Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-27
PrOspectors Invade Dis
trict Above IndiO That
Is Yielding
BENSON SHELTER
GOES INTO OPERATION
Black Warrior Reorganized-
New Chloride District in
Arizona Opened

wastes of San Bernardino and River
side counties. A few persistent min
ers, however, have been quietly at
work prospecting and locating the
richest and best ground until a large
tellitory has been staked, lying near
the border line between these two coun-
ties, about thirty miles north from
Indio on the Southern Pacific railroad.
1t Is no exaggeration to state that
free gold has been found in outcrop-
pings of lodges in hundreds of places
on these rough hill sides. Thirty-six
assay samples brought to Los Angeles
by Dr. Stephen Bowers when making
an examination of thirty-two claims
averaged SOL to the ton.
The barren condition of the district
enables one to follow the outcroppings
hundreds of feet which show well de-
fined ledge of one carrying free gold
visible to the eye.
On account of lack of water at the
claims little work can be done by in
dividual miners, but they have inter-
ested local capitalists and as result
There nave DCtll lNO StiOiiS wi pcio
tions formed with large capital to pipe.
water fifteen miles for their own use
and for distribution to other parties.
The Ell Dorado Consolidated mines,
one of the above mentioned companies,
is officered as follows: Fred f.
Wheeler, president; F. e. Crawford,
vice president; C. e. Mckee, treas
urer and l.. l.. Washburn, secretary.
This company owns thirty-two claims
that has had a force of men at work
for the past four months, and proposes
to erect reduction works for both per-
sonal and custom work.
The Riverside board of supervisors
and others have Joined in the work to
shorten and improve the wagon road
from Indio to this district
Those who know the district say
that these great movements will revo-
lutionize Southern California since this
new Ell Dorado district is thought to
be practically the southern extention
of the gold fields of Nevada, and rich
paying mines are located at frequent
intervals all the way from the famous
old Comstock mines south through
Tonapah and Goldfied in a direct line.
New Benson smelter
The Southwestern Smelling and Re-
fining company's modern and up-to-
date 25O-ton plant at Benson. Ariz.,
is completed and only awaiting the ar
rival of shipments of coke in order to
blow in. A 100-ton railroad track scale
weighs the ore conveniently to the
sampling mill. Fuel oil is used under
two high pressure boilers which gem
crate steam for driving the ma
chinery and a dynamo and cleo
trio motor drives the sampler ma
chinery and furnishes abundant
light for night. Water is obtainable
from an artesian well on the COM
pany's ground The assay office Is
modernly equipped and in charge of
Fred P. Clark, competent metal
lurgist and assayer. The railroads
entering Benson from four different di-
rections, pass through highly mineral
ized sections. The company is close
corporation, r. A. Boggers, San Fran
cisco, president; A. j. Pidgeon, Ben
son. vice president; Walter S. Wiley,
Peoria, ILL.,. treasurer; Franklin Brown
ing, Benson, secretary.
Black Warrior reorganized
A meeting of the reorganization COM
mittee of the Black Warrior Copper
Company Amalgamated was recently
held in Philadelphia and 1T was agreed
1t would be for the best interests of the
stockholders to pursue the second plan
of reorganization which would enable
the new company to receive approxi-
rnately 100000 cash. 1t now seems that
conflicting interests will be harmonized
and no further litigation. The man.
moth reduction plant and mines are
near Globe, Ariz., and the new develop
ment will be the sinking of a working
shaft 500 feet or more on the Mont
gomery lode and prospecting cross
cuts and drifts on several levels.
Reports from Douglas are to the
effect that the Copper Queen smelter
is turning out copper at tremendous
rate. Two weeks ago it was turning
out 140 tons OF bullion in twenty-four
hours. Last Monday the run was the
greatest ever made by any reduction
plant in the southwest in any twenty
four hours, being 167 tons of bullion.
At present prices $4S,90O is the worth
of that days product. 1t is reported
the output for January amounts to
about $500 of copper or seven million
pounds.
The International american, Doug
las. Ariz. says: This morning H. e.
Dugan exhibited rich ore samples from
q property in Sonora, about eighty
miles south of this city. One sample
assayed 700 ounces silver and 200
ounces in gold to the ton. If there is
much of this ore Sonora has Gold
fields badly beaten.
Blue Ridge District
The mines known as the Pilgrim
group are situated about nine miles
west of Chloride Arz., in the Blue