Volume 17 (1868) (428 pages)

182 The Mining and Scientific Press. rl t Mining Summary. Tre following information is gleaned mostly from journals published in the interior, in close proxirmty to the mines mentioned. Wuetner the scarcity of miuing items during the past few weeks can beattributed to the fact that our mines are not paying so well as formerly, or that our excbangestake more interest in political than local mining matters, is a question we bave been seriously considering lately. There has certainly been a falling off in our weekly summary, and that too at that particular season when we would naturally expect our exchanges to be overflowing with eucouraging reports. Nevada County, always the most flourishing in mining matters, sends usas usual along list of favorahle items, also one or two other counties; but a majority of those from whoze papers we are in the habit of clipping largely, come to us meager and frequently entirely innocent of an item to give us hope. We cannot think that our mines are failing, but rather attribute it to a fondness ou the part of our eotemporaries to mix up in the filthy pool of politics, Now if this is the case, we object. Keep up your home interests, and politics, always lively enough of itself, will take care of itself. We hope next week to give a moro complete summary of mining items. CALIFORNIA. Alpine Country. Markleevile Afiner, Sept. 5th: The Globe tunnel is still cutting small veins of quartz, outlying feeders to the main lode, thatlook well, We hear still more flattering reports of the recent strike in the Rippon elaim. The quartz looks well and they seem to have a large hody of it. No test of the ore has yet been heard from. BH. Arnold has sold one half of his interest in 3,000 shares of stock in the Leviathan Co. for $1,000. Chroniele, Sept. 5th: Work will soon be resumed on the George Washington elaim by its new proprietors, who are negotiating with Superintendent Thompson for the erushing of their oro at the Pittsburg mill. One hundred tons of rock are now ready for the mill, and if satisfactory arrangements are perfected, hands will at once bo put on the mine under the superintendence of a gentleman from San Francisco. An amalgamator from Gold Hill will uext week commence putting the Pittsburg mill iu order for erushing the IXL rock. Amador County. Jacksou Ledger, Sept. 12th: Jones & Co., lately of Grass Valley, are erecting sevcral English buddles for eoucentrating sulphurets, near the Oneida mill. Further developments in the Casco mine eonfirm our former report. Enough has now been discovered to justify the immediato ereetion of a 20-stamp mill. The Coney & Bigelow is following up its steady lick and yielding its regular bricks. The Spanish mine, on Spanish Gulch, is again turning out some rich specimen rock. The Gate mine, owned by Dr. Sharp & Co., is being suuk deeper with fair prospeets. At Sutter Creek, the mines are in the . . usual prosperous condition. It is said that the Mahoney is yielding unusually good, and that the Amador Co. contemplate sinking the two principal shafts still deeper. At Pine Grove, the eontractors on the Kendall have eompleted a 20-foot drift and are on another. Some excellent rock was found. Another 50 feet has been completed on the Vaughn mine tunuel, but the ehimney not yet reached. The Sorroceo’s “Ttaliau” and Grass Valley mines are reported yood as nsual, Young & Sorroceo Bros., of Voleauo, cleaned up their hydyaulie claim last week, after arnu of 70 days, and the result was a yield of $5,000. The owners of the Cosumnes eopper mines have put up asmelting furnaee, and aro now working low grades of ore that has aceumulated at their mine. The result, so far, has heen very satisfactory. On Tuesday last the new Kennedy 20stamp mill was setiu motiou, Tyerything worked satisfactorily. Culuveras County. Mokelumne Hill Chronicle, Sept. 12th: Olark & Dudley, proprictors of the cele-. hrated Hie Jacet claim, are evincing an en-. on aecount of the high water in the Yuba, ; near Downieville. sult. The motive power of the machinery employed upon the mine is conveyed to the claim in a bottle. ; . How often does said motive power require the aid of said bottle ?—Eps. Press. . The Lower Rich Gulch correspondent writes: The additional battery of the Palomo mill is completed and commenced erushing on Tnesday the 8thinst. It is a most admirable piece of machinery. The sulphnret works are progressing towards completion, Alexander & Co. are still going dowu with their sbaft. Preparations are being made to resume operations on the claim helow. Kern County. Havilah Courier, Sept. 8th: We hear of good placer mincs on Kern River, about four miles below Sumner’s bridge. The dirt pays remarkably well. The bar is abont 1,500 or 2,000 feet in extent; the ground is easily worked and water in abundance is easily ohtained. There is no doubt that Kern River in numerous places will pay largely in placer mining. Maviposa County. Gazette, Scpt. 11th: We learn that the copper mines at Buchanan Hollow, are to be worked with renewed vigor and energy by the gentlemen who have recently taken thei in haud, Vilas & Co. have commenced operations on the right basis. : Nevada County. Transcript, Sept. 9th : For sometime past a Frenchman has becn engaged in putting up machinery at Canada Hill, for the purpose of working sulphurets by a new process. The works are now eompleted, aud the experiments on gold sulphurcis aresaid to be more than satisfaetory. A gentleman who has visited and examined the works, informs us that they have operated with gold sulphurets and saved five per eent. above the fire assay. They have not set eommenced regular work, but are only experimenting on different kinds of rock. The Superintendont is satisfied with the experiments on gold snlphurets, and is now experimenting on silver sulphurets from the Yellow Jaekct mine of Nevada. The parties have expended about $60,000 iu fitting up tho machinery. Branbury & Stacy struck a very rieh ledge in their claim at Graniteville, several days ago. ‘The lead is three feet wide, and is very rich where thoy have opened on it in their tunuel. This elaim is located near Blaek & Young’s mill. Recently several rich strikes have been made in the vicinity of Graniteville, and there is cousiderable life in mining matters. Sept. 10th: M. Janchand others have loeated 2,000 feet on a quartz ledgo southeast of Badger Hill, in Bridgeport towuship. The Brick Top Co. have located 1,100 feet on Greeu Horn Creel, running back to the summit of Mt. Oro Hill) The claims adjoin those of Barnett & Co. The Brick Top Co. have also loeated the large ravine running throngh the southwest eoruer of their ground for fluming and mining. O. Crandall arrived here yesterday onhis way to Graniteville, to put up a 10-stamp mill on the Jim Crack ledge, owned by Dull & Getehell, of San Franeisco. The 15-stamp mill receutly put up on the Eddy mine at French Corral, for the purpose of crnshiug cement, has been eompleted aud will start up to-day. The Moore’s Flat correspondent writes : The Birchville Co. lately struck the ledge iu their tunnel. Morey & Wooldridge’s late diseovery promises to be one of the bestledges in the distriet. Tho Liherty Co. arerunning Poquilon’s mill on their own rock, and are said to be doing very well. Atwater & Knotwell cleaned up last week. The run yielded about $6,000. The old Monogue Co. will have to suspend in a few weeks for want of fall. The elaims of J. M. Hickey look first rate. The Illinois Co’s claims look better than they have done for years. Thomas Dooling is working ground that is acknowledged to be rich. He will soon make a haudsome elean up. The Eagle Co, are about raising their shaft, The Piute Co, are working with fair snecess. On Woolsey’s Flat, the Boston Consolidation, XTX, and Shultes & Stober arein suceessful operation and are all doing very well. Sept. 11th: Ben. Jones & Co. have struek a ledge near Gold Run, which is very rich. The lead runs parallel with the Mohawk, and the gold ean be seen all through the H ‘ock. Sept. 15th: The prescnt season has been, operatious are resumed with fine prospects. Considerable prospecting is being done for qnartz on the river above and between Washington and Eureka. The Star Co. are still pegging away in the hope of striking the ledge. At Phelps Hill, rich claims were recently struck, and at Gold Hill this side of, Washington. We understand the companies at work are doing first rate. Gazette, Sept. 8th: Charles Phelps, who has for three ycars past been running a tunnel at Phelps’ Hill in search of a gravel channel, about'six weeks ago struck excellent gravel. The gold is coarse, many of the pieces weighing » dollar or more, and one nugget weighing over $50 was picked up. Grass Valley Union, Sept. 9th: ‘*Sailor Jack,” and aman known as ‘‘ Jack of Clubs,” a few days ago, strnck arich ledge at Graniteville. The ledge shows free gold in streaks and seanis. Eixxceusion. — Franseripl, Sept. 11th: After various tvials of the Enterprise ore, Meadow Lake, by the ordinary mill process, the greatest yield obtaiucd was five ounces out of 20 tons, and 160 pounds of quicksilver was lost. The Euterprise men resorted to the “Hagan superhcated steam process,” and after the first trial obtained 16 48-100th ounces from 20 tons of the same grade of rock, the gold being refined aud worth $20 an ounco. Some of the miues in Meadow Lake are being worked with good success. Lately the Hinrpire Co. had 80 tons of quartz erushed at the California mill, which averaged $20 per ton in free gold, and it is supposed the yield of sulphrrets will douhle the amount. The Mobawk and Montreal are taking out splendid rock in immense quantity. The Independent and U. 5. Grant eompanies are also obtaining excellent rock. Plumas Counts. Quincey National, Sept. 10th: The miuers on Iinsh Creek are enjoying a season of prosperity, and have flattering prospects for the future. Roedde & Co., below Holme’s Hole, have becu doing well lately —making an average of half an ounce per day tothe hand. Serrin & Brown are, as usual, makiug money, aud their elaim will last a lifetime. Seherr & Co., whose claim is the upper one on the ereek, are making good wages, and have fiue prospects ahead. R. Guise is still on Bull Frog, and is taking itoutin ehunks. He picked up a pieee a short time ago, weighing over seven ozs. Several companies are at work on Mill Creek, and are doing well. Swan & Co. have just got a large water derrick in rnnning order, and will throw the pebbles out of their elaim iu short order. Siskiyou Count; Yreka Cuion, Sept. 12th: Miuing, whieh was always the chief busiuess at Seott’s Bar, is rapidly being monopolized by the Chinese. So far tlie present season, no great amount of dnst has been taken out. The mining is priucipally in the river, and is proseeuted by means of wheels, wiugdams, ete. The annual freshet did not visit this spot during tho present year, and hence no mining has been done, ARIZONA. Prescott Jfiner, Aug. 29th: A correspondent writing from Willow Grove, says: Mr. Wade is rapidly pushing forward the work of putting up his mill, and hopes to he erushing qnartz by the first of Oetober. Mr. Otis, of San Franeiseo, owner of a 10stamp mill that has been standing idle at El Dorado Canon for the past two years, is actively engaged in getting out ore from the Teehaticup mine, and putting his mill in eondition to work it. Mining operations will soon be resumed in the Sacramento distriet. The Wickenbnrg correspoudent says: The mills are turning ont bushels of money; everything looks lively. COLORADO. Central Cify Register, Augnst 27th says : The Sterling Mill, in Chase Guleh, has been thoroughly refitted and repaired. Prof. Hill has been working some of the very rich ore taken from the Gilpin County Tunnel. The precise resnlts are not yet known, but from $500 to $1,000, in silver, per ton, will be realized. The proprietors of the Hiquator mine, at Georgetown, commenced to ship their first lot of 40 tons of ore to Newark, N. J., to be smelted, The U. S. Bank lode, in Gold Hill, is reported as looking very promising, and produeing more rieh ore than ever hefore. Yesterday we were shown by T. H. Lowe, of Idaho, some beautiful specimens of native silver from a lode recently diseovered Tt was principally in ergy unparalleled in its developmeut. One unfavorable to mining upon the bars, but) fine, curly wires, that nearly covered the day's labor has been performed during the . the river is now down to low water mark, past month, with the. most satisfuctury re. and at Rocky Bar and other points miving surface ot one of the specimens. Dr. Sevaton has com:neuced work on his teduction works at Mill City. His mode of working consists in erushing, thoroughly freeing the ores from silphur, then amalgamating. Silver ore lias been taken ont, on Gold Hill, which assays between $7,000 and $8,000 per ton. The Baker Mining Co., of Georgetown, will heat their furnace for the first time on Monday. It is a reverberatory furnace, with blast attached, and is capable of smelting six tonsa day. It is finely constructed. The company have a large quantity of ore on hand, and are taking ont an average of 8 tons per day, wbich, assays show, will average $1,000 per ton. They can at any time increase the supply of this ore to 6 tons, as it is already uncovered. This rich ore has been recently struck in two places, 300 feet apart, and when not mixed with gangue gives the assays reported afew days ago. In one place the rich ore struck ig 170 feet from the surface; another is at the grass roots. The company have excavated since last Fall 800 feet of shafts and drifts. In the 170-foot shaft there is a body of ore 20 inches thick. The Brown Co.’s furnace will be ready to heat up a few days later, The average working results from its ores give $300 per ton from the upper drift, and $400 from the lower; $15,000 have already been shipped from this mine this Summer. The Baker Co. recently commenced to drive a cross-cut, and have uow struck a_ vein of ore 10 inches wide, which yields an avcrage assay of $1,824 per ton; the highest assay made from it is $16,280 per ton. The ore is ruby silver and hrittle silver, or stephanito. Prof. Silliman, of Yalo College, is here, examining the geology of Colorado, is collecting speeimens for the cabinet of his college. Denver News, August 26th: Silver ore has been found at Gold Hill whieh assays $7,000 to $8,000 a ton. A dispatch dated to-day, at Trinidad, says: “Good mines struck within a mile of town; nuggets large as beans.” Sept. 2d: Four hundred ft. ou the Perrin lode was recently sold in Central for $15,occ. The Five-Twenty mill at Oro City started on Monday last.Gulch mining is prosperous, the shipments of dust larger than_ heretoforo this season, A new and valnable lode has been discovered by Captain Wetmoro on the mountain just above Dayton. Central City Herald, Sept. 2d: Ths Awanda lode, on Leaveuworth Mountain, is turning out to bo one of the largest mineral veins in that locality, showing ahont two feet of ore. While at Georgetown the other day we saw 250 saeks of Terrible oro veatly put up and marked for the New Jersey Smelting Works. The ore is erushed and dressed at the mine, and from 50 to 75 ibs, putin each sack. The owners of the Equator are also shipping ore .Dr. Scaton is running the mill formerly managed by Mr. McIntyre, of Mill City. We saw about a hatfull of amalgam there the other day.J. W. Nesmith has let the eontract for the erection of a 20-stamp water mill, opposite the Tiger mill, on North Clear Creek.The last run mado from Dead Broke ore, whieh was put through one section of the Black Hawk Co’s 60-stamp mill, yielded $200 per cord, gold.The Pleasant Valley OCo’s claim on Russell, panned out, last week 111 ounees, gold, currency valuation $2,700.Richard Glennan is working claim No. 2 East, on the Mack lode, Gregory district, and taking out good pay. The ore is being crushed in the Arighi mill, above Black Hawk.Miller & Hach are working the patch claims north of the German lode. It pays them ahont $7 per day to the man.John Bennet showed us, last evening, a fine lot of specimens of surface quartz from a lode he discovered yesterday in Lake Gulch, Present indieations are that he has struek a big thing. .The New York Co’s 35-stamp water mill below Blaek Hawk, is being run this week on ore from three different lodes, situated in Illinois Central district, the most prominent of which is the Dunnegan. A. ©. Johnson is working two shafts on the Golden Hagle lode, Lake district. He is running the ove in the Cullison water mill at Missouri City. It is yielding at the rate of $270 per cord. Borham Milier & Co. have reached a depth of 90 ft. cn claim No. 1 East, on the Bates or Hunter lode. At that depth they have a fine body of ore in sight. They keep a portion of the New York Co’s mill constantly employed crushing for them. Frm a eord of ore, mixed with wall-rock, from the Illinois extension lode, run in the Whitcomb mill, reeently, $187 gold was taken ont. Georgetown Miner, Sept. 2d: Huepeden, Walters & Co, have shipped, sin-e our last a ay

182 The Mining and Scientific Press. rl t Mining Summary. Tre following information is gleaned mostly from journals published in the interior, in close proxirmty to the mines mentioned. Wuetner the scarcity of miuing items during the past few weeks can beattributed to the fact that our mines are not paying so well as formerly, or that our excbangestake more interest in political than local mining matters, is a question we bave been seriously considering lately. There has certainly been a falling off in our weekly summary, and that too at that particular season when we would naturally expect our exchanges to be overflowing with eucouraging reports. Nevada County, always the most flourishing in mining matters, sends usas usual along list of favorahle items, also one or two other counties; but a majority of those from whoze papers we are in the habit of clipping largely, come to us meager and frequently entirely innocent of an item to give us hope. We cannot think that our mines are failing, but rather attribute it to a fondness ou the part of our eotemporaries to mix up in the filthy pool of politics, Now if this is the case, we object. Keep up your home interests, and politics, always lively enough of itself, will take care of itself. We hope next week to give a moro complete summary of mining items. CALIFORNIA. Alpine Country. Markleevile Afiner, Sept. 5th: The Globe tunnel is still cutting small veins of quartz, outlying feeders to the main lode, thatlook well, We hear still more flattering reports of the recent strike in the Rippon elaim. The quartz looks well and they seem to have a large hody of it. No test of the ore has yet been heard from. BH. Arnold has sold one half of his interest in 3,000 shares of stock in the Leviathan Co. for $1,000. Chroniele, Sept. 5th: Work will soon be resumed on the George Washington elaim by its new proprietors, who are negotiating with Superintendent Thompson for the erushing of their oro at the Pittsburg mill. One hundred tons of rock are now ready for the mill, and if satisfactory arrangements are perfected, hands will at once bo put on the mine under the superintendence of a gentleman from San Francisco. An amalgamator from Gold Hill will uext week commence putting the Pittsburg mill iu order for erushing the IXL rock. Amador County. Jacksou Ledger, Sept. 12th: Jones & Co., lately of Grass Valley, are erecting sevcral English buddles for eoucentrating sulphurets, near the Oneida mill. Further developments in the Casco mine eonfirm our former report. Enough has now been discovered to justify the immediato ereetion of a 20-stamp mill. The Coney & Bigelow is following up its steady lick and yielding its regular bricks. The Spanish mine, on Spanish Gulch, is again turning out some rich specimen rock. The Gate mine, owned by Dr. Sharp & Co., is being suuk deeper with fair prospeets. At Sutter Creek, the mines are in the . . usual prosperous condition. It is said that the Mahoney is yielding unusually good, and that the Amador Co. contemplate sinking the two principal shafts still deeper. At Pine Grove, the eontractors on the Kendall have eompleted a 20-foot drift and are on another. Some excellent rock was found. Another 50 feet has been completed on the Vaughn mine tunuel, but the ehimney not yet reached. The Sorroceo’s “Ttaliau” and Grass Valley mines are reported yood as nsual, Young & Sorroceo Bros., of Voleauo, cleaned up their hydyaulie claim last week, after arnu of 70 days, and the result was a yield of $5,000. The owners of the Cosumnes eopper mines have put up asmelting furnaee, and aro now working low grades of ore that has aceumulated at their mine. The result, so far, has heen very satisfactory. On Tuesday last the new Kennedy 20stamp mill was setiu motiou, Tyerything worked satisfactorily. Culuveras County. Mokelumne Hill Chronicle, Sept. 12th: Olark & Dudley, proprictors of the cele-. hrated Hie Jacet claim, are evincing an en-. on aecount of the high water in the Yuba, ; near Downieville. sult. The motive power of the machinery employed upon the mine is conveyed to the claim in a bottle. ; . How often does said motive power require the aid of said bottle ?—Eps. Press. . The Lower Rich Gulch correspondent writes: The additional battery of the Palomo mill is completed and commenced erushing on Tnesday the 8thinst. It is a most admirable piece of machinery. The sulphnret works are progressing towards completion, Alexander & Co. are still going dowu with their sbaft. Preparations are being made to resume operations on the claim helow. Kern County. Havilah Courier, Sept. 8th: We hear of good placer mincs on Kern River, about four miles below Sumner’s bridge. The dirt pays remarkably well. The bar is abont 1,500 or 2,000 feet in extent; the ground is easily worked and water in abundance is easily ohtained. There is no doubt that Kern River in numerous places will pay largely in placer mining. Maviposa County. Gazette, Scpt. 11th: We learn that the copper mines at Buchanan Hollow, are to be worked with renewed vigor and energy by the gentlemen who have recently taken thei in haud, Vilas & Co. have commenced operations on the right basis. : Nevada County. Transcript, Sept. 9th : For sometime past a Frenchman has becn engaged in putting up machinery at Canada Hill, for the purpose of working sulphurets by a new process. The works are now eompleted, aud the experiments on gold sulphurcis aresaid to be more than satisfaetory. A gentleman who has visited and examined the works, informs us that they have operated with gold sulphurets and saved five per eent. above the fire assay. They have not set eommenced regular work, but are only experimenting on different kinds of rock. The Superintendont is satisfied with the experiments on gold snlphurets, and is now experimenting on silver sulphurets from the Yellow Jaekct mine of Nevada. The parties have expended about $60,000 iu fitting up tho machinery. Branbury & Stacy struck a very rieh ledge in their claim at Graniteville, several days ago. ‘The lead is three feet wide, and is very rich where thoy have opened on it in their tunuel. This elaim is located near Blaek & Young’s mill. Recently several rich strikes have been made in the vicinity of Graniteville, and there is cousiderable life in mining matters. Sept. 10th: M. Janchand others have loeated 2,000 feet on a quartz ledgo southeast of Badger Hill, in Bridgeport towuship. The Brick Top Co. have located 1,100 feet on Greeu Horn Creel, running back to the summit of Mt. Oro Hill) The claims adjoin those of Barnett & Co. The Brick Top Co. have also loeated the large ravine running throngh the southwest eoruer of their ground for fluming and mining. O. Crandall arrived here yesterday onhis way to Graniteville, to put up a 10-stamp mill on the Jim Crack ledge, owned by Dull & Getehell, of San Franeisco. The 15-stamp mill receutly put up on the Eddy mine at French Corral, for the purpose of crnshiug cement, has been eompleted aud will start up to-day. The Moore’s Flat correspondent writes : The Birchville Co. lately struck the ledge iu their tunnel. Morey & Wooldridge’s late diseovery promises to be one of the bestledges in the distriet. Tho Liherty Co. arerunning Poquilon’s mill on their own rock, and are said to be doing very well. Atwater & Knotwell cleaned up last week. The run yielded about $6,000. The old Monogue Co. will have to suspend in a few weeks for want of fall. The elaims of J. M. Hickey look first rate. The Illinois Co’s claims look better than they have done for years. Thomas Dooling is working ground that is acknowledged to be rich. He will soon make a haudsome elean up. The Eagle Co, are about raising their shaft, The Piute Co, are working with fair snecess. On Woolsey’s Flat, the Boston Consolidation, XTX, and Shultes & Stober arein suceessful operation and are all doing very well. Sept. 11th: Ben. Jones & Co. have struek a ledge near Gold Run, which is very rich. The lead runs parallel with the Mohawk, and the gold ean be seen all through the H ‘ock. Sept. 15th: The prescnt season has been, operatious are resumed with fine prospects. Considerable prospecting is being done for qnartz on the river above and between Washington and Eureka. The Star Co. are still pegging away in the hope of striking the ledge. At Phelps Hill, rich claims were recently struck, and at Gold Hill this side of, Washington. We understand the companies at work are doing first rate. Gazette, Sept. 8th: Charles Phelps, who

has for three ycars past been running a tunnel at Phelps’ Hill in search of a gravel channel, about'six weeks ago struck excellent gravel. The gold is coarse, many of the pieces weighing » dollar or more, and one nugget weighing over $50 was picked up. Grass Valley Union, Sept. 9th: ‘*Sailor Jack,” and aman known as ‘‘ Jack of Clubs,” a few days ago, strnck arich ledge at Graniteville. The ledge shows free gold in streaks and seanis. Eixxceusion. — Franseripl, Sept. 11th: After various tvials of the Enterprise ore, Meadow Lake, by the ordinary mill process, the greatest yield obtaiucd was five ounces out of 20 tons, and 160 pounds of quicksilver was lost. The Euterprise men resorted to the “Hagan superhcated steam process,” and after the first trial obtained 16 48-100th ounces from 20 tons of the same grade of rock, the gold being refined aud worth $20 an ounco. Some of the miues in Meadow Lake are being worked with good success. Lately the Hinrpire Co. had 80 tons of quartz erushed at the California mill, which averaged $20 per ton in free gold, and it is supposed the yield of sulphrrets will douhle the amount. The Mobawk and Montreal are taking out splendid rock in immense quantity. The Independent and U. 5. Grant eompanies are also obtaining excellent rock. Plumas Counts. Quincey National, Sept. 10th: The miuers on Iinsh Creek are enjoying a season of prosperity, and have flattering prospects for the future. Roedde & Co., below Holme’s Hole, have becu doing well lately —making an average of half an ounce per day tothe hand. Serrin & Brown are, as usual, makiug money, aud their elaim will last a lifetime. Seherr & Co., whose claim is the upper one on the ereek, are making good wages, and have fiue prospects ahead. R. Guise is still on Bull Frog, and is taking itoutin ehunks. He picked up a pieee a short time ago, weighing over seven ozs. Several companies are at work on Mill Creek, and are doing well. Swan & Co. have just got a large water derrick in rnnning order, and will throw the pebbles out of their elaim iu short order. Siskiyou Count; Yreka Cuion, Sept. 12th: Miuing, whieh was always the chief busiuess at Seott’s Bar, is rapidly being monopolized by the Chinese. So far tlie present season, no great amount of dnst has been taken out. The mining is priucipally in the river, and is proseeuted by means of wheels, wiugdams, ete. The annual freshet did not visit this spot during tho present year, and hence no mining has been done, ARIZONA. Prescott Jfiner, Aug. 29th: A correspondent writing from Willow Grove, says: Mr. Wade is rapidly pushing forward the work of putting up his mill, and hopes to he erushing qnartz by the first of Oetober. Mr. Otis, of San Franeiseo, owner of a 10stamp mill that has been standing idle at El Dorado Canon for the past two years, is actively engaged in getting out ore from the Teehaticup mine, and putting his mill in eondition to work it. Mining operations will soon be resumed in the Sacramento distriet. The Wickenbnrg correspoudent says: The mills are turning ont bushels of money; everything looks lively. COLORADO. Central Cify Register, Augnst 27th says : The Sterling Mill, in Chase Guleh, has been thoroughly refitted and repaired. Prof. Hill has been working some of the very rich ore taken from the Gilpin County Tunnel. The precise resnlts are not yet known, but from $500 to $1,000, in silver, per ton, will be realized. The proprietors of the Hiquator mine, at Georgetown, commenced to ship their first lot of 40 tons of ore to Newark, N. J., to be smelted, The U. S. Bank lode, in Gold Hill, is reported as looking very promising, and produeing more rieh ore than ever hefore. Yesterday we were shown by T. H. Lowe, of Idaho, some beautiful specimens of native silver from a lode recently diseovered Tt was principally in ergy unparalleled in its developmeut. One unfavorable to mining upon the bars, but) fine, curly wires, that nearly covered the day's labor has been performed during the . the river is now down to low water mark, past month, with the. most satisfuctury re. and at Rocky Bar and other points miving surface ot one of the specimens. Dr. Sevaton has com:neuced work on his teduction works at Mill City. His mode of working consists in erushing, thoroughly freeing the ores from silphur, then amalgamating. Silver ore lias been taken ont, on Gold Hill, which assays between $7,000 and $8,000 per ton. The Baker Mining Co., of Georgetown, will heat their furnace for the first time on Monday. It is a reverberatory furnace, with blast attached, and is capable of smelting six tonsa day. It is finely constructed. The company have a large quantity of ore on hand, and are taking ont an average of 8 tons per day, wbich, assays show, will average $1,000 per ton. They can at any time increase the supply of this ore to 6 tons, as it is already uncovered. This rich ore has been recently struck in two places, 300 feet apart, and when not mixed with gangue gives the assays reported afew days ago. In one place the rich ore struck ig 170 feet from the surface; another is at the grass roots. The company have excavated since last Fall 800 feet of shafts and drifts. In the 170-foot shaft there is a body of ore 20 inches thick. The Brown Co.’s furnace will be ready to heat up a few days later, The average working results from its ores give $300 per ton from the upper drift, and $400 from the lower; $15,000 have already been shipped from this mine this Summer. The Baker Co. recently commenced to drive a cross-cut, and have uow struck a_ vein of ore 10 inches wide, which yields an avcrage assay of $1,824 per ton; the highest assay made from it is $16,280 per ton. The ore is ruby silver and hrittle silver, or stephanito. Prof. Silliman, of Yalo College, is here, examining the geology of Colorado, is collecting speeimens for the cabinet of his college. Denver News, August 26th: Silver ore has been found at Gold Hill whieh assays $7,000 to $8,000 a ton. A dispatch dated to-day, at Trinidad, says: “Good mines struck within a mile of town; nuggets large as beans.” Sept. 2d: Four hundred ft. ou the Perrin lode was recently sold in Central for $15,occ. The Five-Twenty mill at Oro City started on Monday last..Gulch mining is prosperous, the shipments of dust larger than_ heretoforo this season, A new and valnable lode has been discovered by Captain Wetmoro on the mountain just above Dayton. Central City Herald, Sept. 2d: Ths Awanda lode, on Leaveuworth Mountain, is turning out to bo one of the largest mineral veins in that locality, showing ahont two feet of ore.. While at Georgetown the other day we saw 250 saeks of Terrible oro veatly put up and marked for the New Jersey Smelting Works. The ore is erushed and dressed at the mine, and from 50 to 75 ibs, putin each sack. The owners of the Equator are also shipping ore ..Dr. Scaton is running the mill formerly managed by Mr. McIntyre, of Mill City. We saw about a hatfull of amalgam there the other day..J. W. Nesmith has let the eontract for the erection of a 20-stamp water mill, opposite the Tiger mill, on North Clear Creek..The last run mado from Dead Broke ore, whieh was put through one section of the Black Hawk Co’s 60-stamp mill, yielded $200 per cord, gold..The Pleasant Valley OCo’s claim on Russell, panned out, last week 111 ounees, gold, currency valuation $2,700..Richard Glennan is working claim No. 2 East, on the Mack lode, Gregory district, and taking out good pay. The ore is being crushed in the Arighi mill, above Black Hawk..Miller & Hach are working the patch claims north of the German lode. It pays them ahont $7 per day to the man..John Bennet showed us, last evening, a fine lot of specimens of surface quartz from a lode he discovered yesterday in Lake Gulch, Present indieations are that he has struek a big thing.. .The New York Co’s 35-stamp water mill below Blaek Hawk, is being run this week on ore from three different lodes, situated in Illinois Central district, the most prominent of which is the Dunnegan.. A. ©. Johnson is working two shafts on the Golden Hagle lode, Lake district. He is running the ove in the Cullison water mill at Missouri City. It is yielding at the rate of $270 per cord. Borham Milier & Co. have reached a depth of 90 ft. cn claim No. 1 East, on the Bates or Hunter lode. At that depth they have a fine body of ore in sight. They keep a portion of the New York Co’s mill constantly employed crushing for them. Frm a eord of ore, mixed with wall-rock, from the Illinois extension lode, run in the Whitcomb mill, reeently, $187 gold was taken ont. Georgetown Miner, Sept. 2d: Huepeden, Walters & Co, have shipped, sin-e our last a ay