Show california the kieffer brothers operating the giba alter er placers near downieville Downie ville report that the e rock in their tunnel has softened up and that two feet a shift is now possible they expect to tap the channel at a point about feet south of their old shaft this will require approximately 1000 feet of tunnel work which should be finished be next season W W tiner has been appointed superintendent in at the wisconsin gravel property out from downieville Downie ville succeeding D A chvagnaro cavagnaro naro who recently resigned after holding the position for five years the rec recently enily completed road down rock creek to the wisconsin is proving of great value to the entire district and will result in in the development of a number of good properties in that section 0 B bachman vice president of the california sulphur company has taken charge of operations at the companas comp anys holdings located at coso springs with a refinery at talus on the southern pacific railroad considerable sid erable reconstruction work has been done under his direction at the refinery and improvements prove ments made at the mine the company has ordered two large retorts which are expected to bring the production up to thirty tons a day three shifts are to be worked managing director A B carstensen or of the montana wyoming oil company holding forty acres in the midway sunset field near taft reported as follows early in the month while repairing rods in no 2 well today large gas pressure came in oil shot almost to crown sheet no more mud no 2 is improving each day making good headway with well no V 3 no 2 well was at a depth of 2800 feet at that time and officials of the company state that the well is undoubtedly a gusher no 3 was studded in only recently john F F cowan prominent mining man of salt lake gives some interesting details of operations in the section located seven miles southeast of auburn the district is about one and a half miles long by a mile wide the ore occurs in lenses but one company has reached a depth of feet and still is taking out high grade there are four mills operating and three others in course of construction the average of the ore is about 15 per cent concentrating approximately three into one with concentrates finding a ready market at prices from 65 to 75 a ton some of the ore runs above 40 per cent and is shipped crude |