Volume 28 (1874) (430 pages)

(January. 3,5 1874.) ° MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. g —— ’ actor of rock is taken ont that was fonnd above, “lonsy” with gold.’ Ifthe same character of ‘rock is obtained for twenty fect more, we nn-, derstand thata mill will be erected immediately, and work ‘will be comnieuced iu dead edrneat. The prospective ontlook for qnartz mining was nevor so bright iu thls.viclnity ae now. Tur new mine of Messrs. Brewster & Sheperd is rapidly boing fnlly developed, aud looks better and better each day. It is undonbtedly the richest quartz ,vein yet struck In this part of the State.» . . : Wonk is progressing ou the Gross and True ledges; over in Big Cafiou, and both ledges contiuue to look enconraging. One or both of theae ledzes will havs a mill npon them before onethcr winter. The Gross ledge has now a large amonnt of rock in slzht that will work froin $30 to $50 per ton, and there isno renson to doubt that it will eventnally be one of the best paying mines in the district. INYO COUNTY. . : Not an Esting Soccess.—Independent, Deo. 27: We are sorry to learn that some of the plping of the Cerro Gordo Water Works gave wny nnder the immense pressnre to which portions of it were snbjected, so that the grand nllimatnm of Cerro Gordo’s hopos is not yet realized. As the workin all other respocts is 9 snbstantlal snocess, this weaknoss of a few pipes is’a matter of small oonsequence— quite different from the possible Inability of the engines to raise the water such au Immense hight, bnt they send it np withont the least difficnity. . MARIPOSA COUNTY. = 4 New Discoverx.-—ffazelle, Dec.27:From Mr. H. B. Silver, Superiutendent of the: Fraucis mins, wo learn thaton the lower level of the Francia mine he hag. disoovered n very rich chute of ore, abont a foot thick, which is literally lousy with gold, Men are now at work siuking on said new discovery, which is increasing in size as thay sink on iti © Tue Francis Muvg.--.-Last week we stated, on what we considered reliable authority, that tho Francis Mining Co. hnd snspended work on their claim. Sinos then we reocived the following commnnioation from the Snparlntendent: + : : “ Dean Sim : I peroeive in yonr issne of the 16th inst. there is a statement to the effect that work has again been snspended on the Francis mine, the owner finding it nnremunerativs. Where yon got yonr information from I do not know, but wisb yon to correct, the abovo atatemsnt, as it may work injury, perhapa on yonr part unintsntional, to the present owners.'’, ; ’ ‘NEVADA COUNTY. =. ' ; 1 Atunrson Ranon Mrne.—Union, Dec. 28: We learn from good anthority that the Allison Ranoh mine will be started up again early in the coming year. With the ‘‘Ranch"’ will be started the first extension south on the same ledge. Thé management of the new start will he. prepiréd to find'pold or the cinders down toward the center of the earth. Tbere’are several otbor idle mining pioperties in this district whioh shonld be started and which will eventnally pay. PLACER COUNTY. F . . Dixcotn Coan Mrxes.—Herald, Dec. 27: This mine is now pretty thoroughly opened. Hoisting works are completed. A force of men are employed in the mine, and large qoantitiés of the nsefol-and valnable mineral are being _hronght to' the surface. We have: before ns ‘some fine specimens ‘of''thid''coal; ‘we have ‘tried by experiment the combustible propertiés’ of the article, and find it bnrns readily. Itcertainly is valnable; bnt to what extent remains artly to be known. Shipments have already eén made to Sacramento, and parties there, snpposed to be capable of jodging, after testing ‘its properties, speak very favorably of its qualsities, This discovery promisés to be of no small.interest to the country,'as the working ‘of these mines will give a new. impetns to the lower part.of the oonnty) whioh will redound with good results to all.”SAN DIEGO COUNTY. °°” " ‘ Jouian.—Correspondence World, Dec 20: I visited the Stonewall mine to-day.and found it in a very flattering condition. The storm has hud the effect of saving an immense amount io the propristors from tbe fact of its caving in the large opening from the snrface to the first lev‘el, which also has’ disclosed an immense amount of very rioh'ore.* The mill is kept rnnning constantly day and night on very good nverage rock! The yield is very handsome, The proprietors are in very good spirits on account of having snch a large body of water in’ the laguni, which will last thém six or eight nionths, ‘evon if it should’ happen'‘not ‘to’ rain another drdp the whole season: Mee ix : SIERRA COUNTY. . jo ea iet if " Goun , Buorr.— Messenger, Deo. 27th :. The Gold Bluff Mine was sold at Referee’a sole, last eye and ,purohased of Mr. Behm for uit tanete 1 6 crqa . “Waren Seasox.—The coming season bids fair tobe one,of the best for water that we have had in a long time. The large body of snow is thoroughly satnrated with water, besidee which the gronnd is full. Itis yeare since we had such large quantities of snow in as good condition as now for making water, so early in the RONSON, «eee, Ohi reg tae, TUOLUMNE COUNTY. =<: Tue Frast-Cugan Up.—Independent, Deo. 27: Was had ntithe Alpha T.M. Gravel’ mine on . Friday last, nnd the resnlt was equal td 4 rea-" sonzble desire. The best of gravel is widening and improving. A force of ten hands is at ‘Francisco or the Hast. preeent employed, and, mord will be addcd as room is msde furthem to work. The company, will pnt npn mill in the spring. y Tar quartz mill at Sprivg Gulch is now ronning night nnd day, having plenty of water. A watog force of men will start for the mountains, as soon as the weather permits, to repair the flume of the Water Co. at Rocky Point. EXxce.zext rock comes from the new 70 foot level of the Now Albany mine, bearing pure gold, sulphurets and galena. ‘ Nevada. ELY DISTRICT. Aups.— Record, Dec. 20: The drift from the bottom of the shaft is in 530 feet. Boweny.—Getting ready to drift ns fast as poseible, and expect to start in within a few days. « sen CGonpon,—Still drifting for the Icdgo, with good indicatious. Small stringers or seams of ore are fonnd in the face ofthe drift. * Hoan anp Hount.—Pushing the main drift nhead, nud the work is being carried forward rapidly. , a Havaya.—Dowu 267 feet, and still sinking, Struck the pay streak mentioued on Thursday abont six or seven feet from the bottom of the present shaft. The vein has increased in width until it is now 12 feet wide. i. Lovisz.—Ore from this mine ia being milled, and pulp assays average nbout $147. Mrapow Vanier.—No. 3 shaft is now 92 feet below the tenth station, and it will not be long before another station will be made. The drift from the tenth station, running west, is in 50 feet. The east drift on the ninth leyel is in a distance of 387 feet, and is being rapidly pushed ahead. The east winze from the eighth level ig down 54 feet. The east drift on the 520-foot level is etill being continned, and ie in 332 feet. The snmmit shaftis down 881 feet. Running a cross-cnt south to connect with the west drift of the eighth gtation, No. 7 ‘abaft. cNewarg.—Now working on the 600-foot level, and a marked improvement in the mine has shown itself during the week. The Newark has .aledge about 20 inchesin width,~ with “ore which it is -helieved will yield from $200 to $250 to the ton. ‘'It is thonght the ledge on the 700-foot level will be cnt in abont 25 feet more, g ; : Pace anp Panaca.—Work iu thig mine ‘is going on satisfactorily, with an addition recently to the forces of men, Work is pushed ahead night and day. very rich ore from Page & Panaca, which was taken from the Gussie, a ledge struck less than two weeks ago, and which has since been recorded by the Superintendent for the Page & Panaca company. The ore in this ledge is increasing in qnantity and improving in quality, The Page & Puonaca has the great advantage of an abundant snpply of water for use in the boiler, which saves an ontlay of $400 or $500 per mouth, The mine looks well throughout, and ‘is being worked vigorously and economically. : Procne.—The new worke, near the old Burke ahaft; are about ~completed, nothing being left to be done but to put in the flooring. The bnilding is a frame work, 48x75, feet in dimensions. Tbe castings were all made at the foundry of the Nevada Central Railway, Bullionville, and are eqnal to’ any‘cast in San Steam started np for thé first time on Friday, and it was found. that thé .machinery worked to the éntire satisfaction'of all. The engine was used, to draw:up from tho railroad track, abont 200 yards below the works, the 750 feet of wire rope to be used in hoisting. The rope has been ‘placed npon the reel, and all is how abont ready to begin. hoisting. The entire works are very snbstantial, as mnch so as any in the district. The enpine rests'‘npon the bed rock, and is 30 horse power, and a very snperior piece of machinery. A blacksmith shop is also connectsd with the works. A contract, has been let to sink the shaft 246ft. further, which will make 660 feet in deptb. ;Sinking will commence -to:-morrow, T. RB. Butler will have churgé of the Pioche dnring the absence of Mr, Nelson, present superintendent. °°” ; WASHOE DISTRICT. = 0, AmeEnican Fuat.—Gold Hill News, Dec. 27: Driving the main southwest drift on the 400foot level is making good progress. .No crosscutting yet. a Anions, Urau ayn Guore.—The face of the main weet drift ia still in quartz of a very favorable character. An ore chute for the extraction of ore throngh the main incline, is being erected. The prospects for the development of in the south drift, from the bottom of pay ore the incline, are good. : . BexcHer.—Daily yield, 450 tons of ore. . Phe ore breasts and stopes throughout the mine never yielded better or looked more flattering than at present, The main south drift from the Crown Point, on the 1,300-foot level is in 535 feet, still in qnartz. The north drift on the 1,300-foot level, from the main incline, is in 272 feet nnd will make connection with ‘the eouth drift from the Crown Point in about ten days more, thoronghly ventilating that level of the mine and affording the long ‘desired opportunity of ‘hoisting their ore through the company's own shaft. The timbers for thé 1,400-foot station, in the ‘main incline, arein, and adrift jnst started. The winze from the 1,200-foot level and the np-rnise from the 1,300-foot level, have also made oonmection. “ * whioh ia being extracted from the, 1,200 and 1,300-foot levels. The ore stopes and breasts on both these levels are looking well and yieldWe saw yesterday some; Crown Pomr.—Daily yield, 400 tons of ore,” Ingfinely. The main sonth drifton the 1,400foot level is being driven rapidly ahead, the facc in rich ore. Breasting ont and extracting oro from this level will be commenced as soon as tho main drift has reached the Belcher line. Tbe main sonth drift, on the 1,500-foot level, is makiog steady progress; the‘ fiow of water from the face oontinnes strong, keeping the punips steadily running. The vein matter, in the face of the drift, shows every indication of another rich level, when the main ledge shall have been reached and opened. ConsoiLipatep Vrroixta.—Daily yield of ore, 260 tons, being all that the mills now employed hy the company can ‘crush. Average yield of orocrnshed by the mills during the past weeks, $81 per ton. Tho north winze, on the 1,200-foot level, is down a perpendicular depth of 140 feet, the entire distance in rich oro. It was the intention to commence cross-cutting in this winze at tho depth of 100 fect, but the oro steadily Increasing in richness, has caused n steady prosecution of the work of sinking instead, Many of the assays for ths last few feet tun high into the thousande, while the average for the past week, has been over $200 per ton. The np-raise from the 1,200-foot level is np 137 feet, aleo in richore. The main east drift, on the 1,000-foot level to oonnect with this raise, is making fine progress having only about 40 feet more to run to make the connection, which will tben give good ventilation to tbe 1,200-foot level and greatly facilitate the work thronghout the mine. The south winze ata depth of 80 feet, has passed throngh the ledge ot strock the west clay wall, and at the same time tapping a heavy flow of water, which in 4 few minutes, drove tbe men out‘and stopped the prosecution of the work in that quarter for the present. The new station at the 1,300-foot level, is opened anda main drift started for the ledge, which is being prosecnted with all the vigor possible. ‘ : CnouLan-Potost.—Daily yield, 100 tons of ore, tbe assay value of which is $30 per ton. There is but little change of importance to note in either the quality of ore extracted or the general appearance of, the ore-prodncing sections of the mine. The main south drift at the third station has shown bnt little change during the week. : Cazenonra4.—The princfpal part of the week hae been spent in draining the water in the shaft between fhe 600 and 600-foot levels. The water ie now completely drained below the 600foot station, and some necessary repairs are being made preparatory to resuming work on the lower levels. The drain tnnnel ia in 300 feet, making extraordinary good progress. , Gouip ann Curny.—The main east drift; on tbe 1,500-ft. level, is being driven ahead with all possible vigor, the face still in very promising ledge'matter. The main east drift on the 1,600-ft. level, is also making good progress. The rock in the face of the main east drift on the 1,700-ft. level, is getting mnch softer, indicntiog a near opproach to the west wall of the ledge. . 3 om Haz & Noroross.—Sinking the maiu incline is making fnir progress, the rockin the bottom blasting finely. . : Imprrrau.—All work in the mine is snspended for the preeent, for the purpose of pntting in a new, heavy gear whoel and hoisting reel. Juuia.—The water is drained to below the 1,000-ft. level, and the main drift on that level ia being repaired preparatory to driving itahead and opening the body of ore developed at the time the men were driven ont hy'the water. The main south drift, on the 900-ft level, is be-. ‘ing steadily driven ahead with excellent’ pros: pects of good:ore developments soon. c Overman.-+—There is nochange: of valne to note in the main west drift on the 1,200-ft. levol, except a steady increase in the flow of water from the face. Cross-entting and‘ prospecting are being ‘prosecnted as usual on the 1,000-ft. level. eee . Opxuir.—The‘ore development inthe south: drift on the 1,465-ft. level continues to show a steady improvement as the work advances, and there no louger seems to be a reasonable doubt . of the permanency of the new discovery. The main south drift on the 1,700-ft. leval is’ still driven vigorously ahead with bnt Httle change to note, except a slight inorease in the qnality of water. ; ' : Sutzo.-The main:sonth drift is in 197 ft.]. Ore constantly improving in quality. A large stream of water enconntered in thig drift keeps the pnm/s actively employed. The ledge looks finely, and the prospects as regards the permanont valne of: tbis mine are very encouraging. _" ! t SavAor¥.—Sinking the main incline is making good progress. The main east croes-cut, near the north line, is still being pnshed vigoronsly ahead. Shs ‘ atc ‘Sratra Nevapa.—Daily yield, 60 tons of ore, ‘keeping the company’s mill steadly rnnning. The ore stopes and breasts are hoth lookingand yielding well as usnal. The np-raise trom,.the main tunnel, in the old Sacramento ground, is giving promise of the development of n body of good ore, which, if it proves of sufficient extent, will soon enable the company to again start the old Sacramento mill. Sinking the new shaft is making fair headway, the rock in the bottom blasting finely. Suver Hira.—The water has almost entirely snbsided in the shaft, and good progress is being made with the sinking. The main sonth drift at the seoond station is being pnshed ateadily ahead, the ore in the face showing spots and streaks of exoeeding richness and .promising 8 development of extraordinary value. The main north drift at the second station dnring the = >near the Jestice line from the first level, giving a much needed cirenlation of pnre air aud creatly facilitating work in that part of the mine,= SO. Sees Trier.—The main west drift at the 200-ft. station, is still driven ahead at the rate of 2% ft. per day, the face of the drift in porphyry. The main east drift is in 185 {t., theiudications ru soon reaching the maiu ledge being excelent. Utan.—Driving the main west driftat the lower level to tap the ledgeis making good progress. Tbe last 32 ft. has been in olay whioh is supposed to be the east wall of the ledge. There isa light thongh steady flow of water from the face of the drift. i Colorado. -_ SAN JUAN DISTRICT." Oorreepondence of The Peoplé, Deo. 19: Since my last writing Ihave madea ‘‘fiying visit’ to Aoimas mining district (San Jnan.) I vieited the famons Green Mountain, and iu oompany with two others, took ont abont 800 or 900 pounds of the richest silver ore I have ever ceen. We left the mine showing a -vein of abont five’ fcet of mineral, with nineteen inches of gray copper, worth from $2,500 to $3,000 per .ton:. The Mountaineer, also, is similar, perhaps ae rich, The Little Giant I found being vigoronsly worked, showing a vein of abont fonr feet, with a atreak of abont eighteen inches of the same dark-looking stuff that it has carried from its first open iog, and which pays several thonsand ‘ per ton, in gold. The Dexter’ and Central, owned by Johnson, Blair, and others—original ownere of the Little Giant—may aleo be pnt down as among the “‘first-class.’’ I also visited the “La Plata,” a lode discovered by George W. Hartman, a day or two before Larrived in the mines, The ore in this lode resembles aome of the Georgetown mines. It showe between four and five feet of snlphnrets of silver. Assays ehow from 242 to 900 onnces per ton, silver. I nnderstand aince my return that he has sold the mine for $15,000 to parties in Chicago. The Doxtér and Central lie within one thousand feet and ‘cross the Little Giant; yet while the Giant is entirely a gold lode, they aresilver. The McGregor, owned by Robert MoGrepor, is another of the many in that district, (in fact, I may say hnndreda,) which may be pnt as firstclase. i tue i Lower California. °° JAPA. le Tue Mives.—Cor.‘S. D. World,’ Dec. 20: The Northwestern Gravel Range is all good, and averaged, as far aa I’ve prospected (several miles) uniformly the same; and the best: pay dirt is from ten to fifteen feet deep, the latter worked by a party from whom no tidings ‘had been heard for some time, and whom we fonnd prospecting the field already mentioned.’ In my opinion the gravel range is the gold belt. It rnns* wash: gravel, with wash qnartz, bonlders, and blue dirt. Some places nre covered with acap of granite, with an nnderlying stratam of blne granite, and slate bed rock. There is plenty of water by digging for it Cg ; Montana. . : > Tue Gauuatin SILVER Mines.— Montanian, Dec. 20: Development is being energetically pushed, on some of the Sixteen Mile oreek silyér veina, They ore abont 45 miles north-east of Bozeman. Some of the ‘Sixteen: Mile ores are said to be fabnlonsly rich, running np into the thonsands per ‘ton. ‘The ledges vary in width from 2 to 36 ft. “The general formation is lime, slate and: qnartzite. ° 7 ' THE MoCoor! Mnane Exprprrion.—General McOook, who was ahot and killed, three ‘or fonr weeks ago,” in: an’ altercation ‘in Yankton, Dacota, was at the: Head of Jan extensive exploring expedition;organized for’ préspect” ' -ing-in the Yellowstone ‘valley next enmmer. The general was in posession of several, tona of very rich gold quartz,’said to have héen obtained in'the Yellowstone valley, 250 or 300 miles above Bismarok, and an excitement had been raised at thetime’ of his death 'which promised to rival the Pike's Peak excitement in 1859. ' : , oe ry * Utah. Oe LITTLE GOTTONWOOD DISTRICTMustve.—Oor. Tribune, Deo 24: Our’ mines continne to prosecnte work without interruption by the storms, There are no néw strikes reported. Tbe Emma, as nsnal, is working tbe second class dumps, and is also taking ont ore from the rich strike. made lately in the bottom ofthe mines. The Flagstaff has shnt down for ashort time, for the purpose of sqnaring up its acconnts, and to give the new management ample time to prepkre everything ‘to‘run the mine in a more économical manner,” The Dayenport mine still remaing in the posaession of the Sheriff, bnt itis rumored on onr dtreets that the company will pay np some time dnring the week, and probablyresnme work, The Bay: City Tunnel has completed ‘thé engineroom and are now ready to place the machinery nnder coyer, and commence operation A8 soon ag all the necessary machinery has ‘arrived on the gronnd. The shipments during the last week were not as largé as the previons week; one cause is the shntting down of the Flagstaff, and the other, that the snow has drifted in some of the roads leading to the mines that are shipping ore, which compélled thelr snperinl[tendents to apply-the whole of last week to clear the roads, and gét them iu snch a condition that the ore can be hauled away’on sleds or raw hides. The amonnt of ore shipped is as follows: Emma, 70 tons; Flagstaff, 100 tons ; week made connection with the north winze, Grizzly, 130 tons.

(January. 3,5 1874.) ° MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. g —— ’ actor of rock is taken ont that was fonnd above, “lonsy” with gold.’ Ifthe same character of ‘rock is obtained for twenty fect more, we nn-, derstand thata mill will be erected immediately, and work ‘will be comnieuced iu dead edrneat. The prospective ontlook for qnartz mining was nevor so bright iu thls.viclnity ae now. Tur new mine of Messrs. Brewster & Sheperd is rapidly boing fnlly developed, aud looks better and better each day. It is undonbtedly the richest quartz ,vein yet struck In this part of the State.» . . : Wonk is progressing ou the Gross and True ledges; over in Big Cafiou, and both ledges contiuue to look enconraging. One or both of theae ledzes will havs a mill npon them before onethcr winter. The Gross ledge has now a large amonnt of rock in slzht that will work froin $30 to $50 per ton, and there isno renson to doubt that it will eventnally be one of the best paying mines in the district. INYO COUNTY. . : Not an Esting Soccess.—Independent, Deo. 27: We are sorry to learn that some of the plping of the Cerro Gordo Water Works gave wny nnder the immense pressnre to which portions of it were snbjected, so that the grand nllimatnm of Cerro Gordo’s hopos is not yet realized. As the workin all other respocts is 9 snbstantlal snocess, this weaknoss of a few pipes is’a matter of small oonsequence— quite different from the possible Inability of the engines to raise the water such au Immense hight, bnt they send it np withont the least difficnity. . MARIPOSA COUNTY. = 4 New Discoverx.-—ffazelle, Dec.27:From Mr. H. B. Silver, Superiutendent of the: Fraucis mins, wo learn thaton the lower level of the Francia mine he hag. disoovered n very rich chute of ore, abont a foot thick, which is literally lousy with gold, Men are now at work siuking on said new discovery, which is increasing in size as thay sink on iti © Tue Francis Muvg.--.-Last week we stated, on what we considered reliable authority, that tho Francis Mining Co. hnd snspended work on their claim. Sinos then we reocived the following commnnioation from the Snparlntendent: + : : “ Dean Sim : I peroeive in yonr issne of the 16th inst. there is a statement to the effect that work has again been snspended on the Francis mine, the owner finding it nnremunerativs. Where yon got yonr information from I do not know, but wisb yon to correct, the abovo atatemsnt, as it may work injury, perhapa on yonr part unintsntional, to the present owners.'’, ; ’ ‘NEVADA COUNTY. =. ' ; 1 Atunrson Ranon Mrne.—Union, Dec. 28: We learn from good anthority that the Allison Ranoh mine will be started up again early in the coming year. With the ‘‘Ranch"’ will be started the first extension south on the same ledge. Thé management of the new start will he. prepiréd to find'pold or the cinders down toward the center of the earth. Tbere’are several otbor idle mining pioperties in this district whioh shonld be started and which will eventnally pay. PLACER COUNTY. F . . Dixcotn Coan Mrxes.—Herald, Dec. 27: This mine is now pretty thoroughly opened. Hoisting works are completed. A force of men are employed in the mine, and large qoantitiés of the nsefol-and valnable mineral are being _hronght to' the surface. We have: before ns ‘some fine specimens ‘of''thid''coal; ‘we have ‘tried by experiment the combustible propertiés’ of the article, and find it bnrns readily. Itcertainly is valnable; bnt to what extent remains artly to be known. Shipments have already eén made to Sacramento, and parties there, snpposed to be capable of jodging, after testing ‘its properties, speak very favorably of its qualsities, This discovery promisés to be of no small.interest to the country,'as the working ‘of these mines will give a new. impetns to the lower part.of the oonnty) whioh will redound with good results to all.”SAN DIEGO COUNTY. °°” " ‘ Jouian.—Correspondence World, Dec 20: I visited the Stonewall mine to-day.and found it in a very flattering condition. The storm has hud the effect of saving an immense amount io the propristors from tbe fact of its caving in the large opening from the snrface to the first lev‘el, which also has’ disclosed an immense amount of very rioh'ore.* The mill is kept rnnning constantly day and night on very good nverage rock! The yield is very handsome, The proprietors are in very good spirits on account of having snch a large body of water in’ the laguni, which will last thém six or eight nionths, ‘evon if it should’ happen'‘not ‘to’ rain another drdp the whole season: Mee ix : SIERRA COUNTY. . jo ea iet if " Goun , Buorr.— Messenger, Deo. 27th :. The Gold Bluff Mine was sold at Referee’a sole, last eye and ,purohased of Mr. Behm for uit tanete 1 6 crqa . “Waren Seasox.—The coming season bids fair tobe one,of the best for water that we have had in a long time. The large body of snow is thoroughly satnrated with water, besidee which the gronnd is full. Itis yeare since we had such large quantities of snow in as good condition as now for making water, so early in the RONSON, «eee, Ohi reg tae, TUOLUMNE COUNTY. =<: Tue Frast-Cugan Up.—Independent, Deo. 27: Was had ntithe Alpha T.M. Gravel’ mine on . Friday last, nnd the resnlt was equal td 4 rea-" sonzble desire. The best of gravel is widening and improving. A force of ten hands is at ‘Francisco or the Hast. preeent employed, and, mord will be addcd as room is msde furthem to work. The company, will pnt npn mill in the spring. y Tar quartz mill at Sprivg Gulch is now ronning night nnd day, having plenty of water. A watog force of men will start for the mountains, as soon as the weather permits, to repair the flume of the Water Co. at Rocky Point. EXxce.zext rock comes from the new 70 foot level of the Now Albany mine, bearing pure gold, sulphurets and galena. ‘ Nevada. ELY DISTRICT. Aups.— Record, Dec. 20: The drift from the bottom of the shaft is in 530 feet. Boweny.—Getting ready to drift ns fast as poseible, and expect to start in within a few days. « sen CGonpon,—Still drifting for the Icdgo, with good indicatious. Small stringers or seams of ore are fonnd in the face ofthe drift. * Hoan anp Hount.—Pushing the main drift nhead, nud the work is being carried forward rapidly. , a Havaya.—Dowu 267 feet, and still sinking, Struck the pay streak mentioued on Thursday abont six or seven feet from the bottom of the present shaft. The vein has increased in width until it is now 12 feet wide. i. Lovisz.—Ore from this mine ia being milled, and pulp assays average nbout $147. Mrapow Vanier.—No. 3 shaft is now 92 feet below the tenth station, and it will not be long before another station will be made. The drift from the tenth station, running west, is in 50 feet. The east drift on the ninth leyel is in a distance of 387 feet, and is being rapidly pushed ahead. The east winze from the eighth level ig down 54 feet. The east drift on the 520-foot level is etill being continned, and ie in 332 feet. The snmmit shaftis down 881 feet. Running a cross-cnt south to connect with the west drift of the eighth gtation, No. 7 ‘abaft. cNewarg.—Now working on the 600-foot level, and a marked improvement in the mine has shown itself during the week. The Newark has .aledge about 20 inchesin width,~ with “ore which it is -helieved will yield from $200 to $250 to the ton. ‘'It is thonght the ledge on the 700-foot level will be cnt in abont 25 feet more, g ; : Pace anp Panaca.—Work iu thig mine ‘is going on satisfactorily, with an addition recently to the forces of men, Work is pushed ahead night and day. very rich ore from Page & Panaca, which was taken from the Gussie, a ledge struck less than two weeks ago, and which has since been recorded by the Superintendent for the Page & Panaca company. The ore in this ledge is increasing in qnantity and improving in quality, The Page & Puonaca has the great advantage of an abundant snpply of water for use in the boiler, which saves an ontlay of $400 or $500 per mouth, The mine looks well throughout, and ‘is being worked vigorously and economically. : Procne.—The new worke, near the old Burke ahaft; are about ~completed, nothing being left to be done but to put in the flooring. The bnilding is a frame work, 48x75, feet in dimensions. Tbe castings were all made at the foundry of the Nevada Central Railway, Bullionville, and are eqnal to’ any‘cast in San Steam started np for thé first time on Friday, and it was found. that thé .machinery worked to the éntire satisfaction'of all. The engine was used, to draw:up from tho railroad track, abont 200 yards below the works, the 750 feet of wire rope to be used in hoisting. The rope has been ‘placed npon the reel, and all is how abont ready to begin. hoisting. The entire works are very snbstantial, as mnch so as any in the district. The enpine rests'‘npon the bed rock, and is 30 horse power, and a very snperior piece of machinery. A blacksmith shop is also connectsd with the works. A contract, has been let to sink the shaft 246ft. further, which will make 660 feet in deptb. ;Sinking will commence -to:-morrow, T. RB. Butler will have churgé of the Pioche dnring the absence of Mr, Nelson, present superintendent. °°” ; WASHOE DISTRICT. = 0, AmeEnican Fuat.—Gold Hill News, Dec. 27: Driving the main southwest drift on the 400foot level is making good progress. .No crosscutting yet. a Anions, Urau ayn Guore.—The face of the main weet drift ia still in quartz of a very favorable character. An ore chute for the extraction of ore throngh the main incline, is being erected. The prospects for the development of in the south drift, from the bottom of pay ore the incline, are good. : . BexcHer.—Daily yield, 450 tons of ore. . Phe ore breasts and stopes throughout the mine never yielded better or looked more flattering than at present, The main south drift from the Crown Point, on the 1,300-foot level is in 535 feet, still in qnartz. The north drift on the 1,300-foot level, from the main incline, is in 272 feet nnd will make connection with ‘the eouth drift from the Crown Point in about ten days more, thoronghly ventilating that level of the mine and affording the long ‘desired opportunity of ‘hoisting their ore through the company's own shaft. The timbers for thé 1,400-foot station, in the ‘main incline, arein, and adrift jnst started. The winze from the 1,200-foot level and the np-rnise from the 1,300-foot level, have also made oonmection. “ * whioh ia being extracted from the, 1,200 and 1,300-foot levels. The ore stopes and breasts on both these levels are looking well and yieldWe saw yesterday some; Crown Pomr.—Daily yield, 400 tons of ore,” Ingfinely. The main sonth drifton the 1,400foot level is being driven rapidly ahead, the facc in rich ore. Breasting ont and extracting oro from this level will be commenced as soon as tho main drift has reached the Belcher line.

Tbe main sonth drift, on the 1,500-foot level, is makiog steady progress; the‘ fiow of water from the face oontinnes strong, keeping the punips steadily running. The vein matter, in the face of the drift, shows every indication of another rich level, when the main ledge shall have been reached and opened. ConsoiLipatep Vrroixta.—Daily yield of ore, 260 tons, being all that the mills now employed hy the company can ‘crush. Average yield of orocrnshed by the mills during the past weeks, $81 per ton. Tho north winze, on the 1,200-foot level, is down a perpendicular depth of 140 feet, the entire distance in rich oro. It was the intention to commence cross-cutting in this winze at tho depth of 100 fect, but the oro steadily Increasing in richness, has caused n steady prosecution of the work of sinking instead, Many of the assays for ths last few feet tun high into the thousande, while the average for the past week, has been over $200 per ton. The np-raise from the 1,200-foot level is np 137 feet, aleo in richore. The main east drift, on the 1,000-foot level to oonnect with this raise, is making fine progress having only about 40 feet more to run to make the connection, which will tben give good ventilation to tbe 1,200-foot level and greatly facilitate the work thronghout the mine. The south winze ata depth of 80 feet, has passed throngh the ledge ot strock the west clay wall, and at the same time tapping a heavy flow of water, which in 4 few minutes, drove tbe men out‘and stopped the prosecution of the work in that quarter for the present. The new station at the 1,300-foot level, is opened anda main drift started for the ledge, which is being prosecnted with all the vigor possible. ‘ : CnouLan-Potost.—Daily yield, 100 tons of ore, tbe assay value of which is $30 per ton. There is but little change of importance to note in either the quality of ore extracted or the general appearance of, the ore-prodncing sections of the mine. The main south drift at the third station has shown bnt little change during the week. : Cazenonra4.—The princfpal part of the week hae been spent in draining the water in the shaft between fhe 600 and 600-foot levels. The water ie now completely drained below the 600foot station, and some necessary repairs are being made preparatory to resuming work on the lower levels. The drain tnnnel ia in 300 feet, making extraordinary good progress. , Gouip ann Curny.—The main east drift; on tbe 1,500-ft. level, is being driven ahead with all possible vigor, the face still in very promising ledge'matter. The main east drift on the 1,600-ft. level, is also making good progress. The rock in the face of the main east drift on the 1,700-ft. level, is getting mnch softer, indicntiog a near opproach to the west wall of the ledge. . 3 om Haz & Noroross.—Sinking the maiu incline is making fnir progress, the rockin the bottom blasting finely. . : Imprrrau.—All work in the mine is snspended for the preeent, for the purpose of pntting in a new, heavy gear whoel and hoisting reel. Juuia.—The water is drained to below the 1,000-ft. level, and the main drift on that level ia being repaired preparatory to driving itahead and opening the body of ore developed at the time the men were driven ont hy'the water. The main south drift, on the 900-ft level, is be-. ‘ing steadily driven ahead with excellent’ pros: pects of good:ore developments soon. c Overman.-+—There is nochange: of valne to note in the main west drift on the 1,200-ft. levol, except a steady increase in the flow of water from the face. Cross-entting and‘ prospecting are being ‘prosecnted as usual on the 1,000-ft. level. eee . Opxuir.—The‘ore development inthe south: drift on the 1,465-ft. level continues to show a steady improvement as the work advances, and there no louger seems to be a reasonable doubt . of the permanency of the new discovery. The main south drift on the 1,700-ft. leval is’ still driven vigorously ahead with bnt Httle change to note, except a slight inorease in the qnality of water. ; ' : Sutzo.-The main:sonth drift is in 197 ft.]. Ore constantly improving in quality. A large stream of water enconntered in thig drift keeps the pnm/s actively employed. The ledge looks finely, and the prospects as regards the permanont valne of: tbis mine are very encouraging. _" ! t SavAor¥.—Sinking the main incline is making good progress. The main east croes-cut, near the north line, is still being pnshed vigoronsly ahead. Shs ‘ atc ‘Sratra Nevapa.—Daily yield, 60 tons of ore, ‘keeping the company’s mill steadly rnnning. The ore stopes and breasts are hoth lookingand yielding well as usnal. The np-raise trom,.the main tunnel, in the old Sacramento ground, is giving promise of the development of n body of good ore, which, if it proves of sufficient extent, will soon enable the company to again start the old Sacramento mill. Sinking the new shaft is making fair headway, the rock in the bottom blasting finely. Suver Hira.—The water has almost entirely snbsided in the shaft, and good progress is being made with the sinking. The main sonth drift at the seoond station is being pnshed ateadily ahead, the ore in the face showing spots and streaks of exoeeding richness and .promising 8 development of extraordinary value. The main north drift at the second station dnring the = >near the Jestice line from the first level, giving a much needed cirenlation of pnre air aud creatly facilitating work in that part of the mine,= SO. Sees Trier.—The main west drift at the 200-ft. station, is still driven ahead at the rate of 2% ft. per day, the face of the drift in porphyry. The main east drift is in 185 {t., theiudications ru soon reaching the maiu ledge being excelent. Utan.—Driving the main west driftat the lower level to tap the ledgeis making good progress. Tbe last 32 ft. has been in olay whioh is supposed to be the east wall of the ledge. There isa light thongh steady flow of water from the face of the drift. i Colorado. -_ SAN JUAN DISTRICT." Oorreepondence of The Peoplé, Deo. 19: Since my last writing Ihave madea ‘‘fiying visit’ to Aoimas mining district (San Jnan.) I vieited the famons Green Mountain, and iu oompany with two others, took ont abont 800 or 900 pounds of the richest silver ore I have ever ceen. We left the mine showing a -vein of abont five’ fcet of mineral, with nineteen inches of gray copper, worth from $2,500 to $3,000 per .ton:. The Mountaineer, also, is similar, perhaps ae rich, The Little Giant I found being vigoronsly worked, showing a vein of abont fonr feet, with a atreak of abont eighteen inches of the same dark-looking stuff that it has carried from its first open iog, and which pays several thonsand ‘ per ton, in gold. The Dexter’ and Central, owned by Johnson, Blair, and others—original ownere of the Little Giant—may aleo be pnt down as among the “‘first-class.’’ I also visited the “La Plata,” a lode discovered by George W. Hartman, a day or two before Larrived in the mines, The ore in this lode resembles aome of the Georgetown mines. It showe between four and five feet of snlphnrets of silver. Assays ehow from 242 to 900 onnces per ton, silver. I nnderstand aince my return that he has sold the mine for $15,000 to parties in Chicago. The Doxtér and Central lie within one thousand feet and ‘cross the Little Giant; yet while the Giant is entirely a gold lode, they aresilver. The McGregor, owned by Robert MoGrepor, is another of the many in that district, (in fact, I may say hnndreda,) which may be pnt as firstclase. i tue i Lower California. °° JAPA. le Tue Mives.—Cor.‘S. D. World,’ Dec. 20: The Northwestern Gravel Range is all good, and averaged, as far aa I’ve prospected (several miles) uniformly the same; and the best: pay dirt is from ten to fifteen feet deep, the latter worked by a party from whom no tidings ‘had been heard for some time, and whom we fonnd prospecting the field already mentioned.’ In my opinion the gravel range is the gold belt. It rnns* wash: gravel, with wash qnartz, bonlders, and blue dirt. Some places nre covered with acap of granite, with an nnderlying stratam of blne granite, and slate bed rock. There is plenty of water by digging for it Cg ; Montana. . : > Tue Gauuatin SILVER Mines.— Montanian, Dec. 20: Development is being energetically pushed, on some of the Sixteen Mile oreek silyér veina, They ore abont 45 miles north-east of Bozeman. Some of the ‘Sixteen: Mile ores are said to be fabnlonsly rich, running np into the thonsands per ‘ton. ‘The ledges vary in width from 2 to 36 ft. “The general formation is lime, slate and: qnartzite. ° 7 ' THE MoCoor! Mnane Exprprrion.—General McOook, who was ahot and killed, three ‘or fonr weeks ago,” in: an’ altercation ‘in Yankton, Dacota, was at the: Head of Jan extensive exploring expedition;organized for’ préspect” ' -ing-in the Yellowstone ‘valley next enmmer. The general was in posession of several, tona of very rich gold quartz,’said to have héen obtained in'the Yellowstone valley, 250 or 300 miles above Bismarok, and an excitement had been raised at thetime’ of his death 'which promised to rival the Pike's Peak excitement in 1859. ' : , oe ry * Utah. Oe LITTLE GOTTONWOOD DISTRICTMustve.—Oor. Tribune, Deo 24: Our’ mines continne to prosecnte work without interruption by the storms, There are no néw strikes reported. Tbe Emma, as nsnal, is working tbe second class dumps, and is also taking ont ore from the rich strike. made lately in the bottom ofthe mines. The Flagstaff has shnt down for ashort time, for the purpose of sqnaring up its acconnts, and to give the new management ample time to prepkre everything ‘to‘run the mine in a more économical manner,” The Dayenport mine still remaing in the posaession of the Sheriff, bnt itis rumored on onr dtreets that the company will pay np some time dnring the week, and probablyresnme work, The Bay: City Tunnel has completed ‘thé engineroom and are now ready to place the machinery nnder coyer, and commence operation A8 soon ag all the necessary machinery has ‘arrived on the gronnd. The shipments during the last week were not as largé as the previons week; one cause is the shntting down of the Flagstaff, and the other, that the snow has drifted in some of the roads leading to the mines that are shipping ore, which compélled thelr snperinl[tendents to apply-the whole of last week to clear the roads, and gét them iu snch a condition that the ore can be hauled away’on sleds or raw hides. The amonnt of ore shipped is as follows: Emma, 70 tons; Flagstaff, 100 tons ; week made connection with the north winze, Grizzly, 130 tons.