Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-05
MINING lnrllllcrmcr.
Letter From Daeeett- How Our Min
Ing interests are Progressing =
Views OF a Veteran.

EDiTOk nEhALDs nupposc ihie
from us desert Arabs never comes amiss
to the more esthetie insiders; therefore
l send you the following;
This place at present is quite dull,
but little being done outside Of the gen
eral routine of business. A great deal
of freight and many passengers are daily
passing through here, both east and
west, which gives the place lively
turn at times.
Col. Olmstead is expected here in a
few days. and as soon as be can get his
material on the ground, will commence
the erection of his long talked Of sam
pling works. Most rsopls here think
1t will be great benelit to this section,
and undoubtedly it will, but II the
miners expect to derive profit from such
an establishment they must manage to
infuse a little more life and vim into
each other (but not in liquid form)
than has characterized some of them OF
late. The cry among many here has
been more mills and other works, SO
they can dispose of their ores to better
advantage. They will very soon have
chance to show their hand. The King
company are running their mill constant
| ly, and with most excellent results.
Their mine never looked more promising
for future harvest than at present.
The Alhambra company keep their mill
busy all Of the time. md are turning out
large amount of bullion. 1t Is now
generally conceded that the great wealth
Of the Calico mines is not all on The sur
face, for in almost every instance the
greater the depth attained, the richer
and stronger the ore bodies appear to be.
Very hattering accounts are daily
brought in from the Lava Beds. 1t is al
most phenomenal how some OF the mines
there are developing. As an instance,
one mine there for which 800, 600 was
paid only fow months ago, the lucky
purchasers have already realized over
800 from ore shipped to San Fran
cisco, besides having some 500 tons Of
81, 900 ore on their dumps. Waterman
and Porter arc running their mill
steadily with good results. In the
vicinity Of Death Valley. some very rich
prospects have recently been discovered.
The Ibex Co., in that section have Just
shipped sl3, 900 in bullion and ore, and
will ship 81 900 more this week. But
very little is being done at present in
many of the outside districts, from the
fact, the rain and snow has been SO
incessant for the past two months il has
been quite impossible to get in supplies
and material, or in fact do any outside
work at all, but arrangements are being
made in one or two places to do quite an
extensive business this coming season.
| Daggett is destined to become a very
important point in the way of business.
1t is surrounded by an extensive and
rich mineral country, which is now only
in its infancy in the way of develop
ment. The last two days have been
quite pleasant here, SO much so that the
laborers Of the town could bask in the
sunshine with joy and gladness. Yes
terday quite serious and painful
accident occurred at Calico, by the up
setting Of VIM. Curry's stage as he was
driving into the town, by which Mr.
John G. Overshiner, editor Of the Calico
Prin', had one leg broken below the
knee and his ankle badly hart. Mr..
Curry had one bone of his left wrist
broken and Mr.. Evans was badly
bruised and cut about the head. 1t
seems as the stage was entering the
town the horses became frightened by
some dogs running after them and in
Mr.. Curry's effort to control them, one
Of his lines broke which left them at the
mercy Of the frightened mustangs.
The king bolt of the ooach either broke
or few out. which precipitated the
coach and the passengers to the ground.
Daggetl, CAL, April 2. 1884. l..