Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-04
WILL ERECT
CUSTOM MILL
ROSE LEASE SACKS BIG VALUES
AT cRAckERJAcK
GUeGENHEIMs SHIP COPPER AT
KENNETH
Decision to Grant Several Leases in
Lee District Gives Indication of
Lively Campaign This
Season

That there will be a custom mill erected
at Bonanza mountain within the next
ninety days is the assertion made by par
ties who are supposed to be on the inside
of affairs at Crackerjack. The parties
WHO are reported to be back of the enter
prise are George Rose of Silver Lake and
several Colorado men who are all inter-
ested in the Rose lease on the Bonanza.
According to the information at hand,
the mill will be erected on the west slope
of Bonanza mountain. below the leasers'
shaft and will consist of a five-stamp
plant, capable of being enlarged when de-
sired.
| Sacking 800 ore from the grass roots
down. That is the record of the Rose
lease, the first granted by the Bonanza
company on the Arizona claim at Crack
erjack. The leasers began their work ten
days ago and the first two days works
resulted in a respectable showing of
sacked ore below the main company work.
ings. The general average of the ore
taken out so far and sacked is 500 a ton,
which will pay the leasers handsomely for
| their work.
| Several other blocks of ground have been
secured by leasers on both sides of the
| Bonanza company's shaft and tunnel. j.
| w. Todd and other Los Angeles parties
have secured 300 feet on the Owl claim of
the Bonanza and are preparing to begin
operations as soon as the necessary ma
terial can be obtained. Two leases have
| been granted on the Arizona ground be-
| low the Rose lease by Nevada parties.
who will also begin sinking to catch the
vein this week.
| General Manager Kichholtz of the Ava
watz Mountain Mining company has a
| force of miners at work and has resumed
| sinking in the Pathfinder shaft of the
company. A good sized ledge has been
encountered in the shaft and work will
be rushed with a good sized force. 1t is
understood that work will shortly be re-
sumed by the company on the Silver
Eagle claim where there is fine show
| ing.
Capt ]. Hargrave, one of the pioneers
of the Crackerjack district and one of the
largest claim owners N this section, has
commenced work on promising group
of claims west of Crackerjack. A four
foot ledge is said to have been exposed
that carries high values in copper, gold
and silver. Assays as high as $500 have
been obtained from the ground. A shaft
will be sunk on the property and sent
down to a good depth.
The prospects at the Austin mine in
Willow valley continue to look so good
that the company operating the prop
erty has decided to Immediately erect
new five-stamp mill
The mill will be so arranged that five
additional stamps may be placel in at any
time. 1t is expected to have the mill in
operation before the first of the year.
| The Alice Mining company. which owns
| the Papoose Quartz mine in Jim Crow
| canyon, above Downievile, are highly
pleased with their first clean up. The
new five-stamp mill on the mine was re-
Gently completed by the direction of Su-
| perintendent Horace Morse. The first
| run consisted of bout 200 tons of rock
| and the returns are better than the own
| ers looked for. There is plenty of ore in
sight and the mill will be kept running
steadily. 1t looks as though the Papoose
will be one of the leaders in that section
| of Sierra county.
Commencing this week the Guggen-
helms will be shippers of copper ore from
Kennett. the destination being one of
their smelters not ye. specified. The ore
will come from the Golinsky group of
mines. three miles west of Kennett, which
| the Guggenheims have had under bond
! for over a year There are over thou
sand tons in the lot. 1t was all extracted
from the mines in doing development
work under the bond. Their bond will ex-
| pire in December
The Indian Hill Hydraulic Mining COM
property at Indian hill on the North Yuba
| river. seven miles above Camptonville,
| Lumber is Being taken in for the sluice
boxes and quantity of twenty-six inch
pipe for the mile of pipe line that is to
| convey water from Indian and Humbug
| creeks to the claim has been delivered.
| All but 800 feet of the pipe is now on the
ground and a number of men are engaged
| in putting it in place.
| The Indian hill consists of nearly 300
acres along the old Bald mountain chan
mel. on which are located the famous De-
! not Hill claims just to the south, the Griz-
| zly Hill claims mile to the north and
lust across the river. and the Brandy
| City claims adjoining the Grizzly Hill,
Three years ago the company acquired
! the original Indian Hill diggings. and
more recently bought the Corelli and
other adjoining claims. which in all give
| II n mile along the channel.
THE outlook for a big campaign of
leasing in the Lee district is very assur-
ling. The directors of the Hayseed Min,
| ing company met this week and officially
decided to grant leases upon at least six
blocks of ground. and the first lease will
he given to T.. A. Wetzel and associates
of Goldfield, who have been very success
| full IN leasing at that place.
The establishment of the station of Lee
land three and half miles from the
| town of Lee, Cal. at which point the
mine is situated, has brought the property
! close to transportation, and future ship
mcnts will be made from that place. The
| Hayseed Mining company has inaugurated
| a ,,auo avatern of develonnlent that of fol-