The San Francisco call., 1906-12-31
Wildman-M -Mahoney
and Argonaut
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The Wildman-Mahoney properties
and other mining claims in Amador
County have been sold The purchaser
was the Mother Lode Gold Company,
which is made up mainly of Eastern
men. Mr.. Overhalt of Pittsburg is pres
ident The Pacific Coast directors are
Homer Wilson, John A. Mcintyre, John
Ross Jr. and Jackson Dennis. Negotia-
tions had been going on for year.
Within the next three years about
| s750.000 will be expended in developing
the properties.
The Wildman- -Mahoney mines have
| been worked since the early days Of
mining in California. The Wildman
mine was discovered in 1850 by the
Mahoney brothers and they worked it
for years. Then 1t came into posses
| sion of w. T. Wildman. He operated 1t
and then transferred an interest to c.
| t. Wheeler. After period of opera
tion by these two the mine was shut
down and filled with water. Twenty
years of idleness followed. Then John
Tregloan secured bond and interested
Eastern men, who formed the Wildman
| Gold Mining Company in 1886. Periods
of activity have succeeded one another
since.
| The Mahoney mine was discovered
about the same time as the Wildman.
| 1t was owned by several in turn, in
cluding the Hector Gold Mining Com
pany. According to the Amador Rec
ord, more than $1,000,000 has been
taken from an open cut near the shaft.
! E. G. VOORHEES, secured an option and
| transferred it to the Wildman Com
pany. Both the Wildman and the Ma
fhoney mines have been operated joint
| ly for years.
Some months ago Bishop & Spring
acquired the properties and they have
transferred them to the Mother Lode
Gold Company. A large ledge was
discovered in the Wildman and the
assays convinced Eastern people that
it would pay to expend a large sum in
development. The Emerson shaft will
be completed and a modern mill and
machinery will be installed.
ARGONAUT MINE SOLD
| According to the Amador Record. W.
F.. Detert has sold the controlling in
terest in the Argonaut mine for $780,
| 900. The Argonaut has produced gold
since 1894. It is low-grade PROPOSE
| ton. The Record says in this connec-
ton. referring to the record that Anna
dor County has made:
The Argonaut mine gives the lie to the
! immense amount Of low grade twaddle that
is SO often en- heard When one man can clean
lay Of probably a third Of that amount, 1t is
no ''low grade" proposition and conclusively
has has been en- retarded BY the cry Of low as grade grade
/ ore.'' 1t is not so low grade but what for
| tunes have been made for long line OF men.
| There is. no mining district in the world
where all the mines operated pay lust now
| in Nevada of the richest mines are only
| on paper, while here In Amador County there
| are a half-dozen irst-class properties notably
| the Argonaut, Kennedy, Zella, Central Eureka
| Wildman-Mahoney and Keystone, the same as in
! any other district, which have made some Of
| the owners rich
TO DEVELOP KELLER MIME
| The Keller mine near Graniteville,
Nevada County. which has been pur-
chased by Los Angeles parties, will be
developed by the running of a tunnel
| 1900 feet long and by other work. A
| ledge that varies from eight inches to
thirty four feet wide runs through the
mine-
| The Trinity River Mining Company
| has adopted the plan of putting
| quartz mill on a placer claim near
| Lewiston. This company started to
tunnel through point to make an
artificial channel into which to divert
the waters of the river. that the bed
| OF the stream might be worked for the
| deposits of gold supposed to be therein.
/ At distance of 300 feet the tunnel
crossed q body of quartz that carried
| good values The ore will accordingly
! be worked with a quartz mill. The
/ turning Of the river into q new bed
! may be resumed later.
/ George Twitche1l of Nevada City has
| IL ~, eGo mn In mining uaufrroe