The record-union., 1899-05-06

out-not a word of truth in the whole
of it. and not a specimen in evidence.
Somebody has been filing up the rail-
road boys and exciting them with lurld
tales, and the Santa Fe officials have
been taken in by the reports sent out
by the excitable station agent at kra-
mer. John Denair was advised on the
quiet to drop everything and hasten
to the new Golconda, and conductors.
agents, engineers, fireTnen and brake
men have been Juggling for a few days
off, that they might get in before all
the ground should be taken up. A
story fioated out that one Bruno, sent
in by George 'Trepanier of Mojave, was
pounding out So day from the crop
pings of his claim, and the Santa Fe
officials began making arrangements
for special trains to carry the STAN
peders. Bruno went to the camp, saw
what it was, and hustled out in the
morning without making a location.
and he is here in Randsburg, laughing
at the whole fake. The camp is on
the absolute desert, and the nearest
water is the railroad tank at Kramer,
ten miles away. The wind blows a
gale. and carries a gallon of sand to
the cubic foot and there is neither
shelter nor grub for strangers in the
camp unless they impose upon the
hospitality of Duncan and his part
ners, or bum" on Burcham.
MINES OF JOSEPHINE.
Grants Pass Press: E. E. Blaloek
brought in the finest nugget of the sea
son. 1t was found on Grave Creek, and
weighs 11% ounces. and is worth a little
over SOU. The nugget measures 212x
So inches, and is about three-quarters
of an inch thick. L l.. Jewell, of the
Jewell Hardware Company, bought it,
and carried it for several days as a
pocket piece.
H. A. Corliss. of the Dry Diggings
mine, has finished his cleanup, which
was very satisfactory. On account of
the short season in the early winter he
ran Only thirty days in all, but took
$1,000 out of the race and boxes. The
largest pieces found were three of $50.
$40 and S37.
SPOKANE'S BOOM.
Portland Oregonian: Spokane is a
booming mining city, said j. w. Ca
ruthers. a Portland broker, who has
just returned dIlSF SpeHulIlS d Weeh
there.
"Tbffe is a great deal of hustle;
buildings of all descriptions are be-
ing erected: empty houses are scarce,
and rents are pretty well up. Any
kind cf little cottage will rent for
SD a month, although a large number
of dwellings, have been put up lately.
THE mines of the Northwest have
made Spokane boom for the past four
yeaIs and as the mineral resources
adjacent have as yet only been scratch
ed over, the people up there look for
permanen: prosperity from these
sources Spokane citizens are inter-
ested in gold mining in British Column
bia, Washington, Idaho, Montana and
as far into Oregon as Baker and Grant
Counties. The rich Rossland district,
ncrth of the British line, has made
severa, Spokane citizens rich, while
those of the Kootenai, Cilville, Buffalo
Hump and Baker County all seem to
pay tribute to the enterprising investors
of the city lay the falls. AS a conse
quence money is exceedingly plentiful
IN the local banks. and loans on good
securities can be had at very low inter
est On inside city real estate, the rate
is :, to 81, per cent: on outside residence
property, e: and on farm mortgages, s
per cent is the rule. The men who
have gotten rich or the mines have
them money piled up in the local banks
and many are even buying government
bonds, which net only 21a per cent per
annum Of course. these latter securi-