Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-12-23
As Seen by an .'Enterprise" Ex-
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Aa Seen by an ''EnterpriSe LA-
 pert. In conformity to our purpose of keep ing constantly before the eyes of those persons looking westward from ths At lantic slope for investments or homes, the resources of this matchless county, we visited Silver King last Saturday and sxamng few of the tine properties locat cd there We found in progress at the
 FAMOUS SILVER KING
 several external improvements, which when completed, will save the labor of number of men and thus materially re- duce the working expenses of the com pany. These improvements consist III tramway, a rock crusher, ore house and ore bins. The latter are located some distance down the hill, below the shaft. The rock crusher will be stationed just above the ore house, so that the ore will drop from the crusher into the latter The tramway is on a level with the mouth of the shaft and runs out to the crusher on trestle work. The cars will pass from the cage onto the tramway, be run cut and their contents dumped onto the platform at the crusher. Tho ore will work down from the tramway and there will be no necessity of handling it by hand from the time it is loaded into the cars in the mine till it is delivered at the mill The ma iinery in the saw mill, which stands within few feet of the working shaft, has also boen perfected, so that the tim bers for the mine can be rapidly and per cost. And we desire to remark here, par enthetically, that the King is one of the best timbered mines in the United States. The upright posts are 14x1i inches and the cross pieces 12x12, all Oregon pine. The machine shops have also been pro- viled with the best and latest patterns oi machinery for iron work, and the equip ments in the boiler and engine rooms have been made complete.
 IN THE MINE
 somo valuable Improvements have been made, also, the principle one of which i' large water tank,-at the 700 level, - which has just been com pleted. It vii hold 14, 900 gallons of water and is wist safeguard against flooding in case wate should be encountered. Arrangements for putting in pump have been com pleted and it will require but shor time to place the same and start 1t t, pumping, In case it should be needed The
 ORE BODY
 az shown up by the developments in tn 700 level IS one of the most remarkabl yet discovered both because of its size richness and the variety of mineral it car ries. The exact extent of the ore bod at that point has not been determined ye notwithstanding chamber about 200 200 feet has been opened. The four side of this chamber are solid ore, begemme with virgin silver, and the top and bottol are also a solid mass of porphyry, whit quartz and heavy spar, Utterly surcharge with the precious metal. The ore on tn bottom of the chamber is very nigh grade and hence, indicative of increasing ricl ness with depth. How far the ore @ tends beyond tho developments of tn level can be determined only by furtht exploration, of course, but there can l no doubt as to it's extending downward { an indefinite depth and granting that should extend laterallY but few feot b yond the circumference of the FOO chan Der, the capabilities of the mine are sim ly marvellous. The stoping ground in r ssrve between the 700 and 15O levels extent of which has been determined prospect drifts and cross-cuts-will pr duce millions of dollars in bullion. E cept between the 400 and 300 leye there has been but little stopping dol and yet the mine has paid ov million in dividends beside all t expense of developments, machner improvements, etc. It is no exagerati to say that the King has more high gra ore in sight to-day than any other h dozen silver mines on the continent. will be supported in this statement
 the forthcoming report of Prof. Blal who spent two weeks recently, in exa ming the mine and measuring the ore sight. He estimates that the ore n exposed to view in and between the VI ious levels and drifts will yield millic upon millions in bullion And the mi has been so opened and equipped u the vast body of ore in and above 700 level can be rapidly and cheaply
 tracted. With enlarged and perfect facilities for treating the ore the K could lead all competitors in bullion 0 put aud dividends for decades to cor Atpresent they haven't proper machin fof treating all the different characters