Sierra County advocate., 1901-10-25

The Advocate In constantly receiving
from all parts Of the country. letters
asking the above aud following gl'es-
tIops. To answer correspondents, to
give reliable. accurate and antbcntic
Information. aud TO further ndyaDce
our great interests. Ia the object OF Ibis
article:
In gold found at Iiillsboro In runrtx
veins or In pIaccrsf In both, but prln-
cipsIly IN fssDre veins. Between two
and three hundred claims have been To-
lated on these veins which show pay
ore n the surface and tho work done
ON these varies from mere assessment
holes to the principal mines that hDre
been developed 10 depth Of rsO feet.
What IL the nnture VI the orey Cop
peg and iron sulphdc and some com
paratively free milling quartz. With
depth the ore becomes smelling and
concentrating mnierInL The pereeni-
age Of copper In the ore shipped TO the
kuclters N from one 10 twelve units
IN concentrates sometimes ng high NJ
twenty units. slIica III crude ore FROM
forty TO clghty-1ve. snelier ccrtifi-
Gates show the ore To carry from two
to fourteen ounces of gold, from three
10 sixty ounces silver. The butk ~ the
ore and concentrates shipped. however.
will average about $40 per ton,
lfns there been any large produc'kmf
The Opportunity group hns produced
2a.O00 tons Of orc and over bnlf o nil.
Aon dollars. The BonnnzA mine 1000
tons aud x2O0,DO0, The Richmond 5000
tons ond over s200.00o These are the
largest producers 80 fur.
Are the milling facilities goodf Prnc-
Ideally they are not the saving has
been from nifty TO seventy fve pei
cent. nj the best. modern custom
mill IL bndIy needed mud fortune
awaits the parties who will build one.
Sufficient water ana an Ideal concen-
tfntIng ore. with proper appliances
niuety 10 ninety five per cent. would W
fhe saving.
VIII the owners LET 20 rasy. or 10
ahcy want the eafthf They nre rcns-
ongble people bui they are not giving
away their macs. or giving bonds on
longtime rnlnbovs. During the past
two years SOME thirty mines LGvs been
sold. mostly around Amimas Peak, and
the highest price paid was $4,000.
Irnt min- ans become the largest pro-
dncing and the best paying IN the dls-
frici aud the owners would nov naa
u very large sum. The greatly i'm
proved price OF copper and lower
smelling rates have OF late been very
beneficial 10 these mines, With d EoVd
sI. .'0m mill the progress would be
rapid.
What ARE ore syclghisf From the
Inino a. the El f'aso sneiter from xG
10 ~ per ton, from mine TO mlll 75
gents to $3.50 per ton.
Whnt IL the geological formntlonf
An rruptlve country rock, by the cse
peyts pias~ed ns Andcsitsi the ore ycins
are found accompanying dikes OF fine
grained fclsite aud birdscye pnrphyry
which cu, through the country north
east and southwest. Mos. os the veins
are fairly easy working. on drift con
tracts prices have been From 81 10 So
cheaply driven. but vertical shafts la
country rock have generally been found
very expensive,
Is there much snow Ia winterf Not
enough to swear by; thu climate. vim
tef aud summer, ls. from miners
point of view, perfect, No snowslldrs
and no pneumonia for the miner 10
drcnd
IL there much placer minings There
u an extensive placer field which II
open 20 iooa,ass ana there are always
sonle men at work who mike from 81
a. 81 per day. An occasional nuEgef
brings up the average, or coursc some
nicn are luckier lhan others, here ms
elsewhere. Most 81 the gold is found
within a few feet of the surface. The
miners scoop up the pay streak dirt
md run II through dry washing ma.
chimes. The nearest water liz distant
ave miles and about 400 feet below the
gold level. Several companies have
been formed TO work these plac-rs on
a high scale, hul the immense cost OF
bringing IN sufficient water has made
the project appear of doubtful profit.
A new company has recently been or I,
9anized to expiolt thig lald with ma
chine OF the Bueyrus type this Is
probably the very basl method and
likeiy 70 succeed.
nat Is your estimate OF the total !
output Of tho iiilsboro mines. all |
kinds. IA doliarss Between two aud |
two and q quarter millions.
Has anyone made big money at min |
ting IN Slarra cpantys in tho Kingston |
iisiriei the Lady Franklin, Blaak poit,
pullioa, superior, comslock, Caledonia.
kangaroo, brush Heap, Illinois. Tenn.
Tlar, Nifsmlus, Keystone. Cumberland.
Gray Eagle aud few other properties
AID mp 10 iSi5 made an output OF |
osefNeisht million ounces ~ silver, sold