The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-05
RICH PLACER DIGGINGS.
RUSH or PROSPECToRS TO THE VIEW
FIELD IN LOVER CALIFORNTi.

-Newsfrom the Rich Cape Nome District.
GUAYMAs. Mexico. May 27.--The new placer
diggings In Lower California. now called the
San RoIue placers. are attracting crowds oi
prospectors. The first consignment Of Sl5S.-
600 in bullion and dust has been received here
.'r shipment TO San Francisco. The schooners
sailing from this place and the vessels from
Ean Diego and Enssnada cannot carry all the
people who want to 20 to the new grounds.
The Santa Rosalia copper mines have been
compellcd to almost shut down. as their force
OF 1000 men has stampcded to the pinrers.
The lbarri mines at Calmali have shut down,
as their workmen stampeded ami 1t was i'm.
possible to lud men to take their places
Only two or three men have come out from
the placers. and they report tina, the fields are
very rich. Allan g. Fraser OF Los An geles
Cal. was there two weeks and saws that the
pay ground ranges from three inches to two
feet below the suIiuce and that the miners are
taking out an average OF from So TO $50 per
day each. Another man who went out by way
Of Camai says Il at the placers nre all that
they have been reported. All the work is done
by dry washing. which can save only the
coarse gold. and water Is very scarce. II has
to be carried twelve miles to the mines and at
first sold for 50 per buck etful. but IL now down
to S.. 80 per bucket. A number OF men have
begun digging for water. Mr.. Fraser says
that some OF the ground worked is exceed
inR7 rich and that he has seen nuggets which
measured four by six inches. The gold is 1872
fine.
The San Rogue placers are 300 miles south
from Ensenada and are fifteen miles back
from the coast. Tho rich ground is twenty
eight miles long by fifteen wide and lies along
the base OF the Samoa Clara Mountains at an
elevation OF about 1000 feet
The NiZnaga mine at Alamo is taking out
$1,000 per month. The Escondido mines near
A'nU are 0e,ns ue>.'or ,',I, "n. ..'' r ros.'lo
placers are running t. iuIl extent Eastern
rspa i mas snS nTp s "a" so
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scale.
.riet' state tate OF ohlhuahua, Is Shipping ore that
indications are that there is still large ore
bodv 10 draw from
Some samples of tin brought to chihuahua
for assay from a prospect only fourteen miles
from the city did not show high p.rr.nt,ye
OF the metal, but the ore deposit is so large
that it is thought it will prove profitable.
SEATTLE. Wash. Nav 80. Reports confirm
ooid di,coyariss NJ Can. yoms h.ve h r,. new
you u''coNel I at '"p' -,'ahe h"Ve peeh re-
csivsd. and the new gold fields are expert
encing q stampede greater than that witnessed
n war AGO IN tho KIondile and Ira nun,oroI,s
toa. aso - r ine nomns anu .s numerous
the outside nor are they composed OF tender
Me H are BoT NoTon S SGs c Forty
going by every conceivable way. by steamers.
sailing craft canoes and barges. The rotten
zee IN ne ln h nag not run out before 1t was
The story OF the d lscovery Is briefly told.
seven white men and two Indians were en-
gagged late iast ia!I IN PROSPECTING what Is n}w
known as snake hiyer "a name given 10 i BY |
the Recorder OF the district who was one of The
which was only sunk four feet; by reason Of
the Inflow OF water; they took $50 In coarse |
6e stream as coor @ S
from the south. gave equally rich returns; and |
grass roots down, The soil gives up its |
wealth as freely and Literally as 1t did in the
palmhy days OF Caiiiornla,
Is sDreadi9g IN Seattle and other Pacific coast
Sss S'h and the
and an TIVE sehooners which are now being load.
The companys representatives went out last |
GUNNER. thelr destination beng katzabu |
and were among the first tc strike the rich |
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