Amador ledger., 1901-04-19
AROUND THE MINES
Gold Producers of Amador
County.
May Resume Sinking in the Argon-
aut.-The Old Phoenix Mine
to be Re-0pened.

John Truscott, formerly of the Oneida,
will have charge of the sinking at the
Bunker Hill mine. No better man
could have been placed in charge. The
business will be pushed from this time
forward, and it is thought by some
that a 20-stamp mill may be in opera
ton by next Christmas. He will begin
next Monday.
ONEIDA.
Sixty stamps are dropping at the
Oneida mine, fair quality of rock
being reduced. Oil as fuel is to be in
troduced, electricity as motive power
has already been introduced and, in
short, the Oneida is in every particular
up-to-date.
CENTRAL EUREKA.
Superintendent Thomas of the Cen
trail Eureka mine continues to produce
bullion, and the company continues to
pay dividends, the second payment
having been made recently, All inter-
ested are well pleased with the outlook.
ARGoNAUT.
Arrangements are about completed
for the resumption of sinking in the
Argonaut. This is most excellent and
stimulative news.
zEILE.
1t is probable that a winze will be
sunk in the Zeile to depth of 300 to
$50 feet below the lower level. Forty
stamps are dropping at this mine.
KENNEDY.
Probably there is not mine on the
entire mother lode in which better
system of thorough and constant pros
pecting obtains. The result is that
Superintendent Parks always has
plenty OF ore in sight. The new east
shaft is to be put down several hundred
feet deeper, and it is not at all improb-
able that the 5000 or even $500 level
may be reached. The Kennedy people
believe in deep mining.
ALMA.
Again Dame Rumor refers to the
Alma mine. This time the old shaft
is to be abandoned and a new one put
down farther west. Well, many good
miners long ago predicted that event.
ually such move would be made.
AMADoR QUEEN NO. 2.
Queen No. 2, has unwatered the shaft
to the 800 level, and prosecuting was
resumed at that level this week. This
mine is to be thoroughly prospected.
MUTUAL MINE.
At the Mutual mine, Suffer Creek,
drifting north and south on the vein
from the 400-foot level is in progress.
pEEPI ESC NINE
On Tuesday of this week Superin-
tendent Osborne of the Peerless mine
encountered softer rock and sinking
will now go forward more rapidly.
For several months the ground has
been extremely hard and the sinking
CORRESPONDENCE slow, but now an en-
couraging change has taken place,
much to the satisfaction of all concern
ed. The shaft is now about $50 feet
deep, and if the soft ground continues
the 800 level will be reached in few
more weeks.
PLYMOUTH MINES.
ciates intend erecting an electric power
plant on Dry creek, near the Centen-
NAL mine, has caused more or less talk
dUOub Tue f0SuupUlOn vi operations at
the old Empire and Pacific mines.
While it is not improbable that event.
ually these mines will be reopened.
there appears to be no good ground
for the belief that work will begin
this season.
PHOENIX G. M. CO.
The old Phoenix Gold Mine has been
acquired by new company and will be
thoroughly worked. A five-stamp mill
will soon be in operation on the ore
already in sight. The Incorporation of
the new company will be perfected this
week. The capitalization is $25, 600;
the number of shares of stock, 100, 900.
The directors for the first year are: S.
G. Spagnoli, L. j. Fontenrose, DIR. A.
M. Gall, John Ross Jr, Jas. E. Dye,
r. G. Rust, W. j. Nettle. The prop
erty is located about seven miles east
of Jackson on the east side of the
Amador Canal and little north of the
Middle Fork OF Jackson creek. Sew
eral fine specimens of rock are on ex-
hibition.