The herald., 1896-08-01
MINES AND MINING

Since March last Randsburg gold min
ing camp, says the Chronicle. has grown
to a population of nearly 1000. Today
mining Is carried on industriously, al
though on a small scale, only few small
mills with limited capacity being opera
ted, but the near future promises three
large ones, twenty-stamp mill being
now on the way. Lawyer Pat Reddy of
San Francisco Is joint owner of the
largest mine in the district, and survey
ors are laying out route for piping
water, the estimated cost of which is
$4,000 to $4,000. This mine is nearly
ten miles from the nearest water supply.
Scarcity of water, which has been de-
laying the development, Is being over
come in the eastern end of the district
with little effort and expense, water fire.
quently being reached twenty feet from
the surface.
Very few mines have changed hands
for the reason that fabulous prices are
being asked before anything is done to
show up the property. Two good sales
have been made, and this has aroused
the miners to the necessity of showing
up the ledge. In the Panamint range,
fifty miles beyond Randsburg, quite a
number of cash sales have been made in
the last two months, aggregating $685.
900. Denver capitalists have two mines
bonded for $4,000, and the locator,
Frank Cole, would be glad to take Il
off their hands.
A deal was closed on July 18th by
James A. Davis to Langford & Co., of
Utah for two mines, one a twenty-foot
and the other twenty eight foot ledge,
for S25. 900 cash. Several exchanges for
amounts up to $1,000 have been made
This territory at present has an advan-
tage over the Randsburg in the matter
of water and timber the supply of
which is abundant There are also
good mill sites. AS to the future of these
camps, their prospects are of the bright
est gold being found in abundance, and
capital will not be slow in taking hold.
For the past few years miner by the
name of H. B. Stevens has been quietly
prospecting for gold right in the edge
of the village Of Calico, to the amuse-
ment Of the general public who laughed
at his assertions that he could find good
paying gold there.
He persevered in spite of the adverse
sentiment and now has the laugh on
his side, for he has located fifteen claims
in ledge of ore that is 100 feet wide
with width in one place of 1900 feet
II Is low grade ore, averaging from
"a to Sc per ton. although some of it runs
as high as $50 per ton. 1t is easily
worked and even at this rate the mines
are paying him a good rousing sum-
San Bernardino Saturday Review.
Through the courtesy of w. N. Kelly.
says the Prescott Journal Miner, we
were today shown a sample of ore taken
from the Monte Christie mine, on Groom
creek, but six miles from Prescott, that
excels anything in the line Of beauty
and richness ever displayed anywhere
The ore is from the depth of 100 feet,
and Is held together by wire silver of
immense wealth, and in addition to the
nugget, carries much value in gold
sulphurets. Looking at the sample
through magnifying glass, the view
to greet the eye is more like that of
panorama than the dull impression con-
veyed usually by such commodities. If,
few years ago, such a piece of ore was
displayed, as Mr.. Kelly says, there
would be a locator for every foot of
the ground present in few hours after
1t was known, and that, too, If men had
to walk to it in the night. Under the
present conditions prevailing in mining
in this section, our hidden wealth does
not seem to move, any one particularly
except those it directly affects.
A. j. Collins, manager of the NAM
moth mine near Tucson, has received
word of the reorganization of the COM
pany in London, and that a new stamp
mill will be erected at the mine
The Red Rover mine will soon be
lighted with electricity. and will be the
first mine of Southern California Well,
the Red Rover is the first mine of South
ern California anyway.-Acton Rooster
From the Watson Donaldson mill on
the Verde reports of the continued sue
cessful running comes. There has not
yet been ''clean up" but the condition
of the plates assures a good-sized brick