The record-union., 1897-06-10

wall vein matter has already been
struck which carries gold, and every
indication points to finding a perna-
nent and valuable mine.
As soon as it is. determined the ledge
holds good at that depth a new mill
VIII be erected at the mouth of the
tunnel and all the works moved down
there. The North Bloomfield ditch
runs by on the hill above, from which
ooO feet pressure can be obtained with
less than 300 feet of pipe.
All the residents of the district are
awaiting developments there with a
great deal of anxiety, as it viii prove
that the Lodges in the vicinity do not
give out with depth. AS there are a
score or more of large veins in the
section which have been worked more
or less extensively, the outcome of the
work at the California is very import
ant
The same company own the German
mine, which is near the Washington
mine, and have it so far developed that
they claim there are 10000 tons of ore
in sight, which, judging by 1000 tons
that have been reduced, will yield from
So to 81 per ton.
THE SPANISH NINE.
This property lies three miles from
town. It has peculiar history and is a
peculiar mine. 1t was opened in 1884,
and has been worked continuously ever
since. The formation is 100 feet wide.
1t is composed of quartz, diabase and
slate, decomposed on the surface and to
a considerable depth below. 1t was and
is operated through tunnels run into
the hill on the formation.
Open cuts from fifty to 100 feet deep
extend part way down to the tunnels be-
low The material Is blasted, and it
falls down the cuts to the zig gag
chutes, which convey it to the cars in
the tunnel below, where it is taken to
the mill at the mouth of the tunnel by
cars, eleven usually forming a train
load. The empty cars are then drawn
into the chute by a mule.
The peculiar thing about this mine is,
that the ledge matter has never paid
over 81 % per ton. and generally 81 per
ton; yet it has been a steady dividend
payer since it was opened.
T. W. Bradley, Superintendent of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines at
who adopted the plan of working, and
it has been followed ever since. He
made his reputation as a miner by
working the ore at an expense of from %
to go cents per ton. His brother, P. r.
Bradley, is the present manager of the
Spanish. With the improvements that
have been made, the ore is now worked
for much less than formerly. There is
a ten-stamp mill and four Hunting
tons used to reduce the ore, and 200 tons
are crushed daily. There are but ten
miners employed, and the force alto
gether consists of twenty men.
The machinery is run by water power
under 600-feet pressure. The CONSOLE
dated claims are three miles in length
1t will take generations to work it out.
hundred dollars day profit out of a
mine yielding 81 per ton is pretty good,
though 1 am not authorized to say that
is the profit.
AN IMMENSE LEDGE.
There is a ledge coursing through the
district which is 100 feet wide, of solid
quartz. It is called the mother lode by
residents. 1t lies between slate and
serpentine. On this ledge are located
several claims, upon which a good deal
of prospecting has been done. The
ledge can be traced for miles.
e. T. Worthby, proprietor of the
Washington Hotel has a claim on this
ledge called the Ell Captain, upon Quartz
Flat. He has run a tunnel go feet and
will have to extend it 200 feet more to
cut the ledge.
The Giant King is another location
south of the Ell Captain 1t has tun-
mel over 300 feet long, and a ss-cut
shows the ledge to be seventy-four feet
wide. 1t is asserted that the rock goes,
by mill process, 81 and over per ton.
THE ST. PATRICK.
This is another location on the big
lode. 1t is just across the river from
Washington, and a mile north of the
two claims mentioned above. It is
owned by John Mccarthy, an old-time
miner. There are two tunnels, the up
per one being 167 feet long, and the
lower one 231 feet. The upper tunnel
cuts across the ledge, which at that
point is ninety feet in width. Several
test crushings have been made, and the
owner guarantees that twenty-eight
feet of the ledge will go from 81 to 50
per ton. The balance, he thinks, will
mill 81 80 per ton. He owns a ditch
which viii afford ample water power to
run forty or more stamps, and the ca
pacity can be easily increased. Mr..
Mccarthy has been in possession since
1879
He owns also the adjoining claim on
the south, which gives him 6,400 feet on
the ledge. The lower tunnel had just
reached the ledge when I visited the
mine. The ore looks very promising.
Lack of space allowed me prevents
the mention of dozen other mines and
undeveloped claims, but, in conclusion,
I predict that Washington District is
soon to see lively times. The Yuba
mine has been recently bonded, and ]
am informed Will soon be at work again.
The Washington mine. owned by Baron
Van Schroederof San Francisco, has been
put in shape, and operations viii soon
be resumed. The expected strike in the
California. the developments on the
mother lode and other proposed work is
bound to make things lively at no dis
tant day. The district possesses I'M
usual facilities for working ores cheap
ly; the climate and water are of the
best, and there is everything to confirm
the belief that it is soon to be very
prosperous camp. w
Prima Facie Evidence.
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