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Historical Notes of the Early Washington, Nevada County, California Mining District (PH 15-4)(Not Dated) (169 pages)

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$5.50 to $9 a ton. Ore taken from the ledge twenty-years ago paid $7.50 a ton by the old Maltman milling process. *4, September 8, 1888. The main tunnel of the Washington Mine, near Ormonde, is in 1,000 feet. This mine was located many years ago as the Becker. Water power to operate is obtained from a dam in the South Yuba, via a three-quarter of a mile of flume. Ore is being mined at a cost of two-dollars a ton. Milling cost is forty-cents aton. *4. January 31, 1889. J. Leonard, the Gold Flat packer, was at Ormonde with his big mule team to move 200 tons of quartz from the Blue Jay Mine to the Yuba mill for crushing. *4. May 9, 1889, The Ocean Star Mine and mill have been closed down for repairs. ‘Most probably it will be started up again when the pigs begin to fly’. *4. August 6, 1889. 1889-1890 Eagle Bird Mine 30 Stamps in operation. Washington Mine 20 ya? ae ai Yuba Mine SO ie gt eh Blue Bell Mine = Oe 2 es dd 1889. Ore milled in these mines 36,300 Tons. 1890 Ore milled to September 24,000 Tons. 1889 and to September 1890: Estimated gold production..$540,000. *19 A rich body of ore has been developed on the 300 foot level--south drift--of the Washington Mine, at Ormonde. The ledge is eight-feet wide and ‘carries lots of free gold’. *4. March 19, 1890. John Ely came to Washington in 1851. He was Justice of the Peace in 1890. His books for one year’s work, mining in the 1850’s shows an average of over fiftydollars a day income. *4, April 2, 1890. The gold in Washington was in the form of scales, small cubes and nuggets. Poorman Creek and Scotchman Creek, had rich spangled bed rock. *4. April 2, 1890. Ten more stamps, making a total of thirty, have been added to the Washington mine at Ormonde. A new hoisting works is to be erected over the main shaft. A sawmill will be put into operation this season. *4. April 27, 1890. Last Thursday, Ed. Kendrick, a young miner at the Eagle Bird mine, fell fifty-eight when a ladder he was descending on, broke loose. His skull was factured and he was otherwise injured. Not expected to live. *4. May 4, 1890. The Grafton mine, near the Eagle Bird, advertised: ‘Bids will be received to dig, excavate and construct 200 feet or more of tunnel. To be four wide, six and onehalf feet high above the tracks and one-half foot grade to sixteen feet. Mine to furnish all the necessary tools, coal and a house to live in. Contractor to furnish all powder and candles. Work to be performed by no less than two shifts of two men each twenty-four hours’. *4, May 4, 1890. Grafton mine was also called the Waters mine. *4. May 18, 1882, The company represented by Mr. Cambell and for which he since last summer has been prospecting the I. X. L. mine, seven miles above Washington, quit work there a 139.