The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
RICH LEDGE FOUND
BENEATH GARAGE
Cement Flooring Recently
Laid Is Torn Up-Wind-
lass Installed
Ore Encountered in West
Crosscut From the 2600
Level of keystone
CALIFORNIA
Mining in a Garage

Mining in Garage
The ledge which was recently uncov-
cred in the garage of A. B. Snyder
while workmen were engaged in ex-
cavating for an immense gasoline tank.
was so promising that Snyder started
men at work sinking a shaft TO tap
the ledge. In order to sink the SHAFT
ii was necessary to tear up section
of the cement flooring which was re-
Gently laid.
A windlass has been installed and
the shaft is now down to- depth or
about IL feet. uncovering a stringer
from which good specimens were
taken.
Ut is believed that the ledge Will
he intersected at 8 depth of 80
feet After q depth OF 100 feet the
mineral right under the garage IS
owned by the Golden Center of Grass
Valley Mining company. Mining men
who examined the ledge are very much
enthused with the proposition and are
watching with interest the progress
being made.
Snyder is determined to find out the
extent Of the mineral values under his
garage.
Mining being prosecuted in a garage
is a singular situation which has prob
ably not presented itself in any other
city of the country.-Grass Valley
Union.
Big Amador Cleanup
Another record breaking cleanup is
recorded for the Argonaut mine. be-
tween the city of Jackson and the Ia
nous Kennedy mine, the current re-
port being that the yield was in the
neighborhood OF $4,000 for the last
months run. or approximately sl.40o
70 the stamp. Dividends have been
suspended at this time owing to liti-
CATION. and a handsome surplus has
been accumulated pending the out
come.=Amador Ledger.
Find Ore In the Keystone
Mail advices from Sutter Creek say:
The west crosscut from the 1900 level
of the keystone mine has encountered
ore at a distance of more than 800 feet
from the shaft The company extended
Crosscuts both east and west from the
shaft as soon as sinking operations
ceased but indications in the east
crosscut were not satisfactory, so work
there was stopped a short time ago.
The mana cement figured on running
some 200 feet farther before reaching
the ore bodies worked on upper levels
end which they believed extended to
great depth The cutting of an ore
body at the present time comes as a
pleasant surprise to the stock holders.
The rock is said to be of good grade
determine the size and extent of the
find The Keystone mine is owned
largely by local people and has rec
ord OF almost continuous production
since the early ffties
Yuba County Mines
pay shoot carrying values in free
gold that run from $50 to 5000 ton
and sulphurets running as high as s4O0
ton has been encountered in the
Santa Rosa mine near Rackerby, Yuba
county The mine was recently pur-
chased by w. h Payton.
strike has also been made in the
Twentieth Century Wonder mine near
the Santa Rosa. A four foot vein
showing values in free gold of $3.50 a
ton and carrying sulphurets of higher
values was recently discovered. The
full value of the ledge will not be
known until further development work
is accomplished. The ledge is reported
to be 40 feet wide.
The lessees of the Twentieth Century
Wonder mine, G. w. Van Esler and A.
l. McCoombs, who have an option to
purchase the property, are making ar
rangements to buy the mine for
$4,000.
Mining men and prospectors are
coming into this district and much
prospecting is being done.-Sacramento
Union.
PIacers Closing Down
H. J. Barton, a prominent mining man
of Oak Bar. who has been successfully
operating the Siskiyou- Klondike placer
mining claims the last several months,
has closed down for the season owing
TO the shortage of water. He is now
engaged in preparatory work for his
fail run.
The River Bend Mining company OF
Walker, which was operating the Dog
gett claim the last season, has closed
down and is making preparations for
the coming season. 1t is reported on
good authority that the company has
made decided success this year. 1t
has large elevator plant handling
enormous bodies of gravel, which is
pronounced very rich.
Longfellow & Co, who have been
working the Fenili placer claim near
Walker, finished their seasons run.
They. have been drifting on fairly good
ground.
Jensen & Warrington of McKenna
creek who are operating the Jensen
placer claim this season, are about fin
ished until fall 1t is reported that
they have been very uccessful.-Yreka
Journal.
NCSuIuCS
Pending the clearing up of a misun-
derstand ndfng as to the boundary lines of
the Twenty-one and Sixteen-to- One
mines both properties suspended opera
ton for few days. The trouble has
since been adjusted and work has been
resumed at both mines. l. F. Vincent
will act as superintendent for the Six
teen-to-One, H. J. Langdon having gone
TO San Francisco.
Drifting will be prosecuted in two d.
rections upon the ledge from the bottom
of the 100 foot winze shaft. The faces
Of the respective drifts are in quartz
one TO two feet wide and occasional
punches of high grade are encountered.
At the Twenty-one a few men are
employed underground breaking out
quartz at different points on the ex-
noged two lodges, intended for samp-
ling. The road viii be extended from
the main ridge road to the workings OF
the mine to permit the delivery OF new
chinery.-Downieville Mountain Mes
senger.
Mount Shasta Working Again
sinking is progressing at the Mount
,xxbfoh has a recorded out