The herald., 1894-08-27

ager w heeler are in Yuma enjoying the
climate md resting. The help employed
in and around the mine have gone to the
sea and to the mountains to cool off
Superintendent Frank Guerra is still
going down on the mine. He will sink
200 feet deeper, which will carry the
shaft down to the 750.foot level. Those
we'll posted, but not interested in the
mine, believe that it is most valuable
property. and will yet turn out the gold
as OF old.
"At the Gold Rock the 40-stamp mill
continues to turn out its clean $1,000 per
day. Down 800 feet or more, with no
walls anywaere, ore wherever you turn,
with such fsttering prospects in the
company's adjoining mines, it is no
wonder that the owners refuse to sell at
figures which seem fabulous. The COM
pany will add 80 more stamps to their
mill next winter. which will give them
100 stamps. Mine owners in this section
will do large amount of development
work as soon as cool weather comes.
The bonding OF the Blossom mine for
$40. 900, the prospects of mill on the
Pasadena mine, and the fattering pros
poets in the Peterson mines, have Infused
new life into the camp. Superintendent
Wheeler of the mill is more than main
tanning his already we'll earned reputa-
tion OF being one Of the best mill men in
the state.
"Hsving heard go much OF the Pi-
cacho gold mines, run over there con-
vinced me that not one-half has been
told. The Picaoho basin, in which the
mines are situated, is q wonder In its
great veins of ore standing ont boldly o
hundred feet wide, with clean. bright
gold distributed through it. / never
tried horn spoon fall OF rock or dirt
that did not get fine prospect. There
are 20 mines located, all near each other.
] never saw such . prospect for great
mills to turn out the yellow metal. The
ore is very soft, breaking into dust and
coarse gravel size. hardly any Of it being
tonehed by the crusher in passing
even all through the ore.
"The old David Neahr mines, all pat
snted, and now owned by Chicago syn.
dicats are immense. Three of them are
more than 100 feet wide, and the fourth
mine ia from 20 to 80 feet wide. At the
depth OF PIG feet. to which the mines
have been opened. the veins still widen,
the ore is free milling, no eulphurets
ever having been found, and the vein
matter is very soft and easily worked.
The mill, which has been in charge OF
Joe Mendevill. is in perfect order and can
soon be started up. The syndicate will
put in new and larger boiler and Is
more stamps and 25-ton Huntington
mill to work the softest and powdered
ore.
THE Placer company has changed
hands. Clayton Smith, the former
president of the company, 10 now in
Lendon. He is euccseded by G. B.
Kirkbrids. Allen ]. Smith, the general
manager, has sold out his interest, re-.
signed and ia succeeded by Tom Parker
as superintendent. The new company
talk Of putting in an electric railroad
from the river to the mines, down which
they will haul their gravel and pay dirt
to the river and wash it with water from
their pumping plant, which Mr.. Parker
says he can do for 121a cents per ton.
As Messrs. Topp & Locke estimated the
amount OF gravel at 100000 cubic
yards, and its value from 81 to $1.50, it
will be readily seen that the company
has fine prospect before it.
"Ailsn Smith and Joe Mendevill also
have some very promising properties,
large veins OF free-milling ore. l. costs
30 cents per ton to haul the ore from the
mines to the mill. Ten mules will make
two trips per day, hauling ten tons at
load, The ore can be mined for less
than 30 cents per ton and milled at the
same figures. or $3.50 per ton for min
ing, hauling and milling. Gel. d. X.
Allen estimates that the ore will average
from So to $40 per ton in the mill. Hav.
ing given the matter careful study his
opinion ia worthy of attention. Clayton
and Allen Smith, after having spent
$l75 O00-which the placer mining and
pumping plant cost, left here after hav.
gained the eatesm and confidence OF
everyone worth naming with whom
they had any bueineHs transactions.
Allen Smith will return in the fall to
ork his quartz mines"
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