Show LIVE southwestern MINING NEWS GATHERED IN LOS ANGELES TOWN by will C higgins los angeles abeles august 10 announcement has been made that work will soon begin in the reopening opening re and operation of the famous old blaine mine forty miles north of yuma arizona owned by capt C henry thompson W H I 1 I 1 bates and J al shiner E al the latter to be in charge of operations the old blaine was oneff one of the famous silver producers of yuma county during the early history of mining operations along the colorado river in that locality and mr shiner states that records show a production before closing dowil clown of ounces in silver worth much more than is i the case at the present time as silver was then quoted at per ounce A careful examination and sampling of the old workings of the mine made by mr shiner and his assistants disclosed the existence of tons of ore of good commercial iner cial grade blocked out ready for extraction while at the old tons of tailings assaying 11 ounces silver and in gold are ready for treatment re for which purpose a milling plant will soon be installed for the reduction of the crude ore the black rock mill has been purchased together with the ferry right and site it being the intention to stretch a cable across the river and establish sta blish a ferryboat ferry boat service for private use this would greatly shorten the distance between los angeles and the mine buys old forbestown Forbes town mine AV H tharpe of los an angeles 9 eles a veteran mining milling 6 operator and well known in western mining circles has recently purchased the old forbestown Forbes town gold mine in butte county this state formerly owned by M J coony of oroville the mine which is located on oil the far famed mother lode noted for its wonderful gold producers has been developed by shaft and tunnel to an approximate depth of 1800 feet and is reported to have produced about above the foot level the tunnel 2200 feet in length drains the property to the 1800 foot level and furnishes an avenue for the convenient and economical operation of the mine mine and has practically opened a large area of virgin in b ground round up tip to the and which according to engineers reports contains in gold recoverable the ore bre is a sulphide in quartz easily handled in milling operations for the treatment of which a ton mill may be installed at an early date mr tharpe states this is one of the greatest gold propositions to be found in the west Mosque teros producing word has been received from el paso texas that tile the Mosque teros mining company operating in the los la mantos district chihuahua mexico in the near vicinity of the Allu ahumada ahumado mado and mines regular dividend payers is making nial zing a production record that is very gratifying to company officials and shareholders and establishing a record that promises much for the future of the mine which has hardly passed the prospect stage as yet quite recently it is stated the Mosque teros delivered seven carloads of ore in one day to the smelter at el paso said to be the largest single consignment made from los lame lamelos La titos district from one mine so far this year the company of which E F knotts of el paso is manager is is now new shipping at the rate of a carload or ore daily this it is stated assays essays better than 20 per cent lead to the ton accompanied by high values in silver reopen old de lamar mine from local sources it is learned that arthur W ellis and I 1 J horn who have a working contract to purchase the old de lamar mine machinery equipment and water rights at de lamar dark clark county nevada mentioned in the last issue of the mining review are arranging to remodel and re equip the old amalgamating and cyanide mill on the property the plant to have a treatment capacity of not less than fifty tons of ore daily reconstruction of the milling plant is for the handling of ores developed by the leasers leaders in the queen and other claims of the property in which they have found what is believed to be the extension of the hog pen P en ore shoot from which more than a million in gold it is claimed was taken out by de lamar during the operation of the mine in its early history the famous old de lamar mine is owned by a company controlled by judge frank R mcnamee of los angeles ex governor simon bamberger of utah and ernest bamberger of salt lake city |