Show ARIZONA florence blade tribune all the churn drill men were laid off by the ray consolidated copper company last week as suf sufficient fl ore has been blocked out by the drill bores to insure a steady mill supply for the ton concentrator running steadily for thirty years there is not another group of mines in the world with such an ore reserve in sight this lay off affects about forty men they are all first class citizens and we hope they will find employment with the company in other departments and remain with us kingman miner the chloride gold mining company is removing its engine and compressor from the samoan mine near the top of the mountain above chloride and putting it in place at the site of the proposed tunnel the grading for the tunnel adit is completed and the machinery will be set right away it is expected that the big drills will bore into the mountain at a rapid rate and that the veins will be tapped at a depan of nearly 1000 feet within a year or less in driving this tunnel many veins will be cut and other properties besides the samoan will be enabled to work cheaply through this bore L hoffman is the manager of the company and is getting things in shape as fast as possible florence blade tribune supt bupt F S hoyt of the superstition mountain mining company has joined G W french of florence in the work of developing the lat copper property situated at the base of Pos tons butte one and a half miles northwest of florence mr hoyt sent a sample of the ore to the el paso smelter and after analyzing it the smelting smelling sm elting company badt an offer of per ton for the ore f 0 b florence As the mine is only about one quarter of a mile from the florence depot the ore can be mined and placed on board cars at the depot for about half that amount per ton mr hoyt will probably begin shipping as soon as he can place the mine in condition to permit ore extraction on a large scale kingman miner james F carter general manager of the carter gold mines company writing from the mines states that he is g getting etting the new huntington mill in place and expects to put it in commission before the first of july work is progressing on the fifty and levels of the mine and good ore is being blocked out the average of the ore will be well above 25 per ton drifting is soon to be done on the level and ano another ther lift is to be sunk when the drifts get below the old ore body the mine never looked better and the management is jubilant over the prospects for early shipment of bullion it is probable that the mill will be operated by a line being projected from the tom reed the termini of the present transmission line of the power company |