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INDEPENDENT PLANTS ARE AFTER GOLDFIELD BUSINESS
INDEPENDENT
PLANT MAY
TAKE ORES
GOLDEN CYCLE MILL AFTER
NEVADA BUSINESS
LITTLE FLORENCE ABOUT TO
RESUME
Esmeralda County Prepares to De.
velop Coal Fields — Consolidated
Decides to Erect Mill on
Columbia Mountain
Special Correspondence of The Herald.
GOLDFIELD, Nev., Dec. 29— Goldfleld
ores will be shipped to faraway Colorado
Springs for treatment at an independent
reduction plant known as the Golden
Cycle where no complaint will be made
of excessive high-grade, either. Any ore
that will bear the coat of transportation
¦wii; be taken, and there will be no delay
in getting cash settlements for the ore,
as coon as the quartz is sampled at the
P The Golden Cycle is the largest custom
cyanide plant in the country, and proba
bly in the world. At the present time thu
daily capacity is 450 tons, and by the
j-j-mio of next month the capacity will
be doubled at a cost of $1,500,000. .Nearly
al! the ores that are being treated there
come from the Cripple Creek district.
E 1 F. Smith, manager of the plant, has
been In town several days and has suc
ceeded In securing some contracts from
shippers.
The management of the Little Florence
company has made arrangements with
the American Smelting and Refining com
pany for the receipt of all the high-grade
ore that can be shipped over the Tonopah
& Goldfleld railway, and thence over the
Southern Pacific to Denver. The compa
ny has over 2000 tons of ore pik-d on the
dump, and according to the mine aEsays
it will average, gross, fully $260 a ton.
Owing to the strike situation the Go:d
fleld Florence extended the time to the
leasing company for tne clays closed
down. Just when shipments will be
started has not been definitely fixed, but
the first shovelful of ore that is thrown
into the car marks the time of the life of
one of the bonanza leases of the district.
When the work of loading that 2000 tons
of ore is started the company will be
ready to begin working the underground
ore bodies, with probably four shifts of
men, as it is a hurry up case, the lease
having on'.y about seventy days to run.
At the 400-foot level there U plently of
ore in sight, and 100 feet below crosscuts
and drifts have been extended close to
the ore shoots, and it will be the endeavor
of the company to slope out all the ore
possible in the limited time. The com
pany has been given every assurance
from the railway companies htat all the
cars necessary will be furnished, and an
endeavor wi'.l be made to rush the ore to
market. The smelter trust people have
also given assurance that prompt settle
ments will be made.
On the Florence Annex, on the Cornish
man, which adjoins the Atlanta, the dump
rock is being shipped to the Western Ore
Purchasing company.
Developing New Section
A new section of the Goldfleld district
is to be developed. A drilling plant has
been set up on the Pocahontas estate and
the bore is already down 125 feet.
The intention of the owners of the
property is to send the drill down to 6UU
and possibly 1000 feet. As soon as the
wash is passed through an assay is to
be taken every foot and the nature of the
formation closely studied. As soon as ore
of profitable grade Is encountered the
company will send down a shaft.
Work has been resumed in the Pollard
lease on the Florence. A contract has
been let to sink the shaft 150 feet deeper,
after which extensive lateral work will
be done. The Pollard Is very favorably
situated with relation to the Little Flor
ence and the formation at the bottom of
the shaft indicates proximity to ore.
Through the efforts of J. E. Barsness
and Judge Langworthy of Chicago, the
company has ben amply financed. The
shaft is now aown 370 feet and consider
able crosscuttlng has ben done on the
upper level.
Word has reached Goldfleld that a
sensational strike has been made In the
Edler »a*e on the Boulder No. 2 claim
of the r .irview Eagles. The lease Is op
erated by the Fairview Eagles Leasing
& Development company.
This lease has hitherto been producing
$150 ore, but sacking ceased when the
emelterg declined to receive any more
ore and the interim is being filled in by
sinking the shaft fifty feet deeper and do
ing lateral development work.
The strike was made in the shaft and
the assay ran 72.50 ounces of gold, valued
at $1504, and 2525 ounces of silver, worth
$1575, making a total valuation of JbOTa
to the ton.
Fuel Problem Solved
A few months ago the principal mines
of Coaldale w,ere taken over by a syn
dicate headed by Louis K. Koontz.
Within a short time, as soon as the
United States patents can be secured o/
made pending, development work on a
big scale will be undertaken there and
the fuel problem for Southern Nevada
will undoubtedly be solved.
These coal measures range from twelve
Inches to six feet in thickness on the
surface and improve with depth, where
there has been less contraction through
the influences of the air.
Even on the surface tho coal mined will
burii freely and leaves little weight,
though considerable bulk, in ash. This
"bone," as it is called, consists principally
of lime, which has Infiltrated in the form
of gypsum and occasionally as spar.
Although the claims have been casually
worked for many years, no considerable
depth has been attained and, although
considerable Improvement in the quality
of the coal is noted, it is not ye% of high
enough grade to be a merchantable pro
duct.
The Consolidated mill is to be built on
the west slope of Columbia mountain,
and close to the Sandstorm mine. The
selection of the site for the mill was Made
after all matters eonected with its opera
tion were examined. Work on the mill
will begin sen after the first of the
year, and will be rushed to completion
with all possible speed. The work will
be done by contract. The plans for thi
plant have not yet been completed, but
will be ready in a few days. When fin
ished the mill wil have involved an out.
iay of fully $500,000, and be the most mod
era reduction plant in the world, as all
of the latest ideas will be Incorporated
in Its construction.
The company has made elaborate tests
of Its methods of handling the ore in
transit to the mill. Careful surveys have
been made to insure a down grade haul
from the mine to the mill. The selection
of the site comes as a surprise, as it was
generally suposed that It would be close
to Jnmbotowr, burt, owing to economic
¦is. the site two miles north of
town was selected.
One of the Skyscrapers Seen in the Lee Mining Camp
GOLD BELT
IN MEXICO
PROSPECTED
CLOSING OF COPPER MINES IS
THE CAUSE
DURAZNO PROPERTY INSTALLS
PLANT
Carboncillo Company Strikss Rich
Vein of Gold and Silver, and Will
Increase Capacity of
Stamp Mill
Special Correspondence of The Herald.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Dec. 28.—De
velopment work is Deing pushed on the
Inglaterra and Democracia mines, situ
ated in the Santa Eulalia district, state
of Chihuahua. These mines are owned
by L. M. Perry of Chihuahua and a num
ber of New York men. The shaft on the
Democracia mine is down more than
seven hundred feet.
An air compressor has been installed
on the Esplhal mine, situated at Sierra
Juarez, state of Oaxaca.
The gold belt, which is said by mining
experts to extend through the Sierra
Madres along the borders of the states
of Chihuahua. Senora and Sinaloa, is
being exploited by prospectors in large
numbers. The closing down of many cop
per mines has caused many of the miners
to flock into the mountains in search of
prospects. It has also stimulated xhe
search for gold by many men who have
heretofore been devoting their efforts to
developing copper properties.
There is much activity in the mines of
the Monclova district, state of Coahulla.
The Keystone Mining company is car
rying on development work on several
properties of that district.
The new smelter of the American
Smelting and Refining company at Chi
huahua Is still inactive, owning, it is
said, to its inability to get fuel and ore.
Track connection with the mineral rail
road, which leads to the Santa Eulalia
camp, has now been made and a plenti
ful supply of ore will be obtained from
that source. It is expected that the
smelter will begin operations about Jan
uary 1, or a few days before that date.
Capital Stock Increased
The capital stoc kof La Lucha and
Anexas Mining company has been in
creased from $360,000 to $460,000. Auguate
Bourquln is president of the company.
The Carboncillo Mining company Is
adding fifteen stamps to its mill in the
Zacualpan district. A strike of very rich
ore was recently made in the Carboncillo
mine of this company. The vein Is from
nine to ten feet wide and the ore runs
high in gold and silver.
A merger has been effected of the
Companla Metalurgica de Juliantla and
the Companla Minera de Juliantla, the
name of the consolidated concern being
Companla Minera Metalurgica de Juli
antla. tl has a capital stock of $300,000.
The company has rich mines which it
will develop.
Bodeis of rich ore have been recently
uncovered in the mines of the El Por
venir Mining company, a European cor
poration, which is operating extensively
in the Parral district.
The Ajutchitlan Mining company will
soon complete the installation of an elec
tric power plant at its mines in the state
of Queretare. Other important improve
ments to the property have been made
recently. Clifton Crowell Is general
manager.
The Santa Ana mine, owned by El
Reye Mining company, situated in the
Tomoscaltepec district, is making reg
ular shipments of ore. This company
recently installed an aerial tramway
more than two miles long, by means of
which its low grade ores tire transported
to the mill. An electric hoist and pump
ing plant are being installed at the
mines.
A large amount of new machinery is
being installed at thu Providencia mine,
situated in the Pueblo Nuevo district,
state, of Durango. This mine is owned
by John Hayes and associates.
It is authorltively announced that the
LOS ANGELES HfeRALD: MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1907.
American Smelting and Refining com
pany has no intention of soon resuming
operations at its Copper Queen and Ten
eras mines, situated in the Velardena
district, state of Durango, at an early
date. Some of the company's mines at
Velardena are still in operation.
Properties Consolidated
The properties of the Fay-Cananea and
Cananea Eastern companies in the
Cananea district, state of Sonora, have
been consolidated. Under the merger
arrangement development work Is to be
carried on on a more extensive scale.
It is announced that the syndicate of
New York men who purchased the Du
razno group of mines, situated in the
Chinlpas district, state of Chihuahua,
will Install a fifty-ton cyanide plant and
make other improvements to the proper
ty. The mines have already produced
gold to the value of more than $600,000.
The Aurora Mining company has let
the contract for tunneling its La Aurora
mine, situated in the Rlnconada district,
Btate of Nuevo Leon. It is expected
that a large body of good ore will be
reached by the tunnel.
The San Jose mines of the San Carlos
Copper company, situated at San Jose,
state of Tamaulipas, have closed down
temporarily on account of the low price
of copper. More than six hundred men
were employed.
At a recent meeting of the Companla
Minera de Quanajuato held In this city
it was decided to continue the develop
ment of the property on a new plan. The
company owns the Providencia mine,
which adjoins the famous Pinguico mine,
situated in the Guanajuato district. Nor
man Rowe is president of the company.
The government chamber of mines has
agreed upon important changes in the
regulations relating to the denouncement
or location of mining claims. These pro
posed changes will be submitted to the
federal department of fomento and will
likely be adopted by the government.
Smelter Finished
The new 50-ton smelter of the San Luis
Mining company, situated at its mine
near Tehuacan, state of Puebla, is fin
ished. It is stated that the smelter will
treat only ores from the company's
mines. There is some work yet to be done
before the smelter will be placed in oper
ation and it will probably be about Feb
ruary 1 before the plant is opened for
regular operation. The San Luis Mining
company is producing self-fluxing ore
which runs from one-half to four kilos
of silver and five to ten grams gold per
ton. The old workings of the mine are
struck at a depth of 500 feet by the tun
nel which is now being driven.
Considerable stir has been created
among mining men by the announcement
of the discovery of a rich gold placer
field near San Pedro del Dlstrito. state
of Sonora, by an American prospector.
He found nuggets weighing as much as
200 grame of pure gold. He has de
nounced the property and is organizing
a strong company to work the placers.
Many prospectors are going to the dis
trict.
George W. Bryant of Guanajuato and
associates are organizing' a company
which will have a capital stock of sev
erfi! million dollars for the purpose of
taking over and operating the Bolanltos
and Refuglo mines and La Luz group of
mines, all pituated in La Luz district,
state of Guanajuato. It is stated that
the price to be paid for the several prop
erties is about $1,500,000 gold. Contracts
for the purchase of these mines were en
tered into by Mr. Bryant and associates
some time ago. It Is planned to erect re
duction works with a capacity of 1000
tons of ore daily to handle the ores from
the properties.
Rich placer discoveries are reported
from the etate of Durango and many
American and Mexican prospectors are
on the ground, all seeking favorable loca
tions upon which to file clalme.
Railroad Building
There has been no suspension of the
work of constructing the mineral belt
rialroad around the city and mining dis
trict of Guanajuato. It is stated that
the money for building the entire line
has been provided and that it will be rap
idly rushed to completion. The road will
afford transportation facilities to all of
the principal mines and mills in the dis
trict. It will be the means of opening up
many properties which are now Idle be
cause the low grade ore doea not permit
it to be worked at a profit when the
cost of transportation by present methods
Is considered. Many of the ancient mines
contain dumps of tailings and low grade
ore which contains values averaging about
10 United States money per ton. With
cheap transportation afforded by the
new railroad these dumps can be worked
with much profit, and steps are already
being taken to extract their values.
It is reported here that the Mlnas Teco
lotes y Anexas has curtailed Its output
in the Santa Barbara district, state of
Chihuahua, by laying off about a thou
sand men.
The fall in the price of silver is having
a serious effect upon the sliver mining
interests in those districts of Mexico
where wages are high and the cost pi
production is heavy. A number of ellver
mines have been partly shut down during
the last two or three weeks on account
of the unfavorable sltuaton.
The Expectativa Mining company,
which has its headquarters at Guadala
jara, has passed into the control of W. P.
Ramsdell of that city. The mines of the
company are situated near Ameca, state
of Jalisco. The Expectativa mines have
been operated by Mr. Ramsdell under an
option to purchase 6ame for several
months. The proposed consideration is
$200,000. More than 10,000 tons of ore have
been blocked out in the mines. It runs
high in gold, silver, lead and copper.
Regular shipments of the ore have been
made to the smelter at San Luis Potosi.
Stamps Falling
The new stamp mill of the Amparo
Mining company, situated In the Etzat
lan district, state of Jalisco, is now in
full operation. The company has blocked
out a large amount of ore in its mines
and the mill will be kept running
steadily.
The Navidad Mines and Reduction com
pany Is carrying on a large amount of
development work in Jts mines, situated
in the San Sebastian district, state of
Jalisco. This company recently made a
payment of J $40,000 on the purchase price
of these mines to the Jalisco Mining com
pany.
The Georgia-Mexico Mining company
and the El Socorro Mining company con
template installing mills at their mines in
the district of Oaxaca.
It is stated that Messrs. Besserra &
Nesbit are making good progress with
their plans to erect reduction works in
the Urique district, state of Chihuahua.
The transportation of the machinery
through the mountains to the site of the
proposed plant is the most difficult prob
lem to be solved. The mountain trails of
Mexico are strewn with rusty mining ma
chinery which had to be abandoned on
account of lack of roads and transporta
tion methods. 1
The government of the state of Chi
huahua recently granted to the Rosarlo
Mining and Smelting company a conces
sion for the establishment in the Urique
district of a smelter of thirty tons' dally
minimum capacity. The company will
also install an electric power plant at its
mines.
REPORTS FROM AUSTIN
INDICATE PROSPERITY
According to the Ileese River Re
veille there are more men on the pay
roll at Austin today than at any time
In the last ten years and the outlook
for the mining industry in and about
the old mining camp Is very flattering.
Work has been commenced on the
Moss group, recently acquired by tho
Nevada Equity Mines company. A
largo force of miners will be put to
work as soon as the old New York
shaft can be cleaned out and put in
shape. A steam hoist and air com
pressor are to be installed at once and
a concentrating plant at an early date.
At the Dudley B. night and day
shifts are being worked and ore is
being sacked and piled up for ship
ment. The shaft will be sunk to the
600-foot level. The owners of the
Dudley B. have acquired the Galla
gher group on Union Hill and have put
a force of miners to work. The erec
tion of a concentrating plant is con
templated.
With Thanks
John Budd was a most sedate, precise,
and altogether exemplary young man.
When he wooed and won Susan Smiley,
che belle of the village, everybody • re
joiced at John's good fortune. However,
he bore his triumph with modesty and
decorum until the day of the wedding.
Then, for one awful moment, his air of
aplomb failed him. When the officiating
clergyman naked, "Will yon. John, take
th(3 woman to be thy wedded wife?"
John responded, blushingly, ' j.es,
please."— Harper's Weekly.
JACK POT PLA4S FOR
MILL AND CYANIDE PLANT
Company Expects to Resume Opera
tions Before Long with Larger
Force to Push Extension
Work
Plans are now being formulated for
a mill and cyanide plant on the Jack
Pot It is believed that the reduction
works will be Installed within a few
months. General Manager Harris has
the plan worked out in detail. He
proposes to crush the ore by dry pro
cess and to reduce it to bullion in the
cyanide plant, thus achieving inde
pendence of the smelters. The Jack
Pot Is In urgent need of this inde
pendence, for the reason that a great
deal of the ore Is of such high grade
that the smelter trust declines at the
present time to handle it, on the
ground that under existing financial
conditions they cannot afford to make
the large advances called for on ore of
this grade. .
Up to the time of the Jack Pot's
suspension because of the smelter
situation the shipments amounted in
value to about $5000 a month, and
fully $10,000 worth of rock might have
been shipped monthly. Much of this
ore runs well beyonw $300 a ton. Since
the last shipment about $10,000 worth
of ore has accumulated on the prop
erty. .
It is expected that the Jack Pot will
resume operations shortly after the
first of the year. The intention is to
sink a permanent shaft about 900 feet
south of the present shaft, at a point
on the Lizard No. 1 claim, where no
less than seven veins will be within
easy reach. The fifty-horse power
gasoline engine, already on the
ground, will be installed on this shaft.
The resumption on the Jack Pot will be
with a larger force and more extensive
work than this property has yet seen.
NEVADA ALPINE IWNE
PASSES INTO NEW HANDS
Philadelphia Company Takes Charge
of the Silver-Lead Property Which
Was the First Shipper in
Tonopah
Tho Nevada Alpine mine, for years
controlled by the Lynch-O'Meara syn
dicate, has passed into the hands of
J. S. McCord & Co., of Philadelphia, the
company having: taken over 391,000
shares. This gave the Philadelphia
house control of the company, and they
immediately set about a change of
management.
The control of the mine was in the
hands of W. F. and M. J. O'Meara and
the purchase price has not been made
public. The mine was the first ship
per in this locality, being located at
Lone Mountain. It is a silver-lead
property, and has recently developed
some very rich ore. The deal was
made by Morgan Tillinghast, one of
the partners In the firm of J. S. Mc-
Cord & Co. S. H. Brady, superinten
dent of the Belmont, was made vice
president and general manager, and H.
Morris Teaf, auditor of the Belmont,
was made a director, as was Fred L.
Berry, the attorney.
ROSE-NASH LEASE LIFTS
25 TONS OF ORE DAILY
The Rose-Nash lease on Union 4 at
Manhattan is making a steady record
of hoisting twenty-fle tons dally, aver
aging between $30 and $50 to the ton.
There are now on the dumps 600 tons
of ore that will easily show a milling
avera; c of $30 to the ton. The output
Monday, as shown by assays of sam
ples from each bucket, ran $fi2.
The management of the lease has se
cured the use of pumps from the Con
solidated Mining company, and as Boon
as a boiler can be brought In will pr -
,., ,i with sinking to the 115-foot level.
other leases on Union 4 continue i
to make their regular fine showings. |
OUTPUT OF MINERALS BY
COUNTIES IS COMPARED
The following tables give the min
eral output by counties for the years j
1905 and 1906. Only two counties In
the state. Glenn and Sutter, have no
mineral products. The other counties
not mentioned In the list produce min
erals, but their total Is Included In the
unapportloned in order to avoid mak
ing private business public:
Counties— 1906. 190«.
Alameda 1662.087 51.104,820
Alpine r '" B
>mador 2.490.765 2.308.943
Hutte 2,621,104 3,031,325
Calaveraa 2,416.627 2,682,863
( . olusa 289,464 101,972
Contra Costa W7.493 244.A42
Do: Norte 10,612 6,970
El Dorado 487,638 566,678
Fresno- 2.754.164 2,136,049
Humboldt 63,628 67,780
Ir.vo 222,686 60,260
Ktrn 4,912,096 6,417,823
Kings 53,000 20»000
Lake 271.437 198,009
Los Angeles 2,234. ? M 2,346.202
Madera 183.987 199,314
jlarln 207.835 262.600
Marlposa 393.692 368,771
Mendoclno 14.510 14,819
! Merced 3.600 6,000
[Mono 320.124 361,849
Monterey 23,112 84,153
Nupa 261,912 180,147
Nevada 3.214.828 2,691,939
Orange 738,264 1,220,400
Placer 798.644 139,192
jpiumas 284.497 230,460
niverslde 55H.380 350.673
I Sacramento 881,852 1,171,258
Ban Bcnito .169.145 289,023
Pan Bernardino 820,026 623.414
San Diego 131,946 354.358
San Francisco 466,022 175,039
San Joaquin 148.916 1M.615
San Luis Oblspo 189,692 172.896
San Mateo 203,036 223.713
Santa Barbara 1,601,217 1,564,814
Santa Clara 470,130 298,834
Santa Cru* 290,349 445,092
Fhaata 2.570.014 0,74;,543
Sierra 620,000 411,884
Slfklyou 566.577 1,500
Solano 201,001 166,759
Sonoma 318,871 363,073
Stanislaus 62,365 1,720
Tehama 9,000 9,600
Trinity 708.256 670,013
Tulare 32,313 230.810
Tuolumne 1,389,774 1.106,230
Ventura 345,093 205,042
yolo 280 20t
Yuba 325,384 ROO
Unapportloned 3,401,623 6,189.217
Totals J43.063.227 $46,776,086
STOCK PRICES
GO DOWN
WALL STREET EXPERIENCES A
PERIOD OF IDLENESS
Preparatioin ; for Yearly Settlements
Occupy Time of Financial In
terests in New
York
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. — The down
ward drift of prices of stocks last
week, in a market that was almost idle
at times, reflected the restraining in
fluence of the scantiness of money sup
plies and the purpose to await develop
ments in the commercial position over
the end of the year.
The source of anxiety was clearly
indicated by the brisk rebound in
stocks at the end of the week, induced
by the decisive decline in the premium
on currency, the cancellation of a gold
engagement in London and the infer
ences drawn from these incidents of a
charing situation.
Preparations for the yearly settle
ments made reqnirements which would
give care for their provision in normal
money conditions. Beside divdend and
interest payments for January, esti
mated at around $185,000,000, there fell
due on January 1 subscription obliga
tions for new Northern Pacific and
New York, New Haven & Hartford
stocks, and American Telephone and
Telegraph convertible bonds to tho
amounts of nearly $30,000,000.
There was a good deal of calling of
loans by the banks in preparing 1 for
this financing, which acted as an ac
tive repressive influence on operations
in stocks. There was, besides the ap
prehension that the money situation
would react unfavorably on commer
cial affairs after the first of the year.
Large maturities fall due at that time
of mercantile paper based on extensive
previous purchases of merchandise of
all varieties, for which the market has
been notoriously unfavorable In the
depression which ensued upon the
banking crisis.
r me Alarm Felt
The market for mercantile paper In
New York since that time has beon
scarcely more than normal, and the
prospects of the continuance of that
condition caused anxiety over adequate
demand to provide fon needed exten
sions of some of those maturing obli
gations.
One of the week's developments
which attracted most attention was the
revival of a demand on the part of the
interior banks, small in itself, but re
garded as Important as a possible
symptom of better things for mercan
tile paper of the best grades.
Besides this immediate need of mer
cantile borrowers, a feature of the
money market for the coming year will
be the large volume of temporary note
issues of the great railroad and indus
trial corporations which were put out
last year for emergency expenditures
after tho market for ordinary bond
Issues became glutted and which fall
due at various periods throughout the
coming year, to a total estimated at
$119,000,000.
The banking position upon which
the ¦ conditions converge had llttlo
thrown upon -it last week from several
sources. There was published the
digest of conditions of all the national
banks as shown in the reports to the
comptroller of the currency as of De
cember 3, and also reports to the New-
York state banking department of con
ditions of state banks and trust com
panies, as of December 19. The , re
ports of the national banks of the
country completely confirmed the in
fe-ence of the wholesale withdrawal
from reserve and central reserve cities
of deposits of banks which had their
reserves intrusted to those depositor
ies. The comptroller's digpst shows,
boyond this, that the smaller banks
heavily curtailed loans as well as call
ing home their deposited reserves,
while the central reserve banks In
fringed upon their legal reserve limits
and issued clearing house certificates
to provide resources to meet the strain
which thus threatened a breakdown.
Progress Reported
"At least half a million dolars has
been expended for tuat building." said
the indignant citizen, "and there has
been no progress.
"My iiftir sir." rejoined Mr. Grafton B.
Gay, "how can you ignore the fact f hat
the expenditure of half a million Is, In
Itself, progress?"— Washington Star.
GOLD ROADS
MINE MAY
CLOSE DOWN
FRENCHMEN AND AMERICANS
CANNOT AGREE
GLOBE IS MUCH AROUSED OVER
STRIKES
Many of the Arizona Properties Are
Reported Busy Pushing Develop.
mcnt Work with Full
Forces
Special Correspondence of The Herald.
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 29.— Owing to
the uncertainty of the future of the Gold
Road mine, near Klngman, Superintend
ent S. R. Porter has tendered his resig
nation and Colonel H. G. Heffron haa
been sent by the company to take the
vacant place.
During thu management of Mr. Porter
the company has been put on a secure
dividend basis, while at the same time
Immense bodies of rich gold ore have
been opened up in the mines and thou
sands of tons broken down In the stopej.
A difference of opinion has arisen be
tween the French and American share
holders In the property over the advis
ability of modernizing the milling plant
and equipping the property with electric
power.
The American shareholders want a
modern plant, thus cheapening the per
centage of saving In the cyanide depart
ment. The French people oppose this
innovation, and as a result there Is a
strong probability of the property closing
down on the first of January. No one
questions the ability of the mine to pro
duce three or four thousand tons of ore
monthly, but the American shareholders
are after better results and want a plant
that will handle from three to four hun
dred tons of rre dally, or from ten to
twelve thousand tons monthly.
The strike of rich sulphide ore In the
Mallory shaft of the Globe Consolidated
aroused great Interest In the Globe min
ing district. Tne ore proved to be richer
than expected, some of it running as high
as 20 per cent, with sufficient sulphur
contents to make It an excelent fluxing
ore. The game vein on the 460-level was
six feet wide and averaged less than o
per cent in copper.
Gold Causes Flurry
Two recent gold strikes in the Globe dis
trict have caused a flurry among the
prospectors and claim owners of Globe.
Ono of these strikes occurred In Lost
Gulch, where considerable of the yellow
metal has been found in the past, al
though not in paying quantities, and the
other is reported from a portion of the
district in which no gold has ever been
found. Although no definite information
could be secured of the first named, it is
understood that a vein running from one
ot two inches in width was discovered,
samples of which assayed as high as
$9000 a ton. The claim is the property of
E. F. Kellner, who. it is understood. Is
making preparations to mine the rich
stuff.
Ore running from $6000 to $10,000 per ton
13 reported to have been struck on one
of the claims of the Radium group
owned by W. H. Mercer and leased by
Messrs. Fuller, Hughes, Cowley and
Martz. Owing to the large number of
claims held by Mr. Mercer and the con
siderable amount which would have to
be expended for assessment work several
leases were given for a year. On the
Emmlline claim, which at one time
yielded a large quantity of silver, a vein
averaging about an Inch In width was
struck in the old shaft by the leasers and
several hundreds pounds have already
been sacked by the leasers. The strike
has stimulated others who have property
in that vicinity.
In the : abandoned openings of a claim
worked a quarter of a century ago by; J.
N. ¦- Norrls " Dan iB. Genung | recently un- .
covered , what | appears to ibe one of ; the ;
most important mineral discoveries made
in Yavapai county . during the last two '
weeks. The pay streak is • from three to i
four feet in thickness, where Opened at a
depth : of " forty feet. j The ore I resembles '
meteoric iron. .' It carries v high £ grade ¦
values In gold, specks of the yellow metal '(
being plainly visible to the naked eye. all'
through it. :' -. ' -.-¦'¦.. '¦^ir-i ,¦,'.'•'¦ -vJ:
The discovery Is .in. the Weaver dis
trict on the Mesa, immediately southwest
of Stanton. !'¦¦•., •• . ' . ,' :
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•W. ; H. ( Nellls ;! announces v . that he ils \
making * preparations - to '¦ start ¦; develop
ment on the French Lily group of mlncil
in Crazy basin. ' ¦ ' ' i" ¦ ...ii 1 . ".C-'-i-^'M
"In intend to install a first class hoistH
Ing and pumping plant at < the property s
once," he said. r • "Five of the | six clainH
comprising t the group : cover .>','what'fl|
known as the French Lily vein, which^H
one of the true 1 fissure.; of the Brudsj^H
mountains. It is opened by a 200 «|
shaft and several hundred feet of dJMMI
The paystreak ¦is continuous and <*«!
values In gold, copper and silver, ra^BW=
from $18 to $07 a ton. There are - S '^H
five tons of ore now on the ilump^H
for treatment, sampling $22 to the T "
The French Lily group is located^Bßf "g*»
foothills ". of ''. the ' Bradshaws, •;'-; one
south of Turkey, station, on the Bradsli^P
Mountain railroad. ;• ¦'•_- . . r,' ' ¦¦?s ; ":;
The Weldon Gold and Copper Mining
company, who are operating the Quijota
district, some ninety miles west of Tuc
son, were when last reported working 180
men. They were at that time operating
two 10-stamp mills, keeping a good stock
pile of ore ahead, and had a considerable
body of good stuff blocked out. Their
values are in gold anl silver, and are
said to average above $40 per ton. At
one time the lack of water to operate the
mills .was a serious drawback, but this
trjuble has now beer overcome and there
iv a surplus.
The only difference the slump In copper
and the tightness of money haß made at
tho Imperial copper property, in the
Silver 801 l district, haa been a reduction
in the number of tons of ore hoisted to
the surface because of a refusal of the
omelters to handle the usual tonnage,
followed by an Increased effort on the
part of the company to hasten the com
pletion of its big smelter at Sasco. It is
reported that there are about 275 men at
work at the mine, and a very carefully
picked force at that. The lower levels of
th mine have recently Improved greatly
and today they have more and richer ore
In sight than ever before. There are
twenty-two machine drills at work and a
vast amount of ore is being blocked out
In preparation for feeding the new smel
ter 350 tons daily as s"oon as it is blown
in, which event is now scheduled for
some time early in January.
Dr. E. Benjamin Andrewß gets to the front
once more with a declaration that "Hanging
Is the punishment that should be meted out to
a proved libeler." But why stop with hang
ing? Why not draw and quarter him, refusa
him Christian burial and lot his goods be for
felted to the state?— Muncle Mornlns Star.
And' if that doesn't cure him give him a
¦lap on the wrist.— Houston Poßt.
