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Show HE SAW MINES ON SAN PEDRO James X. Ferguson has returned from a trip over the San Pedro route and says that it is, perhaps, as resourceful as any undeveloped country, un-traversed un-traversed by a railroad. At Moapa he was 6hown samples of ore from a. largo numbor of prospects, each of which should be developed, by systematic effort, ef-fort, Into a mine. Thero was gold, silver, lead and copper evident In all of the samples, and while he did not have an opportunity of making personal per-sonal examination into the various ledges from which thej' came, the samples were of sufficient slr.e to indicate indi-cate that they occur in not a little abundance. Mr. Ferguson verifies? that fourteen mllea out of Moapa. there have boon pomo very important discoveries, the ores running well up In copper and not a little In gold. The Intense heat, not les3 than 110 degreoa, caused him to forego a trip through Los Angeles, which had been originally plaimod. At Good Springs tho work of George Gunn, representing the American Smelting and Refining company. Is being be-ing viewed with lively interest, not only by tho prospectors, but by the railroad company, Itself. And the prediction Is quite general that If Mr. Gunn commends com-mends to his company the purchase of the properties upon which he has been engaged, it will mean the development of a great camp. To date, some very good oro haa been shown up in the properly, prop-erly, and it 19 eald of the ore that it carries sufficient gold to pay the entire cost of praoductlon. Mr. Gunn is absent from the city at present, and it is assumed as-sumed that upon hla return tho fato of his undertakings will be made known. |