Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-20

bond are practical men and claim to-
have ample financial backing to prose-
cute their prospecting to finish. They
Will Install a gasoline engine TO oper-
ate the necessary pumps and viii pro-
ceed in a thoroughly systematic man
ner, and are satisfied that indications
point to fiattering returns for their In
vestment.
Gem Company Consolidation
The San Diego News announces the
consolidation Of the San Diego Gem
company and the American Consolld-
ated Hyacinth Mining company. The
united company retains the name of
the San Diego Gem company. The con-
solidation was contaminated by the
San Diego Gem company issuing 1900
shares of It's treasury stock to the hold
ers of the stock Of the Hyacinth COM
pany, and receiving in return six
hyacinth mines at Dos Cabazos, In
this county. a large stock Of cut stones,
and some machinery, all valued at S11,-
600. The mines were formerly known
as the William T. Hills mines, and have
yielded some of the finest hyacinths
known In the local market. One Of
the stones from these mines, and which
by this consolidation becomes the prop
erty Of the San Diego Gem company,
at $500.
Mining and Titles
The colonial period Of Mexico is
romance today and the wonderful for
tunes made in mines Is great part
Of that romantic period which read like
stories of the Arabian Nights, says
the chihuahua Enterprise. That period
abounds in the names OF numerous
persons who won millions from the
mines and many OF them were dec
Grated with titles There was a Duke
of Batopilas in those days and the
wealth that brought the title came
from silver mines at Batopilas, Chuhua-
hua.
In the state Of Guanajuato and the
mining district of the same name, An
tonic Obregon. the principal owner of
the famous Valenciana mine, derived
therefrom an enormous fortune and
took the title of Count of Valenciana,
conferred upon him by the King of
Spain. From this mine $225,935, 1885 were
taken out only between the years 1866
TO 1926. Jose Sardaneta, one of the
owners of the Rayas mine, was made
Marquis Rayas. and Francisco Matias
Busto, another owner Of the same mine,
became Marquis of San Clement, Wis
count of Duarte. Colonel Diego Rul,
owner of the Cata and Mellado mines,
became Count of Rul, and the owner
of the La LUX mine, Madame Marie
Rul, mother of the colonel, was created
Countess of Perez Galvez.
In Zacatecas, Juan Moncada- owner
of the Urista mine. became Marquis of
Jaral de Berry, and Count Of San Mateo
Valparaiso. In the state of Zacatecas
and Guerrero, the Frenchman, Joseph
Laborde, known generally by the name
of Jose Borda, drew from the Quebra-
II aaI ToI nrd r1Nfv1
100000 In the Sombrerete district of
Zacatecas, Fagoaga derived from some
bonanzas of the Pabellon and Veta
Negra mines $4,000, 900, and was created
Marquis del Apartado. Francisco Ur-
dinola made great fortune from the
Albarradon mine, and became Marquis
Of Aguayo. In San Luis Potosi. Cor
doa become Marquis Of Malpaso.
At the mining place of Pachuca,
Hidalgo, Pedro Terreros, a simple min
er, received, owing to a bonanza at
the Vizcaina mine, $15,000,000, and
bought the title of Count of Regla. In
Jalisco, Vivanco Fagoaga owed his title
of Marquis Of Vivanco to the Bolanos
mine. In Durango. Zambrano derived
from the Candelaria mine $80,000,000,
and paid $11 ,000,0 900 as a kings fifth to
the King of Spain. In the same state
Jose Carrascosa drew from Topia a
vast fortune. In Guerrero the Count of
Contramina owed his great fortune and
his title to the Tepantitlan mine. In
Chihuahua, Angel Bustamante took out
two bonanzas from the Pastrana mine
and was created Marquis of Batopilas.
In Coahuila, Jesus Salado derived
large fortune from the Matehuapila
mine and became Count of Matehuapila
and Marquis of Guadiana.
In Sinaloa Luis Portillo acquired
through the Panuco mine the title Of
Marquis of Panuca.
D. Wiggers has uncovered some
wonderfully rich ore in the Bullfrog
Royal mine in the foothills of Baro
The quartz vein Is In a contact be-
tween lime and quartzite, and ranges
from a few inches to three feet in
width. The ledge can be traced from
the Amargosa river bed 5000 feet up
over the hills. Mr.. Wiggers brought
to his office some fine specimens show
ing sulphide, telluride and free gold.
Numerous assays have been made,
yielding from $23 to $210o ton. Near
the ledge is an old shaft in which the
timbers are rotten, showing that the
hill was prospected perhaps a quarter
of century ago. They had failed to
strike the ore body.-Beatty Bullfrog
Miner.
Five more tons of fabulously rich ore
IrOIIi the heHudll IIllHeS were lOCkeu III
safety vaults at Goldfield today. 1t
Is worth 81 and SO per handful.-Tono-
pah Sun.
Clifford hill, the name now given to
the hill where the Stone Cabin strike
was made a fortnight ago. seems
to be pretty well splattered with gold.
James Gleason, a prospector, is in
from the strike this week. He says
he had panned pretty we'll over the
hill and believes there Is no place that
will not yield at least $100 a ton in gold.
Others coming In report the finding OF
nuggets on the Clifford claim as big as
the end of a finger. No we'll defined
ledge has yet been found, but the Cliff
fords hope to encounter one at a depth
of q few feet.-Tonopah Sun.