Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-01
MINES And MINING.

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w. S. Kerr, general manager OF the
Wilcox gold mine and mill, Banner dis
trict, San Diego county, is in the city.
The town of Banner, in the Julian mount
aims, is about thirty-fve miles by stage
from point twenty-five miles out on
the Cuyamaca railroad. Four stamp
mills and one roller mill are running
there. and Mr.. Kerr says the mines are
proving very profitable. Considerable
San Francisco capital is invested there.
One OF the richest mines in all the dis
trict (Chariot) is owned entirely by cap
ital here. 'sThe quartz is in the slate" !"
said Mr.. Kerr yesterday, "and below is
the granite. It is only four miles dis
tant to Julian and not much further to
the big Stonewall gold mine owned by
the late Governor Waterman, and now
paying 5000 month";" Mr.. Kerr has
been mining there several years and re-
CARDS the district as very promising. He
says the gold region OF the Julian
mountains is destined to attract atten
ton strongly.-[San Francisco Exam
iner.
JULIAN MINES.
During the past month little, says the
Julian Sentinel, has been said of the
Halvetia, but this valuable property
has been steadily improving and is now
considered one of the best in camp. A
visit to this mine one day last week
disclosed some facts not heretofore
known to the outside public. How to
get sufficient water supply at first
seemed a difficulty, but one that was
easily overcome and the mill is running
day and night. A tank was placed just
outside the mill and the water is caught
anddorced back into the tanks above
and used again. In this manner a
plentiful supply is always on hand.
Not long ago the old workings of this
mine were reached and valuable
body of ore of considerable ex-
tent encountered. Some twenty men
are working day and night
and the ore is coming up the shaft as
fast as the mill can crush it. The ore
averages from $17 to $40 per ton, most
of it coming from the slopes. Among
other improvements is a new 70-horse
power boiler now on the road, which
will furnish steam enough to run the
mill and pumps independent of the
other boiler.
The Banner Mill and Mining company
are working in some nice rock in the
new tunnel that is being drifted into
the hill from the mouth of the working
shaft. This mine proves to be veri-
table storehouse of rich ores, the extent
and richness of which increases as de-
velopment work is done.
The Chaparral is steadily pushing
ahead, and four-foot ledge of pay rock
has been discovered. This is valuable
mine, and the public may expect to
hear of further developments before
many weeks.
DARWIN DoINGs.
At the Independence mine, says the
Inyo Independent, very i'm portant i'm
provement has been completed by the
introduction of water to the different
parts of the mine. The mine is very
dry in all it's parts, and when miners
were at work the air quickly became SO
filled with dust as to make it very dis
agreeable and injurious to health. Mr..
Reddy determined to remedy this by the
introduction of water pipes to the va
rious workings. This has been done,
and now the men keep the ground all
about them we'll sprinkled, and the air
is free from dust. clear and pure. There
is plenty of ore in sight, and teams are
on the road all the time hauling to
Keeler. There are no idle men at Dar-
win; if more men could be had they
would be employed at the Independence
mine. The wages paid are So so day.
The Defiance mine, also owned by Mr..
Reddy, is reported to be looking well,
with much ore in sight. At Lookout
Mr.. Fitzgerald is reported to be accu-
mulating large amount of ore at the
furnace, with intent to make run soon.