Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-10

mexican border are disarmed by an
order issued by President Dlaz re-
ceived both by Consul Antonio Maza
and the collector of customs at Aqua
Prieta. Under no circumstances will
Americans, Mexicans or Indians be al
lowed to take gun or revolver of any
description into Sonora from the Amer
ican side of the line, either at Aqua
! Prieta or elsewhere. There will be no
deviation from this prohibition, and
American engineers and prospectcrs
Will spare Consul Maza and themselves
much embarrassment if they will re-
frain from asking for special privileges
which the consul is powerless to grant.
The government, 1t Is said has been
forced to take this position from the
reports that many stories have found
way from Douglas into Mexico of late.
Now It ls Poeopah
Still another mining section in Ne
vada has popped into life and prospec-
tors are turning their eyes in that
direction. This time 1t is the Pocopah
country, thirty-five to forty miles due
east of Rhyolite and twent y-eight miles
north of Ash Meadows. A. II. Dickson
made a trip there about two months
ago. securing a number of locations.
He is interested with Judge Ray in five
claims and with McClaren and Shane
in nine. Deal Bros. and Mendelhall
have nine claims and Fairbanks, and
Hovey of Ash Meadows five claims. A
few others have since gone in Dickson
says the country has many strong con-
tact veins of dolomite and diOrite,
carrying gold and copper. The district
is estimated to be eight miles long by
four wide, and 1t is only twelve miles
down hill to the railroad. Assays made
from samples taken on the surface give
an average of about $14 in gold and
copper, the latter running about to
8 per cent. One spring runs from GO
to 80 gallons of water per day. and III
all probability much more could be
developed. Desert Range springs are
twelve miles away. The Pocopah Is
about eight miles across the range from
Forty-mile canyon. The ore would be
easy of treatment, as it contains plenty
Of iron and silica for fluxing. The fact
that the district is near to the railroad,
very easy of access has good supply of
water, etc, makes it almost an ideal
camp, and according to Mr.. Dickson,
there is still lot of open ground.
GreenWater Is Wonderful
Like Yerington, and unlike Butte, the
new copper region known to fame as
the Greenwater district of Death val
ley is capable of producing pay copper
ore from the very surface. The eastern
country is full of most f1attering re-
ports from this heretofore avoided por-
ton of the west, and experts have re-
ported frequently and favorably re-
garding the resources of this region.
All reports from the Furnace Creek
country are given full credence wher-
ever received on account of the char
acter of mining talent which has sue
ceeded in getting properties there
With the possible exception of Tono-
pah, all the mining districts of Nevada
during recent years have had to demon
strate their merits at the hands of the
locators before the big interests, or the
electric hoist contingent" as they are
called, have taken firm hold. This is
true of Goldfeld, Bullfrog, Manhattan
and other camps. The overflow from
Nevada into Greenwater, however, has
found little difficulty in interesting big
money in proposition whose mineral
lied area is eight mills long, three
miles wide, and whose surface show
ingS amount to as much as IL per cent
copper and generous quantities of gold.
Although the district numbers its age
by months, there are some of the most
extensive mining interests in the world
represented at Greenwater, and what
little development work has been done
demonstrates to the satisfaction of
these interests the merits of this region.
Los Angeles Machinery
Superintendent Thomas Geohegan of
the Searchlight FL Dorado Mining and
Milling company was in Los Angeles
last week purchasing machinery for
his company's mine in the canyon and
will hasten the development work
IID0F1 the arrival of the, hOietS This |
property has shipping ore at depth |
of forty-five feet, but not in quanti-
ties enough to warrant "gouging," the
custom that prevailed in the early
days when mining was conducted un-
der the most primitive methods.
Rise In Comstocks
There is a good feeling in Virginia
City and Gold Hill over the recent ad-
in the prices of the Comstock
mining shares. The Virginia Chronicle !
says: "A sharp advance In Union |
Consolidated, Mexican, Consolidated
Virginia and Savage We're features of
today's stock lists and trading and
prices in the entire Comstock list show
marked improvement, indicating that
the long anticipated revival is at hand.
The continued ore output is at Ophir. !
nearly doubling the cost of operating
expenses, coupled with the probability
that Mexican, Union and Savage will
soon be added to the list of producing
mines on the lode, warrants still
further advance despite the frantic ef-
forts of the large short interest to
hammer down prices"
Mines in Mexico
The Herald of the City of Mexico
states that the Cucharas Mining COM
pa ny, which is headed by William and
j. e. Lacey Manufacturing company
of Los Angeles. Cal, is installing
mill, concentrators and a reverbera--
tory furnace at it's copper mines near
in the northern part of the
territory of Tepic, The company has
been working the mines for about four
years and for some time a small
water Jacket furnace was In operation
there. The new plant will have
capacity of fifty tons daily, and II is
rapfa6 n chin natter thrOu0h ono