Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-11-15
WITH THE GOLD PRODUCERS
Everything at the Oneida
In Fine Shape.
Local People to Prospect Near Pine
Grove-The Amador- Phoenix Mill
Nearing Completion.

county, giving emplOyInenb 10 more
than $50 men. A change has taken
place in the SUPPLEMENTARY. G. G..
Derby, the late superintendent, has
been transferred to Mariposa county as
general manager of the Mariposa Com
mercial and Mining Company. vice j.
H. Mckenzie, resigned. He left for his
new field of labor last week. He has been
succeeded in the superintendency of
the Oneida by E. Hampton of Nevada
City, who took charge last Thursday
Mr.. Hampton has had many years of
experience in the mines of Nevada
county, and is thereby we'll fitted for
the responsibilities of his new position.
The Office of assistant uperintendent-
a new POSITIONS filed by Norris En-
glish, of San Francisco, who also ar
rived with Mr.. Hampton last Thursday
evening to enter upon the duties of his
Office. Around the works everything
appears to be running smoothly and
with clockwork regularity. The ore is
low grade, averaging about SO per ton.
The sixty stamp mill is kept running
steadily, crushing over 300 tons daily
an average of oyer tons to the stamp.
A few years back two tons per stamp
was considered flattering record. The
use of fuel oil in place of wood contin-
ues to give excellent results, and there
ic not tho Iaact likelihood IF a Ohio nro
back to the old order of things. There
are four oil furnaces at the hosting
works, and one man easily manages to
take care of all of them. The saving
effected by oil as compared with wood
at SIS per ton is about IS per cent. 1t
is not at all probable that this differ
ence will be overcome by a slight rise
in the price of oil over existing rates.
The company is now putting in a fifth
furnace to use wood as fuel. In fact it
is the old furnace and boiler that for
merly did duty at the hosting works
of early days, but it is still in good
order, and capable of rendering effect
i've service for many years. The object
of putting in this wood burning affair,
is principally to use up the large guam
tity of waste fuel, which rapidly accu-
mulates around a big mine, where
there is no opportunity of disposing of
it for fuel. 1t is also intended as
reserve power. In case, for any reason,
the oil supply should grow short, this
extra furnace will prove useful auxil-
larry in tiding over the crisis. Consid-
cradle four-foot wood is always kept on
hand in case of emergency. Every
thing is neat and in perfect order
around the works, under the manage
ment or machtntst II. II. ttutbcrt, who
has had supervision ever since the
present company started operations,
about six years ago.
PROSPECTING Gall, G. P.
Vicini, A. M. Hambric and several
others, have secured working bond
on quartz proposition on the Barrett
place, about mile and half west of
Pine Grove. They commenced sinking
shaft on the groupings over week
ago. The claim is on a vein running east
and west, and is believed to be identi-
cal with the Tellurium and other lodges
around Pine Grove. The rock pros
poets very fairly when pounded in
mortar. 1t is the intention of the COM
pany to sink 200 feet. Those engaged
in the undertaking have much faith in
the property. The development of a
paying mine would certainly stimulate
the mining industry in a very promis-
ing though long neglected field, of
which Pine Grove is the centre. Over
thirty years ago quartz crushed from
a claim on the same vein as the Bar
rett mine yielded $3.50 in free gold.
A vein which carries that value is GER
tainly deserving of investigation.
TELLURIUM.-Wm. Sherwood, who
went up to Pine Grove two weeks ago
to do assessment work on the old Tel
lurium mine, was ordered off the place
by claimants under subsequent loca-
ton. He came to Jackson the end of
last week, and has placed the matter
in the hands of lawyer. The courts
will now be called upon to settle the
rights Of the rival claimants. Mr..
Sherwood jumped the property the
commencement of this year, on the
ground that the annual assessment
work had not been done. Other parties
jumped it about two months ago, and
did little work, and left. Thereupon
Sherwood went up to do the required
work to hold the claim, when the op-
posing parties reappeared and ordered
him off. G. H. Crocker has the case
in hand.
AMADOR-PHoENIx,- 10-stamp
mill on this property is approaching
completion. R. P. Lepley and v. S.
Garbarini went up this week to look
after the finishing touches to the mill.
1t is expected that the stamps will be
started by the first of Decem Der.
AN IMPORTANT STRIKE.-F. A.
Alleyne Orr, who has been prospecting
about Plymouth. for the past seven
years, has at last been rewarded by
striking it rich. He informs us that,
''the secret as regards where the great
vein of the mother lode at Plymouth.
which pr0dl1oad in tho ia mOuc FrnDira