Volume 29 (1874) (428 pages)

70: {August 1, 1874. Mineral Wealth, of Colusa’ County.” . Lastweek-we visited a portion of our, county, of whose riohness we were bnt littl swsre,. We. baye. rsad jsmall-reports of our, miners. wealth. Bnt practical experience in-a visit capg all knowledge you can.otherwise receive upon the snhject.:.The first mine. we visited, . accompanied by Messrs. Chapin & Eaton, psrt owners, waathe, 8. + : i ih » Elgin. wt Hood 'Pbis mine’ is’ as yet undeveloped, hnt the richness of the prospect is self-evident, Every-. where seams of the richest ore are revealed to view, and ere long it will tnrn ont to_ba one of: ths richest minés in that vicinity. The Elgin eompany opened their mine abont-six months ago, and have now 8 force-of ten men, together with a retort, from whith they run four flasks ne The Silver Cord Mine. . The Owyhee Avalanche gives the following about the Silver Cord mine: © ; . Day before yesterday, hy invitation of, and in eompsny with J. O, Lennon, the efficient and gentlemanly snperinténdent, we went through the Silver Cord mine. Work was quietly inaugurated upon it last winter, and hnt little bss hitherto heen known or said aboutit on the outside. Weknow thst Mr. Lennon was taking ont some rich ore, hnt we did not expect Z gee such a large and rich ledge as met our gaze in the various drifts and levels. It hasa substantis! shafthouse and very good steam hoisting works. Thé vein dips tothe eastward at the rate of nhont 3324 feet in 100. The adit, ‘or drain tnnnel, is 40 feet below the surface. "The first level is 80 feet deeper, in which a ‘drift hag heen run 100 feet north and 15 feet per week, and phip to Booth & Co.,' of Ssera-)isonth ofthe shaft, Ata depth of 100 feet hemento. They are busily engaged ‘in rnnning tannels; and eré long we will hear ofa hig strike for the Elgin. They ‘aré preparing to) hnilé @ furnace which ‘will he complete ahont* fall. his mine is nnder‘the superintendence of J.Melbourne. While‘ present thsy rau, off a retort of 34% per cent. ore. From tbe Elgin we proceededto =!" s lavema Hed ae ong Abbot,” ae Whose reputstion.is already, known. Mr, G, C. Ingram, euperintendent,kindly brought us throngb the tunnels,,inclines;: and, ‘down, into the shaft of this mine;. Its,xichness is nn-, doubted.;,Ten, ,experienced. miners are ¢on-, tinnally employed in extracting furnace ore, and the-werk goes on nigbt and day, .They are now husily preparing to build a furnace at a.cost of $10,000. No qnicksilver-has been: as yet manufactured from the, Abbot,, but they have nowfnrnace ore sufficient to last,a month, when started. The Abbot is an old developed mine; but hag-heen.under.tbe.auspices of the present company but three months. .,From the Abhot we proceeded to the 3 4 -!Btidkeye, The best developed-cmine jin; this -region. Ssama of; the richeat cinnahar are plainly visihle wherever tho, eye glances, and from this mine-yery little, waste rapist psd hg Buckeye rnns;a force, of twenty-eight men, steady,: and, retorts, weekly, fiffeen _Hasks of quiokailver,; A flask is oonsidered worth $100, The. Elgin. and; Buckeye are . the ; only, two mines reducing ore, and paying for working‘as they: proceed. . Grading; has ‘already comtmonced, for the building. of a.furnacefor tbe Buokeye, whioh will, be an extensive arrangement. Tbe contract haa been let for tha hurning of the Priel and. in two months it will be. erected.” Mr, Caswell is tho general gnperintendent, and Mr. D. Smith, who kindly voluntesred ‘to: -khow us around,” is ‘nnderground auperinte dent. We paid'a visit to the © ia : A ; ie Oa Empire, iw 4 . ‘Apew and rich prospect, struck but amonthago. . Thewyalue of this minets.inthe amall amount ‘of Iabor necessary-to work it, it: heing all clay: ‘soil, composed , of, magnesia, lime and ciina-. bar. The, superintendent, Mr., H. .B. Me-: Nemer, is buay pushing the é through, and. this at slight expense, it having cost but $125 in one month: -' They, have! struokithe ledge of the Mansinette already, and eré many days Empire stook will he high up, as the showing is now the very: beat. wr. 7 —— our / . i jo'The wines in, this. seotion of our connty. oxel all we haye seén in richness. The very best: ore, which will auetere 30 per cent., ia foundon the surface of the hilla, =; 0. We cannot forget to make mention of the lh : Gas Fire, a ‘Which issues from the mountain in close prox“imity to.the Elgin mine, , The side of the bill is all ablaze, and has been so for eight. years,’ when, fire was communicated to the gas which emitted, by M. G. L. Eaton, and has been: burning steadily ever aince. This accrues eneee ely eo the.richness of the Elgin, as they gan run.tbeir furnace with little or no, expense. An escape is now taking place of 125 oubio feet, sufficient to run a dozen furnaces. -,Our;time was so-limited we could: not visit the, other prospeots, but-will return .ere long again. .-: ee Be 8 un? Dees This portion of our county.aboundsin quicksilyer wealth, and, those owning mines will at first have to enooynter difficulties, but ere long thay will overcome the hardshipa of developing their mines, and in all experience with regard to mineral wealth, Colnsa has the richest.— Independent. ;. ; EB 4 (en) ie ee a So 1 ~-Wasre, & Samoni-~-The Unionville. Silver State-says of the White & Shiloh, the principal mine.in.Galena, district: Since work was commenoed on thia claim, ahout four, years aince, 13,000,tons of paying ore bave been taken from it, hetween. 7,000 or 8,000 tons of which yet remain on the dump,,,, he mine ia well opened, and from.a thqrougb examination of the numerous drifts and stopoaitia estimated that there are at least 32,000 tons of paying ore now in sight in tbe.mine.”, _ ater fy . Ta Tu following ia given hy a, Los Angeles’ paper asa fair average of wages paid in Los Angeles: Farming hands, $30 per month} Jaborers per day, $2.50; sboemakers, $4; csrpenters, $4; masons, $5; plasterers, $5; gas-fitters, $5; hlacksmiths, $4; wagon makers, $4; carriage painters, $5; harness makers, $3; tinsmiths, $3.50; oahinet makers. $3.50; stair builders, $4.50; bouse servants, $30 per month (very searce). : low tbe firat level we Gnd the second level drift extending 140 feet north of the shaft and 85 [eeteenthe The third is also a 100-foot level, land already hss a drift in 70 feet north and 120 ‘feet south of the shaft. A winze connects the jsecond snd tbird levels 30 feet south of the ishaft, The shaft is down 40 feet for the fourth ‘level and a winze will also he snnk 90 feet south ‘for the purpose of connecting the third and fourth level drifts. As soon ss the fourth level is opened thé mine will he in splendid shape {for taking out cre. The vein is well defined, with smooth, solid casings. Its average width in the second and third levels is from 18 inches to two feet, showing free’ gold and silver in ‘abundance, and assaying irom $60 to away np inthe thousands per ton. But little blasting is required to take down the ledge, mnch of which ‘is decomposed and similar in character to the tich vein matter formerly found in the Poor/man. The Silver Cord is situated south of the , latter,named mine, and many are of the opin‘ion that they are one and the same ledge. A . tank 16 feet (long, six feet ‘vide and seven feet /deep, has heen put in thé bottom of the second ‘level, which ‘collects all the water and renders . the sinking of the shaft oomparatively an easy task, Mr, Lennonis doing all his work hy contract, which be finds to he nearly 50 per cent. cheaper than hy havingit done hy the day. On the dump there ia qnite a large pile of as rich ore as.can he found in camp, and plenty more will soon be takeu out. As soon as the road leading tothe mine can he repaired they will commence hauling the qnartz to the Hllmore mill. We have ventured the assertion, and will hack it up' with a reasonable wager, that tbe Silver Cord will, be on the list of dividend paying mines before the snow falls. . Tay Gear Arm Sxarr, —The Belcher Co. Isat Saturday hegan work on their new. air shaft: at the 850-foot. level, atarting at that point to raise up and connect with that portion of the ahaft now. coming down from the aurfaoe. The first set of timhera was put in on the 850-foot level last Saturday. The ahaftis now down 300 feet helow, the surface. Work will shortly he’ commenced at the 900-foot level; indeed, tho shaft wlll be. completed to the lowest.level in, the mine as soon as,possihle. Tbis will he strictly an air shaft, and the only one worthy .of thename on the lead. It consists of two unusually large compartments, each being six feet square in the olear. These bnge, unob-' structed openings: will admit of the upward. rush of immense yolumes of air, The. shaft will he of almost incalculable value in the ventilation of the mine, and also of the Crown Point. .The great column of heated air asoending through it .will.cause a strong downward draught of pure surface air into all the lower shafts. No cages will he placed in this new ahaft to okstruof the ascension of the air. rughing up from the aweltering. regions below. In one of its compartments there may be placed a cage for lowering large timhera and for use in hoisting out men in case of a fire in the mines. Hereafter thig large sbaft will be pushed down as fast as new levels are opened, and will alwaya ha kept at the bottom of the mine, with connectioxus on all the levelsa.—Lnterprise. mine made ita first shipment-of bullion last Wednesday—five hars, valued at $11,000—and will follow it with othera every few days. The mine continuea looking splendid in the lower levels, and additional miners are heing put to work ds fast as ‘the stopes oan be opened. Mostof the ore has hitherto come from the 6th level, but they have commenced in the 7th, and will he stoping in the 8th next week. The new hoisting works are everything tbat conld be desired, and are sufficient to work the mine to a depth of 2,500 feet. The main building enclosing them is 75x32 feet, 1o whioh a large addition is being built for sorting room, ore house, hlacksmith shop, carpenter shop, ete. South Chariot ia all right from this time henceforth, and will make plethoric the pockets of lucky shareholders.—Owyhee Avalanche. AnAsEA Mine.—This ia somewhat of a new ventnre and is looated in the neighborhood of the once much talked of Jone mine, It is in the course of. a prospecting working at the present time. Den. Meagher, who seems to he posted on the Alaska, although be holds no interest in it, says that the rotk from the ledge “is staving good rock.”” We know that there are hundreds of staving good ledges all around here, beside the Alaska, and all they want in the way of making the ‘“‘staving’’ manifest is some picking, blasting and other work. Keep on proapecting, for there ig pay in it.—G@rass Valley Union. . Pioche Mines. The Pioche Record of the 19th ssys: The condition of the two princips! mines of this district; the Reymond &' Ely and the Meadow alley, has changed go little since onr report of last week, save in mere length of openings made, as to call for little or no comment. At the Raymond & Ely the shaft is heing enlarged on its western end and on one side. Men are engsged at this work at two points in the shaft, and in a few dsys others will be added. The Other work going on in the mine is in the eastern sud western drifts on the 1,200-foot level and the western drift of the 1,000-foot ‘level. The faces of these drifta look ahout the same. The western drift of the 1,200-foot level ‘ia etill in country rock, snd will prohahly not resch the ledge nntilit is advanced some 60 or 70 feet further. ‘ . Inthe old Creole works preparations are heing made to extract some ore, which will he raised to and passed through the old Burke tunnel, , The Magnet company during the past week has not raised as much ore asnsnal. The grade of that which has heen extracted is ahout the same as heretofore,’ Operations at the Meaddw Valley are going on as usus]—the appearanée.of the mine riot varying in any essentis] particnlar. from that noted last week, At the Pioche the work of exploring the new gronnd is proceeding as rapidly ss circumstances permit, and continues to offer a very encouraging appearance. The Newark is yielding a considerable amount of ore of a very fair ‘grade, and is shipping it so rapidly to the mill that it is acenmulating. The latter is kept.constantly at work. cither on enstom rock or the company’s ore,'and is giving good results, shipping something over $12,000 during the week.' From the American Flag some, considerable ore is heing taken from the ppper levels. The station has been opened on the 1,000-foot level, and the cross-cnt is being opened towards the ledge. "i I The Mazeppa shaft of the Washington & Creole is now within a few feet, of the main level of the mine, and will reach ijin the course ofa few days. The easterly level lacks ahout 75 feet of making the connection, but is being pushed as rapidly as possible. Work is going on in tbe west winze, which is still in ore. The Portland, Bowery and Chief of the Hill are in about the same condition as when lsst reported on. From the latter a ahipment of ore has been mado, which was taken ont by men working on shares. SEVEN-THIRTY.—What pickings and shovelings are in progress around Grass Vulley min-. ing distriot are. paying very wéll. The Seventhirty mine haa heen pecked at for a number of years, and whenever it haa been hit a few hlows, it has turned out the.gold. Yet the ownera were afraid of it and at a critical time refused to pay taxes on the property. They seemed to think that as they. conld not see gold down in the ledge a ‘thousand feet or so helow any workings, that there could not he much gold in that concern. And so the Seven-tbirty claim and all ita appurtenances were allowed to he aold for taxes, and the amonnt of the taxes was only $60 or $70. Inthe Jast week some-, thing like $5,000 or $6,000 bave beeu_ taken from this mine, and that too without any great tronble and at a very trifling expense. The mine has shown that it was good for ils taxes, atleast, The history of the Seven-thirty has in it much that is significant. It teaches that very frequently a little work will dig outa great dealof gold in this district. The lesson ought,to he learned, and picka and sbovels and drills and hlasting powder come into more general use in Grass Valley. There are plenty of ledgea here which await work in order to make them pay. The home prospector, when he sticks to his huainess and puraues it with energy, is sure to make a good strike. Think of a ee and go to work.—Grass Valley nion, Omana Mrvz.—The Grass Valley Union says: This mine is looking well. A few months ago aome folka thonght it was a failure and that it, would shut down. But the owners, mostly Sacramentans, did not aee any aensein stop-. ping work when only a little scratching bad een done. So M. Dodsworth, sometimes called “Nick,’’came upand took chsrgé of the works. He has made a good showing. The ledge ia nearly two feet thick and carriea mineral in quantities. A crushing of rock taken from the drift is about ready to be cleaned up, at Larimer’s mill, and it is safe to say tbat the crushing will give $25 to theton. Some of the ore on the old dump, which was left over from a former crushing as being of no account, has yieided well by mill process. Newarx District.—We paid a short visit to this locality and ohtained the following as the result of our observation: Mr. Stratton, an owner in the company, who haa been appointed general agent and superintendent of the mines and mill, informed us he would first settle up the old hnsiuess hefore making any new move. There were quite a number of men at camp, mostly idle at present, some few being still at work in the mines. The mill ia shut down, and nothing definite is known asto the time of its being again started up. Mr. Stratton seems a gentleman fully alive.to the situation, and will exert his energiea in bringing order out of the chaos into which the company has Eberhardt & Aurora. » On account of 2 press of other mstter, we find it impossihle to give an extended ’acoount of the sppearance of the ‘mines now heing worked hy this company, hut will endeavor to do so in our next issue. Howevsr, we are enabled to give the following as the resnlt of a ‘oonversation with William Maxwell, foreman, regarding the present outlook: A drift’ run ‘north from the Peerless chamher a distance of 50 feet resulted: in tho opening ‘up a large hody of high grade ore, and the discovery has -heen named the Wyon ohamher. The work prosecuted shows at this writing a width of 40 feet, and depth 60 feet, with ore on sides, top andhottom. Twenty-eight feet more of tunnel will connect the opening with the oentrsl shsft, whence all ores hereafter extracted will he raised hy means of the steam" hoisting works now being placed in position. When this oonnection is made, the Peorless, Beecher, Ladies’ and Wyon chambers’ will he united, and uninterrnpted communication seonred. In this hrief item it will he impossible to give more than a summsry of the whole workings, which.sre simply that from the Ward Beecher Cousolidated on the north, to tbe South Anrora on the: south, indications point to one of the finest properties on the .Pacifio coast. Many thousand tons of high :grade.rock are now insight, and the work being done is daily exposing other and larger hodies. Manager Frank Drake has concluded to ahandon the South Aurora tunnel, which for a long time has heen the way used for the transportation of ores, eto., and for which a royalty has been paid to the South Aurora company, hereafter conveying all oros through the central shaft. Oft repeated predictions seem oertainly to he approaching nesrer, a snrer confirmation than ever hefore imagined, and we have now no hesitancy in sSying thst much-ahused Treasure Hill will will soou he the great attraction of Nevada ina mineral sense. At least, we are prepared to await the course of events, as are many others now deeply interested in the future of the district.— While Pine News. Lida District. A oorrespondeut of the Inyo Independent says: I will give yon an account of the result of the experimental furuaces built hy the Marrotte Bros. at Sylvania. . The furnace is huilt on the principal of a Mexicun ‘‘ basgo,”’ and ia so constructed as to receive the lead when melted in a hasin, the alsg floating on top, and is removed through a aide tap; the lead is alao drawn from a tap-bole in the side; the ore is laid on a sole or hearth, and is reduced by the heat from a wood fire (no coal heing used); the /slag is perfectly olear of any glohulea of lead ; the ore smélted was of second-class lead ore, being only an experiment; the result waa that from five tona of this ora one ton of ailver lead waa prodneed; the bullion was 12 fine, value per ounce $.0155; value per ton of 2,000 pounda, $457.98, This provea beyond a douht that the orea of thia district are good, this heing acoond-class ore. You may expeot astonishing figures when they make a run on firat-olass ore, whioh will be soon, In Lida district all the mines that are being worked look exceedingly well. There are 11 men at work on the Death Valley mine, commonly known as the ‘‘¥renchman’a mine.” Tbey have a four-foot vein of good ore; they have out on the dump about 200 tonaof ore that will mill over $200 per ton. Thia bids fair tohe the finest mine in this country. Three men are at work on the Sewando, taking out snlphuret ore (the only mine in thia camp in which sulphuret ore has heen found) of very higb grade, assaying $1,000 and upwards. Active operations have heen commenced on the Benet mine, and also on the Simon Pure. The three latter have heen leased to different parties, A Parrent Worker.—A. correspondent of the Salt Lake Tribune, writing from Star diatrict, says: Ahout three years ago a man hy the name of Omar came to Star and hegan prospecting in the foothills, and at laat he struck a good proapect, and went to work on it, a party in Pioche assiating him. Quietly and ateadily he kept to work until he had run a tnnnel several hundred feet into the hill, doing nearly all the work himself. He now haa strack it, and those who have seen the mine say the gold quartz in sight is trnly wonderful. He has also huilt a small furnace on the draft principle, to test other orein the mine. Reliahle miners say that thia ia a rich and wonderful mine, having hoth. smelting and milling ore. This mine, I helieve, has only three ownera; aud will, no douht, before long, cause considerahle excitement. Panoase Fine Rocx.—In the early days ‘of amelting iu Eastern Nevada, it waa found necessary to find a substance for lining purposea which would resist the intense heat required in smelting, and the Pancake sandstone was the result of explorations to discover the same. Since that time fire hrick has heen imported from St. Louia, Philadelphia and other points with which to line np furnaces, bnt, after a ahort trial, it wasfound that nothing would so well fill the hill aa did the ‘‘Pancake.” To-day, quite a large traffic baa sprung up in this line of husiness, and ordera are received from all neighboring districts, as well as from Omaha and San Francisco. All fnrnace men agree that no other stone has ever yet been heen placed hy former mismanagement.— White Pine News. 1 a! found the equal of that now in nse,— While Pine News.

70: {August 1, 1874. Mineral Wealth, of Colusa’ County.” . Lastweek-we visited a portion of our, county, of whose riohness we were bnt littl swsre,. We. baye. rsad jsmall-reports of our, miners. wealth. Bnt practical experience in-a visit capg all knowledge you can.otherwise receive upon the snhject.:.The first mine. we visited, . accompanied by Messrs. Chapin & Eaton, psrt owners, waathe, 8. + : i ih » Elgin. wt Hood 'Pbis mine’ is’ as yet undeveloped, hnt the richness of the prospect is self-evident, Every-. where seams of the richest ore are revealed to view, and ere long it will tnrn ont to_ba one of: ths richest minés in that vicinity. The Elgin eompany opened their mine abont-six months ago, and have now 8 force-of ten men, together with a retort, from whith they run four flasks ne The Silver Cord Mine. . The Owyhee Avalanche gives the following about the Silver Cord mine: © ; . Day before yesterday, hy invitation of, and in eompsny with J. O, Lennon, the efficient and gentlemanly snperinténdent, we went through the Silver Cord mine. Work was quietly inaugurated upon it last winter, and hnt little bss hitherto heen known or said aboutit on the outside. Weknow thst Mr. Lennon was taking ont some rich ore, hnt we did not expect Z gee such a large and rich ledge as met our gaze in the various drifts and levels. It hasa substantis! shafthouse and very good steam hoisting works. Thé vein dips tothe eastward at the rate of nhont 3324 feet in 100. The adit, ‘or drain tnnnel, is 40 feet below the surface. "The first level is 80 feet deeper, in which a ‘drift hag heen run 100 feet north and 15 feet per week, and phip to Booth & Co.,' of Ssera-)isonth ofthe shaft, Ata depth of 100 feet hemento. They are busily engaged ‘in rnnning tannels; and eré long we will hear ofa hig strike for the Elgin. They ‘aré preparing to) hnilé @ furnace which ‘will he complete ahont* fall. his mine is nnder‘the superintendence of J.Melbourne. While‘ present thsy rau, off a retort of 34% per cent. ore. From tbe Elgin we proceededto =!" s lavema Hed ae ong Abbot,” ae Whose reputstion.is already, known. Mr, G, C. Ingram, euperintendent,kindly brought us throngb the tunnels,,inclines;: and, ‘down, into the shaft of this mine;. Its,xichness is nn-, doubted.;,Ten, ,experienced. miners are ¢on-, tinnally employed in extracting furnace ore, and the-werk goes on nigbt and day, .They are now husily preparing to build a furnace at a.cost of $10,000. No qnicksilver-has been: as yet manufactured from the, Abbot,, but they have nowfnrnace ore sufficient to last,a month, when started.. The Abbot is an old developed mine; but hag-heen.under.tbe.auspices of the present company but three months. .,From the Abhot we proceeded to the 3 4 -!Btidkeye, The best developed-cmine jin; this -region. Ssama of; the richeat cinnahar are plainly visihle wherever tho, eye glances, and from this mine-yery little, waste rapist psd hg Buckeye rnns;a force, of twenty-eight men, steady,: and, retorts, weekly, fiffeen _Hasks of quiokailver,; A flask is oonsidered worth $100, The. Elgin. and; Buckeye are . the ; only, two mines reducing ore, and paying for working‘as they: proceed. . Grading; has ‘already comtmonced, for the building. of a.furnacefor tbe Buokeye, whioh will, be an extensive arrangement. Tbe contract haa been let for tha hurning of the Priel and. in two months it will be. erected.” Mr, Caswell is tho general gnperintendent, and Mr. D. Smith, who kindly voluntesred ‘to: -khow us around,” is ‘nnderground auperinte dent. We paid'a visit to the © ia : A ; ie Oa Empire, iw 4 . ‘Apew and rich prospect, struck but amonthago. . Thewyalue of this minets.inthe amall amount ‘of Iabor necessary-to work it, it: heing all clay: ‘soil, composed , of, magnesia, lime and ciina-. bar. The, superintendent, Mr., H. .B. Me-: Nemer, is buay pushing the é through, and. this at slight expense, it having cost but $125 in one month: -' They, have! struokithe ledge of the Mansinette already, and eré many days Empire stook will he high up, as the showing is now the very: beat. wr. 7 —— our / . i jo'The wines in, this. seotion of our connty. oxel all we haye seén in richness. The very best: ore, which will auetere 30 per cent., ia foundon the surface of the hilla, =; 0.. We cannot forget to make mention of the lh : Gas Fire, a ‘Which issues from the mountain in close prox“imity to.the Elgin mine, , The side of the bill is all ablaze, and has been so for eight. years,’ when, fire was communicated to the gas which emitted, by M. G. L. Eaton, and has been: burning steadily ever aince. This accrues eneee ely eo the.richness of the Elgin, as they gan run.tbeir furnace with little or no, expense. An escape is now taking place of 125 oubio feet, sufficient to run a dozen furnaces. -,Our;time was so-limited we could: not visit the, other prospeots, but-will return .ere long again. .-: ee Be 8 un? Dees This portion of our county.aboundsin quicksilyer wealth, and, those owning mines will at first have to enooynter difficulties, but ere long thay will overcome the hardshipa of developing their mines, and in all experience with regard to mineral wealth, Colnsa has the richest.— Independent. ;. ; EB 4 (en) ie ee a So 1 ~-Wasre, & Samoni-~-The Unionville. Silver State-says of the White & Shiloh, the principal mine.in.Galena, district: Since work was commenoed on thia claim, ahout four, years aince, 13,000,tons of paying ore bave been taken from it, hetween. 7,000 or 8,000 tons of which yet remain on the dump,,,, he mine ia well opened, and from.a thqrougb examination of the numerous drifts and stopoaitia estimated that there are at least 32,000 tons of paying ore now in sight in tbe.mine.”, _ ater fy . Ta Tu following ia given hy a, Los Angeles’ paper asa fair average of wages paid in Los Angeles: Farming hands, $30 per month} Jaborers per day, $2.50; sboemakers, $4; csrpenters, $4; masons, $5; plasterers, $5; gas-fitters, $5; hlacksmiths, $4; wagon makers, $4; carriage painters, $5; harness makers, $3; tinsmiths, $3.50; oahinet makers. $3.50; stair builders, $4.50; bouse servants, $30 per month (very searce). : low tbe firat level we Gnd the second level drift extending 140 feet north of the shaft and 85 [eeteenthe The third is also a 100-foot level, land already hss a drift in 70 feet north and 120 ‘feet south of the shaft. A winze connects the jsecond snd tbird levels 30 feet south of the ishaft, The shaft is down 40 feet for the fourth ‘level and a winze will also he snnk 90 feet south ‘for the purpose of connecting the third and fourth level drifts. As soon ss the fourth level is opened thé mine will he in splendid shape {for taking out cre. The vein is well defined, with smooth, solid casings. Its average width in the second and third levels is from 18 inches to two feet, showing free’ gold and silver in ‘abundance, and assaying irom $60 to away np inthe thousands per ton. But little blasting is required to take down the ledge, mnch of which ‘is decomposed and similar in character to the tich vein matter formerly found in the Poor/man. The Silver Cord is situated south of the , latter,named mine, and many are of the opin‘ion that they are one and the same ledge. A . tank 16 feet (long, six feet ‘vide and seven feet /deep, has heen put in thé bottom of the second ‘level, which ‘collects all the water and renders . the sinking of the shaft oomparatively an easy task, Mr, Lennonis doing all his work hy contract, which be finds to he nearly 50 per cent. cheaper than hy havingit done hy the day. On the dump there ia qnite a large pile of as rich ore as.can he found in camp, and plenty more will soon be takeu out. As soon as the road leading tothe mine can he repaired they will commence hauling the qnartz to the Hllmore mill. We have ventured the assertion, and will hack it up' with a reasonable wager, that tbe Silver Cord will, be on the list of dividend paying mines before the snow falls. . Tay Gear Arm Sxarr, —The Belcher Co. Isat Saturday hegan work on their new. air shaft: at the 850-foot. level, atarting at that point to raise up and connect with that portion of the ahaft now. coming down from the aurfaoe. The first set of timhera was put in on the 850-foot level last Saturday. The ahaftis now down 300 feet helow, the surface. Work will shortly he’ commenced at the 900-foot level; indeed, tho shaft wlll be. completed to the lowest.level in, the mine as soon as,possihle. Tbis will he strictly an air shaft, and the only one worthy .of thename on the lead. It consists of two unusually large compartments, each being six feet square in the olear. These bnge, unob-' structed openings: will admit of the upward. rush of immense yolumes of air, The. shaft will he of almost incalculable value in the ventilation of the mine, and also of the Crown Point. .The great column of heated air asoending through it .will.cause a strong downward draught of pure surface air into all the lower shafts. No cages will he placed in this new ahaft to okstruof the ascension of the air. rughing up from the aweltering. regions below. In one of its compartments there may be placed a cage for lowering large timhera and for use in hoisting out men in case of a fire in the mines. Hereafter thig large sbaft will be pushed down as fast as new levels are opened, and will alwaya ha kept at the bottom of the mine, with connectioxus on all the levelsa.—Lnterprise. mine made ita first shipment-of bullion last Wednesday—five hars, valued at $11,000—and will follow it with othera every few days. The mine continuea looking splendid in the lower levels, and additional miners are heing put to work ds fast as ‘the stopes oan be opened. Mostof the ore has hitherto come from the 6th level, but they have commenced in the 7th, and will he stoping in the 8th next week. The new hoisting works are everything tbat conld be desired, and are sufficient to work the mine to a depth of 2,500 feet. The main building enclosing them is 75x32 feet, 1o whioh a large addition is being built for sorting room, ore house, hlacksmith shop, carpenter shop, ete. South Chariot ia all right from this time henceforth, and will make plethoric the pockets of lucky shareholders.—Owyhee Avalanche. AnAsEA Mine.—This ia somewhat of a new ventnre and is looated in the neighborhood of the once much talked of Jone mine, It is in the course of. a prospecting working at the present time. Den. Meagher, who seems to he posted on the Alaska, although be holds no interest in it, says that the rotk from the ledge “is staving good rock.”” We know that there are hundreds of staving good ledges all around here, beside the Alaska, and all they want in the way of making the ‘“‘staving’’ manifest is some picking, blasting and other work. Keep on proapecting, for there ig pay in it.—G@rass Valley Union. . Pioche Mines.

The Pioche Record of the 19th ssys: The condition of the two princips! mines of this district; the Reymond &' Ely and the Meadow alley, has changed go little since onr report of last week, save in mere length of openings made, as to call for little or no comment. At the Raymond & Ely the shaft is heing enlarged on its western end and on one side. Men are engsged at this work at two points in the shaft, and in a few dsys others will be added. The Other work going on in the mine is in the eastern sud western drifts on the 1,200-foot level and the western drift of the 1,000-foot ‘level. The faces of these drifta look ahout the same. The western drift of the 1,200-foot level ‘ia etill in country rock, snd will prohahly not resch the ledge nntilit is advanced some 60 or 70 feet further. ‘ . Inthe old Creole works preparations are heing made to extract some ore, which will he raised to and passed through the old Burke tunnel, , The Magnet company during the past week has not raised as much ore asnsnal. The grade of that which has heen extracted is ahout the same as heretofore,’ Operations at the Meaddw Valley are going on as usus]—the appearanée.of the mine riot varying in any essentis] particnlar. from that noted last week, At the Pioche the work of exploring the new gronnd is proceeding as rapidly ss circumstances permit, and continues to offer a very encouraging appearance. The Newark is yielding a considerable amount of ore of a very fair ‘grade, and is shipping it so rapidly to the mill that it is acenmulating. The latter is kept.constantly at work. cither on enstom rock or the company’s ore,'and is giving good results, shipping something over $12,000 during the week.' From the American Flag some, considerable ore is heing taken from the ppper levels. The station has been opened on the 1,000-foot level, and the cross-cnt is being opened towards the ledge. "i I The Mazeppa shaft of the Washington & Creole is now within a few feet, of the main level of the mine, and will reach ijin the course ofa few days. The easterly level lacks ahout 75 feet of making the connection, but is being pushed as rapidly as possible. Work is going on in tbe west winze, which is still in ore. The Portland, Bowery and Chief of the Hill are in about the same condition as when lsst reported on. From the latter a ahipment of ore has been mado, which was taken ont by men working on shares. SEVEN-THIRTY.—What pickings and shovelings are in progress around Grass Vulley min-. ing distriot are. paying very wéll. The Seventhirty mine haa heen pecked at for a number of years, and whenever it haa been hit a few hlows, it has turned out the.gold. Yet the ownera were afraid of it and at a critical time refused to pay taxes on the property. They seemed to think that as they. conld not see gold down in the ledge a ‘thousand feet or so helow any workings, that there could not he much gold in that concern. And so the Seven-tbirty claim and all ita appurtenances were allowed to he aold for taxes, and the amonnt of the taxes was only $60 or $70. Inthe Jast week some-, thing like $5,000 or $6,000 bave beeu_ taken from this mine, and that too without any great tronble and at a very trifling expense. The mine has shown that it was good for ils taxes, atleast, The history of the Seven-thirty has in it much that is significant. It teaches that very frequently a little work will dig outa great dealof gold in this district. The lesson ought,to he learned, and picka and sbovels and drills and hlasting powder come into more general use in Grass Valley. There are plenty of ledgea here which await work in order to make them pay. The home prospector, when he sticks to his huainess and puraues it with energy, is sure to make a good strike. Think of a ee and go to work.—Grass Valley nion, Omana Mrvz.—The Grass Valley Union says: This mine is looking well. A few months ago aome folka thonght it was a failure and that it, would shut down. But the owners, mostly Sacramentans, did not aee any aensein stop-. ping work when only a little scratching bad een done. So M. Dodsworth, sometimes called “Nick,’’came upand took chsrgé of the works. He has made a good showing. The ledge ia nearly two feet thick and carriea mineral in quantities. A crushing of rock taken from the drift is about ready to be cleaned up, at Larimer’s mill, and it is safe to say tbat the crushing will give $25 to theton. Some of the ore on the old dump, which was left over from a former crushing as being of no account, has yieided well by mill process. Newarx District.—We paid a short visit to this locality and ohtained the following as the result of our observation: Mr. Stratton, an owner in the company, who haa been appointed general agent and superintendent of the mines and mill, informed us he would first settle up the old hnsiuess hefore making any new move. There were quite a number of men at camp, mostly idle at present, some few being still at work in the mines. The mill ia shut down, and nothing definite is known asto the time of its being again started up. Mr. Stratton seems a gentleman fully alive.to the situation, and will exert his energiea in bringing order out of the chaos into which the company has Eberhardt & Aurora. » On account of 2 press of other mstter, we find it impossihle to give an extended ’acoount of the sppearance of the ‘mines now heing worked hy this company, hut will endeavor to do so in our next issue. Howevsr, we are enabled to give the following as the resnlt of a ‘oonversation with William Maxwell, foreman, regarding the present outlook: A drift’ run ‘north from the Peerless chamher a distance of 50 feet resulted: in tho opening ‘up a large hody of high grade ore, and the discovery has -heen named the Wyon ohamher. The work prosecuted shows at this writing a width of 40 feet, and depth 60 feet, with ore on sides, top andhottom. Twenty-eight feet more of tunnel will connect the opening with the oentrsl shsft, whence all ores hereafter extracted will he raised hy means of the steam" hoisting works now being placed in position. When this oonnection is made, the Peorless, Beecher, Ladies’ and Wyon chambers’ will he united, and uninterrnpted communication seonred. In this hrief item it will he impossible to give more than a summsry of the whole workings, which.sre simply that from the Ward Beecher Cousolidated on the north, to tbe South Anrora on the: south, indications point to one of the finest properties on the .Pacifio coast. Many thousand tons of high :grade.rock are now insight, and the work being done is daily exposing other and larger hodies. Manager Frank Drake has concluded to ahandon the South Aurora tunnel, which for a long time has heen the way used for the transportation of ores, eto., and for which a royalty has been paid to the South Aurora company, hereafter conveying all oros through the central shaft. Oft repeated predictions seem oertainly to he approaching nesrer, a snrer confirmation than ever hefore imagined, and we have now no hesitancy in sSying thst much-ahused Treasure Hill will will soou he the great attraction of Nevada ina mineral sense. At least, we are prepared to await the course of events, as are many others now deeply interested in the future of the district.— While Pine News. Lida District. A oorrespondeut of the Inyo Independent says: I will give yon an account of the result of the experimental furuaces built hy the Marrotte Bros. at Sylvania. . The furnace is huilt on the principal of a Mexicun ‘‘ basgo,”’ and ia so constructed as to receive the lead when melted in a hasin, the alsg floating on top, and is removed through a aide tap; the lead is alao drawn from a tap-bole in the side; the ore is laid on a sole or hearth, and is reduced by the heat from a wood fire (no coal heing used); the /slag is perfectly olear of any glohulea of lead ; the ore smélted was of second-class lead ore, being only an experiment; the result waa that from five tona of this ora one ton of ailver lead waa prodneed; the bullion was 12 fine, value per ounce $.0155; value per ton of 2,000 pounda, $457.98, This provea beyond a douht that the orea of thia district are good, this heing acoond-class ore. You may expeot astonishing figures when they make a run on firat-olass ore, whioh will be soon, In Lida district all the mines that are being worked look exceedingly well. There are 11 men at work on the Death Valley mine, commonly known as the ‘‘¥renchman’a mine.” Tbey have a four-foot vein of good ore; they have out on the dump about 200 tonaof ore that will mill over $200 per ton. Thia bids fair tohe the finest mine in this country. Three men are at work on the Sewando, taking out snlphuret ore (the only mine in thia camp in which sulphuret ore has heen found) of very higb grade, assaying $1,000 and upwards. Active operations have heen commenced on the Benet mine, and also on the Simon Pure. The three latter have heen leased to different parties, A Parrent Worker.—A. correspondent of the Salt Lake Tribune, writing from Star diatrict, says: Ahout three years ago a man hy the name of Omar came to Star and hegan prospecting in the foothills, and at laat he struck a good proapect, and went to work on it, a party in Pioche assiating him. Quietly and ateadily he kept to work until he had run a tnnnel several hundred feet into the hill, doing nearly all the work himself. He now haa strack it, and those who have seen the mine say the gold quartz in sight is trnly wonderful. He has also huilt a small furnace on the draft principle, to test other orein the mine. Reliahle miners say that thia ia a rich and wonderful mine, having hoth. smelting and milling ore. This mine, I helieve, has only three ownera; aud will, no douht, before long, cause considerahle excitement. Panoase Fine Rocx.—In the early days ‘of amelting iu Eastern Nevada, it waa found necessary to find a substance for lining purposea which would resist the intense heat required in smelting, and the Pancake sandstone was the result of explorations to discover the same. Since that time fire hrick has heen imported from St. Louia, Philadelphia and other points with which to line np furnaces, bnt, after a ahort trial, it wasfound that nothing would so well fill the hill aa did the ‘‘Pancake.” To-day, quite a large traffic baa sprung up in this line of husiness, and ordera are received from all neighboring districts, as well as from Omaha and San Francisco. All fnrnace men agree that no other stone has ever yet been heen placed hy former mismanagement.— White Pine News. 1 a! found the equal of that now in nse,— While Pine News.