The herald., 1897-04-29
Wants More Water and
Hopes to Get 1t
THE DESERT SPRINGS SUPPLY
TO BE PIPED INTO THE MINING
TOWN
Prospecting Continues and Mines Lo-
Gated Continue to Return Good
Profit to the Owners

: RANDSBURG, April 26-(Regula
Correspondence.) Randsburg will prob
ably be plentifully supplied with waite
in the course of a few months com
. pany having capital stock of $500, ,00
has been formed to develop Desef
springs, which lie opposite the mouth o
Red Rock canyon, fourteen miles from
the foot of the grade leading to Rands
burg. F. H. Owens was the original pro
moter of the project and retains a one
sixth interest. The company propose;
to conduct the water by pipeline dis
tance of seven miles, by gravity, ther
pump it to an elevation of 450 feet. From
this point it will again be conducted a
distance of seven miles, by gravity, tc
the foot of the grade. Just how it will
be finally brought into Randsburg has
not vet been disclosed, but when the
people want anything they are pretty
sure to get it, and 1t is a foregone conclu-
sion that the town will soon be plenti-
fully supplied with water for domestic
and milling purposes. The owners OF
Desert springs claim to have flow of
100 miners inches of water
The new well of the johannesburg
company has been thoroughly tested
and exceeds the expectations of its own
ers. The new pumping plant has been
in constant operation for twenty-four
hours and there is no perceptible dimi-
mutton in the flow. A depth of 25o feet
has been reached, with $50 feet of water.
Other wells will be sunk in the vicinity
by this enterprising company.
Both towns are exceedingly quiet this
week on account of the exodus to the
III +I,o ,;,,a 20 in full hlq
SUNDAYS not excepted, and there are
now more men at work than at any time
since the formation of the district
Judge Maginnis has gone to Bakers
field, where he has been ordered to sub
init the books and records in the case of
Langdon VS.. Reddy, the property in dis
pute being the Rand group of mines.
The masked ball at the skating rink
on Wednesday evening was we'll attend
ed and good order was maintained.
The arrest of E. T. Casey, whilom real
estate dealer and speculator, was some
thing of a surprise to Randsburg peo-
ple. Considerable sympathy is express
ed for Miss Harrington, who has many
friends here and has always been re-
| garded as a woman of strict integrity.
DOVE SPRINGS
Considerable mining is going on at
Dove springs, ten miles west OF Red
Rock canyon, and this section bids fair
to become an important point in the near
future. There are many prospectors in
the adjacent hills. and all indications
point to the establishment Of perma-
nent camp. The Lee brothers and j. NJ.
Hicks owners of the Mogul, have sunk
Of Tx feet and the
vein. which was but ten inches near the
surface. has increased to fifteen feet
and prospects entirely across, assaying
from $40 to s35 ton. These parties own
two other promising claims, the Teller
and Bryan, both of which are being de-
veloped.
The Santa Rosa mine has been pur-
chased by ]. Wilson and E. Neumann.
and the main shaft is now at depth of
seventy five feet. Five men are at work
on this mine and a two-foot body of ore
assays well although it is somewhat base.
A carload of ore will be shipped this
week to the Selby smelter at San Fran
cisco, for a thorough teet The Santa
Rosa was formerly owned by Henry
Scott and Cayutana Duarte.
The William ]. Bryan mine, owned by
James Keeney and the three Johnson
brothers of Alhambra, has a shaft 115
feet and the ore assays from 5000 to $500
ton. The owners purchased the mine
in August from T. Jaggers for $40, 900.
This is regarded as the best property so
far developed in the Dove Springs dis
trict. Jaggers is the fortunate individ-
ual who discovered the 5000 nugget in
Red Rock canyon during the great ex-
citement there two years ago.
H. J. Stevens and VIM. Bost have a
promising claim in the same vicinity, a
two-foot body of ore assaying s35. Many
other good prospects are reported from
old Gold Hill and Pinyon mountain.
RED ROCK CANYON
Red Rock canyon was pretty thor
oughly proSpected during the excite
ment of two years ago, and the accumu-
lation of ages taken out, but there are
yet many good prospects and the hill
sides and gulches are being quite exten-
sively worked by dry washers At the
stage station, near the mouth of the can
yon, your correspondent was shown q
"fifty-slx dollar piece" which was
washed out of a prospect mile north
and considerable coarse gold, some OF
the pieces being worth Sc and IS. Mos
OF the mining is now carried on at
considerable depth, and where the watel
level has been reached pumping plant!
will be put in. At the head Of the canyon
several locations have been made OF
quartz lodes, but they appear to be mer,
"stringere' and the ore is said to be yer,
refractory.
The old St. John mine, near Piut,
mountain, has been leased by Mr.. Schol
and other parties of Los Angeles, VIII,
will begin operations at once. Th
lessees are said to have paid $4,000 to tn
owners for the privilege Of working tn
mine and have taken an option with tn
view of purchasing the property, SHOULD
1t justify their expectations. The min
was thoroughly worked eighteen year
ago, when ten-stamp mill was erected
and after the owners had expended $115,
900 the property paid about $500,000 Th
mill was afterwards removed to Sage
land. 1t is believed that the mine is nov
almost worthless.
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