The herald., 1894-09-24

the payment OF expenses, 20 70 the treas
ury OF the Salvation army TO aid in the
great work OF that organization. There
are 10 men at work at the mine, all
members of the army, ana the religious
discipline that is maintained 10 in
marked contrast TO the license in speech
and conduct that usually prevails in
mining camps. The zeal and unaelfsh-
nees of these men is certainly deserving
of success.
The old theory that Arizona gold
mines "don't 60 down" Is now thor
oughly exploded, says the Prescott
Courier. The trouble has bsen that q
system OF pocket mining has prevailed
and the pocket miners did not go down
after the lodges which happened to jump
off few feet. OF late years few men
have started an era OF deep mining in
this vicinity, and in no single instance
has there been failure in gold mine
proving as rich or richer than ON the sur
face as depth was reached; and At has
also been demonstrated that the surest
way to get mine is to take up one OF
these worked-out Hurface gold pockets
and sink for the ledge. Some of the
richest discoveries made in the last few
years have been made in just this way.
The mining interests in Southern
California are increasing rapidly, ac-
cording to the Los Angeles Land and
Water. IL ia not confined to prospect
ing and spsoulsting alone, but there is a
great deal of actual development work
being done and many OF the mines are
yielding large profits to the operators.
1t ia cafe to say that the output for the
year will be greater than ever before in
this portion of the state. When the
fall rains set in and the weather be-
comes cooler prospecting will again
commence and the coming winter will
no doubt be prolific OF many new dis
covsries. Indeed mining here may be
said to be in its infancy. When miners
learn to throw aside theories and look
for gold wherever they 10, many new
prospectn will be opened up. Placer
gold ia frequently found in localitee
where there is nothing in the formation
TO indicate its presence.
R. w. Mcintyre OF the Redlands Gold
Mining company, Gays the San Bernar-
dino Times-Inoex, was in that city
lately, having eome ore from the COM
pany's mine in the Panamint range
assayed. The ore was gold with q
email amount of silver. The gold value
of the sample WAS 401.04 ounces, or
$0290.41 per ton. Mr.. Mcintyre in
formed q representative OF that paper
that that was sample OF about 20 tons
that they have on the dump. He
further informed the reporter that their
deepest workings were 45 feet under
cover. They have developed water
seven>eighths of mile away which will
be delivered at the mill under l200.ioot
pressure. The building for the mill is
up, ready Tor the machinery, and the
mill is expected to be crushing ore in
about 80 days. The mill has no stamps.
They have already commenced packing
ore down to the mill. which is distant
200 yards from the mine.
According to an enthusiastic corre-
epondent OF the Tucson Citizen, Gold
field has rival. He ssys: Another
wonderful sold region has been opened
up in Pinal county, between Goldfeld
and Mammoth. about 90 miles north
eset of Tucson and about 25 miles north.
east of Florence. II is undoubtedly the
largest and richest gold field yet discov-
cred in Arizona. A city of tents has
already spruug up and prospecsors are
flocSing in daily. The etarting of tbs
boom was the recent rich discoveries in
miles from the big we'll formerly owned
by JameH Thomas and Dick Forman OF
Florence, and known ss the Dagger
Well.' At g meeting of the prospectors
living around the we'll it was unanim-
ously decided to call the place Thomas.
vile. At the Peoria mine one OF this
shafts is down 165 feet ard vein of ore
four feet wide. averaging $S5, is now be-
ing worked. II 10 getting better and
richer as they 60 down. Tan men are
already at work there. Grsgs and VS. ter
are aai6 to be abundant It ia not, how.
ever, poor mans camp"
The first year of the operation OF the
Hsrqua Hala property by ths English
syndicate closed June 30th, and the res
port sent to London ie quite interesting,
besides it shows thai mining, when con-
Quoted systematically, 10 paying propo.
stion. During this first year the mill
was closed for three months, 40 that tho
report 10 for but nine months actual
run, besides the mill which now drops
40 stampe steadily was but 30-stamp p
mill until the extra 10 stamps were
added May les. OF the present year. The
average output has been $32 600 month
for the year. with profit after all ex.
penaes have been paid of $4,000 a
month. Three dividends were declared
during the year that in the aggregat-
paid 10 per csnt on the capital stock
employed. The shut down of three
monsha was for the purpose of sinking
a new shaft, as the old workings were
rather unsafe. The new shalt, SKI feet,
in that short space of time was sunk