Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-27
MINING NEWS
IN THREE STATES
LUCKY GOLD STRIKE IN OLD
SHAFTER MINE
Active Development Work in Search
light District-San Diego Property
to Be SoId-Settemen of
Grubstake Dispute

The United States circuit court in
Los Angeles has made a decree order
ing the sale of the properties of the
California Gold King Mining company
at Picacho in San Diego county. The
mines are to be sold under foreclosure
of a mortgage given to secure a $780,
900 bond issue. The sale will take place
| in about six weeks and will be con-
Quoted by Lynn Helm. Philadelphia and
| New York parties are the stockholders
and hold the bonds. About 100000 has
been spent on the plant. whose monthly
production has been from $4,000 to $780,
OO0 One thousand tons of ore is its
daily capacity.
Excitement at Shafter Mine
The accidental discovery of a rich
| body of gold ore in the old tunnel or
main working level of the Shafter
mine, between French Gulch and Dead
wood, has caused great excitement, and
considerable space is given to the story
in the Redding Searchlight.
Strange as it may seem, the discovery
came about from a bad cave-in that
filled the level to the roof. Chunks of
rich quartz came down in the cave,
and after the run was caught up
rich body of ore was exposed.
The Shafter mine is the property uf
the ST. Auburn estate and was former
ly worked by the Niagara company
About $S0,000 was produced and the
property was supposed to be worked
out.
Robert Skinner and Robert Hanley
former superintendent of the Niagara
have a. bond on the Shafter and have
been working on it for some time, fol-
lowing a lead in the main tunnel.
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work tapped an underground reservoir.
Water rushed out of the tunnel like a
small river. The miners were forced to
quit work until the reservoir had
drained. When they went back to work
the cave occurred and it required a
large amount of work and skill to catch
| the ground.
There is much excitement over the
strike and it is said that there are
many thousands of dollars worth Of
rich ore i'm sight. Both Robert Skinner
and Robert Hanley are well known
mining men of the French Gulch and
Deadwood districts. Mr.. Hanley "as
employed formerly as superintendent
of the Niagara mine. He is engaged
at present as manager of a mine in
Glendale, Ore. When he heard the
glad news of the strike in the Shafter
he came down to have look at the ore.
searchieht District
President Ripley of the Santa Fe
asserts positively that the Searchlight
Barnwell railroad will be completed
within three months. This being true,
Searchlight will in the near future well
come railroad day with the pomp and
splendor and in such style as is GUS
tomary with all the termini of new
railroads in southern Nevada. This
will mean a great deal for Searchlight'
as mining supplies and other COM
modities will be delivered at so low
rate that this district can easily
boast of the proud record of being the
cheapest camp for mining operations
, in the entire state of Nevada.
A new engine and pump have been
, ordered for the Santa Fe mine. This
mine has been handicapped with a
large flow of water and preparations
are going to be made to handle al
least 100000 gallons per day.
, Searchlight Mining & Milling COM
pany has struck ore in the east drift
, OF the 250-foot level. This ore is i'm
pregnated with coarse gold and an
assay on the same gave results OF
better than $4,000.
Cyrus Noble extension is doing sys-
tematic trenching to locate the exact
positions of the lodges of the adjacent
property before determining the best
position to sink the main working
shaft. This company has secured two
more fractional claims which increases
materially the already valuable acre
age.
The superintendent of the Big Six
Mining company is to install hoisting
and pumping machinery in the imme-
diate future. This company has struck
large flow of water on the 24O-foot
level, severely interfering with further
, operations until adequate machinery is
installed.
t Cyrus Noble a Producer
! The Cyrus Noble is keeping up its ex-
: cellent work, and is fast forging to the
: front as one of Searchlight's best pro-
ducers. All work is being rushed tc
it's fullest capacity, especially is this
the case with the underground work
| where drifting to the north is carried
on in order to determine the extent oi
this enormous ledge. Regardless of the
heavy expenses this company has been
put to by the many new improvements
machinery. ETC., a per cent dividend