Show 0 1 california nevada city miner transcript T J W N olmstead and J krupp arrived saturday night from the red cross mine in browns valley and will return there thae tomorrow they have secured a two stamp prospecting mill from the jackson claim in the willow valley district and will take it over and use it in developing the property yreka areka journal D H ogden the well known mining man at Gott ville is somewhat handicapped in mining operations at present owing to loss of the freshour ferry boat by which supplies fuel and apparatus was obtained from across the stream he is doing considerable development work however with expectation of being ready to take out plenty of quartz when spring opens and the storms of snow and rain are over yreka areka houi joui journal nal kempton co have been doing some hydraulic king already in humbug gulch above the sig wetzel claim yreka areka flats with good success but it has been most too cold for much snow melting they expect to run their giant quite steadily later on as there is a great amount of snow up the gulch and on the mountain to furnish an abundance of water for awhile as the weather becomes warmer there is considerable activity all over the old flats like 50 times when water was plenty and gold plen tier redding free press the mountain copper company on monday made the first shipment of copper matte from its plant at martinez the shipment comprised tons of copper pigs and is valued at the copper was sent to san francisco and from there will be loaded on to a deep sea vessel and taken around the horn to the company companas comp anys s refinery in new jersey the refinery department at the Martinez plant is not yet completed and until it is ready for use the companas comp anys refinery in the east will be kept running As the free press has heretofore stated work will soon be resumed on a large scale at the iron mountain and hornet mines in this county in fact general manager wright and two engineers are now at the property mapping out a line of work in accordance with plans published in the free press six months ago san diego news wm win hill who has charge of the san diego gem companas comp anys hyacinth mine at DOS cabezos cabazos Ca bezos in this county reports that he is finding some fine gems and that the quality of the stones improves as the depth increases this is the mine from which the big hyacinth crystal which recently sold for was taken i bert simmons writes from oak grove that I 1 he has recently struck a pocket from which he has taken several ounces of blue nourma iline i line crystals the find is in the chihuahua gem and lithia mine the mine is looking well san diego news the Cuy amaca mining company owners of the stonewall and or mines are preparing to commence active operations on the latter property the ten stamp mill now on the mine will be reinforced by an additional ten stamps this step has been determined upon as the result of report to the directors of the company made by an engineer who was recently sent here to examine the property the stonewall mine has been shut down for some time though rumors are that its affairs will be so adjusted as to enable a resumption of work to take place in the near future manager dark clark of the stonewall started east last monday morning to confer with the directors nevada city miner transcript As a result of the late storm the eclipse quartz mine on gold flat was flooded to the first level the ejector was able to hold the water at that point but there was not sufficient pressure to lower it and as a result underground operations had to be temporarily akl abandoned the simmons brothers who own the property have just made connection with the phoenix reservoir and have thus secured feet of pressure which will enable them to drain the shaft and drifts if it does not storm again making additional surface water to contend with they calculate that the mine will be dry again within a week or ten days when they will be able to resume the work of development K |