Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-13

railway from the Los,Angeles seaboard
to Independence rs of a chimerical ma
ture; but having had occasion to visit
some of the mineral regions of Inyo
lately, have been compelled to
RADICAL CHANGE or OPINION,
And will here briefly state what l saw
to cause that change l visited two
new mineral districts, to-wit, the New
Coso and the Rose Spring Districts.
In the first district there are indica-
tions of immense deposits of lead ores
of the same general characteristics Of
the ores from the well known Uniop
mine of Cerro Gorlo, and yielding
from large number of assays, made
at Cerro Gordo, about the same gem
eral average of base bullion and silver
as the ores of the Union.
go IMMENSE DEPOSITS OF ORE.
1t is true that these prospects have
not been developed to any extent, but
the surface indications are too great,
and the formation too favorable, not to
render the fact Of the existence of de-
posits, hundred fold the extent of
those in Cerro Gordo, a matter next to
a certainty. There are at least three
distinct veins on which are situated
the principal claims of the district, to
either of which it is difficult to give a
preference, to-wit: the Ventura, or
Defiance; the Grand, the Cuerros,
the PromOntory, and besides these a
number of very favorable prospects,
many of which will develop, no doubt,
into very respectable mines, perhaps
as good as the favorites, though they
DO not show SO "bigp on the surface.
These mines are situated about twen-
ty-eight miles to the southeast of CerIO
GOrdo and about equally distant from
the foot of Owens Lake. =
PLENTY OF WATER TO WORK THESE
MINES.
There is now no water at the mines,
but there exists abundant springs q
few miles distant, which have been
taken up by parties who mean busi-
ness and the water will be placed on
the ground in pipes within ninety days,
and the fact that Mr.. Beaudry of fCerro
Gordo is the principal party interested
in the contemplated water works,
shows what the Cerro Gordo experts
think of the new mines. ee
THE ROSE SPRING MINES.
About thirty-fve miles to the east
of Coso lies the Rose Spring mining
district. Here i visited the following
claims, to-wit: the Star of the West,
the North Star; the Polar Star and the
Garibaldi, all located by some Ital-
ians, and the Nellie Grant, the Uncle
Sam and the North Corner, owned by
Messrs. Hunter Il Porter of Cerro
GOrdO. The Star of the West is very
nice prospect, showing chlorides OF
silver and copper glance ore, running
from two to twelve hundred dollars per
ton. However, the outcroppings of
this claim are not very distinct and
not enough work has been done to
demonstrate the existence of a regular
vein. The North Star has regular
well defined for about six
IL
to show that there must be q regular
of the Star of the West, and which
will average at least four hundred dol
lars per ton, Us shown by large num-
Der of assays. The Polar Star has
no work done on it, but the general
characteristics of the surface indica-
tions are like those of the North Star.
We now come to the Garibaldi, the
latest strike Of these Italians. AS far
as we are enabled to Judge from the
surface indications, this consists of
chimney of chloride ore pitching
down hillside into gully at an
angle of about 35 degrees. The
top wall has been denuded and much
of the ore with il (boulders of ore
weighing ton or more are to be found
in the gulch), giving the mass thea
pearance of the Outcroppings of q vein
of from so to 100 feet in width; but, in
my judgment, it is in fact as above
indicated-a denuded vein, which /
should judge to average about Is feet
thick; and l should say that there is
exposed to view, by the action of ma
ture, at least three thousand tons Of
ore. A sample of clippings, which to
all appearances was fair average, as
sayed $23S 40 to the ton, and one piece
assayed SIG 81 per ton. These are all
free milling ores, but are not very
silicious, and would smelt very well
with the Coso ores, perhaps as one to
three.
OTHER RICH MINES.
The claims of Messrs. Hunter and
Porter yield pure chloride ores run
ming from $40 to 5000, without an adj
mixture of base, and enough work has
been done at least on the Nellie
Grant" and "North Corner" to DEM
onstrate the existence of true veins of
paying quantities of ores. These ores
would smelt with the Coso ores in
proportion of one to four, but they
would mill so easily that they should
be worked on the ground. There is an
abundance of wood and water in this
district for milling purposes. The
Nellie Grant," on the surface, shows
only 20 inches between vein walls, but
it widens regularly, and at depth, Of
90 feet, at an angle of about 80 degrees,
shows regularly defined vein walls,
five feet apart, with an almost pure
body of chloride between them. The
!" North Cornern opens out much
larger body of ore, though the vein
walls are not so well defined; but
there is no doubt that at moderate
depth, the crumbling rock will harden
and well defined walls be established.
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