Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-14
MINING NOTES.

The Conrad mine, Placer county, shows
much free gold.
The new Southern Eureka mill, Plumas
county, is nearly done.
Gold mines of great extent have beer
discovered near Ukiah.
The Antelope Company, Plumas county,
is running new tunnel.
Trinity Center mines have begun work.
The outlook is favorable.
The Gold Bluff mine, Sierra county, has
struck four-foot ledge of milling ore.
The Blue Jupiter Deep Mining Hydraulic
claim at Dogtown, Calaveras county, has
begun operations.
There are eleven rich, promising mining
locations in this State named after Presi
dent-elect Garfield.
The Klamath river claims continue Il
improve. Sskiyou county miners never
had better prospects.
In Auburn man named Crutcher has
found rich ledge running under his house
and across his garden.
Murray's patent sluice.box, Mariposs
county invention, is receiving considerable
attention IN the Australian colonies.
The MERGED Hydraulic Company, Mari.
posa county, have an ample supply of wa
ter, and employ twenty men at present.
The Auburn and Rock Creek mine,
Placer county, find that their new mill
works well. A rich strike has recently
been made.
The production of bullion in Pima
county, A. T., for 1880, is put down at
s., 000, 900, and it is claimed that this will
be trebled in 1851.
In Lower California, and closer to San
Diego than any other point in the State,
there are valuable mines of gold, silver,
iron and other minerals.
Colby & Co., Tuolumne county, are said
to have taken out fifty ounces of gold from
the Big Nugget claim. The vein is con-
tinuation OF the Bonanza mine.
The mill of the Placerville gold quartz
mine has been temporarily closed during
the opening of the 600 foot level, throwing
about dozen men out of employment.
The Orc Grande Company, Mojave, San
Bernardino county, have begun to build
their stamp mill. There is talk of smelter
in the vicinity for the silver ores of that
district.
Nearly every miner in Jackson and Jo-
sephine counties, Oregon, has more or less
water available, and all are making the
best OF it. The season opens quite favor
ably, with pleasant weather prevailing.
On Coffee creek, Trinity county, fourteen
men are employed erecting saw-mill for
the company operating there. This COM
pany has two bitches completed out of COT.
fee creek and propose digging another.
The last run of the Defiance furnace at
Darwin, Inyo county, which last week
shut down for short time, yielded 422
bars of base bullion. Counting the aver
age weight So pounds this would amount
to nearly lSS tons.
The Tingman mine, in Loafers' hollow,
Ell Dorado county, bids fair to become all
that has been predicted for it for some
time-the richest mine in Ell Dorado
county. The last cleanup, made after
a fifteen days run, returned $40 ounces OF
amalgam, which is equivalent to $1,000
A cleanup was recently made at the
Gignac claim, Ell Dorado county. This
claim was bonded November lst by Mr..
Durkee for sixty days, in which time pipes
had to be laid and fiume constructed, so
that run of but fourteen days could be
made. The amount cleaned up was some
5000 in excess of the highest estimate.
The business of mining and milling has
been steadily carried on in Panamint, Inyo
county, for some time past, to the hand
some profit of chloriders and all interested
Many of the unpatented mines are being
relocated. An important strike is reported
in the 900.foot level of the Wyoming.
There is talk of custom mill in the dis
trict.
At Cherry Creek, Nevada, the Star mine
has about 100 men employed, and the Elk.
change and Teacup are increasing their
forces. The Star has 20,stamp and the
Exchange a l0stamp mill, and men are
now at work on the Teacup mill, which is
to be completed by the first of
February. The San Jose Mining Company
have thirty men at work in Eagan Canyon,
and are taking out some rich quartz.
A French Gulch correspondent of the
Redding independent says /: The cleanup
at Washington mine OF the 100 tons of ore
from the Scorpion made McNevin & Co.
Christmas present of 32I pounds troy. In
the Niagara mine, owned by Ignatz and J.
G. Frank, they have struck by far the
richest ore that has ever been found in
the county. The ore vein is six inches
wide, and appears to be half gold.
John Rhodes and j. B. Treadwell have
made arrangements with Augustus Tache,
and will put up mill on his quartz ledge.
This ledge is situated short distance
above Oregon City, Butte county, and as
yet is only partially developed. An in
cline has been run to the depth of forty
feet, following the vein down, and shaft
has been sunk on it to a depth of about
forty feet. The vein is about four feet