Show california yreka areka journal at the indian girl mine on ash creek mr has been doing some excellent work the past month and has made several good cleanups clean ups the vein is small but extremely rich the gold bringing 11 an ounce mr was in yreka areka a few days ago and is very enthusiastic over the mine yreka areka journal the rocky point mine opposite scott bar owned by simon nesbitt has been producing some splendid cleanups clean ups the past few months several nuggets ranging from to 50 hav having ing been found the machinery at the mine has been out of order the past week but was repaired so work at the mine commenced again last monday sisson headlight A representative of the mammoth copper company of kennett on wednesday inspected the home group of mines one and one half miles west ot of town owned by the sisson exploration mining company the gentleman expressed himself fully satisfied of the existence of a large deposit of copper and will report to his company accordingly the mammoth company intends to get working bonds on these mines and some others and w within athin thirty days after clo closing sint the deal begin active exploration and development w work ork sisson has a grea great t future redding mineral wealth one of the most promising mines in the old diggings district seven miles north of redding in shasta county is the utah and california property locally known as the I 1 walker mine the old diggings district h has as b been een rel relied led upon mainly by west side shasta cou county nty copper smelters shelters sm elters for ores tor for flux and at na time in the history of the district has the outlook been so bright for large and continuous shipments as now the walter walker mine under the lease of H H thompson has been a constant and profitable shipper and the enterprising young mining man has just secured a renewal of his lease and bond for eighteen months redding reddin 0 courier free press there is an unusual amount of activity along whiskey creek in the vicinity of whiskeytown Whiskey town and everyone interested in mining in that distal district ct is feeling jubilant over the prospect of he future at the mad ox mine the lower tunnel started on the vein to tap a rich pay chute and which has been under the management of louis reel for some time is nearing the chute in running this tunnel better prospects were encountered than anticipated and so favorable has been the development along the vein that the company now working the mine has purchased a ten stamp mill an air compressor has been purchased and the mine will be worked with air drills as soon as the compressor can be installed bodie miner W D searles chief engineer of the new bodle bodie mining company a corporation composed of salt lake and bodle bodie capitalists is now at sweetwater nev and has commenced work upon the construction of a mammoth electric generating station on the east walker river which is intended to supply power for the mines of aurora masonic bodle bodie and southern nevada engineer searles says sufficient water has been taken up to run a horsepower plant the electric station alone will cost over when completed according to the plans outlined lined the principal stockholders are the loose brothers of bodie senator reed smoot of utah and J R a utah banker this means much to this section for with plenty of cheap electric power there are hundreds of claims around here that can be made paying properties yreka areka journal the cicoro gold mining company owners of the classic hill diggings on indian creek in the happy camp mining district have gotten into their pay gravel and are greatly encouraged at their prospects they have a splendid water right out of indian creek and will be able to work for sixty days yet the oregon gold mining water power company commonly known as the van brunt mine and located on klamath river below the town of happy camp has been working some unusually rich gravel and are expecting the next cleanup clean up to be an unusually good one they are using the water from the south fork of indian creek conveying it to their diggings through a fourteen mile ditch the water for hydraulic mining is hold holding ng out better this season than it has for years the placers at oro fino are still being operated and from all indications will be for I 1 some ome time nevada city miner transcript there theres is much rejoicing andwood and good cheer in jamestown and quartz california over a rich strike made at the jumper mine thousands of dollars in free gold has just been uncovered below the 1400 foot level the lead is wide the gold is coarse and there is plenty of it A week ago the mine closed down and it was reported that it had been worked out many of the men who had been employed at the mine moved their families away but manager M D kelly still had faith in the mine and he persuaded a few of the workmen to remain sinking was again begun and the rich strike made all tuolumne is jubilant over the strike and it means that many men will now be kept employed for some time to come A big jollification fi was held by the miners at quartz the jumper mine is situated three and one half miles southeast of jamestown and within one mile of quartz it is an old mine and has always been considered a valuable property there is a large mill and ample equipment on the site bodle bodie miner the little nevada rock land mine at rockland is proving to be a valuable producer the first of this week twenty six and a half pounds of bullion from a twenty six day run were brought to and shipped to san francisco this bullion was valued at a very nice little littie wad to clean up from a six stamp mill in less than thirty days the mine is looking exceedingly well at the present time and development work is still progressing as rapidly as possible and ore being extracted tr the company is much pleased with the showing in the mine and contemplates adding largely to the milling facilities in the very near mar future for some years past this little mine has been operated in a small way and much value has been taken out of it it has been a producer at all times but occasionally it has been closed down for a time on account of the water supply being short this difficulty the company intends to take steps to remedy and it will also soon add another string of stamps to the mill so that more ore can be liand handled led |