The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-20

A strike of wonderfully rich ore in the
old Central Eureka mine, now being re-
worked by San Francisco company, was
made few days ago to the excitement of
many stockholders. Ore studded heavily
with free gold estimated to run anywhere
from $500 to $4,000 a ton was suddenly run
into at depth of 1850 feet. The extent of
the ore will not be known for some time,
but it may easily mean great things for
the Central Eureka and for the whole
mother lode.
The find was made in sinking the shaft
on the incline following the hanging wall
through the gouge. Between the gouge
and the hanging wall quartz bearing free
gold was encountered and a blast was
put in, loosening about half ton of rock
fairly yellow with gold. It was seen that
the shaft had cut the feather edge OF an
ore body which extended back from the
shaft along the hanging wall. Within the
limits of the shaft the layer of rich quartz
widened from one to over four inches. TO
know whether it was a small pocket or
big ore body would require drifting on 1t.
1t was decided to continue sinking sixty
feet further and then to drift, and until
these explorations are made nothing more
will be known. The slice of this unmeas-
ured body Of ore cut off by the shaft is
probably the richest rock encountered on
the mother lode in a good many years, eX-
quartz
The find recalls interesting history. The
mine lies next to the Eureka mine, once
the Amador Consolidated. 1t was the Eu-
reka that gave Alvinza Hayward his first
millions twenty-five years or more ago.
The Eureka produced $4,000 900 in its day.
When Hayward sold the mine it went to
Michael Reese and then to the Amador
Consolidated Mining Company, of which
OIt of fame became
president and in whose hands the mine
died. In 1870 it was the deepest and great
est mine on the lode, running seventy-fve
stamps and paying S155, 400 in dividends
that year. Two costly fires in the mine
and other troubles resulted in the aban-
Comment of operations in the 10s at
depth of 22O0 feet. 1t has for some years
been mainly owned by Hetty Green, who
will use it for nothing but storing water.
Many efforts have been made to get Het-
ty to bond or sell, but she will neither
reopen the famous old mine nor let any
body else do so.
The Central Eureka joining 1t was the
old Summit mine, abandoned twenty
years ago at a depth of 700 feet. In 1869
one chimney of ore yielded $4,000 at from
SIG to S32 ton. Another ore body yielded
$140 900. Financial and other difficulties
and the cost of mining and milling In
those days led to abandonment, and it
joined the list of worked OUT mines
that are now becoming great again.
Three years ago E. R. Randall of the
! Wakelee Drug Company got up COM
pany to buy the property for $4,000 and
to sink to lower levels on the strength of
the knowledge and faith developed in re-
cent years that mother lode mines carry
values at depths, and if the ledge pfnches
out it will be found again below, and on
the strength of the record of the adjoin
iT1cr "a
Suffer Creek people subscribed for stock
and have to date paid p cents per share
in assessments and spent $125 900 in buy
| ing the property, exploring upper Levels
and sinking 400 feet below the old work
ings The recent find is the first one of
Importance and it will stimulate faith in
sending that shaft down. A few weeks
/ ago stock was picked up at cents
share A Van der Naillen Jr. of this city
got rid of 1000 shares for $40 and escaped
further assessments. Last week 81 80
share was paid for stock unCer stress of
the strike.
owns a few thousand of the 400, 900 shares,
brought down some of the rock and much
enthusiasm the other day.
II showed the rock to Alvinza Hay
ward - he said " and his opinion is that
| 1t is the same rich rock that came out of
the Badger shaft in the Eureka close by
Such a find means further confidence in
Vertising Of the lode, increase in deep
mining and the production of millions
! Some communities would make a great
blow about such find, but nobody ever
| does any lowing about the mother lode"
The mother lode is constantly showing
that mining it's gold has hardly fairly be
gun. The Gwin, another of those old
''worked out" properties, is getting to be
a bigger thing every month under the
enterprising operations of E. c. VOORHEES,
and his associates, who took the. old
property and risked a 1400-foot shaft on
faith. During the past week the Gwin
company contracted for an additional
forty stamps for its mill, doubling its
capacity.
! q feet thick and all average milling ore, -
said Mr. VOORHEES,. ION the 400 level the
ore body is 1900 feet long, and still length
ening, with an average width of II feet,
and all pay ore"
One of the most important strikes of the
week was made in the Oneida mine, Anna
dor County, where a fine ore body has
been found in the 1850 level Thomas
Mein and the London Exploration Com
pany have been spending a fortune in de-
! Veloping this old mine with a great past,
and there is every promise that the story
! of the Kennedy, Argonaut, Gwin and
| other mother lode properties opened at
! depth will be repeated. The Oneida joins
! the Kennedy on the north.
| THE RIG ARGON ATTT-K KENNEDY BAT