The San Francisco call., 1908-09-28

in the county. has been bonded. II has been
operated continuously for about 90 years. and
for years turned out about $4,000 monthly. OF
late years II has been operated in a small wsv.
development work being needed. which will re-
quire the expenditure Of considerable money
Philadelphia capitalists with Brock al the head
have secured a bond and IL is understood will AZ
enee proceed with development work. There Is
ample capital behind the promoters The mine
has not been developed to any great depth In
Is confidently believed that with the expenditures
OF some money in prospecting it will again be-
come one or the leading gold producers OF the
county.
GET GOLD BEARING GRAVEL
The Nevada City Miner-Transcript
says that a company has been or
sanized in Nevada city. composed of
prominent local mining men and capi-
tailsts. TO take over and work two
properties in Yuba county at Browns
vile. the r. & e. mine and the First
and Last Chance. Regarding this deal
the Nevada City paper says:
me T. aud C. property IS one OF the Oldest
N that section Of California and has been
IV1 ssversI years II was under the supervision
OF j. C. Campbell. the well known Nevada City
mlnans hn,ns engineer; II has an excellent record.
der, which is owned by Mrs j. C. Campbell
ana which produced such fabulous wealth in
Ine early part OF this year. The First and
Last Chance Is newer claim. but it gives evi-
dence of becoming one of the good producers OF
Brownsville. The directors OF the A. B. Quart
mining company are: John n Morgan William
Avery. A. R. Morrison. Charles Baxter and
Joseph Fischer The officers of the company
son., vice president. William Avery, superin-
tendent; Citizens bank treasurer. David +.
Morgan secretary Active development work on
the properties will be prosecuted without deav
and the company hopes TO bring into operation
some good mines
The P1umas National Bulletin saws:
the vicinity Of Nelson point are preparing To
pump out and repair what IS known as the old
Blue Lead shaft. situated below the MetcaIf
place This shaft was sunk to Il depth of
200 feet many years ago. without striking bed
l rock II Is the purpose Of the parties to in
stall machinery and sink the shaft 70 the bot
t0m A strong opinion prevails among miners
OF that section that rich gravel channel goes
through the country at that point and indica-
tions that the shaft viii denonstrate this
theory TO be fact
OPEN UP THE OLD EMIGRANT
In another section activity is re-
ported by the Truekee Republican.
which says:
The old Lost Emigrant mine FOR years re-
garded as a worthless hole in the ground. il
being opened up. and the development work
far leads the owners 10 believe there is a tidv
little fortune awaiting each of them.
10 inch vein Of free milling that will
put IL IS proposed TO sink another 200 feet in
order TO tap the main ledge. when cross cutting
viii begin At the present time there are less
than dozen men employed at the mine. and
the work far has consisted mainly in making
repairs the mill and arranging things so that
WOrk may De puSne0 ddVanIageOuSly.f 1t Is the
intention to do nothing but development work
during the coming winter. that when spring
opens 1t will be possible to put force Of at
least 100 men, The entire section is highly
mlneralized, and the opening OF the Lost Emil
grant viii act stimulant 70 prOspectOrs
and miners. The immediate surrounding country
has hardly been scratched by the pick. owing
TO the difficulty OF getting In with an outfit OF
any MAGNITUDE. but that the gold is there can
not be doubted.
TAKES AN OPTION ON NINE
On the east belt, so says the Tu-
olumne Independent. w. G. Phipps has
secured an option on the North Star
and Laura quartz mines. situated near
Cherokee from the owners. d. r.
Oliver, Marian Johnson, the Edward
Keil company, NJ t. Karkeek and Sa-
die Long. The purchase price is $4,000
to be paid as follows: Seventy-five
hundred dollars within six months. an
additional $500 within nine months
and the balance of $4,000 within one
year from the date OF the instrument,
which paper is dated August 81. last.
and was recorded with the county re-
corder Monday.
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