Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-29
Nevada's Mines Prove to
Be Source of Great
Wealth
TRANSPORTATION WILL
AID DEVELOPMENT
Senator Clark Plans Big Things
for United Verde-ArizOna
and California Notes

OF southern Nevada tnat tne dlStIlCC
could be annexed to the steady de-
velopment of local commercial prog
ress. This longed-for opportunity has
arrived with the completion of the
Clark road northward from the sea to
the Salt lake shores. That the unde-
veloped Nevada territory was expected
tropical wealth was always anticipated,
but in the past few months these dis
coveries have amazed and startled the
layman as well as those deeply en-
crossed in mining affairs. Apparently
the beginning is only being made, as
time alone can bring that section into
a high state of production by depth in
mining and persistent development.
OF interest, therefore, is it to the
commercial interests of Los Angeles
closely to cultivate and foster the ex-
pansion of trade interests. Pertinent
to this question is the following taken
from the Searchlight, published in the
town in Nevada of the same name,
whose entire trade has always been
tributary to Los Angeles:
mo portion of Nevada holds forth
greater inducements for the invest
ment of large capital than the gold
mining districts of Lincoln county.
The abundant occurrence of oxide gold
bearing ores is a demonstrated guam
tity in the Searchight and surrounding
mining fields. 1t is essential, however,
to their proper development that
thorough mining be prosecuted, for the
big mines here encounter their richest
values at considerable depth. After
two decades of comparative Industrial
quietude, the "sage brush state" is on
the threshold of a boom rivaling the
era of the Comstocks development.
Mineral discoveries in southern Nevada
today promise to equal If not surpass
in bullion production the output of
bonanza days, and the area of the pro-
ducing territory is of far greater ex-
tent and more widely segregated. CO.
incident with the revival of her chief
industry no less important feature of
material progress is the marked activity
in railway construction. With the COM
pletion of the transcontinental line
from Los Angeles to Salt Lake comes
the definite announcement that the
Western Pacific will push it's line across
the state. From the Salt Lake road,
already in operation, and from the
Santa Fes through line, branch lines
to the rich mining camps of southern
Nevada are being surveyed, insurlng
all-rail transportation from the mines
60 the smelters. This provides for the
profitable mining of such ores as can
not be successfully treated at the place
of production. While the greater part
of the ores of the Searchlight district
are free milling and yield their values
readily to plate amalgamation, there
ping ore produced. The early compile
tion of the Needles, Searchlight &
Northern, as well as line connecting
with the Salt Lake route, is an added
incentive for the profitable employment
of capital in the development of the
well defined mineral fields of this Sec
tion."
Orleans Mine Sold
Near Grass Valley the Orleans mine
has been sold to J. Nj. OBrien of San
Francisco. The price paid is not made
public, but is known to be considerably
over 100000. The mine consists of sew
eral large claims, which years ago pro-
duced extremely rich ore. O'Brien owns
a number Of claims adjoining and will
likely work all of them through one
main shaft.
He will put up extensive works at
once and sink a deep shaft.
The Central Eureka of Jackson, Cal,
declared a dividend for May of seven
cents share, making $4,000 in all. The
property is looking exceedingly well,
and the outlook for the coming year
Is favorable for a continuance of diVi-
dends. The company is now opening
level at the depth of 24O0 feet; also
putting in pump in the South Eureka
ground to enable them to handle the
water.
Lower California Concession
With a blanket concession in his
pocket COVeTlIlS dll ullIlerdlS IOunu III
one hundred square miles of the terri
tory of Lower California, James Alex
ander Forbes, formerly United States
consul to Guatemala, is coming to Los
Angeles, where he will interest capital
lists in project to start development
on the largest scale ever attempted in
Lower California. The territory COW
cred by his concession commences at
Santa Rosalia, just opposite Guaymas,
in the state of Sonora, and extends
southwards to Conception bay, a dis
tance of approximately 100 miles; it
embraces also the land extending in
land from these points, giving him
about hundred square miles to ex-
plot BY the terms of the concession
he has three years in which to examine
the property and make announcements.
Buy Mexican Mines
John b. Haggin, the millionaire min
ing king and formerly one of the own