Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-30
A Trip to the Santiago Mountains
The New Mining District.
lSanta Ana Herald. I


far behind us. The morning was
cold and foggy, and We were very
glad indeed when, on reaching the
foothills at the Santiago cation, Old
Sol showed his smiling face from
over the hill-tops. In the caf1on
were number of hunters and
campers from Anaheim and Santa
Ana. We passed several fine bee
ranches on the route and were in.
formed that, although the honey
crop would not be as large as for.
merly, there would be very large
yield.
Arriving at Silverado we found
the town or camp situated In the
Santiago cai1on, the width of the
canon being about 300 feet, and
containing q population of about
100. The place, we are informed,
is u true representation of an old.
time California mining camp, the
only difference being that few of
the miners are camping here with
their families. Mr.. p. a. Clark, of
Anaheim, has an assay office here,
and Is also Recorder of the district.
Mr.. Clark was the first to take any
interest in the new discovery, and
SO sanguine was he that the miies
would prove important that he
surveyed out a town. calling it
Silverad0. He has II Gozy little
office, neatly fitted up and fur
nished in good shape. We are in
debted to him for information in
regard to the mines. Mr.. Clark Is
interested in severa! mines in the
district, which promise well.
Among the improvements made
and in contemplation, we notice
that Mr.. Cash Harvey has opened
a feed yard and blacksmith shop,
and new eating and lodging
house will soon be opened by Mr..
q. g. Gillette; a meat market will
soon be opened by Mr.. Tighe, and
q stock of goods will soon be put in
by Mr. Pierce. of Fountain valley.
Town lots in the Cuisines" part of
the town are selling at $50 each,
and those further up or down the
caiion at $25. There il no doubt
but what Silvcrado is destined to
soon become tlourishing town.
After taking a general view of
the town we commenced the ascent
to the Blue Light Milling Co 5
mine, owned by Messrs. Harvey,
Thistlcwaite, Dunlap and Jackson.
| Arriving at the mine we found Mr..
This,lewaite and number of work.
men busily ut work taking out the
ore. They have on the dump at
least eighty tons of assorted ore,
and have taken out altogether
about $50 tons, averaging $500 10
the ton. They have ten burros en-
gagged in packing the rock from the
mino to place near their bee ranch
in the caiI,n below-about three
miles d istan;-whera it Is assorted
and shiI ped to San francisco. Mr..
Thistlewaile informed us that they
could take out the ore faster than
one hundred burros could pack it
away. Last week we mentioned
that the suit of Taylor & Co., VS..
the Blue Light Mining Go. had
been decided against the latter
Company, which may probably
lead our readers to believe that the
Blue Light Mining Co.'s title to
the mine had been shaken. Not 80.
The question of title has never been
thrown into court. There Is no
doubt that they will get possession
of what they claim, and what
rightfully belong to them.
There are probably about 120 10.
cations made. On the Gray Back
lode, the first extension north is
the Mountain View claim (the or
iginal discovery claim) owned by
Messrs. Sears & Lake. They feel
very jubilant in regard to the fu.
ture prospects of their mine, and
have we'll defined ledge the crop.
pings of which assay from $13 to
500. They claim to have struck O
vein which will assay $500 to the
ton.
On the Gray Lack lode there are
number of claims, the second ex.
tension north, and adjoining Sears
& Lake, is the Southern Belle,
owned by Cassidy, Standard, Smith,
aud Taylor Il Co. The groupings
assay from $5 to $l0O. The first
extension south is the Blue Light
Co., mentioned above. The second
extension south is the claim Of
Dunlap & Flanaghan. The ores
taken from these claims assay from
$76 to $350-the low grade free
milling ore; the high grade being
smelling are. The fourth extern
sion south is tho Astor, owned by
Rumble & Jackson; the fifth south
being the Elith, owned by Granet
g. Wenger, of Anaheim.
West of the Gray Back and run.
ming parallel with the same, is the
0phir lode. The first extension
north Is the Fairview, owned by E
A. Pullen and others. The second
extension north is the Alpha Co.
The work done has been OH the
line between the two, having cut
in about four feet, at q depth of
twenty feet from the ravine. The
ledge is well defined, showing an
abundance of medium grade of
free milling ore. There are q num-
Der of other locations on the Ophir
lode, all considered valuable.
West of the Ophir is the Galena
lode. 'Khe first extension north is
owned by e. "A. Pullen, p. A. Clark
and Others. Second, the Emma
Company; third, owned by J. j.
Quinn and others; fourth is tho
Southern Slope, owned by Hunt
ington & Company. There was
quite an excitement in Silverado
caused by the owners of the South
ern Slope mine striking vein as
saying 81, 233 80 to the ton. Ad-
Joining is the Mooreland, owned by
J. q. Kimble, of Santa Ana, and
g. M. Woodruff, If Anaheim.
Among the other claims on this
lode Is the Thanksgiving, owned
by Lynch & Nimo. At all points
where openings have been made
ore of good quality has been
found. The Silver Belt lode assays
$400 to $500 gold. New discoveries
are being made daily.
1t would be pretty hard to saw