The herald., 1897-10-31

opened d large general
store. He was until recently one of the
firm of Broadwell & Co., who have had
stores in a number of towns in this and
Los Angeles county. The policy of the
firm has always been to sell goods at
close margins of profit and Mr.. An
derson is carrying out that policy here
and will continue to do so. The store
is commodious and said to be the neat
est in town. 1t is on Butte avenue oppo-
site Broadway.
MAGINNIS q CRENSHAW-MINE
REAL ESTATE AND ABSTRACTS
E. b. Maginnis of this firm is justice
of the peace for Rand district and was
district recorder from the time it was
formed. His partner, ]. c. Crenshaw,
is an experienced Searcher of records;
was in the abstract business in San
Diego for many years. The firm is, there
fore, well prepared for handling mines
and real estate and searching records in
Rand district.
ST. ELMO BAR
J. M. Crawford, deputy sheriff, is
proprietor of the st. Elmo bar. He has
been in Randsburg one and half years
and was in Bakersfield and Visalia prior
to that for many years. He is popular
wherever he goes.
ASSAYER AND MECHANICAL EN-
GINEER
A. ]. Peter is the pioneer assayer OF
the Rand district. He is reliable and
accommodating, makes reports on
mines and gives practical mill tests of
| ores.
MINES OF THE MOJAvE DESERT
c. H. Belcher, notary public of Gar
lock, is an old miner and resident of that
section, was there years before Rands-
burg was started and can give reliable
information regarding mines and min
ing anywhere from Mojave to Rands-
burg.
ROOMS
Geo. H. Phillips, Randsburg lodging
house, has good beds at 25 cents.
MINERAL SURVEYOR
]. D. Brown, deputy United States
mineral surveyor, is the pioneer in his
profession in this district. Many prom
inent mine owners have been notified
during the past year that patents for
their mines from his surveys will be
granted. A large number of claims have
been surveyed by Mr.. Brown and they
are all reliable and invariably salts
factory. He has had over thirty years
experience in his profession, including
some of the most prominent mines and
railroads on the Pacific coast.
PHOTOGRAPHS
C. w. Tucker pioneer photographer of
Randsburg, has every facility for taking
mining views, including interior and ex
terror flashlights, etc. Orders receive
prompt attention for all kind of views.
HOTEL ST. ELMO
]. W. Lambert, the proprietor, came
here a short time ago with his wife and
daughter from Fresno county, where he
had been engaged in the hotel business,
and leased the above house. Mr.. Lam
bert is a boom hotel man and has 4
happy knack of making his guests feel
at home, in which trait his amiable wife
is a good second. All stages stop here
on arrival in town first and leave here
the last. The house has forty-eight
rooms and is clean, comfortable and
moderate priced.
ST. ELMO CAFE
This is the dining room of the hotel.
also a cafe, and is conducted separately
by Mr.. and Mrs. Wubbenhorst. Mr.
Wubbenhorst has been "chef" in many
of the leading cafes on the coast and
among them the Hollenbeck cafe, Los
Angeles, also the New York Kitchen.
Mrs Wubbenhorst presides over the
dining room and does it well.
WILSON & co.
This old established Mojave general
merchandise firm has had branch al
Randsburg for about year. They
carry a complete line of general mer-
chandise here, are agents for the Cali
fornia Powder works, have the telephone
exchange office in connection with the
store, also the office for Mojave and in
termediate points and the postal tele-
graph office.
ASSAYER AND CHEMIST
While at Randsburg the writer met
H. C. Johnson, chemist and assayer, who
was formerly chemist for the Chino
Valley Beet Sugar company, and since
then was check chemist at Eddy, N. M,
beet sugar factory. Mr.. johnson is also
"a practical assayer and is prepared to do
technical work of all kinds. He refers
to the Bank of Randsburg for informa-
ton regarding his ability and integrity
HAMMOND & co.
Elsewhere is a picture of the front
of the above firms building 1t is the.
oldest store in the Rand district and
they carry everything needed in min
ing camp. They supply and deliver to
most of the mining camps.
/ GEO. Nick. BEVAN
Mr.. Bevan 10 agent for Maier & Zobe-