Mohave County miner., 1899-04-08
Chloride and Vlelnity.

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Tho management of the schuylkill mine
:, ,,sbipg work to the end Of putting the
Ina in shape for thorough development
4, Drssent the working force is light,
-, os fast as work is needed will be i'm.
mediately supplied. ,
The Diana is another mine that lie go
;o, n rank A / with the big ore preduc
ava NJ the camp at no remote period.
Things are being put in excellent shape
- and about the mine for fast and eco
romical labor, and the new holster will
.oor ha m operation over the shaft. This
;Ocrease in facilities will soon bring to
HVh, more or less OF the great ore bodies
that are practically and theoretically
known to underlie the Diana from end
10 end.
The Bryan mine IS proving itself to be
stp top ore producer, snd will soon he
betrer heard from when little more
vo,k will lay its rich body OF ore bare to
the admiring gaze OF the owners and pub.
lie This property would have been
heard from sooner but many diff ,ulties
in the way OF thorough preparation for
development was attached to it in great.
er or less degree from the first, and those
obstacles and minor hindrances will soon
ne permanently removed, and the mine
made to rank with the best 10 the dis
triCt.
The Elkhsrt is hardly less a bonanza
mine than the Tennessee, only that the
mine Je' not aff1rd suff lent water for
the concentrator to run on full time
The ere body is immense, and a number
Of additional miners have been placed at
work this week, and the work OF develop.
ing the rich treasures cf the + kha,t is
receiving the greatest OF care and the
most intelligent and skilled attention.
With greater depth i. is believed, a
bountilul supply OF water will be had,
and then the machinery will be started
on long run Of both day and night
.hi,s and catch up with the work Of con
,cenrstng and shipping the ore.
Richer and richer! comes the word
rom the great ore bodies in the Ten
nassee mine. These are the words that
break on the surface with each recur,
ring shift OF miners that are hoisted from
The deep workings below, and the news
s taken up and passed from mou b to
m)uth until the phenomenal values Of
The ores h. come household words and
So jet OF street and camp gossp. OF
course, the mine il hetter prepared with
ns new and improved sys'em OF concen
'raliDn, as well a. in the matter Of de
yeloping the ore bodies and handling and
hosting the loose accutnulations broken
below, and it has taken time and much
irrthough to bring about these happy
results At fret IL was lhought that the
mig ore body now being worked would
pinch more or less as work progressed as
- il s,ancrd in most mines, but after a
depth OF fifteen feet through the great
body Of white metal, it remains the same
mass Of solid ore as before There is no
theory TO advance as TO where this great
s'resk oi good iorrune f,r the Tennessee
peopl will end, and there is enough in
sight for many months work to come
Tn- old ore dump Is growing smaller and
IN tller az the days and nights 80 by
before the wheels Of the great machinery,
and wagon load after wagon load OF rich
'oUcentrates leave for the railroad at
kngmsn daily.
Eqntlly az rich ore a. can he found or
seen anywhere in the district is being
ak out by Cn aries Gross on claim
nat he located since the first OF January.
The ore body lie good 10 srz, as we'll, and
W men are enabled TO take down a
M nber Of sackS 4 day. The ore IL iron,
red and black oxides and richly o pc
colDred qI,rrz, the latter presenting
much The appearance Of copper itself
tlr values contained 10 the ore ART g)ld,
silver and copper, a conclusion EARLY ar
rived al upon first look. There are
about twenty sacks Of this ore on the
dump and quantity awaiting classifica'
Ton and sacking This has been dont
10 aoont one month mosrly ny one man
10" discovery and ella % is in a good 10
cal''V, It being between quarter and a
nan mile in n sou hwesternly direction