Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-07
Active Mining Operations
With Good Results
in New Fields
RED RAVEN MINE Is
OWNED BY ANGELENOS
PrOducingProperties in Nevada
and ArizOna-LOs Angeles
Capital Placed in San
Diego Enterprises

records. 1t is stated that the sixty tons
Of ore recently shipped from the Mont
gomery Shoshone mine in the Bullfrog
district netted the sum of $43,5OO under
treatment at the Reno sampler. Thirty
tons of the ore averaged $3.50 a ton,
while the remainder of the ore went
$500 ton.
Papers have been filed in San Ber-
nardno in deal that is an important
one in mining circles. The Gold Pin
Mining company has sold to the Gold
Chief Mining company of Los Angeles
eleven claims in the Dry Lake district,
together with an equity upon the Gold
Pin, Big Horn, Hummng Bird and
other claims in the same district, in
cluding mill sites and water rights.
The Red Raven
Up in Ell Dorado county on the
Mother Lode, near Placerville, the Red
Raven mine, owned by Angelenos, is
taking on gigantic proportions. The
management of the company reports q
forty-foot ledge Of Sc ore with an eight
foot ledge of $50 ore. A ten-stamp mill
has recently been installed and opera
tlons commenced, with water power
which unfortunately gave out before the
mill had got settled down to steady
work.
Frank M. Curtis, formerly the man.
ager Of the famous Queen Esther mine
of Mojave, is now the manager of the
Red Raven and is installing an up-to-
date steam plant for the operation of
the company's mill when water power
is unobtaina BILE. This property was for
merly known as the Uncle Sam group
of claims and was worked for several
years with an arastra, during which
time it is reported to have produced
over 100000 worth of gold by this
crude method. The Red Raven enjoys
the great distinction of being one of a
very few mines which have paid from
=. the beginning, as every foot of develop
ment work on the property, it is stated,
was paid for by ore taken from the
mine as work progressed The present
management of the company expects to
soon have the property turning out
good-sized bars Of bullion.
BuIfrog-Red Oak
In an interview with Mr.. Meskimen
of the Vaada Mines Promotion COM
pany he stated that the Bullfrog-Re
Oak development work is going along
very satisfactorily. They have attained
q depth of over thirty feet in the shaft
1t is practically settled that there are
no adverse claims. In the bottom of
the shaft they have struck a seam of
atalc which is identical in appearance
with that in the Shoshone, few hun
dred feet away.
The Bullfrog-Red Oak company is
Differed in Los Angeles with some of
( the most prominent business men here.
They have a good treasury fund and
are pushing work as fast as money and
men can do it. Mr. Meskimen stated
that he believed another thirty feet will
cut the great Shoshone ledge and that
there is no question about the ledge
crossing the property as that has been
determined by careful surveys by the
deputy mineral surveyor.
Cherry Creek Activity
Mining throughout the Cherry Creek
district, twenty-five miles south of
Jerome. Ariz., continues active. The
Pfau mine and mill are working stead
lily with good results. The mill has
lust been started on a three months
test run, during which time it will be
thoroughly tried as to its adaptability
in treating the quality of ore produced
by the mine During the test run 1T
win be maintained at its full capacity
which is $50 tons every twenty-four
, hours. Work was delayed a few days
recently by the destruction of the gaso-
line hoist and hoist house by fire. The
damages have been repaired and every
thing is again in running order. From
the best information obtainable 1t is
learned that the Pfau ore averages
about IS per ton, free gold. The ore
body is large and easily mined, and if
the new tube mill comes up to the ex-
pectation of the owners as a gold saver
the property VIII prove TO pe a bonanza
as $3.50 free gold rock is considered a
very good proposition in the Cherry
Creek district.
Work on the Pfau extension is being
pushed. as it is thought the same body
Of ore will be encountered at depth as
that found i'm the Pfau proper.
The opening up Of the Pfau mine has
stimulated the mining industry
throughout the Cherry Creek district
and numerous properties that have lain
idle for years are being put in prepara-
ton for active development.
rich strike was made recently in the
Copperopolis mine, adjoining the Pfau
on the south. For sometime past the
owners OF the Copperopolls have been
developing a large vein of low grade ore