Show california nevada city transcript specimens of quartz speckled with coarse gold are being exhibited at downieville Downie ville coming from the rosasco ranch quartz claim under development under bond and lease by homer gould ed poggi and john C donnelly the pay chute was struck in the adit level ate ve days ago and the values have continued so far as the advance was made by blasting this is the first substantial strike made in several years in that locality on the serpentine contact which extends northwards from allegheny alleghany Alleg hany liany across S sierra ierra county to whisky diggings near gibsonville Gib sonville nevada city transcript homer gould and ed poggi who have bonded the rosasco mine near downieville Downie ville are elated with a strike of good quartz about pounds of the ore has been sacked and it is almost half gold and it is estimated that all the ore in sacks will average 2 a pound or about a ton they are sinking deeper to ascertain the length of the chute the vein where the strike was made is about two feet wide carrying eight inched of high grade ore the ore is free from arsenical sulphur ets but the sulphur ets will be deeper A has been put on the chute but the work is slow as the ground is wet yreka areka journal B S taylor owner of the homestake Home ho nie stake mine on taylor creek near the highland mine returned from the mine last tuesday night bringing with him some of the richest specimen rock that has been seen here for a long time he only brought about sixty pounds with him but it is estimated that there is over in the small amount the rock it is said will go from to to the ton sohn john boyle is in charge of the mine and they now have a force of five men doing development work they have opened up the old original pay chute from tunnel no 1 down to tunnel no 3 encountering a large body of ore that will go to the ton after the specimen ore is taken out the homestake Home stake was purchased by mr taylor about a year since after a thorough examination of the property the purchase pur chase price he paid was the homestake Home stake bids fair to develop into one one of the best mines in siskiyou you county |