Show california reddin free press the great western smelter at ingot will resume operations on a much larger scale than before and will give employment to over men as soon as the redding afterthought and northeastern railroad is completed from bella vista to the ingot smelter said general manager E E bretherton of the great western gold company in this city thursday afternoon as he was preparing to leave Redd redding iii b for the scene of the proposed rail road nevada city transcript samuel mills has secured a bond on t the he bullion mine for a period of five years and he has been busy at work for the past few weeks organizing a company to open up the mine while in san francisco a few weeks ago mr mills called on john martin wid and eu eugene cne Ie desabla esabia who own nine tenths odthe of the capital stock of the corporation and talked with them con berning the reopening opening re of the property they were not in a position to take any part in it at the present time but they agreed to the proposition of mr mills that he give them a bond to run over a number of years san diego news at the present time over forty claims in the dulzura district are being worked by forces ranging from one man to twenty the largest crew being employed at the buckhorn and the next largest at the artery consolidated both of these properties are looking fine fifie and theore 0 re continues to improve as sinking on the ledges progresses it is reported in the camp that a sensational rich vein has been encountered in the ledge matter of the artery but the miners have been instructed to give out no information and to show no samples the vein is about three feet wide san diego news the new road from the majanita Ma zanita camp to the buckhorn two and a half miles in length is completed and four horse teams now drive to the mouth of the shaft with materials work has been resumed on the shaft and good headway has been made this week at a depth of fifty feet a crosscut will be run to the ledge from which ore was taken two weeks ago this will tap the ledge at a depth of about feet and it is expected that sensational values will be obtained buckhorn stock has advanced from 15 to 20 cents and will probably take another rise next month hart enterprise the strike made at the lease on oro no 1 which was reported in these columns last week is proving to be among the most important developments to transpire in this district for several weeks in the crosscut where the ore was broken into the working has penetrated the shoot for a distance of twenty feet with but one wall appearing streaks of high grade running per ton and better are scattered through the ore body while the whole will yield a golden ribbon in the pan that would indicate high grade milling values the ore coming from the crosscut this week averages from 50 to 75 per ton and is being saved for shipment bodie miner J M brown and H miner capitalists who recently arrived from wisconsin and who have been around the mono lake country looking for good investments are reported to have purchased the famous parrott mine of lundy district the consideration being stated as it is claimed ahta they intend to commence work on on the mine immediately which means much for the lundy district and should this property prove what all who claim to know believe it will there is no doubt but what the gentlemen who have made the purchase will have just cause for congratulations upon their venture the success of the venture means much to the t lundy district as it will inspire capital with confidence in one of the best districts on oil the coast and cause it to regain its standing of old as one of the best bes t bullion producing districts of mono county nevada city transcript work was commenced yesterday morning on the first building that will be erected for the leduc gold mining company on the companas comp anys claim on the ledue leduc ranch on osborn hill it is a structure that will be sixteen feet by thir thirty ty six feet and will house the blacksmiths and the engine and compressors that will soon be installed it will take a week or more to complete the building in addition to this work has been commenced on the tunnel that is to be driven into the hill to tap the ledge that is known to exist there the outlook at the mine is excellent the work of grading a road into the claim has all been completed and teams can deliver the materials and supplies for the mine and buildings without any difficulty the men who are behind the property are quite enthusiastic over what they llave have already uncovered in the droppings crop pings and in the tunnel and they look for a good mine within a short time 0 |