Volume 29 (1874) (428 pages)

July 4, 1874.] MINING AND *SCIENTIFIC PRESS. 5 Saarr Boarso.—The Eureka Sentine! of Jnna 28d says: ‘Tha boring apparatus, now in nss by the Eurska Consolidated company on the north-esstern slops of Ruby hill, is preparing ths way for a new working shaft. Eight holes, aach about 17{ inches iu diameter, will be put down four hundred fest, and heing then filled with sand, they will be spoonsd out ths proper depths for ths blasting charges. Four holes are already complsted. There is no cora extracted, tbs drill bsiug a solid hit set with sovan diamonds. The reduced rock is removed by water, which, howsver, does not return to the surface aftar seventy feet in depth is reached. The rock is much harder atthe point of the hill than atthe point where the boring was done last year.”’Goop Dicarros.—After running 10 days— most of the time using the water to get their ground into shape—the Sicrra Nevada oompany claansd np $10,000 from their hydraulic diggings. Under the circumstances, $1,000 per day is not bad. Now that they have got a face on tbsir bank thsy will begin to gst out some money. The Enterprise nnderstsnds that tho Virginia and Gold Hill Watsr Compauy had an eys on these diggings whsn they laid their big iron pipe across Washoe vallsy. It willreqnire many yaars to wash ont the. gravel deposit. Millions of dollars will be ohtained from it in the shape of gold dust, not to speak of the valuo of the float qnartz that will be oaught and saved for orushing in mills. a i Luorx Disrarcr.— A correspondent of the Union states that a great doal of work has hsen performed, and explorations made, dorin; the past six months, with a most happy an encouraging resnlt, showing olearly that there ara othar immense deposits hesides the celebrsted Latham lode, It is anticinated by those wall posted that the Ingot mining company will soon resnme work again.’ Why this oomnany should leave their immanse smelting establishment and wall-developed minas idle so long, is beyond ths compreheneion of outsiders. Oanex Canceten.—Tne Amador Tunnel and Mining Company and the Newark Silver Mining Company, et als., are defendants to a ‘suit hy F, Franks to recover 1,985 shares of Amsdor atook, and to havea sale of the Amador mine to the Newark company deolared void. An order was grsnted by Jndge Sharpstein reetraining the Newark company from paying $60,000 to the trusteas of the Amador, but this week he set the order,asida.;, . , , Tarre has heen 2 new town laid out near the Rattlasnake mine, in Sonoma connty, called ** THinoistown,’’ _A OOMPETENT assayer is wanted in Panamint district, Inyo county. A 20-stam district. p mill ia to be pnt up in Panamint Mounce Summary. THE following is mostly condensed from ‘Jo\irnais pubijished in thainterior,in proximity to the mines mentioned: a. ‘ Californi ALPINE COUNTY. . wai THe McGrew Furnace.—Chronicle, June 20: A unmber of men ars at work at the M. & N. W. mill, sxoavating and grading for the new reduction fnrnace — McGlew’s — which, it is claimed, will greatly advance the mining interest of Alpine by the cheap and close working of our ores. It will’be completed in abont fonr weeks, its erection heing under the sunerintendence‘of Mr. Kelly, agent of the inventor, and who erected one in Mexico, wheré, it is ssid, it . . proved a perfeot success. One has been erected and is in suacoessfnl operation, we are told, at Battle Mountain, Nevada. _ ia . ExcuEquea.—We' have been sbown by the Manager of this mine some splendid specimens of native silver ore taken from the northmost stope in the north drift from the enginé shaft— 100-foot level, in the old Bnokeye No. 2 ground. Also, beantifol specimen of ruby silver ore, taken on Wednesday last from the top of the stope; also, from the face of the main tunnel. Ohnonks of ruhy silver ore, weighing from twenty to forty ponnds, are daily'taken from the mine. ; i AMADOR COUNTY. : ; Tue Bia Dirca.—Ledger, June 27: Work on the Amsdor canal is progressing finely, and we lesrn that water will be let in at the npper end in the conrse of’afewdays. ‘ , : CALAVERAS COUNTY. , _ San Bauno. Povss Forra Anorarr Gounen TrmE.—Chronicle, June. 27: We have intelligence of another rich clean-upiat the San Bruno, & mine that is rapidly taking rank among the foremost in the connty: Revcutyy tons of ore yielded 121 ounces, worth $2,117.50, an average of $30.25 per ton. ’! Something like $20,000 has beent-netted by the San Brano within a month or two, hut the source of the golden stream shows no signs of exhaustion. There is no decrease in’ the eize or richness of the ledge, and the work of development ie nressed steadily forward. Quaxxa Crry.— Work ie progressing with very favorable results at the Quaker City mine, nearthe Junction. A fair gradé of ore is hein taken from the level. ‘The ledge is wide and’ well defined. Tha shaft is sunk in aslide from tor has dstermined to hydranlic off ths surface, to the depth of abont 65 fset, for ths purpose of obtaining a solid fonndation for tha mschinery to be erected. It is expected that tha hydraulicing opsration will taka ahout a month, when everything will be in readiness for commesneing the permanent development of the mine, Minine Jors.—Ths mill beiug put ap on the Zacetero mine, at West Point, is neatly completed. Tho frame-work is up aud the machinery on the ground. Krim & Co., of Mosquito, will hsva a lot of rich rock resdy for, ernshing immediately after the fourtb of July. Rrvea Crarmms.—Mining operations in the, vicinity of Poverty Bar are partially suspended. . The famous Story claim, which has hssn psy. ing handsomsly for some time past, has ceased exteusiva operations for want of a sufficisnt amount of water. The breaking of the Campo j Seco reservoir, a short tima since, has heen ths cunso of tha cessation of work, Lipxewan’s olaim, adjoining Story’s, is sustaining its rapntation as a paying claim, and worked ensrgetically when watsr can be obtained. Ahout a mils bslow the Lipksman claim, on the river, are the Ssnd hill claims. Cliniug & Co., after having bssn actively engaged stripping dnring ths winter, when water was plentifnl, have ceased hydraulicing and began oarting the bottom gravel to a dump” for washing. The want of fall for slnicing is the great obstacla in working these river claims. The greater part of the hank can be piped away, but the gravel on the ledge must necesssrily be oarted out to a ‘place’ for washing.’ Meyer's claim is still in operation and holds out credit. ably. In Mulholland’s claim work has been . suspended for the season. 3 ’ a COLUSA COUNTY. . New Muyo Disteicr.—Sun, June 27: Ac-. cording to previous notice, the miners of the! cinnabar district north of Snlphur Creek dis-' trict, met last Tuesday and organized a new, district, called Bear Valley District, with the following boundaries: Beginning at the month’ of Sulphur creek, thence np Besr creek to the line between townships 15 and 16 (north end of Bear valley); thence west to 'connty’ line;, thence southerly, on county line, to Sulphur Creek district; thence easterly with said district to the heginning. The size of eaoh claim’ is 1,500 faet on a ledge, and 300 feet on each, side. All claims mnst be «msrked ont and recorded in thirty days. This district inclndes the Lovelace discovery and the seyeral extensions thereon. my EL DORADO COUNTY.’ ans igs Goon Quarrz.—Mountsin Democrat, Jane, 27: Captain Woodwortb, at his mill, on Badt a oe « . ford avenue, this city, laet week crushed five tons of unselected surfsce rock from the Her-} rington mine, nesr Gold Springs, and tbe’ . yield fell hnt a small fractiou short,of $42 per, ton. ‘As a matter-of-conrse the owners of the mine are highly elated. , The ledge was sup-: posed to be a good oné, but the above resnit: more thsn fulfilled the expectations of tbose who were most sangnine as to the solid merits of the mine. — ; * QuicksInveR. — Amador Ledger, June 27: We are pleased to learn that the Amador quiok-’ silyer mine in El Dorado connty is looking very well indeed. In driving the’ tunnel into the hill the ‘ore becomes more abundant, and of a high grsde, giving very favorable indications that a large deposit lies further in the hill into which the tunnel is being’ driven. 1 ey LAKE COUNTY. " ’ Sratcx Goon Oar.—Bée, June’ '25:'In ‘tbe Pacifio quicksilyer mine; an extéusion of the Rattlesnake, near Pine flat, owned by Méssrs. Forhes, Parrish, Mackall & Sleeper, of Lake-, port, good ore was struck last Saturday, in An open prospecting ont. ~ s uf LASSEN COUNTY. cs Irnon.—Susanville Advocate: It seetas strange to ns that somebody does not take hold of the iron mine that lies in the hills soutb of this place. There are millions of tons of ore in sight tbat will assay at least 75 percent. of iron, and located almost in the valley. Can tbere possibly be a higger thing on the coast in iron? It is located so that from Reno there is a succession.of valleys to within half ‘a mile of the lead, and on the edge of the finest belt of timber on thia side of the contineut, As this gection of the country is now attracting considerable attention, we shall expect before many months to, see the mine located and operated by men who are willing and able to develop it, We are altogether satisfied that in it there is anenormous fortune, and to, acquire it ouly needs an effort on. the part of men who have capital and are willing to invest it, MENDOCINO COUNTY. _ #3} Quroxsinver.—Democrit, June 27: ‘The discovery of quicksilver leads in the neighborhood of Dry creek, on the road between here and McDonald's, has become rather an old story. Lately we beard.a réport that John Knight had madé'a quicksilver discovery heneath his house, and a short time before some parties from ahroad found they’ had ‘‘struck it,’’ and were proceeding to locate claims,when they, were suddenly stopped with a notice from John that they and it were on his ranch, his private property. A few days ago all Anderson valley was in a huzz over quicksilver discoveries, and now we have to chronicle a reported sprouting out of a ‘'tin’’ mine there. We shall not be surprised to see our county, ere long, making @ noise in the world on acconnt of her mining interests—to say nothing of coal which she certainly has—in addition to her great lumbering, the ridge adjoining the mine, and the proprie\ stock and wool fruitfulness. }. feet) for this work, NAPA COUNTY. ' © Cartstoca Sipver Mrxs.—Free Press, June 27: A large force of miners ars engaged in breasting and stopping the northerly end of the ledge whste it crosses tha estion, near Capt. Montgomery’a apring. , Already a wall of sixty foet of pay ore is ele and within ten days over one Mined est in hight of the ledga will bs exposed, preparatory to working on the stsrting of the milf From 400 to 600 tons of ors is now ready for milling, and sufficient in sight to run a twenty-stamp mill one year. rvery Tores.—The mining dsvelopments in this vicinity are producing good results in the improvement of the business of this town. New buildings are in ths conrse of erection, the stores ars well patronized, and the teams ars. pouring into town with wool, grain and fissks of qnicksilver, for rsturn loads of machinery and provisions for ths vsrious mining camps. Ths freight trains seldom arrive with less than from tsn to fifteen cars. All appsarances indioate a return of the flush times of ’50. Someraryo New mm Quicxsmrver Minryc.— Mr. Geo. Wright, who, until recently, bas bssu engsged in the steamship trade, has recsntly purchsssd from Ross’ & Co., ths English importing houss, in San Francisco, the Amsricsn quicksilver mine, in Lake county, almost 25 miles from this place, for $100,000, and has commenced the arection of a 10-stamp quartz mill, to crnsh the cinnahsr before submitting it to tha process of retorting. It bag heen ous-. tomary to break the rock to almost the size of a walnut, and then submit it to roasting in a fur-. naoe or retort; hut Mr. Wright's prooess will reduce it to a powder first. The resnlt of this new’ process will be looked forward to with, great interest. Mr, Wright employs a force of jabout 20 native Californisns, from the New Almaden mines. / ° For tar AmeRican Mrne.—Two large boilers, re-modeled into quicksilver condensers, are at the railroad depot, awaiting transportation to Geo. Wright’s quicksilver mine—the American. . Four one-ton retorts are now en, route for the. ssme destination. in. Tse Catistoca Sriver Mrne.—There are a great many owners in the Calistoga, some of the principal ones being Archy Borland, Coll. Deane, Thos, R. Hsyas, J. W. Winans and ‘Alex. Badlam. The company own a mile esch on two ledges, including the lead known as the Mt. St. Helens G. &S.M. They are putting npa mill, having alresdy the power in sufficient for twenty stsmps, but will only put up for the present two 5-stamp batteries. We are glad to say that Napa has supplied tbe Inmber (60,000 There are now 1,000 tons of ore out estimated to be worth from $50 to $100 per ton. Several workiug tests of the ore hsve been made, two tons having been taken ‘over to Virginia City, where it yielded $400 a ton, (contsining a leige percentage of gold), and five’ tous were worked at San Francisco. The ledge exteuds’ clear over the. mountains, andiis claimed to the line of Knight’s valley grant. Mr. D. thinks the wealtb of the Calistoga, with its immense ledge and rich rock, perfectly incalcnlable, and that when its batteriés are ouce at work it will turn ont ingots ‘of gold and bsrs of silver that shall rival the palmy days of Comstock and the Eherhardt. Tue Ristnc Son Mine:Messrs. F. P. Daubenspeck and A. H. Underwood are the locators and owners of 4 mine known as the Rising Sun, in Chalk, mountain district, adjoining Cinnabar district. The locators, atter two and ‘a half months’ hard work and°80 feet of tunneling, had thejr lahors rewarded last, Friday eveniny bystriking the ledge, and Mr. Daubenspeck passed down to San Francisco Saturday to proonre more tools for the work. The mine . known as the Brother Jonathan, owned hy B. E. Hunt and others, is an extension,of the. Rieing Sun. } NEVADA COUNTY. New Yours’ Hru.—Foot-hill Tidings, June 27: The Lsrrimér niill has béen at work on 4 run of ore from this ming, and thongb yet too) early to get the resnlt of the clean-up, we are told the batch of 50 tons will probably give an average net yield of $12 to $15 per ton. The upper tunnel is turning out very rich ore thia week, a buoket of rock we saw from there yesterday being worth at least, $1,000 per ton. ' Minrye Items.—Grass Valley Union; June 30: Slate Ledge mine (Perrin’s) is doing a big business. The 'ledge'is good 22% ft. thick, and turns ont well in free gold and aplendid sulphurets. A clean-up of the copper plates was made'on Satnrday, after’ 28 loads of rock had been milled, and: the result was shout $572 in gold, or over $20 to the losd. The snlphurets saved and the amalgam in the batteries will cay eye pe ‘. increase the amount. » A New York Hill mine sent up a heautiful little brick, yesterday, which was valned at $2,174, and was milled from 57 loads of rock. Rion Sree iw tax PaymasTEa.—Truckee Republican, Jone 25: We learn from John Hallahau that a rich strike was made in the Paymaster mine, Peavine district, on Tuesday. The main ledge was strnck on that day in the prospecting shaft, at the depth of 150 feet from the surface. The ledge is over 8 ft. thick, and the ore splendid to look at. Stook in the mine’ in oonseqnence of this strike, has'gone up from $15 to $75 per foot. ! , i PLACER COUNTY. ,,~— " Minine Cruarms at Bara. — Placer Argus, June 27: Mining operations at Bath have heen active, but the water has fsiled, and hydraulicing is now suspended for the season. The Golden Gate claim, owned by Wheeler & Breece, commenced washing Jan, 10th and supply ‘of water half the time. “Thy 'work 10 men, and ths claim has paid largely. The Rip clsim, owned by Roush & Grinnell, has had water to wash abont four months, during which tims thsy have worksd 12 msn. Thelr claim has paid hig. Thsy have baen running thsir tailings through the Goldan Gata tunnel, hnt during the comming summer thsy will ran a tunuél of thair own, $00 ft.in length. Creek claim is ownsd hy S, G, Lewis, and has had a supply of water for bydraulio working for three months. It has richly rsmunerated its owners, Lshigh claim, owned hy Hosmer & Lewis, is in the hsd of Voloano cation, and takss np tha tailings from the Golden Gate, Rip and Craek claims. Thsy hava worked two msn, and their net profit dnring ths aeason is about $6,000. The Paragon, belonging to Whesler & Breeca, which has hsretofors paid remarkably well for drifting, has not bsen worksd during ths psst ssason. It will bs fitted np dnring the coming season a8 a hydranlic claim. Roogh Gold is owned by Breeoe, Davis and othsrs, and labors under tbe disadvantage of not having any front gronnd, tha olaim being in ths shaps of a wedgs. As soon as an ontlet can bs obtained, it will he fitted np as a hydraulio claim. The New York, Sebastopol and Bsdgar, whsn worked, paid wall for work done on them man years ago. ‘ Of lata years, only sufficient wor was done to hold the claims, but as soon as wateroan be obtained they will ba fitted up for hydraulicing. Drummond, Bros. & Kingobtain good pay working a piece of dacomposed quartz, crushing abont a ton a dsy in an arastra, The Hancock quartz ledge, ownéd by Dewey & Burt, is being rapidly developed, * The shaft is down 100 feet, tha ledge being’ two ft. thiok. ‘They have racently putin = pump and waterwheel, and although little has been said about this ledge, it has proved itself to he ona of the best in tbe oounty. i v Tux Mies Near Orns1a.—The Bellevue is in full blast, turning out high grade ore, showing gold freely.’ In the stopes of the 240-ft. level tbe ledge is regular and well defined, fully 30 inches thick, and csrries about five per cent. of sulphurets. The ore from this mine is hsing milled at the St. Patrick mill, which has every fscility for thorough working and ' close conoentration. . The plates are wall coated with gold, and a big return is anticipated. * More men are advertised for—a good indicstion that ths‘ mines are not played out. 4 1 “Tue work of opening’ and devaloping ths Orleans mine is progréssing steadily, and the prospects are highly sneouraging. Preparations are being made to erect a mill; and wa shall not be surprised if the new miné' adds greatly to the wealth and prosperity of Auburn. 4 tT f PLUMAS COUNTY. . . ) Minixe Nores,— National, June 27: We sa a conple of slugs, worth abont $50, taken from Lowery & Burge’s claim, on Wolf oreek, a few days since. The rook from’Batchelder’s new mine is paying about $8-per ton, Gregg has commenced crnshing rock from the Grass ledge, in the old mill in Dixie ravine. «, j SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.’ ut ‘ Qurcxsinver Discovery.—Enterprise, June 26: There is little doubt but’ thas the Munson mine, lately located back of Corralitos, in this connty, will proye most valuable. The’ indioationg aré that lergé deposits of cinnabar are to be fonnd in the region of the newly located ¢laim. The New Almaden mine is jnst over the mountsin from this new discovery, and why should not the deposits extend through the mountain?’ Every encouragement should be extended the projectors of the works about to be erected, . = SIERRA COUNTY. Ej “Lenoe Stauck.—Monantain Messenger, Jane 27; A prospeoting company called the Roman, we understand, working on the mountain across the river from Sierra City, recently struck the ledge they were running for, They feuud it about 214 feet wide,and very riob i: old. ' az 4 Oax Rance.—Tbe tunnel at Oak Ranch mine is in over 400 feet. They lost sixty feet by turning off witb the expectation of ‘‘ making fat’ on an old tunnel, but finding it caved, they went baok and drove their. tunnel straight ahead. Ren Doc.—J. K. Code is busily engaged in getting hia engine and quartz mill to the site of his ledge, at Red Dog. He expects to have it running in a week or two. TRINITY COUNTY. 7 : Frome It.—Journal, June 27: Work is being‘ prosécuted' on, the lately, discovered qnartz lode on the head of Indian oreek, and the ledge promises to be extensive as well as rich. Free gold is visible in nearly every piece of rock taken onf. — , ' Muvgasvitiz.—From T, L. Miller we, learn that minera in that section are doing well, and that -water is yet plenty. .Pete Van Matre,is cleaning up in his Dutch Guloh claim. TUOLUMNE COUNTY. ' Tue Taste Mountarm Buur Graven Co.— Independent, June 24: The miners are working in the. sonth side of the Tahle Mountain Blue Gravel — the mill isj running every day, and they are getting out splendid gravel. j Goon ,For THE AuPHs.-After the expensive outlay.of this company in ereoting a mill and putting the claim in shape, we are pleased to learn that a good bed of gravel 3 ft. deep and 30 ft. wide hss recently been developed in the Table Mountain Alpha. From the main gangway one-half day's washing showed a clean-np of 7 onnces. The success of this claim gives additional importsnce to Tahle Mountain investment. f continued np to the Ist of June, having only a

July 4, 1874.] MINING AND *SCIENTIFIC PRESS. 5 Saarr Boarso.—The Eureka Sentine! of Jnna 28d says: ‘Tha boring apparatus, now in nss by the Eurska Consolidated company on the north-esstern slops of Ruby hill, is preparing ths way for a new working shaft. Eight holes, aach about 17{ inches iu diameter, will be put down four hundred fest, and heing then filled with sand, they will be spoonsd out ths proper depths for ths blasting charges. Four holes are already complsted. There is no cora extracted, tbs drill bsiug a solid hit set with sovan diamonds. The reduced rock is removed by water, which, howsver, does not return to the surface aftar seventy feet in depth is reached. The rock is much harder atthe point of the hill than atthe point where the boring was done last year.”’Goop Dicarros.—After running 10 days— most of the time using the water to get their ground into shape—the Sicrra Nevada oompany claansd np $10,000 from their hydraulic diggings. Under the circumstances, $1,000 per day is not bad. Now that they have got a face on tbsir bank thsy will begin to gst out some money. The Enterprise nnderstsnds that tho Virginia and Gold Hill Watsr Compauy had an eys on these diggings whsn they laid their big iron pipe across Washoe vallsy. It willreqnire many yaars to wash ont the. gravel deposit. Millions of dollars will be ohtained from it in the shape of gold dust, not to speak of the valuo of the float qnartz that will be oaught and saved for orushing in mills. a i Luorx Disrarcr.— A correspondent of the Union states that a great doal of work has hsen performed, and explorations made, dorin; the past six months, with a most happy an encouraging resnlt, showing olearly that there ara othar immense deposits hesides the celebrsted Latham lode, It is anticinated by those wall posted that the Ingot mining company will soon resnme work again.’ Why this oomnany should leave their immanse smelting establishment and wall-developed minas idle so long, is beyond ths compreheneion of outsiders. Oanex Canceten.—Tne Amador Tunnel and Mining Company and the Newark Silver Mining Company, et als., are defendants to a ‘suit hy F, Franks to recover 1,985 shares of Amsdor atook, and to havea sale of the Amador mine to the Newark company deolared void. An order was grsnted by Jndge Sharpstein reetraining the Newark company from paying $60,000 to the trusteas of the Amador, but this week he set the order,asida.;, . , , Tarre has heen 2 new town laid out near the Rattlasnake mine, in Sonoma connty, called ** THinoistown,’’ _A OOMPETENT assayer is wanted in Panamint district, Inyo county. A 20-stam district. p mill ia to be pnt up in Panamint Mounce Summary. THE following is mostly condensed from ‘Jo\irnais pubijished in thainterior,in proximity to the mines mentioned: a. ‘ Californi ALPINE COUNTY. . wai THe McGrew Furnace.—Chronicle, June 20: A unmber of men ars at work at the M. & N. W. mill, sxoavating and grading for the new reduction fnrnace — McGlew’s — which, it is claimed, will greatly advance the mining interest of Alpine by the cheap and close working of our ores. It will’be completed in abont fonr weeks, its erection heing under the sunerintendence‘of Mr. Kelly, agent of the inventor, and who erected one in Mexico, wheré, it is ssid, it . . proved a perfeot success. One has been erected and is in suacoessfnl operation, we are told, at Battle Mountain, Nevada. _ ia . ExcuEquea.—We' have been sbown by the Manager of this mine some splendid specimens of native silver ore taken from the northmost stope in the north drift from the enginé shaft— 100-foot level, in the old Bnokeye No. 2 ground. Also, beantifol specimen of ruby silver ore, taken on Wednesday last from the top of the stope; also, from the face of the main tunnel. Ohnonks of ruhy silver ore, weighing from twenty to forty ponnds, are daily'taken from the mine. ; i AMADOR COUNTY. : ; Tue Bia Dirca.—Ledger, June 27: Work on the Amsdor canal is progressing finely, and we lesrn that water will be let in at the npper end in the conrse of’afewdays. ‘ , : CALAVERAS COUNTY. , _ San Bauno. Povss Forra Anorarr Gounen TrmE.—Chronicle, June. 27: We have intelligence of another rich clean-upiat the San Bruno, & mine that is rapidly taking rank among the foremost in the connty: Revcutyy tons of ore yielded 121 ounces, worth $2,117.50, an average of $30.25 per ton. ’! Something like $20,000 has beent-netted by the San Brano within a month or two, hut the source of the golden stream shows no signs of exhaustion. There is no decrease in’ the eize or richness of the ledge, and the work of development ie nressed steadily forward. Quaxxa Crry.— Work ie progressing with very favorable results at the Quaker City mine, nearthe Junction. A fair gradé of ore is hein taken from the level. ‘The ledge is wide and’ well defined. Tha shaft is sunk in aslide from tor has dstermined to hydranlic off ths surface, to the depth of abont 65 fset, for ths purpose of obtaining a solid fonndation for tha mschinery to be erected. It is expected that tha hydraulicing opsration will taka ahout a month, when everything will be in readiness for commesneing the permanent development of the mine, Minine Jors.—Ths mill beiug put ap on the Zacetero mine, at West Point, is neatly completed. Tho frame-work is up aud the machinery on the ground. Krim & Co., of Mosquito, will hsva a lot of rich rock resdy for, ernshing immediately after the fourtb of July. Rrvea Crarmms.—Mining operations in the, vicinity of Poverty Bar are partially suspended. . The famous Story claim, which has hssn psy. ing handsomsly for some time past, has ceased exteusiva operations for want of a sufficisnt amount of water. The breaking of the Campo j Seco reservoir, a short tima since, has heen ths cunso of tha cessation of work, Lipxewan’s olaim, adjoining Story’s, is sustaining its rapntation as a paying claim, and worked ensrgetically when watsr can be obtained. Ahout a mils bslow the Lipksman claim, on the river, are the Ssnd hill claims. Cliniug & Co., after having bssn actively engaged stripping dnring ths winter, when water was plentifnl, have ceased hydraulicing and began oarting the bottom gravel to a dump” for washing. The want of fall for slnicing is the great obstacla in working these river claims. The greater part of the hank can be piped away, but the gravel on the ledge must necesssrily be oarted out to a ‘place’ for washing.’ Meyer's claim is still in operation and holds out credit. ably. In Mulholland’s claim work has been . suspended for the season. 3 ’ a COLUSA COUNTY. . New Muyo Disteicr.—Sun, June 27: Ac-. cording to previous notice, the miners of the! cinnabar district north of Snlphur Creek dis-' trict, met last Tuesday and organized a new, district, called Bear Valley District, with the following boundaries: Beginning at the month’ of Sulphur creek, thence np Besr creek to the line between townships 15 and 16 (north end of Bear valley); thence west to 'connty’ line;, thence southerly, on county line, to Sulphur Creek district; thence easterly with said district to the heginning. The size of eaoh claim’ is 1,500 faet on a ledge, and 300 feet on each, side. All claims mnst be «msrked ont and recorded in thirty days. This district inclndes the Lovelace discovery and the seyeral extensions thereon. my EL DORADO COUNTY.’ ans igs Goon Quarrz.—Mountsin Democrat, Jane, 27: Captain Woodwortb, at his mill, on Badt a oe « . ford avenue, this city, laet week crushed five tons of unselected surfsce rock from the Her-} rington mine, nesr Gold Springs, and tbe’ . yield fell hnt a small fractiou short,of $42 per, ton. ‘As a matter-of-conrse the owners of the mine are highly elated. , The ledge was sup-: posed to be a good oné, but the above resnit: more thsn fulfilled the expectations of tbose who were most sangnine as to the solid merits of the mine. — ; * QuicksInveR. — Amador Ledger, June 27: We are pleased to learn that the Amador quiok-’ silyer mine in El Dorado connty is looking very well indeed. In driving the’ tunnel into the hill the ‘ore becomes more abundant, and of a high grsde, giving very favorable indications that a large deposit lies further in the hill into which the tunnel is being’ driven. 1 ey LAKE COUNTY. " ’ Sratcx Goon Oar.—Bée, June’ '25:'In ‘tbe Pacifio quicksilyer mine; an extéusion of the Rattlesnake, near Pine flat, owned by Méssrs. Forhes, Parrish, Mackall & Sleeper, of Lake-, port, good ore was struck last Saturday, in An open prospecting ont. ~ s uf LASSEN COUNTY. cs Irnon.—Susanville Advocate: It seetas strange to ns that somebody does not take hold of the iron mine that lies in the hills soutb of this place. There are millions of tons of ore in sight tbat will assay at least 75 percent. of iron, and located almost in the valley. Can tbere possibly be a higger thing on the coast in iron? It is located so that from Reno there is a succession.of valleys to within half ‘a mile of the lead, and on the edge of the finest belt of timber on thia side of the contineut, As this gection of the country is now attracting considerable attention, we shall expect before many months to, see the mine located and operated by men who are willing and able to develop it, We are altogether satisfied that in it there is anenormous fortune, and to, acquire it ouly needs an effort on. the part of men who have capital and are willing to invest it, MENDOCINO COUNTY. _ #3} Quroxsinver.—Democrit, June 27: ‘The discovery of quicksilver leads in the neighborhood of Dry creek, on the road between here and McDonald's, has become rather an old story. Lately we beard.a réport that John Knight had madé'a quicksilver discovery heneath his house, and a short time before some parties from ahroad found they’ had ‘‘struck it,’’ and were proceeding to locate claims,when they, were suddenly stopped with a notice from John that they and it were on his ranch, his private property. A few days ago all Anderson valley was in a huzz over quicksilver discoveries, and now we have to chronicle a reported sprouting out of a ‘'tin’’ mine there. We shall not be surprised to see our county, ere long, making @ noise in the world on acconnt of her mining interests—to say nothing of coal which she certainly has—in addition to her great lumbering, the ridge adjoining the mine, and the proprie\ stock and wool fruitfulness. }. feet) for this work, NAPA COUNTY. ' © Cartstoca Sipver Mrxs.—Free Press, June 27: A large force of miners ars engaged in breasting and stopping the northerly end of the ledge whste it crosses tha estion, near Capt. Montgomery’a apring. , Already a wall of sixty foet of pay ore is ele and within ten days over one Mined est in hight of the ledga will bs exposed, preparatory to working on the stsrting of the milf From 400 to 600 tons of ors is now ready for milling, and sufficient in sight to run a twenty-stamp mill one year. rvery Tores.—The mining dsvelopments in this vicinity are producing good results in

the improvement of the business of this town. New buildings are in ths conrse of erection, the stores ars well patronized, and the teams ars. pouring into town with wool, grain and fissks of qnicksilver, for rsturn loads of machinery and provisions for ths vsrious mining camps. Ths freight trains seldom arrive with less than from tsn to fifteen cars. All appsarances indioate a return of the flush times of ’50. Someraryo New mm Quicxsmrver Minryc.— Mr. Geo. Wright, who, until recently, bas bssu engsged in the steamship trade, has recsntly purchsssd from Ross’ & Co., ths English importing houss, in San Francisco, the Amsricsn quicksilver mine, in Lake county, almost 25 miles from this place, for $100,000, and has commenced the arection of a 10-stamp quartz mill, to crnsh the cinnahsr before submitting it to tha process of retorting. It bag heen ous-. tomary to break the rock to almost the size of a walnut, and then submit it to roasting in a fur-. naoe or retort; hut Mr. Wright's prooess will reduce it to a powder first. The resnlt of this new’ process will be looked forward to with, great interest. Mr, Wright employs a force of jabout 20 native Californisns, from the New Almaden mines. / ° For tar AmeRican Mrne.—Two large boilers, re-modeled into quicksilver condensers, are at the railroad depot, awaiting transportation to Geo. Wright’s quicksilver mine—the American. . Four one-ton retorts are now en, route for the. ssme destination. in. Tse Catistoca Sriver Mrne.—There are a great many owners in the Calistoga, some of the principal ones being Archy Borland, Coll. Deane, Thos, R. Hsyas, J. W. Winans and ‘Alex. Badlam. The company own a mile esch on two ledges, including the lead known as the Mt. St. Helens G. &S.M. They are putting npa mill, having alresdy the power in sufficient for twenty stsmps, but will only put up for the present two 5-stamp batteries. We are glad to say that Napa has supplied tbe Inmber (60,000 There are now 1,000 tons of ore out estimated to be worth from $50 to $100 per ton. Several workiug tests of the ore hsve been made, two tons having been taken ‘over to Virginia City, where it yielded $400 a ton, (contsining a leige percentage of gold), and five’ tous were worked at San Francisco. The ledge exteuds’ clear over the. mountains, andiis claimed to the line of Knight’s valley grant. Mr. D. thinks the wealtb of the Calistoga, with its immense ledge and rich rock, perfectly incalcnlable, and that when its batteriés are ouce at work it will turn ont ingots ‘of gold and bsrs of silver that shall rival the palmy days of Comstock and the Eherhardt. Tue Ristnc Son Mine:Messrs. F. P. Daubenspeck and A. H. Underwood are the locators and owners of 4 mine known as the Rising Sun, in Chalk, mountain district, adjoining Cinnabar district. The locators, atter two and ‘a half months’ hard work and°80 feet of tunneling, had thejr lahors rewarded last, Friday eveniny bystriking the ledge, and Mr. Daubenspeck passed down to San Francisco Saturday to proonre more tools for the work. The mine . known as the Brother Jonathan, owned hy B. E. Hunt and others, is an extension,of the. Rieing Sun. } NEVADA COUNTY. New Yours’ Hru.—Foot-hill Tidings, June 27: The Lsrrimér niill has béen at work on 4 run of ore from this ming, and thongb yet too) early to get the resnlt of the clean-up, we are told the batch of 50 tons will probably give an average net yield of $12 to $15 per ton. The upper tunnel is turning out very rich ore thia week, a buoket of rock we saw from there yesterday being worth at least, $1,000 per ton. ' Minrye Items.—Grass Valley Union; June 30: Slate Ledge mine (Perrin’s) is doing a big business. The 'ledge'is good 22% ft. thick, and turns ont well in free gold and aplendid sulphurets. A clean-up of the copper plates was made'on Satnrday, after’ 28 loads of rock had been milled, and: the result was shout $572 in gold, or over $20 to the losd. The snlphurets saved and the amalgam in the batteries will cay eye pe ‘. increase the amount. » A New York Hill mine sent up a heautiful little brick, yesterday, which was valned at $2,174, and was milled from 57 loads of rock. Rion Sree iw tax PaymasTEa.—Truckee Republican, Jone 25: We learn from John Hallahau that a rich strike was made in the Paymaster mine, Peavine district, on Tuesday. The main ledge was strnck on that day in the prospecting shaft, at the depth of 150 feet from the surface. The ledge is over 8 ft. thick, and the ore splendid to look at. Stook in the mine’ in oonseqnence of this strike, has'gone up from $15 to $75 per foot. ! , i PLACER COUNTY. ,,~— " Minine Cruarms at Bara. — Placer Argus, June 27: Mining operations at Bath have heen active, but the water has fsiled, and hydraulicing is now suspended for the season. The Golden Gate claim, owned by Wheeler & Breece, commenced washing Jan, 10th and supply ‘of water half the time. “Thy 'work 10 men, and ths claim has paid largely. The Rip clsim, owned by Roush & Grinnell, has had water to wash abont four months, during which tims thsy have worksd 12 msn. Thelr claim has paid hig. Thsy have baen running thsir tailings through the Goldan Gata tunnel, hnt during the comming summer thsy will ran a tunuél of thair own, $00 ft.in length. Creek claim is ownsd hy S, G, Lewis, and has had a supply of water for bydraulio working for three months. It has richly rsmunerated its owners, Lshigh claim, owned hy Hosmer & Lewis, is in the hsd of Voloano cation, and takss np tha tailings from the Golden Gate, Rip and Craek claims. Thsy hava worked two msn, and their net profit dnring ths aeason is about $6,000. The Paragon, belonging to Whesler & Breeca, which has hsretofors paid remarkably well for drifting, has not bsen worksd during ths psst ssason. It will bs fitted np dnring the coming season a8 a hydranlic claim. Roogh Gold is owned by Breeoe, Davis and othsrs, and labors under tbe disadvantage of not having any front gronnd, tha olaim being in ths shaps of a wedgs. As soon as an ontlet can bs obtained, it will he fitted np as a hydraulio claim. The New York, Sebastopol and Bsdgar, whsn worked, paid wall for work done on them man years ago. ‘ Of lata years, only sufficient wor was done to hold the claims, but as soon as wateroan be obtained they will ba fitted up for hydraulicing. Drummond, Bros. & Kingobtain good pay working a piece of dacomposed quartz, crushing abont a ton a dsy in an arastra, The Hancock quartz ledge, ownéd by Dewey & Burt, is being rapidly developed, * The shaft is down 100 feet, tha ledge being’ two ft. thiok. ‘They have racently putin = pump and waterwheel, and although little has been said about this ledge, it has proved itself to he ona of the best in tbe oounty. i v Tux Mies Near Orns1a.—The Bellevue is in full blast, turning out high grade ore, showing gold freely.’ In the stopes of the 240-ft. level tbe ledge is regular and well defined, fully 30 inches thick, and csrries about five per cent. of sulphurets. The ore from this mine is hsing milled at the St. Patrick mill, which has every fscility for thorough working and ' close conoentration. . The plates are wall coated with gold, and a big return is anticipated. * More men are advertised for—a good indicstion that ths‘ mines are not played out. 4 1 “Tue work of opening’ and devaloping ths Orleans mine is progréssing steadily, and the prospects are highly sneouraging. Preparations are being made to erect a mill; and wa shall not be surprised if the new miné' adds greatly to the wealth and prosperity of Auburn. 4 tT f PLUMAS COUNTY. . . ) Minixe Nores,— National, June 27: We sa a conple of slugs, worth abont $50, taken from Lowery & Burge’s claim, on Wolf oreek, a few days since. The rook from’Batchelder’s new mine is paying about $8-per ton, Gregg has commenced crnshing rock from the Grass ledge, in the old mill in Dixie ravine. «, j SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.’ ut ‘ Qurcxsinver Discovery.—Enterprise, June 26: There is little doubt but’ thas the Munson mine, lately located back of Corralitos, in this connty, will proye most valuable. The’ indioationg aré that lergé deposits of cinnabar are to be fonnd in the region of the newly located ¢laim. The New Almaden mine is jnst over the mountsin from this new discovery, and why should not the deposits extend through the mountain?’ Every encouragement should be extended the projectors of the works about to be erected, . = SIERRA COUNTY. Ej “Lenoe Stauck.—Monantain Messenger, Jane 27; A prospeoting company called the Roman, we understand, working on the mountain across the river from Sierra City, recently struck the ledge they were running for, They feuud it about 214 feet wide,and very riob i: old. ' az 4 Oax Rance.—Tbe tunnel at Oak Ranch mine is in over 400 feet. They lost sixty feet by turning off witb the expectation of ‘‘ making fat’ on an old tunnel, but finding it caved, they went baok and drove their. tunnel straight ahead. Ren Doc.—J. K. Code is busily engaged in getting hia engine and quartz mill to the site of his ledge, at Red Dog. He expects to have it running in a week or two. TRINITY COUNTY. 7 : Frome It.—Journal, June 27: Work is being‘ prosécuted' on, the lately, discovered qnartz lode on the head of Indian oreek, and the ledge promises to be extensive as well as rich. Free gold is visible in nearly every piece of rock taken onf. — , ' Muvgasvitiz.—From T, L. Miller we, learn that minera in that section are doing well, and that -water is yet plenty. .Pete Van Matre,is cleaning up in his Dutch Guloh claim. TUOLUMNE COUNTY. ' Tue Taste Mountarm Buur Graven Co.— Independent, June 24: The miners are working in the. sonth side of the Tahle Mountain Blue Gravel — the mill isj running every day, and they are getting out splendid gravel. j Goon ,For THE AuPHs.-After the expensive outlay.of this company in ereoting a mill and putting the claim in shape, we are pleased to learn that a good bed of gravel 3 ft. deep and 30 ft. wide hss recently been developed in the Table Mountain Alpha. From the main gangway one-half day's washing showed a clean-np of 7 onnces. The success of this claim gives additional importsnce to Tahle Mountain investment. f continued np to the Ist of June, having only a