Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-05

G. NJ. Risden Of Los Angeles will make
a long drive over the desert country.
They will also do prospecting. The
party go by way Of Beaumont and In
6io. and the first place a stop of any
length will be made is at Yuma, Ariz.
The journey will take several months,
and the course after leaving Yuma will
be in a manner at random.
An important mining deal has been
contaminated in Yreka, where there
was filed an agreement between Harris
Bros and 3. F. Basford, the owners Of
the Taylor Lake Mining companys
quartz claims in the Liberty mining
district, and Frank c. Perrew of Los
Angeles. whereby the latter agrees to
pay $4,000 within sixty days and rs
per cent of the proceeds each year
thereafter until the whole amount of
100000 is paid, the contract reciting
that not less than $4,000 year shall
be paid. This property has been very
rich for the amount Of work done and
may prove as valuable as did the Black
Bear mine of the same section in years
gone by.
Work is now being carried on at the
Azalia mines in Mojave county, Ariz.,
under the management of the Com
monwealth Mining company, of which
Richard Lloyd of Colorado Springs is
superintendent and John Brockman Of
Los Angeles is general manager. A
drift Is being driven into the mountain
on the vein and shaft will be sunk
to quite a depth on the vein. The ore
body Is said to be looking fine and it
is probable that this property will be
one of the big things of the Pilgrim
section.
George II. Sanders, who Is promoting
the present operations in which the
Vulture mine in Arizona is a principal
factor, is in Phoenix in company with
DR.. S. ]. Mattoon of New York, G. r.
Osgood of Los Angeles and Charles H.
Kingsley of Vulture. DR.. Mattoon is
interested in the operations of the Vul-
ture company and decided to come on
and look at the property. The party
spent Il couple of days at the mine be-
fore coming here and DR.. Mattoon was
greatly impressed with what he saw
there, becoming very enthusiastic over
its possibilities when once again ac-
lively worked. Mr.. Sanders says there
is nothing of special Importance to
say concerning his present visit except
that he came for the purpose of pay
ing up the local Indebtedness of the
company, which has been done, and
arranging for active work upon the
property at once
Col. G. w. Greene and e. H. Harri-
man have just closed a big mining
deal in the state of Sonora The
properly involved was that of F. A.
Hartman and La Dura Mining COM
pany of Los Angeles, situated in So
nora. The deal is said to be one of
the largest ever closed in the Cali
fornia city. The price paid for the
property is said to have been in the
neighborhood of $10OOOOO gold. The
camp is situated near the head of the
Yaqui river.
The deal was negotiated by Richard
son Bros. of Los Angeles, who own
large interests in the country to be
traversed by the railroad which will
be built from the Arizona line south
ward through the mining region of
Sierra Madre in Sonora and down the
Yaqui River valley to Guaymas with
an extension, which Is to be run from
that point south through Sinaloa to
Guadalajara.
In the San Jose de la Campana, a
famous Antigua recently purchased
by a Los Angeles syndicate, a body of
rich ore has been encountered which
in streaks runs as high as 220O ounces
of silver per ton.
General Mining Works
w. s. Nolan has located a mine in
the northwestern end of Mendocino
county that is said to be rich in gold
and silver. About a dozen Coveloites
filed locations last week and if the
mine pans out there will soon be sew
eral new millionares on the list.
The Red Mountain Mining company
of New York and Philadelphia is maxi
ing active preparations for the de-
velopment of the Cerro Colorado mines
in the Altar district of Sonora. A mill
with daily capacity of 500 tons will
be built.
The Yreka Journal reports that w.
III. Young is pumping out the Yreka
quartz mine or old Ball mine at Sal
mon river. now in litigation, with case
appealed to the supreme court. in ref
erence to judgment for $50, $50 dam
ages. Young has set a price for the
with privilege from both par
ties to pump out and examine same. If
satisfied with the outlook and develop
ment a certain price is to be paid, to-
gether with all costs and judgment
rendered.
According to Grants Pass Herald
a recent discovery on the klamath has
been bonded to James McCann of Med
ford for $4,000. William Feheley was
the lucky discoverer.
Dredging in Sacramento county will
ha extanded Ieratofora tba orara tiops