Show THE ORANGE BLOSSOM EXTENSION fire body of good gold ore encountered in making upraise our readers will remember the article published in the mining review of november 1908 concerning the success ol al the orange blossom extension mines located near amboy in san bernardino county cal that article gave an accurate description of the development of the mine up to the date it was pu published blushed bli shed since then we have received word that the company has opened up a very fine body of ore in the upraise connecting the and the foot levels this ore body was encountered a few feet above the foot level and has been carried up to the foot level and in all probability will extend to the surface it seems to be a body of ore independent of the man main ledge on which work heretofore has been done the entire sides ani ana top of the upraise for the whole distance are in hard blue quartz showing plenty of free gold and it is considered one of the best strikes yet made in this most niest excellent group of mines on the foot level the crosscut cross cut has been run toward the foot wall and is now in a distance of feet and several promising stringers have been cut but the main body of ore it is expected will be opened up within the next few feet this ore body on the foot level is twenty one fet wide and at the foot level it is predicted that it will be still wider and will carry higher values president hodgman who has so successfully managed this fine property is at present in the east makin making arrangements for the installation of a large sinking plant with this the company intends to sink below the foot level into the water zone the plans are to install one of the very largest make of fairbanks morse gasoline engines with which power will be developed to operate the large pumps below the foot level and also to furnish power for the present mill the constant increase of values with depth delith proves beyond doubt that far richer ore will be found below the foot level than in those above as it is known that portions of the values of the upper ore body have leached beached and are now deposited in the quartz at and below the water level the sinking plant will be installed as soon as possible and the work of sinking to the and 1000 foot levels with the necessary cross cuts and drifts to open UP the ore bodies at that depth will vill be prosecuted as fast as intelligently applied energy can produce results with thousands of feet of ore in sight and d still developing with a perfect reduction plant in operation and saving the values with a constant supply of water and last but by no means least with an intelligent experienced business management the orange blossom extension company has passed beyond the shadow of the experiment period and has entered the class of legitimate profit paying industries with a very bright future before it |