Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-01-16
Paesas O~arts Company.


PaesAe QHaFtG Company.
Few quarts Ioads In the State are more valu.
aAlo, have been mere productive, are more fa-
worldly located, - have, pAiA more regularly,
than CAssOns bsIOagiug 10 this company. It
Nee within che city corporation, has been work
q ~ II Inst three years, and haS yielded
hanAsoma dividend almost from The frat dav
MAas kssn worked. The lead where the quartz
IL Of pessSAt taken from e fourteen feet wide,
Suuntue alomgH tunnel six huudrcd and fifty
~ h lenRtA, and one hundred and forty-tve
kst below the surface, and It promises to be
inexhanstihle. Il increases in richness aud
thieknsss che deeper and farther north 1t has
Asen Sssted.
Last summer the old milly which had been in
uSs for . long time, and which was run by wa
Ter power, was taken down, and new and i'm
proved steam mill, running twenty stamps,
was erected in place. The new mill alone
cost $4,000. II was built under the supervi-
siOu Of Mr.. James Tunbull, skillful and in
geniOus machinist who thoroughly under
stands his business. The engine was put up
BY Mr.. w. d. Perry, Chief Engineer, who is
still employed by the company. The engine
aSd boiler lwsrs furnished by Mr.. Peter DOnO-
hue, 81 San Francisco, and the entire castings
Sfthe mill by A. 7. Melvin, Of the Placervile
Foundry. Competent judges pronounce it
the best mill In the State. 1t is capable Of
crushing - tons in "a hours, but it never
crushes over 10. Although the quartz is abun-
dAnt and easily taken out aud convenient to
the mill, yet II pays better to crush 10 tons
thoroughly than "a hastily and imperfectly
The average pay l. $4,000 per month,-it may
reach 90 high as Oh, 00O,-it has paid upwards
Of 900. The expenses for running Il arc
$1,000 per month. TIE expense of running
the old mill by water power with but ten
stamps, amounted to $500 per month-the
new mill, with twenty stamps, BY steam. but
5000. The company employs twenty-One
hands, twelve in tunneling, quarrying and
hauling the quartz to the mill, aud nine ut the
mill.
The following are the receipts and expcndi-
lures from January Isl, 1857, TO December 20,
1857.
Received PR bullion: ................ &0S,3N 50
" money borrowed. $500 90
Boiler and old iron. ................. 2AS 81
g., 100 Is
EXPRNDITCRRS.
EaPenss' q esrhing miil,.: 3S7,SlS Is
" running tunnel,
railroad track, conducting
water and erecting new
Oteam mil, .............. elBOOO %
4S,Sl5 10
DIVIDENDS.
Eight dividends, with nett re-
oNH. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, XS,x15 10
6,I9O Is
The new steam mill started on the fifth Of
November, and has lost but one day (lst Of
JAnOsry) since II started. From the first of
January, 1857 to 0sth December, 1857, the mill
run 24S1f days, and lost az days. The stock
holders anticipate taking out $l25,OOO in the
next twelve months. Last month they realized
upwards Of $1,000, and the prospects are
favorable for an increase this month. The new
Min works admirably, the machinery is per-
feet, the quarts IL abundant and rich, and if
tAey meet with no accident 1t is safe to predict
that their anticipatiOnS will be moro than real
lied. They take the amalguln from the mill
twice aweek, - every Sunday and Thursday
morning. The stock is divided into forty-fivc
shares, owned by twenty-five Stockholders, o
majority Of whom are residents of our town.
On the seth Of last month they held their
annual election fur President, Secretary, Treas.
urer, and two Directors. They elected John
Alexander, President; w. Krahner, Treasurer;
A. Haas, Secretary, and d. Newbauer and F.
BGnslcy Directors. The old Superintendent
Mr.. James Turnbull, has the entire manage
ment Of tho whole establishment.
We are indebted to Mr.. A Haas, the accom-
mOdAting Secretary, for the above particulars.
Coon Accommodation Weller has ap.
pointed Col FOrman Of Sacramento, Secretary
ofStats. The appointment is most excellent
One,-gives general satisfaction, and is received
with delight by the Democrats throughout the
State. We have known Col. FOrman long and
intimately, have stood by his side in many
holly contested contest, and It affords US unal-
lOyed pleasure TO chronicle his appointment
His Democracy, his honesty, his ability have
never been Questioned, and we doubt if Gov
Weller could have selected gentleman more
deserving. better qualified OF more acceptable
TO the Democracy, for the position, than Ferris
FOrman. The UNiOH says, "If Gov. Weller
succeeds in making as good and as acceptable
an appointment for Controller as he has for
Secretary Of State, he will have surrounded
himself with state officers upon whom he may
rely with confidence during his administration.
Gen. Douglass. late Secretary. retires from
ONCE with IN enviable reputation. lie Is one
Of the few State officers Of California upon
whose reputation restS not the slightest stain.
Ably and faithfully he discharged the duties Of
his Office, and he retires with the respect and
esteem Of every man whose respect and esteem
ere worth having.
SUNDAY PETITIoNs.-On Tuesday last Hon.
8. y. johnson. Senator from this county, pre-
sented TO the Senate the petition Ofthe citizens
IT this place and vicinity, praying the enact
msnt Of general Sunday law. The petition,
10 ere informed, contained upwards Of four
Hundred signatures. Petitions were deposited
in the stOres and places Of business, where
persons trading voluntarily signed them. This
large number Of signatures, for an object 50
IaudablO and 20 necessary, speaks well for our
community. We hope the Legislature will re-