Amador ledger., 1900-07-06
All Is Activity Along the
Mother Lode.
FORD 10 Be UNKATERED FOUR HUNDRED FEET
Neil A. Carmichael Doing Excellent
Work On the Confidence
PROPERTY.
cALAvERAs COUNTY.

Mountain mine, situated between Ell
Dorado and Sheep Ranch, spent Sun
day in town and had short talk with
a Prospect representative. He reports
the outlook at the mine as very favor
able. The Table Mountain is a gravel
proposition, the gravel being in the
shape of hard cement, requiring
mill for crushing. At present II men
are employed and the tive-stamp mill
crushes about 30 tons every "A hours.
An addition of another five stamps will
probably soon be, made To the mill.
The mine is on paying basis and suf-
6cient development work has been done
to insure continuous working for a long
time.
The Ritter mine near I'll Dorado in
this county, has been Incorporated.
The principal place of business is San
Andreas and the capital stock is $780,
O00. The directors are e. G. Rigney,
Oakland; Chas. D. Fontana, Copper
opolis; Sam e. Redmond, Edward
Casey and F. j. Solinsky of San An
dreas.
Don: Palmer who holds the bond on
the old Shear mine on Central hill,
commenced work on that property
"Wednesday OF this-week. Mr.. Palmer
!s successful mine manager who has
the confidence OF the money men and
has had no difficulty in interesting
capital in this proposition. With the
necessary money in hand it viii not be
difficult to demonstrate the value of
this mine, and It viii no doubt soon BE-
on paying basis. The development
work will be vigorously prosecuted
Citizen: At the Oriole mine, near
Angels, crosscutting is still being done
1T the 400-foot level. Rock was thif
week encountered which promises tC
turn out good as work progresses.
Seventeen men are now employed under
ground. A fine body OF orc has beer
struck in the south drift OF the 1900
level in the north shaft. The ore body.
is nearly 20 feet thick, and all good
milling rock-no slate or waste mixed.
with it. The vein is standing at an
angle of about IS degrees to the east
and has strong gouge on both foot
and hanging walls of the ore body.
Orders have been issued for the un-
watering of the Ford down to the 400
= level, and the prospects are that it will
be continued to the bottom of the
shaft. The New York parties who are
interested in the property and in
spected it last week are satisfied from
all outward appearances. A cleanup
OF the two weeks run was made last
Saturday night, and although we could
not find out the result, we understand
it was satisfactory to those interested.
The stamps were again started up on
Monday morning and the incessant
racket and roar of the process of ham,
mering out gold is but that of music to
the ears of the people of San Andreas.
The Commodore mill has force at
work in repairing and Strengthening
the shaft preparatory to further sink
ing.
At the McGuirk work is being pushed
in the sinking of tho shaft, and the
sounds of the blasts can be heard
plainly. Everything looks as good at
this mine as was indicated by our last
report.
The mines of the MelOnes Company
at Robinson's Ferry will soon be the
center of great activity. The uncer-
tainty SO long felt about the big enter
prise is now at an end, and many men
will find work there at good wages.
Record: The work among the vari-
Gus mines around here was without
much change during the past week.
About the only item of much import
ance was the closing up of the sale of a
gravel mine at Vallecito, which will be
made public in few days.
At the ST. Lawrence work is still
progressing in good shape, crosscu utting
continuing, with better rock being
found each day. A good force Of men
are employed. A new boiler was put
In this week in place of the. old one,
which sprung a leak short time ago.
At the Cross shaft the work of put
ting up the new hoist is going up very
rrpidly, and it win only be q short
TINA until It is finished. This. will be
the third largest hoist in the North
American continent. The machinery
for the work is being put in position as
fast as possible.
At the San Domingo gravel mine
work will be closed shortly on account
OF no water, and will not be resumed
until next fall, or when water can be
obtained.
Tho Gold Hill people are at work
getting their new machinery IN work.
Ing, order, sinking the shaft and pre-
pairing to carry on the mine in first
class manner.
Mountain Echo: New machinery for
the big hoist to be erected on the
South Sickle mine has already arrived
and more is on the way. When COM
pleted this will be the largest hoisting
plant on the Coast. The gallows-
frame over the shaft is to be raised
about 80 feet higher, making it the