The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-21
MINING IS BOOMING.
New Deals are Reported From
All Parts of California.
STATE MINERALOGIST REPORTS.
New Mines Opensd-The Murphy's Find
Johnson's Mining Bill-GsnsraI
Mining Notes.

Iron Rock mine at Carson Hill will
put up i0-stamp mill this summer.
The Lone Jack gold mine in the little
Tabunja canyon. Los Angeles county,
has been sold and 60-stamp mill is
to be put in at once.
The Thorpe mine. in Calaveras
county. has suspended operations
temporarily, pending the repair of
the boilers, which are burned out.
A 20-stamp mill is being run on the
Grand Victory mine, of Ell Dorado
county, the capacity of which will be
increased to 80 stamps within three
weeks.
Six miles Of channel is owned by
the Eureka company, of Placer county,
and the tunnel ia in over 900 feet.
When the gravel is reached, some $50
men will be employed:
A 5-stamp mill is being put I'D at
Cherry creek. Siskiyou county, where
there are number of good paying
lodges now being prospected by min
ers, with indications of developing
/ oSSN P"y Ah6 PAoPOLSAOss
The Geneva Mining and Milling
Company. which has been operating
in the East end of San Diego valley,
will, as soon as the proposition justi-
fies, put large force of men to work
and put In a 40-stamp mill.
The San Diego Sun says: Unusual
ACTIVITY is going on with the mining
industry in Lower California, and
never before has capital been SC avail
able for investment in the mining pro-
perties Of that locally as at present.
Grading is going on at the Espranza
mine OF Calaveras county. preparatory
to adding 30 stamps to the mill and
erecting larger hosting works. Twenty
stamps more are to be added to the
mill on the Roanoke mine. situated in
the same county.
A miner who has been prospecting
in the vicinity Of Grass Valley for
some time past, discovered a quartz
pocket at lime kiln eleven miles
south of town, from which he has
taken $4,000 in gold. The pocket is
one of the richest ever found in the
State.
According to the reports from Muir
| phys the recent find in Ponte's pas.
ture, Calaveras county, is proving
something more than an ordinary
pocket. A man who was on the ground
says he saw more gold than he ever
saw before in its virgin state. He was
shown several tomato cans full of gilt
tering specimens.
A specimen Of gravel taken from the
Banner mine near Ell Dorado was liter
ally filled with pieces of gold ranging
all the way from the size of pin head
to the bigness Of the head of lead
pencil. Mr.. Shepard, the superintend-
ent says this is not an isolated piece
but there is plenty more of the same
kind OF gravel where it came from.
Roger johnson has brought suit
against N. d. Rideout to recover $75,.
OOO with legal interest from October
%, 1894. The suit is a sequel to the
sale Of the Magolia mine in Butte
county. johnson claims to have
owned 10 per cent interest in the
property. The sale was to the Mago-
liza Mining Company, corporation,
the consideration being 1000 shares
OF stock said to be worth 500 a share.
The owners Of the Rosebud mine, Ell
Dorado county. intend to supplant the
arastra on the property with mill in
the near future. Surface work will
be commenced at once at the Lady
Emma mine, same county, to secure
the gravel gold, and double compart.
ment shaft will be started on the ledge.
A pipe line 20) feet long will be placed
to sluice the surface while the shaft
work is going on.
State Mineralogist ]. ]. Crawford
has completed the compilation OF the
total mineral product Of California for
the year 1895. 1t was prepared by
Charles G. Yale, statistician, from
direct returns by producers. The total
valuation Of the mineral substances
produced in California last year was
$22, S44. 664.29, as compared with
$2O, 1908, 294. A in 1894. an increase of
$2,64l. S69.S5 for the year. OF this
increase $l,41l, 035. 80 was in gold
and $500. 45S.15 in silver. The pre-
cious metals, therefore. are accounta-
BILE for $1,715, 493. 90 Of the total In.
crease named.
The La Fortuna mine. situated in
the Colorado river country, is now be.
ing equipped with twenty stamp
mill. The works will be supplied with
water from a S00.foot we'll, the water
to be piped sixteen miles at an ex-
pense Of 100000. Nearly 100 men
are employed. At 200 feet there is
a six foot ledge yielding $3.50 to the
ton. The whole averages s75. The
owners claim to have 81. 900, 900 worth
Of ore in sight and that 81 900, 900 will
be turned out monthly after the mill
is running. Little work is being done
in the neighborhood now, but the ship
ment from La Fortuna will probably
cause rush that way.
Mining in California is booming and
the good effects of it are nowhere more
than in Sonora. Tuolumne
county, which was for years regarded
as town that had outlived its impor-
tance. says the Stockton Independent.
Besides one Of the finest hotels in the
that town has added to its
several fine residences and
stores. and business Of all kinds is
lively. All this comes from better
of CalifoInia's mineral
wealth. and better knowledge Of the
science of mining which. having