The herald., 1893-12-13
THE NEW BONANZA COUNTRY,
Rich Finds in and About the
GOler District.
A Mining Region Neglected by Los
Angeles Capitalists.
Mon Who Are Doing Well Without
Any Cspital-Tho Results OF
Recent Trip Over
That Section.
Special correspondence to the HERALD.

Special correspondence to the HERALD.
GoLER CAMP, Dec, 12.-Recent de-
velopments in the Goler mining district
in Kern county induced your correspon-
dent to make trip thither, and after a
seven days thorough investigation OF
said district l consider it matter OF
sufficient interest to your many readers
to warrant hasty account Of my trip.
The passage over the Southern Pacific
in one of their elegant coaches, from
Los Angeles to Mojave, is one full OF in
terest to any one who is interested in
the geological formation of the country.
Arriving there we secured team from
J. w. Rice and drove to the first camp,
at Red Rock cafion, % miles distant.
Here we found something like 20 tents
in various localities on either side OF
the main gulch, and all seemingly very
active.
The claims of Messrs. Bell, Morse &
Co., from San Bernardino, are by far the
richest in this cafion. They have made
an average of SO per day to the man for
the last seven weeks. The process is
with dry washer entirely, and hence the
gold is all coarse, no care being taken to
save the fine; in fact, the washers used
will not save fine gold.
From this camp we went to Coyote
Holes or Raymond's station, on the
stage route to Keeler, distant 20 miles
north. No work has been done along
this entire route and the prospector has
apparently left this valuable district out
OF his bailwick. Lying east and north
distant 25 miles is the famous slate
range where are located the fine mines
OF the Wilson brothers of Mojave. These
mines are probably among the finest
in this famous range and the ledge is
rich from the surface down in gold
which has thus far averaged $46 to the
ton.
Water is abundant here and the FIVE
stamp mill is run by gasoline engine
of 10 horse power. Messrs. Mills & Stiles
are putting in tive-stamp mill on their
mine few miles north of Wilson Bro. g
and az they declined naming any price
on their mine, it is no doubt bonanza
to its fortunate possessors.
Our course southwark was via the old
Ell Paso pass, where we found the old
tunnels of that once noted place, the Ell
Paso mines and the remains of the ''Ho-
tel de Paris" where ex-Mayor Tober-
man and others of our old timers ex-
pended time and money tunneling
through the solid granite in hopes of
striking the mother LEDGE" which is
supposed to be the matrix from which
all the gold comes that has been found
in this vicinity How grateful we all
felt as we drank deeply of the cold, clear
water we found in one OF the inclines of
this place.
Four miles easterly we came upon the
new strike in placers discovered by the
Van Syke brothers some 10 days back.
While not SO large as the Goler field it is
exceedingly rich, and on our trip the
next day to Goler we met IL outfits in
wagons and three burro caravans hast
ening thither.
The Goler continues to yield its coarse
gold and in paying quantities, and has
in the.various ravines and side gulches
about 80 miners at work.
We next visited the Last Chance
gulch, 81 miles northeasterly from Mo
lave and 3 miles from Kane's springs.
This caf1on has the best supply of water
and best natural advantages for placer
mining of all places visited. A natural
dam site and as rich plscers as any
found Much coarse gold. which brings
$40 per ounce at the San Francisco mint,
has been coyoted out of this gulch, and
az yet no use made of the water. We
took a pan here and from the hillsides
on every side gulch we found fine gold
in every pan. John N. Young of San
Diego. one of the best mining experts of
the state, made an examination of this
gulch and reported it one of the finest
he had ever found on the coast. 1t is
owned by poor men who lack concert of
action and whO haVa thun far yv0rkod IN
the dry washer plan, thus losing much
in the fine gold 40 abundant even on the
hill tops.
Kane Springs is situated 26 miles
from Mojave on the old borax mine
road, and is the property OF Mr.. Charles
Cohen, who has supplies of groceries,,
hay and grain, and who has not the gail
30 common among settlers on the desert
to charge travellers for water.
Altogether we consider this the great
est find in mining in California for quar-
ter OF century past, and why it is that
there 10 scarcely q Los Angeles man TO
be found in the various campsis beyond
our conjecture. San Bernardino, San
Diego. Northern California, Nevada and
Utah are all represented by miners tax
ing out the precious metal and owning
the best locations. We were accompan-
led On this trip by the Hon. Nestor A.
Young and ). G. Gregory. both old-timc
miners, and both of whom are more or
less familiar with the Mojave and Colo
RADIO deserts.
In all our experience we have never
seen any field 80 promising to men OF
means who, upon even casual exam
ination, could not fail to see fine
chance for investment.