Show california georgetown gazette geo E williams and maartin costello will put a force of men to work developing the gold crown mine near kentucky flat next week A small mall stamp mill will also be installed on the property as soon as the owners can get the machinery hauled in from present indications williams and costello Oo stello have a bonanza in the gold crown nevada city transcript george fitz gerald the well known mine promoter who is interested in the brush creek and other mines in sierra county is in nevada city he is accompanied by george M jacocks a capitalist of new york who is paying his first visit here mr fitzgerald is one of the prominent mine operators on the pacific coast at one time he was the owner of the famous torpedo mine in new mexico san francisco journal of commerce kennett doc wilkens an old time prospector came into kennett early in the week with fine specimens of pitchblende from which radium is obtained he said chehad he had found a ledge of pitchblende on the mccloud river thirty five miles from kennett and the ledge is traceable for a distance of three miles containing enough pitchblende to supply the world with radium for centuries to come san francisco mining and engineering review it is now proven beyond any doubt that the lead in the famous oriole mine on indian creek has been again located and is showing better rock than any previously discovered in that district the oriole is owned by th the collins eCollins brothers and A L paulson and the latter has an option on the half interest of his partners it is expected that the oriole will be turned to easterners now in the district or their friends los coq angeles mining review capt C henry Tb thompson ompson spent the early part of the week on an automobile trip to san diego from whence he visited the noble mines pine valley district near descanso descalso Des canso in company with mr 19 C grove former ly of spokane the property is owned by the noble brothers and has produced between tw ee n and from a five stamp mill run by water power it is able that captain thompsons Thomp sons visit will result in arrangements for the extensive development of the property los angeles angel mining review the twenty one mine at allegheny alleghany Alleg hany liany continues to develop a ten inch shoot of rich ore and is sacking high grade quartz for shipment the adit at the red star is expected to encounter enco the fightner Tight ner vein within a few days and it is expected to cut the same ore body with the fightner Tight ner lower adit before the end of the week the sixteen to one and bonanza king remain idle george wingfield is actively developing the pacific gravel mine near Dowie ville and is paying the highest wages in sierra county hart ent enterprise manager geo A foster of the hart townsite town site company this week started a force of men to work vork on the oro no I 1 extension which end lines the oro nol on the south over a year ago a tunnel feet in length was driven on this property at which point the big ledge outcropping cropping out on the surface was encountered the work was done by leasers leaders lea sers and while the ore exposed is of a good milling grade it would not pay the lessees lessels to ship outside of the district A drift is now being sent to the south and there is a strong possibility of opening up a rich shoot of ore by this working as the vein appears to be the extension of the one now being developed by the big chief company on its oro lease adjoining the extension on the north san francisco journal of commerce stockton it is reported that the famous old gold producer the mine located near aggens calaveras talaveras Cala veras county has been purchased by W G hammond of butte county and eastern capitalists at fancy fig figures tires it is also reported that the same parties have bought the union water company and the angels light power company and will wall hereafter operate them in addition to the mine hol hoists ats machinery stamps tramways tram ways the electric power light and water system is the largest and most complete of any in the mining region regi ion the water and power system also includes all the reservoirs ervo irs flumes blumes pipe lines and the largo large electric plant near murphys Murp hys along with all of the minor holdings of the com pany which goes entirely out of business at angels bishop herald He raId W G scott manager of the inyo mines syndicate returned from hummer the latter part of last week hummer is the new camp in the southern end of this county where considerable prospecting is now being done to explore the district scott states that two prospecting shafts are being sunk on one claim the deepest of which is now about fifty feet both of these will be sunk to a depth of probably seventy feet before a crosscut cross cut will be started to intersect the veins which crop on the surface quite a force is at work the camp of hummer is fifteen miles south of keeler near the southern end of owens lake if commercial ore bodies are encountered at this depth the camp will be heard from in a live manner no effort is being made in the meantime by those interested there to attract attention te ution one set of leasers leaders are working on ground near the original site the ore at hummer is gold and silver |