Show california ip yreka areka journal work is progressing steadily in preparing for more extensive operations erat ions at the ethelynn hydraulic mine on horse creek in oak bar district there has been some delay in getting the machinery on the ground but it is expected that the elevators willbe ready by the or of june redding mineral wealth the balaklava Balak lala consolidated copper company has established headquarters in the depot hotel building redding california the executive engineering gi and business departments are located here and the accommodations have been most conveniently and pleasantly arranged for the balaklava Balak lala staff siskiyou you news nathan durkee superintendent in of the shaft rock mine leaves yreka areka today for los angeles to buy a awen ty stamp mill and other machinery for that promising mine the wagon road from gott ville to the mine four miles up empire creek is completed with the exception ot two bridges across the creek and they are process of construction workmen are driving a tunnel in the mountain on a level with the creek bed where the ledge leda e is twelve feet wide on the surface and carries values from twelve to twenty five dollars a ton all the indications are that the shaft rock com pany has a mine that will become famous as a producer los angeles mining review it is learned that the copper king mine in the copper belt of eastern san bernardino county california has been bought for by colonel C A hopkins ex governor george C crocker of massachusetts and other mine operators of boston who are heavily interested in the quartette mine of searchlight nev the property which belonged to mr joseph nelson lies near the standard mine now a shipper of high grade copper ore it is stated by mr A B hall who is jn jin the confidence of the purchasers and also interested in the enterprise that the copper showing is very favorable and that the property will be very extensively developed governor crocker is president of the quartette mining company and colonel hopkind is treasurer as well as the heaviest share holder nevada city miner transcript the mountain copper company at keswick is negotiating with the original quartz hill mining company for the purchase of the original quartz hill mine the copper company wants the big quartz deposit for fluxing flexing purposes the quartz carries a very high percentage of silica and the gold values run from to 16 it is stated that has been offered for the mine although the rumor curr current ent in keswick and redding cannot be verified the quartz hill mine is a veritable mountain of ous ore there are hundreds hundreds of thou thousands of tons in sight and it is worked on an extensive scale by but a comparatively small crew of men instead of the usual tunnels drifts crosscuts cross cuts and the property is quarried on the same plan as the great treadwell mine on douglas island alaska says the redding searchlight the mine is less than three miles from the keswick smelter and on an easy grade I 1 for hauling enough sili clous ore could be produced from this mine alone to run the smelter for years As a fluxing flexing ore it is as good as can be had and the gold values carried make it a big paying proposition the move on the part of the mountain copper company portends well for open ing the big smelter at keswick that has lain idle for nearly two years |