Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1905-05-18
M0HAVE COUNTY
The Weeks Mining News as Reported
by the Miner


by the Miner
The North Star Gold Mining and
Milling company, has just been organ
lied under the laws of the territory of
Arizona with $4,000, $40 shares. The
company is to work a group of mines
near the White Hills, in this county.
The properties are among the best in
that section.
j. II, Mcneil, of the Arizona Bullion
company departed on Tuesday for
Chloride, where he is operating the
Elkhart mine Mr.. Mcneil has pur-
chased the right and title of the Ari-
zona Bullion Mining company in the
property and will operate it on his own
account.
This week Charles J. Lyser pur-
chased six or seven tons of supplies for
his camp at Mineral Hill, where Capt.
j. X. De la Mar has taken over the big
copper properties recently operated by
Col. A. j. Pickrell. Supt. Lyser is to
work large force of men at the mines
and permanent camp accommodations
are being prepared. 1t is stated that
the mines are the most promising prop
critics on the Pacific coast and the re-
port of the expert was most favorable.
The Cyclopic Gold Mining company
has cut road from the mine TO con-
nection with the Dolan Springs road,
which shortens the distance to the rail-
road to about twenty-five miles. The
company has been at work laying a
new pipe line to the spring and has put
in pumping plant to force the water
over the divide to the mill The mill
ing plant has been remodeled and the
crushing of ore will soon be under way
A hoisting plant will soon be in opera
ton on the property.
Sheriff Brown is at Vivian camp this
week selling off the personal property
of the Mohave Gold Mining company,
under an order of sale issued out of
the district court. 1t is understood
that the company purposes a reorgani-
tion and the settling up of all indebt-
edness. The property consists of
forty stamp mill, at Milltown, pipe line
and other personal property. Monday
next the realty of the company will be
sold at kingman. The property con-
sists of the Leland group of mines at
Vivian. some of which mines are said
to be very rich. The Midnight mine,
of this group, produced ore that milled
more than $50 to the ton in gold and
the vein averaged thirty inches in
width The shaft was sunk TO depth
of 200 feet and all the ore above that
level cut out
w. T. Lewis, of Racine. Wis, pres
ident of the Yucca Cyanide Mining g.
Milling company, accompanied by +. l..
Waterhouse, of Philadelphia, and C. d.
Pickering, superintendent of the mine,
were in Kingman Thursday last. The
gentlemen had just made an examina-
tion of the property and are highly
pleased with the present outlook. At
the bottom of the shaft, which now
stands at depth of 516 feet,
there is three feet of ore that
will average better than $50 gold
to the ton. The mill is being run
on this grade of ore and is making a
nice product. While at the property
the directors agreed to the installation
of new and better machinery in both
mine and mill and the rapid develop
ment of the property below the 500
foot level. Air drills will be put in and
an up to date plant installed in the mill
The company is in a prosperous CON
dition.