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Show ASHDOWN MINE WILL START PRODUCTION T S. O'ltr'.en. general man.'igT of the old Ashdown n!n. in the l'in Fri range, near Denio. Nov.. aJ in town Saturday' Sat-urday' on business, says the H'ltnboldt mar. i lie ' " - taken over by Mr. OTJitn. wh Is a w-,1-known mining 01 orator of Colorado ,n'1 California, and asoc!at-- of tr.e lafjr named nt-. Tho prfj-rty is b-ng quipro with a fiftv-ton J..u-hua K. nov ball mii!. the first unit of a plant which it is intend. to in.-rt-a.-e to tnuch larg.-r capacity. A cyani'le plant is aio to he added as soon as the ne'-'-sary lesla are completed. Th- i.ropeity was developed by former owners on several tiinn.l levels, and Mr. O'Brien savs there are fully I".imi l"i:i of ore of rnll'trg crude opened up Pi the mine. The former owners were handicapped handi-capped by a small mii!. expensive to operate, oper-ate, and l.-.ik of water r.e, ,--..-ary for a larger plant Mr. O'Hrlen 1ms overcome this bv sinking a we'l on tie flu below the none, which furnishes a plenti'ul supply sup-ply of water for the larger mi'd which is j to be eventually installed. |