Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-09
ANOTHER ooLD STRIKE.
This one In the BLACK onk. Mine, Tuo-
iumne County, Cal.

iumne County, CaL
California gold mines are surprising
themselves this year. says the san
francisco Chronicle. First came the
nowB % the wonderful developments IN
the Keystone. In Amador county fol-
lowed by the great strike In tn Gwln.
ln CaluNeras, and now comes the nowa
OF The location ~ remarkable body Of
high grade ore In the Black oaks mine,
in Tuolumnu county
The richness OF this last discovery II
80 great that the owners hesitate 60
place u value upon It. II Is certainly
they Hny. Of the amount " 81 900 600. ~
probably worth H,0O0.O0O ana with de-
Nelupmcnt. may even exceed those
enormous figures. The property IL sit
untcd on the east belt ~ the mother
lode. thrce-quartors of miles west ~
soulsbyvilie. ON the lower level. W
ledge No. lott II called,at the north end
% the property and nt u depth ~ 100
feet. n body of ore has been opened
which assays tiis a ton. II IL on the
same vein a. the ore on the level above.
which measures $50 feet IN length and
fifteen feet In width AMI presents
backing Of 100 feet to that ledge. How
much deeper 10 may extend no one can
venture an opinion, but In what u
known 10 exist there are millions Of
rich-paying orr In sight. Allowing on
ledge No. 10 for vein only 200 feet In
length and ten feet In width, with the
100 feet to be- stopped back tu the level
above, there are 100000 cubic feet. ur, In
round numbers. 1850 tons ~ ore. which.
nc only 800 "a ton would amount tu
81 53i 600 The chances nr0 however.
that the value OF the deposit IL twice
that amount.
The rtrlkc was made a, distance Of
30 feet north ~ the SHAFT. and three
days thereafter work had 60 be HuH-
pended owing TO noudlnF. Since then.
however pumps have been put IN and
the water all pumped out. ~ that sew
crni days ago mining % The rich ledge
was commenced in earnest ~ in the
case ~ the ore from the Nsnsfn1t level.
the rock Of which runs $50 a. the ton, II
lH 90 rich 20 work economically al the
mine ana will be sent Co the Solhy
works FOR smelling.
In addition 10 this wonderful develop
mont In the Black oaks. there arr signs
~ another great ore body In the same
property. In drifting $50 feet north from
the shan sudden How " great body
of water was encountered. which many
miners regard ~ an lniuhltahle evil
dcnCc % the presence % % mineral de-
pnslt. Al nf1t ana Tor three days the
water flowed az the rate ~ 40 miners
inches. but has since been reduced 60
aovcn inchOa. This required the cun-
, struction ~ u concrete bulkhcad and
the putting Of larrcr pumps In the
! mine.
The Black oaks - owned IN three
parts. one ~ the property ~ ". O.,
Scott and W. T.. Scott, and the other
/ two.thirdH are owned by G. \. Dove
and Geo. W. Campbell. Up 20 - period
Of about fifteen years ago Tho mino had
been worked with indifferent success.
| Finally Il was Hold for song
at shorln'H sale ana purchased
by the present owners They had
tho Kind 81 faith In the property
that moves mountains. Scrnplng to-
gethcr every cent they could raise they
held on TO the mine. which only began
o. pay a couple Of years agO aud which
| fortunes.