The copper era., 1902-12-11
MINES AND MINING.
THE PoLARIs MINING AND MILLING
 COMPANY.

Greenlee district, some 19 in number,
 upon which a considerable amount of development work hal been done by the owners. Active development
 work was commenced in March last,
 under the management Of |. C..
 Woulfe, a graduate of Montana Min ! ing school, and man Of practical ex- perience as well.
 The ERA has frequently of late re-
 ceiyed letters from anxious stockhold-
 CTS inquiring as to the development
 work, etc. and for the purpose of
 answering them intelligently, a repre- sentative of the ERA last week visited
 the camp, and under the guidance of E. U. Beauchamp, the company's as- saver and acting manager during the temporary absence Of Mir. Woulfe, { was shown over the property. The first of the company's claims are To-
 cated about two miles from Evan s
 Point, near the Frisco, where the com
 pany maintains Its offices, and where Q
 20-stamp mill which it acquired at the
 time of the purchase of the property is
 located. The mines are connected by
 a well graded wagon road from the
 about s2 per ton. The Golden Eagle is
 the first property upon which any con-
 siderable amount of development work
 has been done. The Golden Eagle has
 a at hot ta
 walls, and shows two extensive chim-
 neys of ore, from three to five feet in
 width, carrying from l2 to l5 per cent.
 copper, and also running well in both
 gold and silver, the gold it is said,
 averaging about Sl0 per ton. The vein
 is opened by tunnel TO feet in length
 and considerable other work. The
 mountain is quite precfpitous, and
 depth is rapidly gained by the tunnel,
 but so mnch water was encountered
 that work was temporarily ceased in
 the tunnel. The map Of the district
 shows the Golden Eagle to be on the
 King vein, and in fact the ore is very
 similar to that Of the King. The for
 nation is the same and it is generally accepted that the Golden Eagle is on
 the King vein. However, whether
 this be the fact or not, the vein is so
 large and rich that tho company is utilities in spending any sum of money
 necessary for the developme mt of the property. The representative Of the
 ERA is of the opinion that the com pany will find the Golden Eagle to be one of its most valuable producers. There is nothing small about it, the ore is of a very high grade, and it can be opened to great depth by the driv- ing of tunnels. The greater portion of the work has been done about a half mile further up the gulch on the Black Prince, Fraction, Nonesuch and Po- laris Nos. 1 and ?. The main tunnel has been started on the Black Prince, and will cut the above named proper ties at depth Of from l200 to 1900 feet. When the tunnel reaches the Fraction, q spur will be run under the Comstock and Lady Franklin mines, thus opening seven of the claims at great depth by the same tunnel. On the Black Prince Ihe tunnel has reached depth of TO feet, and 400 feet above the mouth of the tunnel, on the Fraction, another tunnel has been driven 80 feet, shaft sunk 50 feet and a drift from the shaft l35 foet. On the Nonesuch 1900 feet from the con- of the tunnel, a 10 foot tunnel has been driven, shaft sunk 100 feet, and drift 30 feet from the | shaft. All of these workings are in good concentrating ore, with occa- sional pockets which run well in gold, | silver and copper. Assays have been | had running as high as 3 and ounces | in gold. The ore encountered in the ] above workings will surely justify the | in running the main work ing tunnel as originally intended. The ! main tunnel has already developed a ! amount Of water, which | with the supply that can be drawn | from never failing spring near the mouth of the tunnel, it is now thought will justify the removal of the mill from the river to the mines, which will prove vast saving on transporta tion, as well as doing away with the pumping plant on the river, which lifts the water 100 feet to the mill. With the mill>at the mines all of the ore can be trammed from the stOpes in the mines directly to the mill, mak- ing it an ideal mining and milling In fact the entire prop Osition can be handled with great The ore now developed is considered sufficient to justify the re- moval of the mill to the mines, but the considers that it would be wise to continue the development of the water for short time. It is ex pected, however, that the plant will be within six or eight months. The company is q strong one, and is backed by number of Texas bankers and capitalists. The company has had no trouble about finances, always having ample means on hand for its needs. It owns its claims and with the magnificent showing made by the work, it would seem that the company has bright future. but must remember that it takes both time and money to deve!ope \ nronertv tO the Droducinp stare l