Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-06
STRIKE ON
I7ALIE is A
BONANZA
SACK OF $4,000 GOLD ORE AN
EYE OPENER
ANACONDA FINDS sTRINeERs OF
RICH VALUE
Tuentv.nine Palms District in San
Rernardino County Receiving
Attention of Mining Men.
Virgin Field

t. seems to be a cinch that the
twenty-nine Palms country Will pro-
duce in the near future big bunch OF
tonanzas. The recent phenomenal $l5,-
900 strike of gold by the Italie Mlhilis
company has been followed by IlIu
of rich rock on the Anaconda ad1olh-
;no the Ana Dulce. Some of the stringers
show values SO large that basketfui Oh
samples would be worth fortune.
While the country is old the place Oh
the big strikes is practically new
Prospectors are going in by the score
and before long there will be White
city where only recently the coyotes
and jackrabbits held full sway. Ihere
is a. big bunch of INDICATED land III tlle
country, and it would not be straIlse "
startling to hear any oay "l sie'''-
finds. ,.,- .,,ors hoe
w IT. Mason, who with others mas
leased the Ana Dulce, has been IN the
citv buying horses, equipment anu pto-
visions and will return at once 70 llls
camp and begin mining on MS Claims ms;
He expects ore from the start that WIN ~
rim all the way from $1OO 10 $ouU III
ives THESE are fortune figures, but
tba sf',ff is there. where God placed 1t
for the use of man. r.,
Mr. Mason obtained his lease from
the Mohawk-Herald company Inns Inns
concern is heavily interested III tne me
vicinity and is making preparations lol
extensive operations. o,,,
Mr.. Wardwell of the Italle company
&c 1evel-headed engineer and rock
tighter of experience. He says the ols-
+,lct ia a mighty rich one, and TO prove
his statement produces sack OF SIo,oUo
ore as an exhibit The general cnar-
acter of all the ore in the country -
the same. Experts are saying kiio
things about IL. a,aAos baen
tramped over by cowpunchers ana
1!anchmen without a thought OF tne
wealth that lay beneath their rect, put'
like Rawhide, it has suddenly maae lIs
appearance in bonanza FORM Orlpple
Greek and hundreds of other caillps
were born in the same way.
srbare IS considerable talk among
those interested about changing the
name from Twenty-nine Palms TO an
other more striking, fancitul or sus-
yestive, but 1t is doubtful Whethef any
name will be found to better that OF
Twenty-nine Palms. the place WlieIe el.
the new strike was made is aoout ilVe
miles south from Twenty-nine rams
nroner. Most of the water is obtained
there. Stamp mills are going up,
town is being projected, poaruillG
houses are being opened ana oCheI
necessary accompaniments. Tne rams
country is only 100 miles east of Los
Angeles and can be easily reached from
the city in a short automobile day
ride. At the present time the shortest
trail in is by way of lndlo ana the
White Tank pass, but over this roao
the grade is hard and freighters shoulu
go by way of Banning. The new
country is about midway between the
@ TTa 10 north and the SOuL0-
ern Pacific on the south.
Italics Big Strike
The Italie claims on which the strike
that has attracted so much attention
was located by A. G. Tingman of this
citv. He came to town, interested capi-
tai and ultimately organized a COM
pany, with Maj. Arthur w. Phipps, a
Pittsburg millionaire. as president. Il.
M. Wardwell, an eminent mining eX-
pert, reported favorably on the prop
erty. He is now general manager OF
the mine, and it was he VINO mace tne
big strike, as it is properly called. Mr..
Tingrnan owns other property in the
district. All who know anything about
it say that it is surely destined to be
a record breaker The veins are fis-
sures, with wide lodges running all the
way from five to fifteen feet. The ore
is mostly free milling. The average
value of ore on the Anacoda is over $50
per ton out of a four ledge at sixty
feet.
Specimen ore from this property runs
over $1,000 a ton. This condition of
things seems astonishing, but 1t only
emphasizes the saying that gold is
where you find it," Much excitement
prevails and inquiries are being made
and information sought on all sides.
Development of this new camp will
be watched with great interest by the
mining world, and Los Angeles in par
ticular.