Volume 17 (1868) (428 pages)

166 The Mining and Scientific Press. Mining Summary. Tux following information is gleaned mostly from jotrnals published in the interior, in close proximity to the mines mentioned. CALIFORNIA. Alpine County. Markleeville Afiner, Aug. 29th: The Leviatban Co. sunk this week on their ore deposit sufficient to encourage them to get apumpand keepon down far enough to determine the extent of the hody. There was a strike of quartz in the Rippon claim a few days ago and quite an excitement consequent thereon. Chronicle, Aug. 29th: Supt. Slaven this week has taken out of the [XL mine, richer ore than ever hefore. He increases his working force as fast as good miuers present themselves. Rohert Ludgate and Jack Miller, of Ione City, discovered and located a coal minc, last week. It is about two miles southeast of Ione City, and the croppings are said to equal the hest coal taken from the old mince. Amador County. Jackson Ledger, Sept. 5th: Phillip Seibenthaler’s new quartz mine on Foster’s Ridge, above Voleano, continues its ricb yield. A drift 80 ft. southerly, was found to contain ore equal to the bestiu the shaft, and the run of 66 tons paid over $25 to the ton. The Italian mine, on Else Creek, is turning out ore tbatwould cure the most chronic ease of sore eyes. Old Boh’s claim continues to increase daily. The vein is now over ten feet wide, and the rock taken out looks splendid. There is one encouraging feature shout it, not a single piece of the rock that has heen tried in the mortar has failed to produeo gold. The noted quartz mine at Pine Grove, Inown as the Anaconda, has heen sold to parties in San Francisco. Steam hoisting works will he immediately placed upon the Anaconda. Fine rock has heen taken from the main shaft within the past two weeks, and it is believed hy those who know the mine, that the purchaser has made a good and eertain investment. Ata depth of 375 ft. the lode in the Casco mine bas been found seven feet wide, and tbe rock is of a very flattering quality, in many places showing free gold. Preparations have been made to erect a 20-starap mill on the mine. Dispaich, Sept. 5th: The Kennedy mill has been completed, and will commence erushing rock some time during the coming week. Culaveras County. s Mokelumne Hill Chronicle, Sept. 5th: Hardeuhurgh & Co, whose miue is located near Middle Bar, have struck very rich ore at the depth of 300 ft. It is said that the rock will average $100 per ton. The Rich Guleb correspondent writes: From the level now heiug run from the north shaft southerly, there is being taken ore of a higher grade than the Palomo Mining Co. have extracted herctofore. In the opinion of those best ahle to judge, the exteusion of this level for ahout 50 feet further will strike the rich chimney known to be at or near that locality; so that hy the time the adilitional hattery is erected and the sulphuret works completed, there will, I think, he returns from ore reduced at this mine that will cause ‘Mrs. Petticoat” tc look to her laurels. Nothing new from Alexander & Co. The same old pounding is still going on; their hattery never stops. Mx. Smith’s claim seems to be iu somewhat of a fix. Iseru County. Havilah Courier, Sept. ist: On Sunday aiternoou some Chinamen commenced prospecting ou tho sonth side of Copperas Brauch, at the foot log. ‘Che Chinamen ohtained a good prospect, and it is believed that there aro good placer diggings on this hranch, Los Angeles Count;. Star, Aug. 8th: The tiu mines at Temeseal are turning out very well. There are about a dozen Cornish miuers at work, who are sinking on the ledge, which is down 30 feet, and exhibits a vein fully 5 feet wide. Oro of a very high percentago has heen struck. Mariposa County. Mail, Sept. 4th: Already much of the damage done by the floods of last Wiuter has heen repaired, and in a short time the mills will he in successful operation again. The new 20-stamp mill belonging to Jobn Hite, of Hite’s Cove, is successfully running and ornshing the rich oro taken from his inexbaustable mine. The mine in Hunter’s Valley, known as tho Oakes & Reese vein, is producing rich ore and getting better every day. A new water mill is in course of construetion at the Buckingham Mountain; the company has already on hand, ready for crushing, about 100 tons ot rock, which they consider rich in the precious metal. The Mariposa Co. has commenced work in earnest on the dam at the Benton Mills, on the Merced river. Nevada County. Transcript, Sept. 2d: Harvey Boone, Superintendent of the Kentucky Gravel Co., has gone to Gold Hill, Nevada, to see whether the stockholders desire to have the work continued on the mine or not. Sept. 84: The North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co. is engaged in building a diteh from the South Fork of Poor Man’s Creek, in Eureka townsbip, to carry water to the miners of Bloomfield township and the ridge. They are increasing the force at work as rapidly as possihle, and expect soon to have 1,500 Chinamen in the line of tbe ditch, The company some time since honght a numlier of mining claims near North Bloomfield, which they propose to supply with water, and all others who de sire. On Tuesday last, the Co. filed articles of incorporation in the Secretary of State’s office, with capital stock fixed at $800,000. Sept. 4th: A party is engaged in workin asmall ledge near the Norridgewalk Mill, from which good pay is ohtained. The rock is raised hy a windlass, the owner takes it to his house in a wheelharrow and works it in 2 small arastra. We understand that even hy this slow process he is making a ‘* good thing.” Thirty or forty tons of excellent rock from the Potosi mine is heing hauled to the French Mill to he crushed. Sept. 8th: Chas. Phelps, tho original loeator of Pbelp’s Hill, near Washington, in this county, made a rich strike, about six weeks ago. Mr. Phelps commenced runuing a tunnel into the hill, ahout three years ago, and has worked in itmore or less every season. The tuunel has paid expenses ever since he commenecd work, hut ahout six weeks ago he struck the main ehannel of gravel. He does not know the width or depth of tho stratnm, hut it is supposed to he from 10 to 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide. The gold varies from fine grains up to the size ot a pea, and he has found lumps worth $52. We saw yesterday four ounces, in which the lumps were as large as the kernels of peanuts. Assoon as the tunnel is run through, Mr. Phelps proposes to pnt on hydraulic power aud wash the gronnd off. Gautier and others have located, under the name of the Golden Co.,a elaim of 1,500 feet, on a ledgo a mile and a half from Grass Valley, near Bocker’s Sulphuret Works. A few days since the Dirchville Co., at Enreka, struck the ledge in their new tunuel and found it exeeedinely rich. Tbe Lower Channel Co. have located 12,000 feet of ground for a tail-sluice, commenceing at the southwestern terminus of the Lower Channel Co., in Penn Valley. Gazette, Sept. 3d: A gentleman who came down from Graniteville lately, informs us that a rich ledge was struck there last week hy two prospectors hy the names of ‘Happy Jack ” and ‘‘Tohacco Bill.” The ledge is large and well defined, and miners think the roek will yield from $35 to $40 per ton. The repairs and improvements recently made in the Banner Mill and Hoisting Works are completed, and the mine is yielding excellent quartz. The 30-stamp mill is continually at work, and plenty of rock is always on hand. The New York Mill, formerly known as the Sneath & Clay, will commence erushing this morning a lot of 100 to 150 tons of rock from the Wagoner ledge. Grass Valley WNutional, Sept. 4th: Considerable prospecting is goiug on in every direction, and the gold harvest of Grass Valley and vicinity promises to he augmented. The Union Hill mine had a clean-up on Wednesday, and from 150 tons of rock 206 ounces of gold were realized. This gives an average of $25 per ton. Grass Valley Union, Sept. ist: The Birehville mill is ernshing 100 tons of float roek, picked up ou their claims, which will pay $40 per ton. They have struck the ledge in their tunnel. Palmer, Cowles, Grandy & Go. strnek a very fine ledge, somo days ago, abont one mile from the South Fork. ‘They had some rock ernshed at Black’s Mill which yielded $33 per tou. Valentiue & Co., of Sau Francisco, have bought three shares in tho Golden Age ledge, and intend to erect a 10-stamp mill ouit, The Jim: mine’s last clean-np was not as good as was expected. The Golden Eagle, 400 yards east of the Jim, is now in 400 fect, and expecting at any moment to strike their ledge. The rock of this ledge in the npper tunnel will pay over $50 per ton. Sweet & Co. are now taking ont good rock from the mine, which is being ernshed at Parramore & Co.’s arastras. It will average $20 per ton. The Star Co. are still running for their ledge. The Mountain Queen ledge, in God’s country, is about one mile from the Star. The rock from the ledge I have seen prospected several times, and nothing in this district will compare with it. It resemhles the roek of the Banner mine, of Nevada City. The company have struck the ledge in three different shafts, and it is from three to five feet wide. They are ahout to lease the Star mill, in order to have a crushing. Plumas County. Quincy National, Angust 29th: Joe Hickman, on the North Fork of the Carihoo, has one of the richest and best paying mining claims in the State. Week hefore last he took out, working aloue with a rocker, over six ounces. His claim consists of a bowlder deposit capped over with cement, cropping out on the bluffs of the North Fork. This deposit can he traced for miles, and has only hecn tapped at Carihoo, where several other companics are getting big pay in the same deposit. S Sau Bernardino County. Guardian, Aug. 8th: The miners on Lyttle Creek were doing well. Harpending & Co. were preparing to build a large flume. A party of Frenchmen have heen making $40 a day. Tuolunme County. Sonora Democrat, Sept. 5th: James Tulloch is working a mine on Green Spring Rnn, near Byrne’s Ferry. He has a shaft sunk on it to a depth of 70 fcet, and at that depth the veiu is 314 fect wide. The vein is not of the “ pocket” character, hut the gold is fine and diffused through the rock. One ton of average rock taken from a depth of fifty feet, recently crushed in an arastra, yielded $15, free gold. The vein runs on the east side of the copper helt. Mr. Tulloch intends to sbortly erect a mill on his mine, as he is satisfied that it will pay well. The Portuguese Co., now working the East Fork claim formerly owned hy VanMatre & Co., are averaging halt an ounce a day to tho hand. A numbher of other Portuguese miners have lately located or hought claims in that vicinity. ARIZONA, Preseott Jfiner, Ang. 15th: Work upon the Chase is progressing. Theledge in the new tnnnel is looking well. In Big Bug things look smiling. Smith & Gayiu are huilding their arastra, and three or four placer miniug eompanics are at work sluicing. On Lower Lynx Creek and the Hassayamopa, the placer miners are doing well. Our Wickenburg correspondeut says the mills are doing hetter than ever. Shoup, Griffin & Lovejoy had considerablo work to doin their hydraulic claims. hefore they commenced piping, bnt everything bas heen fixed up snugly, and they are now tearing down the banks in regular Timbuctoo style. Aug. 22d: Late news from Big Bug is that placer mining is all the rage there. Gavin & Oshorn were slnicing away in their new diggings, with flattering prospects. They had prospected their har thoroughly. The har is of great length, and averages 100 ft. in width. The dirt, from surface to hedrock, contains gold, and some strata prospect from 25 cents to. $1 to the pan. Allen and Taylor declare it the richest aud most extensive placer mining claim they baye scen anywhere in tho country. Mr. Thomas, an old Big Bug miner, who came over from there on Tuesday evening last, confirms the statement of Messrs. Allen and Taylor, and pronounce the har a hig thing. He also informs us that tho German Co., and Capt. Lewis were at work in tho old Mexican Gulch, making fair wages. Four hundred feet in the eastern extension of the Vulture lode at Wickenhurg, was recently sold for $5,S00, The arastras on Lynx Creck are running and will continne to do so nutil water gives out. Work for the present has ceased on the Platanca mine. Tho first cleanup made hy Jackson & Co., in the Excelsior diggings, paid $15 a day to the hand. IDAHO. Owyhee Avalanche, August 29th: Late intelligence from Carihoo states that great excitement has heen created hy the discoyery of a large prospect on Peterson Creek. The Pickens and Edwards tunnel, at Coitonweod, is now in on the ledge 70 feet, where the vein is three feet wide and shows . execedingly rich in silver. Lewiston Journal, July 15th: A new placcr mining district has heen discovered on the headwaters of the St. Joseph’s river, and about eighty miles east of Oro Fino, Qnite a number of persons have left this place for the new nines. Three different camps have heen formed, either of which will prove good. Boise World, August 26th: Northington and Madden came in from the diggings in Deadwood Basin, last Sunday evening. They report about 60 miners in the district, and they are generally making from wages to good pay. The river diggings have heen worked hy Highland & Co. for a week, bnt with what result was not known: NIONTANA. Helena Post, Aug. 28th: We learn thata tributary of Beef Straight Gulch, called American Gulch, has recently been found © to contain rich deposits of gold, and that it is now heing sncecessfully worked. Although this gulch has heen prospected for anuiher of years, gold has not been found in paying quantities until quite recently. Wm. Nowlan returned from Cable on Saturday night, bringing with him 359 ozs. of fine gold retort, the result of onc weelk’s” ruu in his mill upon Cable ore. The richness of this lead continues unabated. Mr. David Lusk, just arrived in this city, states that fabulously rich placer mines have heen discovered in the Coenr d’ Alene Mountains, on the headwaters of the Coenr d@’ Alene and §t. Joseph rivers, These new diggings are 800 miles from bere, and are creating an intense excitement, especially on the other side of the range. Mr. Sweeney, formerly of Washington Gulch, has heen prospecting in the Coeur d’ Alene — Mountains for two years, und struck it rich about four weeks ago. His claim is situated on a stream 45 miles in length. From this” ground be obtains prospects of $1 to tho pan, in a strip of pay gravel four feet deep and 25 ft, in width. Good prospects have heen obtained all along the hanks of this river, and 200 men are now engaged there . opening claims. Sweeney’s is the only one upon which a sluice is running. On Booth’s” Rivor, seven miles southwest of Sweeney’s River, prospects of from 25 to 75 cents to the pan are ohtained, with a pay streak six feet in depth and 18 iuches wide. Upon still another river, from 10 to 15 cents to the pan is obtained. Tributary to all these rivers are numerous gulches, in whieh good prospects are ohtained, in fact, the whole of that section of country seems to he a net work of rich placer mines. There are, in these new diggings, ahout 700 men, and immense uumbhers on horsehack and on foot, and with every conceivable ebaracter of an outfit, aro hurrying to tbem from every point of tbe compass. The miners engaged in cleaning hedrock at German Gulch, are taking ont big pay, and alively camp is the consequence, American Gulch is proving rich in discovery claim. Capt. Hendric, recently from Rochester district, informs us that the Watseka lead has much improved, with a erevice 5% ft. wide. He brought in with him 115 ozs. of retort, the result of one week’s rnn in his mill, with eight stamps, on Watsekaquartz, the average yield per ton being $40 in enrrency. The erection of Wanm’s 10-stamp mill, also to rnn on Watsoka ore, is progressing rapidly. Great excitement exists at Beartown and vicinity concerning tho new mines in tho Coeur d’ Alene Mountains. A bar has heen discovered there seven milcs in length and ahout 400 feet in width, the dirt upon which, so far as tested, is from 4 to 12 ft. in depth, and prospects from 10 cents to $1.85 cents to tbepan. The creck below the har prospects well. A eorrespondent writing from Prairie Bar, says: The har is ahout 114 miles in length, and from two to three miles in width, with good prospects from the river to the summit. The pay dirt is from 5 to 15 fect in depth, and yields fine gold from the top down. Some 31 claims have heen opened, all proving rich. A scarcity of water prevents move than 12 or 15 claims heing worked at present. Eighty hydranlies are kept constantly running, and seyeral companics are engaged in ground slnicing on an extensive scale. The Virginia Demoerat, says. The Branham lode, at Mill Creek, reccutly cleaned up retort of the value of $600, or at the rate of $75 per ton for the amounternsheul. One week ago Messrs, Hussey, Dahler & Co, reccived 1,707 ounces of hullion from Argenta, the proceeds of an 18 days’ run in the Esler Furnace. The lot is worth $3,000.-The miners of Ganuack took ont $150,000 during the past winter. Molitor Bros. yesterday smelted over 1,000 ounces of gold dust, worth $19,000 — . in coin.

166 The Mining and Scientific Press. Mining Summary. Tux following information is gleaned mostly from jotrnals published in the interior, in close proximity to the mines mentioned. CALIFORNIA. Alpine County. Markleeville Afiner, Aug. 29th: The Leviatban Co. sunk this week on their ore deposit sufficient to encourage them to get apumpand keepon down far enough to determine the extent of the hody. There was a strike of quartz in the Rippon claim a few days ago and quite an excitement consequent thereon. Chronicle, Aug. 29th: Supt. Slaven this week has taken out of the [XL mine, richer ore than ever hefore. He increases his working force as fast as good miuers present themselves. Rohert Ludgate and Jack Miller, of Ione City, discovered and located a coal minc, last week. It is about two miles southeast of Ione City, and the croppings are said to equal the hest coal taken from the old mince. Amador County. Jackson Ledger, Sept. 5th: Phillip Seibenthaler’s new quartz mine on Foster’s Ridge, above Voleano, continues its ricb yield. A drift 80 ft. southerly, was found to contain ore equal to the bestiu the shaft, and the run of 66 tons paid over $25 to the ton. The Italian mine, on Else Creek, is turning out ore tbatwould cure the most chronic ease of sore eyes. Old Boh’s claim continues to increase daily. The vein is now over ten feet wide, and the rock taken out looks splendid. There is one encouraging feature shout it, not a single piece of the rock that has heen tried in the mortar has failed to produeo gold. The noted quartz mine at Pine Grove, Inown as the Anaconda, has heen sold to parties in San Francisco. Steam hoisting works will he immediately placed upon the Anaconda. Fine rock has heen taken from the main shaft within the past two weeks, and it is believed hy those who know the mine, that the purchaser has made a good and eertain investment. Ata depth of 375 ft. the lode in the Casco mine bas been found seven feet wide, and tbe rock is of a very flattering quality, in many places showing free gold. Preparations have been made to erect a 20-starap mill on the mine. Dispaich, Sept. 5th: The Kennedy mill has been completed, and will commence erushing rock some time during the coming week. Culaveras County. s Mokelumne Hill Chronicle, Sept. 5th: Hardeuhurgh & Co, whose miue is located near Middle Bar, have struck very rich ore at the depth of 300 ft. It is said that the rock will average $100 per ton. The Rich Guleb correspondent writes: From the level now heiug run from the north shaft southerly, there is being taken ore of a higher grade than the Palomo Mining Co. have extracted herctofore. In the opinion of those best ahle to judge, the exteusion of this level for ahout 50 feet further will strike the rich chimney known to be at or near that locality; so that hy the time the adilitional hattery is erected and the sulphuret works completed, there will, I think, he returns from ore reduced at this mine that will cause ‘Mrs. Petticoat” tc look to her laurels. Nothing new from Alexander & Co. The same old pounding is still going on; their hattery never stops. Mx. Smith’s claim seems to be iu somewhat of a fix. Iseru County. Havilah Courier, Sept. ist: On Sunday aiternoou some Chinamen commenced prospecting ou tho sonth side of Copperas Brauch, at the foot log. ‘Che Chinamen ohtained a good prospect, and it is believed that there aro good placer diggings on this hranch, Los Angeles Count;. Star, Aug. 8th: The tiu mines at Temeseal are turning out very well. There are about a dozen Cornish miuers at work, who are sinking on the ledge, which is down 30 feet, and exhibits a vein fully 5 feet wide. Oro of a very high percentago has heen struck. Mariposa County. Mail, Sept. 4th: Already much of the damage done by the floods of last Wiuter has heen repaired, and in a short time the mills will he in successful operation again. The new 20-stamp mill belonging to Jobn Hite, of Hite’s Cove, is successfully running and ornshing the rich oro taken from his inexbaustable mine. The mine in Hunter’s Valley, known as tho Oakes & Reese vein, is producing rich ore and getting better every day. A new water mill is in course of construetion at the Buckingham Mountain; the company has already on hand, ready for crushing, about 100 tons ot rock, which they consider rich in the precious metal. The Mariposa Co. has commenced work in earnest on the dam at the Benton Mills, on the Merced river. Nevada County. Transcript, Sept. 2d: Harvey Boone, Superintendent of the Kentucky Gravel Co., has gone to Gold Hill, Nevada, to see whether the stockholders desire to have the work continued on the mine or not. Sept. 84: The North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co. is engaged in building a diteh from the South Fork of Poor Man’s Creek, in Eureka townsbip, to carry water to the miners of Bloomfield township and the ridge. They are increasing the force at work as rapidly as possihle, and expect soon to have 1,500 Chinamen in the line of tbe ditch, The company some time since honght a numlier of mining claims near North Bloomfield, which they propose to supply with water, and all others who de sire. On Tuesday last, the Co. filed articles of incorporation in the Secretary of State’s office, with capital stock fixed at $800,000. Sept. 4th: A party is engaged in workin asmall ledge near the Norridgewalk Mill, from which good pay is ohtained. The rock is raised hy a windlass, the owner takes it to his house in a wheelharrow and works it in 2 small arastra. We understand that even hy this slow process he is making a ‘* good thing.” Thirty or forty tons of excellent rock from the Potosi mine is heing hauled to the French Mill to he crushed. Sept. 8th: Chas. Phelps, tho original loeator of Pbelp’s Hill, near Washington, in this county, made a rich strike, about six weeks ago. Mr. Phelps commenced runuing a tunnel into the hill, ahout three years ago, and has worked in itmore or less every season. The tuunel has paid expenses ever since he commenecd work, hut ahout six weeks ago he struck the main ehannel of gravel. He does not know the width or depth of tho stratnm, hut it is supposed to he from 10 to 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide. The gold varies from fine grains up to the size ot a pea, and he has found lumps worth $52. We saw yesterday four ounces, in which the lumps were as large as the kernels of peanuts. Assoon as the tunnel is run through, Mr. Phelps proposes to pnt on hydraulic power aud wash the gronnd off. Gautier and others have located, under the name of the Golden Co.,a elaim of 1,500 feet, on a ledgo a mile and a half from Grass Valley, near Bocker’s Sulphuret Works. A few days since the Dirchville Co., at Enreka, struck the ledge in their new tunuel and found it exeeedinely rich. Tbe Lower Channel Co. have located 12,000 feet of ground for a tail-sluice, commenceing at the southwestern terminus of the Lower Channel Co., in Penn Valley. Gazette, Sept. 3d: A gentleman who came down from Graniteville lately, informs us that a rich ledge was struck there last week hy two prospectors hy the names of ‘Happy Jack ” and ‘‘Tohacco Bill.” The ledge is large and well defined, and miners think the roek will yield from $35 to $40 per ton. The repairs and improvements recently made in the Banner Mill and Hoisting Works are completed, and the mine is yielding excellent quartz. The 30-stamp mill is continually at work, and plenty of rock is always on hand. The New York Mill, formerly known as the Sneath & Clay, will commence erushing this morning a lot of 100 to 150 tons of rock from the Wagoner ledge. Grass Valley WNutional, Sept. 4th: Considerable prospecting is goiug on in every direction, and the gold harvest of Grass Valley and vicinity promises to he augmented. The Union Hill mine had a clean-up on Wednesday, and from 150 tons of rock 206 ounces of gold were realized. This gives an average of $25 per ton. Grass Valley Union, Sept. ist: The Birehville mill is ernshing 100 tons of float roek, picked up ou their claims, which will pay $40 per ton. They have struck the ledge in their tunnel. Palmer, Cowles, Grandy & Go. strnek a very fine ledge, somo days ago, abont one mile from the South Fork. ‘They had some rock ernshed at Black’s Mill which yielded $33 per tou. Valentiue & Co., of Sau Francisco, have bought three shares in tho Golden Age ledge, and intend to erect a 10-stamp mill ouit, The Jim: mine’s last clean-np was not as good as was expected. The Golden Eagle, 400 yards east of the Jim, is now in 400 fect, and expecting at any moment to

strike their ledge. The rock of this ledge in the npper tunnel will pay over $50 per ton. Sweet & Co. are now taking ont good rock from the mine, which is being ernshed at Parramore & Co.’s arastras. It will average $20 per ton. The Star Co. are still running for their ledge. The Mountain Queen ledge, in God’s country, is about one mile from the Star. The rock from the ledge I have seen prospected several times, and nothing in this district will compare with it. It resemhles the roek of the Banner mine, of Nevada City. The company have struck the ledge in three different shafts, and it is from three to five feet wide. They are ahout to lease the Star mill, in order to have a crushing. Plumas County. Quincy National, Angust 29th: Joe Hickman, on the North Fork of the Carihoo, has one of the richest and best paying mining claims in the State. Week hefore last he took out, working aloue with a rocker, over six ounces. His claim consists of a bowlder deposit capped over with cement, cropping out on the bluffs of the North Fork. This deposit can he traced for miles, and has only hecn tapped at Carihoo, where several other companics are getting big pay in the same deposit. S Sau Bernardino County. Guardian, Aug. 8th: The miners on Lyttle Creek were doing well. Harpending & Co. were preparing to build a large flume. A party of Frenchmen have heen making $40 a day. Tuolunme County. Sonora Democrat, Sept. 5th: James Tulloch is working a mine on Green Spring Rnn, near Byrne’s Ferry. He has a shaft sunk on it to a depth of 70 fcet, and at that depth the veiu is 314 fect wide. The vein is not of the “ pocket” character, hut the gold is fine and diffused through the rock. One ton of average rock taken from a depth of fifty feet, recently crushed in an arastra, yielded $15, free gold. The vein runs on the east side of the copper helt. Mr. Tulloch intends to sbortly erect a mill on his mine, as he is satisfied that it will pay well. The Portuguese Co., now working the East Fork claim formerly owned hy VanMatre & Co., are averaging halt an ounce a day to tho hand. A numbher of other Portuguese miners have lately located or hought claims in that vicinity. ARIZONA, Preseott Jfiner, Ang. 15th: Work upon the Chase is progressing. Theledge in the new tnnnel is looking well. In Big Bug things look smiling. Smith & Gayiu are huilding their arastra, and three or four placer miniug eompanics are at work sluicing. On Lower Lynx Creek and the Hassayamopa, the placer miners are doing well. Our Wickenburg correspondeut says the mills are doing hetter than ever. Shoup, Griffin & Lovejoy had considerablo work to doin their hydraulic claims. hefore they commenced piping, bnt everything bas heen fixed up snugly, and they are now tearing down the banks in regular Timbuctoo style. Aug. 22d: Late news from Big Bug is that placer mining is all the rage there. Gavin & Oshorn were slnicing away in their new diggings, with flattering prospects. They had prospected their har thoroughly. The har is of great length, and averages 100 ft. in width. The dirt, from surface to hedrock, contains gold, and some strata prospect from 25 cents to. $1 to the pan. Allen and Taylor declare it the richest aud most extensive placer mining claim they baye scen anywhere in tho country. Mr. Thomas, an old Big Bug miner, who came over from there on Tuesday evening last, confirms the statement of Messrs. Allen and Taylor, and pronounce the har a hig thing. He also informs us that tho German Co., and Capt. Lewis were at work in tho old Mexican Gulch, making fair wages. Four hundred feet in the eastern extension of the Vulture lode at Wickenhurg, was recently sold for $5,S00, The arastras on Lynx Creck are running and will continne to do so nutil water gives out. Work for the present has ceased on the Platanca mine. Tho first cleanup made hy Jackson & Co., in the Excelsior diggings, paid $15 a day to the hand. IDAHO. Owyhee Avalanche, August 29th: Late intelligence from Carihoo states that great excitement has heen created hy the discoyery of a large prospect on Peterson Creek. The Pickens and Edwards tunnel, at Coitonweod, is now in on the ledge 70 feet, where the vein is three feet wide and shows . execedingly rich in silver. Lewiston Journal, July 15th: A new placcr mining district has heen discovered on the headwaters of the St. Joseph’s river, and about eighty miles east of Oro Fino, Qnite a number of persons have left this place for the new nines. Three different camps have heen formed, either of which will prove good. Boise World, August 26th: Northington and Madden came in from the diggings in Deadwood Basin, last Sunday evening. They report about 60 miners in the district, and they are generally making from wages to good pay. The river diggings have heen worked hy Highland & Co. for a week, bnt with what result was not known: NIONTANA. Helena Post, Aug. 28th: We learn thata tributary of Beef Straight Gulch, called American Gulch, has recently been found © to contain rich deposits of gold, and that it is now heing sncecessfully worked. Although this gulch has heen prospected for anuiher of years, gold has not been found in paying quantities until quite recently. Wm. Nowlan returned from Cable on Saturday night, bringing with him 359 ozs. of fine gold retort, the result of onc weelk’s” ruu in his mill upon Cable ore. The richness of this lead continues unabated. Mr. David Lusk, just arrived in this city, states that fabulously rich placer mines have heen discovered in the Coenr d’ Alene Mountains, on the headwaters of the Coenr d@’ Alene and §t. Joseph rivers, These new diggings are 800 miles from bere, and are creating an intense excitement, especially on the other side of the range. Mr. Sweeney, formerly of Washington Gulch, has heen prospecting in the Coeur d’ Alene — Mountains for two years, und struck it rich about four weeks ago. His claim is situated on a stream 45 miles in length. From this” ground be obtains prospects of $1 to tho pan, in a strip of pay gravel four feet deep and 25 ft, in width. Good prospects have heen obtained all along the hanks of this river, and 200 men are now engaged there . opening claims. Sweeney’s is the only one upon which a sluice is running. On Booth’s” Rivor, seven miles southwest of Sweeney’s River, prospects of from 25 to 75 cents to the pan are ohtained, with a pay streak six feet in depth and 18 iuches wide. Upon still another river, from 10 to 15 cents to the pan is obtained. Tributary to all these rivers are numerous gulches, in whieh good prospects are ohtained, in fact, the whole of that section of country seems to he a net work of rich placer mines. There are, in these new diggings, ahout 700 men, and immense uumbhers on horsehack and on foot, and with every conceivable ebaracter of an outfit, aro hurrying to tbem from every point of tbe compass. The miners engaged in cleaning hedrock at German Gulch, are taking ont big pay, and alively camp is the consequence, American Gulch is proving rich in discovery claim. Capt. Hendric, recently from Rochester district, informs us that the Watseka lead has much improved, with a erevice 5% ft. wide. He brought in with him 115 ozs. of retort, the result of one week’s rnn in his mill, with eight stamps, on Watsekaquartz, the average yield per ton being $40 in enrrency. The erection of Wanm’s 10-stamp mill, also to rnn on Watsoka ore, is progressing rapidly. Great excitement exists at Beartown and vicinity concerning tho new mines in tho Coeur d’ Alene Mountains. A bar has heen discovered there seven milcs in length and ahout 400 feet in width, the dirt upon which, so far as tested, is from 4 to 12 ft. in depth, and prospects from 10 cents to $1.85 cents to tbepan. The creck below the har prospects well. A eorrespondent writing from Prairie Bar, says: The har is ahout 114 miles in length, and from two to three miles in width, with good prospects from the river to the summit. The pay dirt is from 5 to 15 fect in depth, and yields fine gold from the top down. Some 31 claims have heen opened, all proving rich. A scarcity of water prevents move than 12 or 15 claims heing worked at present. Eighty hydranlies are kept constantly running, and seyeral companics are engaged in ground slnicing on an extensive scale. The Virginia Demoerat, says. The Branham lode, at Mill Creek, reccutly cleaned up retort of the value of $600, or at the rate of $75 per ton for the amounternsheul. One week ago Messrs, Hussey, Dahler & Co, reccived 1,707 ounces of hullion from Argenta, the proceeds of an 18 days’ run in the Esler Furnace. The lot is worth $3,000..-The miners of Ganuack took ont $150,000 during the past winter. Molitor Bros. yesterday smelted over 1,000 ounces of gold dust, worth $19,000 — . in coin.