Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-01-17

of Stockton and owned by Joseph
Pearson. A lot of farming imple-
ments, buggies and wagons and
thirty FIVE tons of hay we're also con
sumed. It is believed that tramps set
fire TO the barn. -Calaveras Chronicle.
On Tuesday afternoon while James
Sarafino was preparing to load twenty
boxes of powder, each box containing
fifty bounds, on skip at the 500
level of the Cross shaft, a lighted
lamp fell from the hat of another
miner, landing on one of the boxes.
The dry wood at once started to
burn, while the men started TO run,
going through to the Sickle shaft.
In about five minutes there WAS an
explosion, the force of which set off
the entire lot of powder. destroying
the skip and damaged the shaft, but
fortunately injuring none of the
woTkmen in the mine, although Sara
fino was thrown down by the force OF
the explosion jack Twisselman,
who was standing at the mouth of the
shaft at the time, has not yet been
able to comb his hair down smooth
on his head. At the present time the
damage to the shaft is not known, as
1t is impossible to get a skip down
the shaft, but it is estimated to be at
loact 2OSOO pnoIc RonnrH
Word was just received as we were
going to press, of the death of A.
Fried berger, which occurred in Stock
ton, Thursday night at 8 O'Clock.
The funeral will take place at Stock
on Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
AS the news was received so late, we
will give a more extended obituary
notice next week. -Prospect.
Dredge mining appears to be on the
increase in this county and we should
not be surprised to see it as much of
an industry here as it is about Orc
vile. We hear of new projects for
that kind of mining every day, and
from what we learn of the operations
about Oroville, we do not see why it
should not be profitable here. Two
new dredgers will soon be at work
near Camanche, one on the HOLMAN
place, and one on the Hill ranch.
The survey tor the power line to Iun
the dredgers is now under way and as
soon as the power lire is completed
the dredgers will he built. Prospect.
H. Schrag of the Washington Market
in this place had a dressed beef on
exhibition one day this week that
weighed 1850 pounds. 1t was stall
ted animal, and talk about your
steaks Why one sirloin cut would
do an average family for a week.
Schrag says he don't care d-m
what cattle cost or how far he has tc
travel to get them he is bound to give
his patrons the best there is to be
had as long as he is in the business
-Calaveras Chronicle.
Those who watch closely the county
affairs, or especially that portion
shown by the bills allowed by the
board of supervisors, might be dis
posed to critioise the bills of the
Canton Bridge Company in connec
tIon with the Camanche bridge. The
items as they appear in the RECORD
are wholly within the contract, anC
the bills are rendered in accordance
with the agreement with the com
pany. A certain percentage of the
material, ETC., is paid for as the worl
is completely the county holding
back a safe percentage pending thu
final acceptance of the bridge wher
completed. Prospect.
Friends of Miss Agnes Xwinge il
San Andreas, received word Thursday
: night that the operation for appende
citis was successfully performed Wed
nesday. Her condition was found tt
be most serious, but as no word hal
been received since thursday night
il is presumed that she is progressing
favorably. Prospect
Wild hogs are reported as being I
little too numerous for the ranchers a
Rich Gulch and along the Esperanza
Nightly raids have been made fo
some time by these intruders into thu
gardens and grain fields of the resi-
dents there c. W. Brown, employe,
of the Water Co., at Railroad Flat
killed two of the porkers last week
The animals are very shy and it i
seldom that hunter can get sigh