Mohave County miner., 1902-06-14

canyon CITY News called upon Mr..
.. II. Pomeroy, the genial superintend.
cut of the new dredger now nearing
completion one mile below John Day,
and while there learned many inter.
estlng facts of this enterprise, which
promises SO much for our section. The
dredger as it stands today, practically
com plete, with only the exception of
the finishing touches, is certainly a
fitting testimonial to the energy aud
mechanical aud business ability of the
company. Altogether, it will weigh
750 tons, and l76,0)o feet of lum Der has
been used in the construction of the
hull, as well as the tons of bolts. There
is still to come 2 tons of machinery,
which will bring the total weight of
machinery alone up to 22Otons. Among
the most interesting and noticeable
parts of the machinery are the huge
buckets, of which there are 27 on the
chain, and the connecting links. Each
individual link weighs so pounds, and
there are 27 links between each bucket.
Each bucket weighs 1000 pounds, and
in the course of minute Il of the u
buckets make their rounds, thereby
lifting 96 cubic yards of dirt. The lad
| der around which the buckets revolve
weighs II tons and is made of the fin.
est steel. At the head of this ladder
there is All immense tum bier weighing
! 400 pounds, which serves its purpose
by turning the buckets in their trip
around. Steam was used for the first
time last Monday, and will be utilized
in raising the greater part of the re
naming machinery to its place. The
boilers will require when under full
head of steam from II to IA cords of
wood per day. There are and have
been since construction was com.
menced Is mechanics employed, and
the Importance of the work can be
seen, when they say that 3l,Jo0S has al
ready been spent in wages and Incl
dentals, indie pendent of the cost price
of material, which will be when com
pleted in the neighborhood Of 75,000s.
Thus it will be seen that the dredger
has already cost about lJ5,O0, 5. a con.
siderable amount to put in any enter.
prise.--Western Mining World.
\ Redding dispatch says A hun.
dred mining claims have been staked
within -four days aud scores of miners
are hurryiug to the district as the re-
suit of the finding of what promises tc
be a great gold ledge at the western
base of the Shasta divide, ten miles
this side of French gulch. Not les:
remarkable than the ledge itself, i:
the manner in which it came to be dis
covered 4 man told of the supposed
ledge as joke and a miner proved the
joke a reality. One night last week il
French Gnlch store crowd of min
ers and others we're spinning yarns
Mart Foster, who is not miner, tolc
of ledge which he knew must exis
beside the county road at the base o.
the Shasta divide, because he had
picked up a bit of quartz there twelve
years ago which sparkled with gold
William Ellis, miner, heard the story
and set out early the next morning fol
the spot which Foster had described
He located the little gulch without diff
ficulty and before night he had located
ledge which cropped out at the sur
face. He returned next day greatly
elated and opened mp the vein. Th'
pay streak is more than two feet wid'
and assays from los to sos per ton
1t has been opened up for about ion
: feet and gives 10 sign Of pinching out
Ellis has taken in Mart Foster and TIVE
Others as partners. They could no
keep the discovery, which is close t.
The road, secret, and one of the part
ners watches the place at night whil
} the Others sleep. Prospectors have 10
Gated every foot of the ground TO
nearly a mile in every direction ant
other strikes are anticipated. Th
owners of the Little Wax" ledge re
fuse to listen to any offer for thei
! mine.