Show new man at of comstock the california consolidated directors announced through their brokerage firm that vigorous development work will be begun at t the h e property pro immediately J C jensen ansen who has been closely connected necked with the knight mining in te rest s for the last ten years has been elected general manager of 0 the property and will personally direct the work in the future mr jensen for the last five years has been the general manager 0 of all 0 of the colorado properties controlled by the knight interests including tho the rico wellington rico consolidated and other large properties he has resigned as general manager of thes properties to devote ills his time to the comstock california and other american fork and park city holdings ile he Is still however a direktor in the rico Cons consolidated ollda te d and rico tou ton as well a as in the mineral F flat bat and millerhill miller Mille rHill hill all four of which properties he bought and patented tor for the night interests the deep tu tannei annei 91 the miller hill is a product of his engineering ability mr jensen is thoroughly conversano con conversant versan with the comstock california As early as 1907 he made a careful examination of the properties and began negotiations for their purchase while the negotiations did not terminate at that time mr jensen says lie he has always had it in mind to acquire a substantial interest in this property mr air jenson says there is no question in my mind that the comstock california contains the key to the continuation of the NA ell known ore channels and fissure system that have made the silver king coalition and the silver king consolidated famous and with a very moderate amount of development work the comstock california I 1 should be a large producer while I 1 mr jensen has not announced in detail his development plans it is pro 1 1 bable that they will cover operations in several parts of the mine it is I 1 expected that large deposits of ore will be opened with a moderate amount of expenditure and besides i include the sinking of the main shaft i from the foot level the workings of tile the comstock california are said tp to be in excellent condition and the he mill is in shape to begin tile the immediate I 1 handling of tons of ore per day there is a three compart 1 ment shaft to the 4 5 O foot level and there are several thousand feet of drifts and crosscuts cross cuts both from the foot and foot levels these are now shipping ore running above 1000 a car net from the foot level avel |