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Show 58 Its post- office is Banner. The nearest railway is atSeven Palms, in the Ooahuila Valley, but there is as yet no practicable route thither. The railway station most convenient of access is Anaheim, distant 116 miles. The district is connected by stage- line with San Diego; fare, $ 5. The cost of freight from San Diego is If cents per pound. The local roads are tolerable. A geological investigation has previously been made by Mr. Buoy, of San Francisco. The lode dips to the east at an angle of 65°. Its- direction is north 10° west. The wall- rock is of slate and granite; the vein is richer in the slate. ! No fossils have been discovered in the vicinity. A little galena has been found. The ore is a laminated quartz, containing some arsenic and antimony. It is worked by the wet process, yielding from $ 20 to $ 50 per ton, principally gold, but with an alloy of 4 per oent. of silver. The water- level has been reached, but it marks no change in the nature of the ore. The principal mines now worked are the Beady Belief, Hubbard, and Kentuck. The Golden Chariot, which has reached the greatest depth, is now suspended, with the intention of resuming operations soon. They are all on the mountain- side, with shafts on an incline of about 65°. Up to date the Golden Chariot has expended, approximately, $ 200,000 and extracted $ 300,000, and the Beady Belief has expended $ 100,000 and extracted $ 150,000. The mill of the Beady Belief has 10 stamps, with settling- pans. The Golden Chariot mill is similar. The Whitney mill has 10 stamps. There are no crushers. Each stamp, weighing 750 pounds, makes 80 drops per minute. Each mill has three settlers. Cold amalgam is used. The cost of a 10- stamp mill without roasting- furnace, including: transportation and erection, is about $ 12,000; other expenses will average about as follows: Cost per ton for mining the ore, $ 10; for reducing the same, $ 2$ mining labor, per diem, $ 3; milling labor, $ 3; running a tunnel on main vein, $ 16; sinking a shaft, $ 25. One man can stopeor extract one- half of a ton of ore per day. In the vicinity there are some stock, chiefly cows, sheep, and horses. Barley is valued at 3 cents per pound; hay, at $ 40 per ton. San Diego is the principal source of supply. There is a plenty of water and of oak and spruce- pine timber. Black- tailed deer, quails, rabbits, hares, and pigeons abound. The district numbers about 75 inhabitants, besides a body of 100 Diegueiios Indians. NEW ELDORADO DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA. Examined by Douglas A. Joy, October 8,1875. The ledges of this district lie in a range of hills between Kelso Valley and the Mohave Desert. Its principal opening, the St. John's Mine, is on the divide between Kelso Valley and Kelso Caiion, cast of Paii- Ute Mountain. It was discovered by Mr. St. John in 1866, organized the same year, and worked continuously since that time. Caliente, the nearest railway station, is distant 75 miles by wagon- road. No regular geological examination has been made, but the district has been traced by croppings 2J miles, and may extend farther. The general direction of the vein is northwest and southeast. The general dip in the main shaft is 37°. Both foot and hanging walls are of massive granite, with no decided bedding. The direction of their slope is very irregular, but, in general, is 37° northeast and southwest. Though |