Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-04

land by the returns it makes and then
estimate how long these lands can be had
at such figures. Calaveras county now has
room for homes for $4,000 more people.
BUSINESS HOUSES, ETC.
! In San Andreas there are general mer-
chandise stores kept by Dasso x Tiscornia,
ID. Cassenelli, c. Agostini and C. B. Lloyd.
c.. NJ. Whitlock has general variety
and furnishing store, and is agent for
! Wells, Fargo & Co. The hotels are the
Metropolitan, first-class house, owned and
conducted by B. F. Hawes, and three good
second-class hotels, the Krim House, H.
Krim, proprietor the Colombo, l.. Oneto,
proprietor, and the Poplar Grove, Mrs.
! Coulter, proprietress. Other business
houses are a hardware and tin shop kept
| by II. Bode, harness and saddle store by
! A. Culbertson, livery stable by F. Wash
burn and one by c. MaSterson, two butcher
shops, one kept by Saicido & Son, and the
other by Steel & Co; boots and shoes and
repair store by j. Steel, and refreshment
establishments by W. Casey, D. Driscoll,
/ II. Donnelly and G.. Evanson. n. c..
Hanscom, Searcher of Records, furnishes
abstracts Of agricultural and mining prop
| erty, and does real estate business. Ed
ward Casey is Notary Public and con-
veyancer.
The professional men are DR.. Wm NJ.
Murphy, surgeon Hon. c.. V. Gottschalk,
Superior Judge, and Reddick & Solil1sily,
Ira II. Reed, J. S. Reaney and w o.
Swinson, attorneysat-law, and \. c. Hans
com, civil engineer.
NEWSPAPERS, SOCIETIES, TRAVEL, ETC.
There are two local papers, the Calareras
Prospect, edited by Getchell & Salcido,
and the CdIdceras Citizen, by C. R. Beal.
There are also well attended lodges of the
various civic societies, the Masonic, I. O.
o. F., A. O. Z. W., n. s. G. W., {. A. O.
D., all having good membership rolls.
There is also a well equipped and ex-
! cellently drilled volunteer fire company,
and brass band of sixteen pieces. Water
for fire protection and street sprinkling is
distributed in pipes at convenient points
In town, but water for domestic purposes
is obtained from wells.
| Mining still continues to attract consid-
| cradle attention. The Union Gold Mine,
three miles east owned by an English
syndicate is the most important. The
company have Just finished improve
ments consisting of thirty stamp mill
hoisting works, offices, telephone line to
San Andreas, etc, at cost of $4,000.
Stages leave San Andreas daily for
Valley Springs, nine miles; Murphys, via
Angels Camp, twenty-five miles; Sheep
Ranch, eighteen miles, and Mokelumne
Hill, ten miles. The lines are all under
! the management of the owner, John
Raggio.
ANGELS CAMP.
| Twelve miles by stage up the foothill
|! grade from San Andreas, we come to what
was once one of the richest and most cele.
brated. mining camps of early days; the
home of Smiley, who cornered Mark
Twain and tortured him and the world
with reliable history of the jumping
Frog" of Abner Dean, whom Bret Harte
immortalized in his " Society on the Stan
| islow," and Charcoal Jim, who still re,
mains, a "relic of bygone days"
The camp although old is by no mean.
idle, and a lively business air pervsdes the
whole place. To give a review of the
business Of the town, we note on the left
side of the street beginning at Angels
creek, the Calareros County Record, Stephen
Waterman, editor; blacksmith shop, Z. X
Waterman; Office of DR.. Baker, general
merchandise and Wells, Fargo d Co., j
C. Scribner; livery stable, John Ferry
hotel, Mrs. X. Cosgrove; barber shop
Fred Ratz; lodgings and board Wm. Crook
warehouse, Scribner; bar and reading
rooms, John B. Meyers; United State.
Commissioner and Justice Court T. L
Lindsey; butcher shop, Warren Rose
Fletcher's lumber yards; livery and feeC
stables, Alex. Love; blacksmith shop
Charles Tryon; blacksmith shop, William
Thomas. Crossing the street and returning
to the stream: General merchandise, jos
Peirana bakery, Mrs Fletcher; tin shop
George Sticlles; general merchandise, +
& q. Stickles; drygoods and notions, NJ
Arendt; Postofiice, variety and stationery
William Crooks; Mountain Echo, NJ Reed
editor; merchandise and variety store
Mrs. j. c. Crawford; matchmaker. J
Schell; now being erected, fine cut-gran
ite Odd Fellows Hall building (almos
completed, and one of the finest building.
in the county,; hotel, J. c. Tryon genera
merchandise, Mrs John Peirana. The
town has a population of about 700, anC
derives its support mainly from the mining
industry.
OF the numerous mines in this section
in order to give something of 4 genera
idea of the output, we note the Sickle,
Mining Company's mine and mill, owned
by William Nevill, employing thirty men
This has a twenty-stamp battery, run by
water power, with capacity of sixty ton.
per day. The shaft is now 400 feet deep
and has steam power for hoisting ore. Tn,
income from this mine ranges between foul
and six thousand dollars per month,
cleanup being made every two weeks.
The Utica, with the same number O
stamps and same power, employs the sam,
number of men, and produces an average
of 81, 900 per month. The shaft is nov
$50 feet deep, and the quartz from tn,
lower level yields an average of 50 per ton
This mine is now putting in eight new
Frue concentrators for saving su1hurets.
| The Angels Quartz Mining Company.
sh aft is 500 feet, employs so men, auC
cleans up between $4,000 and 81 900 pei
month. This company crushes its ore by
the roller process, the capacity ofits roller
being equal to 20-stamp mill. They are
now sinking new 4OO-foot shaft. anG
opening up new levels, the timbering o
ID Caludl " llidt VI Tie DcSb SDa1IS
the Comstock, all improvements beins
first-class, showing confidence for perma
nent output.
| The Marshall mine, shaft $50 feet, ter
stamps, with steam-power, is at presen
idle.
Another prominent mine is the Crystal
owned by James G. Fair: has a shaft 20t
feet deep, but has been idle for years.
has no improvements, but is known to b,
very rich.
At Dogtown, three miles north of An
| gels, is the Jupiter deep blue gravel claim
No injunctions are ever served on thi
mine, although worked by hydraulic pro
cess, as its location is said To be such tha
no debris can escape from the natural set
Ting basins in the canyons below 1t i
owned by Keefer & Co., but is idle now
Owing to lack of water it is possible to rul
but few weeks each year, but when i
does clean up the yield is fabulous. Their
is an enterprise on foot to bring in a ney
ditch with an ample supply of water Th
property is lighted by an immense electric
light plant, so that when water is plenty i
, can be worked night and day.
The Eastland mine, shaft I12 feet, pros
pected S12 per ION, and with no improve
ments was recently purchased at cost G
$50, 900 in cash.