. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Melones Dam on the Stanislaus River and portion of flume, c^^^^.^j „__0 miners four miles above mill. Melones Mining Company. Photo by W. W. Bradley, Dam Hill to the Stanislaus River. This property has been under steadyoperation since 1898, the first 60 stamps of the 100-stamp mill havingbeen installed in 1901. Included in this group of claims is the Stanis-laus, which has yielded several varieties of telluride ores, includingcalaverite and melonite, which were firs
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Melones Dam on the Stanislaus River and portion of flume, c^^^^.^j „__0 miners four miles above mill. Melones Mining Company. Photo by W. W. Bradley, Dam Hill to the Stanislaus River. This property has been under steadyoperation since 1898, the first 60 stamps of the 100-stamp mill havingbeen installed in 1901. Included in this group of claims is the Stanis-laus, which has yielded several varieties of telluride ores, includingcalaverite and melonite, which were first described from here. The general course of the vein is northwest and southeast with a dipof 70° NE., but at the 1350-foot level the vein flattens to 50°. This orebody has been opened up by a series of tunnels; the upper tunnel is 250feet below the outcrop of vein, and is termed the 250-foot level; 875-footlevel is also called South Carolina tunnel. The 1100-foot level or mainworking tunnel, size 7x9, is double tracked, and 5000 feet in length,cutting vein at 4000 feet from the mouth of tunnel. At this point
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