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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
GOOD AVERAGE SHOWN IN
SAN JAclNTo PROPERTIES

M. Bishop has just returned to San
Bernardino county from the new gold
camp among the San Jacinto mountains
six miles west of Indio, and brings en-
couraging news, the lodges having
yielded rock assaying on an average of
% per cent copper and 35 cents in gold.
Bishop and Judge ]. w. Knox of Cotton
have taken up number of the most
promising claims, and expect to soon
put at work force of practical miners
developing their holdings. The district
appears to have very promising fu-
ture.
This is the camp which was first
populated by the fruit growers Of the
Coachella valley, the news of the ori-
ginal strike causing much excitement.
Since then all the territory worth hav-
ing has been ctaked out and the locat-
ors are getting down to earnest work
in digging into the lodges. The surface
rock has in places showed very rich
outings, and in some instances sensa-
tional values have been encountered.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
GOLD BAR INSTALLS
AN ELECTRIC SHOVEL
Butte County Placer Mines Are Said
to Have Gold Averages of
Thirty Cents Cubic
Yard

The Gold Bar Dredging company of
Los Angeles, operating mines In Butte
county. California, has just installed
Vulcan Little Giant electric shovel to
dig gravel with a capacity of four
cubic yards a minute under favorable
circumstances. 1t has given orders for
the power to be turned on and the ma
chtnery put in motion. 1t is expected
that everything will be running
smoothly in another week.
The Gold Bar owns 162 acres OF
rich gold bearing land. it is said. The
gravel Is reported to be thirty rect
deep and gold distributed quite evenly
throughout that depth. Estimates are
than Che gravel will carry not less than
80 cents TO the average cubic yard. by
actual aests, however, values run from
81 to $50 a cubic yard. These values
are reported to be found many feet
from bedrock. Usually the greatest
values are found in gravel mines at
or near bedrock.
This gravel is removed by a small
system of two-yard gravel cars from
the electric shovel to the stationary
washing plant, consisting of a large
revolving screen made of stout per-
forated boiler plate. through which
the gravel is passed and washed un-
der a heavy water pressdre, the coarse
material passing on to a conveyor made
of an endless rubber belt, which traV-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
STRIKE AT HART
IS SENSATIONAL
WORKING PENETRATES SIX
FEET OF $40 ORE
LARGER VALUES ARE INDICATED
AT BOTTOM OF FACE
Rich Streak Widens, Picked Samples
Running $4,000 Ton--Extensive
Ore Zone ReveaIed-oepth
increases Values
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
HART, May 16.-During the short
period of four months since the first
discovery of rich mineral was made IN
this distict Hart can probably show
more development work than any other
camp established for the same length
of time. Quite number of the proper,
ties are either at a depth of 100 feet or
very close to that distance The most
noticeable change has occurred at Hart
& Hits ORC Beale No. 1, where the
original discovery was made last jan
uary. For the last few days develop
ments in the 175-foot tunnel have been
continued round of sensations.
Last Saturday the working had pene-
trated six feet of 500 ore, while the last
round of shots for the day revealed
something bigger coming in at the bot
tom of the face, the rock being liber-
ally sprinkled with free gold. Since
that date the rich streak has widened
to three feet. picked samples running
as high as $4,000 per ton, while 1t is es-
timated the whole will average over
$3.50 per ton.
The tunnel in which was made the
big strike has a depth of 100 feet. The
ledge outcrops on the surface just be-
low the dump of the upper tunnel, which
was driven for sixty feet, revealing All
extensive ore zone. The tunnel now
the point headed for below the original
workings.
On the surface the vein just encoun-
tered carries values from $40 up to S75
per ton. At a depth of 100 feet the
ledge is considerably richer and shows
conclusively that values enhance as
depth is made This is the general rule
In all of the properties in this district
having q depth of from fifty to 100 feet.
The Big Chief shaft is being dropped
with all possible speed since the dis
covery of rich ore In the ten-foot winze,
just north of the shaft. Streaks across
this vein assayed better than $500 per
ton. while the whole at the present
writing averages $3.50 per ton. The vein
is four feet wide and is dipping toward
the shaft.
The lower tunnel is being driven
steadily forward. and upon reaching a
point below the apex of the mountain
will have a depth of nearly 400 feet.
The upper tunnel has reached a dis
tance of 175 feet, at which point the
ledge is being prospected for the rich
shoot outcropping on the surface.
The Quartette shaft on the Jumbo is
down ninety feet and is in good grade
| of milling ore running SIS per ton. This
company has also started work on the
Red Boy, purchased last week from
| Foster Bros. for $4,000.
| Fourteen feet of ore averaging 500
per ton seems almost incredible, but
| this is the true state of developments
at the Pfunder lease on Oro No. 1. A
depth of but fifty feet has been made
In the crosscut which has opened up
this wonderful find. A winze is now
being sunk. and after further explora-
| tions have been carried on for the pur-
pose of determining the best method
of working this lease a large force is to
be put on, and in all probability a tun-
mel will be run from the west side Of
| the mountain.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
Ametican Petroleum Company Organizes
to Develop Rich California Territory

the financial agent for the new enter
prise and the Southern Trust company
the trustee for bonds. There has been
total bond issue of $2,000,000 of which
81, 100000 worth are being subscribed at
per cent, with stock bonus.
The company has purchased oil
rights on a total of $500 acres at this
time and more land which is proven oil
territory is being taken under consid
Grafton. 1t is announced that devel-
opment work will commence at once.
The acreage at the Sherman fields Is
known as the Niles lease, said to be one
of the best producers in Southern Cal
ifornia. This lease runs for twenty
years. Valuable contracts are being
drawn for the disposition of the whole
output at a high price a barrel
The entire holdings of this company
at the present time are conservatively
estimated at $5O0O,0O0. But 1t is an
nounced that development work, al
ready outlined, when finished will dou-
BILE that estimate.
The organization of the new COM
pany was arranged by Attorney Charles
WellbOrn,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
CARTOONlST STRIKES
RICH SHIPPING ORE
Ana DuIce Lease in San 6ernardino
County Scene of Excitement.
Section Is Known as
Scamp Payne"

Word has just been received that w.
T. Mason and his associate, Mr.. Payne,
the famous cartoonist of the Philadel-
phia Inquirer and other eastern papers,
have struck rich shipping ore on the
Ana Dulce, on which they have a lease
from the Mohawk Herald company.
Men who have seen the Ana Dulce and
another adjoining property called the
Anaconda, speak in the highest terms
of them. These properties are In a
splendid section of the Palms district
and much is predicted OF them. They
both belong to the Mohawk Herald
group, controlled by Edward MacDer-
mott, a man who believes heart and
soul in the district. He is the founder
of the Mohawk Herald company ana
the present owner of large interests IN
the Twenty-nine Palms district.
The new camp on the Mohawk k-Herald
property has been christened camp
Payne, In honor of the cartoonist and
newspaper man. The proposed post
office may be called Payne.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18

to employ three shifts of men, and owes
no man a dollar Constantly downward
it has kept burrowing, until 1t has
reached a depth of 400 feet in its main
shaft. Here the outfit is building a
large and convenient station from
which it will drift on the mammoth
ledge that has been tapped at various
levels and which marks the property.
The pumping plant is located on this
level, The ore of the Empire is of high
grade copper and gold and ere long 1t
expects to produce at the rate OF 200
tons daily.
Ledge Is Fifty Feet Wide
This mine is a wonderful proposition
in more ways than one It's main ledge
is known to be fifty feet wide, but how
much wider will not be known until the
extensive drifting on the 400-foot level
is completed. The company owns twen-
ty-four full claims, including two water
rights.
Its stock has constantly been on the
rise because it has the ore and good
management to back it. The Empire
consists of two groups (the Empire
and Cowboy, located in the great car
boniferous belt.
The superintendent of the mine is
Settle Morrill,, formerly of the Copper
Queen at Bisbee. Adjoining the Empire
is the Arizona Consolidated and the
Bonanza Belt, two mines which have
produced big fortunes in the past year
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
ESCONDIDO AND
DULzURA STRIP
IS SAID TO POSSESS VAST MIN
ERAL DEPOSITS
IDEAL LOCATION is FAVORABLE
TO REGION
Revival at Escondido May Result in
the Development of MilIions-seV-
eral Mining Organizations
Are Perfected

According to w. H. Wilson. one OF
the best known mining experts or me
west. who had charge of the Colorauo
mineral exhibit at the Philadelphla
centennial in 1876, and is at present
interested in mining properties potn at
Dulzura and Escondido, the ehtlre slIiP
Of mineral country from Dulzura TO
Escondido is unequaled by any other
mining district in the world, says the
san Diego Union. There is no other
district in the United States, he says,
with the same amount or water anu
other mining facilities, and with san
Diego ideally situated for the estapllsn-
ment of a large smelling plant onlv
the right kind of spirit and co-opera-
tion on the part of business men is
needed to make the county the richest
of any section on earth
Mr.. Wilson is spending few DAYS
in the city. where he has had assays
made of two samples OF ore tnat
were taken from the Bottle Peak nine
at Escondido, in which he is interest
ed and which ran 1891 and $10S17 to the
ton respectively. Yesterday he gave
ont an Interview concerning the prog
ress that is being made at Escondido
nv the different mine owners.
s'The mining district has not only
been organized" he said. "a map hav-
ing been made of the entire district
but a booster club has been formed
and everybody is working shoulder to
shoulder for the development of the
mineral resources of that section of the
country. There are now twelve groups
of mines that have been organized, be-
ing the Connecticut Surprise, Bottle
Peak, Rincon, Orifino, Cleveland Pa
cific Polina, Gold Fish. GreJito. Old
Ranev. Sunday Morning, Cottonwood
and Escondido Mining companies.
"The first of these has four full
claims of so acres patented land and
has done 225 feet of development work.
The Bottle Peak company has eleven
claims and three millsites and has
done 200 feet of development work,
while the Rincon group, consisting Of
four claims, has only been worked on
the surface, the showings being un-
usually rich. The Orofino company has
100 acres of patented land and Is
equipped with a five-stamp mill, hav-
ing already produced $150.OOO. Tailings
from this mine are now being worked
by cyanide, on which large force OF
men is employed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
EXPERT ENTHUSES OVER
NEW ESCONDID0 DISTRICT
Says Prospects Are the Best He Has
Ever Seen--C IeVe Iand-Pacific
Mine Is Installing a
Mill

At last Wednesdays meeting of the
recently organized Escondido Mining
bureau in San Diego county s. A. d.
Upton a mining expert operating in
Central America. said that there is no
reason why EscOndido should not de-
velop into a great mining camp, that
it had some of the best prospects he
has ever seen.
Upton and associates have located
claims lying to the southwest Of Es-
condido, said TO be among the best he
has seen anywhere.
Manager Speith of the Cleveland
Pacific mine, in the Escondido dis
trict, says a 25-horsepoWer engine will
be placed on it's foundations this week
and the stamp will be in operation
right away. There are at present over
thirty tons of good ore in the bin to
run through the mill. and returns for
money and labor expended will begin
to come in.
The Escondido public is jublant at
this news, as the operations Of the
mine have been and are being watched
with great interest.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
LOS ANGELES A CENTRAL.
POINT FOR OPERATORS
Eugene 3. Day, Sol Camp and r. l.
Colburn Among Prominent Visit
ors-GoIdfieId on Verge
of New Era

Los Angeles is proving a central
point for wealthy men from the va
rious mining regions, there being a
number in town at present. Among
the most prominent is Eugene B. Day
of Wallace, Idaho, who is guest at
the Angelus.
Mr.. Day is one of the principal own
ers of the famous Hercules mine.
which has made millions for each of
it's owners He is in the city for the
purpose of taking a rest. coming here
from San Francisco, where he spent
some time on business. He said that
he came here to thaw out after fleet
week and windy weather in San
Francisco
Sol Camp, formerly of Goldfield, but
now operating at Sonora, Mexico, is
another we'll known mining man in
town at present.
r. l.. Colburn, a millionaire mine
owner of Goldfield. is. with his wife,
a guest at the Alexandria. Mr. Col
burn says that Goldfeld is now on the
verge of a new era of prosperity,
which will prove permanent.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
NINETEEN FEET OF HIGH
GRADE ORE IN THE MOHAWK
Bq Find in Main Workings Is Grow
ing in Dimensions with Every
Blast-MilIions Are
in Sight
SnecieI 10 Tie Herald.

Special to ILe Herald.
GOLDFIELD, May 1.-THE big
find made from the main workings on
the Consolidated is growing in dimen-
sions with every round of shots as
the crosscut is being driven through
the ore shoot. There is no hanging
wall in sight yet, but there is in evil
dence nineteen feet of high-grade ore,
and as it is being shot down now it
will run $40 or better a ton. The
nearer the hanging wall approaches
the better the ore, and those in charge
of the big mine prefer that the end
would not be reached for weeks.
There is enough ore in sight now to
keep the new mill busy for years to
come.
The present ore body was found in
"a crosscut driven east from the shaft.
When pay values were entered the
distance from the shaft was $50 feet,
at depth of 600 feet below the sur
face The ore that is broken is placed
in the bins. When these are filled the
rock will be piled on the ground un-
til more favorable conditions are
brought around for treatment.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
Produce Over $25o,ooo

"The Cleveland Pacific group. with
100 acres of patented land, has pro-
duced over $250,000 by means of con-
centrating and cyanide plant. An SoO-
foot shaft is now being sunk and some
ore is being taken out that VIII assay
as high as 81 per pound. Sixteen men
are being employed there. The Polina
lease Is located on Oaks ranch and has
about $50 feet of workings, while the
Gold Fish group of four claims, which
were recently located, will begin de-
velopment work shortly.
"The Grejito grant has good surface
showinss and is being prospected by
its owner. and the Old Ramey ranch
will soon be developed by Clark and
Dunn, who have leased it for the min
eral it contains.
"a second prospect with good show
ings located by Clark and Dunn is the
Sunday Morning claim, which will be
developed. Work has already been
commenced on the Cottonwood group
of three claims, and at the Escondido
mines. comprising 121 acres. 230 feet
of DEVELOPMENT work has already been
completed
"In addition to the work that is be-
ing done on the individual groups,
continued Mr.. Wilson. "a ten-stamp
mill has been installed for leasing
purposes and the facilities are now
much greater than they have ever
been before for milling and cyaniding
the ore. Conditions are favorable for
a, great deal of developing work being
done, and the deeper the shafts are
sunk the richer the deposits run and
the stronger the section is becoming
as a mining district"
Mr.. Wilson attributes the rush with
which the Escondido district is being
opened up to the efforts of the "boos-
ters'" club and the cooperation which
is being met with on all Sides and be-
lieves that with the results attending
the action of the San Diego realty
board at its meeting Tuesday night
and the general awakening of the citi-
zens in San Diego to the mineral
wealth of the county that the Dulzura
district will also begin to be developed
rapidly.
"They do not seem to realize the
great opportunity which is at their
very doors" he said, but this county
may easily exceed every other in the
United States in point of mineral
wealth, and once the right spirit is
manifested and proper development be-
gun the district will begin to unfold
enormous wealth and unparalleled ad-
vantages to the city"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
Rich Death Valley Properties Attract
Attention Of Prominent Operators

ranging with Fairbanks to do the haul
ing. The highest assay from this ore
ran 1867 and the lowest $297.50. A sam
pie from the waste dump returned
S27.50 A tunnel being driven to tap the
main ledge of the property is now In
1876 feet, and it is expected to reach the
ore in a short time.
The shaft at the Greenwater and
Death Valley Copper company's prop
erty in Greenwater is now down 900
feet, and will be carried to the 1000-foot
level before lateral work will be under
taken. AT the Furnace Creek the shaft
is down 800 feet and will be carried to
the 1500-foot level before crosscutting.
Machinery is now being shipped in by
Patsy Clark for the purpose of sinking
on the Kempland Copper company and
Furnace Creek properties, Clark's best
and principal holdings in the district
1t is said that Clark will sink to the
1500-foot level.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18

A NEW oil company has just been
"a organized in Los Angeles to oper-
"a ate in the Sherman fields. near this
city, and in the Coalinga district, Fres-
no county The corporation will bear
the name of the American Petroleum
company. 1t is capitalized for $1O,OOO,-
900. E. L. Doheny is the president, j. &.
Anderson vice president and Norman
Bridge secretary and treasurer.
The company has acquired eighty-one
acres at the Sherman fields and 1000
acres in the Coalinga district, in the
midst of the best oil lands of that rich
section. Already, it is said, there are
being delivered 2O0O barrels a day from
the wells of the Sherman holdings. 1t
is opening other wells there. Two wells
were brought in on last Tuesday.
They new company has other good
holdings, principal among which is the
San Ardo company. All of the smaller
companies in which the American has
interests are producing and in prosper
Gus condition, 1t is said
The Fielding ]. Stilson company il
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
HORNSILVER CAMP ADDS
TO GOLDFiELD BUSINESS

Since the opening of the jamestown
and Hornsilver camps there has been
a noticeable increase in the business of
Goldfield merchants.
Old freighting outfits that have not
been in use for a year or more again
are hauling supplies to the new camps
and there is a steady stream of pros
pectors leaving daily for the scene of
the latest discoveries in Nevada, it is
said
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
TO DECIDE PAYMENT
OF TONOPAH DIVIDENDS

Stockholders in the Tonopah mining
property will watch with interest the
proceedings of the next directors
meeting, which is scheduled to be held
late this month. ~,
At that time it is expected the offl-
ciaIs of the company Will de1lnlteiy
settle all rumors regarding the prob
able resumption of dividend payments
bv announcing the date for the next
payment to the shareholders.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
EMPIRE COPPER MINE
MAKES fine SHOWING
Its Main Ledge Is Fifty Feet Wide
Company Owns Twenty-four
Full Claims with Water
Rights

Few if any mines in the great west
present a better showing than the En-
pire Copper and Gold company, located
in the northwestern part of Cochise
county, Arizona. The company Is a
conservative one and has little to say;
vet it has one of the best mines in the
west. Hard times, so called. have to a
certain extent prevailed all over the
land and played havoc with many
mines and business enterprises, yet
through it all the Empire has not struck
its flag. Day and night it has continued
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
ORE FROM BULLLFROG
AVERAGES $217 A TON

Advices from Salt Lake to Biddle-
come, Culver and associates, leasers of
the Diamond Queen at Bullfrog, state
that the 30-ton shipment recently made
from the property averaged $217 to the
ton. This is the second shipment and
the third is on the way but has not yet
been heard from. The first shipment
ran about $3.50,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
nRorax" Smith BUYS a Road

The control Of the Bullfrog & Gold
field railroad has passed to F. M.
(Borax) Smith, owner of the Tonopah
& Tidewater system. A terminal depot
will be built near the center of Gold
field and a roundhouse and machine
shOns established
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18

els around a long ladder. This stacks
up the tailings.
The small stuff, sand, gold and the
like, goes through the perforations on
to gold saving tables underneath,
which are of most modern construction
and which save the gold. The whole
of this machinery is operated by elec-
trio power, which is supplied to the
Gold Bar at a low rate by a large
power company located just above the
mines on Butte creek.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
Thirteen Gold Bricks

Thirteen bricks of gold. valued at
$4,000, were shipped during one day
last week from the Montgomery-Sho
shone mine at Rhyolite, consigned to
the Shelby smelter at Vaiielo Junction;
The shipment represented the mill
cIeanun for April.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
TN HE rich deposits of the Death valley
and Willow creek districts. which
II have been kent in the background

ana WILLOW creek ulSlrlcts' NhlSii
Il have been kept in the background
for the past year on account of other
luminary discoveries, are again coming
to the fore and attracting the attention
of prominent mining men. Reports
from these districts are reassuring and
give promise of great activity in the
near future.
J. G. DeForest and Al Nelson of
Gold valley, in the Willow creek dis
trict. in a recent interview said that
if Willow creek were in Nevada IN
stead of California it would experience
one of the biggest booms of modern
times; that the surface showing is
something wonderful and fully justifies
an excitement.
On the Ramsey property George Bad
gett and Hugh Rice are preparing to
make Bottom shipment to the smelter
from their lease. The leasers are ar
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
Mines May Consolidate

Information from Tonopah is to the
effect that plans are being discussed
for the consolidation of the Belmont
Extension and the Buckeye Tonopah
properties.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
Top Uncovers Rich Vein

Rich gold ore was uncovered recent
ly in drift in the Top mine at Mogol-
lon N. M.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18
Another Gold Brick

Another gold brick, valued at $6000,
has been produced by the Keane Won
der MILL
Evening star., 1908-01-20
Deaths in the District.

The following deaths were reported al
the health office during the past forty
eight hours:
HELEN L. Sumner, eighty years. the
Brunswick.
Anna NJ Titon, sixty-five years, 1906
Corcoran street.
Margaret J. NJ Sweat, eishty-five years.
Connecticut apartments.
Annie A. Hartford. forty-seven years.
1856 5th street northeast.
Clara n Baker, 4. years, Sibley Hos
pital.
Susanah J. Kesler. y years. 1912 Irving
street northwest.
George e. Decker. 81 years. 2145 Q
street northwest.
Salle P. Ayres. 81 years, 1921 NJ street
northwest.
Fanny Hill 81 years. Home for the Aged
and Infirm.
Peter Lewis, 63 years. 219 G street south
west.
northwest.
Amanda Rivers. 80 years, 22i3 9th street
northwest.
Bernard L. Norris. . years. 126 Pierce
street.
LeConnte Hutchinson, year. 1147 21st
street northwest
Monor Lomax. 81 years, % NJ street
southwest.
Sophia Vier, 53 years, AIS street alley.
Eveline Smallwood, IS years, 140i Jack
son street northeast.
Charles l.. Smith. years, 31S U street
northwest.