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@EFBRUARY 27, 1928 ran. THE NEVADA CITY NUG NUGGET, Cé CALIFORNIA
CHEMICALLY PURE GOLD
ORIGIN IS REVEALED
(Communicated )
The ‘purity of the gold from an
assay of ore from the ‘Dipper Consolidated claims at Red Ledge in Sierra county, as might have been expected, caused considerable doubt in
the minds of a few “‘punkin heads”
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—and wiseacres, following the announcement made in The two
weeks ago.
Nugget
The district as a wihvle has not
been profittble but a change has oceurredf The vein system passing
through the. Dipper and adjoining
ground gives promise of developing
into producing mines through persistent prospecting and the only way
in which to prove the value of mineral land.
Mrs. EB. .E. DeWein has held this
ground since 1916, performing the
assesment work: regularly anl now,
it would seem is about to. receive
her reward for many years of perserverance. It should also be said
that she is the only’ woman in Nevada county who takes a direct interest in mining—the souree of all
our metallic wealth.
Considerable prospecting has been
done over a period of many years.
Recent work consists of a tunnel about 105 feet with a drift of 185
fect. The sample which has caused
so much controversy came from.a
point about 145 feet in this drift.
The walls appear to be a serpentine
slate hanging and porphyry ~ foot
wall. The vein system is stratified
with strata from 1% to 4% inches
wide and undoubtedly they will unite in a solid vein in depth. So much
for that.
Now: in regard to the remarkable
fineness of the gold. Nature plays
many pranks in the different formations of this earth, no less so in the
Mineral kingdom than in just plain
common rocks. Ores are of every
conceivable kind. Some metals are
Well alloyed with two or more. Others like lead and copper are frequently found practically pure. Likewise gold which rules this earth, has
varying degrees of purity. At differenti times during the past 45 years
one reads of some mine carrying
ore assaying $20.00 or thereabouts
Per ounce. Occasionally around
$20.30 or $20.40 per ounce. Admittedly high grade gold and whenever
those facts become known, the information was siezed upon and broadcasted in the: mining press. It was
and still is unusual to find $20.00
gold.
Not long ago a sample of ore
from the Dipper Consolidated was
given to Mr. G. B. Phillips, the well
known and competent assayer for
the California Mac Van Company of
Sacramento. To the surprise’ of all,
he certified that that sample yielded
one ounce per ton of the value of
$20.67! The silver present was almost negligible. What little there
was notworth calculating. Just
nature and
worth $20.67 an ounce, for that is
all that pure gold is worth. It is cercounty has other
‘the vicinity of Alpha red and yellow }
D an extremely rare effort of
perme perme ——= *
PAINT PIGMENTS OFFER. MINING COMMISSION IS
AN ALLURING PROSPECT. PROPOSED BY STEVENOT
The highly einer mineralized zones in }
Nevada, Shasta, Trinity. and Siskiyou counties may some day furnish
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a large portion of the world‘s supply of paint pigments. Other counties in Superior California may also
have depostits of these minerals suit,
able for development.
The Democrat mine near Alta operated by the Glidden paint people; .
is being made into a superior “grade
of paint and proves that Nevada .
metals besides the
precious yellow gold. The old copper
mine dump near Spenceville is also
furnishing material for paint and in.
{
ochre is being mined for
king.
paint ma! mercially,
The study being made by the
mines department of the Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce is being made '
to aid prospeeting
for some of the many industrial minerals needed for the fullest development of manufacturing in this
great state of ours.
and encourage
There are five main requirements
for the successful mining and marketing of the pigments. The material must contain the material desired in. large quantities and of the
color and substance desired; the material must be uniform ‘in coolor and
texture; the deposit must be so situated so that transportation will be
available; the material must be of
a quantity that can. be used without
washing; the deposit must be ‘easily
and cheaply mined. On the requirement of uniformity of color, texture
and substance have most of the attempts to mine pigments in California in the past, fallen down.
Pigments. come from three sources. There are the chemically manufactured pigments such as chrome
yellow, Prussian blue, etc.; the pigments made from residues of ores
such as zine oxide and white lead,
and the natural mineral pigments
such as ochres, umbras and siennas.
This article will deal only with the
latter group.
For the trade, these natural paint
pigments are classified according to
color and run from red to yellow,
green, brown, black and _ orange.
The color in’ most cases is due to
iron content.
The most important of the pigments is the mineral red or Prince's
Metallic, as it is known to the
trade. This is the paint which goes
on boxears, bridges and rough work
and the brick color is standard, It
is known in the mineral as limonite
or hydrated iron oxide. Hematite cf
iron oxide is also used for the same
purpose. There are deposits of hematite and limonite in, many places in
California which await development.
These materials must however,
be further processed in order to be
acceptable to the paint makers, who
buy the refined product rather than
the raw mine run. Owners of: deposits ave failed to market their proof their
1e proIhe proalso be
ust. be
barrelniform.
ct sells
he nas he
ommon
and i3
prepared
mineral
pw come
‘securing
rnishing
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bnnsylvadomestic
Oo states.
bw ochre
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the Califlop these
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ing Nevare awaient should
office and
ied woman
understand
ressed with
clean shirt
i hig ray issio 7 is
. has a fine supply of barytes which . Bighway commission in an advisory
-humber
. isfactorily it has a market.
French.
so large!
quioxide }.
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Director Fred acvanut of the state
department of natural resources, has .
in mind the formation of the California mining commission, particul,
arly designed to serve a much neg,
lected industry of California, . but ,
which has an annual production record. of néar half a billion dollars.
\Stevenct’s idea is to have it function along the lines of the state
capacity to the director of the de. partment. Governor Young is said to:
look with favor on the proposal and
it is expected that the. matter will .
be taken up actively at the 1929
session of. the state legislature. {
In an interview Stevenot says:
“California produces a larger .
number of mineraP substances, comthan any other state in
the Union. In recent. years, the
of substances, exclusive of
several grouped’ as gems, has totalled around sixty. ,
“Gold, of course, still continues
our most important metal, and California leads the nation in the an;
nual yield of the precious yellow
metal, accounting for nearly 30 Der
cent of our domestic gold annually.
California’s total gold to date shows
a valiie of more than £1,800,000,000
which if gathered together in one
lump, would make a_= solid cube,
nearly 17 feet in extent.”
FULLERS EARTH COMING
IMPORTANT PRODUCING
The production of fuller’s earth
has grown to be a sizeable industry
in California in recent years and
the uses and demands are constantly
growing. Last year the output ran
close te $100,000 in California, with
a littie over 5,000 tons mined. The
California production, however, is
only a small part of the. -national
production, of 234,162 tons and the
bulk of fuller’s earth ‘now comes
from Georgia, Florida’ and Texas.
Last year the average price was
$14.33 per ton, which was a little
better than 1925, when it was
$14.15.
The term Fuller’s earth has come
to cover a variety of clays and there
specified chemical composition
for the product. The main requirement. is a physical one and the fact
that a clay will do certain work entitles . it to be classed as fuller’s
earth. It is usually, a soft, friable,
earthy, non-plastic, white and gray
to durk green in color. Its original
use was for fuliing wool, from which
ability it takes its name.
It is
greases,
It is
wallpaper,
cum
used for fats,
and vegetable oil.
a pigment for. painting
for a substitute for talpowder, a poultice in
cine and an antidote for
poisons.
clarifying
mineral
also
medialkaloid
Some is used in the manufacture of soap. The only test of
fuller’s earth is to try it for the
above purposes, and if it works satColloidot clays coming under the
classification of fuller’s earth contain such local names as ‘Bentonite,’
' tude, of
; Pot Ash.)
<THE NUGGET PAGE OF MINING NES GATHERED FROM 0 OVER CALIFORNI ALIFORNIA
NEW MINERAL CALLED
RASORITE IS EXPLOITED
California has disclosed an entirely new mineral, named rasorite af“ter its discoverer ,well known as a
borax engineer. It is a tetra-hydrate
of borax, and 8 millions tons of it
are said to lie in Kern county.
According to Science Service, it
. Promises to cheapen ‘borax, and to
greatly extend the use of unbreakOrdinary glass breaks because it has a high coefficienct of
expansion. Glass made from quartz
has a low refractory ,however, melting only at a very high temperature. When borax is used with the
quartz, we get borosilicate glass or
' pyrex.
This vast deposit, enough for 50
years, will give us enamels and oth
er products. Ia glass, ‘it should give
us unbréakable fruit jars, milk bottles ,tumblers, carafes and -a multieveryday things. (Tron
MONO COUNTY
Unwatering of the old Noonday,
Red Cloud and other mines near Bodie is being undertaken by C. C. Julian of Los Angeies. The entireequipment o fthe Leadfield mine nea:
Beatty, Nevada, is being transported
by truck to the properties, a distance
of 575 miles by way of Goldfield
and Tonopah. There is a 125 horse
yvower diesel engine and a 625 foot
ir compressor and other equipment
which will be set up.
MARIPOSA COUNTY
Much of the surface plant ofthe
Mother Lode Extension mine near
Merced Falls was recently destroyed
by fire. The machine shop ,jhydraulic pump and other equipment was
burned. The property is being operated by F. F. Lautenschlager.
A rich shoot of ore is reported
at the Buena Vista mine in the Saxon Creek district. The strike is said
to have been made while driving the
tunnel ahead. Miss Bele McCord Rvuberts of Long Beach, newspaper woman, haeds the company developin:
the property.
A rich vein is reported struck! in
a properyt on Sherlock creek beinz
opened up by Robert MacLean and
John Noble. The property is a former producer. The mine is to be reopened and retimbered.
SHASTA COUNTY
H. C. Austin of Oakland has comMenced suit: in federal court against
A. D. Joyce of Cleveland, president
of the California Zine Company at
Bully Hill alleging that $13,716 is
due him for royalties on mining production. Austin charges that he sold
Certain mining properties to Joyce
and in addition to the purchase price
was to receive a 10 per. cent royalty
on all barium ore taken out. The
properties in question are near Heroult.
R. L. Hussey who recently acquired the Greenhorn copper pro)perties is now making his first trip to
the property. He expects to. install
a 50 ton flotation plant:as the first
unit and this will be gradually increased as production gets under way
‘Otaylite’ and ‘Shosonite.’ The greater part of California’s. productionis
used locally in California for the;
decolorizing of petroleum and the
oil companies own their own de!
TRINITY COUNTY
Ed D. Westbrook, Jr. has taken
a bond and lease on the Dutton Creek
group of four placer mines near the!
famous!l. aGrange hydraulic properposits.
‘ty. Development work is to be un&
dertaken at. once.
TUOLUMNE COUNTY .
A five stamp mill is being erected
at the Tapie mine where a $1900
pocket was recently found. The: mill
is being taken from the Huston property near Eennice:
BITS OF HUMOR
Nothing makes some women madder than for their husbands to admit
they are wrong without giving them
_ able borax glass of the kind known . .
,as pyrex.
Hugsey bought the property at bankruptey sale following the failure of
E. G. Lewis, of Atascadero notoriety.
Tunnels and drifts in the property
total two miles and it is stated that
several hundred. thousand tons of
ore have been blocked out.
ar aaa FRO ORAFESRSL FS? SPER SSS SRA
RETIRING FROM BU:
Big Closing Out Sale
For Cash Only.
Of my Complete Stock of Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear
[* chance to argue about it.
n getting ,
show him '
The report that Trotsky is coming
to the U. S. ought to
chance to see how well our wamieel:
‘tion lows work. 2
From the way they go at it, some
Nevada City girls considering powdering their nose as imvortant as
scratching a hite.
What has become or the old fashioned Nevada City man who always
wanted to settle his arguments ‘with
his fists?
That government employee who
has raised 20 children on $85 a
month ought to be moved over to
ae budget department,
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