The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-04-21
BIGGEST FIND OF ALL.
A Great Mine Near Susanville, Gran
County.

Great Mine Near Susanville, Grant
County.
w. P. Mount, of Susanville, arrived
in Canyon City Wednesday, having in
his possession some Of the richest and
most beautiful free gold quartz speci-
mems ever seen in this country, taken
from his recent discovery, the Sky
scraper mine. The specimens exhibited
were of the pretty white quartz variety,
almost identically the same as taken
from the Virtue mine, near Baker City,
and came nearer being nuggets than
quartz specimens.
~ have known for several months
past that the Skyscraper would, if suffi-
GENTLY developed, become a bullion
producer of no mean Importance, said
Mr.. Mount, "but the past week has
shown it to be perhaps the richest mine
on the coast. Even prior to the finding
of the extremely rich body of ore uncov-
cred few days ago, the normal and
continuous wealth Of the ledge was re-
garded by practical mining men as
phenomenal, the returns from samples
taken indiscriminately ranging from
$50 to $3.50 per ton. April body of
gold was encountered in the level fol-
lowing the ledge, description of which
would sound mole like fiction than
fact. At this point the lively, clear
cut, hard quartz is literally welded and
bound together by the yellow metal,
samples going as high as $15O,O0O per
ton. From eight ounces of this ore $25
was extracted in coarse gold, while Sc
lected specimens would give greater re-
turns. From the result of three days.
stripping we estimate that $50, 900
worth of ore will be taken out. The
deposit of gold has been traced along
the ledge for distance Of 1,7OO feet,
showing an ore chute Of very unusual
length, and the ledge ranging in width
from one to foun feet. Every particle
Of the rock extracted from the COM
mencement Of operations last August
up to the present time will average
500 per ton, something unknown in
the history Of gold mining the world
over.
1T is not pocket ledge by any
means, as may be surmised from it's ex-
treme richness, but at times the gold
seems to be concentrated in very rich
punches, though without interfering
particle with the regular precipitation
of the wealth characteristic of the ledge.
Negotiations arc under way for the
erection Of modern stamp mill of
large capacity, including rockbreaker,
concentration and self-feeder. just as
soon as the roads are in good condition
the plant will be forwarded to the prop
erty without delay"
The Skyscraper is not the only mine
in the Susanville district, by any
means. Messrs. De Witt and Mclean,
operating the Hughes group in the in
terest of San Francisco company,
have completed their shipment of ore
and are now pushing development work
vigorously and as soon as the roads will
admit they will have 1o-stamp mill.
The ore body exposed by Horace Sloan
last winter looks like bouquet to q
miners eye, and is already attracting
the attention of mining men. The ore
chute is between five and eight feet
wide, and in the neighborhood Of 60
feet long. Milling tests show q free
gold deposit of almost So per ton, while
. concentrating test win 60 $50.
The Gem Of the Mountains, owned
BY Mr.. Blake, Of Canyon City. now
bonded to Mr.. Mount, though base, IL
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