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The. Mining, andl Scientific Press: 7 all
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loeations haveybéen made. “The Fyeeilte says:
‘Phe veing are all “silver bearing, with perhaps@ truce of gohl, dud the speciniens brosght
iu indtcaty tlneral uf a superiut character, and
we prediet they will assuy largely, ‘
"A little over six tons of ore from the Yunkee ‘Blade, « prodoced threo hors of bullion
valued ut $3,950.
So great n volume Of wnter has recently been
tapped in the Oleander m'ne on Lander Ihijl:
a3 to drive nat the workmed and’ teibporarily
stop its further working.
Tho New York ond Sily rs Teak mining
pany have stopped work for the preseut,
Setsz to defeetive furnaces and impertect mas
chine Vhey will discard their Gardiner
Ure and Little Giant engine, und replacu
then timediately by a 20stump mill ud uv
powerlal engine.
Esmeralda—
The Unieu has these items :.
“Phe news from Voiie this week is deeidedly
fluttering. ‘The Empire mill is ernsbing, rock
which pays, well, und the ives ol the eompany
give proutise of an ubuinlant yield of guod oru.
The ffomestake is also busily cugaged crushjag rock of o superidr quality. ©
‘Vhu New York eompuny; at Silver Peak, bos
suapendud operations, and they will bu eomn-:
pelled to rennin idle till now mneltinery ean
he procured. ‘The reagnn assigned for the suspension is, that the ‘Thanderbolt Crusher whieh
they ereeted in their mill has proved o failure.’
[We predicted this. —Kds. Press.1 i
Thu Challenge company, ot! Columhus dis.’
trict, took aton of of ore from the Plata ledye
some time azo and hail tt worked: by a’ mill at
Dayton, lrom whieh they received the very eatisfsetory return’ of $324 jn iailver ond $13 in,
gold.!
Hunmolae—
“Phu Register hos the lollowing 4 ‘items":”
The Seniinole tunnel is now in 94 feet, nnd
rock su mncb improved thutgreater speed is
making than formerly. Superintendent Davia
showed us rich eroppings Irom, the Seminule
fede, taken ot a point 700 feet above the tun.
pellevel. Balhaeh made an: assay of an nverage of these: croppings;i showing o ‘voloe of
$82 40 in silver to the ton of roek.
The Silver Bullion Series, Indian. paul
coming out u fine claim. 7
The Monroc. company, continues cls cite of .
develypment, and that ledye of fiue auriferous
yartz gradually widens as depth is attained.
The Pioncer company, in this district, ‘Joba .
@. Fall, ngent, is driving dhead with work in
the Chameleon and lnskip eluims. Prospect .
in the Chameleon, good. ‘The Pioneer mill, ip
Ty.
o
ct, is
cellent working order, and is prepared ‘fo run
day and nizht —batteries and a ung snp-"
ply of rock ig sufficient.
George Faulkueér, one of the owners’ of 'the
Sheha mill and, mine, is back; from the Bay,
and tnaking preparations to sturt the, mill. He;
has sume hundreils of toas of Sheba oie, Boine
of Yosuinite, und expeets, Considerable. at
ties ftom the De Soto.
The Bssex. elaim, adjoining ‘the ‘Empire. is,
prospectinye Well ubder work, and the owners,
ste Bieasia with its” apfearanée>-thi Mes it
Will prove us Yood “bs: ‘the Eni pire.
* The Nevada. erhe “contpactors last” week
ane their workin’ this’ elaii, but ‘closed’
slivrt of thé'ledye. ‘The eompaby has’ ad
work,'expeeting to put the torinel i in about 2
feet further. All the miners’ s' sigtts a
early strike. yooys -.h:
* Col. Silver, of the Empire nnd elaim, is
now in San Fradciseo moking his arrangeuients.
for a mill that: will crush 35 (tons, of ore per
day. A mill site below Dun Glen, _oommanding a plenty. of water _for.ateain’ purposcs and
convenient t tothe mine and to, wood, has-been
secured. Awid fee sttye
ty
shalt in na about 90! feet deep—s
sinking. and en soon ‘to ‘blrike’ ‘the t upper wull éf the first Te a
RIZO
Sa A te NA ‘
“Pike hbndred otincés of gold dust: from the’
Einn’s' Greek and Weaver district plueer mines,
and a considerable camountiof.gold: fram the
Vulture lode, were bronght,.to Los Angeles by:
Mr, Goodwater-reccutly. Some of the. placer,
nuggets are, worth one, hnndred dollars cach.
Mr. G. bronght also soine silver bricks Troin the
Be eon ailver mie, ‘helonging to omy
& Co.
entree
1.
IDAHO.
are now full ‘of water, and ihe wining eommunity 'ure*bosily at work, ‘Veky few “idle meni
arejty be segn on .the,atreete, dhe, claims iu .
Elk and, Moore's erveka, still afford work for a
large population, ‘aid the banks of hoth streams.
are rapidly eaviug in ander; hydraulie pressure.
The elatnis on the bars heretofore neglected
ore gouerally paying’ better than even their aanguine owners auticipated.
the lands of Mr. ‘lorrey, has been put in ex-,
{know of.
The World of. April 28th, says : “The difehes’
is nearly equal to the demand, OE in some
toculities inure Ineo areewunted ilu eun be
found. “Wages enutimtu ut six dollars per day,
und seven dollars per tight.
-OWYHEE.
‘the Ainsworth mill, oo Sinker creck is to
he overhnuled gud thoroughly repaired. A
new dauble turbinu wheel is. to-repluce the old
Nrrangement, aud the steam works arc to be
fitted op also. The siruluncke of 2ist April
snyss “The eompauy nre vigorously proseeuting work on the Surplus ground of thu Orv
Fino, and have ulready eunsiderablu pay rock
out ut'the otine, and ‘to facilitate thy work,
have erected a whim for rnising water und
ruck. All things consiilered, the Sinker mills
hayu a scuno of prosperity not far nlend.”
¢* A large number aru preparing for extended
Bot voce for ayy inilus rguod, staking Owyhee headquurtera. Discuveries are daily reported.”
‘the same paper snys of the Adrinti¢ : " The
ledye bewring this name lies acrosa nt -the
mouth of Collve Gulch—ene mile weat al Silver. Upou on exatnination, last week, we.
found n tunnel in the first extension south, and
n’shalt down'twenty feet! La the ‘tunnel the
ledge was o mere veani, nnd ut the’ bottom of
the shaft fully six feet wide nnd incressing very
fast. Assayy of the rock range from $28 to
$900 per’tou.”
Freight from San Franeisco to Owyhee is
now only fourteen . cents: per “pound . This is
via the Sacrameuto river and Paeife railroad.
et MONTANA.,
The Pen d‘Orcille ronte js open for abil
animals. ‘The Radiator’s correspondent ot
Jeflerson’ Guleh, snys : ‘The result of the past
two weeks mining hus surpassed* the inost sane
guine expretations. tena Ti oat:
have seen n ungget taken out today: by
Prank frelund & Co, that is valued at $276 25,
the Targest one found in this gulch I believe.
Mr. Wate in ‘digging a drain ditch to his
claiin picked up $1,060: ee sluicivg! or
wushipe the dirt.Mr. Martin on the claim immediately ndjoining tha One above inentioned, rocked. out
$54.89 in’ less’ than two hours with o stnall
hand rocker and no otie to help him. Messrs.
. Gansaalis¢’& .Co., in the lower district, have
struck upon very rich deposits in: their ground
with prospects varying from three to five dollafs to the pan. ‘of ditt. Messrs: James Ware
and: Allen, 1'am_ informed, ‘have the riehest
elaims in Burris district, yielding from twentyfive to Bfty and even as high-as one hundred
dullarg to the pan of dirt,.
In regard to quartz lodes I. bave hut this to
aay, . that tliere liave béen guite q nuntber found
in the upper district, nune in the lower that 1"
Aniong! them -are. thet Montana;
Grey Engle, ~Luelia, ,Hintna Dayis, Divide,
Lode, etc, ; How righ; . these ledges are { ain,
not prepared to Say. There will be two BAe
erected ‘here the’ coming” summer.’
.
paw
x
‘ : 3 expressman ‘Tron Blacktoot
City to McClelland gulch! intornis ns’ that the .
solelies iu that-vieinlty are-turning. out) -ninch
better. than, the; moat sanguine antieipated. . I nd his, been mined. all winter.. Lin;
Jeol gilch has, proved . a suceess ; the gulehi
eenetally pays well. One party has béen off
feted .£4,0:00 for arthird’ of the ditt a" trom
one, drilt during; the winter. jo ;
pons OREGON. »
pe The Dalles. Mountaineer of.-Moy 4th says.:
‘Two hundred apd. forty pounds ol.quartz taken
from Columbia ledge, near Vuncouyer, ussayed
$26.29 of ‘gold and silver,” The’ rock wag not
sulected; bat ‘taken from’ a quantity thrown out .
by a blast sunk two f et in the ledge. -” Tie
Mr. W. H. Farrar has just” finished working
five hundred pounds:moréi of!the Vancoiver
quurtz.the result.of which was assayed: by
wing Myrick & Co., and .a,good peturn is
sh own, Placer ‘diggings have, been found that
pay well, id’ the ‘vicinity of {ihe ‘Wdges, which
seni loe fiiey sl che
Oregonian.)
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The road to’ Big Bébd was opened at last:
negounts. ‘Those -lrom, California: and. elae-;
where, who had gone via Victoria, had arrived
at the digeings; while those who wiutered at’
Colville, or who fla’ attempted to go Op vid
Portland and’ the Coluinbia ‘river; hud nob: yet:
beep able to, reaeh their eluitus.
“lL COLORADO. ",
The following arc from the Colorado Joz-'
wal ss Oo
We are told that vse ‘parties owning ihe
‘Barker. lode in Hureka, and who have ;had, it;
bonded somnc two years,are nyw clearing $l, ovo!
a week by working it and sellin their, ore to
the Lyon Smelting Works. ty
“There is more real excellent ore moving in
different directions just: ovw‘than fora long)
7 OF Atl
‘The supply, of lahor . . time before. Keith lins the pressing offer of lavlaly
‘. repuirs.
is ubout fifteen ip portly ‘of Vatcouver.—’
Peartne one hondred cords, ut $300 to $350 o
eord. Everybody wants u test of his ore before
butlding onu of the furnaces.
Mr. Aduns bas the Gnest show fur bre‘ia the
Barlington lode we have ever sedn. A shaft
one hundred unil sixty feet in depth, and>a
drift of one buudred und ten feet loyg, both all,
tha way disclosing a fing crevice. Heis giving
the C&T. Desniplinrize rs u fair’ trial, prepara.
tory to adopting Keith's.
The Denver News of April 25th, soya: We!
lvoked at the little lamp of bullion from Lynn's
works luat evening, at the oxpress office. It
wuighs vighty pounds, twunty-tive per cent. being gold, und the buluiice silver, and is wortl
in eoin valne. about $6,500. This piece of
ballion, from Gregory vores, is the product of
one of Lyon's luruaces, thu other undergoing
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GEORGE E, BROWN, :
(Lato Atsisiant Examiner tn tho U.S. Vateat OMieay
AVING” RESIONBD THAT VOSITION AFTER 4 TERure of offec of ekghiteen tonils, offers Nedeeites lo
INVENTORS AND THE! ASSIGNEES,’
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