Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-05
Val Verde Will Greatly
Increase Its Capacity
MANY PROSPECTS
WILL YIELD ORE
Good Reports Come From Mexi-
co Where Los Angeles PeO-
pie are Interested

smelling plant is soon to be erected.
All the machinery has been ordere
and the work of excavating for the
foundation will be started In a short
time. II. c. Finney, who has charge OF
the work for the Arizona Smelling
company, is now in Prescott making
arrangements for the purchase of
used in constructing the smelter. II
is the intention Of the company to have
the entire plant in operation by
August 1.
The smelter site, located about If
teen miles southeast of Prescott, on
Aqua Fria creek, was purchased by the
Arizona Smelling company from the
Bradshaw Mountain Mining and Smelt-
ing company. The consideration was
something over $4,000. The erection
of this large custom plant will be II
boon to Yavapai county mine interests,
as there is at this time thousands of
tons of ore that would yield good re-
turns in readiness to be shipped from
the various properties in the immediate
vicinity of the new plant. Before its
destruction by fire the fact was fully
demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
owners that such a plant might be
paying proposition.
MudhoIe Mine Sold
The Mudhole mine on Lynx creek,
fourteen miles southeast of Prescott,
Ariz., was sold recently to New York
capitalists. The exact consideration
has not been made public, but no
doubt will involve a large sum. The
new owners will begin making prepar-
ations for further developments on a
large scale, installing new machinery
of fe1arger capacity.
The Mudhole group has been owned
and operated for the past twelve years
by the Penn Gold Mining company
with good results, but owing to the
labor strike in Arizona in 1903 the
property was closed down and has re-
manned idle ever since. Mining men
of the Lynx creek and Walker districts
seem gratified that the famous Mud
hole property Is to be reopened, as II
was a noted gold producer when in
operation and contributed largely to
the prosperity of the district. The
property is equipped with an up-to-date
treatment plant, consisting of four s.
foot Huntington mills of forty tons
capacity each, and a complete concen-
trating system.
Crown King to Resume
From all indications the Crown King
property, twenty-five miles south Of
Prescott, Ariz., will resume operations
in short time after having lain idle
for several years as a result of dis
agreement among the owners A force
of men is now at work in the mill
putting everything in readiness to be-
gin operations.
A large pile of tailings, consisting of
at least $4,000 tons, will first be treated
by the Crawford process, which process
is owned and patented by ]. r. Mclean
OF New York. one of the principal own
ers of the property. Numerous assays
have been made of the tailings and
values ranging from $5 to 500 have been
obtained. Notwithstanding this great
loss of values, during the early opera
tion of the property it paid the owners
a handsome profit. With it's present
equipment of improved machinery it |
should more than double the yield of
former years.
The difficulties among the owners
which caused the shutdown of the
property were largely cleared away by
the purchase of the Harrington
Sheckles interests by J. r. Mclean of
New York in May of last year. After
this purchase the company was incor-
porated anew under the name of the
Crown King Mines company with
capital stock of 100000 The resump-
tion of work on the property will mean
much towards the prosperity of the
Pine Grove district. in which it is
located.
Gladstone Mine Working
Operations at the Gladstone mine, in
the Big Bug district, have been re-
sumed after shutdown of several
weeks occasioned by the increased in
flow of water necessitating the Install
ing of larger pumping plant. Other
machinery is also being installed, con-
sisting of a 1O0-horse power boiler and
a large air compressor.
The property is owned by the Ideal
Gold and Silver Mining company, and
has been extensively developed with a
good showing at all stages. The main
shaft has reached a depth OF over 600
feet, and levels have been run at every
100 feet. The mines are located on the
same fissure with the McCabe and ad-
joining properties, all noted gold pro-
ducers. Large quantities of the Glad
stone ore were treated at the ValtVerde
smelter before its destruction by fire
ana the returns yielded profit over
expenses.
Treadwel smeIter Running
The Treadwell smelter, at Mayer,
Ariz., has at last been blown In and
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