Show ARIZONA montana mines operations arivaca Ari vaca F H lerchen general manager is employing men in development work and mill construction the company expects to be on a regular producing scale in about two months following the completion of the mill now being erected the ray extension mining company ray john G bruce mine foreman has a small crew employed and is erecting gallows frame for the sinking of the shaft to the level the shaft is now down 50 feet and a tunnel has been driven in feet A 15 horsepower gas hoist is being installed at present neil matheson of ray is company president A mcneil owner of a promising group of lead bearing claims in the potts mountain section of owens mining district was in kingman a few days ago with a carload of ore for shipment to the smelter the average of the ore in lead is about 33 per cent the gold and silver values being low As a result of the low market on lead mr mcneil is not disposed to ship more ore awaiting a bettering of the metals market the lyon hillpold Hill Gold mines company had a ton shipment of ore sampled at the local works that carried remarkably high gold and silver values says the kingman miner of a few days ago the shipment containing a net weight of 1834 pounds brought a net of the mine from which this ore was taken is situated up the river from parker yuma county the principal owners being ewing and sloan these men have been working on the property for some time and have taken considerable high grade from the shaft and drifts these shipments netting from 1500 to 2000 per ton A carload averaging per ton is now being prepared for shipment to the kingman sampling works |