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MINES AND MINING—RICH GOLDFIELD STRIKES
ROMANTIC STORIES
OF LOST MINES
Early Days of Intrepid Prospectors in California,
Arizona, Utah, [dfthn and Oregon.
Suicides in the Desert
Ell ITllty of Kinsman, Ariz., departed
1 1 few weeks ago for the sunny lands
and lofty ranges of Yuma county to
search for a lost mine, traces and evi
dences of which lie discovered more
than thirty years ago. .Mr. Hllty has
been a resident of Mohave county for
those past number of years, burning
giant powder In the breaking of the
richly mineralized dykes anil country
rock in an endeavor to unlock some of
the treasure vaults of golden stores for
which the commonwealth and the mm
eral kingdom of that country Is so
Justly famous, But the fickle, goddess
of good luck and fortune did not smile
upon him so benlgnantly as he wished,
hence the packing of a jacktraln and
the breaking of camp for a now field to
operate In. Mr. Hllty, according to
the Arizona Republican, is quite a well
known miner and excellent prospector,
and It Is confidently hoped and. ex
pected liv his many friends and ac
quaintances at the old homo that he
will find that which he Is seeking and
return laden with a wealth of success
and achievements. Many years ago he
nd his partner punched their little
train of burros Into a section of Yuma
county adjacent to the Colorado river
and went Into camp, tired and well
worn out. Recuperating, they began
prospecting and soon turned up a big
boulder of rich float, which, upon being
taken up and conveyed to San Farn
cisco, netted them quito a sum of
money each. To find the origin and
source of this big boulder of rich ore is
the incentive for the trip. The section
of country being prospected is in the
vicinity of the famous Harqua Hala
mine, and the identity of the blind lead
Will not be far gone— a mile or two,
perhaps— and in this area of the wide
mineral belt and zone tho shadowy bo
nanza can be found.
Forgotten Locations
Arizona has no more beautiful legends
and traditions than that of lost mines.
There are many pretty songs and
stories handed down from the early
pioneer settlements, but the deepest in
terest in only fathomed In the songs
and storirs of lost bonanzas, the pros
pector nnd discoverer of which were
cither killed by Indians or perished
amid the horrors of tho desert, leaving
the Identical place of discovery for
future generations to find. The present
expedition, however, must not be con
founded with the stories of other lost
mines in Arizona, for these cannot be
enumerated on the digits of tho two
hands, hut if Mr. Hilty is successful in
his quest for lost and hidden gold. It
will bo purely original and at flrat
hands.
There is no doubt as to the wonder
ful and surpassing richness of the big
boulder of ore which had become de
tached from its mother holdings and
which the two lucky prospectors so
fortunately found. But this was the
only successful discovery made by the
two men on that prospecting occasion,
and they turned their faces inland until
some future opportunity prosented It
self for a renewal of explorations. Mr.
Hllty Is the only ono of the two part
ners of the old day loft, and after these
long years of waiting and watching
have fled he has resumed the search
alone. The subject of lost mines is
wide and full of romantic Interest when
shorn of the hardships of the pros
pector, and this is only ono in a largo
number that is full of tho glitter and
Kolden hue of wealth, and to sit around
the enmpflres and henr the old-timers
and frontiersmen relate their sensa
tional features, their narrations are so
vivid and lifelike it seems that the
yellow gold could be had by the reach
ing forth of the hand and grasping it.
The Lost Dutchman
A strange and pathetic story is that
told of the Lost Dutchman mine, which,
as the story is related, is situated
somewhere In the Bradshaw mountains,
Yavapal county. In the early sixties
Henry Youngblood came to this coun
try to seek his fortune, leaving his wife
and children on a Missouri farm. His
health began to fall soon after his ar
rival, and to make matters worse came
distressing news from home, for, to
make the journey to the gold fields ho
had borrowed money from a rich
neighbor, in former days an unsuccess
ful suitor for his wife's hnnd. The wife
wrote that their creditor threatened to
foreclose his loan and drive her and
her children from home. The news
made Youngblood desperate. He sold a
portion of his scanty belongings, ex
changed the money for provisions and
set out alone for the mountains. He
was sick unto death, but desperation
nerved him on. He reached the moun
tains and began prospecting on un
broken ground, but day after day dis
appointment attended his efforts. In a
short time his provisions were gone nnd
ho now saw that only starvation or re
treat lay before htm. One weary day
sundown found him sitting on a heap
of drift at the bane of a great rock. He
was sorrowful and hungry and weari
ness and the cold winds oppressed htm.
Then came a discovery such as is sel
dom heard of outside the annals of ro
mance. What was that, ho saw in the
rook upon which lie was sitting? Gold?
Not quartz nor glance, but virgin ore.
The vein was as broad as his hand In
the middle and dwindled away In
wavering lines a yard In length. He
sprang up and set to work with fever
ish energy and the strength of a giant.
It was a bright moonlight night, and
he labored without pause until sun
rise. When morning cntne he had
mined more ore than he eouM carry
away with him. He saw clearly that
the vein he had discovered was a true
one. nnd presumably extended a great
distance. Within his grasp lay a for
tune of millions. He made 11 careful
reckoning of iii« bearings, staked his
claim, concealed ail traces of hi* labors
and collecting as much of the ore as
he could carry with him set out for
PreiCOtt, Which place he reached 111
( Wl , aaya He disposed of his ore ami
purchased : " [ outfit, ami abundance of
provisions and 'i mule, and again set
out for the claim, within a month ha
had mined enough ore to load s train.
Moreover, he had traced the fissure to
its origin In the hills and satisfied him
self that he was the owner or one of the
richest claims iii Arizona. Then a hem
struck him down, and i' was 1
miracle that, blind and struggling, ha
■ ; BOOn as he
tlned sufficient strength b<- set
Out for his ho in Missouri. As yet,
though eagerlj nuked ami Importuned
he had revealed to no one the
location of his claim. He reached home
that hi* wife and children had
, iv. 11 from their home by the
and died in his \\ it. 's urniH.
1 brought uith him
from trlaons recover tiu<
home from which his family hud been
driven, but the sorret of the lost vein
Who have since nt tempted to search for
it hns beati nbl.' l<. find It.
Lost Gunslght Mine
Another queer itory of a lost mine is
tli. ii Of the Loci (iuiißight, said to bo
■Ituated In the iiixh Chlrloahua moun
turns in northwestern Cochin county.
Ttan fiX" the Apache Indiana* of
the Ban Carlot reservation and in
Ihr Aini'ilinn vnllay to the north told
of a wonderful rlrh roM mine from
which t hr-ir anrrstorH used to get all
the gold they wanted which they used
for ornaments and to barter with the
white people, They laid no rim h
Other mine had ever neon discovered,
and Mint, beyond Ban Simon a twenty
mile trail began which led high In the
mountain! to It But when it came to
showing the trail to the white man,
the Indiana were superstitious. At
length, however, Josefa, an old Indian
woman, consented to i>li > l 1 • > t the gold
hunters there. They fitted out I little
company and nil started in the best of
spirits. Jc>si<r.i told them that eventual
ly they would find a curious cave In
the mountains which had been used
as a fortress when the tribe had been
pursued by other Indians. They came
at length to an old trail and followed it
for some distance. In places it Krai
faint and could scarcely be traced. In
others It was deep and well worn by
torrents from the mountains. But all
along, though very ancient, the trail
perserved its identity. Finally, how
ever, the old woman beer me overcome
as if by fear, and she refused to go
any further. They offered her rewards
but these had no effect on her. She
was determined to return, and nothing
they could say had any influence over
her. The gold hunters pursued the
search. They climbed the mountains
along the trail, and finally found
the cave. It was a strange cleft In the
aide of the gorge, which had a peculiar
opening, and, when penetrated, showed
various Indian idols and rude earthen
ware masked by the queer characters
of the Indians. The cave was large
enough to hold a hundred people, and
from its peculiar position, was an im
pregnable fortress. A little further up
the steep mountain they found a huge
onk growing in the trail. From its
size it was deemed a hundred years
old. It had grown up since the early
Indians had first worked the old mine.
Pieces of quartz were found along the
route in which e\-en by the naked eye
gold could be seen. They followed the
trail, but It finally became so faint by
reason of the great torrents on the
mountains, nnd the heavy growth of
soapwood and cactus, oak and oth«r
trees that it lost Its identity. At
length, by much effort, they found it
again, but again it became lost and this
occurred so often that they were baf
fled and finally gave up the hunt.
Numerous other searches have been
made for the lost mine, but always
fruitless. Some of the samples of ore
secured from the Indians assayed as
high as $5000 to the ton.
Famous Pegleg Mine
Should Mr. Hltty become discouraged
in his present search for a blind and
lost vein, he might be inspired to go a
little further beyond the boundaries of
Harqua Hala district, yet in Yuma
county, and search for a veritable lost
gold mine. Traditions and stories have
it that somewhere in the Eagle Tall
range of mount; ins tho Eamous Pegleg
mine exists, Its great wealth of
yellow metal undisturbed since Its dis
covery and working more than fifty
years ago. Since this almost mythical
mine was first discovered many parties
have been outfitted for the especial
purpose of rediscovering the lost bo
nanza. Like most of the old-time mines
the Pegleg has a romantic story con
nected with it. Thirty years ago the
house of a business firm In Yuma re
ceived nearly $8000 worth of gold nug
gets from two prospectors who had
somewhat mysteriously made their ap
pearance in the town. After purchas
ing supplies they just as mysteriously
disappeared in the direction of Aqua
Callente. They were trailed, however,
by three Mexicans who cautiously fol
lowed them In a northeasterly direction
from Hot Springs, but, being apparent
ly apprehensive of being followed, a ret
rograde movement was made which
brought them face to face with the
Mexicans. A return was therefore
made to Aqua Caltentc and prepara
tions ostensibly made for a permanent
camp. During the night the two pros
pectors quietly pulled up stakes and
eluded the Mexicans. The pursuers,
when they found how they had been
beaten, took up the trail again and
followed it to a point in the mountains
where the prospectors had separated,
each taking a different direction. The
Mexicans became disgusted and re
turned to Yuma. Nothing further was
heard of the prospectors or their rich
lnd until early in 1889. During the ex
citement resulting from the discovery
of the Golden Eagle and Bondage min
ing claims a Mexican outfitted for a
trip, as he stated, to a point in the
Eagle Tail range of mountains, about
thirty miles southeasterly from Harrls
burg. The story ho told was to the
effect that when about 12 yearn of age
In- had ran away from houie ami while
roaming around met two men with a
pack train of three burrows m oatnp,
He joined forces with them and acted
as cook when a permanent camp was
made. Each morning: the nun went
further into the mountains returning
In the 1 evening With something in bak
ing powder cans. The boy*i curloalty
was amused and one day he opened
one of the cans that had been carefully
laid away and found it to contain large
and small nuggets of shining gold. Thu
day following he trailed the two men
and found them about a mile from
camp and they were busily engaged In
taking out gold,
The boy, however, somehow had
aroused mtnpicion, for not only were
the cans of gold deposited where he
never found them again, but the kind
ness with Which lie hail been previous
ly treated gave place t<> harshness. This
developed Into poaltlve cruelty, ami to
one morning the Mexican boy paoked
his blanket! and, covering hi.s tracks
;ih he went, after three days and two
nights, he arrived footsore and weary
at AgUii Calculc. The Mexican wan
positive thai he could locate the former
Camp. bUti after continuous search for
several days, hln parly was compelled
to own defeat and return to Yuma.
hi laal 1 wenty years numerous
prospector! have at various tinie.s p.ne
l he Bogle Tall range, but with
out being rewarded by nnding the
mine Borne few yean ago the re
port » ;| s .sent out definitely that the
mine bad been rediscovered, ihiiiy
miles or more 1 outh of Harqu
died with him. No om.- of the hundreds
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONI>AY MORNTNG, MARCH 18. 1007.
VIEW OF THE HEART OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA
GOOD STRIKES
IN CALIFORNIA
HIGH VALUES UNCOVERED IN
PLACER MINING
Specimens Shown at Redding Run
$6000 to $8000 a Ton in Gold.
Wealth of Shasta County
in Copper
The strike that was made In the
Washington mine at French gulch,
Shasta county, recently turned out to
be one of the best on record in the
district. The Redding Searchlight says
that some of the specimens brought to
that place run from $6000 to $SOOO a ton
in gold. The Washington mine is under
bond for $30,000. Gilzean, who Is operat
ing the property, states that the. ore
will soon pay for tho mine. Three
ledges have been cut.
A fine ledge has been found in the
Mountain Maid mine on the north side
of the American river In the You Bet
district in Placer county. The Colfax
Sentinel says that the discovery wns
made on the 400-foot level. A drift had
been run about 200 feet on the south
of the shaft from the bottom. Then an
upraise was made and this led to the
lucky find. The vein was exposed for
a width of three feet, and gold was
conspicuous in tho face.
The Slskiyou News says that a strike
has been made in the Granlge mine in
Humbug creek that shows values of
$600 to $700 to the ton.
Some of the ore taken from the
Champion group of mines on Humbug
creek, Sisklyou county, is reported to
run as high as $1500 a ton. The group
includes the MoKinley and Old Flag
mines. The Old Flag has been ope
rated intermittently for many years,
and it was In this that the high grade
ore was found.
East Side Copper Belt
Mineral Wealth describes the east
side copper belt In Shasta county In de
tail. The belt extends from the After
thought mine at Ingot to the Bully
Hill mine at De Lamar, and is entirely
distinct from the belt on the west side
of the Sacramento river. The Mineral
Wealth says:
'While the copper is generally asso
ciated with the rhyolite, the ore oc
curs in well-defined flasures, and while
the ore bodies are lenticular In form,
exploration at depth has proved that
these lenticular masses containing large
ore tonnages are going down to great
depths. At tho Afterthought as well
as at Bully Hill the best developments
on the mines have been made at the
greatest depth so far obtained, which
In each case Is well below the level of
surface drainage.
"The Ingot smelter originally con
sisted of one comparatively small fur
nace. A second furnace, 42x150 inches
in dimensions nt the tuyeres, was in
stalled during the past pear, and has
been in commission since last June.
The sinoltor Is connected with the mind
by a Bhort line of steam railroad, and
the ore Is loaded directly into the cars
from chutes in the mine and is unloaded
in the ore yards without any additional
handling.
"The lowest level of the mine and its
main working tunnel is driven Into the
mountain from a point about twenty
live feet above the north fork of Cow
creek This bore penetrates the moun
tain over half a mile. It Is Bxß feet In
size anil in well lighted and ventilat id.
From this level a shaft has been started
in open ore at additional depth. At v
point lifty feet below the level a crosa
cut in the ore disclosed a width of
sixty-eight feet, the llfty-five of the ore
exposed in the crosscut carries good
copper and Silver values, and also IOIUS
gold values. During the coming year
ih. company will open several new levels
on its main ore body below the working
tunnel, and will also extend its ex
ploration into the .mountain in a. south
easterly direction for several thousand
klong the main assure."
but It proved to be an unfounded ru>
in."
And so on indefinitely might tho
nd stories of lost mines be sung
and told, but norm of the lost mines
have as yet brought Joy and gladness
heart <>f the (old hunter. Oc
casionally a tlml is made, but hope
uiih development. The re*
puted fabulously rich Los) Square mine
„1 iiu- san Francisco range of moun
tains w.is rediscovered a few years ago,
but Its identity Is in dispute, Some
miners «i>. have examined it declare
i: to he not hint hut a natural rift in
the face of a great wall of rock. Itut
others can see in the cavernous open
ing in th bluff trinsi of former jsoid
hunters.
Homeless children received • ana.
placed In liuui«i fur adoption. Apply
Rev. O. V Rice. Superintendent Chil
dren 1 Home society, m Bradbury
building. 1-ua Angeles.
MINES ARE BUSY
IN ORD MOUNTAINS
Mining operations in the Ord moun
tains, fourteen miles from Daggett, are
in full blast. The company which re
esently bought the Osborn-Drew in
terests has thirty men at work. A 14
mile road has been completed from
Daggett to the property, and traction
engines are on the ground ready to
haul the ore out as fast as it is mined.
Besides this mining development, giv
ing trade to Daggett, a Los Angelea
man has Inaugurated an automobile
service between Daggett and the Crack
erjack mining district trips being made
every other day. It is sixty-five miles
to the district, and the trip Is made in
three hours.
TELLS HISTORY
OF LEE DISTRICT
SAYS MUCH WRITTEN IS NOT
TRUE
Claims Located Early In March by
Mining Prospectors Divided Into
Companies Now Having
. Heavy Backing
Special to The Herald.
RHYOLITE, Nov., March 17.— "There
has been a great deal written about
the Lee district by men who know
little or nothing about it," said B. F.
Taylor recently, "and the facts of the
discovery of the district are these:
"Jn early January, 1905, Chet Leavltt
and his partner, Maroony Hicks, came
over from California and made the
first location In what is now the Echo
district.
"They staked but one claim, the
Stray Horse, and on which the Inyo
camp is now placed.
"Hicks and Leavitt did not remain
long, returning to the proven fields.
"In March, of the same year, the
partners returned to the unknown
land. About the same time Bradshaw
and Paymell came into the country
from the west. All four men camped
together on Cow creek In early March.
On all sides the country was yet un
known. Mineral had been found to a
certain extent in Lee, but on the other
side of the divide no strikes had been
made. For a few days the prospectors
hung about Cow creek; then they sep
arated.
Locate Seventeen Claims
"Bradshaw and Paymell headPd cast
and wound up at tho Keene Wonder,
then but a good piece of side hill.
"Hicks and Leavitt came on to their
original location and In a few weeks
made "seventeen locations, embracing
what is now the Inyo group and num
erous others to the north.
"On tho 12th of March, Bradshaw
and Paymell followed and took up
twenty claims adjoining Hicks and
Leavitt. These claims have been
divided into several companies. Tho
Skybo, the Sutter, and the Rosario
are of this location.
"Then commenced tho long struggle
of the poor prospectors to make gold
mines. Efforts were later centered on
the Upper Ten shaft of tho Inyo to
make a showing.
"Interest was parly manifested in
this property by mining men, but tho
situation remained unchanged. The
owners were unwilling to have their
property incorporated. After a time
the Inyo company' was formed. Utah
capitalists took hold and the prop
erty of Hicks and Leavitt became th«
property of the Inyo Gold Mining com
pany, with a capital stock, of 1,000,000
shares and a par value of $1.
"Capital and prospectors have been
attracted and Echo-Lee haw taken her
place in the mining camps of Nevada.
POLICE LOOK FOR MAN
WITHOUT RIGHT SLEEVE
Any person Booing a mvii with the
right sleuve of his coat missing will
please notify the police. Th tie* n
wish very much to capture such a man.
Hi 111 y Scullion, a laborer, was ar
rested yesterday morning on the
Charge of having .stolen ;i quantity of
copper wire, with ioanton was a"
other man who is suspected of having
been Implicated in the theft. While
the officer was taking the men to the
station the second man gave a sudden
wrench ami broke away from the, offi
cer, leaving the right sleeve of his
m in the patrolman's hand. Scanloa
is held at the, central station on sus
picion.
Profeslonal Tactics
"What made that biK brut, nf B
prlsettKhter hit bin poor little chll.i and
knock Hid mi it- one unconscious?"
"He didn't mean to hurt It. He just
forgot' when hi* wife asked him to put
the baby to sleep." tma&h
BOOM STARTED
IN NEW SECTION
CRACKERJACK PROPERTIES AT
TRACT CAPITAL
Valuable Claims Sold Last Week to
Los Angeles and St. Louis Syn.
dicates — Growth in Busi.
ness Enterprises
A veritable boom seems to have set
In In Crackorjack mining district
properties. Hardly a week passes
without the report of a big transac
tion in mining claims in tho district,
to say nothing of small deals and nu
merous options being given on promis
ing holdings. The latter part of last
week tho sale of tho Red Pass group
of fourteen claims was consummated.
These claims are very advantageously
located and changed hands for a con
sideration of $100,000. The seller was
R. D. Robinson of Los Angeles and the
buyers were L. A. W. Johnson and
Willis A. Cates, both of Los Angeles,
and Oscar and I, A. Wilson, St. Louis
capitalists. The purchasers of the
claims Intend to undertake their de
velopment in a large way, forming in
all probability a corporation of the
close order for the purpose.
Reports Indicate the early consum
mation of other deals in Crackerjack
claims involving good sized figures.
Tho district is attracting widespread
attention, especially among the heavy
mining operators who are looking for
new fields of conquest and who have
been deeply Impressed with the re
ports made by mining experts after
close examination of the region. Owing
to its nearness to Los Angeles (it is
In the north central part of San Ber
nardino county), Angelenos are espe
cially Interested In the development of
the district. Already a trade of no
mean proportions has developed be
tween the people of the district and
merchants and mining supply con
cerns of Los Angeles.
Railroad and Business
The Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad
company, which now furnishes by way
of Silver Lake the closest railroad ser
vice to the Crackerjack district, is
thoroughly aroused to the latter's
growing importance and has a repre
sentative looking into the advisability
of building a branch line to the town
site of Crackerjack, which is In the
heart of the district. Pending the con
struction of this line the railroad
company does not propose to let slip
any more Crackerjack traffic than it
must. A fine road Is now being built
from Silver Lake to Crackerjack, the
work being done jointly by the county
and the railroad company, and as soon
as this highway is completed the com
pany will Inaugurate over It an auto
truck line for carrying freight and a
double daily automobile service for
passengers. There Is now conducted a
dally automobile service to Cracker
jack from Daggett, which makes tho
run In about the same time that with
the present roads It can be made from
Silver Lake, although the distance
from Daggett is much greater. It is
apparent that the Tonopah & Tide
water railroad intends to compete most
effectively with the route via Daggett.
As indicative of the great Increase
in population In the district It may
he stated that a large new merchan
dise and supply store commenced
business In I 'amp ( 'rackerjaok last
week and five able-bodied men were
kept busy throughout the day waiting
upon the customers.
Productlon of Copper
One hundred years an", according to
ih. Copper Handbook, tint mines of
the globe produced ;m average of about
10,000 tons of lons copper yearly— less
than the present yearly output of either
nickel <>r aluminum — while in is>o6 pro
ductlon was at the rate of 15,000 long
tons a week, and there is much talk of a
copper famine— to which color ia given
by the preaent price of the metal,
which Is higher than for twenty-five
yean past. According to the copper
Handbook. Just Issued t>y Horaoa J.
Bteveni Of Houghton, Mich., in l»05
there were fifteen individual companlea
taoh of which produoed more copper
than •'!! the mines of the globe oora
bined produoed i" lsoi, and two mineu,
ouch of which made uh much of the
metal lam year as all of thu ml
the world made during the rirst five
yeart Of the nineteenth century, the
tWQ mines In question being the I'alu
tnet & IHclu of Michigan and the. Ana
condu of Montana
Of the fifteen mines of the globe that
made 26,000,000 or more pounds each
of refined copper in 1905, ten are In the
United States, while there are one each
ln Mexico, Spain, Germany and Japan,
and one, the American Smelting and
Kenning company, generally known as
the smelter trust, that draws its cop
per ores from numerous small mine* In
Mexico, Canada and the United State*.
FIND GLITTERING GOLD
IN THE WONDER CAMP
Sensational Discoveries in the Marvelonaly Ricli
Goldfleld District— Lurkj Strikes Increase
in Number — More Millionaires
Special to The Herald.
GOLDFIFXD, Nev., March 17.— One
of the richest strikes ever made In the
Comstock region la reported. On the
Bast Comstock Wonder property a
ledge was encountered, 14 Inches of
which assayed $5000 to the ton. Work
la being pushed ahead as fast as pos
sible and it will be only a matter of
a short time before the East Comstock
Wonder Mining company will be a
dividend payer.
Another one of the old mines of the
Comstock region that was worked In
the early days by primitive methods
' has been taken up by mining men of
note an 1 development will be com
! menced Immediately. At present there
are over 1600 feet of development work
done and a small mill is in operation.
The operators are now formulating
plans for the erection of a larger mill.
■ Assays on the ledges run high. A
new ledge has been uncovered which
will assay $25 per ton. The ore can
bc mined and milled at a cost of $2.50
per ton.
Great Ore Body Uncovered
Still another strike of large propor
tions is reported on the Mohawk Con
solidated, a lease on the No. 1 claim of
the Mohawk. Several tests have been
made of the ore and all show that the
entire breast uncovered is rock of gilt
edged shipping grade. The find was
made when a blast brought the ore
to view. It was found at the inter
section of a lead which was being
followed in the easterly drift with an
other and much stronger ledge that
came In at nearly right angles. Nine
feet of this new ledge has been pene
trated'and no wall is in sight. The
assays show an average of better than
$400 for the samples, while a talc
streak several Inches In width returned
the handsome sum of $22,000. This
formation is doubtless a continuation
of the ledge that enriched the owners
of the Frances-Mohawk, Hayes-Mon
nette and other leases on the Ko. 2
claim of the Mohawk. The lease has
seven months more to live and within
six weeks it will be ready to ship
from the new level, while in the mean
time there will be a large tonnage
extracted from the present workings.
Great Ore Veins
"The ore zone of the Goldfleld dis
trict has scarcely been scratched," re
marked H. R. Bacon, one of Gold
field's prominent mining engineers. He
is an authority upon geological struc
tures and future ore deposits. Mr.
Bacon wrote the first geological ar
ticle that was published on the Gold
ANOTHER RAILROAD TO
PACIFIC COAST PROJECTED
Goldfleld bids fair to become a great
railroad center. Recently a coterie of
Fresno, Cal., capitalists have organized
and incorporated the Monterey, Fresno
& Eastern Railroad company. Its ob
ject is to make Goldfleld the eastern
terminus and connect with Monterey
harbor and central California points.
That the road will be built Is evi
denced by the subscription of $154,000
of Its $5,000,000 capital stock. Also that
the promoters are men of wealth and
merit. They are putting forth every
effort to commence work immediately
and have placed a large order for steel
rails in Pittsburg. Surveyors are out
and perfecting the plans of the pre
liminary surveys.
The company is exceptionally strong.
Alfred D. Bowen, president, has built
the California Ocean Shore line. He
states that his new enterprise has as
yet no definite connection with his
former promotion, nor with the Clark
Salt Lake road. Ho refuses to give
any information regarding affiliations
the directors may later make with east
ern railroads. In the board are Q. W.
Pursell and H. H. Sanborn of San
Francisco; T. M. Fairchlld, Winfleld
Dorn, W. A. Chlckering, Allan L.
Chlckering of Oakland and George H.
Whlpple and G. S. Lamson of Ala
bama.
The stock issue comprises 50,000
shares of $100 each. Of these 30,000 are
common and 20,000 preferred. The pre
ferred stock is non-assessable and can
not be attached by creditors. After
January 1, 1912, the dividends on the
preferred are to be cumulative.
It is the Intention of the company to
CUSTOM MILL
FOR RHYOLITE
PLENTY OF WATER IN SIGHT
FOR OPERATION
Mines Which Have Heretofore Been
Only Prospects Will Become Pay
ing Properties Through Agency
of the New Concern
Special to The Herald.
RHYOLITE, Nov., March 17.— A cus
tom mill will be erected within the
Bullfrog district as Boon as the Nevada
Milling and Ore Purchasing company
can build the necessary building and
place the required machinery on the
ground.
| The mill will handle fifty tons a day,
and it Is the Intention of the purchasers
of the mill site to buy and run the
full capacity 1 of ore every day and to
increase the size of the mill as fast
as the production will allow.
To the present the want of water In
this section has prevented the erection :
ii operation of a custom mill, but the
organizers of the present company ]
have enough water to operate a mill >
of 600 tons dally capacity. The value
of this water In the desert country is
hard to estimate, but It is worth some*
where In the neighborhood of 1250,000.
The mill ail already has been pur
chased and engineers are working out
the question of the machinery necea
7
field district three years ago, when th«
camp was in a purely prospective state.
He stated that veins were undoubted
ly fissures and as depth was reached
vents of the ore-bearing solutions
would undoubtedly be found. The ar
ticle met with considerable criticism
among mining men, many claiming the
ore deposits were mere enrichments,
small chimneys and pockets with no
depth. In the later workings of th«
great Mohawk, which has thoroughly
explored and demonstrated the vein
System, It has been proved that It Is
a true fissure lying between walls of
da cite. It has verified Mr. Bacon's
article of three years ago In full.
The Horseshoe Belt
Continuing Mr. Bacon said: "The. op
portunities on the eastern ends of the
famous horseshoe belt are as good as
In the near vicinity ot the now pro
ducing mines. Had the great Mohawk,
Jumbo, Combination, Florence and
other producers, which all lie in Hnn«
proximity of each other, been discov
ered at cither of the extremes of the
mineral belt the surrounding country
would have been thoroughly prospected
and the present site of Goldfleld would
have been classed as the other end of
the belt and would only have been
superficially prospected today. That
ore has been found In the so-called
outlying zone where little work has
been done clearly demonstrates that
the ore belt has not yet reached Its
limit. The discovery of cinnabar (sul
phide of mercury) on the Brooklyn
group is a feature which clearly proves
the deep-seated origin and thermal
action forming the veins. While the
discovery of this element may not be
of any commercial benefit to the camp
it proves the above statements.
"In the «arly history of Goldfleld
mining the camp was turned down by
men unaccustomed to the desert vein
formation, which is totally different
from that of the northern states. From
Goldfleld south to the Colorado river
in Arizona are vast areas of mineral
ized ground, some of which has been
slightly prospected, but on the whole
in a virgin state and simply await
the coming of capital that has made
Goldfleld what it Is today. ThlH Ik
especially true of some of th« old-time
camps where rich ore was found on
the sunface, but work was abandoned
as soon as a fault or pinch In the vein
occurred."
Will Open March 25
The recently organized stock ex
change at Rhyolite, Nev., will open
for business March 25. Night tele
graph Bervice will be provided.
have a shorter and more direct route
from California to the mines of Gold
fleld. This will bring both Los Angeles
and San Francisco many hours closer
than by either the Clark road on the
south, or the Southern Pacific on the
north. There are also In the plans a
proviso for later changing the motive
power to electricity. The road will be
of the regulation standard broad gauge.
Exactly at what point in the Sierras
the line will cross, has not yet been
given to the public. Goldfleld engineers
figure that it will pass south of the
Yosemite National park, and after leav
ing the summit trend through the
Round Valley and Bishop creek coun
try. That it may have a tendency to
develop several mining districts west of
Goldfleld, including the White mountain
section, Is obvious.
It is probable that a telegraph line
will be built along the road, $100 per
mile being provided as required by law.
The articles of Incorporation allow the
organization of an express company
and the conducting of a general express
business.
That Goldfleld Is to derive many bene
fits from the building of the road is
agreed upon among local mining cir
cles. In view of the fact that Salt Lake
capitalists are planning to build across
Nevada to Goldfleld. via Ely, it will
eventually afford direct east and west
connections with the outside world, in
addition to the north and south lines
now in operation. All are In accord In
stating that it will forever relieve the
freight congestion and have a tendency
to bring both passengers and freight
rates down to normal businesslike
figures.
sary to the best handling of the ores
of the Bullfrog: district.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars' worth of stock has been placed on
the treasury table and will bo sold for
the mill construction at $50 each, par
value $100.
W. H. Malone of Denver is the presi
dent of the new company, E. H. San
ford of Goldfleld Is vice president, and
P. H. Stlckney is treasurer.
In speaking of the new concern, John
Largent of Salt Lake and Nevada said:
"A stamp mill will be of Inestimable
value to the Bullfrog district, for there
is a large amount of low grade ore that
must be handled here or not at all,
when It Is remembered that there are
delays in freighting, In handling and
in returning gold from the smelters
and mills in other states.
"The water question has been the
one which has troubled the mining'
men of the district for a long time,
and the settlement of this question
will now put mines on a paying basts
that up to this have only been classed
an prospects.
"The fact that the company will use
every cent of Its stock sales In con
struction of the mill speaks strongly
In behalf of the enterprise, for none
of the directors or men who handle the
stock will receive commission for its
sale."
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