Show THE consolidated MINES in the september 8 issue of the journal of yreka areka california reeves davis gives an account of the operation of the consolidated mines at happy camp in the western portion of siskiyou you county as follows on the of august the davis consolidated mines at happy camp made its usual shutdown for the season after a water season about like last years both being about the average before starting up the mine on oil november the mine sawmill situated nine miles up the ditch will ibe be overhauled and the winters supply of lumber cut the main 30 inch pipeline on the bedrock will be extended westerly feet farther also a line of 1100 feet of 22 inch pipe together with two foot strings of 15 inch feeder pipe will be entirely three giants are always set up which use nozzles from five inches up to eight inches only two giants can be filled at one time A fourth glant giant taking grider creek water through a 1400 foot line of 20 inch pipe throws a separate supply of wash water into the diggings mr reeves davis of san francisco is the sole owner of this property which comprises a tract of 1200 acres about 1000 acres of which are mineral patent and of which acres are virgin channel containing gold elou enough 0 h to make them interesting to mine mr davis rigged this property up during 1910 mining off acres the following year when the bank had an average height of about sixty feet during 1912 the bank averaged eighty feet and acres were handled in 1913 the ground was ninety feet deep and only 1702 acres were mined off during 1914 the bank had increased to a height of feet and this coupled with three series of breaks on the ditch line cut ithe average mined off down to 1588 the calendar year 1915 is not completed yet but the maximum height of bank has now been reached as the mountain rock forming the back rim is now exposed showing an original width of channel of 1800 feet since 1910 but acres have been mined off and a slide of a further eight acres from the barren mountain was piped out with it gravel miners will appreciate the kind of gravel that will net a profit under these conditions mining nine months a year will require years to mine off this tract |