The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

Nevada City Transcript.
Casa Diablo
The Casa Diablo mine, 30 miles north
of Bishop, pounding out 100 tons of ore
"a day, is a prospect which Manager C.
A. Fohrman holds out and which he
states is likely to be consummated
within two months The ore is already
only an increase in the milling facili-
ties is required.
During the last four months the Casa
Diablo has Improved in prospects, by
fully 800 per cent says Fohrman. Every
day brings more convincing proof that
a great mine has been developed there
and that 1t is now only q matter of
perfecting details to have monster
producer adjacent to Bishop. The 80
ton mill is running now and is produc-
ing enough bullion to pay the expenses
ton of which is now occasioned by the
extensive development work Fohrman
states that the ore can be mined and
possessing a 100 ton capacity.
The property has three developed
veins, the largest and best explored
being the Dry Bone. The Dawn of
are farther in in the mountain.
In the Dry Bone vein the company
now has backing of 500 feet in depth.
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mel for several hundred feet. AS soon
as depth of 500 feet from the floor of
the tunnel has been reached extensive
Stoplng or ore will commence.-Owens
Hurleton Strike
News. has reached Oroville of an
other rich strike in the Hurleton dis
or,GI o,iirad upon POI the the property recently ac-
drews of this city. The mine is ad-
Jacent to the Phoenix mine, in which
such phenotnenal values were recently
the Hecker and Andrews mine is even
better. from mining standpoint, as
b,,s 5ne values val & are no not found in pockets,
In width. ~ " No" Almost three feet
The owners Of the property yester-
had been uncovered, but would make
no statement of the values shown in
the the asstay SonttsSntng with
values. They propose to develop the
ore chute more thoroughly, in order to
ascertain the amount of ore that can
be blocked out.
It's present owners. In addition to $40
acres of land upon which the ledge lies
ana an which Iol bis Is owned in fee simple, they
which bring their total holdings to the
neighborhood of 1900 acres of land and
lAdOn
-Oroville Register.
Yucca Gold
A w. McMahan from Darwin ex-
hiplted today an assay certificate and
bullion slip from A. NJ. Strong giving
resented the recent cleanup at the old
Coso mill. The bar weighed 81 ounces,
1910 ounces gold and 1887 ounces sill
yer, with a total value of $1,244. Aside
from this bar, the cleanup gave the
owners. McMahan and L. D. Owen, sew
eTal tons Of concentrates. which as
This gold came from the Yucca mine.
aDout one and half miles from the old
Coso, and near the Mariposa mine. 1t
Is new mine, with a shaft down 100
feet. which follows the stringer of gold
ore from which this bullion came. One
hundred and fifty feet of drifting has
Herald.
Standard Product
erected at the York custom mill to
work the tailfngs of the Standard mine
In.st In Sierra rc county It is expected that at
obtained here before the taiiings are
shipped to the smelters around San
Francisco Fl mel ts,,,n In rough test $50 pounds
valued at $3.50, and there is II. mo
pounds of the same kind of tailings.
In the same proportion this l5ile of
Sainngs would yield nearly $1,000
Sacramento Union.
FruityaIe Mine
Andy Fitzgerald, superintendent of
the Frultyale mine at Moore's Flat,
van compressor and machine drills.
These will probably be shipped about
the. first of June from the metropolis.
and on their arrival at Nevada City will
nT0mnfV - ~ H.. :
installed. Water power will be utilized
| by the company In the operation of the
machine. there being plenty of water
When the machinery has been in
stalled the work of developing the
Fruitvale will begin. on a large scale.
$1,000 to the ton between the walls
Nevada City Transcript.
Mines Taken Over
DR.. c. L. Burt, formerly of Colorado.
and recently an operator of mines in
Nevada, has purchased from Butter
held, Colbert Paddock the placer and
creek. east of this town. The deal in
cludes over 400 acres of mining ground
in the district mentioned.
The purchaser has taken possession.
and he secures control of a group OF
mines that miners believe will develop
into one of the most important mining
propositions in Plumas county The
Squirrel creek properties were experted
by S. e. Brotherton, one of the ablest
mining engineers in the state After a
thorough investigation he advised Doc
tor Burt to make the purchase.-Sierra
Times.
Old Dominion Strike
Messrs. Grant and Rowse were in
ore taken from their mine, the old
Dominion, which is situated about one
and a half miles northeast of Columbia
at the head of Niger gulch
They were cross cutting In the 10
foot tunnel on a four and a half foot
vein running north when the discovery