Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-30

thdt ne WOulu go 10 BarstOW, Cal, IN
stead of Daggett. At Furnace creek
the trio had lunch together. "Scotty"
appears to possess a passion for jel-
lies Of all kinds, and he carried with
him complete assortment which he
shared with the prospectors. After
leaving Furnace tcreek the three con-
tinued together Tor about four or five
miles, when suddenly "Scotty'' exhib-
tied decided signs Of uneasiness and
declared his intention OF following an
other trail. He left them, and the pros
pectors think IL was his intention to
double his tracks. They have returned
to Death valley with the avowed aim
of making a search for "Scotty's" mine.
These men were staked by Charles
Crismer of Rhyolite, and T.. Mooney.
also Of Rhyolite, Is interested In their
finds.
"Scotty" appeared to be well fixed
as far as ready cash was concerned
Miller and Thompson say at Furnace
creek, In making payment for some
slight service, he pulled out roll of
bills of sufficient magnitude to cause
the proverbial COW instantaneous
strangulation.
Great Western SmeIter
The Great Western smelter at Ingot
is located at a considerable altitude.
and the nights in particular are much
cooler than in the valley. The sur
roundings also are pleasant, and the
plant is not hard one to work in, vet
withal the Great Western company ex-
periences the same difficulties in keep
ing full force on that other plants ex-
perience. Under the circumstances the
company has decided to make the
minimum scale rs cents an hour during
the summer months, or until October
1st, which VIII mean SO a day mini
mum scale around the smelter. and
$3.50 day for common labor for ten
hours.
General Superintendent Bretherton
believes in advancing men according to
their ability, and the employees of the
Great Western will be advanced as va
cancies occur, and the rule will be ad-
hered to as far as possible. In this way
men who remain In the service of the
company will receive proper recogni-
tion.
The road between the smelter and the
shipping point, Bella Vista, is being
put in f1rst-class condition.
Lucky Berkeley Student
William Davis, the violinist, and
known as one of the most popular
members of the class of 1907 at the
state university at Berkeley, who left
college year ago and since that time
has amassed a fortune of nearly half
million in mining ventures in Ne
vada, has announced his intention of
returning to The un. Jersity in the fall
to resume his studies as a mining en-
gineer.
Davis was a member of the Kappa
Sigma fraternity, and on account of
his music as well as general popular
ity was one of the most prominent fig
ures in the undergraduate life at the
university. A year ago he gave up his
work in the mining college and went
to Nevada to obtain some practical eX-
perience. There he was one of the first
men to reach the claims about the
town of Manhattan, and with his
knowledge of mining was able to ac-
quire claims which were of great value
Since that time he has spent his ener-
gies almost entirely in improving his
property and it is now estimated that
the mines which he owns are worth
in the vicinity of $5OO,0OO. He will con-
tinue the work of mining engineer
when he returns to the university in
August, and will then be III a position
to superintend entirely the working of
his mines.
Nuggets of News
w. P. Durham of Los Angeles is |
working a valuable property at Min
eral Creek, in Pinal county, Arizona.
His company is he Arizona Giant Cop
per company. E. g. Thomas is the
engineer in charge and P. A Weckham,
manager, has five men at work on two
shafts. One is down 80 feet and the
other so feet. .-he development work
showed up encouragingly and there is
large body of low grade carbonate
ore. The group consists of eleven pat
ented claims. 40 acres,
A correspondent writing from Des-
canso says that the Copo de Orc mine,
commonly known as the Holden prop
erty, has been taken on bond by a
company known as the Model Mining
company, headed by DR.. Platner of Los
Angeles. 1t IS understood the price is
to be $4,000. DIR. Platner is already
on the ground with number Of men,
and intends to push development work.
1t is said to be a large low grace prop
osition, and with proper handling can
be developed into a big mine.
A large party of Los Angeles in
vestors who were at Prescott, Arizona,
gave out the information that the old
Vulture mine of Wickensburg, Ariz.,
which was purchased by the late Sem
ator Taber of Denver, is again to be
placed in operation after an idleenss of
twenty years, and that more than
81, 100000 of eastern money is to be ex-
pended in its rehabilitation.
The banking firm of F. w. McAleer
& Co. of Boston has contributed $437,-
900 to the rehabilitation of the historic