Arizona republican., 1898-01-20
RANDSBURG DISTRICT.
Railroad Opened and the Camp in a
 Flourishing Condition

A Los Angeles Times correspondent writes to that paper of Raadsburg, from which the following is taken:
 There is more money in circulation, business is reported good and less idle men are seen than formerly in Rands- burg. The crowds who tramped the streets last year were of no benefit to any camp, many not having a nick el in their pockets when they came and were not disposed to work. The majority on the streets are operating miners on respectable strangers look ing for investments. Small houses are mostly in demand and a comfort able frame house rents for from $5 to $10 per month. Business houses are equally in demand and bring good rental. Several lots have been sold at fairly good prices, a lot next to the Orpheus, thirty foot front, sell ing for $500. The grading of Broad way, the Rand and lower Butte av- enue was a great improvement, and in time this avenue will be graded to Fiddlers Gulch.
 Work on the development of the mines is pushed vigorously night and day with few exceptions they grow better as depth is reached. The most noted advance in work and develop ment is being made by the owners of the Rand group. now incorporated under the name of the Yellow Aster Mining and Milling company, The company has erected comfortable of- fices and buildings for the accommo- dation of the president and transac- tiOn of business. They employ about one hundred men, and are shipping from fifty to seventy-five tons of ore per day to the mills at Garlock. They have adopted the system of pay ing monthly by check through the Harrisburg bank, as do the most of the other large companies. They are keeping the Henry, vtsa,fa and Gar lock mills at work on their ore ex- clusively. The Visalia mill they lea,e and run themselves. Ore now taken out from eleven different shafts, or nearly as many different mines. runs, without sssorting, from $25 to $75 per ton. Much richer ore could be found if closely sorted. but it is better and cheaper to run it without assor ing
 A new ten horse power gasoline engine and hoist is at the depot h Johannesburg, and will be put up at one of the shafts and when in satis- factory operation an order for three more will be sent in
 The bond on the Minnehaha ma lures on the 18th inst, and 1t is un- derstood that it will be paid. The bond originally was for s15.OOo. of which $3,500 has been paid, leaving balance of $11 800. This is an ex- cellent property, and the owners are taking out very rich ore.
 Charles Cohn of Kane Springs and Solomon Jewett a banker of Rakers- field, have control of the c. B., and are working it. This is the mine on which Frank Cole and Huff had a bond at $15,000. and the new men have taken it off their hands at a con- siderable advance over those figures. They are shipping the ore to Kane Springs, and milling 1t at Koehn's mills
 The Baltic mine, out beyond the G. B. and adjoining it, has recently been bonded for 5000. It is understood that Huffa Ezzell & Kaufman are the parties who have taken the bond and they are at work developing it. It is considered a valuable property
 The railroad fare is now s7.sO to Los Angeles, as against S675 before the road came. Teams have been sent over to Lancaster on the South ern Pacific for freight. Nearly all oi the passenger travel comes and zoe: by the way of Mojave, and the stage company is doing a better business over that route than for long time