Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-29
WHOLE NO. 1912.
MINING NOTES.

Ihe companion mine in Pine Creek dis
trict, Or. has been sold for $4,000.
a rich pocket was uncovered in a mine
at Hornltos, Mariposa county, last week.
y rich strike is reported from near
Sparta, o.. specimens of highly valuable
ore having been taken out.
Eight men are employed at the Grand
trunk mlne IN Aurora, New. extracting
ore which is said to mill $50 ton.
The placer mines all up and down
Prltchard, Alder, Dry, Dream and other
Ceeur Aiene gu!ches are doing we'll
A iour-iooC vein of good soft coal has
been discovered within three miles of Ara
conda, NJ. T., and parties are now mining
ana delivering II there for use
Libby is the name of a new placer min
ing district established fortnight since on
Libby creek Missoua county. NJ. Z. 1t
takes IN eight miles of the creek.
The saltwater Mining Company. capital
$4,000, IS the latest Montana mining en-
terpnse. II Is to open 65-per cent. COPPER
mine twelve miles from Cooke CITY.
The editor OF the White Pine New Nags
mas been shown some remarkably fine rock
taken from mine in Granite district. Gold
glistened from every point in the rock.
The quartz mill of T. G.. Morgan, at
Lewis, Lander county. Ney. caught FIRE
last Thursday, but the flames were ex,ia-
guished before great damage was done.
The Highland Chief aud Eagle Mining
Companies lOrtystamp mill at Lewis,
New will be started up on or about the
Isl OF December, on ore from tie IL gle
mine.
An important development has recently
been made III the George Lee mine, on ihe
old Bradley place, east of Rocklin, Placer
county The gravel pays nearly 81 to the
pan.
The once fourishing town of Charleston.
y, T., on the San Pedro river. is on the
down grade. The Tough Nut Companv's
| mill and smelter, which was the main san
port Of the place, has been shut down.
Another monthly dividend of 81 coo was
last week declared by the owners of rbe
Silver ConnOr mine at Eureka, New. There
being but four owners Of the property. his
| makes the very handsome sum Of 800
each.
The reports from the new mines in the
Patterson district, Mono county, continue
| gOod, and are sending scores of prospectors
and others to the district. There was quite
rush there from Bodie and Bridgepore
last week.
\ recently-discoycred 4-foot ledge on
| Squirrel creek, about seven miles from
Trinity Center, says the Trinity Journal.
| prospects big. There is no free gold found
but tie sulphurets are very rich, and the
estimates place the rock ut $50 TO SO per
! ton.
The Baker City orr Sage Brush of Oc-
tober 18th, says Again we inform our read
ers that the Pine creek mines is no place
for poor men this fall. There is no work
AT which they can obtain employment. and
they had better seek employment elsewhere
until spring.
| Many new and rich discoveries are re
| ported from Greenhorn mountain, in the
| Granite Creek District, Or. This section
! has long been known to be rich in miner
| ais, but the failure of the Monumental
| few years ago gave il q backset from which
it is with difficulty recovering.
The vein or deposit OH which is located
the Lapanta and other claims in the new
| mining camp near Hawthorne, Esmeralda
| county, New, is said 10 be a mass of decom-
| posed quartz, much of it looking like ashes
which can be easily taken out with pick
and shovel. No matter where prospected
the whole mass is rich in gold.
One Of the main pumps in the famous
| MayioWer mine near Forest Hill. Placer
| county, gave ont two weeks ago. which
| caused the mine to fill considerably with
water and seriously interfered with the
work of taking out gravel. After working
| two days in the endeavOr to repair the
| damages, II was finally concluded to put OF
! bigger pumps and heavier machinery.