The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-31
GOLD NEWS FROM THE DESERT.
P. w. Campbell Returns From
a Trip to Goler.
A Rich Claim Guarded BY Patrol
men.
Two Hundred Claims Have Boon Con.
solidated and Arc to Be Worked
BY = Company with Hy-
drauIic Methods.

1t seems that little by little the Mojave
desert is destined to give up its secrets.
Considerable interest attaches to the
placer fields situated in the southwest
portion of the desert, within radius OF
less than 100 miles from Mojave station.
The most prominent as well ss most
promising among these placer fields are
the Goler and Red Rock mining camps,
both producers of much very coarse
gold. One single nugget, found at Co
Ter, and now on exhibition at the mid
winter fair, has reached the enormous
weight of over 56 ounces, being valued
at $1,000. Nuggets worth from $40 up
wards are not uncommon, but owing to
the fact that as yet all the dirt had to be
treated by dry washers. large portion
OF the fine gold has been necessarily
lost. When water is brought ON these
placers most of this will be saved, and
dirt that is intracable in dry washers
will be profitably worked. The best
information attainsble points to the in
evitable conclusion that Southern Cali
fornia ia destined to figure at no distant
day as one of the foremost gold produc-
ing parts of Uncle Sans domain.
MIR. P. W. Campbell, president of the
Goler Consolidated Placer and Hy-
draulic Mining company, has just re-
turned from the Goler district, where
his company is doing considerable work
on the placer diggings, and the HERALD
has obtained from him some very in
teresting information which has the.
great merit OF being authentic.
Mr.. Campbell's company is perfecting
arrangements to put water on their
plscers and to work them on large
scale by the most improved hydraulic
method.
Some 200 claims have been acquired
by consolidation and are now owned and
controlled by this company. All of
these claims have been prospected and
found valuable. The company will have
the entire field of it's operations sur
veyed and its pipe line located at once,
SO that contracts for improvements can
be given out without loss of time.
Returning from Goler Mr.. Campbell
stopped at Red Rock, where he found
everything in furnishing condition
and the whole camp as prosperous and
as happy as can be. The report of the
richness of the Red Rock diggings has
not been exaggerated, says Mr.. Camp
bell, and being very conservative gen.
tleman and OF great experience in pla-
Ger mining, his opinion ought to carry
weight
lie was very much astonished to see
the amount of gold taken out before his
eyes, and running sometimes as high as
$40, and even up to $50 and over, per
sack of rs to so pounds of dirt. This
came from Bonanza Gulch-a very APP
TO hu
owned by Bell Il Co., and now con-
troiled and owned by Hay and Garfield,
who arc compelled to have this attract
i've gulch patrolled and guarded by spe-
cial watchmen to prevent pilfering.
The bedrock lying close under shallow
covering OF dirt, it is easy to scrape the
whole of it into sacks and carry it off.
1t is practically all pay dirt.
These facts speak for themselves.
Water has not as yet been developed,
but it can be had in sufficient quantities
close by in the main Red Rock gulch by
pumping it up into tanks, and then it
can be used in sluicing. The camp is
naturally very lively, and every body ia
displaying nuggets. Once in a while
some of the ''boys" 20 to Mojave sta
ton, distant % miles, and have nice
time. Not long ago some OF them cre-
ated a great sensation at Mojave by
throwing hsndfuls of nuggets into the
street to see the people scramble for the
treasure.
Mr.. Campbell says that all the claims
worth having have long ago been taken
up, and that the more distant places of
the desert are dangerous to venture into
under ordinary circumstances. This
ought to be warning to tenderfoot pros
pectors.