The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-10

-ar' Cay Lombard. whose return from
Inc gold fields Of Lower California. was
ehronicled in yesterdays Herald ex.
presses himself as being very highly
pleased with the showing made in the
geld property over which he has the
sole SUPPLEMENTARY This is Know,
as the La Fortuna, at Ensenada in
Lower California. and from all 40
counts it is destined to come 70 the
front as great producer of the
precious metal
A month before he left the mine. ac-
cording to Mr.. Lombard, a ten-sta,,n
mill was erected on the propertv ami
within sixty days the capacity of the
plant viii be increased by the addition
OF fifteen stamps more. The new min
mas Seen in operation less than sixty
days, yet the output for the time it has
run since its completion has been over
$4,000 =
Ar. Lombard is working seventy-five
men at the mine and mill. nearly all NJ
Whom are MeXicans, the only Anari-
cans being the superintendent shift
bosses and the store keeper; Mr.. Dew
lin, formerly Of Utah, being the sinner
lntendent. The Mexican miners receive
$3.50 day in Mexican money. which is
equivalent to $1.S2 in United States To-
gal tender while the common 1ahorars
are paid 81 a day in Mexican currency
which amounts to S1O4 in Amer;n9n
money. This is high wages in Mexico
HioIe IMAM anyone else is paying, and
yer the miners do not any more than
make hVing, as provisions of all
xmas are nigh For instance, coffee is
SOLD at 90 cents a pound; sugar. 90
rice, 20: potatoes, s; salt, 10: ordinary
stoga shoes, S.; but this is in Mexican
money Beef is the cheapest of ali in
the way of provisions. as it sells AT
only cents a pound. Still" Mr. T,on1-
bard says, the Mexican people are the
most contented people in the world. as
all that they need to make them hannv
IS q little TO eat very little to wear
ana all the MUSICALE they can drink"
In speaking of the mine Mr. lombard
says that since taking hold of the
property he has run over ]. 500 feet of
tunnels. shafts and levels The ore
body is from four to six feet wide and
there are over $4,000 tons of ore blocked
out in the mine that will mill about s17
in gold to the ton. and of this ore he
has about thousand tons on the dunn
ready for milling.
The conditions in Mexico at the
present time" says Mr. Lombard. ARE
very favorable for American invest
ments, and ] have nothing but praise
TO say regarding the treatment 1 have
received from the Mexican authorities
and the Mexican people The laws of
The country are strict, and rigidly en-
forced. but there is nothing in them
prejudicial to foreigners, especially to
Americans, who, as a general thing.
own and operate all of the mines in
that country. The Mexican is a good
prospector, but after digging a few feet
he is more than willing to let his claim
pass into the hands of outsiders for
whom he will work faithfully and well.
as is demonstrated by the fact that
during his stay in that country. Mr.
Lombard has never had any trouble
with his men, and such a thing as a
strike is never thought of.
The Mexican government charges an
export duty of 216 per cent on the value
of the product of the mine and mill.
but beyond this levy the company has
met with no obstacle in the way of the
successful operation Of Its property
Mr.. Lombard viii remain in Salt
Lake but 2 few days. when he will re-
turn to the La Fortuna. He has a host
of friends in this city who will be
pleased to hear that he is on the high
way to wealth and opulence.