The San Francisco call., 1910-07-10
GraniteviIIe Activity

/ SiolIIlS DoIOf0 I0Gy were DOn0eQ ana
has an abiding faith in their perma-
hency-Grass Valley Union,
GraniteyiIle Activity
Joe Bottle; who has returned from a
trip through the upper country, says
that Graniteville is the liveliest camp
in in the northern part of the county:
| There are now in the neighborhood Of
300 men employed around Graniteville,
with the prospects of more before the
summer is fully advanced.
At Sawmill fat 95 men are working
/ on the new dam for the Northern
Water and Power company. while the
Middle Yuha Hydro Electric company
has %, with the following numbers at
Keller, s; Erie. a.: Ancho, Is. There
are also several smaller mines work
ing crews. of from one to six men,
Grass Valley Union.
Lucky Star
Samples of the rock that is being
taken from the ledge of the, Lucky
brought to town this morning and ex-
| hibited and made a very good show
ing The ore is highly miHera5ed and and
sulphurets and will mill. freely. Just
what what the rock will go is not known
that it would average SIS in the mill,
which is unusually good Nine men
are employed under Mr. Rogers, the
superintendent, and they are making
good headway.. The shaft is down 80
feet and they have a good ledge four
feet wide in the bottom. The manage
ment is very well pleased with the
and they have every confidence that
they will make good mine out of 1t.
The samples show free, gold and it is
probable that below the ore will be
more valuable. 1t is understood that
another company is very anxious to
get hold of the Lucky Star, but Mr..
Ill - 4 Al, in
situated. has given his bond to Mr..
Rogers and associates and they will
not allow it to slip out of their hands.
Nevada City Transcript
independence Bonded
The independence mine on Wolf
creek, three miles east of Allegheny,
Sierra county, has been bonded and
leased to eastern capitalists, according
to a telephone message received In Ne
vada City recently. The bonders are all
prominent capitalists with ample CAPT
tai al their back for all purposes. The
details of the deal have not been di-
vulged by the owners or the honders.
Representatives of the company that is
to work the property are now in Dow
melville finishing up the details OF
the deal with the owners, Latreil1e
Brothers, the prominent merchants of
the town, and Charles P. Meany. Work
will be started as soon as the details of
the deal have been completed. 1t is the
intention of the bonders to pump out
the old smart, Wnlcn Is Del16Veu Dy
those who know the property, to have
attained a good depth under the old
management. A new engine and pow
erful hoist will be installed and the
sinking of the shaft resumed as soon
as the water is out.
The independence is one of the old
and prominent mines of southern ST.
ezra. For many years it was profit
able producer of gold. There is a strong
vein several feet wide on the property.
This averaged s11 ton in the mill at
the last working, It is known that the
vein is going down in the shaft.
The southern extension of the Inde
owned by W. H. Mclean of Granite
vile. 1t is believed that the reopening
of the former will mean the ultimate
development of the latter.-Nevada City
Transcript
Hess Mines
The mines known as the Hess mines
near Adm, which for years have been
c. r. Hess, who discovered the pros
pect years ago. have turned out to be
the most promising mines in northern
During the last two years Develop
ment work has been done on the prop
critics, a small capacity five stamp mill
having been installed. The mill has
been in operation several months.
grinding three or four tons of ore per
day. The output was about 500 per
4 careful estimate recently made by
a mining engineer of Los Angeles Of
the ore blocked out at this time Is to |
the effect that 1t will give yield Of
s450, 900
It was automatically reported today
that C. T. Hess had sold 10 year
ease on the fe 5 to and lbs tpat
Harvey who recently purchased a FIVE
year lease of one of the prospects, had |
Foundations, are now being laid for |
a 60 stamp mill and the mines will be I
rapidly developed With the Hess |
on the east. Modoc county Is rapidly !
coming to the front as gold produc- I
ing section-Sacramento Bee.
Tightner Ore
We are reliably informed that the /
ledge. in the Tightner lower tunnel is |
wonder The Fein is now a good eight |
feet from wall to wall and nearly all |
the ore is of the specimen variety. Rich
rock was anticipated, but nothing like /
what has been found was ever dreamed /
of.-Downieville Messenger.
Carson Ledge
The shaft at the Carson ledge in Slug
canyon has been sunk some 80 feet and I
a drift run az short distance to the
all along the drift and is still in the
face. They are now sinking the shaft /
again and the shoot is holding out in
Qeptl. and, IN 1acl, the rock is said TO 4
be steadily increasing in value From,
all reports the owners, Bell, Dolan and /
TefIemann. have a very rich piece of
property.-Do Messenger.
PIun1aS=
Articles of incorporation of the /.
Plumas Eureka mines company have
been filed in Plumas county. The cap
ital stock is s2,000.000 and the incor-
porators are George w. Phillips of New
York, j. Mccarthy Little d. w I.awton
and A. c.. Agnews of townsville and M.
d. McEniry of Denver, Colo There are L
now so men employed at the mine, 40
stamps are crushing ore and 20 more
the called worked out mines Of
ger
Lucky Star Strike
The much talked of Stringer district
came to the front last Saturday with
one of the most sensational finds that
has been made in this part of the state
ately. The strike was made in thel
Lucky Star, Bremmer group, operated +
oy Messrs. A. Mcclure, A. F. Deidrick
and T. B. Peterson. The ore is of the
lemitite character and old timers say
will yield from $500 TO $1,000. This
nigh grade ore was found at depth
# SO feet: the ledge is of an average
If six inches.
A piece Of the ore Weighing about Is