Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-31
The Developments at the New
Bonanza.
Doubt Expressed as to the Value
of the Find.
The Story of How the Alleged Ledge
Was Found.
No Assay of the Ore as Yet Made IAN
Opinion from Two Experts.
The Story from Lords
burg.

The reported bonanza discovery OF
silver ledge at Lordsburg yesterday
caused great excitement. Several
hundred people left for the place during
the day, and last evening the popula-
tion of the place, including the prospec-
tors who were coyotiug around San
Dimas cai1on, where the ledge was
found, brought the population up with
jump from 100 to 400 or 500 souls.
Yesterdays HERALD contained full
account of the lucky strike made by Mr.
John H. Millzner, sthe travelling
salesman for Patrick Brothers, of
this city. The details OF the story
are told elsewhere in a special dispatch
from Lordsburg.
Mr.. Millzner, who had come to this
city to file his claim, returned to Lords
burg yesterday. As he neared his claim
he was surprised to see three or four
men at work with shovel and pick. He
said to the friends who accompanied
him: "Our claim has been jumped, and
we must get it back"
The men who were at work parleyed
for time, but Mr.. Millzner's friends
jumpers that they had better seek
another claim.
Mr.. Millzner came in last night with
lot of specimens, and was busily en-
gagged all the evening with mining men.
He had not got his assay yet, and was
not prepared to make positive assertions
as to the value of the ore other than that
he believed it to be very rich.
THE ORES VALUE DOUBTFUL.
A HERALD reporter last night met two
gentlemen who had just returned from
the camp and who are, from their call
ings, we'll qualified to Judge of the mat
ter. These were DR.. ). M. Woodbridge
of Pomona and his friend, William A.
Bingham, who until recently was gov
ernment assayer at Ell Paso.
DIR. Woodbridge is an analytical chem
ist and made a close examination of the
ledge and the ore yesterday. He said to
the reporter: 81 have examined tho
alleged mine in the San Dimas cafion,
and from the small amount OF devel-
opment done, find little or nothing to
justify the high reports. There is no
ore that we found which shows any
metallic traces, and there is no vein nor
any wallis"
Mr.. Bingham conceded with this ex.
preston. 1.-The whole excitement is
without any justification. The alleged
ore is chiefly decomposed kaolin, and
shows presence OF pyrites and sui
phide of iron, which may possibly carry
gold, but that is the only indication of
mineral we could find. We washed out
several pans and failed to get any indi-
cations of color"
THE STORY OF THE FIND.
LoRDsBURG, CAL, March 80. Especial
to the HERALD.ESeveral days ago ].
NJ. Connolly, a stone quarryman, and
boy named Mcdowell were walking over
the mountains, when Connolly picked
up some quartz and gave it to the boy,
who took it to the postoffice. The next
day H. R. Parker, former miner, came
along, saw the rock, and asked where it
came from. Some preliminaries were
gone through with, and the next morn
before reaching it Parker found
what is now the Bedrock mine.
Parker was pleased with his find and
returned to town to make arrange
ments for camping out.
After returning home, two drummers
from Los Angeles were met in one of the
stores, and asked their opinion of the
rock. John H. Millzner, one of the
drummsrs, became greatly interested
and an agreement was drawn up whereby
Millzner was, made a partner in the
mine, and the first train carried him to
Los Angeles to record his claim and
make arrangements for working it. As
yet the results of the assay have not
been learned.
A great many persons went up
this morning during the storm
to locate claims. Several expert
enced miners have gone up, but as yet
have not returned, and until they do, or
an assay is made, nothing can be said
as to the richness of the vein.
People congregate at the postoffice and
other places, talking of the discovery,
and excitement has been 80 high that
the professors in the Dunkard college
have lost their heads and all who can
walk have gone to the treasure fields.
Two years ago wood chopper named
Clifton, who had been working in the
caiion, brought some specimens of ore
to town, and it was said to contain
silver. Clifton would not tell where he
had found it, but said some day he
would tell, but when he did, he would
not be chopping wood. 1t was thought
that it was here that Clifton found his
specimen, as he lives near the mine.
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