The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12

CALIFORNIA
Mountain View Riches

A visit of a Nugget representative
to the Mountain View mine, the prop
erty of the Fort Bidwell consolidated
mines company, reveals the fact that
the mine is immensely rich. A depth
of 200 feet has been gained, and every
stroke of the pick reveals more and
Drifting has been resumed on the
main drift, lower level, and four feet of
good ore that pans well has been un-
covered, the assay figures running into
big figures.
Shooting in east drift No. 1, lower
level, has opened up wonder. Good
indications We're struck some time ago;
countered. The stringers were followed
for a distance of 80 feet, when they as
sembled and a 10 inch vein appeared.
In less than five feet the vein widened
out and made from 10 inches to feet.
At the 10 inch mark assays showed
$121 Five feet farther assays ran to
$163, producing evidence that the vein
is permanent and gaining in size and
value as depth is obtained.
Drifting is also being prosecuted on
east drift No. g. at the bottom of the
winze, and wonderful sight met the.
gaze of the newspaperman as he en-
tered the workings, as gold is plainly
visible to the naked eye in many places.
The gold is coarse and, although no as
says have been made, there is no queS-
tion that the value will run high.
The west drift on this level is also
being worked. and the showing is good.
The object of the company is to get
out as much ore as possible, prepare to
mill and place the mine on Self-SuS-
tanning basis, which, with the amount
of rich ore in sight, bids fair to be real
iZed at an early date.
All of the ore taken from all parts OF
the mine pans more or less, not a par
ticle of barren ore being present.
There is in the neighborhood OF lou
tons of ore on the dump at the Noun
tain View, all of which will run in the
neighborhood of $100 per ton.
Manager Cummings is considering
from the mine to the mill, and intends
to begin hauling ore as soon as the
road is completed which Will be fin
ished by the time the mill is ready to
treat the ores.
care in the sorting and sacking OF the
is extremely rich. A great deal of the
siftings pan a good grade of coarse
gold, which the representative or the
Nugget tested personally as well as
taking samples and making paintings,
none of which proved barren.
The mine is in fine shape and accord
ing to our opinion from personal m
spection it seems that Manager Cum
mings is exercising the best of business
judgment, and as he has IN the NOUN
tain View sure shipper the m,ae fbie
year.-Fort Bidwell Nugget.
Activity at Uncle Sam
There is great activity at the Uncle
Sam mine, in the Forest district,
according to a telephone message re-
ceived from there today. This claim
is included in the boundaries of the
North Fork placer claim. twenty-five
or 80 years ago, while the properly was
vein was intersected a distance OF 1000
feet in the tunnel. The miners blasted
through it, as the gravel at that time
was too rich for them to stop and work
the quartz despite the fact that the
quartz was rich and assayed thousands
of dollars to the ton. But the processes
of working the quartz at that time were
crude and the rich sulphurets were
thrown to one side Later some pros
pectors came along and had the sui
phurets treated: recovering thousandsS
of dollars therefrom. When the gravel
channel was exhausted the mine was
abandoned, the owners not thinking it
worth while to bother with the quartz;
Recently company was organized
for the purpose of working the quartz
claim. The manager is G, F. stone
Theodore Bell, the democratic pollti-
clan. is interested in the property. A
gasoline engine has been installed and
other surface improvements made with
the intention of working the property
on an extensive scale.
The Uncle Sam is on the same contact
as the Tightner. Rainbow and other
rich mines at Alleghany.-Nevada City
Transcript.
Salmon District
The quartz vein which Frank Wyrick
and F. H. Bardshar are developing in
the Forks of Salmon district has turned
out to be something good. me ne mine me
Stenshaw and later by Smith and Nc
Phee Wyrick's richest find was within
two feet of where Smith and McPhee
vein showing rich values. 1t is said
they now have $4,000 on the dump of
the mine.-Siskiyou News.
Gold Star
Splendid progress is being made at
the Gold Star mine at Allegheny. A
cleanup of the gravel taken out was
recently had and the results were most
drift gravel mine, is worked through a
long tunnel The channel has been
opened up for quite distance. One of
the gratifying things in connection
with the development of the property is
the fact that the Omega channel, which
runs into the ground owned by the Gold
Star company, has been intersected- The
channel was intersected, but nothing
was said of the event pending develop
ment. Now that the channel has been
assayed the company is at liberty to
speak of its accomplishments
The Gold Star is owned in fee simple
by a company of which w. 7. Motley of
New York is the president. He became
interested through Harry L. Engle-
bright and A. A. Charonnat of Nevada
City. They got the mine last year after
becoming thoroughly acquainted with
its past production and its possibilities.
Thomas Coan is in practical charge OF
the work There are nine men at work
but additional miners will be employed
during the present month.--Neyada
City Transcript.
Good Gravel at Cold Springs
Good gravel has been struck at the
Cold Springs mine at Willow valley.
superintendent Thomas Coan came to
town yesterday evening with a small
vial containing several large colors of
gold that came from pan of gravel
that had been worked during the day
1t appears that the company is just
about to enter the channel it has been
working so hard for SO long a time to
get. long tunnel has been driven
through hard rock and under adverse
circumst tances, but the management has
persevered and it's efforts are about to
be crowned with success.
From indications the channel is grad
ually dropping down to the tunnel that
is being driven. A short while ago de-
velopments demonstrated that the
channel was more than 30 feet above