Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-16

feet OF it was rich ore IN place and position
on the vein. The groupings of the vein at
the surface are continuation OF the Con- |
tentior, an, are wide, strong and distinct,
cutting the formation, which is porphyry.
The assays of ores have been from moderate,
not low, to any figure in the thousands.
a sample of ore from the buckets, taken
from every bucket during the entire day
and then averaged, on three different days,
from the upper level resulted as follows
First day, silver 81 0l3 70, gold SllO 10 /;
second day, $50 90 gold $50 81; third
day, silver $500, gold 500. The lower
level has ores that are still richer. The
/, 200 tons on the dump will not hold up to
these figures, as it comprises all from the
surface down. Yet Believe there is sew
eral hundred thousand dollars in this
dump. The mine is owned by company,
the majority of the stock being owned in
Warren, Pa, and Youngstown, o., and
some in California. The company viii
thoroughly develop the mine before erect
ing mill, but Will have steam hosting
works in short time. The ores are in
quartz gangue, with calcites, tale and
barytes, with some carbonates, the princi-
pal supply of silver being from the chic
rides. Only % pounds of powder have
thus far been use on the mine. Il. Is.
Gage is superintendent, and George Key
nolds foreman.
These two claims are consolidated and
owned by the same company. They adj
Join the Contention on the northwest.
The Development of those mines consists OF
one shaft 9 feet deep; second shaft 43 feet
deep, with q drift 81 feet; third shaft
23t feet deep, with a drift 100 feet; a
fourth shaft 80 feet deep; fifth, or main
working shaft, lS3feet deep, well-timbered,
vertical, with two compartments, operated
by a cable wire, and patent cast-iron horse.
power From this shaft there is DRIFT OF
so feet leading towards the other deep
shaft All these drifts or levels are IN ore
and good ore. The size of the vein and
volume of ore bodies is not known, the
working thus far being only for the pur-
pose of development, and not to raise ore.
In places the ore is left standing and only
removed when necessary to carry on the
explorations The entire surface of the
claim shows the out-crop of ore veins and
blossom. The formation is porphyry, like
that Of all other veins on this hill. The
main shaft was sunk III porphyry to a
depth of 100 feet before striking the vein,
the existence and strike OF which had been
proven by the other shafts and drifts. The
stock of this company is held in San Fran
cisco. Thomas E. Parish is Superintendent
and jerome Ackerson is foreman. They
are now pushing the two levels to connect,
so as to have good ventilation, they being
at depth of l3l feet There is now
on the several dumps about l25 tons
of ore, at rough guess, most
of which is extremely rich. broke many
pieces of it ON the dump which were as
speckled as trout with gold. One piece
was pretty curiosity, having scale of
gold nearly as large as thumb nail, nearly
covered over with scale of embolite, or,
as the boys call it, green-horn silver.
Those specks of gold shone beautifully in
the rays of the sun. There are several
characters Of ore, much like those in
the Tough Nut, but with the addi-
ton of a variety of blush quartz, which
carries most of the gold. There are also
carbonates in this mine, but the most val
liable ores are the chlorides and embolites.
The matrix is mostly silicious, yet calcites,
tale and barytes are found. l cannot give
the grade of the ores, but think they are,
perhaps, the richest On the hill, certainly
so in gold, and am told that 40 to 80 per
cent. of their assay value is gold.
THE EMPIRE MINE
Adjoins, and in fact covers part OF the
town of Tombstone. This mine is owned
by Boston company, W. A. Simons
President, and A. w. Stow Superintend-
ent 1t lies northwest of the Head Center,
Yellow Jacket and Contention, with only
the tranquility claim between. The
'strike" of the Contention lode is in the
direction of this claim, but ravine inter-
vening breaks the continuation of the
groupings on the surface, yet the blossom
and output are the same in appearance.
There are two shafts in this mine, each
300 feet deep, and now about to be con-
nected by levels. The company is about
erecting steam hoisting-works. There is
much good ore on the dumps, the quantity
and value of which | can only conjecture,
but will say that it will produce a large
sum when reduced. The vein is not now
being worked for ore, the operations of the
company being directed toward fully de-
veloping and exploring the mine, leaving
the ore standing so far as can be until such
time as they determine to erect a mill.
All these mines are in the porphyry belt of
the district, but the Tough Nut approaches
the boundary of it on the northwest and
the character and grade of ali the ores are
much alike, save the "blue vein, as they
call it, in the Head Center, which is so rich
in gold, but all assaying nearly $40 in gold
on an average. L did intend to give an
account of the Sunset, Lucky Cuss, EN-
crald and nerhans other mines. but must