Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-18
MINES AND MINING.

publishes the following about the Calico
mines:
The eastern visitor to California, who
travels over the Atlantic and Pacific or
the Santa Fe road, does not know that
when he arrives at Daggett, on the des-
ert. he is only nine miles away from
one of the richest and best mining
camps in the state, but such is the case,
for lust nine miles east of Daggett in the
low range of mountains that skirt the
desert is situated the town of Calico,
which contains population of over 800
people, 500 of whom are engaged in TAX
ing out silver and other precious metals,
the estimate this year being placed at
$1,000,000.
This lively little mining camp is
nestled snugly in the mountains of diff
ferent hues from which the town takes
it's name, and it is filled with miners,
mill-men and laborers, all of whom are
engaged in delving for silver.
The mines in this camp are being
worked more Systematically than ever
before, and in consequence the owners
are now receiving some dividends.
The Waterloo Mining company own
King in Calico and group in East
Calico that they are not working at
present.
The Silver King Mining company,
limited, own and work the mines form
erly owned by John s. Doe, and known
as the Runover Mining company, own
the Orientals, the Silver Monument, the
Occidental, the Garfield and the Odessa
mines, which they are now working,
and number of other claims which
have not yet been worked.
The Barber Mill and Mining company
own several groups of mines in different
parts of the camp, but are only working
the Langtry mine at the present time.
They have q tive-stamp mill in Calico,
which is kept constantly running on
Langtry ore and ore brought to it from
the chloriders who are working the Sue
mine.
TheWaterloo company have two mills,
one OF sixty stamps and one OF fifteen
stamps, ssuated on the Mojave river
about two miles east of Daggett, which
are kept running night and day on the
ore taken from their mines.
The Silver King, limited, have thirty
stamp mill situated in Calico which
keeps constantly at work on the ore
from their mines.
The celebrated Borate mines are stu
ated just six miles east of Calico, and
are turning out large amount of borax
which is shipped to Alameda, where it
is refined. This mine employs about
forty men and it divides large dividends
among its shareholders every month.
The lava beds are situated about thirty
miles from Calico, and have some very
good mines OF copper, iron, gold and sill
yer, which will be very valuable if the
Union Pacific ever builds their contem-
plated line through this region.
Calico ie a typical mining camp, and
is well supplied with business houses.
1t has school house, and large hall
will be built there very shortly.
Calico should be visited to be appre-
ciated, and as time rolls by it will be-
come one of the most important mining
amps on the Pacific coast.
JULIAN MINES.
The Julian Sentinel prints the follow
ing notes about mines in that region:
The mill of the Banner Mining COM
pany has been quiet now for several
days awaiting ore.
Bob Walker and partners are employ
ing their time with profit upon their fine
property, the Chaparral.
The owners of the Empire mine at
Banner have improved their property by
putting new track and car in place,
thus rendering easier their work of de-
velOpment.
The rush of assessment work is now
over. Several properties. some of con-
siderable value, have changed owners
since the first of the year by reason of
failure to comply with the law in this
particular 1t is to be hoped the public
will benefit by the change by the start
ing up of new works.
James Lowe and partner, Morris, are
doing swimming work upon their con-
tract in the Helvetia. They are clear
ing out the drifts of the old works and
timbering we'll as they go. Consider
able ore is coming up the shaft, upon
which the stamps employ their time as
long as they have water.
KERN COUNTY MINES.
W. E. Rogers. o. g. Rogers and Mr..
Gum of San Francisco, who are con-
nected with the English syndicate which
purchased the William Johns property
at Aqua Caliente, are at the mine loca-
ting their mill, which is being hauled
lIOu Odllcnb6.
Mining men are gathering in Havilah
again. The old abandoned mines are
being prospected with good promise,
which is stirring up the mining interest
in that locality. The camp is most sure
to revive, as there are many good mines
in that vicinity awaiting development.
Il Bakersfield Californian.
FROM GAvILAN.
The other day, in Dinsmore & Bord-
mans office. a representative of the
Phoenix found DR.. Sylvester, w. H.
Bordwell and several others of the
Riverside mining contingent, bending
over something that at first thought he
took to be somebody's new baby getting
its showing off, but which, upon closer
inspection, proved to be "pan.out.
One gentleman had a pan full of gold
ore in solution, which he was carefully
manipulating, while the others bent
over and eagerly watched the process.
When finally the work was done, there
was the beautiful yellow metal collected
on the composition at the bottom. The
ore was taken from the Gavian mines,
just ten ounces of it, and it panned out
well, whole lot of gold, it seemed to
a novice, and the miners said it was
away up.-[Riversde Phoenix.
La Grippe!
The tandencv of this disease toward