| Show MINING IN PLACER COUNTY S SPECIAL correspondence san francisco july 24 placer county is attracting considerable attention on account I 1 of the quartz pro properties bertles that are being developed as it has been noted heretofore as a producer of placer gold the quartz ledges so far discovered carry good 0 4 IN I 1 twenty stamp mill at southern cross mine values and are wide enough to pay to work at a profit prof lt hight grade is found also and the natural conditions are ideal due to the abundance of wood and water the district alon along the american river is being carefully prospected the placer gold seems to have been washed down from the ledges on the steep steel hillsides hill sides traversed by this stream the pioneer quartz mine is a steady producer with twenty stamps dropping day and night on high grade ore the rawhide has opened up a new ore body that will yield handsome returns and when the southern cross resumes operations the district below the summit will do much to increase the output of gold from california the strike made in the hope gravel mine at placerville erville may prove to be one 0 of f the most important discoveries in the history of placer county the gravel ravel is said to run 50 to the car search for this deposit has extended over many years but drills and tunnels alike failed to locate it until the present operators exposed the channel three other properties are on the same channel and will be worked this strike has caused much excitement in placerville erville giving a decided impetus to the boom now pervading that locality the murdock drift gravel mine at flat some lour four miles above placerville erville has been bonded by N H berger of tile the hope mining company for idalio idaho capitalists is t s the holdings cons consist of sixty acres of patented land through which passes an ancient river channel capped with lava and the gravel is firmly cemented due to volcanic action and as a result milling is required in order to free the gold the five stamp mill will be operated as the development work proceeds and a larger plant will be erected as soon as conditions justify it the hasbel gravel mine near auburn has been secured by some local parties and preparations actions are being made to reopen this property prop erty which is said to be very rich the georgetown ravel gravel channel has a width of feet as exposed by a tunnel which has just been completed the pay is good and a large production is predicted by the owners the herman quartz property at westville has hh been closed down due to the heavy snowfall snow fall but is now about to be started again by the com company lidny a glomp of Pitts pittsburg bur capitalists this mine is a divi bend payer alon along the american river the cash rock dredge company is operating axtens PC I 1 ft the summit placer county ively and splendid profits are being made the dredge was surrounded with tailings all winter and no drainage was caused by hil high ili water an excellent quality of gravel is being treated with brig bright prospects for a good seasons run dredging in the vicinity of Or sonville still continues on a large scale and the nacomas consolidated of california is building the second of its monster 15 cubic cubi c foot 0 gold boats this dredge will handle cubic yards or of material per in month nth and will beable to dig di gravel to a depth of fifty five alve feet below the surface the cost will be about the cost of dredging will not exceed 2 cents per cubic yard yara this company crushes up the large boulders resulting from the dredging operations and this fine ro rock ck is used as a road building material the nacomas consolidated is a corporation and controls dont rols many of the best dredging sect sections lons in the state the mining conditions in placer county today are in better shape than ever before and this section affords a good field for mining in 0 investments G CHESTER BROWN E na M |
