The herald., 1897-11-28

month, or each $500 per month. besides
what was done by more primitive meth-
DDS. The company has four placer
claims and 1t Is the intention to encour.
age prospecting Of their outlying claims,
both quartz and placer. To illustrate
what can be done in this way, two men
recently found pay ore on the Nancy
Hanks and were promised all the ore
they could take out in sinking 25-foot
incline. Besides daily wages they will
net fully $500 on the contract, as ore
taken out to the 20-foot depth milled
over $500. Such opportunities are offered
| by the company in order to develop the
many outlying claims, at least to a pay
| ing basis. Conservative and experienced
| mining experts estimate that the Rand
| group of mines is worth today at least
81, 900, 900 and some estimates go as high
Us $1,5O0.000.
Col c. c. Lane. the superintendent. has
been continuously in the mining busi-
ness for thirty years and is evidently
the right man for the place he now oc.
cupies. In 1867 he became superintend-
ent of the Buel. North Star silver mine.
Nevada, at that time one of the prin-
cipal mines of the state. Since then he
has been superintendent Of several
mines, mills and smelters in British COL
umbia, Arizona Mexico and California.
Col. Lane believes that the Rand will
become in few years one of the most
productive gold-bearing ore districts in
America, If not the world. and that in
five years fifty tons of ore will be taken
out where one Is taken out now, as the
whole district for at least twenty square
miles 10 han vjlv v,irornltxo1
Looking down from the summit Of
Trilby mountain the writer asked Col.
Lane. ''What Is the distance from this
point to the lower tunnel?" Con the Rand
mine), to which he replied. "vertically.
about $50 feet" "Well (safd the writer),
If any one wants an object lesson as to
the amount of ore in this mountain he
will need only the five hours tramp you
and I have taken through the tunnels.
shafts, drifts, etc, commencing with the
Rand tunnel and ascending as we did to
this point. to demonstrate that 1t Is In
deed solid mountain Of ore.
THE HARD CASH GROUP
The writer recently visited these prom.
Using mining claims, which are situated
three miles from Randsburg in the west
part Of Rand district, where, in the opin-
ion of many expert mineralogists, will be
found the largest and richest bodies Of
ore. owing to the big contact veins and
other very favorable mineralogical con-
ditions. There are five claims In the
property, comprising the Hard Cash,
Robert E. Lee. The Great Hesper, Little
Tycoon and Shafter; also two fine mill
sites at the mouth Of the canyon near
the mines. The Hard Cash Is the mine
upon which most development work has
been done. 1t has an Incline, double-
compartment shaft down 100 feet and q
drift therefrom ninety feet in length. The
work being done in both is simply quar-
rying out the ore, as no walls have been
exposed so far. The free milling gold ore
in sight is reliably estimated at 10000
tons. on which assays run from IS to $S3
per ton and milling at Garlock distant
nine miles) averages SIS per ton. The
tailings average S. per ton. About $50
tons of ore have been milled to date and
there is now on the dump over $50 tons.
The development work has cost to date
between $4,000 and $4,000 and the ore on
the dump and in sight (about 10000 tons)
is certainly worth over 100000.
The property was recently incorpor-
ated with capital stock Of $1,000, 900.
The stock is fully paid up, is non-assess-
able and the corporation is entirely out