Amador ledger., 1904-08-12
THE COUNTY'S
MINING NEWS

43 men is working steadily, and are TAX
ing out rock enough to keep 20 stamps
running continuously. Reports that
many of the new men have ceased work
is not correct. Five out of 48 have
quit on account of being unable ply
sically to stand the work. Two of the
guards who were found neglecting their
duty were discharged. The new en-
ployes seem to be we'll satisfied. and
many of them are fine looking, intelli-
gent men. New men are applying for
positions every day, but the company
is not ready to put on the night shift.
The company does not expect any
further molestation of its employees
from outside sources.
SOUTH EUREKA Grading for the
new mill is now in progress, and much
of the material is on the ground. 1t
seems to be but a matter of short
| time when this mine will have an up
to-date mill, and with the present body
OF good milling ore in sight the future
OF the mine is very promising. A new
cable was installed Saturday, weighing
$500 pounds. 1t is $500 feet long. and
has lifting strength of 40 tons.
TREADwELL-Latest reports from
the Treadwell seem to justify the pro-
moters in expending their money on
this property. With the little 5-stamp
mill it will only be a matter of few
months until the owners receive every
dollar of their money back. The rock
is of good milling grade and easily
taken out, so that the expenses for
operating from now on will be very
light.
MADRoNE-The 9-stamp mill is near
ing completion, and when once put in
operation will crush some of the incest
looking rock ever taken out in this dis
trict. The mine never looked better
than at the present time, and LESLEY
& Co., who are the owners, are de-
serving men and have demonstrated
the fact that men of small means are
capable of opening up good paying
mine on this eastern lode.
MARSINo GRAVEL MINE-Contrary
to their first intentions Marsino & sons
concluded to wash up their dump again
before the water supply gave out. The
gravel yielded Sl.75 per carload, which
was 40 cents per car better than their
spring cleanup. These people now ex-
pect to take out over 1000 carloads
before spring, and as it takes two wash
ings to get the gold they expect it to
average 81. so per car.
AMADoR QUEEN No. q George
Thomas, one of the lessees of this prop
erty, has surrendered his interest, and
quit work. M. Thomas is having a
crushing of rock from this mine made
at the mill of the Amador Gold mine,
in Hunts gulch. The ore being crushed
is the accumulation of several months
work in prospecting for the rich ore
streaks met with in this property.
KENNEDY-The work of adding 40
additional stamps to the mill is pro-
crossing fairly we'll H. G. Murray,
who has charge of this work, says the
stamps will probably be ready to drop
in couple of months. The mine is
looking we'll.
The Glenn mine has been laying idle
for the past two months, owing to the
water supply being used for other pur-
poses, but arrangements are now being
made whereby extensive improvements
will be added'to the mill, and the tax
ing out of ore will be hegun On larger
scale than ever. AS soon as the pres
ent top tunnel reaches the FOCUS prop
erty the ore chute will be tapped at
another and more advantageous point.
The owners and operators expect to
take out large quantity Of ore, and of
such quality as will yield large re-
turns for the labor expended.
ARGoNAuF-Thed dump on the hill.
side above the road is now filled with
what looks to be high grade ore. From
present indications this property will
soon again be numbered among our
famous bullion producers,
ONEIDA-If present reports are true
regarding the monthly returns from
this property, the company made no
mistake in putting their money into
this once abandoned mine. 1t shows
how timid the people were who first
operated on the mother lode. Their
idea was that the gold lay near the
surface, and when the first pay ledge
was worked out it was useless to look
further. The present Oneida COM
pany thought otherwise, and expended
over $3.50, 900 in re-opening this mine.
Present returns show the wisdom of
deep mining.
BUTTE BAsIN-W. E. Stewart has
a force of six men at work on this
gravel claim at Butte City. He has
sunk shaft 100 feet deep, and drifted
west considerable distance. The
auriferous gravel Is tapped 40 feet or
more below where it has heretofore
been worked. The gold bearing gravel
is being accumulated on the surface,
preparatory to washing in the winter
season when water is plentiful. The
gravel prQSneots throuphOut. Some