Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1909-06-30
ACTIVITY At THE
BIO STICKS MINES
Crrcm Wednesday, Daily,


Every department Of the Big Stick
Gold Mining company is today I'm.
der full head Of steam. The mill
has been completed and is running,
and with II the mine ia producing
the orc. What is destined TO be, in
short, a splendid gold mining enter.
prise. has entered tho active column
and from now on II will have a
steady and, il In believed, n profit.
able career. Attending the compile.
ton Of the milling facilities with
the mine development, a creditablc
reflection Of the men behind the pro.
jet is shown in the channels Of
practical methods Of mining. As.
suming charge Of the property 10
March Of 1908, after purchasing the
samc from Joe Howclls, the methods
adopted were TO open the ground at
all points. and the question Of treat.
ing the orc was not considered. Fol
lowing out these principles, the tran.
sition Of prospect into a mine has
resulted. With this AZ an establish
cd fact, the old Sultan mill up the
river about ton miles, was pur.
chased, and the work Of installing
II was started last November. II
was finally completed and its initial
run was made last week. To support
IL the minc Ia the backbone Of the
project, and In this connection there
In an asset in ore bodies that IL de.
cidcdly encouraging. the result Of
nearly two years of steady develop.
mcnt. Conservative estimates place
the yield available for the mill nj
one year Of continuous running, and
that without any additional mine
work whatever. Two shafts have been
sunk on the property, by the new
management, No. 3 reaching a depth
Of 232 feet with over 1900 feet OF
drifts, and other workings, wbil'
shaft No. o, about $500 feet away
has 10 feet Of depth with over 33'
, feet Of underground work in drift
and tho like. In each of these open
a ings the orc bodies show the bigl
!. value Of the ground. From shaft
, 20 the mill runs n tramway $500 feet
/. and Mt shaft No. 2 three the ore !
dumped into the mill bins withou
. any additional other other than tina
;. OF the work Of mining. This featur
!, Of handling the product is mentionc
:, 10 give an idea of the methods o
economical treatment introduced. i
=. lall mine work in evidence on th
~ property at the present time, the fro
:. zone has only been developed, nm
:, from that source will the preser
"a milling be conferred. Sulphidc cond
!, tons will later prevail, and are no
~ coming in, and when the free orr
), are worked out, provision In made II
NJ tho handling of such. A cyani'
plant il also installed with the mi
II, having n capacity Of 100 tons M
n. run. In handling this output sixt
A Eve per cent ia classified into san
and is Ieaehed, the remaining thirt
he Ave per cent being shines, and
ii. treated by the Pachucha system,
,c new method of extraction. When
a. iginally installed on the Sultan mi
ia the above mill cost nearly $1,000
Of 40 that some idea may be had OF :
facilities Of tho Big Stick in har
Of ling their output of the future.
in The practical efforts with viii
Nv this company has been blessed
best shown in what they have
what they are capable Of doing
the future.
WI In this matter of managem'
given, r. r. Campbell is the gene
Tho superintendent Of tho company, assu
ted ing that position last November,
n the final success Of the project
,.o Ibe traced directly 10 his administ
otto ton. Associated with him ~ j.
cid Morrison, to whom AZ constructor
the mill 10 credit also due. In
yht cyanide department is James T.. N
an. Gan. late Of the Tonopah Mining G.
,vv many. where he had charge OF
"a. ton mill, and he will handle I
mn. part of the yield. In mine work,
anvil. Broan, rated as one OF the
ans miners in the territory, directs
ne. work below. The Big Stick mi
tho are situated on the Santa Ma
about twenty miles from the !
FAY. Creek station on the Santa 70, =
..a. colt & Phoenix railway, and orr
ara. ally were located twenty three y
md. AGO. The section in which they
this situated enjoys an excellent name