. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. ntinued only a shorttime. Bibl.: R. XII, pp. 160, 162; XIII, pp. 210, 212. Sunshine (see Balfron). MADERA COUNTY. 551 Texas Flat. Situated in Sec. 6, T. 8 S., R. 21 E., 1 mile north-west of Coarse Gold. Consists of four patented claims, discovered in1853. Owner, Ed. Dickinson, of Kansas City. Under option to PhillipRowe, of Seattle, who has been operating since 1912. Wm. Krohn issuperintendent. The vein varies in width from 3J to 4 feet, strikes withthe bedding of enclosing s
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. ntinued only a shorttime. Bibl.: R. XII, pp. 160, 162; XIII, pp. 210, 212. Sunshine (see Balfron). MADERA COUNTY. 551 Texas Flat. Situated in Sec. 6, T. 8 S., R. 21 E., 1 mile north-west of Coarse Gold. Consists of four patented claims, discovered in1853. Owner, Ed. Dickinson, of Kansas City. Under option to PhillipRowe, of Seattle, who has been operating since 1912. Wm. Krohn issuperintendent. The vein varies in width from 3J to 4 feet, strikes withthe bedding of enclosing slate, N. 40° E., and dips 30° SE. An adit1400 feet along the vein meets the 920-foot incline shaft at a point260 feet below the collar. The workings are shown by the accom-panying sketch copied from the mine map. The mine has been thor-oughly equipped for about ten years. An electric power plant standson the Fresno River about 3 miles distant. Water has 110 feet falland generates 110 horsepower. An electric hoist is stationed at thetunnel level of the shaft. The mine is practically dry and water is /V/E- 3/unnc/. A/a.^S^ rrx/F3- rL/7T MZ/VfT _i 1 Fccf ordinarily handled with skips. There is a compressor capable of run-ning four drills. The mill has 20 stamps (1500 pounds) and 4 Wilfleytables. Capacity 120 tons per day. Since 1904 the mill operated fouror five seasons from November until July when waterpower fails. InJanuary of this year (1914) high water in the Fresno River took outtheir flume and damaged the power house, for which reason the mine isat present idle. Operations will be resumed, however, as soon as theSan Joaquin Light and Power Company gets a line into the district. The total production since 1903 is said to be $185,000, the ore averag-ing $4 per ton. Amount of concentrates J per cent, value $98 per ton,l)ullion fineness .555. It is said that ore has been stoped and milled for$ per ton. Recent work has been on a footwall ledge at No. 3 level,where some ore
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