Amador ledger., 1908-04-24


mountain counties $4,000 for the
scalps of 200 California lions. lt is
claimed that each lion kills from one
to three Ger week. On the lowest
basis of one deer a week these 200
lions would have killed 500 deer in a
month or practically 10000 deer a
year. Angels Record.
After many months of hard work
and patient prospecting, ten-foot
vein of gold bearing quartz has been
found in the Voinich mine at Bear
Mountain. it is estimated that the
ore will yield not less than eight dol
lars to the ton. The mill is now be.
ing put in running order and as soon
as it is in readiness crushing ore
from the new ledge will be commence
ed. Angels Record.
Newton Hopton, aged "a years. son
of w. j. Hupton of Folsom, had his
right leg torn off from the knee down
Wednesday last, while attending to
his duties as an oiler on a dredger
which is working just outside the
prison town. His leg was accidental
ly drawn into the cogs of the bull
wheel aud was ground into thou
sand bits. The unfortunate young
man is we'll known in this city, where
he frequently spends his vacations.
1t is doubtful il he will survive his
injuries. Mt. Democrat.
Al the Martin mine in the Grizzly
Flat district where the rich ledge was
recently discovered the shaft has now
reached depth of 80 feet where sink
ing has been discontinued owing to
the heavy inflow of water. They are
now drifting to the north where the
same grade of ore as characterized the
surface workings continues to hold
good. They have over $50 tons of ore
ready for the test run on which they
will commence Monday next at the
Mt. Pleasant mill.-Mt. Democrat.
Ten pairs of Hungarian cartridges
we're received today by Il. Z. Atwood,
for propagation purposes. They we're
taken up to V. j. CampinI's, where
they will be kept for about ten days
and then turned loose in various
parts of the county. Parties are
warned not to modest them or they
will be fined. Nugget.
Stevens and McKenna made trip
to the Silver Lake country last week.
They drove to within twenty miles
Of the lake, from which point they
travelled on snow shoes. They found
the lake entirely frozen over with five
feet of snow on the level. 1t will be
the first of June, at least before they
will be able to go in for the season.
Mt. Democrat.
A man to become a member of the
Alameda police force must be able to
run 100 yards in IA seconds, carry l5O
pounds up and down a long ladder,
chin the horizontal bar five times,
jump a tive-foot fence. and swim with
one hand, all without becoming wind
ed. Sonora Democrat.
The crusade against bubonic plague
has already cost almost three million
dollars. OF this amount over SO, 00C
was paid for rats brought In. Union
Democrat.
E. Parady and family of Moke
lumne Hill, have moved to lone. MI
Parady is employed ~ the lone Fire
Brick Company. Echo.
Just how much gold John O'Hars
has taken out of the O'Hara mine al
Browns Flat in the past two weeks
nobody knows but himself and those
directly interested "Slathers of it
comes as near explaining the case al
any combination of words we know OF
in the absence Of reliable figures
Some who profess to know say thai
the value we set on the pocket in oul
last issue-S200, 0O0-wilI only account
for half of the treasure, and it is also
claimed that Wednesday night the
vein was bigger and came nearer he
ing solid gold than at any time be
fore. 1t is surely strike of wonder
full richness, and one of the biggest
ever made in the Southern mines
Before the pocket is cleaned up il
may even exceed in value the famou:
strike in the Big Bonanza mine Of
this town, made many years ago, anc
the richest in the worlds history o.
pocket mining. Union Democrat.
Fred jain, who was sent to Sar
Quentin for life from this county
about three gears ago, for murder
committed at Rich Gulch, hanged
l., bie ootI - kho ~