The San Francisco call., 1904-06-11
NEVADA COUNTY MINES y
CHANGE THEIR OWNERS
The Properties Have Records for Yielding
Good Returns and They May Yet Pay
.Well---Conclusions Relating to Dredging

Two transfers of mining properties in
Nevade County are made public. The
owners of the Blue Tent mine have
bought from Gilbert Hall the Grizzly
Hill gravel claim, which lies on the
north side of the South Yuba River.
The Canada Hill group of mines has
been sold to ]. F. Littlefeld Of San
Francisco. This group was owned by
George c. Gaylord. The properties are
collectively known as the Charconnet
mine. According to the Grass Valley
Union, work will soon be resumed at
the Charconnet. The property was first
acquired by L. CharcOnnet and his sons
in 1873 Under the management or the
Charconnets the operations were quite
extensive.
In six months after they took posses
sion they earned enough, so it is locally
reported, to pay for the sinking or an
incline ESQ feet in depth, to erect MOIST
ing works and a ten-stamp mill, ana
prior to 1887 they took out 10000 tons
of excellent ore. When the formation
was reached that was Improbable TO
work with the mining processes that
were then in vogue, operations were
suspended. The present deal and the
! operations that are promised would
seem to indicate that the expectation
is that more economical methods will
yield profit.
The Grand Vein mine, ledge prop
] erty, was worked for a time by a
French company, and a tunnel was run
1900 feet and hosting works were
1 erected, but work was suspended on
account of the heavy flow Of water.
| The Grand ledge, which is included in
the properties, is reported to be of low
! grade ore. There are two hoisting rigs
on the property, one being on the Char
comet mine and the other on the
Grand. They are connected by pipe
line running from a reservoir below
the South Yuba ditch. Large figures
are given by the Nevada County papers
| concerning the money that has been
taken from the Charconnet. To ascer-
tain how much remains Of treasure de-
posits Will now be the work in hand
for the new owners Of the property.
Concerning the Grizzly Hill property,
the Nevada County Miner says in part:
The Grizzly Hill was operated to some
tent in early times by the hydraulic process
The new owners will work 1t by the drifting
process. and II Is admirably situated in regard
superintendent Of the Blue Tent mine. will
have the general direction Of the development
in connection with Mr. Canfield
DREDGER MINE PROBLEMS.
/ Several conclusions have been
reached, after a careful investigation
by the Sacramento Bee, of the condi-
tions relating to dredger mining and it's
effect on the streams below where the
operations are carried on that will be
the subject of more or less discussion.
They are given herewith in brief for
what they may be worth:
l.. The deposits OF heavy sand brought down
! by the river this past season could not have
been due in more than part to dredge mining
| This was sufficiently demonstrated BY the ex-
\ river at points above where the dredges were
| operating The past was an exceptional Hood
season and matter was brought down the river
! which in ordinary seasons would not have been
small portion OF the material which
came down might have been due to dredge
operation. the actual quantity depending upon
the manner in which the few dredgers in the
bed Of the stream were operated
3. Dredge mining be so conducted and
without detriment to the industry to offer
ing lands Supervision by the Debris Commits
sion and certain restrictions TO which the
dredgers say they will cheerfully assent will
prevent any deposit going into the stream.
4. The seven dredges now in the stream are
probably operating without material injury 10
/ the river unless 1t be demonstrated that the
cobbles and heavy gravel deposited BY the
! "stackers'' moved by flood waters down
stream. No other material injury certainly
! could be ascribed to the operations Of the
| two river dredges farthest down stream. which
| were personally and thoroughly inspected.
5. The dredges as at present operating leave
behind them an ugly trail Of cobbles and
I gravel. piled fifteen to twenty feet high. In
the bed of the stream this is apparently an
advantage. since IT provides barrier of
poStS above brought down In food
below IL the silt and heavy sand which the
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and which otherwise might be washed down
stream. When working in agricultural land.
however the dredges turn fertile soil into
waste OF cobbles which will remain for
centuries This undoubtedly will prove in time.
To the county through loss assessable prop
erty This evil can be remedied II success
attends experiments now being made for eco
nomically depositing the silt on top OF the
cobbles instead OF below them.
A one-third interest In the Mammoth
mine in Shasta County has been sold
so says the Redding Searchlight. Mrs.
Desda Wallace has parted with her In
terest to John Filius and Fred G. King.
The purchasers of the one-third also
have under bond the other two-thirds
of the property. Mrs. Wallace is re-
ported to have received for her share
$4,000. The Mammoth mine is a copper
property in the Backbone district. 1t
includes 900 acres Of land.
COPPER IN NEVADA.
Nevada County people are interested
in the, work that is in progress on the
old Red Ledge mine at French Corral.
The Grass Valley Union says that it
looks as If the ledge contains a large
copper deposit, and in part the Union
: reports:
Lode miners are curious to see Just what
there is TO the Red Ledge II II Is a copper
mine II is the biggest thing in copper IN
this part Of California. AS II is only one
mile from French Corral that ancient placer
digging camp is In hopes that the development
of the Red Ledge will be prosecuted with
vigor. The tunneling to the mine is all done
from the steep slope OF the hill and No 8
Is at a point about midway between the top
OF the hill and the base at the bed OF the
South Yuba River. Eventual backs can be
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