Arizona republican., 1904-03-18
THE MINING INDUSTRY


 his home at Wallapai Springs and be- lieves he is in fair way to open up one of the largest mines in the north end of the Wallapai mountain. The ore carries good values in gold.
 J. C. SwiCkard and John Cross have located mining claim, near the old Fay mine, south of Kingman, and have had essays from it that run as high as eight ounces gold to the ton. They are preparing to work the mine and yes terday load of supplies were sent out
 J. D. Jordan. who is sinking the shaft on the Treasure Hill mining company's property, was in Kingman Thursday last after supplies. He re- ports that work on the shaft is being pushed satisfactorily and that it will reach the 200 level in about ten days. A cross-cut of the veins will be made from the bottom of the shaft
 Sheriff Lovin this week brought in from Gold Road a. bar of gold bullion weighing s17OOO. The company is now shipping regularly from Sl7,OOO to s22.- 900 weekly. The ore from the bottom of the 400 foot shaft is by far the richest ore found in the mine and as soon as this has been blocked out it is expected that greater mill returns will be had.
 Wednesday last A. NJ McDuffee and John Barry, Jr., came over from Chlor- ide and the following morning went down to Hancock to look at a new ind recently made by Jose M. Canos. In the neighborhood of the Fay mine The ore from the outcrop ran s16 gold to the ton. The boys will do consid- eraole work on the property and ex- pect to get big returns from it.
 The Premier Consolidated Mines company, of St. Louis, has completed the purchase of the Rattan-Ruth mines, in the San Francisco mining district and is preparing to remodel and add to the plant on the river for the reduction of its ores. It is proposed to make the mill of a capacity of not less than 100 tons daily A cyanide plant will be put in te handle the tail- ings from the mill, while an electric plant will be installed for Tower p,lr- pases. A railroad connecting mine and mill will be built and many other inn orovements made. The Rattan mine was sold many years ago to a. St. Louis company by P. F. Collins and O. F. kuencer, of this county. but the com nany got into difficulties a,d the property was allowed to lie idle many years. The Rattan is opened by a shaft to depth of 200 feet and big bodies of milling ore are opened up. At the bottom there is a splendid grade of milling ore. Iii: mine IS one nf lh., big properties of San Francisco district and there is no reason why it should not be pr Jd ic ng dividens in a sEolt time.
 $. c. Bagg, who is managing the New Comstock mines for eastern people. was in Kingman last evening. He re- ports that the Pyramid mill is running successfully.
 M. Finnerty, a mining man of wide experience, Is here from his home in Denver. He will probably visit the different mining camps of the county before returning home.
 L. Hoffman, manager of the Chloride Gold Mining company returned from Prescott last evening. where he has been looking after affairs connected with his mining interests at Chloride.
 ]. w. Morgan left this morning for Cerbat, accompanied by two miners and the work of unwatering the Golden Gem mine will be commenced at once. The mine is about to pass into the hands or a wealthy eastern company.
 Charles Cross this week shipped a carload of rich gold ore from the old Fay mine near Hancock. J. c. Swick- ard hauled out the last wagon load of the ore last Wednesday. This ore was taken from a shaft that was sunk to a depth of thirty feet. Considerable of the ore shows free gold.
 Report has it that the Keystone mine
 
 milling plant on the proptrcy. The Keystone is one of the best mines in the district and during the years since its discovery has produced hundreds of tons of wonderfully rich quicksilver ore. In the mine there is a great deal of lower grade ore that should produce fine product by concentration. Su- perintendent Detar has been experi-