Year: 1872

Ahis hiihe is situated IN one OF the most de-
lghtful places that are to be found amongst the
surrounding hills of Ophir The camp is taste
fully laid out and presents q very picturesque
appearance. The buildings thereon consist Of
flrst very commodious house with store rooms
puilt expressly for the use of the superintendent
and officers of the mine. Secondly, there is n
very fine hotel and boarding house called the
Greene House. This hotel is in close proximity
and very convenient to the mine, 1t being kept
by one William Pillow, a very stoet, robust man.
and one well suited for landlord, The hostess
is OF different caliber, her make being of the
lean kind we read of in Scripture, but very
accommodating, affable and pleasing in her man.
ners; upon her devolves the duties of hotel keep


ing She is just the lass who has an eye to busi
ness, and can do it up to the handle. Bully for
her,


But the ornament of the camp is large splen-
did building, technically termed an engine house.
In this house placed two very powerful engines
for the purpose of hosting and pumping; the
latter engine while performing its duty, of course
you can perceive its movements) the friction is
SO slight that you scarcely hear sound
and everything is kept clean and as nice as a
gentleman parlor; consequently it has earned
the name of "model NINE The company is
employed in sinking very fine shaft which is
to be sunk to the depth of about 2l5 feet, by
men working on eight hour shifts. The late
rains had tendency to throw down and very
much increase the water, which made the sink
ing slow and tedious; but nevertheless they are
persevering and will soon reach the required
depth for second level, The lode in the shaft
is looking splendid, and is about twenty inches
wide, and worth, on an average for gold, 100000
per foot, This is one of the best ledges l have
seen for many years, And when the company
commence to drift and stope the ground, together
with the erection of twenty stamp mill, the
riches this mine will produce are at present in
calculabe, and must, for while, remain mys-
terry, The lode, presume, is situated in juxta-
position with a belt, or deposit, of ironstone,
which it is not easy to determine, unless we let
our IDEAS run with those of the writer of the
Julian Mine Prospectus, and call it gold-bearing
belt extending from Nevada to Marposa county,
which is small distance for a horab!endic,
feldSpaic and micaceouS granite writer to carry his
imagination without meeting with cross-courses
heayes, slides, splits, faults and everything else
of the kind that are Incidental and may be seen
in every mining country in the world, But not
wthstanding the deposit of ironstone just
mentioned, is to be seen at Green's mine at the
depth of 215 feet producing large blocks of al
most solid sulphurtes of iron as much as a man
can lift. The presence of such a mass of sui
phurtes accounts for the richness of the lode
the late developments in the mine fairly de-
monstrating the fact, that deeper the mine more
abundant the gold and that while this belt or
deposit of ironstone continues there is no
danger of having poor mine. 1t is the feeder
of all metals from the highest to the lowest grade,
and by the time you are down 500 feet you will
have the richest mine ever opened in California


The management of the works are in the
hands of an able and experienced miner, under
whose direction both the company and the mine
will be sure to meet with success. CAPT. JACK


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EARruQUAKE.-Quit an earthquake shake was
felt here at about hal-past two O. clock on Tuesday
morning last by such of our people as were
awake at the time, and even some were awakened
by the oscillations, the Gathering of window
blinds. etc. BY kilograms and exchanges We
learn tnat the SHOCK WIS lelt All over the cOaSt
and as far east as Utah. Earthquakes rare
things in this part of the State and most of our
people are not pleased that this one did not come
in the daytime instead of, like thief, in the
night.


The Schoo ball rendered by the Auburn Brass
Band not having been definitely arranged as yet,
their usual social and dance will take place on