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1\ 11111,; 1)0 ,d~ ni on' h;b hel:1I vpellcc1upin one of the Illines which C. 11. Cram i5operating at Coso.

A group ()f milles, ;Ioout one mile westof the Snow's canyun mill in the Argusrange, has been suld to Los Angelesparties fur a reported price of 15,000.Jame~ 1\1l'1 'ol1:1ld has a small force vI

men at work in the Defiall(.:c mine atD:uwin, 011 which he hdS a )ca..c.

KERN.The last shipment of bullion made in

March by the Dean and Jones MiningCompany of Slater::mge was unusuallygood. Abollt 1300 tons of ore arecmc;hed a month. Fifty-five men arcemploved bv this company.

Randsbur'g Miner: The Arando Min­ing Company. of which Mr. Dean is Presi­dent, is operatiag in the AI"RUs rangeabout ten miles above the Searles Boraxworks. This property is a low gradecyaniding proposition, and the are is verysoft. The work done warrants the con­struction of a 100-ton plant and the ma­chinery for it has been ordered.

The Meredilh mine in the vicinity of5lalerange. sends out a shipment of highgrade ore every few months which gen­erally goes $200 to the ton.

Vulcan Smelter Results.The Los Angeles ~linillg Review says:

At the Vulcan smelter there W;lS a runmade this we~k of 1900 pounds of arefrom a group of claims near the Coloradori\,·er. owned by ~It:"ssrs. Peter \Valter'Sand \\-illiam Haerl~ Jr. of Los Angeles.The result of tht run was 300 pounds ofcopper bullion, be-in!.':' within a fraction 0116 per cent of the ore, There are four~

teen claims in the group, and they aresituated about ninetr miles south of!\eedle:-; on the Caliiornia side of theColorado. The re:-ults of the run at the\"ulcan smelter ha\c proven to be SOgood the owner" announce their inten­tion of Pllttlllg up a 30-ton plant.

The luyo Gold company has been ill~

corporated in Los Angeles by j. P. Flint,\\f. S. james, j. O. Scannell, O. P. \\'ida~

man and Dr. G. \\'. La,sher under thela\\5 oi Arizona, says the RandsburgMiner. The company owns seven claimswhich are located ill Tuber canyon in thePanamint mOUl1tallls, about eight milesfrolll Ballarat. The principal claim ofthe group is the 0 Be Joyful, 011 which1400 feet of WOI k has bt:Ul done. Thou~

sands of dollars in ore ha\'e been e.'\.·tracted from tlH: property, but because ofmisman::lgt'llIent it ncv("r could be madeto pay. l\lachiuf'ry lo the \'alue of $100,~

000 has been put ill all the propert\'. butmuch of it is of the t::xperimental kindand lI"ele~~. The Ill·" Olmpany. how­e"er, intend <.:orrt'ctill~ tht'l'e (<lulls, and\\ ill also install q·.lIlidc and elecl ric lightplants.

JJkL- I; ;>. fjKERN.

The Ra.ndsburg \\liner gives reliablemining news of that famous district. Itis published weeklv and the subscriptionprice is 52 per }ear.

The last rtllI of Standard ore, Rands­burg district, al the Reel Dog- mill,yielded a brick wdued at ~2,OOO.

Tom Atkinson 11a5 hlJlI~ht the !'topt:sof :'Ilontgomer)' ant! i\laKillnis' Anne:\.mine. and i~ crtl..;hill~ tile ore in his ;.stamp mill Oil I, inK SOIUIlI011 hill.

Elster and Ilotchkiss ha\'e upelll.:O Ill'

a pnJtni'>ing bot!} of orc 111 their c1ainlabout fOUf milt.;., !Ulrtllwcst of (;ardellStatioll. Th~)' <Ife d\lw\1 O\'er 100 IL·Cl.

)les~fS. Carsoll <tllll \\'id:anl c1eant:dlip ~6.'iO from fifteen ll'\1S ot ore from th..:S,dlley Al11ll.'x.

C\\llllt"ctioll Il.I" heen t"llcctt.::<l bclwcell11lL" l-\il1}Oll alld \\'nlgl.." claims al till' 155

{'lol ll<\d,Tlw Santa I'aula ~'llllJpnll~ 's Illill in

S,dt C;llIyllll i .... l·rl1"hill~ st~adil)' ull !..:lllHl

on' Ifllm thl'lr millt.·.In \h. (;"Id Cuin minl' lately a ';'C\·l;11

fUI,t \l·ill rllllllill~ alJlJtlt :'12 pt"r hili \\as.... 11 lit I, at a dt'plh oi 7:' fl.'''"t. Sillkill~ islUI\ \11 pru).:n· .......

"l"h\· (;oldcll ;\q.~I1"" alld Ihe :'\liner.ll1~"l1(h :'\linin).:: (·ulllpallil: .... , in the Palld­

millt rallgt:". art: J1n·p"rin~ h' put ill tr<ll11­\\,1\" IIIl their n·...p~::cti\e dOlim.... Bothpropcrlll.... arlo heillJ; eqnipped with first~

da:-.s lIlillill~ f,ll"ilitit·s.Charley rc.l~lc is preparing' to pill ill

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Jv__ 15")'«0 2 y.l1a Snl311 cyanide plant at his mill atSearle!'. The orc which he i~ ('"tractingand ll1illillh from the Gold DUg" mine j-;

high g-ra.Jc. but it does not :lInalgamatf'llluch more than h<lJi. ami ill order to u.:­co\ er this lo~s cyall:' h· j ... I t'Sllrtcd to.

Ex-Governor I ),.)ra,'. \Il-.tin of MiIlIlC'sota, who has slIcc.::tedl",-l to the OWller­ship of the property of the 11l~U Milllll~

company at Mountain Sprin);:-<. 11\ the Ar­gus range, was ill Rilll(bburg, recclltlybuying- supplies and cngagillK miner,;.lie is much tncouraf:,ec! 0\ t'r the pros­pecls and expects soon 10 ha\'e 1lI3chlll-

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tll.at III :-;lIlklllg 011 the j/lclilH: irolll the\\ lIl/e ,I' the hottulll oj the lIlain :-.hail atIhe /{l·\\anllllil1l' ....i, mil...·... irolll Indl..-.pCll,klln', a l~-iout ledge ui high gradt:lire ha~ !l('I..'IlIII-VI·j"llCll. Tht:."tll\' carri l '"

{"t);lf't; ).:(.llillikl:;' \\1H,~;1t ~r:lirh and i" "'aill10 rUIl high in '·;t1IH.:"', Till' 1,('\\ anI w;"!s

a };(lnd prllpt'n~ III.:iorl· this ~lri"L: W:I"

IlJdth: dlld thi" \1 ill l110re Ih'llI duul,It..' II';~ alul·. . Tilt.: Illng IlIlllll.:J i ... b\illg III i, \:IIIII "'Il.::ldll~. awl a ("ollllt'njllJl \lill ~t1011

IJt.: Ill.ad\" Thi" will grl.'ilth' f lcilil;l!t.\\~r~lllg' :llld '\ill Illakl.' :111 inert·;l ... t· III

1111 II II 19" (·apacuy.1 llt::<.·I· ......il\.en ill 0lwialillll. .\finlll..'~lll.l capit.d isht:hilld the l,rnpl)"iIIOIl.

A DRY WASHER AT A DESERT PLACER ~IlNE.

The Abounding Wealth of a Rich Desert.

saline deposits of Califoruia now beingpTinled, The Ilitrale deposits of SailBernardillo county are nearly all alon~

the northern border, south of III\'u t..."Ollll­ty. anl! within a !>trip 30 miles \~ide and(,0 miles h)Il~. They are bLin~ pro~re(·t­

ed alld \\ ill pro1Jabl~ h~ plOducli\,e withill 11\ 0 ) t.'ar.;

There is decided aClivity ill CoPIer :111(1

rt"turns sho\\ a large 1lI11llbt"1" of CUPlx:r(Ltims ht'lllg t!e\elt.1I't'd, Illaillh ill thedi:-llitt ,thUIII tht: Copper \\'mld lIlilleIltlllh\\l'st oj .'!.IIl\·d, .Ihoul Copper Cit\'.1I111"111\\(,,,t (,f I:"r.... ttm, ill tilt.: Clh.·llldltl:1\ i" district "I 'lIlh oi l'\ct:t11 t ·" alld ill thellllrthern ponioll uf the I'ro\ldencclllt.Hllll,lill"

Tilt; Ill,tlluf:lclurt: I.j "}'<ILllllit .·t:IlIt."11

<11 Colt{lll hOI" beell \ 1'1)' t ,I~~t:ll}' illcrt.'a"t'dthi~ yt:ar, l)urillg llll' }t';lI till' f·Olllp.lllY

mul hu..;ill('"'' han' 1H.·t'll n..,.l1;..:.ani/etl .lIullilt: plaHI ('lIl.trgt.'d alld illlprtln'" ulltil itIll.\\ ("(lIull,lrt'S Ja\\,,"ahl} Ilith tile lar~c

t:;L.... tl·rn pl.llltS.·1 hl' Jinu- prutillct 1.1..1 p.1l \\ .... lilt'

largt'st ill lilt' hi"lol) 01 tilt· t:t'lInty,Tht: qll;lrq illJ..: pi 1Il,I( ;ltl.lIl1, p,lI illg

hind,s ,\lui rllbhlt·. Illaillh Ilt'ar S,1l1

I:cfllardin", i:. \Iry ,tui\t.; .IIHI a grl'al

::llllvllllt Il( rock is bl-,ill~ quarried (or theg-O\'enllllcllt lJrt:akw:-Itl'r at San Pttlru.More gl·anite is being pr~lthll"cd than ~\"cr

bdore.There is a steady production of mar-

ble and about 200 tons of handsonH.'verde antique marble was recently ship­ped irom Oro Granue to Colton to Iepolished and sold.

The manufacture of fire brick, large:yat Colton,is growing rapidly and the pru­duclllnds favor \\ ilh the trade.

There is c~l'l'("idl .\di\'it), in the minill~

of g:yp'iunl. 1 .1 \1',11 l1Iuch wa!i shipp".,to Honolulu <Ill, ' :!JLr Pacific ports,

A kaolin deposit ill the southwe~(t:111

part of the {'{lUllty j" heill~ expluited andexperimcnt ... as to it~ aJaptability to pot

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gardie, 1lorlh of Bnrslv\\", Iksitlt·... theg"old ,uines, which ar{; the one... he!'tknown. Ihe regl"ter \\ ill ..hO\\ ollll.:rforms of l\lillill~ in e,u'ptiullal v:lridy,for ill \ aridy of Illilwral products ~a1\

BernarclillQ lllldollblt:{lly !I,-:I(I .. all tlH'{'olllltics (If Ihe st:llt'.

Bora, produ{'tioll is nu)n acli\e tllallen.::r ~1Il1i Ih(: l)utpl1t in 1901 \\":lS Ihelargest lu datto Thi... is the coullty sleading" n'illt:ral product, its \ lillie in 1900

being .;'999.J50TIr~.' rect.'lltly discovered nitrate IJt.ocl"

I'lolui"t., to ;:(s:;l1me \'t'ry I,lrgt> importanceill Ihe future. Tv thest nitrate depo... ilsin ~all Bern.lfdinc, {·O\lllty anti I}eath\ alky. I'rttf. J:.lik~ h<1" ;..:i\en sl't..."'Clal..tlltl~ ill lilt., It toOt ie,1 months alld tlit·}

\\ ill I.e <ksnil.t·d ill Ihl' hullt:tin 011 tht.

;:""11 h:l d ~n~;lt IlltUIC_ "It is Olll' (If

Ii" 111111 1 ll1inin~ ficlt!:. ill tht: Iant! alii I1\ II!,I\ l'a"ily dt:n:loJl Stlllle TOllttJl;lh~, 'I,.· .It!. "\\'h"11 Ihe m'" ro,ld ttl Salt1,,1 ,. (·il\ i~ lJuilt it ttilJ giu' .1 ~n';I1

'UlI'.'II' to till" millillg" illtlll'itr~. Then:""',\ 111""· i'Tf ....!'t·! tillg thall t.:\t;r h.·

, <, ,llld IlI1llHI}.'. U!'t:llliol1s ;lrt' \\ itlt-Iy1h· Simla F(· railr');Hl COrtlIMll)

I 11;111-:, ,I lihnal <Illd illtt'Jligellt pulit r",til .. ill)..: d!"\ .·IOplll'·111 ,nHI i,.. titling

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• II' lid lilt" 'q,.:i..kr \\ ill li~t a largt'flll'l ,,, )..:0111 IJltllto'llil'''. AlJollt 25,Ill .. 111111-. "a' ill "per,lIion, 1'!.lcer

tlll',~1 h\ Ih, dry \\ ,1"hillK pn,lCt:ss is11, .• I,dh .llth t ••

I ht, 1"adill}4 tll:'lrit"t is liuW the Cllul-

S;l\~ BERNAf{J)INOcotlllt\.Cal.,is recci\'illj;" ~1K;l'ial atft:lItion fromthe State ~Iilllllg Bureau, :IS wella.... frum mining men generally. as

the bllre<lll h;lS no\\ ill prf>paration a min­ill~ map ;Iud TCI-;istcr of mines of theCOlllltr amI nlso a __ pecinl bulletin onthe mineral n'solln:cs of tilt' coun­ty. These arc bt.:il1g· prepared b~

Prof. G. E. Bailer ot the bureau staff.who hns just cOlllplt'!t..'d a very thur011ghcallvas of the lllint::r,11 fenlufl's of the(,OIl1lt~. and \1 ho has ginm to the PACII h

CO,\~T i\11:'\F)( a hrief reSlIllle of the: :-.laleof the millill~ indu-.lry in that ('tllllll~

III the ClIllr:-.c oj his \\ .,rk ht:. hilS markedOil a iliaI' of the county l';lch tU\\Il<;hip in\\hich mines or dt.-,\ l lopl1l.~ pw"'pectsh.IVC heen It)(',tlt:d for the n'gi~kr and II(,linds 110 less Ihnll 1 j() 111\1 n;,hip~ ~o 1":­

cOlued as llIim:ral. ,\ gll:,I! 111<1Il)' Hll'I\,.'

lowliships arc 11liIH'ral-bearillg" :llld \\ illhe lllineral-plO,Jucill:"; in tillll'. Thl·~t'

tllwll"hips are S\,..III{;I"c.:d n\ .;r tilt, t'l1lirl'(,OUllty, \\hich h.IS lilt' \,;I .. t arl'a "r 211,tl()i,lsquare miles <tlld 1\ l1irh is iur tIlt· lIlII ... 1

part a richly llIill,'riIILf.cd de...t:"rlTill: world kllu\\~ Sail nt.~rll,lHlill.'

COUIII)' chien}' by tlu- hortictlhllr,d alld

agriculturallic11IlC:'<~(If the lillie ..outhwest corner of ii, suulh .md \It."t III lheSierra tll;ulre Illoullt:lill~, ag-grt.'l;,ltlllgless than SOO squnre miles, 1\ Ilt~rl' :Ire tobe found many of tire falllt:d urall~('

groves and noral gardens of S(lllthernCalifornia. and where Ihe population ofthe county is mainly concentrated.There is mineral wealth and mineral in­dustry also here, but it is Ihe arid andforbidding desert region comprising mostof the county that presents the rich min­erai empire, which will, in the futurt, beSail Bernardino's Chief source of wealth,Professor Bailey's explorations weremainly confined to the dtserl. ]-Ie hasin the past year or two come to knowquite well the desert regions of California,and beillg a trailled geologist, an intelli­gent observer of both the scientific andpractical phases (If the illdu::;Ir). and astrollg" and pleasiq;: \\ riter. his work willconstitute an t:~pcci.i1lr \aluahle sen ice10 Ihe mining industry of the state. In aft"((·1\t It:ctlln~ on Dea~h Valley Iwfort> Ihf"~'JlIlhcrn Califoruia Acadt:lJI)' oiScit:llceshe dl'lint'd a d~serl :1S foll,.ws· "A WtcdI ;t plant \\'ith \\ hose l!:(IO<! qtl:llilil's \\ CMI' lIot an luaillted, i\ dt·sert i~ an area"i lllld \\ lHI"t.' IlSt~ has 1lut het'n di~·

'·\".,·.1, lit· lJl-lit'll''i that thi .... 11l:sel'l

leryantI tiling are heing nl.1dc ill 1.0";Angele..;.

Sevcral 1ll.'W IIl1quoisl,; lIlilles havc bel.' Iopell('<! <llllJ ill SOllIe plnces \Ihere tl'l'

mines have het'll opened 10 cUllsiderablt,deplh a hrtrder alld better quality of lilalerial is ucillg" ~e("lIred.

T\\'o a~bestos lleposils are beillgopencd ,11HI from "ampies they promi:-.cwell.

One '>mall \ !.:ill vi coal ic; being wurkedin a small "ay lur local consumption. IIis lignite and it~ inieriur quality anti th·'competitiull of uil make it oi small im­portance.

CorundullI i~ Itllllld III the northcn:-lt.-rlI

corner of the county near the Nevadaline, and one deposit of cobalt orc is re·ported to exbt. Craphite of gootl qual­ity is exhibited as coming frolll ncarBarsto\\', Nickel is reported frolll olleprospect ill the Sit'rra Madre range. OIlCl.\palmille is heing" de\'e1oped north II cstvf Bar~t(l\\. Salt :1nd mincral waters areilb('l anlllll~ lhl.' resource.:; lisle(} in thereg-i:-;kr.

Tilt' lIlap :lilt! regi ... ter \nl1 he Ollt soon,l\lllthe de~cripli\c bulletin ull lhe IIHII­cl.ll n..·...,'lIrn·... ,)! till..' CUI1111~ \\ ill he prt·­par.d I;Lter. It \\ill he all illlt:r..:"Jillh t"

pu... iliL\1l ut the le",ourl'cS oi:l ~rt'al h:~il'll

the dt'\c10plllt:nl ,If \\ hidl has but jn:-lbt:~11I1.

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At the Galer mine the new pumping plant is abop~

completed and everything is ready to start the 100stamps in the mill. \rark in the mine is still somewhatdelayed from the fact that the timber, which wasordered some time ago, has not yet been delivered atthe mine.

A small but promising pay streak has been bpenedup at the Excelsior by Seebold and 1 ho~·pson. De·velopment work win shortly begin on the properly.

The Little Butte, which has been idle for manymonths, has "gain started up under the control of theConsolidated Mines Company. Percy H. McMahonwill superintend the development ofthe property.

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The Gold Argus Mining Company are putting lip "­five-stamp mill on their mine in Snow's canyon, about20 miles from Ballarat. Concentrators and a c)'anidlllgplant will also be installed in the IlG,r future. Th~

mine, upon which considerable developmenL work ha~

been done, shows a considerable quantity of high gradeore.

The In)'o Register says Lhat \V. C. Pidge has nowfourteen men at work on the Leidy~Vanfleet mines re-

cently bonded by him. A ..haft i!i being sunk and atunnel driven. both on new ground. Mr, Pidge saysLhere is ore enough in sight aL this time Lo justify asmall mill, and a Merrill mill and concentrators wilt belip within sixty days. Steam will be the powerused. The Yalle)'-Enloe mines southwest of town, alsounder bond by 1\1 r. Pidge, are being prospected by C.T. Hohenthal with a small force, nnder contract. MoreexLensive work will be done on the group later Oil,

KERN.The R<tlll!-:lllIrg :\1 iller learns Ihat 1'01" A (,.'

• • < ",111',011 .1IIt!partner had <4 nlllllllg" of (i\-e tOilS of hihh J;radt: Olt:lately that \\t'nt ~SOO,

The I'hoclll\: mill is crll<;hilll-: 011 ore frum tl Aior C \\" L I .' W II Ill; ,. •. . .<-'f'~, who ha:; Lht: claim It:ascd frolll the

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uo....'1)cyaniding and also doing development work on theOh Be Joyful mine Mr. Pheby has let a400-footcontract on his claim at Tuba Canyon ..•••. jack Cur·ran is in Los Angeles now closing a deal on the Cur·ran mine, in Old Panamint, to Mr. Pedley of River·side. T. N, Stebbins Is the supeTintendent for thePedley interests in Panamint, ..... The Ratcliffe millin Pleasant Canyon starts up again on the seventhinst. after a rest over the holidays The Cecil R.Mining Company is moving the Hart 3-stamp millfrom Stone Corral to its Santa Rosa mine •....• AtAnvil Springs there is quite a lot of work going on.J. H. Gorsline bas sold out to Messrs. Doane &Walker, who intend to put up reduction works atonce under the superintendency of Mr. Huff', formerlyof Randsburg ..•... Taking it all in all, there is a greatdeal of interest being manifested by outside capital inthis region.

Jet"- 2.4- p,1'T03 f,7S1b.. Crcil R. Mining Corppany has ~ust installed a

u1 baHery of five stamps on Its p{operty at Ba~a­t ;.IIl~o coupty, California. The com~any now a~

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Company has just bad a batch of 18,H" tons of ore Tunat the Golden Argus mill and the results were beyondexpectations. The ore plated 79 per cent of assay onmill feed, concentrates assay $190 and tailings about$12. The company has quite a lot of are to be stopedout and are also prospecting for a new shoot (J(

high grade ore. There is plenty of Jow radeore, but for want of capital it cannot be handled ata profit. as it must be packed over a mile. Therehas been over $100,000 taken out of the Blue Bell andRed Rock mines in the last twenty years by differentteasers. One batch of three tons plated $900 per tallfour years ago, and the previous year two men tookout sixty-five tOilS which netted them OVN $15 OOU.At present the company intends to h:lvp. its ore mi1lulby the Golden Argus Mining and Hillin ~ Comp"l"l •A light tratnn':ty is to be built to til ( 'r;

mill, The Golden ArglL'i Milling 8n I It 'j

Comp;my haa Il1:Hlc two shipmel,t:; of . Ulal 'I II imonth. The comp:mr is putting up '\ ~ 10m t U­main ~haft, which is now 1('0 f ·t d<>cp TIl t

sinking; nd driftinp,- on the ledge. 1 n L

body of OP' and cvurthmg is llukhlra~ if.,. ~oo'l divick Ild~ in th.. lit

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rl"lllaintd he,c OilC '(f'k r"ce Hi) 81 dgood bit of grnlmd, and hi 1,_,inio01 I tgood country htrc for makill~' m~ Ill::} rInterested with Mr. H. L. Percy, g, III 1 111111

the Golden Argus properly, lu ~ome prop'rlt , ,n IIINorthwest. J. C. Cress, supetintendent of the GolcJ~n

An~"Us Mining and Milling Company, hn3 put a forceof men to work on his own properUt:s here .••.•. Inthe Panamint country at Tuba Canyon they are

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ih'''' 1 .ftll. ill "hat is known as Snow'sc thl y have n fhoe-siamp mill in opera­

(. pH' 01 '. lut th(' snmp distance south, Me'l­'1 ~ I HH'''' of r,p ~\ngclcs hl1vc CTl"dcd n lOO-

n' .11 1 f \,.1l1il1c pl.lIlt on n JUj!c low grade,(' npnni{'!;. 1 1I11d('r~j311<1, are hay·

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The mines at Ludlow, San Bernardino county, Cnl.,of lh~ Bagdad J\tining and Milling Company, Ilavenoi !>cell roM to l\n English syndicale for $1.000,000.a;; rCff"ntl.r reported. The properi.r is under bonduntil April 6lh to Dr. W. A. Hendryx of Los .An­gpl('s, :Iud experts have been making examinations.Jf a ":lIe is not mnde by th:lt d:lle, the D:lgdnd eom­pan;\, pl'OpOseS erecting a larger milT at n:lr"tow andoperating the properties on n. larger scale.

The PrO'idcnee J\lollutail1 :Mining Compan:,!, has ac­quired tl\ellly-onc mining claims during the past year,makiJlg a lotal of forly·fh·e claims, co\cring about90u nerf'S. The shaft on the Black Jack (iron mine)is down 112 feet; lhe ledge is wider and the character01 the iron ore better lh:ln :lny found on the prop­erty. From present indications nnd developmcnts hethinks that the company will soon be able to demon­strate the existence of large iron deposits. The ledgeis eighty feet wide, and can be lraced on the surfa~

a distance of four miles. The BUTV('y of the Los An­geles and Salt Lake railrond is within one and one­half miles of the property.

The Johannesburg Consolidated Gold :\lining llDdl\liJling Company bas been incorporated in Lus An­geles. The directors are E. Beckman, George Ii.\\-elsh, E. i\t. DC'ckmun, J. J" Anderson, W. It. LIISk,K A. Bean, A. J ... Morris.

The h:mpah Smelting Cumpany has filed nn aDawnin the suit bruught against it by George Reed to quiet.Hlie to mining IlUld!;. It da.im:i olYne':'ship in itstlfIlIHI asks for thc dismissal of the action at the COlta01 the plaintiff.

At the Karma. mine ncar Malia\'c, Kern county,.1 . .A. OflTncr, superintendclLt, a. pipe line to supplythe mine with watC'r is being built. A spur track isbeing built from the mine to the main railroad lineon?r whieh ore·will be shipped to the smelters on SanFrnncisco bny.

A number of locations of marble quarry groundhave been made near Imperial, San Di('giJ county, byD. C. Collier. Jr., S. F. Smith, Jas. ~lc:Mu1Jen andGco. \Y. }t"'.iteh. The ("luims are on the Coyote moun·laIRS in the desert region of thc county, and it i1'lstaled that the marble is of good quality.

The twenty+first report of Charles W. Pauley as n­cein'r of the Free Gold Mining Company, has beenfiled. 'The c;rauide plant returns of bullion for themonth of December, 1002, were $9,336.98. The totaldisbursements were $19,076.65, of which $2,636.75 ~.••for labor, and $5,098 for merchandise and supplies.

Tbe cyanide plant at tb(! Free Gold mines, Hedges,Dan Diego county, returncd $9,336 last month. Mr.vilas. Vi. Pauley is receiver at this property.

The Exposed Treasllre :Mining Company near Mo­h:lYc, Kern county, Pierre llumbert, Jr., general llHI.ll·

agel', is operating a 20-stamp mill and bas its \\atersupplied through a IS-mile pipe line.

The Iron Chief Mining Compnny, ncar Wallen,Hi\ criddt;: ('ounl.)', has purchased. new cngines andhoist. .,

A gre:nt deal of nctivity is being shown in the vJlri­Oll'i mining camps in San Bernardino county atpre<;;ent, and con iderable !apitfll is being invested.

The Federal :\Iilling Company (Thompson & Gil­liam of Los _\ngeles) nrc opening up the St. Georgellline at V:llldcrLilt, Snn Berllardino county.

The working force on the St. Elmo mine, Rands­burg, Kern county, is to be increased next month byth~ new owners.

+:\,. 2/ j>. 1+4-A quarry of marble, equal to the celebrated Car­

rara. marble it is claimed, hos been found on Coyotemountain in Southern California.. The locations aresitua ted on the proposed line of the Eastern and SanDiego Railroad. Thirty-three claims have alreadybeen located.

Pending negotialinm; are tC'portcd relali\"C to •o;ale of the Radcliff Consolidated mineB, at Ballarat,lnyo cOllnty, W. W. Godsmnrk, superintendent. Theproperty is own('d by l\lichigan men and consi~ts ofa. group of 12 claims.

Thc WCllge mine, owned by the C:on!lolidated Mine8('ompany at Ran<1!Iburg. Kern county, has a fine;;lreak of rich rock on one of its lower levels.

The recent purchase of the Stonewall mine in SanDiego county by a Boslon s.yndicate, and the resump·tion of active operations thereon, is having a stimu­lating e!Tect on all kinds of busitless in that section.

p.1 t 7:stematic attempts arc being now mnde to developplacers in Antelope Vallf'y, 14 miles from 1.:m·

~ter, Los Angeles connty. Some llIachinu.y i'i Iw­.ng placed on the El Dorado and Last Cham'C claimswhich nre practicall.y the onl.y claim!; being de\'elop('d.The)' consist of about 80 acres of granl ground. Thisdistrict is in the .Mohave section in the desert region.There are said to be several Jive springs, and thegravel is fo be worked in a Huntington mill, thecoarse material being first screened ofT.

IL is reportcd that E. T. Sweetser and R. C. Troe­j,'t'n of San Francisco JHI\'e been oITel'cd a. gooc! cashtlrk-e for the Oray Eagle mine at Mohave, Kernr"fllnt.y. .\mong olher mines in this district are thetxposed Treasure, Karma, Echo, Fairweather, Ham­i!tfJn, Yellow Rover, Revenue, Accident, Gold King.!lIlLlail and a number of other properties, most oftt"'hI OWned and operated by local capital. AlthonghIn the heart of a desert country, the water probl(,!Ilhll ~'Il solved to some extent. The best supply is

·\l1Itl I,)' till' Exposed Tr('al5ure Compnl1y, that hasj".ifll'll il.i watN lG miles. .\nother operator is now.. ~a~f'd in the con"t1uclion of a line that will be

1I1!'1l'I"fl \\ ithin th(' n('xt sixty days.

/... The Oro Copin Mining Company is about to de·w-Iop mining claims in San Diego county, about six­t((-n miles from Salton, Rh'erside county. The COIll­prtu." owns somc cll'\,('n claims and has nlready spent

about $18,000 in ('xl}loralioll work. Hoist and J"('duc­tion work~ arc ahout to be put. up. "-at<'r is to be

piped to the miups, and all electrical plant at Saltonwill furnish power. \V. E, Winnie, Bullard Block,Los .\I1,!?rlp,>. is ;:<('('J"(-b.ry of the company. A mllllbpT'

of old COlllsloek (Nev.) men are interested in thisnew cntNprise.

Lo:;: Angeles capital is largely interested in theGiant Ledge Gold and Copper Company, in NewYork district (:Manwl P.O.), San Bf"rnardino coun­t).. The veins are vcr,}' wide, and somc thousand feetI,f development work has been done. n. R. S. Greg­

ory is secretary of the company.

The O. K. ,!!roup. in the Dale district, San Bernar­dino counh', lin'" bpen sold for $75,000. A new mill,with a f'n'll\plpf(' f',"anid(' plant, will be erected atonee. Tid", millc i.;; dr\'('loped to a. itcpth of 300 feet.nnd it is !'-llid thal the orc will a."erage $19 per ton.The Brookl"n Minin.., Compflny is running its threestamp mill' on 01'(' f;om the Los Angeles a.nd Brook­1)'11 mines. This company controls the water in the

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:-;1 1.-':'Tin' l\'Jonnt \Yhippl(' Gold ].linil1g Company has

hpcn incorporated to work (h'e mining claims 11\ tIll'\Yhippl(' :\Iountllins. ~ix milp..; from the Color~d(~Ri"eJ', in Slllt BernilnllllO COHILL)', allll aLont ~l mile"fl"om Needlc!'. Los Allg('l('<; !\len ;lrc the dlt·eetol'~.

F. T. 1, GrifHth, A. G. A(lnls. }.... C. Austin and ,T. L.Curtis. 'Df'\"plopllwnj work is in progress.

MCL""''''- t...1 1 ('tOJTllc Pal·ili,· :-':111('11 itlp' ('nlllp'1I1,\· 11,1<; s('lectcd l\ <-He

fr,r it,.:: jll"op",,('\1 E"11l l'0llltly ~nll'llf-r, nt D.'lkpl'.~fif'ld.

~all!l'lill.!! \\"lIrk~ "ill 11r,.l IIf' JllIl. lip both a-t Baker,.,·liplll :llld f'fllil'llk,

T}II' .\llJlIdn \Irnill.~ Compall)' i" !lpt'rating Ilcar\1';":'11', In,\o I·(flllll.\. ill f·h:\r~1' of (:. 1.. De:\n. Tn thc

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On SolNlad "Mountain, ncar :Mohave, Kern count,Y,n lar,!!f' body of orc has hcen found in the Ajax Ex·tension mine owned by Gerner Bros. The companyis Tllllllin,!! tllnnels t.o clevelop the are,

Rif-h (lrc ha" hPf'll found in jhl' O. K. minI' ,Ii nflll'.Srw Bprnflrdinll {'I'\lnIV, nn till' :Jon 11'\"1'1. T!l('\, ill·knrl sinking to 1000 {I'('f. <1ppth. '

All important !'-trikr. it. is !\flr(\,-hfl~ ·lIP,.»- lll~)tlp illIhl' Brooklyn millP, at Dnle, ~fln ll(ll'na1'(linn ('llUlltviu Ihe lower \\"I)rkings. . ,

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The Bagdad mines at Call11l HMh{'slf'1' f'i"ht milf'''(roro Dudlow (Mo.i'l\'c P. 0.). hll VC b('('II' snld uy tilt'Roch.ester, ~. Y.. OW~J('I'S 10 Lo,; .-\ngclf's Jllt'll roJ' it

publIshed pnce of $1,000,000. At llds CUlllp tho B. E.Chase Company have othel' holdings. The Bagdadp/"opcrlieB ha\'c been pl'oducillg hamlsomcly fol' i;omeblue. The mines were owned uy Ohaunccy l\I. Depew,E. Vun Ettell, J. N. Beckley, ll. K Chase, J. H. Stead­man, E. F. Brewster, F. 1'. Allen, T. J. Devine findJosiah ,Austic-e. _\ ImlllcJ1 railroad rtlllS from Luu­low Ollt to (JUIlIP 1{o(;hes er.

The Consollljated MlIles Company at Handsburg.Kern county, Percy H. ~IcMaholi manager, owns 21claims in that vicinit.y, some of which had previouslybeen practically abandoned. Considerable work isnow being done all the various properties. The COlli·

pan)' is a Los Angeles one, wit.h \V. K DeGroot aspresident aUlI T. S. Fullel· secretar,}'.

In the llol"u,;p'JOIl ltlinc, near \-il'lor, SHlL B"lllal't.l.ino cOllnty, ~~, .\. :)!orello ami .\. !'rt'l'i;\,(o han'made ol. good ;;trike of In.:e golll ,!uartz, ~Olile of itassa,yi/lg 'CI'Y high. Thc pro:,pe<:tors til the /I(·ighborhood ha,'C heen taking lip mall)" daiuJ";;, alld llllllll,,'l"';of mell ha'·e gOlle there.

The :Miul'l"ai Hill milll'. owned by·)'lr. R. Va)', ha~a :-:.ix-£talllp llJill which will begill operati(lils soon.

Tilt· Standard mill, heloll!:;illg to ),11'. ,T. Stalld,uu,i-; lwing placed in ordli'1' ful' :In e.lrly run all highglad(' ore.

Th(' Gohl(~11 .\rgns mille will n'Sllllle OpCl"(ltiOllS att,ll e.u'l.v d;lit'. It is ::laid 11101t tht.; IJI<:~idellt, 1\11'.Perc,}'. if; alT<lllgillg I'lJI' the prection of fI l,lrge pI ani.

Tlte Cecil R Uoll! .Mining and ~[ill illg Company'has cl IH~W mill, which i" almo,,;!., ready tn "Lil't. Un­tlt'r t.he pl'e"ent lllana;;clIIent. it has yidded a fairamount of bullion, and. dOIlIJtles,; re,.,ult.::i will be im'lll'O\·C.J ill lh(' futur!', llS the milling t'apa('ity is nowfour time,. \\hat it w;\~ forlllerly.

The mill of tilt' I:alclill'e mille, o\\ned by lhe MinesEquipment COlllp~\fir, uf LO::i Allg"les, i;; being im­proved and new mortars are being put ill. The prop­cl'ly is said to be developed in good shape amI. willbecome a good producer in tinlf'. This ;lnd the fol­lowing mines nre located Ileal' Ballarat, blYO county,Califol'nia.

TIll· ,\llIja\"!' 1;,,101 .\Jillillg ('''!lIp:lll.' i ... \llIrkilll! afll\""I'I,f In 1IIl'li ,II tll,· /11""-"111 li,li". \11' .. / .. !lll :'1'11:1111

j,.; 1l1:lll:lg"1" 01' 111(' "01111':111." :llld. 1l1l,!I'r bi~ dil"'l'Iil"1.

a -10· .. 1;1111/1 Illill i~ l'I'il1.~ 11Uill Iwal tll" ('"lorado

lin'l" holluili. ;l1·,.n~~ lh.-. ri\'I'j" fr"lll lit.' \'I,t·oIll'~.•\ 11"\\ 1':111,'rn qllarlz lllill 1,;111;·,1 th,'·l.I",,,1 l'ail·llt.

»a" IWPIl ill~lalll'd jl'l' "1\,1"111 work :11, I. .." .\n)!plt"lS.

In t1li" ,uill tin' ~1:llIlp" !I:l'·.· H ;.;lilliuJ.{ 111'Jlil\ll all lhelIip. ",hi.. IL I('lld~ tn plll\,('liZt~ lltf' 01'1' )I'; ,,·('11 as to

('I'II"h it. It i.., d:lilll('t! thai lhi" I'IlilllJ.:"f' iIH'n':I'II'''' flippulp 50 pCI' I'I'HL

.\t lht· Jlorll~p"oll llJilH·. lH'ar VicinI', :';:111 Bt'1"I1;H­

llill" (·nun!.'·. tilt' It·d.~(' "ll,ldpnly \\ id('lll'd tlill and

r-1I .. \\<,d a l,nd.' of orf' which it j" ',lid :l~ ..a.r" *[50p{'!" tall. Tllf' IIlilH' j~ IIlwl'atl'd I,," :\[1". _\. l'n"'iadoami _\II', .\ .•\ . .\101'('11".

A new mille called the Ajax is creating somc at­tentioli at Moja\·e. It is situnted 011 Solpdad monnt­aill, which is the highest peak on t1lC Mojnn dp"f'rl.The Ipdge i,. "aid 10 'lJc 160 fp('t ",idp.

r h, 1:_,11 j,. lI!ill1' t; ,I IItl'''lI I "

11111 II j 1I;!. ,·,,"1 i 1I11"11~ ly '1l!'~I:

A'P,..;1 AI Iqo> ? Z6"'tIt is reported tbat the California King Gold MioelS

Company bas cOlllmenced shipping bullion, and that.the first consignlllcnt. amounted to neitrly $:lO,OOO.The mine of the company is at Picacho, twenty milesnorth of Yuma, in San Diego countJ'. Thb companyhas c.xpendec.l nearly half a million. dollars, it is said,in development. work, and ewploys 120 mell.

The report t.hat. the 13l1gdad mine 11US been gold, isdenied by several pnrlic'l interested. The delay intransfer has been due to a Ili~pnt(' nbout the consider­ation_ It is stflted, 1I0\\,e\'c1', that the sale may be('{reeled at an C'lIrly clal(" flS eiLher party may makesome conccs<;ion. :\tr. Bellj. E. (,lIase, who owns ad­joining properly, it. is slated. wi ..hes to have this in­

clude(1 at. l\ valuation of $:JOO.OOO.

The ll'gcnda.ry l'<,glcg mine once more ha.s be~1l re­ported to be rc.disco\'crcd. This time the .10callly 1S

near tht' 11'011 Chief mine, in t:)IUl Bcrnurdlllo county,l'{lll~crn,tin" people have fot' a long time reg:trdec..l

the "1'l'glt'g mine" ati un ignb laluus,

f·2~Ol;;: T~e Anvil Sprinsrs Minill~ Company. -of Am'il,-,prm!!S. Jnyo count)', F. H. Vabrenkamp mana17er isto. put up red_ur:tion work~ shortly. :\£ateria{fo~ :1nlll1 anrt cJ"amde pl~nt has been ship~d to the mine"".

The ~oncord )f!nlll::t Company. of Los Angeles. with~!hlY'~ I.n Cha!1l ~Iock. o\vn.'" a group of claims in An\11 Spr1n~s dl"trlct. Tnyo connty, and i .. preparinfT to(.rnlop them and pnt on nt>eeS'iary machinery. ~

Aj>il III ('io~ p.275Over the ~laLe titlC in Southern California, at a

p1:ll'e Ilcar Sc"elll('en-mile Point. in )Jam;e distriet,8t'\'ua1 10<":1 t innlS of promising IllIart 7. ha \"(' heen madel,y :\11"_ Eo K P.lll11<'l", Mr. Geo. l~05C. Mr. J. J. BradyaUlI '-tr,;. lJ. ,J. Stcw:t1 t. 1)(>\"('I0I'IIICllt wllrk on the,.,e

Io('ations i" no\\' bcill~ pro""ecu\('d.

There is much excitement at Needles over n dis­covery of gold in the bed 'Of n. creek called the Sacra­mento. Nearby it is claimed there is It thousandprospt'ctors on the ground.

u".it)lil"ading is bcillf! dO'H~ for a. 4Q-slillllP mill n('ar thc

1"\.nl"1l1a minc, )Ioj:l\'e, Kenl count)'. Thompson :lndnorle ha\"c twelw men at work. The)' ha\"e also sc·cured the watcr l'i~hls all the prop('l"t)' of Mrs. Rub)',near Cameroll, and pipes IHC being Il\id to bring thew<1.t('r to the mill.

Acti\"e dC\'eloplllent work is about to be commencedon the mines of the :\Iesquite Springs Gold :\1ining('ompany at Mesquite S}lI'ings. Kern count)·. Tiletunnel for the Star of Hope mine is to be extendedat once. The compnny owns senn eonti@Uo\ls claimsand n ~hr~Slamp mill.

p. 27(P. The United States is about to throw open one mil­I~on acres of land along the Colorado river, between11.e Needles and Mojave. Much of this land ismineral in character and no one need be surprised ifvaluable mines are discovered within its limits. Thesupreme court of the United States has decided thatis not railroad land, but pnrt of the public domain.

I" \\ "1 k "II1:,111" .1'111"

'11<'11 '·'·lItilll",J i -11 i, l. II.' 11

1,Illil" a 1:11~" 11111111,,1 "fIII,' IIli".,., irr til" ....1 ill""1

1,4'1'11 1·'tlllll.\ -

) It i, 11"]'..1"1.". tll;ll Ill<' O. ,...:. :':1"'1\' f c];Il;U· '11J .111' :--lIf 1:\·III,lfditIO '·"II11I.\". 11;1- 10,"'11 ~"I'[ ,111'1 I ':IlIII." 1.1<'\\ !,"n·.It;I"\·I .. \\ill l"(luip Ihl' 1'1"1"'11,\- \Iith ,I1/1111 " ... 1 '·.\,lIlldl' I,LIIlI.

',\'"II~ 11.1,.. n'n'nth I' -lIl1we! toll III<' .... 1 1 !.:1',llp1111111··, I:altd.tllll~. KIIIl ,·.11111,\. 1'1'1'.\ .1 'f'- III

;II!.:" .•\ ·.\,l1li.\\' 1,I:IIll W.I.\ 10\' Ill' , ..1 - '11:.\

II\(' Ilnl"l.)II :\Iinill~ (·I1I11}':ln.\" at H:llUI-hlllJ!. l-i.1'11\<'(111111\-, 11lI .... 1('('11111, ... tnll·k ;'::1:. I (wk.

Tilt: (':II·hOlla({' tjut'cn milll' __\malic, KI III 1'1\11111.\'.i" h~'ill;! Hpl'lICII h,\ (. l-: .. BI'~Il~' ~lf Ih,l! .1'1:1\'("

'he I III""'" ',ill;! Illill('. \-i.-t.lI ......IU 1;lrll.lrolinll""lilli,\', !Ia" li'l :l t·1111t",U·t fUl" SUU ft-..r "I Inund "11Ilui!' .... ihi'l· }llIllII1:11Il c1;dlll.

Ih.l· "'lIILllld ,'(;II1<'lIl (·"1l11'11I~. \ ,,11"" ...... 111 1:.,1'­11:1 I ,i1JIIl 1'011111),11<1:- IJlII ill a IH\\ 1"'\\'·1 '11111·",;1111'\\

l"'IIII'I·C.~~tll alltl ulliN' 1II;Il·hillO\.

;. z.1f-'rhe Yellow Aster mine, Randsburg, Kern countj',

Chas. \\'i{'r. lllanager, E. II. Briton, superinlendent,and Eo H. Harton. assistant superintendent, has IKllhmills l"unning night and day. For the first lime8illte thl' mine was started they have more WIllerthall nct"t'".sary. :md development work to give morewliter stlppl)' has sLopped. They are mining lindll1ill ing ahout 550 tOilS of O1"e dail)'.

The Il~W mini~g cftmp of Rtagg. San Dernanlino('QUilty, I_S 53 ml}es fr?lIl Barstow and eight milesfrOIll Ludlow. lhNe IS not much water at hllndand ~\hllt there is is controlled by one man, No ore1'1l1111.lllg less than $15 pl'r ton is milled. Grading forn l':l1lrOild hom Ludlow hal'; been completed.

p. Maret... 2~114()"3 ?24Z

Till' projlC'rli(· ... ,If tht· Y;II'LIVh:11l1 (:ll!ll .\Iiniu:.!

('umpall.'"_ of lUI ('Hurt ~tn;l'l.. f., ... \lI!.!..h· .... c"lii"r'

Ilia. ;tl"{' .,itll.• h·t! ill ~a::t'I;IIl,l lllinill).! :li-.tdd. 1'0'111

{'nHIII.\. :lltulil lilt' milt·.., "'olltlm{' ... t tlf th,· ::-:1 ..1.·!l1I

lllim', :--:ille'" tlu- d j""'<1\ 1'1 r of Ihe n·j II ....1111I1' :;.111.1 11111

\\orl II (If dt'l !·ltlllllwlIl \\ IIrk has ),..'\'11 dulU', :111I1 .,

"lIlall I"ollt'l mill I'n'"Il'l!. )lill 1"... {-; ... ll1m ;111 I"

ll;l.·~itllll,.\· ,.1tli".II'.' 1I1illill~ prett'.. • ... "i $17 ..11 11\"1" I"n.1,·.1\'111;': ;11"'111 :!Il 1"'1 1"'I1t of lilt, \:1111., til 1111' nri...:ill il

11 .. 1' ill Lil. o I.tiling .... fllllll "hi,·h :1 1.11~1' Il1t 'I','l1 i.·:1

',III Ill' \'XII,I"ll,,1 Ity ").lllitl.,. Tilt, ("'IUIl,llly II." lil'l

,11'1"1'" of p.llt-/II,·I1 ;...'1"0111111. Til h'Il:..!!1 I ht' I,'ult'r II,,'

]..,1,' I lin .... I'!, III tllt'l'n'~"1l1 till\l' ,,"h' nll1' lilt' ,!l"'"11111 ftd ill 1"11;.:111 lIa ... h",'11 dt,\"t'llIpPo!', 'I liNt' i~ ,.d,1I., I.. , ;11"1111 IflllU 11'11 .... o( .~(I"IIIJlC ill .. i;.:hl. 'I'll.' \·.'in

dll" ,llIollt ~ t1";.;n'," fh'/II the \.'rtil·;!1 to th.' :;.11111.

\\ " .... 1. .\ .~h"rl 11111 111,1 \\ j II ta p llie win :I t :\ i.11'pl h "j

Il'UO (1'\'1 1J+,lol\" fhe outcrop, '1'IICII' is ~a.id to be <\11

:dJ1l11llnllCc of wooII, walel' nud lillllwr 011 the pr(lp'l'rI,\'. w'lIiC'h is owned b,r a close cOI·por~tioll no shnreJi

havillg been oll'ereLl 10 the public, '

III" lit ~ll 1111' III j II ,01

h'lli ""11111 \-. h.l~ 1"·"11

\1,\ !'H t l"'1 J:l -I.

I'II~· I;"I,J J,,';II,_ \llllll'!.: 1 t>1l1f';lll\ \ i"I"1 ~III I'',l:lldl,'I'1 !·CoIllI,I\. I~ ill·l.dll'l~'1 ".;.ll1iol. I" ,"; :t11,i'llI\c·· 11111' 111111. .

A?r:l 1I}I103 p,27('A deed filed ,vith the recorder of San Diego County

shows that the Himalaya. Mining Company, which ismining for turquoise Rnd tourmaline In that county,has turned over ita holdings to the North AmericanTrust Company for the purpose of issuing first-mort­gage six-per-cent 26-year bonds. The total issue is tobe $260,000,

""""J '2,...The new placer diggings in San llcrnnrrlino County

are located 45 miles from Ibex, ncaT nlack Peak.Hundreds of prospectors llRVe gone to this point.

The Dale mining district. in San -nernardinoCounty, is flourishing {l t t he present time. The Brook­1)'11 mill is rcport('t1 to be working night :lnd day.

Los Angeles capitalists nre said to have bought. theold Piiion mine, in Riverside County, nnd aTc pre­paring to develop t.he pror.erty. The mine covers5(>\"('11 claims.

April lR, 1903 p, 299 col, 1"According to the Mo;ave County 'Miner

tthe

extent of the recent gold discovery in theSacramento t-Tash is uncertain and causes littleexcitement in Needles."

At Kleinfelter Canon, ten miles west of Needlesthe placers are said to be wonderfully rich.At a depth of twenty-five feet, three buckets of gravelresulted in over an ounce of gold dust,

" ... now a proposition to pipe water into Dale ... "

According Lo Professor Pease, of the Slate )1in­

ing Bureau, the miners at Ivanpah, near Needles, n;ea\'eraginlT from $10 to $20 per day to the man 111

washing °out gold. Mr, Herman Glatz, who is wellknown as a practical miner, confirms this state·ment.

Slrih.. of I'lnceqrrolllHl arc being frcquenlly.madeof lale froll1 Klcinfclder Canon to hal1pah, SanB('rnardino ('ollnt,}", and the region is being thorough·Iy prol'peclf'd.

f· 332

- '-', '

The California 1O .. ld -'lines Company's mill atPil'twho, Sail Diego (~ulll.r. is rl'ported as having,·I(-':lllCf! up :;;~1,-t.t' in bullion and $2,~~5 in slimesfrolll j;J3 iOlls of ore in :\larch. The average valuewa~ $~,70 I?f'r ~~n.

The f'onh.'lllplat,'d sale of the H;l;!dad mines atLud]')" i· ;1I1110UlI('('(1 to ha\"c )X>('U all1lll,lonN. Thehonrl Ila .. e'\pil"t'd I\lIfl t1w B:lgd~d :\Iining aud Milling('Olll plllly rei ni n" Ih(' prnped). Th,' ()\\'llCl"'1 now pro­I'0<:P In \\01''' til!' \llim·..; 111£'111 ...·1\·,·.... i\1r. I~. U, F:la~!.{

i:-< L!u· j::'!'Ilt'ral Ill;lnag("r <llltl tilt' foll,,\\ illg :tl"(' theprinl'if'.d ",«wJ...h,,!tl!'ro;: .1 '\. HN·~d<,.\. n. E. ('htt ..!',,I. 1f. SI('adll1an allil Thoma... .\. ).otbrabre. ofHndlC'''lprj St'Wlt'II' C'llllullc!',r )1. I)('pcw, of Xt'\\')"'Irk; K VlIIl 1';111'11. of t.h!' ),"f'\\" )"'Irk Central Hail­road. of Bo~l('lll; I';. J r. :-;t:t~g, of ,Joba nnt'",hll rg, and('hullt·... Wi!'r, of Los .-\ngel<,s,

Jt is rcporlC'd that vahwhlc deposits of iron orelJa\'C heell di>=("On~red in Cajon Pass.

The IJill\\"athn oil \\"('11, ai Rnndshurg, which is nowdown] ,000 feet, is to be sunk 500 f<.'1,1 deeper.

rt. i ... <:aid that the nit('r dcpo"il'i. ~ituated about50 mil(',.; fmlll Johallll('<;burl!, nrc to be worked durillgthe cnmin,!{ !'--ummer.

(;01.1) IX lJI lCI,:-lIl,\ tm UIlE.-D,·. l:. F. Hecker, in

hi~ ('!ahmat(' IllUIIO~:;r';lph on the quick",iln'r deposit3

of ('lllifurnia. 1l1('lItiou,. till' faeL that gold h1l3 been

fOlllld in COlljllllcliull with CIuicksilver ill n IlUmbCl'

of mille", llolabl.r nllhe Sulphur Balik UIlO al Sulphu!'

('I'('l'k. ill ('01 usa ('Ullllty, Al Xcw ldrin, in S;111

p'ell1lo CUll lit)', gold a!~o h:1.:i been f'Hlnd, in a certain

dH~., IIf ul"I', ill (JUHlltilies whieh could be profitably

\\01""1't1. ThC' di,"coV(,I'~', !H.l\\c\·cr, wa!; IImdc .\l too

late a lhly 10 l,e of udnllllagp La Ill .., old eompall)',

and the IIt'('lll'l'ellCC was (,'onllncd 10 a cHtaiu dol""

(,f un' lllillcr:tl'lgi(':lily 1al·gel.\' t'olllpoS('d of lHel::\l'in­

lIalMI'itt" {·ulltaillill~, ill ;Hltlition to all (1(mOl'm:dl)'

hi).!1i IWl't'I'llta).!\· I.f ltll'felll',\', ...;OI11C *18 pCI' tOil in

g"ld, _\1 :'Illl'hur ('I·"I·k. the ~lnn7.:tllita millc \\:15

\\uI "l,1I itll' .\ t'lU'" ..... ;1 ;,!lIltl )lI"Opel·t.\, and I'l"Ol!lll'('d

a f.lir ,1l1101l1l1 of 1I11jl·k~il\l'r a~ "ell. Thel'(' ~uc

,,\hpI IlIill,'- ill thi<: itlllllt'c1i:tt~, \ j('illily "hidl ('lin,

t:lill 111)\11 1111'1 a I.... Tltt' iallUHI"; ~Ien'tll' g"ld tllill('. at

\lPt'l·lIr. 1;1h. wa~ lil',.,l wOl'k('u as u quick..,iln·1" minC'.

in \\ Ilal. \\lh t!l{'11 kllllWII (1"; thc ('amp Flo.yd t1i-ll'il'l.

Tlw tll·(·., \\('1'(. 100md to Iw too low grade ill quid.:...il\,('r

to It., \\"ol"kt'{l prulitltb~y, 1\1111 operatioll'! Wt'n' 1-,11.,­

IWl1dl'tl. It was :l IIltmL('l' uf ~'paf8 Inter bf'fol'C the

lilJt('~tolle lll1l1 porph.}Tif's tht're were fOllnd to ('on·

l:lin gaM us well us quicksilver, and gold. aiM, in

,.111·11 fplalltities as tu l'pnrler the work of ttl(' ore high·

I~' pl'ofHahlc to t1l(' OWII('r", of the minp. White there i3

an a!'~('llt't' of data 011 the snbject, it would s('('m

dIal golt! i", not fn'quf'IlUy ausent from quicksilver

0.1''''. Thp~(' lallpr lire u"'IlI\l\~' accompnn~('{1 hy iron

p.nil('·. :llltl 'it·il'llti"l .. alHI unalj'sl.., ha\"e e-Iairnf'd

lhat tlu-n' i ... no pyrilp in the world whie-h dol'S not

COlltain a ('C'I'Lnill atllOll1lt of gold, ~o it W01l1l1 hi'

"alllral that un m"C' ('ontaillin,!! a" lUuch p.nit(' Uft

qllit·k~ilv('r on'. with it.., -l'\'t'ral !l(,l" ecnt IIf I'yritp,.

fr('qlll'"ll~- ... h01l1tl .'tllltain ~'11lI(' ~oltl likenj ..('. Thpre

,.('I'llh Itl h('. 1111\\,\1'1. lin allinil.'" h(·t\\l'('11 Ih.· two

lllC'lal .. \\"111'11 fnulld .itltnlj:ltH"lll~Jy ill till' ....1111p Ol'{',

fIll" 111I,I:llljl' IIlt·!"t'ltl.\, ;1 .. IIl'1ullll'I',1 hy jIlt, }"('(,II·I., or

fllnl'll'i'~ of lillil·k~ih i'l' "('dlll'l jUll,wol'k", i.. ah...n­

IlIll,l.'" fl·pt· frulll :,:ultl.

r"C~HL {,,"$+ MllI\e.r

f'iIt.'1 "i I ' 'f0 3 1'"]1/

PlacersCa.lifornia

Desert

Ax ,It'l'ullllt of tin' n't'l'lll ).!qld di"co\"l'r~' ;lIHI I'u ..h

011 tIll' ":-';;Il'l';lllll'nio \r:l-lll:' lH'HI' Xl'I',I1('". alldthe ('nlol'ado Hin·r. ill "'011111('1'11 Calif"l'llia.

Ila .. !WPII gi"l'lI io tht' PACIFIC' ('O.'l-iT ~";>;t:1: lIy ).Ir. .1.

". ~lt'l'Il'J :t "IlIllIWll'lll ('a Ii fOI'IJi:1 lIIinill/: llIan w!ln fllr.. t,,·t'ra! .\'1',11'" 11;1 .. dir(>t'lcl.! the op~mtioll of lhe l:oldt'l\,llIhil('(' lIlillP in Trinity COllllty. ('~t1.

.\t·(·OI'ding lo hilll. the lie\\" 11{''''crt pl;H."C1' 11C'1)Q<;it.,arC' ill tllc 11(>(1 of a ,-aile)' thnl nppC'ar," to 1If1\'C IH'enI"ornl{'(! hy nil Hllcit'nl, ... frC'nlll, fill'] whit"h is ;:>rtitl to('ollr;;e for 1;10 milC'.. 01' >;n fr01l\ 1'\C',·al1a. ill jhe Iwigh·hnrhood o( ~C'al·(·hli;.dlt. 1l('lHlin~ ar01llld throngh {'ali­

fornia and r{'ill'iling- tll(' Colnr:Hlo Hi"C'r from the weitat a. point "houl livc mill-,,! 1I000th of :\{'edl('s. The

Santa Fe rllilroad ;:<.winW' 1I0rth\1l..... terly from ~C('(1I(,3

and l'llter" th~ "wash" nll1C'y "hout tt'll Illile" fromthe Colorado River and nbollt two Illil{'!; east of Ihl'x.At this point. of rntry the ,'alley II;HI'OWS to a t!()J';::!eof about 200 (ect, where the old ~tre:tlll hroke througha. ran:;e of hill",. The term "w1\3h" i'i in that arid

region lI.pplied to'll d'"y vall('j" forlllf'1ll\lu1 heddet.1 withd{'tritus by the intermittent flows of wllter C:lltset.! hySlight seasollill mins or hy Clolldhllr~tJ'{.

it had become known that throll/.;"h the ~l'nv('l1y

floor o( this vallt',)' flowed one of thc suhtelTllu{',lIlstreams thnt nrc fnirly nunH'rOliS in that ~reat desertregiou. \Vater ("Qu1d be (ound nt (rom tt'll to firt('{'n

(('et. ,,'. H. Orr of Xeedles ('OIJ("f'i"ed the enterpriseof huilding a bedrOl'k dam at the narrow gorge mCII­tiOJll'd, (·on ..crving ihe suhtt'ITllru"nn sln"lulI awl ('on­

\'r,ving its walers to NC'rules, It wn.s C'stimnll'u Owt"ltolll 200 ll1il1C'I"~ illdU'-", ('lluld 1)(> dC\"l'loped. llpnn

ill\'c<;tigating" the site for th(' CLlIlI, ,I lwd of ela~' WII";fCllllUI at. :\ <it'pth of thidy fN't. ;lIlrl it wa", t}N:idNIto form the {lam \\ ith the aiel of lar,l!e tong-IINI amI;':l"oon~,1 pil('<: ,lri\'l'1\ into tll(' ('111,'"- SOIlIC of the pil('shrok{' in dr;\'ing' awl h:1I1 II) lit' pllllNI lip. In thedirt ntt.a{'!l('c1 to <;01t1(' of ill(',,(' ('xlracl('l! ri1(,i; g-old \\"ItS..1."C'I"\-('(1 :lnd the 11('\\ hllril'<l plncN-field was dig·l,ov('l·cd. OIT's Inek l'e('Hll;;: 111ilt of OIle Oow, of Do\\"'sFlat.

Orr and hi .. a<;,<;,oc'ialrs quirt1~- lo(':ded about. tnumill'S of {'hannel. and k{'pt the' :-('('rel for a time. hutil Icakf'd out at ~p('(l1cs thilt the ~al'ramento Wa'ih1\";1" II :.,rold·(il.. ld <lnd hy th(' third rlny the rush wasat its hcighj, Ih(' v,tllc." having :t pOpUllllioll of about

~Th;-~i"~'111:#1#..,"__J.YJ_~_I#.Yo ~~~~~_

.-,011 that Ii:!,\', illl'huli,,;! .\11". Sll"t'II'. who IWl'p('ncd io;ll'l'i,'., (rOIlI :111 .hj~ttll:l 111illit1;! cli ... trid. just thel1

\lith illl old ('alifnnll:1 jlro'pN·!nl".

Helow the disco\'uy 1111' \'alll'Y widl'llS to ahout a_1110u"'1I11(] ft-t·j willi \\"f·II-c1r-filwtl hllnk'" for the ..('vera)

mile''' tn the ,'in-I", .\hUH' IIH''< the "/lll.,), "i.l('lls to...en~ral mill''', Jlllllclr<"ds II! (·!l,im"i cov£'r the territory .\\'I!f'1l )11'. ~tI'f'I(' 1{'£t a fel\ d:l,}'''j <lp:n wry little realI'l'o"'W'ctillg' had heC'n dOlle, the golli.hearing stratumha\'illi! bc<'11 tC"\I'1! in 11111, f01l1' p!a{'f'''i. Where inves­ligal('d tlH'I"(' j .. n b{'(1 of balT!'11, loo..,c material ten tu

liflc('11 f('"t tlN'I). and llOln\\" it 10 the clay a similar

0<'.1 of ~old·l)('aril'~ ~ran:'I, lhrnll).!h whi{'h the valuesaplJ(,llr prett.y en.. nlj· t1i<;.trilllltt'rl. Mr. Orr Prosl)ccledhi8 (nritory in two p!f\('('s II)' driving down a 4,inchpipc for fiftccn fcct h('low the bottom of a 12-foot('\ltl1l1d hril1g.ing tip the l'oTltained gravel. It panned*:!.OO. or Iluolll $27 t.o the Nlbic yltrd. From tbis Orrconfidently estimated the content of bi15 ground at.$'),000.000 I'l<'r mil('. ~\ simihtr experiment. a milefrom the C'olorndf) wn~ reported to show $50 per yard.Thi~ is ahollt. the ('xlent to which the ground hadI.H'('II expcl"t('d. Prospecting with shdh is dilJif'ultnnd costly. hut ;;0111(' w('re under way. Mr, Steele willthi8 sea80n put a Keystone drill into opera.tion,

The :--ide ~t1I('hes are baTl"(,Il, and the gold evidenlly

Cllllle from n(ar. Mr. Steele thinks the field promis'ill~, but the conelitiolls are difficult. Orr's companyis going ah{'lId with the dam, with a view to using thewllter for mining, lind are doing little prospecting.Prohahly clrift-Illinillg will he resorted to, and p08­<:ilJly Olen' will be developed enough water to float,lrI'11f!<'r<;. Rut. afler nil, little is ret known o( the

j!llid resource" of the field. nnd there will be no

'illdd('n oulpllt o( the ~'ello\\" metal.

Th(' owner:,;; of thl' C'hul"kawaln lIl1Jllng claims inJ~in'M1ifle ('ollllly inlelHI douhlillg- 1Ilf' (,:lIHleit~f of thel'lalll. Till' ('Iflims h<'!ung to the Rl'd ('loud )Jinin~('rn'llllll.\· flf 1.Q,;; .-\I1J,.."i,I('<;;. ~ill(, mill'''' of piping arct ),'"> put in.

The Vine Rpring Hill mine, ncar Columbia, T~IO·

11IIIlIIC cOll1llv. has hcfln sold by James }'h'CormlCkto the Yankee Hill Minin)! Company for $5,000 cash.The compan~f has hnd Lhe mine lITulcr bond sometime.

It is reported that the Angelus minc, 15 miles from,fohanncsburg, Kern county, ha~ been sol~ by its ~sAngeles owners to Colorado men. The mine cons.lshof a conglomerate or gravel dcposit in an old riverh('tl.

Sixlj'-lhrC'I' mining d;lim,;; ill Ha;..!l1all nj~lri,·l.~:1IlIkrnnrdino ('01llltJ', Iwnr 1.111110\\, hnn' 1"'1'11 ...1>111 to~1.:ltor :-::. \Y. J)OI",.,<'Y ami hi'" a","',wi:i1t'~" _\Iu~t oft1u'~e ('Iaim,;; a.-I" a~ ,,:t IIIHh'\"I'I0I'f'd_

'the Baltic mine '\\:ith jh ten-siu'mp - m~l1, nearRandsburg Kern connty is doing well. It IS ownedby W. H. Wynn. who nc'ts Bll supcrinteo(leui.

'MA,:) I (q f' . '3C.7Articles of agreemE'nt of the transferal of the bold­

ings of the Free Gold :Mining Company to the GoldFields of California. Limited. an English corporation.h:\Ve bf'cn filed in the office of tbe county T£'corder inSan Diego. The latter concern takes over all thefollowing holdin,!!:> in Ogih")~ mining district atHedges: The famous Golden Cross mine, the GoldenCrown. G<:tlden Queen. Gray Dick, Queen Extension.Twilight. AUadin, Yi ..~ioja, General )liles. Sultan,Henrietta. Gray Eagle, Baltimore. Black Hawk, Black­smith, Patsy Branniaan, Danube. Talmadge. UIriOIl,Los Angeles, Fuller, Emeline, Leighton, Pat.:l. Sappa.,Texas. Bet>cher. Ingersoll Johnson, Tremalite, andGilt Edge, togeth£r with the complete plant with allits adjuncts. The terms of the agreement are thatthe property must be clear of all encumbrance!l, excepta debt of 81.000,000 clai~d by Frank A. Gibson andothers, the same .not due until July L 1905.

The sale is announced of the Angelus mine. situateull('ar Fremont Peak, eighteen miles~from Randsburg.The purchaserS' are Colorado parties and the pricepaid is said to be about a quarter of a million dol·lar.:;. 'J.'he deposit a!ll naw expo3ed is 4,000 feet lon~

b~' 600 feet wide. The ore is low grade, runningfrom $1 to, it is sai~ $8 per ton.

In the New York )[ountnins. in San Bernardinu('ounty, the Alpha group of mines and the Giantl(!.lge location are showing up in a. promising manner.It is said that there is a large amount of ore de"el·oped and ready for reduction and that active prepara·tions are being made for its treatment.

""<>., z-:? ,.381The Ycllow Aster Compnny at Randsburg, Kern

Connt,)", is reported! to ha.ve made a. good strike ofmilling ore. nt the 12GO-foot Icvel. The vein so faris twenty-five feet wide and no hanging wall in sightyet. This is the. richest arc which has y~t beenfound at depth in the camp_ _ _ _ _

Ex-Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, of Los Angeles, hasjust closed a. deal whereby he has secured. a groupof 100 mineral claims near Ludlow, in the Bagdad

mining dist.rict.

2) P ~~J

"'..'"The PiiIon mine, comprising ~cven claim:-, locatedneaT Ri\"erEide, hns been pur<'1H\"ed by Los Ange­les p:uticS' ;nd will be worked to the limit. FiH~5tamps will be added to t.he milt. Thc arc l"l1n.iabout $Hl to thc ton.

}.Juch cquipment i':i hl'iug illslnlled at. the Ratcliffmine, ncar Ballurat, In.yo County. prior to thc open­illg of the minc on 3n extensh'c scalc b~' the Equip­ment )'Jining Company of Los Angeles. A tramwaywas recently installed ai the mine.

j>' Y8~The Picacho mines in San Diego County, belonging

to the Californ·ia. King Gold Mining Company, havebeen .ttached for & debt of about $40,000. Theproperty levied. on consists of 156 claims, with build­ings, mill., cy&nide pla.nts and fixtures of everydescription. This company was organized by ex­SeD'&ton Doney, Jones, and Pet.tigrew.

JU"-L &.,I'?().JIe old smelter of thc Davi3 ~Iinillg and Smeltingpan.,)', located at Oro Grande. ju San Hf'rnunlinoIty, will resume work in the ncar futllil'. Thisfi:.'r~ closed down last JUI~'. JL lia;; 1I0W hf>Cn~......J h '.Y. ~he Sout west.ern Snwltlllg (omplln.r. a

'~mposed of Los Angeles and Eastcrnta : ta'"it1(i will be run uuder their manage-t:"'~oot+

# is .aid that a stamp-mill, smelter and cJ'a.J.l!~eplanl is La be SOOIl ereeied at Jndlan lirec~, ulle~n

miles east of Caliente, in Kern count)'. The .\meha.and Zoda. mines are ill that locality and have becnshipping their ores to Selby's smelting wOl'ks. Thegeneral a"el'uge of the ore hns been $:,W pCI' ton andthe "elos .run from five to twenty feci between the

walls.H is s..'1i.d to be t.he intention of the ownN, )1r.

Frullk M. Smith, to abandon the OOI'llX mines at.l':dico and to work only those in Death "alIt,:,. Thedeposits at. Calico hu'·c been worked for al)()ll~ l,j)"£'urs, bul are getting more expensive all the tUIIC.The borax mines at Death Valle~' are larger thanlho:,e at Clilico and can, it is said, be mined much

chNlpcr.

June 13, p. 435 Col. 3Eight stamps have been added to the battervof the Cecil R. mill-~anamint Ran~e.

June 2n, 1903 p. 459The Anvil Springs Mininga new stamp mill. Companv ... is erecting

It is possible that the trouble which is now brewing~mong the miners in the Randsburg mining district.In. Kun County, may result in a general strike. TheMiners' Cnion demands an increase in wages to $3.50for miners and $3 for muckers. The Yellow .as.terCo~pany. ~be largest in the district, has postednohce~ saYlD~ tha t the union would no longer berecog~JZed. Ihe matter probablj' will be taken up b)'the Y\ estern Federation of Miners, which is now insession in DeD\'cr.

The Los .Angeles Chamber of Commerce has passedresolutions asking the supervisors of In)"o and SanBernardino counties, California, and of Lincoln andKye counties, Xevada, to est..'lbli ..h wells of waterin the desert and also to erect sign posts to showtheir locations. It is said that there can be noreasonable doubt but that valuable undiscoveredmines exist in the desert regions, particularly thoseportions near Death Valley, which are now almostinaccessible in summer because of tile heat and lackof water. With wells and guide posts pro\"ided, theentire region, it is thought, can be prospected, evenin the hottest. portions of the year.

....- It is stated that the present production of theGold Peak mine, near Victoriaville, San BernardinoCounty, is $6,000 per month, with expenses of $2,000per month, leaving a neat profit for dividends. Newore bodies are being rapidly opened up, &nd thesuperintendent says that the present profits arelikely to <"Ontinue for a. long time.

~ -.

l ining Operations on I~~~ Lower Colo~~~

An Undeveloped Field. though of Potential Value.

T".\T ,('c-'Iinll l1f tll,- f!1"(,·al "lI11thwc.,lerJI mining

lipId \Vhid. bOl"dl'P 1h~ f'olnradn 10v('r in,\ri/l/II,. :11111 Cdifnrrlia h(lld~ 1ll1l(,1t lh:lt is of

jl'l('I'(l~L to the Oh~\'IT:lJJl ,.. tnd('Ill. flf lhe 1Illlling in­

dll.,h'j".•\Iong jhi .. pir111l'(·,;;tjlw \\':llp]".'" highw'ly.Ihrul1!!h ;\ '"asl IIItllllllaiulIll .. d('''t.{,l'l, there :11"(' ,'arion ..

IIIllwral lIi"!l iet..; oi PI('~t'lll 01 pro~pcclin~ illlpol'l·;\11('(', in whh·h .1 l'llll... idel".lhl{' lIlilling ilhlllslr~' will

1IIu)oubtt',lIy be di'n·1olwl! ill the rlllUl"t>. acconling to

the amount llnd wi5l.Jom of the iIlH':slm(>lll of capilal.

~ .'

!lOME OF A CLIFF-DWELLING PROSPECTOR,N~JAR COI"OHAOO RIVER, ARIZONA.

There nre now Borne notable mining opcraLit)nsgoing on close to the Colorado, such as a t Search­light nnd the PiCAcho mincs, and therc are manydislrich displaying extensive high-grade ol·es. Those

cli'3lril'tg adjacent to ihc ri"cr hrl.\·c the gcneral char­acteristics of that \\ hole desert rcgion, uut have the

all\-:Hllnge of the watpr supply and transportationf;ll·ililies of the rh·cr.

Tile llJining industry entered that genera.l regionby wa,r of til(!. rirer foriy ,rea.rs ng-o. SOllle rjl'h

I'laCt'r;i were enrl,}' fOUlHl all the Ariwll:l side, nlld a

few mile" from lhe river on the "all1C ::idc wereC~Ir1y copper mines tlmt shippcd thow;ands of tonsof orc to Sun Francisco in the sixtieii.

The OIC~ arc bas<", no coll\'enicllt smeller" h:I"C

been el"ect~, and hundreds of prospeets are waitingfor capital.

_\ glflllCC at SOIllC of the conditions along a portit111of the ('fJlorado is. nn'or(led hy s01l1e oLJscrvations by.\11'. J. C. Steele, n. California milling lllan who, afew wC<'ks ago, made a leisurely trip, by rowboat,eighty-fh'e illites down the river from Needles, toinvestigate some mining propositions, and whoslopped Cn route to see several districts uear thernel'. Part of the time he was with n United StatesGeological Survey party, Tile lrip WllS made by rowllOal~, Stf'amen. run regularly frOll1 )fcedles. northto the l:lIHlillg place for Senrtldight., and for somelii .... Lllwc north of Yuma, but south of Needlessleamers make onl.y intermiU(>ul trips wilh speciale.lrgoes, and miner" work t"elll..,cl\"~ flnd their SUll­

plies down the rh'er by rowhoat. raft and flatooat,and thnt is good enough for any body with a littlej illle tn "'pare_

Ahout sCHmt)'-five miles south of Needles and tenllJiles aho\"C th(t Indian ngelll''y lit P.u-ker is EmpireILlUding, 3.l1d lllree or fOllr miles hnek of it the Em­pire district. ll('re there nrc :t, large Ilumbcr of pros­pects, disl)]llying baso ores, mnillly held in gr.oupsb)' prospt"etors, wbo are honoring the traditions ofthe craft by doing assessment work and waitingthrough the years for the promoter or ill\·~-tor whocan appreci3 te their value at the low prices asked.Development. is going on in the Garfield, ~mpire

and :Mayis claims, held by &8 diany Loti Angeles

COlllp:lllil'S, \\"hQ ;Ire working tell or I.weln~ 1IICll ai,

together, The IOIlI!(""t tunnpl i~ in ahouL ·100 fpeL,:lIul there are ~t.'n.:nd !'ihnfl~ in till' r1islril'l forty or

lifty fl't'L tlCl'p.

":'\[u"t of lhe c1ailll::t al'e held L)' prospe<:tors whoh;l\c dOll(' little nU)I(' than aS3«'!'i5I1lent work," ;"t:\."s\11'. bteele. "The)' sink shafts perh:lps fifty feetIII'''P anll Ih~1l "t,.'1.rt oLhers elsewhere. The develop­1I1('llt work is not concentrn,led. With such SUpCI'­

lil'i;d showing;;, thcy wtlnt too much-perhaps $20,­I/UO for a len-foot hole, and a largc percentage in,·ash. Somc of t.hese little shaft.s show good valuesin base 01'($, and [ received the impression that~ollle dol)' it would be an import.ant mining camp. JtIU'l'lls cOllcentra.tion of illtere:.-t.s, intelligent develop­lIIe-nt, a railroad from the river. a smeller, waleI'

:-1I"ply, clc. It might be n. good field fOl' operation011 tha t scale."

One instflllco of conditions here is afforded byWilliam }\luck and his properties, the Ruby andSoo mines, which he has held for fifteen yea.rs, The

fonuer was worked thirty years ago, and in 1887 aIh-e·stamp mill ,ms built by the river. The mineshows a. strong ledge of rich ore. and has been de­veloped by t.unnel and winze to a depth of 160 feet,The ilssays tcll why the mill is not running, The800 mine, DCllr Ule river, shows a. bold outcrop ofcopper ore, carrying gold, in places thirty feet wide.Thc development is small. For ycn.rs Mack has livedin a IilUe cabin and garden by (\, spring near theriver. When he feels like it he hires .an Indianand gets out some arc from either mine and sendsit up the ri,'cr to Needlcs and to Selby'S, at <l freight('Oil of $10 r~r ton. The shipmenls amount to aboutone cnrlO:HI n. ~Tcar, alld that is sufficient income for\fack_

There i-; :lnotlLer enterprising mine owner in thisdistriet \\ 110 j;; \\Ql'th)' of note. llis office find resi­l!en('c is in llll open ca\'e in a high bluff that hBproh;lhly hOI1,('£1 elifT-dwellers of another age, It isjuU feet aho\'c the !'i,'er and back in the hills. AIiall that llips 30 dpgreeii le:tdi uI> to the cave, andahnvc is a pl'rpc-udicular cliiT 150 feet high. Thelurd t1f the canl'll has a burro of very eflieient de­~ign that. pack;; oil cans of waleI' from the river;Illil live;:. on cactll;, nt one end of the route and real;'!Il'l'll gra.::,~ and will!)\\' leave'> at the othel'. Thi'3pro--pff'!llr hn.:::; lipId rh-e claims at $15,000 for five)'C'ars, A f('w da.r-;· work in the dislriet. OIh~e in a ,

wrt.· .

while provh~es the dividends froll~ hi b $lr"nOt> 1"'111)erty, and WJih a, slwkedown bed ill a Silillly dilr, ina. stormless land, he shoWl:! how olle ('1111 It(, C'lIltf'lllhlIhough rich.

Indians will float driflwooU ant! C(,tl'IIIWw~1 t',1

thi", prollli;;illg' field for $2 per cord. 0Pl'<l~ilt, I!",Ellipire district, a. fl'w mill'$ from til£' rhl'!" 'lll the("llifo11lin. side, is the somewhni Bimilar KI"nolihdi"lrict, showing ITIlllly prospeds carryillg 1-:'1Ih1 ,11101

1'lJpper ores and SOllle galena, 1\11'. Steele SH)'Jt Il,n!

\\jthin t.wcllty squ:nc miles in ihis region, 1111 t"lltJ

~jde". of the river, there are probahly fHly 1'I:tiIlJ~and group.., of cIa illlS held by pl'o"'pt'dol""',

,\1, ollll.!.' points alollg' this :.:;trt'ldl of 1I1ll 1';\1'.lh"rc arc othe-I" }HOSIH'cls nnL! tli,..Ll'il't." \Iirh ,.;illlil .. ~,.. llIlIi/jons, but no going milles. At one 1'11iltt, liW'~Ull the l'i,'er's edge, "1)('IlI11all'S lllill" stall,J." llllr

Ilt'callsc the ores were noL ll1adc cspceinlh' f.. 1' itTh(. frnllles which ('any 1,Ie shafting, ek." 11;1\'('

DEN~MAN'S MILL, ON COLORADO RIVER.

Ilc"er been roofed, The engine and Huntington millH ~ open to the Sllll, that is seldom clouded, Imt"Ie one Erue va.nner bears a proteeLing tarpaulin.

The whole lower Colorado Rivcr region is an in,tCI"Csting mining field, wiih much individuality, andtile various 'Successful mines opernting elsewherealung the river, and the multitude of promisillgprospects found herc a.nd there promise all impol'lr,tilt future for this strip of the Southwest.

;:

(;]"('al. ('xcitl"III(,lll j .. reigning aroullIl the camp of

B:tIlar:lt. in Ju,}'o COllutr. :\lillcrs ar(' llll;lblc to getWllgOIl"! elluugh to haul in th(·ir supplies, Hull all mines,1]"(' \\'orkinz full force,; of Itlt'll.

. \1; i\lojavc, ill K<'rn ("Olllll~·. tht' milll'l'" atQlH'('1I ]~sth('r fl nd Kn nlHt llli IIC.i lun'C ~lJne 011

slrikl'. H is stntcd Lhat the lllilll'l'Jl. III the EXI

TrC'ilsllI'C mine are conlemplnlillJ! J:;imilnr flcUi'm

It is reported frolll Ball:nat, in '11,y;7l':Jl111i,L Ihal

th£' A,'olllio C:ulrl J\linill;! Campally has ;.:Inu'k OJ"{' lhal

ll'iSays $80 pcr tou. The campan." j;; about to Plltin a 100·ton plant..

A bar of gold worth $3,500 ;ccently arrh'ed 81

Y'.,d.-\ngelcs from the Rlltcliff mine at Ballarat,Connly. Anot.her bar of greater value is expect

+-0 arrive from t.)lC same mine in n few weeks.

Till' _ih('l mill of the \rlll,don "inin7 ('/llI1p;lIn"

rtt Dil:t;:.:dl. n.'I·~>Il11y '0101.•·nlll;liltl',1 '1'11'1I1.1-(\\'(I

-lamp.; .\lId 1Wflllly-,c"('n llIHI\t'rn ;11ll:11;.!:I111;llill;': P;\Il,..The plnnt co,,1 to in,InJl it $lfiO.non Tlw 11\'" O\\I]('rg'Iitl relllo'·c it. to fllloth('r p];I('('. Ill" ~rll it.

Tile vHIlIC' of 111('" pl,I(","I'S ill the ~1I1'l'illlu'nlo \\'n;;h,11('111' ~("f'(llC' .... i:.; to be dl'lNuli,wd II\' Ih., ..illkin~

(If ;1 six·(qoj l'ai"on to thl' 1,,'III'OI·k, Th" Itlal<"rililsfor thfl I·lli;;'OIl hll\-e heen obtaincd ill f-;,lJl FI·'lJld",ro..\f.·. W. II. On- i" in ~·har~p flf Iile Ill'Ojl'('L

rhe Ludluw ,111(.1 ~ouUll'rn H,ailwlly, which connectsIhe prnpcrl)' of tilt' ClIa,;\! nuM .\Iillillg' CIJllIpany 011

lilt, .\L~)jll\C dt':,>cl't, ,lith the tunn o( Ludlow has beell'·\Ilul'lt'll'd. 'flli .. IICW line i!i -Cll'lI mile::> long andIlill he u~d for Inlll~pur1ill:':: ore III the llarslow111 i II.

The Sllik(' "illllllioll at I::lnll,lJllr~ ill l>\l'rn ('oulll~'

h.l, takl'll ,\ flllifll turn. alll! hnt nUll· fl'al' i~ 1Ifl1l1for a d("lllon"trat ion of for("("'. (;,lr\"t'ral pn)prrlit,o; arl'Inll' l'llnllinrT (1111 ~hift!". hilt if i" ff"Il"f,tllhat at If";\~i.

fla' ."OIllP li~llf' the> Yf'llow .\<;IPI' will 1','III;lin i,lk.

The Angclus mine at the base of .Itremont.'s Peak,l.j.rhlecn miles hom Randshurg. hilS been sold tol'~lorado parties, The claim cOIIsists of ll. gravelhench which enrrics free gold from $1 to $10 perlon. The deposit. as exposed is 4000 feet long by

UOO (eet wide.

Thr Gold Stnudnrd Consolidated Company, operat­illg- at Vi('tor, in San Bernardino County, has !ltmf"k:l rif"h pocket Owl. it is said. will go osenral thousanddollars to the ton. Orders have been placed for rna­l.hinery and n. slamp mill and lhe property is to beenergetically worked,It. is reporled that. the Vulcan group of lhirty-l'ight

claims, locl\lcd thirty-eight miles fWIll ::\la1lvel, inSan Berllllrdino Count)', have been sold in Los An­oeles The claims were owned by )re"'<;r.... Louis

&h,,:artz and G. II. Ramstadt.

4' l'io 3I

_ R('port. hfts it that n strikf' of ~old rnnnillJ! frlllll

$-40 10 $50 pe>r Ion hI'S bN"1l millie lle>ar r(1"'O HoISpring", on the )foj::n-e d(><:;('rl.

Work i$ aL :l. standstill on the Golden Cross mine.Ileal' Heuges, in San Diego County, and all reporhof t.he sale or the propel'ty are declared to he wil It­(lilt foundation. The same> is true of the ArueriCllnGirl minI', that llelulr adjoin'i it. There are thn'cmill, on this l}roperl~', "ith a c:apadl,l' of 100 ton ..p<.'r day, And the '·f'ins. in both claims, arc of gOflll~ i7e.

The miner:) of the old AUl("lia )lining District inKern Counly, have called n meeting to reorganizeIhe distrid "'0 as (0 elllbrac:(" ··all the territory be,lWef'n a line 3 miles south o( Indian Creek at ihiu1erseclioll with 81c\'enSOn'8 Cao)'on and a line 9miles north of Indian Creek." This will constitutea dist.rict about 12 miles square.

It. is understood that Los Angeles capitalists in·telld working the deposit of gold, silvcr and copperorcs discovered on the Mojave desert, near Bagdad.

. The vein is sllid to be 'fourteen feet in width and ha.~

b"en traced (or one mile. The dirt will rUIl $:Hi iothp. ton in gold,

Jvl'1 2 S-\ larg'f" Jl:lrt." of r:r:l"<:; V:lllC'y min("r~ have left th:lt.

I'I:H'r fnr Th!!l!:ul. ~;1n R("rn:lr(]ino County, whcn"ill ...:," 11:11-(" hl'(>11 prnmi<:pd ("mplnyrn('nt in the minf'!l;.

.- It is said lhal the Southwestl'TIl Smelling Com,pau), has purdwsed the JlI:lnt o( the Davis )1iningHud SlI\elling: Cumpany ilt Oro Grande stntion, 112miles northcilst of Los Aub'Cles, in San BernardinoCoullty. It. is of SO-ton capacity, and the Ill'\\' ownerwill u.,t> it as a CU3tOlll smeller. There is said tohe :11\ abnllflancc of are ill the vicinity,

4\1.,\.The Gold Peak )[ining COllI p;l llY. located near

Yictordlle. in San Bern.Hdino Counly, has prodncell1:1tely two gold brick., worth $2.300. 1he re.-ult of [\nincteen.df'ep rlln in' the company's fixe-stamp mill.This is a gootl showing for a mine re<"l'lItly purchasedand developed le;:'5 than six months_

)ofes;;l·s. Callon-'l:," amI ~hu.,tel' will de,-elop theirmining claims ::;ixt.,- mile;;: e:lst of )fojave, which arejust o\-er the ~;lll Bf'rll:lrrlino line. The vein isthree feet wide with a pay o;tre:lk eight inches thick..-\ shait 100 reet lkep is about to be sunk. The orecontains copper. le;,d. silver and gold.

There hfls jUst been imtallcd ~n Los _\ngele;:; whati:; claimed lo be the most perfeel te:;ling p1.lllt onthe Pacilic Coa.:;t. The cost hao; 1"'l'lI ;:':10,000. and thepr"pcrt)' includes a rock cl'u.,her. ·f):h'l:'ntn1tOI'.'I, bat­tHy p1::ltes all~l other applialH·e5. ,lil operated by a 50

hOI'o;e-powl'r dynamo.

The EXPO.,N! Treao;urcl' mine 01\ ~n1t'd:Hl Hill. Ilfl:lr.\rvj,\\"C, IUHler the m:lnul:,remelll of Prof. ('nilI'll !I,l,"

J)t" Killh. ha., improved its plant. XI'\\' ,11ld illl]ll"on·,rltI,lc:hiner,Y h;\~ been introduceJ wilhout ("Ioo;ing oIown.II i~ l'Xpl·f"tf'tl th;tt profit.; will hI' \,,\\'IH'll \dlhill .\\,('ry .,hOl't period.

Av~:y '22. } I1DJEXl".l\~1IiOlls IIn\'c 11('('11 l'Olllplf'If'c1 for' th{' PH-dion

of :l ;-IQ· .. I:IlI1P mill ami C'yanidr plant on the F'I:"Imio.!llIIH',.:; Illinc, 30 miles from .Moja\·... , Kf'rn ("ll/nl". at

'/:I\\'hol1(, Call,,'on. '.I'll!' propf'I'ly \\'11' ffll"lIIl'rh' kl"'IWII

:1."" thl' ~ronnlaill (irallil., lIlilH' :11111 i~ ('IlPraj.,,, il," :1:'\Pw .1('1''<(')' 1'll!"prll"nliOIl. of \,"hi('h !\Ir. \Vnl<;n~ isIItHIIaJ.!I'''. Fifl('('ll IIH'II nrp ('111 1'10 ,.n·, I.

It h> ~aid that fhe orr;.; in til(> Halltbh1/l").! di .... ll'icfal'e :IS free milling ng any fllllmi anrw!l(,l'e ill the

~tl-t('. For jhi~ r<.'aS(l1l 811('h mine>;;: :;n' v:ll11:lhl ... iflhf'y COlII:l;" :lily (/1'(':'; worth ltlcrllinn. It, h:Hi alsoh('1'1l fOlilld lhat "Jlill('hill~ nlll," whieh <;Oll1Plilllf'q

:IP1lt.il.'·.... i .. 1'lIt Il'1Iljl(ll'nry lind tit:.! fhe n·in<: :111110<;1

znnlnahly Ill'rsist in thl" IC'I\W'r Il'w+...

The Colorado Hiver nQld and (:01'1)('1' Compau\,tl\\1l1l 1~ claim" 011 til!" f":lsi "r"l)(> of lhc l\fnlllllllC'nta'!)1"lIl1t:lln.... in :'::an Bf"rntll'dillo ('QlllIL\-. r:J1iforn",";l/l 1 . t l . ,t,..( expf'c 5 0 prospect. lhe propt'rties in a Ihorou<1hl~l:lJlIH'r. ~'he offit'el's of lhe ("(HtlP:1I1Y arc: E. \".J l·ck. pl'esHIf"nt.; \v. O. ])l'c,..I):lcll. ,·iec.prf'sirlf'lll: I':.

~..C1allllon . sc('rf't:Jry. Tin· ollic(' of thf' f'OI'porntionI .. III Los An~clC'<:.

'3~l f· bJ IP~.JHil'h j.!l'a\'f'l I,a,.. 1K"f'1I ji;.fnl(·k ill Klinf'felt('r ('llIIyon

hy tIll' \\-. .II. Ihl' (·olllpany. the opcration!\ of whi('h\\';'1'(' ,1I· ...(·rill1'd l·pe,p,lIl.,· ill i he PACI Fie COA ST i\[ I "'El:.

Bt·,lrtwk \\,;1 ....Inu·k at I.w("nt.y.nil1c fp(>L nnd 1111'

h'·;I\-.'- lIu\\' nf \\'.dpr al l\\,plve. .-\ easil1;! ha;:; ll('en

l');lt<i·t! at Iwt!l'll;·k. Thi~ lli.;;con·ry \\-a!' ';;('\'C'ral hUll'tln'd fl'd. f""llI 11ll' OI'iginlil di""n\'("ry point. On('

ltul"krl of ;.:rnn·1 \la.;; ...:titl tn ha\"(' ).·i('ltl("d ioiix OUlJ('('<:

of ).!uld. _II"'" IIf \\'hid, W:l;; ill ll11ggrt;;; pa.\·in;.:: ao;hi).!!! :\ ... $I.l.-, f':I,·h. II \\';1,.. all prndiraJly eoar~e

;":0111.

6ep+.\ ~""l;l :;lrike has been made in the Ro05e\"elt mine,

2, ....... n Bernardino County. The property adjoins"'1' n"::llad mine. The strike has been made in the

,'.1: 011 the 375-foot len!' Xearly all the stock-• ''-!n.. t('side in Pasadena.

It is "tated that in the O. K. mine, in the '-il",:!inia

Da Ie district. R strike of good ore has heen made inthe 100-foot level north, the vein here bein~ eightinches wide. On the .250-foot level north nnd on the:lOO-ioot in the same direction good bodie3 havebeen shown and in the 300 level .south there is like­wise a good showIng.

The Dagdlld Mining :Iud Milling Company ofStagg, San Bernardino CUUllty, through the Los An­

gcles brandl of the Uuiou Gas Ellgille Company,has purchased a 15 horse-power hoh;l,

The Chase Mining and :Milling Company, located

at Camp Rochester, .in San Bernardino County, haspurchase~ from the Union Gas Eugiue Company,through Ill! Los .Angeles branch, a 15 horse-powerhoist.

/2...

The Roosevelt Mining and 'lilting Company, with}HUpcrty located at Ludlow, ,s.Ul Bernal'dino Couuty,!las purchased' from the Los Angeles l)l";llleh of theUnion (Jag l!:ngillC Company, a. 16 horse-power gashoist and an 85 lwrse-powd' sta.tionary engine.

~,1" "2 tr) 1903_.\ propert~· that is now the ~l'cne of acti\'ily is tilt·

old Q"bouru group, fituated 14 miles south of Dagg('tl'J hb is owned b:' O...Lourn & Drew and c()llsisto;; oi:!:~ claims with nearly 5.000 feel of denlopmcnt Wlwkt(I its credit. For se\'c.-ral months work was ~hllj

tl(1wn. !tut arrangements wel'C rccentl:- lIlade for f'''·

\t·n,:;ivc opcmtions during the coming winter 1I101l1.!t"._, lar,!!(' furN' will soon be cllIpl(,yed 1l1H](·'·).!"l"I'lllld.

Dec. 19Thc Gulden Cross lllines at ll('(];;c'>, S;Ul Diego

('ullllly, which hnye been in the lHlnds of a receiverfor lIl11ny yt>ars. nre to be turllC"J bal·k to t.he ownersh('f"J"t' the t·lo~ Hf the year. There was a large in·,l"hh·tlll('~" ,,11('11 the suit was commC"llce<1 and a re­l'I'in'!' wn .. nplwinlC'd. Jl{' has 11{'cll cntting" down

tht' illdt·j,tt·ll1h' .... (;Idl :,"(':11' nnd this month will \\'ipeit /l1l1. Fl,r ,('\(·ral lllolltlt~ no milling ha.;; lIN'1I('Init'\l un. tlt(' \lUlk d"n(' l:()Il~i ..ting oj the operation..f a '.\·;lIlill\' 1,]:1111 on {Ire nll"l"ad.r mined. The pro·dUd oj Ih(' Illill('<: f(lr tlle ~-t'ar has been lK't \\"(>('11

;-:150.HOfl :11111 ~lj5_0UU. It is C'xpected that mining

"!,{>!'ntiol1" will J'e If·smlled c.trly ill the :-('301', :lull thnttll,').· will he l'Il-IIt·,1 "ith ,igo!'. The,)' nre the ri(:lle"l.;.: 'Id mini'" in i1l(' l"Olillty :lnll among the Jxost in the:-:lJuthw('.~t.

TII('n' i" hI t:Ollr~c of eh'dion t,y the Supply pcopl("ill tll(' ]):lle ,li~tri('t, San ]~cr11:Hdil1n Cuunl)', a 75-tOllt'::1I1ill(' plall!' T!h're arc at pr{',cnt, it. is .. ta1e.J,more than :!.flOO ton, of ore mint'd and ready for tl,('llIill. amI al~lllj $~50.000 \\mtll of ore block('(l nut.Two "ood I("dfl('-; 1In\"e jll .. l lJ{'(>n struck. otlt'" lS f('rtin wi:1th and" the other ;50. hoth of which :lll' 111'0'uoum'l'd to l.tc p('rlllal1('nt orc bodies.

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In it are Located the Borax Deposits Which Supply theMarkets of the World

By H. C. Wa.rner

S·\N HEnX..\l:lJrxo COI_'i\Ty' thc large"L ill lhigg-rt'ilt. COIllIlIIlIlWC(llth. contains nhollt. 20.000

Sfillare mil('s alltI a populnlioll IIf lIIfln- Ihan:;n.ooo. It. ig l('rll1ed Ihe "Imperial counly," not. (Ill

OI\'('"II11t. of ils al'('a. !O(I lI1ueh :1<: il~ di\·cr."ifi('<1 awlw(-allll'llrodllcillg n''l\1I11·L'eR. 11,,1'(' ill nhlln,1an('c :1fPto bc found rich dC'pII.. il,. of :.:,,1.1. ",ilvcr. eopl't'!·, irpll,I'HI'flX, salt :1ud oth('r \':1luahlc III ill .... r:llR. lis llloun·tain 1':111<;1''; are l'O\'\'n,tl wilh \·t, .. t fort'sts of pinl',

C'1'11:1I", hf')l1h'c'k ancl onk. 11 ... \'allc.n; :1re n1l10111! theI'i\·!lc"'t. in Ihe St.alC', prodncillg dc(·hlIIOlIS and sl'1l1i·Il'opical fl'uif.s in nbll 1111:1 I1ce. which yield 10 t.he ill'1,'lIil-!l'nl. orchal'<lists million;; ,1I111llally,

The ('oullt.y has fL fine sp:l(,1ll of ell'CLric light. amIPI1\\('!' plnnts. owncd and (1)(,l':1t('d by a syndiC'aLr,IIllder the title of "The E.lison Electrie l.ight andPower Compan.y." The power is furnished by thew:\h-rs of the Snnla ,\nn Ri\'('l' nnll Mill Cn"<,k. The

wnters of the laUer :11'e <.'arried in pipe~ o"er moun·t:1ius. to cOllwnient point"" :ltId 11('~cC'nd wilh stich\'Cloci!)' th<1t. an i1l1l1lcni; powl'r is gained, whieh isuLilizccl by \'arions fa('torics throllghOld. 111(' count.)',a.<: well as in the cit i\'~ of S:11l Bernardino. .Redlands,Colton and Rivel'side.

.-\t. Mentone is Jocnt('d OIlC of thC' ~TC'at ice fncloricsof the }>ncifie Con~t, whicJI is opt'l"ated by an electricelllT('nt fllrni<:hed by the Edi!:'on ('ompnny,'

.\1l01l11~r power plnnt if; in eour"c of constl'IIctionin T.yllc rf('C'k C:lll)'Hll. wllich, whC'n ('omple!('d, will

flll'lli"h pOW{'f :\Ild light for the cit.y of Ri\·ersidc.8nn Bcrnnnlino COllnty conlain!> RC'vC'ral l:lr~ nOIlI'

mill"" (Inc of t1lC' lnrgt'~t Portl:\Il{! c('lllen!. fnetories onIIlC'! r'o:tsL. Ill<)re t.1I:t1l n. hlllldrerll:\l';:!e packing·holl<:N~,

:\. ~('ore Or more of frllit. dry('rs, hrsides many olhC'I'il11p0I'Lflnt illdllSI riP!'l;, inclnding t.he exlension boxf;lctory of the Hrookillg-S LlltllbC'r (':omp:tn.v, lo~ntC'll

:tt lIi~hland. which hl'ingR from t.he Iwi,:::rhboril1g'llIolllllain;; llIany millir>ns of f{'ct of luml)C'j' lo he mnn­nfrcrlllrNI illlo bo'\('!'! for ihe various p:lcking indu!>­t ri{'oS.

The ("ount.y is lr:t,·t'r<:;rd hy iwo trnm:eonlinenL:l.1milw:!)'::;, rro:;"ing :tt rig-hI.. :tll~lC'~ thr01lgh t.he city

lIf ('flll 1111, Th....."e:t re t.he Iillf's of 1he :-;;1111 a 11'(, a Ill!

Ill(' KOlllllt'1'1l l·ncilil'. The Salt I.:,kt' rna,!. ill ('1I1I1''''l'

of 1't1""tl'II('lioll, will add a Ihinl Ir;IIl~I'OI11tillC'IlI:11

lille 10 t.his l'xl.t'n",i"c ~p;trlll uf railwaJ~.

Tilt' t·il)' "f ~:1I1~cnl:lnliJlo i!" 1I1C' ('('Ill ,· of t.hc,·,·11'111'011"11 I-ile·shnpt't! tl':lel-. Thi... !'tllll pas.<:esIhrflllgll the famOllS orall~c groVl.'S of ~olliherll Cali·forllia, a "rgion of perl'('lnal !'pl'illg ;111\1 lIu\\'ers.

S:lll Hcrnt'll'tlillO County's I,hid \\'1':11111 dol'S not liewilhin h(·]' cit.icf'; or her OI':ll1gC gron'~; it is to hefound ill va;:.l. dl'po'iits of 1tlilll'l';lls whil'!1 lit".' hidtl('ll

ill the ;1l'l"O,'·O!'l and 1lI01111l:d'IR of tile gr/'ilt. 1Ilojan'rh.'fo:ert. Of the mining' dislricl" t!J(' Iwsl knowll arcGoltl 'Mountain, the Virginia Dale group. Bagdad aT1fl\-3nd('I'hiI1. in lhe east nll(l nortll('a5lcrn portions of

the eil\mty.To the north :tnd west lies n. famo1l8 ~rollr of

lIIint'!'I conlnilling Inrg(' bodic~ of low {,'1'nde orc which

is frC'e lllil1ill~ :lnd C'Mily worhd. and if properly1lI11llal!f-'d cnn 1>t' mincd nlld milled Ilt n, cost. less t.hnll$:! pCI' t.on.

Of Lhii'l group of lllillC'S Ihe lJC'st l.. nnwrl nrc Ih/'n. B. Baltic, Stnnfonl. Colrl Cnin. HllIek Hawk andSt. Elmo. On the Bnllic there i"i a. !f-'II·stamp millwhich does excellent work. The StnllfOHl a.nd lilt'Gold Coin have so far pro\'Cn to be t.he bcst P:l.vingrn1(lrdif's and haye 3. fine mill in Jol1:lllllcshurgknown ng the "Red Dog."

TII('y h:lvc, IIntil quite l'C'cently, be('n ('lo<: ....rt dOWJ1 ill

("l"lllsCl"lll('nee of the strikt' of the employC'$ of Ih('

YpHQ\\' AsIC'r l\lining and :Milling CnlJll,nllY. whichli~ col1li,r,IOUS to this group of mines, hilt is silll:lt.rd

ill T(f'rn County.These min('s, like the YC'llow Asfer. ba\'c pa.icl wC'l1

:tlmost from 1he "grnss rooLs down," wldl(' wit.h d<'plhlhp. win,;; iner('n,<:C' in wirltb, with here :tml thC'ft' ;1

po('1-;\'1, rich t'nollgh to gladdl'n Iht' hem'L of t.hC'. millcr.

ns BuRAX lJEPOSnX

Tn thiA connly :Ire silll:\I('(1 lhe ('1'1t·hm'I',1 hon."IIt~ro!'iti'\ Qwned hy the PacifiC' Con"'t. J:omx ('OlIllP:lI'-",

of I.ondon, the largpst hornx ('oncC'rn ill IhC' world.

1eu..;f;e- (0<.'6+ M;l(~

t>Q.c.. '2 G> ) Itfo3

T'I" Illlr~" OPt"q" a!lflllj fly,· Illile, (','b,t Ill' t.he 10\\n

<of ':,Ii"i,. 11; l ...ddl',[ n'ills ill !<('lli'lll'llt:lry ~tr:ll:l.

T)il'.";C ,.;Il;l are ('11lt11H1""'; of ":lnlfslones ,lnd S:lIl,],Y

('1:1.\''', ('lIlIll'ri-ill;::' a <;IlCC('.- ... ioll of hf'll\'y-lwd,J(',] (krj1

\\;1\(']' dqlO"il .. ;1IH1 :-:llalhl\r-w:llcr tliin-ht'llIlpd ..,h:lll'"

rlll,l ":1IHl,,_ 1'11('<;(' Y:ll'i:lfions ill the t;haral'lel' flf the

~tr:lla nrc 1l\11lH'1'1l1l': :IntI 1l1;lrk Ihe 111:111." o"'cil1:1{i(ln;;

of lh(' H'ginu. who>ic ri"itl" ·1 .. illking f'ilhcl' !"U\)·

Ill{'rg,'d thf' "tr:lta Iwtl(':llh 111l' w:llers of a d('C'p l:lkc.(II' liflf'IJ lllt'!ll lInti! 111(' w;lI{'I' flowNI n,'('r thr m1\d

nat!; (1lllr ill I hin ShN't-<. whi,·h. rxpns('ll to the l'Ol.YSof the !>llll, sometimps ('\':1[''']':11(',1 PIltin'])'. Climaticconditions were :11>:0 inlf,,·l'Ialll fad or" in the hi"toryof the>=e slrai:l, whirh lIan' :l tubl t.hit'kIH's,<; of nvrr

1,000 f{'d, The lJl\l'flx \pin iii lrflt't',lblp {fIr seH'r:tlIh@\lSalHl frd, ~t rikinf: :l!"ng" (JIP \,'p"l{'I'/l "lid north­

l'rn side of the! l:lrg('sL ""',lime/l!,lry hill in the dis­

trid, and fi Ilnll.r it pa>:S(''': dnwll :I I'a ll~'nn tnt he (',lst­ward, whrJ'E' it hn~ wl'lt,ddillPd f,':11 Ilrf'S and :l\,{'I'·

agf's ('ight fcd ill width, TO\\-:lnll1l(' \\'('''I('rn ('nd !h('

b'·lr:l!p of limr appcal'''' tll he Hlll/'h lllix('fl with sundy

s('(lilll('lltS, gyptitllll :Ill/I ('b,n., .~i\·illg" ihe app('n.l'n.II('e

uf h:l\'ing" 1If'('11 fOrllll·t1 Ilear (!lp "hore line of UI('

b:l"'hl ill whieh fhi>: ~n':lt JIla~>: of lll:1(rrinl has bccnleft :1<, a resilll1ary r]ppo«il clue to thc ('v"porntioll ofthe \\":ller coutaining Ih(' f'alf'ium hOI':1te.

It would npJlear that the drpo"its n('l'Upy tll(' site

of ,t Tf'rli:lry lake of l;onsidel':11,le size. AlLhongltsllhj('clef! to tht' >::1111(' n<'l'itlalion;; a;; tht' l'Plll:1indp!" of

fhe rf'gion, n basin fnrllwd, ill whieh the' \\",d('r~ ('01­

II'ell'l! carrying with th{'111 the mill<'l'al sail" dcriycd

from lhe rock;; of till' 11l'ighhol'illl! eOl1l1tl'y, Filtn11.,­

tfl(' c1iuwLic cunditiollS hccamc sllt'll that lhe supplyof w:llf'1" was less 11I:1n 1hc 10>:<: hy absorption antI('\'aporntioll, and Lhe wa1ers of the lake slowly f!imin.

i,;lwfl, flnd finally cli>::lppl':lreu cnlirely, If':n:ing onthe floor of the lake a thick deposit of calcium borateof ;;l1o,,"y wllilcl1cs>:.

Aft('r the df'IH'I>:it inll of lllC hOl'flx. a. general sub­

sidence of Ih(' l'f·gion /l('t'uT!"ed and waier again filledthe flC'pl'p,<:;:.i()ll. Ag:1in thc ""lIe1 nnd fillcr sedimen­

tary materinls ean>:f'l! 1'1.\- the !'1'o>:iOJl of thc 1lI0nn­lains werc carried down ami (')llnd fl l'P>:ting" pl:,cc onthe floor of the l:1kf'. !'fl\'{'ri111! the hol':lx bed with

5(','ern1 hundred f('('L of df'trit\1>:,

In atlditoJl to the main horax nin thf' 1';<,dimental'y

fm:lllatiollr-. all 0\'f'1' the (listriet an' tl':\\'cr"'('j! h.y small,"einlets of C'nlciUlll hora1(' :lIlcl gyp"'IlJll, dnc to in­filtration from the lllain deposit.

TIH' hnmx is mill!'l! h.'" ."1'h.1ft<:, IJrifls, 1('\'('18 :111.1"lupps, a", in (ll"(\iuar'y mille!', :lUll the m'e if'; (·I'\I,.;!Jcd

nlHI livin.ted by t.he f'Olllp;lI1Y'S >:pi·cia] Jll'oef'>:~es.

Eight l1U1H1I"f'(\ and si,ly-t\\"O jow, of horie neid\":1hH'd nt $155,000, and HLO:1O lonl'< of rpfinpf! hol':l"­"a111f'{{ nt $~.n,I:L(;Of) W('I'(' ohl:lilll'd b>:1, ,"(',lL

R:1ll H('rn:lnlino mill('., are .,'if'ldiul! some of tilefillt'"t tIlHj1lOi.<:c found in tll{· (-{lUnll·.", nnd las.t )'ear

thl'ir output lotalled 510 pounds, which w('I"e valued:II $11,GOO.

At'conling to the blest Ollil·i;J! "tati",lirs the me·

l:Illie .yif'ld o( San ]1{'nlal"dill\l ('onnty lip to ('11(1 qf

1!l02 inclll(lcd $3V....V:H.i in gold, !j':"ifU17i sil,·cr. ~--tl,tlm;

('opper :1111\ $~.07G j('ud, )\ltogf'lh('1' llt(' valnc o( ilwmilll'l'al yil'ld for that year :lllIOllllf('l.! tn *:UIOS.002,

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Structural Material in Unlimited QuantityBy Dan Swift

111 the :-11:ldll\\',; 'If ;.;rc:d.. ?iIi. Whitney li~s 111)(1

('1I111l1y. The \'Ollllly j,; ldallgular ill form allli lies1'lIlin·ty Oil \1", cast. shit! of lhe Si,'rra Npv.lda rallge.Ihl 1)111: liide it. adjIJills :'Il~'c :Lilli ESlltcl:lltI,L ctllllllics.

NI·\'i1cla. awl on the tither ~itlc.s FrC!:IllO, Tulare, 1,1'1"11au,l :-jail I:cl'llartlillO COlllllic:i, f'alifurllia. In lims"lllh.'l"n \'11,1 of till' county lit,,, 1',-,,111 Valley and the

l'allill1illt. di ... lri('l.; ill its eeiller, U\\\'II,,; Lake ami Ml.\\'Ilillll')',

III)" ('011111), is ClIlllH·dhl with Lhc unlsi<ll' worl,1

fnllli the llorth loy lIle l'al'~nll all.-\ {'olurado B~li'l'u:ld.

'1'111'; R\IJCLIIl'!<,F. ~IINE. XC D.\LLAR.\T, INYO(,OU~T\', CALI FOI1NIA.

\\ hil·h n'aches -Kcl~lf'r lIenr the shorcs of Owells Lake.111.\·0 l 'ullnly has lhe remarkable e~trellles. conlain­

ing thc highl!st, alill lowest points 011 the continentof Allu·rien. ~11.. Whitney is nearly 15,000 fret abovethe (J('f'llU, while Dealh Valley is 427 feet. belowit.. As mi;.;ltt be expected, the climate is as variableas its topography. and its a;.;rienltlll'al products asva ried as ils climate.

Ji:\'cry form of fruit, from the Apple to the date,f1ourisht·s ill the limits of this wonderful couuty,:111(] its Illilleral pl·odl1cliollS also embrace a greatvariety of minerals, froll\ gold to bOr:1X.

l:('f.1f,gic:\I1.r. the ('!I!luly lies in what is known nsthe Ure;lt Ba!'lill, being :~ portion of what was oncea vast inlnll(l f;(·n. It luts numerous secondal'.Y l":tnges

of hills whieh hav(' a. general trend from 1l00'lhwestlu sOlllhcil>il, null iIHlieaLiuns of ancient volc;\nie crup­I inllS arc in cvidcnce throughout the coullty. Thelllincral productions of the COllllty for l!)02-11 portionullly I)f which wcnt lo the San l"raneisco Millt-:lrc('.4illlaled to ilH·IlUlc gold, $310.000; silver, $122,000,

It. is no1:1l1lc that 11I.\·n County k:ll1s all the counlicsIIf the Sllte in the productiOlls "i lead :lud soda.

fn)'o Cunnty was among the eal'liest port.ions ofthe State t.o attl'act placer miners. Its numerousl·reeks and ridl j::lIlehes made the district famous inC'arly days. Of bier years its quartz Hnd eoppermillrs hn\'c allracted altcntioll. The ledgcs in thislocality arc f;tnlll~ nmI wcll dcfinC'u. :orallY of themare trul' fisgurc;J that will 1I1ldoubtNlly prove bonanzasas deplh i~ attainro. Inyo County has not only one"ulOilwl' lode," hut half a dozen of them. Its leadIIrC's c:lrry not olll.v lead. but silver. Thc districtknown :I~ Wild Rose is that in wllich antimony has

1""'11 "hidl)' r"I1I1.1. This illdu,,;lr.,' lIa,.; l\lIt as )·I·t"lotaillCd ll1uch dcvclll]lll1l'lll, !Jut gives IHollli"e of ;~

j.!lt.aL fulure. Ncar!) ;tll lhe !;i1n·r at PI"C~I'Ilt. prll­,l1u.,.,1 t·OIlI('S :IS illl·itlt·ntHl to thc mining of gold

;tlld II'at! orl'';.'I'll<' '·"1'1"'1" 11('IIU"ils !"UII thrulI;.{h Ihc Ktliu:L V;II·

I"" i111l1 ,·.mbi" also g'lld ;,tld silvcl·. ~all\ral gasIt::,.; !IN'11 fuuml Ileal' O\\"CIl~ Lake. Thcre an' gC')''''''rs.,llli h.,l "I,,·ill"'; ill the l'u:;o lIistl'icl. There are im­·lll'.lt .. (~ hunt ... Jel'osi\s in the luw('r l)OrtiulIs of IIlYoi'utllll.\'. ;11111 ....alt. bt·l!" alltl rOI·k salt are lIot lIllt·om·

Itlllll.(1\\.'11'> I.:lkl' t.:tlul:til\.'; the lal'gt'sl d('Il',,,il"; of pure

- ... !:l 10 hi' (,,1111\1 ill .\lIlcrit.:a. It i~ !,oIl1lll ill :Ill furms_(.,trh"'lla!l', hil'arholl;Itf' a 11I1 "ulplo:lt..:. Tllt're is 1I0t1111' .. li;..:llll·"'t. lltlllht. !Jullitat. with octl.'r railroad CO\\l­ltlllllil.atitlllS the ~"da jllt!II.;!r.'" in 111)'0 CounL)' will inlh.' f\llurl' a!lain CllUrlllu\l,i\ prop.H·tioIlS,

S"IIIC of Ihe !illest 1t1:tl'ltlC'i in .\tllerka nrc f!lund in11l\'0 ('Olllll\", ;Hill samplcs haw: 1.('('11 usN! in sc\·cralHr· lhC' 1Il0d~'1"l1 11IIiltlill;":'; ill Sail 1'1·:lIl<.:i..;co.

\1lI011" the IIUU'I" Itlill,~rals f'Jlllltl ill t'llmmcl'cialIlll:llllili;',; ill 111.'"0 ('1111111.\' are a,,!Jt·,.;lu..;. uarite, \li..;­Illll(h. iroll, I'lalilllllll, "'lllphlll' alltl lll;lIlgalle;::c. :\1-;0

IItlltll'rou" m:dl·rial ... llscll in the 1I111lltlfacll1re ofj"wl.lr.'". iIH'!utling' garll('t. o!Jsidian,. Icpidolit(', cr)"su,

(·!llIad,;,OWI'II,; Hil·cr ha:. ntl ollll('l. On t.he w('i'-l side of it

lie the _\lall:lIl1:\ .IIill ..-a rangc about twelve miles;11 1"lIglh....lrtlll:.:'l.'" lllil\(·raJized. The auriferouslIu:!rtz ill Uli~ I'cgioll i.., for the most part free milling.!'wlllin('lIL :llllung the milling claims :Ire the Hex::\lllutC',; lucatioll", lwar 111I!cpcruleu('(', am! the SpC'nr~n'llp~, 1\(':11' LOll(' Pill..·. ~ixt~n mill'S ",'Hlth of IlHLe·1"'lull·llI'C Ihi' d:dlllS known a~ the D('ab~. 1IIlncl)..'k,IlI\L 1:('llt,.; hlt"at iOll>! arc being noli\'cly de,'eloped.,\ItlUJI" OIC olt1l"~llllladz claims :1I'e lhe Hanog groups,Jl('ar f.OIIC T'iue. on Lhe foolhills of lt1011llt \Vhilney.The :l\·crage size of t.lte ledge in this loeation is about1 \wlltV f"t~t in widlh. These claims arc now ownedIl\' n -COI'!lIlraUon wllose llcadqunrters :11'e at Heno.'I:ltl' !u\'o 1:,,101 Company operates a group of sixclaim" ;lear lite ndlroad point o( Lanes Station. Ad­j:ll'('ut to these is the Ncw Years claim, which has

II{'PIl Slink :WO f('ct. In Lite vieilliLy is Lhe Ulangerclaim, in which there is nn eight-foot ICllge; alsl)thc 1olonleztllnn, on ,,·l··,·h there is a t{'n-stamp mill.},'lIrthCT norlll aTC the I d:;:opoli" and nunkcr quartzlIliuCl'l, and :tl<::o the old .Margllt'rile pl:lcer claim,which in ofllt'l' ,I.IYN w:t" :1.111011'" the ric1ll>st in thr.~Iat(', Th(' 1\.'JIl~te mines in the north have ber~fur :"(';11'5 hllJlilm pmrluccrs. The f'he H('h~ Mounl:lin..

('Olll:lill ('xCt·llcllt. ClIpper prn"p('C(..<:t. 'I'hcre an' al<:o lhe('('nn (:l1n1a lllill('5 nlul mill" which arc ~:lirl Lo have1'1"001111'1'11 :1"1111<1:111('(' of pay nwk, :\11<1 al<::o lhc prop­(,ft.i!':;: of the Darwin "lil1(,~ f'OIllP;lIIY, ltmg- '·";..-ardcd

:111I011)::" the h('st in luyo ('oullly.\L IIII' l:lifroa!l t{'I'lIIillm; or KN'II'r ;1"(' till' 111)'0

sail w'lrk<::. aud C'ig-hl. 1I1il('" llorlhw:lnl ~II'C Iltp In\'')

1I1ar1l1(' '1w'ITie~. The nnde of the I.n:-; .\Il,!!f'Ics a;lllf'alf. I.akp Hnirond }(':1(15 Ihrol1g11 OW('Il.<: V:III('y, :lliff

111111''''; all i11lIit':1Iions fnil, will prn<11H'p slriking de­\"pl"lJllIclll sill 1'1 is porthfll of (':, lifOI'II ia.

Inyo ('ollllfy has pCl'lI:tp.o;;. the filll'"t \1':11('1' !o<1I1)plyfnr pll\\"('r pllrp"';('f( of lilly territor! in 111(' far Wf'l't.

RIJ far it 11:1>4 Ilot 1"'('11 lIlilizcrl Lv allY (·,I"u!. '1'110'.... ,(1)\\" .... of lllp Id~h Sinl':ls :l1ronl all llldililillg" f(1IJ11'!}":lll,l the WlltCI' iN hi;;hcr ill Illidsl.lll1t11t'r liI;!ll nl. tinylflher Iled\l!!. The CI'("('h:.-; :llld l"ivl'l'!O( have greatn·I'l<'il.y alld nft' (,:11':11,1(' of :dllLOst llnlilnih'll lise forIhfJ !lewloplil(,llt of Illnl.i\·c POW("I'_ l\lI1nll~ lhe \l'alC'T('OIlr<;('s :nr' Hi ... hop Cr('ek. l:ig PiliP Cr('("k, :::inye9{'rpC'k, l'illplJI CI'I'ck, Sheppnnls Crp!'k, CorJ,:"f'H Creek,l.nll(' Pine Cre('k, Tut.II(' Cleek. Collollwnnrl Crepk and.\ .. h ('r('('k. The p1"e"('llt plljlnlaLioli "f Inyn is ahnllt!'i.oon. r1i",ll"ihul("<l on'I' 12.000 ~flll:II"C lIlilt'!" nf l('rri­lHI·,)'.

J".... t {g-} 1'104-A rich strike is reported in the range 80uth of

Ballarat, Inyo Count,.. It is said that. an offer of onehundred thouS<'lud dollars has been made for thepropPrty. Another rich strike is reported at Snow'')Conron. The Goldell Argns Company is pnshing (lc­velopment work. at the laUer camp, with exeel1cntprosped". At. Tuba Can,yon a large for('c of mcn i...elllpl0.l'eti. The c1Qi';illg down of the R:Hlc:lifTe alll1('ceil n. has made times rather dull at Ballarat. hiltit. ig exp('-(~tcd that. new ara.ngements will be I1lihle

wh('!'pbr both mines will be started up again.

-Ie-b. /3The Reward Gold Mining and Milling Company,

of Ill.l·O COUllty, expended last year about $80,000011 its mill and power house, A 20-stnlll}l mill and11. l20-kilowat generator were installed, the powerheing furllislu"d at a fall in the William l' cllnColonial Assof'iulioll ditches. The mining companyhas its shaft down about 700 f('c1.

Fd" (.:1Two companIes are oppratmg in borax e:'<:tensi\'ely

in I..ockwood VaHey, &'lll Bernardino County, oneill which the weallil)" Cam Brothers are interested.the other bring dominated b)' Gail Borden, the eOIl­densed milk man. Each of thc companies employfort1 men and twenty l2-horse tenms are constanllyengaged in IllluJing the crude borax. Each teamtakes out about ten tons. Thc borax is said to beworth about 170 per ton. It was thought for a timethaL tmction engines eould be used in getting theborax to the railrolld, but the,y ha\-e heen abandonf'dfor wn"ons and horses. The tractions could not beus('d i~ the sharp t urlls on the heavy mountaingrades. __

F;.J,. 20(IWI1('r, IIC lilt, Oruligt· IHcf",olll property, situated

nuullL ci;;ht. IJli1<'ol lltl1!III'd..,t llf lbgd:llI, lin' plt',I"etl0\'1'1' a .. ..,.I\·.., 1'10111 II c·[O ......I·1I1 l·t'c·t·ully t,,,,lt·llllt·t1 f ..omthe 1110 fl:ol h'll·1. :'\. I;. l:il·!J t)f tlii .. ('it.'". (JIJe of .,H'

(1\\ Ill''''', ,laltd n'c"'ll! 1.\ Ih,11 j hI' 11,1111',,,", ~ho\\"l'tl

\'.11111" uf :j;llil.7li ill )..:11101 Hlld (·"fllwr. tll('- pl'ilwipnl\·:III1t'~ Ill'ill;..:' ill J.,:uld. Till' t)r;llt~p I:III->,Ulll ~rollp

I·Ulhi~h of -j.,. clililll"; H\\JH'd lIy \\. E. Hic·ll ..Iolil'llt'Il;li ... di\ i~joH "1I1,,·l'illklltlc 111 (If I lit· ;-';.lnla I'''!:It. ~tI·clIC'~. ;111.1 \\. ,I. ('HUIHI1:lt1. ddl·1" c1i"I'.III·!lcr IIf

IIII' S'flllill rll 1:;\il\\:I", \1 illl hl';ttl'lllal'lt'l'''' at (In'CII:'-­IfI'ro. :'\. ('. TIII'-c' IIII'll h.I\!' lc·fu-'ll III incorpurate

1111'il' htfldjll~- illlcl :1 1'''1111'''''.\. hill h:I\·e \\ork£'tIIt,llt! ;l1ld ~.'-I'''I.;lli'·HII.\ 1" c\('\I·lop tlwil' plllpt'-rl,r .

The Pacifio Coast Borax Company is making anew departure In the line of lraction transportatJonIn connect.ion with its new borax mines in SouthernCalifornia, .A 12·miJe railroad gives connection withthe Santa. fe rood at Daggett, The company hasbeen milling at Borate, CaL, for some years, but theexpense of operating has been increasi.ng la-tely, adepth of 600 feet having been reached. There is 8tilla large quantit.y of borax to be taken out here, butthe company will suspend operations and transferthe miners to the new borax mine, which is now beingdenloped by a force of 30 men. About 100 minerswill be required in all, Shafts will be sunk and tun­nels and drifts run the same as in quartz mining.There is SOme placer ground, but water is very scarce.The long haul from this mine to t.he Santa Fe Rail·road branch at Ivanpah will be made by trains ofelectric cars running without rails over a macadam·ized roa.d 100 miles in length, The new system willbe given a trial next Spring, taking the place of thewagon traill"~ hauled by 20-mule tea.ms. About 100men are working on tbe road, which is being BUb­

stantially constructed, from 10 to 12 feet in widthund with no grades exceeding 6 per cent, Ther.are Rome heavy rock cuts on the line. The rQad wascommenced lust June and is more than half com­pleted.

After senrs of idleness the Pinon mining district,that lies 15 miles north of indio, will again comeinto activity. Lo.;; Angeles capital has recently be­COllie interested in that gaM'pl'wIncing section, whichextends from the vllllf'ys to the tops of the San Der­DllnJino range, the s,)"sLcm of vein'i' being pronouncedof the highest order hy well·known mining experbIlnd ellg'inpprll. [II the Pinon district, and on thesllme veill, 8Y8tem~ that were rE:'Ccntly acqUired havesome famous mines been pcrsistently yielding t.heirriches, Among th('~ are the Desert Queen mine,that hils rturned $350,000 with the deepest shaftonly 65 f('('t. Another is the well-known Lost Horse

mite, that. 118M yielded gold trCOlsnre valned at $760.000.

Me., 6'.The Bowler Gold Mining ('om}lRIl)' is 11 n(Ow min­

ing propo8ition, Jt is 26 lllilCii from ~1\\tOll, on ~l~eSouthern Pllcilic Rnilroad, llnd 1-\0 1I111~s ~.Hlllte,...t.from Lus Allgcl{'':!, The wnrk on tId..; ~'on ..;I1'\I." of ,.1

shafl l:!:l f~et long Ilt. tlw ow-rut !I'\"I'\. till' IlL thebotla uf the 125-fool shaft ll.,~aycil :\l :7i1:.!'; to the

m [ ., '1'1 p

too nmi the ledo-e ioi abouL Ihn-c ('('t \\ II \'" I, • 0 , tl'

tunnel i" opf'lIed up from lIa~ H:;hi :III~I I HII:. linn IU

mine ovcr tid" ledge :tIJUllt. 55 f,'I,t from I h~' lup ufthe ~IHlft at. the ('nd of the lUlIl"'!. III the 1l11111· tl~~rr.. .. L 100 fec' of slul,ill" •• .,nulIII Hho\'l~" IIIlIIii now auu\! ... 0 0

leti ••e iii said 1.0 nny frulII dghl ilwhes to .....vo·u ft'ctin ~\"idth" The wall':! ;\I'e of all ClICUUl"ilgill:; charactel', being pOl·ph)"I")" 011 Qne ""ille auti gl"auiU" on till!

other.