. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. mber shed, 34-stamp mill, Blake crusher, 2 amalga-mating plates, 2 Challenge feeders, 6 Standard tables, flume 1000 feetlong, 2 Victor turbines, Rix compressor, Gould triplex pump, office,bunk house, cook house, change house, assay office, foremans office,superintendents office and residence, and surface tramway. Tenstamps were working and 26 men were employed and 75 horsepower wasbeing developed on the river in their power plant. Mt. Ophir Quartz Mine. Consists of one patent
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. mber shed, 34-stamp mill, Blake crusher, 2 amalga-mating plates, 2 Challenge feeders, 6 Standard tables, flume 1000 feetlong, 2 Victor turbines, Rix compressor, Gould triplex pump, office,bunk house, cook house, change house, assay office, foremans office,superintendents office and residence, and surface tramway. Tenstamps were working and 26 men were employed and 75 horsepower wasbeing developed on the river in their power plant. Mt. Ophir Quartz Mine. Consists of one patented claim located onthe Mariposa Grant in Sec. 12, T. 5 S., R. 18 E., M. D. M., jmd ownedby the Mariposa Commercial and Mining Company. It is 10 miles bywagon road from Bagby. The vein averages 5 feet in width and lies MARIPOSA COUNTY. 591 between a serpentine foot wall and a slate hanging-wall. The develop-ment consists of three adit levels with 1500 feet of drifts, 360 feet ofraises, 80 feet of crosscuts and 20 feet of winze. There is a stope 200feet long and 300 feet high. There is not very much equipment on the. Ruins of what is said to have been the first mint in California, at Mount Ophir, on theMariposa Estate. Fifty-dollar slugs were minted here. proj^erty other than the track and ore car. The high voltage powerline from Bagby passes over the property. Tt was closed down in 1910and some leasing has been done but is idle now. 3It. Queen Quortz Claims. Consists of two unpatented claims ownedby Daniel E. Johnson of Mariposa and located in Sec. 29, T. 4 S.,R. 18 M. D. M., in the Whitlock mining district. The vein averages2 feet in width. There are five shafts, three of them being 85 feet, 60feet, and 45 feet in dppth. There is a cabin and a windlass on theclaims. The claims are under bond to the Mariposa Mines and Develop-ment Company. Mountain View Quartz Mine. Consists of one patented claim ownedby the Mariposa Commercial and Mining Company and located on theMariposa G
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