Show california A group of mining claims near lamoine shasta county along the sacramento river has been taken over by E R van houten who will commence extensive development work on the property immediately the balt bait top mine near camptonville Campt onville yuba county has resumed operations the property has been closed down since last fall awaiting the necessary water for hydraulic king purposes all preliminary work is done and the owners look for a good od season when the water is turned on the merger mine near blue tent nevada county will start milling operations on april 1st ast according to H B superintendent very exhaustive tests have been made for the treatment of this ore and the process now embraces crushing amalgamation concentration and cyaniding cyan iding with recovery in excess of 95 per cent of the values the north star mine grass valley nevada county has cut a ledge of high grade ore on the foot level general manager arthur B foote reports that he has drifted on the ledge for 50 feet with excellent results and he has not yet determined whether this is a distinct ledge extending into virgin ground or an offshoot off shoot of th ledge now under production the alleghany allegheny el dorado mining company which recently took over the yellow jacket mine adjoining its property in nevada county has been operating 6 steadily but has found the installation of a cyaniding cyan iding plant necessary to save the values frank C jordan is president of the company many business men in woodland are interested in this property the thompson property near michigan bluff placer county which contains large beds of quartz crystals which were taken over by los angeles parties who found the crystals of a ver very Y good grade b both large and clear they have been to cease work temporarily until a court decision can be rendered as to whether or not they can tunnel under a ditch line the indian creek mining company operating quartz claims near esmerelda calaveras talaveras Cala veras county has a crew of four men at work and one tunnel is in feet and the other feet an air compressor and drills have been installed and mighty fine milling ore is b eing being taken out and piled on the dumps preparatory to the installation of milling machinery george F walker president of the company is on the ground in in charge of operations basing calculations on assays essays only the nevada hills mining company operating the virginia mine on the mother lode near coulterville Coult erville california has opened up more than one years ore supply for the mill and every new development is adding to the volume of ore the heads now going through the mill average around 20 to 25 a ton in gold and silver says superintendent roy K brown since taking over the property last november hundreds of samples have been taken |