Amador ledger., 1902-01-17
THE PRODUCERS Of GOLD.
Progress In Amador County
Mining.
To Crosscut at the KirkWood- The
Del Monte Buys Some Machinery.
Amador-P Phoenix Cleanup.

KIRKWOOD.-A meeting of the Kirk
wood Company was held in Jackson
the first of the week. The Indebtedness
of nearly 5000 was wiped out by volun-
| tary contributions on the part of those
present. 1t was decided to crosscut
for the ledge at once, from the present
depth of the shaft-abOut 715 feet.
They will run east first, as the pre-
ponderating opinion is that the ledge
lies in that direction. 1t is also the in
tention to go west, as the surface indi-
cations point to another ledge in that
direction. Everything was harmoni
Gus at the meeting, and there was no
feeling of encouragement manifested.
A good deal Of further prospecting will
be done before they entertain the least
idea of abandoning operations. Those
interested in the Peerless-the adioin-
ing property on the north-are watch
| ing the developments of the KirkwoOd,
as upon the result will depend the re-
sumption of work upon that property.
DEL MONTE. directors of the
Del Monte group OF mines in Oalaveras
county, at their meeting held January
3, adopted resolutions authorizing the
superintendent to buy and install at
once a compressor and outfit for the
operating of power drills upon their
new crasscut tunnel. Fhe superin-
tendent Immediately thereafter closed
with Jas. K. Dye Of jackson, for the
purchase OF his Rix and Firth single
cylinder compressor, situated on the
Amador Gold mine near Jackson. In
addition to this, he purchased the re-
ceiEer, out-off and valves used in con-
nection Herewith, 5000 feet of 3-iuch
compressed air pipe, and quantity of
drill steel with sharpening tools. The
work of removing these to the mine
has already begun, under the super
vision OF the superintendent and his
expert assistant, Cornelius O'Neill Jr.
The force of men at the mine has been
increased, and all are now actively en-
gagged in preparing for the installation
of the new plant. Grading for road
ways and for foundation work has al
ready begun, and plans and estimates
have been prepared under the direc-
tion of Messrs. Garbarini of Jackson.
The compressor will first be removed
to Sutter Creek for necessary foundry
work, after which it will be in all re-
spects equal to q new machine. The
estimated cost of the installation of this
outfit is S2500, gross; a figure below
the net cost of a new outfit. The en-
tire financial outlook of the company
is brighter than at any time since the
Incorporation. Only few thousand |
shares now remain unsold, and most of |
these have already been spoken for, so |
that we can positively assert that no
more stock will be upon the market |
after March first. They have money |
in the treasury and Forthcoming from
monthly payments to prosecute the |
work with full force, and intend to |
make Del Monte mine one of the busi- |
est little communities in the mining belt. |
Work is still being carried on in the
east drift, in which indications still
show large values ahead as also upon |
the old shaft over the west drift, in |
which the ledge has been uncovered |
two feet in width at depth of 40 |
feet, with good prospect showing. |
Rail Road Flat mining district has de-
veloped quite boom within the last
few months, several mines having been
started with good financial backing, so
essential to success: and work in most |
of them is being prosecuted upon ex-
cellent prospects. The Jones mine and |
the Little Giant, both near neighbors
to Del Monte, have been working upon
valuable ore deposits, and others are
meeting equally encouraging bodies of
rock.
AMADoR-PHoENIX.-A cleanup
was made at this mill last week. |
Mixed rock from the dump was run
through. and it was not expected that
it would prove of paying vaule. We
have not learned how much it yielded
per ton. The mill is now idle, but will
be started again shortly, on ore from
the level now being opened as soon as
fuel can be procured.
ARGONAUT.-The shaft of this mine
has reached depth of 2O20 feet, and
sinking still continues in the hardest
kind of greensboro.