The herald., 1898-10-03
POLITICS and MINING
THEY ARE BOTH DOING WELL AT
RANDsBURo
Mcguire Il Gaining and the Ore Out
put Is on the In
crease

and one In johannesburg. A number Of the
county candidates were present, as were
also Hon. F. M. Roberts, candidate for the
senate from the Thirty fourth district, and
Hon. e. J. Emmons, fusion nominee from
the Sixty-sixth assembly district. The
latter gentleman Is q speaker Of state rep
utation and his addresses here were a
strong arraignment Of the gold standard
and monopolistic classes who are admin
istering national affairs at the present
time. Randsburg L. the homo Of many an
old-tine Republican whose vision has been
clouded by party sentiment and prejudice,
but the reasoning, impassoned sentences
Of Mr.. Dmmons brought some of them to
their senses, and as a result the rolls of
the Democratic and non-partisan silver
clubs have been swelled by the addition of
twenty-fiv or thirty names.
1t was supposed that Hon. James G. Ma
guire would visit Randsburg the past week,
but at the last moment telegram was re-
ceived from him stating that he could not
come. Much disappointment was mani
tested at his inability to speak here but
nevertheless 1t will not cut down the ma
jority which he will receive The miners
are almost unanimous for him.
Mining Picking Up
Mining matters are picking up and dur
ing the past week number of small trans-
feys have occurred Most of these are un-
developed properties. but they are in good
localities and will require but little work to
their WORTH
The Yellow Aster company continues its
daily shipment OF from fifty to seventy
Ava tons Of ora IN po rukoxu and tho rvo
duct for September will probably be the
largest In its history. The company eK-
poets to have its mill in operation by the
first Of the year and will then do an its
own milling. The toss 10 the railroad COM
pany on this account will be considerable,
but It will be more than compensated to the
by the additional number of em-
ployes that will be required to do the
work. The mill which the company pro-
poses to erect will consist Of forty stamps
with q crushing capacity Of Ave tons to the
stamp In twenty -four hours. making a to-
tai Of 200 tons Of crushed ore per day.
Two Shafts
Tho two shafts on Col. singleton's
Windy mine have been SUNK ia feet, and
for the main ledge was be-
tapped by No. cross-cut and q four-foot
body Of ore encountered. The Windy now
employs fifteen men and II kept running
night and day.
Good ore 10 still being taken out Of the
Blackhawk, and this week a run Of about
fifty tons was made at the Johannesburg
mill, and netted q gold brick valued at
over $1,000.
After suspending operations for several
weeks work on the Napshon, Winnie and
Bully Boy. IN the stringer district, has
been resumed. and some good ore is being
taken out. Most Of It IL being milled at
the Eureka mill.
Messrs. Huston s. Nausser started with a
load Of provisions Wednesday for the Ar
gus, where they, with o. p. Templeton,
have a number OF promising claims. On
,ne of these. the Alta. the ledge has been
for 1b0 feet along the surface.
md shows an almost uniform width Of
.weive inches. A number Of assays have
,een made Of this ledge, and none Of them
rave returned less than $50.
The Wedge
The Wedge people are still sinking and
AVE reached depth Of over 400 feet Last
week some $500 free milling ore was en-
omtered, and to all appearances there is
luite g body Of II. The ore II q grayish,
e-grained quartz and shows evidences
Il water formation, 30 It will not be sur
,rising II a water level is reached before
ong.
In the Little Butte they are down nearly
80 feet, and SO far as known there IL nine
Get Of so ore. The shaft IL six feet wide
md Is going down on the hanging wall;
,ut though prospected for several times,
he foot wall has not been broken into.
rhe company's two-stamp mill was una
lie TO handle all the ore extracted last
week, and the surplus was sent to the Jo-
mill. The output from the
mill last week was over $7OO,
more than enough to pay the expenses of
unning the mine and mill. A dividend was
declared by the company last month. and
me for September will also probably be
declared.
YIhe Big Butte and Kenyon are employ
ng their regular forces and taking out
ome good ore, but the strictest reticence
9 maintained regarding the amount and
ts value.
The Wedge, Big Butte, G. B., Little Butte
md several other claims are shipping their
dumps to the Barstow mill. The
'ate-$25o per ton for hauling and milling
Offered by the Barstow company is an in
yitingrpne., and will be taken advantage of
~ many owners Of low-grade properties
hould the company continue to give salts
action. Up to the present time no fault
las been found with their work and the re-
vults have been very pleasing.
c. A. Burcham this week bonded the
Golden Rule group near johannesburg.
rhe property Is owned by MessrA Johnson.
Taylor and Spencer. and shows several
,ig and strong ledges.
The Alameda company elected officers
Wednesday to serve for the ensuing year,
work on their property.
Painfully injured
John Bradley was painfully injured Mon
lay by an explosions In the Little Butte
nine. He touched of blast In one Of the
topes and while proceeding to climb out
4 the way the ladder which he was on
Ifoke loose from its fastenings and
lropped him to the ground, and before he
ould get out of harms way the shot went
If, filling his scalp, face and neck with
mall pieces Of rock and badly bruising his
light arm.
The Eureka miH at Randsburg and the
johannesburg mHl are running steadily,
he former ON Stringer rock and the latter
N Blackhswk. Butte and Little Butte. The
nill at Cuddyback Il also running on Gus
ON ore.
During the past few weeks several car
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hipment to Argus end State Rangs coun-