Mohave County miner., 1903-08-29
AND SOME of THE ,
DISTRICTS

! At the Gold Road the big mill Is
turning out bullion at the rate of more
than lOO,000S per month. The milling
plant is capable of handling about 200
tons of ore daily, but owing to the lack
of water only 120 tons are passed to
the tanks through the rolls every |
twenty-four hours. Contrasts have
been let to break this amount of ore
and it is estimated that these contracts
will cover period of more than two
years, which is indicative of that
amount of reserves in the old slopes.
New ground is now being opened up
and 1t Is the intention of the company
to maintain a reserve of more than two
years ore constantly in sight. This ore
is said to carry values in excess of
twenty dollars to the ton and the pro-
duction Of bullion would indicate that
this is true. The company carries on
its payroll 200 men and this number
will be increased as soon as the devel-
opment of more water for the mill is
made possible. Several springs in the
neighborhood will be converged at the
mill shortly, which will give ell water
necessary, but this will take time.
The company is capitalized for one
and one.half million dollars but no
shares have been put on the market,
although held at three or four dollars
above par. The management of the
company has been exceptionally good
and great results have been obtained
by the systematic manner in which
the mine has been opened up and the
tomatic arrangement of the mill.
Other mines of the San Francisco
district urder development are the
Gold Creek. Gold Mountain, Portales
de Orc, Sheeptrail, New Comstock,
Tyro, and many others. Some of these
veins are wonderful ore bodies and
some day will be among the biggest
producers of the Pacific coast. The
. New Comstock is one of the largest
! veins in the whole district and 1909
i tons Of ore milled from it shows that
" it has good pay values. The other
claims named have great veins and
u their possibilities are extremely good
Below Kingman the recent new
y citement, although the old miner who
y has worked strictly In quartz, slate
u and spar, do not appear to be enthu'
. siastic over them on account of the
J. statement that has gone out that the
10 ores are granite. Now, the fact is that
no granite, so far as the writer ha:
n seen, carries gold, except where there
II has been redeposit in the softer, mp
d per stratum of rock. The gold carry
70 ing veins are quartz and feldspathic
quartz, carrying iron hematite. 1t II
rs nothing new to the people of Kingman
n but the fact that it is more extensive
rs than they heretofore believed is |
b. truth. 1t is also true that some Of th'
lavas carry values in both gold anC
10 silver, which has been known to th'
y, Kingmanite for years. In some local
'g tiles it is rumored that every indica
IN ton of copper bearing in these lava
ie is apparent and some work will b.
As done to prove this theory. Should
e. copper be found beneath the lava cal
r. it is thought the deposit will be fouut
ot to be very great. In the recent find
s. of ore bearing gold there is undoubt
OF edly no mistake. We have seen ore
e. from the new strike in the Grant,
ic Wonder sparkling with native gold AM
n have no reason to doubt the statemen
IN OF the owners that they have grea
as body of twenty dollar ore in this veir
I'd The mine lies below the old Buckley
be mine, which few years ago produce
n splendid gold ore. The Buckeye lie
n against the lava flow from the extinc
volcano and we believe that it woul
NJ. show great ore bodies when properl
RS developed. Lying between the Law
ne and the hard ore of the vein was
n small streak or clay seam that carrie
ms gold to the value of more than 2
ed ounces gold to the ton. OF many {
op the new claims located in the new fiel
It's we have little knowledge PERSONAL.
ly but that values have been found ther
N is evidenced by the work being dor
it by men who we're skeptical when tt
H. excitement first came on. These me
es. are now working hard to get their Il
.e- cation work done in the time lin