The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-20
MINING INTERESTS.
California Will Beat all Former
Records This Year.
MOST REMARKABLE CHANGE.
Nevada County Nine Purehased-Nsw
Enterprise In Shasta--SI skiyou
Wants More cApltal-Briefs.

The Peter Woods mine, in Butte
county, has been sold lately and will
be worked in a short time by parties
with abundant capital to fully develop
it.
The Jamiion Mining Company, of
Plumas county, has purchased twenty
stamps from the Plumas Eureka Co.,
to be put into the proposed mill at the
Jamison mine
The new 6O-stamp mill at the Alaska
Mexican mine, ON Doulgas Island, is
nearly finished, and will add materially
to the bullion product. The 30-stamp
mill of the Juneau Mining Company,
of Alaska, is giving good results.
The Mill at the Nebraska mine on
Cherry Creek, Siskiyou county, COM
menced crushing $50 ore lately. The
company are also sinking a shaft to
work the rich gravel in the bed of the
creek, and are employing about thirty
4 five men.
Recently w. A. Nevills, one of the
owners of the famous Rawhide mine,
in Tuolumne county, took down i'll a
buggy $137 900 in bullion, the result
of three-weeks' run. Later he took
down the same way 500, 900. Nevills
is accompanied ON these trips by shot
gun messenger.
The business men of Ferris, River.
side county, are talking of putting in
a stamp mill to do custom work for the
different mines around that locality.
Much interest is manifested. There
are numerous claims around Perris and
it is said that mill would be we'll
patronized.
The quartz miners in every part of
Siskiyou county have done better this
year than usual and a number of new
and promising lodges have been dis
covered. The great difficulty with
quartz mining has always been the ex-
pense of getting the ore to mill for
crushing, but number of small mills
have been erected during the past year,
which have been the means of opening
up several good paying lodges.
Very few mines have changed hands
in Southern California for the reason
that fabulous prices are being asked
before anything is done to show up the
property. Two good sales have been
made, and this has aroused the miners
to the necessity of showing up the
,, ledge. In the Panamint range, fifty
miles beyond Randsburg, quite mum.
Der of cash sales have been made in the
last two months, aggregating $l25, 900.
: Denver capitalists have two mines
: bonded for $l20, 900, and the locator,
S Frank Cole, would be glad to take it
S off their hands.
The Omaha Mining Company has pur-
T. chased the property of the Homeward
Bound Mining Company, which con-
I sists of the Homeward Bound, Wiscon-
! sin, Illinois and two other locations.
This news is glorious to all of Nevada
county, for it means the opening up of
valuable ground long since idle, and
0 the employment of many more miners
a in this district. Had the important
! deal not been made then the Omaha
d Mining Co. would have pulled up their
! pumps and work would have ceased
s The Homeward Bound joins the
D Omaha. George Mainhart, the super
intendent, arrived from San Fran cisco
and will manage the affairs of the
company. Preparations will COM
: mence at once for the development of
;. the properties.
10 The State Mining Bureau for mum
" Der of years past has been accustomed
!. through its agents, to prepare a table
% of mines in operation in the State,
% together with the number of men EN-.
v ployed in each mine. The report for
10 the current year has just been COM
+. pleted and affords the most convincing
10 evidence OF the revival of the mining
d industry on large scale. The re-
\. markable activity noted is confined t
NJ no particular mining section of tn,
es State, everywhere, whenever a chance
" exists that money is to be made by thu
extraction of the precious metals, mel
are found who are willing to stalk,
their time, money and labor agains
N the chances of a rich discovery. Fo
"A the year 1896 most remarkable
% change appears. The total number o
v men employed is increased by 9006, o
n almost double, while the nun Der O
u recorded mines increased in 1896 owe
n that of the year 1895 by 750. TIL,
4. greatest increase of the men employed
n is apparently in those districts wher
r the great producing mines are located
10 though the increase i'll the new mine
N is distributed through the State.
is A new enterprise will soon be inau
y gurated in Shasta county. o. E
re Clark. representing the General Elec
ly trio Company of San Francisco, arrive,
in Redding recently and immediatel,
drove to the old Calumet mill il
Old Diggings, where he will max
!. arrangements for the construction of
- large electric power plant. DIR. Will
:, liam Gardick, owner of large potter.
20 works at Elliotsville, o., and who i
~ ~ also the owner of the famous Calume
= mill and mine ON the Sacramento river
- six miles north of this city. has de
=, cided to establish an electric powe
- station. The DOCTORS ag mt, Almari
a. b. Paul, will manage the new enter
!, prise. The plan of operation is
y, =, establish great power sta ton to SUI
: ply the quartz mills in Old Digging
=. with electric power. Machinery
~ capable of generating 800 horse powel
will be put up Immediately at the oil
Calumet mill and will be operated b
D. the Spring creek water power belong
o ing to that property. The Hart min'
~ the largest gold mine in Shasta county
" has contracted for loo horse. mower &c