Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-18
GOOD STRIKES
IN CALIFORNIA
HIGH VALUES UNCOVERED IN
PLACER MINING
Specimens Shown at Redding Run
$4,000 to $4,000 a Ton in Gold.
Wealth of Shasta County
in Copper

The strike that was made in the
Washington mine at French .gulch,
Shasta county, recently turned out to
be one of the best on record in the
district. The Redding Searchlight says
that some of the specimens brought to
that place run from $4,000 to $4,000 a ton
in gold. The Washington mine is under
bond for $50, 900. Gilzean, who is operat-
ing the property, states that the ore
will soon pay for the mine. Three
lodges have been cut.
A fine ledge has been found in the
Mountain Maid mine on the north side
of the American river in the You Bet
district in Placer county. The ColfaX
! Sentinel says that the discovery was
made on the 400-foot level. A drift had
been run about 200 feet on the south
of the shaft from the bottom. Then an
upraise was made and this led to the
lucky find. The vein was exposed for
width of three feet, and gold was
conspicuous in the face.
The Siskiyou News says that a strike
has been made in the Grange mine in
Humbug creek that shows values of
$500 to $7O0 to the ton.
Some of the ore taken from the
Champion group of mines on Humbug
creek, Siskiyou county is reported to
run as high as $1500 a ton. The group
includes the Mckinley and Old Flag
mines. The Old Flag has been ope-
rated intermittently for many years,
and it was in this that the high grade
ore was found.
East Side Copper Belt
Mineral Wealth describes the east
side copper belt in Shasta county in de-
tail. The belt extends from the After
thought mine at Ingot to the Bully
Hill mine at De Lamar, and is entirely
distinct from the belt on the west side
of the Sacramento river. The Mineral
Wealth says:
While the copper is generally asso-
ciated with the rhyolite, the ore oc-
ours in well-defined assures, and while
the ore bodies are lenticular in form,
exploration at depth has proved that
these lenticular masses containing large
ore tonnages are going down to great
depths. At the Afterthought as well
as at Bully Hill the best developments
on the mines have been made at the
greatest depth so far obtained, which
in each case is we'll below the level of
surface drainage.
1.-THE Ingot smelter originally con-
sisted of one comparatively small fur
mace. A second furnace, 42X150 inches
in dimensions at the tuyeres, was in
SldllGu dul lllC peloI pS6lB GNU AAto
been In commission since last June.
The smelter is connected with the mine
by a short line of steam railroad, and
the ore is loaded directly into the cars
from chutes in the mine and is unloadcd
in the ore yards without any additional
handling.
"The lowest level of the mine and it's
main working tunnel is driven into the
mountain from a point about twenty
five feet above the north fork of Cow
creek This bore penetrates the noun
tain over half a mile. 1t is SKIS feet in
size and is we'll lighted and ventilated.
From this level shaft has been started
to open ore at additional depth. At a
point fifty feet below the level cross
cut in the ore disclosed a width of
weight feet, the tifty-five of the ore
exposed in the crosseut carries good
copper and silver values, and also some
gold values. During the coming year
the company will open several new levels
on it's main ore body below the working
tunnel, and will also extend its ex-
ploration into the mountain in a south
easterly direction for several thousand
faat alOnpr the main fSSure."