The San Francisco call., 1909-01-18

claims that have not been taken up
before; the remainder are relocated
claims. Many locations had been made
in the old Meadow Lake district, where
gold and copper are known to exist
largely, but found in base form. Some
of the new locations have been made
in the Graniteville district and others
in the Rough and Ready and Washing
ton districts.
An unprecedented amount of assess
ment work has been performed in Ne
vada county recently, as evidence by
proofs filed in something more than
200 instances with the county recorder.
Those who own claims that have not
been patented have thus given proof
that they do not wish to forfeit the
work The Nevada City Transcript
said recently that new capital is now
coming into the county for Investment
who have valuable mining claims to
hold on to them until they can realize
something for their property. Ac-
cording to the same authority there
have not been so many locations and
relocations in like time as have just
been recorded.
The keystone mine in Amador City
is under option in the sum of 100000.
This property has been worked since
1851, when it was first opened 1t was
operated in a small way for the first
10 years of its existence and during that
period produced more than 100000 in
ore that averaged about SIS ton The
total output to the time of recent sus-
pension of work is estimated to have
amounted to more than $4,000, 600
The mine has something like $4,000
on the mother lode and was one of the
early mines of Amador county 1t is
about mile from the Eureka mine,
which was profitably worked to a depth
of 800 feet, and is two miles from the
Kennedy mine. These two mines are
credited with having put out $2S,000,-
900.
The proposition to crosscut the
mother lode at Plumas county by the
construction of a deep tunnel is engag-
ing the attention of mining men and of
capitalists in the east to whom 1t has
been submitted. The Plumas Star says
that the scheme had strong financial
support and that the person interested
will install electric drills in the spring
and begin operations. large number
of, properties art reported to have
taken over and merged. The Star says:
This project Will crosscqt the mother lode at
depth of 1,SI0 feet below the apex of this
great gold zone and will cut more than 100 pro-
record record production I G- Of $50 sioo 600; Phoenix, New
York and Cow Boy. $3.50, 600; Green Mountain,
s; ;oeo, 900; Plumas- Eureka, $40 600 900 ISIS
Valley. Union. 81, 500. 900. Crown Point Summit,
$3.50. 600 Hibernia. Atlantic. Pacific Mcclellan,
| So. 600: yellow Jacket $4,000 Johnny Bull.
500, 00O Antelope. Sunrise, Sunset, Hongkong,
sIoo, 600 -Four Hills. $500, GOO; Light. s25 o0O;
lpmbia. Evergreen. 81 900, 900; Yale. Brilliant.
Ruby. Emerald. $3.500,000; Cherokee within
Drury Pacife ives West Pacific. si25. .ooo eruss.
$I5o. COO; Plumas National. $3.50, 900; Jamison.
E1S. .ooo. 600; Five Bears. s85, 900; savercool,
sT5o,Ooo. making total of s75.es5,ooo
The Merced Star says that the Egen-
hoff mines have been sold. The prop
erty is situated in the Merced canyon
and comprises 14Q acres in all. Out OF
seven claims four have been worked
stamp mill for a number of years. The
| mines are about a mile from the Hite
mine and on the line of the Yosemite
| valley road. The purchaser is Chi
cago man. tfa
In San Bernardino county, about
"a miles northeast Of Otis. gold quartz
has been uncovered that is described
as very rich. The San Bernardino Sun
says that there is a rush for the. dis
trict. Clerks merchants, ranchers,
railroad hands and employees of the
borax works at Otis have pressed all
sorts of vehicles into service to haul
provisions and bedding to the camp;
The strike was made by D. D. Connell
and DR. D. w. Mckenzie, the last
named being surgeon for the San Pedro,
People have f1ocked in also from Bar
stow and Daggett. The find is said to
be the best on record in San Bernar-
dino county.
Within the last 10 days bonds on
several mines have been reported. In
Tuolumne county an agreement has
been placed on record which gives F.
NJ. Colby of San Francisco an option
for the purchase of the Galena and
the Buck Eye mines at a specified price
of 100000. payable within two years
The mines are near Italian bar. The
Galena adjoins the Golden Eagle quartz
mine and the Buck Eye is one mile
southeast of the bar, between the
Golden Era and the Live Oak mines
bond has been reported in Plumas
county by which L. A. Mcintosh has
bonded to the Greenville Pacific deve1-
opment company the property known
as the New York mine, recently con-
veyed by a corporation to Mcintosh
The Plumas National Bulletin said
taken from the New York mine for
some years and that there is reason
to suppose that practical miningmen
can make it a steady producer
According to the Sacramento Bee
quartz that is worth $4,000 a ton, judg-
ing by specimens, has been uncovered
Wyckoff Brothers and the ledge
| is well defined. In the same section
there are other mines The Bundle
| Bee. one of these. is operating five
producer some years ago, is also near.
The Sunset mining company is working
a property in the same section
| The Old Gray mine, 10 miles north
west of Shingle Springs, in Ell Dorado
county, has been bonded to Clifford Nc
Clellan and P. E. Gardetson of San
Francisco. This property was worked
continually from 1859 to 1878. The
bonders have acquired a mill site of 81
acres and have prepared to extend the
shaft, which is now down 100 feet.
The San Luis Obispo Tribune said
recently that the Ralston mining COM
pany of San Francisco has made many
new quartz locations in the Los Burros
district. No reports of new discover
| les have been made. Considerable de-
velopment work has been done on gold
claims.
According to the Grass Valley Union
high grade milling ore, estimated to
run about $50 per ton, has been un-
covered In the Midas mine in the new
shaft:
The ledge Is strong well defined and the ore
is Of variety which Is usually found in all the
big mines of the county. Two shifts will now
be put on and development work will continue
steadily. The company owns very large tract
Of land on which the ledge can be traced for
two miles, thus giving 1t sufficient territory to
work for an untold period OF time. Two years
ago the Midas was discovered by the James