeeBsmeut, together
with the costs of adverllBlug and expeuses of Bale,
' By order of the Board of DIreetora.
ALFRED K. DURBROW. Secretary.
Office -Room 09. Nevada Block, No. ^Mi'^ Montgom-
ery slreet. San Francisco. California.
CHALLENGE CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
PANY.— Location of principal place of business,
San Frauclsco, Callforula: location of works, Gokl
Hill. Nevada.
Notice la hereby given thai at a meeting of tho
Board ot Dlreciors, held ou the 18th day of May,
1897. an assessment (No. 'i'A) of Ten cents (10c) per
ahare waa levied upon the capital atock of the
corporation, payable Immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at ihe office of ihe eom-
! pauy. room ;15, third floor. Mills building, corner
Buah aud Montgomery atreeta, Sau Franclaeo. Cali-
fornia.
Any alock upou which this assesameut shall re-
main unpaid on the lUlh day of June, 1897, will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment Is made before, will be
Bold on THURSDAY, the 8lh day of July, 1897, to
pay the delinquent aaaessnient, together with costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
C. L. McCOY. Secretary.
Office— Room 35, IhIrd floor. Mills building. San
Francisco, Callforula.
1 OCCIDENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
I pany.— Location of principal place of business. San
Frauclsco, California. Location of works, Silver
Star Mining Dlatrlet. Storey CouDty, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the lllh day of May,
1897, an aaseBBmeiit (No. 27) of 10 cents per share
was levied upon the capital atock of the corpora-
tion, payable Immedlalely lu United States gold
coin, to Ihe Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. Room No. (19, Nevada block, No. Wi Montgoni-
ery.slreet. San Frauclsco, California.
Any Slock upon which this aaaeaament shall re-
main unpaid on the 12lh day of June. 1897. will
be deliuquenl, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and, unless payment ia made before, will
be sold oil THURSDAY, the Ist day of July, 1897, to
pay the deliuquenl aaaessnient. together with the
[ costs of advertising and expeuses of sale.
By order of ihe Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBROW, Secretary.
Office- Room No. 09. Nevada block, No. 309 Mont-
gomery street, Sau Francisco, California.
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tin lOO/l V<I1.UMK LXXIV.
llU. 17Z1-. Namber-41.
SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 189r.
THREE UOLLAKS I'EK ANNUM.
Single CopleH. TeD Centii.
Southern California Mines.
The soutbei'u part of Califoruiu, bids fair to soou
attract much more attention from the mininj; world
than it has for many years. The phenomenally rapid
growth of the citrus and other agri-
cultural industries durinjj the past dec- r
ade and a half has done much to pre-
vent the mineral resources of the
southern counties from attracting the
attention they deserve. It has been
for a long time almost impossible for
those who believed in the mines south
of Tehachapi to turn the attention of
any capital for their development from
the citrus and similar industries. Prob-
ably in the end this will be all the bet-
ter for the mines, for these pursuits
have doue much to make mining much
easier and less e-xpensive than it was a
few years'ago. Water has been devel-
oped, railroads and wagon roads built,
men of means brought into the coun-
try, and the mines are now easily ac-
cessible, the cost of bringing in sup-
plies no more, and in many cases less,
than along the Sierras. Best of all,
capital is at hand, ready to take hold.
During the past year there has been
more increase in mining, proportion-
ately, than probably in any other part
of the State in San Diego and Kern
counties. The output of gold and silver of San Diego
for 1895 was $344,907 and in 1896 $560,618. In Kern
county in 1895 it was $277,497 and in 1896 $625,516.
The increase in these two counties was $575,703, or
the way of prospecting or working mines, while now
all this is changed. In San Diego county, while a
large part of it is desert in appearance, the mining
districts have been of late years brought within easy
and quick communication with the outside markets.
ROYAL ROCK MINE.
The Rand district, in Kern county, will have one
railroad, and probably two, within a few weeks.
This means much to any mining district. In earlier
days attempts have been made to open up mines in
methods, pay well. A mine remote from cheap
transportation, opened and condemned twenty years
ago, is better worth investigating than any new
prospects. Panamint has long been shunned be-
cause of its bad name ; yet to one familiar with the
manner in which money was expended
in an attempt to open it there can be
no reason for believing that the mines
' would not now pay, because they did
not then under such circumstances.
In the counties of Riverside, San
Bernardino, San Diego, Los Angeles
and Kern there were, according to the
last report of the State Mineralogist,
818 stamps in 1895, many of which
were idle. While it is impossible to
obtain exactly the number that have
been added since, it is safe to pre-
sume that there are by this time over
1500 stamps. In many cases the mills
which have been erected upon some of
the larger properties are only small
prospect mills, the forerunners of
larger plants.
A great advantage possessed by
these southern counties is the presence
as residents of men of means and en-
ergy— men who have been the cause
in large measure of the phenomenal
growth of the country in other direc-
tions. Soon enough will have been
done to prove the value and perma-
nency of the mines and interest these people in their
development.
During the past w^inter good work was done by
prospectors in the south and the results are plainly
SANTA ROSA MINE.
GOOD HOPE MINE.
over one-third of the total increase of the State.
While there has not been an increase in Riverside
and San Bernardino, there has been of late a large
amount of development work and mines being opened
give promise of large increase this year.
A few years ago there was no part of the State
less inviting to the miner, owing to the.diCBculties in
some of these same southern counties, when the
freight alone on mills and machinery was more than
the total cost of purchasing and setting up would
amount to now. As a consequence, there were many
failures in large undertakings, such as that at Pana-
mint and other places. These often unjustly gave
bad names to mines that would now, with cheaper
seen in the large amount of development work now
going on upon their properties.
The accompanying cuts show three typical large
mining plants in the land of the cactus. One is of
the Royal Rock mine in San Bernardino county, near
Oro Grande, and the others the Good Hope and
Santa Rosa of Ferris, Riverside county.
430
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Royal Rock Mine; Santa Rosa Mine; Good
Hope Mine, 429. Tailings Sampler at the Idlewild Mine, 432.
Roger's Improved Crushing Rolls, 26 In, Diameter, 14 In. Face;
Cross Section Crushing Rolls, 433.
EDITORIAL.— Southern California Mines, 429. This Paper Dis-
claims Responsibility for Certain Remarks; The Trans-Mississ-
ippi Congress : Mine Management; The New Mining Law; Sup-
port the Miners' Association; Speculative Values of Mines; The
Rapid Growth of the Mineral Water Industry, 430.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California.
Nevada and Other Pacitlc Coast States and Territories, 434-5.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— The Deepest Well; A Large Micro-
phonograph; To Harden Heavy Tools; A Perfect Vacuum; A Most
Powerful Telescope; Electro-Capillary Light, 436.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— The Use of Compressed Air (or
Mining Purposes, 436.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— High-Frequency Currents and the
Human Body; Electrical Conductivity of Btber; A New Process
by Which Copper Is Cast Pure; Trial of Electrical Carriages, 436.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 446.
-■HISCELLANEOUS.- Concentrates, 431. Practical Notes on Hy-
draulic Mining; Recent Additions to the Mineral Collection of the
California State Mining Bureau; A Tailings Sampler; A Valu-
able Work, 432. From Mine to Mint; Improved Crushing Rolls;
The Use of Infusorial Earth, 433. Coast Industrial Notes; Per-
sonal; Recently Declared Mining Dividends; Recent California
Mining Incorporations; Commercial Paragraphs, 439. List of
U. S. Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors; Notices ot Recent
Patents, 447.
The rapid growth of the mineral water iodustry in
this State is illustrated by the report ot the Mining
Bureau upon the State's output, which shows that
the total value in 1895 was $701,397 and in 1896
$808,84.3. In 1895 only eight counties in the State
reported any yield, while in 1896 returns came from
no less than fifteen counties, as follows: Butte,
Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Humboldt, Lake,
Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Diego, Santa Bar-
bara, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma and Siskiyou.
The management ot the Mining and Soientifio
Press takes this method of disclaiming responsibility
for certain remarks in last week's paper, under the
heading " Mining Share Market," respecting the af-
fairs ot the ChoUar Mining Company, in so far as
they may be assumed to reflect upon Mr. C. E.
Elliott. In the hurry of press day things some-
times get into a newspaper which, it they had been
brought to the notice of the management, would not
have appeared. Of this sort was the report ot the
"Mining Share Market" ot last week. This dis-
claimer is an act of free will and does not grow out
of any suggestion on the part ot Mr. Elliott or any-
body else.
The Neighborhood Swindle.
In Montana, near the Mayflower mine at Gaylord,
there was a big strike made last Spring. Since
then a number ot men who have located claims in
the neighborhood have been selling them to un-
sophisticated people in Butte on representations
that they adjoined the Mayflower and would become
as valuable. One group near the Mayflower, upon
which very little work has been done, it is alleged,
has been sold and resold many times over. Then it
is said that after selling the vendors have gone in
and jumped these mines in some instances.
This is an extreme case of a very old game that
has been worked in every district in the world, and
which is yet finding many victims. In Colorado a bill
was presented in the last Legislature to prevent the
people who engage in this business from giving to
the properties offered names similar to rich mines
near which they are located.
This sort ot swindle is worked more commonly in
the East than here. The prospectus proposed tor
the unwary will give reports— not so much on the
property offered, as upon other properties in the
neighborhood which are well known.
Support the Hiners' Association.
In the last convention ot the California Miners'
Association there were represented only twenty-one
counties of this State, arid in a number of the coun-
ties represented there were no local organizations at
the time. Yet during 1896 no less that fifty-three of
the fifty-six counties in the State produced minerals
ot one kind or another. Frooi thirty-five of these
counties the value of the mineral product of each
was valued at over $100,000, and nineteen of them
produced over $500,000 worth each. Nine counties
produced over $1,000,000 each. The importance,
directly, of the mining industry in its different
branches to many of the counties is far greater than
their individual outputs. These figures show the
importance to all the counties ot the State of joining
in any movement that will tend to foster mining.
Little is asked, or probably ever will be asked,
that will be the cause ot any increase in taxation.
Mining has required less State aid than any other
large industry. Yet there is seen every day more
need for concerted action by the miners to secure
proper legislation, much of which will be for the
good of other industries as well as theirs. The time
is coming when there will be a pressing need tor
action to conserve and obtain the best possible use
from the waters and timbers ot the State. The road
question is now in such a position that it is time for
all such bodies as the California Miners' Association
to take some active interest. There is need for
better State laws as to mining and for changes in
the Federal laws to meet the changing conditions.
Of the need for proper representation of the mining
industry in Washington there has been much said.
As long as the California Miners' Association is
conducted upon the lines which have been followed
in the past it should have the hearty support of the
mine owners of the State. Its work has been marked
by serious desire to do what can be done for the wel-
fare of the industry. It has never been used as an
advertising medium and has always commanded the
respect of all.
It is to be hoped that all mine owners throughout
the State will join the Miners' Associations of their
respective counties and contribute the very small
dues required of members. For the amount ex-
pended no public or semi-public organization in this
State has ever done so much for the public good.
The sphere ot usefulness of the California Miners'
Association is growing as the industry increases in
importance. It has done much, and will do more as
a body, that the individuals cannot accomplish for
themselves.
The New Mining Law.
The new mining law ot California as to location of
mining claims upon public domain goes into effect
next week. Had the miners of the State taken
more interest in the proposed legislation last winter
the law would probably in some respects have been
differently framed. Those who had charge of it did
the best that they could under the circumstances
and with the short time at their disposal. No better
time could have been chosen than the present for a
fair test of the value of its provisions. But the value
of these tests will, in a large measure, be lost if the
miners, especially the Miners' Association, do not
take steps in time before the assembling of the next
Legislature to prepare well in advance for any reme-
dies or changes they may deem advisable. No gen-
eral law on the subject affecting so many districts
should be passed hastily.
The last Legislature showed its willingness to pass
any laws that the miners would agree upon for the
welfare of their industry, and there will be no trouble
about securing further legislation at the next ses-
sion. It is peculiarly a province of the Miners' As-
sociation, through its legislative committee, to de-
cide in good time what measures will be necessary
and present them in proper shape. It would be well
for the legislative committee appointed by the last
Miners' Convention to prepare and present at the
next meeting a report, not so much upon what has
been done, but rather what should be done in the
future. There are a number of subjects that they
might well take up, such as the question of me-
chanics' lien on mines and the making of mining a
public use in order to enable mine owners to obtain
rights of way.
Speculative Values of Mines.
The returns from the mines of the Eand, South
Africa, show a steady increase from month to month
and reports of development work, and the erection
of mills to crush ore opened up guarantees a con-
tinued increase in the total yield for some time to
come. Yet in the London stock market the prices
of shares show a continued declining tendency. In
Western Australia there is even a greater propor-
tionate increase in the yield and the reports all
show that there is certainly a brilliant future for the
mines. Yet the price ot shares continues to fall in
London, and it is almost impossible to float an
Australian mine in that market. The output ot
Cripple Creek is increasing steadily, and proof is
being given that the district will hold up its yield
better than was believed. Yet the price ot shares
is falling.
As to Africa and West Australia, it may be ex-
plained that too much money was offered by the rich-
est people in the world, and speculators and pro-
moters ran the prices even ot the best properties far
beyond their real value. The shares will now proba-
bly go down to or even below their real value. In the
meantime mining will be conducted upon more busi-
ness-like lines and unhampered by too much capital.
Explaining the case of Cripple Creek, the Mining
Investor ot Colorado Springs says :
Has the production ot more gold anything to do
with lower prices ? Has, in fact, the showing now be-
ing made at Cripple Creek anything to do with prices
at all ? Are fat salaries being paid ? If not any of
these reasons, what is the cause ot the continued de-
cline ot mining stocks ? In answer to the last ques-
tion I would say that, more than anything else, it is
the condition ot the entire country that is affecting
mining stocks. What is the news from the Eastern
markets '? What is the condition ot trade in the
East ? There is but one answer to both : Dull I Is
it, then, unreasonable for the mining market to be
dull and prices to be low ?
nine Management.
California is, more than any other great mining
field in the world, a " poor man's country," and will
remain such unless stock gambling on a large scale
in local mines comes into vogue. Most of the large
mines ot California have been opened by men with
small capital, or none at all. Most ot the mine own-
ers to-day who are wealthy have become so through,
while with little or no means, having discovered
good properties, which alone, or with little outside
help, they have themselves developed.
In no other mining district is such a large propor-
tion of the mines managed by the owners themselves.
As a result, California has produced more of the
leading miners who have been called to other parts
of the world. Yet too many men, who are new to
mining, are mismanaging their own properties. In
earlier days it was impossible to employ skilled min-
ers, and the proportion ot failures was far greater
than it is now ; yet to-day there are more mines be-
ing mismanaged in California, probably, than any-
where else in the world, simply because men of skill
are not employed. The mine owners, as a rule, do
not pay salaries that will tempt the best miners to
enter their services as managers. It is particularly
noticeable that foreign investors in mines in Califor-
nia pay more in the way ot fees and salaries for
skilled managers or experts than do the Californians.
Their initial expenses and cost of management are al-
ways greater, but before they begin operations they
have taken a simple, proper business precaution,
often neglected by local investors.
The Trans-Mississippi Congress.
It is to be hoped that California will be well repre-
sented in the Trans-Mississippi Congress to be held
this year in Salt Lake. The meetings that have
been held in the past have done a great deal to unite
the West upon questions of common interest, and it
is only by concerted action that much can be done in
the way ot inducing needed Federal legislation. The
influence of any single State delegation from west
of the Mississippi can do little in Congress. The
questions as to arid lands, forest preservation, and the
management and sale of public lands are daily be-
coming more and more important. Unless steps are
taken soon to preserve the people's interests in these
things great injury may be done.
May 22. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press
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Concentrates.
Tbb Rossland, B. C, MioiDg Stock Exchange members
propose to disincorporate.
Toe Montreal copper property near Frisco, Utab, is reported
sold to Denver people for rJOO,00(».
James Di.\(jn of Vancouver has purchased the Badshot mine
near Ferguson, B. C, for $150,000.
A PROSPECTOR in Poor Man's gulch, Calaveras county, Cali-
foroia, last week, found a $9000 pocket.
Tdomas Magcike found a $2^0 nugget in Heybrook gulcb,
Siskiyou county, California, last week.
In the Summit district, in Kern county, California, a soap
mEoe is reported to have been discovered.
A Rica strike has been reported in the Alameda mine, in
the Rand district, Kern county, California.
A 10-sTAMi* mill is to be erected on the Lighthouse mine,
near Middle Kar, Calaveras county, California.
Neak Neihart, Mont., are large deposits of gypsum, and a
mill has been erected for the manufacture of stucco.
James A. Yekington has bonded a mica mine in Lincoln
oounty, Nevada, and samples cut measure 24x24 inches.
Tde parties interested in the copper mine in Mason Valley,
Nevada, expect to begin the erection of a smelter next week.
At Custer City, South Dakota, mica deposits have been
bonded by a Cincinati syndicate and development work begun.
A .STRIKE of copper ore, which carries gold, is reported to
have been made recentlj' in Althouse district, southern Ore-
ROn.
TuEitE are over 400 prospectors in the Fort Steele country,
British Columbia, following the snow line up into the moun-
tains.
Sevrkan directors of the Le Koi mine have gone to Ross-
land, B. C, on business connected with building the proposed
smelter.
At Nelson, B. C, last week, the Poorman mine was pur-
chased for $100,000 by Hector McRae and J. F. Ritchie of
Rossland.
A LARGE deposit of asbestos has been discovered in the Chi-
huahua mining district, near Oak Grove, San Diego county,
California.
An ISinch vein of free-milling ore has been discovered al-
most In the heart of the city of Deadwood, South Dakota, and
several claims have been located.
PiTTsm-Ro, Pa., people interested in mines at Idaho
Springs, Colorado, have organized a company to drive a tun-
nel into Albro bill a distance of 3500 feet.
Experiments have shown that the large bodies of low-grade
gold ores at Bingham, Utah, may be worked at a profit. This
will add much to the output of the district.
During February and March nearly 300 mining companies,
capitalized at over three hundred million dollars, were incor-
porated and registered in British Columbia.
British Columbia stocks are coming into demand in Japan.
A Rossland company lately sold 5000 shares in that country
and are proposing to establish an agency there.
A rei'out comes from the Rapid River district in Idaho that
the Irwin ledge, S40 feet wide, with low-grade ore carrying
gold and copper, has been bonded by Carr & Parker for *i70,000.
New York capitalists have purchased the Peacock Farm
and White Mountain copper properties in the Seven Devils dis-
trict in Idaho and have incorporated a company with a capital
of $2,000,000.
Tde Canadian Pacific gave out that it would build the
Crow's Nest Pass Railway this season, but is taking no steps
in that direction, and the British Columbia papers are com-
plaining of bad faith.
It is reix)rted that five new smelters will be erected at
Keswick, Shasta county, Cal., as rapidly as the work can be
done. About 9,000 tons of calcined ore is ready for the
smelter at the new roasters.
For April the report of the Alaska-Tread well is as follows:
Period since last return, 31 days; bullion shipment, $38,090;
ore milled, $20,405 tons; sulphurets treated, 329 tons; of bul-
lion there came from sulphurets $10,459.
There has been discovered a deposit of mineral paint on the
south fork of the Prove river, about twenty-eight miles from
Park City, Utah. It is claimed that the product is equal to
any similar deposit and is quite extensive.
The output of gold from the Bendigo district, Victoria, Aus-
tralia, from January 1 to March 28— thirteen weeks— was
44,344 ounces, against 41,335 ounces in the same part of ISOli.
Upon this output dividends amounting to £31,700 were paid.
A PRESS dispatch announces that the extensive San Marclal
coal fields in the State of Hermosillo, Mexico, have been pur-
chased by the Southern Pacific Railway. The coal is to be
used on their western lines and on Pacific Mail steamships.
Another strike, and one much larger than that made two
weeks ago, is reported in the Gwin mine, in Calaveras county,
California. It was made on the 1400-foot level. This and simi-
lar reports from deep mines along the Sierras will do much to
encourage bolder mining on other properties.
Explorations which have been in progress for more than a
year in the vicinity of Figeac, France, have, according to the
Echo (les Mines, resulted in the discovery of gold in decom-
posed diorite, in micaceous schist, and in veins of argentifer-
ous galena, extending for a length of at least eight miles.
Last week's shipments of ore from Rossland, B. C,
amounted to 1240 tons, besides lrJ4 tons milled. The Le Roi
shipped 825 tons; War Eagle, 350; and the Iron Mask, 65
tons. The manager of the Le Roi announces that the output
from that mine will be doubled in two or three weeks.
After the sale of control of the Helena and Frisco mines at
Gem, Idaho, to the Exploration Company in December last,
the mill was shut down and since then 100 men have been em-
ployed in deitelopment work. The mill is being enlarged and
will be started up about July 1st with a capacity of SOO tons
daily.
It is reported from Montana that the Bigelow-Lewisohn
people are negotiating for control of the Montana Ore Pur-
chasing Company with a view to consolidating it with '.he
Boston & Montana and Butte & Boston Companies. This
would make one of the largest copper mining companies in the
world.
The receiver of the Weldon mine at Leadville, Colorado, re-
ported last Monday that the sales of ore by him were $05,-
191.01. He had paid out in dividends t«W,0OO, leaving ou hand
a little over $5,000, which was turned over to the Weldon
Company. The business was closed and the receiver dis-
charged.
The Standard mine, on Canyon creek, in the Ctfiur d'Alene
country, Idaho, according to the .^puhenmati-lUrUu- of Spokane,
paid *73,000 profits last month, and its prolits for the past
year have averaged more than *50,000 monthly. It is owned
by J. A. Finch and A. B. Campbell of Spokane and capitalists
in YouDgstowo, Ohio.
Toe good effect of the revival of mining on business is prob-
ably best illustrated by the fact that Spokane, Wash , which
depends in large proportion ou that industry, shows a much
larger increase in the total of bank clearances for the first
four months of IS9r over those of 18'.HJ than San Francisco,
Denver, Salt Lake, Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle or Tacoma.
TuE new California mining law as to locating claims goes
into effect at midnight next Tuesday. The provisions requir-
ing that all claims be recorded with the county recorders,
and that $50 worth of assessment work must be done within
sixty days, are similar to provisions in the new Utah law, and
the question as to whether they will hold is to be brought up
in the courts.
TuE American Institute of Mining Engineers will hold
their annual meeting in Michigan in July, at Houghton, some
time in the latter part of the month, with excursions to the
Vermillion and Mesabi Iron ranges, on the north shore of
Lake Superior, and to some of the copper mines near Hough-
ton, on the south shore, the meeting and excursious to occupy
about ten days.
Cai'taix Cot:cri. the general manager of the Merced Gold
Mining Company of Mariposa county, Cal.. while in Boston
recently advised bis friends to hold on to their shares in the
company, as, he said, the property was in a splendid condi-
tion. The shaft has reached a depth of 1000 feet, with the
same results that other properties experienced — coming into
good milling ore.
Last week the Bullion-Beck mill in the Tintic district,
Utah, was closed down and about 100 men thrown out of em-
ployment. The reason assigoed for the closing down of the
mill is that the freight rates on ores from Tintic district to
Eastern points has been raised $2.50 a ton and smelter charges
have advanced. Arrangements are pending to convert the
plant into a stamp mill.
In Utah the fact that the railways have advanced the cost
of transportation on ore and bullion, and that the smelters
have increased the treatment charges, has given rise to
many alarming rumors concerning the policy of the producer,
and much uneasiness prevails throughout mining and labor
circles. It has been reported that the Mammoth of Tintic
and the Mercur would close their mills.
The Colorado agent of the Illinois Steel Company has been
instructed to increase the shipments of manganese ore from
Leadville to 150 tons daily. Shipments of this ore from Lead-
ville commenced in February, 1S06, the average shipments
being 120 tons a day until the strike occurred, when the ship-
ments were cut down to 75 tons daily, which average has
been maintained until the present time.
President Charles H. Fish issues a statement which
shows that the entire yield of the mines composing the pres-
ent Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company up
to October 1, 1890, was: Gold, §01,780,474.80; silver. $09,850,-
832.90; total, §131,037,307.82. The dividends paid were as fol-
lows: California, $31,820,000; Con. Virginia, $42,930,000; Con.
California and Virginia, $3,898,300; total, $7S,14S,S00.
The California Debris Commission has received new appli-
cations to mine by the hydraulic process from the Industrial
Gold Mining Company, in the old French mine, near Indian
Diggings, EI Dorado county ; from James Rooks, in the Mes-
serer mine, near Spanish Ranch, Plumas county; from the
Haskel Ravine Mining Company, in Mohawk valley, Sierra
county, and from Costa, Davis & Co., in their mine at Chero-
kee, Butte county.
The Grant's Pass Ohscroer says that it would be difficult to
prescribe the limits of the copper belt of southern Oregon and
northern California, the center of which is at or near Grant's
Pass, though the belt has a width of about sixty-five miles
northeast and southwest, and a length of not less than 300
miles, in the limits of which are many outcropplngs of copper.
At present there are but two properties being worked in this
district, and these on small scales.
Western Australia exported in March 40,296 ounces of
gold. The total for the first three months of 1897 was 113,308
ounces against 45,357 ounces for the first three months of 1890
and 87,85.8 ounces for the last three mouths of 1890. While
there has been a great improvement in the output and in-
creased confidence in their future, the prices of shares have
continued to go down. This means that speculative prices
will cease to hold and mining be brought down to a business
basis.
In Montana there is a law providing for the payment of a
fee of 50 cents for each $1000 of capital stock on filing articles
of incorporation. Last week the Seven Devils Mining Com-
pany filed papers for a capitalization of $10,000, which at the
rate of 50 cents per $1000 necessitated paying a fee of $5. A day
or so later a meeting was called and the capitalization was in-
creased to $1,000,000. The fee for filing such increase of capi-
italization is but $5. Thus it cost these Seven Devils but $10
to file papers for a $1,000,000 company. This is a saving of
$490 to the incorporators.
The call for the International Gold Convention,)tobe held in
Denver in July, has been received. It is stated that the ob-
jects are to secure such national legislation as may be calcu-
lated to promote the business interests and development of
the resources of the mining industry in North and South
America; to bring together mining men and investors; to in-
crease reciprocal trade among them; to discuss such questions
as are naturally suggested by its objects; to cultivate ac-
quaintance, fraternal feeling and hearty co-operation among
the various mining, commercial and labor bodies represented ;
and especially to take under advisement the importance of
the creation by Coneress of a department to be known as the
Department of Mines and Mining, thus securing a Cabinet of-
tlcer who represents an interest which affects more than one-
third of the people of the United States.
The report of the Simmer and Jack mines of the Rand,
South Africa, from March 1, to December 31, 1S93, shows that
the total working expenses were 1:179,732 (is lod, divided as
follows : Mine expenses, £71.767 17s lOd ; hauling and pump-
ing expenses, £0548 Os 9d ; transport of quartz, i:;«3l 15s lid ;
mill expenses, i;2t(,300 15s lOd; cyanide expenses, 4:19,547 13s
2d; cblorination expenses, £8419 14s Sd; general charges,
£12,970 14s Id; development, £20,170 10s 4d; maintenance of
buildings, £lt»09 4s 3d. The value ot the gold realized was
£290,209 UJs 7d from 134,055 tons crushed. The cost per ton was
£1 Os iOd; yield per ton, £2 3s 4d, and net profit per ton, 10s Od.
A conference committee of the two houses of Congress last
Tuesday reached an agreement on the provisions in the In-
dian Appropriation bill concerning the Uncompahgre Indian
reservation in Utah. As It now stands it directs the Secre-
tary of the Interior to at once allot agricultural lands to the
Indians now located upon or belonging to the Uncompahgre In-
dian reservation, said allotments to be upon the Uncompahgre
and Uintah reservations or elsewhere; that all the lands of
the Uncompahgre reservation not heretofore allotted in
severalty to Uncompahgre Utes shall, on and after the first
day of April, 1S98, be open for location and entry under the
allotment laws of the United States.
EN(iL!.sn advices show that while the price of copper has
fallen from 12 to 11 cents in the United States, and somewhat
less in England, the European consumption continues to in-
crease and absorb large arrivals, so that the stock continues
to grow less, as it has since 1892. On the first of May the
stock on hand was 28,743 tons, against 50,928 tons may 1, 1892
48,094 tons May 1, 1893, 43,300 tons May 1, 1894, oO",2:W tons
May 1, 18(15, 34,240 tons May 1, 1890. Yet the imports of cop-
per into England have gradually increased. From January 1
to May 1, 1892, the imports were 32,317 tons; in 189:^,32,422
tons; in 1894,34,441 tons; in 1895, :M,011 tons ; in 1890, 40,617
tons, and in 1897, 42,417 tons. The total visible supply on
May 1 for the same years, as reported from Liverpool, was
53,008 tons in 1892, .52,055 tons in 1893, 40,805 tons in 1894,
54,0;is tons in 1895, 38,459 tons in 1896, and :33,835 tons in 1897.
The directors of the De Lamar Company of Idaho have
passed the dividends for the six months ending March 3l3t,
owing to falling off in product. The following is Manager
Huntley's report for March : Number of tons crushed (wet),
4419; number of tons crushed (dry), 3977.10. Average assay
value of the pulp: Gold, $15.33; silver, $3.10; total, $17.38.
Average assay value of the tailings; Gold, $4.41; silver,
$0.57; total, $4.98. Percentage saved, total, 71.35; number of
ounces fine gold produced, 1951.037; number of ounces fine
silver produced, 15,314.05; value of gold produced (at $20),
$:^9,030.74; value of silver produced (at 65c), $9954.54; esti-
mated surplus on sales of March bullion, $700; ore sales (esti-
mated), $3028 ; miscellaneous revenue, $124.95 ; total, $53,438.33 ;
deduct all expenses for the month, $38,078.23; estimated
profit for March, $13,750; bullion and ore on hand and in
transit, being result of general cleanup for the year, $10,085;
total, $3;a,835.
A HILL for the regulation of joint stock companies which has
been adopted by the provincial government of British Colum-
bia provides that for the future all joint stock companies
carrying on business in the province will be divided into two
kinds— provincial and extra-provincial. The latter— those in-
corporated outside of the province—are again divided into two
classes. One of these will consist of companies organized un-
der the laws of Great Britain and Ireland; of the Dominion
of Canada; the old Province of Canada, or of any of the
provinces of the Dominion. Such companies can obtain a
licence to carry on their business in British Columbia. The
second class will comprise companies organized elsewhere,
and before they can do business in the province, they must be
registered under the act. The bill also contains elaborate
provisions for the issue of prospectuses and for other matters,
all intended to protect investors, shareholders and creditors.
The bill also provides for the voluntary winding-up of com-
panies, for the preventing of fraudulent practices, and other
matters.
The Ferreira and Robinson are the two greatest working
mines in the Rand, South Africa, at present. The following
are the results from the Ferreira for April : Crushed, 9964
tons; bar gold extracted, 8139 ounces; concentrates caught,
200 tons; assay value of concentrates, 7 ounces 13 dwts. fine
gold per ton, equal to 1989 ounces. Cyanide works — Bullion
produced from tailings, 2791 ounces. Total gold from all
sources, 13,919 ounces. The following figures are from the
March report of the Robinson mine: Quartz mined 15,783
tons. Development— Drives, 720 feet; raises, 233 feet; cross-
cuts, 589 feet ; total, 1542 feet. Mill— Stamps at work, 130;
net running time, 39;^^ days; tons crushed, 15,783; tons per
diem per stamp, 4.4; gold from mill, 11,018 ounces 8 dwts.
Cblorination and cyanide works- Gold won from own concen-
trates (by cblorination), 1057 ounces; bullion from tailings
(cyanide process). 2679 ounces 7 dwts.; bullion from slimes
(recovered by Rand Central O. R. Co., Limited), 1615 ounces
9 dwts. ; from own ore, 10,388 ounces 4 dwts. ; gold from con-
centrates purchased (by cblorination), 2443 ounces, 1 dwt. ;
total, 18,830 ounces 5 dwts.
At a meeting of the Consolidated Gold Fields, Limited, in
London to increase the capital to £3,700,000, John Hays Ham-
mond made the following prediction as to mining costs in
Africa : Now let me make a prediction, which might be called
a bold one, but in the fulfilment of which I am perfectly
confident, and let me tell you that costs of deep-level mining
will be less— very considerably less— than the costs of mining
to-day upon the outcrop companies. The people of the Trans-
vaal, regardless of political differences— for the Boers them-
selves are beginning to realize their dependence upon the
raining industry— the people of all South Africa, the capitalists
of not only England, but of the Continent of Europe as well,
must co-operate in their endeavors to obtain the best possible
economic conditions for the development of the gold mines of
the Witwatersrand district. Now, the expansion of the min-
ing industry of the eastern and the western portion of the
Rand, and also in the outside districts: that can only be
attained by affecting a considerable but quite possible re-
duction in the costs of mining. To this end, as I have said,
all efforts will be directed and, I believe, infallibly with
ultimate success.
isi
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 22, 1897.
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
NUMBER VII.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Press by George H.
Evans, C.E., M.E., General Manager Cons. G. Mines of Gal,, Ld.
OrovlUe, Cal.
Overshot Wheeli. — I think I ana sate in stating that
this class of wheel is more popular than any other
class of rough-and-ready water motors. To find the
horse-power, multiply .00123 by the quantity of
water in cubic feet per minute used on the wheel.
Then multiply the result by the head of water in feet.
To find the quantity of water required in cubic
feet per minute to generate a given horse-power
with a known fall, multiply the horse-power by 815
and divide by the fall, or head, of water in feet.
Example. L — What horse-power can be obtained
from an overshot wheel 12 feet in diameter, using
200 cubic feet per minute ? Answer : .00123X200X
12=2.95 H. P.
Example 3. — How many cubic feet of water per
minute is required to generate 20 horse-power,
using an overshot wheel 22 feet in diameter ? An-
swer : 20X815^22=741 cubic feet.
Strength of Materiah. — All those engaged in mining
should thoroughly understand this important subject,
and especially that branch relating to the breaking
and working strain of ropes, bolts, chains, etc.
The number of accidents and fatalities arising
from ignorance on this subject should be sufficient to
compel all owners of mining property to insist upon
superintendents and foremen being able at all times
to provide ropes, bolts, chains, etc., of proper dimen-
sions for the work required, and in this manner more
work would be accomplished, and with far less risk
and expense, than is generally the case.
' ~ I will first deal with wooden beams, and as a guide
to further calculations the following table compiled
from various authorities will be found useful. The
columns marked S, N, C, E have the following inter-
pretation :
S — Breaking load at center of beam when sup-
ported at both ends.
iV"^Breaking load when placed at one end and the
other end fixed.
G — Safe load in center when beam is supported at
both ends.
E — Safety load at end of beam when the other end
is fixed.
The following table is based on a factor of safety
of 7j , that is to say, the safe load shown in table is
~bnly one-seventh of the calculated breaking load,
and even this high factor of safety should be in-
creased when using beams not free from knots and
shake. In addition to the factor of safety, freedom
from knots and shake, it must also be remembered
that seasoned timber resists crushing much better
than green timber, in many cases twice as well, and
the figures given in this table are for good samples
of timber ; therefore, the factor of safety (7) should
be adhered to.
The following figures and results are obtained
from experiments with small pieces of timber, and
therefore considerable allowance must be made for
beams that are not of a uniform texture. I have
only mentioned the various kinds of American woods
that are in general use. Their various breaking
strength and safe loads are given in round numbers,
so that in working out different problems calcula-
tions mas be made as simple as possible ;.
Weig/u in lbs.
per en. ft.
45
43
Name o.f Wood.
Ash
Beech, white. . .
Beech, red 44
Birch, blacli 45
Birch, yellow 44
Cedar, white 35
Fir, black 4a
Hickory 5U
Hickory, bt. nut 40
Larch 35
Oak, live 54
Oak, red 53
Oak, white 49
Pine, red 4U
Pine, pitch 41
Pine, yellow 3^
Pine, white 34
Pine, Virginian 38
Teak 56
r~Breaking—
load in lbs.
S.
.WO
440
57U
680
440
250
340
700
480
300
631
562
581
.509
.576
395
410
485
673
N.
147.50
no
142.50
170
110 ■
62.60
85
175
120
75
155.25
140.50
145 25
127.25
144
98.70
102.50
121.25
168.25
-aafe loail—^
in lbs.
0.
84.29
62.86
81.43
97.14
62.96
35.71
48.57
100
68.57
42.96
88.71
80.28
83
72.71
82.28
,56.43
58.67
69.28
96,14
31.07
15.71
20.36
24.29
15.74
8.99
12.14
25,00
17.14
10.71
82.18
20.17
20.75
18.18
20.87
14.71
14.64
17,32
26.03
The above figures represent the number of pounds
required to fracture the various kinds of wood hav-
ing an area or cross section of 1 square inch by 1
foot in length. In finding the strength of beams the
following proportions of strength must be observed ;
VALUES OF X.
(1.) With a beam fixed at one end and loaded at
the other=l.
(2.) With a beam fixed at one end and the load
distributed uniformly=2.
(3 ) With a beam supported at both ends and
loaded at the center=4.
(4.) With a beam firmly fixed at both ends and
loaded at the ceuter=6.
(5,) With a beam supported at both ends and uni-
formly loaded=8.
(K.) With a beam firmly fixed at both ends and
uniformly loaded=12.
In calculating the strength of beams, the whole
weight of the material must be included when the
beam has a uniform load, and only half the weight of
material when the load is placed at the center.
♦Copyrighted by the Author,
Let S= tabular number of breaking load in pounds
on a beam supported at both ends and loaded at the
center.
N= tabular number for breaking load in pounds on
a beam loaded at one end, and the other end firmly
fixed.
C=safe load in pounds on center of beam supported
at both ends.
E=safe load in pounds on a beam fixed at one end
and loaded at the other.
b=breadth of beam in inches.
d=depth of beam in inches.
l=length of beam in feet.
w breaking load in pounds.
R w divided by 7=safe load in pounds.
x=proportion of strength due to position of load,
and method of fixing the ends of the beam.
Square Beams. — The formula for finding breaking
load is as follows:
b d= N. ^
w= — j- Xx
Example 1. What is the breaking load on a beam
of American yellow pine, 12 inches deep, 12 inches
broad and 20 feet long, one end of same being firmly
fixed and the load at the other end ?
Answer:
b d= N
^_12X12'X98.7,,^ 12X144X98.7.
X -1 —
20
Xl=85027.681bs.
And the safe load would be
37.95
20
1
or 37.95 tons.
5.42 tons.
Example 3. With same dimensions, but beam
supported at both ends and loaded in the center, the
breaking load will be:
b d= N
12X12^X98 7 ^
■ X4=.37.95 tonsX4=151.80 tons.
different proportions of strength tabulated we find
in this instance where the beam is fixed at one end
and uniformly loaded, x=2. Therefore the safe load
would be 5.42X2=10.84 tons, thus showing that a
beam will safely stand double the load when uni-
formly loaded than it will with load in the center.
Example 4. A beam of American pitch pine, 6
inches wide and 10 inches deep by 15 inches lone
supported at both ends and uniformly loaded, the
breaking and safe loads will be as follows:
w ^-^j^Xx . Safeload='^
b d^ N
6X10=X144 ^ toils.
w=— T^^^^ — =57601bs.X8=460801bs. or 20.57,
15
1
and the safe load would be
20.57
or 2.94 tons.
Example 5. Take the same beam as used in ex-
ample 4 and lay
inches wide and
strain would be:
, b d= N
10X6^X144
y5
t
it flatwise, or, that is, call it 10
6 inches deep, then the breaking
X lbs.
=3456X8=27648 or 12.34 tons.
tons,
and the safe load would be — ^ =
:1.76 tons,
or a little more than one-half the strength of the
ot" I same beam laid edgewise.
{To he Cont'initcd.)
20
1
And the safe load would be
151.80
or 21.68 tons.
Recent Additions to the Mineral Collection
of the California State Mining Bureau.
Example 3. If the beam in example 1 was uni-
formly loaded, the safe load would be the same, viz.,
5.42 tons multiplied by x, and by referring to the
Iplewilp (e's Tailino Sampler
Eich silver ore with ruby silver; Zaoatecas, Mexico. Thos.
.T. Barbour.
Gold quartz very rich in free gold and tellurides ot gold arid
silver; Melones Con. M. Co., Calaveras county, Cal. Ralston
& Grayson.
Mercury, native in rich cinnabar; Mirabel mine, Lake
county, Cal. C. C. Derby.
Gold quartz shovping free gold ; Yellow Aster mine. Rands-
burg, Kern county, Cal. .1. M. Kelley.
Gold quartz showing free gold; Norwegian mine, Tuolumne
county, Cal. From the company, per Wm. C. Murdoch.
Gold quartz with "wire gold;"
Ijucky Boy mine, Lane county, Ore-
gon. Emile Qure.
Martite in very line crystals;
Thomas Mountain, Ijtah.
Chenevixite, orpiment crystals,
olivenite, tiemanlte, sphalerite, py-
rlte, etc. — fine crystallized speci-
mens; Utah.
Seml-anthraclte coal of good qual-
ity; Skykomlsh, Washington. B.
Weinheim.
Native mercury in sllicious rock;
from near Twin Peaks, San Francisco,
Cal. Behrend Joost.
Auriferous conglomerate; Robinson
mine, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Jas. Reid.
Monazite sand; Morgan town, N. C.
R. H. Renebome.
Six cut and polished specimens of
marble ; from California and other lo-
calities. A. L. Seager.
Large and well-shaped basalt col-
umn ; Heatdsburg, Sonoma county,
Cal.
Gold ore, sylvanite (telluride of
gold) — two very rich specimens, one
raw and the otber roasted ; Arcadia
mine. Cripple Creek, Colo. Wm.
Cochran.
Quicksilver ores, five specimens
from as many different mines; Pine
Flat, Sonoma county, Cal., and one
from the Corona mine, Napa county,
Cal.
Fourteen fine crystallized specimens
of various minerals, mostly from Utah,
including two new species— wardite
and bixbylte— the latter in cubes on
topaz.
And a number of other ores from
various mines of the coast.
Henry S. Durden, Curator.
A Tailings Sampler.
TAILINGS SAMPLER AT THE IDLEWILD MINE.
A tailings sampler in use at
the Idlewild or Taylor mine, at
Greenwood, El Dorado county,
is shown in the accompanying
cut. It consists, in general
terms, of a reaction water wheel,
driven by the tailings water,
with one of the arms extended 1
foot beyond the rest and with
the outlet turned downward, in
which it passes at each revolu-
tion over a covered bucket with
a raised slot, -,V."<4 inches, in the
center of the lid, which permits
of a small amount passing into
the bucket.
State Mineralogist Cooper
proposes to take up the study of
opportunities for the develop-
ment of electrical power in the
mining regions. Such work
would be of value not only to
mining but many otherindustries.
Ma> 22, Ih!t7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
433
From nine to Mint.
NL'MitEK II.
USD. K. TCTTI.E. I*h. U.. MelltT una RellQiT of the UDitt-d Status
MiDt at Phllatlelpbla.
I'arlinii ami liriinliuj I'rijctssm. — Gold and silver are
not found native in a state of puritj'. Indeed, they
seem to "hunt in couples." Our California nu/^'-
^ets contain, on an average, about .H8 per cent tioXd,
the balance being chielly silver. Native silver has
been found more nearly approaching purity, but
even this contains enough gold to pay for parting.
But by far the largest source of silver is the lead
and copper ores of the West, in which it occurs ac-
companied by gold, in small percentage, it is true,
but very important in value.
The lead ores are smelted to "base bullion," in
which the gold and silver are caught. The lead
smelter afterwards carries the concentrating process
up to the point of dore bars, which are silver carry-
ing gold as its chief impurity. These bars go to the
refinery for parting.
The copper minerals of Montana, Arizona, etc.,
carry silver and gold, and the electrolytic process of
refining the crude copper made from these ores is
now an enormous industry. In this process the solu-
tion and current are so regulated that only pure
copper passes over and is deposited on the cothode,
while the original plate — the anode — is disintegrated
and the impurities fall to the bottom of the tank as
a mud, technically known as "slimes." This mud is
a veritable drag net of nearly all the impurities
known to the metallurgist, containing, besides gold
and silver, notably copper, bismuth, antimony, ar-
senic, lead, sulphur, selenium and tellurium. After
a more or less successful puritication in the copper
works, the resulting bullion is subjected to one of
the parting and refining processes described below.
Some gold ores are associated with platinum and
platiniridium. Iridosmine is rather abundant in the
auriferous beach sands of northern California.
Dentists' scrap again contains platinum, tin and
copper. Jewelers' bars, resulting from the melting
down of old jewelry, watch-oases, etc. (filled and
solid), contain nearly all the metals used in the arts.
It will thus be seen that the material to be treated
is of the most heterogeneous description, and not in-
frequently special methods have to be adopted.
Thus, iridosmine is separated from gold by alloying
the latter with sufficient silver to so diminish the
specific gravity of the molten mass that the heavy
iridosmine grains will settle to the bottom of the
crucible. The silver and gold are then carefully
poured off and parted by acids, as hereafter described.
Miihijds iif Farliiirj. — Three general methods are
in use for parting gold and silver, known as the
" nitric acid," the " sulphuric acid " and the "elec-
trolytic" process, respectively. The latter is in use
in a few private plants, where it gives satisfaction,
but it seems to be better adapted to large smelting
works, where argentiferous lead is purified, than to
government refineries.
The electrolytic process is said to give satisfactory
results only when the bullion to be parted has been
refined in a cupel furnace until it contains not over
2 per cent of impurities (lead, copper, bismuth, etc.).
None of our mints or assay offices can easily be pro-
vided with facilities for such wholesale cupelling
operations, and the process has therefore been con-
fined, as stated, to lead-smelting plants. It yields
silver of exceptional purity (0.9991), and the esti-
mated output of the few concerns using it is some
10,000,000 ounces fine silver per annum. As it is an
interesting process from a scientific as well as in-
dustrial point of view, a short description may not
be amiss before proceeding to deal with the methods
in use at the government institutions.
Electmli/tic Parting and liefining. — The silver carry-
ing gold and a small percentage of impurities is cast
from the cupel into flat plates about 18 inches long,
10 inches wide and one-half inch thick, weighing
about 30 pounds each.
These plates form the anodes, and are suspended
by three lugs cast on one of the long sides. They
therefore hang with the greater length horizontal.
Tanks of California redwood planks are very care-
fully made, 11 feet long by 2 feet wide and 20 inches
deep (inside measure). Six partitions are placed
crosswise in a tank so as to give seven separate cells
or "baths." In each cell three plates or anodes are
suspended, alternating with four cathodes. These
latter are thin-rolled sheets of pure silver 13x20x-sV
inches thick, weighing 50 troy ounces each. The dis-
tance between anode and cathode is about 1:; inches.
Both anodes and cathodes are suspended by con-
ducting wires from copper rods resting on the edges
of the tank. Two copper bars traverse these top
edges and are connected with the respective poles
of the dynamo. The cross-rods supporting the
plates rest on these bars, but one end of the rod
carrying an anode is insulated by a rubber band,
while the opposite end of the rod carrying a cathode
is insulated in like manner. The current must there-
fore pass from one conductor to the anodes, through
the solution' and the cathodes, to the return con-
ductor. It will be seen that the current is divided
between these seven cells and that we have 21
anodes connected in multiple with 28 cathodes.
A model plant consists of fourteen such tanks con-
taining seven cells each. Ten of these tanks are
constantly in circuit, four being in turn cut out for
charging, discharging and possible repairs. These
ten tanks are connected in series. The dynamo fur-
nishes a current of 180 amperes, with an electro-
motive force of 90 volts. Such a current requires 'li
horse power. The total cathode surface is 10 square
feet in each tank. There is, therefore, a current
density of 18 amperes per si|uare foot of cathode
surface. This is high as compared with that used in
trate requires li volts and lead nitrate a still higher
voltage.
In a slightly acid solution, containing silver, copper
and lead nitrates, the current will not deposit a
trace of anything but silver until the lead and copper
get to be largely in excess of the silver. It is said
that pure silver will be deposited from a solution
containing one and one-half times as much copper as
of silver. Of course, the gradual accumulation of
impurities in the bath necessitates its gradual re-
copper refining, but is purposely so in order that \ newal by addition of fresh solution, the silver being
the silver may be deposited in coarse crystals non-
adherent to the cathodes. The silver can then be
easily brushed off and collected at short intervals.
Thus the constant renewal of cathodes is avoided
and an important saving effected in the stock of
silver carried in the baths.
Kacb anode is inclosed in a muslin bag, which
serves to catch the undissolved metals, which fall as
a black slime. In this are found all the gold and
bismuth, the greater part of the lead as peroxide,
together with some silver and copper. Below this
system of anodes, cathodes and bags in the bath is
stretched on a box-like frame a piece of cloth, on
which is gathered the deposited silver as it is scraped
from the cathodes by wooden "brushes." These
brushes straddle the cathodes without touching, and
are kept moving to and fro by machinery, and they
serve not only to brush off the silver as fast as it is
deposited, thus preventing short circuits, but also
to keep the solution uniform by gentle agitation.
The solution is one of silver and copper nitrate, to
which about one per cent of nitric acid is added.
The acid tends to prevent the deposition of copper
with the silver, and about one pint is added to each
bath every twenty-four hours. Three-eighths of one
volt will decompose silver nitrate, while copper ni-
precipitated from the portion withdrawn by salt
water.
Each tank is cleaned of deposited silver every
other day and of gold slimes once a week. A full-
sized anode is dissolved in about two and one-half
days. The crystalline silver is washed thoroughly
with hot water, dried and melted. The gold slimes
are melted, granulated and parted by acid.
Such a plant as described will produce about
33,000 ounces of tine silver each twenty-four hours.
(To he Continued.)
Improved Crushing Rolls.
The engravings on this page illustrate this ma-
chine in the size 20 in. diameter by 14 in. face,
arranged for belt drives. The two rolls are usually
run at the same speed, most of the driving being
done on the bottom roll. The main frame of the
machine is made in two pieces, but may be further
sectionalized if necessary. In each side of the frame
is cast a heavy vertical guide. These guides are
planed out true to receive the cast iron yoke piece
on which the top roll is mounted. The rolls may be
readily spaced for crushing to a given size by insert-
ing two distance pieces of
hard wood under the " U "-
shaped yoke. The rolls
are fed from a hopper
placed to one side of the
top roll as shown. The
bottom of this hopper is
made removable, giving
free access to the rolls for
cleaning, should the ma-
chine get choked up. The
roll shells are made of
either chilled cast iron,
rolled steel, chrome steel,
or manganese steel, as may
be desired, and are fitted
to the centers with ma-
chined surfaces, and are
held in place by through
bolts. These rolls may be
driven either by belts di-
rect, as shown in the cut,
or by gearing with a coun-
tershaft.
The principal advantages
claimed by the manufac-
turers are : Owing to the
way in which the rolls are
arranged a thoroughly
compact and substantial
machine is possible, occu-
pying about half the space
of ordinary rolls. The cus-
tomary springs by which
the rolls are held together
are only necessary in small
machines, or where unus-
ually hard material is to be
crushed to a very fine
pulp. The machine has
but few parts and is
easily taken apart for
repairs ; will pass
pieces of drills, spikes
or pieces of iron of mod-
erate size without in-
jury. Experience has
shown that it takes
less power than the
ordinary style rolls by
about 25 per cent, and
for fine crushing has a
much larger capacity.
The Parke & Lacy
Co., 21 and 23 Fremont
street, San Francisco,
are sole agents for
the Roger's Improved
Crushing Rolls.
CROSS SECTION CRUSHING ROLLS.
At a meeting of the
Society of Mine Man-
agers at Witten-am-
Ruhr, the use of infu-
sorial earth was advo-
cated as a covering for
boilers and steam pipes.
It was stated at the
meeting that its use ef-
ects a saving of 82 per
cent in condensation
water.
434
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 22, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Ledyen On the Central Eureka the opera-
tions are confined to drifting and crosscutting.
Milling ore has been encountered in the south
drift.
On the American mine, on Sutter Creek,
Wilfred Dennis has recently completed a 10-
stamp mill. He has a shaft down about SO
feet, in which at the bottom a ledge about 8
feet thick is exposed.
Mctcurii: The old Red Point raine, Enter-
prise, is now owned by the Oregon Gold Min-
ing Company, a San Francisco corporation, and
is being prospected and opened up under the
management of J. Champion. The present
owners have run a tunnel which at a length of
540 feet taps the iedge 340 feet below the old
works. The ledge here is about 4 feet
wide.
The Golden Fissure, owned and operated by
Shaw iSc Watson, is equipped with a 5-
stamp mill, and a canvas plant is being added
for saving the sulphrets.
At the Crystal Hill mine Fred Bachman is
working in good rock. He has a 4-stam.p
mill.
Moore & McKay and Kitrick Bros, will
build a .5-stamp mill this spring on their
Little California mine north of the Middle
Fork. A road to it is now being built.
Calaveras.
Proapect: A new company known as the
Tracy Gold Mining Company was incorporated
about a month ago with the intention princi-
pally of developing the Tracy mine, formerly
known as the G. A. R. mine, in Angels mining
district, about a mile and a half from Angels
Camp. Every detail of the incorporation was
completed and work commenced on the prop-
erty about the first of the present month.
On the Steep Gulch mine on French Hill
there has been a tunnel run in from the gulch
which taps ihe lead at a depth of about dO
feet, at which point it shows a width of nearly
5 feet.
Rich ore has been struck in the Mitchel
mine at Railroad Flat.
The final payment on the Donnallan or
Gospel mine, three miles north of San An-
dreas, was made last week, and the mine, to-
gether with a 15-stamp water power mill,
were turned over to the new owners, who are
all Salt Lake people. The amount paid for
the property was $33,535.
£1 Dorado.
Mountain Democrat: AtFairplay, Cy Mul-
key has a force of men at work, drifting and
ground-sluicing on Cedar creek, the work
showing satisfactory results.
The Omo mine is getting out high-grade ore
which, shows gold freely through a T-foot
ledge.
The Philadelphia and Gold Note mine is
closed down for a short time awaiting the de-
cision of the stockholders as to wbo shall con-
trol.
At Diamond Springs work on the G. C. mine
is progressing steadily at the tunnel, three
shifs are employed and in twenty-seven days
they have driven it ahead 317 feet.
Kern.
Calif ornian: Garlock has another cyanide
plant which will be in operation next week.
This new plant will do custom work.
McNit, Snook and Baker in opening up a
claim of theirs located on the desert about
twenty miles from Garlock have struck rich
rock.
Nevada.
(Special Correspondence). — This charming
village of Washington, nestled among the
mountains, nineteen miles northeast of Ne-
vada City, is destined to become in the near
future one of the thrifty and important min-
ing centers of California. It lies on the south-
ern bank of the South Yuba, whose cataract-
like waters add romance to the little town, so
like a Swiss alpine village. The place is
reached easily, over a well-kept mountain
road, with good stage service.
There is considerable prospecting now in
active progress. On the Eureka a tunnel 133
feet, with over 600 feet "backs," has crosscut
a 93-foot ledge that averages over §3 in free
gold and carries considerable sulphurets. The
footwall is slate and the hanging is serpen-
tine.
The San Francisco, same formation, has two
tunnels, the upper crosscutting a large body
whicb has not yet been reached by the lower
tunnel, which is 135 feet long. The property
controls excellent water facilities. McCarthy
6 Condon are the owners.
Bell & French of San Francisco have bonded
the Giant King, V/^ miles south of town, and
have run two tunnels, the lower being 400
feet, with 300 feet backs, across a 73-foot
ledge in a slate and porphyry formation.
The Gaston Ridge mine, owned mostly by
New York people, six miles above Washing-
ton, is running a tunnel for the ledge, which
they expect to reach within 175 feet. The
tunnel is at present writing 1S74 feet— so
straight that one can see from its face the
light of day at the mouth. Drills are oper-
ated by compressed air. Ventilation is ob-
tained by the suction process, and the air in
the tunnel Is cold and pure as on the mountain
top. This tunnel is expected to tap the ledge
at a depth of over 1000 feet. The property was
at one time a rich producer and was aban-
doned by C. D. Lane. The present company is
incorporated under the laws of New Jersey.
Dana Harmon is superintendent.
Meade & McBean have bonded two claims
to the company operating the Gaston Ridge
property. The tunnel has reached 700 feet,
The chute, it is thought, will be reached
within thirty days.
Bonnemort, Eastiu &. Moore have run 600
feet of tunnel, giving 300 feet backs, expect-
ing to reach the ledge next week. The prop-
erty is northeast of Washington, near Gran-
ite ville.
The Ormond, owned by Baron Von Schroe-
der, which was closed six years ago, is again
being prospected. At the 400 level a good ore
body is encountered. The south drift extends
425 feet on a 4-foot ledge, in slate walls, aver-
aging above $8 in free gold. There are seventy
tons of ore in the bin and there is ore in sight
for many years' work. The property has a
20-stamp' mill. Concentrators are en route and
active production will soon be started.
The Yuba mine, five miles above Washing-
ton, owned by Haggin and the Hearst estate,
which was abandoned four years ago at SOO
feet depth, was recently bonded to Alf. Tri-
gidgo, who expects soon to resume operations.
The German mine, near the Ormond, on the
south bank of the Yuba, owned by the Shasta
Mining Company, with a 10-stamp mill, is
about to be rehabilitated. A visit to the mine
reveals two tunnels in ore, the lower being
780 feet at a vertical depth of 365 feet from
the surface. The ore, so far as opened, is from
4 to 26 feet, and mills from ^5 to §13 per ton,
exclusive of sulphurets. Free water the en-
tire year, with a pressure of 313 feet, fur-
nishes power.
The Mountain View, seven miles from
Washington, on Canyon creek, is "on the con-
tact," and has a tunnel 150 feet on a ledge of
5 feet. The ore is said to mill $7 per ton. This
embodies two full claims. The Serious, in the
same neighborhood, has a 300-foot tunnel on
the ledge, with an upraise to the surface 130
feet, showing a ledge of from 1 to 4 feet.
There are two claims in this property, SOOOx
600 feet. The Arctic, adjoining these two
properties, has two short prospect tunnels on
a 4-foot ledge. These five properties can be
operated by one plant. There is free water
for power. These five claims are owned by
Ole Helgensen of Washington, and, like most
of the properties in this section, are awaiting
capital to carry on operations.
Henry Kohler has a 300-foot tunnel on a
4-foot ledge, which is said to average ^9.
The Spanish mine, three miles from Wash-
ington, is running ten stamps and four rotary
mills. The formation is 100 feet wide. The
country rock is slate. The cost of mining and
milling this ore is 54 cents per ton, and it is
taken to the mills from large surface cuts in
the methods of a quarry.
Washington, NevadaCo., May 17th, '97.
Union : The Nevada City Mining Company
has accepted the offer made by the London
Exploration Company, of which Thomas Mein
is the representative, and in all probability
the latter company will take charge of the
property in the course of a few weeks. The
purchase price is in the neighborhood of
§50,000. The Nevada City mine has a good
reputation, and in years gone by yielded
well. The shaft is down 800 feet and is at
present filled with water.
The North Star Mining Company has com-
menced preparatory work for the sinking of a
new SxlO three-compartraent shaft on Massa-
chusetts Hill, through which the New York
Hill, new Rocky Bar and a number of other
mines in that immediate locality will be
worked. This property will be known as the
Central mine. It is calculated to sink a ver-
tical shaft on the Central from .500 to 700 feet,
at which depth the pay chute is expected to
be encountered.
The ledge struck in the Massachusetts
Hill recently is looking even better than
when first encountered, and the North Star
Company feel that conditions warrant them
in making further explprations.
Ir'lacer.
Sentinel: The report of the Pioneer Mining
Company of Boston for the eighteen months
ending March 3lst, shows :
RECEIPTS.
Production gold bullion $ 77,368
18,500 shares treasury stock sold 05,500
Premium on gold coin 88
Interest account 1,065
Total receipts , . .8174,021
DISBURSEMENTS.
Pay roll and supplies $104,743
Machinery, etc 13,150
Other expenses 9,280
Cash paid account new mines 10,000
Total disbursements $137,173
Cash on hand $ 36,848
PIuina§.
National-Bulletin : In Granite Basin the
Chicago company having the Robinson mine
bonded will sink the shaft to a depth of 300
feet. It is now down over 100 feet.
At Grizzly Creek Dr. J. P. Welch and asso-
ciates have from twenty to twenty-five men
employed in putting the Joseph and other
property in condition for active mining.
Dr. Saxton has six men employed in operat-
ing the Saxton hydraulic mine, which has a
large and valuable" bank of gravel.
Sau Dieg:o.
Union: Mining men and capitalists from Los
Angeles are going into the Chihuahua mining
district in considerable numbers. The dis-
trict is about twelve miles east of Oak Grove
postofSce, fifteen miles north of Warner's
ranch. New strikes are being made almost
daily, and while the ore is low grade, the
ledges are exceptionally large.
J. G. Shoemaker has sold to L. Schorm, for
§600, the Daisy, Hardscrabble and other min-
ing claims, situated in the Defiance district.
At Julian Mr. Tainge of the San Felipe mine
is soon to return with machinery to handle
the water in the mine.
A number of mining locations of claims in
in the Laguna mountains have been recorded.
Sfaaeta.
Free Press: At Copper City Sallee & Mc-
Donald have run a tunnel into the mountain
over 1000 feet, and have exposed rich treas-
ures in gold, silver and copper. For a dis-
tance of 400 feet the tunnel is in ore, and the
end is not yet. How much farther this ore
body extends can only be determined by
pushing ahead. Like Iron mountain, it ap-
pears to be a whole mountain of ore, which,
though base, is richer in gold and silver than
the Iron Mountain range.
In Old Diggings district the Mammoth
mine, owned by S. J, Cheney of Phila-
delphia, Pa., and which has been idle for sev-
eral years past, is to be immediately reopened.
Mr. Cheney has a contract with the Mountain
Copper Company to furnish them with thirty
to fifty tons of ore per day for use as flux in
their smelters. The company has contracted
to put in an endless ropeway from the mine to
the smelter, a distance of about one mile, to
convey the ore. According to the contract
the work must be completed within the next
sixty days. A force of about twenty miners
will be employed in getting out the ore.
The Evening Star is being reopened. This
property was recently sold by Frank Panter
and Frank Litsch to W. M. Fitzhugh of
San Francisco. The purchase price is said to
have been $60,000, with *30,000 paid down.
Kussell L. Dunn has been placed in charge of
the property. A site has been graded for the
accommodation of a hoisting plant, which will
be used in sinking a large shaft upon the
property.
ScarcliligUt : The rich discoveries in Harrison
gulch during the past year and a half at-
tracted prospectors to that section and the
district is rapidly being extended by valuable
new finds. Locations arc reported over a
section at least thirty miles in length by six
or eight miles wide.
The new machinery for the addition to the
Roberts mill is on the ground, and a force of
men are at work excavating.
The crosscut being run to cut the Gold Hill
ledge is now in about 350 feet, and 50 feet
more will tap the ledge at a depth of 530 feet.
Fowler & Hurst have suspended work on
their property temporarily. The new ma-
chinery will be put in immediately.
Steinmetzer, Huntington&Co. have bonded
their properties to some Oakland parties.
The sale of the Fowler & Hurst properties
in Harrison gulch to Capt. Roberts, has taken
place, consideration ^1.50.000. The mine is an
extension of the Lucky Baldwin, and though
hardly a year old, has already produced over
•$50,000, with but a 5-slamp mill in operation.
The property has been developed by means
of two tunnels and an upraise and thousands
of dollars are now in sight. It adjoins the
Lucky Baldwin on the east, and is one of the
best developed properties in the gulch. Rob-
erts now owns a complete succession of mines
on the best portion of the known Harrison
gulch lead. Early last year he purchased for
;g37,500 the Lucky Baldwin and Gold Hill mine
from Fowler, Rhodes and Benton. He also
bought out the interest of W. R. Conant.
At the Milkmaid mine at French gulch
recently purchased by Jones, Hamilton and
others of Nevada, lumber is now being hauled
for the new mill and the machinery is ex-
pected to arrive shortly. Several men have
been added to the force.
The Niagara mine at French gulch which is
awaiting the change of the company's reorgan-
ization from the Dutch company, will start up
about the first of June.
Negotiations are now under way, wherebj'
Frank Panter and Frank Litsch will dispose
of the Evening Star mine near Newtown to
Sau Francisco parties for the lump sum of
560,000.
Morris, Norton &. Weir of Buckeye, on the
Top Notch, near Churchtown, have run a ISO-
tunnel and have two well-defined ledges.
L. L. Bettys has a force of men at work on
the Trinity Consolidated mine on Dog creek,
and has started up the mill.
McCourt & West have let a contract for a
crosscut tunnel 75 feet in length on the Gold
Standard on Treasury hill.
KjlBklyou.
NeiV!<: The Taylor quartz mine in Cotton-
wood district is being developed by a new
tunnel being driven at a lower point on the
ledge.
C. B. Poole is in over 400 feet on the tunnel
on his mine at the head of Empire creek. He
has a 31-foot ledge of low-grade ore.
The Nugget hydraulic mine, owned by
Finley & Sons, is running steadily on pay
gravel. They have surveyed ground for a
new ditch to take water from White's gulch,
a distance of four miles, which will enable
them to work the year round.
Allen Davis &. Co. are pushing work again
in their 430-foot tunnel on the Bonanza King
quartz mine. This is a prospecting tunnel,
but some fine-looking ore has been taken out.
The hydraulic mines of Forks of Salmon are
still running full blast ; and although the sea-
son will probably be shorter than usual on ac-
count of the scarcity of water, the indications
are that the yield of gold will be larger than
usual.
W. P. Bennett and E. McLaughlin are
opening up the old Crapo mine on SchooUiouse
Flat. They will put on two giants and a large
string of pipe and be ready for operation
about the 30th inst.
Journal: Work is being carried on with as
much speed as possible at the hydraulic mines
in Oro Pino. They are all anticipating a
good cleanup this season and will probably be
enabled to work until about July 4th.
The Jones quartz mine in <.^)uartz valley is
turning out some rich ore at present.
Clute, Neal and Winsell are working a hy-
draulic mine on Hungry creek, and are doing
very well.
The Steamboat mine expects to accomplish
some good work this season. They will em-
ploy ten or twelve men on the mine, and with
their pumps the water can be handled.
The Seattle placer mine on Thompson creek
is still closed down and it is uncertain as to
when it will be opened up again. It is un-
fortunate that this mine should be closed
after the company have built their ditch and
put in first-class machinery.
Journal: At the Nanetta B. mine on
Thompson creek, a cleanup from a six days'
run last week yielded $6,000.
The Salmon River Hydraulic Mining Com-
ing, this side of Sawyer's Bar, is accomplish-
ing some good work this season.
The river mining companies on the Klamath
river are all hoisting pay gravel at present,
and some of them are already taking out con-
siderable gold.
Tnolanine.
3Iothcr Lode: At the Dutch, sinking the
shaft will be resumed in three weeks. From
the 450 level the company intend to sink 750
or 1000 feet on the ledge. The richness of the
ore in the drifts still continues. The ten ad-
ditional stamps now being put in will be
ready to drop in six weeks.
North of the Buchanan lies the Modoc. The
company are working on a 16-inch vein of good
pay rock. Considerable development work
has been mapped out which the company in-
tend to prosecute with all possible speed.
Independent: The Golden Star has just let
a contract of $6000 to run a tunnel to tap the
ledge.
The Soulsby mine has struck a large vein
in their drift north of the shaft which is very
rich.
The Belle mine, near Tuttletown, has been
bonded by Superintendent Blake who has
already commenced active operations.
The Draper mine has struck a new shoot of
ore north of the old rich shoot which was
worked in early days to a depth of 300 feet.
Union-Democrat : On the Gagnene a hoisting
plant, suitable for sinking to a depth of 1300
feet, is in operation on the north shaft, and
the 150 and 300 feet levels are being driven
south in good milling ore. Work on the south
shaft will be commenced at once, and a mill
with a capacity of from 50 to 100 tons of ore
per day is to be erected. A large amount of
ore above the levels is now ready for milliog.
On the Providence mine the shaft is down
160 feet, showing at the bottom a strong 6-foot
vein of rock that is rich in free gold, with a
large percentage of sulphurets. A 10-stamp
mill is to be erected in the near future.
At the Confidence the new 30-stamp mill
will be running in a few days. Already 450
tons of ore are in the bins awaiting reduction,
while fifteen men are employed in extracting
more.
At the Gerrymander ten men are employed.
An old mill is on the property, but will shortly
have to give way to a more modern plant.
They have an S-foot vein, carrying a big per
centage of sulphurets.
The Pereira and Slonicker mine at Mormon
creek is running in a 700-foot tunnel to tap the
vein. The property is bonded to San Fran-
cisco parties.
The Street mine at Tuttletown still con-
tinues to show good ore.
At the Lady Washington, McGillivray and
associates are arranging to place on the prop-
erty a roller mill of good capacity.
At the Grizzly mine grading is being done
preparatory to putting in the foundation for
a new hoisting works.
The new Era, in Hunter canyon, owned by
John Trewartha and Chas. Holland, is to be
reopened. This is an extension of the Bu-
chanan and was a good property in the past.
The improvements consist of a hoisting works
and 10-stamp mill.
The Bell mine, between Tuttletown and
Robinson's Perry, on the Mother lode, and
belonging to Fred Sutton and Rowe Brothers,
has been bonded to George Blake and others.
Preparations arc now being made for a hoist-
ing plant, and a shaft will be sunk.
A Stock company is shortly to be formed for
the purpose of operating the Silver Queen
mine, at Y'ankee Hill, the property of G. W.
Mapes.
NEVADA.
W. E. Price and B. A. Cardwell have
bonded a lode claim about twenty miles north
of Reno. The ledge at the surface of the
ground is about 3 feet in thickness. The rock
carries gold, silver and copper. It is their in-
tention to begin development at once.
Gold Creek News: May 13th the water at
the tower in Little Sun Flower reservoir
stood at a depth of 15 feet 3 inches. This rep-
resents a storage of 194,000,000 gallons of wa-
ter. The maximum flow in the ditch has
reached about 1110 inches. This is emptying
into the reservoir nearly 15,000,000 gallons a
day. The reservoir is nearly one-fourth full.
At the rate the water is now coming in it will
take about forty days to store the other 600,-
000,000 gallons.
Pioche Record: In the Magnolia at De
Lamar the winze from the tunnel level is
down nearly 100 feet, and when the 100-foot
mark is reached drifting on the ledge north-
ward will begin. The winze is all in ore of
high grade.
The new oOO-horse power engine at the De
Lamar mill is now running full blast.
Dayton Times: Work has commenced on
the dredge putting the machinery in repair
to hoist and screen tailings from the Carson
river, to be worked in a leaching plant which
has been ready for two weeks to receive these
tailings- The tailings are to be hoisted and
screened on a barge, then forced ashore
through a large pipe into a reservoir. Here
they will be allowed to remain until thor-
oughly dried, and then hauled by teams to
the leaching plant.
It is reported that quite a rich strike has
been made in the Topnotch mine, in Smith
valley. The new mill is about completed and
the stamps will begin dropping soon.
At Silver City the Taylor mill is running on
ore from the Succor and Lager Beer mines.
About twenty men are employed in both
mines.
Austin Reveille: The lone Gold Mining
Co.'s 10-stamp mill is running steady and
the returns are highly satisfactory. The mine
May 22, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
435
Is improviDg and the ledge becomes larger as
depth is attained and still holds its richness.
Nine men are employed In the mine, tivc of
whom keep the mill running.
OREGON.
GnnVs Pass ot^terver: In the VValdodlstrict
Welmer Brothers have 'J, 100 inches of water
with about 175 feet pressure. Four giunts
were operated last winter. Twelve men Is
the usual force employed during the season al
the mine. They are now completing the new
Humes on the old Darkas ditch, which nearly
doubles the quantity of water for tho time.
In the George Simmons mine a large cut
for an outlet for debris had to be run to the
Illinois river nearly two miles distant. This
mioo is operated nine to ton months every
year, and employment is given to from eight
tea twelve men.
On Galice creek tho Alexander-Bent placer
mine is tho largest hydraulic mine in this
district. It comprises 510 acres of patented
land and extends along an ancient river
Chan not over three and one h:ilf miles in lengih,
far above the present bed of Galice creek..
The water supply is taken out of the west fork
of Galice creek, and is conveyed seven miles
to the mine, giving a pressure of from 3;}."> to
500 feet.
Kogue Kiver t.'unrUf : Supt. Weston has
struck what he has been tunneling after for
the last two years on the Summit gold mine
ledge, at the head of Althouse. At a depth
of -4:15 feet he opened a rich ledge of quartz on
the 2;ird of last month and the miners arc
Into it now 8 feet but there is no sign of
getting through. This means a chlorination
plant in the Althouse country.
The new :i-sti\mp mill for the Ajax mine at
Mt. [Reuben is on the ground and will be
cru!)hlng ore at that point, soon.
Dowell & Belding'9 .>stamp mill started up
last week on Green's creek.
Jacksonville Dnnncmtii- Tiincs: A new 5-
Btamp mill will soon be in operation at the
Jewetl mine near Grant's Pass.
Swinden, Still & Co , on Oscarcreek, cleaned
up their season's work last week, with satis-
factory results.
Belding & Dowell, on Green's creek, have a
new 4-stamp mill in operation.
The cleanup of the Uocky Gulch Mining
Company in Galice creek district was a satis-
factory one. The company has plenty of water
yet.
ISRITISH COLUMBIA.
(Special Correspondence).— Copper tiods are
the order of the day. Rich strikes of copper
are reported at Cowichao lake and Douglas
lake. The properties were located by farm-
ers, who have left their plows to hunt for
gold, and are being tested and sold in Van-
couver.
This week a rich find was made on Lynn
creek. South Vancouver, barely outside the
city limits proper. The surface rock assays
gold, silver and copper.
Bottles of metal water are being exhibited
in Vancouver just now, accompanied by cer-
tificates stating that the water assays 20
pounds of copper to every 200 gallons of water.
The water is said to come from a ledge in the
Blackwater Camp, Lillooet district, so named
owing to the color of the stream flowing
through it. The water seeps through the
ledge and trickles down the mountain.
A deposit of copper ore running 11 per cent
in that metal has been discovered three miles
from Union, B. C, on Vancouver island. It
resembles the Michigan copper. The ledge is
5 feet wide and very accessible.
The Fire Mountain Company have run a
tunnel in their property on Tepella mountain,
near Harrison lake. Westminster district, 100
feet, and assayed UOO pounds of rock off the
surface of the two closely joined tissure veins,
running 5 feet wide. The company at once
ordered a mill and will crush on the 15th of
June or before that date. The lake below
this claim is staked around its complete bor-
der. Many of these properties are commenc-
ing to ship.
Vancouver, May 16, '97.
Spokane Chronicle: All the bins and chutes
at the Columbia and Kootenay are full of ore
and the foreman has received orders to get
ready to ship ore. He says that without any
inconvenience he can ship over sixty tons
per day.
At the Iron Mask the output has recently
been about eighty tons a week. All of this
has been hauled down to the Columbia &
Western Railroad in wagons and then trans-
ported to the Trail smelter.
Prom the Cliff mine shipments of ore will
begin on the 30th of this month in earnest.
Smith & Whitemao have bonded the Big
Four No. 2 group, on the middle fork of Mur-
phy creek, for $35,000. They are acting for
an English syndicate, which has already
acquired numerous interests in the Trail
creek camp. The Big Four No. 3 group con-
sists of six claims, covering about 300 acres.
Si}nkCHmnn'Iieview: At Greenwood, a tun-
nel to be run 350 feet has been started on the
Sunset claim. The property is held on a bond
by Montreal and Vancouver parties, who also
have a bond on the Silver Crown claim.
E. A. Bielenberg is developing the Ana-
conda group, in Dead wood camp.
John Douglas has put a force of men on the
Silver King, in Shylark camp. This vein has
an immense capping of pyrrhotite, as well as
a small vein of high-grade silver-gold ore.
Leslie Hill, manager for the Prospecting
Syndicate of British Columbia, is calling for
tenders to sink a 50-foot shaft on the Crown
Point camp.
At Fairview camp about fifty men are at
work, half of whom are employed at the Joe
Dandy property, the balance at the Smuggler
and Tin Horn claims.
In the Slocan, the Lexington, Polly and
Sunnyside mines have been sold to E. J. and
A. W. McCune for $30,000. The properties
will be incorporated at once under the name
of the Lexington Mining Company; capital,
$1,000,000. The control of the Bonanza, I. X.
L., Excelsior and Slocan Belle claims have also
been purchased by the McCunes.
On the west fork of Kettle river galena ore
carrying about forty per cent lead and a few
ounces of silver was recently found by pros-
pectors, and a number of locations have al-
ready been made.
At New Denver on tho Galena Farm the
ledge at tho 300-fool level is of unknown ex-
tent, and a level is about to be started both
ways on it. Water power is soon to replace
tho present steam hoisting and pumping plant,
and the 150-ton concentrator and air compres-
sor plant will soon be placed in position.
Rossland Mtucr: There is a great improve-
ment fn the Josie deep shaft. Ever since the
lOU- foot level was passed there has been ore
in what was supposed (o be the hanging wall.
This has varied In width from a foot to '^ feet
and has been of good grade. The foot wall
has been well defined all the way down and
alt the ledge matter heavily mineralized.
When tho 2o0-foot level was reached a round
of holes was put into what was supposed to be
the hanging wall, and the drill revealed 4
feet of solid, high-grade copper ore.
UTAB.
Salt Lake 7Vt/iitiif' : At Park City Kearns
Sc Weber have recently put thirty men to
work jigging the ore on the Silver King sec-
ond-class dump, and as soon as the new
crusher and concentrating plant arc put. in
working order, which work is being rapidly
pushed, the force will bo increased.
The Butters experimental plant, in the
Dooly block, is nearing completion. The ef-
fort "will be to find a process best adapted to
the treatment of ores of every variety, and
that this may be accomplished no expense is
being spared'in the equipment of the plant,
which is one of the largest of the kind that
has been undertaken in this country. The
experiments will bo confined to the ores of no
particular locality, although much attention
will be given to arsenical ores that have been
a source of so much trouble to the miner since
the Mercur district came into prominence.
Mercur Mcnnrir- At the Gold Dust a good
deal of cinnabar has been found, some of it
carrying as high as ^0 per ton. At the top
of the hill on the west side of the claims two
tunnels have been run into the vein, which
comes nearly to the surface.
During the past ten days in the Daisy the
vein on the incline has been gradually widen-
ing out from 4 feet. It was not known how
thick it was ou the lower level until this
week, when a crosscut was made through the
ore to strike the foot wall. It was then
learned that the ore body was 10 feet i inches
thick.
Work is being prosecuted in both the upper
and lower drifts of the Wonder shaft, and
twelve men are employed, working three
shifts.
A contract has been let by Walker Brothers
for sinking another 100 feet on their claims
near the mouth of Ophir canyon.
Bingham Bulletin : In the Dal ton &■ Lai-k a
large body of ore has been encountered in the
drift off the ()40-foot level. Developments
have proved it to be 15 feet wide, of which
0 feet is high grade and the balance mill-
ing.
Work is rapidly progressing on the site for
the Highland Boy mill, which is now nearly
ready for the foundation. About thirty-five
men are employed.
The new company to operate the Winna-
muck property having taken formal posses-
sion, it is understood that operations are soon
to begin on an extensive scale, including ore
production for market, which has been en-
tirely suspended for many months.
Park Pairiot: The work of cutting the sta-
tion in the 1300-foot level of the Daly- West
has begun.
Two shifts are working on the Deer Valley
Consolidated. The prospects grow better as
work progresses. An immense amount of
work has been done on this property.
Tintic Miner: Shipments for the week are
reported as follows; From the Bullion-Beck
mine, 15 carloads ore ; Bullion-Beck mill, 5 car-
loads concentrates; Eureka Hill mine, '.) car-
loads ore; Eureka Hill mill, 5 carloads concen-
trates; Centennial-Eureka, 3 carloads ore;
Mammoth mill, 10 carloads concentrates;
Sioux mine, 3 carloads ore; South Swansea, 5
carloads ore; North Star, 3 carloads ore;
Dragon iron mine, 1 carload ore daily.
Indications in the great Bullion-Beck tun-
nel are reported to be growing more favorable
daily. The territory crossed by this tunnel
site is among the most promising mineral sec-
tions of the district.
G. H. Murray commenced this week on the
development of the South Wheeler lode, which
is a large fraction joining the Wheeler ground,
in which a good strike of ore was reported a
short time ago.
The Ferguson Brothers have commenced
work on the Gray Eagle, west of Eureka.
C. E. Hudson and Paul Rodenhouse are pre-
paring to commence work on the Silver Cloud.
They will timber the l'J3-foot shaft and im-
mediately commence drifting to the vein.
lUAHO.
i tii)uka<m(in-lieiHew: At Loomis the Palmer
mountain tunnel is in 300 feet.
The Red Jacket and Little Falls quartz
claims have recently been bonded to Frank
Raborg of Spokane, with a 10 per cent cash
payment.
The contractors on the crosscut at the SO-
foot level on the Mammoth claim, one of the
properties of the Whisky Hill Mining and
Tunnel Company, have completed their work,
and the ledge shows a width of 40 feet, all in
ore, and have not yet secured either wait.
The managers of the Detroit-Windsor Min-
ing Company have secured bids on 400 feet of
tunnel and 30 feet of shaft work.
The Wyandotte Company are improving
their cyanide process plant on the Similka-
meen river. The company have advertised
for bids for 400 feet of luoncl work on one of
their claims.
Near Kendrick tho recent discovery of cop-
per ore on Lillle Bear creek conlinuos to be
the all-absorbing topic.
The Cyprus Mining Company have a force
of men at work on their property, which has a
ledge of well-defined mineralized oro measur-
ing 15 foet between walls. A force of men
will be put to work driving a 400-foot tunnel,
which is expected lo strike the ledge, which
crops out on the brow of a hill some distance
above.
MONTANA.
Miitinii IVnrtd: Efforts to reorganize the
Hope Company at Basin have come to naught,
and last week the pumps on the lower levels
were taken lo the surface. It will only be a
few days now until the levels are flooded with
water and the mine vvill once more be idle.
Owing to the many complications, legal as
well as others, there is little hope for the
mine and mill again being operated for some
time to come.
The Easton mine and mill at Virginia City
have again resumed operations under the
superintendency of Mr. Pankey. A force of
thirty men is employed, which will bo in-
creased as soon as room can be made.
At Neihart there are six mines and several
prospects at work, employing nearly 300
miners, and shipping about 13,500 tons of ore
annually. This ore consists principally of
sulphur compounds of silver and lead. In the
vicinity of Neihart there arc located 300 min-
ing claims, of which government patents have
been procured for about 300.
Butte -V^n;-: The Parrot Copper Mining
Company has resumed operations at the Mos-
cow mine.
The Butte & Boston Consolidated Mining
Company is making improvements on the sur-
face and underground, one of the largest gal-
lows frames in the district having just been
erected at the Blue Jay.
The Boston «fc Montana Consolidated Copper
and Mining Company has the Atlantic shaft
down nearly to the soO-foot level and an air
compressor was recently added to the plant.
At the Leonard shaft over fiOO tons of ore are
hoisted daily. At the West Colusa good
progress is made in enlarging and sinking the
shaft.
The Montana Ore Purchasing Company has
commenced sinking on the Nippur mine, the
water having been pumped out. The shaft
on the Nippur is now down 300 feet, and an
additional 350 feet will be sunk before cross-
cutting will be done.
WYOMINt;.
During last season the owners of the Ram-
bler copper mine at Battle Lake, in the course
of development work, done with primitive
means and crude machinery, took out over 100
tons of ore and shipped it to the smelter. The
average of the entire output now, in copper,
is about 45 per cent. The tunnel is 300 feet in
length, and the shaft is down 150 feet from
the surface. The width of the vein is about
4 feet, and the formation is pure quartzite.
The Garfield mine, near Atlantic City, in
Fremont county, has some 500 feet of shafts
sunk and 1,000 feet of tunnels I'un. The out-
put of the mine thus far has been over |;400.000
in gold.
COLORADO.
Rcinihliean: The success of three tunnels in
finding ore and proving their utility as drain-
age and transportation enterprises has in-
creased the importance of these propositions
in Cripple Creek, and it 4s not surprising that
tunnel companies are coming more into favor.
The Squaw mountain, the Cripple Creek, and
Gold Hill, and Chicago and Cripple Creek are
now steady shippers of good ore, and the two
last named having come into ore since the
beginning of the year, have done much to
advance the tunnel into favor. There is not
a hill in the district that has not one or more
tunnels driving toward its mineral core, and a
dozen of them are equipped with steam plants
for efBcient and rapid work.
Two workings planned to run under the
entire district at great depth are now in the
hands of Eastern capitalists and may be
started under full headway, equipped with
machinery plants, at any time. They are the
Watson and the American, both running from
the Cripple Creek slope, and now being kept
alive by hand work. The first named of there
will prospect Guyot hill, and in a short dis-
tance will reach the heart of the gold belt,
and is looked upon as one of the big workings
that will some time be a necessity to the
camp.
The Johnston lease on the Republic of the
Mary McKinnie Company is turning out large
quantities of rich ore. The breast of the
drift on No. 3 vein now shows S feet of ore.
Production from the Anchoria-Leland for
the past week ran 350 tons of ore, much of it
of high grade coming from the Maloney cross-
vein, and also from the new chute reached by
an upraise from the first level from the new
shaft.
AL Idaho Springs the Sun and Moon mine
continues to attract attention because of its
rich strikes of free gold in the ores coming
from the shaft at 370 feet. In starting a level
at this depth the streak which had heretofore
carried mostly lead values began changing to
a copper ore and now there is about 10 inches
of smelting ore showing both lead and copper
with free gold throughout the entire width.
The Alkire properties at Dumont have been
opened out by a tunnel now being driven to
reach several lodes lying far into the moun-
tains. The distance now gained is 565 feet,
and because of a parallel lode coming in it will
be followed instead of continuing the cross-
cutting.
P. R. Stanhope is opening up the Silent
Friend mine with a number of drifts, some of
which are into the mountain nearly 1,000 feet.
The Boston Company operating the Eagle
mine on Albro hill has made an important
strike of mineral in the shaft at a depth of
3.50 feet and this is being drifted on with
marked results. Three foet of pay ore is
showing and for a distance of 300 feel it has
remained continuous in the levels.
At Creedo al present the mine owners estt-
ma'.o that about 4iHl men are being employed.
Over 300 cars, loaded with ore, left Ureedo
camp in March, and this amount was exceeded
in April by 300 car loads. The tonnage for
April borders on 8,400 tons.
The Commodore mine is by far tho heaviest
shipper at present. This mine is now employ-
ing about 3O0 miners, and tho shipments
average 150 tons per day.
A strike was recently made within tho
corporate limits of the town of Creede by A.
Kleasner in the Jo Jo claim, which has every
indication of being the Commodore extension,
in which a very wide vein of a low grade ore
has been uncovered.
For the month ending April 30th, ore ship-
ments from the Black Hawk depot numbered
30S cars, aggregating 4,T'.is tons, which repre-
sented the output of smelting ores only of the
county for that month. As L-ompared with
tho corresponding month of last year, this
last month's shipments show an Increase of
eighty-six cars, or 1,370 tons of ore, and shows
the same proportionate increase as in tho
preceding month of this year.
At Aspen the Deep shaft, which has been
shut down since the summer of 1S02, will
start up within a few days. This comes from
a reliable source, and the machinery and shaft
are now being repaired.
At Telluride the Colunibia-Menona mines
and 30-stamp mill will be running full capa-
city in the next few days. Driving east and
west drifts on the vein from the intersection
of a crosscut tunnel, which cut it 850 feet bo-
low the surface and 450 feet below the upper
workings, is being prosecuted and valuable
gold, silver and lead ore is being taken out.
The Tom Boy mine and mill are running
regularly and turning out from l.iO to 175 tons
daily, although the mine is susceptible of a
much larger output. The Tom Boy vein is
expected to bo cut any hour by the mill tun-
nel crosscut, which has been in course for two
years past. It is in 1,000 feet, the distance
estimated by surveyors that it would bo nec-
essary to drive to reach it.
Several additional men were put to work to-
day in the Nellie mine, Bear creek, which is
being developed under lease and bond by the
North American Exploration Company, prin-
cipally composed of European capitalists.
The completion of the sale of the Caledonia
in England only awaits a few routine details.
The bond has been taken up, the money paid
and the deed passed from W. S. Stratton. A
new compressor plant recently installed is be-
ing utilized in crosscutting.
Production from the Victor for April has run
close to the usual amount, and the earnings
have been between ^30,000 and 135,000. The
mine has been running with a reduction of
one-third in the force, but the tonnage reached
1,500 tons, besides 1000 tons broken on the
stulls.
The Golden Cycle Company is taking; posi-
tion as one of the heaviest shippers in the
district, the output for the past month having
reached 1.500 tons of $40 average grade. A
new level, the fifth, is now being opened at
37fi feet and finds the ore in larger body.
The Gold Crater Company is shipping about
300 tons of mill ore a week. Prospecting the
territory goes on steadily. It is said on good
authority that W. S. Stratton is closing a deal
with the Chicago &; Cripple Creek Tunnel
Companj^ by which that working will be
crowded under Globe with all possible speed,
to prospect the Gold Crater and Plymouth
Rock groups.
ARIZONA.
Phoenix Rciitdilivan : At Oro Blanco, in the
Tres Amigos mine, the owners have uncovered
the richest gold ore that has ever been found
in the district,. The ledge proper is about 4
feet wide, all good grade gold ore, but 0
inches of it is extremely rich.
On the Oro Blanco mining claim a parallel
ledge was recently discovered which all these
years has passed unnoticed, and yet it carries
not onlj' coarse free gold largely, but horn
silver also; but the reason was because the
metals were in a decomposed porphyry, as un-
likely looking as the adjoining country rocks.
The Sooner mine, an SOO-foot claim adjoin-
ing the Sorrel Top, and from which excellent
ore has been worked in an arrastra, has been
bonded to F. G. Wulzer &^ Co.
AUSTRALIA.
The following table of exports of gold shows
the steady increase in yield of West Austra-
lia:
1897. 1896. 1895.
Ozs. ij Ozs.
Jan 40,386 153,469 16.350
Feb.... 35,526 123,593 17,933
March.. 40,296 153,126 11,08.5
April 16.773
May -2-2,2m
June 27,933
July 16.258
August 20.517
Sept 35,301
Oct 27,331
Nov 30.874
Dec 29,653
Total. 113,308 430,198 281,263 1,061,800 231,513 879,748
The Queensland gold returns for April are
as follows :
y'oiis Crushed. I'ietd in Ozs.
28,500 28,900
13,000
8,700
£
Ozs.
iJ
62,130
18,617
71,009
68.104
15,509
68,935
ja.iaa
10,6)9
74,554
63,736
10,128
72,687
81.611
19,208
72,991
106,148
16,129
61,299
61,712
20,195
76,743
112,164
33,669
79,940
131,135
18,245
89,940
100,1.56
27,726
105.357
117,322
15,508
58,930
112,681
17,890
67,092
Charters Towers
Mount Morgan. .
Gympie
Croydon
Other fields
Alluvial
5,100
3,400
7,400
Total output 53,000
4,700
6.900
3,000
64,200
The calls paid in the Charters Towers dis-
trict amounted to £5,000; dividends. .£38,900.
The calls at Gvmpie were £6,500; dividends,
,£18,000. Croydon calls, £l,i5n0; dividends,
,£14,600. Mount Morgan, no calls; dividends,
£35,000.
436
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 22, 1897.
Scientific Pro(jress.
The Deepest Well.
The deepest well in the world will
soon be completed near Pittsburg, Pa.
It is now more than one mile deep, and
when finished it may reach down two
miles into the earth. It is being bored
in the iuterest of science. The object
in penetrating so deeply is to deter-
mine just what the interior of the hu-
man footstool is like. From a commer-
cial point of view the well was a suc-
cess long ago. At comparatively few
feet below the surface, both gas and oil
were struck in paying quantities, but
the company owning the plant deter-
mined to dedicate it to science and in-
vited Prof. William Hallock of Colum-
bia College to carry on a series of tem-
perature investigations as the hole is
carried deeper and deeper into the
earth. The results of these investiga-
tions are very interesting, and it is the
opinion of several well-known scien-
tists that the ultimate result of the
boring will prove to be of widespread
economic as well as of scientific value.
Most significant of all the facts so far
ascertained is that the well grows
steadily hotter as its depth increases.
The temperature of the Pittsburg
well, at a depth of 5000 feet, was found
to be 120.9 degrees Fahrenheit. At
the bottom the temperature is 128 de-
grees Fahrenheit. The well in its
present stage is 5502 feet deep. This
gradual rise is found to exist all over
the world, although it is more marked
in some places than in others. In a
deep well near Wheeling, W. Va., the
temperature is 51 degrees at the top
and 110 degrees at the depth of 4500
feet. In the Sperenberg salt well,
near Berlin, the temperature is about
47 degrees at the top and 118 degrees
at a depth of 4170 feet. In the Scha-
ladabach salt well, near Liepsic, the
surface temperature is about 51 de-
grees, while at 5740 feet it runs up to
135.5 degrees. External conditions
seem in no way to affect the tempera-
tures of the wells.
A LARGE Dussand microphonograph,
now being constructed for the Paris
exhibition of 1900, is expected to make
the voice heard by 10,000 people. This
form of apparatus is especially de-
signed for the deaf, and for the study
of the feeble sounds given out by the
organs of the body in health and dis-
ease. It magnifies the voice much as
a lens magnifies objects to the eye.
The register is a modified phonograph,
with a diaphragm vibrated by small
electro - magnets receiving currents
through a microphone ; the repeater is
somewhat similar, with a microphone
attached to the membrane, the cur-
rent for this being obtained from one
to sixty battery cells and thence pass-
ing to a telephone. The intensity de-
pends upon the amount of current
passing. The instrument is being used
iu the education of deaf mutes, and has
had a marked effect in stimulating the
nerves and apparatus of hearing.
FoK hardening heavy lathe and
planer tools for hard work, where the
steel has been selected at random and
is found a little too low in hardening
properties for the purpose, take one
pail of soft water, one-quarter pound
cyanide of potassium, one, pound salt,
one dessert spoonful oil of vitriol. Draw
the temper slightly. This is Hunt's
tempering recipe. — Crescent Anvil.
Prof. Elmer Gates of Washington
claims to have produced an absolutely
perfect vacuum by filling a very infusi-
ble test tube with a glass melting at
much lower temperature. Then by in-
verting the test tube and partially with-
drawing the molten glass by suction, a
space was left which, when the glass
had solidified, was claimed to be per-
fectly vacuous.
Sir Henry Thompson has presented
the Royal Observatory at Greenwich
with a telescope said to be the most
powerful instrument at present exist-
ing for the prosecution of astronomical
research by means of photography.
The photographic refractor has an ob-
ject glass 26 inches in diameter. The
photographs it will take will be on
twice the scale of 2 mm. to one minute
of arc, and its short focal length gives
it great light-gathering power. The
instrument now mounted at Greenwich
has been in course of construction by
Sir Howard Grubb of Dublin during the
last three years.
Electro-Capillary Light.
In a contribution to Wiech'manu' s An-
nalim, No. 12, Herr O. Schutt of Jena
describes a new electric discharge phe-
nomenon, which he terms electro-capil-
lary light. When the discharge of an
induction coil is sent through a narrow
capillary tube of about 0.05 millimeter
in diameter, provided with aluminum or
copper electrodes and filled with air
under ordinary pressures, an intense
luminosity of the thread of air is ob-
tained— a luminosity which is intrinsic-
ally far superior to that of the arc,
and would form an exceedingly power-
ful source of light, if it could be made
continuous. The narrow capillaries de-
teriorated rapidly, roughening inside,
and were blown into a series of spheri-
cal enlargements. Wider tubes gave
less light, but were much more per-
manent. At the same time the bright
lines in the continuous spectrum in the
original light became more prominent.
At pressui-es above one atmosphere
the phenomena were nearly the same,
but the sparks passed with greater
difficulty. At low pressures the light
became less intense, the continuous
spectrum faded, and the bright lines
shone out more distinctly. The kind of
glass is immaterial. It is stated
that the tubes may be made twenty
centimeters long and make splendid
line sources.
Mechanical Progress.
The Use of Compressed Air for
Mining Purposes.
NUMBER II.
A lecture delivered to the En^nneering Students
of the Lehvnd Stanford Jr. University, May 3,
1897, by Kdwakd a, Rix, M. Am. See. M. E.
I have spoken only of the energy
stored in the air after it is compressed.
There is, however, a perfectly mechan-
ical translation of energy from the
prime mover to the air motor, that we
call the energy of full pressure and is
that part of the work performed in an
air compressor or given out in a motor,
which takes place at constant temper-
ature, or, in other words, is the work
performed by the piston to discharge
the air from the cylinder. I might call
it an air piston rod, which reaches
from the compressor to the motor, and
conveys the energy of one to the other
absolutely mechanically, and in the case
of isothermal compression would act
just the same as if a column of water
reached from the compressor piston to
the motor piston. It is nothing but a
flexible piston rod, acting during the
period of full pressure only, and stops
when the compressor stops, unless the
air receiver be infinite in its capacity.
It is this air piston rod only, which
direct acting pumps and ordinary
motors and rock drills use, thus avail-
ing themselves of a mere mechanical
phase incident to the operation of a
compressor and abandoning entirely
the real work which is stored in the
compressed air itself and which is prac-
tically three times the value of the
other. It would be just as sensible to
judge the economy of a steam engine
by its full pressure work only, as to do
so in an air engine.
I have been thus explicit on this
somewhat puzzling point because I wish
it well understood that the least pos-
sible power expended in compression
gives the highest resultant efficiency
and is the first condition precedent to
an economical air plant. You are all
no doubt familiar with the way to pro-
duce this, viz., highest form of prime
motor, compound compression where
proper, minimum frictions in all moving
parts, slow piston speeds, least clear-
ances, large valve areas and cooling
surfaces, so that heat of compression
shall be as nearly constant and at in-
itial temperature as possible, or in
other words isothermal. It is always,
you perceive, a case of temperatures.
Now in using the air after compres-
sion, or in other words, to utilize as
much of its intrinsic energy as possible,
we become involved in a case of tem-
peratures again, and it is precisely
the reverse in all ways and considera-
tions of the phenomena of compression.
If it be true that difference of temper-
ature between the admission and ex-
haust of the air in a compressor is
the head to be overcome by the prime
mover in reaching a certain receiver
pressure, it is evident this difference
should be made as small as possible,
and reversing the case for air motors,
it is evident it should be made as large
as possible. Everything would tend
toward the accomplishment of this
fact readily were it not for the pres-
ence of moisture in the air, which, while
it offers no difficulty to compression,
which is a heat developing phenomena,
freezes at once during expansion, which
is a cold producing phenomena. This
freezing has nothing to do theoretically
with the perfect operation of the air in
its expansion, but practically it fills up
the valve ports with ice, congeals the
lubricants, and the motor stops.
These temperatures ranges often as
low as -150 degrees.
Inasmuch as it matters not between
what degrees of temperature we do
our expansion, so long as we maintain
the same difference, it must occur to
the engineer at once that if in expand-
ing from atmospheric temperature
downward he meets with the mechan-
ical obstruction of ice, he must slide
his range of temperatures up the scale
until the final exhaust temperature
shall be such that ice will not form.
Inasmuch as this cannot be done with-
out supplying extraneous heat, either
before or during expansion, the idea of
reheating is at once suggested, and
upon it hinges the whole subject of the
economical use of compressed air.
In determining the amount of heat
to be applied to the air before use, it
will be found that no great tempera-
tures are required, averaging generally
about 150 degrees Fahr., to exhaust at
32 degrees Fahr., and gives complete ex-
pansion to the atmosphere.
Inasmuch as every degree we add to
the temperature of the air before use
increases its head, provided we exhaust
always at the same temperature, and
inasmuch as lubricants will not be de-
stroyed at 400 degrees Fahr., or even
more, it comes as a natural conclusion
that while we are reheating we should
go to the practical limit, and especially
as it is found by experience that the
additional fuel required is of little con-
sequence.
The increase of power obtained by
this increase of volume (for that is the
way the increased temperature mani-
fests itself) ranges from 0 to 60%, at
an expenditure of fuel which, after re-
duction to terms of the prime mover
power, means an addition of from zero to
10% of that power, depending upon the
head and price of water, or price of
fuel. A gain of 50% at an expenditure
of 10% may in some cases be made to
cover all losses of compression and
transmission, and deliver to the motor
the full amount of power expended
upon the air at the compressor, or
even more.
It need not be demonstrated here
that the use of fuel to expand air is
from five to seven times more econom-
ical than it can be used in any other
manner to generate power.
Having thus shown you the proper
and natural conditions under which to
compress and to use air after it is com-
pressed, and having also called your
attention to the requirements of a
modern air compressor, the motor is
the last thing and the most important
thing to be considered. It appears to
me that inventors and builders of com-
pressed air machinery are devoting too
much time to the compressor and none
at all to the special air motor. Com-
pressors can be made having an effi-
ciency approximating 90%, while the
average motor using the air from such
a compressor would not give 40%.
{To he Vontbmcd.)
Electrical Progress.
High-Frequency Currents and the
Human Body.
M. d'Arsonval recently sent a com-
munication to the Societe Internation-
ale des Electriciens concerning the
therapeutic and physiological effects of
high frequency currents. He showed
the powerful inductive effects which
can be obtained with these currents. A
striking experiment consists of placing
three lamps in tension and allowing
the current to pass through the body.
These currents cause no sensations,
and a man placed in a circuit does not
feel that he is traversed by the cur-
rents which brilliantly illuminate the
lamps. The principal results of this
electrification are an augmentation of
the oxidations in the organism and an
increase in the production of heat. A
subject who, under ordinary conditions,
eliminates 17 to 21 liters of carbonic
acid per hour throws off 37 liters after
having been submitted to this action.
High-frequency currents do not act
solely upon the surface of the body, but
also profoundly upon the interior. All
of these results have been obtained
upon a number of subjects by MM.
Apostoli and Charrin. M. d'Arsonval
cited, in closing, the action exercised
upon microbes and bacteria by these
currents. The microbes and bacilli
are modified, and the toxines are killed
and transformed to vaccine. MM.
d'Arsonval and Charrin hope by this
method to arrive at a direct treatment
for the interior of the bodies of pa-
tients suffering from zymotic disease,
and experiments to this end have begun.
Electrical Conductivity of Ether.
John Trowbridge, in the American
Journal of Science, discusses the "Elec-
trical Conductivity of Ether." By the
method employed the author thinks he
obtains an estimate of the energy re-
quired to produce the Rontgen rays
and also a measure of resistance of
sparks in air and different media. He
closes thus: "It shows coaclusively
that the discharge in a Crookes tube at
the instant when the Rontgen rays are
being emitted most intensely is an os-
cillatory discharge. In popular lan-
guage it can be maintained that a dis-
charge of lightning a mile long under
certain conditions encounters no more
resistance during its oscillations than
one of a foot in length. In other words,
Ohm's law does not hold for electric
sparks in air or gases. Disruptive dis-
charges in gases and in air appear to
be of the nature of voltaic arcs. Each
oscillation can be considered as forming
an arc. It is well known that a minute
spark precedes the formation of the
voltaic arc in air. The medium is first
broken down and then the arc follows.
I believe that this process occurs also
in a vacuum and that absolute contact
is not necessary to start the arc. My
experiments lead me to conclude that
under very high electrical stress the
ether breaks down and becomes a good
conductor."
Under a new process by which cop-
per is cast pure, it is stated that this
metal acquires an additional tensile
strength of 33J per cent, and possesses
a conductivity of 95 per cent when
compared with the best rolled copper.
It is stated also that the discovery is
anticipated to occasion distinct changes
in the construction of dynamos, mo-
tors, and other electrical plant, inas-
much as the new metal is believed to
carry the same current with only one-
third of weight ordinarily used. The
change which is represented as being
effected in the molecular structiire of
the metal may be accounted for by the
theory that the shape of the crystals
has been altered so that their lines are
parallel, and that the molecules are
consequently brought closer together,
and into more intimate contact with
each other.
The Belgian Government has decided
upon a trial of electric carriages on the
ordinary State railways, starting with
the nine-mile run betweeu Brussels and
May 22. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
437
Tervueren. The Belgians are adopting
the accumulator system, notwithstand-
ing the known difficulties attending its
use. The speed is to be SI miles, re-
duced to 18J miles an hour on the steep-
est gradients. The accumulators weigh
l:i tons, the electric motors and appli-
ances 10 tons, and the cars, which are
52* feet long, on two bogies, and carry-
ing eighty passengers, weigh 'JO tons.
The accumulators may be charged to
run for 72 miles. The motors are to be
compound wound, the pressure of cur-
rent being 500 volts. At l.'i amperes
the motors will run at llli revolutions
per minute, the field magnet only be-
ioe excited by the shunt winding.
When connected in parallel they will
make 2:!1 revolutions, the total current
being 150 amperes.
E. E. BORLIKGAIIIE'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chi-nttvAl Laboratoo'. Er^tabllshed In Colorado.
UW. Samples b.v mall or t-xprebs will rccel%-«
ftronipt aiitl eareftil utR-iuioii Goltl aD<l silver bul-
lon r..'Iiintl. iiiolleU and aHsayod ur purcliaHoU. Ad-
dn-bH I'-iii aod ITIis LawrL'Mec- Slrf..-t. Dfuver. Colo.
Fort Wayne Electric Corporation, QRES! ORES!
.M.VNL'KACTL'ltKliS OK THF.
OK
Arc Lififhtins:, Alternating; and Direct Current Incandescent Lisfbtin^,
Power Generators, Motors, Transformers, Instruments and Appliances.
CHAS. R. LLOYD, AGENT, 18 SECOND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
Cofc>fc> Sc Hesselmeyer,
UE.SlLl.\l.Nc; AND CONSULTING
/Vlechanical and Hydraulic
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
ENQINEERSi
Plans anii SpcciUuaiions for Muchiaery of MINES aod MILLS. Impruvcmcnt aod Developmeni or
WATER POWER for All Applications. Will give PERSONAL SUPERVISION During the
CoDstrucllon and Eruciluu of All Work, if Desired. Twenty Years" Experience.
TELEPHONE BLACK 'HOS.
-4- .2 I /V\arU.&t Street San F=' ra nc Isco, C:al.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
4 16 Montgomery St., San Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction. Cal,
Joshua Hendy Machine Works,
Principal Office: NO. 42 FREMONT STREET. - - Works: Corners Bay, Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Hydr^uHo yWiriirig TW^oHine^ry,
Comprising Hydraulic Gravel Elevators, Double=Jointed Bali-Bearing and Single-Jointed Qiants,
Sheet-Iron and Steel Water Pipe and Fittings, Water Gates, Etc.
NOTICE. — All other forms of Hydraulic Gravel Elevators are simply poor
imitations in construction and infringements of the patents held by us.
The Double-Jointed Ball- Bearing Giants recently perfected and patented by
our Mr. John H. Hendv are incontestably superior to any other form of Giants yet
introduced.
We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates of cost of any proposed
Hydraulic Mining Plants upon any specifications submitted to us, and tender the
services of our Hydraulic Mining Engineer to erect and place same in successful
operation under guarantee.
HYDRAULIC ORAVEL BLBVATOR (in position.)
ESTABLISHED 1849.
I. S. VAN WINKLE & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
Iron, Steel, Coal, Blacksmitlis', Miners' and Mill Supplies,
413-415 7VVARKEX ST., SAN F^RANCISCO, CAL.
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It will do more and cleaner work than any rubber belt machine,
It weighs only one-half as much as some of the six-foot concentrators.
Is the most simple in its construction of any machine m the market, and only one-third as many
piecesinlt as in some of the others. Was invented by an old miner of forty years experience hand-
ling every known concentrator on the market. J ..V, . J( *„!.!„„ „ «*T„r„. «n«f «f +!,«
Should aoy piece need repairing, it can be removed without disturbing any other part of the
machine.
Can be set up by any inexperienced miner. *.i. i, .,
Its distributor is perfection itself, distributing the pulp evenly over the entire surface of the belt.
Grade of shaking frame can be changed while the machine is running at full speed.
It is the strongest, lightest running and most inexpensive to keep In repair of any
Will save more of the fine slimes than any other machine.
Is cheaper than any other six-foot machine, costing only $350,00 f. o. b. cars or boat, San Francisco.
Will handle the pulp from five stamps better than any other Concentrator.
Has adjustable eccentrics, and any length of stroke can be had, thereby giving different speeds
per minute.
The belt is very durable, being made of No. 3 Canvas, woven especially for the Springer concentra-
tor.
This machine requires so little attention that one man will easily attend to a dozen of them.
It has a solid rubber flange, which no other canvas belt has.
Wear and tear upon this machine is not one-third as much as upon some of the other concentrators.
438
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 22, 1897.
UNION IRON WORK5,
>f~ ^ 222 riarket Street, San Francisco, Cal. >f- ^
MANUFACTURERS OF
Mining & Milling Machinery,
Automatic Cut-Off Engines, High-Speed Engines, Hoisting Engines,
auartz Mills, Manty Chili Mills,
PUMPS-CORNISH AND OTHER
Rolls and Concentrating Machinery,
Copper and Lead Furnaces.
Electrical Engineering Co.,
34-36 MAIN STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
yWanufacturers of /\11 Kinds of
Electric
Machinery
For Mines, Mills and Hoists.
Glrard Water Wheel Co.,
34-36 MAIN STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
These wheels are durable, highly effi=
cient, and are the only wheels which
have perfect regulation, which feature
makes them especially suitable for the
operation of electric machinery.
"Union" Hoist.
The above"cut repre.sents our 10 h. p. Double Cyliader Engine of latest type, and Hoist combined on
strong iron base. This hoist is designed to raise one ton 155 feet per minute from an Inclined shaft, or
1500 pounds at the same speed vertical lift. The drum will hold over 600 feet of 5a-inch cable. The out-
fit weighs 3500 pounds.
THE UNION GAS ENGINE CO.
-BUILD THE-
««
Union" Gas Engines,
Which use either Manufactured or Natural Gas, Ordi-
nary Stove Gasoline (Naphtha or Benzine),
Distillate or Kerosene.
STATIONARY ENGINES for All Kinds of Work, BnUt In Sizes from 3 to SOO h. p.
"CNION" COMBINED HOISTS In Sizes from 3 to 40 h. p.
"UNION" COMBINED COMPRESSORS — 20, 30, 40 h, p.
HOISTS and COMPRESSORS Can Be Bnllt in L.arger Sizes to Order.
" UNION " MARINE ENGINES, 4 to 200 t. p., of Single, Double and Fonr-Cyllnder Types.
TEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE Building Gas and Oil Engines.
"UNION" ENGINES Are In Use All Over the United States.
" UNION " ENGINES Are Simple, Durable and Economical.
Office: 314 HOWARD ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Mav 22,1897.
Mining and SciENTinr Press.
439
Coast Industrial Notes.
\A/AINXED.
OFFICE: 209-211
—J. A. Vaugban of Otay, San Diego county,
Cal I has put out 5U00 tobacco plants in one
acre near ibat town.
—The Hasadeoa & Pacific road, between
Pasadena and Los Angeles, it is expected,
will be completed and in operation by July !sl.
—At St. Helena, California. f,'.50O of stock in
tbe proposed creamary has been subscribed,
aDd the total required, (4,000, will soon be ob-
tained.
— In Ventura county the California Asphal-
tuDi Company gave employment to forty men
last week, with the expectation of increasing
the force soon.
—The school bond election at Chino, Call-
fornfa, last week, resulted in favor of the is-
suance of I^i0,000 bonds for the improvement of
the school buildings of the Chino district.
—The rails of the Valley road were laid to
the site of the depot at Hanford last Tuesday.
Big preparations have beem made for the
celebration of the arrival of tbe first passen-
ger train toda}'.
-Petitions are being circulated in San Jose
asking Mayor Koch to call a mass meeting of
citizens for next Tuesday evening at Hale's
Hall for the purpose of considering the im-
provement of Alvlso channel.
—The estimated shlpmenls of fruit from
San Diego since January Isl are '2iU carloads,
over Ihrec-fourilis as much as was shipped in
ISO*). Six hundred carloads of lemons and or-
anges will be shipped from that citv during
IS'.tT.
-The biggest pipe contract ever signed in
Santa Barbara has just been concluded by
the Alcatraz Asphalt Company. The contract
calls for forty miles of piping, and involves an
expenditure of fOO,ultU. The Alcairaz Asphalt
Company will use the pipe to convey asphalt
from its mines at Sisquou to the coast.
—The Chino sugar factory people expect to
handle over 10,UU0 acres of beets from the
middle of July to the middle of November.
That means something like $i>5U,U00 worth of
beets. Chino alone will grow 700U acres of
beets this year. The factory will be prepared
to use 2000 tons of beets every twenty-four
hours.
Personal.
Old Iron Shafting,
5 to 15 in. Diameter.
Aildrfs> ■IKON." MiuiDK uu<J Scluntldi.- Press
MISSION ST.
MAN'LTACTl'ltERS HF -
FRANCISCO, CAL
FOR SALE CHEAP.
First-Class Air Compressor (Steam
Driven) and Drill, New.
Also, 3-Ton Capacity Pulverizer.
A. I.. FISH, aU-Ul FIKST STItKKT, 8. F.
FOR SALE.
C'rowu
tiratt-
The four ItollerK now In uoe ut tin
Mills, together with Fronts, \'nlvc-
Itarfl, etc., ur« oflTered fur Sitle.
Delivery eaii be iiiaUe on ur abuiit the Imi o( May
For further parllculara. hunilre of
STOCKTON IVIILLINQ CO.,
STOCKTON CALl lOKN
A.
1 OK KALE AT A liAKtiAIN.
<iOLDyl'ARTZ MINE rullj euiiliipecl Willi :i;i re-
uiilretl machinery unU wiler power and re8er\'olrH.
HUuate<l on JO acres of ni hi Ine proper: v In El Dorado
Co. PrlnclpaU only apply lo Tho8. K, Clmrclt. lOli;
Franklin St.. or A. M. Elibels. lllHSaeraTuenlo St..S. P.
FOR sale: AT A liAKOAIN.
One new GOLD KING AMALGAMATOR — never
uaed. Apply to MarBlintz & Cantrell. N. \V. corner
Main and Howard streets. San Francisco. California.
(RON&Sr£EL
ll^^^l^felSSS
^SkS^^VSl
Air Pipe, Concentrator Rolls, Galvanized Tanks, Spiral Leader Pipe,
AND SHEET METAL WORK OP EVERY UESCRIPTION.
LarseHt mill lie«t i:<|iil|>|ie<l l'rt»tnr.\ lit tile Went. CorreHpoiKleiice Solicited.
THE LOS ANGELES MINING BUREAU,
Cur. Temple and New High Sts., Los Angeles.
We have Eastern and foreign correspondents
who are seeking good mining properties for invest-
ment. This Bureau will examlDe and place choice
mining properties in CuUfornia, Nevada, Arizona,
New and Old Mexico. Critical and accurate tests
of ore made. Best references given. For anv in-
formation, address DR. STEPHEN BOWERS,
President; H. C. SIGLER, Secretary.
STOCK
IIN THI
W. C. Ralston left last Monday for New
York and will be gone about a month.
SuEiiwooD Hoi'KTNs has been appointed
superintendent of the Gold Hill mine at Grass
Valley.
Henkv Bratsoher has gone toTelluride,
Colo., to look into ihe progress of work on the
Tomboy.
CAr-TAiN TnoMAS Mein is about to sail to
Alaska to look after the properties of the Ex-
ploration Co. of London.
Oscar B. Lewis of this city will probably
be appointed superintendent of construction
of the new San Francisco postoflice building.
VigturM. Ci.emext, who recently examined
the Mercur mine in Utah and the De Lamar
in Nevada, is in London, as is also Capt. J. B.
De Lamar.
Manageu F. W. Bradley of the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan mine at Wardner, Idaho, who
has been for some time in California, has re-
turned to his properties.
Hamilton' S.MiTii, as at present arranged,
will come out to this coast this summer and
go up to look at the Alaska-Treadwell and
other properties controlled by the Explora-
tion Co. in Alaska.
Guv. BruD has appointed John R. Price, en-
gineer of the Board of Public Works, and
\V. L. Ashe of San Francisco as members of
the Bureau of Highways to succeed J. L.
Maude and R. C. Irvine, and Marsden Man-
. son to succeed himself.
Copper King of Arizona
Can be had by applying to
C.W. BLACKBURN, Fiscal Agent,
BISBEB, ARIZONA.
J95rSeuU for prospectus.
British Columbia.
W. J. R. COWELL.B. A.,F.G.S., Mining Engineer,
Reports on mines, designs and superintends the
erection of mining and milling machinery; makes
analyses of ores, metals, soils, etc.; arranges for
mill tests, and selects suitable processes for the
treatment of ores. Correspondence invited, Ad-
dress W. J. R. COWELL, Victoria, B. C.
British Columbia.
Recently
Declared flining
dends.
Divi-
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has prospects for sale in Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
stock and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots tor sale in Trail and Deer Park.
JAPANESE MINIKG LABOR COMTRACTORS.
Masavoshi Ota, John W. Koch.
Manager. Attorney.
THE JAPANESE BROKERAGE CO.
General Contractors and Business Agents.
507 Montgomery St .Rooms 1 and 2. San l''rancisco.
Long Distance Telephone "Main" No. 5029.
Cariboo Mining & Smelting Co., Camp Mc-
Kinnev, B. C, *10,UU0; payable May 14.
The total to date is si57,410.
Mercur, Utah, «25,000; payable May 20— a
total of *700,000.
Silver King, Utah, *3T,500; payable May 11.
Reco, Sandon, British Columbia, ;$50,000;
payable May 20. The total to date is*ls7,o00.
Recent California Mininjc Incor-
porations.
Winona Mining Company, San Francisco;
E. G. Heinz, G. W. Tomb, J. T. McCormick,
J. L. H. Manning, W. L. White; capital
stock $100,000; stock subscribed $:;5.
Commercial Paragraphs.
The Pacific Sheet Metal Works of this city
has established a branch at Los Angeles, un-
der the name of the Los Angeles Metal
Works. Cans for fruit, meat, lard, honey, oil,
etc., also family fruit cans and galvanized
goods of all descriptions will be manufactured
at rates that will compete with similar East-
ern goods. This will give employment to a
large number of men and keep in local circles
money that would otherwise go abroad. The
works adjoin the Southern California Packing
Company and will be under the management
of L. S. Porter.
Scientific
Our catalogue S la sent
free for the asking'. It Hate
hooka pertaining to all the
-_ , ~ sciences. A copy should be
Wr\f\\yc\ liad for ready reference by
DUUKS those desiring electrical.
^ medical, engineering, scien-
tific, mining and lecbnical books, which we sell to
everybody at wholesale prices.
Montgomery Ward & Co., Clik-iigro.
For Placer Mining.
THE EDISON
GOLD SAVING MACHINE.
The Most Complete Machine In the World for
GRAVEL WASHING.
Guaranteed to Save Every Particle of Flour and
Flake Gold, and Floured Quicksilver.
WILL HANDLE 3 TONS OF GRAVEL PER HOUR.
Minimum power and water required. Requires
but one handling of gravel. By motion of machine
water is returned and used over and over again,
Light, durable and easily transported. Simple in
construction and inexpensive.
T"^ EDISON MACHINE COMPANY,
PKESCOTT, ARIZONA.
XJ TSi/L
Patent Centrifugal, Steam and Power Pump-
ing Machinery, Simplest, Cheapest and Best.
Orchard TrucItB, Grape Crushers,
Wine Presses, Wine Filters.
Cp-to-Date Repair Shop for All Kinds of
Pumps and Other Machinery.
It will pay you to get our prices. ,„^„^„
I. L. BURTON MACHINE WORKS,
115-117 FUst St., San Francisco.
HAVE REMOVED THEIR
A^achine VA/ork:s """""
TO
110-112 Beale St.
183-185-187 FREMONT STREET,
U'liere, with Enlurped and Increased FacIUlies,
they are belter than ever prepared to do
Rirst - Olass TVlachln^ lA/ork.
Promptly, and at Reasonable Prices, and will
continue the manufacture of
Thomson & Evans Steam Pumps,
Deep Well Puiup§, Power PumpH, Etc.,
Also Marine Engines. Ship and Steamboat Work,
Pipe Cutting, General Jobbing and Repairing.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN-CLERICi PROCESS.
P'aicnted in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital. flOU.OOO.
London Head Olllce 8 Drapers Gardenw.
Laboratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1530 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit In treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially iliose of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinat'ous or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or li.xivialiou.
Gold and silver values, both line and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clehici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of tine bullion without any reHning costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for V. S.
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
j Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
Process.
PATENTEE I Brown's System of Mechanically
I Stirred Ronsling. Cooling ami
' Conveying Furnaces, Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois.
TOTTHILL WATER WHEEL.
The Best Jet Wheel in the Market,
BARRING NONE.
Wheels. Buckets and Nozzles DesigQe<l to Suit .Spe-
cial Requirements. When Head and
Conditions Are Given.
Theoretically as Well as Practically Perfect.
Highest Eillciency Guaranteed.
We have a Sensitive. Simple Governor that will posi-
tively regulate speed of wheel. Specially adapted for
electric railway and lighting plants.
Write for Catalogfue.
Oakland Iron Works, Builders,
108 FIKST STREET, - - - SAN FRANCISCO.
Telephone 1007 Main.
THE
old reljiable !
Albany Lubricating Compound.
The King of Lubricants!
* xAxuyyv «& bova/ein, ^
34-3G Fremont St., Sau Franciaco. ^ 43-49 First St., Portland, Or.
RRANCIS SyVVIXH & CO.,
-MANUFACTUREBS OF-
F='OR TOWyiN \A//\T^Ft \A/ORK-S.
Hydraulic, Irrigation and Power Plants, Well Pipe, Etc., all sizes,
UOBBALE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Iron cut, punched and formed, for making pipe on ground where required. All kinds of Tools sup-
plied for making Pipe. Estimates given when required. Are prepared or coating all sizes of Pipes
with Asphaltum.
DYNAMOS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
440
Mining and Scientific PRESb.
May 22, 1897,
Professional Cards.
Analytical Chemists and Assayers, ;
I15!4 N. Main St., Los Angeles. Cal.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
J Mining: Engineer and Metallurgist,
De Lamar, Owyhee Co., Idaho.
E>. H. j/\c::k.soim.
• Placerville, California. CaDle address, Ixa.
! MINING ENGINEER. )
I Reports on Mines and Metliods of Ore Treat- (
I ment. California iVIinea Specialties. ^^<
l^ BERNARD IMACDONALD,
< Consulting Mining Engineer,
5 Bdtte, Montana.
S Codes : Bedford McNeils and Moreing & Neils.
BERTRAn HUNT, F.I.C. F.C.S.
Chemist and Metallurgist.
) (Agent Gold and Silver Ex. Co. of America,
1 Ltd.) 216 SANSOME STREET, S. F., CAL.
[ J. K. EVELETH.
V. H. M. MacLtmont.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
\ Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses ^
of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines.
f lO Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal. 5
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC
ENGINEERS.
421 Market St., Cor. First St.,
[ Telephone BLACK 240i! San Francisco. Cal. j
The Evans Assay Office.
W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
Successor to Jehu & Ogden.
I 628 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block.
' Ore Assays. Analyses of Minerals, Metals '
and their Alloys, Etc.
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
i School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, \
^ Electrical and Mining Engineering:. (
) Surveying-, Architecture, Drawing and Asaaylner. \
) 933 Market St., San Francisco, Gal. S
> OPEN ALL TEAR. (
A, VAN DER NAILLEN, President. i
I Assayinr of Ore8,825; Bullion and Chlorluatlon t
Assay, f25; Blowpipe Assay, SIO. Full Course j
of Assaying, S50. Established 1864.
■ Send for Circular.
' Mining: and Metallurgical Work in All
Branches.
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex-
5 periments on rebellious ores for treatment by j
k cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re- (
{ ports upon mining properties.
RICHARD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
I Cable address : Richpark.
C Crocker Building San Francisco, Cal.
CHARLES P. GRIMWOOD,
' Mining: Engineer and Metallurgist,
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
i i ^t" JONES G- M. EDMONDSON.
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
i Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block, (
Colorado Springs, Colo,
T. D. KYLE & CO.,
jMssayers arid Ctn&mls
> (Mine, M HI and smelter Work.)
) Samples by Mall Receive Prompt Attention. )
Box t)2«, - - - LKADVILLE, COLO.
r
J. J. F"ISHEFt.
vll «S: Hydraulic Eng
U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor,
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA,
1
veyor, )
W. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex-
' pert on general mill work and amalgamation.
I Eighteen years' experience. Will report on *
I Mines and Mills, and take full charge of Min-
I ing Properties. Address, 133 Market St.,
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal.
J. HOWARD WILSON.
► /\ssay^T" and Chemist, j
; 306 Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo, Colo. J
f Correspondence solicited with SHIPPERS OF }
' ORE TO COLORADO SMELTERS. ^
DENVER SCHOOL OF MINES, 1215 15th SI.
Established in 18T~. Prof. P. J. Stanton, Prinel-
- pal, and experienced assistants. Assaying
< taught for 525, in two weeks. Courses in miuer-
S alogy, metallurgy, mining, surveying, geology.
S Personal actual practice. lustructlon by cor- j
/ respondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady v
) puplla received. Investments made and In- \
> formation given jnreUable mjnJiig_pro_perties.
Cor. Market and Montgomery Sts., San Francisco. )
Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE )
/ Mining Property. Principals desiring valuable )
/ quartz or gravel Investments at reasonable \
) prices will do well to see what I may have. (
} Only legitimate mining properties handled. c
{abbot a. hanks,
/ Chemist and Assayer. Successor
/ to Henry G. Hanks, established
} 1866. The super-
} vision of sampling
? of ores shipped to
} San Francisco a
} specialty.
> —718—
< Montgomery Street.
> San Francisco.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
[STATE ASSAY OFFICE, j
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores. Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
} dustrlal Products, Poods. Medicines, etc.. etc.
I Court Experting in all branches of Chemical ^
f Technology. Working Teste of Ores and In-
i vestlgatlon of Metallurgical and Manufaetur-
t Ing Processes. Consultations on all questions i
) of applit'.d chemistry. Instructions given in <
C assaying and all branches of chemistry.
A. H. WARD.
-^ESTABLISHED 1869. -f-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STR3EET,
SAN FKANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worts
And Cliemical Laborator)'.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
I yniiN
E OlA/lNEFeS
n
I Check your ASSAYERS, or do your OWN j
Assaying by the SIMPLE METHODS ol
i LUCKHARDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICE i
(INCORPORATED.)
'36 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, Cal. ^
AINSWORTH NO. 054.
SENSIBLE
1-2 MILLIGRAMME.
For weighing the pulp or ore charge for assaying.
This balance also makes an extremely accurate
diamond or prescription scale.
Photos and Prices on Application.
m. AINSWORTH,
No. 2151 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLORADO.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Assav Balances.
Our Beams are the
Ughtpst on the market,
and positively Inflexible.
They are uneqnaled in
accuracy and sensitive-
ness. Edges and bear-
ings are ot .'sappUlre.
All makes of balances
thoroughly repaired at
reasonable rates.
8319 Stout Street,
DENVER, COLO.
-EASTERN PRICES BEATEN.-
SAN FRANCISCO^
Plonei^r Sor^en \A/orlc0
JOBN W. QUICK, Prop.
Improved Facilities! Flneat Workl Lowest PrlcesI
Perforated Sheet Metals. Steel, Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screens
for All Uses.
**» MUTIHG SCREENS A SPECIALTY. •*»
221 and 233 First Street, San Franclbco, CaL
QUARTZ SCREENS
A specialty. Round, slot
or bii rred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
Homogeneous Steel, Cast
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. CALIPORNIj*
PBRPoaATiNG SCHKBN CO.. 145 and 147 Beale St., S.P.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces,
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS, " '""^c^aSiYlo!*!!?"'"" "•
B^Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO..
Park City. Utah .
IISt/ENTTORS, Take. Notice I
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
22t; MARKET St., N. B. Corner Front (Up Stairs), SAN
Francisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
of models. Tin and brassworte All communica-
tions stricUy confidential.
METAL MINING
Coal Miiiiog; Metal Prospecting
& Mapping: Ek-otricity ; Shcut -Metal Pull
Cutting; Mocliaiiicul A Aroliitoctural Draw
MuiikiUl. 31 COURSES &"'l!A.l=<
Engiii'r'g; Mecliaiiio.s; Plumb'g; Arcliirc.'iun.'
StiKloiiary. (.ciL-omoiivf. .Marine Fn^inci rinc
Enelisll Bruui;l\L'< ; l!<ir,|;!;.u])iiig
tILT GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Fees Moderate, Advance or Installments.
Circular Free; Slitle sti/yVct yoii iifli I; •Indy.
InlcrDntloDiil I'orrc^ponilencp Srbools, llox ]00S
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA. LTD.
CAPITAL, - $550,000.
The Origflnal Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
T«fcDE MARK,
IM?ARTHUR-F0RHE5T PRCSEB3J
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArthur-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 216
Sansome Street, San FFanclsco.
Office: McPhbe BniLDiNO, Denver, Colorado.
Established 1853. Incorporated 1895.
JOHIN TAYLOR <fe CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
IManufacturers and Importers of
Assayors' TVlaterial,
FURNACES. SCALES,
BALANCES,
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEniCALS AND
CHEniCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel end Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitrfc Acid, sp. gr. 1.43; Muriatic Acid. sp. gr, 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Manufacturers of Assayers' and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Ainsworth Balances.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Co!.
JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San Francisco Agents.
PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
A GUARANTEE WITH EACH MACHINE.
This machine is the finest gold saver for both
placer mines and quartz mills. No other plate
necessary in mills where the Pacific Amalgamator
is used. THK PACIFIC MINING MACHINERY
CO., 127 First Street, San Francisco, California.
May 22, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
441
FRASER Zir CHALMERS,
CHICAGO. ILL.
U. S. A.
ENGINEERB AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY,
Heg to announce thai they
now manufacture and control
the sale of the unrivaled
OTTO AERIAL:::::
^^^ TRAMWAY
Over Seven Hundred lines
in operation.
Spans up to Two Thousand
feet and more.
Highest Awards at World's
Columbian Exposition.
Catalogues sent on applica-
tion, giving full description
and details.
Otto Aerial Tramways
Give the best working re-
sults in every case, and never-
failing satisfaction.
All difficulties of transpor-
tation surmounted by an eco-
nomical and effective carrier.
Be sure you investigate
the Otto Tramway before
purchasing.
Write us your requirements
and we will take pleasure in
preparing complete specifica-
tions.
FRASER & CHALMERS,
rianulacturers of the
Otto Tramway.
ROR S/XLE.
! Compound and : : :
i SIMPLE LOCOMOTIVES.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEn OF POWER.
Id simplicity of construction, absence of wearing parts, high efficiency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the FELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XR/VINSAVISSIOIN
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.
Flrrtt-ClaAH Condition— Baldwin Locomotive
Works, builders. Htuncliird guujire. Fu«l, hard or
soft coal, coke or wood. Weight in working order,
about &6.U0U lbs. On drivers, about 40.5m lbs.
Cyllndf-rB— single expansion, 13 in. by 16 In.
stroke; compound, 9 in. and !,'> In. by 16 In. stroke.
l*rlvlne wheelH. Ivt in. diameter, steel tired.
Driving: wheel bane, 5 feet. Tank capHclty, 750
gallons. WeKtlnghoQBe Automatic air brakes.
Subject to any inspection desired. Built in 1893.
Offered at greatly reduced prices. Road being
equipped wttb electricity. For sale exclusively by
FITZ-HUGH & COMPANY,
1634 Monadnock Building:,
CHICAGO, - - - ILLINOIS.
THE ROESSLER S BASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Mne Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulpliite of Soda
^T'^.^lgP Chloride of lime
Trade Mark. Sulphide Of IrOQ
And other Chemicals tor Mlnlns Purposes.
1:21 and 1:23 IWaln Street.
San F"rancisco, Oal.
o.r.'-^aOMARKET.ST.B.F.,
VJUWTOR la FRONT.ST.S.r J-"^
GATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKER
still leads the -world. It has greatly cheapened the cost of macadam and ballast, and made low grade ores profitable
ISO large sizes shipped to South Africa.
0^ I ■■■ ■ ■■ I <■ of improved designs. Nothing equal to
General mining machinery High Grade comish roiis,
stamps. Concentrators, Connersville Blowers, High Speed Engines,
Cyanide and Clorinating Equipments.
The Gates Improved Vanner Concentrators.
Every appliance for the mining and milling of ores.
Agent for Gates Breakers in California,
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., «^^ ^, , . „ , ,,„
121 Main St., San Francisco. QOO ClStOn AVeilUe) DCpti UU|
GATES IRON WORKS,
CHICAGO.
Office and \A/ortcs, 1;2T-129-131-133-135 F^irst Street, San Francisco, Gal.
WKITK FOR A CIRCULAB ON THK
"BIRCH" IMPROVED TWO-STAMP MILL.
IRON FRAME, TRIPLE DISCHARGE, 850-LB. STAMPS, FORGED STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
Rrice, 3450 f. o. lb.
A\an»fac-t.ire.»-s of the LIGHTINER QLJMRTZ /WILL.
. , ^ Adopted. Used and In Force in Ac- passed by the State Legislature and approved March 8, 1893. The law is entitled "An Act to Establish
IQNALS. cordance with State Law. a Unltorm System o[ Mine Bell Signals to Be Used in All Mines Operated in the State of Oalilomia,
]\/a:iNE :^ELL
'^eg™^i°e°*JS36'inches'!^ °L "uZ'7eTsieaias\iiR<illlVoyi^oii tor in the VwrSles Act. j dampness, lor 50 cents a copy. MINING AND SCIIINTIPIC PRESS, m Market St.. San Praneisoo.
w-^nn THW mMvuMTTrMPF OF OHR READERS IN THE MINING COUNTIES WE PRINT IN tor the Protection ot Miners." We furnish these Signals and rules, printed on cloth so as to withstand
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Mining and Scientific Press.
May 22, 1897.
RISDOIN IRON \A/ORKS,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Sts., 5an Francisco.
niNERS, ATTENTION!
We beg to call attention to our "RISDON HAMMERED'
Shoes and Dies, which are made of a special quality of steel, are ^p-^
hammered and then compressed in moulds so as to give the
greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your
Shoes and Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should
commend it to all mine owners and mill men.
When Writing please mention the MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
Rolls!
Constructed Upon New Principle!
SIMPLE! COMPACT! STRONG!
Few Parts. Easily Accessible.
High Speed. Maximum Capacity.
SEND I=^OR SF»ECI/\L C/\XA.I_OGUE. ♦ Mention This Paper. _^
= MODERN SMELTING, MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. ^=^
Denver Engineering W/ork:S Co., Oenver, Colorado, U. S. A.
WRITE
FOR
CATALOGUE.
'1890" ENGINE.
— ^THE+ —
Edward P. Allis Co.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Reynolds Corliss Engfines
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
MINING, MILLING AND SMELTING
MACHINERY.
BRANCH
O F F I C E --^so^"""^^
9 Fremont St.
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
CHARLES C. MOORE, Pacific Coast Aeent. 32 FIRST St., SAR FRAI7CISC0, CAl.
To Gold Miners!
Silver Plated Copper Amalgamating Plates
For Saving Gold in Quartz and Placer Mining;.
Every Description of JWining Plates /Vlacie.
ONLY BEST COPPER AND REFINED SILVER USED. OLD MINING
PLATES REFLATED. TWENTY-SIX MEDALS AWARDED.
GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL, COPPER & BRASS PLATING.
Denniston San Francisco Plating Works,
6S3 and 655 MisBlon Street, San Francisco, Cal.
E. G. DENNISTON, - Proprietor.
Telephone, Main 5931. Send for Circular.
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World.
1 RUAX Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
aiRDER FRAME ENGINE.
Riveted Steel Water Pipe.
THE WEIGELE PIPE WORKS,
2949-51 Larimer St. r"°"i^"s¥o^ci.'.^'^-| DENVER, COLO.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO,
Pat. Jan. 5, '92, Aug. a-i, '95.
/AGENTS,
Sendfor Catalogue,
Saoramento, Clallfomla
HEADQUABTEKS.
Genuine English Pump Leather
For Hea^-y Minin$r Pump Buekets. Will
outwear any other material and g'ive beat
satisfaction. Samples furnished on appli-
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO.. Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., S. F
May 22, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
A Great lYIining Triumph.
Capt. J. R. DcLamar, of New York City, is one of the largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
ihe world. After the most careful investigation he purchased in August. 1895, two Griffin Mills, and his
rcporl is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
Wo give it in his own words.
BRADI.F.V PL'I.VKRrZKR CO. Omt/rmrti :—Thc Iwo Griffiil Mills have been in operation now lor todays on lite
Iiardest rock, Willi ihc exception of corundum, tliat I have ever met during my mining li(c. They have taken the rock direct
irom llie breaker, and they average about lo tons to each machine. 40 mesli tine, without elevating or bolting- We simply put
a % mcah screen around the GnlTin Mill, and ihe stuff comes oiil ^o mesh fine or over, which makes it an excellent pulp for
leaching by cyanide or chlorinatinn ; therefore we have concluded to order 1 0 more arlffln flllls. We have tried highspeed
rollsanddn,- stamps, and after looking into the Huntington Dry Pulvcrijtcr, the Narod Pulverizer, the Stedman Pulverizer,
the tnsbie Lucop, the Cook, and various other dry pulverizers, unhesitatingly recommend your GrifTin Mill t>, anv one.
Vourslruly, (Signed) J. 1{. n.l.AMAR.
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
Delamar's nev.ada gold mining CO.,
Salt Lakk City, Utah, Nov. 24, iS<)6.
BR.\ 1)1, KV PUl.VERIZhR CO. GeNtUmcH .-—In answer lo your intiuiry as lo what the " Griffin Mill " is doing at our
OcLdmar Mill, DeLaniar, Nevada, we beg to stale lliai wc often run 310 ions per day wiili 10 of your mills in oneralion, and
on one occasion these 10 mills produced 40? tons in one day. I have no hesitancy in staling tliat ihcy will rt-guiarly produce
at least 30 ions i)cr day each on our ore, which is extremely and unusually hard,
Yours very truly, H. A. COHEN, General Manager.
These strong letters coming from such 'representative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the "• Griffin Mill '' will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
Ltl us send you a free copy of our illuslrated pamphlet, which will tell you all
iiboul the Mill and bring to you olhcr evidence of its great achievements.
I BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO., 92 state St., Boston, Mass.
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"CRACK PROOF"
PURE RUBBER BOOTS
Are the CHEAPEST becanse
They Are the Most Durable.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
See that the heels jire sliimpod
"Union India Rubter Co. Crack Proof.'
UEST QUALITY
Belting, Packing and Hose.
Goltl Seal, itiidger and rionecr.
Manufactured only by
Goodyear Rubber Co.
R. H. Pease, VIcc-Pres't and Manager,
Nos. 573, 575,577, 579 MARKET ST., San Francisco.
Nos. 73, 75 FIRST ST., Portland, Or.
QUICKSILVER!
FOR SALE BY
The Eureka Company,
OF SAN FKANCtSCO.
Room 1, - 426 California Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
CYANIDE
highest Known Gra^e
POTASSIUM.
GUARANTEED
99% and over.
In
112-lfc>.
Zinc Lineci
Cases.
THE GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY.
Works at BECKTON near LONDON.
\ EINGLAiSD.
For Prices, Adilreos
SCHOELLKOPF,
HARTFORD&
MACLAQAN, Ltd,,
Sole American Agents,
No, 3 Cedar
Street,
NEWYORK
CITY.
Tl'r HALLIDIE ROPEWAY
Stands pre-eminent for the transportation of Ore, Fuel and other materials over mountainous and rugged country.
Parties desiring to remove large quantities of Sand, Gravel, Earth, Ore, Rock, to construct Dams, Levees or EmbanUments, etc., can do more
efficient work at less cost by the
Hallidie System of Ropeway Transportation
Than by any other known system.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO.t^i^^iim^'" "^
CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS,
8 and 10 PINE STREET, - = - = SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKs!
Dynamos, TVVotors, Hoisting Apparatus, /Vrc and Incanciescent Lamps,'
Instruments, and General Supplies.
TELEPHONE AND LINE CONSTRUCTION. LONG DISTANCE POWER TRANSniSSION A SPECIALTY.
Office and XTJorWs: 409 TWARIKE'r ST., S/\N RRANCISCO, CAL.
KROGH M'FG CO.
Successors to San Francisco Tool Co.'s
MACHIUE AHB M'F'G DEPT.
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
flining and Puinpg
nacWnery,
COMPRISING
BRIGGS' 2-STAMP TRIPLE DIS-
CHARGE QUARTZ MILL, of
Latest Improved Pattern.
Kock Brfakera, Ore Feeders, Concentra-
tors, Engines and BoUers, Hoisting Riffs
to be operated by Horse, Steam Power, or any
other motor; Ore Cars and Ore ISut-kcts,
Cornish and Jaek-heacl Pumps, Triple-
Acting Pumps, Centrifugal Sand and
Gravel Pumps, Wooden Tanks and Pumps
for the Cyanide Process. Pipe and Gate
Valves, Iiink Chain JElevatora for elevating
Jtnd conveying all kinds of material.
Eatimates as to coat of machinery and its
erection furnished upon application. Write
for Catalogue and Prices.
OFFICE AND WORKS AT
51 Beale St, and 9 to intevenson St.
SAIf FKANOISCO CAL.,
The accompanying cut shows the general ar-
rangement of Knifflit's Standard Water Wheel,
of which there are hundreds In nse in different
States of the Union.
These Wheels are made from 3 feet to 6 feet in
diameter, from 10 to lOOO-horse power, and
adapted to all heads and purposes.
Wheels Inclosed in Iron cases, from G to 24
Inches.
Wheels for electrical power can be furnished
with or wlthont Governors. Highest regola-
tlon grnaranteed.
Address all communications to
KNIGHT & CO., Sutter Creek, Cal., or,
KISI^ON IRON WOKKS, Agents, San Fran-
For full particulars, sendfordescrlptivecatalogue. cisco, Cal.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.,
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
CHICnGO, U. S. FK.
MODERN METHODS as applied to the handling of Freight, Grain,
Ores, Raw and Manufactured Products.
MALLEABLE IKON BUCKETS, Approved Pattern and
^Velght; ROPE POWER TRANSMISSIONS, SHAFTING,
PULLEYS, GEARING, CLUTCHES, ETC.;
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
ELECTRIC
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
May 22, 1897.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
C A T T3Q riTSPTrBQ- SAN FRANCISCO, CAI,., DENTER, COI.., PORTLAND, OK.,
.>Al.CO Urr'l^no. isnrstst. 505 sixteenth St. Worcester Building,
Boston, Mass. New York, N. Y. Syracuse, N. Y. Buffalo, N. T. Philadelphia. Pa. Baltimore, Md.
Plttshurff, Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Dallas, Texas. Cincinnati, O. Columbus, O. Nashville, Tenn.
Chicago, 111. Detroit, Mich. New Orleans. La. St. Louis, Mo
IT IS A FACT ...
That Our Annual
Production of
. . . Insulated Wire
EX.CEEDS
f"'^^»
i^^^^i»
^b. Our
KjB" Crown.''
^0/ WIRE.
"That of any other manuf actarer in the United States
and INCLUDES EVERYTHING in the Electrical Wire Line.
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co.
NOS. 8 AND 10 PINE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
FRANK L. BROWN, Pacific Coast Agent.
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. AVe guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a Pamphlet of either
Wheel and write full particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL&GO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
IS AT ■
rHE J. H, MONTGOMERY MACHINERY CO,, 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo,, U, S, A,
Just Listen— Reliable Common Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Hoisters, $300 and up; hand
hoisters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 Ih. stamps,
high mortars, la-
test improved,
Only $800.
3
Ores tested and amalga
mation and concentration
mills built to fit the ore
land guaranteed to save
'what wesay. Coal Mine
eauipments, Sc reens.
Jigs, Tramways,
Arastors, Chilli an
Mills, Ore Sacks, etc.^
Cornisli Rolls, 12x20, weight'
■ -,000 lbs., price $3.50; Feed-
ers. Bumping Tables; Blake Crushers,
7x10, weight 8.100 lbs, only $250. Our
100 page illustrated catalogue fbhb.
Rana Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
A^aohinery .
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Monadnook Building Chicago
IsSpeming '.'.'.■.■.■.■.'.Mlolilgaii
1316 Elghteentli Street Denver
SherbrookP. o ; '.'.'.'..'.'.'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' Canada
Apartado830 Citj o( Mexico
H. D, MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St„ San Francisco, Cal.
Mining: flachinery.
Stamp Mills
Of the Latest Improved
Desigfn for
Gold Milling.
VULCAN
WIRE ROPEWAYS
For Conveying Ore, Etc.
Vfllcan Iron Works,
Office: 505 Mission Street,
San Francisco. Cal.
IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER~Y0U WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE~YOU NEED IT.
IF YOU HAVE A CYANIDE PLANT- YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IT.
IF YOU OWN CHLORINATION WORKS--YOU SHOULD BUY IT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL--YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
Wliat? P. &B. Paint
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ACID PROOF — TRIED AND PROVEN.
Manufactured by
F»/\R/\RRIINE F»/VIINX CO., ESS S;,g«'i««':°-
You Can Order It From Your Dealer.
Double-Jointed Bail-Bearing HydrauliC GlailtS.
The above presents an improved Double-Jointed Ball- Bearing: Hydraulic Oiant which we
build. The Improvement consists of the introduction of a Ball Bearing: by which the pressure of the
water is reduced to a minimum and the direction of the nozzle changed at will with ease
Catalogues and nrices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HENDV MACHINE WORKS, 38 to 44 Fremont St., San Francisco, Cal.
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
■f-*-M^-»-f CHROTVVE CAST STEEL-f-f*-f-f-f
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used in all the mining States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Will iiHH fl- ^' MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
iiiimniiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiift
STAMP DIES. Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies.
Stamp Cam.
H\\ MORRIS ^ rn ^^iSlff MINING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
• MJ % X.\ M,\j m\,M\JL\J \JL' V^Vr** HANHATTAN RUBBER BELTING, PACKING AND HOSE,
^ •^ SANDERSON DRILL STEEL.
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CBNTRIPUQAL PUHPS,
LIOHT STBBL RAIL.
May 22, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
440
" ThiDgR are io shape to puah.**
—Gen. SAiHdan to 0*n. Grant.
*' Push things.*'
—fi^n. Grant io Ofn. Sheridan.
6X6 BOLTHOFF COMBINED NOISELESS GEAR
AHD FRICTION HOIST. -J'ul Oi-l. H. Ib'.itf.
lA/B HAVE IfN SHrtF»E TO F»USH OUR NEW/
Bolthoff Combined Noiseless Gear and Friction Hoist.
It Is prt'-etuiUfntly lb*'
STRONGEST. /V\OST DURABLE. COmRACT and ECOINO/V\IC AL
Siimll liuUiiiik' Kuk'luu F.viT fiullt,
"IT'S A GOOD THINQ. PUSH IT ALONG!"
WKITK FOH DKSCRIPTION AND PRICES. MENTION THIS PAPEK.
HENDRIE & BOLTHOFF flPG CO.,
Den\/er, Colorado, U. S. /\,
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAHWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO lUUU
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVESnCATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE (COLORADO Denver.
^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
WEAREMAND^ACTuuERsoF (-jqIj^^ SilvGr, Leacl, Coppor arid F»yritio
AND CONTKACTING ENGINEERS FOR
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
SyVVELXING RURN/\CES.
AHALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
luvestlgate Uur Late ImprovementB In UKK CRUSHING IVIACHINEKY.
We Uuttrantee Capacity Per l>ay to Any Degree of Fineness.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces Is a Success. A great econo-
mizer or fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting Furnace.
Eimlpped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
Insuring rigid and strong walls.
No Cracks.
O O XST J5 O Xji I X> .A. a? E: 13
Kansas City Smelting; and Refining Co.
Incorporated Under The L.a\A/s
C^pItQ^I paid in
of Newv Vorlc.
^:2,T00,000.
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
SMELTING WORKS:
Argentine, Kas.; Bl Paso, Tex.; Leadvllle, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
Argentine, Kas
We use the following Cipher Codes at our Ar-
gentlne Works: A. B. C. Code; Morelng & Neal's L
ode and Bedford McNeill's Code. ""
AGENCIES:
In United States —
Denver, Colo.
Cripple Creeli, Colo.
Salt Lalie City, Utah.
Spokane, Wash.
New York City. N. Y.
Chicago, III.
St. Louis, Mo.
In Mexico—
San Luis Potosi,
City of Mexico
Chihuahua.
Paobuca,
Hermosillo,
Jimenez.
FOK PRICES, ADDRESS :
J. K. Jackson, No. 6 Atlas Blk, Salt Lake, Utah
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash.
H. A. Tme, 81S 1 7th St., Denver, Colo.
J. B. Weddle, Leadvllle, Colu.
C. E. Finney, Arg:entlne. Kan.
WUKKS yjV THE C"N. KANSAS CITY SMELTING ANJt KEt'lNlNU
AT LBADVILLE, COLO.
The yyVirie enndi Smelter Supply Co., Den\/er, Colo.
THE LARGEST STOCK OF MINING, HILLING AND SHELTINQ MACHINERY WEST OF CHICAGO.
PIPE, PACKING, RUBBER BELTING, AND SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS.
SOLE /\GEINXS EOR
WILFLEY CONCENTRATING TABLE,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity of from 15 to 25 tons per day of
24 hours. It is simplicity itself. No moving belts or intricate parts. Any one can learn to operate in an hour.
YA/ILF^LEY CONC2ENXR/\TOR
For coDflrmatiOQ of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, BreeUenridge, Colo.; Mary Murpliy Mine, St. Elmo, Colo,
W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idabo Springs, Colo. ; H. E. Woods, Denver, Colo.
— OENEKAti OFFICES OF —
The Late Acquisition Cons. Mining Co. The Compromise Mining Co.
The Durant Mining Co,
The Conomara Mine.
The SsruGGLER Conckntratok.
The Aspen Sampling Co.
The Smuggler Mining Co.
ASPEN, COLORADO, April 8, 1B97.
7'he Mine and Smeller Snpplij Co.. Denver, t'olo. — Gentlemen ; Your favor of the 5th Inst, at hand and noted. In regiird to the Wlltley
Table I wish to say that I consider it to be the best device in use to-day for concentrating tine ores; that it will save everything that a
gold pan will; that it combines the clean saving of a Rittinger with the capacity of a buddle. I think that without question it will sup-
plant in time all other devices for handling One and slimy ores. This includes all the vanning machines and buddies.
This Is higher praise than X am in the habit of giving, but I feel sure that it is deserved, and you may make any use of this that you
desire. Yours very truly, fsiGNED] S. L HALLETT.
These Tables have displaced belt tables of almost
every make, as la shown by letters In onr poisesslon.
PRICE, $450.'i2.
DYNAMOS.
ynOTORS /\IND /\R/V\ATURE \A/IINDIING.
Commutators RetouIIt. rtmalgam Plates.
RLIINX Se. LOyWMX, Denver, Colo.
DEWEY &CO
patents: XI
2E0 MARKET ST.S.p:*^^^^
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 22, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
Pri..
Sat.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed
10 00@12 00
10 00@)12 00
10 00®13 00
10 00O13 00
61 '«
6U<i
60«
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13 35
13 35
13 30
13 30
13 30
13 30
San Francisco, May 20. 1S97.
Business in nearly all branches is reported
by jobbers to be steadily enlarging, with an
increasing call from farming and mining dis-
tricts. Manufacturers report enough orders
in hand to run them for some time to come,
but the margin of profit has been greatly
reduced bv close competition. There is a
continued good inquiry for structural and rail-
way materials and also for mining machinery.
In the money market there is nothing new
to report. The call for crop moving purposes
is light. This is said to be due to the fact
that requirements are met almost entirely by
interior banks. With increasing quotations
of fruits going east New York exchange ought
to sell lower. Sterling bills are weak, but
notwithstanding this gold is still being sent to
Burope. New York reports a low rate of
interest— I'+Oiya per cent per year on call
loans.
New York Sliver Prices.
Narw YOKK, May 20.— Following are the
closing prices for the week :
. — Silvej- m — .
London. /V. Y.
Friday 28 1-16 CI'
Saturdby ^i,
Monday *°'8
Tuesday 27?i
Wednesday »'?a
Thursday 27^
Cojyvei'. Lead. Ii'on.
n 00 @~ 3 30 10 00@12 00
11 00 @— 3 25 10 00@12 00
11 00 @11 13!^ 3 30 ^ ""
11 00 @ll 25 3 2714
11 00 @U 25 3 30
Ttiur..ll 00 @ll 25 3 30
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft 17V4c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 20c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days 84.87^
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers 84.88^^
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 60^
Mexican Dollars 49(S150
SILVER.— The market strengthened on re-
ports that China had negotiated a large loan
chiefly for railroad building, but weakened
ofE on receipt of news that there was trouble
owing to jealousy between the favored na-
tions—one or two not having interest in the
loan.
Pixley & Abell report shipment of silver
from London to India, China and the Straits
to May 1 as follows, compared with the cor-
responding period of 1896:
Tear. InOia. China. StraiU. Total.
1897 i;i,884,850 ^ 44,512 £ 57,092 i;i.986,455
1B96... 1,575,298 427,450 282,882 3,285,630
MEXICAN DOLLAKS.-Our market con-
tinues to be reported nominally unchanged,
with a light demand ruling. The East quotes
the dollars in quantities below 48 cents.
QUICKSILVER.— There is an increasing
demand. Exports by sea the past week ag-
gregate 120 flasks to Central America and 300
flasks to Mexico. This is the largest single
week shipment for over a year.
Our market is quoted at $40.50 for domestic
consumplion.
COPPER.— With confirmed advices of an
armistice between Greece and Turkey which
will lead to peace, the markets at home and
abroad have improved, closing the week quite
strong.
The local market is quoted as follows:
Ingot, jobbing @ 14
Ingot, wholesale @13
Sheet copper @17
Bolt M& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17
TIN— The consumption of plate and pig is a
full average, but about all wants were met
by canners the fore part of the year. The
market is steady.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
E*lg, per lb 14c@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 00@ 4 15
'* " " light. " 3 90@ —
LEAD — There is a continued free consump-
tion. The market is fairly firm.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
4 00 @ 4 25
— @ 4 50
Sheet 5 62S4@ 6 1214
Pipe 4 87ya@ 5 37^
SHOT. — There is a fair jobbing demand.
Our market is quoted as follows;
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 35 lbs ... 81 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 60
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 60
POWDER,— There is a free movement for
mining purposes. A vessel sailed the past
week for Mexican ports which took out nearly
5^,000 pounds.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from llii^c to \l%c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 3, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
BORAX— There is nothing new to report.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, In carload lots, in barrels 5
Refined, in curload lots in sacks 4?^
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " 414
IRON.— The East continues to report weak
and unsettled markets, with cutting still the
order. Our market is quoted nominally un-
changed, but it is reported that concessions
are obtainable.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive.
Sloss $20 00
Thomas 21 00
Salisbury 29 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow 821 00
Gartsherrie 21 50
COAL.— The market is unchanged,
Pig..
Bar..
Spot.
$22 00
32 00
31 50
823 OU
23 00
There
is a fair demand for the season. The agita-
tion for a higher tariff is having some effect.
We quote as follows:
SPOT FROM YARD— PEE TON.
Wellington 88 00®
Greta. 6 00® 6 50
Nauaimo 6 50© 7 00
Gilman 5 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 50® 6 00
Coos Bay — — @ ^ "^^
Cannel 8 00®
Egg. hard 12 00@13 00
Wallsend 6 50®
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint — —
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lump » 00
Cumberland ^^09
Egg, hard 10 00
West Hartley 6 50
COKE.— The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
spot, in bulk 10 00 @
Insacks 1100 @ 13 00
Cumberland ®
ANTIMONY. — The market is steady and
quiet. •
Our market is quoted at 7>i@8%c in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote
7%c for Cookson's, ej'aQT^c for Hallett's and
6Jb@7c for Japanese.
NAILS.— The market is steady.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " $330
Cut, carloads, " "
jobbing, " " 2 10
PLATINUM.— There is a fair demand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to $15 per ounce.
ZINC. — The market is quiet at steady
prices.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is steadier.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
Chemicals.
In our market there are no features of spe-
cial interest to report. The East reports un-
settled markets in nearly every line, while
English advices state their markets are
steady to fi.rm.
SPELTER — The market is maintained
steady by not forcing sales.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
BISMUTH.— There is a fair demand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
11.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steadier.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
BONEASH.— The market is steady.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows : Extra, 4c a pound ; No. 1, 3^c ; No.
2, 2%c.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is firm
at 3c per pound in a jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is steady at $1.55 per 100 lbs. in a
jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OP SODA.— There is a
slow demand at 2%c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— In our market there
is nothing new to report.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6
to 13c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at l^^c per lb for
66%.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6y^@7c per pound in car-
boys.
BLUE VITRIOL. — Our market is fairly
steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at iV^c per
pound.
Mining Share Market.
San Frakoisco, May 20, 1897.
The market has been spasmodically active,
with strength only shown in Chollar, and
Potosi a sympathizer. Con. Virginia, which
had been the leader, hung around $1.85 to
$1.90, with the other north end shares barely
steady. The Gold Hill shares were generally
weak and unsettled. Yesterday Con. Vir-
ginia, under inside manipulation, set back to
$1.60, closing the day at that figure bid, but
Chollar sold up to 76 cents, with that figure bid
at the close. Potosi was also stronger. The
decline in Con. Virginia, which the street had
been watching, created a feeling of demoraliza-
tion, and caused many to throw shares out
along the line, which were taken in by strong
parties. With the advance in Chollar a
slightly better feeling prevailed, though more
or less mistrust prevails with the trading
public. The points on the street are to the
effect that ChoUai* is to have a small up —
some placing the figure at over $1.50 a share
largely on a short interest. Whether these
reports are correct the writer has no way of
verifying. The present showing in the works
on the Brunswick lode justify better figures
on merit without taking anything else into
consideration.
The mining share market opened strong this
morning for Chollar and Potosi, but the rest
of the list was weak. After regular call,
Chollar continued to show strength, when
Con. Virginia began to advance, causing all to
sell' at better figures. At the 2:.S0 session
Con. Virginia was easier, but Chollar was
firmer. The advance in the latter is due to
reports of an improvement on the oOO-foot
level Brunswick lode.
From the Comstock mines official letters re-
port that in Utah they are still working east,
with the material showing clay seams and
narrow streaks of quartz. In Sierra Nevada
the west crossdrlft. Layton tunnel level, is in
about 420 feet. The material is hard porphyry.
In Union they have resumed work in the north
lateral drift on the 900-foot level. The face at
last advices was in porphyry. The south drift
A^IINIING /ISSESSTWENTS.
Company and Location. No. Amt.
Bullion M Co. Nev 50.... 10c .
Challenge Con M Co, Nev 23.... 10c. .
Chollar M Co, Nevada 43.... 15c..
Eureka ConDM Co, Cal 8.... 5o...
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev. 81.... 20c...
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 46 5c...
Jamison M Co, Cal 9 — 5c..
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal. 6.... 10c..
Occidental Con M Co, Nev.. . ,27. ...lOc. .
Overman S M Co, Nev 77 — 10c. . .
Pine Hill G & S M Co, Cal. . . .10.. .. 5c...
Savage M Co, Nev 92.... 20c...
Seg Belcher & Mides Con M
Co, Nev 19.... 5c...
SulphurBankQMCo, Cal.... 5..,. 25c...
Tenabo M &M Co., Nev 1....50c...
Thorpe M Co, Cal 6.... 21/2C,
Union Con S M Co, Nev 54. . . .20c. . .
Levied, Delinq't and Sxle. Secretary.
.May 4. .June 8..June28 R R Grayson, 331 Pine
.May 13. -June 16.. July 8 CL McCoy. Mills Bldg
..May 10.. June 15.. July 8 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
..Apr 2.. May 15.. June 5 DM Kent, 330 Pine
..Apr 29. June 1. .June22. .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Mar 30.. May 8.. May 29 :. . .W J Gurnett, 308 Pine
..Nov 27. .Apr 24. .June 19 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
..Apr 12.. May 34.. June 21 P Mettmann, 237 Twelfth
. .May n. .June 12, .July 1 .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
..Apr 12. .May 17.. June 7 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
..May 10. .July 1.. July 22 Chas A Hare, 1003 Railroad Ave
..Apr 13.. May 17.. June 7 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
..Apr 6.. May 10.. May 29 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
..Mar 23. .May 3. .June 3 T Wintringbam, 306 California
..Mar 29. .May 4, .May 24 T J Read, 606 Sutter
.Apr 14. .May 22. .June 13 A F Frey, Phelan Building
.Apr 7.. May 11.. June 1 A P Swain, 309 Montgomery
on the 1000-foot level of Mexican shows clay
seams and narrow streaks of quartz, giving
low assays. In Ophir a south drift has been
started 41 feet above the Central tunnel level.
This drift is following a narrow streak of ore
from which two tons have been extracted,
giving an assay value of $45.95. At last ofBcial
advices they were easing timber on the 1000-
foot level. In Con. Virginia fairly active ex-
ploiting is being done on the lOUO-foot, 1550-
foot and 1650-foot levels. The center of at-
traction is the work in the incline upraise
from the lC50-foot level. At last official ad-
vices the opening still showed good grade ore
of an average width of 4 feet. lu a south drift
they run into a foot of ore going about $40 to
the ton, which is said to he the downward
continuation of the ore found above. The
total number of tons extracted was eighty-
two, giving an assay value of over §.^8 to the
ton. In Best & Belclier and Gould & Curry
there is no change in work; neither is there
in Savage. The official letter from Hale &
Norcross reported that work was largely con-
fined to needed repairs in the mines. In
Andes, on the 175-foot level, the crossdrlft
passed through a quartz formation 11 feet in
width, but was, at last advices, in soft
porphyry. In Potosi they are still upraising
from the tunnel level. Last letter received
stated the top was in quartz going from $20 to
$30 to the ton. They saved about forty tons,
assaying over $34 to the ton. In Bullion they
are still driving ahead the north drift. The
total distance run is about 335 feet. They are
driving ahead in the Alpha west crossdrlft on
the 500-foot level. From the Gold Hill group
of mines the news is practically unchanged in
Con. Imperial, Confidence, Yellow Jacket,
Kentuck, Crown Point, Belcher, Seg. Belcher,
Overman and Caledonia. Belcher is extract-
ing more ore, but Seg. Belcher and Overman
are extracting about the same as heretofore
reported. From Alta our advices do not differ
essentially from that published last week.
From the Brunswick lode our advices state
that Chollar continues to extract and sent to
mill over thirty tons of ore a day. Last week
the average battery assay was $19.65 gold and
16.57 ounces fine of silver to the ton. Active
exploiting work is being done on the follow-
ing levels : 200-foot, 300-foot, 400-foot and 500-
foot. On the 600-foot level they are driving
ahead on a south drift. In Occidental they
are chiefly engaged on the 550-foot level in
exploiting work. On the 650-foot level they
are cleaning out a south drilt so as to meet
the winze going down from the 550-foot level.
The joint work of Gould & Curry, Best &
Belcher and Con. Virginia is confined to open-
ing up of the 300-foot level and sinking shaft
No. 2. On the 300-foot level they are running
an east crossdrlft. They have also resumed
work in the south drift.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Mines.
Alpha
Alta Consolidated
Andes
Belcher
Best & Belcher
Bodle
Bullion
Challenge
Chollar
Confidence
Consolidated California and Virginia.,
Consolidated New York
Crown Point.
Exchequer
Gould & Curry
Hale & Norcross
Justice
Mexican
Ophir
Overman
Potosi
Savage
Sierra Nevada
Union
Utah
Yellow Jacket
May , May
13. 20.
23$
25 ...
58,
1 90
'""27
"23
1 00
1 75
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Francisco, May 20, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
200 Andes 18
200 Best & Belcher ... 53
ll50Chollar 79
150ConCal& Va 1 65
100 Crown Point 21
100 Mexican 32
SECOND SESSION-
300 Ophir 85
lOOPotosi 47
500 Savage 30
600 Seg Belcher 09
100 Sierra Nevada. . . . .37
100 Union 30
■3
I P. M.
lOOOphir 91
lOOMexican 37
50 Gould & Curry 20
400 Best & Belcher... 61
350 Con Cal & Va 1 75
200 Chollar 99
-lOOPotosi 60
300H.&N 91
400 Crown Point.
300 Yellow Jacket..
200 Sierr:i Nevada. .
200 Seg Belcher . . .
200 Occidental.,
3;
30
42
10
10
100 Confidence 1 00
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer In
Mines, MiDing Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, OptlonB, Leaees,
Contracts and Securities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Cliemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
THOMAS J. FRV,
President.
T. R. Miller,
Vlce-Pres't.
John Sylvanus,
Seo'y Si Treas.
John D. Fleming.
Counsel.
CAPITAL STOCK, « 100,000.
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I mines and desire to correspond
(direct with owners of such prop-
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legitimate commission only and
prefer to deal with owner or
authorized representatives.
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List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
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ftaport«d b7 Dewey A Co., Pioneer Pat«Dt
Solicitors for I'aclflc Coiiiit.
FOK THE WKEK ESDINli MAV II. IHilT.
saU>S.— UvuuucAKUON BiTKNRR— S. A. Dnrrctl.
BSD Beroardioo. Cal.
SW^TiS.— Mrcii.ACB IJOT-ri.E— I,. H. Brlck<.'r. Ber-
heley, Oul,
5M,171.— WiNuisG APPAHAT08— J. S. BrowD, Ber-
keley. Cal.
S88,&T7.— SuuNUiNo Board— A. Brueno, Oaklaod,
Cal.
586,412.— Sphisc—H. O. Cbuse, S. F.
58e.-IU.— Cak Vestii.atoh— E. T. Karl, OakluDd.
Cal.
,'WK.rt'l.— ANSUNCIATOK— B. K. Harris. S F.
4«.aM — TitlPLB VaI>VK FOK UUAK»:s— J G Hol-
oombe, Nt.'wport. Or.
Jtt.8u6.— TftiPLc Vai.vk Foil Brakes— J. O. Hoi-
combe, Newport. Or.
5ffl,«2U.-SNAP HuuK— A. a. McClory.VVlDiers. Cal.
>8.SUW— Can WAsniNn Maciunk— F. A. &eufert.
The Dulles. Oi-
.S(tt.3l8.-DiST Coi,t,Fj:T*Mi— Shaw it Scoit, Wood-
buro. O^'o.
5ISi,M1 —SAW GUMMKR— WiorodA Derrick. GlbsoD-
vlUe. Cal
5W.MH— Plmpin<; Ai'i'AUATrs— J. Wimer, Tulare,
Cal.
HjMi—VRHiGS FOK Toy— J. T. Quian. Los An-
geles, Cal.
NOTB.— PlalQ ;iud Certltied CopleB of U. S, and For-
elrn pateule obUilneU by Dewey Si Co.. by mail or
leleyraphlc urUer. American and Forelgo patents
MCiired. and ifenoral pateut buBlaeBS tranuacted
wlib perfect security, at reiiujnable rates, and in
ihe shorteBt poHsible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey &. Co.'s Scientific Pkhss
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention:
Pi'MPiNii APi'AKATrs.— John Winter, Tulare,
Cal. No. 583,5GS. Dated May H, 1897. This
Invention relates to a pumping mechanism. It
consists essentially of a storage tank having
a discharge pipe and a valve controlUng said
discharge, a vertically disposed stem, of a
wheel contiguous to said tank having radially
projecting spokes, connecting braces, buckets
with arms fulcruraed between their ends to
the outer extremities of the spokes, inclined
i-ams on the connecting braces adapted to con-
tact with the lower end of the valve stem and
automatic upon the valve upon the alignment
of a preceding bucket with the discharge
bucket, and a fixed stop for acting against
the free ends of the bucket arms, causing the
bucket to tilt and discharge the contents. In
connection with this device is a pump oper-
ated directly from the rotating wheel shaft
and adapted to pump water up into the stor-
age tank.
Ventilated Hat. — James E. Goodman,
Santa Rosa, Cal. No. 581,857. Dated May 4,
1S97. This invention relates to hats provided
with ventilating devices. The object is to
provide a simple means for ventilating and
controlling the ventilating devices. It con-
sists of a crown which is circumferentially
severed, the upper section held apart and
supported abDve the lower section by fixed
standards at intervals so that a circumscrib-
ing or annular opening is made in the crown
■ of the hat above the brim, a flap secured
' around the upper section of the crown falling
over the circumscribing opening, having its
lower edge free, with means for moving the
f lower edge to and from the lower section of
the hat crown in order to close and open the
I passage, the means consisting of hangers and
expansible and contractible rim wire with an
attachment by which it can be easily operated.
Rainfall and Temperature.
The following data for the week ending 5
A, M. , May 19, 1897, are from oflScial
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Mining and Scien-
tific Phess:
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CALIFORNIA
STATIONS.
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Eureka
.m
"19. -16
50.78
44.08
46
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Red Bluft, ..
24.13
17.28
31.74
22.67
35.19
20.44
54' 98
Sacramento
5ll 85
San Francisco . . .
.61
23.22
20.81
23.54
49 71
Fresno
(m
10.63
8.16
7.19
52' 94
San Luis Obispo.
.(H
20.74
17.64
48l 78
Los Angeles
IB
16.85
9.35
19.61
521 74
San Diego
.m
11.69
5.92
10.36
541 66
Yuma
.00
5.35
.88
2.97
62! 100
SITUATIONS WANTED.
PRACTICAL ENGINEER AND GOOD DRAUGHTS-
MAN sefka re-engrat-'ement as foreman or man-
ager ol power plant. Thoroughly coiiveraaat with
steam, hydraulic and electric power. Fair (foreign)
commercia] experience and used to control of men.
i-xcellent references. Address M. E., Mining and
Sclentltic Press Office.
WANTED.-HY A PRACTICAL MINER, posi-
TT ^ iis superintendent or foreman of quartz mine,
ynaerstauds timbering, assaying, surveying, and
bow to make a mine pay if there is any pay in it.
Address J, this office
Assessment Notices.
JAMISON MINING COMPANY.-Locailou Of prin-
cipal place of DUBlnei-H. San FraiiclBco. California:
location of worKH. on Janil»4uii Creek, near JobnB-
vllle. HluiMiia County. California.
Notice In hereby tflvtn. ttiat at a uiei-lliiir of the
Board of DlreciorB. Iirld on the -Ttb day of Nuvem-
Djjr. !«*:. un aB8«.'BHini-nt (No. tfi. of 6 centH per
ahare. was levkM upou the capital Block of ihe
eurporation. uayabk- hnnu-dlati'ly in Uiitt<>d SiateH
co.d coin to iht! Secretary, at the offlee of iho com-
pany. 120 Sutter Htreet. Sau FraiiciHCu. California.
Any Htock upon wlilch ihlB aHBt-ssiLent Hliall r»i-
main unpaid on (he Wth day of January, isy?. will
be deliuyuent, and adverU»L'<l for Hah"- ai publle
auction: andunleHB payiiirtu Ib mado ix-furt-. will
bo Bold on MONDAY. ilu< '.'■.•nil <iay of Mareli ISltT
to pay the dtdinquent aMsesHnn-iit. loirulliL-r with
the cOBlH of advertlHiuR ami t-.\i)cnMe» of wale.
Dy order of the ItoartI of Dlri-ciorH.
, SAM W. CUEVNEY. Secretary.
Office— Room 60. TA) Sum-r bireoi. .San PrauclBco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a nieetin? of tlic Koanl of Dln-elora of ihn
Jamison Mtnlnsr Company, huld on tho 'Jr.ih .fuv of
January, 18'.t7. it waMrt'Molved that any Ht.R-k linun
which iho above abHesHuiciUHhall remain uujiald on
thc-.Mih day of February. IHiiT, will bcdcllnutit'rit and
advertlBed for Bale at uubllc aucilon: and. uiilcba
payntent Ih madt? Defore, will hu sold on WKUNES-
DAY, the LMat uay of April. isitT. lo pay the dulln-
qneut asBesBnient.tojretliL-r with the cobib of adver-
tibluR and expenscM of aa!*-.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a moellnt.' of the Board of Dlreetora of the
Jamison MlnhiMT Company, held on the 'Uih dav of
February, 1897. It w».h rrrtulv-id that atiy btoelc upon
^''"ii'i',U"?ii^"/'' iiHH.-MHm.-nl Hliall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the L'lilh day of March. 18'.i7. will b- de-
linquent and advertmed fur aate at publle auction-
i^'.'...i'!'l?"'^ payment Is made before, will be BOld oil
FRIDAY, tlie :il8l day of Ma.v. 18<t7. to pay the di-llu-
quent asseBSmeni. toKcther with the costs of adver-
tising and expensfs of eak-.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Seeretary.
PO.STHONKMENT.
At a meeting of ib.- Board of Directors of the
JamleoQ Mining Company, lufld ou the 2<ith day of
March, ISIIT. It was resolved that any stock upon
wlilch llie above assPBamenl shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, ihe 2-lth day of April, 1SII7. will be
delinquent and advt-niaed for sale at public auc-
tion: and. unU'HH payment ta made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the lUth day of June. 1HH7 to
pay tlie delinquent asseBSment. togetlinr with ihe
c-o.>jtB of adverllBlng :ind e.xpensea o' sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the a4th day of
April 18117. it was reaoived that any stock upon
which the above asse.sainent shall remain unpaid
nil MONDAY, the LMih day of May. 18y7. will be dc-
lluqut-nt and ;itlv(-rtit-tid for sale at public auction;
and. uiiiesa payment Is made before, will be aoid on
MONDAY, the I'ltli day of July. 18ST. to p:iy the de-
linquent aaseaament. together with the coata of ad-
vtjrtlalng and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
GOULD & CURRY SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location of principal place of business. San Fraa-
clsco. California; location of works. Virginia, Storey
County. Nevada.
Notice ia hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 2iiih day of April,
18117. an assessment (No. 81) of 30 eenta per share
waa levied upon the capital atock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately in United Stales gold
coin, to the secretary, at the office of the company,
room (lit. Nevada Block. 'Mi Montgomery street. San
Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which tbia assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 1st day of June. ]8:t7,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unleaa payment Is made before,
win be sold on TUESDAY, the 22d day of June,
18117, to pay the delinquent aaseaament, together
with the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBROW. Secretary.
Office-Room liH. Nevada BlocK, No. :m Montgom-
ery street. San Francisco. California.
CHALLENGE CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
PANY.—Location of principal place of business.
San Francisco. California; location of works, Gold
Hill. Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Direclois. held on the I3th day of May.
1897. an asaeasmenl (No. SA) of Ten cents (10c) per
share was levied upon the capital stock of llm
corporation, payable Immediately in United Slates
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, room .So, third floor, Mills building, corner
liusli and Montgomery streets. San Francisco. Cali-
fornia.
Any slock upon which tlila assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the Kith day of June, 18'JT, will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and. unless payment is made before, will be
aold on THURSDAY, the 8lli day of July. 18il7, to
pay the delinquent aasossnient, togetlier with costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
C. L. McCOY. Secrelarv.
Office- Room 35. Ihiid floor. Mills building. San
Francisco. California.
OCCIDENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
pany.— Location of principal place of business. San
Francisco, CaUfornla. Location of works, Silver
Star Mining District. Storey County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the lith day of May.
IS'.i". an assessment (No. 27) of 10 cents per ahare
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable Immediately In United Statea gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. Room No. (1!), Nevad:i block. No. ;j(l!» Montgom-
ery.street. San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 12th day of June. 18!I7. wlU
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and. milesa payment Is made before, will
be sold on THURSDAY, the Isl day of July. 181)7. to
pay the delinquenl aasesameni, together wltti the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBROW. Secretary.
Office— Room No. ij'.t. Nevada block, No. ;i01! Mont-
gomery street. San Francisco, California.
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION, hav-
ing received applications to mine by the hydraulic
process from the Indiiairlal Gold Mining Co.- In the
Old French Mine near Indkin Dlggins, El Dorado
Co., to deposit talUnga in Ctdar Creek: from Janu-s
Rooks, In the Messerer Mine near Spanish Ranch.
Plumas Co.. to deposit tailings In Spanish Creek;
from the Haskel Ravine Mining Co., in ita mine in
Mohawk Vallev. Sierra Co.. to deposit KUIIngs on a
flat; and from Coata. Davis A; Co., in their mine at
Cherokee. Butte Co . to deposit tailings in an old
pit: gives notice that a meeting will be held at
room h'A. Flood Building. San Francisco. Cal., on
May 24. 1897, at 1:30 F. M.
Alaska : Qheap
: nines.
Developed and Undeveloped
Free-Milling Properties.
E. F. CASSEL,
JUNEAU ALASKA.
power!
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and our most extensive law and reference
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with full copies of U. S. patents since 1873.
All worthy inventions patented through Dew-
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which, grant protection to inventors. The
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issued to inventors on the Pacific Coast have
been obtained through our agency. We can
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are as low as any first-class agencies m the
Eastern States, while our advantages for
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DEWEY & CO., Patent Agents,
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TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. .^^Extra
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SAVE MONEY BY USING
THE
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Crude Oil Engine.
This Engine can be operated on cither Crude Oil,
Distillate. Gasoline, or Kerosene. It in tlie elieap-
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of Oil, but can use any kind that will make gas and is
not handicapped by being compelled to nae a certain
Oil. Do not forget this when in need of an Engine.
We guarantee our Engines tu work perfectly on
California Crude Oil. or Diatillate, or any oiher kind
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CRUDE OIL. from Coallnga, Fresno county, for the
reason that gas from Crude OU will produce more
power from the number of feet of gas used than
from any other OU, and it is also a natural lubricant
as well, the valves being always lubricated suffi-
ciently to prevent them from sticking, thus assuring
greater durability of the working parts th.an It other-
wise would be in using dry gas. And another ad-
vantage we claim Is. that danger from explosions
is reduced to a nilninium. there being no accumula-
tion of gas. but is used by the Engine aa fast as It la
generated and hence is absolutely safe. The fol-
lowing Is a teat that we made with one of our Flve-
Horae Power Crude Oil Engines, running ten hours
on the different gas oils:
California Crude Oil. 40 grav., ?!^ galls, at 5c., f.a"^;
Distillate -10 - 7)^ " 8c.. .tUJ
Domestic Coal on. ...40 - 7H " Vii^v. .96H
Gasoline T4 • HH " IJc.. l.ai}^
City Gas 1000 feet. 2,00
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operation at our works. We will be pleased to see
you and will at all times take pleasure in showing
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kind of power desired. We are the pioneers and first
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Tf Califomia
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PRICES UPON APPLICATION.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
NOTICE TO ORE SHIPPERS.
By shipping your ores to us you can obtain the highest prices paid on competitive bids in the public
market, together with a careful and accurate sample, as with our new mill and improved machinery
we are able to give perfect satisfaction to all shippers. Wrile for our Pocket liaference Hook. The
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STATE ORE SAHPLINQ COnPANY, Denver, Colo.
o
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Mining and Scientific Pres^.
May 22, 1897.
THE BROWNELL "PATENT LIP" FLANGE FRUE VANNER BELTS.
It has taken years of ceaseless testing and experimenting to produce the superior belt which
we now offer, with elastic flanges and pliable body reinforced with specially woven duck. Every
belt is manufactured by experienced workmen, and carefully tested on machines especially built
for that purpose; consequently we are to-day manufacturing the best belts that mechanical in-
genuity, combined with honesty of construction, can possibly produce.
RAWHIDE GOLD MINING COMPANY, ]
JAMESTOWN, Tuolumne Co.. Cal., Feb. 31, 1897. j
J. S. BROWNELL, ESQ.— DEAR Sir: Replying to your query of Feb. IStti, will say that I bave used your Patent Lip flange belt more tlian one
year, and judging from tbeir appearance after more tban one year of hard service, I do not hesitate to say that they are the best belt 1 have ever
iased and I take great pleasure in testifying to the fact. Yours truly, W. A. NEVILLS, President.
Amador City, Cal , Feb. 18, 1897.
MR. J. S. BROWNELL— Dear Sir: I take pleasure In saying that I have used your Patent Lipped flange belt for several years while con-
nected with this company, and I consider them the best that we have used. The quality of rubber in the flange seems to be the best, and we are not
bothered with the flange cracking and thereby destroying the lite of the belt. At present we are using 14 concentrators, and have in use several
kinds of belts. We consider your Patent Lipped flange the best. Yours very truly, THE CONS. SOUTH SPRING HILL G. M. CO.
By John R. Tregloan, Superintendent.
For any Inforniatiou regarding Frue Vanner or Belts, call on or address
jAS. s. BROWNELL, Wcstem Agent FRUE VANNING MACHINE CO.
(Successor to Adams & Carter.) 132 MARKET STREET, ROOfl IS, SAN FRANCISCO.
RISDON IRON WORKS,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Sts., 5an Francisco.
READ WHAT MINERS THINK OF THE BRYAN PATENT ROLLER QUARTZ MILL AND JOHNSTON CONCENTRATOR.
OPPICE of the CANDELARIA CONSOLIDATED MEXICAN MINING CO, (
San Dimas, Duranqo. Mexico, October 25, 188S. f
RiSDON Iron Works, Ran Pranci.-aco— Gentlemen; Our company has
been operating- three of the 4-1'oot Bryan Roller Quartz Mills, one of
which haa been running' steadily for three years, one for two and one
for one year. Our quartz is very hard; we crush through a No. (iO
mesh screen. Our mills run 55 revolutions per minute, and each crush
through tiO-mesli screens 13 tons in 24 hours: throug-h 50-mesh, 15 tons;
and throug-h 40 mesh, 13 tons. This proportion has been continuous.
One set of dies will crush from 1500 to ItiOO tons.
One set of tires will crush 1500 tons.
One ring- plate will crush from 3300 to 2300 tons.
The mills require very little attention. At our mill an ordinar.v
" peon," earning one dollar per day, has complete charge.
In regard to sliming, in comparison with stamps, by reason of the
discharge surface and the continuous ag-itatlon by the scrapers, a
MUCH less amount of slime is created. A three years' experience
teaches me that, in every respect, the mills are a complete success,
and of material benefit to the mining world. They can be set up and
running in forty-eight hours and can be distnounted in the same time
and removed to wherever desired. Ours were paclced on our mule
trail over as difficult a road as any in Mexico. As a gold amalgamator
It is unequaled by any mill now In existence. Yours truly.
D. M. BURNS, Superlmeudent.
Champion Mining Company, by which you were to furnish one 5-fooi
Bryan Roller Quartz Mill on four months" trial, in competition with
the Huntington Mill, would say that we have made the teat, and the
Bryan Mill has proven so greatly superior on all points claimed, viz..
capacity and economy-, that we have ordered a second Bryan Mill from
you and have concluded to discontinue the use of the Huntington Mill.
Yours truly, JOHN BECK. Pres.
:-[
Simon Bamberger, Director. [Copy.]
W. J. Beatie, Sec'fy.
Bin.l.lUN-BECK AND CHAftlPION MINING COMPANY,
EFREKA, Utah, Aug. 24. 1895.
Bullion-Beck and Champion Mining Company, (
Eureka, Utah, August 24, 1895. (
The Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works. San Francisco— Gentle-
men: JEleferring to contract made by you with the Bullion-Beck and
The Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works. San Francisco— Gentle-
men: In February last, in connection with the five-foot Bryan Roller
iMill which we took frouLyou to test in competition with tlie Hunting-
ton Mill, we also took a six-foot Johnston Concentrator to be tested
witli ten Frues, one end shake with four belts and one side shake
Woodbury. We have been working these machines since the mill
was completed, at such times when we had sufficient water.
The terms on which the test was made was that the machine doing
the most satisfactory work should be accepted and the others taken
out. This did not apply to the Frue, as they were purchased with the
plant. In compliance with this agreement, we now inform you that
the Johnston Concentrator has proved, so superior over the other ma-
chines ihat we now order fi'om you four more of the Johnston Concen-
trators, Yours truly, JOHN BECK. Pres.
Simon Bamberger. Director. W. J. Beatie. Sec'fy.
Great salt Lake and Hot Springs Railway. I
S, Bamberger. President and Manager.
SALT Lake City, Utah, October 10, 1895,
B. R. TAWNDRAW. Esy., care Guyer Hot Springs, Ketchum. Idaho-
Dear Sir; In reply to yours of the twenty-eighth of September, we
have been using at the Bullion-Beck Concentrating- Work.'3, Frue Vau-
ner, Woodbury and Johnston machines, side by aide for the last four
months; and after a thorough trial of all of them, we concluded that
the Johnston Vanner was doing the most accurate work and was the
best; hence, we bought four more Johnston machines and shall con-
tinue to use them in preference to any other.
You will find it the easiest regulated machine and very much easier
set up than either of the other machines. We bought our machineH
from the Risdon Iron Works, of San Francisco, where Mv. Johnston,
tlie patentee, personally superintends the numufacturing of them.
Hoping you will make a success, 1 remain. Yours truly.
ICopy.l [Signed] SIMON BAMBERGER.
Thk Gold Valley Mining CoAfPANV ok San Francisco. /
C, C. McIvEH, President; D. CUSHMAN, Secretary. }-
Mission San Jose. Cal., Oct. I7th. 1895. \
Risdon Iron AND Locomotive WORKS. San Francisco— Gentlemen:
We take great pleasure In having to inform yon that, after a careful
investigation extending over a six weeks' steady run alongside of six
other concentrators, the Johnston which you put in for us was the
only machine from whicli you cotild not find a loss In
the tailings. It has done all you claim for It and has proved more
than satisfactory. We intend replacing all our other eoncentratora
with -Johnston's, as we are convinced they will pay for themselves
many times over in a year. CHAS. C. McIVER, President.
Fulton "SSlpS-Sn^"^^ Works,
Improved Mining and Milling Madiincry
^ ..imTTff"'?^ 1-*FF1'— F rtIND BRniNC^H VI/ORK.S : -"^S^sni.^^
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men throughout the world that any description of it would seem super-
fluous. They are in use in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central
and South America, Australia, China, Japan and South Africa — in fact,
wherever mines exist, and have given the best satisfaction of all quartz-
crushing mills. The construction of this Mill has lately been much
improved and we elaim it to be the cheapest, most efficient, simplest
and most durable Mill upon the market. Catalogue upon application.
PARKE & LACY CO.,
21 and 23 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LICENSEE FOR THE MA; 'TPACTURE AND SALE OP
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REVIEW.
Nn lOIC VOLUME LXXIV.
IIU. 17£3, Number aa.
SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, MAY 29, 189r.
TUKEC UOLLAKS PKU ANNUU.
Single CopleUt Ten Cents.
A Duty on Onyx.
An efTort is beintc made in Washinf^tOQ by repre-
sentatives of the onyx industry in California to have
a duty put upon the importation of that article from
foreign countries, most of which comes from Mexico.
It is claimed that the markets of the L'nited States
are closed to the owners of deposits in this State by
the Mexican product worked by very cheap labor,
and but for that the demand could easily be supplied
from here. There is an increasing demand for onyx
for fine buildings, and this will be supplied from
Mexico unless something is done by Congress to en-
able the people of this State to compete. Were
there any question as to the quality of onyx found
here a reasonable objection might be made to placing
a duty on the Mexican product, but in fact finer quali-
ties of onyx and of many varieties are to be found in
this State. With a small duty — enough to cover the
difference between the price of labor in California
and Mexice — the onyx from this State would imme-
diately find a large market in the Eastern States.
Otherwise the owners of the deposits must wait for
a local demand, which, of course, will hardly ever be
commensurate with the supply.
The amount of ony.x produced in California in 1896
was only HOOO cubic feet, valued at $24,000. The only
onyx deposits in the United States, of extent and
value, are those of this State. At the Chicago Ex-
position a display of samples of onyx was made that
were then regarded by the judges as of the finest
quality, yet no market has been opened for it nor
can one be until better prices can be obtained in the
East.
A large proportion of the onyx produced last year
came from the quarries in San Luis Obispo county,
where there are extensive deposits two layers
thick. Most of that
produced has been re-
markable for its beauty.
In Sonoma county, near
Healdsburg, is a deposit of
green aragonite that has
in the past been quarried
for ornamental purposes.
The scene of this quarry is
illustrated on this page.
In Yolo and Mendocino
counties onyx has been
quarried for ornamental
purposes, and there are
many outcrops in other
parts of the State that,
owing to their remoteness
from cheap transporta-
tion, have not been devel-
oped.
In Mono county is the
so-called travertine, or
banded onyx, like the
famous Egyptian marble.
These deposits are of
great extent and the pro-
duct is of such beauty that it commands high prices.
It is as tine as any that comes from the regions of the
Nile. Lately some Eastern capitalists have been in-
vestigating these deposits with a view to purchasing
them and shipping the product to the East. What
they will determine is likely to depend upon
whether a duty is put upon the article or not. The
entrance hall of the new Claus Spreckels building is
to be finished with the travertine. The use of wood
for ornaments in fine buildings and houses is going
out and the demand for these finer stones is increas-
ing.
Mineral Paint.
The production of different mineral paints in Cali-
fornia in IHll') was S50 tons, valued at $8425. In
MINERAL PAINT WORKS NEAR HEALDSBURG, GAL
189(1 it fell off to 395 tons, valued at $5540. In the
latter year only one mineral paint mine was worked
— that near Healdsburg, in Sonoma county, whose
works are illustrated on this page. This product is
thrown away. That which passes through the
bolting cloth is ground between three sets of
French burr-stones, and between each set is passed
through the finest bolting cloth. Finally, it is passed
between iron rollers, one running faster than the
other, to give a sliding motion, and packed in paper-
lined barrels. For a darker color, the ore is mixed
in the batteries with a
black, carbonaceous shale.
There has been mined
some mineral paint in Te-
hama county, in Calaveras
and in Nevada. In fact,
the State is full of paint
mines, but none can be
made to pay except this
one in Sonoma on account
of freight.
Most of the mineral
paint used in California
is brought from the East
around the Horn, and as it
comes as ballast the freight
is trifling. Until local rates
of freight are much lower
^ than at present, and the
local demand will enable
the working of it in large
quantities, there is not
apt to be much increase
in the output.
However, the deposits of
mineral paint, like the de-
posits of chrome ore, of onyx and other of the more
valuable building stones, cinnabar, and other miner-
als, will all in time add to the wealth of the State,
when its population has increased and costs of pro-
duction and transportation have been reduced.
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Reviving Abandoned Mines.
CALIt'OKNIA ONYX, NEAR HEALDSBURG.
the so-called Indian metallic red paint. The ore
body, consisting of hematite and silicate of iron, is
60 feet in width and the mill has a capacity of grind-
ing eight tons a day. After a superficial sorting
the ore is crushed and passes to an iron drying
drum, heated by a wood fire, which revolves at a
slight inclination ; thence to the self-feeders of an
ordinary 10 stamp mill ; thence the dry pulp passes
through a coarse bolting cloth and the residue is
A report comes from Grass Valley, California,
that the old Cariboo ledge in the Allison Ranch
mine has been uncovered and rich ore found.
While probably not enough has been developed
to entirely satisfy the owners that the mine
will turn out as rich as it was many years ago,
no doubt they would quickly refuse the prices lately
offered for it by foreign investors if they were again
placed before them. There have been a great many
mistakes made by foreigners in this State of late —
not so much in taking hold of poor properties and
losing money, but in refusing to buy good mines at
the prices asked — mines which have turned out worth
much more than the prices placed on them.
Most of the big paying properties in this State to-
day are old mines which were abandoned for many
years. The California miners have learned that
with the reduced cost of working these mines in
which old ore bodies are known to exist, but are cov-
ered with water, are the safest investment and are
putting money into them. The Englishman cannot
so easily be led into putting money into what has
been a failure and has not yet learned that the cause
of the failures has been in most cases higher wages,
heavier freights, greater cost for supplies and
smaller percentage of gold saved in the days gone by.
Some of the leading mines of the State — the Utica,
Kennedy, Gwin, Dead Horse, and many of the big
mines in Nevada county — have all been abandoned
for a time, not from want of ore but because of cost
of working.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Mineral Paint Works Near Healdsburg, Cal. ;
California Onyx, Near Healdsburg, JJi). Plan of Iron or steel
Capped Riffle Uar, 453.
EDITOHIAL.— A Duty on Onyx; Mineral Paiut; Reviving Aban-
doned Mines, 449. The New Move oi the Anti-Uebris Associa-
tion; The MiDlDEX Bureau and Motive Power, iW.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties of California.
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast Stales and Territoiies, 454-5.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Revolutionizing Plant Growth With
Ether; Liquid Air and Aoent of Research; Attacking the Prob-
lems of Inorganic Chemistrv, 456.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— The Use of Compressed Air tor
Mining Purposes, 456.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Electric Light Prom the Heavens;
Electricity on the Manhattan Railway; The Largest Telegraph
Offloe in tile World, 457.
THJ5 MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 466.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 451. Practical Notes on Hy-
draulic MinlQg; The Hand Auger and Hand Drill in Prospecting
Work, 45:i. From Mine to Mint; Iron-Capped iiiflles; Australasian
Gold Yield, 45;i. Coast Industrial Notes; Personal; Recently De-
clared Mining Dividends; Recent California Mining Incorpora-
tions ; Commercial Paragraphs ; Obituary ; Book Notices, 495 List
of U. S. Patents for Pacitic Coast Inventors; Notices of Recent
Patents, 462.
The Mining; Bureau and flotive Power.
The State Mineraloo^ist has announced his intention
to gather and publish data as to the available water
power in the State for generating electricity and
similar purposes. This is timely. At present there
are in this State two transmission plants, each
longer than any other in the world outside of Cali-
fornia— that at Bakersfield being thirty-Cve miles
long and the Fresno line thirty-two miles. The Fol-
som plant, to transmit power twenty-two miles from
Folsom dam to the city of Sacramento, was the first
great success in transmission of large power a long
distance.
Another large undertaking is that of the Blue
Lakes Company, to supply the mines of Amador and
Calaveras with power. A number of other such
plants are being considered for supplying the mines
of Mariposa and other districts. It i,"? claimed that,
until power is brought from the Kern river to the
mines in the Rand district, in Kern county, a dis-
tance of thirty-five miles, the question of cheap mill-
ing and mining for that district will not be solved.
There is talk of similar plants on the Colorado river
and in other parts of the arid districts in southern
California.
Whether these undertakings will be carried out or
not depends entirely upon whether the showing that
shall be made in the mines will warrant their being
worked extensively.
The Southern .Pacific people have been for some
time examining into the question of running their
trains over the mountains in northern California and
southern Oregon, and over the Sierras between Sac-
ramento and Reno, by electric power generated with
water from the torrential streams along the two
roads. It is not likely that anything will be done
until more is heard from the experiments on East-
ern railroads looking toward supplanting the loco-
motives by electricity with the third rail system.
There is probably no other part of the world so
well supplied with torrential mountain streams,
available for the generation of electric power, as is
California. More than that, the climatic and other
conditions are favorable to inexpensive installation
and economic working the year round. Then, when
the time comes for the State to do much manufaac-
turing, it will have another advantage over most of
the rest of the country in respect to climate. Rigors
of winter and heat of summer will not prevent
obtaining good work from laborers, as well as
machinery, the year round.
.Probably, as to mining, in no direction will the use
of electricity play so important a part as in pros-
pecting and developing new mines. It is proposed
now to carry electric power into Amador, Calave-
ras, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties in the near
future and sell to the individual mine owners. This
will result in the exploiting of many mines now idle
and upon which the owners cannot or do not wish to
go to the heavy expense that would be entailed in
setting up independent power plants. Aside from
giving an impetus to mining, the installation of large
power plants in the foothills will lead to the building
of railroads and in time factories. Probably in no
other direction could work be done by the State
Mining Bureau at the present time that would be of
more value, not only to the mining industry but to
the State at large, than in makin-g a thorough exam-
ination into the possibilities of developing this re-
source of wealth.
The New Move of the Anti-Debris Associa-
tion.
In his remarks before the executive committee of
the California Miners' Association, last Tuesday
evening, Tirey L. Ford brought out quite clearly
some facts that are specially interesting at this
time. He recalled the fact that the valle.y people at
all times disclaimed any desire or intention to inter-
fere, by injunction or otherwise, with any kind or
character of mining other than hydraulic mining.
During the years of fiercest conflict between valley
and mountain this disclaimer was repeated with
much frequency and seeming earnestness. This'de-
clared attitude of the valley people was finally ac-
cepted in good faith by the miners of the mountains,
though there were not wanting a few who doubted
the sincerity of the valley declaration. It was
argued by these doubting few that the evident pur-
pose of the valley people was to attack one branch
of mining at a time, and, by creating a sense of se-
curity as to all other branches, make the particular
branch attacked more easy of successful assault.
These skeptics further predicted that when one
branch of mining had been thus successfull.y as-
sailed, other branches of mining would, in their turn,
become the object of attack, and that this process
would continue until the entire mining industry had
been so crippled that its further prosecution would
become altogether too hazardous to warrant the fur-
ther investment of capital therein. This view, how-
ever, was not shared by the great body of miners in
the mountains, the feeling there being that the val-
ley people were sincere and desired no more than the
suppression or, at least, a proper regulation and
control of the hydraulic branch of the mining in-
dustry.
Upon this basis an armistice was declared, and in
January, 1892, the mountain and valley men met in
Pioneer Hall in this city and mapped out a mutually
satisfactory plan for the settlement of the differ-
ences that had so long kept the two sections apart.
Pursuant to this plan, Congress was persuaded to
pass an act for the regulation and control of hy-
draulic mining, such regulation and control to be in
the hands of a commission composed of U. S. Army
engineers. This involved some concessions upon
both sides, but it was believed that mutual advan-
tage would result. It placed hydraulic mining where
the valley farmer would feel safe as to its proper
regulation and control, thus accomplishing all he
had ever sought to accomplish, and without expense
to the valley people. On the other hand, the miner,
though feeling that the act of Congress (known as
the Caminetti act) was rather severe, not to say
burdensome, in its restrictions and regulations, still
felt that the matter was, at least, in the hands of an
impartial tribunal and that his rights were definitely
and finally settled and prescribed.
An era of good feeling thereupon set in, the terms
of peace being fairly and substantially respected in
both mountain and valley. The miners set to work
to secure such State and national legislation as
would more fully carry out the terms of the Cami-
netti act, including the needed appropriations to be
expended by the V. S. engineers under the pro-
visions of that act. The farmers also sought legis-
lative aid, in the procurement of which they had the
hearty co-operation of the miners. This was notably
the case in the recent session of our State Legisla-
ture when the representatives from the mountains
and from the valleys worked hand In hand and in
perfect harmony. In fact, without the active aid of
the mining representatives the appi-opriation of
$300,000 for river improvement and rectification
would have wholly failed.
It is, therefore, the occasion of some surprise,
and of still more regret, that the Anti-Debris Asso-
ciation should now seek to attack another branch of
the mining industry, and thus give rise to some sus-
picion as to their former good faith in disclaiming
any hostility to any branch of mining save hydraulic
mining alone. The great problem that had long con-
fronted the two sections above referred to seemed in
a fair way of an early and honorable solution, and
the increasing harmony and good will between
farmer and miner was effectually hastening that de-
sirable result. But, just as matters were in this
happy condition, just as the miners and farmers
were about to make a joint appeal to Congress for
the necessary means to carry out their concerted
plan of action, there came the unwelcome news that
the Anti-Debris Association had departed from its
declared purpose of restricting its operations to hy-
draulic mining. This news should be as unwelcome
in the valley as in the mountains, for it is clear that
without united action no lasting or substantial bene-
fits can follow. Once let the terms of psace be
broken and war again declared, and we may bid a
long farewell to all further hope for Congressionil
aid, without which any proper or permanent solu-
tion of the grave problems now engaging the earn-
est attention of both farmers and miners will be in-
definitely, if not hopelessly, delayed.
The above is written in no unfriendly spirit toward
the farmer, but rather iu a spirit of friendship to
both farmer aud miner, and with a hope that the
valley people may see that any slight or temporary
gain that might result from the methods newly em-
ployed by their Anti- Debris Association would be
wholly lost and swallowed up by the strife and dis-
aster that would be sure to follow. Let the Cami-
netti act be the arbiter of our differences and the
California Debris Commission the tribunal before
whom all grievances shall be laid ; let every energy
be bent to securing national aid for the improvement
and protection of our rivers under the direction of
Federal engineers, and we may rest assured that the
results to be thus obtained will be all that either
farmer or miner could desire, and more than either
could accomplish without the aid of the other.
It seems the purpose of the Anti-Debris Associa-
tion, as indicated by some of their procedures, to at-
tempt to have all sluicing of gravel brought under ap-
plication of the Caminetti act. The Caminetti act in
Section 8 states : " That for the purpose of this act
' hydraulic mining ' and ' mining by the hydraulic
process ' are hereby declared to have the meaning
and application to said terms in said State." This
act was approved March 1, 1893. The Legislature
of California adopted as sections of the code, which
were approved March 24, 1893, the following:
Sec 1424. The business of hydraulic mining may
be carried on within the State of California wher-
ever and whenever the same can be carried on with-
out material injury to the navigable streams or the
lands adjacent thereto.
Sec. 1425. Hydraulic mining, within the meaning
of this title, is mining by means of the application of
water under pressure through a nozzle against a
natural bank.
The California Debris Commission has taken this
definition as accepted by the act of Congress of
March 1, 1893 — the Caminetti act. The Anti-
Debris Association claims that the above quoted
sections of the code having been passed later than
the Caminetti act, can have no bearing upon it.
That "hydraulic mining" and "mining by the
hydraulic process" in "the meaning and ap-
plication given to said terms in said State (Cali-
fornia) " refers only to the washing of gravel by the
"application of water under pressure, through a
nozzle, against a natural bank," can be proven.
Take Bowie's "Practical Treatise on Hydraulic
Mining." On page 84 the definition is given as fol-
lows; "Hydraulic mining is that method of gold
mining in which the ground is excavated by means
of water discharged against it under pressure (hy-
draulicked)."
For all other classes of mining gravel with water,
such as "sluicing," "booming," other terms are
and have always been used.
May 29. 1897.
Mining and 'Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
A 30-Tox cyanide plant is lo be erected at l*ony, Montana.
Ohbo"N'» gold output for 'iMi aggregated a little over
Ik Riverside, Cal., twelve miaing location notices were filed
Id one day last vreek.
TiiKestabUsbmBnt ofa mining stock exchange in Porttaod.
Or., is being talked of.
Tbk JuDctioD mine, Nevada county, Cal., has been bonded
to San Francisco men for *12,()00.
A KK'ii strike Is reported in the HOOfoot level of the Dead
Horse »ine, in Tuolumne county,
New Yi'KK people have bonded the Franklin mine, near
Washington, Nevada county, Cal.
Uii'u ore was struck last week in ihc North Star mine, Ne-
vada Co., Cal., on the 70U-foot level.
At the Cadmus mine, at Nevada City, Cal., instead of tiring
the blasts by hand this is done by electricity.
SgiAws near Bodie, Cat., earn considerable money by pound-
ing rock up in u mortar and horning out the gold.
The Uossland, B. C, Mining Stock Exchange's members
have decided to disincor[X)rate and close its doors.
Ai'iiMCANY with a capital of l".i,000,omj is being formed in
London to acquire the Jumbo mine in British Columbia.
A LINK of stages has been put on the road between Baker
City, Or., and the Seven Devils conper district in Idaho.
The Canadian Government at Ottawa has been urged to
put au export duty on lead ores, but will probably not do so.
Tbe lo-stamp mill at the Cleveland mine. Sierra City, Cal.,
was destroyed by tire last week. The owners will rebuild.
The Slate Commissioner of Mines of Colorado has begun to
prepare a report on the mines and prospects of Cripple Creek.
The tailings of several old mines at Cherry Creek, White
Pine county, Nevada, have been purchased by Salt Lake City
people for -5 cents per ton.
An amendment to tbe Mineral act passed by the Legisla-
ture of British Columbia provides that the cost of surveying a
claim up to $100 may be counted as assessment work.
TuE Canadian J*acihc Kxploratioo Company has been formed
Id London, with a capital of i'5OO,O0U, to operate in British
Columbia.
At the Iron Mountain mine, in Shasta, last Saturday, live
miners were buried by a cave, one being killed and the others
more or less injured.
It is estimated that there are 2UU teams hauling machinery
and supplies from the railroad depot to Sonora, Tuolumne
county, for the mines.
An English syndicate is negotiating for the purchase of the
Reco mine at Sandoo, B. C, for which it is reported they
have offered $2,500,000.
TEi.EpnoNE LINES are being constructed and will connect
Spokane with Uossland, Trail and other points in British
Columbia in a few days.
SvLVAMTE, in the Yakh district, Montana, where was only
a log cabin a year ago, now has a population of -iW, owing to
the discovery of gold mines.
Tn I! gold exported from British Guiana from January 1 to
April 12, IS'.tT, was valued at $433,915, against $417,054 for the
corresponding period of 11S9'1.
A coMi'ANY has been bought out in London with a capital of
£80,000 to take ore and work a copper property near Ario,
State of Michoacan, Mexico.
TuE Mountain Copper Company at Keswick has ordered 3,-
000,000 feet of lumber from Sisson, Cal.. and will erect forty-
five new cottages for the workmen.
THETodos Santos gold mine in the San Jose de Gracia dis-
trict, Sinaloa, Mexico, has been purchased by the Anglo-
Mexican Mining Company, Limited, for $S3,000.
Prospectoks are preparing to go on the Cuyamaca grant in
San Diego county, Cal., the owners having made offers to any
who may discover mineral in paying quantities.
A PACTOHY for making tire brick has been started at Great
Falls, Montana, where a good quality of clay is found. Mon-
tana consumes about 10,000,000 fire brick per year.
On Coffee creek, Trinity county, Cal., the Graves Brothers
with a 10-inch stream in one week lately washed out 349
ounces of coarse gold, the largest piece being worth $250.
B. A. Cardwell has begun the construction of a wagon
road from Truckee, California, to the Meadow Lake mines,
and expects lo have it completed by the middle of June.
The volcano of Popocateptl is bonded to an American syndi-
cate, the object being to exploit for sulphur, bring ice and
wood lo the City of Mexico and carry tourists up lo the crater.
Of the many proposed smelters for British Columbia work
has only been begun on one— that at Victoria. All the de-
tails as to location and plans have been accepted and some con-
tracts let.
At a joint meeting of the Chamber and the Association of
Mines on the Rand, South Africa, April 3«, it was resolved to
reduce native wages 30 per cent. This will bring the aver-
age down to about $7 a month.
I A LARGE bed of auriferous gravel has been opened up near
I Offenbanya, in Transylvania. These alluvial deposits appear
to have been known to the Romans, as adits driven by ham-
mer and wedge have been found.
Toe question as to location of a smelter for Trail creek ores
depends largely on the place where coke may be obtained
cheapest. The price at Northport, Washington, is $10 per
ton, at Rossland $14, and at Trail *13,
A MOTION last Wednesday in the U. S. Senate to reduce the
rate on boracic acid from four to three cents per pound in the
forthcoming tariff bill was defeated by a vole of M lo 30, be-
ing the first lest vole on the measure.
TuEDuquesneG. &S. M. *Sc M. Co., has bought "the old
Mexican mines," two miles from Escondido, San Oiego county,
Cal., paying, it is said, $100,000 therefor. Considerable devel-
opment work will be done by Supt. Little.
At a meeting of the members of the Spokane, Wash., Min-
ing Stock Exchange a motion to disincorporate was lost by a
vote of 8 to 13; but those in favor claim that a majority of all
the members are in favor of the movement.
A case involving conflicting interests between the miners
and farmers of the Carson valley, Nevada, was decided by
Judge Hawley this week, giving judgment to the mining and
milling company for 6000 inches of water, except in July, Au-
gust and September, when the ranchers should have what
they needed for irrigation, and for domestic use the year
round— a conclusion satisfactory to both sides.
A coMi'AKY has been formed in Alaska to mine girocts near
Wrangel. These garnets are noted for their si/.o, being as
much OS !'« inches tn diameter. Several thousand tons are
uonually used In this country for abrasive purposes.
The exports of copper from this country lately have been
large and outstrip the production. As a consequence prices
are higher, reaching U cents a pound for Lake Superior cop-
per, against lO'^c at the corresponding period of last year.
The Mercur mine at Mercur, Utah, was closed down last
Saturday in order to allow putting in the new machinery with
which the output will be increased to :iO0 tons daily. Efforts
of foreign capitalists to secure control have been resumed.
A HEAL is being negotiated in Colorado between a syndicate
of English investors in Cripple Creek and Victor mines and
the Colorado Midland and Midland Terminal, which will give
them central shipping facilities from the camps to the East.
A PKES-* hisi-ATrn from Deadwood, South Dakota, states
that the Pierre syndicate has purchased thirty-Hve claims
and several fractions adjacent lo Lead City, and that it is
their intention to erect u 300-stamp mill on Belle Fourche
river.
S. R. Porter, the superintendent, reports that at the Ballol
mine, at Sutter Creek, Amador county, Cal., In April, the
40-stamp mill crushed 5s.S5 tons of ore, at a cost of t;o cents per
ton for mining and milling. It was delivered iu the mill at ;J3
cents a ton.
At the Black Oak mine, in Tuolumne county, the cyanide
plant lately put in is found to be saving over 90 per cent of the
assay value of the tailings, and the manager is about to lake
up the treatment of the hydraled ores and concentrates, and
treat thetiL
The Senate Committee on Public Lands has decided to re-
port favorably Senator Perkins' bill for the examination and
classification of the mineral lands within the railroad grants
in California. It is thought this measure will pass before the
laritT bill does.
The gold output of Tasmania for the three months ending
iu March amounted to 13,833 ounces, being a decrease of 730
ounces as compared with the corresponding period of last
year. That of Queensland for the same period was liJ7,5U0
ounces, an increase of 19,800.
Under the new mining law of British Columbia companies
that have been operating under minersMicenses which have
cost $5 per annum must by June 30 take out new licenses,
which will cost $50 where the nominal capital does not exceed
$50,000 and $100 where it does.
In the early days of the Vulture mine, in Arizona, only the
highest grade ore was milled. The present oflice building and
storeroom was built of ore valued at about $.'jO a ton. The old
assay office building was torn down several years ago and the
walls milled, yielding about $3000.
James Brayell, an old Comstock miner, has interested an
English syndicate in his plan of exploration in British Colum-
bia, and last Sunday left San Francisco with 150 men—ex-
perienced miners. They will be divided into prospecting par-
ties, covering the unprospeited country of the North.
TuE shipments of ore from Rossland, B. C, mines for the
week ending May 22 amounted to 124S tons, made up as fol-
lows: Le Roi, 855; War Eagle. 250; Iron Mask, 143. The O. K.
milled 141 Ions. This makes the total of the shipments from
Rossland since January 1, 33,258, and of ore milled 2301 tons.
It is suggested by the Eureka, Utah, Denuicrnf that now
that the smelters have increased their charges, the railroads
raised their rates for shipping ore, the price of powder in-
creased 40 per cent., and there is imminent danger of the
mills and low grade mines closing, the thing to do is to build
a smelter in Tintic.
The gold yield of Victoria, Australia, for March amounted
to 83,440 ounces. The following are the returns for the three
months ending March 31st: Ararat, 5530 ounces; Ballarat,
40,049 ounces; Beechworth, 25,780 ounces; Castlemaine, 11,700
ounces; Gippslaod, 24,000 ounces; Mayborough, 14,032 ounces;
Bendigo, 43,013 ounces. The quarter's dividends amounted to
£98,500.
Taking a list of forty-three of the principal mines of Crip-
ple Creek, Colorado, the Colorado Springs Mining InvcMor
shows that the stocks sold at the rate of $18,884,758 for the
whole December 31, 1895, and May 17, 1897, the same stocks
sold at a rate of $5,700,031 for the whole. In the meantime,
the output of the Cripple Creek mines has increased from
about $750,000 a month to over $1,000,000 per month.
The American Flat Development Company of Virginia City,
Nevada, is asking the owners of claims in American Flat to
enter into a contract by which the company agrees to cut the
tunnel 8000 feet in length, 8 feet wide and 7 feet high, pro-
vided the mine owners will deed over undivided two-thirds
interests in their claims. , It is understood that the tunnel
company will then work the mines and turn over one-third of
the net proceeds to the mine owners.
The Broken Hill Proprietary mine of Australia reports on
April .30 that 28,733 tons of ore were treated for the four
weeks ending April 29, and the output from the refinery was
401 402 ounces silver, 1841 tons lead, 51 tons aotimonial lead
(estimated), the copper matte containing 20 tons copper (esti-
mated) and 27,298 ounces silver (estimated). Owing to a por-
tion of the plant being required for other purposes, the
cleanup of gold will not be made until next month.
There were in operation last year in Alaska 549 stamps, as
follows: Alaska Commercial Company, 40; Alaska-Mexican
Gold Mining Company, 120; Alaska-Treadwell Gold Mining
Company, 340; Alaska-Willoughby Gold Mining Company, 10;
Bald Eagle Mining Company, 4; Berner's Bay Mining Com-
pany, 40; EbnerGold Mining Company, 10; Green mine, Nor-
lon sound, 10; Julian Gold Mining Company, 10; Juneau Gold
Mining Company, 30; Nowell Gold Mining Company, 35. This
number will be increased about 40 per cent this year.
The following data as to the cost of asphalt from the island
of Trinidad placed in New York, as reported by Ooosul Price,
will be of interest to the California asphalt mine owners:
Crude asphalt is sold on the island of Trinidad for $4 per ton ;
(jicrcriuD- overlooking and cleaning and carting, 90 cents ; load-
ingligh'ters and ships, 30 cents; tighterage from shore to ship,
.50 cents; contractor's protits, mercantile commission and all
other expenses and losses, $1.10; export duly, $1.20; freight
and insurance to New York, $3.35; total cost per ton, $10.25.
With the advance of cost of transportation, smelting
charges and price of powder, there has been a great shrinking
In the bullion market in Utah. In the Tintic district over
luu miners have been laid oft by various mine owners. It is
claimed by some that the smelter trust, on which work was
commenced about six months ago, has been dually arranged,
and that the proof had been afforded by the recent advance in
smelling charges, which had gone all down the line. It is
suggested by a prominent shipper that the only way in which
to meet the advance was co-operation among tbe producers
and the erection of a co-operative smelter.
In the Gold Dust mine at Mercur, Utah, recently the shaft
In the lower workings passed through nine feet of pay ore and
stopped at a stratum of lime, supposed lobe Ihe footwall.
Last week it was thought best lo sink the shaft deeper iu
order to connect with other workings, and then it was dis-
covered that the lime stratum was only a few inches thick, and
under it was found twenty-two feet more of the best ore ever
found in the properly. Another lime stratum has now been
encountered, but whether it is the footwall or the covering
of another large ore body is not yet known.
Articles ok ixcorcoratios were filed with the Secretary
of State in New Jersey last week for the New Mexico Rail-
way and Coal Company, with a capital stock of $4,000,000. This
at Santa Fe, New Mexico, is taken lo mean that work will
soon be commenced on the El Piso-White Oaks road, at least
as far as the coal deposits in Salado canyon, 105 miles north of
El Paso. -It is estimiled that it will require $1,800,000 to build
and equip the road and about half a million will go into im-
provements at the cjal mines, for which the Lowrey syndicate
has paid Eddy Bros. $300,000. These mines show 0-foot wide
coal veins, and their product can be delivered to the railways
and" smelters in Me.\ico and along the border, in competition
with the Colorado, northern New Mexico and Thurber, Texas,
coals. The building of this new line will open to the railways
centering at El Paso a virgin country, rich in gold: coppei",
silver, timber, salt and many varieties of high-grade marble.
Tin: DaBeers Consolidited diamond mines' report for tbe
year ending June 30, 1S90, says that during the twelve months
the diamonds produced realized 1^3,10.5,382. The total expen-
diture amounted to 1 1,4.52,528, including amount written off
machinery and plant account, etc., and payment of £00,335 in-
terest on the company's debentures and obligations, ,£306,754,
leaving a profit of £1,712,854. Manager Gardner E. Williams
reported that the total production of blue ground from the two
mines was 2,098,109 loads, as against 3,.525,717 loads for the
previous year. The amount washed and crushed was 3,597,030,
as against 2,854, 8i7 loads. The increase of blue has been 101,-
08.3 loads, and the increase of lumps has been 121,3.54 loads,
which now stands at 874,041 loads. The average yield of blue
ground from both mines has been 0.91 carat, and the average
cost of winning and washing has been $1.08 per load, as
against 0.85 carat and $1.50, respectively, for the previous year.
Pritsi'ANT to call there was a special meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the California State Miners' Association, at
the Union League Club Rooms, San Francisco, on the evening
of the 35ih instant. Representation at the International
Gold Miners' Convention at Denver, Colorado, July 7, 8 and
St, and mineral exhibition thereat were discussed. It was de-
cided that there was not sufficient time to prepare a proper ex-
hibit. The matter of representation was left to President Neff
and Secretary Sonntag, who constitute a committee to ap-
point five delegates to the convention if deemed advisable.
Regarding the Trans-Mississippi Congress, which meets at
Salt Lake City, Utah, July 14, the president of the associa-
tion was authorized to appoint two delegates thereto. A com-
munication was read from the Sacramento, Cat., Chamber of
Commerce regarding the recent complications in Nevada
county, which have been fully reported in these columns. The
communication was conservative and evinced a desire to be
just. Its reading elicited considerable discussion, which *ook
a wide range, the point being clearly made that the question,
" What is hydraulic mining ;" will necessitate new and satis-
factory definition. The language of the Caminetti bill, en-
acted by Congress March 1, 1893, has recently been given
new interpretation by the Federal Debris Commission at the
instance of the Anti-Debris Association. Water operated
under pressure, through a nozzle, against a natural bank, has
been usually considered the normal element of hydraulic
mining. If any form of mining in which water is incidentally
used shall be considered "hydraulic mining," it will open up
endless complications. The president of the association ap-
pointed Messrs. T. L. Ford and C. M. Cross a committee of
two lo further elucidate this matter. President Nett, with
Messrs. T. L. Ford and A. J. Carrigan, also constitute an-
other committee to meet the Sacramento oflicials as requested
and endeavor lo adjust the present difference, with due re-
gard lo mutual interests.
The assayer of the United States at Helena, Montana, re-
ports the mineral product of Montana for 1890, placing the
output of gold, silver and copper at $50,733,019.13. The yield
of gold was 311,915 ounces, valued at $4,330,071, and of silver,
15,720,032 ounces, valued at $10,324,877. A comparison shows
that, while the production of gold increased 3549.375 tine
ounces, or $53,080.08, during 1890 over that of the preceding
year, the silver output decreased from 17,701,058.11 fine ounces
in 1895 lo 1.5,730,022.44 fine ounces in 1890, or nearly 2,000,000
ounces. During the year the largest gold producing property
in the State closed down temporarily and only a few new gold
producing properties were started up. From placer mines
there was obtained 32,371 ounces of gold, valued at $007,099.
The silver mining industry of Montana is decreasing in im-
portance. The mmes which have produced silver exclusively
in the past have closed down, with the exception of proper-
ties at Neihart and Elkhorn. However, the production of sil-
ver is still large, due lo the greater extraction of copper ore
during 1890 than in the previous year. In 1895, 49.80 per cent
of the entire silver output in the State was a by-product from
the copper oies. The silver from this source increased to
10,614,000.02 ounces of fine silver in the total production of
15,720,023.44. The output of copper was 233,090,483 pounds, of
a value of $2.5,350,.540.77. This shows the increase over the
production of the previous year to have been 31,003,491 pounds,
or more than $4,250,000. Practically all of this is produced by
the mines in Butte, in Silver Bow county. Recent discoveries
promise a new field in the northwestern part of the State. Of
lead there was a production of 32,531,-340 pounds, valued at
$070,009.87. By reason of large expenditures made by some of
the most prominent smelting companies operating in the
State, it is believed that the treatment charges will eventu-
ally be lowered and result in the opening of many properties
yielding gold, silver, copper and lead, that are now idle. At
present these improvements are in the direction of cheaper
power.
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May 29, l897i
The Hand Auger and Hand Drill in Pros-
pecting Work.'
By Charles Catlett, Staunton, Va.
Much has been done of late years to facilitate pre-
liminary stratigraphical investigations, and for ex-
amination at considerable depths and in a certain
character of material the diamond drill, in its gen-
eral forms, certainly stands pre-eminent among the
tools for such work. But there are large classes of
deposits — indeed, I may say the larger proportion
in which ordinary prospecting is done — which lie
near the surface and are interbedded with soft and
fine material. The method usually employed for
prospecting these is by means of small shafts. These
are sunk with considerable slowness and at consider-
able expense, depending largely upon the character
of the material encountered, and are greatly inter-
fered with by water. In this region the smallest are
3 by 4 feet, but they are usually considerably larger.
Having had occasion during the past year to do a
large amount of prospecting work, I have found the
use a hand auger and drill of immense value in this
respect, and in my practice it has largely super-
seded, and always preceded, the other forms of in-
vestigation. I believe that the information desired
was thus acquired at one-fifth what it would have
cost by any other method. I am, therefore, satis-
fied that a brief account of the work of this device
will not be without interest to the members of the
Institute.
Mr. Darton of the U. S. Geological Survey has
referred to the excellent results obtained in his work
by the use of a small auger, and a similar instrument
has no doubt been used for prospecting purposes ;
yet it seems to be to no one's interest to manufac-
ture them — at least I could not learn of none on the
market. I was, therefore, compelled to make them
with such additions and modifications as experience
showed to be necessary. The result may be summed
up in the following description of a set of tools :
1. An auger bit of steel or Swede iron, with a
steel point, twisted into a spiral, with an ultimate
diameter of 2 inches and an ultimate thickness of
blade of not less than l inch. The point is found
more effective when split. The length of the auger
was gradually increased until about 13 inches was
reached as the apparent maximum which could be
used effectively. The 13-inch auger contains four
turns. This was welded to the end of 18 inches of 1-
inch wrought iron pipe, on which screws were cut
for connection.
2. One foot of l«-inch octagonal steel, with a 2-
inch cutting face, which is likewise welded on to 18
inches of pipe, cut for connections.
3. Ten feet of IJ-inch iron rod, threaded at either
end for connection with 1-inch pipe. When con-
nected with one of the drill bits this becomes a
jumper for starting holes through hard material. It
is also used when desired to give additional weight
to the drill in going through rock below the surface.
4. Sections of 1-inch pipe and connections.
5. An iron handle, with a total length of 2 feet,
arranged with a central eye for sliding up and down
the pipe and with a set screw for fastening it at any
point.
6. A sand pump, consisting of 1 or 2 feet of 1-
inoh pipe, with a simple leather valve and a cord for
raising and lowering it.
7. Two pairs of pipe tongs or two monkey
wrenches, with attachments for turning them into
pipe tongs.
8. Sundries — Twenty-five feet of tape, oil can,
flat file, cheap spring balance, water bucket, etc.
The auger is used by two men, who, standing on
opposite sides, turn it by means of the handle. The
handle is also useful in giving a good purchase for
starting the auger from the bottom of the hole, in
opposition to the air pressure, which is considerable.
Enough water is continually used to just soften the
material. Usually the auger brings up a small por-
tion which is dry and unaffected. Every few min-
utes, as the auger becomes full, it is lifted out,
scraped off and replaced. The handle is moved up
and tightened by means of the set screw as the
auger goes down. At every slight change of the
material the depth and character of the material are
recorded.
When hard material is encountered the auger bit
is screwed off and the drill bit screwed on, thus
forming a churn drill, which may be used for passing
througli the hard material, the auger being replaced
when softer material is reached. The churn drill is
used by lifting it and letting it fall, turning it
slightly each time. Its weight makes it cut quite
rapidly. When the drill is used the muck is either
worked stiff enough to admit of its being withdrawn
with the auger, or it is extracted by means of the
sand pump or a hickory swab. In either case the
material is washed and a sample is obtained of the
stratum through which the drill is cutting. After
washing all the material from one stratum the
washed material is mixed and a sample is put into a
bottle and labled. In passing through " wash ore "
(,!.. e., iron ore consisting of small particles mixed in
clay or other material that can be separated by
washing) the material is brought up by the auger,
put into a vessel with a perforated bottom (an
*Ti-ans. Am. Inst. M, E., Feb., '97.
empty tomato can, having holes punched in the bot-
tom and provided with a wire handle, does very
well), weighed by meains of the spring, balance,
washed and weighed again, and thus an approximate
idea is obtained of the proportion of ore in the mate-
rial, while a sample is secured for analysis.
As the mere recollection of the contents of the
several holes cannot be safely depended upon, it is
very important that an accurate record be kept.
To secure this is one of the difficulties encountered
with ordinary foremen, though they are generally
found to recognize accurately very slight changes of
material. My foremen were provided with small
vest pocket notebooks, and were soon trained to
write down everything and to trust nothing to
memory.
The holes were located as far as possible with ref-
erence to some natural object or to some other hole
so located, and the distance therefrom was in all
cases measured, not guessed at, the compass direc-
tion being recorded. Every hole was marked with
a substantial peg bearing its number and location.
In designating the holes upon the record care was
taken to avoid all causes of confusion. Separate
properties, or great natural divisions on large prop-
erties, were designated by letters, minor divisions
by numbers. For instance, we would have as the
first number at a certain location on a property
" Location H, Drill Hole 8000." The first number
in the next natural division to the southward on the
same property was designated "Location I, Drill
Hole 9000," and so on. By allowing 100 holes for the
minor divisions of each locality, it was made possible
to return and put in additional holes without confu-
sion or conflict. With such a record it was possible
to plat the location of the holes in plan and eleva-
tion, and give a visible representation of the "lay"
of the strata intersected.
Of course, the best work with such tools is done
on soft material, but it is entirely practicable to go
through hard material (a few feet of quartzite or
flint and many feet of ore being often encountered
in a single hole), and the ability of this simple con-
trivance to go through interbedded layers of hard
and soft substances makes it very efficient.
The cost per foot increases considerably with
depths exceeding 50 feet, but at the greatest depth
I attained (some 80 feet) I did not reach either its
capacity or the limit of its economical use as com-
pared with other methods.
Up to 25 feet two men can operate it ; from 25 feet
to 35 feet three men are necessary; from that to 50
feet a rough frame, 15 to 20 feet high (costing some-
thing over $1), for the third man to stand on, is re-
quired. The frame can be moved from point to
point. Above 50 feet it is generally necessary to
take off one or two of the top joints each time the
auger or drill is lifted.
The following record of some holes and the time
employed will be of interest. Labor was paid 90
cents per day of ten hours. A foreman at $1.25
could watch three or four holes. The only current
repairs consisted in sharpening drills, and their
amount, of course, depended upon the material :
1. Ji'fel.
Sand and gravel 2
Yellow clay 2
Yellow clay and little ore 4
Solid ore 5 ,
White clay and ore 3
Total. 16
Two men 10 hours.
H. Fe. I.
T.oose slide 3
Blue clay 7
Shale ore 3
Wash ore {^a ore) 0
Shale ore 3
Wash ore (-;i ore) 15
Total 40
Two men 11 hours; 3 men 4 hours.
III. Feel,
LitJ:ht yellow clay 12
Blacl: flint >4
Light yellow clay 2{4
White sand 1
Solid sandstone 2
Total 18
Two men 5 hours.
IV. Feel.
Sand and gravel 1
Pink clay 18
White clay 10
Total 31)
Two men 5 hours.
V. Feel.
Light yellow clay 14
Solid ore 3
Yellow clay I
Sol d ore .5^4
Yellow clay 1
White clay 114
Total 28
Two men 6 hours.
VI. } eel.
Sand and sandstone (drift) 12
Dark yellow clay and ore {M ore) 3
Light yellow clay with little ore 7
Dark yellow clay and ore (^j ore) it
Dark yellow clay with white flint 3
Light yellow clay with small iiuantities of ore \ 8
Dark brown clay with little ore 8
Very black clay with small Quantities o£ ore 3
Dark yellow clay with ore 1% ore) 2
Dark ijrown clay with small quantities of ore 5
Yellow lifeless clay 3
Total 63
Two men 5 hours ; 3men 25Jiours.
The ore in most of the holes was brown hematite. In some of
them it was manganese ore. It varied very greatly in hardness.
The above records represent, on the whole, the
most favorable conditions, the hard material being,
as a rule, less than one-fourth of the entire depth ;
but it is interesting to note how the drill carries
through the hard material and how the auger takes
up the work on the other side.
In addition to the economy of operation, which
means either a saving of money for the same amount
of information, or the expenditure of the same
amount of money and the acquisition of more infor-
mation, there are other marked advantages in the
use of such tools. The land is not injured for other
purposes. Badly located holes (and there are al-
ways such) do not remain as conspicuous blots on
the property. The holes can be located at points
where it would be exceeding inconvenient to put
shafts. They can stand an amount of water which
would add very greatly to the cost of shaft work.
The following describes the way in which I have
-used the holes in particular instances :
The iron ore deposits of the Potsdam, as they are
found in Virginia, are well known to many of the
members of the Institute. It is sufficient to say
here that the beds of ore, of more or less regularity,
are interstratified with clays and decomposed shales,
and are characterized by numerous folds, bends, sec-
ondary concretions and drift material formed from
the breaking down of the beds. The workings of the
old ironmakers dot the horizon of these beds for sev-
eral hundred miles. '
In the examination of one of the old workings,
consisting of a narrow open cut, which is about 1000
feet long, and must have been formerly some 20 feet
deep, the natural supposition was that the old oper-
ators had commenced on the outcrop of the bed and
had worked down as far as they could conveniently
do so. But the important question was. Had they
got through the beds, and was the remainder of the
ore to be found in the direction of the dip, or was
there still ore in the bottom of the cut ? Holes put
down at intervals along the bottom revealed no ore,
while a line of holes, 50 feet apart, put down on the
side of the cut in the direction of the dip, encoun-
tered, almost without exception, the beds of ore,
and gave very positive information as to their aver-
age thickness, dip and composition.
From my experience of the past year with these
drills I am sure their more extended use would be of
immense beneflt to the mining industry. As one of
your members has pointed out, a good thing that is
not patentable is rarely brought to the public atten-
tion, because it is to no one's interest to advertise
it ; but perhaps modifications paight be invented in-
creasing the convenience and efficiency of these
already very effective tools, which would justify some
one in making a specialty of them and bringing them
to the attention of prospectors. Even without the
protection of patents, I believe, the manufacturer
of an outfit of the character I have described, if
properly advertised, would meet an existing and
increasing demand and benefit the manufacturer as
well as the user of the tools.
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
NUMBER VIII.
TVritten for the Mining and Scientific Press by George h.
Evans, C.B., M.E., General Manager Cons. G. Mines of Cal., Ld.
OrovIUe, Cal,
Round Beams. — In order to find the strength of a
circular beam it is necessary to first work out the
breaking load of a square beam of which each side is
equal to the diameter of the circular beam, and mul-
tiply this load by .589, so the formula for the break-
bd^N
ing load will read : W=-^- XXX0.589.
Example 1. — Having a round beam of American
cedar, 40 feet long between supports and uniformly
loaded, with a diameter of 10 inches, the breaking
b d= N
load would be : W=
10X10^X62,5
lbs.
7362
or 3.29 tons, and
= 1052 lbs.
40
1
the
X 8X0.589=7362
safe load would be
Oval Beams. — In this case first find the load for a
rectangular or square beam, with sides equal to the
two diameters of the oval beam, and multiply the
result by 0.6.
Example. — Having an oval beam of American
white pine, firmly fixed at both ends and loaded in
the center, having 15 feet between supports, the
smallest diameter 10 inches, the largest diameter
12 inches, and placed so that it would be 10 inches
wide and 12 inches deep, the breaking strain or load
would be :
bd-N ,
J— XxXO.6.
Here, on referring to the multiplier given in pro-
portion of strength, we find x = 6, and therefore
b d= N
W=
10X12^X1025
~' '~ 15
1
X6X0.6=35424lts., or 15.8 tons.
and the safe load would be-
15.8
2.26 tons.
Triangular Beams. — To find the breaking or sate
load for this class of beams, first find the strength of
* Copyrighted by the Author.
May 29, 1897.
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a square beam with equal sides, and divide the re-
sult by '^.
According to experiments made by Barlow and
others, it was found that triangular beams were ).
stronger where the base of the triangle was up, and
it was found necessary to provide in the support a
triangular notch in which to place the sharp edge of
the beam.
Striiir/i/i iif CViiii'iix. — The strength of chains varies,
owing to the nature of the iron from which they are
made and their mechanical construction. The
strength also varies as the square of the diameter of
the iron from which the links arc made. Experi-
ments show that a single-link chain from good iron
carefully welded, made from 1 inch diameter round
bars, has a safe working strain of six tons. Great
care must be exercised in using chains on loads that
would cause disaster in case of breaking, and each
link should be carefully examined, always bearing in
mind that the strength of the chain is only equal to
the strength of the weakest link. Many serious ac-
cidents have been caused by not paying proper at-
tention to this fact.
There are many formuhr for determining the safe
load for and breaking strength of chains, all of which
are only approximate and depend upon careful ex-
amination prior to attaching the load. For crane
chains the breaking load can be found by multiplying
the square of the circumference of the link in inches
by H2.4, and for the safe load divide the result
by 6.
Example: What is the breaking load of a chain
made with links from a round bar of iron i of an inch
in diameter? Answer: 75-X32.4=18.225 tons, and
IS "'25
safe load= '""' =3.04 tons, nearly.
Another simple and approximate result is to divide
the square of the diameter of the iron from which the
links are made by !l, and the result is the safe work-
ing strain or load.
Example: A chain made from round iron ■< inch in
diameter, the safe load would be 4 (the number of
eighths of an inch in ^ inch) squared, or 16 divided
by 9=1.8 tons, the safe load.
The same result, nearly, is obtained by squaring
the diameter of the link iron in inches and multiply-
ing by 7.111. Taking the above example the answer
would be: .5- or .25>,7.111 = 1.T7 tons.
To find the diameter of the iron in eighths of an
inch that the links should be made from, to safely
support a given load, proceed as follows: Multiply
the weight to be hoisted or hauled in tons by it and
extract the square root of the product, and the an-
swer will be the number of eighths of an inch there
should be in the diameter of the links.
Example: What sized iron should the links of a
chain be made from to safely support a load of two
tons? Answer: i ' 2X9=i/18=4.24 eighths of an
inch, or a little over J inch in diameter.
Some readers will no doubt recall instances to
their minds where they have lifted much heavier
loads with such chains as shown in the examples
given. Although this is often done without any bad
results, nevertheless these rules should be followed
whenever possible, and especially when chains are
used for long pulls and subject to heavy strains, as
it is much better to err on the safe side.
While dealing with the strength of chains, it may
he of interest and information to readers to have the
following table which I have in my pocket-book and
often find of great value in making calculations as to
strength of iron, bolts, bars, rivets, etc. ;
Tctisile Strength ami Shearing Strain of Iron ami
Steel —
'J'f/itiite fitvenqtli Slteariiig Strength
per Sectional In. i>er Sectional In.
Oast Iron 7 0
Wrought Iron rolled bars 25 20
Best Lowmoor rivets 39 23
Cast Steel, best quality for tools. 52 39
Double Shear Steel 40 30
Cast Steel Boilerplates 48 36
Puddled Steel Boilerplates « HM
Bessemer Steel Boilerplates 32 34
Steel Bars 45 3I>4
OastSteel Rivets 49 XI
Wrought Iron Plates, lengthway.22i4 ' 18
Wrought Iron Plates, crosswise. .20^4 16^
It is as well to explain, for the benefit of some
readers, that tensile strength of any material is the
weight attached to the end of a bar that will tear it
asunder, and the shearing strength is the weight or
pressure that will cut the material through.
In calculating the strength of screw bolts, of course
a proper allowance must be made for the thread, and
an approximate allowance is to deduct i',, from the di-
ameter of small bolts, and from J to ;'■ for large bolts.
For instance, a bolt 5 an inch in diameter, deduct i
of an inch for thread and calculate the strength of
said bolt as if it were a i-bolt. Instead of a i-inch,
and with a bolt 2 inches in diameter, deduct ' and
call it :], when calculating its working or safe load.
In order to fully explain the use of the above table
of tensile strengths and shearing strains, I give an
example as follows:
What is the tensile strength of a bar of iron 2
inches in diameter ?
Here 2 inches in diameter has an area or cross-
section = to 3,141 sectional inches, and 3.141X25=
78J- tons, and the safe load would be _ "=1123 tons.
{To he Continued.)
From nine to Mint.
Nl'MIIEK III.
Ily I). l\. Tliti.!!. Ph. U,, Mi-lter and Rellner o( the United Stales
Mint at Philadelphia.
.Uiil-I'arting I'mcexKiK. — Acid-parting processes
depend upon the solubility of silver, copper, etc., in
an acid which will not attack the gold. Stroig sul-
phuric (oil of vitriol) is such an acid, and nitric acid
is another, but their mode of action and the appa-
ratus required are quite dilTerent. The use of each
will be described in detail.
The .Viiric Aiiil y'rcji-.w.— This is the oldest and un-
til a comparatively recent date the only method in
use for parting gold and silver. The (irst notice we
have of its use on a large scale was in the fifteenth
century, and proved a very profitable one, by some
Germans at Venice, who employed it in extracting
gold from Spanish silver, keeping their art a secret!
They acquired with their wealth the title of "gold
makers " by their mysterious operations.
Parting by nitric acid is conducted on a large scale
in much the same manner as an assay of gold bullion
is made in the laboratory. It consists of the follow-
ing operations:
times repeated. The gold sediment is now trans-
ferred to a lead-lined tub, mounted upon a truck.
The tub has placed in it a perforated false bottom,
which is carefully covered with cotton cloth, the
whole constituting a large colander or movable fil-
ter. Water is now passed through the gold until
most of the silver has been removed, the wash waters
being transferred, as before, to the large tank for
precipitation.
From this filter the gold is transferred to cast iron
pots, in which it receives a boiling in strong sulphuric
acid, to which a small quantity of niter is added.
This treatment extracts an additional portion of sil-
ver and materially increases the fineness of the gold.
The strongly acid liquor is ladled off into vessels
partly filled with water. From this solution the sil-
ver and a little gold are periodically recovered as
"residues." The gold is thrown from the iron pots
into water, washed a number of times by decantation,
and then thoroughly sweetened on a portable tub
filter, such as has been described. It is now dried
and melted. If a sample bar, upon trial, proves to
be tough, the melt is now ladled into molds, giving
i bars of some 300 to 40O ounces each. If the trial bar
I is brittle, the molten mass is fluxed with niter through
eye " of bone ash. The niter oxidizes lead, anti-
(1) Assorting and proportioning the bullion ; (2) 1 an
granulation of the same ; (3) solution of the silver in ™"ay. arsenic, sulphur, etc., the products being ab
acid ; (4) treatment of the gold residue ; (5) precipi ""-^■"^ •"" *^° i"""" ■''^ """"-
yviH7 mel&l c^eaVs
Voncowvc r
tation of the silver as chloride ; (li) reduction of the
chloride by zinc; (7) washing, drying and melting the
parted metals.
It is of course desirable that the bullion should be
approximately free from base metals other than cop-
per. Tin, antimony and arsenic are especially ob-
jectionable, the two former not being soluble in
nitric acid. They give insoluble oxides, which remain
behind with the gold and
must be removed in the cru-
cible by suitable oxidizing
fluxes. Copper, on the
other hand, acts as a sub-
stitute for silver in the
parting process, being, as
it is, readily soluble in nitric
acie. When silver deposits
are scarce, therefore, such
as have considerable quan-
tities of copper, whether of
gold or silver, are not un-
desirable, although the cop-
per requires more acid for
solution than the silver
which it replaces.
It was originally thought
that the proper proportion
for parting was three parts
silver to one of gold, hence
the name "quartation"
given to the process. Ex-
perience has shown, how-
ever, that a lesser propor-
tion of silver is quite as
effective, and that the cop-
per may be considered as
silver for parting purposes. The proportion of gold
to silver (and copper) used at the Philadelphia mint
is 1 to 2i.
The necessary calculations having been made, the
deposits are assorted into melts of about 4000 ounces
each, preferably by mingling gold and silver depos-
its. If the latter are not on hand in sufficient quan-
tity, fine silver is substituted. The "melt" is now
brought to fusion in a large crucible, thoroughly
mixed, and then by means of a dipping cup is poured
into cold water from a height of some 3 feet. The
cup is given a peculiar swirling, wavy motion, by
which means the thin stream of molten metal is
broken up when it strikes the water into leafy
granules and hollow spheres, not unlike golden pop-
corn in appearance — this to expose as much surface
as possible to the action of the acid. These granula-
tions are dissolved in porcelain vessels of about
thirty-three gallons capacity. Twelve such vessels
are placed in a large water bath in what is called the
" parting house." Provision is made for heating the
water, surrounding the jars, and a connection from
the top of the house to a chimney serves to carry off
the acid fumes. ^
Each jar receives a charge of 190 pounds of granu-
lations and 175 pounds of strong nitric acid. When
the first strong action has subsided, steam is ad-
mitted to the water surrounding the jars. The metal
and acid will about half fill the jar. At intervals of
twenty minutes the contents are thoroughly stirred
with a wooden paddle, the doors on the side of the
house being raised for the purpose. The charge is
kept boiling gently during six hours, by which time
most of the silver will have been dissolved, leaving
the gold as a granular sediment. The steam is turned
off from the bath, and hot water added to the jars to
dilute the strong silver solution. After subsidence of
the gold, the clear solution, containing silver, cop-
per, lead, etc., is siphoned off and transferred to the
precipitation tank. The jars are again filled with
hot water, the contents well stirred, and again al-
lowed to settle. The clear liquid is added to the first,
and fifty pounds of fresh, strong acid added to each
jar. The boiling is renewed for five or six hours,
when washing of the gold by decantation is several
sorbed by the bone ash cover.
About tiOOO ounces constitute such a melt, and we
have some fifteen bars of a fineness of 0.998 oi- 0.999,
and worth, say, $8000 each.
( To lie Continueil.)
Iron-Capped Riffles.
The abundance of cheap timber for blocks and rif.
Deeionad by
Hobaon A Warner
fles in all the hydraulic mining districts of California
has prevented the general adoption of more lasting
paving for sluices, where stone is not used. Yet a
number of devices for iron-capped rifHes have been
invented, and iron or steel rails have been in many
cases substituted. The great advantage of these
over stone and block paving is in the ease with which
with them sluices may be cleaned up. The greatest
disadvantage in the use of wooden riffles is that they
wear away quickly. Where hydraulic mining is con-
ducted in districts where wood is expensive, iron or
iron-capped rifHes must in time replace those of wood.
The accompanying out illustrates a style of iron-cap
riffle designed by J. B. Hobson and Mr. Warner.
Mr. Hobson had long experience in this State and is
now in charge of large gravel properties in the Cari-
boo district, B. C.
Australasian Gold Yield.
The following has been received from Consul-
General Maratta, Melbourne:
On the 31st of last December the gross output
from Australasian gold fields amounted, according
to the published statistics, to 99,592,305 ounces, as
follows:
Oniicef..
Victoria 61,03J,8W
New Zealand 13,312,837
New South Wales 1 1,710,510
Queensland 11,172,073
Western Australia 967,626
Tasmania 886,822
South Australia 507,563
Total 99,592,305
This enormous mass of gold represents the work
of the miners from the discoveries in 1851 till the
close of 1896 — say, forty-five and a half years. It
will be noted that the total falls short of 100,000,000
ounces by 407,695 ounces. As this amount is very
much less than the average yearly yield, it follows
that the shortage will be made up very early this
year. Moreover, figures show that the yield is in-
creasing:
Otincefi.
1894 2,243,716
1895 2,359,244
1896 2,375,948
464
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 29, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Amador.
Lnltjcr : The shaft at the Oneida is now down
about UoQ feet. The rock is not breaking as
well as they would like, but still it is better
than it has been.
The north drift in the Anita is now in over
400 feet and the work in it is still progressing
toward the Shober ore chimney. Ledge matter
has been encountered the entire distance.
The excavation for the 40-stamp mill at the
Argonaut has been completed and the work of
putting in the foundation was commenced last
week.
Mining operations at the Jackson Gate mine,
which has been prospected for the past two
years by one of D. Gutmann's companies, has
"been suspended and the machinery taken off
the property.
Hectn-d: At the Guiliani mine, on Sutter
creek, M. D. Nixon has lately obtained pos-
session and is running a tunnel from the creek
bank to tap the ledge in depth. The tunnel
has been extended 110 feet. The ledge is
from 4 to (5 feet wide.
Owing to the death of W. B. Carr, one of
the principal owners in the Gover mine, nil
work has been suspended with the exception
of keeping the pumps going.
Rcpuhlivan: The Kennedy Mining Company
contemplate many improvements during the
present year. Greater facilities and im-
proved machinery will be among the new
features.
The 10-stamp mill recently erected at the
American by W. Dennis will begin operations
soon.
0. M. Meeks is making arrangements to do
prospecting on the old Meeks tract south of
the Zeila mine.
Calaveras.
(Special Correspondence). —The May Day
Company have bonded the Gold Bug mine,
which, with the four locations of the May Day
group, gives them live full claims. At present
they are driving a crosscut tunnel from the
base of the mountain to the south of the
mines. The tunnel will be about 2000 feet
long and will tap the mines 600 to 700 feet
deep. As the mountain is seamed with quartz
ledges, they expect to develop a large number
of veins in addition to the ledges that they
have opened from the surface. Naylor
Williams has secured the O'Henio & Frasier
mine, which shows very rich ore. The Buck-
horn group, Beatrice and Mayflower have
been secured by a Chicago company, who will
develop it. The Falcon is bonded to a Port-
land company. The ore in the Falcon is rich
in visible gold and tellurium. The Old Cala-
veras is being reopened by J. W. Henderson.
The Collier mines have been developed by
Z. A. Willard and Eastern capitalists in-
terested by him. The mines are in charge of
his son, J. Willard. The Central Hill hy-
draulic mine is running full handed and tak-
ing out its usual amount. It is rumored that
the old Oro Plata mine will be reopened. It
is a big property if properly developed and
operated. The hills are full of prospects that
only want money to make them mines.
Murphys, CaL, May 34, '97.
Amador Leducr: The facts as to the strike
in the Gwin mine are that very rich gold-
bearing rock has been discovered running
through the ledge in a wide seam in the north
drift at the 1300 level. The seam is immensely
rich and will go several thousands per ton,
while the balance of the ledge is good milling
ore. The ore is too rich to go into a mill, and,
as the company is not prepared to handle it,
Superintendent Thomas and David McClure,
chief owners of the concern, who are on the
gi'ound, decided to lag up the drift for the
present and proceed to arrange to handle the
gold, which doubtless extends throughout the
depth of their ledge. They are crushing 130
tons of ore per day with their 40 stamps.
(Special Correspondence). — The committee
of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce,
after a careful examination of the methods
of gravel mining at You Bet, has made its
report. Meanwhile the Red Dog mill, which
was enjoined from operating, is still idle,, in
obedience to the courts. However, the time
during which this property is open to work on
account of water supply is rapidly passing by,
Six weeks more at the utmost closes the sea-
son. Men are out of employment in the mean-
time, water goes to waste, gold remains in
the hillside instead of being put into circula-
tion, and hungry mouths are dependent upon
work in the mine.
Without any intention of passing upon the
opinion of others, the writer, who made a sec-
ond trip to the properties in question, and
who is quite familiar with the different
methods of gravel mining, and with the law
governing the case, would say that the whole
affair in dispute resolves itself into this: Are
the parties at You Bet disobeying the law by
their methods of mining; They are not hy-
drauUcking; they are merely ground sluicing.
The answer is self-evident. Engineers and
members of public works will see practically
•da other capable men view the situation.
The people of You Bet were not violating
the law; yet it becomes possible for an indi-
vidual, who must make some record and plaus-
ible excuse for drawing his stipend, to bring
an injunction and stop the earning of wages
by deserving people in their honest pursuit.
It is a very mild stricture to say that this
affair is not only a gross iniustice, but is the
outgrowth of a shortsighted policy, a seeming
gratitication of spleen, a mercenary motive,
that benefits an individual to the injury of a
whole community, and the jeopardizing of
large and widespreading business interests.
Nevada City, May 34, "J7.
(Special Correspondence). — About seven
miles above Washington is situated Maybert,
scattered in its mining properties on both
sides of the Yuba river. With its record of
products in gold from the several mines in the
neighborhood, none of which have been
worked to any great depth, and with the
great advantages for operating the properties
through tunnels, capital will soon find its way
hither to unearth the mineral wealth of this
section.
The formation changes radically in the
short distance from Washington. In and
about Maybert it is a syenitic granite, and
some maintain it is a contact.
At the Governor Morton, owned by Bonney
& Kitchie, the ledge averages 3 feet. The
tunnel is in 330 feet, and ore is stoped to facili-
' tate operations because of limited means. A
small rotary mill grinds out of'e that nets $10,
and no sulphurets are saved.
The Blue Jay, owned by Bonney & Baugh,
is 300 feet above the river and has a 5-starap
mill. It is in syenitic granite and is within
lUO yards east of the contact. By running a
1300-foot tunnel 1000 feet in depth could be
attained. The ore averages ^14 in free gold.
Water to any amount desired is available.
In this vicinity is the old Lindsay, which
has been abandoned for twenty years. The
prospect for reopening "this by a tunnel that
would give about 13uo feet backs is good.
Some twenty- five years ago $150,000 was re-
fused for this mine. Death of the principal
owner caused it to be closed. San l?'rancisco
and Nevada City capital is about assured to
make a deep mining test of the property.
With the available electric power that is
rapidly becoming the popular feature in this
county, and the undoubted mineral resources
of Nevada county, this great mining district
is still in its infancy so far as gold mining is
concerned. Prospects are being steadily de-
veloped and they are offered oh reasonable
terms.
Maybert, May 34, ".)7.
Tclc{iraph : Among the mines that have been
closed for years and are now being further
developed are the Gold Hill, Massachusetts
Hill, Granite Hill, Homeward Bound— lately
acquired by purchase by the Omaha Consoli-
dated Gold Mining Company, the Allison
Ranch and Bullion mines.
The Gold Hill Company is steadily sinking
its shaft and driving drifts north and south
on the 400-foot level.
The Massachusetts Hill Company has de-
cided to sink another vertical shaft, to
further facilitate the workings of their prop-
erty.
The Granite Hill Company is steadily de-
veloping its mines.
The Omaha Consolidated Gold Mining Com-
pany has commenced the sinking of a new
incline shaft. The initial development will
consist of sinking the shaft tocut No. S, No. 10
and No 11 drifts of the Lone Jack south.
The Allison Ranch Company is pumping and
retimbering its mine to the bottom levels.
The Bullion Consolidated Gold Mining Com-
pany have sunk their shaft to a depth of S40
feet, and have encountered the ledge and are
now running drifts north and south.
Hcraid: AX. the Milliken mine the shaft is
down over (»00 feet, and Superintendent Durbin
expects to make a station and begin drifting
when he gets about 30 feet deeper,
Flumas.
Tudcpi'udcnt : The work of pumping out the
Thistle mine is progressing slowly, the water
in the shaft having been lowered at this date
14 feet,
National-Bulletin: At North Pork on the
Scott drift mine a small force of men are
employed and good results being obtained.
.Below this is the San Jose location, owned
by Hugh Kelley, who is driving a tunnel to j
open up the channel.
On Angus Cameron's mine several men are
employed,
. A force of men are driving a new tunnel into
the Glazier to tap the channel at a greater
depth than was done by the first tunnel.
Austin and Cadle who have the Pliocene
drift mine leased from Bransford, Austin and
Higbie, are takink out good pay.
Sau Diego.
U)iii)ii : L. N. Bailey is about to resume
operations on the Kentuck mine at Julian.
This mine, long ago, was one of the principal
producers of the comp.
Moore and Standish have bonded a two-
thirds interest in the Bay Horse and Irma
mines in Mesquite district for ^5,000.
Sierra.
hJnlcrpriac: At the Golden Star drift mine
Wm. Hanley is working a number of miners.
The Docile quartz mine has been bonded
and a shaft will be sunk on the lode.
Shasta.
Scarcldiijlil : The Top Not mine has been
bonded for ^OOOO to the men who recently did
development work on the Delta. Ex-United
States Marshal Prank has charge of the prop-
erty. A contract has been let to deepen the
shaft 75 feet. A lO-stamp mill will be erected
during the summer.
M. D. Butler and son have resumed work on
the Delta mine, but are about to close a deal
with San Francisco capitalists for a bond on
the property.
J. Bischelt has struck rich ore on the west
extfension of the Gold Standard, and F. K.
Fritz is developing his claim on the east ex-
tension of the same ledge, and with good pros-
pects.
On the Paymaster mine, owned by McCourt
& West, a tunnel has been run 350 feet, and
some rich auriferous gravel encountered in
the bed of the old channel, which is tJO feet
above the present channel. Nuggets weigh-
ing from §60 to §70 have been found during
the past few months.
Siskiyou.
Ncwn: Sipe Brothers have begun work at
their quartz mine in New York gulch.
Preparations are being triage for the erection
of a new stamp mill on Indian creek by the
Miller & Parker Company.
The hydraulic mines of Wright & Fletcher,
S. R. Gardner and Eastlick Brothers at Oro
Fino, will probaTjly run until July 1st.
Active operations have begun at the Last
Chance mine, near Callahans, under S. J.
Fore. The elevator will be lowered so that
they can get down to bedrock.
The water supply of the hydraulic mines
about Hoopervifle is falling. The Bay Ciiy
mine, owijed by Moore, Hamilton & Co., and
Geo. Baker's mine are still running pipes.
Parker and Castello are cleaning up bedrock.
Several hundred acres of placer ground was
located in Happy Camp district this week by
men who have the means and enterprise to
develop the property.
The new tunnel at the Commodore mine has
tapped the ledge at a distance of 274 feet from
the surface, and the rock shows prospects
above expectations. The ledge is 3^ feet
in width.
Journal: The Klamath River Flume and
Mining Company, who expect to develop a
large property near Happy Camp, have had
several surveying parties out lately locating
the best route for a ditch.
The Nanetta B. mine, on Thompson creek,
is said to be paying from *500 to SI, 000 a day,
which makes it about the best paying mine
in the county.
The small placer mines in the vicinity of
Hawkinsville have been compelled to close
down, owing to a scarcity of water. Some
seasons they are enabled to run up till the
first of June.
Day & Son, who are the principal investors
in the Klamath Flume and Mining Co., will
start two carloads of machinery from Port-
land next week for use at the mine.
The big pump at Shasta river has been kept
running night and day of late, and furnishes
an abundance of wat er for the Hunter &, Sim-
mons mine below Hawkinsville. The water
pumped at night, is run into a reservoir and
then piped to the mine during the day.
Finley D. Fraser has sold to the Golden
Eagle Quartz Mining Co. of West Virginia
three quartz ledges on Indian creek, known
as the Robert S, Green, Black Crow and May
Apple ledges, adjoining the old Golden Eagle.
L. F. Coburn has leased the Erno & Morri-
son mill in Quartz valley, and also one of
Erno's mines.
The Golden Eagle ledge on Indian creek,
from which the London Q. M. Co. crushed
some rich quartz about the beginning of the
sixties, is to be reopened.
The shaft at the Blue Gravel mine on
Greenhorn has been sunk to bedrock, at a
depth of 108 feet, and the gravel is expected
to pay well.
Rcpoticr: At the Gold Run mine at Hungry
Hill, owned by Dannenbrink Brothers, a 4-foot
ledge of high-grade ore has been encountered
in the new 1200-foot tunnel. The 400-foot
raise to the tunnel above has been completed,
which furnishes plenty of pure air for the
miners. It is estimated that there is enough
ore in sight to keep a 10-stamp mill going day
and night for seven years. Fourteen men are
employed at the mine.
A new tunnel is being driven to tap the
ledge of the Taylor mine in Cottonwood dis-
trict.
Work is going rapidly ahead in the tunnel
of the Bonanza King mine owned by A. Davis
& Company,
Trinity.
An Oakland company has purchased the
Rumfeldt mine near Carrville. This property
consists of about 100 aci'es of good auriferous
gravel.
The new pump at the Altoona mine, at Cin-
nabar, has been placed in position and started
up. It is hoped that in two weeks the water
will be lowered below the upper levels. When
the mine is pumped dry about eighty more
men will be given employment in and about
the mine.
Tuolumne.
Union-Democrat: At the Rawhide the main
shaft has reached the 1100 level. It will be
continued to the 1300, when crosscutting and
drifting will be commenced. Later on the
shaft will be run dovvti still another hundred
feet. Work is also being pushed on the north
drift of the 800, but the ore which keeps the
4U-stamps dropping comes from the stopes be-
tween the 1000 and 900 the 1)00 and 800. It has
not yet been decided whether a cyanide or con-
centrating plant will be put up, but probably
the former will be adopted.
At the Black Oak the main shaft has reached
the 800-foot mark, with a big body of fine ore
in sight. Drifting still continues north and
south on the 700 level, and the main portion
of rock reduced still comes from those points.
The shipment of 300 tons per month to Selby's
keeps up regularly. The work of putting on
the additional ten stamps to the mill and the
erection of the cyanide plant is being hurried
along as fast as possible.
At the App the main shaft is down to the
UOO level, with a strong 25-foot vein of quartz
in the bottom. The mill is being fed from
ore taken from the stopes of the 800 level.
The New Era, owned by Holland and Trc-
wartha, will be put in working order this
summer, and started up with entirely new
machinery.
I ndcpcndcnt : The Omega mine whicb was
recently sold to a Scotch syndicate will soon
commence operations.
The SO-stamp mill to be erected on the Pino
Blanco has been ordered and work on it will
be immediately commenced.
NEVADA.
Silfcr State: At Golconda a number of
quarrymen and masons have arrived at the
Adelaide copper mine. Buildings will soon be
erected to accommodate the workingmen, who
are arriving daily. The townsite has been
laid out south of the Golconda hot springs
hotel, and the plant is to be located east of
the townsite, The water supply has already
been provided for in Robinson's basin, where
two large dams have been built.
At Jersey, Humboldt county, a once pros-
perous mining camp not very distant from
Kennedy, J, W. Abel and sons are working on
the old Jersey mines and other claims and are
taking out some very rich lead ore which is
being shipped to the smelting works of Selby
& Co., San Francisco.
Ford, Douglass and others have a lease on
the old dumps and are working them over
with a jig with a capacity of ten tons a day
and are making good wages. They have
enough to keep them busy for at least four
years.
At Kennedy J. A. Blossom has several men
working on the Gold Note and other claims,
which look encouraging.
At Spring valley J. B. Foltz and Sons have
their hydraulic works in operation and have
plenty of water with which to work.
At Bloody canyon John Taylor is working
on his antimony mine in which a 3-foot vein of
antimony was recently struck. He is getting
ready to make a shipment of ore.
OREGON.
Medford Mail: The old Bybee quartz mine on
Rogue river, below Galice creek, is now the
property of Turner & Sanders who will re-
sume work this summer.
Work still continues at Baylor &. Iliff's pump-
ing plant on Rogue river. This plant has
been working now for some five months and
it has been demonstrated that it is a paying
enterprise.
Dowell & Belding's 5-stamp mill started up
last week on Green's creek.
A. W. Fox and others have taken charge of
the Strong & Phillips copper ledge in Waldo
district, and will sink a shaft 100 feet and
then run a drift of the same length. -
Rogue River ('oiu'icr: The 5-stamp mill at
the Jewett mine will be in operation in a few
days. Some 100 tons of ore are ready foi'
grinding.
Layton is running two placer mines with
abundant water, one on Williams creek and
the other on Ferris gulch.
Pollock & Co. are in over 100 feet on a ledge
at tlie head of Jumn-off-Joe which widens as
they advance. Hitherto an arrastra has done
the crushing but sulphurets lately appear and
so a stamp mill with concentrator are being
considered.
Baker City Democrat: The shaft at the
Virginia Consolidated is now at a depth of
nearly 600 feet. Crosscutting will be com-
menced soon.
The Flagstaff mine, five stamps, is running
ten hours daily. The water in the shaft is
increasing and it is expected there will soon
be a sufficient supply to run all the stamps of
the mill for twenty-four hours.
At the Gold Ridge mine the machinery for
hoisting works will be put up at once to admit
of deep sinking operations. A vertical shaft
has been started and will be run to a depth of
500 feet before crosscutting.
The big ditch which has been in course of
construction for several months for the Flick
Bar Placer Mining Company has been com-
pleted.
T. A. Walley and L. E. loiter, owners of
the Sixteen-to-One group of mines in the
Pleasant Valley district, are preparing to
extensively develop them.
WASHINGTON.
Spnhr.iiinan-lieineiv: At Chewelah a large
body of ore has been struck on the Copper
King mine the ore showing native copper.
At Eureka camp on the Colville reservation
a tunnel 118 feet long on the Lone Pine cross-
cuts several veins of from 2 to 4 feet, but
at 102 feet they struck a ledge 10 feet wide
and 80 feet below its cropping on the surface.
This ledge is as fully free milling at that
depth as at the apex of the vein.
Seattle Timea: At Snohomish the Naiad
Queen and Belcher claims are to be worked.
A number of miners have gone to work on
the P. and I. mine near Monte Cristo under
contract with the company to do 100 feet of
tunnel.
The May Creek Mining and Milling Com-
pany put eight men to work this week on their
propei*tv.
At Silverton the main ledge has been struck
in the St. Louis en Deer creek. A four-drill
compressor was placed on the property and a
crosscut started, and at a distance of 240 feet
an IS-icch vein of well defined ore was ex-
posed.
Bessie and Rhodes of the Double Eagle,
with a force of seven men, are building camps
neai' their free milling propositions on Cole
creek. The placing of a stamp mill on their
properly is now in contemplation.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The annual report of the president of the
Iron Mask gives the following financial state-
ment for the year ending May 1, 1S97:
Total amountof ore shipped (tons) ''nl^S
Cash reiilizccl on same $55,SI46.»7
KECEir'L'S.
Managers' per cent 9 3>2™-°2
Salesof oro ^''*?!xxA
Money advanced by War Eagle Co 13,000.00
Total "$73,133.87
DISBURSEMENTS.
Operating expenses *"5'flX?'Ao
Cash in treasurer's hands Q,QOi.\N
Total $73,133.87
The exports of Slocan ore via the outport of
Revelstoke for tlie month of April were:
Toitm. Vatiit:
D. N. White 300 mm
Idaho 134 15.19fl
Enterprise 40 6-573
Momtor "^ fJJ"
Mountain Chief 20 \>f^
Hustler 19 _~''_
Totals 538 $52,544
President Clarke, of the Old War Eagle
Company, in his annual report, submitted ft
flnauoiai statement of Vhe company's affairs
May 20, 181)7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
455
from the bcglDoing of oporations. Ucceinber
3. 1894, up to May 1, lS{t7, as follows:
Total miiouDt of ore ti)iippr-(l, pouDils.. .. 4I.SII,1-J5
Tout amount of ore stilpp*'«l. tons ao,757 SI
Total aniouot uf cabh rucoived oo iilMjve,|6ul,l5U.7ti
HKCEIITS.
SsleHor Off J5Ul.IS0.78
VlrgioiH Compttoy, Hupplles lU.M
RoHstsnd loiH 12,050, leas ImprovomeDtb
•l,47J.7S ft?^.*
WarKuKlCNulc TUO.OOO.OO
Total
D1HUUK8BMIINTH.
OPfriitlai; rxpooROB
l>Ivltj«-*uii prr L-fQt., KiiIoH ore, etc .,
Divltlitnd War Kagle Rale
IroD M»Kk loaa
Iron Musk KuppUes.
..|t,a)l,7as.OO
.$ :&2.(M«.ii
. 217^«).00
. . 603,700.00
IS.SUOOO
10.66
11,600.62
CaHh In iruaMuror'K baodd •8,450.02
UnpulU divlileods 0,231.00
Total ♦l.20l,rJ8.6y
The followlDg table shows the product of
the Koolonay miDes fur the week coding May
15. The total value will doubtless reach
fl.OOO.OOO for the first five months of 18S7:
nVUAOti AND .MA'rTK.
Pounds. Vaiui.
Trail smelter 244,657
Apjiroximatf
Noble Vivv mines, Slutan. .
Slocan Stur. Sandon
Slocan li*)y mine
Little I'tiil idIdc, AlnKwiirtti.
Uluck Uiamund, Ainsworth...
To til.
UK
135
17
19
18
I'alae.
ToluMcir week 400 $ 94.947
Total su far for May 960 2-,M.982
Total for April 3,764 433:^X
Total for March 5,822 877.6><1
Total for February 5.201 562,853
Total for. lauuary 4.543 ft75,506
Total via Revelstoke May 12.. 2,296 223.382
Total an far for 1897 22.58ti l',7'.1*.63H
Sitn}<f.-<>nnn-ftrviriv: The manager uf the
•lumbo reiwrts that about 1000 feet of tunnels,
drifts and shafts had been opened. Work is
now being done on the lower tunnel. They
are in about .'150 feet, and expect to cut into
the ore body in about 100 feet more.
At Kaslo George Nelson, acting as agent for
eastern capitalists, has bonded the Morning
Star, in the Jackson Basin group of mines,
from Jackson Bros. The consideration is
$35,000, upon which *2000 was paid in cash, the
balance to be [)aid in six and nine months.
C. L. Webb and his associates of Seattle
have made the final payment on the Monte-
zuma mine, located on the south fork of Kaslo
river. The amount, f 15,000, was not due until
August ,111th. The mine will shortly be
equipped with a concentrator and tramway.
The Reco is one of the winter mines of the
Slocan at present, as it is necessary to take
the ore out on rawhides. Up to the present
lime it has paid $150,000 in dividends, the last
being May dividend of $50,000. In the winter
season they employ from So to 100 men. The ore
body is now about 20 inches of high grade,
running about 700 ounces to the ton.
In the Ainsworth camp there are about 200
miners employed. The Canadian Pacific M. ct
M. Company have twenty men at work under
M. A. Hallman. They 'are running the mill
all the time.
Eight men are at work on the Ajax, one of
the Laurier Gold and Silver MiningCompany's
properties.
Kossland Miner: The Josie has resumed
shipments. The mine can easily supply a car-
load of ore a day for an indefinite period.
The Kootenay and Columbia will also re-
sume shipments this week.
The Cliff is ready to resume shipments.
Several hundred tons of ore are on the dumps
of the upper tunnel, and the mine is being put
in shape to produce regularly.
It is expected the aggregate shipments this
week will be much the largest in the history
of the camp.
The Black Bear now has one of the largest
ore bodies ever opened in the camp. The Black
Bear lies between the White Bear and the
Le Roi and belongs to the Le Roi Company.
The ore body is 12 feet wide. The ore now
being taken out looks like the standard Le
Roi ore and carries 4 or 5 per cent of Copper.
Spokane Chronicle: At Rossland some rich
copper ore has been found in the Jo Jo, west
of the Commander. The lead Is supposed to be
the same as that which runs through the
Commander.
Work has been resumed in the face of the
St. Elmo tunnel, and the showing there is
the finest ever seen on the property. The tun-
nel is now in nearly 500 feet.
At Ymir the Black Hawk mine has been
bonded for $75,000 upon a 5 per cent cash pay-
ment. It is the intention of the new company
to put a force of men to work at once.
The New Victor Mining Company have com-
menced development work and have erected
the necessary bnildings.
ALASKA.
Miner: The five-coiupartment shaft which
is being built by the Treadwell Company is
rapidly approaching the surface. It has now
reached a point within 50 feet of the top.
At Sheep Creek, in the Nowell mine, in ad-
dition to the fifteen extra stamps, five more
concentrators will be installed, and the pres-
ent output of the mill will be more than dou-
bled.
The Silver Queen tunnel No. 1 is in about
600 feet. It will be driven a distance of 2S0
feet farther.
No. 2 drift in the Glacier is 400 feet long;
No. 3 drift is 483 feet long and in ore its en-
tire length, and has 4 feet of ore on the face.
This is 280 feet from the surface. No. 4 cross-
cut is in a distance of 370 feet, and 156 feet of
it in ore.
OTAH.
Salt Lake Trihmic: The directors of the
Golden Bar Mining Company have decided to
continue development work on their property
at West Dip, and to go to whatever depth may
be necessary to reach the ore bodies.
The management of the Brickyard have
decided that before beginning the construction
of tbo mill to conduct a seriesofexperluieatsat
the Golden Gate's experiracntal plant. The
ore bodies in the Brickyard are among the
best that has been uncovered at Mercur.
At Park City J. J. Duly states that there
is no probablliiy of the Daly- West shipping any
ore in the near future, unless the action of
the railroads in increasing iho rates on ore
and the action of the smelters in increasing
treating charges is reconsidered. The work
of sinking the shaft to the KtOO feet level has
been completed, and the men engaged in the
work, about twonty in number, will belaid oIT.
The hoisting works which were intended to
be erected at shaft No. 2 of the Creole, will
be erected on the Typo group, just above the
Creole.
The Sioux-Ajax tunuel has now reaubod the
2400 foot station and with the new air com-
pressor will advance at the rate ofoverfVi
feet a week.
In the Daly- West in an upraise from the
•.KX)-foot level a body of ore has been encoun-
tered that is rather richer than the general
run of mineral in the mine. It will assav 100
ounces in silver and :iO per cent lead. *Tho
pay streak is 3 feet in thickness.
The tunnel on the Dutch Canyon property
is in about OOO feet. There are abundant
indications' of copper on the surface of the
ground and they are now beginning to appear
in the tunnel.
Tintic .i//n.T: The shipments for the week
were as follows : From the Bullion-Beck
mine, fifteen carloads of ore; Bullion-Beck
mill, three carloads of concentrates: Centen-
nial-Eureka. three carloads of ore; Eureka
Hill mill, five carloads of concentrates; Uncle
Sam, four carloads of ore; Humbug, two car-
loads of ore; Mammoth mill, seven carloads of
concentrates ; Carisa, two carloads of ore;
Sioux mill, two carloads of ore ; Swansea, one
carload of ore: South Swansea, five carloads
of ore; North Star, three carloads of ore;
Dragon Iron mine, one carload of ore daily-
The drift on the lOU-foot level of the Tri-
umph has run into ore, showing good assays.
B. M. Cornish has let a 100-foot contract for
tunneling on the Empire Cons, group at Mt.
Nebo.
The report to the effect that the Mammoth
mine and mill will be shut down is a mistake,
and that no such action is contemplated.
A new strike of ore has been made on the
050 level of the Swansea. The new strike
shows greately increased gold values.
Mercur Men-urn: At La Cigale last week in
grading for the mill on the Boston the heavy
lime capping of what was supposed to be the
fool wall country was removed and it was
found that underlying it was an immense
body of ore at least 100 feet in width, all of
which appears to be good milling ore.
Mercur Miner: Twelve or fourteen men are
at work on the Waohusetts, and a contract
has been let for doing a large amount of shaft
and tunnel work.
Bingham liiiUetin: About the 1st of June
the Frisco will begin putting in machinery,
consisting of a 40 H. P. engine, hoists, pumps,
etc The main shaft of the mine is now 100
feet deep, and four drifts have been run from
it. They are all showing first-class ore.
Another contract for 200 feet of the develop-
ment work has been let on the Mohawk.
Eight carloads of lumber for the Highland
Boy mill have been delivered and four more
are at the depot.
The Heaston Brothers will soon start their
water power jigs, probably on Montezuma and
Julia Dean ore.
Prom five to seven carloads of ore are going
out daily.
Work will be resumed in a few days on the
Lone Tree adjoining the Frisco.
Silver City Silar: A very fine showing of
ore is reported in the Bull Domingo, encoun-
tered on the 200-foot level. The ore is rich in
lead and silver and the vein varies from 4
inches to 2 feet in thickness.
A 2-foot body of ore was recently encoun-
tered in a crosscut from the 200-foot level of
the Fissure mine.
A strike of ore was made on the 050-foot
level of the Swansea last week in a drift be-
ing run to tap the ore directly beneath the
stope on the 550-foot level.
Salt Lake Tribune: There are now il0,000
pounds of gilsonite on the road for the Culmer
Bros, between here and the Pariett mines.
They have let a contract to haul 1300 tons of
lime-rock asphaltum from their Clear Creek
mines to the railroad.
Five cars of stone are being daily shipped
from the Kyune stone quarries, and it is
claimed that the shipments will be kept up
nearly all summer.
The coal mines at Caslle Gate are at present
only working about half time, and many of
the miners are leaving the camp for other
fields.
IDAHO.
Siiuhesmnn-liei'icw : Within the territory
drained by the two branches of the Cieur
d'Alene river there are between 50 and 100
claims whose owners expect will be producing
ore in paying quantities before the snows of
another winter begin to fall.
At Wardner there will be little new work
outside of that done by the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan Mining and Milling Company. Most
of the property in that neighborhood has
passed into the possession of that company,
and instead of a dozen mines that place will
have one, monstrous in size, rapidly increas-
ing its force and product.
At Wood river there are forty men at work
on the Minnie Moore mine for Park City par-
ties. It was at first understood that their op-
erations were to be confined to the dump, but
the water is to be cleared from the mine and
the property worked.
Captain Day, of the Jessie mine, at Belle-
vue, proposes to build a mill that will reduce
75 to 100 tons of ore per day.
A. H. Boreman has taken a bond and lease
of the Bullion and Mayflower, and has put
about fifty men to work. These properties
I have each produced about 13,000,000, and It Is
I believed tboy will again become dividend-
i payers under good management.
j Mr. Boreman is working seventy-five men
on the Jay Gould, which he purchased from
I "Deacon" White, the New York broker.
C. K. Towne reports that work will soon be
started up on the Elmore mine, at Rocky Bar,
by W. A. Clark, of Boston, the owner. The
plan is to sink :tOO feet and thoroughly explore
the projiertv.
MONTANA.
Butte Miner: The Hesperus Leasing Com-
pany will commence crosscutting on the Hes-
perus shaft, sunk by the I*arrol Company,
some time this week.
Manager Maginuis of the Montana Ore
Purchasing Company states that the usual
output from the Rarus and the Glengarry is
keeping up, the latter niine supplying any
curtailment in the output of the [{.arus, caused
by the injunction against working certain por-
tions of the mine claimed by the Boston and
Montana and Butte and Bosten.
The deal for the transfer of the Mayfiower
group of mines, near Norris, has been consum-
mated between A. G. Macdonald of Norris,
the former owner, and Frank H. Turner and
J. .J. Broughall, of Butte, by which the latter
acquire full title to tlie group of twelve
claims. Development work will begin on the
property at once.
WYOMINC.
A strike of gold-bearing ore luis been made
ten miles east of Saratoga, in the foothills
along Cedar creek, by prospectors. The lead
can be traced for half a mile along the surface
and shows from 0 inches to 4 feet in width.
COLOKAI>0.
Hcpulillvnn: At Telluride all the principal
mines are either being worked to their full
capacity, or being put in condition for a large
and constant production.
The Columbia-Meoona mines and mills were
started up full blast the first of this week
and they will employ 125 to 150 men the rest
of the year. The 30-stamp mill disposes of
about ibo tons of ore a day.
It is believed that the Japan mines and
concentrating plant will be started up within
the next week or two, which will give employ-
ment to about lOU men.
The Tom Boy vein has not yet been cut by
the mill tunnel crosscut, although it is in a
distance of 1,U00 feet, the length of the tunnel
calculated, according to surveys, that would
intersect it, but it may be that the vein has
dipped more than figured on.
Development work is being prosecuted on
the Grand View, lying on the mountain south
of the Gold King mill, under the superintend-
ency of C. A. Hallett.
At Cripple Creek some of the mill men of the
camp are objecting to the agitation of the fact
that the mines of the camp are being re-
stricted in the production of mill ore for fear
that mill building will be overdone and are
looking forward to a time when the capacity
in this line will exceed the supply of ore.
Tutt & Penrose are holding down the water
in their leasing shaft on the Abe Lincoln in
Poverty gulch and appear to be able to work
on the ore reserves in spite of the properties
which have shut down.
After working nine months and producing
$78,000 gross value of ore, the Foley Leasing
Company has been forced to turn back the
Lillie on Legal Tender spur of Bull hill with
$11,000 indebtedness for the owners to lift.
Barker, Andrews &■ Hall have let a contract
for sinking a 100-foot shaft on the north end of
the Elreno property on Gold hill on the new
vein recently opened by lessees.
The Newell tunnel in Grouse mountain is
making an average of 10 feet a day at present
and is now 150 feet on its way.
The upraise on the Lelia vein from the
Chicago-Cripple Creek tunnel, being run by
John Nolen to develop a leased portion, is
now in 12 feet of ore that gives average assays
its full width.
The Bluebird Company has uncovered the
best body of ore yet found in the mine in the
fourth level from the old shaft.
McCourt c^ Burns will equip their 100-foot
leasing shaft on the north end of the Burns of
the Acacia Company with a new steam plant
and push the shaft down an additional 100 feet.
The vein is showing low values in body.
The ore has been located by the crosscut at
150 feet from the Sutphen shaft on the west
end of the Yellowbird, and the grade found
is equal to that in the level above.
The McKinley Gold Exploration Company
of London has raised a treasury fund of $40,000
to be expended in developing its R. A. M. and
Pessimist, and in patenting a number of prop-
erties on outlving hills.
At Victor McCourt and McCourt have dis-
posed of the nine locations at McCourt camp
on the Florence ^ Cripple Creek railroad to
Kansas City parties who propose putting on a
combination amalgamating and cyanide mill
to handle the immense body of gold-bearing
quartize that covers that section. Several
attempts have been made in the past to handle
the rock to a profit with stamp mills, but to
no success.
In Gilpin county at Pine creek the Portland,
in Elk park, has been leased and bonded to
Burdis and Vickers of Colorado Springs for
eighteen months for $25,000. The new parties
will put up raachiner}' and commence sinking.
Mike Corowell is driving his St. Louis
tunnel, at the moulh of Elk creek, and is now
in over 200 feet, the drift at present showing
a 30-inch streak of lead and yellow copper,
which is being sacked.
Scott, Converse and Britton have resumed
work on their Magnet tunnel, on Michigan
hill, which at a distance in of 100 feet shows
up encouragingly.
Prospectors are arriving daily in the Black
canyon section, and work has been resumed
on several properties during the past week.
Pennsylvania parties are interested in the
Buckeye tunnel, which is in over 000 feet, and
after some necessary wprk Of petimbering the
mouth of the tunnel active work will be
started in this properly.
in Boulder county the camps of Sunshine
and Magnolia arc in the tellurium and more
men are at work in both places than at any
lime since the first discoveries were made.
AKIZONA.
tirinilitienu : At the Commouwoallh Mining
Company's property at I*earce the customary
shipments of ore coutinue. The construction
of the lio-iun mill is being pushed.
In the Dragoous the Black Diamond group
of mines has been bonded to the Copper
(^>ueen Co. Prof. Rickelts, who is conuecteil
with the Copper i,iueen Co., will superintend
the further development of the Black Dia-
mond.
The Golden liule mine, six miles south of
Cochise station, has been sold lo J. W. Bib-
bins of Philadelphia for $50,000, half in cash
and balance in stock.
Russellville copper mine, west of Dragoou
station, is being prospected by steam drill.
The Grand Reave mine in Arivaipa canyon,
owned by Raum <Si. Cunningham, has been
bonded to a New York syndicate and work
will be pushed on a targe scale.
The Saginaw Mming Company is develop-
ing the Saginaw mines, nine miles south of
Tucson, in a systematic manner, with a view
to doing deep work. The ledge on the 50-foot
level is 10 feet wide and between good walls.
When ground is opened, to supply sufficient
ore they will erect a 300-ton concentrating
plant and pump water from the river, three
miles distant.
Three hundred men are now on the payroll
of the Excelsior Mining Compiiny. This num-
ber will probably be increased when the com-
pany has their plant in working order.
There is great excitement over a rich strike
on the lower levels of the Tres Amigos gold
mines at Oro Blanco. There is a 2-foot streak
of high-grade ore.
At the Vulture mine the new owners took
possession April s. At present there arc
thirty-five men at work, seven miners keep-
ing the 10-stamp mill busy. The great beds
of tailings stretch for a mile through a wide
ravine. It is estimated that there are 300,000
tons. A lOOton cyanide plant is now being
freighted from Fool's Gulch and a few months
will see it in active operation here.
NKW MEXICO.
Silver City /•;n/crpri.'<c: 'At Hanover A. B.
Laird has purchased the Cinque Senoras
mine, Hanover gulch, and started work. A
body of copper ore is opened.
At Santa Rita J. B. Gilchrist has thirty
men working upon the Guadaloupe, Oxide
and Chino mines. On the Gladaloupe the new
Gilchrist shaft is down about 70 feet and
shows a 3-foot vein of ore which runs 24 per
cent copper.
At Mogollon the main adit level on the Con-
fidence is in 1524 feet. The ore body in the
breast of the tunnel is over 4 feet in width
and is of much higher average grade than the
ore milled during the past year. This new
ore body in the breast of the main level is
directly under a big outcrop of ore of the same
grade which shows in an open cut upon the
surface.
The Apache camp, in the Little Hatchet
mountains, in the southern portion of Grant
county, was in the early eighties a big pro-
ducer of lead and copper ores, butthem'nes
have been for some time dormant. About
two months ago Weems & Anderson took a
lease upon the Copper King mine. With a
very small amount of development work they
uncovered a large body of ore. With twelve
men they are making regular shipments rang-
ing from 100 to 200 tons per month.
J. D. Weems, one of the owners of the
lease on the Copper King, has purchased from
Gleason &, Anderson one-third interest in the
Gopher mine. Work was started last week
and the mine has already become a producer.
The ore body is from 6 to 10 feet in thickness.
At Pinos Altos the Treasure Mining Com-
pany have decreased the force of men at work
in the mine uutil the new machinery being
put up in the mill is in place, as the mine pro-
duces ore too rapidly for the storage capacity
of the mill.
MEXICO.
(Special Correspondence). — The Compania
Minera de Pennies at Mapimi, State of Du-
rango, Mexico, have two large mines, smelting
works, twenty miles of narrow-gauge rail-
road, electric light plant, telephone line, and
have just finished the first rack railroad ever
built in Mexico. Their headquarters are at
Mapimi, where they have 400 acres of land
enclosed by an adobe wall 12 feet high, inside
of which is all of their plant. Outside of this
is the Ferro-Carril Mapimi, which goes
twenty-four kilometers, or fifteen miles to
Estacion, Mapimi, on the Mexican Central
Railroad. A branch runs from the smelter
four miles to the pumping station at the foot
of the hill, where is the shaft of the mine.
The smelter's daily product is 550 bars of
bullion, each weighing 85 pounds, mostly lead,
containing a little silver and gold. The bars
are shipped on the company's railroad to the
Mexican Central to Tampico, thence to
Hamburg.
The gauge of the railroad is thirty inches.
It has cost a little over half a million dollars.
There are four engines and forty-five cars.
Nearly all the labor is native Mexican. The
principal diet is tortillas, beans and coffee.
One shaft is now sunk 1700 feet; another
about 000 feet. From the former the produc-
tion is about 1.50 tons of ore daily. Nearly
2000 people are in the employment of the com-
pany. Peons receive $1 a day at the mine
and 75 cents at the smelter. Underground
work is let to contractors, who make from
$1.50 to $3 a day.
For nearly 300 years this mine has been
worked by native Mexicans in a primitive
manner. All the timber used here is brought
from Texas and Florida and fitted in the
shops of the smelting works.
Mapimi, Mexico, May 1, '97.
456
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 29, 1897.
Scientific Pros:ress.
Revolutionizing Plant Qrowtli
with Ether.
Consul Kirk, of Copenhagen, sends
the following translation frona Danne-
brog of February 12, 1897, of an ac-
count of an interesting discovery in the
physiology of plants.
Mr. Johannsen, lecturer at the Agri-
cultural High School, delivered a lec-
ture two evenings ago on the results
so far obtained by the etherizing
method, which consists in developing
plants earlier than is normal to thena
by exposing them to the influence of
ether fumes.
By exposing sleeping plants to the
influence of ether and chloroform, the
result is obtained that each plant, aftei
the treatment with ether, begins to
shoot; they have thus probably been
awakened from their previous condi-
tion of sleep or inactivity. This sleep
is due to a regular stoppage of activ-
ity, which causes the growth to cease.
Mr. Johannsen's first experiment
was made with willow plants and next
with bulbs and hyacinths. In the fall
of 1894, he experimented with lilacs.
As a result of these experiments, it
was proved that the etherizing of the
bulbs had no effect before the forma-
tion of the roots; the condition pro-
duced by the ether passed before the
formation of the roots had advanced
sufficiently to cause budding. Mr. Jo-
hannsen has also made some experi-
ments with La Reine; the growth was
considerable and the development of
the bulb was in every respect satis-
factory. The experiment was com-
menced on November 20 and on Decem-
ber 19 a part of the tulips were salable.
The problem was solved as regards
La Reine. It would, however, be of
greater interest to produce lilies of the
valley. The experiment in this direc-
tion in 1895 was promising, but the re-
sults this year were very poor.
Interesting and important are the
experiments with ligneous plants. Li-
lacs grow splendidly when placed in an
air-tight compartment and exposed
forty-eight hours to the effect of 500 or
600 cubic centimeters of ether, and
then placed in a hothouse. Just before
Christmas, the plants had developed
splendidly. The etherizing of the plants
will cost 1 to li cents each. The main
point is to get the plants to shoot at
any time before Christmas, even in
September and October. Mr. Johann-
sen has had blooming lilacs on the 10th
of September, but the plants did not
develop regularly. It has, on the
whole, been proved that the ether is
not beneficial if applied before the mid-
dle of November.
The ether causes a derangement in
the independence which should char-
acterize each of the different stages of
the plant. The development is not
harmonious, owing to the too strong
or too weak action of the ether. Mr.
Johannsen will now try to gradually
bring the plants to stand the action of
the ether by giving them larger and
larger doses. Experiments were made
with certain seeds; for instance, the lu-
pine grass and barley, and it was at
once demonstrated that increasing
doses of ether had a powerful effect,
It is not so much the repetition of the
ether which is the important point in
the treatment, but its increasing ap-
plication. The small and light doses
of ether have a harmonizing and equal-
izing influence on the growth of ger-
minating plants.
It can be said that some progress
has undoubtedly been made, but no one
can tell to what astonishing results this
discovery may lead. Tulips, lilacs,
etc., can be developed much earlier
and have a pretty color and great du-
rability, as the ether frees the plant of
decomposable matter.
To etherize the plants, they are
placed in an air-tight receptacle and
exposed from twenty-four to ninety-six
hours (generally forty-eight hours) to
the influence of the eiher. Cylindrical
glasses are used for small plants, and
for large plants an oil-painted box, the
interior of which is lined with tin foil,
i feet high and long and 2: feet broad.
On the lid a small hole is made, which
is closed with a cork and the ether is
conducted through this hole. As ether
is very inflammable, great care must
be taken not to bring candles or
matches near it. The ether is dis-
solved at from 15° to 20° C.
Liquid Air an Agent of Research.
In beginning a course of lectures on
" Liquid Air as an Agent of Research,"
at the Royal Institution in London last
month. Professor Dewar said it was a
mistake to suppose that the establish-
ment of the various eryogenic labora-
tories that now existed in Europe was
due to a desire merely to attain very
low temperatures. Rather the desire
was to investigate the conditions of
gases of all temperatures and thus
carry on the work of Faraday, Reg-
nault, and Dr. Andrews of Belfast.
The laws of Boyle and Charles, con-
necting together the volume, pressure
and temperature of a gas, broke down
as the liquid state was reached and in-
deed before, and for them Van der
Waals, working on the careful meas-
urements made by Andrews, proposed
a new formula which connected the
gaseous and liquid states. From this
it was possible to calculate the critical
temperature of a gas, above which no
amount of pressure could liquefy it,
and the work of Cailletet and others
consisted in the experimental verifica-
tion of the results thus obtained. Van
der Waals also predicted that there
would be found one isothermal line
which would express the pressure,
temperature and volume relations of
all gases, and Amagat's work had con-
firmed this prediction. Referring to
the difficulty of getting to very low
temperatures, the lecturer said that if
we had liquid hydrogen to-morrow we
should still be a long way from the zero
of absolute temperature and should
have no conceivable way of reaching it.
No liquefied gas could be utilized to
produce a fall of temperature more
than one-third to one-half its absolute
critical range. Hence the lowest tem-
perature that could be obtained by
means of liquid hydrogen would still
leave us some 20 degrees above the ab-
solute zero. In the course of the ex-
periments which occupied the rest of
the lecture. Professor Dewar illus-
trated the application of extreme cold
to the purpose of analysis by showing
how with its aid certain constituents,
such as ethylene and marsh-gas, could
be separated out in a liquid form from
a mixture of coal-gas. He also showed
the extreme contraction produced by
cold in gaseous and other bodies by
cooling one end of a tube of ethylene,
the other end being immersed in mer-
cury. When the ethylene became
liquid the mercury had risen in the
tube substantially as high as in the
barometer, proving the vapor pressure
to be practically as small as in the
Torricellian vacuum.
In his attempts to photograph flying
bullets by the light of the spark. Prof.
C. V. Boys has found that the double
flash produced lasted somewhat less
than the 100,000th of a second, giving
only blurred pictures. He, therefore,
shortened the spark. Instead of wire
terminals, he used two very thick,
broad bands of copper, not more than
2 inches long, which reached round op-
posite edges of the photographic plate
in such a manner that a spark resulted
when electric junction was effected by
the passage of the bullet. The spark
was thus shortened to about 1-13,000,-
000 of a second ! In this time a Ijullet
from an ordinary magazine rifle could
not travel more than 1-500 of an inch,
and good and sharp pictures were' ob-
tained.
Foe some time past there has been a
tendency on the part of an increasing
number of chemists to attack the prob-
lems of inorganic chemistry, profiting
by the light which the study of organic
chemistry has thrown upon the carbon
and nitrogen atoms. This is an en-
couraging tendency from the stand-
point of theoretical chemistry, for
while the devotion of by far the largest
proportion of chemists, for several dec-
ades down to the present time, to or-
ganic chemistry has widened vastly our
knowledge of organic compounds and
the carbon atom, yet the study of all
other atoms is even more necessary for
the theory of chemistry. Relatively
very few inorganic compounds have
been studied and some of our most fa-
miliar reactions are illy understood.
So far from the inorganic field having
been long ago worked out and ex-
hausted, it is here that the chemistry
of the future will find its most prolific
harvest. Yet the field is far harder to
till and less productive of immediate
results. — Science.
Mechanical Progress.
The Use of Compressed Air for
Mining Purposes.
NUMBER III.
A lectui-e delivered to the Engineering Students
of tlie Leland Stanford Jr. University, ivray 3,
1897, by Edwakd a. Rix, M. Am. Soc. M. B.
To those who care to put thought on
the subject of compressed air, I would
suggest the subject of special motors
and reheaters as a field offering both
honor and remuneration. The advo-
cates of compressed air would gain
several points if they would pattern
after the methods of electrical en-
gineers, who have claimed from the
very beginning that nothing was too
good in the shape of material or ma-
chinery for the development of electri-
cal power. The very finest and most
efficient prime motors are always in-
sisted upon, even down to insignificant
plants, and the splendid construction
of generators and installation of ma-
chinery and appurtenances, scracely
without regard to cost, has enabled
them to place their product upon a
high engineering plane. Their methods
and their ideas for the advancement of
their interests have been correct and
they are justly entitled to a commen-
surate reward.
How all this contrasts with the mis-
erable class of compressed air ma-
chinery which until the last twelve
months has been installed throughout
the country ! The very cheapest of
sfide valve engines, or some jumping,
flapping belt for prime movers, poorly
designed, poorly made compressors,
with insufficient valve areas and cool-
ing devices, generous clearances, enor-
mous piston speeds, all and everything
done to make a machine as cheap and
undesirable as possible. For motors,
anything that would reciprocate. The
valve motions causing the pistons to
meter out nicely the air in solid chunks
at full pressure, the real work being
done at the end of the exhaust pipe,
and I might add that the louder the
noise of escape the more work was
supposed to be done in the cylinder,
whereas in reality the air was simply
making a louder protest at its misuse.
All this must change, and is chang-
ing, and an awakening is at hand. It
is the duty of every pneumatic en-
gineer to insist upon high class installa-
tions, not only for his personal success
but for the advancement of compressed
air: that most willing, useful and satis-
factory power medium ever given to
the service of mankind.
The requirements of the ordinary
mine in this State, as far as power is
concerned, may be enumerated as
follows : Power for hoisting, for both
surface and underground pumps, for
rock drills, for milling and for lighting,
for forge blasts and the mine whistle,
which must be provided for some way,
as it serves to mark the shift changes
and give the fire or accident alarm.
I will take up each of these heads,
briefiy, speak of the prevailing practice
here, and how it can be improved, and
in any comparisons I may make be-
tween the efficiency of compressed air
and any other power, I shall assume
that the horse power in each kind of
power costs the same ready to deliver
to the various motors.
Before speaking of the various motors
to develop the required power, we
shall assume that our mine is properly
equipped with air conduits and reheat-
ing apparatus. Too much stress can-
not be laid upon the fact that generous
air conduits on the surface and under-
ground, properly provided with bends
or elbows of large radius and properly
insulated where they convey hot air
contribute greatly to the economical
operation of an air plant.
While the actual loss to the com-
pressed air in its potential, by the drop
in pressure, caused by friction in small
pipes, is not more than one-third of
what the public believes it to be, still
the annoyance in not getting initial
pressure where small working cylinders
are used, is great, and .again the in-
creased velocity in small pipes down a
shaft deprives the compressed air of a
gain instead of a loss of power as it
goes downward, which it would have
in proper sized conduits.
Illustrating the first point, it is gen-
erally assumed for instance, if a com-
pressed air pipe receives air at 100 lbs.,
and delivers it at 80 lbs., that the loss is
20-°o, so it is in pressure, but relative
pressures do not measure such a loss,
for while the pressure has decreased,
the volume has correspondingly in-
creased, and the real loss is merely a
frictional one of 8.4°o instead of twenty.
Illustrating the second point, there
is a very material gain to be had from
the weight of air in average shafts,
provided the pipes are of proper size.
Air at 90 lbs. gauge on the surface
would be 92 lbs. at 500 feet, 94 lbs. at
1000, 96 at 1500, and 98 at 2000 feet,—
a gain sufficient to offset all frictions
and ordinary leakage, a proportion
which cannot be matched in electric-
transmissions down a shaft.
Most of the air plants in our mines
are inefficiently piped, and no attention
whatever is paid to long bends, and
the pipes in general appear to be
specially installed to exhibit every class
and variety of pipe fitting the market
affords and with many duplicates. I
have counted five 1-inch elbows in the
space of 3 feet, to connect up a pump
to the main air pipe, when the price of
1-inch hose and couplings would have
been less and the hose would have de-
livered to the pump nearly the line
pressure. The pressure loss in each of
the 1-inch elbows would be (.005 V, 2),
five thousandths of the square of the
velocity of the air through the pipe.
The pump had a 6-inch cylinder and
the piston moved 50 feet per minute,
the ratio of the cylinder area to the
pipe being 1 to 36 the air in the pipe
must move 1800 feet per minute, or 30
feet per second. This squared and
multiplied by five one-thousandths
makes a loss of ii lbs. for each elbow,
or 22 lbs. for the five, certainly not a
sensible or desirable result, yet one
sees it everywhere in the mines. The
passion miners have for 1-inch pipe is
marvellous. One may frequently see
strings of it 500 feet long, conveying
air. It has cheapness and ease of in-
stallment to recommend it, but the wood
pile and the owner suffer. A proper
plant should have no 1-inch air pipe
underground over 10 feet long, and no
short elbows.
At some convenient place, where the
total length of air conduits from the
surface motors shall be a minimum, a
good reheater should be established
and connected to all these motors.
There is ample scope to improve upon
the reheater now upon the market.
They may be classed as coil, tube and
shell reheaters. The former, a simple
or nest of coils within a furnace, the
tube reheater consisting of a nest of
pipes screwed into a cast iron head,
and all surrounded by a furnace, the
shell reheater made much like an ordi-
nary domestic sheet iron heater, ex-
cept that it will sustain pressure, the
fire being within it.
Any of these will do fairly well, espe-
cially if well insulated on the outside
to prevent surface radiation. They
should be provided, in large plants,
with pyrometer and proper dampers,
to prevent over-heating. We build
also a compound reheater, which con-
tains two independent heating com-
partments for different pressures, the
utility of which will be seen latter on.
A very small amount of fuel will be
used in one of these reheaters, — just
about half a cord of pine wood a day,
to reheat 100 H. P. of cold air so that
it will yield 140 H. P. When it is re-
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Mining and Scientific Press.
457
membered that one-balf a cord of pine
wood will yield at the maximum 8 H. P.
for 24 hours, when burned under a
steam boiler, its caoacity to produce
40 H. P. is little short of incredible.
Besides dolus this, it renders still
further service by permiltintj us to use
the compressed air in an expansion
engine. . k i
Some engineers use a steam boiler
for a reheater, especially if it is already
installed at the mine. A slow tire is
maintained on the t,'rates and about
80 to yO lbs. steam pressure maintained,
the compressed air bubbles up throuah
the hot water, and mingles with the
steam. Fully '.>0,°i of the mixture is
air. This system has earnest advocates
who claim that the latent heat of the
condensing steam being released in the
cylinder just where it is then needed,
and the condensed water acting as a
lubricant, make this system preferable.
It is certain that the heat can be car-
ried farther this way, but we lean to
the classes of dry rch'eaters mentioned
first, because they are simpler, will
give higher temperatures, and require
less fuel. o Tn i_
A temperature of 4o0 1' ahr. can
easily be maintained in the dry re-
heater, and with well insulated pipes
this will insure 400° Fahr. to all motors
contained within the ordinary hoisting
works, with mill adjoining.
There should be installed at the end
of the compressed air transmission
pipe ample reservoir capacity. This
is, next to reheating, the most import-
ant feature in a compressed air plant
for mining work, and it is in the proper
arrangement of this particular feature
that we make a great gain in economy
over electrical power for intermittent
work.
The two sets of machines which take
the most 'power around a mine are the
rock drills and the hoists. These use
large powers for short periods, and
frequently the average power covering
24 hours is in the case of the hoist from
one-third to one-fourth the maximum,
and with rock drills about one-half
where more than three machines are
in use. It is evident, therefore, that
if sufficient storage capacity be pro-
vided the average power will only be
demanded from the transmission main,
while in an electrical plant the maxi-
mum power must be continually de-
livered by the transmission, for it may
be required at any moment. This
makes it an expensive proposition
to use electricity for intermittent
work.
True storage batteries would accom-
plish the desired end, but who dares
face their (irst cost and cost of main-
tenance.
(To he Continued.)
containing half a dozen Leyden jars,
one wire connecting with the kite ap-
paratus, another with the ground, an
electric switch, and an ordinary Edison
incandescent lamp.
When the experimenter wishes to
set his lighting plant in operation he
sends up his tandem of kites to a height
which varies according to weather con-
ditions from 100 to 400 feet. Suspended
from the kite string is the electric col-
lector, which is simply a small wooden
frame covered with linfoil. From this
collector a light wire is festooned down
the kite string and enters the window
There the current is controlled by an
ordinary switch, across which it passes
a 'brush,' and that by placing this in
a vacuum tube T can produce a steady
glow light. Equally important, too, it
will be a cold light, the thing that ex-
perimenters have been working for in
a number of ditTerent ways. Of course,
the amount of atmospheric electricity
that can be brought to earth is limited
only by the size of the collector."
A Msp.vTrii from New York an-
nounces that the Manhattan Railway
Company has finally decided to adopt
electricity, and the system to be used
is what is known as the "third rail."
The success of the experiment on the
Xew York and New England railway,
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For his first crude experiments Mr.
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the lamp, and the grounding wire is
connected with the other, thus com-
pleting the circuit. In this manner
Mr. Eddy has been able to produce a
faint but very clear and practically
continuous light. Owing to his imper-
fect apparatus he has not yet been
able to get one strong enough for the
taking of X-ray photographs. "My
next step," said Mr. Eddy, in speaking
of his new achievement, " will be to
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Electric Light From the Heavens.
William A. Eddy, in his kite flying
experiments at Bayonne, N. J., has
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in relation to atmospheric electricity.
As to the first, Mr. Eddy noticed that
the fringe of a linen towel which hung
beside the table at which he was work-
ing had been lifted up and stuck fast
to the edge of the table. It has been
the general belief of scientists that
atmospheric electricity is not magnetic,
but, acting upon the suggestion con-
tained in the linen towel, Mr. Eddy has
proved that it is at least capable of
magnetizing soft iron. A small bar of
iron was wrapped with four different
kinds of wire, a layer of parafSne paper
being placed around each layer. When
connected with the electric current the
iron was able to attract a bunch of
heavy keys. By making use of this
magnetic property it may be possible
to produce continuous mechanical mo-
tion with an electric current drawn
from ■ the air, something that has not
yet been done.
The second discovery was the pro-
duction of electric light with a current
drawn from the atmosphere. Mr.
Eddy has in a'second story room of his
Bayonne home a most unique electric
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Coast Industrial Notes.
—The new Ice plant at Redding, California,
with a daily capacity of *>% tons, has been
started up.
—A survey will begin In a few days for a
proposed railroad from Nevada City, Cal., to
Mary&viUe.
—There is a proposition on foot to light the
town of Quincy, Plumas county, California,
wUb electricity.
—The S. P. Co. by land and the O. K. & N.
Cu. bv sea are again cutting rates between
S. F.'and Portland, Or.
--It is expected that the Hawaiian reci-
procity clause will he restored in the Dlngley
tariff bill by the Senate.
—Surveyors are working on the Hoe of the
firoposed twenty-six milesof railway between
{und!>burg and Kramer, Cul.
—Labor Commissioner Fit/gerald closes to-
day the free employment department of the
State Labor Bureau, the appropriation being
exhausted.
—The trustees of the Mechanics' Institute
have invited the co-operation of Manufactur-
ers' ant l*roducers' Association to make the
coming exhibition a pure food fair.
—The Standard Oil Co. has effected an ar-
rangement with the Union Oil Co. of Ventura,
Cal., securing immunity from competition for
Hve years, with the probable result of higher
prices.
—The preliminary survey of the Bedllngton
& Nelson Railway, "in British Columbia, has
been begun. The survey is being made for
the company incorporated by the last Provin-
cial Legislature.
— The recent govornmental ruling that pas-
sengers could not be carried on vessels using
gasoline for motive power has been set aside
and gasoline boats can continue to carry pas-
sengers under license.
—The Sierra Railway Company have thir-
teen miles of track from Oakdale, Cal., twenty
miles are graded, and by June 15th the com-
pany will be able to receive and discharge
freight at Smith's, twenty-one miles from
Oakdale.
—The San Gabriel Electric Company is
formed to acquire and sell power for applica-
tion to mechanical and other devices. M.
Weed, C. Allen, J. D. Wiley, J. A. Elliott,
S. J. Chase, Los Angeles; capital stock, 1500,-
000; subscribed, *2r),00U.
— Electricians report to the Sacramento,
Cal , trustees that that city can have munici-
pal electric lights for S7.84 per arc light per
month, the cost of the entire plant to be
*t;:i,0u8.14. The Capital City is also figuring
on a sewer plan to cost $120,000.
—The low value of a horse in California is
in sharp contrast with the price of one in
Alaska, the equine freight for a part of the
way there being 4 cents a pound. Dogs, of
which there are a multitude in California, are
worth from f'iO to $50 each in Alaska.
—The value of the pearls found in the waters
about Lower California last year was $300,-
000. From this peninsula 5U00 tons of pearl
shells were shipped, valued at $1,250,000.
Many black pearls are found in those waters,
and these have a greater value than the
white. The pearls are exported direct to Lon-
don and Paris.
—Last Saturday the Folsom and Sacra-
mento Highway Commission met. C. A. Luhrs
was elected president, C. T. Hughes secre-
tary, J. L. Maude engineer. The macadam-
ized roadway will he 20 feet wide, extending
from Sacramento to Folsom, twenty-two miles,
and will cost about $90,000.
—Word comes from Tehachapi that two par-
ties of surveyors are at work in the Tehachapi
mountains sui-veying a line of railroad through
Tejon Pass, and considerable speculation
Personal. i
Gbdhob W. Git.vYsoN is at Baker City, Ore- i
gOD, visiting the Virtue mine, which he owns.
Chakle.^ B. Buotbe of Los Angeles re-
turned from the East this week via San
Francisco.
J. F. Hekkick was last week appointed
manager of the Iron Mask mine at Hoss-
land, B. C.
PuiNCE Lons or Savoy sailed from South-
ampton last Saturday with the companions
who are to attempt the ascent of Mount St.
Elias in Alaska. The mountain is is.ooo feet
high. The party includes four Alpine guides.
J. J. Cramfouo, ex-State Mineralogist of
California has resumed the practice of his
profession of mining and hydraulic engineer-
ing, and makes his headquarters at the Min-
ing Bureau. After August 1 he wilt be in the
new Claus Spreckels building, where he has
engaged offices on the tenth Moor.
At the annual convention of the Western
Federation of Miners, held In Salt Lake, the
following officers were elected: President,
E. Boyce, Wallace, Idaho; vice-president, J.
F. McDonell, Virginia City, Nev. ; executive
board— E. Boyce; W. Walsh, A. Sholin, Butte,
Mont. ; R. S. Lyons, Free Coinage, Colo. ; A.
Morton, Land Conlac, Mont. ; J . J . Frier, Lead
City, South Dakota.
TuE Miners' Association of southern Oregon
has enlarged its executive committee from
eight to fifteen. The members now are Will-
iam H. Hampton, H. A. Shorey, L. L. Jewell,
Frank M. South, J. W. Robinson. George
Lvman, J. D. Cook, George W. Lance .Ir.,
H. A. Corless, L. Savage, W. F. Hull, A. M.
Brown, F. Niday, John Bolt, P. H. Harth,
N. P. Dodge, J. L. Calvert.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Sunset Mining and Milling Company, San
Francisco; E. and F. Happersberger, " J. T.
Ish, E. Meyer, C. F. Humphrey, P. F. Cooper;
capital stock, $5,000; all subscribed.
Manitou Mining Company, Vallecito, Cal. ;
A. Lundberg, W. Moyle, ' Vallecito; F. J.
Solinsky, J. B, Luddy, San Andreas; E.
Hebard, SoulsbyvlUe; capital stock, $100,000;
subscribed, $25.
OroMintoG. M. Co., S. F. ; A. R. Smith,
N. King, C. II. Alberger, San Francisco; P. J.
Baker, G. L. Dillman, Sausalito; capital
stock, $250,000; subscribed, $25.
Garibaldi M. & D. Co., S. P. ; C. H. and
T. P. Fish. H G. Blasdell, W. E. F. Deal,
J. Stadfeld, Jr.; capital stock, $1,000,000;
$5000 subscribed.
Radical G. M. Co.. S. F. ; W.C.Wright,
W. H. Foster, S. N. Parson, D. and W. C.
Mackin tosh ; capital stock, $1,000,000 ; sub-
scribed, $2500.
Big Oak Flat G. M. Co., S. P. ; F. L. Fisher,
G. S. McPhee, B. C. Rucker, D. Corcoran,
S. Berwin; capital stock, $100,000; sub-
scribed, $25.
Granite State M. & D. Co., Washington,
Cal. ; J. A. Gleason, C. Thornton, W. H.
Mead, H. J. Wright, J. J. Jones; capital
stock, $1,000,000; subscribed, $50,000.
Commercial Paragraphs.
Williamson & Cuexev of Boulder. Colo,
have put in a Heodrie & Bolthoff double fric-
tion hoist at their property in the Eldora
district.
C. M. Walkek of Denver. Colo., has pat-
ented the Walker '97 Rock Drill, which will
be manufactured in Denver. A distinctive
feature of the machine is said to be in the
saving of power.
Geo. E. Tkua.v of the Truax Manufacturing
Co. of Denver, Colo., is the inventor and
patentee of a mine windlass, bv action of
which an ore bucket is automatically landed
without pulling it from over the shaft.
The Gold Medal mine of Idaho Springs,
Colo., has just started up a new SxlO geared
hoist, which was made by the Vulcan Iron
Works Co. of Denver, which has also shipped
a plant of machinery to the Falu mine at Idaho
Springs.
A OEAU iNi)E.\ riiAKT published by P. T.
Taylor & Co.'s Gear Cutting Shop, 523-525
Mission St., will be found useful and con-
venient for all machipists. It is printed on
heavy check board 14x22 and will be sent free
upon application.
Tnc Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co.. Have- ,
meyer building, New York Citv, have issued
catalogue 72, " Water Pumped bv Compressed
Air," which describes the PohFe air lift sys-
tem, its operation and technical working, and
the advantages of pumping water by com-
pressed air. It also illustrates methods of
well piping, gives results of the air lift sys-
tem at various places, including the operation
of steam piston pumps by compressed air.
The catalogue is illustrated with halftones,
sectional views, etc. Parke &. Lacy Co., 21
and 23 Fremont street, San Francisco, are the
local agents.
FitASEit & CuALMEits, Chlcago, have built a
2-stamp mortar with screen openings on all
four sides, no copper plates inside of the mor-
tar and no chuck blocks, the object beiug to
get the pulp out of the mortar as rapidly as
possible, and to accomplish this purpose 'the
top of the die is kept well up to the screen
opening and the stamps are run at 100 drops a
minute, having a weight of 950 pounds each.
In order to bring the ore in contact with cop-
per plates and amalgamate the ore as much as
possible without excessively long tables, the
sluices and lips of the mortar on all four sides
are lined with copper plates, electroplated.
To facilitate the cleaning of copper plates in
the side sluices of the mortar the distance be-
tween the battery posts is made 4 feet 0
inches. The posts themselves are the regula-
tion width, 12 inches.
ORES! ORES!
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Montgomery St., San Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo JuDcllon, Cal.
lA/ZVNXED.
Old Iron Shafting,
5 to 15 in. Diameter.
Address "IRON," Mining and Scientlflc Press.
THE LOS ANGELES MINING BUREAU,
Cor. Temple and New High Sts., Los Angeles.
We have Eastern and foreign correspondents
who are seeking good mining properties for invest-
ment. This Bureau will examine and place cUoiee
mining properties in California. Nevada. Arizona,
New and Old Mexico. Critical and accurate tests
of ore made. Best references given. For any in-
formation, address DR. STEPHEN BOWERS,
President; H. C. SIGLER, Secretary.
JAPANESE MINING LABOR CONTRACTORS.
Masayoshi Ota, John W. Koch,
Manager. Attorney.
THE JAPANESE BROKERAGE CO.
Qenerat Contractors and Business Ag^ents.
507 Montgomery St., Rooms 1 and 2, San Francisco.
I Long Distance Telephone "Main" No. 5039.
Books Received.
Pacific Coast Gold Miniuo Directory.'''' Mines,
mine owners, etc, of the Coast, by counties
and towns in California, with routes of travel,
distance, rates of fare, etc., published by
A. R. Dunbar &; Co., 421 Market street, San
Francisco ; price $5.
" T//e Mcchanicat Arta SinipUJie.d,^' with an
appendix containing an electrical departnaent,
treatise on ice making, and a collection of
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN-CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
Lonflon Head Office 8 Drapers Gardens.
Laboratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1.530 Wynkoop St., Denver. Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot he treated hy leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Cleuici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for U. S.
HORACE F. BROWN, '"elUi-lslI,"''
hpin? indulWed in in consequence as to the I miscellaneous practical examples ; illuslrated,
- ^. . - P, .1 _ _ .1 I? ^1-- . :„ j_: JQll no (roc A lir^nlz nf fpffffinon fnr nrchi t.Pnt-
identity of the railroad company that is doing
the work. There is indication that the survey
is being made by the Santa Fe road, for re-
cent events in the affairs of that company
would seem to show that it intends to reach
out for California trafi5c more than it has in
the past.
—Secretary of War Alger has made a re-
sponse to the Senate resolution calling for a
statement as to what has been or is about to
be done with reference to making contracts
for the improvement of San Pedro harbor,
California. The Secretary submits the whole
subject to Congress for further instructions
as to its purpose— whether to create simply a
harbor of refuge or one for refuge and com-
merce—and states that the breakwater alone
would absorb the whole appropriation of &,-
9,")0,000. The cost of all the work contem-
plated he estimates will require over 15,000,-
000.
—The San Francisco and San Joaquin Val-
ley Railroad has been completed to Hanford,
and trains were run to that place last Satur-
day. Chief Engineer Storey, at that time,
said in an interview : "The Valley road will
push on to Bakersfleld. It is reasonable to
suppose that some transcontinental line will
build to Bakersfield and give us connection
through to the East. We can then handle
transcontinental freight. In the meantime,
we undertake to perform only what we set
out to perform— that is, to grant relief in the
matter of local rates, which bear the heaviest
on the farmers."
4SU pages. A book of reference for architect-
ural iron workers, blacksmiths, boiler makers,
contractors ; civil, mechanical, mining, marine
engineers; firemen, master mechanics, ma-
chine shop proprietors, machinery salesmen,
machinists, pattern makers, railway superin-
tendents, etc. In silk cloth, gold stamp, $3.50.
Sent postpaid on receipt of price by the pub-
lishers. Laird & Lee, 263 Wabash avenue,
Chicago, III.
" The Quid Quartz Veins of Nevada City ami
Grans Valleii Districts, California," by Walde-
mar Lindgren. This work is one of the most
valuable contributions ever made to the eco-
nomic geology of this State. Some time ago
extracts from the description of the geologic
atlas, published in a folio by the United
States Geological Survey, and written by Mr.
Lindgren, were published in the Mining and
Scientific Puess. This work, a volume of
250 pages, with many valuable and beautiful
illustrations and maps, deals particularly
with the economic side of the geology of the
district and the hydrography. So long as the
United States Geological Survey continues to
turn out such good work it should have better
support from Congress. Copies may be ob-
tained, as long as the edition lasts, by ad-
dressing Director United States Geological
Survey, Washington, D. C.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorlnation and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
^ Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
nimniTifinp Process.
rAll!l[lTLl!i~) Brown's System of Mechanically
Stirred Roasting. Cooling and
V Conveying Furnaces, Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois.
Alining F*ipe !
Obituary.
On the 13th inst. a prospector found the
dead body of Ed Sobiefflin in his cabin, 22
miles from Canyonville, Or. His faithful
dog guarded the body. The verdict of the
coroner's jury was death from natural causes.
Deceased was noted as the discoverer of
Tombstone district, Arizona. He was a born
prospector, a true comrade, and this brief
chronicle of his death will be read with re-
gret by many.
Recently
Declared riining Divi-
dends.
Hope Mining Company, Glendale, Montana;
110,000; payable May 1; a total to date of
$683,250.
Mercury, Utah, $25,000; payable May 20.
Homestake Mining Company, Deadwood,
South Dakota, $31,350; payable May 35.
The Victor mine at Cripple Creek, Colorado,
which passed its monthly dividend for April,
will hereafter pay dividends quarterly.
New Idria Quicksilver Mining Co., Califor-
nia, $10,000; payable June 10. ,
Etna Consolidated Quicksilver Mining Co.,
California, $10,000; payable June 10.
STEEL OR IRON.- We make pipe of either, but recommend STEEL, It being superior to Iron In many
particulars and inferior in none.
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS OP
Tho Truasc F*at. Automatic
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO., Hardware Merchants,
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
ORE C/VRS.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS. MACHINISTS,
CHICflGO, U. S. M.
MODERN METHODS as applied to the handliDg of Freight, Grain,
Ores, Raw and Manufactured Products.
MALLEABLE IRON BUCKETS, Approved Pattern and
Weight; KOPE POWER TRANSMISSIONS. SHAFTING,
PULLEYS, GEARING, CLUTCHES, ETC.; ELECTRIC
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
NE CENT Per Hour is Cheap.
O
That is what "AVEBER" GASOLINE ENGINES COST to run per H. P.
Simple, Safe, Reliable, Economical. Get Posted. AddresB WEBER
GAS & GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 430 S. W. Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo.
yi
460
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 29, 1897.
Professional Cards.
Analytical Chemists and Assayers,
IISK N. Main St., Los Angeles, Cal.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
f Mining Engineer and Metallurgist, j
C De Xiamar, Owyhee Co., Idaho.
D. H. jrrtCK.SOM,
( Placerville, California. Cable aSdress, Ixa.
; MINING ENGINEEK. \
I Reports on Mines and Methods of Ore Treat- (
ment. California MlnesSpecialties^ ^^-/S
BERNARD MACDONALD,
{Consulting Mining Engineer, J
\ Butte, Montana.
( Codes: Bedford McNeils and Morelng & Neils.
BERTRAH HUNT, F.l.C. F.C.S.
Chemist and Metallurgist.
( (Agent Gold and Silver Ex. Co. of America,
1 Ltd.) 216 SANSOME STREET^ S. P., CAL.
f J. K. EVELETH.
V. H. M. MACliYMONT.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
S Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses \
of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines.
[ 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal. 5
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
MECHANICAL AKD HTDRACLIC
ENGINEERS.
4»1 Market St., Cor. First St.,
[ Telephone BLACK 2403 San Francisco, Cal.
The Evans Assay Office.
W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
Successor to Jehu & Ogden.
\ 638 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. ]
Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block.
> Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals '
' and their Alloys, Etc.
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
\ School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, \
Electrical and Mining Engineering. ;
) Surveylnr, Architecture, Drawine" and Aesaying. (
933 Market St., San Frauclsco, Cal. \
OPEN ALL TEAR. (
A. VAN DEB NAILLEN, President. i
I ABsayin^ of Ore3,S25; Bullion and Chlorlnation i
Assay, $25; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Full Course (
of Aaaayln?, $50. Established 1864.
I |»~ Send for Circular.
[ Mining and Metallurgical Work in All '
Branches. '
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex-
\ periments on rebellious ores for treatment by \
\ cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re- (
\ ports upon mining properties.
RICHARD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address: Richpark.
Crocker Building San Francisco, Cal,
[ ASSAYERS, REFINERS & ORE TESTERS. J
J Guarantee reliable work.
[ 261 Wilson Block Los Angeles.
CHARLES P. QRIMWOOD,
\ Mining: Engineer and Metallurgist,
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
. T. JONES. G. M. EDMONDSON. i
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
\ Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
^.
T. D. B.TLE & CO.,
FKS&&.-W &>f& and C^hemlstSt
(mine, Mill and smelter Work.)
► Samples by Mail Receive Prompt Attention.
Box 626, - - - Leadville, Colo.
W. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex- *
I pert on general mill work and amalg-amatlon.
I Eighteen years' experience. Will report on <
I Mines and Mills, and take full charge of Min- C
I ing Properties. Address, 132 Market St.,
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal.
J. HOWARD WILSON,
i 306 Santa Fe Avenue, Paeblo, Colo.
I Correspondence solicited with SHIPPERS OF \
ORE TO COLORADO SMELTERS. ^
f^ENVElT SC"H00L of MINES, 1215 15th Strj
S Established in 1S77. Prof. F.J. Stanton. Princi- <
\ pal, and experienced assistants. Assaying j
< taught for ?26, in two weeks. Courses In miner- ,
S alogy, metallurgy, mining, surveying, geology. ,
\ Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor- ]
e respondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady >
) pupils received. Investments made and In- (
J formation given in reliable mining properties. (
ALMARIN B. PAUL. M. E..
ROOM 49, CROCKER BUILDING.
Cor. Market and Montgomery Sts., San Francisco. ;
Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE J
/ Mining Property. Principals desiring valuable J
- quartz or gravel investments at reasonable \
prices will do well to see what I may have, f
Only legitimate mining properties handled.
[abbot a. hanks,
/ Chemist and Assayer. Successor
/ to Henry G. Hanks, estahlistied
) 1866. The super-
/ vision of sampling
/ of ores shipped to
\ San Francisco a
\ specialty.
> __71S—
J Montgomery Street,
S San Francisco.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
[STATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, In- J
\ dustrlal Products, Poods. Medicines, etc., etc. \
\ Court Experting in all branches of Chemical \
\ Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In- i
) vestigatlon of Metallurgical and Manufactur- i
) Ing Processes. Consultations on all questions \
\ of applitid chemistry. Instructions given in \
1 assaying and all branches of ctiemistry.
A. H. WARD.
-■f ESTABLISHED 1S69. -f-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET, - . - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAI..
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling:.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND OONOENTRATOK IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Works
And Chemical Laborator)'.
524 Sacramento Street, 5an Francisco, Cal.
{ Check your ASSAYERS, or do your OWN j
Assaying by the SIMPLE METHODS of
[ LDCKHASDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICE \
(INCORPORATED.)
ROBINSON BROS.
I CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.j
p. O. Box 194.
! ASSAYERS AND MIHERAL SDRYEYORS.l
Mines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mail Solicited.
AINSWORTH NO. 1.
SENSIBILITY, 1-200 MILLIGBAIUIffE.
This is a short beam balance and especially
adapted for smelters and assay offices where ex-
treme accuracy and rapidity are prerequisites.
Photos and Prices on Application.
WM. AINSWORTH,
No. 2151 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLORADO.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
F^Inest Assav Balances.
Our Beams are the
lightest on the market,
and positively inflexible.
They are unequaled In
accuracy and sensitive-
ness. Edges and bear-
ings are of Sappliire.
All makes of balances
thoroughly repaired at
reasonable rates.
3219 Stout Street,
DENVER, COLO.
SAN FRANCISCO
Pioneer Scr^^n \A/orlc0
JOHN W. Q VIGK, Prop.
Improved FacllltlesI Finest Work! Lowest Priceal
Perforated Sheet Metals, Steel, Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass ScreenB
for All Uses.
*** MIHIHG SCREENS A SPECIALTY. **»
221 and 2S3 First Street, San Franol&co, Cal.
QUARTZ SCREENS
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
Homogeneous Steel.Cast
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron, Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. Caliporni.a
Pekpohating sckbbn Co.. X45 and 147 Beale St., S.F.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carbon
£\ Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
SURVEYING AND MAPPING
Coal & .Metal Mining; Prospecting; Electricity; " ""
MacliiGC Design; Stationarj', Locomotive and
Marine Engineering; Architecture; Plumbiug;
Municipal, 3 I UOURSES& llridge
Engineering; Sheet Metal Pattern Cutting;
Meclianical and Architectural Drawing; Boolt-
Keeping ; Shorthand ; Eugllah Branches.
JLl"" GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
Feet Moderale, Advance or Installments.
Circular Fret; Stale subject you uiisli lo eCudy.
Int«r&BtioDitl Correspond en ce Schoo]§, llos LuUS, 8eranton,'p»,
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA, LTD.
CAPITAL, - $550,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
imADE MARK.
(M<i ARTHUR -FORREST PRQCiaJ^
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
Tlie MacArthiir-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 218
Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPhee Building, Denver, Colorado.
Established 1853. Incorporated 1895.
JOHN TAYLOR & CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Assayers' TVVatorial,
FURNACES. SCALES,
BALANCES,
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEniCALS AND
CHEniCAL APPARATUS
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid. sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1,845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Mannfactnrers of Assayers' and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Ainsworth Balances.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
I JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San Francisco Agents.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical, portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS, " ^n^^J^Ylof it?"™ "•
B.!:Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
(or the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
Park City, Ctsb .
INVENTORS, Talco Notice I
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
22t; Market St., N. B. Comer Front (Up Stairs), SAN
Francisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
of models. Tin and brasawort All communica-
tions strictly confldentiaL
PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
A GUARANTEE WITH EACH MACHINE.
This machine is the finest gold saver for botb
placer mines and quartz mills. No other plate
necessary in mills where the Pacific Amalgamator
is used. THE PACIFIC MINING MACHINERY
CO,, J27 First Street, San F-anclsco, California.
May 20, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
461
FRASER & CHALMERS,
CHICAGO. ILL..
U. S. A.
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY,
Beg to announce ihaL they
now manufacture and contrc
the sale of the unrivaled
OTTO AERIALS-
TRAMWAY
Over Seven Hundred lines
in operation.
Spans up to Two Thousand
feet and more.
Highest Awards at World's
Columbian Exposition.
Catalogues sent on applica-
tion, giving full description
and details.
Otto Aerial Tramways
Give the best working re-
sults in every case, and never-
failing satisfaction.
All difficulties of transpor-
tation surmounted by an eco-
nomical and effective carrier.
Be sure you investigate
the Otto Tramway before
purchasing.
Write us your requirements
and we will take pleasure in
preparing complete specifica-
tions.
FRASER & CHALMERS,
rianutacturers of the
Otto Tramway.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL.
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence ot wearing parts, high efficiency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development ot water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XR/VNSyniSSIOIN
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
1:21 and 1:23 IWain Street.
San F'rancisco, Oal.
A STEAM ORE STAMP.
One of the BONANZA MINES of the Black Hills was developed
by a TREMAIN STEAM STAMP MILL, installed last summer at a cost of
about $i6oo. After six months' run the superintendent wrote the fol-
lowing letter:
Hill City, S. D., Feb. 2, 1897.
O'lt/eti froii Workx, ii.',ii Elslon Aoe., Ctdcago. /^^.— Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure in in-
forming you of our success with the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill which we have been running since last
July. We have been running on hard, white quartz, some of it of a flinty character and a small portion
of it slightly decomposed We average about ten tons every :;4 hours through a forty-m°.sh screen. If
our Unancial standing had been a little better, so we could have put in a small engine and rockcrushcr,
I am confident we could put through 14 to 15 tons in i-1 hours. The wear and tear is considerably less
than an ordinary siamp mill, it all being on the shoes and dies. The last we used of these were of the
aluminum steel, which are tbe best wearing shoes and dies I have ever seen. The parts are all well
made and durable, I having failed to see any weak point about the machinery.
We use one cord of pine wood in 24 hours, and run the mill with 70 to 80 lbs. of steam.
I have followed mining in connection with milling for thirty years and have never seen its equal
for convenience, durability and cheapness. To parties wishing to purchase a quartz mill I cheerfully
recommend the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill for its small cost, economy in operation and complete re-
sults of working. Very truly yours, [signed] JAMES C McDONALD,
Supt. St. Elmo M. & M. Co.
This Mill has the capacity of a 5-stamp gravity mill and costs less
than half to install. Automatic feeder of approved design. Weight of
entire Mill 3300 lbs. Made sectional for mule-back transportation,
AGENTS FOR CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON:
PROSPECTIVE niNING AND flACHINERY CO..
127 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, OR PORTLAND, OREGON.
yv\ a n u fa ctu red Excluslwely toy
GATES IRON WORKS,
650 Elston Ave. Dept. UU. CHrCAQO.
HOME MANUFACTURE.
FOWLEK'S
Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Covering.
As a Nou-Condactor, Unequaled.
Special Rates lor Steam Boilers and Drums.
C. G. Fowler. 656-S8 Howard St., S.F.
HEADQUAKTEKS.
Genuine EngllshTDmp Leather
For Heavy Mining: Pump Buckets. WUi
outwear any otlier material and give beat
satisfaction. Samples furnished, on appli-
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO., Leather Manu-
facturers and Pealers, 404 Battery St., s. F
ROR S/\I_E.
Compound and : : :
SIMPLE LOCOMOTIVES.
.^-JlJ"
Flr8t-CI»H8 Condition— Baldwin Locomotive
Works, builders, standard gau^^'e. Fuel, hard or
soft coal, coke or wood. WclKht in workinK order,
about 56.000 lbs. On drivers, uboul 40.UOO lbs.
CyllndtTK— sinf,'li.- expansion. 13 in. by 16 In.
stroke: compound, 9 in. and 1.'. in. by 16 in. stroke.
Itrlvhif; \vli*'elH. 13 Ju. diameter, steel tired.
Driving u-liecl bane, 5 feet. Tank rapacity, 750
fe'alloos. WeHtinehonse Automatic air brakes.
Subject to any iDspeetion desired. Built in 1893.
OiTered at t'reatly reduced prices. Road being
e-iuipped with electricity. For sale exclusively by
FITZ-HUGH k COMPANY,
1634 Monadnock Building:,
CHICAGO, - - - ILLINOIS.
RoIler^Steel and Special CHAINS
FOR
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MAGHINERY
FOR HANDLIKO UATBRULOr ALL EIHOS
CDAl MINING MACHINERY.
WIRE CABLE
CONVEYORS.
ForlonTaod
short distance
convey In p.
Western Branch, Oem (=r. Colo,
THE JEFFREY I»IF«. CO., Colnmbna, Chin
Send for Catftlogwe. 183 Washington Sl, New Yo-it.
For Placer Mining.
THE EDISON
GOLD SAVING MACHINE.
The Most Complete 3Iachine In the World For
GRAVEL WASHING.
Guaranteed to Save Every Particle of Flour and
Flake Gold, and Floured Quicksilver.
WILL HANDLE 3 TONS OF GRAVEL PER HOUR.
Minimum power and water required. Requires
but one handling of gravel. By motion of machine
water is returned and used over and over again.
Light, durable and easily transported. Simple in
construction and inexpensive.
^^= EDISON MACHINE COMPANY,
PRKSCOTT, ARIZONA.
THE ROESSLER k HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
73 Fine Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Cliloride of Lime
Trade MarU. Sulplllde Of IrOD
And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes.
ANQELS IRON WORKS,
DBMARBST & PULLEN, Props.
Mining Machinery.
/\IVCSELS, CrtL,
Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
UIGHTNING WELL MACH'Y
. PUMPS, AIR LI FTS, iu ;,
THE AMERICAN WELL
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462
Mining and Scientific Press-
May 29. 1897.
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Sollcltore for Pacific Coast.
FOR THE WEEK ENOING MAY 18, 1897.
583,609.— MACHINE FOE AFFIXING STAMPS.— Ald-
ricTi & Dinsmoor, Portlana. Or.
583,612.- Eraser— J. D. Barrie, Los Angeles, Cal.
553,012.— Pot Lifter- C. E. Campbell. Portland,
Or.
582,847.— Sash Hinge— R. G. Coates, Pasadena,
582,732.— Logging Apparatus— G. S. Fonts, S. F.
582,258.- Heater— A. A. Graham, Spokane, Wash.
582,644.— Bottle Seal— Heath & Nagell, Tacoma,
Wash.
582,919.— Crate Buffer— J. S., A. J. & N. Hodge,
582.745.— Amalgamator— F. G. Jordan, Spokane,
Wash;
582,826.— Gate— L. Lundqulst, Middletown, Cal.
582,755.— Tongs— W. B. Marble, Laytonville, Cal.
582,669.— Concentrator — J. McKinnon, Colfax,
Wash.
583,966.- Cutter for Hay Stacks— H. J. Twiss,
Baker City, Or.
582,769.— Beer Bottling Apparatus- H. Wank,
Portland, Or.
NOTE.— Plain and Certified Coplea of U.S. and For-
eig-n patents obtained by Dewey &, Co., by mail or
telegraphic order. American and Foreign patents
secured, and general patent huaineas transacted
with perfect security, at reasonable rates, and in
the shortest possible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among tlie patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention :
Securing Objects from Subaqueous Bot-
TOMS.~Wm. McGregor, B. C. No. 5S2,S38.
Dated May IS, 1S97. This invention relates
to means for securing materials and objects
from bottoms under water. It consists of a
vessel adapted to be lowered into the water,
a valve in said vessel and a frangible cap or
cover forming a closure for the lower end of
the vessel and temporarily excluding the ves-
sel therefrom and, when broken, permitting
the water under its pressure to rush into the
vessel and carry objects and materials from
the bottom with it into the vessel. The ob-
ject is to secure materials and substances ly-
ing at a depth below the surface, such as sam-
ples of a subaqueous bottom, or prospecting
for precious metals or stones or other objects
which may be dropped or lost therein acci-
dentally, and is especially useful in recover-
ing diamonds which may be dropped from the
crown-heads of diamond drills, or metallic
pieces or objects broken from boring tools or
dropped into the hole where drilling or similar
work is being done.
Gate. — Levi Lundquist, Middletown, Cal.
No. 582,836. Dated May 18, 1897. This inven-
tion relates to the class of gates wbich are
adapted to be opened and closed by the ap-
proaching or receding traveler without his
alighting from his conveyance, and its object
is to provide means for opening and closing
the gate, and at the same time operating the
lock or latch thereof. Ic consists of an over-
head track ; rollers by which the gate is sus-
pended so as to travel on the track ; a catch
lug fixed in the upper part of the gate with a
gravity latch bar hanging from the overhead
track adapted to engage the catch lug; a
swinging lifter carried by the gate and
adapted to operate under the latch bar to lift
it from its engagement and free the gate;
ropes or lines connected with the lifter for
both freeing and sliding the gate open and
also for closing it, these being connected to,
posts on opposite sides of the roadway at a
sufficient distance from the gate to be oper-
ated by the approaching or receding traveler.
Alaska :
: nines.
Developed and Undeveloped
Free-Milling Properties.
E. F. CASSEL,
JUNEAU ALASKA.
RUPTURE,
7 '
Hydrocele, Varicocele.
Piles, Fissure.Fistuia,
k Ulceration, etc., cured
- without operation or
detention from business. J^* NO PAY UNTIL
CUREr>.=©ft Consultation Free. Call or send
for pamphlet.
DBS. MANSFIELD & PORTERFIELD,
838 Market Street, San Francisco.
QUICKSILVERI
FOR SALE BY
Tti& BureRa Company,
of san francisco.
Room 1, - 436 California Street,
SAN FEANCISCO.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Established in Colorado
1866. Samples by mail or express will receive
prompt and careful attention. Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dreas 1736 and 1738 Lawrence Street, Denver, Colo,
port ^ayne £lectric (Corporation,
- MANDPACTURERS OF THE -
OF
Arc Lighting, Alternating and Direct Current Incandescent Lighting,
Power Generators, Motors, Transformers, Instruments and Appliances.
CHAS. R. LLOYD, AGENT, 18 SECOND STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
WRITE
FOR
CATALOGUE.
■1890" ENOINE.
— ^THE* —
Edward P. Allis Co.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Reynolds Corliss Engines
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
MINING, MILLING AND SMELTING
MACHINERY.
BRANCH
OFFICE-'^fflS"'"^^
9 Fremont St.
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
aiRDER FRAME ENGINE.
TOTTHILL WATER WHEEL.
The Best Jet Wheel in the Market,
BARRING NONE.
Wheels, Buckets and Nozzles Desig:Ded to Suit Spe-
cial Beqnlrements. Wben Head and
Conditions Are <:riven.
Theoretically ao Well as Practically Perfect.
Highest Efficiency Guaranteed.
We have a Sensitive, Simple Governor that will posi-
tively regulate speed of wlieel. Specially adapted for
elecLric railway and lighting plants.
Write for Catalog'ue.
Oakland Iron Works, Builders,
108 FIRST STREET, - - - SAN FRANCISCO.
Telephone 1007 Main.
To Gold Miners!
Silver Plated Copper Amalgamating Plates
For Saving Gold in Quartz and Placer Mining.
Ei/ory Description of TVllnlng: Folates TVlade.
ONLY BEST COPPER AND REPINED SILVER USED. OLD MINING
PLATES REFLATED. TWENTY-SIX MEDALS AWARDED.
GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL, COPPER &, BRASS PLATING.
Denniston San Francisco Plating Works,
653 and 655 Mission Street, San Francisco, cal.
E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor.
Telephone, Main 5931. Send tor Circular.
XHE
OLD REl^IABLE I
Albany Lubricating Compound.
The King of Lubricants!
* XAXUTVV & BO\A/EIN, ^
31-36 Fremont St., San Francisco. > 43-49 First St., Portland, Or.
I
A.I»JP A^ le A.TUS
Regulating Pressures
PIPE LINES
15y the use of this de-
vice, the fluctuations
of pressure resulting
from shock or water
rain ruay be entirely
overcome, and ivliere
water is used for op-
erating Avater wheels
in connection with
hoists or electric-gen-
erators, it "vvill be
found indispensable,
asbyits use unifoi'in
speeds caii be far
more easily main-
tained, and all
danger of in,jury to i
pipe line will be ob-
viated.
For Full Particulars,
COBB & HESSELMEYER
Nlechanical o»^ I-Jyclraulio
ENGINEERS
421 MARKET STREET
San Francisco, Cal,
DEWEY & GO'S
Patent Agency.
ll^^^El"^^w
m\
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W
^ffi^^^^fli
OuB U. S. AND Foreign Patent Agency
presents many and important advantages as a
Home Agency over all others, by reason of
long establishment, great experience, thor-
ough system, intimate acquaintance with the
subjects of inventions in our own community,
and our most extensive law and reference
library, containing official American reports,
with full copies of U. S. patents since 1873.
All wortby inventions patented through Dew-
ey & Go's Patent Agency will have the bene-
fit of a description in the Mining a7id Scientific
Press. We transact every branch of pater*
business, and obtain patents in all countries
which gi-ant protection to inventors. The
large majority of U, S. and foreign patents
issued to inventors on the Pacific Coast have
been obtained through our agency. We can
give the best and most reliable advice as to the
patentability of new inventions. Our prices
are as low as any first-class agencies in the
Eastern States, while our advantages for
Pacific Coast inventors are far superior.
Advice and Circulars free.
DEWEY & CO., Patent Agents,
220 Market St, San Francisco.
^^■•^ ' I # ^ I WK*iJ» 5a3 mission St., Sari F~ranciseo. C«l
May 2D, 1807.
Mining and Scientific Press.
463
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RISDON IRON \A/ORKS,
Onlce aud Worku, Cor. Ueale and Howard St«., SAN FRANCISCO.
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EfllNERS, ATTENTION!:
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We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED" Shoes and Dies,
whicli are made of a special quality of steel, are hammered and then compressea
m moulds so as to give the greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sl;etch showing sizes; fill in the size of your Shoes and
Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we olTer should commend it
to all mine owners and mill men.
Joshua Hendy f\achine \Yorks,
Principal Office: NO. 42 FREMONT STREET. - Works: Corners Bay, Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
>cc<xx>oooocoocccococococooocooo<x
Constructors and Furnishers of
HOISTINQ E^alNE.
HIGH-GRADE and ECONOHICAL
Quartz Mining and Milling Macliincry.
|^= Plans, specifications and estimates of cost furnished and contracts made for supplying and
erecting hydraulic and quartz mining and milling plants, for all conditions of use
DENVER IMPROVED ORE CRUSHER.
Wrought Iron Tension Bars,
Safety Tog^gfle Plates,
Increased Strength,
Saving in Freight,
Less Weight, /
Easily Transported. ^^■\
HA
Denver Engineering Works Company,
DENV/ER, COLORADO, U. S. /\.
CYANIDE
^^igWest Known a,.^^^
POTASSIUM.
GUARANTEED
99% and over.
In
112-1*3.
Zinc Line^d
^ Cases.
-IV\/\DE, B"V-
THE GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY.
Works at BECKTON near LONDON,
I EINGL/VIND
For PriceSf Address
SCHOELLKOPF,
HARTF0RD&
MACLAGAN, Ltd.,
Sole American Agents.
No. 3 Cedar
Street,
NEWYORK
CITY.
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World.
TPIIAV Patent
Automatic Ore Cars.
Pat. Jan. 5, '92, Aug. 2'. , '95.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO,
Se/idfor Catalogue. Saoramento. Calirornlc
MARSH STEAM PUMP.
ABSOLUTE ACTUATION AND REGULATION.
Count Its Moving Parts PATENT SELF-QOVERNINQ STEAH VALVE.
as Shown Dark PATENT EASV-SEATINO WATER VALVE.
In the Cut. Only Six. NO OUTSIDE VALVE GEAR.
Riveted Steel Water Pipe.
THE WEIGELE PIPE WORKS,
2949-51 Larimer St.
H'TDRAUI.IC GIANTS
IN STOCK.
DENVER, COLO.
Maximum of Strengrth, Simplicity and Service.
Minimum of Weigrlit, Wear and Waste.
Simonds Saws. Dodg:e Wood Split Pulleys.
Bickford & Francis Leather Belting.
Cleveland Rubber Co.'s Rubber Belting and Hose.
Qrant Corundum and Detroit Emery Wheels.
ONLY THE BEST.
SEND FOB CATALOGUE.
SITVIONDS SfKXAI CO.
31 Main Street San Francisco.
464
Mining and Scientific Press.
May 2y, 1897.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFICES: SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., ,°'=«;^f«;,«"^,'^. ^„»Se^r'y*ui}'dfnk,
Boston, Mass. New York, N. T. Syracuse, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Phllaaelphla Pa, Baltimore, Md.
Pittsburg Pa. Atlanta. Ga. Dallas, Texas- Cincinnati, O. Columbus. O. Nashville, Tenn.
Chicaro, III. Detroit, Mich. New Orleans. La. St. Louis, Mo
It Is a F^act.
THAT OUB ANNUAL
PKODtJCT OF
INSULATED WIRE
EXCEEDS that of any other manufacturer In the United States,
and Includes Everything: in the KLectrical Line
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company,
S ana lO PIINE STREET, SniN FRPl INCISCO, Cm_.
5WATER WHEEL
Adapted to all Heads from
3 Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a FampUet of either
Wheel and write full particulars.
JAMES LEFFEL& GO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY
Just Listen— Reliable Common Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Hoisters, $300 and up ; hand
bolsters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A ID-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps,
high mortars, la-
test improved.
Only $800.
-^^u'^A.
-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo,, U. S. A,
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
mills built to fit the
land guaranteed to save
'what we say. Coal Mine
equipments, S c re e ns
Jigs, Tram-ways,
Arastors, Chillian
Mills, Ore Sacks, etcj
Cornish Rolls, 12x20. weight
" " ,000 lbs . , price $350 ; Feed-
ers, Bumping Tables; Blake Crushers,
17x10, weight 8.J00 lbs. only $2.50. Our
100 page illustrated catalogue free.
Rand Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
yWaoHJnery.
100 Broadway, - - - New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES:
Monadnock Building Chicago
Ishpeming Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Shorbrook P. O Canada
Apartado 830 City of Mexico
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cat.
Portable Saw Mills.
No. O
Single Circular
4000-6000 feet
per day.
INo. :2
DouWe Circular
15,000-20,000 ft.
per day.
Alaska Treadwell
Gold Mining: Co.
SAN PliANCISCO.
Feb. 20, 18£l(;.
VxOcan Iron Worhs,
Gentlemen: Our
Double Circular
Saw Mill oC about
20,000 feet dally ca-
pacity, for which
you made plana
and built the m.i-
chinery complete
including: a set ol
three G-inch beam
Vulcan Head
Blocks. UO-inch
opening', has given
us complete satisfaction In every
respect. Respectfully.
Alaska TREADWELt, Gold M. Co.
A. T. CoHBUS, Sec'y.
Mining
Companies
Otber Consumers
of lumber at
Remote Poiuts.
VULCAN IRON WORKS,
fflanutactured by
Office, 505 Mission Street,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER- YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE~YOU NEED IT.
IF YOU HAVE A CYANIDE PLANT- YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IT.
IF YOU OWN CHLORINATION WORKS- YOU SHOULD BUY IT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL-YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
What? p. &B. Paint
IT VS ABSOLUTELY ACID PROOF— TRIED AND PROVEN.
Manufactured by
RARARF-IINE F»/\IINX CO., t
F" ran Cisco.
OS Ang^^Ies.
You Can Order It From Your Dealer.
JOSHUA HENDY HACHINE WORKS,
No. 42 FREMONT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
BUILDERS OF
" Davis " Horse Power Whims. Ore and Rock Cars.
Specialty of
PBO.SPECTING,
MINING and
Ml 1.1,1 NG
PLANTS.
ORE and WATEK
BUCKETS.
"T" RAIL OF
USUAL WEIGHTS,
EITHER NEW
OR SECOND-HAND,
FOR SALE .
CHEAP.
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
-f-»-f-f4-f CHROyWE C/\ST STEEU-f>-f»-f
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used in all the mining States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
'iix\.:i.- ■' uicgf Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies.
Stamp Cam.
H\\ MOl^l^K h rn 5™P' MINING MACfflNERY AND SUPPLIES.
0 MJ % iT.M \w MyM\^L,7 m(_. V^V^»# nANHATTAN RUBBER BELTING, PACKING AND HOSE,
' SANDERSON DRILL STEEL.
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CENTRIPUOAL PUHPS,
LIQHT STBBL RAIL.
May 29, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
465
OOHNTSJOILiIlD
Kansas City Smelting and Refining Co.
Capital paid in r.
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
I noorporated Ur»cJt?r Th© LaiA/s of Ne\A/ "VorU.
^:2,T00,000.
SMELTING WORKS:
Argentine. Kas.; 81 Paso. Tex.; Leadvllle, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
Areeatlne, Kas
We use ibe following Cipher Codes at our Ar-
Kyntlne Works: A. B. C. Code; Moreiog & Noal'h
Code and Bedford McNeill's Code.
AUENCIKS:
lu Ualted StateB—
; Denver, Colo.
; Cripple Creek. Colo.
! Sail Lake City, Uiab.
Spokane. Wash.
New YorkCIiy. N. Y.
Chicago, III.
St.touls.Mo.
In Mexico —
San Luis Polosl,
City of Mexico
Chihuahua.
Pachuca.
HermosiUo,
Jimenez.
FOR PRICKS. ADDRKSS :
J. E. Juckson, No. 6 A tlaa BIk. Salt Lake. Utah
C. U. Porter. Spokaue, Wash.
H. A. Tme. 815 17th St., Denver. Colo.
J. H. WedtUe. LeadTlUe, Colo.
C. E. Finney. Argentine. Kan.
WORKS OF THE CuN. KANSAS UIXY SMELTING AND HEflNlNG CO. AT LEADVILLE. COLO.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAHWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OP A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVESTIGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THEr'OLORADO Denver,
^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
WEAHE MANDFACTDREBsoF (-^qIj^^ SilvGr, V^&Sk-di, Coppsr & fi cl F»yritic
AND Contracting Engineers for
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
SyWELXIING RURINACES.
AHALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
luveHtigate Our Late Iniprovemeuts In ORE CRUSHING MACHINERY.
We Gnarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree of Fineness*
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces is a Success. A great econo-
n:iizer of fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting Furnace.
Einlppel witi Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
insarlng riirid and strong: walls.
I7o Cracks.
The yWine Sindi Smelter Supply Co., Den\/er, Colo.
THE LARGEST STOCK OF MINING, JIILLING AND SHELTING MACHINERY WEST OF CHICAGO.
PIPE, PACKING, KCBBER BELTING, AND SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS.
^fe!i.^eiSSi..ggS WILFLEY CONCENTRATING TABLE,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity of from 15 to 25 tons per day of
24 hours. It is simplicity itself No moving belts or intricate parts. Any one can learn to operate in an hour.
W/ILFLE-V t^OlNCEINTFertTOR
For confirmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breclienridge, Colo.; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Colo.
W. E. Renshaw, MayBower Mill, Idaho Springs, Colo. ; H. E. Woods, Denver, Colo.
— GENERAL OFFICES OF —
The DnEANT Mining Co The Late acqdisition Cons. Mining Co. The Compromise Mining Co. The Aspen Sampling Co.
The Conomara Mine. The SiiUGGLER Concentrator. The SMnGGLER Mining Co.
ASPEN, COLORADO, April 8, 1897.
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This is higher praise than 1 am in the habit of giving, but I teel sure that it is deserved, and you may malte any use of this that you
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May 29, 1897.
Market Reports,
The Markets.
San Francisco, May 27, 1S97.
Grocery and provision houses report an in-
creasing demand for goods, as do hardware,
paints, oils, etc., but dry goods, clothing, etc.,
firms state that trade is dull owing to it be-
ing between seasons with them. The uncer-
tainty regarding tariff continues an unfavor-
able factor in all lines of trade. In well
informed circles the belief prevails tbat in
everything that will be affected by higher
tariff, there have been enough imported and
on the way to meet the demand all this year
without taking into consideration the fact
that domestic factories are turning out and
will turn out considerable goods. This con-
dition makes dealers conservative and is
causing a weakening in values in quite a num-
ber of lines.
The local money market is practically un-
changed. The inquiry for funds is light in
the absence of any speculative movements
and no requirements, as yet, for crop moving
purposes. The gold mines continue to turn
out increasing quantities of the yellow metul
which has its effect on the money market by
causing funds to accumulate. New York ex-
change rules high in the absence of much of a
movement of produce East and free importa-
tion of goods. l>iew York reports a plethora of
funds with the rate of intereston call loans 1%
per cent, a year. The shipments of gold are
light, but it is stated they will increase later
on. Speculation at the East is tame. Lon-
don advices continue to note easy money mar-
kets with a good demand still ruling from
Japan, Austria-Hungary and Russia for gold.
This keeps the premium strong.
New York Sliver Prices.
New Yokk, May 27".— Following are the
closing prices for the weet
e> r
. Silver in
London.
..V. y.
27 V4
60
87S
60M
Monday
27=.
eo"..
Tuesday. ...
27«-16
59 'i
Wednesday
27 9-16
60
Thursday . .
27 9-16
60,
Copper.
Lead.
Iron.
Tin.
Fri....ll 00
@ll
^h
3 35
10 00@12 00
13 35
Sat. ..11 00
@11
as
3 27!4
10 a0®12 00
13 40
Men... 11 OO
@I1
•in
3 27>4
10 00® 12 oa
13 60
Tue. ..11 00
mill
a.T
3 27/,
10 00®12 00
13 55
Wed . .11 00
m\
■Jh
3 2Y/s
10 oooia 00
13 55
Thur. .11 00
@u
25
3 37V4
10 00(ai2 00
13 55
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Loans, % per anniun 7@8
Ctommercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft 17Hc Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 2Uc Prem
London Bankers' 60 days |4.87i^
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers S4.88H
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 60
Mexican Dollars 49(5)50
SILVER.— The market strengthened slight-
ly, then eased off but towards the close it was
a" fraction higher, but barely steady. The
foreign demand is slack,which is making itself
felt. Both China and the Straits take limited
quantities, while Japan confines itself to gold
to conform to the currency reform. The
steamer that left for Hongkong the past
week took out $135,000 in bullion.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market is ex-
tremely dull. The last steamer for Hongkong
took out only 11,800. The wants of the China
trade are met mostly by exchange, which is
cheaper than remitting dollars.
QUICKSILVER.— There is nothing new to
report in our market. The demand is about
the same as rules at this season of the year.
Our market is quoted at $40.50 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— The market is barely steady.
The local demand is light. The East reports
some difficulty in getting full figures; the
basis of transactions from first hands is U
cents. Stocks in this country are said to be
large, but abroad they are light, with a con-
tinued free consumption, yet selling offers
frotii this side are against an advance.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing — ^@I4
Ingot, wholesale — "@13
Sbeet copper (^17
Bolt ...M& 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17
TIN. — Pig is firm, but plates are irregular.
The demand for both is light.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way:
Pig, per lb I4c@ —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box (4 GO® 4 15
" " " light, " 3 90® —
LEAD.— The market is quiet but steady.
The East reports a fair demand.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — ® 4 50
Sheet 5 62;^® 6 12^
Pipe 4 87/3® 5 SlYi
SHOT.— There is a fair jobbing demand.
Our market is quoted as follows:
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs... 81 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 1 60
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do. " "... 1 60
POWDER.— Factories are kept busy to sup-
ply the demand, which is increasing from min-
ing camps.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from ll^^c to ITJ^c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 2, from Oc to lie,
according to strength and quantity,
BORAX — The feeling is stronger in antici-
pation of higher tariff.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in carload lots, in barrels 5
Refined, in carload lots in sacks -iU
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " 4%
IRON.— There is nothing new to report
either here or at the East. Last week's re-
view covers this week's advices.
AMERICAN.
To AiTive. Spot.
Sloss 820 00 833 00
Thomas 21 00 33 00
Salisbury 29 00 3150
ENGLISH.
Barrow 821 00 833 00
Gartsherrie 21 50 23 00
COAL.— There is nothing new to report. In-
creasing employment of electricity cuts into
the consumption. For household purposes the
demand is light.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FKOM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington 88 00@
Greta 6 00@ 6 50
Nanaimo 6 50® 7 00
G.iman 5 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 50® 6 00
Coos Bay @ 4 75
Caunel 8 00®
Egg. hard 12 00®13 00
Wallsend 6 50®
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint v
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lxunp 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 UO
West Hartley 6 50
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies' "
English, to load 950 ®
" spot.inbulk 10 00 ®
in sacks 1100 @ 13 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY. — The market is dull and
easy.
Our market is quoted at 7'4@8^4C in a job-
bing way. New York man advices quote
! 7V9C for Cookson's, U^s@7^c for Hallett's and
ti'y(^7c for Japanese.
NAILS.— The market is steady.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " 82 20
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, '' " ., 2 10
PLATINUM.— Very little doing.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to $15 per ounce.
ZINC. — The market is quiet at steady
prices.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is dull.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
Chemicals.
Our market is practically unchanged. The
slow progress made in tariff legislation has an
unfavorable effect, but now that the bill is
before the Senate speedy action is looked for.
Stocks in this country are large, imported in
anticipation of higher duties.
SPELTER.— The market is quiet at un-
changed quotations.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
BISMUTH.— The demand is light.
Our market is quoted in a joobing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is easy.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 76 cents
per pound.
BONEASH.— There is a good shipping de-
mand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 3Mc; No.
3, '^%c.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is
steady at 3c per pound in a jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 5S% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is steady at $1.55 per 100 lbs. in a
jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
slow demand at 2>^c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OP SODA.— The movement is
light.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6
to 13c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at iMc per lb for
66%.
INITRIO ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at b^@7c per pound in car-
boys.
BLUE VITRIOL. — Our market is fairly
steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4%c per
pound.
Mining 5hare Market.
San Francisco. May 27, 1897.
The market fluctuated downwards from
Thursday, May 19th, to yesterday, when a
slightly steadier tone was noticeable in Chol-
lar. Tnroughout the week attention has been
attracted to the work in Chollar on the Bruns-
wick lode, where it is claimed an important
strike has been made on the oOO-foot level. It
is stated that the find is entirely new and has
no connection with the ore found on the upper
levels. While not saying it, yet if this is the
case then it must be the apex of another vein
which ought to be struck on the 600-foot level.
Outside of this little find, the work on the
500-foot level has not resulted so far as favor
able as had been expected by the many. The
strength in Chollar brought in some strong
outside buyers, who took the shares at around
85 cents. They bought on bull points from the
mine. Potosi sympathized with Chollar. With
the better informed class of operators there is
a bear feeling, but so far as can be learned
they do not risk much on the bear side except
on spurts. These persons have been correct
yniiNi
Company and Location. No.
AltaS MCo, Nev 56....
Bullion M Co. Nev 50...,
Challenge Con M Co, Nev 33...,
Chollar MCo. Nevada 43...
Eureka Con DM Co, Cal 8...
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev. 81...
Gray Eagle M Co, Cal 46...,
Jamison MCo, Cal 9. .
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal. 6...
Occidental Con M Co, Nev ... .27 . .
Overman S M Co, Nev 77
Pine HillG&S M Co, Cal. . ..10. . .
Rock Island G & S M Co, Nev . 14 . . . .
Savage M Co, Nev 92...
Seg Belcher & Mides Con M
Co,Nev 19...
Sulphur Bank Q M Co, Cal 5. ,
Thorpe M Co, Cal 6.
Union Con S M Co, Nev 54. .
IVC3 ASSESS/VVEINTS.
Amt. Levied, DelinqH and Site. Secreiari/.
5c May 31. .June 25. .July 16 J E Jacobus, 309 Montgomery
.10c ...May -J. .June 8..June28 ..R R Grayaou, a31 Pine
,10c.... May 13.. June 16.. July 8 CL McCoy. Mills Bldg
.15c.. ..May 10.. June 15. .July 8 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
. 5c Apr 2. .May 15, .June 5 DM Kent. 3a0 Pioe
.20c Apr 29. .June 1. .June22. .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
, 5c.... Mar 30.. May 8.. May 29 W J Gurnett, 3U8 Pine
. 5c Nov 27. .Juue23..Aug 18 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
.10c Apr 12.. May 24.. June 21 F Mettmann, 237 Twelfth
.10c May U. June 13 .July 1 .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.10c. ...Apr 12. May 17. .June 7 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
. 5c. ...May 10. -July 1.. July 22 Chas A Hare, 1003 Railroaa Ave
3c May 20 .June2i. .July 6 W W i-J up till, 309 Montgomery
.20c Apr 13. -May 17. .June 7 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
. 5c.... Apr 6.. May 10. .May 29 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
.25c.... Mar 23.. May 3.. June 3 T WlntringUam, 306 California
. Si^cApr 14. .June 7. .June 27 A F Prey, Ptielan Building.
.20c Apr 7.. May II.. June 1 A P Swain, 309 Montgomery
for a long time past. They think that while
the market may go some higher, the develop-
ments in the mines and general condition of
business and finance on this coast and at the
East, do not warrant a bull movement. It
looks now that after the Chollar and Potosi
flurry has subsided, attention will center on
the work either in Confidence-Challenge-Con.
Imperial west crossdrift or else in that of
Yellow Jacket-Ken tuck and Crown Point.
Late advices state that work in both is being
pushed steadily ahead. From the first-named
joint west crossdrift official and semi-official
advices state that it is quite possible the
west or red lode straightened, and if so they
will have to run some distance yet. Had they
read an article in the Minino and Scientific
Paiis.s, published in 1S95, on the west lode
they would have seen that it dips slightly to
the west, whereas the old Comstock lode dips
to the east. They either do not know their
business or else they are trying to mystify
the public for some kind of object not as yet
apparent.
From the Comstock mines there is nothing
allowed to leak which is calculated to excite
the credulity of outside operators. This is
done, as stated by one of the philanthropic
insiders, so as not to cause operators to rush
in and load up with shares of mines in which
developments do not warrant prices paid. In
Utah work is continued on the east crossdrift
started from the north drift. No change is
reported. Work is continued in the west
crossdrift from the Layton tunnel level in
Sierra Nevada. At last advices it was in
hard porphyry. In Union active work is con-
tinued on the 900-foot level. A west cross-
drift has been started at a point 900 feet
north from east crossdrift No. a. In Mexican
they are still working to the west on the
1000-foot level. In Ophir they have started
another west crossdrift on the 1000-foot level.
This time it is from the main north drift, 125
feet from the shaft station. The work in
this mine continues to be confined to the 1000-
foot and Central tunnel levels. No change is
reported in material encountered. In Andes
they are running a north drift from the east
crossdrift on the 17o-foot level, in Con. Vir-
ginia active preparatory and also exploit-
ing work is continued on the 1000-
foot, 16o0-foot and 1750-foot levels. There
is nothing new to report in any of the
work. There were extracted and sent to mill
the past week 71 tons oC ore, assaying over
¥02 to the ton. This does not pay expenses.
Unless more ore is taken out an assessment
will have to be levied before long. Best&,
Belcher and Gould & Curry work is still
jointly to the east from the Bonner shaft. In
riavage they are exploiting on the 500-foot and
750-foot levels. Nothing of interest is re-
ported. There is nothing new from Hale &
Norcross, and nothing expected while law-
suits are the order. Work reported is con-
fined to the OOO-foot level. Repairing in
Potosi took up some time, but work has been
resumed again. The delays eat up money and
bring out assessments. No change is reported
in the work in Bullion, Alpha or Con. Impe-
rial, Confidence or Crown Point. They are
still raising ore in Belcher, but from' what
level or levels the letters are still silent.
There is nothing new reported from Overman,
Caledonia or Alta. The former raises a few
tons of ore each week,
The center of attraction on the Brunswick
lode continues to be Chollar, as noted in the
fore part of our review. In this mine, on the
500-foot level, they struck a small seam of ore
which was followed until the shorts filled and
some bulls bought, when the ore got away
from them to the east. It may be found, if
there are enough shorts to justify it. Ore con-
tinues to be extracted, raised and sent to the
mill from the 400-foot, :sOO-foot and 200-foot
levels. Last week 250 tons were raised, as-
saying $19. 13 gold and 18. 12 ounces silver. In
Occidental there is active exploiting and pre-
paratory work on the 550-foot level. No change
is reported in the joint work of Gould & Curry,
Best &, Belcher and Con. Virginia. In Sav-
age they have resumed work in sinking the
shaft.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week;
Mines.
May
3U.
May
27.
$ 02
Andes
S 18
20
Belcher
61
Bodle
Bullion
03
!i4
Chollar
99
I UO
1 75
1 15
Confidence
Consolidated California and
Virginia-
1 80
32
20
91
Justice
Mexican
37
91
36
Ophlr
90
60
30
M
3K
34
Utah
Yellow Jacket
30
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The following data for the week ending 5
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Tinc l*Kiias:
31 H
's»°t as
CAI.IKOUNIA
STATIUNS.
Eureku
Red luurr
Sucruinento
Sau Friioctsco .. .
Frusiio
SuD Luis Obispo.
Lios Augeles
SuD Diego
YuiDli
Bp ;
• ^ »
1 1 C D' C 5
n p , (B CD on
.04 49.50 h\A-2 44 K5
1.>-J,I3 :i3.4T
.04 a4.irt
T 17.*JK
.00 i3.22
UU 10.53
T -JO. 74
.08 11.77
.00 5 3.=i!
17.7-2
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(i.88
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ber. HfiXl, UU auHeHBineut (No. U). of 6 coiitH pur
bhare. wan levied upon llio capital stock of llie
corporation, iKiyable Imnicdlal.'ly In United States
ffold cotu lu liie Secretary, at tin* oQlee of the com-
pany. VA) Sutler wtreet. San KraiiclMCo. California.
Any Hlock upon which thin aNMi*H»(ijeni Hhall re-
main unpaid on the 'J^tli day of January. ls<,iT, will
Ih.' dellnqiient, and advertlHeil fur aale at public
auction: and iinleHs payment Ih made before, will
be Mold on MONDAY, the -'■-'nd day of March. ISWT.
to pay the delhujuent aHHeHBment. topethor with
the coBtB of advertlHluK' and expenBeb uf Hale.
By order of the Board uf DIrectorM.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
Onice— Room .W. VX Sutter Blreet. San PrancUco.
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a uieeihisr of the Boanl of Directors of Iho
JainlHon Hlnlntr Company, held un the 2dtli day of
January, is'.t7. It was rewulvcd iliat any aiuek upon
which the aboveaKKeBHiiiiiil «liall n-malu unpaid on
the*J4lh day of February, is;.;, will h.-(lel!nqueiil and
adveritsed for sale at imblic auciion; and. uiiIchh
payment \h made Oefore. will be Hold on WEDNES-
DAY, the -MHt aay of April. 18tt7, lo pay the dellu-
iiueiii aNsesttmenl. together with the costs of adver-
llBing and expeimeH of Hale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
Al a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 2-lih day of
FeOrnary, 181*7, It was resulved that any stock upon
which the above assessmeat shall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the ir.ih day uf March, I8!l7. will be de-
Ungueni and advertised for sale al public aucllun;
and. unless payment Is maile before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the ^ilst day of May. Isli7. to pay the delln-
uuent assessment, togethi.-r wlih the costs of adver-
tising and expeiiHt^b uf sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meellng of the Board of Directors of the
Janilsun Mining Compan.v. held on the 2iJth day of
March, lS'.i7, it was resolved that any slock upon
which ihe above assessment shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the -Mth day of April. 1897. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the I'.tth day of June, 1897. 10
pay the deltni|uent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and e.xpeuses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
Al a meetintr of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the Mth day of
April. is;i7. it was reaoived that any stock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on MONDAY, the 24th day of May, 1897. will be de-
lliKiueiil and ;ulvertlbed for sale at public auction;
and, unless payment Is made before, will be sold uu
MONDAY, the I'.Uh day of July, 1H117. to pay the de-
Ihuiuent assessment, together with the costs of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining-- Company, held on the 2-lth day of
May. 1"<H7. it was resolved that any stock upon
which liie above assessment shall remain unpaid
on WEDNESDAY, the -';ird day of June, 1S1I7. will be
delliiQuent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion: and. unless payment la made before, will be
sold ou WEDNESDAY, the ISlh day of Auffust. 1897.
to pay ihe delinquent assessment, logetlier with
the cosis of advertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business, San Francisco, California:
location of works, Fourth Crossing. Calaveras
County, California.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the Mth day of
April, 1897. an asseaament (No. ti) of .02}^ cents per
share was levied upon the capital atock of the cor-
poration, payable Immediately in United States
gold coin to the secretary, at the office of the
company, room 44 Phelan building', San Francisco,
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the *22d day of May. 1897, will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 14th day of June. 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. P. PREY. Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building. San Francisco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
The date of delinquency of the above assessment
has been poslponeil to June 7th. 1897, and the da.v of
sale to SATURDAY. June 27th. 1897. by order of the
Board of Directors. A. P. PREY. Secretary.
Office— Room 44. Phelan building, San Francisco.
California.
GOULD & CURRY SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location of principal place of business. San Praa-
cisco. California; location of works, Virginia, Storey
County. Nevada.
Notice iB hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 29th day of April,
1897, an assessment (No. 81) of 20 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable imniedlalely in United Stales gold
coin, to the secretary, at the office of the company,
room (!9. Nevada Block. H09 Montgomery street. San
Francisco. California.
Any atock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the lat day of June, 1897,
will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at
public auction: and unless payment Is made before.
will be sold on TUESDAY, the 22d day of June,
1897, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the coats of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K, DURBROW. Secretary.
Office— Room ti9, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgom-
ery street, San Francisco. California.
OCCIDENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
puny.— Location of principal place of buHlness. San
KranclHco. California. Location of works. Silver
Star Mlnlok' Dlntrlci. Storev County. Nevada.
Notice Is hereby civen that at a meetlntf of the
Board of Dlrectorfl held un the lllh day of May.
l(tV7. an asHeHsmeiit (No. 27) of 10 cents per share
waH levied npun the capital slock uf the corporil-
tlon. payable Immediately lu United States gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. Room No. (19. Nevada block. No. 809 Montgom-
ery>Btrcet. San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assesHiuent shall re-
main unpaid un the U'th day of June. 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and, unless pavment Is made before, will
he Bold on THURSDAY, the Ihi day of July. 1897. to
pay tlio dfllniiueitl assessnuMil. together wlin the
costs of advertising and exp*.'nseH of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBROW. Secretary.
OQlco— Room No. i;u. Nevada block. No. ;(09 Mont-
gomery atreel. San Francisco. California.
lu thif Superior Court of ihe Clly and CouiH.v uf
San Francisco. State of California. Departmenl Nu s.
John V. Kluiball. plalnlUf. vs. Mabel L. Kimball,
defendant. Action brought In the Superior Conn.
Cltv and Coinilv of f^an Fr;inclHco, State of Califor-
nia, and the complaint lilcil In sahl Cliy and County
Of San Francisco, In the olhc.' of tlu' clerk uf said
Superior Court. The people of ih«- Slate of Califor-
nia send greeting lo Mabel L, Klml):ii!. defemlanl.
You .'ire liereb.v reijuiri'd to appear in an action
brongiit against you liy tin- above-named plaliitllT
In the Superior Court. City and County of S;iii Praii-
clscu. Stale of California, and to answer tlic com-
plalnl tiled therein wllhln ten days (excluHlve of
the day of service) after the service on you of this
summon H. If served within this county ; or. If served
elsewhere, wlililn thirty days. The said action Is
brought lOillsHolve the bands of mairlniony now
cxlsilng btlwitiMi yourself and idalullU". on Uie
ground uf hablltial lntemper:inee on your part for
more Iluin one year past. All of whicii will more
fully appear In the complaint ou tile herein to
which you :ire liereby referred. And you are hei-e-
by not i lied lliat If you fai' lo appear aiul answer the
said complaint, aw above ici|ulred. the salil plahitlff
will apply lo the saUl Coiiri for ihe relief pr:ive<l
for In the complaint. Given under my hand and
seal of salil Superior Court al the Clt.v and Couuly
of San Francisco, Stale of California, this 9tli day of
April. In the year of our Lord, one Ihousaad eight
hundred and nlnely-seven. C. F. Curry. Clerk. By
Joseph Rlordan, Deputy Clerk.
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THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
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* nining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
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Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUQM TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Fred F, Connor,
Geu'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
Gold
WIeint&dl,
And Colorado has enough for the whole world.
Yours for the finding: shall we tell you where to
look y Please send six cents to cover postage on
an elaborate book called "Colorado's Gold;" 128
pages, wi th 80 new half-tone engravings. Address
B. L. lA/INCHELL,
G. P. A. Uii. Fac, Denver & Gulf R'y.,
II>EIN\/ER, COLO.
CHALLENGE CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
PANY.—Location of principal place of business,
San Fcaneisco, California: location of works. Gohl
Hill. Nevada.
Notice Is liereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the Uith day of May.
1897. an assessment (No. 2;i) of Ten cents (10c) per
share was levied upon the capital slock of the
corporation, payable Immediately In United Slates
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, room ;irt. third floor. Mills building, corner I
Bush and Montgomery streets, San Francisco. Cali-
fornia.
Any stock upon which lliis assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the Itith day of June, 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and. unless payment is made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 8th day Of July, 1897. to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of lite Board of Directors.
C. L. MCCOY, Secretary.
Office— Room '.iH. third floor. Mills building, San
Francisco, California.
STOCK. IIN THE
Copper King of Arizona
Can be had by applying to
C.W. BLACKBURN, Fiscal Agent,
BISBBB, ARIZONA.
i^^Seud for prospectus.
TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Ehiplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. Ja^Eztra
sizes and lengths made to order on short notice
611 and 613 FRONT ST., San Francisco. Cal.
To Arizona:
TRAVEL VIA THE
anta Fe Route-
and Ash Fork.
First-Class Equipment and
Dining Accommodations.
Magnificent Scenery.
No Delay.
Close Connections.
Pullman Service to Prescott
and Phoenix.
PASSING THROUGH THE
FAMOUS MINING CITIES OF
Presoott and Congresa
INTO . . .
F»hoenix,-<^ —
THROUGH THE RICHEST
SECTION OF THE
Great Salt Ri\/er V/alley,
NOTED FOR ITS MARVELOUS
FERTILITY AND AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS. . . .
For informalioD rugaraiug the mineral resources
or the agricultunil possibiUlies of CENTRAL
.\RIZONA. ur for advice us lo the train service
from all principal point.s lu the United Stales,
write to liny SANTA PE ROUTE representative,
or to
OEORQE n. SARQENT,
General Passenger Agent, PRESCOTT, A. T.
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway Co.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Colorado has within its limits some of the great-
est gold mines that have ever been discovered. In
Cripple Creek In I89:i there were a few prospectors
looking over the hills; in 1895 the camp turned out
over $8,000,000 In gold. LeadvlUe, the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
ver what it Is to-day. is becoming a big producer of
gold. Now inventions for working low-grade gold
ores, together with the discoveries made to work
rebellious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers such as they have never enjoyed before, and
Colorado has inducements to offer such as no other
district in the world possesses; the record of the
State in gold production for the last three years
speaks for Itself. Among the other prominent
camps In the State are Tellurlde, Ophir. Rico. Silver-
ton. Mineral Point. Durango. La Pluta. Ouray. Saw
Pit, Ironton, the Gunnleon district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps are
springing Into existence every day The Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad, which is the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has always been the miner's
friend, reaches all the mining camps In Colorado.
For elegantly illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines In Colorado, send to
W. .1. SHOTWKLL. - - - General Agent,
;tl'I California St., San Pranclaco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passenger A^ent, - - DENVER, COLO.
SANTA FE^ROUTE.
The Great SANTA FE ROUTE,
with Its TEN THOUSAND
MILES of Track,
Reaches all the principal mining camps in COLO-
RADO, NEW MEXICO, ARIZO^rA and
CAHPORNIA.
Randslburg,
THE HEW El DORADO,
Can be reached by no other line. Double daily
stages run between KRAMER and
RANDSBURG.
H. C. BUSH, A. Q. P. A.
Ticket Office, 644 Market Street,
5an Francisco, Cal.
CRIPPLE CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
IIV GOLD.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
lu Connection with the Denver & Rio Grande.
For information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
DENVER, Colo.
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SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1897.
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California Asphaltum Products.
The fact that the owners of the asphaltum de-
posits of this State within easy reach of sea trans-
portation are devoting their attention now much
more to Eastern and foreign markets than to the
local demand is a matter of considerable consequence
to that industry. \V idespread as is the use of as-
phaltum for paving and other purposes the world
over, it was not until 1854 that it was first tried.
That was in the city of I^aris. In very few large
cities of this country or of Europe is more than a
small proportion of the streets paved with asphalt,
A notable excep-
tion is Washing-
ton. No other
Lirticle has been
found that will
satisfy nearly so
well the. princi-
pal requisites. It
is elastic, smooth
and less noise is
made upon it by
traffic.
The article as
used on the
streets here is
an asphaltic
sandstone, while
that which comes
from the island
of Trinidad is an
asphaltic 1 i m e-
stone. Asphal-
1 turn is a mineral
ipitch, more or
[less pure, which
may be mixed
with sand or
other material
for street pav-
ing. It is for
this reason that
the people at
Santa Barbara
who obtain, at
but a trifling cost for purifying, asphaltum over 90
per cent pure, are enabled to ship it East, where it
is mixed with four parts sand to one of asphaltum
for street paving.
Heretofore the output has been controlled by the
local demand, which has not been large enough to
maintain prices. Of asphaltum the output, accord-
ing to the returns of the Mining Bureau, was, in
1894, 11,098 tons, valued at $2^8,800; in 1805, 25,525
tons, valued at $170,500, and in 18!l(i, 20,914 tons,
valued at $362,590. Of asphaltic sandstone or
bituminous rock the returns were for 1894, 81,214
tons, $115,193; 1895, 38,921 tons, $121,586, and 1896,
49,456 tons, $122,500. The total value of the output
of asphaltum and bituminous rock in 1896 was there-
fore valued at $485,090.
For some four years now shipments have been
made to the East from about Santa Barbara, and
the amount is increasing each year. Some of it is
being tried on the streets of Paris to compare with
the European article, which is an asphaltic limestone
which becomes harder and slippery. So, too, the
city of Glasgow, Scotland, probably the best gov-
rned city in the world, has lately obtained a supply
for the purpose of comparing it with products from
other sources.
In New York a great deal of money is being ex-
pended on asphalt, and there is hardly a city in the
United States which will not within the next few
years repave a large proportion of its streets with
asphalt, for no other satisfactory material can give
the two requisites — smoothness and noiselessness as
well. The bicycle is compelling the use of smooth
pavement more than ever before.
Prom Santa Barbara a rate of $4 per ton on as-
phaltum to the East has been obtained. This article,
90 per cent pure, to be mixed with four parts of
I
,iM
^
Bll'UMINOU.S liOUK IjUAltltV OK TiiK OITV .Sl'KliKT IMPKOVEMEiNT CUMi'ANV
sand at the place of consumption, has a great ad-
vantage over the Trinidad article, which is only 33
per cent pure as imported.
The Trinidad article, which is the only product
against which California will have to compete, is
claimed to be in many respects inferior to ours. For
instance, in mixing the Trinidad article tbey use
petroleum residues having a parafline base, out of
which the naphtha and lighter oils have not all been
taken. As simply a mixture is made, these in time
evaporate and the paving cracks. With the Cali-
fornia asphalt they are mixed with a flux which is a
solvent. California oils have an asphalt base. Then
the Trinidad article is not so satisfactory around
hydraulic works.
In time considerable use will be found for the Cali-
fornia asphaltum for lining ditches and reservoirs.
In ditches the percolation would be entirely stopped
and the friction greatly decreased. As a lining for
reservoirs it has one great advantage over Portland
cement in that it will not crack with trifling subsi-
dences of the earth. A reservoir of a capacity of
1,500,000 gallons of water, being constructed for
the city of Santa Barbara, is lined with asphaltum.
The principal deposits worked of late in California
have been in Ivern county, at Asphalto, and in Santa
Barbara county. Yet good qualities of asphalt, found
in large quantities, have been worked in other
counties.
The imports of asphaltum into the United States
in 1895 was about 80,000 tons, most of which came
from the asphalt lake in the island of Trinidad and
about 3400 tons from the State of Bermudez, in Ven-
ezuela. Besides what was mined in California, there
was very little asphalt produced in the United
States. Glance pitch, or gilsonite, of Utah controls
the black varnish market. The asphaltic rock for
paving of Utah,
owing to cost of
transportation,
will not prob-
ably compete
with the Califor-
nia pi'oduct for
some years to
come, and then
only in the in-
terior of the
country, away
from seaboard.
Besides these
sources, there
are deposits in
the Indian Terri-
tory upon which
considerable
money has been
' .;. expended with-
out success.
Then there are
deposits in Ken-
tucky which
have not proved
of great value.
T h£ great
value of the as-
phalt deposits of
California lies in
the fact that
there can be no
CO m p e tition in
this country except from foreign articles, and
against these there seem to be advantages that
promise local control of the field. The demand
for asphalt all over this country is growing, and the
consumption should within a few years increase many
fold. Many other materials have been given trial
for smooth pavements, but none have stood the test
so well as asphalt, which promises to hold favor for
many years to come.
Chinese Gold Mines.
The prospectus of a large company being brought
out in London to develop by itself and sub-companies
mineral resources in north China — eastern Mongolia
— states that a concession has been obtained extend-
ing over 30,000 square miles of territory owned by
Prince T'san. It is stated that for centuries past
the Chinese have been engaged in washing gold from
the gravel along the rivers having their rise in north
China, and at present 100,000 natives find employ-
ment in this industry. With the building of the
great Siberian railway, with its branches into north
China, a rich field promises to be opened.
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June 5, 1897.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
tLLUSTRATIONS.— Bituminous Kock Quarry of the City Street
Improvement Company, 469. Switchboard; View of Boiler Room;
Train, One Motor Car and line Passenger Coa.ch; 850 Kilowatt
Dynamo Direct Connected to 1200 H. P. Engine ; Truck of Motor
Car with Two G. E. 2000 Motors, 477.
EDITORIAL.— California Asphaltum Products; Chinese Gold
Mines, 4fi9. A Duty on Onyx; Statisticians and the Gold Yield;
A Warning to Locators Under the New Law; The Future of
Copper Mining; Eastern Mining Investors, 470.
MINING SUMMARY.— Prom the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 474-5-6.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— The Synchronograph, 476. An Aztec
Manuscript Found in Iowa, 477,
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Electricity Displacing the Loco-
motive, 477-8.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— The Limitations of Government in
Water-Power Plants; The Use of Compressed Air for Mining
Purposes, 478.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc.. 490-1.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 471. Practical Notes on Hy-
draulic Mining; Gold in Black Sand; From Mine to Mint, 472.
Permanence in Depth of California Gold Mines; Cheap Milling
and Mining, 473. Coast Industrial Notes; Personal; Recent Cali-
fornia Mining Incorporations; Commercial Paragraphs; Recently
Declared Mining Dividends, 480. List of U. S. Patents for Pacitlc
Coast Inventors; Notices of Recent Patents, 483.
Statisticians and the Gold Yield.
Statistics a're very satisfactory when only oue
statistician works on any particular line, but when
two or more go at it the faith of the public in the
value of statistics is apt to be weakened. 3Iineral
Industries canae out the other day with a statement
that the product of gold in the United States in
1896 amounted to no less than $58,660,637. In
January, a few days after the close of last .year,
John J. Valentine, President of Wells, Fargo & Co.,
gave as an estimate of the value of the gold yield
$53,015,242. Last Tuesday, some six months later,
Mr. Preston, the Director of the Mint of the United
States, announced that the gold yield amounted to
$53,600,000.
One thing that is particularly worthy of note
about Mr. Preston's figures, is that he credits Cali-
fornia with an output of 721,600 ounces, or about
$14,500,000, a slight decrease from the figures
of 1895. Yet about a month ago Mr. Yale, the
statistician ol the United States Mint at San
Francisco, from the best available returns announced
that the gold yield of California in 1896 was $17,-
181,562, an increase over that of 1895 of $1,847,245.
Mr. Preston's figures make the gold product of
the United States for 1896 greater than that of. the
previous year by about $6,250,000, while the Mineral
Industries makes out an increase of about $11,000,000.
Comparing the United States Mint statistics with
those of Wells, Fargo & Co. for Oregon for a num-
ber of years back, it will be seen that they were for
1891— Mint, $1,994,622 ; Wells, Fargo & Co., $1,004,-
000. 1892^Mint, $1,491,781; Wells, Fargo & Co.,
$1,020,886. 1893— Mint, $1,645,300 ; Wells, Fargo &
Co., $1,151,977. 1894— Mint, $2,113,356; Wells,-
Fargo & Co., $1,603,218.
The great differences between all these figures do
not show that any of the people quoted have been
careless or were unskilled in their work. The great
trouble in gathering statistics, especially in the
West, is the lack of sources of intelligent informa-
tion. The mine owners are not compelled by law to
make returns of products, and a very large propor-
tion refuse to do so. Returns are now being required
by law in Utah and Nevada under laws levying a tax
on the yield of mines. Yet this in itself may tend to
make some conceal the true facts.
However uncertain all the statistics are, and how-
ever much the statisticians differ, one fact is brought
out clearly, and that is that mining is the most pros-
perous industry in the country.
The Future of Copper Mining.
The production of copper last year was consider-
ably larger than ever before and there has been a
continued increase during the first months of 1897.
At the same time the stock in Europe has been
steadily decreasing and is now about half of what it
was a year or more ago — or about a month's supply.
This has not been due to any decrease in the amount
shipped to Great Britain and the Continent, but to
the rapidly increasing demand for it. In the mean-
I time the supply from Chili and other foreign coun-
tries does not promise to increase. An official in
one of the large copper mining companies is quoted
by the Boston Financial News as saying :
If business in this country should start up I do not
know what Europe would do for copper. The Eu-
ropean supply of copper has been decreasing con-
stantly for over a year notwithstanding the large
exports of the metal from this country, showing an
enormous consumption of copper over there. Do-
mestic consumption of copper is about 50 per cent of
the normal amount, and this has been the case since
the panic in 1893. It seems ridiculous that this
large country cannot absorb one-half of the copper
produced here, while Europe is using more than
half our product and large amounts imported from
Chili besides. I suppose the condition of things will
change some time, but it seems a long wait.
It is hardly possible that the increase in the out-
put of copper will in the near future keep pace with
the increased demand; yet the price of copper has
not risen very much, although it is considerably
higher now than it was a year ago. It seems prob-
ably that inSuences are brought to bear to keep the
prices down by those manipulating the copper
markets of the world. In the meantime there is
more eagerness than ever shown on the part of
European and Eastern investors to obtain control of
copper properties that are already opened or of
those that promise well.
A considerable rise in the price of copper will of
course cause the opening up of many properties
which now cannot be worked at a profit. There
will no doubt be found new fields for copper mining,
and a number of those now being exploited will soon
be made to produce. In Arizona there is more
activity in new mines than ever before; the Seven
Devils District of Idaho is being taken hold of by
capitalists; mines in Northwestern Montana are be-
ing exploited, and there is considerable activity in
different parts of Nevada. Yet it is hardly to be
expected that from all these sources will the output
be increased in the near future as fast as the de-
mand.
Outside of the Michigan mines there are no copper
properties of consequence being worked that do not
produce precious metals as well as copper; and
without these precious metals, at present prices,
few, if any, of them would pay. The question of
transportation is of course of much importance in
copper mining, and the opening up of mines that are
now known to be valuable, but unworked, will de-
pend largely upon the building of railroads.
A Warning to Locators Under the New Law.
The new California law as to locations went into
effect last week, and will govern all locations here-
after made. As it provides that " all locations * *
hereafter made which do not conform to the require-
ments of this act * * * shall be void," it is incumbent
on locators to use special care to conform strictly
with the law as it now stands. It should be clearly
borne in mind that the new law does not in any man-
ner supersede the existing Federal law, but is merely
supplementary thereto, and all the provisions of the
United States law are just as binding as ever. Sec.
2324 of the United States Revised Statutes reads in
part as follows:
Sec. 2324. The miners of each mining district may
make regulations not in conflict with the laws of the
United States, or with the laws of the State or Ter-
ritory in which the district is situated, governing
the location, manner of recording, amount of work
necessary to hold possession of a mining claim, sub-
ject to the following requirements: The location
must be distinctly marked on the ground, so that its
boundaries can be readily traced. All records of min-
ing claims hereafter made shall contain the name or
names of the locators, the date of the location and
such a description of the claim or claims located hy refer-
ence to some natural ohject or permanent monument as
loill identify the claim.
Section 2 of the new mining law in prescribing the
contents of the preliminary notices, which must be
recorded, omits the provisions of the Federal law
above quoted in italics. It would appear that when-
ever this point is raised in contest in either the
departments or the United States courts it will be
held that notices filed for record and which do not
contain these points are not such notices as the Fed-
eral law requires, and are invalid.
Eastern Hining Investors.
It is particularly noticeable of the average Boston
investor in mining property that he looks only for
those that are developed and paying profits. He
goes into the business just as he would make invest-
ments in railroad stocks or government bonds for the
dividends or interest returns. Prospects or par-
tially developed properties, no matter how well
they promise nor how cheaply they may be pur-
chased, have little attraction for him. The Califor-
nian prefers to take such properties and develop
them. Of all the money that has been put into
mines by local people but a trifling percentage has
gone into paying mines. The Californian is a good
miner and directly does more than anyone else to de-
velop the industry.
But after all the Boston or other Eastern people
who only want good-paying properties indirectly do
much good, and such inclination should be encour-
aged. Of late there has been an unusual amount of
inquiry from conservative business men not only of
Boston but other Eastern centers for opportunities
for safe investments in mines. This shows the great
change of sentiment that has come about in a few
years in regard to that industry. On this subject
the conservative Boston Post in an editorial lately
says ;
There was a time, not so far distant either, when
mining, whether of gold, silver, copper or iron, was
hardly considered a legitimate field of investment,
and when mining men, particularly the promoters of
large enterprises, were in the eyes of investors too
often classified with the green-goods men and the
gold-brick manufacturer. * * * Now, however,
that there have been so many failures in the indus-
trials the investor is compelled perforce to seek
some new field for the legitimate employment of his
capital.
But where can he find such a field in these days of
low interest bearing bonds ? In the past twenty-five
years there has been no class of securities in which
ISlew England capital has been placed which furnished
safer and sounder investments and have returned a
larger and more continuous rate of interest on the
capital invested than mining stocks, particularly the
shares of the great Lake Superior and Montana
copper mines. Through the experience of the recent
years of depression, when the passing and cessation
of dividends have become so common, the investor
has at last awoke to this fact and discovered that
there is such a thing as legitimate mining, and that
legitimate mining offers to-day most exceptional
attractions to capital.
There is no doubt that the coming summer will see
a great interest taken, not alone in mining specula-
tion, but in legitimate mining — a branch of industry
which has gradually come to be regarded as among
the safest investments the country has got now.
Some of the best banking houses in the East, par-
ticularly here and in New York, are all the time on
the lookout for good gold or copper properties, and
some of the best people are going into them. A
general revival of the mining industry will mean
more for Boston than any other Eastern financial
center.
A Duty on Onyx.
The United States Senate last Tuesday agreed to
an advance in the duty on onyx from 50 cents to
$1.50 per cubic foot. As pointed out in the Mininq
AND Scientific Press a few weeks ago, all that is
necessary to enable the owners of the California
onyx deposits to work them is some such duty as is
proposed, and it is to be hoped that it will finally
pass. Without it there can be no market for the
American onyx deposits in this country, for it would
be impossible to compete with the cheap labor of
Mexico, where most of the onyx that comes to the
Eastern States is quarried. The proposed duty
would enable the California and other Pacific coast
producers to compete in the Eastern States with
the article now brought in from the southern repub-
lic. Were there any question as to the quality of
the onyx found in California a good argument might
lie against this duty, but there is not. It was gen-
erally acknowledged that the finest onyx displayed
at the World's Pair in Chicago was from this State.
June 6, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
471
Concentrates.
On tbe Congress miae in Arizona It is proposed to siak to
the ;i,000-foot level.
Tub London stutM states that the laterest there Id Ameri-
can mining is increasing.
Tub owners of the Crystal mine at Marysvale, Utah, pro-
pose to erect a mill shortly.
A (;rii.ii ledge has been discovered near Elko, Nov., and
many claims have been located.
The Calumet & Hecia shipped 9,:*75,812 pounds of copper
between January 1st and May iruh.
Is the Olympics in Washington a ledge of onyx, said to be
of good quality, has been discovered.
At the Owin raloe in Calaveras county sixty stamps are to
be added to tbe mill, making 100 in all.
Edwakii Smith will erect a 5-stamp mill on his mine on the
Uogue river, near Grant's Pass, Oregon.
TuKRE are over :^00,000,OUO gallons of water in the now reser-
voirs at the Ciold Creek mines in Nevada.
TuEUE are 150 freight teams on the road hauling freight
from Elko to the Gold Creek mines in Nevada.
TuK Noble mine, on Wisconsin creek, Montana, has been
bonded to Ueins and others of Butte for $10U,00U.
Ff»»TEK and Fore propose to erect a lO-stamp mill on the
American mine near Fort Jones, Siskiyou Co., Cal.
Two sluice robbers were shot last week in Siskiyou county,
Cal., on the Gilinore *& Baur mine, near the Oregon line.
Ai.oNii >he trail into the Yukon country is strewn a large
amount of supplies found to be useless or too weighty to carry
on.
The Anglo-Mexican reports the total output for the month
of April $.32,010 bullion, $1050 concentrates; 1071 tons; 30 days^
run.
As antimony mine at Kingston, Idaho, which has been idle
for some years, is to be reopened, and a smelter is being
built.
A STRIKE in tbe Argentum-Juniataat Aspen, Colorado, last
week, caused the stock to advance from 11 to 5.5 cents per
share.
KomiEus broke open the safe at the Providence mine at
Nevada City, Cal., last Tuesday night, and stole ?2,500 worth
of amalgam.
The company owning the Niagara mine in Shasta county,
Cal., has been reorganized, and a large amount of exploration
is to be done.
A NL'MBEK of new companies are being formed in London to
work British Columbia mines, more probably than for any
other district.
Near Tacoma, Wash., on Lynch and Mashell creeks, copper
and gold prospects have attracted the attention of a number
of prospectors.
Since the closing of the Rossland, B. C, mining stock ex-
change it has been proposed to start another as a branch of
the Board of Trade.
WiTDiN the past ten days the price of best copper in Lon-
don has been rising, and sales are now being made of late at
IIV^ cents per pound.
A MuvEME.vT is on foot in Butte, Montana, to start a raining
stock exchange. One was organized a few years ago, but it
met with little success.
Tub management of the Gold Dust mine at Mercur, Utah,
have decided to begin the construction of a mill with a ca-
pacity of 100 tons daily.
At the Mercur mine, in Utah, the new machinery has been
put in place and the output increased to 300 tons a day. It has
paid in dividends $675,000.
•At Colorado Springs the cook at the Antlers hotel is taking
rich gravel out of a shaft in his back yard, and some of his
neighbors are also sinking.
A CABLE from London announces that the Government is
preparing to transport 30,000 troops to South Africa, besides
, SOOO horses and 25,000 mules.
At New Denver, B. C, properties are being staked at the
rate of forty or fifty a day, and miners' licenses are issued at
J the rate of 150 and 200 a week.
' Tue London Gold Tunnel Company propose to penetrate
Mule Mountain in Shasta county, Cal., with a tunnel which
will give a depth of over 2000 feet.
The old mining town of Aurora, Nev., novp has so few in-
habitants that the postoflice there has been closed. Mail for
Aurora will go to Fletchers, Esmeralda county.
The prospective increase in ihe duty on lead ore by the
Dingley bill has caused an American company to decide to
establish a smelting plant at Monelova, Mexico.
The Prescott Placer Dredging Company has been organized
at Tacoma, Wash., to use the Bowei's dredger in the streams
on this coast in which there is gold in the sands and gravels.
A MIXING convention is to be held at Rat Portage, Ontario,
Canada, June 23 and 24. An exhibit of ores has been prepared
from every portion of the gold fields of northwestern Ontario.
H. Bratnobeh and John B. Farrish have been making an
examination of the Butterfly and Terrible mines, near Tel-
luride, Colorado, on behalf of the Exploration Company of
London.
Victor Austin has bonded to New York people his quartz
mine in Willow Valley district, Nevada county, Cal., for
$10,000. It is proposed to sink an additional 500 feet, making
900 in all.
The conference report upon the sundry civil bill, which
suspends the reservation of forests under President Cleve-
land's order of February 23 last until March 4, 1898, has passed
the Senate.
The importance of a small difference in cost to the working
of mines is shown by the closing of big properties in Utah on
account of the raise in transportation and smelter rates and
price .of powder.
The town of Ymir, on Salmon river, B. C, three months ago
consisted of a water tank, hotel and store, but through the
discovery of mines in the neighborhood has since increased its
population to 600.
A PATENT hasjbeen obtained for the Bates mine in Gilpin
county, Colorado, and this settles a mining suit of 30 years'
standing which has gone the rounds of the courts since appli-
cation was made.
As a result of the decision of the United States Supreme
Court Id the C<dorado tunnel case, it Is stated that a number
of tunnel enterprises wblch bad ceased operations will resume
work at Cripple Creek.
Stock in the Mollie Gibson mine of Aspen, Col., which once
sold as high as $12 and a few weeks ago was down to 12 cents,
last week went up to 50 cents upon the report of the discovery
of rich ore in the mine.
Thk Boundary Creek district in British Columbia will soon
be tapped by a branch of the Corbin system or railways, and
there is a race between Corbin and Helnze to got Into the
Kettle Creek district first.
The American Loan and Trust Company of New York have
floated bonds for the construction of a smelter in the Seven
Devils copper district in Idaho. The machinery for its con-
struction Is already on the way.
L. S. Rose and others, who under the name of La Suerte
Mining Company held the bond on W. W. Kirkham's quart/,
claim near Nevada City, Cal., have made their final payment
of $12,r>00and taken their mine.
MiNiNo companies In British Columbia are alarmed at the
announcement that tbe Ontario legislature has passed an act
that mine shares cannot be sold in Ontario without a license,
for which a large fee is charged.
Since the new law as to mining locations went into etTect
in Utah, there has been a great falling off in the number of
notices filed. Last week in the Tintic district not one was
oflfered at the district recorder's oftice.
The flr-st sale of consequence in the new Stateline district
on the boundary between Utah and Nevada took place last
week, Knight Brothers & Company purchasing a two-thirds
interest in the Creole mines for $24,000.
A nisi'ovEKv of oil has been made by the Southern Califor-
nia Railroad Company near its line at Richfield, San Bernar-
dino county, Cal. Seventy-five barrels arc being obtained
daily and six drills are to be put at work.
It is reported that the Whitewater mine in the Slocan dis-
trict, B. C, has been purchased by the Puget Sound Reduction
Company of Everett for $.^00,000. The Whitewater has been
a regular dividend payer for the past two years.
DrRixr. January, February and March of 1897 the total in-
flux into the colony of West Australia was 20,838, compared
with 14,802 in the first three months of 1890. The departures
for the same periods were respectively 0104 and 9154.
It is announced in British Columbia that the Cassiar rail-
way concession has been acquired on behalf of tbe Transvaal
Gold Fields (Limited) of London. This includes the right to
70 lots of 10,000 acres of land with all minerals contained.
TuE gold value of New South Wales, Australia, for the
quarter ending March 31st, was 03,033 ounces, a decrease of
10,000 over last year. The Queensland returns are 107,488
ounces against 147,004 for the corresponding period of 1890.
The Alaska-Mexican Mining Company of Alaska reports the
clean-up for April, 1S97, to be: Bullion shipment, §3.3,153; ore
milled, 13,200 tons; sulphurets treated, 437 tons; of bullion
there came from sulphurets, $14, 666 ; gross expenses for period,
^22,638.
A LAW of Utah requires the owners of mines before June 10
of each year to make sworn statements of the product of their
mines upon which a tax is collected. There has been renewed
opposition to the law enacted lately, and it is proposed to make
a fi^t against it.
The Miners' Association was reorganized at Quincy, Plumas
county, last week, to succeed the old association, and the fol-
lowing ofllcers elected: President, Sam W. Cheyney; vice-
president, M. S. Light; secretary, William Watson ; treas-
urer, B. C. Lorich.
There was a I'ush to file locations of mining claims before
the new law went into effect in nearly every mining district
in the State in order to take advantage of the easier provision
of the old law. On Monday, May 24th, at San Bernardino,
there were fourteen locations filed.
The Mammoth mill has followed the Bullion-Beck at Tintic,
Utah, in closing down, owing to the increased transportation
and smelter charges and rise in price of powder. It is ex-
pected that others will follow soon, and it is even claimed
that work on the Sioux Ajax tunnel will be stopped.
Tue California Debris Commission has received new appli-
cations for permits to mine by the hydraulic process from
Hoey Sc Lewis for the Parson claim. El Dorado county; from
the Morristown mine, Sierra county; the Etta placer mine,
Sierra City, and the Mountain View mine, near Coutolenc.
This has turned out a poor season for water for the hy-
draulic miners on the Pacific coast. Never before for many
years had so much money been spent upon equipping plants
for working, and while the season was short tbe great num-
ber of new mines and tbe improved methods of working have
doubtless increased tbe output.
The enormous profit of the sale of dynamite in the Trans-
vaal, S. A., has attracted attention to the facilities aflforded
by California in that regard. The local powder companies are
considering the invasion of that profitable field. It is thought
that an energetic business policy could secure the sale in that
and other mining fields of 500 tons per month.
At Cripple Creek, Col., the production of ore has been so
great of late that the mills cannot handle it and the railroads
have given notice to mine operators that they must restrict
their shipments. This refers mainly to the lower grades.
There are some additions being made to the milling capacity
of the district, but it is claimed that the opening of new
mines is more than keeping pace with this.
The Elkton Consolidated Company of Cripple Creek, in its
annual report to April 30, shows the following figures: Gross
production, $609,711.31; returns on ore, $520,890.25; net profits,
:5346,867.53. The mine and office expenses amounted to 28 per
cent of the gross production. The total dividends paid by the
company amount to §266,960.57. The cash reserve amounts to
1208,316.50 in the bank and in United States bonds.
It is claimed that the addition to the tonnage of Leadville
involved in the unwatering of the down town district will be
about 1000 tons per day. The present shipment from the
Leadville mines is about 1200 tons daily, so that when the
drowned district is entirely unwatered the daily product of
Leadville should be at least 2200 tons. When the strike was
started last year the shipments were about 1800 tons daily.
The Witwatersrand, South African, Chamber of Mines, in
an analysis of the gold production of 80 leading mines, in
March, shows that the mills, with 2440 stamps, crushed
312,073 tons, in 28i^ days, or an average of 4.49 tons per
stamp per day of 24 hours. The yield of gold on the plates
was 110,240 ounces, or il Gs lod per ton. From the concentrates
and tailings there was obtained OS.SSS ounces, making a total
value from all of £045,480, or an average of a little over
1 10 per ton.
Is Western Australia the output of gold continues to in-
crease, and the mines promise a great future for that in-
dustry in the colony. Yet it will be impossible for some time
to float any of these mines in the London market on account
of tbe great amount of overcapitalization of the past two
years. The output for the first three months of 1897 was
113,208 ounces. Last year the total output of the colony was
281,205 ounces.
Theke are, according to the Miuino Inventor, of Colorado
Springs, mines at Cripple Creek which are making a profit,
but which under more able management would be earning
double the amount, and others, operated at a loss, which could
be made to pay if properly handled. This is a story as old as
mining. There are few mine owners of little experience who
do not believe themselves capable of managing their own
properties. Until it becomes the custom to employ trained
managers and pay good salaries this condition of affairs will
lust.
Toe African mines in the Rand, in spite of all the troubles
with the native labor and governmental restrictions, are rap-
idly increasing their output. The yield for April is returned
as 235,c,ii;i ounces. This shows an increase over the previous
month of 3020 ounces, although April was one day shorter.
The increase over April of 1890 was 58,992 ounces. The total
for the first four months of this year was 888,593 ounces. If
this rate is only maintained until the end of the year, the
total will exceed that of last year by 385,000 ounces, or about
$7,750,000.
Spea k ing of the troubles caused by tbe railroads and smelters
in raising prices in Utah the Tintic Miticr says that an impres-
sion is gaining ground that the railroads and smelters, seeing
the suicidal effect of their action, will reconsider the recent
advances. The proposition of a special session of the Legisla-
ture for the enactment of an anti-pooling and anti-trust law
is also receiving much attention. The question of building a
smelter is also coming in for its share of attention, but is not
generally regarded as feasible, owing to the fact that even
if a smelter was built adjacent to the district it would be as
much at the mercy of the railroads as are the mines at
present. In the meantime a state of unrest and uncertainty
exists, and business in all parts of Tintic has suffered
severely.
AccOKDiNO to the Mineral Indmtry the total value of the
mineral and metal production of the United States in 1890
was §751,7.32,782, an increase over 1895 of $18,791,204. In gold
the total production was $58,000,037, or 1:11,830,437 more than
1895. The production of silver was 50,222,333 fine ounces, or
9,891,807 ounces more than the previous year. The pig iron
production was 8,023,127 long tons, a decrease of 821,801 tons.
Coal production amounted to 187,373,477 tons, being 1,923,167
tons less than in 1895. The production of copper was the
largest ever reported, being 407,823,973 pounds, or 81,359
pounds increase. The production of lead was 174,792 tons; of
spelter, 77,037 tons; of quicksilver, 133,480 flasks ; of alum,
77,700 tons; of cement, 8,487,205 barrels, and of salt, 13,354,573
barrels. The production of gold, silver, copper and pig iron is
greater than that of any other country in the world, and that
of coal is exceeded only by Great Britain.
The annual report of the Anchoria-Leland mine of Cripple
Creek, Colorado, shows that there were produced 3832 tons of
smelting ore, having a gross value of €300,439.50, the average
value per ton being $78.40. There were 1307 tons of mill ore
of a gross value of $33,981.67, or an average per ton of $19.87,
Lessees produced 504 tons, of a gross value of $29,393.14; aver-
age per ton, $58.31. The total shows 5543 tons, with a gross
value of $353,813.31. It is stated that, with low treatment
charges, they could mine all the ore in the vein, both high
and low grade together, and, after a slight sorting out of the
high grade, send the rest to the mill. In this way the mining
and sorting expenses would be greatly reduced. As it is now,
they are compelled to work only the richer bodies, which are
often narrow. It is estimated that there are from 10,000 to
15,000 tons of ore, averaging from $10 to $30 per ton, now in tbe
five dumps that were made from ore and waste hoisted from
the Chance and Maloney veins.
A Washington dispatch states that Mr. Preston, the Di-
rector of the Mint, has about completed his figures of the gold
and silver production in the United States during the year
1896. He finds the production of gold to have been about
$5.3,000,000, an increase of over $6,250,000 as compared with
1895. The production of silver is given as 57,700,000 fine
ounces, an increase of 1,900,000 ounces over 1895. The princi-
pal gold-producing States, with their product last year in
ounces as compared with Mr. Preston's figures for 1895, are
given as follows: California 731,600 ozs., decrease 571; Colorado
708,000, increase 64,-372; Montana 189,060, decrease 9339; Ari-
zona 125,980, increase 30,908; Idaho 104,305, increase 18,177;
Utah 97,006, increase 31,487; Alaska 97,445, increase 19,305.
The production of silver is given in ounces as follows: Col-
orado first with 23,573,000, decrease 835,500; Montana 14,4-33,-
000, decrease 3,1.37,100; Utah 8,100,000, increase 632,000; Idaho
4.550,000, increase 1,439,400; Arizona 1,705,000, increase 718,-
100.
J. J. Valentine, President of WeUs-Fargo& Co., has issued
his annual estimate of the product of gold and silver in the
Northwest for 1890. According to this, the output in Oregon
was: Gold, $1,9.50,204; silver, $121,784, against for 1895, gold,
$1,049,785; silver, $102,045. The yield was, therefore, consid-
erably greater than ever before. This is in large measure due
to the quartz mines of the Baker City district and the in-
creased activity in gravel and quartz mining in Southern
Oregon. In Washington the figures for 1890 are : Gold, $-353,350 ;
silver, $170,500; against, for 1895: Gold, $349,817; silver, $203,-
6.50; a total decrease of $28,617. In Idaho the returns are:
Gold, $2,653,500; silver, $5,572,083, for 1896; and, gold, $3,521,-
000; silver, $4,905,898, for 1895; an increase in gold of $060,784
and in silver of $131,500, or a total of $798,284. The Montana
yield is given as : Gold, §4,035,000 ; silver, $32,64 5,500 ; which is
very nearly the same as the figures for 1895. The United
States Assayer returns the Montana yield as : Gold, $4,380,071,
and silver, $30,334,877.
472
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 5, 1897.
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
NUMBER IX.
Written lor the Mining and Scientific Press by George H.
KVANS, C.E., M.E., General Manager Cons. G. Mines of Gal., Ld.
Oroville, Gal.
Strength of Hemp, Manilla, Iron ami Steel Rope. —
This subject is a most important one, and every
superintendent and mine foreman slaould be tiior-
oughly conversant witii thie mode of calculating tiie
breaking strain, and, more particularly, the safe
load that ropes of different material will stand, as
the lives of the men employed, especially in deep
mines, are dependent entirely upon the safety of the
ropes used in hoisting, etc.; in fact, men working in
mines have a right to demand that the employers
have a thorough knowledge of this subject.
A simple test for the purity of manilla or sisal
ropes is as follows: Take some of the loose fiber and
roll it into balls and burn them completely to ashes,
and, if the rope is pure manilla, the ash will be a dull
grayish black. If the rope be made from sisal, the
ash will be a whitish gray, and it the rope is made
from a combination of manilla and sisal, the ash will
be of a mixed color.
For calculating the breaking strain of round ropes
of different materials, the following table is one of
several: "Where B = breaking strain in tons, and C
= circumference of rope in inches.
B = C^XO. 277 for hemp rope.
B = C=X0.2 ordinary fiber rope.
B = C^Xl.5 iron wire rope ordinary.
B = C^X2.5 steel wire rope.
B = C^X2.09 flexible galvanized wire rope.
B = 0^X2 60 extra flexible galvanized wire rope.
B = C-X4.18 plough steel rope.
The working or safe load should be taken as about
i or } of the breaking load B, or -^.
The weight of ropes can also be approximately cal-
culated from the circumference, as follows: Where
W= weight of each lUO feet in pounds, and C=cir-
cumference of rope in inches, as follows:
"VV=C-X-tl6 foi" each 100 feet of hemp or fiber
rope.
"W=C=X14.54 for each 100 feet of iron or steel
rope.
A splice weakens a rope about one-eighth, and it
is well to remember that a three-strand rope is about
one-fifth stronger than a four-strand one of the same
dimensions.
The Bursting and Worhing Strain of Iron and Steel
Pipes, Plates, Etc. — Under this head I will deal only
with wrought-iron and steel pipes as are generally
used in connection with mining work, and in arriving
at the safe working strain or pressure it must be
understood that the following rules depend upon good
workmanship, correct diameters and distance apart
in riveting, etc. In making wrought-iron pipe care
must be taken to have the plates rolled lengthwise,
as it generally affects the strength of the longitu-
dinal seams — that is to say, the plates should be
rolled across the grain and not with it.
The simplest method of calculating the pressure
that wrought-iron and steel pipes will stand is as
TVt
follows: P=— 5^^cXf.
Where P=safe working pressure.
T=tensile strength of plates,, taking iron at 48;000
lbs. to the square inch and steel at 75,000 lbs.
t= thickness of plates in inches or decimals of an
inch.
R=radius of pipe in inches.
f=proportional strength of plates, as follows:
When double-riveted=0.7 and single-riveted = .5.
c=a coefficient or factor of safety usually taken at 3.
p=pressure in pounds per square inch due to head
of water.
Example : What is the safe working pressure for
a 36 -inch pipe, double riveted along the longitudinal
seams, and made from wrought iron plates rolled
across the grain, and J of an inch thick ? Answer :
T ^ (, t
p^48000X125_^3x^Q y^7^ 7 pounds to square inch,
lo
or 179 feet pressure head.
By means of the same formula, the thickness of
plate is easily found, that will safely stand any
given pressure ; for instance:
, P><RXc
TXt
Example : Having a pressure of 179 feet, or 77.7
pounds to the square inch, what thickness must the
wrought iron plates be for making a pipe 36 inches
P radius c
in diameter ? Answer : t=
77.7X18X3
.125:
T f
48000X0.7
With reference to the difference between the
strength of drilled and punched holes, it has been
determined by experiment that the loss of strength
in the metal between the rivet holes when drilled is
practically nothing, or, to give the summarized re-
* Copyrighted hy the Author.
suit, the loss when drilled lengthwise was but 1.13
per cent, and when drilled crosswise the loss was
only 0.9 per cent, while, on the other hand, experi-
ments made by Mr. Kirkaldy on punched plates
showed the mean loss to be 13 per cent with the
grain and 17.26 across the grain. Although the
result of experiments has conclusively proved that
the strength of plates is greater with drilled holes
than with punched holes, the extra cost occasioned
by drilling would not make up for the extra strength
obtained, except in particular cases ; and with re-
gard to wrought iron and steel pipes for mining
purposes, the effect of drillirig or punching need not
be taken into consideration, but at the same time
I thought it would be interesting to some read-
ers to learn the difference in strength between the
two methods.
Methods of Treating Alluvial Deposits in Large Quan-
tities, Where Sufficient Fall is not Available, Sluices,
Grades, etc. — Under this heading, T will first deal
with what is known as the "Hydraulic Elevator,"
which is the simplest and most economical machine
connected with mining alluvial deposits, where, by
lack of grade, it is impossible to run bedrock sluices,
or when it is impossible to secure a good dump at the
end of sluices to keep them running in a proper man-
ner. The elevator also enables large areas of ground
to be profitably mined in districts where the debris
law is operative, by means of lifting the material
into restraining dams, etc.
In this country, with such water facilities, there
are thousands of acres that can be profitably worked
by means of an elevator ; but, owing to the heavy
cost, weight and poor efficiency of the elevators used
in California, it appears to be regarded by miners
that, to work an elevator, it is necessary to have ex-
cessive heads and small lifts, or, in other words, one
must have a large quantity of water, or it is of no
use trying to mine with an elevator.
Now, this is practically correct, when the clumsy
and costly machines that have been the custom for
years past are considered. It is far from correct
when considering the hydraulic elevator now in the
market and manufactured in Sau Francisco, for
which patents have been granted to the writer.
I do not in any way wish my readers to think
my remarks here are for the purpose of adver-
tising these elevators, for my personal benefit, and, to
be frank with all, I may state that in making arrange-
ments for the manufacture of these machines I
agreed upon a price to be charged that only carries
an ordinary manufacturing profit, and the amount
of royalty received on each machine is but $75, my
aim being to assist brother miners and with that end
in view did not insist on such exorbitant royalties as
has been the custom in connection with other eleva-
tors. I feel a little diffident about pushing forward
the many claims in regard to cost, weight, efficiency,
etc., and would much rather any one interested
would write for particulars from the manufacturers
in San Francisco — the Risdon Iron Works.
What I wish to impress upon readers is that if
they have a piece of ground that is too low for ordi-
nary mining and have only a few inches of water un-
der pressure, do not think it is impossible to work it
by means of an elevator. I had charge of a large
hydraulic claim in New Zealand, where with less
than 400 inches of water under a working head of 225
feet I lifted sand and gravel to a height of 52 feet,
and each twenty-four hours handled from 2000 to
2400 tons, and for one year elevated at the rate of an
acre each month to a depth varying from 30 to 35
feet banks. Of the quantity of water used, only 250
inches was taken by the elevator and the remainder
by the giant for piping. The elevator was connected
upon the surface, and instead of going to great ex-
pense, as is usual in this country, to sink shafts to
bedrock before placing the elevator, we let the ele-
vator do its own sinking, and in less than a week the
machine had excavated its own shaft to bedrock, a
depth of 43 feet through some bad running ground,
which is much better than sinking by hand, timber-
ing through running sand, let alone the expense of
pumping, etc.
(To he Continued.)
Gold in Black Sand.
To T^iE Editor: — In your issue of December 26th
\^t, in an article by the writer on the Snake river
placers, reference was made to the alleged values
contained in the black sands, aside from their free-
gold contents. Since then a closer investigation
proves those values to have been much overesti-
mated.
From the tailings of some of the machines being
worked on gravel, averaging from 50 cents to $1
per cubic yard, samples were taken and carefully
panned with quicksilver to separate the fine gold
still remaining in them. The gold thus recovered
indicated a loss in the tailings of from 5% to 10°o
of the amount saved by the machines, showing a
reasonably close saving when the fine and flaky
nature of the gold is taken into consideration.
There is every reason to believe that a more care-
ful and skillful operation of the various styles of ma-
chines in use would still further reduce this loss.
The residual black sand wa?-principally made up of
hematite and magnetite, in which were numerous
rubies and other beautiful though minute crystals.
The magnetite was first separated by the use
of a small magnet, and on being assayed showed
but a trace of gold. The hematite, in which the
gold was supposed to be encased, was then assayed
and gave returns of $4 per ton of hematite. When
the fact is taken into account that the hematite
does not usually exceed 5"o of the original gravel,
it will be seen that the margin of profit above the
cost of concentration and treatment by any practical
known process is small.
Probably the greater part, if not all, of the gold
found by assay in the hematite will be seen to be in a
free though in an invisibly fine state, which a closer
saving by the machine process would greatly lessen.
There are a considerable number of miners operat-
ing in a small way along the river on the higher bars
at present. When the water goes down again,
which generally takes place about August 1st, a
much greater number will find employment along
the river banks on the low bars now from six to
ten feet beneath the water.
There is considerable interest being manifested
by professional men in the problem of working the
placers on a large scale, one mining engineer having
spent the whole winter in diligent investigation,
principally with a view of working them by the
cyanide process, but with what result we were un-
able to learn. W. H. Washbcrn.
Huntington, Oregon, May 11, '97.
From nine to Mint.
NUMBER III.
By D. K. TUTTLE, Ph. D., Melter and Refiner of the United States
Mint at Philadelphia.
Recovery of the Silver. — The silver solutions, to-
gether with the wash waters from the gold treat-
ment described, are transferred to a large precipita-
tion tank having a capacity of some 2000 gallons.
This is never filled to its full cap^acity, since abundant
room must be left for stirring and rousing the con-
tents. Salt water is now run into the silver solution
until a test shows that enough has been added to
convert all silver present into chloride. An excess
is avoided, since silver chloride is slightly soluble in
salt water. The contents of the large tub are now
drawn off through a filter. This is a wooden tank 63
feet long, 3 wide and 1.' in depth, lead lined and pro-
vided with a perforated false bottom. The bottom
and sides of this tank are carefully covered with cot-
ton cloths as a filtering medium. The curd-like sil-
ver chloride is run into this filter through a large
wooden stopcock. The liquid which drains off is re-
turned to the filter until it runs clear, after which it
is passed through several traps to the sewer. Fresh
water is passed through the chloride until all soluble
matters are removed, when it is allowed to drain.
The filter tank is mounted on low wheels for conve-
nience of removing the chloride to the reducing vat. .
This is again a lead-lined rectangular tank. The sil-
ver chloride is transferred to this tank by means of a
copper scoop shovel. Hot water is run on, and
granulated zinc added in sufficient quantity to re-
duce the chloride to metallic silver. The addition of
sulphuric acid hastens the action and serves to dis-
solve the slight surplus of zinc which it is necessary
to use to insure complete conversion into metallic
silver. The reduced silver is now taken out with a
copper scoop having a shovel handle and put into a
filter colander, such as we described previously when
speaking of gold treatment. In this colander the
silver is washed with hot water until entirely sweet.
It is now ready for compression into solid cakes by
hydraulic pressure. These cakes are dried in a cur-
rent of hot air, when they are ready for melting.
This is usually done without fluxes, and the resulting
bars have a fineness of 0.998 to 0.999.
The S2(.l2)huric Acid Process. — Thoroughly satisfac-
tory as is the nitric acid process, so far as its effect-
iveness is concerned and the high grade of gold and
silver which it yields, yet the comparatively high
price of nitric acid and the necessity of using either
platinum or porcelain vessels led to its being super-
seded in modern plants by the sulphuric acid parting
process. Diluted sulphuric acid has no action on
silver, but the strong acid, when heated, is decom-
posed by that metal, giving off sulphurous acid and
forming silver oxide, which passes into solution in
the excess of acid as silver sulphate. If gold is pres-
ent in moderate percentage, say not to exceed one-
third of the whole, strong sulphuric acid will extract
the silver and leave the gold as a granular brown
sediment. Should the bullion contain anything like
one-half gold, the latter metal will protect the silver
against acid attack, and the result will be failure.
It is, therefore, the business of the refiner to adjust
for the melting pot gold deposits with those of silver
carrying small quantities of gold, or, failing such, to
add fine silver so as to have from two to three parts
of silver for each part of gold. Such an admixture
is melted in a large crucible, thoroughly mixed, and
then, with a "dipping cup," is poured into cold
water, as described in speaking of the nitric acid
process.
But the proper adjustment of silver to the gold is
J.inr 6, 18;i7.
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473
not the only point requiring care. Most bullion com-
inK to the relinery contains varyin>; quantities of
copper, and this metal works very badly in strong
sulphuric acid, although we found that metal the
least objectionable one in the nitric acid treatment.
While decomposing the acid with formation of cop-
per sulphate, the latter, unlike the silver sulphate,
is insoluble in oil of vitriol, hence, if present in any
considerable quantity, copper soon acts as a pro-
tector to the bullion and the chemical action either
ceases or becomes tediously slow. Besides appor-
tioning the silver to gold, it is necessary, therefore,
to so combine deposits that the granulations do not
contain more than ti to 8 per cent of copper.
JJinxii/iiiig till Silii i: — The success of this beautiful
process really depends upon the happy observation
that while weak sulphuric acid rapidly dissolves
iron, yet, if the acid be strong enough, it has no
appreciable action — just the reverse of its relations
to silver. Cast iron vessels may, therefore, be em-
ployed. A cast iron kettle will last for years, dur-
ing which time hundreds of tons of silver may be
dissolved in it by boiling oil of vitriol. Large iron
kettles are used, weighing half a ton, mounted over
a furnace. Into this a charge of 300 to 400 pounds
of the granulated bullion is placed, and covered with
three or four time its weight of acid — liO B. Heat is
applied, when a lively evolution of sulphurous acid
sets in, which, if too violent, must be checked by
the addition of a little cold acid and slackening of
the fire. This boiling is continued for several hours,
during which time the escaping and consumed acids
are gradually replaced. When the solution is com-
plete the fire is withdrawn and the contents of the
kettle allowed to quietly settle. A little cold acid is
added to aid the precipitation of any suspended gold.
Hoods over the kettles carry off the fumes to con-
densing and suppression apparatus.
The strongly acid solution, while still hot, is
siphoned off into the " reducing houses." These are
long, rectangular vats lined with lead, and provided
with sloping covers like the roof of a house. These
covers are hinged to what would be the ridge pole,
and are counterbalanced so as to be easily raised.
Slabs or ingots of metallic copper are placed on the
bottom and sides of these vats, which are then partly
filled with cold water. The hot silver solution is
then run in. A live commotion ensues, as will read-
ily be imagined when one recalls the heat evolved by
the mingling of cold oil of vitriol with water. In
this case the acid is nearly at its boiling point, which
is greatly above that of water, and the resulting
crackling and spluttering must be seen to be appre-
ciated. The result is a weak solution of silver sul-
phate, rendered milky by the separation of fine
crystals of that salt, the solubility of which is very
slight in pure water. The copper immediately begins
to precipitate the silver as a beautiful crystalline
moss, easily detachable from the plates when the
operation is complete. This requires about twenty-
four hours. Meanwhile the copper has taken the
place of silver, and we have now a strong solution of
copper sulphate (blue vitriol). This blue solution is
drawn off for crystallization, and the spongy silver
carefully transferred to leaching tubs for thorough
sweetening with fresh water. The silver, now in
the form of minute, flaky crystals, is compacted into
cakes by means of hydraulic pressure and these
cakes dried in a current of warm air, after which a
simple fusion in a black-lead crucible without fluxes
gives a bullion 0.998 or 0.999 fine. If silenium or
tellurium is present in the bullion, it will pass into
solution with the silver and be deposited with it by
the copper plates. In this case the spongy silver
will be dark colored and the melt will be brittle. It
must then be fluxed with niter.
The sulphate of copper is a staple article of com-
merce, and is carefully prepared for the market.
When sold, the proceeds should materially reduce
the expense of parting the bullion. But, unfortu-
nately, while the materials for its production, the
acid and copper, are purchased out of the fund aris-
ing from the collateral charges from the depositor,
yet the product, blue vitriol, is by present ruling
treated as "waste product," the proceeds from
which when sold must be turned into the general
treasury instead of the refinery fund.
We left the gold as a sediment in the large iron
dissolving kettle. A small quantity of fresh acid is
added and the gold then removed to a smaller vessel
by an iron ladle, perforated with holes. It is trans-
ferred to another iron pot, in which it receives a
number of repeated boilings with fresh strong acid.
There are not less than five such boilings. The fin-
ishing acids are siphoned off and used upon fresh
charges of bullion. The gold is now transferred to
a tub, in which it is washed first with cold water
and then with hot. These washings find their way
to the silver precipitating tanks. It is now trans-
ferred to a lead-lined vat mounted upon a truck.
This vat has a perforated false bottom, which is
carefully covered with cloth, the whole constituting
a large movable filter. Water is now passed through
the gold in this filter until it is entirely sweet. If
the gold ig- in coarse particles it may be dried and
melted without danger of Its being mechanically car-
ried off while placing it in the crucible, but if very
fine it is compacted into cakes while wet by hydraulic
pressure. These cakes are dried, as were those of
I silver, in a current of warm air, and melted in a
graphite crucible. A trial sample is taken to see if
the metal is tough. The presence of even small
quantities of lead will render the gold brittle, in
which case it is fluxed with niter through an " eye "
in a cover of bone ash. When tough, it is ladled
into iron molds. About liOOO ounces constitute such
a bar melt. The bars are worth about $8000 each.
(7*'/ he Ctintiniifil.)
Permanence in Depth of California Qold Mines.
Waldemar Lindgren, in his book on the quartz
veins of Nevada City and Grass Valley, published
by the U. S. Geological Survey, has the following to
say as to their permanence in depth:
It is certain that the experience with many of the
smaller bodies of ore is that they give out or pinch at
varying depth. Others, again, have continued to
the greatest depth at which the exploitation of the
mines has been carried on. Similar relations prevail
in regard to the large ore shoots. While some have
been found to cease in depth— the Sierra Buttes
mine, in Sierra county, being a well-authenticated
example — others continue to the deepest levels as
strong as or stronger than in the upper part of the
mine, the Kennedy mine, in Amador county, being an
example of the latter class.
The frequent local irregularities of most shoots
make it very difficult to affirm, without extensive
explorations, that the end of any certain ore body
has been reached. Owing to the habit of immedi-
ately distributing all of the profit as dividends, re-
serve funds for exploratory work are seldom avail-
able, and a local impoverishment in a level has often
been sufficient to close a good mine. Experience
with the large shoots is stiU sufficient for safe gen-
eralization.
The ore shoot of the North Star extends for a dis-
tance of about 2500 feet in depth, measured along
the plane of the vein. When approaching the sedi-
mentary area to the west, it was cut off or divided
into stringers. Still, the explorations are scarcely
extensive enough to affirm that its end has been
reached ; its continuation may be found, or a parallel
shoot may be found in depth. In the case of the
large Empire shoot a complication has arisen, due to
a split of the main vein, reducing the tenure of the
ore by dividing it on three veins. The Eureka-Idaho
shoot has held its own remarkably well and uni-
formly over a distance of over 5000 feet, though the
richest part of it was probably found in the Eureka
and the western part of the Idaho ground.
High-grade ore is now mined in the Maryland mine
on the same shoot at a vertical depth of 1500 feet,
and a small ore shoot was found near the bottom of
the Idaho shaft at a depth of 2200 feet. As gold-
quartz veins of fair grade occur near the summit of
Banner hill, at an elevation of 3800 above the sea, or
3500 feet above the bottom of the Idaho shaft, we
have in this district within short distance a vertical
interval of 3500 feet within which there is no evi-
dence of any gradual change in the character or
quality of the ore. Again, in the vicinity of Wash-
ington, Nevada county, excellent quartz is mined 600
feet below the river level, in the Eagle Bird mine,
and on the ridges north of the river 2000 feet above
the river level. In this distance there are no dis-
tinct differences in the quality of the ore.
Many smaller veins carry only one ore shoot, but
in the larger fissures there are generally several of
them. There is a strong probability that in such
veins thorough exploration laterally or in depth will
develop new bodies of ore if the one on which ex-
ploitation has been carried on is found to pinch out.
The question will naturally arise as to whether, with
increased depth and cost of mining, it will be a good
venture to carry on the necessary dead work. This
will have to be decided by the record of the mine and
the character of the fissure.
It is generally conceded now that the fissures are,
comparatively speaking, surface phenomena, and
that .below a certain depth, where plasticity and
flow of rocks under pressure come into play, open
spaces can not exist. This limit Prof. Helm, for in-
stance, places at 16,000 feet, while Prof. Van Hise,
basing his consideration on the strength of rocks,
arrives at 33,000 feet as the maximum limit for hard
rocks in which fissures can exist. Even the lowest
of these estimates far exceeds the depth of practi-
cable mining. But it is not likely that all fissures
continue until that limit. On a small scale the dis-
continuance of fissures may be observed in extensive
sheeted outcrops. It is also an incontestable fact
that many small veins close up in depth, while others
continue unchanged. In considering the probable
permanency of a given vein, its general character
must be taken into consideration. Continuous well-
defined outcrops and large bodies of quartz are in
general good indications of the maintenance in depth,
as is also any evidence of strong faulting and move-
ment. Some quite extensive veins, though, have
relatively short outcrops. Thus, the Eureka-Idaho
practically shows croppings only for a distance of
2000 feet, but within that distance they are very
prominent. Those of the North Star are less than
2000 feet long. Prom the developments to the east
along the Omaha system it is pretty certain that the
vein does not continue far across in that direction.
A fissure which can be definitely proved to extend
only a short distance will in all probability be found
to be correspondingly limited in depth. In regard to
probable permanency of the vein in depth, the Ural
and Merrifield, along which extensive faulting has
taken place, stand first in the districts.
In scrutinizing the scant statistics of the produc-
tion, in tons and value, of the Grass Valley district,
it can not be denied that they show on the whole a
distinct increase. There is also a distinct decrease
in the average value of the ore. It is not safe, how-
ever, to draw too far-reaching conclusions from these
data, because there are many factors involved: The
cost of treatment and mining has decreased greatly
by reason of the modern methods introduced, and
more low-grade ores are now milled than formerly ;
nor are there any rich surface ores left to swell the
grade.
Leaving the difficult question of deep mining out
of consideration, there are. however, in both districts
a large number of veins which have been only slightly
developed, but which with improved methods may be
converted into paying mines. The development of
these will probably maintain the production of the
district for many years in the future, even if no new
ore bodies are discovered in the old mines.
It can be confidently stated that there is no grad-
ual diminution of the tenor of the ore in the pay
shoots below the zone of surface decomposition.
Within the same shoot there may be many and great
variations of the tenor, but there, is certainlv no
gradual decrease of it from the surface down. This
important fact has been previously stated by those
conversant with the veins, such as Prof. SilUman and
Mr. J. A. Phillips. The statements to the contrary,
for instance, by Mr. Laur or Mr. Reyer are due to
imperfect acquaintance with the facts and generaliza-
tion from insufficient premises.
Cheap Milling and Mining.
At the request of the editor S. R. Porter, super-
intendent of the Baliol Gold Mining Company, at
Sutter Creek, Amador county, California, has sent
the following interesting and valuable data as to the
low cost at which mining and milling may be done
under careful management and favorable conditions:
To THE Editor: — I have your favor of the 21st
inst., making inquiries for publication in the Mining
AND Scientific Pkess of the cost of mining and mill-
ing ore by me as superintendent for the company.
Knowing that data of actual runs and expenditures
are of great interest to those who are engaged in the
mining industry, to them I most cheerfully submit
the following:
The ore was excavated from an open cut 75x125
feet, from which it was dumped into a chute and
trammed 700 feet to another chute, where it was
again trammed 800 feet to ore bin at mill, thus re-
quiring the ore to be handled twice and trammed a
distance of 1500 feet.
No timbers have been used thus far in the cut.
The mill which I operate is forty stamps, of 1000
pounds each, with a 4-inch drop, making 102 drops
per minute, with a 9-inch die. Porty-mesh perfor-
ated tin screens are used in batteries to plates. The
mill was closed down sixty hours during the month
of April.
The following is a copy of my report as transmitted
to the president of the company for the month of
April, 1897:
THE COST OF
5;J4 days labor mining.
MINING FOR
So days blacksmith, sliarpening
1275 lbs, powder
5 boxes caps
2200 ft. fuse
.30 days lighting, miners' candles
'ildVt days labor tramming ore
.30 days lighting, trammers' candles.,
5 gallons coal oil for lamps
Oil for cars
APRIL,
$r
Mn 60
60 00
102 00
2 liO
U 32
7 60
647 VZ
7 .»
5S
2 83
Total cost of mining and delivering 68?5 tons
of ore .$1,986 73
MILL REPORT,
I had in ore bin on May 1st 300 tons of ore, which
was the same amount brought forward the previous
month. This will give me the full 5885 tons as mined
also worked in the mill.
THE COST OP MILLING POK APRIL.
118^ days labor on batteries and plates % 363 00
611^ " " " concentrators 168 00
44 " " " rock crushers lOl 2i
04 ' ore bin ., 188 00
Mill repairs 161 27
Mill expense 60 12
Mill lighting 36 06
Power water supply for April 480 00
Total cost of running mill for April $1,546 70
Cost of mining and deliver-
ing 5885 tons of ore $1,968 72@.33i|g| ft ton.
Cost of milling, do 1,546 70@.26^§f2 "
Cost of mining and milling. $3,533 42@.60jV/j f ton.
Yours respectfully,
S. R. Porter, Superintendent.
It will be observed that forty stamps crushed 5885
tons of rock in twenty-seven and a half days, or an
average of 5.35 tons per stamp each twenty-four
hours.
474
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 5, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CAIiirOKNIA.
Amador.
Dispatch : The concrete foundation for the
new 40-stamp mill at the Argonaut mine is
being laid, and the framework of the mill will
soon be under way.
The Zeila is expected to resume operations
with a full complement of men about the first
of June.
Work at the Kennedy goes on in the usual
matter-of-fact way. Work of putting the
new hoist over the north shaft is progressing
favorably.
Rcpuhlican: The work of sinking at the
Pocahontas mine is going forward well. The
flow of vpater has been disposed of by means
of a bulk head. The Potosia ledge is expected
to be tapped by means of a crosscut at the 350-
foot level. A payment of S4,500 on the pur-
chase price of this mine was recently made.
The Iron Mass mine, near Volcano, under
the superintendency of A. B. McLaughlin,
has recently added a 20 H. P. engine, which
will furnish power for the hoist soon to be
erected.
Uutte.
Rr.ij inter: At Merrimac the Bloomer Hill
quartz mine has closed down for the present.
The Little Hope quartz mine gives employment
to a number of men. On the Branhan mine,
near Merrimac, an S-stamp mill is being
erected. The drift on the ledge shows good
ore.
The mine in which Ekman, Spangler,
Haynes and Faul are interested, shows good ore
and work is being driven ahead on the ledge.
Calavems.
Dis}jatch: At the Gwin the rich streak in
the ledge still continues in the 1300-foot level
north from the shaft. This strike was made
in new ground, and was never thought of
under the old regime. A new shaft has been
decided upon, and it will be located south of
the old works.
ChronicU: At the Eclipse gravel mine an
upraise is now to be made from the tunnel
into the channel.
Mountain Echo: Work is to be resumed on
the Charter Oak mine in Washington Flat
mining district. The shaft is to be sunk 100
feet, when the vein will be crosscut.
Citizen: C. L. Meyer of New York and
R. C. Mueler of France are investing in mines
near Sonora and at Angels. They have se-
cured a bond on 800 acres in the vicinity of
Angels from C. Tryou.
D. B>icot is making arrangements to de-
velop the Fricot group of miues, situated on
San Antone ridge. A tunnel nearly a half
mile long will be driven from O'Neils creek
to tap the entire group.
£1 Dorado.
Repuhlican : The Veerkamp Bros, are open-
ing up the Grey Eagle mine and are sinking a
new shaft on the ledge, which prospects well.
The work on the Marquart & Hancock
gravel mine is progressing well. They have
several hundred feet of tunnels, with 1350
carloads of gravel on their pay dump.
Alountain Dcnioctat: Another rich strike
has been made in the Never Sweat mine,
near Diamond Springs, about ;?6000 having
been taken out.
Inyo.
Los Angeles Times; Panaraint mining camp,
now attracting the attention of so manj-^
prospectors and others, is about seventy-five
miles from Randsburg. The nearest and best
road is by way of Garden station and Borax
lake, going north between the Argus and
Slate range of mountains until nearly opposite
Postofiice springs, then crossing over Slate
range on a fairly good grade road, thence
down across Panaraint valley.
The next water station on the road is at the
borax works on Borax lake, where water is
piped from the Argus range a long distance.
Here a charge of 25 cents is made for water-
ing a team, with an additional charge for
hauling water away. Here a great deal of
money has been expended in erecting ex-
pensive buildings, putting in costly machinery,
houses for the men, vats and tanks to manu-
facture borax.
The next water station is Postoffice springs
near the new town of Ballarat, and the dis-
tance thirty miles with Slate range to cross
to reach it.
Ballarat is the new town built in the open
valley, near the new mines, and will doubtless
be the distributing point for supplies enter-
ing the camp for all the region embraced in
the Panamint country. It now contains about
a dozen houses and as many tents, with
several new houses in course of erection. It
also has several stores, two saloons and one
feed yard.
iVLouo.
CIn-onicle-Union: Everything is running
smoothly at the Dunderberg mine, and the
full force of the mill, >20 stamps, will soon be
running. The mine is looking well. About
twenty men are now at work.
Nevada.
Tclcaraqjh : The South Idaho a short time
ago was closed down for want of funds. Now
money has been received to pay off most of the
indebtedness from A. B. Benedict now in
New York. It is the intention of Mr. Bene-
dict to operate more than one mine, as he has
a strong company behind him, composed of
New York and Philadelphia capitalists.
Everything is now satisfactory and the South
Idaho will soon be working again. The South
Idaho is the mine owned by E. C. Webster.
The other called by that name is the South
Idaho Consolidated and is owned by Joe
O'Keefe and others.
Placer.
Herald: The new mining machinery for the
Gold Blossom mine in the Ophir district,
owned by C, F. Reed, is being put in. An
air compressor and new machinery throughout
will be put in operation, and it is quite prob-
able that a large force of men will be put on
this summer.
Sentinel : County Surveyor C. E. Uren has
in preparation drawings of a restraining dam
across Squire's canyon, near Dutch Flat, to
be used by Nicholls Bros, on a permit to
hydraulic. The logs of the dam will be 213
feet long across the canyon, and at the high-
est point it will be GO feet, giving a capacity
of 400,000 cubic yards. The principal mine to
be benefited is the Abeel claim, owned by the
Nicholls Bros., Dutch Flat, though other
claims will probably be given permission to
dump.
Plamas.
National Bulletin : Messrs. Marsteller, Baker
and Kelley of Susanville have purchased of
T. D. Bennett a gravel mine in the upper end
of Mohawk valley near the Jackson mine.
The new owners propose to open up the prop-
erty as soon as possible.
At the Thistle shaft efforts to pump the
water out of this mine continue, but the
pi'ogress is slow. The great body of water
has been lowered in the shaft only 15 feet
since the work of pumping began this spring.
At the beginning the water in the shaft was
56 feet deep.
J. F. Cummings and San Francisco men
have purchased of Goodwin and Thompson the
Bushman gravel mine north of Quincy. The
new owners will soon begin development of
the mine. It will be necessary to run 500
feet of tunnel to bottom the channel.
San I>ieg:o.
Ramona Sc»/incl: At Julian in the Wash-
ington mine the workmen have uncovered a
ledge 3 feet wide of solid ore, running high in
free gold.
Shasta.
FrecPrc^s: On the Shasta King group on
Squaw creek the ore vein is well defined and
is from 16 to 45 feet in width. The ledge
has been traced for 4,000 feet. The ore is
base and can only be reduced by the smelting
process. It carries good values in gold and
silver, with a small percentage of copper, zinc,
and other minerals.
Upon the north of the Shasta King group is
the property of J. R. Lowdon and Walter
Friday. The ore in this property carries the
largest percentage of copper of any of those
along the lode. The Mammoth group lies still
north of the Lowdou and Friday properties,
and is the apparent end of the lode.
Mr. Hill, formerly superintendent of the
Mountain Copper Company, but who now has
a hand in the Windy Camp mines, has a force
of men employed in developing that property,
with a view to placing it upon the market.
A new corporation, the London Tunnel Com-
pany, has been organized under the laws of
the State of Colorado, with a non-assessable
capital stock of §1,000,000. The company owns
the Burton and London mines, on Mule moun-
tain, in the Centerville mining district, and
in addition has recently purchased contiguous
claims owned by Markwick and others, and
altogether making something tike 100 acres of
ground. Active operations in the development
of the pi'operty will commence immediately.
A tunnel, already commenced, will be pushed
for 1,000 feet, which will give a depth of 1500
feet from the surface.
Fi'ank Brightman, superintendent of the
Gladstone mine, says that 80 feet from the
intermediate Gladstone tunnel ho has dis-
covered what will eventually prove a large
body of ore. The ledge is 4 feet wide, and
thirty tons run through the mill produced
about :§660 in bullion.
SearchUght : Thirty men are employed on
the Milkmaid, purchased by Senator Jones et
al last winter of John Souter. Good ore is be-
ing taken out at the pi'esent time, and the
mill in course of construction will have plenty
to do when it is completed.
At the Sunny Hill mine the tunnel is now
in over 700 feet. Several small veins have
been encountered so far. The objective point
is still some 600 feet head.
On the Windy group of the Ballakalalla
mines, which Alex. Hill is preparing to de-
velop, the ore body is large and work has
been done on the same ledge for a distance of
4000 feet. A tunnel has been run in the ore
since the bond was acquired that shows a
depth of over 500 feet; and although this
tunnel has crosscut solid ore for a distance of
120 feet, the opposite wall has not as yet been
reached.
The work so far done on the Princess hy-
draulic mine, owned by Bear & Slmonds, dis-
closed a valuable placer property. The water
obtained from Brandy and Boulder creeks has
been somewhat disappointing. The ditch is
fifteen miles in length, and, being new, a
large percentage is lost in seepage, as well as
by evaporation.
E. Holden, who discovered some valuable
gold, silver and copper properties near Pitt
river, on the headwaters of Stillwater, has a
small force of men at work developing the
find for the Black Diamond Consolidated Min-
ing Company.
Sierra.
Mountain Messenger : At the Northern Belle
mine the mill is running steadily day and
night.
The upper tunnel in the Prospect mine in
Slug Canyon has been driven in to a point under
the old works, and an upraise will be started
in a few days.
Men are kept steadily at work on eight
hour shifts, sinking the shaft at the York
quartz mine.
Preparatory work is now being done by F.
Copeland on the Independence mine, Wolf
Creek, where machinery°will soon be placed
in position for the purpose of pumping the
water from the shaft. The shaft has been
full of water for some fifteen years.
The Sierra Buttes mine has temporarily
closed down.
Siskiyou.
Jnuriial: Members and employes of the
Klamath Flume and Mining Co. have gone
down the Klamath river to commence work
on their hydraulic mining properties. They
have fourteen claims, comprising about 1500
acres of gravel, some of which is known to be
rich, and the ditch and flume, which they
intend constructing, will deliver 3,000 inches
of water on the Happy Camp divide, 6S0 feet
above the Klamath river.
The Chinamen at Buckeye Bar will have
their wing dam completed by the 1st of July,
when they will commence hoisting.
Humphreys & Quigley, who have been run-
ning a tunnel at their Commodore mine for
the past six months, have struck the ledge at
a depth of 330 feet. The ledge is 2 feet wide,
and the ore from all appearances is rich.
The hydraulic mines at Oro Pino will run
another month, and the final cleanup will no
doubt show that this has been a prosperous
season.
The Eastlick Bros., the Wright & Fletcher,
and the Gardiner mines have also been work-
ing on rich ground.
Smith & Hunter, having reached bed rock
in the Greenhorn blue gravel mine, with their
shaft, are now fixing up the pumping and
hoisting machinery to carry on work in hoist-
ing gravel and keeping the claim drained of
water.
The Klamath River Flume and Mining Co.
received three carloads of machinery from the
north last week, and expect three more car-
loads in a few days. It is stated that a large
supply of water is to be obtained, suflicient to
run twenty or more giants in sluicing.
Reporter: On the Klamath Dr. Dean is
working quite a crew of men at bis mine,
which is paying well. The owner intends to
build a reservoir so as to run all summer.
The Minnetta B. continues to do well under
Mr. Stanley's management. The owners are
satisfied with the property and contemplate
making a great many improvements soon.
They have already made three good clean-ups.
News: A 5-foot ledge carrying a 30-inch pay
streak has been opened up on the American
mine in Dead wood district. The mine is
owned by J. R. Foster and S. J. Fore. A force
of men are working in the mine, and ore from
the ledge is being crushed in an arrastra.
Trinity.
Journal: James Bowie and James A. John-
son have sold to Bradford, Duvergey and Hall
brothers the Johnston Farm gravel mine and
water rights on Indian creek. The property
consists of TOO acres of land, a large part of
which is rich gravel. The consideration of
the sale was $25,000. The purchasers are all
oflicials of the La Grange Hydraulic Mining
Company.
The Altoona Q. M. Co. has placed its new
pump in position at Cinnabar and started it.
The company expects in two weeks' time to
be able to lower the water below the upper
levels. As soon as the mine is pumped dry a
large force of men will be employed in addi-
tion to those already at work.
Tuolumne.
Uniitn-Dcniocrat: At the Rawhide the main
shaft has passed the 1100 and is now being
driven toward the 1300, at which point sink-
ing will be stopped and levels run. Sloping
still continues on both levels between the
1000 and 800. The vein holds uniformly its
width of 30 feet.
At the Providence the main drift is now in
300 feet, showing a well-defined 6-foot ledge
of good quartz in the face. In the bottom of
the shaft, 110 feet from the surface, high-
grade rock is being taken.
Id the Black Oak the main shaft has passed
the SOO-foot mark, with a fine body of rich
quartz in sight, although the greater portion
of ore reduced comes from the north and south
drifts on the 700 level.
The north extension of the Providence has
been sold to Miller, Muller & Blodgitt, and a
contract has been let to drive the 60 foot tun-
I nel 100 feet further. There is also a shaft 40
I feet deep on the property.
■ A force of six miners were put to work on
, the Consuelo mine last week. In 1865 the
Consuelo was one of the best producers in the
: state.
I Independent : A rich strike is reported in
I the Green mine at Confidence. This mine in
j former days was a good dividend producer.
i Operations on the Mascot mine on Mormon
I creek will shortly be commenced by the erec-
'■ tion of a 5-stamp mill.
1 The Jumper people are sinking a new shaft
i north of the present one.
j The Tarantula mine has its gallows frame
' in place and the whim readj' for operation.
The Consuelo mine, on the north fork of the
I Tuolumne river, has been sold to New York
I capitalists.
I The Santa Ysabel mill is getting its ma-
I chinery in place, the tramway from the shaft
! to the mill being about completed.
I The Rappahannock is drifting to the north
j from the main shaft and is putting in a sta-
! tion at the 600-foot level, on completion of
i which sinking will be recommenced.
j The Omega people have begun active opera-
tions. They have laid a tramway into the
tunnel and will have a force of men employed
steadily from this time.
The whole of the country west of the
I mother lode in the Rawhide district is taken
j up, and prospecting and sinking go on in all
directions.
The Miles claim, a new discovery to the
north of the Isabella and Gem, has a 4 or 5-
foot vein which shows up well in free gold.
NEVADA.
Dayton Times: The Peck concentrating
plant in the Douglass mill is completed and
ready to start up, with the exception of plac-
ing the water wheel, which has not yet ar-
rived. The railroad, the electric lighting
plant and all other machinery is in readiness
for the start.
Col. Sutherland, who visited the Ely mines
at Como a couple of weeks ago in the interest
of a Scotch syndicate, has made a very good
report of his investigations. The Mayflower
mine was sampled very thoroughly for 3000
feet.
Austin ReveiUc: The Gold Park mill will
start up in a few days. There is an abund-
ance of ore in sight ready to be taken out.
The ledge from which ore is now being ex-
tracted is 30 inches thick and will mill high
in gold, with a small amount in silver and
lead.
Yerrington Rustler: The Boston, Nevada,
Copper Mining Company is incorporated by
New England people. The company will
build a 40-ton smelter. In all probability 20
men will be employed in the smelter, and 30
in the mine. It is expected to have the plant
completed by July 1st, when the mining and
smelting of copper ores in Mason Valley will
begin.
Elko Free Press: The Dexter Company is
enlarging an old shaft on the Coptis ground,
which is 100 feet deep, to a 2% compartment
shaft. They intend to sink it 200 feet.
Salt Lake Tribune: The miners of Eagle
Valley district in Lincoln county have laid oH
a townsite and called it Deerlodge. There is
much prospecting going on since the snow
went off. Mining and mill men come over
every few days from Stateline.
Johnson and Campbell are developing good
ore in the Comstock group.
Vanina and Delmue are down 100 feet on
the Charley Ross; one crosscut shows 35
feet of pay ore. James Knight is opening up
the Quartzburg claim.
Troutman, Clark & Pickett are sinking in
the ore body on the Indiana. Bennett and
Delmue have taken out some high grade silver
ore from the Interocean.
Moody, Lytle and Hammond's shaft on the
Idlewild is down 75 feet, and they are cross-
cutting the vein, with prospects of having a
large ore body.
Walker Lake lialletin: The dump of the
Mary tunnel is crowded with ore, and hauling
will commence in a few days. The mill will
start by J une 1st.
TheValcalda Bros, are working ore from
their mines.
Reese River ReoeiUe: Rich ore has been
struck in the Dexter mine; a double com-
partment shaft is to be sunk at ouce, and a
new hoisting works to be erected.
Other properties in the camp are looking
well, and most of the new finds are princi-
pally gold.
OKEGON.
Baker City Democrat: At the Flagstaff
mine they are running a crosscut to tap the
ledge inside of 30 feet.
Monitor- Miner: The Coast Range Mining
Company is preparing for extensive placer
mining operations on the Stidham bar on
Rogue river.
Ohi^crocr: The now 5-stamp mill at the old
Jewett mine near Grants Pass is completed
and will start up soon.
The copper deposits of southern Oregon are
attracting quite considerable attention this
spring and some good companies are looking
this way for inv'^estment.
Rich diggings have been reported as being
struck on Silver creek that pay S15 per man.
This creek was famous in the early days and
at one time furnished employment to several
hundred men.
G. W. Trefren of Ashland and D. V. Snow-
goose propose to put in a pumping and elevat-
ing plant to work a gravel deposit below
Grants Pass.
Baker City Epiuram: The Virtue mine,
eight miles out, employs about 100 men, and
yields upwards of ^20,000 per month, with a
20-stamp mill, the ore being free milling, as
is all the ore in that immediate district.
The Flagstaff mine has just started a new
lOstamp mill.
WASHINGTON.
Spokesman- Review : At Davenport the Deer
Trail No. 2 has sixteen working tunnels and
ore in every one of them. The aggregate
length of these tunnels is approximately 4500
feet. The manager of the mine reports that
he is taking out ore from one body whose area
is 200 feet by 400 feet and whose nay streak is
i% feet thick.
In a few days the first carload of ore from
the Mountain Queen mine, owned by the
Grand View Consolidated Mining Company,
will be shipped.
In Okanogan county the Palmer mountain
tunnel is 300 feet under ground. Work has
been temporarily suspended on the tunnel
until they can get their compressed air plant
in place.
The Triune is shipping concentrates, but it
is a free milling mine. They are saving SO
per cent of the value on the plates, and the
ore is being mined and milled at a total cost
of S2,7o per ton.
The Hercules Mining Company is working
two-shifts on their tunnel on Douglas moun-
tain, and expects to tap the ledge soon.
The Wyandotte company is also at work
with a good force of men at both mine and
mill.
ALASKA.
Mining Record: A rich lode, carrying gold,
silver and copper, has been discovered and
located on Cat island, south of Mary island.
The claim makes the best showing of any in
that section.
Gravina island is literally covered with
mining claims. Many claims have been bonded
for sums ranging from igSO.OOO to §45,000.
The Alaska- Juneau Company has commenced
work at the mines in Silver Bow basin and
stamps are dropping on ore. Extensive devel-
opment work will begin in a few days if the
weather will permit,
15RITISH COLUMBIA.
(Special Correspondence}.— Col. Forsyth of
Chicago is now developing his claims al the
head of Frederic's Arm, in Phillip's Arm dis-
trict, and is erecting a concentrator. The
ledges in this country are very wide, and
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Mining and Scientific Press.
476
some of tho properties run rich to the ton.
There are over ;mhj claims in the district. The
country is very ac-c-essiblc, and there Is wood
and water everywhere. Harrison Lake sec-
tion, within a few miles of Westminstor.
reached by ferry. Is atsn the scene of great
mining activity. In a short lime there will
be several shippers In this section. The
Money Spinner mine is owned by the Fire
Mountain Company, who own the two Joining
claims. A mill silo has been chosen and a
mill ordered for crushing the free milling
rock.
S)nikfjtmnit~lin'i(ir : The new management
of the Iron Mask at Trail have taken charge.
They arc working thirty men on the property
and arc shipping a carload of ore a day. A
double shift is at work running a tunnel on
the west lead, and the face of the tunnel is
DOW in mineralized rock.
Tho No. 1, aUosslandclaim west of the War
Eagle, will soon be in the hands of develop-
ers. Larson, Greenough and Coldness have
completed the purchase of the one-half inter-
est of George Sohncmanu and now own the
entire property.
More than tiOO mineral locations have been
made about Christina lake in the past two
weeks and a large amount of development
work is being done. Three good strikes were
made last week, one by Mr. Montgomery on
Sutherland creek, one by the Lattah brothers
and one on the Standard on McCrea creek.
The Ontario, adjoining the Mannamead on
the North Fork of the Salmon, has been sold
by the owners, Adio, Craig, Campbell and
Uerwick, for 115,000 cash, to parties in Vic-
toria.
Spokane Chnniick : At Sandoo the Payne
liiis about 4 feet of clean ore in the breast of
1 iie fourth level. Shipments of ore will bo re-
sumed between the .")th and 10th of June.
A force of men has been at work on the Eu-
reka, adjoining the Slocan Star.
Three drills are now employed in the devel-
opment of the Slocan Star. They are now in
about G.'tO feet on tho tifth tunnelj and expect
to strike the ledge in :^00 feet more.
At Ainsworth Alex McLeod reports another
strike on the Silver Glance on Woodbury
creek. The tunnel oo the property is now in
lUU feel. The ledge is 4 feet wide and the
pay streak about 1 foot wide.
A. A. McKinnoo and F. L. Fitch have bonded
tho Kate L, near Ainsworth, to a syndicate
represented by Knight of Spokane for ^000,
1(1 per cent of which was paid down.
At the Currie, on the Galena farm, a com-
incssdr is being placed in position.
The Kaslo sampler is handling two or three
cars of ore a day. The Ruth is a steady ship-
per, and the Sunset and Whitewater are
sending down ore now.
The Center Star management is pushing
the work on its big property with a large
force of men. A crosscut is being run through
the big ore chute near the west end of the
big tunnel. This crosscut has been run 50
feet to the north of the tunnel, and 2U feet to
the south of it, or 75 feet altogether, and
neither foot nor hanging wall has yet been
found. This makes the ore body 75 feet wide
up to date.
Preparations have been made for the rapid
development of the Mamie claim at the north
fork of Lemon creek, the property of the
Lemon Creek Gold Mining Company of Slocan
City.
S)}i)l;cHinnn-Rcvii:iv: The Payne Extension
Mining Company is being incorporated to work
the group of claims called the St. Paul, Min-
neapolis, Toronto and Auditorium. This group
is the northeast extension of the Payne group
a,nd has the same lead.
In the Ainsworth camp 40O miners are em-
ployed, the Black Diamond employing about
sixty-five.
The fifth tunnel on the Slocan Star is in
about (150 feet, and it is thought 950 feet will
strike the ledge. Three drills are now used.
The Primrose Mining Company has let a con-
tract for 100 feet on its property on Toad
mountain.
The Delhousie has been rebonded for
$85,000.
The Maritime Exploration Company has
paid ?8000 for the Iron Cap.
The Kootenay & Columbia is now a shipper
and development work is well along. A tun-
nel is being driven in the Iron Colt, and they
ought to be at the ore bodies in ninety days,
when they will have a depth of 300 feet.
The output of the Kootenay mines up to May
■~i for this year amounted to nearly §3,000,000
in value. The following are the returns :
ORE EXPORTED.
Tons.
From Slocan via Kaslo 10,717i4
From Slocan viaNakusp 2.642^
From Rosaland via Northport 6,479J4
From Rossland via Nelson 52
Total 19,fl09M
Through Nelson Custom-house $1,178,781 95
Through Revelstoke (Nakusp) 292,110 65
Total value $1,470,892 60
Average value per ton $73,879
PRODUCE OF SMELTERS.
Tons.
Nelson (Hall Mines) Matte 582
Trail Smelter Matte 2803M
Total 3385^f
Total value $1,504,336 78
Total value of ore and matte exported.. 2,975,329 38
Salt Lake Tribune: At Park City, in the
Constellation the drift from the 300-foot level
of the old shaft will be rapidly pushed, so as
to cut the gold ledge at a depth of about 500
feet below the present 30-foot hole.
Manager Dern of the Mercur says that the
mill, with its-increased tankage, is now han-
dling very nearly 300 tons of ore a day, and
that the mine shows more ore than at any
time since its development was commenced.
The owners of the Gold Dust have decided
toerect a mill.of 300 tons . capacity, and will
put in crushing machinery that will enable
the company to double that at any time the
management may deem It expedient.
The management of tho Urtckyurd have de-
cided to make a series of lest or experimental
runs through the plant that Capl. J. li. De
Lamar has erected at the Golden Gate, and
the erection of a mill will shortly bo com-
menced.
A report comes from Sunshine that a lodge
of galena carrying SO per cent lead and IS ozs.
of silver has been struck on the north side of
the Overland ground.
At Fri.sco the superintendent of the Cactus
Mining Company has received orders to dis-
continue work temirararily and wait for more
remunerative prices for its ores.
Sinking in the main shaftof the Horn Silver
mine was resumed a few weeks ago, and the
bottom is now almost 1300 feet from the sur-
face. Another 200 feet will probably be sunk
before any station is cut and drifting started.
Hall & Higgins have bonded tho Ulck Bland
claim for twelve months from R. S. Lipscomb
and John Murray. Three cars of ore have been
shipped from this property, which was taken
out in sinking a I'Jj-foot incline.
Mercur Mcrcuru: One hundred tons a day
is the record of the Geyser mill now. Every-
thing is working well in the treatment of the
ores, and average values of ^5 per ton are ob-
tained therefrom, while the dump shows
analysis of from 70 to S2 cents to the ton. The
capacity of the mill will be increased.
Two drifts are still being run on the two
separate veins in the Wonder — one on tho
475-foot level and the other on tho bottom or
GOO-foot level.
Tintic .V/jjcr; Shipments from this district
for the week are as follows: From the Bul-
lion-Beck mine, 15 carload.s ore; Centennial-
Eureka, .'1 carloads ore; Ajax, 5 carloads ore;
Mammoth mill, T carloads concentrates ; Swan-
sea, 5 carloads ore; South Swansea, 7 carloads
ore ; Star Consolidated, '2 carloads ore ; Four
Aces, 1 carload ore; Dragon iron mine, 3 car-
loads ore.
A contract has been awarded for 100 feet of
work on the Annandale. The contract price is
$0 per foot.
H. Slade and B. Garfield have commenced
work on their group of claims at Mt. Nebo.
Eureka Dcmnvial : The shaft in the Lily of
the West, located about a mile east of the
Humbug, is now down 300 feet. A rich strike
of gold-bearing rock is reported to have been
encountered in the 100-foot level last week.
A new tunnel is to be started on the Uncle
Sam near the northwest corner of the claim,
which will give a depth of nearly 1000 feet. A
shaft is also to be sunk from a point near the
mouth of the present tunnel.
Mammoth liccord: A contract has been let
for sinking the shaft on the Cornucopia
another 100 feet, which gives a depth of 430
feet.
A streak of excellent looking ore has been
encountered in the bottom of the shaft at the
Last Chance mine, which is now down 150
feet.
The machinery and lumber for the Alaska
have arrived, and when the new hoist is in
place the active development of the property
will again be resumed.
Bingham Bulletin: In the Giant Chief from
the new working shaft the vein has been
tapped, and there is now showing 4 feet of
galena ore. Former assays from upper work-
ings have given over 50 per cent lead and 30
to 50 ounces silver, but the ore from the new
strike is higher grade.
The shipments from the Old Joi;^an are
heavier than usual this week.
A 70-ton test lot of copper ore from the vein
crossed this spring by the Highland Boy
working tunnel is coming down for shipment.
Concentrates are coming down from the
Brooks &, Co. steam jigs at the Old Jordan. A
crusher will soon be running in connection
with the jigs.
Sinking was lately done a few feet below
the tunnel level of the Nast and ore encoun-
tered carrying 70 per cent lead.
The shipments from the Phcenix and Cora-
mandel the past few days foot up about 160
tons.
IDAHO.
Spokane Chronicle: In Jerome Creek camp
the Daisy, which has been in litigation for
some tirne, is nearing a settlement. The
stamp mill will be put in operation again as
soon as the settlement can be effected.
The Blackfoot Mining and Milling Company
has let a contract for an additional 100 feet on
the Gold Nugget.
Some additional work is being done on the
Gold Bug; and as soon as the Daisy's stamp
mill begins, work will commence on the Gold
Bug on full time.
The Gypsy Mining Company has let a con-
tract for a shaft on that property.
Spu/ic.'s/»(M(-Ret'if(i': The Idaho mine at
Murray is to be worked on an extensive scale.
The first change will be the addition of can-
vas tables to concentrate closer, and then
there will be an addition of thirty more
stamps. The work of putting in these stamps
will be begun within thirty days. Altogether
in the three veins there is 150 feet of ore that
will pay for milling if worked on a large scale
and with cheap power, while a large part of it
will pay under more expensive methods.
A lO-stamp mill has been ordered for the
Badger Gold Mining Company for their prop-
erty at Elk City. A shaft has been sunk
about 100 feet and 300 feet of drifting has
been done.
In the Pierce district, placer miners, who
depend upon the melting snow and rains for
their water supply, are complaining of the
scarcity now, and are shutting down.
The American Placer Mining Company has
thirteen men at work washing dirt, and are
running double crews.
Ex-Congressman Willis Sweet has a force of
fifteen men on his property, putting a 5-stamp
mill in.
The Bingham Placer Company, near Gib-
boDsville, expects soon to have five miles of
flume completed and the water turned on.
MONTANA.
(Special Correspondence).— Large deposits
of gold-bearing quartz have recently been dis-
covered at Libby in addition to the big ledges
discovered in late years, among which is the
Snow Shoe, where a 100-lon-capacily concen-
trator is running to its utmost capacity, em-
ploying In the neighborhood of ISO men. On
the same contact are the Silver Cable group
and the Buzz Saw or Shaughnessy Hill group,
at each of which places large concentrators
are in course of erection. There are two
hydraulics working at good pay on Libby
creek, and several ledges have recently been
unearthed where arrastras, or stamp* mills,
will be put in. There is a demand for men
experienced in the building and handling of
arrastras at that point. There is a new paper
established at the camp known as the U'ccliljf
Monttmiitu, with D. A. Hendricks as editor, to
whom parties desiring further information
might write.
Butte Miner: At the Original mine work-
men are cutting a station at the 1000 level
and in a few days crosscutting will com-
mence.
The Hesperus Leasing Company has com-
menced crosscutting from the Parrot shaft,
and the operators expect to cut the lead
which shows up well on the surface in a short
time.
The Anaconda company has abandoned the
plan of sinking a shaft on the Orphan Boy for
the present, one of the silver properties of
the company situated west of Walkerville.
It was announced some time ago that the
company would sink a shaft down 1000 feet.
The German placer bar, near Virginia City,
is being worked by a gravel plant, which
promises good results. A big scraper car,
carrying two tons of gravel at a load, travels
along and is perfectly controlled by a system
of cables operated to a nicety by levers in the
engine-room of the plant. The'cables run be-
tween the main tower and an "A" frame,
probably 150 yards apart. When the car has
traveled out to the gravel it is lowered
and dragged alone the gravel, loading auto-
matically. It is then hoisted back to the main
f^able and conveyed above the big hopper in
the tower, where it dumps its load automat-
ically in the hopper.
The Boston and Montana Company recently
started up six furnaces and increased the
force of employes about fifty men. This is
due to the increased shipment of ore from
various mines throughout the district. A fur-
ther increase in the force will probably be
made. Many new changes are contemplated
for the near future. Two new blast furnaces
are to be added.
Minimj irorhl: The Iron Mountain Mining
Company is operating a full force of men both
at mine and mill. The monthly pay-roll
amounts to §10,000. The output is prinofpally
of silver.
At Castle there are six mines that are tak-
ing out ore and shipping— the Broadwater, the
Yellowstone, the California, the Great East-
ern, the Judge and the Powderly. The Great
Eastern alone is shipping a carload a day. The
lease on this property expires in about a year,
when the owners will in all probability oper-
ate the mine themselves.
At Sheridan in the Caroline on Georgia
Gulch the drain tunnel is about completed,
and the stoping of ore will be resumed in a
short time.
An effort will be made to work Lazyman's
Bar on Warm Spring creek, tributary of the
Upper Ruby.
Superintendent John Allen of the Kennett
mine reports that retimbering the shaft will
be finished next week, and that the mine will
resume operations immediately.
Inter-Muunlain: The Noble mine on Wis-
consin creek, Madison county, from w hich
some rich gold ore has been shipped in years
past, is bonded to J. P. Reins and others for
St. Louis parties in the sum of $100,000.
In his report to the reorganization commit-
tee of the Butte and Boston Company, C. W.
Goodale in estimating the value of reserves,
gives the following cost of mining in 1894 and
1895:
Miniiiq^ and C'omen-
Haiding. fratiny.
Silver Bow $3.78 .65
Gray Rock 5.12 .55
Blue Jay 7.32 .55
Smelting charges 4.47
COLORADO.
Repulilican : At Cripple Creek since the
final decision in the Enterprise Rico-Aspen
case was rendered by the Supreme Court
there has been nothing to precipitate any new
litigation between the tunnel drivers and sur-
face workers, but there are evidences that the
opportunities for contest that have been pre-
sented in advance of the decision are being
followed up by the parties interested and
suits prepared for the courts.
Both railroads entering the district have
notified the mines that they will receive no
more ore for the valley mills until further
notice. Their cars are all loaded, the side
tracks are full, and the mills seem unable to
take any more ore.
The Victor mine is down to thirty tons of
ore a day, and cannot produce less unless all
development work is stopped. The ore body
in the ninth level is said to be much greater
than that in the eighth.
The present capacity of the process plants is
450 tons a day, made up by the Metallic Ex-
traction, the El Paso at Gillett, the Brodie
and the Colorado City. The new mills going
up are the El Paso at Florence and the Turner
at Arequa, with the page at Florence to be
restarted. These, with eighty tons additional
to be given the Colorado City and 180 increase
at the Metallic Extraction raises the total
capacity to 1015 tons daily, when all the
plants and enlargements are running to their
full capacity.
A vein of ore identical to the Tom Boy has
been opened up on the North Chicago and the
owners are confident that they have the ex-
tension, while the Tom Boy people are positive
that it runs on the Mono, or they would not
have purchased it and the Lake Views last
spring for a big consideration. The matter,
however, will be determined in the near
future.
A Hartford, Conn., company has almost com-
pleted a modern chlorination plant in Boulder,
with capacity for the daily treatment of fifty
tons, erected for the special treatment of ores
from Magnolia. The same company has pur-
chased and is now operating three properties
at Magnolia.
Tho El Paso-Gold King in Poverty gulch
has started a new sinker pump and with it
is holding Iho water level and is able to re-
sume sinking the shaf i. The shaft is now 4S5
feet deep and at the 500-foot jwini it is pro-
posed to cut a station and put in a permanent
pump.
At Idaho Springs the Stanley mine has
been under development for four year.s, and
now 400 men could be advantageously placed
at mining the ores in sight. As development
proceeds tho sluUs aud chutes for ore arc
placed in position ready for breaking down.
But it is proposed to sink the shaft 1000 feet
before beginning to mine, and at that depth
the levels, as driven into the hills, will have
gained a depth of about 3000 feet, opening out
the lode for about a mite in length. Some of
the levels have now been run into the hills
for 3000 feet, and others are going into them
as fast as men and air drills can do it. The
company is shipping from ten to twelve car-
loads of ore to the smelters each month, and
treating its low-grade ores at the Salisbury
mill.
At Central City in the Wautauga miue In
Russell gulch, operated by the Calumet Gold
Mining and Milling Company, extensive oper-
ations have been carried on for the past
month, which are now finished and give this
mine one of the best equipped plants in that
section.
The Robert Emmett mine in Chase gulch is
to be equipped with a first-class plant of ma-
chinery within the next week, and a larger
shaft house will be built.
At Aspen the ore body in the Argentum-
Juniata has been driven into on the sixth
level for a distance of 37 feet, and the drift is
still in ore. Developments on the seventh
level show the ore body to be richer than on
the sixth.
Aspen Trilnuic: The extent of the rich
strike in the Mollie Gibson, made last week,
has now been determined, and it appears to
be one of those rich pockets so characteristic
of that portion of the property. The lease
still shows a considerable quantity of 1000-
ounce ore, but it is now conceded that the
strike is not in the nature of a chute or a
large ore body.
Telluride Jintrnal: Ten stamps of the Tel-
luride Power Transmission Company's 120-
slamp mill on Bear creek started to work last
week on a lot of quartz recently extracted
from the Canton mine.
In the Smuggler-Union heavy development
work in the mines is progressing and the sev-
enth tunnel level is now pretty well blocked
out, opening up large areas of ore, and the
deep tunnel level is (500 feet north of the
Union shaft and going ahead. The property
was never in better condition for a large pro-
duction than at present.
Tclciiraph: At Cripple Creek for the week
ending May 20 the Elkton Consolidated Com-
pany shipped a total of twelve cars of ore. Of
this number two contained high grade, two
second, and eight third grade.
The Union Company shipped six broad-gauge
cars of ore during the week, evenly divided
between the mills and the smelters.
Shipments from the Moon-Anchor mine for
this week, 100 tons of mill ore, 45 tons of
smelting ore and one consignment of very
high-grade ore.
The lessees who are developing the Monu-
ment, a Battle Mountain property owned
in this city, shipped three cars of ore this
week.
ALABAMA.
The mineral production of the State of Ala-
bama during the month of April, 1807, as
ascertained from the report made by the sev-
eral producers, is as follows: Coal, 382,463
tons; coke, 108,015 tons; pig iron, Sl,S34 tons;
iron ore, 243,808 tons; limestone and dolomite,
for flux, 20,200 tons; building stone, 13,000
cubic feet; bauxite, 879 long tons; number of
employes engaged in mineral industries, 13,500.
LOWER CALIFORNIA.
Lower Californian : Work on the Providen-
cia, a prospect in the Jacalitos district re-
cently purchased by F. M. Bradshaw et al., is
progressing rapidly. A large force of men are
busy grading roads and a three-compartment
shaft is being sunk on the ledge, which is
described as a very extensive body of high-
grade ore.
The mill on the Piedad mine, which has
been leased by Mr. Bradshaw, closed its run
this week on ore from the Angulo mines in
Burro canyon, in which T. A. Ripperdan and
San Diego parties were interested. This mill
will be used in developing the Providencia
mine.
NEW MEXICO.
(Special Correspondence).— In Hell canyon,
twenty miles southeast of Albuquerque, the
most noted mine is the Millagors, owned and
operated by Pueblo parties. The general run
of its ore samples about §16 per ton. The
property has a mill, which operates on the
roll and crusher plan, with copper plates, but
it is reported that it is being overhauled for
the purpose of making changes.
The Bellevue and the Folsom, in the same
locality, have large ore bodies which are, in
the main, low-grade. A company is being or-
ganized on the Bellevue, with the object in
view of building a mill. This company is be-
ing promoted by Messrs. Fitchett, MacMas-
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Mining and Scientific Press.
June 5, 1897.
ter and Propper, the last-named being a resi-
dent of Albuquerque.
The Star mine, also in Hell canyon, has been
a producer of gold, but is now closed down.
The ores are oxidized iron, which run into
copper at greater depth. The property be-
longs to H. T. McKinney, of Hell canyon.
The Little Pittsburgh, owned by a company
of that name, is in tbe same locality. Its
shaft is down about 120 feet, in the course of
which several streaks of high-grade ore were
encountered. The full ledge of ore runs about
$14 in gold. The property is not now working
on account of surplus water.
The Gray Eagle has a large body of ore,
averaging §13 per Ion, and the work is as yet
close to the surface.
The Cochiti mining district is fifty miles
from Albuquerque and twenty-five miles west
from Thornton station, on the Santa Fe rail-
road. The ores in this district are gray sul-
phurets, and run very high-grade in silver
near the surface. At greater depth the silver
values decrease and those of gold increase.
The workings as yet are shallow, the great-
est depths being only about 100 feet. The ores
are best adapted to the smelter. Among the
properties which ship ore from Cochiti dis-
trict are the Washington, Crown Point, Lone
Star, Albemarl and Black Girl. One conceu-
trating mill in the district is operating and
another is to be built at AUerton, six miles
east of Bland, which latter is the main town
of the district.
The San Pedro district is forty miles east
of Albuquerque and is, in the main, a gold-
producing camp, a considerable proportion of
the ore being free milling. Three or four
mills ai-e operating there. The large smelter,
built there several years ago by the Santa
Pe Copper Company, has not been running for
about five years. The closing down of these
works is said to have been the result of dif-
ferences among the members of the company,
and not by reason of any difficulty in treating
the ore profitably or obtaining a supply of ore.
The ores which do not amalgamate are
shipped to Pueblo smelters. Besides carrying
gold, the ores of San Pedro district carry lead
in form of galena and copper in the form of
pyrites.
The Lincoln Lucky, which has been a con-
siderable producer, has been inactive for some
time, pending litigation with owners of ad-
joining property.
The Gold Standard produces, in the main, a
free-milling ore, and its supply of ore keeps
the two mills in San Pedro operating.
The C. C. Company, same district, has lately
put in a 25 H. P. gasoline hoist. A shaft is
being sunk to connect with a tunnel which is
in 200 feet. The ores from this property run
$iiO per ton in gold, silver and lead.
At Magdalena the Graphic Mining and
Smelting Company's lead smelter is running
at full capacity, which is 100 tons of ore per
day, and they ship three cars of bullion per
week. Tbe smelter is run principally on ores
from the company's own mines. The ores are
both galena and carbonate of lead.
The Kelly mine, near Magdalena, produces
the same grade of ore as that described above,
which is shipped to El Paso smelters. There
are other mines, west of the Magdalena
mountains, where 2-stamp mills are operated
on free-milling ore. This is in Water canvon,
and a company is being organized in the East
to build a smelter there. Wascott.
Albuquerque, N. M., May, '97.
ARIZONA.
(Special Correspondence), — The many ship-
ments of mining and milling machinery into
every mining district of the Territory of Ari-
zona may be cited as an excellent confirma-
tion of the reports which come from the camps
everywhere of new strikes and rich develop-
ments. Presuott is the supply center for the
various mining regions of central Arizona, in-
cluded in which are the Rio Verde countrj^
Black Hills, Chaparral, Big Bug, Bradsbaw,
Congress, Stanton, Crowned King, Harqua
Hala, as well as Lynx Creek and other nearer
points. All these^ districts are more or less
connected, forming a mineral belt from Jerome
to Harqua Hala. The ores carry gold, silver
and copper, as a general proposition. Some of
them— such, for instance, as the United Verde
—are chiefly copper, with light values in gold
and silver ; while others— such as the McCabe
or Henrietta— are known as sold properties,
with some values in silver and copper.
The Chaparral district, about twenty miles
southeast from Prescott, is one of more than
ordinary promise, because it embodies the
groundwork for a great many mines. At pres-
ent it comprises the Chaparral district
proper and the Big Bug region, two to four
miles southward. The hills and mountain
spurs in this section are smooth and easily
traversed, and contain a growth of scrubby-
oak timber, which serves a good purpose at
the mines, mills and camps. Still farther
southward, on the mesas of the Bradshaw
mountains, are belts of heavy timber. The
water supply, especially at this season of the
year, is abundant from small mountain streams
and springs, while most of the mines furnish
more water than is required for ordinary pur-
poses.
In Chaparral proper are the McCabe mine
and mill and the Little Jessie mine and mill,
while in Big Bug gulch are the Providence
group, the Henrietta and the Lottie, each of
which is equipped with its own mill.
The McCabe has just put in a new SO H. P.
boiler, which was tired up on the 10th inst. In
this property the main shaft is down 470 feet
and the entire workings consist of about 2.50O
feet of shafts and winzes and 7000 feet of
drifts. The production is that which results
from carving out the general plan of develop-
ment. A 10-stamp mill is in operation. The
ore milled runs in value from if3n to $40 per
ton. That shipped directly to the Pueblo
smelters is higher grade, running from |;00 to
$100 per ton. For the first 150 feet in depth
tbe ores were oxidi^ced and quite free milling,
but at present depth they become more re-
fractory, and the milling process becomes
largely one of concentration. The vein is ver-
tical, the walls well defined, the vein matter
being from 2 to 33 feet wide. The property
output is paying for all improvements and de-
velopments and some dividends besides.
Forty men are employed.
The little Jessie, located about two miles
west of the McCabe, is in a good state of
development and has a 20stamp mill, only ten
of which are now dropping. The ores of the
Jessie are of a siliceous nature, carrying gold,
silver and practically no copper. In this mill
part of the values are saved on the amalgam
plates and the remainder in the concentrates.
The depth of the main shaft is about 70O feet,
with 500 feet of drifting at second level and
fiOO at first. The output is about twenty to
thirty tons per day, the values running from
^?40 to §1300 per ton. This property is being
worked under the direction of a receiver and
it is believed it is being put in good condition.
The Henrietta mine and mill are operating
steadily and have for some time made an ex-
cellent record. The ore is handled through a
main tunnel, 1300 feet long, which intersects
a shaft at 900 feet from the mouth. The
depth of the shaft is 42S feet. The Henrietta
vein is almost vertical, from 16 to IS feet be-
tween walls, with a pay streak well defined
and continuous. As is characteristic of the
district, the ores are a sulphide. The mill
has twenty stamps, ten of which are running,
and six vanners. About half the values
are saved on the plates and half in the con-
centrates. Prom seventeen to twenty tons
of ore are milled daily. The values range
about $30 per ton in gold, silver and copper.
The copper and silver product is said to be
sufficient to pay for the shipment of the con-
centrates.
The Providence group consists of the Anna
mine and mill, the U. S. Treasury and the
Eugenia. The new 10-stamp, rapid-drop mill,
with three G-foot vanners, is an up-to-
date, well-regulated property, and, like other
mills mentioned, its w.ork is that of concen-
tration and amalgamation. The ores from the
Anna are sulphides, heavy in copper and gold.
While they were considerably oxidized near
the surface, as greater depth is attained there
are greater values in copper and gold, and
they become more of a concentration proposi-
tion. The work of the company is largely one
of development, and their plans contemplate
making a big property. The shaft is down 230
feet, with 400 feet of drifting therefrom.
About thirty tons per day are being handled.
The ore is rated high grade, the concentrates
being shipped to El Paso smelters. The
Providence Company's U. S. Treasury prop-
erty comprises sixteen claims, on which a
tunnel is being driven to cut three veins on
the property. The Eugenia tunnel, now in
ISO feet, is being retimbered. The ores from
this property are rather base and lower grade
than those of the Anna. This company con-
template erecting a smelter on the ground to
treat their ores.
The Lottie group, located in the upper end
of the Big Bug gulch, has a 10-stamp mill,
with Triumph concentrators, and the proprie-
tors are putting in a new fiO-horse power
boiler. The main workings in this property
are from a 500-foot tunnel, from which there
are 1300 feet of drifts and a 320-foot shaft.
About twenty tons of ore per day are being
milled. No attempt is made at amalgama-
tion, all the savings being in the concen-
trates.
On the Boggs copper property, in the lower
end of the district, there are some develop-
ments, consisting of an 80-foot shaft, SO feet of
drifts and stopes, all said to be in ore which
averages 15 per cent in copper. It is claimed
this is an extensive lead, the ore being very
much oxidized.
The Poland group, in the upper end of the
Big Bug district, has some very extensive de-
velopment, and It is claimed there are 24,000
tons of ore blocked out, while no milling facili-
ties are as yet provided. The ores are said to
be high grade.
Lynx Creek district, located about fourteen
miles from Prescott, comprises some proper-
ties which are in a fair state of development.
Among these are the Fortune group, consist-
ing of fourteen claims, on each of which are
some positive developments. A 10-stamp mill
is running, with plates and concentrators. On
the plates from $15 to §35 per ton is saved and
§00 to $75 in concentrates.
In the Bradshaw mountains, some forty-five
to fifty miles south of Prescott, is the well-
known Crowned King mine, which was for
many years listed in the category of pros-
pects, but which for the past five yeai's has
paid a dividend approximating §10,000 per
month, with a 10-stamp mill. The ore is gold,
copper and zinc. About S12 to $14 per ton is
saved on the amalgam plates and the rest in
concentrates.
Results of developments on the Monte
Christo, six miles southeast of Prescott, are
very reassuring and the property will doubt-
less become a good mine. A tunnel has been
driven 350 feet on a ledge conlaining solid ore
3 feet thick, rich in wire gold and wire silver,
shipments from which are said to have run
§3(10 per ton.
The Chicago Gold Mining & Reduction Com-
pany is erecting a mill at its property on
Cherry creek, east of Prescott. The mill will
contain crushers and vanners. There is said
to be a good showing of ore on this property.
With the application of additional capital
and energy to tbe development of the great
mineral belt known to extend through the
section partially described, each district will
become the center of a mining industry of an
extensive and most substantial character,
Prescott, Ariz., April, 1897. Wascott.
(Special Correspondence),— In the Sirerrita
mountains, in Pima countj^ 3S miles south-
west of Tucson, are the eleven claims of the
Baxter group, which are producing a good
grade of copper in the course of development.
The Silver Hill district, which is (JO miles
southwest of Tucson, in the Sirerrita region,
is the center of some positive development,
and a few miles to the sQiith of it is the An- '
vacca district, which, as a prospecting region,
is promising. The ores carry gold and silver.
Jos. Danker has erected a custom mill here.
At Oro Blanco, nine miles southeast of Ari-
vacca, is ihe Old Glory mine, which was
worked for some time, but has closed down by
reason of an insufficient water supply. The
Oro Mining Company is operating a 10-stamp
mill in this section.
The Harsha mining district, eleven miles
east of Crittenden, has developed to the ex-
tent of becoming a shipper of ore.
South of Harsha, near the international line.
is the Patigonia district, where the Duquesne
Mining Company is operating, and which is
working six or eight claims, which yield cop-
per ores. W, A. Clark, of the United Verde,
has some, interests in this district.
The Washington camp, 20 miles east of Crit-
tenden, is becoming a producing camp of im-
portance, the ores being primarily copper. A
smelter is being erected at that point.
The Omego & Columbia copper camp has
several mines working.
At Rosemont the smelter is employing 75
men.
An effort is being made by W. M. Jacobs
and associates, of Tucson, to develop the rich
placers in Horseshoe Basin, 90 miles west of
Tucson. It is claimed the gravel and sand of
a large area there runs on an average 40c. to
60c. per cubic yard in gold. It is proposed to
purchase the old Cornish pump which was put
in at the Quijotoa mines several years ago and
divert its five miles of pipe line to the gravel
beds of Horseshoe Basin. Wascott.
Tucson, May, '97.
WniTE HILLS UlSTKICT.
There is every prospect that the White Hills
country will become an extensive field of
operations for gold and silver mining. The
district has been undergoing developments
and prospecting since 1S92, a considerable por-
tion of which has been the work of leasers.
Up to the date of this writing, May 1st, some
forty or fifty leasers have been almost con-
stantly at work, and some of them have made
snug little fortunes. But within the past few
months practically the prospected and par-
tially developed grounds in this vicinity have
been purchased by and are now under the con-
trol of the Excelsior Mining and Milling Com-
pany and the subordinate companies connected
with it; and as the company contemplates
working all its claims directly, tbe leases
have all been terminated, or not renewed,
leaving the lessees either to seek employ-
ment with the company or go to other fields.
Retracing a little, I will say that the
locality known as the White Hills is in Mo-
jave county, fifty miles north of Kingman,
and is reached by a stage line from the latter
place. Going from Kingman to the White
Hills the traveler goes through the Sacra-
mento valley for a distance of about forty
miles— a valley ten to twenty miles wide and
of superb beauty; and well grown over with
bunch grass, sagebrush and various plants.
The name *' White Hills," is not a misnomer,
for the hills when seen in the distance have
an ashen whiteness.
About thirty-five miles further northward
is the great bend of the Colorado river, at
which point, known as Temple Bar, a large
hydraulic mining plant is being put in by the
Temple Bar Consolidated Mining Company.
Piers are being erected in the river, from
which a boom will be put in to catch drift-
wood. Between White Hills and Temple
Bar are several basins, on the outskirts of
which some effective prospecting has been
done. ^
The town of White Hills is built on an en-
tirely smooth surface, at the foot of the hills,
and contains possibly 400 persons. Like many
similar localities the progress and growth has
been largely a question of water. Thus far,
the water for domestic use has been hauled
from springs seven miles to the west. The
water for steam use and milling purposes has
been supplied from the veins of the mines.
However, the Excelsior and White Hills Min-
ing Companies are to put in a water system
by which water will be piped from the springs
some distance away to the mills, mines and
town.
The raining operations now in progress are
from five different shafts and inclines, which
vary in depth from 350 to 500 feet. About 350
men are being employed at the different mines
and at the 10-starap mill now in operation in
the northern part of the district. In the
south end of the district, where the larger
mines are located, the company is building
a new mill of 40 stamps, twenty-four amalga-
mating pans, twelve settlers, two 130-horse
power engines, four crushers, automatic
feeders and a good sized dynamo.
Prom the character of the mills the reader
will see that tbe ores from the White Hills
are free milling and that concentration is not
a part of the process at present. The ores are
in chlorides, the base being iron, and the
amalgam produced has its chief value in silver,
though the gold is an important item. Those
ores have run as high as 600 or 800 ounces in
silver, but a safe generalization places the
values from §50 to §100 to the ton of ore.
While the producing mines of tbe White
Hills are confined at present to a compara-
tively small area, there is no reason to as-
sume that the actual mineral belt is thus
limited.
On the way to White Hills from Kingman,
but a few miles off the main road, are the
rather important camps of Chloride, Mineral
Park and Cerbat, wherein work in several
mines is going on. Ores from the three
camps named are hauled largely to Kingman
and sold to the sampling company at that
place, which ships, in the main, to Pueblo.
Kingman is the outfitting point for the
camps named, as well as others along the
Colorado river, and is the initial point from
which a railroad may be built to take in
White Hills and other mining camps between
Kingman and the Colorado river bend.
White Hills, Ariz., May 1, '97.
Wascott.
Scientific Progress.
The Synchronograph.
Iq a paper before the American Id-
stitute of Electrical Engineers, on the
synchronograph, A. C. Creehore and
G. O. Squier say:
It is of interest to inquire what ef-
fects a system of telegraphy capable
of sending continuously 3,000 words a
minute would have on the existing
methods. To take a single example of
the business between New York and
Chicago, where about 40,000 letters
are carried daily, it would require but
two lines in continuous operation to
handle the entire business. At present
it takes three days to receive by mail
a business reply between New York
and Chicago. This transmission by
machine telegraphy could be accom-
plished easily the same day.
Among the possibilities is the simul-
taneous publication of the same news-
paper in different parts of the coun-
try. For example, in an edition of a
daily paper having twelve pages and
eight columns per page, making ninety-
six columns in all, there are less than
185,000 words. At the rate of 3,000
words per minute it would only require
about an hour to transmit the entire
contents of the paper. This calcula-
tion furthermore assumes that the
whole paper is uniformly printed in
fine type. It would require a single
operator, working by hand and aver-
aging twenty words per minute, over
six days of twenty-four hours each to
send this amount.
The system proposed is especially
adapted to meet the demands of this
class of business; for the great flexibil-
ity of the alternating current, as em-
ployed, permits if necessary consider-
able amounts of power to be transmit-
ted over the line which may be used for
making simultaneous manifold copies
of the same dispatches in each of widely
separated cities. In this manner each
of the several newspaper company
subscribers in each, city receives the
identical service with the minimum de-
lay, since each copy received is an orig-
inal. Each additional subscriber to
this service represents no appreciable
expense to the company, since it re-
quires but another receiving needle.
Furthermore, the use of the alternat-
ing current permits the line to be used
quadruplex at very rapid speeds, that
is, four entirely different dispatches
may be sent over one wire at the same
time, two in each direction, and any
number of copies of one or all the dis-
patches may be received independently
at the same time.
It is thought that a telegraph com-
pany of the future will fulfill a some-
what different function from the pres-
ent ones. The company will own its
wires and rights of way as now, but
the tendency of the offices proper will
be to transmit and receive letters al-
ready prepared rather than to under-
take the preparation of the letters as
well. The income of the company will
be derived from the rent of its lines at
a fixed price per minute, or a fixed
price per hundred words. The service
of the telegraph office then becomes
like that of the post office, its duty
being to receive and deliver letters al-
ready prepared, as the post office does.
The difference between the two offices
is In the manner in which this is ac-
complished. The telegraph office be-
comes a post office which employs an
electric current in a copper wire to
carry its letters instead of a railroad
train. The advantages in point of
speed of delivering letters by the for-
mer method are apparent. Instead of
requiring twenty-four hours to deliver
letters between New York and Chi-
cago, it will require but a few hours
at most, and make it possible to re-
ceive a reply the same day. It is prob-
able that such a system would take
more business from the present postal
system than any other; for when tele-
graph letters can be sent at reasonable
rates comparable with postage, in a
few hours instead of many days, a cer-
tain amount of present post office busi-
ness will be diverted. More than this,
when business can be done with greater
June 5, 1897.
facility than at present, the total vol-
ume of business will undoubtedly be in-
creased, because transactions may take
place in a day which formerly required
a week.
It is understood that these telegraph
letters are sent by mail in envelopes in
the usual manner, except that the en-
velope contains the prepared message
ready to be sent through the transmit-
ter, and thus the telegraph office be-
comes relieved of the preparation of
the letters which is not strictly a part
of its business. When the system
comes into general use, business offices
will have their own perforators, and it
will become necessary for the operator
to learn the telegraph alphabet as a
part of his preparation as a stenogra-
pher and typewriter. The three-key
perforating machine is comparatively
inexpensive, but undoubtedly a ma-
chine could be devised at an early date,
as an attachment to the present type-
writer, for the purpose of perforating
letters at the same time that they are
being written by the typewriter in the
usual way. This could be constructed
to operate by the use of electro-mag-
nets, and can be attached to a type-
writer without interfering in any way
with its operation.
The telegraph line of the future will
comprise substantial poles carrying a
few copper wires worked to their full
capacity for transmitting electric sig-
nals. The cost of maintenance of such
a line when once constructed will be
little more than for an ordinary iron
wire DOW used, while its carrying ca-
pacity for intelligence at 3,000 words
per minute simplex will be about equal
to 160 wires used for hand transmis-
sion simplex. By duplexing the line,
the carrying capacity is doubled and
becomes 0,000 words per minute, which
is about equal to 100 wires worked du-
plex, or to 80 wires worked by hand
quadruplex.
An Aztec Hanuscript Found in
Iowa.
The archaeological museum at the
Ohio State University has become pos-
sessed of an Aztec manuscript — the
fifth so far known to be in existence in
the entire world, and the only one now
in America, the others all being in
European museums. J. T. Griflith, a
laboring man, of Fdirfield, Iowa, while
engaged in excavating, brought to
light what was apparently an ordinary
chunk of wood, except tWat its surface
was encrusted with a coating of pitch.
The object was found about 3 feet be-
low the surface, the dimensions being 1
foot in length by 8 inches in width, and
5 or 6 inches in thickness. A stroke
with the pick caused it to break open,
revealing a space that had bsen scooped
out of the center, in which lay a roll of
birch bark, covered on one side with
strange looking hieroglyphics. The
bark is of extreme thinness, and is of
the character which was ordinarily em-
ployed by the Aztecs in their writings.
The hieroglyphics are made with red
pigment, and remain fresh and distinct.
The natural color of the bark is also
well preserved. The three pieces into
which the manuscript is divided are
from 3 to 4 inches long and from 2 to 3
inches wide. The edges are broken in
two or three places, impairing a por-
tion of the writing.
The wooden case in which the manu-
script was inclosed is in a fair state of
preservation. It is of hickory and the
inside is charred. It had been rudely
fashioned with a stone ax. But for its
coating of pitch it must long since have
gone to decay and its precious contents
with it. Accompanying the I'elic were
two photographs of the spot on which
it was found. The scene is an open
prairie, evidently the extreme sub-
urbs of the little city. All doubt is set
at rest as to the character of the relic.
Its Aztec origin was speedily deter-
mined by Prof. Moorehead, whose ex-
tensive researches in archaeology in con-
nection with the Smithsonian Institute,
at Washington, D. C, make him fa-
miliar with the signs employed by this
race in their writings. Many interest-
i ing questions are aroused at sight of
' this fragmentary reminder of an ex-
tinct people.
_^ Mining and Scientific Press.
Electrical Progress.
Electricity Displacing the Loco-
motive.
477
The New York, Xew Haven and Hart-
ford Ivailway directorate has made
another advance in the application of
electricity in the operation of its road,
I the steam locomotive, the successful
i operation of this line from the point of
:\ lew both of electrical efficiency and
j financial economy tends towards has-
tening the time when steam locomo-
tives will eventually be relegated to
the obsolescence of half- remembered
j though faithful servants.
I This section is the longest section of
' any railroad in the world, hitherto ex-
of the boiler-front a new method, de-
vised by Col. N. H. Heft, chief of the
electrical department of the Consoli-
dated road, who has carried out the en-
tire electrical installation, is followed.
The entire boiler front is capable of be-
ing taken down without disturbing the
rest of the boiler setting, the front
being bolted to a plate attached to the
dividing wall, instead of to the wall itself
SWITCHBOARD.
VIEW OF BOILER ROOM.
TRAIN, ONE MOTOR CAR AND ONE PASSENGER COACH.
S.->(> KILOWATT DYNAMO DIRECT CONNECTED
TO 1300 H. P. ENGINE.
TRUCK OP
MOTOR CAR WITH TWO G.
2000 MOTORS.
in the electrical equipment of its line
running from Berlin to New Britain
and to Hartford.
The first electric car was run over
the electric-equipped track on the 11th
ult. Unlike the experiments at Nan-
tasket and East Weymouth, this length
of the newly equipped lines gives it an
appearance of permanence, which re-
moves it from the region of new ex-
periments, and, while it is still difficult
to predict with any assurance of imme-
diate realization the supersession of
olusively operated by steam locomo-
tives, to be equipped for electric trac-
tion. The total distance is 12.3 miles.
This system difTers in its electrical
equipment from that at Nantasket in
that the trolley system of contact is
not used. That adopted is the third
rail system, the conductor or third rail
being laid along the center of the track
between the running rails.
The boilers are tubular, ten in num-
ber, each of 300 H. P., set in two bat-
teries of five each. In the construction
There are two feed water pumps,
either pump being capable of supply-
ing water to both batteries at once.
The piping from the boilers is in dupli-
cate and will be covered with non-
conductive covering. The flues enter
a brick stack 125 feet high, located
immediately in the rear of the center
of the present building.
The projected extension of the build-
ing will hold three more, and as each
engine will have a capacity of 1200
H. P. the total capacity of the station
478
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 5, 1897.
when completed will be 7200 H. P.
nominal, which can readily be raised to
12,000 H. P. The engine at present in
position is a Greene-Corliss improved
cross-compound, condensing, rated at
1200 H. P. nominal, with dimensions
28x48x48, 4-foot stroke, running at 100
revolutions per minute.
To the engines is directly connected
a General Electric Co. standard 10-
pole 850-kilowatt generator of the iron-
clad type, with the method of construc-
tion of which our readers are familiar.
The dynamos are over-compounded and
furnish current at 600 volts, no load,
and 650 volts, full load. The switch-
board in the bay is of the General
Electric standard panel type, built up
of seven panels, four of which are at
present blank. Of the three equipped,
two are generating panels, while the
third is a totalizing panel. The first
two carry automatic circuit breakers,
with magnetic blowout, ammeter and
the usual generator panel equipment.
The totalizing panel carries a form G
Thomson recording wattmeter, show-
ing the total output from the genera-
tors. A traveler with two cranes —
one of 35 tons, the other of 5 tons
capacity — runs the length of the engine
room. From the switchboard run four
cables, each of 850,000 circular mils,
cross-section to the third rail.
The top of the third rail is about 1
inch higher than the level of the tops
of the running rails. The conductors
are bonded, not by the ordinary leaf or
stranded copper bond, but by plates of
sheet copper i-inch thick, 12 inches
long and 41 inches wide. These are
fastened to the underside of the third
rail joints by means of a drop-forged
iron angle-plate bolted by sixteen bolts,
eight for each copper plate, on each
side of the third rail joint, the nuts be-
ing outside the rail. Each bond has a
capacity of about 900,000 circular mils,
the total bond at each joint having
about twice the carrying capacity of
the rail itself, while its measured re-
sistance is less than equal length of the
93-pouud third rail. One of the most
striking facts in this installation is the
absence of feeders, entire dependence
being placed on the carrying capacity
of the well-bonded rail.
On the Berlin branch are four grade
crossings. On the New Britain and
Hartford line eighteen. At all of these
crossings the third rail is omitted, the
circuit being continued underground
by stranded bare copper cables of 500,-
000 circular mils, and, in some cases,
850,000 circular mils. These cables are
first drawn into creosoted wooden con-
duits filled with an insulating material
made of residuum and asphalt. They
are then laid in creosoted wooden
troughs in turn filled with the same
compound and then boxed over and
buried. The broken ends of the third
rail are fitted with wooden inclines, or
approach blocks, to allow the shoe to
rise upon the rail without danger of
catching and breaking.
The motor equipment will consist at
first of five motor cars. These are
open cars 50 feet in length used last
season at Nantasket, but deprived of
the trolley. Each car weighs about
32 tons. Each is equipped with two
G. E. 2000 motors and two " L " series
parallel controllers. The oar cut-out
is a K. automatic circuit breaker fixed
beneath the hood. Each motor car is
fitted with air brakes, two gongs and
a chime whistle.
Air for the brakes and whistle is fur-
nished by a vertical double-cylinder air
pump driven by a motor automatically
controlled by' special switch which
is opened when the pressure in the
main tank reaches 90 pounds and closed
when it falls below that.
Contact is made with the third rail
by means of sliding shoes. These are
of cast iron 12 inches long and 4 inches
wide weighing about 20 pounds. They
are suspended by two links from a cast-
ing fastened to a beam set immediately
beneath the king pin of each truck,
connection between motor and shoes be-
ing made by flexible cables. The dis-
tance between the two shoes is about
33 feet.
Many of the grade crossings are
wider than this; and, to avoid carry-
ing the train over the crossing by mo-
mentum, another shoe is fitted to each
truck of the second car of the train, a
connection running from this shoe to
the motors. Thus, by the time the
last shoe has left the third rail at one
end, the first shoe is in contact with
the next section of the rail.
Credit for this installation must be
awarded to President Clark for the
courageous advance he has made in the
application of electricity to travel on
the steam line, to Col. N. H. Heft, the
practical chief of the Electrical De-
partment, who laid out and supervised
the installations at Nantasket, East
Weymouth and Berlin, and to the Gen-
eral Electric Company, whose long ex-
perience and perfected apparatus ren-
dered the installation possible.
Mechanical Progress.
The Limitations of Government
in Water-Power Plants.
By Mark A. Replogle, Engineer.
The regulation of the speed of a water-
wheel in a power plant is determined
by four distinct factors:
1. Changes in load or requirements
for power.
2. Time required for gravity to
generate power.
3. Capacity of the plant for stored
energy; and,
4. The governor or mechanism that
should automatically combine the above
three factors in such a manner as to
obtain even speed or good regulation.
These factors, clearly defined, are bases
from which intelligent calculations can
be made showing the possible efficiency
of government in any water-power
plant.
Let it be understood that the word
" government " refers to that regular-
ity of motion or speed that is so desir-
able and necessary in our finest manu-
facturing and electrical power plants.
Absolutely uniform speed can be main-
tained only when there is no change in
the power supply and no change in the
friction or work of the plant; but if
the above factors are carefully con-
sidered and judiciously manipulated or
applied, the variations of speed may be
so reduced that the results can be called
perfect government.
The speed of a plant at all times is a
resultant of opposing forces establish-
ing an equilibrium or balance. The
power supply has a tendency to in-
crease speed and the work has a tend-
ency to decrease it. Speed may be
varied by increasing the power supply
or by decreasing the power supply; by
increasing the amount of work per-
formed, or by decreasing the amount
of work performed; and any one of the
above changes causes instantl}' a
change in the speed; but the amount of
change in speed depends entirely upon
the amount of change in load, the time
it takes gravity to generate power, the
quantity of energy in store, and the
operation of the governor in opening
or closing gate.
Since it is impossible for any auto-
matic governor to change the power
supply at the instant a change has been
made in the load or work of a power
plant, it is very plain that there must
be fluctuations in the speed. The
problem of government is to narrow
these fluctuations to such an extent
that the speed will be constant as far
as practical operation is concerned.
The finest government ever obtained
consisted of changes in speed, but
within narrow limits. The speed of a
well governed single-crank engine
changes four times every revolution.
The first factor in governing, "the
changes in load," is a variable one, and
is limited only by the character of
work done by the water wheel
changes may range from zero to
full power of the wheel instantly, mak-
ing government a more difiScult prob-
lem than it would be if the changes
were limited in number or quantity.
It is plain that if an even speed is re-
tained when a change in load is made.
the
The
the
there must be at the same instant a
corresponding change in the power
supply. This is an impossibility in
automatic governing, for several rea-
sons: the speed must change in order
to inspire the speed governor; following
this, the speed governor causes the
valve or gate-moving mechanism to
operate, which operation requires time;
and again, it requires time for gravity
to overcome the inertiaof the increased
quantity of water that must pass
through the wheel before an increase
in power can be had. During all this
time, the speed of plant has been de-
creasing if the load was increased, or
increasing if the load was decreased,
and the amount of change in speed
depends entirely upon what ratio the
change in load bears to the stored en-
ergy in the moving parts of the plant.
A heavy change in load will of course
cause a greater change in speed before
the power supply is changed than a
light change in load. The problem is,
therefore, to proportion properly the
power storage to the changes of load
that must be imposed upon the plant,
because this power storage, or the
capacity to store power, must take
care of all changes in load until the
power supply, or gravity effects, can
compensate for said changes.
The second factor, "time required
for gravity to generate power," is
more constant than the first. In fact,
the limits are established in the con-
struction of the water-power plant,
and, of course, remain so. The point
we wish to emphasize most in the time
requirements is the inertia and momen-
tum effects of the water.
A locomotive can propel a train of
cars at a rapid speed; but it takes time
to acquire such speed. When the
locomotive has brough t enough pressure
to bear upon the train, it moves, at
first slowly, but keeps increasing in
speed often many seconds before it
reaches full motion. The locomotive
may be limited in strength to 250 H. P.
per second. The train in full motion
may represent 25,000 H. P. for a sec-
ond. In such case, it will take the
locomotive 100 seconds to bring the
train to speed if we do not consider the
frictional losses. Water has no power
in itself; but must be put in motion by
gravity in the same manner that the
locomotive starts the train of cars,
and a long train of water acted
upon by a constant gravity effect,
is put in motion in the same
manner that the train of cars is
by the locomotive. It is plain, then,
that the time element must be con-
sidered in the government of water
power. The water wheel cannot fur-
nish power until it brings to rest the
water to which the gravity has given
motion, and it can receive no power
from the water until the water has
sufficient motion for the moving wheel
to retard. It is also plain that there
must be changes in the flow and velocity
of water for every change made in the
load of the water wheel; also the change
in the flow of water must occur before
there can be a change in the power
supply.
It is well known that water has prac-
tically no elasticity; hence, if enclosed
in a long pipe, the whole body must be
put in motion at the same time. If the
pipe or flume consists of several hun-
dred feet of horizontal length and only
a few feet of vertical pipe or " head "
which alone gives gravity effects on the
wheel, it is a similar proposition to the
locomotive and train of cars. It is
very evident, then, that long horizontal
pipes should be avoided in order to
reduce to a minimum the time required
to get gravity effects, because the
speed of water wheels will keep chang-
ing, after a change in load, until the
effects from gravity can correct it in
the power supply.
Gravity effects at best are very slow
as compared with steam, and for this
reason a water power is handicapped
in the matter of government. The
logical conclusion is, that in water
powers the water or power supply
should all be under the direct action
of gravity and move in line with it.
This reduces the time necessary to fur-
nish increased or decreased power, to
the shortest limit.
The
Use of Compressed Air for
Mining Purposes.
NUMBER IV.
A lecture delivered to the Engineering Students
of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, May 3,
1897, by Edwahd A. Kix, M, Am. Soc. M. E.
As an instance of the relation of stor-
age to intermittent work I will cite
the case of the Banner mine, at Oro-
ville, Cal., that has a compressor hav-
ing a single double-acting 10.}xl2 air
cylinder; the piston makes 300 feet per
minute, and the machine is probably
delivering 150 cubic feet of free air per
minute. This size of machine is rated
by builders as a two-drill compressor,
yet it is driving two 3J-inch machines,
one 3J, one 23, and on occasion a 2-inch
also. The united requirements of these
machines, should they be running at
the same time, would be 285 cubic feet
per minute— almost double the outptit
of the compressor. The explanation
lies in a very large and unusual reser-
voir capacity — in fact ten times larger
than ordinarily employed with a com-
pressor of that size. The wisdom and
economy, however, of such large re-
ceiver capacity is apparent and this
example should be followed, especially
as receivers are very inexpensive.
As an example of the advantage of
reservoir capacity with a hoist, I call
attention to thehoist at the North Star
mine, Grass Valley, which develops 80
to 90 H. P. when running, but calls on
the compressor to exert but from 25 to
30 H. P. to maintain it. There are
probably not five mines in the State
with proper air reservoir capacity, and
if it were possible to arrange contracts
with the mine owners to yield up 50%
of the saving effected by putting in
proper pipes and receivers, more than
one person could earn a comfortable
income by making such changes in this
State alone.
Receivers should be placed at any
general distributing point in the mine,
as well as upon the surface. Anyone
managing a mine, by keeping a record
for two days only, of the length of time
his intermittent machines are running
during the day, can readily calculate
the proper receiver capacity required.
Coming now to the machinery proper,
for the mine, first in order of installation
is the hoisting works which we will
consider only from the standpoint of
economy and utility. It is supposed, of
course, that the elements of strength,
safety, capacity and everything, have
all been properly considered by whom-
ever was the designing engineer. It is
almost a rule that a mine that can
afford to have an economical transmis-
sion plant has use for a hoist of suffi-
cient capacity to enable it to be one of
the highest motor type, and for this
purpose I should install a compound
hoist, direct connected, that is to say,
there will be no gearing whatever on
the hoist, the shaft carrying the drums
being at the same time the engine shaft.
The cylinders are proportioned with re-
ference to the initial and final pressures
desired, and also with respect to the
amount of expansion done by reheating.
To get the largest amount of work from
a hoist of this character the air should
be reheated to about 400° before pass-
ing into the initial cylinder. It will be
exhausted from there back into the
second compartment of the compound
reheater, and heated again to 400°; from
there it will pass to the low pressure
cylinder, perform its work and be e.x-
hausted to the atmospheric pressure.
It does not require any particular
amount of calculation to show that with
this double reheating the volume of the
air may be practically increased from
60 to 80%, with a corresponding degree
of economy.
For the second reheating there is
practically no extra fuel required, the
second reheater being placed above the
first one and absorbing the heat after
it has passed through the first series
of tubes. The piping on a plant of this
kind should be so arranged that either
cylinder can take the high pressure
air, for either cylinder exhausts it
directly into the atmosphere, as well as
the piping for the operation of com-
pounding.
{To he Continued..)
Jiino 5, 18!)7.
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Coast Industrial Notes.
—The San Joaquin Valley Road is now com-
pleted to Hanford, Cal.
—Williams, Arizona, is to have the largest
creosote works west of the Rocky mountains.
—The California Wine Association has cut
the price of California wine to 32 cents per
gallon.
—A $75,000 steam tug is to be built at the
Mare Island Navy Yard for the Port Orchard
dry dock.
—The principal shops of the Atlantic & Pa-
cific are to be removed to Los Angeles from
Albuquerque.
—The track on the Sierra Railway has
been laid to Maxwell, twenty-five miles east
of Oakdale, Cal.
The S. P. and U. P. roads have estab-
lished closer commercial relations, and north-
ern business over the S. P. will go via Sacra-
mento.
—Colonel Suter will shortly let contracts
for improvement work in Oakland harbor, for
which the sundry civil bill carries appropria-
tions of $OS0,O0O.
—A Stockton, Cal., harvester works is
building a machine that will cut a swath 50
feet wide through a field of grain. It will be
drawn by thirty horses.
— A concession recently granted by the
Mexican Government to Jesse Grant and
associates calls for the development of the
different resources of Lower CaUfornia.
— The Treasury Department announces that
the supervising architect's office will be ready
to advertise for bids for the construction of
the San Francisco postoffice by the 15th inst.
—The orange shipments from Riverside,
Cal., for the season aggregate 707,440 boxes.
Nearly 100 carloads more will be shipped,
bringing the season's total up to over 2500
carloads.
—A press dispatch announces that the Mis-
souri River and Los Angeles Railway Com-
pany, capitalized at §420,000,000. was incor-
porated at Dakota City, Neb., last week. It
plans to build a line from the Missouri river
to the Pacific.
—A decision by the United States Land
Commissioner at Los Angeles invalidates the
title to the Morena reservoir site, wanted for
a city water system for San Diego, and pre-
vents the fulfillment of the §1,.500,000 contract
between the city and the water company.
— The San Pi*ancisco chemical works are
adopting a new system in their manufacture
of sulphuric acid. Instead of buying sulphur
direct, they buy sulphurets from a mining
company, by roasting expel the fumes, and
thus secure the base for the manufacture of
the acid.
— The bonds for the completion of the entire
canal system of the Turlock Irrigation Dis-
trict have been sold and the work of con-
struction will be pushed to completion. The
district comprises 176,000 acres in Stanislaus
and Merced counties. Eight hundred thou-
sand dollars has already been expended on the
canal and diverting dam.
—It is reported in Tacoma that theBlakeley
Mill Company has awarded A. S. Kei-ry a con-
tract to cut "180,000,000 feet of timber stand-
ing along the Stillaguamish river, in Snohom-
ish and Skagit counties. About 20,000,000 feet
will be cut annually. Eighty men are at work
building a seven-mile logging railroad from
Port Susan on the Sound into the heartof the
timber.
— At Eureka, Cal., the Excelsior Redwood
and Humboldt Logging Company wants the
privilege of extending their railroad from
Freshwater over the State tide lands to
Woodley island, three and a half miles, where
they will construct an SOO-foot wharf, ware-
houses, booms, etc. The company is also con-
templating the building of a modern redwood
mill at Freshwater, the entire plant to be run
by electricity.
— The new State Department of Highways
has been organized, and will establish a sys-
tem of State, county and district highways,
exploring every part of the State for the best
and economical supplies of road materials,
keeping, up the agitation for good roads, hold-
ing public meetings, publishing road informa-
tion, advising road-builders everywhere, and
getting ready a batch of road laws to risk on
the next Legislature.
—The Auditing Board of the Commissioner
of Public Works has agreed to authorize the
engineers tohave the Newton Shoals in the
Sacramento river bored, to ascertain the na-
ture of this menace to navigation, and they
were also authorized to formulate and present
at the next meeting, or as soon as possible,
an estimate of the probable cost of the pro-
posed work on the Sacramento and San Joa-
quin rivers, and to consult and act in conjunc-
tion with Captain C. Gillette.
— The plant of the Shasta Lumber Company
which failed some time ago for nearly $1,000,-
000, has been sold under a trust deed to the
San Jose Deposit Bank of Savings of §100,000
to the Friend & Terry Lumber Company. The
property includes a broad-gauge railroad six-
teen miles in length from Anderson, Shasta
countj', to the end of the company's liume; a
flume thirty-two miles long, carrying 3500
miners' inches of water; a box factory and
drying kilns at the dump end of the flume ; a
complete sawmill plant with a capacity of
10,000,000 feet of lumber a season, and 28,000
acres of Shasta county timber land, on which,
it is claimed, are 500,000,000 feet of lumber in
sight.
— Word comes fromHermosillo, Mexico, that
the formal transfer of the Sonora railway to
the Southern Pacific by the Santa Fe took
place June 1. It is announced that substan-
tial improvements will be made. It is also
stated that Hugh Tudor Richards, formerly
general manager of the Sonora railway and
holder of a concession for orange lands, has
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 5, 1897.
procured an option on the Occidental railway
of Sinaloa. Richards represents a syndicate
whose intention is to complete the road to
Durango and also make its port terminus in
the harbor recently discovered by Colonel
Wrotnosky,- twenty miles south of Altata, at
the new mouth of the Culiacan river.
— The discovery of one of the largest coal
fields in the world is reported to the State
Department by the United States consul at
Carthagena, Colombia : " The fields are in the
department of Bolivar, in Colombia, eight to
twelve miles from the Bay of Cispati, and 4S
miles from Carthagena. The coal is semi-
anthracite and anthracite, and is good steam
coal. The fields contain about 300,000,000
tons, and comprise about 215,000 acres."
—A Russian correspondent informs London
Machineni Markets '* that there is now a great
opening for locomotives and wagons in Russia.
He states that the Russian railways require
300 locomotives at once, and more than 1,000
wagons annually, and he suggests that a
companv should be formed with a capital of
about 3,'000,000 rubles to establish wagon and
locomotive works near the newly discovered
iron and coal mines in the south of the empire.
Such a company, he estimates, might fairly
expect to receive dividends of from 15 to 20
per cent."
—In a letter from James J. Hill to a West-
ern senator on the remarkable increase in the
export trade in flour to China and Japan, Mr.
Hill stated that, of the last year's crop of
wheat of the Pacific coast States, about
28,000,000 bushels or its equivalent in flour
has gone across the Pacific to make bread for
Asiatic consumers. This is about 20 per cent
of the whole crop of that region and the effect
of this new commercial movement has been to
raise the price of wheat in California, Oregon
and Washington materially. Of the gain of
20 to 25 cents per bushel in present prices
over the lowest range in recent years, Mr.
Hill attributes 15 to IS cents to the with-
drawal of the Pacific wheat from European
markets. Mr. Hill errs, however, in allowing
the inference to be drawn from his letter that
the entire new movement of flour to Asiatic
countries is to be attributed to the establish-
ment of a line of Japanese steamers sailing
from Seattle in connection with the Great
Northern Railroad. The real fact is that
these Japanese boats have thus far taken out
only three cargoes, and that a large part of
those cai'goes consisted of flour coming over
the Northern Pacific Railway to Seattle.
Without the help of the Northern Pacific the
steamers would not have been able to get car-
goes. The new Japanese line is maintained
in part by a subsidy from the Japanese Gov-
ernment. It has materially reduced the
ocean freight rate, but a reduction of perhaps
10c a barrel on three cargoes of flour by no
means accounts for the great Asiatic demand.
That demand has been growing steadily for a
number of years. But this comparatively new
commercial movement seems destined in time
to absorb the whole wheat surplus of the
Pacific coast States, and to maintain a price
for wheat in those States equal, at least, to
that which prevails in Chicago and Duluth.
The benefits to the agricultural communities
and to the towns and cities of the Pacific
coast will be very great. An addition of 10c
to 30c per bushel in the selling price of vvheat
in that region means a large measure of pros-
perity to the whole community.
Personal.
Tbomas J, Barbouk of this city went to
Butte, Montana, last week.
ScHUYLEK Ddryee of New York has been
appointed manager of the Gold Creek mines
in Nevada.
Marsuen Manson has been elected Presi-
dent of the new Department of Highways of
California.
C. W. Watson has been appointed manager
of the Winnamuck mine at Bingham, Utah,
by the new owners.
W. S. Hutchinson has been appointed man-
ager of the American Development Mining
Company's properties at Gibbonsville, Idaho.
Alexander Hill, until recently manager
of the Mountain Copper Company, in Shasta
county, Cal., has gone to London on mining
business.
General E. C. Humphrey of Denver and
Frank H. Pettingell of Colorado Springs, Col.,
arrived in San Francisco last Tuesday and are
staying at the Palace.
Marco Vakozza has been appointed by the
Governor Lake Tahoe wagon road commis-
sioner. The last legislature appropriated
110,000 to construct and maintain a road from
Placerville to Lake Tahoe.
Charles S. Herzig, mining engineer, for-
merly with the Anaconda Mining Company in
Butte and lately with the Boston and Mon-
tana Company of Great Palls, Mont., left on
May 31st to take a position as engineer for
the Playa de Oro Mining Company at their
mines in Ecuador, S. A.
Commercial Paragraphs.
The Colorado Iron Works' are putting in a
20-stamp mill on the Lucky Boy, in the State
of Idaho. They have shipped a 10-stamp mill
to Mexico. They are supplying two stag cars
for the Arkansas Valley smelter at Leadville,
and one car to the United Verde Copper Com-
pany of Jerome, Arizona. They have recently
equipped the Beam gold and silver process
mill with a set of 14x27 Cazin rolls.
The Fulton Engineering and Shipbuilding
Works, 213 First street, San Francisco, are
putting in a complete cyanide plant for the
Montana Co., Ltd., Marysville, Montana, in-
cluding six tanks, each 30 feet diameter, air
compressor, conveying apparatus, etc. They
are also delivering two underground hoists,
complete, to the Alaska-Treadwell Co., one
10x12, the other 5x7, and furnishing a com-
plete hoistine outfit to the Gold Blossom
mine, Ophir district, Placer county, Cal.
Recent California Mining [ncor-
porations.
Crawford G. M. Co., San Francisco; E.
Painter, E. M. Adams, C. Bier, M. R. Phil-
ips, J M. Downer; capital stock, ^100,000—
subscribed, §250.
Belle M. Co., San Francisco; W. C. and R.
E. Murdoch, H. P. Emeric, T. W. Wells,
G. Blake; capital stock, $1,000,000: subscribed,.
$150.
Giant G. M. Co., Oakland, Cal. ; K. A.
Hughson, A. H. Ackerman, W. G. Hawkett,
G. L. Nusbaumer, N. K.Foster; capital stock,
S100,000; subscribed, S50,000.
Recently
Declared nining Divi-
dends.
Le Roi, Rossland, B. C, $35,000; payable
May 29; the total to date is $400,000.
Pennsylvania mine. Grass Valley, 5 cents a
share; payable June 1.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
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Also, 3-Ton Capacity Pulverizer.
A. L. FISH, 69-61 FIRST STREET, S. F.
FOR SALE.
The four Boilers now in use at the Crown
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Delivery can be made on or about the lat of May.
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Assays, Chemical Analysis or Ores and ex- .
\ perlments on rebellious ores for treatment by i
I cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
i ports upon mining properties.
BICHAKD A. PARKER,
CONSUI.T1NG MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address : Richparh.
Croclier Building San Francisco, Cal, ,
CHARLES P. GRIMWOOD.
I Mining: Engineer and Metallurgist, |
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
T JONES G. M. EDMONDSON.
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
S Rooms 1-J, Exchange Bank Block,
Colorado Springs. Colo.
rn
T. D. K.TLE & CO.,
sayers and CShe-mlsts,
(Mine, Mill and Smelter Work.)
Samples by Mail Receive Prompt Attention
Box e2t! - - - Lbadvillb. Colo
<ci\/ii <fc
J. J. F'ISHER,
<d\/il <S= Hydraulic Engi
W. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENQINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex- *
' pert on general mill work and amalg'amatlon.
I Elg'hteen years' experience. Will report on <
: Mines and Mills, and take full charpre of Min- i
ing Properties. Address. 133 Market St.. (
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal. (
J. HOWARD WILSON,
i Assay^t- a.ncl Che»mlst»
I 30G Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo, Colo.
[ Correspondence solicited with SHIPPERS OF )
ORE TO COLORADO SMELTERS.
S alogy, metallurg-y, mining, surveying, geology.
\ Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor- )
/ respondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady \
2 pupils received. Investments made and in- (
1 form;ition given in relhible mining properties. C
C Cor. Market and Montgomery Sts., San Francisco. )
Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE >
Mining Property. Principals desirlDg valuable ■
' quartz or gravel investments at reasonable {
' prices win do well to see what I may have.
> Only legitimate mining properties handled.
JABBOT A. HANKS,
f Chemist and Assayer. Successor
} to Henrv G. Hanks, established
} 1866. The super-
/ vision of sampling
/ of ores shipped to
} San Francisco a
7 specialty.
) —718—
< Montgomery Street,
S San Francisco.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
[STATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
434 California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, lu-
[ dustrial Products, Poods. Medicines, etc., etc.
> Court Exporting in all branches of Chemical i
} Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In-
) vestlgation of Metallurgical and Manufaetur- ,
f ing Processes. Consultations on all questions t
i of applied chemistry. Instructions given in /
{ assaying and all branches of chemistry.
A. H. WARD.
-f ESTABLISHED 1869. 4 H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET, - . . . sAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Worlds
And Chemical Laborator}.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
r
A^irSE OU/INERS!
( Check your ASSAYERS, or do your OWN J
Assaying by the SIMPLE METHODS of
i LUCKHARDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICE i
(INCORPORATED.)
I 36 O'FarreU Street, San Francisco, Cal. J
P. O. Box 194.
[ASSAYERS AND MINERAL SURVEYORS.
Mines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mall Solicited.
r.
Mining and Meclianical Engineer, >
' Will Examine and Report on Mines and )
' Metallurgical Projects. )
I Terms, $15 Per Day and Expenses. <
1«18 CHAMPA STREET, ]
Denver Colorado.
J A. H. RICK.ETTS, ^}
) Attorney at La\A/. J
[scaj
> First Class Business References Furnished, j
First Established in 1893.
)0. G. Linares^ /Assav Office.^
p. O. BOX 586. '
► Office, South Second Street, VICTOR, COLO.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Established In Colorado,
18t;(>. Siiuiples by mail or express will receive
prompt and careful attention Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress nai; and 173S Iiawrencc Sftreet. Denver, Colo.
THE ROESSIER S HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
100 William Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Cblorlde of Lime
Trade Mark. Sulptlide Of IfOD
And other Chemicals for Mlnln^r Purposes.
Brunton's Patent Pocket
Mine Transit.
Cut About 1-3 Actual Size.
A compact and reliable pocket instrument ^vhich
takes the place of a transit for preliminary under-
ground work, and the taking of rough topography
above ground, thus taldng the place of a sighting
compass, clinometer, Abney level, Locke level and
plumb. Case of aluminum ; weight 8 ounces.
Send for Circular and Price List to
\A/. AiNS\A/ORTH,
Sole Mannfactarer,
2151 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLO.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
F^Inest Assav Balances.
Our Beauns are the
lightest on the market,
and positively inflexible.
They are unequaled in
accuracy and sensitive-
ness. Edgrea and bear-
ings are of Sapphire.
All makes of balances
thoroug^hly repaired at
reasonable rates,
8319 Stout Street,
DENVER, COLO.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carbon
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, efTective, eco-
nomical, portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS, " ^°'"c''^i'J|o!*il5""' "■
PROSPECTING
Metal Mining: Coal Minlog; Surveying and
Mapping; Klcotricity ; Sliect Metal Pattern
Cutting; Kfcchiinlcil & Arohitcclur.il Drawing;
TZXk 31 COURSES S'Kis
Rngin'r'g; Mechanics: Plunib'g; Architcoturc;
Stationary, I-ocomotive, Marine ICnginci-rlng ;
English Branches; Bookkeeping; Sliorlhand.
tl'J,"' GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
Fiei Moderale, Advance or Installments.
Circular Free: SCaCr srWy>c( ij'iii wi.'h to ^tiiJy.
Internntlannl CorrcsponrtcnfO Srhoolti, Hoi 1008. Seranton, Pa.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA, LTD.
CAPITAL, - $550,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. EELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
lll.De MARK.
(M^ARTHUR'FORREST PttOBElO
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refraotorj
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The fflacArthnr-Forrest Cyanide Process,
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Huffh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 216
Sansome Street, San Francisco,
Office: McPhee Building, Denver, Colorado.
Established 1853. Incorporated 1895.
JOHIV TAYLOR <fe CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers o(
Assay e=rs* TVlaterial,
furnaces, scales,
balances!
weights, etc.
also, mine and
mill supplies,
chehicals and
CHEniCAL APPARATUS
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid. sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Manufacturers of Assayers' and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers In Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Ainsworth Balances.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAYLOR Sc CO., San FranclBco Agents.
B^Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO.,
Park City, CCab .
RDPTUREJ
Hydrocele, Varicocele.
Piles, Pissure.Fistula,
Ulceration, etc., cured
without operation or
detention from business. O" NO PAY UNTIL
OCBED.-s» Consultation Free. Call or send
tor pamphlet.
DRS. MANSFIELD & PORTERFIELD,
838 Market Street, San Francisco.
IISVEINTORS, -Take ISotlce I
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
22(1 Market St., N. B. Corner Front (Up Stairs), San
Fbancibco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
of models. Tin and brasswork All communica-
tions strictly confldential.
June 5. 189?.
Mining and Scientific Press.
4S3
List of U. 3. Patents for Pacific
Coast inventors.
K«ported by Uuwey & Cu., Plooeer Pateut
SoUoltora for Faclflc C'oaat. i
r<iK THK. WKKK KNlUMi MAY 25, IS»7.
683JM.— Amauiamatok— F. U. AuKtiQ, Tcmpe,
A. T.
aeSjMS.— Letteh-Copvixo Press— M. P. Boss, Sun
Prancisco.
683,081.— Ca.v SlpI'OKT- p. G. Crcelli. Los ADgiles.
Cal.
68SJ«) — CllBiK Book— P. L. DIetz, PorlUDd, Or.
S83,l«! — Tei.kpiionb— Duiiue & Cosgrove. Sao Fran.
Cisco.
SeajarS—OASi Lioater— W. H. Fargo, San Fran-
cisco.
683,a(>7.— Hahkow— Hagslrom & Anderson, Chlno,
Cal.
.SsS.IH.- NETMAKlNG Macrinb— M. Jcnsuu, Asto-
ria, Or.
<!.-au— Drop Weioht— W. L. Joboson, Pko
Helfhl.s. Cal.
-.!3ai— RiMi Iron— G. Lc Sage, Los Angeles,
A Great IVIining Triumph.
Capt.
the world.
. R. Do Lamar, of \cw Sork City, is one of llie largest owners and workers of Gold Mines in
After the most careful investigation he purchased in August. 1895, two CJriflin Mills, and his
report IS so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mininc
We give it in his own words.
liRADLEV PULVERIZER CO, (;„,//, _,,„
lurdest rock, widi (he exception of corundum, lli.il I luvc c
Ti . r- ,r ...„ , u New VonK, Jan. o, t8<)6,
I iic two Criffin Mills luive been in operation now for vo days on ilie
met during my mining lile. They have taken ihe rock direct
; '"' '■■^'" """ '"^"ccpiion 01 corundum, inal I luve ever met during my mining lile. T
V"/'J„l, " ' ""'' "j''',-'"^-"'-:? "w-'.', "• """ '" "''' "'achiiie, V mesh tine, without elevating'or bolting. We simnly „ut
Gate— J. T. McCurinick, San
B. Metcbor, Los Angeles,
F. A. RedmoD, San
al.
- 1. i36.- Folding
Francisco.
iKl.lU).— BOTTI.K— E.
Cal.
583,ltil— Bk'vi'i.e Wheel
Pranclsco.
SM,ia«.— CAKHURETiiK— B. L Uydor.San Joso. Cat
SI!a,.33K.-SpEKDIsiM(ATOK-Il. W. Scoll, San Josc,
Cal.
37.089.— Spoon Dksi<:n-C. G. Tingry, Porlland, Or.
NOTK.— Plain and CorUIledCopU'S of U.S. and For-
eign pateiilH obtained by Dewey A Co., by mail or
telegraphic order. American and Foreign patents
Becnred. and general patent biislaess transacted
with perfect aeeurlly. at reasjuable rales, and in I
the shortest possible time.
the Kr lie oo ' ^he t„'l ,, T'!' ? ""°„" ^""","«'"" ^'V 1 "Iveri.er, the N.irod PuK eri.cr. llie Stednian Pulver^.er,
rrl:,nie l.uc,.|,, the Co.A, and v.i,iou, ullicr dry |.i,li tri/ers, nnhe,il.it.ns:ly recummend your Grimn Mill lo .mv one.
(Siuncd)
J. K. liiLAMAR.
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
nRAni.EY rUI.VERIZtR CO.
Del^imnr Milt, "
("i iiiit: uccasiim
tH least 30 Ions ]:
DnL. AMAH'S NEVADA GOLD MINING CO.,
Salt Lakh Citv, Utah, Nov. 24. 1S96.
-Inanswerto your inquiry as to wliauhe " Oriffio Mill " is doing at our
'atinn, and
f produce
ULl^ni.ir, Nevada, we beg to siale thai we oltcn run 3 .0 K.ns per day with 10 o( your mills in operati
tiicse iQ nulls produced 40S tons m one day. I have no licsiiancy in staling thai they will reuularlv r
lerday each OD our ore, which i3 extremely and unusually hard. & 7 • suu,..y ,
Notices of Recent Patents.
AtnoDg the patents recently obtaineti
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention :
Folding (Jate.— John T. McCorraick, San
Francisco, Cal. No. 5s;j,2;i5. May 25, 1S97.
This invention relates to improvements in
that class of gates which are designed to
form a temporary lattice or open work closure
for passages or hatl-ways, windows, and for
other like purposes. It consists in a means for
making the gates more rigid and lighter than
the ordinary constructions. The vertical bars
are made angular in cross sections, having
slots or channels formed in them and diagonal-
ly disposed connecting bars extend between
these vertical bars, angular blocks fit the in-
terior angles of the vertical bars, and by
means of slots are slidable vertically therein,
pins extending from the blocks through the
slots and connecting the blocks with the
angular bars. Horizontal bars are fixed to
the inner ends of the gate sections entending
through slots or other counections in the
vertical bars, and being cut away and adapted
lo overlap at their meeting ends so that these
overlapping ends when the gate sections are
extended are united by two or more of the
vertical bars which slide over them, thus
greatly increasing the rigidity of the
structure.
CAKBUUETEit.— B. L. Ryder, San Jose, Cal.
No. 583,120. Dated May 25, 1897. This inven-
tion relates to that class of vaporizers of gas
generators especially adapted for use in con-
nection with explosive engines in which gaso-
line or other vaporizable liquid is supplied to
an absorbent material through which air is
drawn to form an explosive mixture. The in-
vention consists of an exterior shell, having a
recess of depression for the vaporizable liquid
in its lower portion, a protecting shield around
the well having its bottom apertured and its
top provided with a screen, a cap for the cas-
ing having a downwardly extending flange,
an outlet pipe passing through the cap, a hold-
ing ring suspended from the flange of the
cover having a diameter sufficiently less than
that of the shell or casing to leave a circum-
scribing space, also being sufficiently shorter
to leave an underlying space, an inlet for the
liquid directing it to the absorbent material
and into the well with a valve and float and
intermediate connections whereby the valve
and the air inlet are automatically operated.
Letter Copying Press.— Martin P. Boss,
San Francisco, Cal. No. 583,245. Dated May
25, 1897. This invention relates to that class
of copying presses for letters and other docu-
ments in which a vertically movable presser
plate descends upon the copying book with its
confined pads and letter, and forces the book
against the bed-plate. It consists essentially
of a tilting pressure- plate adapted when
raised from the book to tilt by gravity to
afford space for the removal and insertion of
the book with a minimum of adjustment. It
also consists in a lever aud novel connections
whereby the plate is operated and in combina-
tion with the operating connections of a means
by which the initial adjustment of the press-
ure plate is effected.
Scientific
Books
Om- catalogue S Is sent
free for llie aaking. It llsla
booka pertaining' lo all the
sciences. A copy should be
had for ready reference by
those desiring electrie;il,
medical, ene'lneerlng. scien-
tific, mining and technical booka. which we sell to
everybody at wholesale prices.
.Montgomery Ward & Co., Cbirago.
TUBES CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly onTiand a full assortment or Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. 4»- Extra
sizes and lengths made to order on short notice
ail and ei3 FKONT ST., San Francisco, Cal.
Vours very truly, H. A. COHEN, (7««,-,i/ J/,.»«^fr.
These Strong letters coming from such -icpresenlative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in clainung that the " Griffin Mill ■' will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
oilier stamp or pulverizer made.
l.tc us send you a tree copy of our illuslraled pamphlec, wliicll «ill tell you .ill 9
•ilKuit the Mill and brine to yon oilier evidence ol its great tichievemenls. 9
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO., 92 state St., Boston, Mass. |
The right of the advertiser to know the measure of his purchase in circulation
IS no less than the right of the publisher to know the weight of print paper
received from the mill.
ROR S/\LE.
Compound and : : :
SIMPLE LOCOMOTIVES
of the SOUTH SIDE ELEVATED R. R. . .
WRITE
FOR
CATALOGUE.
ISOO" ENQINE.
♦ THE>
Flrst-Class Condition — Baldwin Locomotive
Works, builders. Standard gauge. Fuel, hard or
soft coal, coke or wood. Weight in working order,
about 56,000 lbs. On drivers, about ^0.000 lbs.
CyllDders— single expansion, 13 in. by 16 in.
stroke; compound, 9 in. and 15 in. by 16 in. stroke.
Driving wheels, 42 in. diameter, steel tired.
Driving wheel base, 5 feet. Tank capacity, 750
gallons. We8tinghoD§e Automatic air brakes.
Subject to any inspection desired. Built in 1893.
Offered at greatly reduced prices. Road being
equipped with electricity. For sale exclusively by
FITZ-HUGH & COMPANY,
1634 Monadnock Building,
CHICAGO, - - - ILLINOIS.
Edward P. Allis Co.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Reynolds Corliss Engines
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
MINING, MILLING AND SMELTING
MACHINERY.
BRANCH
For Placer Mining, off.ce
THE EDISON
GOLD SAVING MACHINE.
The Most Complete lAIachine In the ■Worl<l for
GRAVEL WASHING.
Guaranteed to Save Every Particle of Flour acd
Flake Gold, and Floured Quicksilver.
WILL HANDLE 3 TONS OF GRAVEL PER HOUR.
Minimum power and water required. Requires
but one handling of gravel. By motion of machine
water is returned and used over and over again.
Light, durable and easily transported. Simple in
construction and inexpensive.
T"' EDISON MACHmE COMPANY,
PRKSCOTT, AKIZONA.
QUICKSILVER!
FOR SALE BY ■
Th^ Eureka Comf>einy,
of san francisco.
Room 1, - 426 California Street,
san francisco.
LIGHTNING WZLC MACH'Y
PUMPS, AIR LIFTS, is' M
■GASOLINE ENGINES -feWfl
THE AMERICAN WELL WORKS.Jpa^,^
AURORA ILL. -CHICAGO.- DAL LAS.TEX .©._ ^^
9 Fremont St.
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
aiRDER FRAME ENOINE.
To Gold Miners!
Silver Plated Copper Amalgamating Plates
For Saving: Gold in Quartz and Placer Mining.
Everv Description of yvitnlngr Plates JWad^i
ONLY BEST COPPER AND REFINED SILVER USED. OLD MINING
PLATES REFLATED. TWENTY-SIX MEDALS AWARDED.
GOLD, SILVER, NICKEL, COPPER St. BRASS PLATING.
Denniston San Francisco Plating Works,
653 and 6Q5 AIlgBiou Street, San FranciBco, Cal.
B. Q. DENNISTON, Proprietor.
Telephone, Main 5931. Send for Circular.
NOTICE TO ORE SHIPPERS.
By shipping your ores to us you can obtain the highest prices paid on competitive bids in the public
market, together with a careful and accurate sample, as with our new mill and improved machinery
we are able to give perfect satisfaction lo all .shippers. Write for our Pocket Reference Book. The
highest cash price paid for gold bullion and old gold. Prompt returns.
STATE ORE SAHPLrNQ COHPANY, Denver, Colo.
484
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 5, 1897.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
Electric Lighting. Electric Power.
Electric Railways.
Long Distance Power Transmission.
ELECTRIC niNINQ APPARATUS.
SALES OFFICES: «^ ^#i?s?|l?' "*^'
Boston, Mass. New York, N. T. Syracuse, N. Y.
Pittsburg, Pa. Atlanta. Qa. Dallas, Texas.
Chicago, 111. Detroit, Mich. New Orleans. La
DENVEK, COL., PORTLAND, OB.,
506 Sixteenth St. 'Worcester BnUding,
Buffalo, N.Y. Philadelphia. Pa. Baltimore, Md,
Cincinnati, O. Columbus, O. Nashville, Tenn.
St. Louis, Mo
WASHBURN & MOEN MFG. CO.
PACIFIC WORKS
.SAI\I FRAFJCISCO
wmmiMm^j:m[mmmmmiMmMmaE]W[mmmMmwKmmmMmm..
IBi^€^'^S5?^^^ia
GHARIES C. MOOSE, Pacific Coast Agent, 32 FIRST St., SAH FRAHCISCO, CAl.
F^R/VINCIS STVVIXH & CO.,
HASCTACTCRERS OT
QH&E^lRDNn^i
F^OFt TO\A/IS Vi//\TER Vl/OF%K.S.
Hydraulic, Irrigation and Power Plants, Well Pipe, Etc., all sizes.
130BBALE STREET, SAN PRANCISCO. CAL.
Iron cut, punched and formed, for making pipe on ground where required. All kinds of Tools sup-
plied for making;Plpe. Estimates given when required. Are prepared or coating all sizes of Pipes
with Asphaltum.
Rana Drill Co.
Rock Drilling, Air Compressing,
Mining and Quarrying
yWaohinery.
100 Broadway, - - . New York, U. S. A.
BRANCH OFFICES :
Monadnock Building Chicago
Ishpeming Michigan
1316 Eighteenth Street Denver
Sherbrook P. O Canada
Apartado 830 City of Mexico
H. D, MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 First St., San Francisco, Cat.
VULCAN ROPEWAY
\A/ITH
AUTOHATIC ORE LOADER and
AUTOMATIC DUnPING DEVICE.
For Conveying
Ore, Cordwood,
Lmpirf Nf\ \da April 17 18%
] t/ha/i /ioti Ho/k —Gentlemen The Rope^vay lurnished by
vom company to convey tailings fiom Moigm Mill to Me\ic m
Mill, a, distance of seven eighths of a mile, is giving eniire s itis
faciion. We transport SOU tons of tailings in ten hours one man
does the whole business, including elevating tailings fiom hop
per in the ground, operating Vulcan sell'-loader, and attending lo the Ropeway generally The self
dumper requires no attention whatever. The Vulcan loader I consider the best feature in the whole
Ropeway, making it possible for one man to load 20U tons in ten hours.
Yours very truly, J. P. WOODBURY, Supt.
VULCAN IRON W/ORKS,
HANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY,
Office, 505 Hission Street, San Francisco, Cal.
IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER-YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE- YOU NEED IT.
IP YOU HAVE A CYANIDE PLANT- YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IT.
IF YOU OWN CHLORINATION WORKS-YOU SHOULD BUY IT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL-YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
What? P. &B. Paint
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ACID PROOF — TRIED AND PROVEN.
Manufactured by
R/\R/\RF^INE F»/\iisx CO., ESS ^ng^U^s*:"
You Can Order It From Your Dealer.
Double-Jointed Ball-Bearing HydrauliC GiantS.
The above presents an improved Double-Jointed Bali-Bearing: Hydraulic Giant which we
build. The improvement consists of the introduction of a Ball Bearing by which the pressure of the
water is reduced to a minimum and the direction of the nozzle changed at will with ease.
Catalogues and prices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HENDV MACHINE WORKS, 38 to 44 Fremont St., San Praoclsco, Cal.
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
♦♦♦♦■f* CHROTVIE CAST STEEL>^-f**>
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used In- all the mining States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
e. D, MORRIS & CO., Agents, 14i and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
Special attention [i'lven to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies. Stamp Cam.
H\\ MOl^l^K ^ rn ^JiSJ FINING MACfflNERY AND SUPPLIES.
# mJ % XT JL Vr JL\JL\JLk^ VjL' V^vF^A hanhattan rubber belting, packing and hose,
y SANDFRSON nPII.I. STRPI _
141=143 First street, San Francisco, Cal.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CBNTRIPUQAL PUflPS,
HOHT 5TBBL RAIL.
Jimco, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
485
FRASER 2^ CHALMERS,
CHICAGO. ILL.
U. S. A.
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY.
iicg to announce that they
now manufacturt; and control
the sale of the unrivaled
OTTO AERIAL:::::
^^^= TRAMWAY
0\'er Sc\-en Hundred lines
in operation.
Spans up to Two Thousand
feet and more.
I lighest Awards at World's
C<i!unibian E.\position.
Catalogues sent on applica-
tion, giving full description
ami details.
Otto Aerial Tramways
Ciive the best working re-
sults in every case, and never-
failing satisfaction.
All difficulties of transpor-
tation surmounted by an eco-
nomical and effective carrier.
Be sure you investigate
the Otto Tramway before
purchasing.
Write us your requirements
and we will take pleasure in
preparing complete specifica-
tions.
FRASER & CHALMERS,
rianufacturers of the
Otto Tramway.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEfl OF POWER.
Iq simplicity of construction, absence o( wearing parts, high efficiency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upondirect application, or
ELECTRIC XRAINSvYlISSION
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.
1.21 and 1:23 TVlain Street.
San F'rancisco, Gal.
/nOTORS «IND MR/n/\TURE lA/IINDIINC!.
Commutators Refcaullt. Mmal(2;am i=*lates.
ELINX & LOyVV/\X:, Detnv/er, Colo.
DYNAMOS.
The Cheapest Advertising : : : :
«MI^ It that which gives the, largest results in proportion to the amount expended.
DYNAMOS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
D. D. WASS, Electrical Engineer, 56 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
TURBINE
AND
CASCADE
WATER WHEEL
power!
A GUARANTEE WITH EACH MACHINE.
This machine is Ihe finest gold saver for both
placer mines and quartz mills. No other plate
necessary in mills where the Pacific Amalgamator
is used. THE PACIFIC MINING MACHINERY
CO., 127 First Street, San Francisco, California.
i
(^r.220 MARKET. ST.B.F.,^
V^ELEVATOR la FiI0NT.5T5.F — ■^
Adapted to all Heads from
Feet to 2000 Feet.
Our experience of 33 YEARS
building Water Wheels enables
us to suit every requirement of
Water Power Plants. We guar-
antee satisfaction.
Send for a Pamplilet of either
Wlieel and write full particulars.
^JAMESLEFFEL&CO.
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U.S. A.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE ON EARTH TO OUTFIT A MINE
IS AT ■
THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY CO,, 1220-22 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo., U. S. A
Just Listen— Reliable Common Sense Steel
Whim, price reduced to $100.
Steam Hoisters, $300 and up; hand
hoisters $30; steel ore liuckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
new, 850 lb. stamps,
liigli mortars, la-
test improved,
Only $800.
SAVE MONEY BY USING
THE
"DANIEL BEST"
Crude Oil Engine.
TliiH Engine can be operateU on (.;itlier Crude Oil,
Distillate, Gasoline, or Kerosene. It 18 the ciieap-
e-t power on ejirth and Is not Lied to any one kind
or Oil, but can use any kind thatwill make eras and Is
not handicapped by belne compelled to use a certain
Oil. Do not forget this when in need of an Engine.
We ffuarautee our Eugrlnes to work perrectl,v on
California CrudeOil, or Distillate, or any other kind
of paseous Oil: we liowever prefer CALIFORNIA
CRUDE Olli. from Coalhiga. Fresno county, for the
reason that gas from Crude Oil will produce more
power from llio number of feet of gas used than
from any otlier Oil, and it is also a natural lubricant
as well, the valves being always lubricated sufB-
cieutly to prevent thcni from sticking, thus assuring
greater durability of the working parts than it other-
wise would be in using dry gas. And another ad-
vantage we claim Is, that danger from explosions
la reduced to a nilnimiim, there being no accumula-
tion of gas. but is used by the Engine as fast as it Is
generated and hence Is absolutely safe. The fol-
lowing is a test that we made with one of our Five-
Horse Power Crude Oil Englues, running ten hours
on the different gas oils:
California Crude Oil, 40 grav., 7}4 galls, at 5c., 8.37j^
Distillate -lO •' 7)^ " 8c., .fiO
DomesticCoalOiI....'10 " 7^^ " I2iic. MH
Gasoline 74 " S^ " 16c.. 1.31M
CltyGan 1000 feet, 2.00
We manufacture all sizes from two-horae power
up. and will guarantee that our Engines wUl run
cheaper and are more simple In construction, have
fewer parts and hence are more durable than any
other Gas Engines on the market. Seeing is believ-
ing; don't take onr word for it, but come and inves-
tigate for yourselves. You can always see oue in
operation at our works. We will be pleased to see
you and will at all times take pleasure In showing
llTeui up. Our Engines are specially adapted for
running well and mining machinery— in fact, for any
kind of power desired. We are the pioneers and first
Inventors of Crude Oil aud Distillate Engines. We
always lead and never follow. Send for Cata-
logue and Price List of the only genuine Crude Oil
and Distillate Engine made.
The Best WVg Company,
SAN LEANDRO, CAL.
RoIler,Steer and Special CHAINS
— — Foa
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MACHINERY
FOB HANDLINQ MATERIAL OF ALLEIIID8.
Ores tested and amalga-
mation and concentration
mills built to fit the ore I
;and guaranteed to save
what we say. Coal Mi ne ,
equipments, Screens.
Jigs, Tramway s, ,
Arastors, Chilli an
Mills, Ore Sacks,
1 Cornish Rolls, 12x20. weight";
■,000 lbs.,price$350;Peed-
ers. Bumping Tables; Blake Crushers,
17x10, weight; 8,iOO lbs, only $250. Our
IW page illustrated catalogue trkb.
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
Western Branch, DeuTer, Colo,
THE JEFFREY JHFG. C0.» Colnmbus, OMo.
Send for Catalogue. 103 WaahiBgtoii St., New York,
ANGELS IRON W0RK5,
DBMAREST & PULLEN, Props.
Mining Machinery.
Write lor estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Keductiou Plants.
486
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 5, 1897.
RISDON IRON W/ORKLS,
Office and Works, Cor. Beale and Howard Sts., SAN FRANCISCO.
EfllNERS, ATTENTION
We beg to call attention to our "RISDON HAMMERED " Shoes and Dies,
which are made of a special quality of steel, are hammered and then compressed
in moulds so as to give the greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sketch showing sizesj fill in the size of your Shoes and
Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should commend it
to all mine owners and mill men.
Joshua Hendy Machine Works
Principal Office: NO. 42 FREMONT STREET. - - Works: Corners Bay, Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO
Hydro^ialio TWinirig TWaohinory,
Comprising Hydraulic Gravel Elevators, Double=Jointed BalUBearing and Single-Jointed Giants,
Sheet=Iron and Steel Water Pipe and Fittings, Water Gates, Etc.
HYDRAULIC GRAVEL ELEVATOR (in position
NOTICE. — All other forms of Hydraulic Gravel Elevators are
simply poor imitations in construction and infringements of the
patents held by us.
The Double-Jointed Ball- Bearing Giants recently perfected and
patented by our Mr. John H. Hendy are incontestably superior to
any other form of Giants yet introduced.
We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates of cost of any
proposed Hydraulic Mining Plants upon any specifications submitted
to us, and tender the services of our Hydraulic Mining Engineer
to erect and place same in successful operation under
TRANSVERSE SECTION HYDRAULIC
GRAVEL ELEVATOR.
OFFICE: 209-211
SAN-
MISSION ST.
MANUFACTURERS OF -
FRANCISCO, CAL.
— f (RON Be STEEL I"
Air Pipe, Concentrator Rolls, Galvanized Tanks, Spiral Leader Pipe,
AND SHEET METAL WORK OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Largest and Best Equipped Factory ia tlie West. Gorrespoitdence Solicited.
The General Gold Extracting Co., Ltd.,
PELATAN-CLERICI PROCESS.
Patented in U. S. and Other Countries. Capital, £100,000.
liondon Head Omce 8 Drapers Gardeus.
Laboratory and Ore Testing Plant, 1530 Wynkoop St., Denver, Colo.
This process has a well-demonstrated merit in treatment of low-grade Gold and Silver Ores,
especially those of a complex character, talcose and clayey combinations or slimes, which class of
ore, as is well known, cannot be treated by leaching or lixiviation.
Gold and silver values, both fine and coarse particles, are by the Pelatan-Clerici Process re-
covered direct from ore without roasting as pure amalgam, and the precious metals are saved in the
form of fine bullion without any refining costs.
F. CLERICI, Manager for U. S.
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
/ Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
PATEIlTEE-i Brown's System of Mechanically
Stirred Roasting. Cooling and
V Conveying Furnaces, Etc.
1607-8 Manhattan Bnilding, CMcago, Illinois.
Tf California
THE CELEBRATED
HAMMERED STEEL SHOES AND DIES.
Warranted Not To Clip Off or Batter Up. A HOME PRODUCTION.
Also, Best Refined Cast Tool Steel, Well Bit Steel, Heavy and Light
Iron and Steel Forgings of All Descriptions.
PRICES UPON APPLICATION.
GEO. W. PENNINGTON & SONS, ="« "»" ^^"sSN^FRA^al'co, cal.
XHE
OLD RELIABLE !
Albany LuBRicArmirCoMPouND.
The King of Lubricants!
* X/\XUyVV Sc BO\A/EIN, i^
34-36 Fremont St., San Francisco. + 4a-49 First St., Portland, Or.
SAlVft^RA^lGI^^mfmir^
HAVE REMOVED THEIR
A^aohine \A/ork:s TmnLl st.
TO
183-185-187 FREMONT STREET,
Where, with Enlarged and Increased Facilities,
they are better than ever prepared to do
F'ii-st - Olass yWaoHine> lA/orR
Promptly, and at Reasonable Prices, and will
continue the manufacture of
Thomson & Evans Steam Pumps,
Deep Well Pumps, Power PampB, Etc.,
Also Marine Engines, Ship and Steamboat Worli,
Pipe Cutting, General Jobbing and Repairing.
Riveted Steel Water Pipe.
THE WEIGELE PIPE WORKS,
2949-51 Larimer St.
HTDKAULIC GIANTS
IN STOCK.
DENVER, COLO.
-EASTERN PRICES BEATEN.
SAN FRANCISCO-
F'loneieir Soreen \A/orlcs
JOffN W. Q UICK, Prop.
Improved Facilities! Finest Work! Lowest Pricesl
Perforated Sheet Metals. Steel, Russia Iron,
American Planish, Zinc, Copper and Brass Screens
for All Uses.
**♦ MUnWG SCREENS A SPECIALTY. **»
S21 and SS3 First Street, San Franclbco, Cal. | '
/M INING DIRECTORY of Alaska, Arizona. CaCi- I
^ * fornia, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon I
and Washington, for Sale by . . . I
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY, 206 POST ST. I
QUARTZ SCREENS
A specialty. Round, slot
or burred slot holes.
Genuine Russia Iron,
HomogreneouB Steel.Cast i
Steel or American plan-
ished Iron. Zinc. Cop-
per or Brass Screens for all purposes. Oalipornia
Pekforating scueen Co.. 1-15 and 147 Beale St., S.F.
DEWEY &CO.>gg».
o, patents! j
■^^^220 MARKET SJ.B.f^S^
June 5, 1897.
Mining awd Scientific Press.
487
66
NICKEL" Tool Steel
F'or Drilling H^rd Rook
Is of special interest to MINING MEN on account of its HIGH QUALITY and LOW PRICE.
TRIAL ORDERS SOLICITED.
Excellent Results VA/herever Tried.
VA/rite to Us for Price and F"urther Particulars.
ABNER DOBLE COMPANY,
Corner Fremont and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
PATENT HOOP CLAMP.
,,-— «OS^^^ f\ L^ L^ SIZE S. -^^nXB/^^^^
MALLEAlim IKON HEADS. WROUGHT IRON BOLT.
These coupliogs ure eusily applte»l. They arc the best— most powerful. They have a
direct pull, working freely with right and left screw on ball and socket joints tanpcntially
lo curvature of the tank. The lurn-hucklc principle of these clamps makes them lasting
favorites with all who have once tried them. We use them exteuslvely in our tank-building
dcparlmoDt.
ORE V/\TS,
RREdF»IT/\THNG TANKS,
SOLUTION TMNKS,
FILTER BOTTOiVlS,
ZINC BOXES, ETC.,
For Hyposulphite and Cyanide Leaching Plants.
PAN AND SETTLER STAVES,
BATTERY GUIDES,
AND
Water Tanks of all Sizes.
WELLS, RUSSELL &. CO., Mechanics' Mill, Cor. Mission and Fremont Sts., San Francisco, Cal.
CYANIDE
^^igViest Known Qr^^^
or*
POTASSIUM.
GUARANTEED
In
99% and over. \ ^'sSr^
-yVlrtDE B>'-
THE GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY.
Works at BECKTON near LONDON,
I EINGL^AIND.
For Prlcee, A<IUre§H
SCHOELLKOPF,
HARTFORD &
MACLAQAN, Ltd.,
Sole American Agents.
No. 3 Cedar
Street,
NEWYORK
CITY.
L. C. MARSHUTZ.
T. a. CANTRELL.
National Iron Works,
HI. W. Cor. Main and Howard Sis., San Francisco, Gal.
MANUFACTURERS OP
STATIONARY AND COMPOUND
ENGINES,
FLOUR, SUGAR, SAW AND QUARTZ MILL
MACHINERY.
AMALGAMATING MACHINES.
CASTINGS AND FORCINGS
or EVERY DESCRIPTION.
All work tested and guaranteed.
IMPROVED PORTABLE HOISTING ENGINES,
Improved Self=Contained
Three or Five Stamp Hill,
Saves bill for heavy timbers, miUwritjht and me-
chanics' labor, and a large amount of space. The
term self-contained means a great deal for the mine
owner, and can be readily cecognized and appreciated
in making an estimate for an ordinary plant when
the comparative cost is considered.
First: There is saved a large bill for heavy tim-
bers, in many instances obtained at great expense
and loss of time.
Second : The saving in millwright and mechanics
labor in framing and erecting.
Third : The large amount of space saved.
FOURTH : The great saving of freight,
Send for Circulars and Price I<lst.
KROGH MT'G CO.
Successors to San Francisco Tool Co.'s
MACHINE AND M'F'G DEPT.
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
niDing and Pumping
nacMnery,
COMPRISING
BRIGGS' 2-STAMP TRIPLE DIS-
CHARGE QUARTZ MILL, of
Latest Improved Pattern.
Rock Breakers, Ore Feeders, Conceutra-
tors, Engines and Boilers, Hoisting: Rigs
to be operated by Horse, Steam Power, or any
other motor; Ore Cars and Ore Buckets,
Cornish and Jack-head Pumps, Triple-
Acting: Pumps, Centrifugal S»nd ami
Gravel Pumps, Wooden Tanks and Pumps
for the Cyanide Process, Pipe and Gate
Valves, Link Chain Elevators for elevating
and conveying' all kinds of material.
Estimates as to cost of machinery and Its
erection furnished upon application. Write
for Catalogue and Prices.
OFFICE AND WORKS AT
51 Beale St. and 9 to 17 SteYenson!St.
SAN FKANC'ISCO CAL.,
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World.
1 K^JAA ijnproTed
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO.,
MC^ElNTS,
Pat. Jan. 5, '92, Aug. 27, '95. Send for Catalogue. Saoramento. GaUfornlc
DEWEY & CO., Patent Solicitors, 220 Market St., San Francisco.
488
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 5, 1897.
oo]xrs<
Kansas City Smelting and Refining Co.
Capital paid in
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
icorporated Under Tho La\A/s of N^iJU "Vorlc,
^2,-700,000.
SMELTING WORKS:
Argentine, Kas.; El Paso, Tex.; Leadville, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
Argentine, Kas.
We use the following Cipher Codes at our Ar-
gentine Works: A. B. C. Code; Moreing & Neal's
Code and Bedford McNeill's Code.
AGENCIES:
In United States-
Denver, Colo.
Cripple Creek, Colo.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Spokane, Wash.
New York City, N. Y.
Chicago, III.
St. Louis, Mo.
In Mexico-
San Luis Potosi,
City of Mexico
Chihuahua.
Pachuca,
Hermosillo,
Jimenez.
FOR PRICES, ADDRESS :
J. K. Jackson, No. 6 A tlas Blk, Salt Ijake, Utah.
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Waab.
H. A. True, 815 ITtfci St., Denver, Colo.
J. H. Weddle, Leadville, Colo.
C. E. Finney, Argentine, Kan.
WORKS OF THE CON. KANSAS CITY SMELTING AND REFINING CO. AT LEADVILLE. COLO.
GATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKER
still leads the -world. It has greatly cheapened the cost of macadam and ballast, and made low grade ores profitable
1 80 large sizes shipped to South Africa.
^^ ■ Bfl' ' Kfl B ' of improved designs. Nothing equal to
benerai mining Machinery High Grade oomish roiis,
stamps, Concentrators, Connersville Blowers, High Speed Engines,
Cyanide and Clorinating Equipments.
The Gates Improved Vanner Concentrators.
Every appliance for the mining and milling of ores.
Agent for Gates Breakers in California, ^^ATCC ID^^IVI Uf^^DI^C
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., ^'^ * ^^ IKUHI WUKlVd,
121 Main St., San Francisco. 650 ElSfOII AVenUC, DCpt. UUf CHICAGO.
THE WOODBURY ORE CONCENTRATOR WITH IMPROVED BELTS ri?,^KrSl^''i? LouBL*^E'^'^i?S'i^lSY»^^irh"'r^^^^ """"""' """■
the space of auy oiher concentrator. Built of best Steel and Wrouphl Iron. Strotifr ;inil durable. I'rioe S575 f. o. b. Send for CatalOfrue and Testimonials.
The annexed cut shows the belt in its Improved form, which consists of oorrugrated edg-es, to form an expanding- top edge. THE IMPROVED MACHINE
HAS THE FOLLOWING MERITS: First— The Improved belts, which consist of seven, are constructed and arranged so as to allow each belt to receive a
portion of the pulp in such a manner as to relieve the machine of its load, thereby g-lvinff it twice the capacll.v of other concentrators, and enabling It to
work from 12 lo 16 tons of ore per day. Second— The machine equalizes the load by several com-
partments, thereby working more regularly and witli much less attention than is necessary to give
other concentrators using wide oelts. Each of tlie belts on this machine takes care of the pulp that
IS illow ed to it— in this \^ Ji preventing the pulp from running to the lower side of it. as Is the case
when a machine becomes out of level where
; less than one-hali
Geo. E. Woodbury,
MinufJcturer
141tol43
First St
Sdn Fran
CISCO Cal
wide belts are used. Third— The belts run on a
perfect line, needing no adjustment to prevent
their running from side to side, as in other con-
centrators. Fourth- The belt surfaces are Im-
proved by indentations and corrugations.
causing the Concentrator to save hue siil-
phnrets and ciuicksilver. and perform close
work. Fifth— The belts have flvited or conu-
galcd edges, to form an expanded top edge,
which effectually prevents from cracking.
Sixth — The feed arrangement is perfect.
Seventh— The machine is constructed of iron,
with steel crank-shaft self-oiling boxes, and
everything made in tlie most thorough manner,
enabling it to run with very lltllo attention or
wear.
This Concentrator took the 1st pri/.eat
the San Francisco ^lechiinics' Institute in
1890, 1801 and 189,i. and at the Califor-
nia State Fair In 189-3; it took the
prize at the World's Coluuibian Exposition 1893, and at the San Francisco MidwiDter Fair, 1895'
THE GUTTA PERCHA AND RUBBER
30 ana 32 p-REyVlOINT ST., SAIN F"RAVNCISCO.
Spadone's Concentrator Belts.
The '■ SPADONE " Curved Edge Concentrator Belt is attracting much attention among mining men, its merits appealing to the m
practical experience.
'. Illustration (Fig. 1.) shows a cross-section, and (Fig. C.) shows the edge flanging outwardly
as it passes over the pulley. This relieves the strain from the top and bottom of the edge by di-
recting the strain automatically to the inside face surface of the edges. Heretofore all belts
have been so constructed that when they pass over the pulleys or rolls, a direct strain comes
upon the top or at the base of the edges, causing the edges to break away from the body of the
belts in a very short time. We avoid this Alechanical Dej'ed by our Spadone Ciirced Edge. Belts
made to ti.t any machine — 4, 5 and 6 feet wide. Prices and samples on application.
We shall be pleased to quote you also on Water, Air Drill, Steam, Suction and Fire
HOSE, RUBBER BELTING and RUBBER PACKING. Correspondence Solicited.
THE GUTTA PERCHA RUBBER AND flFG CO.
TELEPHONE, MAIN 1813.
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKS.
Dynamos, TWotors, Hoisting Apparatus, Arc and Incandescent Lamps,
Instruments, and General Supplies.
TELEPHONE AND LINE CONSTRUCTION. LONG DISTANCE POWER TRANSfllSSION A SPECIALTY.
Office and lA/orks: 409 AliqiRKEX ST., SMN F=^RANCISCO, C/AL.
June 5, 189?.
Mining and Scientific Press.
48!)
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAHWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER IlEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND [TS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO mm
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OP A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVESriCATE ITS MERITS DEKORE PURCHASINC; ELSEWHERE
THE COLORADO Denver.
^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
WEA,.EMAND»ACTDRKn.,oF (^jQlcj^ Sllver, Lesd, Copper anci F»yritlc
S/V\ELXIING RURIN/\CES.
AHALGAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
ANLI CoNTKACTlNG KNOINEEHS I
luiprovud Black Huwk Ore Breaker.
liivestl^Hte Our Lute Itniiroveiueuto lu OKI<: OKDSMINU MACll INICKV.
We UuHrautce Capiiclly l*er Day to Auy l>egree of FlueuoHH.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces Is a Success. A great ecooo-
mlzer ol fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting Furnace.
Equipped with Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
lasarlng rigid and strong walls.
No Cracks.
Constructed Upon New Principle!
SIMPLE! COMPACT! STRONG!
Few Parts. Easily Accessible.
High Speed. Maximum Capacity.
SEND FOR SRECIML CATALOGUE. ♦ Mention This Paper.
i=MOnFPN SMELTING, MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY.
Den\/er Engineering \A/oi*k:s Co., Denver, coioracJo, u. s. /\.
Aaillmen ! lri\/estig^te HTHis,
POSITIVE FEED. MINIMUM POWER.
Bolthoff Improved Challenge Automatic Ore Feeder.
The only revolving disc feeder, made vk'ithout gears or clutches. Feeds wet or dry ore; slow or
Is operated by a Friction Band. We have other valuable stamp mill improvements.
WHEN WRITING FOR CIRCULARS AND PRICES MENTION THIS PAPER.
DEINVER,
COLORADO.
endrie & Bolthoff MTg Co.,
The /WlrL& and Smeltei- Supply Co., Den\/er, Colo.
THE LARGEST STOCK OF MINING, HILLING AND SHELTING MACHINERY WEST OF CHICAGO.
PIPE, PACKING, RUBBER BELTING, AND SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS.
SOLE ^^|Nxs^^DR WILFLEY CONCENTRATING TABLE,
And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity of from 15 to 25 tons per day of
24 hours. It is simpHcity itself. No moving belts or intricate parts. Any one can learn to operate man hour.
VA/ILFLE-V COINCEINTRftTOR.
For conflrmalion of all ot the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Breckenridge, Colo. ; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Colo.
W. E. Rensbaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs, Colo.; H. E. Woods, Denver, Lolo.
— GENERAL OFFICES OF —
TheIdukant mining Co., The Late acquisition Cons. Mining Co. T^^ Compromise Mi^^^^ The Aspen Sampling Co.
The Conomara Mine. The Smuggler Concentratoh. the Smuggler mining oo.
ASPEN, COLORADO, April 8, 1897.
The Mine mil Smeller Siimitv Vo Denver, (.'oio.-GENTLEMEN: Your favor ot the 5th inst. at hand and noted In regard to the Wilfley
ToWo T wi«h in «Tv ihn T Kd^r t tr he the best device in use today tor concentrating fine ores; that It will save everything that a
gold pan iuilfS it ?imbrnS t^e ol"an savfng 5f a Riltlnger with the capacity ot a buddle. I Ihiok that without question it wjll sup-
|?int'^fnttoc\ui other dewiertorhamuful tlnelind slimy ofes. This ib'^l^^f^,,'' VSl<.?rv?d°IS"voi°Siv ma^« aiv'use of this that vou
This is higher praise than I am in the habit of giving, but I feel sure that it is deserved, and you may maki, any use of this that you
desire. Yours vei-y truly, lsiL,Nt.ui . .
> ♦ ♦ noir-c e/<cnoo
These Tables have dlspliic«d belt tahles of almost
every make, as is Bhown by letters in our possession.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
June 5, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Francisco, June 3, 1897.
With the grocery and hardware trade the
volume of goods going cutis in excess ot last
year, but the value footings do not show
much difference, owing to the lower prices
ruling, caused largely by strong competition.
The very general opinion prevails with the
trade that in many lines better prices ought
to rule this fall, and also that there should
be a large increase in the volume of goods
going out. This opinion is formed from con-
firmed advices through correspondence and
also by Information by traveling salesmen
that crops in this State, and, as for that,
throughout the Coast, will be larger than last
year. This will call for the employment of
more hands. Besides this, there has been a
steady influx of miners and others into new
mining districts. There has been, also, an
accession to the population in the older mining
districts by reason of renewed activity in
gold mining, with older mines being more
actively worked, abandoned ones being opened
up, and work being done on new property.
The local money market is practically un-
changed. The call for funds is light, consid-
ering that the harvest season is at hand. It
is stated that about all requirements are be-
ing met by interior banks, while each week
there are shipments of stufl on which ad-
vances have been made. This unties more
funds. It is a disputed point, as yet, regard-
ing requirements for crop-moving purposes.
This, no doubt, is due to no definite information
as to whether farmers will generally meet
the market by selling their grain or store the
larger proportion. If the latter is done then
more money will be required. The movements
of green fruits to the East are assuming
larger proportions, which is giving more
Eastern exchanges, yet the supply is not up
to the demand yet. which causes high rates of
premiums to rulel The East reports a con-
tinued plethora of available funds, but with a
revival of dealing in speculative securities,
there is an improving inquiry for call loans.
The commercial and manufacturing interests
are not in the market for funds to any ex-
tent, as yet. European advices report easy
money markets with good loans quickly
placed.
New York Sliver Prices.
New Yoke, June 3.— Following are the
closing prices for the week :
. Silver in ,
London.
Friday 27 9-16
Saturdby 27 8-W
Monday
Tuesday 27M
Wednesday 27 9-16
Thursday 27 9-16
Copper. Lead. Iron.
Fri....l0 75 ©1135 3 25 10 00® 12 00
--■ " 3 25
.10 75 ®11 26
10 00®12 00
N. T.
60M
60«
mi
60
60
Tm.
13 60
13 60
3 27^4
3 27^4
3 ziy.
10 00®12 00
10 00®12 00
10 00®12 00
13 55
13 45
13 45
Sat
Men.
Tue. ..10 90 ®U 25
Wed . .10 90 ®U 20
Thur..lO 90 ©11 20
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Conunercial Loans, % per annum 7®8
Commercial Loans, prime 6®8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6®7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7®8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft 15c Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 17>io Prem
London Bankers' 60 days C4.87
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers M.88^
Heflned Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 60
Mexican Dollars 4g®50
SILVER.— The market at the East has
strengthened slightly, in sympathy with
London, which moved up a peg under a
little improvement in the demand from India.
The wants of China and the Straits continue
small, compared with previous years. Press
telegrams from abroad report changing views
regarding bimetallism. It is stated that
there is a growing sentiment favorable to an
international convention on the subject. It
looks, if this is so, as if the market value of
the white metal ought to advance; therefore
the reports are discredited or else exag-
gerated.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The demand con-
tinues light and confined to small quantities.
Large remitters prefer exchange, which can
be had for slightly less money.
QUICKSILVER. —The market is fairly
steady. Export clearance for Mexican ports
the past month aggregate 100 flasks.
Our market is quoted at $40.50 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— Our market is steady. Eastern
advices are practically unchanged. The pro-
duction continues large, which keeps prices
slightly in favor of buyers, notwithstanding
the very heavy consumption abroad.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing - — @ 14
Ingot, wholesale ©13
Sheet copper @17
Bolt M&5-16, 20o; % and larger, 17
TIN.— The market for pig at the East and
abroad strengthened some, but towards the
close they were easier. Our market held
steady. The tone is said to be firm both at
home and abroad.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
Pig, per lb 14c® _
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 00® 4 15
" light. . " 3 90® —
LEAD. — There is a good consumption de-
mand both here and at the East, but it is met
by sellers without any advance in prices.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows;
Pig 4 00 © 4 26
Bar — ® 4 50
Sheet 6 62V4® 6 nVs
Pipe 4 my,<B 5 37^4
SHOT. — There is a fair jobbing demand.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs . . . tl 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " " ... 1 60
Buck, Balls and OUUed. do, " " ... 1 60
POWDER.— The demand from the mines
seems to be increasing.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules : No. 1, from ll%c to lij^o, according to
strength and quantity; No. 2, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity,
BORAX — The feeling is stronger in antici-
pation of higher tariff.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in carload lots, in barrels 5
Refined, in carload lots in sacks 4^
Powdered, In car lots 5
Concentrated. " 4^4
IRON. — Our market is irregular, with some
cutting reported. At the East there is con-
tinued strong competition between sellers.
Shipments abroad continue to be made by
Southern furnacemen.
AMERICAN.
To Arrive. Spot.
Sloss S2000 822 00
Thomas 21 00 22 00
Salisbury 29 00 3150
ENGLISH.
Barrow 821 00 823 OO
Gartsherrle 2150 23 00
COAL. — The consumption of steam shows a
slight increase. Imports are lighter. The
market is reported steady.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington 88 00®
Greta 6 00® 6 60
Nanalmo 6 60® 7 00
Gilman 5 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 50® 6 00
Coos Bay ® 4 75
Cannel 8 00®
Egg, hard 12 00@13 00
Wallsend 6 60®
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
CardlH 6 26
LehighLump 9 OO
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 00
West Hartley 6 60
COKE. — The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot,lnbulk 10 00 ®
" in sacks 1100 @ 12 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is dull and easy.
Our market is quoted at 1%@^%C in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote
7t^c for Cookson's, 6y,@~yia for Halle tt's and
6%@7c for Japanese.
NAILS. — The market is strong at an ad-
vance, with still higher figures looked for.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " 82 35
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " " 2 26
PLATINUM.— Very little doing.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
tlO to $15 per ounce.
ZINC. — The market is firm at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
Chemicals.
There is absolutely nothing new to report
in our market. Tariff legislation is being
watched and until the character of the bill is
well assured no changes are looked for. Out-
side of a slight advance in sal soda at the
East, no changes are reported there.
SPELTER.— The market is slow but hold-
ers are firm.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
BISMUTH.— The market is firmer.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
11.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is easy.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
BONEASH.— There is a good shipping de-
mand.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 3Mc; No.
2, 2Xc.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.- The market is
steady at 3c per pound in a jobbing way.
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is steady at $1.55 per 100 lbs. in a
jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
fair demand at 2%c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— The movement is
light.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
959^.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6
to 12c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at l%c per lb for
GGy.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6X@7c per pound in car-
boys.
BLUE VITRIOL. — Our market is fairly
steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4%c per
pound.
JAPANESE MINING LABOR CONTRACTORS.
MASAY03HI Ota, John W. Koch,
Manager. Attorney.
THE JAPANESE BROKERAGE CO.
General Contractors and Business Agents.
507 Montgomery St., Rooms 1 and 2, San Francisco.
Long Distance Telephone "Main" No. 5029.
TVIIINUNG
Company and Location. No. Ami.
Alta S M Co, Nev 56 ... . 5c ... .
Bullion M Co, Nev 50.... 10c ...
Challenge Con M Co, Nev 23. ... 10c ... ,
ChoUar M Co, Nevada 43.... 15c...
Eureka Con DM Co, Cal 8.... 5c...
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev. 81.... 20c...
Jamison M Co, Cal 9. .. 5c...
Marguerite GM & M Co, Cal. 6. ...10c...
Occidental Con M Co, Nev. . ..27. .. -lOc. . .
Overman SM Co, Nev 77....10e...
Pine HillG&SMCo, Cal....lO.... 5c...
RockIslandG&SMCo,Nev.l4.... 2c...
Savage M Co, Nev 92. . . .20c . . .
Sulphur Bank Q M Co, Cal.... 5.... 25c...
Thorpe M Co, Cal 6.... 2^c.
Union Con S M Co, Nev 54.... 20c...
ASSESS A\E NTS.
Levied, I>eling't and S2le. Secretary.
,May 21.. June 25.. July le JE Jacobus, 309 Montgomery
.May 4.. June 8.. June 28 RR Grayson, 331 Pine
.May 13. .June 16.. July 8 CL McCoy. Mills Bldg
.May 10.. Jane 15.. July 8 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 2.. May 15.. June 5 D M Kent. 330 Pine
.Apr 29.. June 1. .June22. .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Nov 27.. June 23.. Aug 18 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutter
.Apr 12..May 24..June21 F Mettmann, 237 Twelfth
• May 11. -June 12. .July 1 .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 12. .May 17. .June 7 Geo D Edwards, 414 California
.May 10.. July 1.. July 22 Chas A Hare, 1003 Railroad Ave
.May 20.. June 25.. July 6 WW Guptill, 309 Montgomery
.Apr 13.. May 17.. June 7 E B Holmes, 309 Montgomery
.Mar 23. .May 3. .June 3 T Wintringham, 306 California
.Apr 14. .June 7..June27 A F Frey, Phelan Building
.Apr 7. .May 11.. June 1 A P Swain, 309 Montgomery
Mining 5hare Market.
San Francisco, June 3, 1897.
Tlie market has been spasmodically active
vritfa the bulk of trading reported in the in-
formal session, vphen cross-orders worked suc-
cessfully to either depress or advance prices.
Chollar continued the leader for shares in the
middle group of mines and Con. Virginia for
the north end. The south end or Gold Hill
shares did not sympathize much. Chollar
fluctuated between 11.10 and $1.25 and Con.
Virginia between $1.75 and $1.95. The show-
ing of ore in the former on the Brunswick lode
ought to cause better prices, and would have
done so years ago, before the trading public
lost considerable confidence. Last week over
360 tons of ore was extracted and milled which
assayed over i$20 in gold and 18 ounces in sil-
ver to the ton. This is a good showing, when
it is remembered that work in the mine has
shown up large quantities of ore that can be
extracted at a profit. From the general tenor
of our advices the ore runs into Potosi, and it
ought not to cause surprise if the latter mine
prove the richer. This, of course, can be de-
termined only by running a crossdrift in Po-
tosi near the Chollar line. The work that is
being done in Con. Virginia is showing well
for the mine. It looks as if it is being done
for the purpose of more fully developing the
ore found in the workings from the 1650-foot
level, for the purpose of extracting more ore;
but it takes considerable to meet the current
expenses of the company, owing to the amount
of active work that is being done. Last week
115 tons of ore were raised and milled, which
went over $72 to the ton. News from the long
joint west crossdrift of Con. Imperial-Chal-
lenge-Confidence was at lastoflicial advices in
soft vein matter, which affords encourage-
ment to long-suffering shareholders. Unless
the work is stopped, it ought to strike the
west lode within the next sixty days ; but be-
fore this is done they may have to quit work
temporarily, so as to let the water drain off,
which common report says is in the west. The
Standard Company, in the Bodie district, is
getting everything in readiness for a more
active season, both in the mine and milling of
ore. It is the belief that the company will re-
sume dividends before the year is out, not-
withstanding it is said to be under consider-
able expense at present to get everything in
readiness.
The news from the mines state that in
about all good work is being done when the
number of men employed is taken into con-
sideration. In Utah they have started a north
drift from the main west crossdrift. Work
in the east crossdrift has been suspended.
The west crossdrift from the Layton tunnel
in Sierra Nevada has been extended a total
distance of 450 feet without anything of spe-
cial mention being discovered. Work is con-
tinued in it. In Union work is confined to the
900-foot level. They have started a south
drift. The south drift on the 1000-foot level
of Mexican was extended in 17 feet in a south-
westerly direction. Total distance is about
180 feet. It passed through porphyry, seams
of clay and streaks of low-grade quartz; total
distance 174 feet. In Ophir work is confined
to the central tunnel and 1000-foot levels. No
change is reported in the west crossdrif ts that
are being run on these two levels. The offi-
cial letter, which is confirmed by private ad-
vices, reports active and interesting work on
the 1650-foot and 1750-foot levels. It indicates
that considerable ground is being opened up
for working more advantageously. As noted
in the introductory above there was an in-
crease in the number of tons taken out and
assay value also. The work by Best & Belcher
and Gould & Curry is done jointly to the east
from the 800-foot Bonner shaft level. The dis-
tance in is about 500 feet. In Andes they are
still running the north drift on the 175-foot
level. In Savage and also Hale & Norcross
there is nothing new to report. No work in
Chollar. The work in Potosi is said to be
largely of a dead character preparatory to
more active work later on. The north drift
in Bullion is being driven slowly ahead. They
are driving ahead on the west crossdrift on
the 500-foot level in Alpha. At last advices
they were in a little over 500 feet. Particu-
lars are given above about the Con. Imperial,
Challenge-Confidence joint west crossdrift.
In Confidence they are not raising ore, but
they are in Overman. The latter milled over
130 tons going over $30 to the ton. Fair pro-
gress is being made jointly by Yellow Jacket,
Kentuck and Crown Point to the west. From
Crown Point nothing new is at hand. In
Belcher private advices indicate more active
work before long. Ore continues to be raised.
They are still working on the 725-foot level of
Alta.
From the Brunswick lode there is nothing
new reported in the joint work of Con. Vir-
ginia, Best tfc Belcher, and Gould & Curry;
neither is there anything new from Savage.
Work in Occidental is continued on the 550-
foot and 650-foot levels, with varying encour-
agement. In Chollar, work is being done from
the 200-foot level to the 600-foot level. Per-
sons familiar with the situation express satis-
faction at the way the work is being done.
This is always the case where large quanti-
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining: Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Secnrltles*
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B C Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
Thomas J. Pry, John Sylvanus,
President. Sec'y & Treas.
T. R. MiioLEB, John d. Fleming,
Vice-Pres't, Counsel.
CAPITAL STOCK, SIOO.OOO.
THE
Mining Investment Company,
No. 621 to 524 Cooper Building.
DENVER, COLO.
Branch Office, - COLORADO SPRINGS.
Gold and
Copper
Properties
Wanted.
1 We have prospective purchas-
ers for developed and producing
mines and desire to correspond
direct with owners of such prop-
erties. We handle properties on
legitimate commission only and
prefer to deal with owner or
authorized representatives.
^33,014,000
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAMES A. POLLOCK, Mining Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
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IQNALS.
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cordance with State Law.
P'OR THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR READERS IN THE MINING COUNTIES WE PRINT IN
legal size, 12x36 inches, the Mine Bell Signals and Rules provided for in the Voorhles Act,
passed by the State Legislature and approved March 8, 1893. The law is entitled " An Act to Establish
a Uniform System of Mine Bell Signals to Be Used in All Mines Operated in the State of California,
for the Protection of Miners." We furnish these Signals and rules, printed on cloth so as to withstand
dampness, for 50 cents a copy. MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. 220 Market St.. San Franolaco.
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One MilHon Dollars. Large plant in operation, with rich ore. A
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' ad " demand proof of
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Mining and Scientific Press.
491
ties of ore are being taken out. The work
that is being done is attracting considerable j
atteotiOD.
The foUowing illustrates the changes of the
week:
Mzns.
Alpha
Alta OoDsolidated
Andes
Belcher
Best & Belcher
Bodle
Bullion
Challenge
Chollar
ConQdence
CooBolidatcd California and Virginia..
CoDSoUdttied New York
Crown Point
Exchequer
Gould h Curry
Hale & Norcross
Justice
Mexican
Ophlr
Overman
Potosi
Savage
Sierra Nevada
Union
Utah
Yellow Jacket
(a .
SO .
S4
1 15
1 80
"si
■"is
24
1 IS
San Francisco Stock Board Sales.
San Fhancisco, June 3, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
200ConCal&Va I 75 500Ophtr 85
100 Gould & Curry .... ."J? aX) Potosi 66
600 Justice 07 300 Yellow Jacket.... 26
aSO Mexican 31
SECOND SESSION— 2:30 P. M.
100 Sierra Nevada. ... 34 200 Gould &. Curry .... 35
600 Justice 06 300 Best & Belcher. . . 50
300 Challenge -.i-l 540 Con Cal & Va 1 75
600 Union 28 300 Savage 29
300 Caledonia u» loO Chollar 1 15
400H.&N 76 .SOO Potosi 65
320Ophir 82 100 Yellow Jacket. .. . 25
150 Mexican 31 50 Belcher 1?
THE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION, hav-
ing received appHcutions to mine by the hydraulic
process fruiii Hoev A: Lcwla. In ide Parnona Gravel
and Timber Claim In BrowDHviUi- Mliilntr Dlalrlel.
El Uoriido Co.. to dupOHll tiilUiirs In Llule South
Pork of CoauiJineB River; from Daniel McLaugrhlln
in the MurrlHtown Mint; at Morrlalowii. Sierra Co..
to deposit talllntrB In tht^ Mon-istowii Ravine: from
Henry Northrop and Robert C. Nicholson. In the
Etta Hlaeer Mine neai- Sierra City. Sierra Co., to
depuHit lalllDsra In Noi-lh Fork of Yuba River; and
from J. P. West, in tlie Mountain View Mine near
Ooutolenc. Bnlte Co., to deposit tailings In Little
Butte Creek, trlvea notice that a meeting- will be
held at room 5li. Flood Bnlldlog-, San Francisco,
Cal . on June 14. IS'JT, at 1 :;«) 1'. M.
In the Superior Coui't of the Clly and County of
San Francisco. State of California, Department No. 8.
John V. Kimball, plalntit!', vs. Mabel L. Kimball,
defendant. Action broug^ht in the Superior Court,
City and County of San Franciaco, Slate of Califor-
nia, and the complaint filed in aakl City and County
of San Pranelseo, in the office of the clerk of said
Superior Court. The people of tlie Slate of Califor-
nia send greeting to Mabel L. Kimball, defendant.
You are hereby required to apj)eav In an action
brought against you by tlie above-named plaintiff
in the Superior Court, City and County of San Fran-
cisco, State of California, and lo answer the com-
plaint filed therein within ten days {exclusive of
the day of service) after the aerplce on you of ihlw
aumnions. If served within this county; or. If served
elsewhere, within thirty days. The said action is
brougtit to dissolve the bands of matrimony now
existing between yourself and plaintiff, on the
ground of habitual Intemperance on your part for
more than one year past. All of which will more
fully appear in the complaint on file herein to
which you are hereby referred. And yoii are here-
by notified that If you fall to appear and answer the
said complaint, as above retiulred. the said plaintiff
will apply lo the said Court for the relief prayed
for In the complaint. Given under my l\aiid and
seal of said Superior Court at the City and County
of San Franciaco. Slate of California, this '.Hh day of
April, in ihe year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven. C. F. Curry, Clerk. By
Joseph Rlordan, Deputy Clerk. R. Thompson, At-
torney for Plaintiff.
ORES! ORES!
Gold, Silver and Lead Ores
and Concentrates
PURCHASED AT REDUCED RATES
FOR TREATMENT.
SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO.
416 Monteomery St., San Francisco.
Consign shipments to Vallejo Junction, Cal.
Alaska :
: nines.
Developed and Undeveloped
Free-Milling Properties.
E. F. CASSEL,
JUNE All ALASKA.
Assessment Notices.
JAUISON MINING COMPANY.-Locatlou of prin-
cipal place of busiue&M. Sail FranclBco. Calirornla:
location of works, ou JamlHoo Creek, near Johns-
vilie. Plumas Couniy. California.
Notice is hereby flvou. that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the ■i'tU day of Novem-
ber, 189(1, an aasesttiueut (No. iJ). of & cents per
aharo. waa levl^-d upon the capital stock of tiie
corporation, payable Imniedlatcly in Untied Stales
gold coin to the Secretary, atlhe office of the com-
pauy. Il-U Suiter Hlrcel. San Francisco. Califorula.
Any block upon whlcli thlH asaeaHnaent ahall re-
Diatn unpaid on tlie 20th day of January, IKfT, will
be delinquent, and adverliaed for sale at public
auction; aud unleSb payment lu made before, will
bo sold on MONDAY, the r.'nd day of March. ItftfT.
to pay iho delinquent aHMeaameut. together with
the costs o( adverllHiutc and e.\|K'naea of sale.
By order of the Board of Dlreeiora.
SAM W. CHEYNKY, Secretary.
Offlce— Room M. VM Suiter atrcel. San Franciaco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meetiner of tiie Hoard of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the '25lh day of
January, 18»7. It waa reaulved that any atock upon
which ilie aboveaaaessmentahall remain unpaid on
thi'*.;jlh day uf February. IffitT. will hedellmiuent and
adverllMOd for sale at public auction; ;ind. iinleaa
payment la made before, will bo sold on WEDNES-
DAY, the -.ilBt day of April, IS'j;, to pay tlie delin-
quent asaeaanient, together with llie coats of adver-
tising aud expensea of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mlnint;' Company, held on the 2-Uh day of
February. ISUT, It whs resolved Ihai any stock upon
which tile above aasesament ahall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the I'Dilj day of March. 18117. will be de-
linquent and advertised for sale at public auction;
and. unless payment la made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the :ilat day uf May, 1W97, to pay the delin-
quent assessment, together with the costs of adver-
lising and expeusea of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 2tJth day of
March. 1S1I7. ll was resolved that any atock upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the :i4lh day of April. IS'JT. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and. unleaa payment Is made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the I'Jth day of June, 18117. to
pay the delinquent assessmeul, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the -'4th day of
April, 1897. it was resolved that any atoek upon
which the above assessment shall remain unpaid
on MONDAY, the ■24th day of May, 1897, will be de-
Unquenl and advertlaed for sale at public auction;
and. unless payment is made before, will be sold on
MONDAY, the 19lh day of July, 1897. to pay the de-
linquent assessment, together with the costs of ad-
vertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the 24th day of
May, 1897, it waa resolved that any stock upon
which the above asseaament sliall remain unpaid
on WEDNESDAY, tlie 23rd day of June, 1897. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion: and. unless payment la made before, will be
sold on WEDNESDAY, the IStli day of August, 1897.
to pay the delinquent assessment, togetlier with
the costs of adverllelng and expen.ses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business, San Francisco, California;
location of worke, Pourlh Crossing, Calaveras
County. California.
Notice la hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the 14th day of
April. 1897, an asaeaanient tNo. t>) of .02Jy cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the cor-
poration, payable Immediately in United States
gold coin to the secretary, at the ofBce of the
company, room 44 Phelan building, San Pi-anciaco,
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 22d day of May. 1897, will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment la made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 14th day of June, 18!t7, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with Uie
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. F. FREY, Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building. San Franciaco,
California.
POSTPONEMENT,
The ?late of delinquency of the above assessment
has been postponetl to June 7th, 1897, and the dav of
sale to SATURDAY. June 27Lh, 181)7, by order of the
Board of Directors. A. P. PREY. Secretary.
Offlce— Room 44, Phelan building. San Pranolaeo,
California.
CHALLENGE CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
PANY.—Location of principal place of bualneas,
San Francisco. California: location of works. Gold
Hill. Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 18th day of May,
1897. an assessment (No. 23) of Ten cents (lOe) per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, room 85, third floor. Mills building, corner
Bush and Montgomery streets, San Francisco, Cali-
fornia.
Any stock upon which ttUs asseaament shall re-
main unpaid on the ItJth "day of June, 1897, will
be deliuqueut, and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; aud, unless payment is made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 8th day of July, 1897, to
pay the delinquent aaaessment, together with costs
of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
C. L. McCOY, Secretary.
Offlce— Room 35. third floor. Mills building, San
Francisco, California.
OCCIDENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
pany.— Location of principal place of buainesa. San
Franciaco, California. Location of worka, Silver
Star Mining Dlatrict. Storey County, Nevada.
Notice ia hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Dlrectora held on the lUh day of May,
1897. an assessment (No. 27) of 10 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stoeli of tiie corpora-
tion, payable immediately In United States gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. Room No. 09, Nevada blocli, No. 309 Montgom-
ery.street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment ahall re-
main unpaid on the 12th day of June, 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertieed for sale at public
auction, and, unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on THURSDAY, the lat day of July, 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBROW, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 69, Nevada block, No. 309 Mont-
gomery street, San Franciaco. California.
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The Big Horn Hot Springs
The State EDL;ineer of Wvomintj, FAv/oi
iMead, in his last annual report t;ives an accouut
of the hot sprinjjs aloD^ the Big Horn river in
the Shoshone Indian reservation. The Big Horn
hot springs have attractive surroundings, being
situated in a mountainous and extremely pic-
turesque region. The springs, of which there
are a great number within a radius of half a
mile, are at an altitude of about 4.')U0 feet above
sea level. Some of these well up from the bed
of the Big Horn river, but the largest one is
about IMI yards distant. The waters from this
one fall over a precipice 41) feet high, reaching
the river by a beautiful cascade. A fair idea of
its volume can be formed by stating that it re-
quires a rapidly running ditch ti feet wide and
3"feet deep to carry the flow from this spring.
Wherever it overflows the adjacent ground, it
deposits its salts, notably those of lime and sil-
ica, causing the formation to look as white as
snow. The country around is undoubtedly vol-
canic. Extinct craters, some of which are tilled
with water, are seen in the immediate neigh-
borhood of the springs. These waters are rich
with different salts. It abounds in sulphur,
both in free sulphuretted hydrogen gas and in
combination with lime and magnesium; it pos-
sesses a liberal amount of the alkaline salts of
sulphate of magnesium and alkaline chlorides of
sodium and potassium, and has in addition a
great amount of the calcareous earths, such as car-
bonate of lime and silica. In addition, it has some
ferrous oxide, and there is also present, when it bub-
bles up from the gorge, a considerable amount of
carbonic gas which, however, escapes readily. The
temperature of the water is 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
SECTION OF THE FORMATION, BIG HORN HOT SPRINGS.
The springs closely resemble in their different prop-
erties the famous European springs of Carlsbad,
Marienbad, Ems, Teplitz and Aix-la-Chapelle.
The discharge of the springs last October was
found to be 13.15 cubic feet per second, or 18,500,000
gallons per day. The original surroundings were
beautiful, but as a result of interference with the
natural flow of water and the depredations of speci-
men collectors, who have carried away large quanti-
ties of the most striking and peculiar of these forma-
tions, many of the pools are now dry and the sur-
rounding walls are disintegrating into a crumbling,
unsightly mass. Although on the Indian reser-
vation these springs are far removed from the
headquarters of the reservation authorities, but
little attention is paid by them to the conduct
of affairs. Being on a national reservation the
civil authorities of the State can exercise no
police supervision. It is to be hoped that so
valuable a sanitarium may be placed under such
control as will permit of its proper manage-
ment. The illustrations are from photographs
taken for Mr. Mead last October.
A New Coal Supply Reported.
TERRACES AT THE BIG HORN HOT SPRINGS,
A report from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, is
to the effect that extensive anthracite coal
fields near there are about to be developed. It
is further stated that Clarence King has pro-
nounced this coal as good as any ever produced
and that there is enough to supply the Pacific
coast for years. This coast, and particularly
California, possesses many advantages over all
other parts of the Union, such as the climate
which will enable all work to be conducted 365
days in the year; water power in torrential
streams for generating electricity not equaled
anywhere else, and a greater variety of raw
material to be drawn from the farms, forests
and mines of the State. Yet with all this, there
has been one great drawback in the want of an
abundant supply of good anthracite coal. If
the report that comes from Mexico is true, it
will mean much for the Pacific coast.
494
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TABI,E OF CONTENTS.
rtiLUSTRATIONS.— Section at the Formation, Big Horn Hot
Springs; Ten-aces at the Big Horn Hot Springs, 493. Waterfall,
Big Horn Hot aprings, 497. The Largest Compressor Engine in
Canada, 501.
EDITORIAL,— The Big Horn Hot Springs; A New Coal Supply Re-
ported, 493. Judge Ross and the Caminetti Act; Local Capital
for Mining; Mining Location Boundaries, 494.
MINING SUMMARY.—From the Various Counties of California,
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 498-9.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Are Rocks and Pehbles Organic?
Areas of Disease; Alcohol Effect on Animal Life: Seventh Inter-
national Geological Congress: A Curious Instance of the Ignition
of Coal Dust: Direct Union of Carbon and Iron; Extraordinary
Power; The Transformation of the Diamond into Graphite, 5U0.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Alternating Current Dynamos in
Parallel: A Novel Engineering Work; Electricity in Machine
Shops ; The Copper Supply, 500. Electric Power in Houses, 501.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.- The Largest Compressor Engine in
Canada; The Use of Compressed Air for Mining Purposes, 501.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 510-U.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 495. The Solution and Pre-
cipitation of the Cyanide of Gold; Suggestions as to River Dredg-
ing for Gold, 496. The Superinlendent Used Precaution; Prac-
tical Notes on Hydraulic Mining; Mixture Used for Calcic Car-
hide; A Settlement Has Taken Place; Advisability of Starting a
Powder Factory in Denver, 497. Coast Industrial Notes; Per-
sonal; Receut California Mining Incorporations; Commercial
Paragraphs; Recently Declared Mining Dividends; List of U. S.
Patents for Pacific Coast Inventors ; Notices of Recent Pat-
ents, 503.
Local Capital for Mining.
In California less than in any other mining district
in the world do the miners invest in shares in local
mines sold in the open market, and in this particular
direction Californians — and particularly San Fran-
ciscans— are doing very little for the development of
the mining industry. The lesson they learned from
the Comstock was to leave all mining shares alone.
However, the Comstock mines were silver mines, in
which the difference of formation allowed much
greater latitude for purely speculative investment
than do gold mines.
Miners on the Rand in South Africa invest in
shares sold publicly. Miners in the Kootenay dis-
trict, merchants and business men of Spokane and
other cities in the neighborhood all take treasury
shares in mines it is proposed to develop. So it is in
and near all large mining districts Of the world, with
the e.xception of California. In San Francisco shares
are never sold publicly in any mine in the State. Nor
are shares sold in any of the mining towns of Cali-
fornia in local mines, with the exception of Grass
Valley and Nevada City. In Nevada City and Grass
Valley, cities only four miles apart, with a combined
population of over 20,000 inhabitants, the people are
all miners, or dependent entirely upon mining for
their incomes, and they have been ever since the
mines were opened.
It is a custom there, and always has been, for the
merchants, mine owners and even working miners
to take shares in new properties and pay assess-
ments until they are developed. In this way nearly
all of the large mines of the district have been
opened. The W. Y. O. D. mine was opened and
developed by working miners who took their pay
one-half in stock and one-half in money. So with
the Pennsylvania. This mine is owned by working
miners, merchants and others in the district who for
many years paid assessments before there was any
proof that they had a good property. A small 5-
stamp mill worked what little ore they found from
three stringers ; and finally, after working to a con-
siderable depth and paying out large sums of money,
a large and rich mine has been opened up.
Such has, in a general way, been the history of
many mines of the district, and it is safe to say that
for the money expended probably better and more
work has been done than in most mines opened up
under dift'erent auspices. It is for this reason, to a
great extent, that Nevada county to-day contains
as prosperous a people as may be found anywhere in
the world.
It might be well for miners of other districts in
California to study the lesson to be learned in
Nevada county. There are many mines throughout
the State that might be opened by local capital, pro-
viding it could be induced to combine in this way.
The store keepers, bankers, lawyers, public officials,
all of whom are dependent entirely upon the pros-
perity of their respective districts, might well emu-
late the example set them in Nevada county. In
Nevada a man who is not interested in some way
directly in mining is an exception ; but this is not
the case in other counties.
Mining Location Boundaries.
If the owners of mining claims would, whenever
they have complied with the requirements and are
able to do so, obtain patents for them, they would
remove a very fruitful source of litigation. There
are very few mines located correctly. Proper sur-
veying and accurate measurements are seldom made
when mines are located. It has been proposed that
the State Legislature enact that where a locator has
the boundaries and corners of his claim established
by a United States deputy mineral surveyor and his
claim connected with a corner of the public survey,
and incorporates in the record of the claim the field
notes of such survey, that this will be sufficient to
identify the claim. But even were such a provision
made, very few would take advantage of it.
Considering the value of the property involved,
less care has been taken in perfecting titles to min-
ing claims than in anything else. Of course, the
laws have been faulty and left much to the individual
locator, and his carelessness has been the cause of an
immense amount of litigation and confusion. Now
that the new law as to locating mining claims has
been adopted and that there is such a great increase
in the number of claims being located all over the
State, it becomes all the more important that great
care should be exercised not only as to complying
with the requirements as to the notices but particu-
larly as to the fixing of the boundaries accurately.
These should, wherever possible, be surveyed by a
competent surveyor and tied up to Government
monuments.
But until a patent is obtained the owner of the
claim can never be certain of his title. In propor-
tion to the number of mines located, there have been
far less patents taken out in this State than in Colo-
rado and Montana, where the value of patents seems
to be much better appreciated.
During the week the United States Circuit Court
of Appeals, sitting in San Francisco, affirmed the de-
cision of the Circuit Court in the case of the Water-
loo Mining Company v. Doe's Executors. In this case
it was claimed that the company had lost the extra
lateral right, because the end lines of its claim were
not made parallel at the time of its location. It was
shown that when patent was applied for, several
years after location, that the Deputy United States
Surveyor straightened this line at the time of the
official survey by cutting off so much of the west end
of the claim as was necessary to make that end line
parallel with the eastern end line, and that patent
had issued to the applicant in conformity with such
survey. And the Court held that, as the patent
gives the location parallel lines and grants the right
to follow all lodes on their dip outside of the side
lines of the same whose apex is within the surface
lines of the claim, and whose strike is cut by the end
lines of the claim extended perpendicularly down-
ward, that the right of the mine owner must be de-
termined by the terms of its patent.
"Looking, then, at the patent," says the Court,
"we observe that appellant was granted extra
lateral rights. If then appellant in entering the
premises embraced within the lines of appellant's
claim beneath the surface, followed down on its dip
a lode whose apex was within its ground and whose
strike was out by the end lines of its claim as
patented, it was pursuing a course to which it had
a legal right."
This same question was substantially passed upon
by the Supreme Court of the State of California in
the case of Doe v. Sanger, who was the grantor of
the Waterloo Company (83 Cal., 203), and there Mr.
Justice MoFarland said that a substantial complianoe
with Section 2320 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States, requiring the end lines of each claim
located upon a vein or lode to be parellel is all that
is required. A location may be made in such an ir-
regular and many sided shapes as to destroy the
right to work the vein beyond the surface lines;
(see Iron S. M. Co. v. Elgin M. Co., 118 U. S., 196,
known as the "Horse-shoe case";) but the object of
the statute is sufficiently met to sustain that right if
the location is made lengthwise of the vein in a
quadrangular shape, though the end lines are not
exactly parallel; and the locator has a right, and
perhaps it is his duty, within any reasonable time, to
make the end lines parallel; if such change does not
interfere with the substantial property rights of any
other person. The purpose of the statute is to pre-
vent a party from claiming more width of vein out-
side his surface lines than within them. " That the
intention of the statute was to make the valuable
rights of lode miners to depend upon things more
substantial and important than the mere trick of a
perfectly correct measurement of surface ground, or
a mathematically correct survey."
The appellant was represented in the Circuit
Court of Appeals by A. H. Ricketts and the appellee
by John Garber.
Judge Ross and the Caminetti Act.
Judge Ross, in the United States Circuit Court
last week, in the case of the United States against
the North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company, held
that the Caminetti act was constitutional, and so
construed the law that hydraulic miners will now
know better where they stand in the matter. The
action was to enjoin the company from carrying on
hydraulic mining until it complied with the require-
ments of the Caminetti act. The complaint set forth
that the company had failed to ask of the California
Debris Commission a permit to carry on hydraulic
mining, and that proper provision had not been
taken to prevent the debris from being carried into
the navigable streams below.
The defendants denied that debris from their mines
impeded navigation and attacked the constitutional-
ity of the Caminetti act. So the issues were broadly
enough drawn.
Judge Ross upholds the constitutionality of the act
and the right of the Commission to regulate hydrau-
lic mining. In concluding his decision, he uses the
following language ;
So here Congress has created a commission under
the direction of the Secretary of War and the super-
vision of the chief of engineers of the army to ascer-
tain whether the various hydraulic mines within the
territory drained by the Sacramento and San Joa-
quin river systems can be operated by impounding
and other reservoirs without injury to those naviga-
ble waters; and if so the act of Congress permits
them to he operated in such a prescribed way as will
prevent any such injury. Until the matters of fact
committed to the commission have been ascertained
and the extent and methods of the work are pre-
scribed the act of Congress prohibits the operation
of any mine by the hydraulic process within the ter-
ritory drained by the Sacramento and San Joaquin
river systems from which any debris matter flows
into those waters.
This, in my opinion, is the true construction of the
act, and to it as thus construed I see no constitu-
tional objection. It is too late now for any one to
question the po.wer on the part of Congress to de-
clare that debris of any character, or other thing,
constitutes an obstruction to the navigable waters
within its control and to prohibit the use of such wa-
ters or other thing. The power to prevent abso-
lutely the use of such waters for the objectionable
purposes necessarily includes the power to prescribe
the terms and conditions upon which they may be
so used.
The provision of section 10 of the act, requiring the
surrender to the United States of the right to regu-
late the manner in which the debris resulting from
the working of such mine or mines shall be restrained
and what amount shall be produced therefrom, only
constitutes one of the conditions to such use required
by Congress. As Congress already had that power
of regulation it needed no conveyance from the mine
owner to vest it. For this reason the insertion of
that requirement by Congress as a condition to the
granting of a patent to mine by the hydraulic pro-
cess does not render the act obnoxious to any of the
objections urged against it. A decree will be entered
for the complainant as prayed fpr.
June 12, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
495
Concentrates.
A niHi ovBKY of rich gravel is reported near RobiDsonviUe,
Oregon.
Sevehai. holes are to be bored to prospect for oil near Cbino,
CalifofDiu.
A (oi-i'EK LEPOE-f feet wide bas been located in Shasta val-
ley, Siskiyou county, Oal.
Sb\atok VV. M. Stewaiit Is endeavoring to have cyanide of
potassium put on the free list.
At the Kennedy mine, Amador Co., Cal., pay ore is being
exlracicd at a depth of 2:^00 feet.
The Boston *S; Montanu Company is turning out over :t,000,-
(RH> pounds of elcclrolytic copper monthly.
Tub Denver Iteimhliran estimates the output of Cripple
Creek for May at 20,570 tons, valued at ♦l.USi.TSO.
TtiE Boston .S: Montana Company has taken an option of pur-
chase on the Anderson mine in Montana for ^75,U0U.
TuEKE is unusual activity in the placers in the Virginia
Dale district, in San Bernardino county, California.
A NEW mining stock exchange was opened for business in
Los Angeles last Monday, and tVi.UUO shares handled.
Twelve tributers have for seven weeks averaged f 12 per
day each in a drift in the Massachusetts Hill mine. Grass
Valley, Cal.
KoK the llrst live months of 1S97 the Le Uoi mine at Ross-
land, B. C, shipped I7,05ti tons of ore of an average value of
about $70 per ton.
The Palmer mountain tunnel, to be run 3000 feet to cut the
ledges on that mountain, is in 300 feet and air compressor
drills are being put in.
Toe First National Bank of Helena, Montana, has com-
menced foreclosure proceedings against the Hope Company of
Basin on its $75,000 mortgage.
The International Gold Miners' Convention at Denver next
month will be largely attended. The topics discussed will be
practical and of general value.
The county recorder received one day last week from Bing-
ham dibtrict in Utah fifty location notices for tiling and
nearly all were made by one man.
Two iiREDoEKs are being built near Park's Baron the Yuba
river to mine for gold. Tbe capacity of each will be about 100
tons of material an hour, it is claimed.
The Peruvian Government has discontinued the coinage of
silver. All silver coins which have been exported are not al-
lowed to return except as merchandise.
It is estimated that there is in present circulation $1,500,000
ip silver half dollars coined elsewhere than in the U. S. mints,
of full weight and so well executed as to pass readily.
A i>iscuvERv has been made of a large bed-vein of man-
ganese near the line of the Union Pacific, in Utah, and ar-
rangements are being made to ship 1000 tons per month.
Press dispatches from Randsburg, Cal., announce that the
Wedge mine has opened a 4^^-foot body of ore, the counter-
part of the strike made three weeks ago in the Kinyon mine.
A iM^iLEK in the mill at the Oro Grande mine, in San Ber-
nardino county, Cal., last Tuesday, killed one man, wounded
several others and wrecked the plant. The loss is about
110,000.
Recejvek W. W. Stewart reports refusal of the English
offer of $750,000 for the Golden Cross M. Co.'s group of thirteen
mines at Hedges, San Diego Co., Cal., $1,000,000 being the
price asked.
The U. S. Surveyor-General has awarded a contract for sur-
veying the boundaries of the Yosemite grant. For the first
time in this State on Government surveys cast-iron monu-
ments will be used.
A I'RESS dispatch from Phcenix, Arizona, announces that the
Santa Locea group of mines near Dragoon Summit, owned by
Bell & Stephens of Silver City, New Mexico, has been sold to
St. Louis capitalists.
There were 413 new mineral locations filed for record in
Nelson, B. C, from May 1st to 27th, inclusive. Calculated at
fifty acres to a location, over 20,000 acres of land are repre-
sented by the filings.
It has been reported by the United States Consul at Cartha-
gena, United States of Colombia, that the coal fields of
Bolivar are in extent over 200.000 acres, and contain anthra-
cite and semi-anthracite of good quality.
Ground has been purchased at Florence, Colo., for the site
of a new reduction plant, to be built immediately, being the
fifth ore reduction plant at Florence, with a smelter. An-
other reduction mill is under consideration.
The recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United
States in relation to tunnel rights has caused many people to
locate tunnel rights in Colorado. In nearly every available
place about Georgetown sites have been recorded.
The management of the company which is to bu.ld a 350-ton
smelter in the Seven Devils copper district in Idaho, state
that it is their intention ultimately to construct a railroad
from some point on the Union Pacific to the district.
The gold deposits at the Denver, Colo., mint for the first
five months of '93 aggregated $484,199.48. For the corre-
sponding period of '07 the gold deposits there aggregated
$3,739,848.27, which means a whole lot in and to Colorado.
Several capitalists at Los Angeles, California, are consider-
ing the subject of building a smelter at San Pedro if the har-
bor is constructed there. The nearest smelters now to south-
ern California are at San Francisco and Pueblo, Colorado.
W. L. Watts, field assistant of the State Mining Bureau,
returned to San Luis Obispo from a six weeks' trip through
the Sisquoc country, where he has been examining the bitu-
minous deposits. These, he states, make the largest bitumi-
nous field yet discovered.
Two HUBSCRTHERS— one in Baker City, Oregon, the other in
Prescott, Arizona, — write simultaneously asking: "Are there
any known cases where only part of a charge of giant powder
has exploded, leaving a part of the charge intact, which was
exploded later with another primer ;"
Miners have left for Gold Creek, in the Santiam district,
Oregon, to try to locate mines which were worked by the
Hudson Bay "Company before Oregon became a State. Many
prospectors have discovered remains uf the work done at that
time.
The onyx mines near Prescott, Arizona, lately purchased
by Congressman Fowler of New Jersey, are being investi-
gated by experts, and it is announced that as soon as the
proposed duty is placed upon that article by Congress a large
force of men will be put to work.
Tu£ English owners of the Bon Accord placer mine, near
Bannock, Montana, are about tu build a dredger to handle
from 5000 to tiOOO yards of gravel per day. It Is claimed that
the dredger in Grasshopper creek, near there, last year, has
proved a success.
The following Item from the Grass Valley I'nlnn might well
refer to mines in any part of tho State : " The ledge recently
struck at the California mine in God's country is said to be a
good one. It is large In size and the owners expect to have a
big mine up there."
In Clear Creek county, Colorado, Is a mine curiously named
the Merryweather, at an altitude of 14,405 feet, on Irwin's
peak and within 3.) feel of the crest. It was located by a
sailor. Another mine on King Solomon mountain, Colorado, is
at an altitude of 14,000 feet.
The exports of copper from the United States for the first
five months of each year for some time has been as follows:
1894, 32,793 long tons; 1S95, 25,til5; 18iHi, 48,521 ; 1897,49,509.
The total deliveries in Europe for the first five months of
ISO" amounted to 89, UU tons.
Near Leesburg, Idaho, the Summit Valley Placer Company
has fifteen men working a dredging plant in Big creek, min-
ing for stream tin. They obtain pebbles in size from small
shot to hen's eggs, which assay 50 per cent tin and some gold.
This is sent East to be smelted.
The copper production of the United States for April is es-
timated at 17,454 long tons, an increase of 342 tons over April,
18iH». The product for the first four months of 1897 is placed at
70,193 long tons, against (i8,023 tons in the corresponding period
of 18911, an increase of 1571 tons.
At a meeting ot the directors of the American Fiat Devel-
opment Company, in Virginia Citj', Nevada, last week, it
transpired that few of the mine owners had consented to sign
the agreement proposed. The Sutro Tunnel directors asked
that a committee for a conference be appointed to meet in New
York.
Applications have been made to the California Debris
Commission for permits to mine by the hydraulic process from
Hoey & Lewis, for the Parsons claim, in Eldorado county;
from the Morristown Mining Company, Sierra county; the
Etta Company, and for the Mountain View claim, in Sierra
City.
The Great Northern Cripple Creek Tunnel and Transporta-
tion Company has been organized in Cripple Creek, Colo. The
plans of the corporation contemplate a tunnel through Straub,
Battle and Bull mountains. It is proposed to make it purely
a transportation and drainage tunnel. The authorized capital
stock is $5,000,000.
The Dominion Government has agreed to the terms to be
given the Canadian Pacific to build the Crow's Nest Pass
road, and the company is making contracts and going ahead
with the work. The construction of this road will do much
toward building up the mining industry in the Fort Steele
and other districts.
At the Daly-West mine at Park City, Utah, twenty-five
men were laid off last week, owing to increased railroad and
smelter charges and price of powder. At Tintic the Miner
says : "The local mining situation has not improved since our
last issue, and the great reduction in the week's shipments is
very noticeable in our report."
In the Hidden Treasure drift mine, in Placer county, Cali-
fornia, the main tunnel is now over 0000 feet in length, and
with horse power it is difficult to handle the gravel fast
enough. Harold T. Power, the superintendent, is arranging
to construct an electric plant to run the cars in the mine,
light it, and also run blowers, etc.
The season now is more propititous for the myths of the
Northwest than those of the South. The " Pegleg " will not
be discovered again until late in the fall, when the prospectors
wander southward again. Just now the "Lost Cabin," of
Washington, Idaho and other parts of the Northwest is being
sought for and occasionally discovered.
The financial statement of the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company of Butte, Montana, shows that the gross earnings
of the company for the year ending May 30th were $17,375,000;
the working and other expenses of production are given at
$13,000,000, leaving $4,375,000 as the net proceeds of the year,
an increase of over $1,000,000 over the net proceeds of last
year.
At the shareholders' meeting of the V\^ar Eagle Mine Co.
at Toronto the financial statement of the Rossland, B. C,
property for the four months ending April 30th showed the ex-
penses to be $43,043.27, while the proceeds from ore sales were
$40,635.20. The rates of freight and treatment now average
$10 a ton, while the Crow's Nest Railway will reduce this at
least $2.
Colorado calculates that since '70 the cost of gold produc-
tion in that State has fallen 80%. White gold can, according
to that, be mined there for one-fifth the cost twenty-seven
years ago, the refined product is to-day worth just what it
was then — $20.07 per ounce. This is one oE the reasons whj'
in this west half of America gold mining is the most promi-
nent and profitable present industry.
Work has been stopped on three large properties in the
Rossland district, B. C — the Palo Alto, Monte Cristo and
California— because the managers state mining stocks have
generally gone down and they could not obtain enough for
their treasury stock to warrant their selling. It is claimed
by some that the mining stock exchanges have been the cause
of the trouble more than anything else.
The Silver City, Utah, Siai; speaking of the present depres-
sion, says that it must shortly be overcome. " It is stated by
people in a position to know that the former railroad rate will
be restored. We are also advised that there is a man in Salt
Lake who represents a syndicate looking for powder contracts,
and if the principal mines of the State will make contracts for
their powder, a factory will be started in Utah."
A PRESS DISPATCH annouucos the sale of the Black Diamond
copper mine, ten miles from the Iron Mountain, in Shasta
county, Cal., by Messrs. Kahny, Klaukens & Holden to Homer
Wilson of San Francisco, representing New York capital, for
$115,000. The mine is on the same lead as the Iron Mountain.
The ore body, as far as prospected, shows a width at its nar-
rowest point of over 250 feet, and is a mile and a half in
length. The copper assays so far made do not run less than 7
per cent, it is claimed, with some gold and silver.
A DISPATCH from Gunnison, Colorado, says that last Tuesday
a large body of sulphur In the Vulcan mine caught fire, by a
miner dropping a candle, and a furious fire was raging under-
ground. The smoke was also spreading lo the Mammoth chim-
ney, 400 feet away, and the men have been compelled tu stop
work. No one knows the extent of the sulphur, nor how long
It may burn.
The Iron Mountain Copper Company is producing 400 tons of
copper matte per month, which is refined at the New Jersey
Extraction Company's works at Eli/abethporl, N. .1., most of
the stock In which is owned by Mountain Copper people. As
the total output of copper last year in California was a little
less than two million pounds, with the work done by the
Shasta Company this year's yield will he a very important
item in the mineral ou'put.
A sfiT involving the mines which Burchara, Singleton,
Reddy and others own in Randsburg. Cal., has been brought
in Los Angeles. The complaint was filed by the Rand Moun-
tain Mining Company against the SunlightGold Mining Com-
pany, (C. A. Burcham, J. Singleton, P. Reddy, J. C. Camp-
bell, W. H. Metson), claiming that, under contracts, they are
entitled to an interest in the Rand, Olympus, Trilby, Single-
ton, Johannesburg and Desert View mines.
DuRiNo May the Calumet and Hecla Company placed nearly
10,000,000 pounds of copper, while the total sold was about
20,000,000 pounds. In Europe the demand is considerably
greater than it was last year. There is a notable increase in
consumption in Germany especially, and that country is now
apparently consuming more copper than Prance. England
alone is, perhaps, using as much, if not more copper than the
United States, while England, France and Germany together
are estimated as consuming about 30,500,000 pounds per month,
against estimates of about 15,000,000 pounds consumption per
month in this country.
The Hauraki Gold Mining Company paid 100 per cent divi-
dend in 1890. The following figures are from their report for
the year: Returns from sales of gold. £8-^,445; interest, etc.,
,i;l009; total, £84,514. Expenses in New Zealand, i:25,325; ex-
penses in London, £3005; dividends, £04,000; income tax on
dividends, £2134; total, £94,534. The total amount of devel-
opment work was 9593 feet, of which 129 feet was shaft sink-
ing. The total ore treated was 4425 tons, yielding 27,121
ounces gold, or 0.25 ounces per ton. At the value given for
the gold this was equivalent to 19,047 fine ounces. The total
return was $91.77 per ton; total expenses, $30.89, leaving a
profit of $00.88 per too worked.
A CORRESPONDENT In Idaho asks the best method of cleaning
quicksilver. Some put water on top and dissolve cyanide of
potassium in it and then stir up the quicksilver. Concen-
trated Ij'e or dilute sulphuric or nitric acid are often used.
The best thing to do is to retort it if it becomes very foul. A
method is given for cleaning where electricity may be ob-
tained. Take a fiat earthen vessel, pour sulphate of soda
solution into it and lay a long strip of lead across it which can
be bent in the center. Into this vessel place a semi-spherical,
non-glazed earthenware basin, large enough to fit the bot-
tom vessel, and into this pour the quicksilver with a little
water. Put the positive wire in contact with the lead strip,
and the negative wire with the quicksilver. The quicksilver
will soon be brightened.
The report of the Alaska-Mexican Gold Mining Company
for the year ending December 31, 1890, shows that the total
receipts from ore worked were $245,802; the expenses were
$184,212, leaving a net balance of $01,050. Dividends paid
wei'e $72,000, or 8 per cent on the stock. Of the bullion ob-
tained, $70,330 or about 31 per cent was from sulphurets col-
lected by concentration and treated by chlorination. The to-
tal quantity of ore taken out and milled during the year was
101,702 tons, and 1290 tons of waste rock were removed. The
total development work amounted to 2395 feet. The estimate
of ore in sight at the end of the j'ear is 007,200 tons, or over
five years' supply for the mill. The cost per ton for mining
and milling 101,702 tons was 181.12 cents, made up of the fol-
lowing items : Mining, 114.11 ; milling, 39.11 ; chlorination,
15.99; general expenses— Douglas Island, 5.59; San Francisco,
2.32; London, .58; Paris, .18; consulting engineer at San
Francisco, .20; freight, insurance, and refining bullion, 2.08.
The returns of bullion averaged 271.74 cents per ton, leaving
a net average profit of 90.03 cents per ton. Wages were on an
average a little higher than in California quartz mines.
UNDEit the new Canadian tariff by an amendment which
went into legal effect May 20, 1897, the following mining ma-
chinery goes into the Province free of duty: Pressure or
exhaust fans, rotary pressure blowers, coal cutting machines
(except percussion coal cutters), coal heading machines, coal
augers and rotary coal drills, core drills, miners' safety lamps,
coal washing machinery, coke making machinery, ore drying
machinery, ore roasting machinery, electric or magnetic ma-
chines for separating or concentrating iron ores, blast furnace
water jackets, converters for metallurgical processes in iron
or copper, briquette making machines, ball grinding machines,
copper plates {plated or not), machinery for extraction of pre-
cious metals by the chlorination or cyanide processes, moni-
tors, giants and elevators for hydraulic mining, amalgam
safes, automatic ore samplers, automatic feeders, jigs, classi-
fiers, separators, retorts, buddies, vanners, mercury pumps,
pyrometers, bullion furnaces, amalgam cleaners, gold mining
slime tables, blast furnace blowing engines, wrought iron
tubing, butt or lap welded, threaded or coupled or not, not
less than 2% inches diameter, when imported for use exclu-
sively in mining, smelting, reducing or refining.
The Executive Committee of the Gold Mining Convention,
to meet in Denver, Colorado, next month, has made choice of
the following as some of the questions to be discussed: The
demands for a Federal Secretary of Mines and Mining; Fed-
eral and State legislation as affecting mines and mining;
Federal and State statistics of mines and mining; Gold min-
ing a safe proposition, gold value being established by law;
The relation of gold and silver in mining the precious metals;
Does gold and silver production keep pace with the increase of
population and the demands of commerce ': Can enough gold be
mined to safely make it the only redemption metal moneys
The opening of Indian lands that have mineral deposits ; Min-
eral lands and their development offer opportunity; Are the
timber reservations and Federal game preserves injurious to
the development of mining i Progress made by science and im-
proved methods of saving the precious metals in the past
twenty-five years; Hydraulic and placer mining; Does the
known area and gold deposits of placers offer opportunity for
profitable development ? Railroad transportation and improve-
ment of county wagon roads necessary for the increase and
development of mining.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
June 12, 1897.
The Solution and Precipitation of tlie Cyanide
of Gold.
Professor S. B. Christy's article on the above sub-
ject, published in the Mining and Scientific Press,
has been the subject of world-wide discussion. The
following is taken from the proceedings of the Chem-
ical and Metallurgical Society of Johannesburg,
South Africa, and read by H. T. Durant :
It has been pointed out to me that a discussion on
the subject might be of some interest to the mem-
bers of this society, its subject being so intimately
connected with our work. Professor Christy, whilst
noticing the earliest writers on the cyanide process,
omits to mention the " Notes on Gold Extraction "
written and published early in 1894 by our president,
Mr. W. R. Feldtmann, and since extensively quoted,
as in Scheidel's " Cyanide Process," p. 55, et seq. In
the first section of the paper the solubility of gold
in solutions of potassium cyanide is considered ; the
well-known equation of Eisner is proved, although
previously verified by Maclaurin (J. C. S. , 1893, vol.
Ixiii. , p. 724), but at one time doubted by MacArthur
and Louis Janin Jr. (Mineral Industry, 1892, pp. 262-
263). This equation is too well known — at least in
this country — to need repeating ; it shows that under
favorable conditions one atom of oxygen causes the
solution of two atoms of gold, or, in other words, if
oxygen were as soluble in dilute solutions as in
water, one ton of a cyanide solution saturated with
air contains enough oxygen to dissolve 6.9 troy
ounces of gold, the theoretical strength of the solu-
tion actually required being .0155 per cent. This
presupposes the absence of reducing substances,
which, if present, must be specially considered.
Whilst considering the supply of oxygen by chemical
means, or the avoidance of its necessity. Professor
Christy considers the use of cyanogen bromide. If
the equation below put forward by Sulman and Teed
is correct, then oxygen is not necessary for the solu-
tion of gold :
3KCNH-2Au+CNBr=KBr+2(KCN, AuCN).
Great stress is laid on this means of obtaining
" nascent cyanogen." It is not at first sight clear
how this can be. Assume that cyanide bromide is
added to a cyanide solution and the reaction is as
stated in Sulman's equation, then cyanogen is liber-
ated for the moment nascent, and, if in contact with
gold, it can act at once by virtue of its nascent
activity; but, if such contact is not the case, it im-
mediately joins up into the molecule Cj Nj, and it is
questionable whether molecular cyanogen is active
under the conditions obtainable. In the treatment
of tailings or ore generally it is difficult to imagine
how it is possible to arrange matters so that the
solution can be in contact with the tailings or ore at
the moment the cyanogen group is liberated — unless,
indeed, the reaction indicated by Sulman and Teed
only goes slowly; but an ideal state is easily con-
ceived in the treatment of slimes. Now, in the case
of aqueous solution of potassium cyanide — or, in fact,
of almost all salts — dissolution of KCN into its ions
takes place in proportion to its dilution and other
factors, so that any such solution really contains the
KCN molecules dissociated into atoms of K and
single CN groups, but charged respectively with
enormous quantities of positive and negative elec-
tricity, so that the two ions do not under those con-
ditions exhibit their characteristic molecular prop-
erties ; but when on the one hand an electro-negative
element like oxygen, and on the other hand an
electro- positive element as gold, is present, the
potassium unites with the oxygen and the gold with
the cyanogen radicle. Referring to the weights of
bromine, chlorine and oxygen, respectively, required
to aid potassium cyanide in the solution of gold, the
figures for bromine and oxygen are accidentally
transposed. They should read :
(Sulman) 1 part by weight of bromine causes solu-
tion of 4.92 parts of gold by weight.
(Eisner) 1 part by weight of oxygen causes solu-
tion of 24.6 parts of gold by weight.
Dealing with the precipitation of gold from cya-
nide solutions. Professor Christy remarks on the
extreme stability of (AuCN, KCN). Many who are
here have perhaps at some time been aware of that.
On acidifying a dilute solution of the above double
salt, aurocyanhydric acid HAu(CN)3 is probably
present, and remains in solution. On concentrating,
AuCN separates, and under less favorable conditions
of concentration and temperature the aurous cya-
nide is decomposed. This is perfectly analogous to
the behavior of HAu(CN)i and HAuCU. When deal-
ing with solutions carrying only a few dwts. to the
ton, it is extremely difficult to precipitate totally
aurous cyanide either by double decomposition reac-
tions— with the exception of silver nitrate — or as
gold by reducing or oxidizing agents. Assuming
that from such a dilute solution the gold were pre-
cipitated as such, it is highly probable that it would
be in such a fine state of division that it could not
be filtered out by ordinary methods, and, since salts
which are absolutely insoluble are rare, it is doubt-
ful if there is any gold salt which could be totally
precipitated from solutions carrying such minute
percentages of gold as is customarily met with.
Barium sulphate, for example, is for ordinary pur-
poses regarded as insoluble in cold water, and yet
water dissolves at ordinary temperatures about
. 0043 per cent. I cannot find that the solubility or
otherwise of aurous cyanide has been accurately
determined, but it is commonly stated to be insoluble
in water ; if it were half as soluble as barium sul-
phate it would indicate that from a solution of KAu
(CNa) about 12 dwts. of AuCN per ton would still
remain in solution after decomposing the double cya-
nyde of gold and potassium by the addition of one of
the various salts which answer that purpose.
Referring to regeneration of potassium cyanide
from dilute solutions, Professor Christy mentions
three methods. The first is his own, the second
Professor de Wilde's, and the third is the subject of
an American patent :
(a) Briefly, this method consists in acidifying the
cyanide solution and steam distilling into caustic
alkali.
There are two things mentioned which appear
scarcely correct : (1) It is stated that a 1 per cent
solution of potassium cyanide, when acidified, gives
not the least apparent trace of escape of hydrocy-
anic acid. Such a solution contains .41 per cent of
hydrocyanic acid. It would be difficult to say how
dilute an aqueous solution of that acid must be not
to be easily recognized by its odor, but certainly
very many times more dilute than the above. (2)
Novelty and utility are claimed for the above
method. It certainly does not possess the former,
and is open to much question as to whether, even if
necessary, it could be profitably employed at works.
(b) Professor de Wilde's method consists in add-
ing ferrous sulphate to the cyanide solution and
obtaining a precipitate of ferrous cyanide.
At first the latter may be obtained, but the final
result is a mixture of complex cyanides. This pre-
cipitate is presumably treated with acid, and the
hydrocyanic acid recovered by caustic alkali. This
process, like the first, can be worked experiment-
ally, but the cyanogen radicle is not as easily recov-
ered from complex cyanides as from simple ones.
(c) This is a method for a long time well known
and consists of the precipitation of cyanogen radicle
by the addition of zinc sulphate and subsequent re-
covery of the acid radicle from the zinc cyanide.
As regards its utility in work, I think this latter
method is comparable with either a or h. Professor
Christy has given much attention to the regenera-
tion of potassium cyanide, but if that were even
necessary it is questionable whether it could be done
profitably in the case of very dilute solutions.
Precipitation of gold from KAu(CN)3 by charcoal :
The conclusion is arrived at by Professor Christy, as
a result of his experiments, that " a given amount
of charcoal has a definite capacity for precipitation,"
but no reason is given to account for this ; there is
little doubt that the carbon acts by virtue of its
absorbed gases — the ones concerned are probably
hydrogen, carbon monoxide and unsaturated hydro-
carbons ; there is evidence that these and the other
gases existing in charcoal are in a state of peculiar
activity. In the reference at my disposal I have not
found the results of any accurate work on the use of
charcoal for this purpose, the exact part it plays,
and what follows after it ceases to act, if it does
cease. Professor Christy gives details of an experi-
ment in which in the presence of potassium cyanide
a large percentage of the total gold is precipitated ;
towards the end of the trial the charcoal was appa-
rently spent or nearly so, and free cyanide was still
present to the extent of nearly 60 per cent of the
original quantity; the question suggests itself if the
charcoal finally ceases entirely to act and cyanide is
present what prevents the gold going into solution
again. It is scarcely possible that the charcoal can
absorb the oxygen as fast as it goes into solution
and so protect the gold. Dr. Keith (Rose's " Met-
allurgy of Gold," second edition, page 348) states
that the gold in contact with finely divided charcoal
in a solution of potassium cyanide goes into solution
more rapidly than if no charcoal were present. His
theory is the formation of gold-carbon couples, the
electro-positive element being acted on by the KCN
solution, and necessarily hydrogen would be evolved
on the surface of the charcoal. Charcoal was used
to reduce solutions of gold chloride probably for the
first time nearly thirty years ago by Percy; accord-
ing to Rose, it is under the disadvantage that it
does not destroy the chlorine, which, therefore, is
first expelled by heat or a current of air, to prevent
the re-solution sof the gold.
Precipitation of the KAu(CN)2 by copper and its
compounds : Professor Christy's experiments on the
decomposition of the double cyanide by cuprous
salts are of extreme interest, and, if there is total
precipitation, with slight modifications, a new
method for assaying gold solutions is suggested ;
but I fail to see its use, for instance, on a slimes
plant dealing with more than a thousand tons of
solution every twenty-four hours. The action of zinc
chloride on the double cyanide of gold and potassium
is similar to that of silver nitrate, cobalt nitrate and
other salts, but considerably less efficient ; and if
the right conditions are obtained, zinc cyanide
would be precipitated with gold c.yanide. It is
stated that when the zinc chloride is formed from
the oxide and acid, a solution of zinc oxychloride is
obtained ; this latter salt is not appreciably soluble
in water, so that the solution obtained must have
been normal zinc chloride. Speaking generally, I
think all the precipitation experiments have been
done with solutions far too rich, losing thereby any
practical interest which they might otherwise pos-
sess, as, if the amount not precipitated in any one
experiment is a fairly constant quantity for any
strength gold solutions, this amount looks small
when expressed as a percentage of say 600 dwts.
per ton solution ; but the same quantity presents a
different appearance when expressed as a percent-
age of a 1 dwt. per ton, solution. There is, of
course, the possibility that when experimenting on a
rich solution gold salts might be mechanically carried
down by a bulky precipitate, thus giving conditions
which are not obtained in operating on solutions of
reasonable strength. In the final section of Profes-
sor Christy's paper reference is made to the con-
stant tendency among cyanide workers to reduce
the strength of their solutions. It is probable that
even here those solutions which are now regarded
"weak" will shortly be considered "strong," and,
as a matter of fact. Professor Christy's forecast of
the use of .01 per cent solution has for some time
been more than realized at the Rand Central Ore
Reduction Company's plant for treating Robinson
slimes, where solutions containing only .008 per
cent cyanide are successfully employed for dissolving
the gold. Professor Christy also states that both
the electrical zinc precipitation processes find in
these dilute solutions their greatest difficulty, though
this may be true as regards zinc, at the plant above
referred to, where the Siemens-Halske process is
employed, the precipitation is excellent and has in
no way been affected by reduction in the strength of
solution.
Suggestions as to River Dredging for Gold.
To THE Editor:— In your issue No. 1921 of May 1st
you have some remarks upon dredger mining that,
while brief, indicate the generail result in this field
of operations. The experience in the Eraser and
Quesnelle rivers is but a repetition of what has oc-
curred in nearly every case of mining for subaqueous
gold, the history of which reaches back at least
twenty years on this coast.
The main impediment is no doubt one that you
mention — the uncertainty of deposits in rapid
streams. The Feather river is an example. People
proceed on the theory that gravity will retain gold
in the beds of torrential streams, but this is a mis-
take, graphically described by an old miner I met
at Oroville some years ago, who, in speaking of the
Pierce tunnel diversion scheme, said : "There is no
gold in the bottom of Feather river. Why, if the
rocks were all galvanized with gold they would be
scoured clean every season."
There is however, outside of these rapid mountain
streams, unlimited territory where the success of
dredge mining is undoubtedly limited by the want of
mechanical expedients and their proper manage-
ment. For example, there may be no gold in
Feather river worth seeking until this river reaches
its debouchement into the level plain at Oroville, but
certainly there are deposits of exceeding richness
there that await the successful operation of dredg-
ing or other apparatus to raise the gravel from 40
to 60 feet below the water level.
That the gold is there is proved not only by the
physical circumstances of the case, but by the fact
that all the gravel or sand procurable at even a
moderate depth, is panned out and pays; even in
digging shallow wells the bottom material is rich,
and Chinamen formerly worked in pits by diving un-
der water to fill their pans with sand and gravel.
The precipitation of gold in any stream that flows
through auriferous regions will take place when the
waters reach a level grade, are spread out and lose
their velocity. The Arroyo Seco mine in Amador
county is an example, and there are dozens more
that you can yourself recall.
In illustration of the failure of mechanical means
for successful dredge mining, I will mention a paral-
lel in the pneumatic caisson plant at Oroville, set on
foot by the late L. L. Robinson about twelve years
ago, intended to penetrate to the suballuvial deposits
where the Feather river stills its waters and has
shifted its bed within recent times.
This venture, which was based upon promises of
the most logical kind, did not succeed for want of
" evolution," so to speak. The air-compressing en-
gines were taken from stock adapted to work at a
pressure of 75 lbs. per inch instead of 20 lbs. re-
quired in the caisson, consequently were racked by
speed to supply volume. The caisson was blown out
for want of proper fastenings, and finally the water
could not be expelled, for some reason not under-
stood. Experts, including myself, were sent up to
examine the plant, with the result that the company
was disincorporated, the machinery sold and the
whole scheme closed out.
I had the questionable honor of discovering, too
late, the immediate or principal cause of the failure
to expel the water, which was the depth of the head-
ing in the drift. 'The tunnel or drift was in the bed-
rock and sloped upward from the caisson. This
slope, with the height of the tunnel added, made a
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pneumatic heading of about 10 feet, and a difference
in air pressure at the top and bottom of about 4.:^
lbs. per inch. When the air pressure was sufficient
to c.xpel the water at the bottom of this heading and
slope, the pressure at the top was so much in excess
of the water pressure that the air escaped in fissures
faster than the engines could supply; the tendency
for the escape of air being as the depth of what I
have called the pneumatic heading.
Xow, here was a case the same as in dredge min-
ing: its success depending upon some simple condi-
tions that were not foreseen and provided for. It is
the same in all operations of a novel kind; the im-
pediments are unforeseen and unprovided for.
1 have prepared designs for a number of centrifugal
pumps to be used for gold dredging, including one
for the .Murray river in Australia, and from conver-
sation with a number of people interested in this
matter 1 have formed the opinion that the main im-
pediment to dredge mining is want of skill and the
"evolution" which produces it.
The " boulders " offer great difficulty. One per-
son's idea is to pass them through the pumps; an-
other, to raise them by separate tackle or appa-
ratus; a third, to move and stir but not raise them;
all of which may be right or wrong, as the nature of
the material and other circumstances may de-
termine.
The circulation of average or common spoil by
centrifugal pumps and means of extraction seem to
be the only determined points of general application,
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining.*
NLMHKK \.— CUNCLIDED.
Written for the Mining and Scientific Pitsss by Gkuhck H.
Etanr, C.K., M.E.. General Manuger Cong. G. MlQOS of Cal., Ld.
Orovlllc. Cal.
It is well known by those who have gone into the
i efficiency of the hydraulic elevator that, unless the
various parts are well proportioned, it is a most
wasteful machine; but, as against this, the enormous
amount of work they are capable of doing with a
minimum cost for repairs and attendance, make
them especially valuable for hydraulic mining, and,
when constructed on proper lines, there is no dif-
ficulty in obtaining from 40 to 50 per cent efficiency
from same.
In this country there are many instances where 10
per cent, and even less, is only obtained, which is
partly due to the machine being wrongly constructed
and a good deal to the fact that most of those at pres-
ent using elevators, with few exceptions, do not
know how to get the best work from them.
There are cases where superintendents of elevator
claims appear to think that, as long as their ma-
chines can be made to handle boulders, in some cases
2U and HO inches in diameter, that is a certain test of
their efficiency. Such is not the case, as there is no
difficulty in lifting stones double or treble the size,
providing plenty of water and pressure be available.
To be successful in elevating auriferous deposits,
unless exceedingly rich, one must make up their
WATERFALL, BIG HORN HOT SPRINGS. [See iiage 4li:l.)
and even these have to be widely modified. In the
Murray river, where dredge mining has succeeded so
far as to be continued for a number of years, the ma-
terial was fine and boulders were not a serious im-
pediment. The same plans would no doubt succeed
in the alluvial reaches of our rivers or in the bay.
These plans, so far as I can learn, invoke machin-
ery and apparatus of the best quality, designed and
made by competent engineers, not for experiment
but for " work," a feature wanting, so far as I have
seen and been informed, in the ventures here.
I am conscious of not, in these remarks, imparting
anything of much use to your readers, and, indeed,
must assert skepticism respecting all methods of
blind operating under water in the torrential rivers
that flow from the Coast Range of mountains into
the Pacific ocean; but I do believe that the resources
of mechanical engineering are far from exhausted in
respect to the deep deposits at the mouths of our
rivers or where they enter the plains.
I always regretted the circumstance of not having
a " try " at the Oroville scheme, and hope yet to
some time have the privilege of tackling the prob-
lem under more favorable circumstances.
San Francisco, May 29th, '97. J. Richards.
At the recent burning of the Mexican Interna-
tional Railroad shop at Piedras Negras the superin-
tendent saw that the building could not be saved,
and instructed the fire department to throw no
water on'it, but to allow all the men available to
shovel sand and earth upon the embers covering the
fine machine tools. This precaution caused the
metal to cool slowly. Pew of the tools were warped,
nearly allbeing put to work satisfactorily soon after
the fire.
mind to use the smallest quantity of water, in both
elevating jet and giants, so that the proportion of
gravel or other auriferous material lifted in compari-
son with the water required for lifting and piping,
will be of a maximum quantity. If this rule was fol-
lowed by many of the present elevator claims, they
would be lifting and treating, in many cases, three
and four times the quantity of auriferous material
they are now doing.
There are cases, of course, where it may be neces-
sary for a short time in opening a claim to elevate
the largest stones for the purpose of making room, I
but to continue such course is a great mistake — far |
better stack the larger stones in the paddock and
use the extra quantity of water required for lifting
such stones, in working a second or third elevator,
and, in such manner, be treating three and four
times more jmi/ dirt, than working one heavy and
wasteful machine to lift large boulders, etc.
Let any reader of this paper carefully work out
the power there is in the water used through their
elevator jet, then find out the power required to lift
the weight of water used for elevating, plus the
weight of the minimum quantity of necessary water
for piping, and plus the weight of gravel or material
sluiced and lifted by elevator ; it will then be seen at
a glance whether you are getting the proper work
from the machine or not.
I know of an instance where a manager of an ele-
vating claim in this State kicked because he was not
getting 75 per cent from his head of water, when
using a special form of water wheel, while he was
using an elevator not yielding him 12 per cent in the
same claim ; it never occurred to him to try the ef-
ficiency of his elevator, as from the appearance of the
* Copyriglited by the Author.
huge quantity of water and the large and small rocks
coming through the elevator, he was satisfied the ef-
ficiency could not be better. In some respects this
was true, but the owners of the claim were paying
him to lift auriferous material, not water and large
stones, occaslonalbj mixed with a few tons of pay
dirt.
These machines are made in convenient pieces for
mule transportation, so that where it is possible to
take a mule there will be no difficulty in erecting
and working an elevator. In connection with fur-
ther particulars I may add that, through the editor
of this valuable paper, I will be pleased at all times
I to answer any inquiries in connection with elevators,
or, in fact, in connection with any mining work.
Graihs anil Sir.rs «/ Sluicex. — There seems to be a
great diversity of opinion, especially among the
older miners, as to the size of sluices. Many of them
stick to the idea that the best results are obtained
from a narrow or deep form of sluice, and will try
and make others believe that such a sluice is most
easily kept in good running order. Now, this is not
correct by any means, the reverse being the case,
it having been conclusively proven by practical re-
sults that a wide sluice will carry more material,
and save more gold, with considerable less grade,
than a narrow and deep sluice.
It is a well-known fact in relation to gold saving
that one of the first principles is to have as thin a
film of water and material in the sluices as is pos-
sible, with, of course, due regard to the fact that
there must be a sufficient depth of water to
just cover the largest. stones that are sent down
the gold-saving sluices. I have noticed on more
than one occasion when using narrow sluices
that it takes much less time to cause a block
than in wide ones, and when I state that I
have worked sluices through ground containing
nearly 10 per cent of titaniferous iron, or black
sand, a good many miners will realize the diffi-
culty in getting rid of from 2000 to 2400 tons of
such a deposit per day, on a grade of 2 inches
to 12 feet, and in doing this I soon found out
the fallacy of using narrow and deep sluices.
With reference to the grade of sluices, ex-
periments made in river gravel have shown
that, with a grade of from 1 in 20 to 1 in 25,
40 miners' inches, or 60 cubic feet, per minute
will wash from about 140 to 170 cubic yards
per day of 24 hours, and with light grades the
depth of water in sluices must be as shallow
as possible, just so that it will move the largest
stones and prevent the sand from packing.
Mr. Gordon says that when there is a large
proportion of heavy stones the best results are
obtained by having about from 10 to 12 inches
of depth of water in the sluice, this, of course,
assuming that the large stones do not run over
10 to 12 inches in diameter.
In concluding this paper it is hardly neces-
sary to remind the reader that the different
formulas are not original ; but in several in-
stances they have been simplified to meet the
result of my own practical experience. The
information and data, on the whole, are compiled
from figures, formulas, data and notes accumu-
lated in my private pocket book, and if what
has been written proves of the same assistance
to any of my fellow miners or to those interested
in mining as myself, I will feel amply repaid
for the time taken in preparing this paper.
Sojra experiments have been recently made
with the object of ascertaining whether it would
be possible to obtain a continuity in smelting metallic
ores in the electric furnace in a similar way to the
blast furnace. The slags from the ores are usually
poor conductors, and their presence in the furnace en-
tails the liability of the breaking of the current and a
stop being put to the operation. Mr. Heibling, how-
ever, has succeeded, as it is stated in a Paris con-
temporary, in securing a slag which would be a good
conductor, by using a flux consisting of a mixture of
lime and carbon. This is, of course, the mixture
used for calcic carbide. Under the action of the arc
part of the carbon takes up the oxygen in the ore
under treatment, while another part combines with
the lime, forming carbides which are fusible and good
conductors. The fused carbides take up and hold the
infusible portions of the ore in suspension, while the
metal settles at the bottom of the surface. The slag
remaining is not worthless consisting of a carbide of
calcium of great impurity, but not so much so as to
be without a certain commercial value. — Industries.
A SETTLEMENT has taken place of long-standing
difficulties between owners and claimants of the
large copper properties in the Cananea mountains of
Sonora, Mexico. ' The properties involved not only
include the rich copper mines recently operated by
the Cananea Copper Company and those formerly
operated by the Sonora Copper Company, but also
embraces the Cobre Grande and adjacent mines
formerly operated by Gen. Pesqueira. At the Cobre
Grande are ruins of old works in operation over a
century ago.
The Nobel Dynamite Company is considering the
advisability of starting a powder factory in Denver,
Colo. They propose to erect two or three factories
in this country.
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Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Amador<
Lcdijci". Underground development of the
Argonaut is progressing in the mine, while a
large force of mechanics are busy preparing
for the placing of the machinery of the mill.
D. Gutmann has a bond on the Muldoon
property and this week has some men at work.
The new hoist at the new shaft of the South
Eureka is almost completed.
It will be several weeks yet before work is
resumed at the Zeila.
A roller mill is being erected on the Robin-
son.
RcpiO>Ucan: P, L. Shuman, owner of the
North Star gravel mine near Mokelumue Hill
and the Paragon group of mines near Railroad
Plat, Calaveras county, is operating the
Ulysses. He is driving a cross formation
tunnel, cutting the three leads at 400 feet
depth. The total length required to cut all
the leads is 900 feet, of which 535 feet is com-
plete.
The Bellweather closed down last Monday
for, it is said, a period of two weeks.
The chlorination works at the Kennedy
were started up last week. The machinery
for this mine will be put in place this month.
Work of sinking is going forward. The shaft
will probably be sunk to a depth of 3000 feet
in time.
The Zeila mine will put on a few men from
time to time, but Mr. Detert states that the
mill will not be started for several weeks.
Calaveras.
Lcd[jcr : The management of the Gwin mine
has decided to reopen the old south shaft of
that property and, when that is' done, to sink
a new shaft to the east. Plans are being per-
fected for the commencement of work very
soon. The general idea now is to pipe their
used water from their present works to the
river, and either put in a large compressor
and convey the power back to the works to
operate the pump and hoist at the new works
or put in an electric plant and operate them
with electricity. Between the 1200 and 1300
levels in the stopes a streak of iron pyrites
was encountered a few days ago which seems
to be continuous.
The 4-stamp mill at the Juda mine in Spring
gulch was completed last week. Water is the
motive power for both mill and hoist, and the
latter is of sufficient capacity to carry on work
to a depth of 1000 feet.
Citizen: The Crown mine at Albany Plat is
being equipped with new hoisting works.
On the Thorn crevice on San Antone creek
another S-inch pump was put in last week in
order to cope with the water. There are now
two S-inch pumps at work night and day. The
gravel that has been taken out so far pros-
pects well.
Kern.
Randsburg il/i?i67': The Val "Verde has put
on more men and is now producing pay ore.
There are about twenty, men working on
the Rand mine.
Good progress is being made on the shaft of
the Butte.
A recent run of seven tons and 000 pounds of
ore form the W. J. Bryan mine, owned by
Montgomery Bros., produced £800.
The King Solomon people are taking out
good ore at a depth of about 800 feet.
The Little Butte's No. 1 shaft is down 135
feet, and they are drifting south to strike the
ledge, which they hope to do within a week
or so.
The Alameda is growing richer as greater
depth is attained.
The owners of the "Wedge are still pushing
work on their shaft. They will be down 415
feet within a week or so, when the new
power hoist will be placed in position and
sinking to a depth of 1000 feet continued.
Mariposa.
(Special Correspondence). — The Merced
Gold Mining Co.'s 40-stamp mill has been en-
tirely overhauled and put in better order
than when first built. The last ten stamps
were unlatched on May 39th. One-half the
stamps are running on ore from the Melvina
mine, large quantities of which were left
broken in the chutes and stopes by the old
management, and the rest are running on ore
from the Mary Harrison, which is brought to
the mill in three-ton cars over a new gravity
railway S% miles long. The mill is handling
about 100 tons in twenty-four hours. The
Bigelow shaft has reached a depth of 1000
feet vertical, and on completion of the sump a
station will be cut at that point. As the
shaft passed through the vein at the 950
level, but a short crosscut will be required to
cut the ledge. Work on the Nelson shaft at
the Louisa mine has been suspended indefi-
nitely, the pumps pulled and the engine dis-
mantled. It is said no ore that could be
profitably milled with the present plant was
uncovered on the mine. The company's dam
on Black creek, which was partially wrecked
during the winter floods, has been repaired,
and the storage reservoir has been nearly
hlied by the construction of a ditch from Max-
well creek. This insures water for milling
purposes till late in the summer.
Nothing is being done on the Penon Blanco
property, which is reported as under bond;
but it is understood that work will be begun
there on a large scale some time during June.
The Virginia mine is being worked under
bond to the California Exploration Co. Two
shafts have been sunk to depths respectively
of 50 and 90 feet on good bodies of ore, the old
tunnels have been cleared out and the old in-
cline shaft reopened to the 400-root level,
where drifting is now in progress. All re-
ports on the property are very favorable.
At the Bully Hill mine, in the McAlpine
district, some eight men are prospecting
along the ledge.
George Treadwell and F. H. Hill have
bonded the Porter Ranch property comprising
about 350 acres along the west vein, about
two miles south of Coulterville. A few men
ar6 already at work preparing for develop-
ment work with a larger force.
Work progresses on the Bunker Hill with
the usual force, considerable surface improve-
ments are being made and a mill will be
placed on the property during the summer.
At the Red Banks no progress is being
made in the mines, and only enough men to
keep the workings in order are employed.
The Louisiana, which was closed during the
winter on account of bad roads and scarcity of
fuel, will resume operations in a few days. A
small prospecting mill will be erected at once.
The Bondurant, which shut down for a
month to install a boiler and air compressor,
is again working on the crosscut tunnel which
will cut the vein 800 feet vertically below the
collar of the old shaft. The tunnel is now
under to a distance of 400 feet, and it is ex-
pected to tap the vein in about 100 feet more,
when drifting will begin.
At the Burton, near the Louisiana, the 2-
stamp mill is running and bullion shipments
are being regularly made. This is the only
quartz mine in the district where theemploy-
ment-of Chinese is countenanced.
The Fair View mine, near the preceding,
has been bonded to ex-Governor Van Armin
of Arizona, and Supt. Anthony is putting
down an incline shaft on the ledge.
At the Contention drifting still progresses
on the 300 level in a good grade of milling ore.
The Blue Lead, on Bull creek, has been sold
by A. Bertanni to Gov. Blaisdell and others
and will be reopened.
Hedges and Koenig are working the old
Hilliard mine, on the head of Bull creek, and
taking out considerable quantities of high-
grade ore, which is . worked in an arrastra at
the mine.
Coulterville, Cal., June G, '97.
Flacer.
Scidincl: At the Horse Shoe Bar Consoli-
dated mine, four miles below Michigan Bluff,
on the middle fork of the American river, the
hydraulic elevators have been started and
sinking to bedrock commenced. They are run
under a head of 400 feet pressure. The suc-
tion pipes, of which there are two to each ele-
vator, draws up sand and gravel to the size of
7 inches, as well as the water which is used
to sluice the material to the pumps.
A tunnel 35 feet wide and 13 feet high has
been cut through solid slate rock for a dis-
tance of 300 feet, which drains the loop, or
horseshoe, for over a mile of channel. A flume
and ditch, carrying 1300 inches of water,
which required half a million feet of lumber,
was run over some of the most precipitous
parts of the country and gained them a free
water right.
At Sunny South the Hidden Treasure Com-
pany have ceased breasting gravel and about
twenty men are working on tribute.
About seventy- five men are employed by the
Hidden Treasure Company at their works at
Centerville.
At the Blue Canyon Mining and Develop-
ment Company property work has been dis-
continued on the big tunnel, preparatory to
putting in power drills.
W. Rabin has eight men in his Bartley drift
gravel mine at Dutch Plat. The main tunnel
is now in SOO feet and a crosscut of 310 feet
has been made, which opens up a large body
of good wash gravel.
The Glen Consolidated Company have six
men at work at the mine above Forest Hill.
Plumas.
Natiunal-BuUetin: Shinn and Perkins have
returned from Granite basin, where they
have secured a bond on a mine owned by Mrs.
Christie, and will develop it. This mine has
yielded some rich ore.
Superintendent Challen is pushing work on
the Topaz-Centennial.
At the Robinson mine the shaft is 100 feet
deep. The Chicago capitalists who have the
mine bonded are preparing to drift from the
bottom.
Nevada.
Telegraph : The Pennsylvania mine is look-
ing well and in a very short time great im-
provements will be made at the works. The
mill will be run by electricity, the machinery
for that purpose having already arrived. Be-
sides this the company will soon add five or
ten stamps to the mill
At the Brunswick mine the water is being
lowered fast and Superintendent Chris.
Mallon states that they now have it lowered
to near the 700 level within the past three
days.
Ti-anscript : A new and larger hoisting plant
is to be erected on the Home mine. Deer
creek. Pumping and other machinery will be
put in and a new two-compartment shaft
sunk, to which raises will be made from the
present underground workings.
A strike has been made in the old Hirsch-
man gravel mine west of Grass Valley. The
tunnel is several hundred feet long. The
channel is the continuation of the old Live
Oak, Nebraska and Manzanita gravel channel.
Union; In the Live Yankee gravel mine at
Graniteville a fine body of gravel has been
encountered, which has the appearance of
growing in richness as progress is made. The
mine is being operated by about twenty citi-
zens of Graniteville and North Bloomfield.
The Gray Eagle mme near Maybert is in
good rock and a crushing recently made
yielded S16 to the ton. Tiernan & Richards
own the mine.
Shasta.
Free Press: H. L. Shannon is developing the
Keystone and Peach Orchard on Flat creek.
He has run a crosscut tunnel 340 leet on the
last named property, but has yet 60 feet to
run before reaching the ledge. He also has
a drift in 140 feet on the ledge, and during
the month intends extending it 60 feet.
A side track will be put in on the line of
the Southern Pacific Company a half mile
north of Keswick station. A short tramway
will be built from the minq to the side track
and the shipping of the ore to the smelter of
the Mountain Copper Company will be com-
menced.
At Harrison gulch the Roberts Company has
men employed overhauling the mill, and an
additional force has been put to work in the
mine. A cyanide plant is being put in at the
mill.
Searchliijht: The Mountain Copper Co. have
their 300 H. P. engine about in position. They
have let a contract for the erection of forty
more cottages. This will make fifty- three
in all.
The Mammoth Garfield mine at Old Dig-
gings has resumed work. The company, of
which S. Cheney is the controlling stock-
holder, have contracted to furnish the Moun-
tain Copper Company with thirty tons of ore
or more daily. The ore will be conducted to
the S. P. railroad by ropeway, and from there
to the smelters by rail.
At Harrison Gulch the Gold Hill ledge has
been struck in the crosscut at a depth of 300
feet. The size of the ledge is about 5 feet
and the quartz is of the same character as the
Lucky Baldwin. The owners immediately in-
creased the working force of miners, who are
now extracting ore and doing more develop-
ment work,
Mr. Senn during the past week purchased
the Delta quartz mine from M. D. Butler &
Son. This mine is located five miles north of
Delta. Mr. Senn has also secured possession
of the Gold Standard group, near by, and now
virtually owns the whole of Treasury hill.
Active operations will at once be commenced
in the way of sinking, putting up mill plants
and erecting reduction works.
Sierra.
(Special Correspondence).— To the observ-
ing stranger that comes to this place it seems
at first glance wonderful why more mines are
not in operation. Even the stately buildings
which five years ago were the abode of 300
busy miners in the employ of the Sierra
Buttes Company no longer resound to labor's
busy hammer. But upon inquiry I learn that
the prospects are promising for the reopening
of the entire plant.
There are several other properties which
were the scenes of activity and they, too, are
idle. But the day is not far distant when
capital will come to the rescue and redeem
these storehouses of wealth from their present
condition. Better management, improved
mining and milling methods will all be im-
portant factors in reopening some of the prop-
erties.
The permanent, abundant and cheap water
power available makes it possible to operate
not only power drills, which have not yet
been put in use here, and the facilities for
compressed air offer probably nowhere so good
a field as here.
The formation is such as mining men desire.
The ore bodies are of fair size and value.
Roads are good and climate is charming.
Prices and opportunities for obtaining work-
ing bonds are quite reasonable and favorable.
Sierra City is but fifty-eight miles from Ne-
vada City and is easily reached in a day's
travel over one of the best stage lines in
California. J. P. L,
Sierra City, June 7, '97.
Mnuntain Mcs»enucr: The Gibraltar Mining
Company has commenced operations again.
P. Doray is working a number of men on
Wallace creek.
D. Corbett has started up his mine at the
Slate creek house.
The Garnett Mining Company is working
with full crews at its mines at Hepsidam and
Bunker Hill..
The Liberator Company is running the main
tunnel on its claim at Deadwood with two
shifts. Gravel is expected in about 100 feet.
Slskiyon.
Reportei-: A quartz ledge 5 feet in width
and carrying a 36-inch pay streak has been
opened up at the American mine in Deadwood
district.
E. Sheffield is working the Osceda mine.
Under the same location the development
shows two ledges 90 feet apart, 10 and 13 feet
wide respectively.
T. Tempest is building an arrastra on the
Midwinter mine.
The Salmon River Mining Company have
abandoned work at their present place of op-
erations and have decided to open up Robinson
Flat.
News : Men are employed at the Morrison
mine in Quartz valley making room for a
larger force and will soon begin extracting
ore. The mill is being fitted up to crush cus-
tom rock.
Sovy and Vincent have leased the Nebraska
mine on Cherry creek and have had a small
crushing of ore in the Barnes arrastra. The
result was satisfactory.
C. Sears is working his mine on main Hun-
gry creek with good success.
Richey & Letner, who have been woi'king
on the Prosperity mine, on the blue gravel
deposit in Salmon River district, have re-
cently constructed a light 1-stamp mill.
There is now a possibility that the Sterling
quartz mine, on a tributary to Hungry creek,
will be started up. The mine has been idle
for two years on account of the inability of
the owners to put in the necessary machinery.
Journal: The most promising reports come
from the different mining sections of our
county this season, and Siskiyou's gold prod-
uct should be larger this year than ever.
The Klamath River Flume and Mining
Company have started nearly all of their
freight down the river. The machinery will
soon be in place after it is on the ground.
This will be the most extensive plant in the
county when in operation, and a large tract of
land is to be mined.
Journal : On the Klamath river the Distle-
horst-Barton dredger is doing splendidly be-
low Oak Bar, where they have been working
for some time. The dredger handles a large
amount of gravel, and it does not require
very rich ground to pay well.
Sovey and Vincent, who have the Nebraska
mine on Cherry creek leased for five years,
have ten tons of ore out which they are crush-
ing in the arrastra.
C. Casedy has been having some ore crushed
at Lamb's mill in this place, taken from his
ledge, west of Yreka. The rock averaged
well, and work will be continued.
No sale of the Mabel quartz ledge, on the
divide between Oak Bar and Scott Bar, has
been made yet, although it is expected that .
one will soon be.
The Columbia ledge which adjoins the Mabel
mine has been producing a large quantity of
ore this year, but at present not much work is
being done.
Trinity.
Free Press : The Altoona Company has three
huge steam pumps running steadily night and
day pumping the water out of the mine. At
the present rate it is estimated that it will
require from fifteen to twenty days to free
the mine of the water. The inflow is very ir-
regular. In one day the water was reduced
17 feet and on the following day gained 6 feet
upon the level of the previous day, notwith-
standing the pumps were running constantly,
The flooding of the mine has been a loss to the
company of over $40,000. As soon as the mine
is in proper shape, the company will resume
mining on a larger scale than ever before.
Taolnmue.
Democratic Banner : The Black Oak Company
is adding ten stamps and making other im-
provements.
It is said that the Parole, which has been
idle, will soon resume operations.
At the Keltz the company has placed in new
concentrators and other machinery.
Wm. Shar-wood has a force of men develop-
ing the old Grizzly, which has been idle for
some years.
Some rich ore has been taken out of the
Golden Dawn, near the Junction, which is
owned by John and R. A. NichoUs.
Work on the Junction, under the manage-
ment of Mr. Storms, is being pushed rapidly.
Wm. Floyd is trying to arrange with a
company to open up the Easterbrook mine
near the Hazel Dell and Evans.
NEVADA.
LINCOLN COUNTV.
S. T. Godbe of BuUionvllle has sold a part of
the old Raymond &. Ely tailings to Peck
Bros., who will work them by the centrifugal
process.
Pioche Record: The Magnolia mine is work-
ing its usual force of men, and is opening up
some fine ore bodies which are being blocked
out.
The Smith Bros, are working a small force
on the Oro mine, which is improving as depth
is attained.
Development work on a large number of
promising claims situated near De Lamar is
being pushed with vigor. Several of them
are good milling propositions, but rock that
is rich enough to ship to market is not so
plentiful, it requiring ore that will reach the
hundreds to ship to advantage.
Walker Lake Bulletin : At Silver Peak the
men who were experting the Blair property
have finished their work.
In the Mary tunnel the ledge carries 6 feet
of first-class ore. There is room now for more
men and sloping will begin in a day or two.
The dump is full of ore.
At Gold Mountain they have found a good
streak of very rich rock in the old Oriental.
Silver State: Near Lovelock, in Trinity
district, within the past year T. Ellsworth of
San Francisco, who was the original locator
and organizer of the Evening Star Company
in 1863, purchased the mine, and is now, in
conjunction with others, following up the ■
work where left off. They are developing the
upper workings by drifts and tunnels, one of
which is 364 feet in length, to tap the original
shaft and drain the mine to this point.
Dayton T/mes; At Pumpkin Hollow W. T.
Warren in the Lottie has a well defined ledge,
about 16 inches in width.
Pratt and Martindale are still sinking on
their claim; the shaft is down 84 feet; ledge
is good and strong and about three feet in
width.
On the Irma Faye mine, owned by L. W.
Stark, he has a shaft down about 34 feet and
a good strong ledge in the bottom.
M. Pritchard has commenced to sink a shaft
on the first south extension of the Lookout
mine, and is taking out some good rock.
Central Nevadan: The coal mines in Crum
Canyon near Battle Mountain are developing
into a very important factor for the future of
this section. The coal is first class, now being
used for blacksmithing and fuel purposes. A
7-Eoot vein is now in the shaft.
The Nevada Reduction Company are work-
ing old Pittsburg tailings.
Morning Star has a large force of men in the
mine and their 10-stamp mill is kept running
day and night.
D. Finn is producing good ore at Webber
canyon.
Copper canyon under managoment of a Salt
Lake company is making regular shipments of
copper.
The Gold King Mining Company near Ga-
lena are driving a tunnel to cut the ledge at
the bottom of Prospect shaft which shows a
rich gold ledge in the shaft.
The gold mines adjoining Gold King, the
property of Dr. Emerson, is being opened
under the management of Supt. F. E. Chagnon.
Buena Vista mines. Galena property of John
Mellander, is now producing large quantities
of high grade gold and silver ore.
OREGON.
Rogue River Courier: Slate creek and Deer
creek are the only streams in Josephine
county where no mining is done.
Crow & Taylor are packing some 1500 pounds
of ore daily out from their Galice creek mine
and caching it at Mr. Crow's place preparatory
to hauling it by wagon to Merlin.
Medford Mail: Rich diggings have been
June 12, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
499
reported on Silver creek that pay 115 per man.
This creek was famous in the early days and
atone time rurnisbed employment to several
liundrcd men.
Utilizing the water of Uogue river for rain-
ing is becoming more general. Trefern &
Snowgoosc are now putting in a pumping
plant near Grant's Pass. There are many
acres of placer ground along the banks of the
Rogue wnich can in no other way be worked
than by means of pumping plants, but these
plants to be made prodtable must be cod-
structed with the object of cheapness in
operating. Several plants of this nature al-
ready put In are too costly in operating. A
floating water wheel for this purpose has
been suggested as possible and economical.
Jacksonville Timex: The Shorty-Hope Min-
ing Company of Ashland district are advertis-
ing for lilds for the construction of :i75 rods of
ditch at their mine.
The Portland parties who have leased the
Braden mine, in Gold Hill district, have a
force of men at work getting out ore, and will
start the mill In a few days.
J. Chapman has sold his mining claim on
Applegale to S. Cole of Medford.
S. T. Call, of Calvert & Call, nas sold his in-
terest in their hydraulic mine in l^leasant
creek district to J. D. Stevens of Jackson-
ville.
KKITISH COLUMBIA.
The following are returns of the product of
the mines of the Kootenay country for 1807 up
to May 29 :
OBK EXPORTED.
TOH'<.
From Slocon via Kaslo lO.S-llH
Slocan via NaUu»p 2,642H
Rossland via Northport 6,801^
Kossland via Nelson 53
Total 20.445!4
V<a-tf.
Through Nel-son Custom House *1, 197, 66a. 41
Through Revelsloke (Nakusp) 392,1 10.6.5
Total J1,4H9.776.06
Average value per ton $72,866
PRODUCE OP SMELTERS.
Nelson {Hull Mines) Matle 582
Trail Smelter Matte 2,&i3W
Total 3,425^4
Total value *l.53-l,462 08
Total value of ore and matte exported. $3,024,239. 04
Spttkcvmau-R'-vicw: In the Slocan the Ruth
has thirty carloads broken down and sorted,
and is waiting for good roads.
The Slocan Star is preparing to cut the
lifth level. The fourth level has been run
about 'JOO feet, and they expect to reach the
ore in a few days. The tifth level tunnel will
run fully '2000 feet to reach the ore body.
The Reco. heretofore a winter shipper, has
contracted for ore to be taken out on pack
trains until their tramway is finished.
A 6-inch vein of galena has been struck in
the St. Keverne, adjoining the Payne group,
in the Slocan. The strike was made in the
crosscut at a depth of 21S feet.
The Payne mines in the Slocan are soon to
have a tramway, surveyors being engaged on
the preliminary work. The elevation will be
about *2000 feet.
The Le Roi has made another rich strike at
a depth of 570 feet in the shaft. The War
Eagle is now in the best kind of ore, and the
leading mines generally never had better
showings than they have to-day.
A group of claims above the O. K. called the
Bean Pot, are turning out well. They have
made a crosscut to the 100- foot level and have
16 feet of solid ore.
The final cash payment has been made on
the Sullivan group. This property, which
includes the Hope, Hamlet and Shylock claims,
near the North Star mine, in the Fort Steele
country, is owned by the Sullivan Group Min-
ing Company, which have set men to sinking,
building a wagon road and erecting buildings.
A report from the mine says they are sinking
on fine ore. It is a silver-lead proposition.
The company is considering the building of a
steamer to transport its own ores and supplies.
At Silverton in the Galena Farm in laying
pipes for water and within a 500 feet of the
working shaft a body of high-grade galena
was uncovered 30 feet in width, averaging, it
is said, 300 ounces of silver.
Ro8«(aiide;: A strike has been made on the
Sunset No. 2. A ledge of copper ore had been
traced for a distance of 100 feet, maintaining a
width of from 10 to 14 inches. Last week the
vein widened to IS inches and is still solid
copper ore.
W. L. Parrish has sold his quarter interest
in the Pine Rine Gold Mining Company, own-
ing mineral claims at Deer Park, to J. B.
McArthur for gSOOO.
Rossland Miner: At Salmo on the Nelly Ely
the owners have struck an S-foot ledge of solid
ore which shows free gold. A wagon road
will soon be pu: in to the property and shipping
will commence in a few weeks.
Boyd &, Hamill on the Arlington have a
ledge from 40 to 100 feet wide and can be
traced the full length of three claims. The
company has three shafts and eleven open
cuts on it now, and a wagon road will be built
at once in order to put the machinery in which
the company has already ordered. This is a
free gold proposition.
The Donaldson Mining Company has re-
sumed work on the Johannesburg with a large
crew of men. They are also working a crew
on the Erne.
■ The Red Mountain Company started a long
crosscut tunnel several months ago. This
was driven 470 feet when a ledge was cut
carrying some very pretty ore. Another ore
body averaging from 1 to 2 feet in width has
been found. This ore is high in copper and
resembles very much the ore found in the
shaft whicE is sunk on the main or north vein.
Spokane Chronicle: There is a deal on foot
for the purchase of the White Water mine in
the Slocan country for $500,000.
The last payment of $13,000 has been paid
on the Argo and Belt mineral claims, by the
Argo Mines of Sandon. A force of men has
been put to work developing the property.
A bond of |2o.uu0 has been obtained by
Messrs. Leightoo on the Evening Star and
Keystone mines.
At Falrvlew the owners of the Tinhorn are
bringing in a 20-stamp mill to work the ore
taken from the property.
Mliifr: Placer mining has commenced at
the Basin. The season is two weeks ahead of
last year. The Nowell Gold Mining Company
has a force of men at work at their placers,
and they will shortly be in full swing there.
The Basin will be the scene of much activity
this season. The Juneau Alaska Company
will conduct extensive operations, and the
Ebner mill will be running to its fuUcapacity.
At Berners Bay the Comet mill of the
Berners Bay Mining and Milling Company is
dropping thirty stamps. The ore bodies are
large and the outlook encouraging. In a few
days ten more stamps will be in operation at
this mill.
From Bostwick Inlet to Dall Head the whole
of Gravina island has been the scene of pros-,
pecting for the past three months.
Bingham /*»;(.■? in : Following are the ship-
ments in tons from Bingham for the month
ending May 31st: Old Jordan Jc Galena, 1400;
Northern Chief, 50; Tiawaukee, 20; Neptune,
25; Burning Moscow, 22: Highland Bov, Sfi;
Live Pine, 25: Utah, 40; Black Hawk. 5U; Old
Telegraph, 007; Phtunix, lUO; Stewart No. 2,
20; York, 50; Last Chance, 50; Niagara, 25;
Summit, 2(5; Julia Dean and leases, IS; Dal-
ton e*c Lark, 420; Sampson, 25; Fortune, 200;
Revere, 50; all other sources, 100; total tons,
35U9.
Tintie Miiirr: It is to be noted that the
feeling of depression is growing less general
and that local business has a healthy aspect.
The shutting down of the Mammoth mill lias,
of course, thrown a considerable number of
men out of employment, while the Ajax has
also made its expected draft. During the
past week a total of about 125 men in the dis-
trict have lost their positions. As to the rail-
road and smelter situation, which is the cause
of all the trouble, there seems to be a general
feeling that the difficulty will be righted,
which accounts for the cheerful aspect as
compared to last week. It is rumored that
the mining companies have succeeded in im-
pressing upon the railroad and smelter com-
bine the necessity of returning to old rates if
their business is to be continued, and that an
adjustment will probably follow in the course
of a week or two. It is also reported that ar-
rangements will probably be made at the
June meeting of the Mammoth directors to
again resume operations at the Mammoth mill.
Shipments from the district for the week
are as follows: From the BuUinn-Roi' m,-r,o.
17 carloads oio ; Centennial Eureka, .t carloads
ore: Eureka Hill mill, 7 carloads concen-
trates; Uncle Sam, ti carloads ore; Ajax, 5
carloads ore; Swansea, 4 carloads ore; South
Swansea, 6 carloads ore ; Northern Spy, 1 car-
load ore; Morning Glory. 1 carload ore; Grand
Central, 1 carload ore.
Supt. Green of the Buckeye reports a new
strike made Wednesday in the bottom of the
shaft in that property. The ore showed 3
feet wide.
Supt. McChrystal reports that considerable
shipping ore is being encountered in the Eagle
mine in the course of development, together
with a great deal of ore of a good milling
grade.
The Snowflake Mining Company is advertis-
ing for bids to sink the shaft in that property
100 feet deeper. The shaft is now down
nearly 200 feet.
The Buckeye commenced sinking this week
from the 350 level, and will send the shaft
down to the 450 level. A shipment of ore will
go out in a few days.
Mercur Merciiru- On the Gold Point the
shaft is now down over 200 feet.
A force of men has been put to work this
week on the South Daisy, owned practically
by the same company as the Daisy.
At Stockton the Hercules mine is shipping
a sixtv-ton lot of first-class ore. The shaft is
down*200 feet, and the ore body at that point
appears to be a better grade and a larger
body than it was at the 150-foot level, where
it was first encountered.
E. P. Mitchner & Co., owners of the Yellow
Metal group of mines, between Stockton and
Dry canyon, have let a contract to sink a 50-
foot shaft on the silver vein, also a contract
to run a 100-foot tunnel on the gold vein on
the same property.
Mercur 3/ntc)-: At the Brickyard it is be-
lieved that the ore body is a continuation of
the vein of the Geyser, but the ore is of a
little different character. There are two
veins each of about 15 feet in thickness.
Tbere is already blocked out a body of ore
200x225 feet. If we take the usual estimate
of a ton to 14 cubic feet, it will be seen that
there is already about 100,000 tons blocked
out. It is the intention to continue drifting
so that probably 200,000 tons will be blocked
out by the time the mill is ready for operation.
Silver City Star: The work of sinking the
main shaft of the Buckeye was commenced
last week and an additional 100 feet will be
sunk. The shaft is now about 350 feet deep
and when the 400 level is reached a station
will probably be cut.
Park City Record: On the Constellation
very little work is being done on the siirface,
the management confining its energies to
driving the crosscut from the 300 level to tap
the gold-bearing ledge.
IDAHO.
Spokesman-Rccicw : At Wallace the Sunset
Peak Development Company has bonded the
Ula and Try Me for $50,000 and commenced
work.
Spohesman-Beinew : The Tiger-Poorman mine
at Burke, in the Cirur d'AIenes, shipped I'.iiSO
tons of concentrates for the twenty-seven
working days In May. Its new plant is be-
lieved to be the biggest single coucentrater
plant on the Paciliv coast. They are hoisting
400 tons of ore dally from the lioti-foot level.
One hundred and fifty men are employed, and
the mine and mill are working night and day.
The monthly expenditures are about f27,(){>b,
and the average wages are t^i.Ti per day. In
the mine development work is well ahead.
They are still sinking on the main shaft,
which is now down 1200 feet, with a 14-foot
ore body.
On Lake Pend d'Oreille the Keep Cool mine
is making regular shipments, running as high
as 100 tons a week, which pays a heavy divi-
dend after allowing for all improvements that
are being made and the regular running ex-
penses. A new concentrator is nearly com-
pleted.
The Weber mines" are not being operated at
present, but parties interested have been
making an examination of the property during
the last month with a view of resuming work.
On the Bunker Hill-Sullivan, at Wardner,
the management is now running one and a
third miles into the mountain, which will give
a depth of 7.50 feet. This tunnel when com-
pleted will relieve the mine of the use of its
tramway. The tunnel will also drain the mine
and stop pumping. The mine has a 40-foot ore
body, and employs between 4U0 and 450 men.
Spokane Hirunieh-: At Elk City the Howe
mine— bought by G. C. Howe of Duluth last
fall, he paying $50,000 for a half interest— has
a ledge 4 feet wide which is spread over the
hill like a blanket, the development work
having so far failed to show where the ledge
goes down into the ground. The mill is now
en route to the mines to work the ore.
In placer the American and Buffalo Hill
companies are running all the yeac round, as
they have plenty of water and are making
big cleanups. The Gold Hill, owned by
Eaves, Knepper and other Lewistonians. is
about to run, the machinery being on the
way. A Tacoma company is building seven
miles of ditch on Crooked river to open the
McEntee property. P. Smith is tunneling
the hill across a bend In the Newsome creek,
through which he will divert the creek's
water and work the bed of the stream.
Salt Lake I'rilnuic: On Salmon river, on
the Bohannan bar, near Salmon, eighty men
are at work, with six streams running.
This has been an unusual season along the
Salmon river, and but little fall of snow was
had to insure a long running season.
Crismon brothers of Salt Lake have just put
in a 10-stamp mill on their property on the di-
vide of the mountains, forming the Idaho-
Montana line.
The Blackbird, a copper and gold property
near Leesburgh, which is bonded to Mr. Swift
of Hailey, has large bodies of fine ore exposed.
A,20-stamn mill i« tr/^iT^or „r. o.^ "'■^ r,^^^^jii-j^
at Snoup.
MONTANA.
Intcr-Mountain: Work will shortly be re
sumed at the properties of the Horr Coal and
Coke Co., in Park county. The company owns
4000 acres of valuable ground and it is under-
stood that soon the force will be increased
one-third. This will mean the employment of
about 500 men.
Much attention is being paid this year to
the gold properties abandoned years ago be-
cause they were considered too low grade to
work profitably. Butte people recently in-
terested themselves in a group of gold claims
near old Moose town, south of Butte, and it is
understood a small mill will be erected this
summer if the ore now being tested in Butte
turns out as well as expected.
Sinking has been in progress for two months
at the Pennsylvania shaft, one of the Boston
and Montana properties, and the station at
the eighth level is now being cut. This level
is, however, S90 feet from the surface, the
first station being cut at a depth of 100 feet.
About 150 men are employed in develop-
ment work at the Butte and Boston prooerties.
The Anderson mine in the Ground Squirrel
district has passed into the hands of the Bos-
ton and Montana Company under lease and
bond, the latter being in the neighborhood of
$75,000. There is said to be a good body of ore
at the 200 level of the Anderson, and the com-
pany will begin there and at the same time
develop the shaft from that level downward.
In the Red Bluff district S. A. Harsh, until
recently superintendent of the Revenue, has
taken hold of the Bradley, upon which there
is a vein 30 feet in width. A test of the 30-
ton lot is now being made at the Revenue.
Frank B. Turner of Butte, A. B. Smead of
Missoula, and A. F. McDonald of Meadow
creek, have purchased a half interest in a
lease and bond on the Michigan lode for $5000,
and will erect a cyanide mill to treat 100 tons
of ore a day. ,^. . ^
At Sheridan the Ruby Placer Mining Com-
pany, which constructed a big flume on Wis-
consin creek two years ago to open up a rich
stretch of placer ground, has struck bedrock,
and will at onee begin to wash out the ground.
Butte Miner: Ore is now being shipped
from the Original mine. Workmen are now
drifting on a good body of ore at the 000-level,
while crosscutting is still being done at the
1000-level. , . ^ ,
New ore has been encountered m the lower
levels of the Clipper mine, near Pony. The
mill at Pony is to be operated as soon as the
road from the mine is in good shape.
Prank D. Smith of Butte has taken a bond
and lease on the June Bug, in the Mayflower
district, near Gaylord. The property is owned
by the Invincible Gold Mining Company. It
is de%'eloped by a :.i5-foot shaft. The bond
runs for eighteen months from June 1st, and
is for $50,000. . c ^ u ^
The Sweepstake, at the head of Rochester
basin, is now being worked by Hodley, Steel,
Stanchfield and Young, under a lease and
bond. They have been sinking a shaft and
are down about SO feet.
Sinking on the Nippur claim is in progress
at the :MO-levet and depth is gained at the
rate of abount 3 feet a day.
Preliminaries are under way looking to the
early commencement of operations on the
famous old Elgin mine, near the camp of
Rochester in Madison county. It is the pur-
pose to sink a double compartment shaft west
of the apex of the vein.
The shaft work of unwatering the famous
old Silver Bow, No. 2 mine, southeast of the
Anaconda mine, having been practically ac-
complished, active repairing operations are
under way.
COLOKAUO.
li€i>uhUctiu: At Cripple Creek the output
from the district during the month of May
was within a few thousand of that of April.
The mines have turned out a slightly in-
creased tonnage of smelting ores, but the
grade has been lowered because the manage-
ments have been sending to the smelters ores
in the common class.
The Metallic Extraction plant at Florence
handled 7200 tons of an average value of $25;
the Colorado-Philadelphia at Colorado City
put through 44.5U; the El Paso at Gillett,
1400; the Brodie at Mound City, 1770— all
averaging $;iO and giving 71127 tons' at this fig-
ure. The stamp mills are estimated at 2000
tons of $12 average, and the railroads have
hauled to the smelters 10,000 tons that would
average at least $05. These figures make the
total 20,570 ions, of a gross value of $1,0n2,7S0.
There is little show for any immediate in-
crease in these figures through the present
month; neither is there for a decrease.
The Frank lease on the Modoc is producing
steadily ore of a good grade in several levels
from the surface to 400 feet depth, and sink-
ing the shaft will be resumed within a few
days.
The new plant on the Cranks is now in
operation and the vertical shaft will be sunk
from its present depth of 240 feet to .300 feet,
at which point crosscuts will be run to both
sides of the property.
The Moon-Anchor is turning out ore from
the new south chute rapidly.
The Pharmacist will start its usual weekly
shipment of about fifty tons.
The four miners who are working under
lease the old Golden Fleece Company's shaft
on the Colorado City are getting out ore from
two of the levels and have pushed the SO-foot
drift into a good body of ore.
A. G. White & Co., leasing the Hull City
placer, shipped 300 tons of ore last month that
averaged fully $30 a ton, and are doing almost
as well at the present time.
Hoskins & Clark are getting on an average
of five tons a day from their lease on the
Mountain Monarch.
George Crawford has made arrangements
by which the Little Annie and San Juan Con-
solidated mines at Summitville, Rio Grande
county, are to be operated, after an idio"—-
Near Central City, in the Gilpin district,
sinking is progressing on the Friend lode,
which is one of the seven claims recently
leased and bonded for $10,000 to an Eastern
lady. The Friend vein is one of the largest in
camp, and shows up well with present depth.
J. Hogan of Denver has taken a lease of the
Mineral Point claim owned by J. Gilchrist
and intends to start up work in a few days.
Work has been resumed on the Populist
lode, which shows up as well as any claim in
the district.
Sinking is being carried on in the None
Such claim, and will be continued until a
depth of 100 feet is reached.
The Poor Man property of Groceclose Bros.
ife Co. has been sold to New York parties for
$10,000.
On the Chase tributers are stoping between
the twenty-second and twenty-third levels,
and a good grade of ore is being taken out.
The milling ore taken out from the east and
west 300 levels shows increased values of late.
At the Get'.ysburg mine on Bates hill, the
sale of which was recently made to Wabash,
Ind., parties, twenty men are employed and
daily shipments amounting to thirty tons of
ore are being made to mills.
At Georgetown the Dunderberg, owned by
New York parties, has been and is producing
large quantities of high-grade ore.
The Mendota is owned by Prof. R. O. Old
of Georgetown rtnd has been developed for
more than twenty-five years. The property
has yielded hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and 'to-day it is keeping up its reputation as a
producer.
The Diamond Tunnel Company of Baltimore,
Md., which owns the Corry City and other
mines, has been steadily prosecuting work on
its properties for the past twenty-fi%'e years,
with good results. To-day the property looks
better than ever and regular shipments of ore
continue to be made.
ARIZONA.
Eepithlivau : At Placerita Camp the Placer-
ita mine is in operation again with about
twenty men. A strike of ore running high
was made in the Bonanza mine, which is now
beinc operated by the Placerita Company.
Arnold Bros, have four claims with shafts
on three claims at a depth of 100 feet. ■
From Congress is reported the bonding of
the Tooker claims and Reese & Holden's Last
Chance, together with the purchase of the
Gibson ranch on Date creek for water rights
and mill site. The purchasers are Rochester,
N. Y., parties.
A bond has been given by W. Holmes on his
mining property near Turquoise, in the Dra-
goon mountains, to Clark & Hoyt of Los
Angeles.!
At Yarnell the Devonshire has an incline
shafji of 183 feet. There is 400 feet of devel-
opment work. The ledge runs to a width of
IS inches and considerable free gold is found.
The greater part is base, which is shipped to
smelters.
The Yarnell mine will start up again soon.
It is owned bv the Big Four Gold Company of
Baltimore. There is a 30-stamp mill, which
is now running on custom ore.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
June 12, 1897.
Scientific Prosrress.
Are Rocks and Pebbles Organic ?
To THE Editor :— The following press
dispatch seems to me worthy of com-
ment :
Chicago.— Professor Edouard von Hoist is
carrying about with him the details of what
he says will prove an astounding scientific
revelation, one of the most far-reaching dis-
coveries of modern times, and fit to rank with
Darwin's great discovery of fifty years ago.
It is no less a matter than the absolute dem-
onstration that crystals, rocks, pebbles—
anything which we have been used to consider
as dead things— are in reality organic, that
they contain life.
The discovery of the new scientific fact,
which will vastly broaden not only science
but philosophy, is that of Professor von
Schroen, one o'f the faculty of Naples Univer-
sity, a Bavarian by birth, sixty years of age,
and a man whose whole life has been devoted
to science. *
Professor Edouard von Hoist seems
just to have wakened up to this idea,
while dozens of professors and philoso-
phers have asserted the same in the
past fifty years, as I here propose to
show by quotations.
The German philosopher Loetze holds
" that all atoms are conscious and of a
spiritual nature." The consciousness
of atoms extends to all material ob-
jects, even to crystals.
Professor T. Sterry Hunt says
"crystals certainly live. When it is
considered that these stone plants are
atfected by light, it can be realized that
they are not so insensible as popularly
supposed. The life of crystals is a dif-
ferent kind of life than that of plants,
but, if I understand the term, they live
in their own way quite as decidedly as
do plants and animals."
Thomas A. Edison, in an interview
with the Republican, says : "All mat-
ter lives and everything that lives pos-
sesses intelligence. A crystal is devoid
of this principle, they say, and yet cer-
tain kinds of atoms invariably arrange
themselves in a particular way to form
-_a crvstal. They did that in geological
periOuS an (jt^uui uru^ one a^y^ataiAi,,^ Qf
any forms of life, and have been doing
it ever since in precisely the same
way. Some crystals form in branches
like a fern. Why is there not life in
the growth of a crystal ? "
Mrs. Anne Besant says: "The
whole universe is a manifestation of
central life, which is present in every
atom of matter."
Professor Evan Hopkins, C. E., F.
G. S., in his work published in 1851,
entitled "Geology and Terrestrial
Magnetism," says: "These crystals
gradually grow until the aggregated
calcareous mass form a systematic fig-
ure." Again; "It will, therefore, be
evident that the mineral kingdom is
like the vegetable, moist and in a con-
stant state of activity, and, although
this action is invisible to those who are
confined on the surface, and so slow as
not to be perceptible to the multitude,
allowing them to build and live undis-
turbed. To conclude, we may briefly
state that minerals grow out of rocks
into all kinds of fractures."
Solomon J. Silberstein, in his recent
work entitled "Disclosures of the
Universal Mysteries," reaches still fur-
ther on the same line of thought.
Almarin B. Paul.
Sau Francisco, May, '97.
Areas of Disease.
It is a common knowledge that dis-
eases have, as a rule, their local habita-
tions, says the London Saturday Re-
view. Some, like tropical animals and
plants, live only in the tropics; some,
like consumption, are gradually spread-
ing over the whole earth; others, like
leprosy and small-pox, are gradually
becoming limited in their distribution,
and may actually be tending toward
extinction. Again, there are regions
to which diseases have never reached.
On the summits of high mountain
ranges and in the oircumpolar snow-
fields the earth and air and water are
as barren of the microbes of disease as
they are of animal life. Without ques-
tion, if Nansen and his companion had
been exposed to the same hardships
and the same unsanitary conditions in
these islands, the lowered vitality of
their bodies certainly would have been
unable to resist the continual bombard-
ment of germs to which we are all sub-
jected. In a country like Britain,
thickly populated for many centuries,
and with the freest circulation of popu-
lation, it cannot be doubted that every
yard of surface contains the germs of
the more common diseases, and the
native of some newer land, brought
over here, falls a victim to our plague-
stricken soil. By generations of a de-
structive elimination we have become
highly resistant to our native diseases,
just as the Gold Coast natives are less
susceptible than we are to their own
local diseases. But we are not fully
protected, and cancer and consump-
tion— two of our common scourges —
still take a large annual toll. It may
be assumed that both are due to micro-
organisms, the microbe of consumption
being well known, that of cancer being
as yet only suspected. Probably no
inhabitant of Britain escapes infection
by the cancer organism; certainly none
escape infection by the microbe of
tubercle. Most of us, fortunately, re-
sist the intruders and are unaffected
by the disease.
Alcohol Effect on Animal Life.
Professor C. F. Hodge, who has been
conducting experiments on the influ-
ence of alcohol on the processes of life,
in an article in Pupnlar Seiencc Monthly
describes the effect upon a number of
dogs which had been subjected to its
influence.
One marked and striking effect of
the alcohol — evidently the effect of
that — was to make the two of the dogs
that had been chiefly subjected to the
test, full of groundless fear. Though
treated with the utmost and unvarying
kindness, they approached a kindly
call, or extended band, " with cringing
and trembling, like a Chinese culprit
before his executioner." Professor
Hodge cannot avoid calling attention
±n- +-Ko fa-nt.. already well established,
that in the human Deing aiconui, per-
sistently drank, produces fear. The
worst of all forms of dread is mani-
fested in the horrible alarms of the
victims of delirium tremens. The ex-
periments are to be continued for at
least one more year — if not, as Pro-
fessor Hodge hopes, through the com-
plete life story of these dogs. No
doubt the effects of alcohol on beasts do
not in all ways correspond to those
produced in man; but the essential ef-
fects, or some of them, are at least
very similar — and Professor Hodge's
experiments seem to be of great value
and importance. They tend to confirm
scientifically facts which have been the
subject of common observation in the
habitual whisky drinker.
The committee of the seventh Inter-
national Geological Congress has issued
a circular specifying the order of busi-
ness for the meetings in St. Petersburg
on August 29 to September 4. The sub-
jects to be considered by the congress
are general principles of international
importance. First, the congress is
asked to decide whether geology shall
adopt the artificial classification, based
solely on historical data, or the natural
classification, based on the changes of
physical geography or fauna, and not
on the accidental limits of various di-
visions called after the name of the
country where they have first been de-
termined. Secondly, rules will be drawn
up to be followed in the introduction of
new terms in stratigraphical nomen-
clature. Lastly, another question of
equal importance is that of petro-
grapbical nomenclature. Some agree-
ment as to its principles is urgently
required. The flood of new terms has
attained such dimensions that soon no
human memory will be able to retain
the mass of new words, and the read-
ing of each paper will necessitate the
use of a special dictionary.
A CURIOUS INSTANCE of the ignition of
coal dust by the sun's rays is recorded
in Ghu'ckavf. At the Maybach colliery,
in the Star district, the surface works
are chiefly of iron, and the floating
dust in the course of time formed a de-
posit more than an inch thick on some
girders. It was found that the layers
of coal had extended along the whole
length of the south wall, and, heated by
the sun, the metal plates ignited it.
This affords a possible explanation of
fires at similar surface works.
H. MoissAN has presented to the
French Academy of Sciences the re-
sults of his recent researches on the
direct union of carbon and iron at a
high temperature. When pure iron and
carbon are melted together in the elec-
tric furnace and allowed to cool slowly,
the metal is found to contain only a
very small quantity of combined carbon,
a grey pig iron being obtained that
solidifies at 1150° C. By suddenly cool-
ing in water iron saturated with carbon
at 3000°, the metal became crystalline
in structure, and from it was sepa-
rated brilliant crystals of the carbide
of iron Fe^C, identical with that occur-
ring in steel. Curiously enough, al-
though this was one of the first metal-
lic carbides known, it has proved to be
the last to be prepared in quantity by
direct synthesis.
Extraordinary power is claimed for
the new signaling light of Col. Milkla-
shevski, of the Russian engineers. Its
signals have been read at a distance of
thirty-four miles, and it is hoped the
distance may be increased to nearly
sixty miles by the use of reflecting mir-
rors. The light is produced by spirit,
which is colored by a red and a green
powder of secret composition. The
lantern embraces two tubes, ending
with pear-shaped balls, which, on be-
ing pressed, emit respectively brilliant
red and green flashes, by which the
signals are transmitted. The appa-
ratus weighs only seven pounds.
The Cumptes Rendus of the French
Academy of Science announces that the
black coating produced on diamonds
exposed to cathode rays is a very stable
form of graphite. The transformation
o£ tko a5<».i»>oiia into graphite requires a
temperature of at least 2000" C.
Electrical Progress.
Alternating Current Dynamos in
Parallel.
The disadvantages of the prevailing
system of running each machine on a
separate circuit are set forth in a paper
by J. E. Woodbridge in the Electrical
Engineer: " The number of circuits in-
creases necessarily with the number of
machines, and the problem of properly
distributing the loads on those circuits,
so that in the evening each generator
shall do its full share of the work, and
yet not be overloaded by some unan-
ticipated addition, is a serious one. A
compromise which results in poor econ-
omy always has to be made with loads
which are subject to sudden changes
that cannot be foreseen in the central
station, such as the theater and church
loads, etc. Then constant attendance
is necessary, as the load rises and falls
through its daily range, to start up the
fresh dynamos as they are needed, and
switch on to them the different lines ;
and again, when the load falls off, to
properly branch the lines on certain
dynamos, so as to keep the machines
which are running always as near to
their most eificient loads as possible.
No little ingenuity is needed when the
dynamos in the house are of various
sizes and capacities. When the condi-
tions are further complicated by the
necessity of giving the longer feeders a
higher voltage than the shorter ones,
the increase in that voltage being pro-
portioned roughly to the load, the
switch-board man has no easy job.
Added to that, is the necessity of car-
rying over his circuits as nearly instan-
taneously as possible to prevent too
long ' wink ' in the lights; and the risk
of accidentally throwing two machines
in multiple by a mistake in the manipu-
lation of his switches."
Mr. Woodbridge goes on to show
that all the disadvantages which he has
comprehensively enumerated are com-
pletely removed by "running all the
alternators in a station in multiple on
one set of bus-bars, from which all the
feeders are tapped off, either direct or,
in the case of long feeders, through ad-
justable boosting converters." He pro-
ceeds to show how the number of feed-
ers can be thus much reduced and
economy increased.
A Novel Engineering Work.
A novel engineering work has just
been commenced at Rouen, France. It
is called a "pont transbordeur," and
serves all the purposes of a bridge
while not interfering with the free pas-
sage of ships, even of those with masts
150 feet high. Two diminutive Eiffel
towers are to be erected — one on each
bank of the Seine, three-quarters of a
mile below the lowest existing bridge
at Rouen — and a narrow iron bridge
will be suspended by chain cables be-
tween their heads. It is to be not less
than 160 feet from the level of the
quays, but it is not intended either for
carriages or for foot passengers. Sev-
eral lines of rail are to be carried
along it, and on these a skeleton car-
riage or platform on wheels will run.
This will be dragged from side to side
of the river by steel ropes passing over
a driving wheel, to be worked by steam
or electricity from one of the banks.
To the skeleton platform will be hung,
by steel hawsers, at the level of the
quays, or 160 feet below the bridge,
the transbordeur — a slung carriage —
within which passengers and vehicles
will be transported from one bank to
the other. 'This carriage is to be 40
feet in width by 33 feet in length.
The electric tramways running on the
quays on both sides of the river are to
make a connection at this point, and
the transbordeur will be fitted to carry
the tram cars so that passengers by
them will cross the river without
changing their seats.
Electricity in Machine Shops.
Overlooking the whole field, the ap-
plication of electricity to mechanical
processes seems to divide into three
parts. First, in point of time and ag-
gregate commercial importance, stands
the introduction of electric motive
power into machine-operating estab-
lishments.
The inducement to this step is simply
the lessened cost of power that comes
from a method of distribution the most
efficient yet devised, with the added
advantage that comes from generating
power in large units, rather than small
ones.
Second in order of present import-
ance come electric labor-saving de-
vices— those applications of electric
power which are primarily directed,
not so much toward the cheapening of
the power used, as toward its employ-
ment in the most direct way and with
the minimum amount of labor. There
are many operations in which the
change from crude to refined motive
power means an enormous reduction in
the use of the human machine, and such
change is in this country of particular
economic importance.
Finally, we must consider the pro-
foundly interesting class of cases in
which the employment of electrical
energy has not merely cheapened and
facilitated some mechanical operation,
but has radically changed the process
itself, giving us not only new conve-
niences, but new methods. Here elec-
tricity comes to the rescue by revising
or replacing old ways of doing things,
and thus saving power, or labor, or
both. — Louis Bell in Engineering Maga-
zine.
The Copper Supply.
Electricity without copper would be
somewhat like astronomy without tele-
scopes, but whilst everyone reads with
avidity news of gold discoveries, who
troubles about copper ? At the mo-
ment the copper miners of the world
are working their hardest to keep pace
with the enormous demand for electri-
cal purposes, and the available stock of
metal is lower than it has been for very
many years. It is possible that in a few
years' time the earth will be searched
June 12, 1897.
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501
as diligently for copper as it is for gold,
as the demand goes on increasing, and
must continue to do so with electricity
still in its infancy. With demands in-
creasing and stocks decreasing, the
natural conclusion of the business man
would be that we should see a rise in
the value of the metal, but the obliging
bears have been good enough to depress
prices for reasons of their own, and
consumers are thankful. Less than two
years ago there were 4U,472 tons,
whereas, by the latest returns, the
available stock is only 18,595 tons,
whilst the price has recently fallen
about £.'> a ton. Whether we may ex-
pect a copper famine or whether the
operators, notwithstanding the lowness
of the stocks, are keeping down the
price with the view to a big " corner "
later on, we cannot say, but it would be
well for consumers not to run short of
supplies. — Machinery.
TiiK supplying of electric power to
working people in their houses is mak-
ing considerable progress in France.
A British consul writes that whilst in
Lyons there are several companies with
large capital engaged in the experi-
ment, still they are not sufficiently ad-
vanced to indicate their chances of
success, but in St. Etienne the problem
appears to be already solved. At
the present moment 1200 looms, of
which about two-thirds are situated in
the town, and remainder in the sur-
rounding districts, even as far as thirty
miles away, are driven by power dis-
tributed by the company of .St. Victor-
sur-Loire. This company, founded in
in 189.3, with 1000 H. P., has since that
date added 400 H. P., now working, 1200
H. P. on the point of being used, and
now propose to add another 3000. The
electrical energy is furnished at the
price per loom of 8s per month, and the
time when the loom is not working is
allowed for at the rate of 4d per diem.
Mechanical Progress.
The Largest Compressor Engine
in Canada.
The compressor engine shown in en-
graving is the largest ever put in oper-
ation in Canada, and was recently in-
stalled at the famous LeRoi mine,
Eossland, B. C.
It was built by the Rand Drill Com-
pany, of 100 Broadway, New York
city, in their Canadian shop at Sher-
brooke, P. Q., and is described as a
beautiful piece of mechanism as it was
shown standing on the shop floor at
• time of inspection.
On the steam end the engine is of the
Corliss type, made in the form of a
revolutions to the maximum number of
revolutions per minute. The main shaft
is 14 inches in diameter by 13 feet long,
weighing about 5500 pounds. The shaft
is fitted with cranks pressed on under
immense pressure. The connecting rod
forgings and piston rod forgings are
well and carefully finished.
The air end of the machine is fitted
tandem with the steam cylinders, and
is also compound, the high pressure air
cylinder being 22 inches in diameter by
48-inch stroke. The valve motion sup-
plying these cylinders is Rand's most
economical type, being in the form of
mechanical valves. By this means the
low pressure cylinder is insured being
filled with air at atmospheric pressure,
which fact largely affects the efficiency
of the machine, for were the cylinders
either not completely filled, or were the
air hot and expanded, in just such a
ratio would the elliciency be decreased.
The inlet valves of the low pressure
or intake cylinder are surrounded by a
hood, which is connected to a flue for
the introduction of cold air from out of
doors.
Between the high and low pressure
cylinders is an intercooler of the latest
type. Through this intercooler the air
passes over a system of water-circu-
lating pipes and is cooled in the process.
This giant compressor engine will be
used for running all the pumps and
hoists at the mine, in addition to oper-
ating forty drills.
The Use of Compressed Air for
Mining Purposes.
A lecture delivered to the Engineering Students
of the Lelantl Stanford Jr. University, May 3,
1897, by Edwahd A. Rl.\, M. Am. Soe. M. E,
A hoist of the character referred to
will be found much easier to care for
than one operated by steam, for there
will be no condensed water to be car-
ried ott', and the machine is ready to
start in instant operation at a second's
notice. There is no other manipulation,
as far as the motive power is con-
cerned, except the opening of the
throttle valve.
In the operation of a hoist of this
character the service of storage reser-
voirs in conjunction with compressed
air service becomes very apparent, and,
as stated before, a hoist which required
from 80 to 100 H. P. to operate while
it is in service would in the average
mine require but 25 to 30 H. P. at
constant work delivered by the com-
pressor. The advantage of this is ap-
parent, and while it is approached by
steam power, cannot be matched by
any other service excepting by a water
wheel plant having large reservoir
capacity.
And for the reasons which I have
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cross-compound condensing machine.
The high pressure cylinder is 22 inches
in diameter by 48-inch stroke, taking
steam through a pipe 6 inches in diam-
eter. The low pressure cylinder on the
opposite side of the machine is 40 inches
in diameter by 48-inch stroke. Both
cylinders ace fitted with the Corliss lib-
erating type valve, with vacuum dash
pot, and with a sensitive governor op-
erating on the release gear, to be oper-
ated automatically from six or eight
heretofore stated, it is evidently the
very worst proposition for the eco-
nomical use of electricity, and the
greater the proportion of the entire
power used by the mine, that is devoted
to an electric hoist, the poorer will be
the efficiency of the whole system, for
the maximum amount of power re-
quired by the hoist must be purchased
and brought to the hoist motor ready for
consumption at any time. Of course
this loss will be obviated whenever
storage batteries become possible for
every day use.
The next surface motor of impor-
tance around a mine will be the mill
engine, which as a general rule has a
constant load. It is only in the smaller
mills that the power required for the
rock breaker is intermittent, but in
such a plant as we have been consider-
ing the rock breakers will probably be
of such a size that they can run contin-
uously from the ore bins, which will
render the total power required from
the mill engine a constant.
In this case, for compressed air the
engine will probably be, for ordinary
purposes, a straight running simple
Corliss engine using reheated air. If
the mill requires a considerable power,
it would be advisable to install a tandem
compound Corliss engine, where the air
will be reheated twice, as in the case
of the hoisting engine.
Compressed air can claim no partic-
ular advantage over electricity in its
economy for driving this constant load,
nor for that matter, over a high efli-
ciency water wheel or a compound
condensing steam engine. The honors
are practically easy all along the line.
Our general system being compressed
air, therefore, there is no loss or disad-
vantage in using it for the constant
load. The same course of reasoning
will apply to engines which may be
used for driving Cornish pumps from
the surface, or any other constant load
requirement, such as driving fans or
tramways. For intermittent work,
such as a saw mill, in connection with
a mine, compressed air would have the
same economy with a properly de-
signed motor, as for the hoist.
Outside of the requirements hereto-
fore mentioned, the only other re-
quired service would be for furnishing
lights. For an ordinary mine 10 or 15
H. P. would readily supply this. Com-
pressed air of course will have to be
transformed, through an air motor and
dynamo, into electricity, for furnishing
lights, and this nat.iirallv rr..-'-, >"' »"
cobsiaeraoie loss, and of course in this
instance furnishing the electric current
direct would be very much more eco-
nomical, but the amount of power re-
quired for this service is so insignificant
in reference to the balance required by
the mine that it need not be seriously
considered.
For underground work there are
practically but three kinds of work re-
quired— hoisting from winzes, running
of rock drills and pumping.
Owing to the fact that as a general
rule it is not desirable to place large or
expensive hoisting plants under ground,
the character of the engines used is not
very economical, but the work is so
intermittent in its character — much
more so as a general rule than the
hoist on the surface — that even these
uneconomical engines can be operated
with compressed air much less than by
electricity. In many cases it is desirable
to reheat this air, which can be done
with perfect ease, either by means of
an externally fired furnace using either
wood or coai where an old shaft or a
proper system of ventilation will take
the gases of combustion, or the air may
be heated by an internally fired furnace
in which coke is placed at proper inter-
vals of time in sealed chambers made
to withstand the air pressure, and
through which the compressed air
passes, furnishing oxygen for the com-
bustion.
It is always well in installing under-
ground hoists of all kinds to place in
close proximity as large reservoir
capacity as possible.
For underground pumping, ordinary
direct acting steam pumps, using air
for actuating them, are the most un-
economical machines that can possibly
be employed in the use of any power
and should never be used unless their
utility more than counterbalances their
waterfulness of power.
In sinking pumps, especially in con-
fined spaces, there is scarcely any other
form of pump that can be used with
any degree of satisfaction, and utility
is the only thing to be considered. A
power driven pump would be undesir-
able under such circumstances. For
large spaces, compound direct acting
pumps, for sinking pumps and even
station pumps, have a reasonable de-
gree of economy but would at the same
time require an element of utility to be
considered in order to counterbalance
the economy of an electrically driven
station pump. The latter, however,
possesses so many disadvantages in
the fact that gears are nearly always
introduced for the reduction of speed
and are subjected to tremendous wear,
that their use is limited.
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Coast Industrial Notes.
—A branch road wilt be buUt next fall to
Globe Ciiy, Arizooa.
—San Diego, Cal., exported flfty tons of
honey last year.
—The San Joaquin Valley road is now in
operation to Hanford, Cal., and tracklaying
continues south.
—The S. F. Board of Supervisors have peti-
tioned Congress not to abrogate the Hawaiian
reciprocity treaty.
-Preliminary surveys are being made by
C. Harlow for a railroad from San Diego. Cal.,
to Kamona via Lakeside and Santa Maria,
fortv miles.
—A company has been incorporated in San
Bernardino to erect a cannery there to pack
and can deciduous fruits annually raised in
that neighborhood.
—A syndicate of Chicago and Milwaukee
capitalists has just bought ;i,UUO,OOU acres of
coffee land in the Territory of Tepic, Mexico,
for $<luo,uoo in Mexican silver.
—The L'nion Iron Works have made the
Government an offer to provide diagonal
armor plate for the battleship Wisconsin, now
building at their works in this city.
—In ".10 the assessed value of the counties
comprising southern Califoruia aggregated
JIUU.OOO.OOO; in ",«! it was tt;W,OCK),O0U. In "JO
the pi)pulation of that area was 201, ^V2; in "jt>.
:w.>,0U0.
—A contract has been let by the Treasury
Department at Washington for the purchase
and removal of buildings now on Seventh and
Mission streets, San Francisco, the site for
the new postoflice.
—At Port Angeles, Wash., last Tuesday,
the sawmill which was built by the Puget
Sound co-operative colony in l!iS7 was totally
destroyed by tire, together with the wharf.
The loss is about *20,ouu.
— Field A: Marshall are starting a factory at
North Ontario, Cal., in which to manufacture
citric acid from lemon culls. Most of this ar-
ticle is now made in Italy. There is a duty on
it of five cents per pound.
— A big irrigation scheme is under way in
Whitman county, Wash. The Palouse Irriga-
tion Company has been organized and will
build sixteen miles of ditch this summer. It
IS planned to supply 200,000 acres with water.
— Santa Fe road surveyors are at work on a
route through from Deming to Globe. The
"proposed route will come in as direct a line as
possible to Duncan and from there almost di-
rect to Solomonville and then on through the
valley to Globe.
—It is reported at Hermosillo, Mexico, that
concessions have been granted to the people
representing the Southern Pacific and the
Banam Steamship Company to build a line
across the republic from the Gulf of Mexico
to the Pacific coast.
—There was filed last Thursday at Albany,
N. Y., a certificate of incorporation of the Rio
Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railroad of
Mexico; capital stock, t3,120,000. The com-
pany purposes to construct a road from Ciudad
Juarez, Chihuahua, to Corralitos, 5(5 miles.
—The Sierra Railway Company's road now
extends from Oakdale to Cooperstown, nine-
teen miles, and is doing business between
those points. The rales are on ore and con-
centrates, value not to exceed $300 a ton,
$2.(i5; lead, value not to exceed $100 a ton,
■118.20; and base metal, copper matte, bar and
block copper, value not to exceed $:300 a ton,
$2.65.
— The report of the San Francisco Produce
Exchange for the month of May last shows
the flour and grain remaining in the State of
California on June Ist: Flour, barrels, 04, '.100;
wheat, centals, 1,733,880; barley, centals,
758,600; oats, centals, 81.9SU; beans, sacks,
505,7.30; corn, centals, 61,280; rye, centals,
21,360.
—The Stanislaus county, Cal., Supervisors
propose building a wagon road across the
mountains between the Santa Clara and San
Joaquin valleys. The State Highway Com-
missioners report that twenty-two miles of
road between the Mount Hamilton Observa-
tory and Newman, in the San Joaquin valley,
would unite the two valleys.
—The report of the secretary of the Red-
lands Orange Growers' Association for the
season shows that the association sold 3,009,-
310 pounds of Navel oranges, of which amount
only 426,533 pounds were packed as seconds.
The net average price of the first quality was
2.64 cents a pound. The amount realized from
Navels was nearly $110,000 f. o. b. The total
amount received of all kinds was 5,034,010
pounds, whir-.h made up 197 cars. The gross
amount realized was $119,600.53. The net
amount paid the growers was $'.12,815.11.
—The Southern California Power Company
will put in an electric transmission plant
to carry power eighty miles — more than
twice as far as any other plant in existence,
the next longest being thirty-five miles. The
power station will be in Santa Ana canyon,
twelve miles from Redlands and eighty miles
from the pointof development at Los Angeles.
The current will be generated at 1000 volts
and transformed into .33,000. The highest
voltage that has ever been attempted ere
this is 15,000. This pressure of 10,000 volts is
now used by the Central California Electric
Company in transmitting power from New-
castle to Sacramento, a distance of thirty-
five miles. The power is derived from the
waters of the Santa Ana river, which is to be
directed from the stream by a canal, flume
and tunnel work along the side of the canyon
to a point-where it drops through 2200 feet of
pipe a distance of 750 feet to the water
wheels. The power generated will be sold to
companies in Los Angeles and Pasadena and
used for street railway and lighting purposes.
The company has closed contracts for equip-
ment. The contract for the machinery for
the generating station in Santa Ana canvon
was given to the General Electric Company of
i\ew\ork. The Westinghouse Companv of
Pittsburg was given the contract for supply-
ing the machinery for the distributing sta-
tlonsat Los Angeles and Pasadena. The two
contracts amount to $I4U,0UU.
Personal.
List of U. S. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Roported by D«wej a co.. Pioneer Patent
Sollcltora for PaoISc Coiut.
Jame-s Ckona.v, formerly superintendent of
the Hale & Norcrcss mine" on the Comstock, is
about to go to Kossland, B. C.
\V. W. M(i.\t.u;le, treasurer of the Califor-
nia State Miners' Association, has been desig-
nated Postmaster of San Francisco.
Fred G. Raxsome of the Department of
Geology in the University of California has
been appointed an a.ssistant in the U. S. Geo-
logical Survey.
Sam Gm.son, after whom the asphalt of the
Uncompahgre reservation in Utah was called
gilsonite, has taken a lease and bond on the
Cherokee mine in Cherokee county, Georgia.
MAitsi>EX Maxsox. president Department
State Highways, will shortly leave San Fran-
cisco to attend the International Geologic
Congress at St. Petersburg, Russia.
J. A. Yeatman, late in the employ of the
t. P. Allis Co., has been engaged by the
Parke & Lacy Co. as consulting engineer and
traveling salesman, with headquarters in
this city. ,
Frank A. Leach of Oakland, editor of the
Kiii/uirer, has been appointed Superintendent
of the branch United States Mint at San
Francisco to succeed John Daggett, whose
term will expire about July 1st.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Prince William Sound M. and T. Company.
San Francisco; W. T. Parrar, W. W. Deame'r,
L. M. Hoefler, F. J. Burke, J. H. Jennings;
capital stock, $1,000,000; subscribed, $250.
Kelso Creek Mining and Development Co.,
Los Angeles; J. H. Williams, B. P. Vruland,
W. H. Davis, E. M. Hanna, E. S. Tomblin ;
capital stock, $300,000— $5020 subscribed.
Imperial G. M. Co., Stockton, Cal. ; D. A.
Vaughn, T. N. Moore, W. H. Chestnutwood,
C. Moring; capital stock, $800,000; subscribed,
$100,000.
German M. & M. Co., S. F. ; C. O. Rich-
ards, R. J. A. Weir, L. A. Gibbons, M. E.
DuBois, P. R. Deering; capital stock, $1,000,
000; subscribed, $250.
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Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. b. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention :
Wave Motor. — W. McDonald, Chicago
Park, Cal. No. 583,689. Dated June 1, 1897.
This invention relates to an apparatus for ap-
plying the power produced by the movements
of waves or ocean swell. It consists of a ris-
ing and falling float, with suitable guiding
poles or posts to keep it in place, a mechanism
by which the rise and fall is transmitted to
produce a continuous rotary motion. This
mechanism consists of shafts journaled upon
guide posts above the opposite ends of the
float, with sprocket wheels connected by a
chain having oppositely disposed clutch me-
chanisms, and pawls, gear-wheels, rack bars
yieldingly connected with the float and yokes
by which the bars are retained in co'ntact
with the gear wheels, so that the rise of the
float acts through a gear to rotate the shaft in
one direction, and the fall of the floats acts to
rotate it again in the same direction. By this
construction the constant rise and fall of the
waves ora swell in any exposed locality where
the apparatus may be placed, will cause a cor-
responding rise and fall of the float, and the
action through the connected mechanism
serves to produce a continuous rotary motion,
which will transmit the power of the waves
so that it can be used in anv suitable or de-
sired manner.
Hinge. - T. M. Lash and S. A. Street,
Sacramento, Cal. No. o.82.ti87. Dated June 1,
1897. This invention relates to a hinge which
is especially adapted for use upon hinge
sashes, the parts of the hinge being attached
to the casing and the sash and normally dis-
engaged, so that the sash may be raised and
lowered or thrown into engagement to com-
plete the hinge and enable the sash to be
turned about, so that the outside of the glass
can be readily reached. The hinge consists of
casings let into the window frame and the
stile of the sash. A bar Is pivoted in one of
the casings adapted to be turned vertically,
lie flush with the face thereof or turned into
a horizontal position, and the bar in the other
casing may also be turned from a vertical to a
horizontal position, the two being pivoted or
united to form a hinge when in use. and when
not in use the.v are closed up within the re-
spective parts of the window to leave a smooth
surface.
Commercial Paragraphs.
C. H. EVAN'S & Co., f„.^,= L.j iiu jsealH
St., have removed their machine works to
their large new brick building, 183-185-187
Fremont St., San Francisco.
The Pacific Mining Machinery Co. of San
Francisco has shipped a No. 3 Pacific amal-
gamator to be placed in the quartz mill of the
Golden Grape Mining Co. near Acton, Cal.
The Fulton Engineering and Shipbuilding
Works, 213 First St., San Francisco, are build-
ing a pyritic desulphurizing furnace for the
Mountain Copper Co., Keswick, Cal. They
are also building a Palding pyritic furnace
for a local manufacturer of sulphuric acid.
The United Globe Mines Company of Globe,
Arizona, have installed a new quadruple fric-
tion hoist, of the Hendrie & Boithoff make, at
their mines at Globe. The Trade Dollar Min-
ing and Milling Company of Silver City,
Idaho, have also put In position a Boithoff com-
bined gear and friction hoist at their mine at
Silver City.
The Colorado Iron Works are putting in a
plant of sampling machinery for the Kilton
Ore Sampling Company of Breckinridge,
Colo. The company recently sold an 8400-foot
Flnlayson wire-roiie tramway for the Sunny-
side mine at Silverton, Colo. One of these
tramways is operating at Sanden, B.C., on
the Noble Five mine.
The Risdon Iron Works, Beale and Howard
Sts., San Francisco, have supplied machinery
for two river dredgers, now building at
Marysville, for operations on the Yuba. In
some respects the method is a novel one. The
boats are each 9ii feet long, 9 feet beam, draw-
ing 26 inches, built together at bow and
stern, the dredge buckets operating through
a well hole between on an endless chain, to
the end of a chute and back to the stern,
where their contents are emptied into a per-
forated revolving cylinder, whence the finer
material is dropped on an inclined apron of
cocoa matting, the coarse gravel, etc, going
overboard, the gold-bearing sand passing
through a sluice box. Eighty tons per hour is
the slated capacity. The work is in charge of
W. H. Telford of the Archimedes Mining
Company.
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INING MACHINERY, Second-hand.
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-f PRINTED tIST NOW
Contractors* Machinery, 506 n. y. Life sue., cticago. in. -f write fob a copy.
NOT SCRAP* IROIN,
But First-Class Machinery
Of stjiiidard make and modern de-
slg^n. Have most everything for
Holallng. Excavating, Crushing-.
Pumpintr. Quarrying:. Etc. All re-
paired and ready for service. AT-
TRACTIVE PKICES.
V '^^^ I'l ^ \. I ^JK- "* S:i23 Tnission Sf.i Sail Fr&ncisco, Cal.
504
Professional Cards.
\A/rtDE <Sz lA/ADE,
Analytical Chemists and Assayers, j
I1S>4 N. Main St., Los Angeles, Cat.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
• Mining Engineer and Metallurgist, <
' De Lamar, Owyhee Co., Idaho.
r'^^'^'^BEKNAmT MAcboNALD,
< Consulting Mining Engineer,
BERTRAn HUNT, F.I.C. F.C.S.
Chemist and Metallurgist.
! (Agent Gold and Silver Ex. Co. of America, I
! Ltd.) 216 SANSOMESTVRJEETjS^F^^CAL. .
( J. K. EVELETH.
V. H. M. MacLtmont.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
i Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses I
I of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines. '
> 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal.
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
MECHANICAL AND HTDKACLIC
ENGINEERS.
431 Market St., Cor. First St.,
The Evans Assay Office. 1
W. N. JEHU, - - - - Proprietor.
Successor to Jehu & Ogden. '
i 628 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. .
I Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block. ,
' Ore Assays. Analyses of Minerals, Metals '
and their Alloys, Etc.
( School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, \
1 Electrical and Mining: Engineering:. ;
/ Surveying, Architecture, Drawing- and Assaying, i
7 933 Market St., Sau Francisco, Cal. \
J OPEN ALL TEAR. <
) A. VAN DER NAILLEN. President. i
) Assaying of Ores, S25; Bullion and Chlorination (
Assay, S25; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Full Course ;
of Assaying, $50. Established 1864.
■ Send for Circular.
I Minimis and Metallurgical ^ork In All <
Brancliea. '
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex-
i periments on rebellious ores for treatment by j
) cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
{ ports upon mining properties.
MINING AND Scientific Press.
June 12, 1897.
r^~'"'RICHASD 'a. "pARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
I OaWe address : Bichparli.
i Crocker Buildicg San Francisco, Cal.
CHARLES P. QRIMWOOD.
\ Mining Engineer and Metallurgist,
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
rri^rnHvi G. M. EDMONDSON.
' ioNES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
i Rooms I-J Exchange Banlt Blocli,
W. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MINING ENOINEER.
} Graduate ol Columbia Scliool of Mines. Ex-
i pert on general mill work and amalgamation.
! Eighteen years' experience. Will report on '
Mines and Mills, and take full oharfre of Mm- i
Ing Properties. Address. 132 Market St., i
' ^ Room 15, San Francisco, Cal. ,
J. HOWARD WILSON,
; Assay^r ^nd Che>mJst, j
[ 306 Santa Fe Avenue, Pueblo, Colo. ,
t Correspondence solicited with SHIPPERS OF ,
' ORE TO COLORADO SMELTERS.
eBtfTOK^cHoor^F^raEsTiarGthsr
iblished in 1877. Prof. F. J. Stanton. Prlnol- ,
and experienced assistants. Assaying ,
< taught for $25, In two weeks. Courses in mlner-
S alogy. metallurgy, mining, surveying, geology.
< Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor-
/ respondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady ■
) pupils received. Investments made and in- i
S formation given in reliable '.;j™tag^P™PJiiJ|5.J
ALMARIN B. PAUL, M.U
ROOM 49, CROCKER BUILDING.
f Cor. Market and Montgomery Sts., San Francisco. )
Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE )
HANKS
SABBOT A
/ Chemist and Assayer. Successor
I to Henry G. Hanks, established
) 1866. The super-
/ vision of sampling
} of ores shipped to
/ San Francisco a
/ specialty.
) —718—
< Montgomery Street,
J San Francisco.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
[STATE ASSAY OFFICE,]
434 California St., near Montg:oniery.
Analysis of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, In-
[ dustrial Products, Foods, Medicines, etc., etc.
f Court Experting- in all branches of Chemical <
i Technology. Working Teats of Ores and In- f
> veatigatlon of Metallurgical and Manufactur- i
' Ing Processes. Consultations on ail questions (
( of applied chemistry. Instructions given in J
C assaying and all branches of chemistry.
A. H. WARD.
--f ESTABLISHED 1869. >-
H. C. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & -3 STEVENSON STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Assaying:, Analyses, Sampling;.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
;| AMINE 0\A/INERS!
ij Check yonr ASSAVEKS, or do your OWN
[< Assaying by the SIMPLE METHOBS of
|: LDCKHARDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICE
\ (INCORPORATED.)
I P. O. Box 194.
; ASSAYERS AND ffllSERAL SURVEYORS.
Mines Examined and Reports Furnished.
Samples by Mail Solicited.
< Mining and MecMnical Engineer, j
( Will Examine and Report on mines and \
) MetHllurgUal Frojects. )
\ Terms, $15 Per Day and Expenses. "
< /\ttornoy at La\A/. >
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Established in Colorado,
IStifi. Samples by mail or express will receive
prompt aud careful attention Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress lT8ti and 178S Lawrence Street. Denver, Colo.
THE ROESSIER & HASSLACHER CHEMICAL CO.
100 William Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
fiyposulpblte of Soda
Cbloride of Lime
Trade Mark. Sulphide Of IrOIl
And other Chemicals for Mining Purposes.
AINSWORTH NO. 045.
SENSIBLE TO 1-50 MILLIGRAMME.
Eight-inch beam, single rider attachment, and
designed for a. silver button balance to carry a
heavy load.
Send for Photos aud Prices of tills and
other Balances to
WM. AINSWORTH,
No. 2151 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLORADO.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
balances.
MANUFACTUREKS OP
St Assav
Our Beams are the
lightest on the market,
and positively inflexible.
They are unequaled in
accuracy and sensitive-
ness. Edg-es and hear-
ings are of SappKire.
All makes of balances
thoroughly repaired at
reasonable rates ,
2319 Stout Street.
DENVER, COLO.
STEAM ENGINEERING
(Statiouury, LDcoiiiiiii
Draiviijg; ArchUiiiitural Urn
Design ; ElL-ctriulty; Architect
nimnrn iiil_ .
llridge
Eiiginccriiig; Survcyiug and Mappiun; Metal
Pattern Cutting ; Hookkeeijlng ; Sliorlhand ;
English Braiiclics; Mining; Metal Pn'^p'.cr'e.
tfj^' GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
Fees Moderate, Advance or Installments.
Circular Free; State sulject yoii wisit to xtndy.
InUmatloonl C'orrcHpondcncc ScboolN, Itox iqq.S, SeraDlon, F*>
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA. LTD.
CAPITAL, - $550,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
m*DE MARK.
(MCARTHUR'FORREST PROBEItf
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Retraotory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArthur-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; HuRh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Muir, Technical
Manager. ^, „,„
California and Nevada Apent, Bertram Hunt, 215
Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Office: mcPhee Bdildinq, uenvbsr, Colorado.
Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOHN T/\YLOR & CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Assayors' yvVaterial,
FURNACES. SCALES,
BALANCES,
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEHICALS AND
CHEHICAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid. sp. gr. 1.30;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Manufacturers of Axsayers* and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Ainsworth Balances.
Thomas Price & Son,
Assay Office, Sampling Works
And Chemical Laborator}'.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carbon
cA Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical,portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
W. HOSKINS. "^n'k^{:''Zlo^*iig°°°'^°'
IINVENTORS, Talie INotlcs I
L. PETERSON, MODEL MAKER,
22t> Market St., N. E. Corner Front tUp Stairs), San
Pbajjcisco. Experimental machinery and all kinds
of models. Tin and brasswork All communica-
tions atrictly confldentUil.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAVLOR & CO., San Francisco Agents.
T!?.!Russell Process.
For Information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO..
Parfe City, Ctah .
TUBBS CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. 49~Extr8
sizes and lengths made to order on short notloe
611 and «13 FRONT ST.. Han PrannltK^n.Oal.
nININO DIRECTORY of Alaska. Arizona. Cali-
fornia, Idaho, Nevada. New Mexico, Oregon
and Washington, for Sale by . . .
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY, 206 POST ST.
June 12, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
505
FRASER & CHALMERS,
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY.
CHICAGO, ILL.
U. S. A.
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
Beg to announce thai they
now manufacture and control
the sale of the unrivaled
OTTO AERIAL:::::
■ TRAMWAY
Over Seven llundred lines
in operation.
Spans up to Two Thousand
feet and more.
Highest Awards at World's
Columbian Exposition.
Catalogues sent on applica-
tion, giving full description
and details.
1
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\
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Otto Aerial Tramways
Give the best working re-
sults in every case, and never-
failing satisfaction.
All difficulties of transpor-
tation surmoLmted by an eco-
nomical and effective carrier.
Be sure you investigate
the Otto Tramway before
purchasing.
Write us your requirements
and we will take pleasure in
preparing complete specifica-
tions.
FRASER & CHALMERS,
nanulacturers of the
Otto Tramway.
F'OR S/VLE.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OP CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEn OF POWER.
IQ Simplicity or construction, absence of wearing parts, high efficiency and facility of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upondirect application, or
ELECTRIC XR/\INS;VVISSIOIN
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPI iriTirkM
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
...laUKtiSS
1:21 and 1:23 main Street.
San F'rancisco, Cat.
A STEAM ORE STAMP.
by
One of the BONANZA MINES of the Black Hills was developed
a TREMAIN STEAM STAMP MILL, installed last summer at a cost of
about $i6oo. After six months' run the superintendent wrote the fol-
wing letter:
^ Hill City, S. D., Feb. 2, 1897.
Galea Jrtni Wor/c^, li.iO J'JMoii Aoe., (Jliicago. 7/^.— Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure in In-
formin"- you of our success with the Tremaln Steam Stamp Mill which we have been running since last
July We have been running on hard, white quartz, some of it of a flinty character and a small portion
of It sliehtly decomposed We average about ten tons every HA hours through a forty-mesh screen. If
our financial standing had been a little better, so we could have put in a small engine and rock crusher,
I am conbdeut we could put through 14 to 15 tons in 24 hours. The wear and tear is considerably less
than an ordinary stamp mill, it all being on the shoes and dies. The last we used of these were of the
aluminum steel, which are the best wearing shoes and dies I have ever seen. The parts are all well
made and durable, I having failed to see any weak point about the machinery.
We use one cord of pine wood in 24 hours, and run the mill with 70 to 80 lbs. of steam.
I have followed mining in connection with milling for thirty years and have never seen its equal
for convenience, durability and cheapness. To parties wishing to purchase a quartz mill I cheerfully
recommend the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill for its small cost, economy in operation and complete re-
sults of working. Very truly yours, Isigned) J^^^S 9 McUONALD
OUpt. ot. iliimO M. iS. M. \jQ.
This Mill lias the capacity of a 5-stamp gravity mill and costs less
than half to install. Automatic feeder of approved design. Weight of
entire Mill 3300 lbs. Made sectional for mule-back transportation.
AQENTS FOR CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON:
PROSPECTIVE niNINQ AND flACHINERY CO.,
127 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, OB PORTLAND, OREGON.
/Vlanufactured Exdusli/ely t>y
GATES IRON WORKS,
650 Elston Ave. Dept. UU. CHICAGO.
ANGELS IRON WORKS,
DEMAREST & FULLEN, Props.
Mining Machinery.
niMCiEi-s. cm-.
Write tor estimates on complete Milling, Mining
and Reduction Plants.
LIGHTNING WELL MACH'Y'
PUMPS, AIR LIFTS, tre j
GASOLINE ENGINES a^*2i
THE AMERICAN WELL WCRKS.,.
the old reliable: !
Albany Lubricating Compound.
The King of Lubricants !
if: X/\XUyVV & BO\A/EIN, *
»4-36 Fremont St., SBn|FranciBCO. -f l%-49 first St., Portland, Or.
Compound and : :
SIMPLE LOCOMOTIVES
of the SOl'TII SIDE KLKVATED K K. . .
Flrf.t-«1:»»H ri.n.ltiloii — Ual.iuiL LueuinoUve
Works. Iiuilucr.s. -lumlard ^;;l^l^^'u. I'ut-I, liiird or
son coal, coke or wood. Weiulu In workluK order,
about 56.00U lbs. On drivers, about -lO.OOO lbs.
t'yltiitler«— siDRle expansion, 13 in. by 16 in.
stroke; compound, 9 in. and Ifilu, by 16 in. stroke.
Orlvine u-UeelH. 12 in. diameter, steel tired.
Drivlug wheel buAe. 5 feet. 'I'Huk <-apaclty. 750
t'lillons. West liiKboaH© AutomHtk- air brakes.
Subject to any Inspection desired. Built In 1893.
OiTered at tjreatly reduced prices. Road being
e<iuipped with electricity. For sale exclusively by
FITZ-HUGH & COMPANY,
1634 Monadnock Building:,
CHICAGO, - - - ILLINOIS.
Roller. Steel and Special CHAINS
FOB
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MAGHINERY
FORBAJi'DI-I.fG UATEIUALOF AIJ.KU1DS
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
Western Branch, Denver. Tnlo,
THB JEFFREY MFO. CO., Columbua. Ohio
MSd for Catalogue. iss Wn^hlDgton St. , Kev To'^k.
For Placer Mining.
THE EDISON
GOLD SAVING MACHINE.
The Most Complete Machine iu the World For
GRAVEL V^^ASHING.
Guaranteed to Save Every Particle of Flour and
Flake Gold, and Floured Quicksilver.
WILL HANDLE 3 TONS OF GRAVEL PER HOUR.
Minimum power and water required. Requires
but one handling of gravel. By motion of machine
water is returned and used over and over again.
Light, durable and easily transported. Simple in
construction and inexpensive.
^"^ EDISON MACHINE COMPANY,
PKESCOTT, ARIZONA.
PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
A GUARANTEE WITH BACH MACHINE.
This machine is the Qnest gold saver for both
placer mines and quartz mills. No other plate
necessary in mills where the Pacific Amalgamator
is used. THE PACIFIC MINING MACHINERY
CO., 137 First Street, San Francisco, California.
QUICKSILVERI
FOR SALE BY
Th^ Eureka Company,
OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Room l, - 426 California Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
506
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 12, 1897.
"NICKEL" Tool Steel
F^or Drilling H^rd Rook
Is of special interest to MINING MEN on account of its HIGH QUALITY and LOW PRICF.
TRIAL ORDERS SOLICITED.
Excellent Results YA/herever Tried.
\A/rite to Us for Price and Further Particulars.
ABNER DOBLE COMPANY,
^--.aoaz^OF' FRIGES AND \A/ORK:S:-=^sssbib-^
Corner Fremont and Howard Streets, San Francisco, Cal.
Electrical Engineering Co.,
34-36 MAIN STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
yVVanufacturers of All Kinds of
Electric
Machinery
For Mines, Mills and Hoists.
Girard Water Wheel Co.
34-36 MAIN STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
These wheels are durable, highly eff i=
cient, and are the only wheels which
have perfect regulation, which feature
makes them especially suitable for the
operation of electric machinery.
THOUSANDS now in use Over the World.
1 KUAX Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO.
Pat. Jan. 5, '92, Aug. 2ft, '95.
AGENTS,
iSendfor Catalogue.
lento. Oallfo
Link-Belt Machinery Co.,
ENGINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
CHICnGO, u. s. t\.
fe^" MODERN METHODS as applied to the handling o[ Freight, Grain,
Ores, Raw and Manufactured Products.
MALIEABIjE ikon BlICKKTS, Approved Pattern and
Weieht; ROPE POWER TRANSMISSIONS, SHAFTING,
PULLEYS, GEARING, OLCTCHES, ETC.; ELECTRIC
COAL IVUNING MACHINERY.
"Union" Hoist.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 30.
The above cut repre.sents our 10 h. p. Double Cylinder Engine of latest type, and Hoist combined on
strong iron base. This hoist is designed to raise one tonl35 feet per minute frona an inclined shaft, or
1600 pounds at the same speed vertical lift. The drum will hold over600 feet of 5^-inch cable. The out-
fit weighs 3500 pounds.
THE UNION GAS ENGINE CO.
BUIL-D THE
**LJnion" Oas Engines,
Which use either Manufactured or Natural Qas, Ordi-
nary Stove Gasoline (Naphtha or Benzine),
Distillate or Kerosene.
STATIONARY ENGINES for All Kinds o( Work, Built In Sizes from 3 to auO h. p.
"UNION" COMBINKD BOISTS In Si/.eB from 3 to 40 h. p.
"UNION" COMBINED COMPRESSORS — 20. 30, 40 h. p.
HOISTS and COMPRESSORS I an Be Built in Larger Sizes to Order.
" UNION " MARINE ENGINES, 4 to 200 h. p.. of Single, Double and Four-Cylinder Types.
TEN YEARS' EXPERIEN) E Building Gas and Oil Engines.
"UNION" ENGINES Are In Use All Over the United Stales.
" UNION " ENGINES Are Simple, Durable and Economical.
Office: 314 HOWARD ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Alining F*ipe !
STEEL OR IRON.— We make pipe of either, but recommend STEEL, it being superior to iron in many
particulars and inferior in none.
WRITE FOR CIRCULARS OF ^^^ 1"J "C^ ^""^ FK T^ ^2
SCHAW, INGRAM, BATCHER & CO., Hardware Merchants,
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
Riveted Steel Water Pipe.
THE WEIGELE PIPE WORKS,
DENVER, COLO.
2949-51 Larimer St.
HYDRAULIC GIANTS
IN STOCK.
Jirne 12, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
607
RISDON IRON VA/ORKS,
Om<f uiHl Works, Cor. lieale and llowaril Sta., SAN FKANCISCO.
EHINERS, ATTENTION!:
We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMKRKD " Shoes and Dies,
which are made of a special quality of steel, are hammered and then compressed
in moulds so as to give the greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your Shoes and
Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should commend it
to all mine owners and mill men.
OO KTSO 1L.I3D -A-TEIID
Kansas City Smelting: and Refining Co.
Capital paid In.
ioorporate>ci Under The LaiA/a of Neui/ "Vorlc.
^:2,T00,000.
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Ballion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
QOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
SMELTING WORKS:
ArKentlne.Ka5.: El Puo.Tex.; LeadvUle, Colo.
RKUUCTION WORKS:
Argentine. Ksb.
We UKC the following Cipher Codes at our Ar-
Kcnllne Works: A. B.C. Code; Moreing & Noal's
Code and Bedford McNeill's Code.
AGENCIES:
In United States —
Denver, Colo.
Cripple Creek. Colo.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Spokane, Wash.
New York City, N. Y.
Chicago, 111.
St. Louis, Mo.
lu Mexico—
San Luis Potosl,
City of M.exlco
Chihuahua.
Pachuca,
HermosiUo,
Jimenez.
FOR PRICES. ADDRESS :
J. E. Jackson, No. 6 A tlas Blk. Salt Lake, Utah.
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash.
H. A. Xrae, 815 17th St., Denver, Colo.
J. H. WedcUe, LeadvUle, Colo.
C. E. Finney, Argentlnot Kan.
WultKS Uf THE CUN. KANSAS Ci'IY .SMELTING AiNi) Ht-tiNi
, AT LEADVILLE, COLO.
CYANIDE
highest Known Grad^
OF-
^VAiNOCeP^-
POTASSIUM.
GUARANTEED
-/VlrtDE BY-
For Prices, Address
SCHOELLKOPF,
iii"b I THE GAS LIGHT & COKE COMPANY. \ ^^^t%^^%^' \ '^^tre^t^^'
, zinc Lined Works at BECKTON near LONDON, maCLAQAN, Ltd., NEWYORK
99% and over. I cases. \ England. \ Sole American Agents. \ CITY.
WRITE
FOR
CATALOGUE.
UnioN,S|Jorks
=^^z;
1890" ENGINE.
— ♦THE* —
Edward P. AUis Co.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Reynolds Corliss Engines
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
MINING, MILLING AND SMELTING
MACHINERY.
BRANCH
O F F 1 C E-'^azsB"'^
9 Fremont St.
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
1V| EMOIP^ES,
*:^M^
MINING AND AGR I CU^LTURAL
IVI I IN 1 1^ ^D NEARLY ALL KINDS OF
INCLUDING FLOURIVULLS. SAW MILLS and qUART2 MILLS.
SendtoTtoiiteTRONT ST.bet. IN&O. SACRAMENTO. Cal,
MARSH STEAM PUMP.
HEADQCARTEBS.
Genuine English Pmp Leather
For Heavy Mining Pump Backets. Will
outwear any other material and srlve best
oatlBtactlon. samples turnlsliea on appU
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO.. Leather Manu-
facturers ana Dealers, 404 Battery St., 3. F
Count Its Moving Parts
as Shown Dark
In the Cut. Only Six.
^i^i^;^-.
%^ffi-
ABSOLUTE ACTUATION AND REGULATION.
PATENT SELP-QOVERNINQ STEAH VALVE.
PATENT EASY-SEATING WATER VALVE.
NO OUTSIDE VALVE GEAR.
Maximum of Strength, Simplicity and Service.
Minimnm of Welglit, Wear and Waste.
Simonds Saws. Dodge Wood Split Pulleys.
Bickford & Francis Leather Belting.
Cleveland Rubber Co.'s Rubber Belting and Hose.
Grant Corundum and Detroit Emery Wheels.
ONLY THE BEST. SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
SIA^ONDS SIWM CO.
31 Main Street .San Francisco.
HOME MANUFACTURE.
FOWLER'S
Fossil and Asbestos Sectional Covering.
As a Non-Conductor, Uneqnaled.
Special Rates for Steam Boilers and Drums.
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Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Pkanoisco, June 10, 1897.
The slow progress made in the Senate on
tariff legislation, comhined with the change
of front on several important items, is doing
no little in restricting trade from first hands
by causing jobbers to keep -stocks in many
lines to as low a point as it is consistent with
their trade. From every jobber and importer
spoken to there is but one response, viz., no
pressing for business or stocking up on goods
until a clearer insight is obtainable into what
Congress will do on the tariff bill now in the
Senate. Manufacturers in about every branch
are in the same position. They hardly know
how to figure on large contracts owing to
their not knowing what the tariff on the raw
product will be. With this the case, dealers
and manufacturers represent themselves as
sitting on the fence, waiting for develop-
ments. The large crops of fruits, hops, etc.,
are giving employment to more hands in the
fruit growing and agricultural districts.
There is also a steady call for more hands in
several of the gold mining districts. This
means more money going into distribution
and an increase in the call for food products
and wearing apparel.
In the local money market the supply of
available funds continues in excess of require-
ments, although signs are not wanting of a
call setting in soon for crop moving purposes.
The receipts of gold bullion from the mines
have been so far this year quite free— larger,
if anything, than during the corresponding
time last year. It is reported in well-in-
formed circles that the output of the mines on
this coast this year will show quite an in-
crease over that of 1896. New York advices
state that there is a speculative revivai in
railroad and industrial securities, with a
marked advance in the price of the leaders.
There is also a growing disposition at New
York and Boston to embark in enterprises
offering opportunities for fair returns on money
invested. The rates of interest at New York
still favor borrowers, although it is claimed
that, with crops beginning to move, a steady
demand would set in from the central States.
Shipments of gold to Europe are light.
New Torh SUver Prices.
Nbw Yokk, June 10. — Following are the
closing prices for the week :
-SUver in-
Friday. ..-.-.-.— ^.t..t.„^9-^^5?:i_
Saturday.'.'.'.'.'.'..' .'. ". 27 9-16
Monday 87 9-16
Tuesday 27 9-16
Wednesday 27 9-16
Thursday 27K
Copper. Lead. Iron.
10 75 ®11 25 3 27i4 10 0Q@13 00
60
60
59 ;i
Tm.
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 50
Pri.
Sat. ..10 75 ®H 85 3 87>i 10 00(912 00
Mon...l076 ®11 25 327y, ®
Tub. . .10 90 ®11 25 3 Z7H 10 00@18 00
Wed . .10 90 ®11 80 3 871,4 10 00®12 00
Thur..l0 90 ©1120 3 27K 10 00®12 00
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows ;
Commercial Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Gall Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Dralt ny^e Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 20c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days J4.87
London Merchants 84.85
London Sight Bankers $4.88^4
Refined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine... 59?^
Mexican Dollars 49
SILVER.— The market held to steady
prices up to to-day, when it eased off at home
and abroad. The European demand is slow,
which shows itself when there is any selling
pressure from this side. So many countries
adopting the gold standard is restricting still
more the employment of the white metal.
This, naturally, is showing itself in the mar-
ket value of silver. With accredited authori-
ties it is asserted that if holders in the
United States were to create a selling pres-
sure the price of silver would go considerably
below the lowest recorded figure. The main-
stay of the market seems to depend largely on
what the silver committee sent to Europe
accomplishes looking to an international con-
vention on the subject. The last steamer for
China took out 187,000 ounces.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market is
easy at quotations. The last steamer for
China took out 253,600 dollars.
QUICKSILVER.- The market values are
unchanged. The demand continues fair. The
last steamer for Mexico took out 11.5 flasks.
Our market is quoted at $40.50 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— The market has held steady
throughout the week. The consumption in
Europe continues very heavy, while in this
country it is increasing. The output of the
mines continues large.
The local market is quoted as follows ;
Ingot, jobbing @14
Ingot, wholesale @I3
Sheet copper @]7
Bolt M&6-I6,20o; % and larger, 17
TIN.— The market is practically unchanged,
both at home and abroad. New business with
us is slow, both in plates and ingots, owing to
consumers running on old supplies.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
Pig, per lb 14c@ _
Plate, I 0 coke, heavy, per box 84 00® 4 15
" " " light, " 3 90® —
LEAD.— The uncertainty regarding tariff
legislation is against any movement in the
market. Values hold steady.
Our market is quoted In jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
SHOT.— There is a better jobbing demand.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 85 lbs... 81 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " "... 160
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, " " ... 1 60
POWDER.— The demand from the mines
continues active.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules : No. 1, from ll^c to 17J4c, according to
strength and quantity ; No. 2, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
BORAX.— No change is reported, pending
tariff legislation.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in carload lots, in barrels 5
Refined, in carload lots in sacks 43^
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated, " 4i4
IRON, — The market is hard to report cor-
rectly, although there seems to be a slightly
stronger tone. Press telegrams state that
there has been an improvement in the mar-
kets, but private advices do not as yet con-
firm it.
AMERICAN.
To Ar7'ive. Spot.
Sloss 820 00 822 00
Thomas 3100 32 OO
Salisbury 89 00 31 50
ENGLISH.
Barrow 821 00 823 00
Gartsherrle 8150 23 00
COAL.— There are about 170,000 tons of coal
loading and afloat from Australia, of which
quantity fully 155,000 tons have been placed.
The market for both spot and to arrive is un-
changed.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FROM YARD— PER TON.
Wellington 88 00®
Greta 6 00® 6 50
Nanalmo 6 50® 7 00
SUman 5 50® 6 00
Seattle 5 60@ 6 00
Coos Bay @ 4 75
Cannel 8 00®
Egg, hard 12 00®13 00
Wallsend 6 50®
yviiiviiNG
Company and Location. No. Amt.
Alta S M Co, Nev 56.
Bullion M Co. Nev 50.
Challenge Con M Co, Nev 23,
Ohollar M Co, Nevada 43.
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev. 81.
Jamison M Co, Cal 9.
Marguerite G M & M Co, Cal. 6.
Ocoldental Con M Co, Nev. . . .27
Pine Hill G a S M Co, Cal .... 10.
Rock Island Q & S M Co, Nev . 14 . .
Thorpe M Co, Cal 7.
MSSESSTYVEINTS.
Levied, Delinq't and Slle.
Secretary.
May 31.. June 25.. July 16 JE Jacobus, 309 Montgomery
May 4. .June 8..June28 R R Gray&on. 331 Pine
May 13. -June 16.. July 8 .0 L McCoy. Mills Bldg
.May I0..Junel5..July 8 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomery
Apr 29. .June 1. .June 33. .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Nov 87.. June 23.. Aug 18 Sam W Chejney, 120 Sutter
10c. . . .Apr 12.. May 24. .June 21 F Mettmann, 237 Twelfth
10c May 11. .June 13. .July 1 .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
5c.... May 10.. July L.July 22 Chas A Hare, 1003 Railroad Ave
2c.... May 20. June 25.. July 6 WW Guptill, 309 Montgomery
2V4c..June 9.. July 17. .Aug 9 A P Frey, Phelan Building
. 5c.
.10c
.10c.
..15c.
.20c.
. . 5c
TO ARRIVE— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 5 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard 10 00
West Hartley 6 60
COKE.— The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 ®
" spot,iubulk 10 00 ®
in sacks 1100 ® 12 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market is quiet.
Our market is quoted at 7^^@8^4C in a job-
^. y. taing way. New York mail advices quote
6y^fgi^i^?9r^^°^'®' G.^'8@7^c for Hallett's and
NAILS.— The market is strong.
Wire, carloads, basis per keg
" jobbing, " " 82'35
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " " 2 25
PLATINUM.— Very little doing.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
110 to $15 per ounce.
ZINC.— The market is firm at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
Chemicals.
The market is practically unchanged. Both
buyers and sellers do as little as possible
pending tariff legislation.
SPELTER.— The market is quiet.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
BISMUTH.— The market is steady.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS. -The market is steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
BONEASH.— There is nothing new to re-
port.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows; Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 3i^c;No.
2, 2^0.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.-The market is
slow at 3c per pound in a jobbing way
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is steady at $1.55 per 100 Bs. in a
jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
slow demand at 2%c a pound from stores
NITRATE OF SODA.— Market is quiet.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6
to 12c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at iy.e per lb for
66%.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6%@7c per pound in ear-
boys.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Our market is quiet.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4Mc per
pound.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Mining Share Market.
Pig....
Bar....
Sheet..
Pipe . .
4 00 ®
5 '
4 87VS@
4 25
4 50
6 12%
5 37H
San Francisco. June 10, 1897.
The market has continued to fluctuate down
in the absence of strong support. While there
is an absence of support, all indications point
to steady concentration of the shares of the
more promising mines. How long this will
continue it is hard to say, for the moneyed
pool is not given to giving their business, un-
less more money can be made by doing so.
There can be no question that a good-sized
deal can be made, for the general business in-
terest of this country is on a better basis
than for several years, while at the East a
strong bull campaign has been inaugurated in
that, the feeling prevails that, with the tariff
out of the way, better prices and freer trad-
ing would follow in many lines of goods. A re-
vival of speculation in Kaffir and Westralia
gold mining shares in England is reported,
which may possibly have a favorable influence
on gold mining securities in this country; but
this may not be felt only to a certain extent
by the Comstock mining shares, owing to the
ore of the mines running from 40 to 65 per cent
silver. If the management of these mines
should work on business principles the gold-
bearing ore in that district, then a better re-
sult might follow. But perhaps they do not
want a mining deal at present. The news
from the mines, taken as a whole, is far from
discouraging, and under ordinary circum-
stances would be promotive of higher prices
for shares. The quantity of ore that is being
shown in Chollar is on the Brunswick lode.
The quantity extracted and milled each week
and also the bullion returns ought to be con-
vincing evidence that the shares on merit
alone are worth more than they are selling at,
but perhaps they are waiting results from the
work now under way on the 500-foot and 600-
foot levels. If the ore extends down and does
not show a decrease in gold or width, then
strong buying ought to follow. Active and
promising work is being done in Con. Virginia
and two or three other mines on the Com-
stock. The bullion return of Chollar for the
month of May was $24,000 in gold coin.
The news from the Comstock continues to
report more or less activity in the leading
mines, with more favorable formation in one
or two. In Alta they are still prosecuting
work in a kill-time kind of way, which helps
to eat up money, even if does not do much
towards showing up ore. From Caledonia and
Overman nothing new has come to hand. In
the latter a few tons of ore are being raised.
Prom Seg. Belcher we do not get anything
new. In Belcher, it is stated, they are about
ready to resume active operations on the
1200-foot level. Ore is still raised from an-
other part of the mine. In Crown Point active
work is continued on several levels. The
work to the west in the surface level of Ken-
tuck is continued jointly by Crown Point,
i^ — ♦....1- ...^,1 vp.Uow Jacket. Nothing or im-
portance has come to hand from it. The west
crossdrift that is being run jointly by Confi-
dence, Challenge and Con. Imperial is being
pushed ahead. This crossdrift is being closely
watched by mining men, for those contending
that the west lode is clear and distinct from
the old or Comstock lode believe that the
crossdrift will find that the lode dips slightly
to the west, and also that it is gold-bearing.
In Alpha nothing new has come to hand. The
work is reported to be confined to the 500-foot
level. The crossdrift is to the west. At last
advices the north drift in Bullion was in soft
material. They ought to be near the Potosi
line. More active work has been resumed in
Potosi on the surface tunnel. Nothing of in-
terest is reported in official letters. Work
has not been resumed in Chollar. A change
in the superin tendency of Hale & Noroross
has delayed work to some extent. From Sav-
age nothing new has come to hand so far as
work is concerned. There is no change in the
joint work of Best & Belcher and Gould &
Curry. The joint crossdrift is still to the
east. Work is continued in Con. Virginia on
the 1000-foot, 1550-foot and 1650-foot levels.
On the 1550-foot level they are raising on a
double compartment incline along the foot
wall. At last advices one-half was in ore
assaying from $4 to $20 a ton. The most active
work is being done on the 1650-foot level, and
which is being closely watched. They are
doing considerable exploiting work, about all
of which looks well. From this level there
were extracted last week 93 tons of ore assay-
ing by sample $56.48 per ton. In Ophir they
are driving slowly ahead No. 3 west cross-
drift on the 1000-foot level. On the Central
tunnel they are still running a south drift.
They pass through poor to fair material. On
the 1000-foot level of Mexican they are still
running the south drift from the northwest-
erly workings. From Union nothing new has
come to hand. They are working in the
various directions heretofore reported. There
is a report of a slight improvement in the
west crossdrift in Sierra Nevada that is being
run on the Layton tunnel. As yet it is not
calculated to set the world on fire, but it was
enough to make short sellers fill and a few
chronic bulls to buy long. No change is re-
ported from either Utah or Andes.
From the mines on the Brunswick lode
nothing new is reported in the joint work of
Con. Virginia, Best & Belcher and Gould &
Curry. They are still sinking shaft No. 2
and at the same time exploiting the 300-foot
level. From Chollar the ore was cutoff on
the 13th floor above the 200-foot level. Above I
the 300-foot level the ore is pinching, while
the grade is lower. Connection has been
made with the upraise from the 400-foot level. |
This will admit of more active work on these I
two levels. On the 500foot level they are |
still driving ahead on the main south drift.
Hopes are entertained that the crossdrifts on
this level will strike the downward continua-
tion of the ore above. The south drift on the
600-foot level is in Chollar ground. In Occi-
dental they are doing work on the 650-foot
and 650-foot levels. So far as official advices
go no material change has occurred the past
week.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
Mines.
June
3.
June
10.
Alpha
Ande.s
Belcher
$ 17
50
Bodie
Bullion
24
1 15
Chollar
1 15
Confidence
Con&oUdated California and Virginia..
Consolidated New York
1 75
1 70
Gould & Curry
37
78
07
31
85
35
Hale & Norcroas
73
Justice
Ophir
66
29
34
28
Sierra Nevada
52
Utah
Yellow Jacket
36
26
Under dale of the 4th James A. Pollock
writes from Salt Lake City, Utah:
Business in the local mining stock market was
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
fide properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer In
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,
Contracts and Secnrltles.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-PIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of hank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B O Telegraphic CkJdes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
Thomas J. Fry,
President.
T. R. MILLEK,
Vioe-Pres't.
John Syi.vanus,
Seo'y &Treas.
John d. Fleming.
Counsel.
CAPITAL STOCK, 8100,000.
■ THE
Mining Investment Company,
No. 031 to 584 Cooper Bnlldlng,
DENVER, COLO.
Branch Office, - COLORADO SPRINGS.
Gold and
Copper
Properties
Wanted.
') We have prospective purchas-
ers for developed and producing
mines and desire to correspond
direct with owners of such prop-
erties. We handle properties on
legitimate commission only and
prefer to deal with owner or
authorized representatives.
^33,014,000
Paid in Dividends by Utah Minini: Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mali.
JAUES A. POLLOCK, Mining .Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
stoc;k. iin the
Copper King of Arizona
Can be had by applying to
C.W. BLACKBURN, Fiscal Agent,
BISBBB, ARIZONA.
/©"Send for prospectus.
C3rilt ESc^STO Stools.!
In one of the best mines in the State, with a past record of over
One MilHon Dollars. Large plant in operation, with rich ore. A
.....■....= .=.., u.u«ura.ea.n ^^w thousand shatcs Can be secured by addressing "Investment,"
railroad and industrial securities. Aside from Care Ot Mining and Scientific PreSS.
June 12, 1897.
Dot e.spectally acilvedurlnff ttie week just clo&ine.
UDlesa certain or the gold securities be agtiln ex-
cepted. The somawhut uoct-rtaiD future of stiver
Is cauKloK u ooDtiuued deprrssioD lo the sltver-
leul KfctioD, ulthouKh prices there have reached a
very low uud conht.MjueQUy ultractive level. Out-
ride loriulry has been larKfly tor the gold Kiocks.
eHpeclally the UlvUlend piiy.-rs, and all of these
have at least maintained their strength where
they have not advanced.
Ajai was persistently beared with very liKbt
ofTerinKs. Regardless of the silver situation, It
now looks very cheap. The mluea are looking
well, although only the hlgh.-st ■.'rude t^'old-cupper-
hllvLT ore is beiuK' '■xira^-u-d. Anchor was weaker
and sold under the (i murk. lIulHon-Heck was not
active and the lemlency still continued duwnwuru.
Ii Is not at all likely that u dividend will b<- paid
this month. The mines are looking sll^bily better
on the deepest levels, but shlpmeuts arc nut
heavy. Buckeye did comparatively lUtle. Some
nice ore is coming in from the prupertles. where
ihe showing Is reported to be highly satisfactory.
The contiouous offering of several odd blocks of
Centennial Kureka on an already depressed and
tjutet market caused an added shading of open
tiuotallous. It is only the weak holders being
weeded out, however, as the great majority of the
stockliolders are fully satisiled with tin- recently
adopted pulley of the management In refusing to
sacrlllce the ore reserves. (Joly light business
was done in Dal ton and prices remained un-
changed. The Dalys were foacllvo and nelihir
recoraed any maierlal change. An order to re-
sume full operations at the Daly's mill has not
>et been j,'lven. A steal of alwut WJ,(IU) in bulllou
:jad cyanides was discovered at the Dexter.
Several arrests were made. The slock did little
uud quotations remained unchanged.
Kagle's assessment ol 1'4 cents per share is
delinijueut. The stock has taken up a portion of
ihe assessment. Kast Golden (Jate Is absolutely
without activity, and was ottered at lis lowest Ug-
ure. Four Aces did but little business and that
at unchanged quotations. Galena was shaded
again somewhat on account of the continued delay
lu dividends. On the Isi Geyser-Manou paid ils
May dividend. There should be no interruption
lit payments, unless some catastrophe occurs. The
cleanup made on the 3rd was the must satisfac-
it)ry Cor the same length of time yet made by the
company. At the mines the show is very flatter-
ing. The slock was active and, while no special
advance occurred, gieat strength was displayed
Little Pittsburg was acilvf but practically un-
changed.
An increased inquiry for Mercur followed the
reaction in price, and the stock regained much of
lis lost strength. The mill is operating to full
capacity and the mines are making a splendid
showing. Mammoth was again beared on very
light business. OlTerings are not heavy and a re-
covery should soon occur. The company is con-
lining its efforts to the extraction of high-grade
ore, and lo new development work. Northern
Light was active, but slightly lower. Two small
Lleanups have been made at the mill.
The regular dividend on Ontario has been paid.
Hut little business was done in the stock and quo-
tations were lower. More free offerings of Silver
Iving shaded prices somewhat. The usual divi-
dend is expected on time. Sacramento was several
points lower, on a cessaiioD of the buying move-
ment. Swansea has just declared its June divi-
dend, but fears of a delay uu.u»fd ihe stoolt to
iiecline somewhat. A slight recovery occurred at
ilie close. South Swansea was also weaker, it is
uncertain yet regarding the June dividend. An
I'lTorl is being made to resume full operations al
iiie Sunshine, either by the company or at the
tiands of leasers. Utah was comparatively strong,
although the payment of dividends has uot yet
been resumed. This strength is due to the con-
tinued line showing at the properties.
Mining and Scientific Press.
Assessment Notices.
o,i^.^^?!^^ MINING COMPANY.-Locallon of prln-
clval l>m<.'n of biwliienn. Sun Francisco. Callfornlu
,S' „',' "' «'<""«8- O" Janilnon Creek, near Jolurn-
Ullf, PluniaH Counl.v. California.
Noll<.-uli.hur...byBlv,n. that at a moellnir of tliu
Board of Dlrf<^ior8. tiilJ „u llif-'TUnlaj- of Novcm-
iwr. 18%. au a»».-B»inMil (No. SI. of 6 c-unl8 ner
Share, waa levliKl upun llii? capital stock of the
corporation, payable linm.-dlalcly In UnU.-.l Slaten
KOlil coin lollifSecr.Mary.al 111.- office of llio com-
pany. I-AJ Snlt.-r Blrc.-t. San Kraiiclsco. California
Any Hlock upon wbldi iIiIh awHens.ijent Htiall re-
main uupalO on ibe iM, clay of January, iwi;. will
be ilellmim-nl. anil ailvurllBucI (or Bale at public
unclloii; anil nnli-HH Daynienl 1h made before, will
be sold on MOND.W. ihe -.-Jiid Hay of March. ISUT.
to pay the ilellnuuent asBeaBnieul. tonether with
the coMlB of advertlBlnk* and expenBCB of Bale.
by order of the Board of Dlrectora.
„„ „ . SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
r.R^'-''^""'"" •*- '-^ Sutler Blreel. San FraiielHco,
California.
San Francisco Stock Board 5ales.
San Francisco, June 10,
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
200 Best ,& Belcher. . . 49.100 Occidental.
50UBuIllon 11
250CboUar 1 10
oOoConOali Va 1 65
aoo H. & N 73
05
300 Potosl 64
500 Sierra Nevada.... 48
SOU Union 35
100 Yellow Jacket.... 26
SECOND SESSION — 2:30 P. M.
700 Ophlr 89 100 Potosl 66
300 Gould & Curry 35 500 Sierra Nevada... . 52
'JOO Best & Belcher ... 51 dOO Occidental 05
500CanCal & Va 1 70:300 Scorpion 03
SOChollar 1 I5|
RainfaH and Temperature.
The followiog data for the week ending 5
A. M., June 9, 1897, are from official
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau tor the Mining and Scien-
tific Press:
^
>^
►3
>
' ??! !=■
CALIFORNIA
STATIONS.
h
r5
EOO
IE
!»>
O b:
p ffl
"CD
axlmum Tt
ture for the
inimum T(
ture for the
: o
: p ;: pp
Po
n a
: p
Q CD 1 (D CD
■ — j- -* -"
- —
,00
49.74' 51.90
45.54
44 60
Red Bluff - -
.00
.00
24.16! 22.43
17. -28 -23.23
25.72
20.78
64 104
58 98
San Francisco ....
.00
23.221 21.25
23.99
49: 83
Fresno
.00
10.63! 8.18
7.45
58 104
San Luis Obispo. .
.00
20.74' 17.72
44 1 96
Los Angeles
.00
16.851 9.35
19.77
5)1 88
San Diego
.0(1
II.77I 5.92
10.51
58' 70
Yvkna
.00
5.351 0.88
2.98
64! 106
THE AIR LIFT.
We have just published an iuleresling
CATALOGUE, (No. 73.)
describing and illustrating the "Pohle Air Lift"
and other methods of
Pumping Water by Compressed Air.
Everyone interested in securing a plentiful
supply of water economically, should have a
copy of this catalogue. It will be sent free
to your address upon application.
The Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Co.
Havemeyer Building, N. Y.
, POSTPONKMKNT.
At a meeiliig of the Hoard of Dlri-ctors of ihe
Jiiiiilsuii Mlnl[nrConii»:iii.v. held on the iVuh dav of
janu;u-.v. is;*,. It vv:iH ivBulvetl thai any Hioi.-k ilpoii
u rik-ii Ui.- aboveasHfysiii.'iii hhal! r(_*miiiii mipiild on
Uu- .4th .lay of Pfbruary, l.sit;. will bedL-limiuent and
aUv.-i-tlHfil for haU- at public aucilon: and. umIc-sb
payiiifnt \H iiiiuU- Dffort'. will be sold on WEDNKS-
UAY, tin- L>lHt uay of April, iJRtT. to pav the delln-
quunl asseHHiiitMit. logelher with the coaia of adver-
tlhlnjf and i-xpenBes of aale.
SAM W. CHRYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a nieetliig of tht- Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mlnhifr Ooinpaiiy. held ou the 24th dav of
teijruary, isii,, ii wt-s resolved th;it any stock u'pon
^^ iVuAl'V\'i''",^'^ asscasmenl shall remain unpaid
on FKIDAY the '.'.Jib day of March. 18117. will be de-
lluqu.-iiiaiidadverti8i.-d forsaloat public auction:
L-'^>iiVl'll-'*'*, I'-'i^'nenl is made before, will b.> sold on
if KIUA\ . the lilst day of May. W.r;. lo pay the delln-
uueut assu.ssiimut, together with the costs of adver-
tlBlut,' anil expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of th«; Board of Directors of the
Janiibon MInius Company, held on the aiith day of
March, Ib'.li. li was resolved that any stock upon
"'''''>\V,'?^^',*'<y^ ,^»8*'8?"ienl shall remaiu unpaid
on SATURDAY, the -JJtb day of April, m:, will be
dellmiueut and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and. uul.-HS payment is made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the lUth day of June. 1897. to
pay the delinquent assesameut. together with the
costs of advertlsiug-and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meetlug^ of the Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the :Mth dav of
April iSHi. It was leeoived that any stock upon
^ M '.^T'l^V,V°^^ assessment shall remain unpaUl
on MONDAY, the 24lh day of May, 189T. will be de-
IhKiiu-nt and advertlted for sain at public auction ■
x,"^xT^Ji'i^?^ P*'^,',"?"V^ "'^'^<^ before, will be aoid on
MONDAY, the IlHIi day of July, mi. to pay the ile-
Uuiiueut assessment, together with the costs of ad-
vertlaiug and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
Jamison Mlnhifr Company, held on the •J4th day of
May. l^y". it was resolved that any stock upon
which the above asseesmeut shall remain unpaid
on WEDNESDAY, the a;h-d day of June. 181iT. will be
deHnqiient and advertised (or sale at public auc-
tion: and. u'tless payment is made before, will be
sold on WEDNESDAY, the Isili day of Aujrust, IH'.iT.
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with
the cosis of ailvertlslug anil expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
CHALLENGE CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
PANY,—Location of principal place of business.
San Francisco, California: location of works. Gold
Hill. Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the ISth day of Mav.
18117. an assessment (No. SS) of Ten cents (lOe) per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the
corporation, payable immediately in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany, room Ho, third floor. Mills building, corner
Bush and Montgomery streets, San Francisco. Cali-
fornia.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the Kith day of June, 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion; and, unless payment is made before, will be
sold on THURSDAY, the 8th day of July. 1897. lo
pay the dellnciuent assessment, together with coats
of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
C. L. McCOY. Secretary.
Office— Room 3i>, third floor. Mills building, San
Francisco. California.
OCCIDENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING COM-
pany.— Location of principal place of business. San
Prauciseo, California. Location of works. Sliver
Star Mining District. Storey County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the lUh day of May,
1897. an assessment {No. 27) of 10 cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately in United States gold
coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the com-
pany. Room No. 61), Nevada block. No. 30i> Montgom-
ery.street. San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the l-'th day of June. 1897. will
be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public
auction, and, unless pa,\'ment is made before, will
be sold on THURSDAY, the 1st day of July. 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together witn the
costs of advertl3lng and expenaea of sale.
Bv order of the Board of Directors.
ALFRED K. DURBROW. Secretary.
Office— Room No. (19, Nevada block. No. ;J09 Mont-
gomery street. San Francisco. California.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business, San Francisco, California;
location of works. Fourth Crossing, Calaveras
County, California.
Notice Is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the 9th day of
June. 1S97. an asaeasment iNo, 7) of 2^. cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the cor-
poration, payable Immediateiy in United States
gold coin lo the secretary, at the office of the
company, room 44, Phelan building, San Francisco,
California.
Anv stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 17tli day of July. 1897, will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and, unless payment Is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 9lh day of August. 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. F. FREY, Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building, San Francisco,
Callforuia.
Skeleton flining Report.
NEEDED BY EVERY MINING MAN.
FIFTY CENTS POSTPAID.
Minlnf and Scientific Press, 220 Market St., S. F.
THE CALIiroRNIA DEBUIS COMMISSION liiv-
ine rucelv...! upDlloallora ,o ,„l,io by life l""raunc
process troiii Hofy .v L..wU. I.i 11,.. P.-iraoiii (inivel
f" D,Tr';;io •; !"'t"", '" a,™" oBvm,. Mhfc Vih';'; ."
Fork, ?M-?,i;,;'';.'o,''°'''', '■''''';'■■» '" '■""i*^' S""ii'
111 Ui,- MorrlNlowii Mill,.- :il Muri-latown SU-rrj. p..
JO .l.-„o»l. ,„lll„t.B lu II,,.. Mo,TlBt„,?"Ra? »■: tro";;
.i«,i;. .„,'"'"'."?.'"' SliTra Clly. Sierra Co.. lo
rroin J. p. Weal. In Ihe Moiii.lalii Vl.w Mine near
Bulle Creek, irlven nollce ll.ai a nieellni; will he
heU al loom M Ploo.1 Building. San PranelBco!
Cal . on June 14. IMi;. at 1 ^so !•. ,m. >*.io,,u.
In Ihe Superior Courl ot Ihe Clly anU Counlv of
San !• rauelseu Slaleof California. Deparlmenl No s
de ,„ .■ ,''"',""','l- I'lalhtlir. v». Mahel L. Kimball.
ri t\. f- '^?"'",' ?'""''£'" '" ""-■ Si'lHTlor Court.
„ n ,. , .',"""•>■ "' S"n Francisco. State ol Callfor-
nti-Jl't "'" '.-"'"Bl.''"! lll«l lu sal.l Clly an,l Counly
of San PrmielBeo, In the offlce of the clerk of salil
„ .PS "r '^""'\- The people of Ih,. Slate of Califor-
nia send i-reellni; to Mabel L. Kimball, .lefei'.l.'inl
ir^^, ;'/,'■ '"•;■'•''>■ retiiilre.l to appear In an action
proufht atnhmt .von by the above-uameU plalnlllT
In the superior Courl. filly ami County of Sau Pran-
^Hh'IlnV'rt,'?'^"!'""','",'',""" ■" »"»wcT the CO. .
Plalil Qled therein wUhln ion Uay» (exclusive of
the Uay of service! after the service on vou of ihN
"l''""',"'"*' " ",'','■;■'"' S'"''" "'Is ^-uunt.v ■■ m: If served
hrnn^ ;'^'' m'"'" "'!"'■' "*■'»■"■ The salil actlou Is
„r.?i'.^''"?'"'"°'^'''""' '«">'s <" matrlmouv now
»'™„ .','"' , K '."i"^'", ■y""f'«?l' and plalnlllT. on ihe
ground of b.-,hllual Intemperance on your pan for
f,',n'',^' i '" "'",■ *■'?'■ I"""- '*" <" """Ich will more
tuuj appear lu the complalnl on lile her,'ln to
hi,, „,',e'"l •■'.'■B liireby rel.Treil. And you are here-
by lolllieUllml If you fall 10 appear and answer Ihe
said complalnl as above reciulr...il. the said iilalnllll
!„J ,■'"!','■ '" ""■, "•''"' """■■I '<"• 'I'l-' fell"' pravecl
12™, ,"'V.''i"""''""'- '*''«" "nder my hand and
^?t»" ,?"''' Superior Courl at the City and Counlv
of sau Francisco. Slate of California, this aih dav of
April. 1,1 Ihe year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundreil anil nliicLv-seveu. C. P. Ourry. Clerk. Bv
foriej fojTlal'uilff':''"'' ""'''■ "■ Thompson. A{-
Alaska :
: nines.
Developed and Undeveloped
Free-Milling Properties.
E. F. CASSEL,
JUNEAU ALASKA.
CRIFFLE CKfcbK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
IIN GOL.D.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
lu Connection with the Denver & Rio Grande.
For information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
Denver, Colo.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Colorado has wltliin Ita limits some of tlie great-
est eold mines tliat liave ever been discovered. In
Cripple Creek in 1392 there were a few prospectors
looliln^ over the liills; In 1835 the camp tnrned out
over $8,000,000 in gold. LeadviUe. the old bonanza
camp and the mineral prodnct of which made Den-
ver what It is to-day, is becoming a big producer of
gold. New inventions for working low-grade gold
ores, together with the discoveries made to work
rebellious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers such as they have never enjoyed before, and
Colorado has inducemeutB to offer such as no other
district in the world possesses; the record of the
State in gold production for the last three years
speaks for Itself. Among the other prominent
camps in theStateareTelluride. Ophir, Rico, Silver-
ton, Mineral Point, Durango. La Pluta. Ouray. Saw
Pit, Ironton, the Gunnison district and many others.
New llnds are being made and new camps are
springing into existence every day The Denver &,
Rio Grande Railroad, which is the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has always been the miners
friend, reaches all the mining camps in Colorado.
For elegantly illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines in Colorado, send to
W. J. SUOTWKLX-, - - - General Agent,
ol-l California St.. San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passenger Agent, - - DENVER, COLO.
Gold
Wleint&dl,
And Colorado has enough tor the whole world.
Yours for the finding: shall we tell you where to
looli v Please send six cents to cover postage on
an elaborate book called "Colorado's Gold; " 128
pages, with 80 new half-tone engravings. Address
B. L. lA/INCHELL,
G. P. A. Un. Pae., Denver & Gulf K'y.,
IDEIN\/ER, COLO.
Rio Grande Southern R. R.
SILVER SAN JUAN SCENIC LINE
FROM
RIDGWAY TO TELLURIDE, SAW PIT, OPHIR
RICO, DOLORES, MANCOS, LA PLATA
AND DURANGO.
OpcnlDK up ibe most moKnlHcent-scenerv la tbe
Rocky mounUilDs. and pusslDR througlflhe
Famous Gold and Silver Fields of
San Miguel and Dolores
Counties,
— .\ND TIIK
♦ Montezuma and Shenandoah Yalleys ♦
I'be Greiit .\Krkullural Region of ttu '
DOLORES - RIVER.
Tills liuL- brings ll,e lourl.s, «libln eusy reach of
the wond(.'rful
HOMES OF THE_CUFF DWELLERS.
In connffUon with Ibe Denver and Rio Grande ll
forms tbe unsurpassed
ALL RAIL "AROUND THE CIRCLE TRIP."
JO. T. JEFPERV, Presidknt.
$25
Rate
TO CHICAGO
For Christian Endeavorers,
Is open to the public as well
if they travel via the
Great
5
anta Fe
: : Route.
Pullman Palace Drawing
Room, also flodern Uphol-
stered Tourist Sleeping
Cars, Oakland Pier to
->=~ Chicas'o.
icKCi Office, 644 Market St., Chronicle Building.
Telepbone Main 1531.
H. C. BUSH, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.,81 Chronicle
Building.
S. H. PERKINS, City TIcliet Agent,frlJ Market St.
To Arizona:
— I ■■» «— ■
TRAVEL VIA THE
anta Fe Route^^
and Ash Fork.
First-Class Equipment and
Dining Accommodations,
Magnificent Scenery,
No Delay.
Close Connections.
Pullman Service toPrescott
and Phoenix.
PASSING THROL'QH THB
FAMOUS MININQ CITIES OP
F*rescott and Congress
INTO . . .
F* h o © n I X , ■^^SBan— -"
THROUQM THE RICHEST
SECTION OP THE
Great Salt River \/alley,
NOTED POR ITS MARVELOUS
FERTILITY AND AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS. . . .
For information regarding the mineral resources
or tbe agricultural possibilities of CENTRAL.
ARIZONA, or for advice as to the train service
from all principal points in tbe United States,
write to any SANTA FE ROUTE representative,
or to
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VOLUMK LXXIV.
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SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 189r.
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Novel Appliances for Hydrau-
lic Mining.
Derricks are used generally to
handle the large boulders in hy-
draulic mines in this State, and in
many cases expensive rigs have
been put up capable of handling
rocks weighing several tons each.
Derricks are especially necessary
in those mines where the gravel is
worked with hydraulic elevators.
In the old Hayes and Pickett mine,
opposite Junction City, in Trinity
county, California, owned by the
Compagnie Francaise des Placers
Hydrauliques, the banks are so
high that derricks cannot be made
use of to remove the boulders with-
out great danger of their being
covered up and destroyed. For a
time blasting was resorted to, but
the outlay for powder and labor
was very heavy. Besides that, the
sharp edges of the pieces caused a
rapid wearing away of the wooden
blocks with which the Humes were
paved.
In order to reduce these expenses
the manager, E. Saladin, devised
an ingenious system of blocks,
cables and a carrier or trolley to
remove these boulders from the
face of the bank. This has been in
use for over a year and is doing good work. The
plant is illustrated on this page. Boulders weighing
as much as two tons are picked up and removed
to the back end
>.• ;•: ' 'w.'; V .^ .■•'"•'■"■'• j ''.'». of the pit. The
"-^ usual method of
::.' timbering the
'.•"■ bedrock tunnels
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CONVEYOR REELS OP CIE FRANCAISE DE HYDRAULIC.
Fli/ME Tl/NNEL.
furnish enough height for the workmen to walk along
the flume.
The mine has a supply of 6000 miners' inches of
water, which keeps half a dozen large giants in use.
The company owns its own sawmill and has tele-
phones and electric lights on the property.
The Land Office and Petroleum.
An effort is being made before the Secretary of
the Interior to induce him to reverse the ruling of
the General Land OtBce, made last year, to the
effect that petroleum lands were not mineral. Com-
missioner Lamoureux, in the case of Aldritt vs. the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, ruled that
while the department had from time to time allowed
entries to be made for rock, chalk, kaolin, gypsum
and petroleum as placer claims, they were allowed
under a strained construction of the statute. This
decision works a particular hardship in this State,
where so much petroleum land is within the limits of
the railroad land grants. The decision of the com-
missioner narrows the right of placer locators to
such lands as contain metalliferous ores only. For the
purpose of taking up and developing such deposits
as were excepted by the ruling there was no more
fair and convenient method to be devised than under
the mineral land act. It would certainly not be logi-
cal to take them up as agricultural lands, nor would
it be right to allow the railroads to obtain them as
if they were agricultural lands.
Certainly, if the public have no
right to locate them that does not
in itself give the railroads any title
to them.
ROCK CONVEYOR - COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DES PLACERS HYDRAULICS,
The California delegation in
Congress is asking that a duty of
about $6 per ton on mineral paint
be included in the proposed tariff
act. While there is obtained all
over this State mineral paint of
good quality, it has been found un-
profitable to work. The president
of the Healdsburg paint mine,
which is the principal producer,
stated last week that they were
starting up again in anticipation
of tariff legislation. The red paint,
he said, is equal to the best im-
ported, but could not compete in
price with Venetian red from Eu-
rope.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.— Conveyor Reels ot Cie Prancaise de Hy-
draulic; Flume Tunnel; Rock Conveyor— Compaguie Francaise
des Placers Hydraulics, 513. Miramonte Colony's Artesian Well,
Kern County; Heminghaus' Artesian Weil, Fresno County, 517.
Transfer Table in Southern Pacidc Railway Shops, Sacramento,
Cal ; Interior of Spring Shop, Southern Paciec Railway Shops,
Sacramento, Cal., h'ii. Diestlehorst Dredger, 523.
EDITORIAL.— Novel Appliances for Hydraulic iVIining; The Land
Ofdce and Petroleum; A Duty on Mineral Paint, 513. Removal;
The Denver Convention ; County and District Recorders; Mineral
Lands Patented by the Railroads, 514.
MINING SUMMARY.— From the Various Counties, of California
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 518-9.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— The Use of Compressed Air for Min-
ing Purposes, 530.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— Comets; An Automatic Lighter and
Extinguisher, 520. Spontaneous Combustion; Reduction of Rev-
enue; The Human Body ; A New Element; A New Alloy of Iron
and Nickel, 521.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Electric Motors in Railroad Shops;
The Center of Large Enterprises in Electrical Transmission;
Electricity in Russia; Vibrations of a Telephone Diaphragm; The
Street Railways of Monterey, Mexico, 521.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Marliet; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc., 534-35.
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 515. Precipitation of Gold
from Cyanide Solutions, 516. Some Artesian Wells ; From Mine to
Mint, 517. A Klamath River Dredger; United States Coal Pro-
duction, 523. Coast Industrial Notes; Personal; Recently De-
clared Mining Dividends; Commercial Paragraphs; Recent Cali-
fornia Mining Incorporations; Obituary, 521.
Removal.
Increasing business renders necessary more and
better office room. Accordingly, the sixth floor of
the fine new building, 330 Marljet St., has been
leased, and after July 1st, '97, that will be the home
of the Mining .and Scientific Press. The new
building compares favorably in every way with the
modern buildings now being erected. The paper
has outgrown its present quarters, which have been
occupied for nearly twenty years. It is designed
that even more than in the past this office shall be
headquarters for mining information, and raining
men resident or visiting the city are invited to make
use at any time of its facilities.
The Mining .and Scientific Press Patent Agency,
long and intimately associated with this paper, also
transfers its offices adjoining those of the paper. It
is, of course, well known that the patent agency in
the firm name of Dewey & Co. is under the personal
administration of Mr. Geo. H. Strong, whose ex-
perience and ability have ever been manifest in suc-
cessfully conducting that branch of the business.
The Denver Convention.
The international Gold Mining Convention to be
held in Denver, Colorado, next month, gives promise
of being a success from the point of view of the min-
ers themselves. That it will be primarily a miners'
convention and not a political convention nor a stock-
jobbing gathering seems assured. It is the desire of
the committee in charge that all papers read and all
discussions be confined to those subjects which are
germane to mines and mining, and that the conven-
tion shall in no sense be partisan.
The delegations thus far appointed from the differ-
ent States and Territories and from outside the lim-
its of the United States assure a large attendance.
The Governor of California, the California State
Miners' Convention and the various county miners'
associations have appointed representative miners
who have announced their intention of attending the
convention.
The future of the mining industry in the West can
be very much improved by annual conventions if this
first starts off right and under proper auspices. The
management must now and in the future be kept
free from the baneful influence of stock jobbers and
politicians.
The good work that has been done by the Califor-
nia Miners' Association is an indication of what may
be done in a larger field by the International Gold
Mining Convention. While many questions of legis-
lation affecting the industry will be most apparent
in the deliberations, probably from an educational
point of view will the gatherings of miners be of most
importance in the end. Gold mining, and, indeed,
silver and copper mining, as industries, are yet
crude in many respects. Much has been done
toward improving methods during the past few
years, but the great changes constantly going on
show that much more is to be learned. Nearly every
district has new methods, unknown to others, and a
meeting of the best miners from these different dis-
tricts should do much good.
Mineral Lands Patented by the Railroads.
The chairman of the Mineral Lands Committee of
the California Miners' Association, Mr. A. H. Rick-
etts, has prepared the following statement;
In view of the recent announcement that a com-
mittee had been appointed by Congress to investi-
gate the matter of issuing patents to the subsidized
Pacific Coast railroads, the following figures, taken
from reports ot the late Commissioner Lamoreux as
to the disposition of the public lands lying within the
limits of the several railroad grants, is of more than
passing interest:
On July 30, 1894, the estimated area in grants to
the Central Pacific Railroad Company in Nevada,
Utah and California was 7,997,600 acres; to the Cali-
fornia and Oregon Railroad Company, in California,
3,724,800 acres ; to the Western Pacific Railroad
Company, in California, 1,100,000 acres ; to the Ore-
gon and California Railroad Company, in Oregon,
3,884,000; to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
in California, 11,964,160 acres ; or a total of 28,626,-
560; of which, says the Commission, "it has been es-
timated by the best authority obtainable that one-
third of the land within the railroad grant in the
twelve mineral States and Territories is mineral
land." Acreage patented in the above-named States
up to July 30, 1894: 7,829,213.73. Up to June 30, 1896,
the acreage patented to the Central Pacific and its
associates of lands lying in the above-named States
was: In California, 7,092,183.87 acres ; in Nevada,
755,338.89 acres ; in Oregon, 2,180,366.07 ; in Utah,
849,294.18 acres ; or a total of 10,877,183.01 acres.
Assuming these figures to be accurate, and they are
compiled from the official reports of the General
Land office, it appears that in twenty-three months
the Central Pacific Railroad Company and its asso-
ciates have received patents for 3,047,969,28 acres,
of which one-thii'd, or, say, 1,000,000 acres in round
numbers, was mineral land and e.xcluded by act of
Congress from the grants, or, in all, say, 3,500,000
acres have, under the estimate of the Commissioner,
been given to the railroad company in defiance of the
act of Congress.
These figures are startling in the extreme and
show an unwonted industry upon the part of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company in seeking patents
since the action of the California Miners' Convention
of 1894, out of which grew the appointment of its
mineral land committee and the presentation to
Congress of the mineral land bill. The fate of this
bill, because of the arbitrary action of Speaker
Reed, is still fresh in the minds of the community.
A similar bill has been introduced at the present
session, and unless its progress is forced there will
be but little work for the committee to do, that is, if
the past is an earnest of the future. The necessity
for prompt action is emphasized by the following
detailed statement of railroad lands patented in
California during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895 :
At^res.
Central Pacific 109,293.97
Central Pacific (successor to the California-Oregon Rail-
road Company) 306,692.81
Southern Pacific (mainline) 616,728.38
Southern Pacific (branch line) 73,548.01
A total of 1,033,363. 17
And for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 :
Central Pacific (successor to Western) 1,345.15
Central Pacific (successor to the California-Oregon Rail-
road Company) 1,114,213 14
Southern Pacific (main line) 220,610.78
Southern Pacific (branch line) 39,746.33
A total of 1,376,516.29
Or a grand total in this State alone of 2,412,779.46
acres patented within the two years during which
the mineral land bill may be said to have been pend-
ing before Congress.
In addition to this amount, there was pending in
the General Land Office, June .30, 1896, unpatented
railroad selections in California amounting to
1,058,629.92 acres; but how much of this land has
since been patented to the railroad company I have
no present knowledge, but it is quite possible that
all of it has been patented to it.
As all mineral lands lying within the several rail-
road grants are excluded therefrom, it is apparent
that the lands patented to the railroad company
have been determined to be non-mineral in character.
In the case of Barden vs. Northern Pacific (104
U. S. 331), Mr. Justice Field, in delivering the opin-
ion of the court, says: "A patent issued in proper
form upon a judgment rendered after a due exam-
ination of the subject by officers of the Land Depart-
ment, charged with its preparation and issue, that
the lands were non-mineral would, unless set aside
and annulled by direct proceedings, estop the Gov-
ernment from contending to the contrary; and, as
we have already said, in the absence of fraud in the
offices of the Department would be conclusive in sub-
sequent proceedings respecting the title."
■The examination as to the character of the land,
which is the duty of the Land Department, has been
notoriously perfunctory in character, and particu-
larly so since the adoption of the rules of July 9,
1894, concerning which it has been said by W. W.
Dixon, one of the counsel for Barden: "I do not
wish to misrepresent the regulations of the Secretary.
They provide for protests and contests against the
classification of lands by the railroad company, but
under such conditions and restrictions as will in most
cases make opposition useless. I do not believe that
the railroad company itself could devise more
effectual means to enable it, in the teeth of the de-
cision of the Supreme Court, to get title to large
tracts of mineral land, than these rules and regula-
tions, if put into practical operation, would afford.
I say this without disrespect to the Land Depart-
ment, or any imputation upon its good intentions.
The Department seems to consider the subject as of
importance only to the railroad company and adverse
mineral claimants, not regarding the interest of the
Government in the mineral lands and its duty to see
that they are preserved to the peoole. "
County and District Recorders.
Some correspondence in reference to some phases
of the new mining law has been handed to the Min-
ing AND Scientific Press, and is of particular inter-
est to the local mining districts. A firm in this city
was asked by one of their correspondents in Bodie
the following questions :
"First — What about the right of the Legislature
abolishing the office of Mining Recorder and transmit-
ting records to County Recorder ? Under Section
2324, Revised Statutes of the United States, privi-
lege is granted and always recognized that miners
have the right of electing a Recorder and recording
their claims in the district, which law has been in
force and recognized, in Bodie mining district up-
wards of tuvnty-fitv years. Second — Can the Legis-
lature legislate an officer out of office for the term for
which he was elected ? Mining Recorders are gen-
erally elected for one year, from January 1st to
January 1st succeeding. The records and seal are
purchased by the Mining Recorder and have always
been considered the property of the raining district.
The last mining law also, fails to provide a penalty
for failure to transmit mining records to County
Recorders. The general opinion of mine owners and
miners here is that the above part of the law is
clearly unconstitutional."
These questions submitted to J. F. Cowdery
elicited the following reply:
"Notwithstanding the act of March 27, 1897, I
think the miners of a district have a right to meet
and adopt rules and regulations not in conflict with
the State law and the laws of the United States.
They may add to the State law a rule that notice
of location shall state whether the lines of the loca-
tion are parallel to or about, upon a claim already
located, the character of the ledge, or, in case of
placers, whether the claim is in a river, on a flat or
on a seashore and the like. As to the place where a
notice is to be recorded, I think the miners of a dis-
trict have no right to require a notice to be recorded
at any place other than the County Recorder's office
nor by any other person than the County Recorder;
and this because the United States mining law per-
mits the miners of a district to make laws not in con-
flict with the laws ot the United States or with the
laws of the State or Territory where the mine is
situated. The State, by the acts of March 31, 1891,
Sts., page 219, and the act of 1897, has directed the
aforesaid notices to be recorded in the County Re-
corder's office, and that direction is final. It I lived
in a mining district I would advocate the holding of
a miners' meeting and I would also advocate the
passage of a resolution abolishing the office of District
Recorder and requiring all locations to conform to
the California law ot March 27, 1897. If this is not
done, a locator may (in contested cases) have trouble
in proving his location; or, if he applies for a United
States patent for his mine, he may have trouble. I
think the Legislature had a right to anticipate that
miners would do substantially as above indicated,
and that District Recorders would turn over their
books of record to the County Recorder. Section 74
of our Penal Code provides that every person who
intrudes himself into a public office is guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and Sec. 76 says that 'Every officer
whose office is abolished by law, who withholds or
detains from his successor the records ot his office, is
guilty ot a, felon,!/.' I am inclined to the opinion that
the office of Recorder for a raining district was abol-
ished by the act ot 1897 and that a Recorder under
the old law will be liable it he refuses to obey the
June 19, 1897.
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Concentrates.
TuK Spokane Mlulog Stock Exchange has been closed
for ihe sumroor.
The cyanide plant at the Kureka mill, Ljun Co., Nov., be-
gan operalioDs tbis week.
TuEowoersor the Pern mine at XeUoQ, B. C, are prepar-
ing lo erect a 20-stamp mill.
AKi't ME.NT coQtinues in the Senate over the proposed duty
on lead ore or 1^ cents per pound.
In Hungary there are in operation 02 gold mines, 23 silver
mines and I'-i gold and silver mines,
P. A. Bleu. and others of Stockton, Cal., say they will
build a smelter there lo cost |250,UO0.
BuiTisii Coi.t'MttiA can boast in Grand Forks or a mining
town in which saloons are not allowed.
CoNsii>£KAiii.E ore is hauled from mines to reduction works
lo Butte, Montana, over the street ear lines.
TuE Standard mill at Bodte has shut down. It will be re-
lltted and probably started up again within a month.
TuK railway bills for transportation of troops iu connection
with the Leadville, Col., strike of last year amount tof2U, lU'.).
TuK Yankee Doodle on Carbonate Hill, Leadville, Colo., has
been sold loan tCustern syndicate. The price is about flUU,OUU.
Tut: Hall Mines Co., Limited, of London has bonded the
Black Cock mine in the Salmon river district, B. C, for
*70,000.
The Anderson mine, in the Parrot addition, Butte, Montana,
has been bonded and leased to the Butte and Boston Company
for ITj.OOU.
At the onyx quarry at Big Bug, Ariz., twelve men have
been put to work and machinery is being ordered to handle a
large output.
A KEi'KEj^ENTATivE of Chlcago Capital has begun work to
develop copper deposits in the big bend of Pitt river in Shasta
county, Cal.
The Maggie Jerome Mining and Milling Company propose
to erect a mill immediately on their property at Jerome
Creek, Idaho.
A I'KOJECT is on foot to supply Deep creek, Utah, with 15U0
horse power, to be generated by waste water, lo supply the
mines and mills.
Pkei'auations are being made to add enough tanks to the
Mercur mill at Mercur, Utah, to bring the tonnage treated
up to 'M)0 tons a day.
BiUTisH CuiANA from January L to May 10, 1897, exported
gold valued at ^11,919, against $5(30,282 lor the corresponding
period of last year.
C. D. Lane is reported to be arranging a plan to divert
the waters of the Carson river, Alpine Co., Cal., to the Pine
Nut, Nevada, mines.
TuE owners of the Cleveland mine at Sierra City, Cal., are
about to build a 10-stamp mill to take the place of the one re-
cently destroyed by tire.
At the Mexican mine in Souora, Mexico, there is a check
system in use to prevent drunkenness among the men. Only
three drinks a day are allowed.
The United Verde Copper Company at Jerome, Ariz., is
shipping a large amount of machinery. Last year they
doubled the capacity of their plant.
The American expedition which has been exploring in
Tierra del Puego has been successful in finding gold in quan-
tities which will yield a large profit.
iNVESTiciATioNS by experts on Piney creek near Buffalo,
Wyoming, have led to filing on lands which contain a semi-
anthracite said to be of good quality.
A New York capitalist has purchased the San Xavier,
Arizona, copper mines. These properties were located some
forty years ago and contain extensive ore bodies.
B. A. Caudwell has twenty-five men at work building a
wagon road from Cisco, Cal., to the Meadow Lake mines, over
which to haul the refractory ores of the district.
The fish commissioner of Colorado is trying to make the
mill men, sluice and quartz miners in the vicinity of Aspen
impound their debris in the interest of the trout.
The mill at the Plymouth Rock mine near Milton, in Cala-
veras county, Cal., has been closed down temporarily prepar-
atory to making some large additions to the plant.
The Guggenheims, the owners of the Aguas Calientes
smelters in Mexico, have purchased for $150,0UU, Mexican, a
copper mine south of Jimenez, State of Chihuahua,
Theue will be an extra (JUOO copies of next week's issue-
that is, in addition to the regular number of copies, there will
be an additional tlOOU copies of the issue of the 2Uth inst.
In the Julian mining district in San Diego county, California,
there are nine quartz mills with a total of ninety stamps.
Three mills are running and twenty mines are being worked.
The United States Supreme Court has decided that all the
mineral belt of the Cochiti mining district in New Mexico is
outside of the Canada De Cochiti grant and on the public
domain.
The business part of Georgetown, California, was almost
wholly destroyed by tire last Sunday night, and by an explo-
sion of powder two people were killed. The loss is estimated
at 1125,000.
On a claim taken up prior to May 35, IStlT, under the old law
or on or after January 1, 1897, the locator will have until
January 1, ISUli, in which to do the first $100 worth of assess-
ment work.
The Golden Cross mine, Hedges, San Diego county, Cal.,
for which $1,000,000 was recently refused, is reported bonded
for $1,500,000 to Messrs. Carman & Rogers, representing New
York men.
It is believed that, by the close of this century, the demand
for gold, great as it is, will be exceeded by the demand for
copper. Copper will be king in the sunrise years of the twen-
tieth century.
At Cochiti, New Mexico, a miners' protective association
has been formed, the object of wnich is to bring about arbi-
tration in cases of conflictions or disputes affecting raining
clainas in the district. .
The company which has contracted to work the tailings of
the Holmes Mining Company at Belleville, Nev., is the
Northern Belle Mining Co., Limited, of London. The plant
will be in operation in a few days.
For May the Alaska-Treadwell reports as follows : Period
since last return, 30 days; bullion shipment, $40,938; ore
milled. 20,3S3 tons; sulphurets treated, 2<J5 tons. Of bulUoo
there came from sulphurets $IO,5',t7.
Sevk.\ teams entered a rock-drllliug contest at Baker City,
Dr., on the lUh inst. Chlshlman andPherson of the Kachael
mine won, drilling 2^1% inches in 15 minutes; AsbtoD and Ash
of the Con. Va. second, 2ifi„ in<.'hes.
The Texas Consolidated mine in Old Diggings district,
Shasta county, Cal., has been closed down this week owing to
closing off the water supply from the well. A suit between
the owners and lessees of the water is the cause.
J. D. L(>i>EK, who has bonded some claims at Cold creek,
states that be will build a pyrltic smoller at Elko, Nevada, if
an examination of the country surrounding justifies the esti-
mate that It will contribute 150 tons of ore daily.
Leahvillk, Colo., advices are that a New York syndicate
has purchased the Yankee Doodle proparly on Carbonate Hill
for $100,000. It has a record of about half a million in produc-
tion of ore, and it is expected to be producing 200 tons daily
by August.
Patuick Ci.akev and associates have paid $105,000 for one-
third of the stock in the Republic Mining and Milling Com-
pany which owns a free-milling gold property In the Colville
reservation, Washington. This Is a new mine, practically
undeveloped.
At the annual meeting of the Nobel Dynamite Trust Co. in
Loudon lately it was stated by the chairman that in order to
protect the trade iu the United States they were considering
the advisability of establishing factories both in the East
and the West.
It is reported that the Blair group of mines at Silver Peak,
Nevada, has been sold to J. B. Hagglo, Marcus Daly and J. B.
Conda, son-in-law of the owner, John W. Mackay and George
D. Roberts, upon a report made by James D. Hague and Alex-
ander Womble.
The Le Roi Mining Company of Rossland, B. C, has pur-
chased the machinery f(jr its smeller. The purchase price
was $25,000, and it is to be erected within seventy days. The
site has not been chosen, but it will probably be erected at
Rossland or Northport.
The question whether one man may take up several con-
tiguous mining claims in his own name is asked almost daily.
He may. It does not make any difference whether they ad-
join or not. He must see that $100 worth of work or improve-
ments is put on each claim annually.
Cai'Tain J. R. DeLamau, who owns a half interest in the
Brickyard mine at Mercur, Utah, has secured an option on
the other half, and is said to be making an offer for the Gold
Dust and the Mercur. He controls the Golden Gate and has
purchased the Gold Belt Water Co.'s line.
At a meeiiug of the directors of the El Dorado county
Miners' Association last week, called to take action in refer-
ence to restraining dams, a committee consisting of the
president, H. E. Pickett, and Thomas Alderson was appointed
to ascertain the best location for such dams.
The owners of the copper and mineral paint mines at Spence-
ville, Nevada county, Cal., have contracted to furnish one of
the powder companies with 500 tons of low-grade ore from
which to obtain sulphuric acid. If this experiment proves sat-
isfactory, there will be considerable required.
The first steam dredger to woi-k for gold on this coast was
shipped out here fx'om the East and went up the Sacramento
river in lS4'.t. After a short trial it was found that nothing
could be made in that way and the boat was used to carry
freight on the upper waters of the Sacramento.
The shipments of ore from Trail Creek, B. C, camp for the
fix'st five months of 1897 have aggregated 34,350 tons, as fol-
lows: Le Roi 17,050, War Eagle 4740, Iron Mask 1414, Colum-
bia & Kootenay 519, O K 172, Jumbo 91, Josie 140, Cliff 101,
Red Mountain 50, Evening Star 31, Giant 21, 1 X L 13.
Fkom the Kootenay, up to June 5, the exports of ore
amounted to 21,163,^4 tons, valued at $1,511,438.00, an average
of $71.42 per ton. In addition to this the product of the Nel-
son and Trail smelters was valued at $1,581,593.04, making
the total output of the mines for 1897 to June 5 $3,093,030.10.
Suit has been brought by the Mountain Copper Co. against
O. H. Garlock & Co., at Redding, Cal., to determine the
ownership of adjacent water rights. The latter were using
some of the water in generating electric power to run their
mines, which are now shut down awaiting the outcome of the
litigation.
The district recorder at Virginia Dale, San Bernardino
county, Cal., refuses to turn his books over to the county re-
corder without an order of court. Tbis may bring up a test
case on the new Ciliforuia mining law, which abolishes dis-
trict recorders and requires records of mining locations to be
made with county recorders.
Hamilton Smith and his associates have bonded the prop-
erty of Mrs. Frederick McCrellish for $125,000 and that of
Alfred Wertenweiler for $100,000. These claims adjoin and
are near the southern boundary of the Mariposa grant, in
which Smith and his associates lately bought a one-sixth in-
terest from Alvinza Hayward.
Theue is some stir in southern Oregon over discoveries of
quartz on the headwaters of Elk creek, about forty miles
north of Medford, and many people from that and other towns
have gone to the scene. The mines. are reported to cover
a territory five miles by ten. The formation is said to be a
blanket under a covering of lava.
Since the refusal of the Southern California Railroad to
pay over $1 a barrel for oil at Los Angeles producers have
been disorganized. Last week, however, the producers in
the field in Los Angeles perfected a closer organization and
entered into an agreement to ship 10,000 barrels, but they
refuse to say when it is to be shipped.
At a rock-drilling contest in Helena, Mont., on the 13th
inst., Davy and Preethy of Butte won first money, drilling
41 1.^-16 inches in fifteen minutes; the same team made a
record of 39 inches in Spokane, Wash., last year. W. Bieber
of Lump Gulch, Mont., single-handed drilled 15^'^ inches in
ten minutes. There were 1000 miners on the ground.
A i-EcuLiAufreak was played by lightning at the Silver
King mine at Park City, Utah, last week. A bolt first struck
and shattered the flagstaff at the entrance to the main shaft,
after which it ran dovpn the shaft on an air pipe to the 800-
foot level. At this point it struck a drift which it followed
for a distance of 400 feet, knocking down a miner who was
loading a car.
Seventy-five years ago some Indians brought from the
State of Guerrero, Mexico, specimens of what they called
"crystal chips, ^* and presented them to Gen. Vicente Guer-
rero, who discovered that they were valuable diamonds, and
which were equal to the best Indians from Golconda. Traces
of the beds were lost, and it is now believed that they have
been found again.
TuE Escondido mines in San Diego county, California, have
been sold lo the Du Quesne Gold and Sliver Mining and Mill-
ing Company, principal oftlce at Pittsburg, Pa. The company
also owns and operates mines at Ames, Colo. These mines
were discovered thirty-six years ago and work has been done
on them by several companies. The new owners will begin
extensive development work at once.
A smelteh is to be built at Seattle, Wash., according to a
dispatch, which says that specific terms have been agreed
upon between leading citizens of that city and the represent-
atives of a Milwaukee, Salt Lake and Portland syndicate,
whereby the latter Is to expend $400,000 in the establishment
of a smelter and refining plant in Seattle. It is announced
that work will commence within thirty days.
At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the
California Miners' Association a report was made of the
progress of work ^among the county associations. President
Neff appointed delegates to the International Gold Mining
Convention at Denver, Col., and the Trans-Mississippi Conven-
tion, Salt Lake City, Utah. A committee was appointed lo
confer with a like committee from the valley regarding co-
operation in the matter of river improvement, etc.
Unueu the agreement between the Canadian Government
and the Canadian Pacific Railway, in regard to the terms on
which the Crow's Nest Pass road is lo be built by the latter,
there is lobe no monopoly of the coal tields, the road giving
50,000 acres to the Government. Then the price of coat must
not exceed $2 per ton f. o. b. cars, and in the third place the
railroad cannot make a profit of over 75 cents a ton on coal.
This will reduce the cost of coke at Rossland one-half and coal
two-thirds.
In one or two sections of Colorado " restriction " of the ore
product is suggested, with the curious argument that the
building of mills is being overdone and that it may occur that
there will ultimately be more mills than there is ore. If such
be the possibility, it were better lo curtail the mill building
rather than the ore production, but with the admirable Colo-
rado system of railroad distribution such glut is unlikely. It
is one of the things that regulates itself. So far, the ore
product has kept ahead.
The raining companies of Butte, Montana, have made re-
ports of net proceeds for ISOii, showing a total twice as large
as for 1805. They are as follows for the leading mines: Ana-
conda, $4,375,010; Boston i Montana, $2,tJ30,470; Montana Ore
Purchasing Co., $100,000; Butte & Boston, $80,895; Colorado
Co., $48,975; W. A. Clark's eight mines, $35,870; Alice Mining
Co., $40,035; P. A. Largey, $2S10; J. A. Murray, $3035; Ar-
lington Mining Co., $1760; Lexington, $1115; Moulton Mining
Co., $935; total, $7,380,700. Total for 1895, 13,634,595.
With the mills now in course of construction or arranged
for, and those being enlarged, the total milling capacity of
Cripple Creek will in a short lime be 1350 tons per day. These
will work low-grade ores which are now not handled, and it
is claimed that with the continued shipments of high-grade
ores to the smelters the output of the district will be doubled,
or brought up to about $30,000,000 a year, provided the mines
will supply the ore. At present the mills cannot handle the
ore now offered, and with increased and cheaper milling facil-
ities no doubt many new producers would be developed.
The British Columbia Legislature has authorized the forma-
tion of four electric light and power companies, the Pend
d'Oreille Power &, Light Company to take 300,000 miners'
inches of water from Pend d'Oreille and furnish highland
power to any part of East Kootenay, the East Kootenay Com-
pany to furnish light and power to Rossland and Trail, the
Cascade Company covering the unsecured rights within a
radius of forty miles of Grand Forks, including 150,000 inches
from the Kettle river at the falls, and the Kootenay Company.
This latter is empowered lo supply power and light by com-
pressed air and electricity to all Kootenay, and can use the
water in the Columbia and Kootenay rivers.
The importance of accuracy in every step iu securing legal
title to mining property is illustrated in the contest over the
Hull City placer of 130 acres on which the lownsite of Inde-
pendence in the Cripple Creek, Colorado, district is located,
and which is rated in value at from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000.
Validity of the patent issued to the placer claimants is as-
sailed on the one point of whether or not $500 worth of work
was put upon the ground as required by law to be done before
the patent issues. The protestants previously carried the
case, on decisions adverse to them, up through the General
Land Offlce at Washington to the Secretary of the Interior,
who allowed the case to be reopened on the one point men-
tioned above.
The report of the Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines of
Western Australia for 1890 shows that the receipts from the
mine were i;323,705, and the expenses £46,777, leaving a bal-
ance of £170,928, from which dividends to the amount of
£100,000 were paid, being 100% on the stock. There were in
all 10,729 tons of ore from the mine treated during the year,
and 55,949 ounces gold obtained. At the value given this was
equal to 53,593 fine ounces, or 3. 14 ounces per ton worked. The
average return per ton worked was therefore $05.07; while
the expenses reported were: Mine, $5.25; mill, $5.27; general,
$3.11; total $13.03 per ton. This leaves a profit of $51.44 per
ton worked. During the year 5,016 feet development work
were done, and the manager reports 49,653 tons of ore opened
up and in sight.
Senator Geo. C. Perkins reports that the Mineral Land
bill (which was reported favorably by the Senate committee
to which it was referred) has not yet been presented to the
Senate for action thereon. At this special session of Congress
it was agreed by managers of the Administration policy that
nothing but tariff and currency measures should be consid-
ered. In the House of Representatives members are playing
chess by telegraph with members of the British House of
Commons. An exciting international game of checkers is next
in order. In the Senate the tariff bill will, it is hoped, be
voted upon after awhile. The only way the California Mineral
Land bill can get before the Senate is by unanimous consent.
Both California Senators stand ready to do all possible to fur-
ther the passage of the bill, but there is very little show of
present success. Probably by the time the lands in question
will have been mostly absorbed by the railway corporation
the bill may pass in an emasculated form.
516
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 19, 1897.
Precipitation of Qold from Cyanide Solu-
tions.*
Paper read by L. Ehrmann.
Extraction of gold from cyanide solutions is of
such importance that we may say it is nearly the
capital subject of communications to our society.
The zinc process has been in great favor on account
of its simplicity, and very successful in general prac-
tice; but there are oases when either it is to be con-
sidered too slow or the percentage of gold extracted
from the solution too low. There is the reason why,
principally with poor solutions, electrolytic process
is used, when the simpler method of zinc boxes seems
ineffective. There is no doubt that electrolytic pro-
cesses for extraction of metals from solutions are,
scientifically speaking, the best, as they can be regu-
lated; but they require more care and technical
knowledge than the ordinary zinc process. Electro-
lytic process can be made more simple if electrolysis
of the solution is produced in the zinc boxes, by con-
tact of two different metals, instead of being pro-
duced by an external source of electricity. The
question of elevation of the temperature, so as to fa-
cilitate the chemicals' reactions to make them more
complete and rapid, is also of extreme importance,
and seems to have been generally neglected. 1 have
made experiments in that way, and I have the pleas-
ure to communicate the results to our society. Equal
weights of zinc shavings have been kept in contact
with equal volumes of gold cyanide solutions. In
some cases zinc shavings were used in the ordinary
way, in other cases they had been more or less coated
with a very thin film of copper; the solution gener-
ally used, as giving the best results, being an ammo-
nia-cupric solution, cheaper and more effective than
tartrate or other organic solutions. The modus op-
erandi to be subsequently described. The zinc coated
with copper 1 call "'zinc-copper couple." The zinc
is to be only partially coated. Each series of the
same sort of experiments being made, for the sec-
ond lot of experiments, at the temperature of the
laboratory, 19 to 22 C. (65 to 70 F.) and also at a
temperature of 80 to 85 C. (175 to 185 P.) the condi-
tions being always the same for the zinc and the zinc-
copper couple. After my first visit to the Rand,
where I had seen with the greatest interest those
questions of cyanide process and the two different
systems of precipitation, I had decided to make some
experiments, on my return to my laboratory, from
theoretical views my visit had suggested to me. But,
being very busy with researches of another sort and
my laboratory not being fitted with the requisite for
assaying, I have only been able to make some pre-
liminary experiments, and I had to abandon such re-
searches till 1 came back to the Rand. I will relate
briefly the result of the preliminary experiments on
the cotnparative action of zinc and zinc-copper
couple. First, I made from one gramme of zinc
shavings three small balls, not too hardly pressed.
No. 1 was left as it was; Nos. 2 and 3 have been
slightly coated with copper; No. 3 more than No. 2.
Three 100 c.c. gas-measuring tubes have been filled
with water very slightly alkaline by soda and in-
verted on the same glass jar containing water; balls
1, 2 and 3 being placed in the lower part of each
tube. The apparatus has been left for fifteen days,
and then the quantity of hydrogen liberated in each
tube has been measured, the quantities being: No. 1,
nearly i c.c; No. 2, 26 c.c; No. 3, 24 c.c. The sec-
ond experiment has been made with some balls,
placed in the same quantity of gold cyanide solution
— KCy per cent O, II. After three days, the quan-
tity of gold precipitated has been: For No. 1, 5 milli-
grammes; for No. 2, 7 milligrammes; for No. 3, 7
milligrammes; corresponding to, taking 100 for zinc
only, 140 for coated zinc, or 40 per cent more gold
precipitated. The third experiment gave: No. 1, 18
milligrammes; Nos. 2 and 3, each the same weight,
28 milligrammes, or 55 per cent more gold precipi-
tated. Being satisfied to see I was in the right way,
and precipitation was largely increased by using
zinc-copper couple, I had to abandon provisionally
such experiments. On the beginning of this year, I
paid a short visit to Johannesburg, and, thanks to
my friend, Mr. H. Stephan, manager of the Wem-
mer, who had been formerly in the same laboratory
as myself, a small experiment has been made on or-
dinary cyanide solutions. Experiments previously
made in my laboratory, being on solutions made from
pure gold and pure potassium cyanide. Although
the zino-copper couple had been prepared some
months ago, and was far from being clean, the re-
sults have been satisfactory, as proved by the fol-
lowing figures:
Gold In original solution 0.8.8. —equal to 100
After contact with zinc only 0.4.0. —equal to 48
After contact with zinc-couple 0.2.16.— equal to 3^
52 per cent from total gold precipitated by zinc, and
68 per cent by zinc-copper couple, showing an in-
crease of 30, 8 per cent.
We come now to experiments with cold and hot
solutions. This new series of experiments has been
made in E. B. laboratory. In those experiments,
the time for cold treatment has been 24 hours, and
only 18 hours for the last one; for hot treatment only
two hours. If the duration of cold treatment had
* Trans. Chem. and Met. Soc, Johannesburg,
been only two hours, so as to be approximately on
the same conditions as in usual practice, some one
could have objected against zinc-copper couple that
its action is more effective on the beginning, but that
after two or more hours the efficacy of action of zinc-
copper couple is partly destroyed and gradually di-
minishing when zinc is partly coated with gold. Such
objection is answered beforehand, the length of ex-
periment being 24 hours for cold treatment. Ex-
periment A. — Four equal lots of zinc shavings, 25
grammes each, are put in glass flasks. Nos. 2 and 4
are prepared as zinc-copper couple. One litre of
gold solution is poured in each flask. This solution
is prepared from cyanuration of a mixed lot of all
sorts of samples received for analysis, containing
base metals. Nos. 1 and 2, cold treatment, 24 hours.
Nos. 3 and 4, flasks kepts two hours in water-bath;
temperature kept at 80 C. (175 F.) If we take 100
for gold precipitated by zinc, we have for zinc-cop-
per couple 161, 7, cold treatment, 24 hours; showing
a large increase in favor of zinc-copper couple. If
we take 100 for the quantity of gold precipitated
from cold solutions in 24 hours, we have for the quan-
tity of gold precipitated by hot treatment in two
hours, respectively: For zinc, only 109, 52; and for
zinc-copper couple, 157, 14. We can say: Fresh zinc
precipitates as much gold by hot treatment in two
hours, as by cold treatment in 24 hours; we are to
see from other experiments that this proportion is
less when zinc is not fresh, but for zinc-copper
couple it is much more regular, and nearly the same
for 24 hours' cold treatment and two hours' hot
treatment.
EXPERIMENT A.
Milligrammes MiUi^rammes Gold Per Ton Gold Pre-
GoUl Pel- Gold Pre- in Solution cipitated
Lure cipitated After From lOo
After Treat- Per Treat- in&riginal
jnent. Litre. ment. Solution.
dwts. grs.
2 17 3-4 61 00
0 2 98.67
2 8 66.80
0 7 95.85
l.Zlnc 4.70 7.35
2. Zinc and copper. 0 16 11.89
3. Zinc 4.00 8.05
4. Zinc and copper. 0.50 11.55
1 and 2 cold treatment (24 hours). 3 and 4 hot treatment (2 hours).
Original solution— Gold per litre, 12.05 milligrammes.
Gold per ton, 7 dwts 0 grs.
KOy per cent 0.D17. KOy; G=14.27 (cyanide and
gold quotient).
EXPERIMENT B.
dwts. grs.
1. Zinc 0.48 2.44 D 6 7-10 83.56
3. Zinc and copper. 0.38 2.54 0 5 1-4 86.30
3. Zinc 0.96 1.96 0 13 1-2 67.12
4. Zinc and copper. 0.46 3.46 0 6 4-10 84.24
1 and 2 cold treatment (24 hours). 3 and 4 hot treatment (3 hours).
Original solution — Gold per litre, 2.93 milligrammes.
Gold per ton, 1 dwt 16 9-10 grs.
KCy per cent 0.06. KCy: U-205.48 (cyanide and
gold quotient).
EXPERIMENT C.
dwts. qrs.
l.Zinc 0.62 8.58 0 '8 6-10 93.26
2. Zinc and copper. 0.26 8 94 0 3 6-10 97.17
3. Zinc 1.78 7.43 1 0 9-10 80.65
4. Zinc and copper. 0.26 8.94 0 3 6-lu 97.17
5. Zinc 0.26 8.94 0 3 6-10 97.17
6. Zinc and copper. 0.26 8.94 0 3 6-lu 97.17
7 Zinc 0.70 8..-0 U 9 8-lU 92.40
8. Zinc and copper. 0.36 8.84 0 5 96.08
1, 2, 5 and 6 cold treatment. 3, 4, 7 and 8 hot treatment.
Original solution— Gold per litre, 9.20 milligrammes.
Gold per ton, 5 dwts 8 8-10 grs.
" KCy per cent 0.019. KOy : 0—20.65 (cyanide and
gold quotient).
EXPERIMENT D.
du'ts. grs.
l.Zinc 0.92 8.36 0 12 8-10 90.09
3. Zinc and copper. 0.40 8.88 0 5 1-3 95 69
3. Zinc 0.88 8.40 0 12 3-10 90.51
4. Zinc and copper. 0.68 8.60 0 9 6-10 92.67
5. Zinc 0.28 9.00 0 3 8-10 96.98
6. Zinc and copper. 0.20 9.08 0 2 8-10 97.84
8. Zinc and copper. 0.32 8.96 0 4 4-10 96.65
1. 2, 5 and 6 cold treatment. 3, 4 and 8 hot treatment. Assay No. 7
lost.
Original solution— Gold per litre, 9.28 milligrammes.
Gold per ton, 5 dwts 9 6-10 grs.
'* KOy per cent 0.019. KOy: G=20.47 (cyanide and
gold quotient).
EXPERIMENT E.
dirts, grs,
l.Zinc 0.47 3.43 0 6 1-3 87.93
2. Zinc and copper. 0.09 3.80 0 1 1-4 97.68
3. Zinc 0.31 3.58 0 4 1-3 92.51
4. Zinc and copper. 0.07 3.82 0 1 98.71
Original solution— Gold per litre, 3.89 milligranmies.
Gold per ton, 2 dwts 6 4-10 grs.
KOy per cent 0.018. KOy;G=46.27 (cyanide and
gold quotient).
N. B. — All those four experiments have been made by cold treat-
ment. The hot experiments have not been noted, on account ol
some errors in subsequent analysis, due to uncertainty in cor-
responding marks of flasks and crucibles.
EXPERIMENT P.
dwts. grs.
l.Zinc 0.22 3.08 0 3 93.33
2. Zinc and copper. 0.04 3.26 0 0 6-10 98 78
3. Zinc 0.12 3.18 0 16-10 96.36
4. Zinc and copper. 0.0& 3.24 o 0 8-10 98.18
5. Zinc 0.20 3,10 0 2 8-10 93.94
6. Zinc and copper. 0.08 3.23 0 1 1-10 97 60
7. Zinc 0.08 3.22 0 11-10 97.60
8. Zinc and copper. 0.04 3.26 0 0 6-10 98.78
1, 2, 5 and 6 cold treatment. 3, 4, 7 and 8 hot treatment.
Original solution— Gold per litre, 3.30 milligrammes.
Gold per ton, 1 dwt 23 1-10 grs.
KCy per cent 0.013. KOy: G=39.4 (cyanide and
gold quotient).
It is well known that the ratio of free KCy (potas-
sium cyanide) to gold in solution, which I call cya-
nide-gold quotient, is a great factor in the precipita-
tion of gold. In the experiment A, made with a rich
gold solution, 7.0 dwts per ton and KCy 0.017 per
cent, the quotient is 14.27. The experiment B has
been made in very different condition. Gold per ton
only 1 dwt 16 9-10 grs, but KCy 0.06 per cent, mak-
ing the quotient 205.48, or nearly fifteen times
greater than in experiment A. In such conditions,
we see that with a very high cyanide-gold quotient
the difference of action of zinc and zinc-copper couple
for cold treatment has been only 100 to 104.1, or 4
per cent in favor of zinc-copper couple; but for hot
treatment the difference is much greater. If we
take 100 for gold precipitated by zinc in two hours'
hot treatment, we have 125 for gold precipitated by
zinc-copper couple. Other experiments, C, D, E, P,
have been made in nearly the same conditions as
previous experiments. In C, the zinc-copper couple
have been retreated by ammonia-cuprio solution; and
for experiment E, I have added to each flask 25
grammes zinc, the Nos. 2, 4, 6 and 8 being treated
by ammonia-copper solution. Experiment F made
with same shavings as precedent experiment. The
results of all experiments are in favor of the action
of zinc-copper couple and hot treatment, and show
that hot treatment precipitates as much gold in two
hours as cold treatment in 24 hours, and practically
24 hours cold treatment is an impossibility.
The chairman was sure they had all listened with
great interest to Mr. Ehrmann's paper. He might
mention a zinc-copper couple was brought forward
by a friend of his in London — Mr. Gladstone. He
used it for many experiments in decomposing various
solutions.
Mr. Butters: Did Mr. Ehrmann analyze his zinc?
Was it pure zinc or ordinary commercial zinc?
Mr. Ehrmann: It was zinc I got in Johannesburg,
because I know the action of pure zinc is very slight.
Pure zinc is nearly free from being attacked, but
when it contains some quantity of impurities the ac-
tion of acids and alkalies is largely increased. I
would not make experiments with pure zinc, because
I wish to make experiments from a practical point
of view.
Mr. Butters: Do I understand that in your paper
you advise hot treatment?
Mr. Ehrmann: I think hot treatment gives quicker
results.
Mr. Butters: Where there are 1000 tons of liquor
handled in a day we cannot afford to raise the tem-
perature.
Mr. Ehrmann: Why not?
Mr. Butters: It would be too expensive to raise
the temperature of 1000 tons of liquor per day. The
average temperature here would be somewhere in
the neighborhood of 60 degrees. What temperature
do you advise?
Mr. Ehrmann: 175 Fahrenheit.
Mr. Butters: So you would raise the temperature
about 115 degrees Fahrenheit?
Mr. Ehrmann: About 60 some odd degrees C.
Mr. Butters: That would be absolutely impracti-
cable, because, taking in all the cyanide works, we
use 3000 or 4000 tons of solution per day.
Mr. Ehrmann: I made these experiments first to
know what was the action of hot treatment. There
are cases I know where 2 dwts of gold are left in the
tailings.
Mr. Butters: In our ordinary zinc process the
average amount is only 4, 5, or 6 grains. There are
two questions I would like to ask. You are speak-
ing of this as a practical thing; it would be absolutely
impracticable to use hot solution. What greater
efficiency would zinc-copper couple have over zinc
itself if zinc-copper couple had been in use two or
three weeks, because we do not clear out only once a
month.
Mr. Ehrmann: I have not finished my experi-
ments.
The Chairman; Do you notice any difference here
in precipitation in the hottest summer months and
the coldest months?
Mr. Butters: I have not noticed any experiments.
I can answer the question by looking at our ledger,
because we have kept very careful results.
The Chairman: Two or three years ago I made
some experiments also in this way, but I did not ar-
rive at any satisfactory result. There is another
thing with regard to tiie heating question. If we
heat the solution, what would be the effect gener-
ally? That is a question I will not answer.
(Laughter.) The other question is: If you have got
to heat 1000 tons of water to a certain number of
degrees, find out how much coal you have to use to
raise that water so many degrees. It might be
more economical, instead of raising the temperature
of 1000 tons of water 60 degrees, to generate elec-
tricity by using the coal. That is a very simple
question.
Mr. Butters: It is a very simple question, but all
these things are extremely interesting and well
worth studying. I hope Mr. Ehrmann does not
think that we depreciate the value of his paper be-
cause we ask questions.
Mr. Ehrmann: No, certainly not. I prefer to
communicate the result of my experiments, so that
they can be discussed.
The Chairman: If you get the solution going
through two bottles, keeping it going through say
for three or four weeks, the comparative result
would be interesting.
Mr. Ehrmann: The difficulty is to have the same
quantity of liquid flowing through two bottles. I
was for some time making some such experiments,
but I could not regulate the flow.
The Chairman: Yes, there is a difficulty in that.
Mr. Ehrmann: I would like some experiments to
be made.
The Chairman said they would be very glad to
hear Mr. Darling's opinion.
Mr. Darling; I am afraid I cannot give you any
June 19. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
517
more information. I should prefer to read the
printed report first.
The Chairman: Have you noticed any difference
between summer and winter precipitation?
Mr. Darling: No, I can't say that I have.
Mr. Butters: In the United States they make a
strong point of temperature. Dr. Loevy corrects
me; it is more particularly with regard to extrac-
tion.
Mr. Ehrman said he had the same extraction in 2
hours 40 minutes in a hot solution as he had in 24
hours in a cold solution.
Dr. Loevy: About a year ago I made a series of
experiments with regard to extraction from different
temperatures. The difference was indeed a large
one. I remember certain experiments which were
made with slimes for the May Consolidated. The
difference in the extraction was a very low one —
only 52 per cent, but in the solution it went up to 72
per cent.
Mr. Ehrmann: One ton of coal will raise the tem-
perature of about sixty tons of solution to 90 de-
grees.
The Chairman: Is that theoretically or practically ?
Mr. Ehrmann: Practically.
The Chairman: It would be a good heating effect.
Mr. Ehrmann: We have not to get steam from
water. If we have to turn water into steam we
have to use a large quantity of coal, but we have
only to heat the water. 1 can give figures at next
meeting if you like.
Mr. Butters: If you please. I think there may
be something in heating the solution. For instance,
you might get a little higher extraction.
Some Artesian Wells.
The sinking of artesian wells in the more arid
parts of California is yet in its infancy, notwith-
standing the many thousands of acres that have al-
of the districts in the southern part of the State,
which were of barren and desert appearance a few
years ago, and are now fruitful, the wells are flow-
ing, while in many others pumping must be resorted
to. In the latter case small gasoline engines or
windmills are generally used. However, the Bakers-
field Electric Power Transmission Company, when
organized, looked upon the furnishing of power to
the owners of wells in Kern county as one of the
best sources of income. In the northern and central
parts of San Joaquin valley, in this county, are nu-
merous flowing wells in certain townships, the better
ones flowing from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 gallons
daily. The wells are from 225 to 800 feet deep. On
this page is illustrated a well on the property of the
Miramonte colony.
The second illustration is of a well in Fresno
county at the residence of G. Heminghaus, near
Mendota. It is 8 inches in diameter, 740 feet deep
and flows 500,000 gallons daily.
From nine to Mint.
NUMBER IV.
By D. K. TuTTLE, Ph. D., Melter and Reflncr of the United States
Mint at Philadelphia.
Fine Bars. — The bullion thus purified is now ready
for issue to the public for industrial use, or to enter
on its second stage toward coinage.
The consumption of gold and silver in the indus-
trial arts is much greater than is generally sup-
posed.
During the year ending June 30, 1895, gold and
silver bars for industrial use were manufactured in
the Philadelphia mint and the assay office at New
York to the coinage value of $17,818,581, in about
equal proportions as to value. Private refineries
furnished not less than $5,000,000 more. This first
cost for what to the gold beater, jeweler, watch case
maker, etc., is simply raw material represents an
enormous industry when we
consider the amount of high-
grade labor which is bestow-
ed on gold and silver wares.
These bars are 0.999 fine and
are furnished to the public
by what may be called a sys-
tem of exchange.
A depositor may bring
crude bullion in any quantity
($100 or more in value) and
receive either fine gold bars
or coin, at his option, to the
full value of the gold in his
deposit, less a trifling charge
for melting, assaying, part-
ing, etc. These charges vary
according to the nature of
the deposit, but may amount
to 5 cents per ounce. The
bars or coin are delivered
from stock on hand as soon
as the value of the deposit is
ascertained by assay, usually
the following day. For the
silver contained in gold de-
posit the owner may either
receive pure silver or be paid
in silver dollars or currency,
at the market value of silver.
Ingots for Coinage. — Hav-
ing a stock of refined gold
and silver nearly pure, the
first step toward conversion
into coin is to make an alloy
with copper, in such propor-
tions as will produce stand-
ard planchets or "blanks"
in the hands of the coiner.
While the standard fineness
of gold and silver coin is the
same, yet, as will appear
later, the quantity of copper
to be used in the two cases
differs a little, yet materially.
Weighed quantities of gold
and copper, or of silver and
copper, are melted together
in a large black-lead crucible,
the molten metals thoroughly
mixed and then poured into
cast-iron moulds to produce
what are known as ingots.
These are rectangular bars,
differing in size according to
the kind of coin for which
they are intended. The ingot
for silver dollar coinage is If
inches wide by } inch thick
and 121 inches long. Some
seventy such ingot bars are
made from one "melt," and
ready been redeemed from a desert condition. There i weigh collectively about 3.300 ounces (220 pounds)
MIKAMONTE COLONY'S ARTESIAN WELL, KEEN COQNTY.
HEMINGHAUS' ARTESIAN WELL, FRESNO COUNTY
is need for some work on the part of the State or
counties to determine what are the probabilities of
striking water in many places. State Mineralogist
Cooper will doubtless include in his investigation of
the water supply of the State this source. In many
All the ingots are stamped with the melt number,
of which a record is kept by the melter and refiner,
by the assayer, and by the superintendent.
The crucible is set for the day's work in a furnace
peculiarly adapted to the purpose, and a cpntinuous
fire maintained, using the best stone coal and a natu-
ral draft. Five or six melts are made in each fur-
nace during the eight hours ; and if the crucibles
were taken out of the furnace at each time of pour-
ing much time would be lost in resetting and sur-
rounding it with a fresh lire.
The metal, when melted, is thoroughly mixed by
stirring with a tool not unlike a churn dasher, and
it is then ladled out into the molds with what is
called a "dipping cup." This is a small black-lead
pot made with a Up on one side and a straight edge
on the opposite side, so formed as not to be crushed
when firmly gripped by a pair of nipping tongs.
The molten metal is slowly poured from the dip-
ping cup into upright molds, of which some twenty
are placed in a shallow iron pan convenient to the
furnace. As soon as a mold is filled it is removed
by an attendant helper, and passed by him to an-
other, who opens it on an iron-covered table and
throws out the red-hot ingots. These are chilled in
water and then immersed for a few minutes in very
dilute sulphuric acid. This latter removes a slight
coating of copper oxide and gives the ingot a bright
matte color. The "gate "end of the ingot is then
cutoff in a "topping machine," which has a shear
knife driven by steam power. The little fringe left
on the ingot by the parting line of the mold is re-
moved by a file, and then each ingot receives the
number indicating the melt from which it was made.
The mold, when ready for use, consists of three
pieces, clamped together by a band and set screw.
*******
Standard coin is composed of 900 parts of gold
(or silver) and 100 parts of purest copper in each
1000. While the law allows a slight margin in the
fineness of our coins, to provide for the limitations
of all human workmanship, yet this margin is
sharply defined, and is but a fraction of 1 per cent.
Small as this margin is, no mint work would be con-
sidered good which did not produce coin very far
within its limits. Our gold coin rarely varies from
standard fineness by more than three one-hundredths
of 1 per cent. Silver coin, which is much more diffi-
cult to make uniform, as will be explained, may vary
by as much as one-tenth of 1 per cent in individual
pieces, though the average is almost exactly correct.
It may seem to be a rather simple problem to first
calculate the quantity of copper required to be added
to bullion of known fineness and then to so apportion
the metals on an accurate balance as to get an almost
mathematical result after blending them by fusion.
If this were so, the formula for the production of
gold and silver ingots would be identical.
In fact, the practice is very different in alloying
the two metals for the production of standard coin.
If gold and copper are melted together in any pro-
portion and thoroughly mixed while fluid, the result-
ing bar or ingot will be uniform throughout in com-
position. But when silver is alloyed with copper
only one proportion is known which will give a uni-
form casting. This proportion is 72 per cent silver
to 28 of copper, and differs widely enough from our
standard alloy to complicate matters in a marked
degree. With more silver than 72 per cent the cen-
ter of a cast bar will be richer than the outside,
which chills first, while with a less percentage than
72 per cent the center of the bar will be poorer and
the outside richer than the average. This charac-
teristic of silver-copper alloys is known to metallur-
gists as "segregation."
501
s
Jil9
s
L
501
Silver, 720, 000, 500.
Copper, 280, 100, SOO.
Section through silver-copper bars, showing effect of " segregation. "
It would seem that any alloy of silver and copper
containing either more or less silver than 72 per
cent has a lower melting point or remains fiuid
longer than the 72 per cent alloy. Hence the last
portion of metal to chill in the center of a bar will
in the one case be richer and in the other poorer
than the average fineness of the molten metal poured
into the mold when cold. A cutting from the out-
side of such a bar is, therefore, never taken for an
assay. Only when the bar approaches fine silver
can " a cutting " be relied on by the assayer. When
ingots are made for standard silver coin samples are
taken from each melt by the assayer, whose certifi-
cate is necessary before the ingots can pass to the
coiner. Since a cutting from single ingots, or even
a sample bar cast from the melt, would be mislead-
ing, what is called a "granulation" is taken. When
a "melt" is ready for pouring into the molds, a
little of the molten metal is dropped into water, giv^
ing "grains" or large shot, which may be rolled out
and used entire, or nearly so, for assay. Two such
granulations are, in fact, taken, one at the com-
mencement of the " pouring " and a second when the
crucible is nearly empty. These granulations are
each assayed, and must not only show the melt to be
of proper fineness, but must agree with each other
within some hundredths of 1 per cent before the
ingots made from the melt are adjudged to be of
proper fineness to pass the coiner.
{To he Continued.)
518
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 19, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Ledger: At the Monte Cristo the new mill
with a capacity of 60 tons a day is nearly
completed. The extent of the porphyry de-
posit is so far unknown, but the tunnel which
taps it about 400 feet in the hill and runs into
it 200 feet, where it is known to be 44 feet
wide and the hanging wall is not yet en-
countered. The tunnel taps the ore body
about 600 feet below the apex, through which
a shaft has been sunk. At the bottom of the
shaft the deposit is known to be 70 feet thick.
The new hoist is at work on the South
Eureka new shaft, which is now down about
90 feet.
The people who have had an option on the
Doyle mine have arranged to resume opera-
tions. They have interested new parties in
the enterprise of which Doe, Bogard, Foye
and Oliver are the principals. They intend
to start work by continuing to sink the shaft.
At the Argonaut the Union Iron Works has
the contract for the iron work of the Argonaut
mill. Workmen are preparing the foundation
for the mill opening up the tunnel to the
shaft, which will connect with the ore bin,
and through which the ore will be conveyed
to the mill. The mill is to be forty stamps,
with concentrator floor room for sixteen 4-foot
concentrators.
The new hoisting works at the north shaft
of the Kennedy is being built.
Hc(7(*(er: At Enterprise work on the mill
at the Crystal Peak mines will soon be com-
pleted.
J. O. Carlisle is putting up two hydraulic
derricks at his mine and has seventeen men
at work.
B. P. Craadall and son are getting out
timbers for putting their Winter mine in
shape for hydraulic work.
At Hurleton, Wm. Buttertield is pushing
work as fast as possible on the Pha^nix and
has eight men on the mine. They are now
running a crosscut from the lower level, but
will probably go to sinking again soon.
The new arrastra which was lately finished
at the Pactolian mine was recently destroyed
by fire.
Calaveras.
(In-oniclc: A portion of the old works at
the El Encino mine were tapped a few days
ago. The workmen in the new tunnel broke
through into old excavations and a large vol-
ume of water soon worked its way out of the
drain tunnel. The old works are badly caved
and it will take some time to get the water
out. A pump will be put in to remove the
water in the new works below the drain
level.
A large vein of rich ore was struck in the
Lamphear last week on the 230-foot level.
The vein at present is 5 feet wide and in-
creases as work progresses, and the walls are
14 feet apart. The rock carries free gold and
sulphurets. The mill has been started up.
Proapect: Several mines bonded by Mr.
Willard in the Collier mining district, opera-
tions on which were temporarily suspended
pending a report on the different properties
by an expert from Boston, have resumed work
under the supervision of John Heard.
DeLay &. Harris of the May Day have com-
menced a tunnel on the Murphys grade, west
of town, which will tap the May Day at a
depth of over 600 feet.
The duration of the monitor's work in the
Central Hill mine is nearing the end of the
run for the season. Great progress has been
made since they started up five months ago.
£1 Dorado.
Repuhiican : The Grand Victory mine has
placed its new pump in position and started
to lower the water which flooded the mine
some time ago. The last of the water was
pumped out during the week, and now
operations will be resumed.
Mr. Ish of San Francisco is preparing to
work his mining claim in the south fork of the
Cosumnes.
luyo.
T. B. Phebey of San Francisco has bonded
several prospects in the Panamint district
and has ordered windlasses and lumber for
three shafts, and twelve men are at work
sinking three separate shafts to a depth of
100 feet.
Kent.
At Randsburg Baker and Ferris have pur-
chased the Philadelphia, a short wedge-
shaped claim adjoining the Butte, for $2000
cash. They have also bought the Whippoor-
wiU claim.
Randsburg Miner: Fifteen men will be put
to work next week on the Rand Mountain
Mining Company's claims.
In the Wedge the shaft has reached a depth
of about 350 feet, and in a drift being run off
a new and rich pay streak has been struck. The
work of sinking the shaft to the 415 foot level
will again be taken up and pushed to comple-
tion.
In the Val Verde in the No. 3 shaft, which
has heretofore been known as a low grade
proposition, the ore running only about SS per
ton suddenly changed front this week and is
now producing ore of higher grade.
Mariposa.
Gazette: The Selleck Gold Mining Co. at
Haywards expect to have the hoisting works
completed in about twenty days. The ma-
chinery for the mill is partly on the ground
at present. The shaft on the mine is down
about 300 feet and the rock taken from the
vein is ribbon rock, which shows free gold
and sulphurets. They have a large amount
of ore on the dump and as soon as the hoisting
works are completed sinking will be pushed
ahead rapidly.
The Chileno Pete mine, near New "Years,
which is owned by Mr. Woodside, is about to
be reopened. A company has been organized
and operations will be commenced in a few
days.
Nevada.
Union: In the German Bar mine owned by
Buck Bros, of Moore's Flat in about three
weeks time over $1000 was taken out with
a hand mortar and the ledge keeps getting
richer as depth is attained.
The 20-stamp mill at the Mountaineer mine
has been started and will be kept running
night and day. Superintendent Dennis has
been doing considerable development work
at the mine and the prospects are encouraging.
In the Providence mine in running a cross-
cut south from the 1700-foot level, a 5-foot
ledge of the finest kind of milling ore was
discovered last week. A few weeks ago the
Providence laid off about forty-five men on
account of the mine looking poorly, but they
will now undoubtedly soon resume work.
JPlacer.
Sentinel: At La Trinidad mine, in Sailor
canyon, the average width of the ore body is
30 feet, and the developments consist of five
tunnels aggregating in length 1500 feet, from
which crosscuts and prospecting drifts have
been run to open up a body of ore I'eady for
Suoping, which justifies the company to erect
a mill and reduction works. The mill will be
run by water power, conducted by a pipe line
of 4000 feet in length. The grading for the
mill site will be finished this week. Material
for building the mill is on the ground.
The Jupiter Consolidated and Winchester
Gravel Mining Company, near Iowa Hill, are
preparing to commence active development
work on their property. The holdings of this
company comprise about two miles of channel.
At the Mayflower mine the company is pros-
pecting a new channel in the McCall pit and
preparing to hydraulic next fall.
The big Eureka tunnel is now in 3090 feet.
The rock is wet. An upraise will be com-
menced immediately.
San Diego.
In the suit of Golden Cross Mining and
Milling Co. vs. J. Spiers et al,, a stipulation
has been filed in the Los Angeles court wherein
it is agreed that the matter in dispute remain
in statu quo for 105 days. If by the expiration
of that time the company has not paid the
indebtedness due the defendants, judgment
may be entered in their favor. In such case
the property will be held in trust for all
concerned. The claims aggregate nearly
$300,000.
8ha8ta.
FrccPre^s: At Old Diggings men at the
Evening Star mine are sinking the shaft and
setting up a gasoline hoist.
Men are running a 1000-foot crosscut tunnel
in the old Spanish mine. They will tap the
ledge at a depth of 250 feet. The Hallidie
wire ropeway is well under way. Fourteen
of the twenty-five stations are already com-
pleted, and are from 12 to 50 feet in height.
Thirty thousand feet of lumber will be used
in their construction.
Murdoch, Thellar and Taylor of San Fran-
cisco have sold to C. O. Rose of Hornellsville,
New York, for S15,000. the Sibyl quartz mine,
above the Niagara mine; also the Monterey
and Louisa quartz locations.
Sierra.
(Special Correspondence).— The Northern
Belle Mining Co., owned by John Rosenfeld's
sons of San Francisco, 2]i miles west of town,
is operating five stamps. The company is
prospecting through two tunnels. One is 400
feet along the line of the ledge, and a lateral
tUDuel is 775 feet. The ledge is 3 feet and
the ore a fair grade. The sulphurets averape
one per cent and run S150 per ton. W. E.
Murray is superintendent.
The Marguerite Gravel aod Quartz Mining
Co. of San Francisco, operating in Sierra and
Nevada counties, have opened a tunnel on the
ledge adjacent to their gravel property. The
footwall is slate. The ore body is 45 feet
wide and I'uns from $4 to $6 per ton. R.
Phelan is superintendent.
The Tip Top and Bay Horse has a tunnel
50 feet following a 10-inch stringer leading to
the ledge indicated by the croppings. This
is an extension of the Butte Saddle mine, and
is owned by P. Goff and others who offer
favorable opportunities to capital.
The Cleveland mine, whose mill was re-
cently destroyed by fire is erecting an IS-
stamp mill. The tunnel is 3000 feet and taps
a ledge of 30 feet whose footwall has not been
reached. The formation is slate and porphyry.
The ore averages S3.50 per ton.
A Milwaukee Co. has erected a cyanide
plant on the Young America and is working
the tailings at a net profit, it is stated, of
§5 per ton. The America was closed four years
ago, having worked the rich ore only out of
the blanket lead. The low grade ore still
remains.
The Bigelow, now known as the Sierra
Buttes, is about to be reopened. This is the
property of the progressive Martin brothers
of Nevada City and some San Francisco
merchants.
The Mountain mine, at one time a produc-
tive property, is in litigation.
The Wm. Tell mine comprises five claims.
The footwall is porphyry and the hanging is
a perfectly smooth slate'. It has three tunnels.
The upper is 150 feet, following theci'oppings.
and the ledge is 2>^ feet. The lower tunnel
is 350 feet", tapping the ledge at 300 feet where
it is 5 feet in width. The lower tunnel is
350 feet, tapping the ledge at 200 feet where
it is 5 feet in width. The lowest tunnel is
450 feet and has not reached the ledge. The
average ore value is $10, exclusive of sulp-
hurets. A tunnel probably 1500 feet would
cut the ledge at from SOO to 1000 feet depth.
There is good timber, and water right avail-
able all the year. The company has exhausted
its capital and the property awaits outside
help.
Sierra City, Cal., June 12, '97.
Enterprise: Dr. Jump has bonded his mine
in Sailor ravine to Robinson and Fairfax, who
are now in possession and are working the
proper ty.
N. Hanson has struck gravel in his mine
after running a tunnel in 300 feet,. His
tunnel is about 50 feet below the old Star
tunnel, which was run years ago and aban-
doned because too high, the tunnel running
over the channel.
Siskiyou.
Reporter: At Happy Camp the Klamath
Flume and Mining Company within six
months expect to complete nineteen miles
waterway, half S-foot ditch, remainder 6x4-
foot flume. The company have decided to
bring water from the east fork of Indian
creek to a point on the Klamath 700 feet above
the river, covering 1500 acres of ground. A
sawmill which will cut 3.5,000 feet lumber
daily will be built.
The Siskiyou mine on the river is now pay-
ing very well. The banks are over 100 feet in
height. It is a high back channel of the river
with plenty of dump. A 4-foot flume takes
the ground. A ditch from Clear creek affords
plenty of water for two giants, a 4 and G-inch
nozzle. The ditch is fifteen miles long and 5
feet wide. This, at the mine, gives a pres-
sure of 200 feet.
The Pennsylvania Placer Company's mine
has been worked for three seasons and the
owners, Gordon &. Sons, are well satisfied.
They have 157 acres of ground, high channel
of the river. A No. 3 giant supplied with a
pipe tapering from 15 to 11 inches gives a
pressure of ISO feet upper, 260 feet lower
channel. Two fiumes 3 feet wide, forty and
twenty boxes respectively, tap the mine. A
30-inch ditch three miles long furnishes water
for four months each season.
The Western Placer is a large property.
The banks average 100 feet. Two miles of
ditch furnishes water for two No. 2 giants.
Three strings of boxes tap the mine.
Humphrey «fe Quigley, owners of the Com-
modore mine, have struck what they consider
the best rock yet found. The vein is 26
inches wide in the new tunnel at a distance
of 374 feet. They have s'arted their twin
arras tras.
The owners of the Brown Bear near Saw-
yer's Bar have struck a 2%-foot ledge that
prospects well.
Journal: A San Francisco company expect
to put in a plant on Salmon river between the
Salmon River Mining Company's property and
Sawyer's Bar. They have control of a large
area of land and expect to work it on an ex-
tensive scale.
iYcics: At Sawyer's Bar Hegler Brothers
are taking out quartz from their lower tunnel.
The mill at the Fagundes mine is running
on high-grade ore.
Finley & Co. have surveyed ground to build
a new ditch and flume from White's gulch to
their property near Sawyer's Bar.
The Oregon Company are packing ore to the
Jumbo mill at an expense of $9 per ton, for
packing and milling.
Trinity.
Jinirnal : At Willow Creek, on the lower
Trinity, the Clover Flat Mining Company,
formerly the Bussell Mining Company, have
commenced work on their mine. A new ditch
will be constructed and the mine fitted up.
About thirty men will be put to work and
the new ditch will be completed by the
middle of next month.
On Canyon creek the Globe mines have not
yet started up; they are repairing machinery.
At the Maple miue they have discovered
their main lode, and are putting on a heavy
force of miners.
The Chloride mine under the management
of Mr. Dedrick is increasing its force and
driving tunnels and sloping out ore.
NEVADA.
Reno Gazette: In Olinghouse canyon there
are between 75 and 100 tons of ore on the
various dumps. Many tunnels are being
run and shafts sunk.
Gold Creek News: J. S. Loder has taken a
bond on the Empire property, owned by Parks
and French at $2.5,000 and will begin work at
once.
Pioche Record : Additional men have been
put to work in the De Lamar mine and the
company's mill is running full blast.
Dayton Times: The cyanide plant at the
Eureka millsite is nearly completed. Only
two tanks will be operated at first, and they
will run on material that is on the ground.
When this material is worked up, other tanks
will be constructed, when tailings from the
old Chollar reservoir and other places will be
worked.
Eureka Sentinel: In White Pine district
the force of men at the Chainman mine has
been materially increased and more will be
put on as fast as the material with which to
work arrives.
Salt Lake Triimne : At Tuscarora last week
the hoisting plant on No. 4 shaft of the Dex-
ter was destroyed by fire: but the manage-
ment is assured that there is sufficient ore on
the dump to keep the mill in operation, and
that the new hoister on the new shaft will be
running by Saturday night. The reports from
the property continue very encouraging, the
ore bodies are in excellent condition and the
outlook is bright.
OREGON.
Rogue River Courier: Harmon & Green are
tapping Galice creek with a l^^-mile ditch. A
giant and pipe will be in position this fall
ready for the run.
Harrington Bros, have been getting out
some rich rock from the Exchequer mine on
Williams creek.
Medford Mail : F. V. Medynski on his For-
rest creek quartz claim has an IS-foot ledge,
which he is working on. The quartz is not
especially rich, but the vast amount of it
makes the proposition a valuable one.
The development work at the Shorty-Hope,
near Ashland, has been showing up better
rock lately than ever.
A 5-foot ledge has been struck in the Bra-
den mine, Jackson county, in the 50-foot tun-
nel recently run. The 5-stamp mill connected
with the mine has started up.
R. T. Shannon of Ashland and G. Bowers of
San Francisco have leased, with an option of
purchasing, the Oregon quartz mine on Little
Applegate.
The Prescott Placer Dredging Company,
capital S250,000, will send the dredger Ana-
conda, now working on the Seattle tide flats,
about July 1 to Rogue river to take out gold-
bearing sand from the banks and bottom of
the river at the rate of 4000 cubic yards per
day. This sand is said to run from 15 cents
to SI in gold per cubic yard. Sand yielding 15
cents per yard can be worked at a profit.
WASHINGTON.
Spokesman-Review : At Piere's Lake the
Little Giant is working eight men in the 80-
foot shaft, and the crosscut at the 70-foot
level is in 30 feet. It is reported that ship-
ping ore has been encountered in every open-
ing made.
James Crawford, superintendent of the
Piere's Lake and Fiat Creek Company's prop-
erties, has reached a depth of 40 feet on shaft
No. 1 on the Evening claim. The work at this
depth has penetrated a heavy vein of sul-
phides of iron, carrying copper in various
forms.
The Scotia Company, which was the first to
open development work on Toulou mountain,
has its machinery plant in operation and is
making rapid progress on the ledge, and is
sinking from the end of the 300-foot tunnel.
The company is now taking out some shipping
ore.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
(Special Correspondence). — A British com-
pany—the Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo
Gold Fields, Limited — claims ownership of a
mine which is the biggest producer in this
Province. This is the Lanark of the lUicili-
wait district of northern West Kootenay.
Last month this mine treated 3200 tons of ore
and produced 430 tons of concentrates valued
at $35,000. These concentrates were all
shipped to San Francisco for refining by the
Selby Smelting and Lead Co. A great deal
more will go to California before the people of
Vancouver are wide enough awake to estab-
lish a smelter in the city.
There is much depression in mining at pres-
ent throughout the Province. All shares have
fallen and the boom spirit has fled ; but many
claim that the sudden and unexpected depres-
sion is a historical feature of every mining
country and every mining country's boom, and
that it simply punctuates the death of the
speculative feature in mining in this Prov-
ince and heralds legitimate, slow mining busi-
ness. In the meantime throughout eastern
Canada and the States a large number of
investors in British Columbia mines are
loaded up with trashy stocks, and for the
present the stock market is dead.
Vancouver, June 13, '07,
Spokesman-Review: Pack trains and pros-
pectors' outfits leave Slocan every day for the
headwaters of Lemon and Springer creeks.
Not less than 30O prospectors are now in the
contiguous mountains, and some rich finds
have been made already this spring, although
there is still plenty of snow in the higher alti-
tudes.
There are thirty-six men at work on the
Skylark and Ranger, on Lemon creek, which,
with the Chapleau, are under bond to the Hall
Exploration Company, Limited.
The Howard Fraction, on Lemon creek,
which is being worked by the British Cana-
dian Gold Fields syndicate, has begun ship-
ping some of its high-grade ore.
In the American Boy, near Sandon, they
have made a strike of about a 4-foot lead in
tunnel No 1, of which about 2 feet is solid
ore. The company has started another tunnel
about 135 feet below No. 1, which is in about
30 feet. They expect to runabout 175 feet to
get below the upper winze and then drift.
The Sunshine Mining Company of Lardeau,
B. C, has been floated in London. The prop-
erties owned comprise the Silver Cup, Sun-
shine and the Towser claims in the Lardeau
country. Preparations are being made to de-
velop them on a large scale.
Last week the Boundary Mines Company of
New York put twelve men on to do assess-
ment work on five of its claims in Central
camp.
The tunnel on the Boundary Creek M. & M.
Co.'s D. A. claim is now in more than 100 feet.
The face is becoming more mineralized as it
advances and the country rock is straighten-
ing up, so it is thought the ledge is not far
ahead.
The Great Western will in a few days ship
a carload a week up to the end of July. The
lower tunnel is now being driven about 3 feet
a day. It is now in about 108 feet, and they
expect to get into the ore chute in another 100
feet.
The Blackock, on Wild Horse creek, near
Salmon river, in British Columbia, has been
bonded by the Hall Exploration Company from
A. J. and Alexander Audit, the consideration
being *70.t)00, of which $3000 is cash, ^5,000 to
be paid Nov. 1 next, and S33,0O0 June 1, 1898.
The property has a shaft 30 feet on the foot-
wall and, it is said, shows assays from $60 to
$S7 and some galena.
The Gopher, Maid of Erin, Homestake and
R. E. Lee claims, north of the Rossland camp,
have been transferred to the Homestake Con-
solidated Mines Company of London, Eng.,
which has a capital stock of $750,000, the in-
tention being, it is said, to have the company
start off, after everything has been paid for,
with §100,000 in the treasury, with which to
develop the properties. The deal is of course
subject to ratification by stockholders.
A foot vein of high-grade free milling ore
has been struck on the Great Western, on
Toad mountain.
Spokane Chronicle: In and shout Ainswortl\
June 19, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
519
fully 200 miners are dow at work. This is a
larger number than at any lime in tbe history
of the camp.
Considerable excitement is expected over
tbe new discoveries in the glacier basin be-
tween Lakes Kootenay and Slocan.
The syndicate which Is working the Little
Donald and tbe Black Diamond have about
sixty men at work. They have a new steam
hoist working OD the Black Diamond. On these
properties shafts are being sunk and a good
crado of ore is coming to the surface.
This same syndicate has recently purchased
the Lady of the Lake and the Maminie, and is
working tbem from a shaft on tbe latter.
On the Tariff, Manager Langford is down
250 feet and has run three levels. The shaft
is in quite rich ore all the way. About twenty-
tlve men are at work.
Tbe Mile Point, purchased by the British
Columbia Cold Fields Exploration Company,
has a largo double shaft in a tine bjdy of ore.
some of which is wire silver.
D. S. Carriel, owner of the Kand property,
will immediately commence an S(K»-foot tun-
nel.
L. .1. McAlee is workingalargc force on the
Twin, and will soon start a l(KM)-foot tunnel to
lap the ore at a deeper level.
UTAH.
Salt Lake Trihuuf:: There are indications
that work will commence on the Gold Dust
mill in a short time. The condition of tbe
property is improving and the ore bodies are
now among the largest in the district for
the amount of work done.
The new pumping plant on the Alaska is
now in operation and sinking from the 150
foot level will begin to-day.
Capt. Hank Smith says that at Tinlic the
work is devoted more to the blocking out of
ore than to extraction. This is true of all
the big mines at Eureka and Mammoth. At
the Centennial Eureka only suftlcient ore is
being hoisted to meet the requirements of
the payroll, upon which there are now about
seventy-five men. From the Eureka Hill
about twenty-five tons a day are being raised
and put through the mill, while at the Key-
stone operations are going forward with but
one shift. The same iwlicy prevails at the
Bullion-Beck, where some good ore is reported
to have been recently uncovered in virgin
ground, but the breaking down of it will not
he commenced until such time as conditions in
the metal market have improved.
The tonnage at the Eureka Hill mill is now
averaging about 225 daily.
Ore is being extracted from the Japan lode
at Ophir, and a shipment will very likely be
made in the next few days. A shipment of
ore is also booked to ccme from the Buckhorn,
which has already made several this season.
Tintic .Vf)['r: Shipments from the district
for the week are as follows: From the Bul-
lion-Beck, twenty carloads ore; Centennial
Eureka, three; Eureka Hill mill, twelve car-
loads concentrates; Uncle Sam, six carloads
ore; Mammoth Mine, six; Mammoth mill,
seven carloads concentrates ; Swansea, four
carloads ore : South Swansea, three ; North
Star, three; Joe Bowers No. 2, one; Luzerne,
one; Domingo, one.
The development of the Orient property
in West Tintic is being pushed and con-
siderable good shipping ore is being taken
out.
Spriggs and Millikin are developing their
Wonder group northeast of Eureka. Their
tunnel is now in about 145 feet and they ex-
pect to tap the vein before the month is out.
Good progress is being made in the lower
tunnel of the Humbug and they expect to tap
the vein before the end of the month.
The work of straightening up the shaft of
the Martha Washington is nearly completed
and development work can be commenced
next week. The shaft is down 150 feet and
makes a good showing of ore.
A new strike is reported in the Buckeye in
a short drift from the 400 level. Superintend-
ent Green states that the ore streak is IS
inches wide and assays 100 ounces silver, V>3
per cent lead and $10 in gold.
The Swansea is drifting on the 050 level
and is reported to be looking well. Sinking
from the 050 will soon be recommenced.
Mevcur Mc mi rff. Since the enlargement of
the Geyser mill about 100 tons daily are
treated at that plant. As the ores of the
property can be treated more easily and
cheaply at this mill than at the Marion, the
latter, pioneer mill in this part of the dis-
trict, was closed down.
Col. Wall recently put a force of men at
work on the Victor, between tbe Gold Dust
and the Geyser-Marion, and they have en-
countered several feet of cinnabar.
There are indications that the Golden Gate
mill will soon be in course of construction.
Surveyors have been at work on the proposed
millsite during the week.
Bingham Bidlctin: At the Winnamuck on
account of water it will take about a fortnight
to reach the 300, when sinking of the incline
is to be resumed, Manager Watson's inten-
tion being to go down 1(J0 to 120 feet further
and explore the vein in a new level. Some
experiments are being made on second-class
ore, which may result in additions to the
machinery of the mill and its starting up.
The carbonate ore from the Black Dog mine
is being treated by iigs, is yielding good con-
centrates, and a not unlikely result will be
that a considerable tonnage will be worked.
The dump of the Black Dog contains accumu-
lations of years, amounting to hundreds of
■ tons of similar ore.
Tbe Giant Chief is proving the big ore body
lately encountered to be continuous and
important. The working force has been in-
creased to sixteen, and it is the intention to
put the property in shape for extensive pro-
duction as speedily as possible.
Silver City Star: The Buckeye this week
records a new strike in the drift below the
400-foot level. The ore assays 195 ounces
silver, 63 per cent lead and $10 gold, The
body is about IS inches wide, and a winze
fottowiog the ore body is being sunk.
J. G. Midgley states that the shaft on the
Fissure has reached a depth of 223 feel and
sinking is still being continued. {
The work of sinking the Luzerne is still '
progressing and the ore body holds out well. |
A shipment of about twelve tons was made |
from the property last week.
Si,i>hfAmiin Itfvirir: Superintendent H. B.
King, of the Hlyu mine, in the Florence dis-
trict, will put two shifts of men to work on
his property about the middle of the month.
Extensive machinery wilt soon be put in.
Siwkane '7ir.,nt>^-: At Wallace the Poor-
man and Tiger mine is now being worked on
the 1100-foot level, and are in a 14- foot ore
body, with 0 feet of clean shipping ore.
The Standard mine is entering a big body
of ore in the lower tunnel, and the shipments
for the last twenty-four months have given
a return of *ro.oOi) to *'.K).U00 per month clear
of expenses. They have abandoned the upper
tunnels, which have been purchased and are
being used by tbe Mammoth mine. The tun-
nels will be extended on through to the Mam-
moth ore bodies, and the ore will be carried
to the Gem mill, which they have leased.
This mine gives employment "to from 150 to
200 men.
The Frisco mine has been increasing its
capacity and making improvements, but is
now getting in shape to resume with a full
force. There will be 300 more men employed
on Canyon creek during the next three months
than there has been during the last three.
Inl'i-Minintniu: The Badger Gold Mining
Company has purchased a 10-stanip mill, with
agreement that it be completed within
thirty days and shipped to Elk City, Idaho.
The company owns two claims, the Badger
and Homestake, but all of the development
work is done on the Badger. It is free mill-
ing ore. A shaft has been sunk on the
Badger about 100 feet, and 2U0 feet of drift-
ing has been done. The company expects soon
to put in a hoisting engine and continue sink-
ing the shaft for development. The ore body
is 2 to 7 feet in width. S. Silverman will
resume the management of the property.
Boise stdtcmiuiii: At the Flint mine in
Owyhee county they have been working a lot
of ore obtained from the dumps, and the com-
pany is so well pleased that it will probably
reopen the mine and resume operations on a
large scale.
At the De La Mar with the new Pelatan-
Clerici process the ore is being worked up to
S4 per cent.
MONTANA.
Inla-MimntalH : The Gold Mountain Mining
Company in Basin has purchased a 20-stamp
mill and will have it on the ground within ten
days.
From present indications there will be an
enormous amount of development work done
on the big mines of Butte during the year of
1S97. At many of the Boston and Montana
properties, preparations are being made to
sink several hundred feet for the purpose of
opening up new ore reserves. Sinking is now
in progress at several of the Anaconda prop-
erties and at the present time preparations
are being made to develop the shaft of the
Green Mountain from the 1400 to the 1000-foot
level.
Butte Miner: The Butte and Boston people
will, now that they have bonded the Ander-
son, at once put in additional machinery and
more men and develop tbe mine. The shaft
will be sunk down much deeper and some ex-
tensive crosscutting will be done.
Regular shipments of copper ore of a good
quality continue from the Original mine to
the reduction works on the ore cars of the
street railway company. The ore cars now in
operation have proved a pronounced success,
no accidents having ever occurred.
At Twin Bridges men have been set to
work grading for the smelter to be erected by
the Montana Smelting and Mining Company,
an organization comprising several business
men of Butte. The plant will have a capacity
of thirty tons per day.
The Clipper group of claims, located about
two miles from Pony, is furnishing about
forty tons of ore daily for the mill, which
yields about ¥30 per ton on the plates, and
some $75 concentrates.
On the Alex Scott, east of Butte, opera-
tions are about to be resumed. The shaft is
down ;iOO feet and several small shipments of
ore which worked over 60 per cent copper have
been made.
The Parrot Copper Mining Company is keep-
ing its smelter in operation with ore from the
Parrot and Moscow mines. A lease was
recently let on the Little Minch claim. At
the company's smelter at Gaylord about 130
men are employed.
In Park canyon at the 300-level in the Re-
ceiver there is a 4-foot lead on which drift-
ing is being done.
WYOMING.
The manager of the New York and West-
ern Mining Company, operating in the moun-
tains about 17 miles from Saratoga, reports the
discovery of a rich vein of gold ore with a pay
streak iy^ feet. The ore yields about two
ounces to the ton. The owners will at once
let contracts for several thousand feet of
tunneling on the vein and will commence
shipments of the ore immediately.
Encouraging reports are received from
Horse Shoe park prospects near Wheatland,
where Johnson and Hammon have been devel-
oping claims showing silver-bearing galena.
A vein 2 feet thick is being worked and
ore taken out for a trial shipment.
Salt Lake Trihimc: John Darn states that
the properties and prospects south of Rawlins
at Grand Encampment, as the spot has been
christened, promises a scene of much activity
the present season. Miners and mining men
from many mining States are gathering on
the ground, which has shown itself capable of
great values. The Ooan has sent out already
about ten oars of ore that netted the pro-
ducers at least $100 per ton on the haul to
Denver, the ore showing a high pen.'entage in
copper. At the Ciolden Eagle he found a well-
defined vein showiog as much as ten inches,
carrying free gold in pronounced quantity.
The Gold King group, owned by Nebraskaus.
is another that presents a most promising ap-
pearance, and with abundant water and
plenty of timber.
COLORADO.
liflfuhtirtiii : At Cripple Creek there is new
mill talk, and two new ones will be buili — one
at Florence and another at Colorado City.
Each of these will handle 100 ions a day, and
will raise the capacity for Cripple Creek ores
to 1250 tons dally, counting tbe mills up, those
in course of erection and the enlargements un-
der way for plants now in operation. This Is
more than double the present capacity, and
allows for handling 37,500 tons of mill ore a
month, or nearly 5ou,000 tons a year. It is
looking ahead to an annual production of low-
grades equal to at least $10,000,000, and, with
the smelling grades, to a total output of more
than double that amount.
.Von Hemert &. Anstie, since taking hold of
the C. O. D., have shipped 140 tons of mill dirt
that ranged from $10 to $20 a ton, and twenty
tons of high-grade that ran fromO to isounces
a ton. in the 4o5-foot level they have an s-foot
body of mill ore, from which they are produc-
ing steadily. They are using "the liebecca
shaft and working fifteen men.
A crosscut is now being run to prospect the
Plymouth Rock ground from the bottom of the
1000-foot shaft.
The Portland is now in a body of ore of
great width and high values, such as the mine
has not been getting for months, having been
encj3untered in the 700-foot level from the
Burns shaft. The mine yields from fifty-five
to sixty tons a day.
At the Gold Coin the product is 200 tons a
week, and no increase can be expected while
the surface work is in progress. The vein has
been drifted on for 00 feet at the 320-foot level
and shows good ore continuous.
The enormous body that was opened 20 feet
wide in the west drift from 600 feet depln in
the Granite is yielding an average of twenty
tons a day.
The El Paso Gold King shaft has reached a
point where it is proposed to cut the .500-foot
station.
Hoskins, Clark & Keith have refound the
ore in tbe Virginia M. by drifting west from
the winze sunk from the Anaconda tunnel
level.
By the last of June the Portland should be
into the Anna Lee and the Isabella into the
Smuggler chute. The Victor should have the
new high-grade bodies in shape for sloping,
and the Union will also, in all probability, be
striking higher again; but until then no
heavy increase can be expected. If. as ex-
pected, the enlargement of the Metallic
Extraction plant is completed, the Turner
mill going and the page again in operation,
some 6000 tons more of mill ore should find a
market in July, and from that time on the
mill capacity hold that increase until about
October, when the El Paso at Florence and
the enlargements at Colorado City should
bring about another increase in the output of
the low-grade.
R. Mackey of Nevadaville, associated with
mining men of Denver, has taken a lease and
bond on the Golden Treasure mine in Nevada-
ville. Sinking with three eight-hour shifts
is progressing at a depth of 1000 feet, and in
driving the lower levels a good body of ore
has been opened up. The ore bins are now
piled high with ore, and from this on steady
shipments will be made to mills and smelter.
Tbe Last Dollar, on Beacon, produced dur-
ing the month of May fourteen carloads of
high-grade and twenty-two of mill ore, the
grades running about $60 for the first and
half as much for the second.
The Young lease on the Arequa townsite
sent out twelve tons of $50 ore during the
week, and the Roberts lease will make a ship-
ment of sixteen tons of about §40 grade.
At Leadville, in the Yak tunnel, built
mainly for drainage and transportation two or
three months ago, an ore chute was discovered
on the west of tbe tunnel line, and since then
the shipments average fifty tons per day of
ore running about $11 to the ton. The exten-
sion of the tunnel will tap the Little Johnny
mine at the depth of from 1100 to 1300 feet be-
low the surface. The breast of the tunnel is
now in nearly two miles, and a contract has
been authorized for 4000 feet farther..
Leadville district is gradually pushing its
limits, until now it may be reasonably claimed
that the territory known to be mineralized
extends from the northern side of Big Evans
gulch to the Park side of Weston pass, a dis-
tance of fully ten miles.
In the Twin Lakes district the Mountain
Quail has opened up a vein of ore from 4 to 6
feet wide, with a pay streak of from 4 to 16
inches.
A large force of men is at work blocking out
ore on the Gordon, and the property is being
put in excellent shape pending negotiations
for its sale.
Work will be started on the Mt. Elbert tun-
nel at an early day. A plant of machinery has
been erected. The work will be done with air
drills and the tunnel will be pushed in at least
5000 feet. It is already known that twenty
veins cross the line of the bore of the tunnel,
all of which will be cut at a great depth.
The Bwlgoch Company have been prose-
cuting underground development all winter,
and will soon be ready to start its mill.
At Alma the Alma,"Bucksin, Beaver, Tarry-
all and Lowe placers are now running with
full force and tbe strongest head of water
that has been supplied for years.
At Durango, at the Small Hopes mine, the
company intends to enlarge the mill and to
add the necessary machinery and appliances
for recovering \.he silver values, and this will
probably be done this year. Tbe Small Hopes
mine will soon have a large quantity of ore
blocked out.
At the Columbus mine since last December
frdm twenty-five to thirty men have been em-
ployed, and drifting at the 60 and 100-foot lev-
els has been urged.
Near Central City the Next President Min-
ing Company are operating their mine, and
have let contracts for several hundred feet of
sinking and crosscutting. Tbe shaft is at
present down 2S0 feet. The company intend
to sink 000 feet.
The new machinery has been installed on
the Randolph mine, in ICussell gulch, and Ihe
new shaft is completed. Sinking will be com-
menced in a few days, the operators intend-
ing to sink at least 200 feet deeper.
The finishing touches are being put to the
Pederson shaft house on Bobtail hill. The ma-
chinery is in pluco and sinking will be com-
menced.
The new shaft house is well under way at
the Clifton Belle mine, on Pawabic mountain,
and the new machinery' is expected in a few
days.
Kuengel brothers, who are managing the
(ialena mine for the Alpha Gold Mining Com-
pany, in extending the 500 west level, have
siruck a 4-foot body of ore.
AKIZONA.
lii}iiii>licaii : The placer ground owned by
the Lynx Creek Gold Mining Company covers
ten square miles. It is an English company,
which has been operating for the past five
years. Their land lies in the basin traversed
by Lynx creek and runs upon the slope of the
hills on either side. The gravel runs to a
depth of from 10 to 25 feet. Tbe richest dirt
is that lying 1 foot from bedrock. Some of
this runs as high as 30 cents a cubic yard.
The average value is 25 cents a cubic yard.
It is more or less valuable from the grass
roots, and colors are found all over their hold-
ings. The ground contains but few large
boulders, and is worked easily. The steam
shovel handles about 400 cubic yards a day.
The gravel is carried around to an incline bin,
where it is washed down into a revolving
washer, which throws the rocks into a carrier
and drops the washed material into a basin
below. From this basin it is pumped into the
amalgamator, where the gold is caught by the
plates and in the pockets at tbe end of each
inclined plate. The water is carried out to a
reservoir, from which it runs around through
a series of settling basins into a large reser-
voir. From here it is pumped back and used
over again.
Tucson Citizen: The Empire smelter at
Crittenden has been running for seven days
with much success, running eighty tons
through per day. The Old Flux and Hard-
shell mines are furnishing the ore. About one
hundred tons are being delivered per day at
the smelter. These are lead, silver and gold
ores.
Williams Iscivs: A shipment of forty tons
of copper ore was made from the Bill Nellis
mine last week. The ore, which goes to
Pueblo, is a magnificent oxide, the average
assay for the entire shipment being 37>$ per
cent copper.
The Anita Consolidated Copper Company is
pushing developments rapidly and opening up
large bodies of rich ore on several of their
claims. The company has perfected arrange-
ments to ship ore immediately.
The Tusayan Development Company has
begun running a tunnel on the Hogan mine.
This is a big body of copper sulphuret ore in
the walls of the canyon that can be traced
for a perpendicular height of 400 feet, with a
width of 600 feet. It assays 25 per cent copper.
Jnurnfil-Mincr: There has been unusual
activity in mining during the past week.
Work has been commenced as follows: On
the Summit and Model mines in Weaver dis-
trict; on the Buckeye mine in Turkey Creek
district: on the C O. D. mine in Big Bug
district, and the Emmet mine in Mineral
Point district.
The Sun Dance stamp mill and concentrat-
ors are running steadily on ore from tbe com-
pany's mines. L. A. Davies, superintendent
of the property, expects to have his rolls and
jigs ready to start up in a short time.
Parties have taken a bond on the Tucker
mine, near Congress, and have commenced
active work in the development of the prop-
erty.
W. G. Press, who has taken a bond on the
Storm Cloud group of mines, in Maple gulch,
owned by Fred Williams, has just let a con-
tract for 350 feet of work to be done on the
property. He also expects to let another con-
tract for sinking a shaft 100 feet.
NEW MEXICO.
Cerrillos Rustler: The McGhee Gold Min-
ing and Milling Company's machinery for the
mill is already built and ready for shipment,
but will be held in the East until the entire
plant is finished. The machinery and power
will have a capacity of about fifty tons of ore
daily, though at present the vat capacity will
be about twelve tons, but will he increased
very shortly.
At Santa Fe the turquoise properties near
Cerrillos, owned by the American Turquoise
company, has been "sold under a mortgage held
by the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of
New York. The mines sold were the Old
Castillian, Morning Star, Muniz, Gem and
Sky Blue and were bid in by C. W. Water-
man for the Trust Company for $75,350. The
supposed object of the sale is to bring about a
reorganization of the affairs of the Turquoise
comimny. The original debt was something
like $225,000 borrowed money, of which all but
$87,000, principal and interest, had been re-
paid.
It looks as if the turquoise product next
season vpould be considerably enlarged in the
region north of Cerrillos. Michael O'Neil
and his partners are doing a large amount of
development work on their claim adjoining
the old Castillian and tbe Persian claim.
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Mining and Scientific Press.
June 19, 1897.
Mechanical Progress.
The Use of Compressed Air for
Mining Purposes.
NUMBER VI.
A lecture delivered to the Engineerinj Students
of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, May 3,
1897, by Edward a. rix, m. Am. Soc. M. E.
For a properly operated mine, hav-
ing a considerable quantity of water to
pump, a station pump, with compound
engines, using reheated air, will give
the greatest economy. When it comes
to the subject of rock drilling, which
forms as a general rule, two-thirds of
the power required underground, at
present compressed air has the field
all to itself, and here utility alone is
considered, for rook drills are as un-
economical in the use of air as a direct
acting steam pump, still, they do such
a tremendous amount of work in com-
parison to the cost for operating them,
that their economy is measured only in
the amount of rock or ore which they
are instrumental in extracting, and not
in the power which is required to drive
them. It is evident, however, that it
will take less power to furnish air for
these machines, if such air is taken
directly from the transmission main,
than if it were furnished at the surface
by water power or electrical or steam
motor. Besides, a considerable portion
of the cost of furnishing compressed
air to these machines is offset by the
pure air which is furnished to the
miners underground and the readiness
with which it blows the smoke caused
by blasting from the various under-
ground workings. For underground
work it is also valuable in case of
accident, and an air pipe leading back
into a drift, a portion of which has
caved and imprisoned miners beyond,
has not only furnished them pure air
but at the same time these pipes have
given a means of communication with
those outside.
The use of air around a mine is also
in the nature of an insurance, especi-
ally where a mine has the apparatus
for using steam. Air being used
practically under similar conditions to
steam can be utilized in the motors or
engines and in case anything should
happen to the pneumatic system, it
will only take a few hours to close off
the proper valves, fill the boilers with
water, get up steam and proceed as
before: whereas, it is impossible to use
the electrical apparatus with anything
but electricity.
As far as first cost is concerned, the
average of a number of costs of instal-
lation which have come to my knowl-
edge, show me that the air plant is
from twenty-flve to fifty per cent
cheaper, depending upon the nature of
the installation, the size of the power
and the distance of the transmission.
As a general rule, the ordinary free
gold milling mine in the State of Cali-
fornia on a working basis would require
motive power divided up nearly as
follows:
Twenty-five per cent for the mill,
.32% for the hoisting, 5% for direct act-
ing pumps, 10% for station pumps, 2.3%
for rock drills, and about 5% for lights.
Allowing that electricity to the
amount of this 100% has to be purchased
to operate this mine, using compressed
air according to the manner that I
have mentioned, I believe that there
would be required about 74% in com-
parison to the electrical requirement,
divided up as follows:
Twenty-five per cent for the mill,
10% for the hoist, 3% for the direct
acting pumps, 13% for the station
pumps, 16"o for the rock drills, and 7%
for the lights, making a total of 7i"o.
My opinions in the matter are some-
what borne out by the experience of
electrical engineers themselves. For
instance, in an article written in a
pamphlet called " Stone," the following
remark is made:
" You may not know that Mr. Thos.
A Edison, the greatest electrician of
the present time, has been for the last
two or three years experimenting on a
mammoth scale at O^den, N. J., in
which he quarries a low grade of iron
ore, hoists and conveys the same by
means of two cableways, delivers to the
crusher, and after being crushed the
material is gradually reduced to a
powder, when by electrical process the
particles are separated from the
particles of stone, the iron particles
being then compressed in the form of
bricks and sold as a high grade iron
ore.
Mr. Edison's quarrying operations
involve the use of hoisting engines,
drills, pumps, etc. Mr. Edison tried
the Edison drill, which he told the
writer he never saw until it was deliv-
ered to his quarry. The electric drill
is being thrown out and the steam drill
employed, though electric motors are
used somewhat in the mill still. On all
their hoisting apparatus steam hoist-
ing engines are employed. Now it
seems that until Mr. Edison can
successfully use electricity in quarry-
ing operations, it is useless for others
to waste their time experimenting in
this line. For anything like intermit-
tent hoisting with a derrick, the elec-
tric hoist is not nearly so economical
or efficient as steam hoisting engines."
I may add that for this same quarry-
ing work it has been found recently at
Jerome Park, in New York, where a
very excellent compressed air plant has
been installed by an Eastern com-
pressed air engineering concern, that
they are operating hoisting engines
and rock drills very much cheaper by
compressed air than they formerly did
by steam.
Statements are made, which I have
no means of verifying, that it is done
with one-half the coal formerly required
when steam was used direct. The
contractor is making a large excava-
tion, covering probably a square mile
in extent, for a reservoir. He has
established in the center of the work a
500 H. P. air compressor and is driving
fourteen hoisting engines and fourteen
rock drills at various parts of the
work, and reheating the air prior to
its use in the hoisting engines. The
economy of this plant is so marked that
at the present time a contractor in
Philadelphia is installing a similar
plant for work to be performed there.
These results seem to point to the
fact that where steam, directly gener-
ated, cannot compete with compressed
air it is useless for any other power to
try to do so under the same conditions.
It all lies in the fact that the work is
intermittent and that is the principal
claim made on this present occasion,
that in determining the character of
the power to be selected for any kind
of an operation many things beside the
efficiency of the apparatus at full load
and constant operation, are to be con-
sidered. Very frequently a compressed
air or water power plant, capable of
storage capacity, would be more
economical to use at a constant load
efficiency of ninety. It is like the cost
of a manufactured article, it matters
very little what the rate of wages paid,
provided the amount of wages which
enters into the cost of the product be
satisfactory. So it is in a' power prop-
osition, it is not the efficiency of five
minutes operation, it is the total cost
covering twenty-four hours.
From an engineering standpoint, if
one were asked the most economical
steam motor to operate an electric
street railway plant, one would say, a
compound or triple expansion Corliss
engine, running condensing. But this
depends entirely upon the cost of the
coal, for it has been proved in parts
of the United States where coal is as
cheap as $1 per ton, that the difi'erence
in interest and depreciation between
the condensing plant and the simple
high pressure plant will more than off-
set the difference in the cost of fuel,
even if the coal cost $1.40 a ton. This
is an instance where high efficiency
engines are not engines of great
economy, and I have been particularly
emphatic upon this point, because
compressed air has suffered much on
account of improper comparison with
electricity in this manner.
We all know that there have been
constructed electric generators and
motors that will give an efficiency of
from 92 to 95 per cent at full load,
while compressed air generators and
motors fall below these figures in
mechanical efficiency, but in practical
economy for such work as ^we have had
in consideration, I claim 25% superior-
ity in economy over the electrical in-
stallation. Mechanical operations are
not conducted for amusement, but for
profit, and that operation which pro-
duces equal results with another, for a
less monthly or yearly cost, labor,
material, fuel or power, interest
depreciation, etc., being all given their
proper value, is the more economical.
I claim that compressed air, for
intermittent work (which is fully 50%
of all work done by motors), has no
rival for general economy or utility,
and particularly is this true for min-
ing work. It must always be borne in
mind that economy in compressed air
depends upon reheating, and then ex-
pansion, and my remarks are not
directed towards that class of com-
pressed air motors which use cold air
or air at full pressure. Utility very
frequently overbalances considerations
of economy or efficiency, as may be
illustrated in the air brakes which are
attached to the locomotives throughout
the world. These air brakes are most
uneconomical in the use of steam, using
it practically at full pressure, and are
about the same class of motors as the
direct acting steam pumps which have
an efficiency of only about 20% as com-
pared to a high class steam motor. I
have heard it stated that there are
20,000 of these air brake motors work-
ing in the United States alone, absorb-
ing about 10 H. P. each, making 200,000
H. P. devoted to this appliance alone,
which completely overshadows all the
rest of the compressed air installations
in this country in magnitude, and yet
no one hears of anyone attempting to
replace this very inefficient motor with
any other more efficient appliance for
generating compressed air, for its
utility is such and there is so much
dependent upon it, that economy is a
secondary consideration.
At the present time in the Eastern
States there is a very marked revival
of interests in compressed air, with
reference to its application to street
oar motors. A considerable amount of
money has been expended in experi-
ments by two companies in New York
City, during the last year which has
resulted so favorably for compressed air
motors that many street railway com-
panies throughout the United States
are preparing to make experiments on
their roads, in order to determine the
relative merits for their particular
purposes of compressed air as against
the cable or electricity.
Within the last month a car has been
running in the streets of Washington,
D. C, but I have not had any reports
from it as yet. About this time the
most elaborate experiment of all,
namely, the running of a train drawn
by a compressed air motor, will start
from Rector street. New York City,
and run to 58th street, on the 6th ave.
elevated road at regular intervals. A
250 H. P. plant has been installed at a
convenient point near one of the
terminals and every precaution has
been taken to insure the successful
termination of this trial. This plant
will undoubtedly be open to public in-
spection, so that all may satisfy them-
selves.
The struggle between the electric
and the compressed air system, for
supremacy, will not, as I have indicated
before, be based upon the efficiency of
engines or motors, but upon the
general economy of the plant. This
can be readily appreciated when we
consider actual figures in connection
with the operations of these plants.
For instance, in a recently published
report, of the operating expenses of
twenty electric roads in Connecticut
for 1896, the average cost of motive
power and line repairs per car mile,
for twenty of these roads, was three
cents. With the compressed air
system, with coal at $2.75 per ton,
water at $1 per thousand cubic feet,
or waste, the labor repairs and main-
tenance of power plant, depreciation
and interest on the cost of the entire
power plant, makes the cost per car
mile, of the motive power, $0,023. In
either of these plants the cost of coal
per car mile does not exceed $.005, or
an average of about one-fifth of the
cost of the motive power, so that one
can readily see that engines and motors
of even medium economy would not
effect the cost of the motive power to
any perceptible extent, provided that
the cost of maintenance was low, in
fact maintenance is the principal ex-
pense in the motive power department,
and what everybody is looking for at
present is a system which places the
cost of maintenance at the very lowest
point.
My remarks become less true as the
price of fuel increases, until of course
there would come a point when the
price of fuel would be the principal
consideration. I should judge that on
this coast we were about midway
between these two fastors.
While in New York and during this
past month of April, 1897, I have had
the pleasure of witnessing some ex-
periments and of experimenting my-
self, with liquefied air, which I believe
in the future is to be called " Aerine."
In one or two laboratories in Europe,
air has been liquefied in extremely
small quantities, but nothing of im-
portance has been learned of its prop-
erties or of its possibilities in physical
or engineering economy.
(7*0 he Continued.)
Scientific Progress.
Comets.
In the field of the newer astronomy
perhaps the most interesting work is
that associated with comets. It must
be confessed, however, that the spec-
troscope has rather increased than
diminished the mystery which, in some
respects, surrounds the constitution of
these bodies. The older astronomy has
satisfactorily accounted for their ap-
pearance, and we might also say for
their origin and their end, so far as
questions of origin can come into the
domain of science. It is now known
that comets are not wanderers through
the celestial spaces from star to star,
but must always have belonged to our
system. But their orbits are so very
elongated that thousands, or even hun-
dreds of thousands, of years are re-
quired for a revolution. Sometimes,
however, a comet passing near to
Jupiter is so fascinated by that planet
that, in its vain attempt to follow it, it
loses so much of its primitive velocity
as to circulate around the sun in a
period of a few years, and thus to be-
come, apparently, a new member of
our system. If the orbit of such a
comet, or in fact of any comet, chances
to intersect that of the earth, the lat-
ter in passing the point of intersection
encounters minute particles, which
causes a meteoric shower. The great
showers of November, which occur
three times in a century and were well
known in the years 1866-67, may be
expected to reappear about 1900, after
the passage of a comet which, since
1866, has been visiting the confines of
our system, and is expected to return
about two years hence.
But all this does not tell us much
about the nature and make-up of a
comet. Does it consist of nothing but
isolated particles, or is there a solid
nucleus, the attraction of which tends
to keep the mass together ? No
one yet knows. The spectroscope, if
we interpret the indications in the
usual way, tells us that a comet is sim-
ply a mass of hydrocarbon vapor, shin-
ing by its own light. But there must
be something wrong in this interpreta-
tion. That the light is reflected sun-
light seems to follow necessarily from
the increased brilliancy of the comet
as it approaches the sun and its disap-
pearance as it passes away. — From an
address by Prof. Simon Newcomb.
A SYSTEM for the automatic lighting
and extinguishment of gas jets from a
distance is said to be in practical oper-
ation at Aix-les-Bains, Prance, having
been developed by M. Egraz, director
of the local gas works. The gas supply
to each of the various burners in the
system is controlled by an electric cur-
rent acting on a special piece of inoxi-
dizable steel, resting by its weight on
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a seat in such a way as to close the ori-
fice to the burner. The steel is moved
to turn the gas on or offby magnetizing
or demagnetizing, and, in case of turning
on, the gas is lighted at the same time
by either a spark or the incandescence
of a special and practically infusible
material.
Spontaneous Combustion.
The great number of fatal and de-
structive fires that take place, and
many for which there cannot be any
apparent cause assigned, is sometimes
bewildering, but, says Euijinnriug,
when it is considered what a number
of substances under certain conditions
are capable of undergoing "sponta-
neous" decomposition with the produc-
tion of the necessary amount of heat to
effect their ignition, and withal the
culpable ignorance and carelessness
often displayed as to their proper stor-
age, modes of conveyance and disposal,
one cannot wonder at the inability of
the authorities to elucidate the causes
of so many fires. It is not always nec-
essary that air should be present, or
that there should be a gradual accu-
mulation of heat, in order to bring
about the "spontaneous" inflammation
of a body. Substances that have their
means of ignition often ignite or ex-
plode, out of contact with air, by mere
molecular vibration, produced by such
effects as thunder, etc.
The causes which produce sponta-
neous combustion, that is, the combus-
tion of a body by natural or uninten-
tional causes, may be divided into three
classes : 1. Heat resulting from the
gradual oxidation of a substance. 2. De-
composition produced by accidental
vibration or concussion. 3. Ignition
by lightning or electric sparks. The
classes 2 and 3 may not be considered
by many as being the causes product-
ive of what is generally known as
"spontaneous combustion." In the
writer's mind the inflammation of a
body containing its own means of igni-
tion, by the molecular vibration pro-
duced by such effects as thunder, or
the heat generated by lightning or
electric sparks accidentally produced,
are quite as legitimate causes of
"spontaneous combustion" as the
accumulation of heat resulting from the
gradual oxidation of a substance. In
any case there is a predominating ex-
ternal cause, whether it be resulting
from oxidation, friction or electricity,
and the word "spontaneous" cannot
be here used in its literary sense. By
far the most frequent source of fires
from "spontaneous combustion" are
those which result from heat produced
by the absorption of atmospheric ox-
ygen.
A frequent source of fires is the
"spontaneous" ignition of various ma-
terials more or less saturated with oils
or fats. The following is a list of com-
mon materials of the class which, when
containing oily matters and when un-
der favorable conditions, will often
ignite naturally: Waste, tow, rags,
sawdust, shavings, cotton and woolen
cloth, roofing felt, and, in fact, all
porous combustible bodies containing
any oily or resinous substance having
an affinity for oxygen. All vegetable
and animal oils have more or less affin-
ity for oxygen, while those produced
from the distillation of petroleum and
shale are practically unacted upon by
the element. ^ The oils which oxidize in
the air most rapidly are the vegetable
drying oils, such as linseed, hempseed,
poppy oil, etc.
The committee on international mails
of the postal congress has decided that
natural history specimens and articles
for scientific collections be admitted
to the mails as samples. This will per-
mit of their being sent at the rate of
one cent for every two ounces, whereas
at present it is necessary to pay five
cents for each half ounce or fraction
thereof.
The human body is an "epitome in
Nature of all mechanics, all hydraulics,
all architecture, all machinery of every
kind. There are more than three
hundred and ten mechanical move-
ments known to mechanics to-day, and
all of these are but modifications of
those found in the human body. Here
are found all the bars, levers, joints,
pulleys, pumps, pipes, wheels and
axles, ball and socket movements,
beams, girders, trusses, buffers,
arches, columns, cables and supports
known to science. At every point
man's best mechanical work can be
shown to be but adaptations of pro-
cesses of the human body, a revelation
of first principles used in nature.
A New Element.
A new element, bythium, is an-
nounced in the Elect rodicmischc Zeil-
srhrift by Theodor Gross. A fused
mixture of silver sulphide and silver
chloride is electrolyzed in a nitrogen
atmosphere, using platinum electrodes
free from iridium. In the melt is found
a dark gray powder, insoluble in aqua
regia and in ammonia. Fused with al-
kaline carbonate it gives a melt soluble
in hydrochloric acid, from which hy-
drogen sulphide gives a brown precipi-
tate. The yield of the new substance
is 5 per cent of the original sulphur
used. From the fact that there is a
corresponding loss of sulphur, the au-
thor considers that this bythium is
formed by the decomposition of sulphur,
though he admits that since there is a
small (3 percent) loss of chlorine in the
electrolytic reaction, it is possible that
bythium may be formed by the decom-
position of chlorine. An atomic weight
determination will be looked for with
interest.
At the biennial congress on Weights
and Measures, held last month at
Paris, the discovery was announced
of a new alloy of iron and nickel. This
new material expands under the influ-
ence of heat less than any known alloy.
Dr. Charles Guillaume of Neuohatel,
the discoverer, prepared at the Imphy
Works of the Commentry-Fourcham-
bault Company a mixture of 36 parts
of nickel and 64 parts of iron. Its ex-
tensibility is not more than one-tenth
that of platinum. For measuring ap-
pliances that are subjected to changes
in temperature, the discovery is of
great importance.
also drives a drum carrying a wire
cable used to haul the locomotives upon
the table. This it does with perfect
ease, hauling all sizes of locomotives.
Instead of taking the current from the
overhead wire by means of a trolley,
the conductors are laid in an under-
ground conduit and the contact is made
by means of a plow running in this con-
duit. Some fears were at first ex-
pressed as to the result in rainy
weather, but although considerable
mandril, and it is such work as this
that throws for a few seconds an enor-
mous load on the motor. Although it
has been in use for some time, it shows
no sign of strain.
The two motors last named are of
the General Electric Company's three-
phase induction type, without commu-
tator, collecting rings or brushes.
They are driven by 440-volt, three-
phase alternating current from the
transformers, which step down the
Electrical Progress.
-INTERIOR OF SPRING SHOP, SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
SHOPS, SACRAMENTO, CAL.
Electric Motors in Railroad Shops.
Recently the completion of the long-
distance transmission line between Fol-
som and Sacramento, Cal., has placed
it within the power of the Southern
Pacific railroad to use electric motors
in their shops at Sacramento with most
satisfactory results. In their opera-
tion the motors have already shown
rain has fallen since the installation of
this motor, no difficulty has been ex-
perienced. The transfer table and mo-
tor are shown in Fig. 1.
The motor used to operate the ma-
chinery in the boiler shop, as well as in
the tender shop, is a 50 H. P. motor,
driven by 440-volt current from the
step-down transformers. The machin-
ery in these shops is peculiar, in that
each machine is provided with a heavy
flywheel for carrying it over the sud-
den shocks which occur in punching
and shearing and similar work. For
three or four minutes the motor has an
excessive amount of work thrown upon
it in starting the machine from idle-
ness and until the maximum speed is
acquired. The load then drops to 30
H. P. Such sudden drops as this are
calculated to demoralize motors of or-
pinary construction ; with the induc-
tion motor the drop in the load is
hardly noticed.
Fig. 2 shows the interior of the spring
11,000-volt current transmitted twenty-
four miles from the generating station
at Folsom. This installation is only
one of many made since the completion
of the transmission from Folsom to Sac-
ramento, which latter city is rapidly
becoming dependent on electricity as
its chief motive power.
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California is the present seat and
center of large enterprises in electrical
transmission. In the past three years
several such schemes have been suc-
cessfully planned and carried out, and,
as previously noted herein, the ques-
tion of distance is made a secondary
consideration. At a pressure of 33,000
volts the Southern California Power
Co. now proposes to transmit electrical
power eighty miles. Contracts for
considerable of the work have already
been let, and operations have begun.
The high voltage and the distance of
transmission will attract world-wide
attention, and every detail of the work
will be of universal interest to elec-
tricians.
Russia appears to be carrying out
her traditional policy of stimulating the
growth of internal industry by develop-
ing the arts depending upon electric-
ity ; an account of the extent to which
progress in this direction has been
made is given in the issue of Die Elek-
fricitat for March 13. In order to en-
courage the development of electrical
industries, liberal concessions have
been made to foreign corporations,
both for lighting and for tramways,
while the installations thus operated
are being made the subject of earnest
study by Russian technologists.
1 —TRANSFER TABLE IN SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY SHOPS,
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
considerable economy over the steam
plant which they superseded.
Three motors are used. The first is
a direct-current motor, placed upon a
table transfer used for shifting the lo-
comotives. This motor is a G. E. 800,
similar in every respect to those used
on the ordinary trolley car, and is
driven by a 500 volt railway current
from the station. It is so geared that
it operates, not only on the table, but
shop driven by a 10 H. P. motor ; this
motor also has to cope with sudden
heavy loads. In this shop all the
springs — spiral, elliptical and leaf —
used in the construction of locomotives,
etc., are made, and the most difficult
piece of work done is the making of the
spiral springs, some of which come to
the machine as a bar of red hot iron, li
inches in diameter. This, placed in the
machine, is instantly wrapped around a
Carl Bards has measured the ampli-
tude of the vibrations of a telephone
diaphragm, says Electricity, and finds
tbem to be less than one-millionth of a
centimeter (four ten-millionths of an
inch). Lord Rayleigh found that the
vibrations of air of minimum audibility
were considerably less, and that those
of a whistle measured at a distance of
half a mile from their source are only
8.1 one hundred millionths of a centi-
meter (twelve billionths of an inch).
An American syndicate has secured
control of the street railways of Mon-
terey, Mexico, with a view of consoli-
dation and then equipping them with
electricity. About $6,000,000 is in-
volved in the transaction.
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A Klamath River Dredger.
The question of dredgins; the beds of
streams for gold is becoming of consid-
erable importance, so far as the amount
of money and effort being expended is
concerned. There have been built and
operated during the past two or three
years in British Columbia, Idaho, Mon-
tana, Colorado and California certainly
over a score of dredgers, which have
cost from $5000 to $40,000 each. A ma-
jority of these dredgers have been total
failures, a few partial successes, and
three or four have been so successful
that they are paying their way. In
some cases the trouble has been with
the dredgers mainly, while in others
the main difEculty has been with the
rapid current or large boulders.
Many inquiries have been made as to
the work done by the Distlehorst-Bar-
ton dredger, now working on the
Klamath river, in Siskiyou county, and
which is proving a success, although
the current of the Klamath is very
rapid.
This dredger was built near Oak Bar,
on the Klamath, last September. Ii
consists of two flat boats 67 feet in
length by 37 feet wide, joined together
as one, upon which the machinery is
operated. Between these boats is an
opening about 8 feet wide where the
dredger works. This consists of a
large iron and steel scoop weighing
about 1900 pounds, which is dropped
through the opening of the boat into
the water, thence to the gravel and
boulders, working its way gradually by
hoisting the dredge full of gravel at the
rate of about forty trips to the hour
until it reaches the bedrock. It con-
tinues hoisting bedrock and gravel and
dumps it into a perforated grizzly that
is kept in continual motion by machin-
ery just over the sluice-boxes. Water
is hoisted by a small Chinese pump over
the grizzly onto the gravel which sepa-
rates the fine gravel and gold into the
sluice-boxes, running the large rocks
over a platform, either back into the
river outside of the boat or else into a
derrick-tub used for that purpose which
conveys and dumps the large rocks, 40
or 50 feet away from the boat, into the
water or on the shore. The dredge will
hoist up a cubic yard of gravel each
pense, including labor, fuel, etc., is $18.
The gravel can be worked to a depth of
40 feet ; a body of gravel from 10 to 25
feet is preferred. In such places from
400 to 500 cubic yards of gravel can be
United States Coal Production.
time, and often hoists boulders weigh-
ing five and six tons.
The machinery is run by an engine of
25 H. P. The water for sluicing is
pumped. The dredger is run day and
night, three men being required for
each shift. The daily average ex-
handled every ten hours. The cost of
the dredger is about $7000 to $8000.
The accompanying cut represents a
dredger built on the plan of that on the
Klamath described above, and was
worked on the Sacramento river above
Redding.
The compilation of the statistics of
coal production in the United States
in 1896, which has just been completed
by Statistician E. W. Parker of the
United States Geological Survey, shows
that the product in 1896 was 190,639,-
959 short tons, valued at $195,557,649,
against 193,117,530 short tons, valued
at $197,799,043, in 1895, a decrease of
2,477,571 short tons in amount and of
$2,241,.394 in value. The decrease in
product was entirely in that of Penn-
sylvania anthracite. The output of
bituminous coal shows an increase of
about 1,750,000 tons. The anthracite
product of Pennsylvania decreased
nearly 4,250,000 tons. It is a notable
feature, however, that there was a
decrease in the value of the bituminous
product of over $1,600,000, notwith-
standing the increased output, and
that there was a comparative increase
in the value of anthracite, although,
on account of the smaller production,
it did not equal the value in 1895. The
average price obtained for anthracite
at the mines increased from $1.41 in
1895 to $1.51 in 1896. The average
price for bituminous declined from 86
cents to 83 cents.
Among the important bituminous
coal producing States, Pennsylvania,
of course, stands first, with an output
of nearly 50,000,000 tons. Illinois is
an easy second with nearly 20,000,000
tons, or more than 75 per cemt of the
combined product of Vest Virginia and
Ohio, which come third and fourth
respectively. The race between Ohio
and West Virginia was very close in
1896, there being but a thousand tons
difference and the output of each nearly
13,000,000 tons. These four States
yield about 70 per cent of the total
bituminous production.
Pennsylvania's bituminous product
was a little more than a million tons
less than in 1895. Ohio lost 480,000
tons. West Virginia increased her
output about 1,500,000 tons, and Illinois
about 2,000,000 tons.. The other im-,
524
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 19, 1897.
portant States showing increased pro-
duction were Alabama, Arkansas,
Colorado, Indian Territory, Kentucky,
Maryland, and Texas, while Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, New
Mexico, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia,
"Washington and Wyoming showed de-
creased production. West Virginia
had the most important increase
among the Appalachian States, Illinois
in the Middle West, and Colorado was
the only State in the Rocky Mountain
region whose production increased.
The production by States is shown in
the following table:
COAL PRODUCT OF UNITED STATES IN 1896 BY
STATES.
Total Pro-
duction. Total
States. Short Tons. Value.
Alabama 5,745,617 a 5,171,055
Arkansas 669,374 743,577
Oalitornla and Alaska 93,776 830,523
Colorado 3,139,078 3,630,653
Georgia and N. Carolina.. 246,359 179,770
Illinois 19.786,626 15,809,738
Indiana 3,905,779 3,261,737
Indian Territory 1,366,646 1,918,116
Iowa 3,954,028 4,62H,033
Kansas 2,764,801 3,175,032
Kentucky 3,183.478 2,496,806
Maryland 4,143,936 3,299,928
Michigan .'. 92,882 160,631
Missouri 2.331,542 2,618,194
Montana 1,484,445 2,176,423
New Mexico 632,626 930,381
North Dakota 78,050 84,908
Ohio 18,875,302 10,253,461
Oregon 101,721 294,664
o«„„.„ 1 Bituminous 49,101,148 35,024,918
Pennaj Anthracite 53,771,890 81,415,785
Tennessee 2,668,606 3,276,795
Texas 644,016 896,251
Utah 418,627 500,547
Virginia 1,264,733 848,851
Washington 1,196.604 2,396,078
WestVlrginia 12,876,296 8,336,685
Wyoming and Nebraska.,. 2,233,184 2,918,826
Totals 190,639,969 »195,657,649
Coast Industrial Notes.
—There are 133 oil wells in California.
—A direct line telephone is building be-
tween San Francisco and Redding, Cal.
—A direct line of broad gauge railroad is
building from Truckee, Cal., to Lake Tahoe.
—The first of California's wheat crop of '97
is being harvested in San Luis Obispo county.
—Since the 1st inst. the Southern Califor-
nia Railway Company pays but $1 per barrel
for fuel oil.
—So far in the Senate tariff discussion Cali-
fornia has received all her representatives
asked for.
— Engineers have begun a survey of the
proposed railroad to Bamona, in San Diego
county, Cal.
— California men are buying beef steers in
Nevada, paying tl7 per head for two-year-
olds, and $22 for three-year-olds.
—There are 3,000,000 pounds wool stored at
The Dalles, Or. Twelve cents is the best
offer this year.
— The total value of property in Los An-
geles aggregates $58,000,000— an increase of
about $6,000,000 over last year.
— Work began this week near Leavenworth,
Wash., on the Great Northern railway tunnel
through the Cascade mountains.
— This week the ship Moreton sailed from
Tacoma, Wash., with 300 M. brick for South
Africa, the initial shipment of the kind from
this coast.
—Washington State reports the biggest
wheat yield in its history. One Oregon
county— Umatilla — reports a wheat crop of
6,000,000 bushels.
— Tlie lumber mills of the Madera, Cal.,
Flume and Trading Company were burned
last Monday. The mills gave employment to
fifty men. The loss is estimated at $80,000.
—The Southern Pacific Company is negotiat-
ing for the purchase of the Visalia railroad,
which is about eight miles long and connects
Visalia with the Southern Pacific line at
Goshen.
— Nearly eleven years ago a site was ac-
quired for a new San Francisco postofflce. It
is now tioped by the Government architect
that preliminary work may begin on the new
building next year.
—The Chino, Cal., beet sugar factory will
this year spend $125,000 for crude petroleum
fuel; will take $140,000 tons beets, extracting
18,000 tons sugar worth $1,365,000, paying the
farmers about $500,000.
— As a result of personal investigation the
California Labor Commissioner finds that 96
per cent of all the labor used in California
beet fields is Chinese or Japanese, and that
the latter are crowding the Chinese out.
— It is reported that the negotiations by
which the Mount Lowe properties are to pass
under the control of the Southern Pacific are
progressing and a satisfactory arrangement
is expected between now and August 1st.
— Representatives of the United States
Government and a Hawaiian commissioner
signed a treaty last Wednesday annexing
Hawaii to the United States. The treaty
will not be ratified by the United States Sen-
ate this session,
— B. F. Cheney, the largest individual
stockholder in the Santa Fe Railway Com-
pany, is credited with intention to buy the
estate and assets of the San Diego, Cal.,
Town and Land Company, the value of which
is fixed at $901,388.
— The Slocan branch of the Columbia and
Kootenay railroad will be finished by the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company by Octo-
ber 15, '97, giving all-the-year-round commu-
nication from the main line at Revelstoke,
B. C, to Nelson and Rossland.
—The Southern California Power Company,
which will generate electricity at Santa Ana
canyon and convey power seventy-five miles
to Los Angeles, has given to E. S. Phelan of
that city, for $95,000, the contract to build the
stone canal to convey the water to the power
house.
—In New York last week was incorporated
the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific
Railroad of Mexico, with a capital stock of
$3,130,000. The company proposes to construct
a road from Ciudad Juarez, in the State of
Chihuahua, to Corralitos, in the same State, a
distance of fifty-six miles.
—The schooner Emma and Louisa has sailed
from San Diego, Cal., to exploit Jesse R.
Grant's guano concession. The schooner car-
ries lumber to Guaymas to partly pay ex-
penses, and from there will go to Tiburon
island to look tor gold and guano, thence to
Angel de la Guardia for the same purpose.
—The Pacific Coast Electric Transmission
Association was organized in San Francisco
this week. It comprises the Blue Lakes
Water Company of San Francisco, Big Creek
Power Company of Santa Cruz, Southern Cali-
fornia Power Company of Redlands, Central
California Electric Company, Sacramento
Electric, Gas and Railway Company of Sacra-
mento, San Joaquin Electric Company of
Fresno, Power Development Company of
Bakersfleld, Portland General Electric Com-
pany of Portland, Or., Nevada County Elec-
tric Power Company of Nevada City and the
San Gabriel Electric Company of Los Angeles.
President, C. P. Gilbert ; vice-president, H.
H. Sinclair ; secretary and treasurer, Robert
McF. Doble.
Personal.
Charles D. Lane of the Utica has gone to
London.
J. W. Campbell of Bingham, Utah, is to go
to the Coeur d'Alene country.
Col. a. E. Head of San Francisco has been
in the Fort Steele country, British Columbia.
John W. Mackat is expected out soon to
visit the Allison Ranch mine at Grass Valley.
J. E. Lester has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Gold King mine near Ward,
Colo.
Geo. E. Ames, Jr., is now the resident
agent of the Union Iron Works in the City of
Mexico.
W. S. Stratton of Cripple Creek, Colorado,
owner of the Independence mine, is in San
Francisco.
Jas. a. Abbott has returned toYreka, Cal.,
from a five months' sojourn in the New Eng-
land States.
R. E. Brown, who has been for some time
making his headquarters at Spokane, Wash.,
has gone to London.
J. O. Harron, general manager of the
Parke & Lacy Company, is expected back
from Australia next month.
William S. Edwards has been appointed
engineer for the owners of a large mining con-
cession in Dutch Guiana, South America.
The United States Treasury Department
has selected James H. Humphreys tor super-
intendent of the new postofBce building to
be erected here.
President Jordan of Stanford University
has gone on the U. S. steamer Gedney to the
Guadaloupe islands, off the Mexican coast, to
make a study of the seals.
Henkt Bratnober has started for Alaska.
Captain Thomas Mein is already there, and it
is probable that Hamilton Smith will join
them before the end of summer
Recently Declared nining Divi-
dends.
Champion Mining Company, Nevada City,
Cal., 25 cents per share; payable June 15.
Mercur, Utah, $35,000; payable June 30.
Total to date, $735,000.
Champion Mining Co., Nevada City, Cal.,
35 cents per share; payable June 15.
The Tamarack Copper Mining Company,
Michigan, $180,000; payable June 30.
The Calumet & Hecla Copper Mining Com-
pany, Michigan, $250,000; payable July 7.
Silver King Mining Company, Utah, $37,500 ;
payable June 14.
South Swansea, CJtah, $7500 ; payable June SI.
Homestake, South Dakota, $31,350; payable
June 35.
The Ontario Mining Company of Utah,
$15,000; payable June 30.
Commercial Paragraphs.
The first plant of machinery installed at
Puma City, Colo., has been put in at the June
mine, and is of the Bolthoff type.
Messrs. Hewitt and Reardon have bought
the interest of E. A. Rix in the business of
the Rix Compressed Air Machinery Co.
The Stanley Electric Manufacturing Co.
now occupy the former quarters of the Gran-
gers' Bank, northwest corner Battery and
California streets, San Francisco.
The Leadville and Chicago Gold Mining
Company has put in a 10x13 hoist at their
property. The machinery was furnished by
the Colorado Iron Works of Denver.
The Parke & Lacey Co., 21 and 23 Fremont
street, San Francisco, this week installed at
the Providence mine, Nevada City, the
largest air compressor in the district, the en-
tire plant weighs twelve tons, including a
twelve-foot wheel.
The Kansas City Smelting and Refining
Company have a contract with the Southern
PacificCompany to monthly carry 3000 tons of
ore from its inines in Mexico to Galveston, El
Paso and other points. The Kansas City
Smelting and Refining Company owns and
operates several large mines in Mexico, and
one of its smelting works is situated at El
Paso. Much of the ore is destined for the lat- i
ter place tor refining, although some of the j
ore is exported by way of Galveston, but most
of the refined product finds its way to New |
York for export.
The Replogle Governor Works of Akron, .
Ohio, have recently placed considerable of
their work on this coast, their governor being
used by the San Joaquin Electric Company,
the electric plant at Redlands, and at the
Portland General Electric Company's plant at
Oregon City, Oregon, where five of the
Replogle goverhors are used. They have like-
wise put in some at Polsom, and several of
their smaller governors have been used by the
Pelton Water Wheel Company. They are
now equipping a large electric light plant in
Canada and sending two of their largest type
of governors to a large electric plant in South
Carolina; three more are going to British Co-
lumbia.
Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Excelsior G. M. & M. Co., San Francisco;
W. S. Chapman, V. E. Mathews, J. 1. Minear,
L.H.Smith, G. Searle; capital stock, $500,-
000; subscribed.
Rodman Hill Mining Co., San Francisco;
F. F. Weed, G. L. Pitch, G. P. Rixford, A. B.
Williams, H. F. Lange; capital stock, $100,-
000; $5000 subscribed.
Milkmaid M. Co., S. F. ; J. P. Jones, H. M.
Gorham, W. E. Lester, D. B. Hunt, T. Ander-
son, J. B. Low, A. Waterman; capital stock,
$10,000,000; subscribed, $3500.
Indianapolis and Canyon Springs G. M. Co.,
Los Angeles ; A. C. and W. C. Hogaboom, E.
E. Bowles, Los Angeles, and W. H. Webster
and G. R. Wysong, Indianapolis, Ind. ; capital
stock, $1,000,000, all subscribed.
Golden Dexter Mining Company, Marys-
ville, Cal. ; F. W. Johnson, C. E. Swezy,
G. W. Harney, C. Hapgood, W. S. Johnson ;
capital stock, $100,000; subscribed $69,400.
Acme Oil and Mining Company, San Fran-
cisco; F. Lux, B. S. Spencer, A. F. Imbrie,
G. H. Lux, S. W. Dixon ; capital stock, $50,000 ;
subscribed $1000.
Doyle G. M. & M. Co., San Francisco; W. R.
S. Fox, A. W. Bogart, C. D. Olney, L. B. Doe,
C. E. Elliott; capital stock, $1,000,000— sub-
scribed, $35.
Obituary.
While en route last week from South Africa
to England "Barney Barnato" jumped from
the steamship and was drowned. Thus ends
the wonderful career of this extraordinary
man. Isaac Bernstein was born in London in
'52, was in youth a strolling actor, went to
South Africa as a juggler, got a little financial
foothold, acquired control, went into mining
schemes on the most extensive scale, dazzled
Europe with the magnitude of his operations,
made himself worth many millions of pounds
sterling, inaugurated an era of extravagant
speculation, enriched and beggared thousands
—and now the dismal end. The "Kaffir
stocks,' ' which in the past year have so greatly
shrunk in value, have experienced further
disastrous collapse since the news of his death.
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Portable Saw Mills.
Single Circular,
4000-6000 feet
per day.
ISO. 12
Double Circular,
15,000-20,000 ft.
per day.
Alaska Treadwell
Gold Mining Co.
SAN Francisco.
Feb. 20, 189C.
Vulcan Iron Works,
Gentlemen: Our
Double Circular
Saw Mill oE about
20,000feet daily ca-
pacity, for which
you made plans
and built the ma-
chinery complete,
including' a set of
three 6-inch beam
Vu lean Head
Blocks. (30- inch
opening, has given
ua complete satisfaction In every
respect. Respectfully.
Alaska Treadwell Gold M Co
A. T. CORBUS, Sec'y-
Mining
Companies
other Consumers
of Lumber at
Remote Folnts,
SEND FOR
CATALOGUE.
Manufactured by
VULCAN IRON W0RK5,
Office, 505 Mission Street,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
IF YOU HAVE A SJyiELTER-YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE--YOU NEED IT.
IF YOU HAVE A CYANIDE PLANT-YOU OUGHT TO HAVE IT.
IF YOU OWN CHLORINATION WORKS--YOU SHOULD BUY IT.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A MINE OR MILL-YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
Wliat? P. &B. Paint
iT4;is ;absolutelv acid proof — tried and proven.
Manufactured by
PARAKRIINE F»/\IINX CO., gf" >f'-«"'='«<=°
.^os Angr^les.
You Can Order It Prom Vour Dealer.
Double-Jointed Ball-Bearing HydrauliC GiailtS.
The above presents an Improved Double -Jointed Bail-Bearing: Hydraulio Giant which we
build. The improvement consists of the introduction of a Ball Bearing: by which the pressure of the
water is reduced to a minimum and the direction of the nozzle changed at will with ease.
(Catalogues and prices of our specialties of HYDRAULIC MINING MACHINERY furnished upon
application. JOSHUA HBNDY MACHINB WORKS, 38 to 44 Fremont St., San Francisco, Cai.
ADAMANTINE SHOES AND DIES
AND
■f>»-f4 CHROAVE CAST STEEL>-f-f-f^>
Cams, Tappets, Bosses, Roll Shells and Crusher Plates.
These castings are extensively used in all the mining States and
Territories of North and South America. Guaranteed to prove better
and cheaper than any others. Orders solicited subject to the above con-
ditions. When ordering, send sketch with exact dimensions. Send for
Illustrated Circular.
Manufactured by CHROME STEEL WORKS, Brooklyn, N. Y.
H. D. MORRIS & CO., Agents, 141 and 143 First Street, San Francisco.
Special attention given to the purchase of Mine and Mill Supplies. Stamp Cam.
H\i MOl^l^K Sj rn 55J21S MINING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
% MJ % ITM'FMyMXML./ m^. VJvF## hanhattan rubber beltinq, packing and hose,
' SANDERSON DRILL STEEL.
141=143 First Street, San Francisco, Cai.
SANDERSON DRILL STEEL,
MORRIS CBNTRIPUQAL PUHPS,
LIGHT STBBL RAIL.
June 19. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
527
ROR S/\LE.
Compound and : : :
SIMPLE LOCOMOTIVES
or the SOUTH 8IDK ELEVATEU K. K. . .
Flr-,l-( 1:,.- ( ..liilii l,,M-i;;vi.| ,■. in LucomOtlvo
Wnrks, liiiiil'ji s. Ntiimlitrd tau;-;'-- ^'m-l. hurt! or
soft fOul, uokc or wood. Weight in worUlD(,' order,
Bhoul ^6,000 lbs. On drivers, ubout 40.000 lbs.
CyHudem— single expansion, 13 in. by 16 In.
stroke; compound, 9 in. and l'> In. by 16 In. stroke.
I>rlvlni:; whi^els. 12 in. diameter, steel tired.
Driving wheel huHe, 5 feet. Tiink rnpHclty. 7.V)
gallons. WeBtinghooHe AutomatUi air brakes, j
Subject to any inspection desired. Built in 1803. |
OITered at greatly reduced prices. Road bolnn
cfjuipped with electricity. For sale exclusively by i
FITZ-HUGH & COMPANY,
1634 Monadnock Building:,
CHICAGO, - - - ILLINOIS.
A Great Mining Triumpli.
Capi. J. R. DeLamar, of New \ ork City, is one of tlic largest owners and workers uf Gold Mines in
the world. After tlie most careful investigation he purchased in August. 1895, two Griffin Mills, and his
report is so remarkable as to demand the careful attention of every one interested in Gold Mining.
We give it in his own words.
BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO. r-V/fZ/f m^n ;- Tl.c Iwo Griffin Mills li.ive been in operaiion nowl'ir "."' days'™ llie
lurdesi roclc, with the cx<:e[,uon of corunHiim. tlut 1 have ever met during my muling life. Tlicy lijve taken llie rock direct
from the breaker, and they avcraee about jo tons to each machine. 40 ines'i iuie. wiiliout e'evaliiig or bolting. We simply put
.1 ^ nii^sh screen around tbe Griffin Mill, and the stuff c.unes out 40 mesh lioe ..r over, whu li makes it an excellent pulp for
leaching bv cyanide or clilorination; therefore ivetiave concliirirH t>- order inmiix, (Irtlfln njlls. We have tried hich-spced
rolls and drv stamps, and after looking into the llunting'on Dry Hulverijrr, ihe S.m.d I'ulveriier. ihe Silrdman Pulveriier,
tile 1- risbic Lucip. the Cook, and various other dry pulverizers, iiiihesiiatiiti;lv rtc iiinieiiH voir ' '.riffiii Mill to anv one.
Voum truly, (SiRuid) J. li. DnLAMAR.
HOW 10 GRIFFIN MILLS WORK.
DnLAMAR'S NKVADA GOLD MINING CO.,
nn * r.. »- Salt Laku (.itv, Utah. Nov. 24, 1896.
nKADLE\ PUI.VERrZHR CO. Gentlemen:— \x\ answer to yourinqulrv as lo wkittlic "Griffin Mill " is doing at our
Ut Lamar Miil. DeL.nmar, Nevada, we beg to state that we often run 310 tons per day wiili fo <if y<iur mills in operation, and
on one occasum ikcsc 10 mills produced ^o8 tons in one day. 1 liavc no hcsirancy in staling that they will regularly produce
ai least 30 tons per day each on our ore, which is extremely and unusually hard.
Yours very truly, H. A. COHEN, General Manager.
'Hiese strong letters coming from such 'representative men are conclusive evidence that we are
right in claiming that the '' Griffin Mill " will produce a larger amount of finer pulp at less cost than any
other stamp or pulverizer made.
LlI us send you a free copy of our illustrated pamphlet, which will tell you all
about the Mill and bring to you other evidence of its great achievements.
J BRADLEY PULVERIZER CO., 92 state St., Boston, Mass.
TOITHILL WATER WHEEL.
The Best Jet Wheel in the Market,
BARRING NONE.
Wheels, Buckets and Nozzles Desl^roed to Salt Spe-
cial Requirements, When Head aad
Conditions Are Ulven.
Theoretically as Well as Practically Perfect.
Highest Efflclency Guaranteed.
We have a Sensitive, Simple Governor that will posi-
tively regulate speed of wheel. Specially adapted for
eleclrlc railway and lighting plants.
Write for Catulogfue.
Oakland Iron Works, Builders,
108 FIRST STKEET, - - - SAN FRANCISOO.
Telephone 1007 Main.
To Gold Miners!
Silver Plated Copper Amalgamating Plates
For Saving Gold in Quartz and Placer Mining.
Evrerv Description of yvilnlngr Plates /Vlade.
ONLY BEST COPPER AND REPINED SILVER USED. OLD MINING
PLATES REFLATED. TWENTY-SIX MEDALS AWARDED.
GOLD, SILVER. NICKEL, COPPER & BRASS PLATING.
Denniston San Francisco Plating Works,
653 and 665 Mission Street^ San Francisco, Cal.
E. Q. DENNISTON, Proprietor.
Telephone, Main 5931. Send for Circular.
THOUSANDS now \n use Over the World.
TDITAV Patent
I K'J.f^.'V Improved
Automatic Ore Cars.
THEY ARE THE BEST
AND CHEAPEST.
SCHAW, IKGRAM, BATCHER & CO., J
Pat. Jan. 5, '92, Aug. S'., '95.
rtGEINTS,
Send for Catalogue.
Link-Belt Machinery Co.
ENQINEERS, FOUNDERS, MACHINISTS,
CHICAGO, U. S. «.
MODERN METHODS as applied to the hantiling of FrelgM, Grain,
Ores, Raw and Manufactured Products.
MALLEABLE IRON BUCKETS, Approved Pattern and
Welcht; ROPE POWER TRANSMISSIONS. SHAFTING,
PULLEYS, GEARING, CLUTCHES, ETC.; ELECTRIC
COAL MINING MACHINERY.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE NO. 20.
RR/\INdS STVVIXH & CO.,
-MANUFACTURERS OF-
F^OR TOVl/N \A//\TER \A/ORICS.
Hydraulic, Irrigation and Power Plants, Well Pipe, Etc., all sizes.
130 BBALB STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Iron out, punched and lormed, tor maKlng pipe on ground where required All kinds of Tools suj^
piled lor malflng;Plpe. Estimates given when required. Are prepared or coating all sizes ol Pipes
with Asphaltujn'
WRITE
FOR
CATALOQUE.
1890" ENGINE.
-♦THE> —
Edward P. Allis Co.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Reynolds Corliss Engfines
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
MINING, MILLING AND SMELTING
MACHINERY.
BRANCH
OFFICE-<^^'°""^^
9 Fremont St. jj
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
OIRDBR PRAMB ENGINE.
CHARLES C. MOORE, Pacific Coast Agent, 32 FIRST St.. SAH FRAHCISCO, CAL.
NOTICE TO ORE SHIPPERS.
By shipping your ores to us you can obtain the highest prices paid on competitive hlds in the public
market, together with a careful and accurate sample, as with our new mill and Improved machinery
we are able to give perfect satisfaction to all shippers. Write for oar Pocket Eeference Book. The
highest cash price paid for gold bullion and old gold. Prompt returns.
STATE ORE SAHPLING COHPANY, Denver. Colo.
528
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 19, 1897.
Professional Cards.
D. B. HUNTLEY,
(lining: Engineer and Metallurg:ist,
De I^amar, Owyhee Co., Idalio.
I Placerville, California. Cable address, Ixa. y
) MINING ENGINEER. \
} Reports on Mines and Methods of Ore Treat- I
rnent.^ California Mines_9pecla]tl^s. ^^^^^
[ J. K. EVELETH.
V. H. M. MacLtmont.
EVELETH & MacLYMONT,
y Practical Mill Tests, Assays and Analyses i
of Ores. Examine and Report on Mines.
; 10 Annie Street, - - San Francisco, Cal< ^
Opposite Palace Hotel.
COBB & HESSELMEYER,
Designing and Consulting
MECHANICAI. AND HTDRACIjIC
ENQINEERS.
421 Market St., Cor. First St.,
I Telephone BLACK 2403 San Francisco, Cal.
The Evans Assay Office- 1
W. N. JEHTJ, - - - - Proprietor.
Successor to Jehu & Ogden.
' 62S Montgomery Street, San Francisco. ',
, Rooms 46 and 47 Montgomery Block.
' Ore Assays, Analyses of Minerals, Metals <
and their Alloys, Etc.
LESSONS GIVEN IN ASSAYING.
5 School of Practical, Civil, Mechanical, J
Electrical and Mining Engineering.
^ Surveylnir, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying. '
833 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.
OPEN ALL TEAR.
A. VAN DER NAILLEN, President.
» Assaying of Ores, 125; Bullion and Chlorination t
Assay, f26; Blowpipe Assay, $10. Full Course j
of Assaying, $50. Established 1864.
, tW Send for Circular.
[ Mining and MetaUnrgical Work in All <
Branches.
Assays, Chemical Analysis of Ores and ex-
S periments on rebellious ores for treatment by ,
i cyanide or other processes. Surveys and re-
{ ports upon mining properties.
RICHARD A. PARKER,
CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER.
Cable address: Richp'ark.
C Crocker Bulldiog San Francisco, Cal.
CHARLES P. QRlMWOOD.
Mining: Eng:ineer and Metallurgfist,
Laboratory, 214 Pine St., San Francisco.
I I. T. JONES. G. M. EDMONDSON. t
JONES & EDMONDSON, LAWYERS.
Mining, Corporation and Tort.
^ Rooms I-J, Exchange Bank Block, i
Colorado Springs, Colo.
W. J. ADAMS, E. M.,
PRACTICAL MININa ENGINEER.
Graduate of Columbia School of Mines. Ex- •
I pert Miner and Metallurprist of Gold Ores.
I Eighteen years' experience. Will report on i
I Mines and Mills, and take fiill charere of Mln-
I ing Properties. Address. 3 33 Market St.,
Room 15, San Francisco, Cal. ,
J. HOWARD WILSON.
/\ssay«e>r" and Ci;ti^mist» j
306 Santa Fe Avenae, Pueblo, Colo.
Correspondence solicited with SHIPPERS OF 5
ORE TO COLORADO SMELTERS. ^
DENVER SCHOOL OP MINES, 1215 15th St.
( Established in 1877. Prof. P. J. Stanton, Prlnci- (,
> pal, and experienced assistants. Assaying J
, taught for 525, in two weeks. Courses In miner- ,
( alogy, metallurgy, mining, surveying, geology. ,
( Personal actual practice. Instruction by cor- '
' reapondence. Assays warranted correct. Lady \
' pupils received. Investments made and in-
t formation given In reliable mining properties.
ALMARIN B. PAUL, M. E.
ROOM 49, CROCKER BUILDING.
f Cor. Market and Montgomery Sts., San Pranclaco. 1
^ Will act as AGENT for the sale of RELIABLE )
' Mining Property. Principals desiring valuable )
> quartz or gravel investments at reasonable -
I prices will do well to see what I may have.
I Only legitimate mining properties handled.
Pabbot a. hanks,
" Chemist and Assayer. Successor
to Henry G. Hanks, established
1866. The super-
vision of sampling
of ores shipped to
San Francisco a
specialty.
—718—
I Montgomery Street,
San Francisco.
LOUIS FALKENAU,
[STATE ASSAY OFFICE, j
4:u California St., near Montgomery.
Analysis of Ores. Metals, Soils, Waters. In-
► dustrlal Products, Poods. Medicines, etc., etc.
t Court Exporting in all branches of Chemical <
» Technology. Working Tests of Ores and In- (
t vestigatlon of Metallurgical and Manufactur- i
i ing Processes. Consultations on all questions /
\ of appllt'd chemistry. Instructions given in /
y assaying and all branches of chemistry.
A. H. WARD.
--f ESTABLISHED 1869. -f-
H. 0. WARD.
C. A. LUCKHARDT & CO.,
NEVADA METALLURGICAL WORKS,
71 & 73 STEVENSON STREET, - . - . gAN FKANCISCO, CAt.
Assaying, Analyses, Sampling.
PRACTICAL WORKING TESTS OF ORE BY ALL PROCESSES.
STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR IN OPERATION ON PREMISES.
Thomas Price & Son,
4ssay Office, Sampling Worl(s
And Chemical Laboratorj'.
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Cal.
\ /VIUNE OTUI/INERSI
{ Check your ASSAYER3, or do your OWN J
Assaying by the SIMPLE METHOBS of
! LDCKHARDT'S COMBINED ASSAY OFFICE \
(INCOKPORATED.)
* 36 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, Cal.
C. E.^DeFOREST,
I Mining and; Mechanical Engineer, |
/ Will Examine and Report on Mines and )
^ Metallurgical Projects. )
{ Terms, $1S Per Day and Expenses. ]
? f\. H. RICK.ETTS, S
J Attorney at Lavu. ^
} (IVIiuiiig Law.)
iCROCKER BUILDING, - SAN FRANCISCO.
E. E. BURLINGAME'S ASSAY OFFICE AND
Chemical Laboratory. Established In Colorado,
1866. Samples by mall or express will receive
prompt and careful attention Gold and silver bul-
lion refined, melted and assayed or purchased. Ad-
dress 1736 and 17.^S Lawrence Street. Denver. Colo.
THE ROESSLER & HASSLAGHER CHEMICAL CO,
100 ■William Street, Hew York.
CYANIDE
Peroxide of Sodium
Hyposulphite of Soda
Chloride of lime
Trade Mark. Sulphlde Of IrOU
And otlier Clieniicals for Mining Purposes.
Brunton's Patent Pocket
Mine Transit.
w'liy'^
9^
Cat About 1-3 Actual Size.
A comoact and reliable pocket instrument which
takes the place of a transit for preliminary under-
ground work, and the taking of rough topography
above ground, thus taking the place of a sighting
compass, clinometer, Abney level, Locke level and
plumb. Case of aluminum; weight 8 ounces.
Send for Circular and Price List to
\AI. /\INS\A/ORXH,
Sole Mannfactnrert
21S1 Lawrence Street, DENVER, COLO.
SMITH & THOMPSON,
MANUFACTURERS OF
F^lnest A-ssav ISalances.
Oar Beams are the
■ ligrhtest on the market.
and positively inflexible.
They are unequaled in
accuracy and eensltlve-
nesB. Edg-es and bear-
ings are of Sapphire.
All makes of balances
thoroughly repaired at
reasonable rates.
S319 Stoat Street,
DENVER, COLO.
Hoskins' Patent Hydro-Carton
Blow-Pipe and
Assay Furnaces.
No dust. No ashes.
Cheap, effective, eco-
nomical, portable and
automatic.
SEND FOR PRICE LIST TO
81 Sontb. Clark St.. Room 55,
CHICAGO, ILL.
W. HOSKINS,
METAL MINING
Coal Mining; Metal Prospecting; Snrvejing
& MappiDg; Electricity; Sheet Melal Pattern
Cutting; MechaDical& Architectural Drawing;
Railroad, Ql mil DC TO Hvdraiilic
llutjicipal, 01 l/UUndLO &' Qridgo
Engin'r'g; Meohauics; Plumb-g; Archilcuiure;
Stationary. Loconiolive, Slarino Enginofriiig,
Eneliflli Branches; Rookkeoping ; Slmrilianil.
t!'J^° GUARANTEED SUCCESS.
Fees Moderate, Advance or Inslallmentg.
Circular Free: Slate iuhjtct ymi uUli to 'tudi/.
iBtematlDnal CormpoDdence Schools, Itoi 1008.
THE GOLD and SILVER EXTRACTION
COMPANY, OF AMERICA, LTD.
CAPITAL, - $550,000.
The Original Cyanide Process.
SIMPLE. RELIABLE. ECONOMICAL.
WADE MARK.
IM!ASTHUR-FDIIREST PHOCMI
Gold Medal, Columbian Exposition, 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Befraotorj
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
Tie MacArthiir-Forrest Cyanide Process.
Samples assayed and fully reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager; Hugh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Mulr, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 216
Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPhee Buildinq, Dbnvbr, Colorado.
Established 1852. Incorporated 1895.
JOHN TAYLOR <fe CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Assayers' Wlatorial,
FURNACES, SCALES,
BALANCES,
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO. MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEniCALS AND
CHEniCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacific Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Works
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baber & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand.
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. 1.42; Muriatic Acid, sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Manufactnrers of Asaayers' and Chemists'
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Alnsworth Balances.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAVLOR Si .Cfh, San Francisco-Agents.
B.^Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO..
Park City, Ctah .
TUBES CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Oonstantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. J9"Extr8
sizes and lengths made to order on short notice
611 and «1 3 FRONT ST.. Kan FrannU«^n. Ta].
nININO DIRECTORY of Alaska, Arizona, Cali-
fornia, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregoii
and Washington, for Sale by . . .
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS COMPANY, 206 POST SI.
June 19, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
529
FRASER & CHALMERS,
CHICAGO. ILL.
U. S. A.
ENGINEERS AND
MANUFACTURERS OF
MINING AND METALLURGICAL MACHINERY.
I'ieg lo annoiince that they
now manufacture and control
the sale of the unrivaled
OTTO AERIAL:::::
■ TRAMWAY
Over Seven Hundred lines
in operation.
Spans up to Two Thousantl
feet and more.
I lighest Awards at W'orld's
Columbian Exposition.
Catalogues sent on applica-
tion, giving full description
and details.
Otto Aerial Tramways
Give the best working re-
sults in every case, and never-
failing satisfaction.
All difficulties of transpor-
tation surmounted by an eco-
nomical and effective carrier.
Be sure you investigate
the Otto Tramway before
purchasing.
Write us your requirements
and we will take pleasure in
preparing complete specifica-
tions.
FRASER & CHALMERS,
flanulacturers of the
Otto Tramway.
THE PELTON WATER WHEEL,
EMBRACING IN ITS VARIATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION
THE PELTON SYSTEn OF POWER.
In simplicity of construction, absence of wearing pans, high efficiency and ractlity of adaptation to varying conditions of service, the PELTON meets
more fully all requirements than any other wheel on the market. Propositions given for the development of water powers based upon direct application, or
ELECTRIC XR/\NSyV\ISSIOrS
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
Under any head and any requirement as to capacity.
CATALOGUE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION.
ADDRESS
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
1.21 and 1:23 JWain Street,
San F=^rancisco, Gal
Roller, steel and Special CHAINS
— roE —
ELEVATING
CONVEYING
MACHINERY
rORBANDLlKO UATBRIALOF ALLS1ND3
L. C. MARSHUTZ.
T. G.CANTRELL.
National Iron Works,
/I/. W. Cor. Main and Howard Sis., San Francisco, Oaf.
Western Branch, Denver, Colo.
THE JEFFREV AIFO. CO., Colombua, Ohio.
Send for Catalogue. 103 Washington St., New To"!:.
For Placer Mining.
THE EDISON
GOLD SAVING MACHINE.
The Most Complete Machine in the World for
GRAVEL WASHING.
Guaranteed to Save Every Particle of Flour and
Flake Gold, and Floured Quicksilver.
WILL HANDLE 3 TONS OF GRAVEL PER HOUR.
Minimum power and water required. Requires
but one handling of gravel. By motion of machine
water is returned and used over and over again.
Light, duraWe and easily transported. Simple in
construction and inexpensive.
'^^^^ EDISON MACHINE COMPANY,
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.
MANUFACTURERS OF
STATIONARY AND COMPOUND
ENGINES,
FLOUR, SUGAR, SAW AND QUARTZ MILL
MACHINERY.
AMALGAMATING MACHINES.
K7 CASTINGS AND FORCINGS
OF EVERT DESCRIPTIOTf.
All work tested and guaranteed.
IMPROVED PORTABLE HOISTING ENGINES.
Improved Self=Contained
Three or Five Stamp mil.
Saves bin for heavy timbers, millwright and me-
chanics' labor, and a large amount of space. The
term self-contained means a great deal for the mine
owner, and can be readily recognized and appreciated
In making an estimate for an ordinary plant when
the comparative cost is considered.
First: There is saved a large bill for heavy tim-
bers, in many instances obtained at great expense
and loss of time.
Second : The saving in millwright and mechanics
labor in framing and erecting.
Third : The large amount of space saved.
Fodrth: The great saving of freight,
Sena for Circulars and Price List.
Power!
SAVE MPEY BY USING
THE
"DANIEL BEST"
Crude Oil Engine.
This Euglue can be operated on eillior Crude Oil.
DlHtlllale, Gasoline, or KerOHeoe. It 1h the cheiip-
e«t power on earth and Is not lied to any one kind
of Oil. but can \i8e auykind ihalwlUniakeg'aaandiH
not handicapped by being compelled to use a certain
Oil. Do not forget this when in need of an Eng-lne.
We truarantee our Engines lo work perfectly on
California CrudeOil, or Distillate, or any other kind
of paseous Oil; we however prefer CALIFORNIA
CRUDE OIL, from Coallnc-a, Fresno county, for the
reason that gas from Crude Oil will produce more
power from the number of feet of gas need than
from any other Oil, and it Is also a natural lubricant
as well, the valves being always lubricated suffi-
ciently to prevent them from sticking, thus aseurlug
greater durability of the working' parts than it other-
wise would be in uslnp dry gas. And another ad-
vantage we claim Is. that danger from explosions
la reduced to a minimum, there being no accumula-
tion of gas. but Is used by the Engine as fast as It Is
generated and hence Is absolutely safe. The fol-
lowing Is a test that we made with one of our Pive-
Horse Power Crude Oil Eu^lnes, running ten hours
on the dffiEerent gas oils:
California Crude Oil, 40 erav,. "i^ galls, at 6c., «,3rH
Distillate 40 " IH " 8c., .60
Domestic Coal Oil ... .40 ** "ihi " 123^e. MH
Gasoline 74 ■' 8?^ " 15c., 1.3IM
City Gas 1000 feet, 2.00
We manufacture all sizes from two-horse lower
up, and will guarantee that our Engines will run
cheaper and are more simple in construction, have
fewer parts and hence arc more durable than an,v
other Gas Engines on the market. Seeing Is believ-
ing:: don't take our word for It, but come and inves-
tigate for yourselves. You can always see one hi
operation at our works. We will be pleased to see
you and will at all limes take pleasure In showing
them up. Our Engines are specially adapted for
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June 19, 1897.
List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacific Coast.
FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 8, 1897.
584,088.— Ship Attachment— W. W. Beach, Los
Angeles, Cal.
584,204.— Diaper— L. Bowles, S. F.
.'i84,205.— Diaper— L. Bowles, S. F.
584,152.— MAii^BAG Crane— E. Campbell, Day-
ton, Wash.
584,153.— FiBEARM—H. Carr, S. F.
583,981.— Fruit Grader— L. Cunningham, San
Jose, Cal.
584,383.— Oar VENTILATOR— E. T. Earl, Oak-
land, Cal.
584,075.— Awning -C. P. Fogh, S. F.
584,037.— Excavator— W. H. Fulcher, Stock-
ton. Cal.
584,090.— Farm TPagok— B. P. Kent. Franklin, Or.
584,181.- SiGN-W. N. Ley, WilDur, "Wash.
584,080.— Amalgamator— Litter & Vandre, S. F.
5P4,187.— Derrick Crane— McCabe & Anderson,
Tacoma, Wash.
583,924.— animal TRAP— J. G. McCoy. Suisun, Cal.
584,008.— Hose Splice— C. F. Munson, Los An-
geles, Gal.
584,081.— Pan Lifter— W. C. Nelson, Santa
584,048.— Bottle— W. A. Papoun, Baker City, Or.
583.93-2.- Speculum- O- Penderson, Los Angeles,
Cal.
584,020.— Tea Infuser— J. H. Sutthofl, Seattle,
Wash. ^ „
584,086.— Orb Grinder— W. A. Woods, S. F.
584,087.— Jar Support— W. H. Wright, San Jose,
Cal.
Note.— Plaia and Certified Copies of U. S. and For-
eign patents obtained by Dewey & Co., by mail or
telegraphic order. American and Foreign patents
secured, and general patent busiaeBS transacted
with perfect security, at reasonable rates, and in
the shortest possible time.
Notices of Recent Patents.
Among the patents recently obtained
through Dewey & Co.'s Scientific Press
U. S. and Foreign Patent Agency, the fol-
lowing are worthy of special mention :
Floor, Roof or Sidewalk Construction.—
Peter H. Jackson, San Francisco, Gal. No.
583,685. Dated June 1, 1897. The object of
this invention is to provide improvements in
covering the surface of either roofs, floors,
sidewalks or other covered or vaulted spaces
in which corrugated metal plates or sheets
form the bottom, and are adapted to resist
tensile strains when loaded, said sheets also
being so constructed as to form retaining
channels which are filled with artificial stone,
concrete or Portland cement, and which may
have a supposed covering or slabs of natural
stode cemented thereon and wholly or nearly
so above the neutral axis line, so that while
the lower metallic portion is adapted to resist
tensile strain, the upper surface is in like
manner adapted to resist the compressive
strains which take place above this neutral
axis. The metal sheets forming the lower
surface have retaining channels for the recep-
tion of a plastic filling of cement and a top
surface cemented directly to the said plastic
filling, adapted to resist compressing force,
said metallic surface being formed in sections
and channel irons forced upon the ends of the
corrugated metallic sheets. A sheet metal
covering fits over the junction line of the
channel plates and has a filling of cement and
superposed surface, twisted wire rods or
plates with roughened or uneven surfaces
stretched transversely across the top of the
corrugated sheets and are embedded within
the filling of plastic cement, thus aiding to
form a transverse bond.
Bullet Holding and Extracting Tool.—
H. Rogers, Salinas, Qal., assignor to I. B.
Tucker of same place. No. 583,693. Dated
June 1,1897. This invention relates to a de-
vice which is especially adapted for holding
bullets when dipping them into any lubricant,
and afterwards inserting them into shells
during the process of loading, so as to make a
convenient way for holding the bullets and
placing them in the shell without soiling the
hands. It consists essentially of handles piv-
oted together, a spring between the handles
whereby they are normally separated, paral-
lel-socketed jaws at the opposite side of the
pivot which are normally closed by the spring
and projecting gripping points extending be-
yond these jaws. These gripping points are
turned inwardly to leave an annular groove
or channel around the jaws between the
points for the escape of surplus lubricant.
They serve also to limit the projection of the
bullet. Adjacent to and in rear of the hinge
points of the jaws is a grip adapted to remove
the bullet from the shell or to grasp the clean-
ing rod if it has become fast in the barrel of
the gun.
Ore Grinding Machine,— -Wm. A. Woods,
San Francisco, Cal., assignor of one-half inter-
est to Solon Pattee, same place. No. 584,086.
Dated June 8, 1897. This invention relates to
a machine for grinding and pulverizing ores,
which I call a " ball arrastra. It consists es-
sentially in the combination of a grinding
pan, having a rounded inner concave at the
junction of the sides and bottom; a central
vertical sleeve, a vertical driving shaft with
a driver secured thereto and extending down
into the pan, a die fitting within the pan hav-
ing a space between it and the bottom, into
which the amalgam or mercury may collect.
Within this die are a series of balls, which
run upon the die as a track or race. The
driver is so constructed as to propel the balls,
causing them to roll upon ihe die, and thus
crush any material which passes between the
balls and the die. A central feeding tunnel
receives the material to be pulverized, deliv-
ers it down exterior to the central zone,
whence it passes between the die and the
balls, being constantly returned by suitable
wings and thus circulated until it is suf-
ficiently pulverized. Screen openings are
suitably made around the pan to discharge
the material when fine enough, and an annu-
lar trough receives it, and, by reason of its
inclination as it passes around the pan, the
pulp is carried away and discharged at any
desired point. In order to increase the power
of the balls, a weighted cap rests upon the
top of them, this cap moving slightly around
as the balls roll beneath it.
Awnings.— Chris P. Fogh, San Francisco,
Cal. No. 584,075. Dated June 8, 1897. This
invention relates to that class of awnings
which are carried by swinging arms and are
adapted by means of suitable mechanism to
be let down to an inclined position for shading
the part to which they are attached and again
rolled up out of the way when not needed.
The invention consists of a roller to which the
lower edge of the awning is attached and to
which it may be rolled, a fixed connection for
the upper edge of the awning, swinging arms
to the end of which the roller is journaled, so
that it winds and unwinds the awning, and a
line secured to and winding upon the peri-
phery of the roller, adapted to unwind the
roller to extend the awning, and a second in-
dependent line adapted to turn the roller and
wind it up. This independent line passes
freely over both sides of the awniog and
around the roller for this purpose; but where
the awnings are adjacent to each other, one of
them may be made in a plane slightly higher
than the other and have the side arms ex-
tending over this other one, overlapping suf-
ficiently to close the joint.
Separator and Amalgamator.— Peter Lit-
ter and Hippolyte L. Vandre, San Francisco,
CaU No. 584,080. Dated June 8, 1897. This
invention relates to a process and apparatus
which is especially designed for the separa-
tion of gold from black sand or other heavy
material with which it is often found associ-
ated. This gold being in the form, in many
cases, of light, thin scales, which an ordinary
oscillating or shaking apparatus would not
separate from material which is very similar
in weight. This invention consists of shaking
screen surfaces disposed at different levels,
one in advance of the other, all pointing in the
same direction, and upon which the sand and
gold are distributed in thin strata. These
screen surfaces have perforations of suc-
cessively decreasing areas from first to last,
whereby a separation occurs in each screen.
In conjunction with this is an arrangement of
perforated screens, whereby water may be
discharged from a height above in a fine
shower, falling vertically upon each screen
and its contents, so that the gold and sand
which are too fine to pass over the screen are
driven through it. Each screen has a dis-
charge chute delivering the coarse sand to
the sides of the machine, and beneath is an
inclined amalgamated plate, upon which the
material which falls through the screen is re-
ceived, and from which it passes to the next
adjacent screen.
lA/ANXED.
Competent Assayers and Chemists an<l Ex-
perienced Ore Samplers,
To take charge of our brancli offlces in the Republic
of Mexico, through which we purchase Ores, Bul-
lion and Sulphides, and sell Mining and Milling
Supplies. Must be thorough, active and careful
workers. Knowledge of Spanish desirable, Ad-
dress, with references, THE LEWIS COMPANY,
Apartado 71 B, Mexico City.
lA/ANTTED.
Old Iron Shafting,
5 to 15 in. Diameter.
Address "IRON," Mining and Scientific Press.
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In a Thriving California mining Town,
Insuring a steady income from mine and outside
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Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorination and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
/ Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
lAlfiNluh^ Brown's System of MechaDlcally
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Rock Brealcers, Ore Feeders, Concentra-
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Cornish and Jack-head Pumps, Triple-
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FOWLER'S
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Special Bates for Steam Boilers and Drums.
C. G. Fowler, 656-58 Howard St., S. F.
The Cheapest Advertising: : : : :
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Joshua Hendy Machine Works,
San Francisco, Cal.
Office and Salesroom
Work.s
38 to 4* Fremont Street.
<"or. Kearny. Francisco and Bay Streets.
DOUBLE CYLINDER SINGLE DRUH HOIST.
xxsoocee<
THE above form of Hoist has certain features of construction
which make it superior to all others. It is mounted on a sin-
gle solid base, with standboard for the operator. The engines are
reversible link-motion and the drum is fitted with post-brakes and
helical teeth, which assure quick and safe operation. The design
is compact and superior and the construction strong and substan-
tial. We furnish them either with or without clutch pinions. The
above cut illustrates an 8i inch by lo inch. Other sizes in stock
and built to order.
Washburn & Moen
M'f'g Co.
Wire Rope
Of Every Description
rianufactured at
PACIFIC WORKS,
SAN FRANCISCO.
, Patronize Home Industry.
The accompanying out sliows the general ar-
rangement of Knight's Standard Water WheeJ.
of ■which there are handreds In use In different
States of the Union.
These Wheels are made from 3 feet to 6 feet in
diameter, from 10 to lOOO-horse power, and
adapted to all beads and parposes.
Wheels iuelosed in iron cagcSi from 6 to '14
inches.
Wheels tor electrical power can be furnished
with or withont Governors Highest regula-
tion guaranteed*
For full
Address all communications to
KNIGHT & CO., Sutter Creek, Cal., or,
-^..^^ RISDON IKON WORKS, Agents. San Fran-
particulars, send for descriptive catalogue. eisco, Cal.
Riveted Steel Water Pipe.
THE WEIGELE PIPE WORKS,
2949-51 Larimer St.
HYDRAULIC GIANTS
IN STOCK.
DENVER, COLO.
HEADQUARTERS.
Genuine English Pump Leather
outwear any other material and give best
satisfaction. Samples furnished on appli-
cation. A. C. NICHOLS & CO., Leather Manu-
facturers and Dealers, 404 Battery St., 3. F
$25
Rate
TO CHICAGO
... For Cliristiaii Endeavorers,
Is open to the public as well,
If they travel via the
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Pullman Palace Drawing
Room, also flodern Uphol-
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Cars, Oakland Pier to
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Telephone Main 1631.
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Buililing.
S. H. PEBKINS.City Ticket Agenl.WJ Market St.
GOLD IN COLORADO!
Coloradu baH within its llmll« woine of the (irrcal-
est eold mluea that have ever been discovered. In
Cripple Creek In is;t2 there were a tow prospectors
looklne^ over the hills; In lfiSt5 the camp turned out
over ?.S.OOO,000 In gold. Leadvllle, the old bonanza
camp and the mineral product of which made Den-
ver what it tfi to-day. la becominf? a blpr producer of
eold. New Inventions for working low-grade ^old
ores, tog-ether with the dlBcoveries made lo work
rebellious ores, have opened up a field for the min-
ers Buch as they have never enjoyed before, and
Colorado has Inducements to offer such as no other
district in the world possesses: the record of the
State in gold production for the last three years
speaks for Itself. Among the other prominent
camps in the Slate are Tellurlde. Ophlr. Rico, Silver-
ton, Mineral Point. Duranro. La Pluta, Ouray. Saw-
Pit, Ironton. the Gunnison district and many others.
New finds are being made and new camps are
springing into existence every day The Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad, which is the pioneer road of
Colorado and which has always been the miner's
friend, reaches all the mining camps In Colorado.
For elegantly Illustrated descriptive books, free, of
mines in Colorado, send to
W. J. SHOTWELL, - - - General Agent,
.■(14 California St.. San Francisco, Cal.
S. K. HOOPER,
General Passenger Agent, - - DENVER, COLO.
-THE-
CRIPPLE CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
IS PRODUCING
Over $1,000,000 per Month
IIN GOLD.
Reached by
THE FLORENCE AND CRIPPLE CREEK RAILROAD,
Iq Connection with the Denver & Klo Grande.
For information, address
C. F. ELLIOTT, General Traffic Agent,
Denver, Colo.
To Arizona:
TRAVEL VIA THE
.anta Fe Route-
and Ash Fork.
First-Class Equipment and
Dining Accommodatioos.
Magnificent Scenery.
No Delay.
Close Connections.
Pullman Service to Prescott
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PASSING THROL'QH THE
FAMOUS miNINQ CITIES OF
Presoott and Congress
INTO . . .
F* h oe n I X , -.^sssonn—-'
TMROUQH THE RICHEST
SECTION OF THE
Great Salt River Valley,
NOTED FOR ITS MARVELOUS
FERTILITY AND AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS. . . .
For ioformation regarding the mineral resources
or the agricultural possibilities of CENTRAL
ARIZONA, or for advice as to the train service
from all principal points in the United Slates
write to liny SANTA FE RODTE represenlatlve.
or to
GEORGE n. SARGENT.
General Passenger Agent, PRESCOTT, A. T.
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway Co.
Gold
\A/antecJ,
And Colorado has enougli for the whole world.
Yours for the finding : shall we tell you where to
loolt V Please send six cents to cover postage on
an elaborate book called "Colorado's Gold;" 128
pages, with 80 new half-tone engravings. Address
B. L. \A/INCHELL,
G. P. A. Un. Pac, Denver & Gulf R'y.,
DEINVER, COLO.
THE TRAIL CREEK,
CCEUR D'ALENE . .
AND BAKER CITY . .
* riining Districts
ARE REACHED DIRECT BY THE
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Steamship and Rail Lines.
THROUGH TICKETS AND SPECIAL RATES.
Fred F. Connor,
Gen'l Agent.
Ticket Office,
630 Market St.
HAVE REMOVED THEIR
Alachine \A/ork:s
183-185-18r FREMONT STREET,
TO
OO-
From ^ ^ ^
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Where, with Enlarged and Increased Facilities,
they are better than ever prepared to do
F'if-st - C::]»ss yV\aohirie» lA/orR
Proniptly, and at Reasonable Prices, and will
continue the manufacture of
Thomson & Evans Steam Pumps,
Deep Well Pumps, Power Panips, Etc.,
Also Marine Engines, Ship and Steamboat Work,
Pipe Cutting, General Jobbing and Repairing.
DEWEY & CO.,
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Inventors; on the Pacific Coast will find it greatly to their advantage to consnlt this old esperienced,
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practice before the Office, and the frequent examination of patents already granted, for the purpose of
determining the patentability of inventions brought before u? enables us to give advice which vrill
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RISDON IRON VUORICS,
Office and Works, Cor. Beale and Howard Stg., SAN FRANCISCO.
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il B= ' niNPPft, ATTPNTIONf
Q^ _ <• We beg to call attention to our " RISDON HAMMERED " Shoes and Dies,
which are made of a special quality of steel, are hammered and then compressed
■» D= " in moulds so as to give the greatest possible density.
,, These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
i^— "We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your Shoes and
Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should commend it
to all mine owners and mill men.
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THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAflWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS UP TO 1000
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OP A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVES riGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE COLORADO Denver,
^^ IRON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
SOLE AGENTS AND MANUFACTURERS.
WE ARE Manufacturers of
AND Contracting engineers for
Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper &.r\di F*yritic
STVVELXING RURINACES.
AHALQAMATION AND CONCENTRATION PLANTS.
Investigate Onr I,ate Improvements In OSE CRUSHING MACHINEKY.
We Guarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Deg:ree of Fineness.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting: Furnace.
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
EQnIpjed with Arch-Bar System of Mantles,
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces is a Success. A great econo- Insuring rigid and strong walls.
mizer of fuel , and enlarges capacity of furnace. No Cracbs.
I3^0X^E^ Ct^usHing^ Rolls
Constructed Upon New Principle!
SIMPLE! COIaS^C^^ STRONG!
Few Parts. Easily Accessible.
High Speed. Maximum Capacity.
SEND FOR SPECIAL CATALOGUE. ♦ Mention This Paper.
= MODERN SMELTING, MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. ^=^
Denver Engineering \A/ork:S Co., Denver, Colorado, U. S. A.
GATES ROCK AND ORE BREAKER
still leads the world. It has greatly cheapened the cost of macadam and ballast, and m ade low grade ores profitable
ISO large sizes shipped to South Africa.
General Mining Machinery
of improved designs. Nothing equal to
High Grade Cornish Rolls,
stamps, Concentrators, Connersville Blowers, High Speed Engines,
Cyanide and Clorinating Equipments.
The Gates Improved Vanner Concentrators.
Every appliance for the mining and milling of ores.
Agent for Gates Breakers in California,
PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.,
121 Main St., San Francisco. 650 EIStOH AveHUef Depfi UU, CHICAuOi
GATES IRON WORKS,
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Commutators Relt>ullt. Amalg;am Plates.
F^LIINT Sc LOTWAX, De^nver, Colo.
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T"! HALLIDIE ROPEWAY
StftQils pre-emtoeoi Tor tbe iraDsportatloD of Ore, Fuel and other materials over mouotalDOUs and ru^'ged country.
Parties destrtDg to remove large quaotttles of Sand, Gravel, Earth, Ore, RooVc, to construct Dams, Lovces or Embankments, etc., can do more
efficient work at less cost by the
liallidie System of Ropeway Transportation
SKNU FOR CATALOGUE TO
Than by any other known system.
CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS,
8 and 10 PINE STREET, .... SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Kansas City Smelting and Refining Co.
Capital paid in.
Incorporated Under The L-aws of INeiA/ York.
^2,700,000.
Buyers of All Classes of
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND
COPPER ORES,
Bullion, Mattes and Furnace Products,
GOLD BARS, SILVER BARS
and MILL PRODUCTS.
P SMELTING WORKS:
Argentine, Kas.i El Paso, Tex.; Leadvlire, Colo.
REDUCTION WORKS:
Argentine, Kas.
We use the following Cipher Codes at our Ar-
genttae Works: A. B.C. Code; Morelng & Neal's
Code and Bedford MoNelU's Code.
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In Dnited States-
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Cripple Creek, Colo.
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Spokane, Wash.
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lu Mexico—
San Luis Potosi,
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Jimenez.
FOR PRICES, ADDRESS :
J. E.Jackson, No. 6 AtlasBlk, Salt Lake, Dtab.
C. D. Porter, Spokane, Wash.
H. A. Trae, SIS 1 7th St., Denver, Colo.
J. H. Weddle, LeadvlUe, Colo.
C. E. Finney. Argentine, Kan.
WUUKS i:'F THt; CON. KANS,\S CITY
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The IWini& suncX Smelte^r Supply Co., Denver, Colo.
THE LARGEST STOCK OF MINING, HILLING AND SHELTING MACHINERY WEST OF CHICAGO.
PIPE, PACKING, RUBBER BELTING, AND SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS.
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And claim for it better work than any Concentrator made, with a capacity of from 15 to 25 tons per day of
24 hours. It is simpHclty itself. No moving belts or intricate parts. Any one can learn to operate in an hour.
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For confirmation of all of the above we refer to Henry Lowe, Puzzle Mine, Brec kenridge, Colo. ; Mary Murphy Mine, St. Elmo, Colo.
W. E. Renshaw, Mayflower Mill, Idaho Springs, Colo.; H. E. Woods, Denver, Colo,
— GENERAL OFFICKS OF —
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Table I wish to say that I consider It to be the best device in use to-day for concentrating fine ores; that It will save everything that a
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plant in lime all other devices for handling fine and slimy ores. This includes all the vanning machines and buddies.
This is higher praise than I am in the habit of giving, but I feel sure that it is deserved, and you may make any use of this that you
desire. Yours very truly, [signed] S. I. HALLETT.
These Tables have dlBplaced belt tables of almost -^ ^ ^
every make, as is shown by letters In our possession. > >. -^^
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Mining and Scientific Press.
June 19, 1897.
Market Reports.
The Markets.
San Pkancisco, June 17. 1S97.
Jobbers state that for the season general
business not only holds up but is showing a
steady expansion. Harvesting causes a treer
call for goods which will enlarge for the next
two mouths. In prices no material change has
taken place the past week. It appears to be
the opinion that on nearly all lines m which
advances have taken place, they will just
about cover the contemplated increase in the
tariff With this opinion ruling dealers are
not disposed to carry stock in excess of
nearby trade wants. While this prevails yet
it is undeniable that the better informed look
for a decided improvement in general trade,
and that the buying by distributors wUl be
freer than for several years past. Many hold
to the opinion that stojlis will have to be en-
larged very considerable so as to meet re-
quirements. Manufacturers as a rule look
forward with some degree of couhdence to
more active times, particularly with iron-
workers. It is stated that the outlook is quite
promising for luore structural materials than
for fully three years, owing largely to larger
crops and lower transportation cliavges on
farm products. The East reports a steady re-
vival in business, with the belief prevailing
that it will continue to enlarge for some time
to come, but it is a disputed point how values
will rule The general opinion is that they
will not be much higher, while in some lines
there may possibly be some fractional de-
clines. , . .,
In the local money market there continues
anoversupply of funds, with the banks still
exacting in their demands regarding security.
It is the consensus of opinion with close ob-
servers of current events in commercial and
financial circles that the situation will soon
change, and that bankers will be as anxious to
place funds as they are now to hoard coin.
They think that confidence is slowly return-
ing and, after the tariff bill is out of the way,
it will be more pronounced. There is more
disposition here and at the East to speculate
in leading industrial and railroad securities,
which is a good sign. At the East the specu-
lative mania in these kinds of securities seems
to intensify, and, as it grows, it will only be a
question of a short time before the general
public will be drawn in, when general busi-
ness will feel its beneficial effect. This is be-
ing felt already in iron, and there is an old
saying that iron is the barometer of trade.
New York advices i-eport time loans higher
and quite active, but short loans are practi-
cally unchanged.
New York Silver Prices.
Now YouK, June 17.— Following are the
closing prices for the week:
, Silver in .
London. N. Y.
59-U
59:'b
60
Fri. .
Sat.
Mon.
Tue.
Wed
Friday -J^
Saturdby gg
Monday -^>^
Tuesday *J ,?-* 6
Wednesday -' ■-J" -^
Thursday 27 i>-l6 tiO^
Cower. Lead. Iron. Ttu.
10 75 @n 20 3 30 10 00@ia 25 13 60
10 75 @U 20 3 32H 10 00@12 25 13 7.'->
.10 75 @ll 20 3 32!^ 10 00@12 25 13 75
10 m m\ 20 3 321^ 10 00@12 50 13 80
'lO ?0 (jilU 15 3 35 10 0U(a)l2 50 13 HO
Thur; ilO no @U 15 3 35 10 00(.fl>12 50 13 80
The local bullion, money and exchange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commerol al Loans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 9@8
Call Loans, gilt edged o@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7@8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
New York Sight Draft 17^0 Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 20c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days W.87
London Merchants 84.86
London Sight Bankers «4.88
Relined Silver, peroz., 1000 fine 60^
Mexican Dollars. 40(0)49^
SILVER.— The market has been steadily
gaining at New York, with quite an advance
to-daj', but London is slow to respond. It is
stated that the American markets have been
quite a factor in sustaining values abroad.
The latter seems to have been largely gov-
erned by offerings from this side. If this is
the case, then it is reasonable to look for bet-
ter figures abroad. It is quite impossible to
learn on what the strengthening at New
York is based, unless it is on private advices
regarding the feeling abroad as to the move-
ment for an international monetary conven-
tion. It is an open secret that the present
administration is quite earnest in its efforts
to bring it about, aud. if accomplished, more
favorable results are likely to follow than did
any former convention.
MEXICAN DOLLARS.— The market is
quiet but firmer, in sympathy with silver.
Exchange is said to be more in favor of dol-
lars. The London BtilUanixt, May 2ii, says;
"There is some talk of the reopening of the
Indian mints, but so far we have had no con-
firmation of the report. Money continues
very tight in India, and as a consequence the
Bank of Bombay has raised its rate
from y to 10 per cent, being the same as
that charged by the Bank of Bengal."
QUICKSILVER. —The market has been
steady but firm.
Our market is quoted at |<40.50 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— Our market has held steady.
New York mail advices report continued free
outward movement, which has had a steady-
ing infiuence. The American consumptive de-
mand has been confined to actual wants,
which do not show much enlargement.
The local market is quoted as follows :
Ingot, jobbing @14
Ingot, wholesale @13
Sheet copper ^17
Bolt }<&&-16,20c; % and larger, 17
TIN.— Pig has beea quite strong at the
East, with further advances reported at New
York. Light stocks and an enlarged consump-
tion have favored sellers. The consumption in
this country, it is said, shows an increase over
the corresponding time in lS9ti. Our market
is strong at quotations.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
Pig, per lb 14o® —
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box 84 00@ 4 15
'♦ " light. " 3 90® —
LEAD. "While our market Is not quoted
higher, yet the indications point to better fig-
ures, in sympathy with the East, where the
markets "have made perceptible advances,
closing quite strong.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows :
Pig 4 00 @ 4 25
Bar — @ 4 50
Sheet 5 63!^@ 6 12^
Pipe 4 87i^@ 5 37H
SHOT.— There is a fair demand, with a firm
tone reported at the close.
Our market is quoted as follows:
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per bag of 25 lbs . . .$1 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " " ... 160
Buck, Balls and Chilled, do, ■' "... 1 60
POWDER.— The demand from the mines
continues active.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules: No. 1, from 11-'4C to ITJ^c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 2, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
BORAX.— The market is steady to firm.
The market is quoted as follows :
Retined, in carload lots, in barrels 5
Rehned, in carload lots in sacks 4i£
Powdered, in oar lots 5
Oonoeutrated. " 4^
IRON. — We are informed that more buying
has been the order than for some time, in
view of the improvement at the East. The
consumption here is said to be increasing.
The East reports large transactions for for-
ward delivery, with sales made well into
next year. This has had the etTect of advanc-
ing the views of sellers and causing strong
markets at the advance. Our advices indi-
cate that the advances are apt not only to
be maintained, but still better figures rule.
The export movement is quite free.
AMERICAN.
To Arri<)e. Spot.
Sloss 820 00 822 00
Thomas 21 00 22 00
Salisbury 29 00 SI 50
ENGLISH.
Barrow 831 00 $23 00
Gai-tsherrie 21 50 28 00
COAL. — The market is veithout essential
changes to report. Irrespective tariff legisla-
tion has not, as yet, had any influence out-
side of steadying the views of holders.
We quote as follows :
SPOT FKOM YARD— FEB TON.
Wellington 88 00@
Greta 6 00@ 6 50
Nanaimo 6 50® 7 00
Qiimau 6 60@ 6 00
Seattle 5 5Q(a\ 6 00
Ctoos Bay @ 1 75
Oannel 8 D0@
Egg, hard IS 00@13 00
Wallsend 6 60®
TO ARRIVB— CARGO LOTS.
Australian 6 50
Liverpool Steam 6 25
Scotch Splint
Cardiff 6 25
Lehigh Lump 9 00
Cumberland 13 00
Egg, hard lO 00
West Hartley 6 50
COKE.— The market is quoted as follows :
Gas Companies'
English, to load 950 @
" spot, in bulk 10 00 @
" In sacks U 00 ® 12 00
Cumberland @
ANTIMONY.— The market Is steady.
Our market is quoted at 7?^4@S?:4C in a job-
bing way. New York mail advices quote
ly^c for Cookson's, 0,"h@7>^c for Hallett's and
6J's@('o for Japanese.
NAILS. — The market is strong and active.
Wire, carloads, basis per Iteg
" jobbing, " "
Cut, carloads, " "
" jobbing, " "
PLATINUM.— Very little doing.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$10 to ^15 per ounce.
ZINC— The market is firm at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— The market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
Clienitcals.
So far as we are able to learn, there is prac-
tically nothing new to report. Long-continued
debate on the tariff by Congress admitted of
such free importations at the East as to make
stocks cumbersome. At this writing every-
thing seems to bewailing, which makes new
features hard to get.
SPELTER.— Eastern advices state that
galvanizers have been buying quite free,
which caused smelters to feel steady in their
views.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound,
BISMUTH.— The market is steady.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1..50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
BONEASH.— There is nothing new to re-
port.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, HJ^c; No.
2, 2%c.
SODA ASH, 5S% (LeBlanc process).— The
Company and Location. No. Ami.
Alto S MCo, Nev 56.... 5o...,
Bullion M Co. Nev 50....10o ..
Challenge Con M Co, Nev 23....10o...
Cholhir M Co, Nevada 43....150...
Gould & Curry S M Co, Nev. 81....20o...
Jamison M Co, Cal 9. .. 5o...
Marguerite G M &M Co, Cal. 6....IO0...
Occidental Con M Co, Nev 27 — 10c...
Pine HillG .t S M Co, Cal. .. .10.... 5o...
RooUIslandG&SMCo.Nev.U.... 2c...
Thorpe M Co, Cal 7. . . . 2i4o.
ASSESSyWEINTS.
Levied, Delinq't and Sjle. Secretary.
,May 21.. June 25. .July 16 JE Jacobus, 309 Monlgowery
.May A. .June 8.. June 28 R R Grayson, 331 Pine
.May IS. .June 16.. July 8 C L McCoy. Mills Bldir
.May 10.. June 15.. July 8 C E Elliott, 309 Moatgomevy
.Apr 29. .June 1. .June22.. Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.Nov 27.. June 23.. Aug 18 Sam W Cheyney, 120 Sutler
.Apr 13.. May 24. .June 21 F Mettmann, 237 Twelfth
.May II. .June 12, .July 1 .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomery
.May 10. .July L.July 23 Cbas A Hare, 1003 Railroad Ave
.May 20..June23..July 6 WW Guptlll, 309 Montgomery
.June 9. .July 17. .Aug 9 A P Frey, Phelan Building
market Js steady at $1.55 per 100 lbs. In a
jobbing way.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is
slow at 3c per pound in a jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OF SODA.— There is a
slow demand at 2%o a pound from stores.
NITRATE OF SODA.— Market is quiet.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6
to 13c per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at li^c per lb for
66%.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6^@7c per pound in car-
boys.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Our market is quiet.
We quote in a jobbing way at 4|^c per
pound.
Mining Share Market.
.J2 35
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San Fkanoisco. June IT, 1897.
The market strengthened slightly up to
Monday and Tuesday mornings, with the
Gold Hill shares, under the lead of Challenge,
showing the largest percentage in the gain.
In the north end shares Sierra Nevada exhib-
ited the most strength, as did ChoUar in the
middle shares. Tuesday afternoon the mar-
ket began to ease ofE, with Potosi sufCering
the most. Yesterday morning there was a
further decline along the line, except Best &
Belcher, which gained slightly on reports of
an improvement on the 30U-foot level on the
Brunswick lode. In the afternoon ChoUar and
Potosi sold lower, causing a weakening in
everything except Hale & Norcross, which
held up well. It is reported that the strength
in the latter is due largely to buying by one
of the contesting parties in the suit for con-
trol of the mine ; but there are other reports
that it is due to buying by persons who ex-
pect an early decision— say, within the next
three months— in the suit of Foxetal. against
the old management. The way in which the
market acts causes some surprise. It only
emphasizes the fact that moneyed outsiders
cannot be drawn in, owing to the manage-
ment of some of the mines. The showing in
some of the mines, prospects in others and the
character of the work in about all ought to be
productive of much higher prices, particularly
with speculation reviving at the East, where
quite a boom has taken place, and also greater
activity and higher prices for local industrial
securities in this city.
From the Comstock mines the news grows
in interest at several points, especially the
long west crossdrift run jointly by Confi-
dence, Challenge and Con. Imperial. Last
official advices slate they had struck a liow of
water. This is accepted as favorable particu-
larly when it has been preceded by softer and
more favorable formations, as it was in this
case. This, no doubt, accounts for the
strength shown the past week in Challenge
for the insiders put it out that the crossdrift
is in Challenge ground, although it was at
first and for several weeks afterwards offici-
ally given in Con. Imperial ground. Perhaps
the management had more Challenge shares
than Con. Imperial to sell. Some talk is
still heard of favorable formations in Sierra
Nevada, which has strengthened the shares.
The joint work that is being done by Crown
Point, Kentuck and Yellow Jacket is being
closely watched by mining men, as if it will
result in anything good unless so willed by
the management. In Utah the north drift is in
porphyry, clay and quartz. They are mak-
ing fair progress in extending west cross-
drift No. a on the 900-foot level. Good things
are expected of this drift, but it will take
time. On the Layton tunnel they have re-
paired the north drift. On this level they
are still driving ahead the west crossdrift.
There is no change in the work underway
in Union. In Mexican, the last official letter
reports more favorable formation with a slight
seepage of water in tiie northwesterly drift.
The work in Ophir on the central tunnel and
1000-foot levels is pi'actically unchanged. They
are still driving slowly ahead on the north
di'ift on the 175-foot level. Last week 134
tons of ore were extracted and raised by Con.
Virginia. Car sample assays average over
if76 to the ton. The company is milling ac-
cumulated ore. The work in this mine is
practically unchanged since our last review.
Private advices state that there is a more
important body of ore below the 1450-foot level
than the insiders wish known. The joint
work by Best & Belcher and Gould & Curry
is on the same level and direction heretofore
reported in the department. Hale & Norcross
is in a muddle. The mine is in control of its
Gray son-Hay ward contingent and the oflice,
books, etc., down here by the Fox combina-
tion, with the lawyers making the money.
The Savage official letter does not report any
material change during the week. Work is
being done in Potosi which indicates more
active exploiting on the under levels. Work
is continued on the long di'awn out north drift
by Bullion. It looks as if they ought to be
in the Potosi ground. Last advices from
Alpha were more favorable so far as regards
the west crossdrift on its 500-foot level. But
this has been the case about every year since
they struck the fair to high grade ore about
five or six years ago. In the Con, Imperial
Challenge-Confidence west crossdrift has
struck a fiow of water. The management
think they are near the west lode. In Confi-
dence they are working from the ore conse-
quently none was raised last week. Work is
being done jointlj' to the west by Yellow
Jacket, Crown Point and Kentuck. From
Crown Point nothing new is at hand, and as
for that nothing new has come to hand from
Belcher, Seg. Belcher, Overman, Caledonia
and Alta. Ore is still raised by Belcher and
Overman, but not in sufficient quantity to pay
current expenses.
Interest in the Brunswick lode is beginning
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
tide properties, either Minos, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on whlon you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer in
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
MiuLng^ Stocks. Bouds. Optious, Leases,
Contracts and Securities.
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of 'working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B O Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL
WORK.
Thoma.s J. Fry,
President,
T. R. Milleh,
Vlce-Pres't.
John Syhvanus,
Sec'y & Treas.
John D. Fleming.
Counsel.
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Properties
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10 shift U) the joint work in Best A Belcher
liQ the :iOO-foot level, where an improvement
is reptjrted to have taken place. Mining men
expect good results in Gould &. Curry, Best iSc
Belcher and Con. Virginia, but more particu-
larly in the latter. The Joint work iu the
above is on the same levels and direction pub-
lished last week. Nothing new has come to
hand from the work on the .VKi-foot and ()60-
foot levels of Occidental. In Chollar the work
isconllned to the same levels heretofore re-
ported, with no essential change since our
last week^s issue.
The following illustrates the changes of the
week:
MIHKS.
June
to.
June
17.
Alta Consolidatwl
t OS
14
Belcher
18
Beat &, Belcher
t 51
48
11
Chollar
1 15
91
CoDi.oliiJutcii California and Virginia..
CoDholiUatcU New York
Crown Point
1 70
1 56
S5
. 73
35
77
■■■'86
m
Ophlr
74
IU
08
25
62
36
51
:io
Utab
Yellow Jacket
28
38
San Francisco Stock Board 5ales.
San Fkancisco, June 17, 1897.
0:30 A. M. S£SS10N.
70O Bests Belcher ... JBi.TOPotosl M
4UUCbolUr HI 100 Savage. 24
lOOConCal & Va 1 55 50O Sierra Nevada.... 51
duo Gould i Curry ... . lib 150 Standard 1 40
ISOOphlr 74 :iOO Yellow Jacket.... 28
SECUND SESSION — 2:30 P. M.
.TOOOpWr 7120OH.&N 77
■jJOMexlcan 29' 100 Belcher 18
200 Gould & Curry .... 33 700 Sierra Nevada... . 46
:l<ju Uest& Belcher... 47260Unlon 35
200Savage 25 200 Alta 02
luOConCalit Va ....1 55 300 Andes 14
5(UChollar 90 100 Overman 10
lOOUPotosI 50,
Rainfall and Temperature.
The followiog data for the week ending 5
A. M., .Tune Iti. iy97, are from official
sources, and are furnished by the U. S.
Weather Bureau for the Mining and Scien-
tific Press:
IE
Eureka 70 50.44
Sacramento T 17.i
San Francisco 03 23. i
Fresno T 10.53
San Luis Obispo.. .00 20.74:
Los Angeles 00 16.85!
San Diego T 11.77|
Yuma 00 5.351
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51.90
45.82
22.43
25.79
23.23
24.851
21.25
23.06
8.18
7.46i
17.72
9.35
19.79
5.92
10.53
0.88
2.981
(01= c&'a
42 70
50 96
52 94
50 67
50 100
46 94
50 80
54 70
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clp.-il pUit-e orbiiBliiOBH. San Frsiielftco. CHllfornlu;
lotMiluii of workH, on Junilm^n Creek, noar Johim-
villr. PliimiiM Coiiniy. riUlfornla.
Nutk-i- U hcTt'by ►rlv.-n. that at a nieylln*: of the
Uoard of DlrLviori*. hclil on t)ii> '.JTth day of Novem-
bor. Itft*;. un aBH.-MHiniMii iNo. Ui. of u ceuls pt>r
sbarc*. wa« levied npon the eaplial Block of llie
corporation, payable liiiinedlately In Uult«*d Statett
gold coin lo ttie Secretary, at the ofBeo of tho com-
pany. 120 Sutter Htreel. Sun Krandnco. California.
Any Btouk upon whleli thl» aMMcHHmeni «haU ro-
main unpaid on the 'iSth day of January. 1«»T, will
be delliiQuem. and advertised for «ale at public
auction; and ntileaH p;iynienl 1» uiado before, will
be Bold un MONDAY, the --.'nd day of March, isy;,
to pay the delinquent aHseBHnieiit. losrelhor with
IhocoBlBof adverilHhik' and cxiw-nHes of Male.
By order of the Board of DlrL-etorn.
^_ SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
Ofnce— Room W. VM Suiter Btret--t. San Francisco.
Cntlfornla.
ORES! ORES!
POSTPONEMENT.
Al a tneeting- of the Board of Din-etoiB of ihe
JanilMon Mlnliie Comitany. held on the IV.tli ilav of
Jaiiitary. l»;i7. It wuh re«ulved that any Hluelc upon
whieh the aboveaBHeBHiueiil Hhall remain iinpaltlon
theJ4th iJay of February. ISW. will bedellmiuent and
advt^rtlBeU for hhU- at public auction: and. unlcBn
payment in made before, will be sold on WEUNKS-
DAY. thi- -Jlsl day of April. 1897. to pay tho delin-
quent aHueHBUienl, lOBOther with ihe coala of adver-
ilBlug* and expenseB of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Sec-relary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meellng of the Board of Directors of tho
Jamison Mlnlncr Company, held on the 24th day of
February, 18117, It was reeoived lliat any stock upon
which tlie above aBseHBinenl ehall remain unpaid
on FRIDAY, the 'Jilth day of March. 181I7. will be de-
linquent and aUvertlHe<l for Bale at public auction;
and. unlesH iiayment 1b made before, will be sold on
FRIDAY, the I'lst day of May. iJiH:. to pay the delin-
quent aBsesHineni, together with the coHtw of adver-
llalntf and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
Al a meellng^ of tho Board of DlrectorH of the
Jamison Mining Company, held on the liiith day of
March, 1S!IT. It was resolved thai any slock upon
which the above aaseHSmenl shall remain unpaid
on SATURDAY, the -Mth day of April. IS'.IT. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale al public auc-
tion; and. unless payment iB made before, will be
sold on SATURDAY, the I'.ith day of June. 1«37, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of adverllslng' and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meetlnt: of the Board of Directors of ihe
Jamison Mining Comp;iny. held on the 'iUh day of
April. ia',i7. It was resoived that any stock upon
which the above assessment sliall remain unpaid
on MONDAY, the 24lh day of May. 1S97. will be de-
linquent and advertised for sale at public aucilon:
and, unless payment Is made before, wilt be sold on
MONDAY, the VMi day of July, isn7, to pav the de-
linquent aaaessment. together with the costs of ad-
verllslng and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY. Secretary.
POSTPONEMENT.
At a meeting of Ihe Board of Directors of the
Jamison Mlnlug Company, held on the 24lh day of
Ma.v. 1H97. It \va.s resolved that any slock upon
which the above assesBuient shall remain unpaid
on WEDNESDAY, the 2;hd day of June, l.SDT. will be
delinquent and advertised for sale at public Jiiie-
tlon; and. unless payment Is made before, will be
sold on WEDNESDAY, the IHlh day of Au^'USt, lS'.i7.
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with
Uif costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
SAM W. CHEYNEY, Secretary.
THORPE MINING COMPANY.— Location of prin-
cipal place of business. San Francisco, California:
location of works. Fourth Crossing. Calaveras
County, California.
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors held on the ittb day of
June, 18117. an assessment (No. 7) of 2^ cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock of the cor-
poration, payable Immediately Iu United States
gold coin to the secretary, at the office of the
company, room 44, Phelan building, San Francisco,
California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the ITth day of July. 1897, will
be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction: and, unless payment is made before, will
be sold on MONDAY, the 9th day of August, 1897, to
pay the delinquent assessment, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
A. P. PREY, Secretary.
Office— Room 44, Phelan building. San Francisco,
California.
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VOLUME LXXIV.
Number 80.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1897.
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California's Water Power.
Many owners of large ditches, with water rights
to thousands of miners' inches, upon the prohibition
of hydraulic mining, considered these properties of
little value. A few were far-seeing enough to guard
their rights, in the hope that they might sometime
be made use of, particularly for irrigation. None,
however, foresaw what has come to pass — that no
more valuable properties may be owned in California
than water at points where there is demand for
power generated by electricity.
I to do, it will become cheaper and in time do much
toward decreasing the cost per ton of mining and
milling ores. The great abundance of water pre-
cludes the possibility of its being monopolized and
the prices of power held up.
On this page is illustrated the compressor house
of the North Star mine at Grass Valley. The water
supply is obtained from the South Yuba Water Com-
pany and conveyed to the Empire Mining Company's
works in a 22-inch pipe built more than ten years
ago. The new conduit is a riveted steel pipe, 20
inches in diameter, joined to the lower end of the
Marking Claims Discovered by Tunnel.
The abundance of water available for generating ! old one, under a head of 420 feet, and continues 7070
power for near-
ly every part
of the State,
and the want of
cheap coal of
good quality,
have caused the
erection in Cali-
fornia of the
largest power
trans mission
plants in the
world. First
was that to sup-
ply the City of
Sacramen to
from Folsom
dam, 22 miles
\o length. Then
came the Ba-
kersdeld and
Fresno lines —
the latter
trans mi tting
power 35 miles.
Now the South-
ern California
Power C 0 m -
pany is about
to put in an
electric trans-
mission plant to
carry power 80
miles, or more
than twice as
In time every
in California, will be supplied
from the torrential streams of
far as any other in existence,
town and village, every factory
with cheap power
the mountains, and
and
with cheap power will come more factories
greater material prosperity in many directions. The
upbuilding of manufacturing industries in a climate
where men and machinery can do their work as well
in one season as any other, will give to California an
advantage over other parts of the world.
In the mining districts— particularly those in
which there are many large plants— the water rights
are already becoming of more value than they were
in the palmy days of hydraulic mining. The cost of
installing independent plants for each mine is being
done away with by the transmission of power by
electricity and the use of compressed air. This is
doing much in an indirect way to foster and encour-
age prospecting on a large scale. There are along the
Sierras many mines upon which the owners would
sink shafts with power purchased as they go, and
as development work would warrant, but would not
take the risk of erecting independent power plants.
As the demand tor power increases, as it is bound
COMPRESSOR HOOSE, iNuUHI STAU iMJXE.
feet to the power house, where a head of 775 feet is
obtained, sufficient to develop 800 to 1000 H. P. A
pipe conveys the air at 90 pounds pressure from the
power house to the company's shaft on Massachu-
setts hill, 800 feet distant and 125 feet higher, where
it runs a 100 H. P. hoisting engine, a 75 H. P. pump
and other pumps, blacksmith's forge, drills, etc.
West Australia's Progress.
Probably no mining district of importance has
so lost the confidence of the British speculating and
investing public as Western Australia, not through
any fault of West Australians or of the mines them-
selves, but simply because the London promoters
indulged more boldly and recklessly in overcapital-
ization in respect to mines from that colony than
elsewhere. In spite of this want of confidence of
the public, mining men and others directly inter-
ested have insisted that West Australian mines
would soon make a good showing. In May the ex-
port of gold amounted to 59,111 ounces, valued at
£224,624, and the increase has been steady and large
since the first of the year.
In the very recent case of Campbell v. Ellet, the
United States Supreme Court has held that a lode
discovered by a tunnel claimant in running the tun-
nel need not be marked upon the surface. "Indeed,"
says the Court, "the conditions surrounding a vem
or lode discovered in a tunnel are such as to work
against the idea or necessity of a surface location.
We do not mean to say that there is any impropriety
in such a location, the locator marking the point of
discovery on the surface at the summit of a line
drawn perpendicularly from the place of discovery
in the tunnel
and about that
point locating
the lines of his
claim in accord-
ance with other
provisions o f
the statute. It
may be true, as
suggested, i n
Morrison's
Mining Rights,
8th ed., p. 182,
that before a
patent can he
secured there
must be a sur-
face location.
U. S. Rev.
Stats . , See.
2325. But the
patent is not
simply a grant
of the vein, for,
as stated in the
section ' a pat-
ent for any land
claimed and lo-
cated for valu-
a b 1 e deposits
may be o b -
tained in the
following man-
ner.' It must
also be noticed that Sec. 2322, in respect to
locators, gives them the exclusive right of pos-
session and enjoyment of all the surface with-
in the lines of their locations, and all veins,
lodes and ledges, the tops or apexes of which are in
such lines. * * * * It is enough to hold,
following the plain language of the statute, that
the discovery of .the vein in a tunnel worked
according to the provisions of the statute,
gives the right to the possession of the vein to the
same length as if discovered from the surface, and
that a location on the surface is not essential to a
continuance of that right. We do not mean to hold
that such right of possession can be maintained
without compliance with the provisions of the local
statutes in reference to the record of the claim, or
without posting in some suitable place, conveniently
near to the place of discovery, a proper notice of the
extent of the claim — in other words, without any
practical location. For in this case notice was
posted at the mouth of the tunnel, and no more
suitable place can be suggested, and a proper notice
was put on record in the office named in the statute,"
of Colorado, wherein the property was situated.
538
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TABI,i; OF CONTENTS.
Our New Office.
ILLtrSTBATIONS,— Compressor House, North Star Mine, 537.
A. S. Cooper's Apparatus for Extracting Gold and Silver Ores by
the Cyanide Process ; Tailings Works of the Alturas Mine, 542,
Japanese Treadmill for Water Lifting; Japanese Plowing
Lands with Primeval Plow and Water Oxen, 543, Trestle-
Leaving Upper Terminal— Side View; Derrick Construction
from Timber on the Ground; Looking up the Line from the
Mill; Lower Terminal— Empty Bucket Going tjp; Tension Sta-
tion—Middle of Line ; Looking Up from Tension Station; Looking
Down from Upper Terminal; Lower Terminal— Carrying Up Mine
Timber; Lower Terminal— Automatic Dumping, 544, Looking Up
the Line from Mill; 950 Feet Span— Buckets 45U Feet Above the
Ground ; Upper Terminal, 545,
EDITORIAL.— California's Water Power; West Australia's Prog-
ress; Marking Claims Discovered by Tunnel, 537. Mining Titles
in Mexican Grants; Our New Ofilce; The Measure of Increased
Mining Prosperity; Alaska; Mine Costs of the Rand, 538.
MINING SUMMARY.— Prom the Various Counties, of California
Nevada and Other Pacific Coast States and Territoiies, 546-7-8.
MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— The Use of Compressed Air for Min
ing Purposes; Minute Shears; The Limitations of Government in
Water Power Plants; Iron Felt. 5Ji).
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.— New Uses of Aluminum; A Railway
Hospital Car; A Bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature; Extent of
the Universe; A Study of Ozone; When the Electric Light Was
Discovered; Glacial Erosion; A New Instrument, 550.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.— Calcium Carbide as a Reducing
Agent ; The Direct Current Transformer Overhead Trolley With-
out Wires; Electricity and the Growth of Plants; A Visit to
Egypt, 550.
THE MARKETS.— Eastern and Local Markets; Mining Share
Market; Sales in San Francisco Stock Board; Notices of Assess-
ments, etc, 562,
MISCELLANEOUS.— Concentrates, 539, An Interesting Region;
Production of Platinum in Russia; Dust from the Smoke of Fur-
naces, 540, Mr. Burger's Article on Treating Pyritic Gold Ores;
From Mine to Mint; Mining Location Boundaries, 541. A Gravel
Tailings Lift; British Investors; Apparatus for Extracting Gold
and Silver from Ores by the Cyanide Process, 543. The New
Canadian Tariff; Yield of the Mines of the Kootenay Country,
B. C, ; Japanese Agriculture; An Arizona Copper Mine; A Sug-
gestion by the Kootenay Mine Owners' Association, 543. The
Finlayson Wire Rope Tramway at the Noble Five Mine, Sandon,
B, C, 544. Suggestions as to River Dredging for Gold; What the
Telluride Ores Look Like, 545. Motors and Pumps for Irrigation.
551. Coast Industrial Notes; Book Notices; Recently Declared
Mining Dividends; Personal; Commercial ^Paragraphs; Recent
California Mining Incorporations, 554. Index' to Volume, 563-4.
The Measure of Increased Mining Prosperity.
The increased importance to the country of mining
for the precious metals, caused by the so-called
" revival " of the past few years is not appreciated
probably even by the miners themselves. That there
has been an increased activity is shown to the public
mainly by the increased output in value of the min-
erals. Yet this is no gauge of the growth of the
business. This increase has come largely from
greater activity in old mines, partly through the in-
troduction of capital and from the many small mines
which have been opened. The large mines upon
which considerable development work must be done
have not been heard from. This is true of nearly
every district in the west. In Utah the Mercur dis-
trict will, it is predicted, double the output of six
months ago in less than a year from mines which
have been developed at great expense, but from
which no ore or very little has been taken. In Ama-
dor county, Cal., near Jackson, there are mines upon
which large sums are being spent, which promise,
when opened, to increase the yield of that county
from 50 to 100 per cent. So, in all the older mining
counties there is a similar stat4 of affairs. Even in
Nevada county, where there has never been a loss of
faith in the mines, there is a certainty of increase in
the old districts.
The new districts all over the West have added lit-
tle to the output, and most of their yield has come
from small mines. With the introduction of capital,
which takes time, these will increase their yield verv
largely. It may be said that more money is being
put into the industry than is being taken out of the
mines, but most of this is for machinery or develop-
ment work, which will in time return many fold.
Ip the mines of the Kootenays in British Columbia
ai-e not speedily developed it will not be for want of
facilities furnished by capital. Railroads in process
of construction or to be built will soon give low rates
of freights and fares. That ample smelting facilities
will soon be afforded seems beyond doubt and besides
all this there is a growing desire on the part of
capital in the cities of the Northwest, in eastern
Canada and London to invest in British Columbia
mines.
This is the last issue of the Mining and Scientific
Press from 220 Market Street, where it has had its
home for so many years. At the head of this article is
represented our new home, to which we will remove
July 1st, and where even more than in the past it is
designed that the office shall be headquarters for
mining information, and mining men resident or visit-
ing the city are invited at any time to make use of
its facilities.
The new office of this paper is just completed, and
is a modern building occupying one of the best busi-
ness sites in this city. It is one block southwest of
this location, being No. 330 Market street, at the
intersection of Battery and Bush streets.
Our friends and patrons everywhere will kindly
accept this as a general notiEcation of change of ad-
dress and will please in future see that all communi-
cations are sent to 330 Market street.
Free State nearly 20 per cent, and Natal 8 per cent.
All these are points on which the Government might
easily take action at once, and earn the gratitude of
the whole community."
It was shown that on a lot of Oregon pine from
Delagoa bay which cost £2,679 the carriage was
£14,500.
Yet in spite of all those difficulties the yield of the
Rand increases rapidly each month and many new
properties are developed and are beginning to pro-
duce. That the yield will increase for some time
there seems little doubt and the reserves are large
enough to continue it for a long time.
Mine Costs of the Rand.
The Mines Commission appointed by the Govern-
ment of the South African Republic to examine into
and report upon the condition of mining, is bringing
out through the witnesses called some interesting
data. It would appear generally that any large re-
duction in the cost of mining and milling on the
Rand can not be expected without the aid and con-
sent of the Government, particularly as to reduction
of freights and the cost of dynamite. A reasonable
reduction in these two items it is shown would affect
an average reduction of 2 shillings, or about 50 cents
per ton.
The rate of wages of the natives has been reduced
so low that they are in reality little better off than
slaves, their wages being fixed at from 28 to 60
cents per day. The rates of wages paid to white
men are high, and lately J. B. Robinson gave notice
of a reduction of 10 per cent on one of his mines that
could not be made to pay at the cost of working,
whereupon there was a strike. It was a question of
reduction of wages or closing the mine. The per-
centage of white labor to the whole cost per ton of
working at the Geldeuhuis Deep, one of the repre-
sentative large mines, is given as 35.89 per cent,
while that for native labor was only 21.20 per cent.
The average wages paid to white men in one of the
large mines was given as about $120 per month,
including superintendency, while the wages of the
natives are from $7 to $16 per month.
The cost of powder was shown to be on the Prin-
cess mine about $1 per ton of ore milled, or about 13
per cent, against five cents at the Alaska-Tread-
well, which is about the price in some large mines in
California. This high cost comes from the dynamite
monopoly. The price could be reduced, it is claimed,
so that dynamite would not be more than 3 or 4 per
cent of the cost of working, and still leave large
profits on its manufacture.
According to the South African Mining Journal one
witness, who is known as a friend of the Government,
proved that if passenger rates were reduced 15 per
cent and freight rates 30 per cent on the railways,
the mining industry would save £801,900 per annum,
and the Netherlands railway would still have 8 per
cent in its capital.
" The Government might then call a conference of
the managers of the South African railways and pro-
pose reductions on Mr. Brakhan's basis, by which
the Transvaal would save £1,195,200, while the Cape
would retain an interest of 6 per cent, the Orange
Alaska.
In a late issue the London Mining Journal, which is
generally well informed as to mining in different
parts of the world, there appeared an editorial on
Alaska, in which it was said: "Alaska, among other
remote countries on the globe's surface, is a tract of
territory that may not improbably come to the fore
at some future time as a gold-producing country.
We published a short while ago the chief figures of
the output for last year, distributed under the heads
of the different contributing companies, and from
this tabulated statement it might easily be gathered
that the bleak and unpromising ice slopes of north-
west America contain considerable auriferous poten-
tialities. The yield for last year was just about
£1,000,000 sterling — a figure that acquires additional
significance from the multitudinous difficulties that
have to be faced if mining operations are to be car-
ried on continuously in a country where the ther-
mometer sinks for long periods together to 60° or 70°
below zero."
Continuing, the article goes on to describe the
methods and difficulties of mining in the Yukon, in-
ferentially implying that these apply to all mining in
Alaska. Nothing is said of the comparatively mild
climate along the coast of southeastern Alaska,
where are the great quartz mines which have pro-
duced large sums of money for many years, before
the discovery of the Yukon placers attracted pros-
pectors, and were the cause of introducing large
capital into Alaska, not a small part of which came
from London. The mines at Douglas Island are well
known to mining men the world over. There the
climate — near the shore — is very pleasant in summer
and in winter the thermometer seldom registers
lower than 8 to 10 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit.
An abundance of water power and timber is to be
had all along the coast, and altogether the conditions
there for mining are fully as favorable as in most
well known districts in the world. The presence of
water and timber and low rates of freight from good
markets more than compensates for a little cold
weather in winter.
These mines, and others along the coast, are
worked the year round, water power being used in
summer and steam in winter. Going north along
the coast it becomes colder, until there is a limit
beyond which mining cannot be conducted. So, in-
land, little has been done, partly owing to the cold
and partly to the want of means of traveling. Yet
the coast line on which quartz mining upon large
scales is being conducted extends over 1000 mil^s
beyond Douglas island. Along this coast last year
there were worked over 500 stamps, and by 1898 it
is expected that the mills now being worked and
arranged for will increase this number to over 1000.
There is much of Alaska that the prospector will
never travel over, yet there is enough country that
is hospitable to make one of the most extensive min-
ing districts in the world.
Mining; Titles in ilexican Grants.
Representative Bell of Colorado has introduced a
bill in Congress to provide for the location of mining
claims on confirmed land grants. In some of the
Mexican or Spanish grants the mineral was reserved
and belongs to the Government, the grant owner
only having title to the surface. This has led to
considerable confusion as to how prospecters or dis-
coverers may acquire title. The owner of the grant
may exclude outsiders and prevent prospecting, but
has not himself the right to work any mines.
Mr. Bell's bill provides that any one authorized to
prospect on the public domain may do so also within
the limits of a private grant. He is also empowered
to locate a mineral claim and institute condemnation
proceedings to acquire title to so much of the surface
as he may require.
June 26, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
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Concentrates.
CiNNAiiAB has been discovered od Friace of Wales Island,
Alaska.
TuE $.V),ou'J,UOU ID the San PraDclsco mtDl is being counted
Ibis week.
It is proposed to put in a cyanide plant at the Mammoth
mine, at Bingham, Utah.
A NEW strike of copper ore has been made on Squavr creek,
Shasta county, California.
Se<;ketahy Mahon estimates an attendance of 10,000 at the
Denver Convention next month.
The Sacramento Power Company arc Hguring on extending
their wires to Woodland and Chico.
KxciiANiiBs will please change the address of this paper to
our new number, ;i:iO Market street.
A iiuEixiEu for gold mining is to be put in the Klo Grande
river, in New Mexico, this summer.
The statement of the Anglo-Mexican for March shows pro-
duction of i:S9*>i, expenses i;ri0y2, profit jtaSTl.
The Peck plant at Daylon, Nevada, was started up last
week and is working 20U tons of tailings a day.
At the Adelaide coppsr mine, at Golconda, Nevada, the con-
centrator will be ready for work about September I.
TuE British Columbia Exploration Company has purchased
the Ottawa mine, near Trout Lake. B. C, for f30,0{)U.
Neaulv every train from Spokane, Wash., for British Co-
lumbia, carries from UJJ to 200 passengers for the mines.
Neakly 900 new subscribers sio'ie January 1st, 1807, is
pretty good, even for the Mixisu ani> Sciestikic Pkess.
It is proposed to erect a mill with a capacity of 100 tons
daily, in the Horse Shoe mining district, Park county, Colo.
At Cripple Park, near Guffey, Colo., a cyanide plant with a
capacity of 200 tons daily is to bo erected to treat low-grade
ores.
Toe Waverly, a mine on Albert canyon, is being placed ou
the London market by the Canadian Gold Fields, Limited, at
£100,000.
The three miles of tunnels in the Sinta Ana canyon for the
Southern California Power Company are to be finished Janu-
ary 1, 180S.
Consiuekable prospecting for gold is going on in the west-
ern part of Tehama county, Cdl., on the Tehama-Trinity
county divide.
The receipts of bullion at the Denver mint for the first four
months of 1807 were $6,043,877, against $1,193,021 in I80fl, a
gain of $2,744,854.
Five nuggets, valued at a total of $1330, were brought into
Baker City, Oregon, by a miner last week from the Gimlet-
ville placers in Grant county.
On the Rand group of mines, in the Rind district, Kern
county, Cal., thirty-six men are working, and the output is
twenty-eight tons of ore daily.
A LOT of twelve tons of ore from the Trade Dollar mine,
near Boise, Idaho, sent to a smelter, netted $72,000, of which
$48,000 was in gold and $24,000 in silver.
Juan Pedrazzini has sold his El Carmen mine, in the
Arizpe district, near Hermosillo, Mexico, for $1,51)0.000, while
still retaining an interest in the property.
At Bannock, Montana, the Chicago Gold Dredge Co. are
working a dredge with electric power and hoist, about 1000
yards of auriferous gravel in eleven hours.
From Olinghouse Canyon, eight miles west of Wadsworth,
Nevada, is reported an unusually rich gold find, and the usual
number of men are heading for the new camp.
The demand for silicious ores created by the copper smelt-
ers at Kesv?ick, where they are used for flux, has opened up
many properties in the vicinity of Shasta, Cal.
In Calaveras county, Cal., Tryon & Co. have sold a French
syndicate 700 acres of mineral ground near Angels Camp, in-
cluding the Garnett and Ghost mines, for $33S,000.
The water jacket copper smelter at the Afterthought mine,
at Cooper City, Shasta county, will start up for a season's run
this week. It has a capacity of fifty tons per day.
Ex-Senator S. W. Dorsey has organized a company in Lon-
don to work his Picacho mining properties in San Diego
County, California. A lOU-stamp mill is to be erected.
The Horne-Payne Company, in the Slocan district, B.C.,
have purchased the Bad Shot group for §100,000, the Broad-
view mine for $15,000, and the True Fissure for $.50,000.
Of the seventy-seven acts passed by the Legislature of
British Columbia at its last session, thirty-seven were con-
nected with the development of mining in the province.
The area of the proclaimed gold fields of Western Australia
is over 300,000 square miles, and there are still unexplored
districts into which prospectors have not yet penetrated.
S. F. Moore and others have bonded to L. C. Moreland, for
$5,000, a two-thirds interest in the Bay Horse and Irma gold
mines in Mesquite district, San Diego county, California.
The Comet mine at Berner's Bay, Alaska, is being devel-
oped by a tunnel to the 1000-foot level, the deepest workings
in that Territory. A 40-stamp mill has lately been started up.
Illinois capitalists who recently purchased the Watus
mine in the Santa Maria District, Arizona, have now acquired
the J. D. Thome mine. Both properties will be developed
Immediately.
The shipments for the week ending June 19 from Rossland
mines were: LeRoi, 940; War Eagle, 175; Iron Mask, 100;
Columbia and Kootenay, 65; Josie, 65; Cliff, 125; total, 1470
tons.
Since the settlement of the Indian troubles by the treaty
with the Yaquis a mining boom has set in throughout the Si-
erra Madre mountains in the States of Chihuahua, Sonoraand
Durango, Mexico.
In Mono county, Cal., according to the Bodie Miner, all the
cyanide plants are in operation to their full capacity, and
give employment to nearly 100 men. They treat about 6000
tons of tailings weekly.
The North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company, of Nevada
county, Cal., has been allowed an appeal to the Circuit Court
of Appeals from the recent decision of Judge Ross enjoining
its hydraulic operations.
In the Summit mine, at Nevada City, after a long battle
with the large flow of water encountered some months ago,
the management have decided to run a drain tunnel 3200 feet
in length from Deer creek.
Consul Weisike, at Managua, has informed the State De-
partment that the President of Nicaragua has issued a de-
cree providing for the free entry into that country of all ma-
terials necessary for mining.
A i>En)»iT of bituminous coal of good quality, said to be ex-
tensive, has been discovered at Garlock in the Rand district,
California. Should the coal be sufHcient in quantity it will do
much for the mines of the desert.
E.v-GovEitxmt Grant and E. W. Nash of the Omaha and
Grant smelter, of Denver, Colo., have lately made an exami-
nation of the Pilot Bay smelter In the Slocan district, B. C.
and are reported to have purchased it.
The Kootenay Mine Owners' Association have decided to in-
vite capitalists to consider the question of manufacturing
powder in Kootenay. promising support to any one outside of
the combine who should start in the business.
The Detroit Copper Company has had a survey ravle for
bringing water by flume from Eagle Creek to Morenci, Ari-
zona, a distance of sixty miles. The cost would be nearly
$500,000, and a final survey is now being made.
The Alice mine, located in the Lincoln district, near Idaho
Springs, Colorado, has been sold to a Chicago syndicate for
$2.50.000. The property covers 981 acres of patented ground,
and has been a producer for a number of years.
Much freight for Yukon and Clondyke, Alaska, is cached at
Sheep creek until next winter, as the snow melted this year
before it could be taken over the divide. Provisions are re-
ported very scarce in the Yukon mining camps.
Cni.oNEL George V. Bkvan has taken a bond on several of
the best gold properties near Murray, Idaho, including the
Golden Chest, Katie Burnett, Dora, Idaho, Joe Dandy and
Paymaster. He represents De La Mar interests.
The old Hanover mine, near Silver City, New Mexico, is
being reopened. This mine was worked thirty years ago and
100 tons of copper was smelted in adobe furnaces by the Mexi-
cans, but water was encountered and the mine closed.
On the Alaska-Treadwell mines, in Douglas Island, Alaska,
a shaft 8x12 will be sunk to a depth of 1000 feet. Very little
is known as to the depth of the pay in those mines, and the
results of this sinking will be looked for with interest.
The new tunnel in the Tom Boy mine at Telluride, Colo.,
has cut the main ore body in that property 45 feet below the
old workings, The upper workings have shown a continuous
body of free milling ore over 2000 feet long, and 9 to 14 feet
wide.
There are two surveying parties in the field to lay out a
connection between the Great Northern road at Bonner's
Ferry and the foot of Kootenay lake. The promoters propose
not only to build the road and run steamships, but also work
mines.
Experts have been examining a group of nineteen claims at
Gold Mountain, Sevier county, Utah, including the Holland
group, the General Connor, the Sevier, and the Surprise
group, for Eastern capitalists who have an option for their
purchase.
An unusual amount of prospecting and development work is
going on this season on the coast and islands of Alaska. Most
of the ledges are low grade but large. On Prince of Wales
island what is claimed to be a good quality of coal has been
discovered.
The first copper refined in British Columbia came from the
Hall mines furnace last week. It is propDsed to ship a train
load to England. As an advertisement, the Canadian Pacific
Railway has arranged to run a special train from Revelstoke
across the country.
Notice has been given in the Canadian Parliament to delay
for six months the bill granting aid to the Canadian Pacific
Railway for the construction of the Crow's Nest Pass line.
This would delay much contemplated work in mines in the
Fort Steele country.
One of the mills at Idaho Springs, Colo., is to experiment
with compressed air in the settling of slimes, it being claimed
that it would work to good advantage with hydraulic sizers,
and that by such a process the finer mineral could be moved
more rapidly over the tables.
It is not often that a mine sells at a large price at auction.
The Victoria copper mine, otherwise known as the Dyer, near
Vernal, Utah, was sold by order of the United States Court
last week and brought $65,000, James L. Gates, of Milwau-
kee, Wis., being the purchaser.
The rich strike made a few weeks ago in the MoUie Gibson
mine at Aspen, Colo., has proved to be but a pocket. Two
shipments have been made from it, one of twenty-six tons,
averaging 628 ounces to the ton, valued at $8500. The other
shipment ran 2632 ounces to the ton.
The Alaska-Treadwell Gold Mining Company of Alaska re-
ports the clean-up for the month of May as follows: Period
since last return, thirty days; bullion shipment, $40,928; ore
milled, 20,383 tons; sulphurets treated, 295 tons; of bullion
there came from sulphurets, S10,597.
An unusual number of " smelter schemes " are reported. It
takes so much capital, skill and ability to start and success-
fully run such a concern, that the chances have to be thor-
oughly canvassed before putting up the money, the usual
result being the postponement of the enterprise.
At the O'Neill onyx mines north of Phcenix, Arizona, lately
purchased by C. N. Fowler of New Jersey, and others, in the
progress of development last week a new and broader stratum
of onyx of great beauty was discovered. The owners are con-
ferring with the Santa Fe Railway for a branch road from
Prescott.
According to the Albuquerque, N. M., Citizen, Colorado
and Eastern capitalists have closed negotiations for the pur-
chase of a tract of land of several thousand acres in the Rio
Grande valley, at Algodones, and will erect reduction works
at some point along the river on the Santa Fe Railroad in the
near future.
In the early days of placer mining men naturally reasoned
that the gold dust came from the mountains above. In a re-
cent lecture before the Seattle, Wash., Mining Bureau, P. L.
Trout, a mining man of large experience, in a lengthy treatise
argued that such gold came '* from the skies." An airship
seems more needed than ever.
A Denver company has agreed to put in a cyanide reduction
works in the Chance district, in Gunnison county, Colo.,
treating the ores at a cost of $2 per ton, and guaranteeing to
save 98 per cent of all gold and silver values, on condition
that the mine owners of the district will assure them forty
tons of ore per day for treatment.
The exports of gold from the United States during May
amounted to $5,4ti6,711, against $10,108,913 for May, 18iW. Dur-
ing the eleven months the imports exceeded the exports by
about $48,271,000. The silver exports during May amounted to
$4,:^7,;i42, and during the eleven months exports of silver ex-
ceeded the imports by about $40,000,000.
On the Rand, South Africa, the rates of wages of native
labor has been reduced in the mines by about thirty per cent,
the new schedule issued by the Chamber of Mines, which
took effect June 1, placing the rates at from one shilling and
two pence to two shillings and six pence per day. This
amounts to from $7 to $16 per month of twentj'-six days.
On pages 50;J and 564 of this issue appears an index of some
of what has been published in the 56t pages of this paper
during the past six months. Those who do not regularly see
the paper have little idea of the immense amount of practical
information given and the large number of subjects treated
in every volume of this paper. This issue closes the seventy-
fourth volume.
The receiver of the Golden Cross mines in San Diego
county, Cal., has been ordered to turn them over to the de-
fendants in the suit of the Golden Cross Mining & Milling Co.
vs. James Spiers and others, who hold trust deeds to the
property for the payment of $150,000 indebtedness. The prop-
erty is paying from $20,000 to $:JO,000 a month profit and is
being negotiated for by an English company.
TnoutiH the annual report of the country's gold yield for
1896 by the Director of the Mint places California at the
head of the list, yet many California miners hold that an in-
justice is done to the State in chronicling an alleged decrease
from the total of 1895. The mint statistician's report, a con-
servative calculation, showed a large increase, and was con-
sidered to be not an exaggerated statement.
In the Canadian parliament last week. Minister Fielding
stated that the Government would take the necessary power
to enable the governor-general-in-council to put in force a
statute by proclamation imposing an export duty on logs, pulp
vrood and certain kinds of ores. It has not yet been decided
exactly on what ores the Government will ask for power to
put an export duty, but copper, lead and nickel are likely to
be dealt with in this way.
The Iron Mountain Company, of Montana, reports for the
fiscal year that 57,970 tons of ore were mined that produced
4,376 tons of concentrates. The ore concentrates at the pro-
portion of thirteen tons of crude rock into one ton of concen-
trates, a high rate permitting low grade ore to be worked to
advantage. The net returns for the year were $207,620.36,
and the gross returns were $30S,'418.6l, divided as follows:
Silver, 337,677.64 ounces, $210,148.23; lead, 3,83.3,693.96 pounds,
$98,270.38.
F. B. Tlrner, Manager of the Mines Exploration Company
in Montana, is putting up a plant in which he will first crush
the ore so that it will pass through a 10 mesh screen, then
treat it in the tanks with cyanide. After leaching the ore will
be pulverized to pass through a 30-mesh screen and then run
over copper plates. He claims that his tests show that the
cyanide process will extract about 50 per cent of the value and
that 40 per cent will be saved in the plates; making a total of
90 per cent. The capacity of the plant which has been con-
tracted for is about 40 tons in 34 hours.
Near Red river. New Mexico, there has been discovered an
old mine worked by the Spaniards over a century ago. The
ancient Spanish method of mining was in evidence from the
blackened walls and irregularity of the roof, walls and floor.
The method at that time was to heat the walls and roof to as
great a degree as possible by building a fire against it and
then dashing water upon it which caused the rock to burst,
but the result was not always what was desired, wLich is
evident from the large cavities in the formation and even in
the floor which in some instances has been blown out for 4or5
feet in depth.
The Mining Inventor of Colorado Springs says that the fun-
damental cause for Eastern and foreign antipathy to mining
stocks is apparently the light regard in which stockholders
are held. This gross error appears to be prevalent among
company managements of the West. Some managements
bulldoze their stockholders with brazen effrontery; some
politely decline to give out any information; some bluff their
stockholders by telling only just so much as they want to
toil; some mislead as the fancy or their pockets suit them;
some try to come near doing the right thing, but mighty few
succeed in giving satisfaction.
The Treasury Department at Washington, D. C, is in re-
ceipt of a letter from the Collector of Customs at Grant
Falls, Mont., submitting the question whether, in determin-
ing the respective values of lead and silver contained in im-
ported ores, the prices of these metals in the markets of the
United States at the time of importation or at the time of
withdrawal for consumption shall be taken. Assistant Sec-
retary Howell stated in reply tbat the prices prevailing at the
time of withdrawal of such ores for consumption, or of entry
for a bonded smelting and refining warehouse, are to be taken
for the determination of the dutiable character of the ores.
At a meeting of the Sacramento, Cal , Chamber of Commecce
last week, the following resolution was adopted : We believe
that the time has come when a speedy and amicable adjust-
ment of the difficulties between the interests of the valley
and the mountains can be had and that the two organizations
representing these interests are bsst qualified to act in the
matter. Our intercourse with some of the active supporters
of both organizations warrants this conclusion. Therefore, we
respectfully recommend that the Anti-Debris Association and
the State Miners' Association each appoint a committee of
three on conference, having in view, first, the restoration and
preservation of the rivers; second, the immediate and active
encouragement and development of quartz and drift and legiti-
mate sluice mining.
The Denver Republican, after stating that the director of
the mint's estimate of the gold product last year credits Cali-
fornia with $15,235,900 and Colorado with $14,911,000, says that
Colorado gold producers should exert themselves to surpass
California this year, and continues: ''California is looked
upon as the center of gold production. Its name is almost
synonymous with terms indicating great wealth in gold. Colo-
rado, on the other hand, is looked upon as distinctively a sil-
ver State. In order to achieve a reputation as a gold producer,
it must not only outstrip California, but it must demonstrate
that it is more than a silver producer." The yield of gold
from California mines in 1896, according to the statistician of
the United States Mint, was $17,181,562. It is to be hoped
that the output of Colorado will exceed even this.
540
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 26, 1897.
An Interesting Region.
Written or the Mining and Scientific Press by dan De Quille.
Id the southern part of Nevada, in the lower part
of Esmeralda county and in the southwestern part
of Nye county, lies a section of country of great
interest to the geologist, mineralogist and the min-
ing man. This region begins on the eastern border
of California and extends across the southern part
of Esmeralda county into Nye county, with Silver
Peak as a central point. It is a section in which
there is at present a lack of transportation facili-
ties, but it is probable that in the near future one
of the several schemes for the construction of a rail-
road from Salt Lake to Los Angeles through that
part of Nevada will be carried out. With a railroad
road within reach, the mines in this southern section
of Nevada would soon be developed and would prob-
ably prove to be as valuable as the De Lamar,
State Line and other mines to the eastward along
the line of Utah and Nevada.
Silver Peak district was visited last October by
Charles D. Walcott, Director of the United States
Geological Survey, who was greatly astonished to
find so many promising lodes as he saw there. and in
neighboring camps lying idle and deserted. Mr.
Walcott went into that region in order to determine
whether it was desirable to enter upon the topo-
graphical mapping and geological survey thereof,
and he was so impressed with what he saw that he
thinks the work should be taken up at once. He
was so enthusiastic in regard to the mineral features
of the districts examined by him at and about Silver
Peak that he gave a lecture descriptive of the re-
gion before a leading scientific society in Boston.
Silver Peak district was located as early as 1865.
The town of Silver Peak is situated on the western
side of a large valley that opens out to the north
into a great desert near the town of Columbus. In
the valley that lies in front of Silver Peak is a de-
posit of salt of great purity and unknown depth
that covers an area of thirty square miles. On the
northwestern side of this deposit is a hot salt spring,
about which are found a variety of curious and beau-
tiful crystals.
The early miners gave little attention to any
mines except those producing sliver ores. In the
fall of 1865 a 10-stamp mill was moved to Silver Peak
from Jacobsville, Reese river, but it was such a
rattletrap that by the next spring it had gone to
pieces — was wrecked beyond repair.
Among the early mills was a large one built of
stone by a New York company. For this mill there
was brought out from the East a lot of heavy patent
machinery, but it was never set up, as the company
were unable to find paying ore in their mine. The
leading mines of the camp were very rich, yielding
ore worth from $100 to $1500 a ton. After the rich
surface bonanzas were worked out the camp gradu-
ally decayed, and finally was almost wholly deserted.
In 1866 over 500 locations were made in the district,
but no work was done on the majority of the claims
taken, on others holding work was done for a time,
while a few were developed to some depth and paid
well for two or three years.
Six miles north of Silver Peak is a gold belt sev-
eral miles in length which was scratched over in
places by the early miners; but the craze then being
for silver mines, gold-bearing lodes were little
valued. The lodes in the gold belt are very large;
and Mr. Walcott says, taken as a mass, the ore will
pay $10 to $12 a ton, with chutes and bunches much
richer. He thinks this single group would yield at
least $1,000,000 a year should it be properly opened
and worked.
The mountains of Silver Peak district consist of
slates, blue limestone and yellow magnesiau lime-
stone, with large intruded masses of gray granite
and porphyry dikes. The limestone, where in con-
tact with granite, has in many places been converted
into crystalline marble. The limestones contain
abundant remains of seaweeds, corals and other
fossils which seem to point to a Silurian age. The
veins of the district seem inclined to run in groups.
In the old Pocotillo series of veins there are no fewer
than thirteen seams of quartz, each from three to
five feet wide. These parallel veins are separated
by an equal number of beds of blackish-green por-
phyry. In the Vanderbilt series are two such veins
and m the Sessions series five. The lodes are trace-
able on the surface to great distances, and every-
thing itidicates a strong and permanent formation.
In this region are seen many evidences of volcanic
action. About five miles north of Silver Peak is to
be found one of the most perfect craters in the State.
It stands on a low bench and is about 400 feet in
height. At the top it is 1500 feet in diameter and
almost circular. The crater contains a cavity 250
feet m depth and the rim is perfect except at the
northeast, where it is broken down to a level with
the bench land. The surrounding section is covered
with lava and the debris of volcanic rocks.
In Springfield district, Nye county, west of Moni-
tor valley, is a smaller crater, which the early
miners christened the " Devil's Punch Bowl." The
cone is in the shape of an inverted washbowl; it
stands in a valley and at the base is a quarter of a
mile in diameter, with a flat top about 100 feet in
diameter. The sides of this cone are smooth and
regular, while in the top is a circular chasm of great
depth, with vertical walls. At the bottom of the
chasm is a hissing cauldron of boiling water of un-
known depth. This old crater still retains great
heat at a slight depth beneath its base, and is con-
stantly foaming, bubbling and sending up columns of
steam and hot gas.
There are a great number of tbese craters in the
Great Basin region and they are nearly always found
in the valleys and on low benches instead of in the
peaks of the mountain ranges. They represent the
closing scenes of great plutonio and volcanic dis-
turbances in the section of country lying to the east-
ward of the Sierra Nevada range. There are many
of them about Inyo, and in Owens valley is a line of
volcanic cones almost in the center of the valley.
The reason they are seen in the valleys is that they
followed the upheaval of the mountain ranges which
always have a central mass or core of granite or
some other igneous rock. The volcanic cones come
up at the point of least resistance, which was in the
valleys where the sedimentary country rocks were
fractured by their being elevated on either side by
the upheaval of the igneous rocks of the parallel
ranges. There are two or three old craters on the
eastern slope of the Sierras, but all are situated
upon fissures in the granite supposed to have been
formed by earthquakes at the time of the volcanic
disturbance that pushed up the many cones seen
throughout this region.
About twelve miles south of Silver Peak is an im-
mense deposit of pure sulphur. The sulphur is
found in hills of white mud or volcanic ashes, and
occurs in large veins and bunches. These sulphur
hills are cut through in all directions by veins of
pure alum, varying in width from mere seams to
streaks several inches in thickness. In the hills are
inexhaustible supplies of both sulphur and alum.
In Volcano district, partly in Esmeralda and
partly in Nye, occur many beautiful petrifactions.
These are generally of vegetable growths and among
them are found large trees. The predominant rocks
are limestones, and these are full of fossil remains of
various kinds. In Volcano district is a great copper
belt. In the belt are no fewer than thirty distinct
lodes. All these lodes carry from $5 to $50 or $80 in
gold and silver, as well as a high per cent of copper.
In San Antonia district, in Nye county, at the
south end of Smoky valley, is a formation of slate
and porphyry. In the slate were found at the sur-
face rich veins of chloride of silver. The deepest
work done was from 100 to 200 feet. Most of the
mines were abandoned as soon as the surface bonan-
zas were worked out, or when the ores paid less
than $100 a ton— $100 a ton being the charge for
reduction. On a mountain in this district are found
a great abundance of geodes filled with quartz crys-
tals of various colors and chalcedony in beautiful
forms. This district is about sixty miles east of Sil-
ver Peak, with no water between points ; to the
southward of the San Antonia mountains all is an
unbroken valley that extends down into the great
Amargoso desert. About the mines are several big
springs, but wood is very scarce.
Just east of San Antonia lies the Ralston valley,
the scene of the death of Judge J. H. Ralston, who
wandered away from Austin in the winter of 1864,
and ended his life alone on the desert. A monument
of rough stones marks the spot where his body was
found.
Alida valley joins Silver Peak on the southeast and
its mines have been worked more or less in a small
way ever since their discovery in 1871. The country
rock is limestone, with dikes of porphyry. The lodes
of the district carry both silver and gold, the latter
predominating in several of the leading mines. The
mineral belt is seven miles wide by sixteen in length.
Tule Canyon district is situated about ten miles
from Alida. It contains large and rich placer mines
that have been worked off and on for many years.
Nuggets of gold worth from $50 to $100 are occa-
sionally found. The placers cover an area of about
ten miles square. Water is scarce. The only water
in the district comes from a few small springs. In
places which cannot be reached with water the
miners dig up the gravel with their picks and pick
out by hand such pieces of gold as they happen to
see. With a good supply of water these placers
would pay immensely. Above the placers some rich
gold lodes have been found. The prevailing forma-
tion is limestone and granite.
Twenty miles south of Alida valley lies Gold Moun-
tain district. The lodes are from 5 to 20 feet in
width and all gold-bearing. The district is a net-
work of veins. Some very rich surface bonanzas
were found by the first miners. The lodes are in-
clined to be pockety, a condition in them that dis-
couraged the early miners. On the croppings of the
Oriental lode was found a big boulder that assayed
at the rate of $64,000 a ton. It was all alive with
gold. When it was broken up, several thousand
dollars worth of it was carried away as specimens.
When first found this was thought to be the lost
Breyfogle mine.
Red Mountain district joins Silver Peak on the
north. This is a gold belt eight miles long and four
miles wide. The silver belt in Silver Peak is parallel
with it and about the same length. Red Mountain
is full of gold-bearing lodes. The main lode is
the Gold Mountain, which is from 6 to 30 feet
wide, and crops out for miles. In one place it forms
the face of a precipice for a distance of 600 feet and
stands bare to a depth of over 800 feet. Gold is found
in it in large, irregular grains and sheets, but is prin-
cipally fine. Many tests show the vein to average $15
to $25 in fine gold.' Parallel to this lode to a distance
of five miles in width are many similar lodes from
2 to 5 feet in width. Little work has been done
in the district in the last ten years.
Palmetto district is still farther north of Silver
Peak. It contains many lodes carrying gold, silver
and copper. At the head of Palmetto valley are the
Palmetto placer mines. These placers were discov-
ered in May, 1869, by a Spaniard. The only water
is in a few small springs. The gold is coarse, but is
worth only $13.60 an ounce, owing to the copper it
contains. The placers are very extensive, reaching
almost to Alida valley.
In this region is found an abundant growth of a
species of arborescent aloe. In the head of the
young shoots of this aloe grows a bulbous mass
about the size of a hen's egg, which the Indians use
as food, cooking it in various ways. The raw bulb
cuts like a potato, and has a slightly bitter taste.
When roasted in hot embers this bulb is quite pal-
atable. It is well for the prospector to know that
this peculiar fruit will not only sustain life, but is
also as wholesome as the potato. In marshy places
were found an abundance of "grass nuts." They
grow on the roots of a kind of a reed grass, and are
about the size and shape of filberts. They may be
either boiled or roasted, when they taste like the
sweet potato.
To southward, down toward Death valley, indica-
tions of terrific volcanic outbursts multiply on every
hand, and in some places appear to be compara-
tively recent, as gravel beds are seen that are capped
with flows of basalt. Some of the gravel beds are
hundreds of feet in depth. In places they are tilted
at all angles with the shales, sandstone and conglom-
erate, in many instances standing in a vertical posi-
tion. The conglomerates appear to be of great age.
Through them often run veins of compact limestone,
while in other places they are lava-capped. Some
of the hills are built up of strata of white, red, yel-
low, blue, brown and black volcanic material — almost
every color is seen except green. The whole coun-
try seems once to have been a sea of volcanic fires
covering thousands of square miles.
Silver Peak is the center of a section of country in
which sooner or later some wonderfully rich mines will
be developed. In places here and there the region wsa
surface-gouged in the early days when only the rich-
est ores would pay for handling. Ores that did not
pay over $100 per ton could not be touched; for ship-
ping it was necessary to so assort the ore that it
would not be worth less than from $300 to $500 a
ton. The little mills erected in the new camps
charged $100 a ton for working ore, and then did not
save more than two-thirds of the contained precious
metals. Ores containing all kinds of base metals
were worked by the process in use for the free mill-
ing ores of the Comstock — "It is the only way to
work silver ores," said the millman. When the frst
bonanzas were worked out and assessments were
called for, stockholders refused to respond. Then
wild speculation finally culminated in a big smash on
the Comstock in 1864. In the panic nobody would
put up money on prospects. It was bad on the Com-
stock, but in the new camps out in the wilds it was
ruinous — it shut down everything in far away outside
regions.
For years little has been done in any of the old
camps until recently. Now a start has been made
at De Lamar and other places in the eastern part of
the State, and we may expect soon to see a rush to
the region the wonders of which have been briefly
touched upon in this article. With up-to-date ma-
chinery and improved ore working processes this
central section of Nevada would soon be as famous as
Cripple Creek or any other mining region on the
Pacific Coast.
The production of platinum in Russia continues to
be almost entirely from the placers of the Oural.
The production increased steadily until 1894, but in
1895 there was a considerable decrease. For 1896 the
output is estimated at 4800 kegs. It is believed that
real production is above that reported, the miners
themselves stealing a part, while another part is con-
cealed to avoid the payment of tax. Some authori-
ties estimate that 25 per cent, at least, should be
added to the official statement. 'This would make the
total 5500 kegs in 1895 and 6000 kegs in 1896. The
crude platinum obtained is not refined in Russia, as a
rule, most of it being sent to Germany for that pur-
pose. Iridium is found in connection with the plati-
num. The quantity obtained in 1895 was 4100 kegs,
and for 1896 it is estimated that a total of 4250 kegs
was produced.
The dust collected from the smoke of some Liege
furnaces, burning coal raised from the neighboring
mines, produces, when dissolved in hydrochloric
acid, a solution from which considerable quantities of
arsenic and several other metallic salts may be
precipitated.
June 20. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
641
Mr. Burger's Article on Treating Pyritic
Gold Ores.
The following correspondence is self-explanatory:
To THE Editor: — My attention has been called to
the article, in your issue of April 3, 1897, on the
Practical Treatment of Pyritic Gold Ores at Gib-
bonsville, Idaho, by C. C. Burger. I am glad to
know that it is so successful, but regret that he does
not give due credit to A. Thies, Esq., the originator
of the method, and from whom Mr. Burger got the
whole idea of treatment when visiting the Haile
mine, in South Carolina, where Mr. Thies has had a
large plant in successful operation for over eight
years, and the same kind of plants are working at
several other points from Nova Scotia to Me-xico.
The Gibbonsville plant follows the same routine as
at the Haile mine, except the use of a Pierce
turret furnace for the first roast and filters working
under pressure, the latter a doubtful improvement,
from an economical standpoint. In ISll.") .Mr. Bur-
ger obtained from the Jlecklenburg Iron Works,
Charlotte, N. C, fall working drawings of the
plants as erected under Mr. Thies' direction, and
afterwards was furnished with data for the practi-
cal working.
Such being facts, the claim made in the article of
the plant at Gibbonsville being " designed and op-
erated by Mr. McDonald and the writer," C. C. B.,
seems strange, as the credit should be given to the
one who originated, and, after many years of
work, brought to success the method, viz., A.
Thies. John Wilkes.
Charlotte, N. C, May 27, '117.
To THE Euitoh: — In answer to Mr. Wilkes' letter,
I would say that it is true that I obtained full working
drawings, details, etc., of chlorination plants built by
the Mecklenburg Iron Works under the direction of
Mr. Thies. Similar figures and information were ob-
tained from other machinery firms. My purpose in
getting such facts from Mr. Wilkes was thoroughly
honest and usual, my intention being to lay them be-
fore the company and urge their acceptance. The
conditions prevailing at Gibbonsville rendered this
impossible, it being necessary to install the chlorina-
tion plant in a building already on the ground, re-
quiring a much greater concentration of plant than
offered by Mr. Wilkes. The proposal of the Mecklen-
burg Iron Works comprised five one-ton barrels and
fifteen sand filters, each 6x8 feet. The same work
was accomplished by two IS -ton barrels and two
pressure filters. The machinery was procured from
the Gates Iron Works of Chicago, and not one iota of
the information supplied by Mr. Wilkes was made
use of.
In the actual working of the plants there are only
two points of similarity — the chlorinating barrel and
sulphate of iron precipitation. I believe Mr. Thies
claims the credit of having developed the modern bar-
rel from the old Mears barrel. However that may
be, R P. Rothwell did this, independently of Mr.
Thies altogether, at Deloro, Canada, in the early
80's, subsequently improved by John E. Rothwell, re-
sulting in barrel chlorination as it is carried on to-
day in South Dakota and Colorado.
The details of precipitation were modeled after the
writer's knowledge of California practice. Mr. Thies
derived his information from the same source. Other
important adjuncts of modern chlorination, such as
mechanical roasting, pressure filtration, etc., used
at Gibbonsville, Mr. Wilkes rejects as "not economi-
cal."
Taking all these facts into consideration, it seems
to me to be the very height of presumption to say
that the credit for our success in treating Gibbons-
ville ores should be given to Mr. Thies.
It was not claimed that any great discovery was
made in the plant. It was claimed that it was an
improvement over existing methods of chlorinating
concentrates. The cost per ton at Gibbonsville is
almost the same as at Mr. Thies' plant at the Haile
gold mine. South Carolina, yet at Gibbonsville we
were a hundred miles from a railroad, and labor and
all supplies, fuel, etc., cost us from three to four
times as much as they would in South Carolina.
I consider Mr. Thies' method of working, compris-
ing old-fashioned hand-rubbled reverberatory fur-
naces and gravity sand filtration, as slow, expensive
treatment, and altogether out of date. A Thies
plant would make a very poor showing alongside
one of the modern chlorination works now operating
in Colorado.
Mr. Wilkes' statement that pressure filtration is
" a doubtful expedient from an economic standpoint "
goes hand in hand with Mr. Thies' statement in the
Engineering and Mining Journal, some time ago, that
chlorinating barrels of over one to two tons capacity
were only successful in one or two places in the
Black Hills. These expressions are highly ludicrous
' to those of us engaged in chlorination in the West,
who know that five-ton barrels and pressure filtra-
tion are used in plants at Gillett, Florence, Colorado
City and Boulder, Colorado. The capacity of these
plants, together with those in the Black Hills, will
soon reach 800 tons daily. Such results would be
impossible without the two above essential features.
In conclusion, I would state that the only omission
as regards the "credit" of the success of the Gib-
bonsville plant was that more stress should have
been laid on the leading part taken in the work by
Mr. Bernard MacDonald, then president and man-
ager of the company, to whom is due, more than to
myself, the success of the plant, and at whose re-
quest the article was written. C. 0. Burger.
Boulder, Col., June 8, '97.
From nine to Mint.
NVMIIEIt V— COSCH'OEl).
Hy D. K. TUTTi.1, Pb. D., Molter una Rellner of the United Slates
Mint ut Phitadclpbia.
From what has been said about segregation it will
be readily understood that a silver ingot is not uni-
form in composition. Id a cross section the center
of such an ingot is appreciably richer in silver than
the outside surface, which first chilled in contact
with the iron mold. The ingot, being a Hat bar, is
rolled out by the coiner into long strips the thick-
ness of the future coin. The rich center of the bar
has now become the rich central line of a long, thin
otrip, and disks or planchets punched from such a
strip will necessary be richer in silver than the scrap.
It will now be easily seen that if the melter and
refiner furnished to the coiner silver ingots of 0.900
average fineness, the planchets cut therefrom would
make coin above standard.
It has been found by long experience that the sil-
ver ingot which will produce standard coin should
not assay above 0.899 in silver.
All calculations for amount of copper required in
making up silver melts have 0.899 as the final result
desired. The problem is still further complicated by
the fact that about one-half of the weight of ingots
sent to the coiner comes back as clippings and of
lower fineness than the average. These clippings
are added to each melt of fresh bars when available,
and their lower fineness must be allowed for in cal-
culating the alloy required for the bars.
When two rows of planchets are cut from strips,
as is the case in quarter dollar and dime coinage,
the central line is left intact, and the clips are,
therefore, richer than dollar and half dollar clips,
from which but one row of planchets have been cut.
It thus appears that not only the quantity but the
kind of clippings added to the bar melt modify the
quantity of alloy to be added.
No two silver bars have the same weight, and
they usually differ a few thousandths in fineness, so
that the alloy must be calculated for each individual
melt. With ten furnaces in operation on ingots,
making five or six melts each per day, it will be seen
that the calculations required involve much labor,
and an interesting chapter might be written on the
short-cut methods of wonderful accuracy which the
ingenious computer is driven to invent by the con-
stant iteration of similar yet never identical calcu-
lations.
Such are some of the perplexities arising from
" segregation " in silver copper alloys.
The manufacture of gold ingots is much less trou-
blesome to the computer. The same crucible which
has a holding capacity of say 3300 ounces of stand-
ard silver will serve for a gold melt of 6000 to 6500
ounces (400 to 430 pounds avoirdupois).
The fineness of gold bars is furnished to the melter
and refiner by the assayer to the tenth of one-
thousandth.
Bars, preferably of identical fineness, are weighed
off in proper quantity for a melt, and placed on a
hand truck with a melt number tagged to each little
pile of bars. A sufficient number of such are pre-
pared for a day's melting. A chest of drawers
mounted on truck carries suitable sized boxes, each
having a permanent number plainly marked on it.
The copper requisite tor melt Nos. 1, 2, 3, etc., is
placed in boxes 1, 2, 3, etc., and the trucks with
bars and the one carrying the boxes of alloy meet in
the melting room, where the distribution is made, a
single melt at a time — bars and alloy — to each
furnace.
A strict record is kept and the melting room is
charged with weight of all metals sent into it in the
morning. At the close of work for the day and be-
fore the workmen are dismissed all returns from the
room, whether ingots, tops, filings, etc., are
weighed, when any shortage, real or apparent, will
be noted. Of course, the returns never exactly
equal the charge sent out, since some little metal
will adhere to the crucibles and some will be found
in the ashes. This is afterwards recovered as
" sweeps." But for the time being these shortages
are unknown quantities. Experience, however, has
shown what may be expected to pass into the
sweeps, and an allowance is made in comparing the
charge and returns from the day's work.
" Sweeps." — This is a very broad general term in
mint practice, and includes every kind of waste
known to contain, or likely to contain, gold or silver,
except actual sweepings. The floor of the melting
room is swept each day, but the gatherings from
the broom are carefully mingled with a suitable flux
and thrown into one of the crucibles, still hot and
surrounded by the fire left from the day's work. A
crucible is selected which has seen such service as to
entitle it to retirement from age. On the following
morning the contents of the crucible will be found to
have " sweated " down, the flux to have fused into a
glass, and a lump of metal or "king" will be found
at the bottom on breaking the crucible. This king
is weighed, credited to the melting room, sent to
and charged to the refinery.
The actual "sweeps" consist of broken crucibles
and dipping cups, all ashes from the fires, burnt
gloves, aprons, sawdust, and packages in which bul-
lion has been sent to the mint, settlings in catch
wells and in roof gutters ; in short, everything which
may contain bullion without its being visible to
the eye.
All material of this kind is sent to the sweep cel-
lar, and such as needs crushing is passed under
heavy cast iron rollers mounted in a mill similar in
principle to the Chilian. The advantage of the roller
crushing is that, while brittle materials are reduced
to a coarse powder, any pellets of metal will be flat-
tened out and cauglit in the sifting operation which
follows.
These metallic scales are melted down and And
their way to the refinery. What passes through the
sieves still has value, and, if the product of "silver
working, it is sampled, assayed, barreled, and sold
to smelting works.
If the powdered material is from furnaces in which
gold has been worked, it is passed through an amal-
gamator into settling tanks. The mud from these
is dried, sampled, assayed and sold.
The melter and refiner receives a credit in his bul-
lion account for the amount of gold and silver shown
by assay to be contained in the sweeps sold. Sales
are made on competitive bids, and the returns from
this source at the Philadelphia mint are from $18,000
to $20,000 per annum from sweeps produced in the
melting department alone.
Mining Location Boundaries.
To THE Editor: — With reference to mining loca-
tions, in one of your leaders of last week's issue, per-
mit me to give you my method of locating on mineral-
bearing veins, which seems to me the only rational
way and one that must be indisputably correct, and
if generally adopted would save any and all future
litigations and subsequent disputes. Having found
a prospect and the formation being satisfactory, the
vein showing a true fissure characteristic with dyke
or one wall (I am very partial to eruptive forma-
tions), I proceed to mark off my quartz claim ap-
proximately correct by rough measurement and in
accordance to the mining laws and the requirements
of Chapter 6, Title 32 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the local customs, laws and regu-
lations. I start in to more fully prospect vein and
test for values — for free gold samples — with mortar
and horn; if sulphurets, determine value by assay,
finding also percentage. When I am satisfied my
prospects indicate that a chute is present, from my
explorations and long mining experience, I get a
deputy mineral surveyor and have the said claim
correctly surveyed and tied to some Government
corner of section line with an exact bearing to some
natural object or witness tree, or to the line of some
patented mine. Then a map is made, the same
sketched and transferred to and into the books of
County Recorder kept for that purpose, the map be-
ing attached to my notice of location on a reduced
scale, being a part thereof, the paper notices being
so easily destroyed by wind or rain. I place on the
mine a painted notice on tin or zinc, stating name of
mine, area, volume and page of county records, and
name of locator, so that the passing prospector can
see who owns the land; if he wishes to search the
records, he has the information to do so. The map
on the record book will clearly show him the bounda-
ries, distances and bearings, all being placed there-
on. If the original paper notices had been allowed
to remain, for even a short space of time, the writ-
ing would have become invisible and unintelligible;
but by the tin painted sign, securely nailed to a tree
or strong post at each end of the claim, would be as
nearly permanent as can be devised. The side
monuments, being 300 feet from each side of center
line, can, if destroyed, be easily found by measure-
ment. I have adopted this plan and precaution and
find it works well, and security is accomplished with
very little trouble or expense. When a patent is
needed the surveyor has all his field notes; the owner
is then ready to apply for his patent with little de-
lay. If the new law had been thus formulated, many
of the objectionable features would be removed; the
$100 of work done during current year; the survey
made compulsory; the extra $50 of expenditure, as
now ordered, could be done away with; continuous
work and development would probably have re-
sulted, as few men would allow such a piece of prop-
erty to remain unworked. The survey being prima
facie evidence that the owner proposed to continue
developing, hence no claim would be valid without
survey and the proper recording of said plat, should
be the law. Then one recording would suflice, which
would be positive and absolute. Three months
should be allowed a prospector to define the values
of his vein; this time should be sufficient to arrive at
fair conclusions that his claim is worth his holding
and securing properly by this method, or abandon it
altogether. W. Frank Drake, E. M.
Sonora, Cal.
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Mining and Scientij^ic Press.
June 26, 189?.
A. S. COOPEK'S APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING GOLD AND SILVER ORES BY THE
CYANIDE PROCESS.
A Gravel Talings Lift.
For working gravel more new and novel devices
have been introduced, probably, than for any other
branch of mining. There is illustrated on this page
a device put up at
the Alturas mine, in
Plumas county, made
necessary by the want
of grade for dump.
The bed of Slate creek
is worked, and the
richness of the gravel
enables the owners to
work at an expense per
yard that could not be
borne by the usual
gravel banks.
The California Asphalt Company in Ventura
county, California, is expending about $100,000 on
its plant there. The asphalt will be shipped East
via the ocean route to San Pedro, thence over the
Santa Pe railroad.
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The London Adver-
tiser says of American
mine investments:
' 'Considerable interest
has been taken of late
in American mines,
and this interest has
been increased by ar-
ticles which have re-
cently appeared in the
Statist and elsewhere,
as well as by the fact
that the Exploration
Company (with which
Messrs. Rothschild are
largely identified) has
purchased one-quarter
of the stock of the
Anaconda Company of
Butte, U. S. A., at a
cost of $7,500,000, be-
sides a controlling in-
terest in the Helena &
Frisco Mining Com-
pany of Idaho, the Tom
Boyof Telluride, Colo.,
and others. But it has
been noticed that these
shrewd financiers have
not found it advisable
to reincorporate these
companies under Brit-
ish law, preferring in-
stead to re-register
under the laws of the
United States. Other
prominent investors
have followed their ex-
ample, believing that
gold mining is the only
business that is unaf-
fected by panics and
international disturb-
ances, gold being the
one product that never
has to seek a market,"
TAILINGS WORKS OF THE ALTURAS MINE.
Apparatus for Extracting Gold and Silver
From Ores by the Cyanide Process.
Invented by A. S. Cooper, California State Mineralogist.
Cyaividation. — Gold and silver are soluble in an
aqueous solution of cyanide of potassium when oxy-
gen is present. This reaction is expressed in Eis-
ner's equation :
2Au(or 2Ag)+4KCy-|-0-|-H20=2AuKCyj
(or 2AgKCy2)+2KOH.
Washing and Neutralizing. — Frequently ores con-
tain oxidized pyrites, acid earths or other objection-
able ingredients, which are destructive to the
cyanide. Some of these are soluble in water and
should be removed by washing, or be neutralized by
a caustic alkali or alkaline earth and then washed.
The employment of hot water for this purpose would
be more efficient than that of cold water.
Temperature. — The activity of oxygen and of the
cyanide of potassium is increased greatly by increase
of temperature, consequently the solubility of gold
in cyanide of potassium is effected by temperature.
Exactly what temperature Is most effective and
economical has not been determined. The gold is
dissolved at a considerable rate at a temperature of
80° to 120° Fahr. But, unfortunately, the solubility
of oxygen in water is greatly decreased by tempera-
ture. At 122° Fahr. the amount dissolved is about
one-half of the amount dissolved at 86° Fahr.
Oxygen. — Gold leaf placed on the surface of a cya-
nide solution will dissolve in a few minutes, and the
stronger the solution the quicker it will dissolve.
This is in consequence of the oxygen present on the
surface. But if the gold leaf is immersed in the
solution it dissolves but slowly, the strength of the
solution affecting its rate of dissolution slightly. The
slowness of the action is owing to the absence of
oxygen beneath the surface. By the action of this
agitator or mixer each and every part of the ore is
brought above the surface of the solution and into the
compressed oxygen, and then slowly sinks below the
surface. This action can be frequently repeated.
Oxygen also becomes entangled in the interspaces of
the ore when it is brought above the surface, and
then when it sinks below the surface the ore carries
the oxygen into the solution, thoroughly oxygenat-
ing the solution.
The dissolution of the metals in a solution of cya-
nide of potassium is in consequence of the action of
oxygen which may be absorbed from the air or arti-
fioially supplied. Oxygen occurs mechanically mixed
with nitrogen in the atmosphere, of which it forms
about 21° by volume and more than 23° by weight.
The more cyanide a solution contains the less
oxygen or air it will absorb.
Agitation. — Mechanical agitation expedites solution
and lessens the time of extraction by quickly diffus-
ing the saturated solution, which immediately sur-
rounds the solvend while it is being dissolved. It
assists the water in absorbing the oxygen which is
necessary in the chemical reactions attending the
cyanide process.
Filtration. — When the extraction is completed the
solution of cyanide and gold is separated from the
ore by drainage. To be worked successfully, differ-
ent ores, even ores of the same class, require different
treatment as to washing, neutralizing injurious sub-
stances, degrees of temperature, amount of cyanide
of potassium and oxygen present, and length of
time agitated. An apparatus that will effect these
mechanical and chemical operations quickly and
economically is to be greatly desired. The following
described apparatus fills, to a certain extent, the
requirements stated above :
Dcscrijition and Details of Apparatus. — All those
parts of the apparatus with which the cyanide soution
comes in contact are made of steel. The apparatus
consists of a rotary drum formed of two oppositely
projecting cones with coextensive bases and sides of
unequal angles. The longer cone Ji/ (Fig. 3) forms
the body of the drum. The shortened cone /is ar-
ranged so that the line of its lowermost edge will be
almost at right angles to the lowermost edge of the
longer cone. A spiral blade KKK is located within
the longer cone, which, when the drum is turned in
the direction shown by the arrow, will force the ma-
terial toward the shorter cone. The disposition of
the shorter cone is such that it performs the work of
giving the material forced against it by the spiral
blade a tendency to gravitate towards the small end
of the longer cone. When the drum is turned in a
contrary direction to that indicated by the arrow
the material is carried towards the small end of the
longer cone, aud when the cover N is removed the
material is discharged. The spent material can be
discharged into and carried away by a launder or
car. In order to reduce friction the drum revolves
on the wheels MM, a side view of the same being
shown in Fig. 4. A sprocket wheel surrounds the
drum at J. This is run by suitable power and
mechanism so that the drum can be run at the re-
quired speed and the direction of its rotation
changed at will. The drum is encased in an iron and
brick covering 0000 into which areopenings to the
firebox A and ashpit K and smokestack P. By this
arrangement the cyanide solution can be brought up
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Mining and Scientific Press.
543
to the required temperature. When the cover // is
removed the ore is fed into the drum throui;h the !
opening O from the ore chute t'. The pipes .1, li
and i' are stationary and are connected with the
drum by the stuRinj;-bo.\ /:.'. The stutling-bj.x per-
mits the pipes to remain still while the drum is ro-
tated. Neutralizing solutions and water for wash-
ing are conveyed by the pipe i\ their How being reg-
ulated by the cock l>". The cynanide solution is
conveyed by the pipe /i, its How being controlled be
the cock />' . Pipes ' ' and />' are connected with
suitable tanks. Atmospheric air or other gases are
carried by the pipe -1, which is connected with a
suitable compressor or generator. Their supply to
the drum is controlled by the cock />, and their
pressure is indicated by the gauge l'. Neutralizing,
wash and cyanide solutions can be removed to a suffi-
cient extent from the ore by the filter shown in
Figs. 1, 'I and ;!. Plates of steel (.1.1.1, Fig. 1) are
bent in the form of the letter .S', and these are con-
nected together by steel wire ('and washers liJilili.
Several wires are put through the plates at the re-
quired distances. By this form of construction fluids
are permitted to go through the tilter, but the solids
are arrested by their gravity; especially is this true
when the tilter is turned in the direction indicated
by the arrows.
The lowermost cock of the cooks /7' is opened
and the li(iuid is carried by gravity through it to
waste or received in the sump S. Filtration can be
accelerated by introducing compressed air from the
pipe .1 into the drum and upon the surface of the
liquid. A small amount of ore usually escapes
through this filter. This can be caught in settling
tanks or otherwise and returned to the ore bins or
to waste.
This apparatus will wash, neutralize, heat, oxidize,
agitate and partly filter ores and solutions in the
cyanide process. The ores and solutions are also
cheaply and easily handled. Less power is required
to operate this mixer than those containing paddles.
By the use of pumps, pipes and tanks these mixers
can be placed in battery of two or more and solu-
tions conveyed from one to the other through the
Japanese Agriculture.
pipes
^•1, li and <J, using solutions of different
strengths and several times.
Under the new Canadian tarifl" all mining ma-
chinery, provided that the same kind is not manu-
factured in Canada, may enter free. The Kootenay
Mine Owners' Association contend that the mining
machinery manufactured in eastern Canada is usually
of a poorer class than that made in the United
States, and it is proposed that a resolution should
be passed asking the Government at the next session
to put mining machinery on the free list if the Cana-
dian manufacturers did not in the mean time raise
the quality of their machines to the equal of those
made in the United States.
The value of the yield of the mines of the Kootenay
country, B. C, in ore and matte exported from
January 1 to June 19 of this year is returned at
$3,374,906.
The two illustrations on this
page show two very diverse phases
of Japanese agriculture. One
illustrates the small-scale irriga-
tions which are widely practiced,
in which the farmer acts as his
own motor for pumping by
rigging up a treadmill by which
he throws out a small stream
from a mud-hole on a river margin
to the the low land adjacent on
which he has his crop. If this
Japanese had a better conception
of the utility of domestic animals
he could save himself from this
everlasting climbing, for a good,
heavy dog could do the work if he
were properly rigged for it, while
the farm owner discussed the
Hawaiian question with the lonely
lady on the bank. Proper ap-
preciation of mechanical helps
would also save the man's time for
other pursuits, for probably a
rude windmill or a current wheel
would be raising water while he
slept. But the Japanese will not
long be tramping up imaginary
hills on treadmills, as they are fast
learning progressive arts. We
cannot, however, refrain from a
single appreciative word for this
benighted pumper. It is manly
to do the work himself instead
of setting his women folks at
it, as barbarians would do, and
at the same time it is a mark
of his intelligent insight that he
keeps the gad in his own hand
instead of passing it over to the
divinity on the bank. The Jap-
anese seems disposed to trust the new woman
thus far and no farther.
The larger engraving shows the Japanese style of
preparing rice ground with the water oxen. Rice
growing on enlightened lines does not require wading
around in a mud hole in this way, and the Japanese
themselves have better practices which give them
decently tillable ground and submergence when each
is needed. But the picture is none the less illustra-
tive of one phase of their work, which an American
would never do in the way shown. He might con-
descend to invent a steamboat, with plows beneath
or as trailers, and he would tread the deck with
an air of conscious triumph; but to wade around
in the mud and malaria, exhorting a pair of rebel-
lious cattle, an American would never do, even if
he had to run for office to avoid it.
An Arizona Copper Mine.
The United Verde mine of Arizona is producing
about 2,000,000 pounds of copper per month, and,
JAPANESE TKEADMII^L FOK WaTEK LIEi'tNG.
according to C. M. Rolker, in an interview in the
Salt Lake Tribune^ will before long output six times
as much. "It is rather startling," he says, "to
think of the effect on the price of copper that will be
produced by such a tremendous increase in the sup-
ply. The consumption will have to be wonderfully
increased to prevent the price from going down."
At the rate predicted the yield from this mine alone
would be 360,000,000 pounds oer year. The total
production of copper in the United States in 1895
was about 385,000,000 pounds, and in 1896 470,000,000
pounds, over half of which went abroad. The main
hope of sustaining prices of copper lies in an increase
in home consumption. This promises to grow
very fast.
It has been suggested by the Kootenay, B. C,
Mine Owners' Association that the government be
asked to set up monuments to which surveyoi-s may
tie up their work in surveying mineral claims. This
would do much to prevent unnecessary litigation
over titles to property.
JAPANESE PLOWING RICE LANDS WITH PRIMEVAL PLOW AND WATER OXEN.
544
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 26, 1897.
The Finlayson Wire Rope Tramway at the
Noble Five Mine, Sandon, B. C.
The Finlayson patent wire rope tramway, manu-
factured and controlled by the Colorado Iron Works
Co. of Denver, Colorado, is a tramway of the double
Fig. 1. — Trestle — Leaving Upper Terminal — Side View.
rope type, automatic in the matter of attaching and
releasing the buckets from the running or traction
rope. C. T. Finlayson, of Denver, has patented this
device, in which the buckets are attached and de-
tached from the traction rope automatically, and the
Fig. 2. — Derrick Construction From Timber on the Gruund.
buckets dumped automatically, with a view to lower
cost in handling the product.
The Noble Five Consolidated Mining & Milling Co.
are operating a group of five claims, located near
Sandon, British Columbia. Their line was 6200 feet
Pig. 3.— Looking up the Line From the Mill.
long, with a fall in that distance of 2100 feet; the
tramway was to carry 20 tons per hour. The very
steep grade and tonnage seemed to require that it
be constructed in two sections. The Colorado Iron
Works Company held that the line could be con-
structed in one section, the product handled automat-
ically, and at the same time the line be operated
successfully at a low cost for transportation. They
were awarded the contract, and work commenced
about December 1st, 1896, and on January 14th, 1897,
the tramway was in active operation, carrying the
ore without any difficulty, the automatic features
working satisfactorily. The Noble Five Consoli-
dated M. & M. Co. did the construction under the
supervision of Mr. Finlayson.
In the Finlayson system, the clips, to which buck-
casting, at either end of which are the carrying
sheaves which travel on the standing rope. When
the line is in active operation, there are always two
more buckets on the line than are actually attached
to the running rope, one being at the upper termi-
nal in the accelerating carriage, either ready to load
or unload, and one at the lower terminal, either
dumping or dumped. ■ ^^
At each terminal is an accelerating carriage, and
Fig. 4. —Lower Terminal — Emptg Bucket Going up.
ets are attached, are placed on the traction rope,
spaced as tonnage demands. They are never taken
from the rope. The clip casting is 8 inches long,
and is held securely to the rope by means of dropped
forged bands, which encircle the rope at either end
of clip casting. This casting is of steel. The bands
have the lay of the rope forged into them, so when
they are brought around the rope their projections
fit the rope strands exactly, and when riveted into
Fig. ".—Looking Dimn From Upper Terminal.
the action of each is identically the same. Hung
between the pendant arms of the bucket is what is
called the "grip frame." This frame contains the
automatic attaching and releasing devices. As the
upper bucket comes into the terminal it passes around
terminal wheel and into the releasing rods. The
rods force the grip up and the clip then passes out of
the grip frame and on to the accelerator. It must
be borne in mind that the loaded bucket is in the ac-
Fiy. a.— Tension Station— Middle of Line.
the clip casting it is claimed to be an impossi-
bility for the clip to slip on the rope, no matter how
heavy the load, or how steep the grade. It will be
noticed, in attaching these clips to the rope, that all
hold on the rope is taken from the outside, and by
having two distinct holds on the rope, besides giving
a double factor of safety, there is no liability of the
rope making a short bend, and thus causing undue
Fig. 6'. — Looking up From Tension Station.
wear when the clip is passing over the carrying
sheaves. The hold of rope being entirely on the out-
side, is a very important item, as it relieves all pos-
sibility of stranding the rope.
The buckets, to which these clips attach them-
selves, are in the standard sizes of a capacity of four
and a half cubic feet, and are hung from two pendant
arms, which in turn are hung from a walking beam
Fig. S. — Lower Terminal— Carrying up Mine Timber.
celarator carriage, and is waiting to be attached to
the clip on the running rope just released from the
incoming bucket. As the clip comes in contact with
the accelerator, it starts the same gradually from a
dead stop to the full speed of the rope. In doing
this the full bucket is started and attains the same
speed as the running rope. As the bucket attains
this speed.jlit is attached to the clip on the running
Ftff. !J.
■ Tenniual — Automatic Dumping.
rope, which has thrown the accelerator out of the
way. At this point the attaching rods force the
grip frame down and the grip has attached itself to
the clip. The bucket passes out of the terminal and
on down the line. The accelerator carriage, in
moving along with the accelerator, has moved the
empty bucket up to the former stationary position
of the loaded bucket, and in the carriage returning
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Mining and Scientific Press
545
to its resting position has taken the accelarator
back to its proper position for a^jain starting the
bucket as the next clip comes around. The patentee
asserts that this is the only device in the tramway
line that attaches its buckets to the running rope at
the same speed as the running rope and doing it
automatically.
It will be noted that the grip catches hold of the
clip and does not in any way take hold of the rope.
Ftii. Iii.—Luftkinv up the Line Fnnn Mill.
As a rule, a bucket with its load weighs about 900
pounds. The ordinary speed of running is from 250
feet per minute to 300 feet per minute. In doing
this work automatically it saves labor, and does
away with excessive wear and strain.
On account of its flat construction the Finlayson
clip can ruu over or under a carrying sheave, just as
desired. In being able to do this the necessity of
making extremely long spans is avoided, and by this
Fig. It.—OSO Feet Span—Bucltets 45U Feet Alove the Oround.
means the cost of construction is lessened. In the
method of carrying the running rope the strain on
the grips is reduced to the minimum. As this trac-
tion rope is carried on sheaves at the towers, and is
always carried at exactly the same distance from the
standing rope, this relieves the gripping arrange-
ment at the bucket from carrying the entire weight
and strain of the traction rope and puts it where it
Fig. t2.— Upper Terminal.
can be taken care of with no damage whatever.
The clip being able to pass under or over a sheave,
lessens the cost of construction, as it enables both
terminals to set on a level, and, in doing this, ad-
mits of much less material going into construction.
At the terminals are the large terminal grip
wheels, around which traction rope runs. These grip
wheels lie horizontal, and in face of same are the
clamps, which take bold of the rope and admit of
having tramway under perfect control at all times,
as brake wheels are attached to upright shaft, which
passes through brake wheel and grip wheel. As rope
enters the grip wheel it is clamped or rather forced
to the upper rim of grip wheel ; it is held in this po-
sition until grip wheel has made half a revolution, ;
when rope, running off of a true circle, is automati-
cally released from the grip wheel. These grips are
put into wheel as often as is required by the condi-
lions of grade and load. Special arrangements have
been made to take care of the tension on each stand-
ing rope. The slack of the traction rope is taken
care of at the lower terminal.
At the lower terminal the dumping arrangement
is attached. The empty out-going bucket dumps the
loaded one, tipping the bucket completely over, thus
insuring a positive spilling of its contents. The
buckets are released and attached in exactly the
same way as at upper terminal. The dumping at-
tachment is positive in its action. As stated before,
buckets are not taken off of the line to load or un-
load, unless it is desired. If this be the case,
switches are arranged so that this can be done, buck-
ets, however, being released and attached automati-
cally.
The route over which this tramway runs starts at
ore bins, which have been erected just below mouth
of tunnel No. 4. All ore from upper levels is con-
veyed in chutes to this level ; here it is taken in ore
cars to bin, and from bin it is loaded into buckets, as
is shown in Cut No. 12. This cut shows bucket
loaded in accelerator carriage waiting to be at-
tached to clip. Owing to the steepness of this line,
it was necessary to place three break wheels on up-
per terminal shaft. As bucket leaves terminal it
travels on frame work. Cut No. 1 being a side view
of same, and Cut No. 7 being a top view. In these
cuts it will be seen how the running rope is carried
on the sheaves, bucket No. 39 is just about leaving
frame work, and will run onto the standing rope and
then on down the line. Bucket No. 41 has just come
up the line and is on its way to terminal, where it
will be automatically dropped from running rope at
accelerator carriage, and bucket No. 40, loaded, be-
ing picked up. Bucket No. 41 shows clip in grip
frame. Cut No. 11 shows buckets crossing the Noble
Five slide. This span is 900 feet long, and it is 400
feet from bottom of gulch to the top of standing
rope.
Cut No. 6 shows line, looking up from tension sta-
tion, the long span being between the second and
third derricks shown. No. 5 shows tension station
with bucket No. 18 coming down loaded. As this
bucket reaches the station, it will run from standing
rope to rail, rope passing down to weight box, and,
on running oft' of rail, it will run onto second section
of standing rope. This cut also gives a view of
sheave carrying traction rope. No. 4 shows empty
bucket going up the line, having just left the lower
terminal. No. 8 shows log going up the line in tim-
ber hooks, and also shows running rope on under
side of carrying sheaves. No. 2 shows derrick con-
struction. No. 9 shows interior of lower terminal
and bucket dumped. This cut shows accelerator car-
riage, accelerator and releasing and attaching rods,
and back view of grip frame on bucket 32. Bucket
31 shows front of grip frame. No. 10 shows mill and
entire line. No. 3 shows mill, with office building
and freight cars. Having seen upper terminal (Cut
No. 12) and freight oars (Cut No. 3), one can readily
understand how the Noble Five handle their product
from the time the ore is dumped into bins at upper
terminal. It is handled automatically, until the sack-
ing floor for the concentrates is reajhed ; here the
product is sacked, loaded into the Kaslo & Slocan R.
R. cars and sent to market.
Mr. R. M. Sherman, general manager of the Noble
Five Co., tells the Colorado Iron Works Co. that all
up-freight and supplies for the mine were carried on
tramway and the saving thus affected paid operat-
ing expense of tramway, a large estimated wear and
tear account and the interest on the investment,
thus carrying their 480 tons of material every
twenty-four hours for what they would have to pay
for packing up freight alone.
One of the treats in traveling through the Slocan
country is a ride over this tramway line. At lower
terminal one is suspended nearly 700 feet in midair
over 50 feet from the ground, then passed over
derricks, crossing a snowslide over 400 feet between
derricks, passing the tension station and over the big
slide. Here, as a rule, the passengers are treated
to a stop of a moment to appreciate the scenery, as
well as the sensation of being hung up in midair 400
feet from the ground and on a wire rope 900 feet
between supports, again moving along to the upper
terminal, where a stop is made to observe how
handling ore is automatically done, again climbing
into the bucket, shoved Into accelerator carriage
and with no jar in starting speed down the line, re-
crossing the long spans and reaching the lower end
in safety, having in forty-five minutes an experience
which can be talked of for the rest of one's life.
The Colorado Iron Works Co. are now filling an
order for one of the Finlayson patent wire rope
tramways, 8300 feet long, which will be placed on
the Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, Colo., and
operated by the Terry Mining & Milling Co.
Suggestions as to River Dredging for Qold.
To THE Editor; — I am pleased to see in your last
issue Mr. Jno. Richards' letter about river dredging
for gold. He being an authority on the centrifugal
pump, what he says on that subject is well worth
considering; the more especially, as developments
in Feather river, both by the Pearce and McLaugh-
lin companies, have shown that in the rocky canyons
of that river the gold cannot be got in sufficient
quantity to pay the cost of extraction.
But that is no reason, as Mr. Richards says, why
gold may not be got in other places to pay, especi-
ally where the grade of the stream is moderate and
the width considerable, having the right kind of bed-
rock.
Mr. Richards ascribes the failure of the Oroville
scheme to want of evolution, which is the fashion-
able way of saying it was due to gross ignorance of
the natural pneumatic principle that air will rise
through water.
Now, Mr. R. thinks that with the use of methods
which are no longer experimental, the gold which
L. L. Robinson could not get can be got now at a
profit.
No engineer will challenge that statement, coming
as it does from such a careful, conservative and
capable authority as Mr. Richards. At the same
time, those who knew Mr. Robinson will be apt to
think twice before making the attempt to find gold
where he failed.
There are no great difficulties to be encountered
in dredging fine silt or gravel from a soft or smooth
bottom, but when the bottom of the river is a crys-
talline rock formation of a very ragged character,
containing boulders from 100 pounds up to 100 tons
weight, the difliculties then become such as require
engineering skill and capital to overcome. But,
strange to say, Mr. R. does not say how these diffi-
culties are to be overcome, nor does he mention the
only method whereby they have yet been overcome,
viz., by the Evans hydraulic elevator.
What we would like to know from Mr. Richards is
whether he would prefer to use the centrifugal pump
in preference to the hydraulic elevator in dredging
gravel where, as he says, "the boulders are such
that one person's idea is to pass them through the
pump; another, to raise them by separate tackle or
apparatus; a third, to move and stir but not to raise
them."
An answer to that question will enable us to form
a fair idea of the feasibility of Mr. Richards' scheme
to extract the gold at a profit from the Oroville bed
of the Feather river. Robert Steve.nson.
San Francisco, June 15th, '97.
What the Telluride Ores Look Lilte.
Before me as I write is a box full of very rijh gold-
bearing telluride ores, lately come from Cripple
Creek. Some of the rock has been heated, and the
gold roasted out onto the surface in little round bub-
bles of bright yellow metal; it looks as if the rock
had broken out with a violent rash of gold pimples.
The remainder of the specimens are in the unaltered
gray rock (presumably phonolite) just as they came
from the mine. The general appearance of this tell-
uride-bearing rock is that of a dull gray, fine-
grained homogeneous mass, occasionally streaked or
clouded by darker gray lines of greasy looking
quartz, characteristic of what is called tellurium
quartz. This is on one surface of the rock, the
other, which doubtless faced the interior of the vein,
is full of little cavities lined with yellowish green
botryoidal quartz, upon which, here and there, are
little round yellowish balls that on fracture show a
starlike or radiated structure, and are probably
some form of zeolite, such as wavellite. Running in
and out amongst these miniature cavities, or partly
surroundnig them, there appears to the naked eye a
sparkling network or lace work of the bright shin-
ing tin flle fakes and crystals of telluride. Some-
times these are aggregated into a brownish moss-like
mass, at other places individual flakes or blades, or
crystals of telluride are scattered all through the
gray mass of the rock, or follow certain ill-defined
minute gray seams in it.
The telluride crystals might almost be taken for
native silver, only the lustre is brighter and more
tin-like. The rock is sometimes quite a dark lead
gray, from which the little specks of telluride glitter
brightly. Under the magnifying glass the appear-
ance of crushed masses of these tellurides reminds
one of gray copper, (tetrahedrite), only of a brighter
and more tin-like lustre. The magnifying glass
shows sometimes a sort of columnar grouping of
crystals, at others a lamellar structure like crystals
of mica. They seem at times to be burnished as if
oxidized, generally it is hard to make out distinct
crystalline forms only broken crushed masses, glis-
tening flakes and burnished blades. The appearance
of the roasted out gold under the magnifying glass is
very brilliant. The little bubbles of gold are hollow,
the outside or crust of the bubble is of rough filagree
bright yellow gold. — A. Lakes in Colliery En-
gineer.
546
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 26, 1897.
Mining Summary.
CALIFORNIA.
Amador*
( Special Correspondence ). — The Reward
mill started its ten stamps again last Tues-
day, after being shut down for two weeks. A
new ore body over 30 feet wide has been
opened by a 400-foot tunnel, but none of the
rock has yet been tested in the mill.
The new 6-foot mill has been put in place at
the Robinson or Monte Cristo mine, near Vol-
cano, and is expected to begin crushing ore
about the 1st of July.
The recent unwatering of an old shaft on
the Mitchell mine, near Pine Grove, disclosed
a ledge from 6 to 15 feet in thickness, carrying
a small amount of free gold, with considerable
additional value in the sulphurets.
The Marklee Mining Company has about
concluded negotiations for a complete plant of
machinery needed in reopening that mine
five miles northeast of Volcano.
It is reported that the Fogus mill will start
again very soon, with plenty of good rock in
sight. Mr. W. S. Lyle, one of the trustees
of the State Mining Bureau, Superintendent.
In the district round aboutPine Grove wood
for fuel is worth §3..50 per cord, delivered at
the mines. Water for power costs about 15
cents per inch for a twenty-four hours' run.
Heavy teams— generally ten horses or mules
— are now busy hauling mine timbers to the
larger mines on the Mother Lode. Many of
these teams pass Pine Grove nearly every day.
Pine Grove, June 22, '97.
Rcpuhlican: The Zeila mill will not be
started during the present month. Consider-
able work must be done in the shaft yet be-
fore rock crushing will again be resumed.
At the Anita a heavy flow of water was
struck a few days ago, which has gradually
gained on the pumps ever since. It is thought
that with the present pumping facilities the
water cannot be handled. This flow of water
is considered a good indication.
Gates & Groome are erecting a tailings sav-
ing plant below the site of the Argonaut mill.
The Doyle Gold Mining and Milling Com-
pany has been incorporated bv W. R. S. Foye,
A. W. Bogart, C. D. Olney, "L. B. Doe and
C. E. Elliot, to work the Doyle mine on the
mother lode at Jackson.
Lcchjcr: The death of W. B. Carr caused
the cessation of operations in the Cover, but
Mr. Purrington soon had new capital inter-
ested, and the work of taking out the accu-
mulated water was commenced by starting
pumps and skips Monday, June 7th.
Untte.
Mercury: The Consolidated Gold Mines of
California have received a boiler for the Ban-
ner mine.
The depth of the Banner mine is being in-
creased. They will now sink to the 1700 foot
level. The mill is crushing ore from the
Clark & Coffee and Amosky mines. New hoist-
ing works are in course of erection on the
Clark & Coffee mine, the pumps are being
lowered into the Golden Feather, and the
steel derricks are in place and are being oper-
ated with compressed air — they used steam
last season. The Golden Feather will be
pushed hard this season; three shifts of eight
hours each will be worked. In this way no
time will be lost; this gives an additional
force of men employment in this mine — sev-
enty will be employed in lieu of fifty last sea-
son. The Banner mine will also handle sev-
enty men.
The Pete Woods mine will also be re-opened
in the near future— probably within ten days
— with an increased force of men.
The Consolidated Gold Mines, George H.
Evans, manager, will do some active work this
season.
£1 Dorado.
Nugget: At the Pocahontas they are sink-
ing on the 500-foot level and prospecting the
property.
At the German they are getting out good
rock. They are on the 100-level and sinking.
E. A. Stent has purchased from H. Koerner
some properties near the GrifBtb Consoli-
dated.
Encouraging reports come from the Griffith
Consolidated. In the tunnel and on the 350-
foot level the rock is showing up well.
In Garden valley E. W. Ashton, late of
England, is making arrangements for timber-
ing and sinking the shaft of the Garden Val-
ley G. M. Co., known as the Esperanza.
P. M. Bell has bonded his mine, the Lady
Emma, to a company in San Francisco. Work
has already begun, Ihe power being generated
by steam.
The Big Pour mine is being pumped out by
a company in San Francisco, with the inten-
tion of buying.
Calaveras.
Prospect'. At Murphys a company has re-
cently bonded the Reeky Bar and are taking
out a test crushing from the levels.
A recent milling of a few tons from the
Mexican mine yielded very well and was in
every detail satisfactory to the gentlemen who
have it under bond.
At the Gwtn it is announced by Superin-
tendent Thomas that the result of 'the clean-
up for last month was a block of gold weighing
152 pounds. The 40-stamp mill is kept run-
ning steadily and the works are all illumin-
ated by electricity. Preparations are under
way to pump out and repair the old south
shaft, after which GO stamps will be added to
the mill, making 100 in all.
A bond has been secured by Colonel Robin-
son on the old Western quartz mine at
Mokelumne Hill and the work of developing
the property will be begun at once. This
property yielded some rich ore in early days,
but it had been abandoned for upward of
thirty years. The colonel, having heard that
a rich ledge existed there, cleaned out one of
the old shafts and found at the bottom of the
hole, without sinking a foot into the quartz, a
large body of ore that will mill at $9 to the
ton. It also shows a good quantity of galena
sulphurets. As there was any quantity of
the same kind of ore in sight, and as the
ledge seemed to hold out well with sinking,
a 10-stamp mill was purchased at Plymouth,
which will be put up at once.
Arrangements have been made for the sur-
vey for an incline shaft 1100 feet deep for the
Madison mine. It will be started on Gold
Cliff ground, running down at an ang'e of 40°,
and striking the north drift on the 900-foot
level of the Madison.
Chronicle: At the Esperanza mine the shaft
has reached a depth of 5S0 feet and the work
of sinking is going steadily on. Good rock
was encountered on the 400-foot level, still
better on the 500, while in the bottom of the
shaft the best rock in the mine was found.
Inyo.
Register: Southern Inyo is now receiving
marked attention at the hands of persevering
prospectors. As a result of their labors sev-
eral new districts have been opened up with
a very promising outlook for future prosperity,
although not yet far enough advanced to de-
termine their stability.
The Lane mine at Darwin is working three
S-hour shifs.
Mr. Newman of Tulare lately located 160
acres of placer ground in Mazourka canyon,
east of Independence. It is the intention of
himself and associates to run a long tunnel to
secure a water supply, and develop the prop-
erty on an extensive scale.
Nevada*
(Special Correspondence). — The Maryland
mine keeps thirty-five stamps busy. When
operated bv the Idaho Company, it produced a
little over"$13,0D0,000, half of which was paid
in dividends. It is a continuation of the
Eureka vein, from which over $17,000,000 have
been extracted.
The North Star mine, abandoned many
years ago as being worthless, is still in opera-
tion, another evidence of what may be accom-
plished by the judicious investment of a little
capital. In 1SS4 it was re-opened, and has
since produced nearly ¥3,000,000. At this time
it is worked chiefly on the tribute system.
The Empire mine, the oldest in operation in
Grass Valley, has been developed to a depth
of over 2,000 feet, and the vein at that point is
very productive, keeping the 40-stamp mill
busy. This mine has a recorded production of
nearly $6,000,000.
The Omaha Con. is one of the great produc-
ers of this district.
The Bullion Consolidated, comprising the
John Bright, Galena, lone and Alaska claims,
is developed to a depth of over SOO feet.
The W. Y. O. D. mine still continues pro-
duction. It is equipped with milling, hoisting
and pumping plant capable of developing it to
a depth of 3,000 feet.
The Massachusetts Hill mine is in full
operation, employing a large number of men
on tribute and day's pay. Tte company has
determined to sink a shaft midway between
the North Star and Massachusetts Hill
mines, to be known as the Central mine.
A hoisting and pumping plant will be erected
on the property, and it is expected the vein
will be tapped at a depth of from 500 to 700
feet.
The Gold Hill mine has been re-opened. It
is located on the ground where gold quartz
was first discovered in California, At a
deptb of 500 feet over $4,000,000 was produced.
It is stated tbat underground operations
will soon commence at the Allison Ranch
mine. For over a year preparations have been
going on for the resuscitation of this mine. It
is now supplied with machinery capable of de-
veloping the property to a great depth. The
mine is now owned by Mackey, Flood, et al.,
and much will be expected from it. It has
been idle for thirty-five years, but during the
time of its operation it produced a great
amount of gold. In October, 1855, a crushing
of IS tons of ore yielded $6,000, while in De-
cember of the same year a crushing of 62 tons
yielded $23,000. Mr. Mackey is expected to
spend the summer in Grass Valley, and will
give personal attention to its success.
Supt. Brockington is pursuing the develop-
ments of the New Orleans mine, which is sit-
uated between Ophir Hill and Osborn Hill,
and is generally supposed to he an extension
of the Empire vein.
At the Pennsylvania mine it is stated that
every ton of rock extracted from the vein will
yield $45, exclusive of sulphurets. For eight
years the stockholders paid assessments
prospecting and developing the mine, and
when it is remembered that the company is
composed mostly of Grass Valley and Nevada
City business men, it must be acknowledged
that they are deserving of all they receive.
The shaft is down over 800 feet. It is ex-
pected that great improvements will soon be
made on the property. John Eddy is the
superintendent.
The Gold Hill mine, now the property of the
Weissbien Bros., was recently leased to a
party of Grass Valley miners for three years.
It is their intention to re-open the shaft which
is now 200 feet deep, and repair the plant,
and push development. This mine has pro-
duced well in the past.
Not since quartz mining was placed on a
practical basis have so many men been em-
ployed in the Nevada City mines. Next to
Grass Valley, this is the largest mining town
in the State, having an approximate popula-
tion of 0000. It is also second in point of gold
production. The quartz veins of this locality
do not contain the same percentage of free
gold, but are more highly mineralized than
the Grass Valley veins, containing in some in-
stances from 40 to 70 per cent of mineral. The
sulphurets are also higher grade.
The Champion is a consolidation of several
mines and ledges, and is very productive.
The shaft has reached a depth of 1800 feet,
with a promising vein in the bottom. Work
is being prosecuted at several different lev-
els and the ore extracted is of a good grade.
Two hundred men are on the company's pay-
roll, and over $15,000 is disbursed in wages
every month. The mill has seventy stamps
busy night and day. Some time ago it was
reported that the London Exploration Co.was
about to purchase the mine and had made an
offer for it. The negotiations fell through,
however, because of inability to agree on the
figure which represents the true value of the
mine. Fred Zeitler is the superintendent of
this mine and he has transformed it into a
dividend-paying mine.
The Providence mine, one of the oldest
quartz mines in the State, is opposite the
Champion mine on Deer creek, and is in a
prosperous condition. Up to the present time
nearly $6,000,000 has been extracted, and
there is yet plenty in sight. The mine has
been developed to a depth of nearly 2000 feet,
and the vein at that depth shows as strongly
as at any other point. There is a 40-stamp
mill on the property, which is steadily em-
ployed reducing ore. A year ago the chlorina-
tion works were destroyed by fire, causing
much loss and inconvenience to the owner. A
new plant is building. The Providence is a
steady dividend payer and for over two years
has been under the management of William
McKinley.
The Mountaineer mine three years ago was
allowed to fill with water, the company hav-
ing turned their attention to some new
ground which they had purchased. A year
later new machinery was put in and the shaft
pumped dry. sunk 400 feet and levels driven
from each side. W. A, Dennis has been the
superintendent of this mine for the past ten
years.
At the Cadmus, owned in San Francisco,
work progresses. A 10-stamp mill and an air
compressor have been put in.
At the Summit mine development work is
being pushed. This mine was bonded some
time ago by F. W. Page for a company and
the sale recently consummated. The price
was $50,000. The shaft has been sunk several
hundred feet, and drifting on the vein is in
progress. The ore in this mine is high grade.
The property is under the supervision of Capt.
Geo. A. Nihell.
The Reward mine, presumed to be an ex-
tension of the old California vein, is producing
some good ore, and employing a number of
men.
The Mayflower mine continues to be a bul-
lion producer. There is a 20-stamp mill and a
fine plant on the property. It is managed by
W. H. Martin.
The Kirkham mine was bonded some months
ago by a party represented by John BufSng-
ton, who is the superintendent. They have
concluded to erect a hoisting plant and a 10-
stamp mill.
The Murchie mine, at one time a profitable
bullion producer, is still in operation under
the supervision of A. W. Blundell. Develop-
ment work is going on.
The East Harmony and West Harmony
gravel mines are extracting good gravel.
There are several smaller mines in opera-
tion here, all of which tend to benefit the
town commercially and financially. In other
portions of the county the outlook is very
promising, many hydraulic mines having re-
opened under the Caminetti act. In the
Washington and San Juan districts quartz
mining is quite active and some beneficial re-
sults may be expected.
June 15. '97.
Colfax Sentinel: A company of capitalists
from Salt Lake and San Francisco have ac-
quired a number of claims in Meadow Lake
district and are negotiating for a smelter to
be erected on the South Yuba river near C.
P. Railway.
B. A. Cardwell & Co., who secured a fran-
chise from the supervisors of Nevada county
to construct a toll road from Cisco to Meadow
Lake, have thejwork well under way and are
working a force of twenty-six men. The road
is now complete seven miles from Cisco to a
point near Old Carlysle at Old Man Moun-
tain. At this point the town site of Card-
well, three miles from Meadow Lake, has
been located. The road will be completed into
Meadow Lake in about ten days.
The company expects to secure a franchise
from the supervisors of Sierra county to ex-
tend the road to Sierra City, making the dis-
tance from Cisco less than thirty miles.
Quite a number of mining men and prospect-
ors have gone into the Lake district. The
California Gold Mining Company, of Salt
Lake, own the Washington, Crown Point,
Oakland and others. A force of men have
been employed and development work com-
menced.
C. A. Shaw, representing Los Angeles capi-
talists, has bonded some claims and expects
soon to commence work.
Colonel Blakeley, of South America, has
representatives in the district who have
taken hold of some claims with a view of de-
veloping them.
A number of mining men from Salt Lake
will visit the district about June 20th.
Roy Bemis, of Salt Lake, is in camp. Aus-
tin Bemis, who represents a Salt Lake syn-
dicate, has been there this week.
Several matte furnaces and concentrators
will be erected in the district.
John Clark, George Clark and Jos. William,
who have had faith in the camp for many
years, went in last week to commence work
on properties held by them.
Telegraph : Some time ago the machinery
at the Brunswick mine broke down and in the
delay of repairing considerable water accu-
mulated. But now the mine is clear of the
water and the work of mining has been re-
sumed.
Corporations have been formed by Andreas
Goetz, Jose Ruiz Rojas, Charles Stepp, Gustav
Ruiz Rojas and Carl Goetz to work the Texas
and Minerva mines.
Union: The Norambagua mine, at Forest
Springs, was worked in early days by a Sac-
ramento company consisting of Newton Booth
and his partners, at which time there were
100 men employed. It is now owned by Wm.
Campbell. It is a small ledge, but the old
pay shoot was 1000 feet in length. Recent
work has been done on another shoot which is
300 feet long.
Placer.
Sentinel : At the Pioneer a short time ago a
rich pay chute was struck on the Lynn vein
in the lower tunnel known as No. 4. The
chute is now over 100 feet long. The vein
has been from two to six feet in width, and
still shows a width of four feet in face. No. 4
tunnel is 510 feet below tunnel No. 3. The
dip of the ledge will give the company consid-
erably more than 500 feet of backs to stope.
The company owns fourteen mining claims,
covering an area of 300 acres. Pioneer quartz
mine has for years been a heavy producer.
The Blue Canyon Mining Co. have ceased
hand work in the tunnel, which is now in 422
feet. They are preparing to put in a compres-
sor of 30 H. P., to be used to run two power
drills.
Nine men are engaged working on leases at
the Paragon mine at Bath. The company has
11 men at work.
The Dorer mill in Humbug Canyon, seven
miles from Towle, is steadily running on cus-
tom ore.
FlnmaH.
Tndcpcmlcnt : The Eastern owners in the
California Gold Mines and Investment Com-
pany have been inspecting their property at
the old Taylor diggings, and they express
themselves as pleased with the prospects, and
desirous of pushing work as soon as the suit
now in the courts can be terminated. This
company possesses a large bank of auriferous
gravel and exceptional water facilities, which
can be largely augmented at a comparatively
slight expense. The result of their run last
year was satisfactory.
J. B. Sutton will begin the development of
the Blue Ball channel struck near Quincy last
fall.
Shasta.
Free Prctif^ : Cannon & Hanley have been de-
veloping a body of ore on Tom Neal creek, be-
tween the Sacramento and McCloud rivers.
They have had four men at work this spring,
and have run an SO-foot crosscut tunnel which
tapped the ledge at a depth of 200 feet. They
will now run another tunnel 400 feet to cross-
cut the ledge at a depth of 700 feet. The
ledge is 13 feet in width and the ore carries
free gold.
F. R. Enright, superintendent of the After-
thought smelter on Cow creek, is repairing
and improving the smelter furnace, prepara-
tory to a season's run. The furnace, which is
the steel water jacket pattern, was not com-
pleted until late last fall, and, owing to the
early rains, the plant was closed down until
spring. During the winter months consider-
able ore was taken from the mine and roasted.
The ore is very similar to that of the Iron
Mountain mine. They now have 1000 tons of
roasted ore on hand, and, as soon as the work
on the furnace is completed, it will be started
up. The plant has a capacity of thirty tons
per day and was erected as an experimental
one.
A bond entered into last November by
Panter & Berr, owners of the Garfield quartz
mine at Old Diggings, and A. Walrath of San
Francisco, was given in consideration of $2000,
to apply on the purchase price of the property,
in the sum of $50,000. Mr. Walrath was re-
quired to perform $3000 worth of development
work.
A rich strike of sulphide ore was made a
few days ago on Muletown mountain on the
properly being worked by the London Gold
Tunnel Company. An outcrop of ore near the
mouth of the tunnel which the company is
running was opened by blasting to a depth of
4 feet, showing a solid mass of sulphurets,
which later excavestions show to be about 60
feet in width. This mass of sulphide is shown
by the limited tests made to carry a paying
percentage of gold, silver and copper.
The Milkmaid Mining Company has been in-
corporated to work the Milkmaid mine, at
French Gulch, recently purchased by Senator
Jones and Lon Hamilton.
The stations on the new ropeway from the
Mammoth-Garfield mine in Old Diggings to
the smelter of the Mountain Copper Company,
at Keswick, have been completed, and on
Wednesday the work of stretching the cable
was begun. The entire plant will be in opera-
tion in less than two weeks.
At Kennet there are eighteen men em-
ployed at the Windy Camp mine. The ore is
richer in copper as depth is attained, and it
holds the usual per^entage of gold and silver.
Sierra.
(Special Correspondence).— The Butte Sad-
dle mine has two tunnels, both on the ledge,
the upper 100 ft., and the lower, 1100 ft., with
215 ft. backs. There is a 10-stamp mill 6,000
ft. below the lower tunnel, connected with it
by a rope tramway. The ledge averages 7 ft.
in width, and mills $8 exclusive of sulphurets.
There are no concentrators. A recent assay
of sulphurets yielded $306 per ton. The works
were closed one year ago, probably not so
much on account of discord, as a want of
means to run a much needed lower and longer
tunnel. The company began without any cap-
ital, and erected a 10-stamp mill and all the
other improvements. T. J. Seitz is the prin-
cipal owner. The property is in close proxim-
ity to the rich producer known as the Sierra
Buttes. The formation is slate and porphyry.
Water right accompanies the property.
The Bullion group comprises eight claims,
and is '6% miles northwest of town. The coun-
try rock is greenstone. There are two tun-
nels, the lower cross-cutting the ledge at
1,000 ft. The upper tunnel is 1,200 ft. long on
the ledge. The property was worked under
lease and considerably gouged, though all the
work was confined to one claim. The other
seven are still virgin ground. The ore by
mill test averaged $7.50. The sulphurets are
impregnated with galena. The property is
idle for want of capital. It is owned by F. J.
Cook, Spellenberg & Devine.
The Phucnix, with a good record as a pro-
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ducer, fine mill aod excelleat buildings. Is in
litigation.
Few t-ainps can produce a longer record of
good properties which men sought lo operate
with either a limited ttnowledge of mining, or
a too limited capital, or both; but the merit
of the ore bodies, the modern business meth-
ods of mininf? and milling should not be long
In bringing them into successful operation, and
Into producing mines. J. F. L.
Sierra City, June 19th. '1(7.
(Special Correspondence).— Situated about
Vi day's drive from Nevada City, and sur-
rounded by huge mountains, is the thriving
village of Forest. From the early ftO's to
1SS4 the annual gold product of this section
reached the million dollar mark several times.
With the exception of a few properties, gravel
mining in this region was not carried on in
any methodical manner, and yet the product
of the precious metal was remunerative.
Within the past few years, however, a few
capitalists have found their way hither, and
to-day the outlook for Forest to again become
a prosperous mining camp is very promising.
This will be the case not only Id deep channel
mining, but in quartz likewise. The great
areuof country hereabouts, with its thousands
of acres of auriferous gravel, following upon
the success of present operators, must soon
attract the attention of outside capital.
There are many local holders of good
properties but they lack the means for
extensive development, and they offer
favorable inducements to outside wealth.
In future letters I will enter some-
what into detail on the several properties now
in successful operation, together with the ex-
tensive and systematic plans of development
work pursued.
There are thousands of acres here and
mites of channels awaiting the miner's pick
and shovel when capital comes to his aid. The
amount of channel gold presented at Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s office in Forest from week to
week, and a visit to several of the mines in the
neighborhood, leave no room for doubt in the
careful observer's mind as to the advisability
of investment in this section, nor lo the prac-
ticability of making judicious purchases of
channel-bed acres. It may be safely asserted,
after weeks of travel through California, that
few, if any sections of the State present alike
favorable opportunities for rich returns on
money invested in gravel mines.
The favorable location to principal stage
roads, proximity to market supplies, timber
and water resources, and added to these a
charming mountain climate, and the rich gold
deposits in the extensive ancient channel
beds, being the principal feature, must ere
long brine about a renewed spirit of activity
in the production of the precious metal in and
around the one-time flourishing mining camp
of Forest Citv. J. F. L.
Forest City, June 20th, '97.
HlsklyoD*
Under guard of four armed men, says the
Reporter^ W. P. Bennett came out of the Sal-
mon River mines last Tuesday with fUJ.OUO in
gold, which he took to San Francisco for coin-
age.
Reporter: At Happy Camp, R. Aubery has
shut down for the season. His clean-up was
very good. This is a high channel claim. The
banks run from twenty to thirty feet deep.
Water is taken from Aubery Creek in a ditch
thirty inches wide, a mile in length, supply-
ing a ten-inch pipe of 750 feet equipped with a
No. 2 giant.
Elliott Bros., at Cottage Grove, have just
finished a four mile ditch from Shuiip Creek,
giving them water till August. They have
about 800 feet of eleven-inch pipe, and a No. 3
giant.
News: The Klamath Flume and MiningCnra-
pany will make extensive developments this
season, and have established permanent head-
quarters at Happy Camp. The work is under
the immediate supervision of T. J. Nolton.
The enterprise is attracting miners and labor-
ers to Happy Camp from all directions.
Jnurnal: The Boyle mine, on Humbug,
which it is expected to soon start up, is well
equipped with the best machinery. The
property has been closed down for more than
a year owing to legal difficulties which have
just been settled.
Trinity.
Journal: It is reported that London capi-
talists will soon purchase the BuUychoop min-
properties.
A. N. Butts, Superintendent of the Poker
Bar Mining Company, will soon start work at
Poker Bar.
Taolnmne.
Independent : The Mascot mine, on Mormon
creek, is having a 5-stamp mill erected. The
App mine is now down 900 feet, but sinking
will continue. The new mill at the Conlidence
mine is now crushing ore. Sinking has com-
menced on the Omega mine at Rawhide. The
Trio mine is pushing work on their three-com-
partment shaft, fifteen men being engaged.
A new vein has been struck in the Green
mine tiO feet in from the mouth of the tunnel.
The new mill at the Santa Ysabel is about
completed and will shortly commence to crush
the ore on the dumps. The Dutch mine has
closed down, but will in all probability start
up by the end of the month, by which time
the extra ten stamps now being put in will be
in place. Work on a large scale will shortly
be commenced on the Pena Blanco group of
■ mines, a company having been formed for that
purpose by Redwood City capitalists.
Union-Democrat : The Patterson, one of the
greatest gold producers of early days, is soon
to be operated on a big scale. It has an im-
mense width of vein and the plan is to quarry
the rock, -similar to the handling of the ore at
the Alaska mines. In addition to the mill of
a large capacity which will be erected, a new
shaft north of the old one will be sunk to a
depth of 1300 feet.
The new 10-stamp mill on the Arbona will
be completed and running by July 1st. The
main tunnel is in over aoo feet, with drifts
running both north and south on a big ledge.
At the Black Warrior and North Star Con-
solidated mines on Moccasin creek the length
of tunnel necessary to lap the ore body is less
than 500 feet. Of this distance -'TO feet is now
run, and, at the rate of li feet for each twenty-
four hours, the objective point should be
reached within the next sixty days.
Work on the 150-foot level in the Maryatt
shaft is being pushed south. Day and night
shifts are being worked. Face of level is in
good milling ore, and quality is improving as
progress Is made toward the Gagners ground.
G. W. Balloy and partner have struck rich
gravel in their placer mine near Confidence.
They are grouud-siuicing, and have cleaned
up quartz that will yield well.
NKVA1>A.
Reno (iazttte: The Mountain Boy is owned
byGriswoId, McPherson, Anderson and Plane.
It has a tunnel in ;iO feet. They are sacking
the richest of the ore taken out.
No. 2 extension is down JtO feet on a ledge
;^0 feet wide. This mine Is owned by McClane,
Pool and Bellum.
Proctor and Norris have two claims, the
Ora and Jennie C. They have a 2-stamp mill,
removed from White Horse, which they pro-
pose setting up.
The Crown Point parallels the Ora on the
north, and is owned by Jack Sheehan. He is
taking out some rich ore.
The claims visited are mostly located on a
green colored butte, about 1500 or 3000 feet in
circumference.
SHcer State: The borax teams have arrived
at VVlnnemucca from the Oregon refinery
with 35,000 pounds of Ijorax for shipment.
Sixty men are employed at Crevice Gulch,
Gold Creek, and it is expected that the force
will be enlarged shortly.
Reuo (iazettc: Olinghouse Canyon is situ-
ated about eight miles west of Wadsworth.
In the Hutchinson, owned bv W. J. Pollock,
N. A. Hummel, W. H. Mclnni'sand A.J. Gill,
they are down on a ledge about :« feet. The
shaft is 5x0 feet and in a solid ledge that has
assayed well from the grass roots down. They
have about 00 tons of ore on the dump.
The Gold Center, owned by Brooks McClane,
has a tunnel in 30 feet.
UTAH.
Mercur Mercnru'. Immense ore reserves,
whose presence was unsuspected two years
ago, are being developed by the open-pit work
at the Mercur mine.
The owners of the Camp Floyd group, near
Five Mile pass, propose to resume work soon.
While doing the last work on the property a
body of ore 30 feet thick and averaging $3 was
cut, and the vein has since been traced
around to La Cigale. By drifting on the ore
body it is believed that milling values will be
obtained.
Salt Lake Tribune: At the Eagle at Tintic
arrangements are being made to put the low-
grade ores into marketable form, and to that
end 1000 tons are to be run through the Sioux
mill. The ore, it is said, shows a valuation of
$15 in gold and 13 ounces silver per ton, and
should it be demonstrated that the ores can
be successfully treated through the Sioux
mill it is very likely that a plant will be
erected and the handling of ore in large quan-
tity at the Eagle undertaken.
At the Niagara mill Col. Heffron is now rush-
ing through fifty tons a day of gold bearing
ore, and to increase the amount four new
tanks are being added.
Tintic Miner: Shipments from the district
for the week are as follows: From the Bul-
lion-Beck, 20 carloads ore ; Centennial Eureka,
5 ; Ajax, 2 ; Sioux, 1 ; Swansea, 1 ; South Swan-
sea, 7; North Star, 6; Buckeye, 1; Four
Aces, 1.
The Gemini Company has made an ore con-
tract with one of the Sandy smelters, and it
is expected to commence shipments at once.
The new tunnel on the Uncle Sam is in
about '60 feet and is going ahead at the rate
of about 4 feet a day. It is about 400 feet
down the bill from the first tunnel in which
ore was struck, and will tap the vein at a
depth of about 200 feet lower.
The Southern Eureka shaft has reached a
deptli of 375 feet. Crosscutting will not be
commenced until the 500-foot level is reached.
A six-carload shipment from the Uncle Sam
is being loaded and will go out in a day or two.
A. A. Noon is driving a tunnel to develop
his iron mine east of Eureka.
Sinking in the Alaska shaft has been com-
menced by the contractors. The shaft is now
down 155 feet.
A shipment of 500 tons of second-class ore
is being made from the Spy to the Sioux mill
for a test run, and if the result is favorable a
large quantity of the ore may by worked.
Eureka Democrat: The tunnel of the Eagle
has been progressing steadily, and an upraise
from the 700-foot station has been run.
At the Alaska work is being pushed rapidly
and contractors are again sinkingon the shaft,
which will be put down to the 400-foot level.
Bingham is suffering from the increased
rate of marketing ores, and several of the old
producers will shut up until more favoi'able
conditions prevail.
Another strike is reported in the Uncle Sam
tunnel at a point 24S feet from the mouth. It
is said that 13 feet of ore has been encoun-
tered.
Bingham Bulletin : The Argentine group, on
the Tooele side of Clipper Hilt, has a crosscut
tunnel in 900 feet, at about 750 feet depth,
and it is to be continued 300 feet farther, to
catch the main vein. Five veins or spurs were
encountered in its course, hut no drifting has
been done. There was some time ago talk of
a combination to extend this tunnel through
the hill a distance of 3000 feet.
There is considerable activity at the Win-
namuck, it being the intention to put the
mine in condition for quite extensive opera-
tions, ready for any move that may be decided
upon. A contract has been let to sink the
Winnamuck incline 130 feet, and work will be-
gin as soon as the water can be pumped out.
Col. Heffron is increasing the capacity of
the Niagara cyanide mill, and his operations
will be much more important than last season.
Park Patrhtf : Arrangements for the re-
sumption of work on a largo scale in the Daly-
West are almost completed. The smelters are
beginning to look for a favorable chance lo de-
scend from their high monopolistic perch.
Ore shipments this week: Silver King,
first class, ;«11 tons; Anchor, II; Dalv-Wesl,
"iifZy^; Silver King concentrates, IHS tons;
Niter & Roeco concentrates, '^i tons.
Mammoth Itn-ont: Sinking on the main
shaft of the Boss Tweed is still being contin-
ued, and a depth of 300 feet from the tunnel
level, making in all 400 feet from the surface,
has been attained.
MONTANA.
Spokane ('hrmttclf.: At the present time one
of the largest steam dredges ever used in
placer mining is earning *^iOO a day in the bed
of Grasshopper creek in Beaverhead countv.
It can handle from 4000 to 5000 yards of dirt
every twenty-four hours. A larger dredge is
being built in South Milwaukee for the same
company. There is, perhaps, no place in Mon-
tana, where the dredge can be used with so
much success as in Grasshopper gulch. For
many years the bed of the creek has baflled
all ordinary methods of working. The gold in
that gulch dips at bedrock from 30 to 30 feet
below the surface, and because of the excess
of water it could not be worked by either
shaft or tunnel.
The success of the steam dredge in Grass-
hopper gulch has induced an Eastern company
to buy up a large part of Alder gulch with a
view of putting in a machine or two there.
There is a steam dredge in MitchelTsguIch,
near Helena. It is not in operation, but will
be in a few days, having just been shipped in.
Altogether it seems probable that through
the dredge scores of old placer grounds that
were once abandoned will be reopened again.
Ground can be worked with the dredge at a
cost of from five to eight cents a yard.
lnlcr■^fllunlnin : The new engine to be used
at the 1400-foot level in the Green Mountain
mine of the Anaconda company will be used
to develop the shaft. It was at'first intended
to sink the shaft an additional 300 feet, but
since the installation of the big engine it has
been decided to sink 400 feet, making the rotal
depth of the shaft 18U0, 300 feet deeper than
any mine in the camp. The High Ore shaft,
however, is being rapidly developed and will
possibly be 2000 feet deep before the Green
Mountain crew reaches the ISOO.
News has been received in Butte of the
closing down of the Mohegan mine and mill at
Red Bluff. The Mohegan has been operated
by a Boston company since last Fall and it was
understood that the mine was paying. One
of the Boston officers states that he has
orders to close down the whole works.
In the Lucky Dream in the Gaylord district
the workmen have struck a big body of gold
ore at a depth of less than 100 feet. The
claim adjoins the Spread Eagle only a short
distance from the celebrated Mayflower and
is owned by three Butte men, who leased and
bonded it some weeks ago to Upton, William-
son and others.
The Mayflower a few weeks ago ran into a
another rich ore shoot and the miners have
since been steadily employed.
On the adjoining claim, the Celebration,
Sam Ayotte has a force of men extending the
tunnel which was run by the Knight brothers.
Butte Miner: The Weasel Gulch Mining
Company's holdings in Granite county com-
prise sixty acres of placers in Bilk gulch, and
are being worked by hydraulic. The com-
pany put in a plant two years ago, costing
?60,000, which carries the water 800 feet high
to a large storage reservoir. At the present
time the company has men washing gravel.
Ore was discovered recently in the Home-
stake in Jefferson county near the surface,
and widened out as it went down. To a depth
of 75 feet the ore is of an oxide nature, carry-
ing gold, and below that is changed to a
sulphide, carrying at the 100-foot level about
2 per cent copper. The company has announced
its intention to continue the sinking of the
shaft 500 feet.
Leasers on the Michael Devitt lode claim,
which was sold for *35 1,100, are taking out
about sixty tons of ore daily that is very rich,
going about 30 per cent copper.
COLORADO.
Hepuhlican: At Cripple Creek the Moon
Anchor yields per week about 100 tons of low
grade ore, most of which is stored for the mill.
The company will join the Anchoria Leiand and
the sampler combine in building at Colorado
City.
The connection has been made between the
Moon Anchor shaft and the Cripple Creek and
Gold Hill tunnel at 320 feet depth, and in 300
feet of drift. Water pipes are now being put
in, and in a short time drainage through the
tunnel and work in the lower levels of the
mine will be resumed.
The Cripple Creek and Gold Hill tunnel is
now within a few feet of 2300 feet into the
hill, has passed through the Bonanza King and
is now in Lilian Leiand ground. With the
perfect air given by connection with the Moon
Anchor, exploitation on the Midget ore body
will be resumed in a few days.
So far this month the Anaconda has shipped
lyo tons of mill ore of an estimated average
grade of 130 a ton, and there are now in the
bins from 75 to 100 tons of the same grade.
A new plant has been ordered for the
Standard tunnel, being run into Beacon hill
by New York capital, and contracts are being
made with lessees on the west slope of the
hill, with the understanding that the new
plant is to be in operation within thirty days.
The bore has been run by hand to within SfiO
feet of the Fanny B. vein.
W. G.. Harden and John Spreyer are work-
ing the Pride of Cripple Creek on the east
slope of Ironciad, under bond and lease that
has eighteen months yet to run. While work-
ing through the old shaft on the property and
njinlng two grades of ore at 75 and 3«0 feet
depth, they arc sinking a new shaft.
The Callahan shaft on block 17 has opened a
fine body of sylvanite ore at 100 feet depth,
and is looked upon as the most important ore
body that has yet been opened in the hill at
that depth.
The Burns shaft on the Portland has passed
the SOO-foot point, and a sump is now being
cut. The mine is producing hoavilv. and both
the lower levels, that at 000 feet and the other
at 700 feet, are yielding large quantities of high
grade ore. Anew 12-drill compressor is now
in operation.
J. H. Sanborn, manager of the Little Mon-
tana Company, associated with D. H. Fuller
and W. E. Upjohn, of Kalamazoo, Mich., has
secured, under a bond and lease of two years,
the Burns, of Bull Hill,
A party of Leadville miners have taken an
eighteen months' lease on the Kaclnko, on
Guyot Hill, and will put on a new hoisting
plant.
The shipments from the Orpha May, of the
Union (Jold Company, during the past week
amount to nine cars, two of which were high
grade.
The Uinta tunnel, from Eclipse gulch has
reached the greatest depth it will attain, and
is cutting under the summit of Battle Moun-
tain, more than 1100 feet from its head.
The Old Gold tunnel into Beacon is being
pushed steadily by hand, is now 300 feet into
the hill. It has passed through the Raaler
I and is now in Columbia ground, and is nearing
the phonolite dike, along which values arc
expected.
There is unusual activity in the mining dis-
tricts of the Lai^lata and Needles mountains.
Fully 300 men are at work developing the
numerous mineral lodes of those districts, and
others are going in for the purpose of prospect-
ing further.
At Guffey the Carbonate King, backed by
Denver parties, is pushing work in the shaft
down 395 feet.
The American Flag, an incorporated com-
pany with B. Wey as manager, whose prop-
erty is located half a mile northwest of town,
has 400 feet of tunnel and is developing a
group of patented claims with large bodies of
low grade ore in sight.
The Manchester Gold Mining Company is
down 90 feet and working night and day
shifts.
The Annie Laurie, owned by H. L. Pigg
and J. W. McBeth, is down 125 feet.
The Union Co-operative Mining Company
has good showings with twelve men working
three shifts. The shaft is down 100 feet, and
the company will put on a steam hoist at once.
The Hub Hill Finis Mining Company, of
which E. Prewett is manager, is down 50 feet
on the Hub Hill shaft, and will put up a whim
at once.
Dr. A. Harvey, of Denver, and others are
driving the Sylvanite tunnel, and are in some
300 feet.
At Idaho Springs Darling & Metcalf, of
Denver, have finished installing their plant,
and are ready to resume the development of
the Palu claim, from which some very rich
ore has also been taken quite recently. They
have a shaft to a depth of 300 feet, and on one
wall have about IS inches of solid mineral,
carrying a high percentage in copper and gold.
John Owen is extending the levels on the
Gum Tree mine from the shaft at 240 feet.
He has one foot of smelting ore and some mill
dirt. The streak is copper-iron.
The Trail Run Company has opened up from
3to 3 feet of pay ore in the Magnolia lode, on
which they are now sinking a shaft.
BRITISH COLDIUCBIA.
Rossland Miner: Crosscuts about 40 feet
long have been run on either side of the main
tunnel at the east end of the ore chute, and
neither crosscut has yet found the wall. In
other words, the ore body has been proved to
be more than SO feet wide. A crosscut has
just been started to the south, 130 feet west
of the first crosscut, and this is now in 10 or
13 feet with a magnificent body of ore in
sight. The ore seems to be quite uniform in
character. It carries a certain amount of
waste, but taken as a whole, it carries high
values in both gold and copper. The gold-
bearing substance is a sort of rotten black
quartz. Small pieces of pure sulphide, show-
ing much copper, are scattered through the
entire mass.
At Sandon the trail for the Payne tramway
has- been completed and work on the tram
proper will be commenced at once. A force of
about eighty men will be employed. They
are at present shipping two cars of ore per
day, which will be increased to three cars
next week.
The Slocan Star shipped during May 800,-
000 pounds of ore over the Kaslo & Slocan.
Work will be resumed on the Canadian
group at once.
Tho Freddie Lee has resumed operations.
Work has been resumed in the shaft on the
Boundary Creek Mining and Milling Com-
pany's G. A. R, claim, Providence camp.
Rosultindcr : On the Old Gold four men are
working on a tunnel which is in 55 feet. The
lead is expected to be tapped in about 30 feet.
Four men are working on the Denmark and
Seattle, two claims of the Seattle group, on
Whiskey creek. A shaft is being sunk on the
vein.
Seven men are working on the Little Giant
and are down about 60 feet. The vein is a
quartz mixed with iron.
The shaft in the Columbia is down 35 feet;
the contract is to sink to 75 feet.
On the Ibex a contract has been let to con-
tinue the tunnel, now in 163 feet, for 50 feet
further, with an option of 100 feet.
{Special Correspondence.)— While it is true
that there are but few proved mines in the
districts along the coast proper, the prospects
548
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 26, 1897.
in the immediate future are very bright in-
deed. In West Alberni, on "Vancouver Island,
many apparently very valuable copper de-
posits have been located.
On Lynn creek, opposite and a few miles
from Vancouver, smelting propositions are be-
ing worked that run $5 on the surface.
In Harrison Lake district the Providence
mine is shipping to Tacoma, and the results
to date are excellent, the ore running Sion in
gold and silver. In the same district a large
amount of money is being spent on the Money
Spinner, whose vein runs vertically down the
mountain side. This vein has been stripped
130 feet, and its 18-inch pay chute runs high
in free gold. The vein is a true fissure.
At Lillooet the Golden Cache Company are
putting up their mill and "will commence
crushing their free gold rock in August.
At Fairview, in the Okanogan country, the
Tinhorn Company are waiting the arrival of
their San Francisco mail to commence crush-
ing. Their mine is proved for 1400 feet, and
all is ready for feeding the crusher.
Vancouver, June 17, '97.
Nelson Miner: Returns of produce of the
Kootenay mines to June 12 for this year are
as follows:
ORE EXPORTED.
FrO'Ti Slocan via Kaalo 11,649^
Slocan via Nakusp 2,842^
Rossland via Nortliport TfiTAH
Rossland via Nelson 52
Total 22,2I7H
Total Value;—
Through Nelson Custom House $1,258,362.87
Throuerh Revelatoke (Nakusp) 30ti.919.()5
Total $l,.iH5,282.02
Average value per ton $70,453
PRODUCE OF SJtBLTBRS.
Tons.
Nelson (Hall Mines) Matte SflG!^
Trail Smelter Matte 3,04«i4
Total -6.^2%
Total value 81,676,90(5.60
Total value of ore and matte exported... 3,242,188.91
OREGON.
Baker City Bedrnch- Democrat : At the Con.
Virginia the buckets in the shaft have been
replaced by cages. A depth of 600 feet has
been attained in the shaft and crosscutting
to the Virtue ore vein is to commenced at
once. This property is being worked by David
Keith, of Park City, Utah.
At the Virtue mine the shaft is 800 feet
deep, and to this level the big pumps are be-
ing lowered from the 600-foot level. Larger
and richer ore bodies are exposed in the lower
workings than above.
Bradbury Bros, have made another quartz
strike at the Cliff mine, north of the Flag-
staff, where they have a ledge 5 feet wide
in the drift in the bottom of the SO-foot shaft.
The Eastern Oregon Gold Mining Com-
pany has filed articles of in corporation. It is
formed to work property in McCord gulch.
At the Baisley-Elkhorn there are thirty
men employed.
B. B. Shepherd, who has been selected by
the California people having a bond on the Cy-
clone mine as their superintendent in charge
of operations, will put a force to work and
deep sinking will commence.
Rogue River Courier: The Blue Bucket
ledge, like that of the Lost Cabin, seems to
be turning up in all portions of the coast. A
party is now out in Grant county expecting to
find gold by the bucket full, according to the
legend. The Lost Cabin mine has not been
found now for several months. Any person
who knows of its whereabouts can get up a
party of prospectors in Grant's Pass.
A San Francisco company is about to work
the Philips-Strong copper ledge, a mile and a
half from Waldo. The ore is situated in a
creek bed, where a pumping plant will be put
in to keep the shaft clear. The rock assays
20 per cent copper and SIO a ton gold.
The Lewis mine cleaned up last week and
the result was highly satisfactory. A great
deal of money has been expended in putting
these diggings in shape.
The Baylord-IUff pump works are running
in daylight hours with seven men.
The Coast Range Mining Co. are running
their pump works ten hours each day, just be-
low Woodville.
Medford Mail: C. E. Smith on Little
Applegate has a ledge 50 ieet in width which,
while the ore is not high grade, will be a
good working proposition.
Articles of incorporation have been filed in
the Secretary of State's oflBce incorporating
the Pearl Minning Company, with a capital
of $110,000.
The Elk creek mining excitement has gone
a-gUmmering, in the minds of most people.
One party reports an abundance of Ore
there, but it is so low grade it will not pay
for milling. While it is true that the major-
ity of reports are derogatory, it is, as well,
true that some are favorable. It is reported
that there are between 600 and 700 people at
the mines, and that the district is fifteen
miles in length and five miles in width.
On the Great Applegate Mining Company's
ditch there are from fifteen to twenty men at
work.
WASHINGTON.
Spokane Chronicle : Around the headwaters
of Flat and Fifteen Mile creeks, on the reser-
vation, are some of the best mining prospects
in the State, This district lies about ten
miles southwest of Rossland. The formation
is the same and the character of rock is simi-
lar. It has the same iron capping as at Ross-
land, but more highly mineralized. The I'ock
carries gold, silver and copper.
The Alert Mining Company of Seattle own
a group of five claims. Most of the work has
been done on the Alert claim. In running a
tunnel they have crossed a well-defined ledge
and are now going down on it.
On Iron mountain the Lafayette Mining
Company own three claims. The company
have commenced work on the Lafayette
claim.
At Goat creek, Okanogan county, there
are more men at work than ever be-
fore in the history of the camp, and
strikes of rich gold-bearing ledges are
not of infrequent occurrence.
A number of claims have recently been
bonded to Eastern capitalists. John Donnelly
of Spokane has taken a bond on the Handley
group, which is located on Goat creek, for
S30,000.
The Perrines group of three claims, in the
same locality, have also been bonded for
S75,000. Both these properties show good ore
bodies very near the surface.
The Black Warrior Company are working
two shifts in their tunnel, which is being run
to cut the ledge.
Il>AHO.
Cceur d'Alene Presa: Kendrick reports that
travel toward the old gold fields of the Flor-
ence, Elk City, Warren's and Pierce district,
still continues in large numbers, the disap-
pearance of the snow having a great effect in
livening up travel toward these districts.
The Banner shaft, at Florence, is sunk to a
depth of 190 feet, and shows a well-defined
ledge, four feet in width. Owing to water
interference, work has been suspended until
the new steam hoist can be put in. They
have about 600 tons of ore on the dump, and
they say they will put a 10-stamp mill on the
property as soon as it can be done.
On the Toledo the ore is said to be quite
rich. A force of men have been put to work
on the property.
The Tiger-Poorraan mine at Burke, in the
Cceur d'Alenes, shipped 19S0 tons of concen-
trates for the 27 working days in May. Its
new plant is hoisting 400 tons of ore daily from
the 1100 foot level. One hundred and fifty
men are employed, and the mine and mill are
working night and day. The monthly ex-
penditures are about )?27,000, and the average
wages are S3. 72 per day. In the mines de-
velopment work is well ahead. They are
still sinking on the main shaft, which is now
down 1200 feet, with a 14 foot ore body.
Idaho City TT'^oHd: D. B. Huntley, superin-
tendent of the De Lamar mine, has been ex-
amining the Lucky Boy mine for the English-
men to whom Vivian Thorne is endeavoring
to make a sale. The Lucky Boy has a big
ledge, 75 feet wide. It is believed that the
entire ledge will pay from wall to wall with
a big mill. Different good-sized veins carry
high-grade ore.
'Eimove Bulletui: The owners of the Idaho
Consolidated mines, near Rocky Bar, have let
a contract for running a tunnel 2-50 feet in
length upon their claims. This company has
been idle for a great many years.
Knittle, Brainard and Cook recently dis-
covered extensive placer mines on the banks
of Bear creek, about one mile below Rocky
Bar.
In the Neai district the Hidden Treasure
mine under the management of P. Howe is
working twelve men with good results.
Sp6ka.ne Chronicle: In the Jerome mining
district the Gold Bug has made a strike of a
much better chute of ore than has yet been
shown on the property or even in camp.
The Daisy stamp mill has been started and
will stamp outside ore, yet a little ore from
the Daisy mine will be crushed.
Jesse Bishop, one of the owners of the
Bishop mine, reports that work will begin on
that property soon.
Work is still progressing on the Gypsie, the
ore showing a better color and quality than
heretofore.
SpoKesman-Review : One of the first Coeur
d' Alene quartz mines to be developed by home
capital was the Daddy, of which the Coplen
brothers of Latah were the original locators.
Ever since the mill was started there have
been three kinds of rosk in each ledge
worked — there are five or six running through
the ground. One is a low grade rock that
barely pays for mining and milling. It is in
the way, and must be removed. This quality
of ore is found in large quantities, the mill
working on it almost exclusively for weeks,
and sometimes even months at a time. Again,
at times the rock changes into a grade yield-
ing about S20 per ton. Then there is another
kind found in pockets that carries values
varying from S30 to ®2000 per ton. They have
a 10-stamp mill, which crushes from twenty-
five to fifty tons of ore about 340 days out of
the year. Since it was first started, it has
run almost continuously. About thirty-five
men are employed now in mine and mill.
There is considerable development work be-
ing done in the Willow creek district, in
Boise county, and not a little money being in-
vested by Salt Lake, Ogden and Pittsburg
people. A syndicate, headed by A. G. Duey
of the Trade Dollar mine, at Silver City, has
purchased about twenty claims in a group,
and considerable machinery is being put in.
Among the shipping mines are the Last
Chance, Red Warrior and Checkmate. Over
4000 locations have been made in the district
during the last year. Pearl is the principal
town, and is reached by stage from Boise.
At Murray the lower or new mill of the
Golden Chest, that has been idle since last
January, will start up soon. The Golden
Chest is one of the properties bought by
Louisville men in the early days, and, with
the high freights, high wages and extrava-
gant management then prevailing on the
North Fork, by the expenditure of §190,000
the owners succeeded in erecting a 5-stamp
mill on almost the highest point of the claim,
above most of the ore and water, that would
not pay running expenses. When three dif-
ferent companies, organized in Louisville,
spent §725,000 for ground and in making im-
provements thereon, the North Fork was wild
with joy, and yet that very investment cost
the camp many times as much, for none of the
investments paid under the mismanagement
with which they were cursed, and their fail-
ure caused a distrust of the whole district by
men who had money to spend in exploiting
mines. That this distrust was not warranted
by any fault of the natural conditions of the
district was known by everyone resident
here. Ore has been blocked out in the mine
until there is enough in sight to last for a
long time to come. About twenty-five men
are now on the nay-roll, which may be in-
creased to thirty when the lower mill starts.
ARIZONA.
Tucson Star: There are several small camps
springing up tributary to the Saginaw. Dr.
Purcell Sr. has established a camp two miles
east of the Dakota mine and is developing a
prospect.
Connell & McKay have a camp north of the
Saginaw, called the Golden Flat camp, and
are developing some old properties and have
some good ore.
F. A. Drake and Col. Seibert have estab-
lished a camp east of Saginaw and are devel-
oping a gold prospect.
The Saginaw is working thirty men, and
the force will be increased sinking, drifting
and crosscutting. A drift is in on the ledge 4.5
feet and crosscut S feet.
The mill is running in connection with the
Wifley concentrators, working ore from the
Dakota mine.
Prescott Journ al- Miner : J. C. Rankin has
closed a deal with Dan Thorne for his mine
near the Goodenough, on the Santa Maria.
About S50,000 is the purchase price.
L. A. Davies of the Sun Dance Mining Com-
pany is shipping two carloads of concentrates,
the product of his mill since starting up.
Deeds from C. N. Fowler to W. P. Steven-
son, and from the latter to Arizona Onyx Com-
pany, for the Big Bug onyx property, have
been filed for record.
Mr. Penrose is engaged in building a mill
at the Pearce mines, below Wilcox, that will
work forty tons per day; it is, however, being
so constructed as to be increased to eighty
tons per day. About one-half of the output is
gold at the present working depth. At first
about three-fourths of the output was silver.
The Monte Cristo mine on Groom creek
continues to keep up its record, both
in richness and quantity of its ore. The
tunnel is now in 330 feet. In the face of the
tunnel the ore body is from 13 to IS inches
wide.
A. McCann, who recently purchased from
Shackelford, Marsh and Ainsworth, the For-
tuna mill and an interest in a number of min-
ing claims at Minnehaha, will start up a
complete cyanide plant about June 25. He
has about 4,000 tons of old tailings which ac-
cording to samples will go $5 per ton. They
can be worked at a cost of §1.30 per ton.
Kingman Miner: B. P. Shaw has leased
the old dumps of the Keystone mine, and
after getting into the early workings found
ore that was thrown over that runs 1600
ounces in silver and several ounces in gold.
Twenty men are working for the South-
western Mining Company at El Dorado can-
yon.
The mill of the Elkhart will be completed
and ready to run on or about the 20tb of July.
It will handle 100 tons of ore daily.
Republican : The Empire smelter has been
running for seven days— running eighty tons
through per day. The Old Flux and Hard
shell mines are furnishing the ores. About
100 tons are being delivered per day at the
smelter. These are lead, silver and gold ores,
so that their lead bullions will be high grade.
Geo. H. Miles' mine, one mile south of
Yuma, has been bonded to Edward Gronen-
dyke and D. D. Fowler of Pasadena for $4,000.
Silver Belt : The progress and importance of
Arizona's mining industry is remarkable when
we consider that the surface of our ore-
seamed mountains has only been scratched.
There are few examples of deep mining in the
Territory, yet those exceptions (the Congress
mine being a notable instance) encourage the
belief that our mines go down, and as this
opinion becomes generally recognized an im-
petus will be given to deep minining.
The Black Warrior Copper Company on its
several claims in Webster gulch is running
five levels in the Black Copper mine, the low-
est at a depth of 340 feet, and developments
are very encouraging. About twenty-five
men are now employed by the Black Warrior
Company and the force is to be further in-
creased.
Superintendent N. L. Amster is preparing
to begin work on the Excursion group of
gold mines at Payson, recently bonded by his
principals, the North American Exploration
Company.
On the Continental property fine ore has
been encountered in the drift from the 50-foot
level of the 96 shaft, and which is believed to
be the continuation of the main ore body
opened by the working shaft, 300 feet distant.
The mine is being well opened and ore is ex-
posed in many places.
N£W MEXICO.
New Mexican: In the Moreno valley, near
Elizabethtown, a number of reservoirs in the
foothills, pipe lines extended into the valley,
and several companies are at work washing
away the hillsides by hydraulic machinery
and saving the gold in sluice boxes. In the
Moreno valley are rich placers, but the lack
of sufficient fall to carry off the tailings has
heretofore prevented the successful working
of this portion of the deposits.
On the Red Bandana quartz mine a tunnel
has been driven into the hill 2,500 feet, a
shaft sunk 200 feet and a mill erected.
On Baldy mountain the Aztec has been
worked to a depth of 300 feet and for 1200 feet
along the vein, and is equipped with a 40-
stamp mill.
The Black Horse has two veins runniog
parallel about 90 feet a part. The workings
consist of 3000 feet of shafts and levels. A
10-stamp mill is on the property.
Id the Ponil district, on the French Henry,
a 15-stamp mill is run.
AFRICA.
African Mininu Joiirnal: Before the Mines
Commission the secretary of the Rand Mines,
Limited, gave the following percentages of
costs of working in the Geldenhuis Deep :
Per cent.
Native labor 21.2o
Native food 8.811
White labor ;^5.Sit
Coal 8.45
Dynamite 10.70
Cyanide 2.an
Zinc 15
Oils and lubricants 1.00
Candles 40
Dies, Quiclisilver, mill-cleaningr 1.00
Sundry stores, assaying-, chemicals, machinery. 5 fiO
Insurances, licenses, rents, printing-, native pre-
miums, sundries 5.5
Hennen Jennings presented to the Govern-
ment's Mine Commission the following com-
parison between the costs of the Crown
Reef and Alaska-Treadwell. They prove that
the Crown Reef, working on American prices,
might have saved 5s 6d per ton, exclusive of
coal, though white wages are at least as
heavy In Alaska as they are in Africa:
Dynamite
Fuae
Caps
Timber...
Steel, minine:
Oils
Caudles.
Mortars.
Mortar lluers.
Cam shafts
Guide blocks.
Shoes & dies
Screens
Heads
Sulph. acid..
Salt
Bar iron
Lead
AmnRnt
used.
.200,089 pounds
14,314 colls
.75,182
.14,909 cu. ft.
.25,619 pounds
.(),545 g-allons
.272 boxes
.2
.58,058
.'6
120 pairs
.151.1(22 pounds
.1.300 sq.ft.
12
Alaska
•price.
;5,134 11 2
474 5 0
16S 5 0
4S2 0 0
429 ItJ 5
428 3 5
177 15 0
U« 0 0
75(J 12 0
59 4 0
32 16 0
Cnnun Reef
2)rtce.
in,3M 12 2
3(;8 7 9
150 S 0
3,lt»8 2 0
ti37 18 0
1.309 0 0
145 0 0
304 0 0
1.209 10 10
52 10 0
856 0 0
2.278 16 8
97 10 0
.328.000 pounds
.455 tons
(i3.503 pounds
1.461 pounds
275 9 6
18 4 6
78 0
4,100 0 0
2.733 0 0
529 3 10
52 11 6
il2,651 10 0 ^35.324 10 9
Mr. Jennings showed that 185 companies
have been floated in this Republic, with a
capital of £45,000,000. There have been 5135
stamps erected; in 1896, 3470 were running.
The decrease is chiefly due to the fact that
light stamps have been superseded and
heavier stamps are now in use. But since last
year the number of companies working has
been reduced to nine — which is due to the im-
positions set upon the industry. Mr. Jen-
nings calculates that 1000 fresh stamps will
he set to work during the current year if
conditions are favorable.
Mr. Catlin, the mining engineer of the Sim-
mer and Jack group of companies, explained
the working of the bonus system. In the
month of April, in the Catlin shaft, 142 feet
were sunk by hand; the bonus amounted to
£483, in addition to the wages of the miners.
This is a record sinking, not only for the
Rand but for the world, and this system en-
ables more work to be done at a less price
than any other system. Common experience
shows that in the ordinary way, by daily
wages alone, without bonus, a progress of 80
feet per month is very good work. There-
suit in the Catlin shaft is that, if only 80 feet
had been sunk at a daily wage, the cost per
foot would have been £24 Is Id. As a matter
of fact, the sinking was 142 feet and the cost
per foot was .£19 7s lOd, thus saving the com-
pany £289 Is fid and giving them 62 feet more
of sinking in the shaft.
The following figures are from the returns
of the Geldenhuis Deep for the first quarter
of 1897:
Januarii. Febniavy. March.
Namberof stampH running-. ..130 135 155
Duvs milling 2oi4 24 27
Mill: Ore crushed, tons 14,400 14 475 18,345
Yield fn bullion, ozs. . 4.158 4.249 5,840
TalllQps treated, Ioqb 11.280 11.690 14.655
Yield in bullloa. oz3. . 2.844 2,702 3.243
Total yield in bullion, oz... 7,002 6951 9,033
" standard gold, ozs. 6.240 6,252 7.600
Reveuue 23.955i 24.1451 30,060/
Working expenses 19.420( 18,690? 22,000/
Profit 4.6351 5,455/ S.omi
Costperton imUM /I 5 8 il 3 llj^j
Profit 0 6 3H 0 7tVi 0 8 9M
The following is from the report of the City
and Suburban for March: Profit for month,
£11,426 Ss ; total expenses per ton, 24s 8.0051d ;
value of yield per ton, 35s 7.9004d; profit per
ton, 10s 8953d; estimated quantity of ore de-
veloped at March 31st, 366,118 tons. The mill-
ing results for the month are as follows : 160-
stamp mill worked 28 days 12 hours 11
minutes; tons (2000 lbs.) crushed, 20,030; tons
crushed per stamp per day, 4.391; yield in
smelted gold (equal to 5,809.2464 ozs. fine gold),
6,504.2 ozs. bullion; yield in smelted gold per
ton (equal to 5.8005 dwts. fine gold), 6 4944
dwts. bullion; assay value of tailings per ton
in fine gold, 4.37 dwts. The results from cya-
nide treatment for the month are as follows:
15,592 tons treated (2000 lbs.) at a cost of 2s
8.1084d per ton (equal to 77.84 per cent of the
tonnage crushed); assay value of sands per
ton before treatment, 4.78 dwts. fine gold;
bullioD produced (equal to 2,633.8344 ozs. fine
gold), 3,319.9 ozs.; yield of gold in bullion
(equal to 3.3784 dwts. fine gold) per ton
treated, 4.2584 dwts. Slags containing 90.1435
ozs. fine gold have been shipped. Yield in
fine gold per ton crushed— by mill amalgama-
tion, 5.8005 dwts; by cyanide treatment,
2.6298 dwts; by slags, 0.0900 dwts; total yield
per ton (in fine gold) from all sources, 8.5203
dwts. During the month 351 natives were
engaged, 114 were discharged, and 120 de-
serted, making a net increase of 117 men. An
average number of 3319 men were employed
during the month, as compared with 2288 in
February.
AUSTRALIA.
The Queensland gold returns for May are as
follows :
Tons I'ield in
Crushed. Ounces.
Charters Towers 34,300 27,200
Mount Morgan 7,300 lb. '00
Gympie 4,800 b.m
Croydon 5,800 «.^SS
Other Fields 7.400 M™
Alluvial Gold "-^0"
Tot;il ou tput ''7,000
The calls paid for the Charters Towers dis-
trict amounted to £5000, and the dividends to
£17,100. Gympie calls, £8900; dividends,
£8500. Croydon calls, £2000; dividends, £1500.
Mount Morgan, no calls; dividends, £25,000.
June 26, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
549
Mechanical Progress.
The Use of Compressed Air for
Mining Purposes.
NCMBER VII — L>)XCI.rnEI>.
A leclure delivered to the EoKlneerlng Students
of the LeluDd StuDford Jr. UDlverslty, May 3,
law, by EuwAiiu A, Rix. M. Am. Soe. M. E.
On March 19, 18!t7, \V. Hampson, of
Glasgow, Scotland, announces that he
has succeeded in liquefying air com-
mercially, at a pressure of eighty-seven
atmospheres. A telegram in one of
the Xew York papers, about April 1,
1897, announces that Prof. Linde, of
Germany, has succeeded in liquefying
air commercially and producing it at a
very small price per cubic foot. How
long previously to the announcement
of the success of these experiments
these gentlemen had perfected their
apparatus, I know not, but I believe
that Mr. Charles E. Tripler, of New
York, more than twelve months ago,
and possibly longer, succeeded in ac-
complishing the same thing. Prob-
ably to him is due the honor of being
the pioneer in this proposition. The
secrecy which was imposed upon me
when I first witnessed these experi-
ments has by special request, and for
the purpose of this particularoccasion,
been somewhat lightened and I am
permitted to speak in general on the
subject.
I look upon the commercial produc-
tion of aerine as a verj' important dis-
covery, and I think the future question
of economy in motive power is inti-
mately associated with this liquid.
Compressed air, at pressures rang-
ing from 1000 pounds upwards, is
conducted from an air receiver through
a small pipe, is refrigerated to expel
its moisture, and is then conducted
into the apparatus which liquefies it
completely, without the use of chemi-
cals of any kind, and it flows from this
apparatus in a stream about the size
jk of a lead pencil (in the apparatus
^ which I saw) into a glass insulated
receptacle containing about two gal-
lons. I saw this receptacle filled in a
very short time. Of course, being in
an open vessel, aerine has no pressure,
but its temperature is approximately
—385° Fahr.. or 445° below the atmos-
phere at 60° Fahr. Inasmuch as it is
boiling rapidly on the surface, owing
to its absorption of heat from the
atmosphere, it looks like carbonated
milk on the surface, but upon dipping
some of it out in a glass, and observing
its color through a glass, it has very
much the appearance of ordinary water
and about the same weight. Its tem-
perature is very deceptive, for as it
runs from the condenser one may allow
it to trickle over the fingers for a
short space of time and it appears to
have the atmospheric temperature.
The truth, however, of the matter is
that it does not come in contact with
the fingers at all. The hand being
something like- 480° warmer than the
liquid, it throws the liquid into a
spheroidal state and interposes be-
tween it and the finger a film of atmos-
pheric air. The sensation is very much
like pushing one's hand into a bag of
feathers or into a mercury bath, allow-
ing, of course, for the difference in
weight between the mercury and the
aerine. If, however, you Immerse your
hand in the liquid a sufficient time to
establish contact, the flesh would be
burned, the same as if it were exposed
to 440° of heat measured above the
atmospheric temperature. If a test
tube of li inches diameter, having a
couple of pounds of mercury in the
bottom, is immersed in aerine, the mer-
cury will be frozen solid in a few sec-
onds and may be hammered out and
otherwise manipulated, the same as
lead.
An alcohol thermometer of large size
will be frozen instantly upon being im-
mersed in the liquid.
An idea of the tremendously low
range of temperature may be gathered
from the fact that it will take several
minutes to thaw out the small bulb of
this thermometer, by covering it with
the palm of the hand. That is one of
the peculiarities of these substances,
which I noticed at these low tempera-
tures, that the surfaces of these frozen
substances were not sufticientiy large
to absorb heat fast enough to restore
their condition, excepting after a con-
siderable length of time.
A tablespoonful of aerine poured on
about a fluid ounce of whiskey will
freeze it at once into flat scales, giving
the whole the appearance and color of
cyanide of potassium. This may be
emptied out on the table and will re-
main frozen in that condition for fully
five minutes.
One thing which impressed me was
that while molecular motion was prac-
tically arrested at this temperature,
the odor was perfectly distinct, show-
ing that these particles which stimulate
the sense of smell are actively indepen-
dent of the temperature.
A teacupful of aerine poured on top
of a tank of cold water goes into its
spheroidal state instantly, in globules
of about half the size of an ordinary
marble, which fly around on the sur-
face, leaving a trail of white vapor
behind them.
A handkerchief of either silk, linen
or cotton, saturated with the liquid,
will be charred and destroyed just the
same as if it were put in an oven and
browned, though no change of color is
apparent. Its evaporation is quite
slow and it may be carried about for a
number of hours in an open vessel with-
out entirely disappearing. It prob-
ably represents a compression of about
700 atmospheres and would therefore
in a confined space, and at 60° tem-
perature, represent a pressure of some-
where from 10,000 to 12,000 pounds to
the square inch.
Of course, it is rather disappointing
to have our ideas of absolute zero com-
pletely upset. While we have always
appreciated the fact that it was a
purely theoretical conception, and
while it was perfectly possible to think
of a point where air would have no
pressure, it was not possible to think
of its having no volume. Still, not be-
ing able to prove to the contrary, we
have accepted the absolute zero as a
possible reality. Of course, this has
all been based upon the proposition
that air was a permanent gas. In ex-
periments, however, of the kind that I
have just alluded to, we find that at a
temperature of — 385°, air changes its
physical state, yields up its latent heat
and becomes a liquid, bringing into play
a new series of phenomena, which are
not at all consistent with the equations
which we have depended upon. At
about — 425° it becomes a solid, after
which we know of no means of further
changing its state ; so that — 461°, the
absolute zero, is an impossibility, both
in conception and realization.
Just what aerine has to do with
thermo dynamics, I must leave you at
present to conjecture, for I am not per-
mitted to say; but I know of some, and
look for many other, remarkable devel-
opments.
For transmission purposes, there
seems to be no reason why aerine should
not be pumped through an insulated
pipe, the same as water. When this
becomes possible, the diameters of
pipes to transmit large horse powers
would be exceedingly small. For in-
stance, inasmuch as one pound of air
will yield in properly reheated engines
about 1.6 H. P., 1000 H. P. would
require 620 pounds of air, or aerine,
per minute. This 620 pounds would oc-
cupy a space of but 10 cubic feet. The
transmission pipe, then, would have to
convey 10 cubic feet per minute. Let
us say the transmission is for five miles.
It is easy to calculate from ordinary
hydraulic formulae that a 3- inch pipe
would convey this power with a pump-
ing pressure at the point of supply of
200 pounds. The only pressure which
the pipe would have to resist would be
the pumping pressure ; consequently,
ordinary gas pipe or tubing could be
used, the cost of which, together with
its insulation, would be an insignificant
figure in comparison to the horse power
it would transmit.
half a grain. That is about the weight
of a postage stamp. Each pair was
perfect and would cut if sufficiently
delicate material could be found. Ly-
ing on a piece of white paper, thev
seemed no larger than fleas.
The Limitations of Government in
Water Power Plants.
A WORKMAN in a cutlery factory in
Sheffield, England, has recently made
a dozen pairs of shears, each so minute
that they all together weigh less than
My Mahk a. Kkpi.ooi.k, Hti^lDeer.
The first part of this article appeared
in the issue of June 5, discussing the
regulation of the speed of a water
wheel in a power plant. The following
is the second and concluding part :
"Capacity of plant for stored en-
ergy," the third element to be consid-
ered in the government of water
power, is perhaps the most important
factor, and often receives the least
consideration. It is too often a chance
factor. The capacity of the plant for
stored energy may be easily under-
stood. The following comparison par-
tially illustrates the idea : To reduce
the walls of a fortress may require a
gang of laborers to use their united
energy for several months of time, yet
a few hundred pounds of steel in the
form of a projectile fired from a cannon
can in an instant be charged with en-
ergy enough to carry it a number of
miles, and at the end of its fiight it yet
may retain power enough to reduce the
fortress in a moment of time. This
principle of storing energy in material
in motion is the fundamental principle
of all speed government.
If the above cannon ball were forged
into a fiywheel, and could be revolved
on its axis with such rapidity that its
average speed equaled the velocity
that it had when fired from the can-
non, it would contain the same quan-
tity of energy, and this quantity might
amount to many thousands of foot-
pounds per second. In speed regula-
tion this stored energy can be used to
supply the demands for power until
gravity can generate it. In like man-
ner this capacity for energy storage
can absorb power when the load has
decreased until the power supply can
be out off. It can readily be seen that
any and all of the moving or revolving
parts of a power plant are storehouses
for energy, and their capacity depends
upon their weights and velocities. The
physical laws governing the quantities
of energy under the various conditions
are well understood by our scientists
and engineers, hence advantage can be
taken of them in the construction of
our modern water power plants.
The careful steam-engine builder has
learned by experience that he must pro-
vide this power-storage capacity in his
engine, and he varies it according to
what is required of it in government.
There is no doubt but that the use of
flywheels on engines is a result of ex-
perience in trying to maintain even
speed, and that their prime purpose is
to carry any change in load until the
power supply from the boiler can be
brought into play to carry the new
load, and to supply the power that the
flywheel gave out in advance of it.
The time required to get gravity
effects is always greater than the
time required to get the expansive
effects of steam; therefore, the capac-
ity for power-storage should be cor-
respondingly greater in water powers
if the same efficiency of regulation is
required.
The momentum of water power
plants is often very much less than
that of steam power plants, and this
lessens the possibilities of government
to an extent determined by the changes
in the load, the time required for grav-
ity to act, and the quantity of power
stored in the moving parts of the plant.
This factor, power storage, cannot be
too carefully considered. It is the fac-
tor above all others that the designer
of a water power plant can most easily
control. It is the one factor that can
be varied to counteract all the bad
effects of all the others; therefore, an
intelligent application of it should be
made in all water power plants where
good government is important.
The last factor to be considered is
the "governor." The governor is often
considered to be the most important
factor in the government of a water
power ; but it is only one of the im-
portant factors, and," if it is a perfect
machine, it may still be limited in its
efficiency by the three above discussed
factors. A good governor can only
play the part of an honest judge: Evi-
dences of strife in the form of changes
in load are placed before it; facts of de-
sign and construction are placed at its
disposal ; the unerring laws of physics
are brought to bear upon each new
case, and honest judgment is meted out
in the form of speed or government of
the plant, and no jury or supreme court
can set aside the verdict.
A good governor must move the
wheel gates as fast as gravity will re-
spond in giving the proper velocity to
the increased quantity of water re-
quired to supply the demand made for
power. If it operates too fast, the re-
sults are detrimental to good govern-
ment. Thegovernor must have wrought
into it the principles that co-operate
with the power storage of the plant. It
must be so designed and constructed
that it will stop moving the gates
when they have reached the proper po-
sition to supply power for the new con-
dition of load. A good governor must
make its judgments quickly and ac-
curately, always returning the speed to
normal after correcting the inertia and
momentum effects of the change in load.
A good governor should also be simple
in design and mechanism; otherwise, it
will be an expensive and unsatisfactory
part of the plant. The constant and
reliable duty expected of a governor re-
quires it to be a powerful machine; the
positive and quick judgments it must
make requires it to be sensitive and
delicate in some of its parts, and the
importance of its position in a plant re-
quires it to be symmetrical in appear-
ance and mechanicaUy perfect in its
construction.
The possible regulation in a water
power plant need no longer be a mat-
ter of experiment and doubt. The
designer of such a plant need no longer
be in darkness as to the government of
his plant until he has experimented
with several governors. He can de-
sign his plant for any desired efficiency
of regulation, and a properly designed
governor can govern it.
All plants already built are capable
of a certain degree of regulation. If
this degree is not satisfactory, and fig-
ures show that it cannot be improved,
then further calculations will show pos-
itively what changes must be made in
order to obtain the desired results.
In conclusion, it should be said that
if the limitations of water-power gov-
ernment were investigated more care-
fully, there would be less doubt about
the possibiUties of government, and no
doubt concerning the results in any
particular case. Many of our conser-
vative engineers who have not taken
time to make these investigations have
still some doubts regarding reliable
and automatic government of water
powers; but the results where these
Umitations have been intelligently cal-
culated and the proper remedies ap-
plied, prove beyond all doubt that any
desired efficiency of government can
be provided for, even to the finest
steam engine practice.
In a report to the State Department
Consul Monoghan, at Chemnitz, Ger-
many, says that a new invention has
been brought out in Berlin and Leipzig,
to be known as iron felt. It is made of
the best woolen materials, impregnated
with the inventor's patented prepara-
tion, which gives it a 2220 pounds
power of resistance to every square
centimeter. The article is most useful
for railroads of all kinds. Placed be-
tween the rails and sleepers it deadens
sound, prevents shocks, and conse-
quently lessens the wear and tear on
the road. The first experiments with
the new material were made on the
Berlin street railway, over which 360
trains pass daily. The results sur-
passed the company's most sanguine
expectations, and persons living along
the line of the road were delighted.
Not only was the noise brought down
to a minimum, but the wear and tear
is materially diminished ; hence the cost
of running the road is considerably re-
550
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 26, 1897.
duced. This new material is to be tried
on the new roads that are now being
constructed in Leipzig. Old buildings
and buildings of stone and iron suffer
most from the shoclis and noise of pass-
ing trains. Where these are, sucb an
isolated material is a necessity. The
material seems to be specially adapted
for elevated roads.
Scientific Progress.
New Uses of Aluminum.
The use of aluminum in the arts does
not grow in proportion to the reduc-
tion in the cost of the material. A few
years ago the price of the metal was
from $10 to $15 a pound. It is now sold
at 32 cents a pound. At that price it is
now cheaper than copper or brass for
the same purpose, because for a given
strength the weight is much less. The
Chicago Journal of Commerce says the
consumption of these metals in 1896
was: Copper, 156,000 tons; brass, 60,-
000 tons; aluminum, 650 tons. The pro-
ducers of aluminum, in order to make a
market for the metal, have been obliged
to discover nearly all its uses, invent
methods of handling it, and build
the works for turning out the finished
products. Thus far it has nearly dis-
placed nickel in the arts, and it bids
fair to eventually displace brass for
most purposes, except where exposed
to a heat of over 300°. It is largely
used for cooking utensils and keeps
bright. It is used in laboratories, and
for the handles of surgical instruments,
not only for its lightness, but because
it is not affected by the antiseptics
used. Dentists use it for plates for
false teeth, and it has been used to re-
place a broken jaw. One of its latest
uses is for lithographic plates, instead
of stones, cheapening the process. In
electric apparatus it is cheap on ac-
count of its non-magnetic quality. In
Europe it is being used to reduce the
weight of military accouterments — can-
teens, buttons, belt plates and the like
being made of it. The anticipated out-
put in 1898 is 2000 tons, and in 1900
10,000 tons.
A Railway Hospital Car.
Consul Morris writes from Ghent,
that the latest novelty in Belgian rail-
road matters is the hospital car. In
the event of a serious railroad accident,
the car may be run to the spot, where
the wounded may be picked up and
carried to the nearest large city for
treatment, instead of being left to pass
long hours in some wayside station
while awaiting surgical attendance.
It also enables the railway companies,
at certain seasons or upon special
occasions, to transport large num-
bers of invalids to health resorts.
The interior is divided into a main
compartment, a corridor on one side,
and two small rooms at the end.
The largest compartment is the hos-
pital proper; it contains twenty-four
isolated beds on steel tubes hung
upon powerful springs. Each patient
lies in front of two little windows, which
may be closed or opened at will. Each
bed is provided with a little movable
table and a cord serves to hold all the
various small objects which the patient
may need. The corridor on the out-
side of the hospital chamber leads to
the linen closet and the doctor's apart-
ment. In the latter is a large cup-
board. The upper portion is used for
drugs; the lower part is divided into
two smaller compartments — one serv-
ing as a case for surgical instruments,
the other as a receptacle for the doctor's
folding bed.
The hospital compartment is car-
peted with linoleum to deaden the
sound of walking. Trap-doors in the
fioor, when opened, disclose an ice
chest, a compartment for disinfection of
soiled linen, and a provision cellar. If
necessary, a portion of the hospital
chamber may be transformed into an
operating room for urgent cases.
Representative Jeffees has intro-
duced a bill in the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature similar to one introduced by
Congressman Bingham in the House of
Representatives, in which the latter
asks that $25,000 be appropriated to
the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
and the Purdice University of Lafay-
ette, Ind., for the purpose of determin-
ing the quantity of the so-called "ham-
mer blows, centrifugal lifts and
tangental throw " of locomotive driv-
ing wheels in use on American rail-
ways. It appears that the unequal bal-
ancing of locomotives is the cause of
the thumping and jarring which rail-
way travelers find so inimical to their
comfort and railway owners so injurious
to their property. It is the hammer
blows which bend, break or spread
rails, which jar the roadbeds, tear out
fastenings, fracture bolts, shatter
bridges and cause so much loss of life
and property. Railway accidents are
sometimes caused in this manner. In
the city's streets the hammer blows
loosen the asphalt in which the rails
are imbedded and entail not only an un-
sightly condition of the streets, but
constant expense for repair and recon-
struction.
Extent of the Universe.
On some aspects of the problem of
the extent of the universe light is being
thrown even now. Evidence is gradu-
ally accumulating which points to the
probability that the successive orders
of smaller and smaller stars, which our
continually increasing telescopic power
brings into view, are not situated at
greater and greater distances, but
that we actually see the boundary of
our universe. This indication lends a
peculiar interest to various questions
growing out of the motions of the stars.
Quite possibly the problem of these
motions will be the great one of the
future astronomer. Even now it sug-
gests thoughts and questions of the
most far-reaching character.
A STUDY of ozone from a technical
standpoint, by E. Andreoli, appears in
the Journal of the Society of Chejnical
Industry. Theoretically, one should be
able to produce a kilo of ozone per elec-
tric horse power, but in practice only
ten or twelve grams are obtained. By
improvements in the apparatus for pro-
ducing ozone, the author increases the
production to thirty and even fifty
grams per horse power, making the
cost about 75 cents a kilo. The author
proposes practical applications of
ozone, such as purification of drinking
water, cleansing of beer casks, prepa-
ration of wood for instruments and fur-
niture, bleaching of starch and dextrin,
oxidation of drying oils, purification of
wine and brandy, etc. It does not ap-
pear, however, that any of those pro-
posed uses have been tested practically
and on a large scale.
" What year was the electric light
discovered and introduced, and in what
country? " is answered in a contempo-
rary as follows : Humphry Davy pro-
duced electric light with carbon points
in 1800. Prof. Tyndall lectured at the
Royal Institution, London, by the light
of Jules Dubosoq's electric lamp in 1855.
The South Foreland lighthouse was
illuminated by electricity in 1858,
and the French Government ordered
eight lighthouses to be so illuminated
in April, 1861. In 1878 T. A. Edison
of New York discovered a method of
producing more light at less expense,
and from that time the movement
towards electric lighting rapidly ad-
vanced. '
Glacial erosion is one of the most
important methods of lake formation,
and glacial deposition makes lakes on
a smaller scale. A valley, having
moraine material deposited at its lower
end, will, when the ice sheet has dis-
appeared, become the site of a lake if
a stream flows there. With a glacier
flowing past the end of a valley, the
lateral moraines piled up will likewise
form dams and thus lakes.
Electrical Prop^ress.
Calcium Carbide as a Reducing
Agent.
Since the introduction of calcium car-
bide, it is significant that scientific
men have been content to allow the
product to rank solely as a water de-
composer, and thus regard the produc-
tion of acetylene the only available pro-
duct. Researches of a somewhat
lengthy description, which have lately
been carried out at the Liverpool Re-
search Laboratory, involve the use of
calcium carbide as a metallurgical re-
ducing agent.
In the first instance an excess of
litharge was heated to redness in con-
tact with the carbide, in a clay cruci-
ble, the reaction being accompanied by
vivid incandescence, resulting in the
formation of metallic lead and calcium
oxide, CaO. A further portion was
now selected, in which the proportion
of carbide exceeded that of the lith-
arge; this was further subdivided into
various smaller portions, each portion
being exposed to various temperatures,
resulting in a regulus of calcium and
lead of varying percentage, together
with the expulsion of CO,.
The alloys thus formed are all more
or less brittle, and to a certain extent
sonorous when struck, their melting
point ranking below that of pure lead,
and are slowly, but completely, decom-
posed in contact with aq ueous vapor,
the reaction being much less energetic
than that afforded by alloys of lead
with the alkaline metals. Stannic
oxide, cupric oxide, and also ferric
oxide, at corresponding higher temper-
ature's, were readily reduced, yielding
results of no practical value; in the
case of the cupric alloys those samples
containing under 1 per cent of calcium
being rendered cold-short and breaking
under very small strain; while, on the
other hand, iron containing calcium ap-
proaches in appearance that of ferro-
manganese, being even more brittle,
and very oxidizable in contact with
water.
In a further operation, oxides of
manganese nickel, cobalt and even
chromium, molybdenum and tungsten
were readily reduced, yielding calcium
alloys. Results of experiments com-
prising the reductive action of the car-
bide upon the earthy chlorides and
their haloids will be shortly at hand.
The already partial success of these re-
actions seems to point most conclu-
sively toward a new and powerful re-
ducing agent, which at the same time,
considering the market value of the
carbide in question, could not fail tore-
place both sodium and potassium. —
H. N. Warner in Chemical News.
The Direct Current Transformer.
Paor. Alex. Geaham Bell is now
busily engaged in perfecting an in-
strument which carries words on the
rays of light. He has already suc-
ceeded in telephoning by this means
for a single mile.
The transformation of energy is at
present, more than ever before, the
main problem on which electrical and
scientific men are working all over the
world.
Viewing this subject from a practi-
cal standpoint, there are only two
methods at present known which are
worth considering.
One is using the storage battery.
This necessitates a continuous-current
source, or an alternating current rec-
tified by means of a synchronizing com-
mutator. The other is the magnetic
induction method, which requires an
apparatus in which either the con-
ductor or the magnetic field is moving,
as an ordinary dynamo, or a changing
magnetic field set up by an alternating
or pulsating current supplied to it. A
transformer of this kind, having no
moving parts, and requiring so little
attendance, it has frequently been
found preferable to use it, and to con-
struct alternate-current machinery,
giving a frequency best suited for its
use. This is the only recommendation
that can be given or assigned to the
alternating current — the simplicity
and cheapness of transforming it. In
almost every other respect it is objec-
tionable. It requires larger conduct-
ors than the direct current, and is
more apt to produce all kinds of induc-
tion troubles in its own conductors and
neighboring lines. The use of the al-
ternating-current transformer is at
present limited to electric lighting and
to power transmission in connection
with polyphase-current working.
The direct-continuous current is the
ideal method for transmitting electri-
cal energy, and it has advantages over
the alternating current in almost all
cases, and embraces a broader field, as,
for instance, the operation of the tele-
phone and telegraph systems which
cannot at present be operated in any
other way.
The objections to the direct current
transformer are not so much questions
of efficiency, as it is the first cost and
running expenses. An apparatus hav-
ing bearings, commutator and brushes,
will necessarily cost more than one
having only two coils incased in a sta-
tionary magnetic field. — C. Thorardson
before the Chicago Electrical Associa-
tion.
Overhead Trolley Without Wires.
An electric trolley system to be
shortly introduced in Paris differs from
that ordinarily employed in this coun-
try, overhead wires being dispensed
with. The new system is the in-
vention of Bochet, who establishes
overhead contacts from the electric
lamp posts belonging to the city,
the distance between posts being
somewhat smaller than the length of
the electric train, consisting of two
cars, so that contact is always assured
at one point at least. Through flexible
points of contact suspended from each
electric light post along the proposed
line the current will be taken up by
means of a copper rail fastened along
the edge of the roof of the car not less
than 14 or 15 feet from the ground.
The contact point will slide along that
copper rail, and, it is claimed, there is
no difficulty in establishing a continu-
ous current if the points of contact are
made sufficiently elastic. The current
returns to the power station through
the track as usual. This system claims
all the benefits of the overhead as well
as of the underground systems, with-
out any of their shortcomings.
Electricity and the Growth of
Plants.
It has at last been practically proved
that electricity is a real incentive to
the growth of plants. This is the re-
sult of experiments made at the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College by A. S.
Kinney, an expert. He submitted dif-
ferent seeds to the action of an elec-
tric current, and found that germina-
tion was much accelerated. He took
two lots of twelve groups containing
112 seeds each, soaked them in water
until thoroughly moistened, and while
wet placed them in glass cylinders
open at either end. Copper disks
which were connected at the poles of
an induction coil were pressed against
the seeds and a current passed through
them for one or two minutes. After
this the seeds were sown, the tempera-
ture being kept at 45 to 50 degrees.
The result was an increase of growth
in the seeds to which electricity was
applied over the seeds not subjected to
the experiment, of 30 per cent.
The result of the experiment showed
that electricity exerts an appreciable
influence upon the germination of seeds;
that the application of certain
strengths of current to seeds for short
periods of time accelerates the pro-
cesses of germination. Those lots of
seeds receiving electrical stimulation
gave a higher percentage of germina-
tion than the normal. The range in
the strength of current which acceler-
ates germination is exceedingly lim-
ited. Seeds subjected to but one ap-
plication of electricity show the effect
only for a few hours. Electricity when
applied hourly to germinating seeds or
growing plants does not lose its effect
but acts as a constant stimulation to
their growth and development.
The visit of Professor Forbes to
Egypt to inspect the natural water
power of the Nile seems successful.
He expresses a favorable opinion as to
the utilization of the power of the Nile
cataracts for generating electricity.
June 26, 18U7.
Mining and Scientific Press.
Hotors and Pumps for Irrigation.
Some months ago we published ac-
counts of the efficiency of wind power
and windmills as a means of lifting wa-
ter for irrigation. These statements
came from the great interior arid re-
gions and some of our California read-
ers thought that they counted too
much on the wind and on the windmill.
We have now a careful statement pre-
pared by F. H. Jving, University of
Wisconsin, and would like to have
these statements and estimates re-
viewed in the light of California ex-
perience.
I.'iftinij Wutrr 1,1/ WiiiJ I'liwir.— At,
the present time there is much talk
about the utilization of wind power for
irrigation purposes, and where the
areas to be irrigated are small, and
particularly where the lift is very low,
the windmill makes a cheap and etTect-
ive motor for lifting water, but a sin-
gle mill never can be depended upon to
do work on a large scale.
As the windmill is at present used
upon a piston punap, it will be helpful
to consider what work can be done by
piston pumps under different condi-
tions, and in the table below is given
the number of days required to pump
the amount of water needed to irrigate
one acre to the extent of two inches
and four inches, respectively, with a
single-acting piston pump working
eight hours per day and making thirty
strokes per minute:
NUMUEIt OF DAYS REQUIRED TU PUMP TWO AND
KUUK ACRE-INX'HES OF WATER WITH A SINGLE-
ACTING PISTON PD.MP WORKING EIGHT HOURS
PER DAY AND MAKING THIRTY STROKES PER
MINUTE.
Time required to j Time required to
Diameter
of piston.
Inches
6-inch
stroke.
Inihtx.
3
i
5
e
11.6
7.4
5.1
3.8
2.9
2.3
1.8
1.5
1.3
7
8
0
10
11
12
pump two acre-
12-lnoh
stroke.
pump four acre-
inches wilh-
Vaijs.
1U.3
5.8
3.7
8.6
1.9
1.4
1.1
0.0
0.8
0.6
6-inoh
stroke.
12-iDCh
stroke.
Days.
41.1
23.1
14.8
10.3
7.5
5.8
4.6
3.7
3.1
2.6
Days.
SO.i
It is claimed by Wolff that the aver-
age length of a day's work for wind-
mills in the United States is 8 hours,
and they are not likely to average
more than 30 strokes per minute where
single-acting pumps are used ; and,
this being true, the table above shows
what the range of work done by the
windmill may be when used for irriga-
tion if worked upon pumps such as are
indicated in the table.
It is generally conceded by the best
authorities on the subject that exist-
ing data bearing upon the actual work
which windmills are able to do when
used for irrigation are not sufficient
to enable tables to be constructed
which will show what wheels of differ-
ent pattern and sizes may be expected
to do when set up in different sections
of the United States. But if windmills
can be set up which will work single-
acting pumps at the rate and under
the conditions indicated in the table
above, then the areas to which 2 acre-
inches and i acre-inches of water may
be applied every 10 days would be as
follows :
AREAS IRRIGATED BY WINDMILLS WORKING SIN-
GLE-ACTING PISTONS 8 HOURS PER DAY AT T-BE
RATE OF do STROKES PER MINUTE.
Diameter
of piston.
Indies.
8
10
11
12
2 inches every 10
days.
6-inch 12-inch
stroke, stroke.
Acres.
0.49
0,87
1.35
1.95
2.65
3,46
4.38
5.41
6.65
7.79
Aires.
0.97
1.73
2.70
3.89
5.30
6.92
8.76
10.82
13.09
15.58
4 Inches every 10
days.
6-inch
stroke.
Acres.
0.24
0.43
0.68
0.97
1.33
1.73
2.19
2.70
3.27
12-inoh
stroke.
Acres.
0.49
0.87
1.36
1.96
2.65
3.46
4.38
5.41
6.55
7.79
Prom this table it appears that if
windmills can be constructed which
will work pumps at the rates here as-
sumed, areas varying from 0.24 acre to
15.58 acres may be irrigated at rates
of 2 to 4 inches every 10 days.
Wolff gives a table in his work,
"The Windmill as a Prime Mover,"
showing the capacity of first-class
windmills for work in irrigation, which
is based upon results actually attained
in practice, and from this the following
table is computed :
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It will be seen that according to this
table the largest area which can be
irrigated to a depth of 4 inches every
10 days by a 12-foot wheel, lifting the
water 25 feet, is 1.5 acres. It should
be said in connection with this table,
however, that with the improvements
which are being made both in the con-
struction of windmills and of pumps
adapted to them, it is quite probable
that considerably higher efficiency will
be attained.
Jjifthtg Wntur Wtt/i Enfjhiea. — When
it comes to lifting water with engines
for the purposes of irrigation, the
amounts so raised to considerable
heights at a comparatively small cost
for fuel become very great.
It is claimed that at the present
price of gasoline the gasoline engines
now made will produce 1 applied H. P.
at a cost of 1 to 1.5 cents per hour for
fuel. At the higher figure the water
necessary to irrigate 1 acre to a depth
of 4 inches could be lifted 20 feet high
at a fuel cost of 14 cents, and if the
irrigation were repeated six times the
total cost per acre for fuel alone would
be only 84 cents.
At the Wisconsin Station, with a
rated 8 H. P. farm engine, water has
been drawn from a lake through 110
feet of 6-inch suction pipe to a height
of 26 feet at the rate of 22 J acre-
inches per day, with 1 ton of coal.
At $4 per ton for coal the fuel cost
for 4 acre-inches lifted 20 feet high
was 72 cents, which makes six such
irrigations cost tor fuel alone $4.32,
or upon the basis of a 20-foot lift,
$3.03. It should be stated regard-
ing this case that the cost includes the
waste of fuel incident to frequent stop-
ping and starting to firing up in the
morning and allowing the engine to 1
cool down at night. |
Some form of plunger pump is neo- j
essarily resorted to in wells where the
water is more that 20 feet below the
surface, and in using such pumps for i
irrigation purposes, especially where |
the driving power is limited, it is very
important that the suction and dis-
charge pipes shall have diameters
nearly or quite equal to the diameter
of the plunger itself, otherwise the loss
of power through concussion, friction,
and unnecessary velocity of discharge
will be great.
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One of the BONANZA MINES of the Black Hills was developed
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^ Hill City, S. D., Feb. 2, 1897.
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July. We have been running on hard, white quartz, some of it of a flinty character and c small portion
of It slightly decomposed We average about ten tons every 24 hours through a forty-mesh screen. If
our financial standing had been a little better, so we could have put in a small engine and rock crusher,
I am confident we could put through U to 15 tons in 24 hours. The wear and tear is considerably less
than an ordinary stamp mill, it all being on the shoes and dies. The last we used of these were of the
aluminum steel, which are the best wearing shoes and dies I have ever seen. The parts are all well
made and durable, I having failed to see any weak point about the machinery.
We use one cord of pine wood In 24 hours, and run the mill with 70 to 80 lbs. of steam.
I have followed mining in connection with milling for thirty years and have never seen Its equal
for convenience, durability and cheapness. To parties wishing to purchase a quartz mill I cheerfully
recommend the Tremain Steam Stamp Mill for its small cost, economy in operation and complete re-
sults of working. Very truly yours, [signed] JAMES C. McDONALD,
Supt. St. Elmo M. & M. Co.
This Mill has the capacity of a 5-stamp gravity mill and costs less
than half to install. Automatic feeder of approved design. Weight of
entire Mill 3300 lbs. Made sectional for mule-back transportation.
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water is relumed and used over and over again.
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I'yIlnderH — single expansion, 13 in. by 16 in.
stroke; compound, 9 in. and 15 in. by 16 in. stroke.
Urivinf; wheels. 42 in. diameter, steel tired.
Driving: wheel base, 5 feet. Tank capacity. 750
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554
Mining and Scientific Press,
June 26, 1897.
Coast Industrial Notes.
—Oregon now proposes to make tea boxes
for China.
—The San Joaquin Valley road is being ex-
tended to Visalia, Cal,
— Tbe Nicaragua Canal Co. will shortly is-
sue $15,000,000 5% bonds.
—The State Fair at Sacramento, Cal., will
be held from Sept. 6 to Sept. IS, '*!7.
—A free market on the San Francisco water
front will be established next month.
—Half a million pounds of wool were sold
last week at Echo, Or., for 7 cents per pound.
— Another cut in Northern rates is reported,
the fare now being §5 between San Francisco
and Puget Sound.
— C. F. Juillard, of Sebastopol, Sonoma
county, Cal., is about to ship 100 carloads of
wine to New Orleans.
— Twenty cents per ton is the price paid
for several thousand tons of tailings of the
Good Hope mine, Perris, Cal.
—Eugene Debs talks of a scopy scheme
—the building up of a new colony of communis-
tic workers in the State of Washington.
—The Manufacturers' and Producers' As-
sociation will take a prominent part in the
coming Fourth of July celebration in this
city.
—The old scheme of an electric road from
Marysville to Nevada City, Cal., is again re-
vived, and local papers say surveyors are at
work.
— According to a recent ruling of the
Commissioner of Navigation, vessels pro-
pelled by gas, naphtha, fluid or electricity are
classed as steam vessels.
—The Utah Central Railroad, running from
Salt Lake to Park City, Utah, was sold last
Wednesday to the Rio Grande Western Rail-
way Company for :il335,oaO.
—The British Columbia Development Com-
pany of Victoria proposes to build thirty-six
miles of railway in central Alaska, with coast
terminus at Skagaway bay.
—The California State Mining Bureau is
going to prepare a register of mines and min-
erals of California, with maps of each county,
location and description of mines, etc.
— The probability of the passage next
month of a new tariff has rushed big cargoes
of Oriental goods here. Four steamers in
ten days have 20,000 tons freight from China.
— Genei'al Traftic Manager Eccles denies the
report that the Oregon Short Line had opened
the Butte gateway, which would allow the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific rail-
roads to compete with the Rio Gx*ande, West-
ern and Union Pacific lines for Eastern busi-
ness.
—General Laud Office Commissioner Her-
mann has issued an order regarding cutting
timber on public lands under special permits
from the Government. The former maximum
of 2560 acres has been reduced to 16U acres,
and sworn evidence is required in renewal of
such permit.
—Surveyors at Kernville, Cal., are locating
the route of a canal for the Los Angeles and
Kern River Electric Company, which will
head near Kernville and continue twelve
miles to the power bouse. The transmission
line as proposed goes through Tehacbapi and
east of Mojave.
— Among bids for three Government torpe-
do boats, to be of not less than thirty knots
speed, are those of the Union Iron Works, of
this city, for one 330-ton boat, $245,200, two,
$400,500; one 2S4-ton boat, S335,O0O, two, '5:440,-
000. ■ Wolf & Zwicker, of Portland, Or., bid
for one 240- ton boat §314,500, two, §424,000.
—Cattle shipments through Albuquerque
for 1897 to June 1 are unprecedently large.
For the season to that date they numbered
l(iH,S73 head, all going north to feed or mar-
ket. For May they numbered 105,1V)1 head.
The cattle are divided as follows : New Mex-
ico and Arizona, 120,870; Old Mexico, 35,000;
Texas, 11,000.
— It is expected that the Sonora railway, in
Mexico, will be turned over to the Southern
Pacific by the Santa Pe next week. The ex-
change of the line of Mexican road for the line
between Mojave and The Needles was to have
been made a month ago, but both companies
have to await the permission of the Mexican
Government to make the trade.
— OfScial statistics on the imports and ex-
ports of Japan show that the United States is
now purchasing over §10,000,000 worth of
manufactured articles and raw material a year
of Japan, while that country is taking less
than ^5,000,000 worth of us. The British
manufacturers are annually selling to the peo-
ple of Japan about $20,000,000 worth of goods,
while they are taking in return only 84,668^000
worth.
Book Notices.
Personal.
J. P. TuiiNEK has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Last Chance mine at Bingham,
A. B. Bowers has filed a suit against the
Government for $500,000 for use of his patent
dredger.
S. J. EcKMAN has been appointed superin-
tendent of the Hexter mine in Calaveras
County. California.
Charles A. Raymond has been appointed
superintendent of the Grand Victory mine in
El Dorado County, California.
Jas. Cronan, late superintendent Hale &
Norcross, Virginia, Nev., is in the city on his
way to Spokane, Wash., where he has mining
interests.
Mr. Geo. E. Ames Jr., resident represen-
tative of the Union Iron Works in the City of
Mexico, is in San Francisco on a brief busi-
ness visit.
Mr. Behnarii MacDonald, mining engineer
of Butte, Montana, whose services have been
engaged by a Canadian and European syndi-
cate to find mining property for them in Brit-
ish Columbia, is now in Rossland, which will
be his headquarters for a time.
The Plumas County Miners' Association
has appointed a committee to further the ob-
jects of the association, as follows : A. B.
White, Spanish Ranch ; W. H. Leek, Cres-
cent Mills; Geo. Standart, Greenville; R. A.
Costar, Prattville; C. Lee, Butte Valley ; Ed.
Remick, Taylorville; F. B. Hosselkus, Gene-
see Valley; Julius Pauley, Mohawk; J. Nev-
ill, Johnsville; T. L. Jones, Beckwith; Wm.
Schuld, La Porte; E. M. Garnett, Hepsidam;
W. T. Byers, Bucks Ranch; Joe Peppin,
Granite Basin; G. G. Odneal, Rich Bar; P.
Traynor, Cromberg; N. Mullen, Sawpit.
Commercial Paragraphs.
Dividend No. 24 of 25 cents per share has
been declared on tbe capital stock of the
Parafflne Paint Company, payable at its office,
116 Battery St., San Francisco, on the 29th
inst.
The Risdon Iron Works have shipped to the
Consolidated Gold Mines, of California, at
Oroville, a Heine boiler weighing 50,480
pounds, to generate 350 horse power.
Smith and Irving is the new firm name of
the assaying establishment, 128 N. Main St.,
Los Angeles, Cal. There is no change in the
personnel of the firm, but simply a change of
name.
The Edward P. Allis Co., of Milwaukee,
Wis., have closed a contract with the Le Roi
Mining & Smelting Company for machinery
for their new 300 ton smelter. The outfit will
consist of two 38x120 inch blast furnaces, one
Bolthoff-Wethey calcining furnace, one 14x24
foot Reverberatory Matte smelting furnace,
two No. 7 ConnersviUe blowers, machinery for
300 ton sampling mill, Reynolds Corliss engine,
boilers, etc., necessary for a complete and
modern smelter, to be completed and working
by Jan. 1st, '98.
The Jeffrey-Robinson Coal Washing Sys-
tem, which is manufactured by the Jeffrey
Manufacturing Company, of Columbus, Ohio,
is receiving much attention at this time from
the coal operators in general. Its claims for
superiority, efficiency and low cost of
operation seem demonstrated in the many
plants now in use. Among some of the
recent orders for complete 400 ton washing
plants are the following; Kansas and Texas
Coal Company, mines at Huntington, Arkan-
sas, Muddy Valley Mining and Manufacturing
Company, Haltidaysboro, Illinois, The Chicka-
mauga Coal and Coke Company, Chickamauga,
Ga., and the Toms Creek Coal and Coke Com-
pany, of Pulaski. Va.
BSSV
rccsa
LS DB\A/BY' &. CO.,
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Recent California Mining Incor-
porations.
Buckeye MiEing Co., Forest, Cal. ; D. Davis,
E. McCormick, M. D. Morrison, G. Haskins,
C. Hooper; capital stock, $60,000 -all sub-
scribed.
Golden Gate Mining Comoany, San Fran-
cisco; H. R. Wylie, F.W. Fowler, R. Ash, W.
H. Eastland, A. EUis; capital stock, $500,000;
subscribed, $4100.
Tuber Mining Co., San Francisco; T. B.
Pheby, H. Wadsworth, N. Stein, H. Dutard,
H. H. Lynch, T. B. Bishop, J. B. James ; capital
stock, $10,000,000; subscribed, $8300.
Jura Placer Mining Co,, San Francisco;
H. N. Thornton, W. Haoke, J. H. Marshall,
J. P. White, W. Swarthy, San Francisco;
capital stock, $300,000; subscribed, $50.
Harriman G. M. Co., San Francisco; C. S.
Bluedict, F. W. Williams, M. B. Harriman,
0. R. Oliver, S. C. Williams; capital stock,
$1,500,000; subscribed $500.
Money Metal Mines Co., San Francisco;
Messrs. Davis, H. McCormick, A. W. Coombs ;
capital stock, $500,000; subscribed $8100.
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Send for
catalog to
HORACE F. BROWN,
CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
Special attention given to preparing plans for the
Chlorlnallon and Bromine Processes of Treating
Gold Ores.
/ Brown's Complete Automatic Mill
I FirocesSi
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'n\fi ^' Cldfirinatiim Pnicetin.^^ By E. B. Wil-
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condensation of practical chlorination methods
as successfully practiced in various sections,
giving a description of the process, its cost
and practical results. Considerable space is
devoted to roasting-furnaces. Due credit is
given G. F. Deetken, of Grass Valley, the
first man to make a commercial success of the
chlorination process in this country. A table
of average cost is given, the figures not
varying much from those previously pub-
lished. The book is issued by Jno. Wiley &
Sons., 53 E 10th St., N. Y. City; price, $1..50.
Recently Declared ilining Divi-
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Geyser — Marion, Utah, ji9,000, payable
June .SO. ■
^r CAZIN WHEEL.
PATENTED MAR. 16, 1897.
Will furnish more power per cubic foot of water used
than any other water wheel in the market.
PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR MINING OPERATIONS AND ELECTRICAL
TRANSMISSION PLANTS.
SEND FOK PAMPHLET.
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INING MACHINERY, Second-hand.
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June 26, 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
555
RISDOIN IRON \A/ORK.S,
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EHINERS, ATTENTION!^
We ben to call altenlion to our " KISDDN HAMMERED " Shoes and Dies,
which are made of a special quality of steel, are hammered and then compressed
in moulds so as to give the greatest possible density.
These Shoes will outlast any other make and will not chip or cup.
We have attached a sketch showing sizes; fill in the size of your Shoes and
Dies, and order a trial set.
Our prices are as low as any, and the article we offer should commend it
to all mine owners and mill men.
• •
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A Well Governed Water Power .•.*.•
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. . Our New Relay Returning Governor . .
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on the market. It ensures a closer degree of regulation than has been possible
heretofore, equaling the best Corliss Engine regulation.
AUURKSS ALL INOUIKIES TO-
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FOR
Regulating Pressures
IN
PIPE LINES
lly the utieof this tie-
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fruin shock or water
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Nlechaiiical »■** Hydraulic;
ENGINEERS
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Joshua Hendy Machine Works,
San Francisco, Cal.
Office and Salesroom 38 to 44 Fremont Street.
Works Cor. Kearny, Francisco and Bay Streets.
PACIFIC AMALGAMATOR
Tiiki'M till! placG uf plules. Will Miive tbr fine an
well ;iH the coji-rsL' (jold. It li:m;L lurtre sUvei'-platcd
;ini;il^';tm:illnp sin'riicc, constructed so ;is to produce
;i (.-utiipleir cuiiliui Will aiive fine gold that cjinnot
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DOUBLE CYLINDER SINGLE DRUH HOIST.
THE above form of Hoist has certain features of construction
which make it superior to all others. It is mounted on a sin-
! gle solid base, with standboard for the operator. The engines are
I reversible link-motion and the drum is fitted with post-brakes and
I helical teeth, which assure quick and safe operation.^ The design
! is compact and superior and the construction strong! and substan-
j tial. We furnish them either with or without clutch pinions. The
above cut illustrates an S^ inch by lo inch. Other sizes in stock
and built to order.
A Valve that Shuts Steam Off
I TIGHT.
' Full particulars by acltlresstng the manufacturers,
i The Wm. Powell Co.,
t CINCINNATI, O.
Pugct Sound Machinery Depot, Seattle, Wash.,
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QUICKSILVER!
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Write for estimates on complete Milling, Mining
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JUNEAU ALASKA.
566
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 26, 1897.
General Electric Company.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENTS FOR
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THE J. H. MONTGOMERY MACHINERY
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Whim, price reduced to $100.
team Holsters, $300 and up ; hand
liolsters $30; steel ore buckets
all prices; prospectors' stamp
mills 8300. A 10-stamp mill,
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Ores tested and amalga-
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VULCAN ROPEWAY
Vl/ITH
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per in the ground, operating Vulcan self-loader, and attending to the Ropeway generally
dumper requires no attention whatever. The Vulcan loader I consider the best feature m
Ropeway, making it possible for one man to load 200 tons in ten hours.
Yours very truly, J. P. "WOODBURY,
The self
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VULCAN IRON W/ORKS,
riANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY,
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IF YOU HAVE A SMELTER~YOU WANT IT.
IF YOU HAVE A COPPER MINE~YOU NEED IT.
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The Original Cyanide Process.
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Gold Medal, Columbian Exposiiton. 1893.
MINE OWNERS and others having Refractory
and Low Grade Gold and Silver Ores and Tailings
should have their material tested by
The MacArthnr-Forrest Cyanide Process,
Samples assayed and luily reported upon. Par-
ticulars upon application.
Advisory Board in the United States: Geo. A.
Anderson, General Manager: Huffh Butler, Attor-
ney; W. S. Ward; J. Stanley Mulr, Technical
Manager.
California and Nevada Agent, Bertram Hunt, 216
Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Office: McPhee Bdilding, Denver, Colorado.
Established 185:^. Incorporated 18fly.
JOHIN TT/WLOR <fe CO.,
63 First Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Manufacturers and Importers of
Mssayors' TVlatorial,
FURNACES, SCALES,
BALANCES,
WEIGHTS, ETC.
ALSO, MINE AND
MILL SUPPLIES,
CHEHICALS AND
CHEniCAL APPARATUS.
Sole Agents for the
Pacilic Coast for the
W. S. Tyler Wire Worits
Co., manufacturers of
Steel and Brass Wire
Battery Screens.
Agents for Baker & Adamson's Chemically Pure
Acids. A full stock always on hand!
Nitric Acid, sp. gr. \A2; Muriatic Acid.sp. gr. 1.20;
Sulphuric Acid, sp. gr. 1.845.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.
The Denver Fire Clay Co.
Manufacturers of Assayers* aud Chemists*
Supplies.
Fire Brick and Tile for Metallurgical Purposes.
Importers and Dealers in Chemicals and Appa-
ratus. Sole Agents for the Alnsworth Balances.
1742-46 Champa St., Denver, Col.
JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San Fraucisco Agents.
K^Russell Process.
For information concerning this process
for the reduction of ores containing
precious metals, and terms of license,
apply to
THE RUSSELL PROCESS CO..
Park City, Utah .
TUBES CORDAGE CO.
(A CORPORATION.)
Constantly on hand a full assortment of Manila
Rope, Sisal Rope, Duplex Rope, Tarred Manila
Rope, Hay Rope, Whale Line, etc., etc. 4S"Extr8
sizes and lengths made to order on short notice
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Mining and Scientific Press.
Jime 26 1897.
RISDON IROIN \A/0RK:S,
Office and Works: Cor. Beale and Howard Sts., San Francisco.
READ WHAT MINERS THINK OF THE BRYAN PATENT ROLLER QUARTZ MILL AND JOHNSTON CONCENTRATOR.
Office of the Candelaria Consolidated Mexican Mining Co. |
SAN DiwAS, DuKANQO, MEXICO, October 25, 1888. (
RiSDON Iron works, San Franc i.sco— Gentlemen : Our company has
been operating three of the 4- foot Bryan Roller Quartz Mills, one of
which has been running: steadily for three years, one for two and one
for one year. Our quartz is very hard; we crush through a No. tlO
mesh screen. Our mills run 55 reTOlutlons per minute, and each crush
througli (JO-mesh screens 12 tons in 24 hours; through 50-me9h, 16 tons;
and through 40 mesh, 18 tons. This proportion has been continuous.
One set of dies will crush from 1500 to 1600 tons.
( ine set of tires will crush 1500 tons.
One ring plate will crush from 2200 to 2300 tons.
The mills require very little attention. At our mill an ordinary
" peon." earning one dollar per day, has complete charg-e.
In regard to sliming, in comparison with stamps, by reason of the
discharge surface and the continuous agitation by the scrapers, a
MUCH less amount of slime is created. A three years' experience
teaches me that, in every respect, the mills are a complete success,
and of material benefit to the mining world. They can be set up and
running in forty-eight hours and can be dismounted in the same time
and removed to wherever desired. Ours were packed on our mule
trail over as difficult a road as any in Mexico. As a gold amalgamator
it is unequaled by any mill now in existence. Yours truly,
D. M. BURNS, Superintendent.
Champion Mining Company, by which you were to furnish one 5-foot
Bryan Roller Quartz Mill on four months' trial, in competition with
the Huntington Mill, would sav that we have made the teat, and the
Bryan Mill has proven so greatly superior on all points claimed, viz..
capacity and economy, that we have ordered a second Bryan Mill from
you and have concluded to discontinue the use of the Huntington Mill.
JOHN BECK. Pres.
Yours truly,
Simon Bamberger, Director. [Copy.]
W. J. Beatie, Sec'fy.
Bcllion-Eeck and Champion Mining Conn* ant, |
Eureka, Utah, August 24, 1895. (
The RiSDQN Iron and Locomotive Wohks. San Francisco— Gentle-
men: Referring to contract made by you with the Eullion-Beeb and
Bullion- Beck and Champion Mining Compant. I
EUREKA, Utah, Aug. 24, 1895. f
The Risdon Iron and Locomotite Works, San Francisco— Gentle-
men : In February last, in connection with the five-foot Bryan Roller
Mill which we took from you to test in competition with the Hunting-
ton Mill, we also took a six-foot Johnston Concentrator to he tested
with ten Frues, one end shake with four belts and one side shake
Woodbury. We have been working these machines since the mill
was completed, at such times when we had sufficient water.
The terms on which the test was made was that the machine doing
the most satisfactory work should be accepted and the others taken
out. This did not apply to the Frue, as they were purchased with the
plant. In compliance with this agreement, we now inform you that
the Johnston Concentrator has proved so superior over the other ma-
chines that we now order from you four more of the Johnston Concen-
trators. Yours truly, JOHN BECK, Free.
Simon Bamberger. Director. W. J. Beatie, Sec't'y.
Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs Railway, j
S. Bamberger, President and Manager. I
Salt Lake City, Utah, October 10, 1895. (
B. R. Tawndraw, Esq.. care Guyer Hot Springs, Ketchum. Idaho-
Dear Sir: In reply to yours of the twenty-eighth of September, we
have been using at the Bullion-Beck Concentrating Works, Frue Van-
ner, Woodbury and Johnston machines, side by side for the last four
months; and after a thorovjgh trial of all of them, we concluded that
the Johnston Vanner was doing the most accurate work and was the
best; hence, we bought four more Johnston machines and shall con-
tinue to use them in preference to any other.
You will find It the easiest regulated machine and very much easier
set up than either of the other machines. We bought our machines
from the Risdon Iron Works, of San Francisco, where Mr. Johnston,
the patentee, personally superintends the manufacturing of them.
Hoping you will make a success, I remain, Yours truly.
[Copy.] [Signed] SIMON BAMBERGER.
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. 1895. (
The Gold Valley Mining Company of San Francisco, i
C. C. MClvER. President; D. Cushman. Secreta
Mission San Jose, Cal., Oct. ITth.
RiSDONlRON AND Locomotive Works. San Francisco -Gentlemen:
We take great pleasure in having to inform you that, after a careful
investigation extending over a six weeks' steady run alongside of six
other concentrators, the Johnston which you put in for us was the
only machine from which you could not find a loss In
the tailings. It has done all you claim for it and has proved more
than satisfactory. We intend replacing all our other concentrators
with Johnston's, as we are convinced they will pav for themselves
many times over in a year. CHAS. C. McIVER, President.
THE FINLAYSON PATENT WIRE ROPE TRAflWAY.
THIS TRAMWAY IS THE BEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLACED ON THE MARKET.
IT HAS NO RIVAL. IT IS STRICTLY AUTOMATIC AND ITS CAPACITY RUNS DP TO 1000
LBS. PER BUCKET. ANY ONE CONTEMPLATING THE ERECTION OF A TRAMWAY
SHOULD INVES riGATE ITS MERITS BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE
THE (COLORADO Denver,
V^ ii^ON WORKS COMPANY, Colo.
sole aqents and manufacturers.
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We are Manufacturers of
and contbactinq engineers for
Improved Black Hawk Ore Breaker.
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InveBtlgate Onr Late Improvementa In OKE CRUSHING MACHINERT.
We Guarantee Capacity Per Day to Any Degree of Fineness.
OUR PATENT HOT BLAST APPARATUS for all Smelting Furnaces Is a Success. A great econo-
mizer of fuel, and enlarges capacity of furnace.
Standard Silver-Lead Water Jacket
Smelting Furnace.
Eiuipped with Arcb-Bar System of Kantles,
Insnrlne rigid and strong walls.
No Cracks.
DENVER IMPROVED ORE CRUSHER.
Wrougfht Iron Tension Bars,
Safety Tog:gfle Plates,
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Saving in Freight,
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LIGHTNING QUADRUPLE FRICTION HOIST
Has stood the test of years.
Worl<;manship and Material the Very Best.
SEND FOR DESCRIPTION AND PRICES. MENTION THIS PAPER.
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Why the Springer Concentrator is the Best:
It will do more and cleaaer work than any rubber belt miichine.
It weighs only one-haU as much as sonie of the six-foot concentrators.
Is the most simple in its construction of any machine in the market, and only one-third as many
pieces In it as in some of the others. Was invented by an old miner of forty years' experience hand-
ling every known concentratoi' on the market.
Should any piece need repairing, it can be removed without disturbing any other part of the
machine.
Can be set up by any inexperienced m'ner.
Its distributor is perfection itself, distributing the pulp evenly over the entire surface of the belt.
Grade of shaking frame can be changed while the machine is running at full speed.
It is the strongest, lightest running and most inexpensive to keep in repair of any
Will save more of the fine slimes than any other machine.
Is cheaper than any other six-foot maL-hine, costing only ja^O.OO f. o. b. cars or boat, San Francisco.
Will handle the pulp from five stamps better than any other Concentrator.
Has adjustable eccentrics, and any length of stroke can be had, thereby giving different speeds
per minute.
The belt is very durable, being made of No. 3 Canvas, woven especially for the Springer concentra-
tor.
This machine requires so little attention that one man will easily attend to a dozen of them.
It has a solid rubber flange, which no other canvas belt has.
Wear and tear upon this machine is not one-third as much as upon some of the other concentrators.
Fulton "SSlpSS;;^,?^ Works.
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21 & 23 FREMONT ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Mining Machinery & Supplies.
Sole Licensee for the Manufacture and Sale of the
ROF»F» STRAIGHT LIINE RURINACE
FOR ROASTING, CHLORINATING AND DESULPHURIZING ORES.
Extracts from Letters Received from MJr. Philip Argall, Manag^er the Metallic Extraction
Co., Cyanide, Colorado:
January 2, 1897.
"The roasting is invariably good. We can do 80 tons per day to 0.13% sulphur, when everything
runs smooth. Our month record which, of course, includes all delays, is 1700 tons, from 1.94% sulphur
to 0.16%."
February 19, 1897.
"Our furnace is now running very nicely Indeed, averaging 90 tons per day to 0.10% sulphur, and
doing excellent work; in fact, it has improved right along and we are highly pleased with it.
" For 24 hours ending 7 A. M. to-day 102 tons were roasted."
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF FURNACE.
The ROPP FURNACE is now in successful operation at the
following reduction works: The Hanauer Smelting Works, Salt
Lake City, Utah (one furnace); The Metallic Extraction Co., Cy-
anide, Colo, (one furnace); The Colorado-Philadelphia Reduction
Co., Colorado City, Colo, (three furnaces); The Selby Smelting &
Lead Co., Selby, Cal; (one furnace); The Mount Morgan Gold
Mining Co., Rockhampton, Queensland (one furnace); and Broken
Hill Proprietary Co., Broken Hill, New South Wales (two furnaces).
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Mining and Scientific Press,
June 26, 1897.
Market Reports,
The Markets.
San Fbancisco, June 36. 1S97.
The local money market begins to show
signs of easing, with more outside money offer-
ing. The impression grows that in view of
the steadily growing feeling of confidence,
lower rates of discount will rule within the
next 60 or 90 days, owing to banks letting out
their hoarded stock of coin. So far the in-
quiry for funds does not show any increase,
but it is expected that next month there will
be a good demand for crop moving purposes.
The crops of all kinds, except hay, are turn-
ing out larger than has been estimated, which
will L-all for more money. The East reports a
growing demand for money, which is accepted
as a harbinger of better times. The call
comes from speculators, manufacturers and
merchants, and also for crop moving purposes.
The between-season dullness continues in
about every branch, except groceries and
other necessities. Jobbers in these branches
report a fairly active demand, but with the
margin of profit in many lines wiped out by
close competition. In hardware, metals, etc.,
the demand is fairly active. We are credita-
bly informed that three of the largest iron
and machine works in this city have work
ahead which will run well into next year, not-
withstanding they are employing a largely
increased number of hands. One harvest ma-
chine manufacturer reports more work than
for several years, which gives employment to
nearly double the number of men that were
working for it last year. This speaks well for
more prosperous times. Our Eastern ex-
changes are no longer pessimists, but are
quite enthusiastic over the outlook, and un-
hesitatingly state that we have rounded the
corner.
New York Silver Prices.
New Yokk, June 34. — Following are the
c'osing prices for tbe week:
, Silve?' in .
London, N. T.
, Spol.
$32 00
22 00
31 50
823 00
33 00
Fri..
Sat. ..10 90
Men. . . 10 90
Tue. -.10 90
Wed., 10 90
Thur. .10 90
10 00@13 50
10 00@I2 50
10 00@12 50
10 00(5113 50
10 00(0113 50
601.8
60^8
60? S
60H
Tin.
13 92M
13 95
13 95
13 95
13 95
13 95
Friday 2751£
Saturdi.y 275S
Monday 27 W-IB
Tuesday 37 9-16
Wednesday 27 9-16
Thursday , 27 9-16
Copper , Lead, Iron.
10 90 @n 13^4 3 37^ 10 00@12 50
@11 12^ 3 37^4 '" '""'
@11 V2Yi 3 37H
(gin 12i.i 3 37i4
(gill 121/2 3 37K
@\l 12/2 3 35
Tbe local bullion, .money and excbange quo-
tations current are as follows :
Commercial Iioans, % per annum 7@8
Commercial Loans, prime 6@8
Call Loans, gilt edged 6@7
Call Loans, mixed securities 7{§)8
Mortgages, prime, taxes paid by lender 6@8
p?ew York Sight Draft 17>Sc Prem
New York Telegraphic Transfer 30c Prem
London Bankers' 60 days J4.87
London Merchants 84.85
London Sl^ht Bankers 84.88
Rp.flned Silver, peroz., 1000 fine. .. ., m^i
Mexican Dollars 49(a;49J4
SILVER.— The market shaded off slightly
the past week in sympathy with the East.
Europe continues to take sparingly, but if
China should negotiate for a loan of ^80,000,-
OOU, it is thought that a large part will be
taken in silver, particularly if the money is
for home use. The export movements from
the port of New York have been largely of
foreign silver, chiefly that imported from
Mexico. The steamer for China took out for
Japan and China 153,000 ounces.
MEXICAN DOLLARS— The market is
quiet, although steamers now leaving for
China take out increasing quantities. The
last one took out 166,731 dollars.
QUICKSILVER.— The market is steady to
firm, with a continued fair demand.
Our market is quoted at $40.50 for domestic
consumption.
COPPER.— The market has held steady.
There have been liberal receipts of ingots the
past week. The East reports a firm to strong
market. James Lewis &; Sons of Liverpool
report in their last circular: ''Less Ameri-
can copper is now offering than for some time
past, and a considerable quantity of electro-
lytic and wire bars previously sold have
recently been bought back by tbe original
vendors. There are signs of improved trade
in the United States, and as soon as the pres-
ent session of Congress ends this improve-
ment is expected to further develop. The
demand for manufactured copper is not very
active, and India has only bought small quan-
tities of yellow metal and sheets. Best se-
lected is becoming scarce. Birmingham is
being offered. The use of higb con-
ductivity wire continues to extend both
in this country and on the Continent, and
wire drawers are busy."
The local market is quoted as follows:
Ingot, jobbing (5M4
Ingot, -wliolesale @13
Sheet copper @17
■Bolt yi and 5-16, 20c; % and larger, 17
TIN.— The consumption continues large of
both plate and pig, but this does not affect
values owing to requirements having been
met by forwar(3 purchases some time ago.
We quote as follows in a jobbing way :
Pig, per lb _@ 15
Plate, I C coke, heavy, per box $4 10@'4 35
light, " 4 00@
LEAD. — The market holds to strong prices
with a fairly free consumption reported on
this coast and also at the East. Foreign mar-
kets are firm to strong.
Our market is quoted in jobbing lots as fol-
lows:
Pig 4 00 @ 425
^^T- _ @ 4 50
5 62i^@ 6 12»4
4 87J^® 6 37H
SHOT. — The market is firm at full figures.
Our market is quoted as follows :
Drop, sizes smaller than B, per hag of 25 lbs.. -tl 35
Drop, B and larger sizes, " " ... 160
Buck. Balls and Chilled, do, " "... 1 60
POWDER. — The consumption shows an in-
crease over last year. There was sent to
Hawaii the past week 150 cases and 150 kegs.
The market is quoted as follows for Her-
cules : No. 1, from XX%c to ITJ^c, according to
strength and quantity; No. 2, from 9c to lie,
according to strength and quantity.
BORAX. — The market is steady to firm.
The market is quoted as follows :
Refined, in carload lots, in barrels 5
Refined, in carload lots In sacks 43-4
Powdered, in car lots 5
Concentrated. " 4H
IRON. — The market is firm to strong for all
kinds. The East continues to report an ac-
tive market, with sales made into next year.
The consumption is larger than for years.
AMERICAN.
To Arj-ive.
Sloss $20 00
Thomas 3t 00
Salisbury 29 00
ENGLISH.
Barrow $31 00
Gartsherrie 21 50
COAL. — There is nothing new to report in
our market. The consumption of steam is in-
creasing.
COKE.— The market is quoted as follows:
Gas Companies'
English, to load 9 50 ®
" spot, in bulk 10 00 @
" in sacks 11 00 @ 12 00
Cumberland @
PLATINUM.— Very little doing.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
110 to S<15 per ounce.
ZINC.— Tbe market is firm at quotations.
Our market is quoted at 10 to 15 cents, ac-
cording to thickness.
ALUMINUM.— Tbe market is steady.
We quote in jobbing lots at 50 cents per
pound for ingots.
Chemicals.
There is absolutely nothing new to report.
The long dragged out action on the tariff has
admitted of the markets on this coast, and at
the east being well stocked up, and conse-
quently dealers fear there may be a selling
pressure before tbe close of the year, which
makes them conservative.
SPELTER. — The market is quiet but
steady.
We quote our market in a jobbing way at 5
cents a pound.
BISMUTH. —The market is steady.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way at
$1.50 a pound.
PHOSPHORUS.— The market is steady.
We quote in a jobbing way at 70 to 75 cents
per pound.
BONEASH.— There is nothing new to re-
port.
Our market is quoted in a jobbing way as
follows: Extra, 4c a pound; No. 1, 3Xc;No.
S, 3Xc.
SODA ASH, 58% (LeBlanc process).— The
market is steady at ^1.55 per 100 lbs. in a
jobbing way.
CAUSTIC SODA, 60%.— The market is
slow at 3c per pound in a jobbing way.
HYPOSULPHATE OP SODA.— There is a
slow demand at 2%c a pound from stores.
NITRATE OP SODA.— Market is quiet.
Our market is quoted from store at 4c for
95%.
ACETIC ACID.— The market is steady at 6
to ISe per pound from store for carboys, ac-
cording to make.
SULPHURIC ACID.— The demand is light.
We quote in a jobbing way at l^c per lb for
66%.
NITRIC ACID.— Our market is reported
steady from store at 6i^@7c.per pound in car-
boys.
BLUE VITRIOL.— Our market is quiet.
We quote in a jobbing way at i^c per
pound.
Vo7npawj and Location. No. Ami.
AltaSMCo, Nev 56,
Bullion M Co. Nev 50.
Cballenge Con M Co, Nev 23.
Chollar M Co. Nevada 43.
Gold Hill M Co, Cal 12.
Jamison M Co, Cal 9.
Occidental Con M Co, Npv 37.
Pine HillG &S M Co. Cal. .. .10.
RocklslandG&SMCo.Nev.M..
Thorpe M Co, Cal 7.
/\SSESS7V\E,INTS.
Levied, DelingH and Site.
Secretary.
.May 21.. June 25.. July 16 JE Jacobus. 309 Montgomerv
.May 4. .June 8.,June28 R R Grayton, 331 Pine
.May 13. .June 16. .July 8 C L McCoy. Mills Bldg
.May 10.. June 15.. July 8 C E Elliott, 309 Montgomerv
.June 16.. July 26.. Aug 13 C A Grow, Mills Building
Nov 37.. June 23.. Aug 18 Sam WChe^ney, 120 Sutter
.May U. . June 12. .July 1 .Alfred K Durbrow, 309 Montgomerv
.May 10. .July 1.. July 23 Cbas A Hare, 1003 Railroad Ave
«i..... May 30.. June 35. July 6 W W(-iuptiU, 309 Montgomerv
2i4c..June 9.. July 17. .Aug 9 A P Frey, Phelan Building
. 5c.
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appear to be made to order, for, more than
once, one or more of them have been at vari-
ance with what the inside pool has been fur-
nished. Even officials of the mines and
members of other pools, but not of the inside
pool, are kept in ignorance of the true con-
dition of the mines, when, by so doing, the
"inside" is able to better accomplish a de-
sired purpose. With persons claiming to be
informed on the mines there is a strong belief
that two or more good sized bodies of ore can
be removed at any time desired. While be-
lieving this they do not operate inshares, well
knowing that the mines are one thing and the
stock market quite another, yet. out of both.,
money is made by the inside. From the north
end group mines the news from there is of an
interesting character to miners, but to out-
siders it is of no particular interest. Some of
tbe work is being run in the right direction,
yet fears that it may be stopped, as has work
for several years past, before reaching an ore
body, keep informed outsiders from buying.
In Utah work is confined to the surface tunnel
level, with nothing new to report. In Sierra
Nevada work is continued on the surface tun-
nel level and also 900-foot level. So far as of-
ficial letters go, nothing of interest is re-
ported, but Comstock miners state that the
work in the 900-foot level is in the right direc-
tion. Probably this is why the shares have
ruled strong. Nothing new comes to hand
from Union. Official letters do not report
quite so much active work. In Mexican they
are still running a south drift from the north-
westerly workings on the 1000-foot level. The
material is not of an encouraging character.
Long-suffering outside shareholders of Ophir
ought to feel in better spirits, for the last of-
ficial letter states that quartz assaying SI a
ton has been found in the mine, but this is
not sufficient to shut off an assessment soon.
In Andes they are still exploiting the 175-
foot level. The work in Con. "Virginia begins
to lose interest owing to a strong dropping in
prices. The market value of the shares now
with over 100 tons of good ore raised every
week is not so high as it was when no ore was
found, and only fair prospects ahead. In this
mine active work is being done on the 1000-
foot, 1550-foot, and 1650-foot levels. On the
latter two levels the work is quite interest-
ing, for the latter show that the mine is far
from being worked out, and that when the
work is in better shape more ore can be ex-
tracted than is now. At several places veins
varying from a few inches to 2 or 3 feet have
been cut, giving assays from S15 to nearly
SilOO a ton. The work in Best & Belcher, and
Gould & Curry, is in the same direction, and
on the same level heretofore reported. In tbe
Alpha they continue to make slow progress
about as fast as ever. Only 10 feet was made
the past week in the south drift from the
west crossdrift on the 500-foot level. This
drift is being run so as to put the mine in po-
sition for better working when desired by
the inside. In Bullion they have abandoned
the work that they have been doing for
months past, and are going to run an east
crossdrift from tbe work shaft. The joint
west crossdrift of Con. Imperial, Challenge
and Confidence is in harder material. Erom
Confidence nothing of interest is at hand.
The work is the same as reported last week
in the Crown Point, Belcher, Seg. Belcher
and Overman. In the joint west crossdrift of
the Yellow Jacket, Kentuck and Crown
Point, only fair progress is being made.
Nothing new comes to hand from Alta.
From the Bruswick lode nothing of particu-
lar interest has come to hand. The last ofQcial
letter from the joint work of Con. Virginia,
Best & Belcher and Gould & Curry state
that in the Best & Belcher ground they ran
into one foot of ore assaying a little over |39 a
ton, and that 15 tons of ore had been ex-
tracted. If with over 2000 tons of good ore
extracted last week by Chollar an assessment
has to be levied, tbe one-foot ore in B. & B.
is not very encouraging. In Chollar they are
pushing work on tbe 300-foot, 400-foot, 500-foot
and 600-foot levels. There was extracted last
week 230 tons of ore assayed by battery sam-
ples HIS, 22 gold and 13.03 ounces of silver to
WANTED.— An Assay Outfit
IN GOOD CONDITION.
Afldress JOHN G. SMITH, 47^ Edwards Street,
Oakland, Cal.
lA/ANTED.
Competent AsBayers and Chemists and Ex-
perienced Ore Samplei'Bt
To take charge of our branch ofllces in the Republic
of Mexico, through which we purchase Ores, Bul-
lion and Sulphides, and sell Mining and Milling
Supplies. Must be thorough, active and careful
workers. Knowledge of Spanish desirable. Ad-
dress, with references, THE LEWIS COMPANY,
Apartado 71 B, Mexico City.
lA/ANXED.
Mining Share Market.
San Francisco. June 34, 1897.
Tbe mining share market has been du^l
throughout the past week with a steady
sbrinking in values. This is contrary to re-
ports put out last week that before July 4
there would be a strong up-raove with many
of the shares more than doubling on the
shorts. It is quite likely that these reports
caused persons on the short side to fill and as
the majority of persons dealing in the market
were loaded up there was no support. It
seems to be a recognized fact that at the
declining prices of the past few weeks there
has been a steady absorption of the shares
thrown out by the public. It is stated that
strictly commission brokers have fewer shares
for outsiders than ever before known. It is
also said that the number of shares held on
the outside, and paid for, is very considerable
below that ever before, held. These low hold-
ings cause the inquiry to be raised " who has
been buying them ? " Experience has taught
that it makes little difference if an inside
pool holds the large bulk of shares, for they
will not make a deal until they are ready.
When they are ready and prices have been
materially advanced and ihere is an oppor-
tunity of making a deal then a body of ore is
shown up in the leader with the usual results,
the outside heavy buyers at high prices on
big ore develcpments, but later on they are
big sellers on assessments and a petering out
of the ore.
The news from the Comstock mines, so far
as official letters placed on file are concerned,
is devoid of interest. Some of these letters
WILL NEGOTIATE with owners or their duly
authorized agents only.
WILL INVESTIGATE only thoroughly bona-
flde properties, either Mines, Prospects or Mineral
Lands, whose owners are willing to make reason-
able terms. When sending reports on properties
also send terms on which you are willing to sell
or lease.
E. N. BREITUNG,
Marquette, Mich., U. S. A.
Operator and Dealer In
Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands,
Mining Stocks, Bonds, Options, Leases,^
Contracts and Secarltles>
MONEY LOANED ON BONA-FIDE MINES.
WILL EXAMINE on reasonable terms all kinds
of Mines, Mining Properties and Mineral Lands
as to their value, method of working and the
condition of their titles.
WILL GIVE Options, Leases, Bonds and Con-
tracts on all kinds of Mines, Mining Properties
and Mineral Lands.
Assay and Chemical Work Done on Reasonable
Terms.
Have best of bank and other references. Use
McNeill's or A B O Telegraphic Codes.
DO ALL OUR OWN EXPERT AND CHEMICAL I
WORK.
Old Iron Shafting,
5 to 15 in. Diameter.
Address "IRON," Mining and Scientific Press.
DIV^IDEND INOTICE,
The German Savings and Loan
SOCIETY,
526 California 5treet.
For the half year ending June 30, 1897, a dividend
has been declared at the rate of four and twenty-
bundredihs (-1.20) per cent per annum on Term De-
posits and three and flfty-hundredtbs (3.50) per
cent per annum on Ordinary Deposits, free of
tax'-s, payable on and after THURSDAY, July 1st,
1897. GEO. TOURNY, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
San F^ranolsco Sa\/Ing;s Union,
532 California Street, Corner Webb.
I (For the half year ending with the 30th of June,
1897, a dividend has been declared at the rate per
annum of four and two-tenths (4.3) per cent on
Term Deposits and three and live tenths (3.5) per
cent on Ordinary Deposits, free of taxes, payable
on and after THURSDAY, July 1st, 1897.
LOVELL WHITE, Cashier.
Thomas J. Fry, John Sti.vanus,
President. Sec'y & Treas.
T. R. Miller, John D. Fleming,
Vice-Pres't. Counsel.
CAPITAL STOCK, 8100,000.
THE
Mining Investment Company,
No. 531 to 634 Cooper Building.
DENVER, COLO.
Branch Office, - COLORADO SPRINGS.
1 We have prospective purchas-
ers for developed and producing
I mines and desire to correspond
i direct with owners of such prop-
erties. We handle properties on
legitimate commission only and
prefer to deal with owner or
J authorized representatives.
Gold and
Copper
Wanted.
$33,014,000
Paid in Dividends by Utah Mining Stocks.
Weekly Market Letter on Application.
Quotations by Wire or Mail.
JAM£S A. POLLOCK. Mining Stock Broker,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
STOC^K. IIN THE
Copper King of Arizona
Can be had by applying to
C.W. BLACKBURN. Fiscal Agent,
BISBBB, ARIZONA.
.^"Send for prospectus.
British Columbia.
E. S. TOPPING, TRAIL, B. C,
Has prospects for sale In Trail Creek and the
whole of the Columbia basin. Will buy legitimate
stock and mines for investors. Will examine
mines. Has lots for sale in Trail and Deer Park.
The
Jht
of the advertiser to know the measure of his purchase ip circulation
is no less than the right of the publisher to know the weight of [print paper
received from the mill.
4
June -20. 1897.
Mining and Scientific Press.
563
the ton. In Occidental tbey are ^till actively
prosecuting work on the 55l)-foot uud 650-(oot
levels, with as yet iDdiffereot success.
The following illustrates the changes ot the
week:
MlNi.~
June
17.
Alpha
Alta CoDsoliduted.-
Andes
Belcher
Best & Uelcher
Bodle
Bullion
Challenge
ChoUar
ConQdence
Coni>olldated CalUOrnia and Virglnlt
Consolidated New York
Crown Point
Exchequer
Gould & Curry
Hale& NorcrobS
Justice
Mexican ^,
Ophir ii
Overman
Potosl
Savage
Sierra Nevada
Union
Utah
Yellow Jacket -
I 75
i'46
June
34.
77
31
S9
39
71
03
Id
.■x
■39
£>
22
111
53
ib
S8
33
3an Francisco Stock Board 5ales.
San Fkancisco. June 24, 1897.
9:30 A. M. SESSION.
•JOO Challenge 39 :W0 Ophlr 63
■1^ ChoUar 75 300 Potosi ;w
50ConCal & Va I 40i 50 Sierra Nevada.... 53
IW Gould & Curry. . . . 3ll lOO Standiu-d 1 40
8ECOWD SESSION— 2:30 p. M.
50 Mexican 26 500 Yellow Jacket. ... ^i
luu Besi& Hclcher... 39 lOOSlerra Nevada... . 51
3U0ConCal& Va 1 35 :aW Overman 00
450 ChoUar 75 300 Challent^'e 39
&50Potosl SOJIOO Savage m
List of U. 5. Patents for Pacific
Coast Inventors.
Reported by Dewey & Co., Pioneer Patent
Solicitors for Pacific Coast.
FOR THE WEEK ENDING JDNE 15. 1897.
584,450.— Station Indicatok— M. Aolhony, Oak-
land. Cal.
584,662.— BirvOLE PANNIER— E. C. Bartlett, S. F.
584,494.— Voting Mai-hine— C. Chcistensen, Oak-
land. Cal.
584,673. — Spacing Machine — J. H. Crawford.
S. F.
584,331.— Car VENTIL.lTOR— W. Curk'tt. S. P.
584,489.- Broom Corn SizBR—GalTney & Fischer,
S. F.
584,401. — Concentrator Belt — Geo. Gates,
Jackson, Cal.
584,402 —Belt Adjustment— Geo. Gates, Jack-
son. Cal.
584,635.— Bicycle Brake— W. H. Hart, Vancou-
ver. Wash.
.■i84,508. — Tool for Cleaning Sewers — J. S.
Hughes, Lebanon, Or.
584,379.— BiCYCLETinE—Leicht & Lange, S. F.
584,729. —Car VENTILATOR —F. E. Monleverde,
S. F.
584.697.— Lock— J. VV. T. Morris, Sunimerland,
Cal.
584,644.— Bond for Elkctric Railways— F, T.
Newberry, S. F.
584,710. — Piano Frame — P. Schoen, Oakland,
Cal.
584,412.— Ocean Power- W. S. Suhuyler, Ocean-
side, Cal.
.584,751.— Hay Press— R. A. Simpson. Florence,
Cal.
584,653.— Finger Cap— Emma M. SivUs, Sacra-
mento, Cal.
584,713.— Gas Apparatus— J. L. Stewart, S. F.
Note.— Plain and Certified Copies of O. S. and For-
elgn patents obtained by Dewey &, Co., by mall or
teleg-raphic order, American and Foreign patents
secured, and general patent busluess transacted
with perfect security, at reasonable rates, and In
the shortest possible time.
In the Superior Court of the Cliy and County of
San Francisco. Stale of California. Depjirtment No S.
John V. Klmbiill, plalnlifC, vs. Mald^-l L. Klmb:ill,
defendant. Acllou brought in llu' Sii|»erlor Court,
City and County of Pun li'runclseo, State of Califor-
nia, and the complaint filed in said Clly aud County
of San Francisco, in the office of ihf t-lerk of said
Superior Court. The people of tin- Slate of Callfor-
ula send grreeting to Mabel L. Kimball, defendant.
You are hereby required to aiipL'ai' In an action
bronght against vou bv the abovo-nained plaintlfE
In the Superior Court, City and County of San Prau-
ciaco, State of California, and to answer the com-
plaint filed therein within ten Ua.vs (exclusive of
the day of service-) after the aervlcf on you of thi«
summons. If served within this con tiiy; or. If served
elsewhere, within thirty days. Tlic said action Is
brought to dissolve the bands of matrimony now
existing between yourself and plaintiff, on the
ground of habitual Intemperance on your part for
more than one year past. Ail of which will more
fully appear In the complaint un tile herein to
which you are hereby referred. And you are here-
by notified that if you fall to appear and answer the
said complaint, aa above required, the said plaintiff
will apply to the said Court for the relief prayed
for in the complaint. Given umler my hand and
seal of said Superior Court at the Cil.v aud County
of San Francisco. Statf of California, this Dth day of
April, in the year of our Lord, one tliousaod eight
hundred and ulnety-seven. C. F. Curry. Clerk. By
Joseph Rlordan. Deputv Clerk, it, Thompson, At-
torney for PlalntlfE.
F^OR SALE.
A GOOD PAYING MEDICAL PRACTICE
In a Thriving CaliforDia Mining Town,
Insuring a steady income from mine and outside
practice. An unusually favorable opportunity.
Price $350. All statements guaranteed. Address
L. T.thig office.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
INDEX TO VOLUME LXXIV
— OF THE -
Mining: and Scientific Press.
FROM JANUARY TO JUNE. 189r.
First-Class Air Compressor (Steam
Driven) and Drill, New.
Also, 3-Ton Capacity Pulverizer.
A. L. FISH, C9-61 FIRST STREET, S. F.
Pa(;e.
AbaQdonmcni of a Social Experiment 177
Acetylene, Its Exploslbillty 31
Advertising Mt-illums 212
Ace of the Gold Bearlnis' Gravels of theSlerras, 15t)
Afr, A New Power of. . . 348, 413
Compressed, for Miulng,412, 436,456, 478.501,520
Alabama Mineral Products 235,307,475
AlasUa 538
AlasUa-Treadwell Mine 3, iJ70, 343, 515
Alaska's Gold Yield, '06 27
Alaska Mines, 110, lit. 131, 155, 171, 105,331,233,238,
255. 3,13. 327, .'1711. 414. 4.54, 474, 41*8.
Transportation Co. Stories 323
Alaska-Mexican Mine 270, 387,471, 495
Alcohol EtTect on Animal Life 500
Alien Land Law ;.,, 278
AUls, E. P.,Co 63, 159
Alternating Current Dynamos In Parallel 500
Aluminum Acoustics 96
For Naval Use 96, 137, 216
Manufacture 30, 19?
Reducing Metallic Oxides 136
Sub.stiluted for Copper 343
New Uses of 550
Amador Co., Cal., Mines, 6. 34, 50, 76, 94, 114. 131,13^1,
154, 194, 214, 238, 262, 286, 306, 326, 346, 370, 390, 414.
43i, 454, 474, 498, 5IS, 546.
American Flat Drainage... 92. 112, 189, 231, 363
Institute Mining Engineers 171
Machinery, Why It Leads 237
Americans in Uritish Columbia 170
Anaconda Mine 279, 495
Ancient Coin Alloys 259
Metallurgy 1 17, 259
Andes, Ascension of 30S
Anthracite Coal Importations into S. F ; 33
Anti-Debris Association 3s6, 416, 450, 451
"Are Rocks and Pebbles Organic ?" 500
Areas of Disease 500
Arid Regions, Temperature of 260
ArizonaMines,7, 35, 51,77, 95, 111,115,134,155, 174.
191, 195, 215, 238, 262, 307, 323, 327, 347, 371, 388, 391,
414,435,455,476, 499, 519.
*Arrastras 341
*Artesian Wells 517
Armor Plate Rolling 284
Artificial Light 260
Asbestos Exports, Canada, '95 3
Ascending the Andes 308
Asphalt, Cost of 451
♦Asphalt Products 469
Assessment Work on Locations 342
Asylum for Disabled Miners 2
Atlantic Mining Co., Michigan 255
Australian Gold Product, '96. , .363, 431, 451, 453, 471
Mines l.. 71, 215,219, 333, 435, 451,471, 548
Mining Swindles 3
Aztec Mss. Found in Iowa 477
Bacteria 261
Bank of France's Charter 97
" Barney Barnato" 534
*Beaeh Sand Mining 405
*Big Horn Hot Springs 493
Bimetallism in Different Nations 261
*BIrch Two Stamp Mill 93
Bismuth Refined Electrolytically 368
Blank Forms for Quartz Location Notices 410
Boiler Scale, Removing 33
Boilers, Figuring Their Capacity 17tJ
*Bo]tholT Gear and Friction Hoist 328
Bolivian Mines 232
Bowie, Aug. J 170
Bowers, A. B 129
Brass and Its Manufacture 117
British Inventors 5^2
British Shipbuilding in '96 53
British Columbia Mines, 7, 35, 47, 50, 77, 95, HI, 115,
129. 131, 134, 151, 153, 154, 175, 190, 191, 195, 311,
214, 231. 238, 255, 263, 279, 287, 303, 305, 306,323,
327, 343, 347, 363, 371, 387, 391, 407, 415. 435, 451,
454, 471.474. 495, 499, 515, 518, 547.
Minister of Mines' Report 305
Ore Shipments 27,47, 171,305
British Capital's New Field 363
British Guiana Mines ill
Bi-oken Hill Proprietary Mine (Australia), 219, 323,
451.
Building Stones of California 150, 277
Butte Co., Cal., Mines, 6. 34, 50, 76, 91, 114, 134, 151,
154, 174, 194, 214, 238, 263. 287, 306, 333, 326, 346,
370, .390, 415, 434, 474, 518, 546.
♦California Asphalt Products 469
Buildins^ Stones 150, *377
Bullion Product 362
*Chrome Ores 301
Climate 219
Diamonds 213
Deep Mining 26, 133
Milling and Mining Statistics 47.^
Miners' Association, 151, 231, 254,255,279,341,
363,386,430, 471,515.
Mines Every Issue
Mining Before 1849 113
Mining Incorporations, '97, 14, 33, 79. 139, 159,
179, 199. 219, 242, 265, 351, 459, 503, 554.
Mining Law 302,494
*Onyx 449, 470
♦Petroleum 321
Products for '96 33, 362, 406
♦Quicksilver Mines 253
School Lands 330
♦Water Power 537
California's Electrical Enterprises . 521
Geology and Mineral Deposits, 139, 153, 173, 193,
213, 232.
Mineral Products, '96 387, 406
Calaveras Co., Cal., Mines, 6, 34, 50, 76, 94, 114, 134,
154, 174, 194, 214, 238, 255. 262, 279, 306, 326, 346,
370, 390, 414, 434, 454, 474, 498, 518, 546.
Calcium Carbide 136, 550
Calendar. A Wonderful 69
Calibration of Current Meters 368
Calumet &Hecla, Mich., Mine, 3, 32, 47, 191, 407,
471,495.
Caminetti Act 494
Canadian TarilT 495, 543
Car Building in the United States 385
Wheels. New Method ot Dressing 261
Carbons for Electrolysis 236
Carbolic Acid for Tempering Steel 137
Carson River Dredging Co., Nev 3, 171
Cash in New York Banks 311
Cast Iron, Effect of Concussion on 3i
For Finishing 339
Novel Use of 237
Cataphoresis 32
♦Center Crank Throttling Engine U6
♦Centrifugal Pump and Engine 71
Cripple Creek, Colo.. Mining Practices 4
Ores 21 1. 471, 515
Output 27, 47, 255, 323, 471, 495
Characteristics of the El Dorado Gold Belt 233
♦Illustration.
Pace.
Change of Policy 130
•Champion M ine, Nevada City, Cal 1
Chinese and Mines 130, 469
Gold Mines 469
Imiicirtailon of American Lumber 290
ClieapMllliug and Mining 473
Christy. S. B.,uuCvanlde 110,256
Chemical Industries: Electricity's Place There-
„ fu 176
♦Chrome Ores :^oi
Cinnabar In British Columbia 131, 407
In Nevada 67
Claims Discovered by Tunnel Marking .537
Clouds, Formation of 176
Coal in Mexico. 493
In Nevada 67, ia3, 21 1
Limit of Consumption 21?
Product loD.U. S., '06 523
Product of Hungary. '96 387
♦Coke Ovens of El Moro, Col 259
♦Cochrane Water Heaters and Receivers 300
Coinage of DiiTerent Countries 261
♦Collapse of a Pair of Corrugated Furnaces 328
Colouildan Gold Fields 257
ColvlIIe, Wash., Reservation 131
Colorado Bureau of Mines 47
Concentration Mothods 408
Iron Works 480, 503
Mines. 7, 35. 51, 94, 114, 135, 155, 171, 195, 211, 215,
238,255,363,270,287,307, 3A 337, 347,371,387,
391, 415, 43d, 451, 465, 471, 475, 499, 515, 518, 547.
M ine Leases 47
♦Railroads 149
Stamp Practice 49
Tunnel and Mine Owners 91
Colorado's Deepest Mine 407
Color in Light; Its Philosophy 156
CometM 5^0
Coming Rush to Alaska IIO
Comstock, Nev., Lode 3,47,303,363
Tailings 17]
Compound and Shunt Wound Generators 284
Compressed Air 392
For Mining Purposes.. .412, 436, 450, 478, 501, 620.
549.
In Steam Engine Cylinder 31
A Property of 96
Locomotive 53
♦Congress, Ariz., Mine and Mill 367
Continents Rising and Lowering 284
Congressional Library 216
Conservation of Intellectual Wave Forces 366
Continuous Rails for S'reet Railroads 216
Concussion. EITeet of, on Cast Iron 31
Concentration Methous in Colorado 408
•' Concentrates " Every Issue
♦Con. K. C. S. & R. Co 335
Copper in Mexico 407
In Oregon 171
Mine, An Arizona 543
Mines of Nevada 70, 279
Mines of Sinai 345
Price and Sales of 171, 431
Prospecting 131
Refining by Electricity -. 53, 193
Mining's Future 470
Statistics for '96 62, 323
Statistics for '97 407
Supply 500
Visible Supply of 161
♦Copper Queen Mine, Arizona 388
Cost of Drift Mining 213
Of Railway Building Sixty Years Ago 157
Of the Past and the Present 235
County and District Recorders 514
Crawford, J. J 254
Current Copper Statistics 62,407
Cuban Mines 191, 258
Cyanide of Gold, Solution and Precipitation, 4, 29,
49, 73, 92, 112, 196.
♦Apparatus 542
Process in South Africa 131,515
Process, Notes on , 256
Solution : Precipitation of Gold Therefrom, 213,
515.
Cylindrical Car 53
Debris and Dredger Bills 230, 303
Commission .3, 171, 230,302,386,431, 471
Question. .46, 66, 71, 1.30, 190, 230, 386, 416, 450, 451
Responsibility for 28,66,71,416
Deep Shafts 133, 385
Shaft Sinking 89
Mining in Cal 36,89,132,264,385
Mining in Australia 171
Mining and Stock Gambling 254
Sinking, Faith lu 385
Deepest Bore Hole 74
Well 436
De Lamar, Nevada, Mine 3,211,231,363
Idaho, Mine 279
Delicaie instrument, A 261
Denver Convention 386,431,495, 514
Determining of Carbon in Iron 73
Diamonds in California 313
Diamond Making 30,393
Dingley Tariff Bill 279
♦Direct-Acting Ho'sting Engines 411
Direct Current Transformer 550
District Recorders aud the New Mining Law. . .386
♦Ditch Construction in Idaho 172
Dividends Paid by Mines in' 97', 14, 43, 55, 79, 99, 139
♦Double Tooth Steel Dog 96
♦Cylinder Hoisting Engine 116
Trolleys for Street Cars 368
Drainage of American Flat 92, 112
Dredging the Rivers 137, 230, 496, 545
In New Zealand 313,363
♦In California 523
Dressing Car Wheels, New Method 361
Drift Mining Costs 213
Drum Lummond, Montana, Mine. 323, 407
Duty on Onyx 449,470
Dynamite, How to Thaw 153
DynamoS; Four Largest 32
E
Earthquake Knowledge 284
Earthquake Motion, Transmission of 31
Eastern Chinese Railway 137
Mining Investors — 470
Economic Element in Technical Education 328
Edison on Diamond Making 30
EfHciency of the Boiler Grate 9
Elasiicity of Iron 73
El Dorado Co., Cal., Mines, 6, 34, 50, 76, 94, 114, 134,
154, 174, 194, 233, 238, 262, 286, 306, 326, 346, 370,
390,435,474,618.
Gold Belt 233
Electrification of Air by Roentgen Rays 156
♦Electrically Propelled Sawmill 25
Electrolysis, Carbons for 236
Electric Arc Light's Atmosphere 260
Energy from Coal 97
Generators, Largest 96
Generators, Compound and Shunt Wound — 28-1
Heating and Cooking 260
Light Generated from Car Axles 260
Light fri m the Heavens 457
Light When Discovered 550
Locomotive 32, 52
♦Mining Hoist 89
Motors Driving Machines 348
♦Motors in Railroad Shops 521
♦Multipolar Dynamo 176
Power in Gold Mining 137
Power Co., Ogden, Utah 117
Ray's Polarization 384
RaUways in U. S 176
Ship Lighting 156
Smelting of Metallic Ores 497
Traction In Paris Sewers 97
Page.
Tramways in Paris 260
Transmission Association ....!... .^ ! .624
Vs. Water Power 033
Vol luges 236
Eleclrlcai Machinery Business " 260
Conductivity of Ether '" 430
Development in Africa 137
Designer ] " 32
Extraction of Ore , 74
♦Heating of a Building .......'. 848
Installation at Middletown, Conn... "196
♦Mining Hoists sog
" Phase " v.'.'.'.'.'.'. '.SIQ
Production of Ammonia and Nitrides. .. 74
Refining of Copper 53
Separating and RcUnlng of Metals. .. ..'"'.'.137
♦Streetcar Motors 45
Traction Under Steam Railway Conditions! 74
War Devices jyg
♦Experimental Electrical Railroad Work..'!!!!.'329
Electro-Metallurgy's Future 392
Capillary Light 438
♦Electricity Displacing the Locomotive 477
And Quacks igg
Aud the Growth of Plants ,'."550
Direct from Coal 216,226
X'"rom Carbon Without Heat 236
In Machine Shops 500
In Safe Breaking ' '•2m
In Surgery 74
Its Place in the Chemical Industries 176
To Sacramento, Cal., from South Yuba
Water Co 14
*E1 Moro, Col., Coke ovens 250
♦Engine Lathe 156
English Promoters 130, 174
Armor IMate Rolling 284
Entry of Oil Lands as Placers 378
Envelopes Llued With Tinfoil ..2^
Esmeralda Co , Nev., Coal Fields. 133
Etna Con. Q. M. Co.'s Report 363
Evans. Geo. H 322
Expert Testimony ....110
Exploration Co. of London 47, 151, 303, 363
Exports of Gold and Silver '95and '96 9
Export Duty on Ores 91
♦Extravagance in Road Work 229
Extraciing Oi-e by Magnetism 74
Faith in Deep Sinking 385
Farmers aLd Miners Uniting 82
Fast Sinking of Shaft 211
Railroad Time 285
Time on Suowshoes 333
Fine Measuring Instruments » 284
Filtration, Improved Method of 196
♦Fiulayson Wire Rope Tramway 544
First English Armor Plate Rolling 284
Quartz Mill in Montana 343
Fluid Air for Industrial Uses 413
Foreign Capital 90,170,211
Investments in Copper Properties 211
Forms for Quartz Location Notices 410
Formation of Clouds 176
Foreign Investor's Opporiunity 406
Forest Reservations and Mining, 258, 278,383, 349
Reservations. New 283
Fo'-estry Commission Report 342
Fort Wayne Electric Corporation 87
♦Four Cycle Gas Engine 129
♦Eraser & Chalmers 0,459
Eraser River Dredging 361
Fresno Co.. Cal., Mines 286
From Mine to Mint 416, 433, 453, 472, 517,
541.
Fruit Stones, Economic Value of 285
Fulton Eng. & S. B Works 395, 480, 503
Future of Electro-Metallurgy 303
Of Copper Miniug 470
G
Gallon, What is a? 261
♦Gallows Frame, New Style 369
♦Gas Engine, Four Cycle 129
Gas Engines for Mining 392
Geology of California 132, 152, 173, 193, 313, 232
Of Nevada City, Cal., District 8, 30, 48, 70
Of the Sierras 190
Geological Survey and Mining Bureau 46
Geologic Mapping of the Mother Lodo 59
Geologic Marvel 284
General Electric Co 14, 43, 329
Generators, Compound and Shunt Wound 284
GiantPowder, How to Thaw 153
Gilsonite in Utah Ill, 407
Glacial Erosion 550
Gold Product *94, '95, '96 71, 363, 470, 471
And Silver Imports and Exports 149
And Silver Output U. S.,'96 471
And Silver Output of the Northwest, '96 471
Bearing Gravels of the Sierras 150
Belt of the Lower Colorado River 389
Dredging 406
Exports from British Guiana 451
Fields of the Force River, Colombia 357
Fields of Northern California 367
Holdings of European Banks HI
In Black Sand 472
In the Ocean 117
lu Australia 210,255, 451, 453
Mining Convention in Colorado, 379, 386, 495, 514
♦Mining in Siberia 280
Mining in Mexico 30
Mines ot Nevada State 2
Miners' Convention 302,336
Output for 1896 1,25,363,386,470,471
Oie Reduction 2, 171
Ores, Treatment ofPyritic 282
Precipitation from Cyanide Solutions. .313, 515
Product of Cal. by Counties, '95, '96 363
Product Australia, '96 363,453
Yield Increasing 386, 406, 470, 471
Yieldof South Africa, '96 387,471
Yield of Victoria '96 111,323,451,453
Golden Feather, Cal., Mine 171
Good Roads to the Mines 190, 309, 229
Goodyear Rubber Co 87
Government and Mining 170
Estimates and Prices 275
Telegraph Lines 360
Grand Central, Mexico, Mine 343
Grain Export to China and Japan 480
Gravel Fields ot Northern California 113
Mining in New Zealand 131, 213
Mining In Siskiyou Co., Cal 131, 385
Mining Failures 254
♦Mining Methods 385
♦TaiUngs Lift 542
Gravels Auriferous, of theSlerras 150
♦Grass Valley and Nevada City, Cal 324
Greatest Railroad Peat 197
GreatNorthern Gold Field 367
Gwin Mine, Calaveras Co., Cal 1
Gypsum Produced in Nova Scotia in '96 27
Halftone Engravings, How Made 32
Hammers, Antiquity of 385
Hand Auger and Drill in Prospecting Work 453
♦ Handling Coal and Ashes Automatically 215
♦Handling Boulders in Hydraulic Mines 513
Hard to Figure Out a Rule 261
H. P. of a Steam Boiler .329
Heat of the Sun 984
♦Heating a Building by Electricity. 348
Herman, Binger 199
High Electrical Voltages 236
Highest Buildings InN. Y. and S. F 37a
Hlgh-Frequency Currents 436
Hospital for Disabled Miners 3
Continued on Next Page.
564
Mining and Scientific Press.
June 26, 1897.
INDEX TO VOLUME LXXIV.
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Page.
Hospital Car 500
* Hot Springs in Wyoming 49d
House Organs ^
Hydraulic Mine Closing ^°
Miners and the Gal. Association 254
Mining, Notes on. .304, 335, 344, 365, 388, 410, 432,
452,472,497.
Hydraulic Puniping Engine 369
I
Ice Cutting in Wisconsin 237
* Idabo Ditch Construction 1"2
Mines....?, 35, 51,77,95, 115,135, 155,214,238,255,
263.379,306,337, 347,370, 391,415, 435, 455, 475,
499,519,548. ^^^ _„
Mining Legislation 171, g«^
Mineral Output ^^' nn
Ignition of Coal Dust by Sun's Rays aOU
Immigration Bill and British Columbia 190
Improvement in Steam Navigation 217
Imprisoned in Mexico "^^
Iron, Carbon Determination Therein 7d
Changes in its Elasticity 7d
Pelt 549
Range of Mesabi, Minn i^^
Industry of Cuba ■f?°
Capped Riffles ^od
Improved Pyrometer *^°
Incandescent Lamps ■ • ■ ■ ■ J^^
iDcreasing Gold Yield 386, 406
Interesting Region, An o40
International Geological Congress .■ ■ -^^^
Index to Vol. LXXIII, Mining and ScientiBc
Press.
.10, tl
To Vol. LXXIV, Mining and Scientific Press, 564
Internadional Correspondence Schools 159
Inventor. A Successful 1*9
Instruments for Pine Measurement -Jo4
Inyo Co. Mines, 6, 34, 50, 94, 134, 214, 286, 415, 474, 518,
5J6.
Independent Driving of Machines by Electric
Motors 348
* In Other and Older Lands 408
Interdiffusibility of Metals 96
Intellectual Wave Forces, Conservation of 366
Is Foreign Capital Needed for American Gold
Mines? _?^
Irrigation, Motors and Pumps for ool
Isabella. Colo. , Mine 3*3
J
Janin, Alexis 55
♦Agriculture 543
Japan's Gold Standard 191
Japanese Alloys 365
* Jeffrey Coal Mining Machinery 136
Joshua Hendy Machine Co 373
Judge Ross' Decision 494
Jupiter, Its Mass, etc 156
Kern Co., CaL, Mines.... 34, 50, 76, 114, 134, 154, 255,
286, 306, 390, 434, 495, 498.
* Klamath River Dredger 523
Kootenay, B. C. , District 2, 153
L
Land Office and Petroleum 513
* Largest Electric Generators 96
Beet Sugar Factory 243
* Compressor Engine in Canada. 501
Reservoir 216
Steamship 216
Law of Mines 345
Veins and Lodes 301
Laws Framed by Miners — 90, 301
Lawson, A. C 373
Lead in the Tariff 255, 379, 289
Lead. Price of 303
Lead Ore Importations 171
Leadville Strike 231
Leasing Mines in Cripple CreeU, Colo 4
Leasers at Aspen, Colo 131
* Leffel, Jas. & Co 8
Legislative Committee Bills 66, 230
Le Roi Mine. B. C 303
* Leyner Rock Drill 374
Lighthouse, Most Powerful in World 31
Light and Magnetism 284
Limitations of Government in Water Power
Plants 478, 549
Liquid Air an Agent of Research 456
Local Capital for Mining 494
Locations, Mining 930, 301, 312, 363, 386, 494, 514
Location Notices, Forms for 410, 514
Locators, Warning to 470
Location Boundaries 494
Locomotives in War 31
Locomotive Driving Wheels, " Hammer Blows
of.
,.550
.301
Lode and Mine Law
Longest Turntable 285
Longest Long-Distance Telephone 9
Suspended Wire 177
Longevity in Southern Latitudes 318
Los Angeles Co., Cal., Mines 306
Loss in South African Mining Companies 3
Loss to California by Hydraulic Mine Clos-
ure 48, 71
Loss to the Farmer Through Debris 71
Lower California Mines 155, 475
M
Madera Co., Cal., Mines 34
Magnetism and Light 284
Mailing Large Diamonds 392
Mammoth Globe at Paris Exposition 177
Manganese Ore Production 303
Manganese Ore Reduction 52
Manufactures, Reduction in Cost I5fi
Marble Belt 305
Mariposa Co., Cal., Mines, 6, 34,50,94,151,154,211,
262,306,399,498, 518
Mariposa Grant Purchase 151
Marke t Reports Every Issue
Marking Claims Discovered by Tunnel 537
Measure of Mining Prosperity 538
Measuring the Earth 73
Measurements Pine, Instruments for 384
Mendocino Co., CaL, Mines 262
Mercur, Utah, Dividends 96, 27
Meridian, How to Determine 177
Metal, A New. 237
Metallic Carbides 53
♦Methods of Gravel Mining 385
Metric System 53, 236
Metric Conversion Table 74
Mexico's Gold Mines 29
♦Mexican A dobe and Oven 259
Census 418
Exports of Precious Metals 363
Importation Regulations 14
Mines 135, 263, 455, 515
Specie Imports in '06 37
Mica in South Carolina 28
Michigan Mines 135, 255, 279
Microphnnograph, Dussand 436
Mine Cos ts of the Rand 538
Mine Management 430
Mining Bureau 303,432,450
Mining Titles on Mexican Grants 538
Mint, U.S , Coinage, April, '97 407
Mine, Lode and Vein Law 301
Inspectors 150
Mines, Why Not Sold ". ". ' 55
Mine Surveys, Errors in 9
"■^.liners' Hospital 2
Miners' Inch ! 169
Miners and the Funding Bill .V 46 67
Mineral Land Bill, 67, 89, 151, 171, 354, 255. 279, 322,
313, 514, 515.
Mining and University Extension 322
And Railways 1 13
At Great Depths 97
And Government 170
And Forest Reservations 258
By Chinese 130
♦Beach Sands 405
By a Novel Method 31
Bur.eau and Geological Survey 46
Bureau 90, 189, 193, 254,255,301,321,343
Corporations, Power to Purchase Property. .210
Corporations' Reports 210
Corporation Directors HO, 310
Claims and State's Land 130
Degrees and Non-Residents 210
Dividends, '97, 14, 43, 55, 79, 99, 139, 159, 179, 199,
219, 243, 265, 290, 310, 331, 351, 395, 459, 503, 551.
Expert on Colorado River 69
Hydraulic. Notes on, 304, 325, 344, 365, 388, 410,
432 452 472 497.
Industry of breat Britain and Ireland, '95, 69
Incorporations in Califoroia in '97, 14, 55, 99, 179,
199, 219, 2J2, 365, 290, 310, 331. 351, 395, 459, 503.
Legislation, 1, 3, 27, 46, 66, 67, 89, 90, 91, HO, III,
130, 131, 150, 151, 170, 171, 189, 230, 234, 278, 301,
302, 303, 333, 386, 430, 514.
Laws, Revision of, 1,3,37.47,66,67,89,90,91,
110, 111, 130, 131, 150, 151, 170, 171. 189, 230, 354,
378. 301, 302, 303, 322, 386, 430.
Location Boundaries 494, 541
Prosperity, Measure of 638
Share Market Every Issue
With Compressed Air. .412, 436, 456, 478, 501, 520
Mint, U.S.. Report 322
Mineral Lands Patented by the Railroads 514
Productions, U. S.,'96 471
♦Paint 449
Deposits andGeologyof California. 133, 152, 173,
Production, Germany, '96 387
Products of California, '96 387, 406
Mineralogist's Report 27
Mineralogist, New State 179.254
Mine Cage, Improved 137
Laborers and Supply Men 89
Inspectors 150
Jumpers' Paradise ■ — 150-
Robberies 210
Miners' Rights of Way 110
Modern Surveying Instrument 71
Motors and Pumps for Irrigation 551
Mono Co,, Cal., Mines 34,94,263
Montana Mines, 7. 35, 50, 77, 95, 1 15, 135, 155, 175, 195,
214, 239, 263, 303, 306, 327, 347, 371, 391, 415, 435, 455,
475,495, 498, 515, 5l9, 547.
Montana's Mineral Output, '96 37, 451
Montana Mineral Land Commissioners 211
Mother Lode, Geologic Mapping 53
Mountain Copper Co., Shasta Co., Cal., 27, 91, 111,
131, 323.
Mount Morgan Mine, Australia 131
Muir John 378, 283
Mud Roads to the Mines 210
Mysteries of Nature of Light and Electricity. .413
N
Napa Con. Q. M. Co.'s Reports 363
National Miners' Bureauof Information 153, 303
Necrological Statistics 74
Neighborhood Swindle 430
♦Nevada City and Grass Valley, Cal 324
Nevada State Mines, 6, 34, 50. 77,94,114,154, 175,
191, 238, 262, 287, 306, 326, 346, 370, 390, 414, 435, 454,
474, 498, 515, 518, 540, 547.
State Gold Yield, '96 27
Coal Fields 133
NevadaCo., Cal., Mines, 6, 34, 50, 76. 94, 114, 134, 154,
194, 214, 23ti, 262, 386, 306. 326, 346, 370, 390, 414,
435,451, 454, 471, 474, 498, 518, 546.
City District Geology 8, 29, 48, 70
Nevada's New Mining Law 323
New Mexico Miners' Association 231, 305, 515
Mines, 7. 35, 51, 76, 115, 135, *149, 155, 195, 263, 306,
347, 371. 391, 415, 455, 474, 615, 519. 548.
NewElUhorn, Montana, M. Co.'s Report 407
New Element 531
New Field to be Opened 342
New Forest Reservations 283, 342
New Mexican Mining Legislation 191, 255, 407
New Move of the Anti-Debris Association 450
New Metal, A 237
New Mining Law and District Recorders 386
New Mining Law 430
♦New Quartz Stamp 304
New Road Bills .302
New Signaling Light 500
New South Wales Mines 3
*New Style Gallows Frame 369
New Zealand Gravel Dredgers 313
Niagara Falls, Age of 8
♦Niagara Type of Turbine 8
Nickel Production in '96 67
!S Ickel Imports for '96 27
Nickel, Proposed Duty on * 47
North Blo-mQetd Decision 494
North Carolina Uo'd Mines 5
Nobel, Alfred, Bequests 136
^ oies on the Cyanide Process 356, 496
On Hydraulic Mining, 3.'4, 335, 344, 365, 388, 410.
432, 453, 472, 497.
Novel Method of Mining 31
Use of Cast Iron 237
Engineering Work 500
♦Appliances for Hydraulic Mining 513
Non-Residents and Mining Degrees 210
O
Ocean Telephony 136
Occasionally Forgotten 216
Oil Exports from Russia in '96 I57
Fed Twist Drills 261
Lands Entere J as Placers 278
In Southern California, 33,47,151,191,311,303,
321.
Production of California in '96 67
Olive Green Squadron 177
Oldest Iron Brid ge 97
♦Oldest Mining Community in the U. S 149
Opportunity for Foreign Investors 406
Ontario, Canada, Gold Yield 151
Onyx, Duty on 449
Oranges, Southern California 331
Oregon Gold Yield for '96 451
Mines, 6, 31, 50, 77, 94, 115, 134, 154, 174. 194, 214,
238, 379, 287, 306, 32'i, 346, 370, 391, 414, 435, 454
474, 498, 515, 519, 548.
Improvement Co 219
Short Line 343, 265
Mineral Land Bill 323
Ore Tests, Simple 283
Ore Shipments in Bond Through U. S 131
Ore, Atomic Process 153
Ores, Treatpient of Pyritic Gold 282
Origin of Petroleum 260
Outline of the Geology of California With
Reference to Its Mineral Deposits, 132. 152, 173,
193, 213, 233.
Overhead Trolley 413
Oxidizing Steel and Iron 1 ib
Ozone, Study of 550
P
Packing of Goods for Chile 216
Packing Goods for Mexico 309
Panama Canal Co., New 285
Pan Amalgamation. Theories of 344
Passenger Coaches, Copper Finished 216
Passing of District Rules and Regulations. 332, 386
Patents, Notices of, 33, 43, 83, 103, 123, 143, 182, 302,
222, 247, 270, 294, 314, 334, 354, 378, 403, 419, 447, 462,
483, 503, 530, 563.
Patents, Number of 261
Page.
♦Pelton Water Wheel Co 161
♦Petroleum in California 321
Permanence in Depth of California Gold Mines. 473
Percentage of Gold and Silver In California
Gold 407
Petroleum, Origin of ..260
Petrlflte 196
" Phase," What it is 216
Photography in Natural Colors 413
Photographing Flying Bullets 456
Pig Iron Production 197
Placer Co.. Cal., Mines, 3, 34, 50, 76, 94, 114, 134, 174,
194, 314, 338, 363, 286, 306, 326. 346, 370, 390, 414, 434,
474, 498, 518, 546.
Placer Mining in Washington 171
Placers on the Yukon 171
PlatiDum 392,411
Production of, in Russia 540
♦Plowing Methods in Egypt and India 408
Plumas Co., Cal., Mines, 6, 34.50,94, 134,154, 174,
194, 214, 238, 286, 327, 346, 370, 390, 404, 434, 454, 474,
498, 546.
Polar Exploration 328
Polarization of Electric Rays 284
♦Portable Hoisting Engine 9
Powder Co.'s Agreement 331
Power Lost in Belt and Shaft Transmissions. . .116
Power of Directors of Mining Corporations 110
Power From Ocean Waves 349
Practical Notes on Hydraulic Mining, 304, 325, 344,
365, 388, 410, 433, 452, 473, 497.
Practicable Treatment of Pyritic Gold Ores 282
Precipitation of Gold by Zinc Thread Prom
Cyanide Solutions 312, 496, 515
Problems of the Rand 189
Product (by Years) of Lead, Copper, Silver and
Gold, West of Missouri River, From 1870 to
1896, inclusive 76
Product of Gold and Silver in Mexico. 1870-1896. 76
Progress in Gold Ore Reduction 3
Proposed Corporation Bills 90
Proposed Mining Laws 37
Prospector, The ,322, .342
Protection for Prospectors 210
Prospectors' Plight Northward 170, 322
Prospectors' Protection 210
Pueblo, Colo., Smelters 47
Pulleys, Fast and Loose 329
Pyritic Gold Ores, Treatment of 283, 541
Pyrometer, Improved 236
O
Quacks and Electricity 198
♦Quadruple Expansion, Single Crank Mill En-
gine 369
Quartz Location Notices, Forms for 410
♦Stamp, New 304
Quicksilver, How to Clean 495
*MiDes of California 253
Mining in Spain ,363
Output of U. S.'96 27
Quincy, Mich., Mining Co 191, 311
Railroad Patents to Public Lands 3
Railroad's Last Move 343
Needed 259
Railway Mileage of '96 in IT. S 9
Water Scoops 176
Railways and Mining 1 13, 259
Rainfall and Temperature 83
RandDist., South Africa. Dividends Ill
Mine Cost of 548
The, in 1896. . ; 345
Rand Dril I Co 87
Randsburg, Cal., Mines 191
Rapid and Slow-Drop Stamps in Colorado. . .49, 153
Tunneling 411
" Rare Earths" 411
Rats in the Utica Mine 311
Reckoning Time Simpliflcd 237
Recorders, County and District 514
Reduction in Cost of Manufacturing 156
Reflning Bismuth by Electrolysis .368
Refractory Clays 156
Removal Notice 5|4
Reports of Mining Corporation 210
Report U. S. Mint , 332
Reproduction of Color 117
Rescinding Forest Reservations 191
Reservoir sites 17 1
Responsibility for the Debris 27, 66, 71
Reviving Abandoned Mines 449
Revolutionizing Plant Growth with Ether 456
Rico-Aspen Tunnel Decision 407
Rights of Way for Miners 110
Risdon Iron Works 159, 503
River Dredger 137, 523
River Dredging for Gold 496, 533
In New Zealand 363
Riverside Co., Cal.. Mines 94, 114, 386, 451
Miners' Meeting Ill
Roberts-Austen's Discovery 96
Rock-Drilling Contests 515
♦Rogers" Crushing Rolls 433
Rope from the Ocean 53
Rossland.B. C, Mine Output '96 47,515
♦Rubber Belt Conveyors 97
Russian Mines 279,380
♦xMining Methods 280
Oil Exports in '96 157
Russia's Proposed Waterway 385
S
SanBernardinoCo.,Cal.,Mines. 6, 50, 76, 94, 154, 194,
362, 286, 326.
Sand Blast as a Cleanser 96
San Diego Co., Cal., Mines... .34, 50, 94, 154, 174, 263,
386, 306. 326, 346, 389, 391, 414, 434. 454, 474, 515, 518.
Sandpaper 285
San Francisco Copper Co 2ii
Lumber Trust 265
San Luis Obispo Co Mines 301
Santa Fe Route 265
♦Sawmill Run by Electricity 25
Saw, New Crosscut 309
School Sections and Mineral Lands 342
Scientific Meetings 97, 275
Secretaryship of Mines and Mining 66, 87
Secret Japanese Alloys 365
Selby, Prentiss 119
Self-propelling Fire Engines 369
Shaft-Sinking Accounts 416
Shall the Debris Question be Reconsidered?. .'.. 46
Shasta Co., Cal , Mines, 6, 34,50,94, 114,134, 154,194.
314, 238, 262, 286, 306, 326, 346, 370, 390, 414, 434, 454,
471, 474. 495, 498, 515, 518, 546.
Shasta Lumber Co 331
Shears, Minute 549
Ship Canals, Length of 9
Shutting Off S Learn Instantly 285
♦Siberian Gold Mining 280
Mines 28, 280
Sidereal Clock 285
ierraCo.,Cal., Mines.... 34, 50,94, 134, 154, 174, 194,
" " "!86, 346, 370, 390, 454, 474, 498, 518.
R,ailroad 47
. :j.. ""-" -.^- 503
siiicnrwflBs^^j'ai'v - 7-„'' i^e
Silver ProdUt"?^- • -=: * f)T'o 362
With the Gold 416
Simple Ore Tests 383
Siskiyou Co., Cal., Mines.., .6, 34, 50, 77, 94, 114, 134,
154, 174, 194, 214, 231, 338, 363. 386, 3(16. 336, 346, 370,
390, 414, 434, 454, 474, 495, 498, 518, 547.
Skiff Mining Expert 69
"Slip of the Wheel;" What It Means 389
Smelter at Rossland, B. C 3
Smelting Industry in Utah 3
"Projects" in
♦Smuggler-Union Mine 65
Solution and Precipitation of Cyanide of Gold, 4,
39,49,71, 93. 112, 496.
Some Colorado Concentration Methods 408
South African Gold Yield '96 27, 151 387 471
Mines 189, 231, 303, 307, 323,' 47l', 548
Mining Cost . 344
South Africa's Steady Yield 410
South Dakota Mines 7, 35, 51, 77, 95, 115, isi ' 135
155,175,195,215,231,239.263,337,347.
South Dakota's Gold Yield '96 37
♦Southern California Mines '. 439
Power Co '/ "255 503
Southern Pacific Co.'s Earnings '96 .'.'," ' 14
S. P. Co. and Mineral Lands '. 91
Spanish Quicksilver Mines 303
Spectographic Analysis .," "413
Speculative Values of Mines 430
Spitzkasten and Settling Tank "234
Spontaneous Combustion 531
♦Stadia Surveying 93
Stamp Mill Practices ' 5
♦S tamp. New Quartz 304
State Mining Laws..l, 3, 27, 47,66, 67,89,90,91, 110
State's Lands and Mining Claims 130, 190
Statisticians and the Gold Yield 470
♦Street Car Motors 45
Steam Boiler's Horse Power 339
To Shut Off Instantly 285
Steel Alloys, Hardened 237
♦Frame Hangers 73
Frames of Tall Buildings ]16
Rails, Decline in Price 337
Tempering by Carbolic Acid 137
Tensile Strength of 8
Tools, to Restore When Burned. 9
Stock Gambling and Deep Mining 254
Strength of Building Stones 408
♦Subaqueous Pipe Tunnel 349
Subscribers and Advertisers 75
♦Suggestions for Stadia Surveying 93
Sun, Heat of 284
Surplus Population of New Mining Gamps 302
Swedish Mines 193
Synchronograph, The 476
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♦Tailings Sampler 432
Tariff on Lead, etc 255, 279, 289
Telegraphic Communication by Kites 117
Telescrlptor, The 393
Telluride Ores, What They Look Like 545
Tensile Strength of Steel 8
Temperature, Light and Pressure in Ocean
Depths 216
Of Arid Regions .260
Tempering Recipe 436
Tendency of English Capital 257
Testimony of Experts 110
Tests of Ores 283
Testing Water Supply 413
Tetanus Autitoxine 136
Theories of Pan Amalgamation 344
Things That Are Near 9
Thorium 176
Thorite 176
Thistle Shaft Mine, Sierra Co., Cal 3
Tin Mining in Cornwall 171
♦Tintic District, Utah 364
Tomboy Mine, Telluride, Col , 27, 110
'J'reatment of Pyritic Gold Ores ,.. . .282
Transmission of Earthquake Motion 31
Of Power by Belts and Shafts 116
Transit, Care of, etc 132
Transvaal, S. A , Passport Regulations 3
Trans-Siberian Railway 199, 237
Trans-Mississippi Coogress 430
♦ Triplex Chain Pulley Block 392
♦ Trinidad the Gateway 259
Trinity Co., CaL, Mines 77, 94, 113, 114, 238, 262,
286, 326, 346, 370, 390, 407, 454, 474, 498, 518, 547.
Trolley Wires 413
Trolley, Overhead, Without Wires 550
Tuolumne Co., Cal., Mines 2, 6, 50, 77, 94, 114, 154,
174, 194, 214, 238, 263. 287, 306, 326, 346, 370, 390, 407,
414, 434, 461, 454, 474, 498, 547.
County's,Cal.,GoldOutputfor '96.,,.27, 34, 114,
134,314,238.
♦ Turquoise Mining in New Mexico 193
♦ 'I'wo California Mines 361
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♦ Unique in its Motive Power 196
Unique Magnetic Experiment a
Union IroD Works 14,33, 373,411,503
♦ Union Gas Engine 215
Union Pacific Railway 47
Universe. Extent of 550
University and Mining School 27, 46, 322
Unnecessary Change 236
Use of Compressed Air for Mining Purposes. .412,
436. 456.
Utah's Dividend Mines 3, 363
Utah Mines 7, 35, 50, 77, 95, 115, 134, 155, 174, 195,
311. 331, 239, 263, 379,387,307,323,327,347,364,371,
387, 391, 415, 43\ 455, 475, 499, 515, 519, 647.
Utah's Mineral Output, '96 37
Utah & Colorado Railway Co 33
Mining Legislation 171,211,407
♦ Utah, Tintic District 364
Utilizing Wave Power 360
V
Value of Stock Gambling to Deep Mining 254
♦ Vancouver Island 68, 69
Variety of Circulating Medium 323
Veins, Lodes and Mine Law 301
Ventura Co . Cal., Mines 306
Victor G. M. Co 343
Victoria's Gold Yield, '98 HI
Visibility of Different Candle Powers of Light. .156
Voltages, High Electric 236
W
Walker Co 87
War Locomotives 31
Warning to Locators 470
Wave Power, Utilizing 260
Washington Mines 7, »1, 50, 77, 95, 171, 195, 262.
287, 337, 347, 375, 391, 415, 454, 518, 548.
Watt and the Measurement of Power 368
Water Tube Jail -..237
Power Project 1 17
Scoops for Railways 176
Supply, How to Test 4i3
♦ Water Heaters and Receivers 209
♦ Water Power, California's 537
Watches Magnetized 236
Weather Indicator 137
Wells-Fargo's Estimate of Precious Metal
Yield lor '96 66, 76
Western Federation of Miners 407
West Australian Mining Stocks 131
West Australia's Progress 537
Kootenay Mines 153
Why He Can't Sell 258
American Machinery Leads 237
Mines Offered Are Not Sold 65
♦Wire Rope Tramway, Plnlayson 544
World's Gold Output for '96 , 37
Submarine Cables 196
♦ Wood Direct Current Multipolar Dynamo.. . , . .176
Woman Changing Her Name .;....... .285
Worth Noticing - -,;.,,'■....■... .362
Wyoming Mines 7.35,95, 115. I55,-1-71, 175,315,
363, 287, 337, 347, 391, 435, 455, 515.
Gold Locations in '96 .v. 27
X
X Ray Phenomena .^ 176
Y
Yield of Precious Metals for '96 66, 76
Yuba Co., Cal., Mines 6, 34, 77, 414
Yukon Railway and Water Route. . , 47
Yukon Mines .■ . . ; .....' 233
Zinc Produced in United States in '98 37
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