Mohave County miner., 1888-02-04

- fifty feet. Located many years ago,
chloriders, lessees and owners have been
following two or three-inch streak Of ore
around the surface until il would seem
almost impossible 10 follow it any further.
Wherever found the ore was good for 1900
or saOO per ton, and this has always been
the incentive. Messrs. Prisk and Jack
man put in couple OF years Of good solid
hard work in running tunnel nearly 800
feet in the hardest kind OF rock. and
finally struck a nice little bunch Of ore,
which enabled them 10 make nice little
cleanup, after which they quit, little
dreaming probably Of the bonanza they
left beneath their feet. The mine lately
fell into the hands Of Messrs. w. H. Tag.
gart & Co., ths enterprising Kingman
merchants, and under their control things
look very different about the mine, and
more ore is now being taken out in day
than was formerly produced In month,
and from place not iorty feet from the
old workings. On assuming control
Messrs. Taggart q Go, placed the mine in
charge OF Martin Jiminez and Joseph
Pomber, two experienced miners, under
whose advice all surface work was dis
continued and sinking commenced. So.
lecting likely SPOT in the tunnel about
$50 feet from the opening, shaft 5x5
was put down. For the first two or three
feet the ore was about three inches wide,
the same as in the tunnel, when II gave
out entirely. Continuing to sink, at q
depth OF about twenty feet ore was again
struck, the streak being four or five inches
wide, which has since been demonstrated
TO be the cap Of a magnificent body OF ore,
the like Of which has probably never been
seen in the district. |, in common with
many others, visited the shaft on Thurs
day TO verify some Of the statements made,
and found the following. which may be
relied on as being about correct
The shaft is now down about forty-fye
feet from the level Of the tunnel, the bot
tom OF the shaft being ten ieet long by
five wide. As soon as good pay ore was
| found the shaft vas heightened out TO
give more room and TO improve the air.
The ore lies on the hanging wall, and at
the time OF my visit had been stripped for
about two feet ready to be taken down
clean. On the top it measured a good
fifteen inches at the widest part, and not
less than twelve INCHES anywhere in the
ten feet of The shaft. At the bottom it
| pitched to~ardS the foot wall, the hang.
ing wall beng perfectly straight, and the
ore must have gained about three inches
in the two feet, Judging from the pitch.
| On the foot wall and frozen to it another
streak Of ore had made its appearance in
the last three or four feet sunk, commence
ing with the thickness OF a knife blade
and increasing until there is now full
inch. This narrow streak is as rich az
any ever found in the mine heretofore,
while the main streak is probably much
richer. The rock between the two stratas
Of ore is OF the very hardes, kind, and al.
though the men work double-handed, and
night and day, it is very slow sinking. A
new tunnel has been started on the ledge
about l25 feet below the upper one and
will ne pushei through by the time the
shaft reaches its level. Drifts will also
be run from the shaft every fifty feet, and
it will not be long before stoping will be
inangurated. Nine men are now employed
at this mine, and two more will be put on
night shift in the new tunnel in few
days. In three months from now there
should be twenty or thirty men working
on the Little Boy. Some idea OF the
magnitude Of this strike may be gained
from the fact that good fair average OF
the main ore body in the shaft assays
over 430 ounces in silver, besides gold
| and lead.
PRrIRoSE.
Work will be commenced on this claim
in very short time by Mrs. D. S. Terry,
who has purchased half interest OF Cap
tain Layne, the consideration being the
sinking Of a shaft 100 feet deep, together
with two drifts fifty feet each from the
bottom. This is a valuable claim and
Mrs. Terry's investment cannot but be
remuneratlye.
DALCoATH.
Geo. Dougherty has a nice little bunch
OF ore on this claim, but lack Of time pre-
vented my visiting it.
OCCASIONAL.