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Mountain King Quartz Mine. Consists of 12 claims owned by the
Mountain King Mining and Milling Company of 244 Kearny street, San
Francisco, and located on the north bank of the Merced River on the
Yosemite Valley Railroad in Sec. 31, T. 3 S., R. 18 E., M. D. M. The
veins of quartz and slate average 5 feet in width and lie between slate
walls. The development consists of 5 levels with 5200 feet of drifts,
1550 feet of crosscuts, 70 feet of winzes and 700 feet of raises. There
is also a stope 200 feet long by 600 feet high.
The equipment consists of 10 ore cars, 4 machine drills, drill steel,
blacksmith shop, timber shed, 34-stamp mill, Blake crusher, 2 amalga
mating plates, 2 Challenge feeders, 6 Standard tables, flume 1000 feet
long, 2 Victor turbines, Rix compressor, Gould triplex pump, office,
bunk house, cook house, change house, assay office, foreman's office,
superintendent's office and residence, and surface tramway. Ten
stamps were working and 26 men were employed and 75 horsepower was
being developed on the river in their power plant.
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Mountain King Mine, mill and ditch line on the
Merced River, Mariposa County, California.
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Mines and Mineral Resources of Frenso, Kern, Kings,
Madera, Mariposa,
San Joaquin, and Stanislaus
California State Mining Bureau Publication. 1915
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