Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-06
ANGELENOS CONTROL
RICH VIRGIN PLACERS

bed is left high and dry, and can easily
be worked. This discoverey bears ou
/ the contention Of many miners ant
prospectors who for years past have
looked with Jealous eyes upon the Kerr
river where it truns through the old
Keysville mining district, virtually
knowing the river bottom, II y could
only be worked, would prove to be a
veritable mint. The Keysville district
is one Of the oldest mining sections In
the state, and its placer diggings were
exceedingly rich down to the river
banks.
General California News
The Merced Sun is informed that the
Yosemite company has completed its
arrangements for financiering the Hite
mine. Minneapolis and New York
capitalists are back of the enterprise
The Plumas Independent has news
from La Porte that blue gravel was
struck in the tunnel of the Claybauk
mine. The strike was not in the least
a surprise as It had been expected
for several weeks. The gravel was
struck about three feet above the top
or roof of the main tunnel.
The second payment made at weav-
erville on the Lappin mine by the bond
ing company is $4,000. The total
amount paid under the bond is now
$50, 900. The actual purchase price mem
toned in the bond is not known to the
public, but it is safe to say that it will
take six figures The deal is consid-
cred one of the most important mining
transactions ever under way In Trinity
county.
The fourteen-stamp mill of the Pilot
mine near Cave City was started last
week. Excellent rock is found in good
quantities, so it looks like the starting
of big mine. The are fourteen men
employed at the mine.
A Redding correspondent says: The
Mountain Copper company has given
out statement of what it intends to
Keswick, which rumor has moved to
Bullshead point. near Martinez 1t
will not bandon it's Keswick plant.
One furnace will be kept running.
Four have been run. Three hundred
men will be employed. Twelve hun
dred have been. The fiery condition
of the ore in the Iron Mountain mine
is said to be the cause of cutting down
operations. A plant is to be estab-
lished at Bullshead point. 1t will be
for handling the low-grade ore of the
Hornet mine in this county. This ore
cannot be treated for it's copper alone
The Mammoth Copper company is
employing $50 men and twenty-five
teams on it's smelter at Kennett. Some
of the machinery has already arrived
on the ground from the east.
A Marysville correspondent says:
Assays made from sand taken from
seventeen wells drilled along the tule
belt in Sutter county by Joseph Moore,
who is prospecting the land, have re-
turned an average value of $500 ton.
Tests were made over a distance of
five miles for the purpose of escer-
tanning the value of the land for dredge
mining.
1t is said that after two years of
hard work the ledge in the Blue Jay
mine on the Calaveras river has been
struck. The tunnel was run 1884 feet,
at the end of which a cross-cut was
made of thirty feet, when twelve
foot ledge of good ore was encoun-
tered.
The, Voinich Mining company has
purchased the forty-stamp mill and
appurtenances upon the Amador Queen
mine, and the same will be taken down
in short time and removed to the
miles southwest of Angels Camp.
For a month or more carpenters have
been at work building an addition to
the South Eureka Mining companys
mill to cover twenty stamps. These,
with the twenty stamps already in
place. give a milling capacity of forty
stamps. which are now dropping on a
fair grade of ore.
Angeeno's Bond Mine
The Hare & Hunsaker property at
Eldorado has been bonded to Judge
c. G. Austin of Los Angeles. The deal
is the largest ever made in that sec
ton and one of the biggest so far re-
corded in Southern Nevada, says the
Searchlight. Under the terms of the
bond the final payment is to be made
within fifteen months and stipulated ,
amount of development work must be /
done monthly.
Four claims, the Link Eldorado, Oc-
cidental and Eastern, are located on
the famous Wall Street vein, the east
end line being 1900 feet from that prop
erty. The Pueblo. Prince anu- Eagle |
parallel the above claims on the north.
There are seven claims in all in the
group
The development work planned will
consist of the driving of a cross-cut |
tunnel $50 feet in length, which will !
start on the Pueblo and cross the Ell
dorado This tunnel will deVelon the