The record-union., 1899-06-20

devoting more study to the cultivation
Of alfalfa and classified products.
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Pacific Coast
Mining News.
The following news matters concern
ing affairs in the great mining regions
Of the Pacific Coast will doubtless prove
of general interest:
PLACER AND QUARTZ.
Yreka Journal: Very encouraging
news comes from the Merrinac mine on
Humbug Creek, the property of g. M.
Foote &. Co. The main working tunnel
is now in 25 feet, showing the ledge to
be strongly five feet and the pay streak
two and half feet in width. In this
distance, backs of 1S feet are gained,
and the entire ore body, as exposed. OF
very high grade. The walls are con-
tact ones (metamorphic slate and sec
ondary granite) and fissure evidence is
perfect. A night and day shift is en-
gagged in blocking out ore, and when
sufficient quantity is determined, a.
modern milling equipment will be
placed on the property. From the mill
tests already made, the ore pays $50
a ton in free gold.
Mr.. Fleming, an enterprising mining
man, has also made important discov-
cries on Humbug, which he intends de-
veloping, and feels hopeful of realizing
good pay.
Dr. Hutchinson has started work in
the old Elliot mine at Cottage Grove,
Lower Klamath, and expects to do well
this season, by reason of having an
abundance. of water It will be some
time yet before he can take out pay
gravel, in consequence of work required
to get down to it. He has closed down
the Miliken Bar mine on the klamath
River, about 20 miles below Happy
Camp, on account of other partners not
coming up with their share Of working
expenses.
| Patterson Creek, where the Sheba
! quartz mine is located, is now one of
/ the liveliest mining camps in Siskiyou
| County, several claims having been TAX
en- up lately. with energetic prospecting
in all the hills surrounding. There are
!
which greatly enhances the business
prosperity of Scott Valley, as every
man employed gets out more or less
gold to enrich the country.
w. G. Scott, former Superintendent
of the Mt. Shasta mine in this county,
says the Redding ''Searchlight," has
taken a like position at the Hazel mine
the property of Roberts & Jilson, near
Hornbrook, Siskiyou County. The Ha-
eel is one of the big and prominent pro-
ducing mines of Northern California,
and needs only careful and judicious
management to increase it's output and
value 1t is milling propositions
character of mine that Mr.. Scott under
stands fully as well as he does refrac-
tory ores. and under his superintend-
ency the Hazel will mark an era OF
prosperity in the Hornbrook section OF
Siskiyou County.
MINING AFFAIRS.
Carter's New Era: Drifting On the
Blue Lead vein still continues with
gratifying results.
The Dead Horse was the first mine
actively worked on the famous East
Belt, and to-day is one of the deep
est in the county.
/ The Missing Link, adjoining the
Buchanan, is being prospected by open
cuts. A six foot vein has been dis
closed which will return good profits
/ Adjoining the Providence is the New
Year, Star King, and Hunter mines, in
/ order named. These mines were sue
cessfully worked in former years, but
] owing to inadequate machinery no
| great depth was attained.
The Virginia and Garfield, incor-
porated mines. promise to become good
paying investments. They border on
the main Tuolumne River where suffi-
cient power can be obtained to operate
all the mines on the East Belt.
Surface prospects on the Providence
were not very encouraging, and in fact
the 1O0-foot level was reached before
pay ore was struck. From that to the
present time it has been one OF
Tuolumne's main gold producers. All
it's machinery is Of the latest type and
improvement.
SOME GOOD REPORTS.
Scott Valley Advance: About two
acres of gravel bank of an average
depth of seventy feet has been piped
| off in the past ten weeks at the old
fSlOSS N McAidIy fHiIhe near 1Iluity
Center The mine is being managed
| by Thomas Mcdonald for the owners
Messrs. Joseph Eight, Ellis Ellery, Jo-
seph Porter, Gerald OfShay and Luke
Mcdonald. A large f1ume for carrying
down the debris is among the imme-
date improvements contemplated.
A ledge which shows some marked
peculiarties was discovered on Counts
Gulch, Salmon County, about six weeks
ago by James Laughlin. 1t is abou!
four feet thick at the surface and the
outcroppings have been traced the
length of the claim. The appearance
of the vein matter is that of a dark
slate. Sulphurets and iron pyrites are
thickly disseminated throughout the
ledge, together with stringers of quartz
containing free gold visible to this
naked eye Fifteen pounds Of sui
phurets were sent to SeIby's to be
tested, and the results gave an aver
age of $500 to the ton. The entire
body of the ledge, worked by free gold