The herald., 1897-09-17
MINES AND MINERS
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The eastern company that has taken
the Leviathan copper mine in Alpine
county has twenty men at work, retim-
beling the old tunnel. and expects to
have it opened and ready to extract ore
by the first Of October.
At the Escondido, Riverside county,
mines Of the Duquesne company, the
main shaft is down about 120 feet An
other week will bring 1t to the water,
when the big pump will be set to work
and sinking continued. In the mean
time the mill and concentrators will be
put TO work on the tailings Of the old
mill, which it is understood assays about
500 to the ton. These are the tailings of
the milling. done about twenty-five or
thirty years ago, and were at that time
allowed to go over as waste.
d. f. Body Of Riverside has sold his
interest in the Grey Eagle, Waterloo,
Blue Bird and Crowned King mines.
These mines are situated in the Eagle
Mountain mining district.
The Riverside Enterprise says that
Sheriff Johnson and Recorder Grenwell,
who own several mines out in the noun
talns beyond San Jacinto, have just re-
ceived a letter from Jim Merchant, who
is working for them, to the effect that
he has uncovered cross ledge in one
Of the group Of mines which is very
rich. Ore taken from the new ledge
shows up good, by actual prospects,
says the letter, and the owners are as u
consequence highly elated over the good
news.
Messrs. Johnson and Grenwell are con-
templating erecting a mill on the mines,
fully believing that they have pros
pect sufficient to justify the outlay of
capital necessary to accomplish the
work. They have a fine mill site In
close proximity to their mines, on which
is a good supply Of water, very neces-
sary adjunct to milling enterprise.
They have had several offers from capi-
talists to put UP mill, but they prefer
to put up their own machinery and
own and control the mines themselves
a very good idea. Captain Johnson, in
speaking of the mines, is very enthus-
iastic over the prospects. He says the
prospects from rock taken from the
mines have been such as to assure him
self and his partner that they have some
property out in those mountains which
will pay we'll for working and they don't
care to part with it, for the present at
least. These mines are located within
two miles Of the mining camp of Ken
worthy, which is known to be right in
the heart of a good section.
The Cavil Gold Mining and Milling
company has incorporated under the
laws of Arizona with capital stock of
81, 900 900, at par of 81, on-assessable.
The officers and directors are r. E.
Hewitt, president; F. H. Heald, vice
president; California bank, treasurer;
John w. Barnes, secretary. Roscoe H.
Hearn and F. L. Sexton are the other
directors. This property consists of
seven full claims which were acquired
from F. H. Heald of Garlock, Kern
county, Cal, and are composed of the
Heald and Gia Monster, Cripple Creek,
Great Hesper Old Dominion, the Red
ding and the Mutual Most Of the work
has been done on the Heald or discovery
claim, which Is vast mass of ledges.
In number of places rich ore has been
found, but on this claim and the Grip
pie Creek eight tons of rich float have
been found which assays from $203 to
$500 per ton.
It is reported that the McHaney Bros
have made another rich gold discovery
near Twenty-Five Palms, Riverside
county. These are the original discov-
erers of the famous Desert Queen mine
in the same district
A rich pocket has been found at
depth of 200 feet in the King Solomon
mine at Johannesburg.
The Armada mine, in the Virginia Dale
district. was recently sold to H. T. Duff
of this city
The market on the Los Angeles Mining
and Stock Exchange board is evidently
in waiting mood, the public being de-
sirous Of securing information regarding
the development work on the properties.
Most all of the listed companies
have made reports which are on file at
the secretarys Office, and can be seen al
any time. These reports show we'll
and in most instances work Is progress
ing rapidly. The market will undoubt-
edly remain dull for the next ten or fif-
teen days, until some further news is re-
ceived of an encoura ging nature from
the Randsburg district. A good strike
will undoubtedly help matters. At the
meeting of the board of directors held on
Friday it was decided that any COM
pany that did not file it's report within 30
days from the day called for would be
stricken from the roll Two new COM
panies have been listed, the Cavil and the
Sun Dance The Cavil was quoted Sat-
urday at ~ cents bid, offered at cents
The Sun Dance 16 cents per share bid.
Lower California