Amador ledger., 1900-08-03
Condition Of Mother Lode
Mining.
EXCELLENT ORE TAKEN FUOA THE EUDORA
Sinking In Two-Compartment Shaft
Of the Dreisam.-Unwatering
the Mt, Pleasanton.
CALAVERAS COUNTY.


river, is the Slate Creek mine, owned
By Edward Colville & Co There is a
two-stamp mill running ou rich ore and
the mill plates can be seen heavily
charged with .,,.-am. The ore is of
the same nature as the Royal mine and
the vein can be traced about twelve
miles, by the groupings showing at in
tervals. Along the vein are the Vote
mine, the Alex Brown & Eproson. the
Beckley, Tilford, Dean and others until
the Royal is reached. The mineralogi-
cal character and geological formation
is much the same and some of these
mines in the future, by good manage
ment and proper facilities for working,
may prove as lucrative to the owners as
does the Royal.
Quite large force Of men is now at
work on the Ghost mine, which has
just been cleared OF water. The mine
will be put il the best possible shape for
working.
Work on the Steveuot mine AT Chap
srrel Hill is suspended for the present,
and Mr.. Stevenot has gone to Mariposa
where he is consulting engineer on the
Persian mine.
Work at the Cross shaft is progress
Ing favorably.
Citizen: Mining news 10 very scarce
this week, the scarcity of water having
compelled a cessation Of active opera
ton on many of the gravel mines in this
section of the mining region. The
mills with a good water supply are
pounding away with the usual good re-
suits. Where mines have been closed
down for the summer preparations are
being made for the coming winter, and
some big showings will be made when
the rains again furnish an adequate
water supply.
Work at the Demarest mine has been
closed down on account of a scarcity of
water. Operations will be resumed as
soon as the rains come again.
At the Grand View gravel mine near
Angels new 50-horse power engine is
being put in to run the six aud ten
Inch pumps, large flow OF water hav-
ing been recently struck.
More prospecting than for long
time past is being done in the vicinity
Of Vallecito at the present time. Most
~ ie NJ hot f{o1 pot,,ra ynd .roo5
results will no doubt follow.
In the Angels mine below the 700
level last week some very rich rock was
struck as the work of sinking was going
on. The ledge is Is inches in width,
and the ore was 80 rich that it was
packed in boxes on the spot.
A crosscut in the Martha mine at
Angels shows the vein to be from one
and half to seven feet in width, with
much free gold in the central crosscut.
The north cut is eighteen inches and
shoEs much gold. The ledge is three
feet in width in the south. The owners
are developing as fast as possible.
Fourteen men are employed at the
Oriole mine, at Angels, and the new
rock is very satisfactory to the owners.
Crosscutting is going on at the 4Oelevel
and at the same time station is being
cut at the 800 level.
Chronicle: The Eudora mine situ-
ated near the West Point bridge and
owned by George j. Congdon is making
. good showing as the work of develop
mont progresses. The tunnel is in 200
feet and at the end of it winze is be-
ing sunk. The three-foot ledge is
nearly all free milling, portion of it
being shipping" The former has
shown yield of 81 to the ton, the lat
ter $3.50. A shipment of the rebellious
orc will be made on tho lst prox. Mr..
Congdon intends to erect mill upon
the mine in the near future.
The Nixon and Tom Sawyer proper
ties, situated just east of West Point
and owned by r. w. Nixon and sons,
are two of the best properties in West
Point district. Considerable develop
ment work has been done and the ore
ground in an arastra on the premises.
There are two shafts on these proper
ties, one lis feet aud the other 65 feet.
The vein runs in width from one to
twenty inches and the ore is very rich.
While some of it can be successfully
worked in the arastra, the greater part
OF it is shipping" ore. The owners
are pushing developments with a view
to explore junction of two veins which
Ia believed to exist at certain point
and when this is accomplished it is be-
lieved that good results will be OBJ
tanned,
The Matrimony mine adioins the
Blazing Star and is owned by ]. S.
Sherman. A tunnel has been run $50
feet to tap the vein and drain the shaft
OF its water. The vein is of fair size
and the ore will go 800 to the ton-free
milling.
The Gold Hill mine, located about
two and half miles east of West Point,
has shaft sunk to depth Of 80 feet,
showing an eight inch lead between
well defined walls. The ore is highly
miuersli7ed, carrying good percent
age of galena sulphurets. Selby's re-
turns on the ore recently shipped there