The herald., 1897-02-01

gone ~ prodncsd ever 81, ,ooo. ~ ia silver,
ana should the price Of the white metal
teke An upward turn the oamm Will once
more come to the front.
The United VERDE Copper company,
Jerome Arik.. which nearly doubled the
capacity Of it, plant, 10 ptill enlarging
ana increasing it, capacity.
The continued wet weather has stop
pea the dry washing outits around
hand9burg. Kern county. Tor the pref
ent. About five Inches Of rain has fallen
this season
To show how close percentage they
nave been working ore to In some Of the
ramshackle mills in Kern county, an
oner OF $50 per ton for the tailings has
been refused.
The high winds ana rains recently ex-
perineced In the Randsburg district, in
Kern county. have made 1t decidedly
unpleasant for the number OF people
living In tents.
The claims in the Granite Wells dis
trict, twenty-four miles east Of Johan-
nesburg. Kern county, have been bond
ed to San Francisco men. The ore will
have to be smelted.
The Johannesburg Milling and Water
company, Kern county, has selected
plans and site for q 800, 900 gallon reser-
voir, which 1t Is proposed to fill with
water from a spring.
The Western Mining World Of Butte,
Mont, says that after years fnves-
tigation Of the subject 1t has placed the
estimate Of the total yield Of the famous
Alder gulch as 500, 10000.
The smelter at Orc Grande in Southern
California has been completed. It's ca
pacity is forty tons daily and 1t will COM
mence operations as soon as there is q
months supply Of ore on hand.
The Yuma Sentinel says that James
Sanderson has recently taken charge
of the Monitor placer plant at Gila City
and is engaged in overhauling the ma
chinery, which win soon be ready to
start up.
A johannesburg paper states that In
the Randsburg region since the first Of
to sell claims at from $3.50 to $1,000 for
which they formerly asked 5000, SO, 900,
and even $4,000.
johannesburg, which expects to be the
coming metropolis of the Mojave region.
is thirty-six miles on an air Mne from
Mojave, on the Southern Pacific rail-
road. and twenty-six miles from Kramer,
on the Atlantic and Pacific.
H. S. Gillette and Calvin I. Brown
have purchased five mines in the Bev-
eridge district. near independence, Inyo
COuHtyp Val, dAQ Will ca CCt q i uc
ores are high grade, but have hereto
fore been packed on mules at cost of
S12 ton.
The Needles Eye says that Hill and
Rice met with another unfortunate ac-
cident. While the Xarissa was towing
a barge up the river, loaded with the
boiler for their mill. the barge struck
something and sank. The boiler has
not yet been recovered.
The johannesburg water system has
been completed and three inches Of wa
ter is now flowing through the pipes
into the town. The source Is q well 1877
feet deep. with several drifts from the
bottom. and a Worthington pump raises
the water to the surface.
The Kingman Miner says that White
Hills is now one Of the liveliest camps
in Arizona Active work is going for
ward in a large number OF the mines,
the Excelsior company is pushing work
on it's new forty-stamp mill and several
business buildings are now being erected.
Col. G. w. Sweesy was In the city Mon
day with gold brick from run of five
tons of ore from the Leoti mine in the
Virginia Dale district, and the brick Is
worth about 5000. 1t was weighed at
the Farmers Exchange bank. 500 gold
pieces being placed in the other side of
the scale, and it required $500 to raise the
brick. The alloy in the coin would raise
the value of the brick to at least $500.