they not been private property; and until the owners of the
Grant took active control of the property a good deal of un-
authorized gold washing was carried on by little parties of
miners who, whilst they made no appreciable impression on
the placer ground as a whole, probably took many hundred
thousand dollars in gold from the Estate. The present Com-
pany has not thought fit to undertake any mining operations,
inasmuch as none of the parties interested are mining men.
No shafts have been sunk on the placer grounds by the Compa-
ny. No efforts have been made by the Company to define
their extent. Prospectors have been induced to find mine-
ral by the offer of a certain length of vein as a reqward for
its discovery; and on this basis the following mining deeds
have been issued by the Company: To six claims, 1,000 feet
long by 300 feet wide, situated in the west half of section
18, township 28, south of range 70, wetst and known as The
Star of the West, Last Chance, Sunnyside, Homestake, Magno-
lia and Hidden Treasure.

Application has been made for some mining leases in
the Sierra Blanca as a reward for the discovery of some
veins in that section, the Company having recently changed
its policy with respect to prospecting, now giving leases
instead of as heretofore offering a small section of the
discovered vein in fee simple. Some important discoveries
have undoubtedly been made this summer of gold and silver
bearing veins on the property, but the reports which have
come to the office cannot be verified until the snow has
left the ranges.

they not been private property: and until the owners of the Grant took active control of the property a good deal of unauthorized gold washing was carried on by little parties of miners who, whilst they made no appreciable impression on the placer ground as a whole, probably took many hundred thousand dollars in gold from the Estate. The present Company has not thought fit to undertake any mining operations, inasmuch as none of the parties interested are mining men. No shafts have been sunk on the placer grounds by the Company. No efforts have been made by the Company to define their extent. Prospectors have been induced to find mineral by the offer of a certain length of vein as a reward for its discovery; and on this basis the following mining deeds have been issued by the Company; To six claims, 1,000 feet long by 300 feet wide, situated in the west half of section 18, township 28, south of range 70, west and known as The Star of the West, Last Chance, Sunnyside, Homestake, Magnolia and Hidden Treasure.

Application has been made for some mining leases in the Sierra Blanca as a reward for the discovery of some veins in that section, the Company having recently changed its policy with respect to prospecting, now giving leases instead of as heretofore offering a small section of the discovered vein in fee simple. Some important discoveries have undoubtedly been made this summer of gold and silver bearing veins on the property, but the reports which have come to the office cannot be verified until the snow has left the ranges.