Amador ledger., 1900-05-04
CALAVERAS COUNTY.

Prospect: Messrs. Folsom, Hayden
& Walker of Stockton have recently
purchased the Bluff claim of Mr.. Gus
lige, and have already commenced
work. The mine, which is a gravel
proposition, is situated near the Old
Table Mountain school house, between
Ell Dorado and Sheep Ranch. and in
close proximity to the Martin mine.
They have put in an impounding dam
as required by law, and on Wednesday
of this week the water was turned on.
They are using about $50 inches of
water under a 200-foOt pressure. The
ground has been extensively prospect
ed and promises good returns.
Getchell & Austin have completed
their contract on the I0-stamp mill at
Campo Seco for the Cook mine and
have returned to town. The mine is
the property of the Standard Oil Com
pany, is situated about half mile from
Campo Seco, on the Camanche road,
and is said to be promising PROPOSE
tion. About week IS more work is re-
quired to get the mill in running order,
when the work of crushing quartz
from the mine will commence. The
mill has been well constructed and is
prepared to give good account of it
self.
Citizen: A large amount of work is
being done at the Sheep Ranch mine
and many men are now employed there.
The Sheep Ranch has been good pro-
ducer in times past, but it is the opin-
ion of the present owners that it will
surpass anything it has ever shown.
From a dead, broken down town,
Sheep Ranch now presents different
aspect. Many persons have moved to
the town, buildings have been repaired
and erected, and much property has
recently changed hands. Prosperity
always seems to follow in the wake of
Mr.. Gutmann's operations, and we
think such will be the case at the Ford
before many days.
The hauling of the 200 tons of rock
from the Commodore to the Ford mill
for a test run still goes on, but will
probably be finished to-day. Some
delay was Occasioned by the breaking
of wagons in passing over the rough
roads with their heavy loads, and also
in the milling operations at the Ford,
but everything is now going off smooth
ly, and in few days more the run will
be finished and the result made known.
Much pertaining to the future pros
perity of San Andreas depends on the
result of this test. If satisfactory, a
bright future for the town is assured;
but if it be otherwise, we will have to
hammer along in the same old rut until
capital develops some of the good pros
poets already uncovered in this Sec
tion. And, again, should the test
prove what it is hoped it will, other
claims carrying the same kind of rock
and in like large quantities will be de-
veloped.
Angels Record: The work now go
ing on at the Delay tunnel on the
grade, about one mile west of Muir
phys, is one of the most important
pieces of work about there. 1t taps a
hill which is very rich in surface crop
ping of first-class quartz, and in ex-
cavating to the heart of the mountain
good results will follow. AT present
the tunnel is in over 600 feet, and a
rich ore deposit is looked for before il
reaches the May Day mine, which is to
be the terminal point. Many punches
have been passed through, which
showed good quartz, as well as gold.
For several years a San Francisco com.
pany has been operating this property,
of which high opinion is held.
For some time past John Rolleri ha:
been taking out some very good rock
at his mine near the Nellie mine, just
below town. He has shaft dowr
twenty feet, and unless all indications
fail he will develop one of the best pay
ers about here.
The Tulloch mill, which has beer
running by electricity for some time,
has been compelled to discontinue 1t:
use and will again use water, as the
electric transformers in use were tor
small tor the amount Of force needed