Show ALASKA MINERS BUY IN INYO DISTRICT I Attracted h hOld by r Old Mine of Southern California SHIPPED BY PACK TRAINS Ii Properties Worked for High GIalle Grade In In iii I Karly Iy mI Jn hays Days IH Good flood Ore on omi 01 Dumps John II ir I. I Planter a well wol known mining min mm- ing big man Is Just back hace from a n trip I to the Deep Springs mining district which Is located In Inyo cOUi county California Cal Cal- Call Cali fornia foria about fifty miles mUes west Avest of ot Ool Goldfield Gold Gold- fel field an and twenty five mJ miles s we vest Avest t of or 01 C Blair says ys the Tribune Ti He lIt le s. s says Sal's g that It I reminds him of or the tho old ok I Dawson Alaska trail trai on account of or orthe the great grot depth of tho the snow He was Avas u the fit first person Into the country countr after aner tho the great storm and he lie was compelled compell ed to tu buck buc snow Inow as of or old oll when he hc was it I on the tInt Alaska trail The snow will wi retard letard mining ho say says for a a short time but It will wi be a blessing bless tug ing Ing as It Jt will Insure inset a plentiful water Avater waterS S supply for or ai the next year in all aU th the th creeks and Avater vater holes which is of ci such inestimable value to that country country coun coun- try YS Mr M f Planter was very enthusiastic In Ic I regard to tho the mining prospects of ut th tho thu part of or Inyo Ino county visited A by hy him L Land and predicted a n revival of all aU tho tim old 1 famous Camous mines in that country within countr a a ver very short time Ho said alc Many Inny S people are ale not aware of tho the fact that thai this part of California lying right S near the Nevada Ne state lne line hine is one ole of or the oJ oldest est and richest mineral belts bels inthe in inthe the United Stat States s In the early sixties and seventies there were ivere several everal large large- mines AVO rising and paying big profIts prof- prof S 1 Its Is and they thC had to hip MIp their ore by pack trains to Reno fleno Salt Lake and Los Angeles the st c-st shipping points The original lo locators locators lo- lo an and owners s on account of thet the t transportation difficulties only mined minel or CL gouged the richest part of or the 01 ore It I t would remind one from th the way they haci o been blen worked of a n leaser baser on ona ona onI a I rich ichi vein trying to get et the most alu able ore orp out In iii the shortest possible tIme and ad th the r result uJ of or all al thi this his work I Imy y the former owners Is that there then are arl thousands upon thousands of tons rf If ore on the lumps dumps and blocked out outi i the mines that will now no stand hIR- hIR Alaskans la Interfiled l. l Mr S Planter inh interested several ge prom prom- iHl mining men memi of Alaska lm Wn Un California in Iii II the tho t lund 7 iSuf l if hl his dip hi tc fic o om 1 by F. F W. W a mining engineer of or Seattle lin a Washington ton who AVIO ma made a thorough examination of ur 0 Sperl severa several sev Sp sev- sev era eral erl properties for his clients and made mado a deal ceal for lie Blue Bird Copper Mining company for fot- the White Moun- Moun loun- loun kin Amalgamated Copper company which is owned by hy J J. J D D. the thu jAvner J of the Valdmar copper mines near lm Valdez Valde Alaska Clarence Ciarence J J. J Berry Bern of f California and Alaska The flie he sale Rale runs up Into the six figures and hile Mr tri tri- r. r Planter is pleased over oA-cr O the he sale Ie he is more moro pleased to know ow that hat he was Avas In instrumental in est l- l lug Ilg ng some of the best hest known mining m nen n of thu northwest in lii that dl district lie He le says they vill rush their SS S'S tHY wi Improve Improve- as only emily the miners of Ala Alaska ka do llo Among tho the several ties that MI MY Planter Plantel owns and is interested in lu inc luI I c the old famous Cliff mines which have lave just been heen Incorporated into the Pioneer t Copper and Silver Mining ant Sj r company compan There are arc over feet feeL of or cork in ip 11 the wa tray Avay of shafts tunnels drifts etc and for t twenty wen t years It I t wa a 3 heavy hen dividend payer payet but hut after arel closed the down of sliver silver si er It I was Avns |