Amador ledger., 1900-03-30

Jenny Lind district has shut down
tempora' lily to replace the old machiu-
cry with new and more powerful works
to sink deeper On the quartz and to
crosscu' he vein 80 find IL; width. This
is preliminary to putting up Il mill as
the company expect to develop another
Royal or Pine Log mine by its prOmis-
ing outlook. Alex Brown is superin-
tending which together with his other
business, official and non-Official, keeps
him very busy.
Adjoining the Lost Log mine is the
Beckley, which is being surveyed pre-
paratory to sinking and developing.
This property has gold and silver rock
on the dumps which prospects up into
the many dollars to the ton.
Browns Addition mine next to the
Lost Log had some very promising
prospects taken from it, as also has
the Epperson mine in which tunnel is
being driven by Expert Jennings,
miner of sixty years experience. He
is his own carpenter, blacksmith, fore
man and whole force at work and is
making good headway.
A. Macomber of Jenny Lind has un-
covered by tunnel and shaft the main
east vein OF the Plymouth Rock mine.
The trend of the vein is southwest in
dicating its juncture at some near dis
tance in the vicinity. with similar rock
10 the Plymouth Rock. Some of it has
assayed forty dollars to the ton, with
ledge one hundred feet wide on top.
If this mine was in the KlOndike
thousands would tumble over one
another to get there and stake claims
The gentlemen of this company deserve
success, being among the most worthy
citizens of the county.
1t is said the Plymouth Rock mine is
sold to other parties who will start to
work in few weeks.
Citizen: The annual meeting of the
stock holders of the Ford Gold Mining
Company, which was adjourned on
Monday evening last, will be held this
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A
large attendance is expected. Mr..
Gutmann, who controls majority of
the stock, arrived here on Thursday
and will be present at the meeting. At
the mine the drifting on lines prev
iously outlined in these columns con-
tinues. without any apparent change
in the character of the rock. Mr.. Gut
mann is enthusiastic about the outlook
and predicts that the Ford will yet be-
come one of the great producers of the
county.
Nothing but good reports come from
the Sheep Ranch, where heavy bodies
of very high grade ore have been en-
countered in the deep levels.
At the Calaveras mine, formerly the
Lucas, they are sinking winze fifty
feet and the 10-stamp mill is kept in
constant operation on fine grade of
ore.
The Demarest continues to make fine
clean-ups and the rich ore chute is
maintained as it is followed downward.
There are rumors that the main shaft
is to be sunk 200 feet more, from 600 to
500.
In the Vorlander mine, at Mokel-
umne Hill, work has been stopped on
the east crosscut, which is now in 1SO
feet, and they are now working west
wardly to find the wall. The mine
never looked better.
The Melones Mining Company, at
Robinsons, at a special meeting in Bos-
ton on the 7th voted to issue 80, 600
shares Of so each in II per cent. pre-
ferred stock in addition to the present
capital of So, 600, 900; to convert 35, 900
shares of common stock in the treas
ury into II per cent. preferred stock,
the 10000 preferred shares thus pro-
vided for to be sold to provide money
Mr.. Ralston, the general manager of
the company, is still in Washington,
here he is not on business for the
company, but as president of the
State Miners Association.