| Show BIG undertaking AT SWANSEA special correspondence swansea via douse bouse ariz jan 9 an old min mining in field for years defying modern progress owing to its long distance from 1 I water and supplies has been conquered in western arizona and development set on foot which promises to bring forth mines rivaling some of the terri torys biggest producers it has taken six months to accomplish the conquest for which george e mitchell set out when he affected a consolidation 0 of f several eral large properties on the bill W wiliams i 1 lams fork under the title of the clara consolidated gold and copper mining company in this time enormous ore deposits have been opened to a depth of feet or more and unless all favorable conditions suffer an absolute reverse the claras big smelter will be blown in within the next few months and the reduction of a large gold and copper tonnage started por for years the bill williams fork has been known as a rich mineral field but long stretches of arid and hills prevented prospectors covering much of the field with the construction st of the arizona california railroad from wickenburg to the colorado river the lines were extended west south and north but small capital found little to invite it to the region with the entrance of the mitchell interests a new base of supplies has been established and within six months a spur of the A C from douse bouse will connect the camp and open the way for miners along the road to ship ore into swansea the plant for the clara consolidated welter smelter has been shipped to douse bouse and will soon be on the ground at swansea where it is to be established within feet of the main working shaft of the signal mine permitting ore to be trammer direct to the furnaces from the mine two gasoline hoists are now operating on the signal and these are to be replaced with heavy steam hoists when the smelter plant is in operation the steam for all mo tive power being supplied by mr mitchells specially constructed boil boiler er in which slag is dumped into the boiler by an an automatic steam tight feeder and af after ter passing through the inner compartment becomes granulated and is discharged after it performs its work by a similar receptacle in the bottom this boiler is now in use at the he cananea cananda mines mexico mexico and is proving a success disclosures of importance have been t made on the signal which is an old property operated years ago by welsh miners iners who shipped their ore down the colorado colored 0 river and to swansea wales in the e first shaft sunk some 35 feet of pay copper gold ore of high grade was opened up expense of handling the product coupled with a haul of sup plies ninety miles and water five miles soon put pit a stop to mining on consolidating the signal with the clara morro crown queen and crown princess operations started anew on the signal where a store supply house and full camp equipment was put in A shaft sent down on the where the cal carious lime and diorite contact revealed a very promising prospect and a crosscut cross 4 cut driven from the foot level toward the hanging wall has opened a solid body of oxide and sulphide ore for a distance of ninety feet A third shaft sent down feet on the hanging wall side ot of the vein has opened the ore in a station cut at the foot level this ore is a rich sulphide of copper carrying values in gold that make it a big discovery it is now believed that the entire feet intervening between these two shafts is one solid body of ore the vein runs east and west and another diorite dike comes in from the south and forms a juncture where the two latter shafts were sunk these have hava made up a monster ore body that at once assures the success of the venture the morro is another old mine that was worked under unfavorable conditions but which gave its owners two high grade shipments that netted and 50 respectively at el paso tex then the nearest smelt ing 1 I point A tunnel driven into this ground round feet discloses gold to a depth of about fifty feet and the deposit on the surface is fifty feet in width it will be possible to open cut and quarry this ore and handle every pound in the smelter other workings on the opposite side of the hill show a large copper gold deposit that crops for feet and at surface shows six feet of pay ore on the clara two shafts one feet in depth and an incline feet both sent down on ore show this property to be a big proposition in the vertical shaft 35 feet of ore has been crosscut cross cut and in the incline starting at about four feet at surface and dipping about 20 degrees the bottom now discloses twenty five feet of high grade gold ore carrying sufficient copper to make it pay to work for that metal alone arrangements have been perfected for opening these properties and some forty men are now employed in this work A pipe line connecting swansea with the bill williams fork river is being put in it is estimated that there is now 2500 tons of high grade ore opened for immediate ine diate treatment GEORGE MITCHELL |
