Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-13
Lower California Being
Invaded With Local
Men in Charge
NEXT EXCITEMENT WILL
BE IN INYO COUNTY
Billy Mack Mine Bonded in Ari-
zona-Rich Copper Section
Opened-Successful Wo-
man Operator

the Mendoza Consolidated Mining conf
pany, limited, Of Los Angeles, has just
returned to this city from San Fran
cisco and is stopping at the Angelus
hotel. In an interview for The Herald
Senior Mendoza gave an interesting ac-
count of his company's operations in
El Vale Perddo, Baja California, Mex
leo. where fifteen mining claims are
being successfully exploited for their
precious minerals.
The company is at present shipping
200 tons of ore per month to the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining company at
San Francisco. The ore yields $50 gold
ton, and is chiefly composed of an
auriferous iron pyrite.
1t is proposed to erect plant on the
property that will treat sixty tons of
ore a day, and as the machinery is al
ready on the ground it can be installed
and put in operation before July 1.
J. ]. Mcdonald, M. E., and Eugene
II. Roth, both of Los Angeles, sailed
from San Francisco February on the
steamer Curacao for the property Mr..
Mcdonald has been appointed general
manager Of the company's properties
and will assume entire charge.
. Upon his arrival at Vale Perdido he
will at once proceed to erect the plant
referred to at Vale Perdido, where the
mines are located, and as all the ma
chinery and material are on the ground,
the plant will be installed and placed in
operation.
Development work has been energeti-
cally prosecuted in the mines during
the past year, and the expense has been
paid from the profits from shipments
of ore to San Francisco. At the same
time a large tonnage of ore has been
blocked in. the mines and left in reserve,
thus assuring long and profitable life
TO the property.
Senior Mendoza expresses the opinion
that ninety days after the plant is in
operation the stockholders will be in
receipt of substantial dividends from
their investment.
General Arizona News
The Cobrelona Consolidated Mining
COIupdIy, JuoI VI G1ihHtl dllu COIiPooSN
of Los Angeles people. will operate
mines near Pierce, Ariz., which are To-
Gated near the properties of the Mid
dlemarch Copper company. OF the
company Richard Gird is president, M.
NJ. O'Gorman vice president and Will
lam X. Gird secretary and treasurer.
The Copper Queen company of Bis
bee, Ariz., has just contracted to have
built two more furnaces and ten con-
verter shells, the former to be 31aX29
feet and the latter SKA feet. No other
furnaces in the southwest are to be
compared with these in size.
The Pittsburgh Jerome company,
composed of Pittsburg Pa.) capita
lists, owns fifteen full claims located
two miles south of Senator Clark's
United Verde mine. Development is
being done through 160-foot shaft of
the Pittsburg claim and this was sent
through thirty-two feet of gossan rock,
or iron Gaping. At this depth a vein
of copper stained schist was encoun-
tered which at fifty-nine feet widened
to three and one-half feet. At forty
three feet there was vein of red OK
ide of iron, which went with the dip
alongside of a vein of quartz and red
oxide. The shaft being vertical and
cut through, going 126 feet downward,
six different veins from three and one
half to fifteen feet in thickness, dip
ping to northeast. The Pittsburg-
Jerome is a development company,
making no claims for "ore the dump
or "ore in sight" and is not stock
jobbing concern. d. S. Cochran of
for the Wabash railroad, is in charge
at Jerome, and w. A. Edeburn, late of
the state mining department of Penn
sylvania, consulting engineer for the
company.
The new stamp mill of the Gold |
Nugget company near Bisbee will be
pounding before March on ore taken |
from the Fleece and Sunset claims. |
Samples from the dump of the Fleece |
gave assay returns of $155.11 gold and |
from the Sunset $66.SO gold to the ton. |
On the dumps of the two claims are |
400 tons Of ore ready for shipment to |
the milling plant and over 1000 tons |
blocked out in the drifts of the Fleece. |
A conservative estimate gives the mill |
returns, after getting into operation, |
as $500 a day from the start.
The copper mines of the Greene |
Consolidated Copper company, located |
at Cananea, Sonora, Mexico are put
ting out from 100000 to 1000, 900 |
pounds of copper weekly.
- A concession has been granted by |
the Republic of Mexico to G. McIlhin-
ney to do placer mining in the Guam
:juato river. Mining men estimate the |
value of the metal in the river at S.
100000 In gold and the greater portion
attainable by placer mining.
The Don Carlos. in the Sonora coun-
try Mexico, south of Douglas, Ariz.,
was located February ~, 1904 and last
week 1t was sold to Wyoming parties
for $4,000 spot cash, with less than
$4,000 worth (Mexican) development