Show california C va W fraser of kinsley has sold the carrie todd group of four claims located near kear that place to carl T laughrey rep benting resenting sen ting the new era extracting company of san francisco the stated consideration is development work on a large scale is to start soon frank franer kR ir wehe avelie trustee for the lien holders 0 or the mountain mine located at sierra city has bonded the property to clarence J derry berry A E smith of san diego handled the deal the property is regarded as one of the best in the district the new owner plans to run a lower tunnel to cut the vein on the ground at greater depth the estella gold mining company has been organized to develop a group of claims at angels camp on the mother other 11 lode the officers are ralph 21 jones president felix B tait vice president estella sibbald secretary treasurer and D F TI mackey ackey mine manager the company expects to commence conini ence actual development work early in november the tunnel at the city of esix property at downieville Downie ville is now in a distance of over feet about half of which has been along the ledge work must stop soon now as the accommodations are not suitable for winter operations the ground has been getting softer and interesting developments are looked for when work is resumed in the spring the mine is under the of S camp the bunker hill mine owned by G L connell james jones and others and located southeast of big pine has been taken over by whittier capitalists who will proceed with development the deal was handled jedby by arthur parry who has held the property under option for about a year the ground shows a four foot vein of lead ore which has been opened for a distance or of feet but only eighty feet of depth has been attained superintendent george weston of the hope mines development company a salt lake corporation which is opening the hope mine at sonora reports developments as follows the crosscut cuts the main vein at a distance of feet from the portal A drift was sent out feet and shows eight inches of 30 ore in the face A was put down at the foot point and shows ten inches of milling ore at the present depth of sixty feet A is going up at the foot point in the drift on fourteen inches of mill dirt the mill is running half time six men are employed |