The record-union., 1899-05-09

to be an unusually interesting one, as
several important features will be intro
duced. One of the leading questions to
come up will be proposition to estab-
lsh a home for old and disabled miners.
! This has been agitated for some time
and there is now on hand about $4,000
! for this purpose 1t is expected that it
will be definitely settled at the conven-
ton to be held next week and a site
for the proposed home will in all prob
out the project a large sum will be
needed and this will probably be raised
by an assessment on the members OF
the federation.
A GREAT MINERAL BELT.
Inyo Independent: The mining ex-
element in this vicinity continues I'M
abated julius Schroeder brought
down some average samples of ore from
the Barnes & Anderson mine and from
piece of white quartz weighing one
and one-half ounces, which showed no
free gold, he horned out forty cents
worth of gold. There is much of the
rock which carries masses Of free gold.
The owners have a good trail to the
mine and twelve tons of ore are broken
and sorted and ready for shipment.
great deal of it will carry $4,000 a ton
| gold. There is a shaft down about eight
| feet, the ledge is three feet wide, and
| the ore is apparently richer in the bot
| tom. 1t is no doubt the richest strike
made in California for many years.
| The groupings have been sampled for
600 feet, and it all prospects as we'll as
| the groupings at the point where the
shaft is sunk. 1t seems incredible that
such values should exist, but it is true.
| The owners are not excited, though they
| have practically unlimited wealth in
sight Johnson & McGinriS have their
trail about completed. They have been
putting all their time in on it, and con-
! sequently no further work has been
done at the mine. All agree that this Is
as good a prospect as the Barnes q An
derson. They have a shaft down ten
| feet and the ledge has been cross-cut
| for twelve feet, and it samples S3S per
! ton. A large amount of 500 ore can
| be sorted for shipment. The ledge crops
for several hundred feet on the surface
and the pay seems evenly distributed
| The vein lies in a contact with the true
granite backbone of the Inyo range and
gneissoid granite, capped with lime. The
owners will commence shipping ore at
once and will push the work of develop
ment 1t is understood that neither
property is for sale. And, indeed, they
should not be, as the lucky owners have
enough ore in sight to make them in
dependent and they can ship ores enough
| to make the properties develop them
selves. These wonderful strikes have
started many other people prospecting
and new strikes may bel reported at any
time. Dave Holland and his partners
| have three-foot ledge of 500 ore IN
! the Guadalupe mine at Beveridge and
! have al force of five men at work taking
out and sacking ore. There never was
time when the prospects of this sec
ton looked as good as at present. This
is not nearly all. Within a few months
two wealthy companies will have large
| plants operating on other mines near
here of which nothing can be published
ait the present time. This isl no dream
not bit of it, The fact is that these
strikes are so immensely rich that we dc
not half appreciate them.