Mohave County miner., 1900-09-22
General Mining News

tributary OF Gun creek, The ledge
is said to be four feet wide and crops
for 700 feet Assay returns from
sample sent to FL Paso showed 2iOs
gold, One of the partners claims to
have received description and map
of the DR. Thorne mine from ihe
doctor himself, aud is confident that
they have discovered that lost bonanza
A shipment of ore is to be made
through Globe.-Silver Belt.
Mr.. Vatican, who has purchased the
Hall and Cooley copper properties.
contemplstes the erection of large
reduction works aud the building of a
railroad to the Southern Pacific. He
secured with the mines two mill.sites
on the Gila river near the old Ripsy
mill and will erect the works at that
point. He represents a strong Penn
sylyania company, composed of men
who are in the habit of doing business
on large scale. Operations will be
commenced at these mines in earnest
inside of sixty days.--Arizona Blade,
The United Globe mines discoutin.
ued the shipment Of ore on Tuesday,
The contract with the Ell Paso smelling
works having expired, aud the smelt-
ing company having raised the charges
for treatment - per ton. la conse-
quence of the discontinuance of ore
shipments number of miners have
been discharged. The reported ne
gotiation of the com pany for the pur-
chase of iron from the San Carlos strip
leads to the belief that they intend
soon to resume smelling at their own
works. Prof. james Douglas, president
OF the company, is expected here with
in few days.-Globe Silver Belt.
The owners of the Turning Point
mill aud mine, in the Casa Grande dis
trict, are said to have completed a
deal by which strong Scotch syndi-
cate becomes the owners of that prop
erty. The new company is expected to
cpm nencs operations at the property
soon on large scale.-Prosp spector
A Salt Lake man has just been
granted patent for preparing acid
ores, or failing for treatment by the
cyanide process, and miners consider
the discovery one that will be of great
value TO all those sections of the coun-
try producing ores which have been
worked by the cyanide process. The
method, briefly described by the dis
coverer, Is very siml IL one and a
very economical one, end while neu-
tralizing the acids that have hitherto
fouled the cyanide solution it increases
percentage of extraction, and to an ex-
tent that is astonishing, diminishes
the amount of cyanide required for
teaching. The secret of the whole pro-
cess is the intelligent application of
plain chlorate of lime after the ores
containing arsenides, sulpbides, etc.
have been roasted just enough TO de
compose those properties. This can
be done very cheaply and quickly
without the loss of gold. No attempt
is made after roasting to remove the
sulphates, arsenates, etc, by heat, bat
the lime treatment Is at once applied.
The discoverer, who has. for long time
operated cyanide plant at the Wilson
mines, Pine Grove, Nevada, has treated
a,l ,x,,y traafip,y ya.nasuFnllx fha
ores by his method, the extraction
ranging from So to 95 per cent of the
gold contents of the ores. With these
ores in raw state, 60 per cent of the
gold was extracted with a loss Of IL TO
Is pounds of cyanide of potassium per
ton of ore treated with potassium
cyanide alone. BY the use of the
Smith me,hod upon the raw ore, the
same extrection was obtained with a
loss of three pounds of cyanide of
potassium per ton of ore treated
Prospector. m
The old Robert E. Lee mine at Lead
vile Is about to resume operations,
and host of recolleictions will cluster
around the rehabilitation of this fa
nous old property, says the Denver
Republican. Many years ago, when
the mine was in large production, the
surface plant and the workings to the
depth of 200 feet we're destoyed by
fire. There we're number Of old