The herald., 1896-02-16
JULIAN MINING DISTRICT
Richest Gold Region South OF
Tehachipi
AN INTERESTING REPORT
The Ore Tests Run High Throughout
The Entire District
Fortunes and Towns That Were Waning Are
Fortunes and Towns That Were Waning Are
Now Waxing-The Deer Park Coun.
try Shows Rich Finds

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15.-Slxty miles IN
an easterly direction from San Diego
among the Julian mountains, lies one
Of the most picturesque and perfectly
conditioned mining camps in Califor-
mia. Taking passage at tide water in
San Diego, on the train of the San Di-
ego, Cuysmscs and Eastern railway in
the morning to Fosters station, twenty
five miles distant, thence by stage
thirty-five miles through fertile valleys
and up sleeper sscents, at evening time
the traveller finds himself in the quaint
town OF Julian, $500 feet above his
starting point of the morning, and he
looks back upon the pleasant scenes
through which he has passed during
the day, the good roads, comfortable
farmsteads, numerous orchards, noun
tain fastnesses of rock and forest, with
an interest only exceeded by the new
inspiration that he now feels, as he
looks out upon the Julian landscape,
softened by the glowing hues of the
western sky where the sun has sunk
into the sea and rendered even more
pastoral than is possible by its oak
and pine clad hills, green meadows,
sparkling brooks and acres teeming
with the thrift of husbandry.
The traveller now feels the force of
the statement he has previously heard
that he is now at the center of the
richest gold producing and horticul-
tural district south of Tehachipi He
has tasted of the marvellous deciduous
fruits of this region, viewed with
favor the many orchards to be seen on
every hand, and now insists upon a
similar demonstration as to the gold.
He has not far to go or long to wait.
On the commanding hills overlooking
the little town are the great dumps,
houses and machinery of mines that
from the year 1869 when gold was first
discovered, until ten years following,
made this camp famous throughout
the state. Some mines in this vicinity
have been continual producers, but the
greater number, because of litigation
over the title to the property which
occurred years ago, relaxed their vigor,
and having gone deep enough to strike
the water, were unable to continue
further without machinery, and so the
camp declined until the once smart
town of 1900 inhabitants today is vii
lage of 200 souls. But the tide of for
tune has again set strongly in favor of
this district, and this camp bids fair to
receive great attention this spring and
summer. The formation OF this dis
trict is of micacious clay schists, and
was until recently believed to be the
only formation in which gold appeared
In this district, and like the miners
who for years ran over the buried
millions at Cripple Greek, 80 did
the thousands OF prospectors who have
wintered and summered at Julian run
over the granite formation that ad joins
the states on the east, searching for
gold in their favorite formation, while
beneath their feet in the granite ma
trix, unknown to their science of metal
lurgy, lay deposits of as great or great
er value than those of the slate belt
Within six months past Mexican
family at rancheria six miles from
Julian, over on the granite belt, un-
covered q mine of great value. At
first the old timers shook theirheads
and refused to credit the reports of
great finds in the granite, but addi-
tionRl discoveries being made, they
lost confidence in the old precedents
and Joined the rush for the granite
fields. At this time four properties
are being we'll opened up, and are pay
ing finely from the surface down, while
the granite country for great dis
tance has been staked out. The Ranch
ita, one of the first discoveries, is now
down 100 feet, with numerous drifts
showing good strong ledge of from
eighteen inches to three feet vide, of