Show EVERYBODY HUSTLING FOR GOLD ACCOR DOING TO SOUTHWEST NEWS by will C higgins los Ane geles aug 25 the pacific mining b company of this city charles mckinnis president and b general manager owning the noted los lugos 6 b gold mine at mez del oro zacatecas Zacate cas mexico has arranged with the mexican government for the use of airplanes in ill connection with its mining operations and mckinnis states that within a short time an aircraft will be in service between the mine and guadalajara on the railroad a distance of sixty two miles taking in provisions and supplies and bringing out gold bullion mckinnis with his mine manager W H mitchell left for the mine recently and within thirty days plan to place a twenty ton unit of the fifty ton daily capacity milling plant in regular commission treating free milling gold ore carrying values of from 26 to 30 peri per ton with a recovery of 90 per cent of the assay value of the heads the ore also runs from 10 to several hundred ounces in silver to the ton in the lower mine levels mitchell reports a five foot body of ore is showing that averages 60 in gold to the ton exclusive of occurrences of high grade mr mitchell arrived in los angeles form mexico a few days ago in june with his mine superintendent J F hooper he was kidnapped by a rebel b band and and held twelve days for a ransom which was paid there were sixty two of the rebels lie he states and two priests during his captivity he was wa s kindly treated although suffering from privations such as exposure and fever and insufficiency of proper food the band of outlaws was later routed by federal forces and a number of them killed ever since boyhood mr mitchell imitchell has been engaged in mining milling in mexico and this is the first time he says that lie e has ever been molested by rebels or bandits he feels now ow that conditions there are rapidly becoming b normal and d with a federal del oro garrison stationed at Mez and three others within a radius of fifteen miles of the mine protection to the company and other american mining operators pera tors is assured lucy gray mine comes back john bright of hollywood manager of the lucy gray lining alining company states that after a score of years marked by y periods of apparent success to be followed by months of depression cession and discouragement he is able to announce that at a new v and important strike of high z grade gold ore has be leen lilace de in virgin ground in the couii companas comp pany anys Is property in county nevada not far from the california boundary line the new discovery mr bright says was made at a ath belth of eighty feet in an old foot shaft sunk stink years 0 90 o in m the quest for water but without success in its our arse this shaft followed a small vein which was given no mention attention at the time and it was not until recently that an investigation destination revealed that the sixto twelve inch scam of quartz contained native tl gold often quite coarse which assayed to the ton besides ounces m in silver the twelve foot gouge filling of the vein mr bright says carries a gold content of 40 to 50 to the ton the property was taken over from leasers leaders in june according to mr bright and one of the bright brothers placed in charge for the company who made the new discovery which has caused great excitement in mining circles locally resulting in considerable claim locating in ill the section which is but a short distance from the union pacific railroad and near jean the supply point and post office since the organization of the company from to in gold has been shipped from the mine control assays essays of which disclosed values ranging from to to the ton while a considerable ore tonnage has been milled at the amalgamating and cyaniding cyan iding plants on the ground the mine is equipped with milling plant assay office hoisting works and surface buildings and is supplied with spring water through the medium of four and a half miles of two inch pipe line arrangements are being made to reopen the mine on a progressive and systematic scale with ore shipments to be inaugurated in the near future mill installation for gold ace G ray boggs of los angeles president and general geneil manager of the gold ace mining company operating a prospective bonanza gold mine two and a half miles out of carlarra Car nevada states excellent progress is being recorded in the installation of the companas comp anys new ton amalgamation plant and that the plant should be in regular commission corn mission by october 1st ast and making consignments consign ments of I 1 gold bullion to the U S mint at san francisco the sixty horsepower electrically operated triplex pump is ready for service mr boggs says and the three inch pipe line is in place for the conveyance of the water supply from the reservoir at carlarra Car to the mine and mill delivering 6 6 gallons daily which is sufficient for all mine and mill A three months supply of 15 mill feed is s said a id to be immediately available and later on the the high grade ore from the big bedded vein will be drawn upon and mixed with the mine run in order to increase the average value of the mill heads A force of twenty five men are employed by the company under the direction of mine manager C A putman mill for united republic mine paddy L mullen president and general manager of the united republic mining company operating the century lead silver mine out of kingman in mohave county ariz states that the drift northeast from the crosscut on the foot level of the mine has attained a length in excess of forty feet the ore being of excellent mill grade and disclosing a steady increase in metallic content as work in this direction progresses the full face of the drift it is reported is in solid ore the width of which is yet to be determined by crosscutting cross cutting the ton selective oil flotation mill in course of construction at the mine is rapidly nearing completion and should be in operation within the next six weeks the two ton capacity ore bins one at the collar of the mine anine shaft and one installed above the mill to insure gravity feed in milling practice will be ready for service upon completion of the milling plant which mr mullen says has an ore supply available for more than a years run katherine treasure vault gold renewed interest is being taken in local mining circles over the report from kingman arizona that work has been resumed ned with two shifts in sinking the double compartment shaft of the katherine treasure vault gold to greater depths this work it is stated is designed to ascertain the full extent of the large ore body already developed in the mine workings this shaft it is stated has attained a depth of feet with laterals literals late rals sent out into the ore deposits on the and foot levels and is to be deepened in order to block out additional ore tonnages ton nages following a campaign of extensive expiatory expletory work mapped out by the management t the property is provided with a large hoist hoisting ing plant modernly equipped while surface improvements consist of building accommodations for company officials alq anc a large working force the mine is a near neighbor of the katherine gold mining company in katherine district mohave county of which charles sutro of san francisco is president and which is regularly ni making aking an output of gold bullion which is consigned direct to the U S mint rn i n t |