Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-27

tirely overlooked. The ledge is two
feet wide between walls, and a recent
mill test Of what was supposed to be
an average sample gave the astonish-
ing returns Of over $3.50 per ton. The
outcropping has been stripped for about
100 feet on the surface and the ledge
continues strong and Of equal value
to any that has been milled. BY driv-
ing a moderately long tunnel several
hundred feet of backs can be OBJ
tanned, at the same time providing for
water pressure of several hundred feet.
Mr.. Deidesheimer has gained possess
sion Of this property as well as its ex-
tension on the Badger Hill ground,
thus controlling over 1000 feet on the
ledge He has engaged machinery to
start operations at once, and no time
will be lost in getting 1t in place for
active work.-Grass Valley Union.
Latest GodfieId News
The latest from Goldfeld is to the
effect that, although the camp at Gold
field is not over a year old It is repre-
sented to have produced $S,5OO000 in
the precious metals already.
Visitors from Goldneld confirm re-
ports of the strike in the Kruger lease
on the Sandstone. The entire bottom
of the shaft is in ore that will aver
age close to $500 ton. The ore is
being sacked for shipment.
j. A. Moynihan, who has returned
from Bull Frog, reports that the
miners are sacling no ore that does
not show free gold pentifully The
second grades will average S1O0 to the
ton.
Some eight miles from Olancha a
discovery has been made at Cactus
Flat. Several lodges have been un-
covered showing veins from one to
twelve feet in width, with an assay
value of ore from $50 to 5000 per ton
in gold.
Big Nugget Found
There was great excitement at Ken
nett recently when one of Ira Mer-
rill's foremen on the excavating work
being done to erect the Buffers block
picked up a gold nugget valued at SIS,
says the Redding Free Press. Not
only the foreman was lucky in finding
nugget, but several others of the
men working upon the excavation
picked UP gold pieces. Several mug
gets weighing in value from 81 to $5
were discovered. In ALL about $50
was picked up in the small ochre
quartz vein discovered during the ex-
cavating work. There seems to be a
well ll-defined ledge or ochre seam, car
rying rich quartz, running diagonally
across the lot, which has been exca-
waited for filling purposes and to level
in order to build. That portion of the
ledge uncovered at first contained
quartz body through which could be
seen gold in size from that of pin
head to that of a pea. At first 1T was
thought to be only a pocket. but the
lead shows it to be a well-defined
quartz ledge, and several of the work
men made all haste to discover wheth-
err or not the land, which belongs to
Charles Buffers, was patented. When
it was found that all the land there
abouts was patented, the excitement
subsidized somewhat, but all the pick
and-shovel men kept their eyes open
for nuggets.
Active Desert Mining
Recent reports from the desert are
TO the effect that the Exposed Treas
ure mine, located on what is known as
Gold Hill, about ten miles southeast
of Mojave, is likely to prove a bo-
nanza, says the Bakersfield Califor-
nian. This mine is now considered one
of the best properties on the desert and
bids fair to rival the well known yell
low Aster as a producer Of the yellow
metal. The main shaft of the mine is
now down 800 feet, and at this level
there is a breast of ore fourteen feet
in thickness which is opened up for
distance of 900 feet. This ore is all of
a high grade and considerable
amount is now being taken out that
runs from 800 to $120 per ton. Drifts
are being run at intervals of 100 feet
from the 5OO-foot level down to the 500
foot level, and the work of sinking
farther in the main shaft is going on as
fast as possible A twenty-five stamp
01ll is kept Ill COllSldiib pi'N
the ore crushed amounts to about 5000
tens per month, an average of 100 tons
per day. The water supply for the
mine comes from the desert side of the
Iehachapi mountain and is piped for
a distance of nearly twenty miles, and
it is estimated that this pipe line, to-
gether with the cost of the water
rights and the development of the
property, has resulted in an outlay of
over 100000 by the company. The
mine. however, has more than paid
expenses.
Another Desert Placer
The Searles Mining and Water COM
pany, a corporation formed for the
purpose of working the gravel de-
posits of the Summit dggings, about
eight miles northeast of Johannes
burg, now has everything about ready
to commence work. The large con-
centrators which will separate the