The herald., 1893-11-05
ABOUT HOLES IN THE GROUND,
A Review of the Mining Situ-
alton at Perris.
Great Activity and Fine Prospects in
That District.
The Good Hope aud Santa Rosa Prop
ertfss-The ELK Mine ut Ban
ner-Rtversfds County
Prospects,.

mine, OF which 80 much has been SAID
and written, is, OF course, the richest
and most extensively worked in the dis
trict, and its value and permanency are
unquestioned. 1t has been worked con-
tinuously under it's present management
for three years, and its ore body shows
no evidence of diminution. The mine
has thousands of feet of shafts and tun-
nels, and has been stopped for hundreds
of feet. 1t has added in that time hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in gold to
the worlds Golfers. and the mill attached
to the mine is kept steadily at work
grinding out the yellow metal. The ore
from the mine is free milling and easily
mined, and assays from $40 to $50 to the
ton, although in many instances pock-
cts have been encountered where it ran
up into the thousands. The mine is
without doubt the most valuable one in
Southern California, and on several oc-
casions offers Of half a million dollars
have been refused for the property.
The owner of the property, James Siga-
furs. is q mining man of many years ex.
perience, and personally supervises all
work at the mine and mill. In all
about 20 men are employed at the camp.
just over the hill from the Good Hope.
and distant about one mile, are the
claims of the Reed Bros, who have re-
Gently sold an interest in them to Messrs.
Manning and Graham, two practical
mining men. The claims number five,
and dot the surrounding hills on all
sides. They have all been more or less
prospected, and give evidence of holding
out. The lodges average about IL inches
in width. The ore from them is nearly
all of the same character, and is free
milling. 1t is an iron stained granite,
partially decomposed, and assays about
$50 in gold, with trace OF silver and
iron. Sulphurete are found in small
quantities. The owners of the mines
are now breaking ground to put up
Huntington roller mill, which is en-
route and expected to arrive daily. The
mill will have a crushing capacity of 10
tons per day, and it's power will be fur
nished by a six-horse power gasoline
engine. A water supply is being devel-
oped on the ground sufficient to run the
engins and mill and to furnish water for
domestic purposes. A. A. Graham, who
il in charge OF the properly, is mining
man OF many years. experience. He has
great faith in the outcome OF his and his
partners venture, and predicts great
future icr the section. Mr.. Graham says
that when their mill s in operation they
will be prepared to do custom work for
the miners in the vicinity.
Hearn Bros, who are developing the
Stanford mine, one mile north OF Reed
Bros.' camp, have az promising look
ing claim as there is in the district.
They are down SO feet, and have o two
foot ledge, from which ore assaying $50
and $50 is being taken, although when
at depth of about % feet from thesur-
face q pocket of marvellous richness has
been struck, and several thousand dol
lars worth of ore extracted. The ore is
generally free-milling, and contains q
good deal of coarse gold, although sui
phurets are occasionally found. The
Messrs. Hearn have fve-stamp pros
pector's mill on the ground, and it is ap-
parently working we'll. No cleanup
however. has yet been made, though in
dications point to rich one. 1t is the
intention of the owners, II the run is
satisfactory to put up trst-class mill
and work the mine for all there is in it.
The mill ie run by four horsepower
gasoline engine, and it is doing good
work. The expense of running the en-
gine, Mr.. Hearn stated, does not exceed
rs cents per day, therefore one great OBJ
stacle to successful and economical min
ing has been removed-that of excessive
cost of supplying fuel.
At the Santa Rosa mine-formerly the
Rosalia-which is now under bond to
Ex-Governor A. G. Blasdel of Nevada,
about 20 men are steadily employed at
the mine and mill. The mill, which had
been laid up for repairs for about 10
days, started up Monday, and will be
kept running continuously on the ore
| from the mine. The mill is working five
stamps. and has a capacity OF about 20
tons per day. The main shaft on the
mine is now down 149 feet, and the ore
vein is two feet wide. 1t assays from
$50 to $50 per ton. The Santa Rosa
gives promise of being one OF the best
mines in the district, and the fact that
Governor Blasdel, who is reputed to be
mining man OF undoubted shrewdnesH,
is giving his entire time and attention
to the development OF the property,
would warrant the assumption OF this
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visiting his family at Oakland, but is
expected to return daily. During his
absence his interests are being carefully
looked after by Ed. ]. Raweon.
Vice & Knight, the owners OF the
Justice, which is about mile distant
from the Santa Rosa, have force Of
men ct work putting the mine in good
working shape. The property is one ol
the richest in the district, and many
thousands Of dollars have been taken
out of it. It was formerly worked by
Mexicans, who, in keeping with the
crude and primitive methods which
characterize their nation, gouged here
and there, and took out the ore iron
the richest spots and left the rest to bt
removed by the hand OF practicability
and system. The mine is opened by
two tunnels, one 260 feet and the othel
$50. No mill test has yet been made o
the rock, though email arrastra rum
have netted from $50 to $50 to car o
800 pounds.
The Virginia. bonded by the Gran
Bros. of Los Angeles. is another first
class property. 1t has been shut down
though, because of the fact that th'
machinery on hand was inadequate t.
handle the water coming into the shaft
1t ia reported, however, that the prop
erty has been sold, and that machiner.
necessary to work it will soon be place.
in position.
On the Santa Fe. the property OF A. II