The herald., 1895-03-17
THE MINES At ELSINORE
Colonel Brooks Tells of His
Visit to Them
ALONG THE SAN JACINTO
The Water That Is Used Very Many
Times
Mining Properties There Are Looking Very
Promising and the Place Is
Prosperous

hot sulphur bath, a refreshing night s
rest and good breakfast, we left the
hotel with Mr.. John %. Hoff, who drove
us to. the camp near the lake. Arriving
at the Good Hope mine we found very
perfect mill, having all the modern appli-
ances, concentrators, automatic feeders,
etc., necessary for the extracting of the
yellow metal. We were informed that the
present working of ore was from the 500
foot level, where in a thirty foot drift a
body of high grade ore three feet high
was exposed the entire length of the
drift.
We next visited the Santa Rosa mine,
owned by a Denver corporation. We here
found Systematically worked mine and
mill OF ten stamps with the George john
ston COMMENTATORS and automatic feeders
complete. Colonel j. W. Cartan, the
president of the company, is the mana
ger. This property is developed to the
depth of 300 feet, and thus far shows a
well defined ledge with an average BODY.
OF three feet Of fine milling ore. Twelve
shifts only, supply the mill with ore.
In the immediate vicinity is situated
the Santa Fe mine. 1t is property of
great promise. 1t hasa horizontal tunnel
OF 600 feet, which when continued 100 feet
further will cut the ore body at great
depth .t..ft
On the east of the Santa Fe, including
an extension of that property is situated
jerry Shee's group of four mines. Jerry
is slayer from wayback. He has battled
with the rocks of this camp for twenty
years.
His convictions of possessing valuable
property is supported by many good men:
All alone Mr.. Shee has made horizontal
tunnel OF AIS feet, purposely to cut the
main leoge of the group. He has yet to
extend his tunnel 100 feet to cut the vein.
Returning to our headquarters, the
New Lake View Hotel. by different
route from that which we went over and
on the following day, much more was
seen and learned of this extensive gold
producing district
To the southeast of the Good Hope
mine is situated the Menefee district in
which is located the Alice, the Menefee
and several partially developed properties.
The owners of the Alice mine have but
stamps. 1t is reported that the company
has a well defined high grade rock that is
paying well.
In this section of country is to be
found the combinations of placers and
lead mines, occupying the same territory.
The Rocker, Georgia, Long Tom and
Sluice are worked in small way, and in
some Instances deep shaft and tunnel
are run III the interest of placer mining.
The most striking feature of this division
is the unquestionable evidence of very
ancient, deposit of thoroughly washed
that are as smoothly polished as the
boulders OF the American and Yuba
rivers. 1t is possible that it is the extern
sion of the old river channel passing to
the north of Badly mountain and down
Lyle Creek, through parts of Los Ange-
rs Snn IL
cient investigation has not been made to
warrant the statement being positively
made, yet it is quite probable that they
are one and the same. 1t is a stupendous
channel being made, possibly Ilany thou
sands OF years prior to the upheaval of
the Sierra Nevada mountains. 1t passes
through four of the northern coun-
ties of this state, and from which very
many millions of dollars have been
taken. 1t is also true that many thou
sands of dollars have been extracted from
the Badly and Lytle Creek ancient chan
mel. 1t is channel from which gold was
mined at the time the padres established
San Gabriel Mission. seventy-five to one
hundred years prior to the discovery of
gold by Marshall. The more recent opera
tors in this channel have taken out mug
gets of volcanic gold valued from SIS to
$500.
In the Good Hope and Menefee districts
appears, it is traceable a distance of five
to six miles in a northerly and southerly
direction and is of great width. The
country rock through which it passes,
now filled with thoroughly washed gravel
and boulders, at the northern end is cyan
tito granite. The southern three fourths
of the channel rests upon metallic slate
most favorable for retaining metallic de-
posits in it's crevices. AS far as known
no considerable capital has been directed
to the developing or prospecting of this
channel In fact there is but one shaft of
eighty feet in the whole territory.
The town of Elsinore, situated on ele-
waited land near the shore of Lake Elsi-
more, at equal distances from its longi-
tudinal extremities in Riverside county.
The lake covers an area of seven by two
and one half miless IT is bordered by
fertile soil. now beautitied with alfalfa,
fruit orchards, flower gardens and attrac-
tive cottages. The mineralized hot
springs and the commodious bath houses
with mud plurges hot and cold baths, is
a special feature of merit at this resort.
The San Jacinto River, in it's peculiar
meandering and final escape to the ocean
through great mountain range, is very
It's uppermost or most dis |
tant source is among the highest peaks of |
the San Jacinto Mountains, and flowing |
west it finds temporary rest in Cotton i
wood basin. Thence it's course is south |
west through a high plateau of alluvial |
soil and later through a canyon to Elsi- |
more Lake. Thence it's course is nearly |
north for several miles. where another
bearing to the southwest is taken.
1t is quite probable that there is no
similar quantity of water in the United |
States that is utilized to the same extent |
and profit as is the overflow from Elsi-
more Lake. No doubt can be had of |
the fact that some of this water is used as
often as four different times. 1t is first
used as a power for manufacturing lum-
Der in the San Jacinto Mountains, and at
the foot of the mountains it is conveyed
by means of pipes, fumes and bitches to
The arabic land of San Jacinto Valley, and
that portion of the water not evaporated
inds its way to the basin. and thence to
Elsinore Lake. And upon reaching the
situated in Iemescal Greek, it
is picked up. and by the South Riverside
Company conveyed to South Riverside,
where it is again used. r.. w. Brooks.
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