Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-17
MINING NEWS.
n.,,ca mininr District.


since the cold weather set In the activity
of mining operations In Calico. district nss
Increased considerably, especially IN the
character of mining called chloriding Con
siderable prospecting is going on and rlch
principal mines of the camp, the King, Wat,
erloo, Sue, Red Jacket, Garfield group and
silver odessa, are working the usual num-
her of men, sometimes rich deposits OF GRE
being struck which causes the bullion yielo
to run above the average. The ore from tne
WATERLOO
Keeps the fifteen-stamp mill of the Orc
G-ande Company busy night and day, and
1t is reported that the mill viii be increased
In capacity in order to crush the ore from
the other mines belonging TO this company
The Waterloo has several feet oil openings
which require considerable timber:ng on
account oil the loose character Ell the rock
There is an immense quantity OF ore IN the
mine, the quality of which is sufiicient IT,
pay good profit in spite OF the low price OF
silver. As developments progress na .ne num'
and in a few months a large force OF men
will be working in the many drifts
The sue has resched depth. OF several
hundred feet and there seems to be no END
OF the ORE W hich pays well and is hauled TO
the Waterman mill every other day.
The King is being. prospected in the lower
levels with renewed vigor, and the lndica-
tions of rich developments in the near fu'
ture are good.
ore, the accumulations of many months,
which is being reduced at lively rate by
the new fifteen-stsmp mill OF the turnover
company. The Thunoerer and the other
mines connected with the Garfield are being
thoroughly pro. o.pected and developed. the
ore continuing in paying quantitles as the
work progresses downwards. The ore taken
from this group of mines will soon run up
into the millions of dollars.
4, rir,.v AHtQ Qpu q
of ore daily, VIII ch is crushed at the Water
man mill This mine is developing into q
good paying property.
The Silver Odessa group OF mines keeps
the Odessa mill at Hawleys in constant
operation, and turns out the usual amount
OF bullion. The low price OF silver caused
operations to diminish little on these
mines, but since silver commenced 10 raise,
operations have commenced 10 inc,ease
and soon large force of men Will pc at
work delving in the rich deposits which
still remain, and which will most Hkely
continue to show up for years to come.
The Humbug has several men at work
quarrying out the ore IN the usual manner,
and netting profitable returns from their
labors. Operations are confined to the sur
face comparatively aad the quantity OF the
ore seems to be inexhaustibe
Chloriders or the Blackfoot. kearsarge.
Comet, Invincible, Little Waterman, jose
phine, Red Cloud, Bismarck and others are
all doing unusually well, turning out an
amount of ore considerable in the aggre-
gate.
THE IRoEcLAD,
Situated Just west of Calico,is being worked
at point few rods above ana west OF
Wall Street Canon. 1t is owned by Ii. b.
Stevens, E. 4. Stacy and G II. Cook, and
was given the above name on account OF
the heavy iron groupings on the claim. Mr.
Stevens recently commenced to prospect on
the ledge. which is two or three feet wide.
| A re- .,,,1-; fax a hrnEa into
small cave about five feet in diameter.
which presented fine showing OF ore. II
this prospect continues 10 develop INTO
regular mine, 1t can be conveniently oper-
ated owing to its proximity to the town,
mills aud water.
THE SILVER MONUMENT,
In the edge of the east side of town, directly
opposite the Ironclad and as favorably To-
Gated is showing up splendidly. The three
companies chloriding on the same have in
creased their,force OF men and are taking out
in the aggregate from twelve to fiiteen tons
of thirty to seventy-hve-ouuce ore daily.
Stevens, Wilson & Co. have worked II days
and sunk over 90 feet, taking out over 1000
sacks OF ore ranging from thirty to seventy
| five ounces to the ton. Tne showing is now
better than when they commenced. Allyn.
Madison d Co. have also sunk shalt to
| ABOUT the same depth as the other parties.
Within the past eigh. days they have taken
out over 400 sacks of ore, ranging from
| twenty-five to 1o0 ounces. The harwood
boys. who have been working diligently for
about three weeks have run cut In from
the east side OF The hill about fifty feet
and sunk shalt over ifty feet. They have
taken out about 700 sacks which assayed
from thirty to seventy-five ounces, the av-
erage assay being about fort7-fige ounces.
The ore lies in blankets or deposits and ex-
tends over considerable portion of the
claim. II is easily worked and good deal
of it will pay without asserting. The chic
riders have prospect of making hand
some stakes before the expiration of their
leases Print.