Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-06
RICH STRIKE IN
SIGNAL DISTRICT
PROSPEcT0RS AMAZED BY
VAST WEALTH
RUSH ON TO NEW CAMP
Valley Between Salt Lake and Santa
Re Roads Said to Bear Fabu-
Ious Treasure Of
Minerals
RUSH ON TO NEW CAMP

In valley between the Salt Lake
and Santa Fe railroads, short dis
fance from the boundary line of this
state and only nine miles from Goffs
lies what is believed to be one Of the
richest mineral belts that California or
this country has yet known-the Signal
district.
Already men have begun to rush TO
the scene in the hope that they may be
able to secure a claim in the belt.
Just seven months ago the belt was
discovered and that by accident. In
his own words, J. F.. Main, the discov-
erer, tells the story: "An old mining
man and capitalist of this city, being
convinced that there was gold out
near what is now Signal district, en-
ployed mining engineer and sent him
out to prospect for him. The engineer
knowing that knew something Of the
country, consulted me, and after l had
advised him not to wander too far
among the rolling hills, he left.
Some days later 1 received a tele-
gram from Goffs, notifying me that the
engineer had been lost and begging me
to come at once. 1 left here at once
and after making the necessary pre-
parations at Goffs set out on the hunt.
After a half day struck his trail
and within short time had the man.
He was in dangerous condition when
found him and it was necessary for
me to bind him to the saddle and
hurry for the water wagon.
Finds Mineral Zone
''While crossing the country I saw
that there was a great mineral zone
but had no time to investigate it then.
Having placed the prospector in the
hands of friends 1 returned to this city,
where I made known my convictions
to two friends, DIR. Fred Rowland, for
merly of Portland, Me-, but who for
the past three years had been interest
ed in mining on the Yaqui river in
Mexico, and DR.. j. Done Carey of Pasa-
dena, also a thorough mining man. We
left at once and having arrived at the
Colorado river we followed it for many
miles and then began to search on the
desert for the belt.
I'VE knew it at once when we struck
it. There were many mineral ledges
cropping out and we were satisfied thai
the strike was rich one. From the ore
cI0
though all of it was surface stuff. 81
rich did the stuff appear that we coul6
hardly believe our sight. By common
consent the place was given the name
of Signal district and our camp named
Camp Signal"
Mr.. Main has some of the surface ore
in which can be seen many pieces o.
free gold. Other pieces of ore show
copper, gold, silver, lead and tin.
''About June B." said Mr.. Main, 9Th,
first shaft was sunk at Homer. Thi
has ledge cropping above the surface
of the earth thirty feet in the air, meas
nring over sixty feet wide and cropping
up about a mile and a half. The shat
descends $50 feet below the surface o
the ground and the mill average of th
ore from it runs $35 to the ton; and nov
we are sorting 500 ore to ship. In th
Homer there is a streak of ore tina
goes over $1,000 to the ton.
Claims Are Rich
"At present we have thirty-twt
claims located. Some of them are o
lead, gold and silver. many copper
gold and silver, others of gold and cop
per-"
DIR. Howland, who has been on tn
scene nearly all of the time and is II
the city for a few days, verifes tn
wonderful report of Mr.. Main and /
enthusiastic over the strike. He add
that vegetables can be grown in Sigma
hill district, which is 29O0 feet abov
the sea, and that the purest water ca
be secured there by drilling. So abun
dant is the water that the railroad 1
building reservoirs. He states positive
ly that garden stuff grown in Sigma
district will reach the market ST
weeks earlier than from the Imperia
valley,
Preparations are being made by bot
the Salt Lake and the Santa Fe to ex
tend their lines through Signal distric
and possibly into the Searchlight an
Bullfrog country.
zone peculiar feature of our strik
is that the mineral zone is seven mile
wide and many miles long" said Dl
Howland "and the moment that h
steps out of 1t the observer is awar,
so clearly is it defined"