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LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION. 317

Mill: The flotation mill at White's Landing has a capacity of 130

tons per twenty-four hours. The combined ore from Black Jack, Ren-
ton Vein and Quarry mines is treated by concentration and flotation.
Mill equipment consists of Blake crusher; Marcy ball mill; Dorr sim-
plex classifiers ; two Devereaux agitators ; four 12-foot K & K flota-

tion machines ; three 6-foot K & K flotation machines ; 4 Cottrell
tables; Wilfley pumps; 2 Dorr thickeners; 2 Oliver filters. Water
supply for mill is pumped from the ocean. Electric power for operat-
ing the mill is secured from the main power plant at Avalon. The
ore treated at present writing carries 7.2% to 8.7% zinc; 1.5% to 3.5%
lead and 3.5 oz. per ton in silver, the product produced being 15 tons
of zinc concentrates per 24 hours, carrying 45% zinc, 3.2% lead and

11.5 oz. silver per ton. The lead concentrate produced amounts to 3
tons per 24 hours, carrying 55% lead, 8% zinc and 93 oz. silver per
ton. The tailings carry 2.1% zinc, 0.2% lead and 0.9 oz. silver. Aver-
age recovery made is 80% of the zinc and 88% of the lead and 80%

of the silver. The zinc concentrates are shipped to Belgium and the
lead-silver concentrates to the American Smelting and Refining Com-

pany's smelter at Selby, California. Thirteen men are employed in
the mill.

Bibl : State Mineralogist's Report XXIII, p. 36.

Silver King Mine. (Lead-Silver.) It is located in Texas Canyon,

12 miles northeast of Saugus, a station on the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. Holdings comprise 18 claims. Elevation 2350 feet. Owner,
W. H. Cruzan, Newhall, California.
A vein of quartz 2 feet wide strikes east and dips 53° north. The

quartz is mineralized with galena and said to carry 10 to 30 oz. in silver
per ton.
Workings consist of glory hole and two tunnels, the upper tunnel
250 feet in length. From this level a raise connects with glory hole.
At a lower elevation, a tunnel has been driven 100 feet east parallel
to the vein in the footwall. One man is employed.

Sunshine Mine. (Gold-Silver.) It comprises 10 claims located in

Bouquet Canyon, 17 miles from Saugus. Owners, Messrs. Christman,
Fuller and Meuer, Los Angeles. Vein of quartz 20 feet wide. Develop-
ment consists of shaft 50 feet deep.

Bibl: State Mineralogist's Report XVIII, p. 422.

Victoria Mine. (Lead-Silver.) It is located 6 miles northeast of
Azusa, in San Gabriel Canyon. Elevation 3000 feet. Idle for years.

Formerly operated by Sierra Madre Silver Mining Company, Azusa,
Cahtornia.

Bibl: State Mineralogist's Report XI, p. 245.

MANGANESE.
Amargosa Group of Claims. The deposit is situated 5 miles by road

west of Palmdale, in T. 6 N., R. 12 W. and R. 13 W., S. B. B. and M.
Holdings comprise 9 claims.

Irregular lenses of manganese ore occur along silicious outcrops in
schist. Outcrops of manganese ore can be followed for a distance of