Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-25
FRESNO COUNTY MINES.
The Hills Studded With Gold an d
silver Bearing Quartz.

| ana IL is YET carried out to considers
BILE extent along the San Joaquin and i
numerous small tributaries. Til
branch of mining is almost who'll
monopolized by the Chinese at present
however. Lying north of the San Jos
quin river, and extending through tn
foothills of the Sierra Nevada Range I
the northern line of the county, is
section OF country richly studded wit
veins of gold and siver-bearing quartz
some of which have been sufficient
developed to prove their great richness
while others have been found with mos
promising surface indications, but the,
are as yet wholly undeveloped. Som.
mines are being worked extensively anc
with the best of results. Seyetal very
lively mining camps are in existence
and new districts are being organizet
with frequency that indicates very
heavy influx of miners and prospectors
About twenty miles north of this city
is the Long Gold mining district, in
which ore situated some OF the best de.
veioped mines in Fresno county. The
Hildreth mine is one of the oldest prop.
critics. but on account of the death OF
the owner it has been shat down fol
some time. This mine has been bonded
by party of San Francisco capitalists,
who have organized with capital stock
of SfO,0GS 900. The most noted mine
in the district at present is thaNEcNally,
or old Abbey mine. About one year
ago thisprsperty was purchased by Geo
w. Grayson, Joseph Pfeiffer and John
McNallyt the latter thorough miner
The price paid was $23, 600, OF about
one-twentieth as much as it could be
sold for to-day. The firm spent fully
$50. .O00'in' developing the claim, put
ting up mill, hoisting.works, etc. A
shaft is now down $50 feet and will
be continued to 600 feet, while there are
cross drifts extending 300 feet from the
shaft. Drifting is now going on at a
depth OF 500 feet. The payroll at this
mine embraces fifty-four men, about one.
half OF whom are practical miners.
North of the Hildreth camp is mine
owned by Mr.. Wilson, for which the
sum of St5j9eo was recently refused.
This mine will in the near future be
known among the best paying mines in
the county,. The Mountain View, for
merly known as the Harris and Hoxie
mine, is located on upper Fine Gold,
near Mrs. lRaggerman's hotel ard eight
miles above che Mentally mine. From
one of the mea we learn that they have
shaft down $50 feet, have 4 foot
ledge and are confident they, have
the boss gold mine of the State.
The American Flag mine has a
shaft down l20 feet developing a
good ledge OF ore. The White Roek or
old Hampton mine, has been bonded
from Wash Chapman by Grayson and
Pfeiffer. The latter gentlemen have up
hoisting-works and are taking out some
very fine s1lphuret ore. Mckenzie and
Rule are working the Last Chance mine,
one of the best paying properties in the
county. They have ten-stamp nill
which they keep running highland day
upon ore milling about $50 per ton. A
drift has been run in on the ledge nearly
four hundred feet, no shafting being
necessary. The vein of quartz is six
feet in width and is rich inafree gold.
The Quarta Mountain Mining Company
has resumed work after season Of sew.
eral mont tbs idleness. The main shaft
has been freed of water and will be
sunk deeper at once, and, crosscuts
will be driven at different depths
for the purpose of learning the extent OF
the orc body, which appears, to be a
massive body instead Of we'll defined
vein. yrench capitalists are working
this Minis, and have the most extensive
plant of any company incorporating in
this ssstion. Adjoining the East Chance
is the Nat Harbert mine, which the Nc
Donald Brothers have. bonded and are
developing with Satisfactory results.
In Coarse Gold district tie Texas Flat
mine is being work I'D extensively. Geo.
Hearst and J. B.. Haggin bought the
mine some mOntha, ago, and are devel
opiag it regardless, of expense. They
viii never lose any money on their in
vestment, however. Lang's mine is next
in line, and is worthy of special men
tian. Lang & McClelland have five
stamp mill running On ore taken from
this mine, which in addition to carry
in free gold N amounts ranging from
$40 to $40 peg ton, also yields sulphur
etates worth from 500 to 5000 per ton
IF. B. Donahoe and Thomas r. Brown
have claim adjoining the Lang MINI
which thsy have partially prospected
The Butterfly mine lies further to tn,
northwest, and is coed property. Il i!
under bond to A. w. Poole, ex-Unite,
States Marshal for California. The Nc
Donald mine was recently sold to Col
Ewing for S60,000 Systematic work i
going on here with paying results. Th
mine is equipped with l0.stamp mill
hoisting works, etc., complete. Nea
the Mcdonald mine is the Gambe tia
also equipped with quartz mill, etc
Numbers of very promising claim
are being developed in this vicinity
among which are the Red River, tn
King Gulch and others. Next come
the famous Enterprise mine, which ono
changed hands for the sam of $3.50. 600
and was cheap at that price. Severa
moderate sized fortunes have been take
from it already, and there is yet YER
large future to hear from. A large fore
is now employed here, and the Fresh
Enterprise is nobly keeping up its old
time reputation as a gold producer
Near here is the Lucky Bill mine, owne,
by Oxendine, Crane & Baker. When
ever they desire little spending none
they dig out few tons of ore, haul it 1
the Enterprise mill and have the gol
extracted. The ore from the Lucky Bill
mills at $50 to 500 per ton in free gold
The Mount Raymond district is too re
mote to admit of visit with any degre
of comfort at this season of the year
but will in the near future take its plac
at the head of the procession as tn
greatest silver producing district Of tn
world. The metal is there in abundanc
and as soon as the little game of freezt
out, now being played by the wealth
owners against their poorer companions
is over, activity will begin. To thos
who have claims there we only advis
them to ''stay with the pot. ."--Ffesn
Republican.
Minerals and Electricity.
| A wild craze has struck Leadville owe
new electric indicator that is used
determine the location, from surface ol
| servat;ons of underground miner,