Volume 35 (1877) (426 pages)

July 7, 1877.) MINING AND™@SCIENTIFIC PRESS 5 Ay i Minine Summary. The following is mostly oowilonsed frum journals published nthe Interior, in proximity to the mincs menti California. ALPINE. Apvascy.—Atpine Chrentele, June 30: This mine contues te fouk well, They are ew ramnity alung the fuot-wall, and taking out fine ore. The lange new boller will probably be at work to-day. The nnll iy doing good work, but the furnace Is of tau Ihulted a Saperlty and the company will prolrbly erect a new and much langer one as early aa powlblu. The entire works af the company are always open for Inspection. Srvxxysipk --This temnel 1s In about 200 feet, and it bs thought that 15 or 2) feet further will bring It to the lodye. fts bwners have warked faithfully thls «pring and deserve SCC, AMADOR. Witpmas. Amador Ledyer, June 30; Mr Conlse ls in Sutter Creek gettlny things In shape to start up the Wildman An Incorporated company Inu been furmed with 65,000 wharen. VUuive. —Work has been suspemted forthe present. A clean-up Was mady on Saturday fast, the result of which was not sutfictently onvouraylng ta justify the continued prosecution of work, Crows Porxt.—We are happy to report a decided tmprovement In thia mine. The fast crushing eame up to the paying standard, Mationsy. -Tho contest between the two factions of stockholders for the posvession of this mine was devided hy Judge Wheeler last weck, In favor of the Stewart party. The late foard of Trustees were declured Illezally elected, and all their acta null and void’ After considersble oppasition on the part of the ousted oftlclaly, the victurions ee took possession of the baoka aml other ducumenta peels te the company. Tho defeated faction gave notice of appeal, and asked for a stuy of procecdings pending the declsion of the filgher court, which Judge Wheeler refused t» grant. Oxkws Mine. -The dawn af more prosperous days has reached the Onvlda. Very rich rock has beon struck in tho nurth «rift of the 1000-ft Ivvel—rich r, it ts said, than ony met with fn tho past history of the ming, The high grade ore is extensive, and the discovery cones just nt an opportune hivinont, When at assessment ly hanging over the stockholders, OgtoinaL Astavak.—From all that we could yather while In Amador (ity the other duy, thls miInohag shown a deelded Improvement lately. MEEKH CLAIM.~Some time ago we mentioned that a lining clalm adjalning the Coney on the south was sold to W. A. Novilleg, A shaft has hovn sunk upon the prop. erty, and a falr-sizedl vein af paying ore discovered, A dispute has now arisen concerning the ownership. VY Firat. —The ¥ flume of the Amador lumber company, for floating mining timbers from the reservolr to Sutter Creek, is now receiving the finishing touches. One more week will sve everything completed, ready for the reception of wnter. With the single exccption of the raised flume of the canal company at New York ranch, It ig the longest and costliest work of the kind to be scen either In Amador or neighboring counties, 1t measures a little over a mile In length, and required moro than 100,000 feot of lumber In its construction. Tuk Voucaxo Texsgu.—Amadur Dixpatch, June 30: The great turmel utder the Volcano basin, we learn, is now in about 630 feet, or about one-third of the distance that they will have to run before strikly the main gravel bed. The ruck where they are now working is suld to be very hurd, and tho progress Is nevesyarily: rather slow. CALAVERAS. Curayx-Ur.—A clean-up was mado In Yeith's mammoth hydrauliv, Tunnel ridge, this weok, and the mine has beon shut down on aceount of the fuilure of the water. We learn the clean-up amounted to 35,000, which for a run of less than two mouths is a very handsome yicld. Piping cannot be resumed until the fall rains set In. Axbd Now Emxnsox.—Emerson, proprietor of the Happy Vatloy hydraulic, is cleaning-up, Bae hasn't got through yet. The first Instalmect of the '’product” of his flume came In town Thursday night. We didu't ask Emerson how much he liad, but judging from appearances it couldn't have been less thin $6,000, And there's more coming. Gwix.—Everything continues to progress most fuvorably at the Gwin mine. Splendid rock is being obtained, and there is every probability that the 1300-ft level—the one now being worked—will prove the most remunerativo of any since the mine was opened. The rock is of a higher grade than any previously mined, the ledge is wide and thero js nothing to indicate a shortening of the pay shute. The batteries are kept employed and work ia actively progressing in every department of the mine. Goop Rock.—We have the following returns from late crushings of rock in Garland’s mill at Mosquito: Forty-six tons from the Potter & Rodgers mine paid an average of $30—tukiug the first and sevond grade ores together. Eighty tons from Gass & Co.’s mine yielded $13 per ton. The reck was unassorted and the entire Iledge—a wide one by the way—was taken out. The Gass mine is louking splondi-lly and really promises to be a valuable picce of property. Frost Tne Uprer Country.—We continue to hear favorable intelligence from the upper mining districts. At West Point Fiolda & Co. lately discovored a new ledge on Skull flat and have sunk a shaft 60 feet in depth upon it. The lead is two fvet wide and pays an average of $35 per ton. We lave been shown a very rich specimen of quartz taken fromthe Hall & Lascey mine near West Point. The rock was very rich, bothin free gold and sulphurets. The tunnel is uow ina distance of about 300 feet, unvovering a ledge two feet wide, half of which is composed of the same character of rock as that ehown us. At the Champion sinking and stoping are being vigorously prosecuted with uniformly good results. A new tunncl has been run in the old Zieatero mine and the ledge cut. The quartz shows splendidly, The new Zacatero millis just receiving the finishing touches and will be in operation shortly. {t is being supplied with all the modern gold-saving appliances. The shaft of the EnterPrise Con. Co.'s mine has reached the depth of 100 feet. A sample lot of roek yielded an average of $22 per ton. We understand that a San Francisco company is negotinting for the purchase of the Granite mine at West Point. At Railrond Clark’s mill is kept running on rock from the Sundermier mine. A clean-up was made lately, pas havo been unable to learn how much the rock paid. INYO. EMiorant Minues.—Coso Mining News, June 30: Peter Taylor, Superintendent of the Emigrant coipany’s mines, Lee district, has returned from San Francisco with instructions to re-commence aetive operations at the mill and mines at once. Accordingly mon were sot to work upon the mines, teams to hauling and men at the will. Mr. Taylor has secured the services of Mr. Horatio Smith, whose long experience in Arizona and California has made for him a most excellent reputation as a practical millman and amalgamator, Mr. Smith has already gone to work, tho developments in the Cactus and Valentine mines are excellent, and we expect to report in a weck or two a valuable shipment of fine bullion. PANAMINT.—Richard Davey & Co. have taken the contract to sink upon the Wyoming and Hemlock mines of the S. V. M. & W.Co., at Panamint, toa depth uf 100 feet on each, The Hemlock is now dowu 700 and the Wyomirig 650 feet, and Mr. Davey and several otber parties, who enme from there a day or two ago, say that both mines are looking well, and the prospects for striking good ore during the progress of sinking are exeellent. Davey & Co. commence the work to-day with 14 men and will push down ag fast ag possible. Misino Sraixn.--lnyo Independent, June 90; Afier aint two years uf stealy wo nd au expense of murs than 35,000, Chria. Crohn, of Cerra Gorda, has fately been rewarded bya valuable strike uf rich ore In the Enter. prise, amine situated fu the San Lieas canyun, about three-fourths of a mile frum the Belshaw furnace. The fedxe carries galeva and silver ores, awl with a smalf force he is taking aut abut one ton per day, which pays 3S per ton after deducting all expenses of mining, packing and reduction. Rex Mantis Bebe. — For the present season the little $-stamper being run hy the ftex Muntis Co. has produced 12,333 ounces of gold and silver bullion, which dues not Incline a shipment of 4,590 ounces more to be made today. it will be remeusbered that the mill started but a fow weeks azo, and from the foregoing statement of facts We fest content in the nal verification of our prediethn that the Itex Montis wonld make for this seas the best shipments of any quartz mill of equal ize an the evast. It fe an old ratrletrap concern erected in the days of Lang Syne by the Silver Sprout Co., recomstructed for preseut uses. fn the course of operations thls week tho imill power has heen reduced by breakage to threo old-style Knox jans as the only incans of prodneing baitinn, bat Boxs flolt says that the flow of bullion shall not stap If he gets duwn to one. However, the pans are tu be repalred and ryplaced soon, when the regnlar buillon shipuents will be Increased In nmnber and value, Tux Yoxacta, The operations of W. A. Greenley upon the San Yunacio mine In Lower Verro Gordo have resilted In the opening np of what Is widuubtedly the main and almost solid ledge which forma the basis ‘of the immense mass of rich but broken np bodies of ore which haye heretafore been extracted fram it. The ledge as opened in the hottow of the okl works stands nearly perpendicular; has been opened iaterally for 80 feet, and showa an ore veln of 18 Inches in width. ‘The chtoride and native silver speclmens shown will assay nnn the tl i niuch nore than usual The work of drifting both east and west on the new strike on the lower level is being pushed on rapldly, success atteuding the work and yetting a fanze amount of good ore. ‘The milf is running 15 stamps ail hatf of the pans on ore, the ether pans and settlers belay used on taillngs Battery sumples of ore from the upper levels unw being worked at the mill average $120 perton. At the concentration works of Ifuyh White, on tatlings of the Raymond & Ely, the new jump hay h.on placed in order and fms heen worklng successfully for the ae week, supplying all the water that Is wanted, the work of rating sulny on fully In consequence, Conceutrations are being shipped every day. Pioctih Britios —Wells, Fargo & Uo. shipped bullion from Pivebe during the past week valued at 819,454 Mitu ivaxko. On Wednesday last Superintendent Blair informed us that the Truatees of the Alps company hud suceceded hi jiroecurhy the American Flag mill at Bulllonville and that it would immedlately be jdueed in Teale and started to work by Monday if possible. The shi pine of ore cominonees imninediately and continues right along, sa us to keep the ml! steadily running. The Intention of the Superintendent Is ty start the mill as above stated, and to nike repalrs constantly until tt {sn thorough order. The coinpany hag plenty of ore, and of a good quality, to run the will, cad they intend giving 1 yood seconnt of themselves before long. ALrs Mixe.= Notwithstanding the disaster ta the Condor inill the work on the mines has been prosecntel vixorously during thoweek. Rethnbering soine of the stapes is golny on, somo of which they have not been nhle to touch yet for luck of time, still from those that have been fixed they are enabled ta extrmet 20 tons of ore duily, which will be Increased whon tho other stopes are fixed. hiy 3 of ore Ito the America Flog will (16 stanips), lust Thursday, having scut 65 tons that day and 85 tons yesterday, leaving 70 tons on the dump. Ectirse. —The mill is elaed down for the present, pendty the return of Supt. Nelson from San Francisco, who ix expected every duy, Wo belleve that work is still progreasing at the mine in sinking, the battom of the shuft presenting a better ledge and a finer quatity of oro than any other portion of the mine. NEVADA. Tuk Rictt STRIKK.—Grass Valley Union, June 28: A few dnys nvo we made mention that Recee, Grant and two others had made a meh “Ind of quartz, on the headwaters of Squlrrol creek, ear this place, Tho find is the richeat In gold that we have over heard of. They have a ledge nearly five Inches thick, which is filled with gold. There fs as much, and sometimes more, of bulk of gold than of quartz, and of course the gold Is much greater than the quartz whien it comes to weight. Yesterday the owners of this remarkable bonanza shipped four bars of gold to the Swiss-American hank, San Francisco, the bars aggregating 310,000 in value. That gold was taken out, by hand process, in three days. That is really a ledge of gold which carrles some qnartz—ineredible as such an usyurtion may seem. ft is owned by a first-rate set of men. dfacmyeny Percitasep.—Col. Berry, manager of the old Soges mine rear Nevada eity, has purchased the machinery of the Union mine and will remove it to the Soggs. Ina few weeks he will be at_ work more vigorously than ever, taking out the pay stnff. The old Soges is a good miue, and will be better now that it Is to have better machinery. ¥vsa River.—Foothill Tidings, June 80: At 120 feot in of the drift a raise was made in this river miue early this week, to sec if the channel had been reached. Eightcen feet found tailings but not the river bed. The drift is now coing on, and eome more of the. working fund stock will be sold to defray expenses, The "raise has demonstrated the entire feasibility of this plan of river mining, and the few shares needed to raise money for carrying it through should find ready sale, Homuwaro Bouso.—Work has commenced in good earnest at this mine. Contractorsare sinking the shaft, making good headway. The ledge in the shaft is large and woll defined, showing finely in free gold and sulphurete, The macbinery works like a top; the new buildings are nearly conipleted, and the Homeward has every prospect of a fine mine. PLACER. A Woman Steikes A Mine.—Placer Herald, June 30: We understand that Mrs. Bissett, an elderly lady residing on Rock creek, who occasionally prospects around among the hills, made a strike last week and took out, up to last Saturday night, between $100 to $600. The deposit in al! respects resembles the formation in Bell's bonanza niine, and it is more than likely she will realizea very handsome stake out Of this strike. Mouix is down on his ledge about 40 feet, and though rich from the surface, finds better rock inthe bottom than he bas yet taken out, He is troubled very much with water, owing to his inadequate means of hoisting. A remedy of this temporary trouble will put him in a way to realize handsomely, Gravev.—Dutch Flat Forum, June 29: The Elmore Hill, Star and Union, and Baker claims continue washing. Tue Southern Cross and Polar Star claims are off, pending the preparation and explosion of a powder blast in each. The former exploded 480 kegs of powder yesterday, and the latter will explode 420 to-duy, making a total in the two claims of 000 kegs, Tux Franklin has been driving its main tnnnet ahead, and is now raising an incline to the surface. The Superintendent intends to wash about four daye longer and then clean up for the season, At Gold Run all the elaims except the Bonanza and Sachs have shut down for the scagon. PLUMAS. GnaniTE Basin QuaRTZ.—Plumae National, June 30: Mr. F. Hill, of Meadow valley, gave us a specimen from the ledge recently found by .1. B. Bachelder in the Granite Basin country. The rock is certainly the richest wo have seen lately, free gold being visible all over it. The vein is narrow, but if it holds out there is no telling how valuable it will be. The rock now being taken out, and which will soon be crushed in the old Haltsted quartz mill, will probably pay from $50 to $100 perton. Mr. Hill thiuks tbe Bne''s Ranch country, yenerally, is full of gold-bearing quartz lodes, and if thoroughly prospected, @ quartz district will be opened second to none in the county. Spanisn Crevx.—Our correspondent eays: “The Blackhawk boys are doiny splendidly in their claims. This last week they took out oue piece weighing $33, and a guod many smaller ones. Cashinan is now running a tunnel In Michigan hill, and it pays well. {f be had a pipe-head of water he would make moro money than any man around this section, and as it is, he has @ claim that will pay well if properly worked. A China company have opened a new elaim in the bed of the river, and report says that they are making money. Tho Maxwell eompany aro reported to be doing splendidly in their now mine. Their pipes are running day and night. Nash has a quartz mine that promises well.” Nevada. . CORNUCOPIA DISTRICT. New Strixes.—Cor. Silver State, June 30: Tho now strikes made lately just north of town aro developing splendidly. If they turn out ag well as expected they will be a great help to this placo, One is the Etna, located by Phil Sullivan and Wash Northop, who have sunk a shaft on it about 20 feet, which shows the ledge to be four feet strong, with ore that assays from $150 to $500 per ton. They are still sinking and intend to asvertain whether they have a permanent mine or not. The other claim adjoining on the eame ledge was located by Steve Turner, John Gwens and Jim Pritchet. It shows about as well as the first mentloned; everything helps and I think this camp could bear prosperity a little while at least. ELY DISTRICT. Raymonn & Euy.—Pioche Record, June 20: Everything is looking encouraging in this mine. Are extracting Shi) will cantinue, so as to have the mill kept rnnulujg rogulurly. The body of oreln the mine Is looklng well. OSCEOLA DISTRICT. Water.—Ploche Record, Juno 30: We learn from Osceola that all disputes about placer claims have been settled amivably and that no furthor trouble is antictpated, as all elulma nre lncated and worked. Some claims have the dirt packed from them to water and others have the water acked to the claim. The Idea of bringing water from tbe uke on Jeff Davis peak has been abandoned, as the expense would be enormous, and there being no source of supply for the lake there is no telling how long the water would last after being brought down the mountain. Tbe fivo-stamp mill ig about ready to work and will probably sturt up to-day, the 30th inst. PEAVINE DISTRICT. Ricn.—Reno Journal, July 1: From Peavine wo have good reports. fn the south drift vu the Con. Poe a large body of fine black ore has been uncovered. It assays nearly $200. The outlook is very flattering, and our predictions that Peavine is one of tho richest mlneral seetions of the State will soon be verified. PYRAMID DISTRICT. Bopy or Ore.—Reno Journal, July 1: At Pyramid the Buckeye has struck a miaynificent body of ore, which so closely resembles Con. Virvinia rock that an expert alone could tell the difference. 1t was found on Friday in the ‘drift, in a distance of 220 feet from the bottom of the shaft, which is down some 135 fect, and makes the ore body about 250 feet below the surfuec. Yesterday morning the ledge had been cut for seven fcet, and it is the opinion of Palmer, the Superintendent, that the ledge will be over 40 feet wide, and that before he gets through it rock will be taken out that will assay over $1,000 to the ton. Several boxes of the ore were brought in yesterday, aud the strike was the general topic of convereation around town. Assays were made of $80. The Jones and Kinkead mine is also showing well. The west wall has been reached, but the other is uot in sight. The ledge is, so far, 45fect wide. Mr. Jones, the Superintendent, has quit cross-cutting and gone to einking on the ledge, and will open out the 200-ft level as soon a3 possible. The rock we referred to yesterday as assaying $640 comes from the Chimo claim, and is found right upon the surface, the ledge cropping out as high asa house. Bob Ash got returns from Wiegand yesterday from another picce. Hie certificate ehows 8470.20. TUSCARORA DISTRICT. Dr Faees.—Virginia Enterprise, June 30: Reports from the De Frees mine, Tuscarora district, are of the most encouraging character. It joins the famous Grand Prize, and is bemg managed most successfully and economically. Yhe four-stamp mill of the company is running on ore fromthe mine, tbe assays from which averago $132 in silver. Two hundred tons of ore are also being shipped tothe Leopard mill at Cornucopia. A prominent millwright from San Francisco ison the ground for the purpose of selecting a site for the immediate erection of a 10stamp mill, which will be so constructed that 10 additional stamps can boadded at any time without much extra expense. The new boisting machinery is en route. With it more rapid progress can be made and’greater depth attained than with what is now used. Arizona. McCnackix.—A rizona Enterprise, June 23: The MeCrackin Co.'s mill at Greenwood is running steadily. On account of some trouble with the battery, not more than an average of soven stamps were run during the mouth of May, and yet the mill yielded during the month over $30,000. The mine has over 14,000 tons of ore on the dumps and broken down in the mine. This ore yields an average of $55 to the ton. The grading for the new 20-stamp inill will commence on or ahout the Ist of July, and when this mill is completed the company expect to work an average of 80 tons daily, in the two mills. Two new pans are to be put into Greenwood mill, and as soon as they are added a large quantity of tailings will be worked. The Signal M. Co., who own the San Francisco location on the MeCrackin ground, have completed grading for the tenstamp mill, which is to be put up on the Sandy, about half a mile below Fisher's Springs and about three anda balf miles from Greenwood, A town has been started there, enlled Nashville. Mr. William Allen has the contract for putting up the mills, both for the MeCraekin and Signal confpany. He is interested in both companies. The mills are to be built under the supervision of Mr. Patton, who is an expericuced millwright and built the mill for the Consolidated Virginia, on the Comstock. BaansHaw Bastx.—The Luke Co.’s mill is nearing completion, The company have employed, including mechanies, miners, laborers, ctc., 44 men, There are 15 men at work on tho Gretna mine, aud there are 300 tons of ore on the dump that will work from $75 to $100 per ton. The ore assays from $81 to $306 per ton, and the ledge shows a tbree and a half foot vein of milling ore. The 15 men uverage ten tons per day. AaTLAN MibL.—Arizona Miner, June 22: Although the Peck company have talked about teking the Aztlan mill down and moving it to some place convenient to the Peck mine, no definite arrangements have as yet been madeto that end. Itis highly probable that the mill will still be kept, for a tinie at least, where it now is. Rictt Or#.—The mines in Mohave county still eontinue to look up, and we have the information that the Hackberry mine is producing largely of ore, and by the middle of August there will be upon tho dumps 1,500 to 2,000 tons of first-class ore, The ten-stamp mill will then be erected and running. Beition.—Yuma Sentinel, June 23: The El Dorado Canyon folks took $17,000 worth of bullion from their nine-stamp mil! last month, and their mine is getting better. Their great difficulty liee in getting fuel for makingsteam. They have Indians employed colleeting drift wood that comes down the Colorado river from the Rocky Mountain region, and whlch le intercepted opposito their mill. Colorado. Virnoin Tuxxen.—Colorado Miner, June 23: This is a prospecting enterprise on Leavenworth mountain. {tis Inested between the Robinson and Broadway tminels, and cuts the mineral veins of that locatity nearly at right angles nnd nbout 80 fvet deeper than the Bradway tennel. ft runs In direction 20° westod north, and is now abont 300 feet long. Five lodes have already been passed. Tuk Wuite Lope. —The erogs tunnel which has been for tho past six months @riven Inte the Republican for the purpose of cutting the White, is now nearly completed, and we may expect any day tu hear of auather hig bady xf ore exposed. The veln will be cut at a depth uf 300 fevt below the surface of the discovery. The ore is yuod and the veln frequently faszre, Grex, GILBERT is Inying the fonndution for his engine und hoisting apparntus ut what ls intended to bo The maiu opens on the free Ameriva, It is located 150 fvet west nf the diseovery shaft. Miners are at work sinking at that point, and raising from the west workligs, In the discovery, in ordur to connect the tw» as s00n as possible. A yew ore-house is heing orected at the Boulder Nest mine. The fast mill run from this ming gave a teslt of 28 silver per ton, SiuvEe Ork Texxen.—A good lode, carrying a fuir-sized vein of orc, has heen met with in this tunel. Cxxinte.—Tho huye rack which a few wecks ago slid from its position on Sherman mountain, smashing the Cushier shult-house und covering the mine, has been broken and romoved. Marnris—Goud ure hus been found in the Martin lode on Leavenworth mountain. A test made last week gave a reault of over 1,000 onnees. TeRRIBLE.—Work ls belny pushed on and everything tin order for work on a large scale, New Trail tracks have heen lald in the tunnel, and the ore-house, shops and offiece at the mine have been fitted up. The water coming down Brown yuleh has given some trouble, getting into the mine and drowni.g ont the lower portion, Tue Cnion Tunnel is being worked hy nino men, and is Ty approaching the Terrible lode, to intersvet whieh vein It {s heing driven. Mamsoti.—About the middle of last month work was resumed under the management of Messrs. Teal, Foster & Co, upon tho timnel in Brown gulch intended to interseet this veln, and on Friday, Jnne 8th, after having driven about 20 feet, the south wall of the lode was eut into; sinco then the tunnel has been driven through the lode, and revealed a large bundy of oro varying from 9 te 18 inches in thickucss, The ore in appearanee is very like that produced from the large lode being worked in the Hurcien tunnel; it is of low silver eontente, but rich In end. Kast Terkisle.—Work on lhis property has been steadlly pushed along. During the past month there bave heen about 19 men employed, drifting, sinking and stoping, and tho produce of the mine hag been about 15 tons of ore. Idaho. —— Encouraoine.—Owyhco Avalanche, June 30: Tho most encouraging event connected with the progress of mining operations in this vicinity that we have been called upon to record for many long monthe is the action of the Golden Chariot mining company in taking steps to alnk their shaft a distance of 200 fect below the 13thlevel. We have repeatedly urged this work for the reason that the most practical mining men in this section are unanimous in their belief of the existence of a rich ore body below the present point of operations in the Chariot. This work will be regarded with moro than ordinary interest from the fact that in none of tho mines on War Eagle tiountain have the operations extended below a distance of 1,300 feet, and it is the opinion of competent experts that richer ore bodiee will be found at these unexplored depths than ever came te light at polnts above the 13th level. Tue Belle Peck is looking better than at any time previous since the mine wag worked, At the present poe of operations in the lower levels the rock ig unusually rich and there is abundance of it. AT the Potoei there are about 30 tons of righ rock on the dump awaiting crushing. Work is being prosecuted at the mine under very favorable auspicee. Along a distanee of 600 feet on the ledge operations have been attended with the most promising developments, GOrenatioxs are still in favorable progress at the Empire, and the mine is looking better than ever. There is a large quantity of rieh rock ready fur erusbing, aud bullion shipments will soon be tively. WE have favorable reports from many small mines in this immediate vicinity, and some freshly located claims, the prospects in eome of whieh are unusually good. Some rich placer claims have been located by J. Brown and others at Sucker ercek, about 20 miles from town. Montana. PurLtpssure,—Butte Miner, June 19: Everything is int state quo here as yet. flow much longer this state of affairs will exist it is indeed impossible to conjecture. What the Northwestern company will vonelude upon, who shall or can say? Will the mill be put to work or not? Will the compauy crush or huy ore of the oliners, or wilt they contcnt themselves with treating their own rock? When Mr. I. 1 Lewis was over here on business for the Hope company he omployed some six or eight men at the wnine for the purpose of connecting (by drift), what is known as the No, 2 shaft with the incline, This work igs being done for the purpose of facilitating the hoisting of ore, as there ls a whim ou the shaft. Rumor states that the present Superintendent of the Hope company will be élothed will full power on or about the 1st of the eons month. Work is going on at the Algonguin, Salmon an Shark Town lodes. Some representation also is being done by various partie? in differnt sections Mf the camp. Monron }iws.— “rom M-. Login, Superintendent of the Monroe silver ‘ninipg company's mill sd mines in Vipond district, we learn that it i, the intentiou ta again start the mill the latter purt of th. week or the first of next. The mill itself isin good t+ c ition and re.dy to run, but the rond over which the or: 1,18 to be transported from the n.ine to the mill lias been in such impassable shape for the past two months that it was impossible to haul any quartz. During this delay a largs hnilding has been erected, in which to store ore, abuve the iuill and having shutes leading to the battery floor. This wi} be kept well supplied with ore in the futur and obviate the neeessity of stopping he mill whenever the roads become impussible for a few dhys. The company are employing about 15 meu in their mincs now, and are taking vut coneiderable ore, which will be put through when the mill starts. It is the intention, however, to do sone custom milling «fier everything ie brought down to a certain baBis, a New Mexico. New Disrrict.—New Mexican Herald, Juno 16: Wooney district isin the Mogollon mountains, Grant Co. Distance from Silver City by wagon road, 65 miles north; 25 of which wants working. $500 will do the work. From the mines to the 'Frisco river, six miles, road required can be bnilt for $200. At that point there is a good water power —suflicient to run 500 stamps. Wood abundant for lumher and fuel at mines and river. The leads are extensive. The four already loeated, the Copper Queen, Copper King, Silver Twig and War Cloud have been traced distance of ten miles. They are in granite aud porphyry and in that distance are crossed by fivo perennial streams. Deep creek at lowest stage runs 260 inches; Copper creck, lowest stage, 80 inches; Mineral ereck, same stage, 400 inches; Silver ereek, 25 inches; White Water, 700 inchos. These streams Tun southwesterly and empty into the ‘Frisco, In this vicinity there is the greatest abundance of grass. Oregon. Avusury.—Cor. Bedrock Democrat, June 27: Gold war discovered in Griffin gulch on the 23d day of October, 1851; the mines in Blue canyon and otber gulches in the vicinity were found in the following spring. This attracted a large immigration, and in the fall of 1862 Auburn was the second city in the State in point of populaContinued on page 12,

July 7, 1877.) MINING AND™@SCIENTIFIC PRESS 5 Ay i Minine Summary. The following is mostly oowilonsed frum journals published nthe Interior, in proximity to the mincs menti California. ALPINE. Apvascy.—Atpine Chrentele, June 30: This mine contues te fouk well, They are ew ramnity alung the fuot-wall, and taking out fine ore. The lange new boller will probably be at work to-day. The nnll iy doing good work, but the furnace Is of tau Ihulted a Saperlty and the company will prolrbly erect a new and much langer one as early aa powlblu. The entire works af the company are always open for Inspection. Srvxxysipk --This temnel 1s In about 200 feet, and it bs thought that 15 or 2) feet further will bring It to the lodye. fts bwners have warked faithfully thls «pring and deserve SCC, AMADOR. Witpmas. Amador Ledyer, June 30; Mr Conlse ls in Sutter Creek gettlny things In shape to start up the Wildman An Incorporated company Inu been furmed with 65,000 wharen. VUuive. —Work has been suspemted forthe present. A clean-up Was mady on Saturday fast, the result of which was not sutfictently onvouraylng ta justify the continued prosecution of work, Crows Porxt.—We are happy to report a decided tmprovement In thia mine. The fast crushing eame up to the paying standard, Mationsy. -Tho contest between the two factions of stockholders for the posvession of this mine was devided hy Judge Wheeler last weck, In favor of the Stewart party. The late foard of Trustees were declured Illezally elected, and all their acta null and void’ After considersble oppasition on the part of the ousted oftlclaly, the victurions ee took possession of the baoka aml other ducumenta peels te the company. Tho defeated faction gave notice of appeal, and asked for a stuy of procecdings pending the declsion of the filgher court, which Judge Wheeler refused t» grant. Oxkws Mine. -The dawn af more prosperous days has reached the Onvlda. Very rich rock has beon struck in tho nurth «rift of the 1000-ft Ivvel—rich r, it ts said, than ony met with fn tho past history of the ming, The high grade ore is extensive, and the discovery cones just nt an opportune hivinont, When at assessment ly hanging over the stockholders, OgtoinaL Astavak.—From all that we could yather while In Amador (ity the other duy, thls miInohag shown a deelded Improvement lately. MEEKH CLAIM.~Some time ago we mentioned that a lining clalm adjalning the Coney on the south was sold to W. A. Novilleg, A shaft has hovn sunk upon the prop. erty, and a falr-sizedl vein af paying ore discovered, A dispute has now arisen concerning the ownership. VY Firat. —The ¥ flume of the Amador lumber company, for floating mining timbers from the reservolr to Sutter Creek, is now receiving the finishing touches. One more week will sve everything completed, ready for the reception of wnter. With the single exccption of the raised flume of the canal company at New York ranch, It ig the longest and costliest work of the kind to be scen either In Amador or neighboring counties, 1t measures a little over a mile In length, and required moro than 100,000 feot of lumber In its construction. Tuk Voucaxo Texsgu.—Amadur Dixpatch, June 30: The great turmel utder the Volcano basin, we learn, is now in about 630 feet, or about one-third of the distance that they will have to run before strikly the main gravel bed. The ruck where they are now working is suld to be very hurd, and tho progress Is nevesyarily: rather slow. CALAVERAS. Curayx-Ur.—A clean-up was mado In Yeith's mammoth hydrauliv, Tunnel ridge, this weok, and the mine has beon shut down on aceount of the fuilure of the water. We learn the clean-up amounted to 35,000, which for a run of less than two mouths is a very handsome yicld. Piping cannot be resumed until the fall rains set In. Axbd Now Emxnsox.—Emerson, proprietor of the Happy Vatloy hydraulic, is cleaning-up, Bae hasn't got through yet. The first Instalmect of the '’product” of his flume came In town Thursday night. We didu't ask Emerson how much he liad, but judging from appearances it couldn't have been less thin $6,000, And there's more coming. Gwix.—Everything continues to progress most fuvorably at the Gwin mine. Splendid rock is being obtained, and there is every probability that the 1300-ft level—the one now being worked—will prove the most remunerativo of any since the mine was opened. The rock is of a higher grade than any previously mined, the ledge is wide and thero js nothing to indicate a shortening of the pay shute. The batteries are kept employed and work ia actively progressing in every department of the mine. Goop Rock.—We have the following returns from late crushings of rock in Garland’s mill at Mosquito: Forty-six tons from the Potter & Rodgers mine paid an average of $30—tukiug the first and sevond grade ores together. Eighty tons from Gass & Co.’s mine yielded $13 per ton. The reck was unassorted and the entire Iledge—a wide one by the way—was taken out. The Gass mine is louking splondi-lly and really promises to be a valuable picce of property. Frost Tne Uprer Country.—We continue to hear favorable intelligence from the upper mining districts. At West Point Fiolda & Co. lately discovored a new ledge on Skull flat and have sunk a shaft 60 feet in depth upon it. The lead is two fvet wide and pays an average of $35 per ton. We lave been shown a very rich specimen of quartz taken fromthe Hall & Lascey mine near West Point. The rock was very rich, bothin free gold and sulphurets. The tunnel is uow ina distance of about 300 feet, unvovering a ledge two feet wide, half of which is composed of the same character of rock as that ehown us. At the Champion sinking and stoping are being vigorously prosecuted with uniformly good results. A new tunncl has been run in the old Zieatero mine and the ledge cut. The quartz shows splendidly, The new Zacatero millis just receiving the finishing touches and will be in operation shortly. {t is being supplied with all the modern gold-saving appliances. The shaft of the EnterPrise Con. Co.'s mine has reached the depth of 100 feet. A sample lot of roek yielded an average of $22 per ton. We understand that a San Francisco company is negotinting for the purchase of the Granite mine at West Point. At Railrond Clark’s mill is kept running on rock from the Sundermier mine. A clean-up was made lately, pas havo been unable to learn how much the rock paid. INYO. EMiorant Minues.—Coso Mining News, June 30: Peter Taylor, Superintendent of the Emigrant coipany’s mines, Lee district, has returned from San Francisco with instructions to re-commence aetive operations at the mill and mines at once. Accordingly mon were sot to work upon the mines, teams to hauling and men at the will. Mr. Taylor has secured the services of Mr. Horatio Smith, whose long experience in Arizona and California has made for him a most excellent reputation as a practical millman and amalgamator, Mr. Smith has already gone to work, tho developments in the Cactus and Valentine mines are excellent, and we expect to report in a weck or two a valuable shipment of fine bullion. PANAMINT.—Richard Davey & Co. have taken the contract to sink upon the Wyoming and Hemlock mines of the S. V. M. & W.Co., at Panamint, toa depth uf 100 feet on each, The Hemlock is now dowu 700 and the Wyomirig 650 feet, and Mr. Davey and several otber parties, who enme from there a day or two ago, say that both mines are looking well, and the prospects for striking good ore during the progress of sinking are exeellent. Davey & Co. commence the work to-day with 14 men and will push down ag fast ag possible. Misino Sraixn.--lnyo Independent, June 90; Afier aint two years uf stealy wo nd au expense of murs than 35,000, Chria. Crohn, of Cerra Gorda, has fately been rewarded bya valuable strike uf rich ore In the Enter. prise, amine situated fu the San Lieas canyun, about three-fourths of a mile frum the Belshaw furnace. The fedxe carries galeva and silver ores, awl with a smalf force he is taking aut abut one ton per day, which pays 3S per ton after deducting all expenses of mining, packing and reduction. Rex Mantis Bebe. — For the present season the little $-stamper being run hy the ftex Muntis Co. has produced 12,333 ounces of gold and silver bullion, which dues not Incline a shipment of 4,590 ounces more to be made today. it will be remeusbered that the mill started but a fow weeks azo, and from the foregoing statement of facts We fest content in the nal verification of our prediethn that the Itex Montis wonld make for this seas the best shipments of any quartz mill of equal ize an the evast. It fe an old ratrletrap concern erected in the days of Lang Syne by the Silver Sprout Co., recomstructed for preseut uses. fn the course of operations thls week tho imill power has heen reduced by breakage to threo old-style Knox jans as the only incans of prodneing baitinn, bat Boxs flolt says that the flow of bullion shall not stap If he gets duwn to one. However, the pans are tu be repalred and ryplaced soon, when the regnlar buillon shipuents will be Increased In nmnber and value, Tux Yoxacta, The operations of W. A. Greenley upon the San Yunacio mine In Lower Verro Gordo have resilted In the opening np of what Is widuubtedly the main and almost solid ledge which forma the basis ‘of the immense mass of rich but broken np bodies of ore which haye heretafore been extracted fram it. The ledge as opened in the hottow of the okl works stands nearly perpendicular; has been opened iaterally for 80 feet, and showa an ore veln of 18 Inches in width. ‘The chtoride and native silver speclmens shown will assay nnn the tl i niuch nore than usual The work of drifting both east and west on the new strike on the lower level is being pushed on rapldly, success atteuding the work and yetting a fanze amount of good ore. ‘The milf is running 15 stamps ail hatf of the pans on ore, the ether pans and settlers belay used on taillngs Battery sumples of ore from the upper levels unw being worked at the mill average $120 perton. At the concentration works of Ifuyh White, on tatlings of the Raymond & Ely, the new jump hay h.on placed in order and fms heen worklng successfully for the ae week, supplying all the water that Is wanted, the work of rating sulny on fully In consequence, Conceutrations are being shipped every day. Pioctih Britios —Wells, Fargo & Uo. shipped bullion from Pivebe during the past week valued at 819,454 Mitu ivaxko. On Wednesday last Superintendent Blair informed us that the Truatees of the Alps company hud suceceded hi jiroecurhy the American Flag mill at Bulllonville and that it would immedlately be jdueed in Teale and started to work by Monday if possible. The shi pine of ore cominonees imninediately and continues right along, sa us to keep the ml! steadily running. The Intention of the Superintendent Is ty start the mill as above stated, and to nike repalrs constantly until tt {sn thorough order. The coinpany hag plenty of ore, and of a good quality, to run the will, cad they intend giving 1 yood seconnt of themselves before long. ALrs Mixe.= Notwithstanding the disaster ta the Condor inill the work on the mines has been prosecntel vixorously during thoweek. Rethnbering soine of the stapes is golny on, somo of which they have not been nhle to touch yet for luck of time, still from those that have been fixed they are enabled ta extrmet 20 tons of ore duily, which will be Increased whon tho other stopes are fixed. hiy 3 of ore Ito the America Flog will (16 stanips), lust Thursday, having scut 65 tons that day and 85 tons yesterday, leaving 70 tons on the dump. Ectirse. —The mill is elaed down for the present, pendty the return of Supt. Nelson from San Francisco, who ix expected every duy, Wo belleve that work is still progreasing at the mine in sinking, the battom of the shuft presenting a better ledge and a finer quatity of oro than any other portion of the mine. NEVADA. Tuk Rictt STRIKK.—Grass Valley Union, June 28: A few dnys nvo we made mention that Recee, Grant and two others had made a meh “Ind of quartz, on the headwaters of Squlrrol creek, ear this place, Tho find is the richeat In gold that we have over heard of. They have a ledge nearly five Inches thick, which is filled with gold. There fs as much, and sometimes more, of bulk of gold than of quartz, and of course the gold Is much greater than the quartz whien it comes to weight. Yesterday the owners of this remarkable bonanza shipped four bars of gold to the Swiss-American hank, San Francisco, the bars aggregating 310,000 in value. That gold was taken out, by hand process, in three days. That is really a ledge of gold which carrles some qnartz—ineredible as such an usyurtion may seem. ft is owned by a first-rate set of men. dfacmyeny Percitasep.—Col. Berry, manager of the old Soges mine rear Nevada eity, has purchased the machinery of the Union mine and will remove it to the Soggs. Ina few weeks he will be at_ work more vigorously than ever, taking out the pay stnff. The old Soges is a good miue, and will be better now that it Is to have better machinery. ¥vsa River.—Foothill Tidings, June 80: At 120 feot in of the drift a raise was made in this river miue early this week, to sec if the channel had been reached. Eightcen feet found tailings but not the river bed. The drift is now coing on, and eome more of the. working fund stock will be sold to defray expenses, The "raise has demonstrated the entire feasibility of this plan of river mining, and the few shares needed to raise money for carrying it through should find ready sale, Homuwaro Bouso.—Work has commenced in good earnest at this mine. Contractorsare sinking the shaft, making good headway. The ledge in the shaft is large and woll defined, showing finely in free gold and sulphurete, The macbinery works like a top; the new buildings are nearly conipleted, and the Homeward has every prospect of a fine mine. PLACER. A Woman Steikes A Mine.—Placer Herald, June 30: We understand that Mrs. Bissett, an elderly lady residing on Rock creek, who occasionally prospects around among the hills, made a strike last week and took out, up to last Saturday night, between $100 to $600. The deposit in al! respects resembles the formation in Bell's bonanza niine, and it is more than likely she will realizea very handsome stake out Of this strike. Mouix is down on his ledge about 40 feet, and though rich from the surface, finds better rock inthe bottom than he bas yet taken out, He is troubled very much with water, owing to his inadequate means of hoisting. A remedy of this temporary trouble will put him in a way to realize handsomely, Gravev.—Dutch Flat Forum, June 29: The Elmore Hill, Star and Union, and Baker claims continue washing. Tue Southern Cross and Polar Star claims are off, pending the preparation and explosion of a powder blast in each. The former exploded 480 kegs of powder yesterday, and the latter will explode 420 to-duy, making a total in the two claims of 000 kegs, Tux Franklin has been driving its main tnnnet ahead, and is now raising an incline to the surface. The Superintendent intends to wash about four daye longer and then clean up for the season, At Gold Run all the elaims except the Bonanza and Sachs have shut down for the scagon. PLUMAS. GnaniTE Basin QuaRTZ.—Plumae National, June 30: Mr. F. Hill, of Meadow valley, gave us a specimen from the ledge recently found by .1. B. Bachelder in the Granite Basin country. The rock is certainly the richest wo have seen lately, free gold being visible all over it. The vein

is narrow, but if it holds out there is no telling how valuable it will be. The rock now being taken out, and which will soon be crushed in the old Haltsted quartz mill, will probably pay from $50 to $100 perton. Mr. Hill thiuks tbe Bne''s Ranch country, yenerally, is full of gold-bearing quartz lodes, and if thoroughly prospected, @ quartz district will be opened second to none in the county. Spanisn Crevx.—Our correspondent eays: “The Blackhawk boys are doiny splendidly in their claims. This last week they took out oue piece weighing $33, and a guod many smaller ones. Cashinan is now running a tunnel In Michigan hill, and it pays well. {f be had a pipe-head of water he would make moro money than any man around this section, and as it is, he has @ claim that will pay well if properly worked. A China company have opened a new elaim in the bed of the river, and report says that they are making money. Tho Maxwell eompany aro reported to be doing splendidly in their now mine. Their pipes are running day and night. Nash has a quartz mine that promises well.” Nevada. . CORNUCOPIA DISTRICT. New Strixes.—Cor. Silver State, June 30: Tho now strikes made lately just north of town aro developing splendidly. If they turn out ag well as expected they will be a great help to this placo, One is the Etna, located by Phil Sullivan and Wash Northop, who have sunk a shaft on it about 20 feet, which shows the ledge to be four feet strong, with ore that assays from $150 to $500 per ton. They are still sinking and intend to asvertain whether they have a permanent mine or not. The other claim adjoining on the eame ledge was located by Steve Turner, John Gwens and Jim Pritchet. It shows about as well as the first mentloned; everything helps and I think this camp could bear prosperity a little while at least. ELY DISTRICT. Raymonn & Euy.—Pioche Record, June 20: Everything is looking encouraging in this mine. Are extracting Shi) will cantinue, so as to have the mill kept rnnulujg rogulurly. The body of oreln the mine Is looklng well. OSCEOLA DISTRICT. Water.—Ploche Record, Juno 30: We learn from Osceola that all disputes about placer claims have been settled amivably and that no furthor trouble is antictpated, as all elulma nre lncated and worked. Some claims have the dirt packed from them to water and others have the water acked to the claim. The Idea of bringing water from tbe uke on Jeff Davis peak has been abandoned, as the expense would be enormous, and there being no source of supply for the lake there is no telling how long the water would last after being brought down the mountain. Tbe fivo-stamp mill ig about ready to work and will probably sturt up to-day, the 30th inst. PEAVINE DISTRICT. Ricn.—Reno Journal, July 1: From Peavine wo have good reports. fn the south drift vu the Con. Poe a large body of fine black ore has been uncovered. It assays nearly $200. The outlook is very flattering, and our predictions that Peavine is one of tho richest mlneral seetions of the State will soon be verified. PYRAMID DISTRICT. Bopy or Ore.—Reno Journal, July 1: At Pyramid the Buckeye has struck a miaynificent body of ore, which so closely resembles Con. Virvinia rock that an expert alone could tell the difference. 1t was found on Friday in the ‘drift, in a distance of 220 feet from the bottom of the shaft, which is down some 135 fect, and makes the ore body about 250 feet below the surfuec. Yesterday morning the ledge had been cut for seven fcet, and it is the opinion of Palmer, the Superintendent, that the ledge will be over 40 feet wide, and that before he gets through it rock will be taken out that will assay over $1,000 to the ton. Several boxes of the ore were brought in yesterday, aud the strike was the general topic of convereation around town. Assays were made of $80. The Jones and Kinkead mine is also showing well. The west wall has been reached, but the other is uot in sight. The ledge is, so far, 45fect wide. Mr. Jones, the Superintendent, has quit cross-cutting and gone to einking on the ledge, and will open out the 200-ft level as soon a3 possible. The rock we referred to yesterday as assaying $640 comes from the Chimo claim, and is found right upon the surface, the ledge cropping out as high asa house. Bob Ash got returns from Wiegand yesterday from another picce. Hie certificate ehows 8470.20. TUSCARORA DISTRICT. Dr Faees.—Virginia Enterprise, June 30: Reports from the De Frees mine, Tuscarora district, are of the most encouraging character. It joins the famous Grand Prize, and is bemg managed most successfully and economically. Yhe four-stamp mill of the company is running on ore fromthe mine, tbe assays from which averago $132 in silver. Two hundred tons of ore are also being shipped tothe Leopard mill at Cornucopia. A prominent millwright from San Francisco ison the ground for the purpose of selecting a site for the immediate erection of a 10stamp mill, which will be so constructed that 10 additional stamps can boadded at any time without much extra expense. The new boisting machinery is en route. With it more rapid progress can be made and’greater depth attained than with what is now used. Arizona. McCnackix.—A rizona Enterprise, June 23: The MeCrackin Co.'s mill at Greenwood is running steadily. On account of some trouble with the battery, not more than an average of soven stamps were run during the mouth of May, and yet the mill yielded during the month over $30,000. The mine has over 14,000 tons of ore on the dumps and broken down in the mine. This ore yields an average of $55 to the ton. The grading for the new 20-stamp inill will commence on or ahout the Ist of July, and when this mill is completed the company expect to work an average of 80 tons daily, in the two mills. Two new pans are to be put into Greenwood mill, and as soon as they are added a large quantity of tailings will be worked. The Signal M. Co., who own the San Francisco location on the MeCrackin ground, have completed grading for the tenstamp mill, which is to be put up on the Sandy, about half a mile below Fisher's Springs and about three anda balf miles from Greenwood, A town has been started there, enlled Nashville. Mr. William Allen has the contract for putting up the mills, both for the MeCraekin and Signal confpany. He is interested in both companies. The mills are to be built under the supervision of Mr. Patton, who is an expericuced millwright and built the mill for the Consolidated Virginia, on the Comstock. BaansHaw Bastx.—The Luke Co.’s mill is nearing completion, The company have employed, including mechanies, miners, laborers, ctc., 44 men, There are 15 men at work on tho Gretna mine, aud there are 300 tons of ore on the dump that will work from $75 to $100 per ton. The ore assays from $81 to $306 per ton, and the ledge shows a tbree and a half foot vein of milling ore. The 15 men uverage ten tons per day. AaTLAN MibL.—Arizona Miner, June 22: Although the Peck company have talked about teking the Aztlan mill down and moving it to some place convenient to the Peck mine, no definite arrangements have as yet been madeto that end. Itis highly probable that the mill will still be kept, for a tinie at least, where it now is. Rictt Or#.—The mines in Mohave county still eontinue to look up, and we have the information that the Hackberry mine is producing largely of ore, and by the middle of August there will be upon tho dumps 1,500 to 2,000 tons of first-class ore, The ten-stamp mill will then be erected and running. Beition.—Yuma Sentinel, June 23: The El Dorado Canyon folks took $17,000 worth of bullion from their nine-stamp mil! last month, and their mine is getting better. Their great difficulty liee in getting fuel for makingsteam. They have Indians employed colleeting drift wood that comes down the Colorado river from the Rocky Mountain region, and whlch le intercepted opposito their mill. Colorado. Virnoin Tuxxen.—Colorado Miner, June 23: This is a prospecting enterprise on Leavenworth mountain. {tis Inested between the Robinson and Broadway tminels, and cuts the mineral veins of that locatity nearly at right angles nnd nbout 80 fvet deeper than the Bradway tennel. ft runs In direction 20° westod north, and is now abont 300 feet long. Five lodes have already been passed. Tuk Wuite Lope. —The erogs tunnel which has been for tho past six months @riven Inte the Republican for the purpose of cutting the White, is now nearly completed, and we may expect any day tu hear of auather hig bady xf ore exposed. The veln will be cut at a depth uf 300 fevt below the surface of the discovery. The ore is yuod and the veln frequently faszre, Grex, GILBERT is Inying the fonndution for his engine und hoisting apparntus ut what ls intended to bo The maiu opens on the free Ameriva, It is located 150 fvet west nf the diseovery shaft. Miners are at work sinking at that point, and raising from the west workligs, In the discovery, in ordur to connect the tw» as s00n as possible. A yew ore-house is heing orected at the Boulder Nest mine. The fast mill run from this ming gave a teslt of 28 silver per ton, SiuvEe Ork Texxen.—A good lode, carrying a fuir-sized vein of orc, has heen met with in this tunel. Cxxinte.—Tho huye rack which a few wecks ago slid from its position on Sherman mountain, smashing the Cushier shult-house und covering the mine, has been broken and romoved. Marnris—Goud ure hus been found in the Martin lode on Leavenworth mountain. A test made last week gave a reault of over 1,000 onnees. TeRRIBLE.—Work ls belny pushed on and everything tin order for work on a large scale, New Trail tracks have heen lald in the tunnel, and the ore-house, shops and offiece at the mine have been fitted up. The water coming down Brown yuleh has given some trouble, getting into the mine and drowni.g ont the lower portion, Tue Cnion Tunnel is being worked hy nino men, and is Ty approaching the Terrible lode, to intersvet whieh vein It {s heing driven. Mamsoti.—About the middle of last month work was resumed under the management of Messrs. Teal, Foster & Co, upon tho timnel in Brown gulch intended to interseet this veln, and on Friday, Jnne 8th, after having driven about 20 feet, the south wall of the lode was eut into; sinco then the tunnel has been driven through the lode, and revealed a large bundy of oro varying from 9 te 18 inches in thickucss, The ore in appearanee is very like that produced from the large lode being worked in the Hurcien tunnel; it is of low silver eontente, but rich In end. Kast Terkisle.—Work on lhis property has been steadlly pushed along. During the past month there bave heen about 19 men employed, drifting, sinking and stoping, and tho produce of the mine hag been about 15 tons of ore. Idaho. —— Encouraoine.—Owyhco Avalanche, June 30: Tho most encouraging event connected with the progress of mining operations in this vicinity that we have been called upon to record for many long monthe is the action of the Golden Chariot mining company in taking steps to alnk their shaft a distance of 200 fect below the 13thlevel. We have repeatedly urged this work for the reason that the most practical mining men in this section are unanimous in their belief of the existence of a rich ore body below the present point of operations in the Chariot. This work will be regarded with moro than ordinary interest from the fact that in none of tho mines on War Eagle tiountain have the operations extended below a distance of 1,300 feet, and it is the opinion of competent experts that richer ore bodiee will be found at these unexplored depths than ever came te light at polnts above the 13th level. Tue Belle Peck is looking better than at any time previous since the mine wag worked, At the present poe of operations in the lower levels the rock ig unusually rich and there is abundance of it. AT the Potoei there are about 30 tons of righ rock on the dump awaiting crushing. Work is being prosecuted at the mine under very favorable auspicee. Along a distanee of 600 feet on the ledge operations have been attended with the most promising developments, GOrenatioxs are still in favorable progress at the Empire, and the mine is looking better than ever. There is a large quantity of rieh rock ready fur erusbing, aud bullion shipments will soon be tively. WE have favorable reports from many small mines in this immediate vicinity, and some freshly located claims, the prospects in eome of whieh are unusually good. Some rich placer claims have been located by J. Brown and others at Sucker ercek, about 20 miles from town. Montana. PurLtpssure,—Butte Miner, June 19: Everything is int state quo here as yet. flow much longer this state of affairs will exist it is indeed impossible to conjecture. What the Northwestern company will vonelude upon, who shall or can say? Will the mill be put to work or not? Will the compauy crush or huy ore of the oliners, or wilt they contcnt themselves with treating their own rock? When Mr. I. 1 Lewis was over here on business for the Hope company he omployed some six or eight men at the wnine for the purpose of connecting (by drift), what is known as the No, 2 shaft with the incline, This work igs being done for the purpose of facilitating the hoisting of ore, as there ls a whim ou the shaft. Rumor states that the present Superintendent of the Hope company will be élothed will full power on or about the 1st of the eons month. Work is going on at the Algonguin, Salmon an Shark Town lodes. Some representation also is being done by various partie? in differnt sections Mf the camp. Monron }iws.— “rom M-. Login, Superintendent of the Monroe silver ‘ninipg company's mill sd mines in Vipond district, we learn that it i, the intentiou ta again start the mill the latter purt of th. week or the first of next. The mill itself isin good t+ c ition and re.dy to run, but the rond over which the or: 1,18 to be transported from the n.ine to the mill lias been in such impassable shape for the past two months that it was impossible to haul any quartz. During this delay a largs hnilding has been erected, in which to store ore, abuve the iuill and having shutes leading to the battery floor. This wi} be kept well supplied with ore in the futur and obviate the neeessity of stopping he mill whenever the roads become impussible for a few dhys. The company are employing about 15 meu in their mincs now, and are taking vut coneiderable ore, which will be put through when the mill starts. It is the intention, however, to do sone custom milling «fier everything ie brought down to a certain baBis, a New Mexico. New Disrrict.—New Mexican Herald, Juno 16: Wooney district isin the Mogollon mountains, Grant Co. Distance from Silver City by wagon road, 65 miles north; 25 of which wants working. $500 will do the work. From the mines to the 'Frisco river, six miles, road required can be bnilt for $200. At that point there is a good water power —suflicient to run 500 stamps. Wood abundant for lumher and fuel at mines and river. The leads are extensive. The four already loeated, the Copper Queen, Copper King, Silver Twig and War Cloud have been traced distance of ten miles. They are in granite aud porphyry and in that distance are crossed by fivo perennial streams. Deep creek at lowest stage runs 260 inches; Copper creck, lowest stage, 80 inches; Mineral ereck, same stage, 400 inches; Silver ereek, 25 inches; White Water, 700 inchos. These streams Tun southwesterly and empty into the ‘Frisco, In this vicinity there is the greatest abundance of grass. Oregon. Avusury.—Cor. Bedrock Democrat, June 27: Gold war discovered in Griffin gulch on the 23d day of October, 1851; the mines in Blue canyon and otber gulches in the vicinity were found in the following spring. This attracted a large immigration, and in the fall of 1862 Auburn was the second city in the State in point of populaContinued on page 12,