Mohave County miner., 1884-07-27
OUR MINES
And What is Being Done On
Them.


the hills last week, and although We had ex.
pectcd 10 find large number Of men al
work. our expectations we're more than rea-
lized. We first visited the
NEW LONDON
mine, owned by Messrs John and Tom Mul.
ligan, r. L. Smith and Wm Frceborn. This
mine is noted as one Of the most productive
of our lead mines, and lies about mile and
a half south Of Ceibat. Tic developments
insists Of a main shaft about lis feet deep.
While at distazce of lGD feet north IL
another some sixty feet deep, aud still an.
other Of the sane depth Hbost liz feet
south. Dnfts are nov being run on tine =,
foot level TO connect with these shafts
while the work of sinking ths main shaft
goes ON uninterrnptedly.
Tie pfesent proprictors started 10 wOrk
TINS mine in .ruesi last January. previous
10 which time they hsd sunk and drIfteG
lV0 feet for water which they found IN abun-
dance, Having built house 10 lIyo IN ana
settled tho water question, they turneo
their attention to tho mine which was IN
D.d condition at that time, the shafts beinl
almost hiled up and badly cayed. necessItat-
ing considerable timbsribg. Having got the
lnIne ia safe condition they employed three
men and commenced shipping ore. The 70.
turns from the FIRST carload were encour-
aging and in little while they shipped two,
tben IhIee and four at time, until the
shipments now average seven tons Of ore
per day. During the last month large
stationary boiler Of some 30 or 40 hOrs.
power has been placed IN position together
with fine Lei2erwosd noisiing engine,
wire rope, iron buckets, tracks de-, all Of
which we're much Eeeded and almo-, indls-
pensable to the proper working of the mine.
While this was being done a fne, new buiid-
I5lC0 vas erected for a sleeping house for
the men, an increased force Of men necessi-
tatng larger accommodations. With a
force Of fourteen men in all, many Of whom
were employed on this hosting works, ,dniing
the last month there has been sunk 60 feet
aud 100 feet Of drifting done, while the ship
nents Of ore averaged focr tons per day.
Tne New London mine Is an instance Of
what can be accomplished with pluck energy
and good, solid, hard work. Starting less
than year ago without dollar the owners
Of this mino have used some forty thousand
feet ot lumber in building and tiDbering;
have fine steam hoisting works With eapaci.
ty to work the mine to a depth Of 1909 feet,
have the mine in first-class order and to- day
aro employing - men and shipping daily
seven tons Of galena ore averaging from .
TO 20 ounces IN silver and 30 10 f;5 per cent.
lead. and everything paid for oct Of the
proceeds of the mIne. Not satisfied with
| tho improvements already made, they have
now in process Of construction a large
| boarding house 2ox60 feet, aud ~ the course
If few weeks will erect building over the
hosting works which will be about 751I25
| feet in size. After next week ooncentrat0rs
With capacity of o to . tens per day will
be- in a9tiye operation and all the low grade
ore. screenings etc, viii be concentrated
and saved. TIE energetic owncrt Of this
fne propesty are in fair way to make for
tunes and that tii9y deserve IL richly no one
I will painsay. Leaving t1is raine and its
hospitabls owners with regret we visited the
adjoining claim on the no,ih,
THE CHhApIoN MINE
This well known property was located IN
1870 by wIn. J.Fee, the first mining recorder
Of wallapai district, and hia partners, and
comprises 1900 feet in length by 300 feet II
width. IL was purchased by r. Martin
smith Of San Pran0iscO, together with some
other interests in 1871. for the sum Of S25,
900 and was sid IN 1872 TO the Champion
f'Ons.iidated Gold & Silver AiniHg Co1npa
nv, and is uo~ owned by said company. Il
is 9ns Of the lOdes which in former time
was among tie most prominent IN the camp
bat ior ins las. two yOarS has been involved
in litigation Happily for its owners, ths sui
was terminated by the company regaiRini
J possession Of the mine, and IL Is now being
developed under the able and energetic man
! aesment Of Henry Raymond. When hr
gsyrpsnd entered npon its rnaDagemeD
about one mouth ago the mine was IA b.'
81 ne. The he,vy rains of last winter wasl
ed down large quantities of ore and vast
, into tie open cu;s. ine,ines shaft and drift
and the mins iD1ked like = wreck. Fortuu
ately tho damggs is about ropdred; tn
main shaft cleaned GA, and levels Hort
, and soa,h ars tsing gun from the b ,ttoin o
the main shaft with the most encouragint
and promising results.
: The vein Mt the boitosl Of tue man shaI
} is fully four feet in width, the pay stFsh
J being from "A n 20 inches Of solid gaien
and bard oafbonstss sDd some beiutiit
: sand carl oBates The balance Of the vein b
{ iuy second grade gaieDa mixed with iro
o uyrites. Several tons of beautiful ore Is no
ON the dump, and when the levels re run
suft,eient distance Stopping viii conimcnC
a and from present appearances th1us'nas
toms Of ore DO Brought 30 light. About tw
hundred feet north Of the main shaft
! I yviuze is being sunk on tho vein which
now down about 25 feet, showing yPin
tor,y inches vide containing a.lena Orc
auaItz eangus. There are several tons
g Good ore on the dump at this point and
soon az 10 Z, 1t is obtained, Levels VIII !
Ie ran on the vein north and south. Still nori
f.osa this winzs about 2OD feet lafIe bod
n of fine sand c.rb )nsteI AMI hard c'rbona'
Il ORC has been encountered. showing GO
tipuous body Of ore from 100 to soo feet
= length. We predict this to ba one
" ths greatest producing mines of the Ter
tory within ak months, HE, Khymoi
:" has also discovered u large body Of runni'
wpter three hundred yards below the ma
y. sufficient 10 run ;hirty ton sraeiser. 1
ld ~ -. -, frr..n 2nnI