Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-15
TIN MINES WILL SOON
BE YIELDING SLUGS

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realized, as the Tonopah papers state,
that the owners recently refused the
tender of a certified check for 100000
to apply on a $4,000 a day lease, and rs
per cent royalty on the net proceeds.
in addition. 1t is claimed by mining en-
gineers who have inspected the prop
erty recently that the mine could be
gouged of S50O,000 worth of wealth for
the next ninety days. The development
work at the present time consists of
tunnel run into the mountain for 4
distance Of 140 feet. The vein has beer
opened to width of so feet and the
foot wall has not yet been disclosed.
Venture Hill Active
The chief center of interest In the
Jerome Arizona district at present is
the Venture Hill property on which
development work was begun recently.
The old shaft has been cleaned out
and drifts are being run on the main
ledge. Lawson e. Howes, who have the
contract and are pushing the work as
rapidly as possible, understand the for
nations Of the Jerome and Verde dis
tricts.
A new formation has been encoun-
tered in the drifts under way from the
Venture Hill shaft, which, Howes says,
indicates the nearness of a large ore
body. Should such be encountered 1t
would be a great boom for the mining
interests of Jerome, as it would con-
firm the general opinion that a large
ore deposit, similar to the United
Verde. lies in the immediate vicinity of
the Venture Hill and Cleopatra proper
ties. Such a discovery would result in
the erection of a large smelling plant
in Deception gulcb, or on the Verde
river, six miles distant
representative Coming
A representative of the English stock
holders in the Cleopatra property is ex-
pected to arrive in Jerome in few
days for the purpose of looking over
the Cleopatra group and making a
thorough report of same to those inter-
ested. President G. w. Hull is direct
ing the work of opening the property
and is encountering some excellent ore
in the drifts being run from the Dillon
to the Winningham tunnel.
Clark Visits United Verde
Senator w. A. Clark has completed
his annual tour of inspection of the
United Verde and Equator mines. He
al i,,o f,,1l
turning out bullion. The Equator
smelter now has a good supply of coke
ahead and is making up for time lost
last winter during the heavy snow
storms
The United Verde maintains it's regu-
lar capacity with a steady run day and
night. There are as yet no signs of
the annoying shutdowns that occurred
so frequently during the past two sum-
mers, which materially affected the
output CT copper. The working force
stands at about the 1000 mark, modern
machinery having reduced it during the
past few years from 1900. A great many
Mexicans are now employed in the
mine and at the roast beds.
Pfau Stockholders to Inspect
A group of about thirty stockholders
in the Pfau Mountain Mining COM
pany's property on Cherry creek in
Jerome, Ariz., will arrive there from
Cincinnati in a special car during this
week, and will make thorough in
spection of the mine and mill. The
new mill was not started as intended,
as large transmission ropes for the
Chilian grinders had to be ordered
from Los Angeles, which caused the
delay.
daily, is the new process tube roller
mill and the only one of it's kind in the
territory. About thirty men are en-
ployed at the Pfau camp, but the force
will be greatly increased as soon as the
new mill is in operation.
The company has a large amount of
high grade ore already blocked and
unless some unforeseen contingency
occurs the mill will be kept in opera
ton. The shaft on the Pfau Extension
is DelnS SUNK as rdpluly as TWO SIlllIS
can put it down. All ground adjoining
the Pfau company's property has beer
located and is being worked. This COM
pany seems to have a bonanza, as there
appears to be a vast deposit of this
decomposed porphyry and quartz carry
ing free milling gold.
Hassayampa Section Active
Good reports are received from the
Hassayampa mining district about ten
miles south of Prescott. An abundance
of water makes it possible for many
properties to be worked that have been
idle for several years.
At the Sun Dance mine, owned by
the Reliance Gold Mining company,
work is progressing with a force of
thirty men. Regular shipments of con-
centrates are being made to various
smelters as the vein produces gold,
silver, copper, zinc, iron and lead in
paying quantities, the ore being treated
by process that practically saves all
tha Values