Western Kansas world., 1889-03-16

nelos reached this city.
Inc placer mines are much richer than
was nrse reported. Probably So 900 have
ALREADY bean taken out. Fifty Mexicans are
a. work In the camp, but not one Of them
Nlu tell the truth. I caught at least dozen
pauves putting nuggets in their mouths.
ana when asked If they were having any
luck said NO. caught Mexican woman
putting her hand to her mouth and she took
ont nugget worth SO. Two young men
with crude rocker have taken out $S5 in
two days. Several placer claims were sold
in camp for $500 and 500 each.
thirty Mexican soldiers have arrived at
the camp and good order prevails. Thus
Tar no trouble has occurred. Senior Spacer
threw pistol on q rock and il exploded,
sending ball through his right log. The
Me1tcans and indians have CONNIE aced to
gamb;e for gold dust, and at night the camp
is very lively. Six mining companies have
been formed at Ems ensda and stampers and
quartz mills will be built at once.
Quartz leads OF free gold are being found
In all rec!ions. Scarosly prospector re-
turns without rock of glittering gold.
water Ii not very plenty, but will last for
several months. The Mexicans and Indians
as whole do not work in the water, but
rocks. They dig out a large hole to bed
70 TX and scratch in the dirt with their
spoons for nuggets. The Americans ON tie
ground are using the rocker and gold pan
with great success. Provisions are scarce,
and flour sells at $50 barrel. A newspaper
correspondent turned cook for party of
t,n men to enable him to exist. Hundreds
without any money are stranded, and de-
pend on their neighbors for grub. Thou
sands of men and boys are working their
way toward camp without money or grub.
Great suffering is surs to follow. Those
who arc equipped for moath's work are
doing wei and taking out plenty of the prec.
ious metal, and the average value of the
nuggets taken out is about $50.
Over 3lO prospectors are in the surround
i g hills looking for quartz lodges. Gaskell
and Bennett have located seven lodges and
work Will commence as soon as tools and
machinery can reach the camp. The men
with whom the Republic correspondent is
camping have taken out over 5000 in three
days.
Z. 8. Babcock, jr.. of Chicago, proprietor
OF the Hotel del Coronado, telegraphs from
There is nothing discouraging whatever.
1t is simply immense. Edwards, the hotel
NAH, left here a week ago 10 bs gone two
days. He has not returned, and his busi-
ness of $50 day is neglected. The quartz
Lodges are very rich and large enough to
warrant the feeling that the camp will be q
permanent one."
Prof. G. e. Anthony, mining expert,
writes as follows from Ensenada: 81 bs-
iieve the gold belt to be almost continuous
for 15O miles and below that copper and iron
predominate for the next 100 miles. look
on the Santa Clara discovery as somewhat
simi ar to the discoveries which led to the
development at Deadwood."
"The recent quartz discovered IN tho
neighborhood of Santa Clara will give per-
manency to the mining industry there. The
placers will probably be exhausted in few
months: believe that other gulches equally
rich will be opened up; in fact I know it, al
though little is being said of this. The gold
is being brought on into Ensenada and
being distributed among the merchants and
Mexicans. The gold is going into FL Real
more than Ensenada. / know the penin-
sula to be rich and permanent. The placers
will not Ia tlong but the lodges are to be
relied on. The industry will be permanent,
but Santa Clara is limited in extent only, q
spoonful out OF the bucket"
The result of this boom will be beneficial
to the entire peninsula. It will build it up
and settle it with miners and agriculturists.
During the past twenty-four hours, over
:, 600 men have left San Diego and Los An
geles for the mines. The shops and stores
in both these cities ara running short of
supplies. Every gold-pan and shovel to be
found in San Francisco has been shipped
southward. The excitement shows no signs
of abatement.