Show MINING IN MOHAVE CO success attending operations in rich portion of af arizona special correspondence kingman kingman ariz july 23 another big strike was made at the tom reed need mine in the san francisco district several days ago when five feet of ore running well over per ton were cut on the f oot foot level about feet west from the main shaft in a drift being run from shaft no 2 to connect with this level a good grade of milling ore was disclosed several months ago so that a new shot of ore is practically assured by the recent strike A new tube mill and compressor are being installed and the foundations for another battery of ten stamps are nearly completed competed the additional equipment is expected to bring the capacity of the plant to tons at the present ten stamps treating an average of about thirty five tons per day are producing pro over per month in the silver creek district the biggest deal of the year was effected last week when the ruth and rattan m mines nes were sold to a group of easterners headed by E B van deman of jacksonville fla though the ruth is developed to a depth of only a little over feet and the rattan to but feet the showing in both is so good that the price paid was in the ruth there are four feet of ore averaging 25 per ton while the rattan has three feet of 20 ore the 11 new ew owners propose starting active work about uie the first of september the ten stamp mill now on the river will be moved on the ground and together with all mine machinery will be operated by electric power from the kingman p ant whose line is at present within three miles of the property the two shafts can furnish sufficient water for treatment purposes and a complete cyanide plant will be added adde d to the mill union pass in the union pass district about nine miles from gold road and in the same range the newly erected mill mil and cyanide plant of the expansion mine made a successful trial run a few days ago showing for the average value of ore milled manager hutchison brought in a god bar ot bullion as the result of the first c cleanup clean ea up nu at the adjoining tragedy mine under development by the frisco mines and power company preliminary work is nearly completed for the ton mill and cyanide works and the first shipment of machi mach mery is expected daily mineral park manager mclaughlin reports another big strike at the C 0 D 1 mine where two and one half feet of ore assaying about per ton were cut in the west foot level the second car of ore averaging per ton is ready for shipment nt A new cameron pump has been installed and good progress is being made in the shaft in the same district and perdue I 1 I 1 leasing easing in the home pastime shipped their sixth car of ore to the needles smelter the last shipment averages 75 per ton the work of the past six months in the deve development of the holdings or trie IJ S smelting smelling Sm elting refining company in this county is highly satisfactory to the management at the time operations were begun the companas comp anys engineers conservatively hoped to find one or two mines among the prospects tried out these expectations have already been more than realized in the banner and champion mines in both of iwaichi exceptionally good bodies of ore have been proved while the chances are equally good in at least two or three others at the banner 7 and champion drifting and crosscutting cross cutting are being carried on while sinking is being continued at the silver legend bryan summitt twins and tennessee at the last named mine which is expected to prove the biggest mine of all the new shaft shaf t has not yet reached the vein but the milling ore in th old work ings and on the dumps alone insure a certain production for a long time the concentrating mill separators and smelter additions at needles are rapidly nearing completion and are expected to be in operation about the middle of september the alie lead furnace has already been put into commission com misson |