The San Francisco call., 1908-10-19

Two strikes of Importance are re-
ported affecting gold mine interests in
California One of these is in Trinity
county and one not far from Jackson
Vile. The former has been made. so
known as the Hoodoo, which is situated
about six miles from the Yellow Jacket.
the discovery which was reported
last week. AS result of the second
find in Trinity in the vicinity of the
east fork of the Trinity river, in the
East Fork district more than 500 quartz
location blanks have been sold in
WeavervIlle alone. completely exhaust
ing the local supply. and new supply
was sent for by telegraph to give the
locators a chance to get into the coun-
try. The Trinity Journal says that
many are preparing to go into the dis
trict at once. The Hoodoo mine is sit
uated near both the Yellow Jacket and
owner.
Concerning the reported strike near
Jacksonville, the details are supplied
by the Sonora Union Democrat, which
says:
One of the greatest mining strikes in the his
tory of the county has been made IN the Free
Gold. one of group of three claims owned by
Andrew Mccormick ana Frank A. Mcpherson.
There is an immense body of the richest kind of
rock in sight and every Indication points TO the
fact that wonderful gold mine has been un-
covered The group is situated two miles north
east of Jacksonville. The vein runs east and
west and averages six feet in width. The Free
Gold location, which most of the development
work up TO date has been done, is opened up by
tunnel SIG feet long the vein. Several
years ago Mcpherson took out 50. 900 in short
time from a small but very rich pay streak The
last 100 feet in the tunnel were driven under
tract by Joe Cademartori. When about half OF
the contract work had been accomplished Cade
martori ran into fine body of ore, which grew
better with every shot afterward- In the face
OF the tunnel the ore body is truly wonderful
from wall TO wall. The quartz is heavily i'm
pregnsted with tellurium associated with gold.
while the 10 per cent of sulphurets should easily
be worth over 81 900 per ton Cademartori. who
Mexico and other places, says that the McCor
mick & Mcpherson mine is the best he ever saw
in his life and that the owners have every
chance of coming out with fortunes The three
claims constituting the group are the Free Gold.
Last Chance and Haley. The gold strike in the
Free Gold is Of such magnitude that II has
created a great deal of excitement among min
ing men. One tried 10 get a short option on the
group several days ago for slo0,OOo and $25u,uO0
was offered by another and refused.
As a matter of history both coun-
ties mentioned have been large pro-
ducers of gold in the last few years.
Trinity is credited in the annual reports
of the California state mining bureau.
by State Mineralogist Aubury. with
having an output in gold and other
minerals in II years of the value of
| S11,25S. .925, while Tuolumne in the same
period has a record of mineral produc-
tion amounting in value to s19.606,37S.
making a total for the two in these
comparatively few years of s31.301, 906.
There is an old saying that gold is
where you find it, On this basis there
is no reason TO doubt that Trinity and
Tuolumne counties are both safe in
the belief that there is plenty of gold
still securely locked in their lodges for
the seeker therefor to find
To the Trinity Journal A. l. Paulsen
has contributed the following in an in
terview relative TO the Yellow Jacket
lind:
Mining men VIII be interested in knowing
more of the details Of the wonderful Yellow
Jacket vein. 1t is located at the head Of Niger
gulch at an elevation of approximately $500
feet 1t is what is known an open fssurc
vein. with rhyolite walls. and varies in width
from 90 to 81 inches. 1t has been traced on the
surface for several hundred Yards One hundred
and twenty five feet from the mouth of the
present tunnel. the surface. some samples
were taken this spring and the assays showed
over $4,000 ton. This was the first indication
of the presence Of tellurium, and spurred the
owners TO greater effort.
worked several times. the old timers stat
/ ing that high as $50 10 $40 day TO the man
Drospectors believed that great quartz mine
was feeding it, such the Yellow Jacket
has proved itself TO be.
The yellow Jacket is in the great porphyry
| dixie traversing the county from the head Of
Stuart's fork through well known producers as
/ the Chloride-Y eliow Jacket. In il the
Bailey and the Globe In the vicinity Of the
/ Yellow Jacket mines containing similar ore
such Condor weedman.s and Charley
Meters claim. The future will develop great
properties in this section
There are many evidences of renewal
of activity in Tuolumne county. Op-
! erations have been resumed at the
New Albany mine. A concentrator and
mill are being placed at the free gold
mine near Jacksonville. Work is about
to begin on a portion of the Santa
Ysabel mine that has been leased to
C. Kelly. promising shoot of ore
has been discovered in the Little Sister
mine above Groveland, so says the So
nora Banner.
The same paper also reports that the
Dresisam mine will be proved; that the
leasers of the Republican mine will
begin work on the property soon, as
the terms provide for beginning not
later than November 1: that Superin-
! tendent Dron has notified the leasers
of the NonpareiI mine at Big Oak Flat
that the agreement with the company
will be Cancelled and that the company
will manage the mine. The company
has been reorganized and s25.000 has
been voted for the settlement of claims.
A tunnel will be run from the Lady
Washington mine to tap the Dead
Horse and the work has been started.
An agreement has been filed for the
sale of the Seminole mine near Aras-
! traville the terms of which provide
/ that Thomas c. Winwood of Oakland
may buy it for $4,000, final payment