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12 NEW DISCOVERIES IN OLD FIELDS INTEREST MINING WORLD GOLDFLAT BOOM STEADY AND SURE DEVELOPMENT PROVING MIN- ERAL RICHNESS FAY MINE HAS REACHED $3000 ORE BODY Town Is Growing, Shafts Are Sinking, and Water and Power Plant Is Under Construe. tion F. E. Buchanan, pioneer and promoter of Goldflat, the infant mining camp of Mohave county, is in Los Angeles for a short slay at the Hotel Johnson. Mr.

Buchanan came loaded with samples of the rich rock that Is beini, thrown out of all the shafts in the rapidly increasing region of discovery. These samples are at the office of the company, 811 H. W. Hellxnan building, and "Buch" was busy yesterday demonstrating how any old sample will pan a good string of the yellow metal. "Goldflat Is ten weeks old," said he, "and is able to sit up and look about.

It is a wide awake infant, too, and doesn't cry a bit. The town is changing so rapidly that I hardly dare to tell what it was when I left it, for tvhen I get back it will be entirelydifferent. But, seriously, is has all the mercantile institutions of a much larger and older place and the real estate boom is hardly exceeded by that of Los Angeles in its balmy days. Material is being shipped In daily for the new buildings that are going up and another ten weeks will find it a bustling town of several hundred." One Vein's Showing Speaking of the mineral development he took one vein for a text. On this particular vein the Nagooruk Mining company has a shaft sunk thirty feet and has crosscut at this depth and finds an average In a width of twentyseven feet of $17.77 in gold.

About 1000 feet north of this shaft a streak of ore camples over $600. This vein Is traced over four miles through the flat and about two miles from the Nagooruk mine, at the Holy Moses, the shaft at seventy feet depth is In rich ore. Every piece thrown out is rich in visible free gold. A mile and a half further south on this vein at the White King mine is showing an average of $27.50 in gold. These claims are owned by the Goldflat Mining and Milling company.

At the south end of this vein is tie Fay mine, owned by the Col. Morgan which is crosscuttlng at the bottom of a 200-foot shaft and showing high values. Some of the samples show 160 ounces of gold to the ton $3090. Near the Fay mine Is the Paymaster on the same vein in which an open cut has been run by Kent and Jngrraham and is showing free gold without the aid of a glass. Mr.

Buchanan thinks this Is a splendid showing for this vein. There are thirty-two distinct veins in the Goldflat district, and most of them are being worked. New Wagon Road A road between Goldflat and the wagon road to Gold Roads is being built and this will be a great help to the new town. The townsite has been incorporated and M. J.

Spencer of Los Angeles will begin work tomorrow on the water system for the place. This will be brought from Walnut creek, seven miles distant, and is ample in quantity for all purposes of milling, domestic and power uses. Among the new strikes made at Goldflat is that of E. J. Murphy, jvhose ore at a depth of sixty-eight feet shows values In excess of 1200 in gold.

On the Dalmatian group, owned by Whltard, Fisher, Leonard and Blakeslee, fine specimens of ore with visible gold have been exposed, but assays have not been completed. Dr. A. L. Derbyshire of San Diego, has extensive interests in Goldflat, with Buchanan, Chittenden and Leonard, has gone on a flying trip to Alaska, where, he has a dredging outfit at work in the Nome field.

He expects to return without delay and push the work on his Goldflit properties. There are a number of old Nomers in the camp and they are very enthusiastic over its prospects. Thomas Welsh has made a recent rich strike in white quartz at the north end of the flat but has had no assays. Mr. Buchanan says there are 500 men In the territory around the flat, and that every brings additional testimony to the rich mineral character of the country.

CHICAGO MAN WILL BUY MINE IN MOOR DISTRICT J. R. Nicholson, superintendent of the Banta Ana mine, two and one-half miles west of the HualapaJ claims, in the Moor district, has just returned from the property, where ho took L. J. Shirley, a Chicago gentleman, on an Inspection trip, says the Phot-nix Ganette.

Mr. Bhlrley wai looking over the mine with a view to Investing, and is more than satisfied with what he saw. He will soon become one of the principal stockholders of the company. He found the main shaft at the Santa Ana down 220 feet, with a tlfty-foct cross-cut, at the 175-foot level. In the upper crosi-cut there is a nine-foot vein of ore running 10 per cent In copper, There is also a great deal of rich rock uncovered at the lower level.

The Santa Ana has every prospect of hecoming one of the richest mines In Arizona. While it may not become a second United Verde or Copper Queen, it is sure to develop into a money-making jiroposition. Mr. Nicholson stated to the Gazette yesterday that the entire Moor district Is lively and going ahead rapidly. The Hualapai company, which has the biggest property in that section, 1r working a small gang of men and good indications are being uncovered.

The road between Phoenix and the Moor district is much better than It ever was before. The board of supervisors, recognizing the importance of the road, has hud a small force of men at work on the highway for some time past. Foreman Tonoy has done a great work, considering lilb limited force. Just now he is a short distance this side of New River station. Goldfield Velvet Down 400 Feet The Goldfield Velvet lease is down 410 feet and sinking for the GOO-foot point.

Drifting Is in progress on the 400. ORD MOUNTAIN MINE READY FOR PRODUCTION Equipment to Be Installed In Thirty Days and a Large Ore Body Will Be Avail. able The Ord Mountain Mining company. a Los Angeles corporation, of which George Hassan is president, has equipped itself for the work of production, week the Pacific ore testing works shipped to it a ten-stamp mill, which will be erected at once, and the mine placed on a productive basis in thirty days. This company has been prosecuting its development for eighteen months and has everything that Justifies groat expectation.

The mine is a short haul from Daggett (only eleven miles), lias ore that averages close to $20 and has many streaks that will run in excess of $100. It has two thousand tons on the dump and a fine ore body at depth. The shnft ts 255 feet deep, hut the drifting is being done at the one and two hundred foot levels. A well uppointed camp is established and the business well established with enough ore blocked out to run the mill for two years. Its equipment includes modern hoisting machinery and engines, concentrator and air pipes.

The company has an office at 624 H. Hellman building. JASPER MINES TO BE WORKED IN EARNEST San Diego County's Celebrated De. posits Will Be Marketed by Com. for Interior Ornamentation SAN DIEGO, May new machinery has been ordered to york the first large output of Jasper mined by the Jasperlne Mining company of this city.

Part of the cutt'ng, polishing and quairylng apparatus lias already arrived, and a new mining industry (or San Diego Is well launched. For nuaiiy a year the Jasperine Mining company of which Dr. C. C. Vailo Is president, J.

F. Harsch is secretary, and Charles Gordon and W. Nicholson directors, been strangely s'ient about the mountain of jasper which was discovered by chance twenty yeitis ago in the Donahue gold mining district near Dulzura, and not until fouvteen months ago has a company bee'i formed to mine the valuable product. Now the company Is about to tell the world of the valuable deposit of what Prof. Kunz, discoverer of kunzite, described as the only genuine Jasper deposit In the west.

Though one shoulder of the extensive hill of pasper is of finer color and grain than the remainder, practically the whole of the small mountain contains jasper. Exquisitely beautiful specimens have been polished, and will be presented to the chamber of commerce within a few days by Dr. Valle. Streaks of red, brown, green and yellow Jasper make the valuable stone one of the finest for the mak- Jng of fine mantels, cabinet fronts and office fixtures. This material, though costing a trifle more than the excellent quality of onyx which Is brought from Mexico to be finished here by another company, is expected to serve the same purpose.

About fifteen acres of the mountain of jasper have been tested, and from all places exquisite designs in the stone have come to light. The Jasper Mining company soon expects to vie with the mines of the Donahue field in the matter of value of its product. Other sections of the district Will doubtless be prospected for other deposits of jasper. FLUXING ORES ARE NEAR GOLDFIELD IN ABUNDANCE GOLDFIELD, May 31. Immense bodies of fluxing ores, just the kind to mix with the silica rock from the Goldfield district, are lying almost dormant in the districts of Palmetto and Sylvania, awaiting only cheap transportation to give the section a first position by leaps and bounds.

The extent of the ore bodies is said to be almost unbelievable, and those who have carefully inspected the formation and the surrounding country are extreme optimists regarding the future of that district. W. A. Johnson, the mining man and expert, has just returned from the three places named, and is convinced beyond doubt that all of them will turn out to be whales. "As producers of fluxing ore carrying lead, copper and gold," said he, "they will astonish the world.

Cheap transportation to some smelter is needed, however. The ore is there all right, and in veritaWe mountains, and' it is the very thing to mix with the silica ores of the Goldfield district. "Surveys hnve been made to connect with both the Las Vegas Tonopali and the Tidewater roads. At least one is sure to be built, and the route will be on the north Bide of Gold mountain. Such new camps as Hornsllver and the discoveries made in that section will not be overlooked.

It is an immense mineral country, and in a few years all of us will recognize that fact. "In certain portions of the country that inspected," continued Mr. Johnson, "the formation is similar to that of Leadvilie, and another such prolific country will probably result. The only difference I see is that the ore carries copper values, as well as silver, lead and gold." WEST EXTENSION HAS ONE FOOT OF $5000 ORE RHTOIJTE. May West Extension of Bullfrog has one foot of ore the foot wall of the south drift which Superintendent Len P.

McGarry estimates will average $5000. Mr. Mc- Garry is familiar with the character of the ore from the numerous assays which he has had made of it, and his estimate is probably in the vicinity. The richness of the ore is patent to the unaided ledge. Free gold Is scattered all over it, and besides this it carries a substantial content In silver.

11l addition to the work being done ill this locality, known as the foot wall drift. Superintendent McGarry Is developing at two other places in the mine. The west crosscut from the level is In 220 feet, and Is being pushed ahead. The opening will average milling ore for this entire distance. Two or throe-fool leads are beins: cut, and Mr.

McGarry says they will return about $50 to the ton. The south crosscut from the Mine level ill forty-five feel la advancing ut the ratd of mx feet a shift. ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1008. Mountain of Rich Ore Is Dump at Tarasca THE Tarasca mine, mentioned In last Monday's Herald, is an interesting proposition. It has more than $1,500,000 worth of ore blocked out and ready to be mined.

It has modern, upto-date machinery and has been well DEVELOPEMENT WORK IS TO BE EXTENDED X)RO BELLE CLAIMS AT HART THE SCENE Expert Examination Leads Duluth Capitalist to Provide Money for Rapid Exploration Work. Hart Still Booming Herald. HART. CaU, May campaign of extrusive development work will be started Immediately by the Oro Belle Mines company. Thomas A.

Merritt, prominent Dulutb, capitalist, and A. E. Seaman, the well known geologist of the Michigan School of Mines, have in the district the past week making an exhaustive examination of the holdings of the company, which consists of the Oro Belle and Oro Belle Fraction, adjoining the original strike on the east. A deep shaft and a long tunnel will be started within the next few days, as it is understood lii-inspection of the property by Messrs. Merritt and Seaman has resulted In the decision to prosecute development! as quickly as possible.

Associated with Mr. Merritt in the Oro Belle Mines! company are a number of well known Duluth capitalists. The tunnel being driven by Hart Hitt on Oro Belie Xo. 1 is again the teem another piensatlona! strike. Aftei passing through twelve feet of $20 ore the working lias been encountering rich stringers about eighteen inches apart.

Four of these seams run from one-half inch to four inches in width and the ore is heavily impregnated with free gold, which brings up the average of the whole to about $20 per ton. these high grade stringers the tunnel broke into two feet of ore last Saturday, averaging $100 to the ton. In all there is now showing in this tunnel over thirty feet of $20 ore. Portions of this monster vc-ln runs into the hundreds and even thousands. Drifting has been started and regular shipment! will be maintained shortly.

Two shifts are making rapid progress in driving the long development tunnell from the west side of the mountain at the Big Chief lease on the Oro. It has now reached a distance of 180 feet and Is destined to cut the rich ore body exposed in the shaft at a depth of about 3.10 feet and the ledge opened in the upper tunnel at a depth of approximately 400 feet. The Pfunder lease will also be worked through this tunnel, giving the latter a depth of over 200 feet under the vein, exposing foureer. feet of $22 ore in the upper working of this leasehold. The Quartette shaft has t'rached a depth of 125 feet and will go to the 200-foot mark before crosseulting commences.

Hugh W. ami A. Nel- Peculiar Mining Monuments of Mexico managed. It has taken out its millions in gold and silver; but it has had its "ciowns" as well as its "ups." While not in the Yaqui Indian country proper, these Indians have made raids in there, and on more than one occasion, and left dt-ath In their track. But there is little son of Los Angeles last week purchased the Foothills and Foothills No.

1 from Hurt Hitt for a substantial consideration. The Nelsons are former Goldfield operators, where they made considerable money in mining. Work has already been started at the Foothills, and a shaft Is being sent down to the 100-foot level. The ledge outcrops for a distance' of 600 feet and the shaft is in $35 values, the vein being two feet in width. This ore will he shipped to a Searchlight mill for treatment.

BROWNE CLAIMS ARE SOLD TO ANGELENOS First Sale of the New Region Indicates High Regard of Mining World for Its Value DULZURA, May is practi-i cally the Mm sale of mining claims to I be made since the Oneida district was opened up, some three months ago, was conducted Wednesday when C. E. Browne, foreman of the. Buckhorn Mm- Ing company, disposed of two of his holdings for consideration of $5000. I Los Angeles people are the buyers, and while the papers have been signed, the i names of the new owners are being withheld tor the present.

It is stated by those who know something of the deal thai the buyers of the Browne claims, which are located near the Buckhorn and Eagle groups, intend to begin work on them within a shart time. Browne tendered his resignation as foreman of the Buckhorn outfit and will go to work on some of his othtr claims at once. He is highly elated over the sale, and declares the prospects are good for a lively summer in that particular section of the district. Mining men from all parts of the west are onstantly arriving here to go over the country, and hardly a day passes but what some optimistic report is sent out. Prospectors' camps lure scattered through every gulch and 'on almost hillside.

It is stated by mining men who have been in the district tor some time that there are between twelve and fifteen outfits working in different parts of the disi trict. Harris Has a Good Thing "Shorty" Harris returned to Rhyolite a few days ago from Wtngate Pass, where he, Mike Lane. Thomas McNulty, the Kennedy brothers and Roy Newton own a group of mining claims known us the Gold Links. They have a shaft down twenty-five feet and an average of the bottom, according to "Shorty," $10 in gold. 44 ounces in silver and 64 per cent lead.

Picked samples have gone as high as or no danger there now from Indian raids. The days of the Yaqui Indians nre practically numbered. It will only be a short time before the Tarasca and other mines of lower Sonoru will be In full blast, turning out bullion and pay- Ing dividends. MOHAWK STRIKE TO MAKE IT THE LEADER CONSOLIDATED WILL SURPASS OTHER MINES Six Hundred Tons Daily with a Gross Value of $24,000 Something of the Big Find Consolidated Leads Consolidated 600 tons daily lit Portland mine 800 dally nt (1,000 Ifoiursteud mine 1000 tons dully nt 18,000 Treadmill mine 5000 tons dally nt S3. 13,000 GOLDFIRLD, May big strike on the Mohawk made at the 600-foot level, in a crosscut driven east and where, in a diagonal direction, there is showing thirty-two feet of ore, is all that was at flree predicted.

There is no doubt that this is the most important find made in the history of the camp. The strike also proves that the ore goes down and that the valued, as wall i lv- width of the ore body, not diminished. In driving the crosscut fifty-one assays were secured on the ore, just as it was shot down, that average $51.50 per ton. These were mine samples of generous size that carried a high grade streak eighteen Inches wide. This was not included in the general samples, as that ore would run at least $100 a ton.

The crosscut is being continued after the vein of pay rock for a distance of forty feet that Is all quartz, but not of ii marketable grade. When that hanging wall is reached it will not be andesite. dacite, or any other members of the porphyry family that is looked for. but good, old-fashioned ore. The Consolidated is not trying to make any production, and will not until that mill on the west slope of Columbia mountain is ready.

The mill will require 600 tons a day to keep it Sand in the meantime Manager J. is hustling to provide age to keep it going. Only develiment is golni on with every indication that when the mill is ready to start there will be ore enough in sight on the Consolidated to keep the stamps busy for years to come. In the crosscut at the 600-foot level the body of ore was cut diagonally. A check-up shows that the vein of highgrade is twe.nty feet wide when cut at right While crOflUCttlng is prosecuted there is also work going on In the ore bodies that have been opened up.

From the bottom of the winze that haa been sunk from the 450-foot level a drift to the north has been extended all the way on ore. The entire breast is In ore that assays as it Is broken from $150 to $200 a ton. Assays on the ore yesterday taken from clear across the breast went double that figure. A drift has also been started north on the wide vein at the 600-foot point, and according to the assays received from the little work it would look as though the tail end of the rich shoot had betn run through In the crosscut, as the values are much higher and the samples are taken like they were in the crosscut, he main working shaft on the Con- Idated will be on the Claremont, i the work of putting down the three-compartment shaft from the pres- depth of 380 feet to a depth of 850 will be under way by July 1. Ac- Ing to the surveys, the ore shoots have been developed on the Mohawk will be entered at this depth and not before.

While these ore shoots are faulty, when one is found it is has a pitch to the east, and that pitch has In proved to be pntty uniform. Contions will be made with the Movk shaft at the 600-foot level, and distance between the two is about feet. The Claremont will be ipped with a 150 horsepower electric and all the equipments necessary work a big mine as' It should be. idlng is now in progress for spurs in the company's road to the mill, to the Claremont and Mohawk shafts. The cost of these improvements will not be less than $200,000.

PICK UP CLAIMS IN VIRGINIA DALE DISTRICT Location notices were filed a day or two ago In the Han Bernardino county recorder's office for six claims in the Virginia Dale district Just east of the Twenty-nine Palms. The claims were located by A. P. Tully, William F. Jones, W.

M. Tully and A. M. Tully. The Dale district and Palms district are practically one in formation.

The Dale mine taken out many hundred thousand dollani. It was named after Virginia Dale, the first white child born in America. TWENTY-NINE PALMS IS A WINNER, SAYS WARD That a Big Boom Will Btrlke the Camp and Bend Soaring to the Skies E. K. Ward, Just In from the Twentynine Palms country, is enthusiastic as to the outlook there.

He says It won i be long before a boom strikes that camp that will surprise the natives. He is largely interested in Mohawk-Herald stock and refuses to soil at any price. He also owns other property at the Palms and believes that things nre destined to go up and make a fortune for all interested there. Mr. Ward is a resident of £plton and knows what is taking place.

He is a thorough mining man. Mr. Ward further said: "I believe the Palms district will be a winner. I have carefully examined it and satisfied myself. I have satisfled myself and Invested my time and money.

Any one who knows me Will say that I am neither a tenderfoot nor a fool. I think the Palms country Is a winner." A man of the name of S. Black Hills located three claims in the Palms district. He says that It Is the best ground he ever struck. He found paying ore on the surface.

W. T. Mawn of the Ana Dulee reports that he is still digging and taking out paying ore. CONCRETE TIMBERING IS BOON TO MINING Shepard Process Solves a Problem in Engineering Economics That Is Tensile Strength It is a lamentable fact that timber is getting scarcer each year in this country and therefore more expensive some localities too expensive for general use. Few mines of any magnitude exist that do not have to use more or less heavy timber In large quantities.

Mine timbering is a problem that has taxed the wisdom and ingenuity of the most eminent mining engineers to the utmost, and even yet the problem remains unsolved. Some time ago Darwin W. Shepard, a well known and very practical mining man of Denver, conceived the idea of using cement to reinforce mine timbers. After much careful study and many experiments Mr. Shepard solved the 'problem.

His process is a new application of a well known principle the steel truss makes it possible to construct cement timbers one-half the size of ordinary wood in present use with twice Its tensile strength. Another remarkable fact about the Shepard process Is that the timbers (TOW stronger with age. They will last for ages and nothing short of a landslide or an earthquake can destroy them. No air can reach the wood and the elements of fire, water and decay do not affect the timber. It Is the most economical process yet discovered for the mine owner and builder.

It Is more easily handled, Haves freight, expensive charges for timber and many annoying and Inconvenient delays. The Shepard process marks an epoch In the vast underground workings of our great mines. It makes a mine safe and permanent. Many of the dangers hitherto incidental 0 mines will be eliminated. There will be no more rottlnj? and crushing of timbers; no more dangerous "cave-Ins;" no more expensive jobs of taking out old decayed timbers and replacing them.

When the Shenard method Is used a mine is timbered In such a manner that it will stay timbered, and remain strong and permanent to the end of time. His patent, It is said, is the first one ever granted by the Unietd States for this kind of work and it has attracted much favorable comment, especially from engineers and expert underground mining men. A company has been formed known as "The Shepard Cement Mine Timber company," with ample capital to conduct the business. Considering the scarcity of timber In the southwest and on the desert this company has opened an office at 629 H. W.

Hellman building. Los Angeles, for the convenience of southwest mining men. The concern ought to -id probably will succeed. O. B.

Steen, E. an eminent man In two professions, Is cpnsulllng engineer and in charge of the work here. WILD HORSE CANYON IS NEW SCENE OF EXCITEMENT SEVEN TfIOUOHS, May Horse canyon Is again the scene of excitement following a high grade, surface discovery cm the lease on the Golden Horse Shoe let a few days ago to Messrs. Morrison and Moulter of Mazuma. A few days' trenching sufficed to uncover as rich a surface showing as the Golden Horse Shoe has yet revealed.

from the latest find literally filled with nuggets of gold, are being shown at Mazuirui and Seven Troughs. Some of them are of a size to Indicate a very substantial streak of high grade. The vein shows great strength at the point of the discovery and a considerable width of it pans. The excessively rich rock occurs In parallel stringers. The Oolden Horse Shoe vein has now ben traced for nearly a half mile, the latest extension being to the south almost into the Tomboy grounds.

Vice President G. L. Jordan of the Tomboy announced a few days ago that this vein had been traced to within fifty feet of the Tomboy north line and that ten men were employed by the company to uncover It on the Tomboy territory. At the North Pole, adjoining the Wild Bull, the vein has been penetrated eight feet on the 150-foot level and so far is all milling ore worth over $30 a ton. A sensation Is looked for when the shipping streak on the opposite wall is reached.

New Elected At the last meeting of the board of directors of Los Angeles chamber of mines the following were elected to membership: Stebblns Dry Concentrator company, dry concentrating machinery, 928-930 Central avenue; E. J. Elson company, printers and engravers, 121V4 South Broadway; Robert Marsh, real estate, 140 West Fifth street; A. B. Waddlngham, mining engineer, 310 Tajo building; Broadway department store, Fourth and Broadway: C.

A. Canfleld, oil, 631 Citizens National Bank building; Bektns Van and Storage company, Murtln Beklns, 140 South Broadway; Dennis-Gordon company, oil producers, brokers, real estate, 226---228 Security building; G. E. Averlll, rude oil and distillates, 301 Citizens National Bank building. PARKER BRIDGE SOLVES PROBLEM CUT-OFF WILL MAKE NEW REGION ACCESSIBLE WHIPPLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT LARGELY BENEFITED A.

J. Richardson Interestingly of the New Mines Aided by the Bridge Over the Colorado A. J. Richardson, treasurer of thw Whlpplu Mountain (Sold and Copper company, in discussing Ills mine and the country about it, said: "I am certain that we have ono of the beat gold and copper mining propositions on this continent. Wo have tour Immense ledges running across our property parallel to each other.

They are from ten to 150 feet wide on the, surface, and every one of them present! satisfactory assay showings. We are sinking shaft down on Blue Bud No. and at 179 feet we struck water and were mighty glad to get it. We intended to drift at the 200-foot leven but after consultation with our engineers and contractors we decided to build a station at the 170-foot level and drift both ways, cross-cutting Blue Bird No. 3, which is a ledge 150 feet wide, and Blue Bird, a ledge on thu opposite side, twelve feet wide.

The Blue Bird No. 2 that the shaft is following Is fifteen feet wide. We know what we are doing and what wo Intend to do, anil know it all the time. We have demonstrated beyond any quostlon of doubt or cavil that we have a high grado gold and copper bearing ore in large quantities. Knowing this, we are goliiK ahead In a good and workmanlike manner.

Had we not demonstrated that we had metal and plenty of It in tho Whlpple mountain, we should have quit long before this. As It is, we shall keep going down and develop the property into one of the largest and best paying minos in the west. We have got thn ore and plenty of money and men to take It out; and we shall do it." Other Properties Mr. Richardson is an old Coeur d'Alene mining man and behind the Whlpple mountain there are several others from the Coeur country. These men understand all about mines and minerals, and it was not without careful examination and investigation that they put up their cash on the Whlpple mountain gold and copper property.

Mr. Richardson is also heavily interested in the big Snowstorm copper mine In Idaho, until recently paying- generous dividends. When the slump came in copper it ceased shipping ore. but not mining. They kept piling up ore on the clumps at the rale of several hundreds of tons dally.

Recently, however, they commenced shipping again and are now sending 600 tons daily to the smelter. The mine is able to ship 1000 tons daily. Several other Los Angeles people are interested In this mine. Mr. Richardson says that he believes the "Whlpple mountain will be a larger producer in dollars and cents than the Snowstorm in time.

Ha Is looking forward to the time when the Santa Fe gets Its big bridge finished and commences to run trains. This bridge will cross the Colorado river at Parker and should be completed and trains running by July 1 next. It will be over 1600 feet long and cost about $1,000,000. By this "cut-off." as it Is called, the distance between Los Angeles and Arizona cities will be materially lessened. The new road will pass within three or four miles of the Whlpple Mountain and other mines in the district.

New Transportation Mr. Richardson says the management of the Whipple Mountain Gold and Copper company expects to furnish the Santa Fe with a large tonnage of shipping ore for transportation to a smeltet-. until inch time as they can build their own smelter. There are other largo properties in the Whipple mountain district that are looking forward with Interest to the completion of the "cutoff." The American Eagle Is a big proposition and a mighty good property. The management of It has advertised for contract bids to do devel- opment work.

The D. and W. Mining company Is going ahead with development work and undoubtedly will be a large shipper. Another mine In this district close to the Whipple Mountain is that of the National Copper company. This Is a very valuable copper and gold property, and the company is now putting la heavy machinery and getting ready to do extensive work.

The Cat's Claw, owned personally by Mr Richardson, is In the neighborhood and ho is pushing development work there in earnest. This property will be ready to ship ore In the near future. There are several other good properties in the district not mentioned here, and the building of the Santa Fe cutoff will materially stimulate the mining industry, not only In southwest San Bernardino county, but over the entire southwest. Many mining men of prominence are of the opinion that if a smelter were erected in Log Angeles, or near It, 1 it would be liberally patronized. Great copper, gold, silver, lead and other mineral deposits exist all over the southwest, and much of it, comparatively speaking, is not far away from this city One very eminent engineer made the statement that Los Angeles would wake up some day and recognize the fact "that it is surrounded by mineral deposits even greater In value than Its oil, orange groves and realty.

Certainly." said he, "the mining industry should be fostered because It is one that produces honest money; It has produced more of it than ever banks did." BULLFROG GOLD BAR MUST MEET $30,000 The Bullfrog Gold Bar company is In distress which in all probability will bo straightened out at the next meeting of stockholders. A great deal of work has been done on the ground, and bodies of low grade ore have been encountered. A mill in course of erection has been found too small to handle tho product at a profit. While the work of development has been diligently prosecuted ever since the company was organized there has been no market for the sale of the treasury stock, and the money to continue, equal to $30,000, hns been advanced by Loftus Davis. Tho date of the stockholders' meeting hits not yet been set.

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