Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-20
4 GREAT GOLD MINE.
Mr.. J. H w. Park Speaks Of the Old
Mammoth.

| Mr.. James ii. w. Park came in YES
/ teTdIy morning from the Mammoth
gold mine in Pinal county. one of Ari-
zona-s great gold producers of rhe vel
low metal Mr. Park has spent six
weeks n Arizona, ana he came over
from London 10 investigate the plan of
the company 10 place an electrical
transmission plant on The Arivaipa
river fifteen miles from the mine. 10
produce power 10 operate she surface
works.
We have met with sons difficulty"
said Mr. Park last evening n the Al
ANS hotel in arranging for this under
taking. but l am glad 10 say that the
Obstacles are now overcome and work
viii begin in J few weeks upon the
new departure We viii place =
200-hOrse-pO power plant on the river
banks 10 begin with. and is il becomes
necessary the power Will be increased
to double that capacity The deeper
workings of the mine warrant extern
SiVe Improvements in tie facilities OF
our camp and We propose % keep pace
with the expansion of the mine. We
have fifty stamps pounding on our ore
tional stamps VIII he placed in the mil
II, once. and later il IS oUr purpose 10
add thirty more. giving rs 100-stamp
mill
The deepest workings of the Nam
moth are now 700 feet" continued Mr.
Park. and in the lowest slopes the
ore Is of a better grade than We have
Vet eacOurF cred in the mine We have
found some sUipheret ore. hut for The
most part il is free milling rs the sue
cess of the cyanidinG operations show.
The width Of the ore body at the pres
eut time s fifty feet. - you can see
ilIat there is warrant for the improve
mentS which our company * making.
The average value Of our ores * 81 a
tOn-that represents the values we
derive from the plates. and there Is still
value left for profitable cyaniding.
We are not saying 4 great deal
about the Mammoth The company
* thoroughly satisfied with its prop
ertY- and II proposes 70 make ii all
that the ore will allow I think that !
there will be loo stamps working n
the camp within the year The intro !
ductiOn of elec,ricaI power will he =
great saving rs the cost Of wood : !
growing greater each year ;lS the sap 4
niv near the camp becomes exhausted 4
Where Our electric plant VIII he <itu- 4
ated there is plenty Of wond and wafer |
q obtain z sufficient quantity /
of the latter has been Il stubborn /
thing IN estimating the present i'm
This We have solved now /
and I have no doubt but that the sun
ply furnished by she river viii be Suf-
ficient to carry or the operations pro
posed"
Mr. Park is Il memhor of the Nam
moth Gold Mining COMPANY and he
came TO Arizona from London 10 assist
Mr.. George Z. Blair in the preliminary
work If arranging for the new plant
The Mammoth mine Is lOc1ted fifty
miles north of Tucson It has
been = steady producer Of hullion for
many years. and Mr.. Park says that
the result of last months work was
better than any month in che history
of the mine The great ore body of This
mine : disprovin@ the theory which
has often been presented thai Arizona
mines do not 20 down. The ore in
The bottom of the Mammoth is richer
han any encountered above the 200
foot level Tt i one of the old stand-hyS
like the Congress and the Fortuna and
II is a property which the terri DRY
can point 10 with Just pride The Eng
fish company that operates this mine
IS one of the strongest in rhe territory.
aud il does not hesitate to give The
mine full range and place upon the
ground the best facilities for the
of the property.
Our old hoist practically fell toI
pieces Sunday said AIr. Park 1T had
i2sen used in the Development OF thal
property for many years, and II did