Unusual activity has characterized operations about that portion of the
Colorado Desert, about 90 miles east of the San Bernardino Mountain,
near the line between San Diego and San Bernardino Counties. The Eagle
Mountain District is one of these localities. The discovery of rich
placers in the dry gulches of that section resulted in a more thorough
investigation of its mineral resources and in the finding of some very
rich gold-bearing quartz. Considerable work has been done on these
claims and the prospects are considered very flattering.
A cemented basin has been constructed to catch the rain water that falls
during the winter season, with which it is intended to work the placer
mines. The discoverers of these mines, it is said, took enough gold from
the gulches, in making the basin referred to, with a dry washer, to pay
for making and cementing the basin.