Volume 14 (1867) (436 pages)

134 The Mining ant Scientific Press, Aiining Suwmary. Tnx following information is gleaned mostly from jourmals published in the interior, in close proximity to the mines mentioned. CALIFORNIA. Amador County. From the Ledger of Feb. 23d: Last Monday they cleaned up, at the Oneida mill, a run of eleyen days with forty stamps, and the result was eight thousand dollars, taken from five hundred tons of rock. The nine is now in such condition that pleuty of rock can be taken out to keep their mill constantly running. Butte County. From the Marysville Appeal of Feb. 20th : At Bangor, a large company from Timbuctoo is engaged in running an incline iuto a hill near town, through solid rock, for the purpose of striking a gravel bed which is supposed to be deposited in the hill, They use water power on an overshot wheel, for the purpose of raising the rock from the hottom of the incline. The Record says the mining prospects at the lower end of town, and also at the bluff, continue good. Those interested in the developments already made, are of the opinion that they have struck a good thing. Calaveras County. From the San Andreas Register of Feb. 23d; At Campo Seco, C, F. Huftman, superintendent of the Lancha Plana Copper Mining compauy, gives uotice that proposals will he received up to the 25th instant, to run fifty feet of tunnel. the best claims in the district. It is the intention of the company to put on a large force in the spring, and prosecute the work in earnest. The Copperopolis Courier says the Keystone is sinking on the main shaft with industry.. Immense piles of ore haye accumulated at the Uniou works since the freighting ceased.The Empire has been yielding some very rich ore within a few days. E1 Dorado County. From the Courier of February 23d: Another rich discovery was made last week in Kelsey district, hy Messrs. Stewart & Ellis. Specimens of the rock bronght to town are as rich as any we have yet seen. Several hundred pounds was taken out at a depth of only eight feet, The ledge is well defined, and varies from eighteen inches to tavo feet in thickness, Some specimens of rock shown us from Gillenwaters, Christian & Co’s claim, on Clay Hill, will average twenty dollars to the pound. ‘The company have a tunnel ina hundred feet, and in about forty feet more they expect to strike the ledge. Messrs. Dickerhoff, Reed & Co. have taken up what is lnown as the Miller lode, three miles from this city. Their shaft is down twenty-five feet, and at that depth the ledge js sixteeu feet wide. The rockaverages from fifty cents to one dollar per pan-full, and growing richer as work progresses. From the Democrat of same date: A Kelsey correspondent informs us that rock recently tested from two lodes in that district, averaged thirty-two dollars tothe ton. The region was noted in early times for its rich placer diggiugs, A Placerville correspondent of the Sacramento Union says, Feh. 22d: Inaledge fifty feet in width, running throngh the old Buckeye claim, on ‘Texas Hill, every pan from several places on the ledge prospects from five to fifteen cents to each pau. The owners, H. A. and W. Wright & Co., intend to put up an arastva immediately. A ledge of the same character was found last Saturday by E. Clackley, opposite the residence of T. Fraser, which pays ten cents to the pan. The Long Island claims were purchased a few days since hy French & Co., of Gold Hill, at $2.50 per foot. Hall & Co., on the same ledge, are getting fine rock. Theyintend to putupanamstra immediately. Shephard & Co. have got ready to take out rock, One thousand dollars of coarse gold has heen picked up from the dirt within the last four weeks. Two new mills to erush cemeut have recently heen put up on Texas Hill, which promise well. The cement mills on Smith’s Flat are all paying good wages. At Brownsville, Tullock & Go. have made three ruus on rock trom the Independence ledge, which paid hetween $33 and $50 per ton. Stillwagon & Co., on the South Fork, haye made one run with their new mill which paid $65 per ton. The old Eagle claims at Grizzly Flat, are paying hetter than they did teu years ago. A new 40-stamp mill will soon be completed on the old Steeley ledge. On Saturday, Feb. 23d, at Centerville or Pilot Hill, in El Dorado county, about fifteeu miles from Folsom, about forty pounds of rich ore was taken out of an old The Lancha is one of . quartz ledge owned by Martin, Owen, Goodpasture and another individual, most of which ore is pure gold. Biamath County. From the Yreka Union of Feb. 16th ; Dick Humphrey, expressman and mail carrier down the Kiamath river, reports that the miners of the various camps along the route are beginning to take ont gold, and that the prospect for a profitable mining season is good. Nevada County. From the Zranscript of Feb. 20th: The mining on the river bars, near Washington, has been mostly suspended on account of high water, but all the companies will resume operations early in the spring, and more mining will be done than for several ears. i Same of 28d: We understand that a new ledge was recently struck hy Brown & Co,, on the ridge near the Star Spangled Banner mine, and the rock resemhles the ore taken from that mine very much. The ledge is large and well defined, and good prospects haye beeu obtained, but it is not yet sufficiently opened to thoroughly test its value. Palmer’s mill, on Friday, started up on a lot of 150 tons of rock from the Wagoner ledge. This lead is owned by Sigourne and others and is located upon Piety Hill ! The quartz looks well. Same of 26th: The Kennebec Company, at Birehville, after a run of twenty-eight days, cleaned up $7,000. This company is engaged in hydranhe mining. From the Gazette of 20th: In Grass Valley, some $28,000 was melted in ‘‘hricks” yesterday at the Eureka ; the Empire mine is yielding gold in fahulous quantities ; while the New York Hill, Heuston Hill, and North Star, are doing hetter than ever hefore, We have received a rich specimen from the Banner mine, rich hoth in free gold and sulphurets. It was taken from the lower south level. From the Grass Valley National of Feb. 21st: Capt. Lee set the additional fifteen stamps of the Ophir Mill to running, on Tuesday last, thus putting thirty stamps in motion. We perceive that, notwithstanding the flood, the whole numher of stamps are going to-day. Outhe Snow Ball Ledge, machinery will prohahly he erected in the spring. From the Grass Valley Union of Feh. 23d : In the O’Connor mine, Union Hill, the mill was again started upon Monday last, and on Thursday they struck the ledge. At the depth of one hundred and eighty feet, they have a fourteen-inch yeiu, which shows largely of free gold. Excuusior.—The editor of the Meadow Lake Sun, who recently visited the Grant mine, at Carlisle, says the mill is rnnuiug regularly, and ernshing eight tons of rock a day, which yields on an average $50 a ton. Nine men are now employed to mine the rock, deliver at the mill, and reduce it. The mine never presented a more flourishing and prosperous condition than now. Placer County. _ From the Stars and Stripes of Feb, 20th: The Rising Sun Quartz Mining company, in the vicinity of Colfax, who had ten tons of rock crushed about three months ago, which yielded $53 per ton, have been since that time engaged in sinking a uumher of shafts. The result being satisfactory, permanent improvements will at once be commenced. He who, a few months hence, will take position on the uarrow ridge hetween Ophir and Neweastle, not more than half a mile distant from the line of the Pacific Railroad, avill he able to take in at a single view no less than fourteen mills engaged in crushing quartz and cement, From the Herald of Feb. 23d: The Golden Rule company were to start their mill at Stewart's Flat again this week. A fine roasting furnace has heen erected, and other improvements made since thew mill was stopped. Some rock recently sent from the Canada Hill mine, to he worked at the Golden Rule mill, yielded $23 iu goldtothetou. Theledge averages ahout four feet in thickness, and the rock crushed was taken indiscriminately from the lode. Plumas County. From the National of Feb. 16th: Messrs. Judkins and Kellogg commenced crushing quartz again in their old mill at Round Valley, on Monday last. They have started out to bring in some castings which were stopped by the snow. Franklin Co., at Saw-pit Flat, who have been running a tunnel for two years, are in high glee at the prospect of striking the channel Their tunnel is upwards of 2,300 feet in length. The machinery for Myr, Light’s new aaa mill, arrived in Indian Valley last week, Letter from Greenville to same: Quite an excitement prevails in town in consequence of the discovery of rich gravel diggings iu the side hill near North Caton, on the road leading from Round Valley to Greenville. Parties haye been very active during the last few days staking off claims and digging prospect holes. From the Union of same date: Two rich quartz ledges have recently been discovered near the Crescent ledge, in Indian Valley. Five stamps of the Cresent mill run four days on rock taken from one of the ledges, and the owners realized over $400 from the run. Blood’s quartz mill, near Greenville, for arun of six days, on rock taken from the Indian Valley ledge, paid $2,600. Messrs. Killey & O’Neill are at work on a quartz ledge recently struck near Elizabethtown, aud are getting some very good prospects. Another company is working upon Nigger Guleh Lead, and are taking out some good paying quartz. There have been some rich quartz ledges struck near Mill Creek, which prospect well, Mr, Kellogg has a nice silver brick containing $6 that was worked from the Forty-nine ledge, eighteen miles from Mill Creek. Sacramento County. From the Folsom Telegraph of Feh. 28d: Within the county of Sacramento, iu that country lying east of the American, and rnuning from Farmers Diggings thence south to the Cosumues river and Amador county, embracing the entire to the El Dorado county line, liesa rich mineral district, comparatively unprospected and undeveloped. Besides the placer mines of old, throughout this region runs the great lne of quartz ledges, npon whick in Amador couuty are located the rich claims of Hayward and others. In El Dorado, ou the same range, uear Latrobe, extraordiuary rich claims are now being worked. The reason why claims equally rich in Sacramento haye not heen struck, is that they are off the main routes of travel, in a country desolate in appearance, and very seldom visited. An old ininer who has heen prospecting in this vicinity for a week or tio past, and has located « claim near Bufialo Creek, says there is more good mining ground within a cwcuit of ten miles of Folsom than in any portion of the mineral region he has visited in this State. In this section a portion of the mineral lands are owned hy the Natoma Water and Mining Company, hy purchase from the Leidesdorff grant. The company offers every facility to the miner, hy leasiug to him at nominal rent, and furnishing water, where possihle, at low rates. San Bernardino County. From the Guardian of Feb. 16th: Mz. Geo, E. Moore, the proprietor of the Green lead, hrought to our oflice during the week a large lump of gold-bearing quartz. The ore was taken from the shaft at a depth of two hundred and seven feet, and fine gold is discernihle all through it. The ledge is well defined, with a width of ahont foivteen inches. This mine is in the vicinity of Holcomhe Valley, thirty-eight miles east of this place. Shasta County. From the Courier of Feb. 28d: L. Crane, some time ago, commenced prospecting on a large har above Portuguese Flat, on the Sacramento river, and has lately struck a hack chaunel which prospects. very rich. The har coutains several acres of mining ground, but the supply of water is limited. A specimen worth $31 was picked up in the Brumfield claim, on Flat Creek, last week, It was of an ohlong shape, eutirely free from quartz, and looked bright as a new coin. Several similar specimens have been found in the same claim this winter. There are but eight men remaining in Copper City. Unless the Kellinger company resume work in the spriug, the place will he left without a solitary inhahitant. Siskiyou County. From the Yreka Unior of Feb, 16th: The following items are from Mugginsville : D. 8. Holleuhack & Co. commenced washing in thew hydraulic claims on Monday last. The prospects for a lazge yield are fine, . Shelley & Co. are preparing to commenee work.Luke Shaw is engaged in cutting a ditch to carry watcr to the new diggings below Mugginsville. The prospects are that this will prove one of the richest mining districts in Northern California. From the Journal of Feb. 16th: New quartz ledges have been discovered on Humhug, which, judging from the specimens, indicate rich deposits of gold. Owing to the high water and cold weather, business in mining is quite dull in Scott River, the former filling up claims, and the latter rendering their cleaning up rather uncomfortable work. As soouas the weather gets warm and the spring ovens, the prospects are favorable for busy times. Tulare County. From the Delta of Feb. 18th: We learm that three of our business men have just completed the purchase of a very valuable mine in the Long Tom district, upou which they will immediately erect a mill. Yuba County. From the Marysville Appeal of Feb. 27th : The shafts of the Pennsylvania and Jefferson Companies have becn filled by the rains, partially suspending work. We learn that the Jefferson has now been pumped out, and the Pennsylvania was expected to finish last evening. The latter has managed to raise quartz enough to supply one-half the battery. The Bateman Company, whose ledge is two and one-half miles west of Indiana Ranch, have lately cleaned up the result of forty-three tous of rock, which, without ineluding the amount in the Chile mill, yielded $1,100, payiug at the rate of $30 to the ton, The ledge is from a foot to three feet in width, and the gold sells for over $18 per ounce. Brown’s Valley letter to the North Californian of Feb, 25th : The Dannebroge, Sweet Vengeance and Rattle Suake (Old Yuba) will resume operations in a few days; we are told on the first of the incoming month. We are confident that before another winter Brown's Valley will stand at the head of important mining towns in the State. CCLORADO. From the Denver News of Feh. 6th: Ore from the Hattie Jane lode, in Granite district, Lake county, recently assayed $1,307.72 in gold per ton. A specimen from the Vermont lode, Georgetown, assayed $1,958.60 per ton. At fonrtcen feet in depth the pay streak is from two to six inches in width. Letter to same from Boulder: Valuahle discoveries are made daily. Three ounces of quartz taken from the Attna tunnel shaft, at a depth of ten feet, gave seventy-tlaee cents in free gold. This ore also contains a large percentage of silver. The width of the vein is not yet ascertained, hut it certainly is among the higgest things in the district. There are also two other tunnel companies at work here. Ahout forty shafts are being worked, thirty of them showing now sulphurets of copper and iron of the richest quahty. There are also rich silver veius here. A furnace is now in the course of construction. From the Register; Seven assays of ore from the Bethany lode gave an average of $10,912 per ton. . IDAHO. A letter from Lemhi, Salmou River mines, to the Boise City Stulesman, dated January 2d, has the following: ‘‘I think that this will he the best and largest camp ever struck in the country, outside of Boise Basin. There have heeu no very large strikes made yet, but the country, as far as prospected, will pay well. We have eight large districts. These diggings were struck late in the fall. The gold is coarse, and assays $19.70 per ounce, The largest piece was picked up in Bear Track district, weighing $15.75. These diggings are from seven to ten fect deep, with three feet of gravel. Prospects are from five cents to three hits to the pan. This district is called Nappies, and is the first discovery, and here the most work has been done. From five to sixty dollars to the hand has beeu made.” WNIONTANA. From the Post of Feb. 24: The Christnought inill on the Oro Cache was started on last Monday, and its work was beyond the expectations of the most sanguine, The pans and rollers work admirably. The mill is known as the Chilean, the seme as that used in the U. 8. Mint at Philadelphia, The last clean-up from the two mills ernshing from the Whitlatch Union lead is hy far the biggest thing in that line yet, $10,500 heing the amonrut taken from the plates and batteries of Hendrie’s 18-stamp, and Turnley’s 10-stamp mill, in oue week’s run, Of this Turnley’s mill cleaned up $6,000, and the halance came from Heudrie’s. The former ran only five days and a half, and the latter the full six days. Mz. Hendry’s mill, on Grizzly Gulch, in Edgerton county, running cighteen stamps, cleaned up, for the six days ending January 22d, from one hundred and forty-six tons of second-class Whitlatch Union ore, $4,826. This mill is run at an expense of less than five huudred dollars per week, and made on this rnn a clear saving of three hundred and twenty dollars per diem,Nearly ten millions of dollars in gold dust have been shipped from this city and the surroundiug districts dnring the past year,

134 The Mining ant Scientific Press, Aiining Suwmary. Tnx following information is gleaned mostly from jourmals published in the interior, in close proximity to the mines mentioned. CALIFORNIA. Amador County. From the Ledger of Feb. 23d: Last Monday they cleaned up, at the Oneida mill, a run of eleyen days with forty stamps, and the result was eight thousand dollars, taken from five hundred tons of rock. The nine is now in such condition that pleuty of rock can be taken out to keep their mill constantly running. Butte County. From the Marysville Appeal of Feb. 20th : At Bangor, a large company from Timbuctoo is engaged in running an incline iuto a hill near town, through solid rock, for the purpose of striking a gravel bed which is supposed to be deposited in the hill, They use water power on an overshot wheel, for the purpose of raising the rock from the hottom of the incline. The Record says the mining prospects at the lower end of town, and also at the bluff, continue good. Those interested in the developments already made, are of the opinion that they have struck a good thing. Calaveras County. From the San Andreas Register of Feb. 23d; At Campo Seco, C, F. Huftman, superintendent of the Lancha Plana Copper Mining compauy, gives uotice that proposals will he received up to the 25th instant, to run fifty feet of tunnel. the best claims in the district. It is the intention of the company to put on a large force in the spring, and prosecute the work in earnest. The Copperopolis Courier says the Keystone is sinking on the main shaft with industry... Immense piles of ore haye accumulated at the Uniou works since the freighting ceased..The Empire has been yielding some very rich ore within a few days. E1 Dorado County. From the Courier of February 23d: Another rich discovery was made last week in Kelsey district, hy Messrs. Stewart & Ellis. Specimens of the rock bronght to town are as rich as any we have yet seen. Several hundred pounds was taken out at a depth of only eight feet, The ledge is well defined, and varies from eighteen inches to tavo feet in thickness, Some specimens of rock shown us from Gillenwaters, Christian & Co’s claim, on Clay Hill, will average twenty dollars to the pound. ‘The company have a tunnel ina hundred feet, and in about forty feet more they expect to strike the ledge. Messrs. Dickerhoff, Reed & Co. have taken up what is lnown as the Miller lode, three miles from this city. Their shaft is down twenty-five feet, and at that depth the ledge js sixteeu feet wide. The rockaverages from fifty cents to one dollar per pan-full, and growing richer as work progresses. From the Democrat of same date: A Kelsey correspondent informs us that rock recently tested from two lodes in that district, averaged thirty-two dollars tothe ton. The region was noted in early times for its rich placer diggiugs, A Placerville correspondent of the Sacramento Union says, Feh. 22d: Inaledge fifty feet in width, running throngh the old Buckeye claim, on ‘Texas Hill, every pan from several places on the ledge prospects from five to fifteen cents to each pau. The owners, H. A. and W. Wright & Co., intend to put up an arastva immediately. A ledge of the same character was found last Saturday by E. Clackley, opposite the residence of T. Fraser, which pays ten cents to the pan. The Long Island claims were purchased a few days since hy French & Co., of Gold Hill, at $2.50 per foot. Hall & Co., on the same ledge, are getting fine rock. Theyintend to putupanamstra immediately. Shephard & Co. have got ready to take out rock, One thousand dollars of coarse gold has heen picked up from the dirt within the last four weeks. Two new mills to erush cemeut have recently heen put up on Texas Hill, which promise well. The cement mills on Smith’s Flat are all paying good wages. At Brownsville, Tullock & Go. have made three ruus on rock trom the Independence ledge, which paid hetween $33 and $50 per ton. Stillwagon & Co., on the South Fork, haye made one run with their new mill which paid $65 per ton. The old Eagle claims at Grizzly Flat, are paying hetter than they did teu years ago. A new 40-stamp mill will soon be completed on the old Steeley ledge. On Saturday, Feb. 23d, at Centerville or Pilot Hill, in El Dorado county, about fifteeu miles from Folsom, about forty pounds of rich ore was taken out of an old The Lancha is one of . quartz ledge owned by Martin, Owen, Goodpasture and another individual, most of which ore is pure gold. Biamath County. From the Yreka Union of Feb. 16th ; Dick Humphrey, expressman and mail carrier down the Kiamath river, reports that the miners of the various camps along the route are beginning to take ont gold, and that the prospect for a profitable mining season is good. Nevada County. From the Zranscript of Feb. 20th: The mining on the river bars, near Washington, has been mostly suspended on account of high water, but all the companies will resume operations early in the spring, and more mining will be done than for several ears. i Same of 28d: We understand that a new ledge was recently struck hy Brown & Co,, on the ridge near the Star Spangled Banner mine, and the rock resemhles the ore taken from that mine very much. The ledge is large and well defined, and good prospects haye beeu obtained, but it is not yet sufficiently opened to thoroughly test its value. Palmer’s mill, on Friday, started up on a lot of 150 tons of rock from the Wagoner ledge. This lead is owned by Sigourne and others and is located upon Piety Hill ! The quartz looks well. Same of 26th: The Kennebec Company, at Birehville, after a run of twenty-eight days, cleaned up $7,000. This company is engaged in hydranhe mining. From the Gazette of 20th: In Grass Valley, some $28,000 was melted in ‘‘hricks” yesterday at the Eureka ; the Empire mine is yielding gold in fahulous quantities ; while the New York Hill, Heuston Hill, and North Star, are doing hetter than ever hefore, We have received a rich specimen from the Banner mine, rich hoth in free gold and sulphurets. It was taken from the lower south level. From the Grass Valley National of Feb. 21st: Capt. Lee set the additional fifteen stamps of the Ophir Mill to running, on Tuesday last, thus putting thirty stamps in motion. We perceive that, notwithstanding the flood, the whole numher of stamps are going to-day. Outhe Snow Ball Ledge, machinery will prohahly he erected in the spring. From the Grass Valley Union of Feh. 23d : In the O’Connor mine, Union Hill, the mill was again started upon Monday last, and on Thursday they struck the ledge. At the depth of one hundred and eighty feet, they have a fourteen-inch yeiu, which shows largely of free gold. Excuusior.—The editor of the Meadow Lake Sun, who recently visited the Grant mine, at Carlisle, says the mill is rnnuiug regularly, and ernshing eight tons of rock a day, which yields on an average $50 a ton. Nine men are now employed to mine the rock, deliver at the mill, and reduce it. The mine never presented a more flourishing and prosperous condition than now. Placer County. _ From the Stars and Stripes of Feb, 20th: The Rising Sun Quartz Mining company, in the vicinity of Colfax, who had ten tons of rock crushed about three months ago, which yielded $53 per ton, have been since that time engaged in sinking a uumher of shafts. The result being satisfactory, permanent improvements will at once be commenced. He who, a few months hence, will take position on the uarrow ridge hetween Ophir and Neweastle, not more than half a mile distant from the line of the Pacific Railroad, avill he able to take in at a single view no less than fourteen mills engaged in crushing quartz and cement, From the Herald of Feb. 23d: The Golden Rule company were to start their mill at Stewart's Flat again this week. A fine roasting furnace has heen erected, and other improvements made since thew mill was stopped. Some rock recently sent from the Canada Hill mine, to he worked at the Golden Rule mill, yielded $23 iu goldtothetou. Theledge averages ahout four feet in thickness, and the rock crushed was taken indiscriminately from the lode. Plumas County. From the National of Feb. 16th: Messrs. Judkins and Kellogg commenced crushing quartz again in their old mill at Round Valley, on Monday last. They have started out to bring in some castings which were stopped by the snow. Franklin Co., at Saw-pit Flat, who have been running a tunnel for two years, are in high glee at the prospect of striking the channel Their tunnel is upwards of 2,300 feet in length. The machinery for Myr, Light’s new aaa mill, arrived in Indian Valley last week,

Letter from Greenville to same: Quite an excitement prevails in town in consequence of the discovery of rich gravel diggings iu the side hill near North Caton, on the road leading from Round Valley to Greenville. Parties haye been very active during the last few days staking off claims and digging prospect holes. From the Union of same date: Two rich quartz ledges have recently been discovered near the Crescent ledge, in Indian Valley. Five stamps of the Cresent mill run four days on rock taken from one of the ledges, and the owners realized over $400 from the run. Blood’s quartz mill, near Greenville, for arun of six days, on rock taken from the Indian Valley ledge, paid $2,600. Messrs. Killey & O’Neill are at work on a quartz ledge recently struck near Elizabethtown, aud are getting some very good prospects. Another company is working upon Nigger Guleh Lead, and are taking out some good paying quartz. There have been some rich quartz ledges struck near Mill Creek, which prospect well, Mr, Kellogg has a nice silver brick containing $6 that was worked from the Forty-nine ledge, eighteen miles from Mill Creek. Sacramento County. From the Folsom Telegraph of Feh. 28d: Within the county of Sacramento, iu that country lying east of the American, and rnuning from Farmers Diggings thence south to the Cosumues river and Amador county, embracing the entire to the El Dorado county line, liesa rich mineral district, comparatively unprospected and undeveloped. Besides the placer mines of old, throughout this region runs the great lne of quartz ledges, npon whick in Amador couuty are located the rich claims of Hayward and others. In El Dorado, ou the same range, uear Latrobe, extraordiuary rich claims are now being worked. The reason why claims equally rich in Sacramento haye not heen struck, is that they are off the main routes of travel, in a country desolate in appearance, and very seldom visited. An old ininer who has heen prospecting in this vicinity for a week or tio past, and has located « claim near Bufialo Creek, says there is more good mining ground within a cwcuit of ten miles of Folsom than in any portion of the mineral region he has visited in this State. In this section a portion of the mineral lands are owned hy the Natoma Water and Mining Company, hy purchase from the Leidesdorff grant. The company offers every facility to the miner, hy leasiug to him at nominal rent, and furnishing water, where possihle, at low rates. San Bernardino County. From the Guardian of Feb. 16th: Mz. Geo, E. Moore, the proprietor of the Green lead, hrought to our oflice during the week a large lump of gold-bearing quartz. The ore was taken from the shaft at a depth of two hundred and seven feet, and fine gold is discernihle all through it. The ledge is well defined, with a width of ahont foivteen inches. This mine is in the vicinity of Holcomhe Valley, thirty-eight miles east of this place. Shasta County. From the Courier of Feb. 28d: L. Crane, some time ago, commenced prospecting on a large har above Portuguese Flat, on the Sacramento river, and has lately struck a hack chaunel which prospects. very rich. The har coutains several acres of mining ground, but the supply of water is limited. A specimen worth $31 was picked up in the Brumfield claim, on Flat Creek, last week, It was of an ohlong shape, eutirely free from quartz, and looked bright as a new coin. Several similar specimens have been found in the same claim this winter. There are but eight men remaining in Copper City. Unless the Kellinger company resume work in the spriug, the place will he left without a solitary inhahitant. Siskiyou County. From the Yreka Unior of Feb, 16th: The following items are from Mugginsville : D. 8. Holleuhack & Co. commenced washing in thew hydraulic claims on Monday last. The prospects for a lazge yield are fine, .. Shelley & Co. are preparing to commenee work..Luke Shaw is engaged in cutting a ditch to carry watcr to the new diggings below Mugginsville. The prospects are that this will prove one of the richest mining districts in Northern California. From the Journal of Feb. 16th: New quartz ledges have been discovered on Humhug, which, judging from the specimens, indicate rich deposits of gold. Owing to the high water and cold weather, business in mining is quite dull in Scott River, the former filling up claims, and the latter rendering their cleaning up rather uncomfortable work. As soouas the weather gets warm and the spring ovens, the prospects are favorable for busy times. Tulare County. From the Delta of Feb. 18th: We learm that three of our business men have just completed the purchase of a very valuable mine in the Long Tom district, upou which they will immediately erect a mill. Yuba County. From the Marysville Appeal of Feb. 27th : The shafts of the Pennsylvania and Jefferson Companies have becn filled by the rains, partially suspending work. We learn that the Jefferson has now been pumped out, and the Pennsylvania was expected to finish last evening. The latter has managed to raise quartz enough to supply one-half the battery. The Bateman Company, whose ledge is two and one-half miles west of Indiana Ranch, have lately cleaned up the result of forty-three tous of rock, which, without ineluding the amount in the Chile mill, yielded $1,100, payiug at the rate of $30 to the ton, The ledge is from a foot to three feet in width, and the gold sells for over $18 per ounce. Brown’s Valley letter to the North Californian of Feb, 25th : The Dannebroge, Sweet Vengeance and Rattle Suake (Old Yuba) will resume operations in a few days; we are told on the first of the incoming month. We are confident that before another winter Brown's Valley will stand at the head of important mining towns in the State. CCLORADO. From the Denver News of Feh. 6th: Ore from the Hattie Jane lode, in Granite district, Lake county, recently assayed $1,307.72 in gold per ton. A specimen from the Vermont lode, Georgetown, assayed $1,958.60 per ton. At fonrtcen feet in depth the pay streak is from two to six inches in width. Letter to same from Boulder: Valuahle discoveries are made daily. Three ounces of quartz taken from the Attna tunnel shaft, at a depth of ten feet, gave seventy-tlaee cents in free gold. This ore also contains a large percentage of silver. The width of the vein is not yet ascertained, hut it certainly is among the higgest things in the district. There are also two other tunnel companies at work here. Ahout forty shafts are being worked, thirty of them showing now sulphurets of copper and iron of the richest quahty. There are also rich silver veius here. A furnace is now in the course of construction. From the Register; Seven assays of ore from the Bethany lode gave an average of $10,912 per ton. . IDAHO. A letter from Lemhi, Salmou River mines, to the Boise City Stulesman, dated January 2d, has the following: ‘‘I think that this will he the best and largest camp ever struck in the country, outside of Boise Basin. There have heeu no very large strikes made yet, but the country, as far as prospected, will pay well. We have eight large districts. These diggings were struck late in the fall. The gold is coarse, and assays $19.70 per ounce, The largest piece was picked up in Bear Track district, weighing $15.75. These diggings are from seven to ten fect deep, with three feet of gravel. Prospects are from five cents to three hits to the pan. This district is called Nappies, and is the first discovery, and here the most work has been done. From five to sixty dollars to the hand has beeu made.” WNIONTANA. From the Post of Feb. 24: The Christnought inill on the Oro Cache was started on last Monday, and its work was beyond the expectations of the most sanguine, The pans and rollers work admirably. The mill is known as the Chilean, the seme as that used in the U. 8. Mint at Philadelphia, The last clean-up from the two mills ernshing from the Whitlatch Union lead is hy far the biggest thing in that line yet, $10,500 heing the amonrut taken from the plates and batteries of Hendrie’s 18-stamp, and Turnley’s 10-stamp mill, in oue week’s run, Of this Turnley’s mill cleaned up $6,000, and the halance came from Heudrie’s. The former ran only five days and a half, and the latter the full six days. Mz. Hendry’s mill, on Grizzly Gulch, in Edgerton county, running cighteen stamps, cleaned up, for the six days ending January 22d, from one hundred and forty-six tons of second-class Whitlatch Union ore, $4,826. This mill is run at an expense of less than five huudred dollars per week, and made on this rnn a clear saving of three hundred and twenty dollars per diem,Nearly ten millions of dollars in gold dust have been shipped from this city and the surroundiug districts dnring the past year,