Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-03-14
Letter From Casual
MoKE1uMNE HILL, March s, 1866

MoKEIUMNE HILL, March s. 1868.
EDITOR CHRoNIcLE.-Thisc communication
brings me to Rich Gulch, six miles east OF
this town, on the West Point road. 1t was
once famous for its rich placeTs, but as they
have become things Of the past. the attention
Of residents is turned to quartz. VI this
material there is an abundance, and in this
paper can only glance at one or two OF the
claims, leaving the others for some more con-
venient time. The principal claim Of the
district is the Quartz Glen, (known to many
as the Foote & Thompson mine). Ihis Is
truly fine claim, and was extensively work.
ed in the years '55, '56 and 81. At that
time one of the best mills in the county was
attached to this mine, but it is now total
wreck, the great food of 81 having swept
away the greater part of the machinery,
fume, etc. Since that time the mine has
changed hands and has been thoroughly de-
yeloped by the present owners. l believe
their means are insufficient to prosecute their
work further. Any company with sufhcient
capital might make liberal arrangements
with the owners for the further working OF
the claim. The original locaters opened 1t
with tunnel to the depth of hundred and
fifty feet, and worked the vein from that
level to the grass roots. The present owners
have driven tunnel on the vein for dis
tance of six hundred and fifty feet, making
a back between the level of the old works
and tunnel of It's feet, and it is 300 feet
perpendicular from this level to the ravine
or lower point of the claim. For me to say
what the rock in the old works paid would
scarcely be credited. and on this point will
only mention one lot of rock taken from the
old works, one year ago. and packed on the
backs of "Jack-horses" to the French mill
and worked. 1t paid the small trifle Of
seventy-six dollars per ton. How great the
quantity of this class of ore, of course do
not know but that there is thousands of
tons of pay rock in sight, any one who
chooses to take the trouble can see for them
selves.
South of this claim, and on the same lead,
is the French mine. The mine was worked
to considerable extent, with fine prospects,
but as the mine belonged to one party and
the mill to another, they disagreed, and in
consequence are both idle.
The next on my list is the Anglo Saxon
nine. This claim is half mile east of the
Quartz Glen, and is the same mine that ere
ated SO much excitement in 1856, by the ex-
traordinary richness of the rock since then
there has been a large amount of work and
money expended on the mine. The devel-
opments consist of three shafts, one of which
reaches the water level of the vein. 1t is IN
this shaft that the last work was done. Rock
taken from it last Fall, and worked in the
French Mill, paid ten dollars per ton, while
the sulphurets from the same rock assayed
six hundred dollars per ton.
There is level run from the bottom Of
this shaft for distance of thirty-two feet.
The vein here is three feet in thickness and
richer quartz than this appears to be is hard
to find. am by this time trying your pa
tience and will defer mention of the other
mines in this district, until my next.
Yours, CASUAL.