Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-07

TORS VINO nave secured the contract TOT
building the railroad from Marvel to
Searchlight. have agreed to complete
the road IN ninety days and are rush
ing work to the utmost, as car after
car of men, tools and implements are
coming In every day In order to facili-
tate the work Of the large OUTFIT.
Another company operating within
the town limits Is the Nevada Search
light. This new company has the min
eral rights under both the Grand Cen
tral and the Arizona town sites, which
are adjacent to the main portion Of
Searchlight.
The Buster group of five claims has
been acquired by Dawson g. Mckenzie
under a working bond. These claims
lie i'm the Mob hill district. Mr.. Allen,
who will remain in charge of develop
ment work, states that il Is the inten-
tion of the company to start operations
Immediately by means of drift tunnel
in the main vein, as a several hundred
foot depth can be secured with such a
tunnel and a large body of excellent
ore can be blocked out,
New Body Of Ore
The Quartette Mine has opened up
the ore body on the 900-foot level, thus
demonstrating the huge body of ore
that this mine has at so great a depth.
The Bay State shaft that this company
is sinking west OF the principal work.
ing is being rushed with the greatest
possible speed, and as soon as water is
secured in this shaft the twenty new
stamps now on the ground will lmme-
diately be added to the twenty stamps
now in active operation.
Report from the Venus show con-
stant improvement as work progresses,
and the expectations of those interested
are now realization. Some of the ore
runs into the thousands: the ore shoot
proper is twice as large as was ex-
pected and contains an average of $40
per ton With cheaper railroad facil7
tiles this district will make many ship
ments of excellent ore.
New Process in Arizona
The Chihuahua, Mexico, Enterprise
says:
News has been received here of the
successful operation of the Rigby Min
ing & Reduction company's new plant
at Mayer, Ariz This plant has been
watched with great deal of interest
by mining men in all parts of the coun-
try, as it is the first large plant in
stalled to use what is known as the
Pohle-C -Croasdale process, which is,
briefly, the volatilization of the gold,
silver, copper and lead contents of
the ore, ana Ine COlleCI1On OF each or
these metals separately and In a prac-
tically pure state from the fumes
In this process the inventors have
simply taken advantage of a we'll
known principle-one which has been
fought against by metallurgists for
ages. Wherever heat has been applied
in the reduction of ores, either in
smelling or roasting for subsequent
treatment, there has been a certain
ta 90 ~ h -AI lott ard
in many cases this loss has been so
great that ores could not be success
fully treated by roasting or smelling
processes.
Wealth in Arizona
The mines of Yavapai county, Ari-
zona. produced in round numbers
$9.000,000 in precious metals in the past
year. In this list of values copper
heads the list with a production Of
40, 0,00oo 900 pounds; gold amounting to
81, $50 900 was produced from the lodges
and placers; silver 100000 ounces, and
lead and other metals amounting to
S2O0, 900.
The completion of the custom smelt-
ing plant of the Arizona Smelling
company at Humboldt, sixteen miles
east of Prescott, writes a Prescott cor
respondent, marked the most impor-
tant event to the mining industry for
site of the Val Verde smelter that was
destroyed by fire in the year 1904. The
location is an ideal one from every
standpoint, being on branch line of
the Santa Fe railroad and centrally To-
Gated In regard to the producing mines
of the country.
The plant consists of two reyerba-
tories of 300 tons daily capacity, sixty
ton electric crane. six converters, three
sets of Edwards roasters two large
Corliss engines of the turbine pattern,
ewo sets of Sterling boilers and two
large centrifugal pumps.
concentrator of 600 tons daily ca
pacity, using thirty-two concentrating
tables. four crusherS and three sets of
rolls; the sampling mill is equipped
with two 300-ton crushers. two 3OO-ton
rolls and 3O0-ton finishers; three auto
matte samplers and mixers, one con-
veyor belt for carrying ore from bins
to crushers. 1000 feet long and eighteen
inches wide. The receiving and storage
bins have a capacity for 5000 tons of
ore. The oil tank for holding oil for
fuel has capacity for 100000 gallons.
In addition to all this the company
has installed three large electric gem
orators for transmitting power for the
operation of the Blue Bell and De Soto
mines, several miles distant
Kun TOR the money
A thrilling automobile race in which
the stake was $4,000 in gold took place
| between Goldheld and Bullfrog and
several New York mining men won.
| The contestants were the New Workers.
! against Solomon Camp, the latter being
superintendent of the January mine at
Goldfeld.
! The option upon the Original Gold
Bar Extension mines at Bullfrog had
expired and both parties were racing
to close a deal for it's purchase
Camp and the New Workers left at
the same time in 50-horse power auto
mobiles. They ran close together at
the highest speed until they were within
few miles of Bullfrog. when Camps
chauffeur ran into a stretch of deep
sand while trying to make a short cut
and was compelled to walk the remain
der of the way. When he got there
the New Workers. had paid 100000 for
the mine. Camp at once offered them
$4,000 for their bargain and they ac-
! cepted the offer on the spot. They left
the camp $4,000 richer.
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