The Placer herald., 1874-05-23

MruNG.-At the Crater Hill the Slopes are
turning out immense quantities Of very high
6 AIDE ore. About 30 men are now employed on
this mine, which is worked up in such fine shape
that rock can be taken out hereafter as fast as
ten stamps can crush it.
At the Bellevue, work is being pushed ahead
rapidly and Systematically. Six different shafts
are being sunk in pairs, each pair about 100
feet apart, which will be connected by drift at
a depth of 200, or 250 feet, for the purpose of
facilitating work on the slopes and afford!ng
ventilation. They are working on three diff
ferent mines. The object of this plan, we un-
derstand is to make room for a sufficient force
to take out ore enough to keep their mill, which
they intend enlarging to 20 stamps, constantly
running. This is wise arrangement. 1t is
what has given reputation to the best quartz
mines mine may be ever so rich, as some
of our mines are known to be, but if there is
only ore enough taken out to run the mill two
or three days in each month, its effects are
scarcely felt. But when the mill can be kept con-
stantly running, turning out from $500 to $1,200
a day. its effects are soon felt, the stockholders
pockets soon begin to fill up, and as a natural
consequence, tue StOCh SoOh llSto III lhc
ket. The quartz prospect in this section never
looked more favorable. We anticipate that in
a comparatively short time there will be several
mills near here, pounding away from one years
end to the other.
The strike at the Orleans mine, which we
mentioned last week, continues as good as
ever. They have already run about
+,- 6va faat frop ebaft fhrOupb
this fabulously rich rock. The ledge is five
feet thick and widening as they go; and the
rock, which is rich beyond description, gets
richer. The most experienced miners work
ing there, say that every indication promises
continuation of the same kind of ore for
great extent. Blast after blast peels off the rich
ore, each time leaving brighter indications
ahead The candid statements of reliable men,
of the present prospects of this mine, seem
almost incredible. But the gold itself is what
tells, and there is no doubt but the rock being
taken from this mine contains plenty of it.
The ALDEN FRUIT DRYER Here in the foot
hills We raise grapes which equal any in the
world; and pears, apples, peaches, aprlcots'
plums, prunes and indeed fruits of nearly ev-
cry zone, which challenge the admiration OF all.
There is absolutely no limit to the capacity OF
our soil to produce the finest fruits and vegeta-
bles But the population is not sufficiently
dense to consume tithe of what could be pro-
duced, and since all these varieties OF fruits are
perishable their production has only to a lin
tied extent thus far proved a commercial sue
cess. Give us ready market for these fruits,
and we would soon be rich and our foot-hill
land, so admirably adapted to their cultivation
large tracts of which now lie idle, would be
worth hundreds of dollars an acre. 1t IS well
known that at the current prices an acre OF fruit
compared with an acre of grain' will produce
nearly or quite hundred dollars to one' and
all can readily understand that if fruit could be
placed on the same footing with wheat, hay, or
barley, by being made imperishable, the gain to
the producer would be startling. The Alden
process Of preserving fruits and vegetables