Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-30
SATURDAY nov. 80, rsse.

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SATURDAY NOV. 80, rsse.
A mining Boom I'm Prospect.
No one who is at all an expert in ores,
can examine the specimens taken out of
the Mint mine, in San Gabriel cafion, at
depths varying from the surface to one
feet below the groupings, with
out arriving at the conclusion that rich
and valuable property has been struck
there. We can understand, from the
traditional character Of the occasional
rich groupings that have been found in
the vicinity of this mine, that there
might be some doubt about the perma-
nency of the ledge, as it descended, in pay
ing rock. But, if our information is cor
rect, that the specimens We examined
were taken out at depth Of one hun
dred feet, then there is very strong argu-
ment. upon geological grounds, in favor
OF a permanent mine. For those speci.
mems we're not only rich in metal visible
to the naked eye, but in sulphurets that
would of themselves stamp the ore as
profitable to work. The fact that the
ledge carries very rich ore as it goes down
shows conclusiveiy that it is not mere
pocket strike, and this is one of the most
hopeful signs of the mine. Nor can it be
identified with the abnormal cham
bers and kidneys Of rich dspos-
its that have so often deluded
the miners OF Eastern Nevada.
Everybody will recollect the great White
Pine excitement, which caused thousands
OF people from every quarter to flock to
Hamilton and Treasure City in 1859. The
whole of that excitement was based upon
the almost fabulous richness of the cele-
brated Eberhsrdt mine. What was the
result? Persons who entered into the
Bell chamber in that mine were made
dizzy with its wealth of metal. Th 9
walls, the ceiling and the floor were COM
posed of almost pure chloride. At any
point one might place half a dollar
against the face. strike it with hammer
and produce perfect fac simile o. the
piece on the casing. Yet this was al
most all there was in the mine, and
when the chamber was worked out White
Pine went to pieces. In the San Gabriel
mine the deposits are neither Of the
chamber or the kidney order, but they
occur in well-defned lodges, the ore of
which has all the characteristics of
metal bearing ores. The danger which
was feared in this mine was that the
ledge would become barren as it went
down. This theory has been disproved
in the Mint, at least to the depth of one
hundred feet, and that implies body of
GRE already proved to exist that would
justify the erection OF machinery to sys-
fematically work the mine. The COM.
pany has come to the conclusion, we are
assured, to pat up mill at once, and
they are taking no risk whatever in
doing 80 with the pay ore in sight. A
force of eleven men are still getting out
ore on the downward range, and meeting
with very fine rock. If the character Of
the ledge continues for another hundre d
feet the same as it has up to the present
time, the demonstration would be perfect
that the Mint people have not only a
good mine, but one of the richest that
has as yet been developed on this Coast.
There is nothing diseouraging in the signs
Of abnormal richness in the croppings.
The Silver King was rich from the start,
The Chollar, Mexican, Gould and Curry
and Belcher, all of the Comstock, were
every one Of them immensely rich on top.
The Mexican. and Chollar yielded
enormous returns before even a shaft
had been sunk, and the Gould and Curry
sold at from three TO five Thousand dol.
lars foot before the mine had been
sunk TO the first level. It is matter of
history that all these mines held their
paying qualities to great depths, and are
even now worked at q profit at over thre 9
thousand feet below the surface. The
California and Consolidated Virginia are
really extensions at lower depths,
measured by the top of the
mountain, of the great mines that
yielded such fabulous treasures from the
surface. The San Gabriel caf1on mine,
taking the analogies of the Comstock,
White Pine and other mines, possesses
all the indicia of rich and permanent
vein. 1t has now been uncovered to a
depth that would warrant the claim of
its owners, and we see no reason Why
they should not feel perfectly assured at
this time of the character and value Of
their property.
The development of one rich mine in
San Gabriel cSfion will be followed by
The development Of others in that re-
gion. That is inevitable from the fact
that the same formations and the same
geological characteristics pervade the
whole range OF which this rich ledge
orms part.