The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
CALIFORNIA
Ell Dorado Revival

Ell Dorado Revival
PLACERVILLE, Dec ga remark
able mining revival has come. to Ell
Dorado county during this month. Be-
Pacific mine in this city the excitement
has spread both north and south. The
Georgia Slide group of mines, near
Georgetown, which have produced Ics1
SO years, and which have been
worked continuously in primitive
way, are now to be worked with mod
ern methods. 1t is believed that only
about 20 per cent of the gold in the
past has been saved. B. A. Cardwel,
consulting engineer of sacramento
mining company, Is maRing, a IA MIL mi ,one tese
will make a fortune when worked over;
as they extend nearly half mile ana
are from Is to 80 feet deep In the
consisting of Ito acres of patented iand
with a II foot lead running through IT.
has been leased by Fred James, Arthur
Richards, John James, Albert Pnilorook
and Henry Ferguson. They will start
the mill at once. The Eureka quartz
mine has been reopened, unwatered and
is now being worked by G. j. LySer.
Thirty years ago this mine was hum
mer, but the owners got tangled up in
litigation and operations ceased. Inc
Bright Hope mine has been opened
side Eureka mining company, under b.
i. Ryus, one Of it's directors, is being
developed. A strike has been made IN
the placer mine on the Schlein place
by Joe lie Clair, Charles Olson and Joe
Rodoni. They are putting in l,50O 1eet
of new fiume.
Fairplay. Grizzly Flats and the ad-
jacent region, uncommon interest Is
shown c. S.IBrush and Asa N. Men.
6enhal of Oakland L, have purchased puT based OF
portion Of the mining property az
Henrys Diggings, at a price reported
at $4,000. They will begin extensive
will permit Near Smiths Flat the old
Carpenter mine, it is rumorei. Will be
opened. by tGoldfeld, parties. Thls Is
Blue prints indicate an up to date
plant
Quartz Hill Bonded
j. w. Noonan, owner of the Quartz
Hill mining property at Scott Bar, Sis
kiyou county, Just struck very rlcn
gold deposit, from which already mas
been taken out several thousand DOL
lars. with plenty more in sight Inc
property has recently been bonded toI
5000 000 This mine has been great
gold producer from away back In the
SOS and Is Just one mo9ntaln & p Oh 9uat "a t5e
klamath river, a distance OF about Two
miles, it is estimated that SlO,0oO,oOo IN
gold has been taken out by placer min
ing.
Armstrong Nialm
E. H. Armstrong was exhibiting some
very fine looking ore on the streets t11
day' and there are already two well
known mining men who are after an
option on the property. Ihe ore was
just peppered with gold and armstrong;
SAYS there is a ledge with plenty more
Of the same quality of rock In slght-
The ore came from a claim whlch az
Joins the Golden West mine IN the
Canada Hill district In Placer couhs.y,
where Armstrong has been running Tor
a gravel channel for several years. me
ore has the appearance OF What the 9id
miners call rose gold" and Illus usualiy "a y
almost always a bonanza, while If IT
turns out to be white the gold usually
pinches out. The ore which was eN-
where has a bldish tint and this is en-
couraging. The snow of winter started
to fall and the miners were obhged 70.
get out before they could actually des,
rs. IT ASSAYS $50 to $500 ton. When
the shaft was only 40 feet deep 90 tons
of rock We're taken out ana hauied "a
returns were 1868. something very un-
usual so close to the grass roots
Nevada City Transcript.
South Eureka
Fixing the shaft is proceeding at a
satisfactory gait. 1t is thought tnat
this work will be completed sufticiently
the first of the year at least by the
Middle of next month. 1t will be one
of the best equipped mines in the state
when again In operation and the vast
store of pay rock blocked out insures
dividends for many years to come. Inc
stock has held up well during the idle-
ness of the mill for the last three or
four months 1t is held at $3.50 per
share. The company has continued the
shaft repairing out of the surplus
Amador Ledger.
Bunker Hill
The cleanup for the month of No
vember showed a slight falling off as
compared with the previous month the
more than $4,000. The falling off is
owing to the large quantity of low
grade ore that was sent to the mill
from the 1 $50 foot level and that had
to be got out of the way, the easiest
and most economical way to dispose or