The record-union., 1899-05-25
Pacific Coast
Mining News.

is gong on IN many OF the lInpol ldie
mining districts of the Pacifi Coast:
THE YREKA COUNTRY.
Yreka Journal: A man named Lewis
has made a big strike in the way of
quartz on a hill near the Goodaie
ranch at the lower end of Scott Valley.
From tests made the ore is estimated
to pay about 5000 to the ton at crop
pings, but the extent of the ledge has
not yet been developed. Claims have
been located all around that section,
and it may prove one of the richest
mining districts in the county. 1t IS
not far distant from the Sheba mine
of Patterson Creek, and the rich min
ing fields of Orc Fino, Mugginsville
and Quartz Valley.
The Yrela Mining Company success
sors to the Blue Gravel Company, at
Greenhorn Greek, a mile south of
Yreka, took out over $500 for last Sun
days cleanup, which shows that tha
mine is still paying its regular average.
The upper rifles are cleaned up every
day, but on Sundays both upper and
lower rifles are taken UP, which makes
the cleanup of that day about double
the other days. Sometimes the Sum
day clean-ups reach about $6OO, or
very near that, amount. The claim Is
worked in excellent manner day and
night, with John Garvey as foreman
of the hands employed.
The directors of the Golden Star Min
ing Company, working the old Spencer
quartz mine ON North Fork of Hum
bug Creek, have levied another assess
ment of ! cent per share, for the pur-
pose of carrying on the tunneling and
connection with the upper works from
the lower level. The prospects in the
development work so far, since strik-
ing the ledge in the lower level, are
very encouraging.
Hunter & Co. intend running a long
tunnel of about 1,5O0 feet into their
Cherry Hill quartz mine on Cherry
Greek, and will use Burleigh drills for
putting in blasts of powder. This mine
has been paying very we'll lately, and
the owners are determined to work it.
in systematic manner, to insure still
greater success.
The owners of patented land between
Yreka and the Forest House are en-
deavoring to join in the matter of pros
pecting the extensive quartz ledge
lately discovered, and will make ar
This extensive ledge is we'll up on the
hillside west of the Scott Valley road,
and seems to run toward the North
Fork of Greenhorn. At first place Of
discovery the quartz is of decomposed
variety, but further up the mountain
it is hard and solid. As the ledge so
far developed shows a width of forty
feet, and it proves valuable, there will
be an abundance of quartz to justify
the erection of large mill
THE CALMALLI PLACERS
San Diego Union: H. l. SWAIN. ST.
perintendent of the Ibarra Gold Min
ing Company at Calmalli. Lower Cali
fornia, arrived in the city a few days
ago. He left Calmalli eleven days
ago. driving overland to San Quintin.
Ensenada and Tia Juana, a distance
of go miles over the winding roads.
He was met at Tia Juana last evening
by Captain Funcke of the schooner
Anita, owned by the Ibarra Gold Min
ing Company, and escorted to this city.
Mr.. Swain is ON his way to San Fran
cisco to report to the head office of his
company, having been forced to shut
down the mines at Calmalli on account
of the stampede of men to the new
placer diggings at Santa Clara, eighty
miles southwest of Calmall
Mr.. Swain brings more than a con-
firmation of the reports that have beer
received concerning the new diggings
There are many men at Santa Clara,
and by the dry washing process in
vogue individuals are taking out
from So or 81 to $50 a day in the
placers. The POO or 800 men who were
at Calmali when the excitement broke
out stampeded, and a present there
are only three or four men left to look
after the company's valuable machin-
cry and quartz mines Part of Mr.
SWANS mission to San Francisco is to
hire miners to take the places of those
who have left, and the new ones will
be employed by contract, in order to
retain them after they get to Calmalli
The new placers, says Mr.. Swain are
thirty miles in length extending along
the Santa Clara mountains at an alti-
tude of about LOCO feet. There is not
much water in the locality, about all
that is available being needed for do
mestic and drinking purposes. Conse-
quenuy, dry-washing is carried on ex-
clusively by the miners. The number
of men in the diggings is not known,
but at the present time there are 400
men on the way there from the Santa
Rosalia copper mines on the gulf
coast, and a number of men are alsc
en- route from San Ignacio. both points
being about 100 miles from Santa Clara
over rough and tortuous trails.
Three or four small sailing vessels
have also left Guaymas to go around
IF ha T
ifornia to Ascension Bay, eighty miles
below Cedros Island, from which point
the placers are twelve to fifteen miles
inland. Ascension Bay affords the most
practicable landing place for small yes
sells. though San Rogue and San Pablo
Bays are also within a few miles of the
dlggings In addition to the placers.
rich quartz mines and valuable copper
ore has been found there.
Don Emiliano Ibarra, the discoverer
OF the mines at Camalli, is heavily in
terested in the new camp. He made the
trip from Camalli to Ensenada in com
pany with Mr.. Swain, and Immediately
chartered the schooner Santa Barbara
at that place to take supplies to Ascen-
sion Bay. The schooner will sail with
III day or two. The steamer Carlos
Pacheco, which sails from this city next
Friday will probably stop at Ascen,
sion Bay on the way down to Mazat-
Ian.
The schooner Anita viii leave this
cIty about May 10Th with cargo and
passengers for Camallf landing (Santo
Dom4ngo), and Will also take some
passengers to Ascension Bay. The Anita
may then go on to Guaymas. touching
at Ascension in about a month on her