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Show KINGSTON MINE IS ON ACTIVE LIST California Man Bonds Nevada Property; Prop-erty; Austin Picking Up New Life. Austin. Nevada, July 28. The famous fa-mous Kingston mines. Just out of Austin, Aus-tin, at the head of Smoky valley, have tcsunied operations. A bond has been signed by I Herschfield of 13ak-ersfield, 13ak-ersfield, Cal , and work under his direction di-rection has already been commenced. Three shitts will be busy next week driving the Irvine tunnel, which must be run 500 feet to cut the contract ldge of the mother lode of the district. dis-trict. Tho Kingston mines havo produced pro-duced more than $?.O0,0O0 and aro the property of .1. A. Miller and J. A. Miller. Jr.. of tho Bank of Auetln. Mr. Hlrscbfeld has previously worked this property, having expended $25,000 In its development, when the failure of the State Hank and Tru.'t company com-pany put him out of buMnes-s. Ho has recouped his fortune In Dakeni Held oil, and is now right back at what ho believes to be one of tho biggest mines in the statu of No-vadrt No-vadrt The Austin Manhattan company has machinery Installations in shape (or a more vigorous mining program In Austin than has bt:eu seen hero lor yearp. The sixty-horso power hoist is in pluee at tho Jack Pot and the gallows frame almost completed. An air comprehor is in readiness for work and within a few days sinking on tho ledge from the 200 foot level lev-el will be commenced. At the Ophlr shatt, which will reopen re-open tho entire Union section of th camp, retimbtrlng has progressed to the 100 foot level. The power hol3t, formerly in use at the Jack Pot will 1"? transferred to the Ophlr and thesn operations will go forward wllh much more speed than In tho past. At th mill everything Is ready for tho expected ex-pected arrival of the machinery for the electrostatic reduction plant, j which has been shipped from Boston. Alterations of an extensive nature have already been made In th ml':l |