Amador ledger., 1909-06-04
From Our Exchanges.

For the PAST few days several crews
of men have passed through this
place en- route to the timber regions
IN the higher Sierras. There is some
thing going on. Does it mean rail-
road to the timber belt. Citizen
While cutting the hay crop on the
Ralph ranch near Burson, a short
time ago, the nest of a mallard duck
was discovered in the standing grain.
The nest contained eleven eggs,
which, were taken tn the house and
placed under a setting hen. The re-
suit was that every egg hatched, and
now eleven lively little mallaIds are
waddling about and calling that old
hen mother. Prospect.
The Black Metal mine is located in
Middle Bar district, is the best pay
ing piece of mining property in the
state, taking into consideration the
amount of money that has been ex-
pended and the gold produced. The
mine is owned by Messrs Bernardo,
Lagomarsino and Queirolo, and all
the work at the mine has been done
by them alone. The shaft is now
down a distance of 40 feet and some
ross-cutting has been done. Streaks
of black metal have been encountered
that will go as high as $500 to the ton
as we'll as stratas of quartz that con-
IN In, H.,
siderab BILE trouble in handling the
inflow of water, and we have been
informed that 1t is the intention of
the owners to install large Cornish
pump. The mine at present is sup
Piled with four Hydraulic electors, )"
but they do not handle the water
fast enough III order to allow system
attic work to be prosecuted. There is
small mill on the mine which is
kept running during the day time
only. The owners made shipment
one day last week of seventy five
ounces, the result of ten days work
for three men.-Citizen.
a young man named W. l. French,
while riding broncho and driving
cattle for Mccullough Bros. of
Michigan Bar, Tuesday afternoon.
met with a painful accident. The
animal he was riding stepped in a
hole ana STUN bled and fell. French
was thrown to the ground with con-
siderable force, dislocating his left
shoulder. DIR. W. A. Rockers was
called to reduce the dslocation. -
Nugget.
The articles of Incorporation of
the Sacramento and Sierra Railroad
Company have been filled with the
county clerk OF this county. The In
Gorporators are Charles A. Smith
of Minneapolis, Frederick A. Warner
of Connecticut, Frederick Ii. Pierce,
Harry rhorp and Arthur Il. Miller
of Sacramento and Ihos. Stevenson
OF I'll Dorado county. The first five
constitute the board uf directors for
the first year. The capital stock is
fixed at $1,000, 900, divided into 1O,-
10 shares of pare value of $1,000
each. Mr. Smith has subscI bed for
795 shares of stock, each of the others
taking 100 shares. Nugget.
]. G.. Heald of Nashville, was
successfully operated upon at Sacra
mento Wednesday morning by
Doctors &. Ii. White of that city and
l.. NJ. Leisenring of Placerville, who
accompanied the patient to the hos
pital. Mr. Heald rallied we'll from
the operation, aud report tele-
phoued to DR.. Leisenring to day
would indicate complete recovery
Nugget.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Tyler of Oleta
are the proud parents of bouncing
boy, born last Sunday. Mrs Tyler
was formerly Miss Mayme Carr of
this city, and is here with her
brother, Dan q. Carr. and wife.
where she and her son are doing
splendidIy. .-Placervili Democrat.