Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-27

pounds Troy, and which brought It's
finder 100000. The Blanche BarkIey
nugget, found in South Australia,
weighed 146 pounds, the two next in
size being 1900 and 1105 ounces. Rus
sia produced a mass of gold Weighing
ninety-six pounds. The United Stutes
Is noted for having turned out some
large nuggets, one in Amador county,
Cal, weighing 160 pounds, but a con-
siderable amount of gangue on 1t i'm
paired its metal value. The finest gold
nugget ever found was in 1885. near
Georgetown, Eldorado county, Cal 1t
was crystallized gold and worth ten
times its metal value as a specimen.
Rich Copper Section
In speaking of the mining possibilities
in Northern California Mr.. Aubury,
state mineralogist, states that develop
ments in that section point to the prob
ability that mining history is being
made very rapidly, and what Lake Mich
igan is to the east, Butte to Montana
and the copper camps of Arizona and
Utah are to their localities, this mining
district promises to be to the northern
part of this state. Mr.. Aubury, in
spec king of Del Norte county, calls at
tention to the fact that copper was
shipped from that country fifty years
ago in considerable quantities. Also that
beyond superficial prospecting, but that
surface Indications point to the exis-
tence of cupriferous veins of sufficient
size and value to warrant developm ents
and the expectation that this great
mining region will include profitable
copper mines among it's industries.
Big Strike In Nevada
1t is reported that remarkable strike
has been made on the keystone prop
erty at White Horse at a depth of 100
feet below the apex of the lode. At this
point a stror chute was uncovered
which indicates values of 5000 to $4,000
per ton in gold. This chute is an extern
sion of the rich chute discovered at this
depth about one year ago, when assays
were had showing values of $4,000, $780,
COO and $172.000 per ton in gold, and the
mine manages. George W. Lloyd, asserts
positively that the present strike is fully
as rich as the fone made nearly year
ago. and which attracted so much at
| tention at the time. The present dis
closure has opened up eight feet of solid
ore, which shows very high general
average values, and there are five re-
markably rich seams in the vein from
which almost any kind of an essay can
| be had
In addition to the 10000 or $1,000 tons
blocked out in the mine there are 400
tens on the lower dump, 1870 tons on
No. 4 dump, and all of this ore probably
has a general average value of more
than SIS per ton in gold.
Crowds at SearchIight
With the advent of cool weather it is
stated that crowds are beginning to
swarm into Searchlight, and from pres
ent indications the metropolis of south
western Nevada will be a hummer this
fall. Many new companies are making
preparations for extensive DEVELOPMENT
work upon their different estates, and
several of the older companies that re-
duced their working force, owing to
the summer heat, are operating with
three shifts and an increased force of
men,
Charles Gracy has resigned the man.
agement of the Wharton mines in Ell
Dorado canyon and will be succeeded
by Joseph Wharton's nephew, a Phila-
delphian. The Wharton interests in
the canyon represent millions of dollars
and include the famous Techapicup
mine, as well as the Wall Street, Qua
ker City, Mocking Bird and others.
The activities of the new management
will be watched with interest.
Water Supply Abundant
! A contract between the Searchlight
Development company and the Santa
Fe Mining company, covering term of
years, provides that the latter shall
supply the development company. with
its surplus of water, which at no time
is to be less than 10000 gallons a day
and which at present amounts to over
$4,000 gallons. This abundant water
supply, added to that already devel-
oped and in use, will provide the camp
with ample fire protection. The devel-
opment company on its pc has con-
tracted with the city fathers to main
tain an emergency storage tank which
water to protect the camp against fire
and which shall be used for this pur-
pose exclusively.
Cyrus Noble Mine
The Cyrus Noble is cutting a station
at the 50-foot level from which drifts
will shortly be started. Drifting from
both the 300-foot and 4OO-foot levels
has opened up new bodies Of good mill
ing ore The shaft is at an incline of
only about thirty-three degrees, so that
the 500-foot level represents a vertical
depth of less than 200 feet. An addi-
tional $50 feet is to be sunk, and 1T is
the opinion of the management that,
! like all other Searchlight mines, the
larger bodies of ore will be found far
ther down. The new electric pump is
discharging $4,000 gallons of water a
day, out of which the Duplex mine is
furnished $4,000 gallons for mill pur-
poses. Captain Joseph Luxon has re-
signed his position as superintendent
of this company. His successor has not
yet been named by the directorate.
Nuggets of News
B. s. Kimball of Los Angeles, a
prominent mining engineer for a Los
! Angeles syndicate, was in Benson.
Ariz., last week on his return from
Sonora, where he had inspected a large
quartz and placer property in Altar
district. The assay of the quartz will
determine the value of the property,
as the placer part lies In cement that
is very hard to handle without water
which is not available.
Harry s. MacKay of Los Angeles OF
the Llanos del ORC Company, which is
operating placer properties on a large
scale at Llanos del Orc, reports that
development at these properties has
been done extensively with good re-
turns. A steel stamp mill of fifty
stamps has been operating on tailings
for a few weeks and the capacity of the
mill will be increased to 100 stamps
There are but two other steel stamp
mills OF that capacity in opera tion on
any mining property.