The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1903, Page 6

1908. ~ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 FIGHT OVER PROPOSITION TO RESUME HYDRAULICKING IN STATE MAY CAUSE WARM DEBATE IN CONVENTION OF CALIFORNIA MINERS Thrown Gauntlet May Be Taken Up | Promptly. Opposing Bodies Are| Expecting a | Clash. ‘ Anti - Slickens Men| Send Attorney to Speak. predicted by the delegates that | e hottest fight that has ever taken | of a convention | ia Miners' Associa- | I to-day. The story | ck House, the head- | elegates to the con- | Grove L. John- , 8 as a del- in behalf of the Anti- | the aim of the mi- | in President C. M. referring to hy- h ords spoken by | repeated n T 1 othing has | During the las along the »n was first formed, that is to more pos- | e that good | 1d be done along this line. | informed that Bl been done ty will be enabled to dgment this as- ‘ A committee to | with power to | the association | g with or- these state- at as on creden- of their | the ad-| he con- s of the same line for which the | | Christy Opens Up {| Some Facts About Cyanide. Committees Ready to Make Their Re- ports. | |Annual Election of the Officers Is Now Near. L — | riffles while the tailings were deposited some distance in the rear of the dredge. Mr. Griffin stated that $4,500,000 was | invested in gold dredges in California, | and of this amount only $300,000 had been subscribed by residents of the State. With a dredge having a month- ly capacity of 40,000 cubic yards, the cost of dredging one cubic yard is 6% cents, while with a machine with a ca- pacity of 70,000 cubic yards the cost of dredging one cublc yard is less than 5 ents. SUPPORT OF CONGRESSMEN. President Belshaw read letter Congressmen T. A. Bell and J. lette, who are now in Washington a tending the extra session of ( Both expressed their hearty sympathy | with the alms of the Miners’ Associa- | tion and pledged, themselves to support | any legislation that may be desired. ‘ C. H. Dunton and Thomas Clark were added by the president to the commit- | tee on revision of the constitution of | the association. | A committee of t | appointed to draft a memorial to the imemhers of the association who h: | | | | { | hree members was died during the last year. The pres dent appointed Senator Voorhies, J. B Tregloan and C. 8. Osborne. | Harry P. Stow of the Forbes Town | mine, Butte County, presented a/paper on “The Use of Canvas Plants iA Con- centrating.” The principal points dwelt upon were that length of canvas was more esser tial than the width; that the gold-bear- ing pulp should be run over two tabl and that water should not be used un- der pressure in cleaning the canv sheets of their precious deposits. also advocated the use of many tling boxes under the canvas- plants. The convention then adjourned this morning at 9:30. it R OPPOSES HYDRAULICKING. | | SACRAMENTO, Nov. 17.—In reso | tions unanimously adopted at a | ing of the State Anti-Debris Associa Scientific Dissertations on Processes for Handling Ores and the Appli- cation of Power Are Mixed With Some Fun. 'HE California Miners’ Co: n- | tentedly to a day of listening to pa- | tations to chlorination. There were| PERSONS PROMINENT IN DELIBERATIONS AT STEINWAY HALL CONCERNING GOLD PRODUCING INDUSTRY | that it was impossible to return the — tion in this city to-day the associa declares the hydraulic miners should realize that the conditions that form erly prevailed In Californfa can nev be resumed and that the navigable rivers and agricultural Interests of the Sacramento Valley must not be sacri ficed to private gain. The resolutions were brought forth as stated in t preamble by the published reports that an effort will be made at the Miners" Association Convention in San PFran- Mr. Dunton then dwelt upon the pro- | tlon proceedin of yesterday | Pers regarding mining problems. The | many mines in the State where the per- | actual gold to the owner who brought | cess of pressure in ages of long ago | CSco to take steps to prevent the Anti- were principally devoted to|first of the series was by E. A. Rix,|centage of sulphurets vas not high; | it to the Mint and who desired to have | that resulted in the formation of the | Debris Association in the prasecution = : 4 ¢ various | 12 Which the subject of “‘Compressed | many more in which there were | it coined. Such a process would be|slate dep: draulic mining injurious to the rivers sclentific discussion of Various| \i.'yn Mining” was admirably treated | sulphurets to the tonm than-$125 to the | very expensive. | of th | of the Sacramento Valley and adjoining < { problems of mining through the | from the purely technical point of view. | ton. There were ores im which the gold | The speaker then described the pr »d of wsing an |lands. r | agency of papers read by men identi-| Then came an address by Professor S.|ran only §3 to the ton, whereas the sul- | portions of gold and silver usually | aerial tramway for conveying the slate | _The resolutions declare that the Anti- ' fied with mining Interests. The day | B. Christy of the University of Califor- | phurets, if extracted, would be worth | found in the bullion and dust. He ex- | to the railroad at Placerville. | Debris Association shall not be deterred ¥ was mot dull by any means. It took|nia on “Cyaniding of Sulphurets.’ | many times that sum. How to get out | plained that a person who brought gold | The advantages of slate for roofing | '@ the Work it is doing by any such on the color of humor on occasions. Miners who listened to this address | the nlphurets profitably? That has | been one of the great problems of mod- | bu'lion to the Mint did not receive the | threats; that it has no war against any were shown t comparative figures, of mining than hydr: other kind S 4 declared that the information imparted 8541 S e % 2 Samuel Shortric spesch #n | FECATEC cuat A8 4 { obl value for the weight of the metal. |Proving the life of slate to be seventy | - favor of the of a national | 0% Professor Christy would be worth ern mining. Professor Christy proceed- | Fitty ounces of bullion might contain | years, as against fifteen years fo | - T e > i millions of dollars to_the mining in- led to tell about that. | eight ounces of silver and the Govern- | shingles. The cost of repairing a slate | JUFi0us to the v y department of 'd mining, in| dustry of California. The speaker pre- Sulphurets, he said, are not all the | mant paid for the gold and silver sep- | roof was one-third as much as that o | Fesolutions assert that the a which there were fla of fun. Presi-| faced his remarks regarding cyaniding | same. The simplest are those that con- | arately. | its cheapest competitor, the shi has no power to stop any dent Belshaw appealed to the risibili- | by the statement that he had been in- | tain only iron pyrites and gold. In | oo < G |'root? » the shingle | ine " unless it is run contrary to law, r s of the house by defining the differ- | Vited by capitalists to engage With | some sulphurets the gold is mechani- | i¢ then explained the various sums|TP": =~ = - g | and that the declaration made by tha followt e between the miner and the mining | them in enterprises based upon the dis- | cally inclosed. In others it is chemical. | Charged by the Mint for melting and | _In closing his add Mr. Dunton | officers of the Miners’ Association that BRADO WANTS. |cperstor. “The miner,” he said, | coverles made by him in laboratory | Iy combined. Where the gold 1s chem. | fOF the Droportion of silver that always | stated that §1,000.000 worth of American | offorts should be made to stop the Ant . ¢ : akes his money in the mine and |relating to the cyaniding of sulphurets. i ically combined the difficilty of treat. | 'emained in the gold after it had pass- | Slate roofing had been exported in the | Debris Associatio ] uld be exten-|comes to the city to spend it. The | He had made no engagement ~With | ment is greater. Ore at $3 per ton had | ¢4, through the melting process. Ba ‘51'“‘7 and that there was a good | of suits against mining operator makes his money in | them. been determined to co Fine gold” was explained to be 990 | OPPoTtunity for the Investment of cap- | jnjury is a declaration that t ned ntain sulphurets er in Weaver Creek | | the city and goes to the mines t spend it.” Colonel Hanbury and Captain Hart of the California Debris Comm spoke briefly. Colonel Hanbury that as a member of the commission Professor Christy then detailed freely in.a paper that will be published by the California Miners’ Association the various processes and results involved | in his experiments which covered a pe- | riod of years. He told of apparatus; of worth $27 ver ton. ‘ DAMAGE BY IRON. Professor Christy said that he had discovered that one pound of iron, es- pecially where it was in a powdery parts pure gold in each 1000 parts, 990 | being the standard. for fine gold. The | .| remaining ten parts of the 1000 would be silver or base metals. Superintendent Leach then explained | how all the mints In America were on | ital in the industry in California, but it would require a quarter of a million dollars to properly equip and operate a quarry. | F. W. Griffin dealt with the subject of | “Gold Dredging” in the paper. he pre- | try. “All that we ask,” the proceed, “is the protection to the pro erty interests of the valley guarant us by the constitution and laws of the resolutio he pleased to meet the miners. | determinations concerning what is|form, was capa )t de: o 2 the same basis, being under the super- | Sented to the convention. He described | |]and, and that protection we shall ¥ bring about this ed to do what he could for the | commercially valuable or otherwise in f,nu",‘,ds‘?; the ?]\i‘u‘]{dgt2(;"1)':;‘5\;(]::"“ vision of the director of the mint, | the dredgers now in use in California | nave.” S 5 He also had the Interests of | the line of sulphurets; in fact, opened | He had found that the old-fashioned [ branch mints having been abolished |and in other parts of the world and how | The resolutions were prasented by %, Jam | the agriculturists to consider. Captain | to the wondering and sclentifically in- | arastra was an excellont ageney for | SOme years ago. { By thelr use it was possible to work on | Dr. D. P. Durst of Yuba County. M Brani aamirably | Hart followed the lead of Colonel Han- | clined miners a new domain. The gen- | crushing the ore. Huge blocks of stone | In the fiscal year 1900 the income of |land that was formerly considered of | J. Diliman, chairman of the Board of e LR ANAL | Bury in saying little. Both commis- | eral public may not be interested in the | were dragged over the ore. The aras. | the mints of America was $12,381,966 51, | no value. The machinery of the dreds- | Supervisors of Sacramento County, pre- Sain constructed at this point Aty feet sioners were complimented with a| methods, but the significance will ap- | tra was lined with cement. -Coarse sul- | While all operating expenses were |ers was explained and the method by | sided at the meeting. The association in height would back water up Weaver | "CLnd Of applause. pear from some general statements |phurets carried the values. Fine ones | $1,737,625 66, leaving a net profit of $10,- | which gold-bearing sand was drawn up | is made up of representativea from val- i _ mile, and that 1| qoon Hays Hammond telegraphed | made by Professor Christy In the be- | yielded readily. 644,340 85. and passed over screens and tables with | ley counties, would bave age width of about | (Bat he would attend the convention | ginning. H - A flint mill was used sueccessfuily in FURNACES USE FUEL OIL. < covering an area | .L Dossible. President Belshaw in re-| This was in substance that he had | the processes. This device could be im- | Ex-Semator B. C. Voorhies read & ) Spgnse asked Hammond to address the | been engaged between six and seven |proved by a revolving eylinder of iron Pocns mfi‘;‘jpg{lng‘mé" on “The Use of ADVERTISEMENTS. - = | delegates. years experimenting at the laboratory | jined wi o rete. C g | » An Invitation was received from | of the University of California, There | ned,mith concrete. The best form of | Crude Ofl in Roasting Sulphurets. JNO. J. FULTON CO. Bright's Disease and Diabetes News. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov..16. 1903.— | cipal mining operations would be car- | probable champlon who would voice | Were worked per day. A smaller| roasting furnaces had been increased Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jorgensen of Two |Tied on and the coarser part of the|ihe wishes and defend the attitude of | @mount, as the cost would be large for | gne-fifth over the capacity when wood R called at our |dislodged material would never reach |the miners. The statements made by | facilities, would not pay. was used as fuel and that the new « 11 He looked | the site of the dam, your committee be- | Secretary Benjamin about “spies under | Samuel Shortridge‘spoke about the | method was a decided success. He v well and was enjoying to this city, but the fol- was' insensible and had been for ye,' w nd, his legs were so with dropsy that they eould not He ronic case of Bright's th was expscted hour- s were in to be with his | The attending physi- E An- alled {n and know- State Mineralogist Aubury to visit the State Mining Bureau. The delegates then settled down con- was a time when a mine would not be worked unless the free gold was suffi- cient to pay a profit. There were limi- @il el e @ of at least 820 acres, and having a ca- | as the champion or attorney of the pacity when filled of more than 12,000,- 000 cubic yards of material. Inasmuch as the dam would be several miles down the creek from where the prin- lieves it safe to assume that such a dam would provide for the dislodge- ment of at least 50,000,000 cubic yards of material as it now lies in the banks to be mined and would impound and restrain the same above the proposed barrier for all time to come.” In addition to this, the substance of a letter by Secretary Benjamin of the California Miners’ Association has been made public, In which the following statements of purpose were made: “It is claimed by many that the Anti- Debris Association is largely of the blackmail order, and that mines are permitted to run that pay tribute to | Anti debris Assoclation. William C. Ralston, former president of the California Miners’ Association, was spoken of last evening as the pay of the Anti-Debris Association” is a brand sure to communicate fire to the controversy when it begins to rage. The fight will be to prevent the asso- ciation from putting itself on record in favor of the hydraulic programme. The miners say their purpose is to proceed strictly within the terms of the Cami- netti law, but that they desire all the rights to which that law entitles them. The events of to-day are eagerly await- ed. The miners think there is Jittle doubt that their information is correct and that Johnsoh will be on hand when the proper time comes to make opposi- tion. | apparatus would be a cylinder with a | cone. Professor Christy said that he { had extracted 99 per cent of the gold in | pyrites in half an hour. It was not easy to remove the cyanide solution from the ore. The mode of decantation as com- pared with filtration was preferable. Filtration was physically possible, but impracticable. Ninety to 95 per cent of the gold in sulphurets could be extract- ed profitably where five to ten tons various departments of the Federal Government and declared that no one man could run the Government—‘no, nor any individual newspaper either.” This thrust at the Hearst newspapers brought forth laughter. Various inter- ests in the country, Mr. Shortridge sald, had secured, by keeping at it, de- partments to foster their work. The agriculturists had a department. Recently the Department of Com- merce had been created. The farmers of the country were sald to have been born “like native sons, kicking.” They make their kicking good by securing the institution of the Department of He explained how the former wood- burning furnaces had been converted into crude oil burners and spoke of the vast improvement achieved by the new method of applying heat. He de- scribed the power of the flame from the oil burner and said it could be thrown into any part of the furnace where the ores were being treated. Senator Voorhies stated that by the use of crude ofl the capacity of the also compared the cost of using wood and crude oil as fuel for the furnaces and the saving of expense by the wise use of fuel. “The Mother Lode” was the subject of an address by ex-State Mineralogist W. H. Storms. The address was lis- tened to with marked interest and the speaker was heartily cheered at the close of his remarks. He described the peculiar formations in the various counties of the State, which indicate the presence of the mother lode, which varied from a width of ten feet in Ama- dor County to three miles in Calaveras | County. Right for Every-day Wear, $1.95 Fulton'’s Com- | the spies of the association and that nd he suggested a trial. He did not In the present convention, as a dele- | Agriculture. There was good in kick- The mines on the mother lode were . o ave the siightest 1dea anything cond | 5 imate miners are estopped. It 18| gote is former Congressman Caminettl, | Ing. The miners should keep at what| minutely described by the speaker, whe | It doesn’t make any difference what shape yo: want in an » done, but He knew the cise was be- orthodox medicine. nd forced between teeth. The second day he be- The third he regained con- as and declared that the head- (uremic), which are at times ng in these extreme cases, had ed. In a week he showed marked nprovement, his sight began to return, the dropsy started down and in & month he out and over his farm as usual now felt well for his trip to this city but his recovery se 2nd his wife cali- their experience. The phy- one of the best in Sonoma was as much surprised as anybody at this seeming miracle, al- though it was his own suggestion ‘that saved the patient’s life, and he and the hbors will freely confirm the above to inquirers. ght's Disease and Diabetes are now ally aches exer: alse purposed to urge at the next ses- sion of the Legislature of this State ap- propriations for the construction of dams in various parts of the State that will materially aid in rehabilitating the great industry of hydraulic mining. An apppropriation of $800,000 has been se- cured and the Government engineers are at the present time engaged in con- structing barriers in Yuba County which it is hoped will materially aid the hydraulic miners in the regions be- hind these structures. There are many other places in the State where dams can be built that will greatly aid the mining industry, and it is purposed to urge this matter vigorously at the com- ing convention.” JOHNSON TO APPEAR. A great stir has been caused among the members of the Anti-Debris Asso- ciation by reason of these several ut- terances proceeding from the leading officers of the California Miners’ Asso- He was principally instrumental in get- ting' through the bill that bears - his name, which, after the famous injunc- tion in the North Bloomfield case, and consequent complete tying up of - the hydraulic mining of the State, enabled the miners, when permits were issued to them, the resume hydraulicking un- der the supervision and restrictions im- posed by the California Debris Commis- sion. All around, this will be a busy day for the miners. Two or three papers may be read. The committees on dams, on mineral lands bill, on the revision of the constitution and by-laws of the as- sociation and the committee on resolu- tions will report. Then the annual elec- tion of officers will also take place. A. Caminett! is reported to be a can- didate for the office of president of the association for the year ensuing. There is a strong move also to retain C. M. Belshaw as president. There is mnot they are seeking to have accomplished and should kick some. Mr. Shortridge sald that while the resources of Cali- fornia were varied and to some ex- tent independent, the mining industry could, if agriculture, commerce’ and manufacturing in California should sud- denly be stricken with disaster, go it alone. Concerning the value of kick- ing, a story was told about the two frogs in the milkpan. One grew faint- hearted, sank and was drowned. The other frog kept kicking until the milk was turned to butter. Then he climbed out on the butter. EXPLAINS MINT METHODS. F. A. Leach, superintendent of the San Francisco Mint, addressed’ the con- vention on ‘“Modern Mint Methods.” He told how bullion and gold dust were received at the ‘mint and the various stages they went through before the owners were paid for their gold. He de- compared the strata and fissures of the mines of one county with those of other countles, all proving the presence of | the mother lode. The structural and | geological formations were explained | with minute detail by the speaker, who | further stated that in some portions of Calaveras County the gold bearing veins ran down to a depth of 3000 feet, VALUE OF CALIFORNIA SLATE. “Slate Making” was the siuibject of the paper presented to the convention by C. H. Dunton of Placerville, who is | connected with the Eureka Slate Com- pany, the only organization quarrying | for slate in California. The speaker compared the formation of California slate with that of Eastern States and showed that the California product was far ahead of the Eastern formations. He stated that the slate beds in EI Dorado County were inexhaustible and that the slate possessed the qualities every-day hat, we can give it to you for $1.95. We codld enumerate the different shapes, bat a better way for you to get an idea as to what looks best on you is to come in and try on some of the hats. You won't be urged to buy. Merely tell the salesman you came in to look. He will show the hats and leave the buying to you. As we buy our stock of hats direct from the manufacturers we can sell them for much less than exclusive stores. Come in some time and see if one of these $1.95 hats isn’t just what you want for every-day wear. Out-of-Town Orders Filled—Write Us. SNWO00D urable by the Fult C demanded f o 40 fhout §7 per cont of all casch - Juo, J | ciation. This has led, so the story runs, | much activs lobbying visible. Accord- | scribed. the methods of recelving the | sermin eiate o igiDE: A oF 740’ Market Street Fulton Co, 409 Washington St, San | !0 @ determination to fight the hydrau- | ing to the work already mapped . out | gold, the weighing, melting and assay- | being a non-conductor of heat. 1t re- Francisco, Sole Compounders. Send for literature and list of agents, lic proposition on the floor of the con- there will be enough for the president vention to-day, with Grove L. Johnson ' who shall be elected to do. ing and coining the precious retal into money for general use. He explained sisted acids, it could be split into thin sheets and also wrought into designs.