Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-01

the water used is caught and pumped
up to a high level reservoir where il
IS strained and is ready for reuse at a
loss of not more than fifteen per cent,
The width OF the ledge worked By
the Wallapai company varies from
five to twenty fest between the walls.
the hanging wall being quartzite, and
the foot-waH porFhyry schist. The
products of the vein matter are gold
silver and lead. and The output when
the mine is in full work results in a
carload of concentrates per day.
Shipments of concentrates have
been made from this mine that went
IS per cent of lead, but the average
may be taken as 40 to As, the gold val
Ges averaging $40 and the silver
twenty to twenty-five ounces per ton
Some fifty to sixty men are given
employment in She mine and the nee
essary surface work in connection
Herewith.
On the same ledge a short distance
northwards is the Schuylkiil owned
by Pittsburg company, Mr.. f. w.
Theis being the manager. This mine,
which has been worked for number
of years and contains large ore bod
les. has shaft 220 feet in depth, with
drifts, crOss-Cuts. tunnels and WINES
aggreg3ting upwards of 1000 feet.
Arrangements are now being made for
erecting suitable machinery for work
ing the mine to a much greater ex-
tent than has been accomplished
hitherto.
The Me.rimac. situated about a mile
west of The new railroad depot, was
started a little more than year ago,
and has one shaft down $40 feet and
a b0Ur I COO
feet of development work has been
done and the ledge varies from four to
ten feet, the walls being poTphyry and
syeni5e Large bodies Of ore are Cp-
ened out and ready for Stopping, the
necessary machinery, Including
Gates crusher and a Huntington mill,
is ordered. and it is hoped to get If
erected and have work in full swing
within the next month. The Merri-
mac ore is said to be of about the
highest grade in the Chloride camp, a
selected lot having assayed upwards Of
1000 ounces of silver and one ounce
of gold to the ton.
Mr.. 10y Of the Wallapai company,
who has done much energetic and val
liable work in advancing the Interests
of ,this district, is interested IN the
Merrimac and thinks very highly of
its prospects. This mine Will give en-
plOyment to some thirty or forty men.
The Elkhart mine, owned by the
Security Mining and Developing com
pany, Dr. TheO B. Comstock president
and ma1ager ard T H. Barclay SUI
perintendent, is situated just north of
the Scuylkll and IS on the same ledge
as that mine and the Tennessee.
Work was started about three years
ago. their shaft is down 400 feet, and |
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work has been done. The plant com
prises a steam hoist of sixty horse |
power. Comet crusher, two sets of |
rolls. four sets of jigs and three Frue |
Vanners. Its full capacity is 100 tons |
per day, which as the ore concentrates |
at q ratio of from 10 4 to /, would |
give a daily production of about thirty |
tons Of concentrates. They have been /
turning out from 100 to 100 tons per |
month, a scarcity of water preventing /
operations being carried on by any
thing like The full capacity of the |
plant. Only yesterday eight msn |
were laid off for this cause and it is |
the intention of the owners to at once !
turn TER attention to the develop !
ment of a further supply of this, 10 |
them. Invaluable fluid. When in full |
work about fifty men are employed at |
the E7khart mine
The Juno north of the town, one of |
the early mines, which is said to have |
produced from surface workings $780, !
600 to 100000, is regarded as a prom !
ising venture. A shaft is now down |
200 feet and cross-cut5ing Will be |
commenced and the necessary ma |
chineGy for dealing with the product |
erected forthwith.
The Minnesota. owned by Mr.. John |
Barry-said to be a very valuable
mine-is equipped with a concentrat-
ing plant and considerable develop
ment work has been done. There are
number of other promising mines
and prospects in the Chloride district,
the Mollie Gibson. Diana. Sunlight
Midnight, Pay Roll, Distaff and many
others. but the time I could devote 70
this district being (for reasons not Of
public INTEREST," limited, l had 10 con-