The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-28
NEWS OF THE MINES.

| OF ore per day. The rock smelts $40 per
ton gross, or $500 per day.-Redding Free
| Press.
An immensely rich discovery has been
made in the MaZeppa mine, near the
Jumper, on the mother lode. near Sonora
The rock contains stringers of gold al
most as large as a lead pencil. The ex-
tent of this ore body cannot yet be esti-
mated. but Its appearance satisfies It's
owners that 1t is a veritable bonanza
Democratic Banner.
Considerable excitement was occasioned
around San Andreas this week over the
reported strike Of rich lead while cross ross
cutting at the 790-foot level at the Ford
mine. Already the vein shows a width
| of twenty feet, and the rock, althougn
not yet having been assayed, rs; SHOWS ,,s h up
1t is hoped that the long sought for leao
has been struck, for the development or
one good mine in our immediate vicinity
ally lead to the development OF other
properties in this belt-Calaveras Citizen.
Owing to the loRv condition of the Moke-
lumne River, there being less than nifty
inches OF water running, there are quite
| a number of prospectors at work IN the
bed OF the river. Operations are being
carried on from Spanish Bar to Middle
Bar, distance Of three miles.-Calaveras
Chronicle.
win S. Chester estate, has been sold to w.
C. Green for $1,000. z. w. Chapman has
put some costly machinery on the Gold
seventy men.-Place Vile Democrat.
The Nevada City Transcript thus re-
gets the elsal water In DseE SPsed
there: What water there Is in Deer
Creek is as clear as crystal from the
head down to the Mountaineer mine 1t
is the first time such has been the case
since the days when the pioneer miner
began to rile UP the liquid depths. This
clear water in a mining district is a very
bad thing for the country at large.
A Butte Valley correspondent of the
Plumas Independent writes. The bo--
nanza mine of the North FORK at present
is the Cameron. situated about 5000 feet
north of Marion Flat, a locality that in
early days proved to be very rich, and
now recent developments in the Cameron
mine point to ii as q source from which
Marion Flat received its wealth of gold.
The main tunnel of the Cameron at the
an upraise of thirty-five feet, thence 400
feet to the main breast of gravel. Five
men are at work in a body of gravel
eighty feet in width that pays over $40 a
President Pierce of the Blue Lakes
Company has just returned from the lakes
the water stored, he knows they have
enough water to supply their patrons
with one-half the amount they have been
using to operate their property, until jan
uary l. 1Ss9.-Amador Ledger.
A San Andreas (Calaveras County, cor
respondent OF the the, Mining and !. scie l d
Andreas mines near San AndreaS were
sold yesterday by A. n. Lewis and ]. W.
PrOvard of San Francisco to j. M. Lively,
representing Southern Ohio capitalists for
100000. The Feliowcraft has 250-foot
shaft, several crosscuts and a 10-stamp
mill The property has been idle some
time. Work will begin September ], by
unwatering the shaft.
The following notes are given by the
Amador Republican:
1.-THE cry of low water is being heard
in Amador County. probably for the first
time In recent years. It is rumored that
both the Kennedy and Argonaut mines
will be obliged TO hang up half, If not
all, of their stamps within a short time
1.-The Kennedy NJ and NJ Company
completed the purchase of the Mason
ranch on Monday last by paying over $4,000
spot and engaging to pay $1,000 more later
on. We understand that this purchase in
cludes the Jackson Gate mine, formerly
prospected by Siebe and others of San
Francisco.
THE keystone mine and mill are idle,
and 1t is probable that work will not be
resumed in them for some time as a
scarcity of water prevents it."
The Wildman and Mahoney mills are
hung up owing to the fact that the Blue
Lakes Water Company are failing to fur
nish the usual water supply. The sup
position is now that there will be but
little change for the better until the
rains set in.-Amador Record.
On account of the lack of water the
Jumper mine hung up its twenty stamps
on the 7th inst. Superintendent Kelly
hopes to start up the mill about the 10th
inst. with steam power, provided there is |
sufficient water for battery purposes
jamestown Magnet.