Amador ledger., 1904-03-04
GOLD PRODUCERS
OF AMADOR COUNTY
Argonaut Cutting Stations Prepara-
tory to Taking Out 0re.-The Gil
max in Flourishing Condition.

SHENANDoAH.-Owing to the diff
Guilty of getting wood, this mine near
Plymouth has been compelled to shut
down temporarily. The condition of
roads makes it impossible to secure fuel
at this time 1t is expected to start up
again by the first Of next month.
The Bay State or Rhetta mine is
running steadily, under the manage
ment of Superintendent Worthing. 1t
is about the only mine around Ply
mouth in operation at present. The
Havilah mine at Nashville has sus.
pended for what reason we are not pre-
pared to state.
ARGONAUT.-At this mine they are
now cutting the station at the 1850
level. There are still two more STA
tiOns to cut below this without any
further sinking. 1t is expected that
fully two months will elapse before
these stations are completed. 1t is
then the intention to sink deeper, and
at the same time run drifts to the ledge
and take ore out. There will probably
be large reserve of ore in the bius
| before the mill is started. The bins
will hold over 5000 tons of rock-nearly
enough for a months run So that
the starting of the mill is not likely in
the immediate future. However,
everything is working steadily and
satisfactorily. The late heavy rains
have largely increased the flow of
water. 1t is now fully double the
ordinary quantity. The facilities for
handling it, however, are such that no
difficulty whatever is experienced from
this source.
CLIMAX.-P. B. Aiken, superintend-
ent OF the Climax, arrived in jackson
Wednesday night from San Francisco,
and went up to the mine Thursday
morning, He reports the mine look
ing exceedingly well, and exhibited
some samples of specimen ore taken re-
| Gently from the mine, which reminds
| one of the rich rock taken from this
property under the Reed & Askey
management. The specimens are liter
ally covered with free gold, the prec-
ious metal comprising probably one
half the total weight of the specimens.
Mr.. Aiken says the result of the crush :
ing recently made yielded an average
of So per ton in free gold. The two
stamp mill is idle at present, owing to
the bad condition of the roads render
ing it impracticable to haul wood to
supply the furnace with fuel. 1t is ex-
pected that wood will be obtainable in
few days. Miners have been kept at
work taking out rock and doing de-
| velopment work. The operations have
been confined to the 100 foot level. No
development below this depth has been
done. Drifts have been run at this
level north and south for d distance of
between 700 and 800 feet, showing good
milling ore in each direction. The
| ledge is from two to six feet wide. In
the north drift, which was run a con-
siderable distance over ten years ago,
following small stringer of quartz, a
large ledge of fine ore was discovered
close to the timbers of the drift on the
footwall. 1t is this ore body that is
supplying the rock for the mill At
| the point whore it was first encountered
it was only two feet wide, but it has
since widened out to something like six
feet, and has been followed for dis
tance of between 100 and 200 feet. The
company intends to put up more stamps
this summer. 1t is gratifying to record
this instance of the opening up of a
paying mine in this locality, which is
seven miles east of the mother lode.
OF course, the shallowness of the work
ings will hardly admit of it's being con-
sidered proven mine, but there is no
reason why the ledge should not con-
tinue to much greater depths. The
Climax is making very fiattering
showing, and all parties interested are
jubilant over the outlook.