Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-07

present in the hands Of an assayer and
the exact value Of the ore uncovered
will be made public today.
The strike was made in a shaft
which is down about ten feet. The
shaft Is all in pay ore and in the bot
tom has been encountered an eighteen
inch vein that pans better than 800
across It's entire width. It is the opin-
ion that the ore body encountered is a
continuation of the rich vein recently
discovered on the Gold Bar property,
lying to the west.
North Country Active
The mining industry of Shasta county,
says the Redding searchlight, never
seemed to be shaping up for greater ac-
tivity than at the present time and a
more buoyant or confident feeling never
existed than now This Is not due to
a single circumstance, but to a combi-
nation of favorable events, the greatest
Of which was perhaps the sale of the
Balaklana mine. 1t is hoped and conf
denty believed that this great property
will now be put on the active list with
but little delay Good signs are not
wanting, either, that the Trinity Cop
per company is getting ready for opera
tlon. At any rate sufficient devel-
! opments have already been disclosed to
insure a big and prosperous copper
camp at Kennett, which in turn will
stimulate a great deal Of activity in the
tributary mining districts. At DE La
Mar ore bodies have been encountered
in two different levels and the pros
poets there never seemed to be brighter
or more assuring of permanence and
continued activity In many districts
of the county small mines have been
sold and many are now being developed
with encouraging prospects. Even the
Bullychoop mines, which have long lain
idle, are to be reopened and further de-
veloped. What promises to be a rich
) copper strike was made the other day
in the Kiosk Creek district on Pit river,
) where a Merced company is driving an
exploration tunnel on another sulphide
deposit. Many specimens of native cop
per have been exhibited here from that
district. Trinity county also is making
! an encouraging showing.
New Field Prospected
News of developments on Bare noun
tain just across the Amargosa river,
east of the town, is eagerly watched by
the residents of Beatty, and is of great
Interest to the mining world. The Kaw-
ich-Bullfrog Mines company has now
opened up a four-foot ledge of low
, grade milling ore assaying $3.50. This
company has been very thoroughly
of the Bare range right opposite Beatty,
before determining the best point to
begin sinking. Assays have been had
!, at different points on the surface rum
ming all the way from 40 cents to $125.
and small pieces of ore carrying free
gold have been found in the float, but
they have not before found the ore in
place where they could get back to it.
The present ledge was only two inches
wide on the surface, with values of but
40 cents in kind Of tale. 1t has been
followed down five feet, and Mr.. Gray,
the superintendent, states that it has
been gradually widening out and show
ing better values until an assay from
average samples across the ledge for
four feet at this depth last Monday
gave returns of $3.50. 1t is contact
between two rhyolite walls lying in
the Belcher group, and can be traced
on the surface for 1900 feet.
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