Show live mining news af pf from om th the e coast bullion from the blaine fine yellow dog showing tonopah belmont in vulture king solomon development by will C higgins los angeles march 25 coming in from the blaine mine and mill in yuma county arizona J M shiner general manager has a most attractive display of silver lead bullion in his office 1 I W hellman building the bullion represents the cleanup clean up from the 50 ton leaching plant at the mine after a run of approximately sixty hours and was refined at the plant there are seven bars in the lot of a combined weight of ounces and having an approximate value of 1000 one of the bars weighing twenty five pounds contained from 6 to 8 in gold to the pound returns on a lot of bullion recently consigned to the U S mint at san francisco weighing ounces showed showe d a weight of ounces after refining showing a loss of only ounces the bullion was points chemically pure the ore from the mine according to mill runs averages 20 ounces silver and in gold to the ton and a recovery is reported of 85 per cent of the silver and 99 per cent of the assay value of the heads I 1 the mill is handling but a small tonnage at the present time but this tonnage is soon to be increased while the capacity of the plant is to be materially enlarged in the near future the success of the process in the treatment of rebellious ore and old mill tailings is likely to result in great benefit to the mining industry of that section and a number of properties there after many years of idleness may soon be placed on profitable production again fine yellow dog showing A most promising showing is reported in the property of the yellow dog mining company of los angeles operating in the noted mohave district of kern county this state and it is s believed that further development work will result in the opening up of large and rich ore bodies at greater depths than heretofore attained in this promising gold producer in the operation of the yellow dog according to one of oe the heavy stockholders of the company recently returned from an inspection of the new strike in the mine the toot foot drift from the bottom of the foot shaft is in virgin ground that looks most promising the face having followed a full breast of ore for fifteen or twenty feet that assays essays from 12 to 20 in gold to the ton independent of a streak ot of irom from two to six inches in width that runs from 2000 to W WOO 00 metal the drift ison is is on the 0 to the ton in the yellow hanging wall side of the vein which cross cuts have shown to be from ten to twenty feet in width during the past year it is stated the company combar y cleaned W ith up P from its mill ore treated in a nearby pla plant nt this indebtedness paid for all mining income it met all 25 operations patented two of its claims and has abo about ut W in its treasury for future development and equipment the latter to include in all probability the erection ot of a millin milling 9 plant at or near the m mine ine company officials the are condit condition ion ot of ane highly highl the physical y elated over present property I 1 I 1 I 1 ta tonopah belmont I 1 in vulture r erest and act activities avit 1 es in alture tha the ie revival bf mining mt few district om a ri d 0 aa fl 6 cy GA ri z 0 if a during the pasi ast mon bas resu result 1 l ted in to that attract attracting ting a great deal 6 C of richly mineralized section annit and it is believed became be C a 01 extensive exploratory work now in hand in the district that several new and heavy producers will vill soon add ma mal teri ally to the circulation medium of the country 7 one of the big mining companies of the west to enter enter this attractive field is the tonopah belmont develop development m ent company of tonopah To nevada which recently took over the famous old washington mine the company is s now engaged in extensive exploratory work and is said to have let contracts for the first unit of a horsepower power generating plant and the construction of a telephone line between the mine and buckeye while a 50 ton pilot mill is soon to be constructed it is also stated that the railroad will build a br branch nafi line to the mine from the new cutoff cut off at phoenix following more extensive development of mining properties in the district king solomon development R A drain of randsburg brandsburg Rands burg kern county this state s superintendent perin for the san francisco gold mines company 1039 merchants national bank building in his report to the board of directors expresses himself as being highly elated over the very promising conditions of the companas comp anys king solomon mine at the present time on the foot level of the magpie vein he says drifts have been extended east and west a distance of feet from the shaft the ledge being from twenty to feet between walls all of which is more or less mineralized and being heavily sprinkled throughout with sulphides sulp hides the drift is being run on the side of the vein the face showing from four to seven feet of heavily mineralized quartz the east drift must be driven from fifty to sixty feet further in order to connect with the downward extension of the large body of high grade gold ore exposed on the foot level when this connection is is made it is is expected a large measure of rich ore will be uncovered |