The herald., 1897-07-31
RAND MINERS
HOPE THAT THE DRY WASHER
WILL WASH
Prospectors Continue to Find Pay
Rock and the Mail Comes
Twice Every Day


Special Correspondence 70 The Herald.
JOHANNESBURG Cal, July 29-Mr
Cole, a representative of the Wells dry
concentration of Los Angeles. arrived ir
Johannesburg yesterday, and this morn
ing set men to work breaking ground fol
the erection of a plant on the Alameda
claim. Mr.. Cole expects to be ready fol
a mill run in about twenty days. Miners
it can do what ita projectors claim, il
means a mint of money to the owners OF
mines in the Rand mining district II
is safe to say that there are thousands
of tons of low grade ore on the dumps
at the different claims, which would net
from SO to $40 ton if handled by this
process.
The demand for good stamp mill in
this district is imperative. There is water
in abundance to operate such a mill and
plenty of high grade ore to keep it run
ming. The only mill in the vicinity which
gives satisfaction has its time taken
weeks ahead
J. R. Parker, formerly of Riverside
county, last week leased ground on the
King Solomon claim He is now down
about twenty feet on ledge about twelve
inches wide. Tests of ore from different
parts of the ledge average about $25 per
ton, though some parts of the ledge,
where the ore apparently lies in punches,
runs as high as $500 to the ton. The own
ers of the King Solomon own quite a
number of claims in this vicinity and
have been particularly unfortunate in Sc
Letting good ones. The Alameda was
bonded by them to the erpesnt owners
and the Pinmore, situated about half a
mile northeast of Johannesburg, gives
every indication of being a rich claim
Men are busy at work sinking a shaft
at the Val Verde.
The Alameda company is opening up
two new shafts, and in each high grade
ore has been encountered.
Rich strikes are reported from the
country west of Randsburg. Lodges
from ten to thirty feet in width are not
uncommon, and the ore runs from 500 to
$50 ped ton
A fine body of $25 ore has been found
in the south drift of the Golden Bar mine
Captain H. L. Colson, formerly of your
city, has force of men at work on his
Camperdown claim. He is sinking two
shafts, and at depth of twenty feet in
each good body of ore was opened up.
If it holds out, as it undoubtedly will, the
the captain will put up mill at Squaw
Springs, four miles distant, where he
owns a fine well of water.
A rich strike was made in the Little
Butte on Monday. This mine is an ex-
fan Of he X inv nd
worked with the expectation of striking
the same ledge. The shaft had been
opened up 275 feet without taking out
a sack Of rock which would pay to have
milled. The owners had faith in the
mine, and this faith was justified by
striking a four-foot body of high grade
ore. The ledge is literally peppered with
gold, which is visible to the naked eye.
This find is another refutatoin of the
cry made by the croakers that there
are no deep hedges in this district, and
that however rich they may be they will
pinch out at a depth of from so to 100
feet. The Wedge is another instance,
it having reached a depth of over 300
feet without showing any signs of pinch
ing out.
The Alabama mine was sgd last week
and a force of men was Immediately pu.
to work taking out ore. A shipment
was made today of several tons of the
ore to Garlock.
The early part of the week there was
quite a commotion for a few minutes
at the Hotel johannesburg. A party
passing the hotel about o'clock in the
evening saw smoke issuing from an
upper window. The alarm was given
and the hose soon placed in position
The door of the room was broken in and
it was found that a small satchel on
table was on fire. A miner had come
in a few minutes before with a satchel
which contained bottle of nitric acid,
and the bottle either broke or the
cork came out, and set the satchel on
fire. But for the timely discovery Jo-
hannesburg would have been treated to
a serious fire.
j. M. Ermerins left this week for Los
Angeles to visit his family. He expects
to return in about ten days, and will
then push development work on the
Lucky Baldwin, which he and others
have recently bonded.
MIR. and Mrs. William Oliver were
passengers on yesterdays stage for Los
Angeles Mr.. Oliver will return in
few days, leaving his wife, to spend the
summer at Terminal island.
H. L. Hollis, who, with G. H. Curtis,
bonded the Golden Bar mine, left last
Saturday, via Los Angeles, for a short
visit to Chicago.
William McEwen, superintendent of
the Alameda mine, returned yesterday
from business trip to Los Angeles.
Commencing with this week. Johannes
burg and Randsburg have mail arriv-
ing and leaving twice a day. This is
some improvement over six months ago,
when we had to be content with a mali
delivery three times a week.