The herald., 1897-10-24

for the northern part Of the county or
Wednesday but will return here in g
| few days. He is interested in the pro.
| jecte6 esta ablishrnent of a slnelter iss this
vicinity, the contamination of which G,a
pends. however, upon the question
whether sufficient lead and ottysr flux
ing ores can be obtained in the Mojave
desert miNng districts, and which is
| now beisxy investigated.
JOHANNESBURG
Work on the Kramer & Johannesburg
| railroad is progressing rapidly, ten miles
of grading having been completed to
date and two and one-half miles of track
laid. The 10-stamp mill will be in active
operation within few weeks if the pres
ent rate of progress is kept up. The
Johannesburg Milling and Water COM
pany is preparing to add another pump
ing plant in order to furnish sufficient
supply of water for the mill and other
increasing demands.
J. C. Quinn, superintendent of the Val
Verde Mine and Milling company, re-
ports that there is a gratifying increase
in the quality Of ore recently taken out
of this group of mines. When the mill
is completed this property will take a
front rank among the large ore pro-
ducers of the Rand district.
Mr. Montgomery of the Johannesburg
Mill company was here from Los An
geles this week, looking after the inter-
ests of his company.
Messrs. Pratt and Curtis of the Johan-
nesburg Milling and Water company are
providing for the inevitable demand for
lots in this beautifully situated town site
by digging trenches preparatory to lay
ing pipes on all the principal streets.
Many new buildings are in progress and
new business enterprises are being con-
stantly established preparatory to the
completion of the railroad.
The Wood dry concentrator plant,
which cost about $4,000, Is working ore
from the Alameda mines on that COM
pany's ground, and with the exception Of
slight imperfections in the crusher,
which will soon be remedied, the oper-
ations of the concentra tor are eminently
successful.
MOJAVE
A new 5-stamp mill is now being
hauled from Mojave to the Wilson mines
in the Argus range, Inyo county, by
McSweeney & Mclean. This property
was recently purchased by San Francis
co parties from w. c. Wilson, the Mojave
merchant Many other free milling and
sulphuret ore properties are now being
actively developed in that district
Messrs. Conklin & Baker are develop
ing their claims in the Mojave mining
district. Increased activity is expected
in this district when water is piped from
Mojave to the vicinity Of the mines 1t
is reported that the Southern Pacific
Railroad company will pipe water from
Mojave for the accommodation of the
above district as soon as larger pipe is
laid from Cameron creek to Mojave, a
distance of about eleven miles.
Mr.. Rice of Butterbredt Springs has
bonded a group of mines In his district
for $20,000 for which a cash payment of
several thousand dollars made made, in
connection with working bond. j. p
Howe has two good claims in the same
district, the sulphuret ores of which as
say all the way from $6 to $3.50 per ton.
J. w. Rice, the well-known Mojave
freighter, Is operating special fast
freight line from Mojave to Randsburg
and intermediate points for the Southern
Pacific railroad with from eight to six
teen-horse teams
w. X. Miller's stage line to Randsburg
is taxed to its utmost capacity on ac-
count of the heavy travel.
Chas. A. Koehn, Kane Springs, ie work
ing considerable ore from the Rands-
burg stringer district, including the