Show california call fernl a mining mi ni 0 ng news BY G CHri CHESTER BROWN E M f mining activities are increasing in nev 1 ada county due to the reopening opening re of several eral old producers in the grass valley and nevada city districts and also to the de work being done on prospects hn in adjacent territory 11 two rich strikes are reported in the union hill mine in the grass valley district quartz showing free gold has been struck in the main shaft at a depth of feet and in the east drift of the georgia vein at the foot level enough ore is now in sight to warrant the starting of the 20 1 stamp mill this property has been a producer at times since the earliest mining days in this district the pennsylvania another old producer ais showing a large ore reserve the champion is to be reopened opened re toy by the north star 11 mining ining company and should also become once more a producer A strike of high grade has been made on the jones property near placerville erville and considerable excitement has been caused in this section on account of the specimen ore extracted the keystone mine sierra county is being rapidly developed and a new ore shoot recently opened up gives good values in free gold the calif california ornia gold yield in 1914 amounting to was the greatest since 1883 and practically every auriferous district reported progress in spite of the financial stringency the greatest activity of the year has been along the mother lode and in nevada county nevada and amador counties are the leading quartz producing sections of the state approximately 57 per cent of the gold yield comes from the deep mines gold dredging continued up to standard and many new see sec w 3 0 V 01 5 M 1 M MN 1 I lid 10 tn I 1 v 44 le k N 71 W aetolia tungsten mine the afterthought copper company of shasta county is to resume mining operations soon the old smelter will be remodeled and enlarged and an acid prodoc m ing plant installed so it is rumored shasta county has suffered from the smelter fume trouble due to injunctions the hammot li hs smelter the farmers erg claim the smoke injures the crops and one suit is now being tried in the federal court urt in san francisco it is hoped that this is case will be settled satisfactorily to 1 so that mining operations can be pursued on n a scale in keeping with the vast ore reserves in this county i the fhe aetolia tungsten mine in san be ber r adino county is running to full C capacity with all excellent market for the output inar engineer san 9 in francisco 5 eions were brought within the sphere extensive holdings in placer and yuba counties were acquired by the gug gen heims during the past year for dr dredging edg purposes the hammond interests have been very active in acquiring dredging ground in trinity county fifty five dred dredges were in operation during 1914 with a production record of about copper mining recorded an unfavorable year due to the war in europe and the agitation of farming interests against ac the hydraulic mining industry is largely tive smelters shelters sm elters restricted to siskiyou ayou you and trinity counties although sierra is gradually forging borgin g to the front f siskiyou you and trinity counties are not affected by the state debris law a as s the streams are not na navigable vi gable and drain directly into the pacific ocean |