The herald., 1897-08-19
CALIFORNIA MINES
Strikes Made Rivaling Those at the
Klondyko

Str1keS mace hlvallng Those at the
Klondyko
| REDDING, August 1S.-This is the
lliveliest day since the excitement COM
menced. One hundred and ten men ar
rived on this mornings train. Pack an
imals and rigs are in great demand.
Among the strangers there was party
en- route to look for a lost lead which was
discovered some time ago when the land
was occupied. Now it is variant and the
party expect to realize fortune.
| Franklin Shoup, the fruit grower of
Happy Valley, located a claim on Stew
ems Gulch and took out $17 in one day,
while miner on an adjoining claim
took out $35 in the same time. Owing to
| the scarcity of water Shoup abandoned
| his claim temporarily, but will return
Elater.
The Coffee creek mining excitement
continues on the increase, every avail
| able rig and old crowbait horse being
pressed into service. Each train brings
more prospectors. Philip Schmeitzer of
French gulch came in tonight and. said
he passed at least 100 men on the road.
Schneider has mined all over Coffee
creek, from it's head to the mouth. He
tains that Coffee creek and its tribu-,
taries have beer rich.
H. W. Brooks has just returned from
Coffee creek. He, with two others, own
an extension of the Wagner mine on the
north side of the creek opposite the
mouth of Morrison gulch. They have
run a tunnel forty feet and their ore is
rich. 1t is claimed that the ore in Wag-
ner's claim will assay thousands of dol
lars to the ton.
OIL AND GOLD
SAUSALITO, Aug. 1S.-Joseph Low
der, proprietor of the Walhalla hotel in
Old Sausalito, has an oil deposit beneath
his hosiery. The soil is saturated with
crude petroleum and. the oil that gath
ers in pools on the surface burns freely.
Mr.. Lowder is preparing to sink well
to test the extent of the deposit Hurri-
cane gulch, just above Sausalito, is said
to contain crude coal. Gold also has
been found up he gulch. Sergeant Hays
of the harbor police has small nugget
he found there last year, and Harvey
Harmon, painter. living near the Wal
halla, got good colors recently from dirt
from the same place.
WORTH A MlLLlON
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1S.-News has
reached this city that ledge of gold
bearing ore five feet wide andof length
that cannot be estimate ted, was struck
last night in the mine fifteen miles
northeast of Mariposa, which is owned
and operated by Fred Jacobs, George w.
Baker, James Stephens w. B. Hooper.
John f. Sheehan, H. B. Parsons, S. X.
Thornton and others. They estimate
now that their holding is worth great
deal more than $1,000, 900. A hundred
tons of the rich ore is in sight, and the
ledge gives evidence to the engineer on
the ground of Improvement asst is open
ed. It is estimated that there is at least
$50, 900 in sight.
FOUND A FORTUNE
CARRVILLE, Cal, August 1S.-Wil-
liam Truax and his partner, an actor
named Dillon. have struck what is said
to be one of the richest lodges that have
been found in this district. The men
only arrived here about noon on Monday
and before sundown, Truax, who is
miner from Cripple Creek, had found
what will mean fortune for both. This
latest find is located in Morrison gulch,
JUS. below the Graves Brothers and the
Davis placer mines. The men were up
at daylight yesterday morning and by
noon had stripped enough to show them
a ledge two feet wide of wonderful rich
ness. Dillon came from Sacramento
where he was stopping. He is known on
fthe variety stage as partner of Lynch,
THE BURNING MINE
c r fro
at the Utica mine seems to have abated
Upon the arrival of Superintendent Tom
Lane, orders were given to stop flooding
the mines, and all the shafts are bulk
headed to smother the fire if possible
One shaft will be uncovered today, as it
is thought that the explosion of 500
pounds of dynamite placed in the cross
drift yesterday will have cut it off. The
cause of the fire is ascertained to have
been due to the carelessness of miner
while filing a lamp with kerosene. He
threw a lighted wick among the cans,
one Of which ignited. Instead of putting
it out, the miner ran to the shaft and
gave an alarm.
The Utica mine shaft will not be
opened before tomorrow, but it is be-
! lieved that the fire is out, az no smoke
or gas is coming up. The delay was or
dered owing to the desire of Superin-
tendent Tom Lane to talk with Alvinza
Harvard, who was to reach the mine this
evening. Charles Lane, one of the own
ers of the mine, is absent, but they all
have the fullest confidence in the judg-
ment of his son Tom, who is now in
/ charge.
THE CRAVEN CASE