The record-union., 1897-03-10

a good grade of quartz. The owner is
| now engaged in preparing for extensive
| work this season.
Hampton and Martin own ledge two
miles southeast of town. which, with a
shaft forty feet deep, shows a four-foot
vein, the quartz being literally miner
! allied. On the lower end of the claim
the ledge has been worked to some ex-
| tent, and the rock crushed, which yield
ed SO, free gold, to the ton. 1t is be-
| lieved the whole formation win mill IS
| to the ton 1t bids fair to develop into
| a valuable mine. 1t is under ditch
| from which power can be obtained and
the surface has an abundance of timber.
! The owners are working men and have
not the means to open up the property.
Four or five miles southwest Of
| Forbestown, on the road to Oroville, is
what was formerly known as the Ev-
| ansville District, and was once a very
| lively placer mining camp. AS the
/ gravel became exhausted the sand fell
| into the hands of farmers, and has
proven valuable as fruit land. In the
vicinity are a large number of undevel-
| Oped quartz lodges, extending from the
Robinson Mill to Hansonville, five miles
south. The section described lies on or
near the contact between granite and
| greensboro. The ledges are large and
crop out in places a mile in length.
| Hampton and Russell have a claim
| known as the Monarch of the West,
which carries a high grade of sulphur
cts, together with a fair milling proper
ton in free gold. 1t is the intention of
the owners to so far develop it that the
value of the mine can be shown. They
| also own another claim, which is from
! two to twenty feet in width.
A ledge known as the Eureka, near by,
is from two to thirty feet in width, the
rock on the groupings looking very
promising.
| Henry Clark and Mrs. Parsons own
the old Honcut lode, on which there was
a mill and shaft sunk 100 feet deep.
| Work will be resumed on it in the near
| future. These four properties lie close
| to the county road and have the Forbes
town ditch above them, which will give
| fine water power.
! There are several large ledges on the
Robinson mill property and on adjoining
properties.
| The Wall Bros. are prospecting ledge
! they call the Jesse James, and are meet
ing with favorable results.
| The Davis mine, on the Wood place,
has a fine stamp mill about completed.
| They have a twelve-foot vein which
prospects well.
| Mrs. McNair is having development
work done on a ledge owned by her.
| Pullen Bros, two and a quarter miles
west of RobinsOn's mill, have five
stamp mill on their mine. The rock car
ries free gold and high grade of sui
| phurets.
| There are numerous other large veins
! in the vicinity yet unprospected. The
! section is below the snow belt and high
enough in the foothills to insure good
climate. All kinds of fruit and vegeta-
BILE are grown, and it is very attrac-
| tive section of country.
| There are thirty-three drift mines in
| Butte County as nearly as l can learn.
/ sixteen of which are being worked more
or less extensively, employing in each
! from one or two to eighty,men.
There are forty-five quartz mines,
| partly or extensively opened. OF this
number thirty are working, employing
| from one to 10 men each.
| There is but one hydraulic mine in