Mohave County miner., 1906-03-31

SUI % L NAhA Al Vi LILY " viz VIM AAN
average of % feet of ore on this same
] level was 1868. On the 600 level the
same rich grade of ore is found and
the shoot appears to be extending to
greater dimensions than that above.
A mill, capable of handling 200 tons
of ore is on the ground and at the
present time 100 tons daily are han
died through it. Sixteen cyanide watts,
capable of holding l20 tons of pulp
each are in commission, besides which
there are many other watts of lesser
capacity. While the greater part of
the ore is leached in the watts fifty tons
of shines are daily handled through
crusher at the mine and then carried
to the mill, where it is put through
rolls and reground in Huntington
mills. The solution is fed to the ma
chimes and its decomposing action be-
gins at once. The loss through the
filters is about fifty cents to the ton of
ore, but in the watts a greater loss is
made. The mill is one of the most
complete in the United States. Men
of large experience preside over the
destinies of both mine and mill. At
the present time the monthly output
of the mill is about 100, 0OOS, while in
the two and One-half years since its
installation it has produced 2,OOO,OO0S
in bullion. S. r. Porter is in complete
charge of both mine and mill. During
the present year it is expected that a
power transmission line will be put in
from some convenient point on the
Santa Fe railroad to operate all the
machinery at mine and mill. When
this is done the mine will become one
of the largest producers of gold in the
United States, as the capacity of the
property can be doubled whenever
additional power is furnished.
The Gold Road company has ac-
quired large acreage of mining
ground on which the town of Gold
Road (Acme postoffice) is situated.
The town is made up of a cosmopolitan
people. Water is supplied to all the
residences from the big tank, and the
business houses are lighted by cleo
tricity. AT the present time there are
about five hundred inhabitants in the
camp, and as the mines are opened up
in the surrounding sections the popu-
lation corresponding increases. Wa
ter is obtained from the mine for all
milling purposes, while that for do
nestle use is pumped over the noun
tain from Little Meadows, four miles
away.
To the west of the Gold Road hold
ings is the property of the West Gold
Road company. y shaft has been sunk
through the andeSite cap to a depth of
go feet and the vein cut. At that
point the vein was found to be eight
feet in width of milling ore. A small
force is now at work on the property
and it is understood that it will be ex-
plotted to a depth of six hundred or
seven hundred feet. Should the ore at
depth prove as good as that found in
the west drifts of the Gold Road mine
the camp will become one of the great
est in the territory.
Two miles to the southwest of the
Gold Road is situated the Tom Reed
and Ben Harrison groupof mines. The
property is opened to depth of 200
feet and the ore bodies exploited to a
considerable extent. The vein is
large one and outcrops boldly the
length of two claims. A ten stamp
mill was recently erected on the prop
erty, but from some cause work was
suspended. Experts who examined the
mines pronounce them among the best
in the district. The property is owned
by the Blue Ridge mining company.
On the same vein as the Blue Ridge
company, about one and a-half miles
to the north, is the Rhinegold mines,
owned by the Pasadena mining COM
pany. This property has been opened
by shaft to a depth of 800 feet. The
shaft had been sunk partly off the vein,
but at a depth of 300 feet the vein was
reached and cut, the ore body showing
to advantage. At the present time it
is idle, owing to the failure of the COM
pany to dispose of shares of stock suf-
ficient to put it on a proper footing.
The mine is a good one and is so con-
sidered by all who have examined it.
At Vivian, town of about 80 pop
ulation. four miles to the southwest of
Gold Road, are situated some of the
best mining property in San Francisco