The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-23

Another mining deal Of SEINE magni-
tude has been In progress for some
time very quietly. says the San Bernar-
ORC Elmo mine. which Is about twenty
miles west Of Needles and just across
the gulch from the hex mine. The
party or capitalists which left this city
few days ago under the convoy of
w. r. Van Slyke and w. f. Mccoy,
agreed. before their departure. on the
price which was to be paid, providing
the showing made at the mine should
prove satisfactory.
1t Is to be a $4,000 cash sale. The
men who are in the party are the repre-
sentatives of Irish capitalists, and it is
| understood that the sale will be the fore
runner of some very extensive mining
operations.
Fred T. Perris, chief engineer of the
Southern California railway. has pre-
\ pared circular letter, which he is mail
| ing to mining men throughout the coun-
| ~, giving several suggestions as to
plans for the establishment of mining
bureau. 1t is for the purpose of secur-
! Ing reliable information of mining prop
erty and the PRONUNCIATION of mining
| literature. The cooperation of all min
ing and business men is asked and their
ideas on the subject requested.
| Articles OF incorporation OF tne La
| guna Mining and Milling company We're
! filed in San Diego last week. The com
pany owns a group of three claims on
| the east slope of the Laguna noun
| tains. about sixteen miles northeast of
Campo, in San Diego county. The Off
| GERS for the first year are A. B. Cairnes
| president; George ]. Magly secretary
and general manager. The company's
| office Will be located in San Diego These
claims are located in new district and
are the first in that section. The east
slope is different in character from the
west and the formation of the country
Is more regular than on the west slope
The ledge. which is to all appearances
from three to four feet wide. can be
traced the full length of two claims and
assays from the surface give returns of
1855, equal parts in gold and silver.
Development work will be prosecuted at
once. and pushed forward with all dis
patch. Abundant water and timber are
found on the company's property for
all mining purposes.
Attorney ]. c. Christy returned from
the mines last night having spent sew
eral weeks at his claims in the Pinon
and Twenty-Five Palms districts. For
the Blue Bird, in the latter district,
Mr.. Christy has just refused a cash offer
of $4,000. The Blue Bird is in the Mes
quite range,and is 12-foot ledge of ore
which arastres $50 to the ton. With the
immense quantity of ore in such ledge
and running so rich. Mr.. Christy thinks
it worth more than the amount offered.
He also has mill site. mile and half
away, with plenty of water. and it is
down grade all the way from the mine,
making it very easy to get the ore to
the MILL
The offer was made by Mr. Baugh of
Oroville. who has a 10-stamp mill there
which he desires to move to the Twenty
Nine Palms district, but Mr.. Christy re-
fused to part with the mine at the price.
Another claim which he lays store by
is the Lode Stone. in the Pinon district.
1t Is one-half mile south of the Desert
Queen and on the same ledge. Miners
now working on the Desert Queen say
the ore Is the same. When Mr.. Christy
made the location his ledge was five
inches wide. AS the shaft was put down,
the ledge increased, and at twenty-five
feet 1t is four and one-half feet wide.
None of the ore has been milled being
piled out on the dump.
The Prince Albert. quarter of mile
east of the Desert Queen. owned by
Bledsoe and others. has 14-inch ledge.
the shaft being down seventy-five feet.
The ore mills better than 800 to the ton.
At the Eagle Cliff, one-half mile east
of the Desert Queen they have twelve
to fifteen inches of ore that is milling
1856 to the ton. The shaft is seventy
five feet deep.
At the Desert Queen they are milling
all ore from the mine, both high and low
grade. Ten men are employed at the
mine and four at the mill. where six
tons of ore is worked in a day.-San
Bernardino Times Index.
The Patterson mill in Gold BASIN was
April so. and the origin of the fire is
unknown. The mill was on the trail
between the boarding house and the
Cyclopic mine, and the probability is
that some one in passing threw a cigar
cite into the inflamma BILE material sur
rounding the building, which soon famed
into blaze. The machinery and mater
ial in the building is a total loss. The
rock breaker fell from height of twenty
feet and was broken into two pieces.
There was no insurance on the property
and the loss is siderable.-Mohave
Miner.
Definite information was received
here yesterday of the sale of the Pierce
mine, near Wilcox, which was consum-
mated in San Francisco a few days ago.
The price paid was $4,000 cash, and il
is understood that upon a favorable
report being made by experts who are
now working at the mine, the owner
ship will pass into the possession of an
English syndicate. A stock company has
already been formed with a capital
stock of $1,000. 600, papers for which have
been filed at Tombstone. Work has been
commenced by the new owners and ore
is being shipped to Wilcox. A 1OO-stanp
mill is to be erected and will be paid
for from the returns from the ore now
on the dump, which is sufficient for the
purpose and will leave a balance in the
treasury. The sale of this mine and the
extension work of DEVELOPMENT which
Will he dina ic fa,
the mining cap Of Arizona. and will do
much to bring the leading interest of
the territory to the attention Of mining
men all over the civilized world The
previous owners of the mine We're Mr.
ana Mrs Pierce. their two sons and two
sons in La " Mr. and Mr. pin,.nn ~