Show OPERATIONS NEAR MO CHE Preparations Being Made for Some Extensive Developments The purchasers of the Old Democrat and Advance claims at Chief district recently re-cently made will at once begin opening up the properties says the PfochD Record The Advance Gold Mining company has been organized and will prosecute the work John Gllson has taken a contract to remove the old Harrison building on Main street here and erect at the mines a blacksmith Ihop bunk and boardinghouse boarding-house A ninetyfoot shaft exists on one of the claims already with ore all the way down The new owners expect to push work and know considerably I ore about the extent of the ore chute within the next ninety days than they do now The Flagstaff continues to hold Its own Flagstf ontnues While the ore development recently made dues not put the property In the ranks of the bonanzas It makes a good showing and one from which shipments to the mill will be made as soon as arrangements to I that end can be effected The ore carry ing In the better grades nearly as much silver as gold makes the successful i working of it something o a problem Pan amalgamation is not satisfactory in itself as shown by tests recently made and some double treatment will have to be adopted About seventyfive tons of assorted as-sorted ore now lies on the dump while the raise from which It Is taken lool strong raie strong and promising A development of any magnitude on that tide of the gulch means much for Ferguson district whIch fact is recognized very clearly by every miner in i The April Fool Mining company have made arangemcnts with the Phoenix deduction de-duction company at Bullionvllle for the working of luG tons of ore by the Cyanide sAn s-An important strike has been made In tlC Gold Cup Assays as high as SSJOOO in gold have been taken There are ten men employed in and about the mine Everything at the DeL tl companys mill is completed with the exception of < tIe dryer which is expected in a few |