Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-23
ITEMS OF MINING NEWS.

Mining on the east fork OF the Hassay-
ampa, in Arizona, better known as the
Crook canyon, is getting lively again as
the snow disappears.
While ground-sluicing on Poor Mans
creek, in Oregon, Thomas Keatou picked
up an SS7 so nugget in the claim of Kea-
ton, Kilppel & Co, last week. This is one
of the largest nuggets found recently and
is a perfect gem.
There have just been bonded three of
the most important mines in Carlisle dis
trict (Meadow Lake,, to men who have
abundant means for testing the wnrtl
the mines, and who have manifested the
disposition to do so.
On the north-side hills, in the shade of
the timber, says the Arizona Democrat,
there is snow four feet deep in places yet,
but it is melting rapidly, and there is wa
ter everywhere, and lots of green grass on
the southern exposures. This will be a
gay season for miners and prospectors in
the mountains of Yavapai county.
A few days since miner at Remington
Hill, Nevada county, in attempting to move
a bowlder, discovered bonanza. The rock
was about two feet in diameter, aud in at
tempting to turn it over some gold on the
surface attracted his attention, and on fur
ther examination it was found to be liter
ally filed with gold and worth several
thousand dollars.
There was recently found in the Ford &
Mullen claim, on New York Hill, says the
Nevada Transcript, beautiful gold speci-
men. 1t had been imbedded in crystallized
nrt1 on1 hoI +o1-a eha, Of,
it had been wrought into an ornament by
the hands of skillful artisan, being studded
here and there with small crystalization,
that took ON a resemblance of pearls. The
gold was as bright as if it had been bur-
nished.
We have talked with several experienced
miners just down from the Skagt gold
fields, says the Seattle Post, who say the
mines are the richest struck since lS49, and
estimate that Ruby, Canyon, Granite and
Panther creeks will turn out millions of
dollars this summer and fall, and that there
is room for 20, 600 miners as far as at pres
ent prospected, and there is vast era
of gold bearing country there as yet I'M
prospected.
The Sampson Flat mines in Fresno
county were discovered in January, but
the matter was kept profound secret by
the discoveries until quite recently. Their
object was to have ample time to discover
and locate the best lodges before the excite
ment. Their success has been good. The
leading claims are Big Sampson, owned by
Little, McBee & Co.-this ledge is eight
feet wide and assays 800 to 500 gold per
ton; the North Star, owned by Fenwick,
Rape, Converse & Lewis, assays from $50
to $500 per ton, and is three feet in width !;
the Monitor, owned by Davis, Lewis, Shan
non & Case, is five feet wide, and gives an
average assay of s., 200 per ton. They all
are in slate formation and carry free gold.
The recent developments in the Empire
mine at Tombstone must be encouraging to
the Boston parties who purchased it only
last December. Work upon it has been
pushed with that energy peculiar to Massa-
chusetts men. Hoisting works of excellent
character and capacity for sinking from
1000 to l,500 feet have recently been
erected over its new working shaft, now
down $40 feet. In the Old prospect shaft,
down 200 feet, rapid drifting has been 60
ing forward ON the vein, now in some~l30
feet, in its approach toward The new shaft.
In the east cross-cut of the old shaft, about
30 feet from the opening, a body of free
milling ore, chloride in character, was
struck, about nine feet in thickness, assay
ing $lS7 per ton. In the new shaft assays
from vein shoots have been made from SS4
to 1912 per ton. The Empire is looked
upon as mine having prospects of perma-
nency and richness second to none in the
camp Tucson Record.