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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1887)
SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 005 operated upon it Eddy's gulch is a Shasta county boundary, where the rail tributary of the north fork of Salmon road reaches us from the south, the river, which latter stream has yielded placer claims have been worked with between$8l000,000.00and$10,0()0)000.00, good success. It is believed that good according to well posted authorities, with ledges will yet be found in thomoun geveral good bank and river claims still tain ranges dividing Shasta and Scott left. The south fork of Salmon river valleys, in which good prospects of both wa8 once a good field for the miner, and gold and silver have been found at var has a number of good hydraulic claims ions times. On McCloud river good still in operation, including the Spooner, marble abounds, capable of a high pol Campbell & Smith claim at Summer- ish, and fine specimens of onyx have ville, Messrs. Bennett & Co's. claims at been discovered in the vicinity of Mount Niggerville and Oliver's flat, the McNeal Shasta. Rich gold ledges have lately claim at Crappo creek, besides a large been discovered in 8quaw valley, south scope of ground awaiting development, of McCloud river, and considerable Know Nothing creek is a newly discov- prospecting has been carried on in hunt ered quartz field, in the ridge of moun- ing for silver along the Shasta and 8is Uins between the Salmon river section kiyou boundary line in the same vicinity, on southern border of this county, and From the preceding review, it will bo the New river quartz mines of Trinity seen that the mining interests of tho county, which created so much excite- county are quite extensive. There are, ment two years ago. Loftus and Mor- however, large tracts of good placer rison are deriving good profit from their ground which have remained unworked, claim on this creek, and Radelfinger & because capital is necessary to provide Funk's Gold Run, and other localities, the means of working them profiUbly, show good ore. All the streams and and on a large scale. ThoBamois true gulches leading from the Salmon and of the quartz lodes. Of tho hundreds New river mountains into the Salmon of locations, but a few havo been dovel river, in the above named districts, pay oped into mines, owing to a lack of the well wherever prospected, and only time necessary means by the owners, and tho and capital are needed to prove their difficulty of interesting capital in a re greatvalue. A large extent of this coun- gion so isolated from railrom commun. try is yet unexplored, especially at the ication as this has been until recently, head of Independence creek, south of Now, however, things wear a different Marble mouniain, where elk trails only aspect. A railroad baa been coDstructed are visible through the thick brush, through the hear of the county, co This is a good plJe, no doubt, for find- necting it with both San d ing rich gold deposits, or by clearing Portland, the two man al c,ntf s off brush6 and timber to make good the Pacific coast, and uniting I it with the dairv ranches. Peftt railrond iy8tem , XSonrangeof mountainsbe- State. A more tween Scott valley and Salmon river, is its valuable led. the noted Marble mountain, which fur- depo.it. may , nishes superior marble in endless quan- pectod. I M, t ot offeni t tity, or for use in making good lime. most L the Mount Shasta P TJS irvastareaswhmineralUar.