Show california georgetown gazette W A salisbury one of the purchasers of the clipper mine was in town a portion of the past week accompanied compa nied by an expert and the ground was looked over with a view of planning the immediate equipment of the mine with the necessary machinery for sinking t the shaft to the foot level Ope operations operatic ratio n S are expected to commence about the of this month skidoo news operations on the hoyt lease go on without cessation every day sees the dump of high grade ore grow greater from the present pitch ditch of the vein connection with the old workings will be effected shortly the old shaft in which they are nonworking now working is down about feet the vein although varying in size and values from time to time keeps well up to the old average skidoo news A B sharp was in from harrisburg camp on tuesday to get supplies for the camp there he exhibited several specimens of fine looking quartz that pans substantial values they have opened several ledges that have the same characteristics te as the rich ore of the cashier property which adjoins them and there is every indication that development will prove their group to be equal to anything in the district san diego news late advices advises from the orange blossom mine received at the office of the company in this city state that on the foot level four assays essays show the following values the shaft is now down feet and three shifts of three men are at work this shaft is about feet from the line between the orange blossom and the orange blossom extension the orange blossom has ordered a new 20 stamp tracy mill and the orange blossom extension has its order in for a new 20 stamp nisson mill both mills will be installed at an early date an abundant supply of water is now being supplied to the camp through the five inch pipe from a spring on old dad mountain eight miles distant the orange blossom extension has its main shaft down about feet altogether these properties look mighty good nevada city transcript important development work is about to begin at the champion mine in nevada city just now there is being installed at the level of the mine a large hoist capable of sinking to a depth of of several hundred feet it is expected that the work of installation will be completed within a few days and then the inauguration of what is considered the most important work ever undertaken by the champion company will be started A shaft will be sunk a distance of several hundred feet from the level below what is now known as the wyoming shaft if the success that is anticipated attends this enterprise ter prise connections above the level will be made in the wyoming shaft which was sunk several years ago to a depth approximately of feet this will give the champion company a deep shaft in what is entirely virgin ground the benefit to the property to the company and to nevada city from this great undertaking is so obvious that it should be cause for congratulation on the part of all the people yreka areka journal A deal has just been completed that will mean much for yreka areka and go far toward sustaining siskiyou you coun tys reputation as a great quartz mining district after a thorough and searching examination of the elk greek creek mine near haw kinsville a local company has purchased W C stanleys Stan leys half interest in the property and will proceed at once to equip it with the necessary machinery tb work it on a large scale this property is one of the best t strikes ever made in the vicinity of yreka areka and Q under unde r the present management is sure to develop into one of the best mines in yie the county they have more than three t thousand t tons of 40 ore blocked out lo 10 aa bated as it is in one of the richest gulches C i giski you county ever had there should be I 1 little doubt doub t as to future dividends the for i mation is black talc taic slate and porphyry and the strike is north and south with a slight dip to the east there are seven 1 I claims in the group and the pay chute is tover over six hundred feet in length the big pay shoots of the flats and 11 1 gulches 1 of haws kinsville district was all below this vein and very little above aboa e which leads the elk creek company to believe that it has cocat ed the mother lode of the district the perr bonnel of the new company has not been p given out but L F coburn and J E harj imon mon of yreka areka and J L coyle of hornbrook are among the heaviest stockholders these gentlemen are to be congratulated upon their good fortune in securing so pro promising a property |