Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1901-05-04

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of development work done. The cross
cut now is nearly eighty feet. This
great chasm is in solid gold ore. as.
sayed FOG samples, taken from various
portions of the cross-cut. / was care
full to get ore not above the average,
and the lowest assay got from the ore
samples was lbs to the ton. The ledge,
as far as prospected, | think, will aver.
age l6S in gold. That is the highest
average l have ever known for an ex-
tensive ledge. OF course | have no
idea how soon it might give out. A
mine is peculiar thing. But there is
certainly large quantity of very fine
ore in sight. | should say, after a
careful estimate, about 24O,000S worth
of ore that can be figured out.-Arizona
Gazette.
A representative of the Era this week
visited the property of the Standard
Copper Mines, which constitute five
claims located one half mile north of
Chase creek, adjoining the San Jose
group, which adjoins the King mine.
Col. d. G. Casey is in charge and is do.
ing the development work with a rush.
Three shafts are being sunk. No. l is
now down about fifty feet, No. 2 40
feet, and No. 3 about 20 feet. Two of
the shafts are about 1000 feet apart
and all are being sunk on one of the
numerous leads which cut through the
property. All of the leads are highly
mineralized, and give every indication
of permanency. A considerable amount
of high grade ore is encountered in all
of the shafts, while nearly everything
coming up is ore of low grade. Two
of the shafts follow down on the foot
wall, which is almost perpendicular
and as smooth as a board. Timbering
will not be required in the shafts
which will be considerable saving il
expenses. 1t is the intention of the
superintendent to sink to depth OF
100 feet and then cross cut in order tC
ascertain the width of the vein, which
can only be Appropriated on the sur
face. After the crosscut has been run
the working shaft will be sunk another
100 feet, and another cross cut run, at
ter which steam hoists will be arranged
for power drills put to work. So far
all of the work has been done under
contract, and the men have been max
ing good time. All who have seen the
property since the commencement Of
work, have expressed themselves as
we'll pleased, and do not hesitate tC
say that they believe the STANDARD
have most excellent prospects of de
veloping some big mines. Many oil
those who have seen the property pur
chased Standard shares, thus backing
their judgment with their money. II
is understood that the Standard is moi
lacking for means, and will push de
velopments just as rapidly as possible
Copper Era.
The great Shafter silver mine IL
Brewster county, Texas, is soon tC
make change in the method of hand
ling ore, which, is said, will save thu
com pany zoos per day. The Shaftel
mine is one of the largest silver mines
in the country but has been owned by
the same parties for sixteen years, anc
being far from any other mining prop
erty, few mining men have ever in
spected it or the machinery for hand
ling the ore. The principal owners
have not visited the mines for severa
years, and as it paid handsome divi
dend no attention wac paid to thu
works. II appears that some eastern
people, among whom was General An
son Mills, of FL Paso, wanted to buy
the property some time ago and SEN
Col. Ellsworth to the mines to inspec
them. When there he learned thai
the company was handling the ore OF
some old method which only saved q
per cent Of the silver in the ore. III
explained the new methods to the su
perintendent which insured the saving
of IS per cent of the metal. He alsC
learned that the company was treating
the ore at a cost of IS per ton and in
troduced method of treating it at on'
dollar, saving of four dollars OF
every ton. The superintendent ex
planned that he had been running thu
mines for sixteen years and had beer
M wbare to learn the new methods