Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-04-29

the shaft which is now down about
45O feet on the incline or about l5C
feet from the surface, is from eighteen
inches to three feet in width and gives
every indication of permanency and
improvement in size and values.
There are about twenty men working
in the mine and mill and under the
able management of Superintendent
Mark Bradley great progress has been
made in the development of the prop
erty within the past eight months.
Over 1900 feet of underground work
has been done altogether, and the
principal owners of the property are
Messrs. Doussang, Ralston and Moore,
wealthy residents and business men of
Chicago, who have only recently Wis
tied the mine and spent several days
there, are greatly pleased with what
has been done and have any amount of
capital to make great mine out of
the property, which result seems now
to be assured. The group consists of
six claims in body where the mill is
located, but the company has recently
purchased four additional claims in
that neighborhood, making total of
ten claims owned by the company.
One of the great advantages to the
successful development of the proper
ty is the fact that the mine furnishes
plenty of water for all purposes, over
40, 900 gallons of water being pumped
from the mine every "a hours. Fuel
is also plenty and near at hand. 1t is
the intention Of Mr.. Bradley, how
ever, to install oil as fuel in short
time. The two Sullivan drills, which
have been in use until recently, when
they were temporarily stopped until
the machinery could be rearranged,
will be started up again fin about ten
days. The Lion Mining company is
a close corporation, there
being no stock on the market for
sale. This speaks we'll for the future |
Of the company, as it assures the fact |
that the work will be done on its
merits. The boarding house at the
camp is run by MIR. and Mrs. Dave
Finnie, and is certainly first class, all |
the cooking being done by white help |
and the boarders are served the best |
meals that it is possible to get up and |
they are all loud in their praise of
their boarding house. The Journal
Miner man can truly testify that the
meal he enjoyed at the camp would
do credit to any city restaurant.
The writer had the pleasure of meet
ing G. R. Tibbett while at Cherry,
and learned from him that active
work would begin ON the B. b. group
Of claims within a few days, and it
vas the intention of the company to
zee what there was there. This is one
IF the we'll known properties of that
part of the county, having been locat-
ID some ten years ago by Messrs.
3iffar and Boyer and relocated later
oy Dan O'Leary who sold them to Mr..
Matherly, of Jerome, who recently
disposed of them to the Pau Gold
Mining company, composed of Cincin-
lati capitalists, which company is now
to work them. The deepest
haft on the property is only 20 feet
ct over $50, 600 in free gold has been
AIKEN from the property, some of the
re going as high as $500 to the ton.
n the bottom of the 20 foot shaft sui
'hides are beginning to come in and
he indications are that with depth
he ore will change from free milling
% sulphides. Like the Lion company
he Pau Gold Mining company is
close corporation. Mr..
Cibbett, the superintendent, is a
thorough mining man and has been
actively engaged in that business for
/ number of years in Montana and
IDAHO and is starting out in practi-
al and business like manner and it is
ully believed by the people of Cherry
hat the new company will make big
out of the B. B.