Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-20
CARDIGAN STRIKE
BIG SENSATION
IN MINING WORLD LATEST
DEVELOPMENT
Rush for New EIdorado-callfornla
Mineral Wealth-Los Angeles In-
vestment News From Nevada
and Other Points


Is the rich discovery made by r. ].
Carrigan and J. G.. Rogers of the Car
rigan- -McLelland company Of Los An
geles In Arizona on the Bill Williams
tork, near the Clara mine, reference to
winch was made by The Herald re-
Gently. In the office of the company in
the Byrne building is shown fine sur
face specimens taken from the great
mine. The mine Is about twelve miles
south of Tappan's ranch and in the
vicinity of the Butler Osborne group Of
mines. Ore taken to Prescott Is said
to have returned result of $4,000 to the
ton In gold. The mines in that neigh
borhood carry copper and gold, but this
Is the richest ever found in that sec
tion. The strike has caused great ex-
citement and a rush to that country is
probable. Rogers, one of the finders of
the property, is owner of a group Of
rich copper mines on the upper part of
Bill Williams fork and has been work.
ing them for a number of years.
Much interest continues to be shown
In the Carrigan strike and later re-
ports indicate that 1t is likely to prove
wonderfully rich property, even
though the early reports gave senss-
tional Impressions. There was ample
room for a world-beating mine after
casting aside the foolish deductions
drawn by some excitable persons who
saw the specimen samples which wee
first brought in. A representative of
the Prescott Prospect recently visited
the property and describes 1t as fol-
lows:
The Carrigan find consists of fifteen
claims on Black mountain, which is
plainly an old eruption. 1t appears to
h q bat &C
ore, which apparently extends far out
from the mountain and underlying the
alluvial mountains. This blanket vein
Is broken by the eruption into four sec
tons that stand at different angles of
uprightness, ranging from % per cent
from horizontal to 10 per cent from
perpendicular, all showing uniform
width from the highest point Of eleva-
tion where discovery work is now done,
throughout distance of over 1000 feet
to the northwest, which Is the lowest
ground to be seen on this group, and
here the veins sink from a bold relief to
be again covered by alluvial wash.
This seems by the writer to be the sur
face condition on all sides of the noun
tain and in the valley surrounding it.
The vein is of a width not less than
forty feet nor Is 1t more than 100 feet
wide. There is fifteen feet of this vein
appearing at the surface that shows
to be quite freely sprinkled with leaf
gold. In places throughout the fifteen
feet of ore are frequently found speci-
mems with at least two sides literally
covered with specks of the shining
metal. From such specimens as these
an assay could easily be taken that
would undoubtedly run UP into the
thousands of dollors' to the ton. Yet
other portions of this vein not show
ing any free specks of gold were put
to the assayer's test and the writer saw
good substantial returns marked on the
certificate of assay. The writer believes
1t safe to say that three feet In width
of this vein will show specks Of leaf
gold on many pieces that could be taken
from any miners shovelful Of the ore.
California Minerals
Charles G. Yale, statistician for the
state mining bureau, has prepared a
record that in California there are some
forty-seven mineral substances being
exploited, the annual valuation of which
is now $43, IT'S, ,34S, and now increasing at
the rate of over $4,000, 900 yearly, as cap
ital is invested and more mines nre
opened. The older mines, too, having
been we'll developed and equipped. are
increasing their annual output, proving
their permanency and value with depth.
The climatic conditions are favora BILE
to mining operations throughout the
year and means of transportation have
been so improved as to greatly lessen
costs of supplies. etc. There are abun-
dant opportunities for the safe and
profitable investment of capital in the
various branches of the industry, as
numerous claims which have been To-
Gated have never been properly devel-
oped or equipped, their owners lacking
the necessary means.
The State Mining bureau, maintained
by state aid, provides numerous publi-
cations in the form of bulletins or re-
ports, giving in detail the conditions
existing in gold, copper, quicksilver and
all the various branches of mining.
1t also publishes maps Of the counties
which show the location of all mines,
roads. streams, etc. The bureau is In
charge of a state mineralogist, who has
corps of trained field assistants, and
an office force as well; fine technical
library, and very large museum
showing specimens of all mineral pro-
ducts, suitably arranged for reference.
There is also well equipped laboratory
for the determination of minerals. The
bureau publishes, among other things,
an annual statistical bulletin showing
by counties the output and value of all
mined or quarried In Cali
fornia.
Two companies have begun to mine
for diamonds in this state. One of
them will work at White Rock hill, two
miles northeast of Placerville, Ell Dor
ado county, where some stones have
been found in times past. The other
will try it's luck at Cherokee, Butte
In the past twenty years over
sixty diamonds have been found I'm
the Cherokee mine, the most valuable
one having been placed at $1,000, but
most of them ran in value from $40 10
s1OO. Most of the stones are of light
yellow tinge, although few pure white
ones have been found.
Los Angeles Purchase
The Chico. Cal, Record states that a
deal has been consummated by which
a party of Los Angeles men have ac-
auired under lease the old Rich Bar
mine on Butte creek, owned by j. d.
and C. A. March. Harman McCargar,
DR.. Lands and others, and will at once
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