, 1885-08-22

up had eight POUNDS OF gold Tor
weeks work with eight men, or S20C
to the man. This also the writer
saw. Unfortunately, these compan'
les are at law about the right to wa
ter, and this Of course interfere:
with regular and continuous work
ing. Other claims on the mair
creek, the high bars, and in the
gulches, having water, are paying
from 8 to Is ounces or more for the
weeks work. The claim, on the
main street In Murray, out OF II pii
twelve by sixteen feet, last week
took out 25 ounces 1t is quite reas.
noable, even with the present scar
city OF water, which certainly keeps
two-thirds OF the developed, paying
claims from working, to put the gen.
eral weekly receipts Of gold at Muir
ray, outside the big clsims men
toned, at $4,000. So mach for Muir
ray district. With such figures, fg-
ures that cannot be gain-said, is that
section of the mines, an uncertainty
or O developed fact? Is the business
worth contending for or not?
Much the same, so far as the fu-
ture Of the mines goes, when Judged
by actual developments, may be said
Of Myrtle and Delta. regret / did
not have the opportunity to give
this section the personal investiga-
tion desired. The Myrtle district,
beyond question, is proved to be
very rich. The principal claim is
large and paying enormously. The
exact proceeds cannot be got at as
the owners hank outside Of the dis
trict, merely selling sufficient gold
to pay their hands. From close In
quiries l heard, however, with the
present great want Of water, the
general receipts Of gold at Delta
would be about 200 ounces a week,
or in other words, probably 5000 a
week. Myrtle and Delta form in
themselves, diStlhct ana separate
system ana nave no connection with
Murray. Mr.. NJ. Barth,, a banker
and capitalist, from Denver, has re-
cently expended SoO'OOO or more IN
bringing TWO uitches 10 Deita, so that
next wear her gold produce will be
immensely increased. one dltch
VIII prooaoly Dc delivering water
next week.
The evidence on which /, person
ally base the permanency and rich
ness OF the mines in the Murray
system, is their unquestionable con-
nection with the great mountain
gravel belt that intersects the coast.
Iu California this was the source Of
her mining wealth, her river, gulch,
and hydraulic mining. Really, there
Is no other source OF placer wealth.
From personal inspection Of the
twenty-five miles OF this belt, or
wash' OF mountain gravel, which
surrounds Murray in Its course to
Thoinpson's Falls, hold 1t has no
equal on the coast, for compactness,
primitive formation and facility Of
working In the best days OF Call
fornia she never had its equal for the
same distance. The nearest ap-
Proach was the Cherokee mountain
formation In! Nevada county, thir-
teen miles In length. From the
rate 1t always paid Ut 1t was calcula-
tea that when all washed II would
yield SoOO'OOO'oOO. But the law
ioollshly stopped hydraulic mining,
and much Of the range remains un-
touched except being driited out on
'he oed rock It's this wash Of
SraVei al Murray that made the
Sulches yield pounds TO the wash-up.
All that is now wanted to bring mil
lions Of capital right away to Muir
nay, aud endless business to Spokane,
IS q tunnel from Dream gulch to tap
Tho bedrock OF tho wash, and the
California system OF drifting. Who |
will DO the first to undertake this
great work? The yield Of gold at
Murray would then be such that q
man to name it now, or anything
approaching 1t, would be denounced |
rs a lunatic. At present, grand as
the returns are, the mines are not
half worked, nor is the district half
prospected.
The outlook for permanent quartz
mines Is equally good, but, from the |
external character OF the country, !
they Will not be easily found for
'ome time yet. They exist howev-
Pr, beyond doubt, and such as have !
been found are very promising.
brought some fine specimens down |
from the Reed claim on the Dream !
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