The Placer herald., 1874-11-28


the Auburn Mining District one mile below
Newcastle, on what is known as Jenny Lind
Flat. We have had occasion to speak of the
Julian Mine heretofore, but since seeing it,
free to confess that we have never done the sub
ject justice. 1t is now, we may say without fear
of contradiction, the best opened mine in Placer
county, and we believe there few, and per-
haps none in the State, in better shape than it.
The mill and hoisting works on the mine are
erected in the most substantial manner; and the
machinery, which is complete in all its arrange
ments, is of the best to be had. The mine,
which comprises, we believe, 1900 feet along
the lode, and all the appurtenances thereto, is
the property of our worthy friend, G. H-Schna-
bel; and to say he bids fair to become the sec
ond Hayward of California, is not, from present
ildications, an improbable prediction. Without
mentioning the various vicissitudes which Mr..
Schnabel has experienced on bringing the mine
to its present condition, we will merely speak of
things as we found them ON visit there last
week. The hosting works are run by fine
new ter-nch cylinder engine. This engine
runs both bucket and pump. The rope used for
hosting the bucket is of fine steel wire. All
other appliances about the hosting works seem
to have been selecte with view to safety and
permanence; and the arrangement is of the
most convenient kind The pump discharges
its water into a large tank, which holds many
thousand gallons. From this tank the engine
is supplied. This, though, does not consume
all the water. 1t is so arranged that the waste
runs over the top, that the tank may be con-
tinually full in case of fire. The building COW
erng the hosting works is large Including the
backsmithshop, ETC., and is built on a solid
brick and stone foundation. When the rock is
drawn from the shaft it is dump ed into box
car and run off to the mill, about loO yards
distant, and empticd to an incline, which
runs it by its own gravity to platform near the
batteries where it is broken INTO small pieces
and given to the heavy iron stamps to be ground
as fine as flour. The mill has foul batteries, Of
Eve stamps each, which including all the gold
saving apparatus is run by fine twelve-inch
cylindul engine. The building covering the
milling machinery is also very large, and is
built in the most substantial mann9r. Besides
the room for the batteries, this building includes
large space for two grind srs, seven son-entra-
tors and one settler. (These not up yet,
though the machinery forrunnins them is all on
the g1ound. At present the gold is saved by bat
terry amagamation.) Under the same roof is
carpenter shop, an amalgamatlng room, the en-
CINE room, and large space for wood. In
short, the works on top of the ground are not
only new but complete and extensive. They
constitute everything necessary for the working
of n first-cass mine This work was not all
put there for nothing. nor without fair pros
pect of getting the money back with interest.
Before these large buildings were erected. and
this expensive machinery was put up, the mine
had been we'll opened, and Mr.. Schnabel was
assured he had an extensive ledge 'ofa quality
of rock that would return handsome dividends.
To show the extent to which the mine is opened
we have improvised the following rude cut