The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-31
WORK IN MINING CAMPS.
EXPLORATIONS At GREAT DEpTH IN
4 CALIFORyII MINE.

W. Flint Buys Tuber Canon Property
Work still, DELAYED in the Colorado
Mines by the smeIter Employees strike.
| Los ANGELES. Cal. July 22.-The new vertical
| shaft OF the Kennedy. Amador county. Is cal
| culated to reach the vein az depth Of $500
feet vertically below the collar Of tho south
SHAFT. moro than 1000 feet lower than the PRES
ent lowest level In the mine and 1.5OO feet
below the ocean level. The sinking OF this deep
shaft will give some valuable Information con-
corning the Possibilities OF the mother lode
country at great depth
In the Gwin mine. Caleveras county. an i'm
portant strike has been made in the main
shaft al depth Of $40 feet. Three ASSAYS from
separate drill holes IL the new vein gave So.2l.
$2l.20 and SlT.5T. respectively, while single
piece OF ore selected at random gave S12713.
| There is also known to be vein some dis
lance east Of the main tssure. but IT, like the
new nud. is undeveloped. The discovery Of
rich ore al the depth OF 1000 feet is consid-
cred Of unusual i'm pUrtance.
The two-thiris interest in the Tuber prop
erty in Tuber Canon. Inyo county has been
sold to A. W. Flint, a New York capitalist. 7.
Is. Pheby OF Oakland is the other one.third
owner. The ledge in this property is one Of
the largest in the district and the ore is OF fair
" high grade. There Is a good deal OF &C.
tivity in mining properties in that portion OF
1nyo county. which many believe is bound to
become one OF the most important gold fields
OF California.
The San Francisco and Grass Valley Mining
and DEVELOPMENT COMPANY has been organ
lied Tor the purpose Of working mines In Grass
Valley. Nevada county. The first property to
be developed will be the Electric or Green
Mountain mine. which is to be unwatered at
once. The Grass Valley Exploration Com pany
has declared a dividend Of 25 cents per share
The Pennsylvania Mining Company OF Grass
Naey has declared dividend. its thirtieth
monthly payment Of 20 cents per share.
In the deeds recording he sale II the Bully
Hill copper mines. at Copper City. Shasta couu-
~. to Capt. j. b. DE La Mar. from James and
Jamie Saee. the selling price named is nomt
nal. but. as 5000 worth Of revenue stamps are
attached to tho PAYERS the real price was
probably 100000. The property ncluces four
claims. Within the last week a daily stage
line has been established and telephone com
munication completed with Copper City. The
property is to be developed at once
The Schroeder quartz mine in Sisliyou
county. in the Deadwood mining district not
far from Yreka has been sold to the Canadian
Mining Company for 100000 The property
is well developed and has an excellent reputa-
tion as a raging property. The Commodore
mine. not far from Yreka. has made the
last payment to the former owners. During
the last seven months 60 per cent. OF the out
put has paid the purchase price Of $4,000.
A clnnubar ledge has been discovered on
Jenny Creek. a branch Of the Klamath River.
near the Oregon line. The Salmon River
Company has cleaned UP $4,000 after two
weeks run. crushing OF less than ten tons
OF ore from The Johnson 4 Finley mine Ia
Whites Gulch gave $500 in gold
Platinum and iridium are reported being
saved in considerable amounts with the gold
in placer mines along the Trinity River In
Trinity county.
A group OF claims which bids fair to become
valuable is being developed by the Golden
Crown Mining Com pany OF San jose. on the
Yosemite road. between Groveland and Crock
ers. on the dividing line between Tuolumne
and Mariposa counties. In the Big Betsey. the
principal location. a ten-foot vein has been en-.
countersd atthe 4OOlevel OF banded quartz car
rying good values In gold
Announcement has been made Of the or
caniZation in New York OF the Century Devel-
opment COMPANY OF New York. with a capital
OF 10000. 900. to operate mines in TuolumDe
county. 1t is said that the company has Sc
cured tract OF land between the North and
Main forks ofthe Tuoiumne River. near and in
Guiding the Buchanan mine. and including also
twenty-five other claims. The veins OF the dis
trict are mostly OF com ratively small size
and occur in the states. schists and limestones
Of the Calaveras formation.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CITY July 22-The proposition Is
being considered Of re living mining opera
tions on the Comstock lode by using electrical
power produced in the descent Of the Truckee
River from Lake Tahoe to Reno and then
transmitted to Virginia City. There is a fall
Of about 1000 feet and it Ia said that the cleo
trical energy could be transmitted to the
mines cheap enough to make profitable the re-
sumption Of operations on the lode Pumping
operations on the Comstock are being con-
tinued successfully and It begins to seem nos
sible that between these various efforts the
big lode may once more become a wealth pro-
Queer.
Col. Sutherland Of San Francisco and his as.
sociates are working three. quarters OF II mil
lion tons OF tailngs, some by cyanidng and
some bya secret process. at Candelaria. In
the mines owned by the company are leads Of
silver ore which were worked extensively he.
fore the drop in the trice OF. that metal. There
are also Tth.r Lodges carving both gold and
soon to open aud work these on an extensive
scale.
district, in Humboldt county. is said to he 15O
feet wide.
MEXICO.
GuAYMAs. July 22.-Details Of the sale of the
CoDeta copper-goll property in Sonora to q
New York svndicate show TINT the former
owners. Messrs. Melczer aud Hard wick have
received Sl.uOO.OOu in cash and S2OOO.OUO in
the stock OF the new company The smeiter
returns from the U:e of this property have
been a surprise to mining mon Throughout
this region. Almost every car that has been
shipped has netteG at least $1,000 and some
have run much higher.
The rich NiHnagH nine near Alamo. Lower
California. mas been bonded to u CONF any
headed by j. n llayter for $4,000, Tor some
time rast the NlHlaCn has been turning out
from $4,000 to Slu.NOO Ter month
There is Il very general agreement in opinion
Of the mon who have returned from the Sierra
Pintuda parer' to the effect that there is not
enough gold there to make IL worth while for
an American 10 attemnt to work the ground.
Nearly all who have returned sav they are very
glad 10 get back. But there is now aud then
u returning pilgrim who insists that there is
plenty of geld there amt that the few who ha :"
STAYED mr." taking ont lots OF mCnev. one AZ
These. Ben Barney. declares that he brought
back $500. the result "i u few DAYS work. and
that the miners NJ 'he ularers are taking out
as much as S20,NtH per month. Whether he
and the enc or two others who have made sim.
liar statements arr rctGa'eG bv ihr intent ion
tDHid the TRANSPORTATION comranies or whether
they ha"c some secret Information 'aruut l~
said.