Show LABOR LAOR TROUBLE STOPS WORK IN GOLEN GOLDEN STATE Output for First First Half Hal of pi Y Year car Shows Decrease Decrease De Dc- crease The Tue outstanding feature of metal mining In California during the first halt half hal of or 1919 Is 15 the ho closing down or ot the restriction of the operations of so sono Mome mo of the principal productive product e deep mines mica mInes A number of oC mines according to C G G. Yale alo of oC the United Slates States geological sur e survey department of or the thc Interior have o ha been heen closed cosed by labor strikes others oth oth- ers b by the low prices of or the metals produced the high cost of or labor and supplies the scarcity of or skilled labor and high taxes and other war condi condi- Ions Moreover for the tIle last few years ears there has been a aery very ery manifest disinclination to lo Invest capital In metal mining especially In the old older r centers of oC tho the Industry The copper and lead mines have been een most materially af affected af- af b by these conditions condition but the larger deep gold ol mines mincH have o ha nh also ha had their troubles Tho The gravel mines es especially cs- cs c the dred dredge e properties have ha not been so seriously sl affected as the quartz quarts mines yet their costs have greatly reaU Increased and the they have havo had difficulty In obtaining sufficient cori- cori conj conj- help The Tue war surcharge COn COn- cost for tor electric power has been the greatest great great- est cst burden borne by the gold Jold dredgers who assert that the voltage has gone down while the rates rutes have gone ono up During the tile first six months month of 1919 the United States States mint mini and the local smelters and refiners to which most of oC the newly mined gold Jol in California h Is sent received from the mines In the losa roll t 1 f t t i. i I. I sliver silver ct than i n during furi thc thc- the first six months lt r bf 1918 but as the annual output of or orold gold old Is now td this tills difference In the tho output during durinG the first half ha of or the thc two years cars Is cant In 1918 there was a 0 falling oft off offIn oc In th the production of gold compared with 1917 of over but the small smal loss Joss In the first half hal of at 1919 compared compared com corn pared with that In the first half haU of or HiS shows sho s that tho the decline In output I has bIas been materially checked checke and that un under ct normal con conditions lions the tho output of or I gold In the state slate will wI take talce tho up up- grade rade In this connection It I should hould be noted that the reduction in the quantity of oC gold old produced ma may bo be attributed to a decrease In tho tile output of oC tile the lar larger er mines The Thc number of ot producing mines In the state stale has lIne materially increased during dunn tho the last year ar or year car and a half hal but the te Increase In number Is real really among the smaller mines especially the deep or quartz mines which after u n few years of or Idleness arc now being reopened and reworked The Mammoth plant of oC tho the United States Smelting Smelling Refining company compan the most productive e mine In California all al metals considered condO consid credo ered ceased operations on May Ia 15 be because because because be- be cause of or labor trouble For lor some lome time there had hail been a serious shortage of or labor In th the tho Little Litle Backbone and other copper mining dIstricts district which compelled com corn polled tho tilo Mammoth to keep Its Is smelter smelter smelter ter operating only on reserve reter e stocks of or ore Early In May certain of tho the me me- hA Including the machinists boilermakers and operators of or trains demanded demanded an Increase In wa wages cs equal to those paid paM when the government price of or copper was as 26 cents a n pound and also a Saturday hal holda half The File miners themselves did not join In this strike of oC tho the mechanics mechanics As the company company com corn pany was operating at a loss los and could not obtain oro ore from tho the reserve stock Block stockpiles piles ples without and could ouid not keep the smelter In operation without machinists and boilermakers It I was forced to close the tho smelter smeller for tor foran foran an nn Indefinite period although development develop develop- elop c ment meat work was continued In the Mam Iam- Mammoth moth mine The closing of oC tile the smelter ter however cr stopped slopped work at al a number number number num num- ber of or other r mines which ha had been shipping ore to lo It It among others the tho amonG Afterthought mine The Tho Penn Mining com company pan mining copper In Calaveras eras Cala county count ceased opel operations alons and nd tho the outPut output out- out put pul of 01 the iho Calaveras Copper company I has been materially curtailed A number num nurn- I her ber of or copper cooper In other coun coun- ties tics also have o hn stopped work owing to the low price of the metal and the scarcity of labor Close Clone Cerro lordo Gordo Tho The most pro productive e lea lead an and zinc mine in iii the state tho tilo Cerro Cero Gor Gordo o In InI I Inyo no count county has also been cose closed down o n because of oC labor trouble A tire fire In inthe tho the Argonaut mine Jackson Jaclson county tho the most productive product o of ot the Mother L Lode o mines stopped work there for Cor two but hut operations were re resumed June 1 Fume Funis from the tile fire re hampered work worle In iii tho the adjoining Kennedy mine another large Inre producer A miners miners' strike at Grass aie Valley Nevada Ne county count the lie re region region re- re gion Ion Including Iho tho mOt productive e deep gold Jold mines of oC California materially ma ma- tonally curtailed for Cor a time the gold old output of oC the tile North Star nn and other otiler large lare properties The larger larer mines o la have greatly re reduced ucc their thel working I force Coree und anal will wi not be lie aide ablo to operate to advantage nd for Cor some Mome time Tile The lower low low- er levels le will wi have Iao to be bo pumped out II It I Js is pleasant to lo note renewed I ily ity al nt tile the grave gravel ra mines In California particularly nt at tho the hydraulic and drift mines mincH I In n Trinity TrinH und and counties counties coun coun- ties u a I lar large e number of or mines mince that hint have o been oen more or less Ics Idle have good ac accounts accounts ac- ac counts of or themselves es this bits year when an nIl nl abundance of oC water vater was available 1 Some of the thc old old historic o places like St. St Louis Sienna county county- arc aro being In these days dus tho th towns tons having been abandoned In Inthe Inthe the thc same name res region Ion hydraulic mining on ona ona onn a n larJ largo large scale scalo Is contemplated also LISO al it Howland Flat Port Vt Wine nc La Porte and other mining camps camp who whose o history can cun I bo lit trac traced d back to 1849 Tho The Liberty Hill Mining com company pan Is strengthening and JI raising KH UK lar largo o debris dehrs dam darn near Dutch Fiat t. preliminary to an ni increase I In operations and the No Ne Power h Is buildIng building build build- ala vada Water ater company buld- buld I Ing alL a very hl high h restraining dam alan at Colgate Cob Col InA gate Butto ver county count for debris produced nute by hy Jalc hydraulic mining This darn tiani COI 1 will wi take tako h tailings from Crom gravel raI ra I mines mincH at ut elt City Scales Depot mil lull HI Horse Valley alleY and other mines mineR In that region Tho The Valey Mammoth Spring Mining company bins hns re resumed work on Its IH drift mines mineR in hi the tIlO tho Dutch Flat Fiat region In Placer U C count 0 U fl t Y Work ork at numerous silver lead lead properties prop prop- in lii il Jn o and anc San n Bernardino counties erles has hat been started within th thin tho list last countes six months Some Sorno of or these arc old ohl mine mines which have o been Idle for Cor twenty twenty t ty years earH or more Rich sliver silver ores ore o ha r recently been boen discovered near In ill l Horn count county and their lick discoverY has hns stimulated n active proa- proa I 1 Irot- Irot throughout hout that lint re region lon The depoSitS deposit are arc being mined with wih local capital |