The herald., 1897-08-25
DESERT HEAT
DOES NOT STOP THE WORK AT
THE MINES
johannesburg Prospectors Continue
to Find Pay Rock-Railroad
Prospects Seem Promising
Special to The Herald

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warmest of the season. the thermometer
ranging from 90 to over 100 degrees IN
the warmest part of the day. The hea;
has been tempered and the atmosphere
cleared almost every afternoon by thun-
der showers in the vicinity, although very
little rain has fallen at this place. On
Friday afternoon there was cloudburst
in the mountains north of here, but 1t
cid no damage.
A. A. Daugherty, one of the officials of
the proposed Randsburg and Kramer
railroad, was in johannesburg the lat
Ter part of the week He was accom-
panied by W. r. Woodard of Chicago.
who represents the syndicate of capiltl-
talists who will put up the money for
the construction of the road. Together
they looked thoroughly into the mining
resources of the district. and expressed
themselves more than pleased with the
prospects of the camp Before leaving
for Los Angeles they said that work
would surely commence on the road be-
fore the 9Th of September, and that the
road would be in operation by November
1st. Mr.. Woodard will remain in Calfor-
mia until the road is completed. Steel
rails for the road are now arriving al
Kramer and several schooner loads of
ties are expected at San Pedro in few
days. The latter come from the Puget
sound country.
nt,i fAy 1a n wv
concentrator is on the ground here, and
the work of getting it in position is pro-
|ceeding rapidly. 1t is expected that the
machine will be ready for work in about
three weeks The plans of Mr.. Wood,
who is in johannesburg experimenting
the erection of the plant, seem very feas-
ible, and if his mactiens are as success
full in practice as they give evidence of
being in theory, a complete revolution in
the treatment of dry ores may be looked
for.
w. B. Mcconnell and A. J. Haralson
have bonded to Fl. I. Parker their in
terest in the Yorkshire Lass, Skookum,
Spokane and Superior mines, located
four miles west of Randsburg. They
also bonded their interest in seven coal
claims four miles from Garlock
Col. c. F. Hafford and A. G. Bowman
of Randsburg have sold the Hafford
mine, in the slate range, to j. B. Black
of Salt Lake for SIS 900 cash. The Bow
man NINE an adjoining claim, they have
bonded for $40 900 to George Montgomery
of Panamint. The former mine is opened
by a 100 foot shaft and the ore assays
from IS to SIS per ton. 1t carries a small
amount of free gold. but is rich in sui
phurets. But little work has been done
on the Bowman mine, but Mr. Mon tgom-
cry will begin development at once
E. Lee Allen, manager of the Little
Butte, has purchased the Little Butte
extension and Monkey Wrench mines
He will commence development work on
them shortly.
j. r. Parker recently discovered and
located 600x375x30 foot wedge adjon-
in gthe King Solomon mine, and last
week, while prospecting it, uncovered a
valuable vein of ore.
Gervaise Purcell, engineer for the Lit
tie Butte company, made critical ex-
animation of the mine the past week
Samples of the ore were sent to Los An
geles and assayed from $50 to $40. On
Thursday, at depth of 300 feet, per-
feet wall was encountered The width
between the walls is five feet and is filled
with ore. The pay streak varies from
twelve to twenty-four inches and the
balance is good ore which will run from
$40 up. Superintendent Allen has put a
force of men at work sinking a shaft OH
the west end of the ledge. They will
sink to depth of 800 feet and then drift
east 1900 feet, to make connection with
shaft No. l. This will give them plenty
of air and some good stopping ground.
Last week Messrs. Montgomery and
Burns received $500 from seventy sacks
of ore taken from the w. j. Bryan mine
one mile north of Johannesburg
The Val Verde company made largo
shipment of ore last week to Cuddyback
mill.
The Alameda company is pushing
work on their mine and have forces Of
men at work in four shafts, the deepes;
of which is down nearly 100 feet. They
will increase their working force the
coming week and begin drifting in two
of the shafts.
]. c. GLADDEN., the newly-elected vice
president of the Wedge Mining COM
pany, was in Randsburs last week. Ac-
companying him was Percy H McMa-
hon of Arizona. who has been installed
as superintendent of the mine report
that rich body of ore had been found
in the mine is current on the streets.
c. L. Hanson of Los Angeles, formerly
townsite manager for the Johannes
burg Mining and Milling company, was
here several days last week.
Miss Alice Jacobs of Chicago is visit
ing her cousin, Mrs. Squires, at Hotel
johannesburg.
A union Sunday school was establish
ed in Johannesburg last Sunday and is
being well attended.
Jas. H. Adamson died at Randsbllrs
last Monday of typhoid fever. He came
here several months ago from Ontario.
where he has a number of relatives liy-
ing.
meeting of the miners of the Rand
district was held at Randsburg Satur
day night, at which final arrangements
for the organization of a miners union
were made. Officers were nominated
and will also be voted upon at the next
meeting of the union, when they will
also be installed. The union begins ex-
istence with membership of about 200
The scale of wages to be adopted calls
for $3.50 per day for surface and SO for