The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
The Hoag Mines

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Work at the Hoag mines is progress
ing in satisfactory manner and while
nothing of startling nature has de-
veloped during the last week, interest
has increased and the work is being
prosecuted with new Vigor.
The Consolidated company at the
Mountain View mine is still forging
ahead and the vein opened up last
week is holding its values steadily.
The vein is increasing rather than
diminishing and the work of stopping
is making a big showing and putting
many tons of good milling ore on the
dump daily.
company has started operations and
as a preliminary has for the past
week been sorting and sacking ore for
the intention of this company to put
a force of miners a work getting out
ore as soon as the present cleanup of
ore is finished.
The ]. r. Wall lease on the Sunset
is looking fine with a large body of
good milling ore in sight. During this
week a rich body of ore was opened
up on this property that bids fair. to
equal anything in the district. Mr..
Wall, who is a thorough mining man,
is highly pleased with the show
ing the mine is making and is con-
templating putting on heavier force
and continuing operations day and
night.
good ore with steadily increasing val
ues Up to the present nothing ex-
tremely big has been opened on this
property, but has been a shipper right
from the grass roots down, and as
depth has been obtained the values
have increased and the permanency of
the ore bodies more fully established,
leaving no question or doubt as to Its
being a continual and permanent ship
per and a money maker for the leasers
and owners.
Taken as a whole the camp never
district to become a heavy. shipper of
bullion ever more promising.-Fort
Bijwell Gold Nugget.
Some Fresno Mines
The Eliza Jane mine is situated in
the Hughes creek mining district. and
was first located by Charles Brown.
who sold 1t to Vince Moore and was
operated by Moore for a number of
years. He shipped over $4,000 worth
of bullion. and the mine has yielded
The property. of the Crescent mining
company consists of five claims in Au-
berry valley and extends down to the
San Joaquin river The prevailing rock
is granite, well in place.
The development of these claims
consists of one tunnel $50 feet. striking
the ledge at depth of 100 feet. Four
shafts have been sunk in the tunnel,
going down on the vein.
The vein is o feet wide at the bot
tom of the shaft. The quartz is very
values lin sulphur) ranging from
s60.77 to s75.65 per ton, according to
recent assays.
The Blue Canyon gold mining COM
pany's property is situated about 10
miles east of Ockenden in Big Creek
mining district and consists of eight
claims.
The ore is base and is in a well de-
fined ledge, varying from 10 to 18
inches wide.
The rock assays on an average of
richest has gone as high as s34 per
ton.
above the Brushy Ridge mine. being
at the top of the mountain, and the
Brushy Ridge at the foot, and from
all appearances the topography of the
ledge though the White Cross vein is
between distinct walls of mica schist
both hanging and foot. and the Brushy
Ridge being in serpentine and diorite.
The development of this mine con-
sists of 400 feet of tunneling passing
through. some very fine ledges well
defined. This is termed the lower
tunnel.
The assays show from s19o2 to
S1.025.23 per ton.
Little Davis, or Davis Flat mine. is
snT and pY se Of g5 camsg nng
are under option to the Davis Flat
mining company.
The development work on the Little
Davis consists of one tunnel 100 feet
long and one shaft so feet deep to tap
the vein, also shaft in the tunnel of
25 feet.
This property has been developed
during this season, but owing to hav-
ing encountered water in the 20 foot
wings and not having pumps and ma
chinery and necessary power to keep
the water pumped out work has been
stopped temporarily pending the deter
mining whether or not the company
will put in a 10 stamp mill.
The vein is from 10 ippboc n
thickness, lies horizontally at a slight
angle in granite walls. both foot and
hanging. and ASSAYS from $50 to $50
per ton in gold.-Fresno Republican.