Annual report of the State Mineralogist for the year ending ... . presentative of the character of veinson the range between here and the west end of the valley: large massesof quartz with a small percentage of sulphurets between hard trap wallsand with a low average per ton, seldom reaching over $6. Above the Crescent Mine, on the east side of the hill, at an elevationof three thousand eight hundred and fifty feet above the sea, is anotherone of Plumas Countys large mining properties—the GREEN MOUNTAIN MINE. I «It was described in the report of 1888. It is one of the mines thathas been suffer
Annual report of the State Mineralogist for the year ending ... . presentative of the character of veinson the range between here and the west end of the valley: large massesof quartz with a small percentage of sulphurets between hard trap wallsand with a low average per ton, seldom reaching over $6. Above the Crescent Mine, on the east side of the hill, at an elevationof three thousand eight hundred and fifty feet above the sea, is anotherone of Plumas Countys large mining properties—the GREEN MOUNTAIN MINE. I «It was described in the report of 1888. It is one of the mines thathas been suffering from its connection with stock operations, and is atthe present time idle, but during the writers visit negotiations werebeing completed by which new life will be infused into this extensiveproperty. The lowest tunnel that was completed shortly before theproperty closed down runs in over one mile and gives one thousand fivehundred feet of backs. There are six tunnels in all. No. 1 and No. 2are comprised on the companys map as old works that have not been. Green Mountain, Crescent, and Altoona Mines. Round Valley Reservoir. a. Crescent Mine. b. Crescent townsite. c. North Star Mine,ain Mining Companys Claims, h. Sarah Jane. i. Empire,m. Baker, n. Kettle, o. Summit, p. Bellas, q. d, e, f, g. Green Mount- k. Anno. I. Altoona. r. Reservoir in Round 472 REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST. kept in condition. Tunnel No. 3 is one thousand five hundred feet inlength; No. 4 is three thousand feet; No. 5, four thousand eight hundredfeet; and No. 6, six thousand and seventy-five feet. Three pay shootshave been developed and partly stoped from the fifth level to the sur-face, but from the sixth up very little has been done. Adjoining the Green Mountain property over the divide isa very promising mine known as THE ALTOONA MINE. It is situated on both sides of the divide that separates Round Valleyfrom Indian Valley, the larger portion on the Round Valley sid
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