Volume 17 (1868) (428 pages)

38 The Mining and Scientific Press. Mining Summary. Tre following information is gleaned mostly from journals published in the interior, in close proximity to the mines mentioned. CALIFORNIA. Alpine County. Miner, July 4th: Arnold & Morris wi start work on the Leviathan soon. The Globe Co. are having the front of their néw tunnel timbered. Chronicle, July 4th: Gypsnm is found at Markleeville, Alpine and Silver Monntain. San Francisco Times: A correspondent writing from Bullion under date of Jnly 10th, says: The Monnt Bnllion Co. are running a tunnel to cut the Union, two Eastern Slopes, Monnt Bullion, Star of the West, Red, White and Blne, and Highland Mary lodes, any one of which gives good assays from top rock, The whole length of the tunnel to cut the Highland Mary lode will he abont 4,500 feet, at which point the depth will be 1,200 feet. The distance to the Union ledge is some 900 feet, and th2 depth at that point is between 500 and 600 feet, The tunnel is being run by contract, with three shifts of men, who average 60 feet per month. The compatiy owns the water front along the river for 1,800 feet above the mouth of their tunnel, which gives them a fall of 28 feet ten inches, with the eontrol of from 3,000 to 4,000 inches of water at the lowest stage of the river. The Monitor Consolidated Co. is located a half mile helow, on the east bank of the river, and on the north side of Monitor creek, and their tunnel runs nearly parallel swith that of the Imperial Co, The whole leugth of their projected tnnnel is about 6,000 feet, with a depth of over 1,600 feet. They will cnt the Uniou and Eastern Slope leads in addition to those cut hy the Imperial Co., and when completed will be in the same remarkable formation as is the Tarshish mine, and some 700 feet helow the lowest workings of that mine. Amador County. Ledger, July 11th : James Ruth has discovered a vein of steatite (soapstone) on the ranch of Van Dusen, near Newtonville, of great purity, and in large quantity. The yeins of soapstone in the mountains above, usually contain so much iron asto be nearly useless for building purposes. This vein is without iron, uniform in color and of fine texture, and easily worked. Jackson Dispaich, July 11th: We were shown a large chunk of solid gold, on Wednesday last, weighing a fractiou less than 14 ozs., and valuedat $228, which was taken out of aclaim near the Gate, about one mile from this place, on the day previons, by a party of Chilenos. Isern County. Havilah Cowrier, July 4th: The Ana-. conda lode, in the New El Dorado district, and situated on the same range of hills in Kelsoe Valley as the Esperanza or Italian lode, has a tunnel run on it about 80 ft, or more, showing-a solid well-defined lead 214 ft. thick, of precisely the same character of rock and equally as rich, and by many thonght to be richer than the Ltalian lode. Work is heing prosecuted on the lead and the owners contemplate putting up a mill as soon as the lead is sufficiently developed. .-The St. Paul is a lead lately discovered by$Jas. A. White and F. Fanning. It has not yet been worked to any extent, Three or four ents have heen run into the hill at different places on the lead, showing a lead ahout six inches thick and widening out— tho rock prospects very evenly and very rich, and is pronounced hy all who have seen it to be the richest rock yet discovered in the district, with the exception of the Rogers & Keeney lead. The owners are preparing to commence work in avery short time, and. will put up arastras to work the rock for the present. These leads are very eligihly situated, being within a few hundzed yards of a fine stream of water sufficient to run a mill with an abundance of timber close hy—all that is necessary to carry on operations successfully. Other leads have been discovered uear these, and aré being onened hy the discoverers, which promise well. Mariposa Count;. Mail, July 10th : A correspondeut}writing from Hite’s Cove on the South Fork of the Merced river, says the new mill of Hite & Co is rapidly approaching completion, and will run 20 stamps. At the Lafayette mine, owned by D, Ghirardelli, of Oakland, a yein was struck 18 in. in width, that will pay from $30 to $40 per ton. Crushing to commence soon. Gazette, July 10th: Hugh Diamond has purehased John Plannigan’s interest in the mine owned hy Flannigan & McKee, near Coulterville. ‘The mine has a shaft nearly 200 ft. iu depth. The mill is a first class iiill with eight stamps for a battery. We were shown some specimens taken from the shaft which showed free gold, aud if they have mneh such rock it will yield a good income to the owners. Newada County. Gazette, July 9th: A gentleman informs us that a number of men are eugaged on the South Fork of Poorman’s Creek in gathering float rock left there years ago hy placer miners. They have ahout 300 tons piled up ready for hauling and ernshing. This rock is said to yield from $15 to $30 a ton. Palmer & Everingham’s custom mill will be ready for work in about 60 days. July 18th: The North Star Co. had employed last month in their mine and on the ground above, 208 men. This is the largest foree employed in any mine in the county. The North Star is opened in hetter shape, and more extensively, than any other mine in the State, which enahles them, although the veiu is not large, to employ a large force, and take outa large quantity of ore. A dividend was recently declared of $15,000, amonnting to $5 a share. We learn from Messrs. Coleman and Crittenden, owners in the Nehraska ,cement claims at French Corral, that their coment mill is completed, andit istheir inteution to commence crushing to-day. Transcript, July 10th: THe miners of Moore’s Flat are piping away witha tremendous pressure of water, and a large range of gravel will be washed out this season. Hickey & Co., near town, are running 400 in. of water with a pressure of 200 ft., and have excellent prospects for a good yield. Many other companies in the vicivity are doing first rate. July 11th: Cozzens & Atkins, the purchasers of the Gardner hydraulic claims at Little York, have already commenced work. One set of claims started up on Monday, and another will be put in operation uext week, Theditches belonging to this property are now running about 1,000 iuchies of water, all of which is beiug sold to the miners at Little York and Gold Run. July 12th: For some time Union Hill has been very dull, but lately a new start has been made in mining matters. Some of the claims are at work, and two others will start next week. ° July 14th: The miners in the vicinity of French Corral are doing first rate. Several mills are in operation, crushing the cement. The Nebraska Co., which built a mill some time since, is paying well, and it has becn proved that tho reduction of cemeut by niill process, is profitable. Grass Valley Union, July 9th: The Idaho Co, are ahout erecting a 15-stamp mill ueay their hoistiug works. ‘The Idaho rock is looking splendid, and there is no douht but with their own millthe stockholders of the company will soon realize a fortune. July 14th: Engineer McDermott, of the Empire mill, of this place, went helow yesterday to superintend the building of a new engine, the largest and finest one in the State, which is used for mining pnrposes. New pnmps are also to be put in when the Empire will he all right for fifty years to come, Ennis & Co., of Red Dog, after a three days run, cleaned up $420, seven men haying been at work. This makes the handsome average of $20 a day to the hand. The Brown Bros. of You Bet, after a run of 21 days, cleaned np $6,000. Gazette, July 15th: The original owuers of the Sneath & Clay took out of the mine nearly $200,000, half of which was clear profit, over and above the expenses of erecting the mill and hoisting works. The mine paid during the time itwas worked by the New York and Grass Valley Co., and the suspension was occasioned by mismanagement in failing to keep the ‘* dead work” ahead ; and partly, perlaps, by the heavy expense inenurred by the Co. in erectiug hoisting works and opening the Union mine, which has-thus far proved a dead loss. : The North Star at Grass Valley, are now engaged in putting two additioual hatteries, of four stamps each, into their mill. With this addition, the mill will have twentyfour stamps, all of which will be runniug iu the course of two or three weeks, Plumas County, Quiney National, July Uth: Bauks, Goodwiu_ & Co., have struck rich diggings at the forks of Hopkin’s Creek, and last week they took out $480. Trucks & Co, are making one ouuce per day to the hand. Henly & Co. are getting fair prospects in the Blue Lead. Union, July 11th: On Hopkin’s Creek, Betis & Co., McMauus & Co., and Holloway & Co., all on the same lead, are getting big pay. The ditch will supply them with water to work the whole year. The diggings are very extensive, and have paid from the commencement. Barnes & Co,, shove Hopkins, are working with a hydranlie; they have picked up about two ozs. per day for the past month; they will make ahigcleannp. Cox & Co. are also getting hig pay. Several of the drift claims are also paying good wages. The Bull Frog quartz mill on Rush Creek, which is now owned by McClellan, Bidwell & Co., is running, and averaging ahout $100 per day. The Eagle Co. finished cleaning up on the 28th ult. The company took out something over 1,300 ozs., or abont $24,000, They have commenced work again and are taking out pay dirt. The Buckeye claims are averaging about $6 per day to the hand. The Mountaineer Co. are still running ahead with their hed rock tunnel, and are oe of striking pay grit during the all, All of the ditches are full, and the hydraulic companies at Richmond Hill are still at work piping. Sierra County. Downieville Messenger, July llth: A correspondent says: Mr. Gallatin in Sacket’s gulch, near Little Tahle Rock, has made another rich harvest of gold. £ understand that he cleaned up about $20,000 for this winter’s drifting, with from four to ten picks. Wolf & Bros., next adjoining his claims, have been runniug a new lower tunnel towards Little Tahle Rock, and have been rewarded for their energy and zeal in finding good pay gravel improving as they goalong. OnSt Louis Flat is the Western Co., taking it out as hig as usual. Mogan & Co., with their piping apparatus are working yery rich gravel. McCrory is piping dirt which is the best looking in this vicinity. Emory & Pharr are pipiug two sets of claims. In one of them, they are caving down banks of pipe-clay to slake during the summer, so as to wash the same away more readily nextfall, At Greenwood is the Star Co., formerly known as the Greenwood Co., under the superintendence of Evan Jones, taking out big wages as usual. At Cedar Grove the claims are paying good wages, Next to their claims are those formerly known as Deacon Long’s claims, which the prescut owners propose to opeu very soon hy blasting the tunnel lower and taking out the shute. Next to this claim are MeCrory’s piping claims, dirt lookiug well, At Gardner’s Point is the Old Comet Co., driving a new tunuel or gangway around a cave. Isaman & Co, are piping very rich looking dirt, hut hard as iron ; they washed off about four claims. Next towards Grass Flat comes the Rifle Co,, booming away at hard rock of the celebrated lightuing description, and in the new town of Grass Flat is the exteusively known Pioneer Co. draiu tunnel and claims also hammering away in their branch tunnel towards the former. “The Northern Liherty ground, having overhead good looking and fair prospecting gravel, expect to wash very soon, ‘This Co. hasso far expended over $40,000 in hard $20 gold pieces in prespecting their worl, and will give in course time employment to several huudred men, and will atiord drainage to the Bamhoo, Dame Fortune, Maria Hartman, Homer William, Homestead, and Manzanita, now called the North Star, and the New York Cos., soas to work their extensive and rich ground with good advantage and success. The claims at Port Wine are paying as well as usual. Siskiyou County. Alta, Jnly 15th: A dispatch dated Yerka, July 14th, says: The party who left this place some months ago, on a prospecting tour to the Stickceu and other northern streams, report the country barren and destitute of deposits of gravel. No discovery of gold was made anywhere. Tuolunime County. Sonora Democrai, July 11th: Hiskey, Mienhard and Morton, after a run of seven days, at the Star mine, cleaned up the batteries of their mill and obtained $960, These gentlemen have purchased the Star mine of P. B. Bacon. It is the best lead in the Sonthern miues. The proprietors of the Hines claim at Columbia, picked up a Inmp of gold last week worth $5,500. Yuba County. Marysville Appeal, July 11th: A correspoudent writes that the prospects of the Peunsylvania claim, Brown’s Valley, have never hefore been brighter than they are at present. The Co. are hoisting very good quartz from both their inclines, and it will be easy for them to supply their 16 stamps without any further interruption. In incline No. 2, the Co. have again found their rich pay chimuey—what so far had heen taken for a hanging wall is now found to be simply a new splice of the chimney, as large and rich as ever hefore. ALASKA, Portland (Oregon) Evening Bulletin: From accoupts hrought by some ofticers of the U. S. steamer Jamestown, which recently arrived at Esquimalt from Sitka, we learn that a strike has been made on Takou River, ahout 70 miles northeast of Sitka. It was made by a party of mincys from the Steekin, who are not satised with the result of their labors in that seclion. The prospects ou the Steekin are spoken of as much better than ever known hefore, some large pieces of gold being recently taken over to Sitka. BRITISH COLUMBIA. During the month preceding June 20th, $213,772 in gold dustandbars were shipped from Victoria to San Francisco. Nearly all of this gold was taken from Cariboo mnines. The miningprospectsin the upper country were never so good as at present. June 27th: An important strike has been made on Antler Creek, Cariboo. It has causedj considerahle excitement, and it is thought that it will again eome up and equal its palmicst days. Acconnts from all portions of the gold diggings of Cariboo are of the most favorable character. Tho hed rock drain has heen thoroughly tried, aud may now be cousidered safe for this season. Steamer Lillooet: came in last evening from Yale, hringing $650,000 iu dust from the upper country. : COLORADO. Georgetown Miner, June 25th: Work on the Astor lode has commenced for the season. Mr. Morse, who owns 400 fect on the vein, is uow runniug a set of hands, and will work the samo actively until near the close of the season, when the necessary buildings for winter mining will he erected, and the work in the mine continue nninteiruptedly throughout the year. The first class ore taken ont will be reduced here, and the second clas, with the leancr matcrial, will be piled up for future reductior. Messrs. Cooper & Fisher, who, with Mr. A. T. M, Adams, own the balanco of tho lode, are actively engaged upon their portion of the property. Much of the material in the Astor lode which has heretofore been deemed worthless, is fonnd to be rich in silver. Mr. Martine made an average assay of the sand in the crevice, many tons of which had been thrown away, and found the same to yield $55 per ton, silver. An assay from a fino specimen of the ore by the same gentlemen, gave the enormous yield of $18,000 per ton. Denver News, July Ist: The Haydenand Morrison mills at Graniteville, will be running this week. The Amazetti, an extension of the Yankce Blade, is worked exteusively; the quartz looks well. The gold busiuess at the Denver U. 8. Mint is improving. Yesterday they paid out 22 bars of gold bullion, valued in coin at $19,627.51. Hol. Newliu came down on the semiweekly Buckskin coach yesterday, which brought also ahout 150 ounces of gold. The Hamilton Placer Mining Co. have leased their mine to Foster & Poles, for 40 per cent. of the gross proceeds. The mine 1s well opened and has three bydraulies in operation, which are fed by a ditch 134 miles long. The ground lies along Tarryall Creek for 124 miles, and they are now at work 400 to 500 feet hack from the stream. The prospects of the other placer mining companies in the Park are cncouring. At Hussey & Co’s, yesterday, we saw 40 ounces of retortfrom the Ni Wot Co’s mine. Atthe First National wero three hars of hullion weighing 16034 ozs., and valued at $3,000 in coin. At the Colorado National were two bars weighing 71 ozs., and valued at $1,300. Central City Herald: Dr. Holland, of Trail Creek, got $1,216.16 from one cord of Coyote ore withstamps, The Lincoln Co., of Mill City, are running eight arastras aud making it pay. Within two weeks there will be 20 arastras running at Mill City. The ninth lode has been cut hy the Quartz Hill Tuunel, now 350 feetin. Six men sluiced tive days on the Wright claim below fdaho, and cleaued up 79 ozs.—$60 a day tothe hand. The Pleasant Valley Co. realized $1,700 from six day’s sluicing. There are 18 companies slnicing in Russell Gulch, employing 150 men. Chieftain: The Moreno mines are beyond cavil a great success—if $8, $10, $15 or $20 to the hand per day may be termed success. There are already some 5,000 persons in the mines, and the number is increasing daily. Register: The Clarke-Gardner Co's mine is furnishing the Black Hawk60-stamp mill with ore. This is one of the mines that has yielded uothing for two or three years. The Flack is another. They have been siuce Iechruary getting out the water, and now the mine is ready to produco ore. There are rnnuing in Black Hawk 324 stamps, hesides the smelting works, and the California

38 The Mining and Scientific Press. Mining Summary. Tre following information is gleaned mostly from journals published in the interior, in close proximity to the mines mentioned. CALIFORNIA. Alpine County. Miner, July 4th: Arnold & Morris wi start work on the Leviathan soon. The Globe Co. are having the front of their néw tunnel timbered. Chronicle, July 4th: Gypsnm is found at Markleeville, Alpine and Silver Monntain. San Francisco Times: A correspondent writing from Bullion under date of Jnly 10th, says: The Monnt Bnllion Co. are running a tunnel to cut the Union, two Eastern Slopes, Monnt Bullion, Star of the West, Red, White and Blne, and Highland Mary lodes, any one of which gives good assays from top rock, The whole length of the tunnel to cut the Highland Mary lode will he abont 4,500 feet, at which point the depth will be 1,200 feet. The distance to the Union ledge is some 900 feet, and th2 depth at that point is between 500 and 600 feet, The tunnel is being run by contract, with three shifts of men, who average 60 feet per month. The compatiy owns the water front along the river for 1,800 feet above the mouth of their tunnel, which gives them a fall of 28 feet ten inches, with the eontrol of from 3,000 to 4,000 inches of water at the lowest stage of the river. The Monitor Consolidated Co. is located a half mile helow, on the east bank of the river, and on the north side of Monitor creek, and their tunnel runs nearly parallel swith that of the Imperial Co, The whole leugth of their projected tnnnel is about 6,000 feet, with a depth of over 1,600 feet. They will cnt the Uniou and Eastern Slope leads in addition to those cut hy the Imperial Co., and when completed will be in the same remarkable formation as is the Tarshish mine, and some 700 feet helow the lowest workings of that mine. Amador County. Ledger, July 11th : James Ruth has discovered a vein of steatite (soapstone) on the ranch of Van Dusen, near Newtonville, of great purity, and in large quantity. The yeins of soapstone in the mountains above, usually contain so much iron asto be nearly useless for building purposes. This vein is without iron, uniform in color and of fine texture, and easily worked. Jackson Dispaich, July 11th: We were shown a large chunk of solid gold, on Wednesday last, weighing a fractiou less than 14 ozs., and valuedat $228, which was taken out of aclaim near the Gate, about one mile from this place, on the day previons, by a party of Chilenos. Isern County. Havilah Cowrier, July 4th: The Ana-. conda lode, in the New El Dorado district, and situated on the same range of hills in Kelsoe Valley as the Esperanza or Italian lode, has a tunnel run on it about 80 ft, or more, showing-a solid well-defined lead 214 ft. thick, of precisely the same character of rock and equally as rich, and by many thonght to be richer than the Ltalian lode. Work is heing prosecuted on the lead and the owners contemplate putting up a mill as soon as the lead is sufficiently developed. ..-The St. Paul is a lead lately discovered by$Jas. A. White and F. Fanning. It has not yet been worked to any extent, Three or four ents have heen run into the hill at different places on the lead, showing a lead ahout six inches thick and widening out— tho rock prospects very evenly and very rich, and is pronounced hy all who have seen it to be the richest rock yet discovered in the district, with the exception of the Rogers & Keeney lead. The owners are preparing to commence work in avery short time, and. will put up arastras to work the rock for the present. These leads are very eligihly situated, being within a few hundzed yards of a fine stream of water sufficient to run a mill with an abundance of timber close hy—all that is necessary to carry on operations successfully. Other leads have been discovered uear these, and aré being onened hy the discoverers, which promise well. Mariposa Count;. Mail, July 10th : A correspondeut}writing from Hite’s Cove on the South Fork of the Merced river, says the new mill of Hite & Co is rapidly approaching completion, and will run 20 stamps. At the Lafayette mine, owned by D, Ghirardelli, of Oakland, a yein was struck 18 in. in width, that will pay from $30 to $40 per ton. Crushing to commence soon. Gazette, July 10th: Hugh Diamond has purehased John Plannigan’s interest in the mine owned hy Flannigan & McKee, near Coulterville. ‘The mine has a shaft nearly 200 ft. iu depth. The mill is a first class iiill with eight stamps for a battery. We were shown some specimens taken from the shaft which showed free gold, aud if they have mneh such rock it will yield a good income to the owners. Newada County. Gazette, July 9th: A gentleman informs us that a number of men are eugaged on the South Fork of Poorman’s Creek in gathering float rock left there years ago hy placer miners. They have ahout 300 tons piled up ready for hauling and ernshing. This rock is said to yield from $15 to $30 a ton. Palmer & Everingham’s custom mill will be ready for work in about 60 days. July 18th: The North Star Co. had employed last month in their mine and on the ground above, 208 men. This is the largest foree employed in any mine in the county. The North Star is opened in hetter shape, and more extensively, than any other mine in the State, which enahles them, although the veiu is not large, to employ a large force, and take outa large quantity of ore. A dividend was recently declared of $15,000, amonnting to $5 a share. We learn from Messrs. Coleman and Crittenden, owners in the Nehraska ,cement claims at French Corral, that their coment mill is completed, andit istheir inteution to commence crushing to-day. Transcript, July 10th: THe miners of Moore’s Flat are piping away witha tremendous pressure of water, and a large range of gravel will be washed out this season. Hickey & Co., near town, are running 400 in. of water with a pressure of 200 ft., and have excellent prospects for a good yield. Many other companies in the vicivity are doing first rate. July 11th: Cozzens & Atkins, the purchasers of the Gardner hydraulic claims at Little York, have already commenced work. One set of claims started up on Monday, and another will be put in operation uext week, Theditches belonging to this property are now running about 1,000 iuchies of water, all of which is beiug sold to the miners at Little York and Gold Run. July 12th: For some time Union Hill has been very dull, but lately a new start has been made in mining matters. Some of the claims are at work, and two others will start next week. ° July 14th: The miners in the vicinity of French Corral are doing first rate. Several mills are in operation, crushing the cement. The Nebraska Co., which built a mill some time since, is paying well, and it has becn proved that tho reduction of cemeut by niill process, is profitable. Grass Valley Union, July 9th: The Idaho Co, are ahout erecting a 15-stamp mill ueay their hoistiug works. ‘The Idaho rock is looking splendid, and there is no douht but with their own millthe stockholders of the company will soon realize a fortune. July 14th: Engineer McDermott, of the Empire mill, of this place, went helow yesterday to superintend the building of a new engine, the largest and finest one in the State, which is used for mining pnrposes. New pnmps are also to be put in when the Empire will he all right for fifty years to come, Ennis & Co., of Red Dog, after a three days run, cleaned up $420, seven men haying been at work. This makes the handsome average of $20 a day to the hand. The Brown Bros. of You Bet, after a run of 21 days, cleaned np $6,000. Gazette, July 15th: The original owuers of the Sneath & Clay took out of the mine nearly $200,000, half of which was clear profit, over and above the expenses of erecting the mill and hoisting works. The mine paid during the time itwas worked by the New York and Grass Valley Co., and the suspension was occasioned by mismanagement in failing to keep the ‘* dead work” ahead ; and partly, perlaps, by the heavy expense inenurred by the Co. in erectiug hoisting works and opening the Union mine, which has-thus far proved a dead loss. : The North Star at Grass Valley, are now engaged in putting two additioual hatteries, of four stamps each, into their mill. With this addition, the mill will have twentyfour stamps, all of which will be runniug iu the course of two or three weeks, Plumas County, Quiney National, July Uth: Bauks, Goodwiu_ & Co., have struck rich diggings at the forks of Hopkin’s Creek, and last week they took out $480. Trucks & Co, are making one ouuce per day to the hand. Henly & Co. are getting fair prospects in the Blue Lead. Union, July 11th: On Hopkin’s Creek, Betis & Co., McMauus & Co., and Holloway & Co., all on the same lead, are getting big pay. The ditch will supply them with water to work the whole year. The diggings are very extensive, and have paid from the commencement. Barnes & Co,, shove Hopkins, are working with a hydranlie; they have picked up about two ozs. per day for the past month; they will make ahigcleannp. Cox & Co. are also getting hig pay. Several of the drift claims are also paying good wages.

The Bull Frog quartz mill on Rush Creek, which is now owned by McClellan, Bidwell & Co., is running, and averaging ahout $100 per day. The Eagle Co. finished cleaning up on the 28th ult. The company took out something over 1,300 ozs., or abont $24,000, They have commenced work again and are taking out pay dirt. The Buckeye claims are averaging about $6 per day to the hand. The Mountaineer Co. are still running ahead with their hed rock tunnel, and are oe of striking pay grit during the all, All of the ditches are full, and the hydraulic companies at Richmond Hill are still at work piping. Sierra County. Downieville Messenger, July llth: A correspondent says: Mr. Gallatin in Sacket’s gulch, near Little Tahle Rock, has made another rich harvest of gold. £ understand that he cleaned up about $20,000 for this winter’s drifting, with from four to ten picks. Wolf & Bros., next adjoining his claims, have been runniug a new lower tunnel towards Little Tahle Rock, and have been rewarded for their energy and zeal in finding good pay gravel improving as they goalong. OnSt Louis Flat is the Western Co., taking it out as hig as usual. Mogan & Co., with their piping apparatus are working yery rich gravel. McCrory is piping dirt which is the best looking in this vicinity. Emory & Pharr are pipiug two sets of claims. In one of them, they are caving down banks of pipe-clay to slake during the summer, so as to wash the same away more readily nextfall, At Greenwood is the Star Co., formerly known as the Greenwood Co., under the superintendence of Evan Jones, taking out big wages as usual. At Cedar Grove the claims are paying good wages, Next to their claims are those formerly known as Deacon Long’s claims, which the prescut owners propose to opeu very soon hy blasting the tunnel lower and taking out the shute. Next to this claim are MeCrory’s piping claims, dirt lookiug well, At Gardner’s Point is the Old Comet Co., driving a new tunuel or gangway around a cave. Isaman & Co, are piping very rich looking dirt, hut hard as iron ; they washed off about four claims. Next towards Grass Flat comes the Rifle Co,, booming away at hard rock of the celebrated lightuing description, and in the new town of Grass Flat is the exteusively known Pioneer Co. draiu tunnel and claims also hammering away in their branch tunnel towards the former. “The Northern Liherty ground, having overhead good looking and fair prospecting gravel, expect to wash very soon, ‘This Co. hasso far expended over $40,000 in hard $20 gold pieces in prespecting their worl, and will give in course time employment to several huudred men, and will atiord drainage to the Bamhoo, Dame Fortune, Maria Hartman, Homer William, Homestead, and Manzanita, now called the North Star, and the New York Cos., soas to work their extensive and rich ground with good advantage and success. The claims at Port Wine are paying as well as usual. Siskiyou County. Alta, Jnly 15th: A dispatch dated Yerka, July 14th, says: The party who left this place some months ago, on a prospecting tour to the Stickceu and other northern streams, report the country barren and destitute of deposits of gravel. No discovery of gold was made anywhere. Tuolunime County. Sonora Democrai, July 11th: Hiskey, Mienhard and Morton, after a run of seven days, at the Star mine, cleaned up the batteries of their mill and obtained $960, These gentlemen have purchased the Star mine of P. B. Bacon. It is the best lead in the Sonthern miues. The proprietors of the Hines claim at Columbia, picked up a Inmp of gold last week worth $5,500. Yuba County. Marysville Appeal, July 11th: A correspoudent writes that the prospects of the Peunsylvania claim, Brown’s Valley, have never hefore been brighter than they are at present. The Co. are hoisting very good quartz from both their inclines, and it will be easy for them to supply their 16 stamps without any further interruption. In incline No. 2, the Co. have again found their rich pay chimuey—what so far had heen taken for a hanging wall is now found to be simply a new splice of the chimney, as large and rich as ever hefore. ALASKA, Portland (Oregon) Evening Bulletin: From accoupts hrought by some ofticers of the U. S. steamer Jamestown, which recently arrived at Esquimalt from Sitka, we learn that a strike has been made on Takou River, ahout 70 miles northeast of Sitka. It was made by a party of mincys from the Steekin, who are not satised with the result of their labors in that seclion. The prospects ou the Steekin are spoken of as much better than ever known hefore, some large pieces of gold being recently taken over to Sitka. BRITISH COLUMBIA. During the month preceding June 20th, $213,772 in gold dustandbars were shipped from Victoria to San Francisco. Nearly all of this gold was taken from Cariboo mnines. The miningprospectsin the upper country were never so good as at present. June 27th: An important strike has been made on Antler Creek, Cariboo. It has causedj considerahle excitement, and it is thought that it will again eome up and equal its palmicst days. Acconnts from all portions of the gold diggings of Cariboo are of the most favorable character. Tho hed rock drain has heen thoroughly tried, aud may now be cousidered safe for this season. Steamer Lillooet: came in last evening from Yale, hringing $650,000 iu dust from the upper country. : COLORADO. Georgetown Miner, June 25th: Work on the Astor lode has commenced for the season. Mr. Morse, who owns 400 fect on the vein, is uow runniug a set of hands, and will work the samo actively until near the close of the season, when the necessary buildings for winter mining will he erected, and the work in the mine continue nninteiruptedly throughout the year. The first class ore taken ont will be reduced here, and the second clas, with the leancr matcrial, will be piled up for future reductior. Messrs. Cooper & Fisher, who, with Mr. A. T. M, Adams, own the balanco of tho lode, are actively engaged upon their portion of the property. Much of the material in the Astor lode which has heretofore been deemed worthless, is fonnd to be rich in silver. Mr. Martine made an average assay of the sand in the crevice, many tons of which had been thrown away, and found the same to yield $55 per ton, silver. An assay from a fino specimen of the ore by the same gentlemen, gave the enormous yield of $18,000 per ton. Denver News, July Ist: The Haydenand Morrison mills at Graniteville, will be running this week. The Amazetti, an extension of the Yankce Blade, is worked exteusively; the quartz looks well. The gold busiuess at the Denver U. 8. Mint is improving. Yesterday they paid out 22 bars of gold bullion, valued in coin at $19,627.51. Hol. Newliu came down on the semiweekly Buckskin coach yesterday, which brought also ahout 150 ounces of gold. The Hamilton Placer Mining Co. have leased their mine to Foster & Poles, for 40 per cent. of the gross proceeds. The mine 1s well opened and has three bydraulies in operation, which are fed by a ditch 134 miles long. The ground lies along Tarryall Creek for 124 miles, and they are now at work 400 to 500 feet hack from the stream. The prospects of the other placer mining companies in the Park are cncouring. At Hussey & Co’s, yesterday, we saw 40 ounces of retortfrom the Ni Wot Co’s mine. Atthe First National wero three hars of hullion weighing 16034 ozs., and valued at $3,000 in coin. At the Colorado National were two bars weighing 71 ozs., and valued at $1,300. Central City Herald: Dr. Holland, of Trail Creek, got $1,216.16 from one cord of Coyote ore withstamps, The Lincoln Co., of Mill City, are running eight arastras aud making it pay. Within two weeks there will be 20 arastras running at Mill City. The ninth lode has been cut hy the Quartz Hill Tuunel, now 350 feetin. Six men sluiced tive days on the Wright claim below fdaho, and cleaued up 79 ozs.—$60 a day tothe hand. The Pleasant Valley Co. realized $1,700 from six day’s sluicing. There are 18 companies slnicing in Russell Gulch, employing 150 men. Chieftain: The Moreno mines are beyond cavil a great success—if $8, $10, $15 or $20 to the hand per day may be termed success. There are already some 5,000 persons in the mines, and the number is increasing daily. Register: The Clarke-Gardner Co's mine is furnishing the Black Hawk60-stamp mill with ore. This is one of the mines that has yielded uothing for two or three years. The Flack is another. They have been siuce Iechruary getting out the water, and now the mine is ready to produco ore. There are rnnuing in Black Hawk 324 stamps, hesides the smelting works, and the California