Is also in the Pinacate District, 6 miles west of Perris. Several holes
have been sunk on the vein, but the entire lower portion of the mine was
flooded and could not be examined. The quartz is a bluish, ribbon-like
rock, and carries considerable gold. The owner from lack of means is
unable to work the mine.
There are numerous other mines or veins in the district, many of which
have been worked in former years by Mexicans, who coyoted about, working
the narrow seams and crushing the quartz in arrastras. These veins are
now abandoned, and no one seems to have sufficient faith in their value
to undertake anything like systematic development. The veins mostly lie
quite flat in granite or syenitic rocks. They are usually from 4 to 16
inches in thickness and extend some distance. Roads are constructed to
nearly all of them. It seems like a region promising good returns on
small investments. One ten-stamp custom mill could crush the rock for
all the veins of this district. I was informed that much of the rock
returned from $60 to over $100 per ton.