Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-13
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sutter County Dredging
Joseph Moore g. Son. who have been
prospecting lands IN the neighborhood
Of Harkey Corners, in Sutter county.
have completed the work I'm that
nieghborhood and moved farther up,
where they expect to find more such
work to do. Seventeen assays were
made, says the MarysvilIe Democrat,
Of sands taken from the holes bored,
the owners having the assays made in
San Francisco and Selby. The values
returned average 1859 to the ton. The
lowest assay was 26 cents and the high
est, from sand on the Lee place, was
S27,e0. Five assays from the Lee place
averaged S11.63 to the ton. On the
Britton place the average was $1S6; on
the Kirk place, 1921 and on the Dun
can and Schuler places, 3S cents and
25 cents respectively In some places
pay dirt was struck at the surface and
in other places there was several feet
of surface dirt. The greatest depth
reached was forty feet and the drills
were still in pay dirt, the owner of the
property being satisfied to cease opera
tions without ascertaning how deep
the deposit might be.
Goldfield Is Spotted
The Salt Lake CUtah) Tribune takes
shot at Goldfields, New. as follows:
ut may be that the exodus to Gold
field and the Bullfrog districts has
lz1 "a il. .A.a. AI...A
outfits are still preparing to get to
the new gold regions However, there
is likelihood that the fever is de-
parting and that many Utahns who
are now there are preparing to return.
"W. II. Tolman and F. f. Mulvaney,
two well-knowh old Utah miners, who
have prospected and worked in every
camp in this state. have returned from
an extended investigation of the Gold
field and Bullfrog districts. They also
spent some time at Tonopah, and are
enthused With the possibilities of that
district. where the mines are going TO
be deep and the chance of permanency
good. Neither of the men discount
the Goldfield country, for the reason
that they have seen some exceptional
values there, but they are inclined 10
warn any but those well equipped with
funds to hesitate before going into a
region where but one-tenth of the pop
ulation is engaged in the industry of
mining and prospecting, and the other
nine-tenths are there to reap the ben
eft of their efforts and for speculative
purposes and the usual run of sure
thing propositions.
According to Tolman and Mulvaney,
there is none of the money now being
produced at Goldfield being circulated
there. The circulating medium is eu-
tirely secured from the tenderfeet who
come in there with expectations of
quickly acquired riches. The town of
Goldfield since the excitement began
has had as much as a population Of
between 1000 and 5000. According to
the returned miners there are now not
more than 5000 in the district"
Successful Woman Miner
Mrs. w. F. Aram, librarian at the
Carnegie library iii Redding, Cal, Is
perhaps as enthusiastic miner as
any individual in Shasta county who
belongs to the sterner sex. And not
only is she a mining woman in theory,
but she is practically engaged in min
ing, and, while she does not get out
and use pick and shovel. she is equal
to such an undertaking, has on many
occasions handled the pick and drill
and fully understands the ins and outs
and ups and downs of a miners life.
The Press says that Mr. and Mrs.
Aram own the Bernard Scherer placer
mine near Larkin and Mrs. Aram
takes as much, if not more interest,
in the claim development than her
husband. She believes there is a small
fortune in that claim and she intends
to get out some of the wealth.
A forty-foot drift is now being run
and some good prospects are in sight.
This is not Mrs. Aram's first mining
venture. She has on several occa-
sions been identified with good paying
mining claims. and at one time came
very near being the owner of the
nIeT-lllSCH llllIe III Olu DlSSulSS.
In 1888 Mrs. Aram first came to
Redding. Her name at that time was
Gamble. and she was the wife of
Capt. Gamble, a regular army officer.
He came to Redding with her.
Previous to that she was the wife of
w. II. Dalrymple one of the most
prominent lawyers of California, and
OH his death his wife inherited his
fortune of over a quarter of a mil
lion dollars. She afterwards married
Gamble.
Mrs. Gamble had an even quarter
of a million dollars and some val
liable property in her possession when
she came to Redding in 1888, and reg
istered at the old Paragon hotel. Her
visit here was for the purpose of ne
gotiating with Frank Painter for the
purchase of his Old Diggings mine.
and Mrs. Gamble was to pay $4,000
for the property.
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