Show THE GEM MINE AT CERBAT mineral wealth kingman ariz the gem owned by the golden gem mining company has the greatest development of any property in the district the former owner col T L ayers took a fortune from this mine in seven months the ore that he shipped averaged high in gold 1 no ore has been shipped from the mine since colonel ayers allowed it to get into other hands except tons for a concen test although development has been almost continuous the ore remains on the dump and blocked out ready for in mine thousands of feet of development has been done the ore is an iron pyrite and easily concentrated the concentrates would be an ideal product for the kingman smelter while the average value of the ore is not as high as formerly there is a good profit in it after all expenses are taken out B frank hall is general manager for the company he has recently returned from the east where arrangements have been made to erect a concentrator as near the mine as permanent water can be had the gem is a very easy mine worked and the per cent 0 of f loss by concentration would be small the ore now blocked out would keep a 50 ton plant in operation for a long on time while the cost of in a vein with a four foot average would be light the haul to cerbat carbat station on the A U is about four miles while the railroad rate to kingman under the new schedule will be notto not to exceed 1 a ton and 50 cents is a good rate for a daily tonnage such as the gem can supply the excess of iron in the gem concentrates and sorted ore would make it very desirable for smelting smelling sm elting and insure a low treatment charge not ov over er 5 a ton cost of mining under the favorable conditions at the gem a ton concen a ton haul to railroad 1 a ton railroad haul to smelter 1 a ton treatment charge 5 a ton A total of a ton it can readily be seen that with the kingman smelter in operation that there is good money in a medium grade mine in the bat section there is a great variety of ores around cerbat carbat and each property has some characteristic of its own but the above estimate will not be changed much in its application to all of them |