Volume 12 (1866) (428 pages)

374. The Mining anil Scientific Press, eee Airing Summary. CALIFORNIA. Alpine County— P The Silver Mountain Bulletin of June 2d, publishes a letter from B. Pillsington, Esq. to tbe President of the Buckeye No.1, which we condense: “Wilmington, Del., April 24th, 1866. I have contracted with the Northwestern California Gold and Silver. Mining Company, of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, to rent your mine for six years, on the terms and conditions of the power of attorney made by your company to me for such purpose. The terms of lease ire 30 per cent. of the nett profits. * * * * They will at once, as soon as they can get subscribed their whole amonnt of stock, and collect 35 per cent. thereon, send ou their superintendant to take chnrge.” . Same paper has also these itema: Advices’ from the East by Wednesday evening's mail, informs us that O. F. ‘Vhornton, Ksq., who went Hast for the purpose of interesting capitalists in the Buckeye No. 2, will succeed. The Wisconsin G. & 8. M. company, in this district, has passed hy Sheriff's deed into the hands of O. ‘Fanner.O. ‘Tanner and 8. Gul. lickson have a contract for running a tunnel in the claim of the Imperial company 60 feet, at whicb point it is supposed they will cut the ledge. The Chronicle of same date, says: ‘To-day teams commenced hauling ore Irom the Mullan claim at Mogul, to the Pioneer Quartz Mill in this city. The mill will commence running next week. _ The Jfiner of 9th inst. hns tbese items: Work is going ahead on the Mountain, Peunaylvania, Balaklava, Wasbington, Silver Mountain, Kohinoor, Maine and Pittsburg claims. .The result of the working of ore from the Balaklava is uot made public.A 22-stamp quartz mill now running in the vicinity of Virginia, is to be removed to the Pennaylvania minc.A couple of gentlemen, superintendents of prominent claims in this vicinity, intend visiting the Swansea Smelting Works in Washoe Valley, next week, with a view to the introduction of similar works bere.The drift from the bottom of tbe American company’s shuft, to cut across the new lode, is now 33 feet from the west wall, and no signs of being throngh yet. The lode is evidently u very large one, and for nearly 20 feet the ore has been improving in amount, though all of a similar character.An assay of Winchester ore, made on the 4th inst. by Leopold Kuh, of Nevada, gives $85.64 of silver, and $8.83 of gold; total $94.47 to tbe ton of 2,000 pounds. During the present week a side cut has been ron, opening the veiu perhaps 12 Teet from the tunnel southward ; the present width is over six fect, and increasing both in width and the good appearance of the ore as they go in.The house over tbe new shaft of tbc Mullan company is now completed, and anotber shift, inaking four men, will prosecute the work, comnieucing Mouday. The vein of ore is widening as opened and improving in quality. Amador County-Tbe Ledger of June 9th, says : One hundred and thirty tons of rock, taken from the Vaughn mine, at Pine Grove, was crushed last week, and yielded a little over four thousand dollars. . .Vhe Oneida mill, with its forty stamps, can he plainly heard every still evening” thundering away. Butte County— i The Forbestown correspondent of the Marysville Express, under date of June 2d, says : ‘¢ Messrs. Parks & Platt, owners of several valuable quartz lodes here, are now thoroughly renovating and improving their steam mill, and will cominence crusbing ore from the Spanish leads Nos. 1 and 2,in the early part ol next week.The lodes of Roberts & Oo., and Plum, Maddox & Co., about two miles from here, are now being worked and show very flattering prospects. Shafts over one hundred feet deep are being sunk on these ledges.” Calaveras County-The Copperopolis Courier of June 2d, says : The new mill of the Rawhide Ranch company is said to be working beautilully.The late rains have compelled the Kentucky company to suspend work in their new shaft. A tew duys previous to the rain the lend looked somewhat better than at any time-belore.But three claims are now being worked in this distnct. Are capitalists insane? If not, why do tbey not come aud invest? The fegister says: Parties owning the quartz claims at Angels are busily engaged in prospecting them. Several of the claims which have in past yeara heen worked with indifferent success, have changed hands, and the new companies are commencing in earnest to develop them. Mr. Bovie who bas purchased the Winters’ claim, has a shaft down about one hundred feet. Colusa County— The Sun says: Mr. Whiting has spent $20,000. In going down 607 feet he bas gone through six different streams of oil, He intends now to pipe the well down and then cut the pipe at each of these. His best indication is below 600 feet and he is confident thut he now bas oil in large quantity, although it will yet take time, patience and ioney to develop it. Fresno County— The Millerton correspondent of the Mariposa Free Press says: “ Svme of the finest specimens of native copper 1 ever saw, have been taken out at the Washington vein, nenr Taylor's ranch. ‘I’he copper lies in thin sheets in the seams of a white quartz, and when frst taken outis as brivht as gold. ‘Lhe vein is abont five feet thick.” A wiiterin the Gazette, of June 9th, says: Fresno county will at.no distant day throw all the Montanas and Idalioes in the shade. he only drawback to successlul working of the mines is money, and nearly all nf the companies feel the want nf it very moch. ‘The mines are benutifully situated, and aceessible for any and every kind of muchinéry. Other mines have been opened which are as rich, if not richer, thin the one above spoken of. ‘There is scarcely a doubt bnt that this is the richest copper district on the Pacific coast. Nevada County— The Gazelle has these items: The Burrington company will be ready to start up their new steam hoisting works to-day or to-morrow.The owners of the Deadwood ledge have their machivery completed, and were in. tending to start the pump yesterday. .The hoisting maehinery for the California claim arrived on ‘luesday. It will be put up and started in operation without delay. .The engine for the hvisting works of the Peunsylvania company was received yesterday. and they expect the boiler up in a few days. The company have their incline down one hundred and ten feet.The new mill of the Empire Min. ing Company, on Ophir Hbll, Grass Vulley, was started up on Wednesday. From a nuinber of our citizens who went down to see it start, we learn that tbe machinery worked finely. It cost ahont one hundred thonsand dollars, and is doubtless the best quartz mill) in the State. Connected with the mill are} twenty-two pang and six settlers, togetlier. with all the modern improvements for saving gold and working the sulphurets. The National says, of the new Empire mill, (in addition to the above): The 30 stamps erush 50 tons in 24 hours, reeeiving the rock from one of Blake's rock-breakers. ‘The Beath grinder next grinds to fineness tbe entire mass, and amalgamates in conneetion. The Beaux & Guiod pans—sixteen in number—are used as ainalgamators. Six of Howland’s concentrating separators follow ; then six Knox pans, Hunter's concentrators—twelve in number— complete the list of reducing, grinding, amalgamating, separating and concentrating machinery. ‘The entire machinery-of the tnill is driven hy a splendid engine of one hundred horse power, one of tbe finest pieces of work on tbe Pacific coast. Same paper has these items: On passing yesterday tbe Nortb Star company’s works, on French Lead. we observed a general tearing away of things, preparatory, as we learn, for a scries of extensive and expensive improvements.The town of Eureka, on the Henness turnpike, abent twenty five miles from Grass Valley, is now a thriviug place. Upwards of sixty quartz ledges bave been located, and work on them has begun in downright earnest. The Transcript says: ‘The hydraulic claims at Columhia Hill are paying exceedingly well this season. ‘I'he pay ground is a strata of gravel extending fifty and sixty feet below the surface. Alter a run of five days, Willis & Phelps recently cleaned up $2,500. Cregan & Bowel in the same time took out $1,200. Wilcox & Co., Woods & Co., and others, are working with excellent success in their cluims. .Que hundred thousand dollars was offered for one-sixth of the Allison Ranch mine, last week, and rejected.A party of Chinese -went out prospecting the other day, and struck a very fine quartz ledge on Deer Creek, which is about two feet in thickness. It is thought that if it pays well, when thoroughly opeued, some old title will be wrong in on them. We learn that Messrs. Buckman & Curren, of Little York, struck cement in their claims on Saturday week, which is immensely rich. Previous to the last strike the cement had yielded them, upon an average, $1,500 per week, and the top dirt, which is‘fram sixty to eighty feet deep, has averaged $1,000 in addi-. tion. ‘They have an 8-stamp mill. The Marysville Hepress says: Work has been commenecd ou the cement claims of Messrs. Knowlton & Co., located at Brandy Fiat, ncar Washington. Six meu are uow engaged in stripping off the surface ground, to enable them to work the cement to better advantage. After this work is done, the mill will he started. +” + Excenstor.—The Nevada Gazette says : The Excelsior company, at Meadow Lake, have contracted for a 20-stamp will, which is to be finished and .in running order by the first of August next. ‘The mill is to be run hy a 65horsé power engine, the stamps to weigh nine hundred and fifty pounds each, with the mest ‘approved pans. concentrators, etc., tovether with desulphurizing works. .The Gnnld and Curry Gold and Siver Mining Company, whose principal place of husiness is at Meadow Lake, has a capital stock of $90,000, divided into 900 shares, at $100 each,.and the incorporation is to exist fer filty years. The Manhattan Gold and Silver Mining Company, also at Meadow Lake, has a capital stock of $270,000, divided into 2,700 shares of $100 each. We are inlorméd by parties recently down from Meadow Lake, that prospecting is being prosecuted vigorously in that locality, and that new ledges are located daily. Old quartz ininers, who are not apt to be excited, are fuvorably impressed with the prospects of ite) district, and many purpose spending their time this season in prospecting near’ the sommit. . Not nuch can be done, however, before the first of July, as there is still an unusual quantity of snow in the monutains. The Meadow Lake Sun says: The greatest demand of our people at this time, is lumber for buildiag purposes. ‘Ihe three mills situated in the immediate vicinity, with a capacity of turning out nbout 12.100 feet per day, are constantly employed. We notieed ye-terday several parties packing animals with the neeessary implements lor a prospecting tramp) through the surrounding country. Hxtensive . fields on the Excelsior range. both north and south of ns, remain nnprospected. ‘The Grass Valley National has the following ; From private letters received in this place . from Excelsior district, we are inlormed of a} very rich strike that has lately been niade in the Knickerbocker ledge, belonging to the California company. It is estimated that the rock that is now being taken out will yield upward of $500 per ton. Considerable excilement exists at present on account of this developnient., Placer County— The Herald ot June 9th, says: The Wells lead, three miles north of Auburn, has proved to be very rich. ‘The company recently hauled some rock to Grass Valley and had it crushed. It paid over $20 to the ton. Some of the sulphurets saved from the erushing assayed $560 to the ‘ton. Parties in San Fraucisco are now negotiating for the lead.The shaft on the Taylor mine is now down sixty feet, and the vein at that depth is three feet thick. ‘fhe rock is very elose grained, and. lull of sulphurets. Mr. Taylor intends sinking to the depth of 100 feet before be has any rock crushrd,.'the Pugh quartz mill, located ut Ophir, is now receiving a complete overhauling and repairing before commencing operations for the summer. .A new quartz ledve was strack in the rear of the Herald ollice. 1t is said to show free gold. Plumas County--_ The Quincey Union of 2d inst., has tbese jteme: ‘I'be Monitor company, at Union Flat, is taking out rich pay dirt.The Buckeye company has easy working rock, and expects to strike gravel this sunmer.The Crescent company cleaned up last week between five and six thousand dollars. We clip the following Irom tbe Union of 9th: Dodge & Co. on Hopkin’s creek have co.ntienced operations again.Gardner & Blanks, on the Flat, have recently run a tunnel and struck a good prospect.Nohrman & Thomas have been piping for the last four months, and are expecting a big clean up. Cox & Co. ure ulso at work witb their hydraulic. They have not commenced to clean np any bed rock, as yet. All of the other claims on the creek are paying moderate wages. Poorman’s Creek.— Gentry & Co., and Brown & Riddle have been at work piping in their claims dnring the lastfourmonths. ‘They have a good supply of water, and will not commence ” bottoming up” for some time. Turner & Co.’s cliims are prospecting well. .Bradley and Morn & Co. are at work in their tunnels.Foss & Siebert have been ground sluicing during the spring, and have a large piece of gronnd “stripped” ready to clean up..O’Neal, Coyle & Co., at Hopkissville, have been sluicing all the spring, and have just set their slnices for a clean up. Nelson Point and Vicinity —The miners in this locality are all prepariug fora summer's work.Mnrken & Co.,and White & Richards have got most of their timbers npon the ground, and will commence operations ip afew days. .Several Chinese companies are getting ready to pnt in flames and wing-dams in the river. White & Fell are at work upon Hottentot Bar. ‘This bar has been abandoned for the last eight or nine years, but it is now paying from ten to twelve dollars per duy to the hand.Jackson, Jolly & Co. at the Willow Raneb, are doing well in their lgwer claim. It is paying from twelve to fifteen dollars per day. ‘Vhey will commence cleaning up in tlicir upper claims tp a sliort time. Shasta County— From the Courier of June 9th, we clin the following : On Wednesday lest Larkin & Fuller finished their contract lor sinking a fifty foot shalt on the lode cluse to the Uninn mill. In the Sonth Fork district there is consideruble demand for quartz miners to do utderground work. Returns froin a run of sixteen and a hall duys, by the Washington mill, give a result, after melting and assny, of $2,243.40, .The lower tunnel in the William and Kellinger is now in 946 feet, and is 450 feet below the surface of the mountain. he worknien have just passéd through u vein, about six inches wide, tlt gives out mineral which seems to be rich in copper.'Phe Potosi hnve secured the services of @ practical millman, experienced in sulphnrets of the kind which they have to contend with. They are offered $208 per ton for their rock delivered in Sacyamento.On' Tuesday last we visited the Bunker Hill claim. ‘The gold obtained is fine as flour, and is found imbedded in solt slate, in thin strata of decomposed quartz. There are places in the mine where from $500 to $10,000 have been taken out in from ene to twenty-fonr hours. * * We are tually convineed, irom a cursory examiuntion, that the company world teup arich return by milliug all the slate rock in the lode.Last week Messrs. Tall & Co; located a gold benring quartz lode near Hogtown, on Indinn Flat. Irom twelve pounds of the rock, crushed in a hand mortar, two dullaas was obtained; and besides this, the enmpany have specimens weighing from one-half to two or three pounds, thut wonld pay two or three dullars to the pound. ‘bey will cominence taking out rock immediately, with a view to having it crushed in the Spring Creek mill, .Duaniel’s claim is equal in ‘novelty and perhaps inrichness. He finds his gold as they doin the Bunker Hill claini—in seams and pockets where small strata of quartz have decoinposed and left it. He and his partner have taken out slready sufficient, if judiciously invested, to make them comlurtable for life, aud yet have made but a very snialLopening in the mine. We nre infornied that an Knglish company nt San Francisco are negotiating for one of the organized Jocations in South Fork district. It seems that some second class rock Iron) a claim had been sent to the Bay; that *the company in question got hold of it, tested it, and prpved its value to be $385 to the ton, and announced that if one thousand ponnds of such rock could be sent them, they would take the claim at $100,000, and that the proposition has been accepted and the rock sent lorward, This muy or mny not be true so far as the bargain is concerned, but we know the rock has gone down to the amount of a hall ton, or over, and of a qnality that will prove better than any previously sent. Livery day uew locations are heing made in the district, and old locations being proven to a slight exteut, with most astonishiug results, Sierra County— Tbe Advocate of June 9th, says: Weare glad to hear that the claims on Silver Bow gulcb are rising rapidly in value on account of striking the real pay chunnel, and the discoyery of auriferous deposits In tbe bars liniug the creek, A company of eigbt men ure now engaged on a ditch which will supply water for the sluicing of about 1,200 acres of dry diggings, lying between Brown’s gulch and Silver Bow creek. There is a fine prospect obtainable at the very surface of the ground. A friend of ours, owning an eighth in the diteb. was offered $800 in hankable dust for bis share, before be passed a single dollar of assessment. ‘There is any amount of work at $6 per day for ull who want, employment. Siskiyou County— The Yreka Union of June 9th, says Mr. Lash discovered a lode of rich gold bearing quartz last week on Humbuy, which ussays $601.07 gold, and $3.40 silver to the ton. This county abounds in untold ichness in gold and silver bearing quartz, which ueeds only capital and industry to develop it. On Deadwood, Humbng, Cottonwood, and in Scott Valley, are millions of dollars in the precious Tock. Trinity Ccunty— . Lhe Journal says: Itis gratifying to notice that the attention of peuple 1u other sections ol the State is heing attracted to the as yet but litle explored New [iver nines of this county.All the miners employed there now are waking nioney, water is plenty, und the opinion of old practical miners is that there are mines enough on that stream and its tributaries lor a tbousaud additional men. ‘he diggings can be reached in two and a half days trom Trinity Center, or two days from Weayerville. Tuolumne County-Frow the Courier of June 2d, we clip the following items; ‘This week we were shown some chunks of gold that were taken froma claim on Bald Mountain, on Saturday last. Tho sight of them was bewildering. ‘hey came from a pocket which in a day yielded to . the labor of one nan, 214 ounces ol’ gold, and a

374. The Mining anil Scientific Press, eee Airing Summary. CALIFORNIA. Alpine County— P The Silver Mountain Bulletin of June 2d, publishes a letter from B. Pillsington, Esq. to tbe President of the Buckeye No.1, which we condense: “Wilmington, Del., April 24th, 1866. I have contracted with the Northwestern California Gold and Silver. Mining Company, of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, to rent your mine for six years, on the terms and conditions of the power of attorney made by your company to me for such purpose. The terms of lease ire 30 per cent. of the nett profits. * * * * They will at once, as soon as they can get subscribed their whole amonnt of stock, and collect 35 per cent. thereon, send ou their superintendant to take chnrge.” . Same paper has also these itema: Advices’ from the East by Wednesday evening's mail, informs us that O. F. ‘Vhornton, Ksq., who went Hast for the purpose of interesting capitalists in the Buckeye No. 2, will succeed.. The Wisconsin G. & 8. M. company, in this district, has passed hy Sheriff's deed into the hands of O. ‘Fanner..O. ‘Tanner and 8. Gul. lickson have a contract for running a tunnel in the claim of the Imperial company 60 feet, at whicb point it is supposed they will cut the ledge. The Chronicle of same date, says: ‘To-day teams commenced hauling ore Irom the Mullan claim at Mogul, to the Pioneer Quartz Mill in this city. The mill will commence running next week. _ The Jfiner of 9th inst. hns tbese items: Work is going ahead on the Mountain, Peunaylvania, Balaklava, Wasbington, Silver Mountain, Kohinoor, Maine and Pittsburg claims. ..The result of the working of ore from the Balaklava is uot made public..A 22-stamp quartz mill now running in the vicinity of Virginia, is to be removed to the Pennaylvania minc..A couple of gentlemen, superintendents of prominent claims in this vicinity, intend visiting the Swansea Smelting Works in Washoe Valley, next week, with a view to the introduction of similar works bere..The drift from the bottom of tbe American company’s shuft, to cut across the new lode, is now 33 feet from the west wall, and no signs of being throngh yet. The lode is evidently u very large one, and for nearly 20 feet the ore has been improving in amount, though all of a similar character..An assay of Winchester ore, made on the 4th inst. by Leopold Kuh, of Nevada, gives $85.64 of silver, and $8.83 of gold; total $94.47 to tbe ton of 2,000 pounds. During the present week a side cut has been ron, opening the veiu perhaps 12 Teet from the tunnel southward ; the present width is over six fect, and increasing both in width and the good appearance of the ore as they go in..The house over tbe new shaft of tbc Mullan company is now completed, and anotber shift, inaking four men, will prosecute the work, comnieucing Mouday. The vein of ore is widening as opened and improving in quality. Amador County-Tbe Ledger of June 9th, says : One hundred and thirty tons of rock, taken from the Vaughn mine, at Pine Grove, was crushed last week, and yielded a little over four thousand dollars. . ..Vhe Oneida mill, with its forty stamps, can he plainly heard every still evening” thundering away. Butte County— i The Forbestown correspondent of the Marysville Express, under date of June 2d, says : ‘¢ Messrs. Parks & Platt, owners of several valuable quartz lodes here, are now thoroughly renovating and improving their steam mill, and will cominence crusbing ore from the Spanish leads Nos. 1 and 2,in the early part ol next week..The lodes of Roberts & Oo., and Plum, Maddox & Co., about two miles from here, are now being worked and show very flattering prospects. Shafts over one hundred feet deep are being sunk on these ledges.” Calaveras County-The Copperopolis Courier of June 2d, says : The new mill of the Rawhide Ranch company is said to be working beautilully..The late rains have compelled the Kentucky company to suspend work in their new shaft. A tew duys previous to the rain the lend looked somewhat better than at any time-belore..But three claims are now being worked in this distnct. Are capitalists insane? If not, why do tbey not come aud invest? The fegister says: Parties owning the quartz claims at Angels are busily engaged in prospecting them. Several of the claims which have in past yeara heen worked with indifferent success, have changed hands, and the new companies are commencing in earnest to develop them. Mr. Bovie who bas purchased the Winters’ claim, has a shaft down about one hundred feet. Colusa County— The Sun says: Mr. Whiting has spent $20,000. In going down 607 feet he bas gone through six different streams of oil, He intends now to pipe the well down and then cut the pipe at each of these. His best indication is below 600 feet and he is confident thut he now bas oil in large quantity, although it will yet take time, patience and ioney to develop it. Fresno County— The Millerton correspondent of the Mariposa Free Press says: “ Svme of the finest specimens of native copper 1 ever saw, have been taken out at the Washington vein, nenr Taylor's ranch. ‘I’he copper lies in thin sheets in the seams of a white quartz, and when frst taken outis as brivht as gold. ‘Lhe vein is abont five feet thick.” A wiiterin the Gazette, of June 9th, says: Fresno county will at.no distant day throw all the Montanas and Idalioes in the shade. he only drawback to successlul working of the mines is money, and nearly all nf the companies feel the want nf it very moch. ‘The mines are benutifully situated, and aceessible for any and every kind of muchinéry. Other mines have been opened which are as rich, if not richer, thin the one above spoken of. ‘There is scarcely a doubt bnt that this is the richest copper district on the Pacific coast. Nevada County— The Gazelle has these items: The Burrington company will be ready to start up their new steam hoisting works to-day or to-morrow..The owners of the Deadwood ledge have their machivery completed, and were in. tending to start the pump yesterday.. .The hoisting maehinery for the California claim arrived on ‘luesday. It will be put up and started in operation without delay.. .The engine for the hvisting works of the Peunsylvania company was received yesterday. and they expect the boiler up in a few days. The company have their incline down one hundred and ten feet..The new mill of the Empire Min. ing Company, on Ophir Hbll, Grass Vulley, was started up on Wednesday. From a nuinber of our citizens who went down to see it start, we learn that tbe machinery worked finely. It cost ahont one hundred thonsand dollars, and is doubtless the best quartz mill) in the State. Connected with the mill are} twenty-two pang and six settlers, togetlier. with all the modern improvements for saving gold and working the sulphurets. The National says, of the new Empire mill, (in addition to the above): The 30 stamps erush 50 tons in 24 hours, reeeiving the rock from one of Blake's rock-breakers. ‘The Beath grinder next grinds to fineness tbe entire mass, and amalgamates in conneetion. The Beaux & Guiod pans—sixteen in number—are used as ainalgamators. Six of Howland’s concentrating separators follow ; then six Knox pans, Hunter's concentrators—twelve in number— complete the list of reducing, grinding, amalgamating, separating and concentrating machinery. ‘The entire machinery-of the tnill is driven hy a splendid engine of one hundred horse power, one of tbe finest pieces of work on tbe Pacific coast. Same paper has these items: On passing yesterday tbe Nortb Star company’s works, on French Lead. we observed a general tearing away of things, preparatory, as we learn, for a scries of extensive and expensive improvements..The town of Eureka, on the Henness turnpike, abent twenty five miles from Grass Valley, is now a thriviug place. Upwards of sixty quartz ledges bave been located, and work on them has begun in downright earnest. The Transcript says: ‘The hydraulic claims at Columhia Hill are paying exceedingly well this season. ‘I'he pay ground is a strata of gravel extending fifty and sixty feet below the surface. Alter a run of five days, Willis & Phelps recently cleaned up $2,500. Cregan & Bowel in the same time took out $1,200. Wilcox & Co., Woods & Co., and others, are working with excellent success in their cluims. ..Que hundred thousand dollars was offered for one-sixth of the Allison Ranch mine, last week, and rejected..A party of Chinese -went out prospecting the other day, and struck a very fine quartz ledge on Deer Creek, which is about two feet in thickness. It is thought that if it pays well, when thoroughly opeued, some old title will be wrong in on them. We learn that Messrs. Buckman & Curren, of Little York, struck cement in their claims on Saturday week, which is immensely rich. Previous to the last strike the cement had yielded them, upon an average, $1,500 per week, and the top dirt, which is‘fram sixty to eighty feet deep, has averaged $1,000 in addi-. tion. ‘They have an 8-stamp mill. The Marysville Hepress says: Work has been commenecd ou the cement claims of Messrs. Knowlton & Co., located at Brandy Fiat, ncar Washington. Six meu are uow engaged in stripping off the surface ground, to enable them to work the cement to better advantage. After this work is done, the mill will he started. +” + Excenstor.—The Nevada Gazette says : The Excelsior company, at Meadow Lake, have contracted for a 20-stamp will, which is to be finished and .in running order by the first of August next. ‘The mill is to be run hy a 65horsé power engine, the stamps to weigh nine hundred and fifty pounds each, with the mest ‘approved pans. concentrators, etc., tovether with desulphurizing works. ..The Gnnld and Curry Gold and Siver Mining Company, whose

principal place of husiness is at Meadow Lake, has a capital stock of $90,000, divided into 900 shares, at $100 each,.and the incorporation is to exist fer filty years. The Manhattan Gold and Silver Mining Company, also at Meadow Lake, has a capital stock of $270,000, divided into 2,700 shares of $100 each.. We are inlorméd by parties recently down from Meadow Lake, that prospecting is being prosecuted vigorously in that locality, and that new ledges are located daily. Old quartz ininers, who are not apt to be excited, are fuvorably impressed with the prospects of ite) district, and many purpose spending their time this season in prospecting near’ the sommit. . Not nuch can be done, however, before the first of July, as there is still an unusual quantity of snow in the monutains. The Meadow Lake Sun says: The greatest demand of our people at this time, is lumber for buildiag purposes. ‘Ihe three mills situated in the immediate vicinity, with a capacity of turning out nbout 12.100 feet per day, are constantly employed. We notieed ye-terday several parties packing animals with the neeessary implements lor a prospecting tramp) through the surrounding country. Hxtensive . fields on the Excelsior range. both north and south of ns, remain nnprospected. ‘The Grass Valley National has the following ; From private letters received in this place . from Excelsior district, we are inlormed of a} very rich strike that has lately been niade in the Knickerbocker ledge, belonging to the California company. It is estimated that the rock that is now being taken out will yield upward of $500 per ton. Considerable excilement exists at present on account of this developnient., Placer County— The Herald ot June 9th, says: The Wells lead, three miles north of Auburn, has proved to be very rich. ‘The company recently hauled some rock to Grass Valley and had it crushed. It paid over $20 to the ton. Some of the sulphurets saved from the erushing assayed $560 to the ‘ton. Parties in San Fraucisco are now negotiating for the lead..The shaft on the Taylor mine is now down sixty feet, and the vein at that depth is three feet thick. ‘fhe rock is very elose grained, and. lull of sulphurets. Mr. Taylor intends sinking to the depth of 100 feet before be has any rock crushrd,..'the Pugh quartz mill, located ut Ophir, is now receiving a complete overhauling and repairing before commencing operations for the summer.. .A new quartz ledve was strack in the rear of the Herald ollice. 1t is said to show free gold. Plumas County--_ The Quincey Union of 2d inst., has tbese jteme: ‘I'be Monitor company, at Union Flat, is taking out rich pay dirt..The Buckeye company has easy working rock, and expects to strike gravel this sunmer..The Crescent company cleaned up last week between five and six thousand dollars. We clip the following Irom tbe Union of 9th: Dodge & Co. on Hopkin’s creek have co.ntienced operations again..Gardner & Blanks, on the Flat, have recently run a tunnel and struck a good prospect..Nohrman & Thomas have been piping for the last four months, and are expecting a big clean up.. Cox & Co. ure ulso at work witb their hydraulic. They have not commenced to clean np any bed rock, as yet. All of the other claims on the creek are paying moderate wages. Poorman’s Creek.— Gentry & Co., and Brown & Riddle have been at work piping in their claims dnring the lastfourmonths. ‘They have a good supply of water, and will not commence ” bottoming up” for some time.. Turner & Co.’s cliims are prospecting well. ..Bradley and Morn & Co. are at work in their tunnels..Foss & Siebert have been ground sluicing during the spring, and have a large piece of gronnd “stripped” ready to clean up...O’Neal, Coyle & Co., at Hopkissville, have been sluicing all the spring, and have just set their slnices for a clean up. Nelson Point and Vicinity —The miners in this locality are all prepariug fora summer's work..Mnrken & Co.,and White & Richards have got most of their timbers npon the ground, and will commence operations ip afew days. ..Several Chinese companies are getting ready to pnt in flames and wing-dams in the river.. White & Fell are at work upon Hottentot Bar. ‘This bar has been abandoned for the last eight or nine years, but it is now paying from ten to twelve dollars per duy to the hand..Jackson, Jolly & Co. at the Willow Raneb, are doing well in their lgwer claim. It is paying from twelve to fifteen dollars per day. ‘Vhey will commence cleaning up in tlicir upper claims tp a sliort time. Shasta County— From the Courier of June 9th, we clin the following : On Wednesday lest Larkin & Fuller finished their contract lor sinking a fifty foot shalt on the lode cluse to the Uninn mill.. In the Sonth Fork district there is consideruble demand for quartz miners to do utderground work.. Returns froin a run of sixteen and a hall duys, by the Washington mill, give a result, after melting and assny, of $2,243.40, ..The lower tunnel in the William and Kellinger is now in 946 feet, and is 450 feet below the surface of the mountain. he worknien have just passéd through u vein, about six inches wide, tlt gives out mineral which seems to be rich in copper..'Phe Potosi hnve secured the services of @ practical millman, experienced in sulphnrets of the kind which they have to contend with. They are offered $208 per ton for their rock delivered in Sacyamento..On' Tuesday last we visited the Bunker Hill claim. ‘The gold obtained is fine as flour, and is found imbedded in solt slate, in thin strata of decomposed quartz. There are places in the mine where from $500 to $10,000 have been taken out in from ene to twenty-fonr hours. * * We are tually convineed, irom a cursory examiuntion, that the company world teup arich return by milliug all the slate rock in the lode..Last week Messrs. Tall & Co; located a gold benring quartz lode near Hogtown, on Indinn Flat. Irom twelve pounds of the rock, crushed in a hand mortar, two dullaas was obtained; and besides this, the enmpany have specimens weighing from one-half to two or three pounds, thut wonld pay two or three dullars to the pound. ‘bey will cominence taking out rock immediately, with a view to having it crushed in the Spring Creek mill, ..Duaniel’s claim is equal in ‘novelty and perhaps inrichness. He finds his gold as they doin the Bunker Hill claini—in seams and pockets where small strata of quartz have decoinposed and left it. He and his partner have taken out slready sufficient, if judiciously invested, to make them comlurtable for life, aud yet have made but a very snialLopening in the mine.. We nre infornied that an Knglish company nt San Francisco are negotiating for one of the organized Jocations in South Fork district. It seems that some second class rock Iron) a claim had been sent to the Bay; that *the company in question got hold of it, tested it, and prpved its value to be $385 to the ton, and announced that if one thousand ponnds of such rock could be sent them, they would take the claim at $100,000, and that the proposition has been accepted and the rock sent lorward, This muy or mny not be true so far as the bargain is concerned, but we know the rock has gone down to the amount of a hall ton, or over, and of a qnality that will prove better than any previously sent. Livery day uew locations are heing made in the district, and old locations being proven to a slight exteut, with most astonishiug results, Sierra County— Tbe Advocate of June 9th, says: Weare glad to hear that the claims on Silver Bow gulcb are rising rapidly in value on account of striking the real pay chunnel, and the discoyery of auriferous deposits In tbe bars liniug the creek, A company of eigbt men ure now engaged on a ditch which will supply water for the sluicing of about 1,200 acres of dry diggings, lying between Brown’s gulch and Silver Bow creek. There is a fine prospect obtainable at the very surface of the ground. A friend of ours, owning an eighth in the diteb. was offered $800 in hankable dust for bis share, before be passed a single dollar of assessment. ‘There is any amount of work at $6 per day for ull who want, employment. Siskiyou County— The Yreka Union of June 9th, says Mr. Lash discovered a lode of rich gold bearing quartz last week on Humbuy, which ussays $601.07 gold, and $3.40 silver to the ton.. This county abounds in untold ichness in gold and silver bearing quartz, which ueeds only capital and industry to develop it. On Deadwood, Humbng, Cottonwood, and in Scott Valley, are millions of dollars in the precious Tock. Trinity Ccunty— . Lhe Journal says: Itis gratifying to notice that the attention of peuple 1u other sections ol the State is heing attracted to the as yet but litle explored New [iver nines of this county..All the miners employed there now are waking nioney, water is plenty, und the opinion of old practical miners is that there are mines enough on that stream and its tributaries lor a tbousaud additional men. ‘he diggings can be reached in two and a half days trom Trinity Center, or two days from Weayerville. Tuolumne County-Frow the Courier of June 2d, we clip the following items; ‘This week we were shown some chunks of gold that were taken froma claim on Bald Mountain, on Saturday last. Tho sight of them was bewildering. ‘hey came from a pocket which in a day yielded to . the labor of one nan, 214 ounces ol’ gold, and a