anaheim-gazette 1909-09-30

ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD REPORT UPON NEVADA MINING CAMP BY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Unparalleled Richness of Mines Have Attracted Thousands to Hitherto Unknown Section—Report Replete With Interest to General Reader [Contributed to The Gazette.] Goldfield is a name so associated with strange and dramatic human events that it must arouse quick interest in all who have paid much heed to mining affairs, to investment and speculation, to labor movements, or to the romance of pioneer life in general. The sudden rushing together of thousands of men to some one little theretofore desolate area has been a common enough phenomenon in the West, with all the inevitable accompanying contention and lawlessness. But at Goldfield the usual causes of strife and passion were strangely intensified. The hope of quick wealth has built many "boom towns" in the West; but the early bonanzas that drew so many excited gold seekers on to Goldfield were of unparalleled richness. The gambler's delight in keen uncertainty has a great part in the lure of all mining life; at no other place have rich deposits been found of such indefinite form and wholly unpredictable position as at Goldfield. As a result the development of the field has been a story of tremendous odds accepted for success or failure, of sharp and dramatic contrasts of fortune, of dazzling hopes and heart-breaking disappointments. Furthermore, the confusion caused by uncertain mining laws and the special difficulties of protecting rich claims from depredation have been greater at Goldfield than elsewhere on account by shells of gold and sulphides. Other Features of the Report A large part of the report is given up to detailed petrography and mineralogy, and to the character and distribution of the various volcanic rocks which mainly make up the region. One chapter describes the shape and structure of the ore-bearing ledges, and another treats in detail of the nature and occurrence of the pay shoots and ores. Other chapters deal with Metasomatic processes, Underground water and depth of oxidation, and Genesis of the deposits. According to the author, the intimate association of unusually rich gold ores with the mineral alunite is the most remarkable feature of the deposits and proves that the ores were deposited from solutions containing sulphuric acid. Several hypotheses have been advanced to account for this acidity. The theory favored in the present paper postulates that the ore constituents were brought up in hot solutions charged with hydrogen sulphide, a little carbon dioxide, and probably also some alkali sulphides; that the hydrogen sulphide was oxidized at and near the surface to sulphuric acid, which percolated down through the warm rocks to mingle with the uprising currents carrying sulphydric acid; and that the precipitation of the richest ore took place in the zone where the two kinds of solutions mingled and as a consequence of such mingling. Deductions for the Future In a brief chapter of "Practical conclusions" the author makes some inferences regarding future development, though he lays stress on the uncertainty of all such opinions. "Geology," says Mr. Ransome, "can seldom do more than suggest intelligent trial; and he who undertakes extensive prospecting without a realization of the ratio of success to failure and without being prepared to..." Interest for the General Reader The United States Geological Survey has just published a complete technical treatise entitled "The geology and ore deposits of Goldfield, Nevada," by Frederick Leslie Ransome. It is intended primarily, of course, for the use of the professional geologist and the local mining engineer, yet even a layman whose interest lies mainly in human rather than natural history may well find fascination in a work that sets forth the complex means by which nature has wrought a formation so potent to arouse human desire and endeavor. Mr. Ransome, though a scientist in every sense of the term, has not failed to appreciate and bring out clearly the points of human and industrial interest. The introductory chapter includes a history of mining in the district which tells concisely and vividly the events of its discovery, settlement, exploitation, and development and of the strike in 1907, when federal troops were sent to the spot and President Roosevelt appointed an investigating commission. Another chapter of general interest is headed "The mines: a general account of their distribution, development, and operation, including ore treatment." This chapter includes much material relating to the cost of mining, which, aside from the practical value to the mining engineer, is significant for the student of methods in public services, such as the supply of power and transportation, and in the relations between the mines and smelters. Mr. Ransome points out, for example, that exorbitant rates have been charged for the shipment of high-grade ore, though such shipments involve no greater cost or responsibility on the part of the railroads than shipments of the same quantity of poorer ore. Volcanic Rocks and Ore Deposits The geological structure of Goldfield is simple. The district is essentially unpredictable position as at Goldfield. As a result the development of the field has been a story of tremendous odds accepted for success or failure, of sharp and dramatic contrasts of fortune, of dazzling hopes and heart-breaking disappointments. Furthermore, the confusion caused by uncertain mining laws and the special difficulties of protecting rich claims from depredation have been greater at Goldfield than elsewhere on account of the character of the deposits. Deductions for the Future In a brief chapter of "Practical conclusions" the author makes some inferences regarding future development, though he lays stress on the uncertainty of all such opinions. "Geology," says Mr. Ransome,"can seldom do more than suggest intelligent trial; and he who undertakes extensive prospecting without a realization of the ratio of success to failure and without being prepared to shoulder the latter is playing desperately against chance. On the other hand, it must be admitted that were prospecting in general conducted with the same caution and with the same careful scrutiny of probabilities as obtains in ordinary business, many deposits which have yielded fortunes to their discoverers would never have been found. There are few gold districts that are not indebted to some man's blind good fortune. This has been well illustrated at Goldfield,and the brief but eventful history of the district teaches that surprises may be in store for one who presumes to say with assurance what ground is ore-bearing and what ground is not." Mine Descriptions The final chapters of the report comprise detailed descriptions of the workings and ore bodies of the various mines of the district. The volume is accompanied by topographic and geologic maps and is illustrate by views of the region, sections and plans of mine workings, photomicographs of minerals, etc. It is published as Professional Paper 66, and may be obtained free of charge, by writing to the Director of the United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. BIG RANCH SOLD Los Angeles Investment Company Becomes Possessor of Valuable Tract of County Property One of the few remaining large ranches of Orange county, a 3500-acre tract of land has been purchased by the Janss Investment Company of Los Angeles, which is now selling off the property in acreage lots for orange and walnut groves. Yorba Linda is the euphonious Spanish name which the ranch bears. It is in the northern part of the county, a short distance from Anaheim, on the edge of La Habra Valley. The La Habra branch of the Paci- Volcanic Rocks and Ore Deposits The geological structure of Goldfield is simple. The district is essentially a low, domical uplift of Tertiary lavas and lake sediments resting upon a foundation of ancient granite and metamorphic rocks. The erosion of this flat dome has exposed the pre-Tertiary rocks at a number of places in the central part of the district and these outcrops are surrounded by wide concentric zones of successively younger formations. The most notable features of the ore bodies are their remarkable richness and their equally remarkable irregularity. The ores are almost without exception associated with craggy outcrops of silicified volcanic rock. Associated with the silicification other processes of locally intense alteration, especially the formation of alunite, have also been active. The deposits have formed along zones of fissuring, which for the most part are very irregular in trend. Oxidized ores have supplied a large part of the gold produced during the first two or three years of exploitation, and in some mines no sulphide ores are yet known. The sulphide ores are of complex mineralogical character, native gold and pyrite being accompanied by minerals containing copper, silver, antimony, arsenic, bismuth, tellurium, and other elements. A concentric crustification is characteristic of the richer ores, fragments of altered rock being covered One of the few remaining large ranches of Orange county, a 3500-acre tract of land has been purchased by the Janss Investment Company of Los Angeles, which is now selling off the property in acreage lots for orange and walnut groves. Yorba Linda is the euphonious Spanish name which the ranch bears. It is in the northern part of the county, a short distance from Anaheim, on the edge of La Habra Valley. The La Habra branch of the Pacific Electric is completed to within three miles of the ranch, and when plans for the extension of the line to Riverside up the Santa Ana canyon are carried out, the electric road will pass through the center of the tract. A branch of the Santa Fe now runs through it. Since the ranch was placed on the market the Janss company has closed contracts for the sale of $75,000 of the property, all in small acreage pieces. Surrounding ranchers in many instances have been the purchasers. The claim is made that the land is in a frostless belt, with rich soil, capable of yielding varied crops. Adjoining property is in bearing orange trees, and many of the purchasers in the Yorba Linda ranch are planning to plant citrus fruits. There is already a large reservoir on the place, canals of the Anaheim Union Water Company traverse the land, and it also carries riparian rights to water of the Santa Ana river. PUMPING PLANT PITS All kinds of wood or brick well pit and cesspool work done in a prompt and workmanlike manner. Old pits repaired. Rates reasonable. Call on or address Ben Cook, Anaheim, Cal. Residence corner Santa Fe and Charles streets. 8-5-tf ASPHALT AND BITUMEN ROCK WHERE OUR PAVING MATERIAL COMES FROM Imports Come Mainly from Island of Trinidad, as Well as from Bermudez, Cuba, Germany, Mexico—Statistics of Vast Local Interest The output of natural asphalt, related bituminens, and bituminous rock that entered the market from quarries and mines in the United States in 1908, together with refined asphalt produced from the crude material, was 185,328 short tons, valued at $1,888,881, as compared with 223,861 tons, valued at $2,826,489, in 1907. The largest item in the 1908 output was oil asphalt, which amounted to 102,281 tons, valued at $1,322,616; this also showed a decrease from the 1907 output. Bituminous rock, 37,371 tons, valued at $146,821, gilsonite, 18,533 tons, valued at $61,824, and maltha, 12,875 tons, valued at $162,000, were next in order of importance. The imports of asphalt in 1908, mainly from the island of Trinidad but in part from Bermudez, Venezuela; Cuba, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and a few other countries, were 151,674 tons, valued at $624,979. During the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1908, domestic asphalt and manufactured asphaltic material to the value of $451,968 were exported from the United States, an increase of about 20 per cent over the exports in 1907. The foregoing figures are taken from a report by J. A. Taff, of the United States Geological Survey, just issued as an advance chapter from "Mineral resources of the United States, calendar year 1908". This report, a copy of which can be had free on applying to the Director of the described by the Portland Telegram. "But there is remarkable and simultaneous activity among the power people of late. We have been informed in the local news of a consolidation of water power corporations in the Pacific northwest, and will probably hear more of the same sort as time passes—for the Pacific northwest is the richest field in the entire country for power trust exploitation. Another notable instance of similar activity we gather from the report is that in the last two weeks in August more than thirty water companies filed articles of incorporation back in the state of Michigan. The Michigan happening comes up in a strong and unfavorable light for those who entertain the no-trust view. "It appears that on September 1 a law went into effect in that state which imposed certain restrictions upon power companies. Steps were taken to avoid many of these restrictions by this same wholesale incorporation. Previous to the incorporations, a combination of various water power, gas, electric light and street railway companies had been quietly effected in the smaller cities throughout the state, by the formation of the usual convenient holding company. The plan of comprehensive state combination with steadily extending acquisition of water power sites was pursued without noise or publicity until the time came for incorporation when, as a matter of course, the car was out of the bag. "The incorporation of as many as eighteen concerns in a single day excited suspicion as to the monopolistic control of the various enterprises. This led to the subsequent discovery by newspaper men that back of the whole scheme, under the personal engineering of Congressman George A. Loud, was the General electric company—one of the two great monopolies which seek to control all the po-" SHORT BALLOTS Fewer Officials to Select From, and Elections Oftener, the Remedy Of all recent proposals for improving the mechanism of democracy, one of the most promising is that suggested by Richard S. Childs, in The Outlook—the "short ballot." Mr. Childs believes that the American people can be trusted to vote right when they know what they are doing, but that there is no such thing as voting intelligently on all the candidates on a large blanket ballot. Everybody "votes blind" on the minor offices; President Eliot,"the ideal citizen," has confessed that he does. The intelligence of the community is not at work on any of the minor offices on the ballot. The average American never casts a completely intelligent vote. The remedy is of course to vote for fewer officials, but these the ones that count. Make the rest appointive. "Somebody we rarely know who practically appoints them now." We must "manage somehow to get our eggs into a few baskets—the baskets that we watch." To illustrate, Mr. Childs has tabulated a reduction of the election in New York, so that, while there would be an election every year, there would never be more than four officials, including national, state and local, to be voted on at any one election. The successful candidates, at such an election, would unquestionably represent the actual choice of the people. This is the table: First year—President and Vice President, Congressman, City Councilman Second year — Governor State Assemblyman Third year—Congressman Mayor City Councilman Fourth year—State Senator State Assemblyman manufactured asphaltic material to the value of $451,968 were exported from the United States, an increase of about 20 per cent over the exports in 1907. The foregoing figures are taken from a report by J. A. Taff, of the United States Geological Survey, just issued as an advance chapter from "Mineral resources of the United States, calendar year 1908". This report, a copy of which can be had free on applying to the Director of the Survey at Washington, contains, in addition to statistics of production, notes on the occurrence and uses of these materials. The term asphalt, as commonly used, denotes the various forms of bitumen or mineral pitch found in nature or produced by refining processes. An essential property of asphalt so defined is that it melts at temperatures near that of boiling water; this property makes it available for use in various industries. Natural asphalt is not known in the United States in sufficient quantity to warrant exploitation at present, though it is widely distributed in the California oil fields. Certain crude petroleums in California, Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma contain considerable quantities of asphalt in solution, the proportion rising to more than 35 per cent in some oils. Gilsonite, grahamite, and other hard bitumens are found in several of the Western States, notably Utah and Oklahoma. Bituminous rock, including all kinds of rock that contain an appreciable quantity of asphalt or bitumen intermingled with the rock particles, occurs in California, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky and Wyoming. The natural asphalt imported from Trinidad and Bermudez supplies a large part of the paving material used in the United States. Oil asphalt, when properly made in the process of distillation of asphaltic oils, is free from earthy substances commonly carried by natural asphalt and, though hampered by freight charges, is sent to the eastern markets in large quantities. Bituminous rock is used chiefly for paving. The other important uses of asphalt products are in water-proofing metals, papers, and fabrics, in roofing, electric installations, wood preservation, brick and wood block filling, concrete construction, coal briqueting, adulterating hard rubber, etc. Gilsonite and grahamite are also especially adaptable for use in the manufacture of japans, paints and varnish. "The incorporation of as many as eighteen concerns in a single day excited suspicion as to the monopolistic control of the various enterprises. This led to the subsequent discovery by newspaper men that back of the whole scheme, under the personal engineering of Congressman George A. Loud, was the General electric company—one of the two great monopolies which seek to control all the power in the country." The General electric and the Westinghouse companies control absolutely the manufacture of electrical apparatus in the United States. Although not owned by identical interests, they work together and do not compete. Their control is the basis of the water power trust, which McHarg and Short declare is "a dream." MURDER AT SHEEP CAMP Rosario Saiz Shoots Jose Machado With Rifle At a sheep shearer camp three miles west of Westminster on Wednesday night, Jose Machado, one of the wool clippers, was slain. Standing in the darkness at a distance of 100 yds with his victim between him and the light in a tent, some one fired three bullets from a rifle. One of them struck Machado above the heart and the man fell dead. Rosario Saiz is accused of being the slayer. The tragedy was at the shearers' camp of which Santos Carrisosa of Anaheim is in charge. This is the third killing to occur in Carrisosa's camps in the last seven years. In this case, as it was in the others,the officers find it almost impossible to get reliable information from those present. Carrisosa says that he and two others stood with Machado in front of a tent when bullets began to come from the direction of another tent. The Mexicans of the second tent say that all they know is that Salz picked up his rifle, walked out of the tent and in a few minutes began shooting. There had been no quarrel and no drinking. Salz disappeared in the darkness. The shooting occurred at 7:30 o'clock. Salz has a reputation as a gunfighter. About two years ago he was acquitted of a murder in Riverside county, alleging that the shooting was successful candidates, at such an election, would unquestionably represent the actual choice of the people. This is the table: First year—President and Vice President, Congressman, City Councilman Second year — Governor, State Assemblyman. Third year—Congressman, Mayor, City Councilman. Fourth year—State Senator, State Assemblyman. That is all. But it would give the people direct control, at frequent intervals, of the executive and legislative departments of the nation state and city. That is all that is needed, to put the people in effective control of their own government. It is more control than they are able to make effective, in the present confusion. It is perhaps not generally realized that our complex system of elections is unique among the democracies of the world. It is a system beyond the power of any people to handle intelligently, and in which our most intelligent citizens are almost as helpless as our most ignorant. Nobody but a professional politician knows or can know the qualifications of the host of candidates for minor offices,and all he cares to know is whose orders they will take. It is a system under which popular government is simply unworkable; and as a matter of fact, it is not working. We are not getting popular government, as to minor officers,and the farce of pretending to get it obstructs the partial reality of getting it as to major officials. This talk that "popular government is a failure" is bosh. The part of our government that is a failure is the part which the people do not govern. Put that part under the control of the part which the people do govern,and we shall have the people, in effect, governing both. CURE YOUR KIDNEYS Do Not Endanger Life When an Anaheim Citizen Shows You the Cure Why will people continue to suffer the agonies of kidney complaint, backache, urinary disorders, lameness, headaches, languor, why allow themselves to become chronic invalids, when a certain cure is offered them? Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy to use because it gives to the kidneys the help they need to perform their work. If you have any, even one, of the The surface of the famous pitch lake of Trinidad is about 138 feet above the sea; its area is 100 acres, and borings have shown that it fills a bowl-like depression with steep sides and a depth of more than 135 feet. This lake has been estimated to have a minimum available content of over 9,000,000 tons. More than 2,000,000 tons have been removed and exported since records have been kept. The exports in the year ending January 31, 1909, were 150,557 tons, of which 98,098 tons came to the United States. THE WATER-POWER TRUST Electric Companies Gobbling Valuable Rights from Public Domain Secretary Ballinger, the eliminated McHarg, Mr. Short of Fresno and others of that following or persuasion insist that there is no such thing as a water power trust and declare that the whole thing is nothing more than one of Gifford Pinchot's dreams. Mr. Short, at least, should know better, as he is in touch with the gradual consolidation or community of interest that is in the way of establishment among water power concerns in California. The same process in Oregon and in Michigan is hampered by freight charges, is sent to the eastern markets in large quantities. Bituminous rock is used chiefly for paving. The other important uses of asphalt products are in water-proofing metals, papers, and fabrics, in roofing, electric installations, wood preservation, brick and wood block filling, concrete construction, coal briqueting, adulterating hard rubber, etc. Gilsonite and grahamite are also especially adaptable for use in the manufacture of japans, paints and varnishes. The Mexicans of the second tent say that all they know is that Saiz picked up his rifle, walked out of the tent and in a few minutes began shooting. There had been no quarrel and no drinking. Saiz disappeared in the darkness. The shooting occurred at 7:30 o'clock. Saiz has a reputation as a gunfighter. About two years ago he was acquitted of a murder in Riverside county, alleging that the shooting was accidental. He has served time in the county jail. Last February he fired a bullet at a man at Anaheim, it is said. In September, 1902, Jose Cabrillo was clubbed to death in Carrisosa's camp near Fullerton, for which Jose de los Santos Urivez was sentenced to prison for twenty years. In May, 1904, Leandro Morino was beaten to death in a camp at El Toro. All the Mexicans present testified that Premitivo Otero killed Morino because Morino attacked him with a pair of shears. Otero was turned loose. Since then Constable Smithwick has received information that leads him to believe that Otero did not kill Morino, but that he took the blame to clear the record. Saiz has not been caught. The Regimental Barber. A major in an English regiment has a great contempt for incapacity of any kind and is somewhat impatient. A sergeant complained to him that he could get no man to undertake the duty of barber to the company. "Is there no gardener in the company?" asked the major testily. "See if you can find one, and send him to me." 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