Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-18

The Print OF the 10th has the following
items OF interest:
The King mine paid dividend Of 81, 900
for the month of October
On Monday evening last Mr.. Oliver. Wells,
Fargo 4 Co.'S agent, received about $4,000,
which he paid to employees In the mines, in
behalf of several companies.
Since our report in the last issue, the. fol
lowing shipments of bullion were made from
mines in Calico mining district, through
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S express: One shipment
from the King, $3s6l; one shipment from the
Bismarck, $576s. Total since January l, 1884,
t744, ,465.
The resumption of work at the Lava Beds
mining district, where silver and galena
ores unquestionably exist in vast quantities,
will result in the product being sent here for
sale or reduction. until mints and smelters
are erected there.
Nearly every week prospectors coming TO
Daggett and Calico, for supplies, bring with
them samples of copper. gold and silver ores
from new fnds; and all now needed to rem
der what, until as 1t were but yesterday,
has been regarded as a sterile, valueless
waste OF desert country, the scene OF active,
busy operations in the line of creating val
ues is the judicious application of the re-
Quisite capital and intelligently and ener-
getically directed labor.
While we have oftimes regretted the slow
ness with which capitalists and mining OPP
direction. and appreciate our vast elemental
resources, we have never feared as to the
ultimate result. for, when the boom does
come--and come II viii at no distant day
II will have sound and solid basis to rest
upon.
Work is progressing on the Sue mine in
Ave places. The shaft on the north end is
down 40 feet, from which ore is being taken
out, but not so rich as nearer the top, yet
there is an abundance OF good, paying ore In
-. ~. t- .tttta a a fhu hot
tom OF the shaft, the indications being that
they are about to strike a rich pocket of
water" instead of ore. The water, no doubt,
Is part of last years rain. On the south
end OF the mine an exceedingly rich strike
was made in one Of the openings few days
ago Although the rich ore lies In punches,
yet there are large quantities OF low grade
ore in sight, ranging from $40 to 40 per ton.
This portion Of the mine Is rugged and pre-.
cipitous-the canon being 400 or 500
feet deep. A narrow tramway, some
400 feet long, extends from the works on the
bluff to the canon below. The lower fall re-
quires 75 foot ladder, almost vertical, to
reach the bottom OF the canon. For con.
siderable distance the walls Of the canon
are nearly perpendicular, and the gorge is
quite narrow. The scenery in this locality
Is grand aud picturesque. Above the fall
and to the right Of the tramway. the canon
extends northward, the sides Of which are
not so steep as below. In a sheltered nook
at the foot of the rocky bluff an assay office
Is being built by Col. Barstow willis
Steadman, the assayer has improyised q
laboratory out Of boxes and barrels; he viii
not regret when the office is finished, which
Will remove the temptation to use forcible
elaculations in remonstrance to the mis-
chievous pranks of the capricious wind.
The continuously steady developments OF
new ana good mines In Calico and other
adjoining camps, well warrants us in an.
ticipating at an early day thorough and
active appreciation Of the intrinsic and per
manent establishment of Daggett as q truly
important mining center and of its becom-
ing, ere long, populous, bustling business
town. While, comparatively speaking, but
little known save to those directly inter.
ested, and with an existence OF less than
two years, there have already been sent
from 1t quite 81 900 900 worth OF silver hui
lion and rich silver ore, though the develop
ment OF the contiguous mines are yet IN
their very incipicncy, and up to the present
Influenced by stock jobbing or newspaper
putting. Such of the properties as
have had anything like large expendi-
ture made, as for instance, the Orc Grande.
Waterman and Alhambra Mining and Mill,
ing Companies, have already, many times
over returned all costs OF mines milling
plant and current expenses, besides afford.
Ing the owners handsome dividends. We
feel safe In making the prediction that the
year 50. will witness an output OF fully
= .ooo, 900 IN silver, while very considerable
shipments of borate Of lime, from the vast
deposits of that mineral, owned by W. r.
Coleman & Co, 10 San Francisco, where Ii
Is treated for the production OF borax; then
too, In the very near future. the practically,
almost illimitable gold and copper ores OF
the Ord district, which is but II miles dis
tant, win be utilized here where the supply
OF water for any amount OF milling and
smelling Is ample.