| Show ARIZONA A new mill has been installed at the scott property near the black prince east of ajo to handle the lead silver ores the directors of the united verde extension alenin mining ZD company hav declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share payable february I 1 to stockholders of record january 9 resumption of steam shovel work at the united verde mine lias has been ordered and preparations are being Z rushed to have the big 6 shovels operating 6 before the end of the month work has been started on the independence claim 10 miles south of prescott the contract having been let to 0 0 smith of that city A K mcdaniel of denver colo is owner of the property the united eastern at Oat oatman nian has started to mill the ore from the big jim mine the tramway from the big jim workings working s to the eastern mill having been put into operation recently the tram will handle up tip to 75 tons a day the iron cap copper company one of the big producers of the globe district announced on jan 10 that the mine will resume operations about february 1 similar announcements by other companies in the district are expected soon additional men have been put to work repairing the copper queen smelter at douglas in preparation for the production of copper percival P butler assistant superintendent of the smelter since 1916 has been appointed to the position of superintendent in of the plant the property of the schuylkill alenin mining company at chloride scheduled for sale at public auction on january 14 reverts to frank A garbutt as the result of the foreclosure of his mortgage moraga b c for held against the property the mines are among the largest silver lead zinc mines of the state and are opened to the 1400 level and have a large tonnage of ore in sight A most unfortunate accident occurred at katherine recently when the flywheel of the new H P engine just installed at the katherine mine left its frame instantly killing leonard whitney assistant superintendent of the mine mine and injuring ernest graham an engineer mr whitney who had been with the katherine for the past six months nv was s formerly with the U S G S in northern arizona the inspiration consolidated at miami continues to increase crease its force and rumors that the mill and concentrator will reopen soon are borne out by the general air of activity around the plant the company is now operating two underground ore trains which are pulling ore from the and raises which is later being conveyed to the ore bins work is also being resumed on the raises and intermediate drifts preparatory to the sloping of ore joe robinson john sands steve and PI M caswell ia have v e formed a partnership and taken a lease on the properties of robinson and sands in the secret pass section and expect soon to be shipping high 6 an grade gold ore to the smelter the shaft has reached a depth of 25 feet oi on i a four foot vein of ore a large part of which carries values of shippable shi pable grade the intention of the miners being to assort the ore the lower grades to be offered to the tom reed mill later on G S holmes has been in kingman the past several days straightening out matters of the hackberry consolidated mining company and expects to soon have every legal entangle Z ment smoothed out the sale of the property has been taken care of by bv mr holmes and the other le legal leal al difficulties will be cared for in the same way As soon as these affairs have been cared for an effort will be made to clarify the situation and start things going on the big silver property P carr and associates who are working on the property under tinder option to I 1 mi 11 george and associates reports that the ore showing continues to be as good if not better than when first entered A shipment of ore that will run about per ton will soon be sent out to the smelter the lower grade being 6 allowed to remain on the dumps for future millin milling b operations the ore opened in one of them the slopes is very rich running b above ounces silver and nearly aco in gold this thi s ore was opened by people operating za the mine some years ago but overlooked by them kingman b miner aliner |
