Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-14
Old 81 DORADO.
Further Review Of Mines in FL Dorado
County, Near Grizzly Plat.


County, Near Grizzly Plat.
EDS. RECORD UNION In addition to
what has been said in previous letters
about mining at Grizzly Flat, it may be
stated that the Ohio, owned by Alexander
McAfee, was worked in early days to a
depth of 100 feet, aud was rich, but has
been idle for years for want of capital TO
build hosting works and mill. Across
Steely's Fork is the Bonanza, owned by
Thomas Daley & Co., who have cannon
ball mill, and are running tunnels and
opening their mine,
The Mels, owned by W. NJ. Fuller &
Co., has recently been discovered by gen.
tleman from San Francisco with s'diviniug
rod" We, the old fogies," are looking
with anxious eyes to see what this new
man OF science will develop, for 1 must say
we have never seen man or a woman that
could tell by walking over the surface of
the ground with a "hocus pocus in hand,
where rich deposits of gold are to be found.
In this day OF new ideas, what science will
bring forth. and should this prove a sue.
cess, shall be more than happy to inform
you and your readers, for If this man can
tell where to sink and find gold the world
should know it.
The Moonlight, owned by j. II. Brad
ley and T. f. Scott has had sunk shaft
forty feet deep, and fcur-foot lode of
good ore has been struck showing free gold
and heavily sulphureted. The ore looks
like that in the Mount Pleasant, and is
doubtless on the same mother lode of this
range. just west of the Moonlight is
deep gravel mine owned by Bradley &
Scott, who sold patent for $40 acres with
eight miles of ditch. The owners have
washed off a large portion Of surface
ground have struck hard cement and find
that the mine will pay better to drift, az
the gravel is cemented. Tunnels and in-
clines have been run, good pay found, but
tie tunnels are not low enough to drain
the old channels, and for want of capital
I the mine is now idle.
Armstrong & Roberts claim has some
very rich gravel; as high as IS from one
pan OF dirt has been obtained from this
claim. The S:onewau Jackson quartz
mine, owned by Armstrong & Co., has
very rich ore, but only a few tons of ore
have baen taken out yet. West Of this
are three or four quartz mines not being
worked at present
Across the middle fork of the Cosumnes
river is the,American mine, owned by J. H.
Bradley & Co., which looks well. They
have sunk shaft fifty feet on this lode,
and the ore yielded SD per ton.
Adjoining are the Ohio and Chic mines,
| owned and worked By Parker Bros. Tney
are what we call ''tsnderfeet " in Col
orado, but if their feet are tender their
heads are not soft. They have gone to work
as miners did in early days built them a
| log cabin and gone to work on their mine,
run tunnel, sunk three shafts, the deep.
est being 125 feet, built within and are
now RAINING tunnels on the lode and open.
ing it. have not visited better-looking
mine on this range, and when the boyz
| told me this was their first mining could
not believe them. They both formerly be.
longed to the theatrical profession. and are
partners in the mine with J. B. Polk, the
comedian, now in Australia We all say
"Succes to the tenderfeet," and only wish
there were more like them; for they are
young willing to work and will make good
"stayers
The old Independence mine, that
years ago was very rich, has been lying
idle until few weeks since H. II. Nc.
CIellan commenced work on it. He sunk
through the old works to BEE what was be.
low, and found good GRE. but heavily
sulphureted, SO has stopped work until
spring opens and the roads get better. He
will want hosting machinery and new
mill. The old Ssillwagon mine, owned
by S. A, Lane & Co., is idle at present.
Mr.. Stillwagon worked the mine for 200
feet in length, and only sixty feet deep,
the ore paying from SO TO $50 per ton,
free gold, letting suiphurets run to waste
in the river. He sold to q San Francisco
company.
We have in this vicinity belt of gold
bearing quartz Of ten miles in length and
from one to three miles wide plenty Of
timer and water, a healthy climate. For
the prospf ctor there is the vacant ground,
for the man with coin there IL the mine
partially developed, and for the speculator
mines opened and paying. believe the
day will again come when Ell Dorado will
be, as OF old, the bonanza county of Cali.
fornia. Forty MINER.
Grizzly Flat, Cal, February q, 1854