Show 0 california S san an die diego go news the native gem mining company is pushing work vigorously on its properties at mesa grande two shifts are at work on the Esmer esmeralda mine georgetown gazette E D davis of oakland the new owner of the cambrian mine near coloma is preparing to do some extensive work on the mine H herschinger who is now in mr davis employ has invented and patented a process for the extraction of gold which will be used on the large body of rich rock in the mine redding free press dr A R rhea company now operating the pine grove hydraulic placer mine and the oak bar hydraulic placer mine in oak bar district klamath river are now working a full force of mein A cleanup was made a few days ago in the pine grove claim and the company is very well pleased with the result nevada city miner transcript william H smith jr has gone to fall creek in washington township nine miles from emigrant gap to make preparations for opening the quartz claim owned by him and others it is believed to be a valuable property mr smith will have charge of the development work some men will go up I 1 in a fow few days from the county seat Sant Diego news charles W robinson and other san diggans Di egans have organized the argus range mining company for the purpose of operating a group of fourteen claims in the argus range near death valley in inyo county the rosetta is the principal mine of the group at present there is a tunnel feet in length in a solid ore body which is said to yield over 65 a ton with streaks of much finer ore running through the vein georgetown gazette A bordeaux former superintendent of the ralston mine in long canyon spent a few days of last week here with C M fitzgerald and family mr bordeaux is making an extended trip for a mining company in which he is interested he came directly here from montana and goes this week to the new mining fields of nevada from there he will go to alaska thence to china and siberia before returning to his home in savoy france nevada city miner transcript superintendent in maltman is crowding the development of the ethel quartz mine in gods country the property is looking better than at any previous time in its history the material for adding five more stamps to the mill is read ready y to be shipped and will be put in place as soon as it arrives the sawmill nill belonging to the company is running steadily on lumber and timbers and within a short time a number of neat cot cottages will be built who have families L M for employed emp loyes of nevada city is in charge of the lumbering operations redding free press the balaklava Balak lala consolidated soli dated copper company has let contracts to 0 o the terry lumber company to supply approximately feet of lumber for use at the companas comp anys smelter site at coram the company recently as already told in these columns closed a contract with holt gregg for all brick to be used in smelter construction st the company has appointed charles kirchen superintendent at the plant the appointment of mr charles kirchen as superintendent of construction of shasta countes coun tys fifth smelter was confirmed to a representative of this paper monday afternoon by manager R T white of the bala kiala consolidated copper company mr mn kirchen who is one of the best known smelter superintendents in the west will not only supervise the construction of the big t plant to be installed at coram but will continue as superintendent when the smelter is in operation he is now on the property redding free press for several days past managing director M E dittmar has been looking over the afterthought plant and mine he returned monday while at ingot the new furnace was installed under the personal supervision of superintendent S E bretherton and the dust chamber to bs be used in connection therewith will be in place in the course of a week the hot blast is in the interim being used until such time as the new blast is ready this will likely take thirty days the delay in getting this piece of machinery in position was caused by its excessive weight pounds and the biffi difficulty of freighting the heavy mass over a soft road at the mine sinking was wa S begun in the lowest level A discovery of great import importance anceL was recently recently y made in tunnel no 6 when in feet a hard casing was encountered A station was cut at this place and the abe casing penetrating when a good grade of sulphide ore was met with crosscutting cross cutting is now proceeding to ascertain the extent of the body |