Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-11-20

MINER was not aware ot there being any $300,0O0 properties lying around loosel and never having even heard of the existence of the above claims had to institute an inquiry in regard to them. The result IS that it was learned that the claims formerly be- longed to 2 man named Nick Shlum- berger. That he has sunk fifty or sixty feet on the claims without finding anything of value. A man was found who said he had been offered these claims some time since for a horse, as the owner wanted to
 get out of the country. If these are the facts in the case it seems in credulous that the prospect holes could ever have been sold for tho price named, and If such is the case
 1t is a serious thing for this country.
 Men are engaged in trying to secure capital for legitimate mining enter
 prises and the unloading of prop critics of no value whatever on men of means in London will have the effect of giving a black eye, not only to this particular section but to Arizona in general. No words of too severe condemnation can b0
 meted out to any party who will at
 tempt to perpetrate such a fraud, for the few paltry dollars benefit
 that may be individually obtained from 1t.
 The managers of the Last Chance mine are not only greatly encour- aged but are in fact quite enthu- siastic over the present outlook of that property. The JOURNAL MINER man visited that property yesterday and inspected the mill and other "top-of ground " improvements, while 8 representative of the paper
 went down into the lowest workings of the mine and inspected all of the shafts. drifts and winzes from top to
 bottom. At the 2O0-foot level, as
 previously announced, they have
 struck a fine body of high grade sulphuret ore which is six feet wide
 in the breast of the drift. The drift
 is 45 feet long and sixteen feet of
 this is in solid ore with no signs yet
 of break in it. The same body of
 ore has been encountered in the 50-
 foot ieVel and also in a level at a
 depth of ll5, showing that 1t is con
 tinuous for POO feet in depth at
 least. At 90 feet it is about seven
 feet wide. At ll5 feet it IS from
 two and half to six feet wide, while
 at the 200-foot level, as stated, 1t is
 six feet wide and is wedge shape in
 form with the big end of the wedge
 down showing that it is widening
 out with depth. The ore on this
 level was encountered in the north
 drift while another drift is
 being run also south from
 the shaft on his level. They
 are pushing work on these drifts as
 rapidly as possible, working double
 shifts. The mine is equipped with
 fine hoist and it is down grade all
 the way from the mine to the mill,
 the distance not being over 200 or
 3O0 yards. Sufficient water to run
 the hoist is obtained from the mine
 while the water supply for the mill
 is obtained from never failing springs located a short distance above it. This supply of water, taken in connection with the fact that wool is abundant in the i'm mediate vicinity is of the greatest advantage in working a big prop erty as this now gives indications of being. There are few, if any, of the best mines in this section of Ari- zona which have made as good a showing at the same amount of de- velopment work as the Last Chance now shows. The mill is q five-stamp one, with room for five more and power for twenty stamps. It was designed and built by H. N. Palmer, who is without doubt the "boss" mill builder in Arizona, and is model for convenience and com pactness. The stamps are heavy and the mill has capacity of crush ing from twelvetofiteen tons of ore per day. It is equipped with two Frue Wanna concentratOrs, automatic feed ard all of the latest improve ments in the way of economical working. It is in charge of James Cassidy, during the day shift, while at present Superintendent James Shirley runs it at night. E. V. B. Hoes IS general manager for the company and gives his personal at tention to the business, even to the very details of it. Superintendent Shirley is also active and energetic in looking after the various inter- ests under his supervision. The workings are under the direction of k. J. Austin, min ing man of years experience, who learned the business in Nevada, and 1 who conducts his department the l same as the business throughout is managed on thorough systematic l business principles. The efforts and l energies of the management hereto fore have been concentrated on | getting the mill completed and in operation and in the development | of the mine, and now that the | former has been accomplished, and l the latter making good progress other improvements will be added. Lumber is on the ground for the erection of boarding house, also for house to enclose their hoist ing works, the and master mechanic, Jacob Reese, will commence work this week on these buildings. The property is located only seven miles from town. The s. F., P. x P. rail road crosses the ground covered by .he mine, while the mill is in full view of trains as they pass over the road and within a stones throw of he track. General Manager E. V. B. Hoes brought in ball of amal- gam yesterday worth over $l00 which was taken from plates, the re- ult of about4 40 hours run. He also brought samples of the concentrates which are very rich. All connected i. |