Volume 29 (1874) (428 pages)

124° (August 22, (1874, ; a5 [Continued from Page 217.) condition, and ‘it’ is: expected the wster will soon be drained snfficiently to permit of the resumption of work iu the mine. 7 Buoseve.—The north drift at the third station is in 198 ft.,” thé’ face"in quartz, with streaks. and spots of fine ore. .The sonth drift. at the second station,is in 23 ft., running the. entire distance throngh milling ore. New Yorx.—The' principal west drift of the 580-ft. level is making good headway, the facein hard rock, full of sniall:seams:of lively‘looking QnartZ. iim cee oar ori Savace.—Sinking the main incline is making steady hesdway.’” “Cross-cntting on the 2,000-ft. level has developed. nothing new during the week. : ‘i Surro Tunne:—Tolal-length-from-meuth to face of main header, 6,507 ft. > Better progress is now heing made than heretofore, ss two more Bnrleigh! drills sre,set to work. -A smsll stream of wster is. coming in at the face of the header, hut not enough ‘to-interfere with the work. a _-Arizona.——___. — HASSAYAMPA DISTRICT. F Hugraz ror Tar Hassayamea.— Miner, Ang. 8: This good old mining district, the highest, in altitude, of all Arizona mining districts, is’ now rewarding ‘its workers well, as we léarned yesterdsy afternoon from §. O. Frederick, who walked into our sanctnmn ‘and permitted ns to look at four very large pieces of gold, which he hsd just, hronght/to.town’ from ‘his ‘quartz crnshing works, Hassayamps district, abont. eight miles: south of Prescott.’ The” piecés resemhled."the: soles.of an.-oldshoe, that>is, in shape.He hed not weighed them, hut guessed that they wonld briug him something like $3,009. -Since then we have received —« note from Mr. J. Marks (of ,C, P. Head & Co.) informing us that the gold weighed 200 ounces, worth, st $16 per ousce, $3,200. (This from a little over 70 tons of ore, ernshed hy tive, 650pound stsmps, driven by 4 water wheel. The work of crashing; amalgamating,’ ete., was” done in 10 days. He has now, ready for-crnsbing, some 70 tons more, which he expects will}. ,; yield as well, if not better, than the last hstch. British Golumbia. CASSIAR DISTRICT. Discounacine News.—Nanaimo Free; Press Aug. 5: The steamer Otter, Capt. Lewis, arrived from <Wrangel and way ports yesterday . morning.” Thé néws from® the mines is of 2 very discouraging character.; A great many of the claims on Dease creek, of which so much had heen-expected, have, after heing thoroughsy prospected, turned ontnothing. On Thibert creek’ thesresulttis somewhat similar; many claims after bottoming fonnd hut little or no prospects. A few claims on Dease creek are making a little mouey. The wster was down and work was able to he proceeded with to advantage: They are rumors, of rich bench diggings heing discovered, but. they .¢annot be traced ‘to any reliable source. -Gruh is still very, high and great dissstisfaction is expressed at the monopoly which exists—the ‘steamhoat’ and. a certaiu party hsving it in their own hands charge'jnst what they please, = ° Colorado. 5 5", Cugir Crexk Oovuiity. — Colorado Miner, Aug8: The Pay Rock snd Hopewell are heing stesdily worked by Messrs, Ellis '&° Fairhsnks, who are employing a” force: of 30 mén’on the two.lodes. ‘ . : am: Ginrin County.—Mining is going on-actively: all over this district, ae ly Sl Summir County.—In ‘Pern district, from the hesd of the Snake to Montezuma, prospecting is heing carried on with considerable activity. Jooker .&>Co.ware hnsily engaged opening the Vetd Msdre lode, carrying a large, well detined body of hismuth',qnsriz, and only requiring depth to reich that valuable mineral, the bis’ mnth silver ore. Opposite'the Revenne mine, on Cooper monntsin, Lewis, Cowles & Co. have strnck some very rich lodeg., Mr. Fillins says that, after a careful examination of this district, he ia'satisfied that ‘it ouly requires a development of some of the mines in this section . to prove it to contain some , of the best mines in the country. uN) hy, San’ Juan.—A German who has had experience in Swsnsea, hss put. up. a smelter in Ba, ker’s park. Green & Son’s smelters will soon be in operation. The mines are being vigorously worked, hut there is a scarcity of lahor. Lawsuits shout thesownership of mines are already in progress. -News from the mines, fisttering. Working men in demand at $4 per dsy. Lots.of orevout ready for the smelters, Horsebsek prospectors ,and, sore-heads have left disgusted becanse they did not find $20 pieces on the croppings. “ ’ . , Idaho. Manocany.—Oyhee Avdlanche, Ang. 15: We hsve good news from this mine.—They have strnck s vein from’ 21% ft. to 3 ft. wide: of fahnionsly rich ore, in the 9th level north this week. This new strike is an important item, inssmuch ss nothing of mnch consequence has hitherto been fonnd in the Mahogany north of the’shaft. “In the’ 9th level south they have also s'ruck a continnstion of the rich re body fonnd inthe 8th level. Our prediction is now fulfilled, viz: that the rich ore hody of the South Chariot wonld eventually he struck in either the 9th or 10th level of the Mahogany. About 225 tons of Mahogany ore is now at the Ellmore mill ready for crushing. GoLpENn CHanriot.—There are uow ten bars of Golden Chariot bullion, valued at $30,000, ready for*shipment'from this place.) “sr .~ i Gabe ie ‘. . greatly enjoyed hy the visitors. A capital treat, 42 the musical way on Tuesday was the grand piano chorus MINING _AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS” H & F e3 ‘War Eacue.---Phis amine ‘has abont 180 tons of fine looking ore at the mill resdy for crushi ‘ e va a An tt Ts tT a cee a die hars of hullion, .valned. at $5,450.44, and) on the 13th inst. two°more’ hars~vslued at’ $4,274.40. The Ellmore mill. is. stesdily running on Empire ore. < [Poorman.—Snperintendent Hoyt is, sinking the new shaft and rnshing forward ‘the huildioe of the new hoisting works as; rapidly, as. possihle. The machinery hss arrived from ‘Winnemuces. -):-.:-. We oT ZA OY ‘Pauprr.—--The old Mahogsny hoisting works were purchased by the Psuper “company, snd superintendent Phehy has them’ ‘in operation on the miue. ss = Wag Extmore—The .10th level is yielding: some good. ore, with favorahle prospects for striking something better before Jong. -) . " The’ Pavilion “by, Gaslight” ~ : ‘Tnesday night the Fair opéenedin good earnest)” and the zést ‘with which the three or four thonsand visitors entered into the enjoyment of the’ fare préscnted, augurs ‘well for the siieéeedinig days and weeks, when everythiug shall have heen gétfea in order ‘and the attractions inpyensed three-fold. ; i. . Zo those who siw the confusion and apparently’ hopéless disorder which reigned in the! Pavilion on Monday, the tidiness and system which prevailed on Tnesday,' together with'the gayety and,eyen magnificence. which the. ten thousand gas-jets, aided hy the monster refiectors, lent the scene, provided a genuine and very pleasant surprise. The excellent music.of the hand cansed tho gaily dressed_ladies and their escorts to get up a sort of impromptn promenade concert, and the play ofsthe fountains sparkling in the light, added the elément of jet touched the heam in the centér of the arch, a trifle of ninety feet, and was so hoisterous the hand played. « Progress Made, . The hali shows evidence of increased actiyity on, the part of the exhibitors. They seem to be running a race, and rapid progress has really, been made. It is to he regretted, however, that so much useless procrastination hss heen shown. Considering the fact that every inch of space has: heen taken, the display is not as fall as it ought to he, although the hackward: ness is only relative; the ahsolute quantity of material being even now much greater than at any previous Fair at the same stage, © 1 * The Music. ‘ ohana ,The musical feature is one of the most -enjoysble of«the Fair. Ths . music -itself ‘has so far been of superior quality, and is to its fun while given ‘by twelve gentlemen performers on the Hallet, Davis & Co.'s pianos, It attracted crowds of listoners from sll parts of the hall,.and elicited round npon round of applause. The enterprise of the owners of the instruments in furnishing this entertainment deserves especial praise. “' . In a few, days, things will settle down-and hecome orderly,.and this will, 6f course, produce @ corresponding increase of interest. As it .is} ‘there cannot be a moto-intéresting place to visit than the Pavilion. The great, public iu, terest already shown, indicates that this is to be.the most succassful fair yet held. . Tux Seattle Cosl aud ‘Transportation Co. dre now, filling the;shute:in Seattle for the purpose of losding’ a Vessel“with 1,300 ‘tons of coal. They now use and employ two stesmers, two harges, one engine, some forty or fifty men, and’e good force of horses. im ae >» TuE shaft of the Livermoré coal compsny is. down 200 feet, following a three-foot vein of first-olass coal. They expect'to -hégin shipping ‘in three weeks. ‘ . Tue mines‘at Columbia, Tuolumne county, are psying well, and the. yield, for. the-numher of miners now at work, is even hetter thsn in + vig a va Hh TP al) ee former years.” ‘””* i . THE number -of tons of oye; worked hy the Belcher company during the month of July was 12,289 tons; bullion, $694,000;'average per ton, $56.48; expenses, $316,000. ,; .« On Perry creek, B.,C., the: Rohert and Montgomery compsuies are. doing well. On the same creck, and on the Mojole, Chinamen srd making from $4 to’S8 per day, , : _Upwaxp of 125 bnildings in the town of La . Porte, Plumss county, have been removed, snd the ground piped away, (hy Oonly & Gowell, in the last few years. ; — pected that it enn’ be sold for about $8 a ton.,’ after a ran of two weeks with a clean-up of $2,800. ° ! Tus Zacetero gold mine, at West Poiut, Cal-, three men, made withal that it was found necessary to put a stop . Jain the trédsnry, ~ -zons military trsin the other day, —_ . AN attempt will be'.made’ to introduce. the}, . Lincoln coal intothe Vallejo market: ‘It is' ex: . < .Fanv & Co., in Light's cation, Plnmas county, . } sk ar oa 4 BASE-Rany is becoming popular in England. ° apt't "oreee pK nent -has heéréxtended toSn Hafael, the people of Marin county contemplste the formation of a mammoth milk joint stéck compsny, to enpply this city daily with fresh milk from that county. The company will hny the milk from the dairy men, says the Journal;.ran it to the city hy a special or early train, and deliver from wagons ta ctistomers. he milk will be as fresh as any that can.he snpplied‘in! the city, and as it is proverhially much richer and hetter thsn'the product of ordinsry pastures,it is snre to find a resdy msrket. se cil z ant Tue Bellinghsm Bay Mail is informed that [the settlers on some of the San Jusn Islauds are mnch emlisrrsssed by the presence of large herds of sheep oii the principal sheep tanges df:the county, which are owned by British subjects who’ reside in Victoris, and who ate’ only represented by Indian herders. It says this is getting to he an intolerahle monopoly, ‘and “one whichis ruinons to American citizens;: whose means are 80 limited “that they are unahle to fence their rsnches, and protect their interests from, the. encroachments of these nonee GoF ne es 5 : th residents.~* ” On Monday evening the : Pavilion contained ag great a qnantity of goods as had by any previous Fair on the day of opening, -yet, not much more than one-third of the space tsken was occupied” This gives an idea of the comparative magnitude of the present exhibition. . News: from Gnatemsla is to the effect that Commandsut Gonzales, of Magee ontrage notoriety, and his accomplice, Bulnez, have heen tried. hy a Court-martisl] and sentenced—the former to five yesrs’ penal servitude, aud Bulnez to two years. a :% ) ‘News from Europe, in reference to the grain prospect is still in favor of California farmers. ‘The crop in England, it is now ‘estimated, will hé helow the aversge, while the ‘supply of old wheat is nearly exhansted, _. ~ ImMENsE piles of grain are heing stored at Colusa, Princeton, Jacinto, Grimes’ landing and Grand Island. Farmers are still holding their grain for sn advance in the murket. THE grape crop of Pierce county, W. T., is very promising. The hnuches are uumerous and very large, and the herries are plump and very healthy. » at On Mondaysafternoon over:two hundred and fifty mechsnics and lahorers were hammering, painting, hauling and fitting up’ the Pavilion generally, : : A ‘rHoUsAND tons of chrome iron from the Sonoma miue hsve been shipped to Philadelphis, and the work of extracting the ore continues. es 3 ‘. Tae Los Angeles Tohscco compsny have commenced the manufacturing of cigars froin tobacco grown there this season. ‘A storm of rain and bail passed over northern Idiho week before lsst. and did some damage to the growing crops. © = . THE annnal report of the Acclimatizaiou society shows that good work hss heen done in stocking our waters with fish. ale as; THREE: months ago much of the lumher used in huilding the Pavilion wss growing in the forests of Oregons 4 od 1-30 (1G g . Some of the timhers composing the Pavilion measure 80-feet-in length, 12x12. inches, without a knot or flaw. _ . Cue trial trip of the "City of Pekin,” the new Pscific Mail steamer, proved a_success at New York, on Tuesday last. «rT euis om doe Tux daily papers are ‘in a row over the quaiity of their respective telegraphic dispatches. *Yon’re auother,”’ is the style. “ a THE grain crop onthe ‘Sound: is unusually heavy this year. Farmers aré now in the husiést part of their harvest. ‘ “ ned (No -drought, chinch hugs. gmsshoppers, locusts, potato hugs, weevil or.caterpillars to< hart the crops or fruits of Oregon this’ scason. Srvenry cents a hnshel is the price for wheat at Salem, and sixty-five cents in the towns above, : . A Wasninoron county farmer hss 600 hushels of new wheat in.storé at Corvallis:*) * . Austin, Nev.,’suifered" 1 great loss of prop-’ erty hy a eloud-burst on Tuesday last. wie . ‘nat AG . . Tur local‘o ‘court. . Senator Jonzs is investing ‘heavily in reslestate at Long Branch. tts rn : . Sours ~ ERICA is catching’ it in the earth-, quake’ line“sgain.*-* <" * , Onto electiéiis Have'gohe’ in favor of liquor’ license, a o ato} to i ve (. VEnMonr is ont ‘of doht, and-has $100,000 ae a oe eee al @ Bre . A 'waTEex.spour knocked spots ont of an Ari. Ov coloréd Urelfiren bré’ raising’ the mischief down South. — , . Reuicidus fahatics aré’ murdering péople in razil. 2 qaM nid 2o ‘ THE, Carlists, are getting the hest of it in HID. vat Maa) ee: ry le io rose Hypropnosta alarnis Chicago: :fo' rx » 4 Tue Beecher,scaudal mixed as over. Busz fires are raping iu Oanada, veras county, last week yielded $7,000, . Droura is ruining the crops.in Arksneas. . \Now that the Sicalite daifow fatigeralted j By Special otanemcte Alagi.guce nora "Mining Accidents.” °°° = On the. morning ‘of the 17th inst., hetween three and four o'clock, an accident oconrred. at the Belcher, hoisting works, killing’ engineer's R. D." Bray,’ and. sérioualy “injuring Alfred®” Donald, a night boss, It was cansed By, the hreaking of a fly-wheel. The wheel, had eight. segments, and only half of them remained-on 4 the shaft; the; halance flying npward, cut a throygh ten-hy-ten timbers, and a large steam . , pipe of the incline: engine,* destroyingy a:large.in ‘portion of the roof and landing 200 feet ‘in the::'! rest ofthe ‘works. ‘Cutting the steam pipe”! filled the bnilding with steam, so that others ,,; could hardly, comprehend the;true. nsture of ‘thé accident until the supply had been shut off. , from the boilers, The accident.cauged a delay’ of 36 hours in workat the mine.) 3) nyt“), . Ou: the morning of the.19th, an accident, oc. curred; at the Savage mine, similar to the one ‘thst happened at theBelcher., The, large cog, wheel that is, attached to the. engine; suddenly ,., flew to pieces, but, fortunately, the engine was running yery'slow at the time snd no, one,.was ,., hurt, -A Jarge number of miners were standing: ; around ths,shaft, resdy to descend helow,to,. commeuco work. ;, They made .@ genersl stsm->)4 pede, andall escaped from heing injured. The ;, , cage, loaded with ore, was,.caught about 100,,; feet from the surface hy means of patent fas-,,; tenings. A new wheel has heen ordered from . San Frencisco. All damages will he repsired “ in four or five days. . . ; prem iy Another coal, miner, Richard Ssvage, met. , his death this week in one of tho chutes of the.,, Black Diamond mine from an explosion of foul ., 8s, ignited hy his open lamp, he having neg-, lected to take the safetylamp.provided for the men in such workings, as was the casewith Mr. Wesley, who died from like cause last week; thongh the jury .of inquést.in that esse charge part of the responsihility on another workman, in hsving left the’ air “pipe covered with 8 shovel, as well as,to his own neglect., ; The light of the safety lamps is not, itis said, ~ 80 good, nor are they as conveniently msnsped as the common open lamps, and this prohahly inclines the miners to take Isrge risks of life ‘rather than use them unless they have Special reason for believing it necessary. “Mr. Savage's death was the third’ that has occnrred: at the Black Diamond compsny’s works within the term of a little more than a week, that of. Owen Williams having preceded that of Mr. Wesley a few days, and resulted from the fall of a msss of rock npon him in one of the gangways at the moment he waa setting timhers to support it. A mau named D, Sitcovitch had. his right leg brokon helow the knee last week; hy a cave , in the Amador niine at Sutter creel. i j . at a L Luan Never since the first settlement'of Bentou county has there been such’an acreage Of grairi to cut, aud never were the farmers moré intent ou their work. Hasrvesting'is all the go. — * « t . ~—s ts JOS ‘Mn. Forusrernine, of Columhis; Tuolnmne Si last week picked np & nugget worth af . car Py pe Tue grading of the Monterey and Saliuas Valley Railroad will! he completed within a fortuight. viele mee a _A MARBLE quarry has*heen discovered on the head of Butte creek, in Clackamas county, Oregon. 7 : cy "Auv the Chinamen «have «heen discharged from the coal miues at’ Tenino, -W.T.; and white meu taken in their 4 lices., 5 bua? Tue Buckeye quicksilver mine, Colus4 connty, is retorting and shipping about 1,300 pounds per week. 4 f i ; Ste A company is to he organized to develop the coal miues iu the Sutter Buttes. ~ camer iat . A New mill is heing huilt “af the Occidental ° mine, near Nevada city. , — OO) pepe tue . Senp IN Your Supscrirriong FoR THE Pregs, eis ‘a é A RTI tion’ law engsges onr Supreme ‘A Weekly List of 0. 8, Pateiits “ 1; ‘sued to Pacific Coast Inventors. [From Orrictit Reréits For rdx Minixa Awb Bolen. +o ‘ ‘ -, TiIFIo Parss, DEWEY & 00.,).Pountisaers ‘axp . . 0. 8, anp Fongran Parenr AGEnts.} Diapatch, Dated Washington. D. C., Aug. 18th, 1874. A 4 \, fy “a Fon Week Ewnrme Ava. dre, ‘187 owt Nozze on Hose SPRINKLER. James H. Fowler, Oaklaud, CO age” Sy eee ae Can Coupiinc.—Thomas J. Hnbhell, YountWille, Cal. , +> J mp iud 4 1p at: ‘ TRank-Mark, « ¢ 971 dw Croars ann Topacco:—The” Consolidated "To? ! , bacco Co., Gilroy, Cal. c+ __ saamomest ae *The patents are not Teady for delivery hy tke Patent Office until aome 14 days after thedate of iasue. Nore.—Copies of U. 8. and Foreign Patents furnished by Dewey & Oo., in the shortest time possible (by tel. a egraph Or Otherwise) at the lowest rates.: All. patent husiness for Pacifio coast inventors transacted with perfeot security and in the shortest time possible,

124° (August 22, (1874, ; a5 [Continued from Page 217.) condition, and ‘it’ is: expected the wster will soon be drained snfficiently to permit of the resumption of work iu the mine. 7 Buoseve.—The north drift at the third station is in 198 ft.,” thé’ face"in quartz, with streaks. and spots of fine ore. .The sonth drift. at the second station,is in 23 ft., running the. entire distance throngh milling ore. New Yorx.—The' principal west drift of the 580-ft. level is making good headway, the facein hard rock, full of sniall:seams:of lively‘looking QnartZ. iim cee oar ori Savace.—Sinking the main incline is making steady hesdway.’” “Cross-cntting on the 2,000-ft. level has developed. nothing new during the week. : ‘i Surro Tunne:—Tolal-length-from-meuth to face of main header, 6,507 ft. > Better progress is now heing made than heretofore, ss two more Bnrleigh! drills sre,set to work. -A smsll stream of wster is. coming in at the face of the header, hut not enough ‘to-interfere with the work. a _-Arizona.——___. — HASSAYAMPA DISTRICT. F Hugraz ror Tar Hassayamea.— Miner, Ang. 8: This good old mining district, the highest, in altitude, of all Arizona mining districts, is’ now rewarding ‘its workers well, as we léarned yesterdsy afternoon from §. O. Frederick, who walked into our sanctnmn ‘and permitted ns to look at four very large pieces of gold, which he hsd just, hronght/to.town’ from ‘his ‘quartz crnshing works, Hassayamps district, abont. eight miles: south of Prescott.’ The” piecés resemhled."the: soles.of an.-oldshoe, that>is, in shape.He hed not weighed them, hut guessed that they wonld briug him something like $3,009. -Since then we have received —« note from Mr. J. Marks (of ,C, P. Head & Co.) informing us that the gold weighed 200 ounces, worth, st $16 per ousce, $3,200. (This from a little over 70 tons of ore, ernshed hy tive, 650pound stsmps, driven by 4 water wheel. The work of crashing; amalgamating,’ ete., was” done in 10 days. He has now, ready for-crnsbing, some 70 tons more, which he expects will}. ,; yield as well, if not better, than the last hstch. British Golumbia. CASSIAR DISTRICT. Discounacine News.—Nanaimo Free; Press Aug. 5: The steamer Otter, Capt. Lewis, arrived from <Wrangel and way ports yesterday . morning.” Thé néws from® the mines is of 2 very discouraging character.; A great many of the claims on Dease creek, of which so much had heen-expected, have, after heing thoroughsy prospected, turned ontnothing. On Thibert creek’ thesresulttis somewhat similar; many claims after bottoming fonnd hut little or no prospects. A few claims on Dease creek are making a little mouey. The wster was down and work was able to he proceeded with to advantage: They are rumors, of rich bench diggings heing discovered, but. they .¢annot be traced ‘to any reliable source. -Gruh is still very, high and great dissstisfaction is expressed at the monopoly which exists—the ‘steamhoat’ and. a certaiu party hsving it in their own hands charge'jnst what they please, = ° Colorado. 5 5", Cugir Crexk Oovuiity. — Colorado Miner, Aug8: The Pay Rock snd Hopewell are heing stesdily worked by Messrs, Ellis '&° Fairhsnks, who are employing a” force: of 30 mén’on the two.lodes. ‘ . : am: Ginrin County.—Mining is going on-actively: all over this district, ae ly Sl Summir County.—In ‘Pern district, from the hesd of the Snake to Montezuma, prospecting is heing carried on with considerable activity. Jooker .&>Co.ware hnsily engaged opening the Vetd Msdre lode, carrying a large, well detined body of hismuth',qnsriz, and only requiring depth to reich that valuable mineral, the bis’ mnth silver ore. Opposite'the Revenne mine, on Cooper monntsin, Lewis, Cowles & Co. have strnck some very rich lodeg., Mr. Fillins says that, after a careful examination of this district, he ia'satisfied that ‘it ouly requires a development of some of the mines in this section . to prove it to contain some , of the best mines in the country. uN) hy, San’ Juan.—A German who has had experience in Swsnsea, hss put. up. a smelter in Ba, ker’s park. Green & Son’s smelters will soon be in operation. The mines are being vigorously worked, hut there is a scarcity of lahor. Lawsuits shout thesownership of mines are already in progress. -News from the mines, fisttering. Working men in demand at $4 per dsy. Lots.of orevout ready for the smelters, Horsebsek prospectors ,and, sore-heads have left disgusted becanse they did not find $20 pieces on the croppings. “ ’ . , Idaho.. Manocany.—Oyhee Avdlanche, Ang. 15: We hsve good news from this mine.—They have strnck s vein from’ 21% ft. to 3 ft. wide: of fahnionsly rich ore, in the 9th level north this week. This new strike is an important item, inssmuch ss nothing of mnch consequence has hitherto been fonnd in the Mahogany north of the’shaft. “In the’ 9th level south they have also s'ruck a continnstion of the rich re body fonnd inthe 8th level. Our prediction is now fulfilled, viz: that the rich ore hody of the South Chariot wonld eventually he struck in either the 9th or 10th level of the Mahogany. About 225 tons of Mahogany ore is now at the Ellmore mill ready for crushing. GoLpENn CHanriot.—There are uow ten bars of Golden Chariot bullion, valued at $30,000, ready for*shipment'from this place.) “sr .~ i Gabe ie ‘. . greatly enjoyed hy the visitors. A capital treat, 42 the musical way on Tuesday was the grand piano chorus MINING _AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS” H & F e3 ‘War Eacue.---Phis amine ‘has abont 180 tons of fine looking ore at the mill resdy for crushi ‘ e va a An tt Ts tT a cee a die hars of hullion, .valned. at $5,450.44, and) on the 13th inst. two°more’ hars~vslued at’ $4,274.40. The Ellmore mill. is. stesdily running on Empire ore. < [Poorman.—Snperintendent Hoyt is, sinking the new shaft and rnshing forward ‘the huildioe of the new hoisting works as; rapidly, as. possihle. The machinery hss arrived from ‘Winnemuces. -):-.:-. We oT ZA OY ‘Pauprr.—--The old Mahogsny hoisting works were purchased by the Psuper “company, snd superintendent Phehy has them’ ‘in operation on the miue. ss = Wag Extmore—The .10th level is yielding: some good. ore, with favorahle prospects for striking something better before Jong. -) . " The’ Pavilion “by, Gaslight” ~ : ‘Tnesday night the Fair opéenedin good earnest)” and the zést ‘with which the three or four thonsand visitors entered into the enjoyment of the’ fare préscnted, augurs ‘well for the siieéeedinig days and weeks, when everythiug shall have heen gétfea in order ‘and the attractions inpyensed three-fold. ; i. . Zo those who siw the confusion and apparently’ hopéless disorder which reigned in the! Pavilion on Monday, the tidiness and system which prevailed on Tnesday,' together with'the gayety and,eyen magnificence. which the. ten thousand gas-jets, aided hy the monster refiectors, lent the scene, provided a genuine and very pleasant surprise. The excellent music.of the hand cansed tho gaily dressed_ladies and their escorts to get up a sort of impromptn promenade concert, and the play ofsthe fountains sparkling in the light, added the elément of jet touched the heam in the centér of the arch, a trifle of ninety feet, and was so hoisterous the hand played. « Progress Made, . The hali shows evidence of increased actiyity on, the part of the exhibitors. They seem to be running a race, and rapid progress has really, been made. It is to he regretted, however, that so much useless procrastination hss heen shown. Considering the fact that every inch of space has: heen taken, the display is not as fall as it ought to he, although the hackward: ness is only relative; the ahsolute quantity of material being even now much greater than at any previous Fair at the same stage, © 1 * The Music. ‘ ohana ,The musical feature is one of the most -enjoysble of«the Fair. Ths . music -itself ‘has so far been of superior quality, and is to its fun while given ‘by twelve gentlemen performers on the Hallet, Davis & Co.'s pianos, It attracted crowds of listoners from sll parts of the hall,.and elicited round npon round of applause. The enterprise of the owners of the instruments in furnishing this entertainment deserves especial praise. “' . In a few, days, things will settle down-and hecome orderly,.and this will, 6f course, produce @ corresponding increase of interest. As it .is} ‘there cannot be a moto-intéresting place to visit than the Pavilion. The great, public iu, terest already shown, indicates that this is to be.the most succassful fair yet held. . Tux Seattle Cosl aud ‘Transportation Co. dre now, filling the;shute:in Seattle for the purpose of losding’ a Vessel“with 1,300 ‘tons of coal. They now use and employ two stesmers, two harges, one engine, some forty or fifty men, and’e good force of horses. im ae >» TuE shaft of the Livermoré coal compsny is. down 200 feet, following a three-foot vein of first-olass coal. They expect'to -hégin shipping ‘in three weeks. ‘ . Tue mines‘at Columbia, Tuolumne county, are psying well, and the. yield, for. the-numher of miners now at work, is even hetter thsn in + vig a va Hh TP al) ee former years..” ‘””* i . THE number -of tons of oye; worked hy the Belcher company during the month of July was 12,289 tons; bullion, $694,000;'average per ton, $56.48; expenses, $316,000. ,; .« On Perry creek, B.,C., the: Rohert and Montgomery compsuies are. doing well. On the same creck, and on the Mojole, Chinamen srd making from $4 to’S8 per day, , : _Upwaxp of 125 bnildings in the town of La . Porte, Plumss county, have been removed, snd the ground piped away, (hy Oonly & Gowell, in the last few years. ; — pected that it enn’ be sold for about $8 a ton.,’ after a ran of two weeks with a clean-up of $2,800. ° ! Tus Zacetero gold mine, at West Poiut, Cal-, three men, made withal that it was found necessary to put a stop . Jain the trédsnry, ~ -zons military trsin the other day, —_ . AN attempt will be'.made’ to introduce. the}, . Lincoln coal intothe Vallejo market: ‘It is' ex: . < .Fanv & Co., in Light's cation, Plnmas county, . } sk ar oa 4 BASE-Rany is becoming popular in England. ° apt't "oreee pK nent -has heéréxtended toSn Hafael, the people of Marin county contemplste the formation of a

mammoth milk joint stéck compsny, to enpply this city daily with fresh milk from that county. The company will hny the milk from the dairy men, says the Journal;.ran it to the city hy a special or early train, and deliver from wagons ta ctistomers. he milk will be as fresh as any that can.he snpplied‘in! the city, and as it is proverhially much richer and hetter thsn'the product of ordinsry pastures,it is snre to find a resdy msrket. se cil z ant Tue Bellinghsm Bay Mail is informed that [the settlers on some of the San Jusn Islauds are mnch emlisrrsssed by the presence of large herds of sheep oii the principal sheep tanges df:the county, which are owned by British subjects who’ reside in Victoris, and who ate’ only represented by Indian herders. It says this is getting to he an intolerahle monopoly, ‘and “one whichis ruinons to American citizens;: whose means are 80 limited “that they are unahle to fence their rsnches, and protect their interests from, the. encroachments of these nonee GoF ne es 5 : th residents.~* ” On Monday evening the : Pavilion contained ag great a qnantity of goods as had by any previous Fair on the day of opening, -yet, not much more than one-third of the space tsken was occupied” This gives an idea of the comparative magnitude of the present exhibition. . News: from Gnatemsla is to the effect that Commandsut Gonzales, of Magee ontrage notoriety, and his accomplice, Bulnez, have heen tried. hy a Court-martisl] and sentenced—the former to five yesrs’ penal servitude, aud Bulnez to two years. a :% ) ‘News from Europe, in reference to the grain prospect is still in favor of California farmers. ‘The crop in England, it is now ‘estimated, will hé helow the aversge, while the ‘supply of old wheat is nearly exhansted, _. ~ ImMENsE piles of grain are heing stored at Colusa, Princeton, Jacinto, Grimes’ landing and Grand Island. Farmers are still holding their grain for sn advance in the murket. THE grape crop of Pierce county, W. T., is very promising. The hnuches are uumerous and very large, and the herries are plump and very healthy. » at On Mondaysafternoon over:two hundred and fifty mechsnics and lahorers were hammering, painting, hauling and fitting up’ the Pavilion generally, : : A ‘rHoUsAND tons of chrome iron from the Sonoma miue hsve been shipped to Philadelphis, and the work of extracting the ore continues. es 3 ‘. Tae Los Angeles Tohscco compsny have commenced the manufacturing of cigars froin tobacco grown there this season. ‘A storm of rain and bail passed over northern Idiho week before lsst. and did some damage to the growing crops. © = . THE annnal report of the Acclimatizaiou society shows that good work hss heen done in stocking our waters with fish. ale as; THREE: months ago much of the lumher used in huilding the Pavilion wss growing in the forests of Oregons 4 od 1-30 (1G g . Some of the timhers composing the Pavilion measure 80-feet-in length, 12x12. inches, without a knot or flaw. _ . Cue trial trip of the "City of Pekin,” the new Pscific Mail steamer, proved a_success at New York, on Tuesday last. «rT euis om doe Tux daily papers are ‘in a row over the quaiity of their respective telegraphic dispatches. *Yon’re auother,”’ is the style. “ a THE grain crop onthe ‘Sound: is unusually heavy this year. Farmers aré now in the husiést part of their harvest. ‘ “ ned (No -drought, chinch hugs. gmsshoppers, locusts, potato hugs, weevil or.caterpillars to< hart the crops or fruits of Oregon this’ scason. Srvenry cents a hnshel is the price for wheat at Salem, and sixty-five cents in the towns above, : . A Wasninoron county farmer hss 600 hushels of new wheat in.storé at Corvallis:*) * . Austin, Nev.,’suifered" 1 great loss of prop-’ erty hy a eloud-burst on Tuesday last. wie . ‘nat AG . . Tur local‘o ‘court. . Senator Jonzs is investing ‘heavily in reslestate at Long Branch. tts rn : . Sours ~ ERICA is catching’ it in the earth-, quake’ line“sgain.*-* <" * , Onto electiéiis Have'gohe’ in favor of liquor’ license, a o ato} to i ve (. VEnMonr is ont ‘of doht, and-has $100,000 ae a oe eee al @ Bre . A 'waTEex.spour knocked spots ont of an Ari. Ov coloréd Urelfiren bré’ raising’ the mischief down South. — , . Reuicidus fahatics aré’ murdering péople in razil. 2 qaM nid 2o ‘ THE, Carlists, are getting the hest of it in HID. vat Maa) ee: ry le io rose Hypropnosta alarnis Chicago: :fo' rx » 4 Tue Beecher,scaudal mixed as over. Busz fires are raping iu Oanada, veras county, last week yielded $7,000, . Droura is ruining the crops.in Arksneas. . \Now that the Sicalite daifow fatigeralted j By Special otanemcte Alagi.guce nora "Mining Accidents.” °°° = On the. morning ‘of the 17th inst., hetween three and four o'clock, an accident oconrred. at the Belcher, hoisting works, killing’ engineer's R. D." Bray,’ and. sérioualy “injuring Alfred®” Donald, a night boss, It was cansed By, the hreaking of a fly-wheel. The wheel, had eight. segments, and only half of them remained-on 4 the shaft; the; halance flying npward, cut a throygh ten-hy-ten timbers, and a large steam . , pipe of the incline: engine,* destroyingy a:large.in ‘portion of the roof and landing 200 feet ‘in the::'! rest ofthe ‘works. ‘Cutting the steam pipe”! filled the bnilding with steam, so that others ,,; could hardly, comprehend the;true. nsture of ‘thé accident until the supply had been shut off. , from the boilers, The accident.cauged a delay’ of 36 hours in workat the mine.) 3) nyt“), . Ou: the morning of the.19th, an accident, oc.. curred; at the Savage mine, similar to the one ‘thst happened at theBelcher., The, large cog, wheel that is, attached to the. engine; suddenly ,., flew to pieces, but, fortunately, the engine was running yery'slow at the time snd no, one,.was ,., hurt, -A Jarge number of miners were standing: ; around ths,shaft, resdy to descend helow,to,. commeuco work. ;, They made .@ genersl stsm->)4 pede, andall escaped from heing injured. The ;, , cage, loaded with ore, was,.caught about 100,,; feet from the surface hy means of patent fas-,,; tenings. A new wheel has heen ordered from . San Frencisco. All damages will he repsired “ in four or five days. . . ; prem iy Another coal, miner, Richard Ssvage, met. , his death this week in one of tho chutes of the.,, Black Diamond mine from an explosion of foul ., 8s, ignited hy his open lamp, he having neg-, lected to take the safetylamp.provided for the men in such workings, as was the casewith Mr. Wesley, who died from like cause last week; thongh the jury .of inquést.in that esse charge part of the responsihility on another workman, in hsving left the’ air “pipe covered with 8 shovel, as well as,to his own neglect., ; The light of the safety lamps is not, itis said, ~ 80 good, nor are they as conveniently msnsped as the common open lamps, and this prohahly inclines the miners to take Isrge risks of life ‘rather than use them unless they have Special reason for believing it necessary. “Mr. Savage's death was the third’ that has occnrred: at the Black Diamond compsny’s works within the term of a little more than a week, that of. Owen Williams having preceded that of Mr. Wesley a few days, and resulted from the fall of a msss of rock npon him in one of the gangways at the moment he waa setting timhers to support it. A mau named D, Sitcovitch had. his right leg brokon helow the knee last week; hy a cave , in the Amador niine at Sutter creel. i j . at a L Luan Never since the first settlement'of Bentou county has there been such’an acreage Of grairi to cut, aud never were the farmers moré intent ou their work. Hasrvesting'is all the go. — * « t . ~—s ts JOS ‘Mn. Forusrernine, of Columhis; Tuolnmne Si last week picked np & nugget worth af . car Py pe Tue grading of the Monterey and Saliuas Valley Railroad will! he completed within a fortuight. viele mee a _A MARBLE quarry has*heen discovered on the head of Butte creek, in Clackamas county, Oregon. 7 : cy "Auv the Chinamen «have «heen discharged from the coal miues at’ Tenino, -W.T.; and white meu taken in their 4 lices., 5 bua? Tue Buckeye quicksilver mine, Colus4 connty, is retorting and shipping about 1,300 pounds per week. 4 f i ; Ste A company is to he organized to develop the coal miues iu the Sutter Buttes. ~ camer iat . A New mill is heing huilt “af the Occidental ° mine, near Nevada city. , — OO) pepe tue . Senp IN Your Supscrirriong FoR THE Pregs, eis ‘a é A RTI tion’ law engsges onr Supreme ‘A Weekly List of 0. 8, Pateiits “ 1; ‘sued to Pacific Coast Inventors. [From Orrictit Reréits For rdx Minixa Awb Bolen. +o ‘ ‘ -, TiIFIo Parss, DEWEY & 00.,).Pountisaers ‘axp . .. 0. 8, anp Fongran Parenr AGEnts.} Diapatch, Dated Washington. D. C., Aug. 18th, 1874. A 4 \, fy “a Fon Week Ewnrme Ava. dre, ‘187 owt Nozze on Hose SPRINKLER. James H. Fowler, Oaklaud, CO age” Sy eee ae Can Coupiinc.—Thomas J. 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