Show LOS ANGELES MINE OPERATORS ACTIVE FROM NEVADA TO MEXICO by will C higgins los angeles june 25 returning from a visit to the companas comp anys century mine out of kingman mohave county ariz paddy L mullen president and general manager of the united republic gold mines company reports that work in mine development is progressing most satisfactorily and that within a few days the working force will be materially increased within the next few days mr mullen says the new oil flotation milling b plant with a rated treatment capacity of tons daily will be in regular commission reducing silver lead ores with a metallic content in excess of 25 per ton there being approximately tons of this grade of ore blocked out in the mine workings and available for extraction and treatment the century mine is being electrically equipped and the machinery equipment is now on the ground and partially installed the pumps at the mine are in continuous service delivering to the surface gallons of water daily this being more than ample for all mining and milling requirements mullen states that with the century in regular production the company will turn its attention to its oatman free milling gold mine in which large tonnages ton nages of 20 ore is available for handling in the further development of its oatman mine the company will sink to a point below water level blocking out the ore on that horizon flotation plant for alvarez mine it is reported here that the alvarez mining company of william street new york with valuable mining property at nayarit mexico has carried on development and exploration work to such an extent as to justify mill construction and that the company has placed an order with the southwestern engineering corporation of this city for the erection of an oil flotation mill of from 25 to 40 tons daily capacity which is to go into commission by july 15 in the treatment of silver lead ore the flow sheet for the plant was worked out at the testing plant of the southwestern in los angeles and all the mill equipment including a steam power plant is being sectionalized for mule back transportation from the nearest railroad shipping point to the the ore is a heavy sulphide carrying spahl erite and pyrite it is stated the alvarez has a lease and bond on the adjoining property of the humboldt mining company containing acres which is equipped with a 50 ton oil flotation mill the alvarez was worked by spaniards in early days E J busted formerly of this city is mine manager comanche buys water rights right charles A palmer of los angeles president and general manager of the comanche M R company reports his company has purchased the taylor acre ranch in benton valley mono county this state adjoining the comanche townsite below the portal of the foot ross cross cut tunnel this purchase includes the water rights of montgomery creek with a cubic foot flow and having an foot fall within a distance of feet with this head it is claimed 1000 horsepower electrical energy can be generated to be used for mining milling and lighting in commenting upon mine conditions president palmer states that the salo foot upraise from the foot drift from the fhe face of the ross tunnel at a point approximately 1750 feet below the surface has exposed three feet of solid ore assaying 1676 ounces silver 40 per cent lead 2440 gold and 33 percent per cent copper per ton this ore is being sacked as broken for shipment and when the upraise has made connection with the bottom of the kerrick shaft regular shipments to some outside smelter will begin united eastern report encouraging philip wiseman of los angeles president of the united eastern mining company in a report to company stockholders says that ever since 1924 the company has been looking for a bonanza mine during this period he says hundreds of properties have been given consideration with unsatisfactory results in most cases last year the report goes croes on to say consideration was given to a large mill tailings dump comprising in excess of tons at the old mining camp of guanajuato mexico these tailings are now being worked on a royalty basis A ton daily capacity milling plant has been installed and is in operation and it is expected the tailings will yield a net profit of per ton the company has also taken an option on the property of the butters copala capala mine at copala capala forty miles easterly from Maz atlan mexico in the development of this property a new shaft has been sunk to a depth of feet from which a foot drift encountered ore of commercial grade this ore has been followed a distance of feet the ore shoot averages four feet in width and carries values from wall to wall of 45 ounces silver and 5 in gold to the ton this shoot is believed to be about feet in length the tone of the company report is most encouraging operator consolidated mines the operator consolidated mines company captain john A hassell of los angeles president working blocks of leased ground in the famous mohawk gold mine at gold gol field nevada is now engaged in cleaning out and ing portions of the drift on the foot level tracks have been laid the ore body bo y under the raise started to penetrate encountered by drill holes nos 14 17 and 18 ore chutes chutes have been completed and it is expected the ore body will be to encountered about june 30 when the company expects begin regular production the property is being developed develops balong bylong by long drill methods the g of captain hassell has taken over the operations waldo gold mine at masonic in mono county calif balnor ofa a short distance from bridgeport and will start a tunnel the to tap the rich ore zone found in an adjoining the for rejuvenation of the mohawk he says means much mining interests of that section |