The herald., 1894-04-23
A GOLD BONANZA NEAR MOJAVE
Senator del Vale Tells of a
Valuable Find.
Mining Notes From Various Neigh.
boring Places.
Notes From ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Under
Way ia Lowsr OAlifornia-New
Ceal Mine Near River
sids.

A gold mine which bids fair TO turn
out an immense bonsnza has been dis.
covered thirty-eight miles northeaHterly
of Moiave, on the Southern Pacific.
Strangely enough the news. notwith-
standing that the find was made ever
three weeks ago, has not reached the
outside world yet, although in that
sparaely inhabited region the excitement
is running very high. and the people Of
the Tehachepi and Mojave districts are
Docking to the new field as fast ss they
can.
The first newa OF the discovery was
brought to Los Angeles by ex-senator
del Valle, who returned from Red Rock
district on Saturday attsrnoou, where he
had been on business. lie brought with
him some specimens OF quartz, picked
up from the dump, haphazerd. which
ara so full OF particles of free gold, run
ming in Rizs from q mere speck to Jumps
the dimensions of pea, that 1t cannot
be called exnggeration to say thGt euch
ore must run up into the thousands of
dollars per ton.
Several months ago placers werc dis
covered in the Red Rock district which
have been paying very fairly. consider
ing that want OF water necessitated the
use OF drywashers. Stores. restaurants,
saloons and blacksmith shops have gone
up. and the center of the plscers has sl.
ready a population OF perhaps 70 cater.
ing TO the needs of the miners.
On the Both OF March four Mexi-
can prospectors discovered a promising
ledge nine miles west OF the Red Rock
placers, which they located. They
started in to sink shsfk, and the
deeper they went the richer became the
ore, which is a sort OF rotten quartz
filled with holes that contain the free
gold in larger or smaller quantities, but
always of a size which makas it posi- ole
to perceive it with the naked eye. The
quality OF the gold Ia very fine. Assays
shich were made soon alter show al
most fabulous returns. The gold falls
easily from the pieces OF disintegrate
quartz. and in euch quantities as to
make it poesible to get dollars worth
out of a not very large rock in but lew
minutes.
Mr.. Sdel Vale said yesterday to a
HERALD reporter that Red Rock mining
camp is reached by carriage from Mo.
jAye station in about eight hours. The
newly y-diecovered bonanza, which has
been named the San Francisco, lie eight
miles west from that camp. 1t lies 1000
feet above the level OF the sea, in email
mesaa near the foothills of the Tehach-
api range. Wood there is none, except
chemsal, which is insufficient, and
water is scarce, being found only in
springs. The country resembles the
Mojave desert in aspect.
Inc shalt on the San Francisco he
found TO be already at q considerable
depth. considering the length oil time
that work had been commenced. and
the ledge was widening a. the men sink
down, with the quality OF the ore in
craasinL apaes-
lie said that hundreds of people,
mostly from the environina districts,
were arriving. all bent upon locating
claims. Strangely enough. outeide OF
the ledge upon which the San Francisco
is located, nothing has been found which
promiaes returns. Extensions on the
San Francisco, however, shoa good re-
sul;s and pr0epectors who are now ont
in the Red Reek district ara endeayoring
TO trace up the ledge in order to locate
claims on it.
A hume company has been formed to
bring water into the placers go that they
can be worked otherwise than with dry
washers. AT present the dirt ie damp
and cannot be well manipulated, but ae
SOON ae water cap be- introduced it is ex-
pected that the district will become q
scene OF animation and prosperity