The record-union., 1899-09-28
Pacific Coast
Mining News.

De OF general interest:
! RIVER AND QUARTZ MINES.
Yreka Journal: During the week
last past, Martin Schuler of Scott Bar,
has taken contracts of purchase on the
mining ground upon which the town OF
Scott Bar is situated, and for a couple
OF miles of the river frontage just above
the town. thus taking in one tract,
what should be one of the richest min
ing properties in California. Through
this piece of land runs three heavy
back channels, fabulously rich. Some
of these channels, notably the one
nearest Scott River, is below the chan
mel of Scott River All the channels
have been opened in many places, and
/ worked by means of drifts and tun-
nels, all producing very heavy coarse
gold As the property has been held
by the individual owners in small
pieces, it was impossible for the indi-
vidual owners to work the ground, as
1t required a large amount Of water and
heavy machinery. This ground has
been known to be rich for the last half
of century. Heretofore it has been
impossible to consolidate the land i'll
the hands of one party, consequently
1t has been practically untouched to
this day. A large canal called the San
Jose ditch, was at one time constructed
from Kelsey Greek, to bring water for
that purpose, at an expense of about
one hundred thousand dollars, but has
never been used to any extent by the
! builders. AS methods have improved
in working mines, and machinery of to-
day makes practical, mining operations
which were before impossible, it would
seem that this ground, which from all
accounts, is very rich, can no doubt be
worked to an enormous profit Scott
Bar has been known for years as one
of the richest mining camps in Califor-
mia, Scott River in that vicinity having
i produced yearly a large amount of the
glittering dust for the last fifty years.
1t is to be hoped that ways and means
will be found to open up this property,
the past history of which warrants a
large expenditure of capital for it's de-
velopment, with a great deal more
than the usual promise of success.
The company working the Nehrbass
ranch adjoining the Blue Gravel mine,
on Greenhorn, has shut down work for
awhile, but will resume operations soon
with new company. The shaft is
down over 130 feet, and good prospects
have been obtained at that depth, to
| encourage renewed effort and the in
PRODUCTION of new and improved ma
chinery for pumping and hosting.
| The Sheba quartz mine at Patterson
Creek is to have new machinery add
! ed, in the way of improved concentra-
| tors, compressed air outfit and other
/ appaI atuS, which necesSltateS shutting
/ down operations for couple of
months. The new machinery is under
/ construction in the East, and will be
! shipped here as quickly as possible to
be ready for winter working
! The mines lately located in the Ga
zelle district. on the headwaters of
/ Willow Creek and SCuaw Creek, are
! attracting considerable attention, and
/ extensive operations will no doubt be
carried on this winter in developing
/ them. The ledges are very extensive,
and if the quartz contains gold in pay-
/ ing quantity, as the prospects indicate,
! there will be no trouble about working
| them with the greatest success. Good
| wide ledges of even low grade ore pay
/ handsomely at a small prospect but
the narrow rich ledges are expensive to
work on account of so much trouble in
! removing base rock, especially when it
is very hard and flinty as in many in
stances
OUR MINERAL WEALTH.
Hanford Sentinel: A few days ago
the Sentinel" suggested, in view of
the probable necessity of this city at
no great distant date requiring piping
for sewer purposes, that investigation
should be made as to the clay deposits
in this county, and the adaptability of
the same for material in the manufac-
ture of vitrifed pipe. The item in
question brought the following letter
from one who is an expert on the topo-
gfaphy OF the county, and knows all
about the mineral deposits within it's
borders:
I see in the Sentinel a proposition
to manufacture vitrified pipe in Han
ford. 1t may not be known that Kings
County has fine deposit of fine terra
Gotta clay which has been tested and
pronounced Al. The mineral wealth
of Kings County is now in it's infancy.
The gypsum, sulphur. Fuller's earth,
terra Gotta clay and other minerals will
make this county one of the leading
mineral producing counties of the State.
And besides, the oil belt promises to
equal any in the State"
THE OLD MAGALIA.
Oroyille Mercury: On the Magalia
Ridge the Magalia mine is the prinei-
pal subject of conversation among min
ers and mining men Work in the
lower works of the Magalia has been
discontinued, pipe and tracks have been
taken out, and that portion of the mine
will be abandoned. superintendent Gas
soway, when asked by a Mercury"
representative the reason for this ac-
| ton, stated that they had reached the
limit of this power in that direction,
the face being 1900 feet from the bot
tom of the shaft.
1t will be remembered that when the
present company took hold of the
mine a double compartment shaft was
sunk to the channel, some distance
! ahead of the old works Through this
shaft the channel has been worked to a
point 1900 feet down stream. Wshen
the shaft was sunk a tunnel was driven
to tap the old works, and later the
] channel was worked in this direction
Mr.. Gassoway informed us that the
channel which was followed into the
mountain from Little Butte Creek, and
which developed into the famous
Perschbecl1er or Magalia mine, was
only branch of the main channel He
is taking gravel from the main channel
above the point of its intersection with
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