Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-03-10
MINING NOTES.

More rich pocket leads are reported from
Angels.
Rich iron ore has been found in Butte
county.
Ingalls, & Bost have struck rich gravel at
Butte City.
The Empire mine, Plymouth, is running
new tunnel.
Many new claims have been located in
Ell Dorado county.
The Moore's Flat mines, Nevada county,
are prospering this season.
The Lucky Baldwin mine, Amador coun-
ty, has recommended work.
Hydraulic claims at Butte Forks and at
Nimshew are in full blast.
A ledge of $50 ore has been found near
Newtown, Ell Dorado county.
Portuguese Point miners, Butte county,
are turning out good prospects.
Volcano District mines, Amador county,
yielded Sl7, 900 week before last.
A Boston company have bought the Min
eral Slide gravel mine, near Dogtown.
Suffer Creek mines are doing little. The
Anador Company stopped work January
AAu. LIT nudAOAOJ IiiiAO hOcPo ~ swamp
busy.
There is copper mine between Coloma
and Pilot Hill which has 2O-foot vein OF
copper ore, and gold-bearing vein said to
be very rich.
A $4,000 suit has been begun against
\ the New York and Boston Mining Com
pany, which has been controlling the Ell
Captain mine, near Nevada City.
| The fine weather has made water plenti-
full in the gulches and ravines, which has
been good for surface miners. The mining
news from various parts of the coast show
great activity.
The Mace & Ham mine, Amador county,
has yielded 200 tons of $50 rock, and has
500 tons more in sight. The Griesbach
mine has yielded 0,000 Both mines are
in Pioneer creek,
The Gold Run Ditch and Mining Com
panys hydraulic mine at Gold Run, Placer
| county, has full force of men at work,
taking advantage of the large supply of
water now in the ditch.
A rich discovery has Just been made in
Rattlesnake canyon, near Tybo, Nevada,
OF ledge of white quartz from three to
eight feet wide, with assays which give
from $50 to 81, 400 per ton.
The Bald Mountain extension tunnel is
now in near 3, 200 feet, 200 of which
pierces fine blue quartz gravel. On re-
moving boulders from the bottom, the
holes instantly fill with water, significant
of near approach to bedrock.
Smartsville is one of the hveliest hy-
draulic mining camps in the State. The
Excelsior Company are employing $50 men
in their claims there and about 20 more on
the company's ranch, few miles below.
The Blue Point mine works about 90 men.
Very rich gold bearing quartz is now be-
| ing taken out daily from the Mcdonald &
Mullen claim, Grass Valley, and at present
ten boxes of the richest kinds of speci-
mems have been selected and stored away
fer future crushing. Some of the pieces
are fully one-half gold.
In mining, as in other industrial pur.
suits, experience goes far towards securing
success without unnecessary outlays. Mill
ions of dollars have been spent in Colorado
and in other mining sections on account OF
reduction works which had to be aban-
doned as unsuitable for the treatment of
oree.
The San Juan Times says: The Lone
Ridge Mining Company completed their
ditch last week. 1t is about IT'S rods in
length, with carrying capacity of from
500 to 700 inches of water. The extreme
lower end of the ditch is on Thurston' 8
ranch, near Cherokee, and is about l25 feet
higher than the Milton ditch.
The cement mill erected in the new Gold
Run drift mine, Placer county, last fall, is
grinding up cement pretty rapidly. A
drift has been run into the cement back
upon the bedrock a distance of about 100
feet, and has been branched out with a
full breast of over 80 feet. The gravel in
that whole section is spotted-in some
places very rich.
The rock which constitutes the great
gold belt of Homer, Mono county, belongs
to the ;gneous or eruptive class, of the
hornblend or pryroxene series. In some
places it closely resembles the propylyte
of the celebrated Comstock. 1t is fine
grained diorite, composed of an intimate
mixture of feldspar and hornblend, with
iron pyrites in mechanical composition.