The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-25
THE MINING INDUSTRY
What they are Doing in the
Mines.
ALL BRANCHES ARE REPRESENTED,
Briefiets that Are OF Interest To Al
Classes-Sews from All over
the Country.

The Pennsylvania mine of Grass Val
ley. which has become a dividend nav
or, declared a profit of cents per share
last week. D. E. Mateson was elected
director of the company.
The Mountain View quartz mine
located on the east side of Mt. Thomp.
son, Ell Dorado county. an ola-timo
producer, has been bonded by parties in
San Francisco, and will be started IN
again.
Considerable interest is being taken
in the reported discovery of vine of
good domestic bituminous coal bewteen
Cheyenne, Wyo.. and Grover, Colo.
The coal is being mined at a depth of
l25 feet, and is said to be of good
quality. If found in quantities to
justify extensive mining the product
will supply large area in eastern
Colorado and western Nebraska with
cheap fuel.
Accompany has been formed and has
begun work on the Gravity Canal in
the Lower Colorado Valley, fifteen
miles below Yuma, which will turn
the waters of the Colorado River on
5000 acres of rich land for which Yuma
County is beginning to become famous.
1t Is the first to be consummated of
half dozen enterprises of like charac-
ter, though all of greater magnitude.
which have been hanging fire in this
section fol many years. Owing to
the tact that large portion of the
richest land in the country has been
involved in litigation between the
Government and parties claiming it as
grant from the Mexican Government.
the immediate prospect of a settlement
OF the case is turning the tide and sew
eral monster irrigation enterprises will
soon go through.
Tho Redding Free Press saws.
George NJ. Jackson and Frank Perkins
of Modoc county claim to have dis.
covered rich and extensive ledge on
Muletown mountain. near the Mark
WICK and Jones claims The ledge is
said to be fifty feet wide and can be
traced for more than mile. Ina
gulch the lege is exposed for fifty feet
deep, and from the way in which it
lies it can be easily worked. The ore
Is base. but Mr.. Jackson thinks that il
VIII assay on an average of S25 pcr
ton III gold, silver and copper. A
sample sent to Selby assayed $76O to
the ton, but it was a picked SAMPLE.
The discoveries have been working ON
thu ledge about two months. A slight
ripple of excitement has been caused
by the discovery.
1t is probable that there will be even
a larger rush this season than last IN
Alaska, though more of the men will
go to the Yukon river region than to
Cooks Inlet. A great many men win
tered there this year so as to b early on
hand in the spring. Several new and
rich streams were discovered last fall
and their fame will attract many. The
miners attending the working of the
large quartz veins on Doulgas Island
and elsewhere will also attract pros
pectors Tor quartz. 1t is, of course,
almost useless to warn people against
a mining excitement when they
have made up their mind to try their
luck. But miners and prospe ctors gen.
orally ought to know by this time that
Alaska is not country for poor men
to go to. The placers are rich and the
quartz lodges are good, and there is
money to be made by those properly
liked to try and make it. But for
man to land in that distant and expen-
slye region busted" and with not a
decent grub stake or enough to get out
with. is the height of folly. 1t is tax.
ing great chances of suffering and hard.
ship. All that kind of men quit
Alaska last year cursing the whole
country. when they were at fault
rather than the country. Those for
tunate enough TO get good claims made
money, and made it fast. but their
number was small in proportion to
those who went. Hundreds yentured
there with just enough money to pay
their passage up and trusted to lucl
to get back. People in those circun.
stances should blame no one but tn M
selves for failure. Alaska is seed
mining country and is rapidly inltttt.
ing its annual gold product. Its
ledges are large, but of low grade, and
capital is required to work any of them.
The placerss like placers elsewhere. are
pest Tor poor men. but they lie at such
distance from central points and the
conditions are SO adverse that
only those with means to spare should
venture in that direction. When a
man makes up his mind as to how
much money he can get along on, he
ought to double his estimate. 1t is.
i will be admitted. easier to make up
The mind than the money in most
Eases, but men are very foolish to take
'uch chances as they must when poor.
y provided with outfit and money.
Inc Alaska newspapers have repeated
y warned people Of the circumstances
10 be met and urged upon them not to
'ome unless fully prepared with good
amount OF funds. As in other places.
6 Is not every man who strikes a good
'ialm or one out of every ten men, and
nose who do not must take their
'hances OF getting days work else get
mt Of the country as best they NAV.
long Journey by land, river and sea
not to be made without money. and
ne man who starts with only money
Q get there and none to come back is
imply fool and deserves little pity.
specially when forewarned.
The Redondo Railway and Beach
'ompany has decided to spend $50, 900
improving the hotel - D,,