Show california Cali fornias production of petroleum dur ilig ag january amounted to over barrels dorels re ls or a daily average of about barrels shipments were over baris aels the average gain over december was 1110 barrels a day with a falling off in shipments of barrels daily the january figures show a reduction of stock on hand of barrels the north fork mining company operating at forest under the management of george F stone has opened its quartz ledge at depth at a point about forty feet from the shaft the vein shows sulphur ets and it is is thought that the point of intersection is not far from the pay shoot which was opened in the upper workings driving along the ledge toward the north is now under way harry leclair and others of kingman arizona have organized the arizona mammoth mines company to develop the virginia located on the california side of the colorado river and about eighteen miles north of parker arizona the group is regarded as one of particular promise it is said that the vein shows a mass of oxidized ore fully feet between walls tile the values being in copper john F cowan B binnard and mat browning of salt lake have opened the gravel channel with the long tunnel which they have been running near oroville since last august the placer ground is covered by about feet of lava and it was necessary to run the tunnel a distance of 1500 feet the gravel is rich in gold running a yard it is in a portion of the sacramento valley which was highly productive years ago the california alkali company has commenced construction work on its new soda extraction plant near cartago at the southwest point of owens lake it is under the management of R G paddock the process to be employed will differ somewhat from that of the inyo development and natural soda products companies operating in the same vicinity evaporation and electrolysis will play important parts in tile the process |