Show the crown point globe mining company by WILL C HIGGINS I 1 it was in march 1908 that the affairs of the crown point globe mining company I 1 were in a chaotic and most unsatisfactory condition the company to all in beginning work in mine development they soon accumulated a small lot of high grade this they pounded up in a hand mortar separating the gold from the aa f A J 4 4 aar ore in crown point globe mine photo hy fill C higgins tents and purposes was a financial wreck and the outlook for its shareholders was not at all pleasing and inviting this condition existed but little more than a year ago and it was plainly to be seen that heroic measures must be adopted in order to turn almost certain failure into success it was then that the men of the hour stepped into the breach and ever since the crown point globe has been on the upgrade up grade its star has been in the ascendant and so miraculous has been the change that throughout the mining world the theme of conversation has been the crown point and its almost marvelous success it was in march a year ago that chas C and E happy hunch overfield heavy stockers in the crown point globe mining company arrived at johnnie where the holdings of the association are located the prospect was not inviting there were no funds in the company treasury and the mine equipment consisted of a six horse power gasoline engine and a gallows frame even mine buildings were conspicuous by their absence another asset was a hole in the ground and the company was in it to pull the company out and make good to purchasers of treasury stock was the somewhat herculean task shouldered by and overfield and with almost nothing at their command but their bare hands they began operations quartz in due time a brick of gold valued at a thousand or more was sent to the mint m int when a coffee mill worked by hand was put in and copper plates added to the mill equipment 1st ast 1908 a one stamp mill and a crusher followed the coffee mill and in december a dividend of a cent a share sh are was declared this in short is a brief history of the operations at the crown point globe for a period extending but little over a year were it not for the pathetic side of the story it might enter into the realm of thi th romantic but the splendid success achieved the unselfish determination and bulldog bull dog tenacity displayed by the gentlemen engaged in the rejuvenation of the crown point emphasizes one fact in the most mos t forcible manner and this is that mining is s not a failure and especially so when it comes to the crown point globe the crown point globe the holdings of the crown point globe mining company embracing two full lode claims are located at johnnie nye county nevada twelve miles east from amar gosa a station on the las vegas tono pah railroad these claims join the possessions of the johnnie mining company on the south and are almost surrounded by claims embraced in the johnnie group the great quartz vein of the johnnie a marvel in strength size and value cuts through the crown point globe ground for a distance of nearly feet and it is from this store house of nature that the crown point globe with but a small force and inadequate and primitive milling fa ra 1 wt one stamp mill of the crown point globe photo ij by will mil C higgins higgini from this time on the shipments of bullion were quite regular and sums of from 1000 to were quite regularly added to the companas comp anys treasury on november cili ties has taken out over within a time limit of less than two years formation and geology the formation of the crown point globe mine is a true quartel fissure in an altered blue lime the vein has a strike of northwest and southeast with a dip to the east on the surface the formation is somewhat shattered and broken but as depth is attained the country rock is more in place the ore is of good milling grade with frequent occurrences of sensational rock some of which by fire tests has disclosed values as high as to the ton and it has been these zones or pockets of high grade which has given the crown point globe W v 4 ev S ore in crown point globe mine photo hy will C and the trend and dip of the vein is regular and uniform the ore is a dark blue brown and white quartz with values well disseminated through the pay zones the ore is absolutely free milling in its character and the gold ranges from very fine colors up to nuggets as large as a man mans s thumb in many instances pieces of quartz have been taken out which were as big as as a mans fist being almost pure gold and these pieces with the quartz eliminated eliminate d often have a metallic value of from to each the gold goes from 18 to 19 in value to the ounce crown point development though a regular producer and a divi bend payer as well the crown point GI globe obe is but a prospect still viewed from the standpoint of development which to date embraces but a few hundred feet and yet judging from the remarkable record so far made it is fair to presume that with more extensive equipment and with greater development and exploitation this will make one of the greatest mines in nevadas galaxy of wonderful producers the chief development so far consists of a foot tunnel driven in on the vein an incline of feet and a foot crosscut which intersects the ledge seventy feet below the tunnel level at this point drifts have been driven both ways on the ven thirty feet to the north and feet to the south both workings following a strong and well defined body of ore ranging from d a few inches to four feet in width all of such a high standing in mining circles brou trou throughout troug 0 hout the west and this condition taken together with the strong personnel and excellent standing of the management and directory of the company speaks this an ah incline is being sunk 01 oath vein this is down fifty feet and from th bottom drifts are being run both ways aar and on the vein mine and mill equipment the crown point globe mine is equipped with one six horsepower pal fairbanks rb anks mors gasoline eng engine which furnishes furnis furni nes sies power to fo the one stamp mill and crusher and on OD fi fifteen ate en horsepower witte basol gasoline ine en engin gin operating the hoist the mine buildings substantial and built for the most part pan 0 corrugated iron consist of shaft house e er h gine room mill room bunk house black smith shop office and a five room dwelling the company owns a spring two miles mile east of the mine which connects with the th johnnie pipeline the water for the use of c the crown point being conveyed to th e mine by a private line which connects wi h the main system half a mile east of the th mine three tanks are cutill utilized zed at th the m crown point end of the line ore treatment and mill flow the ore treated at the crown point globe one stamp mill is sacked in the mine min and raised to the surface in a mine bucket bucke here it is hand fed into the crusher aft the fines have passed through a grizzley grizzle from the fine ore bin the ore is fed anto int the battery where it is pulverized to t twenty mesh the ore is wet crushed an and from the stamp the pulp flows over three thre copper plates more than half of the gold go content of the ore being recovered in the th battery A cleanup clean up of the plates is made mad T rk L 4 i ah A M crown point globe from the north photo hv will C higgins volumes for the future of this enterprise at the point where the crosscut cross cut from the incline shaft intersected the vein a thirty foot has been sunk and from ahls hole between and was taken in fancy rock from the bottom of daily and the amalgam from the battery and the plates Is retorted into gold bars or bricks as oc occasion cason requires it is more than likely that the corn company will add a new five stamp mill to its equipment in the very near future crown point production J the crown point globe mining company has produced in gold to ate date this since operation was begun in auly july 1907 of this amount way was re sported ported by the former management the 81 pi present management came into control p 0 about march 1908 the one stamp mill 1 as placed in commission november 1 little one stamp mill can treat but ut about two tons daily with a twelve hour shift organization and capitalization the crown point globe mining pom company organized under the laws of 0 arizona has a capitalization of shares of a par value of 1 each shares of which were reserved as treasury stock and of V 44 of 1 V crown point globe shaft and mill building photo h bj y will C higgins higgin 1908 the gold recovery for the month amounting to on december 15 1908 a one cent dividend was declared on outstanding stock and was disbursed in velvet money to company stockholders the company now lids has a good stiff treasury balance and this is being daily added to notwithstanding th the e fact that its this treasury stock shares remain unsold at a recent stockholders meeting a new directorate was elected as follows A D myers T A johnson E overfield chas C E A the main office of the company is at the mine |