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Show OLD GOLD-SILVER : MINE WES BACK : Commonwealth Mine of the State of Arizona Being Resurrected. . BIG MILL IS PLANNED Montana-Yonopah Is the Owner of This Coming ; Large Producer. The wisdom of the Montana-TonopahV ) ! company In purchasing rocently the Com-- monwealth property In Arizona Is plainly evident in tho light of the account of this mlno given to Tho Tribune Saturday by ' Llew Humphries, tho well known mlnlnp engineer, who has beon at the properly ' "v for several months directing the dovel- A opment operations. In four months, stated Mr. Humphries, tho developed ora actually put into shape for future ex- Ja traction la valued at ovor $1,000,000. and ') with only a small portion of the known ; ansa of mineralization sounded. 1 The prospects of still further extending extend-ing the known ore bodies are excellent, and the officials are preparing the plans for a 400-ton concentrating plant Tha company Is planning also to do considerable consid-erable churn drill work, and an excollont place to start is the 700-foot level where pay oro for a total width of ninety foot has been developed. The company la sending considerable of Its ore to the ' smelters nearby to be used for converter lining, and ono of the Interesting de'el- opment s lately has been the discovery , that about 500.000 tons of ancient tailings can be shipped to the smellers at a good !, profit- The property Is right on the railroad. rail-road. Accompanied by President Charles Knox, Mr. Humphries gave the property ' a thorough Investigation not long ago, and ho Is now engased on the preparation prepara-tion of an exhaustive report. Mr. Knox cxpressod himself us thoroughly satisfied with the work and Its results. There are thousands of feet along the vein not yet ; touched to depth, so the Commonwealth promises to become a decidedly valuable , asset of the Montana-Tonopah company. When asked In regard to the Tonopah i property of this company, from which recent reports have been very favorable. ' Mr. Humphries stated that recent dla- ; coverles had made an absolutely new ' mlno of the Montana-Tonopah. For 2S0 ' feet along the vein ore has been opened -j for an averago width of fifteen feet, the V value of the ore being given at 5100 to the ton. This occurs In virgin territory and opens a splendid opportunity for the 1 company. . While in Arizona Mr- Humphries visited vis-ited the Miami mill, and ho pronounces It the success that all reports make it. It was aa pretty a mill as ho ovor hnd the pleasure of Inspecting. Oro Shipments. Tho Utah Ore Sampling company on Saturday released I cars of ore from Utah and 1 car from Nevada camps. |