Show california A dispatch from shasta says extensive development work is being done at the shasta mine on middle creek formerly known as the wiser mine now owned by gust hurst R A martin and the dan mccarthy estate A tunnel is being driven to strike the ledge which is expected to be encountered very soon bodle bodie miner leasers leaders on the old durand are sacking 1300 ore two shifts being engaged in the work they also have three feet running 54 to the ton which will be worked at the cain mill they have cleared the old working down to feet and will work all the old fills to a profit last week a test was made of these fills which gave returns of 11 a ton bodie miner the new shaft on the north end of the pittsburg claim in masonic is down about 40 feet the entire size of the shaft in good milling ore during the week a strike of six inches of very rich ore which will assay from 1000 to 10 to the ton was made in the bottom of the shaft the management is greatly elated over the new find the future of the mine is now well assured as the new strike is nearly 1200 feet to the nor of the former ledge developments and proves conclusively that the ore is continuous throughout the entire length of the claim A kennet correspondent says actuated by a worthy desire to encourage m married ar men and men of family to come to kennet the mammoth company established a townsite and built a number of cottages thereon for its employees the same spirit is now being manifested at the mine and it is understood that when general manager lyon returns from the east plans for forty cottages will be approved by him and these will be erected on the mine townsite a delightfully located place overlooking kennet and to where a plentiful supply of mountain water is piped A cima dispatch says sacking ore running to the ton and only seventy five feet below the surface of the ground is the great record being made by the death valley gold mining and milling company at its property at cima cal that the death valley companas comp anys property is now numbered among the producing in mines ines is evidenced by the fact that the salt lake short line has off offered ered to build a spur to the companas comp anys property the tonnage from the dawson mines and the nearby near by mines soon will warrant the railroad in doing this this line probably soon will be laid B X dawson president of the company compan y and an accomplished mining engineer is at the mines actively overseeing and d directing the work this rich ore is being sacked from the work in sinking the shaft no at all being done at the present time that the dawson mines soon will be numbered among the great producing propositions of the district is apparent as the dump contains ore which averages more than to the ton and ore is being mined as fast as two shifts of men can do it A full equipment of machinery has been purchased by B X dawson of fairbanks morse los angeles cal and it is now at the mines being installed with installing of the machine hoists other machinery etc the work can be carried on much more rapidly the company has its ore hauled to the station at cima for 2 a ton and thence by railroad to needles cal a distance of fifty miles where there is a large smelter nevada city miner transcript 0 otto tto oehler vV was exhibiting a piece of quartz on the streets that was taken from the slide mine in french coral adjoining the copper mine owned by himself and others the rock was very heavily mineralized and mr stated that it would assay very high there is a ledge more than two feet wide on the property and it has been opened up for a considerable distance it is ribbon rock and while it would not be considered rich looking ore in this district it is said to pay well and will pay for working even in small quantities mr was very enthusiastic over his blind and believes that the same ledge runs into the property in which he is interested |