| Show live mining news from the coast boundary cone expansion golden chariot prosperous development of the baltic windy gold mill running by will C higgins los angeles july 26 carrying out a I 1 campaign of expansion and extensive development work the boundary cone gold mines company of los angeles has purchased the mineral rights in the blue lead gold placer diggings in in old woman gulch in calaveras talaveras Cala veras county california not far from mokelumne hill and in a section long famed for its prolific production of both placer and quartz gold in its native state this is described as being one of the choice gold placer propositions in the west it is surrounded by diggings which have produced their millions and is practically virgin ground it covers about a mile of ancient river channel that has an overburden of about feet which covers about eight t feet of rich auriferous gravel on bedrock ac according cordin g to reports made by mining engineers in order to make this wealth in gold avail available aSle a double compartment shaft is being sunk to bedrock the gravel tobe to be hoisted and its gold content recovered by the time ho honored sluicing methods the company compan y now employs eight men in this work and expects to be on a regular and profitable producing basis within the next two or three thre C months the com company p any also owns a valuable group of claims in the famous oatman district of arizona where a splendid showing of gold ore has been developed above the foot level work is now progresso pro progressing gressi ng i in n the extensive development of this property under conditions which are regarded as be being ing most favorable eight men being employed the company is said to be well financed and its stock is an active trader on the los angeles stock exchange golden chariot prosperous from C A ferrin of julian california president and general manager of the golden chariot mining corporation who was in los angeles recently returning from a mee meeting of company directors at berkeley it is learned that conditions at the mine are most satisfactory and that the company should be on an enlarged production basis in the very near future it is the intention of mr ferrin to increase the milling force to three shifts daily in the immediate future treating from 20 to 25 tons of 25 gold ore the mill is now in service one shift daily and is making a recovery of from 92 to 95 per cent of the assay value of the heads in milling practice the pulp is passed through a 60 mesh screen and values not recovered by amalgamation are saved in the concentrates which assay about to the ton development work is being Z vigorously pushed from the foot level to the surface all of the workings being in ore of good milling grade with occasional occurrences running from to to the ton this high grade sweetening the mill feed to an appreciable extent fourteen miners and fillmen are on the payroll and this force is to be increased the company is quite a close corporation and has been quietly engaged in mine and mill equipment for the past three years it has no indebtedness and is said to be amply financed develop development ment of the baltic word has been received from oatman arizona that george long successful mining operator and who was connected with the opening of most of the big mines of that far famous rious district with associates has taken over the baltic group of claims end lining with the united western mine in whose workings of late important ore disclosures have been made in the development of the baltic mr long has started the sinking of a double compartment shaft and the property Dro perty is to be equipped with hoisting works and deep sinking machinery the group it is stated is traversed its entire length by the same vein system on which the united eastern united western and tom reed mines are located the on the surface of the baltic is reported to be very wide consisting of a soft and yellowish material so characteristic of the ore bearing channels developed at depth in the united eastern and tom reed mines the shaft willbe will be sunk to the foot level before huttinga cut cuttino tinga a station from which cross cuts and laterals literals late rals will be run to open up the tha ore bodies eventually greater depth will be attained mr lon long is confident that in the baltic he has the making of a great and profitable producing mine windy mill running the new modern and up to date amalgamating gold milling plant constructed for the windy mine of the rands burg development company of brandsburg randsburg Rands burg burb california has been turned over to the company after a series series of trial tests and is now in commission treating about fifty tons of 12 gold ore daily according to W J president and general t manager who reports that a recovery of approximately 92 per cent of the assay value of the ore is being saved on the plates mr estimates he has about tons of ore available for the mill and to provide for emergencies ore development is being maintained ahead of extraction it is the intention of the company to double the capacity of the plant in the near future stepping up fr from am fifty to tons daily the foundations are in for this increase and the crushing capacity of the plant already is ample for handling the larger tonnage several important transfers of mining property have been recorded in the district of late mr states including the norman and hooligan gold arold mines which have been taken over by well known mining men who will install hoisting plant and deep sinking machinery to be followed by the construction of a milling plant un on one of these properties it is said twelve feet of 15 g old 01 ore has been developed at a depth of only feet |
