The herald., 1897-01-26
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! MINES AhD MINERS

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| Not only California. but Colorado, peo-
pie are agltating a revision of the mining
laws of the United States. says c. q.
Yale in the San Francisco Examiner.
Other mining sections are in line with
the movement as well. and 1t is probable
that congress will pay some attention
to the matter. We are supposed to be .
progressive nation, and Mexico is sup
posed to be a slow one, but the Next
cans mining laws are far superior to
ours in almost every respect. and we
would do we'll to copy after their code.
1t at least gives immediate legal title
to the ground and compels continuous
work or forfeiture, and there is not any
question as to what is a valid location.
as there is with u.s. The side line and
end line questions with us are still mat
ters of doubt, and even among our very
best lawyers there is a divergence Of
opinion as to what constitutes an alb
solutely valid location. Some OF tho
disputed points have been passed on by
the United States supreme court, but
congress ought to more clearly define
Win eAdCtntSS all tne ulSputeQ pOlutD
in our mining code. The State Miners
association has several committees at
work drafting certain amendments, etc.,
and their work will doubtless serve ~
basis for a complete revision OF tho
present laws. The laws under which
we are now working were passed May
10, 1872 and very few amendments have
been made. 1t is high time that a oorn-
plete revised code of mining laws was
passed by congress covering all the
conditions.
At the time Randsburg mining dis
trict was formed, a year ago, 33 votes
were cast. Last week Recorder Ma
ginnis was reelected, and Gil votes
We're cast These figures denote the
rapid growth of this district.
Report comes that John Quinn and
Bob Whitsitt, two pioneers of Rands-
burg, have just made rich strike of
gold ore in the red mountains lying east
of that camp. There is a rush now into
that locality.
We understand the railroad company
is figuring on the erection of a smelter
at Kramer or Barstow.
The best water now obtainable in
Randsburg is piped in from the Skillings
well, which now furnishes one inch. The
price is cents gallon in any guam
tity.
The well which Superintendent John
Denair and Mr.. Francis are engaged in
sinking at the halfway point on the
route from this place to Randsburg has
reached depth of over 100 feet. Up to
Saturday they had not tapped the wa
ter strata.
Harrison & Willard have put down a
well l9b feet on their will site at Cud-
deback lake, twelve or fourteen miles
from Randsburg, and have secured an
ample supply OF water. They expect to
start up their new five-stamp mill about
the last of this week.
Until the detailed statistics of the
United States mint on the gold and sill
yer product for the past year are pub
lished, the figures compiled by John j.
Valentine. president OF Wells Fargo g.
Co., are the best available, and, in fact,
are usually very close to the later mint
statistics. Mr.. Valentine places the gold
yield of California in 1886 at $15,527, 30f.
and that of Colorado at $12, ,712, ,4s3, so
that California is still pretty nearly
$3,000000 ahead of Colorado in gold
product. A few months ago, II one be-
lieved all that was said of Cripple Creek
and other gold mines in Colorado, this
state was entirely out of the race, or. at
least a poor second. in gold production.
But this is the same story we have been
was always going to pass California in
gold production, but when the figures
talked" at the end of the year, Califor-
MIA still came up some very good
lengths ahead. 1t Is so for 1895 again,
and as we in this state expect to In
crease our gold output for this year by
about three millions, Colorado will have
a hard pull to catch up and pass US, not
withstanding her wonderful gold camp
of Cripple Creek and her many other
gold mining regions. We have larger
undeveloped gold area than Colorado,
and much larger developed one.
]. w. Kelly a we'll known mining man
of the state, speaking of Randsburg:
There is more gold scattered over the
surface of Randsburg than In any camp
l was ever in. think that California
and the west promises to have there
one of the richest camps. Every man
who has a claim in the belt feels himself
a millionaire 1t is being watched by
mining mem from Montana, Colorado
and Nevada. Among the richest prop
critics are those owned by the Rand
company and P. Reddy e. Co. One cf
the best of these is the Olympus chute
of ore, which runs $40 to the ton. There
are twelve claims in the Rand company
group. Rich seams run all over the
hill, apparently, tending toward the
Olympus ore body. They get ore haul
ed arid milled for $3.50 per ten. Other
rich finds are the Kenyon Wedge and
Butte properties. The Kenyon has mill!
ed ore from a depth of seventy feet, be-
ing taken six feet wide from the vein.
and it runs SIG per tom. The st. Elmo
owned by Bakersfield parties, is six
miles from Randsburg. in the Mojave
desert. Some very rich ore has been
taken out there. 1t is right in the des-
emit A prospector in passing the
spot, hit big boulder clip, picked up
the piece he knocked off, and there it
was-rich quartz.
Randsburg. declares c. @. Yale, the
mining expert, has got far enough along
already to claim that there are no sucn
mines of free milling. gold-bearing
quartz anywhere in the world except at
Cripple Creek and South Africa, which
is saying a good deal for O camp, the
deepest shaft In which Is only down $50
feet.
A Randsburg miner writes The Her.
aid We have only one bakery in
Randsburg, a city of 1000 peopls
Could you not convince parties to open
another bakery in the south part OF
Randsburg? If so, tell them to bring
portable oven with them, as there is
nc material here fit for building pur-
poses. Bread SELLS here at 10 cents a
loaf or three for 25 cents. 1 am sure a
man could make q fortune here. We
also have no gents furnishing store
here, and are not able to buy suit Of
clothes except overalls or canvass coats.
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