The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-01-29
THE VANDERBILT MINES
REPORTS SHOW THAT ACTIVE
WORK Is BEING DONE.
A New Mill for the Csmpbslis and the
Gold Bronze Mines Good
Prospects-News
Notes.

The last number of the Vanderbilt
Shaft contains the following mining
news about that locality:
Allen G. Campbell seems to be of the
opinion that anything that is worth do
ing at all is worth doing well and
| quickly. He is working every man that
there is any place for. The grading for
the mill ia almost entirely completed,
the mason work ia nearly done, except
the Foundation for the boilers and en-
CINE, which will be completed in 10
DAYS. Superintendent Rich is covering
good deal of ground every day, and
with the grading, the framing, the ma
son work and the fixing up of the ma
chinery he has his hands full. But he
has faithful lieutensnts. When Engi-
neer Daggett gets at piece of machin-
cry Mr.. Rich knows that there is no
need of watching to see whether or not
it is well done. The mason work doeen' t
suffer at the hands of Mr.. Bayes, and
there are good carpenters enough to
supply small city.
1t is expected that the frame will oe
up in very short time. Work is being
kept back by the non-arrival OF certain
repairing and other material which was
ordered from Chicago more than month
ago. The mill may be running by Feb
ruary Goth. At all events it will be at
work by March 1st.
BOOMERANG.
Work on the Boomerang 10 progress
sing rapidly. The drift on the 100 foot
level now extends from shaft No, / to a
little beyond shaft No. 8, distance of
about 500 feet. The drift at the 20O.foot
level is run east and west from shalt No.
2, the total length of the drift being
something like 200 feet. This shaft
mo. q is being Strengthened, and sink
ing will be commenced on it immedi-
ately. Shaft No. 8 is being rapidly
sunk.
VANDERBILT NJ. & NJ. COMPANY.
People in camp are wondering which
mill will be in operation first; Camp
BELLS or the one at the Bronze. Camp
BELLS is on the ground, but when will
the repairs be here is the question,
The mill for the mining and milling
company is liable to be here any dav.
and will be all ready to put no. Mr.,
Smith isn't letting the grass grow verv
much on the ground that is to be
graded. The sound of the shooting in
which he INDUCES in order to get that
hard rock out of the way sounds like a
five-gun battery. Jim Patton would get
excited about the work if he dared to.
but he knows that Joe Taggart and
Smith will laugh at him If he does. And
the two last named gentlemen refrain
from getting excited for exactly the
same reason. The grading, which was
very hard job, is now just the same
aH completed. The three WINES
and the double compartment shaft
which is being sunk from the
lower level, will soon be down another
hundred feet, and then another DRIFT
will be run to connect them. ard will be
at least 500 feet long. At the lowest
point yet reached in the mine. the indi-
cations are more than satisfactory, the
vein taking up almost the entire width
of the WINE. 1t seems more than likely
that very large ledge will be struck q
little lower down. The ore taken from
the bottom of the wines and shafts
will average better than at almost any
other part in the mine.