The sun., 1891-07-27
NEWSOF THEN MINING WORLD.
currnYuL TALES OF THosB VINO
HIvB STRUCK IT RICH.

w.<urel Gas for 9meitinG n Ca1ifsruis-
R,eh Ore I. the smoky valley OF Nevada
-rse.o zoe Acres OF Gela sn the Tongue
u,xer-Mysterieus Fi.A IN Arisona,
a., Francisco. July 2o.-Many OF the old
s,sims in Butte county that were abandoned
tvent, years ago because profit OF IS to SIG
,os VAS not enough for the minor OF those
S.ys are being reopened and worked. The
buffalo, Cambria, Rider. Oregon. and Bloom
inxdnle locations. which produced an asgrs-
cate OF nearly s2,OO00o0. and were abandoned
hocanse It cost s25 y ton to work ore. have
bssn consolidated under the name OF the
standard Mining and Milling Company, and
Are to be reopsned. The shafts are only 800
Seet desp and are full Of water. When these
Ara pumped out tho Cambria shat will be sunk
400 feet deeper and all tho mines openea on
that levsl Tho ore runs from s2o to sAo per
ton, and can BE- worked for less than -.
The Palo Alto mine. about thirty-flvo miles
from Orovills. Is ono OF the most promising
law Grade mines in the county. Tho ledge ia
SaoO feat long, averaging 3x feet In width.
and will yield an average OF % ton. Inc
Iedes can be worked to . depth OF 1000 feet
through tunnels. and not pound VI rock
need be hoisted. There are eight tunnels In
TIA side Of tho mountain. and the ore devsl-
opSd BY them Is SUFFICIENT to run twenty
stsmp. for thirty years. Wood and water are
shundsnt and convenient. aud the natural
.dvantaees are such that the ore can be mined
and milled for dollar a ton. A ten-stamp mill
IA now working twenty tons day.
The Now Elgin quicksilver mfne In Colusa
.ountv IA believed by tho owners. Moore d
Canp. TO pe one OF the richest cinnabar de-
mail, in tho State THERE'S large body OF l
mar cent ore. and last week the tunnel was
driven into largo deposit Of 20 per cent. ore
,nd.r q sulphur bank. Tho superintendent
wort sd IN the New Almaden mines for many
wars, and he reports that tho New Elgln
nromises 10 be richer than that famous mine.
A natural gas we'll that has been burning
for twenty i've years on the mountain side 10
expected to furnish all the fuel required Tor
smelling.
Tho Mlnaret group Of mines. just inside the
Yosemite reservation. arc reportedto be very
rich In mine the ore body Is 200 by 500
,.., and the assays run from $40 to $40 per
ION, Ore from | aud 2 assays from $500 to
ssno. Tho owners Of tho Minaret group had
ner,ected their tite before the reservation Was
mad. and thew are permitted to continue
work. but all other locators nave been COM
peTrU The Union copper mine in. Calaveras has
been sold TO New York syndicate. and there
is some prospect that all the old copper mines
Ii i. reported that : Sig strike has been
made in The "d Iro%ontory mins tIIyo; The
silver and 5V Der cent. lead per ton.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA. New. July 20.Eiehty tons Of ore
from the lead mines at White Pine: iecontly
out yiedsdb s. per n,n, cent ana sZ5 il
sooS Sr he M but nSs has 0Gsa nos
Thomas Tate and joaquin Pataego Of AUS
tin huyo IN ade rich gold strike In Smoky VAL
ley. The ledge can he traced for mite BY the
several parties Of prospectors hav. loft Car
Son Tor the Pine Nut district, where gold has
been discovered III la 60 quantities.
m S11{S9 sa Ysy Sssn 21hs d q.
1s S es Dsssfn asys
ore q Lone Mount 81: and Nm undoubtsdiy
faster thar the mills can reduce il, The aver.
now nov from rom siaS!y 10 ninety tons. most most % oi Which
T6e sltsrstions on tho Flssier reduction
& fsssr l h.ss from y. Esss 70 =. 1s sSs rsi
run made With then The 1sT p1 10. for fsd9sins
w"rKs for the ,iirst time on large scale. It is
claimed for tho new process that It not only
pn 4 o. the hs
Shipments Of Einc orc from this place have
b % Shipped from Hanover @ u until % the T silver city
Northern Railroad is completed whom all the
zinc ore produced tn that camp vii! be ehipped
Mineral Point Zinc Com o pany % Which operst.s ali ali
sS srade zno viii ABOUT sos
In freight on every shipment made after tho
new railroad oommences operations. and 1t is
temporarily discontinued. The company will
be able to ship zinc -ulphide under tho new
largely increesed. s6ipments have % bsen con. cen
fined to carbonate ore vi hich does not occur IN
90 large Quantities IN tho camp as the sui
The Last Chance mill at Silver Creek. in tho
oS1 as tho pps ns san IT,:
ounlp station 10 the mill. The distance Is
about = mile AMI hall. and there is lai! ot
water Is TO- bo pumped from, Silver Creek to
the mill The mill is ono Of the most complete
ritory. Proposals have besn received bJ tho
IN S: nsSds. sSs
An mmspss ' Soay 81 f"s at"Ss the isvei
that ths cost Of mining is reduced 'Gi 10 Mini. T.
mum; The ere runs from sl4 TO SIS per ton.
enu ~ the mill saves only tue average percent
age Of tho assay value OF the ore saved In mills
~ this secton. which 10 about 70 per cont.
mere VIII % large margin VI profit In work.
Ing this ore.
!, D. Baumsn. who has leased several mines In
me CO, penter district, near GEORGETOWN. 10
shlrment.. Ito is confident that he can mako
the or OF this district pay. alt houeh the mines
there have mover been worked to any consid-
erable extent un account OF tho low grade OF
me ore and the sxpense VI getting it to = rail-
ROAD roint Tor shipment
% Another effort is being made to place the
EnteL prise croup OF mines At Kingston John
+. Irawiord Of Kingston spent sever al months
u London trying to place this group OF mines.
put was unsuccessful. As part OF the scheme
tor placing this properly railroad Is projected
from Kingston to Hudson's Hot Springs, In
this county. where connection will b- made
WITH tho Atchison. Topeka and Santa F6
naliroad. The eatimated cost Of this new
VIII ieducs tho cost Of a.ttinG. orc
.ut OF tho black Nange considera bly,. aud Will
ehhan CO tho aIuo Of all the mine sin the Kings-
ION district. Very little has Teen done on the
Lht"rprise group pending negotiations for .
sals And consequently these mines have not
inquired very largely In the OUTPUT Of the mines
2, q mo Kingston district for the past two or
tnIes Years.
,. nrGIsSoN, IS Ash July ls.-,The first half OF tho
ysar ls9l was an extremely prosperous one for
.uecoIn"r mining industry OF the Globe dis