The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-12

both by assays and mill tests. The de-
| velopment on the ledge consists Of q
| tunnel started in from the river at
point about the proper elevation to de-
| liver ore into the top of mill con-
structed on the. mill site, an open cut
about 500 feet vertically above the tun-
mel SITE and various holes sunk on the
claim and in the ledge from there to
the top of the mountain, some 1900 feet
in vertical elevation.
Mr.. Vogt has had fire assays and
mill tests on ore taken from sew
eral Of the openings he has made, but
more especially from the open cut.
These have ranged from 81 to $12 per
Ton. On the river, where the groupings
are bold and strong, the thickness Of
the ledge is seventy feet, while in the
open cut and in the holes sunk its
thickness has not been proven, chiefly
on account of delays recently caused
by the Blue Lakes people turning the
water from their ditch down the can
yon above the open cut and filling it
up with debris. which delayed Mr..
| Vogt in his work Nr more than two
months, besides doing considerab BILE
other damage Mr. Vogt has water
/
of the Mokelumne River above White s
! bar, in order to give power for his mill,
which, with this water, he can operate
with an overshot wheel.
ALPINE MINES.
| Bridgeport Chronicle: Edward Lewis
and Frank Musser of Markleville, while
prospecting Bowlder Hill, one of the
most noted spots in the brief mining
history of that district. discovered the
true ledge last week, which is without
doubt one of the most important dis
coveries in recent years. The find has
upset the theories held by miners ard
| prospectors for the past twenty years..
| and would seem to prove that some
great revulsion of nature had thrown
the big powders with terrific force
away from the ledge and which has
caused many man to pursue the fu-
! tile search midst the debris in which
float powders of fabulous richness
alone were found.
| TAXING LOCATIONS.
| Mountain Echo: There is no law in
California authorizing the taxation of
mining locations simply because they
are locations. Yet County Assessors
have levied taxes on them and the To-
Gators have been paying taxes for the
past two years, if not longer.
! This seems to the average man, an
outrageous proceeding, and it certain
| ly is What right has an Assessor to
levy tax on a location bare of improve
ments? 1t is true. the improvements
on an unpatented mining claim are tax
able, the Improvements being the prop
erty of the locator, and subject to tax
alton. but the claim itself being a part
of the public domain. the property OF
| the Government, what right has an As
SCISSOR to assess the same to the locator
and compel him to pay an annual tax
! thereon, when the title still vests in
the Government Has it come to such
pass that the Government of the
United States can tax the individual for
it's own property and compel him to pay
tax on property on which he has no
color of title? We think not.
| The locator. if he has complied with
! the law in all respects pertaining to
location and representation, and his To-
cation being a valid one, has only pos
sessory rights, but not title, and not
| till he has complied with the require
ment of the mining laws, and received
patent from the Government, is his
] claim subject to taxation. When the
| Government parts with its title to the
premises and vests the title in the To-
Gator then. and not till then, is the
property open to taxation; in the mean
time the premises are exempt from tax
alton. ~
AROUND SONORA.
! Sonora Union Democrat: A fine six
foot vein of good milling rock was en-
countered last Saturday in the Grizzly
shaft A few months ago the vein was
cut entirely off by horse, but sinking
was continued steadily with the result
as above stated, after going through all
most 100 feet of dead ground. When
the ledge pinched out the ore was Of
very low grade and therefore, as is
usually the case, when picked up again
it proved of satisfactory quality from
wall to wall.
In the App an exceptionally high
trade body of ore has been encountered
| Considering the incense ore bodies,
| mining men think the mine should have
| a mill of at least sixty stamps, and that
100 could easily be kept dropping. The
present plant is only twenty stamps,
but is as good as money could buy and
handles 1900 tons of rock per month.
| The Alameda has closed down, but
| just for what reason cannot be ascer-
| tanned. The plant is one of the best in
| the country SO there could be no COM
plant regarding equipment. The d.
rectors of the company are now en-
route from the East.
| At the noted Providence the main
shaft has reached a depth of 800 feet,
with sinking going on steadily Drift
ing is also being prosecuted at all the
levels, and the mine throughout is look
ing as healthy as ever.
AT the Hope the main tunnel is being
driven steadily ahead, the rock showing
liberal quantity of free gold. In
another hundred feet of drifting a, sec
ond air-shaft will be run.
Peter Mackey has purchased a four
stamp mill, which will be placed on his
mine, promising property near the
Hazel Dell.
~ THE BALLARAT.
Los Angeles Times: Mines in the Bal
larat District, Inyo County, Cal. are
rapidly making a good name for them
selves. The camp is only two and a.
half years old, but it has already dem
onstrated that it possesses some of the
richest gold quartz lodges ever unSov-
cred in California. The last number
Of the Los Angeles Mining Review
contains long and we'll detailed ac-
count from it's special correspondent
at that point of many of the prominent
mines in that portion of Southern Inyo
County. A number of stamp mills and
a cyanide plant have been lately erected
at Ballarat, and it is a pleasure to note
tnat all of them are kept busy pounding