Show california georgetown gazette it is reported that john hanley struck a pocket in kelsey district recently which yielded about 2000 also that frank FJ elliott folliott of this place found a nugget valued at 1485 on rock creek last week barstow printer machinery has arrived at amboy for the gold belt mines and joe goodrich is aiding superintendent alex mclaren in erection it is a chilian mill equaling about ten stamps should be running by april and no april fool either about fifteen men are employed around the mine and mill A dispatch from masonic says it is reported here that a big strike was made in the pittsburg liberty mine last sunday a vein of ore over two feet in width which assay 1000 to the ton the officials neither affirm or deny the report but it is believed by everyone here that such a strike has been made and other mines in the district are going to rush development work barstow printer manager A B mulvane of the amboy plaster plant was a welcome visitor at barstow printer office monday this is one of the substantial desert industries employing I 1 fifty men the large gypsum deposit is over ten feet deep most of the product is milled into white hard finish house plaster but some of it goes into land plaster which is excellent to neutralize alkali on farm lands bishop herald T G C fitzhugh from darwin and the duc ducky ky jim mine was in bishop this week he reported great do ings at villareal where the Beau regards from laws have opened a second mine fully as the one found by the ledge is better defined on the Deau beauregard regard property and the ore is somewhat richer the new strike is about two and one half miles farther on toward darwin from the or original I 1 Villa mine yreka areka journal R M harrison superintendent of the osgood mine which is located about one and one half miles from yreka areka called on the journal yesterday and informed us that he had commenced on the mine i although only working three men now but as soon as the water is out of the ground enough to allow him to work in the tunnel he will put from twelve to sixteen men on shift there is about tons on the dump the vein averages two feet four inches in width the ore runs high in gold values the latest improved machinery has been ordered and will be placed early in the spring mr harrison is very much pleased with the prospects within the past two years three mines within a distance of three miles from yreka areka have been opened and have well paid the owners bishop herald A remarkable strike has been made in the loretto mine on the level a body of copper ore assaying 52 per cent being found in a drift which the management has been forcing on the ledge the vein which carries this dign grade is about two feet wide and coming in under the apex about feet below the surface promises rich returns to the mine management this week mr lva eva with chas kirchen left for the mine and from there will visit Ube hebe where a deal for a big proposition is pending I 1 nevada city transcript the gold bank mine at forbestown Forbes town butte county has been sold old this news contains interest for nevada Cit for there was a time when the miners from this city from the foreman down predominated in the mine that was when vv hen it was under the management of harry P stow well known in nevada city A few years ago the gold bank was one of the great gold producers of california but in recent years not much has been done at the property now it is coming to the fore again and those instrumental in making the deal isay say the time is coming when it will rival its best days |