Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-02
OLD MINES REVIVED.
Money Made in Working the Claims
Long Since Abandoned
WITH THE IMPROVED METHODS.
Other Valuable Ore Beside Silver and
Gold Now Discovered.
PROJECTS OF ENGLISH sYNDICATES
rpEcrAL TELEGRAM 10 THE prsrArcH.i


doned quartz lodes in Sierra and Nevada
counties are being reopened and prospected
below the old workings, and with modern
methods and improved systems of mining
and milling, some of them are again beoom-
ing paying properties. In Nevada
county are a half dozen lodes that
produced from $3.50, 900 to $500, 900 from near
the surface, but as soon as a poor streak
was encountered work was stopped and the
mines have been idle for years. Deep
mining was not considered necessary or
profitable in early days, and with one or
two exceptions, none of the gold quartz
mines was sunk more than 500 feet The
Gold Tunnel mine, for example, has been
idle for ten years, but is now being re-
opened and worked on tribute. Thirty-six
tons of ore recently taken out from below
the old levels yielded 81, 515. or over S42 per
ion.
The Alaska mine in Sierra county ought
to have paid. but it was badly managed, got
into debt and was sold by the Sheriff two
years ago to satisfy liens for labor. One
hundred of the employees bought it in for
$4,000, but having no working capital they
could not operate the mine. The heavy
SHOWS OF last winter crushed the buildings,
the mine is full of water, three-iourths OF
the miners have left the camp and a mine
that could be made to pay with good man.
agemeut is now a wreck. A large body of
$50 ore has been struck In the Pacific mine
at Plymouth, Amador county, and other
mines in the vicinity are showing improve
ment that promises prosperity In the dis
trict.
NOT GETTING RICH.
The development work is completed on
the Mayhower mine. Placer county pay
gravel has been struck again, and the mill
will start up in a few weeks. During the
last 10 wears the Mayfower Company has
expended s., ,256, 900 and produced 5000, 900
worth of bullion. The sale to a syndicate
of London capitalists of mining claims COW
ering nearly two miles on Feather river,
near Oroville, is to be followed at once bv
the establishment there of the largest mining
operations in California. The bed of the
river at this point was proved to be fabu-
louslv rich in gold over 20 years ago, and un-
told wealth is believed to have been depos-
ited there during the ages in which the
waters which make up this stream have
been sluicing the mountain sides. The loca-
tion is right in the midst of the richest of
gravel deposits In this State.
The entire river is to be diverted about
mile and a half by means of a dam and
canal The remaining water will be
pumped out, and the bed of the river
sluiced. Connected with these mining op-
erations are to be large irrigating works ex-
tending over several hundred thousand
acres. The purchase includes the Old
Cape, Union Cape and Creek mining
claims, which end about quarter of mile
above Oroville. In 1857 extensive works
were erected on these claims, and in 40 days
81 000 600 were taken out of Old Cape, and
$3.50, 600 out of Union Cape. Then flood
DESTROYED these works, and active operations
have never been resumed.
DISCOVERY OF ANTIMoNv.
VIRGINIA CITY-A valuable antimony
mine has been located in the Toiyabe Noun
tains, Lander county, Is miles from the
Nevada Central Railroad. The vein is of
great width and carries 60 per cent of metal.
The owner found the mine q years ago, and
thought he had struck silver, but when he
learned that the metal was not silver he
dropped the location in disgust. Anthony
being in great demand now, the ore is worth
about $50 ton, loaded upon cars, and the
owner is glad to take up his locat on again.
Some beautiful specimens OF ore, showing
gold plainly, are daily selected from
rock taken from the Reeser tunnel
at Rocky Bar, which is pushing
into the mountain energetically by
Richan & Cronin. At Rocky Bar, Pearson,
Alexon & Adams have been pushing deyel-
opment work all winter in the Queen of the
West They have, in their lower tunnel,
followed the ledge little over 300 feet into
the hill, and the lace of the tunnel, which is
ITO feet below the surface, is now in body
of ore six ieet in width, that prospects re-
mario hlu uall in oold From tn
inches is very rich and has yielded by work
ing process over $40 per ton. 1t is asserted
that the vein that fed the noted Alder
Guleh, in Montana, has been discovered.
Over $50. .000, 900 has been taken from the
placers of that guleh.
AN IMPORTANT STRIKE.
SILVER CITY-A strike has been made
in the Emporia mine at Grafton, in the
northern part OF Sierra county, which may
make it an important gold camp. The vein
is about 20 feet wide, but the pay streaks, of
which there are several, are narrow. The
ore found in these narrow streaks is very
rich, and not unlike that found last summer
on the Cuchillo, in Sierra county, which for
q time caused a great deal of excitement.
These ore streaks, however, proved to be too
narrow to work proftably, but in the En-
poria, where several are found in the same
ative The northern part of Sierra county
has been steadily coming to the front as
mining region for three or four years, but
very rapid strides have been made there
within the past six months.
DENVER-Workmen in the Early Bird
at White Pine, on last Saturday struck
body Of low grade manganese ore. The old
find near Red Cliff seems to be similar to
the Farnsenet Hill find. Placer yields show
that the gold released from the local veins
has not travelled, nor has it been much wash
worn. There is more activity in San Juan
county and Bed Mountain than for num-
Der of years, and the output of ore is the
largest ever known at this season Of the year.
The output for the year promises to be double
that of former years. The daily output is
nearly 100 tons. Nearly all the big pro-
ducers in Ute Creek, near Idaho Springs,
have been compelled to curtail their output
owing to the prevalence of large quantity
Of water caused by melting snow. A similar
state of things exists in a number of other
prominent camps, and it will require sew
eral weeks before the annoyance can be
done away with. A telegram received here
from Granite announces the discovery of
. foot vein of silver ore in the
Creole, The new mining develop
meuts going on in the heart of Leadville
are proving q great success. The New
Discovery is now down lis feet and is in
fine ore. The management of the Elk met
lime on Monday after sinking distance
of 235 feet. A fine body of ore has been
encountered in the Big Six which will
prove most remunerative for the lessees.
The Excelsior, Myrtle and Juno claims,
which are known under the title of the Ex-
celsior proup. IL is expected, will shortly be