The Arizona sentinel., 1891-03-14


 have ventured to make today. 1 think it may be we'll, gentlemen to refresh your minds as to the ex- tent of your possessions known as the Mammoth mines.
 PROPERTY DESCRIBED.
 Your property consists of eight mines, known as the "Mammoth," :" Mammoth Wedge" Mars" "Ra- ven" Remnant" "Remnant Ex- tension," Jenny Lind," and the Nightingale" The total length along the vein is 5000 it., and width 600 it., and we have four mill sites of , acres each, all situ- ated in Pinal county in Arizona. The mines are distant about 50 miles from Tucson station on the Southera Pacific Railway. There is a good wagon road from the mine to Tucson. The Tucson Globe and Northern railway now in course of construction, vii p ss within s miles of the mine. The river San Pedro passes a short dis tance from the mill, thus supply ing ample water all the year round. Tine machinery, which is all new, comprises 8 steam engine of 120 h. D., a 50-stamp mill, the stamps be- ing of 750 lbs. The total crushing capacity is 100 tons a day. Each battery is fitted with self feeders, copper amalgamating plates, sluices, etc. In addition there are six Fruvanner concentrators, two Blake ore crushers, and very large stock of mining tools and supplies. The mill, engine-house, and ore platform are lit by cleo tricity, special 20 h. p. engine being fixed in the engine-room for this purpose. All the necessary buildings, such as stores, work shops, assay offices, etc., and build ings for the employees are on the property. The trade with the Mammoth Camp is large, and re- garded as so permanent that the merchants of Tucson, 50 miles dis tant, and those of Benson about 70 miles distant, were each anxious to secure it by building a road to the mine.
 ACROSS TO THE MINES.
 The Tucson people were first in the field, and by their exertions with the county authorities and their own subscriptions, to which we contributed some 300 pounds, a new road is heins made from a point 15 miles from the mine on the old road. This new road de- creases the distance by about eight miles, and is of better grade than the old one, and avoids the ravine. It has also the advantage of open ing up large timber district, from which the company can draw its supplies of fuel more cheaply than ct present. About half this road is now built 1 make rather par ticular mention of this road because my experience of mining camps is this, that those enterprising trad CTS who cater for the necessities of mines, and spend their own money in doing so, have generally a very accurate knowledge of the eapa- bilities and probable duration of the mine itself.
 PROPOSED TRAMwAY.
 Another great improvement to our property if we carry it out, will be the tramway. Surveys have been made and estimates ob- tained of a wire tramway from mine to mill, distance Of about three miles. Such a tramway would reduce the cost of transport to p cents per ton, or lsss than half the present cost ol hauling Gy mule team. On the present output the saving would be oyer 2,0OO lbs a year. Negotiations are pending the erection of this tramway with Mir. Fletcher (the late owner of the Mammoth, to be paid for by the company out of the saving on hauling or otherwise. Referring now to the balapce-sheet, there may be certain large items about which you will require more de- tailed information For instance, on the debtor side is one of sundry This is made up by the interest due from 18th of August, 1889, to 31st of Decem- Der last, nearly 17 months, and amounts to 9,2l7 pounds, Is. 2d. Then there is an item of 950 pounds for the maintenance of the mines; 462 pounds, for trade ac- counts, balance of salaries, etc., and the mean wages for December last, which make up a total of l2, 993 pounds, 12s. 5d. On the credit side under the heading of expenditure in England, is the item of 2,615, los, 4d, in which are included all the legal charges, printing and stationers' bills, di- rcctors' fees, salaries of all kinds, rent, rates, and taxes extending over a period of over one year and