The San Francisco call., 1907-03-18

Rich strikes I'M California mining
.ounties have been numerous since the
,pening of the present year. A body
Il ore three feet wide is reported 10
nave been found I'm the Mount Pleasant
mine near Grizzly Flat, FL Dorado
County. that carries values, at the
1000 foot level. Of $50 TO s75 a ton.
The value OF the gold discoveries in
placer County is attracting more at
tention TO the Forest Hill divide than
has been given to that section IN many
wears.
The Placer County papers report that
interest in mining is reviving in many
parts Of the county. new ledge mas
baen struck on the site of the old City
HaU at Auburn. The list Of new min
ing claims that have been fled IN
Placer County since the discovery thAl
has led TO the investment OF George
Wingaeld very recently fIls a large
space in local prints. In all parts OF
placer County the excitement is IN
tense. The new locations continue TO
be made principally in the Todds Val
lev. Spring Garden, Canada Hill, Bath,
Forest Hill. owl Creek, Michigan Bluff
and Yankee Hill mining districts.
An exceptionally rich strike is re-
n0FfeU
mine IN Tuolumne County, from which,
SO the story goes. more than $4,000
In gold was taken out in two days.
Specimen ore" says the Sierra Times,
that hangs together by threads OF
gold is being taken from the eighteen
inch hanging wall vein at the llOO-foot
level OF the app mine at Quartz Noun
tain" For some time the app has not
been in particularly good paying con-
fsarr 0ffF
the returns were not as good as were
expected. Now rich ore is found in
large quantity, it is reported, and the
future Of the mine. which has pro-
duced for a long term, is fully assured.
GOLD IN Ell DORADO
In addition TO the strike at the
Mount Pleasant mine in FL Dorado
county. a valuable discovery is re-
ported TO have been made in the Ken
needy ground at Big Canyon. The
Placerville Nugget says:
The Nugget has published an account Of the
rich strike at the Mount Pleasant mine, near
Grizzly Flat twenty i've miles south Of Placer
rille. and also a report of the activity eEi-
denced in the immediate vicinity Of George
town. sixteen miles north, and Big Canyon six
teen miles southwest Of here, showing that the
country hereab0uts Is thoroughly impregnateo
with mineral deposits OF considerable extent.
William Francis Wilson, consulting mining
engineer Of prominence from Reno, New, ar
rived here recently and is now IN charge Of
the Pyramid mine properties, with the object
in view OF giving the ores I'm this mine s
thorough test He is here In the interest OF
q large company and Is busiiy engaged IN
sampling and prospecting the property The
people who are back OF Mr.. Wilson are mining
men Of Nevada who thoroughly understand
quartz mining.
The bonders Of the Pyramid viii continue
the present drift at the 500-fOot level for a
distance Of 300 feet farther north, making mil
Also n bas beer learned that q strike Of
considerable importance has been made at the
kennedy property az Big Canyon. Mr.. Hyatt
is now operating this property A crosscut has
been made, tapping the vein at depth Of
thirty feet, and immense body Of ore, aver
aging from 81 TO IS per ton. has, been uncoy
cred. The hanging wall has not vet beer
reached and the vein appears 20 Increase IN
value the works progresses.
These hnds, in conjunction with the rich
strikes In Georgetown ana Grizzly Flat show
ronclusively that mineral belt Is net con
dned 10 one section Of the county. but covers
tle greater part of IL.
Many large deals in mining properties are
reported as approaching cOnsummation. and Al
the reports OF the engineers having the
different properties In hand acted upon Il
is the general opinion OF mining men that
when spring opens many old mines win be
ID active operation.