Show california the lukins gold quartz mine in the pilot hill district seventeen miles northwest of placerville ervil erville ae is undergoing a of development A well defined vein has been opened up the values in which increase with depth As soon is as a sufficient tonnage is proved a quartz reduction plant I 1 will be installed the old martini mine situated at the extreme head of keystone ravine south of sierra city and owned by paul B loeffler and J E and marion westall has its new mill installed and work on the ore will now commence the mill has a capacity of eighteen tons per day and as the ore averages about 10 per ton the new venture promises to be most profitable the Roun dout deep gravel gold mine situated at pe the head bead of north canyon creek near placerville erville is again being worked H G fairchild and dick richards have started in operation with a large force of miners and the property is well equipped with machinery for handling the large deposit of cemented river gravel which contains better than average pay in free gold A large deposit of roofing slate in what is known as the eureka and kelsey quarries near placerville erville has been taken over by the sierra slate company composed of california and pennsylvania men with experience peri ence in quarrying and marketing slate the company intends to employ thirty men on the properties and have secured a market for all of the commercial slate that it can produce A mckinnon formerly of Penn argyle pennsylvania will be in active charge of the work while excavating for a large gasoline storage tank below the floor of his garage A B snyder of grass valley uncovered a well defined ledge of gold quartz at a depth of six feet he promptly forgot about the garage business purchased a windlass a and nd sunk a shaft to a depth of sixty feet extracting tr some beautiful specimens of the yellow metal several tons of the quartz quart were taken out showing per ton the mineral rights of the garage were e sold to the golden center mining company of grass valley which is working the ledge through its mine |