California mines and minerals . countys mineralindustry since the recent development and operation of the mine ona large scale. The valuable coal veins were early discovered, and layundeveloped until, in quite recent years, the San Francisco and SanJoaquin Coal Company acquired an area about one and a half by fiveand a half miles in extent, and invested a great amount of capital indeveloping the mines and establishing a plant on a large scale, andon the basis of the highest possible efficiency. Several hundred menare employed. The surface plant includes huge bunkers, a railroad,thirty-six mile
California mines and minerals . countys mineralindustry since the recent development and operation of the mine ona large scale. The valuable coal veins were early discovered, and layundeveloped until, in quite recent years, the San Francisco and SanJoaquin Coal Company acquired an area about one and a half by fiveand a half miles in extent, and invested a great amount of capital indeveloping the mines and establishing a plant on a large scale, andon the basis of the highest possible efficiency. Several hundred menare employed. The surface plant includes huge bunkers, a railroad,thirty-six miles long, to the head of navigation at Stockton, the modelproprietary town of Tesla, with bunk houses, eighty cottages, waterand electric systems, library, hospital, etc. There are seven valuableseams of coal developed by long tunnels and drifts. An electricgenerating plant at the mine, and a plant for the manufacture offuel briquettes, at Stockton, are being elaborated. The operation ofthe mine and plant is an interesting
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