The herald., 1896-06-15
MINES AND MINERS
Fresno has alwaxssheen considered 8

Fresno has alwayssbeen considered
city with great resources of many kinds.
says the Arizona Republican, but not
until yesterday was there anyone who
would be so bold as to say that the very
houses are built on golden foundations.
light pole yesterday at the corner OF X
and Stanislaus streets, the workmen
came to n bed Of sand which had the
appearance of gold formation. Somo
of them had seen gold mines before and
carried away some of the sand to pan 1t
out. 1t would not have been surprising
to find trace Of gold in 1t, as nearly all
the soil of these plains shows traces of
the yellow metal but they were not pre-
pared for yield of cents to the pan.
They washed three pans and got "a
cents The discovery, naturally caused
some excitement, for II a bed of sand
that rich exists there Of any consider
able depth 1t is valuable. A man with a
shovel and pan could make $15 day.
and the land would be as good for
building purposes after it was mined al
before. If the sand Is ten feet deep, an
ordinary lot will yield In the neighbor-
hood of 200. A man could afford to
have his lot turned upside down for that
sum. No one knows how much OF this
rich sand exists there. 1t may be that
the bed of prehistoric creek lies there
and Its channel may be enormously rich.
w. H. Bradley is developing his claim.
the Messenger mine. on the desert. 1t Is
located forty-flve miles northeast Of
Salton in the Eagle mountain district,
not far from the Chuckawalla country,
There are several good mines In the dis
trict and large number of men are at
work, mostly prospectors. A stage line
runs from Salton. The Messenger mine
employs fifteen men sinking shaft and
doing general development work. Mill
tests of the ore shows a general average
of $22 a ton and there is good ledge.
A mill will be erected soons the ore at
present being piled on the dump.-San
Diego Union.
Notes from the Perris New Era: A
rich strike is reported in the Santa Rosa.
COL Hasson expects to begin opera
tions on the Little Maggie in about ten
days.-Active work is going on on the
Gavilan property and we expect to hear
good reports soon.-R. w. Chilson has
sold his half interest in the X mine
at Hemet to A. A. Caldwell and others.
-Messrs. Bethurum, Rawson & Co. have
struck it rich in the Jumbo, assays reach
ing $500 per ton.-The Santa Rosa Is
dropping ten stamps regularly these
days and many familiar faces are seen
thereabouts.-At the Alice mine In the
Menifee district everything is running
smoothly and the little entanglements
are being rapidly Strengthened out
Thos. Hancock Is having five tons of
rock from his bonanza find south of town
milled by ]. B. Dennis at the Indian
Queen. Two mining locations were
placed on file on Monday, one in Hemet
district and the other in section 49, town
ship south, range west.-The shaft at
the Gold King is now down about 120
feet and the gold-bearing vein Is get
ting better. The vein averages from
4 to 1S inches wide. On Friday last water
was encountered for the first time. but
it will not in any way retard the progress
Of sinking.
One of the most famous mines of Ari-
zona has been the great Bonanza prop
erty at HarQua Hala. 100 miles north
west of Phoenix. From 1t for several
years came great bars of bullion. making
a monthly production often exceeding
100000. local syndicate OF miners
sold the property to Hubbard & Bowers
for 500, 900. They worked 1t for q short
time, when the ore body, which in no
wise appeared in ledge form, disap-
peared. and the mine was thought to be
worked out. Almost by accident another
gigantic ore body was discovered at the
critical time and again the bullion flow
began. Again was the mine sold. on
the strength of its wonderful gold prod
uct, this time to an English syndicate.
for a price stated at $2OOO,O0O, though
probably less than two-thirds that sum.
Arizona Republican.
The San Bernardino Index relates the
following story of q prospector who was
also loon: O. G. Leach filed a suit this
morning against Lizzie Christie. A. w.
Watts and the Morongo Mining COM
pany, the prayer of the complaint being
that the plaintiff may be declared the
owner of certain valuable mines and
mining claims in the Black Hawk and
Morongo districts But behind it is q
story of Cupid's work. Of broken vows
and a disappointed lover. all of which
the court Is asked to fix up.
Leach alleges that in 1890 he was pros
pecting and that he discovered the Her
aid" and Crystal Marble" claims in the
Black Hawk district. and the Coupon"
mine in the Morongo district But at
the same time he was lover, and was
engaged to be married to Lizzie Chris
tie; and for variety Of reasons which
would appeal to a man in such circum-
stances he located the mines In the name
of his charmer, and they were duly re-
corded in Lizzie Christie's name. But
Leach alleges that in return for the
Crystal Mable" claim she gave him the
marble heart, and broke the engage
ment, but declined an exchange of love
tokens, and kept the title to the mines
subsequently, Sne SUlu tueIn 10 tIle MO-
rongo Mining company. and all Of them
have increased in value and have become
worth thousands of dollars The "Cou-
pom" in particular is an extension of the
Rose" mine, and the properties were
valued today at not less than $4,000 by
man who is well posted on the mines
in the vicinity.
All of this property passes from
Leachs' hand to Lizzie Christie, and
without consideration other than that of
the prospective relation Of husband and
wife. Now the Morongo-cOmpany, the
stock of which is held principally In Riv-
erside, has an opportunity to sell its
mines for large sum, the deal being
in process Of consummation at present.
Leach therefore seeks to be declared
the owner Of the property, and his at
tornys, Paris & Allison and H. w. Nisbet.
are preparing for a legal battle COM
mensurate with the interests involv0n.
Monday evening William Henderson,
while speaking of the gold deposits