Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-01
SUMMER MINING
IN DESERT CAMP
PROPERTIES IN CRACKERJACK
DISTRICT
Teams Hauling Out Ore and Return
ing with Loads of Lumber and
Machinery for Permanent
Improvements

| Willis A. Gates, president of the
Crackerjack Gold Mining company, and
one of the most widely known mining
operators in the desert mining region, is
in Los Angeles for few days. Mr..
Gates is pioneer of the Cracker1ack
district and has profound faith in that
section.
.'The entire district is rapidly improv-
ing. practically all of the operators
evincing a disposition to engage in )ex-
tenstye developments" said Mr. Gates
Usually there is a slackening up OF
work with the approach of hot weather,
but such is not the case at this time IN
the Crackerjack, for the number of men
going into the district exceeds those
coming out. Impatience to get at the
treasure that we all know to be there
seems to dominate every one and work
is pushed to the utmost. The result or
this activity will be that ere long the
district will be producer of both prec-
ious and base ore on a big scale ana tne
people of this city will awaken to the
fact that almost at their door they nave
Goldfield and Jerome rolled into one.
Development of Mines
"The Crackerjack Gold company has
its tunnel in 325 feet; it's main working
shaft is down 100 feet while another
shaft is going down on the contact
vein. The last mentioned shaft is
about 450 feet west of the main smart,
but $50 feet lower and shows up some
excellent values in copper. At a later
date the two shafts will be connected.
The main shaft has a ledge about -FOUR
feet wide, carrying good milling values
in both gold and silver. This mineral
ization will undoubtedly change to cop
per with depth, as we have many rlch
stringers of copper ore coming into the
shaft already:. In the shaft being sunk
on the contact vein the indications are
plentiful that a large ore body will be
encountered at slight depth. One of the
strongest reasons for this belief is in
the discovery of very fine ore at depth
of only ninety-f1ve feet in the shaft on
the Peterson property directly east
about 300 feet. Our shaft is being sunk
on the same contact vein, but is about
seventy-five feet lower than the pres
ent level of the Preston shaft. In our
tunnel we have crosscut several veins
carrying good values in gold and silver,
but have not yet reached the main vein.
This tunnel is expected to cut the main
shaft at 100 feet below the surface and
through it the ore opened up by the
shaft will be taken, thus saving
hoisting.
"The Tungate property, adjoining the
VI
being surveyed. 1t is a splendid prop
erty, it's shaft is down thirty feet and a
tunnel being run has already encoun-
tered ore of the shipping grade.
1.-THE Durham property adjoining the
Tungate is having shaft sunk on 1t.
"On the Beau Brummel group hoist
has been installed and work is being
pushed on 300-foot shaft.
1.-The Mangennifer has two shafts un-
n q SnUnntV-fiUa feet
down and a hoist will be installed as
soon as it can be delivered.
"All of these properties are on one
great ore body which am satisfied will
be reached at about 800 feet and when
opened up will make Crackerjack one
of the greatest copper camps in the
country.
Fine Flow of Water
Directly south and in the Red pass
is the Crackerjack Bonanza group,
which shows phenomenal values with
comparatively little development; on
the dump there are several hundred
tons of high-grade ore, while large
quantity of sacked ore, all very high
grade, awaits shipment. Actual ship
ments have commenced and will con-
tinue as fast as teaming facilities al
low. Hauling is somewhat handicapped
by high water in the lake, compelling
The return ore teams are hauling in
lumber and other material for bunk and
boarding houses and the managers s
dwelling and office. A great impetus
will be given the development of the
Bonanza group by the discovery of a
| fine flow of water, at a depth of fifty
! feet quarters of a mile to the
north. A pumping plant and tanks of
| 10000 gallons capacity will be installed
at once and the water be piped directly
to the mine The Bonanza work will
be pushed with a large force of men,
and when the double compartment
shaft now going down has reached the
! fifty-foot level a gasoline hoist will be
installed. All the indications afforded
by the mines workings and the guam
tity and value of the ore output war
rant the belief that the property, with
adequate Development, will rival even
the Mohawk, Goldfelds most famous
mine.'