The Arizona sentinel., 1883-06-23

l SA' O0P'' A7']e'N ', Supt. of the c. s. N, Co.,, who Is on his way up-river on tour of inspection. Capt. Polhamus has been in command on the river for twenty-Seven years, and has never lost boat or met with an accident-a good record, and one he should be proud of. About 500 yards from the river, by the side of graveIIy mesa, stands that lively producer of bullion. the Clip mill. The building is of pine, and the roof of corrugated iron. It is built for both comfort and utility, and the visitor is sur prised at the cool atmosphere en- Ijoyed 'neath its hOspitable shel- ter. The ten stamps are pOund- ing away. dropping at the rate of 1l2 times per minute, and reduc- ing the ore at lively rate. The rock is very friable, and the stamps are Chung up" good portion of the day, as the supply of pulp gets ahead of the pan ca pacity. The pans can manage 24 tons per twenty-four hours, and Ihe ten stamps can crush, if nec- essary, 50 tons per day. The building was not erected with any view of display, but for prac- tical and substantial work, and as such is a gran1 success. The en- zines are under the efficient con- trol uf Messrs. Br0adie and Bak- CT. This enterprise is the first silver quartz mill ever worked in this county, and the magnifi- cent success with which it is be- ing operated will in itself prove a monument of lasting fame to the energetic gentlemen compos- ing the Clip company, Messrs. Shipman, Hubbard and Bowers. The mill is supplied with ore from the dump above by two au- tomatic feeders. which work to perfection. The teams of the Castle Dome Company haul the ore from the mine to the mill, and another contract will be let, so as to have d greater quantity of ore at the river. After look ing at bright lot of amalgam, a start is made for the mine, situ- ated about seven miles inland. A lively jog over good road, and in little while we reach the
 CLIP MINE.
 Only ten months ago this mine was considered d pro ~pect, aothing more; but the scientific and practical mining knowl- edge of Hiram Shipman and A. G. Hub bard saw fortune in the claim, secured a bond on it and their friend Mir. G. w. Bowers became interested with them il. the property. Immediately after secur- ing the option of the property thorough development of he led 5e was made, and the mine was purchased. A road was built to meet the County road, and :he grading for the mill at the river com naanced. Everything on the property was done in an econOmIcal, systematic manner. The ledge was gut at various places, another shaft sunk, and careful samples taken of all the ore in sight. The Clip m iRe is about seven m,les from the Colorado, in Silver District, and dis tant frem Silent, five miles north. The ledge is fully i35 feet wide in places on the surface and can be distinctly traced beyond it's side lines on to the Alberta Mine. The crODpiags ant led ge matter cut by the tunn l are 150 feet high ana give good number one ore, ranging from IS to 27 feet between walls, all pay. This rich body of ore is known to extend fully 800 feet In length, and how much more can only be determined by further ex plo- ratIons. In addition 70 this great mass of ore uncovered, there Is an immense quantity of s2O rock, enough to run d mill for years. Rock going twenty dol lars per ton, III this mine, can be wo kPd to .n immense profit, as the ore is easily mined, scarcely any powder being used at all. Four men can take down fifty tons of mineral per day. The twenty dollar rock however, is only a reserve, as there is sufficient ore of higher grade to keep the mill busy for two years to come. A cable road conveys the ear loaded with rock to the ore bin from the mine; the loaded car going down, pulls the empty car back. The ore bin Is so arranged