The herald., 1896-06-05
MINES AND MINERS
The Barassa Mining and Milling COM

pdHy, WIFI OIHCeS at l0O soOuCn BTOdu-
way, are pushing the erection of their
stamp mill on the Christopher Colum
bus claim in Kern county. This claim,
being one of the six claims owned by
this company, has been developed and
carries an immense quantity of free
milling ore. Mr.. M. p. Freebey, the
president of the company, now at the
mine, reports that the stamps will be
dropping by June 18th. Buildings are
being erected, and the activity of the
company has aroused general enthuS-
iasm in Kern county.
Perris Notes: The Santa Rosa mine Is
now working with force of thirty-six
men, which number will shortly be in
creased.
The bylaws Of the Hemet valley min
ing district were filed with the county
recorder last Friday. This is a new
district recently organized east of Straw
berry valley.
Riverside county produced 1878, ,15s
worth OF minerals during 1895, most in
gold, as against $160.956 the previous
year.
The Leon mine continues to improve
as development work is prosecuted, and
the stock is climbing higher and higher.
The extraordinary development of the
Queen of Night mine, at Vanderbilt, Is
attracting the attention of mining men
all over the Pacific coast. For some
weeks past the shift has been cutting a
ledge OF free milling gold ore, which, at
the present depth of ninety feet, Is be-
tween three and three and a half feet
wide. averaging $465 to the ton.
The secretary Of the interior has de-
cfded that the official survey of a min
ing claim must be in accordance with
the recorded notice of location as of rec
ord at the time of the order authorizing
the survey. In the absence of an or
ganized mining district the record of n
mineral location should be made in the
recorders office of the county in which
the land is situated
gold brick valued at $251 resulted
from cleanup of two tons of ore from
the Star mine, in the Virginia Dale dis
trict last week. The property is own
ed by Stewart and Deberry Of Cotton.
me gentlemen think they have a good
pody OF Sl25 ore and will put half dozen
men at work this week developing the
property.
Inc Mint group of mines. near Klein
felter station, west of Needles, was sold
this week to the Irish syndicate for $780,
OoO, through Joseph Brown of San Ber-
nardino. The transfer and paying of
the forfeit money occurred on Thursday.
The new owners will soon begin active
work on the property.-Needles' Eye.
In speaking of c. e. Lanes property
near Yuma, which is attracting so much
newspaper attention at present, Mr.. Ma
son OF San Francisco said to the Yuma
sentinel that when he was there the
smart was down 200 feet, with a number
OF drifts. No work has been done in the
mine since, as they are getting stamp
mill and water on the property.
Ihere is an immense deposit Of ore
ana from careful estimates made at
that time the ore was placed between
$ooo,ooo and $4,000. Mr.. Nfasons esti-
mate or 100000 being the lowest. The
development work has been done in
such manner as to admit of an approx
innate estimate of the ore body to the
200 foot level. A test of this quartz
made In the Utica mill went s16O per ton.
He states that he is satisfied some of the
rock Will mill fully $500. The deposit
or vein decreases in size in depth. though
1t greatly increases in richness and at
the bottom of the shaft is ten feet In
width.-Prospector.
Another big strike was made a few
days ago in the McHaney district in
San Bernardino county, east of Banning
oy the Eagle Cliff Mining company at
one or It's claims. At depth of seven
ty-hve feet twenty inches of ore was
struck that will run 800 per ton. The
company has sunk fifteen feet into the
ore, which is still growing wider.
me Yukon country maintains it's high
reputation for yields of gold in its placer
mines. Last season fully 81 200 90 in
gold dust and nuggets was taken ont
one OF the richest dry placer discoy-
cries in the history of California has
oeen made in Coulterville by three min
ers working as day laborers on the
premises of Francisco Brescia. With
out water. monitors or sluice rockers
sl4OU IN gold was taken out in one day
ana the prospects are favorable for a
further increased yield.
l.. n. Emerson, miner of forty years
experience, reports the discovery of a
mountain" of gold-bearing ore located
between Holcomb and Bear Valley. The
ore IS said to be free milling quartz.
ana While 1t will run but from 81 tn s1o
per ton, the quantity is of such magni-
tude and so easy of access that it may
pe mined as an ordinary stone quarry
the cost of mining and milling NOT ex
ceeding 81 per ton.-Redlands Citro-
graph.
Ihe Gillespie mine, an extension of
the congress, has been sold to the Con-
gress Gold Mining company for $40 ono
Assayer Hetherington has lately ad.
ded Blake rock crusher to his assaying.
plant. The rock breaker crushes the
samples to about the size of peas. the
crushed rock is then put through a
Luckhurt pulverizer, which reduces it
10 powder. Everything is arranged
So tnat no loss OF any of the rock placed
elther IN the crusher or pulverizer
can possibly occur. The rock crusher
ana puiVeriZer are run by gasoline en-
gine power. 1t is but the work of a min
ute TO put through an ordinary sample
Wnlle large samples which under the
hand methods caused considerable work
10 prepare, can now be disposed of in
douple-quick time.-Prescott Courier.
The San Bernardino Sun publishes
the following mining notes from the
Black Hawk district:
The Black Hawk Gold company has
lately struck rich body of ore in one
of Its group OF mines. The last five as
says, made by w. j. Adams of Los An
geles, show 1891. $51, $75, $27 and s1O, IL
in gold and few cents in silver.
.. q. Leach has lately shipped from
MS opera mine carload of ore that
assays in the neighborhood of S1OO a
ton IN gold. Mr.. Leach is now down
seventy feet on his last shaft, showing
rich body OF ore in the face. The
Opera bids fair to become an important
bullion producer before long.
Sherman of New York, an expert has
lately visited Lucky Baldwin's gold
property.
Harrison, Denver expert, has again
been out to the Rose. 1t is on the cards
that this property, with the adjoining
gold mines, may change hands ere long.
e. c. Chappell is shipping a carload
of gold ore from his mine near CoXs
ranch.
The famous Hopper mine on Cherry
creek, bonded by Mr.. Gillette and others,
and which has been actively worked
since the 5th day of February is closed
down THE reason for cloSinnr iS mt