THE SHAY MINE
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.