Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-09
RICH GOLD STRIKE
IN INYO COUNTY

surface and found the formation just
like that At the Utah camp. Beoom-
ing satisfied the property was a lively
one for development, he purchased Il
and started to cut the ledge showing
at the surface. surveys indicating that
the tunnel would have to be driven
some $50 feet.
At ninety feet from the portal, the
tunnel opened blind lead which car
ried good ore. Development disclosed
the fact that there was a shoot 400
feet in length and one to four feet in
width, the ore being Of very fine
grade.
Rich Gold Cave
A heavy shot in the drift of the
Lookout mine at Goldfield has opened
an immense cave containing one of the
largest bodies of pay ore ever dis
covered in that portion of Nevada.
Careful measurements of the ore ex-
posed determined that the cave con-
tains over 10000 tons Of gold ore which
will average 500 ton.
The men had put a heavy shot in
the drift the night before, and the
next morning, when muckers went to
work to clear up the ore, they dis
covered that q large cavern had been
opened. Part of the drift had fallen
In and one side OF the tunnel had
been blown away. exposing the large
cavern.
AS these caverns are frequent oc-
currences i'm the mines in the Gold
field district and usually contain ore,
the men investigated and found all
the walls carried gold ore. When a
drill was driven into the walls it was
discovered that they were several feet
in thickness.
California Mine News
A few miles above Lewiston, Trinity
county, California, work has been
commenced on big mining project
UP the river The undertaking is TO
drive a tunnel twelve feet wide and
eight feet nigh through mountain
distance of third of a mile in order
to turn Trinity river from its course.
The tunnel cuts off big bend ana
will lay bare mile and a half OF
river bed that is known to be rich
III placer gold, for it has been thor
oughly prospected. The tunnel will be
ample in size and grade to carry all
the water in the river at ordinary
stages. The enterprise is under the di-
rection of Frank McCue.
A mining man from Stockton. who
recently visited the Jenny Lind re-
gion, was told there that the dredger
at work in the Calaveras river was
taking out from $4,000 to $4,000
month in gold, and that in one week
recently the clean up amounted to $eOoo'
which would make about $25,000
month. The machine is operated day
and night by three shifts, each com
posed of three men. A stockton ram
lily which owns land on which the
dredger is at work is. according 10
report, receiving from $1,000 to $1,000
month, that being 10 per cent OF the
gross clean-ups.
Last Sunday the new quartz mill ON
the Lappin mine, near Weayervlile,
was started on good ore. The plant was
Put in this fall and work was ener-
getically pushed to completion.
G. L. Carr and G. r. Emery or
Carrville, owners of the well known
Yellow Rose Mining company. are OPP
Grating a group of claims on the head
waters of the south fork of Salmon
and Union creek, in Coffee creek min
ing district Mr.. Carr. who superin-
tends the work says the company is
driving a 12OO-foot tunnel from the
Siskiyou county side to tap the ore
vein running parallel with the famous
Dorleska mine, which is now being
operated on the Trinity side. They
have already encountered some very
good veins of ore; and when the main
vein is struck, which will be at
depth of nearly 500 feet, it will make
one of the grandest mines in Northern
California.
The Dorleska is owned by Capt. III.
u. Osborne and other associates in Los
Angeles.
According to Stephen Barton
the Grenavere silver mine on Sill
verade mountain southeast of lsa-
Bella in Kern county. has been sold
to J. M. Crumpacker of Los Angeles,
and arrangements are being made to
work it. The development done on
this mine shows a margin above
wages, part being gold. This was a
cash sale and the terms appear to be
private, Mr.. Hooper being the man
who sold tine mine and the only per-
son who ever made a milling test OF
the ore, though Judge Sumner made
shipments of the ore to San Francisco
some thirty years ago.
The Stavert Bros. are running
drainage tunnel which is to drain their
Cid Keys mine 150 feet below the deep
est working and 800 feet below the
deepest part of their ground. This
is entirely a new departure. Hereto
fore other mines of the Keysyille dis
trict have quit work at 200 feet or
less The Old Keys has paid by far