Show MINES IN KATHERINE DISTRICT ARE BEING RAPIDLY OPENED UP by william P de wolf kingman arizona october 22 gold mining 6 operations in the katherine district were amplified last week by the starting of crosscutting in ill the gold chain and the katherine extension workings by the placing of machinery at the katherine and revenue properties by a marked change of formation and increase of gold values in the adams shaft by the discovery of free gold ore for a length of feet along the strike of the vein on the ne vada katherine property and by the financing of a nuin number of the mining groups in los angeles and other financial centers at the gold chain mine where approximately 1000 worth afore of ore is already in sight 6 after less than a years work a crosscut has been started in the east drift on oil the foot level at a point feet from the shaft there is a sli slight 6 ht faulting of the vein at this point hence the new crosscut to and through b ii the 46 foot vein will be somewhat longer than the two crosscuts cross cuts already driven the bi big b east west avest bearin bearing 9 gold chain vein was first crosscut directly at the shaft and at that point sampled an average of approximately 16 gold a ton like values prevail in the second crosscut through b the vein and the mineralogical conditions favor the prevalence of like values at the present point of operation crosscutting to the northeast continuation of the rich katherine vein was started last tuesday at a depth of feet in the katherine extension shaft with the conditions favorable for early contact therewith the katherine extension property adjoins the katherine mine and in in the third property in the katherine district to open and develop ore it is well equipped with mining machinery and is bein being 6 worked under the supervision of sam brethour formerly a successful mine leaser and contractor at cripple creek and other colorado camps A complete financing of the katherine extension is said to have been accomplished in los angeles the shares of the katherine gold mining company are to be listed very soon on the new york curb chas sutro president of the company y so stated last week when he inspected the bonanza katherine mine mine accompanied by E W dark clark of the union oil company of los angeles 6 and ben goodwin a prominent insurance man of san francisco these gentlemen expressed themselves as well pleased with the conditions in the katherine mine and said they believed it would soon become one of the great gold producers of the west A powerful compressor and hoisting engine have been ordered for the katherine mine to take the place of the equipment now in service at the collar of the shaft the latter will be removed to the property also controlled by the sutro interests and will be utilized for development of the southwest extension of the big katherine vein As soon as the new equipment is in place at the katherine shaft the working force will be largely Z increased and development will be prosecuted much more rapidly than in the past A 25 horse power hoist and a no ja 5 cameron sinker pump went into commission last week on the foot level in the katherine workings as a means of expediting the sinking of the I 1 located near the face of the east drift at that depth A 50 ton ore om pocket has also been erected near the collar of the As the is deepened the gold values are holding strong at the returns received at a depth of 22 feet feel therein grab samples of the ore at the 22 foot point gave gold old rj re turns of from 1640 to a ton these returns are con indicative of the value of the ore that will be opened by means of the in the area between the foot level and the proposed foot level at the revenue property a 25 horse power hoist andi andi a powerful compressor plant went into commission a f few m q days ago ag o shaft sinking b has been resumed at a depth of op J 60 feet and will continue until a depth of feet is gained there a crosscut will be driven to the continuation of them thel big gold chain vein one of the strongest and best min if erali zed in the katherine district other surface e improve i t ments recently made at the revenue include the erection of buildings for the accommodation of employees de DC work is in charge Z of henry johnson who has mined successfully in mexico and elsewhere late reports from the adams property state that the quartz replacement of calcite in the big vein continues to increase as depth is gained and that at a depth of 75 feet grab samples of the ore give a very high gold return at the comstock consolidated property located to the east of the adams plans are being made to develop the continuation of the gold chain vein at depth the corn j stock consolidated adjoins the gold chain mine and the east cast strike of the rich gold chain vein carries it through 3 the center of the comstock group the property has been financed in los an angeles 6 eles through z all the agency of senator james curtin one of the principal owners the neva nevada d a katherine katherin e property located in the nevada section of the katherine district has also been financed in los angeles prospecting of the vein outcrop is now being b done for the purpose of selecting the site for a do double uble com compartment apartment part ment shaft the surface work to date has resulted in the discovery of free gold quartz for the katherine vein on the tunnel level the vein assays essays a length of feet along the southwest continuation of as high as 1471 gold a ton machinery is to be installed at once and the vein opened at depth by three shifts of miners miners |