Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1904-02-10
STARK MINING CO.
START UP MILL
On the Hidden Treasure
Group of Mines.
Everything Moves Off Nicely and
Gives Promise of Bringing in
a Steady Producer.

Ed S. Campbell, general manager of
the Stark Gold Mining company, came
in from the company's property on
lower Turkey creek Tuesday, and W.
w. Elliott, the we'll known mill man,
came in last evening. These gentle
men report that the new ten stamp
mill is now running full time and
working in an entirely satisfactory
manner. The mill was first started up
several days ago for a test run and
with the exceptions of few small adj
justments, such as all mills require
on starting up, it worked perfectly.
On Monday morning the plant was
started up for a steady run, and is
dropping her ten stamps twenty four
hours per day and Mr.. Elliott says he
never put up mill that pleased him
better than this one.
While the mill has not been running
long enough to pass judgment on the
results from a value extracting stand
point, yet the indications, from the
time it had been running when the
above gentlemen came into town, are
that that feature will also be perfectly
satisfactory. The ore that was run
through was from the poorer class of
ore, as no one cares to put high
grade ore through a new mill until
gets in perfect working order and it
has been thoroughly tested. However,
the mill seemed to be getting the
values out of the ore sent through
sufficiently to cause the mill man in
charge to assure the management that
the results would be highly satisfact-
DRY, and that should there be no bet
ter ore than that used in testing the
mill it would be profitable enter
prise and that there never would be
any cause for closing down the prop
erty. This was good news, as the
mine has hundreds of tons of much
better ore in sight than anything that
was sent through the mill.
The company now has the brightest
of prospects for very prosperous fu-
ture, and if the property does not
prove to be a steady dividend pro-
Queer the Journal Miner does not
know where to look for one that will.
Surely With conservative and econom- |
ical management, such as now seems |
to be at the helm, there is no chance |
for it to be otherwise.
The credit for placing the property |
whore it is today is due to the hard |
work and good judgment of General
Manager Ed. S. Campbell, who has
put forth every effort to accomplish |
what is seen today. Less than one |
year ago he took hold Of the property |
which was known asthe Hidden Treas
ure group of six claims, and being a
practical miner himself he recognized |
a good thing in them. Last August
he succeeded in getting several
wealthy and influential gentlemen of |
Massillon, Ohio, interested with him
and the Stark Gold Mining company
NdS OTSdulLc l. 1uo uIRduALdNlOu was
accom- pIished without any bIuster and
the few gentlemen interested furnish
ed sufficient funds 10 properly equip
the property with mill, hoist, and
other needed machinery, and build
camp and a road from Turkey station
to the mine.
nh4rZanl, af ~ |
ready to be taken out of the mines
and reduced to bullion. The mill has
been started up, and with a force of
about twenty five men at work the
bullion product of the county will re-
cieve a substantial addition.
Water is brought to the mill from
Dripping spring about four miles up
in the mountains, where the supply is
always sufficient for all needs of the
present mill, and it is expected by the
time the mine is down 500 feet there
will be enough water developed to
warrant the addition of ten more
stamps to the mill, and the building
was built with this in view.
Such men as John Sizes, who was for
years in charge of the Corwn King
mill, and Jos. Whitney, who worked
four years in the mill at famous Con-
fidence mine in California, and Geo.
X. Bretherton, nephew of E. S. Breth-
erton, of the Val Verde smelter, are in
charge of the mill, while Earnest
Childers, a first class miner, is in
charge of the mine. This insures
that good honest work will be done.
The best wishes of all in this section
are extended to the Stark Mining COM
pany.