Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-20
ANCIENT MEXICAN NINE
BOUGHT BY ANGELENOS

rect. Inc company mas contracted WIN
the Union Iron works for the con-
struction and erection within sixty
days of five-stamp mill on the prop
erty. Severe tests are being made Of
the ore to ascertain It's liability for
cyaniding. The officers are of Los An
geles, Mrs. p. A. Dow, president; An
nette Nye, vice PRESIDENT w. 3. Cur
rier, secretary and treasurer. At the
mine g. r. De Puy is superintendent.
On the claims Of the Boulder Mining
and Milling company, located about
half n mile west Of the town of Search
light, in the fiat covered with wash,
prospecting is going on by driving a
cross-cut from the bottom of shaft,
searching for the vein of the Quartette
mine. This is newly organized Los
Angeles company, Of which w. II.
Bainbridge Is the manager.
New Group Located
H. p. Ware and S. d. McFadden of
Goffs, on the Santa Fe railway, have
been doing considerable prospecting in
eastern California and have made
some important and interesting dis
coveries. Seven miles south of Blake
postoffice they have located the Alli-
ance group of FIVE claims The lodges
are four feet in width of quartz cours-
ing through porphyry and granite and
assaying near the surface So to $40 in
gold. Two and half miles south of
ha of
claims in a formation similar to that
of the Bagdad property in the Ludlow
district. The indications are so promis-
ing that the ground will be well pros
pected at once. These mines all are
tributary to Los Angeles.
More Prospecting for Gold
g. r. Cotton in December last re-
newed operations on the Searchlight
claims in the Searchlight mining dis
trict, Nevada, the Oldest location in the
district, after having been idle previous
to that time from June 2, 1908. Beside
the 400-foot shaft, drifting and cross
cutting amounts to over 1000 feet The
ore of the Searchlight claim is free
milling gold quartz. $40 in value to the
ton. The ore of the New Years Gift
is a high grade proposition, being a
black galena with gold values as high
as 5000 to the ton. Shelter returns of
the ore give Is per cent lead, $93 gold
and 20 ounces in silver.
Directors Visit SmeIter
The officers and directors and few
stockholders of the Great Western Gold
company arrived in Redding Monday
morning from st. Louis, Mo-, and other
points in the east, says the Redding
Free Press. Shortly after noon the
easterners, accompanied by M. e. Ditt-
mar, the resident director, left in
four-horse bus and hack for the
Afterthought mine and smelter. They
will remain there until the new smelter
Is blown in, which will be between now
and the 25th of the present month.
The party will make the blowing in
quite an important event. 1t will be
accompanied by speechmaking and the
entire personnel Of the directorate will
peel their coats and assist in putting
through the first charge in the big
furnace. The party consists of Presi-
dent T. S. Henderson, wife and daugh-
ter; Vice President o. r. Adams; Sec
retary Philip III. Noel; Directors
Charles p. Keller A. r. Flemming and
Thomas Walsh, and stockholders
Charles Gatzweiler, T. H. Adams and
S. II. Henderson. All are from st.
Louis, except T. H. Adams, who is
from Vincennes, Ind.
Work Iron Chief
According ato the Submarine, pub
lished at Indio, Charles Buscholtz has
returned from the mountains with a
great quantity of supplies for the men
at the Iron Chief, work on which has
just been resumed, after long period
of non-development. The mine has just
been bought by a company of Chicago
business men, who promise to make
things hum as of yore. The repre-
sentatives Of the new syndicate, in
cluding Mr.. Caldwell. will arrive
March 18th to consider changes for
the better working of the mine. Messrs.
Woodward and Cullen have no further
connection with it. Mr.. Caldwell will
superintend the overhauling of the ma
chinery and get It into spick and span
shape ]. p. Krepps is the new gem
eral manager.
Stamp Mill Planned
w. Fl. Hoegee OF Los Angeles is get
ting figures on a ten-stamp mill and
steam hoist. which he will install at
his mine. the Nymph. Mr.. Hoegee has
plenty of free milling ore in sight that
will assay $40 to 500 per ton to justify
a mill At water level 100 feet. a very
rich bunch of ore was encountered.
streak twenty inches wide will run
from $50 up into the thousands of dol
lars per ton in coarse gold. The char
acter Of the richest ore is quartz peb-
bles in a talcose matrix and will no
doubt prove to be a very troublesome
ore to mill and cyanide. The mine has
been shut down pending the installa-
ton of the new machinery.