Amador ledger., 1900-05-11
TUOLUMNE COUNTY.

New Era: The Laurel mine lies
half mile north o. Arastraville and is
owned by B. Fowles, though held
under bond by a San Francisco COM
pany. Last June it was equipped with
a powerful Park & Mason steam hoist
and an air compressor made by the
Compressed Air Machine Company of
San Francisco. At the same time un-
derground operations were begun.
The main shaft is down 220 feet, at
which point sinking was discontinued,
twenty feet of the working left for
sump room and a level established at
200 feet, from which point drift has
been run south twenty feet. The vein
thus far has averaged fourteen inches
in thickness and its value fully satisfies
the interested parties. From this drift
a crosscut is being driven to tap the
Dead Dog vein, which was once an in
dividual location, but is now part of
the Laurel. The crosscut is expected to
expose several minor gold d-bearing
veins before reaching the objective
Dead Dog. Number l level, 100 feet
from the surface, has a length of
eighty-five feet and is being hurried
forward as fast as miners can break
ground to cut a rich shoot of ore dis
covered by Mr.. Fowles twenty-five
years ago. This quartz body will be
reached in about twenty-five feet more
drifting. The Laurel is being develop
ed under the superintendency of ]. W.
Richards, of Soulsbyville, who has at
present eleven men employed. A mill
will probably be erected on the mine
some time during the coming fall.
Independent: The Rising Sun mine
is in operation, steadily developing,
with good prospects. They are getting
out ore for crushing which will be done
as soon as the Little Beauty rock is
run through their mill.
Ben and Tom Soulsby are getting
the North Fork mine into shape, clean
ing out the shaft which was filed in by
the last contractor.
Altogether this district, consisting of
the vicinity of Arastraville, is looking
better than for many years with more
men employed. The mines there have
good facilities for water power. There
are several good prospects being de-
veloped with favorable rasults.
At the Wheal Perrin at Soulsbyville
the work of clearing the mine of water
has been commenced. A gasolene en-
gine has been placed in position to do
the pumping.
In the neighborhood of Summers
vile considerable development work is
being done.
Sinking is in progress at the old
Platt mine on the Hawkins ranch. A
gasolene engine operates the hoist.
They have some rich sulphureted ore.
At the mine on the Dan Berger
ranch, eight men are employed A
mill is being erected and everything
looks promising about the property.
The Green mine has been unwatered
and extensive preparations for develop
ment made. A. L.. Moore is superin-
tendent. The San Francisco company
which own the mine have also pur-
chased several adjacent properties.
Democratic Banner: The Ready gold
mine in the Buchanan district is for
sale. Owing to the ill health of the
owner he is unable TO operate the prop
erty and because of that places it upon
the market.
The tunnel at the Melones mine,
Robinson Ferry, is in 2, 700 feet. 1t
will be continued until it reaches 4, 300,
when the ledge will be encountered.
The pay ore is forty feet wide and runs
from S. UP.