The San Francisco call., 1897-08-29

built this ditch, and for two years I ran
q small hydraulic with two-inch
stream, and did very well indeed. The
third year spent considerable in enlarg-
Ing the ditch so as to get more wafer
from up Bear Creek, because, you see, we
can't get as much water as we want, ana
cannot run all the year round. I got but
little water that year, and l fixed my
sIuices so that l could run while the
water lasted, which was about 1our
months. NV intention was to make put
one big cleanup, when l stopped work.
miserable fellow-I know who he ls-eVi-
IDENTIFY wanted to get me discouraged, SO
that l would leave and he couid take up
my claims, then placed lot OF grease IN
my ground sluices. got lots OF grease IN
my quicksilver, but only two ounces OF
gold Mapv thousand dollars OF Hour
gold must have gone out with the gravel
that wear and | went broke. Well, they
opened my bitches and did all they could
until nv friends made them stop.
"a wear or so ago l found that was
washing out a lot OF TINS ochre, so L
started to wash up the hill until got the
pig cash in the hillside that you see, and
this was how / uncovered those spurs
from the main ledge. This cut is too high
mn for me to reach where the stringers
will meet. and the water from the ledge
comes in too fast. l am now running a
cut so as TO come in on the bedrock at
level 80 feet deep, and when get this
started / will turn On the pipe and wash
out a big lot of ground at that level
There l am sure to find my bonanza. AT
any rate, what l wash out in getting to
the ledge will make me wealthy. l may
find the ochre turn into hard quartz and
half expect that it will. Then 1 will put
up a mill and work it as quartz PROPOSE
ton, but L II have the money then TO do it
with. I only took up two claims, as l
don't want more than l can handle.
have traced this ledge for six miles east
and west and got good prospects along
the entire length.
&c. W. Ladd has taken up the claim
from the surface his ledge is Is to 20
inches wide and the ole is the same as in
my claim. l believe that this ledge is
even longer than six miles, but 1 have
traced only from Sheep Camp on the west
to Deer Creek on the east. / hope that
some deserving men will take up the
other claims"
Rabidore is of the opinion that his east
claim is a slip from the main ledge but
that it will work TO great profit until the
true ledge is discovered by clearing off to
bedrock.
When the question of the value of the
ochre was put to the little old miner he
smiled and answered:
II don't want people to think that L
have gone crazy, but 1 have worked out
pieces the size OF my thumb and got 212
cents in gold. l frequently pan out 10
cents to the pound OF ochre. Putting it at
a low figure should say that it will aver
age S75 to $100 free gold to the ton. and
this does not take into account the sui
phurets that have no means of working
and have to let 60 to waste. If the
sulphurets could be saved the value per
ton would NO doubt be much greater
BY this time the sun showed high noon
and French Louis went to his little log
and shake cabin to partake of his beans
and bacon preparatory to resuming the
work OF enlarging and deepening the cut
in search OF the wealth that lies hidden
by the heavy gravel banks and the tall
pines of the mountain side.
Sam Jennings at Kenyons has been on
this claim, and he is very enthusiastic,
stating that it is one OF the richest finds
in this part of the country. He is famil-
lar with ochre ore, and he believes that
Rabidors's is the best he has ever
seen. ''As to the extent of that vein,"
said Jennings, cit is fully as great as Louis
says, ana perhaps even greater. l. too,
have traced 1t for over five miles, and it
shows good prospects along the entire
distance"
w. Wakefield is also an authority on
mining, for he has been placer mining on
the Laurel since 1888. Had he not al
ready been tied up in dozen other min
ing properties he would have taken up
claim or two close to Rabidore on the east,
but William Hogue and Newton Phillips
filed on the east claims as quickly as pos
sible.