Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-24

Johnnie district A branch will run to
Bullfrog The ofnciais Of the Johnnie
Consolidated Gold Mining company are;
T. H. Dudley, Ocean Park. presi-
dent; Carl f. schader. vice presi-
dent and general manager; w. f. Bots
ford, treasurer; Arthur r. Marquis, sec
retary; T. A. Johnson, director and
George F. Mooser, superintendent.
Johnnie Consolidated
Recently the Johnnie Consolidated
Gold Mining company obtained title to
200 acres of land, four miles from their
mining company in the old townsite Of |
Deuces, whose inhabitants were EN-
ployes of-the corporation once known |
as the Chespa Mining company Many |
OF the old stone cabins remain standing. |
The streets of the new townsite OF
Johnnie are sixty feet wide, and the lots
50x15O. Near the south end four
blocks are reserved by the company for
park purposes and other public inn
provements. The company has obtained
title to the Grapevine and Willow
Springs, four and six miles away and
water supply comes through piping al
ready laid. The capacity of the Grape
vine springs is 1900 miners inches.
Many lots have been sold to Los An
geles parties and others, and quite a
number Of buildings erected. Lumber
comes from Clark's sawmill, twenty
miles away in Timber mountain The
company has a general store under
e,a. "a 90 TAIat nf l1o
board of directors. The government has
established the Johnnie postofTice with
George F. Mooser, postmaster.
Johnnie can boast Of two women pros
pectors, Mrs. K e. Beauregard and
Mrs. A. G. Swain, who have been
miners wives for many years. They
have several locations upon extension
of the Johnnie Consolidated Gold Min
ing company property the Bullfrog-
Johnny and also the old Chespa group.
These claims are rated among the best
in the district The Beauregard boys,
w. S. Smith, H. j. West, Joe Lake and
other old time prospectors within the
good findings. II. e. Pierce and G. w.
Pierce are In from the Funeral moun-
tains with very fine gold rock.
Shasta to Be Worked
The Mounta Shasta mine located on
Clear creek, west of Shasta, is to be re-
opened and developed on larger scale
as the financial affairs are to be
Strengthened out. For this purpose
d. P. Phelps, one of the principal di
rectors of the company, is now in Red
ding to liquidate all the indebtedness
against the company and outline a plan
for the resumption of operations A
complete reorganization of the Mount
Shasta company has been effected and
Of operations, yielded large amounts of
gold, will very soon again take rank
as a wealth producer.
Arizona Mine News
For the first time in its history the
mill of the Gold Road Mining and Ex-
ploration company is being run to it's
full capacity. The mill is capable of
handling 100 tons of ore daily and it is
iloW UoiiiS AiAlo iNddiiJ' LhC fiiipbeiAieA-
tion of the six grinding mills and ANAL.
gamation on plates makes the work of
the cyanide tanks much less and add
great deal to their capacity The mine
1 is opening up wonderfully on the 900
and the property is destined to be one
of the greatest gold mines in the world.
The old Apache mine, on the eastern
slope of the Santa Catalinas, Pima
county, Ariz., and owned by Capt.
Robert Leatherwood, an Arizona pior-
eer, is rapidly developing into bonan-
"a. There is now over one hundred tons
of shipping ore on the dumps. If any
man deserves success in mining it ia
Capt Leatherwood. He has spent his
life in an honest effort to become
bonanza king and his army of old
friends. of which we are one, will be
glad to learn he is nearing a full re-
alization of his hopes.
Gold Mill Running
The Congress mine at Congress is
steadily increasing its force of men and
will, in short time, have new shift
of miners and employees added to the
payroll The mine is working 14O men
at this time.
The Little Jesse mine and mill at
Chaparral are working forty men. De-
velopment work in the mine is being
pushed vigorously and the mill is doing
excellent work. Mines and claims all
around the Jesse are working steadily.
Major G.. w. Hull of the Cleopatra
property near Jerome states that 33 feet
of three per cent ore has been gone
through in the Dillon tunnel. Work Is
now headed toward the main body of
ore, which near the surface has given
big assays. Hull states that ninety feet
more tunnel will connect with this ore
body.
The Vantia mine in the Yellowstone
district will soon be one of the active
producers of Cochse county. Its ma
chinery, received recently will soon be
extracting the values from the rich