The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-18
NEWS OF THE MINES.

| The excellent showing Of this ledge has
encouraged the management to consider
the project of another tunnel below the
noted China tunnel. This will be $500 feet
long. and 1t will take two years to COM
plete 1t. The tunnel will be started from
the bed of Deadwood ravine, and give
an extensive working depth. Surveying
is now under way for this enterprise
The Etna Advance says that the quartz
mines throughout Salmon and Quartz
Valley are showing up better than ever
before in the history of Siskiyou.
In drift on the 200 level very rich ore
was struck in the Old Home mine at
Blue Tent yesterday, and the strike is
considered the most important one ever
a foot in thickness, and the rock fairly
abounds in free gold.-Grass Valley
Union.
F. B.. Hill of Colorado has purchased
the Oriental mine, two miles distant
from Allegheny, from Charles HeintZen.
The Oriental has not been worked for
eighteen years, but that 1t is an excellent
property its past record gives ample evil
dence. 1t has been worked to a superb
ctal depth, and has 50 600, 900 production
to its credit From one pocket alone
$40, 900 was extracted.-Grass Valley Tel
egraph.
The Four Hills mine has developed an
excellent body of ore. The company is
preparing to erect electrical power works.
800 feet below Lower Spencer Lake, and
about two miles from the lower tunnel
into the mine, the power to be trans
mitted from the electrical works, two
miles, to the mill to be erected next sea-
son.-PlumaS National Bulletin.
From Gibsonville comes the cheerful
news to the effect that, al--:ough times
are dull, the prospects are Frightening,
good many mines, we are Informed
will be operated on small scale as their
owners are tired of waiting for purchas-
opened up their ground some years ago
TO the extent of their limited means they
would be much better off than they are
now.-PlumaS Independent.
The Potazuba Mining Company of SUIT
ter Creek took out run of ore from
its mine last month and had it milled in
the Zeile mill at Jackson. Inc ore crush
ceeds in free gold according to the re-
turns received from Selby & Co., was
$685.. besides one e.o and a half tons of sui
$2l per ton is very pleasing to the stock
holders.-Amador Record.
The operators of the Douglas contem-
plate the erection of twenty stamps of
lie most approved pattern as soon as the
grading is finished. The new hoist started
up without hitch and work is progress
shaft is down 100 feet, and sinking is still
going on.-Amador Ledger.
The Sheep Ranch mine, which has not
been worked for about four or five years,
Is now, being prepared to be worked.
There is about 100 feet of water in the
shaft. but tunnel is being made which
thereby getting about 200 feet of water
drained out. new mill will soon be
erected, which will be run by electricity.
-Amador Republican.
The Tennessee mine at Pine Grove is
giving good promise. They have struck
a shoot of ore at the 200 level which is
two feet wide, and the average value is
S54 per ton as per assay. This was for
merly the Tellurium mine, and was aban-
doned years ago, the rock being so "re-
bellious" that the gold could not be ex-
tracted in free milling.-Amador Ledger
The purchasers of the Fellowcraft and
San Andreas mines arrived in San An
dreas this week and Immediately set to-
work preparing for the operation of these
properties. They brought a couple of ex-
perienced electricians with them, and 1t
is proposed later on to operate with cleo
tricity. Sinking on both mines will COM
mence as soon as the shafts are unwat-
cred. The Golden Gate quartz mine, sit
uated adjacent the Gottschalk, and
owned by the Flam boys, was this week
bonded to w. II. Clary Sr. and w H
Clary Jr The purchase price is said to
be $1,000, with a partial payment in ad-
vance.-CalaveraS Citizen.
The new cyanide works of Pridham &
Quinn at Randsburg have been started
up, and are working satisfactorily The
Randsburg Miner says that everything is
very conveniently arranged and a car on
a track operated by the same power that
runs the stamp hauls the material off
from the dump. The pulp before the
process of cyaniding Is begun assays a
little over "a. How nearly 1t is all taken
out is not yet known.