Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-24
WEST 'RN TUSKEGEE
IS GREAT SCHEME
CoIOred Preachers Plan College
of MineraIogy in Edo
RADIO District

Tho vast mining possibilities of the
1lldorado district adjoining Seach-
light, New, has attracted representa-
tive business men of the Los Angeles
colored colony, some of whom are de-
voting their entire energy, while oth-
ers are assisting with whatever cap
itaI at their disposal, in developing a
group of claims, which are ALREADY
producing bonanza ore running as hlsh
as 5000 a ton, and also in making an
horticultural district of the adjoining
fertile valley where their company,
the Eldorado Gold Star Mining COM
pany, has secured tract six miles
ssquare which they eventually hope TO
coloniZe.
From the remarks made by Howard
Folke yesterday, who is the right
hand man of President o. r. Sims IN
promoting the enterprise, while speak
ing of the future plans of the com
pany, it seems that the great work OF
K Booker T. Washington in making prac-
tical farmers of thousands of young
men of his race at the Tuskegee IN
stitution, will eventually be rivaled in
Y the work of making finished workmen
of colored youths by the aboVe-men-
toned concern now operating as
mining company, as the body OF dl-
rectors of this company are planning
on q greater scope the assisting OF the
average colored young man to prac-
tical education whereby he can COM
mand a good wage and salary for his
labors than as yet the great educator
at Tuskegee has attempted. Said
FollIe:
PLANS or COLONY
enlisted in our cause are the
strongest characters of the local col
ored colony. who have entered INTO the
project with their very heart and soul,
and as our mine is already a produc-
tive property, this fact with our JOINT
efforts, points only to a rosy future
for the coming colored school of min
eralogy, for such we eventually intend
to make it, Besides making it an in
stitution for teaching our young men
how to find and develop precious met
ais we also intend to follow the grand
work laid out by that great educator
of our race, Booker r. Washington, in
making our boys practical tlllers or
the soil. With this work in view we
have secured large tract of land SIX
miles in the valley close 10 our mine,
which in richness fdvorably compares
with the rich land recently distributed
by the government at Yuma"
Here Mr. Folke called attention to a
box on the window sill containing dirt
from the Nevada property, which was
lined with upshoots of lettuce. rad
ishes and other garden stuff that had
Dten DidIltu SUN al ltN b1SS AA41t NiiS
\ rapid growth was a marvel.
LAS you see," continued Folke, EN-
, ergy rightly used on that tract of land
will make it a great producer. 1t is
perfectly suited to cotton.
"Of course i'm order to make it an
agricultural section water is required,
i which was a matter we went into
deeply before the land was acquired.
/ From the reports of competent en-
i gineers abundant water for agricult-
ural purposes can be developed in the
foothills and by sinking wells on the
property. Surveying for mill sites has
4 commenced and active development of
the property will be started immedi-
ately.
Now don't you consider this a work
J well worthy of the colored citizens of
! Los Angeles?" concluded Folke. And
\ IL must be said that the undertaking
I certainly reflects credit on the energy
and progressiveness Of the local col
J. ony.
The mines owned by the organiza-
. tion are situated in the very center of
one of the best producing sections of
4 Nevada. an with the property in a
productive state this enterprise. backed
and controlled as 1t is exclusively by
colored men. should eventually pay
4 large fortunes to its constituents as
T well as affording them an opportunity
of making it an institution of learn
ing for their race.
DESCRIPTION or PROPERTY
In a recent issue of the Mining Re-
y view of Salt Lake City VIII G. HiS-
gins an authority on formations,
writes of the Eldorado canyon, where
the property of this company is To-
II Gated. in the following glowing way:
From the top of the divide almost
TO the Colorado river. distance of
RI eight or ten miles, the country is heaV
Y ily mineralized and the belt is from
II five to six miles wide. Paralleling each
other for great distances there are
mammoth lodges, enormous ore de-
posits, in some instances the walls of
Fl Nthese veins being perfect. In many
cases the occurrences are in the form
of gigantic deposits, and the prodigal-
ity of the veins, lodges ore bodies and
cross assures is oft-times bewildering." !"
Such glowing tribute to the dis
trict by such an eminent mining eX-
pert who in other sections of the writ
Ving refers to the deposits as having
V"great depth and permanency," 1t
tseems that the Eldorado Gold Star
kSMining company has hit upon the right
ii location for carrying on their quest
n for riches and their plan to Identify
/ their race with the mining industry.
4 At present the principal energies of
A the board of directors are centered on
II interesting some of the wealthiest col
a ored men on the coast in raising sur
4 fcient funds to install a large reduc-
4 tion plant of sufficient capacity to
treat the output of the different mines
h in the section. TO assist them in in
teresting capital for this reduction
n plant Ed Martin has recently come to
"A fhe city from Searchlight, where he
N has made an enviable record as a sue