The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
RICH GOLD IN MANY MINES.
NO DECREASE IN THE CALIFORNIA
BXCITEMENT
wosen Starting Out 20 Prospecs with Picks
ana s~hsveis-steaay D~evelopnent work IN
the ouarts Propositions Aliens the Coast 90
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and sheveis-stcaay Beveiop-ent werk IN
the Quarts Propositions Aliens the Coast %
seutheasters Aiasks-Nouta.a,s Sew strikes
Los ANeELEs. Aug. 2s.-Thero has been no les
SEEMING OF the excitement over the Trinity county
finds, and crowds still line the roads into tho
Coffee Creek region. Graw q Bros. have sold
their claims adjoining the Blue Jay for $1,000
each. John b. EldHdgo Of San Francisco, act
ing for q Boston syndicate, has bought the huge
bed OF gravel on part Of which the town OF Trim
ity Centre IL built The Bloss & McCleary by
draulic property is included In the deal The
syndicate pays s275, 900 for tho land. Petersen
and Ruegles have found an eightfoot ledge OF
free-mtlling ore on Scorpion Creek, which flows
into Trinity River a few miles above Conco
Creek. The average value of the rock Ia $40
per ton, selected specimens going up as high as
$1,000 Per ton. The Truax and Dillen strike
Ia q ledge varying from elrht o twenty feet In
width, which is rich in FREQ gold and carries
from 10 to 20 per cent. of sulphurets. T. IL.
Wagner has found AN eight-foot ledge In his
Black Warrior mine on Coffee Creek. which as
says $500 per ton. Bryan and Williams went
deer hunting in the hills in the Coffee Creek
region, got lost, and, while wandering about In
the forest. found a two-foot ledge which aver
ages $245 per ton. Three prospectors named
Hart, Gavin, and Morse have made q very rood
bhoSSA In u Y II neh VI AohACo uiO
In the first two hours OF work they cleaned up
$50 in coarse gold. The largest piece weighed
81.
Mrs. Lille Hume Of San Francisco and Mira
Lizzie Dcfreeze Of Redding have made q quartz
location near Carrville, where they found some
very rich float, and purpose to develop the prop.
erty. Among the prospectors who have been
pouring into this region are Miss Bessie Gala
gher and Miss Carrie Waddell Of San Fran
cisco. who are equipped with a complete min.
er's outfit and purpose to work their picks and
shovcls and pans with their own hands until
they find a paying claim.
The Givin mine, Caiaveras county, has de-
clared a dividend OF 81, 900, 80 cents per share,
the second paid under the present management.
In the Keystone, the south extension Of the
Petticoat, at Railroad Flat, a new ore chute
has been found which goes $3.50 TO the ton. In
the Petticoat the old chute has been cut at $50
feet and rich rock found. 1t Ia thought that
this find contradicts the charge that the veins
* Railroad Flat do not go down.
A plan Is on foot in FL Dorado county to build
q big power station on the American River to
supply every mine and mill in the county with
such cheap power that many OF the low.grade
properties now lying idle can be worked at q
profit. A gravel strike is reported from the
Grizzly gravel mine at Grizzly Flat which goes
u hibu 10 Poo ~ III pam IL uOlut SLTCtIu
gravel mine, near Placerville, has been bond
ed to W. Y. Henson and J. d. Bancroft.
w. A. Hoyt of San Diego and r. b. Taylor
and James Mathis Of Corona have sold five
mines In Death Valley to an English syndicate
for SOS, 900.
The Little Butte Mining and Milling Com
pany's property at Randsburg, Kern county,
has been examined by Mining Expert Gervaise
Purcell, who reports that at q depth of 2s5
feet in shaft No. the pay chute is from four.
teen to twenty -four inches wide, with every
Indication OF maintaining its present size and
entire width OF the chute assayed S47i in gold
and IS In silver. The lode extends the entire
length, l.5o9 feet, Of the property. L. Lee
has bought the Little Butte extension and the
remaining, interests in the Monkey Wrench
with the Little Butte lode. The new owner
will begin development work next month. Capt.
3: Il; Blsef has Of b sal; 6aL1 s6s s Esp5sssn ans u g, ,sa
ford and 4. q, Bowman. a mil Win be erected
man have bonded another OF these mines to
George Montgomery for one year for 10000
Judge +: b. Maginnis has sold the Minnehaha
mine at Randsburg for Sl5, 900.
The Syndicate, gold property near Raymond,
and Wilbur to J. w. Chapman Of indianapoiis'
who will develop the property on an extensive
scale fl; The mine has an eighteen-foot vein.
VhteA $50 A'eh ~ w 4 Y Nth.
A strike OF gold bearing quartz near the
Cruikshank, mines, in Monterey county, has
vi SLu HisSe A nj ran" an italian. has made a strike
from which he took %. 900 in one week In the
Charles Fish last Week t COL s s"5tsSs fr e@ah his
gravel claim at the junction OF Nelson Creek
and Feather River In the gravel mi1e Of
5000 taken out. Nuggets weighing from So
to $50 are numerous; An English company has
in the first days work after reaching gravel
In his Fair;take mine, Emigrant Hill. took out
The Gavilan syndicate and Riverside Gold
Mining Company, successors OF the English
corporation which purchased the Temescai tin
developing the numerous gold lodges in their
10000 acres in Riverside county. A number
OF very good strikes have been made on the
property recently, and a twenty-stamp mill is
Rich placer diggtngs have been found near
Dunsmulr, Shasta county, on Soda Creek,
only, about two miles above the big summer
hotel Of Castle Crags. The claim Belongs, to
1t for some time, but did not strike the rich part
onti sa !a o6o, week TX on Since aSs then then they tfsSna have M, taken sloa
w aefTS se out 800 $50 'aE CODA H%G3 9sssf has ahs pro 5d q
s tSSat I Saoq 3SSs 81 n 's sSld II o AbO Ssv a nm, month ! o,s siEo
Ct the mouth of the gulch in which the present
found on the north fork Of the salmon, sIsfi.
nyurtunc ciainS on the klamath have all
closed down on account of the scarcity Of water,
but the river mines are all rushing the work OF
taking out gravel while the water is low. The
siskiyou, on the Klamath. took out an average
down.
l. r: Kestner and Henry Thompson of Red
Blum, Tehama county, have bonded for S75, O0O
their gold and copper mines to a company OF
San FRANCISCO ca oitalists: Tho ore. which IL
very similar 70 that of the Monntain Copper
Company at Keswiok. assays Slo.s5 in gold
and silver and 900 pounds Of copper to the ton.
The ore Is very refractory and tho new owners
will put up smelters and actively develop the
property.
The July yield of the Rawhide mine, Tue.
lumne county, was $3.50, 600. The ledge has
been struck on the l,l0o-foot level: The old
Soulsby mine 10 to be started up again with the
arst rains. When the mine was closed down,
closed a 14.inch yoin with visible gold all
through the ore. The Soulsby has yielded over
$~3.OOO,OOO, The Dutch Mining and Milling
Company has declared It's second dividend
$1,000. o cents per share.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CITY. Aug. ga big strike Is re-
ported from the Big Injun mine, near Cory.
Vile, Esmeralda county. 1t is under lease to
William, Watson, who has a four.foot ledge OF
rich gold hearing rock