Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-11
Now Causing Big Rush
of Seekers for
Wealth
EXCITEMENT SPREADING
OVER WIDE TERRITORY
Los Angeles Investors Operating In
Mexico and ArIzona-Activlty
In Jerome District


Now a big rush is on from Tonopah,
Reno, Goldfield and other points to the
Pine Creek mines in the several dis
tricts in northeastern Modoc county,
Cal, and over the line in Lake county,
southeastern Oregon. 1t is generally ad-
mitted that the Goose Valley diggings
along Pine Creek are rich in gold, and
even at this season Of the year 1t Is
estimated that 10000 people are rush
ing into the district, although there are
no railroads to bring in supplies.
Excitement Is Spreading
"Excitement at the mines keeps UP as
the people continue to come ia from
other places" says the Lakeview Ex-
aminer. "The country is pretty well
staked off now for considerable scope
and newcomers are working further
north. George Ayres, the local assayer,
says the rock goes from $6 to $25.10 per
ton, and that dirt panned out for quite
a distance around the lodges shows to
contain gold.
1.-TWO reports came from the mines,
and both were from reliable men, one to
the effect that the owners Of the Wade
ledge were offered 100000 for their
property.
"This was said to be man from New
York who has plenty of capital to back
his deals, also an expert to assure him
of the value of the ore in sight and the
prospects for the muture, as nearly as
the best miners can determine from
what shows up on top of the ground.
These men came to Tonopah from New
York and heard of the strike here and
made the trip up to investigate.
1.-The report was that the New York
couple, unable to make a deal for the
entire Wade property had offered Mr..
Plummer, one Of the owners, $4,000 for
his one-third interest.
1.-THE ledge, which is large and can
be traced for some distance above
ground, shows up rich in free gold.
The gold is very fine, but piece Of
ore not larger than an orange, by care
ful mortaring and panning yields a
thread Of gold an inch in length. Any
miner knows what this means"
The Julius Caesar Group
A company Is planning to take hold
Of the Julius Caesar group Of mines,
below the line in Mexico, and present
indications are that they will be work.
ing at Punta Canoas inside of very
few weeks. The mines are owned or
held in trust by J. H. Packard, gen
eral manager of the Lower California
Development company. The company
which Is proposing to take charge Of
them is made up of Los Angeles people,
one Of whom is w. E. Simpson, for
merly Of San Diego. The San Diego
sight which was taken from the mines
by the company which last had charge,
and It is proposed to put in leeching
plant in order to get more value out Of
the ore than by any method tried there
in the past. 1t is believed that the
company will be ready to begin bus-
ness within q short time and that 1t
will have considerable easy work to
begin with.
GoldfieId Gold
Two mining companies operating in
the Goldfield district are and have been
for the past two weeks shipping ore
from their mines to the amount of $780,,
GEO every twenty-four hours, says the
Sun. These two are the Florence and
the Sandstorm, of which so much has
been written recently, and that have
furnished the mining world so many
sensations because of the fabulously
rich rock being extracted by the vari-
GUS employees of these properties. The
Florence company, including the Reilly
lease, Is now employing in the neigh
borhood of 200 men. Every day sees
$4,000 worth of ore sacked and shipped
from that property The Sandstone,
including all the leases, Is employing
as many miners as can conveniently
get into the workings From here
about $4,000 in ore is shipped every
twenty-four hours. Every week sees
$140,000 extracted and shipped to the
smelters from the Florence and Sand
storm; every thirty days, at this rate,
sees 100000 extracted in ore and
shipped to the smelters by them. At
the rate these two mines are now pro-
ducing wealth their output for the year
would reach the sum of $7,3O0,000 and
the mining experts say that neither of
the properties have been scratched so
far as their wealth underground is con-
cerned.
Doan In Santa Cruz
The Phoenix, Arizona, Republican
states that r. Z. Doan, a Los Angeles
mining man, who has been operating
in Cochise county for several years
and has valuable interests there, has