Mohave County miner., 1892-07-23
Needles smsyts,

Of the A. Il r. X. K. passed through
Kinsman Tuesday In his private car At
tached to the delayed passenger from
Los Angeles Mr.. GaSel was pre.en, In
Needles while meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Needles Reduction Co. WAS
being held. aud it Was at that meeting
that IL WAS decided that the plant erected
by that company to treat ores by the
Macarthur Forest, or cyanide process
Was decided failure. The company
made number Of tests on large scale
on ores from different mines IN San Ber.
nadine county, California, and Mohave
county, Arizona. which demonstrated
Enthusiastically that some radical improve.
menis must be made in the modns OPP
pcrandi Of the process before 1t can pos
sibly be made success. Having ar
rived at this conclusion il vas next de-
cided 10 erect other reduction works nj
Needles and thorough and complete
knowledge Of the character OF the ores Ia
be treated and the means and facilities
at hand for transportation and reduction,
induced the company TO arrive at the
conclusion that smelling plant was re-
qnired. With the energy and enterprise
that has characterized all the actions OF
this company they Immediately pro-
ceeded to contract for q $3.50, coo smelling
plant. The A. K T. railroad company
will haul coke, coal, limestone and iron
as well az ores TO the smel,er at greatly
reduced rates, thus enabling the smel,.
ing company to bid for the low grade
ores Of Mohave county, which until nov
have been worthless on account Of the
high price OF transportation and reduc-
tion. The mines that were capable Of
producing high grade ores in paying
quantities have been pretty closely
worked for the past 20 years, and now
what Mohave county needs is chance
10 work low lrade ores to profit. By
low grade ore we mean ore that will run
from Is to 80 dollars per ton. or such
ores the supply is almost inexhaustable.
The erection Of this immense smelling
plant at Needles will create new de-
mand for lead ores, and render the low
grade lead mines OF this county that are
now lying idle, profitable producers.
prospeetors have been sent mp the Col.
orado river in search OF lead ore, i'm
mense deposits Of which are said TO exist
north Of FL Dorado canyon on the Neva-
da side not far from the river. An
agent OF the smelling company has been
supplied with the necessary funds and |
empowered TO erect a sampling works at |
the new camp OF White Hills and pur.
chase the ores Of that and surrounding |
camps for shipment to the smelter. II |
is not vet fully decided whether the ores ,
VIII be hauled to Kingman and shipped
by rail TO Needles or whether it will he |
hauled directly to the river aud from !
there by boat to the works. While the !
road from White Hills TO the river IL
only about one-hllf the distance to King
man, vet the natural disadvantages OF
the former route are so great, owing 10
heavy grades and sandy roads, that il /
seems more than likely that the route by
way CT Kingman will be Iar more prac-
table and cheaper. The price now
charged for hauling ore from the new
camp TO Kingman is $50 per ton and
teams are always loaded both ways.
This is far in excess OF what the hauling
:an he done for TO profit. 1t will only
be a short time after teams sufficient for
he demands Of the camp come in until /
,re will be hauled for less than hall
hat sum. Transportation by means of
he little fiat bo,iomed steamers that ply
The Colorado is scarcely less expensive
han hauling on wagons. Mr.. Gabel
himself rs iavoring the route
via Kingman.
Tu1 k.r ~. IL !