Arizona republican., 1910-03-29

Hall of Denver. who with his son. op- | rated il during the period of its sue | cess. The tragic death of the son and the advanced age uf MT Hall, kept him from trying to work the mine further. and finally he died leaving the property to his two daughters, one of whom. Mrs. Minnie Hall Perr, k the idminiStrdtriN. since deciding to buy it MT. Young has been negotiating with ] the owners and playing checkers with three eastern groups nf investors. all Df whom have been trying to get hold l II the property. NIT. Young succeeded and thinks he has made good invest ment IL is his own project solely for the present at least. and will not be stocked. He proposes to spend his own money as long as it lasts and then go md get some one tO help him if he needs help. IT it k a winner it will be liS good fortune or good judgment If 1e loses il will he his own white ele- phant and he will take his medicine.
 MT Lewis says he is not concerned m the transaction only to the extent of getting Mir Yonng interested. He ,ulN wishes he had money enough SD lc might be His chief purpose is to
 see operating again a property he has always believed valuable, for the good 1t will dc its owners and the communi- ty nf Mesa City. his former home. Dur ing the days of Goldfield's prosperity the Mammoth mine was a big thing for Mesa City. During the lean years in the valley the loose money in cir 'ulItion in Mesa City. came mostly from Goldfield. which is just twenty niles east ot there. If another half mill lion or million of dollars in gold can 5a dug mp within twenty miles of Nest 'ity it will be a fine thing for that town and incidentally for the whole valley.
 The Mammoth miac had d short but nVentful history. preceding thirteen years ago. when il was closed down. IL was discovered in 1898 and operated by the Halls until lS91. The ore was
 ,o rich that no attention was paid [" the low grade product. and. as is well
 ,nown. there have Leen many inn movements in operating facilities since those days. There Was one big stapc in ,he old property thirty-five feet wide
 'ontaininS the richest ores. that the
 management dug out clear along the vein. and ran into the mill with no sorting al all. II was all goOl pr the aad was of such small quantity 1t was not worth separating The low grade veins and the surface ores were passed up entirely and the mine was rushed lown to the depth of 4S5 feet and zig pumpS installed to keep hack the
 water. The property was really Hsf f,arf1 '. fit4.R worked and timbcred Quick returns was the motto and it worked fLmously aS far as good results tn thlt man Igement were concerned, but il Jeff the property in bad shape for it's sue cessors. as il is badly Caved and is now 'ull of water IL is believed though that there is still exposed. ar would bc if some of the water was pumped ,ut. sufficient ore to pay for the pur-
 haSc price of the property when
 worked by modern methods.
 An incident of the mine that Is well remembered hv residents of that day also furnished an exciting news event.
 \ caVc-in one day imprisoned a miner n chamber by himself Heroic rescue work was undertaken and for a part of the way at least an entire new hole had to be dug h reach him. IL .ook inst fourteen days to get to him though he had hcen giving signals sometime before tn show that he was still alive. He was finally rescued. much cmaciated and very weak. but in a few days recovered without seem ing evil effects on his health. having made what was then considered the record fast under such conditions
 Mr Young says he will send out three or four men about the lst of April to clean up the camp and get ready for operations In a few days the engineer from the Derby mine MT Young is operating near Prescott. and three other engineers. will look the property over and advise him as to the best plans to pursue. In a general way though he said his purpose is tn sink m entirely new shaft with at least 500 feet as an object point tpr depth. As depth iS attained he will rig up tn" pumps and unwatcr the old shaft. keep ing the water level down even with the new workings so the accumulated wa ter will not interfere. In SD doing he will disclose what the old workings amount to He expects to find plenty of values in them to be worth while. practically ready for removal. but if not he feels sure from the geology of alongside and underneath the old work