California Mining Journal (PH 16-14)(April 1943) (36 pages)

TWELVE California Mining Journal, April, 1943 Amended Separate Mining Department Bill . . . A Great Aid to California Mineral Development ’ q@X\HE amendments to Senate Bill 414, Pts. { viding for a separate Department © Mines in California, as approved by the County Supervisors’ Association of California, set up an independent Mining Department that will operate as such in fact as well as in law. Under the proposed amendments, there will be a state mining board of seven members appointed by the governor and serving at his pleasure. The titular head of the department will be a director, a member of the governor's cabinet, appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of the board. He will receive $6,000 per year and be bonded to the state in the penal sum of $25,000. The members of the board receive no salary, but will be paid their actual and necessary expenses. Will Be Strictly Neutral The department will have control and jurisdiction of all minerals except oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances. These continue in the Department of Natural Resources as the Division of Oil and Gas. All offices and titles in the present existing Division of Mines of the Natural Resources Department. are abolished. The Department of Mines succeeds to and is vested with all the powers and duties of the Mining Bureau, State Mineralogist, and Division of Mines of the Department of Natural Resources. All employees thereof, except the director, will be under civil service. An Unhampered Department, It is intended to create a Mines Department that will have one aim and duty: to further the interests of mining in California without being required to first consult other divisions under the same head, as at present. It can operate to aid mining directly and represent the mining industry in national as well as state affairs. If this state had such a department, it is obvious that metal producers in particular could have been saved a lot of trouble and personal expense since the outbreak of the war. There would have been an official spokesman to treat with the Federal government; there would have been a Department of State fully and completely cognizant of every move made in official Washington affecting the mining industry, and there would have been, here in this State, a place where any miner, mine operator, investor or mining engineer could have found any of the myriad rules and regulations that now stem from dozens of Federal government bureaus. In short, with a Mining Department of its own, the industry can and will be able to stand on its own feet unfettered by control of interests alien if not actually antagonistic to its operation. The Small Operator’s Champion The smallest and least important operator in this state will have a Mining Department to which he can present his problems, If the director won't listen, then he can go to Supervisors Ask Governor For Separate Mine Dep’t Governor Earl Warren was presented with a resolution adopted by the State Association of County Supervisors, in convention in Sacramento, urging the creation: of a separate state department of mines. While the resolution mentioned no specific measure, P, M. Millspaugh, director of the association’s strategic minerals survey, said the group is throwing its Support behind Senate Bill No. 414, by Senator Jerrold Seawell of Roseville, Placer County. The resolution advised that “the adequate production of minerals in California for war purposes requires the direction of an efficient state mining agency independent of the department of natural resources,” and recommends that the “state legislature pass upon proper legislation establishing an independent department of mines.” The resolution concludes: “The department should be under the control of a state mining board consisting of seven members appointed by and holding office at the pleasure of the governor. The department should be administered through a: director -of mines, The director should be appointed by the governor upon the ‘recommendation of.-the state mining board. The mining -board should have powers. to create such divisions and appoint Personnel as may be necessary for the proper functioning of said department for the benefit of the mining industry and the people of California.” The mining committee of the association is composed of Supervisors M. C. Merrell of Tuolumne County, chairman; John P. Branley of Plumas County, M. G. Haigh of Glenn County, C. S. Arbogast of Nevada, County, Harry C, Werner of San Diego County and J. D. Cox of Sonoma County. the board, and through them to the governor. There will be a place where the little fellow can get a hearing and where he cannot be shouted down by a few large operators. There has to be a little mine before there can be a big one, and the backers of this amended bill want that fact recognized in the law of this‘state. * PLACER COUNTY . The Baker Divide Mining Company has filed an ejectment action against James Maxfield, in which it asks $5,000 damages, The Baker Company claims that Maxwell] entered the property, which is located on:the Forest Hill Divide, without right or title. 1028 Jay 8t. Dial 3-7091 . poranocovnoncencoveneueneneusnencses? ATLAS BLUE PRINT CO. SACRAMENTO, Calif. Blue Printing — Photostat Prints DRAFTING ROOM SUPPLIES Special Attention to Out of Town OrdersTHE IDEAL GIFT For Your Friends WW, ho Are Interested CALIFORNIA. MINING JOURNAL — $2.00 PER YR. COMSTOCK MINES TO CONTINUE A. E. Vandercook, Sacramento, manager for the Central Comstock Mines Corp. with headquarters in Sacramento and Grass Va}. ley, has announced that a new ruling by the WPB will enable his company to continye operating and to complete installation: of its cyanide mill equipment. The company properties include the Middle-mines group of olq bonanzas on the Comstock lode at Virginia City, including the Savage, Hale & Norcross, Chollar and Potoso mines, covering 2,600 feet of the great ore channel. The mines were operated for several years with a 400ton flotation mill, by the Arizona Comstock Corp. > se INDIUM SOUGHT IN NEVADA The U. S, Bureau of Mines wil] examine ore specimens from the several zine deposits in the Goodsprings district for content of indium, a soft, white, malleable metallic element used principally to increase the life of bearings in high speed machines, and to prevent ‘corrosion. The chief source’ of indium is in the residues from purification of sulphate solutions at electrolytic plants, ©’ PUMPS PUMP AND: ENGINE UNITS.-built to suit any. condition . 5 Hydraulic Gravel Lifta. tia . Worthington.Pumps MUNZ BROS., SACRAMENTO. . 301 N. 12th St. ‘Dial -2-5835. (a WILKINS. DRAYING COMPANY TRUCKPORTATION ENGINEERS Our Specialty Heavy Hauling & Rigging F “If I¢'s Movable We Can Move It” 2900 R St. Dial 6.3801. SACRAMENTO In Western Mining :.

TWELVE California Mining Journal, April, 1943 Amended Separate Mining Department Bill . . . A Great Aid to California Mineral Development ’ q@X\HE amendments to Senate Bill 414, Pts. { viding for a separate Department © Mines in California, as approved by the County Supervisors’ Association of California, set up an independent Mining Department that will operate as such in fact as well as in law. Under the proposed amendments, there will be a state mining board of seven members appointed by the governor and serving at his pleasure. The titular head of the department will be a director, a member of the governor's cabinet, appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of the board. He will receive $6,000 per year and be bonded to the state in the penal sum of $25,000. The members of the board receive no salary, but will be paid their actual and necessary expenses. Will Be Strictly Neutral The department will have control and jurisdiction of all minerals except oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances. These continue in the Department of Natural Resources as the Division of Oil and Gas. All offices and titles in the present existing Division of Mines of the Natural Resources Department. are abolished. The Department of Mines succeeds to and is vested with all the powers and duties of the Mining Bureau, State Mineralogist, and Division of Mines of the Department of Natural Resources. All employees thereof, except the director, will be under civil service. An Unhampered Department, It is intended to create a Mines Department that will have one aim and duty: to further the interests of mining in California without being required to first consult other divisions under the same head, as at present. It can operate to aid mining directly and represent the mining industry in national as well as state affairs. If this state had such a department, it is obvious that metal producers in particular could have been saved a lot of trouble and personal expense since the outbreak of the war. There would have been an official spokesman to treat with the Federal government; there would have been a Department of State fully and completely cognizant of every move made in official Washington affecting the mining industry, and there would have been, here in this State, a place where any miner, mine operator, investor or mining engineer could have found any of the myriad rules and regulations that now stem from dozens of Federal government bureaus. In short, with a Mining Department of its own, the industry can and will be able to stand on its own feet unfettered by control of interests alien if not actually antagonistic to its operation. The Small Operator’s Champion The smallest and least important operator in this state will have a Mining Department to which he can present his problems, If the director won't listen, then he can go to Supervisors Ask Governor For Separate Mine Dep’t Governor Earl Warren was presented with a resolution adopted by the State Association of County Supervisors, in convention in Sacramento, urging the creation: of a separate state department of mines. While the resolution mentioned no specific measure, P, M. Millspaugh, director of the association’s strategic minerals survey, said the group is throwing its Support behind Senate Bill No. 414, by Senator Jerrold Seawell of Roseville, Placer County. The resolution advised that “the adequate production of minerals in California for war purposes requires the direction of an efficient state mining agency independent of the department of natural resources,” and recommends that the “state legislature pass upon proper legislation establishing an independent department of mines.” The resolution concludes: “The department should be under the control of a state mining board consisting of seven members appointed by and

holding office at the pleasure of the governor. The department should be administered through a: director -of mines, The director should be appointed by the governor upon the ‘recommendation of.-the state mining board. The mining -board should have powers. to create such divisions and appoint Personnel as may be necessary for the proper functioning of said department for the benefit of the mining industry and the people of California.” The mining committee of the association is composed of Supervisors M. C. Merrell of Tuolumne County, chairman; John P. Branley of Plumas County, M. G. Haigh of Glenn County, C. S. Arbogast of Nevada, County, Harry C, Werner of San Diego County and J. D. Cox of Sonoma County. the board, and through them to the governor. There will be a place where the little fellow can get a hearing and where he cannot be shouted down by a few large operators. There has to be a little mine before there can be a big one, and the backers of this amended bill want that fact recognized in the law of this‘state. * PLACER COUNTY . The Baker Divide Mining Company has filed an ejectment action against James Maxfield, in which it asks $5,000 damages, The Baker Company claims that Maxwell] entered the property, which is located on:the Forest Hill Divide, without right or title. 1028 Jay 8t. Dial 3-7091 . poranocovnoncencoveneueneneusnencses? ATLAS BLUE PRINT CO. SACRAMENTO, Calif. Blue Printing — Photostat Prints DRAFTING ROOM SUPPLIES Special Attention to Out of Town OrdersTHE IDEAL GIFT For Your Friends WW, ho Are Interested CALIFORNIA. MINING JOURNAL — $2.00 PER YR. COMSTOCK MINES TO CONTINUE A. E. Vandercook, Sacramento, manager for the Central Comstock Mines Corp. with headquarters in Sacramento and Grass Va}. ley, has announced that a new ruling by the WPB will enable his company to continye operating and to complete installation: of its cyanide mill equipment. The company properties include the Middle-mines group of olq bonanzas on the Comstock lode at Virginia City, including the Savage, Hale & Norcross, Chollar and Potoso mines, covering 2,600 feet of the great ore channel. The mines were operated for several years with a 400ton flotation mill, by the Arizona Comstock Corp. > se INDIUM SOUGHT IN NEVADA The U. S, Bureau of Mines wil] examine ore specimens from the several zine deposits in the Goodsprings district for content of indium, a soft, white, malleable metallic element used principally to increase the life of bearings in high speed machines, and to prevent ‘corrosion. The chief source’ of indium is in the residues from purification of sulphate solutions at electrolytic plants, ©’ PUMPS PUMP AND: ENGINE UNITS.-built to suit any. condition . 5 Hydraulic Gravel Lifta. tia . Worthington.Pumps MUNZ BROS., SACRAMENTO. . 301 N. 12th St. ‘Dial -2-5835. (a WILKINS. DRAYING COMPANY TRUCKPORTATION ENGINEERS Our Specialty Heavy Hauling & Rigging F “If I¢'s Movable We Can Move It” 2900 R St. Dial 6.3801. SACRAMENTO In Western Mining :.