Show grand gulch mine during the first half of this year lear the grand gulch mining comp company my of mohave 0 county arizona owned oin ned by salt lake people has shipped out six cars a car ctr a month of its high grade copper running from thirty to thirty six per cent tho the total tot il ore shipped amounting to this N week cel settlements i were ere made on the thela last stear car to bo be forwarded to the shelters smelters sm fm elters until september 1 to st thomas forty five miles from the mine tins this last was a ti small car but it brought over 2200 1 or better than 55 a ton for forty tons this was the tail end of the ore stored stor edat at moala moapa station on tho the salt lake route in southern nen neada ada the grand gulch is employing be fifteen and twenty men and keeps loops two six horse freighting outfits busy now stacking up tho the first class ore at st thomas the grand gulch mine has tarm grades gradei of ore the first is the thirty to thirty six per cent copper ore being I 1 shipped the second is copper ores running between seventeen and twenty per cent the third those showing beann between can six six and eight per cent of the red metal there is now stored on the grand gulch dumps upwards or ot 2000 tons of the second class and probably tons of the third class ores in most localities cali ties this third rate stuff ii be considered pretty high grade when seen yesterday W P jen r aings manager of the property said stid be is now sinking a shaft from the to foot le cl everything so far mined has been carbonates they probably run so high owing to secondary enrichments enrich ments at this greater depth it la is hoped that the sulphide zone will bo be reached and that the tile size of the ore veins veins will be greatly inor increased ased for forborne some time the management manag manug ment has bien ken figuring on traction engines for for hauling the ores from mine to railroad several different styles are under consideration but so far the ev cr ori to upon man horse mode of transportation has been adhered to but reduced costs per ton are promised by power prompters prompt cra herald republican |