Mohave County miner., 1884-07-13
What has been done ON Il I'm the
past two months.

Accepting cordial invitation frosn Su.
pgriHtondsnt Moses, We paid visit 10 the
above m ne last Friday and will endeavor to
give our readers description of the vast
amount of work done ia and about this
claim in little over two months. During
psogements since our las. visit, notably a
c,nveaent and handy blacksmith forge,
furnace for furnishing pure air below. CON
yeuient drains for clrrying of tie water
and nes. and orderly dump.
Descending the almost perpendicular
! sh 1T, we re lched the bottom at the depth
OF rs feet. where We foend several stTeaks
Of good looking ore. At this depth the
whole width of the shaft is in ledge matter
and ore. ths nle streaks appearing to widen
ont and become more frequent in the last
ton feet, with every indication Of still con
nuins to do 80. At about 100 fee; dawn
Mr.. Moves informed us that water was
straok, and that his nen haze been consid-
ably delayed in their work in consequence.
There is 10 doubt that most Of this water
tJiAifo tADli hSN NJ ntvAAU NulNh
joins II on the east and which has been 81.
lowed to lie Idle md ill up with water Of
late months. The s:arke and Eving mine
lies about 70 feet above the keystone and
We should judge that tie bottom OF the
foripeg 10 on a line with the 10lfoot Level
of the latter. Many Of our readers will %.
member that ii was on tine 1D0.foOt level Of
the kevstJHe that hne body OF high grade
ore was found which was stopped out for
fszty feet OF more, ard which cunt,ibated
not a Iittls "a The s4o0OOO which this mine
has pr5d1ced But we are dYgressing from
our subject. Below tho water level the
ledge wIdens out considerably, and the ore
s,reaks slipw mlrked Improvement IN the
quality and appearance % Tbs ore over that
found above. We kacw not how 10 de-
scribe the appearance 1f the ore bel"v the
water Ieycl, better then TO say that II looks
exactly Hike the Bey.toue; e;which we are all
familiar With. Superintendent Moses in
forms rs tha. he inteads to sink the pres
eni shaft sboIt fifteen feet deeper, forming
4. surop and putting in a platform at 10
feet, from whence be viii DRIFT 10th ways,
it beiag to expensive 10 sink 70 greater
depib without improved hosting nachin.
cry, OF the three or four different ore
Il feaks We noticed that on the hanging
wall 20 BE- the larger, raessnring some eigh-
teen inches IN Width while on the foot wall
n fslothsr of abo1t tSSiyo inches. We
yhgHEd liks',o ace this shaft put down an
4y:huf go fees o= eyes 70 the depth Of 100
fest. rs ~ are uaaviaced that tho ore would
o nt nne q, improve in richness as II his in
the Keystone, bot Of courss this Ia impos-
sible without steam hosting workr. We
ars e0iaGdeut that in drifting on The 80
10 = Iassi safficient ore will be found 20 jus.
tssS the oSa4rs IN continuing the WORK Of
Development,
We s4Ta19t c0aeisde this article without
fsw NatHs Of praise for SnPeriniendeut
Meses, ssl,s hss kent the work Of develop
mems gang s,n night and day in the face Of
obstacles tiisi would hEys deferred many 3
snan with hess energy. We hope that his
:, ,,rseysnsncs and grit Will be amply reward
% IN future Developments which will ju'
tify hinr in employing sixty men in place Of
the SIX he now has, snd we are snto the
couisnunity ~ Isrge, with whom he has be.
oDme quite fsyorite, viii jim With VI.