Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-24
sYLvANITE.


 The King solomon Mining Compa- ny-Incorporated, is the title of q prospectus just issued by the directors of that company. because of the facr that the property of the King Solomon is centrally located and typical of the entire district wherein it lies the fol lowing excerpt from the description contained in the pamphlet will be in- teresting to those who may be watch 'ng the progress of the New Mexican gold eamp-
 The discovery of the auriferous lodges near Sylvanite dates back less than four months. In view of this cir cumstancs the development of the dis uict is without parallel in the annals cf mining. The Wood, Gold Hill. SyI- vanite Consolidated Broken Jug. Wake-Up Charlie. Nedderland, Ruth. BnchaaaD, Winnie and Ridgewood, ali under vigorous development, have have opened h-gh grade ore in com mercial quantities; and tO this list tae King Solomon soon will be added. Ol the above properties the five first
 
 Carleton and Winters, we'll known mining men and bankers of Cripple Creek, will construct a stamp mill within the next three months for re- duction of the ores of their Wood and Rutn mines at Sylvanite. Other re- duetion plants are certain to follow in tde near future. because of the heavy expense exacted by railroad tolls be tween the Eureka district and the dis tant Fl Paso and Douglas fArizona) smelters. Properties that can ship ores at a profit under the adverse con ditions prevalent in a newly discov- cred region aloof from all sources of supply. to the experienced is almost lncontrovertihle evidence of the new camps great possibiIitiesas demon strated by the manner in which oper- ators from the gold region of Colorado and Nevada have already acquired pos session of the bulk of the Sylvanite properties.
 The King Solomon was the site of the first discovery of gold bearing rock in the district. found there by the zones discoverer. the Clark broth CTS, who for some months had been searching for the lodges they felt must furnish the placer beds that for years had been worked at the base Of the range The cCmpany's property is situated at the intersection of the Buchanan. or Mother Lode of the dis trict, and the HoIcomb ledge. The Buchanan ledge lies almost due north Of Sylvanite The Holcomb ledge trends from the northeast to the south west. The values of the latter have been proven beyond peradventure. From the CleInmie clSim on this ledge the Sylvanite Consolidated Mining company has already made four ten ton shipments. the high grade ore giving returns in excess of $40. Fl Paso assays from the Buchanan Lode ol its oatcrop north of tae King Sol omon yieIdsd gold values as high as TO ounces per ton
 The development Of the pToperty is being prosscuted increasingly. a force Of eight men hsins worked in two shifts. The Holcomb ledge on the King Solomon was first uncovered by surface cut across the width oi the ledge. The values encountered 1 ranged from so cents to S32.O0, the i general average being about S7O0. | ftAleE tAtsnuiHS tlt cut d oiStdnfc or [ nineteen feet it was learned that the gold values also existed in the foot i wall. or dise, with the result that the l decided to drive a tun- nel from a point farther down the ! vita the object of cutting the entire foundation at a depth that would disclose it's salre as a whole The workings of the company consist of two tunnels"
 The personnel of the King Solo mons management is above the aver I sge in efficiency. Parker l.. Wood | man, the company's president, is min ng superintendent of the Copper Queen mines at Bisbee. and Leonard >oehr, its general manager, was for nerly foreman of tae Copper Queens | Lowell mine.