Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-12-03
PanamInt News.

We received yesterday from our old
time friend Ludlow who Is now in
business at Panamint, copy of the
newspaper published there. 1t is
called the Panamint Ne,oS and is a
very creditable little sheet in its con-
tents and appearance. 1t is published
tri-weekly by the Panamint Publish
ing Company, with 7. S. Harris Man
ager, and ID. p. Carr in the editorial
chair. Speaking of the difficulties at
tending the establishment of the
No,Us, the editor says: a /
The metropolitan journalist would
be dismayed by the obstacles encoun-
tered by the pioneer printer in the es-
tablishment of a newspaper in q new
mining camp such as Panamint. Ten
days since, Mr.. II. S. Harris, repre-
senting the Panamint Publishing
Company, arrived in this place, bring
ing with him press and type for this
paper, and canvas for tent. At that
time no shelter could be had in the
town, and for week the work of edi-
tor, tppos and devil was not that to
which they were accustomed, and
'roughing it" hardly expresses their
experience during. the week. Camping
out on the ground-one night in the
snow-cooking and working at their
tent, occupied their time. We are
now under shelter, the cases and press
in place, and enabledto present to our
readers newspaper. ,
From the advertisements which ap-
pear in the Ne,Os, it semms that Pan
amint is already well supplied with
business houses, lawyers, doctors, bar
bers, shoemakers, etc. The cost of
living is thus commented upon:
Meals can be had at seventy-five
cents at one restaurant, and one dollar
at others. The Surprise Valley Com
pany charge eight dollars q week for
board, anu reference to our market
reports will convince any one that
meE can live here as cheaply as In
any new mining camp in the history
of the coast. There are not any lodg-
ing houses and blankets and mattress
es are in demand. This want will
soon be supplied, however, as several
parties propose establishing lodging
houses. ht
l.
trict are described as follows:
Upon either side of a narrow cafion
OH the western slope of the Panamint
range of mountains, about ten miles
southerly from Telescope Peak (the
highest point in the range), are stu
ated the mines, the discovery and
working of which has caused a town
to be laid out and rapidly built up in
this caf1on. Ten or twelve miles to
the eastward, across the range, lies
Death Valley, lying between the
Argus,o or Tortoise range, and the Pan
amint mountains.
The first discoveries made were
those of the Stewart Wonder and Ja-
cobs' Wonder, located in April, 1873.
The ledge in each of these claims
crops out boldly above the surround
ing formations and each are cut by
raVines to a great depth, showing a
most wonderful surface prospect. /
Many prospectors have clambered
over {the rocky precipices, each day
discovering other lodges, until there
are now over six hundred locations in
the district, many of which are devel-
oping into valuable and extensive
mines. The formation is mainly
limestone, though the ledges are
found in slate and granite, also. The
qualification of the limestone is en-
tirely different from that of White
Pine and other places where deposits
of silver ores have been found, and
theledges are traceable upon the sur
face for such distances that there is
but little reason to doubt the perma-
nency of the mines in that formation.
The ores are mainly copper, silver
glance and chloride of silver, with
some black sulpheret of silver. Some
ledges also carry argentiferous galena.
There appears to be but little of the
baser metals, which render the work
ing of the ores so difficult. Assays
and working tests of the ores show
value ranging from 500 to 50, 600 per
| ton, the average being about $500. A
large number of the principal mines
have passed into the hands of a COM
pany known as the Surprise Valley
| Mill and Water Company, represent
ed by Senators Stewart and Jones, of
Nevada. The company have expended
a large sum of money in the purchase
and opening of their mines, and are
yet at great expense-thought the yield
| of some of their mines in first-class
ore, which they ship to, England for
| reQucIlOu, Is TcIuTHlHSf w ohSLA 81 iuch
of their outlay. No new mining dis
trict has ever had the advantage of
heavy capital, as has Panamint, SO
early in its history. There are yet
scores of mines, showing equally as
well as those owned by the Stewart
Jones company, awaiting develop
ment by labor and capital.
Commencing at o point in the canon
opposite the Jacobs Wonder mine,
about six and half miles from the
mouth of the cation, town has been
laid out, extending distance of about
mile UP the cafion. There are sew
eral buildings of decent proportions
already erected and others being con-
structed. A reference to our adyertiss-
ing columns will show that these
buildings are not unoccupied: AT
least one thousand men are now living
in the district. About one-half mile
east of the main town the works OF the
Surprise Valley Company are located;
at which there is large store, board
ing-house for employees, store-houses,