The Florence tribune., 1899-07-29
Aereat plnal County Gold Mine.
From the Phoenix Herald.l

zona's great gold producers of the vel | low metal. Mir. Park has spent six weeks in Arizona, and he came over from London to investigate the plan of the company to place an electrical transmission plant on the Arivaipa river, fifteen miles from the mine. to produce power to operate the surface works.
 "We have met with some dificultv.u said Mir. Park last evening at the Ad- ans hotel, "in arranging for this under taking, but am gla1 to say that the obstacles are now overcome and work will begin in q few weeks upon the new departure. We will place a 2O0-horse-power plant on the river bank to begin with, and as it becomes necessary the power will be increased to double that capacity. The deeper workings of the mine warrant exten- sive improvements in the facilities of our camp and we propose to keep pace with the expansion of the mine. We have fifty stamps pounding on our ore at the present time, and twenty addit. tional stamps will be placed in the nill at once, and later it is our purpose to add thirty more, giving us l0O-stamp mill"
 The deepest workings of the Nam moth are now 700 feet" continued MT. Park, "and in the lowest stopes the ore Is of better grade than we have yet encountered in the m inc. We have found some sulphuret ore, but for the most part it is free milling as the, sue cess of the cyaniding operations show The width of the ore body at the pres ent time is fifty feet, so you can see that there is warrant for the improve ments which our company is making. The average value of our ores is $7 a ton--that represents the values we derive from the plates, and there is still value left for profitable cyaniding.
 "We are not saying a great deal about tho Mammoth. The company is thoroughly satisfied with it's prop erty, and it proposes to make it all that the ore will allow. l think that there will. be 100 stamps working at the camp within the year. The intro duetiou of electrical power will be 3 great saving, as the cost of wood is growing greater each year as the sup ply near the camp becomes exhausted. Where our electric plant will be sitn- ated there is plenty of wood and water, although to obtain sufficient quantity of the latter has been a stubborn thing in estimating the present inn provements. This we have solved now, and I have no doubt but that the sup ply furnished by the river will be sui icient to carry on the operations pro- posed. '''=r ~
 1 Mir. Park Is a member of the Nam moth Gold Mining Company, and he came to Arizona from London to assist Mr. George P. Blair in the preliminary work of arranging for the new plant. The Mammoth mine is located fifty miles north of Tucson. It has been a steady producer of bullion for many years, and Mir. Park says that the result of last months work was better than any month in the history of the mine. The great ore body of this mine is disproving the theory which has often been presented that Arizona mines do not Ego down." The ore in the bottom of the Mammoth is richer than any encountered above the 700 foot level. It is one of the old stand bys like the Congress and the Fortuna, and it is property which the territory can point to with just pride. The Eng fish company that operates this mine is one of the strongest in the territory, and it does not hesitate to give the mine full range and place upon the ground the best facilities for the expansion of the property.
 "our old hoist practically fell to pieces Sunday" said Mr. Park. "It had been used in the development of the property for many years, and it did not possess the power to work below the 700-foot level. We installed new fifty-horse power hoist to take its place so that we can resume sink ing now at once without any danger of overtaxing the power of the ground facilities"
 Mr. Park departed last night for the east where he will make arrangements for the shipment of the power plant and the other equipment which is toibe placed on the property.