Arizona republican., 1899-08-28

to the other great copper mines of the
territory. In this latter event they
will stop in Phoenix a few hours. A
few of the engineers have been here
before, but the majority of them will
be men who have confined their mill
ing resources to the eastern sections.
The visit here will not be without lis
benefits to Arizona. The men will be
awakened to the knowledge of the
wonderful mineral resources of Ari-
IONA, and upon their return will do
much to advertise the territory.
At the convention at San Francisco
Prof. Comstock will read a paper on
the resources of Arizona, and Prof. w.
P. Blake will probably read one also.
Prof. Comstock has been gathering
data during the eight years he has
been here. from which he will pre-
pare his article. A few ether Ari-
iona men are expected to be present
at the convention.
He was emphatic yesterday in
his remarks concerning the pub
LEGATIONS made recently in news
papers of the marvellous growth of
Chloride. He said the town is grow
ing steadily, and will soon be one Of
the fiOurishing towns of the territory.
He commended The Republican for
publishing the true state of affairs
which existed in Chloride.
The professor says the surveys
for the railroad being built by the Ari-
IONA & Utah Railroad company have
been completed. He made the orig
inal survey which he has altered
slightly since. The road between
Kingman and Chloride has been COM
pleted and extended a few miles north
of Chloride. 1t will be built to the
White Hills region, and in time, will
probably be extended past the Ari-
IONA line into Utah. This road will
open up several great mineral dis
tricts and will make this mineral sec
tiOn one of the most prominent regions
in Arizona. Across the Colorado
river in Utah are deposits of coal
which have not been thoroughly ex-
plOred. The coal is not the best quail
ity but the beds are thought to be ex-
tensive and if so, the railroad u;ti-
mately will be extended to them
He says further that another
road will likely be built which will
greatly aid a number of mines near
the Elkhart. The Eikhart mine is
about two miles from the branch line
from Kingman and there is a PROPOSE |
ton on foot to build a loop which will !
start at kingman, go to the Elkhart |
mine and touch all the important |
mines within a radius of three miles |
Prof. Comstock has resigned his pc
sition as vice president and manager |
CT the Arizona & Utah Railroad COM
pany. which took up a great deal of |
his time. He has been succeeded by |
Col. P. B. McConnico. But he is still |
a stakeholder in the company and is |
the principal promoter in the project |
Of building the short line to encircle |
the Elkhart mine.
Prof. Comstock speaks encourag- |
ingly of the Elkhart mine The mine |
has always produced good ores and |
the rock is getting richer with depth.
The values in gold have almost
doubled in the last few weeks. The i
pre- previously ran about a half ounce
in gold and carried -eonsiderab BILE
silver. 1t now carries about one ounce
in gold but the values in silver have
decreased slightly. The character of
he ore is subject TO changes. Streaks
are encountered where it carries sew
snty-five per cent lead and twenty-five
ounces of silver. But in such streaks
here is not much god. Most Of the
IRE is concentrated, four tons into one.
The concentrates are shipped to FL
PasO and carry on an average thirty
i've per cent lead and fifteen ounces
If silver. The ore is all Of a smelling
and in time a smelter will
De put up.
The principal drawback at the Elk
TART mine. now is the scarcity of
water. The concentrating plant of
90 tons capacity is only running
we've hours per day, but it is thought
more water will be gotten when the
hiatt is sunk deeper. The Tennessee
nine near by is running day and
hight Plenty CT water is found in
he shaft. and on this account
more ore is being shipped than from
he Elkhart. The Tennessee is an tx
ension of the Elkhart and its ores
ssay more silver but smaller guam
ity of gold.
When the professor goes east he
will make arrangements to purchase
more machinery TO be put in at the
The shaft of this mine is !
low about 400 feet deeper, but when
he new machinery is installed it viii
,e. continued 500 feet deeLer.
He says there are many mines
lear the Elknart; notably the Merri-
nae and the Minnesota, which are
putting in new ma
hinery.
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