The herald., 1897-03-28

be fully developed, in connection with
other important enterprises.
From the mine to the johannesburg
sampling works is a short walk of a
quarter of mile. The plant was put
in few weeks ago by the Arizona Sam
pling Works company, and is under the
management of c. H. Voorhees,. 1t Is
fitted with furnaces, rollers and crush
ers, where samples of ore are brought
to be crushed and assayed to ascertain
their value. The company buys ore
from the miners, crushes and sacks 1t
for shipment to San Francisco or Col
orado. 1t is a valuable plant for the
district, as many poor fellow who
finds it difficult to carry on work can
thus be assisted in the development of
his property.
Every mine in the Rand district, 1t
is stated on reliable authority, has so
far paid it's way. 1t Is probably the
only region in the world where mining
is done with the plow. At the ST. Elmo
there are the largest dry washers ever
constructed. The ground is plowed up
in places, dry washed, and paying guam
titles Of gold obtained.
RANDSBURG.
Approaching the town through Fid-
dlers' gulch, the first view Of Rands-
burg resembles an ideal Bret Harte min
ing camp.
The business streets, of which there
are three, follow the contour of the
hills, while the white tents and board
houses that constitute the residence
portion are built on the sloping sides of
the gulch The first rush of immigra-
ton has subsidized, and the camp has set
tied down into steady growth. Its fu-
ture, with that of johannesburg, de-
pends entirely upon the development of
the gold in it's hills
On all sides of the town the hilltops
and sides are dotted with mines, build
ings and machinery. where men are
busily at work hauling out the precious
ore. The pioneers, the Rand group, con-
sisting of five, are on the mountain
south of the camp 1t is not yet two
years since the three men, Burcham
Morris and Singleton, after an almost
hopeless search, found what they were
seeking and opened the rich deposits
in this region.
Many valuable mines have since been
located and the country for miles is
dotted with low stone monuments, de-
fining the boundary lines of claims ta
ken. One of the richest of many that
surround the camp is the Wedge, owned
by Pepper, Allen, Rogers and Walker
Through the courtesy of F. A. Walk
er some of the party were fortunate
enough to explore the most extensive
mine yet visited. The shaft is down
almost 200 feet, the descent to which is
reached by ladder.
1t is long climb down under arching
stone walls, through crosscuts where
the mountain above Is upheld by tim
ber, until, candle in hand, breathless
and exhausted, we land at the bottom
in the sitting heat The gray stone that
the miners are digging does not disclose
it's value to inexperienced eyes, but we
are told that from so tons of ore $4,000
was taken in three days milling. The
next weeks run of the mill at Garlock
cleaned up for the owners of the Wedge
the neat sum of $4,000.
When the richness of the Rand mining
region becomes known and capital goes
In to develop 1t, Randsburg and vicinity
will become the greatest mining dis
trict in the world.
Randsburg is now a prosperous camp
of 1000 population. 1t is we'll supplied
with merchandise in all lines. comforta-
BILE hotel accommodations and lodging
houses A new theater has been fin-
ished in the past week, with seating
capacity of several hundred.
A vaudeville company furnishes
amusement and good music every even
ing. at which it Is said there are no OBJ
jectienable features. The town is quiet