Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-03
WORK IS ACTIVE
At SEARCHLIGHT
SANTA BARBARA MAN TAKES
OPTION ON A MINE
Ore of Golden Rod Assays Nine Hun.
dred Dollars to the Ton-The
BuIfroe Mines Are
Valuable

E. A. Lloyd of Santa Barbara has
taken an option on the Golden Rod,
at searchlight, the original strike at
Camp Thurman belonging to Charles
Hamill, Curtis Burdick and the Thur
man brothers. The shaft on this property
is down twenty-five feet only, show
ing very high values. the vein WIDEN
ing with depth. Three or four tons of
high grade ore are ready to be shipped
which will average $500 to the ton gold
from recent assays. Mortimer Win
terS owns some adjoining claims and
has also discovered rich mineral. These
two are the most important of the
Thurman strikes, but a large number
of prospectors have staSed out claims
in that vicinity and as there is no
doubt about that country being highly
mineralized it is reasonable to sup
pose other strikes will be made i'm the
near future. The option on the Golden
Rod calls for 100000, and there is lit
tie doubt as to the sale being made to
the Santa Barbara capitalists repre-
sented by Mr.. Lloyd.
The discovery of copper made by
Herman Wesselhoft on the Colorado
river near Eldorado Canyon is being
thoroughly prospected preparatory to
sinking shafts. The deposit lies in q
basin walled in by precipitous noun
tainS.
G. w. Huntington and H. e. Boyd of
Colorado are installing machinery and
erecting permanent buildings on their
group of claims west of Searchlight.
They report splendid indications and
will thoroughly develop the property.
The Empire mine, which has been
closed down since the death of the
president of the company, will resume
work at once.
Machinery is being installed on the
property Of the Bamberger-W Wheatley
Co. at Fourth of July mountain and
the development work will be pushed
as rapidly as possible.
The Black Hawk Consolidated M. e
M. company, owned in Philadelphia,
are down on their Venus shaft 300
feet. They have put in a 10-horse-
power hoist and have ordered a 40
horsepower air compressor.
Shipment of Silver Ore
The Jumper claims in Eldorado
Canyon are making their second ship
ment of silver ore to the Selby smelter
| at San Francisco. These claims are
located on Knob Hill. A total of 300
| feet of work has been done. Assays
average $165 silver to the ton. On their
|
considering the fact that this ore has
to be hauled over twenty miles to the
railroad and then sent to San Fran
cisco this is a splendid showing. 1t is
| the intention of John B. Anderson, the
sole owner, to interest capital and de-
| Velop the mine on large scale. 1t is
the general opinion here among exper-
fenced mining men that he has the
making of a good mine.
| TT r AdSit manager of the Colo
RADIO Mining and Milling company, is
down 257 feet with his double COM
| partment shaft. They have plenty Of
water, but not enough to interfere with
the work so far. However, a pump is
being put in and in the meantime they
are drifting east and west on the vein
On the Wyoming Searchlight claims
the company have drifted through the
hanging wall and struck ore of good
value. This property is situated on a
portion of the fiat adjacent to Search
| light, where but little work has been
done, and their success in finding ore
| means much to that part of the dis
| trict.
The BuIIfrog Properties
The Bullfrog district, since its dis
covery, July 81, 1904, has steadily in
| creased in Importance, for the more the
| veins have been developed the more
assured becomes it's future. Unlike
Goldfield to the north. the Bullfrog
district of which Rhyolite is the prin-
| cipal town, and near which are at
present the largest mines, has become
| famous not on account of fabulously
rich ore, but because of it's large veins
of good milling grade of gold ore.
However,, it also contains a good deal
Of high grade ore. AS a consequence
of the small amount of rich ore which
is characteristic Of the camp the mines
have been developed by companies in
stead of by leasers, as at Goldfield.
There are three main ore zones near
Rhyollte. In the west zone are the
Original Bullfrog. the Gold Bar the
Homestake and the Daisy, while on
Bonanza mountain are the Tramp
Consolidated, the Gibraltar, the Gold
en- Sceptre, the Peerless, the Bonanza
Mountain and the Rush groups of
claims, in all of which considerable
work has been done. To the east of
Rhyolite is the Montgomery Mountain
I4add Mountain belt. In this belt are
situated the properties of the Bullfrog
Mining company, the Bankers Ma
tional, the Diamond, the Montgomery
Shoshone, the Four Aces, the Ame-
thyst and several others.