Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
NINE NEWS
(C|FIC COAST
NESS STRIKE ON
|TY MOUNTAIN
|ll Of Gold Bars-The Old
Shown
San 6ernardIno
County

brought to Redding from
ss mine by Lester Van
)rge w. Giddings says tho
This amount represents
bver two weeks run. The
taken to San Francisco.
d Van Ness mine Is fabu-
shown by the bullion pro-
a short run. Lester Van
pecimen of the ore taken
Be. 1t was about the size
list and was almost pure
ted that the specimen was
y of the pay streak of the
le property on which the
pers and Mart Foster had
Sy struck the rich vein q
pre- the lease expired and
be neighborhood of $40, 900.
Bs refused to extend the
pow working 1t himself.
PISS mine is located on
ain, above French gulch.
years ago by Van Ness,
hat he had already taken
pf 1t before this last rich
pperty was considered to
and had long lain idle,
cks and Foster took their
are reticent about the
are content to take out the
Fetal without much talk.
lion was brought to Redding
case and left in the keeping
v Clineschmidt's safe in the
kotel, The suit case with it's
I'D Just fitted into the safe.
rhe Old Comstock
in the Virginia Chronicle
from 1870 to 1880, 5000 men
pyed on the Comstock in the
more mines along the lode,
Utah on the north to the
hyton on the south, over five
ength. The payrolls during
mentioned aggregated $780,
20 stamps were in constant
cushing ore from the lode.
rty-six to forty five trains
3 daily on the Virginia and
road for the transportation
e mills and timber and fuel
es, representing 240 carloads
million feet of lumber for
n the mines and 100 cords
Ire consumed every twenty
the Consolidated Virginia
hiring 100000 feet of timber
Nhnd the monthly bullion out
the mine and the California
ly exceeded $3,000,00o.
,mstock is still producing over
annually and the work now
ess of recovering the flooded
I'd sinking to a depth of 5000
in the opinion of experts, re-
the discovery of much larger
valua BILE ore bodies than have
found, as the lode shows Il
width on the 5000 level than on
owe.
Struck 1t Rich
lego Union: Officials of the
Mammoth Gold and Copper
whose Office is in the
block, report that development
W being pushed on their min
erty in San Bernardino county
Nevada line is opening up a
ore of a good milling value.
IT in depth shows an increase
, in both gold and silver.
e body was struck at the 3S-
| and the shaft is now down
feet, the shaft being entirely
The ledge is $50 feet In width
geological features are such
e is little doubt but that the
extend to great depth. The
of stockholders are residents
Diego, and they will naturally
ID to learn of the bright out
e company is arranging to
the force of workmen and
ent work is to be pushed with
consistent with good mining.
aims are west of Searchlight,
the camp is known as the
Without a Failure" and it is
that the development work
lg done will open up one of
st mines in this country.
Zinc and Silver
api Tomahawk: For some
I prospecting has been done
edge of peculiar formation ON
-32-31. Numerous assays have
de and expert mining engi-
We visited the ground. The
low values as high as $64 per
nc. lead and silver.
inc is the property of Fred
'rt of Bear Valley, and is sit
Carrallitas canyon, about
niles east of Tehachapi. The
is now bonded to a company
IN capitalists, who expect to
e development work about the
January.
Quartz Working Scheme
ore reduction mill is described
k-splitting machine" The pat
aim that the mill does not
IMPRESS, grind or pulverize the
by "planing" or Simple vi
separates the ore along it's
fracture and least resistance,
he values and does away with
{ is also claimed that a mill
than three tons of iron, and
Ipenditure of less than ten
yer, will reduce 100 tons of ore
the claims are justified this
machine: probably
ers and millmen will be rather
The Bullfrog District
llfrog district is rs miles from
and 125 miles from Las We
reight rates are high. 1t costs
IN to ship and smelt the ores
lstrict and the mine owners
II is best to hold their ore
1t on the ground. All the
anies are planning for mills
$ the railroad gets there. and
Gates, president of the Bull
(, site, Water and Ice Co., ex-
tut in a custom mill soon.
three towns in the district
Rhyolite and Beatty. At Be
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has
led to a depth of 150 feet and
ed ore worth $4,000, and has
nut much high grade ore. A
ill Is TO be built at Beatty. |
ontgomery is president and |
and M. Hoveck is superin-
aft of the Shoshone- Bullfrog
100 feet and crosscut-
be started. A gasoline hoist |
put in and the shaft sunk
h Of $50 feet. It adJoins the