Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-07-20
LION MINING CO.
TO START WORK
On Their Cherry Greek
Property.
Will Sink Perpendicular Working
Shaft, Install New Machinery
and Prosecute Work Vigorously.

the Lion Mining company, which
owns some valuable property on
Cherry Greek, about two miles from
Cherry creek postoffice, was making
preparations to resume work on the
property on larger scale than ever,
and few days ago party of seven of
the officers and directors of the COM
pany arrived from Chicago to look
over the property and determine as
far as possible just what the needs
we're in the way of machinery, etc.
After spending several days at the
property an making q thorough ex-
animation, they returned to Chicago
last Sunday morning with their minds
fully made up as to the future opera
tions.
When the property was closed down
several months ago it was not on ac-
count of the property not being a
good one nor because they we're out of
funds, but there we're some changes
that were desirable in the company
and also the work that had been done
on the property was more or less of a
prospecting nature, the shaft being
too small and crooked and not at all
fitted for a permanent working shaft.
1t was given out at that time that
when work was resumed it would be
of permanent character, and that is
what it is now intended to do. A large
two compartment vertical shaft will
be sunk to a depth of not less than
800 feet. In order to do this it will
be necessary to install! new and larger
boilers and hosting machinery, air
compressors for the operation of
machine drills, etc. Mark Bradley,
who was in charge of the former work,
and who knows the property thorough
~, will be in charge of the new work,
which will be started up as soon as
the new machinery can be purchased,
shipped and installed. This will be
good news for this county and es-
pecially for the Cherry creek section,
which is fast coming to the front as a
mining district.
The members of the party of officers
and directors of the company which
visited the property are: Hermann
Moeller, president of the Lion Mining
company; Frank Doussang, secretary;
Math. Kordick, treasurer; Louis
Doussang, E. Brechstein, John Kirch
and n. NJ. Rolston.
Besides being heavily interested in
the property of the Lion Mining COM
pany, several of these gentlemen are
also interested in the Buffalo Lime
Cap Mining company, which has one
of the most promising properties in
this county which is located about
four miles north west of Cherry Greek
postoftice. H. NJ. Rolston is the
president of this company and Mark
Bradley, who is also interested in the
property has been in charge of the
WOIh ludI LAS Ocou uOno lAolO. n
tunnel has been run in on the vein a
distance OF over 800 feet and they
expect to drive the tunnel at least 200 |
feet further before they encounter the
big ore shoot for which they have
been headed. The ledge is over 90
feet in width and there has been a
large amount of good ore already |
taken out of the tunnel. The surface
of the big ore shoot carry
values in gold, silver aud copper and
should the showing on top hold out
equally good at the depth at which
they expect to encounter it, which is
about 900 feet, they will have one of
the biggest properties in the county.