Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-04-27
A VISIT PAID
To M'CABE MINE
That Famous Property
in Fine Condition.
The Present Business Management
Meeting With Good Results.
Additions Will be Made.

AuulJlOUS W III D6 mdubt
Recently a journal Miner represen
tative visited the thriving mining
camp of McCabe and found that ia
nous camp in a hourishing condition
and every body in high spirits. The
reporter was informed by several peo-
pie who had resided at McCabe for
from five to fifteen years that during
that time they had never seen things
look better or more promising. There
are bet~een 300 and 400 men at work
in the immediate vicinity of McCabe,
there being between 80 and 100 men
employed in the famous McCabe mine
and mill, over sixty in the Gladstone
mine, within almost a stones throw
of the McCabe mill, a good force OF
men at each the Little Jessie, Divi-
dend Consolidated Mines company,
Leland and in fact the whole district
is in a most prosperous condition
with every prospect of a good fu-
ture.
A visit was paid to the MEGA be
property which is owned by the Model
Gold Mining company. General Man
ager Chas. 7. Joslin was very court
eous in showing the reporter through
the mill and about the place and ex-
planning in detail the work that had
been done and what was in cOntem-
plation of accomplishment.
The McCabe mine has been worked
for the past fifteen years and has pro-
duced several million dollars worth
of ore. About three years ago it was
purchased by the Model Gold Mining
company since which time it has had
a series of misfOrtunes one of which
was the complete destruction Of the
mill and hosting plant and the de-
struction of the timber in the shaft
for considerable depth, by fire. For
some months after this calamity the
property was idle, but last August,
only about eight months ago, Mr..
Joslin was placed in charge of the
property. At that time the only
buildings that we're standing was a
little frame assay Office and the old
boarding house. Today there is in
operation a powerful hosting plant
with a double friction geer hoist of
sixty five horse power capacity, man.
moth gallows frame forty six feet in
heighth with ore bins of several hun
dred tons capacity, the shaft straight
ened and retimbered in a first class
manner, a new Els Pass mill of be-
tween forty and fifty tons capacity per
day, splendid blacksmith shop, new
bunk house with reading and wash
rooms, the boarding house has been
pipe lines and car lines have
been put in, a storage reservoir l04
feet across and forteen and one half
feet deep with a capacity of hold
ing 100000 gallons of water.
This reservoir is constructed of
stone, covered with cement and then
lined with asphalt. So it can be
seen that there as not been a mo-
ment's time wasted in putting the
property in a shape to properly oper.
ate it.
All bills have been paid from the
mine since the first of January, 1904.
From about the first of November,
1908, to the first of March this year,
the mill was only run one shift, but
since the first of March the mill has
been run almost constantly and dur
ing the month of March averaged
thirty eight tons per day. The mill
IS now running about forty tons per
Zach twenty four hours and three car
Dads Of concentrates are being ship
ped to the smelter at Val Verde per
week, making an average gross output
If close to $500 per day. This is
sufficient to pay all the operating ex-
lenses of the property and still leave
good profit. The reporter was in
ormed that the company had taken
III stock off the market since the first |
If last January.
Besides the concentrates above men
Toned the company is also shipping /
t. first class ere to Val Verde, and |
Mr.. Joslin estimated that they would |
hip IN the neighborhood of twenty cars
If ore and concentrates this month. |
This will very materially swell the |
otal output of the mine this month |
,ver that of last.
The timbers are now in the mill and |
he stamps are on the ground for ten |
tamps which will be put in place and |
{ is expected to have these stamps |
dropping within the next sixty days. |
This will give the mill an additional |
of about thirty tons per day. !
This is done because the mine output !
will warrant it.
Drifting is now going on in the
bird, fourth, fifth and sixth levels |
IF the mine and it is the intention of |
he management to commence sinking !
It the bottom of the main shaft, which |
S now down 7l5 feet, inside of thirty !
lays.
The water problem has been solved |
1t this property and by their we'll /
planned system of saving and refusing
he water there is an abundance for |
III present needs.
The Baumann Copper Company. /
A Journal Miner reporter had the .