The herald., 1897-03-29
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DR.. S. NJ. Slocum Ned Southworth. A.
| Sadler, B. Paddock and party, all of
whom returned last week from the
Panimint country, say that in leaving
Randsburg it is best TO take the road
to the right at the first we'll defined road
1t Is about fifteen miles from the forks
of the road to Blackwater, a mountain
spring where there is no wood. AT this
point you strike the old borax or Pani-
mint road, which should be followed for
six miles to Granite wells. For the next
water point follow the main road to
Lone Willow springs, a distance OF
about thirty miles. From Lone Willow
Springs it is six miles to the road lead
ing through Windgate pass. 1t is eight
miles through the pass to a road turn
ing to the left leading to Goler canyon
From here fifteen miles to Hidden
Springs, with the first water at the
head of Goaer canyon. About three
miles down the canyon will be found
Paddock camp There are probably a
dozen springs of good water in Goler
canyon alone. From this point 1t is easy
to reach any part of the Panimint
range, and there being plenty of water
it is a good place to make headquarters.
At Paddock's camp in this canyon the
rock is high grade, carrying gold, sill
yer and lead. Mr.. Paddock has now on
the road to Johannesburg sampling
works shipment of between forty and
fifty sacks of ore. From Paddock's
camp it is about six miles over to Anvil
Springs or Striped Butte Basin. The
general formation of the country is
granite cut by porphyry dikes and the
veins, though usually small. are well
defined and ores generally of high
grade. In this district are number of
claims being worked, and all are show
ing up we'll. Lambert & Mcdonald are
down about seventy-five feet on the
Golden Chest on an eight-inch vein of
free milling gold rock that runs over
one hundred to the ton. A. w. Bedford
has a good claim about a quarter of a
mile from McDonald's. The vein runs
from ten to fifteen inches wide and the
Slocum, Southworth and Sadler, ''the
three outfit" from Los Angeles, have
claims about five miles north of these.
1.-THE Minion" shows from twenty
four to thirty inches of ore in well de-
fined walls of black porphyry and slate;
1t is a beautiful quartz carrying about
fifty in gold and eight to ten in silver.
The vein can be traced for two thous-
and feet, and there are four other known
lodges on the claim carrying about the
same character of rock. The Alphonso,
owned by the same people, is in black
porphyry with a pay streak eight to ten
inches wide and running about the same
value as the Minion. This country is
directly tributary to Randsburg, and
prospectors desiring to go there can out
fit here to better advantage than else
where.
Jay L. Hunter, the attorney, returned
last week from a three weeks trip to
Randsburg, where he is interested in the
development of several mining claims.
He reports the Rand district on a boom
and a number of rich strikes recently
made The good weather has given an
impetus to prospecting and developing
the mines that are situated several miles
out of town. The result is that the town
is extremely quiet, while from miners
standpoint the district is constantly inn
proving.
DR. j. H. Edmonds of this city, who
owns an extensive orange orchard at
Redlends, is now at Randsburg, and out
Of four claims he has developed gold on
all of them, two of which are quite rich.
Miners call the doctor an alfalfa grow
err" but now he has the laugh on them.
There can be no doubt as to the stabili-
ty of the Randsburs mines. though /