Show BIG STRIKE IS REPORTED IN OLD ALLEN G CAMPBELL MINE seven feet of iron sulphide ore carrying excellent gold and silver values in addition to a heavy lead content is reported on the foot level of the old campbell mine three miles north of ivanpah Ivan pah calif and a few miles north of Le stalk on the salt lake los angeles railroad the property is now under bond to the vanderbilt mining company a los angeles corporation the strike was made in followings follo rich streak on the hanging wall side of the vein south of the main working shaft assays essays taken across the face of the drift ran and per ton this strike is of special significance as it is said to prove the theory that ore values increase below water level in this section over was taken from the mines in this district in years past when water level was reached work was usually stopped owing to the low values in the ores but this find proves up the enrichment below the water line the campbell mines were worked during the late eighties by allen alien G campbell who died in 1900 leaving the property to his daughter when she became of af age in 1919 durin during b all this time the mine lay idle until bonded by a coterie of los angeles mining men headed by C C barkley formerly of the phelps dodge company king gillette the safety razor manufacturer fac C E vanderbilt and the vanderbilt estate W D longwell retired capitalist percy V I 1 hammon bammon attorney J B newman part owner of the inspiration mine and J J hulbert owning to a special provision in tile the will which provided that the property could neither be worked nor disposed of until the daughter arrived at legal age 6 mining b activity ceased during these many years until several months ago when with the confirming order of sale by the superior court of riverside county work was resumed on the property |