The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-12-03
THE MINING INDUSTRY
What they are Doing i'm the
Mines.
ALL BRANCHES ARE REPRESENTED.
Briefiets That Are OF Interest To An
Classes News from All over
the Country.

county.
The Pocohontas and Potosi of Gala.
veras county, have been bonded to a
company from Toledo, Ohio.
Ten stamps will be added TO the
No. mill, which is at present run by
the owners of the Bigelow mine az
Sierra county.
The prophyry deposit at the Robin.
son, OF Amador county is about to be
thoroughly prospected by COMPANY
OF San Francisco capitalists.
The old Confidence mine, in Tho.
lumne county, at one time very large
producer, is being thoroughly developed
and equipped with machinery.
The mining industry of Placer county
never had brighter outlook than az
present, and development work is being
carried ON extensively in all mining
localities.
New machinery is being added to
the Gold Bank Mine, of Butte county
The tunnel will be run deeper and
overhead. The tive-stamp mill ON the
Mt. Ida mine, also of Butte. is now
crushing ore.
The Seattle Placer Mining Company,
ON thompson Creek, are about ready TO
start up work, and will be kept busy
all winter. Tney have one of the best
placer mines in the county, and with
the improvements they have put on
their property in the past year, the re-
suit this season should be- far better
than heretofore.
1t has just been announced that
Charles y. Hoffman, a mining engineer.
whose home is in Oakland, has been
appointed superintendent of the gold
mine in Siberia for the Exploration
Company of London, a gigantic corpor-
alton which operates valuable mining
properties i'll all parts of the globe.
Mr. Hoffman's salary will be SIS, 900
year, and he will be accompanied by
one OF his sons, who recently graduated
from the State University, and who
Will receive salary of 81 800.
The old Turner quartz mine on the
west side of the other lode, about two
miles from Angels, has been taken
hold OF by w. J. Gracon, a Chicago
mining man. w. G. Drown is super.
intending the work temporarily until
the arrival of the superintendent, Mr..
Owens, who is now in Arizona. Work
is at present directed to cleaning out
the old shaft which is about 46 feet
deep. There is nine-foot ledge of
ribbon-rock in the mine, which pros.
poets well in both free gold and sui.
phurets.
The Bailo mining property which
Include the Hayden, Marie and Allen
properties on Suffer Greek east of the
town, is being graded preparatory
to erecting machinery. They have
ordered 40-stamp MILL with lOO0.lb
stamps, with two fire vanns to the
battery, and intend to commence mill.
ing from an open cut as soon as the
mill can be put in operation. They
have deposit feet long and over
100 feet wide on the surface which is
quite similar to that of the Gold Cliff.
the property of the Utica mining com.
pany near Angels Camp.
The chief hope of the miners in the
Randsburg district is the railroad. and
the hardy prospectors who risk their
lives in hunting for riches in the
almost inaccessible regions look forward
to the time when the great deserts
Will be crossed by a number of other
bands OF steel, passing closer to beds
OF rich ore than those which now exist.
and especially are they Watching with
interest the proposed Salt Lake and
Los Angeles road, which would greatly
benefit many mine-o owners. present and
prospective. Altogether, the deserts
hold riches beyond the conception of
most men, and though the harvest is
precarlous and tedious, the day is grad
ually approaching when it will mater.
ialize beyond ordinary expectations.
California miners have recently
taken active steps to induce Congress
to establish depa rtment of the Gen
eral Government for the dispatch of
business pertaining to mines and min
eral lands. Their late convention in
San Francisco offered resolutions to that
end, reciting the Importance of the
industry, pointing out some of the de-
[ects OF the present system and urging
That the vast interests involved are en-
Titled to more consideration than has
been granted under the present un-
'killful and unjust system. State
Mineralogist J. J. Crawford and Jacob
d. Neff have both been active in sup
port OF a resolution calling for the
,fnce OF Secretary of Mines" Jacob
4. Neff says The mining industry
u the country comprising all manner
u mining, coal, iron quicksilver and
ne precious metals is of such magni-
ude that it should have Cabinet
'mcer, one peculiarly fitted by educa.
ION ana otherwise to take charge of
N industry second only to that of az.
iculture.
Two large mining deals were con-
minated last week, one of which was
ne sale OF the Cleveland Consolidated
roup OF mines on Bullichoup, owned
y stock company, of which r. q.
TART Of Harris, has the controlling in.
crest. Mr.. Hart is also owner of the
amous Hart mine in Old Diggings.
ne balance OF the stock is owned by
rs brother, Thomas Hart, ex-Sheriff
.oster OF Tehama county and others.
ne proposed purchasers are an English
ompany, OF which John Hays Ham
iond of South African fame is the
manager. 1t is rumored that the pur.
hase price is 100000. Tho new
ompany will proceed to open up the
re bodies and whom tha 5a,o,o,,,,.