The herald., 1897-06-28
NOTES FROM THE RAND
MANY NEW PROSPECTS BEING
OPENED DAILY
Water at a Cent q Gallon-A Dry
Crushing Plant-The Pro-
posed Railroad


has been a decided dearth of news in the
Rand mining district the past few weeks,
but it has not been 80 in mining activity.
Cor at no time in the history Of the camp
has there been SO much actual develop
ment in the mines, persistent and sue
cessful prospecting, and as many men
as at the present time. Rands-
burg and johannesburg do not have as
large and diverse population as they
had during the winter and early spring,
but those that are here now are the kind
that build cities. They are Of the enter
prising and energetic class, not look
ing for a sure thing" and back
their Judgment with their money. AS a
result Of their work new prospects are
being opened daily and rich veins OF ore
being disclosed. These are becoming so
commonplace they do not excite the talk
and interest they formerly did, and but
few reports of the discoveries find their
way into the daily papers. The old time
mines-the Rand group, Wedge, Kinyon,
Gold Coin and st. Elmo-are running
steadily giving employment to quite a
large number Of men in the aggregate.
and their ore is being worked with signal
success by the Huntington, Garlock and
Henry mills at Garlock and the Val
Verde mill at Cuddyback lake. In the
Wedge the main shaft Is now down over
400 feet and the quality of ore Is better
than ever. The Kinyon is also being sunk
at rapid rate and continues to improve.
The same can also be said Of those of the
other mines in the district that are down
$50 feet or more, this giving decided ana
absolute reputation to the prophesies
made by some of the drawingroom ex-
perts who visited the camp in it's frs.
stages Of development. Evidently their
Opinions" are not bearing FREE
The Alameda mine is looking better
every day and efforts are being made by
three or four syndicate!s to purchase it,
but as yet none of them have succeeded
in getting it, although at the present
writing an expert IL on the ground pre-
pairing a report to be submitted to a
Boston company who are anxious to get
hold of the property. Your correspond
ent was permitted day or two since to
descend into "Finch's hole" where the
recent rich strike was made, and took
samples fairly alive with gold from a
ten inch pay streak that runs not less
than $500 to the ton, and from that UP
into the thousands. The company
shaft Is now down seventy feet, shows a
six foot ledge, and through it runs pay
streak two feet wide carrying $100 ore.
Just outside the townsite Of Johannes
burg Messrs Crawford & Miles have 8
promising claim sixty feet deep. from
which they are shipping $40 ore. ar
offer of q new and complete $4,000 STAMP
mill has just been refused for this mine
| In the wash just west Of town somt
placer miners have gone thirty feet tt
bedrock and are making from IS to $1'
toh dhfy Of TO tie tfhhe district shall have run ny
into the five figures, is now settled, anC
water in almost any desired quantity
can be secured at a cent a gallon rate
Randsburg and Johannesburg are fur
| nished by Skilling's, Colson's and the
johannesburg Milling and Water com
pany's wells and the life supporting
liquid Is of the purest quality. The Jo-
hannesburg company have four well:
down, varying in depth from 120 to 3S(
feet and are obtaining ten inche.
equivalent to 129.60O gallons) of water
daily. They have now supply sufficient
to support a large domestic deman5
and feed a ten stamp mill which they ex'
pect soon to have in operation.
Representatives of the patentees of {
Los Angeles dry crusher and concen-
traitor were recently here inspecting ths
mines particularly those producing low
grade ores. They took samples of thest
to your city and after testing pro-
nounced their ability to successful.
and profitably work them, both to them
selves and the mine owners. Within
the last few days they have written tc
parties here that they are making a
plant which they will ship and have II
operation in Johannesburg during tbs
coming month.
Word was received here today from
authentic sources that ties for the pro.
posed railroad are now en- route ant
grading for the roadbed will be com.
menced at Kramer some time mex
week.
Prof and Mrs Louis Claverie of tbs
Froebel institute, Los Angeles, are here
spending their vacation. The professor
is interested in number of promising
claims and is opening them up with gooc
prospects of success