Arizona state miner., 1919-11-28
FROM THE BIG
SILVER DISTRICT
Passing of Charley Teagle-
Rand Silver Mine at Hamp
ton Making a Record For
High Grade Values.
BY JOHN C. WRAY.

With the passing of Charles Teagle
the Rand Mining District, Inyo, Kern,
and San Bernardino counties loses a
pioneer citizen who braved the terrors
of the desert long prior to the days
when the telegraph telephone and auto
brought the Mojave, Searles Lake and
Death Valley districts within easy reach
of civilization, as regulated by law and
order.
1t was pioneers of the Teagle type
who first saw, and assisted in making
commercially valuable the mineral and
other wealth of the desert section above
mentioned. A natural leader among
the rough spirits who surrounded him,
Charles Teagle's influence, first for
maintenance of law and order, and civic
uplift was patent force. The writer
first met deceased at Garden Station, in
1878, and subsequently at Johannes
burg, which desert town owes much to
Teagle energy, progressive spirit, and
intelligently directed effort
In the mountain fastness of Inyo
Kern and San Bernardino counties, those
of the Burro men who are left, and who
from actual experience. knew Charles
Teagle's kindly and charitable nature
best, will be sincere and grateful mourn
ers, when word reaches them that he
has answered the last call Nav he rest
in peace.
1nterned with severe cold during
the past ten days, my budget of camp
news and gossip is consequently meagre
this week, but such as it is, and exact
fact only is given.
The Rand Silver Mine, still main
tains record for increasing values, as
depth is made. At $50 feet, the ore
body has developed very high grade
ruby silver in quantity which guarantees
permanence. and according to expert
testimony increasing values. Drifting
now in progress shows that the ore
body trend is to the south and east,
which confirms geologists who have
made close study of the ground, and
the dyke east of which the Kelly strike
was made, will at depth prove to be a
mine of great value, and permanency
High grade ore of the same character
as found in the Kelly mine, has been
struck on the Blank lease, 2eO feet
north and east of the Kelly main shaft
On the Knapp lease north and west
of the Blank lease, body of ore has
been found which warrants the belief
that the ore found in the Kelly mine is
of greater extent than pessimistic
grass root miners believed. Mr.. Knapp
is sanguine that he has found q mine,
and is doing intensive development
work on an extensive scale.
Valdemar Schmidt, who was seri-
ously hurt when he fell into a AZ foot
shaft in September, after spending
week on the ground, returned to Los
Angeles Nov. IL, and will return about
December 1st to continue work on his
lease, which he is sanguine only needs
depth to develop ore Meanwhile An
drew Klapproth has leased a block of
ground on the Vienna patented claim
owned by Mr.. Schmidt, on the east end
of the Stringer district, and is opening
up, on what he believes to be gold
ledge of value.
With the finding of ore on the Rand
silver mining company leases, the pes
mistic tone, which was finding express
sion has vanished. and the spirit of op-
timism is now in evidence on every
side
The installation of machinery, which
report says has been ordered, will result
in the opening up of something above
$50 acres of ground west of the dyke, to