Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-04
MINES AND MINING.
Holes in the Ground in
Southern California.
The Latest Work in Their
Development.
The Wonderful Mineral Wealth in
Yuma County.
The New Road to the Harqus Hala
Mines News Notes of
New and Old
Finds.

is simply bounoless in richness. 1t is
matter which can be advertised to the
world as one of the most valuable re-
sources of the many with which this
country is favored. This is noidle boast.
The richest mines in Arizona are in
Yuma county-the Harqua Hala Be-
nanzas. The best 'poor mems mines
in the world are located near the county
seat; they are the silver-lead lodges of
Castle Dome, Eureka and Silver Dis
tricts. The immense lodges of copper
which carry gold are just below the Mo-
have county line, and run from the
Colorado river east to the line of Mari
copa. Iron deposits are to be seen on
every side, and in some instances are
found to be mountains of ore. Anti
monv veins are numerous, although not
worked at present. Marble is to be had,
or placer gold, if you prefer it, at ella
City. cinnabar near La Para, alabaster
! in the Castle Dome district. The garnet,
opal, jaspar and'hre-agate ON every mesa
and hillside.
Nature has been generous in the gift
| of minerals to Yuma county. There
! has been no stinted measure given. The
riches are laid away for future use, and
| the far-seeing miner is not losing any
time in securing valuable locations,
which are to be had at no cost but the
| expenditure of little labor and good
sense.-[Sentinel.
THE HARQUA HALA ROAD.
Charlie Phelps got in from the new
Haroua Hala road yesterday. By dint
of faith and perseverance he has sue
ceeded in making himself valuable
place on the desert and has assured the
use of the new road which he opened
| himself last year. His we'll is eighteen
miles west of'Sidney, the capital of the
Buckeye district, and forty miles from
Mrs. CampbelPs ranch at the point of
| the Harqua Halas. At the present
depth of eighty-fve feet the water comes
in at the rate OF 1000 gallons daily, and
as it is rising too fast to be overcome by
hand, he has come in to make arrange
ments for within or other appliance to
pump it out. He intends to increase
| the capacity to 5000 gallons daily before
considering the we'll finished, and then
he will have valuable cattle ranch as
well as an important water station on
the shortest route between Phoenix and
the bonanza mines. The new road
crosses the Buckeye canal a short dis
lance west of Sidney and keeps on due
west toward Saddle mountain, leaving
that prominent land mark to the left.
1t cuts off twenty-five miles from the old
route. The well is five miles this side
of the saddle.-GPhenix, A. T., Repub
lican.
THE sToNEwALL IN BONANZA.
1t was rumored yesterday about town
that the Stonewall was again in bonan-
"a, large vein of quartz averaging
twenty feet in thickness having been
discovered in the hanging wall country,
about sixty feet from the old workings.
The vein was discovered some weeks ago
on the 200-foot level, since which time
cross cuts from the 100-foot and 300foot
levels have been driven in, discovering
the same immense mass of rich gold
rock. The shoot is now known to be
200 feet high, and may be assumed to
be equally long. This would represent
at least 60, 900 tons of quartz, or suffi-
cient to keep the mills running night
and day for three years. If the quartz
runs 500, as stated, the Stonewall is
certainly in bonanza. Another story in
circulation last evening was that the
property had been placed in Chicago
for 81 100000. Negotiations were begun
some time since. and have only recently
been closed. If these things are true
Julian is on the high road to prosper
| ity heretofore unknown.
GOLD GALORE.
The Record of recent date made
mention of the fact that prospectors
had discovered some very promising
mineral indications upon the lands of
the Land and Town company, says the
National City Record. We are this
week enabled to give all the facts. The
Land and Town company the past week
leased to G. Raft and Manuel Corrales
the following lands: All of quarter
section No. 3, the southeast quarter of
quarter section No. "A, and the east half
OF quarter section No. 25, all in National
ranch. These lands lie mostly in Spring
valley caf1oh, Immediately adjacent to
the National City and Otay line through
the cafion. Experts who have examined
the ore pronounce it one Of the best dis
coveries ever made in this country. The
vein lies between porphyry walls and is
carbonate formation very much re-
sembling that OF Leadville. Who knows,
we may be on the eve of mining boom.
BIG BUG ONYX BEDS.
Me6Sr6. george ID. MCOdHH anu Adrou
Mason returned, last evening, from a
visit to the formers onyx beds in Big
Bug. Six men are working on them.
and this force is to be increased. The
property improves with every foot of
development. Mr.. Mason has become
interested in the same, and will expend
upon it the same energy that made
the Silver King mine such boomer in
the balmy days of his superintendency.
Two cars of onyx are to be shipped atonce
to San Francisco, via Prescott, which is
only twenty-eight miles distant. Other
carloads will be forwarded then to New
| York and various eastern cities.-[Pho-
nix Herald.
THE ELSINORE MINES.
The following mining notes are from
the press:
A shaft is down distance of six feet
on the "Elsinore Press" owned by
Messrs. Stockton & Mills, and good
looking and eold-bearing quartz being
taken out. No assay has yet been OBJ
tanned, but judging from appearances
alone, the ore bids fair to prove as
valuable as any in the hills.
The proprietors of the Good Hope
mine have identified themselves with