The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
NEWS OF THE MINES.

with so large percentage of the stamps in the State hung up for lack of water and with so many placer operations cur tailed or stopped by the same cause. It appears that the new producers which are able to operate, and the many small river bed operations which can now be carried on so advantageously, are keep ing up the output in an unexpected way
 However, considerable lessening of the product will undoubtedly be shown when this year's.record is made up.
 One of the greatest strikes the county
 has seen in a long time was made this
 week in the Brewer and Adams mine, some of the ore extracted showing a val
 ue of Sl5OO0 per ton The property is
 situated on the west side of Turnback
 Creek, and is an extension of the Pine
 nut A shaft was started down on vein
 tWenty-two inches wide at the surface.
 but at 55 feet, the. present depth and
 point where the strike was made, it had
 Widened out so that in the bottom there
 are twenty inches of solid, well-defned
 quartz, with two feet or more of vein
 matter of the ribbon rock variety. It is
 strictly a free-milling proposition, there
 being no sulphurets.-Sonora Union-Dem-
 ocrat.
 Mining operations of all kinds at Mur- phys are at a decided standstill. This is owing (hrsD to great scarcity of water and the prospects of being cut off entirely
 In short time by necessitated improve
 ments to be made on the fumes in the mountains. F. w. McNear has just re-
 linquished all holds on his schemes here. and the mines he was prospecting are
 again relegated to idleness. In this as- sertion we do not mean to include the l operations of the May Day Mining Com pany down the grade. This comapny is | pursuing one of the best schemes here | abouts, and It will not be long before
 It's splendid tunnel will tap the lode of the | Gold Bug mine. Ore can then be run | out 10 mill on Angels Creek and work | ed most economically. This tunnel, when | rad x1yfn Ay1 l of the best territories in the mineral belt l here.-CalaVeras Prospect
 1 The cyanide plant at the Idlewild mine
 has been completed and is now in full l operation. Twenty tanks of large capac- ] ity are engaged in teaching the old tail- l ings from the mill.-PlacerVille Nugget 1 The san Justo mine, at Carson Hill, l CalaVeras County, is an illustration of
 successful work by good management in l working low grade ores. Last December Dr. Flint, C. A. Hamilton and Senator tnnt bought the property, unWatered 1t | and retimbered the shaft to the TOO level. l They have milled ore from the 200 and
 3Oo levels, e6o and are opening levels at 600 ana IOO rect, The ore mills from B 90 to
 $4 a ton.-Mining and Scientific Press 1 The bonding of the Thorpe mine in Cal ] averas County to the California Explora- ] ton Company is of interest for the way 1 in which the development of this proufs- | ing property Is insured. The agreement
 provides in part as follows: The mining
 company will deliver to the Crocker- ! Woolworth Bank a deed to be placed in
 escrow The party of the second part agrees to pay within seven days from
 date .odo of az agreement $25,oOO first payment 1899; provided, however, that should sec ond party elect. second payment may be deferred two years. Within thirty days
 after date. of agreement shall commence to construct a three-compartme shaft 600 feet deep, with approved machinery also a second shaft in accordance with the laws of the State of California. the erect ing of a mill of not less than thirty stamps On completion of mill and 606- foot shaft. reducing of ores shall be com menced. Should second party elect to de- fer second payment, must sink 400 feet in 6OO-foot shaft at rate of 100 feet in six months. The new company is now in DOS
 session of the property and work has al- ready commenced.
 The Homestake property, situated near
 Jacksonville, adjoining the Eagle-Shaw- nut mine on the south, has been incor- Dorated The Homestake was located in 1886 and has been worked at Various times ever since. S20, 900 being taken from its surface workings The formation is black mineralized slate.
 The main double compartment working shaft on the Rappahannock mine is now down 1150 feet, and miners are engaged l in crosscutting at the 1100-foot mark. This