The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-24
NEWS oFTHE MINING WORLD.
,,,rrIE ROOM BEGINS IN Ri DORADO
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA;.

Moyement In Arizona In spite OF Silver
CAV Francisco. July 15.-The owners OF tn,
<eolden Queen quartz mine at Forbestown
mite county. which has been Idle for the pas
,xo years. are preparing to open II again
Tbsy expect to begin operations in both min,
and mill next week.
Tho Calaveras Consolidated, at Robinson'i
rsrry. CAlaveras county. which has been idl,
,or A year or more. began operations with
large force OF men last week.
A small sized mining boom Is In progress In
Fl Dorado county. Tho Starlight mine which
has been idle for several years. has been
cleaned out and new company has been
orpanized to work It with new machinery
The ORC Elmo is increasing its force and build.
a chlornation plant. and q new company ID
preparing to operate q mine near the old
Crystal mine.
The Omaha Mining Company ~ Nevada
county has declared dividend Of fifteen cents
ner share. This makes the fifteenth dividend
OF this company.
A rich gold find is reported In the Clover
mining district not far from the Wild Rose
mine in Mono county. Ore has been taken
out that assays up in the thousands
Tho owners OF the Centennial mine, Grass
Valley, New. have put large force OF men at
work and will prosecute operations vigorously.
The company Is q new one recently formed in
Sacramento.
The Salmon River country in northern Cali
fornia is attracting attention this summer
from capitalists and prospectors. Along Jack
ass Creek the ore has been taken from blanket
seams Of quartz. and combination OF miner
ais resembling telurium. A ledge OF quartz
porphyry above these seams. forty feet wide
and traced for nearly mile. prospects well on
10, IN,r IL but a nIny&-
mont work has been done on it, Anumber Of
new lodges in this region are being prospected
and developed. and all the placer mines make
Q fine showing.
In Plumas county mining interests are COM
ing to the front again. On the ridge between
Gibsonville and La Porte shaft 500 feet deep
has been sunk and . channel OF rich gravel de-
yeloped This channel has been proved to DO
several miles in extent
A company has Just been incorporated to
work the Good Hope in Onion Valley. In tho
Shenandoah mine, in French Ravine. very rich
ore has been uncovered and development
work is proceeding rapidly. In Genesee VAL
ley. adjoining the Green Ledge mine. George
+. Brown has discovered mine which, so far.
10 marvellously rich A five-pound chunk Of
ore that has just been taken out is composed
OF decomposed quartz matted together with
gold.
In San Bernardino county the old Gold Noun
tain mines have been bonded by the Budd
Doble Gold Milling and Mining Company. and
the mines are being opened and mills put in
operation. A face of ore about forty feet square
has been exposed which ASSAYS SO per ton,
from which the actual bullion saved by Lovetts
amalgamator is 81 10.
the Livingston Minis. He has cleaned out the
old works. and has recently struck some rich
ore.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CITY. July l5.-News comes from
White Pine Of a fabulously rich strike in the
q 22d Companys mine; 1t Is said that a
body OF native and ruby silver that goes 10000
ounces to the ton.
strike in their silver mine at Jefferson. 'N
Much excitement is reported in the White
ds.et Of s9ld dill
the assays reported 60 from 800 to So. 500 per
ton. The ledge has been traced a distance Of
been made. A Sacramento company has
offered to bond claim held by . man named
Gregory for six months TOR $4,000.
COLORADO.
2 DEW July ien9re receipts for ,,y the week
with 455 cars in the corresponding
week last year; This shows that there is no
he. smeIters are buying some ores, it is at
heir own figures. the ruling quotations in
smelling charges being generally higher than
The miners are washing the old placers for
gold especially along Clear Creek, near Golden.
tansas. near Buena Vista. thus making small
Some OF the mine owners have made propo-
,itionB ito the miners to work at reduced
wages Mr.. Mofrat told his people that he
would work the mines If expenses could be
70 accept less than the scale. But this they
refuse 10 do. and. accordingly, yes
!erday the famous Maid and Henrietta mine at
withdrawn. This means the abandonment of
he mine. for. before 1t can again be opened,
mother shaft will have to be sunk to the NAM
, At Cripple Creek. about two weeks ago. the
irst shipment OF l.SOO pounds Of high-grade |
Denver for treatment. On account OF the |
y eIter REFUSING to treat the ore PROMPTLY the |
tors OF the property WHO are poor prospec
the pulyerized ore at the mine and by noon he
aold at the bank and paid OF the workers.
m mhls nine Is one OF the richest in the camp. |
The Chicago and Cripple Creek Gold Placer
$oOnO0O Tor the purpose OF working the Lloyd |
Jones a., Piacers containing sixty acres
PROSPECTS are being developed and the camp
increases in interest: The Homesteads claim
nov nOS has pay streak seventeen inches wide
e Sylvanite has been the first shipper hav-
ing Ing sent IL pack train with ore to Silverton
uhs ore ASSAYS from 4 to 400 ounces OF gold to |
th9 ton. and % to 325 ounces Of silver. 1t is
teilurlum ore and is nearly black in color. A |
wagon bridge across the Rio Grando and
NUMBER OF new stores have been built. Gilpin |
county gold mines are doing we'll. and the new
S; ntdp % Yankee Hill is attracting continued
The sale Of the Phillips and Excelsior group
y y mines at Alma to London men is reported
FORA long time an effort to sell tho properties
IA London on a basis of S5OOOOO has been !
i% nsix but the Exported sale has not been
iiui x confirmed, This property has produced
NJ the o, past very large amounts OF gold ore.
! ne placers on the property have paid great
uciiVldends, but. through the Juggling OF the |
ss.ock ana bad management. the mines have
eesh OF little market value Of late years. 1t
eah produce lUO tons OF ore daily. the
ton. - Tho Vein in PLACES Of the drift
G GUw working small force Of men, The Less
S .h,, ana the Orphan Boy mines arc steady
jumpers. Plans are made to work the Mascotte
pS means OF q long tunnel reaching the ore
,Hbouy AZ great depth, thus giving the property
ny adVantaage OF operating at low cost
M uver at breckenridge u number Of miners
snlown out OF work nave com bined TO cut a
new channel for the Blue River so rs to open
Up new nlacer workings, Most, Of the new
1isid thus made accessible is held by non
IIte"S SSH but this fact docs not deter them