EAGLE MOUNTAIN.
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.