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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
2
The Barstow Printer announces a new edition of Wilsons Mining Laws as a premium with a one year subscription priced at $2 in advance. Limited copies are available, so readers are urged to subscribe now to receive the mining laws and mining paper for the year.
A Rex Amalga liquidless dry washer demonstration by J Haverly and A Gustave Gnatz on the Baltic property grounds in Randsburg shows a new method can separate fine gold from tungsten without water. If scalable to 10 to 500 ton capacity, the machine could transform mining where water is expensive, replacing conventional riffle and blower concentrators.
Auto trucks from Moreland carry about 2.25 tons per trip to Torona station while two Renard auto trains haul 13.5 to 25 tons between Trona and the mines. The autotrain uses a gasoline tractor with trailers linked by a flexible shaft to push through mud or sand, speeding ore movement. Mining at Wild yields antimony ore, sorted by hand, with ore around 50 percent grade worth about 500 dollars per ton. The carbonite mine in Death Valley ships ore to Zabriskie station, while old mule freighting fades away.
The summons directs C Y Thatcher to appear in Lermo township California within five to twenty days depending on service location. Plaintiff Leo Bing seeks judgment on contract damages per the complaint filed in the Justice's Court of Yermo township in 1945.
The Atlanta Mining Company in Los Angeles announces delinquent stock on May 26 1915 with amounts listed for shareholders. Sale of delinquent stock postponed to August 28 1915 at 10 am in room 503 5 Grant Building Los Angeles. By order of the Board. F M Burbank Secy.
A placer is an unconsolidated deposit with minerals in commercial quantities. It is a secondary deposit formed when bedrock material is eroded. Water transport and sorting concentrate minerals, with many rich placers arising from glacial erosion and reconcentration of gold.
Auto trucks bearing banners recalling past mining expeditions travel through Barstow. The route links the Mojave district with Nevada and Arizona, highlighting Yellow Pine and Good Springs in Nevada as zinc lead platinum and gold destinations.
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