| Show california william lloyd operating placers in the claret flat diggings near downieville Downie ville ha has s opened a back channel extending under the trail leading from the second divide to the middle fork bridge he is getting good returns from the new channel salt production in california last year totaled tons valued at california refineries not only supply the needs of the state but also export to other states and to australia alameda county alone has thirteen salt refining plants there are three in san mateo two in san diego and one each in inyo kern los angeles mono monterey solano and san bernardino counties the lower tunnel at the oro quartz property at downieville Downie ville has broken into the vein at a point about feet from its portal the vein shows a width of four feet where opened with smooth walls it is highly mineralized prospects well in free gold and carries a heavy percentage of sul phu this level gives backs of feet under the upper workings and is thought to have entered the pay shoot near its north end the oro is being developed by dr G P reynolds of alameda john costa is in charge the report of the united states geological survey on the sodium nitrate deposits in the amargosa amargoso valley inyo county shows that they have been greatly overestimated over estimated in various statements emanating from that vicinity the survey dug seventy eight trenches with a total length of feet and an average depth of about two feet pits were sunk to an average depth of one foot seven inches 1085 samples were taken and analyses were made results showed about 2000 tons of sodium nitrate to secure which it would be necessary to remove tons of overburden the mammoth copper mining company subsidiary of united states smelting smelling Sm elting with mine and smelter at kennett announced a reduction of 50 cents a day in wages in february the change affecting about men the notice was accompanied by a statement saying that the reduction was made necessary by the drop in the price of copper from 26 cents to around 17 cents the old scale formulated when copper was about 30 cents was miners muck ers 4 laborers machinists and others in proportion A P anderson is listed as general manager |
