Volume 13 (1866) (424 pages)

70 The Atining and Scientific ress, Btining Summary. P CALIFORNIA. Alpine County— E. os on . *From the Silver Mountain Buletin of July 25th we clip the following items :. Kohinoor rock nssayed $51.68 in gulé, and’-$98.52 iv} silver—total, $150.20 per ton.The Lady, Tliza hns been tapped .Jower down the monn. tnin, and from present appearances ores will . be prodnced therefrom within, sixty days io quantities sufficient to employ a 20-stamp mill constantly..The Balaclava and the Winchester hnvs sent ‘ore to the Pioneer mill at Markleeville to be tested.Others will send to San Francisco for the same porposer The Alpine Miner of same date says: The American company have drifted seventy five feet, entting across*their ledge at a depth of twenty-five feet. The-ten or twelve feet Inst cat is through a mass of blue-black ors, rich io copper, nnd containing silver and gold in large quantities for the depth: Several. assays lor -gold and silver -only, made by Dr. Waters’ of Markleeville,.and Leopold Kuh of Virginia City, rnnge from’$53.30 to $128.18, in every case showing nbout one-third gold.The, Buckeye No. 2, in drifting in on their lode recently, strack a body of solid quartz covering the lull size of the tunnel, and, it is said, are now confident of ability to supply a mill with pay ore.” " The Bulletin of ths 28th has these items: Charles Uznay, Metallurgist and Assayer, arrived in town on Wednesday evening, and will commence immediately the erection of furnaces at Whiteside’s mill, for the purpose of working the ores from. the George WaShington lode. As the George Washington claim-is not as yet developed to an extent to furnish a supply of ere to keep the mill tn constant operation, “Messrs. Uzoay & SXustel have made a contract with the Morning Star company for 10,000 tons of pre from their mine, at Mogul, to he worked here. aha The Afiner vf same date says: Work on the George Law, near Markleeville, from the croppings of which such large results were obtained, is prosecuted vigorously. A tunnel is heing run. "Amador Connty— S eee “The Ledgér of 28th July, has these “items ; We understand that Meader & Co. have leased -the Coney mine for a: stated perlod, with the privilege ol parchasing, and that they contemplate making several improvements and olt2rations. -Also that they have taken the Mannon Snlphoret, Mill at Sutter Creek.The Eagle mill is temporarily stopped whilst a tunnel is being cnt. ‘The last ore crushed paid largely. _.:-.The Golden Gate mine, which has always paid well, is now yielding richer rock than ever hefore. The main shaft is beng rapidly -deepened.The Belding is yielding its rich sulphnret ores as freely as ever, and several additions have lately been made to the mill in the way of.machinery for saving and working sulphurets. Five more stamps will soon be up; and other afd furtherimprovements made. .Several new shafts have been sunk and ‘levels run, iu tlie Pioneer, since Mender & Co. came into possession. The yield per ton is, we understand, five times more than before ‘the present improvements were made in the reduction works.The Italian is turning out abundance of forty dollar ore.The Golden Eagle, Vaugh & Co., is said to he as rich, if not richer, than ever. They are-croshing their rock at the Fogus mill.The Plensant Valley, or better knowu as “ My Mary Ann,” is now down to the depth of over sixty feet. They have on band about forty tuns of linelooking rock.The Anaconda, the richest ored mine in the district, is lying idle.The Paugh, Mine continues to yield large quantities of rich ore, which is worked at the Union Mill. The new shaft. connecting the extreme west end of the main level, will'soon he completed., Large slabs of ore are daily taken out, “ lousy ” with gold. .he Kelly & Stevenson is in full blnst.The Excelsior is now down some 45 feet, and is yielding good ore. ‘The first crushing.is now heing made at the Fogus mill, and promises well: * * aAllin olt, the mines of eastern Amador “were never in a more flourishing condition. During the.past ten days a number of gentlemen— capitalists aud representatives of Eastern capital—have been making this place their headquarters, and “bobbing around” in search of favorable chances of investment. ‘They conld not have selected a better part of the State. The Ledger says, in reference to the statement, that Amador is indebted to Calaveras for a portion of its gold returns, that the reverse is the case. : @Calaveras Connty— From the Chronicte of July 28th, wo clip the following : Work is beiug steadily pushed forward on all fhe claims at Railroad Flat, and the prospects are very flattering. Post & Co. have a shaft sunk on their claim to the depth of forty feet. A quantity of unassorted rock taken from their lead and ernshed at Harris’ mill, yielded an average of $40 per ton. Weihe & Co, are down thirty leet on their claim, and have found rock of extraordinary richness ; some of it prospecting as high as $75 per ton. Butler & Co. have attained the depth of thirty feet, and developed a yery fine lead ; the rock averaging $20 perton. Granville & Co., whose claim is located in Two Dollar gnich, have reached the depth of thirty-five feet. Their lead is three feet wide, ond the rock prospects . ° $45 per ton. Lndy. Frank & Co. hnve taken up and are working. an. extension of Botler & Co.’s lead, and the indications are that they have a valunble claim. Gravel mining is not “ played out” with ns, notwithstanding the quartz excitement. Gleason, Sawyer & Co. have recently commenced running on incline tunnel in their claim near the Golden Gate. It is estimated that they will have to rnp six hundred feet betore striking the lead. Paul & Co., the next claim below, on the same ridge, are running a hed-rock tunnel for the same lead. The Copperopolis Courter of same date, says: It seems.as if new impetus had been given to mining operations in Salt Springs Valley. We understand thnt two mills are now crushing rock from different leads, with satisfactory results. The Alban Ranch mine, under the efficient supervision of Mr. Steinberger, is said to be paying handsomely. Coinsa Connty— The Sun of 28th July, says :—Mr. Burk of San Francisco has been engaged for some time in hauling ont castings, hrick, etc., for the erection of a Sulphur Refinery near Simmon’s Springs, where there is av almost inexhaustible, supply of sulphur, We understand also that there are parties now preparing to put up copper smelting works at~Ashton. Ei Borado Connty— Ex Dorano Mtnes.—The Placerville Record of July 14th, says :—The Pacific Miue, known by all old residents as having been exceedingly rich, and yielded great returns for the amount of work done upun it. but which for some cause has not been worked for a long time past. was a few days since purchased by Fitch, agent for a New York company, for the sui of -twenty thousand dollars. The Folsom Telegraph has the following :— Itis confidently believed that the celebrated “ blue lead ” so rich and extensive in the npper part of Nevada and Placer counties, has been atruck in Eldorado county, nenr Placefville. We saw an assay made by Palmer & Day, assayers in this place, from two hundréd ond fifty ponnds of average cement from the claims of the Western Tunnel Company, whose claim is about two miles from Placerville. from which seventeen dollars in gold were realized. Kern County— The Mariposa Free Press gives extracts froma Kelso letter of date July 15th: The Atchinson company have made the purchase of the ledges they bargained forfrom the Pi Ute company, and they are now hauling quartz to Rogers’ mill in this place. They cre down on the ledge thirty or forty feet, and the rock looks very well. Monkton, Sprague & Co., I understund, have made a sale of their ledges toa New York company. The Hope vein holds out as nsual and is getting wider. ‘The boys cleaved up, after grinding twenty-five hundred ponnds of .rock, and got nineteen and three quarter ounces of gold. A correspondent of the Visalia Delta, writing from Havilah, speaks in glowing terms of the wonderful richness of the lode, known as Cherokee Dick, or the Big Indian. This lead has a shaft sunk to the depth of fifty feet. The pay rock is from fifteen to eighteen feet in width, and the glittering ore can he seen “sticking out” all throagh the mass. The correspondent of the Flag says: In the Mammoth mine, the length of pay ledge is 1,600 feet ; their lower tunnel is io 125 feet and progressing, when under the summit of the monntain, will he 500 feet from the surface.’ ‘Their upper tunnel is tn 365feet, the lode is. four feet wide in this tunnel, which is 125 feet right over the lower tunnel, on the same lead. This rock averages about $40 per ton. They were working fonrteen men at the mine. The ‘Caldwell and Kern River Gold and Silver Mining Companys mill and ‘odes are situated -abont one mile above ‘the village of Kernville, and at present are working forty men. The mill has twelve stamos with capacity for twenty. They wre crushing eighteen tons of rock per day from the Sherman lode, which rock averages about forty dollars per ton. Kiamath County— . The Humboldt Bay Journal of July 19th, hos an editorial on this connty, from which we clip the following: The quartz veins near Sawyer’s Bar have proven to be rich in gold ; several mills for crushing qnartz have been +) erected—only one of which, we believe. is at present in successful operation—the Black Bear, owned hy Messrs. Conghlin, Dagget & Co. The gold bearing qnartz section is extensive,and may be estimated as covering onefourth of the connty—the upper portion adja‘cent to Siskiyou. te os There is a belt of from fonr to six miles in width ronping through the eutire county, which gives evidence of coutaining. tho richest copper veins on the Pacific slope. Great lumps of pure copper are picked np on the snrface of the earth, and croppings of ore, known as red oxide and gray oxide, assnying 80 per cent., are found in abundance. Cinnabar and silver nlso exist ou the Klamath river. Mariposa County—, . The Free Press of 28th July, has these ifems: Latest accounts from the Hamilton copper wining district.are fovorahle. At the Bachman sbalt they are down ahout seventy feet and have 4 veiu of black oxide three feet in thickbess with well defined foot and hanging walls.On the Buchanan at the Roland shaft, at the depth of ninety-five feet, they have a vein six feet thick, black oxides and sulphurets. ‘Ihe ore improves in quality as they go down.Green, Snediker & Co. are progressing finely with their shaft. They have made one shipment of ore and will soon ship a still larger quantity. . .: The Celeste is the name of a copper vein on Bear créek, two iniles from the Corbett Ranch, now being vigorously worked, and which promises to prove rich. We have been shown some of the rock taken out at a depth of twenty feet, which looks exceedingly well. It contains gold and silver as well as copper. Mooo Connty— Letter from Partazwick to Esmeralda Union dated July 18th, has the following: The Cornocopia company nre still busy opening and developing their lode. One of the shafts is now down about one hundred and ninety feet, whilst the other four ars being rapidly suok, and have reached depths frem one hnndred to one hundred and filty teet. The Kearsarge sustains its repntation. The Cnmanche is lonking remarkably well, while the Diana is the same as ever; one of the richest silver hearing veins on this side of the mountains. Nevada County— The following items are from the Gazetle :-— We were shown yesterday some fine specimens of sulphnret ore takeu from the’northerly extension of the Banner mine. ‘This exteusion is owned by Tisdale and Stiles, who have sunk a shaft to the depth of seventy feet, and the ledge varies from three to five feet in width. ‘The shaft.is about eighteen hundred feet from the Banner works. .On the 16th instant the Cold Spring company made a location of eighty claims on the ridge between Deer Creek and South Yuba river, having a front of four thousand feet, in the neighborhood of Willow Valley, ond extending bnek north and east in the direction of Gopher Hill, five thousand and nine hundred fect. The development of the cement mines is going on hand in hand with the quartz.The French mill has heen employed night and day for several weeks past in crnshing rock Irom the Wigham mine. The mill has only six stamps, and crnshes probahly about ten tons in twenty-four honrs, the mipe yielding sufficient rock to keep them running. We understand that the rock is now yielding well. In workiog the ore from this mine, the sulphnrets are concentrated by ore sepnrators, and five orsix tons have already heen saved. ‘These assay from $200 to $500 a ton.The machinery for the quartz mill of R. C. Block, to be erected on the ledge belonging to J. Young at Eureka, manufactured at the Nevada Foundry, was completed about a week ago, and as soon ag teams cnn be procured will he delivered at its destination. The Grass Valley ational has these items : Wm. M. Lent and Jos. Clarke have affected thé purehase of four-fifths of the Dromedary mine, located on Wolfe creek. ‘The mine has been worked to the depth of three hundred leet, but, has remnined idle for over two years. Messrs. Lent aud Clarke will now put up all the necessary machinery. We this noon learned thot Messrs. Peachy and Cronise had purchased the well-known Norambagua or Forrest Spring mine, One hundred thousand dollars is said to’have been the sum paid for this mine, and ‘ve do not know of any place where that sun could have been better invested. One hundred and fifteen sacks of ore are now lying at the Last Chance Copper mine ready for shipping, and in abont ten days the number will be augmented to two hundred sacks. “ Mr. Delano informs us thot the ore is heing taken ont in blocks weighing fifty pounds and upwards. ‘he ore uow at hank assays twentyfive per cent. copper. .The Sterling tunnel is now in 400 feet. Ledge four feet thick. This claim hag lain idle for a period of some seven mouths, but work is about to be resumed in it. .One hondred and seventy-six tons of rock from the Consolidated Wisconsin and Illinois imine were crushed at Gold Hill mill last week, and yielded forty-one dollars in gold to the ton, besides a large quantity of rich ond valuable sulphnrets. ‘I’his is the result of the present month's work.Thomas, Powuing & Co. have named ther newly discovered ledge the Cape of Good Hope. -Very rich specimens were recently taken from it.The tunnel .of the Oxford is now in 450 feet, at which distance the ledge was struck. The rock now being taken out shows large deposits of free gold and very rich sulpharets.The contract for the erection of the Lucky company’s mill has but a cheerfol look, . been let, and the construction thereof will he iminedintely commenced. A twentieth interest in the Eureka mine, near Gross Valley, wax sold a few days since, as we learn, for $43,000. This is equal to $860,000 for the niine. Excrtstor.—The Gazetie says :—The Enterprise company are now pushing ahead the work vigorously on the mine, and the mill having been remodeled, will at once be started up again. Parties recently down from Meadow Lake report that money is scnrce in that locality, business dull, and the times have anything We are not surprised that this is the case. Wowever rich the mines may he, too many people have gone there tn speculote, or engage in outside’ business, for all, or any considerable portion of them tn do well.The Mountain Afessenger has an article on «Summit City,” trom which we quote: Lots that four weeks ago were sold at fifteen hnndred’ dollars, have within the past ten days been sold for less than half the sum, and buildings and lots will yet be sold for about the cost of materials and work. There are now perhaps a thousand men less in the district than three weeks since, and still there are many going away. Yet we donot conceive that this state of things exists from any failure or discouragement of mining prospects, bot wholly nnd solely from the want of proof that the mines are more valuahle than those of other localities, and-lrom the general failure consequent to it, to give employment to miners ond security for investment ot money. Piaeer Connty— From the Stars and Stripes of August 1st we clip the following: We learn from James 8. Stackhouse, Collector of the Third District, that a quartz ledge was discovered recently by some Mexicans, at Cauada Hill in this county, ahout twenty-five miles above Michigan Bluif, the rock from which, taken from any portion ol the ledge, will yield tree gold at the rate of obout one dollar per ounce. Parties went up from the Bloif to try to purchase, the ledge. .-.The people of Auburn are going to huild @ quartz.mill by subscripuion.At the depth of 103 feet in the Civil Rights claim, near Newcastle, the ledge is twenty-two inches wide, and the rock like that of the Eureka, in Grass Valley. The Placer Herald of July 28th says: The Little York is heing worked day and night. .The incline of the Taylor, on Dutch Ravine, is now down 100 feet. ‘The lend is well defined, and very regnlar.On the Mallat claim they are driving the east and west drilts on the 50-foot level. In the east drift they now find decomposed rock, any ol which prospects well in free gold.. Work on Millett’s quartz mill, on Baltimore-ravine, is progressing. he boilers have been set, and the engine is now being pnt up.The shaft in the Golden cae claim, at Horse Shoe Bar, is down forty eet. Plamas County— The Quiney Union of 21st July has these items: Judkins & Kelloge, of Round Valley, forwarded helow, one day last week, about $3,400, the result of the first clean-np from about a week’s crushing of the qnartz from the Kittle ledge. The rock averaged $14.50 per ton.The Copper Smelting Works, at Genesee Valley, fired up one day last week, and is ame ting ore from the Prince ledge, nt ‘l'aylorville. : Shasta Connty— The Courier of the 28th says : The town of Shasta i3 now proven to he the center of the hest mining district in the world. This isa hroad assertion, hut present prospects justify all we have said. * * We venture the assertion that there is paying quartz within a radius of five miles around Shasta to support and pay a population of 50,000 working men, to say nothing of the millions of dollars worth of machinery it wonld call into operation—all easy of access. .A shaft is being sunk to prospect the Big Central lode. The Clear Creek Ditch company’s flume will be finished ina month -:--The Mammoth company’s lode at Qnartz ) Hill, known as the Harrison, ts prospecting beyond all precedent. One of the workmen brought into. town this week a specimen which he declares is no more than a fair average of nine tons of rock now on the surface. “Hight ounces of it crashed in a mortar yielded $143. The estimated vnolue of the prospect is $5,500 per ton. ‘There is no doubt iu the minds of experts who have examiued the rock that the nive tons now out will yield Irom $18,000 to $20,000, at the lowest possible estimate. ~ Sierra Connty— e The Messenger of 28th July, gives these items: The Good Hope Company, whose claim is sitnated just ahove town, have struck the iedge in their tunnel. The rock is mostly decomposed quartz, shows ahont three feet in width,.aod prospects well. The croppings show gold in abundance.The Sailor Company’s Mill cleaned up ‘on Wednesday evening, after a short ron of ouly six tnus, the resnlt oxceeding their most sanguine expectatious. . Negotiations are in progress tor the

70 The Atining and Scientific ress, Btining Summary. P CALIFORNIA. Alpine County— E. os on . *From the Silver Mountain Buletin of July 25th we clip the following items :. Kohinoor rock nssayed $51.68 in gulé, and’-$98.52 iv} silver—total, $150.20 per ton..The Lady, Tliza hns been tapped .Jower down the monn. tnin, and from present appearances ores will . be prodnced therefrom within, sixty days io quantities sufficient to employ a 20-stamp mill constantly...The Balaclava and the Winchester hnvs sent ‘ore to the Pioneer mill at Markleeville to be tested..Others will send to San Francisco for the same porposer The Alpine Miner of same date says: The American company have drifted seventy five feet, entting across*their ledge at a depth of twenty-five feet. The-ten or twelve feet Inst cat is through a mass of blue-black ors, rich io copper, nnd containing silver and gold in large quantities for the depth: Several. assays lor -gold and silver -only, made by Dr. Waters’ of Markleeville,.and Leopold Kuh of Virginia City, rnnge from’$53.30 to $128.18, in every case showing nbout one-third gold..The, Buckeye No. 2, in drifting in on their lode recently, strack a body of solid quartz covering the lull size of the tunnel, and, it is said, are now confident of ability to supply a mill with pay ore.” " The Bulletin of ths 28th has these items: Charles Uznay, Metallurgist and Assayer, arrived in town on Wednesday evening, and will commence immediately the erection of furnaces at Whiteside’s mill, for the purpose of working the ores from. the George WaShington lode. As the George Washington claim-is not as yet developed to an extent to furnish a supply of ere to keep the mill tn constant operation, “Messrs. Uzoay & SXustel have made a contract with the Morning Star company for 10,000 tons of pre from their mine, at Mogul, to he worked here. aha The Afiner vf same date says: Work on the George Law, near Markleeville, from the croppings of which such large results were obtained, is prosecuted vigorously. A tunnel is heing run. "Amador Connty— S eee “The Ledgér of 28th July, has these “items ; We understand that Meader & Co. have leased -the Coney mine for a: stated perlod, with the privilege ol parchasing, and that they contemplate making several improvements and olt2rations. -Also that they have taken the Mannon Snlphoret, Mill at Sutter Creek..The Eagle mill is temporarily stopped whilst a tunnel is being cnt. ‘The last ore crushed paid largely. _.:-.The Golden Gate mine, which has always paid well, is now yielding richer rock than ever hefore. The main shaft is beng rapidly -deepened..The Belding is yielding its rich sulphnret ores as freely as ever, and several additions have lately been made to the mill in the way of.machinery for saving and working sulphurets. Five more stamps will soon be up; and other afd furtherimprovements made. ..Several new shafts have been sunk and ‘levels run, iu tlie Pioneer, since Mender & Co. came into possession. The yield per ton is, we understand, five times more than before ‘the present improvements were made in the reduction works..The Italian is turning out abundance of forty dollar ore..The Golden Eagle, Vaugh & Co., is said to he as rich, if not richer, than ever. They are-croshing their rock at the Fogus mill..The Plensant Valley, or better knowu as “ My Mary Ann,” is now down to the depth of over sixty feet. They have on band about forty tuns of linelooking rock..The Anaconda, the richest ored mine in the district, is lying idle..The Paugh, Mine continues to yield large quantities of rich ore, which is worked at the Union Mill. The new shaft. connecting the extreme west end of the main level, will'soon he completed., Large slabs of ore are daily taken out, “ lousy ” with gold.. .he Kelly & Stevenson is in full blnst..The Excelsior is now down some 45 feet, and is yielding good ore. ‘The first crushing.is now heing made at the Fogus mill, and promises well: * * aAllin olt, the mines of eastern Amador “were never in a more flourishing condition. During the.past ten days a number of gentlemen— capitalists aud representatives of Eastern capital—have been making this place their headquarters, and “bobbing around” in search of favorable chances of investment. ‘They conld not have selected a better part of the State. The Ledger says, in reference to the statement, that Amador is indebted to Calaveras for a portion of its gold returns, that the reverse is the case. : @Calaveras Connty— From the Chronicte of July 28th, wo clip the following : Work is beiug steadily pushed forward on all fhe claims at Railroad Flat, and the prospects are very flattering. Post & Co. have a shaft sunk on their claim to the depth of forty feet. A quantity of unassorted rock taken from their lead and ernshed at Harris’ mill, yielded an average of $40 per ton. Weihe & Co, are down thirty leet on their claim, and have found rock of extraordinary richness ; some of it prospecting as high as $75 per ton. Butler & Co. have attained the depth of thirty feet, and developed a yery fine lead ; the rock averaging $20 perton. Granville & Co., whose claim is located in Two Dollar gnich, have reached the depth of thirty-five feet. Their lead is three feet wide, ond the rock prospects . ° $45 per ton. Lndy. Frank & Co. hnve taken up and are working. an. extension of Botler & Co.’s lead, and the indications are that they have a valunble claim. Gravel mining is not “ played out” with ns, notwithstanding the quartz excitement. Gleason, Sawyer & Co. have recently commenced running on incline tunnel in their claim near the Golden Gate. It is estimated that they will have to rnp six hundred feet betore striking the lead. Paul & Co., the next claim below, on the same ridge, are running a hed-rock tunnel for the same lead. The Copperopolis Courter of same date, says: It seems.as if new impetus had been given to mining operations in Salt Springs Valley. We understand thnt two mills are now crushing rock from different leads, with satisfactory results. The Alban Ranch mine, under the efficient supervision of Mr. Steinberger, is said to be paying handsomely. Coinsa Connty— The Sun of 28th July, says :—Mr. Burk of San Francisco has been engaged for some time in hauling ont castings, hrick, etc., for the erection of a Sulphur Refinery near Simmon’s Springs, where there is av almost inexhaustible, supply of sulphur, We understand also that there are parties now preparing to put up copper smelting works at~Ashton. Ei Borado Connty— Ex Dorano Mtnes.—The Placerville Record of July 14th, says :—The Pacific Miue, known by all old residents as having been exceedingly rich, and yielded great returns for the amount of work done upun it. but which for some cause has not been worked for a long time past. was a few days since purchased by Fitch, agent for a New York company, for the sui of -twenty thousand dollars. The Folsom Telegraph has the following :— Itis confidently believed that the celebrated “ blue lead ” so rich and extensive in the npper part of Nevada and Placer counties, has been atruck in Eldorado county, nenr Placefville. We saw an assay made by Palmer & Day, assayers in this place, from two hundréd ond fifty ponnds of average cement from the claims of the Western Tunnel Company, whose claim is about two miles from Placerville. from which seventeen dollars in gold were realized. Kern County— The Mariposa Free Press gives extracts froma Kelso letter of date July 15th: The Atchinson company have made the purchase of the ledges they bargained forfrom the Pi Ute company, and they are now hauling quartz to Rogers’ mill in this place. They cre down on the ledge thirty or forty feet, and the rock looks very well. Monkton, Sprague & Co., I understund, have made a sale of their ledges toa New York company. The Hope vein holds out as nsual and is getting wider. ‘The boys cleaved up, after grinding twenty-five hundred ponnds of .rock, and got nineteen and three quarter ounces of gold. A correspondent of the Visalia Delta, writing from Havilah, speaks in glowing terms of the wonderful richness of the lode, known as Cherokee Dick, or the Big Indian. This lead has a shaft sunk to the depth of fifty feet. The pay rock is from fifteen to eighteen feet in width, and the glittering ore can he seen “sticking out” all throagh the mass. The correspondent of the Flag says: In the Mammoth mine, the length of pay ledge is 1,600 feet ; their lower tunnel is io 125 feet and progressing, when under the summit of the monntain, will he 500 feet from the surface.’ ‘Their upper tunnel is tn 365feet, the lode is. four feet wide in this tunnel, which is 125 feet right over the lower tunnel, on the same lead. This rock averages about $40 per ton. They were working fonrteen men at the mine. The ‘Caldwell and Kern River Gold and Silver Mining Companys mill and ‘odes are situated -abont one mile above ‘the village of Kernville, and at present are working forty men. The mill has twelve stamos with capacity for twenty. They wre crushing eighteen tons of rock per day from the Sherman lode, which rock averages about forty dollars per ton. Kiamath County— . The Humboldt Bay Journal of July 19th, hos an editorial on this connty, from which we clip the following: The quartz veins near Sawyer’s Bar have proven to be rich in gold ; several mills for crushing qnartz have been +) erected—only one of which, we believe. is at present in successful operation—the Black Bear, owned hy Messrs. Conghlin, Dagget & Co. The gold bearing qnartz section is extensive,and may be estimated as covering onefourth of the connty—the upper portion adja‘cent to Siskiyou. te os There is a belt of from fonr to six miles in

width ronping through the eutire county, which gives evidence of coutaining. tho richest copper veins on the Pacific slope. Great lumps of pure copper are picked np on the snrface of the earth, and croppings of ore, known as red oxide and gray oxide, assnying 80 per cent., are found in abundance. Cinnabar and silver nlso exist ou the Klamath river. Mariposa County—, . The Free Press of 28th July, has these ifems: Latest accounts from the Hamilton copper wining district.are fovorahle. At the Bachman sbalt they are down ahout seventy feet and have 4 veiu of black oxide three feet in thickbess with well defined foot and hanging walls..On the Buchanan at the Roland shaft, at the depth of ninety-five feet, they have a vein six feet thick, black oxides and sulphurets. ‘Ihe ore improves in quality as they go down..Green, Snediker & Co. are progressing finely with their shaft. They have made one shipment of ore and will soon ship a still larger quantity. . .: The Celeste is the name of a copper vein on Bear créek, two iniles from the Corbett Ranch, now being vigorously worked, and which promises to prove rich. We have been shown some of the rock taken out at a depth of twenty feet, which looks exceedingly well. It contains gold and silver as well as copper. Mooo Connty— Letter from Partazwick to Esmeralda Union dated July 18th, has the following: The Cornocopia company nre still busy opening and developing their lode. One of the shafts is now down about one hundred and ninety feet, whilst the other four ars being rapidly suok, and have reached depths frem one hnndred to one hundred and filty teet. The Kearsarge sustains its repntation. The Cnmanche is lonking remarkably well, while the Diana is the same as ever; one of the richest silver hearing veins on this side of the mountains. Nevada County— The following items are from the Gazetle :-— We were shown yesterday some fine specimens of sulphnret ore takeu from the’northerly extension of the Banner mine. ‘This exteusion is owned by Tisdale and Stiles, who have sunk a shaft to the depth of seventy feet, and the ledge varies from three to five feet in width. ‘The shaft.is about eighteen hundred feet from the Banner works.. .On the 16th instant the Cold Spring company made a location of eighty claims on the ridge between Deer Creek and South Yuba river, having a front of four thousand feet, in the neighborhood of Willow Valley, ond extending bnek north and east in the direction of Gopher Hill, five thousand and nine hundred fect. The development of the cement mines is going on hand in hand with the quartz..The French mill has heen employed night and day for several weeks past in crnshing rock Irom the Wigham mine. The mill has only six stamps, and crnshes probahly about ten tons in twenty-four honrs, the mipe yielding sufficient rock to keep them running. We understand that the rock is now yielding well. In workiog the ore from this mine, the sulphnrets are concentrated by ore sepnrators, and five orsix tons have already heen saved. ‘These assay from $200 to $500 a ton..The machinery for the quartz mill of R. C. Block, to be erected on the ledge belonging to J. Young at Eureka, manufactured at the Nevada Foundry, was completed about a week ago, and as soon ag teams cnn be procured will he delivered at its destination. The Grass Valley ational has these items : Wm. M. Lent and Jos. Clarke have affected thé purehase of four-fifths of the Dromedary mine, located on Wolfe creek. ‘The mine has been worked to the depth of three hundred leet, but, has remnined idle for over two years. Messrs. Lent aud Clarke will now put up all the necessary machinery.. We this noon learned thot Messrs. Peachy and Cronise had purchased the well-known Norambagua or Forrest Spring mine, One hundred thousand dollars is said to’have been the sum paid for this mine, and ‘ve do not know of any place where that sun could have been better invested. One hundred and fifteen sacks of ore are now lying at the Last Chance Copper mine ready for shipping, and in abont ten days the number will be augmented to two hundred sacks. “ Mr. Delano informs us thot the ore is heing taken ont in blocks weighing fifty pounds and upwards. ‘he ore uow at hank assays twentyfive per cent. copper.. .The Sterling tunnel is now in 400 feet. Ledge four feet thick. This claim hag lain idle for a period of some seven mouths, but work is about to be resumed in it. ..One hondred and seventy-six tons of rock from the Consolidated Wisconsin and Illinois imine were crushed at Gold Hill mill last week, and yielded forty-one dollars in gold to the ton, besides a large quantity of rich ond valuable sulphnrets. ‘I’his is the result of the present month's work..Thomas, Powuing & Co. have named ther newly discovered ledge the Cape of Good Hope. -Very rich specimens were recently taken from it..The tunnel .of the Oxford is now in 450 feet, at which distance the ledge was struck. The rock now being taken out shows large deposits of free gold and very rich sulpharets..The contract for the erection of the Lucky company’s mill has but a cheerfol look, . been let, and the construction thereof will he iminedintely commenced. A twentieth interest in the Eureka mine, near Gross Valley, wax sold a few days since, as we learn, for $43,000. This is equal to $860,000 for the niine. Excrtstor.—The Gazetie says :—The Enterprise company are now pushing ahead the work vigorously on the mine, and the mill having been remodeled, will at once be started up again.. Parties recently down from Meadow Lake report that money is scnrce in that locality, business dull, and the times have anything We are not surprised that this is the case. Wowever rich the mines may he, too many people have gone there tn speculote, or engage in outside’ business, for all, or any considerable portion of them tn do well.The Mountain Afessenger has an article on «Summit City,” trom which we quote: Lots that four weeks ago were sold at fifteen hnndred’ dollars, have within the past ten days been sold for less than half the sum, and buildings and lots will yet be sold for about the cost of materials and work. There are now perhaps a thousand men less in the district than three weeks since, and still there are many going away. Yet we donot conceive that this state of things exists from any failure or discouragement of mining prospects, bot wholly nnd solely from the want of proof that the mines are more valuahle than those of other localities, and-lrom the general failure consequent to it, to give employment to miners ond security for investment ot money. Piaeer Connty— From the Stars and Stripes of August 1st we clip the following: We learn from James 8. Stackhouse, Collector of the Third District, that a quartz ledge was discovered recently by some Mexicans, at Cauada Hill in this county, ahout twenty-five miles above Michigan Bluif, the rock from which, taken from any portion ol the ledge, will yield tree gold at the rate of obout one dollar per ounce. Parties went up from the Bloif to try to purchase, the ledge. .-.The people of Auburn are going to huild @ quartz.mill by subscripuion..At the depth of 103 feet in the Civil Rights claim, near Newcastle, the ledge is twenty-two inches wide, and the rock like that of the Eureka, in Grass Valley. The Placer Herald of July 28th says: The Little York is heing worked day and night. ..The incline of the Taylor, on Dutch Ravine, is now down 100 feet. ‘The lend is well defined, and very regnlar..On the Mallat claim they are driving the east and west drilts on the 50-foot level. In the east drift they now find decomposed rock, any ol which prospects well in free gold... Work on Millett’s quartz mill, on Baltimore-ravine, is progressing. he boilers have been set, and the engine is now being pnt up..The shaft in the Golden cae claim, at Horse Shoe Bar, is down forty eet. Plamas County— The Quiney Union of 21st July has these items: Judkins & Kelloge, of Round Valley, forwarded helow, one day last week, about $3,400, the result of the first clean-np from about a week’s crushing of the qnartz from the Kittle ledge. The rock averaged $14.50 per ton..The Copper Smelting Works, at Genesee Valley, fired up one day last week, and is ame ting ore from the Prince ledge, nt ‘l'aylorville. : Shasta Connty— The Courier of the 28th says : The town of Shasta i3 now proven to he the center of the hest mining district in the world. This isa hroad assertion, hut present prospects justify all we have said. * * We venture the assertion that there is paying quartz within a radius of five miles around Shasta to support and pay a population of 50,000 working men, to say nothing of the millions of dollars worth of machinery it wonld call into operation—all easy of access.. .A shaft is being sunk to prospect the Big Central lode. The Clear Creek Ditch company’s flume will be finished ina month -:--The Mammoth company’s lode at Qnartz ) Hill, known as the Harrison, ts prospecting beyond all precedent. One of the workmen brought into. town this week a specimen which he declares is no more than a fair average of nine tons of rock now on the surface. “Hight ounces of it crashed in a mortar yielded $143. The estimated vnolue of the prospect is $5,500 per ton. ‘There is no doubt iu the minds of experts who have examiued the rock that the nive tons now out will yield Irom $18,000 to $20,000, at the lowest possible estimate. ~ Sierra Connty— e The Messenger of 28th July, gives these items: The Good Hope Company, whose claim is sitnated just ahove town, have struck the iedge in their tunnel. The rock is mostly decomposed quartz, shows ahont three feet in width,.aod prospects well. The croppings show gold in abundance..The Sailor Company’s Mill cleaned up ‘on Wednesday evening, after a short ron of ouly six tnus, the resnlt oxceeding their most sanguine expectatious. .. Negotiations are in progress tor the