Show california MINING NEWS extensive operations being carried on in several counties special correspondence san francisco calif oct 9 hydraulic mining milling especially in sierra nevada and trinity counties is receiving considerable attention due to the success of the operations at the and brandy city mines A number of mining men have been investigating the gravel deposits of the north bloomfield and you bet districts and as a result properties in these two sections will be opened up in a mining minin fashion A number of good quartz properties are being opened up in calaveras talaveras Cala veras county the mayflower about one mile west of mur phys ghys has some very good ore in sight the average value running about 14 gold old with good values in the sulphur ets the washington on indian creek six miles from murphys Murp hys is being worked by the clary gold manufacturing company in the shaft which is feet deep there is two feet of high grade ore there is a 10 stamp mill on this property the development work on the total wreck has exposed considerable milling ore of a value of 20 per ton in a recent test tons of ore gave returns from the plates of 2000 quartz properties in plumas county are looking good and some rich strikes are being made at the red slide three quartz veins have been cut in running a tunnel and as a result idaho capitalists are negotiating to secure this prospect the gold rim mine is being exper exported ted by mining engineers representing eastern capital and a deal is now pending options have been scared on the pioneer mayflower mountain maid and ne plus gravel mines by reid and jordan of san francisco and arrangements are being made to start work as aon as possible the south amador mine amador county is being and considerable prospecting is being done on oil the foot level with gratifying results the shaft which is 1250 feet deep will be all pumped out and mining carried out on a large scale A new ore body has been opened up in the lincoln mine having a width of six feet with a value of 10 per ton gold about has been expended thus far in development work and in machinery the butte creek consolidated dredging company operating in butte county is now handling some cubic yards of gravel per month but despite laige laege boulders and uneven bedrock a good profit is being made only one dredge operating at present but another one will probably be installed by next year thi company owns 1450 acres most of which is dredging ground the fightner Tight ner which caused a revival in mining in sierra county last year and from which johnson took out over a million is now being worked under bond by J AT obrien and another rich strike has been made in the face of the lower tunnel the ore is of the same bonanza class for which the fightner Tight ner is noted the ten stamp mill is being pushed to completion with all possible speed the kate hardy near forest sierra county is being run on the vein A mill is to be constructed next year and as large tonnage as possible will be blocked out in the meantime the goodwin mine which is situated on the north fork of the tuolumne river buol amne county has been bonded to a san francisco company and is to be prospected thoroughly this group has some excellent indications for the working of a mine for some time a number of men have been un watering the star king property which produced good ore a number of years ago but which has been idle on account of fire destroying the surface plant this mine is near the town of tuolumne tuolumne county and the workings consist of an foot shaft if the examination is satisfactory work will begin immediately dia tely the production from the dutch mina still continues the 20 stamp mill being kept running on ore from the foot level A new hoist is being installed so that more ore can be handled this property has been a produce for several years the scribner onn consolidated mining company have bought the california mine in rough and ready district and it is claimed that the price paid was a large one this company has also secured the west point property and all of these claims will be worked through one large plant at the west point drifting crosscutting cross cutting and sloping out ore is being pushed and the tonnage blocked out at present promises much for the future or of tills mine A number of oreville capitalists have been negotiating for the holdings ot of tile the happy valley ditch company at anderson shasta county and if the deal is consummated it will mean much for this section for work will be carried on extensively and this section opened up it has been reported that W P hammon the california dredge king has been negotiating for the purchase of the famous utica group of mines located near angles lavaras calavaras Ca county this property at one time was tile the largest gold producer in california and was worked for several years hobart lane and hayward made their fortunes from this property the big blue and sumner mines at kerr ville kern county are looking good as ore is being blocked out in tile the workings and this group should prove to be one of the best in the state the conditions for min mill ing being ideal as plenty of water is at hand for power and the ground being firm but little timbering is required in the ear ly eighties this mine was one of the largest producers in california G CHESTER BROWN |