The morning call., 1895-02-22
MINING news ALL
ALONG THE COAST.
THERE Is A DECIDED BOOM IN
THE COULTERVILLE
DISTRICT.
WORKING THE BEACH SANDS.
News FROM PLACER AND OTHER
CoUNTIES-CYANlDE PROCESS
PATENTS.

For nearly twenty years this once bus
Ting, prosperous mining town III Mariposa
County has been in state of hamilton, and
has dwindled in population from upward
OF 1000 souls to less than 200. This spring
has witnessed a wonderful change, how
ever, and the new Coulteryil1e bids fair to
eclipse the old. Fully 800 miners and
prospectors have found their way to this
locality since the SHOWS have cleared, and
the activity and life at present reminds one
of the early days in California. Houses
are being built on every side as fast as
lumber can be obtained, and still the ac-
commodations are inadequate. The direct
cause of this stir is the operation of the
Merced Gold Mining Company, an aggre-
CATION OF Boston and New York capitalists
who have operated very extensively in
mines in Montana. Thomas Couch form
erly of the Boston and Montana Company,
IS superintendent, and is ably assisted by
John ii. Savllle, metallurgist, and n. c..
Ray, chief engineer, of Butte City, Mont.
This company has acquired all of the
Seth Cook property, consisting of seven
mines, VIZ: Louisa, Mary Harrison, Mar
guerite, Mahoney, Potosi, Daliah and NAL
VIVA, and propose TO develop the property
on an extensive scale. A mill with 800
located. One hundred of the stamps are to
be put up at once. narrow-gauge road
will extend from the mill in all directions
to the different mines. Power for the mill
will be obtained from the Tuolumne River
some six miles distant, where great dyna-
mos will be placed and 1000 horse power
will be transmitted by electricity for this
purpose.
At present the company is sinking a
deep three-compartment shaft on the
Louisa, and another on the Malvina,
both to be sunk to the 1000 level. and are
cleaning out the old works of the Mary
Harrison mine. These mines are all on
the mother lode and can be counted on to
Ego deep" The Louisa is over 100 feet
wide and the pay shute is about 700 feet
long. This immense body of ore averages
81 per ton and can be worked at cost not
to exceeded So ton, thus showing a hand
some profit for the enterprising owners.
This company will employ about 800 men
in its operations this summer and will
probably keep at least 500 men employed
the year around.
1t is estimated that there is over So 00,-
600 worth of ore in sight in the various
properties owned by this company. This
is one OF the most significant mining opera
lions that have ever been instituted in this
State, not only on account OF the broad,
almost magnificent scale, upon which it
lbs bOSii laullShCA3 lJtAG pdl tISuldIly DIS IL
represents the confidence felt by expe-
rienced operators from the mining States
in our mineral possibilities, as there will
probably be expended over a half million
dollars before any return is expected.
| The Mariposa Estate mines, consisting of
group of eight mines, VIZ, Elizabeth,
Green Gulch, Josephine, Mariposa, Mount
| Ophir, Mexican, Pine Tree and Princeton,
owned by the Mariposa Mining and Com
merclal Company. the principal members
OF which are Senator ]. P. Jones, Alvinza
| Hayward, John w. Mackay and the Ho-
bart estate, will probably be opened up on
a grand scale this summer, thus bringing
Mariposa in the front rank among the
mining counties. There are a great num-
Der Of producing mines at present in oper-
alton in Mariposa County, but they are
mostly worked in a small way. Still, in
the aggregate they have produced great
deal of gold in the past, one group, known
as the East Lode mines, having record OF
over $S,Ooo00O. The whole county is alive
with prospectors and it verify looks as
though "Old Mariposa" is on the eve of a
| boom.