The record-union., 1899-09-23

Pacific Coast
| Mining News.
Inc following facts concerning the
great mining regions of the Pacific
Coast should be generally read:
A KAOLIN DEAL.
San Diego Union: The sale of the
large kaolin deposits on Ell Cajon
Mountain. twenty miles east of this
city, has been finally consummated,
tnough the exact price to be paid is
| to be kept secret by both seller and
purchaser. The Union" stated a few
days ago that the necessary papers
had been drawn up and sent north to
pc signed by two partners of Charles
T. Stream, the only one of the owners
Oh the kaoiin deposits now here, and
lnal the zeal would probably be
closed. The partners, A. H. B. Jor-
Dan ana A. Mcmillan, both of Lowell,
WASH, signed the deed, as expected
ana yesterday the instrument was re-
celved. 1t is now in the hands of
George R1all, who, with George Hol-
comb of Yuma, are believed to be the
real purchasers Of the valuable de-
posits.
Yes, the deal is closed, and l have
received a payment down." said Mr..
Stream 0sterday. Il cannot tell you
the price TO be paid to me and my part
ners, for was requested by Messrs.
Fuller and Riall to keep that a secret.
They wished me to refer any reporter
asking that question to them. But you
can say that the price is in the tens Of
thousands. My partners and I are well
satisfied with the sale, and 1 have no
doubt the purchasers of the kaolin feel
that they have acquired good thing.
l think they have.
The deposits" added Mr.. Stream,
comprise seven claims, all on Cajon
Mountain, and take in 14O acres of
Government land. The kaolin, to all
appearances, is inexhaustible in quan-
tity. filed upon about all I could find
on the surface, and sunk a shaft eighty
feet deep through the clay in one
place, continuing to a depth of about
fifteen feet further, on three leads of
quartz and 1ron-capped rock lying be-
meath the kaolin. In disposing o9
the kaolin, I reserve the right to all
other minerals on the land I have
three men at work there now, having
three leads crossing each other at the
same point, with good indications of
soon developing into good thing"
Ernest Riall, who with George Fuller
and George Holcomb bought the kaolin
from Stream and his partners, refused
to give out any information regarding
the names of the purchasers or the
price paid, though admitting that the
deal has been closed I'm about thirty
days we may be ready to give the in
formation to the public" said he, "but
just now there is nothing to say. From
all we have been able to learn, the de-
posits are very extensive, and the kao-
lin is of very fine quality. We do
not know of any other in this country
equal to it. The purchase of the de-
posits is in some measure the result
of sending samples of the clay to ia
pan, where the native deposits of the
clay have become exhausted, and the
material imported from China is in
ferior in quality. I cannot say who the
purchasers of this clay are, but the de-
posits will be thoroughly developed as
soon as possible"
It is understood that the new owners
will investigate the practicability of
shipping the kaolin not only to Japan,
but to Europe, where it is in great de-
mand for the manufacture of fine
chinaware. The kaolin is pure white
in color, agreeable to the sight. and in
sacks would make a clean and easily
handled freight The intention is to
have the mineral sent down the side
of Cajon Mountain in chutes to a point
on the country road, where it can be
taken by wagons to the Cuyamaca
Railroad, between four and five miles
distant, thence by rail to this city.
LARGE ORE BLOCKS.
Salt Lake Tribune: To the enor-
nous bodies of copper sulphides that
have been blocked out in the properties
Of the Bingham Copper and Gold Min
ing Company at Bingham the manage
ment has now added native copper and
while the extent of the chute in which
it has appeared has not been deter
mined, the showing yesterday was
most sensational one. 1t was While at
the property on Wednesday that Col.
Heffron decided to do little prospect
ing in the limestone against which the
sulphides were resting, and started a
drift. A shot was put in and when the
rock was cleared away samples of me-
tallic copper as big as a mans fist were
disclosed. 1t was with specimens Of
this that the Colonel returned yester-
day and over which there is much good
feeling among the miners at the prop
erty. Hitherto the limestone in which
the discovery was made has been re-
garded as one of the walls by which
the great ore chute is held in place,
but the latest disclosure throws
doubt around it, and to decide the mat
ter some further prospecting will be
done in it. In appearance the samples
are identical with those so frequently
seen in the mines of the Lake Superior
A New York Physician Advises
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