The record-union., 1892-06-22
CALAYERAS MINING INTERESTS.
Prospect of Immense Development
Near Angels.
What Is Likely to be the Result of the
Introduction of Electric
Power.

travelling correspondent 1CECOtSL-O NION'I
oAkDALE, June l9.-From Mokelumne
Hill to Angels Camp is a strip on each
side OF the mother lode varying in the
aggregate from one to two miles wide,
where mines are to be found in al stages
of prosperity and others suffering from
all kinds of adversely.
| At Angels Camp, Hayward, Hobart Il
Lane have been SO greatly encouraged by
the continually increasing width of the
| ledge as they go down in the Utica mine
that they are operating others in the vi
cinity and are bonding and prospecting
still more. They already have ditch
from Murpny's large enough to work
! their present mines, and are talking of
bringing electric power to work the Mad
ison mine should developments prove sat-
istactory. Residents of Murphy's told me
| that the stream above that point has a
| flow Of five thousand inches or upward
anu 1all OF five hundred feet. If that's
! correct, its use means Y, 800 theoretical
! horsepower at the tall, and l5,U0G thai
could be made available at the mother
! lode by late discoveries in electric trans
MISSION. -Four horsepower per stamp is
/ as much as the average mill uses for
! crushing, pumping, hosting and air
COMPRISING. About half way from An
gels 20 Murphy's the present ditch has
sufficient fall that is not used for motive
/ power TO be available for the Madison
mine, and some to spare, without going
all the way to Murphy's TO locate an cleo
trio plant. Ii the power available at
| Murphy's should be used to develop
mines along the mother lode, with ten
! per cent. the cost OF steam power, that
! MIR. Call finds practical as the re-
Gu NF nf-t- iF. no ,.rlA
1t will mean the profitable working of
many mines now lille aud the opening OF
many prospects not available by present
Methods. AS the company owning this
water has grown up Ii the mining bust
ness from small beginnings to several of
the largest operations on the coast, and
! their policy Is to work mines with their
private capital so long as they pay, and
then move improvements TO o,her places,
! l look for an immense development in
their operations about Angels.
They are able to avail themselves of
that water power, and when once availa-
| bic there is little to prevent their working
cost than almost any place in the coun-
/ try. Mr.. Lane, the resident partner and
manager, informed me, quite signifi-
cantly. that they generally made the
! Utica yield enough TO pay the men, and
! gathered from the outside that the mine
/ probably pIOutlCtu III IilG iielS DOIIOOO
OF million year. \ Ell this mine laid
idle for many long years in the hands OF
men who were unable to invest the capt.
tai necessary to make it productive.
On one side of the county flows the
/ Mokelumne and on the other the Stanis-
laus, both capable Of supplying practi-
! cally unlimited power, that can now
points needed. Previous Developments
make it reasonable to suppose that many
another Utica viii be opened along the
! lode as soon as men of capital, nerve and
experience are attracted TO the advantages
| awaiting them.
At Mokelumne Hill extensive pros
pecting is going on in the direction Of bor-
ing for the ancient river channels. De-
velopmentS are reported very encourage
/ ing. AS the mines have paid we'll near the
surface and no one has sunk below two
! hundred feet in that vicinity, it is reason
! BILE to suppose that the lower levels are
worth prospecting.
FARMING IN CALAYERAs.
Whenever mines are prosperous mar
! ketS of CalaVeraS are among the best in
| California, and here and there are to be
found productive tracts of land. Ii any
! hOmeSeekefS have acquired Il fear OF
boomers commend them to Calaveras.
They Will find no inflated values ana no
charge for climate. Possibly they may
DOL Iuluk the present OWfi0TS are growing
rapidly wealthy, but after all they may
be able, in many instances, TO give causes
that can be remedied. No matter how
cheap the land how productive, or how
near TO good markets, some people could
never make farming pay.
The new railroad that is being SURVEYED
from Milton to the Big Trees OF Calaveras
is expected TO assist in the development OF
mines, to open & fine timber section to
market and TO greatly encourage the pro-
duction of the high Favored fruits for
which these mountain sections are SO
noted. There are slate, marble and gran
tie quarries capable OF supplying large
traffic to the road, as the material is OF
high grade and in great quantity.
The copper mines at Campo Seco and
Copperopolis have been largely product
i've, but eag IN now requires heavy invest
ments for future operations, and present
owners seem besita.ing as to future de-
VelopmentS.
The prosperous outlook of the ochro
mine at Valley Springs was noticed in a
former letter. Altogether the Assessor OF
Calaverds sums up the matter we'll by the
statement that for the six years he has
been in office the prosperity of Calaveras
has been steadily increasing.
FRANK :. CHAPLIN.