Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-16
MINERAL WEALTH
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kind, and as that support will, and
should properly, depend upon public
opinion and public understanding, |
am taking this opportunity to present
it to all the people. l also bespeak
your support of the other branches CT
the mineral industry, practically all
Of which present a more encouraging
aspect than does sold mining.
The entire nation is entering upon
a new era of industrial activity. Mil
lions of dollars worth of crude min
eral substances which formerly came
from foreign countries each year are
being sought nj home. The war and
its aftermath have shut off old eS-
established sources of supply. Manu-
facturers and large consumers are
looking more and more to California
and the west.
Production of industrial metals and
Salines has already been stimulated.
/ Unknown to probably 90 per cent of
the people of California, the way has
been paved for the establishment CT
new industries here which may easily
assume unlimited proportions. Un-
assisted, these industries will grow,
surely, but no doubt somewhat slowly,
because they are of pioneering ma
ture and every new fact requisite to
the building uD Of each new enter
prise must be worked out by individ-
ual effort
1t is my hope to direct the future
work of the bureau along practical
channels which will consist III eco
nomic studies of the states resources
and OF the particular requirements of
the consumer and needs of the pro-
ducer which will have bearing on the
increased development of these re-
sources.
With the focusing of attention on
the latent possibilities OF this section
there is no reason why your mineral
output should not be increased many
times in the years to come to the ad-
vantage of the operator first, but in
directly to local business interests of
all kinds, and in a broader sense, to
the benefit of the entire state.
Commercial production of minerals
n Imperial county during the year
1919 was as follows:
Substance Value
Silver NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
Stone, miscellaneous .... $500
Other minerals ........... G7,936
s133 ,236
(*Includes brick, lead, pumice and
salt)
The gold deposits of this county
are in the southeastern corner, oc-
curing in ranges with a northwest
/ trend, between the line Of the South
ern Pacific railway and the Colorado
river. They are also in the north
west extension Of the famous gold
belt of the Altas' district of Sonora,
MeXiio. The persistence of this zone
n direction, through distance of
many miles, is very marked, though
t IS not zone Of continuous miner
al;zation.
Of the ranges mentioned, that
known as the Cargo Muchacho range,
in which are the Golden Cross, the
American Girl, the Old Cargo Mucha-
cho mine and others, is of fetamorph-
&c gnc.s3 and schist cot by pognatic
dikes, and lies three to four miles
northeast OF the line Of the Southern
Pacific railway; its southeastern ex-
tremity is about nine miles from
Yuma. In the various peaks and
ridges Of this range many auriferous
veins have been found. and in all the
gulches CT the range and the washes
leading from them, placer gold has
been abundant.
Picacho district, which lies near the
Colorado river in T. 13 and IA S., R.
p and % E., has long been a seat of
operations in vein and placer mining,
and the total production has been
large.
There is no activity in these dis
tricts a5 present writing.
Silvc. and Lead
Silver occurs sparingly in connee-
ton with lead, one mile south of the