The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25
CHAMPION MINE.

Nevada CITY owes much to the Cham
pion mine. In the dark days this was the
one property that remained steadtast IN
faith and works The result was success
in the END. The effect of that success IS
visible everywhere.
1t is visible on every thoroughfare IN
Nevada CITY. in the Improvements COM
pleted and projected 1t is visible in mems
faces, which are animated with hope and
confidence, instead OF being marked WIN
despondency, as was almost universally
the case less than FIVE years ago. In
single month the Champion mine has paid
out $4,000 for labor and material IN
Nevada City, not including the money
spent for necessary supplies below.
There are five working shafts on the
Champion claims. two being on the con-
tact vein, two on the Merrifeld and one on
the Wyoming. Run at their full capacity
500 tons of ore per day might easily be
produced. The principal work being done
now is through the south shaft OF the
Champion at Deer Creek, convenient to
the old mill and the new. This shaft is
now down 1400 feet, and the lowest level is
the 1900. Slopes are opened up and ore IS
being extracted from the 200 leyel to the
1000 level. At the 1000 level the ore chutes
are of magnitude and character that as
sure permanence and increasing dividends.
On this level lateral drift has been run
north 1000 feet and south 400 feet to the
Providence line. Throughout this 140O
feet in length are ore chutes varying IN
width from two to three feet to sixteen
feet of solid quartz, with punches and
veins of sulphurets glittering through the
mass, often several inches thick. AT the
1900 level the largest OF these ore chutes is
now being opened up and is apparently
going to be larger and stronger than ever.
If any work at all is done on the two
other veins another big mill will become
a necessity as soon as the one now being
built is completed, and it should not be
less than 100 stamps. With the immense
area of ground owned by this company
and its three big parallel veins, all readily
worked through shafts on the contact ledge
and crosscuts east and west, and with the
permanence and pay so fully assured by
present developments, comprehensive
system of development and production ON
scale immeasurably greater than seems
to be contemplated would be justified.
The production of the Champion ground
in the past is not matter OF record, but is
estimated to be 100000, divided about as
follows: Champion. 81, SOC, 600; Merrifield,
81 100000; Wyoming, 81 900 600; other con-
solidated claims, $500, 600. When it is con-
sidered that these amounts have been
taken out above the 1000 level, in but
fraction OF the ground owned by the COM
pany, and that as much more is in sight in
the ground already opened up above that
level, the possibilities of the future in this
mine can be fully appreciated.
The most important factor IN consider
ing prospective values is the now we'll
established fact that Nevada Copnty's
mother lode and its parallel veins, like
the great mother lode, grow richer and
stronger at depth. This is the potent
magnet that is going to draw millions of
capital to California for investment in
mines from all parts OF the world, and
that is going to hold that capital securely
when the ephemeral bubbles of South
Africa and Australia have been inflated to
bursting.
The present thirtystamp mill OF the
Champion Company is crushing seventy
five tons of ore per day, or two and
half tons per stamp. The new
forty-stamp mill is calculated to crush
four tons per stamp. 1t is to be
erected by the Union Iron Works, and
will possess every improvement and de-
vice known to modern science for best
saving gold. The new chlorination works
will be OF the same character and have O
capacity OF twenty tons per day. The
present cost of mining and milling ore in
the Champion is about So 30 per ton, in
Guiding all dead work, which is consider
able. The cost OF reducing the sulphurets
is So per ton.
The Champion Mining Company is an in
corporated company, having 81, 600 shares
of capital stock of the par value of
500 per share. The main Office is
located in the Croker building, San
Francisco. Gus Kartschoke is president;
Fl. Mohr, vice-president; Frederick Zeit-
Ter, superintendent and general manager;
J. f. Holling, secretary; John Tredinnick,
foreman. The directors are: G. Kart
schoke, II. Monr, ]. D. Schuster, J. ASSIGN,
DR.. A. Wilhelm, J. A. @. Mock, ]. 8. OFT.
The Bank OF California is treasurer and
Lindley e. Eickhoff are attorneys.