Sierra County advocate., 1903-07-31

tjonA To answer correspondents
give reliable. accurate and auihenl
information, anf to further. advair
our grea, inlerasts, is the object Of IL
article: y s'3g. ~ ~. y,a
Is'gojd found at Hillsboro in quar-
veins or In Ilacers7 In'both. but pri
cipally IN fissure veins. Between tu
and three hundred claims have been /
lated on these veins which show pn
ore al the surfnce and the work dor
'on these varies from mere assessnel
holes to the principal mines that hay
been developed to depth OF zoo fee
what IL the nature OF the ore? Coz
per and iron suIphide and some cor
lparatlvely free milling quartz. wit
depth the ore becomes smelling am
concentrating material. The percent
age of copper In the ore shipped to til,
sfnelters Is from one TO twelve units
IA concentrates sometimes as high al
twenty units. Silica In crude ore from
forty to eIghty-nve Sniclter certif
Gates show the ore to carry from two
to fourteen ounces Of gold, from three
to sixty ounces silver The bulk of the
ore and concentrates shipped, however,
'will average about $40 per ton.
Has there been any large productton :
The Opportunity group has produced
23,UU tons OF ore and over half mil
on dollars. The Bonanza mine 1000
ions and 100000. The Richmond 1000
IONS ond over S2oo,0oo. These are the
largest producers 80 far.
Are the milling facilities good? Prac-
ucally they are not--tle saving has
beens from nifty TO seventy five p,.t
Gent. at the best. A modern custom
'mlll is badly needed aud a fortune
awaits the parties who will build one.
huiiiclent water and an ideal concen-
hatlng ore, with proper appliances
ninety TO rlncty-five per cent. would be
the saving.
VIII the owners let 20 easy. or do
hey want the eartbl lrhey are reas
nable people, but they are not giving
their mines, or giving bonds on
iipie rainbows. During the past
40 years some thirty mines have been
pld, mostly around Amimes Peak, and
the highest price paid was sl7.ooc.
liiat MIN <as become the largest pro-
lncing aud the best paying IN the dis
.ricf and the 0N lers would now nsk
very large sum, The greatly I'm
pro sed price OF copper and lower
'ptiting rates have Of late been very
'cnsiicial to these mines. With a good
als.om mill the progress would be
'apid.
What are ore s<ights? From the
nlnea9o the lei Paso smolter from So
@ 81 per ton; from mine to mill 40
ents to $3.50 per ton.
What Is the geological formationr
N eruptlve country rock, by The OK
erts classed as'AndesIte the ore veins
re found accompanying dilkes Of fine
ralned felsite and blrdseye porphyry
'hich cut through the country nnr't
ast and southwest. Most OF the veing
re fairly easy working, Oh drift con.
acts prices have been from R3 10 So
or foet. Incline shafts on vein are
heaply driven, but vertical shafts IN
ountiy rock have generally been found
cry expensive.
Is there much snow In winter? Not
iougb TO swear by. the climate, win.
n and summer, Is. from miners
,int OF view. perfect No snowslIdcs
I'd no pneumonia for the miner to
cad.
IL there much placer mining? There
an extensive placer field which IL
'cn to locators and there are always
me men at work who pake from 81
70 per day. An occasional nugget Z
ings up the average or course come
n are luckier thun others, here as
ewhere Most of the gold is found |
thin few feet OF the surface. The "
ners scoop up the pay streak dirt D
! run II through dry washing ma +
nes.a The nearest water ia distant
e mPcs and about 400 feet below the
d level Several companies have II
N formed to work these placers on tli
high scale, but the Immense cost of 70
nglng In sufficient water has made be
project appear OF doubtful profit pr
new company hns recently been or he
iized to exploit this Geld with n ma. $.
ne Of the Bucyrns type-this Ia fe'
bahly the very best method and th'
,ly n auccced Nir"t p OF
aal !. "a. .,,sp. estimate Of the total co
p"s n the iiiiisooro minss. all Tie
Ia. - dollars? Betwesn two and In,
and 1rnrfer millions. mo
las anyone made big money at min. INC
In Sierra county, In the Kingston du
rict the Lady Franklin. Black Colt SIN
lion, Superior, Coinstock. Caledonia, As
ngaruo, Brush Heap, Illinois. Tenn We
: N'fginius, Keystone, Cumberland, oy.
8 Earle and few other properties ten
W to 1898 made nm output of tio,
: eight niliAen ounces of silver. sold pra
VA average price OF % cents per era
&C. ) "a of these mlu9 made large "a
It's. fron twenty per cent. on the n