Show california yreka areka journal william quigley has sold his place at riverside near walker on klamath river to a new york capitalist named cameron which is to be mined by a new york company the ground at the quigley place is known to be very rich at bed rock but it requires capital and expensive mining apparatus to open the claim in proper shape there is enough rich auriferous gravel in the claim to keep a large force employed for many heags with good success bodie miner E talbot and son of san francisco are up looking after mining interests te rests they have taken an option on a group of claims belonging to box and towers which are located in corey canyon the property has a splendid showing and the san francisco parties are so well pleased with the outlook that there is every indication that the deal will be closed the mines in the corey canyon district are loo lookingbell kingwell looking well and considerable activity is already noticeable presaging somewhat of a mining boom the coming summer redding free press C amorgan BM B morgan organ representing the shasta iron company that owns great holdings adjoining the doak and bruson lands in the pit and mccloud regions has a force of men at work on the companas comp anys ground the work is being done on what is known as the pit river patent mine about one mile southeast of the united states fishery at baird and north of the gleaves mine the ore body that is known to exist there will be opened up andia and if the development warrants the installation of a plant the company will go ahead with the installation yreka areka journal great preparations are in progress for reopening the various quartz and placer claims in humbug district work at the mono or old punch creek quartz mine where the snow has about disappeared is carried on steadily day and night with good success at the eliza quartz mine about three feet of snow delays operations but a couple of weeks of worm warm spring 1 weather will clear the road and grounds for starting work on an extensive scale with plenty of water the headwater mckinley and several other quartz ledges will also be started up soon down at the mouth of the creek since the cold weather passed away ground sluicing will be resumed at the and other claims on an extensive scale yreka areka journal the humbug creel creek quartz miners expected to commence commom ce operations before this time but owing to the extraordinary snowfall about two weeks ago are not likely to do much for a few weeks if not a month longer there is about four feet of snow at the eliza mine and nearly as much at most of the other mines 1 except the mono which is now running the mines in several places could be operated if the roads to them were open for hauling supplies the cool weather has kept the snow from melting fast and a few days of warm weather and rain will soon dissolve the snow even at deepest points the snow melting will furnish a considerable quantity of water for active operations quite awhile in ground sluicing besides supplying the various mills yreka areka journal the dredger has been scooping up the ground down towards the north line of the old antone foster place in yreka areka creek basin after chewing up the orchard and alfalfa patch it is now working on the ground in the vicinity of the old cook house and machine shop on the east side after this place is worked out the dredger will be headed south and up stream towards the mcnulty ranch and yreka areka this is one of the largest and finest dredgers on the coast made by the risdon iron works and is operated constantly day and night at an expense of probably every twenty four hours working eight men with three shifts and two men to a shift two extra me men n as laborers and a blacksmith and mach machinist mist it is a model machine run by electric power from the siskiyou you power company requiring but little repairing at any time nevada city miner transcript pumping was commenced at the iron mountain mine yesterday and the water is gradually being lowered the steam pumps which were installed a few days ago were tried out on tuesday and yesterday they were set to work in earnest having proved in the trial triai run they would operate satisfactorily the heavy volume of water which drowned the miners out several weeks ago seems to have spent itself which would indicate that an old working had been punctured and that the water had emptied into the iron mountain unless this is the case it is believed that some very fine ore awaits the clearing of the shaft of water the indications at the property are very encouraging and it is believed that E D A wiltsee who is interested in the mine and who recently returned to san francisco from paris where he was married will soon pay a visit to the mine nevada city miner transcript A new impetus will soon be given to the financial affairs of the elsie A company of nevada city several weeks ago L L myers the manager of the property and one of the heaviest stockholders went to san francisco to dispose of a large block of the treasury stock he has met many of the big operators of the state since his arrival there and he expects to be eminently successful sf ul in his efforts he wih return to his home in I 1 n this section in the next few weeks and on his arrival increased development work will be carried on the force of men will be enlarged and parts of the mine now idle will be reopened the elsie A is located close to nevada city and is regarded as a part of the nevada city mining district it is looked upon as one of the most promising of the newly discovered mines of this section and splendid did results are expected when the development is extended a little further mr myers is one of the most prominent of the mining engineers of nevada county his experience peri ence has been a varied and extensive one as well as very successful he has great hope for the future of the mine of which he is the head and his confidence is marked by the investment of his own money |