The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-29

The Boston mine, Calaveras county,
is to increase the size OF its shaft be-
fore renewing operations, and an
order fol- timbers to construct 500
feet of shaft has been placed.
the Big Channel, claim, formerly
owned by j. S. Terrier of~Todds Valley.
Forest Hill Divide, has been sold to
Eastern capitalists. DEVELOPMENT
work is progressing in charge Of E. B.
Quigley.
The owners of the Lighthouse in
the jackson district, Amador county,
in extending their tunnel, cut a
twenty-five inch ledge with good pay
chute, showing free gold. A mill is
to be put up at once.
There is considerable dry working
going on in the Kern county desert
camps. A Los Angeles company is to
put in pulverizer and dry worker at
the st. Elmo mine, with capacity of
200 tons of earth per day.
Another rich strike is reported to
have been found alongside of the Rand
burg road, in the foothills adjacent to
Randsburg canyon. In fact, says COR
respondent of the Bakersfield Califor-
man, gold is being found everywhere,
each day adding its quota of new dis
coveries.
The Chinese Company, who are work
ing the Mcconnell & Quinne claim. at
the mouth of Humbug Creek, Siski-
you county, are accomplishing some
excellent work this season. This mine
has paid handsomely in the past, and
under the careful management this
year it will no doubt pay we'll again.
The thirteenth report of the State
Mineralogist, which many persons
suppose has been published, will hardly
be ready for distribution before De-
cember. 1t has been completed and
forwarded to the Governor by State
Mineralogist Crawford, but is only
now in the printers hands. The type
has all to be set and the book printed
before it will be ready for distribution
to the public
The Rose mine of San Bernardino
county, which was recently bought by
a Chicago capitalist, has turned out
some rich ore, and as consequence
things look lively. 1t is the intention
to at once establish school, store
and a postoffice, and take on the APP
pearance of a regular mining camp.
Thirtytive men are empoyed in the
mine and mill, and work is prosecuted
night and day.
AT no period since the discovery of
gold has such vast sums of money been
expended as have been spent during
the past two years on the divide above
Forest Hill, Placer county. Such
mines as the Mayflower, Paragon, Red
Point, Mountain Gate, Hidden Treas
ure and other drift mines, which have
produced an aggregate of over $50, 000,-
900, only amount to fair prospect of
the golden treasure that remains in the
ancient lava-capped channels of that
divide.
vein OF QUART two feet in thick.
ness and bearing free gold in consider
able quantities has recently been dis.
covered in the Sailor gravel mine at
Sailor Canyon, Placer county. The
company's officials are disposed to re-
gard this find as very important, and
nave already commenced an exploring
tunnel to develop the ledge. 1t is
estimated that the quartz in sight will
go from 500 to 5000 per ton. The
work OF exploring the channel or old
river bed is progressing steadily.
A few weeks ago three of the most
prominent mining engineers in the
world arrived i'll San Francisco. The
identity of the experts was only re.
vealed a few days ago, when they left
for the Mojave mining district, which
is now enjoying veritable boom. A
number of valuable properties there
will be inspected and purchased, if
deemed a safe investment. 1t is
rumored in mining circles that deals
have already been closed with some
owners for mines in the Mariposa dis
trict, and that their development will
begin early next spring.
The fact that California mines are
beginning to draw capital from South
Africa has been noticed by the Engi-
neering and Mining Journal, which
regards it as sign that there is to be
a revival of California interest on the
London stock market. Such an infer
ence seems entirely reasonable. Many
well-informed people believe that
there is more gold in California than
ever was taken out of it; but, however
that may be, hundreds of half-de-
veloped claims are held along the
mother lode which would we'll repay
working by companies having large
capital and using modern methods OF
ore reduction. They have been non
productive either for lack of means to
work them or because they have been
held for speculation. but there is gold
III them nevertheless, and this is what
the South African capitalists are after.