The herald., 1897-12-06
KERN COUNTY
JOHANNESBURG

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Correspondence.) In the Los Angeles
Record Of the 30th ult. was a statement
that the first Chinaman ever in the
Rand mining district was now in Jo-
hannesburg; that he wos a cook In
Ramish & Marsh's railroad camp; that
because of opposition to him by the mi
ners he was fired; white cooks prov
ing unsatisfactory, he was again en-
,ployed; that the miners kicked so hard
because he was reinstated that Ramish
& Marsh moved their camp back to St.
Elmo from Johannesburg; then the
tradesmen of johannesburg took a hand
because they were losing thousands of
dollars daily and took means to quiet
the miners, whereupon the camp was
moved back to johannesburg. With the
following corrections. the story is sub
stantially correct: The Chinaman has
never been fired; he was never sup
planted by a white man; the tradesmen
Of johannesburg have never lost a
cents worth of trade, much less thou
sands of dollars worth; the miners have
not kicked because a Chinaman was en-
ployed by Marsh & Ramish; he was
simply regarded as a bird of fight, and
when his ''micsion" was ended he would
depart from the district. Lastly. the
railroad camp has never been located
nearer Johannesburg or Randsburg
than st. Elmo, and will not be for sew
eral days to come.
The non arrival of ties has again de-
layed work on the Kramer and Rands-
burg railway. 1t Is expected the ties
will arrive today and the road will be
pushed to completion as rapidly as pos
sible. President Woodard said yester-
day that eighteen miles of track had
been laid, leaving about nine miles yet
to finish.
Thomas Bull, general manager of the
Ashford Mining company. leaves for the
Panamint country this week. While
gone he will make the final arrange
ments for the purchase Of a stamp mill
located there. This will be brought to
Johannesburg and be used for the mill
ing of The ore from the company's
mines. the most prominent of which at
the present time IL the Pinmore.
A gasoline hoist Is being put in place
at the Pinmore mine this week. This
will greatly increase the output of ore.
A winze Is being sunk in the Golden
Bar mine, from which good ore Is being
taken.
The Camperdown, worked under bond
by Captain H. D. Colson and Miller Ir-
win, is producing good ore at a depth Of
1S0 feet. This ore will mill about SS5
per ton.
Arthur and Clark Buckley of Johan-
nesburg are opening up fine ledge on
the Waltham, the north extension of the
G. B. mine. On the surface the ore
will run SIS, and If they are correct in
their surmises, they are working on the
same ledge which has proved so rich in
the G.. B.
F. A. Huntington of San Francisco.
accompanied by James S. Miller, min
ing expert, have been In this section the
past week looking at mining property
for San Francisco company.
w. B. Jones of Hannibal, Mo-, is reg
istered at Hotel Johannesburg.
]. c. Ezzell of Ell Paso visited this
district early in the week. He is inter-
Captain H. D. Colson spent the week
in Los Angeles looking. after business
interests.
William Rowart Of Los Angeles ar
rived in Johannesburg yesterday. He
will enter into partnership with his
father and carry on general merchan-
disc business They expect their goods
to arrive within week, and will carry
on the business in the new store build
ing recently erected on the corner Of Jo-
hannesburg avenue and the Rand.