Show this company is now employing men and is contributing to the welfare of the state with its weekly payrolls which ne ces harily run into very substantial figures this district was among those first discovered in the early days of california gold mining at first the rich silver bars absorbed the attention of the miners affet the bars were exhausted work was largely confined to the gravels and hydraulic mining followed by drift mining was at first the principal occupation of the camps lode mining was carried on meanwhile in a desultory way and occasionally masses of rich ore were taken from the veins the history of the camp as an important producer began in 1907 with the rediscovery of the fightner Tight ner vein by H L johnson it is impossible to obtain any figures soli wing the output from the quartz veins of the district distinct from the placers an estimate has been made that the yield up to 1909 from quartz mines in the entire colfax quadrangle has not exceeded 10 probably half of this was derived from mines in the vicinity of alleghany allegheny Alleg hany from 1908 to 1912 the production of the lode mines of the district was more than A copy of the report may be obtained free on application to the director of the geological survey washington D C |