Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-13

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Crude oil from the Kern river dis
trict is the fuel used by the reduction
plants. This oil can be laid down at
the plants at 57 cents per barrel, being
the equivalent Of coal at si.75 per ton,
which is about one-third of what ac-
ceptabie coal would actually cost
About $50 men are employed in the dis
trict, making a pay roll Of about $1,000
per day. A Southern Pacific railroad
siding Is less than two miles from the
principal properties Of the district
Leading Operators
The leading operators in the district
are the Exposed Treasure, Echo,
Queen Esther and Karma mining com
panies, the properties Of each Of which
are equipped with extensive reduction
plants.
The Exposed Treasure which takes
its name from one of the characteris-
tic outcropping lodges Of the district,
ie located on an elevation called Bow
er's HILL II has about one and half
miles of underground workings. the
deepest of which is 700 feet. Black
manganese ore predominates and the
veins run up to thirty feet in width
1t is high grade gold ore with little
silver The mine is equipped with a
twenty-five stamp mill and all the fa-
cilities for amalgamating. concentrat-
ing and cyaniding. There is a large
slime capacity, as the ore has ten
dency to slime. Courtney De Kalb, a
mining engineer of wide repute, has
the management of the Exposed
Treasure.
On Soledad peak, miniature noun
tain of extensive area about half q
mile south of Bowers hill, is the Echo
mine with about 5000 feet Of workings
underground and attained depth of 400
feet. The ore of this mine runs about
$11 per ton. The ore Is amalgamated
and cyanided, and a twenty-stamp mill
handles about sixty tons per day of It,.
The property is under the management
Of George Hooper, a well-known min
ing operator of Los Angeles.
To the east of the Echo on Soledad
peak, is the Queen Esther property
with 5000 feet of workings and a depth
from the apex of 700 feet. Ore of very
high grade is produced by this mine.
The lower workings have opened up a
chute in which the ore runs $120 per
ton. For nine months the mine has
shipped a carload day of ore giving
$50 per ton. In addition to these ship
ments q 120-ton mill has worked stead
lily on low grade ore. A capacious cy-
anide plant is a part of the equipment.
The property belonged to Messrs.
Thompson and Boyle of Los Angeles,
but not long since was purchased by
S. w. Mudd, one of the mining en-
gineers of the Greggenheim Explora-
tion company, for $250.0OO.
The Rich Karma
Joining the Queen Esther group of
mines lie the Karma Mining COM
rany's properties. This company has
the model mill of the district. 1t is a
twenty stamp mill, with solid cement
floors and is equipped with nine Frue
Vaners and q hundred and fifty ton
cyanide plant. With some changes
under way, the mill will soon have a
capacity of eighty to one hundred tons
of ore daily
The Karma company's property has
the largest ore bodies in the district.
The ore body of the Extension mine,
belonging to the company, by actual
tape line measurement, is more than
one hundred and sixty feet in width.
This immense ore body is to be pierced
by tunnel now in 1900 feet and which
will tap 1t about 700 feet from the sur
face when continued some 200 feet
further.
There has been some very high grade
ore shipped from the Karma claim,
one of the group belonging to the Kar-
ma company, somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 100000 being taken out
without the aid of machinery, the ore
being simply mined and shipped to
the smelter.
Successful development of the Kar-
ma property is largely due to the in
domitable energy and capability of
John A. Gerner, president Of the com
pany, who has devoted years of time
to the task.
Promising Prospects
On Bowers Fill, adjoining the Ex-
posed Treasure mine, are the Desert
and Hobson properties, with several
hundred feet of development work per-
formed, enough to show that the
claims will justify extensive exploita-
tion, which they will receive, as they
were lately purchased by John Posey,
son of o. p. Posey, one of the heaviest
mining operators in the west.
Also near the Exposed Treasure are
several prospects owned by c. G. Calk-
ins Of Los Angeles, most of which make
fine showing.
Another prospect property that gives
pre- of prolific results with ade-
-dte developments is the Double
Standard group of claims owned by a
syndicate of Los Angeles capitalists,
including Herman w. Hellman, w. H.
Perry w T. Woolacott, DIR. John r..