The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-09-18

month of August was about $50, 900: of
this the yellow Aster mines produced in
the neighborhood of $4,000. With the
advent of cooler weather there will be
renewed activity in mining work, and
the monthly output Of each of the re-
naming months of the year will prob
ably exceed that Of any preceding month.
month.
There Is considerable dry washing 60
ing on in the Stringer district. Just
how much is brought in in this way Is
hard to ascertain as the dry-washer will
rarely admit that he Is making grub"
1t Is known, though, that some Of them
are making wages. and some Of them as
high as IS and SO per day, although the
grub" statement is probably true in
many cases.
Many miners have found. after sink
ing a shaft to a depth of a good many
feet on what they thought was the ledge,
that they have been goinge either over
or under much better body Of ore. A
case In hand Is that Of the Blackboard
mine. Its owners have been working
more or less for about three years, but
without very good results. A short time
ago they commenced prosecuting and
encountered good body of ore In both
directions. Last week a twerty-fiv
ton run Of Blackboard ore at Kane
springs cleaned up $52 per ton.
The meeting of the stockholders Of the
Alameda mine, advertised to be held in
Randsburg on the 7th inst, has been
postponed nutil the 2Sth of this month.
lease of the lower shaft of the Val
Verde mine has been given to Mr.. Har-
rison of the Cuddeback Lake mill, and
work was commenced about week ago.
At present it Is low grade proposition,
but at different times before being closed
down some very rich ore was taken out.
Negotiations are pending for the sale
of the Spangler mine, near Garden sta
ton.
The ground has been cleared and work
commenced sinking shaft No. 3 on the
Little Butte. The shaft will be four
and half by eight feet in the clear. and
will be made a double compartment
working shaft. At a depth of 2S5 feet
it will be connected by a drift with 4
drift at that level from shaft No. 1.
During the month of August their two
stamp mill cleaned up over $780, work.
ing only about half the month owing to
the repairing of the engine. The Little
Butte company cleared $500 over and
above expenses during August.
At johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 16. - Work
was commenced today adding another
chute to the elevated dump of the Rands-
burg Santa Fe Reduction works. The
two chutes already in place are used by
the Yellow Aster people. and as the COM
pany expects to ship considerable ore
from this section in the near future the
third chute was made necessary. ]. B.
Cook, the former recorder of the Black
hawk district and owner Of the Black
hawk mine in that district Is in camp,
looking up ore dumps for shipment to
Barstow. Shipping will commence on
Monday, and ore has been promised
in several carload lots from the Butte
and Wedge mines. 1t is probable that
the Little Butte will ship hundred tons
or so to test the work Of the concen-
trating part Of the plant The rate Of
milling has been lowered to $3.50 per
ton. delivered at the track at Johannes
burg. Good work is guaranteed, and
the mine-owner has the privilege Of
watching his milling. A tep-stamp mill
from the Orc Grande district lies at the
depot awaiting transportation to the
Old Searles mine, now owned by DR..
Deane. in the Slate range.
The Eureka mill cleaned up this week.
after a run OF Wedge ore, and the stamps
have been dropping on Butte and Sun
shine rock. A run Is now being made
| on Rattlesnake ore.
DR.. S. NJ. Slocum and wife have re-
turned from their summer outing. and
are looking after their mining interests.
L. Van Lonsway and wife Of the Argos
range are stopping at Hotel Johannes
| burg.
The shaft Of one Of the Johannesburg
Water company's engines broke few
days ago. The company's customers
are being supplied the same as usual.
THE engine at another we'll being In use.