Amador ledger., 1900-03-09
CALAvERAS COUNTY.

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plant and at the Utica possessions
above town is being awaited with pa
tience. So little is doing that every
body is waiting for something to turn
up, Or for the coming of an awakening
bee of industry. Mitchlar's Last
Chance, west of town. is coming to the
| front with most remarkable incident.
Recently large cave took place in the
old shaft whereby large vein of good
Quartz was brought to Wow fully ten
feet in width. Formerly ore milled
from this mine went ten or twelve dol
lars per ton, but the vein was only a
few inches wide. Now tons can be Sc
cured. If it only averages One-half its
| former richness the mine will be big
bonanza, to be sure.
The Big Horn, at San Domingo, is
prosecuting work quietly and prompt
| ". Some little prospecting is being
done at present in the hills east of
Murphys. Though no good discover
les have been made it is conceded to be
a likely section. This ridge in the past
has been somewhat neglected by the
mine hunters. All the ridges north
and south of this one have one or more
good claims on them. w. j. Hackett
brought down from Flanders ranch
last Sunday sample of peculiar look
ing ore which, it is said, will go about
SO to the ton.
W. B. Lake is still pushing work on
small scale at the Eho placers. A
company has recently been formed and
it is their intention to do much devel
opment work in the near future.
There is no doubt but the old river
channel runs through old Mable Noun
tain. From recent work it looks as
though Mr.. Lake is on the right track
and chasing the proper gold deposits.
The Santa Anna mine, which has
been idle since last October, Is soon to
be started up with full force of men.
The main shaft on this property has
already reached a depth of 700 feet, so
that large force of men can now be
employed to advantage. The bad
weather of the early part of
the winter main has been one of the
causes of delay. With fine weather
assured for the future, the prospect of
development is good.
The st. Lawrence mine started
Thursday of this week to pump out the
water and as soon as this work is done
the programme is to drift both ways
from the shaft on the lead.
W. D. Riley of Murphys was in town
this week, and reports that he has
recently bonded his mine on the Stan
islaus river to some San Francisco
parties. This mine is bound to be one
of the gold producers in the near flu
ture. There is an eight-foot ledge,
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There is a sixty-foot tunnel on the
depth. It is expected that the water
viii be all out of the Union Copper, at
Copperopolis by the 18th inst. They
have now reduced it to within forty
feet of the bottom.
Reports from the Sheep Ranch mine
are very encouraging and those who
have seen the rock that Is now coming
from the lower levels pronounce it very
rich free milling. A fine twenty stamp
mill is now crushing the quartz and
there is every presumption that the
mine will again take it's place as one of
the best paying propositions in the
county. Some heavy machinery is
now being made at the Jackson foundry
and preparations are being made to
Jake power IrOm bne OGlcd eiecbric
plant above Murphys.
Chronicles: Encouraging reports
come from the Lucas mine, now known
as the Calaveras Gold mine. The mine
is located near the Mokelumne river,
about mile from this place, and now
being operated by G. F. Percy, G. D.
Coran and Sydney Smith. About
$40, 600 has lately been expended in
improvements, new compressed air
plant has been installed and the mill
has been newly equipped and started to
work on ore from the lower tunnel,
which has been driven in 400 feet, max
ing in all 700 feet. With its free
and plentiful supply of water the new
owners of the Lucas property are now
mining and milling for the remarkably
small cost of 81 a ton.