Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-11
TOWN RESTS ON
NEST OF MINES
GOLD AND COPPER DEVELOP
MENTS IN NEVADA
Grading in Progress for the 5sIaklala
Shelter In Shasta county--The
cIarks Invest Near Rhyo-
lite--News Nuggets


light, i'm Nevada, rests on gold mines.
The latest discovery was made on the
Grand Central addition to the town
site. The mineral rights on this claim
are owned by the -Searchlight
Mining company and in the shaft, at
a depth of sixty feet, ore has been
struck on a well defined ledge. Sinking
VIII continue to the water level.
The Santa Fe is operating on the
water level. The shaft is 275 feet deep
where the water was encountered.
Drifting and cross-cutting is now in
progress and the mine being unwatered
superintendent Macready is in Los An
geles for the purpose Of purchasing a
mill.
The Annette has one of the best
showings in the northern part of the
camp. A ledge of blue quartz contain
ing silicate of copper and fiuorite six
feet wide is what the company is work.
ing on.
The railroad from Marvel to Search
light will be completed about October
1. Two hundred men are at work on
the grade and about fifty teams. The
terminus will be in the neighborhood Of
the Cyrus Noble Mining company $
ground.
In Sunrise District
Three new companies have been in
corporated-the Searchlight-Br
-Searchlight and Ell Dorado
Bonanza The Broncho company has
several claims in the Sunrise district,
with strong ledge crossing their prop
erty, and the ore will assay an average
of about 81. The Colorado -Searchlight
possesses the Dillon group, located two
miles west of Searchlight and adjoin-
ing the Wyoming mine owned by Carle-
son and Kendall of Cheyenne. The Ell
Dorado-Bonanza is company COM
posed of Searchlight capitalists.
A phenomenally rich strike was made
last week in the shaft of the Search
light Treasurer Gold company. A
sample was taken from a streak Of ore
and the assay returns showed return
of $1427. The shaft now shows average
values of $25. A strike of rich ore is
unusual in Searchlight, and this find on
the Treasurer-Gold is looked at with
great interest by local mining men.
The Cyrus Noble Extension is still
continuing the sinking of the shaft
started on the vein discovered by the
trenching operations that determined
that the lead on the Nonpareil was
Identical with that on the Cyrus Noble
EIdorado Canyon Property
1t is rumored that the entire South
western company's property is under
option. This company has extensive
holdings in Ell Dorado canyon and the
surrounding country, all of which is
quoted at price of 100000. Senator
w. A. Clark is mentioned as the pos
sible purchaser.
Among the goodly number of proper
ties in the Ell Dorado district coming
under the lmelight the Georgia group
now stands out conSpicuously. The
property comprises eight claims, the
N-I1
the most encouraging results of any
for the time and money expended. Two
assays taken from a recently sunk
shaft, one near the surface and another
further down, gave returns of SAC and
$l61 per ton respectively.
Grading for SmeIter
In Shasta county grading for the
Balaklala smelter has begun. A COM
pany has secured three miles of mining
property on Horse creek by the pur-
chase of properties, for one of which
100000 is reported to have been paid.
Los Angeles men are back of the COM
pany. The Wildman mine at Sutter
Creek, Amador county, has resumed. A
new dredger will be constructed at
Horsetown, Shasta county. for the
Shasta Dredger company. The corpo-
ration succeeds the Detroit and Caifor-
MIA Dredger company that constructed
two dredgers at Horsetown. Develop
ment is still in progress at the old
Keyes mine in Kern county.
The Grass Valley Union, reports that
the old Alta California gravel channel
has been struck and that it is found to
carry gold in good quantity. A COM
pany has been searching for the chan
mel four months. The work of follow
iIg the channel may be followed for
some years profitably. Another COM
pany near Nevada City is reported to
have nearly reached the channel. A
large ledge of gold and copper ore has
been struck so the Etna Advance re-
ports. in the Salmon district, samples
from which assay high values,
CIark's First Investment
The first mining investment made in
Nevada by the interests owning the
Clark railway took place when j. Ross
Clark. a brother of Senator W. A.
Clark, purchased the controlling in
terest in the Red Oak mine in this dis
trict. The figure at which the stock
changed hands is not known, but the
total consideration was large. The
Clarks will Immediately develop the
property, which is a big low grade
property, carrying rich stringers.
Charles Kirchin, the future superin-
tendent of the projected Baakala
Smelter, mas arrived on the grounds to
take charge of the construction work
under Construction Engineer r. T.
White. Mr. Kirchin is a man of high
standing in the metallurgical world and
was formerly affiliated with the United
states Smelling, Refining and Mining
company at some Of their Utah plants.
Rich Strike in Arizona
Reports of an immense discovery of
lead and silver ore in the Wenden dis
trict are made Teller w. DAILY. as
sayer at Wenden is authority for the
story.
Mr.. DAILY says this ore will run from
So to go per cent lead, 700 opnces in
silver. and SS7 in gold to the ton, and
to use his own words: Il have a whole
mountain of it," There are three claims
in all, in formation which every
miner or smelter man knows-lime and
iron. All the veins occur as contact.
between big diorite dykes for a footwall
and the lime for hanging wall
Nuggets of News
Frank Robbins, mining engineer, and
son of Col G. G. Robbins of San Diego,
has been appointed director and gen
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