Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-05

Three cowpunchers some months ago
acquired the top Of that hill, but did
nothing except place monuments OF
rock on the Boundaries. A few weeks
ago Bert Kopenhaver happened along,
and in looking over the ground thought
he saw gold in the rocks from which
the monuments were made. He was
suspicious that It was fools gold but
he sacked up some Of 1t, and It actually
went better than 5000 to the ton. Within
elk feet he uncovered a ledge that
averages over $500 to the ton, with i'm
mensely rich specimens. Miners are
walking into the camp every day and
taking up leases, which II is the COM
monest thing for them to sell within a
day Of two for from $500 to $1,000 a. foot.
These leases run for a year and the
lessees give the owners 25 per cent net
of all the gold taken out.
when we got there on January T."
Hoggatt continued, there were one lit
tie tent saloon and a tent blacksmith
shop In the place. Today there must
be 1900 or 1900 tents and buildings.
There are three banks and saloons in
Vulnerable. The camp also has its
newspaper. 1t started on January 10.
Manhattan comprises one long thor
oughfare, two and a half miles in
length, known as Main street. It runs
through O gulch, and, owing to the
steepness of the hills on either side, Il
Is difficult for the town to spread in
those directions. The townsite is an
ideal one. Old miners say It resembles
very closely the Deadwood gulch in
South Dakota. There will soon be in
stalled a splendid water supply service,
and sanitation will be attended to, so
that n repetition of the deadly infec-
ton that invaded the Goldheld and
Tonopah camps last summer is not
looked for"
Mining In New Mexico
New Mexico's claim to recognition as
a mineral producing state could scarce
ly be based on the output of gold and
silver The preliminary estimate of the
director of hte mint on the production
Of gold and silver in New Mexico for
1905 shows an increase over that Of
1904, but is, nevertheless, insignificant
when compared with many other west
ern states. The value of gold pro-
duced in 1905 is estimated at $413, 400, as
compared with $24S,00O for 1904, while
the silver output for the past year
will approximate 100000 fine ounces, as
against 100000 fine ounces for the year
preceding. The total value of the MIN
eral resources of the state is, never
theless, brought up to creditable fig
ure by the large output of zinc and
coal. The production Of coal has been
greater than in any preceding year
Notwithstanding the fact that the pro-
duction was handicapped by poor trans
portation facilities, caused by the floods
during the early part Of the year. The
tonnage of coal shipped during the
year was in the neighborhood of 1,750, :
900 tons, having an estimated value of
$2,500,000.
Bits of News
Prescott (Ariz.) Courier: Only think
of it, after spending s1,6O0,000 to find a
copper mine in Vermont, George West
inghouse has abandoned the search.
He should now come to Arizona and
locate one for practically nothing, or
buy one partially developed for few
thousand dollars. There are plenty Of
copper claims in Yavapai county which
only need development to make them
front rank producers.
The plan suggested of establishing
large mineral exhibit in the east,
where mining men can display their
ores, has been inaugurated by circular
letters being sent out to operators
throughout the southwest asking their
cooperation and aid. The idea was
abandoned at the late mining congress.
1t is proposed to place the
exhibit either in New York or Boston
The Mineral. Wealth states that a
Los Angeles company is making ready
to erect a smelling or copper matteing
plant at Chloride. The plant will be a
4S-inch furnace with capacity of fifty
tons every twenty-four hours.