Show OREGON the buffalo monitor mine in tile the granite district is being opened up under lease by J norciss of prairie city the property Is an old producer an and d the expectation is that the new operators will develop important ore bodies A recent discovery of tungsten ore in the cliff property out from sumpter has resulted in the prop property erty being optioned option ed to frank S bailey by the owners A A and john bradbury the new owner has commenced operations under the of kenneth mcewen work has been commenced on tile the aou ger property located in the granite district northwest of sumpter by the new company which recently secured control W W robbins has been appointed superintendent and is now on the ground the first work consists of building accommodations for the men but work in the mine is expected to commence in the near future joseph and william are opening a promising property called the billie blue in the grants pass section A sixty foot shaft shows gold values from the surface much of the gold being visible values in the bottom of the shaft run as high as the owners are now running a tunnel to get under this showing which they figure will require about feet of work and give them feet of backs to the surface much interest is being evinced in the work of the american soda deposits company which is preparing to ship refined soda from alkali lake situated about twenty five northeast of paisley in lake county manager F L young states that furnaces for the refinery have been shipped from san francisco and that they will soon be installed the soda as it is taken from the deposits is about 60 per cent water and this will be driven off in the furnaces the resulting product is practically pure containing only about 2 per cent impurities the spreckels interests of california are backing tile the proposition |