Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-05
MINING NOTES.

Volcano Tunnel, Amador county, is
ready for fuming.
A pocket hunter in Amador county took
out $500 last week.
The Santa Monica beach mines continue
to attract interest.
Several rich claims are reported in
Nevada county recently.
The Mokelumne quartz mine, Calaveras
county, is being re-opened.
The Hambleton silver mine, Mariposa, is
now ready to work It's rock. grs.5ss
Miners in Horner District, Inyo county,
object to aliens holding claims
Cotton reioices over two tributary min
ing camps, Pinacarta and Mojave.
The mines of Challis, Idaho, are showing
great activity, preparing for the seasons
work.
The gold wizard of Calistoga thinks he
has found a quartz ledge extending under
meath his springs.
Many OF the mountain reservoirs are full
to overtiowing. Land-slIps have broken
numbers of fumes.
The mining dams and water-wheels on
Slate creek, Shasta county. have been
washed out by high water.
In New Mexico a knife. blade vein has
been found to widen to three feet, and as
says from 500 to $4,000 in gold
Upper Rancheria, Amador county, was
once large and busy camp, but there are
now only four claims, hydraulic, remaining
there, all proving profitable.
At Lookout District, Inyo county, the
Modoc furnace has turned out 100 tons of
rich bullion. The Minneatta mill will be
leased. The Snow canyon mill IS running
on tailings.
Clark, Nichols & Co. have opened mine
on Little Slate creek, Shasta county, strik.
ing fine gravel bed, running east and west
across the creek, with every indication OF
being the old river channel.
New hosting works are to be erected the
Tiptop Arizona mine. The 300 foot level
is yielding well, and the mill is crushing
the usual quantity of ore. About 100 men
are employed about the mine and mill.
The Pioneer Reduction Company, Nevada
City, whose works were established foul
years ago, have increased their capita
stock from 100000, divided into Loco
shares at 500 each, to $500, 600, divided
| into 5000 shares at S25 each They have
| proved very successful.
Inyo county has new mining district
bearing the name of Saline, late reports
from which have created quite stil
among the mining men of Darwin, Cerrc
Gordo, Lone Pine and Independence. The
mines are on the east base of the my,
range, facing Saline valley.
Quite an excitement sprung up at Buck
eye, Butte county,. last week There wa
piece of ground that had not been take1
up, and hearing that Mr.. Alstrom, o
Spanish Peak, intended to bring down {
boring machine to prospect the ground
everybody rushed out to take claim
Hogue & Co., owners of the SpangleC
Gold mine, near Fresno Flats, and sever
miles from the Enterprise mine, have dis
posed OF a half interest in the property t.
some capitalists. The latter are to at ono
erect reduction works, and expend s., 00t
in systematic prospecting on the ledge.
Says the MERGED Star. We receive,
from Hite's Cove, Mariposa county, las
week, a box of quartz specimens which ar
very rich in gold and sulphurets. One o
the specimens is exceedingly rich, and wa
taken from the lower west level of tn
celebrated Hite mine on the 18th inst an
and from a section that has not been worket
for years. Such rock will mill 81 GOO pc
ton. Another from the South Hite is goo,
S50-rock taken from the 500-foot level.