Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-01

toned is a new find owned by John
Wagner, who has just found some high
grade copper~silver ore and who will
sink at least fifty feet on the find at
once.
Going west up the slope of the range
is a group of claims owned by DR.. Ell
fTedo of Needles. Work is now going
on at this camp with good results, ore
being found under about the same con-
ditions and carrying about the same
values as the Gateway and River range
| groups.
South and west of this group lie three
claims owned by John w Wagner,
who is putting down a fifty-foot shaft
In porphyry formation that is show
ing up well in gold, silver and copper
This brings us back to the railroad
again, and, walking north, we find the
Eldorado group, owned by H Han
! dorf, with work in progress. The Hor-
ton group, owned by A M Horton, and
also the Backbone, FisSure Vein and
| Gateway extensions, owned by De
Lape, and the Chittenden group, owned
by C. B. Chittenden, and the Chausse
placer claims, owned by F. w. Chausse
On the last mentioned quartz claims
prospecting work is now going on and
ore of from $5 to $50 in value is being
found, the diorite lime and porphyry
dixie forming contacts that are in
variably productive.
Flowing Springs from Contact
Mention should here be made of the
flowing springs of both cold and warm
water that flow from the contact of the
large porphyry dixie and the conglomer-
ate rock. These springs are numerous
and large, one Of them supplying the
Santa Fe tank through gravity sys-
tenn of piping. Large mesquite ana
willows shade the camping grounds.
Wood is abundant in the wash and
game fairly plentiful
South of Klfnefelter about three miles
is the Overlooked group, owned by
Rees, Wood, Chausse and De Lape.
Here the veins have a westerly strike
with walls of quartzite, diorite and
lime. Values shown in ten feet assess
ment shafts are $50 to $113 in high
grade ore "copper", carrying free gold.
Work will be resumed on these claims
February next.
Adjoining this group are the proper
ties Of ]. L. Medlin, one Of the Orange
Blossom Annex owners. These claims
show good copper values, with some
free gold.
Adjoining these are some claims
owned by Lesuer, Rosenberger and
Musselman. Newly located, no work
has yet been done on them, but good
surface groupings are in evidence.
South again is the Osburne claims.
where extensive work is being done.
South of these are the claims of Charles
Kane, where in the face of a twelve
foot tunnel the copper stained quartz
shows an abundance of free gold.
Work is under way here. and the vein
will be opened to the water level.
Lone Lead Prospect
Going northwesterIy from this point
toward Flat Top mountain is the only
lead prospect SO far found in this sec
tion. A thirty-foot vein is now being
opened by the owner, D. E. De Lape,
showing from 20 to so per cent lead
with from to II per cent copper, six
to forty ounces silver and an average
Of 81 gold. Development work is GO
ing on and ore being piled preparatory
to shipping to the Needles smelter.
Formation here is lime, with northerly
and southerly strike on a contact Of
the sandstone country rock.
Northwesterly from here about three
miles is the camp of F. c. Robie, where
copper with gold and silver values to
warrant shipping is found
Next comes the hex mine, now un-
Ger the management of c. Furguson &
Co, Long Beach. new quartz mill
now at their camp will be installed at
once and the ore reduced. This is
sold producer that has paid well. North
| along this range comes the Pioneer
mine, about TO be reopened.
The properties of Ranta, Walbridge
and Chausse are all under development
work, and also the Tri-State company's
! claims, under the management of S.
E. Barron, where extensive work has
been going on for the past eighteen
months with gratifying results. From
this camp it is about four miles easterly
to Klinefelter station, which is the
shipping point for this section.
To Become Producing Camp
| I regret that 1 am obliged to omit
mention of a number Of other prospects
| now being opened in this section, not
! having had the time to visit them and
! collect the necessary data. This see
! ton, which has been largely located
and opened during the last two years,
| seems to be destined to become pro-
| 6ucing camp. Nature has been kind
! Water and fuel for camp purposes are
abundant. Transportation via the Santa
Fe is close at hand. All the properties
mentioned lie within five miles of the
railroad, and most of them within two
miles
These claims are nearly all being ex-
! plotted by the owners. Wildcatting is
absent, and the ore piles testify ia the
values and the renovated and enlarged
smelter at the Needles, only eleven
miles away, offers the prospectors
market for their ores
| There has been no flourish of trum-
pets and no great excitement or stam-
pedes, but the camp is being developed
| teal miners, and, judging from the ore
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