Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-18
News Of the Mines and Oil Fields
QUESTIONS VALUE OF
BONANZA GOLD MINES
Action Against Company Which in Glowing
Prospectus Quantities of Ore Are Exposed
al the Very Door of Los Angeles Than Can Be
Mined in One Hundred Years
ny JAMES wYNKoop

absolute and positive proOf TO all III
vestors that this is the best proposition
ever handed you before.
1.-THE Southern California Bonanza
Gold Mining company is Incorporated
under the laws of California for 5000,
900, par value 81 per share, with $4,000
shares Of treasury stock, out of which
$4,000 shares will be placed on the mar
Ike tat so cents a share.
I'VE urge you to make an early In
vestment, as this being close corpo-
ration and only a limited amount of
this stock is to be sold-in fact just
enough to get a plant in operation
after which the balance of the stock
will be withdrawn from the market,
so YOU can see the necessity of becom-
ing active at once for this is a ground
floor proposition and an opportunity on
a dividend paying basis such as has
never been extended to you before.
"Investigate-that is all we ask. But
do it quickly.
mo less than 100 shares of this stock
will be sold.
MAKE all checks, money orders,
drafts and telegraph orders payable
to L. F. Jones, secretary of the COM
pany. Very truly yours,
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BONAN-
IA GOLD MINING COMPANY"
VIII Otdnu ny ASSAYS
Frederick Salathe, when seen yester-
day, said that his assistant, r. 0.
Wrana, made assays for the Southern
California Bonanza Gold Mining com
pany and is willing to stand by the
values returned from the rock, but that
he has no knowledge as to where the
rock assayed came from. He also SAID
that he made assays on rock ror G. II.
Harris, and that these ASSAYS showed
high gold values. He says Harris later
made a proposition to him to have
young Salathe, his son, go with him
to the property in Little Dalton canyon
and see what the prospects would be
there for the erection Of a mill to treat
the ores. The request was complied
with, and while on the Harris claims in
Little Dalton canyon young Salathe
picked up several samples of the typi-
cal rock of the claims, ana upon re-
turning to Los Angeles made an assay
of them. These samples proved abso-
lutely valueless.
There is now in effect a law making
1t a serious offense for anyone to mis-
represent the nature OF rock found on
any mining claim. According to Sala-
the, it would seem that the rock first
given to him by Harris for assay was
taken from mining property other than
the claims in Little Dalton canyon.
I. ".
group of claims in Little Dalton can
Won. has or has had some connection
with the Southern California Bonanza
Gold Mining company would seem ap-
parent from the following signed state
ment by Prof. H. l.. Boyd of the Y,
M. C. A.
Statement Requested
Los Angeles, Cal, Febs 9, 1910
Editor Herald: Having read Mr..
C. r.. Harris article in your paper
of February 4, 1910, in which he
explains the mining deal referred
to in the issue of The Herald Feb
ruary g. 1910, and as Mr.. Harris
has not only used my name but
the name of this institution in such
manner as to lead your readers
to believe that 1 indorsed the claims
of these people regarding the large
returns to be derived from the
rock in question. I would request
you to publish my statement, in
order that l may go on record as
to my position on the questions in
volved, and also explain the man
ner in which my apparent indorse-
ment was secured.
Mr.. Harris called upon me three
times at the Y. M. c. A. in this
city to get my opinion on samples
he had to submit for examination.
Three samples l examined; reports
on two showed no commercial
value, and such report was given
to Mr.. Harris. The third sample
was reported as carrying CONNER
cial values and was an ore not
ordinarily found in the region from
which, l later learned, the samples
were said to have been procured.
These assays made out and re-
turned to Mr.. Harris have been
used by the Southern California
Bonanza Gold Mining company of
420 I. w. Hellman building, to
promote some claims they had.
did double duty and that on
sample which, to my best knowl-
edge, is rare in Southern California
1t is impossible for one making
an assay or analysis to tell where
sample is specifically taken
from; they are labeled A, B or G,
as the case may be, and aside from
the general character of the rock
the assayer knows nothing as to
their specific location. Further
more, from the articles referred to
above the impression goes forth
that am "secret process man."
Denies Statement
I have never claimed to show
returns greater by far than can
be procured by fire test" There
is some unappreciable difference,
but I have never claimed it to be
of commercial Importance. which
the article of Mr.. Harris conveys
to the, public. The fire and the
many other methods are substan-
TALLY the same.
Since reading Mr.. Harris article
I called upon Mr.. Scott. He in
formed me that he had no personal
animosity against Mr. Harris, and
that he was not interested in the
matter for any financial gain, eth
er directly or indirectly, but re-
fused to state his real interest.
He did, however, say that he
knew of several deals which would
have netted the owners several
thousand dollars, which statement
would seem to be borne out by the
fact that an assay report / made
to Mr.. Harris is being used to pro-
mote a company in which. so far
as known, Mr. Harris has no in
terest and whose property l un-
derstand is twenty miles from that
mentioned in the published article.
Irrespective OF the motive of Mr..
Scott's attack it would seem to me
that the public should know the
facts in the case and the methods
used to obtain the apparent in
dorsement of assayers and chem
lists to enterprises, especially so in
my own case at least, where the
name of one of the finest institu-
tions in the world is not only used
to further these plans but to pro-
mote a mining !company-some-
thing outside its endowed purpose.
Hoping you will appreciate my
position, and thanking you for
space granted should you see fit