Show california eight square miles of the potash brint brinn zone known as searles lake in san bern ardino and inyo counties have been open Alir k by the department of the interior at wax ington to applications for leases hi cooper shapley representing the int batet kl L ests which hold the beauregarde i property on pine creek near bishop unda und t c option has made another cash payment 0 1 I on the group this seems to ass the construction of a fourth big dungs fc nill mill in the district p george bynon and dan mcgonigal we haw 9 bonded the gold bond and oxford p proper 1 I e 1 ties near downieville Downie ville and have a force ci t D five men taking out chrome ore the pr pro s duct is high grade running up to 52 pa p cent and a good tonnage is already hot brol i i en ready for shipment the force of m s ers is to be increased 35 john costa who is operating the we bear mine near downieville Downie ville under benl boni I 1 has six men at work searching for ta mhd 4 northern end of the channel which w laif lost several years ago it proved immense immen td 4 w ly rich where worked in the past and gw returns are expected when it is agans opened al jacobs is in charge of work george W abel and new york assod D 1 ates have purchased the buckeye w nn near big pine and are preparing for 0 a E tive development machinery has been 0 oi i dered and is arriving they will run a net t tunnel designed to open the vein at 1 I 1 ll 11 depth of about feet following vh I 1 mill construction is planned mr AM abd will be in charge as general manager hydraulic mining is again under way ways the famous old camps of st louis and HO 1101 land flat near oroville where work stopped by the federal government aate bitter fight between the mining and 10 ag cultural interests W A sage conned with the loftus gold mining company compan states that his company has four monito at work after expending over ditches flumes blumes and the construction ot of big impounding dam across slate creek th about 1 company expects to handle yards of gravel a day |