The herald., 1897-09-05
FROM M0JAvE TO GARL0Ck DISTRICT
Great Progress in Mining
and Milling
RIVALS OF RANDSBURG
Capital Needed to Develop
Water, Etc.
LARGE PRODUCTION OF ORE
IN THE MoJAvE MINING DIS
TRICp
LARGE PRODUCTION OF ORE
IN THE MOJAVE MINING DIS
TRICp
General Description Of the Mining
and Milling Sections-New Or
ganizations and What They
Propose to Do

propose to Do
Aojave is an important station on the
Southern Pacific railroad, also the west
ern terminus Of the Atlantic and Pacific
division of the Santa Fe railway system.
1t is distant from Los Angeles 100 miles
and from San Francisco 3S2 miles. AL
though 1t has only about 900 permanent
population, its railroad and general
transportation business is enormous, be-
ing the distributing point and center of
supplies for an immense area of mining
country, extending east and north as
far as Panamint, distance Of 12O miles,
A report furnished by the two railroad
companies shows that for the eight
months of this year just closed the
freight received averaged five carloads
daily and five tons of mixed merchan-
disc daily. During the same period
twenty-four cars of ore were shipped
from Mojave, one car of borax and the
general merchandise forwarded aver
aged one ton per day.
A thoroughly equipped Concord coach
stage system, all four-horse stock, is III
operation, all owned by W. K. Miller.
The stage to Keeler leaves Sunday and
wednesday mornings, returning Mon
day and Friday evenings. The Rands-
burg stage via Garlock leaves at a. m,
and a. M: arrives 1880 p. m. and m,
making close connections with north and
south bound trains Mr.. Miller will
shortly add another stage line to run
from Garlock to Slate Range and Pana-
mint (Ballarat).
An efficient telephone system is in
operation between Mojave, Kane
Springs, Garlock, Randsburg and Jo-
hannesburg districts. There is good
school building in Mojave that cost
about $1,000. The recent census shows
fifty-one children of school age.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
Mojave needs bank to accommodate
Its rapidly growing commercial and min
ing business; also a smelter or cyanide
works in the vicinity to work up the ores
OF the already important and rapidly
growing Mojave mining district and
other mining districts surrounding Mo-
jave.
]. N. Carrow and L. B. Killian, who
each do an immense freighting business,
also a general livery and feed business.
report a gratifying increase of business
In their lines and good prospect for the
coming winter.
o. H. Lockhart. successor to Mills
paugh & Co., is handling large freight
ing business between Mojave and Gar
lock- Randsburg and intervening points.
F. Petit, proprietor of the Mojave ho-
tel, and large mine owner in the dis
trict, reports that Mojave continues to
have the bulk of the transportation and
supply business for all points between
and including Randsburg
The merchants report a decided in
crease in business during the past few
months and that the business of the
coming winter will be the best on record.
D. H. Simmons. who hauled passen-
gers and supplies for the Mojave min
ing district during the past year, has
left for Los Angeles. He helped the
struggling camp materially by his lib
erality in carrying prospectors and their
supplies free to the district and will be
missed
V. Van Briesen's beer bottling busi-
ness is growing steadily. His capacity
is thirteen barrels daily and two wagons
and nine men are constantly employed
He has the agency for the Union Ice
company, San Francisco, and uses
carload Of ice every ten days.
M. Grove, formerly of Los Angeles,
genial and enterprising man, has pop
ular resort for mining men. Samples of
ores from all parts of the Mojave desert
can be seen al his place of business.
Messrs. Hunter & Ischinger, success
sors to Ed Starkey. deceased. are keep
ing up the popularity Of this old time
resort.
ST. ELMO RESTAURANT
"scotty" Spriggs and brother are the
proprietors Of the above popular Mojave
restaurant. "Scotty," as he is faNiliarly
called, is the chef" and an experienced
artist in his line. Fired" Spriggs has
charge of the dining room and attends to
that department vigilantly.
Visitors. to Mojave will find it to their
advantage to patronize this we'll con-
Quoted restaurant. Only white labor is
employed and all the appointments are
new and strictly first-ciass. Meals are
furnished at all hours, but regular din
ner from 1880 a. m- to 2p. m. uniform
charge OF rs cents is made for all meals.
THE MOJAvE MINING DISTRICT
This district, organized November 20
1896, has come with leaps and bounds to
the front rank as an ore producing Sec
tion OF the Mojave desert. 1t has three
great advantages over and above other
6istricts-its proximity to Los Angeles.
also to two railroads and admirable to-