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The Phoenix Mining Company was incorporated in 1868, with a capital stock of $96,000. Principal office in Napa City.
At the last annual meeting the following Trustees were elected : John Lawley, C. Hartson, C. B. Seeley, J. F. Lamdin and George Fellows. At a subsequent meeting of the Trustees George Fellows was elected President and Superintendent, C. B. Seeley, Secretary, Robert Crouch, Treasurer.
George Porter is underground Foreman in the mine ; Wm. P. Cook, Engineer at main shaft ; Jos. Hartshorn, Foreman at the fur- nace ; J. H. Cowan, Bookkeeper.
The mine is now in good working order. By another year it can be made to pay handsome dividends ; and there is but little doubt it will be, at no distant day, one of the richest mines' in the State.
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X. L. C. R. MINING COMPANY, NOW THE REDINGTON.
Location Sulphur Cañon, North of Berryessa Valley. Certificate filed December 16th, 1861. Capital Stock $420,000, in 420shares
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of $1,000 each. Original Trustees, George N. Cornwell, R. T. Montgomery and George E. Goodman. Locators, George N. Corn- well, R. T. Montgomery, A. Y. Easterby, James Lefferts, P. Hun- singer, John B. Phippin, Seth Dunham, Isaac Day, W. H. H. Holdermann, Francis A. Sage, W. W. Stillwagon, George E. Goodman, M. G. Ritchie, L. D. Jones, J. S. Stark.
This Company leased their mine in 1862, to Knox & Osborn, who after working it for a year, found it to be one of the richest in the State, and second only to the New Almaden. Most of the stock had been meanwhile purchased by Redington & Co., of San Fran- cisco, who are still the principal owners. The monthly production is about 1,coo flasks of quicksilver.
Considering the immense value of this mine, some account of its discovery may be worthy of notice. The writer, having been one of the original locators, is familiar with the circumstances. In 1 860 a company of twelve was formed in Napa City for the pur- pose of prospecting for mines and minerals, and two old pioneer prospectors, Seth Dunham and L. D. Jones, were sent out to ex- amine Napa and the adjacent counties. What might be found was matter of doubt, but the Company, informally organized, conclu- ded to pay a small monthly assessment of $2.50 per month each, in order to find out what might be the resources of the land. The prospectors were wont to bring in, about once a month, the results of their labors. The prevalent idea then was that silver abounded in the mountains of the county, and accordingly all eyes were di- rected to the discovery of the ores of that metal. The Company individually, and the prospectors as well, were well nigh equally ignorant of mineralogy, and the "specimens" brought in ranged from iron pyrites to bituminous shale, all of which were supposed to contain silver. Every newspaper office and hotel bar were re- plete with these samples of the wealth and value of the mineral re- sources of the county, all of which, economically considered, were only inferior specimens of macadamizing stone, glistening, but valueless. At last, Messrs. Jones and Dunham, in their perambu- lations among the hills, struck a new road, then recently built be- tween Berryessa Valley to Lower Lake, and on ascending a hill at the head of Sulphur Canon, just above the "Elk Horn Ranch;"
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where the soil and rock had been removed to permit the passage of teams, discovered on the upper side of the road, at the turning point, that the rocky point, partly removed by the road-makers, was of a peculiar color and texture. Fragments broken off were very heavy and of a liver-color. They were brought to town, and by the experts of those times pronounced cinnabar. And such they proved. This first discovery led to the opening of the rich mine of which it was but an indication. The ignorant workmen who had constructed the road, had rolled down into the cañon below many tons of cinnabar, which would have yielded 50 or 60 per cent. of metal. This discovery led to the opening of this splendid mine, which is now probably only second to the far-famed New Almaden.
POPE VALLEY MINING COMPANY.
Location Pope Valley. Certificate filed February 15th, 1868. Capital stock $300,000, divided into 3,000 shares of $100 each. Original Trustees, A. Y. Easterby, T. J. Dewoody, G. W. Towle. Locators, A. Y. Easterby, T. J. Dewoody, G. W. Towle, R. Bur- nell, T. J. Tucker. No work as yet has been done upon this claim beyond preliminary prospecting.
WASHINGTON MINING COMPANY.
Location Pope Valley, adjoining the Phoenix. U. S. Patent se- cured. Certificate filed December 2d, 1862. Original Trustees, C. B. Sharp, D. D. Wickliff, R. F. Miles, J. M. Hamilton, W. W. Stillwagon. Locators, J. M. Hamilton, W. W. Stillwagon, Wm. Brigham, D. D. Wickliff, C. O. Billings, R. F. Miles, Jacob Elsbury, Joseph Clayes. Capital stock increased from $50,000 to, $500,000, with 50,000 shares of $10 each.
About one-half the stock in this Company has since changed hands, and is now held principally in Napa City. Dr. W. W. Still- wagon owns a controlling interest. The mine was prospected to. some extent in 1865-6, but nothing found of importance. Within the last year, however, it has been under lease to Messrs. Stillwagon. & Patten, and reduction works erected. The surface ore has been.
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found sufficiently rich to pay an average profit of $1,000 with the labor of six men, which it still continues to do.
A recent discovery has been made of a mass or ledge of good ore, (some of which is of the highest grade), and which extends nearly horizontally into the hill to a distance of 200 feet, and of unknown depth. It is sufficient, even as far as already developed, to supply a 10-ton furnace for two years. This ledge will yield probably five per cent. of quicksilver on an average, although some portions will yield as high as 60 per cent. Work on this ledge is still in progress, and no signs of its giving out are yet seen. It
On the contrary, the ore improves with every foot of progress. seems now beyond question that the Washington will prove highly valuable property. The Company have a U. S. Patent for their mine, and for 160 acres adjoining, making altogether 274 acres.
Present officers : W. W. Stillwagon, President ; E. N. Boynton, Secretary ; A. Y. Easterby, Treasurer. These three gentlemen, with J. F. Lamdin and Jacob Ellsbury constitute the Board of Di- rectors.
HAMILTON QUICKSILVER COMPANY.
Certificate filed June 30, 1862. Capital stock $28,800. Num- ber of shares, 144, of $200 each. Original Trustees, J. M. Ham- ilton, I. N. Larrimer, T. B. McClure, H. H. Coster and W. P. Hammond comprising all the corporators. This Company was formed to work the ores of the Phoenix mine, and did so for sev- eral months, but in a pecuniary point of view, unsuccessfully. In- sufficient works and lack of experience, brought its affairs to a stop within a year after its organization.
VALLEY MINING COMPANY.
Certificate filed May 16th, 1867. Location, Pope Valley. Cap- ital Stock $30,000 in shares of $50 each. Original Trustees, John Newman, Ezra Carpenter, R. T. Montgomery, H. F. Swarts, Joseph L. Duchay, Jesse Barnett. Capital Stock increased April 21st, 1871, to $300,000 in 60,000 shares of $5 each. The mine worked
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by this Company is situated directly in Pope Valley, in level ground. It was leased by Col. J. W. Colt soon after the organiza- tion of the Company, and reduction works erected of his own in- vention. These, however, proved a complete failure, and his lease was abandoned, the mine reverting to its original owners. Exten- sive works have been since erected, and are producing 50 flasks of quicksilver per month. The works upon this mine are of a cost- ly and substantial character, and the indications are that the proper- ty will become quite valuable. To all appearances the supply of ore is inexhaustible, although thus far it has been of low grade. The mine being located in the valley itself, and in ground approxi- mately level, some trouble has been experienced in getting rid of the water in the lower excavations. A powerful steam pump is in constant operation, and the prospects are so favorable of a higher grade of ore, that the Company do not hesitate to incur the ex- pense of artificial drainage. Mr. Edward Clark, the Superinten- dent, has full faith in the success of the mine.
THE SUMMIT MINE
Was originally located by members of the Whitton family, of Yount- ville, and patiently prospected by them for several years. It is situa- ted three miles from Rutherford Station, upon the very summit of the Mayacamas Mountains dividing Sonoma from Napa county. The reduction works are a mile further to the east. Mr. J. Pershbaker has within a few months become the sole proprietor, having pur- chased the property for $45,000. The claim is very extensive, and there are attached to it 160 acres of timber land. The Summit is one of the most promising Quicksilver claims in the county. The surface prospect is very extensive. The surface ore is found on the west side of the mountain for a distance of over 1,000 feet, and can from its favorable position be obtained to a great depth, at moderate expense, without tunneling or blasting. The underground work consists of three main tunnels with seven branches. The main working tunnel is 400 feet in length. The mine is worked upon two levels connected by a shaft. There is a substantial railway track in the main tunnel and chutes from the upper to the lower level, byl
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which ore is passed to the main tunnel and railway. Below the lower level is a shaft 50 feet deep in which is situated a steam engine and force pump to keep the works free from water. The lowest work- ings are 165 feet below the surface, and the quality of the ore im- proves constantly from the surface downwards. The surface ore averages about one per cent. That from the tunnels and shafts will, without selection, pay from 1 to 22 per cent.
Work upon this mine upon a large scale was commenced in Au- gust last. The former proprietors, Messrs. Whitton Brothers, up to that time transported the ore upon the backs of mules to their fur- nace, which was a small affair of the capacity of one and a half tons per day, situated upon the site of the present reduction works. The profits of the mine, worked even upon that scale, were very great, considering the capital invested. After the purchase by Mr. Persh- baker, a fine mountain road was constructed from the mine to the reduction works, which were greatly enlarged. The capacity of the present furnace is 24 tons per day. New buildings have been erect- ed, very complete and convenient for ore sheds, boarding houses, and other purposes. The furnace is of a new and improved con- struction, and can be fed and discharged hourly, thus capable of being kept in constant operation. The chimney is some 80 yards from the furnace, and the condensers are so perfect in their operation that no particle of mercury escapes. A draft is created by a fan moved by water power.
No accurate estimate can yet be formed as to the annual product of this mine, as it has been only a few months in operation; but it is evident that the Summit must prove very valuable property. Its contiguity to a market must add greatly to its value. The mine and works are under the charge of Mr. James D. Ewen, a practical miner of 25 years experience. The present working force is 22 white men and 8 Chinamen. A change will be made in the road during the present Spring, by which the ore can be supplied directly from the mine to the furnace by means of chutes and cars, saving about a mile of transportation, and bringing the furnaces and fuel supply into close proximity.
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OAKVILLE QUICKSILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location west side of Napa Valley above Oakville. Certificate filed January 22, 1868. Capital stock, $300,000 in 3,000 shares of $100. Original Trustees: E. N. Boynton, S. Hutchinson and O. P. South- well. Locators: W. W. Stillwagon, E. N. Boynton, S. Hutchinson, R. Burnell and O. P. Southwell. The capital stock of this company has wholly changed hands, having been bought by San Francisco parties at $5 per foot or $30,000 for the whole mine. Substantial works have been erected, and the mine promises to be valuable.
Since the purchase.of these mines about a year since, very exten- sive explorations have been made, and works on quite an extensive . scale erected. The first furnace erected was of the capacity of ten tons for each 24 hours, and the yield of quicksilver from 75 to 102 flasks per month. A furnace of the capacity of 15 tons for 24 hours was completed last December. This will give a reducing capacity to the works of 25 tons per day, and more than double the present pro- duct of quicksilver. Much of the ore at present used is from the surface, being fine carmine-colored cinnabar mixed with yellow clay. This is made into rude adobes, in order to allow the passage of the furnace flames through the mass, and the yield of this class of ore is about one per cent. The excavations already made in following up the cinnabar are now a mile in extent. They consist of working tunnels, shafts, inclines, and perforations at all imaginable angles, upwards, downwards, right and left. The ore from the excavations thus far yields about 24 per cent., and its value increases as a lower depth is attained. The mine is already worked at a fair profit, with every prospect of still better results in the future. John A. McQuaid is President of the Company and W. H. Mott is Secretary. Mr. Luckard is General Superintendent and general overseer of the works. At present there are 16 white men and 30 Chinamen em- ployed. The close proximity of the Oakville mine to the railroad and to tide-water, gives it great advantages over mines at points far- ther inland.
In February, 1873, the company sold out to the Napa Mining Company. The new owners intend doubling the capacity of the works, and putting on a larger force of workmen,
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NEW BURLINGTON QUICKSILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location near Oakville, Napa county. Certificate filed May 17, 1871. Capital stock, $300,000; shares 3,000 of $100 each. Original Trustees: David Doak, Wm. Baldridge, Wm. A. Lewis, Henry H. Harris and John Steckter. Locators: John Philpott, H. H. Harris, John White, Wm. A. Lewis, Wm. Baldridge, B. F. White, David Doak, John Steckter. No work done except prospecting.
RED HILL QUICKSILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location, Pope Valley. Certificate filed March 2, 1871. Capital stock, $480,000, in 4, 800 shares of $100 each. Original Trustees: W. W. Stillwagon, A. Y. Easterby, Daniel Patten, J. H. Howland and R. Burnell. Same parties locators. This is a very promising claim, but as yet not fully explored. Prospecting now in progress.
SILVER BOW MINING COMPANY.
Location, Pope Valley Mining District. Certificate filed October 2, 1871. Capital stock, $180,000, in 1, 800 shares of $100. Original Trustees, J. H. Kester, P. Van Bever, A. W. Norton, Joseph N. Reynolds and C. E. Comstock. Locators: Jesse Barnett, Henry Mygatt, J. N. Reynolds, J. Israelsky, P. E. Perl, A. W. Norton, P. Van Bever, D. B. Parks, J. H. Kester, C. E. Comstock. Consid- erable work has been done upon the Red Hill mine, and it now supplies a portion of the ore reduced in the works of the Valley mine.
OVERLAND QUICKSILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location, Summit Mining District, Napa county. Certificate filed October 6, 1871. Capital stock, $300,000, in 3, 000 shares of $100. Original Trustees: G. N. Cornwell, E. J. Smith, E. N. Boynton. Locators: E. N. Boynton, W. W. Pendegast, John T. Smith and H. H. Clark. This claim is now being prospected, and gives evidence of being valuable. The claim is adjacent to the Summit mine and probably upon the same lead.
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MUTUAL QUICKSILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location, adjoining Oakville mine in Napa Mining District. Cer- tificate filed March 1, 1872. Capital stock $300,000; 3,000 shares of $100 each. Original Trustees: R. H. Sterling, T. H. Thompson, Henry Fowler, W. W. Thompson, J. F. Lamdin. Locators: R. H. Sterling, Henry Fowler, W. C. Watson, W. W. Thompson, J. F. Lamdin. Nothing yet done except prospecting.
MAMMOTH MINING COMPANY.
Object to own, occupy and work mines of cinnabar and to extract quicksilver and other metals from the ores of said mines, and to carry on the business of quicksilver mining generally in Napa and Lake counties. Certificate filed Sept. 22, 1871. Original Trustees: John Lawley, John Pershbaker, T. P. Stoney, M. B. Pond and Sylvester E. Smith. Capital stock, $4, 000, 000, in 40,000 shares of $100 each. No work done yet except prospecting.
Many other certificates of incorporation have been filed and com- panies formed for working gold and silver claims in Nevada, and petroleum claims in this county and Humboldt, but none of them have succeeded in developing anything of value. The petroleum companies whose claims were in Humboldt county found plenty of oil, but the rock strata overlying its sources were found to be so broken up that it could not be obtained in wells as in Pennsylvania. The oil oozes out of the ground through innumerable fissures in the rocks over a large tract of country, showing itself upon every spring and water-course near the Mattole river, and even covering the ocean with a film for a long distance at its mouth; but all the claims are abandoned. The inhabitants of the oil region easily collect enough for home consumption, but none is obtained for commercial pur- poses. The great excitement of 1865-6 has completely subsided.
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COAL COMPANIES.
PACIFIC COAL MINING COMPANY.
The organization of these companies is mentioned here as a fact of local history, although nothing has been done by any of them beyond preliminary prospecting of their several claims. A few small seams of good coal have been discovered in Capel Valley, but nothing yet, thus far, of commercial value. Farther prospect- ing may give better results.
Certificate filed May 17th, 1871. Object, "to mine for coal beds or strata." Capital Stock, $2,000,000 in 20,000 shares of $1oo each. Original corporators and Trustees, E. Huguenin, Henry Mygatt, W. W. Stillwagon, J. H. Kester and W. A. S. Holt.
- NAPA COAL COMPANY.
Certificate filed February Ist, 1871. Object to "purchase and own coal lands in the State of California and open coal beds and veins thereon, and remove the coal for the purpose of commerce." Capital 3,000,000 in 30,000 shares of $100 each. Original Trus- tees, W. C. S. Smith, George N. Cornwell, W. R. Brown, E. N. Boynton and John Mudgett, being the corporators.
CLARK COAL MINING COMPANY.
Certificate filed March 7th, 1871, to mine coal on lands owned by George W. Clark in Napa County, and to purchase and sell coal lands. Capital Stock, $2,000,000 in 20,000 shares of $100 each. Trustees and corporators, W. W. Stillwagon, Henry Mygatt, Ralph Ellis, E. Huguenin, Robert Crouch.
ATLANTIC COAL COMPANY.
Certificate filed, May 17th, 1871. Object to work coal beds or shale. Capital Stock $2,000,000 in 20,000 shares of $100 each. Henry Mygatt, John H. Kester, E. Huguenin, W. W. Stillwagon, and C. E. Comstock, original Trustees and locators.
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NAPA COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
CHAPTER VIII.
NAPA VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY.
Certificate filed March 26, 1864. Incorporation formed under the "Act providing for the incorporation of Railroad Companies, and the management of the affairs thereof, and other matters relating thereto, approved May, 1861, and the several Acts supplementary to and amendatory thereof." Capital stock, $750,000, in 7,500 shares of $100 each. Original Board of Directors: Anthony Y. Easterby, John Lawley, James H. Goodman, Chancellor Hartson, Charles Mayne, Samuel Brannan and Alfred A. Cohen. Original subscribers to the capital stock: Charles Mayne, 30 shares; A. A. Cohen, 30 do .; C. Hartson, 10 do .; S. Brannan, 30 do .; W. R. Garrison, 30 do .; R. B.
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Woodward, 30 do .; H. Barroilet, 30 do .; Edw. Stanley, 5 do .; Jas. Graves, 20 do .; C. F. Lott, 30 do .; S. Alstrom, 30 do .; J. H. Good- man, 10 do .; Thos. Knight, 20 do .; Geo. C. Yount, 20 do .; A. Y. Easterby, 10 do .; J. F. Lamdin, 5 do .; John Lawley, 10 do .; Smith Brown, 10 do.
THE BANK OF NAPA.
Certificate filed Sept. 14, 1871. Objects: to invest and loan its capital, surplus and trust funds; to receive money on deposit for such time and at such rates of interest as may be agreed upon; to receive valuable property, packages and papers for safe keeping, and to charge for the care of the same; to act as an agent in the purchase and sales of real and personal estate, in the collection and payment of debts, and in other monetary affairs; to act as trustee in holding and managing real and personal property for the benefit or security of other parties; to act as a receiver of assets belonging to estates, of funds waiting disposition in cases of litigation, and to transact every business that may properly be done by a financial agent, or by a safe deposit, loan, trust, or banking company. Capital, $250,000, in 2,500 shares of $100 cach. Original Board of Trustees: John F. Zollner, W. C. Wallace, C. Hartson, Edward Stanley, W. H. Nash, R. H. Sterling, E. L. Sullivan, A. B. Walker, W. W. Thompson, W. A. Fisher, R. B. Woodward, Henry L. Davis, Thos. H. Thomp- son, I. N. Larrimer, John Lawley, D. McDonald, D. L. Haas.
The present officers are-President, C. Hartson; Cashier, W. C. Watson. Finance Committee-R. H. Sterling, W. W. Thompson, T. H. Thompson.
The Bank was first opened October 2d, 1871, in the building on Main street, occupied by Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express. Their ele- gant and substantial structure on the corner of Main and Second sts. was completed in the Spring of 1872.
NAPA CITY GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
Certificate filed May 25, 1867. Object, to manufacture illuminat- ing gas, and to distribute and sell the same. Capital, $80,000, in 800 shares of $100 each. Original Trustees and Corporators: James H. Goodman, W. W. Beggs and Jas. Freeborn.
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NAPA VALLEY SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Certificate of incorporation filed Sept. 25, 1871, under the Act of IS62 for the formation of corporations for the accumulation and in- vestment of funds and savings, and all amendatory thereof and sup- plementary thereto. Capital stock, $100,000, in 1,000 shares of $100 each. Object: to aggregate the funds and savings of the mem- bers thereof and others, and to preserve and safely invest the same for their common benefit. Directors: Smith Brown, Henry C. Boggs, Nathan Coombs, James H. Goodman, John M. McPike, George E. Goodman, H. C. Parker and Philip L. Weaver. This institution is doing a safe and prosperous business, and is proving of great public benefit. Its place of business is in the magnificent bank building of Messrs. J. H. Goodman & Co.
The private banking house of James H. Goodman & Co. was first opened September Ist, 1858. It has ever since been doing a pros- perous business, and has been a great convenience to the people. Until the organization of the Bank of Napa, this was the only bank- ing house in the town.
PIONEER ENGINE COMPANY NO. I.
Was organized in April, 1859, by the election of Robert Crouch, President; E. S. Chesebro, Foreman; J. H. Moran, Assistant; J. W. Hemenway, 2d Assistant; Harvey Wilder, Secretary, and B. F. Townsend, Treasurer. The first trial of the engine was on the 6th of June, 1860.
MASONIC CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
Certificate filed Feb. 29th, 1872. This association was formed at a meeting held at St. Helena Feb. 24th, 1872, at which J. H. Alli- son was Chairman and A. C. Kean was Secretary. J. H. Allison, D. B. Carver, C. E. Davis, Thomas Greer, Sam. G. Clark, G. S. Chris- man, David Galewsky, L. Lazarus, A. C. Kean, J. R. Wright and Joseph Kaiser were the original associates. Purpose, to procure and hold land to be used exclusively for a cemetery. Original Trustees: C. E. Davis, G. S. Chrisman, D. B. Carver, E. K. Cooley, J. R. :
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Wright and J. H. Allison. The Trustees were divided into three classes, viz: C. E. Davis and E. K. Cooley in the first class, to hold their offices for one year; G. S. Chrisman and J. R. Wright in the second, to hold their offices for two years; and D. B. Carver and J. H. Allison in the third class, to hold office for three years.
TOWN HALL ASSOCIATION.
Certificate filed March 3, 1871. Object, the purchase of land and the erection of a Town Hall thereon, and to manage and improve said property and to conduct the leasing and use of said Hall. Cap- ital stock, $10,000, in 100 equal shares. Original Trustees: A. B. Walker, Lyman Chapman, E. Biggs, A. Sampson and G. W. Manuel. Corporators: E. Biggs, A. B. Walker, J. A. Jackson, L. M. Corwin, Ralph Ellis, Lyman Chapman, A. G. Boggs, C. N. Everts, G. W. Manuel, G. N. Cornwell, C. B. Seeley, A. Sampson. .
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