Mohave County miner., 1891-07-04
The MoHAvE I!Ms!tE,Es. MI!MESEs
OFFICIAL PAPER OF the COUNTY.
A Great Mining Camp.
A Visit to Chloride's Rich
Mines.

Your correspondent visited the follow.
ing mines and was courteously received by
their representatives and shown through
them, and furnished AL the information
the public is entitled 10, which is AZ fol-
lows:
THE ENTIRE.
During the past two years this mine
has been worked conrinu lusly aud pro-
duced ore steadily exccpting SOME six
months while sinking the new vertical
shaft. The ore chute Is about i20 feet
long and Is continuous IRON the surface
To the l50-foot bottom level, the air con-
nections from that level with the tunnel
being good ore producers. The south
drift has been run about 200 feet, from
which three raises were put up so feet
and connected. Between No. aud 2
there is fine body Of ore six to ten feet
wide. carrying streaks OF very nigh grade
silver, leai and antimony, while No. 8
raise is in the highest grade ore the mine
has ever produced. There has been
shipged to the sampler during June, two
carloads of ore averaging more than $50
ounces per ton while there are some 25
tons OF low grade ore on the dump. The
principal work being done is prospecting.
The ledge is an immense one about 80
feet in width aud considerable crosscut-
ting il necessary. No. crosscut in the
hanging, cut streak of high grade ore,
while there is fine body in the bottom
of the winze, but the main shaft will have
10 be sunk before more work can be done
there, as the water cannot be handled
below depth OF 80 feet. There has not
at any time been but small force em
ployed, and that principally prospecting
and opening up ground, still the sampler
certificates show more than $50, 600 to
have been taken out since Mr.. 4. +.
Thompson, the owner, commenced 10
work it two years ago, and the ore TO
have averaged about $40 per ton. The
steam hoist was put up about one year
ago, and no difficulty stands in the way
sof prospecting at any depth less than five
or six hundred feet. which will be done
as soon as explorations are ceased at the
present bottom levels. Large ore bodies
are encountered in all the workings, but
only the higher grades Of ore are being
extracted
THE TUCKAHo.
The working shaft Is down l40 feet.
Tie north drift has been driven 20 feet in
good ore. The south drift is in 40 feet
and shows good ore in body OF quartz
about three feet wide, while new body
Of very high grade ore was struck in the
tale lying on the quartz next the hanging
wall The ore 10 matted with heavy
native silver and will compare in richness
with any ore the camp has ever produced.
There is on the dump ready for shipment
ten tons OF frst-class and five tons oi
second-class. There is good ore in the
bottom Of the shaft, which will be sunk
100 feet deeper. There is at present six
men employed. The mine is owned by
III. P. Ewing, but c. +. Sherman has a
bond upon il and Is doing the present
work. He is highly elated with his pros
pect and is confident he sees enough ore
TO pay for all prospecting and the mine
also. All previous work has stopped al
the water level, but with bis new whim
he feels confident he will have no trouble
in handling the water.
THE SUNLIGHT.
There 10 not much activity at this mine
at present. Supt. Barry is fixing for his
air compressor which will be in position
In about thirty days, when the main
shaft, which is 180 feet deep, will be
sunk 100 feet more. The rock is very
hard and but little headway can be made
without the Ingersoli drill, which, with
all the fittings except the air compressor,
is at the mine. The Sunlight has been
good producer of high grade ore, while
there is large bodies of low grade, good
concentrating ore. There is 240 feet oI
drifts with an air shaft connected with
the l00-foot level, distant from working
shaft $50 feet. The ledge has an average
width OF FIVE feet. This property is owned
III A n -.