The herald., 1896-07-13
MINES AND MINERS

Sink tne original discovery SnaIt Ten icet
deeper than 1t was at the date of COM
mencement of such relocation. and shall
erect new or make the old monuments the
same as originally required. In either case
a new location monument shall be erected.
and the location certificate shall state IL
the whole or any part of the new location
is located as abandoned property"
Harman & Vaughn of San Jacintc says
the Riverside Reflex. have received five
stamp mill for their gold mines In the San
Jacinto mountains. The capacity Of the
mill is five tons every twepty-four hours.
The mill Is now on the grounds and will be
running In a few days. The ledge Is getting
wider, and the indications are better than
dreds. The mill test will decide whether or
not the mine will pay to be worked, says
News from the several mining districts in
this county continue to grow in interest.
Reports of additional finds in the Rands-
unste eas opes being & anoa ans H
Ter and Jesse Dover. Prospecting parties
are still heading that way. 1t Is not inn
ones pS than mfr from M the the rest. % Gilbert, Baker
and Seroy have their tunnel within twenty
feet of the ledge. For some distance It has
IS es said ii to be- % deal between @ them and New
York parties to bond this property for a
year, the purchase price being fixed at $780,
Tu Iney haxe signed rne stveh 1nsa ypS pa
stated that the trade would be surely con-
summated. Still there are all the details to
hae Sey ye have a"s ooa ne snd Il
cannot sell to advantage they can make
good money working 1t themselves.-Bak-
ersfeld Echo.
Harry Myers returned from the Frazier
mountain mining region Tuesday evening.
having started home on Saturday. He
and says there Is some fine property being
developed. In the Bunker Hill mine a ten
en anS Of s9od paying % w be has
The mine is owned by wealthy eastern cap
italists.. A. man named Foley recently got
rocR WITCH Carried his back from his
mine and crushed in an old-fashioned aras-
ira. Other mines are prospecting well and
ae rgSs s r
Myers has an interest in several claims
which promise we'll. He expects to return
to the mines after the Fourth.
men were killed in the Frazier mine. and
helped dig them out. He says their death
they S had neglected i to tim timber s the Joint IN
their tunnel and they had been warned by
the foreman; who at the time was in Los
spresa in by sheep heraer
who really knew nothing about the affair.
that the men had been foully dealt with,
Willie VIZ % coming S through Ha Santa Paula 'fu he
heard that Coroner Baker had started Sun
day morning for Frazier mountain again.
who was found dead in his cabin.-Ventu-
rian.
G. N. Stockton came up from Mojave
last night and reports things booming
there and at other points on the desert.
There is not vacant room in town. and
Several @ new ne business business Enterprises % @ are re- on on
foot and will be started just as soon as
buildings can be provided.
shipment to San francisco. or course only
the richest ore can stand the expense of
transportation, but there is plenty that Is
rich enough.
Patrick Reddy is at Randsburg and with
his associates is actively preparing for the
erection Of a 20-stamp mill to work the ore
water from Squaw Springs, some five miles
away, pumping 1t for that distance, which
The mill at Kane Springs has started up
and Is running at full speed on some good
ore. -,
Garlock have been shipped to San Fran
cisco, 1t having developed that 1t would pay
to work them oyer again.
j. B. Clifton has discovered two-foot
ledge one mile and half north of Cow
Wells. He has christened 1t the Galena II
assays way up" and is near Doc Kin
The Blue Chief mine. belonging to Tom
Baker Joe Seroy and Billy Gilbert, has
been bonded by o. B. Stanton for $500. 600
to show the purchase price is in sight
Bakersfield Californian.
Not since the early sixties has a speci-
men of the ore from the famous Green
Lead mine been on exhibition. Jack Sim.
mons returned from that mine last night
and brought with him a large chunk O1
which
himself and Joseph Brown. There is hardly
| an Old time miner in California who is not
| familiar with the mine. It.was one of the
| richest ever discovered in Southern Cali
fornia and for many years made its owners
| It was owned by Mexican named Mon
| tito, who discovered a small vein Of rich
| ore, which he followed down to q kidney
| in an arastra. Even with this crude method
| 1t is claimed the owners took out over
| 1000 in one year. The finding of this
| kidney was followed by the discovery. of g
second one and a tunnel was run in from
| the side of the hill. Later this pincheo
| out and the mine with it's cottages was
it has lain idle. Jack Simmons and JOSEPH
| Brown secured g. lease from the owners
| and for several weeks have been working
The tunnel was found to be blocked with
| debris. This has been cleared out for dis
| tance of 450 feet bringing the men directly
| top of the hill. Ore was found and indica.
| tions are that with the sinking of the shaft
another large body will be uncovered. The
mine is only forty miles distant from this
! city and there is an abundance of every
thing necessary to work it.-San Bernar.
dino Sun.
| Goldfeld. the mining camp forty miles
east of Phoenix. is, says the Gazette bu
| little known in the outside world although
| two thousand claims have been located IL
| the past three years. covering strip o.
country two miles or more in width an(
| eight in length. All those claims are hell
| and assessments worked regularly. whil'
| Three mills one 20-stamp. one 10-stamp ant
| 5-stamp are kept running on ores Iron
the three leading mines in camp.
Mr.. L. C. Moreland and Judge J. F. Con
roy of Los Angeles came in on Tuesda!
| night and in company with Mr. ]. l.. Re
| dondo went out 10 the Nugget mine Wed
! nesday. Mr.. Moreland informs us that ar
! rangements have been made to sell tn
| mine and pay off all claims. He says tha
| he intends to carry on mining extensivel
in this county and the adjoining portion
of San Diego county in the near future
Yuma Sun.
the Jumbo was made the week before las
| at the Santa Rosa. 1t Is said to have bee
very satisfactory to the owners.
| The La Fortuna mine, located 90 mile
mine in this southern country. The frs
four weeks run within a twenty-stamp mil
| cleared 1000. and there is apparently a
Iinexhaustible amount of the ore. d. l.. VIII
bur of Riverside was offered the mine b
the locators some months ago by bond
ing for S25 900, none of the money to b
| paid until the mine had been developed
but being in a country not promising i