Amador ledger., 1903-12-25
MINING NEWS OF
AMADOR COUNTY
The Additional Twenty Stamps at the
Kennedy Nearing Completion South
Eureka Running Along as of Yore.

ARGONAUT.-At this mine the un-
watering of the shaft will soon be in
the 1000 foot level, and open up level
at that depth. The 1900 drift is full of
water so that nearly 300 feet of the
shaft will be unwatered, in addition to
the 1900 drift
SOUTH EUREKA. = At this mine
nearly 40 men are now employed The
men are being put back to work as fast
as places can he found for them. There
was some dissatisfaction manifested by
the union miners last week on account
of alleged discrimination against one of
their members. This, however, has
passed over without trouble, and every
thing appears to be running smoothly
and satisfactorily.
CLIMAX-At this mine they are
putting up a two-stamp mill, and ex-
pect to get started in crushing ore in
few days. 1t is claimed that with the
two stamps, from Is to 20 tons per day
can be crushed. The Climax is the old
Reed & Askey property near Wieland.
PLACER MINING AT VOLCANO
Several placer mines in the vicinity of
Volcano are ready to start, but are
waiting until the debris commissioners
approve of the restraining dams. The
law is found to be great hardship to
the owners of small placer mines, such
as are found in this county. All are
req quired before starting to secure a
permit from the commissioners AS
the brush dams become filled up, it is
incumbent upon them to build. them
higher. Whenever this is done, the
work must be inspected by commits
sioner and approved by him before
mining can be resumed. This requires
time, and it happens that the best of
the working season passes by in idle
ness before the official sanction can be
obtained.
KENNEDY We visited the east shaft
of this mine during the past week, and
found the additional twenty stamps to
the mill rapidly approaching compile
tion. The mortars are all in place, also
the concentrators. The work remain
ing TO be done consists of setting the
cam shaft and other machinery for the
stamps, also the outside plates This
work will require two or three week S
to complete, with the force of mechanics
now on the job. 1t is expected that
the new stamps will not be started be-
fore February. When completed this
60-stamp mill will be model in every
respect. 1t is the finest piece of work
of the kind, not only along the mother
lode, but in the state. Everything is
arranged with strict regard to con-
yenience and efficiency. A cleanup
room is arranged in the central part of
the new addition, and from this room
all the batteries, plates, and conceu-
traitors are in view. The sulphurets as
they are gathered from the concen-
traitor troughs, are dumped in loose
state through an opening to the floor
of the sulphurets building, whore they
are sacked, and loaded on wagons, and
taken to the chlorination works. There
is no hoisting to be done, and hence the
work is easily and quickly accomplish.
ed. Between three and four tons of
sulphurets are saved per day at each
mill, making about tons per day with
the present milling capacity of 80
stamps. With 100 stamps in operation
the output is expected to reach close to
10 tons daily. The big hoist is steadily
gaining in favor Notwithstanding the
diversity of opinion that prevailed at
first regarding its suitability for the
conditions, it is now voted just about
the thing for the work.