The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
SMALL MINING VENTURES.
MOST CALIFoRyIAN INTESTMENT
- THIS TEAR IA IN CLAIMS.

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mo peep Mine. or THAT state and Etc Rich As
pbpi,um Deposits-A scheme % Operate
smcItrrs at Less Cest In R1o~utaus-Anti
msny from utah Tor Brico TO 1urs Hnte Cold.
Los ANGELES, Nov. 27.-A feature Of mining
In California this year has been the largo num-
Der of small Investments. Tho bulk OF the
movement in mines for some months has been
che transfer OF undoveloped mines and claims
for sums ranging from $1,000 to 100000. Inc
money thus invested is largely local capital.
Although deep mining has not moro than
har1y begun in California, the State has q good
list Of paying deep mines. Among these profit
able true assure gold mines there are In ma
DOR county tho Kennedy, down 1900 feet; tho
Keystone, 1,4Oo feot; tho Manoney. 1000 feet;
tho South Eureka, 1900 feet; the Wildman,
1900 feet; tho leila, LOO feet; in Calavcras
county the GwIn, 1900 feet; the Lane and Tul'
lock. 1850 feet; tho Stanislaus, 1000 feet; tho
Utica, over 1900 feet; in Nevada county tho
Champion, 1900 foot; the Empire, 2,100 feet;
the Maryland 1000 feet: tho North Star, 1000
feet; the Omaha. 100 feet; tho Providence,
LOO feet.
In the Frisco gravel mine at Chill Junction.
Calnvcras county, three feet of gray gravel
hnve been found running from S1.50 to $3.50
Der pan. Part OF the channel was worked In
early days, but this is virtually virgin ground.
n thO StlSo liiAio ~ Nsa- - koa
ming on orc from the upper levels.
The Tryon mino, near the Sickle, has q tven-
ty-four foot vein of 50 to S12 ore. Tho Light
nor, adjoining tho Utica on the north, is down
800 feet and has q crosscut ~forty.six feet all in
orc of an average valuo Of ~. Tho Demarest
mlne at San Andrcas has a ~five-foot vein of orc
with an average surface value of $50 per ton.
which mills from 81 to S12 at depth.
Two strikes Of rich ore wore mado last week
In Mariposa county on tho Porter properties,
near Coultervtlle. now under bond for S12. 800
to Francis II. Hill. At forty foot tho shaft on.
countered Ave feet of $50 ore, with an eight
inch strcak on the foot and a similar one on the
hanging wall running nearly 81, 200 por ton.
Eagle Mountain, In Riverside county. is do
veloping into q very lively mining camp. Many
now prospectors arc going into tho district and
arc working day and night developing their
prospects. On the Cactus two shafts, both In
ore, arc down nearly 100 feet. Tho last lot of
ore from the Moose milled In an arrastra $45 in
free gold, besides being high In concentrates.
Tho Iron Chief, recently purchased for $4,000
by @. D. Lane and others. is putting in a now
mill and cyanide plant and 10 sinking the shaft
much deeper. Tho .mine improves with depth.
A mill for custom work is being put up by tho
Osria company.
A collaborating ledge has been found in tho
hills back OF Summerland, Santa Barbara
county, which assays 81 to tho ton. It has
been traced half a mile. The asphaltum do
post at Sis Quoc, where tho Crockers arc putting
in q hugo refining plant, is considered to be prac-
tically inexhaustible. The mountains surround
ing the works arc n mass Of asphaltum of very
pure quality. The top Of one of these noun.
tains has been cleared and preparations are
under way to le-el 1t. Tho superintendent Of
the works has computed that II $50 tons arc
taken out a day it will require as many years
to exhaust the supply.
Last months cleanup at the Golden Cross
mines, Hedges, San Diego county. netted over
$4,000 and was tho largest in tho history of
the property. The Schroeder consolidated mines
near Yreka, Siskiyeu county. on tho 1000 foot
level, have an ore body 100 feet wide which
hears sulphurets in value from % to %, and q
~fourfoot ledge that Yields $132 per ton in FREQ
gold.
Tho old Grizzly mine. near summerville,
Tuolumne county. Is coming to tho front again
as q rich producer. 1t was opened In 1856 and
for u long time yielded well. Then IL was mis-
managed, the shaft caved in, and in 1867 It was
abandoned. About six months ago 1t was re-
opened, and now at 200 feet has an eighteen.
foot ledge averaging SO per ton in free gold
and from 2 to 3 per cent. in sulphurets. Tho
ore can be mined and milled for $3 per ton.
Tho Santa Ysabel mine now has the most i'm
portant showing 1t has ever made. The chute
Is four foot wide and the ore high grade. Ono
loot OF this Is very rich, assaying $500 per ton.
An old miner OF Sonora has kept an itemized
account of the nuggets that have been picked
up IN the roads OF Tuolumne county during the
past thirty-fvc years and declares that the
average has been slightly over / $1,000 per
annnm. His entries have taken no account of
cold taken out by artificial means, but only
Gnnh IA xvnu Yirlya1 nv l., u. r,l Ia A
having been washed out by the rains.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CITY. Nov. 27.-The ores now being
shipped from Eureka average go per cent in
gold.
The De Lamar mine is producing 5000 tons
Of ore monthly. The McEllin mine, near Ham.
ilton, has produced $25, O13 during the year
ending with September.
On the Comstock Gould g. Curry is still OK.
tracting.and holsting low-grade ore showing a
large percentage of silver. Alpha has run into
some low'grade ore on the 500-foot level. In
Confidence work has been suspended. In
Crown Point and Belchcr work is being done
with good prospects of finding orc. Justice re-
ports an eigntoen-inch vein OF ore going $lo5
TO the ton.
.rt ,-. MONTANA.
BUTTE, Nov. 30.-Operations at the Old Am
her mine in New York Gulch promise to interest
mining men during the coming year, inasmuch
as assurances have been received of capital sui.
hcient properly to develop the property 1t is
negotiating with the owners of tho Missouri
River dam for power sufficient to operate n
large mill. There are eight veins In the huge
dixie which lies across the heads of tho placer
Eulohes of that locality, Confederate, Maybe,
Lave, French, New YORK. Ophir, and Others, and
tho company expects 70 take out an average OF
1000 tons a day. The company owns, in add.
ton to thirty lode claims, two and One.half
miles Of placer ground. The investors have al.
ready expended SlSO.O00 III improvements and
P&ploration work. The ore H. very low grade.
put II is believed can be worked at a large profit
BY proper economy. Tho company has 5000
feet of tunnels and upraiscs, 5000 ieet being or
. single vein, and 1t claims to have 100000
tons of ore in sight. Tho company has pur,
chased a cyanide plant.
Tho Gold nill and Abe Lincoln mining claims
on Moose Lake have been bonded to L. J. High.
land. lie Is required to pay the owners $50.
ooo and TO put up a tive-stanp mill ON the prop.
KaliSpcl mcn are working on the Iowa King,
near the Sahk Falls. The claim shows some
nno-looking quartz.
Ross Brothers have finished n good seasons
WORE on thcir placer claim on Libby Creek,
south or Troy, one Of tho best copper and gold