Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-01-22
MINES AND MINING.
A Prominent Gold Producing Property in Galena
 Gulch.

The Ideal Company and Their
 GladatOne Claim.-Pronounced
 by DIsinterested Miners as a
 Marvellous Piece of Ground.-
 Development Work is Rapidly
 and Practically Being Pushed.
 An Enterprise of a r1erited
 Character, and Operated on an
 Energetic Scale by a Limited
 Number of Stockholders,
 Attending the operations now in progress so systematically and prac- tically by the Ideal Mining company near. McCabe, but very little of late has been heard for some reason or other. Notwithstanding that the company is what may be termed close one, in so far as its corporate life goes and its interests figure in mines and mining, the fact is never theless that in its manner and meth ods it is what its name would imply. In addition to this personal feature of its make up, it has mine-and by this the assertion can be broadened out to say that in development to date and in the size and value of the Assure of the Gladstone claim at the bottom of their working shaft, the making of one of the best gold mines in the southwest is unquestionably ahead of the company. Previous to the sale of the Gladstone to the Ideal people last October, but little work had been done. Since that date, however, the mine has been regen- eratcd, and today it is the scene of not only earnest and careful opera tion, but likewise it is said to be a steady and profitable producer. In less than four months a double com partment shaft has been sunk to a | depth of 270 feet and in addition to this nearly 700 feet of levels have been run. Thirty miners are on the | pay roll. From the surface to the | deepest workings magnificent body | of ore running from five feet to eight ] feet wide has been cut, giving the property a regard in gold mining such as few if any others anywhere can claim. The ore of the Gladstone | is a sulphide, carrying a small per centage in copper. Its lead lays be- tween walls of schist like formation, and from the surface to the bottom it | has been regnlar and steady in its geological character. The second class ore is piled up at the dump on the mine- the first class beingshipped to Silver City for reduction. In | equipment the company is favored with first class and adequate machin cry for the purpose of development at the present, steam hoist, an electric lighting plant, assay office, electric drills, blacksmith shop and other ap pliances being on the ground. The many buildings on the property at tests to the stability of the enter prise, in other words, they are so sub stantially and commodiously con- structed as to create the belief that they are there to stay. Another fea ture of this company's methods in mining is noticeable in the durability of the material used in the shaft, Oregon pine ten by twelve inches be- ing the size of the timbers through out. Another striking illustration of the property's merit which is favora- ply considered by the miner is the healthy size of the ore dump and the values it contains. Men versed in from the practical to the side of the calling, who have closely followed and studied the de- of this mine have nothing but a favorable word to say of it. In addition to believing that the Glad stone is to rank foremost as a gold producer, the belief is of more or less consideration when it is on Assure that can be easily follow ed for miles up and through Galena gulch. and for this reason more than any other is the development of this particular claim to greater depth watched with a great deal of interest. The property is under the superin- of Col. D. N. Hood, an agreeable young gentleman, a grad uate of Columbia and professionally a mineralogist. With c. W. French, a stockholder, they are the only rep of the company on the ground.