Volume 29 (1874) (428 pages)

August 8, 1674.] MINING AND SCIENTIFIC’ PRESS. 85 ont nf the soil which contains the quicksilver, which are to be burned for the extraction of the metal. Da. Baxen’s Quicxstpver Mrve.—ln this mine, near Lower Lake, some very rich ore was struck last Monday. They also discovered a cave, which was sn full nf gas that the men conld not stand it, and work hsd to be suspended. MARIPOSA COUNTYFrom Manrrosa Carex.—Cor, Gazefle, Aug 1: The Italian mine (a 3-ft. vein) turns out $8 jerton. A small vein on tnp of the hill, near nll Run, paid $12 per ton, and 10 tons taken from a ledgo in Ben. Wills’ field tnrned ont one nonce to the tnn. On the otherslde of Mr. Wills’ honse is anothor ledge abont the same sizo and character nf the above. These twn ledges, In addition to pure gold, contain a fair porcentage of rich sulphurets. The Blue Lead, near Mr. Morrison’s ranch, varles from a few inches to 7 ft. in width, and has been opened abont 1,500 ft. in length, and st various depths; the deepest shaft is abont 70 ft. This mine has yielded nver $30,000 tn the Incky owners, most of which has been ponnded ont with a hand mortar, at very small expenso, The Doss mine, whloh belongs to Mr. Brooks, is down 110 ft., and shows & vein all the way down, varying but little from 10 ft. in thickness, about all of which has boen worked ay pay-rock. Two hundred tons nf this, crushed by Mr, McCultongh, turned nnt $17 per ton; 400 crashed about two years since ylelded $10 and $11 per ton in free gold besides 15 per cent. sniphnrets, worth $24 per ton. MENDOCINO COUNT. More Qoicusinver.—Democrat, Ang. 1: We hear nf a new quioksilve strike, ssid to make a hnge showing, on or near Dry oreek, this county. MONTEREY COUNTY. Quicrstnver.—Hollister Enterprise, Aug, 1: Twenty fiaske of qnickeilver were shipped to San Francisco on the 27th, from the Cerro Benitn mlnee, These mines are opening up splendidly, and shipments would have been much greater, recently, had it not been for an aosident to the furnace, by which work in that department was temporarily suspended. NAPA COUNTY. Reprvoron Quicgstrvea.—Reporter, Aug. 1: Last month's rnn amonnted to 900 flasks. Thie was the produotion of two fnrnacee only, the old furnace being in conree of demolition to make room for two othere that are to be erected, and for which 400,000 bricks are already prepared and on thegronnd. Only 125 men were employed during the month. NEVADA COUNTY. ~ Grass Valley Union, Ang. 1: The run of the Idaho mill for the past fonr weeks has prodnced gold to the valne of about $45,000, which ineuree a dividend next Tuesday. The undergronnd appearance of the mine continnes good. The 800-ft. level has been etarted, and __the shaft is also sinking forthe 900-ft. level The Empire has had a eucceeaful and profitable month’s run, The olean-up for the past four weeks will realize something like $13,000) The New York Hill mine continues to show splendid ore in the tunnel. The ledge is now four feet thick in the breast and is certainly rioh. “the Seven-Thirty mine had a little crushing made the other day. Eight loads were put throngh the mill and gold valued at $1,168 was taken out—which is $146 to each load of qnartz7 The Magenta ie making 8 good showing. The shaft is down 300 ft., and there are three levels run from it. A chnte from the 3d to the 2d level has been ran, which gives good ventilation to the mine. The ledge ie from eiz to fifteen inches in thickness, and has no breaks in it, The ore showe well in galena, heavy eulphurets and free gold. The Slate yodee mine (Perrin's) ie doing well. The shaft is down 625 ft. on the incline, the ledge being very flat. The ledge ie over 3 ft. in thickneee in the present workings, and shows plenty of snlphurets, andsome free gold. The edge matter ie all worked, and, withoutany assortment of the rock, will mill at leset $10 per ton. Allie worked, eince the milling is done by water power. Last week a cave occurred in the mine, whioh required six days for repaire. The cave, however, disclosed that there ie another ledge above the one now being worked, and that the npper ledge ia rich in gold and gold-bearing sniphurets. The Omsha mine Oontinuee to chow well. Tho ehaft ie down 90 ft. on the incline, and the north drift has been run about 60 ft., and the drift to the south is in about 40 ft. The rock in both drifte is good, and thatin the north shows well in free gold, Reees, of Reese & OCo., has frequently struck rich pockets in his ledge. One day this week hemade an extraordinary strike at the depth of 80 ft. Ont of 57 ounces of decomposed qnartz, melted gold to the amount of 46 onnces were obtained. Tho Alaska mine je situated on Ben. Franklin hill, The ehaft ie down 60 ft., and yery excellent rock is being taken aut. In the connty generally, mining hae been very active dnring the eummer eo far, the gravel miners having a good supply of water. The North Bloomfield company will, by the first of October, have their tunnel compieted, and will then be able to commence washing off their immense body of pay dirt. They have lately, acquired, by purchaee, eeventy-five acree of mining ground in the vicinity of French Corral. The Milton company are working their mines euccessfully, and are operating their twater ditchee so as to make them pay. At North San Juan there ie much ./dsy to the man. life and prosperity. At Moore’s Fist, differences between the miners and ditch owners, as to the price of water, atill exist, and the miners are waiting anxiously for the Milton enmpany tn got water into the Fist. The Lele mnines aronnd Nevada oity aro doing well. PLACER COUNTY. Beiievor.—Argus, Ang. 1: The dumps aro fullof high grado nre, and the mill steadily nnding awsy, Willoleanup to-day. A big edge of rich ore is reported in the west stope had face of the wost drift of the 240-foot level. In the 150-foot oast drift anew chute of ore 1s coming in, the ledge being 30inchesthick. On the 240-foot level a cross cnt is being driven sonth to tap the series of parallcl veins that show on the surface. Sr. Parnicn.—Shaft No. 1 of the Crater mino is going down for the 500-foot level. ‘The ledge is snid to be well defined. Rreu.—Cor. Ueraid, Ang. 1: The Indian hill Blne Gravel mining company, at Geld Run, sre now taking out very good gravel, paying a little over four dollars to the car-load, of about 1,600 ponnde. They crush, with an 8-stam mill, 1,000 car-loads in abont fifteen days, an as the whele cost for labor and milling ts only abeut one dollar per car-load, it leaves a very handsome profit for the owners. The gravel is getting richer, and very rich retnrns may be anticipsted before the wster sesson closes, PLUMAS COUNTY. Norra Fork anv Viorntty.— National, Aug. 1: The North Fork Ditch and Mining Co. intend making an ontlsy exceeding $200,000; are now engaged in constructing a ditch which will cover the whole gronnd. The ditch will commence at the North Fork of Feather river, about 23 miles distant from the ground intended to be worked, and is intended to carry 1,500 inohes of water, There will be over 8 miles of iron pipiug on the line of ditch, 22 inches in diameter, which wiil cost, inoluding the laying, $125,000. A contract hae been let to a oompany of Chinamen to make about 2 miles of the ditch; the remainder will be made by the oompany, who in a few daye will have 400 Chinamen at work. They intend having the ditch completed and the water on the ground by first Deo. next. The Providence Hill Co. have their reservoir completed; aleo two ditches leading water from the reservoir to tho hill, oapable of carrying 1,000 inchee of water each, and have the mine fitted up with three monitore and all the late appliances for working a hydraulio mine. The:Sunnyeide Co. have struck graved in their tunnel, and at last acoonnte were making fair wages, They are finding very heavy gold—piecee weighing 3 ounces. Messre. Rupe & Stevene are making $5. per Kirkham é& Co. are busy putting in their wing-dam, and intend having it completed and the claim dry by Augnst Ist. Shin & Co. have suspended operations on their tunnel for the. present. Stump & Co. will soon euspend operations on account of a soar~ city of water. They have had a good run this season, making abont $4 per day to the man, y Another enterprise in thie vionity, is being undertaken by a San Francisco company, who propose taking a ditoh from the North Fork of Feather river above Independence bar, which ‘will carry 3,000 inches of water, and eventuall: extending it down the river a distance of eix miles, for the purpose of working nnmerone pointe, benohes and deposits of gravel along the banks of the river. orse Shoe Pnint, the firet ground intended to be worked, is about 344 miles distant from the head of the ditch. It ie a large deposit of gravel, covering about 10 acree, with a dump of 70 nr 80 feet on every side; has been worked with profit for yeare in @ primitive way with a small head of water. Anogntine Hypaavric Minge.—The Argentine mine, owned by Messrs, Heath & Jndson, is sitnated in the heart of a district through which rup innumerable stringere and ledgesof quartz, all carrying more or less gold. The bedrock is talcoee slate, carrying gold-bearing sulphurets which assay from $50 to $500 to the ton, while to crush the whole indiscriminately will pay from $5 to $20, A great portion of the quartz is decomposed, from which the gold readily frees itself upon being waehed, and it was this tact ‘which induced the company to fit np hydraulio diggings. Their flume at the head is 1,200 feet long, dumping into aeteep cation; thence the tailings rum over a rough groundeluice 700 ft., when tbey are picked up by a flume and rnn through an underourrent, after which they resume their travels, only to be canght up again by another nndercurrent. Thie operation is repeated four timee after leaving the main flume, and the tailinge finally dropped into Greenhorn gulch, about one mile ‘from their starting point. From the fourth nndercurrent Mr. Heath cleaned up thirty ounces a short time siuce, and judging from that the final clean-up will be a good one even thie year. > SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. Aonose rHE Bay.—Cor. Enlerprise, Aug. 1: The coal minee, which were productive of go much excitement a few monthe ago, have not tarned out so well as was: anticipated, They have demonetrated beyond a doubt that coal of a good qnality exists in the Santa Lucia range; but, as‘ yet, it has not been found in any considerable qnantity. Two promising cinnabar lodes have been discovered. One of these, known as the Gnadalupe mine, ie situated about 12 miles sonth of here, near the rancho Los Laurelee. Ore taken from this mine resembles very much that taken from New Almaden, though, of course, it ie not so surfsce, The other lode is situated sbont 25 miles sonth of thie place, snd was discovered afow days sgo by Oaptain A. Smith. These discoveries verify the npinion expressed by Prof. Whitney, thst ‘there is a probabillty of oinnabar or qnicksilver being discovered in the hills back of Monterey.” SIERRA COUNTY. GmsonvitiE.— Mountain Messenger, July 25: Mining operations are being vigoronsly prosecuted inthiscamp. The Rip Van Winkle company will wash 8 claims this year, which promise rich returns. Nine men have been working, night and day shifts, since the begin. ning of the water sesson, A clean-np of abont 30 ft. of their, ground slnice, reslized $600, among which was a 614 snd a two ounce snpecimen, The Chalcedony are now taking out good pay, theirclaim recently ylelding $18 per day tothe man. Tho Beotweke are scstterin; things at a lively rate in their diggings, an contemplate soon putting in'an engine. The Michigan company are opening their clsim. The Washington, at Independence, are hydrsulicing, The Nevada, Newark, ‘are pushing ahead into pe gravel. The North America, Hepsidsm, have their working apparatus in excellent order forthe snmmer’s campaign, and are pushing ahead with a large crew of men. SISKIYOU COUNTY. Quicrsinvea.—Yreka Union, Ang. 1: Two furnaces for redncing quicksilver are being erected at Borsx Iske. The capacity of these two furnaces is forty tons a day and will yield, it is expected, forty flasks of quicksilver. Tuma Mryx.—An excellent prospect hss been struck in the tunnel in which work is being done at the Eliza mine. The indications are better now for a large body of rioh rock than ever before since the claim has been worked, Scanys.—Fair Play diggings have paid $6,000 per month thie season, working two littlo giants; bank 200 feet high; blasting necessary; about five rhonth’s run this year. Cleveland company also using two little giants, which have paid well this seaeon. McChessney & Co. have turned out a respectable amount of the yellow etuff while water lasted. Grapino.—The Green mountain oompany, at the head of Mt. Vernon ravine, are busy with a large foroe of men grading a ditch from Rook creek to their claims. Porr Wie.—The dissensions between the shareholders of most of the claims at this locality have seriously interfered with the proper working of their mines. The dirt averagee $2 per osr-load, the poorest ‘yielding eeventyfive oente. The ground is soft bed-rook and gravel, rendering blaeting unnecessary. TEHAMA COUNTY. Discoveay.—Independent, Aug. 1: Considerable excitement exists in the northeastern portion of dur county over the report of the discovery of new and extensive mines somewhere on the head branches of North Feather river. TRINITY COUNTY. A Goop Oxarm.—Journal, Aug. 1: Swift & Hurst are cleaning bed-rook. Their ditohes present a fine appearance, and some of them, cloee up to the bank. where bnt little dirt has been ron throngh,. were literally ‘“‘lousy’’ with gold. a® { : Laron Bowipers.—Chapman & Fisher have a large array of boulders to contend with in their olaim opposite the old Arkansas dam. Some of them are 18 or 70 feet long, with a corresponding breadth and thiokneee. One kept the blastere busy for five days before it was finally disposed of. Giant powder ie ueed exteneively aa is found to work to excellent advantage, Goon Prosrscrs.--We saw a few pans ‘of earch washed in the claim of Fisher & Prater, opposite the Arkansas dam, while in that eection last week. The prospeots were taken from the baok of the oluim, and were good enough to make ne want to drop the quill and startin on the bed-rock again. They havea good ehow ahead of them for another year. TULARE COUNTY. Work IN roe Mines.—Times, Aug. 1: Quite a number of companies are engaged in making tunnels in the Mineral King mines. Some are now completed for 40 or 50 ft. Severalloade that contain rich epecimene have been discovered recently, and among others is the Crystal, containing ore which aseaye over $100 to the ton. We learn that Mr. Oreighton hae pnrchased the first extension south on the Lady Franklin lode. TUOLUMNE COUNTY. Tue James Lick Mintyo' Co.—JIndependent, Ang. 1: This mineie situated one mile np the river from the Telegraph, and one mile from the Hazel Dell mine. The prospecting tunnel hae run on the vein 200 ft. from a ehaft, showing good rock the whole dietance. A ditch has been rnn that will furnish water for a large number of etampe, and can be had in great abundance the year round. 4 1 Nevada.WASHOE DISTRICT. ui Rock lezann.—Gold Hill News, July 30: This mine wae lecated in 1860. 1t is situated in Gold Hill Mining Dietrict, juet south of the Baltimore and American Flat mines. In 1863-4 a tunnel wae run some 600 or 700 ft. into the mountain, outting the ledge, which at that point ie about 80 it. in width. In 1864 operations were diecoutinued and not reeumed again until January of this year. Since’ that time work has been prosecuted constantly. A three-compartment ehaft has been eunk to a rich, as it comes from within a few feet of the \ depth of 227 ft.; a station opened at the 20C-ft. level, and a drift run toward thé ledge, a distance of 160 ft. Some water is now comiug in near the bottnm of the shaft, but not enough to impede nperations, The face of the west drift, from the 200-ft. ststion, isin good working gronnd, no water coming In. The prospects of this mino are favorable, as the tunnel above shows a very fair quality of metaliferons quartz. Consonrparep Vraornta.—Daily yiold, 300 tons of ore. Tho ore breasts on the 1,300-ft. level, both north and south, are looking and qiclding well, The ore stopes on the 1,400-ft. evel aro being extended north and south, snd the ore is gradnally improving in both direotions. The north winzo, No. 2, from the 1,300(Us level, has mado connection with the 1,400-ft. level, giving a much needed cirenlation of air. Sinking the north winze from the 1,400-ft. lovel to connect with the south drift on the 1,500-ft. level is making steady progress, passing downward throngh splendid ore, The main sonth drift, on the 1,500-ft. level, is making the nsus] good progress notwithstanding the great heat encountered. The work of preparation for the erection of the new mill is msking rapid headway. Goat, 1 yet yield, 50 tous of ore, The ore breasts on the 1,300-ft. level are showing better and richer ore. The ore in the stopes raising up from the 1,465-ft. level is slso richer. Raising up from the. 1,700-ft. level, to connect with tbe winze from the 1,465-ft. level, for air porposes, is making good progresg, and will be completed shortly. Caown Porvr.—Owipg to the excessive heat snd some delaye instarting up the new incline hoisting machinery, the usual quantity of ore has not been extracted dnring the week. The new hoisting maohinery was given a test trial on Monday laet, and moved off with most perfect clock-like perfection. This hoisting machinery is of size and power that perfectly eclipses anything of the kind erlcted on the Comstock lode. BexcHer.—The prospecting drifts throughout the entire mine have been suspended for a few daye on socount of the excessive heat and oonseqnent bad air, The ore breaste throughout the entire mine are looking finely. Daily yield, 400 tons of ore. The new alr shaft is being sunk with all the vigor possible. tis now down 215 ft. : Srenza Nevapa.—Daily yield, 65 tons of ore. The ore breasts throughont the mine are both looking and yielding well. The hydraulio worke splendidly, and is fast tearing ont a big hole in the hill-side. The erection of the new hoisting and pumping machinery is fast approaching completion. + Iupertan-EmerrE.—The pnmp columns are now in place nearly down to the 2,000-it. station. This station 1e completed, and a drifthss been started at that point to out and prospect the ore vein on thatlevel. A chamber has been cut out preparatory to sinking a winze below the 1,850-ft, level as soon as the air oonnections on that level are completed. Gounw & Curry.—-The north drift on 1,700ft. level is still advancing, the face in hard blasting quartz. Sinking the double incline winzo below the 1,800-ft. level ie making the neual headway. The winze is being orowded downward for the purpose of opening a station at the 2,000-ft. level, to connect with the Savage mine tor ventilation purposes. Hare & Noacrogs._Sinking the main incline below the 2,000-ft. level goee steadily on. Sinking the north winze from the 1,900-ft. level to connect with the main north drift on the 2,000ft, level is making good headway, cutting occaeionally favorsble indications of ore, The north drift on the 2,000-ft. levelis being pyshed ahead to conneot with the Savage for ventilation purposes, Overman. — Sinking the shatt below the 1,200-ft."level' is progressing at the rate of 2% ft. per day, the bottom still extremely hard. During the week a streak: of fine ore, about 3 ft. in width, wae encountered in the north drift on the 1,200-ft. level, which etill continues in the face. The, main west drift on the 1,200-ft. level ie making good headway. . Savaox.—Sinking the main inoline for the purpose of opening the 2,100-ft. level is making the ueual good progress, the rock in the bottom blasting out finely. The main south drift, qn the 2,000-ft. level, is being driven steadily ahead to conneot with the Hale & Norcross. The north drift, on. the 2,600-ft. level, ie also rnnning to connect with the Gould & Curry for ventilation purposes. ". Guoss.ConectinaTen.—The face ot’ the north drift from the incline up-raise is still driven northward in good ore, The wost drift from the bottom of the winze, 95 ft. from the head of the incline, has developed a fine bedy of ore during the woek, the quartz and ore strongly régembling the, rich ores found in other portions of the Comstock lode. — ; sa Urar.—The flow’of water in the shaft continnes mnoh the same, The pump and water tanke prodnee very littleoffect. 4 Cuounar-Porost.—Daily. yield, 100 tone of ore; assay value, $30 perton. The ore breasts and stopes show but little changoe. ; 5 JustTIozr.—Sinking the main incline progresses at the rate of 214 ft. per day, and to-day a depth of 769 ft. ie attained, About 40 tone of ore per day are being extracted from the Waller Defeat section. ” By Fiozwa.—New working shaft down to the depth of 210 ft. Rapid-progress is being made in sinking. Jouta.-The enlargement of the main ehaft ie progressing at the rate of 15 ft. per day, the work being driven ahead at threo different {Continued on Page 92.]

August 8, 1674.] MINING AND SCIENTIFIC’ PRESS. 85 ont nf the soil which contains the quicksilver, which are to be burned for the extraction of the metal. Da. Baxen’s Quicxstpver Mrve.—ln this mine, near Lower Lake, some very rich ore was struck last Monday. They also discovered a cave, which was sn full nf gas that the men conld not stand it, and work hsd to be suspended. MARIPOSA COUNTYFrom Manrrosa Carex.—Cor, Gazefle, Aug 1: The Italian mine (a 3-ft. vein) turns out $8 jerton. A small vein on tnp of the hill, near nll Run, paid $12 per ton, and 10 tons taken from a ledgo in Ben. Wills’ field tnrned ont one nonce to the tnn. On the otherslde of Mr. Wills’ honse is anothor ledge abont the same sizo and character nf the above. These twn ledges, In addition to pure gold, contain a fair porcentage of rich sulphurets. The Blue Lead, near Mr. Morrison’s ranch, varles from a few inches to 7 ft. in width, and has been opened abont 1,500 ft. in length, and st various depths; the deepest shaft is abont 70 ft. This mine has yielded nver $30,000 tn the Incky owners, most of which has been ponnded ont with a hand mortar, at very small expenso, The Doss mine, whloh belongs to Mr. Brooks, is down 110 ft., and shows & vein all the way down, varying but little from 10 ft. in thickness, about all of which has boen worked ay pay-rock. Two hundred tons nf this, crushed by Mr, McCultongh, turned nnt $17 per ton; 400 crashed about two years since ylelded $10 and $11 per ton in free gold besides 15 per cent. sniphnrets, worth $24 per ton. MENDOCINO COUNT. More Qoicusinver.—Democrat, Ang. 1: We hear nf a new quioksilve strike, ssid to make a hnge showing, on or near Dry oreek, this county. MONTEREY COUNTY. Quicrstnver.—Hollister Enterprise, Aug, 1: Twenty fiaske of qnickeilver were shipped to San Francisco on the 27th, from the Cerro Benitn mlnee, These mines are opening up splendidly, and shipments would have been much greater, recently, had it not been for an aosident to the furnace, by which work in that department was temporarily suspended. NAPA COUNTY. Reprvoron Quicgstrvea.—Reporter, Aug. 1: Last month's rnn amonnted to 900 flasks. Thie was the produotion of two fnrnacee only, the old furnace being in conree of demolition to make room for two othere that are to be erected, and for which 400,000 bricks are already prepared and on thegronnd. Only 125 men were employed during the month. NEVADA COUNTY. ~ Grass Valley Union, Ang. 1: The run of the Idaho mill for the past fonr weeks has prodnced gold to the valne of about $45,000, which ineuree a dividend next Tuesday. The undergronnd appearance of the mine continnes good. The 800-ft. level has been etarted, and __the shaft is also sinking forthe 900-ft. level The Empire has had a eucceeaful and profitable month’s run, The olean-up for the past four weeks will realize something like $13,000) The New York Hill mine continues to show splendid ore in the tunnel. The ledge is now four feet thick in the breast and is certainly rioh. “the Seven-Thirty mine had a little crushing made the other day. Eight loads were put throngh the mill and gold valued at $1,168 was taken out—which is $146 to each load of qnartz7 The Magenta ie making 8 good showing. The shaft is down 300 ft., and there are three levels run from it. A chnte from the 3d to the 2d level has been ran, which gives good ventilation to the mine. The ledge ie from eiz to fifteen inches in thickness, and has no breaks in it, The ore showe well in galena, heavy eulphurets and free gold. The Slate yodee mine (Perrin's) ie doing well. The shaft is down 625 ft. on the incline, the ledge being very flat. The ledge ie over 3 ft. in thickneee in the present workings, and shows plenty of snlphurets, andsome free gold. The edge matter ie all worked, and, withoutany assortment of the rock, will mill at leset $10 per ton. Allie worked, eince the milling is done by water power. Last week a cave occurred in the mine, whioh required six days for repaire. The cave, however, disclosed that there ie another ledge above the one now being worked, and that the npper ledge ia rich in gold and gold-bearing sniphurets. The Omsha mine Oontinuee to chow well. Tho ehaft ie down 90 ft. on the incline, and the north drift has been run about 60 ft., and the drift to the south is in about 40 ft.. The rock in both drifte is good, and thatin the north shows well in free gold, Reees, of Reese & OCo., has frequently struck rich pockets in his ledge. One day this week hemade an extraordinary strike at the depth of 80 ft. Ont of 57 ounces of decomposed qnartz, melted gold to the amount of 46 onnces were obtained. Tho Alaska mine je situated on Ben. Franklin hill, The ehaft ie down 60 ft., and yery excellent rock is being taken aut. In the connty generally, mining hae been very active dnring the eummer eo far, the gravel miners having a good supply of water. The North Bloomfield company will, by the first of October, have their tunnel compieted, and will then be able to commence washing off their immense body of pay dirt. They have lately, acquired, by purchaee, eeventy-five acree of mining ground in the vicinity of French Corral. The Milton company are working their mines euccessfully, and are operating their twater ditchee so as to make them pay. At North San Juan there ie much ./dsy to the man. life and prosperity. At Moore’s Fist, differences between the miners and ditch owners, as to the price of water, atill exist, and the miners are waiting anxiously for the Milton enmpany tn got water into the Fist. The Lele mnines aronnd Nevada oity aro doing well. PLACER COUNTY. Beiievor.—Argus, Ang. 1: The dumps aro fullof high grado nre, and the mill steadily nnding awsy, Willoleanup to-day. A big edge of rich ore is reported in the west stope had face of the wost drift of the 240-foot level. In the 150-foot oast drift anew chute of ore 1s coming in, the ledge being 30inchesthick. On the 240-foot level a cross cnt is being driven sonth to tap the series of parallcl veins that show on the surface. Sr. Parnicn.—Shaft No. 1 of the Crater mino is going down for the 500-foot level. ‘The ledge is snid to be well defined. Rreu.—Cor. Ueraid, Ang. 1: The Indian hill Blne Gravel mining company, at Geld Run, sre now taking out very good gravel, paying a little over four dollars to the car-load, of about 1,600 ponnde. They crush, with an 8-stam mill, 1,000 car-loads in abont fifteen days, an as the whele cost for labor and milling ts only abeut one dollar per car-load, it leaves a very handsome profit for the owners. The gravel is getting richer, and very rich retnrns may be anticipsted before the wster sesson closes, PLUMAS COUNTY. Norra Fork anv Viorntty.— National, Aug. 1: The North Fork Ditch and Mining Co. intend making an ontlsy exceeding $200,000; are now engaged in constructing a ditch which will cover the whole gronnd. The ditch will commence at the North Fork of Feather river, about 23 miles distant from the ground intended to be worked, and is intended to carry 1,500 inohes of water, There will be over 8 miles of iron pipiug on the line of ditch, 22 inches in diameter, which wiil cost, inoluding the laying, $125,000. A contract hae been let to a oompany of Chinamen to make about 2 miles of the ditch; the remainder will be made by the oompany, who in a few daye will have 400 Chinamen at work. They intend having the ditch completed and the water on the ground by first Deo. next. The Providence Hill Co. have their reservoir completed; aleo two ditches leading water from the reservoir to tho hill, oapable of carrying 1,000 inchee of water each, and have the mine fitted up with three monitore and all the late appliances for working a hydraulio mine. The:Sunnyeide Co. have struck graved in their tunnel, and at last acoonnte were making fair wages, They are finding very heavy gold—piecee weighing 3 ounces. Messre. Rupe & Stevene are making $5. per Kirkham é& Co. are busy putting in their wing-dam, and intend having it completed and the claim dry by Augnst Ist. Shin & Co. have suspended operations on their tunnel for the. present. Stump & Co. will soon euspend operations on account of a soar~ city of water. They have had a good run this season, making abont $4 per day to the man, y Another enterprise in thie vionity, is being undertaken by a San Francisco company, who propose taking a ditoh from the North Fork of Feather river above Independence bar, which ‘will carry 3,000 inches of water, and eventuall: extending it down the river a distance of eix miles, for the purpose of working nnmerone pointe, benohes and deposits of gravel along the banks of the river. orse Shoe Pnint, the firet ground intended to be worked, is about 344 miles distant from the head of the ditch. It ie a large deposit of gravel, covering about 10 acree, with a dump of 70 nr 80 feet on every side; has been worked with profit for yeare in @ primitive way with a small head of water. Anogntine Hypaavric Minge.—The Argentine mine, owned by Messrs, Heath & Jndson, is sitnated in the heart of a district through which rup innumerable stringere and ledgesof quartz, all carrying more or less gold. The bedrock is talcoee slate, carrying gold-bearing sulphurets which assay from $50 to $500 to the ton, while to crush the whole indiscriminately will pay from $5 to $20, A great portion of the quartz is decomposed, from which the gold readily frees itself upon being waehed, and it was this tact ‘which induced the company to fit np hydraulio diggings. Their flume at the head is 1,200 feet long, dumping into aeteep cation; thence the tailings rum over a rough groundeluice 700 ft., when tbey are picked up by a flume and rnn through an underourrent, after which they resume their travels, only to be canght up again by another nndercurrent. Thie operation is repeated four timee after leaving the main flume, and the tailinge finally dropped into Greenhorn gulch, about one mile ‘from their starting point. From the fourth nndercurrent Mr. Heath cleaned up thirty ounces a short time siuce, and judging from that the final clean-up will be a good one even thie year. > SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. Aonose rHE Bay.—Cor. Enlerprise, Aug. 1: The coal minee, which were productive of go much excitement a few monthe ago, have not tarned out so well as was: anticipated, They have demonetrated beyond a doubt that coal of a good qnality exists in the Santa Lucia range; but, as‘ yet, it has not been found in

any considerable qnantity. Two promising cinnabar lodes have been discovered. One of these, known as the Gnadalupe mine, ie situated about 12 miles sonth of here, near the rancho Los Laurelee. Ore taken from this mine resembles very much that taken from New Almaden, though, of course, it ie not so surfsce, The other lode is situated sbont 25 miles sonth of thie place, snd was discovered afow days sgo by Oaptain A. Smith. These discoveries verify the npinion expressed by Prof. Whitney, thst ‘there is a probabillty of oinnabar or qnicksilver being discovered in the hills back of Monterey.” SIERRA COUNTY. GmsonvitiE.— Mountain Messenger, July 25: Mining operations are being vigoronsly prosecuted inthiscamp. The Rip Van Winkle company will wash 8 claims this year, which promise rich returns. Nine men have been working, night and day shifts, since the begin. ning of the water sesson, A clean-np of abont 30 ft. of their, ground slnice, reslized $600, among which was a 614 snd a two ounce snpecimen, The Chalcedony are now taking out good pay, theirclaim recently ylelding $18 per day tothe man. Tho Beotweke are scstterin; things at a lively rate in their diggings, an contemplate soon putting in'an engine. The Michigan company are opening their clsim. The Washington, at Independence, are hydrsulicing, The Nevada, Newark, ‘are pushing ahead into pe gravel. The North America, Hepsidsm, have their working apparatus in excellent order forthe snmmer’s campaign, and are pushing ahead with a large crew of men. SISKIYOU COUNTY. Quicrsinvea.—Yreka Union, Ang. 1: Two furnaces for redncing quicksilver are being erected at Borsx Iske. The capacity of these two furnaces is forty tons a day and will yield, it is expected, forty flasks of quicksilver. Tuma Mryx.—An excellent prospect hss been struck in the tunnel in which work is being done at the Eliza mine. The indications are better now for a large body of rioh rock than ever before since the claim has been worked, Scanys.—Fair Play diggings have paid $6,000 per month thie season, working two littlo giants; bank 200 feet high; blasting necessary; about five rhonth’s run this year. Cleveland company also using two little giants, which have paid well this seaeon. McChessney & Co. have turned out a respectable amount of the yellow etuff while water lasted. Grapino.—The Green mountain oompany, at the head of Mt. Vernon ravine, are busy with a large foroe of men grading a ditch from Rook creek to their claims. Porr Wie.—The dissensions between the shareholders of most of the claims at this locality have seriously interfered with the proper working of their mines. The dirt averagee $2 per osr-load, the poorest ‘yielding eeventyfive oente. The ground is soft bed-rook and gravel, rendering blaeting unnecessary. TEHAMA COUNTY. Discoveay.—Independent, Aug. 1: Considerable excitement exists in the northeastern portion of dur county over the report of the discovery of new and extensive mines somewhere on the head branches of North Feather river. TRINITY COUNTY. A Goop Oxarm.—Journal, Aug. 1: Swift & Hurst are cleaning bed-rook. Their ditohes present a fine appearance, and some of them, cloee up to the bank. where bnt little dirt has been ron throngh,. were literally ‘“‘lousy’’ with gold. a® { : Laron Bowipers.—Chapman & Fisher have a large array of boulders to contend with in their olaim opposite the old Arkansas dam. Some of them are 18 or 70 feet long, with a corresponding breadth and thiokneee. One kept the blastere busy for five days before it was finally disposed of. Giant powder ie ueed exteneively aa is found to work to excellent advantage, Goon Prosrscrs.--We saw a few pans ‘of earch washed in the claim of Fisher & Prater, opposite the Arkansas dam, while in that eection last week. The prospeots were taken from the baok of the oluim, and were good enough to make ne want to drop the quill and startin on the bed-rock again. They havea good ehow ahead of them for another year. TULARE COUNTY. Work IN roe Mines.—Times, Aug. 1: Quite a number of companies are engaged in making tunnels in the Mineral King mines. Some are now completed for 40 or 50 ft. Severalloade that contain rich epecimene have been discovered recently, and among others is the Crystal, containing ore which aseaye over $100 to the ton. We learn that Mr. Oreighton hae pnrchased the first extension south on the Lady Franklin lode. TUOLUMNE COUNTY. Tue James Lick Mintyo' Co.—JIndependent, Ang. 1: This mineie situated one mile np the river from the Telegraph, and one mile from the Hazel Dell mine. The prospecting tunnel hae run on the vein 200 ft. from a ehaft, showing good rock the whole dietance. A ditch has been rnn that will furnish water for a large number of etampe, and can be had in great abundance the year round. 4 1 Nevada.WASHOE DISTRICT. ui Rock lezann.—Gold Hill News, July 30: This mine wae lecated in 1860. 1t is situated in Gold Hill Mining Dietrict, juet south of the Baltimore and American Flat mines. In 1863-4 a tunnel wae run some 600 or 700 ft. into the mountain, outting the ledge, which at that point ie about 80 it. in width. In 1864 operations were diecoutinued and not reeumed again until January of this year. Since’ that time work has been prosecuted constantly. A three-compartment ehaft has been eunk to a rich, as it comes from within a few feet of the \ depth of 227 ft.; a station opened at the 20C-ft. level, and a drift run toward thé ledge, a distance of 160 ft. Some water is now comiug in near the bottnm of the shaft, but not enough to impede nperations, The face of the west drift, from the 200-ft. ststion, isin good working gronnd, no water coming In. The prospects of this mino are favorable, as the tunnel above shows a very fair quality of metaliferons quartz. Consonrparep Vraornta.—Daily yiold, 300 tons of ore. Tho ore breasts on the 1,300-ft. level, both north and south, are looking and qiclding well, The ore stopes on the 1,400-ft. evel aro being extended north and south, snd the ore is gradnally improving in both direotions. The north winzo, No. 2, from the 1,300(Us level, has mado connection with the 1,400-ft. level, giving a much needed cirenlation of air. Sinking the north winze from the 1,400-ft. lovel to connect with the south drift on the 1,500-ft. level is making steady progress, passing downward throngh splendid ore, The main sonth drift, on the 1,500-ft. level, is making the nsus] good progress notwithstanding the great heat encountered. The work of preparation for the erection of the new mill is msking rapid headway. Goat, 1 yet yield, 50 tous of ore, The ore breasts on the 1,300-ft. level are showing better and richer ore. The ore in the stopes raising up from the 1,465-ft. level is slso richer. Raising up from the. 1,700-ft. level, to connect with tbe winze from the 1,465-ft. level, for air porposes, is making good progresg, and will be completed shortly. Caown Porvr.—Owipg to the excessive heat snd some delaye instarting up the new incline hoisting machinery, the usual quantity of ore has not been extracted dnring the week. The new hoisting maohinery was given a test trial on Monday laet, and moved off with most perfect clock-like perfection. This hoisting machinery is of size and power that perfectly eclipses anything of the kind erlcted on the Comstock lode. BexcHer.—The prospecting drifts throughout the entire mine have been suspended for a few daye on socount of the excessive heat and oonseqnent bad air, The ore breaste throughout the entire mine are looking finely. Daily yield, 400 tons of ore. The new alr shaft is being sunk with all the vigor possible. tis now down 215 ft. : Srenza Nevapa.—Daily yield, 65 tons of ore. The ore breasts throughont the mine are both looking and yielding well. The hydraulio worke splendidly, and is fast tearing ont a big hole in the hill-side. The erection of the new hoisting and pumping machinery is fast approaching completion. + Iupertan-EmerrE.—The pnmp columns are now in place nearly down to the 2,000-it. station. This station 1e completed, and a drifthss been started at that point to out and prospect the ore vein on thatlevel. A chamber has been cut out preparatory to sinking a winze below the 1,850-ft, level as soon as the air oonnections on that level are completed. Gounw & Curry.—-The north drift on 1,700ft. level is still advancing, the face in hard blasting quartz. Sinking the double incline winzo below the 1,800-ft. level ie making the neual headway. The winze is being orowded downward for the purpose of opening a station at the 2,000-ft. level, to connect with the Savage mine tor ventilation purposes. Hare & Noacrogs._Sinking the main incline below the 2,000-ft. level goee steadily on. Sinking the north winze from the 1,900-ft. level to connect with the main north drift on the 2,000ft, level is making good headway, cutting occaeionally favorsble indications of ore, The north drift on the 2,000-ft. levelis being pyshed ahead to conneot with the Savage for ventilation purposes, Overman. — Sinking the shatt below the 1,200-ft."level' is progressing at the rate of 2% ft. per day, the bottom still extremely hard. During the week a streak: of fine ore, about 3 ft. in width, wae encountered in the north drift on the 1,200-ft. level, which etill continues in the face. The, main west drift on the 1,200-ft. level ie making good headway. . Savaox.—Sinking the main inoline for the purpose of opening the 2,100-ft. level is making the ueual good progress, the rock in the bottom blasting out finely. The main south drift, qn the 2,000-ft. level, is being driven steadily ahead to conneot with the Hale & Norcross. The north drift, on. the 2,600-ft. level, ie also rnnning to connect with the Gould & Curry for ventilation purposes. ". Guoss.ConectinaTen.—The face ot’ the north drift from the incline up-raise is still driven northward in good ore, The wost drift from the bottom of the winze, 95 ft. from the head of the incline, has developed a fine bedy of ore during the woek, the quartz and ore strongly régembling the, rich ores found in other portions of the Comstock lode. — ; sa Urar.—The flow’of water in the shaft continnes mnoh the same, The pump and water tanke prodnee very littleoffect. 4 Cuounar-Porost.—Daily. yield, 100 tone of ore; assay value, $30 perton. The ore breasts and stopes show but little changoe.. ; 5 JustTIozr.—Sinking the main incline progresses at the rate of 214 ft. per day, and to-day a depth of 769 ft. ie attained, About 40 tone of ore per day are being extracted from the Waller Defeat section. ” By Fiozwa.—New working shaft down to the depth of 210 ft. Rapid-progress is being made in sinking. Jouta.-The enlargement of the main ehaft ie progressing at the rate of 15 ft. per day, the work being driven ahead at threo different {Continued on Page 92.]