Mesa free press., 1897-11-12
TIMES AND MINING.

new copper claims near Escondido.
The work of sinking the we'll at the
Visalia mill goes on with a rush and in
short time the mill will be running
in full blast.
Commissioner Hermann of the Gen.
eral Land Office has decided that the To-
Gator of mining claims on the Colville
Indian reservation in Washington has
the right to cut only such timber on his
claim as may be necessary in the ordi-
nary working of his mining claim.
The New York company advertising a
dry washer "to be used in the Klondike
country"is actually securing sales of
stock in the country round about Man.
haitian island. "Succor for the Klon-
dixie" could be there reversed to "Klon-
dixie for the sucker"
The Rademacher district is beginning
to loom up, reports of strikes of high
grade ore being received almost daily,
and reports are being substantiated by
specimens of ore brought in by the
finders. Considerable ore will be miIled
here from that point this fall.
A Colorado man, who does not wish
his namei mentioned, recently fold
prominent citizen of Los Angeles that
he was ready to invest million dollars
in smelter in this neighborhood as
soon as work on the breakwater at San
Pedro shall be commenced. million
dollars looks like big sum of money
to put into smelter, but there are
smelter companies in this country
which are capitalized at 100000 and
over. It is not only for the plant that
capital is needed, but osspurchase and
store ores of various grades, until
sufficient quantityssof a particular va
riety shall have been accumulated
Los Angeles Times.
Encouraging reports are constantly
being received from the mines around
Needles. Tommy Cannon has made
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Fenner, and has force of men taking
out ore for shipment. P. III. Kean, OF
the same district, is employing eight
men on his property, and he always has
something to show for the work done.
Frank Holmes, Tim Nay, and a num-
Der of others are steadily at work up
in the Ell Dorado canyon country and
report excellent prospects. W. S. Van
Slyke and sons are sinking on the
Monumental mine at Sunrise mountain,
and cyanide plant for the working of
their ore will soon be erected near here.
j. w. Tuck has renewed operations on
his property with an augmented force
of workmen. Not..much is being done
at hex just now, but number of men
will be put to work there in short
time. A good strike was recently made
on one of the claims belonging to the
Boundary Line company. Eye.
In Southern California there are at
present thirty eight hundred mines,
many of which are as yet undeveloped,
but several of which are good producers.
They employ about seven thousand men,
and represent an invested capital of
Sic, 900, 600. There are about 145 mills at
work, with a capacity of over 1900
stamps. The leading gold producing
counties in Southern California are San
Diego county and Kern county, which
latter was the scene of the Rand excite
ment two years ago, and which boasts
of the fact that the miners there were
so we'll satisfied that they furnished no
recruits for the Klondike. The official
map of the Randsburg district shows
$50 mines. Many believe they are sur
face mines, and that they would never
pay to work at the lower levels. The
experience SO far goes to indicate that
this is not SO. The Garlock and Rcd
Rock districts are also prohibiting min.
ing localities in this county. The San
Bernardino mining territory covers TO-
900 square miles and includes the Dale,
Holcomb, Hocumac, Orc Grande,
Amargosa, Vanderbilt and Marvel dis
tricts.
With such rich mineral districts run
ming through all the counties of South
ern California, supplementing the great
wealth in citrus and deciduous fruits in
that section, Southern California is des-
tined to add vastly to the wealth of the
state in the near future.-San Francisco
Argaunaut.
The Worlds Gold Production.
From present appearances it would
seem that the production of gold this
year was going to be record breaker.
The Chicago Times-Herald has been fig
uring the thing up and estimates that
California, Colorado, the Black Hills,