Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-30
EXPECT RETURN
OF GOLDEN DAYS
'SMARTSVILLE PIONEERS SEE
DOLLARS AHEAD
CAPITALISTS BUY QUARTZ AND
PLACER MINES
Sand Hill and Timbuctoo Districts Also
Enter New Era with Prospects
Backed by Ample
Means

NEVADA CITY, Aug. 29.-Every in
dication points to Smartsville again
becoming the center of big mining
operations, and the pioneers are rub
bing their eyes and wondering If they
are about to see a return of the golden
days of yore. Certainly the outlook
has not been as bright since the early
placer days.
Within a short time the drills fol-
testing the river claim of the Marys-
vile Quartz Tunnel and Mining com
pany in the channel Of the Yuba near
I there will arrive and be placed in OPP
GRAFTON by the parties who have taken
a bond on the property for dredging
purposes.
Old prospectors predict that the
tests will be favorable to the introduce
4 ton Of the goldboats, as this section
of the river has been the dumping
ground, or settling basin, for the rich
gravel mines in the Smartsville camp
and vicinity since the early days. II
Is estimated tf at a vast amount OF
gold escaped II rough the tunnels and
drifted to resting place in this
basin, where the grade of the river
is comparatively small.
Small capital is also seeking oppor,
tunity in the quartz ledges of Sand
Hill mining district at Timbuctoo, a
suburb of Smartsville. 1t is reported
! that s. o. Cunning is about to bond
the valuable Marc Anthony quartz
mine to persons of means.
Money Comes at Last
This, it Is argued, is what is needed
to develop the district-the sinews OF
war in sufficient sum to go down deep
and open up the unexplored regions
Of the once noted field. Predictions
are being made that those who are
persistent will be richly rewarded, as
the surface indications are alone quite
encouraging.
Near the Marc Anthony the famed
Bullard ledge of early days, where, in
1860, over $4,000 was taken out of
one pocket, is located and there is
similar property close at hand await
1lng capital to develop IL.
The Erie mine near Graniteville has
passed from the hands of George Main
hart to a company of capitalists OF
Wheeling, w. Va. r. G.. Eckis of Oak
land Is making arrangements to begin
work at the Erie without delay and
expects to have the mine running the
early part of next month. He says
that the people who have taken over
the Erie have the necessary wherewith
to thoroughly develop the property and
the company has been organized as
the Erie Consolidated Mines company.
Send Expert to Examine
The Wheeling people sent an expert
to examine the Erie, and it was on the
strength of his report that they con-
cluded to secure the property. Mr..
Eckis will act as manager for the new
company and has had over twenty
years experience in mining, which
will stand him well In hand in devel-
oping the Erie, which he looks forward
Ito as one of the biggest propositions
IN the Graniteville district.
x For many years the Erie group,
which consists of the McCarty, Dublin
Bay, oliver and Holland claims, has
been owned by George Mainhart of
Grass Valley, who is now operating
the Ancho mine, which adjoins the
Erie, and placed it on paying basis.
There is tunnel 1900 feet long, and
while o. e. Turner worked the prop
erty a fine thirty-stamp mill, COM
pressor and other equipment were in
stalled, which is driven by water
power.