The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 13, 1896, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1896. ., April9.—The Hotel e finest hostelry in ifornia, was thrown to the public this week. gh the bouse is not fully the main builaing 1= in fine manageme! tor of the Southern Hotel of Bakersfield, ith a well-t d and efficient staff of he Victoria occupies a prominent po tion on the main street of the town, in the er of the bus: S quarter. uarried from the The main h of the building, is fitted rooms, ice meatroom and A doorway from the leads to the reading- also cpens upon the street. e office are the bar and handsomely equipped tend acro! main buildi v, especially, an ex- n be obtained of the s are arranged far as the dis- concerned. arteen sleeping e, are upon each ont of the contribute a total of for- feet long, wi 11 be two sto being used Hoor will the | ) feet in length, and | | know that the total cost of the Victoria, furnishings included, will foot up to the handsome sum of $100,000, xnd THE CaLL correspondent, after a visit to and inspec- tion of the establishment, is inclined to think that no better possible investment | could be found for that number of the golden dollars of the public-spirited owner : of the famous Rawhide mine. The furni- | ture is of curly birch and oak, of handsome designs, while the carpets are mainly of ]\’el\'el and_ heavy Brussels, of attractive pattern and varied colors. For weeks heavily leaden teams have been arriving from Oakdale, transferring tures and appointments for the hotel, and | | everything 1s in readiness for the opening | to-morrow. The frescoing and delicate | | tinting of the parlors, dining-room, bar- | |room and halls, taken together with the | more than handsome furnishings and fix- | | tures, present under the tlooding radiance | | of the electric light an effect so beauntiful and so suggestive of luxury and art that it is cult to realize that one is still in the | iittle town far up in the hills of Tuolumne County. Then the noise of the mountain brook that runs through the town only a | few steps from the hotel awakensone to | the reality of his surroundings. e HISTORY OF THE HOUSE. The Victoria Passed Through Different | Hands — A Happy ldea, HE building in which the hotel is lo- | cated has a somewhat unique history. | Its construction was begun last sum- | mer by two Italians who designed the | | structure with a view of utilizing the ground floor for two storerooms and the two upper stories for a lodging-house. It was put up as solid as a fortress, the walls appearing of ient strength to successfully resist | a ten-pound shot. Through the exact cen- | ter of the building, running lengthwise of | the structure, & solid stone wall was put up, extending from the basement to the roof. In this wall was but one door, con- | necting the two rooms on the ground floor. | The object which the owners had in view | in constructing the building in this man- ner was explained by one of them by the statement that the wall provided fora pos- sible emergency in which the two partners | might disagree. In such an event all that it would be necessary to do would be to close up the connecting doorway on the | ground floor and each man could takea half of the building, thus making practi- cally two structures out of one. Financial troubles came upon tbe orig- inal constructors, and it was at this junc- ture that Captain Nevills made a bid for the property and secured its control. Plans were rapidly drawn for converting it irst-class hotel b: ing, and the CAPTAIN W, [Reproduced fro A. NIVILLS, m a photograph.] of the , even com- ding the influence of art dence, as the painting, , etc., have been in the rd & Shell of Stockton supervision of Mrs. f the proprietor, Captain W. The wooawork has been given £ The woodwork, by the way, i ception _of ) ‘which are of mountain Throughout the entire house fix have been put in for lighting by both gas and electricity, it being the intention to utilize the latter for the present, a special plant for whica has been erected. In the appointments there are but very few hotels in California that can approach the Victoria. On every hand is discernible the studied effort for elegance combined with comfort, and at the same time the fact is stronzly impressed on the visitor that this splendid hostelry is built of Cali- fornian materials almost exclusively. Itis said by those who are snpposed to 1l of redwood, with the ex- | {work has been vigorously pressed up to | the present time. | On the whole, Sonora may well be proud of its new hotel, which is not only a thing | of beauty and use but 8 monument to the | enterprise of W. A. Nevills, who thas sets | an example waich other California capi- | | talists would do well to imitate by doing | | something practical toward building up | “tpe State which bas so abundantly en- | | riched them from her matural bounties. | | The rising young architect and builder, | | Hugh Braunton of Stockton, may also be | justly proud of his work on the Victoria. | It was 3 happy idea on the part of | Captain W. A. Nevills when he deter- mined to erect in Sonora a hotel of which many cities ten times the size of Sonora | might well be proud. 1 | Sonora has been rather deficient in hotel ! accommodations. The two hotels in town i | | have nearly every night been crowdea to the roof. and frequently guests were com- | peiled to seek sleeping accommodations | elsewhere. This condition of affairs could | naturally bave but one effect. Many pri- | | vate families saw an opportunity to make an honest dollar by renting their spare rooms, and a number of lodging-houses were erected for the same purpose. at times have | from that point the furniture, carpets, fix- | It is built | s i n AT ONE TIAN 1S DOING FORTUOLUMNE COUNTY When it became known thata new hotel was to | be opened all these interests—or many of | them—made vigorous protest. i That the traveling public will appreciat the proffered relief from couditiulr]lg \\'hickg 1 proved exceedingly embar- rassing, goes withput saying, and the people of Sonora will awaken to a realiza- tion of the fact that the new enterprise is a substantial factor in the upbuilding of the business interests of the town. The Hotel Victoria will not only give more adequate | accommodations to|'the public, but will stimulate a sfpint of rival‘:y which is the forerunnerof a higher degree of excellence. The Victoria fills a want in this com- munity and demonstrates the practi cability of enjoying all the modern ad- juncts and luxuries of civilization even in the fastness of the monntains far from railroads, steamships and the madding crowd of great cities. The Victoria is equipped with facilities both for gas and electric lighting, baths, etc., while the cuisine will be under the management of an able and experienced chef. e A LEADING MINER. Captain Nevills in the Wonderful Rawhide Mine Sets a Good Ex- ample. APTAIN W. A. NEVILLS enioys the distinction of being one of the most successful and enterprising miners in California, who through his courage, skill and indomitable energy has become the owner of justly celebrated for its marvelous rich- About five years ago he turned attention to the quartz mines of his Tuolumne County, at a time when mining | who were able to pass a clear title to Cap. | beautiful Hotel Victoria the journey will | its owner took passage, stage which brought the up also coilected $4 for its transportation. The fare is now $2 and your trunk goes free, whether it ac- }comp&nles or follows vou. The stages were put under the management of Dennis | Guerin, an old resident of Sonora, and | under his supervision trevel becomes a | luxury, the passengers riding in the finest | coaches that money can buy behind some of the best and ?;stest stock in ail Tu- clumne. _The history of the Rawhide mine reads | like a romance. 1t was opened, worked and virtually abandoned only to be once more passed through a process of develo?— { ment in which gold poured from the bowels of the earth in a copious stream. The sartz led-e was first Jocated in 1856 by bomas Willis and his partner, Robert Turner, who owned the Rawhide ranch- eriaand worked the placer deposits thereon. They subsequently sold the mine to four prospectors, who worked the ledge with | good results until it attracted the atten- | tion of Colonel Edward Green, a wealthy | capitalist, wno bonded the property for the | New York market in the early part of 1865. ! upon which | the next | article | Then trouble arose for the owners, who, | after incorporating ana making a deed to | the Eastern people, as an incorporation, | for $30,000, on_a better offer from the late | Jonn Gashweiler, sold_the mine again to | bim, giving their individual deeds. The New York company asserted its legal | | rights, ana_Gasbweiler caused the four | owners to be arrested on a charge of ob- | taining money by false pretenses. The | owners were acquitted, and in turn they | sued their enemy and secured substantial | damages against him. | _Afterthis was sertled the Eastern com- | pany took a lease of the mine for three | vears at $35.000 a year. The company ex- tracted ove to the value of $4500, and only then discovered it could not work the ore profitably. Pressure was brought to bear upon the owners and the lease was annulled, Green and his associates paving the debts ac- {crned‘ amounting to $6000. About this time Professor Silliman was sent out to | pass uvon the ores, and together with | Thomas Price elaborate tests were made in an endeavor to extract the gold, and a | large shipment was made to Swansea. | The Silliman report, a voluminous treatis a mine | On gold in conjunction with tellurium, is | ing up industries. | now in the archives of the company. Aiter this the mine was closed down for nearly twenty years, and until the location of | heirs of ‘the o inal owners in Liverpool, from Milton to Sonora, by way of James- town, is a genuine pleasure. This route avoids the heavy grades which make the ride to Sonora overother lines so tiresome. The route is through a most interesting stretch of country, famous in early Cali- fornia history. Table Mountain is ever a glory to Bret Harte's readers, and on the stage line re- sides the man who bas been described as the original Truthful James. The ferry over the Stanislaus is a feature of the stage ride, and that entire region is full of illus- | trations of the stories and poems of the early days of California mining. Not the least attractive of the many | quaint camps reached by aid of Mr. Ne- | vills’ stages is the old town of Columbia, the centsr of the hydraulic mining excite- ment when Harte and Twain were loafing | casnally about the diggings. In those days Columbia had many thousands of ‘Eenple. The substantial brick and stone | buildings erected at that time, as well as | in Jamestown, before alluded to, attest the confidence of the gold diggers in these places. Sawyer’s Bar is another historic | place, where immense amounts of gold | were taken out. | All the country about there is white with the protruding rocks, from whose surfaces, for several feet, the red soil has | been washed away. Away to the northand east are beautiful, undulating hills, rising to heights higher and higher until they become mountains of the Sierra Nevada range. They are fringed with green pine | and fir, and the fragrance from them is as | pleasant as it is health-giving. | Tuolumne is a most interesting county | tovisit. It is in Tuolumne that pocket- | mining, as well as quartz and placer min- | ing, is carried on. The former industry is | very alluring to nomadic miners who de- | sire to make a stake by merely following up stringers ot gold rock till they lead to a common center, where the pocket is | found. In one of these gold isfound in | [ guamitiea reaching all the way from a few ollars to several thousand dollars. In | “Roughing It” the author describes it as ‘ a lazy man’s most interesting occupation. It is conceded that the development of a section largely depends upon its roadsand means of transportation of freight and passengers. Good roads and good stages im the mountainous counties are prime | factors in increasing population and build- The Nevills line of stages will do much | to sttract tourists and investors to| | Tuolumne; and when it is remembered | that at Sonora the traveler can rest at ihe THE HOTEL VICTORIA, [rreerer | | level. i stoped. the third level has been extended south | that south of all the explorations exist and connected with the south or old shaft. Beyond certain points, however, the level is inaccessible on account of caves, and could not be entered from either the main shaft or the old shaft. No stopes have been cpened between this and the second level. Samples of the quartz from the caved-in portions assay $5 35 per ton, and an average sample from the level, ex- tending from the shait to the point where | closed for a width of six feet, assayed $612 | per ton. | The crosscut from the shaft to the level isall in quartz of a width of fully thirty feet, and an averaze sample assayed $4 94 | per ton. The level extended north has not | reached the quartz. | All of the quartz reserves now available | and meuuu%le is a block of quartz 90 feet | by 100 feet. No crosscut has been made on | the level to prove the width of this quartz, but the crosscut from the shaft has shown | the width to be 30 feet, and the width was | never much less than this on what is! termed the footwall vein. With the average width assumed, for the purposes of calculation, to be 20 feet, it is shown that there are at least 13,846 tons; and the | average assay value of this ore is §5 73 per | ton. It is not necessary to continue with the figures to show the richness of this great California mine, but the figares in the reports are of fascinating interest to the mining men of the State. At a depth of 500 feet from the surface | acrosscut was driven easterly and from its end the fifth level was extended south- erly for 200 feet. The face isin good ore. slm&}e 49A from this point assayine gold, SZST 3 silver, §1 50; total per ton, $26 33. he length of stobing has been 155 feet, and has extended nearly up to tne fourth The width of material removed in stoping has been from 5to 8 feet. All of the ground in the stopes and above the stoped ground in the level south of the shaft is badly caved. The reserves left | standing bere consist of a block next the | fourth level 155 feet long and 20 feet high, with an average width of 7 feet, an: pillar next the shaft 30 feet long, 100 feet high and 7 feet wide. Tinsblock of ground, however, is not immediately available, as time must be allowed for a sufficient set- tling of the ground. It should be remen- bered in this connection that sample49A was obtained from the only point where these reserves were accessible on the | fourth level, and that sample 41A. from the face of this level, where the vein is seven feet wide, assayed in gold and silver $26 33 per ton. Nortah from the crosscut the fifth {level has been driven over 500 feet, but the last 100 feet is in barren rock. At the crosscut the width of the quartzis quite thirty feet and sample 41 represents the average vaiue. This sample assayed gfio{m $6 20; silver, 61 cents: total per ton, 81. The most northerly crosscut on this | level is in quartz and the footwall has not | been reached. The value of the quartz at | this point is represented by sample 39, taken from the face, and sample 40, taken | from the roof, and which assayed, No. 39, $11 90; No. 40, $5 21 per ton. Undoubtedly this body of quartz ex-| tends up to the surface, where the crop- pings are very wide, and the guartz of the same general character. Surface profile and the eross section will make this point clear. At no place south of the shaft, excepting on the second level, has | any crosscut been driven into this foot- | wall vein, but, judging from the surface cropoings south of the main shaft, there can be no doubt but that the footwail vein | lies under all the ground which has been As will be noted later on, the ex- plorations north of the sbaft on the levels | below the 500 have been very limited, but there are aburdant evidences of the con- tinuance of the vein. SONORA. : was at low ebb in that region. Every mine | thereabouts was closed, although many of | the rich mines of tbe early days were ly- !ing idle, mines that have yielded from $100,000 to $1,000,000 from twenty to thirty years ago. The mines were closed because the own- ers could not proceed further with the meansand appliances of those days, but recent developments have shown in five different cases near Sonora that many of those once famous mines are still rich and | are again turning out their millions. Tuol- | | umne County is very favorably situated for quartz mining, and, so far as external indications and {facilities may serve as| | guides, together with the official records of the output of the mines in that county, | the presumptions are that it will be second to no other county in California in the pro- | duction of quartz gold. Wood and water are abundant, the roads generally are good and the quartz veins are large, numerous | and easily traced. Still with such natural advantages the | industry was dead, until one day it was rumored that the famous Rawhide mine bad been purchased and would soon be operated with improved machinery on an extensive scale. Shortly afterward Cap- tain W. A. Nevills, one of the new pur- chasers, and who is creditably known in mining and business ¢ircles the State over, appeared upen the ground, and from that day to the present the vicinity of the Raw- | hide has been marked by every evidence of enterprising development. From what had been regarded as a worthless property the Rawhide mine was transformed into one of the most valuable | in the mountains. Since then to the pres- ent time the material business conditions of this district have steadily improved. Other capitalists developed mines and val- ues took a decided upward tendency. The man who owned a mining claim could once more figure that he was the possessor of a taneible asset, and pubiic attention was directed toward the district which had for years received but little recognition | from the outside world. And all this was made possible by the enmsrising captain. In the course of time and machine-shop were needed st the mine and he erected these works some miles from the town of Sonora. . With every branch of the mine workin in perfect order, the great crushing-mill, the ore-reducers or refiners, the machine- shops and foundry, he looked about him for another enterprise. The captain found that a competing stage line would bea boon for Bonora and forthwith he ordered the necessary cosches and appurtenances | of a first-class, thoroughly equippea stage lipe. gl HIS MANY ENTERPRISES. Caoptain Nevidlis a Benefactor to the .People of the Town of Sonora. Pmox to the opening of the new line | ™ure at home on the romantic stage roads | that is much less than the actual av the fare was$4from Milton to Sonora, and if a passenger happened to carry with him a trunk, which it was found impossible to accommodate in the stage |tain W. A. Nevills and his associates, Messrs, Martin and Ballard. And now, with improved appliances and ) & better knowledge of the treatment of ores, Capiain Nevills_ana his partners, seem like a holiday excursion. The new line will greatly benefit Tuolumne County. — - THE GREAT RAWHIDE. IN THE LOWER LEVELS. Great Stores of Golden Ore That Lie in the Bowels of the Earth. | N the deeper levels of the Rawhide mine | there is an abundance of goldenore in | sight, and still beyond, miners say, | for there are millions in reserve lyingin | wait the hand of man to tear them from the bowels of the earth. Continuing his investigations on the 600 level, the expert found a vein 9 feet in widtb, giving an average assay of $30 16, $422 and $603 a ton. Samples from the face of this stope assayed—gold $32 50, silver $205; total, $3455 a ton. The vein at this depth lies south of the shaft, but there are clear indications that it also ex- tends nortbward. The seventh level, 700 feet from the surface, has been extended | | chlorine large blocks of ground which are practi- cally unexplored, while north of the main shaft the whole of the ground is in the same condition, and the few points which have been explored show a great width of fissure continuing fuily 400 feet north. Bullion and ore returns from the prop- erty commenced to be received in October, 1892, the first yield being 596 pounds of ore from which was extracted gold of the value of $3420 11. Between this time and Octo- ber, 1893, a further sum of about $45,000 was extracted from some 1071 tons of mei which 1= a yield of $42 per tou. This total of $48,420 11 represents the product of the north shaft. In October, 1893, returns began to be received from the work in the main shaft, and during the months of October, Novem- ber and December of that year 1330 tons of ore were mined and millea, producing the gross amount of $26,14129, which is at the Tute of $19 65 ver ton. During 1394, 8515 tons of quartz were extracted from the stopes and levels from the main shaft, and viel_d_ed in the mill the gross amount of $162,885 73, which is at the rate of $1 per ton. The total product of the main shait 1o the dats of Mr. Price’s report was $569,372 12, which is a general average of $21 83 per ton. A well-known mining expert, comment~ ing on the mine, says: “As a resnlt of my careful and searching examinstion of the Rawhide property 1 Euve no hesitation in stating tha¥ there exists within the patented lines a most interesting and valuable gold mine, holding out most assuring prospects that the fis sure will earry gold and silver to as greats depth as any gold mine in the State of California. % *‘Looking at the mine from every point of view and considering the extent of the ore shoots, the character and richness of the ore, the prospects for the future cannot be regerded as other than unusually brils liant.” The improvements consist of a wells built, substantial tamp mill with self- feeders,copper plates and sixteen Frue vane ners, constituting a_thorougly eguipped, modern gold mill. The stamps weigh 850 pounds each and the crushing capacity of the mill, using the present fine screens, is two and a quarter tons a day perstamp. When runring on lower grade ore, admite ting of the use of coarser screens, fully three tons can be crushed. Close to the mill isa well arranged as. say office and a retorting and melting room for the treatment of the amalgam. A building 154 feet long and 3214 feet wide contains the chlorination works, consist- ing of a reverberatory furnace 803§ feet long by 12 feet wide; three leaching tubs, each 3 feet in diameter and 3 feet indepth; 8ix 400-gallon precipitating tanks 3 feet ip diameter and 3 fe«t deep; one settling tub of a capacity of 600 gallons and six lead generators. These works can treat three tons of concentrations in twenty-four hours. The hoisting works contain a thirty horse-power engine, two 60-inch by 16 feet | boilers for operating the engine and a Dow steam pump. The size of the hoisting works builuing is 73 feet by 59 feet. The compressor builaing is 5214 feet by 224 feet, contains a thirty horse-power engine operating a large Baker blower and a threes drill air compressor. A blacksmith shop, 40 feet by 36 feet, wi a complete assorte & | ment of tools, is adapted to ail the needs around the mine and mill. Over the main shaft is a strong gallows frame. Iz addition to these buildings there are a numter of miners’ cabins, a superinten- dent's house, a large boarding-house, a laundry, a reading room, storehouse, barns, stables, and an office building. Professor Price once wrote of the Raw- hide mine: “It may be remarked, in passing, that in an experience of nearly thirty-five vears, during which time I have visited every important mine in California, Nevada and arizona, 1 have never seen a better arranged village than that which has been built on the Rawhide property. The climate here is equabie, and m: and miiling opera- tions can be carried on continuously taroughout the year.” e MONUHENTS TO ENTERPRISE. Captain Nevills' Accomplishments Tell Their Own Impressive Story. UCH is the brief review of what one man is doing for Tuolumne County, and in every feature it is indeed a re- markable record. While Sonora was still dreaming of past greatness and grass was growing over the paths the argonauts, Captain Nevills came upon the scene. The abandoned mining camps, marking the mother lode of the Sierras, lent a tinge of = Messrs. Ballard and Martin, are enabled | £ to extract a fortune from the mine. The | /nteresting Skeich of One of the Most Famous new era of progress has dawned upon these | Mines in the Golden mines in the Sierras, and upon none more | aptain Nevills | came to the conciusion that a foundry | | brightly than the Rawhide of Sonora. | Range. | This mine gives the appearance of a busy | > <HE development of the great Rawhide | manufacturing settlement to the little here it sinks far down into the In all there are forty struc- upon the property of the Rawhide, ned for use in its actual operation e accommodation of the persons | connected therewith. Among these is a oretty cottage in which Captain and Nevills reside, and at the most con- ient points are located all the other Idings usually found about a great ing piant, | Electric-light wires are strung over the entire property, both in_and out of the mine and the buildings. Power and light | are both secured from a company located {at Columbia, about eight miles distant from the mine, and the forty stamps which crush the ore are kept pounding | away, day and night, from the beginning | to the close of the year. Quite frequently Captain Nevills leaves the mine to transact business in the City, and on these occasions Mzs. Nevills keeps the admirable system under which the work is conducted moving smoothiy along, and | gives the visitor the impression that she is not only a charming bostess, but is also | possessed of business qualifications of no mean degree. In addition to the Rawhide Captain Nevills has the Valparaiso and | App mines under his management, with | the general supervision of the stage line | and works about the minex. ——— THE MOUNTAIN STAGE. | One of the Most Picturesque Features of { 0/d Tuolumne's New Devel- | opment. T[S0 reach Sonora or Jamestown, or any || rlace in thatregion, the traveler has to abandon the raiiroad at Milton and | take to the stage. And a stage ride in the Sierra foothills is something quite out of the ordinary routine of life. The old overland stage it the vehicle still used in Tuolumne. Six horseson the run leading the way down a mountain | road would afford exhilaration in any drive, but with the vehicle—a fine, large, modern-built stage—that rocks and sways above a precipice at every turn in the | road, there are some of the thrilling ele- | ments of a breakneck runaway and a bal- | loon accident. | Mr. Nevills has enlivened and improyed the Tuolumne stage service by establish- | ing compet:tion, and his Jamestown route | 1s popular with all the Californians who find delight in the pioneer’s sturdy mode of traveling. The Jamestown route, from | Milion to Sonora, is managed by Dennis | Guerin, a brother of the respected Rev. P. | Guerin. The manager is known to all | travelers in the country, and no man is than he is. The Nevills stage line is splendidly equipped with new and commodious stages of the latest and best make, and young, strong and fast horses, The ride the | mine and its success under Captain 3 Nevills’ management is a subject for | constant comment among mining men. | No room remaius for doubt regarding the | richness of the mine and its possibilities | of creating wealth as now operated. i The mine has become one of the most | famous in all California, and it is declared | that asa gold-producer it stands unrivaled. Report s on this mine have been made by eminent authorities, and the entire mining world is well acquainted with the wealth stored there. | More than twenty-five years ago a shaft 310 feet deep was sunk at the southerly | end of the claim. One of the experts who ! during the period of the earliest workings made metallurgical investigations on the treatment of the ores reported that the samples assayed averaged as high as twenty-five ounces o1 gold per ton. Thomas Price at that time paid $6000 for seventeen tons of ore that he purchased for shipment to_Europe. What is now known as the main shaft at the Rawhide mine has been sunk in the lode at an average angle of 63 degrees to the depth of 840 feet. A crosscut was driven easterly from the shaft 200 feet from the suriace. From the end of this crosscut the second level was | extended sontherly 155 feet. Here 2 width (of fully thirty feet of ore was developed. An average sample of this whole mass of quartz, which is more or less mixed with country rock, was taken, and found to as- sayv $5 35 per ton. | he crosscut from the shaft is all in quartz and the hanging wall has not yet MRS. W. A. NEVILLS, [Reproduced from a photograph.] been reached. The available quartz for tbe whoie length was thoroughly sampled and ed $2 27 per ton. the ler north ollowing | the hanging wall is| follomed and the level shows quartz mixed with slate. A crosscut has been | driven into the vein and an upraise | twenty-five feet in length made, following | the guartz. A sample from this point | assayed $4 08 per ton. t Nostoping of quartz has been made on this level, but the vein is wide, averaging fully thirty feet at all points where ex- plored. The ore taken from this portion of the mine has assayed at $4 71 per ton. Reserves of this value that are available are 300 feet in length and 200 feet high, | and it has been estimated that the amouut | of ore here is 92,397 tons. This estimate is conservative, | As all the necessary dead work has |already been performed such _ore | should be worked so as to leave a profit of | quite $1 per ton, with the possibility of | encountering much richer material while: | extracting the low-grade ore. The possi- | ble profit of the available ore above the | | 200 level is, therefore, $92.207. In this figuring the average width is | assumed to only twenty feet, though at erage. | With the length 300 feet and the height | 200 feet the result is made 1,200,000 cubic feet of ore. 3 A 1on is estimated at thirieen | cubic feet. | Three hundred feet from the surface | sents a vein of mixed quartz, siate, clay 110,000 tons of | south, and presents a body of ore at least | melancho! 7 feet in diameter. Average samples as- sayed $6 57 a ton. - The eighth level pre- | and calcspar, yielding from $35410$5 91 a ton. Samples from the stopes, however, give as high as $2002 a ton. Here, as in the sections of the mine, is an immense Teserve, estimated to have 5000 tons of ore, worth $40,000. Another block of 2280 tons Dear by has been valued at $11,415. Down 900 feet the vein was encountered opposite the shaft. It had a width of 12 feet—a solid body of ore pressed in be- tween mx_}d'zty walls, affording an ap- parently illimitable source ofs supply, every ton of which is estimated to yin $11 70 to the mine-owners. At least e lqnlfiumll’l expected from h . In a e nin give $180,000. Sholeyn sy The estimated profit in the calculated reserves from all parts of the mine, ar B.ewnd level, $92,307; third level, $13,- 846; fourth level, ——; fifth level, $230,954; ;glh il:;;ll,l:lnl,lgll,mugvlmhhlenl. $144 - 'vel, $51,287; ninth level, $150,- 000; = total of $892.4%, i There is not the slightest indication of any weakening of the vein as depth bas been attained. In fact, as far as the work has progressed the fissure seems stronger i the bottom than in any other part of the 2 o & okl " Shemtecs v €O uance ‘pay ore to t depth. Reference to the maps will show o y to the Tuolumne landseape. Seeml.ngly the very life had gone ont of this beautiful region. Sonora, the one settle- ment retaining virility, appeared to be Testing upon her laurels, achieved in the days of old and the days of gold. Advancement in the fields of mechanism and the science of treating ores opened a gleam of hope for those castaway mines. And yel it required courage to pin one's faith to the new order of things and a fine insight of the conditions com- bined b more than ordinary energy and business acumen to make the trial. Bingularly favored with these require- ments Captain Nevills foresaw an oppor tunity and grasped it like a man. What has come of his decision, his enterprise and industry is already a mon- ument which all may see and sdmive, Thedevelopment and wonderful sccosse of Rawhide mine not the least of the evidences of his presence in Tuolarans for they have been a new source of waaith to the State and a beacon for other wealthy men. The beautifal Hotel Victoria oftsin ta the traveler a hostelry mnever hufie dreamed of in the Sierras, with all the ::m'c;‘u -n?i lux:lfiuo{ci\-flitm!am Tha W oompeiing slage Itne has pioy boon to Tuolumune. Awa ail whe‘;':e:«m? prises give employment to Tavge nnrabers of men and disiribute wonthiy thowmndn of dollars throughoui the evaniy,