Arizona republican., 1893-11-26
GOLDEN MILLIONS.
A Big Offer Made for the Mann
moth Mine.
Sullivan and Hall Can Have $1,000.
900 for the Big Mine at
Goldfield.

A million dollars is offered for the
Mammoth mine at Goldfield. An Eng
lish syndicate will give this amount
and thirty days time has been given
the owners of the rich claim to con-
slider the proposition. They will re-
fuse the offer it is thought as the mill
with but fifteen stamps running, makes
daily output of $4,000.
A thoroughly reliable man arrived
night before last from Goldfeld, the
rich mining camp, thirty eight miles
east of Phoenix and but twenty-five
miles from Mesa, with the report that
Dennis Sullivan and Chas L. Hall,
owners of the Mammoth mine, have an
offer of $1.OOO,OO0 for the claim from
English capitalists, who leave the pro-
position open for acceptance for thirty
days. Mr.. Hall is on the grounds and
thinks the proposition will hardly be
entertained but as Dennis Sullivan will
arrive in few days, no definite an
swer will be made until that time.
This property will be remembered as
the Haikes mine that was discovered a
year ago. During the summer the
prospect was bonded by Sullivan &
Hall of Denver at $4,000, and con-
siderable development work done.
They were soon satisfied the claim was
worth working and the amount design
ated in the oond was paid over at the
time agreed upon. Even before this
time the value of the mine had sudden
ly risen in public estimation and sew
eral parties were anxious to take it in
the event the bond was not met. Of
fers were then made as high as $3.50 900.
The new owners begun the erection of
a 20-stamp mill, which has been run
ming since the middle of September.
Owing to scarcity of water but ten
stamps were started, but more water
has been developed and now fifteen
stamps are running and turning out
$4,000 day in gold bullion. More water
is developing and soon the mill will
run at its full capacity.
Although good body OF ore was in
sight when the mine was purchased it
was in an irregular mass and the main
vain or lead was not discovered until
iabCt = cAAl1 was ouuh lOI WdICl dHu
the rich constant lead of free milling
gold was encountered. Immediately
work was transferred to this shaft and
a considerable depth has already been
reached, and the vain grows heavier
all the way with no signs of a skip.
The claim is a rich one and now we'll
developed. But few mines in the world
have paid so well from the beginning
as upon good authority, it is stated,
enough ore was shipped to the Grant
smelter at Denver to pay not only the
purchase price of the mine ($20,000,)
but to erect the stamp mill, before any
ore was milled. This makes it poor
mans mine as all the capital necessary
was to be able to pay the freight on
carload OF ore to Denver.
While the Mammoth is the best
developed mine in the camp, many
others bid fair to rival it and several
now make better showing at the same
depth than did the Mammoth. Over
5000 claims have been located in this,
the Superstition district and the future
of the camp looks bright. A number of
business houses have been erected,
hotel facilities supplied and daily
stage runs from Mesa. The camp may
be reached from Phoenix in one day ar
irving in Goldfeld at 5 O'Clock p. N.
The fare is So one way and the road
all the way comparatively level.