Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1885-10-25

WHAT OUR MINERS
ARE DOING.
THE PRESENT OUTLOOK In
MOHAVE MINES.

For the Last week we hsve 10 repott that
tbs oatIoook 10 improving In all 81 our
mines without exception. and week by week
the output Of ore steadily inoreasss. In ad.
dition 10 this new mines are being opened
up, ard old ones rs-opcned resulting in the
employment Of ID IRE men. The good effect
of all this is shown in our mpidly iaorsas-
ing population, in tho increased business
done by our merchants and storekt,epsrs,
| and corresponding improvement in every
branch Of trade. better and morn hope.
full feeling psrvades the entire comnlaniiy,
and the general opinion seems 10 ba thst
| We are only at the be linniag Of o ns,r aud
prosperous era, such 40 Muhaye county has
never yet experienced. The starting up of
Henry Raymond's gold mill and ooncen.
| tIators and tho inauguration Of the leach.
ing process ~ applied 10 this ores of this vi
entity, has given sn impetus TO mining In
and around Mineral Park and several par.
ties are preparing to 90 to work ON their
mines. -...
in and around Chords the mines are all
farming out well. The claims bslouQin2 10
TO the Benson Mining and Smelling cum-
ptny, fnovn re the
SCHENECTADY AND sCHUYLKELL.
have been leased by the company tc Mr..
Brakeman, who has already cosrinences
work on the former. These Two niu,s have
produced large quantities Of lead ores in the
past two or three yefrs. until the iow price
Of .ead year ago Chased the oompnny 20
shut down work. Under Mr.. Brsksman's
management We shall expect regular ship
nents Of ore from these mines. Thst the
ore will pay well At tho present price Of
lead there il no dosbt.
INDEPENDENCE.
On fbi, mine Charley Sherman il sinking a
| WINS on the 1i0-foot level. which is nov
down about is feet. Al the bottom of the
ginze the ore body is feet wide. The re-
suit Of seven assays taken from the bottom
of this winzo lat week vas rs fellows;
So. TJs ouuces in silver, No. 359,,unees.
No. . 5l32 onuces, No. 1888 ounces No. b
i6G ouuees. No. q 5t5 ounces. No. 2i2
ouness. The first SIX of these samples were
taken froin good clean ore, while tie last
was from screenings. So far Dir. Sherman
has received S22yD from ore taken fr,m this
winze alone, and still has about one ton of
the same grade Of ore on the dump. He
has also about 20 tors Of second cIflss ore
on hand. which he is nov sorting over. and
which will be shipped as soon as sacked.
Mr.. Sherman has made small fortune ont
Of this mine in the last year.
Around Mineral Park the mines ars also
improving. Mr.. Thomas Roberts made a
small shipment Of 2 100 pounds Of newly
discovered kind Of ore from the
RETORT MINE,
about mile cast Of town, rhich I've had
worked st the K:ugmsn sampIing Works.
and which sampled 81 ounces in silver and
nine touths ef an ounce in gold por ton.
Mr. Roberts told us that he has never tax.
en- sack Of ore ont Of this mine since he
first leased it that did not net HIM over $50
aud that the list shipment sampled sbout
So ton better than any previous one
Messrs. Robert, and Jones have been siBk.
ing and drifting ON this mine for some
months and have considerable sttoping
ground opened up.