The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
CALIFORNIA
Prospective Amador Deal

It is reported at sutter Creek that
prospects are good for the W Wllua,1ah 1la, ~,
Mahoney property being taken ,a 6se neay oy
a wealthy eastern syndicate in the near
future negotiations having been III
progress along these lines for some ~.
tie time. 1t is believed that the MINES -
have a great future before them II
properly equipped and developed. y ms
will mean a heavy initial expense, as
the shafts are full of water, but MIN
ing men in this section believe the re
The wildman surface plant is in the
heart Of Sutter Creek. This propeItiy
is now held by the Lincoln ConsoL-
dated Mining company, one OF tne
largest stock holders Of which is VIII
liam J. McGee, the prominent attorney.
Mahoney was drift run from the Lin
coin shaft underneath the Wfldman
and Mahonev WORKINGS. a heavy TOW
Of water and the failure of the STOCK
holders to advance sufficient funds to
handle it resulted in the suspension
OF operations just when the prospect
OF opening Up the large Wildman ore
body at depth seemed most encour-
aging. There are three shafts, the
deepest being about 1.400 feet on the
vein, and the plant is eouipped with
two 40 stamp mills-An1ador Ledger.
North Fork Ledge Widening
In the North Fork mine at Forest
City the Original Uncle sam ledge has
feet wide. and the new accompanying
1adge is proving TO he more than five
feet in width. Between 1t and the hang
ing wall of serpentine is ledge or
agate and jasper. which is Of the same
character as the casing" TO the bo-
nanZa shoot Of 1874.
Manager Stone has decided TO pre-
pare for a milling product of the mine
and has started negotiations for the
purchase of the idle mill of the Rising
Sun mine on Kanaka creek 1t consists
.l-a- -41 ra1
copper ANAL lgamation plates and two
fue vanners. Stone has an option on the
outfit and is awaiting the ratification
of the directors before closing the deal
and ordering the transportation of the
machinery to the North Fork mine
Stone is in favor of running the mine
on a regular basis instead OF relying
upon basis of selective mining. The
double ledge in its aggregate width of
90 feet shows an average value Of $40
per ton in gold. and with the 100 feet
Of backs already attained would keep a
10 stamp mill going for some time
Grass Valley Union
To Mine River Bed
Mail advices from Sonora. Tuolumne
county, say that work is under way on
a project to divert the Tuolumne river
from its course so that the bed or the
river may be mined for the gold that
is believed to have been washed into
the channel by storms and mountain
streams and also by the work Of placer
mines in pioneer days. John Segale OF
Sonora and his associates in several
and they are preparing to turn the
course of the river by constructing
large dam and excavating a ditch some
distance above the old Clio mine work
ings. Work on the project Will be
rushed and the promoters expect to
have everything in readiness for actual
mining early in the fall.
The Tuolumne traverses region that
IS rich in gravel deposits and quartz
veins. and it is generally believed that
large quantities Of gold have accumu-
cess attending the efforts of mining
men to recover the gold that found Its
way into the Carson river in Nevada in
the form of tailings from stamp mills
has encouraged the promoters of the
Tuolumne project, and it is generally
believed that the venture Will prove
watched. and if IT proves successful
others win follow the example Of Segale
and his associates and exploit the river
bed at various points along the stream.
Southerners in Allegheny
Gardner H. Smith of Pasadena has a
force of men at work on the Kinsel-
bach quartz claims on fork of Ka-
naka creek, above Allegheny The mine
is owned mainly by Smith and other
Pasadena parties. II is situated on the
most eastern dyke of serpentine of the
Allegheny serpentine belt and was an
early day discovery, yielding several
pockets of high grade ore from the
grass roots. Several short tunnels were
driven upon the ledge, which outcrops
on the slope of the ridge, but no de-
termined effort was made to open any
of the pay shoots at depth which the
surface indications prove TO exist.
The ledge is from two TO five feet
wide and is all Of low grade milling
value, but the finding of coarse pieces
of native gold along the outcroppings