Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-02-21
MINING rs ACTIVE IN THE CHIC.
RIDE DISTRICT.

Eikhhrt minr under bond, 10 shipping
two or three carloads Of ore per week
from the old ores un She dumps. Here
inforc these ores would not pay 10 ship
but under the new order nf things good
profit can bc realized. II is quite pro.
bublc that the mine viii be- put in shape
80 make q barge monthly output Of low
grade ores, whirh can l." shipped with
out pressing ~ he mill
The hoil'rs ~ ,hr Tennessee mine
are being r"pnIrrd and put IN shape 10
start up work IN thr property within
the next twenty days. :. H. Rhca will
have charge of the mine and another
gentleman Will TAX" charge of the mill
II is understood that the failing pits
will be worked over aud the zinc anvcd
Ia the mine there IL SAID 10 be- good
ore bodies. and these will bee worked on.
Charles T.. sherman has been at work
the past two or three months on the
Distan mine, Chloride. aud ~ now ship
ping carload of high grade silver ore
to the Humboldt smrltcr The Dis
,an has been one Of the best shippers
81 high grade silver ore in the Chloride
section. but during the past few years
little work has been done on IL. Now
IL is expected that the mine will be-
opened up aud regular shipments of ore
made
The drift un the Infalliblc Star Span
glcd Banner mines has been driven
into the mountain 400 feet the great
est part of that distance being in good
ore. Hundreds of tons Of mill ore IN
now piled IN the dumps and several
hundred tons of smelling ore has been
carried 10 the smcltcr nj Needles. For
more than 700 feet the ore body has
shown no break. In this ore body
there are many rich spots. but NJ the
brchs, the ore tx lead aud zine carry
ing values IN gold and silver. II II cx.
pectcd that when the drift reaches the
gold bearing ground in the Star span.
glcd Banner, rich ore will bc found.
Word comes 10 M from WYNN that
man 10y the name of \. T.. Bassick.
who has been working for A. q. Esbom,
on mining property near boundary
Gone, reports tn" opening up Of n large
body ~ rich gold ore in the vein, M
says from which run $50 10 the ton.
The ore body in seven feet in width
and IL similar in characteristics 20 the
Gold Road. Mr. Eshom IL interested
in cattle raising, hut has been dipping
into mining rather freely the past few
years. Recently he sold his interests
~ Gold Road for good sum of money
aud IL now prepared 10 take mp his
mines in the boundary Cone section
aud work them.
j. &. Hooker and \. T.. Davis came
in from Los Angeles Tuesday last, aud
IN company Of l.. NJ. Tcalc and Arson
II. Smith, visited the Treasure Hin
mines the following day. The gentle.
men ARE interested in the property and
were making an examination on their
own account. From what we could
learn, they intend Ia put in large
steam plsni on the mine aud begin the
active development Of the property
within the next thirty days. They
were quite pleased with the property.
aud believe the company has one Of the
good things Of the district.
Report has i, that the Adams lode.
known M the Grand Gulch mine. in
north Mohsv" county. has been bond
ed to w. y. Guthrie. Of Butte. Montara,
on account Of senator Clark y interest.
The mine IL situated In Grand Gulch.
in Bentley mining district. about 80
miles south ~ ~. George. Utah. For
more than thirty years the mine has
been worked internationally, hut the
long haulagc to the railroad has made
the sales Of ore Improbable, although
these ores are the richest ever produced
by copper mine in the territory. The
mine has been owned by the Grand
Gulch Mia'og company, the greatest
part of the shares being owned by the
Jennings estate At Salt Lake city.
\. X. khen and n. q. Douglas came
over from Chloride Thursday evening.
aud are looking after business airans
IN kipgnss. Messrs Douglas and
Rhea are preparing 10 put in n zine jig