Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
RICH GOLD ORE
is DISCOVERED
NEAR MONROVIA
MINING TO BE RESUMED IN
SALT PIT CANYON
PRosPEcToR FINDS ROCK THAT
ASSAYS $50 TO TON
Residents of Foothill City Expect Sec-
ond Rush of Red-Shrted Men
In Quest of Pay
sirt
Especial to The Herald. ]


MT ONROVIA, July 31-Monrovia
H may witness d re-enactment of
-A'- the gold rush of '49 and again
experience some of the romance and
glamour Of the days of the great gold
rush. Dick Munroe of the foothill city
has leased from +. O. Cass 100 acres
Of land containing ore which assays
from $40 to $50 a ton within half
mile of the mouth of Salt Pit canyon,
a place tramped over by hundreds of
persons and containing a supply of
natural wealth which, it is believed,
will net fortunes for the parties in
terested.
In 1849, 1850 and 1851 three claims
were located in Salt Pit canyon. Tun-
nels were dug and one of the claims
was worked for a period Of two years,
although no very rich pockets were
located. Facilities Were however at
that time so primitive for mining the
precious metal that unless the ore
assayed in three figures mining it was
not profitable. Although not generally
known, it is a recognized fact among
mineralogists that the Sierra Madre
range of mountains, especially in the
vicinity of Pasadena, Sierra Madre
and Monrovia, contains large quanti-
ties of gold, although in rare instances
is any great outward showing made.
At the present time there are men in
the mountains, who, using the prirni-
tive panning method, manage to wash
from SO to $4 a day in gold dust. \
Ore Assays $50
The land which Munroe has leased,
and of which he has been endeavoring
to get possession for the last twelve
years, shows on the surface a good
sized vein Of gold-bearing ore, assay
ing at $50 a ton. Although this is not
q n axapa6incr1W rich find naWpTt halpSS
many of the mines in Nevada and
Alaska which have paid the largest
dividends have worked ore which has
never assayed at more than 81 or $5
ton, and in some instances as low as
$3.50 ton.
81 firmly believe" said Munroe,
that with modern mining facilities
and with proper management the new
mine, which l believe is located r y in
| a few hundred yards of ~ is
staked out in '49, will pr ehly
profitable investment. I hS dmined
the canyon bottom very roughly,
and while there are small \ . of gold
In various places, our claim appears
to be far the richest. But little of the
surrounding territory, however, has
! been examined carefully, and it may
be that there are far richer mines
awaiting the prospector."
Situated as closely as Monrovia is
to large SmelterS, DelnS on q rdllrodu
line, and having available some little
water supply, $50. or even $40, ore
should be mined at great profit, pro-
viding there is enough of the ore in
sight.
Experts See Success
Mining experts who have examined
Munroe's holdings are unanimous in
declaring that the project should pay
well, as there are hundreds of tons of
ore in sight. Work will probably be
begun within the immediate future, for
which purpose a company is now be-
ing formed Should the mine produce
at a large profit, and there is every
reason for supposing this to be the
case more claims will probably be i'm
mediately staked and worked.
Let not the visitor to the Gem of the
Foothills be amazed should he observe
the dance hall, roulette wheel and
gray bearded, red-shirted prospector.
which go hand in hand with a gold
rush. Salt Pit canyon may no more be
the resort of the pleasure seeker; on
the contrary, one of California's fam
Gus gold rushes may be enacted within
it's narrow confines.