The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-16

of Angels, and has its series of parallel
lodes conyerging at Carson Hill much the
same as the Utica system does.
During the past three days I have gone
over the ground from the Gold Hill to the
Pure Quill pretty thoroughly, trying to
find out the particulars of the big sales
reported of the Smadeke Tor BIair) and
Pure Quill mines.
At the Bisbee mine the owner showed
me some ore containing quite large per-
centage OF tellurium. The shaft here is
down 100 feet in good ore, but the water is
coming in fast, and more powerful pump
ing machinery will probably have to be
put in before they can go deeper. The
claim is 1149 by 600 feet, and within it's
boundaries seven distinct veins can be
traced on the surface, most of which prove
their dip will. concentrate at depth. A
prospect can be obtained nearly the whole
width of the claim. The ore from the
shaft runs from S. to $500 per ton. A five
stamp mill is attached to the mine to pay
expenses of development. The sulphurets
here are very rich, averaging about 2 per
cent. and running as high as $500 per ton.
At the Smadeke mine l found J. J.
Blair, one of the owners, who was very
ready to give THE CALL all the information
IN his power, except that Immediately per-
tanning to the sale. The mine and mill
were. temporarily shut down during the
conclusion of negotiations, so I was unable
to personally inspect the rich ore said to
line the shaft. The shaft is the deepest in
the district-about 800 feet-and Mr.. Blair
said he was absolutely Indifferent about
the sale, as he had figured up about $3.50, 600
above that level. The price asked is
$3.50, 900, and the offer of $500, 900 has been
peremptorily refused. 1t is understood
now that the asking price has been agreed
upon. The claim is 2134x6OO feet, and has
a fve-acre millsite. The ledge has been
crosscut SO feet without finding hanging or
foot wall, and all in pay ore. Much of the
rock shows free gold and telluride. and
some of it assays up in the thousands. If
all is true that is said of this mine it is
cheap at 81, 100000.
Nv next call was at the works Of the
Angels Camp Gold Mining Company (for-
merly the Turner mine) and here l was
fortunate in encountering ]. 81. Roberts,
the modest but thoroughly practical super
intendent. After lunching with Mr..
Roberts and his genial wife he kindly
gave me the history of the mine and its
prospective future. Like many others in
the district, it had been basking in the
sunshine for the past twenty years under
It's former ownership, waiting for some
thing % turn up" Finally it was bonded
by Charles Roberts of San Francisco, who
went to Europe and secured capital for its
development. J. II. Roberts (no relation
of the promoter) was put in charge, and
within a years time it will be known
whether the company has nina or only
hole in the ground.
Mr. Roberts has gone to work In the
right way. With an efficient hosting ap-
paratus he is putting the money into the
ground instead of on top. a finely tim
bered two compartment shaft is being
sunk on the ledge on the footwall OF the
vein. 1t will be sunk $50 feet without
crosscutting. At that level the vein will
be crosscut and lateral drifts run and then
the shaft continued to a depth of 600 feet.
The location of the Angels Camp mine
is unusually favorable for mining and mill
ing. There is a sixty-foot fall from the
collar of the new working shaft to the level
of the millsite, and the ore chutes for the
mill will be only fifty feet from the shaft.
Below the mill there is long grade down
the gulch which can be utilized for fumes
and other purposes. 1t is not decided yet
whether steam or electricity will be used if
it proves mine and big works are needed.
Both are available at any time.
The development on the mine previous
to Mr.. Roberts bond consisted OF some
prospect holes and a sheft about sixty-fiye
feet deep, with crosscut OF ten or twelve