Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-07
MINES AND MINING.
Millionaire Bradbury's Bonanza
at Rosario.
An Interesting Letter About the
Alamo Camps.
A Mine Which Is an Underground City.
Notes frem the Julian Dis
trict = The Alamo
Mines.

A Lower California correspondent of
San Diego paper. In describing his
visit to various points on the peninsula,
says;
'At Rosario is the famous Tajo mine,
owned principally by l.. L. Bradbury,
the Los Angeles millionaire. The mine
is $50 feet deep, has twelve levels, thirty
miles of track, is fitted with the most
improved machinery, and employs hun
dreds of men. 1t Is veritable under
ground city. / was shown all through
the mine, and, judging from the piles of
bullion, the mine must pay enormously,
Notwithstanding the fact that it has
been in operation over 800 years.
THE o'EEILL NINE.
A correspondent of the San Diegan
writes as follows:
LAGUNA MOUNTAIN, June 2S.-Since
the closing down of the Stonewall mine
feeling of sadness prevails among the
working classes. But better times are
looming up. The recent crushing at the
Noble mill on ore from the O'Neill mine
at Deer Park was surprise. The clean
up was much better than predicted,
taking into consideration the difficult
ties of working the mine on account of
the mammoth size OF the ledge, and
more particularly the scarcity of money
to develop its resources. However, the
difficulties are now surmounted. The
O'Neill in my opinion will eclipse the
Stonewall, for the reason that at 30 feet
depth the O'Neill ore milled $10.80, with
an S-foot ledge. The O'Neill will be
hard to beat, and my earnest wish is
success. BOB WEYMs.
NOTES FROM ALAMO.
A correspondent Of the Union at Ala
mo writes that although the hopes of
a boom are temporarily squelched by
the closing down of the Tomasso COM
pany, the camp is still producing gold in
appreciable quantity. The Aurora mine,
the leading one here, is in bonanza ore
again, and the mill responds by running
full time. Both owners are away, one
bowling for Cleveland in Chicago and
the other recovering from the Blaine
fever.
"The Princess company is untiring,
and still pegs away at losing game.
Their luck is apt to turn from sheer per-
sistence. A full force of men is kept on
night and day, and lately new ore
body was found, which yields hand
somely.
"'Ted' Brennan of Pine street is ex-
pected here tomorrow with capitalist
to inspect some properties. The Asbes-
tos, IXL and Rainbow mines are under
consideration. On Aurora hill another
group is being gathered in options, the
Americana, Tarantula, Elephant, Quin-
ota, Richmond, Manzanita and Scor-
pion. Some San Francisco parties are
negotiating for this group through their
Alamo agent. A sale is also noted of the
Centipede, in Mexican Gulch, where
mill is to be placed,
Much sympathy is manifested here
for A. Fl. Butler, the indefatigable. He
has wrestled the past five weeks in San
Francisco against adverse circumstances
connected with the Tomasso company.
The closing down of their promising
work on the Tomasse group is to be re-
gretted. Nobody who knows Butler
doubts that he will eventually come out
in bonanza.
"More placer digging is going on than
since the first discoveries. Prospecting
is also lively in the direction of the des-
ert. At Chinka Chada gold is reported
in paying quantities. Camp Nacional is
paying the fifteen men there an average
of IS each daily.
';In the neighborhood of the Ell Paso
mill in Alamo gulch, an old river bed
has been discovered, which now swarms
with men and rockers. Several lucky
ones are taking out over an ounce a
day. Others must get their salt on
tick"