The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

| employed all the way from 30 to 150
| men, variously employed in the diversi-
! fed ways and means for the exploita-
! ton of q large hydraulic mine, and it
will be one of the few big mines that
are permitted to mine on the Big Blue
| lead of ancient dead river channel de-
| posits Of auriferous gravel. The out
| lay before actual regular mining is in
! augurated will foot up total of $250,-
| 000 and that has all been expended in
! labor and the purchase of construction
material and equipment and represent
! ed in the building of fumes and
| bitches, drain tunnels, dams roads and
! trails, piping, power plant, sawnill
/ stamp mill for prospecting work etc
This has been practically the private
! enterprise of few individuals the
| Brandy City mines being owned by a
| close corporation of San Francisco cap
italists. Their holdings comprise ap-
proximately 1000 acres Of auriferous
| gravel ground. covering long stretch
of the ancient Neocene channel of the
North Yuba river in western Sierra
county.-Nevada City Transcript.
Hayes Mine Bonded
The Hayes mine, situated in Sierra
! county about two miles frem Sierra
City on the Downieyille w evil e road. has been
| man of Newark, n, j., and q number OF
other eastern capitalists, known as the
Essex mining and development com
! pany. William Barker left yesterday
morning for the property and will have
! charge of the work Of reopening the
| mine.
Many years ago the Hayes was one of
the good producing mines of Sierra
| City at the time when that city was
booming. The property is worked by
tunnel and on the property is 20
stamp mill, together with other modern
mining machinery. Water power is
used throughout
At the start II men will be put to
work cleaning out the tunnel and clear
ing up the property. 1t is thought that
within a short time the payroll will be
materially increased and development
will be carried on on a larger scale un-
der the direction of superintendent
Barker.
The property is located in a rich
mineral zone, being in the same locality
as the Marguerite and keystone mines
which are large producers. The Essex
company operates different mines
throughout the state and have the
cial troubles. They have every conf
| dence in the property and have it slated
among the coming producers. With the
Hayes mine in working order again
and with the other numerous mines
| that have recently been opened in that
| section Sierra City and Sierra county
! will witness a return of prosperous
days.-Grass Valley Union.
Kate Hardy
The tunnel being extended at the
Kate Hardy mine at Forest has struck
the rich chute that was worked above.
We are told that the rock is fairly
! hanging together with gold and several
| thousand dollars have been taken out
mel still lower down will be pushed
ahead to the chute as soon as possible
-Downieville Messenger.
Black Diamond
Eastern capbal, represented by W.
=. Oddie, president of the Crescent Hill
gold mines company which is operat-
ing in the Claremont district south of
quincy took bond on what is known
as the Black Diamond quartz mine at
the head of Hopkins and Slate creeks
In southern Plun9as about q year ago
and have, been doing active develop
nent work on the same. The property
/ is owned by Joe Math. and one payment
on the option price has been made by
the bonding partT. TWO tunnels have
been run on the claim. one so feet long
and the other $50 feet. The ledge was
tapped in the first mentioned tunnel at
a point near the surface. In the long
lower tunnel, however the vein has
not yet been reached, although it is
expected that it viii be cut into shortly
ledge. The Black Diamond quartz
mine was worked many years agp by
two Spaniards and. although the vein
claimed that over $4,000 in gold was
taken out by them by means of shaft
so feet deep. Indeed, it is stated that
naked eye in the quartz now exposed
to view. The claim s@situated on the
road between GibSonville and Johns
vile in section which has produced
large quantities OF the yellow metal
and which contains many very meri-
| torlous prospects in the line of gold
quartz veins Owing to the fact that
toe Black Diamond claim is 1000 feet
above sea level, its development has
been retarded TO some extent by heavy
SHOWS and the shortness of the sum
mer season at that altitude."-Plumas
National Bulletin
Combination Fraction
Combination Fraction affairs are
moving along at an even and salts