Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-23
BIG STRIKE
ON SNOW
MOUNTAIN
BLACK OAK IS BONDED BY
SYNDICATE
Los ANGELES MAN PURCHASES
MINE
Hoag Mining District Sets Up the
First Quartz Mil in Modoc
county-ore Runs
High

begin at once, and that the mine will
be worked for all there is in it.
The figures were not given out, but
the sum is said to have been a substan-
tia one, and it is also added that those
who have the control are amply able to
push the affairs OF the property to
successful finish.
Superintendent r. w. Carnahan has a
force of about 100 men working on the
Blue Ledge property. The recent depres-
sion In the copper market has Ii no wise
influenced the capital behind the Blue
Ledge development, and the owners no
doubt reason that long before the Blue
Ledge mine can be made a producer OF
the red metal that copper will have at
tanned a staple position in the markets
of the world.
The company is doing quite a bit Of
building for the accommodation of the
workmen. as well as constructing resi-
dences for the mine officials. AS large
a force as can be worked to advantage
will be employed in opening up the ore
bodies in the different levels of the Blue
Ledge mine. No doubt 1t is the purpose
Of the company to thoroughly demon
state its ore tonnage before beginning
the construction of a reduction plant.
The property is some distance from the
railroad, and a tonnage sufficiently large
enough to warrant the construction of
be placed in sight before the owners will
feel justified in going to that expense.
1t is generally believed. however. by COM
petent mining men who know the prop
erty and the district that the Blue Ledge
mine will ultimately have a sufficiently
large tonnage demonstrated to warrant
al the extensive installation that will be
attendant to its operation.
High Values Reported
The first quartz mill ever brought
within the confines of Modoc county is
now being set up in the Hoag mining
district. A great many tons of ore are
on the dump. some of 1t assaying very
rich. In fact portion is said to have
gone as high as $1,000 to the tone.
The mill will be driven by water power,
for which ditch has been constructed.
The fall secured by this is about $50 feet,
which will give ample force to work all
the machinery.
One of the finest restraining dams in
California has just been completed across
Greenhorn creek. mile above the Mar
row Gauge crossing, near Grass Valley.
This magnificent piece of work will per-
NIT the reopening of the famous old Ne
vada hydraulic mine at Red Dog.
The dam will back up the river for
half a mile and the widest part of the
stream is 600 feet. 1t Will be a long time
DeIOT6 the TOP OIL the QdIn Will De TedCneQ
by debris from the mine, but arrange
ments have been made for this by cut
ting a sufficient quantity of logs which
will be added to the dam as required.
The structure can be raised to height of
seventy-five feet IL necessary. At that
height it would turn the whole stream
into an adjoining canyon. which in turn 1
would carry 1t back to the river half a |
mile below. If such step is ever taken
Il fo fod hof xua he
men who may clean up the river bed be-
low the dam.
Goodwin and the Nichols have an i'm /
mense tracts of very rich gravel to hy- |
draulic. and will be years in washing it |
out. The pipe line has been laid and al
is in readiness for turning the nozzle of
the giant against the high gravel walls
as soon as tie rains set in. Conservative
men believe that millions of dollars
worth of gold will be washed out of the
Nevada banks.
wonderfully rich strike has been
made IN the w. P. Lynch Mining COM
pany's mine on Snow mountain, Butte
county. This mining company has no
stock for sale, and each of the share
holders has ample means to put up his
pro rata of the expense of development
The members of the company are F. NJ
Clough of Chico, w. NJ. Graves ard j. R.
Graves of New York, G. c. Barber, pres
ldent of the Diamond Match company;
Mayor A. f. Jones of Oroville, j. B.
Robinson, Chico; ]. G. Sumner, Chico;
J. F. Lynch, Stirling City; IL. ]. Hohl,
San Francisco and w. P. Lynch, Stirling
city.
Found Old Channel
w. p. Lynch, when quite a young man.
was engaged in the stock business and
ranged his cattle during the summer
over the ravines of Kimshew. He had
heard the tales of it's former wealth and
conceived the idea that all the gold came
rom an ancient river channel under the
ava cap of Shows mountain. He cher
shed the Idea that some day he would :
be able to prospect for the old channel.
some six or eight years ago he acquired
~ purchase Shows mountain. Two years !
lgo he organized the w. P. Lynch Min J
ng company The company began the !
irving of tunnel under the mountain,
md after over two years work the an
.ient channel of auriferous gravel was ,
struck. about two weeks ago, and a rich !
strike it was, as the gravel easily runs
rom $25 to $50 a cubic yard.
The strike is very important one in
he history of gravel mining in Califor-
Tia, as there are doubtless many places :
n the state similar to Kimshew, aban-
loned by the miner when pay gravel
rave out, without stopping to think of
he origin of the gold in the ravines.
The richness Of the w. P. Lynch mine
Will add to the history of rich mines in
I'D Butte, and II proves that even at
his late date richer mines may be found
n California than in Nevada or Alaska. r
lne cubic yard Of dirt yielding $50 in gold :
VIII bring wealth rapidly to the owners. !,
1t Is believed that the Delhi mine never 4
ooked better in it's illustrious history r
han 1t does at the present time, which r
S saying a good deal. Superintendent
hamilton Eddie has the mine opened up n
n fine shape and the ore that is COM u
ng out of the bottom of the shaft is OF h
Ugh grade. The shoot was struck in a 4
haft run from the east drift in the lower
unnel and this is now 800 feet below the n
evel Of the tunnel =
1t Is from this section of the mine that n
he pay ore is being extracted and the e
wenty-stamp mill Is kept running day N
nd night. The mine has been paying ii
andsomely for the past several months,
nd it looks as though 1t has a brilliant Z
utiire ahead.
The ledge runs from two to five feet n
. width and It looks as though the u