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Show THE AUBURN MINES. , Tlio quarlz liiiucs around Auburn, Placer cuunty, ate attracting uiuck attention. at-tention. Tlio district was regarded a;-mote a;-mote or less '"played out," aud had settled dowu into a seuit-agricukurai region, liut tlie mining interest has leeeutly taken a new start. Tlie Grass Valley Union, speaking of these mines, e.-pccially mentions the Shipley, fit. Louis, liuokeye, Cox & Denton, jUillon, au iVatiiek, aud otlier mines. The drst named lias an immense amount ol nietalhleious quartz. In tbe second, ..he rook shows . pure gold aud sulphu-tet sulphu-tet ores, some ot them showing by as say 150 iu silver and the same amount m gold per ton. 'The Buckeye is au equally promising mine. The tit. Pat-tick, Pat-tick, tlie best developed of the number, is situated aoouc turee miles due west of Auburn. 'The total depth of the shaft is T1H feet. Prom this shaft three levels have been run. Xhe total of ore iu sight is at least 4.5UU tons. The last ciushing of average oies yielded ueany eighty uollars per ton. ihe next crushing, as good judges ol uresjulorui us aud as we beueve, will pay over sfUU to the ton. 'The openings open-ings iu the mine show a ledge which is remarkably uuiform in its mineral oearing qualities. 'The value of the ore in sight at that rate will be $-15U,0U0, or 5U per cent, more thau the price ol the whole property at the market value of the stock. Iu every iustance the richness of the ore ineruates with the depth, and the tit. Patrick mine, so lai, is no exception to the rule 'Tne hoisting is done with a small "donkey engine," and no pumping is required. The water is easily controlled with tubs. In addition addi-tion to the Cit. Patrick ledge the company com-pany own two other ledges called the liig Doig,' and 'Little Tioig,' so named iroiii the locator of them. The L.tt.t Doig ruus nearly east and west paiaiki to the 8t Patrick. 'The Big Poig runs from north-east to south-west, cressiuj; the St. Patrick and Lutie Doig ledge-diagonally. ledge-diagonally. Both of the Doig kuges have been very rich on the cropping?, when lorinoily worked, tho lii 1 Inig especially being rich. It is said, on good authority, that James Doig, the locator, took out about $40,UUU from the oroppings of the two ledges which bear his name. 'The croppmgs of the St. Patrick ledge and tbe Little Doig ledge are distant from each other about i'lb feet. The permauent working shall of the ledge, or ledges, will be near the junction of the Big Doig ledge with the St. Patrick. 'The oroppings of all the ledges can be traced on the surlace for a long distance say more than a rude. The St. Patr'ck mine is under charge of Mr. John W, Roberts, superintendent, super-intendent, with Mr. Harry Mill, formerly form-erly of Grass Valley, aud a thorough miuer, as foreman. 'The success of the St. Patrick in the past, and its great prospects for tbe iuture have done much to make Auburn district a mining min-ing one. Most of the above mines are owned in San Francisco. |
