Mohave County miner., 1885-09-27

Oh the hill ran from go 10 500 per ton.
aud IN sope iD-f aneos run beyond the latter
AZURE. II all the ore ever taken from the
ininss OF this csmp Was thrown together
and ssm1st. tn, gbasrL average
woa!d be ia tns nsighb Drllopd Of $40 per
ton. TOR evsry t,a ever brought ~ the sur
face. Among ths many rich minss on
os,oxton riiii the one on which the most
extensive v ,rxiugs arc found and which IL
Al present furnishing stnposmspt for tho
largest nunbor Vt N sn VI ally mine In tbs
c,unsy, Is the
cCPEL NINE.
This valuable claim ntains in ita bounda.
ries six parallel veins. aiI of shioh csn. ain
fioh ore, md al oi which viii be worked In
q fs's wssks. Tuis property ID tho o.d.-t
and best knJwn on the hill, and 10 owned
st the present time by the wh.,ies.ls iiqaor
firm Ut Spruancs, Stanley Il Co., Of Nan
frsnci.oo. Abons year and half ago
this firm s;snt some $sj,0O) in an attempt
T. develop the mine. bat the management
- pl icsd IN incsrni i'sfsni hands with The
usual result, or ~ speak more correctly
the mine wss ran more in the Interest OF
the supsrintsndsat's boarding hmss than
that Of ths owners. For that taOO)e the
ovisrs hsvs n'ahiay % IN w bat doabls
90 ap utmsit siaft ITO fsst deep and q
dsift rau on th, o-fopt level about 2l0
fest long. After this work Was completed
sse lnins lay idle for months uatil Mr.. J..
K. Msrkelzis, our 1.lI. known exa,ounty
kscordss, ls,~ed the property fos siI
lnzntk4. lie hss nov been working about
tw, non.bs and has alrs dy demonstrated
TINT the owners have mine ia every senss
of TIE word. In two months work Mr.. Mao.
ks,zis has taken out about $4,000 worth
of ora, on which he pays royalty of %
por cont. His last shipment sampled =
Iittle over r 100 pr ton. and he now has n
fuil oirlogd Of this grade of orr ON tts way
To Aingusn. fniI do o-oripiion of this pro-
psrty would require too musn sp,oe. bat
ws intend very .h,rlly to give our re,dsrs
full history OF Ia, wIsx d IN, 10 the
ptst. AS well as that now being prosecuted.
Ii has prod1oed 30 far As known somst hing
Ike Si590o1 in the past, ard from present
ind:s.tions will produce one-third Of that
sinount mors under the PRESENT isass. Mr.
Mckenzie now has about twenty five men
VI work, bat expects to put on a muoh lar
ger fJrcs n soon ~ ho gets the water out
! Ut the drift. He ~ now working three
shifts for that purpose. Aaother we'll
known claim On Stockton Hill, and ons
which Is credited with having pronuced In
shs nsigs bprbo,d of 10000, isths
LITTLE CaIEF
owned BY Johnny kennedy. vino has be-
core rioh from the pTooseds II ths worn be
has done on ii. Al this present time the
a,ins IL being Torked under three lenses.
At the iDwer eud of the clsim Me-srs. Tag.
strt and Peasley are having tuDnel run
in TO tap tns le,d. This tunnel ID nov in
shout 1Oo fesi. bat thoTe Is yet sfnc 20
more " bs run. This tunnel will tap the
ledge ut depth 81 about 900 feet. and
qaite distance telow any II Ihs old work.
ings. About hsf way o. the hill Nossrs.
C,iIshan and ksnnsy are sinking ard drift.
! ing IN tiis lend. They have put d 'wn q
sh # 20 Ss 90 feet from the bottom #
which they ars nov drifting. These gentle
! mon n,ads a s,.iall shiptGent of ore lat week
from which The returns Ssrs Ms follows:
First cltss ors. one u, J63 o1pess silver
s~c md oisss ore. two tens LES o'fncss IN
SILVER Issr ton. The ide, of rating 49, oz.
oss ~ 80 nj 8. so sssIn- prep ,Ster ,nI, but
thai d the wy u j. rated ct st'ckt"n II u.
Still further ~ MP tue NIL oar Old friend
Habs WRIGHT Is siskipg arotEer shaft, on
whiaIi be- IL down ,iouf !S feet. He has not
yet struck ths risi ore str.Ak, bus frTn ap-
ppnranoes Will d. 30 IN fey days. IS 10
has taken out sons kidneys Vt very fas ore
IN the Last fsS fest.
TIE MOOyBEAM
is one of the richsss ore orodueers on the
hill. snd .djdns tse Cupel ground. This
Iuins has prdnced sboat go. COON tue last
year, hut At this wiring nothing but deSel-
Ooment work is being done, TLe main
shaft h being pushed down, spd a. ths hot.
tom. shout 30 feet, there is apisndia
sire, X of ore about ten inches wide which
will xss,y more t.,an 81 000 p,r ton. For
the amount Of work dine this clain, has
tpsd. more money TO. It's owner than any
other mine % tbs hil.
The DICTIONARY a
and adjoining claims owned by Messrs.
Ltbarse anu More are situated At the fyt
Of tins hill, api are good ate .dy ose-prodl-
esrs. Lack II time prevented our paying
these slsins writ ON this triP.
The mine which ia now attracting tho
most attention Of any in the vicinity Of
Stockton 10 tie
TkiNKLTN
formerly owned jointly by Caldwell Wright
and Vim. EagIe. Thess parties segregated
fev weeks ago. taking the center Of The
main shaft as dividing line. THIS shaft
is down aboat % feet. and In dating SOUTH
Ir. Eagle hss opened up what is BY far this
largest body of ora ever sesa on 3tockton
Hit. The writer MEASURED the ore at the
bottom Of the adft in the presence Of
Messrs Luthy. Hardy, CJDkey and En2ls,
| and foana 1; 10 be over seven feet vide. A
! sample tskeI across the ore streak for Eve
feet. on the day previous, asssysd 2I2 OF. in
silver to tho ton. This is nothing bat an
immense chamber or pocket Of ore, and at
present its full extent oIuu0t be de.ernin-