Show 1 mi WILt mm YORK PLACERS AT SEVEN TROUGHS Company to Operate on Large Scale Near Famous Gold Camp RICHES KNOWN FOR YEARS Old Lake Bed Worked Long Ago in Primitive Way Wayby Wayby I by Chinese Unless present plans miscarry which Is not probable operations on the property prop prop- crt erty of ot the tho Placeritos Mines Unes company at Rabbit Hole Wells ten miles mies north or of the Seven Se Trou Troughs hs district will be In ill full ful swing by the cn end of ot February wil The company owns approximately acres of ot placer ground wide streaks s In which show incredible values per pcr yard It l is apparent by tho the manner In which th the thc company Is proceeding with the preparations for its Is operations that It I means business und and will develop Its ground In a thorough h wil and ln systematic Is fashion sn says H the Seven Seen Troughs Troughs' Miner There Is absolutely no question queston as to the tile wealth of ot the placer ground round In the tho vicinity of ot Rabbit Hole HoJe Wells and as the estate of ot the Placeritos Mines compan company com corn pan pany Is considered among the tho best diggings dig dig- gln gings 9 there thero the company compan should reap lC- lC a golden goldon oJ tn harvest hanest Tho Thu placer beds at the wells wels h have ve been known to exist for tor tormore more than thirty years years That many years ago o a Q great N t amount of at the ground was worked for tor several years 3 In a primitive fashion b by a n band 1 or a v mamen are reported to have taken token out more moro than three million dol dol- lars Following the departure of or the sons of ot Confucius little or no attention was given ghen the diggings until last summer sum sum- mer when rich rih discoveries by tors tots wending their wn way north from Seven S Troughs hs created an excitement I All I Plc grupd in in the vicinity ty of ot the tile wills was soon taken up and while there has I been een little activity aside from flom prospect an and location work the open open- In lug ing of or the coming spring will nl witness great activity there at Shallow Depth In preparation for Its extensive op- op orations ertons which will wi be begin ln In the near future the tho Placeritos Mines Ines company has kept a n force torce of ot six miners at work worl for more than three months past dig dig- digging ging por it thoroughly prospecting CUng the ground It has been found oun that a good flow of water can n be bc secured at ata a ii h depth of or not more than seventeen feet on ott any part of ot the property of or the company which has the appearance of ln la having been an old lake lale bel bed It I has also been boen found that the gold lies les on a n tal false c bed of or rock ant and anc cement stratas which arc aro 10 found from one to two feet cot from the thc surface Although shafts have o ha been sunk to a depth deIth of or moro more than thann thana n a feet cot in different sections of the he placer pincer diggings no tru true l bed rock has in ever pcr been encountered These thrifts shafts however revealed tho the fact act ct that hat tho tnt yellow I metal metal- l lies lioa of on on t top P rot ot f I IThe The preliminary by tho the Mines company in tho sInking sInk sInk- Ing ng of or wells has given It I nn an ample cupply supPlY sup sup- ply ly of ot water to Insure tho the success of ur HH ta operations It I Is la claimed 1 that sufficient sufficient sur- sur water has been developed on the company diggings to permit of or the worl working o of ground by dredge which will wil probably be done at some future date with the return sev se several eral enil days ago alO of or E. E S S. Chaffey Chatte en engineer engineer en- en gincer of the company from Oakland Cal to Vernon it I was learned that five f c carloads of or machinery fuel etc was recently shipped the company from San Francisco co The shipment Is now no noon on Its way WRY from the coast coast The machinery consist of or two huge hute pumps two gasoline gas gas- inline oline en engines one of or ten horsepower anti and the thc other twenty five o f horsepower fifteen hundred feet teet of Inch four-Inch pipe nn and an rm excavator atol an and Jol gold saving st machine machine machino ma ma- chine chino of ot large proportions The shipment shipment ship ship- ment mont also includes two cars of or gasoline gaso gaso- line a car of lumb lumber r nn and a a. large quantity quantity quan quan- of or food tood supplies The shipment should arrive on the ground of ot the company within the next two or 01 three weeks |