Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-30
GOLD ROADS
MINE MA Y
CLOSE DOWN
FRENCHMEN AND AMERICANS
CANNOT AGREE
GLOBE is MUCH AROUSED OVER
STRIKES
Many OF the Arizona Properties Are
Reported Busy Pushing Develops
ment Work with Full
Forces
pecIal correspondence Of The Herald.

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| PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 29.-Owing to
the uncertainty of the future of the Gold
Road mine, near Kingman, Superintend-
ent s. r. Porter has rendered his resig-
nation and Colonel H. G.. Heffron has
been sent by the company to take the
vacant place.
During the management of Mr.. Porter
the company has been put on secure
| dividend basis, while at the same time
immense bodies of rich gold ore have
been opened up In the mines and thou
sands of tons broken down in the slopes
A dlnerence of opinion has arisen be-
tween the French and American share
holders In the property over the advis-.
ability of undermining the milling plant
and equipping the property with electric
| power.
The American shareholders want
modern plant. thus cheapening the per-
| centage of saving In the cyanide depart
ment. The French people oppose this
| innovation, and as a result there is n
strong probability of the property closing
down on the first of January. No one
questions the ability of the mine to pro-
| duce three or four thousand tons of ore
monthly, but the American shareholders
are after better results and want plant
that will handle from three to four hun
dred tons of ere daily, or from ten to
| twelve thousand tons monthly
Inc strike of rich sulphide ore in the
| Mallory shaft of the Globe Consolidated
aroused great interest in the Globe min
ing district. Tne ore proved to be richer
| tnan expected, some of it running as high
as 20 per cent, with sufficient sulphur
contents to make 1t an excellent fiuxing
ore The same vein on the 450-level was
SIX feet wide and averaged less than
per cent in COPPER
Gold Causes FURRY
Two recent gold strikes in the Globe dis
trict have caused a furry among the
prospectors and claim owners of Globe
one or these strikes occurred in Lost
| Gulch, wnere considerable of the yellow
metal has been found in the past all.
though not In paying quantities. and the
| other is reported from 4 portion of the
district in which no gold has ever been
found. Although no definite information
| could be secured of the first named, it is
understood that vein running from one
OF two inches in width was discovered.
samples of which assayed as high as
$1,000 ton The claim is the property of
II. Il. kellner, who, it is understood, is
making preparations to mine the rich
stuff.
Ore running from $4,000 to $4,000 per ton
is reported to have been struck on one
OF the claims of the Radium group
|
Messrs. Fuller, Hughes, Cowley and
Martz. Owing to the large number of
claims held by Mr.. Mercer and the con-
| siderable amount which would have 10
be expended for assessment work several
leases were given for a year. On the
| Emmiline claim, which at one time
yielded large quantity of silver. vein
averaging about an inch in width was
struck in the old shaft by the leasers and
several hundreds pounds have already
been sacked by the leasers. The strike
has stimulated others who have property
| in that vicinity.
| In the abandoned openings of a claim
worked a quarter of a century ago by J.
N. Norris Dan B. Genung recently un-
covered what appears to be one of the
most important mineral discoveries made
| in Yavapai county during the last two
weeks. The pay streak is from three to
four feet in thickness, where opened at
| depth of forty feet. The ore resembles
meteoric iron. 1t carries high grade
values in gold, specks of the yellow metal
being plainly visible to the naked eye all
through it.
! The discovery is in the Weaver dis
trict on the Mesa, Immediately southwest
of Stanton.
Dump Samples Big
w. H. Nellis announces that he is
making preparations to start develop -
ment on the French Lily group of mines
| in Crazy BASIN
'In intend to install a first class hoist
ing and pumping plant at the property 4
once" he said. Five of the six CLAIM
comprising the group cover what
known as the French Lily vein, which
one of the true assures of the Bradsi
mountains. 1t is opened by 200
shaft and several hundred feet of d
The paystreak is continuous and G
values in gold, copper and silver, rs
| from SIS to $57 ton. There are Sc
| five tons of ore now on the dump
for treatment, sampling S22 to the
| The French Lily group is located
| foothills of the Bradshaws, one
! south of Turkey station, on the Bradsfs y
Mountain railroad
The Weldon Gold and Copper Mining
| company, who are operating the Quijota
district, some ninety miles west of Tue
son, were when last reported working 160
men. They were at that time operating
| two 10-stamp mills, keeping a good stock
pile of ore ahead. and had considerable
body of good stuff blocked out. Their
values are in gold AMI silver, and are
| said to average above $40 per ton. AT
| one time the lack of water to operate the
mills was a serious drawback, but this
| trouble has now beer. overcome and there
| is q surplus.
| The only difference the slump in copper
| and the tightness of money has made at
the Imperial copper property in the
Silver Bell district, has been reduction
\ in the number of tons of ore hoisted to
| the surface because of refusal of the
smelters to handle the usual tonnage.
followed by an increased effort on the
part of the company to hasten the COM
pletion of Its big smelter at Sasco 1t is
| reported that there are about 275 men at
work at the mine, and a very carefully
picked force at that The lower levels of
| IT, mine have recently improved greatly
and today they have more and richer ore
| in sight than ever before. There are
twenty-five machine drills at work and
vast amount of ore is being blocked out
| in preparation for feeding the new smell
ter $50 tons daily as soon as it is blown
| in, which event is now scheduled Tor
some time early in January.
| Or. e. Benjamin Andrews gets TO the front
| once more with declaration that Hanging
| is the punishment that should be meted out TO
a proved Hbeler But why stop with hang