The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-25
NEWS OF THE MINES.

geological conditions Of the Randsburg
district, and his report thereon is one of
the most valuable of the bulletins which
await the solution of the State Printing
Office muddle.
The old Spencer mine on Humbug is
rapidly coming to the front again. For
a long time this property was one of the
best gold producers in the county. The
water has been pumped out of the shaft
and sinking has been commenced. In the
shaft there is three and a half foot
ledge, while In the drift 1t Is eighteen
inches. The ore mills $14 in free gold and
carries a large amount of high-grade sui
phurets.-Yreka Journal.
This week @. l.. Bailey of Dedrtck solo
the Stanley Helene group of mines owned
by him in that district to A. G. hubbard
of RedlandS. This group of mines is sit
uated near the Chloride-Bailey mines, in
the same quartz belt, and recent develop
ments have shown up good body OF ore
and the mine Will be opened up and thor
oughly developed and a milling, plant
erected H., on the property IL me e ca az tba
best quartz sections in Northern Califor-
MIA, and we predict brilliant future for
the camp.-Trinity journal.
Frye & Macauley are putting up a
new quartz mill on Cherry Creek, and
when completed, will crush quartz from
Hunters Cherry Hill mine. They have
also purchased a quartz mine from
Ironsides, which they intend developing,
so as to get out more quartz for their
mill, TO keep II running steadily.-Yreka
Journal.
The Consolidated Gold Mines of Califor-
MIA, the London company which owns
number of valuable properties In Butte
county, affords the following current
THE English syndicate which controls
the Banner mine, near Oroville, has de-
cided to expend $3.50, 900 in deepening the
down 1900 feet and has a three-foot per
pendicular ledge In slate which runs from
seven to eight inches in ore. The superin-
velop the gold ledge to its full width: III
this be accomplished the output will be
enormous. The mine has hardly paid
expenses for SOME years.
r. Francis and others Of San Francisco
have bought the Buchanan Hill mine in
Butte County. Concerning 1t the Oroyills
one OF the oldest drift gravel mines in
this section. and was profitably worked
many years ago. At present tunnel is
being driven to tap the channel at its
driv< ahead steadily until the gravel Is
reached. New buildings will be erected
on the property, new and modern machin-
become gold producer at an early date.
The Jubilee Gold Mining Company are
erecting 40 horsepower steam engine
d
pleted this company will be in good
position TO rapidly drift their main tunnel
to intersect the old Hazel Dell vein. The
tunnel is now entered some 400 feet, and
90 feet still remain before the intersection
of the vein.-Placerville Nugget.
Among the improvements contemplated
by the Blue Lakes Water Company are
a larger reservoir and a new ditch. The
ditch is to have an elevation some eighty
higher than the present one. These i'm
provements and other incidentals will
cost upward of $500 900. We are informed
that English and Eastern capitalists are
interested in the enterprise. When these
improvements shall have been finished
new and larger electric plant will be
built at Whites Bar, on the Mokelumne
River about three miles above the site
of the present one.-Amador Republican.
The old Telurium mine bids fair to come
Oakland parties. The water in the Mok-
elunne River being exceptionally low,
river bed mining is carried on to consider
able advantage with, we are told, fair
results. Ore to the amount of about 100
tons from the Potazuba mine was recent
ly milled at the leila. Returns from
SeIby & Co. show that 1t yielded S3S25,
suit, equal to S2l per ton, Is gratifying to
all concerned. San Francisco capitalists
who are developing the Douglass mine in
the Volcano district appear to feel conf
dent of ultimate success. The new shaft
Is down about 217 feet, and the old So
racco shaft has been partly cleaned out
The total expenditure so far amounts to
trifie over 900. 1t is said that the
work of development will go steadily for
publican