Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20
Tehachept mines.

The principal good quartz mine in the
miuersl belt five or six miles south of Te-
hachepi summit is the Pine Tree, situated
on ledge that runs east and west distance
two miles wide. 1t is owned bv Ex Cover
nor Perkins, Hays & Co, of San rrar cisco,
aud has been worked in small way at in
tervals during the past eight years. The
Eveleth and Mike Msllally. An incline
has been sunk on the mine to depth of 1s0
feet, which is now almost full of water
work having ceased in 1t some time ago.
About 10J feet below the surface u tunnel
is being driven from the north. which is
in about $50 feet, end will soon intersect the
ledge, which is estimated to be about eight
cen feet in width, and dips south into the
mountain. About ~ 90 tons of ore have
been taken from the mine that milled ON an
average OF s12 to $40 per ton. A run of 100
tons $3.50. The ore Is red and yellowish
color, soft, decomposcd and easily mined.
No blasting is required on the vein. The
openings have to be thoroughly timbered.
The outlook OF this camp depends at pres
ent upon the operations in this promising
mine. II large quantities of ore that will
mills$12 to the ton be found, then the other
mines on the ledge will also be considered
very valuable. and most likely prove as rich
as the Pine Tree. The altitude of the mine
The Mountain Lode adjoins the Pine Tree
on the east and the Pine Alto adjoins the
Mountain Lode on the east, both good ap
pearing mines, and owned by VIM. Sullivan,
p. d Green and Mr. Hamilton.
Pine Alto has a 1f0foot shaft and the
Mountain Lode a 40-foot tunnel with 80.
foot drift on the vein.
The Jupiter, owned by Powell & Mallally,
is situated north and adjoining the Pine
Tree and Mountain Lode, and has tunnel
in about 30 feet which shows up well.
The Baltic about 1900 feet from Pine
Tree works, shows up we'll and recently q
,f.f cra frop ha 60 m ra1unad
at Oimsteds mill. 1t is owned by IL. X. S.
Boys, and has f60-foot tunnel and fifty
foot incline.
The Cleveland, In Pine Grove Canon, is
sunk on the same, one fifty and the other
seventy feet Tee first shaft in the district
was sunk on this mine by VIM. ]. Sullivan:
THE Gold Pen, between the Baltic and
Cleveland, is owned by. j. w Smith and
depth obtained about SO feet. They have
built two arrastras and log cabin on
the0 mine and Iare prepared to do consid-
cradle WORK on the same. The ore is low
grade, but there appears to be plenty of it,
The Christmas Gift, owned by Geo. Mill
kin, about half mile above the Pine
Grove o. non, is down about 20 feet, and the
tunnel in about so feet. Good surface pros
poets.
The Mallally claim is a west extension of
the Pine Tree, and is owned by Mike NAL
ially and Thomas Eveleth. A 60-foot in
cline has been sunk on the same.
Recently Henry X. A. Boys sold to the
Live Oak Mining Company one-half inter
est in the Look Out minc for $4,000. Geo. w.
Loveioy also sold q one-third interest in the
same mine to the same company for $1,000
Mr. Davis has several claims above and
south of the Pine Tree, which look we'll. A
l0O-foot and a 40-foot tunnel have been sunk
on one OF the claims.
ON the Look Out tunnel has been driven
in so feet and an incline winze sunk in the
same to depth of 40 feet.-Ex.