Amador ledger., 1904-01-08
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Amador's Thriving Industry. = Its
Mines Have Long Since Passed the
Prospective Stage News in General

directors OF the Del Monte Mining and
Milling Company was held last Mon.
day, when an assessment of ten cents
per share was levied, which will realize
about $4,000. This amount it is be-
lieved, will be sufficient to pay off the
Indebtedness, and also enable the tun-
mel to be pushed forward to the point
where it is expected to intersect the
ledge-a distance of about $50 feet
This work is absolutely necessary tC
determine the value OF the property,
and although the assessment reaches
the maximum limit of ten per cent ol
the par value of the stock, it was
deemed best under the circumstances
to levy the full amount at once rather
than divide it into two assessments.
The WIDE AwAKE.-This property
is owned by the Consolidated Wide
Awake nj. 81 Nj. Co., and is located in
Railroad Flat mining district, just
acs oss the line of Amador in Calaveras
county. Up to the present time the
efforts of the company have been ex-
pended in the thorough development
of the mine, and as a result it is now in
a condition to furnish ore sufficient to
supply a ten-stamp mill. Just recently
a mill of that capacity has been COM
pleted, and Manager Wright expects
to put it in operation to-day. The
property is worked by 13O-foot shaft,
and 200 feet of drifting has been done
at the 60-foOt level, where on each side
is a good chute of ore. The ore is free
milling, but it has been decided to also
make and save concentrates.
HooLIG>AN.-All of Amador's min
eral resources are by no means confined
to the mother lode. An instance in
point is the Hooligan, owned and now
being operated by company of that
name. This property is located in
Pioneer mining district, near the De-
fender, one of the best paying mines in
the district. The owners of the Hooli-
gan have just completed a l40-foot tuni-
mel which cuts the ledge at consider
able depth, and although as yet its ex-
tent has not been determined, a recent
assay by Weisenbein Bros, San Fran
cisco, furnishes abundant assurance of
| its value. The return as shown to a
representative of this paper, by Tom
Smith. one of the owners, gives value
of S19 ounces gold and $50 ounces sill
yer to the ton. They are quite jubi-
lant'over the prospect, and are pushing
work as rapidly as possible to the end
of adding the Hooligan to Amador S
list of pay mining propositions at a
very early date.
| KENNEDY.-To a person accustomed
to seeing large mining operations trip
to the Kennedy is u treat indeed, where
everything is hustle and industry. At
both the south and east shafts the top
operations are Indicative of much work
in the drifts and Slopes below. Besides
the constant developments being done
in the mine, the company is making
added improvements to the plant above
ground. AT present the foundations
are complete for the addition of three
new boilers to the boiler plant, and the
boilers are just being placed, which will
increase the number to nine. When
this work has been finished, the lifting
capacity of the hoist can be developed
to 1000 horse power, although at the
present depth being worked only about
$50 horse power is used. The hoist just
completed by the Allis-Chalmers COM
pany, is capable of drawing rock from
depth of 1000 feet, and now hoists
skip loads of 66 cubic feet, or $500
pounds of rock at the rate of 22O0 feet
per minute, but when taxed to its full
strength is capable of raising 1880
pounds at the ame rate per minute.
In the mill at the east shaft ten more
stamps were started up on Monday,
and Supt. Smith expects to have the
remaining ten of the sixty pounding
ore within the next week. The es-
tablishment of plant of hosting ma
chinery of so great capacity makes a
new era in mining in this county, and
the results obtained will be watched
with interest by mining men generally.
MISCELLANEOUS
we understand there are about 80
men employed at the New York mine,
Railroad Flat district, developing the
property.
News reached this Office during the
week that the 10-stamp mill on the
Whitmore property, Volcano district,
had been completed, and is now pound
ing away on ore.
Work on the Argonaut, next to the
Kennedy, is progressing nicely, and as
the mine is being gotten in shape for
operations, the force is being gradually
increased. A station is now being cut
at the 1S00-foot level, and as soon as
finished drifting to the ledge will be
started, and pushed as rapidly as pos.
sible. In addition to this the work of
unwatering the lower levels will con-
tinue, and when accomplished, sinking
will be resumed.
Charles D. Lane, general manager of
the Wild Goose mine, Nome, Alaska,
from whence he has just recently re-
turned, passed through town Monday
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mining interests. 1t is hoped that his