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is said to have indicated a substantial tonnage
of copper-gold-zinc ore of commercial
grade. The mine is owned by J. B. Landis
of Auburn.
It is reported that the Ru.tleu Mining
Company ceased operations at the Grey
Eagle chrome property February 9, because
of exhaustion of minable ores. The
company is milling crude ore stockpiled at
the mine, but that operation probably will
terminate during March. The Grey Eagle,
which has a World War I production record
and was opened again about two
years ago, is located near Fruto in Glenn
County, California. Rustless has been op·
erating the property under lease from the
owner, the U. S. Chrome Mines, Inc., A. H.
Wild president, Russ Building, San Francisco'
California. A 21-mile power line to
the Grey Eagle and construction of a 200· .
ton concentrator were among the new im·
provements. Recently, Rustless has been
producing about 1,700 tons of high·grade
chrome concentrates monthly. C. E. Tuttle,
3400 East Chase Street, Baltimore, Maryland,
is president of the Rustless concern.
The AtoHa Mining Company has given
notice of lease terminations, effective with·
in 30 days, to all tungsten lessees on its
properties. It is reported that the action
was taken because of the uncertain tungsten
market conditions, as well as existing
underground conditions at the mining
properties. The U. S. Bureau of Mines
diamond drilling program is said to be pro·
gressing satisfactorily at all except the
Papoose mine, where the complex fault
system has prevented drilling operations
from proceeding as scheduled. The drill·
ing is expected to be completed about the
middle of March. It is understood that at
present there are eight sets of lessees, approximately
20 miners, engaged at the
Atolia properties. The company has not
yet announced whether any leasing will be
allowed in the future. The mines are located
near Atolia, California, and Hugh
W. Coke, Atolia, is superintendent for the
holding company. C. W. Chesterman has
been in charge of the bureau's survey, and
F. J. Wiebelt has been conducting the
diamond drilling work.
A favorable decision was handed down
by the state district court of appeals to
the Empire Star Mines Company, Ltd.,
ending a four-year litigation between the
concern and Cooley Butler, 745 Rowan
Building, Los Angeles, involving the own·
ership of the extension of Empire's Penn·
sylvania vein near Grass Valley, Califor·
nia. The court held that, under an agree·
ment between Empire Star and the Butler
interests in 1915, Empire Star's ownership
was established because there is a
j unction between the Pennsylvania and the
Dromedary vein in the Butler-owned
Golden Center mine. John R. C. Mann
of Grass Valley is manager for Empire
Star.
Regular mining of quartz crystals is reported
by F. R. Zinck, John Bevanda, and
Nick Bullin, now operating the Calaveras
mine two miles from Mokelumne Hill in
the Chili Gulch district of Calaveras
County, California. The crystals are mined
from an old gravel channel, which is
worked through an 800-foot tunnel. All
production is being shipped to the Metals
Reserve Company at Washington, D. C.
Mervin Porteus is superintendent of operations.
The Calaveras crystal property is
under lease from the owner, R. P. M.
Davis, 2356 Hollyridge Drive, Hollywood,
California.
The Laco Mining Company, Inc., has reported
that, in the 3'h weeks following
installation of its new 64-foot furnace,
quicksilver output jumped from 7% to 80
tons per day. The furnace and reduction
plant, which were installed at a cost of
about $90,000, are located at the company's
Guadalupe mining property near
Los Gatos, California. All shipments
are being made to San Francisco
and Fresno, California. The company
is operating the mine with three full shifts
on a 24-hour basis, and work in the old
shafts is being limited to pumping operations.
Mining is by steam-shovel methods
and considerable ore has been blocked out.
The company had been conducting an extensive
exploration and development program
at the Guadalupe for the past eight
years and late in 1943 reported a vein of
high-grade ore on the 465-foot level, which
justified construction of the new plant.
Mine operations are under the direction of
P. D. Burtt, Mills Building, San Francisco.
Also on the staff is L. M. Bennett. Officials
of the Laco firm include H. N. Mason,
Route 3, Box 412, Los Gatos, presi·
dent; George Kirk, vice· president ; and
Howard Meade, secretary.
Lonnie Bickford, Roseville, California,
is said to be in Stonyford, California,
where he is engaged in installing new
equipment and making necessary repairs
at his chrome and manganese property in
the district. The mine was operated last
year and commercial-grade ore was shipped
to the smelter.
The New Verde Mines Company, a subsidiary
of the Empire Star Mines Com·
pany, Ltd., is continuing production of gold
and tungsten in the scheelite area of the
North Star mine at Grass Valley, California.
Development also is proceeding at
other ore bodies which are believed to contain
commercial-grade tungsten and gold.
Ore is being treated at the recently converted
North Star mill. Empire Star, one
of the largest gold producers before the
WPB gold closing order, has leased the
mine to the New Verde concern. John
R. C. Mann of Grass Valley is manager.
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The Revenue Mines Company has been
organized in Colorado to continue the
work at the Revenue mine near Ouray,
Colorado, which has been managed for
over a year by the present operators.
Allan Hoover of Palo Alto, California, is
president of the new company and L. K.
Requa, 411 Felt Building, Salt Lake City,
Utah, vice-president. Frances B. Requa of
Salt Lake City is secretary and W. M.
Cutler of Ouray will continue as general
THE MINING JOURNAL for MARCH 15, 1944 .