Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-14
AMALIE GROUP
IN A NEW ROLE.
OLD PROPERTY PASSES TO
NEW MANAGEMENT
cALiENTE MINE ONCE WORKED
BY MAD RAvARlAN
Nearly 100000 Was Taken Out In
Early Days--New Owners Plan
to Develop on Large


The taking over of the group OF GOLD
claims known as the Amalie group. fif-
teen miles from Caliente, In Kern
county, revives interest in 6 property
that has produced nearly 100000 since
1t was located In 1898. and the predic-
ton is made by mining men thoroughly
acquainted with the property and its
past record, that the gold and silver
taken out In the past will be only q
drop in the bucket to what win be
taken out by the present manaRement
The Provident Gold Mining company
is the name of a corporation that now
owns the Amalie group. located Aprii
"a, 1893. by Christ Mohr. a mad Ba-
varlan.
Mohr came to California some thirty
years ago and worked In various min
Ing camps. After prospecting for some
time he located a claim which he called
the Amaiie. after a dead sweetheart.
hoping the name would bring him good
luck.
A short distance up the canyon from
the Amalie was a gold claim owned
by W. r. Rogers, now one OF the best
known mining operators in Mexico.
Rogers heard that a crazy man who
owned little claim near him had been
telling other miners that he had dis
covered rich silver ore in his claim. AS
silver had never been known to exist
In the Caliente district, the miners gem
orally secuted the idea OF the Ba-
varian having discovered the white
metal. But the fact that he was
silversmith by trade caused him 20
realize silver in its various forms when
other prospectors had passed II by.
Later Mohr bonded the property to
Rogers.
The Amalie mine was developed ex-
tensively during the four or 1--WE years
following its purchase by
Rogers, and SUFFICIENT ore was taken out
right from the start to pay all ex-
penses, build roads, erect q mill. hoist
ing plant and other machinery. A
handsome profit was also returned to
Rogers and his associates until litiga-
ton started and waged fierceiy for
several years. resulting in the case be-
ing carried to the supreme court of
the United States. Rogers and part
ners spent large sums In lawsuits and
finally agreed to a compromise sale. re-
ceiving a small fraction of the value of
their holdings for their interests.
New Company Organizes
A new company was organized under
the name of Bawden-Marks Gold Min
ing company, and the holdings Of this
company have recently been assumed
by the Manhattan Securities company
of Los Angeles. with Lloyd Q. Haynes
as president.
The property, which is now composed
of ten full mining claims and a mill
site, has eight known veins running
1t. Seven of these veins have
been opened up to more or less depth,
and each vein has been found to carry
pay streaks OF rich shipping ore, run
ming from $500 TO $500 per ton in gold
and silver. These rich pay streaks are
found In the heart OF from two to four
feet of milling ore. running from $1b to
$35 per ton. The development OF the
mine to date is approximately 1900 feet
of tunnels, 1900 feet of drifts. 1000 feet
OF winzes and 500 feet OF shaft work.
The majority of this work has been
done from the main working shaft and
the ore taken out during development
has yielded about S350,O0O in gold and
silver. Exposed in the workings today
may be seen. 1t is said. ore bodies from
which ten to twenty tons of shipping
ore and 200 to 300 tons of milling ore
can be taken each month. The company
now has from fifteen to twenty men.
The richest ore is being sacked for
while the milling ore is be-
ing piled on the dumps to be treated as
soon as the new mill. which is now
under way. is completed and ready for
operation.
One of the first things that the new
did was to start a Cross
cut tunnel to tap five of the large
parallel veins at considerable depth.
The tunnel is now being pushed forward
by two shifts of miners
Milling Ore on Dumps
There are at present between 300 and
400 tons OF milling ore on the dumps.
This ore averages $40 a ton. At the
the mill will only handle
about ten tons a day., but later when
development work warrants 1t the mill
Will be run twenty-four hours and in
creased capacity until at least loo tons
will be worked each twenty-four hours.
A new cyanide plant will be in
stalled in the near future to treat the
large pile of tailings on the dump.
1t is also the intention OF the COM
pany to put up smelter to treat the
rich ores that are now being shipped to
San Francisco.
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