Show NEWHOUSE IN california COPPER san bernardino news the recent rb report that samuel newhouse has purchased the new york mine in the eastern part of san bernardino county for a consideration of is perhaps the most important report of the activity prevailing in san bernardino copper though it is still unconfirmed this mine which is the oldest in that part of the san bernardino copper belt Is on the east slope of the new york mountain near vanderbilt station on the santa fe branch line from blake it has been well developed by the new york owners very rich ores are said to be exposed for feet in length in a vein from 12 to 40 feet wide new york mountain is now dotted with camps and great activity prevails in development of copper veins which throughout the district are reported rep cried to be of great width and carrying high values in carbonates and oxides with sulphides sulp hides appearing wherever sufficient depth is reached the copper belt appears to extend through san bernardino county from near the northeastern corner and generally parallel to the nevada california line to the von trigger mine a few miles north ol of blake on the santa fe railway a distance of some 50 miles the northernmost present activity is at the iron gossan group which the chloride gold mining company of chloride arizona has recently purchased and will open by sinking a foot prospect shaft this season southeast of this is the old copper world mine from which extremely high grade ores have been taken it is rumored that a sale of this property is pending to people who will develop it systematically some ten miles southwest again is the copper king recently sold by mr joseph nelson to the controlling interest of the quartette mining company of searchlight nevada headed by colonel C A hopkins and ex governor george C crocker of massachusetts the sale was recently chronicled in the evening index |