Show DE laflare LAfI lARS ARS GOLD MOUNTAIN MINE down in san bernardino county capt J R de lamar la mar acquired a big mountain of low grade quartz about the same time that he be purchased his now famous bully willmine HilL mine in shasta county about the time that the smelters shelters sm elters were blown in at de la mar the 40 stamps berrun to drop at gold mountain and the financial success of the property has been proven A writer in the los angeles Min ining review says gold mountain mine san bernardino county is off the lines of travel and somewhat difficult of access it is not often heard from but the thundering noise of the 40 stamp mill is seldom interrupted and a more self contained easily work worked ed plant would be hard to find the history of the camp goes back about thirty years at which time a 40 stamp mill was erected and operated a year or two this mill burned in 1874 lucky baldwin was one of the first owners a of f the mine but he certainly did not win his title here some two years ago the property having come under control of capt J R de la mar it was put in shape to become a steady dividend payer A 40 stamp mill was built further up the mountain just where the quarried ore could be easily run into its bins a tramway from the mill extended to gold mountain and run right through it from east to west by means of a well timbered tunnel this tunnel by the way is the only underground working on the property into it open en seven or eight chutes from the quarries above each blast in the quarry removes several tons of rock from the face and the miners break it up with sledges and pass the ore into a chute little or no sorting is ia required almost everything going to the mill eight miners working a single day shift in the open cut across the top of the mountain are supplying the tons of ore necessary to keep the stamps pounding all day and night the tailings from the plates are run out into the valley no effort being made to treat them further fr frue ue dauners were used at first but so few concentrates were obtained from the ore that it did not pay to operate them the great bulk of the mountain is a low grade free milling ore not averaging over 5 per ton the cost of mining 0 and milling is said to be per ton this would be much less were it not for the fact that the company has to pump all its water a distance of nearly three miles I 1 understand they are trying to obtain electric power from the bear valley reservoir company if this matter is arranged satisfactorily the mill will probably be increased to 80 or stamps in the near future mineral wealth |