The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-06


below the old Anderson ferry. with
good success. Over FORTY men are
employed, and considerable gold is
realized along the bed rock.
The Gold Hill mine in Nevada
county is being opened up. All the
old machinery has been put in Thorough
repair and when the mine is ready for
development it will be one of the most
thoroughly equipped properties in the
Grass Valley district, and will be In
shape to begin career Of unexampled
prosperity.
The famous Quatz Hill mine at Scott
Bay, Siskiyou county. is being opened
up in quiet way. This is the most
extensive quartz assure in the State.
When this property is fully opened up
and equipped, it will be very profita-
BILE business. 1t can easily supply
200-stamps, with the finest water
power i'll connection free.
The Altoona quicksilver mine in
Shasta county seems to be in thriving
condition. The mine is yielding 900
TASKS of quicksilver per month, the
average daily yield being twenty TASKS.
The company employs 100 men. The
ledge averages from eight to fifteen
feet in width, and at the extreme
depth of 400 feet the ore is very rich.
A syndicate of Eastern capitalists
have purchased the Orc Elmo mine
near Trinity Center, 90 miles north of
Redding. The purchasers will imme-
diately commence the work of running
long tunnel to tap the ore bodies at
great depth and will erect 40-stamp
mill to work the ore. The purchase
price was $3.50, 900.
81 Drouilard, L. NJ. Pyle and Sher-
if BurgwaTdt of Bakersfield came into
Moiave recently, and Immediately
stampeded the residents by showing
seven sacks of ore, which is literally
covered with gold, the richest speci-
mems ever seen by the old miners, and
they believe they have surely found the
long-lost Peg Leg mine. The same
parties found ledge that goes nearly
$4,000 to the ton.
ID, b. Lyman, superintendent. and
Charles II. Fish, president of the Con-
solidated California and Virginia Min
ing Company, have had framed and
presented to the Gold Mining Ex-
change handsome large picture illus
trating underground mining. timbering
and stopping. Views will be taken
from this picture to illustrate the free
lecture on underground mining soon
to be given by the Exchange
Several Los Angeles capitalists are
in Lower California making careful
investigation of a mine, which is
located about seventy-five miles south
of Ensenada. A schooner left San
Pedro with a crew of twelve men
aboard. They will touch at San Diego
and from there will sail into the GU
of California. Buros will be used to
carry ore from the mine mentioned
above to the schooner. About fifty
tons will be brought to Los Angeles,
where it will receive testing.
The treatment of gold and silver ores
by the cyanide process is becoming gen.
e1al in almost all sections where these
metals are produced, says the Tomb.
stone Prospector, and where the ore is
low grade it can be treated with profit,
whereas under the milling process it
could not be worked, at all, only at
great loss. In Tombstone there are
three cyanide plants in successful oper-
alton and fourth plant is being got in
working order as fast as the conditions
Will allow, and in a short time this
plant will be pouring the wealth of
the waste dumps into the co fers of the
fortunate owners.
The Los Angeles Herald saws: The
fact that the gold fields of the Mojave
desert are fast becoming of the greatest
interest to the citizens of Los Angeles,
notwithstanding the tales of privation.
thirst and other detrimentals, which
are most industriously published by
journals hostile to the development Of
The country, it still remains that those
who are willing to risk their money
and labor are certain to find more than
IN expected return if they only observe
The plain rules of self preservation and
ire willing to make a small outlay
with that object in view.
The new machinery at the Central
Eureka. Amador county, was started
Up about month ago and the work Of
cleaning out the old shaft was com
nenced. A depth of about 800 feet has
been obtained. A strong inflow Of
water interferes with further material
progress, with the present appliances
Tor handling it. A special meeting Of
me directors was held last week to
this matter, when it was de-
hded to purchase good pump with
'ufhclent capacity to handle the water
or several hundred feet. An outfit
vas ordered at a cost of about s., 900.
Some members of the San joaquin
electric Company have found a mine
searching for it. They Just
stumbled upon it while putting in their
,lant at and near the power house.
They discovered that an extensive
,ravel bar lies along the river, high
hove the water. They saw chance
II getting water upon the bar,' and
hey went quietly to work and filed ON
~ ceres of pay land ON both sides of
he river. 1t is the intention 10 tap
ne pipe line which carries water down
he mountains from the reservoir to
he power house. From this the water
vii be conveyed through smaller
'ipes to various parts of the mining
laims.