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THE SAN " FRANCISCO CALL. SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1904. BOY AND GIRL ELOPE FROM LOS SAYS KENNEDY ANGELES AND ARE UNDER ARREST1 HAS QNIhSS[) Mother of Maiden Does Not Approve of Attachment, So the Sweethearts Come to San Francisco and Are Anxiously Awaiting Permission to Marry Sixteen-ycar-c llivan and wort e n wedlock just | as soon 2s th consent of their i Los An- i by Secretary r the Prevention Mr. White and, t of an answer, the will n n in the City they have been confined sday evening, when they ed and booked for va- ren. ents yests he lad and the lass appeared Judge Mogan yesterday morn- 1 his Honor heard their story, suggested marriage as the best thing he could prescribe for them. They agreed. Then he sent for Mr. ‘White, who cheerfully consented to ar- range the preliminaries. Pear] and Joseph were sweethearts in the southern metropolis, but their mutual attachment was not .approved by the girl’s mother, who did every- thing in her power to keep them apart ho she took Pear! out and the girl em- opportunity to slip her and join the waiting took a steamship for San ved here about a week epresenting mselves to and fe, engaged an 717 Howard street. There were discovered by the policeman n quest of them as soon 1an received notification elopement from the young wo- parents. 1ld have been married as n as we arrived here,” said Joseph } ige, “but we could not ob- ense because neither of us is ge to marry without parental and we knew that if Pearl's mother could prevent the union she do so.” seems to be a well-meaning , for he obtained employ- a biscuit factory the day af! here and worked steadily was arrested. Pear] is a very rl and says her life aim is to Mrs . Woodworth wever, dentist consent Joseph Conlan, rejuvenated by his six gave Patrick Ferry ling $17 and a watch ent of Allan Davis at nthe fe ted the lodging-house and behaved in T v that the land- Margaret Cook, had him ar- sturbing the peace. He Cook testified, and in- ing every room in the real or imagined Mr. she had never heard » she and her hus- to expostulate, Mr. knocked the latter pros- lso treated her with un- eet and ng rudeness a before Judge Mogan and was recounted Mr = not entirely sober, for ttered unintelligibly. keen sense of “ked by the defend- d demeanor, en- en him up, when n him and acted the Judge ordered anks, . s of former Police Ser- )if, accused of bat- Coblentz, a news- r cglied before Fritz the defense asked for a continuance on account of 1ige » weeks' iliness of the defendant’s attorney, Hiram I Johnson. The prosecution to proceed with the im- from the venire court, but the Judge stated e apparent seriousness of the demanded that the full station of eacH side be present ordered a continuance till 9 lock next Wednesday morning. ® W LY Judge Mogan copcluded the taking testimony in the case of Charles Award Eichelberg, proprietor of the People’s Laundry, who was charged with battery by Joseph Toomey, sub- t iver of one of the wagons to the establishment. evidence went to show that Toomey violated the laundry rules by entering a room where some young women were employed and engaging the: in conversation. The foremén reminded him that he had no business there and would better depart, reupon Mr. Toomey caimly began cturing a “cigareet” and re- that he would like to see any he one attempt to enforce his exit. This so0 angered the foreman that he went to B the front office and notified Mr. helberg of Mr. Toomy’s deflant at- tude and Mr. Eichelberg hastened to where the intruder coolly awaited | expulsion and at once expelled him. Mr. Toomey averred that unnecessary violence was used in his removal, as he was pitched headlong down a stair- way and into an empty barrel at its foot. Mr. Eichelberg, on the other hand, vowed that he used no more force than was necessary to effect his purpose of ridding the room of Mr. Toome presence, His Honor has the case under ad- wisement. Fred Landmasser of 1004% Mission street was charged with threatening to kill his wife, Madge, and Judge Conlan continued the case in response to Mrs. Landmasser’s request that she be afforded further time to ascertain whether she really means to prosecute and thus deprive herself of a bread- winner. . Attorney Taaft narrowly escaped commitment for contempt of court when he informed Judge Mogan that it is impossible to make a suit out of 2 pair of trousers. “If that plea were uttered with in- tent to pun, you should be ashamed of yourself,” said his Honor severely, “for it has been sprung upon this court at Jeast fifty times within as many weeks. I will charitably accept it as a tongue slip, however, with a legal | {hope that you will more careful | in future.” The case was that of Ah Jim, who stole a pair of pantaloons from the clothing establishment of J. Rosenthal be | Assistant to the Distriet ‘ Attorney Solves Mystery I About the DEFENDANT IS Supreme Court Decides Not to Give Judgment Until AMUSED on Dupont street and concealed the S g : 5 | plunder underneath his blouse, where | P0int of Law Is Settled |it was discoyered by Patrolman Bert e+ <o Se v Wren. i be sentenced to-day BT 0 be jmenten | William Kennedy, the negro who is | for petty larceny:. » i | Ida Morton, a young married woman, | y charged with shoplifting, failed to ap- | pear for trial before Judge Conlan and her attorney presented a physi- | clan’s certificate to the effect that ap- proaching maternity would make her public arraignment an ordeal that might result seriously. The case went over till to-day for further inquiry. The woman was arrested in the Em- | porium by Special Officers Allan and | Tilton, who state that she had stolen from that establishment three shirtwaists and three four silver | accused in the murder of Policeman Robinson, appeared be- fore the Supreme Court yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus. Justice Mc- Farland stated that the only question to be determined was whether the court could review an Indictment by the Grand Jury. The contesting at- torneys were granted five days in which to file briefs on this point. A n may be expected within a or two. of complicity week must remain in jail. The court spoons, . official opinion that no indictment :‘:‘;n‘" buttons, of the total value of ghoylq have been returned in the de- So firmly wedded to the pistol-carry- ing habit is Charles Johnson that neith- er detention in prison nor judicial warning can divorce him from it. He was arrested several weeks ago for brandishing his revolver in the face of a Fifth street restauratéur with whom he had a dispute over payment for a meal, and when he promised to drop the weapon into the deepest part of the | bay Judge Mogan gave him freedom to do so. self from the pistol, however, he kept it concealed on his person until Thurs- day evening, when he again displayed it in a threatening manner in a saloon | at 839 Howard street. His case has gone Instead of separating him- | fendant's case, but the Justices were in some doubt as to whether they had the legal right to examine the evi- dence submitted to the Grahd Jury. Attorneys Newburgh and Schooler appeared for the prisoner and told hold their client had been nine times released and immediately rearrested. Aftorneys Harris and Weller from the District Attorney’s office set forth their ns for attempting to hold the de- fendant. The Supreme Court has held in an opinion rendered several weeks ago that the evidence connecting Kennedy WITH the murder of the policeman was insufficient. The Grand Jury mean- while has returned another indictment on the evidence that the Supreme | over until next Monday, by which time | Court rejected. If the court decides the court will probably have devised that it can consider officially the evi- some other means of attempting to dence on which the last indictment cure him of a dangerous mania. was returned Kennedy will go free. i . " If not he can be rearrested after be- James Jackson (colored) will be sen- tenced to six months to-day by Judge Mogan, who has discovered that he is an old offender in the larceny line. Mr. Jackson was arrested one day last week for failing to return a bicycle which he had borrowed from a boy, and in court he repeatedly and solemn- Iy declared that he had no recollection of what he did with the vehicle. As he testified, his hat - in his hand, the Judge's eagle eye percetved a bit of paper stuck in and almost concealed by the sweat band. The headgear was snatched from Mr. Jackson’s hand and the paper examined, and, sure enough, it turned out to be a pakn ticket show= | ing’ that Mr. Jackson had pledged one bicycle for the sum of $2 50. Then one of the bailiffs whispered something to his Honor, who sharpl interrogated Mr. Jackson and quickly ascertained that he was recently re-| leased from prison after serving a six| months’ term for stealing some jewelry from Mrs. Julia Taylor of 250 Minna | | street and forgetting to remember what | | he had done with the plunder until it | was found where he had concealed it| | behind a gate post near the Taylor resi- dence. "R R { Joseph Brzezinski was intoxicated in ! ! his own “temperance” saloon, at 402 Pacific street, shortly after midnight on June 8, when he underwent the| | thrilling experience that placed him “m Judge Mogan's court yesterday as complainant against John Duzske and |\\'Hlizm Jarrett, accused of burglary. | His tale was attentively listened to by |a 1arge detegation from the most ex- cluslve set of Barbary Coast society, | and at times it moved the auditors to | derisive laughter. | | According to Mr. Brzezinski’s theory | he was the victim of 2 modern arrange- | ment of the antique panel game, said to have been in active operation long before the gold brick swindle was first sprung upon the Pompeiians. He was entertaining in his apartment a young lady from an adjacent dance hall who had manifested preference for his so- ciety when the door was rudely burst open and two men, believed to be the defendants, rushed in, and after chid- ing his gallantry relieved him of $360; cash, a watch and chain and three | boxes of cigars. Several detectives and | others gave testimony that served to help the prosecution, and the defense | will have its inning next Monday. | Miss Raynee Langford, the lady in the case, haughtily denled collusion with the defendants, and also tried to| make it appear that her visit to Mr. | Brzezinski’'s chamber was not volun- tary, as he had insinuated. She went there, she sald, to call upon his two a “temperance’ saloon owned by the father, and she said that 12:30 a. m. was not an unusual hour for ladies to make social calls in that district. —_——————— DRUG CLERK CENSURED FOR HIS CARELESSNESS s S Coroner’s Jury Holds C. F. Large Re- sponsible for Accidental Poison- ing of John McCann. In the inquest held yesterday on the body of John McCann, accidentally poisoned with carbolic acid in the People’s drug store on June 5, the Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of accidental death and censured the clerk, C. F. Large, for carelessness. The jury recommended that the Su- pervisors pass an ordinance regulating the arrangement and handling of poisons in drug stores. | The testimony showed that McCann | asked the clerk for something to re- lieve cramps in the stomach and that the clerk gave him bicarbonate of | soda in a liquid which he thought was idlnmed water, but which proved to be carbolic acid. ——————— Important Train Service Changes. v schedules for Western and Sacramento sions will be adopted June 19, when train No. 16, Oregon Express, will leave San Fran- 05 p. m., Instead of . 14, Reno Express, at instead of 8:65 p. m. Train No. Express leaving San Francisco at, 6:00 p. m., and train No. 3, California Express, which will arrive San Francisco at 12:50 p. m., will run via Martinez and Stockton instead of via Benicia Train No. Exprese, leaving San Francisco at . m. will connect for Live Osks, Chico and way stations via Davis and Maryeville. 15, Sacramento Passenger, jeaving at 3:30 p. m., will cofnect t Davis for Yolo, Willows and’ way stations, e | the evider ing released on writs of habeas corpus until he shall have been tried by jury. The District Attorney’s office has an- nounced several times that new evi- dence against the defendant had been discovered, but the officials have been very secretive about it. The Justices insisted yesterday on knowing what the new evidence was and Harris re- luctantly stated that the defendant had made a confession to some one who was now absent from the State. Ken- nedy smiled broadly and one of h's attorne; inquired if it was Cooper, the man to whom Soeder was alleged to have made a confession. The court declared that if Hender- son’s testimony should be corroborated against Kennedy would, The defendant still be insufficient. feels confident that he will be released | and seems to be in the best of spirits. e ARRESTED ON FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR CHARGES Joseph Gagan Is Accused of Burglary and Turning in False Alarm of Fire. Joseph Gagan, who is not unknown to the police, got himself into serious trouble yesterday morning. of burglary and turning in a false alarm of fire were booked against him at the City Prison. Shortly before 9 o'clock Gagan en- tered the room of Pauline Pepin in Bacon place and was leaving with a bundle under his arm when he was seen by some of the other women, who raised an alarm. an fled and dur- ing his flight dropped the bundle front of the California Hotel. It con- tained several silk wrappers belong- ing to the Pepin woman. Policeman Grunwald was notifled and while he was searching for Gagan an alarm of fire was turned in from box 49, Stockton and Sutter streets. Grunwald hurried to that corner and | found Gagan, who had turned in the | alarm, in charge of W. Hartnup, a pri- vate citizen. 'Gagan was taken to the City Prison and was later identified by the Pepin woman as the man who entered her room. About a year ago Gagan was shot five times by Mrs. Etta Fitzgibbon in her rooms at Fifth street. She 1 claimed he had attempted to strangle her, but she was convicted of ass: to murder and is now serving a term in San Quentin. Prior to that time Gagan was arrested on a chargs of burglary for breaking into the Van Ness bazaar on Market street, but tha ult Meanwhile Kennedy s unanimous in an un- | Charges | g CALIFORNIA [ BOYS IN GREAT | TRIBULATION ! PO 3 | TWO SAN FRANCISCO BOYS WHO l AR NDER ARREST AT CIN- 1, OHIO, CIND E= S Three Misguided Youths Held for Crimes Against i Uncle Sam.‘ L] —— | Howard F. Antrim, a youth who | formerly sold cigars in San Francisco, | has been held to answer before the! Federal Grand Jury at Indianapolis, ' Ind., for sending an obscene letter through the mails. ~Antrim’s uncle, | Henry Fisher, is paymaster for the ! Schutt Improvement Company at| Kennedy, Ind., where Antrim was em- ployed. | Antrim is little more than a lad and | until last February kept a small cigar stand on Mason street, near Ellis, in | this city. He started for the East with | | William White and Edward Schwartz, | a few months ago to take' in the| | Worla's Fair at St. Louls. White and | Schwartz were arrested on June 4 in | Cincinnati by Secret Service Agent | Bolan for attempting to pass one dol- !lar silver certificates that had been raised by means of pasters to the de- ! nomination of $10. None of these young men is more than 20 years of age. They belong to respectable families, but fell into bad company. Whité and Schwartz for a time had a handbook on the races and | took bets from sporting women. When | they got a good sum of money to-| | gether they “welched” on their bets {and left for the East with Antrim. | When they were arrested a letter from | Antrim was found in their possession | and this is the basis of the charge against him. | Antrim has been in trouble before | | for stealing books from the Polytech- | nic School in this city and selling | them to second-hand dealers. | —————— | PEDDLERS’ CASE ARGUED | IN JUDGE HUNT'S COURT | Case Against Park Commissioners | and the Chief of Police Is Under Advisement. | Superior Judge Hunt yesterday heard ! arguments and took under submission | the case of William Kamelakis against | the Park Commissioners and the Chiet | of Police. The plaintiff is a peddler | and in his suit represents other ped- | dlers who seek.to annul the order of ‘the Park Commissioners excluding them from plying theig 'business on . the ocean beach, particularly near the !a charge of felony Judge Gesford of Napa, sitting In de- | Court, | daughters, each of whom presides over | ! charge was reduced to petty larceny. e e |NOTE RAISER CAUGHT | Cliff House. The peddlers contend | that they solicit trade between high ! | and low tide and that their ground is BY A POLICEMAN | net within the jurigdiction of the Park i | Commission. The ‘commission argues ‘\\'Illlnn\ O’Brien Attempts to Pass & ' that the map filed in 1860 shows that Pasted Silver Certificate Upon a | the highway extends to the lap of the.| Water Front Bartender. water, otherwise, westward from a William O'Brien walked into a sa- | Eiven point, to the Pacific Ocean. The [loon at 38 East street yesterday after- | chart of the city of San Francisco rec- noon, and, calling for a 25-cent flask | ©8nizes the highway to the lap of the ia {of whisky, threw down what pur- | ported to be a $10 bill in payment. | The bartender discovered that the bill |was a genuine $1 silver certificate, which had been raised to $10 by the | use of “pasters.”” He gave it back to "O'Brh’n and trled to arrest him, but O’Brien ran away and was caught by Patrolman T. P. Maloney. The prisoner | will be turned over to-day to United | States Secret Service Agent George W. | Hazen. Hazen has a dozen similar | notes that O'Brien has passed, to- ! gether with sufficient evidence to in- |sure his conviction in the Federal court. —_————— Falkenberg Writ Denied. The application for a writ of habeas | corpus for the release of Leslie Falk- | enberg was argued before Judge : Dunne yesterday. The Judge denied {the writ and remanded the prisoner into the custody of the Sheriff. On March 30 Judge Mogan sentenced Falkenberg to serve six months in the County Jail for maliciously procuring warrant for the arrest of Mamie Garrity for cruelty to a minor child. Falkenberg hdd asserted that his brother was the father of the child, |was the father and that the charge of cruelty was trumped up out of a spirit of vindictiveness. oy —_——— $100 Rupture Cure for $10 by Hunter, 1206 Market st. Send for circular, - but it was proved that he himseif | | waters. The argument for the peddlers was | i made by Curtis Hillyer. Ex-Judge Murphy appeared for the Commission- | ' ers and Luther Elkins for the city. ———————— ETHI-‘A)DORE FIGEL'S WIFE PREPARES FOR DIVORCE No Trace of the Missing Man Had for Two Weeks and Family Is | « Destitute. Theodore Figel's disappearance is| | still unexplained, except that a track ‘:of forged checks has been left behind |to give cause pf his absence. His wife and two chjldren, living at 1341 McAllister street, have been left des- titute and the poor woman protests | she has no knowledge of his where- | abouts. Twelve years ago she mar- ried him and bore her burden silently. Asked if her married life had been ! happy, she said her application for | divorce was in the hands of her at- torney. Then she broke down and | | wept. ! | Figel was last seen two weeks ago yesterday. At that time he was on the water front, going in the direc- ! tion of the dock where the Sacramen- to and Stockton river steamers are anchored. He spoke to none of the acquaintances he met. Subsequently it was learned that he had issued a number of fictitious checks and col- lected the money upon them, | | { - b4 BRENNAN WANTS NO COMPROMISE GOVE RNMENT GIVES CALIFORNIA FIRST POSITION FOR DIVERSITY Held for Felony Emberzle-| OMCIally Reports There Is Greater Variety of ment and Released on a Writ of Habeas Corpus WRONG CHARGE IS MADE Warrant for Grand Lar- ceny Issued and Request Made for Its Withdrawal SRR After an argument lasting several days on the application for a writ of habeas corpus for the release of Dr. Thomas F. Brennam, held to answer on partment 12 of the Superior granted the writ yesterday and dis- charged the prisoner. He did so on the ground that the charge should have | been grand larceny. The complaint was drawn up by Attorney M. C. Has- sett, special prosecutor, and at the pre- lminary examination Police ~Judge Fritz expressed the opinion that the charge should have been grand lar- ceny, opinion. . Dr. Brennan was accused of em- bezzling over $39,000 in coin and several articles, the property of Rev. Father Patrick J. Grey, former recter of St. Patrick's Church. Dr. Brennan claim- ed that the property had been given to him by Father Grey in view of the fact that Dr. Brennan was to attend Father Grey professionaliy for the bal- ance of his life. ’ A warrant was at once obtained from Judge Fritz for Dr. Brennan's arrest on the charge of grand larceny. A few hours later Attorney Hassett called on | Judge Fritz and asked him to instruct Policeman Conlon, who had the war- rant, not to serve it. the reason and Hassett replied that | there was a proposition from the other side. “You don’t mean tc say,” queried the Judge, “that you intend to compound a felony?” Hassett disclaimed any such inten- tion and the interview closed by the Judge refusing to interfere in the mat- ter. Later Attorney Cannon, who repre- sents Dr. Brennan, called at the Hall of Justice with bonds for Brennan's release. He was followed by Bren- nan, who was booked Prison and immediately discharged on an order signed by Judge Fritz, who had accepted the bonds. Cannon denied emphatically that any attempt at compromise had come from him or his client and were prepared to fight the case to a finish. He supposed that Hassett, after reflection, had concluded it was inadvisable to proceed with the case. ———————— DENIES HIS WIFE IN PRESENCE OF ANOTHER Malvina Schell Wants Divorce for Cruelty—Other Domestic Infelicities. 3 Malvina Schell yesterday sued for divorce’ from her husband, Bradford T. Schell, upon the ground of cruelty. She says that they were married at Rohnerville, Cal.,, in 1894 and have one child, 9 years of age, and alleges that upon various occasions he choked and struck her and upon a time when she met him coming out of a saloon with another woman on his arm he denied that the plaintiff was his wife. Judge Murasky, upon further hear- ing of the case, yesterday took under submission the application of Dora Trudgeon for divorce from Daniel A. | Trudgeon, a barber, who deserted her a day after their marriage. Divorces were granted yesterday by | Judge Kerrigan to Helen Cookson from Herbert H. Cookson on the ground of willful neglect, and by Judge Hunt to Robert McCord from Fannle McCord on the ground of desertion. Elizabeth Johansen yesterday sued for divorce from her husband, Dedrik, on the ground of desertion. e g Mining Notes. While excavations were being made ! for the Fairchilds building, adjoining the Masonic Temple, in Placerville, pay gravel was discovered. The Placer- ville Nugget says that one pan was worth $12. The gravel is being wheeled to the bank of Hangtown Creek, where it will be washed with the sluices for gold. The Basler Mining and Development Company has been incorporated to work mines thirty miles west of Red Bluff. Work has begun on the Coalinga Oil and Transportation Company’'s pipe line from Coalinga to Monterey. The line will be 110 miles long. The Potillo giartz mines, nine miles from Weaverville, have been bonded to a company for $30,000, according to a local report. In the group are three mines. The Hammon gold dredgers on the river east of Marysville are expected to begin operations early in July. During the year ending June 30, 1903, the Yukon territory produced gold to the value of $12,113,015. The production of the preceding year was $9,566,340. The gold output for ,the first mentioned year was greater than that of any in the history of the district, the next in record making being the year of 1899- 1900, when the output amounted to $9,- 809,464. The large output of last year was due to the abundance-of water. The figures relative to the gold produc- tion of the Yukon are taken from the annual report of’/the Department of the Interior of the Dominion of Canada. Trips East From the World’s Fair. California and Pacific Coast visitors to the St. Louis World's Fair who may wish to journey eastward can reach principal cities and towns without chang- ing cars ing over the Vandalia- Pennsylvania lines, the shortest route STy ly service ex- :.r:'y- trains from St. Louis to Pittsburg and the East enables ngers to leave the World's Fair ci at convenient hours t the . Purchasers of first-class tickets to lphia or New York Vi 3 1vania lines may have them routed via Wash- ington for the asking, visit o!mhnltm‘alfifl and timore. ' For Bal communicate with E. M. Pomeroy, 6: | Somat strect. San Francisco, CaL’ & - embezzlement, | but Hassett was of a different The Judge asked | Minerals in This Stat e Than Can Eisewhere Be Found and Values Entitle It to Seventh Place The State of California, so reports the Department of Commefce and La- | bor in a bulletin just issued relating to mines and quarries of the United States, although ranking seventh in the value of products in 1903, held the first place in diversification of minerals. | This fact has been known to perspns { familiar with the mines and minerals | of this State, but the official pronounce- ment of it by a branch of the Federal Government Has advantages that can- not be overlooked. The Department of Commerce and | Labor has caused the facts to be gath- ered from the mining census that was | conducted in connection with the United States Geological Survey. The census methods were modifled to agree with those of the geological survey. The totals for the two offices agree. | Therefore the publication now submit- | ted by the Department of Commerce {and Labor is relifble. This is an im- portant consideration, being a guaran- tee of the accuracy of the statements | made. That the State of California is cred- ited with being the richest of any in | the sisterhood of States in the matter | of diversity of minerals will not be overlooked by investors in all parts of | the world, to whom the publication in | question will be a valuable and trust- | worthy handbook of information. The statistics and general statements | that are made relate to all mines and | quarries and petroleum and natural | gas wells that were in operation during | | i | December 31, 1902. The inclusion of the | refined products for gold, silver and other metals that are summarized in a | comprehensive tabulation brings up the value of products for 1902 to $384,040,863, | @n excess of $87,214,452 over the $796,826,- 417 reported as the value of the direct products of the mines, quarries an¥ pe- troleum and natural gas wells. The any portion of the calendar year ending | nology. Each of these institutions of technical education is well represented. Forty students and professors from the Columbia School of Mines were the first to arrive. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is represented by twenty. A practical course in mining will be given, extending over a period of ten weeks from the 18th inst. The school is in charge of a committee consisting of Professors Munroe of Columbia, Rich- ‘arda of the Massachuset Institute of 'TP(‘hnulog) Smythe of Yale and John | Hammond. Al the latest machinery will be at the disposal of the students. RECENT OPERATIONS. The Mokelumne Hill Chronicle reports that there is quite a boom in the Rail- road Flat mining district. The San Andreas Prospect says that the mining outlook has never been bet- ter in the vicinity of San Andreas than it is now. With gravel channels and quartz propositions the vicinity has a bright future. According to the Amador Ledger 300 men are employed in the Gwin mine. The eighty-stamp mill is running con- tinuously. A great deal of work has lately been performed on the top of the mine. The Nevada County Miner reports that operations are to begin at the® Haskell Peak mine, in Sierra County. A strike is reported to have been made in the White Bear mine, about nine miles from Downieville. Pay gravel was struck in an upraise. Fred Zeitler has been elected presi- dent and superintendent of the Zei- bright mine for the year. The Yellow Aster mine, at Rands- burg, is reported to be crushing 520 tons | of ore per day. | The Blue Ledge Mining Company has | been Incorporated in Nevada Couaty. | John Tyrrell, W. T. Jones, James Coan, | W. L. White and Porter Bliss are the | incorporators. The Blue Ledge mine is | three miles above Névada City. It was | worked thirty-six years ago. A fire de- ‘ stroyved the plant and work was discon- returns for 1903 that have been given | tinueq thereafter. James Colley is the out are necessarlly incomplete, being | principal owner of the property, which based somewhat on estimates. This for | has been bonded to Tyrrell and others. at the City | sald that they | the present makes the bulletin in hand ’the latest handbook that will be avall- | able to careful investigators. RANKING THE STATES. In connection with mines, quarries {and ofil and gas wells the rank of the States is set down as follows on the basis of the complete rgturns of 1902: Pennsylvania leads in the number of | wage earners employed and in the | value of products, Ohio is second in value of products and third in number | of wage earners, Illinois is second in wage earmers and sixth in value of products, Michigan is third in value of products and fourth in number of wage earners, West Virginia is fourth in | value of products and fifth in wage earners. California is seventh in the value of products. Of the fifty-two different classifications of minerals mined in the United States in 1902 California is cred- ited by the Government with twenty- six. Since that census, it may be re- marked, some discoveries have been made in this State. The State Mineralo- gist of California, in fact, in his last annual report claimed that more than fifty different minerals are mined in this State. ed from a bewildering array of sta of the borax industry mined in California. Borax production deposits in this State, although there was some production, not very formid- posits of California, Nevada and Ore- gon. | separately with borax until the cen sus to which allusion is made in thi article. Since the beginning of the | borax mining industry in California the output has varied from nothing in 1869, 1870 and 1871 to 19,142 short tons !in 1902. The value of borax produced | in California is treated separately by the Department of Commerce and La- bor. The figures for 1889 are $145,473, representing the value of the output; for 1902 théy are $2,538,614. COST OF BORAX MINING. Operators of other sorts of mine: may be interested in seeing the - offi- cial returns of the cost of producing $2,538,614 worth of borax. paid out in salaries for the year 1902 the sum of $18,128; for wages, $114,865 for miscellaneous expenses, $47,606; for supplies and material, $213,; The total cost, as represented by t fig- ures, for producing 19,142 tons of borax was $394,137, or at the rate of & frac- tion more than $20 per ton. This high cost may be largely at- tributed to the distance of borax de- posits from bases of supplies and mar- kets, necessitating teaming over long reaches of deserts in a temperature and under circumstances extremely trying. At the St. Louis Exposition Califor- nia has a structure of lepidolite that attracts attention. California is pro- ducing lepidolite in San Diego County, to be exported to Germany, where it is converted into lithium carbonate. The total production of lepidolite and all lithium minerals, according to the report referred to, was very small in 1902. There were but 12 mines hav- ing such products in the United States, and the total value of the product- was but $25,750, the quantity prodiced being but 1245 short tons. Lepidolite constituted more than 70 per cent of the total output. The Geo- logical Survey slightly raises the amount of lithium minerals mined to 1750 tons, worth $43,200. Growing out of a generous offer on the part of George Crocker of San Francisco, the joint Summer School of Mines at Silver Plume, Colo., is now in progress. The attendants are from Co- lumbia’s School of Mines, connected with Columbia University of New York; the Lawrence Scientific School of Har- vard, the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, the Colorado School of Mines and the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Some interesting facts may be glean- - tistical tables relating to the growth | in California. | The first commercial production of borax in the United States was in | 1846, when twelve short tons were | in the United States is credited by the | Government malinly to the colemanite | | | able in amount, from the marsh de- | | | The census returns never have dealt | There was | Twenty stamps of the Metropolitan | mine, near Angels, were started last | week. | ADVERTISEMENTS. The North Western- Union Pacific Excursions afford unusual opportunities for, aa satisfactory journey 1o Clifigo:East Excursions Every Day Personally conducted parties leave San Francisco every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday < Leave Los Angeles ene day earlier. 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