Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-26
MINING MENTION.

Considerable prospecting is being done
in the vicinity of San Andreas. bitches
are being repaired and dams thrown across
small gulches. Most of the work is being
done in the hope of finding pockets. Ex-
perts in pocket hunting say that there are
several rich pocket leads within mile OF
town which are held by agricultural
patents.
What is known as the Burgess Ranch
Placer case, involving the title to about
twentY-three acres of mining land, situated
in Shasta county, Cal, has been decided in
favor of the applicant, George Simmons.
The decision takes the ground that as Sim
mons had occupied and worked the claim
since 1869 he should receive patent under
the statute of limitations of the California
mining laws.
The quartz mining interests in the vicin-
ity of 0phir are looking up. A number of
developments have recently been made,
and work started on several leads that for
long time have been idle. On what is
known as the Boulder mine, short dis
tance north of Ophir, they are working
full shifts, and driving things ahead with
an earnestness indicative of success. =
Placer Herald.
Louis Lay, of Golconda, informs the
Winnemucca Sifcer State that two French.
men who have been prospecting in that
vicinity have discovered mines about five
miles from the station, on the north side
of the river, which promise to be valuable.
One of the ledges is about five feet wide,
and the ore is argentiferous galena. Some
l,c !, h,r,o,y,
is situated within few hundred yards OF
the railroad.
In different parts of the county white
men are jumping Chinese claims, since
Judge Steele's decision against the right of
Cinnamon to secure patents, either person
ally or by power of attorney. The decision
will shut off the practice of white men sell
ing to Cinnamon any possessory right to
mining land, which cannot be held against
an application for patent by citizens or
persons declaring their intention to become
citizens. i Yreka Journal.
The recent cold snap has been quite a
drawback to all kinds of mining operations,
many of which have suspended work until
more favorable season bat as soon as
spring opens there will be more mining
here, with better prospects, than there has
been for several years. The Dolan &
Coggswell mine is expected to change
hands in short time, when large mill
will be erected, which will evidently give
employment to quite number of men,
Mountain Echo.
Some specimens of ore that will pay at
the rate of $4,000 or more ton were
found night before last on the 350.foot
level north of the Nevada City mine.
These exceedingly rich punches are fire.
quently encountered in that part of the
mine where the ledge varies FROM one to
four feet in thickness. The water is now
all out of the workings and the incline is
down ninety feet towards the 450-level,
which viii be started this week. Nevada
Transcript, January 22d.
The quartz mining interests of Nevada
county are In most encouraging condi-
tion. In this district, by which we mean
Nevada township, nearly 200 stamps are
| dropping, and the number is being increased
| from month to month. the numerous live
enterprises, old and new, that are adjacent
to Grass Valley are mostly prospering, and
several new producers will be opened there
| also before many months In all other
parts of the county where auriferous quartz
deposits abound the same indications of
activity in this branch prevail. Even the
Meadow Lake country is gradually passing
from under the cloud that has hung over it
SO long, and before long we hope to chroni-
Gle that the ores there, which have hereto
fore proved so rebellious, are yielding up
their treasure at the touch of science. The
drawbacks that beset hydraulic mining
will be removed soon, we trust. The test
case now on trial at Sacramento bids fair
to result in favor of the defendants. But
even if it does not, there is higher Court
where the rights of the miners are pretty
sure to prevail. The scarcity of water this
winter is not satisfactory. but our people
are hopeful and find consolation in turning
their faces towards the near future, which
is bright with hope.-fNevada Transcript,
January 22d.