Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-03
MINES AND MINING.
A New Claim Near Twenty
Nine Palms.
Rich Mines Located Near South
Riverside.
A New Mineral Belt to Be Tapped
in Arizona.
Interesting Notes From San Bernar-
dino-A Rich Gold Strike
In the Weaver
District.

Banning, hired Frank Johnson's team
and started for the desert. Luni said
he had located mine eighteen miles
east of Twenty-Five Palms, and has
sold it to the Waterloo Mining company
of Calico. This company had confidence
in the mine and would at once erect q
twenty-stamp mill. Joe Carboi would
act as foreman and represent the Water.
loo interests. The mine has been ex-
plotted sufficiently to, induce 80 con-
servative company as the Waterloo to
take hold of it, and that is ample evi
deace that there is plenty of pay rock
in sight. Banning will be the base o.
supplies for the new camp, and that
means largely increased volume OF
trade here.-[ Banning Herald.
SOUTH RIVERSIDE MEsAs.
Joseph Banes, the South Riverside cor.
respondent of the Pomona Times, says
The mining interests of this locality
draw constant attention to this place.
Lord & Fraser have had during the last
two months large force of men en-
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| upon their various mines of gypsum,
clay and yellow and red ochres. In con-
nection with the latter, they have two
very we'll defined lodges of superior
quality of yellow ochre. They have a
distinct vein OF four feet extending over
5000 in length. Their red ochre is in two
veins, one of fourteen feet thick and the
length of two chains; the other is about
os lo1 4h<,f frrv md
of equal quality, which experts have
pronounced excellent. Near to these
claims there are two valuable claims of
shell lime, pure carbonates of lime, in
fact. This product makes the finest ma
All these are gross metals, but expert
ence has shown many prospectors here
abouts that their labor in this direction
is more quickly and better rewarded
| than in more costly and precarious
search after precious ores.
A MINERAL BELT TO BE TAPPED.
Chief Engineer w. G. Edes of the
Southern Pacific Railroad company ar
rived in Phoenix yesterday, Gays recent
number of the Phoenix Gazette, with
thirteen men and several teams and
wagons. Today twelve more men and
the balance of the tents and wagons will
arrive from San Francisco, making the
entire surveying party consist of twenty
five men. Mr.. Edes was confined to his
room at the Commercial hotel last night
and when seen by Gazette reporter
said he did not feel like talking much,
but that we could say that the Southern
Pacific company would build railroad
from Phoenix to Prescott by the Black
caflon route, connecting the Maricopa and
Phoenix with the Prescott and Arizona
Central, or Bullock road. This means
that the Santa F6, Prescott and Phoenix
company has not bought the Bullock
line and will build from Ash Fork,
thereby giving us two north and south
roads. Ii everything arrives and can be
gotten together, the party will start out
tomorrow morning. La answer to the
question as to whether construction
force would follow up the engineering
party, he said he could not state posi-
lively, but understood that work would
begin at once. The Gazette has it from
good authority that grading force will
be here soon and be put to work in
behind the engineers. The benefits
to be derived from it are incalculable.
1t will open up the richest mineral
belt in the western country. The group
nearest Phoenix, composing the Crowned
King, California, Conger, Grey Eagle
and Peck, are old producing mines and
have long paid to work with all the
present disadvantages. At Big Bug it
will tap another rich group of mines.
Here is located the plant of the Com
mercial Mining company's large and
extensive smelling works. The road
will extend out through Lonesome val
ley and will open up the Verde country
and afford an outlet for the immense
beds of rock salt and salpeter lying along
the Verde river. The building of this
line by the Southern Pacific company
will not interfere with the building of
the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix
railroad.
NOTES FROM SAN BERNARDINo.
The following correspondence appeared
in recent issue Of the San Bernardino
Courier:
EDITOR COURIER As have seen
nothing in your paper regarding assess
nent work on mines, thought would
call attention to the bill which was
pa6seu Dy Juo ldsb bLdtc ltRlel6tuIc.
think it would be to the interest of your
readers, especially to the mining portion,
if You would publish the statute in full.
I have not the bill at hand, or would
send it to you The bill that was passed
will be found on page 2l9 Of the statutes
of 1891.
This law compels every mine owner in
the state to make sworn statement as
to having done the necessary assessment
work and have such recorded in the
county records within thirty days from
the time the work is required to be COM
pleted by law.
This, believe, is the first law passed
by the state legislature concerning min
ing, and as this law makes the ground
locatable (f not complied with), it is Of
the utmost importarce to all owners OF
mines. There may be question as to
the legality OF this bill, as it might con-
flict with the United States laws, bat
under any circumstances it will put
many poor miner to great inconyeni'
snco and expense. No doubt sofne min
ing men bad an ohjsc4 in having such a
bill become the law ci the land The