Show ANOTHER TREADWELL journal yreka areka california what is claimed to be one of the richest mining properties in the state of california is located on smith river in our neighbor county del norte mr fred al law of yreka areka who is interested with other relatives in the property recently returned from an inspection of the mine and so sanguine is he that they have found a mother lode a veritable klondike that lie he has dis posed of his business interests in yreka areka and henceforth will devote his time and energy to the development and exploitation of this and other properties in that section the lode is located about forty five miles from crescent city it is almost inaccessible at present there being no roads into the property there are five claims in the group and the ledge or lode is from to feet wide traced the full length of the claim beyond walls are of gray porphyry and slate the ore assays essays from to 2000 per ton in gold and also carries tungsten and traces of tellurium and will mill on an average of over per ton the lode is of such a mani magnitude tude that it will not be necessary to mine in the ordinary way but can be quarried similar to the great treadwell mine on douglas island alaska only with this difference that mr laws property will pay per ton while the treadwell mine only pays an open cut thirty feet in depth shows that the values increase the deeper they go and get considerable harder harden there is plenty of water for all purposes mr law is an experienced prospector and miner having followed that vocation vocation for many years and has the reputation of being one of the best at that business in this section of the country having mined all over the northwest and northern california he says he now has the best property he has ever seen associated with mr law are edward and silas smith of ranch oregon they have owned and perfected and developed the property for fifteen years and now realize that it will require capital to properly develop a proposition of this magnitude and we have no doubt that when capitalists learn of this property they will have no trouble in either selling or otherwise making arrangements to develop their property |