The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-07-30

volcano, Amador county.
The owners of the Mabel Mine On
the divide between Oak Bar and Scott
Bar, Siskiyou county, will soon erect
a mill.
Another quartz mill is being erected
IN the vicinity of the Tubbs mine in
Placer county. The remarkable sue.
cess of the latter property has attracted
considerable attention to the quartz
lodges of the vicinity.
The La Fortuna mine, located ninety
miles southeast of Yuma, is said to be
the richest mine in the southern coun.
try. The first four weesk' run with
2O-stamp mill cleared $40, 900, and
there is apparently an inexhaustible
amount of ore.
Sausalito has the mining fever, Ser
geant Jack Hayes of the San Francisco
Harbor Police having discovered gold
in what is known as Hurricane Gulch.
He already has mapped out a scheme
to form mining company, the men,
bers OF which own property along the
banks of the stream.
At meeting of the executive com.
mittee of the State Agricultural So
clety held in Sacramento, it was de-
clded to create special feature to in
terest mining men at the State Fair.
Prizes will be given for one-hand and
two-hand rock-drilling contests, the
State to supply the rock.
Some miners ON the Klamath river
paid $2.50 each day for the privilege
of working with rockers ON the mine
across the river from the Seattle Placer
Mining Company's property. This
agreement was soon terminated by the
owners, as the men were rocking out
$40 a day each.
Articles of incorporation of the
American Bar Mining Co., formed to
conduct a regular mining business,
have been filed at the office of Secretary
of State, L. 81. Brown. Principal place
of business, Nevada City. Directors
John T. Mccall, G. H. Mallon, Fred
Zeitler, j. o. Whitney, D. f. Doug.
lass, Fred Searls, all of Nevada City.
Capital stock, 100000 900, of which
Us, 57l, 800 has been subscribed.
ID. Harmon, of Berkeley, who is super
intending number of mines in Ne
vada county, the California ard the
German, says the former is running
full blast, but the latter has been shut
down. 1t has large body of low
grade ore but with present appliances
the expense of mining and milling con-
sumed the profits. 1t is Mr.. Harmon's
intention to put in a good plant, with
power drills, etc., and then he believes
that he can mine and mill for about
81 per ton.
A. j. johnson, a prospector, came in
from ranch near Redding bringing
with him fine specimens of copper ore.
johnson has been prospecting in that
district about two months. He found
gossan groupings, similar to those of
the famous Iron Mountain mine, which
was recently sold for $4,000 He
sank shaft and fifteen feet down
found sixteen-foot ledge. The ore is
quartz and assays 81 per cent. in copper.
The ledge can be traced on the surface
for distance of 100 rods.
A new industry Will soon be inaugur-
ated III Shasta county by syndicate of
Eastern capitalists. w. c. Brunson
OF San Francisco is the manager for the
company, and he is now upon the scene
Of operations. The syndicate have
filed water right to 10000 inches of
the water of the McCloud river, at
point about twenty miles north of this
city. They will convey the water by
means of canal downsthe Pitt river,
distance of eight miles, to a point
near its confluence with the Sacra-
mento. Here a great electrical power
plant will be put in and an electric
smelter erected in which the ores from
several large iron mines on the Nc
Cloud river will be reduced and the
iron extracted.
From the group Of gold mines in the
drass Valley district from Gold Hill
TO Allison Ranch-all on the west side
If Wolf Creek-nearly forty-one mil
ions of dollars have been taken. OF
his wonderfully rich group, few of the
mines have been worked below 100
'eet. The average thickness of the
edge', as far as they have been exam
ned is about eighteen inches. These
Lodges are not pots, pockets, or kid
leys, but regular continuous ore chutes
u lodes, ofsvarious lengths and degrees
If richness, which will undoubtedly
to pay as greater depth is at
aimed. There are opportunities in
Nevada county for the investment of
'apltal equal or superior to those which
lraw capitalists to Africa, Australia or
Alaska.
The California Miners Association
It its annual convention in San Fran.
'isco in October will doubtless take up
gain the subject of mineral lands on
abroad grants. The subject was
'retty well discussed by the association
asst year and the necessary steps taken
o bring the matter to the attention of
congress. 1t is true that the Interior
department. and Land Office chiefs did
IL they could to prevent the passagge of
he bill showing that the railroad COM
anies had much more personal in
uence than the miners. The associa-
ion, however, will not give up the
ght They had the same kind of hard
FORK in getting the Caminetti bill
'ade into an Act. and had similar
pposition, but from another source.
he railroad companies, of course,
now that classification of its lands
I'LL be ultimately made and only made