Volume 13 (1866) (424 pages)

86 The Mining and Seientitic Dress. oe Hlining Summary. . — _ CALIFORNIA. * Alpine County— From the ‘Alpine Miner of August 4th, we Clip these items: Messrs. Kustel and Uznny have made orrangements to work George . Washington.ore, as well as the, ore from the Morning Star. The mill will.be in ranning order, with furnaces, etc., in from six to eight .weeks.A sninple of ore now hefore us, from the American mine, shows no portion of the vein stone but is liternlly a mass of ore ; copper predominating by weight, but the black eulphurets of silver formiug so large a portion ‘as to insure ite going well up in the huudreds in the precious metals. At this mine an engine and hoisting works will be put on soon tn ‘eink a permanent working shaft to strike the lode about a hundred feet deep on the dip. The Somonauk compnny’s shaft, is now dowu ten feet.. The shoft on the IX:L. lode is down sixty feet. ‘They will send pay ore to the mill.On the first of August the Morning Star, mine. paseed into the, hands of Messrs. ‘Knstel & Uznay, who have entered into a contract to take out-10,000 tons ol-ore at their own cost. and pay, the company for the same at the rate.of $17.50 per ton, with the privilege of another lot of 10,000 tons on the same terms. .*' The people of this county have discovered that the secret of their small retnrns, while assays of thé same ore were constantly showing it good, is that the ores contain so large a percentage of copper and other base:metals as to be entirely uumanageable by the ordinary pan process of amalgamation. The Union eays: “ There are jparties now here whio, we helieve, fWiderstane: their business, and who assure us the working of their ores hy roasting and the Frieburg process will prove a success, and with our facilities for fuel. and water-power need not be too expensive for even n common class of ores. Roasting and barrels, or smelt-. ing, will effect something for Alpine, and -the time is near at hand.” a= oe = ‘Amador County— Vhe Ledger of the 4th instant has these items: No mine in Amador county shows more flattering prospects than the Golden Gate. ‘Iwo tunnels are being run into the hill along the ledge, and we were shown some rock ‘taken frdm the upper tnunel a few days since that for richness we have seldom seen equaled, if ever surpnssed. The distance from the mouth of the tnonel where this rock wne tnkeu out is probahly about one hundred and filty feet. The tedge there is ahont 214 feet wide—the rich streak heing sume eight or ten inches in width.Dr. Veatch, a gentleman of much experience in the working of sulphurets, is now erecting the necessary mochinery, aud will soon commence opcrations at the Oneida mill.. Last week we said that Meader & Co. had “leased the Coney mine.’ We should have said that they had leased tbe mill and con-. tracted for nll the rock tnken out of the mine for one year. Mr. Ambler is now engaged in putting in additional machinery, and will soon have the mill in perfect order for working the rock and sulphurets. ~ Butte County— The Record of the 4th inst., says: Forhestown is making progress. The quartz mill ol Messrs. Parks & Platt, will, we understand, commence crushing on Monday, with all the modern improvements. Their lode isa rich and extensive one. ‘here are. other ledges in that vicinity, which are being prospected and prepared for working. Messrs. Plum, Harris, and Maddox & Flint, and others, are at work on ledges with a view to the erection of mills. .A yast hed uf iron has heen found outcropping in this county. Parties are now at work upon it, and in a short time we shall be ahle to make a full and correct report concerning it. From present informatiou, it is helieved that the county has ore sufficient to foroish iron for the Atlantic and Pacific railroad. Specimens already in hand yield about 90 per’ cent. A correspondent of the Marysville Appeal ‘Speaks of Oroville in the lollowing words: ‘““"The neat white cottages hnve been abandoned or removed. The streets which were ‘trodden daily by thousauds are to-day as green as actover field.” ; Calaveras County— . The Courier of 4th inst., has these items: “Work hae heen resumed in the Hardy mine, Marphy’s.The workmeu in the Buekfield copper claim, situated near San Andreas, hnve laid open n lead two feet wide.We learn that the lead in the Antelope miue coutinues to improve the deeper the shaft goes down. The Chronicle suys: At Railroad Flat, Post & Co. have had more rock crushed at HMarris’ mill, since our last issue, which averaged fully equal to their first crushing—$40 per ton. The utmost activity prevails among the quartz miners in that region The Regisier has the following: Eighty tous of rock from a claim near West Point, a few days ago, yielded $11,000. Very few of the veins in this vicinity havo Leen prospected ‘some gold har weighing ahout four hundred to the depth of 100 feet. They have usually heen worked until the water has rendered it necessary to erect machinery, or the rock hns hecome hard and more difficult to work, or has Iniled to yield wetl,and then abandoned for some other diseovery nearer the surface. But very many of the veins,as far as they have heen worked, have .proved to he extremely rich. .The shaft on the Mina Rica is down about 170 feet, with a vein four feet wide from wall to wall. The Lockwood is down ahout 100 feet, with a vein three feet wide, and the Austrian has a ehaft 80 feet deep, with a vien of two feet. ‘The rock from ‘these claims, or at lenst from the first two, yields about 2100 a ton, hut the expense of getting the rock out takes a large margio from the profits. C. T. Meader & Co. shipped over 1,200 tons of copper ore from the Union mine to San Francisco during the month of July. Maviposa County— The Stockton Independent of 4th inst., eays: ‘The first lot of copper ore, consisting of nine tons anda half, from the Ne Plus Ultra mine, Chowchilla, Mariposa county, arrived yesterday by Blonchard’s team. ‘There are sixty tons of ore at the mine ready for trausportation. ‘The ore assays about forty per cent. Mendocino County— The Democrat of August 30, has the follow. ing: It may not be generally known that Mendocino contains withiu its borders goldfields prohably as rich and vast ‘os any other county in the State. During the rainy season, with but the rudest implements, men have heen known to make good wages in prospecting various gulches in the vicinity of Calpella, and with sufficient water for piping purposes, there is nota shadow of n doubt that munificent returns would be ohtained for the lahor nnd capital expeuded. Nevada County— 2 We clip the following items from the Gazetfe: Weare informed that the Mattingly ledge, citnated ahout a mile and a half southeast of Nevada, has recently been sold to San Francisco men. We have not learned the amount paid. The ledge was mostly owned hy Loutzenheizer, of Grass Valley, and Major Murdock. .We learn that the Harmony company, who carried on operations quite extensively some years ago, near the head of Rock Creek, have lately mnde a location so ns to exteud their clainis entirely through the ridge. . . They purpose now, as soon as they can make the necessnry arrangements, to erect hoisting works on the eouth side of the ridge.The owncrs of the “Jim,” near the head of Little Canon Creek, owned hy Hunt and others of Grass Valley, hnve out about 100 tons of rock, which they intend to have crushed hy the Star mill. ee We were shown, on Saturday afternoon, two fine lote of gold dust, one taken from the claim of Binsley and others on Kentucky Flat, and the other Irom the Illinois Rovine claims, owned hy the snme parties. There was about $5,000 in each lot, that from Kentucky Flat being composed mostly of coarse gold and specimens. . . The mill erected by Hawley & Bros., on the Hureka, was storted upon the 6thinstant.A company is now engaged in erecting works at the old Caonnda Hill mill, for the reduction of sulphurets hy means of super-heated steam. The National says the new mill of the Union Hill company, after a run of less thon two weeks, crushed sufficient rock to make a handounces, and valued at over seven thousand dollars. Soon nfter the report in regard to the discovery of the Italian ledge became circulated, says the Zranscript, a lady, whose house is locnted on the ledge, went to work in her celInr, and after digging away two weeks found the lead. The rock presents an exccllent appearance, and will no doubt prove rich. For severnl days the lady has had two men at work taking out rock and opening the lead. .-Three bumps of gold, weighing in the aggregote 539 3-5 ounces, worth $18.50 per ounce, were the result of a run of four days and thirteen hours, in Brown & Co's cement claims, nenr You Bet.Excerstor.—The Meadow Luke Sun says: deal of diseussiqn, ahout the South Fork silver ‘commenced work:in:-earnest, and nore now, The California company have had a generut settlement ; also, elected a new superinteud. ent. The mill will again start up on Monday . next.The mill of Parsons & Co., now in couree of construction at the town of Corlisle, . will stort up next Thursday, and will crush ore. from the Grant ledge. This ledge is located . on Old Man Mountain, and is regarded as one of the richest in the district. Houses at Meadow Lake for which $100 per. month was refused a mouth since, ore uow heg-. ging tenants nt $25. Shasta County— The Courier of 4th inst., says: We understand that the workmen in the lower tunnel of the Williams & Kellinger mine have recently tapned a large stream of water, which, to some extent, interferes with their operations, A correspondent of same paper, writes from Roaring River, July 29th: “I hear a great mines, ano the prospect of getting them opened. The Chicago were offered $10,000 for their claim, but refused it,.demanding $30,000. My . own opinion is; thot they have rock enough in sight to more’ than pay the $10,000, over and above expenses ol getting it out; and the claim would then be worth more, thus opened, than at present. “The same will apply to the Big Central,.Ohio, Crystal, and others. Let the claims he worked so long as rock can he obtained that will pay for shipping, and when . it will not pay that, why,-ahandon them, for they are worthless to poor men, (and 1 might add,) or anyhody else.” . ; Sierra County— — a The Messenger. of Augnst.4th, says: The continued ond unexampled success of the Sailor quartz company, previously alluded to, hns had ‘a salutary effect on our formerly lethargic popt. lation. We hear that several companies, located on different veins in the vicinity, have quarrying ores which they. propose testing at custom mills. We have visited several of the properties alluded to; some of them show. rich prospects, and inno instance have we failed in gettiug a good working result.We have seen a rich specimen, abont the size of a mon’s head, from the Sailor ledge, together with smaller specimens from the same, that are fyil of gold. hie company cleaned up after a second short’ run, doing better than at first. .The Good Hope boys brought down some more of their rock a few days since, in which numerous fiue particles of gold are visille. We crushed a few ounces in which no gold could be seen, and found it very rich. ‘The hoys are toking out rock for a working test, which will probably be crushed next week.A friend over from’ Alleghany reports the’ findiug of a rich quartz ledge: iu that vicinity a few days ago. Some of the rock crushed prospected amazingly.Soine new gravel diggings have heen discovered on the head of Rock creek, hack of the old Mouut Vernon claims. ‘lhe claims pay well as far as prospected.Wilmarth & Cottle, and others of Howland Flot, nre working the Plymonth Rock claim at Hog Cajion, the prospects of which are very flattering, we are told. Other parties in the cafion are pounding up houlders and float rock in hand mortars and making it pay-. We visited Hi. Hall’s quortz milla few days since, and found thinge working admirahly. This’ wns formerly the Wheeler mill, and contained eight stamps ; four only are now running. he niill is working on Sailor rock.Considernhle excitement was created a few days since near the southern portion of the county, by the discovery of petroleum in quantities that is believed will pay well. Claims were heing rapidly tnken up when our informant left.Forty or fifty leneths ol the Magenta flume were torn down and burned one night last week. The parties engaged in this husiness are supposed to he the men who were lately swindled out of their pay hy the sale of this property.The old mill at Gold Lake has been refitted and will soon he running. ‘There are sixteen meu employed. ’ Trinity County— A letter to the Journal from Union Hill, July 29th, speaks of a new excitement in pincer niiuing there. He says: We ran atunnel into the hill forty feet, on color, and the next forty prospected Irom fourteen to thirty cents to the pan,and this so very uniform that it created an excitement, Everyhody thought we bnd strock it rich, and so did we. The mountain was immediately clnimed fora mile or more, and the work of shnft siuking and tunneling commenced all along the ridge. A company ol Chinamen recently purchased the clain of Mertz & Co., at Cope Horn Bnr, paying n good price therefor. The boys thought they had done well, as they were unahle to make more than three or four dollars a day to the hand. Soon afterthe Chinaman went to work it hegan paying from six to ten dollars to the man, nod hids fair to keep doiug so. Tulare County— The Times of the 4th instant saye: For some days past the roads have been lined with teams, both going to and returning from our mining districte. Several very heavy laden teams with mochinery for Kelso Canon and White River passed throngh town the other day. Tuolumne County— The Citizen (late Courier) of Angust 4th, givee these items: We learn that General Darrow and son took from their claim, nenr Tuttletown, last week, three and a half pounds ol gold. Messrs. Evans and Shanks were in town last week, and exhihited some very rich specimens from the Moore lead. .Qna vacant lot on State street, iminediately opposite the Citizen office, Mr. A. Levy washed out eighteen pane of dirt, on Thursday last, and obtained $6.50 in gold, being an average of a fraction over thirty-six cents to the pan.T'welve tous of rock taken from the Hazel Dell claim, during the pnst week, yielded $360. This claim is owued by Messrs. Bacon & Co., and is located some seven miles east of this city. They are now down nbout ninety feet, and have a well-defined ledge from ‘ten inches to” three feet in thickness. The company have a 5-stemp mill, with plenty of power, aud are now sinking ashaft to tap the ledge at a greater depth.. Messrs. Cunningham & Co. got the privilege of running n race through an. unoceupied city lot, for the purpose of carrying off the tailings from their claim, agreeing to wash the dirt excavated in rnnning the race, and allow the. owner of the lot to have the proceeds. The race was completed, and the gentlemau cleaned it up on Monday last. He is reticent ahout the matter, but is known to have ohtnined more than one hundred dollars. A communication in same paper, alluding to Springfield Flat, saye: There are yet many rich spots among the lime bouldere hereahont, where “lucky strikes” will continue tn he made for years to come. At the depth nf twenty feet is a soft and spongy clay, in which fare imhedded the bones of the mastodon and other animals. Some enterprising capitalist will eventnally find, far below this stratam of clay,a hed of sand and gravel, intermiugled with rich deposits of gold. Yuba County— The Marysville Appeal has these items: The Jefferson compnny, at Brown’s Valley, after a run of thirteen dnys, cleaned up on the 5th instant $8,000. The Jeffereon is one of the permanent mines of the State, and it is helieved, after her new machinery-gets in operation, that a monthly dividend of hifteen dollars per month will be declared. The mines at ‘Brown’s Valley are increasing in general favor. The Rattlesnake (Old Yuba) is at work with the hest prospects.Furty-seven shares in the Pennsylvania company, Brown's Valley, sold yesterday for $2,350, or fifty dollare per share. Washoe— EN Btn Statistics lately gathered show that the fortysix companies owning the Comstock lead have excavated about forty miles in tunnele, drifts, etc. ; that there are 44 engines for hoisting and 76 for reducing ores helonging to the lode; and that 32,000 cords of wood, at $16 per cord, are used annually. At Bassett’s mill, in Six-Mile Canon, one huudred and fifty pounds of ainalgam, which was draining in a bag, was carried off hodily by some adroit thief, while nll hands were at work closc hy. So sayethe News, . Reese River— The Reveille has these items :—The new machinery of the Morgan and Munecy is of the most substantial chnracter, and the best results are anticipated from its working.The last lot of twenty-four tons of ore from the La Platte company’e mine in North Twin River District, had arrived nt the Keystone mill.Seven tons of High Bridge ore had passed through Austin onits way to the Butte mill in San Francisco Caiuu. It was from the claim of Dr. Geller.We were shown a beautifol specimen of copper ore from the Bolivia District, about eighty miles nearly due west of Austin. If was obtained from an immenee vein of twenty feet io thickness, ond is a mase of red oxide spangled with bright yellow sulphuret of copper. The same paper has an editorinl on “ opportunitiee of capital;” urging, with ite usual lorce, the rare chances for investment which that region offers. It snys:—At Cortez district is the most singnlar instance of vast treasure lying neglected that we know, and that it should thus lie neglected is almost too much to helieve. Itis not only at Cortez that we can point to euch neglected opportunitiee, bnt throughout the whole region, from the Humboldt to the Colorado. In every district are veins of undoubtedly great value, lying unproductive, and hegging for the necessary capital to make them real mines. It requires only careful examination by persons of experience and good judgment iu making porchages, to be followed by good management, to make investments certain to return largely for the outlay, For this there are thousands of opportunities. which we sincerely hclieve to be the best of any country, now offering to capitalists in the mines of Reese River. From the Nye County News we clip the following :—The Knickerbocker mill is now constantly running on ore from the Great Hastern claim, which’ the Kuickerhocker company own. A lot of sixteen tuns wns crushed last week which gave a fine bar volued at $827, being over $50 per ton. This lot was taken just as it came from the ledge. Another lot of several tons gave a pulp assay of $87.Dr. J. G. Riddle left upon our table some fine specimeus of ore from the Hagerstown ledge, in Last Chance Canyon, Twin River District. ‘The ledge is six feet wide, with nearly two feet of fine galena ore, and is considered a valnable claim. We still continue to hear good reporte from Hot Creek Dietrict. .The Pioneer mill wos bid in by George W. Veatch, for the benefit of creditors, for $8,845.12.In Twin River everything is stirring and hrisk, a large forec heing at work npon the Murphy company’s mill and mine, and much work heing donc upon

86 The Mining and Seientitic Dress. oe Hlining Summary. . — _ CALIFORNIA. * Alpine County— From the ‘Alpine Miner of August 4th, we Clip these items: Messrs. Kustel and Uznny have made orrangements to work George . Washington.ore, as well as the, ore from the Morning Star. The mill will.be in ranning order, with furnaces, etc., in from six to eight .weeks..A sninple of ore now hefore us, from the American mine, shows no portion of the vein stone but is liternlly a mass of ore ; copper predominating by weight, but the black eulphurets of silver formiug so large a portion ‘as to insure ite going well up in the huudreds in the precious metals. At this mine an engine and hoisting works will be put on soon tn ‘eink a permanent working shaft to strike the lode about a hundred feet deep on the dip.. The Somonauk compnny’s shaft, is now dowu ten feet... The shoft on the IX:L. lode is down sixty feet. ‘They will send pay ore to the mill..On the first of August the Morning Star, mine. paseed into the, hands of Messrs. ‘Knstel & Uznay, who have entered into a contract to take out-10,000 tons ol-ore at their own cost. and pay, the company for the same at the rate.of $17.50 per ton, with the privilege of another lot of 10,000 tons on the same terms. .*' The people of this county have discovered that the secret of their small retnrns, while assays of thé same ore were constantly showing it good, is that the ores contain so large a percentage of copper and other base:metals as to be entirely uumanageable by the ordinary pan process of amalgamation. The Union eays: “ There are jparties now here whio, we helieve, fWiderstane: their business, and who assure us the working of their ores hy roasting and the Frieburg process will prove a success, and with our facilities for fuel. and water-power need not be too expensive for even n common class of ores. Roasting and barrels, or smelt-. ing, will effect something for Alpine, and -the time is near at hand.” a= oe = ‘Amador County— Vhe Ledger of the 4th instant has these items: No mine in Amador county shows more flattering prospects than the Golden Gate. ‘Iwo tunnels are being run into the hill along the ledge, and we were shown some rock ‘taken frdm the upper tnunel a few days since that for richness we have seldom seen equaled, if ever surpnssed. The distance from the mouth of the tnonel where this rock wne tnkeu out is probahly about one hundred and filty feet. The tedge there is ahont 214 feet wide—the rich streak heing sume eight or ten inches in width..Dr. Veatch, a gentleman of much experience in the working of sulphurets, is now erecting the necessary mochinery, aud will soon commence opcrations at the Oneida mill... Last week we said that Meader & Co. had “leased the Coney mine.’ We should have said that they had leased tbe mill and con-. tracted for nll the rock tnken out of the mine for one year. Mr. Ambler is now engaged in putting in additional machinery, and will soon have the mill in perfect order for working the rock and sulphurets. ~ Butte County— The Record of the 4th inst., says: Forhestown is making progress. The quartz mill ol Messrs. Parks & Platt, will, we understand, commence crushing on Monday, with all the modern improvements. Their lode isa rich and extensive one. ‘here are. other ledges in that vicinity, which are being prospected and prepared for working. Messrs. Plum, Harris, and Maddox & Flint, and others, are at work on ledges with a view to the erection of mills. ..A yast hed uf iron has heen found outcropping in this county. Parties are now at work upon it, and in a short time we shall be ahle to make a full and correct report concerning it. From present informatiou, it is helieved that the county has ore sufficient to foroish iron for the Atlantic and Pacific railroad. Specimens already in hand yield about 90 per’ cent. A correspondent of the Marysville Appeal ‘Speaks of Oroville in the lollowing words: ‘““"The neat white cottages hnve been abandoned or removed. The streets which were ‘trodden daily by thousauds are to-day as green as actover field.” ; Calaveras County— . The Courier of 4th inst., has these items: “Work hae heen resumed in the Hardy mine, Marphy’s..The workmeu in the Buekfield copper claim, situated near San Andreas, hnve laid open n lead two feet wide..We learn that the lead in the Antelope miue coutinues to improve the deeper the shaft goes down. The Chronicle suys: At Railroad Flat, Post & Co. have had more rock crushed at HMarris’ mill, since our last issue, which averaged fully equal to their first crushing—$40 per ton. The utmost activity prevails among the quartz miners in that region The Regisier has the following: Eighty tous of rock from a claim near West Point, a few days ago, yielded $11,000. Very few of the veins in this vicinity havo Leen prospected ‘some gold har weighing ahout four hundred to the depth of 100 feet. They have usually heen worked until the water has rendered it necessary to erect machinery, or the rock hns hecome hard and more difficult to work, or has Iniled to yield wetl,and then abandoned for some other diseovery nearer the surface. But very many of the veins,as far as they have heen worked, have .proved to he extremely rich.. .The shaft on the Mina Rica is down about 170 feet, with a vein four feet wide from wall to wall. The Lockwood is down ahout 100 feet, with a vein three feet wide, and the Austrian has a ehaft 80 feet deep, with a vien of two feet. ‘The rock from ‘these claims, or at lenst from the first two, yields about 2100 a ton, hut the expense of getting the rock out takes a large margio from the profits. C. T. Meader & Co. shipped over 1,200 tons of copper ore from the Union mine to San Francisco during the month of July. Maviposa County— The Stockton Independent of 4th inst., eays: ‘The first lot of copper ore, consisting of nine tons anda half, from the Ne Plus Ultra mine, Chowchilla, Mariposa county, arrived yesterday by Blonchard’s team. ‘There are sixty tons of ore at the mine ready for trausportation. ‘The ore assays about forty per cent. Mendocino County— The Democrat of August 30, has the follow. ing: It may not be generally known that Mendocino contains withiu its borders goldfields prohably as rich and vast ‘os any other county in the State. During the rainy season, with but the rudest implements, men have heen known to make good wages in prospecting various gulches in the vicinity of Calpella, and with sufficient water for piping purposes, there is nota shadow of n doubt that munificent returns would be ohtained for the lahor nnd capital expeuded. Nevada County— 2 We clip the following items from the Gazetfe: Weare informed that the Mattingly ledge, citnated ahout a mile and a half southeast of Nevada, has recently been sold to San Francisco men. We have not learned the amount paid. The ledge was mostly owned hy Loutzenheizer, of Grass Valley, and Major Murdock. ..We learn that the Harmony company, who carried on operations quite extensively some years ago, near the head of Rock Creek, have lately mnde a location so ns to exteud their clainis entirely through the ridge. . . They purpose now, as soon as they can make the necessnry arrangements, to erect hoisting works on the eouth side of the ridge..The owncrs of the “Jim,” near the head of Little Canon Creek, owned hy Hunt and others of Grass Valley, hnve out about 100 tons of rock, which they intend to have crushed hy the Star mill. ee We were shown, on Saturday afternoon, two fine lote of gold dust, one taken from the claim of Binsley and others on Kentucky Flat, and the other Irom the Illinois Rovine claims, owned hy the snme parties. There was about $5,000 in each lot, that from Kentucky Flat being composed mostly of coarse gold and specimens. . . The mill erected by Hawley & Bros., on the Hureka, was storted upon the 6thinstant..A company is now engaged in erecting works at the old Caonnda Hill mill, for the reduction of sulphurets hy means of super-heated steam. The National says the new mill of the Union Hill company, after a run of less thon two weeks, crushed sufficient rock to make a handounces, and valued at over seven thousand dollars. Soon nfter the report in regard to the discovery of the Italian ledge became circulated, says the Zranscript, a lady, whose house is locnted on the ledge, went to work in her celInr, and after digging away two weeks found the lead. The rock presents an exccllent appearance, and will no doubt prove rich. For severnl days the lady has had two men at work taking out rock and opening the lead. ..-Three bumps of gold, weighing in the aggregote 539 3-5 ounces, worth $18.50 per ounce, were the result of a run of four days and thirteen hours, in Brown & Co's cement claims, nenr You Bet.Excerstor.—The Meadow Luke Sun says: deal of diseussiqn, ahout the South Fork silver ‘commenced work:in:-earnest, and nore now, The California company have had a generut settlement ; also, elected a new superinteud. ent. The mill will again start up on Monday . next..The mill of Parsons & Co., now in couree of construction at the town of Corlisle, . will stort up next Thursday, and will crush ore. from the Grant ledge. This ledge is located . on Old Man Mountain, and is regarded as one of the richest in the district. Houses at Meadow Lake for which $100 per. month was refused a mouth since, ore uow heg-. ging tenants nt $25. Shasta County— The Courier of 4th inst., says: We understand that the workmen in the lower tunnel of the Williams & Kellinger mine have recently tapned a large stream of water, which, to some extent, interferes with their operations, A correspondent of same paper, writes from Roaring River, July 29th: “I hear a great mines, ano the prospect of getting them opened.

The Chicago were offered $10,000 for their claim, but refused it,.demanding $30,000. My . own opinion is; thot they have rock enough in sight to more’ than pay the $10,000, over and above expenses ol getting it out; and the claim would then be worth more, thus opened, than at present. “The same will apply to the Big Central,.Ohio, Crystal, and others. Let the claims he worked so long as rock can he obtained that will pay for shipping, and when . it will not pay that, why,-ahandon them, for they are worthless to poor men, (and 1 might add,) or anyhody else.” . ; Sierra County— — a The Messenger. of Augnst.4th, says: The continued ond unexampled success of the Sailor quartz company, previously alluded to, hns had ‘a salutary effect on our formerly lethargic popt. lation. We hear that several companies, located on different veins in the vicinity, have quarrying ores which they. propose testing at custom mills.. We have visited several of the properties alluded to; some of them show. rich prospects, and inno instance have we failed in gettiug a good working result..We have seen a rich specimen, abont the size of a mon’s head, from the Sailor ledge, together with smaller specimens from the same, that are fyil of gold. hie company cleaned up after a second short’ run, doing better than at first. ..The Good Hope boys brought down some more of their rock a few days since, in which numerous fiue particles of gold are visille. We crushed a few ounces in which no gold could be seen, and found it very rich. ‘The hoys are toking out rock for a working test, which will probably be crushed next week..A friend over from’ Alleghany reports the’ findiug of a rich quartz ledge: iu that vicinity a few days ago. Some of the rock crushed prospected amazingly..Soine new gravel diggings have heen discovered on the head of Rock creek, hack of the old Mouut Vernon claims. ‘lhe claims pay well as far as prospected..Wilmarth & Cottle, and others of Howland Flot, nre working the Plymonth Rock claim at Hog Cajion, the prospects of which are very flattering, we are told. Other parties in the cafion are pounding up houlders and float rock in hand mortars and making it pay-.. We visited Hi. Hall’s quortz milla few days since, and found thinge working admirahly. This’ wns formerly the Wheeler mill, and contained eight stamps ; four only are now running. he niill is working on Sailor rock..Considernhle excitement was created a few days since near the southern portion of the county, by the discovery of petroleum in quantities that is believed will pay well. Claims were heing rapidly tnken up when our informant left..Forty or fifty leneths ol the Magenta flume were torn down and burned one night last week. The parties engaged in this husiness are supposed to he the men who were lately swindled out of their pay hy the sale of this property..The old mill at Gold Lake has been refitted and will soon he running. ‘There are sixteen meu employed. ’ Trinity County— A letter to the Journal from Union Hill, July 29th, speaks of a new excitement in pincer niiuing there. He says: We ran atunnel into the hill forty feet, on color, and the next forty prospected Irom fourteen to thirty cents to the pan,and this so very uniform that it created an excitement, Everyhody thought we bnd strock it rich, and so did we. The mountain was immediately clnimed fora mile or more, and the work of shnft siuking and tunneling commenced all along the ridge. A company ol Chinamen recently purchased the clain of Mertz & Co., at Cope Horn Bnr, paying n good price therefor. The boys thought they had done well, as they were unahle to make more than three or four dollars a day to the hand. Soon afterthe Chinaman went to work it hegan paying from six to ten dollars to the man, nod hids fair to keep doiug so. Tulare County— The Times of the 4th instant saye: For some days past the roads have been lined with teams, both going to and returning from our mining districte. Several very heavy laden teams with mochinery for Kelso Canon and White River passed throngh town the other day. Tuolumne County— The Citizen (late Courier) of Angust 4th, givee these items: We learn that General Darrow and son took from their claim, nenr Tuttletown, last week, three and a half pounds ol gold.. Messrs. Evans and Shanks were in town last week, and exhihited some very rich specimens from the Moore lead.. .Qna vacant lot on State street, iminediately opposite the Citizen office, Mr. A. Levy washed out eighteen pane of dirt, on Thursday last, and obtained $6.50 in gold, being an average of a fraction over thirty-six cents to the pan..T'welve tous of rock taken from the Hazel Dell claim, during the pnst week, yielded $360. This claim is owued by Messrs. Bacon & Co., and is located some seven miles east of this city. They are now down nbout ninety feet, and have a well-defined ledge from ‘ten inches to” three feet in thickness. The company have a 5-stemp mill, with plenty of power, aud are now sinking ashaft to tap the ledge at a greater depth... Messrs. Cunningham & Co. got the privilege of running n race through an. unoceupied city lot, for the purpose of carrying off the tailings from their claim, agreeing to wash the dirt excavated in rnnning the race, and allow the. owner of the lot to have the proceeds. The race was completed, and the gentlemau cleaned it up on Monday last. He is reticent ahout the matter, but is known to have ohtnined more than one hundred dollars. A communication in same paper, alluding to Springfield Flat, saye: There are yet many rich spots among the lime bouldere hereahont, where “lucky strikes” will continue tn he made for years to come. At the depth nf twenty feet is a soft and spongy clay, in which fare imhedded the bones of the mastodon and other animals. Some enterprising capitalist will eventnally find, far below this stratam of clay,a hed of sand and gravel, intermiugled with rich deposits of gold. Yuba County— The Marysville Appeal has these items: The Jefferson compnny, at Brown’s Valley, after a run of thirteen dnys, cleaned up on the 5th instant $8,000. The Jeffereon is one of the permanent mines of the State, and it is helieved, after her new machinery-gets in operation, that a monthly dividend of hifteen dollars per month will be declared. The mines at ‘Brown’s Valley are increasing in general favor. The Rattlesnake (Old Yuba) is at work with the hest prospects..Furty-seven shares in the Pennsylvania company, Brown's Valley, sold yesterday for $2,350, or fifty dollare per share. Washoe— EN Btn Statistics lately gathered show that the fortysix companies owning the Comstock lead have excavated about forty miles in tunnele, drifts, etc. ; that there are 44 engines for hoisting and 76 for reducing ores helonging to the lode; and that 32,000 cords of wood, at $16 per cord, are used annually. At Bassett’s mill, in Six-Mile Canon, one huudred and fifty pounds of ainalgam, which was draining in a bag, was carried off hodily by some adroit thief, while nll hands were at work closc hy. So sayethe News, . Reese River— The Reveille has these items :—The new machinery of the Morgan and Munecy is of the most substantial chnracter, and the best results are anticipated from its working..The last lot of twenty-four tons of ore from the La Platte company’e mine in North Twin River District, had arrived nt the Keystone mill..Seven tons of High Bridge ore had passed through Austin onits way to the Butte mill in San Francisco Caiuu. It was from the claim of Dr. Geller..We were shown a beautifol specimen of copper ore from the Bolivia District, about eighty miles nearly due west of Austin. If was obtained from an immenee vein of twenty feet io thickness, ond is a mase of red oxide spangled with bright yellow sulphuret of copper. The same paper has an editorinl on “ opportunitiee of capital;” urging, with ite usual lorce, the rare chances for investment which that region offers. It snys:—At Cortez district is the most singnlar instance of vast treasure lying neglected that we know, and that it should thus lie neglected is almost too much to helieve. Itis not only at Cortez that we can point to euch neglected opportunitiee, bnt throughout the whole region, from the Humboldt to the Colorado. In every district are veins of undoubtedly great value, lying unproductive, and hegging for the necessary capital to make them real mines. It requires only careful examination by persons of experience and good judgment iu making porchages, to be followed by good management, to make investments certain to return largely for the outlay, For this there are thousands of opportunities. which we sincerely hclieve to be the best of any country, now offering to capitalists in the mines of Reese River. From the Nye County News we clip the following :—The Knickerbocker mill is now constantly running on ore from the Great Hastern claim, which’ the Kuickerhocker company own. A lot of sixteen tuns wns crushed last week which gave a fine bar volued at $827, being over $50 per ton. This lot was taken just as it came from the ledge. Another lot of several tons gave a pulp assay of $87..Dr. J. G. Riddle left upon our table some fine specimeus of ore from the Hagerstown ledge, in Last Chance Canyon, Twin River District. ‘The ledge is six feet wide, with nearly two feet of fine galena ore, and is considered a valnable claim.. We still continue to hear good reporte from Hot Creek Dietrict. .The Pioneer mill wos bid in by George W. Veatch, for the benefit of creditors, for $8,845.12..In Twin River everything is stirring and hrisk, a large forec heing at work npon the Murphy company’s mill and mine, and much work heing donc upon