Show california MINING CAMPS SPECIAL correspondence nevada city california nov 23 gold is produced in 35 out of the 37 counties and over specific minerals are found in this state 50 of them being utilized commercially the sale of 14 copper claims near the mammoth mine shasta county to german capitalists has caused the inhabitants and business men in that county and especially those in the town of kennett to have renewed hope and they are looking forward to the construction of a smelter in the near future the claims are well developed with high grade copper ore blocked out tons having been run through a utah smelter giving returns of better than 9 per cent copper the price paid was cash the mines in sierra county are improving as development work progresses and the sierra buttes mine which has been a producer for fifty years is now being worked on good ore which was recently uncovered ore sufficient to run the 60 stamp mill for several years has been blocked out and a record year for production is expected A 10 stamp mill is to be erected on the bullion quartz property which is three and one half miles northwest of sierra city A fine grade of milling ore has been blocked out in the upper levels and the lower tunnel which is over feet long will soon tap the rich chute already exposed in the other workings another former producer the phoenix has again resumed operations and some specimen ore as well as ore of good milling grade has been uncovered so that the 10 stamp mill will soon be in operation the plumbago the famous fightner Tight 1 I ner the 16 to 1 and many other rich properties are on this belt the gold canyon mine has been striking some rich ore lately and it should take its place among the producers of sierra county the mines of Tuo lumme county are attracting tr acting the attention of mining men from nevada due to the constant output of gold not only from this county but from the entire mother lode lade the old town of columbia is also attracting attention and several promising claims are being worked in this section A big diamond drill is being used in proving up some of the old placer braund columbia in the pioneer days was one of the largest towns in california and her placers yielded millions of dollars worth of the yellow metal the tappie mine near tuttletown Tuttle town has been secured by walter the Ton tonopah opall mining man and he is developing this property as rapidly as possible with promising prospects of making a good producer as a fine grade of milling ore is exposed in the face of the workings A los angeles company holding a bond on the santa ysabel group is preparing to do extensive development work and the strong body of ore exposed some time ago has led this company to make plans to intersect the vein at depth by extending the crosscut the placer mines of placer county are being extensively worked and even the small miner is making a good grub stake out of the ground along the american river the pioneer quartz property humbug mining district is still producing and has enough ore in sight to keep the 20 stamp mill going for some time new ore is being blocked out and everything carried on in a mining fashion the plumas eureka an old pioneer producer of plumas county bids fair to come back to its old standing as it is stated that a ledge six feet wide of 50 rock has been uncovered and there are several veins worthy of development as all the original work was done near the surface and only the high grade milled the last chute exposed was due to the extending of the old mohawk tunnel the old flume three miles in length which brings the water to the plant will be reconstructed and many other improvements made so that all the underground workings as well as the surface equipment will be in first class shape amador county which has contributed more than in gold to the worlds wealth is making a strong bid for first honors among the counties of california the kennedy mine near the town of jackson has the deepest workings of any property in this state the new perpendicular shaft being down to the foot level and will be sunk to a depth of at least feet there is a stamp mill and a complete plant for the work required on this ground amon among other famous mines may be mentioned the plymouth one of the early producer the original Ar amador nador the fremont the bunker hill the keystone with a production of the lincoln col at sutter creek the eureka the south eureka whose stock jumped from 5 cents a share to some three years ago due to the finding of a blind ledge the oneida and the old zeila the oldest mine on the lode which has been in continuous operation for over sixty years G CHESTER BROWN E AT |