The herald., 1893-09-17
ABOUT HOLES IN THE GROUND,
A Statement Of Fact About
Vanderbilt District.
Mr.. J. P. Taggart Interviewed On
the New Camp.
Everything Promises Well for the
Mines There-Perris Notes.-The
Picacho Mines - New
Gold Fields.

Mr.. J. P. Taggart. large owner Of
claims in the Vanderbilt mining dis
trict, ia in the city and yesterday gave
HERALD reporter hefollowing interview
about that region, which has been at
tackled by the San Francisco Chronicle !:
"The Chronicles articles of September
14th, headed, The Wrath OF Flood, is
Huch batch Of miestatements and does
the mining camp of Vanderbilt such an
injustice that it calls for general, true
statement OF facts from one who knows
the camp from the day of it's location till
now
Vanderbilt derives its name from the
Vanderbilt springs. located and named
by government surveyors many years
ago. and was not linked with the wealthy
family of that name to give the mines
an appropriate name.
"They are situated So miles from Golf
station, (new known as Blakes) on the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad, and are
connected with that station by the Me-
vada Southern railroad, which runs reg
ular trains daily and is steadily building
towards Salt Lake; and before sleepy
San Francisco wakes up and is released
from the Southern Pacidc's strong grasp,
Los Angeles will be the terminus OF an
other overland road, land will be making
further inroad on San Francisco's whole
sale trade.
February rs, 1893. the day following
Mr.. Mackey being shot by Rippey, w.
S. Lyle paid $40, 300 for 302l feet of
ground at Vanderbilt. after having q
working bond on the properties for five
months. .
'Mr. Lyle thoroughly prospected and
developed these claims for five months,
and before paying for them, Mr.. Floods
trusted expert, Joe Low, examined and
tested the ores and pronounced the
properties all right, having found at
least 5000, 900 worth OF ore exposed to q
depth OF 100 feet. u
"Mr. Mackey has never been atVander-
bilt, but his experts sent have not only
reported favorably, but have bonded and
are now working additional property
there, namely, the Crystal and Queen of
the Night. both OF which show up we'll.
"Mr. Robinson, who succeeds Mr..
Lewellen as superintendent OF themines,
is an old White Pine mining man of ex-
perience, and has not been imported
from Colorado, as the Chronicle stated.
Pat Kervin was at the mines in July
and advised further sinking before put
ting up mills to work the ore, and has
not condemned the camp, as the article
would infer.
"The bonanza firm has not lost
cent at Vanderbilt, nor ever will. They
have gone about their developments
cautiously and no money has been
wasted in foolish prospecting. What
money has been expended has been
judicioHaly used and will bring large re-
turns on their Investments, and when
further explorations are made the pub
lie will have an opportunity of invest
ing in dividend paying stocks. For
Vanderbilt, be it known, will be no
gambling proposition.
'.Other mines developed show uni
formly high grade of paying ore bodies.
The Gold Bronze mine has 1900 feet of
development work done; has shipped
$50 900 worth OF ore, averaging S103 per
ton for the frat class shipments and $50
per ton for second grade ore. The bot
tom drift is $40 feet and no break in the
ledge the entire distance. There is bet
ter ore on the bottom level than any
place in the mine. The owners will
shortly resume work with new hoisting
works and larger force OF men than
ever worked in the camp before.
"a. g. Campbell's mines are all look
ing we'll on the bottom and he Is pre-
pairing to erect ten-stamp mill at
Vanderbilt this winter. Sampling works
for the district are in contemplation,
soon aa the railroad has advanced q few
miles more.
ga number Of prospects, very promis-
ing, are simply idle ON account Of the
stringency of money matters.
There have been an army OF experts
at Vanderbilt, and it is to be recorded
yet for the first one of any note to sound
an alarming report detrimental to the
future of the camp. They all say that
there are more good prospects than at
any camp they were ever in, and that it
gives more promise of being perma-
nent mining camp than any other on
the coast. There are three mines devel-
oped beyond the prospect stage, and
they are enough to make good camp If
no more are found in the many pros
poets being worked; and this. too, when
the camp is but two years since first
found. One good mine made the Com
stock famous, two made Tombstone, one
celebrated Creede, and why should Van.
derbilt be stamped on in its infancy by
the Chronicle? Is it because it is not
tributary to San Francisco, and does not
pay toll to the Southern Pacific railroad
Or have some OF San Francisco's mining
experts failedSto purchase, at their own
price, one of the dividend-paying prop.
critics at the Young and promising min
inc camp of Vanderbilt ?''