Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-27

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will be declared in the very near future. |
An accidental discovery was made
at the Pompeii mine. The barrels into
which water had been pumped direct |
from the shaft were found to contain
several inches of sediment that ran
into the thousands of dollars per ton, |
thus showing that this mine is no eX-
ception to the general rule of the dis
trict, in that the extremely rich ore
in all cases lies below water level, and
when the new 100000 gallon electric
pump is installed this mine should dis
close some phenomenally rich ore.
FL Dorado Camp
The new hoist of the Venus is now
on the ground, and the work of de-
velopment will continue with precise
regularity as has always been the rule
of this company.
Ore is now being taken out of the
Mountain group in many different
places, and a great deal of this is being
sacked and prepared for shipment. The
| Rand shaft, which is all in ore, is
proving the fact that the ore has bet
ter value as depth is attained.
The developments in general at the
Canon are far surprising the expecta-
tions of the owners and according to
the present indications this district
should give an excellent account of
itself.
Grubstake Case Settled
A telegram from Goldfeld states
that the settlement out of court of
the famous Johnson grubstake case,
involving $2,000,000 worth of property
on Ladd mountain does partial JUS
tice to a suffering prospector who
had been cheated out of a vast for
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is $4,000 better off today.
! In 1904 H. H. Clark and Zeb Ken
dali grubstaked George w. Ladd and
j. Otis Johnson, who went into Bull
| frog ito prospect, the four to share
equally. Ladd and Johnson suffered
water, and finally, when they met Ben
son and Kendalrs brother, Johnson
and Kendall went back to Tonopah
/ for supplies. While they were gone
Ladd and Benson located the claims,
| leaving out Johnson, who was re-
fused an interest in the rich proper
ties, although under the terms of the
contract he was to share equally.
Peppered With Gold
Sensational in the extreme are the
| latest advices received in Ely concern
! ing the rich gold strike recently made
in the Black Horse district, near
| Osceola, Nevada. The ledge, which is
| on the contact of lime and quartzite
| formations, outcrops on the surface
for a distance of over four miles and
varies in width from 10 to 100 feet and
| carries values in gold ranging from
1886 to $1456 to the ton the entire dis
tance. Development work is being
prosecuted on the Black Horse and
San Pedro claims, which are on the
| same ledge about 5000 feet apart, and
| uyI1 hIit hn
on either claim as yet, the ore in the
bottom of the shaft on the Black
Horse claim is peppered with coarse
gold. More than 200 locations have
been made in the district, and the
country for miles around Is taken up.
forty miles as the crow flies east of
Ely, and about eight miles northeast
of Osceola and close to the Ely
! Frisco gauge road.
Nuggets of News
Fl. r. Kruger of Needles is the lucky
man who has just struck it rich in
the recently discovered Vontrigger
country south of Needles. He uncov-
cred an abandoned shaft in which he
set off blast which uncovered ore
fully as rich as that discovered in the
Vontrigger group 1t is the same
ledge, but is wider on the Kruger
claim. At depth of 1872 feet it shows
an average assay of 1882 in gold. The
mining excitement in the Vontrigger
region continues.-San Bernardino
TimeS-IndeX.
The Grass Valley Union reports that
the Union Hill mine, which was
drowned out by surface water during
the March storms, has been unwa-
tered again. Diligent search is to be
made for the lost vein, which faulted
on the 20O-foot level.
The Janice Meredith gold-quartz
mine has been bonded by A. j. Mathe-
son of Nimshew to Los Angeles par
ties. This mine is one of the biggest
new mines in the Forks of Butte dis
trict, and has yielded many thousands
of dollars from an open cut on the
ledge. In the Queen of the West, a
north extension, an important strike
was recently made by Emil Under
stock and partner, ore running sew
eraI hundred dollars to the ton being
encountered.
The Bennett company has about
twenty-five men employed in five big
hydraulic mines at the Forks or Sal
mon river, says the Scott Valley Ad-
, vance, and nine big giants are kept
running constantly on fine banks of
gravel. They have plenty of water
for operation and should receive the
largest output OI pIeclouS hiStoA SNSh
! cleaned up in the district in one year.
They are operating the Forks, Horn,
Eloomer, Knudson and Crapo claims,
and have them equipped with modern
machinery for handling gravel quick
ly. They are the most extensive hy-
draulic miners in Northern California.
During the past year one of the bus
lest places around Angels camp has
, been the Benson mine, and while the
work was uuietlV done. a great deal
, has been accomplished which has re-
; suited in this mine being placed upon
sound basis. A hree-compartment
incline shaft has been sunk 300 feet
with crosscuts and drifts on the 100,
, 200 and S00-foot leveIs the shaft will
be sunk to the 50O-foot level, where
a station will be made, On the 100