The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-02
THE CALIFORNIA PLACERS.
,oSo DI1oH TO CARRY WATEh
- IT, ,URIFEROUS GRAVEL.

Los ..-nio,.d N ditch 10 con-
Of LBS AhSel'. - rod NJ auriferous gravel
vey water y . 49, .onon In III, northern
In uU Z. county, The gravel assays from "a
part oil the Gun, orh,o yard. and n tho fne
cents 10 % Tho nlaoers will pay big
gold can ~. q, no d,noulty in saving
DIVIDEND w., som. p,ncor- contain flour
coarse ko" nroooas work, such plncers up
gold, u =" liz Most plarers in this
to tnel ar. ~ that character, and
part oi'no .mnnIv q, ,y,t.r ia not obtain
whero ak.,ro, he WORKED at all, 40 dry
aoe' NOT save either -four or light
wasn'nk nh. San Francisouito plaoers
ecAio nav uorted heretofore because tho
have !, matnr In rho caion IA small,
naturA ny" b.. hs.n developed in the noun
But "
eiLe ..,,vitv IN ,h, northern min
lh,io ,,,n IN tho country south of
mt 80 thar. are many reports Of the
.NN ns,d,no and working of minos. old
- r.w along the mother lode. The Cali
fornia Exploration Company has begun WORK
on several properties In CalaVeras county
Very satisfactory Developments nave ooeh
made In the Gottschalk claim.
The Melones Company, working several
claims In Calaveras. is sinking q deep smart on
the Reserve, n mine from which severai nun
dred thousand tons OF tale, worth only si.31
per ton, were worked at . proht some years
ago.
Tho foundry at Altavnle, Calaverns' 10 run
ming day and night on orders Tor msoninery
to DO used In the mines Of tho district
B. A. Caldwell, representing salt Ike men,
who think they have q process that will work
rebellious ores, has bonded several claims In
Meadow Lake district Nevada county.
A recent crushing OF twenty-three tons Of
ore from the PotaSuba mine, Amador, yielded
S2s. 40 per ton. and the result of the test has
encouraged the owners to invest In hoistinR
and pumping machinery.
@. A. Roberts has bonded the Loyal Lead
claim, Amador, and has begun sinking a shaft,
intending to prospect to q depth Of LOCO feet.
The California Debris Commission has be-
gun work on brush and wing dams in the
Yuba River between Marysville and Daguerre
Point, to keep the stream in its old channel.
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4. nroduced 1itbin tvsntv-6v, m,,s. of silver
City.
Some of tho mills ct Mogollon will DO start
Cd up again in Q few weeks.
Very few silver mines have been In operation
In New Mexico within the past three years,
and none has bean worked to its full capacity.
Many Of these idle mines are filled with water.
and o majority Of them would require retim-
boring before work could Do resumed 1t
would require several months TO bring the pro-
duction OF silver In New Mexico up TO what 1t
was five years ago under the most favorable
circumstances.
Gold mining IN the centpal district, nine
miles from here. will DO carried on next year
on . more extensive scale han ever before.
Considerable development work has been done
there this year. and a great deal of new ground
has been opened.
Ths steeple Rock Development Company
continues the extensive development OF mines
in the sieeple Rock and Carlisle distriots, In
tbs western part of this county. This COM
pany now owns o larger number of gold minop
han any other company IN New Mexico. and In
no DISTRICT In the Territory have 30 many men
been engaged In the development of mines. 1t
is expected that this company will soon begin
the mining and reduction OF ores.
MONTANA.
Brrrr. N, Of -Toui Hoc,ir ., N.v yo-L
am NJ q u.rain No. 800 a. p,t,s o.. ~.
~w-s uTNHa - o-o
wa NO . % o"iio'ou hS'o eono-
thisg 10 DO with the future operations OF the
company, and possibly with the sale of the
intsres,s n, n. old ownar.
- ~
ne new operators on the Iduna. near Butte.
have cut a large lead at the lOO-foot level. A
crosa-cut nod r., rr, =, ,,,. -. =. 60.
IoN 9 q run ;. this poihs w or"e
lessons q distance OF about 226 feet, and In re-
newing operations the present lessors extended
this cross-cut ,hor, ,b,-,r o., u, 81. I.ad
80. ..nos-'s W. "non - .
wide, and the other wall has not yet been cut.
The whole NJ the ,wartv Fat "a v.in m.t,.r
ND ..a,,.,.a - ' =. "N