Show california redding courier free press one of the richest strikes that has been reported in the french gulch district for many years was made yu esterday in the scorpion mine one of the properties which has been under lease for a short time to john cannon charles foland paul walker was one of the best producers in this section of the country for several years while the niagara mine was in operation but has been closed down for a long time on account of there being no ore in sight As far as they have gone through the vein the ore fairly sparkles with gold besides being heavily impregnated with galena and very rich sulphur ets crescent city news mr L T hendrix with his partners C hudson and P H blake will start in a few days for the preston peak country for the purpose pt doing the assessment work required to hold their mining claims there they will go prepared to drive a tunnel into the lode and it is expected good results will be made in showing up the character of the ore in their property this preston peak property is ot of immense proportions and if the assays essays from samples sent on are as rich in precious metals as mr hendrix claims the property will be thoroughly prospected with a view to opening up these mines on an enlarged se scale ale nevada city miner transcript manager brunnier is delighted with alth the turn affairs have taken at the conlin mine lie he and his fellow stockholders have had a hard bard pull but their energy and confidence is now about to be rewarded as they have opened up a ledger that will undoubtedly pull them out and which at present is paying three hundred dollars a ton A week or two ago mr brunnier had fourteen pounds of the rock taken from the ledge and crushed and washed and discovered that the results were about five dollars worth of gold at that rate the ore would have paid in the neighborhood of 1000 a ton and as the ore was not picked but taken at random it is possible that there may be a quantity of it in the ledge the ledge is from six inches to a foot wide and has been opened up for a long distance it is believed to be the original conlin ledge which was lost years ago when it pinched out the needles eye arizona mexican mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company has completed the purchase of approximately tons of lead ore from the humboldt smelter the humboldt smelter has been buying lead ores for several months but has found itself entirely occupied with copper ores and has sold its accumulations to the local smelter the arizona mexican mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company started their roaster thursday and it is working steadily now the roaster has a capacity of about forty tons per day according to quality and condition of the ore the concentrates which the smelter is receiving from the humboldt smelter will all have to be roasted the work on the copper stack has also commenced ani the lumber for the construction of the building in t which will adjoin the present one is en route As soon as teams can be obtained ore will be shipped from the valley wells copper property which the company lately purchased |