Mohave County miner., 1902-05-17

V"V9 DVeen, the dig mine operator of
SPOKANE. 1t Is rumored, however. that
the two latter syndicates are both
backed by Mr.. Heinze. During the
iast hve years these three syndicates
nave been actively engaged acquiring.
ei'her by purchase or location, the en-
TIRE area of this immense gold deposit.
united States patents have been taken
out for the entire area of claims. 1t is
nnquestionably the largest deposit of
free milling gold ore in the west
There are literally hundreds of mill
ions OF tons of free milling gold ore
which will average . per ton in free
gold. The gold is bright, clean and of
the very best grade. Several long tun.
nels, one over LOCO feet in length and
number of shafts aud pros pect holes
have been sunk to determ ine the ex
tent and size of the deposit and there
is practically no limit yet reached in
depth. Various theories are given as
to the origin of this tremendous de.
posit, but the best seems to be that jt
Is lava poured out from craters of ex.
tinct volcanoes of which nu Der are
found on the high points on the noun
tains above the deposit and one of
these craters is still warm; the snow
(even in the coldest weather. that falls
upon 1t melts at once. The theory is
that some time, millions of years ago,
these craters we're active and this lava
flow came out of them and filled the
depressions of the granite mountains
to an unknown depth. In places the
granite comes up above the deposit
aud again it is entirely covered. In
some of the tunnels, the granite has
been found, but in others still no limit
in depth has been found to the deposit.
There is more than enough gold ia this
| deposit to pay the national debt. The
question is how to get it out. The
gold is fine aud hard to save. A series
of mill tests covering upwards of $1,000
tons in three small mills, in which the
average saving was not to exceed 81 per
cent gave upwards of 2.50s per ton. 1t
is fair 60 state, however, the ore milled
was not true average of the entire de-
posit. In addition to the problem of
saving the fine gold, although it is sb-
solutely free milling, there is the ques-
ton of cheap power aud an ample sup
| ply ot water to be overcome. The Nc
Clure syndicate has had a force of men
at work for over two years building a
a power plant on the Little Blackfoot,
just above the mouth of Hat Creek in
order to create power.
| The waters OF Ontorio creek and of
the Middle Fork of the Little Black
I foot and the South Fork or main
stream will be taken out in bitches and
conveyed by fumes distance Of FIVE
miles to point on the main stream at
the mouth of Hat creek, where fall of
500 feet will be created and upwards of
! 1000 horse power developed. The plan
now is to convey this power by elec
tricity to mill to be built on the head
of Basin creek just below the main
working tunnel owned by the Mcclure
syndicate. Power will also be con-
veyed three miles further down Basin
creek and from there the water of
Basin creek pumped back to supply
the mill. The mill will be placed at
the mouth of the main working tunnel
which is now over LOO feet long and
taps the lead at depth of 30 feet and
from the tunnel the ore will be tram
med into the mill The cost of the lower
plant, the mill and the pumping plant
planned by the Mcclure syndicate will
be upwards of half million dolla =
and even that sum may be exceeded
before the plant is in working opera
tiou. Heinze, who owns fully as much,
if not larger area of ground than the
McClure's, has not developed his plans,
but is considering the extension OF a
branch line of the Northern Pacific
railroad from Helena TO bring the ore
down to the Missouri river where an
am pie supply Of water is available and
unlimited power eau be developed.
All of the gulches heading to this de-
post have been rich in placer gold.
How They Sleep and Why They Sleep.
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