The San Francisco call., 1908-12-14
Rich Strikes Reported in
Gold Mines OF State
Most Valuable Discovery in Shasta County
Made in Workings of the Old El Dorado

sued by the Dead River gold mining
company at Downieville for possession
of the property. Johnson is supposed
to have taken out $350,000 from the
mine. The plaintiff says that that por-
tfon of the ground from which wealth
of the Tightner has been extracted is
covered by the placer location of the
Dead River company. An interesting
story concerning the matter is told by
the Nevada City Miner Transcript, as
follows:
II is doubtful if there has been another
quartz mine in the history Of the Pacific coast
to equal it in the production Of gold when the
amount Of development work that has been done
is taken into consideration. III. L. johnson, the
owner, has been made a wealthy through
having possession Of It, He got the property
seven or eight years ago when he was mining
in the district where it is located. He worked
IL bond for some time prior TO Its pur-
chase. For long time he tried hard to get
some parties to put little money into II with
wealth the Tightner contained and one of john
sons friends turned down a proposition to put
81. 500 into the mine for a part interest. John
son finally bought the property, paying, it is al
legged, $4,000 for it.
In the early part of this year L. P. Woodbury..
manager of the Red Star mine in the Allegheny
district, secured bond the Tightner. 1t is
understood that the considerations in the event
the sale was made, was $400, 900. DR.. ID. III.
Dougan. president of the First National bank of
Denver; Tyson Dimes, prominent attorney and
capitalist OF Denver and one of the incorporators
OF the famous Portland mine of Cripple Greek,
Colo and other prominent capitalists were in
terested with Woodbury. in the bond They own
the Red Star, which adjoins the 1ightner and
looked fayorably on the purchase of the latter
until they received the report of their expert,
who spent several weeks at the mine. The ex-
pert thought the mine too 'pockety'' to make
good risk.
When the negotiations fell through johnson
set to work developing the mine again. and IT
was not long before he reached the chute of ore
that has been productive and beneficial to
him During the last summer the report came to
Nevada City that $50, 600 had been taken from
the vein in one week by about five men.
tunnel is now Being driven in to tap the
vein at depth Of 600 feet. There is only about
so feet more to drive, and II the vein holds out
down to that point. and those who know the
property well say there is reason why 1t
shouldn't, there will be millions In sight In the
mine 1t is reported that where the work is now
being carried on, which is about 100 feet from
the the surface the vein Is as rich as It ever was
Johnson a millionaire
The Sanger News says that a new
company has been incorporated to oper-
ate in the territory near Dunlap as
the international mining and develop
Ing company, with Sanger as the prin-
cipa1 place of business. w. A. Camp
bell is the president. The company
has secured property in the Dunlap dis
trict between the English Hill and
| Brushy Ridge mine, both of which are
producers.
A mining company that has dredgers
on the Feather river, so the Trinity
Journal says. has bonded the Payne
ground near Trinity Center The Jour-
nal says:
The prospecting done by this company is the
most scientific and satisfactory done in
with casing. the latter being feet inches
at the larger diameter and feet inches at
the smaller; thus each casing fits into the next
preceding and the whole tubing is water tight
This is sunk to the bedrock, the water pumped
out, the ground prospeeted and the character
of the bedrock determined. The tubing is large
enough for to work in. Fourteen or if-
teen shafts will be sunk Another company has
ground bonded from Ellery, Dick Graves and
also the ground Of the Sykes mining company.
The Scott Valley Advance says that
Lone Pine quartz mine in Sisliyou has
been purchased by Maxwell & Morgan
and the placer mining property at Ce-
ell creek, formerly owned by Thomp-
son. has been bought by Deidrich
Agenah. The Coborn hydraulic claims
on Cecil creek have again been bonded
by w. A. Cooper of Eureka
According to the Tonopah Bonanza
the main workings OF the Dreamland
property at Rosebud will be operated
| by William Gray of Salt Lake, who
has contracted to sink the main shaft
from the 100 foot level to the 200 foot
level The lease has been Incorporated
/ by George Wilson and others of Salt
Lake. Some work has been done on
the Dreamland lease, which consists of
100 feet of shaft, about 125 feet of
drifting on the so foot level and about
/ 10 feet of drifting on the 100 foot
level.
Eastern men have. so says. the
Tonopah Bonanza. purchased the Mon
ster mine, in Lead canyon, southeast
of Big Pine, in Inyo county. The
price is said to be $4,000. Payments
are to be made in monthly installments
of 10 per cent. The mine is silver
Head property.