Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-22

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mining talent is a unit that the sho-
shone ledge will be encountered on the
Peery property within thirty days.
The Wisconsin mine at Ida, thirty
miles south Of Goldheld, has been sold
to the Wisconsin Mining and Smelling
company, composed OF w. r. Hall Of
San francisco. August stein Of Ida,
Francis l.. burton, prominent attor-
ney of Goldfeld, and a syndicate of
eastern and California capitalists. The
consideration was 100000, The plans
Of the purchasers include the construc-
tion of a smelling plant at a cost of
S25O,OOO The wisconsin is an old mine
that has been for years productive OF
rich ore, although operated in the
crudest fashion. 1t contains vast re
serve Of high-grade shipping ore.
Tule Gold Fields
The gold fever in the tule section,
says the Yuba City (Cal) Independent,
seems not to be abatlng. The interest
in the rich finds seems to have taken
on new life. Last week number Of
mining promoters and drillers visite ]
the section. The Erkenbrecher syndi-
cate of Los Angeles sent one Of their
engineers, and samples are now being
taken from the Lee ranch for this syn
dicate, which has taken a bond on
the property. Col. II. G. Woodrow OF
San francisco, an experienced mining
man and promoter, is on the. grounds
and Is securing options on other tracts
of land.
The presence of gold in the Suttei
basin was discovered in a peculiar
manner. A company of Sacramento
and San Francisco parties purchased
the so-called Bannon estate lands fol
the purpose of raising beans. In order
to supply the traction engines thai
were used to plow the lands 1t was
necessary to get below the surface
alkali to obtain pure water for the
boilers, and with this purpose In view
several wells were bored to depth o1
from thirty to forty feet. Gravel anC
sands were encountered, and, at the
suggestion of Judge Shields and En-.
gneer Nurse of the public works com
mission, both of whom are largely in.
terested in the lands, samples of the
gravel and sands were sent to reliable
assayers, who gave returns of $1S pei
cubic yard. 1t then dawned on the
owners that they possessed what will
possibly prove to be the richest dredge
land ever red.-Grass Valley
| Union.
New Gem Mines
| According to mining men who have
returned from the peninsula DR.. Wilson
and c. Johnson of the San Diego Ger
company have returned from a two
they examined some gem properties
They report the purchase of two gooG
claims about twenty miles south Of
Campo, both yielding tourmaline ant
hyacinth. Before leaving the property
they put three men to work. The,
expect to return to the mines next weel
to look after the work being done. The!
report the existence Of considerable
gold in the neighborhood of the gen
mines, the same being worked h!
Mexicans, who were taking out abou
two dollars per day per man.
Articles of incorporation of the Ped
rara Onyx company have been filed il
the county clerks office of San Diego
| lie, II ifaI ar
at 100000 The directors and stock
| holders are L. A. Blochman, A. Bloch
man, w. r. Ramsdell, James Wells
and Sam F. Smith. The purposes fol
which the company has been formed
are to buy and operate onyx quarries
in Lower California. and to prepare the
stone for market. Legal provisions are
| also made for the establishment in thf
future of telegraph and telephone lines
water works, electric plants and rail-
ways.
Local Men Mine
A. F. Horn of Los Angeles has arrived
in Douglas, Arizona, where he resided
for few months a year ago ant
| became enaInOreu OF the mining pOSSl'
bilities. He returned to Douglas to joir
party of prospectors who will leave
there today for the Sierra Madre noun
tains provisioned and equipped for s
six months prospecting trip. The party
consists of E. H. Bachman of the
Copper Queen smelter, who has beer
resident of Douglas for the past TIVE
years, F. M. Hale of Chicago, an exper
gold amalgamater and assayist, Franl
Watkins of Joplin, Missouri, machinis
and mine promoter, and Mr.. Horne, whC
is a mineralogist. The party will gc
direct from Douglas to Nacozari by
train and from that point finish theii
equipment of burros and start on theil
long tramp into the Sierra Madras.
A. Hattenbach of Los Angeles. wei
known mining man, visited the O'Brier
property, north of Phoenix, Ariz., las
week. Hattenbach says the O'BrieI
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