The sun., 1893-05-01
NEWS OF THE MINING WORLD.
A RICH DEPOSIT OF CINNABAR IN
A SAN FRANCISCO LOT.


fornin-A Rich Discovery OF lin IN Ne
yada = CrirP'e Creek stoeh Junsiina.
SAN Francisco. April pa rich deposit Of
cinnnbar has been discovered In San Fran
cisco. on n building lot at McAllister and
Devisadero streets The lot belongs TO John
W. Mccarthy. who was having 1t graded. pre-
paratory to building upon it. Alta derth OF
nine feet tho workmen struck n stratum OF
hard red rock. several tons OF which we're
carted away and used In making roadbed
After scvcral days labor 1t happened that
new workman was engaged. The now man
had knock ed around mining camps good deal.
and as soon as he struck his pick into the
hard red rock lie knew that It was cinnabar
Tho ore assnys 3Sb3 per cent. quicksilver.
which Is equal to about T12 pounds to tho ton.
The extent OF the ind has not yet been deter
mined. but It is known that the ore body is at
least ten feot in width and extends north and
south distance OF at lcast sixty feet. A con-
tractor who has graded all tho streets In the
ncighborhood OF the ind says that somo years
ago while grading Devisndcro street near
McAliister. no cut into n he'd OF cinnnbar in
line with this one OF the same width. and
about sixty feet distant. lie did nothing
about It, and the ore ia still there. The nssayer
who tasted the samples from the new ind suys
An expert who has been investigating tho
coal district NJ Shasta county. prior to the eN-
tension OF the Shasta Railroad. reports that
tho coal area is from. thirty, TO seventy miles
seven by eight inches in the clear and iiI ali in
becn sunk 1901 cutting through tIirty-two
feet Of coal The coal veins are devoid OF clay
anSnof eu aunTf n eoS sT n os os feet
ington or British Columbia con-. Tho expert
considers it the hest quality OF liGnit". ten psr
Ms also "GSn msGns Hss "ms
building sandstone. marble. and valuable pot
The Great Eastern Quicksilver Mining Com.
mine and IL working with full com plement
In The Spring Gulch mine. Cnlaverns county.
a. apssESst was picked up last week that weigh
Tho Inyo Development Company. at Kceler.
Inyo county, has now about iiity acres OF watts
and is shipping one car load nf riilc soda per
week; A large force OF men is at work con-
The North Star mine, Nevada county. which
taking out splendid rock md oxnects Uyns I" make
two more dividends of like amount during
Tic snrerint terLent Of tho baltic mine.
has succeeded In having the time extended
mill nut IN az s"on MS the weather will permit
The Morning star mine. Iowa Hill. llacar
New placer ',ggings have heen discovered
At BornI Lake. san Bernnrdtno county. Ivy
npt a. 1s "%,sI Tnss sS
easily reached. nnd the gravel vary rich. A
return % q riom day is consi,!ercd small. and
more men are already there. and Mr.. Meacllam |
says that all the desirable locations have been
Quartz yielding from $40 to 500 per ton. in
ledCes ranging from twenty inches to four
feet IN width. Is reported from Quartz Valley. |
~ lyp,cEral Quicksilver Mining COMPANY
Franc.ro % k h~ % rrncra , c"m nT nany "eera.nG
at Gin nnrar Trinity cuurty will build two
more Iarg. furnaces this spring. Th. ore
In the Boston mine recently n cross cut showed
e a. fnrty-io"t vein o; high. grade rock. At
man who doubted the statement that good
prospect could be found in the streets OF the
from tn. street. washed. and found to yield
about thirty colors. some ofthem quite coarse.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CT: April 22.IIAn mporta Mt strlks
Inches in width. and assays 900 I" 400 Sunces
depth Of Sso feet. ~ '''',' ""' 'A"0' 'A
mines In the eighhorhood OF Pine Grove. with
a view to purchasing and working on largo
Rich ore is being taken from the War Eagle
at Hawthorne. 1t runs from s2UO to $500 per
Anew York company has bought tho cobalt
and nickel minss nt Cottonwood. ard will be |
gin active work upon them at once. These |
about forty miles out from Lovelpcks. from
which tons OF ore have been extracted carry
ing twenty to thirty per cent OF each mineral
CoLoTApo.
DENVER. April 26.-In Creede the news or the
week Is ,he rich strike on the hidGs. Tom
buwen's mine. A heavy row oil water WAS en-
countered that swept before 1t tons OF soft
Easna ore an9 ing the tun1s adoa nnd ne after
some Of this ore runs as h.h as 80 per cent
has Stirred VII the camr. and ali the properties
on Tho hill along that vein take on "a still
moro prosperous outlook. Especially is this
sinking shalt to strike the vein. Hnchelor
hill properties are developing fast. though the
Ls aWn SId and o1rTs Gsen S to
Of water, duo to melting SNOW.
W; f. kendrck. one OF the directors Of the
turned from an examination OF the gold -inin.
Ing district OF Alma. He reports ths district
unusually active. and shipments Of ore so
branch Of the Union Pacific. The gold veins
u TINT district aro Of great size and OF medium
The city Of Colorado Springs has become
luite stock market. ,esTerinily Tor Cripple
Creek mining shnres. The brokers are doing
.ure Of the Cripple Crerk stock is that It ran
asrsSassrs MSss q .ns sissaiatiys sst stosHs
,ar Value Of sl.% % ana II. ,ness sSqo ssnsroy 4 .e
4 three 70 e ten & sents t. shar. at the .t9rt. The
'hani o. with. consiieraGlc * ill., hut aside
he gold cnmp Is stealiy pushed. Gontraets
or tunnel ls are signed almost daily. and the