The San Francisco call., 1897-01-04
THE S, P. LOOKING
At RANDSBURG
II. E. Huntington Visits
the Big Mining Camp
in the Desert.
Has an Engineer With Him
to Figure on Grade
and Cost.
There May Be a Race Between the
A. and P and S. P. to First
Reach the Ground.

There may be a race between the Allan
tic end Pacific and the Southern Pacific
to get into Randsburg.
H. f. Huntington with partv of rail-
road men, among whom was Assistant
over the ground during the past week.
The party drove over from Mojave few
days ago in a rig, a distance of sixty
miles, and remained there to study the
situation Mr.. Huntington gave his at
tention to the mines. 1t was his desire to
get at the stability of the proposition
whether or not the mines are likely to
last, and, So whether it is worth while tc
build the road or not. 1t was the business
of Mr.. Gelette to look to grades and the
best route in, in case it was found to be
worth while.
The miners undertook to prove to Mr.
Huntington that Randsburg is the big
gest and most substantial mining propo-
sition in the country-that it Will prove q
second Cripple CreeF.
The speculations, therefore. of Mr.. Ge-
lette ana the railroad builders become in
teresting. Randsburg stands at an eleva-
tion of 1850 feet; range of mountains
with sharp ascents lie to the west OF II,
toward Moiave. The line, according to
Mr.. Gelette. would have to be run north.
ward to Garlock to avoid grades, and
thence southwest through pass to
Rands dsburg, a distance, altogether, OF sixty
miles. Garlock is located at q height o1
| 1850, or 1400 lower than RandSbure, and
! fifteen miles away. The engineer says the
| road can be built with no extraordinary
expense.
! +. S. Minnot lawyer of Coos Bay, has
| Just returned from Randsburg on his way
| home and is stopping at the Lick House.
He saw the Hun arlington party in Rands-
/ burg. He says their visit was matter ot
interest to the miners
| The Atlantic and Pacific, he says, has
| decided to build from Cramer, station
! twenty-eight miles south of Randsburg.
| The intention is, on their part, to stop at
johannesburg, a small town recently
started about mile south OF Randsburg.
| "Randsburg," said Mr.. Minnot yes
terday, "has now about 5000 people, and
new Corners are going in at the rate OF
about fifty day. There is no doubt that
the country is to be good and lasting
one. To be sure, the full test has not been
put to it yet, but every indication points
that way. The group of mines known as
the Rand mines have made big yields and
| the further they go the better they pan
| Oul-l HedH al tuS lDluco III tAO oiotiiSb.
The Olympus, the principal of the Rand
mines, has been sunk 15G feet and 100000
has been taken out, more than enough to
pay all the expense of opening and work
ing the shaft.
''The Butte mine has yielded up SOS. .000
| The Wedge mine, sunk 120 feet, has
| yielded $50, 900. One man has employed
boys to scour the hills and gather what
| they call float, a quartz found on the sur
face. He sends this to the mills at Gar
lock and it yields good profit. There
| are several stamp mills at Garlock. There
| is no doubt that the region is very rich
and look for it to develop into One of the
great if not the greatest mining camp ir
| the country"
Mr. Minnot was taken with the GOLD
fever and went to Rand sburg in the early
rush. He staked out claim which ht
thinks will yield good money, but is con
| tent to leave it alone for a while. He say!
there are more men and mines in tht
region than there is capital. What i.
needed is capital 10 develop.