Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1910-06-04
Mines of the County

Several of the mines at Gold Butte,
Nevada, close to the Mohave county
line, are getting in shape to produce
The veins in that locality are large
and well defined and carry good values
in gold and silver.
The work on the portal of the big
tunnel that is designed to tap the
Samoan and Lucky Boy mines at great
depth, is now getting the finishing
touches and within few days the big
drills will be at work driving the bore
into the mountain.
Frank w. Ferguson has applied for
patent for a rotary engine that he
believes will revolutionize the use of
steam or gasoline. He will at once
begin work on a working model of the
engine and expects to perfect it for
manufacture on a large scale.
The Tom Reed mill is Just now
turning out more bullion than at any
other time in its history. A gentle
man who visited the plant few days
ago reports that the last cleanup of
the plates gave at least one thousand
pound of hard dry amalgam, while the
cyanide tanks will yield mach more.
From his statement we take it that
more than 1000 ounces of gold was
produced in the past fifteen days. The
ore on the $50 level is said to be the
richest ever found in the property and
the drifts that have been run in the
ore body shows it to be exceptionally
large. These drifts have reached a
total length of 200 feet and are still
in ore.
Oscar B. Conant, of Loganport, In
diana, and c. F. Kramer and wife of
Indianapolis, Indiana, members of the
Dixie Queen directors were visitors at
the property last week. They came IN
from the mine last Saturday and re-
manned over in Kingman until Thurs
day morning, when they departed to
the coast, where they will spend a few
weeks at the seashore. NJ. A. Moore, |
general manager of the company came
in from the mines with the party and |
is still visiting in Kingman. The re-
port has it that the mine is showing !
up splendid bodies of ore and that as
soon as the mill is complete a large |
tonnage of ore can be furnished from
the property.
The first big carload of ore that the
G. o. D. mine has sent out in years is
now being loaded for shipment to the
FL Paso smelter. This car will weigh
10000 pounds and the ore will average
in value nearly 400 ounces silver,
about one ounce gold and small per-
centage Of lead. The shaft is pro-
crossing rapidly toward the connection
with the 300 foot drift, while the drifts
are being carried off at the 100 east
and west in good ore. The mine never
gave such promise as under the pres
ent management AMI to those who
know few mines will equal it in pro-
duction before another year rolls
around
The GOlconda mine still continues
making big shipments of zinc ores to
the Oklahoma smelters. The ship
ment last Thursday was one of the
largest the property mas made this
year aud yet it has not reached the
limit of its production. With the big
tunnel in the GOlconda ore body the
mine can make a production better
than lOJ tons daily, while the other
mines of the group can increase this
amount by at least one hundred tons.
Take the properties together the pro-
duction will be as large as any of the
big mines of the territory, the ores
carrying values in gold, silver, lead ,
and zinc. With the mill operating on
the lower grades of ore these mines .
will opea the eyes of the mining men
of the territory.
The recent strike on the 500 level of
the Gold Road estate continues to
improve with development and it is
probable that the section of territory
embraced in the Line Road and Billy
Bryan locations will become the larg.
est producing part of the great vein.
The ore in that part of the property
has been exceptionally rich, leasers
having made money from the surface
ores. 1t is the general belief that the
veins has faulted in this ground, but
where the drift has been driven
through it the vein has shown dimin-