Arizona republican., 1909-05-05
Statement Issued by the Management of the Present Ownership.

Everybody in this part of Arizona will be pleased to know that the old Vulture mine is again being worked apparently with good mining methods and by people who have sufficient cap ital behind them to make a success or operating this old property. that has always been credited with having an ample ore supply. Less than year ago the property came into the hands of gentlemen of high financial and of ficial standing in Canada and New England, and great promises were made There has never been doubt of the value of the property, if prop erlv worked, and it was sincerely hoped the right people had at last acquired it. If so. it will early be demonstrated. according to present information The following. offered the readers of The Republican, is bulletin No. l, issued by the company itself. and there Is no reason to doubt the information, which is surely fattering and indicates fine beginning to real mine operation;
 "The company took possession of the Vulture mines on September l, l9OS' and found all necessary buildings, such as office. assay laboratory. boarding houses. stables and blacksmith shop, mostly of stone, requiring only minor repairs; also an S0-stamp mill and 1OO- ton cyanide plant. In the mine eXten- sive development work required only unwatering and repairing Of tracks The west incline, 500 feet deep, was full of water to the 400-fOOt level This furnished store of water for all uses in the camp, including the running or the mill. until the completion of the deep well The shaft was In perfect condition and equipped with a double drum hoist That it should be open after SO many years of idleness was an extraordinary and fortunate condition which saves us two years time and quarter of a million dollars Tn the opening of the mine The first month was spent cleaning up, repairing bulld- ings and organizing q working force Since the Ist of October, new develop ment and equipment have been car ried on with the utmost vigor, with freouent additions to the force em ploved as the opening of the mine afforded room until more than fifty men are now at work The mill was overloaded and repaired. new sluice plates and ore bins added, and the crushing of ore was begun early m February No stoping has been done and only one ore from the drifts has been sent to the mill. yet the first cleanup on March yielded 115 ounces gold bullion. value S1.S00.
 The large ore bodies for which Nui- ture is famous have been re-encoun- tered on the 450-foOt level and drifts are being pushed in these as fast as possible The unwatering of the mine had progressed until on April 1 the water was out of the 550-foot station I oading chutes are now being butt at this station. and the development of the ore bodies here is just starting
 This tabulated statement shows the amount of new work accomplished in the mine during the past six months;
 Development Work Accomplished Surface. 23s feet of sinking: 211 feet of tunnels. drifts and open-cuts- One hundred and fifty-foot level: 25 feet of raises; s feet of drifts; r feet Of cross cuts Three hundred and fifty foot level: 20 feet of raises: i5 feet ot drifts: 31 feet Of cross -cuts. Four hun dred and fiftv-foot level: 5S feet of raises: 19s feet of drifts; 142 feet ot cross-cuts. Total, 1.076 feet.
 Besides additions to the mill. the following new equipment has been added tO the property. A steam boiler a Cameron sinking pump and power crushing machines for the assay labor . atorv. Wood has heretofore been used for fuel. but a careful study of the fue' situation demonstrated that an inn portant saving would result from a change to fuel oil. Plans were fmme- diately undertaken to make this change an a 25O- barrel storage tank and two tank wagons have been installed. The use of oil in place of wood will effect an immediate saving in operating cost estimated at s1 900 per month.
 "Following the successful develop ment of large new ore bodies. 1t be- came necessary to develop permanent water supply for camp and mill. Con- tracts were accordingly let in January for a deep well. which is now being pushed night and day. and which on April 1 had reached a depth Of 35O feet The new equipment for the well including a well derrick, a thirty horse power gas engine for pumping and a 25O- barrel tank. with necessary piping. is already in place.
 Tt will be gratifying news to the stockholders that the new work has established the correctness of the con- clusions expressed by your engineers after their first examination, that the immense ore bodies continue at depth without material change of size or richness.
 "W. SPENCER HUTCHINSON, Consulting Engineer.
 Boston, April 20, 1909"