The herald., 1893-12-03
ABOUT HOLES IN THE GROUND,
General Activity in San Diego
and the Peninsular.
Rich Gold Diggings Discovered "a
Miles North of Mojave.
Notes About the Morongo District-The
Tanama District in Lower Cali
fornia-The High Peak.
Needles Eye Notes.

OF winter and the abundance OF ralns,
mining is again becoming an important
factor in the development of this county
and Lower California. The Julian coun-
try is taking on a new lease OF life. The
Nuevo Sentinel, which is considered re-
liable authority, states that the Ready
Relief, probably the best mining prop
erty in the county, has been yielding
splendid results for the owners, and at
the present time large body OF high
grade ore is in sight. The Ella mine
requires no comment. 1t will be remem-
bered that in May $1,000 in gold was
taken out, the result of two months
work by three men. There is today on
the dump pile of ore estimated to con-
tain from $4,000 to $4,000 in gold, all
taken out of the mine IN the past three
months. The Antelope shaft is being
retimbered. A look load OF mining
timber passed through town on Satur-
day from Shaw's mill for that purpose.
w. B. King, one OF the owners of the
Owens mine, came down from San
Francisco in company with j. II. Nor.
ton, mining expert of Redding, Shasta
county, representing at present San
Francisco mining company. Mr.. Nor
ton spent Saturday and Sunday in look
ing over the property, and will report
the result of his Investigations to the
company. If the report is favorable
they will purchase the property and
begin developments at once.
Regarding mines ON the desert side OF
the county, the Yuma Sentinel says ::
The welcome monthly receipts from the
Gold Rock and the Cargo Muchacho
mills and placer, as we'll as the rich re-
turns at the Picacho placer mines, are
more than gratifying, and warrant us in
saying that Yuma is in the center Of
one of the richest gold belts in the west,
and is attracting the attention of capi-
talists both east and west, in q manner
never known in the history OF our min
ing interests.
More prospecting parties are now on
the desert than at any time for year
past, and new discoveries may be ex-
pected. From Lower California simi-
larly encouraging reports are received.
Several good-sized gold bricks have been
received in this city from La Fortuna
mine at Tanama, which has lately passed
into tho hands of A. Godbe. At Vale
de las Palmas II. Morrill, has been de.
veloping the Prosperidad, which shows
an 18-inch ledge running $50 gold per
ton. The Lower Californian says that
H. Doughlas is down over go feet on the
new shaft in the Las Cruces mine, and
has found good ledge with abundant
ore of average "ley." A party Of
miners left few days ago to open up
the new gold mine found by Bareno at
San Franciequito, on the gull coast.
There seems to be no doubt that the
onyx quarries will be the scene of buster
work than ever within month, Presi-
dent Fellows having gone to make
preparations for resuming work. Assur-
anees having been made that the opera
tions at Cclmslli will not be affected by
tthe en- barrassment of Schacht, Lemcke
, &Steiner of San Francisco.
The gold placers at Juarez are proniis-
ing greater results than at fret expected,
according to ]. Montgomery, who lately
arrived at Campo from the new camp.
He and his partners have put in pump
ing machinery and are raising water for
sluciug off the surface dirt while sinking
large shalt in the creek bottom. Big
pay is confidently looked for. as bedrock
has not yet been reached on account of
water. while the dirt even on the surface
is fairly rich. Other miners are doing
we'll with sluices. long toms and even
rockers.
The Lower Californian states that W.
A. Evans, president of the Oswego Iron
and Steel company, and w. D. Hofus
and W. M. Pigott, partners in rolling
mills in Colorado, have visited the Te-
pustete iron mines at San Isidro, 80
miles below Enaenada, and that the
work of extracting ore is to begin at
once. MIR. Evans announced that the
company would put up landing stage.
and gravity steel cable with auto
matte dumping buckets. with capacity
of handling 100 tons per day. That
amount of ore will be mined, he stated,
by January 1st. Mesers. Hofius and
Pigott have contracted with Mr.. Evana'
company to take ore from Tepustete,