Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-12
ANOTHER TRIBUTARY
MINING SECTION

point that might be wished to reach
in Dale, while line extends across
along the stage road to Amboy, on the
Santa Fe, more than thirty miles away.
cerbat Mining Section
j. G. Noble, the Cerbat mining man,
well known in Los Angeles, who is in
Kingman, Is very enthusiastic over the
mining outlook in his section and be-
lieves that before winter there will be
a veritable boom. The recent strikes
in the Vanderbilt, Twins and Prosper
ity have a stimulating effect on the
other mines and work Is being pushed
as fast as men can do It to bring the
non-producers into line.
1t is reported that the sale of the
Cerbat mine at Cerbat, Mohave county.
Arizona, is probable within a few
months. The Cerbat Is one of the best
properties in the district, although at
present all the high grade ores have
been extracted and worked, leaving
only the lower grade ores in the OPEN
ings. During the early days of Cerbat
this mine produced wonderfully rich
ore of gold and silver.
John Boyle, Jr.. of the Cerbat Noun
tain Mining company, who made an
examination of the Vanderbilt mine,
has returned to his home in st. Louis.
Mr.. Boyle. who visited Los Angeles,
says he is pleased with the develop
ment Of the property. The property is
still showing wonderfully rich ore and
the dump is stacked with 1t. The main
ore body will carry several ounces gold
to the ton.
United Verde Caves In
The recent cave in Senator Clark S
United Verde mine had the effect of
closing down the entire works for a
few days. but the smelling plant is
again working and will soon be turning
out it's usual amount of bullion.
The cave occurred in what is known
as the new shaft and extended from
the surface to the 700-foot level. The
shaft house and some of the ware
houses were all the surface buildings
that were damaged. The new shaft,
together with several drifts and slopes,
was badly damaged, and it will require
considerable time to put them in shape.
A force of men is at work clearing
away the ore that caved down, and it
will be a matter of only a few days
until the mine is again working a full
force of miners.
Preparations for numerous improve
ments to the smelling plant are under
way and will be pushed to completion
as rapidly as possible. The rumors
be closed during the summer are with
out foundation.
Mines Near Jerome
The numerous mining properties in
the immediate vicinity of Jerome are
in active operation, with few excep-
tions. The Cleopatra and Venture Hill
groups, lying near the southern bound
airy of the United Verde property, are
under development by their respective
companies. Both properties are show
ing up good bodies of ore that give in
dications of being continuous. AS is
the case around all noted mines, thou
sands of dollars are being spent daily
trying to locate the rich United Verde
vein in some other place. The Venture
Hill and Cleopatra properties both
show up ore very similar to the United
Verde.
At the Decatur property, three miles
south of Jerome, force of miners is
at work drifting from the bottom of
the main shaft. which has reached a
depth of something over two hundred
feet. The ore body Is of large dimen-
sions but low grade. The formation
is getting softer, which is good in
dication of a better grade ore.
Long Beach-Arizona Group
The group Of claims belonging to the
Long Beach-Arizona Mining company
is now under development and the re-
suits being obtained are highly salts
factory. The group comprises seven
claims, Partridge, Eagles Nest, Mag
pie, Rawhide, San Francisco. Monkey
Wrench and Forest Pine. The group
is located about twelve miles southwest
of Jerome in the Black Hills mining
district.
T. H. Brown, hardware dealer of
Long Beach. Cal, is one of the original
locators of the group Mr.. Brown
came out to Arizona recently and made
thorough inspection of the property.
He found everything in first-cass
shape and development we'll under way.
The principal work has been done on
the Rawhide claim, which shows indi-
cations of a large body of ore at depth
On this claim there Is a shaft sunk
seventy-five feet and a crosscut over
fifty feet. the greater part of which
is through ledge matter Numerous
assays have been taken, running from
$10O to $110 in gold, with several ounces
of silver. A whim has been installed
in the main shaft which will greatly
hasten the work of sinking. The forma-
tion is soft and 1t will be only short
time until the shaft has reached