Amador ledger., 1902-08-01
MINING NEWS.

AMADOR PHOENIX directors
held meeting last Saturday, also on
Monday, at which it was decided to
continue operations as at present. An
extension of the bond on the property
for six months has also been secured.
SARGENT.-The contractors started
upon their contract to sink 300 feet on
Monday morning. The shaft is an in
cline, following the ledge, and at
present in soft slate and gouge. They
expect to make rapid progress. Should
they encounter hard rock or water that
would make it impossible to earn
reasonable wages, they reserve the
right to surrender the contract.
ARGoNAUT.-Att this mine they are
doing some work in the shaft to Sc
cure it against damage by water. This
work will be completed in two or three
days more. The last crushing of rock
from the Hoffman ground yielded bet
ter than any ore heretofore taken from
this claim-averaging about $40 per
ton. This ore was taken from the ex-
treme southern point of the drift at the
400 level, and above the drift. The
inference to be drawn from this fact is
that the ore body will probably con.
tinue to improve further south. Pros
pecting operations have ceased and the
water in the shaft has risen to this 140O
drift. No effort is being made TO keep
the mine free of water. When the shaft
work is finished, 1t is expected that all
work will cease pending the decision by
the United States supreme court Of
the Argonaut-Kennedy suit.
ONEIDA.-It is currently reported
that this mine is improving. The last
cleanup left balance of something like
$4,000 after deducting running expenses.
Forty stamps are kept running, and
the outlook seems brighter than at
any time since the present company
took hold.
JACKSON VALLEY COAL. AT Gar
barini Bros. machine shop on Water
street they have been using, for steam
purposes only, coal from the mine on
the Fitzsimmons ranch in Jackson val
ley. The coal is delivered in Jackson
for 50. IS per ton. It burns freely, re-
quires no mixing of other coal, and is
found to be a cheaper fuel than either
wood or hard coal. 1t is of superior
quality to the coal found near lone.
The vein is said to be IL feet thick; its
width we have not learned. There is
a large coal area in that vicinity,
although little is being done in the way
of mining it. Distance from railroad
is the main obstacle to the develop
ment of this industry. Jackson is the
only town of any size whose trade can
be successfully competed for.
NEvERswEAT.-Ths mine is situated
on the eastern slope of Butte mountain,
aud is owned by J. D. Nuner of the
Central hotel He has taken out con-
siderable gold from small strata of de-
composed quartz met with near the
surface. A shaft was sunk years ago
to the depth of so feet, folio wing. the
ledge, and showing slate for hanging
wall and gouge on footwall. A tunnel
has been driven into the mountain to
tap the ledge. This tunnel is in 200
feet, with 200 feet still to go to reach
the vein. Last week he started four
men to work in cleaning out and re-
tim mbering the tunnel, with the inten-
tion of driving the tunnel to the ledge.
The lode runs nearly north and south,
the same as the main belt, although
fully mile east of the mother lode.
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