Show california bishop herald J C cress of keeler is doing great work on the blue bell mine in the argus mountains this is a free gold proposition and has a five stamp mill mr cress is blocking out ore mrs hotch of bishop has an interest in the mine georgetown gazette work is progressing nicely at the georgia slide mines the mill is grinding away on good pay ore an electric lighting plant is being installed I 1 a large overshot over shot water wheel forty feet in diameter is being erected and preparations are under way for the installation of another beer roller quartz mill areka Y reka journal the old well known grizzly mine situated on indian creek and owned by D W jones of fort jones is now being cleaned and put in shape to be examined by parties who are willing to purchase the same if it shows as represented it has been lying idle for the last years in the early days it produced from to to the owners but like any number of mines located in our county that have produced and made good pay to the owners they were closed why because in the early days when the ore was panned and strings of gold were not found to produce from 30 to 50 per ton it was not considered pay ore we are glad to hear of some of the old time mines that have produced being reopened opened re |