Amador ledger., 1900-03-02
cALAvERAs COUNTY.

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time and the treasury is ample, reach
ing nearly S12, 200. Mr.. Gutmann ex-
amined the mine on Wednesday and
expressed himself perfectly satisfied
with the outlook, and outlined the
work for the immediate future.
At the Sheep Ranch mine every
thing is going forward swimmingly and
the most sanguine views are held for
the first cleanup of the new mill, now
in successful operation.
D. Gutmann, the promoter of local
mining schemes and of the AmadOr
railroad enterprise, has spent the
week in Calaveras county, devoting his
attention mainly to the Sheep Ranch
mine, and the Ford, with both of
which he expresses himself perfectly
satished.
J. A. Greenwood and Alex Questo,
formerly of the Gwin mine, have taken
an option on the south extension of the
California Copper mine located on the
Daulton ranch, in MADEIRA county, and
they think they have good piece of
property.
I. E. McSorley, superintendent of a
quartz claim on French hill, near the
town of Mokelumne Hill, for Mil
waukee company, is driving tunnel to
tap numerous quartz veins on the
property of the company, and is now
in $50 feet. Good results are expected
when the tunnel is finished.
The four-stamp mill on the Orc Fino
mine, near Cave City, is now approach
ing completion and will be started to
crushing as soon as finished. Water
power is to be used. w. B. Swank is
doing the work.
j. E. Burton, representing Milwau-
kee capitalists, is working the Green
Mountain near Mokelumne Hill, with a
small force and good results and is
making little noise about it. He has
water supply of 500 inches.
The Boston Hill mine located near
Cave City. which has history as an
early producer WAS examined by j. S.
White, the mining expert, for syndi-
cate of San Francisco capitalists, last
week and bonded to Ed Rigney of the
Emery mine. Hughey Gallagher
worked this mine in the early days by
Long Tom and rocker with excellent
results. It finally passed into the
honds of Tom Martin, the slayer of
Nicholas Mason, now serving a life
term in San Quentin, who decided it to
Mrs. G. Day of Sheep Ranch. 1t has
been worked as a placer. but will
be operated as a hydraulic mine
by the bonders. This deal is consid-
cred important, as it promises to de-
velop the rich section about Cave City.
The transfer of the Golden Gate (the
old FIamm) mine, which will be found
noted in the county records elsewhere
published, simply means the formal
transfer of the property now known as
the Commodore to the newly organized
Commodore Gold Mining Company.
The stock holders interests remain the
same, however, no new holders having
been added. The condition of the
mine is most promising. Under Su-
perintendent Clary's direction the
ledge has been exploited for distance
of 200 feet, and it will be again cross
cutted the last time at $50 feet on the
drift on the 300-foot level and was then
twenty-six feet wide, assaying to the
satisfaction of the management.
There is every indication that the
character of the ore has held its own.
The future of the mine will depend
somewhat on what the vein will show
at this point for milling purposes.
The hoisting works are about COM
pleted on the hill above the tunnel at
the Lucas mine and the shaft is being
sunk with all possible haste.
The Melones Company at Robinsons
Ferry will hold special meeting on
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proposition of increasing the capital
stock, by an issue of $1,000 shares of
preferred stock, to 90. $50, 900, the new
stock to be entitled to II per cent divi-
dends and to be sold at the par price Of
SO per share.
Chronicles: We we're shown speci-
mems Tuesdny last by Mr.. L. Vandell
that were taken from French Hill, near
this place. Mr.. Vandell was engaged
in running cut into the hill on the old
Hollaway place, whore the specimens
were found. AS. they were all quartz
gold Mr.. Vandell has concluded to
operate on more extended scale to see
if he cannot find the lead from which
they came. He has bonded tract of
land from Mrs. S. G. Peek and will at
once commence tunnel lower down
and see if the lead cannot be found.
French Hill is ribbed from one end to
the other with small strings of quartz
running parallel with each other and
all making into the hill. There is eyi-
IDENTIFY lead of mammoth dimensions
somewhere in the hill, although it may
be of great depth. But there is just
this much about it, the one who is
lucky enough to find it viii BECOME a
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