Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-22
MINING NOTES.

The Oriental mine at Allegheny, Sierra
county. is supposed to be sold to New
York parties who are On their way to take
possession.
P. belong and others have discovered a
very rich quartz ledge in Hog Canyon,
Sierra county, above the old Primrose mill.
It was a blind ledge, and was uncovered
while sluicing.
The owners of the Golden Star drift mine
at Allegheny, Sierra county, who suspend
ed operations last fall, have recommended
work. The prospects of the company are
said to be good.
The Big Flat copper mines of Del Norte
promise well. At the Congdon mine the
ledge at 40 feet deep is 20 feet wide, and
paws from so to 40 per cent. pure copper,
according to the Crescent City Cou'aer'S
statement.
Keller City, Inyo county, is on the north
side of Ovens lake. A ten-stamp silver
mill is being built there, in the Cerro
Gordo District, which is said to have
welded bullion to the amount OF Sl6, OO0,-
900 already.
Mining operations at Gold Run, Placer
county, are increasing in activity A &C.
ment mill is in course of erection at that
place. The fve-stamp mill recently put
up at Humbug Canyon is now IN successful
operation. 1t is said to work the ore very
satisfactorily.
The Homer Mining Under asserts that
the old Mono diggings are likely to come
to the front again. There was an immense
amount of gold washed out there from 1898
to 1864, estimated as high as 81, 0O0.0 0O,
and now miners are going for the source
whence all this came. Some rich quartz
ledqes have been discovered, which bid
fair to yield largely.
A rich strike is reported to have been
made the latter part of last week IN the
Albert gravel mine formerly the old Buck
eye), ON the Blue Tent road near this city,
saws the Nevada City Transcript. 1t IS
stated that gravel paying as high as $, %
cents ,ban was found Saturday. The
owners of the claim are Grass Valieyans,
who have for several months been trying
to recover the channel.
fine bed of marble has been discov-
cred about three miles and hall from
town. near the head of Ontario gulch, says
the Park City (Utah) Record. Its quality
is pronounced perfect, and there are ap
parently various stratum OF different COLI
ors-a beautiful variegated black, also red
dish brown, greatly resembling the Scotch
marble, and a pure white. The ledge Is
apparently about seventy-five feet wide.
From gentleman who visited the Ed
mans mine, on Eagle gulch, one day last
week, the Pl,,n,as National learns that the
owners are taking out some very rich rock
The arastra was to start up on Wednesday,
and the results will be wonderful. The
rock as taken from the mine is carefully
assorted, and the best part of it, crushed
in hand-mortar, yielded about SlOO per
day. The next grade is put into barrels
and boxes, and will be worked IN the
arastra.
The effort made last week to introduce
Chinese labor into the Derbec mine, Ne
vada county, was very unsuccessful When
the % newly hired Mongoliaus were about
to enter upon their duties the white en-
ployes informed the Superintendent that
they would not submit to the innovation.
They said that they would not work along
side the Celestials, neither would they per-
nit any others of their race to do so. After
some discussion oyer JnS uidIeSi, 1hO hah
agement acceded to the demands of the
regular laborers, who are now working as
usual, while John is left out in the cold.
Hydraulic mining is now being actively
prosecuted at all points along the Ridge,
says the Grass Valley Union of July 2lst,
the water supply being good, and some of
the companies will be enabled to work
entirely through the season. At Moores
Flat and vicinity there is much activity IN
mining, and plenty of water so far to meet
all demands. The North Bloomfield Min
ing Company is running full-handed, and
has not yet commenced to draw upon their
RESERVOIR of water in their large dam on
Canyon creek. Some snow is yet to be
seen between Eureka and Canyon creek,
that will furnish water for that reservoir.
There is every promise that the water
supDly for the up country mines will be
better than ever before known, from the
fact of the quantity of snow that fell last
winter, and the better facilities now pos
sessed for catching the sipagc by means OF
the large reservoirs in the high mountain
valleys