New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-16
REAL GOLDEN SAND.
ror7Np IN PAYING QUALITIES ON A CALI.
FoRNIA BEACH.
s,,r .t1 TIKI. AVAILABLE CLAIMS ARE FULLY
sTAKtD AND NO MORE rRosPFcroRs
NEED APPLY.
IRON Az occlnosAI connt.rOSDEsr or rnn TRIBUNE.

ETkKED AND No hOHf
NEED APPLY.
Tram, An occisos.L CORRESPONDENT or rnE TRisuSni
ros Angeles, Cal. June e.-vIsltors 10 the I'm
Irouse IN San Francsco may have no'icei se'rFsi
Cinnamon AT low hide gathering up 'he oiaeh N'1
on the beach and bosdng II into whsrhy Ola "'so"'
drawn by horses still more whrr,s Inc c"'""s
onlooker on asking what they intended TO 40 "'n
the sand would be told that there was small amount
of gold dust In H. ard that the Chinamcn eA"aG''H
Il: that the amount Of gold very small ana mat
nobody but Ch'namen rould make h'mB 'ae
work rptn a few weeks ago that was tue "i"S
known instance OF The posuca Imagery OF s"Ae"
sands, being PRACTICAL demonstrated
nut now, at what Is called the Lempoe Mining DIS
,,, ,hor, 600 men Arc making large wages By wash
inc tho sea beech sand. Lompoe beach H's apol'
stv nilps north OF santa Barbara. and IL !sr hort"
wa,d Of Point Conception. a mohh'Hh eha'" '"'
loc,tlv the Santa Yntz, shirts tue eos" i"r ns"'
miles In the region with but one breah IN w. A"e a
Is ehets the SANTA Yncz River biraks 'hro"Su ,"'
mountains and aches the Where the river empires
IA tho northern extremity oil p'aek Aa'' ''P
-,,c, .x,enbs Tor about fifteen miles son'h anu
abruptly terminates Al high TIE The sea e."'uu
eovers the beach and BREAKS against the ioo' VI ns
t,,ss ,t eIay sandstone. shale Limestone ana p''
c,r rlomers,e rock. This u constantly oe'hR """''
mined and washed away ,.
This black sand Is found be WIZ rich IN gold pn'
M. 90 vcry fne The discovery was made IN thn
latter mar, OF March, and the rocker anu pa"
ve, used with some success DIV u wa "'H'o,
thar but & email percentage OF Inc go'u was "","'
A pcculiar fart. and one which gives 'he u"",''
.a,.,,tx q, belpQ perm anrni, Is that the sea replaces
tho saDd as rapidly the miners carr " a"% i"'>
So ,uus,ra,.I on one Of the 0tSt days wofhhsS'
A, Inv tide when HE deposit was uncovered Wy
Tho Iecedng tide, minsr ufoN; "'' "
his claim. aud fran fhc san" a. '
bottom Of Il WASHED out go coloS' y" w" "'N'
dsr when the tide went down the hole ne hSi h'"e
,hs d.v beror, wa. found filed up and. In shor'
Tina At exactly the same spot, be ~s'hed '"e"F
uco,or.- The next day the hos was again tonhd 10
l., suoa and he gut over 100 c0lors.' lhs Wa
nth thu v.ns,et,l pan AMI so It haS oeou ever
since. -, ...o, mad
Now tho sand IL taken or ny the ""s"" . .
dnr1ug low tide but Is always replSeu " '"' .
Tide This Is all the more rsmafkao'o, -,
IN. asrosr extends for some distance. be'ns h'Deo
m,,es Iour and extending IndehninW o"' n"n'r 'no
,,or ~ il vary shallow. close TO the shore oo'ns ou'
-, ,.o ,.et thick aud at the deepest four zee"
rhs s.ud 4. dark gray In color aud Is h'ahy nnskr
when .esu under water II appears TO CONSIST W NV
a, b,ood red rubies, presenting a mos' OeA"'" ~
pesraOre. -,,,,a , n. b,sn
,.yIsoI Uhrh save. about DO per cent OF 'he eo'a
and tho lncn ren Who to0s UP eh'm' "'"'s.,
u,so. N. ocean arc making money rsIhy' -.
,ow ,,ac the sand /. shsvcci 10 wagons AM oa'''a
.ho,, hlsh water mark. where the sh'ce Oo'e' He
o,arrd risse contain Enrcc's'oh o' "''.'
.red mates which catch nearly u h"' ~ " w
sou dust. This 10 excessively Ono. In iac' suno',
microscopic but iS very pure a'a ''A'
IN. Msh price Of s22 Per ounce
Tho beach Is all tsson UP ana no e'A'hi'
a, tho market; AbOu, 200 non are
wnrt,ps claims Of their own aud sereA osu',
,.,,.. hsy. been formed AUD are wofhns ".N'
ths, they have purchased. The SAM.
glNk Sand Mining tonpsny IN
,orr man A. work on their claims. snd IN io"r Wv"
,.c,yca finn ,hern 81 100 his Was bear" the n~O'
ductlon Of tho Improved ilnics boxes. lie ho"' INV
.v., average bet srcu o. and slo per day.
ys,,,us theories arc adduced ~ ACCOUNT for th'
,.,o.it The most generally accepted one 10 mar
,e,r "a Q rich gold lsdgs which erVps w IN NO
led OF tho ocean some distance out, anu WHEN "
ground Us the scoa Of the .oa and CARED a y 'h iS
ne Tsitornla coast, Another opinon, hsld Sy ,Eus
Of tie muer, TIA. the sd CONS. ron 70 .Sne en-
iSs he. % far failed 10 disclose u. ;rhte, sSS%.s
bs, bIuds Another plausible theory tsst iho so.i
down Sc s.r' IDo' rR BSS S... tsssl
ss, Ssy. sSH I,! ..a , q S ss
ecioI o H:.o O'Ps ~0p %.af fs 81 SUB
marine ,ssw,v oh Lompos would 30 In
tnro.tins and perhaps valuable. No or, know,
| how fsr out this rieh deposit extends. ne nwes.
id. has failed 10 disclose its boundary " " MAS
fnund extensive enough, system VI eoilec 'lns u,
sand In deep water might be Devised AUD Hsre
Would be n1.. the possibility Of finding ,hs m n,
ledge and Of seeing tho dredser come Wy fi VI pur'
| sea washed foE , ,o. a.. III a..
vorF 4. done BY shOvslAnE up sand, aio rashed By
,rsin nom los Angeles III Ruwoyd on Ma bun ~
parb,ra branch OF tho southern Pzclnc thopco OF
| team no Lompoe . distance Of about twenty mile ;,
| and thence fifteen milss souhetly ~ the peach
Einetx will not do well tu visit the place, ~ eNeiS
Available foot OF paying saud Was sscu up spns weeks
ago: but TO the sci"nus, or the tourist the ~'ne u
| full Of Interest