Show california isaac ostrom and associates are contin aing to ship high grade chrome ore from the white bear group shipment being made by way of blairsden five carloads have now been sent out with more in sight and it is said that this is proving to be the largest deposit of high grade chrome ore ever found in the county Cali fornias gold output to the end of 1917 totaled ls far surpassing that of any other state gold received at the san francisco mint during t the first half of 1918 shows a decrease of compared with the first six months of 1917 and the decrease for the second half is expected to be even greater this is not due to exhaustion ha of the mines but to war and labor conditions former state mineralogist aubury is gathering data to be presented to the federal government in an effort to prove that hydraulic mining should be resumed as a war measure he states that by the expenditure of about for restraining dams gold to the value of at least could be recovered within a short time by a comparatively small force of men records of the mines prove that there is no question as to the values being recovered figures on ore proven up at the property of the walker mining company near portola by drifts and diamond drilling now show a total of tons values being about 25 a ton in gold silver and copper officers of the company state that present drilling plans will probably prove up about tons orthis of this grade new machinery is being installed and the company has commenced driving a tunnel on the mill level to be feet in length and to cut the ore at a depth of feet this mine was recently taken over by international smelting smelling Sm elting interests it is under the general management of V A hart frank erath owner of the peru mine near cima has the following to say of this property which has come into notice because of its tungsten ores the property comprises seven claims with three tungsten veins on the surface one of which outcrops for more than 2500 feet average samples show values of from 26 to 34 per cent one vein opened on the south end shows from thirty inches to seven feet of ore another vein shows six feet of ore for thirty five feet with values up to 52 per cent the third vein is a quartz dike running east and west and showing from six to twelve feet wide on the surface with values of 22 per cent |