Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-02-02
CALAVERAS CHRONICLE.
San Audreas Correspondence.
SAX ANDREAs, January 25th. 1867

San AuOI6ES SCIr6SpOuQeQC6.
San ANDREAs, January 25th. 1867.
EDITOR CHRONICLE You may have heard
formerly of so many rich strikes made in
quartz in the San Andreas and surrounding
mining districts, and of the building of quartz
mills on several of the claims, that YOU NAV
have been led to believe that San Andreas is
hourishing mining town. deriving benefit
from its quartz mines. Now. San Andreas
quartz mills are standing still for want of
rock to crush of the paying sort; even the
single arastra on the Everlasting" claim is
out of order; the owners of the claim have
spent all the money and labor they wish to.
Here quartz mining was not encouraged by
success. The quartz mill of Tubbs & Co.
has been removed; it is, however, asserted
that the lode has not been fairly tried and
other parties will give the lead another trial ;
the quartz mill of ]. McGlinn & Co. has
crushed, from their lode. a considerable lot
Of rock under disadvantage, unsuccessful,
and have, therefore, discontinued labor; an
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Ave tons crushed which proved worthless,
paying about one dollar and half to the
ton. The " Everlasting" is La ing idle, and
will last forever unless some capitalist tries
his fortune. There is some good quartz
here. One lot of fifteen tons, mixed with
slate, paid in the mill at Lower Calaveritas,
ten dollars per ton, and properly worked the
lode is worth something, being on the main
vein and of good size and appearance. Par
ties from Chill Gulch have paid for develop
ing this mine SO far. The Willow creek lode
has been lost by the most injudicious or ig-
norant way of working. Ten tons of this
rock paid about seven dollars per ton, but it
is asserted that about four hundred dollars
worth of gold specimens had been carried off
during the excitement. 1t is a small mine
the gold Is coarse in the rock and not in
pockets. Adams & Co. have also quit work
on the spurs containing sometimes showy
gold; another spot prospected by them had
yielded two dollars and half per ton. The
vein of Ritter & Co. has been held for a num-
Der of years, by working one day or two now
and then, and may continue so until their
heirs change this mode of mining this quartz
lode needs another trial. the reports about it
are not reliable. The Sandy lode is an ex-
tension and the reports are the same. The
Union mine has been worked to water level,
$50 feet, and the quartz extracted has paid
about fifteen dollars per ton, on the average !;
some capitalist will some day follow down.
ward this mine. and be well paid for so doing.
The size of this vein is from one to four feet
wide, and of easy extraction. Bachman's
claim, at Fourth Crossing is on the same
lode as the former, and the owner is work
ing singly end doing we'll with a hand-mor
tar. Thorpe s. Co.'S lode seems held for the
rising generation, and is believed to be as
good as the old Winter lode at Angels; it
needs only to prove it, its appearance and
prospects are very good, containing gold
bearing sulphurets; it a very wide lode.
Ward & Co. mine, on Dry Creek, is large
one, but the owners have so far met difficult
ties and it is standing still. To the east of
these lodes there has been much prospecting
in quartz. In Ell Dorado, wide lode is pay
ing four dollars per ton, on an average; an
other vein above Tunnel Hill, on the San An
tonic ridge, has been worked with the most
datterlng prospects of success. but is laying
idle at present it is believed that those par
ties have too many claims to look after An
other lode on Indian Greek, above Davis
Yanch, is owned by Mexicans who recently
crushed ten tons of rock, in Lower Calaver-
veritas-yield not known. The lode is from
two to five feet in width, the quartz is rich
and easily extracted, slate as well. On the
San Domingo the Fair Play" has good
reputation; ore crushed by arastras and has
yielded well, the sulphurets containing gold.
Between this and Murphys Camp quite a
number of quartz veins have been discovered
which prospect well. Dan. Mckay & Co.
had twenty tons of their quartz crushed,
which yielded twenty-five dollars per tom
The gold is finely diffused in all the quartz
the vein is two feet wide, the shaft seventy
feet down, slate for wslls, quartz easily ex-
tracted. Many other claims adjoining pros
pect equally as WELL of from one to four feet
IN width, veins traeeable for long distance.
Chilenos and Mexicans have discovered and
prospected most of the veins around Muir
phys, and a custom mill would be a good
thing, profitable to the miners and this fu-
ture quartz mining town, as other mills will
surely follow the first. Yours, &c.,
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