Show california 4 andrew T anderson accompanied by newton judson and A H middleton or 01 oakland were recent placerville erville visitors where they intend to start active operations on a quartz property frank C leavitt of san francisco has acquired a lease and bond on the argonaut gold quartz mine from A F ford the property is located near placerville erville and development work will be started at once the forest hill electric power plant on the middle fork of the american river near forest hill has been taken over by the operators of the baltimore deep gravel mine and the mine will henceforth be operated by electricity frank C fox of placerville erville is again operating the sporting boy lode claim in which excellent gold values are being obtained the vein which averages about abour one and one half feet in width shows values of 21 in gold and 7 per cent copper to the ton from diamond drill tests made on the gruss copper mine situated between the engel and walker copper properties near portola plumas county sufficient deep ore bodies have been proven to cause the formation of a syndicate to actively operate the property will M beggs and associates owners owner of the kate hardy quartz mine near forest are reported to have closed a deal with boston parties for this well known gold producer and it is the intention of the new management to sink the shaft an additional feet under the direction of E C montgomery of san jose the nome gold quartz group of claims near placerville erville which adjoin on the west the nashville quartz mine patented by lucky baldwin have been sold in foreclosure sale to lansing stout for the property is equipped with a ten stamp mill and was formerly owned by the monarch consolidated gold mining company |