Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-12
BULLFROG KING
Of NEVADA CAMPS
LOS ANGELES INTEREST IN
NEW MINES
Latest From the Carriean Strike in
Nevada--Grass Valley District
Property-WeaIth of Mines
in Mexico


of the Los Angeles-B -Bu1lfrog Realty and
Investment company of Los Angeles,
and e. G. Luentzel of the contracting
firm of Luentzel & Stepan also of Los
Angeles, have just returned from an
extensive trip of investigation through
the rich Nevada gold belt from Tono-
,pah to Las Vegas. They report tre-
.mendous activity all along the line in
the mines of all of the new camps. On
the stage ride from Goldfield to Bull
frog great numbers of freighting teams
were passed all loaded with hosting
machinery, heavy timbers and mining
supplies bound for the Bullfrog district.
The bringing in of this heavy ma
chinery is very expensive proposition.
but it speaks more loudly than words
in telling about the popular confidence
shown in the Bullfrog mines, and the
opinion of the above gentlemen is that
lBullfrog will be the king of the ,numer-
GUS Nevada gold camps, having more
mines in operation at the present time
than any of the other camps.
One of the most important and in
teresting features of the trip was see
ing the rapid development of the rail-
roads from the south which are racing
to the town of Bullfrog-the Clark
branch of the San Pedro, Los Angeles
&c Salt Lake and the Borax Smith line
is completed for q distance of about
fifty-five miles and the grading camps
are strung along the desert to within
forty miles of Bullfrog. On March 1
regular scheduled trains began running
to Indian Springs, the first organized
station, being forty-fve miles out from
Las Vegas.
Eastern capital is going into the Bull
frog district with rush and the mines
fIr.t 70 he INN f.I1
while the camp is known as a large
free milling low grade proposition.
s, There are several large stamp mills
to be erected in the very near future in
Bullfrog to take care of the large out
put of the milling ore. Big strikes are
being made in every direction and the
activity in the mining line is more
prominent than ever known in any min
ig district.
At the Carrgan Mines
Speaking of the Arizona bonanzas
Frank Burns we'll known mining
expert, is quoted as saying:
'Wendon and the surrounding coun-
try is on the boom and times are lively
there. Prospectors and miners are ar
irving every day and some very prom
Using properties are being opened up.
/ have been engaged in doing title work
the Liberty Gold and Copper Mining
company since my last visit here, and
= have found some very rich gold and
copper ore in the shafts that have been
started"
Further continuing, he said that his
company had seven full claims in the
vicinity of the Carrigan strike and
FIVE at Cottonwood Springs, the latter
place being only about eight miles dis
rt from Wan6nn Ar fhp orOnartipS
near the Carrigan vein of ore was
struck, the width of which had not yet
been determined, which assayed well in
gold and copper, and a foot and a half
of which showed free gold plainly Wis
ible to the naked eye. The formation
of the country rock at this group was
a granite footwall, with a lime and
sandstone capping. The vein matter
was of blue porphyry and decomposed
porphyritic quartz filling, all of which
carried more or less values. The por-
phyry, when broken, shows free gold
in it as we'll as copper stain, while the
decomposed quartz horned well also
in free gold.
The Carrigan property he described
as showing up fine with every foot of
development. The contractors are now
engaged in running a crosscut from the
bottom of the 100-foot shaft to deter
between walls and are encountering
good ore as the work progresses.
Will Manage Union Hill Mine
A telegram from Grass valley states
that Frank Ensenperger has assumed
the management and control of the
Union Hill mine from Eugene Creller,
who has been in charge for many years.
1t was the formal transfer of the prop
erty which was announced as sold a
week or two ago. Mr.. Ensenperger will
be superintendent and manager for the
San Francisco and Los Angeles peo-
pie who have put up the money, and
he expects to open up the property on a
large scale. 1t is understood that the
stockholders will not receive their
money all at one time, but that the
mine will be paid for in installments.
The exact price paid for the mine is
not known, but it is incorporated in
100000 Shares, and the stockholders eX-
pect to get about twenty-siX cents per
share. which would make the sale price
100000. The sale includes the CAM
bridge and Lucky claims, which adjoin,
and neither of these has been pros
pected to any extent.
The Union Hill is one of the oldest,
and probably one of the best prop
critics that is not being worked on a
large scale in the Grass valley district.
II mas pTOuuCeu sL quarter VI a. IulllOu
and is likely to produce many times
that amount. The local stockholders
are sorry to lose their interest in the
property, as they have every confidence
in the mine and believed they would
eventually get their money back with
good interest.
Mines of Mexico
Claims are made for the Esperan2a
mine of Mexico, as being the richest of
the worlds gold mines. While it un
,Eloubtedly is a very rich mine 1t is ques- |
tionable whether it is the richest gold
mine in the world. The Robinson mine
of South Africa is, probably, a more
valuable property to it's owners than
is the Esperanza for it's owners. 1t is |
stated in the November report of the |
Esperanza that it cleared $975,000 in that
month above all expenses (MeXican
currency, equal to about $500,O0O. But
the Robinson mine of South Africa gave
it's stockholders in 1906 dividends
amounting to nearly $2500,00O. The Es-
peranza of Mexico is capitalized for
$2,275, 900, in $5 shares, and has paid |
e1 AQ6 QAQ in dividends the last half |