Arizona republican., 1899-11-29
HAS PROVED ITS VALUE
The King of Arizona Mine Producing
 Bars of Geld.

has just entered on it's career as a pro ducer Although ii was discovered three years ago and was then regard cd as one of the bonanza strikes of the day. it has been constant source Of expense and trouble to it's owners up to within the past six months. Located in the foothills of the Saddle Horse mountains. fifty miles from living wa ter. the King tof Arizona was robbed of some of it's value in the eyes of those of the best mining men who visited the strike. They saw that it would cost a great deal of money to work the mine and. even though the ore ran as high as 5000 to the ton in spots, and the vein had an apparent width of forty feet the strike was reduced to ques- tionable proposition before the investi- gdtion of learned experts, and experi- enced mining men were afraid of it.
 The King of Arizona fell into the hands of Col Epes Randolph and MT. Eugene S. Ives. and it is fortunate fo:- the mine that it did so. for Col. Ran dclph is q man trained to tackle just such a proposition as this mine pre- sented. He applied to the problem of making the King of Arizona a profit able mine the same skill which he has given to problems of much greater i'm portance in railroad building. The ore was thought to be free milling and five-stamp mill was erected at George NOrton's ranch, thirty-five miles away and water was brought in through the Mohawk canal for use in milling. It was found that the values in the tail ings were almost as great as those on the plates. The ore was producing but sixty per cent of it's value. and the long haul across the desert made the oper- ation of the mine unproftable.
 For a year experts were sent out to the mine to make estimates of the val ue of the ore, and examine the nature of the formation with a view of obtain ing water. It was decided by the com pany to begin drilling. and a well was sunk 1000 feet before water was ob- tained Lifting the water that depth meant an expensive pumping plantand strain on the rods which does not make the operation of the pump at all certain. And now with 100-ton mill of the Cornish roller process on the prop erty the full value of the plant cannot be obtained owing to the frequent breaking of the rods which are under tremendous pressure. Senator Ives said that the present capacity Of the plant was probably eighty tons a day. but he hopes soon. with another well. to supply water in emergency. the full capacity of the plant may be obtained.
 Our mine" said Senator Ives to e Republican reporter at the Adams yes terday. ''is just beginning to produce gold. We have had all the drawbacll to contend against which mines simi- lariy located have had. and I hope now we have the property where we will get some return for the money that has been invested. We have al camp of about 100 people, and 1 look to see sev- eral hundred here soon. for the discov- cry Jf water at our mine is going to open up the rich mineral country which surrounds the King of Arizona. The development of the mine has been practically surface work. and We now propose to sink a vertical shaft several hundred feet to penetrate the vein in its dip. This will give us a better idea of the full value of the mine, but as it is we have enough ore to run our pant for years.
 The ore is first crushed then it passes through the rollers until it is ground as fine as flour. It then goes into the tanks, of which We have six each, with a capacity each of 250 tons. where it is percolated by cyanide of po- tassium and the gold values released and allowed to go to the bottom of the tanks After the ore matter has re- mained in this solution twelve days the gold has by this time been released by the percolation of the cyanide Of potas- sium and the gold has settled in the bottom of the tank. The gold is drawn off. still held in the solution which re- leased it, and is then run over zinc shavings and is caught in rifles
 Senator Ives said that the present water supply was inadequate and sec ond we'll will be sunk fifteen miles from the mine towards the Gila river where it is thought water can be found at depth of 4S5 feet owing to the lower alti- tude When this water is obtained the milling will be carried on to it's full ca racity of lOO tons a day.
 In conversation with d mining man who is familiar with the late opera tions of the King of Arizona, the Re publican reporter learned that the mine is now paying $20,G0O a month to its owners. Senator Ives, when asked in regard to this said that he did not care to say anything about the property fur ther than it is now being successfully operated and ninety per cent of the values of the ore is saved. He said they have proven that the process adopted and now in use is the correct one for the King of Arizona ores. and all that remains now is for a proper water supply to make the mine one of the most profitable in that section of Arizona. The mine, he said, was now just entering on it's career as a pro ducer. and if the greater bodies of ore are encountered that are probably hid den in the depth of the rich vein, the King of Arizona will become much