Amador ledger., 1902-01-03
MINING OUTLOOK FOR 1902.

MINING OUTLOOK FOR 1902.
The year that has just closed it's
record, and gone to the grave of the
dead past, has been a fairly pros
porous one for Amador county. The
new year opens very auspiciously.
Our staple industry of mining
promises great things for the COM
ing year. Around Jackson the min
ing outlook is particularly bright.
The developments in the lower levels
of the Kennedy open up vast field
of future activity. With an ore
body 80 feet wide, the rock in sight
is sufficient to run forty stamp
mill nearly four years. Should this
vein hold its size at greater depth
and there is every reason to believe
that it will-the milling plant will
be doubled, giving employment to
from so to IS additional men. The
Oneida is on good financial basis.
The ore is low grade, but by crush
ing large quantities, and econom-
izing in running expenses, the man
agement is able to make it profit
able. The ore reserves are large.
and the mine can be depended upon
as a bullion producer and heavy
labor employer for many years. The
Argonaut, although not at present
crushing rock from its own mine,
has still plenty of milling rock with
in its territory, awaiting the end of
the litigation to enable it to again
enter the ranks of gold producers.
These are all old mines, which, with
the reliable Zeila, have impaired life
to this section for years. It is in
the opening up of new mines, as well
as in the continued activity of old
ones, that Jackson must look for
future development, In this re-
spect there is every reason to be-
lieve that we shall not be disappoint-
ed. The exploration, conducted
from the Argonaut shaft, of the
Hoffman ground is decidedly en-
couraging. Rock has been found
there, and the Argonaut mill has
been crushing the ore for weeks for
testing purposes, with fairly salts
factory results. Indeed, it is no
longer matter of dispute that a
mine exists within the boundaries of
this claim, and that steps will be
taken ere long to develop it by
means of shaft sunk on its own
property is also beyond question.
The effect of the opening up of
another paying mine at this point
upon the business interests of Jack
son can hardly be overestimated.
Beside adding materially to the pop
ulation of the town, it will stimulate
prospecting at other nearby points
along the lode line. There is lots of
gold yet hid away in natures store
house, awaiting the intelligent in
vestment of capital to call it forth.
Outside of Jackson the industry is
also thriving. The South Eureka,
after long siege of Improbable
activity, is looming up as promising
dividend paying property. A ledge
of high grade ore has been discover
ed, and this will enable the vast low
grade ore-bodies to be treated at a
profit. Some estimates place the
recently developed ore at SO per ton,
which is considered high grade for
this lode. The assessment period
has passed, and it now begins to
look as though the stockholders are
about to reap some return for the
energy and persistence they have
shown This is the one point on the
mother lode where no outcroppings
appeared on the surface to guide the
prospector. 1t was a blind ledge.
With heavy groupings it is often
difficult to find the fssure. But
without any surface indications
whatever to tell Of the presence of
ore beneath, it is rare indeed that
capital will undertake the search.
But this is what the South Eureka
people have done, under the advice