The record-union., 1899-05-09
Pacific Coast
Mining News,

Many of the newspapers Of California
are published in mining regions. The
following news concerning mines and
mining. clipped from and credited to
newspapers throughout the State, will
interest persons who care to know
matters pertaining TO the mineral re-
sources of the State:
The San Francisco Mining and En-
gineering Review" contains the follow
ing relative to the great Sheba quartz
mine at Patterson Creek, Sisklyou
County:
A $1,000 gold brick was received last
week from the Sheba mine, the result OF
a twenty-six days run in March OF the
ten-stamp mill. This was obtained from
run of about 7OO tons of ore as IT
came, waste included, in sinking the
shaft from the 1GJ-foot level to l4U
feet The ground is becoming more
solid now and the rock is growing
richer AS a consequence the parties
I interested feel greatly encouraged and
talk of doubling the capacity OF the
mill The company was only organized
July %. 1898, and already S30,00o has
been extracted from the mine, capt.
tai showing. The vein is traced for
| / 800 teet Another vein, that prospects
equally we'll at the surface, parallels
| this
ROCK SMELLING.
Grass Valley Union: 1t is said that
| in the allotment of stock in the Amer
| lean Smelling and Refining Company
| Samuel Newhouse came in for no less
than 100000 of it and that under the
! advances he already sees clean mar
gin of $4,000. Upon the same basis
others of the Salt Lake contingent who
had their subscriptions filled have seer
their investments grow until lions
earnings are estimated at no less than
| 100000, while the stock continues &c
| advance in price.
APRIL FOOL MINE.
| Winnemucca Silver State: With the
payment of So, 600 into the banking
house of Wells, Fargo & Co, at Salt
Lake Monday an option on the April
| Fool mine at De La Mar, this State
passed into the hands of A. H. Wethey
of Butte Mont. The option covers q
| period of ninety days, and an amount
| many times greater was required te
clinch the undertaking. The vendors
and owners are w. j. Dooley and Frank
Wilson. The deal succeeding, Mr.. Will
son, who has already invested quite
heavily in Salt Lake. will retire from
mining. Not so with his associate
who said yesterday that he would begin
the development of new ground of which
he is owner in the same camp.
| In the contract by which the deed is
bound, Mr. Wethey is designated as
| trustee, and in that capacity, it is said
| he represents none other than Hon. w
| A Clark of Montana, with whose un-
dertakings he has been long associated
| The five locations embraced in the
April Fool were made by MessTs. Doc
ley, Wilson, Reeves and Ellis in 1892
| 1t was not long before they uncovered
a body of sensationally rich ore thai
was wheeled over the desert and mar
keted in Salt Lake. With the proceeds
the owners acquired their waters, con-
| structed a pipe line ten miles and erect
ed a ten-stamp mill. With these equip
ments the turning out of gold bullion
and aurocyanides was commenced. Ir
| the meantime Reeves and Ellis relin-
pushed their interests to the present
owners, although Captain j. r. De Is
Mar, who had purchased the Reeves
holdings, was for a time an owner. Fol