The herald., 1897-09-05

ing done speaks we'll for the company.
whose watchword is thoroughness. econ-
omy and success. They hope to develop
one of the best mining properties in
Southern California. A considerable
amount of the treasury stock has been
sold even before the prospectus IL ous-
The stock sells at l cent per share. The
secretary's office is at 404 South Broad
way. Los Angeles. where prospectus
may be had in few days.
C. A. Giffen of the above company was
among the pioneer prospectors OF the
Mojave mining district and has done
yeoman work in showing by practical
experience what an excellent field 1t IS
for the investment of capital.
OAK CREEK DISTRICT
In this district there are many good
prospects but only one well developed
mine as yet-the Mojave, owned by J.
H. Underhill and B. d. Standeford OF
Mojave There is an eighty-foot shaft
on a foot ledge, with granite and por-
phyry walls. The ore is gold and silver
principally gold.
JAWBONE CANYON
There are many promising claims in
this section and abundance of wood and
water. A smelter is projected. w.
Aitkin has a promising mine, four-foot
ledge and several tons of ore on the
dump which shows $40 antimony and $50
gold. The Washington mine, owned by
Mrs. H. E. Coleman, Mojave, has q
thirty-eight inch vein and the ore runs
s115 per ton. Next to the above is T. ].
Curley's Pharmacist, which has been de-
yeloped to some extent with similar
showing of ore to that Of the Washing
ton. Next is the Eflie K, down fifty
eight feet, has a thirty eight inch vein
and the ore mills $50. One hundred and
fifty tons have been milled and there ID
twenty-five tons on the dump. T. ].
Curley owns the Brother Jim. which has
a seventy-five foot tunnel on the ledge.
which is five to six feet wide. The ore
averages $40 per ton and there is forty
tons on the dump.
Two miles west of the Sixteen-mile
house (from Mojave), in Jawbone cam
yon, Martin Halvey of Mojave has val
liable mine called the Copper Queen.
The vein is three feet wide, shaft twen-
ty-fve feet, and there is good trail to
the mine. Fifty per cent of the ore -
solid lead and there is a large body OF 1t
in sight. This would be valuable for
auxing purposes if smelter were estab-
lished in or near Mojave, as the ore can
be hauled there for $3.50 per ton.
KANE SPRINGS
Twenty-six miles from Mojave and
twenty-five from Randsburg Is Kane
Springs, where Charles A. Koehn, an
enterprising German-American, estab-
lished a five stamp mill in 1895. owing to
the immense water supply on his 160
acres upon which he had settled (the plo-
neer of that section in 1922. Mr.. Koehn
has been operating as merchant and
cattle raiser for his meat markets in
Red Rock, Goler and Randsburg, besides
Kane Springs, for years, but last No
vember he disposed of all his interests
except at Kane Springs, where he Is
postmaster, merchant, butcher, cattle.
hog and poultry raiser and millman COM
bined, besides possessing 100 acres OF
land that has wonderful and diversified
springs of mineral and domestic water.
Mr. Koehn's pet scheme is to build
sanitarium at this point and fully util-
ize the sulphur, salt and other excellent
mineral and domestic waters that
abound here.
The mill has now ten stamps and has
a concentrator in connection. From 400 to
500 tons of ore per month are reduced,
most of which comes from Randsburg.
Messrs. Dean & Brand have an eigh-
teen ton cyanide works at this point and
are as yet working on tailings from Mr..
Koehn's mill.
GARLOCK
This is the principal milling point for
the Mojave desert mines and is situated
thirty EIGHT miles from Mojave.
1t is a flourishing town Of at least 500
inhabitants, with about $50 more in the
outlying district 1t is a substantially
built town, considering the fact that it
is not yet two years old Garlock was
named in honor of E. T. Garlock, the pio-
neer settler and mill owner, who built
the first mill at this point in November,
1895 (then called Cow Wells), being the
only place in that section of the Mojave
desert where a good supply Of water
could be obtained.
The. town has been surveyed into lots
ranging from 25x150 to 50x150. The main
street is sixty feet wide and all others
fifty feet. The citizens are eminently
law abiding and progressive, hence the
town is peculiarly free from the obnox-
ious features and persons that generally
and infest mining towns.
The following town committee has
charge of the general interests Of the
town: w. B. Ballard, president; L. E.
Hoffman, secretary; B. d. Newell, treas
urer; I. w. Kelly and A. T. Fowler, sur
veyors. Garlock has very ef-
ficient volunteer fire department.
whose chief, J. r. Hughes, was
formerly outside foreman Of the Baker
Iron Works at Los Angeles. He is also
of the Garlock mill
There are fifty children of school age in
the district and the town has substan-
tial frame schoolhouse 20x36 The Gar
lock News, owned and edited by Schmidt
Bros, supplies the local news of the dis
trict admirab bly, The Desert bank, F. H.
Head president; G. w. Fox, cashier,
does a general exchange business and
purchases gold bullion and gold dust.
Mr.. Heald was formerly editor of the Ell
sinore News, hence it was natural for
him to render the writer valuable as
sistance at Garlock.
Garlock is the business and distribut-
ing point for an extensive area of coun-
try which is wonderfully rich in mineral
resources. embracing Red Rock, Dove
Springs, Gold Hill, Last Chance, Mesa
Springs, Black Mountain, Goler, Ell PaSo,
Slate range and Panamint districts.
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