Volume 12 (1866) (428 pages)

: ——— Tie Mining ant Scientific Breas. “Mining Summary. ~ aan eo Alpine County—<_zhe Monitor Gazetie of May 26th, says: °Mr. J. L. French, negotiated with the Tittlan G. & S.-M. Go. for one hondred tons of ore to he taken from the-level now opened by their fonuel. mill and wilfcommenee working the ors next week. The ore is from_near the surface. Company will continue the shaft, having no‘hing to do with taking out the ore, The Gazette says, of the “bine snlphnoret ore” from thié’¢laim :* The” matrix,*or‘gangne, is “a de: composed quartz,and several veins from one to . three inehes thick ran throngh the other veiorock nf the Mallan lode. The sample before ‘ng assays over ninety dollars io silver and gold -to the ton. ‘ Amador Couuty— ~ The Dispatch of May 26th, has thess items: In Vaughan & Co's claim, on the Soroeco lode, roo hes heen etruck. that will pay $50 per ton by the ordinary working process. ‘The vein of quartz is full four féet thick, eid so'far as prospected,-all between the walls will pay the abuve average.The Potosi claim, loca: ted at Drytown, and owned: by Messrs. Hick son & Miller, will uddoubtedly prove to be the’ richest strike ever mede in the county. The Jedge in the shaft now being sunk is near fonr feet thick between the walls, and will pay not less than $100 per ton by the milling process. ‘We léarn‘that free gold” is visihle to the naked: eye in nearly every piece of rock in the dump ‘pile. ‘The company are makiug arrangements to build a new mill, to be run by watetpower, .the pressnt sommer. {Sinee the above-was in type, we learn that’this claim has been sold to a Sao Franeiseo company for $60,000.]. “The Drytown nr “ Seaton lode “is paying well, and will soon commence crushing evme very rich rovk’taken from their new shaft. .Kinsmill: & Co:, of Fiddletown;at the depth of a huodred feet, have struck aravel i in the bottom “of their shat, whieh‘is ‘located in the hill in ‘the rear of the towo, whieh prospscts from five ieénts to a bit to the} ‘pan. ‘The company will erect arastras in a few weeks for the purpose of grinding and washing the dirt. It being “cement, this process-is considered ahsolutely necessary to snecess in working-the elaim. Correspondence.of same per, from Voland, Bays : a The Golden Gate lead is improving in wad. ness a8 they advanee into the bill. “They ere taking very rich rock ot “of the Pinneer lead. The Vaughn lead isin good eondition. Fogos Co. are working the old Sorocco lead and getting good pay. “The Cunfidenee lead pays $3 per tou for the rock as taken nut. Barron & Uo. are produeing good ‘rock.-*Tollock & Co. will commeree work on the Wida West . . immediately. ‘'eeples & Co. are ahout to coinmenee hauling roek to the -mill for crushing. MeGhee & ‘Anderson have diseoveted a rich lead-""They have a-shaft“sunk twenty feet. Placer-miners are-doing-well. Thereare some claims on Voleano Flat paying as high as $25 per day to the hand. Philhrook & Co. ‘have etruek rich pay dirt in the newy,tunnel they are ronning. . From the Ledger welearn: ~ a The Spanieh lode, about two miles eouth of town, was sold last Saturday to Messrs Fenton, Jenks & Goddard, for six thousaud dollars. A emill is to be erected.A new discovery, called the ‘ Vatiean,’ has heen made about one mile and a half ahove Amador City, on “Amador creek. ‘he rock, so far as nnearthed, is pronounced hy judges to be. of snperior quality.A few days since the-owners of cthe-old “Pinkson claim struck unprecedented ‘rich rock—so rich thal pure gold can be seen in every piece of rock taken out, and-some of it, after heing broken with a hammer, is held together hy streaks of gold.‘The result of the late clean-up of none hundred tons of rock from the Kennedy claim, ernphey in the Coney mill, was $4, 400. Calaveras a The Courier says: “ Nomhers of rich leads have heen discovered doring’ the past winter, and there are now more men employed in the district than ever hefore at one time. The * enstom niills are all crowded, ond there is uow more rock out than they can possibly crush during the season.‘The lead in the new ehaft ‘nf the Kentucky company is said to be ionpro ups in quality as the miners go dowu on ‘The total amount of ore shipments from He Trion niine for the eix days ending Ma 17th, wae 1,053,135 pounds, equal to 526 tons, W135 pounode.,A gold-bearing lead, said to he 40 raat wide, has secently heen discovered near the Biz Reservoir. “The rock is ade decomposed, aod is belicved to he rich.”. The Chronicle eays: “ Quartz mining sand Prospecting still seem to be on the increese. We have heard of several new diseoveries being made within the last week, upon most of which men are already at work.,The Sul: Mr. F. has seenred the Pioneer . The . phuret lead, located in “ Duichman’s Gulch,is being systematically and rapidly developed. A large number of men are employed in this mine, and it is the inteution of the eompany to erect a mill the present season.”.The San Andreas Register says: “There are several placer claims near San Antonio Camp in this county, which are paying very good wages. Frauk Caneo & Co. have a very good elaim about a quarter of a mile ahove, on whieh they have sunk a shaft 90 feet, and found pay dirt nearly all the way down, hey are now drifting et the bottom of the shaft. In the first . two days’ work in the drilt they took out 4 oz. ond $5.” Humboldt County— The Times correspondent writes from Mattole—* The North Fork well has temporarily snspended thedrilling. Prospeets were good— drift reached 2503¢ leet—quantity of oil increasing. Water power is to be applied . Depth reached in the Irwin, Davis, 730 feet. . The engiue at the Jeffrey well is at work. The Allen & Satter eompany at MecNatt’'s Guleh, expect to commence work soon. The Yosemite is down . 200 feet, with an increased quantity of gas.” Lake County— ei The Clear Lake Times erie the Agen in that county of an immense deposit of voleanic sulphur. .A company are sending up mawill soon’be prepared’to turn out’a refined article of that -mineral.2.A correspondent of that paper writes: “I Tave about one pound of pure alum, beantifully crystallized, obtained from the inperfect washing of six or seven -ponuds of aluminons clay, which was takeo from the Kelsey Creek alum bank. ‘The hank is most favorably located for working.” Mariposa County-‘The Free Press of May 26th, says: Green, Snediker & Co., are dows in their shaft over one hundred feet. The ore is improving in quality. The vein is situated near Herron’s raneh, and is known as the Green Dozier eopper vein. Nevada Couuty— The Gazette has these items: Three tunnels have been run-at the Eureka mine; one of 30 ‘feet, one ‘of 100 feet and one of 75 feet. Froin the last mentioned. whieh is several hundred feet lower on the ledge than the others, very rieh rock is now being teken. An offer of $50,000 for the claim on ‘Tuesday of last week, was rejected . Weare informed that very fich rock was struck in the Federal Loan _quertz ledge yesterday. ‘This ledge’is situated in the Leeompton distriet, a mile anda half above the Orieutal mill .Five hundred and ten kegs n! powder were used: in a single blast the other day, at the hydraulie claims of the -Ameriean company, on Manzanita Hill, near North San Juan. Most of the population of -San-Juan went out to witness it. The Gazette ‘says: It made but little noise, and at a distance of three or four .liundred yards, where the spectators stood, there was hut a slizht jar; hut the entire hill, a hundred ond fifty feét in ‘depth, two hundred feet in width, and fora distance baek of about three hundred feet, wés lifted eeveral feet in the air, when it ‘settled down, heing feet ane nny shaken, and prepared for hydraulicing Be stamp mill, whieh is now being erected at the Ophir mine, will he completed abont the middle of June.,.A numher of miners from Little York township were iu Nevada yester‘day, to take eteps to prevent the railroad eompany aequiring a title to their claims . Buchmau & Curran, owners of a hill elain “between Little York and Steep Hollow, have been running 2 tunnel for some months, and on Friday. last they strock the blue lead. The National says: Roek which assays $100 to'the ton has heen'taken from a depth of thirty feet in the Stockton or Lowery ledge, Aine miles below Grass Valley.B. ,L. Ta: marque has commenced suit to recover eight claims, each sixty feet square, in, the center of Lafayette Hill, which is now being worked by the North Star company. .‘l he Ione mine still continues to yield handsomely to its owners, Sam. Curtis,and others. lo anine days ruo, with a 10-stamp mill, over nine thousand dollars was taken out, afew days ago.The Fenian company is driving their taanel with much energy.l. A. Sullivan has resumed work on the Independent ledge, which he prospected in 1854, Jt is-three anda half miles from Eureka.The Moniqua ledge, near Rough and Ready, theabove place, promises ‘to he arich one. ‘The company are now down on the ledge only six feet and have taken out about two tons of rock, which has been crushed at the mill of the Smith brothers, near Rough and Ready. ‘The two tons realized forty dollars.The Manzanita claim, near Nevada, says “the Union, ig cleaning np at the rate ol $1,200 per week. It was the first quartz claim worked in that vicinity. Excelsior.—The new enow was two feet deep, making a total depth last Sunday, between five and six feet.Meaduw Like is crowded with people. ‘The hotels are all full, ehinery for their elaims, below Lakeport, and‘ . The large 30. . and several more are being erected. Many have left discusted, nut with the mines, butwith the snow—says the Gazette.Same paper says: The first suit from Meadow,Lake township was eommenced in the Distriet Court yesterday. It was eommeneed by ‘Thomas A. Hall against P. D. Brownell and the Mohawk and Montreal gold and silver mining eompany. . A eorrespondent of the San’ Francisco Bulletin, writing from Meadow Lake, May 26th, says: ‘The snow is still some three and a half feet in depth.None of the mills whieh are here at preseat are rupning, and from this fact inany injurious reports have heen circuloted regarding the distriet. Placer Conuty— The Stars and Stripes of Moy 23d thas these items: The proprietors of the Baker & Crosby mine, otherwise known as the Banker mine, at Whisky Diggings, are ahout putting up a dozen of Baux & Guiod's pans. By the proeess whieh they have heretefore used they ohtained only $6 or $7 per ton from the ore; while Banx & Guiod’s pans produce $36 per ton from the sametock..Mr. Wahlgren aud partner, who took out $1,400 in a° few hours, last week, were notified by Daniel Choate, of}. Ophir, that he elaiined the ledge, and that . they must desist from: working it. A lawsuit will probably ensue.The Wells Co. are down forty “Jeet. heing crushed at the Gold Mil mill, as a test. Plumas County-From the * Quince Union we ctip tho following : The elaims i Gentry & Co. . directly below the town of Poorman’s, are-held at $1,500 per shere.Moore & Co, have had good pay for the last lew weeks in their tunnel claims, having worked ‘past the ‘eave’’. which prevented working the elaims to a good advantage.Alex. Turner'& Co., on the North Fork, struck gravel in their tunnel two weeks ago; sinee then they have mado from $12 to $15 per day to the hand.Thomas Nohimen and Cox & Co. ‘iave good claitns at ths upper end of Big Flat, and-are making. from $8 to 10 per day to the haud.The North Star Co. liave driven their tunnel ia 200 feet. 'T hey expeet, from the appearanee-of the rock in the tunnel, to strike gravel again within eighty feet.Allen & Co. and Reed & Co., ot Fronklio Hill, are piping out $6 per day to the hand.Baker & Co.’s tunrel is at’ present 1,100 feet leng, and-is supposed to be within 100 feet of the chanviel.‘The mines at Little Grass Valley seem at ‘present to be a failure. . The Premium ledge, at Indian Valley, is being worked with great activity. Five: or six teams are.-constantly employed hauling quartz fram this mine to the Crescent Mills, averaging nbout 30 tons ner day. The last run on this roek paid over $17-to the top. The Plumas ledge seems to be a perfect mass of quartz, no walls.having yet been iound, ond has already a width of 30 feet. This roek pays about $16 to the ton. is now heing taken from the: Prince eo DEGr ledge. Correspondent of game paper from Mineral Township, May 20th, says: Some few hydraulic claims have coinmeneed to clean up with flattering prospects. A. Droge & Co.,on Rush Creek Flat, eleaned up for two'month’e work of two men, €1,300. Charley Ketcher is making in his elnim half an ounce . per day. Jim Smith and Reddy and several other companies are getting into the bed of the creek once more, and are making from seven to eight dollare pér day. © J. A. Jacks & Co., one mile below Spanish Ranch, have struck pay in their drilting diggivgs ‘and have got as high as $3.50 to the pan. So eays the Marysville efit Sierra County— ‘The Messenger of May 26, says the Holmes tunnel is now in 200 feet.An amicable arrangement has been effected between the Riehardson and Buffalo companies, at Fir Cap Hill. At the last meeting they consolidated under the name of“ Shamrock M. Co.” with the determination to proseente work vigorously. Correspondence of same, from Alleghany, May 20th, says: The Union etill takee the lead on this side of the ridge, crushing its many tons of fine roek every day. They are about to sink a shaft or incline, so as to work to greater advantoge.'!he companies on each side of the Union are also opening rich seams of dark looking. quartz, impregnated with iron, sulphurets and plenty of glittering ore. . ‘I'he Fremont Co., loeated above, is doing a ‘hand. some thing in gravel, while the old Pacific has beeu reconstructed and is again ready for active operations upon its gravel deposits. .The Ditto, Pac-Simile, and other ledges located iu this ravine, are being thoroughly developed. South Fork correspondert of snme paper says that Louis Bernhardt, of New York Flat, ! has bis extensive hank claims in suecessfu) ‘rich leads have been strack quite reecntly, and worthless. Where are many other places around Five tons of the rock are . . -Soine fine lookiag ore‘ operation. Tulare County— The Havilah correspondent of ths Visalia Delta, May 13th, says: “The prospeeting excitement still runs high, nnd several of ths lueky ones have made profitable sales. All we laek here is eapital. Knough of first class lodes have been diseovered within a radius of twenty miles to employ profitably milliong of capital. . [have mads a trip to ths Piute distriet, and as far as ean judge it is immensely tiech. Over one hundred leads Lave olreedy deen diseovered.” The Mariposa Gazette-snys: ‘“ We received a eall the other dey from W. M. Rains, formerly of Mariposa, -but now residing at Hevilah,io the ucw county of Kern. Tle Tsports that the. Clear Creck country js Honrishing—plenty of work aod lively times. A number of new and the country is being rapidly TES Tuolumne County-~ The Courier of May 26th, says: * ‘The Jane. tion Company on Wood's ereek, are makidg good wages working ground supposed to be there that would pay canals as well if worked in the same manner. : Yuba ‘County— “a ‘The Marysville Appeal of May 24th, says: We understand that there is considerable excitement ot Brown’s Valley, in ‘consequenes of the rich roek struek in the Pennsylvania claim, and the ‘Tesumption of work on the Yaha. Many of the city lots which have heen allowed to go to the common, have heen reelaimed, and are being’ re-fenced. “The Jefferson pny streak has” finally heen reached in the Pennsylvania shaft. ‘The ledge is five feet in thiekness, and daily increasing. The quartz is rich. They intend to put up again their machinery i in the Daniel Webster, end resums work within a lew days. ‘They own 3,600 feet of ground, whieh is divided into 2,000 shares, .Vhe Yuba Company settled up their money niatters to-day, and work will.-be rssumed without delay.The Dooncbroge got rid this week of theie"water,'and good quartz will now be taken out.They ure still persevsring with the Sweet Vengeance. .The Jefferson has thousands of tons of ood roek, and even some very rich quartz in sight. NEVADA. Virginia--‘The Gold Hill Wevs reports a strike nf very rich silver ore in the Crown Point mine at that pleee. One specimen is degeribed as weighing thirty pounds, which hod in the center an ele~ gant erystallized eave, the size of a large tea cup, across the outer edges of which were several thick strands of silver wire, cold spengled -and bright specks of pnre silver, beside one or two bunches of tangled wire silver. Of anuther speeimen the News says: “The largest and, proportionate to its size, the richest mass of silver ore ever taken out of any eilver inine here, was brought to the surface at about, four (e) ‘clock yeaterday afternoou, teken out of the same ‘ drift.’ Its weight is about 500 ponnds. It consists entirely of black silver solphorets. An assay showed n yield at the rate of $3,000 per ton.” The Enterprise speaks of 2 302 ounce hriek from the MeGregor ledge, Clan Alpine distriet, owned hy a New York company. Dayton— The Lyon County Sentinel of May 26th,saye the. Dayton Tailinge Company have now on hand upward of 80,000 tons of tailings, making ao average of 400 tons ae the aceumulation of every 24 hours. ‘The company has contracted to furnish Ruggles, Helm & Co. I00,0U0 tons at one dollar per ton.The Piute claiin, near Mason'e roneh, has been worked steadily all the wiuter and spring hy its proprietors. They have a ehaft down 160 feet, with soch developmeute nos in their opinion warrant’ the ereeting of reduction works, We understand they -have foand very rich ore. It is expected that the furnace will be in operation in a few days. Reese River— From the feveille we met the following : The sale of first class mining property, knowo as the La Plota Silver Mining coinpany, comprising fonr “parallel . veins, named the Fairmoaut, Bigler, and Twin Opbirs, Nos. l.aud 2, situated in the North ‘win River Mining district, has been consummated for the eum of $90,000 in gold coin.Dr. Blatebly hae retorned from the Battle Monntain copper mines. They are 100 miles north of Austin. .The property of the La Plata Silver Mining compony embraces four ledges, known as the Fairmount, Bigler, and ‘Twin Ophirs Nos. 1 and 2, containing in the aggregate 6,800 feet, beside 8U0 acres of woodland, upon which there are excellent mill sites within a shoyt distance of the mines. ; A hrick worth $227.56 was the product of 1,450 pounds of ore froin the Colfax ledge, “South Bend company. The owuers hove beeu trying to sell the mine at the Mast, but failing, eoucluded to work it themselves. ‘Lhis brick

: ——— Tie Mining ant Scientific Breas. “Mining Summary. ~ aan eo Alpine County—<_zhe Monitor Gazetie of May 26th, says: °Mr. J. L. French, negotiated with the Tittlan G. & S.-M. Go. for one hondred tons of ore to he taken from the-level now opened by their fonuel. mill and wilfcommenee working the ors next week. The ore is from_near the surface. Company will continue the shaft, having no‘hing to do with taking out the ore, The Gazette says, of the “bine snlphnoret ore” from thié’¢laim :* The” matrix,*or‘gangne, is “a de: composed quartz,and several veins from one to . three inehes thick ran throngh the other veiorock nf the Mallan lode. The sample before ‘ng assays over ninety dollars io silver and gold -to the ton. ‘ Amador Couuty— ~ The Dispatch of May 26th, has thess items: In Vaughan & Co's claim, on the Soroeco lode, roo hes heen etruck. that will pay $50 per ton by the ordinary working process. ‘The vein of quartz is full four féet thick, eid so'far as prospected,-all between the walls will pay the abuve average..The Potosi claim, loca: ted at Drytown, and owned: by Messrs. Hick son & Miller, will uddoubtedly prove to be the’ richest strike ever mede in the county. The Jedge in the shaft now being sunk is near fonr feet thick between the walls, and will pay not less than $100 per ton by the milling process. ‘We léarn‘that free gold” is visihle to the naked: eye in nearly every piece of rock in the dump ‘pile. ‘The company are makiug arrangements to build a new mill, to be run by watetpower, .the pressnt sommer. {Sinee the above-was in type, we learn that’this claim has been sold to a Sao Franeiseo company for $60,000.].. “The Drytown nr “ Seaton lode “is paying well, and will soon commence crushing evme very rich rovk’taken from their new shaft.. .Kinsmill: & Co:, of Fiddletown;at the depth of a huodred feet, have struck aravel i in the bottom “of their shat, whieh‘is ‘located in the hill in ‘the rear of the towo, whieh prospscts from five ieénts to a bit to the} ‘pan. ‘The company will erect arastras in a few weeks for the purpose of grinding and washing the dirt. It being “cement, this process-is considered ahsolutely necessary to snecess in working-the elaim. Correspondence.of same per, from Voland, Bays : a The Golden Gate lead is improving in wad. ness a8 they advanee into the bill. “They ere taking very rich rock ot “of the Pinneer lead. The Vaughn lead isin good eondition. Fogos Co. are working the old Sorocco lead and getting good pay. “The Cunfidenee lead pays $3 per tou for the rock as taken nut. Barron & Uo. are produeing good ‘rock.-*Tollock & Co. will commeree work on the Wida West . . immediately. ‘'eeples & Co. are ahout to coinmenee hauling roek to the -mill for crushing. MeGhee & ‘Anderson have diseoveted a rich lead-""They have a-shaft“sunk twenty feet. Placer-miners are-doing-well. Thereare some claims on Voleano Flat paying as high as $25 per day to the hand. Philhrook & Co. ‘have etruek rich pay dirt in the newy,tunnel they are ronning. . From the Ledger welearn: ~ a The Spanieh lode, about two miles eouth of town, was sold last Saturday to Messrs Fenton, Jenks & Goddard, for six thousaud dollars. A emill is to be erected..A new discovery, called the ‘ Vatiean,’ has heen made about one mile and a half ahove Amador City, on “Amador creek. ‘he rock, so far as nnearthed, is pronounced hy judges to be. of snperior quality..A few days since the-owners of cthe-old “Pinkson claim struck unprecedented ‘rich rock—so rich thal pure gold can be seen in every piece of rock taken out, and-some of it, after heing broken with a hammer, is held together hy streaks of gold..‘The result of the late clean-up of none hundred tons of rock from the Kennedy claim, ernphey in the Coney mill, was $4, 400. Calaveras a The Courier says: “ Nomhers of rich leads have heen discovered doring’ the past winter, and there are now more men employed in the district than ever hefore at one time. The * enstom niills are all crowded, ond there is uow more rock out than they can possibly crush during the season..‘The lead in the new ehaft ‘nf the Kentucky company is said to be ionpro ups in quality as the miners go dowu on ‘The total amount of ore shipments from He Trion niine for the eix days ending Ma 17th, wae 1,053,135 pounds, equal to 526 tons, W135 pounode..,A gold-bearing lead, said to he 40 raat wide, has secently heen discovered near the Biz Reservoir. “The rock is ade decomposed, aod is belicved to he rich.”. The Chronicle eays: “ Quartz mining sand Prospecting still seem to be on the increese. We have heard of several new diseoveries being made within the last week, upon most of which men are already at work..,The Sul: Mr. F. has seenred the Pioneer . The . phuret lead, located in “ Duichman’s Gulch,is being systematically and rapidly developed. A large number of men are employed in this mine, and it is the inteution of the eompany to erect a mill the present season.”..The San Andreas Register says: “There are several placer claims near San Antonio Camp in this county, which are paying very good wages. Frauk Caneo & Co. have a very good elaim about a quarter of a mile ahove, on whieh they have sunk a shaft 90 feet, and found pay dirt nearly all the way down, hey are now drifting et the bottom of the shaft. In the first . two days’ work in the drilt they took out 4 oz. ond $5.” Humboldt County— The Times correspondent writes from Mattole—* The North Fork well has temporarily snspended thedrilling. Prospeets were good— drift reached 2503¢ leet—quantity of oil increasing. Water power is to be applied . Depth reached in the Irwin, Davis, 730 feet. . The engiue at the Jeffrey well is at work. The Allen & Satter eompany at MecNatt’'s Guleh, expect to commence work soon. The Yosemite is down . 200 feet, with an increased quantity of gas.” Lake County— ei The Clear Lake Times erie the Agen in that county of an immense deposit of voleanic sulphur. .A company are sending up mawill soon’be prepared’to turn out’a refined article of that -mineral.2.A correspondent of that paper writes: “I Tave about one pound of pure alum, beantifully crystallized, obtained from the inperfect washing of six or seven -ponuds of aluminons clay, which was takeo from the Kelsey Creek alum bank. ‘The hank is most favorably located for working.” Mariposa County-‘The Free Press of May 26th, says: Green, Snediker & Co., are dows in their shaft over one hundred feet. The ore is improving in quality. The vein is situated near Herron’s raneh, and is known as the Green Dozier eopper vein. Nevada Couuty— The Gazette has these items: Three tunnels have been run-at the Eureka mine; one of 30 ‘feet, one ‘of 100 feet and one of 75 feet. Froin the last mentioned. whieh is several hundred feet lower on the ledge than the others, very rieh rock is now being teken. An offer of $50,000 for the claim on ‘Tuesday of last week, was rejected .. Weare informed that very fich rock was struck in the Federal Loan _quertz ledge yesterday. ‘This ledge’is situated in the Leeompton distriet, a mile anda half above the Orieutal mill ..Five hundred and ten kegs n! powder were used: in a single blast the other day, at the hydraulie claims of the -Ameriean company, on Manzanita Hill, near North San Juan. Most of the population of -San-Juan went out to witness it. The Gazette ‘says: It made but little noise, and at a distance of three or four .liundred yards, where the spectators stood, there was hut a slizht jar; hut the entire hill, a hundred ond fifty feét in ‘depth, two hundred feet in width, and fora distance baek of about three hundred feet, wés lifted eeveral feet in the air, when it ‘settled down, heing feet ane nny shaken, and prepared for hydraulicing Be stamp mill, whieh is now being erected at the Ophir mine, will he completed abont the middle of June.,.A numher of miners from Little York township were iu Nevada yester‘day, to take eteps to prevent the railroad eompany aequiring a title to their claims . Buchmau & Curran, owners of a hill elain “between Little York and Steep Hollow, have been running 2 tunnel for some months, and on Friday. last they strock the blue lead. The National says: Roek which assays $100 to'the ton has heen'taken from a depth of thirty feet in the Stockton or Lowery ledge, Aine miles below Grass Valley..B. ,L. Ta: marque has commenced suit to recover eight claims, each sixty feet square, in, the center of Lafayette Hill, which is now being worked by the North Star company.. .‘l he Ione mine still continues to yield handsomely to its owners, Sam. Curtis,and others. lo anine days ruo, with a 10-stamp mill, over nine thousand dollars was taken out, afew days ago..The Fenian company is driving their taanel with much energy..l. A. Sullivan has resumed work on the Independent ledge, which he prospected in 1854, Jt is-three anda half miles from Eureka..The Moniqua ledge, near Rough and Ready, theabove place, promises ‘to he arich one. ‘The company are now down on the ledge only six feet and have taken out about two tons of rock, which has been crushed at the mill of the Smith brothers, near Rough and Ready. ‘The two tons realized forty dollars..The Manzanita claim, near Nevada, says “the Union, ig cleaning np at the rate ol $1,200 per week. It was the first quartz claim worked in that vicinity. Excelsior.—The new enow was two feet deep, making a total depth last Sunday, between five and six feet..Meaduw Like is

crowded with people. ‘The hotels are all full, ehinery for their elaims, below Lakeport, and‘ . The large 30. . and several more are being erected. Many have left discusted, nut with the mines, butwith the snow—says the Gazette..Same paper says: The first suit from Meadow,Lake township was eommenced in the Distriet Court yesterday. It was eommeneed by ‘Thomas A. Hall against P. D. Brownell and the Mohawk and Montreal gold and silver mining eompany. . A eorrespondent of the San’ Francisco Bulletin, writing from Meadow Lake, May 26th, says: ‘The snow is still some three and a half feet in depth..None of the mills whieh are here at preseat are rupning, and from this fact inany injurious reports have heen circuloted regarding the distriet. Placer Conuty— The Stars and Stripes of Moy 23d thas these items: The proprietors of the Baker & Crosby mine, otherwise known as the Banker mine, at Whisky Diggings, are ahout putting up a dozen of Baux & Guiod's pans. By the proeess whieh they have heretefore used they ohtained only $6 or $7 per ton from the ore; while Banx & Guiod’s pans produce $36 per ton from the sametock...Mr. Wahlgren aud partner, who took out $1,400 in a° few hours, last week, were notified by Daniel Choate, of}. Ophir, that he elaiined the ledge, and that . they must desist from: working it. A lawsuit will probably ensue..The Wells Co. are down forty “Jeet. heing crushed at the Gold Mil mill, as a test. Plumas County-From the * Quince Union we ctip tho following : The elaims i Gentry & Co. . directly below the town of Poorman’s, are-held at $1,500 per shere..Moore & Co, have had good pay for the last lew weeks in their tunnel claims, having worked ‘past the ‘eave’’. which prevented working the elaims to a good advantage..Alex. Turner'& Co., on the North Fork, struck gravel in their tunnel two weeks ago; sinee then they have mado from $12 to $15 per day to the hand..Thomas Nohimen and Cox & Co. ‘iave good claitns at ths upper end of Big Flat, and-are making. from $8 to 10 per day to the haud..The North Star Co. liave driven their tunnel ia 200 feet. 'T hey expeet, from the appearanee-of the rock in the tunnel, to strike gravel again within eighty feet..Allen & Co. and Reed & Co., ot Fronklio Hill, are piping out $6 per day to the hand..Baker & Co.’s tunrel is at’ present 1,100 feet leng, and-is supposed to be within 100 feet of the chanviel..‘The mines at Little Grass Valley seem at ‘present to be a failure. . The Premium ledge, at Indian Valley, is being worked with great activity. Five: or six teams are.-constantly employed hauling quartz fram this mine to the Crescent Mills, averaging nbout 30 tons ner day. The last run on this roek paid over $17-to the top.. The Plumas ledge seems to be a perfect mass of quartz, no walls.having yet been iound, ond has already a width of 30 feet. This roek pays about $16 to the ton. is now heing taken from the: Prince eo DEGr ledge. Correspondent of game paper from Mineral Township, May 20th, says: Some few hydraulic claims have coinmeneed to clean up with flattering prospects. A. Droge & Co.,on Rush Creek Flat, eleaned up for two'month’e work of two men, €1,300. Charley Ketcher is making in his elnim half an ounce . per day. Jim Smith and Reddy and several other companies are getting into the bed of the creek once more, and are making from seven to eight dollare pér day. © J. A. Jacks & Co., one mile below Spanish Ranch, have struck pay in their drilting diggivgs ‘and have got as high as $3.50 to the pan. So eays the Marysville efit Sierra County— ‘The Messenger of May 26, says the Holmes tunnel is now in 200 feet..An amicable arrangement has been effected between the Riehardson and Buffalo companies, at Fir Cap Hill. At the last meeting they consolidated under the name of“ Shamrock M. Co.” with the determination to proseente work vigorously. Correspondence of same, from Alleghany, May 20th, says: The Union etill takee the lead on this side of the ridge, crushing its many tons of fine roek every day. They are about to sink a shaft or incline, so as to work to greater advantoge..'!he companies on each side of the Union are also opening rich seams of dark looking. quartz, impregnated with iron, sulphurets and plenty of glittering ore.. . ‘I'he Fremont Co., loeated above, is doing a ‘hand. some thing in gravel, while the old Pacific has beeu reconstructed and is again ready for active operations upon its gravel deposits. ..The Ditto, Pac-Simile, and other ledges located iu this ravine, are being thoroughly developed. South Fork correspondert of snme paper says that Louis Bernhardt, of New York Flat, ! has bis extensive hank claims in suecessfu) ‘rich leads have been strack quite reecntly, and worthless. Where are many other places around Five tons of the rock are . . -Soine fine lookiag ore‘ operation. Tulare County— The Havilah correspondent of ths Visalia Delta, May 13th, says: “The prospeeting excitement still runs high, nnd several of ths lueky ones have made profitable sales. All we laek here is eapital. Knough of first class lodes have been diseovered within a radius of twenty miles to employ profitably milliong of capital. . [have mads a trip to ths Piute distriet, and as far as ean judge it is immensely tiech. Over one hundred leads Lave olreedy deen diseovered.” The Mariposa Gazette-snys: ‘“ We received a eall the other dey from W. M. Rains, formerly of Mariposa, -but now residing at Hevilah,io the ucw county of Kern. Tle Tsports that the. Clear Creck country js Honrishing—plenty of work aod lively times. A number of new and the country is being rapidly TES Tuolumne County-~ The Courier of May 26th, says: * ‘The Jane. tion Company on Wood's ereek, are makidg good wages working ground supposed to be there that would pay canals as well if worked in the same manner. : Yuba ‘County— “a ‘The Marysville Appeal of May 24th, says: We understand that there is considerable excitement ot Brown’s Valley, in ‘consequenes of the rich roek struek in the Pennsylvania claim, and the ‘Tesumption of work on the Yaha. Many of the city lots which have heen allowed to go to the common, have heen reelaimed, and are being’ re-fenced.. “The Jefferson pny streak has” finally heen reached in the Pennsylvania shaft. ‘The ledge is five feet in thiekness, and daily increasing. The quartz is rich.. They intend to put up again their machinery i in the Daniel Webster, end resums work within a lew days. ‘They own 3,600 feet of ground, whieh is divided into 2,000 shares, .Vhe Yuba Company settled up their money niatters to-day, and work will.-be rssumed without delay..The Dooncbroge got rid this week of theie"water,'and good quartz will now be taken out..They ure still persevsring with the Sweet Vengeance. .The Jefferson has thousands of tons of ood roek, and even some very rich quartz in sight. NEVADA. Virginia--‘The Gold Hill Wevs reports a strike nf very rich silver ore in the Crown Point mine at that pleee. One specimen is degeribed as weighing thirty pounds, which hod in the center an ele~ gant erystallized eave, the size of a large tea cup, across the outer edges of which were several thick strands of silver wire, cold spengled -and bright specks of pnre silver, beside one or two bunches of tangled wire silver. Of anuther speeimen the News says: “The largest and, proportionate to its size, the richest mass of silver ore ever taken out of any eilver inine here, was brought to the surface at about, four (e) ‘clock yeaterday afternoou, teken out of the same ‘ drift.’ Its weight is about 500 ponnds. It consists entirely of black silver solphorets. An assay showed n yield at the rate of $3,000 per ton.” The Enterprise speaks of 2 302 ounce hriek from the MeGregor ledge, Clan Alpine distriet, owned hy a New York company. Dayton— The Lyon County Sentinel of May 26th,saye the. Dayton Tailinge Company have now on hand upward of 80,000 tons of tailings, making ao average of 400 tons ae the aceumulation of every 24 hours. ‘The company has contracted to furnish Ruggles, Helm & Co. I00,0U0 tons at one dollar per ton..The Piute claiin, near Mason'e roneh, has been worked steadily all the wiuter and spring hy its proprietors. They have a ehaft down 160 feet, with soch developmeute nos in their opinion warrant’ the ereeting of reduction works, We understand they -have foand very rich ore. It is expected that the furnace will be in operation in a few days. Reese River— From the feveille we met the following : The sale of first class mining property, knowo as the La Plota Silver Mining coinpany, comprising fonr “parallel . veins, named the Fairmoaut, Bigler, and Twin Opbirs, Nos. l.aud 2, situated in the North ‘win River Mining district, has been consummated for the eum of $90,000 in gold coin..Dr. Blatebly hae retorned from the Battle Monntain copper mines. They are 100 miles north of Austin.. .The property of the La Plata Silver Mining compony embraces four ledges, known as the Fairmount, Bigler, and ‘Twin Ophirs Nos. 1 and 2, containing in the aggregate 6,800 feet, beside 8U0 acres of woodland, upon which there are excellent mill sites within a shoyt distance of the mines. ; A hrick worth $227.56 was the product of 1,450 pounds of ore froin the Colfax ledge, “South Bend company. The owuers hove beeu trying to sell the mine at the Mast, but failing, eoucluded to work it themselves. ‘Lhis brick