Show california redding courier free press the new furnace at the great western companas comp anys copper plant at ingot was blown in friday and the plant is now working smoothly and treating about tons of ore a day the capacity of the plant is s doubled by the operation 0 of the new furnace and the output will be still more increased as soon as the zinc can be successfully handled bodie miner the virginia and truckee railway has reached the new terminus at minden in douglas county and the first train ran in over the rails tuesday evening work 0 of f ballasting the track between carson and minden has begun and a surveying crew is is pushing into mason valley headed towards aurora it is understood that the work 0 of extension south is to be pushed rapidly nevada city miner transcript in order to have its new cyanide plant located to the best addan advantage tage the new york grass valley company has acquired an addia addit additional ional piece of which is to be grown of over two acres reached from the mill by a ne new w foot bridge which w aich is being constructed the comp company any expects to have its entire ell tire cyanide equipment the coming week and a nd on the ground during e it will be rushed to completion ion sinking of the main shaft in the mine is opening up some fine rock which is expected to improve will be ope opened ned in th the c new nev level that within the next twenty five fe feet et nevada city miner superintendent oscar jones of the blue tent drift mine was in nevada city for a short time today we have fifty men and more at work said mr jones in response to inquiries and twenty stamps of the mill are kept running double shift good shipments of bullion are being made regularly and the outlook for the mine is certainly encouraging we are removing the pillars from the old workings and are driving through new ground to open a virgin tract the in indications met with in doing this work of exploitation are such as make us think the mine has a long and productive life before it redding courier free press the contract for building the balaklava Balak lala aerial tramway was on saturday secured by the trenton iron company of new jersey and final surveys are being made over the route to be followed such was the information given to the courier free press saturday afternoon by manager R T white the length of the aerial way will be feet with the letting of this contract it is apparent that there is now absolutely nothing that the balaklau la consolidated company can do further to show the county that our fifth smelter plant is surely under way contracts have been let for all the brick and lumber required for the smelter and mine to local firms hola gregg cregg and the terry lumber company the structural steel comes from the east as does the aerial tram plant redding courier free press there will be great activity at the brunswick mine near I 1 rench french V gulch this summer As the courier free press has already told the brunswick mine hasteen has hass been sold by frank rossi ross to H D lacey cf f new york mr lacey and wife arrived in redding saturday morning on their way to the mine in company with them is T J seibel of Moke lumme hill mr seibel is a prominent mining man of vast experience on the mother lode and he will have sole management of the brunswick for mr lacey S systematic development work will begin at once and the plant installation and extension of operations already mentioned in this paper will be carried out mr lacey has faith in shasta county and the brunswick Bruu swick is bound to be the means of cementing that faith los angeles mining review from the standard st mine the twenty fourth car of ore has just been shipped to salt lake city A station has been cut at the foot level of the vertical shaft whence a drift will be run west under the ore body recently exposed in the second level from a point feet out an upraise will be made from the second level an upraise has been started to ca connect with the now sixty five feet down from the foot level of the old workings and which is all in ore of very high grade shipments from this property to salt lake city began on march 15 last and or of the twenty four cars shipped fourteen have been heard from the total receipts for these over and above railway freight sampling and smelting smelling sm elting charges amounting to the company is at present extracting ore from above the foot level and from development work below that level the new workings from the vertical shaft are in mineralized vein matter with numerous stringers of carbonate ore four freight teams are now hauling ore to cima a station on the salt lake route some ten miles distant the standard mines company has recently undertaken development of the standard no 2 an adjoining group with good surface showings |