The Placer herald., 1870-10-22

Buckeye, st. Patrick, Shipley and BATHS mines
on Tuesday last and was much pleased with the
progress and promise Of these claims. At the
mine of w. G.. Green & Co.. we found The boys
taking out ore some Of which was too rich to
state and expect to be believed, but at risk we
will say we saw many pieces that fully one-ffth
was pure gold. There are some four hundred
tons Of ore on the dump which is high grade
milling ore and from which specimens can be
picked up at almost any place on the pile show
ing free gold to the naked eye There has been
heavy and systematic work done on this mine
for the past two years all of which has been paid
for from time to time by reducing small lots of
the ore in a small arastra or in hand mortar.
The pumping apparatus and hoisting works are
all complete and are propelled by water power at
a cost for water of about $50 per month. The
main shaft is down some l20 feet, and east of
this shaft some 100 feet is another down so feet
and tunnel running with the ledge connecting
the two. There has been quartz from this
ledge milled since Mr.. Green and partner be-
came sole owners, nor will there be until they
erect their own mill. This mine is not for sale
and we are not sure that we would be doing right
towards the modest contented owners by being
any more communicative of what we saw th;
the above At the
BCCKEYE
We found the Superintendent Mr.. F. Jones' alb
sent on a trip to San Francisco, but found the
men at work on the new shaft some 100 feet
west of the old one. This company was incor-
porated in July last, capital stock 800, 600 in
shares of $50. Trustees, G. w. kellogg, J. D.
Fry, T. Jones, j. W. Gashwiler, Mark L. Nc
Donald, j. f. Gruman, and G.. D. Roberts
The old shaft is down 140 feet, and the new one
is now down 70 feet and taking out good ore
showing some free gold and rich galena and sui
phurets The ledge at this point is some II
inches thick, and the last crushing of some u
tons, we We're told, yielded $50 per ton in
free gold The quartz being taken out
bears a strong general resemblance to that from
the Green mine, and when they reach still low
er level may be as good This shaft is close to
where the old Union quartz mill stood and in a
direction little north of west from the Green
mine At the
ST. PATRICK
We found work going on in true mining style
The gentlemanly Superintendent Mr. Henry
Mills has thirteen mon at work and is running
night and day shifts The hoisting works are
run by steam engine of about S-horse power.
This is a complete little engine and requires only
about two cords of four-foot wood per week
The main shaft is now down 145 feet and levels
have been run out at various depths, all of which
have shown good ore, and in some instances as
tonishingy rich rock. The ledge at the 145-foot
level is about two feet thick There is now out
upon the dump some forty or fifty tons of good
milling ore showing rich in gold, galena. and
gold-bearing sulphurets. Here again we were
struck with the remarkable similarity in general
appearance and characteristics of this ore with
that we had first examined at the Green mine
and also at the Buckeye. Some beautiful and
massive chrystaIs, in slabs of from one foot and
upwards have been taken from this shaft ono of
which we "smouged" and now have on exhbi-
ton. This mine is also incorporated and is be-
ing vigorously and systematically developed, re-
gardless of expense and we cannot doubt but it
will prove a Iich permanent, and paying mine
We also visited the
SHIpLEY LEDGE AND NEW QUARTZ MILL
Below Dotys Flat, now in course of construc-
lttl oi tillS leubc Ille
Der of feet of the Trouble ledge (running into
the former ledge) now belongs to McFadden &
Sears, who are erecting the mill. The ledge is
fully two feet over thick and has some four
or five shafts on it, which satisfies the owners
that it is good. The mill is on Doty's ravne and
the ledge can be cut with tunnel of some 200
feet in length at depth Of over 100 feet and
the quartz run directly into the batteries. The
mill is 10-stamp and will be run with water by
an overshott wheel of forty feet diameter. The
wheel is up but not yet completed and the bat
terry nearly finished. Neither of the owners
on the ground, but the foreman informed
us that they expected to have the mill completed
early next month. Mr. Singer BATHS owns 1000
feet on the immediate extension of this Shiplev
ledge, which we will call the
BATHS MINE.
We visited this shaft and found it down some
fifty feet, and in good shape He has out from
Is to 30 tons of good rock from which we selected
some specimens of rich ore showing well in free
gold. This has a different and distinct char
acter from what we have spoken of above. 1t
contains gold, silver and copper-the gold great
ly predominating The ore out is estimated to
yield from thirty to forty dollars per ton, mill
process. This is not guess work. as accurate
tests have been made. Mr. BATHS informed rs
that he cou1 have the barla1 tO the G.tId