Weekly journal-miner., 1909-02-17
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district in northern Arizona, will soO1 be the scene of larger mining opera tions than it has ever known. A. E Hurley arrived here yesterday morn ing from an eight months stay in the east to resume work immediately on the Mudhole mine. During his absence he reorganized the Penn Gold Mining Company into the Penn Arizona Min ing Company and financed the latter for greater development than ever be fore attempted on the Audhole mine.
 An electric generating plant and electric pumps now at Poland staion will be delivered at the Mudhole through the Poland tunnel Monday and set in place as soon as possible The pumps have a capacity of 500 gallons a minute. Unwatering of the mine will be started as soon as the maehin- cry IS in place and rushed to compile tion. The generating plant will be a permanent one, although it is the in- tention of the company to use power furnished by the Arizona Power Com pany. In case of any accident to the transmission line of the power com psny shutdown of operations in the Mudhole mine can be avoided by pressing the generating plant on the ground into service.
 Foundations for the electric gener- ating plant are almost completed and other preliminary work of unwatering the mine is well under way.
 4 force of mechanics will have the mill ready for operation as soon as the Arizona Power Company is ready to deliver electric power. The pres ent plant has daily capacity of 135 tons. This will be increased immedi- ately by the addition of another 45- ton unit. With the mine unwatered and the mill in operation it is the in- tention to further increase the daily capacity of the mill to 250 tons by the addition of other units. The ore re- serves now blocked out in the mine justiies the installation of a plant of large capacity.
 With the mine unwatered operations will be started in the two principal shafts. Number l shaft is down 765 feet CD 45 degree incline It is sunk in the solid rock wall of the great vein. The vein was tapped by a crosseut from this shaft at the 24O level, showing an ore body larger than in any of the upper workings. One of the peeuliarities of the vein is that its ore bodies prove thicker and with increasing values as depth is gained.
 Number ? shaft is down 450 feet. The two miles of underground open 1 ings from the shafts will be increased by running the drifts in each diree- tion from the shafts.
 The company also owns the "97" and ''Honolulu" groups adjacent to the Mudhole group. Work will be started on these properties later.
 In recognizing the old company into the Penn Arizona Mining Com pany, General Manager Hurley asso- eiated large financial interests with the shareholders of the old company, who retained their holdings. The l principal stockholders are among the ] wealthiest capitalists of Pennsylvania ! Ample capital has been subscribed to carry on one of the largest mine de- | velopment schemes ever attempted in ! northern Arizona.
 The resumption of operations comes under more suspicious conditions than experienced in the early history of the mine. Transportation facilities have improved since the mine was shut 1 down to such an extent that the pro- duet can now be shipped to market at an expense of $6 a ton against S21 a ton formerly. This saving is brought l about by the completion of the Poland | tunnel through the range from Poland | to a point within a short distance of | the mill on the Walker side. All ma ehinery and supplies will be delivered | through the tunnel from the terminus of the Poland branch of the Bradshaw Mountain railroad at Poland. The | product will also be shipped to mar ket through the tunnel. Another eco homie feature of renewed operations is the power question. Steam power, created by wood fuel, will be replaced with electric power from the Fossil | Creek springs, at a considerable redue-
 tion in cost.