Volume 14 (1867) (436 pages)

230 Ghe Dlining and Srientitic Dyess, . Blining “Summary. i Tue followiug information is gleaned mostly from journals Published in the interior, iu elose proximity to the mines mentioned. CALIFORNIA. ° . : Alpine County. From the Silyer Mountain Bulletin of March 30th: The shaft inthe Geo. Washington miue was on Saturday, down 52 ft., nine ft. haying been made during the week. The water has increased and but littlo more can be done until the pump arrives. ‘The east drift is now in 35 ft. from the main tunnel; the rock much softer. The lectge at the bottom of tho shaft is widening—the pay streak having increased one foot. The Ilhnois; California Co. have got through the 500 ft. of hard granite aud_entered a quartzcs2 rock full of seams, indicative of something rich ahead. Butte county. , The Record says: It is proposed to wash the bluff into the river. A three-foot sluice, capahle of carrying 500 iu. of water, will be laid down. If this should he successful, operations will at once be entered upon that will give’ employment to at least 500 meu, exhaust the water of the Feather and Ophir Co’s eanal, and wash hundreds of otherwise comparatively nseless land into the Feather Tiver. a ae Calaveras County. ‘West Point correspondent of the Chronicle of April 6th; At Enterprise Flat, one mile from town, some splendid veins of rich ore have been developed. “Ou this Flat is located the celebrated Gouldsen mine. Mz, Gouldsen has, by drifting, discovered large bodies of rich ore on each end of the old works, and has out now ore that will yield twice as mnch as was takeu from the mine last.season. Willis and Johuson are now mining splendid ore. <A few tons crushed a few weeks since yielded near $100 per ton. The Torch Light, owned hy Briggs, Everheardt & Co., is yielding good ore. Onthe same range, 1s a good mine owned by Jeff, Wilson & Co, Ove reéeutly crushed from this mine yielded over $100 per ton. Messrs. Harvey & Hawk, formerly of Volcano, are working the Zacetara mine, on contract, and have out a large quantity of splendid ore. At Catora, three miles east of town, Congdon & Mocher have a good lead and have outa large amount of rich ore; so also haye Keys & Posteans, in the same vicinity. Mr. Bougliuval, owner of -the Oro Plata mine,’is prosecuting work vigorously. Morris & Co. are proposing to wash the tailings from the Mina Rica mill by a new process, receutly inveuted by Mr. Morris. Camanche letter to same: Since the prospect of water at Cat camp, 200-claims haye been taken up and recorded. Miller & Co, have found the richest prospects thus far. J. Zimmermen & Co. have washed out, by panning, from $4to $5 per day. Coburn & Trayis have a claim from which, with a rocker, they take from $10 to $15 per day. There are irom day to day from 20 to 30 men prospecting, and mauy have been eqnally lucky. There are uow in operation over 100 rockers, run hy Chinamen, on this ground, which is over four miles square, every foot of which contains gold. It is common to obtain ten cents per pan, and from that up to $27, E11 Dorado County. Kelsey correspondent of the Placerville Courier says the Bald Eagle is rich and all right, but the owners are still in a muddle. From the Democrat of April 6th: A company of gentleuen from Sacramento couuty have located two quartz claims on Hangtown Creek, a short uistance below Middletown, in the Placerville mining district. The Crook’s ledge is on the north side of the ‘ereek, the Howe ledge on the south side— 3,000 feet iu each claim, ‘The ledges at the depth of 12 ft. are three ft. thick. Specimens taken from them at this depth show plenty of free gold, and the sulphurets are filled with it. i ae Kern County. From the tho Havilah Courier of March . Pp 30th: At the last cleau-up of the Belmont’ miue, Washington Dist., worked by Lyons, White, Law and otheis,"18 tons of rock yielded $1,910—hesides $300 or $400 left in the avastra. There is plenty more of such rock in the Belmont. Los Angeles County. From the News of April 2d: Dryden & Hahn have discovered a rich an extensive vein of ore ou the rauch of the Sisters of Charity, 16 miles from this city. The vein is over 1,000 yards loug, with an average width of 15 ft. long; an assay reveals 75 per cent. of pure inetal, The discovery is the more important from the fact that there is an extensive coal mine within 50 miles. The ore can be laid down in San Francisco for $14,50 per ton, DMariposa Counts. ef From thé Gazette of April 6th: William Brown found in Greaser Gulch, the other day, a piece of gold weighing 51 ozs. and 33. The same claim has been paying for the last month from $4 to $8 per day. Hogan & Co., who are working the adjoining claim to Brown, have takeu out $500 in the last month. The miuiug region about the town of Indian Gulch, near Greaser, is as good, if not better, than any other in the State, for the reason that there has uever heen water for a suilicient length of time to work outa single claim. , ‘ Coulterville letter to the Mail, April 6th: Capt. J. M.Aiken is the owner of one of the most promising lédges in this vicinity. It lies about three miles southeast of this place, and from the vein it is of easy grade to the Merced river. The mine, I understand, is in market. Messrs. Coward & Ralston design erecting machinery in the summer on the Marhle Spring property. . Much energy is being exhibited in the Bull Creek region in mining, hut no results need be expected before summer, In the case of the Mariposa Co. vs. Dodge Bros., tho Supreme Court has granted au injunction restraining them from selling or intermeddling with the property, and appointed a Receiver. p Nevada County. From the Gazette of April 4th: The 15stamp mill of the Lucky Co. crushes 30 tons every 24 hours, at an average yield of $20. The incline is down 275 ft,, and the vein 234 ft. wide. ' Same of 5th: Alarge and promising quartz ledge was discovered a few days ago, by the Kelsey Bros., east of and parallel with the Banner. A working test gave $30 a ton. Work in the Allison Ranch mine will be resumed in ahout two mouths. The company is now working over and grinding in pans the tailings which have been accumulating for some years, and of which they have several thousaud tous on hand. ‘The tailings are paying ahout $15 a ton, and besides are yielding nearly as large a proportiou of sulphurets as when first worked. Same of 8th: We have conceded the quartz mines, in the pastto Grass Valley, but the evidences are plain that Nevada will dispute the palm with her sister town, at no very distant day. Our quartz mines are showiug splendidly. The Wigham, the Banner, the the Norridgewock, the Cunniugham, the Sneath & Clay, and the Union, are among the best mines iu the county. If 19 out of} 20 of the quartz ledges about Nevada shall fail, the future prosperity of the section is assured. : Same of 9th: Merrow, Cobb & Co., hy-. draulic miners at Scotch Flat, cleaned up on . Saturday last, after a run of 11 days, the yield being $2,540. ‘This is at the rate of over $200 a day, and is more than douhle the yield of former clean-ups. Same of 10th: The Golden Gate Co. at ‘North San Juan, cleaned up on Sunday last, after a run of 14 days, taking out $6,000. These claims have not beeu paying very well heretofore, but the owners feel much encouraged by their late run. From the V-anscript of April 5th: A rich ledge, was discovered on Wednesnay last, in Deer Creek, about amile and a half helow town, in Leeth & Co’s gravel claims. The rock is filled with rich sulphurets, and thé ledge is compact, and is ahout three feet wide, The Amazon, on the ridge beyond the Star Spangled Banner, has been opened to the depth of 90 ft., and gives evidence of richness, though none of the rock has yet been worked. Same of 10th: On the Birchville ledge, a tunnel has been run in 100ft., and the ledge tapped 60 it. below the surface, is three feet wide. Ina month 45 tons of excellent rock were taken out. A working test, made in a hand mortar, yielded at the rate of $500 per ton, 7 The mines at Birchville are yielding haudsomely. Last week the San Joaquin Comany, after aruu of tweuty-four days cleaned up $17,000. The Kennehec Company, aiter a run of twelve days cleaned up $7,000. Other hydraulic claims are also payiug well. . A company has been formed to develop the ledge on Albion Hill. . Spenceville, which was almost deserted . after the, copper excitemeut subsided, is lookiug up again. i; From the Grass Valley Union: At a distauce of thirty-seven feet from the southern boundary of the Ione the Uuion Jack, at a perpendieular depth from the surface of eighty feet, shows a ledge about six feet in width, the rock by mill process having paid $16 a ton, the expenses of extracting and crushing being but #8 a ton. The ownors of the La Crosse miue have recently perfected arrangments with San Francisco parties for the erection of hoisting and pumping machinery, which, by the terms of the contract, is to be runuing by the first day of June next. Excrision.—From the Nevada Meadow Lake Sux of April 6th: As the Mohawk and Moutreal companies proceed dowuward with their shaft, on the second level of their mine, the ore seems to increase iu quantity and richuess. From tho Territorial Exterprise of April 7th: We saw aquantity of excellent looking ore from the Mohawk aud Montreal mine, Excelsior District, four assays of which, made by different assayers in this city, yielded at the rate of $65 tothe ton. The mill is nearly completed and will start into full operation about the first of next mouth, Placex County. From the Stars and Stripes of April 3d: The Golden Gate adjoins the Dewey claim, at Bath, and is owned by Henry Ford, John D, Jones, and three brothers named Willetts. Unliko the Dewey, the Golden Gate is a bedrock claim. ‘The company have a conyeuient mill near the mouth of their tunnel which ruus five stamps and works night and day. The Golden Gate employs about 15 men, aud regularly uets to its owners from $250 to $300 each, per month. ‘The tuunel is about 1,100 ft. Colfax letter to the Dutch Flat Enquirer of April 6th: The Mountain View claim, Cape Horn, has a vein from three to fivo ft. wide. It prospects well. ‘The Lone Star is worked by one man, who, alone, has sunk a 65-ft. shaft. The Colfax lodo is being worked night and day. P Plumas County. ‘) From the Quincy Union of March 30th: McGee & Thompson, who have been at work day and night for seven months, running a tunnel on the Mammoth ledge, struck through last week at 1,700 ft. The rock is rich. The vein is four ft. wide. The Eureka (Parrott & Co., San Francisco) has out 400 tons.of good rock. Shasta County. From the Courier of April 5th: Last week, Hunter & Mozier, at Church Hill, cleaned up $500 from a 10 days’ run.The workmen on the Highland lode, at French Gulch, are taking out some very rich rock. At South Fork work has been resumed on tho Crystal lode, and fine prospects obtained. Acontrolling interest in the Pacific has been sold for $1,200. At Dog Creek times aro qnite lively. The . McCall Gulch claim pays $50 per day. On . Saturday, the proprietors took out two specimens—one weighing 12 and the other 3% ozs. found in this claim almost daily. Baylis & Myers have struck a rich pay streak in their claim on Sailor Point. Robert Pitt is working a claim on Portuguese Flat, eight miles above here, which pays from $8 to $10 per . day to the hand. Mason has lately struck a quartz ledge on the South Fork of Dog Creek, which prospects over $1,000 to the ton. cs Sierra County. From the Downieville Messenger of April 6th: We learn that the Keystone mill recently cleaned up $10,000, after a run of six weeks.A Chinese company have comtown by putting ina wing dam.The Blue Nose Tunnel claims, on the divide between Nelsou and Hopkins’ Creek, have struck good pay—nine car loads paying $30. The Monumental claims, at Potosi, recentl reached ‘‘pay dirt” that prospected from $10 to $14 to the pan. Siskiyou County. From the Yreka Union of March 30th: Geo. Scoles cleaned up, last week, at the rate of $65 to the ton. Hfall’s claim in the gulch is payiug very well. The claim owned by Mortimer & Scott is paying ahout onehalf ounce per day to the hand. Fromthe Journal : Theminers at Saryer’s Bar aud on Salmou river are doing better this season than siuce 1856. The quartz leads aud placer diggings are paying extraordinarily well. The Black Bear compauy is taking ont a great quantity of rock, which pays exceedingly rich. Tuolumne County.’ From the Sonora Herald: The Wyomiug claim, belonging to the Haskell Bros., of Shaw’s Flat, had crushed 151% tons of rock, which yielded $114 per ton. Yuba County. : hive From the North Californian of April 9th: The shaft of the Blue Point Co. is down 16 ft. Last week the Blue Gravel Co. put off a blast in which 300 kegs of powder were used. It is described as haviug, to appearance, raised the monutain some feet. Camptouville letter to the Appeal of April 2d: The True Grit Co. havo struck very soft rock. Grifiiths & Co., at Kentucky Hill, have struck gravel. Work on the Fiddletown ledge is progressing nicely. Operations upon the copper claim of Meike & Pieces weighiug from $3 to $5 are menced mining operations in the river below . Newhery will bo commenced again in a short time. ARIZONA. From the, Miner of March 9th; The Sterling mine is doing well. The difficulties heretofore experieuced in amalgamating are eradually heing overcome. * The Aztlau mill of 10 stamps, lately erected on the Umpqua lode by Noyes & Curtis, is one of the first class. " Letter from Hardyvillo to samo says: . B. H. Coit has arrived, with the purpose of working his mine, thé Pride of the Pines, in Waba Yuma District. t ; H. H. Moore, just returned from Arizona, writes thus to the Alia of April 7th: The Vulture lode, opened four years since: hy Henry Wickenburg, paid, for two years, with arastras, an average of $100 per ton. Since it has heen worked with more elahorate machinery, it has averaged $70 pér ton.” A large new mill is to he erected. The gold is free. Some Montana miners aro reported to have discovered a vein of the same kind 25 miles east of Wickenburg. The other prominent gold quartz leads found north of the Gila, are nearly all situated within a cireuit of 30 miles from Prescott. The veins upon Lynx Creek, 14 miles east of Prescott, are the most numerous, if uot the richest, to be found in Arizona, Tue most worked of any being the Accidental, owned by Bowers and othors, of Prescott, who have prospected it with results amounting to abont $100 a ton, by means of a two-stamp mill. K. §. Woolsey has lately completed a five-stamp mill, to run by water-power on the Agua. Frio, a branch of the River Verde, about 25 miles east of Prescott. Tho Colonel is working rock in the mill from the very rich, leads knowu as the Ticonderoga, Green Tree, and others discovered and owned principally hy him. He is also setting up one of the Thunderbolt crushers near these leads, intending to give that machine a fair trial in comparison with stamp mills, The mill of the Moss company, on the east bank of the Colorado, about a mile aboye Hardy’s, is one of the most complete in the Territory. It, only awaits the arvival of Mr, Strong, tho snperinteudent, to commence running. ee Lilo dry washing process, practiced principally by Mexican gambusiuos, produces in the aggregate no incousiderable ainount of gold. Copper aud silver are also. mined for by these gambusinos, aud sometimes with results astonishing to the white miner, ‘Machines for dry washing have lately been taken to Arizona, many portions of which contaiu the richest placcrs, without water near them, aud especially adapted to that mode of working. As these machines are uot costly, and may he packed about upon mules, they aro likely, if of the right kind, to proye profitahle to those introducing them. i. The average yield of gold from all parts of Arizona, in the aggregate, may be estimated at the present time to be from $4,000 to $5,000 a day. That of the other metals cannot be easily estimated. But in the course of the present year, a considerable sinerease in the yield of gold and ‘of all the other metals found in the Territory may be confidently predicted. COLORADO. From the Denver News of March 13th; Some very fine specimeus of argentiferous and gold-bearing galena, from the Lambersou & Warren lode, on Nevada Hill, were Y . shown us the other day. From the same of March 20th: Boulder county is lookiug up. Ward, James, and St. Vraiu’s Districts will contain a great uumber of miners the coming season. More placer or gulch diggings will be worked this year than there has been since 1860. Developmeut of lodes discovered within the past two years, will be carried on with vigor. 7 From the Colorado Times of March 12th : The Smith-& Parmelee Co. are now sinking theix pump-shaft, and proposé to drain the entixve property on the Griggs and Gregory lodes. We saw this morning a gold retort weighover 122 ozs., the result of last week’s run of Alps & Grenada Co’s 12-stamp mill on six cords of oro; and another of 156 ozs. from the Gunnell Co’s mill. Letters have beeu received from varios parties uow iu the Mast, expressing their determination to come out in tho spring, with capital and machinery, to develop the silvor wealth of Gyiffith Dist., Georgetown and surroundings. Same of 15th: A privato letter from a Colorado man in New York, says: ‘‘ Prof, Hill is hack from Europe. He reports the, . complete success of Herman’s process ; says he is now fully satisfied. The ore from the Brastow Co’s mine, (Bobtail lode) yields in coin $251.40 per ton. There were 80 tons * in ail, The Fiske oro yielded at the rate of 140 ozs. per ton.” It must be remembered

230 Ghe Dlining and Srientitic Dyess, . Blining “Summary. i Tue followiug information is gleaned mostly from journals Published in the interior, iu elose proximity to the mines mentioned. CALIFORNIA. ° . : Alpine County. From the Silyer Mountain Bulletin of March 30th: The shaft inthe Geo. Washington miue was on Saturday, down 52 ft., nine ft. haying been made during the week. The water has increased and but littlo more can be done until the pump arrives. ‘The east drift is now in 35 ft. from the main tunnel; the rock much softer. The lectge at the bottom of tho shaft is widening—the pay streak having increased one foot. The Ilhnois; California Co. have got through the 500 ft. of hard granite aud_entered a quartzcs2 rock full of seams, indicative of something rich ahead. Butte county. , The Record says: It is proposed to wash the bluff into the river. A three-foot sluice, capahle of carrying 500 iu. of water, will be laid down. If this should he successful, operations will at once be entered upon that will give’ employment to at least 500 meu, exhaust the water of the Feather and Ophir Co’s eanal, and wash hundreds of otherwise comparatively nseless land into the Feather Tiver. a ae Calaveras County. ‘West Point correspondent of the Chronicle of April 6th; At Enterprise Flat, one mile from town, some splendid veins of rich ore have been developed. “Ou this Flat is located the celebrated Gouldsen mine. Mz, Gouldsen has, by drifting, discovered large bodies of rich ore on each end of the old works, and has out now ore that will yield twice as mnch as was takeu from the mine last.season. Willis and Johuson are now mining splendid ore. <A few tons crushed a few weeks since yielded near $100 per ton. The Torch Light, owned hy Briggs, Everheardt & Co., is yielding good ore. Onthe same range, 1s a good mine owned by Jeff, Wilson & Co, Ove reéeutly crushed from this mine yielded over $100 per ton. Messrs. Harvey & Hawk, formerly of Volcano, are working the Zacetara mine, on contract, and have out a large quantity of splendid ore. At Catora, three miles east of town, Congdon & Mocher have a good lead and have outa large amount of rich ore; so also haye Keys & Posteans, in the same vicinity. Mr. Bougliuval, owner of -the Oro Plata mine,’is prosecuting work vigorously. Morris & Co. are proposing to wash the tailings from the Mina Rica mill by a new process, receutly inveuted by Mr. Morris. Camanche letter to same: Since the prospect of water at Cat camp, 200-claims haye been taken up and recorded. Miller & Co, have found the richest prospects thus far. J. Zimmermen & Co. have washed out, by panning, from $4to $5 per day. Coburn & Trayis have a claim from which, with a rocker, they take from $10 to $15 per day. There are irom day to day from 20 to 30 men prospecting, and mauy have been eqnally lucky. There are uow in operation over 100 rockers, run hy Chinamen, on this ground, which is over four miles square, every foot of which contains gold. It is common to obtain ten cents per pan, and from that up to $27, E11 Dorado County. Kelsey correspondent of the Placerville Courier says the Bald Eagle is rich and all right, but the owners are still in a muddle. From the Democrat of April 6th: A company of gentleuen from Sacramento couuty have located two quartz claims on Hangtown Creek, a short uistance below Middletown, in the Placerville mining district. The Crook’s ledge is on the north side of the ‘ereek, the Howe ledge on the south side— 3,000 feet iu each claim, ‘The ledges at the depth of 12 ft. are three ft. thick. Specimens taken from them at this depth show plenty of free gold, and the sulphurets are filled with it. i ae Kern County. From the tho Havilah Courier of March . Pp 30th: At the last cleau-up of the Belmont’ miue, Washington Dist., worked by Lyons, White, Law and otheis,"18 tons of rock yielded $1,910—hesides $300 or $400 left in the avastra. There is plenty more of such rock in the Belmont. Los Angeles County. From the News of April 2d: Dryden & Hahn have discovered a rich an extensive vein of ore ou the rauch of the Sisters of Charity, 16 miles from this city. The vein is over 1,000 yards loug, with an average width of 15 ft. long; an assay reveals 75 per cent. of pure inetal, The discovery is the more important from the fact that there is an extensive coal mine within 50 miles. The ore can be laid down in San Francisco for $14,50 per ton, DMariposa Counts. ef From thé Gazette of April 6th: William Brown found in Greaser Gulch, the other day, a piece of gold weighing 51 ozs. and 33. The same claim has been paying for the last month from $4 to $8 per day. Hogan & Co., who are working the adjoining claim to Brown, have takeu out $500 in the last month. The miuiug region about the town of Indian Gulch, near Greaser, is as good, if not better, than any other in the State, for the reason that there has uever heen water for a suilicient length of time to work outa single claim. , ‘ Coulterville letter to the Mail, April 6th: Capt. J. M.Aiken is the owner of one of the most promising lédges in this vicinity. It lies about three miles southeast of this place, and from the vein it is of easy grade to the Merced river. The mine, I understand, is in market. Messrs. Coward & Ralston design erecting machinery in the summer on the Marhle Spring property. . Much energy is being exhibited in the Bull Creek region in mining, hut no results need be expected before summer, In the case of the Mariposa Co. vs. Dodge Bros., tho Supreme Court has granted au injunction restraining them from selling or intermeddling with the property, and appointed a Receiver. p Nevada County. From the Gazette of April 4th: The 15stamp mill of the Lucky Co. crushes 30 tons every 24 hours, at an average yield of $20. The incline is down 275 ft,, and the vein 234 ft. wide. ' Same of 5th: Alarge and promising quartz ledge was discovered a few days ago, by the Kelsey Bros., east of and parallel with the Banner. A working test gave $30 a ton. Work in the Allison Ranch mine will be resumed in ahout two mouths. The company is now working over and grinding in pans the tailings which have been accumulating for some years, and of which they have several thousaud tous on hand. ‘The tailings are paying ahout $15 a ton, and besides are yielding nearly as large a proportiou of sulphurets as when first worked. Same of 8th: We have conceded the quartz mines, in the pastto Grass Valley, but the evidences are plain that Nevada will dispute the palm with her sister town, at no very distant day. Our quartz mines are showiug splendidly. The Wigham, the Banner, the the Norridgewock, the Cunniugham, the Sneath & Clay, and the Union, are among the best mines iu the county. If 19 out of} 20 of the quartz ledges about Nevada shall fail, the future prosperity of the section is assured. : Same of 9th: Merrow, Cobb & Co., hy-. draulic miners at Scotch Flat, cleaned up on . Saturday last, after a run of 11 days, the yield being $2,540. ‘This is at the rate of over $200 a day, and is more than douhle the yield of former clean-ups. Same of 10th: The Golden Gate Co. at ‘North San Juan, cleaned up on Sunday last, after a run of 14 days, taking out $6,000. These claims have not beeu paying very well heretofore, but the owners feel much encouraged by their late run. From the V-anscript of April 5th: A rich ledge, was discovered on Wednesnay last, in Deer Creek, about amile and a half helow town, in Leeth & Co’s gravel claims. The rock is filled with rich sulphurets, and thé ledge is compact, and is ahout three feet wide, The Amazon, on the ridge beyond the Star Spangled Banner, has been opened to the depth of 90 ft., and gives evidence of richness, though none of the rock has yet been worked. Same of 10th: On the Birchville ledge, a tunnel has been run in 100ft., and the ledge tapped 60 it. below the surface, is three feet wide. Ina month 45 tons of excellent rock were taken out. A working test, made in a hand mortar, yielded at the rate of $500 per ton, 7 The mines at Birchville are yielding haudsomely. Last week the San Joaquin Comany, after aruu of tweuty-four days cleaned up $17,000. The Kennehec Company, aiter a run of twelve days cleaned up $7,000. Other hydraulic claims are also payiug well. . A company has been formed to develop the ledge on Albion Hill. . Spenceville, which was almost deserted . after the, copper excitemeut subsided, is lookiug up again. i; From the Grass Valley Union: At a distauce of thirty-seven feet from the southern boundary of the Ione the Uuion Jack, at a perpendieular depth from the surface of eighty feet, shows a ledge about six feet in width, the rock by mill process having paid $16 a ton, the expenses of extracting and crushing being but #8 a ton. The ownors of the La Crosse miue have recently perfected arrangments with San

Francisco parties for the erection of hoisting and pumping machinery, which, by the terms of the contract, is to be runuing by the first day of June next. Excrision.—From the Nevada Meadow Lake Sux of April 6th: As the Mohawk and Moutreal companies proceed dowuward with their shaft, on the second level of their mine, the ore seems to increase iu quantity and richuess. From tho Territorial Exterprise of April 7th: We saw aquantity of excellent looking ore from the Mohawk aud Montreal mine, Excelsior District, four assays of which, made by different assayers in this city, yielded at the rate of $65 tothe ton. The mill is nearly completed and will start into full operation about the first of next mouth, Placex County. From the Stars and Stripes of April 3d: The Golden Gate adjoins the Dewey claim, at Bath, and is owned by Henry Ford, John D, Jones, and three brothers named Willetts. Unliko the Dewey, the Golden Gate is a bedrock claim. ‘The company have a conyeuient mill near the mouth of their tunnel which ruus five stamps and works night and day. The Golden Gate employs about 15 men, aud regularly uets to its owners from $250 to $300 each, per month. ‘The tuunel is about 1,100 ft. Colfax letter to the Dutch Flat Enquirer of April 6th: The Mountain View claim, Cape Horn, has a vein from three to fivo ft. wide. It prospects well. ‘The Lone Star is worked by one man, who, alone, has sunk a 65-ft. shaft. The Colfax lodo is being worked night and day. P Plumas County. ‘) From the Quincy Union of March 30th: McGee & Thompson, who have been at work day and night for seven months, running a tunnel on the Mammoth ledge, struck through last week at 1,700 ft. The rock is rich. The vein is four ft. wide. The Eureka (Parrott & Co., San Francisco) has out 400 tons.of good rock. Shasta County. From the Courier of April 5th: Last week, Hunter & Mozier, at Church Hill, cleaned up $500 from a 10 days’ run..The workmen on the Highland lode, at French Gulch, are taking out some very rich rock. At South Fork work has been resumed on tho Crystal lode, and fine prospects obtained. Acontrolling interest in the Pacific has been sold for $1,200. At Dog Creek times aro qnite lively. The . McCall Gulch claim pays $50 per day. On . Saturday, the proprietors took out two specimens—one weighing 12 and the other 3% ozs. found in this claim almost daily. Baylis & Myers have struck a rich pay streak in their claim on Sailor Point. Robert Pitt is working a claim on Portuguese Flat, eight miles above here, which pays from $8 to $10 per . day to the hand. Mason has lately struck a quartz ledge on the South Fork of Dog Creek, which prospects over $1,000 to the ton. cs Sierra County. From the Downieville Messenger of April 6th: We learn that the Keystone mill recently cleaned up $10,000, after a run of six weeks..A Chinese company have comtown by putting ina wing dam..The Blue Nose Tunnel claims, on the divide between Nelsou and Hopkins’ Creek, have struck good pay—nine car loads paying $30.. The Monumental claims, at Potosi, recentl reached ‘‘pay dirt” that prospected from $10 to $14 to the pan. Siskiyou County. From the Yreka Union of March 30th: Geo. Scoles cleaned up, last week, at the rate of $65 to the ton. Hfall’s claim in the gulch is payiug very well. The claim owned by Mortimer & Scott is paying ahout onehalf ounce per day to the hand. Fromthe Journal : Theminers at Saryer’s Bar aud on Salmou river are doing better this season than siuce 1856. The quartz leads aud placer diggings are paying extraordinarily well. The Black Bear compauy is taking ont a great quantity of rock, which pays exceedingly rich. Tuolumne County.’ From the Sonora Herald: The Wyomiug claim, belonging to the Haskell Bros., of Shaw’s Flat, had crushed 151% tons of rock, which yielded $114 per ton. Yuba County. : hive From the North Californian of April 9th: The shaft of the Blue Point Co. is down 16 ft.. Last week the Blue Gravel Co. put off a blast in which 300 kegs of powder were used. It is described as haviug, to appearance, raised the monutain some feet. Camptouville letter to the Appeal of April 2d: The True Grit Co. havo struck very soft rock. Grifiiths & Co., at Kentucky Hill, have struck gravel. Work on the Fiddletown ledge is progressing nicely. Operations upon the copper claim of Meike & Pieces weighiug from $3 to $5 are menced mining operations in the river below . Newhery will bo commenced again in a short time. ARIZONA. From the, Miner of March 9th; The Sterling mine is doing well. The difficulties heretofore experieuced in amalgamating are eradually heing overcome. * The Aztlau mill of 10 stamps, lately erected on the Umpqua lode by Noyes & Curtis, is one of the first class. " Letter from Hardyvillo to samo says: . B. H. Coit has arrived, with the purpose of working his mine, thé Pride of the Pines, in Waba Yuma District. t ; H. H. Moore, just returned from Arizona, writes thus to the Alia of April 7th: The Vulture lode, opened four years since: hy Henry Wickenburg, paid, for two years, with arastras, an average of $100 per ton. Since it has heen worked with more elahorate machinery, it has averaged $70 pér ton.” A large new mill is to he erected. The gold is free. Some Montana miners aro reported to have discovered a vein of the same kind 25 miles east of Wickenburg. The other prominent gold quartz leads found north of the Gila, are nearly all situated within a cireuit of 30 miles from Prescott. The veins upon Lynx Creek, 14 miles east of Prescott, are the most numerous, if uot the richest, to be found in Arizona, Tue most worked of any being the Accidental, owned by Bowers and othors, of Prescott, who have prospected it with results amounting to abont $100 a ton, by means of a two-stamp mill. K. §. Woolsey has lately completed a five-stamp mill, to run by water-power on the Agua. Frio, a branch of the River Verde, about 25 miles east of Prescott. Tho Colonel is working rock in the mill from the very rich, leads knowu as the Ticonderoga, Green Tree, and others discovered and owned principally hy him. He is also setting up one of the Thunderbolt crushers near these leads, intending to give that machine a fair trial in comparison with stamp mills, The mill of the Moss company, on the east bank of the Colorado, about a mile aboye Hardy’s, is one of the most complete in the Territory. It, only awaits the arvival of Mr, Strong, tho snperinteudent, to commence running. ee Lilo dry washing process, practiced principally by Mexican gambusiuos, produces in the aggregate no incousiderable ainount of gold. Copper aud silver are also. mined for by these gambusinos, aud sometimes with results astonishing to the white miner, ‘Machines for dry washing have lately been taken to Arizona, many portions of which contaiu the richest placcrs, without water near them, aud especially adapted to that mode of working. As these machines are uot costly, and may he packed about upon mules, they aro likely, if of the right kind, to proye profitahle to those introducing them. i. The average yield of gold from all parts of Arizona, in the aggregate, may be estimated at the present time to be from $4,000 to $5,000 a day. That of the other metals cannot be easily estimated. But in the course of the present year, a considerable sinerease in the yield of gold and ‘of all the other metals found in the Territory may be confidently predicted. COLORADO. From the Denver News of March 13th; Some very fine specimeus of argentiferous and gold-bearing galena, from the Lambersou & Warren lode, on Nevada Hill, were Y . shown us the other day. From the same of March 20th: Boulder county is lookiug up. Ward, James, and St. Vraiu’s Districts will contain a great uumber of miners the coming season. More placer or gulch diggings will be worked this year than there has been since 1860. Developmeut of lodes discovered within the past two years, will be carried on with vigor. 7 From the Colorado Times of March 12th : The Smith-& Parmelee Co. are now sinking theix pump-shaft, and proposé to drain the entixve property on the Griggs and Gregory lodes. We saw this morning a gold retort weighover 122 ozs., the result of last week’s run of Alps & Grenada Co’s 12-stamp mill on six cords of oro; and another of 156 ozs. from the Gunnell Co’s mill. Letters have beeu received from varios parties uow iu the Mast, expressing their determination to come out in tho spring, with capital and machinery, to develop the silvor wealth of Gyiffith Dist., Georgetown and surroundings. Same of 15th: A privato letter from a Colorado man in New York, says: ‘‘ Prof, Hill is hack from Europe. He reports the, . complete success of Herman’s process ; says he is now fully satisfied. The ore from the Brastow Co’s mine, (Bobtail lode) yields in coin $251.40 per ton. There were 80 tons * in ail, The Fiske oro yielded at the rate of 140 ozs. per ton.” It must be remembered