Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-19
FROM THE MINES.
Foothills of Fine Gold in Fresno
County.
REPORTS FROM THE VARIOUS MINES
Activity Among the Mine-owners In the
Southern Calaveras County Property
Showing Some Big Results.

At the Harmony mine, in the Ne
yada City district, the incline is being
sunk thirty feet, where it is intended
to drift off to the old west ground that
has always been rich. In sinking this
incline fine ledge was struck. The
rock shows plenty of galena and sui
phurets, and has every indication OF
being a rich LEDGE
A correspondent of the Grass Valley
Union" says: ''There is not another
district in Nevada county which has
brighter prospects than Graniteville or
Eureka, the quartz properties there be-
ing of extensive proportions. The Gull
version, National and California mines
are good properties. The latter, par
ticularly, is known to be very rich.
Twelve miles above Graniteville is To-
Gated the English Mountain mine,
which, from present indications, will
prove to be one of the best properties
in the county. The ledge is man.
moth one, being about twenty feet in
width. In the center of the vein is a
CORE of very rich rock, the quartz be-
ing literally covered with gold.
The Calaveras Citizen" says: James
Shinn brought us in some fine rock last
Friday afternoon. The rock is full of
geld and has every appearance of being
a big thing. Mr.. Shinn has just dis
cerned another lead that crops up on his
claim, that is thirty feet wide on the
surface and looks exceedingly we'll for
surface rock.
A very rich strike was made in the
Lone Star mine, at West Point, Gala
veras county, last week. 1t is said that
fourteen-foot vein was uncovered.
We did not visit the property, but from
samples shown us it must be exraordin-
arily rich. If the vein holds out it
will be one of the best properties in the
State.
Operations were begun last week by
the Montreal company on their mining
property recently purchased just across
the river from Robinson's Ferry, Gala
veras county. Forty men have already
been put on and about two hundred
more are ON the ground awaiting their
chance. These men will be put at work
just as soon as possible.
The San Andreas Prospect" speaks
of active work on the Leonard and Nc
Fall mines, and several other proper
ties, which is imparting better feeling
in that section.
The new owners of the Empire mine
in Gold Valley, Sierra county, are 60
ing to work with will, and as if they
meant business. There are now about
forty men working at that place, over
two-thirds working on the roads and in
the woods. No attempt will be made
to erect COLONIZATION works this fall, as
the season is too far advanced, but the
company will devote it's time to the
fixing up of the sawmill, cutting lum-
Der and prospecting the mine. Downie-
vile will be greatly benefited.
1t is reported that an investigation
has been going ON for some time in the
mines at Vanderbilt. of reported steal
ing of large quantities of rich ore. The
rumors of stealings have been circulat-
ing for some time, it being said that
some of the miners cart off wagon loads
of the ore in sacks.
The Fresno "Expositor" says: The
Lucky Jim mine at Fine Gold is one of
the richest in the foothills. A lead
that sometimes paid $1,000 to the ton
has widened out to eighteen inches,
and conservative estimate of the value
fIa rsnnlr fNv crr,
has paid as high as SO. A cleanup
for about three weeks work gave two
and three-eights pounds of solid gold,
worth about $500. When it is remem-
bered that rock worth 81 ton pays for
crushing it will be seen that the Lucky
Jim mine is very valuable property.
Owen Casey, who is mining ON Myr-
tie creek, was in Crescent City, Del
Norte county, Monday after supply of
winter provisions. He reported doing
we'll at mining. Myrtle creek has for
years produced large quantities of gold,
as high as $1,000 being taken out in a
single lump, and thousands of dollars
in smaller pieces.
The Del Norte Record" says: 1t is
well known that the ground from the
beach to the eastern boundary Of the
county contains gold. Men are. now
engaged in working the beds of creeks
east of here on a small scale and are
making good wages. There is room for
many more who sit around and COM
plain of not being able to get work.
A gentleman from Porterville informs
the Visalia "Times" that Mr.. Daggert,
the postmaster at Frazier, in Frazier
Valley, northeast of Porterville. made
a discovery about week ago of eight
barley sacks full of rich gold ore ready
for the mill. The ore had originally
been put in an old goods box and COW
cred over with earth. Thirteen years
ago an old miner i'll those parts had
thirty sacks of his richest ore stolen
from him and carried away. No trace
Of that ore has ever been found, and it
is believed that this newly-found ore is
some of that stolen. Some of it will
run as high as $1,000 n ton