Show california A san bernardino dispatch says th wildest mining excitement known in this section for years is now on over a new strike just made two salt lake ment men while prospecting near ludlow on the desert in this county discovered a great ledge of copper ore and the news has caused a stampede near cima large chunks of native silver are being unearthed and many parties are hurriedly outfitting outwitting out fitting and heading that way with all possible speed redding free press A deal has been consummated whereby the G golden olden nugget mine in butte county owned by G M hen arix G R hendrix and P H ream was wa sold to san francisco parties for the na names mes of the parties purchasing the mine h have ave not been made public yet but it is known that the deal was closed close d through the agency of mr W P lynch of stirling city and that he stands sponsor for their financial integrity and responsibility yreka areka journal word reached here last saturday that a large vein of ore was struck at the mine on russian creek b the zarina mining company recently while they had men doing assessment work on the property the company spent two years yearb running tunnels on the property to tap the vein that showed about twelve feet of ort on on the surface but was unable to find the vein after spending thousands of dollars finally shutting down work and took hold of another property the report says that jesse arnold was employed to do the assessment ses work and in making an examination of the vein started in to drift and soon ran into the vein which is said to be of good size and of a high grade milling ore if this proves to be as reported the company will no doubt put a fo force ree of men to work developing the ore body they are a big company of chicago capitalists and will do extensive work as it is one of the best companies that ever invested in siskiyou you property yreka areka journal F J kirby came over from russian creek last monday and reports that work on the overton group of mines is developing a fine body of high grade ore A lower tunnel that has been recently run to tap the ve vein I 1 n at a lower depth has opened up a threefoot three foot body of specimen ore of wonderful richness the vein has been badly broken but the lower level cut the ledge in place with good walls and the ore is much the same character as that found in the highland in mine I 1 ne some of the richest specimen ore ever found in the mines of siskiyou you have been taken out of this property running as high as 30 per pound mr overton is jubilant over the discovery and will develop the property on an extensive plan during the winter in all probability a new mill will be erected early in the spring this is good news for this district as there are many prospects near this property that have just as good a show to turn out rich de work is all that is necessary in russian creek to prove the richest mining district in the state |