Show THE NORTH FORK PLACERS at a meeting of the stockholders of the north fork mining company held in this city last week a new board to serve foy for the ensuing ensuing year was elected as follows R 11 II officer president dr 0 al garrison vice president E G rognon secretary and treasurer and E 11 II scott general manager in his report submitted to the meeting secretary rognon said last year we had bad our flume and hydraulic dra works practically completed and we had bad great hopes of having a very successful sf til season and fully expected to be able to pay dividends when our superintendent arrived tir rived at the mine early in the spring he be found that the snowfall had been ver very y light in fact the lightest that had bad been known for a great many years the result was that we were able to operate the mine only about thirty days when we were compelled to shut down for lack of water we have what is considered in that country an unusually fine water supply and it is not probable that we will ever have the same difficulty in the future our superintendent sir mr E 11 II scott arrived at the mine early this month and a letter received from him a few days since states that the snowfall the past winter has been very abundant and that we will undoubtedly have plenty of water for the coming inc season the property is in better shape than it ever lias has been before and we feel confident of soon being able to place it upon a paying basis the company owns acres of ground all of which is patented and includes about three and a half miles of the richest portion of coffee creek we have had a great many difficulties to overcome and the opening up of the mine has been a long and expensive operation but we have had bad much faith in the property knowing that thea the ravel contained enough placer gold to pay handsome profits as soon as we could get our hydraulic works morics in operation the holdings of the company which are located on the north fork of coffee creek trinity county california embrace some of the richest place diggings in that portion of the state and it is believed that this year will see the company on a paying basis another gratifying strike is reported in the utah mine at fish springs the find was made on the tenth level the zone being about two feet in width and carrying values running it the neighborhood of 67 per cent lead and ounces in silver to the ton colonel harvey hardy of this city is pushing work in the development of big sulphur deposits owned by himself aad associates in sulphur gulch emery county the group of claims taking in an immense deposit which can be traced on the surface for feet while the vein is feet wide the ore running from 20 to 85 per cent sulphur arrangements are being perfected for the installation of a mill on the ground for the reduction and refining of this product |