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Many Propositions in Prospective State With Showings Which War rant Development George Miller had opened a fine streak of gold ore in his Times mine, in Silver Creek, upon which he had been at work the past several months les Metcalf and Howard Smith went out to the Great Eaxtern min in Wallapai mountain recently re turning in the evening Lon Wells has been at work on the mine and has opened a fine showing of ore in the property. R. J. Holmes has just returned to Kingman from a visit to his mining properties in San Francisco district. He says that there in great activity in all camps and that it will not be long until more of the big proportion are among the producers of bullion. J. A. Pergugon, of Forest Hill, Cali fornia, spent a day or two in King man this week. After an examina tion of property in Yavapai county Mr. Ferguson will return to King man and look over the various mining districts for a month or two Representatives of eastern investors are expected there to make an investi gation of the Tyro group of mines, over in the Union Pass poction. oe Tyro group in one of the beat looking propositions in that section and we hope to see it in the hands of people j able to develop and equip it with the proper machinery. John Olson who has been doing as sosement work on the mines of J. P. Withers in Secret Pass, is in the city. Mr. Olson is one of the best known miners in the county and knows a good thing when he sees it, and in his opinion Mr. Withers has one of the beat properties in the Becret Pasa section. The vein is large and shows good values wher ever opened, C. Hr. Burlock has returned from San Diego to his Monsaback mine, in| o the Silver Creek section, and expects to have the mine in operation short ly. A big pumping plant and hoister are to be shipped to the mine shortly and as soon as the mine is unwatered the work of sampling will be unde taken. The Monaback vein is one of the largest in that section and shows excellent values. It is reported that R. P. Wheelock, general manager of the Enterprise M. R. T. Co, has discovered a fine showing of tellurium ore in one of the veins owned by the company, an, says from which run above $1200 to the ton. Mr. Wheelock has been making a thorough examination of all the mines owned by the company and believes he is now in possession of information that will be of great benefit to the company in its future operations, . L. Hoffman, general manager of the Arizona Southwestern Copper com pany, returned from the mine at Copperville Tuesday it. ‘He re placed on the new shaft and is now in operation. The shaft has reached t o a depth of 100 feet and is in good ore. The ore carries values in lead, gold and silver. This shaft is to be carried to a depth of 600 for as fast as possible, after which drifts are to be rus om the vein and the mine thoroughly exploited. 7 A Mr. Boyd, who has been pros pecting in the Secret Paes section, came into town this week and report ed that he had discovered a fine vein of ore near the Withers property. The vein has been crowscut four feet and a shaft is being sunk in the open ing. Every foot of the ground borne big values, the lowest estimate of the whole vein being $20, while many es timates run as high as $100. The gold in quite coarse and occurs in the iron. A shaft in to be sunk to some depth on the vein. It is understood that Flagstaff people are interested in the mine with the locator. The main shaft on the Neglected mine, known as the Dr. George prop erty, in Silver district, has reached the 300 levels and the ecrosscut is be ing run to cut the vein. The shaft has passed out of the vein about 12 feet and it is expected to reach the vein within a very few days. The same company operating the Neglected group is said to have taken an option on the old Hardy mine from George Miller. This mine fiew to the south west of the Neglected and in one of the oldest mines in that section. In a letter Hon. A. E. Davis, now residing at Pasadena, states that in 1864 he and others located four quartz claims south of Silver Creek One of the claims was named ‘Olive Oat map,’ after the girl captive of the Mohaves, and which he now believes to have been the Tom Reed mines Mr. Davia was one of the California volunteers, sent to Fort Mohave to establish that camp in the early days of the rebellion. he and others of the company prospected the hills as far south as Boundary Cone and north to a point above Wood's spring. He ‘ways that in making the location a stone monument was erected and the notice placed is about the same it | was discovered, as was also the Le and and Mitchell. The latter min ing claims are now under operation by 8. R. Porter. Sam Fields has been looking over the mines of the district and in well r Pleased with the appearance of some of the properties. A large amount of supplies are be ing sent out daily to the Last Chance property, near Wallapai Springs, where the C. ©. Development company i s operating. F. M. Lamount is in Kingman await ing the arrival of English capitalists, who are to make an exomination of the HiMetal mines, three miles south of Kingman. These mines are said to be the largest low grade bodies of gold ore on the Pacific comat, the main ore body having a width of fully .400 feet, and of unknown length The general average of the entire mass is claimed to be over three dol lars per ton, while there are ‘ommell atronces that rum very high. It is estimated that by amalgamation and eyanidation fully 95 per cent of the values can be recovered, the entire cost of mining and milling being not above one dollar per ton. The theory of this deposit has been sent out by the geological survey as that of percolations from a great vol cano spring. . The mine being ‘the filling of a lake or great depression [by surface infiltration, the acid rocks surrounding it throwing down the metal content of the percolating waters. With a great plant on this mine it ought to be one of the largest bullion producers on the coast.
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Prescott Weekly Journal Miner
Prescott, Arizona, US
Wed, Feb 28, 1912
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