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Title: 1895 Pictorial History of Nevada County, California (979.437 COM (622.342 NEV, PH 1-4))(2000) Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Catalog #: 979.437 COM (622.342 NEV, PH 1-4) Author: W. F. Prisk, J. E. Poingdestre, and Samuel Butler. Foreword and index by David A. and Ardis H. Comstock. Publisher: Grass Valley: Comstock Bonanza Press Related Items: Directories > Nevada County Mining Review (622.342.NEV)(1895) Pamphlets > Grass Valley and Vicinity (PH 1-4)(Circa 1895) Published: 2000 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Subjects: Nevada County, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Mines, Mining Industry, Who's Who, 19th Century, 1890s Notes: Full title: 1895 Pictorial History of Nevada County, California: Reissue of "Nevada County Mining Review" compiled by William Frederick Prisk Jr. and the staff of the Grass Valley Daily Morning Union and "Grass Valley and Vicinity" compiled by J. E. Poingdestre with an historical sketch by Samuel Butler: To which has been appended a new foreword and a comprehensive index compiled by David A. and Ardis H. Comstock. vi, 186 pages. # of Pages: 194 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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NEVADA COUNTY MINING REVIEW scale and which our space will not permit of special description, but which are deserving of passing notice, even in this rather limited review. In the neighborhood of Canada Hill, E. H. Moore has a quartz claim from which good ore has been taken, and which no doubt would pay well if worked to any depth. William Holmes owns a quartz ledge adjoining the Mayflower, from which he has had some very rich quartz taken. It has been worked by tunnel to a considerable extent, but at present nothing is being done there. The old Banner Mine, in the same section, is considered by miners who worked there during its bright days to be a good mine yet if properly developed. The Green Mountain, near the Murchie, is a good property, but the owners are without capital. Passing around until Willow Valley is reached, we find the Lecompton, Deadwood, Neversweat, Hussey, and several others that have produced very rich quartz at times, but which are not being worked much, if at all, at the present time. Further around, but in the same neighborhood, and not far from the Texas, is the Niagara, owned by Nat. P. Brown of The Transcript, and Alex. Durbin, upon which considerable prospecting has been done this summer, the results being very satisfactory. Adjoining this claim is the Morgan and Tilley, which has been leased to other parties for some time. The ore found there will not pay by ordinary mill process, but must be crushed and the pulp roasted and then treated by the chlorination process. Quartz shipped to the Selby Smelting Works paid $40 a ton. Still further around, we come to the Selby Flat section, which in early times was regarded as a strictly gravel locality. The quartz ledge owned by Graves & Britland promises well, some splendid quartz having been found there; prospecting is going on, the new shaft being down sixty-five feet and the ledge varying from eight to fourteen inches wide. The ore shows well in sulphurets and galena, and carries considerable rich ochre, Free yold is often seen in the quartz. As yet, work is being done by means of a windlass. The mine is under bond to Oakland capitalists. The Muller and Walling, which is supposed by many to be an extension of the Nevada City Mine, is found further around the circle. Some prospecting was done on the property several years ago, the results being quite satisfactory. J.C. Locklin and W. J. Organ have a ledge in the immediate vicinity, and the old Mount Auburn and George W. Ragon’s ledge are not far off. Right in the corporate limits of Nevada City, are 8; found the Stiles’ ledge, from which considerable gold was taken years ago, but which has not been operated for a long time; the Nevada County, that produced some of the prettiest and richest specimens of ore ever found in the county, but which has not been worked for several years, although there is a good hoisting and milling plant on it. Also the California, that has lain idle for many years, excepting work done by tributers. The famous Gold Tunnel Mine, which perhaps with one exception, is the oldest quartz mine in the district, is at present being worked on lease or tribute by A. H. Ohmert & Co., who are running a branch tunnel from one of the old tunnels, expecting to strike a shoot of ore that was passed by the early workers of this ledge. Quartz from the Gold Tunnel has always been rich, and two or three men in early days made fortunes out of this mine. The Eddy ledge, situated near the old Pennsylvania, near the western boundary of Nevada City, is probably an extension of the Gold Tunnel; it was worked toa limited extent, only to water level, but splendid quartz was taken out, the last crushing paying about $roo to the ton. No work has been done there for years. The Midnight is another mine that has produced good quartz and which would doubtless yield much more it worked, but disagreement among the owners prevents it being operated; it is situated on Piety Hill, right in the city. The New England, El Capitan, Sherman, and Gold Flat Eureka have not been worked for years but will no doubt some day receive the attention of capitalists, and with improved and less expensive methods of working, will, in all probability, prove profitable investments. The old Sneath & Clay Mine, on Gold Flat, is regarded as a valuable property, and although no practical work has been done there for twenty years, it is bound to be worked again some day. The trouble about getting capitalists to take hold of it is on account of the mine not being opened up so that it can be properly experted, the old workings having caved in more or less, and the owners do not seem to be in any hurry to do the necessary development work, or are averse to bonding the property for a reasonable figure to some company that would go ahead and open it as it should be. There are many yood ledges remaining unworked, and with the new ones that are being discovered occasionally, this district has every promise of a long lease of life yet as a mining section.