Arizona republican., 1907-01-04

length of 1000 feet. This will give
most excellent index to the inside of
the hill at a very desirable depth and
crosscut every ledge that goes down.
1t is confidently expected that many of
them unite before that depth is reach
ed and those who favor the copper the
DRY believe that before the junction is
made with the Bullfrog shaft a vast
body o: copper will have been en-
countered. Already IN the 80 foot tun-
mel there is a considerable seepage of
water and the rock is taking on a sui
phide appearance. The water, however.
is believed to be only surface satura
tion and i'm any event the tunnel has
sufficient incline for SELF drainage. a
fact that may be Of much Importance
IL the deep Bullfrog shaft should
chance to be a wet one, for il is much
easier to let water run out of a hole
itself. than to pump II 200 or 1000 feet
should il be desirable to go so deep.
The tunnel is sufficiently capacious to
be utilized both for drainage and oper-
ating purposes and If this section of the
mine is amply satisfying for contin-
uous working il will be strictly a tun-
mel mine except for such depths as II
may be desirable to sink below, an
eXigency too far in the future for
present calculations, except as to the
exploitation of the first or TWO Queens
vein. The economy of a tunnel mine
as against that of shaft operation is
too well known and too self suggestive
to need further mention.
There is a good tunnel site also on
the two claims to the east of the Two
! Queens and Bullfrog now under sys-
tematic exploration and when the time
comes these claims will no doubt be
opened up in the same manner by the
driving of this tunnel to connect with
the shafts on those claims, briefly men
toned in the description Of the surface
exploration.
Both these tunnels. though at the
foot of mining operations. are suffi-
GENTLY high above the millsite to per-
NIT OF a gravity tramway to the ore
bins when the day of a reduction
plant arrives.
! A word about achievements is ap-
prOpriate at this time. The reader will
recall that mention has been made of
four or five shafts varying from 10 TO
90 feet and of the tunnel 80 feet under
cover. Assuming that most of the open
work was done by Mr.. Carbon in his
prospecting. these shafts and tunnel
represent some lively work in the past
three months. More men will be ad-
ded as fast as they can be utilized 10
advantage. Three shifts are kept busy
in the tunnel and two in the shaft on
the Two Queens. a third would be
added except for the powder smoke
which makes necessary a long wait be-
tween shifts for the air to clear. These
things are recalled only to demonstrate
that the management believes in doing
things and there are few mines under
development where more is done in a
. year than has been accomplished here
I'm three months. Good wages are paid
and good provender provided for good
men, with ideal camp conveniances.
other than good men Will not be toi-
Grated longer than until the truth is
known.
These achievements in so brief a
time betoken both an energetic man
agement and the slnews of war the
money that makes the mare go. for the
best mine in the world cannot be prop
cry uptHtu Nlluoul an dilpit supply
of money in the treasury at the time
it is needed. Thus far it has not taken
a large amount. for operations have
been in a small way and the writer
is informed there is an ample FUND for
all nearby emergencies with not the
least doubt but that plenty more can
be secured when needed. And there
is no more appropriate time than now
TO make short mention, both of the
requirement Of the property and some
reference to the personnel of the men
who are so enthusiastically pushing il
both in direct management and in fiscal
matters.
s. d. Carbon. the original locator
and discoverer of the rich ore Of the
Two Queens. was associated in his pros