Show california redding free press thompson brothers of old diggins are steady shippers of ore to the mammoth smelter their mine near old diggings is one of the promising mines of that district they are at present drifting on the ledge the width of which varies from 2 to 5 feet with an average value of 63 per ton hart enterprise what is considered the biggest strike ever made in this district or in this section of the golden state for that matter occurred at hart hitts oro belle no i 1 early in the week A bonanza streak of ore from two to three feet feel in width has been uncovered for a distance of nearly 50 feet assaying close to per ton on both sides of this streak of high grade lies six feet of very good mill ore making the total width of the vein nearly fifteen feet the milling grade runs from 15 to 20 a ton nevada city transcript oscar brown the well known nevada city millwright left this morning with a crew of six carpenters for the birchville Birch ville mine in the graniteville Granit eville mining district mr brown has a contract for the erection of a mill at the mine the structure will be built to house ten stamps although john A bunting the owner of the property says there will be only five installed just now the material for the mill and structure is on the ground and contractor brown says the building will be complete and everything in working order within six weeks georgetown gazette th the e un watering of the old eureka shaft down to the foot level was finished on wednesday wed of last week and the work of sampling the ledge in a thorough and systematic manner was immediately begun on friday secretary blodgett invited the citizens of this place many of whom hold stock in the woodside eureka mining company to visit the mine and see with their own eyes the vast amount of ore in sight in the different levels and drifts quite a number of people took advantage of the opportunity to visit the mine and were agreeably surprised to find the mine in such fine condition the immense am amount aunt of ore blocked out and the large and well defined ledge which was exposed to view on the different levels big pine herald sandy lackrie Loc krie controlling the buckboard located some 20 miles south of here has opened up a rich pay streak of ore in a shaft 30 feet deep on which he had assay returns of per ton them the lowest assay being per ton these assays essays were made at So daville the higher specimen being picked from a 10 inch streak and the lower one being an average piece from this pay dirt all the values were in free gold lackrie also has a property near benton which has been worked to considerable extent many years ago when indians were employed to pack out the ore and over in silver was taken from the mine he proposes to develop both properties as the showings on them warrant the belief that rich shippers will be developed very soon big pine herald the camp of lee which lies in the funeral range on the east side of death valley but still in inyo county is giving a good many signs of life one of the most marked being the organization of a board of trade for the purpose of furthering the interests of that district B L wheeler has been made president of this organization and claude kincaid secretary A strike has been reported from the little lee group owned by W C rice and located in this district the find was made at the 45 foot level on an incline shaft and the values were found to be high in lead silver and copper it is one of the most important finds yet made in this section rice is also interested in the califor nia bullfrog property at lee which has gold ore that is said to resemble very nearly the ore found on the mother lode in this state A tunnel over feet deep has been driven into their property |