The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-17


the boom has at last reached the southern
section OF old Ell Dorado"
The following notes of the progress of
some or the big mines of Amador County
are given by the Amador Republican:
nr nnaerground surveying has been in
progress at the Gwin mine for several
days. The old shaft has been entirely
cleaned out and the work Of getting ore
out OF the new shaft continues uninter-
ruptedly-The shaft at the Amelia mine
sinking continues without interruption.
prospects grow more favorable as depth
Is reached.-It is fact that the Utica
Company at Angels has seriously consid-
cred the feasibility of moving machinery
to plymouth and again beginning mining
operations there. Our informant is in u
position to know.-Great things have been
expected of the Oneida mine, and mining
circles are anxiously awaiting develop
ments. We trust the outcome will be all
mat Is hoped for. The Oneida is expect
as a CLOCK and producing with great regu-
lar1ty is the report from the Argonaut
mine. We need two or three more mines
IKE TINS one, and we confidently expect
10 get them within the next five years
possibly within as many months.-The
Argonaut Mining Company Is about ready
to commence the trial of its suit against
the Kennedy Company They have con-
nected their mine with all of the under
ground openings from the Kennedy into
thelr own ground, excepting in two or
three places. and will be able to give an
ocular demonstration Of the condition of
Ihe TWO mines, relative to encroachment
from the levels, by the time the trial is
on.-Amador Ledger.
One of the many TuoIumne County
mines which are being developed with
promise OF becoming great gold producers
the mother lode, fifteen miles southeast
from Sonora. A rich strike was recently
M maze ,.,e IN this mine. uncovering fine body
and upward The ledge is eight feet wide
ana In the south tunnel. 1t is being
worked through tunnel, and work is
Deing pushed night and day on the tunnel
Whlcn is down 400 feet on the ledge The
property Is owned by the Grape Vine
o canyon Mining Company, which also
star claims. A mill will be erected soon
SINKING In the double-compartment shaft
OF the Tarantula goes steadily on, and
very hard rock encountered. 1t Is the In
tenuon or the company to drive down
steadily at least till the 600 mark is
reached, levels to be established at every
100, The. shaft is now down over 800 feet,
and at levels l and the vein is being
drifted on and good ore extracted
Sonora Union-Democrat
The Equitable Company, operating the
ARIZONA mine, near IuttletoWn, has adj
yertised for fod bids for sinking, the. shaft
IRON ON the go Level sl distance Of 800 feet
mile above the Riverside, was bonded this
week to h w: Eckel and c: L. Goodwin.
Tuolumne Independent.
The new mill at the California mine in
Washington district will soon be ready to
begin crushing ore. The mine continues to
look splendid. Some ore gliStening with
free gold and worth $500 a carload has
recently been taken out. Captain Cali
nan, owner OF the Baltimore Consolidated.
which is an extension of the California,
hopes to have arrangements made soon
by which strong company will this sum-
mer begin 10 open the claim.-Nevada City
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The. Royal mine near Copperopolis is in
creasing its number Of employees under
the new management and largely increas
The, oroville Mercury says that 10000
pounds of machinery were taken to the
North Fork of Feather River, to be used
controls eight miles of river bed, much Of
which is believed to be virgin ground. D.
NJ. De Long, who is. interested in the en-.
William H. Clary has bought the Hag-
gin and Hearst interest in the Sheep
Ranch mine. Calaveras County, for $50 900.
electric plant, Incorporated a company
and intends to place the property in pro-
ducing condition.
Ing and Scientific Press thus reports the
mine: Work was RESUMED on July OH
the McAlpine mine, on the line between
Mariposa and Tuolumne counties. The
property. which has a record of produc-
ing over $500 900 above the 300-foot level
has been closed for many years, and,
though many efforts were made to ar
range for its reopening, they all failed for
one reason or another The pay ore IN
the old workings was In two shoots about
400 feet apart and consisted of from a
few inches to three feet of white quartz
lying upon and frozen to the main vein
Of ankerite which Is here 100 feet in
thickness. This ore averaged over 500 per
ton. The new development will be below
the old workings and will be continuous
from one chute to the other"
The Wedge mine, Randsburg, is puttins
through a run OF fifty tons of ore, hall
Of which is being milled at the Eureka
mill and half al the Johannesburg samp-
ling works. Enough is already known to
be able to state that this run OF ore viii
yield even larger results than the last
one, and that the cleanup Will show an
average value of from $1a0 to sl40 per
ton.-Los Angeles Review.