The San Francisco call., 1908-12-14

Somewhat sensational discoveries Of
gold have been made in the last few
days in California The Tower house
section in Shasta county is the scene
of one strike An ore body has been
stripped more than so feet, as the story
is told by the Courier Free Press, and
the ledge is found to continue, running
in width from 15 to 21 inches. The dis
covery was made in the old Ell Dorado
mine. Evidence of the genuineness of
the find has been made manifest in
Redding by the exhibition of S893 in
gold, which, according to the Free
Press, was taken from 500 pounds OF
ore This is declared to be the richest
gold strike in the history of Shasta
county. The FL Dorado mine was dis
covered 80 years ago by e. p Connor,
a prospector. who filed two claims and
went to work subsequently the prop
erty was bonded to Mr.. Hunt of Sebas-
topol Some months ago E. b. and
oscar Sherk, two of the owners of the
Harrison gulch townsite, bonded the
Eel Dorado and they have struck free
mill ore, as the report goes. There is
an old tunnel on the property that has
been run 800 feet, at a depth Of $50
feet from the apex of hill.
What is described as s1OO rock has
c.
in Calaveras county. A vein has been
opened. running from Is inches to two
feet in width, which will yield by mill
process, according to the Calaveras
Chronicle, s100 to the ton. The owner
of the mine has 100 tons of rock on the
dump
Two miles northwest of the Banner
mine in Calaveras county. George w.
Getchell and Leon Paul have succeeded.
by sinking to a depth of 40 feet in dis
covering a vein showing free gold.
Both walls are clearly defined in the
shaft The foot wall is said to carry
clay and porphyry Is inches wide. all
of which shows free gold from pan.
ming.
In another section. according to the
Oroville Register. rich gravel has been
found. The discovery was made in the
Blue Lead mine. A tunnel had been
was uncovered that has run as high as
81 to the pan. The company has two
miles of channel Machinery will be
at work, so the Register says, within
80 days, crushing gravel.
strike has been made in Plumas
county, as reported. on Rush creek. A
number of Nevada mining men, includ-
ing John Salisberry, John e. Hall,
Harry Taylor of Goldfeld, II. II.
Hunter and A. B. Phelps, visited the
scene of the strike, having in view the
purchase of the mines or prospects if
they prove to be as reported.
An extremely rich strike has been
made at the Tarantula mine, which Is
1A11 49,
Shawmut, according TO the Tuolumne
Independent. Large quantities of gold
are reported to have been taken out of
the property. The Tarantula is re-
ported to be rich. The strike is looked
upon as being one Of the most i'm
portant in the vicinity for some time.
The Placerville Nugget says that
south of Placerville in the Hangtown
hill section one of the best gravel
mines in California is operating and is
taking out pay gravel in five different
benches or levels. The property is
known as the Excelsior mine. Several
thousand feet of tunnels have been run
into the hillside. The mill near the
mouth of the main tunnel is kept run
ming night and day crushing the ce-
mented gravel. The shifts of miners
are digging the gravel out and taking
it to the mill In ore cars. This is
the property in which a workman is
reported to have picked up a diamond
which weighed half a carat in the
rough. An English company is carry
ing on the work.
According to the Trinity Journal the
Mountain Boomer mine at New River,
which is being operated by lessees,
made returns from rock at SIS a ton
at recent cleanup. A lower tunnel
is being run in to tap the ore chute
lower down.
After successful operation of the
Tightner mine in Sierra county for
some years. II. L. Johnson has been