Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-26

AtdbuIto VIII Dt di oIe tIdHWdyt WhiNh
will be elevated and will connect the
two mines with the new mill located at
midway point. Near this mill It Is
planned to erect a hotel for the accom-
mediation Of the men. Both mines are
being developed.
Big Discovery Made
What is believed to be the biggest
mining strike in California has been
made in the Royal mine at Hodson,
near Milton, Cal. On the 500-foot level
81 ledge sixty feet wide was uncovered
assaying from $40 to $50 ton in gold.
The mine has been making much
money on ore that only went as high
as $3.50 ton, and even less. The
original owners of the mine are ]. d.
Peters, j. u Castle and A. r. Wilbur.
but they bonded the property to ]. G..
Kemp Van Ee for 100000, giving him
a deed which he was not to record
until the money had been paid. After
paying about one-fourth he recorded
the deed and mortgaged the mine. In
the meantime ]. II. Brotherton, who
had been his partner for twenty years,
brought suit for, a partnership share.
Van Ee acknowledged the partnership.
The original owners will now probably
get their money. Labor troubles han1p-
cred the mine for some time and there
have been no dividends since early In
1904, when the suit was settled.
Gold Near Truckee
Gold has been discovered on the Dom
ner Ice company's land, about one and
half miles west of Truckee. The dis
covery was made by w. Fl. M. Smith
about five weeks ago. Ten ounces of
the sand were mailed to an assayer
and his report shows the dirt will pay
1920 to the ton. The sample mailed to
the assayer was taken a few feet from
the top Of the ground, and from indica-
tions the dirt will be found to be much
richer about ten feet deeper. The mine
is located on what is termed hog
back" perhaps twelve or fifteen feet
above the level of the meadows upon
which the cattle are now pasturing.
Traces Of gold, or float, have been found
In this locality by other people and
considerable prospecting has been done,
but to little purpose heretofore.
Important Discovery
George Madeira, the we'll known
geologist and mining engineer, has lust
returned from trip into the coast
mountains west of Healdsburg and
brought samples of chrysoprase, which
he states are from the largest veins of
the gem ore ever discovered. The loca-
tfon of the find Is four miles east OF
Cazadero, on the summit of a ridge.
1850 feet above the sea, the ocean being
plainly visible from the mine. The
chrysoprase runs through the serpen-
tine in numerous broad bands at right
angles to the trend of the mountain.
Several of the bands are from two to
six feet thick, says the Chronicle. All
Of the veins are parallel and separated
from few feet up to 200 feet. Chryso-
prase is a mineral Of an apple-green
color, highly prized in the jewelers. art,
but in this instance it may be possible
to obtain the ore in large slabs. There
are two mines of the material in this
state, one in Fresno and the other in
San Diego county, but they are small
when compared with the Sonoma c county
deposit. While collecting minerals for
the st. Louis exposition last year Mr.
Madeira discovered four-inch vein of
chrysoprase in Colusa county and a
smaller one on the flank of Geyser peak,
in this county. In the immediate vicin-
ity of the last find are large deposits
of magnesite, and it was while inspect
ing these deposits that he discovered
the chrysoprase veins.
Tonopah's New Mine
Another Tonopah mine has been
added to the list of shippers. On
Wednesday or Thursday of next week
500 sacks of high-grade ore will be
shipped by the California Tonopah 10
the smelters. This will be the COM
pany's first shipment. Extensive bodies
Of milling ore have been encountered
and opened up during the past two
years and rich stringers have marked
each low-grade body; but not until the
first of the present month was there d
ledge of sufficient ore to be sacked
without sorting. AT the present eighteen
inches Of ore are being sacked. This
ledge is being developed by winze on
the 65O-foot level, and Is improving in
size and richness. The California Is
practically the only mining company 20
penetrate the lode porphyry south o4
the Valley View, but other strong COM
panies are preparing to do extensive
mining on every slope of the Big Jim
Butler mountain. says the Sun. The
will approximate thirty tons.
with general average of $1OO per ton.
This will net the company a handsome
profit. other shipments will follow at