The herald., 1896-09-30
Observation-Disclosures
! MINES and MINERS !
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| ana prOSpecteQ IN the southwest corner
| Of Inyo county mining camp that has
some similar features to the great Mer-
cur camp of Utah. In 1870 Senators
Jones and Stewart spent large sums of
money developing and equipping some
silver mines on the west side of the
Telescope or Panamint mountains.
Owing to the long overland freight haul
from San Pedro $50 miles, and the gen
| orally low values of the ores, after few
! years of Indifferent success the mines
| were closed down. In 1893 placer gold
| was discovered at Goler, followed by
| the discovery of the great mines of
| Randsburg. Since then there have been
| hundreds of men carfully searching the
desert over for the yellow metal with
| such success that what was once known
as the desert is now teeming with life,
| plenty of water being found wherever
1t has been required. The Panamint or
| Telescope range of mountains is east of
| Mojaye 105 miles. Telescope peak has
| height of nearly II, 900 feet above sea
| level. The surrounding country is well
| timbered and watered, for the desert,
| with good roads The old silver camp
| of Panamint was in a belt of lime and
| granite. Below this belt the formation
| is slate-porphery, mica-schist lime and
granite. In this belt has been discovered
| up to the present time three belts or
zones of gold-bearing qpartz formations.
| The two upper belts have strong fissure
veins, one mine (the Golden West), in
the middle zone, being down over 200 feet
with three feet of ore that is said to mill
over $40 per ton free gold. On the cop
per belt or zone is the Cole & Montgom-
| cry group of claims. These veins are
| strong assures, some of the veins aver
| aging over twenty feet in thickness,
| with an average assay value of s24 per
| ton. On the lower belt or zone, near the
foot a
porphery, quartz and mica schist. In
| this schist belt is the great vein system
| similar to the Mercur mines of Utah.
| Beginning at the south side of
| Pleasant canyon and extending south
| about eight miles, this vein system
shows five prominent groupings Two
| of these groupings, the Friday group
and the Mineral Hill group, show i'm
mense bodies of free milling ore. On
| the Friday group the vein outcrops for
1000 feet, with an average assay value of
$40 per ton. About two miles south of
the Friday mine is the Cass mine. This
mine shows an immense body of ore, but
being one of the latest discoveries, the
true value is unknown. About three
miles south of the Cass mine Is the Min
eral Hill mine, probably the best poor
mans mine on the desert. Here they
have solid cropping Of quartz 1850 feet
in length and 200 feet wide, cut by
gulch on the west end 100 feet deep. In
this mass of ore there are rich streaks
from few inches to three feet in width
that will average over 500 per ton, while
500 feet of the east end of this outcrop or
deposit will average $19 per ton. The
west end has not been thoroughly sam
pied yet, but is expected to run about
So per ton. This claim was discovered
June 9. 1896. AS this claim is the oldest
location on this belt, with the exception
of the Friday mine. which was located
in March, 1896, the future Of this great
west lode Is hard to foretell. About
three-quarters of a mile from the Min
eral Hill mine Is the e. e. Montgomery
mine. This is a larger outcrop or de-
pcsit than the Mineral Hill, but has
never been thoroughly sampled. About
two miles from the Montgomery mine
there has been discovered another vein,
said to rival the Mineral Hill in size and
richness. On the Mineral Hill alone it
is estimated there has been blocked out
by nature enough pay-ore to keep ten
stamp mill crushing twenty tons per
day busy for fifty years. AS at least
three of these deposits are as large as
the Mineral Hill, if the values are there
as it appears, you will hear in the future
of the NV South Park district as a gold
producer. Along the course of these
mineral belts or zones there has been
located a great many smaller veins.
some OF tneSe are very TlCH. I06 gem
eral outlook for the future of this camp
is fiattering. Experienced and we'll
known mining men are turning their at
tention to the new camp. If the original
discoverers will put reasonable prices
on their prospects this camp should sue
ceed, as Randsburg and the other desert
camps have opened the way, SO the new
camp will probably attract the attention
of the wealthy and more conservative
mining men.
Bulletin No. on Mine Drainage,
Pumps, ETC., by Hans G. Behr, was is
sued by the State Mining bureau last
week, and is, says Prof. Gale, one Of the
most complete and useful bulletins yet
published by this institution. 1t is a
pamphlet of 200 pages, with upwards Of
200 engravings illustrating pumping and
mine drainage machinery from the
smallest forms to the most complex and
sition of methods, constructions and
principles involved on the machines
used in the extremely varied conditions
of mining on the Pacific coast. The
principles governing the design and
operation of apparatus have been given
at some length to make them clear AS
akin to the general object, water-rais-
ing machines applied to other uses than
mine drainage are incidentally men-
toned, and in an index will be found
some remarks on it's appliances used
i'll irrigation and land drainage. Inas-
much as there has not been any COM
prehensive treatise on this subject with
in reach of the majority of miners of this
state, it is certain that the present one
will prove of interest and value. The
control of water in mines Is one Of the
most important subjects for a mining
community to be well posted upon.
Treatises on the subject are usually too
complex and too expensive to be of SER
vice to the ordinary miners. This work.
published by the Mining bureau, costs
nothing to those who call at the bureau
for 1t and only s cents in postage for
other citizens of the state who send for
it by mail People outside of Califor-
MIA must pay 81 for the work. The book
Is prepared for miners use as refer
ence, and only where absolutely neces-
sary has been made OF mathematical ex-
pressions, and these most simple. By
system of numbering the sections,
chapters and paragraphs. any branch of
the subject may readily be traced in the
index. The work covers the several fea-
lures of mine pumping plants, pipes,
rods. sinking and plunger pumps,
power plants, engines, operation ami
care of pumps, al 1.-THE features of d.
rect driven reciprocating pumps driven
by steam or air, geared and, beltad
crank driven pumps, bailing tanks,
centrifugal and air-lift pumps, elections,
jet lifters, pulsimeters, siphons, appli-
ances for raising water from moderate