Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-18
MORE COPPER
IS FOUND.
HEINzE INTERESTS ARE ACTIVE
IN PLUMAs
COMPROMISE POSSIBLE IN OLD
FIGHT
Blue Jenny Property on Bonanza
Mountain Has One OF the Best
Showlngs In That Dis
trict


pany. The property is located on the
Magalia ridge, near Paradise, about sew
enteen miles from Oroville.
| The nina was first opened UP about
| thirty-four years ago. A tunnel was driv-
en- into the side of the noun tain, but was
abandoned before the pay dirt was struck.
| About two years ago the present director
ate of the Cape Horn Mining company
obtained control of the property. They
| continued the tunnel, and soon struck the
| channel. They found the gravel excep-
| tionally rich, the days product often be-
| ing as high as $40 and $15 to the pick. A
great deal of development work has been
done since that time in building roads.
! continuing the tunnel, timbering and
stoping. A grade has been built down the
| mountain side to the mine and the tun-
mel continued until it now traverses the
channel a distance of 400 feet. The chan
mel as yet has not been completely
crossed by the tunnel, the total length OF
which at the present time is 800 feet.
William Smith and Jack Adams, we'll
known mining men who have been pros
pecting near Gina, San Bernardino county,
have discovered ledge of excellent cop
| per ore. about four and a half miles
southeast of that place. The miners be-
| lieve that there are a number of excel
lent copper prospects in that locality
which will eventually develop into rioh
mines Smith and Adams have had much
experience in Arizona mining and are
very familiar with copper showings
They also believe tungsten will be found
| in the Gina district, as there are some
| evidences of it on the surface. They have
al oil iy,,c n,,1 !, L.
| three Lodges, the largest being four feet
| in width.
A. Ball Is doing lot of mining devel-
opment work in Plumas county. The tun-
mel in the upper works of the Sweringer
property in Genesee valley is being ex-
| tended and is now fourteen feet on a
| body of rich copper ore. The mine is
bonded by Mr. Ball, with the Heinze
interests as associates. An incline is be-
| ing sunk on the Henry Shipe property,
known as the Native Son, and the ore
vein is expected by Mr.. Ball to be struck
shortly. The same gentleman has bond
on the Eagle group of claims, owned by
Goodhue & Sobrers, and is sinking a
| shaft there.
Plant at Work
| The electric power plant of the Victori
Gold Mining company has been in opera
| ton for several days. The work of the
plant has been principally in the drying
| out of the transformers at the power
works at Needless the pumping plant on
| the Colorado river six miles north OF
Needles, and at the mines in the San
Francisco district seventeen miles from
| Needles. Wednesday the power was
turned to the pumps and in the first five
hours there was delivered in the tanks
of the company at the mines $4,000 gal
Ions. This delivery Is at the rate of
| 12,O09 gallons per hour or 2SS000. gallons
every twenty-four hours. The estimated
demand of the mill is only 10000 gallons
hen in steady operation, therefore, 1t
can be seen that the company is amply
prepared to keep supply of water ON
hand to answer all the demands of the
mill and camp for any purpose
L. A. Moody, one of the directors in the
Happy Jack Gold Mining company, oper-
ating the Happy Jack mines about forty
| miles south of Salton, says that the work
| is going on as fast as 1t can be pushed.
| They have installed new twenty horse
power hoist, and are sinking the shaft
| about three feet per day, timbering as
| they go, SO that they will have a perma-
| nent shaft. They have already struck
| the ore body, but have not criss cut to
| determine the extent, though the engineer
| in charge says that the lode must be at
least sixteen to twenty feet in width.
| THE assays of the ore which we have
show good and increasing Values said
Mr.. Moody. Since the hot weather is
| over the prospectors are thick in our Sec
| tion and there is great deal of work
| being DONE"
| Superintendent ]. A. Robles of the Pine
Hill mine in Nevada county expects that
| compromise will soon be reached be-
tween the warning factions with the re-
suit that operations can be resumed. The
property has been tied up for a couple
of years owing to litigation between the
| company and the Rosenthals Robles
tes that the mine will prove one of
| the big surprises in copper after it has
been opened up little more So strongly
| is the water impregnated with copper that
| it stains a knife blade If immersed for
forty seconds. The Pine Hill is located
south of this city some twelve miles.
Increase Force
| The Los Angeles owners of the Blue
Jenny property, adjoining the Cracker
| jack Bonanza companys ground on Bo-
nanza mountain, have increased the mum.
| ber of miners at work in that locality.
| The Blue Jenny has one of the best show
| ings of any of the Bonanza mountain
claims, a six-foot ledge carrying milling
values on the surface cropping for good
| distance. This vein runs nearly north
! and south, and apparently cut through
| the Emigrant Trail claim of the Bonanza
company.
While no great amount of work has as
T. yet been done in that part of the district,
| mining men consider the chances excel
lent for the opening up of great bodies of
milling ore on the Blue Jenny and ad-
| joining claims. The values are found in
practically the same character of ore as
! on the Bonanza ground and under the
same surrounding conditions. Well de-
| fined walls have been found ON both sides
| of the ledge matter.
| A tunnel is being driven into the noun
tain to cut the ledge, and is at present in
some twenty feet. The development of
| this work will be observed with interest
by Bonanza people, as it will open up en-
| tirely new territory to the north of the
main mineral bearing zone. That 1t will
prove entirely successful is the prediction
freely made by many mining men who
have visited the property
1t is reported that operations for plac-
ing a large stamp mill on the Black Cat
Mining and Milling property in Antelope
valley will soon begin.
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