The San Francisco call., 1895-11-25
FL DORADO'S MINES,
Paying Properties Located
Over the Mother
Lode.
ORE RICH IN METAL.
a Network of Claims Yielding
A Network of Claims Yielding
Handsomely Upon the
Investment.
PLACERvILLE's BRIGHT FUTURE.
Outside Capital Seeking to Share in the
Wealth of the Gold.Streaked
Mountains.

PLACERVILLE, CAL, Nov. 23.-For
many years El Dorado County's principal
pursuits have been little fruit-growing,
cattle-grazing on small scale and a little
numbering. With few exceptions the
county has been in a sort of comatose con-
dition. In latter days, however, capitalists
are finding their way hither and are taking
a lively interest in the discovery Of new
and the reopening of old, abandoned gold
mines. The result is so gratifying that the
county is awaking from its Rip Van
Winkle sleep. Men are beginning to re-
aize that in and about the city of Placer
vile they live upon the great mother lode.
Even frui.-growers and ranchers are turn
ing to mining to recuperate from their
losses in agricultural pursuits. Almost
every rancher finds he has a gold mine
beneath his orchard and barley-feld.
People outside are discovering, through
a few energetic men now investing capital
here, that Placerville is not in Placer, bat
in FL Dorado, County. They are learning
that this is not one great vineyard, but is in
reality mining county of great possibili-
ties Aside from the mills now in opera
ton, the abundance of ore in various parts
of the county and the hundreds OF pros
pectors foekIng hither, there are opportu-
mites almost innumerable for successful
mining on any scale to suit the investor.
There are many properties here that were
abandoned at water-depth, which to-day.
prospected to q greater depth, would be
among the great gold-producers OF the
world.
Owned by foreign capitalists and aban-
doned years ago, there Is in the following
outline of property group OF mines de-
serving the attention of the mining world
and capitalists. Could it be transplanted
to Alaska Australia or Africa, it would no
doubt soon be in active operation.
Beginning almost with the townsite and
continuing directly through the city the
plant starts at Weber Creek and continues
to the American River, distance of five
miles.
1t Will be necessary to enter somewhat
into detail in describing the various groups.
The 260 acres of gravel referred to at the
end of this article are not shown in the
map. To show the magnitude OF the plant
each piece viii be specially but briefly
enumerated, a short review OF the work
done and the quality OF the ore taken out
will be embodied in the history of each
description.
Pacifc-Rose group-Consisting of the
Pacific, 2000 feet; the Ida No. ., the Rose,
the Oregon and the Ida, continuous on the
Rose vein for 5000 feet.
The Pacific has two veins: the east vein
lying in diorite, the west vein having
diorite for hanging wall and slate for foot
wall. The vein matter is quartz, carrying
free gold, iron pyrite, arsenical pyrite and
some galena. The sulphurets will amount
to about IL per cent, at a value Of about
$50 per ton.
Tie developments on the Pacific consist
of vertical shaft 700 feet deep and various
short levels.
From the partial developments on the
west ledge OF the Pacific, on the 300 to 600
level, the rock milled So per ton. The Pa
cific mine has produced from the ground
above the 800 level something over 81 000,
600.
The Rose has shaft 450 feet deep sunk
on the vein, but the workings are exceed
inglv limited. There is good reason to ex-
pect that within distance of 500 feet a
good quality of ore should be encountered.
The assay values given in the records Of
this property show that the vein is con-
tinuously gold bearing. The samples all
show gold, and the values run from 81 up
ward.
The Oregon, a continuation of the Rose
vein, has tunnel 375 feet long and a shaft
200 feet deep. Some gold has been taken
from this, approXimating $4,000.
The Ida and the Ida No. are a continue
ton of the Rose vein.
The fact remains that among the best
paying mines to-day in the State the same
conditions prevailed as in the Pacific, all
of which showed decided improvement
when greater depth had been reached.
Prominent among these are the following
ha wi q QA hn doh
i'll Nevada County, 200 feet deep; the EN-
pire, Nevada County. 21o0 the North Star,
Nevada County, 2400; the Springfield, Ell
Dorado County, 1900; the Church, El
Dorado County, 1850; the Keystone,
Amador- County, 400; the Kennedy,
Amador County, 1850; the Oneida, Amador
County, 200; the Gwin, Calaveras County,
1900; the Utica, Calaveras County, over
1000.
In one continuous chain follow the
Chester. 1460x185 feet; the Kegan, 930x
500; the Davy, 420x500. The Chester has a
tunnel; the Kegan has tunnel $50 feet
long on the vein, and some good samples
have been taken from its face. At the
mouth of this tunnel is a shaft 80 feet deep,
with two levels 80 feet each. The assays
of ore here show So II and $40 65 per ton.
The Davy has a crosscnt tunnel 700 feet
long. II shows many stringers, and its
face is said to cut a good vein.
The Eply group consists OF the following
claims: The Faraday, 1500x550 feet; the
Henrietta, 1490y550, on the Pacific vein
5000 feet; the EpIy, 2460x5O0; Weber, COOK
GOO; Albright, 4.12 acres; Williamson, z,
on Rose vein 1850 feet All of these nave
cuts and shafts of small dimensions, and
are on the extension of the Pacific veins.
The Eply, as is noticed from the above
figures, is a long claim. 1t has three
shafts and hosting works; the several
short levels are at depth of go, so and 80
feet 1t is matter of record that this
mine has produced about $4,000 from
2135 tons of rock, which is about $50 per
ton. The locators of the claim have taken
out about 700 tons, valued at $4,000. The
records show, too, that a bowlder taken
from the shaft in the tunnel assayed
$513 81 per ton in gold. The copy of the
record of assays shows percentage of
sulphurets from the ore to be u, with a
value of S160 to $3.50 per ton.
The Gross, Van Hooker and Harmon
group is as follows: The Gross is 1246x575
feet, Van Hooker 945x500 feet, Old Har-
mon 1500x500 feet, all patented and con-
tinuous to total length on vein 3691 feet
The groupings on the Gross are very
strong, and. on the whole this is a promis-
ing piece of property.
The Van Hooker vein is eight feet wide,
but the claim is not sufficiently developed