Amador ledger., 1900-02-09
CALAVERAS COUNTY.

Company have recently let contract
for the extension of their tunnel down
the grade. Work was commenced on
the 18th and good crew of men have
beeniput on. Mr.. Delay is here and
personally oversees the work. 1t is to
be hoped this enterprise will reap a
golden reward before long or at least
when the May Day lode is encountered
The extensive new enterprises now in
sight seem to predict good season for
Murphys in progressive way. 1t is
current street talk that the Utica Com
pany will soon begin work for the
placement of two more large dynamos
at their plant up the canyon. This
will demand labor of all kinds and it
will take several months to complete
the details. A large pipe trench must
be dug-perhaps two, to accommodate
the new pipe line. Two more large
tanks for water supply must be built
on Mount Zion at the ditch. In addi-
tion, the completion of the planthouse
(all of stone) must be made together
with the work of installing the new
dynamos. A pole line will soon be put
up from Sheep Ranch across the
country, a distance of between four
and five miles to convey power to that
place. Preliminary surveys and route
inspections have already been made by
James Langford and his assistants in
the employ ofthe Sheep Ranch Com
pany.
Owen Owens, who has had large ex-
perience in. the Tuscarora mines at
Stent has come to Angels to accept the
position of superintendent of the Light
ner mine.
On Wednesday of last week, the hy-
draulic pipe, on the mine being oper-
ated by Lewis Emery at Cave City,
burst, stopping work in the mine.
Work will begin the first of the week.
Record: II. F. Whirlow of the Light
ner mine was in Tuolumne county last
week. While there he engaged Owen
Owens, of Stent, as foreman of the mine.
Owens has been employed in the Jump
er for a long time, but prior to that he
was in Nevada.
The Golden Gate mine, situated on
Bear Mountain, the property of G.
Schwartz, is being negotiated for, and
there is good prospect of its being
started up again soon.
The st. Lawrence has been closed
down for the past week, but work will
be resumed next week.
The Angels mine is now getting
ready to put up twenty-stamp mill in
few weeks. They have been running
a lot of prospect rock, and have con-
cluded to put up this mill. There are
thirty-five men employed in the mine.
The new mill will stand where the old
one stood.
The new twenty-stamp mill at the
Sheep Ranch mine was started Thurs
day morning. The mine was shut
down for about six years on account of
differences among the former owners
and lack of machinery. 1t is now
down about 1900 feet, and perfectly
clear of water, there having been more
than $4,000, 600 gallons of water taken
out within the past five months. The
work of the mine will be steady from
this time on. The town of Sheep
ranch is very busy, and houses for
families are not to be had at any price.
Thursday morning Dal and Mahlon
Longford, two old pioneers living near
Jenny Lind, made rich find. They
were working in virgin soil, and in one
place took out gold worth 500. They
have been taking out great deal of
gravel each week for some time.
Some time ago couple of men came
to an abandoned pocket mine near Tut
tletown and began to work it. They
worked for some days without success,
but one day they put in blast, and
upon examination found about $4,000
worth of gold. At last accounts the
men we're still at work in that place.