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Show It is aaid that eorae rich mineral min-eral discovorica havo recently been made in tho Santa Cruz mountains, California, and a correspondent writing writ-ing of tho event to a coast paper, say a: Col. A. O. Tk'henor, a capitalist and operator of lonp practical uxporiencoin tho niitioa of Colorado And Uth, warned by tho Btnte of hia health to Eo. k a lois rigorous climate for the wintor, pitched liu tout iu Sauta Crjz. Rusticating in the mountains, ho was soon attracted by thu appearance of (uiartz. This led to tlio further dijeovory of a valuable ladjie, the rek of wliich is aaid to assay aovdral humln d dollara por Um. This location is eifjlit milog from tho cily of Santa Cruz, ua lands of J. II. Logan. Col. Lorrii located thrco claims on tho lodjri, aiul sold a half interest in ihe saino Inst week to San i'rancisco partioa fur Si25,- It is probable that . Tichenor'B health bad very little to do with taking tak-ing him to California. Ilia minicg record is so bad in Utah and Colorado, and L la general record ia eo bad in Iowa and other western etMea, (hat most any place is "healthy" for him whero ho ia not known. The fact that Tichenor is mixed up with the Santa Cruz find will ruako well-informed pcoplo cautious about investing. |