The herald., 1896-08-13
MINES AND MINERS

There is complaint from several min
Ing camps on this coast, says Prof. Yale
in the Examiner, that prospectors are
holding their undeveloped claims at
such prices that those with money will
not buy, and the camp is prevented from
progressing as it should. This Is an evil
which cures itself in time. After man
has held a thousand dollar prospect for
year it begins to filter through his
brain that he had better let somebody
else make something, and he takes a
. fair offer at last. These prospectors do
not mean to be hoggish, nor do they
think they are asking exorbitant prices.
The fact is after a man has been digging
around the miE1lg regions half a dozen
years and at la finds something he
thinks is good he is apt to think it is
very good indeed, and regards its value
accordingly. He wants enough to make
up for all the time he has spent in find
ing 1t, and something thrown in for his
luck as well.
1t Is true. nevertheless, that these
men usually put such prices on their
claims to strangers that much fewer
sales are made than would otherwise
be the case. People that they know or
men around the camp, can nearly al
ways buy such claims for quarter the
price paid by outsiders looking for
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Stranger looking for mines Is Supposed
TO nave money to buy them, and gener-
any expects to pay good prices. The
Dig mine owners charge enough in all
conscience when they make a bargain,
and the poor prospector wants his
chance at capital as we'll At the same
tlme, 1t must be confessed, that pros
pectors as class are unable to develop
their own locations, and it would be bet
Ter Tor Themselves a I, o
they would put a reasonable price on
What they have. But if a man is firmly
convinced that what he has is worth
$lo,oOo. 1T is going to take little talk
ing to get him to accept $1,000. This is
not only the case in mining, but in ev-
erything else.
The latest strike in Randsburg region
is across the county line of Kern In San
Bernardino. The groupings of the new
hnd are said to be very rivh.
There are said to be now between 900
and 1000 peoplx at Randsburg. All the
larger claims and several of the smaller
ones are wot4ed, but the heat prevents
much activity in prospecting in the des-
ert at present. The mills at Cow Wells
and Kane Springs are running, and
others are to be erected.
MoJave papers say that hundreds of
tons of ore are being shipped from the
Randsburg mines to the mills in San
Francisco. This would be more easily
believed If there were any mills in San
Francisco, which there are not.
AT Garlock, the new postoffice name
for Cow Wells, Kern county, an eight
stamp mill is at work. There is water
enough, but it is found only from twenty
to thirty feet below the surface Water
has also been found four and one-half
miles east of Randsburg, and mill sites
have been located at Squaw Springs.
A mill is running at Kane Springs. At
some of these places large custom mill
will doubtless be erected before long, as
a number of mines are being opened
which will need crushing facilities.
We learned yesterday, says the Pres
colt Courier. of a very big strike in
gold ore on Groom creek, near the head
quarters of Movable gulch. The mine
upon which the strike has been made is
owned by M. H. Dodge of Cleveland
who purchased it from w. X. Morgan
and others. The vein is about Is inches
wide, and assays on the ore taken out
last Saturday gave $33 in gold. Speci-
men rock has been taken out that shows
coarse gold in nugget form. The name
of the mine is the Gold Basis, located in
1894. Dodge has been very fortunate in
securing such good property and he
| expects very soon to have ore to mill.
| On the north extension of the Gold Ba-
| sis w. B. Morgan has taken out rich
ore. He has 100 tons on the dump. 1t
is gold ore. rich in sulphurets.
The Needles Eye, on investigation,
concludes that the desert borax busi-
| ness in San Bernardino county is in q
more prosperous condition sthan at any
previous time in its history. About 20
per cent more borax has been shipped
| this fba n for ,-cf for ,o,.yry
that fifty carloads of the crude borax
have been shipped this season direct
to England from the Daggett mines, via
Galveston. Tex, and that from Daggett
comes now 80 per cent of all the borax
used in the United States. The bofax
works, eighty miles north of Mojave,
We're not shut down because of the ex-
isting tariff, but the works near Dag
gett belong to the same company, which
finds 1t cheaper to get the crude mate
rial from the latter place than to haul
1t eighty miles for shipment
Civil Engineer EdwardA. Pearson, who
has just come in from He'll canyon, re-
ports considerable work being done out
there, says the Albuquerque Democrat
The North Canyon Mining company
has erected commodious house on the
Little Pittsburg claim, and as soon as
some new machinery is put in place will
IL,
with improved machinery, including
valve buckets to remove the water, and
working double shift night and day,
they expect to make rapid progress
They have just finished 25 foot cross
cut which shows some very rich veins.
This company evidently knows what
they have got in the Little Pittsburg.
None of the stock is for sale, and this,
in connection with the work they are
doing, are things that speak for them
selves and mean a great DEAL
Rice & Ames have taken claim
mile southeast of Harsch's Springs. in
Coyote canyon. The ledge is about two
teet wide and shows good deal of free
gold. A. HI. Harsch & Son have taken
the west extension, and j. H. Drury the
east extension of the same claim
r. H. Lusted and D. Mathews have
let a contract for the assessment work
on three very promising claims to be
commenced at once at He'll canyon.
The statement has been made, and II
comes from first hands, that about Sep
tember 1st the Silver Reef mine and
smelter will resume operations under
lease to California parties, who have
been in st. Louis negotiating with Mr.
Peck 1t is not known whether this is
in connection with the Stanford mine
the Chris Loss property or the Ulloa
copper mine or both. AT any rate let
us hope it is true.
The newly discovered copper property
of Joe Ulloa and William Stiles has been
bonded to California company for
$4,000. This new copper strike has been
a surprise to many, as it is in section