Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-18
MINERAL WEALTH
OF COAST STATES
VAST AREA OF GOLD DEPOSITS
IN CALIFORNIA
The Noted eugsenheim Family-Mine
Near Barstow That ExceIs Scotty's
Find In VaIue-Shasta
Copper Mine

The state of California from 1S4S to
1896 produced more gold than any other
state in the union, Colorado in 1897,
after the discovery Of the Cripple Creek
mines. taking the lead, California now
holding second place. Statistics given
by the state mining bureau show that
In the distribution of gold deposits,
aside from their forms, California
stretches through nine and one-half de-
grees of latitude and between the ex-
treme northwest and southwest corners
the direct distance Is 775 miles, while
the width Is from las to 235 miles, the
total area being 156,931 square miles.
The great range of the Sierra Nevada
runs through nearly the entire length
of the state, on the eastern border, and
the belt of coast ranges border the sea-
coast on the west. Along the Sierra
Nevada range and its foothills, and the
northwestern coast range, and the
southeastern desert region in the tier
of counties extending from one side Of
the state to the other, there Is not a
single one without it's gold deposits in
one form or another. There Is gold
on the ocean beaches Of coast line, the
mountain ranges, the foot hills, the val
leys. Even the sandy wastes Of the
Mojave and Colorado deserts have
many productive gold mines. In Inyo
county there are gold mines being
worked at elevations of 5000, II, 900, 10000
and 13,500 feet, and in the same county
gold is being taken out at places over
200 feet below the level of the sea- 1t
is thus seen that the gold deposits of
California extend over a longitudinal
area of 775 miles, lateral area of an
average of 191 miles (or extreme width
of 235 miles) and a vertical range of
1900 feet.
The Guggenheim Family
To the many who have read fire.
quent newspaper references to Amer
lean Smelling and "The Guggenheims"
and some other interests got together
and how fortunate it would be for the
shareholders in the "other interests"
If such coming together occurred. 1t
VIII be interesting to know just who
the "Guggenhems" are. A New York
newspaper tells the story and SAYS:
"The members of the Guggenhein
family. who are believed in Wall street
to own an actual majority of the shares
or the S100,000,000 American Smelling
ana Refining company, are an example
OF q real happy family. There are seven
brothers, each of whom possesses a
great fortune of his own, and the ag-
gregate wealth of the family runs into
the very many millions. These seven
brothers work together in complete
harmony. For all practical purposes in
business way they can be reckoned
with as one individual. 1t recalls the
situation with the Rothschilds of
Europe on smaller and more uniform
scale. The Guggenheims dominate the
great smelling company, whose stock
mas made sensational advance of
nearly 100 points in a little over twelve
months. Daniel Guggenheim is both
president of the company and chair
man of the board, and Isaac Guggen-
he1m Is the treasurer of the company.
These two and three other brothers are
directors
Beats "Scotty's" Mine
9; w. Roach claims to have discov-
cred a rich mine near Barstow, near
Lne GRAPEVINE cemetery in Nevada.
rms is the talk Roach gave the San
Bernardino Times Index:
Il don't have to be so mysterious
ABOUT this. Nothing like 'Scotty' prop
9sit1ons Tor me- The gold is there.
L have 1t located, there is a watch
man at the mine, and anybody who
wants to see 1t may go there and look
at 1t; | don't care whether he is white
black or Chinaman. It's every word
true, and there's a whole lot more of
1t. 'Scotty' never had a mine, but this
beats the one he said he had. No.
don't own all Of it myself. I only own
a half interest in it. A Chinaman owns
the other half. You bet, YOU hit hit right HIrt?
it's Wong Kee. the fellow who runs
the restaurant at Barstow Wong Kee
grubstaked me for five months, when
every white man turned me down and
I'm going to stick to him and do the
right. thing by him, and I'm not
ashamed of my Chinese friend a little
bit
80 far there are five mines located
on that ledge-the Nettie, that's
1T after my wife; the Mabel,
that's the next best, and 1 named it
after my daughter; the Clarence Will
mer, that's not so good as the other
two, but it's all there. And then /
have the jeanette and the Curly,
which has my name. The other two
mines are the Barstow and the Sun
rise, and they were located by George
Shaffer an old miner, and his son
Charles Shaffer, who runs the. saloon
at Barstow.
"Old George Shaffer Is one of the
Oldest and best posted miners in this
country, and he told me that he had
never, in all his life. seen anything
like it. When Il made the strike he
went out with me and he helped me
to locate it and place my monument.
You see, he knows all about those
things and he's a mighty good friend
of mine.
"If you think it will interest any,
body you might say that Shepherd is
already hauling tools and employing
men to go to work on his claims, and
that the work will begin inside of
five days.
"There is about five miles more of
that ledge to locate, and it's all mighty
rich. The Nettie is only three-quar-
ters of a mile from Barstow station,
and everybody who comes out there is
welcome"
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