Mohave County miner., 1899-12-16
Mine Management.

ore body may be large, but it is not al
wavs advisable to build mill or re-
duction works before the vein has been
developed. 1t may not prove to be
as extensive with development as the
surface showing indicates, or even II 1t
does hold out there are few ore bodies
which will keep large mill supplied
without some preliminary work being
done to render the ore cheaply and
quickly accessible. An instance in
point is found at the old village of
Altaville in. South Dakota. In 1879
two brothers located several claims,
the principal one being known as the
Jenny Lind 1t was recognized as a
good prospect, and in the course of
few months the property was sold to
an eastern company. The development
was superficial, but forty stamp mill
was rushed to completion, large force
of men employed, and, as the saying is,
Everything went" A gentleman of
high social standing in his eastern
home was sent out to manage the en-
terprise. He had never seen a mine
before, and knew not even the rudi-
ments of an industry which requires
more than ordinary business capacity,
to say nothing of practical experience.
The natural result-failure was the con-
sequence The mine was closed down
and later the mill moved elsewhere. A
year or two since a practical mining
engineer took the property after an in
vestigation and commenced working it
on small scale. He discovered that
not all of the vein or lode was rich,
though some of it contained sufficient
to constitute pay rock. By careful Sc
lection of his ore he made success
from the start and has since enlarged
his plant and is making success. This
is but single instance. Nearly every
mining community has similar mOnu
ment of ill investment and folly in
management. A mine manager who is
deficient in technical knowledge of his
business will, if he is wise, select re-
liable and experienced men to take
charge of the various departments of
the enterprise, making them RESPONSE
BILE for the results, and where this has
been done few failures have followed.
This is common sense management
Mining and Scientific Press.
The following interesting account of
the recent session of the United States
court at Florence is taken from the
Phenix Republican: The defaulting
treasurer of Pinal county, P. r. Brady,
Jr., was tried and convicted, and Judge
Doan passed sentence after the dis
trict attorney left Florence. Ten per-
sons arrested for selling liquor to In
dians we're tried aud nine we're sen
fenced to one years Imprisonment in
the penitentiary and fine of l0Os, and
one was sentenced to two years and a
fine Of zoos. The offenders were white
men and Mexicans. The colored SOL
diers of the Ninth cavalry who caused
considerable trouble to the government
at San Carlos few months ago, were
tried and a most remarkable combi-
nation of the figure thirteen was es
tablished. 1t appears that there were
thirteen troopers arrested on the 18th
day of October and thirteen witnesses
testified against them before the grand
jury. The thirteen men arrested plead
guilty, and it looked as though the fate
of the others was sealed. In the trial
the hoodo was broken by the discharge
of ten of the troopers, and the other
three were sentenced to a year each at
Yuma. The three troopers who will go
to Yuma were in Cuba during the late
war. The trouble caused by the troop
ers very nearly resulted in an outbreak
of the Apaches which might have
proven disastrous to the settlers of the
Gila Valley. Mr.. Morrison said there
we're a large number of Apache In.
dians at Florence as witnesses against
the troopers, and one night the people
of that place were attracted to the
camping place of the Indians by a
"devil dance" which was arranged by
the warriors present. Mr.. Morrison
says that it was remarkable physical
test, and some of the Indians who par
ticipated in it were not able to appear
in court the next day. They we're com
pletely exhausted from the violent ex