Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-31

An assay made yesterday for The Herald
on a sample from the Barber claims In the
new mining region thIrty-fiye miles north OF
Barstow showed u total value In gold and
silver of S3s6.O9 ton, 60 cents Of which
was silver.
The new mining region thirty-hve
miles north of Barstow, where several
rich strikes nave been recently made,
is, according to w. E. Allen, Los
Angeles and Nevada mining man, one
of the biggest countries exploited III
years. Mr. Allen returned yesterday
from the scene of the recent strikes,
loaded with samples and information,
and said the thing most neet ed there
right now are some wideawak Nevada
prospectors, the kind that W {. get In
and make the lamp go. He sa- there
is lots of country yet to be located ana
from present indications the mineral
lied zone extends over large area.
The original strike in this country
was said to have been made at Wake
up Johnnie, but this Is evidently an
error as there is no Wake-up Johnnie
in that vicinity, and as matter of
fact there is nothing at present but
a few tents. scattered over number
of miles along the zone.
The country, according to Mr.. Allen,
has been prospected for about eight
miles. The Mitchell strike was the
first from which any quantity of ore
was taken and u shipment of two tons
from il is said to have run $4OO. The
Hart strike was the first one made
End an average of $l5 a ton was de-
rived from a width of twenty feet. The
Barber strike seems to be the richest.
taken as a whole, and Mr.. Allen says
that from about fifty hornings on
width of twenty-five feet he found
that none of them ran under $50 in
i gold to the ton.
Rich Surface Showing
with these facts to substantiate the
claim il would seem that this region
has large and remarkably rich sur
face showing. What will develop at
depth is as yet pure theory, but it is
believed that at least very profitable
low grade proposition is sure.
Officials from the Yellow Aster and
men interested at Tecopa are now in
the country locating claims. The Te-
copa people have taken an option on
the Hart property and tried to get an
option on the Barber, but failed. The
Tecopa people are said to be backed
by Los Angeles and Pasadena capital
and are deslrous of getting everything
of value there corraled.
MI Allen, who lives at 3212 Manitou
avenuS, returned to the city to outfit
and will leave for the new country
Thursday prepared to develop his
claims.
''It Is the biggest surface showing
ever discovered in this country" said
Mr.. Allen yesterday. "The igneous
belt lies betweer. lime and granite at
least a mile wide and is traceable for
eight miles. The recent strikes are
about three miles apart and in forma-
tlon that looks like porphyry and
schist with stringers Of quartz running
in the porphyry.
Water can be developed for milling
purposes from the center of the camp.
in a dry lake, where a well was once,
but which has long since caved in. At
the present time drinking water is
hauled from Williams well. sixteen
miles away, and costs S. a barrel to
get 1t into camp.
There is a road from Barstow into
the country which, with the exception
of the last two miles, is as good as any
country road in California. The last
two miles of the road contain patches
of sand, making travel somewhat diff
ficult.
There is lots of ground yet to be
located, but nevertheless a great deal
has already been staked. The country
Is a large one and the prospects are
of the very best, making IL a good field
for prospectors that understand their
business. 1t takes only two and one
half hours to reach camp from Bar
stow by automobile"
Mr. Allen is the man who made the
famous zinc strike at Good Springs.
Nevada, last fall and cleaned up a
snug sum on quick sale of the
property.
on the Barber property ore is now
being sacked for shipment. Twenty to
thirty sacks will comprise the first load.
which will be teamed out probably this
week.