Volume 24 (1872) (424 pages)

132 [March 2, 1872. SCIENTIFIC PRESS. Manina Summary. THE following information is condensed mostly from journals published in the interior, in close proximity to the mines mentioned. California. AMADOR COUNTY. Sream Hypraviicinc.—Judge James D. Stevenson, of San Francisco, has in operation in a claim near Jackson, a new system of foreing water from a ditch against a hydraulic bank of some 30 to 40 ft. face. He uses a No.8 Knowles steam pump, with a nozzle of about 1 inch diameter. An additional stream of water assists in working off the tailings. Most of the bank gives away readily to this power, but a larger pump isfound to be necessary to pulverize the hardest portions of the deposit. We hope this method will have a thorough trial, and prove up the question whether water for hydraulic purposes, under fayorable circumstances, ¢an be economically obtained by use of steam power. BUTTE COUNTY. Miuyrina.—Butte Record, Feb. 24: Water was turned into the Hendricks ditch last week, and we presume the Indiana Co. are prepared to continue mining without serious interruption. The Cherokee Co. have also turned water into their Butte Creek ditch, and are mining in the Vicinity of Diamondville. The Spring Valley Co. are sending huge quantities of dirt through their flumes, their large iron pipes working satisfactorily. Inszie.—Cor. Chico Review, Feb. 24: The Bull Creek mines are rich beyond dispute, and there is a proposition to make up a Co. with a capital of $25,000 to bring about 600 inches of water into that dist. CALAVERAS COUNTY. Great YIELD or Gotp.—Calaveras Chronicle, Feb. 24: Brackett & Co., in Chili Gulch, last week cleared $500 over and above expenses, 12 men being employed. The gold-bearing lead of gravel is widening out as work progresses, and increasing in richness, Prussian Hitu Minre.—Rock is being taken from the Prussian Hill mine, near Railroad, at the rate of 10 tons per day— only one ‘‘shift” working. A large quantity of quartz is ready to be hauled to the mil] and crushed as soon as the roads are passable. Barrozo Mrye.—The shaft in the Bartolo mine at West Point ie down 70 ft. The ledge is a narrow one at that depth, not averaging over 10 inches; but itis confidently believed that it will widen out as the shaft descends. The rock being taken out prospects finely. : ZacETaRA.—The lead ehows 3 ft. in width in the bottom of the shaft and it all carries gold. The stamps will be put in motion in a few days. Leap DiscovereD.—A very rich quartz ledge has been recently discovered near West Point. It is eaid that the top rock pays $30 per cargo of 300 ibs. Psrricoat.—Good rock has been struck in the Petticoat mine at Railroad. The diecovery was made in the 350-ft. level. The lead is fully 5 ft. wide and 8 ft. of it is composed of rock that will pay well for crushing. The quartz is exceesively hard, rendering the runniug of the level elow work. Contract Let.—W. V. Clark, Esq., proprietor of the mammoth hydraulic at Railroad Flat, has recently let a contract for running a bedrock tunnel, 800 ft. in length, through which to run his sluices. RariRoap Fuat.—Cor. same: The level in the Russian Hill mine is 42 ft. long, the chimney having au average width of 5 ft. of pay.ore, which may be estimated at $20 per ton. In the 60 ft. level the chimney is 24 ft. long. EL DORADO COUNTY. Cor. El Dorado Repudlican, Feb. 22: Orr’s Station is 4 miles north of Centerville, and about two miles south of the middle fork of the American river. There has been a good deal of proepecting done there within the past 7 or 8 months. The Ella quartz ledge in the Hoggs Diggings dist. is considered to be a good claim; it averagee $50 per ton of rock. There is another located by Mr. Anderson, who has, for some time been engaged in running a tunnel to it; last night they put in a blast, and eome of the wall rock thrown out by it seemed to be literally full of gold. The Hunt ledge, id considered about the best mining stock on this divide. In Pilot Hill dist. there are several good claims; among tho most prominent ie the Warner ledge, on the top of Pilot Hill. The Boulder Claim lies almost in the town of Centerville; several boulders have been taken from this claim containing several thousand dollars each. MARIPOSA COUNTY. RrcommMenceD.—Mariposa Gazette, Feb. 93: The Benton Mills have resumed running. There is said to be about 400 tons of quartz ready for crushing. There is, as yet, no work being done in the Josephine or Pine Tree mines. Scuorimrp & Co. are putting up one of their concentrators at Bogan’s mill on Bear ereek. Rock is being taken out and the mill will again be in operation in the course of 2 or 3 weeks. Hornrros.—Cor. same: Quartz mining is being carried on toa greater extent than ever before, and with reasonable success. ‘The Washington mine and mill are in full hlast, and are getting out splendid ore, as is also the Quartz Mountain mill. The new Pool vein is the richest thing in the way of quartz that has ever been struck in this vicinity. Williams & Martinez have taken out several thousand dollars in the past month. Farrias & Co. the same. Martinez & Valencia (from the same ledge) took out between $7,000 and $8,000 last week, and more in sight. Jack Mossman took out 40 ozs. last Friday, and more in sight. Joy & Co. have fine prospects on the same vein, which is located nearly in the centre of our town. NEVADA COUNTY. Bar.—Grass Valley Republican, Feb. 23: A $6,000 bar was sent below from Delano’s bank yesterday, from a recent cleanup at the North Star mine. Woop’s Ravine.—More quartz mining and prospecting are being done near the mouth of Woods’ Ravine at this time than for many years past. The Soggs miue employs between 40 and 50 men. The Providence, which is a continuation of the Soggs, is also being actively worked and the present incline is down about 150 feet. Steam hoisting machinery is soon to he erected, and the mine for the first time is to be developed below the water level of Deer Creek. The ledge is large, varying from 3 to 10 ft. in width. The Wyoming mine is yielding good returns. Preparations are also heing made for working 3 other quartz mines in the same vicinity of the spring. To Be Reopsnrp.—The Grant quartz mine, near Forest Springs, idle for several years, is soon to be reopened. Tounne~Ine.—A Co. who are opening an extensive gravel claim about 2 miles from Grass Valley, recently let a contract for running a tunnel 1,500 ft. on their claim. Last week 6 men run 80 ft. of the tnnnel in slate rock, no blasting being required. The tunnel is excavated 7 ft. wide at the bottom, 5 ft. at the top, and ie 7 ft. high. The workmen, besides excavating the 80 ft., laid 2 substantial car track, and! thoronghly timbered the tunnel, putting in 12 inch posts, with caps aud lagging to match. Bucxrys Minz.—Nevada Transcript, Feb. 94: The Buckeye mine is in Willow Yalley. Some time since machinery was put upon the mine and an incline commenced. A day or two ago the ledge was struck, and the prospect is very encouraging. The ledge is 5 ft. wide, and the rockis filled with rich looking sulphurets. From Thursday noon, when the ledge was struck, up to yesterday moruing 6 tone of this rock were taken out. Location.—Shurtleff & Co. have located 12 claims, 150 ft. square each, at Sutton’s Ranch, near this city, for quartz mining purposes. Goop Rocr.—Grass Valley Union, Feb. 93: Yesterday there was a strike into very fine quartz in the tenth level of the North Star; 3 or 4 kegs of ore were sent up yesterday aftornoon and the value ie estimated at about $600. PLACER COUNTY. Oputr.—Cor. Placer Herald, Feb. 24: F, Jones, Supt. of the Bellevue mine, has upened another rich chimney of ore west of the west shaft. He has been stripping and taking down the ledge for the past 4 or 5 days, and it is etill improving in richness and extent. The St. Patrick mill has not yet resumed operations, but a supply of wood and coal is being procured, and the mill will be again pounding away in a few days on Bellevue ore. Mr, Patterson, Supt. of the Eclipse mine, has commenced crushing ore at the St. Lawrence mill, and judging from appearances, itis paying as well as anticipated. Nevada. ELY DISTRICT. Boruion.—Ely Record, Feb. 18: W.F. & Co. ehipped to day hullion valned at $43,155.41. Ars Miye.—Since our last issue there hae been considerable talk about the strike in the Alps mine, At the 142-ft. level there is a drift which runs east of the ledge 84 ft. from the main shaft. From this point a winze has been sunk 28 ft., giving a depth of 170 ft. from the surface. At this drift a level has been run 21 ft. east and 34 ft. west from the bottom of the winze. The drift shows a very fine body of ore, over 2 ft. wide, aud is as solid and well defined and haudsome in appearance as any ledge we have seen in the dist. The west drift also shows a fine ledge throughout its entire length, and the face of both ends of the drift shows the ledge to be solid, wide and rich. The amount of ore now in sight proves this to be a valuable mine. So far every opening along the ledge shows good ore. The course of the ledge is very near due east and west, and pitches north at an angle of 75 deg. The foot-wall presents some hreaks in the works, but not more than is found in any other good mine. The ledge is in a quartzite-formation. Pacirric TonneL,—The tunnel starts east of the road, about 1,500 ft. east of the divide. Itis well constructed, being 5 ft. . wide and 7 ft, high. Several deposits of ore have heen passed through between the mouth of the tunnel and its present terminus, which is 650 ft. from the starting point. The course of the ledge is S. 30° W. John Cullan has a contract to run the same 40 ft. further, and is making 8 ft. aday. It will have to be run about 200 ft. further to cut the American Fleg and Havana ledges. The Burke ledge will be struck iu less than 50 ft. Newton Boots.—The strike made on the 16th in the lower level of this claim is more than usually encouraging, as it proves that a rich ledge runs across Panaca Flat, from the Lightner shaft to the Page and Panaca, and extends across the entire claim of the Newton Booth. The west drift from thelower level has been run across the ledge, showing the vein to he over 12 ft. wide, the ledge pitching slightly to the east. EUREKA DISTRICT. McGarry.—Eureka Sentinel, Feb. 20: Work on the Mexican mine is revealing a considerable body of rich ore. It increases in richness as it goes down. HUNIBOLDT. ANTIMoNY.—Humboldt Register, Feb. 24: Capt. Cummins, agent for the Truckee Smeltiug Co., has located a ledge ahout 4 miles north of Rose Creek station on the C. P. R. R. which gives promise of being a valuable mine. Several tests of the ore show 85 per cent. antimony, with from $6 to $10 per tou in eilver. Theledge is said to be 2 ft. wide aud well defined. The Co. have let a contract to have 20 tons of the ore taken out when it it will he shipped to S. F. for reduction. REESE RIVER. Moraan & Mavncy--Recse River Reveille, Feb. 17: The Manhattan Co. have got the old incline cleaned out and repaired, and are at work opening the mine and taking out ore. The ledge at the bottom of the incline is nearly 2 ft. wide; it is solid and well defined. Suut Down.—The Mettacom Mill hangs up its batteries to-day. The searcity and extremely high price of wood and the bad state of the roads are the causes assigned. SaysRook.—This mine employs 12 men. Ore is being extracted from the 110-ft. level in considerable quantities, a portion of which will work at a high rate. Pacrrro Co.—The minee of this Co. are looking (quite as well as at any time in their history. Considerable bodies of ore have recently been explored in various portions of the mines, and eome of the rock is of very high grade. Drana.—Good ove and lots of it is still being taken out. WASHOE. — Kentuck.—Territorial 2nterprise, Feb. 92: The Kentuck Co. are taking out 40 tons of ore per pay, which is being crushed at the Devil’s Gate mill. A great part of the force engaged in tho mine is employed in retimhering the old drifts from which the timbers were burned at the time of the great fire in the mines, and in fixing upgenerally. The Supt. informs us that in a short time they will be taking ont regularly 60 tons of oro per day. Bucreye.—The Buckeye mine is looking well and ore is being raised from all the 3 levels, Two mills—the Hope and Sewell’e —are running on ore from the mine. The breasts on all the levels are looking exceedingly well and there isin sight in the mine a 3-month’s supply of ore. WHITE PINE. Boxrion.—White Pine News, Feb. 24: W. F. & Co. shipped on the 20th, to London for Eherhardt & Aurora M. Co., 2 bare, 138 tbs., valued at $2,585.63. Also, 6 bars for Piermont M. & M. Co., to New York, 429 ibs., valued at $8,127.38. Treasures Hom.u Mixes—Norrse AvRoRA, In the Risdale chamber of the North Aurora the usual force of men are employed breasting out. The size of the ore hody increases as work is pushed ahead. Tho ore now extracted, mills about $45 to the ton. The hoisting is done by whip at present. The Lady’s chamher shows an immense amount of ore. As far as excavated the chamber is 182 ft. in length, 42 ft. wide and 55 ft. to the roof in the highest place. On the south end the south drift commences and runs 130 ft. throngh low-grade ore. From the end of the 130 ft, drift a breast is in 60 ft. ahead, showing a hody of ore 35 ft. high and 25 ft. wide as far as opened, and the ore going down in the bottom of the breast. Sgeconp Sours Ex. or Hrppun TREASURE, In the shaft on Nevada St., at the depth of 60 tt., a drift has been run 40 ft. nearly due east, in ore and ledge matter, and crossing themain north andsouth channel. Near the end of the drift a tunnel is being run in a southerly direction, for the purpose of tracing the ore into the Anchor and Edgar works. In the Anchor tunuel, helonging to this Co., the drift North from the bottom of the incline has reached a distance of 59 ft., stripping throughout the stratified spar wall, which dips east at an angle of about 35degrees. In this part of the mine a vast body of good millable ore is exposed. Working 10 men. Simver Puare.—An incline isdown 75 ft., showing ore the whole distance. At the hottom of the incline a breast of ore is opened out 75 ft. wide and 5 ft. in thickness. Seveuty four tons of ore on the dumps. The owners think it will mill $100to the ton. Working6 men breasting out. Warp Brecuer.—A force of men is at work sinking a winze from the bottom of the Phillpotts chamher, through a body of low-grade ore to connect with the east drift of the Lady’s chamber. Have struck the west side, and expect to connect in ahout two weeks. The tramway is running steadily on ore from the Co.’s mines. East SHesorcan.—Working the usual force of men on the, East Shehoygan, and hoisting to the dumps. Most of the force of men is employed in prospecting and making openings. San JUAN DEL Rio.—The usual force of men employed. A new character of ore was found in the shaft, at adepth of 24 ft., of 2 copper silver glance character, assaying $106 totheton. Itshows a good body, and has a good pitch. Sovra AvRora.—Sinking a shaft in the end of the east drift, from the main tunnel, and doing work as usual iu other parts of the mine. Noonpay.—In the same quality of ore as last reported, and breasting out with the same force of men. Gen. Ler.—Drifting from the spar seam in a 8-ft. body of ore and piling on dump. Pocoritto.—The ore has not chauged in grade since our last report. Ovrsipe Dists.—Centrran Camp.—The Great Western shows good ore the whole length of the location. The International Con. M. Co. has 14 locations on the bill, among which are the Nutmeg-grater, MeCaffry, Clayton and others. A force of men has been at work for several months to cut the ledges at a depth of 600 ft. from the croppings. After running a distance of 84 ft.,a hody of mineral was found. The formation isporphyry, quartziteand ehale. Assays going up into the hundreds have been made from the croppings. Colorado. Irems.—Colorado Union, Feb. 15: Baily & Nott have ehipped on account of owners, since our last issue,'24 tons of smelting ore. Palmer & Nichols have shipped 2 silver bars valued at $1,451.27. The Hidden Treasure, Leavenworth'Mt., is yielding very rich ore. The vein has been struck.by cross cuts, in 3 different places, by lessees,and in every cross cutthe mineral in the vein shows well. All the mines on Leavenworth being worked are yielding rich ore. In the Eagle Bird, a neighbor of the Pelican, Maine, Silverplume, Snowdrift and other rich lodes, an adit, disclosing well defiued walls, has been driven on the vein, 450 ft. At 325 ft. from the mouth of the adit, an immense vein, coming in from the eastat an angle of about 35° unites with the Eagle Bird and loses itself. This discovery is call ed the Casket. The Eagle Bird and the Casket are both yielding rich milling ore. The work of drifting east on the Casket aud west on the Eagle Bird, is goiug on with satisfactory, payiug results. The average mill yield of the ore taken from the Eagle Bird, is 206 oz. per ton, Tho highest assay obtained from ore taken from the mine, is 3,700 oz. per ton, or $4,900 coin value. Large quantities of 2d class ore are accumulating at the mine, ==

132 [March 2, 1872. SCIENTIFIC PRESS. Manina Summary. THE following information is condensed mostly from journals published in the interior, in close proximity to the mines mentioned. California. AMADOR COUNTY. Sream Hypraviicinc.—Judge James D. Stevenson, of San Francisco, has in operation in a claim near Jackson, a new system of foreing water from a ditch against a hydraulic bank of some 30 to 40 ft. face. He uses a No.8 Knowles steam pump, with a nozzle of about 1 inch diameter. An additional stream of water assists in working off the tailings. Most of the bank gives away readily to this power, but a larger pump isfound to be necessary to pulverize the hardest portions of the deposit. We hope this method will have a thorough trial, and prove up the question whether water for hydraulic purposes, under fayorable circumstances, ¢an be economically obtained by use of steam power. BUTTE COUNTY. Miuyrina.—Butte Record, Feb. 24: Water was turned into the Hendricks ditch last week, and we presume the Indiana Co. are prepared to continue mining without serious interruption. The Cherokee Co. have also turned water into their Butte Creek ditch, and are mining in the Vicinity of Diamondville. The Spring Valley Co. are sending huge quantities of dirt through their flumes, their large iron pipes working satisfactorily. Inszie.—Cor. Chico Review, Feb. 24: The Bull Creek mines are rich beyond dispute, and there is a proposition to make up a Co. with a capital of $25,000 to bring about 600 inches of water into that dist. CALAVERAS COUNTY. Great YIELD or Gotp.—Calaveras Chronicle, Feb. 24: Brackett & Co., in Chili Gulch, last week cleared $500 over and above expenses, 12 men being employed. The gold-bearing lead of gravel is widening out as work progresses, and increasing in richness, Prussian Hitu Minre.—Rock is being taken from the Prussian Hill mine, near Railroad, at the rate of 10 tons per day— only one ‘‘shift” working. A large quantity of quartz is ready to be hauled to the mil] and crushed as soon as the roads are passable. Barrozo Mrye.—The shaft in the Bartolo mine at West Point ie down 70 ft. The ledge is a narrow one at that depth, not averaging over 10 inches; but itis confidently believed that it will widen out as the shaft descends. The rock being taken out prospects finely. : ZacETaRA.—The lead ehows 3 ft. in width in the bottom of the shaft and it all carries gold. The stamps will be put in motion in a few days. Leap DiscovereD.—A very rich quartz ledge has been recently discovered near West Point. It is eaid that the top rock pays $30 per cargo of 300 ibs. Psrricoat.—Good rock has been struck in the Petticoat mine at Railroad. The diecovery was made in the 350-ft. level. The lead is fully 5 ft. wide and 8 ft. of it is composed of rock that will pay well for crushing. The quartz is exceesively hard, rendering the runniug of the level elow work. Contract Let.—W. V. Clark, Esq., proprietor of the mammoth hydraulic at Railroad Flat, has recently let a contract for running a bedrock tunnel, 800 ft. in length, through which to run his sluices. RariRoap Fuat.—Cor. same: The level in the Russian Hill mine is 42 ft. long, the chimney having au average width of 5 ft. of pay.ore, which may be estimated at $20 per ton. In the 60 ft. level the chimney is 24 ft. long. EL DORADO COUNTY. Cor. El Dorado Repudlican, Feb. 22: Orr’s Station is 4 miles north of Centerville, and about two miles south of the middle fork of the American river. There has been a good deal of proepecting done there within the past 7 or 8 months. The Ella quartz ledge in the Hoggs Diggings dist. is considered to be a good claim; it averagee $50 per ton of rock. There is another located by Mr. Anderson, who has, for some time been engaged in running a tunnel to it; last night they put in a blast, and eome of the wall rock thrown out by it seemed to be literally full of gold. The Hunt ledge, id considered about the best mining stock on this divide. In Pilot Hill dist. there are several good claims; among tho most prominent ie the Warner ledge, on the top of Pilot Hill. The Boulder Claim lies almost in the town of Centerville; several boulders have been taken from this claim containing several thousand dollars each. MARIPOSA COUNTY. RrcommMenceD.—Mariposa Gazette, Feb. 93: The Benton Mills have resumed running. There is said to be about 400 tons of quartz ready for crushing. There is, as yet, no work being done in the Josephine or Pine Tree mines. Scuorimrp & Co. are putting up one of their concentrators at Bogan’s mill on Bear ereek. Rock is being taken out and the mill will again be in operation in the course of 2 or 3 weeks. Hornrros.—Cor. same: Quartz mining is being carried on toa greater extent than ever before, and with reasonable success. ‘The Washington mine and mill are in full hlast, and are getting out splendid ore, as is also the Quartz Mountain mill. The new Pool vein is the richest thing in the way of quartz that has ever been struck in this vicinity. Williams & Martinez have taken out several thousand dollars in the past month. Farrias & Co. the same. Martinez & Valencia (from the same ledge) took out between $7,000 and $8,000 last week, and more in sight. Jack Mossman took out 40 ozs. last Friday, and more in sight. Joy & Co. have fine prospects on the same vein, which is located nearly in the centre of our town. NEVADA COUNTY. Bar.—Grass Valley Republican, Feb. 23: A $6,000 bar was sent below from Delano’s bank yesterday, from a recent cleanup at the North Star mine. Woop’s Ravine.—More quartz mining and prospecting are being done near the mouth of Woods’ Ravine at this time than for many years past. The Soggs miue employs between 40 and 50 men. The Providence, which is a continuation of the Soggs, is also being actively worked and the present incline is down about 150 feet. Steam hoisting machinery is soon to he erected, and the mine for the first time is to be developed below the water level of Deer Creek. The ledge is large, varying from 3 to 10 ft. in width. The Wyoming mine is yielding good returns. Preparations are also heing made for working 3 other quartz mines in the same vicinity of the spring. To Be Reopsnrp.—The Grant quartz mine, near Forest Springs, idle for several years, is soon to be reopened. Tounne~Ine.—A Co. who are opening an extensive gravel claim about 2 miles from Grass Valley, recently let a contract for running a tunnel 1,500 ft. on their claim. Last week 6 men run 80 ft. of the tnnnel in slate rock, no blasting being required. The tunnel is excavated 7 ft. wide at the bottom, 5 ft. at the top, and ie 7 ft. high. The workmen, besides excavating the 80 ft., laid 2 substantial car track, and! thoronghly timbered the tunnel, putting in 12 inch posts, with caps aud lagging to match. Bucxrys Minz.—Nevada Transcript, Feb. 94: The Buckeye mine is in Willow Yalley. Some time since machinery was put upon the mine and an incline commenced. A day or two ago the ledge was struck, and the prospect is very encouraging. The ledge is 5 ft. wide, and the rockis filled with rich looking sulphurets. From Thursday noon, when the ledge was struck, up to yesterday moruing 6 tone of this rock were taken out. Location.—Shurtleff & Co. have located 12 claims, 150 ft. square each, at Sutton’s Ranch, near this city, for quartz mining purposes. Goop Rocr.—Grass Valley Union, Feb. 93: Yesterday there was a strike into very fine quartz in the tenth level of the North Star; 3 or 4 kegs of ore were sent up yesterday aftornoon and the value ie estimated at about $600. PLACER COUNTY. Oputr.—Cor. Placer Herald, Feb. 24: F, Jones, Supt. of the Bellevue mine, has upened another rich chimney of ore west of the west shaft. He has been stripping and taking down the ledge for the past 4 or 5 days, and it is etill improving in richness and extent. The St. Patrick mill has not yet resumed operations, but a supply of wood and coal is being procured, and the mill will be again pounding away in a few days on Bellevue ore. Mr, Patterson, Supt. of the Eclipse mine, has commenced crushing ore at the St. Lawrence mill, and judging from appearances, itis paying as well as anticipated. Nevada. ELY DISTRICT. Boruion.—Ely Record, Feb. 18: W.F. & Co. ehipped to day hullion valned at $43,155.41. Ars Miye.—Since our last issue there hae been considerable talk about the strike in the Alps mine, At the 142-ft. level there is a drift which runs east of the ledge 84 ft. from the main shaft. From this point a winze has been sunk 28 ft., giving a depth of 170 ft. from the surface. At this drift a level has been run 21 ft. east and 34 ft. west from the bottom of the winze. The drift shows a very fine body of ore, over 2 ft. wide, aud is as solid and well defined and haudsome in appearance as any ledge we have seen

in the dist. The west drift also shows a fine ledge throughout its entire length, and the face of both ends of the drift shows the ledge to be solid, wide and rich. The amount of ore now in sight proves this to be a valuable mine. So far every opening along the ledge shows good ore. The course of the ledge is very near due east and west, and pitches north at an angle of 75 deg. The foot-wall presents some hreaks in the works, but not more than is found in any other good mine. The ledge is in a quartzite-formation. Pacirric TonneL,—The tunnel starts east of the road, about 1,500 ft. east of the divide. Itis well constructed, being 5 ft. . wide and 7 ft, high. Several deposits of ore have heen passed through between the mouth of the tunnel and its present terminus, which is 650 ft. from the starting point. The course of the ledge is S. 30° W. John Cullan has a contract to run the same 40 ft. further, and is making 8 ft. aday. It will have to be run about 200 ft. further to cut the American Fleg and Havana ledges. The Burke ledge will be struck iu less than 50 ft. Newton Boots.—The strike made on the 16th in the lower level of this claim is more than usually encouraging, as it proves that a rich ledge runs across Panaca Flat, from the Lightner shaft to the Page and Panaca, and extends across the entire claim of the Newton Booth. The west drift from thelower level has been run across the ledge, showing the vein to he over 12 ft. wide, the ledge pitching slightly to the east. EUREKA DISTRICT. McGarry.—Eureka Sentinel, Feb. 20: Work on the Mexican mine is revealing a considerable body of rich ore. It increases in richness as it goes down. HUNIBOLDT. ANTIMoNY.—Humboldt Register, Feb. 24: Capt. Cummins, agent for the Truckee Smeltiug Co., has located a ledge ahout 4 miles north of Rose Creek station on the C. P. R. R. which gives promise of being a valuable mine. Several tests of the ore show 85 per cent. antimony, with from $6 to $10 per tou in eilver. Theledge is said to be 2 ft. wide aud well defined. The Co. have let a contract to have 20 tons of the ore taken out when it it will he shipped to S. F. for reduction. REESE RIVER. Moraan & Mavncy--Recse River Reveille, Feb. 17: The Manhattan Co. have got the old incline cleaned out and repaired, and are at work opening the mine and taking out ore. The ledge at the bottom of the incline is nearly 2 ft. wide; it is solid and well defined. Suut Down.—The Mettacom Mill hangs up its batteries to-day. The searcity and extremely high price of wood and the bad state of the roads are the causes assigned. SaysRook.—This mine employs 12 men. Ore is being extracted from the 110-ft. level in considerable quantities, a portion of which will work at a high rate. Pacrrro Co.—The minee of this Co. are looking (quite as well as at any time in their history. Considerable bodies of ore have recently been explored in various portions of the mines, and eome of the rock is of very high grade. Drana.—Good ove and lots of it is still being taken out. WASHOE. — Kentuck.—Territorial 2nterprise, Feb. 92: The Kentuck Co. are taking out 40 tons of ore per pay, which is being crushed at the Devil’s Gate mill. A great part of the force engaged in tho mine is employed in retimhering the old drifts from which the timbers were burned at the time of the great fire in the mines, and in fixing upgenerally. The Supt. informs us that in a short time they will be taking ont regularly 60 tons of oro per day. Bucreye.—The Buckeye mine is looking well and ore is being raised from all the 3 levels, Two mills—the Hope and Sewell’e —are running on ore from the mine. The breasts on all the levels are looking exceedingly well and there isin sight in the mine a 3-month’s supply of ore. WHITE PINE. Boxrion.—White Pine News, Feb. 24: W. F. & Co. shipped on the 20th, to London for Eherhardt & Aurora M. Co., 2 bare, 138 tbs., valued at $2,585.63. Also, 6 bars for Piermont M. & M. Co., to New York, 429 ibs., valued at $8,127.38. Treasures Hom.u Mixes—Norrse AvRoRA, In the Risdale chamber of the North Aurora the usual force of men are employed breasting out. The size of the ore hody increases as work is pushed ahead. Tho ore now extracted, mills about $45 to the ton. The hoisting is done by whip at present. The Lady’s chamher shows an immense amount of ore. As far as excavated the chamber is 182 ft. in length, 42 ft. wide and 55 ft. to the roof in the highest place. On the south end the south drift commences and runs 130 ft. throngh low-grade ore. From the end of the 130 ft, drift a breast is in 60 ft. ahead, showing a hody of ore 35 ft. high and 25 ft. wide as far as opened, and the ore going down in the bottom of the breast. Sgeconp Sours Ex. or Hrppun TREASURE, In the shaft on Nevada St., at the depth of 60 tt., a drift has been run 40 ft. nearly due east, in ore and ledge matter, and crossing themain north andsouth channel. Near the end of the drift a tunnel is being run in a southerly direction, for the purpose of tracing the ore into the Anchor and Edgar works. In the Anchor tunuel, helonging to this Co., the drift North from the bottom of the incline has reached a distance of 59 ft., stripping throughout the stratified spar wall, which dips east at an angle of about 35degrees. In this part of the mine a vast body of good millable ore is exposed. Working 10 men. Simver Puare.—An incline isdown 75 ft., showing ore the whole distance. At the hottom of the incline a breast of ore is opened out 75 ft. wide and 5 ft. in thickness. Seveuty four tons of ore on the dumps. The owners think it will mill $100to the ton. Working6 men breasting out. Warp Brecuer.—A force of men is at work sinking a winze from the bottom of the Phillpotts chamher, through a body of low-grade ore to connect with the east drift of the Lady’s chamber. Have struck the west side, and expect to connect in ahout two weeks. The tramway is running steadily on ore from the Co.’s mines. East SHesorcan.—Working the usual force of men on the, East Shehoygan, and hoisting to the dumps. Most of the force of men is employed in prospecting and making openings. San JUAN DEL Rio.—The usual force of men employed. A new character of ore was found in the shaft, at adepth of 24 ft., of 2 copper silver glance character, assaying $106 totheton. Itshows a good body, and has a good pitch. Sovra AvRora.—Sinking a shaft in the end of the east drift, from the main tunnel, and doing work as usual iu other parts of the mine. Noonpay.—In the same quality of ore as last reported, and breasting out with the same force of men. Gen. Ler.—Drifting from the spar seam in a 8-ft. body of ore and piling on dump. Pocoritto.—The ore has not chauged in grade since our last report. Ovrsipe Dists.—Centrran Camp.—The Great Western shows good ore the whole length of the location. The International Con. M. Co. has 14 locations on the bill, among which are the Nutmeg-grater, MeCaffry, Clayton and others. A force of men has been at work for several months to cut the ledges at a depth of 600 ft. from the croppings. After running a distance of 84 ft.,a hody of mineral was found. The formation isporphyry, quartziteand ehale. Assays going up into the hundreds have been made from the croppings. Colorado. Irems.—Colorado Union, Feb. 15: Baily & Nott have ehipped on account of owners, since our last issue,'24 tons of smelting ore. Palmer & Nichols have shipped 2 silver bars valued at $1,451.27. The Hidden Treasure, Leavenworth'Mt., is yielding very rich ore. The vein has been struck.by cross cuts, in 3 different places, by lessees,and in every cross cutthe mineral in the vein shows well. All the mines on Leavenworth being worked are yielding rich ore. In the Eagle Bird, a neighbor of the Pelican, Maine, Silverplume, Snowdrift and other rich lodes, an adit, disclosing well defiued walls, has been driven on the vein, 450 ft. At 325 ft. from the mouth of the adit, an immense vein, coming in from the eastat an angle of about 35° unites with the Eagle Bird and loses itself. This discovery is call ed the Casket. The Eagle Bird and the Casket are both yielding rich milling ore. The work of drifting east on the Casket aud west on the Eagle Bird, is goiug on with satisfactory, payiug results. The average mill yield of the ore taken from the Eagle Bird, is 206 oz. per ton, Tho highest assay obtained from ore taken from the mine, is 3,700 oz. per ton, or $4,900 coin value. Large quantities of 2d class ore are accumulating at the mine, ==