Show big operators start things in kingman mining region BY WM P DEWOLF kingman arizona april 22 that the precious metal bearing country for which kingman is the outfitting outwitting out fitting point is to be the scene of a mining excitement of proportions is daily becoming more evident and as the gold and silver enriched veins which are the basis of the growing investment interest are well mineralized and well defined it appears certain that mining effort will be both extended and profitable these indicators of permanent prosperity stand plainly to the fore amid the animated scenes which feature the initial of mining men and investors to this section and are being favorably commented upon by them to the gold miner the coutney extending from oatman to the river range offers the stronger appeal while to the silver miner mined the call of the cerbat carbat and gallap ranges is the more potent C 0 D mill solves ore treating problems the increasing anter interest st attaching to mining affairs in the cerbat carbat and ranges is based upon the practical demonstration afforded at the C 0 D mill that the refractory ores of the kingman silver belt can be successfully and profitably treated for a long period of years the reduction problem presented by these ores was without a key and greatly retarded the development of what is acknowledged to be one of the richest silver bearing areas in the united states time and again chemists and ore sharps failed in their efforts to solve this knotty problem and finally the belief became general that it was unanswerable then morris B dudley a former nevada mine operator and his assistants worked out the proper reduction formula and released the silver content of the ore from its base metal matrix por for several years mr dudley backed by eastern ea stern capitalists possessed of the faith that moves mountains subjected the refractory ores of the stockton hill section of the cerbatos to chemical analysis and treatment test the cost of this research work totaled several hundred thousand dollars but was amply justified as the C 0 D mine and mill are now an on a paying basis like columbus with the egg dudley and his assistants have shown the un believers how it was done now anybody can do it with the solving of the treatment problem the dudley interests as the they are called erected a modern electrically driven reduction plant near the collar of the C 0 D shaft at an approximate cost of and equipped the mine itself with electrically driven machinery in addition to this comfortable for table quarters were built for the miners and an easy graded road was constructed from the mine to the main highway to kingman all of the camp buildings are lighted electrically and all of the top work such as 4 tool sharpening and the like is done with electric devices the mine and mill plant is modern in every particular and is one of the most efficient ever erected in the mining areas of the west mill product shipped to utah smelter the mill has an ore reduction capacity of tons daily and went regularly into commission on march last it is now handling in excess of tons of ore a day and is saving better than 90 per cent of the values forty tons of concentrates having a value of from to a ton are being shipped to the smelter at midvale utah at six day intervals the precious metal content runs about two ounces of gold and the balance silver the ball type of mill with regrind ers classifiers and flotation process is used in the reduction of the ores the mine and mill force at this time totals sixty five men and is to be increased to eighty men not later than may 1st ast mine in fine physical condition conditions in the mine workings are on a par with those at the surface above the foot level the value of the ore in sight is estimated at better than I 1 on the foot level the east drift is out from the shaft a distance of feet and is in ore all the way the same condition prevails in the west drift which has a length of feet between the two headings the vein has an average thickness of four feet and an average value of 28 25 in silver and 5 gold the vein shows true and strong from surface to io a depth of 0 feet and there is a pronounced increase in values at tin that depth in fact the ore in the bottom of the headings on the foot level is the richer thus far opened in the mine this condi conditto condition tio oi indic indicates Mes that even richer ore will be foad when the vein is entered on the fifth level the shaft has been driven a depth cl eighty feet below the foot level follo follow ing the of the vein and while not in the ore shoot is yet carrying values the foot objective will be gained in a fel fei days there a station and pocket will is be cut preparatory to drifting east and west along the course of the vein cross cuttin and raising will attend this work for the purpose of blocking out the ore between tie thE fifth and fourth levels this work is ei a pecked to add largely to the ore ton tonnage nageh in sight and will probably necessitate an it in crease in the ore reduction facilities operating syndicate five in number mr dudley and his associates have tea operating mines in the sections tributary ti kingman for the past four years dun burins i ng that time they have spent more than a rol mil lion dollars for mine development and mi ma chinery their holdings are extensive throughout the cerbatos and elsewhere ani and have an aggregate value running into te of millions they have financed their minin minic ve ventures without the assistance of others othen and have ample funds for the carrying out of their future mine development plat pla there are five men in the dudley syndicate all easterners of great wealth and they art an probably the largest individual mine open tors in the state of arizona |