Show L live i 0 ve mining cy news from the coast shaft sinking at original gilbert oregon gold mine bought by tharpe early history of bonanza king 7 starting up of oatman united mill by will C higgins los angeles nov 23 in a telegram from the growing gold camp of gilbert nevada W H gray manager of the original gilbert mines company it is stated that work is progressing most satisfactorily in the development of the companas comp anys property in which such sensational showings of high grade ore have been made in the past almost at the grassroots grass roots and the further statement is made that a campaign of intensive and systematic development is now being successfully carried on in the main shaft mr gray states so recently equipped with modern sinking machinery including air compressor and machines drills a depth of feet has already been attained the entire bottom of the workings being in quartz which is showing free gold this shaft is being sunk on an incline following the gold bearing ledge on its dip and it is to be continued to the level where a station will be established and drifts run on the vein from this level also crosscuts cross cuts will be run east and west to prove up known ledges cropping on the surface which carry a good b gold old content mr gray also says that it is the intention to install a hoist at the glory hole shaft and continue on down following the stringers and seams of banded quartz so rich in gold that a ton of the rich ore delivered to the smelter could buy the most palatial residence in los angeles with something left over with which to buy the bady a new dress the secretary of the company january jones 1091 bush st san francisco recently visited the property and is is much pleased with the showing being made as development work progresses tharpe buys oregon gold mine after making an exhaustive examination of the property of the independence mining company in grant county oregon near the idaho state line consisting of acres of rich mineralized ground and a well developed and equipped gold producer W H tharpe grosse building los angeles has concluded a deal for its purchase from bankers and prominent business men of wisconsin in speaking of the independence mr tharpe states that tat the property is ready to go into immediate and regu lar production it is reported in the mines handbook that in its underground workings the independence has ore reserves of about tons having a value of approximately 25 per ton while tons are stored on the dump ready for milling mr tharpe estimates a million tons of probable ore in addition to the ore in sight the mine and mill are modernly equipped with machinery Y including a ton daily capacity gravity oil flotation plant to which a cyanide annex is soon to be added the improved plant to be placed in regular commission within the next sixty days mine mill and camp have been electrically equipped spring ring water for domestic use has been piped to the camp comprising boarding and bunk houses assay office and headquarters for the management while there is an abundance of t water and timber for milling and mining c purposes the streams teeming with fish and the woods w with ith bi big g ga game in e making an ideal spot for successful mining operations and d in in which to live and work early history of bonanza king the duel to the death recently fought by william robertson robenson and matt burts of government holes in san bernardino county this state brings forcibly to the minds of the old timers of that section the discovery sale operation and resale of the bonanza king mine which in its early history of development and operation obtained its water supply irom from the scene of the recent tragedy it is somewhat ancient history but it is chronicled that the bonanza king was discovered by four prospectors before much work had been performed in the development of this rich prospect thomas edwin mining scout for george hearst of san francisco father of W R hearst owner of the hearst publications attracted by the rich promise of the new discovery asked if it was for sale and at what price there are four of us was the reply and we want each its a sale said ewing as quick as a flash and securing a piece of rough wrapping paper he immediately drew a draft for the amount it read george hearst san francisco pay to bearer within forty eight hours the draft was paid through wells fargo the mine according to the story later produced millions in gold for hearst who finally sold it to an english syndicate for several millions more the bonanza king now is owned by the bonanza king mines company of los angeles and is in regular operation according to latest reports dr 0 B bachman is manager mine address box 7 blake doffs goffs california oatman united mill starting J K turner of los angeles consulting engineer for the oatman united mining company of oatman arizona who but recently returned from a trip of inspection to the companas comp anys property states that the new milling plant was scheduled to go into regular and continuous operation about the of this month for some time the company has been engaged in making alterations to the plant and additions to its equipment 2 including three large cyanide solution tanks solution pumps and zinc boxes for the precipitation of the gold content of the solution coming from the tanks the improved mill will employ the straight cyaniding cyan iding process in ore treatment so successfully used by other mining companies in the district the mill mr turner says has an estimated daily capacity for the treatment of tons of ore with a gold recovery of about 97 per cent of the assay value of the heads Avail available abie for immediate treatment he states is tons of ore stored in the mill bins having a value of from 7 to 11 in gold to the ton besides there is a considerable tonnage of ore of good milling grade exposed in the mine workings working sy to add to which development work is now in progress A F andres 1 I W hellman building los angeles president and nia manager nager of the company is is sanguine that the mine and mill will now take rank as regular and profitable producers I 1 orders for flotation mills the southwestern estern engineering corporation 1221 hollingsworth lings worth building los ant angeles areles reports recent orders for oil notation flotation machines as follows eight K K improved double spitz machines for the peru south america two machines mar cerro de pasco corporation for guggenheim brothers fo for r one of their milli milling ncr CI machines for the new milling n aill plants in bolivia olivia Bl and three plant of the hawthorne mines hawthorne nevada |