Show california skidoo news the skidoo blue jay com banys shaft on their carmen claim is down sixteen feet on the rich ledge reported last week the values and width remain about the same john L ramsey the local focal representative of the company says that the development is showing up better than he expected skidoo news on the jack rabbit development work is going ahead steadily thorough exploration of the various ledges has shown gold values at three or four places it is ia believed by J P nash president of the company that they have not yet found the richest ore shoot and the ex work will continue A dispatch from yreka areka says john 0 harrison of pine bluff secured a one year extension from the agricultural society of siskiyou you county on the placer property known as the race track he has gone east to expedite the delivery of machinery which is already ordered to develop the property everything will be operated by electricity the property is an extension of the blue grand which has produced big dividends this property is situated about a mile south of yreka areka crackerjack news the shaft on the sunburst J H lambs promising mine in the east Ava watz has reached a depth of thirty five feet with the bottom in ore the whole width high values are obtained from samples taken during r the week the average being better than 70 in gold and silver lamb has established a camp at the shaft and has three men employed sinking he intends to go to the foot level before drifting on the ledge A crosscut driven at a depth of twenty feet proved the ledge to be ten feet in width with well de fined walls crackerjack news that the east end of table mountain is destined in time to rival the more developed opposite slope of that range seems probable from recent developments in the mascot baker and edwards property samples brought to crackerjack from the afas mascot ot fairly glitter with free gold and while assays essays have not been obtained as yet it is certain that the ore runs into high figures in the yellow metal the shaft is down thirty feet now and the owners intend to continue sinking to feet the working force was increased during the week nevada city miner transcript developments at the murchie extension just east of nevada city continue to be of a most satisfactory character tile the upraise from the foot level to the at a point feet north of the shaft shows a high grade ledge which has come in within the past week in the face of the drift forty feet beyond the upraise there is also ore of equally good quality the development work is being crowded night and day and everything indicates that the mine is destined to become one of the most permanent and productive in the district crackerjack news information was given out this week that a company of salt lake and chicago mining men are considering the purchase of the well known rattlesnake tle snake group of claims in the east ava watz two miles from crackerjack an expert is expected on oil the ground this week to make an examination and it is expected a bond will be taken on the property the rattlesnake which is owned by mason ken nedy and dennemeyer has considerable development work done at different points on the group the main shaft being down sixty five feet the average of the ledge is about in gold and silver yreka areka journal D G collier of san diego has started development work at happy camp this county on a fine ledge of jade or nephrite this is a rare mineral and is not found everywhere the samples from this mine have the characteristics of the mineral showing all of the qualities such as hardness and tenacity and as the ledge is a large one it promises when fully developed to be a great industry to the county the resources of county are only in their infancy it now produces almost every known mineral and in quantities that pay well it is to be hoped that mr collier will make a success of this venture as it will be a great thing for the county it is understood that the company backing this proposition is amply able financially nanci ally to continue development work and when the time comes commence actual I 1 operations 0 |