Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-27


this be done II will result in the start
ing up Of several stamp mills in that
vicinity which have been unable to
run on account of the scarcity of
water.
Strike Lead Ore
The Tehachapi Tomahawk says that
Tehachapi men have located a num-
Der Of claims on Borossa noun
tain that promise to be of great benefit
to all the mines in that vicinity that
produce ore that requires smelling. It
has long been claimed by expert min
ing men that there is enough ore in
sight in the Amalie district TO Justify
the building Of a smelter, provided n
sufficient quantity of lead ore could
be produced at reasonable cost. II.
II. Blood is said to have had men
searching for the lead for some time.
A few weeks ago d. A. Powell
awakened from q "Rip-Van- Winkle"
sleep and bethought himself of some
thing he had seen while hunting deer
on Barossa mountain when he was
somewhat younger than he is now.
He and companion went to the noun
tain and after searching two weeks
discovered ledge of lead ore large
enough to furnish any old kind of
smeter. Mr.. Powell and his associates
are said to have already been made
good offers for their properties.
Great Western smeIter
Unless something unforeseen happens
in the meantime, the new smelter of
the Great Western Gold company at
Ingot will be blown in and ready for
the treatment of ore from the mine by
the first of April next, says the Red
ding Free Press. This will be good
news to the people of the county and
to the Great Western stockholders in
the east and elsewhere who, not know
ing the conditions here, have become
impatient at what to them has been an
unnecessary delay in the progress at
the smelter.
M. l.. Nissan of Vieva, Ind, one of
the stockholders of the Great Western,
was one of the many who thought
things at the mine and smelter were
not moving along as smoothly and as
rapidly as they should. Mr. Nissan
came to Shasta county for the purpose
of seeing for himself and for his
friends what the trouble was. He has
visited the mine and plant, spent two
weeks on the property, and returned
to Daddipor Mo,,Ia1y a,,anioo
General Mining Notes
After four months trip through
Death Valley, William James, an old
time Nevada prospector, has returned
to Calente, New, with the news of the
discovery of rich gold mines.
He exhibits samples of quartz gilt
tering with free gold, some of which
runs into thousands of dollars per ton.
James says he has located eight
claims on a four-foot vein of free gold
quartz averaging $4,000 per ton. He
hopes to be successful in interesting
capital to pipe water to his mines,
distance of forty miles.
James says he would not take $780,
900 for his find, provided he can get
water to the claims.
w. H. Trenchard of San Diego, who
has recently returned from an extern
sive trip in the southern part of the
Colorado desert, reports the discovery
of extensive beds of phosphate rock.
Many locations were made in the name
of Trenchard and Doc Wilson, who is
associated with him in the enterprise.
The "Field of Cold Mining company
organized in Salt Lake City and own
ing a number of mining claims in
Bode including the Syndicate group
and the Jump-Up-Joe claim at Ma
sonic, are preparing to do big work this
spring. They own a water right on the
Welker river, four miles below Bridge
port and have had surveys made and
will soon commence the erection of a
large power plant to transmit electric
power to the Masonic district and
Bodie
A four stamp, triple discharge quartz
mill will at once be installed on the
Crown Point group of mines, on Mule
mountain, west of Redding. The mill
is now being overhauled and put in
shape at the Redding Iron works and
will be taken to the mine in a few
days.
A correspondent of the Stockton
Record, in speaking of the Emma mine
at Campo Seco, says the works are
situated on a high hill, opposite Table
mountain, and afford a fine view of
the surrounding country. The COM
pany is sinking two shafts, one of
which is on an incline and about 400
feet deep. The hoist is run by steam.
The other shaft is over 500 feet deep
and the hoist is worked by electricity.
The number of men employed at the
Argonaut mine is slightly in excess of
100. When operated before it took
from 12O to 125 to run the mine and
mill. 1t is pleasing to be able to
state that the mill run for the first
month proved very satisfactory. Under
the judicious management of j. B.
Francis the rock milled is mixed. low
orode with hiQh grade SO as tO SA-