Volume 29 (1874) (428 pages)

10 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. [July 4, 1874. Pioche Mines. We fake the following items from the Pioche Record of June 21st; Though there has nothing striking occurred during the past week, we think we will be justified in stating that the feeling is more cheerful, and_more confidence ie expressed in ‘the future. Looking over the returne of the export of hullion from this place, we find that for the five months ending the 3ist of May, it amounts to several thoussnds over one million dollare. This, considering the unexsmpled depression of the mining interest of Pioche during the eame period, certainly cannot be said to bea bad showing. It should also he recolleoted that the two great mining enterprises of this region—the Raymond & Ely and Mesdow Valley—are self-sustaining, if nothing more. In both mines an immense amount of proepeoting and desd work is heing done, yet the shsreholders are not being called npon for aseessments. In fsct, it can he said for the Raymond & Ely, what it is doubtful can he affirmed correotly of any other company, the shares of which are quoted on the Stock Bosrds, thst ite shareholders have never yet been asked for a dollar in the shape of assesements. Though it seems to be the fsshion in San Francisco and other places to give the mines of Pioohe ‘‘a black eye,” we feel very certain that eo soon as the region below the water level in the Rsymond & Ely and Meadow Valley ie explored, tbe yield of the Pioche mines will be greater than ever, and that a Issting period of permanent prosperity will commence. In this counection we are glad to learn that the Raymond and Ely Co. has commenced preparing the necessary pumping machinery to free the mine from water. From the greet depth of the echaft—1,200 feet—the machinery will have to be very msssive snd costly, but while the enormous msss of tailinge collected at the mills pay in the mauner they do, it will be very unlikely that the expensee of purchasing and putting the requisite pumping gear in place will not he taken out ss fsst as they are incurred. The export of bullion for the week, per Wells, Fargo & Co., amounts to $41,412.70. Yesterday, when we were at the Raymond & Ely, we leerned that no ore whatever had been taken oot or raised during the past week: The only operations that ars heing actively prosecuted are opening the eastern branch of the 1,200foot level, and continuing the oross-cut through the cross-head on the western side. The first is in 75 feet, and the latter 49 feet from the point where the vein was first intersected. The face of the eastern drift has not changed since our Isst report, and shows no ore. The western drift, of course, does not exhibit any, ag at preeent it is running through the crosshead. ‘Tbe Magnet company continues to raise oonsiderable ore, eay from 20 to 25 tons daily. The grade, though still somewhat low, ie slightly improving, and is also yielding the metal a little more freely. At tbe Meadow Valley Company’s shaft, No. 3, we found that the western drift of the lower level was in a length of 82 feet from the point where the vein was cut. The face has improved considerably since this drift was commenced, and new ehows some low grade ore, andis very promising in its appearance. The eastern drift of this level is 44 feet in length, and is progressing through a break or fault. On the lowest level but one, No. 11, the eastern drift ie 235 ft. in lengtb. The face shows many emall etreake of ore, and looks as if it might ehortly make into a solid ore body. On the western side of this level a winze has been sunk about 150 feet from the shaft. It ie now 114 feetin depth, and showe a strong vein, bot little or no ore. On tbe ninth, the eastern drift has reached a total length of 860 feet, 15 feet beyond the junction with tbe crosscut from the Summit shaft. The fsoe ie the same as usual. On the western aide of this drift and above it, stoping ie going on as heretofore. The qoality of the ore taken ont is abont the eame. If there ie any difference, it is a trifle lower grade. Four hundred feet from the shaft on the eastern cide of this level a winze hus been sunk to the depth of 117 feet, and the bottom looks well. Altogether the appearances in this portion of the Meadow Valley ground certainly look much more cheering tban they have for some time, and afford some reasonable ground for expeoting a brighter future. Mexzoan Mrxes.—A report from Jilila, in the State of San Lnis Potosi, mentions that the eaid valley may be considered the richest .in all Mexico, offering all the produce of the three Mexican zones, from the hottest to the coldest; while it freezee at five leagues north, tropical fruits are gathered at Portla, a forest, only three miles off, where coffee trees are found which yield fron 20 to 30 pounde per tree; and the mines of eaid district are so rich that a certain ore (containing silver and platinum) is worth two dollare per pound by the assays made at Pachuca. Five hundred men are at work now tobuild a road from there to Queretaro. At Sain, a quicksilver mine hae been discovered, of such richness that it is eaid to beat the Spanish Almaden. This would be a veritable God-send for Mexico. In the district of Cosala, State of Sinaloa, a mine of bismuth has been discovered, similar to the bismuth of areenic found in other countries, and rather scarce. In a French industrial establishment employing 630 nien, chiefly vegetarians, the introduction of animal food eaved twelve days’ work a year per man, which had previouely been lost through illness or fatigue. The Livermore Coal Mine. In our ieeue Isst week we gave eome interesting points in regard to the H. A. mine, located near Haywood, in this connty. We now furnieh our readers with the following fscts in regard to the Livermore coal niine, which is located about seven miles south east from this place, through the kindnees of W. W. Winn, Esq., President of the oompany. In 1869 Mr, Thomas Harris and Mr. Jenkins Richard, both gentlemen being experienced coal miners on this cosst and in Englsnd, concluded that the indications for coal in Corral hollow were very fiattering, and accordingly eank a shaft about 60 feet, in a promising location, and struck a fine vein of coal eix feet in thiokness. But owing to their capital being limited, they could not proceed witb the development of tbe mine, and accordingly eold it to a company of gentlemen in Stockton. About the same time two other veins were discovered in the eame neighborhood, one of whioh is known as the O’Brien mine, and the otber ae the Commercial. The O’Brien had a vein of cosl nine feet in thioknese and of excellent quality, and the Commercial one of eight feet in thickness. The vein struck by Harris and Richsrde and these two were parallel with eaoh other, and ran nearly esst and west, with a dip to the north of ahout 45 degrees. The dietance between the three veins was about 300 feet. The two gentlemen above named having become familliar with the direotion and surface formations here followed the oouree of the vein weetward nntil they reached the sontheeetern border of the Livermore valley, where they located 160 acres of land, npon which tbey discovered fine croppinge, but owing to the unsettled titles nothing was done towards developing the mine until a ehort time since, when they procured title to the land, and now an organized company have taken hold and are actively pushing the work ahead. <A shaft has already been sunk to a considerahle depth, and a fine body of coal found. From tests already made this coal ranks high, and the company anticipate taking out eufficient to supply a considerahle market hy the first of September next. We have not madea personal visit to thie mine, but are perfectly satisfied thst from the energetio character of the managere and the general description given, we shall have a coal mine opened here that will not be excelled hy any in the State. The approach to the mine ie a fine one, and Nature hae supplied abundance of water and timber in the neighborhood. Tbe company intend to put on a donble set of hands and run night and day next week. Our mannfacturing and machine ehops will soon be supplied with coal right at home and at much cheaper rates than they are now paying.—Livermore Enterprise. Santa Rosa Brance N. P. R. R.—The stookholders of the Santa Rosa Branch North Pacific Railroad Company met last week and elected the following Directors: W. S. M. Wright, George A. Tupper and A. T. Farmer of Ssnta Rosa, and John F. Keseing and L. B. Latimer. The Directore eleoted the following officers for the first year: Jobn F. Kessing, President ; W.S.M. Wright, Vice-Preeident; E. T. Farmer, Treasurer; W. W. Morrow, Secretary, and L. B. Latimer, Attorney. The Treasurer was autborized to open books for the subscription to stock at Santa Rosa. The survey of tbe road will be commenced immediately. This rosd will be from 12 to 15 miles in length, and connect with the North Paoific Coast Railroad, sither at Freestone or Vslley Ford. The President and Attorney were authorized to confer with the Directors of the North Pacific Coaet Railrosd Company, and arrange in regard to connectione, passage and freigbts and other matters relating to the connecting linee. The Directors expect to have this road completed by the tims tbe main line is finisbed from Ssucelito to the point of connection. Cassar Mrves.— The Portland, Oregon, Bulletin, of the 22d ult., furnishes us with the following, relative to the Cassiar mines: “The news from the Caseiar mines is to tbe effect tbat the greater part of the auriferous region has been over-run with hich water, and it is thought that active work wili commence about the first of July. There were about 900 men in the mines on the fourth of June, and the majority of these were waiting for the fiood to subside before going out prospecting. The mines on Dease creek that were being worked were turning out very well. Before the freshet came on, three men on the creek are reported to have taken out 174 ounces in four days. A private letter received in this city estates that the place is a terrible one, and that the population are feeling the extremes of heat and cold in each 24 hours, Several parties have been taken down with lung fever in consequence of these changes, among them A. J. Knott, of this city, who narrowly escaped with hie life. Tbe camp is represented as being a fraud, and that but few of those in the district are making expenses. The writer was working at $10 per day, and ‘we doubt not will soon start for home.”’ Tae Yasmta Mrnes.—Henry Cook, Esq., who returned to the city on Thursday from a visit to the Yakima country, informs us that the miners have all left Swauk creek and have croseed over to tbe Yakima river, where they found good prospects, but owing to high water have heen unable to perform any considerable amount of work. There are 75 men on the river waiting anxiouely for the water to reeede.— Walla Walla Statesman, Indian Creek Gravel Mines. The Trinity county Journal ssys: We visited this mining camp on the 20th inst., but found little of interest to report. There are ahout 100 men—including Chinese—mining in that eection, and all are doing well. The gravel mines of Indian oreek and vicinity are among the richest in the county, and about the hardeet to work. ‘The creek bars, to whioh the mining is confined, lie on a level, and, in some instancee below the bottom of the creek, and are exceedingly rocky. Worked nnder attending disadvsntages, they all pay largely, the yield to the ton or cuhio yard of earth prohahly averaging larger than in any other dietrict in thiscourty. In fact, itis an absolute necessity that the gold niust he plenty, or the slow manner in which the low bars have to be worked would not pay expenses, let alone affording the handsome profits to owners which they do. On either side of Indian creek are large beds of grsvel, several hundred feet above the jstream, in which no work and hut little prospecting hss heen done, there being no ditch high enough to'cover them. So fas as ascertained, there are not as msny nor as large rocke in the high deposits as in those below, but tbe extent and richnees of the gravel forming the upper benches has yet to be found out. “‘Quartz on the hrain” wss the prevailing malsdy when we were there. In the mountains, several miles eoutheast of the town, pockets of rich fioat qnartz are found, and mnoh time hae been spent hnnting for the ledge. On Saturday Isst, Siegfried and party returned from a prospecting trip and reported having discovered the lode. They bronght with them sbout 50 pounds of thie rock, in much of which free gold could be seen. Four pounde of this rock, crashed in a morfar and panned out, yielded 50 cente, or at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars perton. <A day or two later Stoddard, Bowie and otbers found a ledge about three quarters of a mile from the point discovered by Siegfried. The quartz ie eimilar in character, and it ie prohable that both partiee have found the same ledge, though at different points. Men will be put to work at once to discover the extent of the lode. 8 Enma Mrye.—The London Mining World saye: The following report hae been issued hy the nndermentioned gentlemen, and is ae follows: ‘‘ For a fullreport of tbe general meeting of thie company, held atthe Csnnon Street Hotel on the 15th of May, we must refer you to the Mining World of the 16th of May. In the event of your not having been present, we may inform yon that the meeting was principally controlled by certain members of theStock Exchange, & msjority of whom had only recently acquired their intereet in the compsny. These gentlemen, professing opinions opposed to thoes entertained by your late committee of conference, eucceeded in electing one member ac their nominee on the board of direction, and in adjourning the meeting until the 9th of June, for the purpose, amongst other msttere, of electing another director. For reasone which are apparent, it is to be regretted that the articles of aesooiation grant to all shareholders power to vote—without reference to the period of holding their shares. We therefore desire your assietance towards arreeting any undue exercise of such power by the gentiemenreferred to, and in vindicating the right of such sbareholders who have had a more permanent intereet in the company to their legitimate voice in controlling its affairs, The ‘independent management ' which these gentlemen desire, can only, in the present state of the company's affairs, result in fresh complioation, and possibly further disasters.—Msjor-Gen. R. B. MeCrea, J. Wood.”’ Tue Use or Parer.—Accordiog to a recently puhlished etatement, it appears thst there are 3,960 paper manufacturers in the world, employing 80,000 meu and 180,000 women, besides 100,000 employed iu the rag trade; 1,800 millions of pounde of paper are produced aunnally ; one-half is used in printing, a eixth for writing, and the remainder for packing and other purposes. The United Statee, with 3,000 machines, produce yearly 200,000 tons of paper, which, for a population of 48,000,000 averages 17 lhs. per head; an Englishman only consumee 1144 Ihs.; a Gernian, 8 lhs.; a Frenchman, 7 lbs.; an Italian, 3% Ibs.; a Spaniard, 124 lbs.; and a Russian only 1 Ih. aunually, on an average. Louno Powrez.—Dr, W. H. Stone, who has been studying the pressnre on the lungs during performance on wind instruments, has ascertained that the extreme hight of a column of water supported hy the muscular act of expiration transmitted by the lipeis about 6 ft. He also desired to discover what was the: actual pressure corresponding to tbe full production of a note on each of the principal wind instruments. It was found that with the majority of wind instruments the pressure required by the high notes ie considerably greater than that reqnired for the low notes, each instrnmént having a pressure-ratio of its own. The clarionet is an exception to the rule. Tue Terrible company commenced operations with one end of their new concentrating works this week, which has a capacity of 20 to 25 tone per day. Itie expected the remainder of the worke will be in readinees for operation nextweek. As soon as these worke are in complete muning order, itis probable that they will be operated day and night, aud the amount of ore added to the chipping liete will be very great.—Colorado Miner, June 20th. Alpine County Mines. Why Mining did not pay in Alpine. No carefully observant cilver miner who examines it can fail to be impressed with the belief that Alpine ie one of the most exteneive eilver mining dietricts of either California or Nevada. Nor can he fail to wonder howit has hitherto failed to attract the attention of intelligent miners and mining capitalists. But should he be accurately informed of the history of mining operatione here he would probshly cease to wonder at anything. However, we cannot accurately give the information as to the history, because we don’t know. But possibly, like many other promising and rich districts, it was killed in its infancy by ignorance and stupidity, or else by bad, foolich and dishonest mansgement. One fact, however, ie nndieputed—that it started off well, but early ceased to he a bullion producing region, and the minere left for the many other new fields of excitement then attracting the attention of miners all over the country, from the failing or exhausted gold placers of California to the new and rising silvor minee of Nevada. An examination of tbe high mountains sonth and eset of Monitor reveals the fact thet st an early day the country was run over snd slightly prospected by gold miners from the western slope of the Sierrss, and it ie evident that these early prospectors or explorere knew little if anything about silver mining. This early proepeoting was all done ne far haok ae ’61 or 62, and notwithstanding the many fine looking and perfectly formed quartz ledges, bearing silver, and some aseaying very highly, not a liok of work bas been done since. In fact, for more tban a dozen years this whole region hae heen totally neglected by minere. Trne, the country is rough and insocessible, hut not more eo thsn most otber rich mining regions. The same as the above is eaid to be true of much of tbe country and many ledges in the neighhorhood of Silver mountain. So it eeems the first attempt at prospecting the country was abandoned withouteven an effort being made to prove the value of the ledgee eituated on the higher and more inaccessible mountsins. In 1864-5 many claime on Monitor creek and near Carson river fell into the hande of, or were controlled hy a lot of Eastern men, of whom the most charitable thing that osn be said is that they knew very little aud cared mucb lees about the real value of the minee. Companies were formed, high-sounding ciroulore, adorned with charte and maps and plane of mines and mills and tunnels and wagon losds of cilver bricks, were gorgeously printed and scattered all over the Hastern States, and stock eold from New York to tbe furtheet bounde of Wisconsin and Michigan. Even Johnny Bull opened his plethoric purse and with golden guineas tickled the palm of hie sharp-noeed cousin Jonathan by taking etook in Alpine. Experts and profeesors who didn’t know a quartz rock from a briokbat were eent out to examine and report upon the mine, and lef badly frightened at the story about a grizzly or at sight of the yawning chaem of a hole in the ground. Clairvoyants and spiritnal medinme were consulted, mille were built, tunnels run at rsndom and in all possible directions, reeulting of course in loes and failure to all save the wily projeotore of enterprises at once grand and magnificent. Besides all this, numerous home companies were duly organized and incorpotated, snd stock iesued and sold by the busbel—and all on claims located on the banks of Monitor creek, within a spsce of about one mile, and of eaey access, being directly on the publio highway or main street within the corporate limits of the town of Monitor! These maguifioent locations were assumed to be the only olsime in Alpine county; all others were eeverely if not politely ignored. A few men claimed everything, and assumed to rule everything. Tbey made money at the expense of foreigu viotims, bat failed to attract an influx of real enterprising working miners, without which no distriot ever did or ever will succeed. Soof conrse mining here hss hitherto proved to be a total and disastrous failure, and tbe district died— was killed as dead aoa mackerel, and no roee blooms over its untimely grave. Foreaken and abandoned by those who ought to have been its fostering guardians, the qnestion now is, can the district be galvanized into a new and more healthy life? The mountains are teeming with ledges of rich ore, unworked, unclaimed and unprospected, awaiting tbe pick and drill of the faithful miner to unlock and open nature’a rich storehouse of wealth.—Alpine Miner. Tue Lida mill, which haa recently come into possession of General A. L. Page, will be started up some time next month, heing nowin complete running order, and only waiting .the arrival of quicksilver and some other necessary euppliee. At the ‘‘Frenchman's mine,’’ there are about 200 tons of ore on tbe dump which will work an average of $150 per ton, and a large amount of first-claes ore is being ehipped to Columbns, which works $400 per ton and upwards.—Reese River Reveille. Barrie Mountarm.—The bullion mines are looking np. C. W. Fraser has juet received encouraging reports from the Lone Star mine, in which he is interested. At the depth of 20 feet in the shaft they have eight incbes of pay ore, yielding at the rate of $198 to the ton. The ‘‘ pay streak ” as it is called is widening— eo that the promise fora heavy mine is good. Bullion bids fair to justify the title given it, before the summer ia out.— Measure for MeasUre,

10 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. [July 4, 1874. Pioche Mines. We fake the following items from the Pioche Record of June 21st; Though there has nothing striking occurred during the past week, we think we will be justified in stating that the feeling is more cheerful, and_more confidence ie expressed in ‘the future. Looking over the returne of the export of hullion from this place, we find that for the five months ending the 3ist of May, it amounts to several thoussnds over one million dollare. This, considering the unexsmpled depression of the mining interest of Pioche during the eame period, certainly cannot be said to bea bad showing. It should also he recolleoted that the two great mining enterprises of this region—the Raymond & Ely and Mesdow Valley—are self-sustaining, if nothing more. In both mines an immense amount of proepeoting and desd work is heing done, yet the shsreholders are not being called npon for aseessments. In fsct, it can he said for the Raymond & Ely, what it is doubtful can he affirmed correotly of any other company, the shares of which are quoted on the Stock Bosrds, thst ite shareholders have never yet been asked for a dollar in the shape of assesements. Though it seems to be the fsshion in San Francisco and other places to give the mines of Pioohe ‘‘a black eye,” we feel very certain that eo soon as the region below the water level in the Rsymond & Ely and Meadow Valley ie explored, tbe yield of the Pioche mines will be greater than ever, and that a Issting period of permanent prosperity will commence. In this counection we are glad to learn that the Raymond and Ely Co. has commenced preparing the necessary pumping machinery to free the mine from water. From the greet depth of the echaft—1,200 feet—the machinery will have to be very msssive snd costly, but while the enormous msss of tailinge collected at the mills pay in the mauner they do, it will be very unlikely that the expensee of purchasing and putting the requisite pumping gear in place will not he taken out ss fsst as they are incurred. The export of bullion for the week, per Wells, Fargo & Co., amounts to $41,412.70. Yesterday, when we were at the Raymond & Ely, we leerned that no ore whatever had been taken oot or raised during the past week: The only operations that ars heing actively prosecuted are opening the eastern branch of the 1,200foot level, and continuing the oross-cut through the cross-head on the western side. The first is in 75 feet, and the latter 49 feet from the point where the vein was first intersected. The face of the eastern drift has not changed since our Isst report, and shows no ore. The western drift, of course, does not exhibit any, ag at preeent it is running through the crosshead. ‘Tbe Magnet company continues to raise oonsiderable ore, eay from 20 to 25 tons daily. The grade, though still somewhat low, ie slightly improving, and is also yielding the metal a little more freely. At tbe Meadow Valley Company’s shaft, No. 3, we found that the western drift of the lower level was in a length of 82 feet from the point where the vein was cut. The face has improved considerably since this drift was commenced, and new ehows some low grade ore, andis very promising in its appearance. The eastern drift of this level is 44 feet in length, and is progressing through a break or fault. On the lowest level but one, No. 11, the eastern drift ie 235 ft. in lengtb. The face shows many emall etreake of ore, and looks as if it might ehortly make into a solid ore body. On the western side of this level a winze has been sunk about 150 feet from the shaft. It ie now 114 feetin depth, and showe a strong vein, bot little or no ore. On tbe ninth, the eastern drift has reached a total length of 860 feet, 15 feet beyond the junction with tbe crosscut from the Summit shaft. The fsoe ie the same as usual. On the western aide of this drift and above it, stoping ie going on as heretofore. The qoality of the ore taken ont is abont the eame. If there ie any difference, it is a trifle lower grade. Four hundred feet from the shaft on the eastern cide of this level a winze hus been sunk to the depth of 117 feet, and the bottom looks well. Altogether the appearances in this portion of the Meadow Valley ground certainly look much more cheering tban they have for some time, and afford some reasonable ground for expeoting a brighter future. Mexzoan Mrxes.—A report from Jilila, in the State of San Lnis Potosi, mentions that the eaid valley may be considered the richest .in all Mexico, offering all the produce of the three Mexican zones, from the hottest to the coldest; while it freezee at five leagues north, tropical fruits are gathered at Portla, a forest, only three miles off, where coffee trees are found which yield fron 20 to 30 pounde per tree; and the mines of eaid district are so rich that a certain ore (containing silver and platinum) is worth two dollare per pound by the assays made at Pachuca. Five hundred men are at work now tobuild a road from there to Queretaro. At Sain, a quicksilver mine hae been discovered, of such richness that it is eaid to beat the Spanish Almaden. This would be a veritable God-send for Mexico. In the district of Cosala, State of Sinaloa, a mine of bismuth has been discovered, similar to the bismuth of areenic found in other countries, and rather scarce. In a French industrial establishment employing 630 nien, chiefly vegetarians, the introduction of animal food eaved twelve days’ work a year per man, which had previouely been lost through illness or fatigue. The Livermore Coal Mine. In our ieeue Isst week we gave eome interesting points in regard to the H. A. mine, located near Haywood, in this connty. We now furnieh our readers with the following fscts in regard to the Livermore coal niine, which is located about seven miles south east from this place, through the kindnees of W. W. Winn, Esq., President of the oompany. In 1869 Mr, Thomas Harris and Mr. Jenkins Richard, both gentlemen being experienced coal miners on this cosst and in Englsnd, concluded that the indications for coal in Corral hollow were very fiattering, and accordingly eank a shaft about 60 feet, in a promising location, and struck a fine vein of coal eix feet in thiokness. But owing to their capital being limited, they could not proceed witb the development of tbe mine, and accordingly eold it to a company of gentlemen in Stockton. About the same time two other veins were discovered in the eame neighborhood, one of whioh is known as the O’Brien mine, and the otber ae the Commercial. The O’Brien had a vein of cosl nine feet in thioknese and of excellent quality, and the Commercial one of eight feet in thickness. The vein struck by Harris and Richsrde and these two were parallel with eaoh other, and ran nearly esst and west, with a dip to the north of ahout 45 degrees. The dietance between the three veins was about 300 feet. The two gentlemen above named having become familliar with the direotion and surface formations here followed the oouree of the vein weetward nntil they reached the sontheeetern border of the Livermore valley, where they located 160 acres of land, npon which tbey discovered fine croppinge, but owing to the unsettled titles nothing was done towards developing the mine until a ehort time since, when they procured title to the land, and now an organized company have taken hold and are actively pushing the work ahead. <A shaft has already been sunk to a considerahle depth, and a fine body of coal found. From tests already made this coal ranks high, and the company anticipate taking out eufficient to supply a considerahle market hy the first of September next. We have not madea personal visit to thie mine, but are perfectly satisfied thst from the energetio character of the managere and the general description given, we shall have a coal mine opened here that will not be excelled hy any in the State. The approach to the mine ie a fine one, and Nature hae supplied abundance of water and timber in the neighborhood. Tbe company intend to put on a donble set of hands and run night and day next week. Our mannfacturing and machine ehops will soon be supplied with coal right at home and at much cheaper rates than they are now paying.—Livermore Enterprise. Santa Rosa Brance N. P. R. R.—The stookholders of the Santa Rosa Branch North Pacific Railroad Company met last week and elected the following Directors: W. S. M. Wright, George A. Tupper and A. T. Farmer of Ssnta Rosa, and John F. Keseing and L. B. Latimer. The Directore eleoted the following officers for the first year: Jobn F. Kessing, President ; W.S.M. Wright, Vice-Preeident; E. T. Farmer, Treasurer; W. W. Morrow, Secretary, and L. B. Latimer, Attorney. The Treasurer was autborized to open books for the subscription to stock at Santa Rosa. The survey of tbe road will be commenced immediately. This rosd will be from 12 to 15 miles in length, and connect with the North Paoific Coast Railroad, sither at Freestone or Vslley Ford. The President and Attorney were authorized to confer with the Directors of the North Pacific Coaet Railrosd Company, and arrange in regard to connectione, passage and freigbts and other matters relating to the connecting linee. The Directors expect to have this road completed by the tims tbe main line is finisbed from Ssucelito to the point of connection. Cassar Mrves.— The Portland, Oregon, Bulletin, of the 22d ult., furnishes us with the following, relative to the Cassiar mines: “The news from the Caseiar mines is to tbe effect tbat the greater part of the auriferous region has been over-run with hich water, and it is thought that active work wili commence about the first of July. There were about 900 men in the mines on the fourth of June, and the majority of these were waiting for the fiood to subside before going out prospecting. The mines on Dease creek that were being worked were turning out very well. Before the freshet came on, three men on the creek are reported to have taken out 174 ounces in four days. A private letter received in this city estates that the place is a terrible one, and that the population are feeling the extremes of heat and cold in each 24 hours, Several parties have been taken down with lung fever in consequence of these changes, among them A. J. Knott, of this city, who narrowly escaped with hie life. Tbe camp is represented as being a fraud, and that but few of those in the district are making expenses. The writer was working at $10 per day, and ‘we doubt not will soon start for home.”’ Tae Yasmta Mrnes.—Henry Cook, Esq., who returned to the city on Thursday from a visit to

the Yakima country, informs us that the miners have all left Swauk creek and have croseed over to tbe Yakima river, where they found good prospects, but owing to high water have heen unable to perform any considerable amount of work. There are 75 men on the river waiting anxiouely for the water to reeede.— Walla Walla Statesman, Indian Creek Gravel Mines. The Trinity county Journal ssys: We visited this mining camp on the 20th inst., but found little of interest to report. There are ahout 100 men—including Chinese—mining in that eection, and all are doing well. The gravel mines of Indian oreek and vicinity are among the richest in the county, and about the hardeet to work. ‘The creek bars, to whioh the mining is confined, lie on a level, and, in some instancee below the bottom of the creek, and are exceedingly rocky. Worked nnder attending disadvsntages, they all pay largely, the yield to the ton or cuhio yard of earth prohahly averaging larger than in any other dietrict in thiscourty. In fact, itis an absolute necessity that the gold niust he plenty, or the slow manner in which the low bars have to be worked would not pay expenses, let alone affording the handsome profits to owners which they do. On either side of Indian creek are large beds of grsvel, several hundred feet above the jstream, in which no work and hut little prospecting hss heen done, there being no ditch high enough to'cover them. So fas as ascertained, there are not as msny nor as large rocke in the high deposits as in those below, but tbe extent and richnees of the gravel forming the upper benches has yet to be found out. “‘Quartz on the hrain” wss the prevailing malsdy when we were there. In the mountains, several miles eoutheast of the town, pockets of rich fioat qnartz are found, and mnoh time hae been spent hnnting for the ledge. On Saturday Isst, Siegfried and party returned from a prospecting trip and reported having discovered the lode. They bronght with them sbout 50 pounds of thie rock, in much of which free gold could be seen. Four pounde of this rock, crashed in a morfar and panned out, yielded 50 cente, or at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars perton. <A day or two later Stoddard, Bowie and otbers found a ledge about three quarters of a mile from the point discovered by Siegfried. The quartz ie eimilar in character, and it ie prohable that both partiee have found the same ledge, though at different points. Men will be put to work at once to discover the extent of the lode. 8 Enma Mrye.—The London Mining World saye: The following report hae been issued hy the nndermentioned gentlemen, and is ae follows: ‘‘ For a fullreport of tbe general meeting of thie company, held atthe Csnnon Street Hotel on the 15th of May, we must refer you to the Mining World of the 16th of May. In the event of your not having been present, we may inform yon that the meeting was principally controlled by certain members of theStock Exchange, & msjority of whom had only recently acquired their intereet in the compsny. These gentlemen, professing opinions opposed to thoes entertained by your late committee of conference, eucceeded in electing one member ac their nominee on the board of direction, and in adjourning the meeting until the 9th of June, for the purpose, amongst other msttere, of electing another director. For reasone which are apparent, it is to be regretted that the articles of aesooiation grant to all shareholders power to vote—without reference to the period of holding their shares. We therefore desire your assietance towards arreeting any undue exercise of such power by the gentiemenreferred to, and in vindicating the right of such sbareholders who have had a more permanent intereet in the company to their legitimate voice in controlling its affairs, The ‘independent management ' which these gentlemen desire, can only, in the present state of the company's affairs, result in fresh complioation, and possibly further disasters.—Msjor-Gen. R. B. MeCrea, J. Wood.”’ Tue Use or Parer.—Accordiog to a recently puhlished etatement, it appears thst there are 3,960 paper manufacturers in the world, employing 80,000 meu and 180,000 women, besides 100,000 employed iu the rag trade; 1,800 millions of pounde of paper are produced aunnally ; one-half is used in printing, a eixth for writing, and the remainder for packing and other purposes. The United Statee, with 3,000 machines, produce yearly 200,000 tons of paper, which, for a population of 48,000,000 averages 17 lhs. per head; an Englishman only consumee 1144 Ihs.; a Gernian, 8 lhs.; a Frenchman, 7 lbs.; an Italian, 3% Ibs.; a Spaniard, 124 lbs.; and a Russian only 1 Ih. aunually, on an average. Louno Powrez.—Dr, W. H. Stone, who has been studying the pressnre on the lungs during performance on wind instruments, has ascertained that the extreme hight of a column of water supported hy the muscular act of expiration transmitted by the lipeis about 6 ft. He also desired to discover what was the: actual pressure corresponding to tbe full production of a note on each of the principal wind instruments. It was found that with the majority of wind instruments the pressure required by the high notes ie considerably greater than that reqnired for the low notes, each instrnmént having a pressure-ratio of its own. The clarionet is an exception to the rule. Tue Terrible company commenced operations with one end of their new concentrating works this week, which has a capacity of 20 to 25 tone per day. Itie expected the remainder of the worke will be in readinees for operation nextweek. As soon as these worke are in complete muning order, itis probable that they will be operated day and night, aud the amount of ore added to the chipping liete will be very great.—Colorado Miner, June 20th. Alpine County Mines. Why Mining did not pay in Alpine. No carefully observant cilver miner who examines it can fail to be impressed with the belief that Alpine ie one of the most exteneive eilver mining dietricts of either California or Nevada. Nor can he fail to wonder howit has hitherto failed to attract the attention of intelligent miners and mining capitalists. But should he be accurately informed of the history of mining operatione here he would probshly cease to wonder at anything. However, we cannot accurately give the information as to the history, because we don’t know. But possibly, like many other promising and rich districts, it was killed in its infancy by ignorance and stupidity, or else by bad, foolich and dishonest mansgement. One fact, however, ie nndieputed—that it started off well, but early ceased to he a bullion producing region, and the minere left for the many other new fields of excitement then attracting the attention of miners all over the country, from the failing or exhausted gold placers of California to the new and rising silvor minee of Nevada. An examination of tbe high mountains sonth and eset of Monitor reveals the fact thet st an early day the country was run over snd slightly prospected by gold miners from the western slope of the Sierrss, and it ie evident that these early prospectors or explorere knew little if anything about silver mining. This early proepeoting was all done ne far haok ae ’61 or 62, and notwithstanding the many fine looking and perfectly formed quartz ledges, bearing silver, and some aseaying very highly, not a liok of work bas been done since. In fact, for more tban a dozen years this whole region hae heen totally neglected by minere. Trne, the country is rough and insocessible, hut not more eo thsn most otber rich mining regions. The same as the above is eaid to be true of much of tbe country and many ledges in the neighhorhood of Silver mountain. So it eeems the first attempt at prospecting the country was abandoned withouteven an effort being made to prove the value of the ledgee eituated on the higher and more inaccessible mountsins. In 1864-5 many claime on Monitor creek and near Carson river fell into the hande of, or were controlled hy a lot of Eastern men, of whom the most charitable thing that osn be said is that they knew very little aud cared mucb lees about the real value of the minee. Companies were formed, high-sounding ciroulore, adorned with charte and maps and plane of mines and mills and tunnels and wagon losds of cilver bricks, were gorgeously printed and scattered all over the Hastern States, and stock eold from New York to tbe furtheet bounde of Wisconsin and Michigan. Even Johnny Bull opened his plethoric purse and with golden guineas tickled the palm of hie sharp-noeed cousin Jonathan by taking etook in Alpine. Experts and profeesors who didn’t know a quartz rock from a briokbat were eent out to examine and report upon the mine, and lef badly frightened at the story about a grizzly or at sight of the yawning chaem of a hole in the ground. Clairvoyants and spiritnal medinme were consulted, mille were built, tunnels run at rsndom and in all possible directions, reeulting of course in loes and failure to all save the wily projeotore of enterprises at once grand and magnificent. Besides all this, numerous home companies were duly organized and incorpotated, snd stock iesued and sold by the busbel—and all on claims located on the banks of Monitor creek, within a spsce of about one mile, and of eaey access, being directly on the publio highway or main street within the corporate limits of the town of Monitor! These maguifioent locations were assumed to be the only olsime in Alpine county; all others were eeverely if not politely ignored. A few men claimed everything, and assumed to rule everything. Tbey made money at the expense of foreigu viotims, bat failed to attract an influx of real enterprising working miners, without which no distriot ever did or ever will succeed. Soof conrse mining here hss hitherto proved to be a total and disastrous failure, and tbe district died— was killed as dead aoa mackerel, and no roee blooms over its untimely grave. Foreaken and abandoned by those who ought to have been its fostering guardians, the qnestion now is, can the district be galvanized into a new and more healthy life? The mountains are teeming with ledges of rich ore, unworked, unclaimed and unprospected, awaiting tbe pick and drill of the faithful miner to unlock and open nature’a rich storehouse of wealth.—Alpine Miner. Tue Lida mill, which haa recently come into possession of General A. L. Page, will be started up some time next month, heing nowin complete running order, and only waiting .the arrival of quicksilver and some other necessary euppliee. At the ‘‘Frenchman's mine,’’ there are about 200 tons of ore on tbe dump which will work an average of $150 per ton, and a large amount of first-claes ore is being ehipped to Columbns, which works $400 per ton and upwards.—Reese River Reveille. Barrie Mountarm.—The bullion mines are looking np. C. W. Fraser has juet received encouraging reports from the Lone Star mine, in which he is interested. At the depth of 20 feet in the shaft they have eight incbes of pay ore, yielding at the rate of $198 to the ton. The ‘‘ pay streak ” as it is called is widening— eo that the promise fora heavy mine is good. Bullion bids fair to justify the title given it, before the summer ia out.— Measure for MeasUre,