The herald., 1897-03-16
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own five other claims in the immediate
neighborhood. There is plenty of wood
and water here also. Ira L. Harmon
and VIM. Vaughn are owners of five
other mines in the same locality consid-
cred valuable property.
E. e. Chilson, Arthur Martin and j.
e. Horton are the owners of the Boom
erang. or the old Golden Beauty. located
In the same district. The ore In this
mine is considered the richest In the
district, some of the rock taken from 1t
assaying up into the thousands. The
ledge was lost four or five years ago,
owing to it's dropping short off and out
of sight, and 1t was rich to the last.
Much gold was taken from the mine be-
fore this. The ledge has been re-dis-
covered recently and the ore proves to be
as rich and the rock the same rs that
formerly mined. The course of the
ledge, the quality of the rock and Its
dimensions prove 1t to be the same vein.
One man at one time took out $500 from
the mine with hand-mortar, and much
more had been taken out by other sim
pie modes at different times. The ore is
now being taken out through tunnels. 1t
will be either milled in the mill to be
erected by the Midnight Owl company
or in the old Hemet Bell mill. The old
Hemet Bell mine Is now being worked by
only one man, who brings the rock in
keys. He says he is making good money.
He is close-mouthed German.
B. Mccormick, Ose Trip and Mr..
Swartz are the owners of group of
mines west of Cahuilla, which are claim
ed to be very rich. These gentlemen
are not talking much but doing much de-
velopment work. 1t is expected that
eventually they will put In mill. Mr.
Mccormick Is a merchant of Riverside.
Capt. w. B. Johnson, E. H. Gruwell
and e. Z. Chilson are interested In q
group of six claims in the East Side
camp, upon which considerable develop
ment work has been done. On the
Birthday" one of this group, 50-foot
shaft has beten sunk and 50-foot tun-
mel run; on the lone" 50-foot tunnel;
on the North Hemet" 15-foot shaft
shaft has been sunk and a 50-foot tun-
mel. The "Cleune May" has recently
been opened. The vein of ore is twelve
inches and assays from $50 to 5000 per
ton. All the other claims show good
grade ore, though possibly not quite as
rich as the Cleune May. 1t is also the
intention of these gentlemen to put In
a mill during this spring, enough devel-
opment having been done to warrant
the expenditure. A Mr.. Penrod owns
a valuable mine in this camp which
yields $3.50 rock and plenty Of 1t.
Nearly all Of the foregoing mines are
within thirty miles from San Jacinto
to the southeast and east. To the south
of San Jacinto is the group of mines on
the Domingoni place which were un-
earthed by that veteran old prospector.
"Menifee" Wilson and which are being
developed by him and Mr.. Domingoni
While the ore In these mines Is not of the
highest grade. the ease In mining, the
presence of plenty of wood and water
makes them fully as valuable as many
of the others.
The Sage mine group is located to the
south Of Hemet and is owned by e. E.
Chilson. c. F. Miller and Arthur Walker
The vein of ore in these mines is large
and composed from SO to $14 rock, and
rs feet deep has been sunk on the Sage
and a number OF 10 to 15-foot shafts.
There are now 300 tons of ore out on
"The o. K.," one of the group, and active
work will be resumed April 1.
The Leon Milling and Mining company,
composed of Bailey Bros. San Fran
cisco; s. r. Porter, Sutter Creek; Mr..
Bishop, president of the California bank,
San Francisco; George w. Parsons Of
Los Angeles and C. H. Briggs of Hemet,
own the mine Of the same name located
seven miles southwest Of Winchester.
This mine has 1000 tons Of ore on the
dump ready for crushing. 1t Is the In
tention to erect mill here this summer
The company own the Balliol mine on
Sutter creek. Amador county, where a
40-stamp mill will be started up this
Leon will be continued until the mill
is erected on 1t. This is considered quite
valuable property This mine is outside
of the government reservation.
"Menifee" Wilson and son, ]. p. Kerr
of the Hemet News, Capt. Johnson and
u. H. Gruwell also own a number of
claims on this same mineral belt and
within three miles Of Winchester, which
are considered paying property. There
are fine claims in the group, and work
is beirH executed on all of them. The
rock all horns free-gold. 1t would be
mere speculation to state how much the
ore will mill per ton, as no assays have
been made. The owners are well enough
satisfied with their property to spend
their good money in developing the
claims. This company Is fully able to
as the claims have been sufficiently de-
veloped. Much of the rock shows free
gold. Just across the road fromthis group
is nest of fiYe mines, belonging to Con-
8uctor Duddfeson OF the Santa Fe, d.
II. Clark apd Capt. Johnson, which are
equally as valuable as the neighboring
claims.
IWeuty-elSnt miles TO the SOutQ Oh the
Tanquitz district and just across Che
line In San Diego county, is group of
seven mines owned by VIM. Vaughn, ].
A. Bailey and Richard Bulgamot. The
ore in this group assays from SO to SIS
with ledge of an average width of 511
feet, and the rock Is easy milling owing
to its softness. This Is also outside Of
the government reservation. and there
fore subject to none of the inconveniences
which might be visited on the mines
within the reservation. A tunnel 200
feet long has been run on one of these
claims The ore will be milled in mill
to be erected by Robt. Bell and a Mr..
Higgins. who have a cumber of fine
claims eight miles to the east
The foregoing showing does not include
by any means all the mines In this Sec
tion of the county. There are many
others fully as valuable as those men,
toned and which are only awaiting cap
ital for their development. This report
is conservatsre statement of the mines
as found upon very careful inquiry and
after verifying all the statements made
by interested parties by others not in
any way connected with the particular
mine under consideration. The great
ness of the mining industry in this Sec
tion Of the county is. therefore, not
overdrawn.
ORANGE COUNTY
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