The Placer herald., 1871-05-27

ledge and the shafts are 14i feet apart. The
company are now running drifts to connect
these two shafts The drift is in 60 feet, run
ming to the east. There are three Slopes, the
first stope is one of 81 feet; the second "a and
the third is IA feet West of the west shaft
drift is in 40 feet. Along the surface of ledge
in former times, miners have stopped out 4UO or
500 feet to depth of 32 feet. The character OF
the ore is similar to the St. Patrick. The ledge
is about 10 inches in thickness. The ore has
paid, by mil! process, S25 to S35 per ton, which
gives large profits. Some white and hungry
looking quartz from this ledge paid 50 per ton.
The Buckeye is promising mlne. AT present
water power is used, bat steam power Will be
put on when necessary, Occasionally fine spec
linen rock s taken out, at the st. Patrick.
Several veins connect in the Buckeye claims.
A San Francisco company own the Buckeye
mine.
Greene Mine
is well known TO all who are interested in mines.
1t has been wonderfully rich, and is now in the
same condition. The lowest depth attained III
the Greene is 125 feet, OF late rock has been
taken from Il level at 60 feet in depth. From
this level within the last thirty days, gold to the
value of over $4,000 has been taken. lhe
owners are working miners of the Auburn dis
trict.
Cox & Denton
burn Work looking to permanency is being
done at this mine. A shaft is being put down
on the ledge and a tunnel on the surface of the
ledge is being driven. The shaft and the tunnel
will connect at depth of over 100 feet for the
shaft and n length OF 300 feet for the tunnel
The company have constructed fine road from
the Auburn Ravne Turnpike to the mine, and
within few days comfortable buildings, to b.
used as Offices boarding houses and sleeping
apartments will be put up. The Cox Denton
mine have caused buildings to spring up, like
Jonah gourd, in q night, and unlike Jonah :
gourd, they viii not wither in night. The
rock from this nine looks well in supherets
aud tests made from the groupings years ago, by
mill process prove that the ledge Is paying one.
The ledge is we'll defined and as far as developed
shows an average of 81 feet in thickness San
Francisco and Auburn men own thi. mine.
Dillon Nlino
located four miles north OF Auburn on Rock
creek has had crushing lately of 80 tons of rock
pumping works are being erected at this mine
The machinery for the works is from Lakenan' $
foundry at Grass Valley.
Other Ledges.
Work is being actively prosecuted on the Nina
Ricd, CrPsus Butcher Boy, Spring and Merrow
Putnam and otherledges. We noticed that Bob
Cryer & Co.'S ledge is idle, though paying rock
has been taken from II. a NlSllOrIO AuDuTH Will
soon discover, by specimens Of gold bearing rock
exhibited, and 10y talk about mining, that the
district is alive to the principal interest Of Cali
forna.
Form at ion.
The country rock in the Auburn district IS
very much like that of Grass Valley. his in
sures permanency for the lelges, and the lodges
show for themselves III metalliferous character
PrRsoNAL.-O friends G. II. Mitchell
and Rufus Shoemaker, of the Grass Valley
Union, and other gentlemen from that gay
est Of mount lin towns visited Auburn and
spent few days in viewing the scenery and
examining our mines, etc, in the closing
days of last week. We were pleased to
welcome these affable and enterprislng gen
tlcmon to our town, and our readers will OBJ
serve that our columns have been enriched
and rendered more interesting by reason Of
the fI,lits Of this visit