Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-17
EXAMINATION |S MADE ON THE MI. ELLIOT
 PROPERTY
Stamp Mill at Mine Has Again Been Put In
 Operation
6FrOm TAaTsday's Daily,

to have the satisfaction of a personal examination of the properties of the Mt. Elliott Consolidated Mines com pany, Messrs. s. s. Lindsay of the Pittsburg Plate Glass company; J. G. Simpson, a retired capitalist of the same city; W. N. Ogden, the head of a Pittsburg general insurance busi- ness; H. William Stevens, the we'll known mining operator of Prescott, and A. R. Kerens, mining engineer, returned to the city yesterday from a three days examination of the vari- GUS mines of that company, which they say was attended with agree able surprises. Members of the party were pronounced in their beliefs that the magnitude of the enterprise could only be appreciated by an inspection of the conditions that were every where in evidence. Their time, they say, was agreeably spent and in their three days absence, they had an op- portunity to infinitely investigate the proposition from the quartz mill above to the lowest level below. Every lit tie detail was looked into and to make the trip a profitable one in the knowledge of mining work, the above people spent most of their time at points where work was going on to see the methods employed in deep mining and to also watch the prac- tical efforts that characterizes gold mining. While these investors were underground bucket after bucket of ore was sent up and then taken to the mill for treatment. The various processes were seen and appreciated, and in their observations they were permitted to do as they desired. The claim examined was the Dividend, al though the entire group was looked over. Of these there are eleven mines and a striking feature of them is that they are all patented which in itself is a noteworthy asset the company has behind it.
 The principal work on the group is centered to the Dividend. The main shaft on this claim has reached a. depth of 800 feet, and from which point drifting east and west is going on, together with sinking. At all points under development, the unifor mity of the ore bodies was seen and while at some points the vein runs to as wide as eight feet, the average ore body will run to from five to six feet. From the top of the shaft to the present depth the character of the ore and its regularity in construction has been maintained, and this fact gives the property an attractive re- gard in mining circles, and which has frequently been commented upon by mining men. What miners pronounce as the healthiest looking sulphide ore seen in this field is the product from the Dividend. In addition to its base features, carrying iron, it is also made up with free golu and in mill runs of late years this quality of the yield has run along with that of the con centrates in value. Some surprise is expressed that the free gold should live to the extent it does in the Dividend ores, when the question of depth is taken into consideration, but this is one of the characteristics of mines in that zone.
 Preceding the visit of the above gentlemen the 10-stamp mill of this company was started up on a 12-hour shift run, the securing of oil for fuel being the reason why the plant could not be operated on full time. A total of 9s tons was run through and the yield was a gold brick that weighed S1,200, which is on exhibition at the Bank of Arizona. The average value per ton treated was close to $21. This volume of ore was sent from the drifts below as it was mined. The members of the company feel enthusiastic over this result, which, considering the big vein that furnish ed the ore, makes the ground one of valuable rating. It is now the in- tention of the company to solve the fuel problem at the earliest practi- cable date in order that the stamps may drop steadily for 24 hours on shift. It is probable that connection will be made in a few weeks hence with the Arizona Power company, whose electrical service line runs a few miles distant through Eugenia Gulch. Arrangements to this end are going on.