The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01

lease and bond expired and severman
| and Holgate took bond upon the
property last week. In three days
they had uncovered the ore beyond the
runs above $100 per ton. Severman,
who is an expert miner connected with
the Zarina mining company, says they
have two other chutes of ore wholly
untouched, and he judges their holding
is worth 100000 at the present out
look
Kirk & Son of Quartz Valley leased
the Old Turk ledge the first of the
year, and when the SHOWS melted along
the summit so as to furnish water they
panned below the line of the ledge and
discovered a chute of ore. They have.
out about % tons and will use the
Sleep arastra to ascertain its value.
The motor and pan evidence something
above SIS per ton. with three foot
ledge to draw from.-Sacramento Bee.
Great Gravel Channel
What promises to be find of impor-
tance has just been made public at
Jackson, Amador county. The Denend
boys have been at work on placer
claim three miles northeast of Volcano
and have opened up a body of cement
gravel for 40 feet across the channel
and it is from six to eight feet deep
The gravel prospects we'll in every part
and nuggets weighing from 81 to $11
have been found.
The find is in locality which has
produced large values in placer gold
pecting work until now. The claim
was located last year and little devel-
Gently. Those seeking this channel
had run tunnels either too high or too
low, and therefore missed 1t. This find
means renewed activity in many claims
MOuntaineer Mine
One of the first fruits of the recent
important development work done at
the M0nntainGPr mine is seen today In
the commencement of stopping in the
400 level Men were put at work re-
Gently. in the Slopes of that level
some distance from the new shaft, and
the work will be continued without in
terruption now that it has been started.
The property of the company In that
creek to the south of the zone that
separates the Grass Valley from the
Nevada City mineral districts
When sufficient ore has been extract
ed the mill will be started and opera
tions there will continue incessantly.
The ore will be hoisted through the new
of 400 feet and which is now being
opened below that point. This shaft is
one of the best in the state. 1t IS
equipped with machinery capable OF
developing the mine to a depth of sew
eral thousand feet The Skips carry
each three tons of ore and they dump
automatically into large bins from
which the ore is taken to the mill "a a
minimum of expense. In fact, under
the new conditions at the Mountalneer
the property can be worked at maxi
mum OF efficiency with minimum of
cost.-Nevada City Transcript.
Valuable Nuggets
Gray Brothers of Greenwich, Sis
kiyou county, and Hicks of Scott
Barr have leased the water of
the Scott Barr hydraulic mining com
and are running three giants on the
high channel. They use one inch
nozzle, one inch and one inch under
a goo foot pressure: They ar are run runnihbs ing
II mile ditch that is to be extended
seven. miles farther to tap Scott river
at the. gorge above the bridge. Ihey
of giant powder per day, blasting
boulders and caving banks, driving
everything through the fumes, whi9n ,
feet of box The mouth of the fiume
has 100 feet drop to Scott river, thus
shooter clears the claim every Is min,
utes The men are picking up $50 and
$50 nuggets, although several feet
above bedrock Chunks as large as 10
rounds weight, 1t is claimed, have been
taken out of this channel near here.
therefore big gold is looked for near
bedrock.-Sacrament Bee.
White Lily Mine
Sterling P. Dunn. superintendent of
the White Lily mine, commonly called
the Dunn mine, reports his mine run.
ming steadily, the company having 8
men employed in the mine and mill.
Six stamps are continuously crushing
ore to the extent of Is tons daily.
Dunn did not volunteer any informa
ton as to the gold product, but did
state that this was quite satisfactory.
This mine was discovered about IA
years ago and has been mined IL of
these years 1t has been a steady pro-
ducer and indications point to the fact
that it will SO continue for many years
to come.
The company now has in sight a
larger body of ore than at any pre-
vious time Stopping so feet in width
is being carried on in the deposit
The tunnels opening up the mine are
situated but short distance above
the water level in the north fork, no
hoisting of ore, therefore, being neces-
sary. The ore is trammed directly into
the mill-Plumas National Bulletin.
The Lehigh Mine
Henry Jones of Forest Hill, who was
in Auburn Friday, was displaying a
fine $50 nugget taken from the Lehigh
mine, situated a mile and a half from
Forest Hill and just above the fabu-
Iously rich Three Queens mine, in
which George Wingfield, the Nevada
capitalist, became interested.
The nugget shown by Jones is one of
the smallest that is said to come out
of the Lehigh property, others running
up to 500 each. Clarence ID. McKin-
ley, a prominent businessman of Forest
HILL stated yesterday that a new era
in mining prosperity was in store for
the Forest Hill and Yankee Jim's sec
tion this coming summer. - Placer
County Republican.