Show STRIKE IN THE GOLD ROAD miner kingman ariz on the level of the gold road mine the th lh e miners iliner this week cut through seven feet of ore in the west drift that ts te said to be far richer than any like body of ore in that property specimens from the vein show free gold and it is thought that the whole seven feet will run above forty dollars to the ton the vein on this level is very large and the whole of it will pay to mill aside from the rich part of the vein the company is working two shifts in the drift and is making good headway the opening of this rich body is of great value to the th e gold road company as it may result in bringing the antagonistic factions together on a compromise agreement to continue work on the property and put in the big mill and start several new shafts the latest version of the disagreement between the american and french shareholders is said to be in the matter of betterments the frenchmen contending that th at it is far better to develop the mine to at least one thousand feet in depth before changing the milling plant and to put all betterments in the mine and that if the mine continues its ore bodies to that depth they can get all the money necessary to put in a big plant suitable to the th e economic working of the ores that the ores may change widely in character within the next two hundred feet and the method of milling might m have to be changed to meet the new conditions which would be rather expensive the americans contend that the cost of producing bullion by the present method is very expensive the power alone costing thil thirty ty five dollars horse power per month that with the installation of the new mill the cost of bullion production will be reduced more than 50 per cent and that no change in the milling character of the ore need be looked for in the property at any depth the ore is at present neutral and can be handled h with a low cyanide loss the people of the county are vitally interested te in this mine and it is to be hoped that the shareholders may settle their differences feren ces before a shutdown of the property takes place it is one of the greatest gold properties in the world and with the th e betterments ter ments contemplated ought to ve be producing from to per month within two years |