Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-13

Interesting Paragraphs About Miners
and Their Prospects.

anu inClT prospects,.
The mill of the Southwestern Mining
company at Eldorado Canyon is pound
ing away or good ore.
At the Blanchard mines, on Bill Will
liams Fork. work is in progress and
the mines showing up well in copper
values.
At the Alexander mine. union Basin.
drifting is being carried on and good
ore Is being sent to the surface. The
ore from the drifts is far better than
that found on the surface.
Men are at work repairing the tun-
mel in the American Flag mine and
cleaning il out, preparatory to making
a thorough examination of the prop
erty. In the lower tunnel a large cave
was encountered ana it is expected
that this cave may show up an ore
body of considerable extent.
At a depth of 100 feet a rich body
of ore was struck in the old Planet
mine, this week. Work is being pushed
on both shafts and in the deep one the
ore is coming in solidly and shows big
copper values. Quite a number of men
are employed on the property. E H,
Webb. superintendent of the property
is in Kingman after supplies.
e. S. Osborne is in Kingman from
his camp on Bill Williams Fork. He
is working q force of men or 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 is interested. the ore at
a depth of 100 feet is showing better
values than on the surface.
Work on the hex S~earchlight road is
now in progress. The road runs up
through the hex valley and little grad
ing is necessary to put the roadbed in
condition to commence laying ties and
steel. The company has purchased a
large amount of steel and intend to
have the road in operation in about six
months. 1t will open up n of the
richest mining sections in southern
Nevada. Needles will receive large
benefits from the building of this line
of road.
This week money for the purchase
of the Telegraph mine, n OF the u
70 group was deposited in the Arizona
Central bank, at this place The mine
is owned by J.. A. Smith and w. ID
McCright. Mr.. McCright is expected in
Kingman to sign the deeds. Negotia
tons are in progress to sign the deeds
Negotiations are In progress Tor the
sale of the Burro mine to the same
parties. The sale is a cash deal and
the new owners intend to at once be
gin work on an extensive scale.
S. c. Bagg came into Kingman yes
terday from the Katherine mine of the
new Comstock Mining company. He
reports that ore is being taken from
the mine and hauled to the mill of the
Arizona and New England Consolidat
ed Mining company, on the ban of the
Colorado river, one mile distant. The
cost of extracting and hauling the ore
to the mill is about one dollar per tor
and this will be reduced below this
figure when the mine begins to pro
duce regularly. Several hundred tons
of the ore will be run through the mil
to test it's value and if satisfactory
mill will be erected by the company
capable of handling at least 100 tons
daily. In the crosscut at the bottom
of the shaft the ore is cut to a widlr
of twenty-three feet without sign OF
walls. The average of this ore is
nearly $11 per ton.-Mohave County
Miner.