Show will open i four mile mi property reid and jones to begin sinking a shaft shaf t THEY CLAIM MOTHER LODE massive gold ledges thought to be apex of fortuna P T reid a prominent property holder of garfield return returned bd to his home monday after an inspection spec tion of tho the fortuna gold fields north of this city and particularly a careful survey of the he fiat fifteen claims downed d by himself and sam jones of fortuna in the vicinity of four mile springs about two miles and a half north of rocky hollow the present center of oe furtun fortuzi 4 activity lie he left beaver a confirmed fortuna enthusiast and said that he would soon return tp to note progress of the work on his ground that has been author iced Rei Reid dand wand jones went over their ground for the purpose of selecting a site for a shaft which is to be started immediately they will start sinking on one of their main outcrop ping ledges which they claim to be the mother lode of the thedor fortuna district since they seem to apex the bald lailla and are more massive in extent than some of the big ledges exposed in rocky hollow where the chief work haa been done 1 I saw some splendid showings in rocky hollow said mr reid but I 1 am better pleased with the selection of ground made by my param martn jones at four mile something there that looks like i a winner to me as far as our surface essays assays indicate and the extraordinary extent of the ledges both in width and strike give us one of the best beat mining gambles I 1 ever saw I 1 have a good man in mind uv up north who I 1 am sending down to take charge of the work vork with jones and we will begin operations at once from what I 1 have seen of this country I 1 hardly think we can fail to make a big camp out of it things are moving all along the line in fortuna with the announcement no of new work every day the fortuna gold on the lucky boys and the fortuna gold queen company on the gold queen ground are making better showings as they get further underground george mal is sinking on the faust and has exposed a two f foot oot ledge of excellent gold ore at twenty five feet W P hartmand Hart mana former goldfield operator has haa purchased the ann claims on choke cherry gulch and is now trenching drenching tren ching to determine the site of his shaft lumry SE az moore have resumed operations on the Gol Golconda condas a near nea r the head hollow and adjoining the gold queen ground jesse harris andrue and lucian gillies are sinking 0 on their lead discovered at tho the mouth of rocky hollow canyon while drifting on bedrock in search of placer gold several new companies are about to tn be incorporated with the assurance that there will be a large larce amount of development work on many properties 4 through aut the balance of if the year |