The herald., 1895-02-28
OUTPUT OF PERRIS MINES
The Old Mines Are Paying and
Development Goes Rapidly On
The Product for the Year Expected to Reach
Nearly Half a Million Dollars.
Timing Notes

Perris Feb. 26-Mining is assuming
tremendous proportions in this section of
the country, and pending the develop
ment of the young orchards hereabouts,
which are now in their third and fourth
years, can be safely said it is our greatest
resource. There are now forty-five stamps
at work in the district, and a conservative
estimate places the amount of gold to be
derived from the mines during the present
year at not less than $3.50, 900. This does
not include the amounts taken out by the
chloriders and worked in arrastres or
panned out. which would bring the grand
total up to nearly half a million dollars.
This also will be increased before the end
of the year by the erection of additional
mills, several OF which are now contem-
plated.
As mentioned in The Herald of the 10th,
there are live mines now being worked
that stand out pre-eminent among the
number here. These are the Good Hope,
Santa Rosa Santa Fe, Alice and the Men
ifee. Each has made reputation for it
self and all are being developed into divi-
dend-paying properties. Besides these
there are hundreds of others now in their
infancy that will only require money,
energy and Drawn to develop. Among
these may be mentioned the Steele group,
the Dennis group, the Shy group, the
Con. Virginia, Little Maggie, the Briggs,
the Leon, Lucky Boy, Potomac, Congress
and many Others all of which have been
developed more or less, and all show up
Z fairly.
/, There is probably no place in California
which offers such great inducements for
mining as does the Perris district Labor
is cheap, Elsinore coal can be laid down
at the door of the mill for "a per ton, and
vat in al rI lt
to run both mill and concentrators, is
taken from the mine, the only expense
being gasoline engine and pump. 1t is
probable that before long, if the Los An
geles oil wells turn out satisfactorily, that
oil will be substituted for coal. This fact
alone will cut down the expense of fuel at
least so per cent. Everything that is
necessary for both successful and econom-
ical mining and milling can be procured
at a minimum rate, and it is because OF
this that Perris offers advantages in min
ing that cannot be approached elsewhere.
Notes
The Alice mill started up yesterday
under good auspices. The company has
about seven hundred tons of ore on the
dump, and expects from this to clean up
enough to pay the expenses of putting
up the mill, etc. In the mean time men
will be kept at work in the mine, develop
ing and taking out ore.
Several prospecting outfits left town
Saturday to exploit the country west and
southeast of town. In the latter direction
a number of promising locations have
been made.
Dan Nicholson is at work on fifteen
foot hole north Of the Missing Link which
promises great things. He has two-and
a-half-foot ledge, which fairly sparkles
with free gold, and it shows every indica-
tion OF permanence.
In the same neighborhood but little
farther west, Pat Boyle has struck u two
foot ledge, on which he has sunk ten feet.
The ore is soft and decomposed and car
ries free gold in considerable quantities.
Both these properties are between five and
six miles west of Perris, Just off the road
to the Santa,Rosa and Santa Fe mines.