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1 JANUARY 1 & 3, 1875 GRASS VALLEY UNION
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1875
BORN. At Nevada City, Dec. 30, 1874, to E. M. PRESTON and Wife, a Son.
MARRIED. At Truckee, Dec. 28, 1874, by the Rev. A. C. Gray, Miss ANGIE M. GRIFFIN to Mr.
H. S. GARDNER, all of Truckee.
DIED. At Chico, Dec. 28, 1874, ELLA OLIVER, aged 17 years, niece of Sheriff Geo. W. Smith, of
this county.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1875
BORN. At Grass Valley, January 2, [1875] to THOS. MITCHELL and Wife, a Son.
THE MINING SITUATION.
The Grass Valley mines have done well during the past month, and some of them make a good
showing for the year. There are, however, too many idle mines in the district—mines that only await
drills, and picks and gads, and powder, and other appliances, including pluck and muscle to cause
them to show the “bonanza.” During the month just past, a great improvement over the month before
has been shown here, and that was because more work was done, in a prospecting way, last month
than in November. There is no doubt but that when work is done in this district pay is sure to follow.
That has proved true more than a thousand times. Our note book, after careful examination of the
situation, shows the following”
The Eureka Mine,
Situated about two miles east of Grass Valley, the average of 86 miners. The wages of these
have been $3 per day to the man. The cost of sinking, per foot, in exploring has been about $65,
while the cost of drifting has been about $25, per foot. The cost of “stoping” has been about $10.50
per ton of ore. Milling the ore costs $2.61 per ton; the company owning its own mill. The number of
tons extracted and worked during the year is 8,130 tons, the average yield of which has been $25 per
ton. The percentage of sulphurets in the rock amounts to 1.5. The total bullion product has been, for
the year, about $205,780. The Eureka’s location is 1,680 feet, for which the company has a patent.
The course of the ledge is nearly east and west, and the dip is toward the south. The length of the
pay zone is about 1,000 feet, with a ledge of four feet in thickness. The country rock is slate and
serpentine. The mine is worked through a shaft, which has a total depth of 1,250 feet. There are eight
levels opened, and the total length of drifts is 9,000 feet. The cost of the hosting works is $48,000.
At the mill a 60 horse-power engine is in use, and the number of stamps is 30, each of which weighs
850 pounds. These are dropped, each, 65 times per minute, and the drop is 10 inches. There are 2
pans and 2 sulphuret concentrators in the mill. The cost of the mill was $30,600 and is capable of
crushing 65 tons of ore in 24 hours. The sulphurets are tested by the chlorination process. All the
stamps of the mill have not been employed during the year. The lower portions of the mine do not
show good pay rock, but explorations which are now going on may result in something good. The
Eureka went into operation October ist 1865, and up to and including the 30th of September, 1874,
the company had on hand in cash and value of supplies the sum of $101,646 72, which will enable
them to explore the ledge to a much lower depth than has yet been reached. Mr. Wm. Watt is the
Superintendent of the mine, with Mr. James Gluyas as Foreman.
Pittsburg Mine.
Is situated about 4 miles south-west from this place. It is owned by E. P. Sanford, Robert
McCook and David McCook. There are 12 miners employed at $3, per day each. The cost of sinking,
per foot has been $7; the cost of drilling z43 per foot, while stoping has cost $3 per ton. The cost
per ton, for extracting ore has been $6, and the cost of milling the same has been $4 per ton. The