Gilpin observer., 1899-02-16
MINING OPERATIONS
RETARDED BY SNOW.
THE VULTURE MINE.
New Owners Reported to Have Uncovered
Much Rich Ore.

ANe" OWhSAh ANoPohtou W AhaSc
Much Rich Ore.
dispatch to the Denver Republican
from Phoenix, Arizona says:
The famous Vulture mine has lately
come into prominence in the mining
world through strike of high grade
, ore in the west incline shaft of the
old workings.
The Vulture was once owned by for
mer Senator Tabor. 1t marked the first
quartz mining development in Arizona,
and its history has been the most re
mnrkable of any mine in the South
west
Not only in the old workings of the
mine has rich ore been encountered in
the development which has been car
,ried on quietly by The New Nulture
Mining Company. but recent reliable
reports from that camp show that the
work which has been done on virgin
ground has proved successful. one of
these new shafts has produced high
grade ore from Il generous ore body
which is valued at S1OS.5O a ton. and
the new shaft which has been sunk L.
600 feet east of the west incline shaft
in new ground to a vertical depth of
~ feet has encountered Il rich ore
body. y crosscut made at the lowest
depth of this shaft runs twcnty-sev-
en- feet through solid ore. which is said
to be even richer than any the old
workings produced in the palmy days
of the Nulture mine.
The new Nulture company took hold
of this property less than two years
ago. and since that time their efforts
have been directed towards ascertain
ing the extent of the ore bodies. the de-
vel0pment of water in the mines depth
for milling purposes. and prosecuting
virgin ground owned by them in proX-
unity to the workings. The company
has operated quietly, but at different
times reports have reached Phoenix of
the success of the new owners of the
property. 1t has been learned by the
Republican correspondent upon reIi-
able authority that active operations
will be begun n; an early date TO place
the Nulture among the list of gold pro-
ducers of Arizona. since the company
is now fully satisfied that the mine
has long life before it,
Hundreds of thousands of tons of
rich ore are revealed. and the company
feels warranted in thoroughly equip
ping the mine for extensive operations.
The equipment will embrace new
mill of fifty stamps. which will take
the place of the old cghty-stamp mill
now on the property. Il pumping plant
and pipe line. together with an cleo
'Iltui power anu ITallS1DlSSlOH Dl:iuI,
which will be placed on the Hasssi-
yampa river. from which the water
will be secured for the camp. Joseph
{. Mckee, manager of the New Vul-
ture Mining Company. is now in Chic;i-
20 arranging these important matters,
which VIII require an immediate eN-
penditure of S200000 by the company
During the early operations Of the
Nulture thousands of tons of tailings
accumulated. The first milling was
done at Smiths mills on the Hassa-
yampa river, and these tailings were
! recently cleaned mp by Malcolm Nc
Le.sh of Denver. who, il is claimed.
took SIJ.000 out of the dump. The
milling was af;erward done at point
ii mile above Wickenburg where great
beds of iailings were deposited This
dump was puchased by Harvey Helm.
who Is at the present time engaged In
extracting the gold values by cyanid-
ing.
Later the eighty stamp mill WIS
erected III the mine and the tailings
were allowed 10 wash down ravine.
and when operations We're stopped some
years ago attention was directed to the
immense values contained in the great
waste of tailinGs which stretched for
over II mile and filed the ravine often
at Il depth of thirty feet. The new NuI-
ture company placed II cyanide plant on
the property and used the water from
the mine to operate IL. being compelled
through this sacrifice to shut down the
milling operations which had been be-
gun. The plant has been in successful
operation for more than II year. 1t is
conveniently arranged so that the work
can be done with the minimum of cx-
pense. and the profits from these opera
tions have been very large. The i'm
mense quantity of the talings dump
Will keep the present plant of the com-
pany in operation for many years.