Arizona republican., 1910-11-21
THREE MINE PROJECTS
IN NORTHERN YUMA CO.
INSPIRING NEWS FROM THE
vlcKsBURG DISTRICT.
Progress Reported from a Country
Where They Hope to Dig Gold
From the Ground, Not From
the Stockholders.

Josiah Winchester who with two
partners owns gold mine near
! Vicksburg. is in Phoenix for a day
or so on business. Mr.. Winchester
| brings very satisfactory intelligence
concerning his own and other proper
! ties in that section of the country
where a great deal of money has been
expended and where the persistent
Operators are more than ever encour-
! aged TO believe they are pioneering
in the right direction.
Mr. Winchester has been engaged for
more than two years in the conStruc-
ton of a ten-stamp mill on his prop
/ erty about two miles from Nicksburg
1t has taken a great deal longer and
| great deal more money than he antici-
pated, but he was well satisfied before
he began construction that the project
would eventually be profitable aud he
] is now more sanguine than ever, not
understanding his tiresome delays
which We're more numerous than 9TH
! erWise for the reason that with but
a limited capital he undertook build
ing and operating by himself. That is
to say, he had confidence i'm his mine
was willing 10 spend his own money
and take chance on getting it back,
TO be in a position to benefit by the
results if they were profitable For
that reason he never capitalized the
project for the selling of stock. and
has conducted his business just as
some other man would a farm or a
store
1t is now believed the mill will he
ready for operation by the first of De-
cember, though he has had so many
disappointments he will not be dis
cOuraged even if there is more delay.
for ii is so near ready he feels 'out
of the woods" Asked concerning his
development work. he 1lad 100 600 tons
of ore blocked out and on the dump
though he said engineers have placed
the amount at twice that much. The
values he says he is certain will run
from IS to S12 per ton, though engi-
neers have placed the average values
at $23 per ton. He has cut all esti-
mates in two that he might not fool
himself and says he will be satisfied
if results measure up to his conserva.
tive expectations, and he expects in a
very few weeks To have something be-
side theories and prospects 10 go by
His ore carries too much copper for
cyaniding. but he believes he will
save most of the values that escape
the plates by means of Whitley tables
and MOnnell sinner. the latter being
a new invention that has demOnstrat-
ed that it can save 50 per cent of the
values in tungsten, which is the light
est form of gold ore, much lighter
than the gold in his ore
Asked concerning Fred Staffords
project. five miles from Vicksburg. Mr.
Winchester said that so far as he
knew Mr. Stafford is making a fine
success. His Lane mill, started
short time ago, is running satisfactor-
lily and plating from Sl2 to SIS per
ton. His ore is of a different charac-
ter from that of Mr. Winchester and
seems to be worked nicely with the
Lane mill.
The biggest and best news brought
by Mr.. Winchester however. is in con-
nection with the comparatively recent
strike thirty-five miles south of Vicks-
burg, where W. ri. Clark of Salt Lake
city and associates have taken bond
and lease on the Wheeler & Pruitt
property and have il under develop
ment The Development thus far has
not only been satisfying. but Mr. Win
chester says that he believes that if
the mine We're located anywhere save
IN Arizona ii would become a veritable
Goldfield. He says he really believes
1t has the finest showing of any prop
orty he ever saw at the present stage
of development. and he has spent the
greater part of his life in the mining
fields of the west
This comment is not passed for any
selfish reason, either as it is thirty
five or forty miles from his property,
is in an entirely different formation
and he has no concern i'm it. In fact.
no one has except Mr. Clarke, who is
a millionaire, and the three or four
men who are associated with him
They haven't n share of stock to sell
and have plenty of money for the de-
Velopment of their property, being
absolutely Independent i'm their opera
tons
Thus far Mr.. Clark has sought no
publicity and has been very conserva-
tive in speaking of the property Mr. |
Winchester says. however he can
speak of his own knowledge when he !
says that the shaft is now down 10 |
feet and a drift has been run 60 |
feet from il; the shaft and the drift |
are both full width in the solid ore |
that will run $50 in free gold. He
says he would be justified in making !
it great deal stronger but. like /
the owners and like his estimate of |
his own property. he wants to be safe !
ly conservative in all he says.