Sierra County advocate., 1902-08-29

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give reliable. accurate aud aulhent
Information. and TO further ndvanc
our great interests, In the object 0f TIL
article:
II gold found at Hiiisboro In quart
veins Or in placers7 In both. but prln
Jcipaily IN assure veins. Between tw
and three hundred claims have been 10
jated on these veins which show pa.
ore ~ tie surface and tho work don
on these varies from mere ssscssmcn
holes To the principal mines that hav,
Peen developed to a depth Of 800 feet
What IL the nature OF the oreJ Cop
pev and iron sulphIde and somc com
paratively free milling quartz Wiil
depth tho ore becomes smelling aud
concentrating material. 1he percent
age OF copper Ia the ore shipped 10 the
smelters IL from one 10 twelve units
In concentrates sometimes as high Ga
twenty units. Silica In crude ore from
forty to eigbty-1ve. Bmeltcr certiii-
Gates show The ore TO cnrry from two
20 fourteen ounces OF gold, from three
TO sixty ounces silver. The bulk Of the
ore and concentrates shipped, however,
,wIl average about $40 per ton.
Hqs there been any large productbn 7
The Opportunity group has produced
R3.O00 tons OF ore and over half mil
lion dollars The Eonnnza mine 1900
tons and S200,0Oo. Tho Richmond 5000
tons ond over 100000. These are the
largest producers no far.
AIs ihs milling facilities good7 Prnc-
ideally they Gre not the saving has
been from nifty to soveniy.ilvc pcf
cent. nj the best. A modern custom
min is badly needed aud fortune
awaits the parties who viii build ono.
Sufficient water and IN ideal concen-
sratlng ore. with proper appliances
ninety to ninety-hve per cent would DO
the saving.
VIII the owners let 10 cnsy, or do
they want the eartbf They are rcDs-
enable people, but they ARE not giving
swny their mines, OF giving bonds on
longtime rainbows. During the past
two yenrs some thirty mines have been
pold, mostly around Amimas penk. aud
the highest price paid was $4,000.
That mln. ans become the largest pro-
ducing aud the best paying In the dis
frici aud the owners would now ask
> very large sum. The grently i'm
pro ,ed price OF copper and lower
paeiting rates have OF late been very
'~nsrcIal to these mines. With n good
s'..bn mIll the progress would be
rnpid.
What arc ore tsrighis1 From tho
mine ~ The Ei paso smeitcr from 80
10 81 per ton; from mine TO mlll 70
cents TO $50 per ton.
What Is the geological formatIonT
An erpptlve country rock. by The OK
pcrts c)nssed Ms Andesite; the ore veins
are found accompanying dlkes Of fine
&t'''fA 'tAH'' ahh btNNtlt
which cut through the country north
east apd southwest. Most OF the veins
are fairly easy working, on drift con
tracts prices have been from So TO ~
per foot. Incline shafts on vein ars
cheaply driven but vertical shafts IN
county rock have generally been found
yery expensive.
Is there much snow In winter3 Not
spQuga 70 swear by; the climate, win
ter and summer Is. from a miners
point " view, perfect No snowslldcs
and no pneumonia Tor the miner to
dread.
IL there much placer minlng7 There
10 an extensive placer field which is
open to locators aud there are always
eome men al work who make from 81
10 81 per day. An occasional nuiwcl
brings up the average. or course some
meu are Mckler than others. here as |
elsewhere. Most Of the gold Is found !,
within n few feet OF the surface. The |
mlners scoop VI the pay streak dirt
pnd run II through dry washing ma
rhines The nearest water In distant /
rve miles and about 400 feet below the I
gold level. Several companies have
been formed TO work these placers on
, high scale, but the immense cost OF
bringing In sufficient water has made
he project appear OF doubtful proht
4 new company has recently been or
ganixed 10 exploit this ncld with ma.
.hine of the Bucyrus type this is
,rohably the very best method aud
{kely TO succeed
~nai ,s your estimate OF the total
aitpW of ths lilllshofo minss. all
'inds a, dollarsi Between TWO aud
20 and a quarter millions
Hes anyone made big money nj min
ng in Sierra countyf In the Kingston
district the Lady Franklin. Hack Colt.
Bullion. Superior. conssock. Caledonia.
Brush Heap Illinois, Tenn
liar. y.rginius. keystone. Cumberland,
;ray Eagle and Few other properties
rad up TO 1898 made an output OF
,yer eight million ounces oe silver sold
Il an average price Of ~ cvnts pea
ounce. an ot these mines made large
'rolls. from twenty per cent. on the
cray ragse 10 eighty aud ninety pei