. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. pped to Selby. Power for the mill is furnished by w^ater under 150-foot head through a 6-inch pipe acting on two Pelton wheels. Thewinding engine was run by steam and a Cameron shaft pump used tounwater the shaft. The camp consists of a store, bunkhouse, cookhouse,office, laboratory and barn, which are now in charge of a caretaker. 300 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. The mine has been closed down for several years and the camp is aconvenient stopping place for travelers over the
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. pped to Selby. Power for the mill is furnished by w^ater under 150-foot head through a 6-inch pipe acting on two Pelton wheels. Thewinding engine was run by steam and a Cameron shaft pump used tounwater the shaft. The camp consists of a store, bunkhouse, cookhouse,office, laboratory and barn, which are now in charge of a caretaker. 300 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. The mine has been closed down for several years and the camp is aconvenient stopping place for travelers over the main highway fromOregon to Crescent City. Ova Anna Quartz Mine. This property consists of one patentedand three unpatented claims, ow^ned by the Ora Anna Quartz MiningCompany of Crescent City. It is situated in T. 16 N., R. 1 E., in theBald Hills mining district, at an elevation of 1400 feet. There are twoparallel veins between slate hanging-wall and hard porphyry footwall,and the vein filling is quartz carrying gold, both free and in the sul-phides. The average width of the vein is 6 feet, and the strike is east. Monumental Mine buildings at Monumental, Del Norte County, California. and west, with a dip of 45° to the north. There is a tunnel 300 feet longfrom Avhich a winze 70 feet deep has been sunk. There is an uppertunnel 40 feet in length. The equipment amounts to very little andone cabin remains on the property. Since 1897 only assessment workhas been done. QUICKSILVER. Quicksilver in small quantities has been found in the northern partof the county in T. 18 N., R. 2 E., H. M., and also on Diamond Creek, atributary of Smith River. Poor transportation facilities preventdevelopment. HUMBOLDT COUNTY. 391 HUMBOLDT COUNTY. Field Work in September, 1913. BLACK SANDS. In former years the black sands of the beach and bluffs of northernHumboldt County were successfully worked at Upper and Lower GoldBluffs, Big Lagoon, and Little River. The gold was fine and was savedby the use o
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