Show california skidoo news victor obrien who was in camp a few weeks ago sampling chas doe property on sheep mountain is expected here daily with a big outfit to open up the property mr obrien took away eighteen samples which were carefully assayed the result of these caused obrien and associates to immediately secure the property since that time a company has been formed with strong backing who will operate the property on an extensive scale yreka areka journal nesbitt simon have their large giant in place on their rock point mine and are only awaiting a sufficient water supply to begin operations it will be recollected that this mine produced somewhere in the neighborhood of when last worked two years ago in coarse gold among which was one nugget worth over at that time the owners worked it by the drifting process and they have every reason to believe that it will vill pay many times better with the giant skidoo news A new ledge panning very handsome values was opened on tuesday in the heath noble wharton lease at the 52 foot level billy heath who has charge of the operations is very reticent as to specific particulars wishing to prove it a little further before making a statement however the ore looks well vell pans well and appears to be the original vein from which some of the finest ore the camp has seen was taken if this proves to be the long lost vein it will put this lease among the big ones nevada city miner transcript down at mill a cleanup clean up has just been made of seventeen tons of Noram bagua ore and the results are most gratifying it averaged 2975 per ton which is considered by mining men to be exceptionally good it must not be understood that this crushing was of picked ore as it was run through the mill just as it was taken from the ledge and is a fair indication of what the future holds in store for the men who have taken over this property from george campbell there are nine men at work on the property under the direction of richard white underground foreman and he believes that when the drifts which are now being run are completed and the machinery is in place for sinking and developing the mine on a scale commensurate with its probabilities that there will be an ore body uncovered which will have no superior in the country the gold taken from the noram bagua is very fine and will run at a valuation of 1775 per ounce |