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Show OLD GOLD B ARE REOPENED California's Earliest Workings Yeildinq Profits Under New Methods PORTER VI LLF!, Cal . Sept. 3. Many old California gold mines which produce millions for the ' fortv-ninera" fortv-ninera" and the men who followed their trails, still are able to produce many millions more, according to mining min-ing engineers of this section of California. Cali-fornia. The pioneers, the engineers say, in most instances, took gold from the shallow pockets or surface veins of high grade metal, leaving millions of dollars of gold ore under the old workings. Engineers point to Calavcra county tn prove their point. W. J. Loring. they aay, after inspecting several of the old diggings there, opened up one old mino and found rich ore In the lower depths. During the last twelve months this oln mine It Is said, produced oer $1 000.000. Another Instance was th opening of the old Kelly-Rand silver mine at Dandsburg. According to reports re-ports here, It has produced net earnings earn-ings of over $1,000,000 during the last fourteen months. f-nllowlng the announcement that some of the old Calavera mines are! again producing camo word of a rich strike In some of the old shafts in the famous Blue Mountain district of Kern and Tulare counties. Engineers say one Blue Mountain mine has produced ore allying as high ns $5,000 per ton I This ore was In a pocket but selected samples taken at various places in the diggings are running from $800 to 12 - 0U0 per ton. Aa a result of the finds, the old Vulture Vul-ture I 'roadnought and Grizzly mines nf the Rine Mountain eountty again ar being operated, while other mines are being investigated. oo |