Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-28
RICH FREE GOLD
ORE AT KEWANEE
ASSAYS RUN OVER $4,000
A TON
STRIKE is MADE IN BuRKETT's
MAIN SHAFT
Chicho People 10 Drive Tunnei--sVn-
nysIde Drifts on 1oo-Foot Level
Vein ls Exposed fer 500 Feet
at Morning Star
rsnacial 10 rhe Ierald.l

KEwANEE, via Cimi. CAL, Sept As'--
With four companies actively worAins
and two others preparing to let con-
tracts for sinking shafts, this oissiie'
presents a lively appearance. So.i-
siderable interest centers AROUND 'ns
discoveries of Burkett Bros, VINO a.. a.
d depth of fifty feet In Lnelr n nla.n
incline shaft found free gold ore, solIs
of which. II Is reported, assays over
100000 q ton, The shaft upon thelr
property has gained a depth OF seventy
feet. An average of the vein from tne Is
surface down has been two anu ohe-haiA
feet of good milling ore.
Since the first discovery tne Cnicno
gold mine has given promise OF ue-
yeloping into a rich and large pro
dueer. This property is owned by the
Chicho Gold Mining company OF Los
Angeles and has been worked continu,
ously by that company with unusual
results. At the surface values ranged
from $40 to $3.50 ton: An average
assay of the entire ore dump gave Slo.
The tunnel site has been located at
about $50 feet north of the main smart,
and work is now confined to the tunnel,
with the intention of drifting south on
the ore vein and connecting with the
shaft. The entire breast OF the tunnel
is of creamy, decomposed rock, show
ing rich stringers OF Jasper quartz.
Superintendent Martin expects to cut
the main ore body within the next
sixty feet of work The Chicho GOLD
Mining company has complete camp
and assay outfit and Is Splendlqly
equipped for desert mine.
The Sunnyside mine, under the con-
troll of d. b. Gemmii, Los Angeles
mining engineer, is down 100 rect ana
drifts are being extended north and
south on the vein. Indications are that
the south drift will enter the main ore
body. An average Of the entire shaft
for the last sixty feet of sinking Is
given as $25 a ton. This company
started on orc at the surface and has
ore in the bottom of its shaft.
At the Casa Grands
w. o. jackson, formerly with STREET
toms Independence mine at Cripple
Greek, Colo, has assumed charge OF
the development work at the casa
Grande mine. This property sent out
12-ton test shipment, and 1t Is reported
the net returns we're $2600 at rate OF
SILT a ton net. The main shaft VIII be
driven 200 additional feet Drifting at
the 35-foot level is in progress. where,
it is reported, the company has ten
inches OF $500 ore.
The West Side mine, located just
west of the Chicho ledge, has produced
considerable gold-silver-lead ore with
an average value of 500 ton. This
mine is owned by the Meadville Gold
Mining company. 1t Is reported that
the management has let a contract for
200. feet of sinking.
The Morning Star Is considered the
biggest milling proposition In Kewanee.
Nature has exposed the ore vein FOR
about 500 feet, and an average width
of the vein Is from ten to twenty feet.
Some forty or more assays OF this ledge
give a general average of s26. Henry
B. Meade, metallurgist and mining en-
gineer, has carefully examined and
tested the ores from this mine and esti-
mates that this ledge from one end to
the other will average $40. Little work
has been done upon the Morning Star,
but a number of rich stringers, assay
ing better than 500 a ton, have been
found outside of the main outcropping
James CHM, an old-time prospector.
has opened up an independent ledge
about 800 feet west of the main shaft
of the Chicho mine. The rock Is OF
brown honeycomb quartz. but In places
shows beautiful fiorine stain and
assays well in gold, silver and lead.
This vein is believed to be O spur from
the main Chicho ledge and has been
traced in the Sunnyside property.
Superintendent Martin of the Chicho
rold mine, in speaking of keWanee,
sums IL up as follows:
Altogether conditions are rapidly
improving, and development work to
date has proved that in Camp Kewanee
we have at least five properties which
i'm a few months will be turning out
bullion. / consider that we have one
of the best young gold camps ON the
desert today"