Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-06
Important ore Mountain.

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Important Ore Mountain.
Very few Angeleflos know the variety
and richness of the mineral deposits of
their own immediate neighborhocd.
The HERALD has repeatedly announced
that great mining development was
under way not only in California at large
but in Southern California, and, more
particularly, in Los Angeles county. We
have lying on our desk as we write spec
linens of very rich ore which were taken
from deposits that are within trifling
distances of Los Angeles, and that have
no reference to the lately exploited mines
in the San Gabriel caflon and near the
Azusa. One of these is a magnificent
specimen of iron ore which was taken by
DR.. D. w. G. Franklyn from vast de-
posit OF that metal which exists in the
Gleason mountain, spur of the Sierra
Madre range, distant from Los An
geles twenty-five miles in an air
line due north. The ore was taken from
the highest point on the "divide" be.
tween Soledsd cafion and San Fernando
Well informed people say that there is
enough iron ore of the finest quality
there to keep all the iron mills that
could be crowded into this country run
ming for hundreds of years.
But iron is not the only valuable min.
eral in the Gleason mountain. Excel.
lent ledges of free gold exist there,
which are now in process Of being worked
in good earnest and with satisfactory
results. The first mine prospected on
this mountain was the Clark & Gleason,
after the latter of whom the mountain is
named. These gentlemen worked the
mine for number of years, and then
finally abandoned it. Mr.. Taylor next
essayed his fortunes with ti.is location
and, after some experiments, he sold ii
three months ago to the Kelley Brothers,
of Los Angeles. They have sunk it to
a depth of sixty feet, and at twelve
feet from the surface they struck a
good sized vein of ore, which averages
$25 to the ton. Last July they put up a
five stamp mill, which is now in opera
ton, and they have every prospect of a
good and permanent mine.
The Messrs. Mackey & Jones, of this
city, six months ago bought an interest
in mine adjoining the CLARK & Gleason.
They are now erecting five stamp mill
thereon, which will be in working order
by the beginning of February, and they
have every confidence in the outcome.
The Messrs. Drinkwater & Hawley
have prospected the Gleason mountain
for eighteen years, hanging on to their
claim and doing some work on it. They
have recently sold it to an English com.
pany for q good round price, and these
gentlemen are now putting up twenty
stamp mill, and they expect to turn out
a great deal of bullion shortly. That
this camp will develop into great
source of wealth we have no earthly
doubt. While its treasure develop
ments are highly promising, we regard
its richness in iron as it's most valuable
feature. With the cheap coal that 10 i'm.
mediateiy ahead for Los Angeles, both
from Alaska and Southern Utah, there
is no reason why we should not become
a center of the iron industry as a result
of the vicinity of these immense de-
posits.
The other specimens lying before us
are rich in copper, silver and gold, and
were taken from the edge of the desert,
north of the Sierra Madre range, in the
neighborhood of Big Rock creek, where
large deposits are said to exist. Another
specimen consists of salt crystals taken
from mountain of salt in Utah, which
aligns the pro jected route of the Central
Utah on its wsy towards Los Angeles.