Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-10-24
MAKE RICH STRIKE IN THE GOLD.
 EN EAGLE.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

stIihc ol ot' recently Hdu' ln JUG NoIu' on Eagle mine of tbc llarqua IlalH group have lccu afloat in this city for thc past few days, tho true nature of which was yesterday disclosed to n Journal Miner man by r.. j. Olsen, gen. oral manager of the lIarqua Ilala Min. ing companys properties, who arrived hctc in the forenoon on short busi. ness visit.
 After making tho statement that he believed that the new copper and god country opened in northern Yuma coun- ty by the building of the Arizona X California railroad would in his opin- ion. in few years. be among the rich. est mining properties in the southwest, Mir. Olsen, in referring to inc proper. ties of which he is the general manager, snid, in part:
 Although the company has decided on very extensive plan of develop. mcnt, to be inaugurated as soon as possible, we are confning our principal operations, at present, to the develop. meut of the Golden Eagle mine, in which we have encountered ore of very high grade The shaft has passed the 3O0.foot level, and work is being pushed on it as well as in drift from h.. n. .. .. distance of so feet, the last 30 feet of which passed along an ore body, the width of which has not yet been de. termincd by cross cut. but iu which two shots exposed the paystreak Co a thiekness of two feet, knocking down enc and ouchalf tons of ore that sam. pies over sj.OO0 to the ton. The holes drilled into the ore body. and in which the shots were fired. were only two feet ,n depth. SO that the true size of the rich vein is not known.
 ''As far as can be determined. how. ever. this vein has never been explored in the upper workings. and appearing as strong as it does. at this depth, and carrying such bonanza values, it is cer. tainly nothing short of being won. derful showing.
 |" An aerial tramway is being con. structed from the mine 10 the mill. n distance of one mile. and the prcpara- tory work of installing cyanide plant with a capacity of 900 tons daily is now under way. At the 40 stamp mill now on the grounds there is over 900. 000 tons of tailiugs, which sample over s3 to Che ton. which can be treated by this process at n nominal expense, and which will. beyond any doubt. give very profitable returns. Twenty stamps of the mill are now in operation and the other twenty stamps will be pressed into service at an early date.
 Another, and perhaps most important of the company's plans. is the sinking of threc-conpartment shaft on the Bonanza mine, the mine which made the ilsrqua lIala district famous all over the mining world, work on which will be commenced about the first of next month. It is the purpose of the company to push this shaft down 10 depth of 800 feet, as rapidly as DOS. sible, heforc any cross cutting ar drift ing is done, the plan involving the run ming of series of lnterals beneath the old workings from this level Although this property has been developed to only perpendicular depth of l70 feet. 1t has produced, according to the rec. ords of tho Wells-Fargo Express com. pany, over s5,sOO,00O in gold while re. sponsible parties connected with its management in the early days state that over $2,000,000 more was mined from it which passed through other sources.
 It was also learned from Mir. Olsen that he had recently let T contract with Los Angeles parties for the delivery of fuel oil at his camp for the next two years at The rate of 3is gallon, the use of oil at this price being found to be three times less than cordwood at sl5 cord, the price now asked. A sidetrack is also being built, at Salomc. on the \. C., three miles from the mine, where all material shipped into tho camp will be unloaded, to he hauled to the mine by. wagon.
 The properties of the IIarqua Hala Mining company consist of fourteen claims, thirteen of which are held under United States patent, the other one be- ing held under location right. The mines are in quartzitc and porphyry contact, the high grade values being found m quartz, although the entire 200