The Placer herald., 1872-04-27
OUR MIN ES.

From notes of travel in our county, by L. p.
McCarty, agent and correspondent of the Scien-
tiic Press, republish the following as to some
of our mines
THE RISING SUN QUARTZ NINE
Located about one mile southwest of Colfax. is
incorporated with a capital of $500, 900 in 5000
shares. The length of the claim is 5000 feet
running nearly east aad west; W. b. Hayford is
President, and w. A. Hines, Secretarv-office in
TINS place (Colfax). They have fine set of
hosting works run by twenty five horse power
steam engine; also five stamp mill run by an
engine OF forty horse power, which has a capacity
OF crushing twelve tons per day of twelve hours,
winch has at present as much as it can do. The
main shaft on the ledge is down $50 feet. nearly
perpendicular. The vein in the bottom of the
shaft varies from one to two feet in thickness:
the pay running from $40 to $50 per ton. The
gold taken from this rock is of unusual fineness,
running from 900 to 932 fine; thirty men are
regularly employed.
MONTANA QUARTZ MINE.
This is an incorporation with capital of $780,
600 in $4,000 shares, the stock of which is
principally held here. r. T. Bowley is President
and W. b Storey Secretary. The mine is three
fourths of a mile west of Colfax and in sight of
the " Rising Sum-" The company claim 25O0
above mentioned mine. Their improvements
consist of steam hoisting works, run by an engine
of forty horse power, and a ten stamp mill which
has just been erected all complete except
adding the stamps, which, by the time this is in
type, will be in and the mill in operation. Their
main shaft is down 40 feet and contractors now
sinking will complete the distance to the 170-ft.
level. This ledge is very wide one, much
so that with twelve foot shaft the hanging wall
has not been found The rock carries consider
able sulphurets and has paid average of $6
per ton in free gold. The sulphurets, of which
the rock contains about fifty per cent, it is pre-.
sumed will pay we'll They at present using
Giant powper for blasting having lately given
up the use of black powder, and are well satisfied
with the change, progressing neary fifty per cent.
faster.
GREENE MINE,
Distant from Auburn two and half miles. The
mine is incorporated with 100000 capital in
1000 shares, the stock of which is principally
owned here. A. c. Peachy is President, and
c. M. Greene Secretary, both of your city.
Principal office of the company Alb California
street. San Francisco. VIM. G. Greene is Supt.
The mine has length of ,132 feet the ledge
running east and west and dipping to the south
ward. The walls both carry large amount of
base metal containing some free gold, silver,
copper and arsenic. Their Improvements con-
sst of fine hosting works run by thirty horse
a forty horse power engine. The company also
own four stamp mill, which is run by water
power, and which is used principally for reducing
specimen ore. The mill contains two Hepburn
pans. The company will soon erect a fifteen
stamp mill on the premises. Their main shaft
is down 220 feet at an incline of fifteen degrees.
The ledge at this point is little over two feet
thick and from the top down averages thirty
inches. They are still sinking on the mine and
have not stopped any as yet, nor will they until
they get down $50 feet. Blasting agent used is
Giant powder, giving general satisfaction. En-
ploying Regularly fourteen men, working eight
hour shifts, night and day. The rock of this
mine has thus far averaged over 800 per ton.
At this writing they taking out rock that
assays 5000 per ton. Since writing the
above rock has been struck in the mine, in the
process of sinking the shaft, that is fabulously
rich and which runs up into the hundreds per
ton. This mine has never levied an assessment,
and is one of the few that has paid its way from
the groupings down.
PETER WALTER MINING CO.,
An incorporation of $o00,000 capital in 5000
shares is located about three miles west of
Auburn. This company claim ledge of 900
feet in length, which runs east and west and
dips to the south. Their improvements consist
of steam hosting works which are run by an
engine of twenty-five horse power. The main
shaft is down 125 feet, at an angle of forty de-
grees, at this point the ledge is about fifteen
inches vide, They are still sinking, and drift
ing at the depth of 116 feet where level has
been run seventy feet to the eastward, from
which they are taking about five tons per week.
Working Regularly fourteen men i'll all depart
ments. When they stop sinking and all its men
are drifting they will take out about eighteen
tons per week. Two tons of this rock has been
tested and pays $33 per ton. The company has
really Just got into working order. The rock
contains good deal of splphurets and looks well.
Their west level is in fifty feet. Gen. ID. ID. Col
ton of your city is President, and L. j. Owens,
Secretary; principle Office, room No. l, N. E.
corner of California and Montgomery streets,
San Francisco.
BELLEVUE GOLD MINING co.
This company own eight different lodges. 1t
is ain incorporation of $500, 600 capital in 5000
shares, the stock of which is principally held in
San Francisco. The location is four miles west
of Auburn and three miles north of Newcastle.
W. P. G. Stebbins is president, and T. F. Gro
Mise Secretary; principle Office 400 California
street. in yonr city. These lodges (eight in
number) are $500 feet each in length and aver
age in width fifteen inches each. The most OF
the ledSes have been worked from thirty to fifty
feet in depth and 2, 200 feet in length The i'm
provements are, good hoisting works run by
water power the water being taken from the
Bear River ditch. Their main shaft is down 100
feet and they are now running III on the l36 foot
level, which they have pierced $40 feet. These
lodges which lay parallel with each other, run
nearly east and west, and dip to the south; are
in slate formation. The number of men engaged
in all departments is about twenty taking out,
on average, about forty tons of rock per week,
which they crush at the st. Patrick Co.'S fifteen
stamp mill located within one-half mile OF this
mine. The rock costs seventy-five cents per ton
for hauling and five dollars per ton to crush; it
pays regularly about forty dollars per ton. The
specimen ore for which this mine is somewhat
noted, however, will run into the thousands
One LOT of sixty tons taken out some time ago,
netted fifty dollars per ton. The mine has been
charged with ''salting' its rock, but the expert
ence of your correspondent is, on visiting the
same, that it furnishes its own salt. The COM
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