The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-11

water, as an adequate pumping plant is per-
forming all that work. They have breasted
1000 feet in on the west side, the channel
here averaging over 200 feet in width.
Extra heavy mbering is necessary owing
to the swelling bedrock. Six months more
will finish work on this side, when the
West Harmony line will be reached. The
gravel being taken out goes about 81 so per
carload OF $500 pounds. The mills capac-
lty OF about 120 carloads daily is being
pressed TO its utmost and the daily aver
age OF waste taken out will not exceed ten
cars. In couple of weeks the company
VIII commence opening up the east side,
there being 1900 feet of virgin ground to
work before the Cold Spring line is reached.
Average width of channel on this side IS
1uO 1eet- The last assessment was levied
January OF this year, an aggregate amount
oelng raised by assessment up to that time
OF 100000, all of which was paid out, and
not until April did the mine begin yield
ing gravel. Upon this last-named date
the Indebtedness was about $1,000, all OF
which has since been paid, together with
the running expenses, out OF the current
product of the mine, and the company has
TO its credit in the Citizens Bank SD, 800,
which Will warrant dividend OF 90 cents
per share, which has been declared. The
present outlook promises dividend OF at
least 20 cents per share per month Tor an
indefinite period. The people here have
cause to Congratulate themselves upon
having in their midst men of such back
bone as has been displayed in developing
this mine. Forty men are employed at
present and the running expenses OF the
mine average about $500 per month.
THE DELAWARE GRAVEL MINE.
This mine is the consolidation of the
West Harmony and Tip Top properties,
all interests in these two claims having re-
Gently been purchased by Hon. Robert Nc
Murray. 1t lies Immediately west of the
original (now designated as the east) Har-
mony. The West Harmony shaft is about
800 feet east of the Tip Top ground. AS it
is the intention to open up this ground
through the above mentioned shaft and as
the channel at the lower end of the Tip Top
ground is about fifty feet lower than the
West Harmony tunnel, it will be necessary
10 sink the shaft about lis feet deeper at
an angle of about 2514 degrees. This will
secure a level about 90 feet vertical below
the level OF the West Harmony tunnel,
which will enable the company TO work all
OF the Tip Top ground. When this shaft
is completed It will be 700 feet in length,
with vertical depth of 800 feet. After the
shaft is down it will be necessary to run
eco feet of tunnel in order to reach the
channel in the Tip Top ground. The old
shaft has been repaired and a sum p made,
from which the pumping is being done in
order to drain all the water from the old
levels. Sinking is progressing rapidly,
aud they expect TO have the shaft down in
few days. All work is done under the
direction of Superintendent a. D. Gas
saway.
Work is being pushed as speedily as pos
sible under ground, men working eight
hour shifts only, but il will be several
months before any pay gravel is taken
out. The timbers for the development
work are arriving daily and provision is
being made looking to the substitution of
steam in case the winter storms should
close the bitches that supply the mine
with water-power, in order that the de-
velopment work may not be impeded.
A. J. Brooks