The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-11
AMERICAN JOHANNESBURG
A LITELY TOWN nv TINE NEW
BdNDsBURG DISTRICT.

Another Mi.ing Town In Mo-ts.s sp-,-ss
Up srd Theu Fades Away In n Week.
Colo Ore Diseovered IN New Mexico By
Bisstin6 for the Fonndatie. OF . House.
Los ANoELIs. Cal. Jan. 2.-The FIRST large
investment of capital in the Rand spurg mining
district In now an ACCOMPLISHED fact. and the
new town OF johannesburg Is the locality
chosen by he capitalists who have the work OF
development In hand.
The enterprise has taken tho form OF q cor-
poration under the name OF the johannesburg
Milling and Water Company. with e paid-up
capital OF $3.50 900. Tho organization was
completed yesterday. The work which t.e
company has taken hold OF has been already
parti.lly performed under Individual owner
shin. which now passes to tho company. A clear
title has been acquired TO an entire section Of
school land. and . town site has been surveyed
and laid out in lots. The titles TO all property
will DO unauestionsble. unlike those in Rands-
burg. which are said TO be already the source
Of much controversy.
The town rite OF Johannesburg lies on- ndlo
and q half east Of Randsburg. and Is provided
with an ample water supply. -Four miles from
the town a well bas been suuk TO q depth OF
40 feet, and q flow OF water has been devel-
O ed sufficient 20 furnish oil the needs OF the
district, including tho two towns. From tho
well the water will be pumDod Into q reservoir
near by, from which IL will DO conducted by
gravity TO johannesburg through four miles
OF four-inch piping. More than ono milo OF
the main pipe line has already been laid. and
the company is crowdin the work to compile
ton with all tho speed that II can summon
Three shifts are at work. and ABOUT nifty men
are employed night and day driving tunnels to
develop more water.
Al soon as water reaches tile town II Is the
intention OF the company to erect a thirty-ton
stamp mill for the treatment OF the gold bear
Ing ores OF the district. Quito n number OF
buildings are now constructing. and the contract
has been let by Santa Barbara men for n 81. 900
hotel.
Everything is being done to equip the town
with public convenien"es. The telephone limo
reached tho Gown last night. A Post Onico
has been established. and the Official papers
will arrive from Washington this week. Two
stage lines make daily connection with tho
Southern Pacific md Atlantic and Pacific
railways. and the possibility OF n branch limo
being shortly constructed from Johannesburg
90 Kramer Is suggested by tho Interest which
the Santa Fe officials have shown In running
surveys northward over the desert from their
main line.
BUTTE. Jan. 5.-The city OF Anaconda went
Wild over n gold excitement last week. and
the end OF tho week. Some rich gold rock
was discovered in a gorge In Sheep Gulch,
hDOut TOUR mtlet ITOH auhCOuuh. CcNeThl
samples found there assayed high In both gold
and silver. aud within two days every inch OF
eonda. who swarmod over the place.
BY the end OF the week, however, the STAN
pede was over. and the s,ampeders had mostly
and returned TO their homes. Very little gold
Toek could be found In paying, quantities;
from a barren canon TO a live camp Of tents
and shanties. q ,otcl. two saloons. and even a
turned almost to its former barrenness and
was published. 4 few prospectors are still at
Assayer RraGen o, the United state, Assay
onico at Helena has not yet COMPLETED his esti-
for 1906, but the following figures furnished
by him are approximately correct:
snVer counccs $500 is.'SS9'' 900
Copper tpounds ............. .2so. 900 600
Lean pounhD 22,ooo. 600
Compared with 1928 these figures show an in
creased output OF 5000 900 In gold. "a decrease
Of a million ounces Of 8 .yer; a decrease Of be-
and an increase Of fully 80. 900. 900 pounds
Of copper. The total value CT the minerals. at
The Butte district produced az least three.
fnurths Of the above mineral wealth. Only ono
CAM lead. the world in the output OF its COP
Per ores: The leading company operating in
The Butte 70, d n1s s5, 10 the Anssonda, which
$50 ounces Of silver. and y $500 ounces Of gold.
The second largest producer is the Boston and
sADeh.Ae " VutsAA Aohh'Nu fpsoOp.-
oliver. The Montana Ore Purchnsins Company
900 ounces OF silver. and $1,000 ounces OF gold.
The Parrot produced II. 900. 900 pounds Of cop
and the Butte Reduction Works 1000. ooS.'
The Anaconda Company abandoned the
$4,000 in their development.
The mines Of Butte are usually designated rs
s sbay co sliysp or 9 eS SSp S;n:t 9os a as t 4 m. ms,. Of fast fat
= little gold as well. The average valu. OF the
ore Of the Anaconda the past year was between
four ounces In silver.
The Montana stucco Company, operating at
KerbS.. near Great rails. is making arrange
spring.
mines have given out the report that the ore
bodies have pinched out. Many who have visited
express the View that the lawsuit sie seow pe anH
ing has much 10 do with the state ment that the
mine Is worked out.
COLORADO.
DENVER. Jan. 1.-The work of the year in
Cripple Creek mines has resulted In the theory
that the formation OF the district has at some
point between the surface and the water level
itself into the rich ore chutes and veins very
much after the manner OF. the cap" for ma
this view tho Independence. Anchoria LslSnd..
Moose. Isabelle. and Elkton are cited. These
idsa ore cS Sassss and shS Se assF a nsi' tae 0o or. OF ft ensii
afterward was so low In value as to stop fur
ther shipments. The companies back OF these
minos had plenty of money, however, and
much faith in the mines, and the Shafts were
dri:en deeper. Eventually they all came
again into high-grade orc. and have resumed
shipments. The q. D. ID. had Just struck this
lower one of hiRh-grade ore when the water
stopped further explorations. The Deerhorn
ehaft has been deepened 800 feet through this
barren zone, and has not yet found the rich
vein below. From the. theory the Cripple
Checkers declare that the ca mp IL a perma-
nent one with much values Ut great depth and
with permanent ore bodies Interrupted by these
intervening strata OF rock.
The gold output of Cripple Creek for tho past
year 10 estimated at $4,000 600. Though this
10 probably overstated, the camp certainly did
produce. more gold than In 1895. The discov-
cries OF new veins nave been encouraging,
though the area OF producing mines was not
extended. In June the Gold Coin disclosed a
vein In the streets OF Victor, since which time
the mine has produced 1000 tons of ore OF n
gross value OF $500, 900. Between February
hnd JuLe lessees OF the Nellie V. on Sauaw
Mountain obtained s44, 900 in ore when their
lease expired, Other Important strikes dur
Ing the year were In the Trail. Nightingale,
Amanda, Blue Flar, Twin Sisters, Tecumseh,
HAllet. a Homburg. Coriolanus, Dead Pine,
Nav Hall l.nlI Eipn Malta " ~. Eis