Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-02-15
kiNoMAN DISTRICT.
Interesting Paragraphs About Miners
Ard Their Droc,A~t-

Git tKf1 SNUJht
and Their Prospects.
The mill o. the Southwestern Mining
company at Eldorado Canyon IL pound.
inc away on good ore.
At the blanchard mines. on Rill VIII
liams Fork. work Is in progress and
the mines showing up well in copper
values.
AZ the Alexander mine. union Basin.
drifting is being carried on and good
orc ~ being sent TO the surface the
ore from the drifts Is far better than
that found on the surface.
Men are ut work reuairing the tun-
mel in the American Flag mine and
cleaning II out. preparatory TO making
n thorough examine on of the prop.
crty In the lower tunncl a LARGE cave
WIS encountered ana II rs expected
that this cave may snow up an ore
body of considerable extent
At depth of 100 feet a rich body
of ore was struck In the old Planet
mine this week. WORK Us being pushed
on both shafts and IN the deen one the
ore is coming In solidly and shows big
copper values. Quite 4 number of men
are employed on the property II II.
Webb. superintendent ~ the property.
iG in kingman after supplies.
r.. S. Osborne is In Kingman from
his camp on Bin Williams Fork. He
& working force Of men on some gold
claims and the veins are all showing
up wonderfully well The ore besides
carrying gold also carries some values
in copper On the copper claims In
which he IL interc tied, the ore NJ
dopth Of 100 feet Is showing better
values than on the surface.
Work on the hex Scarchlight road Is
now in progress. The road runs up
| through the HEX valley and little grad
| ing is necessary TO put the roadhed in
condition To commence laying ties and
steel The company has purchased n
'aroc amount Of steel and intend TO
have the road In operation in about six
months u will open up one of the
richest mining sections In southern
| Nevada Needles win receive large
| benefits from the building OF this line
Of road
| This week money for the purchase
Of the Telegraph mine one of the Bur
ro group. was deposited in the Arizona
Central bank. a. this place The mine
$ owned by j 4. Smith and w. D.
McCright. MIR. McCright is expected in
| <lnwman 20 sign the deeds. Negotia-
| lions are IN progress TO sign the deeds
| NeGOtiaIlpNS are IN pbpEifsh ipi WV
| sale of the Burro mine TO the same
| larties. The sale is a cash deaf and
the new owners intend TO at once be
| gin work on an extensive scale.
8 c. Bagg came into Kingman yes
terday from the Katherine mine of the
new Comstock Mining company. II,
| cports that ore is being taken from
he mine and hauled to the mill OF Tho
Arizona and New England Consolidat
ed Mining company on the oank OF thu
Colorado river, one mile distant. Th'
lost OF extracting and hauling the orr
to the mill rs about one dollar per ton
md this will be reduced below tai
figure when the mine begins to pro
iuce regularly. Several hundred tom
" the ore will be run through the mil
TO test its value and II satisfactory
mill will be erected by the compan.
| nauahle of handling NJ least loo ton
daily. In the crosscut nj the cotton
Of the shaft the ore is cut 10 a widt
Of twenty-three feet without sign q
walls The average of this ore
uearly Sill per ton.--Mohaye Count
Miner.