Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-14
HART IS NOW
A MONTH OLD
GREAT RECORD OF SAN 6ERNAR-
DINO DISCOVERY
SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE AND MANY
STORES
Syndicate Trying to Buy Orc Belle
Claims Held by DISCOVERIES
at c1oo,ooo-Realty
Movement

Special to The Herald
SEARCHLIGHT,< New, Feb. 13.-The
past week has witnessed phenomenal
strikes at Hart, the one-month-old
gold camp. twenty miles from here, In
San Bernardino county, Cal. Striking
pay ore is a common occurrence on the
eighteen leases now operating. Men OF
capital from various gold mining dis
tricts are coming to the new camp ev-
cry day. There are over 500 people
located there. Owing to the scarcity
of lumber in the district. building OPP
erations in the townsite have been
somewhat retarded.
The Twin Peaks group, owned by
Hart & Hit, the original discoverers,
was sold to John O'Keefe for $12,5O0
Most of their other holdings are now
under lease except block 4 of the Orc
Belle. No 1, which is being operated
by themselves. A syndicate of Gold
field people have been after this choice
piece of ground but the leasers re-
fused TO make a deal for less than
100000. Three feet of the ledge on
this property averages $214 gold per
ton. The working is now In low grade
ore and only a few feet remain before
the big vein will be cut which on the
surface assayed into the pictures.
The Big Chief lease is making d
great showing. The tunnel has now
penetrated a 20-foot ore body, the pay
streak on the foot wall of which as
saved s15eS. while portions of the big
ledge will average $500 per ton. A one.
half interest in this lease is owned
by the Big Chief Mining company of
Goldfield. and extensive operations
have been begun by employing double
shifts The prediction is that this piece
II ground will yield the greatest wealth
IL the Hart district.
Ed. r. Harris is opening a bonanza
on the Red Boy. where picked surface
samples have been known to run as
high as $500 per ton.
Mining Men at Hart
Among the prominent men in the
mining world who have visited Hart
tie past week are the following: S.
Il. Hohb. Z. NJ. Simpson, E. ]. Shelley,
George GlunE. Morris Lynch and G.
W. Van Meter of the Consolidated
company: John D. Shaffer, a we'll
known prospector of the southwest.
and Clay Peters of San Francisco, all
of whom have interested themselves IN
the development of Hart.
Real estate in the townsite is ris-
ing in value, and where a month ago
lots could be purchased for s25 they are
now selling from 500 to $500. The
numerous strikes have stimulated the
prices of real estate, and now that the
camp is fast departing from the specu-
lative stage investors are eager to get
in on the ground floor. During the
past few days scores of tent buildings
have been erected and many permanent
structures are under way. Main street
is assuming the appearance of a live
mining camp, and in the evenings the
thoroughfare is thronged with people
Fifty business places are now operat-
ing in the young town and the pace set
in Hart is a fast one to follow, and il
a repetition of the early days of Gold
field and Tonopah. The surface show
ing far exceeds that of any camp in
the country and words are inadequate
to portray its rapid growth.
Just Month Old
Hart was thirty days old Wednes-
day, and it is inhabited by nearly 800
people. 1t also boasts of the following:
Eighteen leases working, five general
merchandise stores, three lumber deal
ers, two assay offices, one newspaper,
the Enterprise; five restaurants, one
bakery. two meat markets, two brok-
ers, five lodging houses, four freighting
outfits, two stage lines, four saloons,
two mining engineers, four contractors
and builders, three real estate offices
telephones and numerous enterprises
starting up every day.
To sum up the situation in nut
shell, it can be said that no mining
camp in the country ever started unde"
more auspicious circumstances, and
had the surface showing of rich ore
that this can boast Of This is not the
opinion of the writer alone but the
opinion of every well-informed mining
man of prominence who has visited the
district. And Hart has only begun to
uncover the riches thereabout.
A twenty-stamp custom mill operated
by prominent capitalists will be in
stalled in the district in the very near
future.
The Santa Fe officials visited the
camp the other day and announced that
the station, Burnt Stump, has been
changed to Hit (three miles from the
camp and that a new station and sid
ing accommodations will be provided