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TRINITY COUNTY. 717

of the lode is traceable for quite a distance by the capping of iron
oxide. It is reported that several of the properties are under bond to a
party negotiating with English capitalists. The report is prevalent
that arrangements are completed and that operations will soon com-
mence on the property. The explorations of the past on the Altoona
property, and that of late years on other portions of the lode, give
evidence of the great value of the deposits.

PLATINUM.

This metal is found in its native state among the auriferous gravel and
sands of the Trinity, chiefly between the mouth of Dutton's Creek, Sec.
35, T. 33 N., R. 10 W., and North Fork, Sec. 32, T. 34 N., R. 11 W. It
generally is in small grains, collected by amalgamation, with the gold in
the sluices, and thus sent for sale. Pieces have been found weighing an
ounce. I procured two fine specimens: one from North Fork, of F.
Meckel, weighing four hundred and ten grains; the other from George
Chapman's claim, Sees. 19, 29, 30, T. 33 N., R. 10 W., weighing four
hundred and eighty-four and four tenths grains; forwarded to Mining
Bureau. The formation of the section is of the serpentines as defined
at Lowden's, T. 33 N., R. 9 W., trending west through R. 9 and 10 W.,
through Weaver Creek and Dutton's Bar towards the Hay Fork Mount-
ains. On the Lowden property the serpentines are mixed with limes,
■associated with belts of soapstone (saponite), a coarse and impure variety.

LIST OF HYDRAULIC MIXES OF TRINITY COUNTY.
1. Nash Gold Placer, Coffee Creek, T. 38 X., R. 9 W., Sec. 17 679.37 acres.
2. Abrams, Coffee Creek, T. 38 N., R.9W, Sees. 30 and 31 79.73 acres.
3. Monroe, Coffee Creek. T. 38 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 28 35.20 acres.
4. Morrison, Morrison Gulch, T. 37 N.. R. 7 \\\, Sees. 12 and 13 76.43 acres.
5. Blvthe, Trinity (old channel), T. 37 N., R. 7 W., Sees. 19 and 20 155.86 acres.
6. Lower Buckeye, Trinity (old channel), T. 37 N., R. 7 W., Sees. 19, 20, 29,
and 30 . 136.29 acres.
7. Upper Bnckeve, Trinity (old channel), T. 37 N., R. 7 W., Sees. 19 and 30.. !)7.03 acres.
8. Miller Placer,' Trinity (old channel), T. 37 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 32 103.29 acres.
9. Haskin, Trinity (old channel), T. 37 N., R. 7 \\\, See. 32 182.00 acres.
10. Golden Riyer, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 N., R. 7 W., Sec 5 111.00 acres.
11. Bloss & McClary, Center, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 N., R. 7 W., Sec. 5.159.95 acres.
12. Covle, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 X., R. 7 \\\, Sec. 5 76.27 acres.
13. Elevator, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 X., R. 7 W., Sec. 5 22.00 acres.
14. Zarlie, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 X., R. 7 W., Sec. 5 199.75 acres.
15. Dave Hall, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 X., R. 7 W., Sec. 5 39.07 acres.
16. Brash Creek, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 X., R. 7 \V., Sec. 8 80.00 acres.
17. Keystone, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 X., R. 7 W., Sec. 8 50.00 acres.
18. Golden Stream, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 X., R. 7 W., Sec. 8 140.00 acres.
19. Wheeler, Trinity (old channel), T. 36 X., R. 7 W., Sec. 8 160.00 acres.
20. Dannenbrink, trinity (bench), T. 34 X., R. 11 W., Sec. 12 39.94 acres.
21. Red Plat, Trinity (bench), T. 34 X., R. 11 W., Sees. 12 and 13 55.32 acres.
22. Howell, Trinity '(bench), T. 34 X., R. 11 W., Sec. 13 19.89 acres.
23. Wilt Placer, Trinity, Canon Creek, T. 34 X., R. 11 W., Sees. 12 and 13.. _. 53.10 acres.
24. McMurrv & Hupp, 'Trinity, Weaver Basin, T. 33 X., R. 9 W., Sec. 7 96.00 acres.
25. Ward, Oregon Gulcli, T. 33 X., R. 10 W., Sees. 8, 9, and 10 119.73 acres.
26. Loverage, Oregon Gulch, T. 33 X., R. 10 W., Sees. 8, 9, and 10 154.43 acres.
27. Clancy A: McCarty, Oregon Gulch, T. 33 X., R. 10 W., Sees. 8, 9, and 10 .. 39.74 acres.
28. Oregon Gulch, Oregon Gulch, T. 33 X., R. 10 W., Sees. 8, 9, and 10 109.40 acres.
29. Chamberlain, Lewiston (bench), T. 33 X., R. 8 W 100.00 acres.
30. Schaffer & Lyons, Oregon Gulch, T. 33 X., R. 10 W . 20.00 acres.
31. Whitmore& Reed, Oregon Gulch, T. 33 N., R. 10 W 21.00 acres.
32. Dutton's Creek, Dutton's Creek. T. 33 X., R. 10 W
33. Mansfield & Carr, Douglass, T. 32 X., R. 9 W 160.00 acres.
34. Fred. Haas, Trinity (bench), T. 33 N., R. 10 W., Sec. 7 160.00 acres.
35. Montezuma, Trinity (bench), T. 33 X., R. 10 W., Sees. 2, 11, and 12 40.00 acres.
36. David Evans, Trinity, Red Hill, T. 33 X., R. 11 W., Sees. 2, 3, and 5 96.23 acres.
37. Sydney Hill, Weaver Basin. T. 33 X., R. 10 W., Sec. 1 160.00 acres.