The Placer herald., 1870-04-30
oPHIR CORRESPONDENCE.
OPIUM. April 9th, 1870.

OPHIR, April 27th, 1870.
Editor Herald In my communication OF
last week promised you that would give your
readers some more mining news for this weeks
issue. 10 the way Of mining everything is pros
pering as we'll as could be wished for all the
available Quartz teams are employed daily haul
ing quartz to the mills, and in fact there is not
enough of them for the demand, and cur mills
have all they can do. The Empire mill has
enough quartz engaged to keep running Tor the
next month to come.
Staples Co., are going to repair their mill
so that it will give satisfaction to any quartz
miner.
Chas. Pugh is reftting his old mill, taking out
the old battery and replacing it with new one,
with all the new improvements.
The Indian Mound company are taking out bet
ter paying quartz than at any time since the
discovery of the ledge.
George Clark Il Co., are ,aking out some very
rich quartz opposite Staples Co.'S. mill which
bids lair to bc a very rich thing.
Company OF miners from Grass Valley made
n purchase Of the Hunter ledge lately and are
getting gooI rock, and intend 10 make test as
soon as they can get out fifty tons.
VIM. G. Green is progressing with good success
duu pieu'y VI TlCu TOChj ne Has tahcu out scNeTIl
thou sand dollars within the last ten days
The st. Patrick is turning out gold by the
pound. Since last Friday they have been taking
out very rich rock and have realized $4,000 or
$4,000 in specimens and have six or seven tons
OF quartz that will pay $500 per ton. and plenty
more OF the same kind in sight in fact it is
richer than ever Mr.. Mclaughlin had it. MIR.
Eaton has already taken out more than he paid
for the claim and all the improvements and labor
on it.
Mclaughlin has leased the Doeig ledge from Mr..
Schnabel it is situated near the ST. Patrick.
Several years ago the owners Of the claim reali
zed over $50 600 by the hand mortar and mill
ing process, aud Mclaughlin is sanguine OF ma
king No claim Of it.
The owners of the Peter Walter are going to
start up again about the fist of May. Peter
Walter took out OF this claim before he sold to
The Stn francisco company, about $50 600 dol
lars. The present owners sunk shalt TO the
depth Of 20 feet, and that is about all that they
have done; they intend 10 sink the shaft TO the
depth Of one hundred feet, and run their levels
cast and west. This claim swell fixed for work
ing, there being good hosting works on the
ground and pump sufficient to go down and
drain the shalt to depth of 800 ,eet, and you
may expect a good report from this claim 5000.
The Buckeye, siiuated near the Peter Walter,
on llumbu Flat, has a shaft l40 feet deep. The
owners, Judge Spear and W. B. Lyon made
test at the depth OF seventy five feet and the
quartz paid them two ounces per ton, or S2S,
and another at the bottom of the shaft which paid
them SIG per ton This claim has also good
hosting works and pump and is in good order
and will be in active operation in short time.
The Old Mine. situated on Crater Hill, and
owned by spear Lyon, will be moving along
with the tide OF prospecting next week. This
claim was once owned by Reed and Browse, and
at the time they worked the vein they took out
some 100000, and il is only partially worked to
the depth OF 65 feet. with plenty Of good paying
ore left at that depth, and gold in sight in the
bottom level could mention plenty more old
mines that have been laying idle for years that
would pay well with tn facilities that we have
at the present time for reducing quartz. There
was some small lots of quartz, S3 tons, crushed
at the Empire Mill last week that paid from sS
to SIG per ton. This quartz was taken out o:
the surface; and that certainly is good pay
There is plenty OF the same kind here and the
District is large enough 10 hold hundreds of
prospectors. There are 4 great many vacant
lodges open to location.
Sweeney and Puffer have realized 50 $40 on
their last crushing of l5G tons. PRosrEcroR.