Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1906-03-17
General Whining Rews.

OGnGrol MInIn2 lSGwS.
The latest assays of the new strike
near Lordsburg, n. NJ. are going about
20OS a ton. While the first assay was
40 per cent copper, the latter ones
give: Gold .O2 ounces; silver, 175
ounces; copper, 26 per cent.
The Tucson Citizen says that 300
men are now employed at the Helvita
mines, sixty being Americans and 240
Mexicans. The smelter, which was
blown in last week, is to run for a
trial. 1t has been found necessary to
make extensive repairs to the improve
ments at the mines, as the plant has
run down in the five years it has been
idle. The ore bins are badly warped
and will have to be replaced by new
ones. Fine ore is being taken out
from the S00-foot level.
Chas. Allen is now packing his ore
from the mine to the Colorado railroad
and will soon have 80 tons of s ounce
gold ore ready for shipment. This
shipment will be worth between S,000S
and lO,000S, as some of it will 90 much
better than ounces. This is the first
shipment of gold ore made from this
section in several years, and marks a
new era in the development of the
mineral resources of the district. 1t
shows what can be done on the gold
leads with little money and plenty
of energy. From the present outlook
the district will be producing consid-
cradle gold before the expiration of
the present year.-Copper Era.
Word comes from Searchlight, Ne
vada that the Cyrus Noble has pur-
chased from the Quartette Mining
Company its entire present electrical
equipment, which includes a 40 horse
power engine and a 30 kilowatt dyna-
mo. 1t is also unofficially said that
this plant, when installed, may pos
sible furnish lights to the town. The
work of enlarg rging, timberihg and i'm
proving the shaft is still in progress.
Superintendent Luxon says that he
will have the mill in operation soon.
1t is also proposed to at once put in an
electrical pump. A building is under
way for the use of the electrical plant.
Activity is being resumed at the
Twin Buttes mines. Earl Rose, who
arrived in the city this morning from
the camp, stated that about 200 men
are now engaged on the colnpany'S
payroll, employed either on the rail
road or at the mines. OF this number
forty are miners. The company is TAX
ing on more men both for the mining
and railroad work as rapidly as it can
secure them. All the work that can
be done before the arrival of heavy
machinery has been finished at the
Morgan shaft, which is the main one.
The machinery will be hauled out as
soon as the railroad is completed.
Work is now being extended on the
King shaft. The company is stoping
about forty tons of ore per day, which
will be ready for shipment at the COM
pletion of the railroad. All the rail-
road grading for the spurs and
switches will be completed within 30
days and the entire road will be fin
ished within sixty days after the steel
arrives.-Tucson Citizen.
We returned Monday from Pitts
burg, Pima county, the camp of the
Mineral Hill Consolidated Copper com
pany. The new hoisting plant at the
Weedin shaft is in operation and do
ing excellent work. The shaft, which
is one of the finest double compart-
ment shafts in Pima county, has at
tanned a depth of 3O7 feet. The bot
tom is in a very silicious and altered