Show california extensive improvements are under way at the property of the bully hill copper mining smelting smelling Sm elting company at winthrop D M riordan manager the capacity of the companas comp anys plant is being doubled and the old smelter is being coil converted into a flotation plant the new machinery is now on the ground the brandy city mines company represented by george F taylor has bonded the monte carlo gravel property located at the head of the north fork of clarks canyon out from downieville Downie ville and plans to commence work there at once steve dondero A lavezzola and E poggi owners of the ground have taken considerable gold from the channel in the past and the new company has every chance to make good the mammoth copper mining company of kennett subsidiary of united states smelting smelling Sm elting has sold the railroad from chargo on the southern pacific to the quartz hill mine as junk it was built in 1907 at a cost of about the quartz hill mine is a great deposit of low grade ore owned by chicago interests it is said that the mammoth company treated at least tons of ore from the property during the seven years which they operated it victor brandt of tonopah To nevada president of the nevada chemical company states that his company plans extensive operations erat ions on land at searles lake for which it has applied to the government regarding treatment of the product he says the company has proposed to the solvay process and pacific coast borax companies jointly that after securing its lease it be allowed to subscribe 10 per cent of the present and future cost of and to own 10 per cent interest in the borosolvay Boro solvay refinery at searles lake now in operation details are available regarding the strike of copper ore which was recently made in no 8 tunnel of the san diego arizona railroad about eight miles northeast of ja cumba the tunnel is twenty four feet high and the apex of the ledge extended up 4 twenty one feet of this distance it was encountered at a point feet from the portal of the tunnel and shows from six to eight feet of vein matter the ore is a niala malachite chite and assays essays up to 14 per cent cop per the showing has been leased to a mr van aacken who plans immediate development |