Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-04-20

for several months, will give the mill
close to 100 tons per day. The mill
has been running very steadily for
the past few weeks and the results at
tanned have been quite satisfactory,
several of the difficulties, from a me-
chanical standpoint, having been
overcome. The plant has been great
IL hampered for tankage capacity but
this trouble promises to soon be over
come as a force of men went to work
Thursday to finish putting together
the six big steel tanks which will have
a capacity of 60 tons each. This will
give the cyaniding plant capacity of
nearly 800 tons, and will allow the
mill to run full capacity day and
night.
1t is expected to have the new
stamps and the new tanks ready by
the first of May and very few. days
will then suffice to relieve the gorge
of ore that has caused the company to
lay off quite a number of miners, be-
cause there was no place to put the
ole, and it is said next month will see
between 80 and 100 miners added to
the working force in the mine alone.
This will cause the camp to assume
her usual hustling appearance
The big 100 horse 2o"er Fai. banks,
Morse & Company gasoline engine is
all ready to start up and is attached
to the big dynamo which will gener
ate the electricity for operating the
mill as soon as the new stamps are
ready to run. The engine has been
tested several times and works to per-
lection. This engine will use crude
oil and from that generate its own
gas. 1t is one of the largest sized
machines of the kind made and great
things are claimed for it.
Mr.. Wilson, the diamond drill ex-
pert, who has been in California for
the past four weeks trying to rid him
self of an attack of rheumatism, is ex
pected home in few days and as soon
as he returns the diamond drills will
be started up again,
The reporter found W. J. Shaw, the
Journal Miners efficient correspond
ent, at the Iron King, swinging the
big 10 pound hammer and manipulat
ing the trip hammer assisting Mr.. Lo-
gan in putting razor edges on the
BurIeigh and Lyner drills. Harry"
is all right anywhere you put him.
r. W. Hill, formerly an employe of
the Iron King, but who has been run
ming the boarding house at Dewey
for the past three or four months,
was in the camp Friday having some
work done on a light wagon in which
he aud his family expect to start over
land for southern Oregon in a few
days. He intends to make that place
his home in the future if things
should be found as they are represent
ed to him. Mr.. Hill and his estim-
able wife have many warm friends in
prosperity in their new home.
The A. o. U. W. lodge at Blanchard
is growing very rapidly, there being
scarcely a meeting night that several
new members are not added to the
roll. At the meeting Friday night
there were eight new members ini-
tiated.
The smiling face of Harry r. Sled
entof, who left Blanchard about a
month ago for visit with his family
in San Francisco, was seen in camp
again this week having returned from
his trip. Owing to the fact that IN
derground work his been held back
until the additions to the mill can be
completed, he went over to McCabe
where he will remain for a few weeks
when he expects to return to the Iron
King. Harry is very popular in camp
and is a good miner. He also has sew
eral very promising claims not far
from Blanchard on which some work
has been done and be expects in the
near future to see what he can do
with them.
A. KrackenbergeI, one of the oldest
employees with the company, and one
of the staunch, reliable citizens of the
county, who has put in several years
of good hard labsr in the Big Bug
district, on his own claims on which
the station of Huron stands, has been
having some work done on one of his |
claims near the station, and has struck |
two foot vein of quartz in the big 80 |
foot ledge that promises to make him
rich. Assays running nearly $500 |
have been had from this vein and Mr.. |
Krackenberger expects to do some |
more work here in the near future to
determine something of the extent of |
this rich find. He has several claims |
in this group and his host of friends
hope he may realize great things from
them as he has worked hard for them.
The base ball team is practicing
hard in anticipation of the game with
the Phenix team at Granite Dells on
May LIST. Notwithstanding the defeat
the team met with at the hands of the
Prescott nine, a few days ago, the
boys are in the best of spirits and
claim that they will regain their lost
honUrs yet before the season is over.
The team was greatly handicapped by
the illness of Frank Demeray, who
had just gotten out of bed after a
weeks illness The only thing that
is concerning the |. X. team is the
that Mr.. Demeray will
leave Blanchard in a few weeks for
the east. His place as pitcher will
be hard to fill in case he decides to
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Word has been received that the
of James Blanchard is
much improved and he is expected {
home from California in few days.