The morning call., 1893-04-25
CORY CINNABAR.
McCarthy's Mine Baptized
in Lies Fluid.
LIFE IN THE MINING CAMP.
One of Assessor Siebe's Deputies
Thrashed by Reporter-Incidents
Around the New-Found Ledge.

Blood has been shed on McCarthy's eIn-
nabar ledge, and the new quicksilver mine
out on Devisadero and McAllister streets
has been baptized with the crimson life
blood of young man. This is very natu-
raj and proper occurrence for 4 new mining
camp.
IL happened yesterday afternoon while
the dggers and prospectors werc hard at
work Inside of tia ten-foOt-high fence which
surrounds the Mccarthy lot
j. j. Calish is the name of the young
ster who painted the soil near the main
shalt Of the mine redder than the richest
specimen Of cnnabar found so far, with the
blood which a newspaper man extracted from
his oriental nose and other parts of his an
atomy
McCalish is one OF Assessor Siebe's depu-
ties and had been around the Mccarthy lot
Tor some time with the avowed intention of
assessing the new mining property at an
approximate value.
Carthy. who was there, told him to go
away and not to bother him, 1t being en-
tlrely too soon 10 be certain whether the
ground was fit for residence lots only or
whether 1t is destined to become the center
of BONANZA,
The young deputy snatched piece of ore
ironI a newspaper man standing at the edge
OF Inc excavation. Some few words passed
and. 10, the representatives o. the Assessors
office lay down in the deepest place of the
SHAFT right i'll among the rock. a small por-
tlon OF which be had coveted SO much The
crowd laughed as ne crawled out with q
bloody face
The work ON the new discovery is going
on right along and the deposits of quick
sliYer ore found at depth of three and four
feet are of a wonderful richness.
ADout twelve men are employed by Mr..
MCCARTHY, who superinteuds them in per-
son.
Some of these men are busy building a
house over the main shaft, and the others
are Just digging and Shoveing.
Among the most interested people present
yesterday was G. w. Martin, the Welt
known mining agent, who has dabbled in
geology and mlueralogy for some thirty
Mr.. Martin is not a man of theories. but
essentially practical. He would not con-
tent himself with looking on and forming
conlrctureS, but grabbing pick he Jumped
into the hole and commenced to feel around
IN knowing way for tile reddest and
richest places
He found lots of very satisfactory spots
and seemed delighted with the outlook,
offering advice to the owner gratuitou ly,
Just To see the result of his suggestions
order to understand why Mr., Martin
taxes SO extraordinary an interest in Mr.
DlcCarlhy's mine il must be told that he is
the man VINO some twenty years ago ais
covered similar cinnabar deposits to those
on Devisadero street in other portions OF the
western Addition.
Il could not make anybody believe that
mere was any money in my find.' said he,
"and the capitalists of those DAYS were iust
as shy OF investing in new schemes as they
are to-day, so had to drop the matter"
me ola expert grows quite melancholy
when he talks of the opportunities he lost
IN me past. but he SAYS he has map in his
possession which indicates many rich Gin
nabar deposits in this city and vicinity, and
which he prizes very Highly. because 1t
represents the results Of many years of
labor and research.
1t wi II not be known how large and how
extensive the layer Of cinnabar on the Nc
Sarthy lot Is until the digging has progressed
Tor some time; but the work will be con-
tnued until Mccarthy is either a bonanza
King or only the common John Mccarthy
who owns lot on Devsaderc street.
The stratum, as far as can now be seen.
runs IN a noFthwesterly and southeasterly
direction.
With the discovery Of The Mccarthy mine
lots OF funny incidents are connected, and it
IS very amusing TO watch the crowd outside
the fence which surrounds il.
Nearly all the owners of vacant or occu-
pied lots In the neighborhoOd are sinking
shafts, hoping 20 strike the vein of Cinnabar
but when they are asked abou. it they ali
deny that they are looking for anything.
they say.
The irrepressible small boy is also hard at
work and is giving Mccarthy lots of trouble
by insisting on digging right where the main
supports Of his fence are located and
thereby threatening TO weaken its founda-
ton. Young America is doubtless possessed
OF an idea that il there is mine inside of
that fence there must be also something
worth de wing for on its border
The kind of ore found at the present
depth of the shaft has been pronounced as
being 20 per cent cinnahar and is said to be
worth $50 per ton, but nobody knows as
yet how much of that kind OF stuff is there,