Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-13

The A. & P. railroad people are
now making enquiry as to the
probable revenue the building of
their road will develop through the
section Of country west of the
Needles to the coast line. We
must admit that, from the compar-
atively slight knowledge that they
have gained through their survey
ors' notes, it is not very encourag.
ing. But to those who have trav-
elled much through that country,
with their eyes open, 1t is quite the
reverse. at point about thirty
miles northwest from their cross
ing at the Needles, they strike the
Providence mountain range, which,
aside from being an excellent graz
ing country, contains some of the
best silver mines in the State of
California. In fact there are mines
there so fully developed that they
require but mills TO commence
bullion shipment. This, of course,
once done, opens hundreds of OTHER
mines which now, from the fact of
their great distaVce from railroad
communication, are lying lille, and
capital cannot be induced to even
60 and look at them. Now, west
Of the above range, it is a continu-
GUS mineral belt of both gold and
silver, until they reach the Coast
Range. Repeating, as it were, the
history of the Southern Pacific in
Arizona, which, AS it dragged its
length slowly along in the course
of construction, actually populated
the country, and to-day it is paying
largely. The ranges west Of the
Providence are comparatively un-
known. Garfield, Calico, Paint,
and other ranges have only been
dignified by names within the past
year. All of them con-
tain remarkably lively mining
camps, taking into con-
slderaiion that they are wholly
developed by home capital. AT
Ord, aside from the gold and silver
mines, there are some Of the largest
copper mines ever discovered on
the coast, and need but that min
ing blessing, "Eastern capital" to
bring them to paying basis. At
Silver Mountain District, on the
Mojsve river, they have not only
developed their mines to great
extent but have a ten stamp mill
erected and running. Dry Lake
District, thirty miles southeast of
Ord, presents an exceedingly fine
showing. Considerable work has
been done toward development and,
should the water supply be devel-
oped sufficiently, it will become an
excellent mining point. Grape
vine District has been generally
prospected and many locations
made, although none have reached
the Waterman mine in richness
yet. Rich discoveries are claimed
to be made daily in this and the
adjacent locality. An extremely
rich country lies at the northern
base of the San Bernardino range,
east of the Cajon Pass, in which is
the Sanchez mine, which COM
mences working with its new
smelter the coming week. Then
on the summit of the mountain we
have Bear, Holcomb and Lone val
leys, in which there are excellent
prospects, and g few developed
mines. With the exception OF the
latter district they have had their
day, that is the "boom" has been
with them and has gone. The
mines have merit, but in many
cases they have been misnanaged,
to say nothing of manipulation"
The celebrated Gold Mountain
mine, located between Holcomb
and Bear valley, would to-day
yield q handsome revenue if the
latest improved machinery for
working low grade ore were
utilized