Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-13
NEEDLES MINES
BECOME ACTIVE
COOL WEATHER SEES RETURN
OF MINERS
w. p. CLARK, JR., INSTALLS PLANT
ON PROPERTY
Equipment Sufficient to Sink Double
Compartment Shaft Eleven Hun
dred Feet ls Being Set Up.
Experts Praise Camp
BY DESERT RAT


With the approach of cooler weather
renewed activity is being shown in the
vicinity of Needles and northward
along the line of the Santa Fe rail-
way. Among the most notable proper
ties now being developed are the cop
per properties of w. A. Clark, jr, and
D. E. De Lappe, S. E. Barron, Fred
G. Robie, T. j. Wills, ]. A. Darrah,
H. P. Lesseuer Thomas Rosenberger,
Eugene Corcoran and the gold-copper
properties of Charles Kane, Robe and
Van Slyck, c. Ferguson, ]. r. Main
and the California Hills company
owned by Woods Bros.
The Clark property, under the su-
pervision of Nick Jahreiss, is now be-
ing equipped with a powerful gasoline
engine hoist, blower and compressor,
sufficient in size to sink a double com
partment shaft to the 1100-foot level.
About $50 feet of work has been done
on this property, showing increased
values in gold at the 100-foot level,
where crosscutting developed large
amount of ledge matter carrying both
copper and gold values. Work was
suspended June 10 to await the new
machinery, which is now on the way,
and work will be resumed about Sep
tember 15 Much favorable comment
is heard about this property, which is
being splendidly equipped by the own
ers; w. A. Clark, jr., Nick Jahreiss and
Eugene Corcoran.
Claims to North and West
Adjoining this on the north and west
are several groups of claims owned by
D. e. De Lape, Clay Peters, A. L..
Briggs company. c. B. Chittenden and
others. Mr.. De Lape, who was the
pioneer locator in this camp, has opened
up much copper that shows high per-
centages in carbonates and he will
start October 1 on a 700-foot tunnel
to open several veins of ore on his
Gateway group. He will also sink a
shaft to the 1o0-foot level on the fiat
about 1900 feet easterly from the Santa
Fe railway at Klinefelter, Cal, where
there is an immense lead of hematite
iron and copper. John Wagner and
associates are now at work on shaft
about one mile south of Klinefelter and
are down about 100 feet, having gone
through the iron gossan ore Gaping
This company is now getting some fine
copper ore which carries good values
in gold and silver
Work will begin shortly on the LIE
Roy group of eight claims about four
miles southwesterly from Klinefelter,
owned by Fred C. Robie, T. j. Wills
and ]. A. Darrah. The formation here
is an altered rhyolite. About 1876 feet
copper claim of this group. shipment
of ten tons showed 9 $40 per cent, with
50 gold. Samples from another vein on
this group taken at a depth of fifty feet
and along a twenty-five-foot drift,
showed Sc in gold.
Long Beach Man Interested
About two miles to the north of these
claims c. Ferguson of Long Beach is
preparing to resume work on his Ibex
mine. This property is an old pro-
Queer Mr.. Ferguson has installed
Huntington mill at the principal shaft
and will treat about twenty-five tons
of ore daily. Values average about $18,
with occasional high grade values in
the lower Slopes.
North of this are the Tri-State claims
of S. E. Barron. Three hundred feet of
tnnnel and drifts have exposed a very
large ninarelized zone carrying gold,
silver and copper values. Two miles
north of this camp Charles Banta and
company are developing gold property
at the Gold Cone claims, working almost
continually for the past three years.
Much work has been done, and graft
flying assays are reported as the lower
portions of the veins are cut.
About three miles west of Java j. A.
Darrah and associates are engaged in
opening the Chrysocolla group of eleven
claims. The formation here is princi-
pally an altered gneiss, cut by many
diorite dykes. Several large veins of
ore have been opened UP, showing 2
to 10 per cent copper in oxides. carbon
ates and glance, with about 81 in gold
and silver for each per cent in copper
The Charles Kane property, near the
above, is showing from SIS to $50 gold
values, the ore bodies being regular as
to width and values.
Near the last mentioned claims K