El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-22
LOOKS FOR BURIED
GOLD IN OLD
MAMMOTH
Mine Famous for It's Wealth
Ten Years Ago Is
Worked Again.

moth mine, famed for its riches
| throughout the whole southwest, there
/ is a probability of the revivicatiOn
of mining in Arizona.
The mine, owned by the heirs of
the late E. C. Hall, is being operated
by George U. Young, secretary of state
| of Arizona, and while he is not exact
| ~ suffering for the necessities of life,
he has sunk in the mine every dollar
| he possesses. He stands to win big
| or go flat broke in the style of the
| old timers of this section, and there
are those who are betting that he will
not go broke.
The old Mammoth has history. 1t
| yielded 100000 during the life and
| operations of Hall, who located it, and
upon his deathbed he told his two
! daughters that he had left $4,000, 600
! in sight in the property. He also left
| positive instructions to the girls as
! to how the property was to be han
died. 1t was out of the question for
! them to operate it, and Hall knew this.
Knowing also the worth of the prop
erty or at least claiming that he did,
he impressed upon his daughters a
plan for selling it which made possible
its working by anyone.
All this was a matter of 10 years
ago. Recently, through their inability
to dispose of the property, the girls,
each of whom is now married, gave
Young a peculiar lease and bond upon
the mine. and he went to work.
Young Is Making Work Pay.
There was the remnant of a stamp
mill upon the property Young built
this up with new machinery until he
now has 10 stamps in operation, work
ing on the old dump, and he is getting
his moneys worth from that source.
But it is in the bowels of the mine
that the fortune, if it exists, lies, and
to get that has proven tremendous
task
Ten years are many TO pass over
mine that is abandoned. These have
passed and left their mark. SO deep
is the mark that it was more feasible
to sink a new shaft in order to get
to the old workings than it was to
reconstruct the old shaft
Accordingly this was done. or, rath-
er. is doing, and it is now down 1900
feet The old shaft has been unwa-
tered to some extent by pumps and
within two weeks the politician who
has turned miner will know the an
swer to his riddle.
Hall took $780, 900 out of one Slope
in this mine. The ore is a high grade
proposition and there shou be no
doubt of the worth of the mine at
present. in view of Halls statements.
but there is doubt of the truth of
that statement, made upon his dying
bed as it was. and good reason for
the doubt. Many, of whom Young is
not one. believe that Hall at the time
of his death was crazy.
Hall Was Long Poor.
For years, practically all his life.
Hall was a poor man. His children had
reached maturity before his famous
strike was made and they were Injured
to poverty. Prosperity was a new ex-
perience and the hard talons of the gay
white ways of the Pacific coast cities
caught Halls son. AfterNa prolonged
debauch the son committed suicide and
many are there in Arizona who Will
tell you that the elder Hall was never
right mentally after that event. Hence
the doubt of the mans sanity and the
concomitant doubt Of the truth of his
dying statement
Young, however was an intimate
friend OF Hall. Hall was reticent, how
ever even with him, but during that
friendship Young became acqua inted
with several OF Halls workmen. Two
Of these axe now with him in the mine
and they say that the loose ore about
the big stope and in half a dozen ore
chutes that were cut through on the
lower levels will pay big interest and
return of principle on mony spent 10
reconstruct the mine even if not 4
shot is fired
1t is well known that Hall became
so greedy after the gold in his prec-
ious rock that he would not allow
the men to stop Stopping and tunneling
long enough to timber properly until
they positively refused to enter the
dangerous ground.
Is Hunt for Buried Treasure.
The Mammoth, then, presents more of
the problems of hunting for buried
treasure than of real mining While
the mine, on the we'll known PROPOSE
ton that a new mine is better than. an
old one because nothing has been taken
out of it. is known to be $1,000 900
poorer than it was when Hall discov-
cred the lead, yet there is deep con-
ISOLATION in the fact that Hall said he
left twice as much more in the prop
erty- 1t is somewhat like the Peg Leg,
the Gunsight ard the hundreds of 9th
ers of the rich mines supposedly lost,
with the saving grace that this one is
merely rich; not lost at ALL
Not Lost Mine.
Far from being lost, it is hardly
likely that there is mine more easy
Of accass in the southwest. 1t lies 20
miles from Mesa, Ariz. which is in
turn 20 miles from Phoenix, by rail.
No railroad runs to the property, but
the fine road the government built at
a cost of $4,000 for so miles from
Mesa to the great Tonic dam passes
within 100 yards of the property. This
road is as smooth and hard as scientific
building can make 1t, and supplies are
no trouble to obtain.
The road from Mesa to the mine is
without grade, and the mine is on the
same level as the road, thus making an
ideal mining condition.
All of Arizona is watching the out
come of Young's colossal experiment
in sinking 1900 feet through barren
ground in order to discover what
man possibly insane said he left in
the ground, while that particular sec
ton of the territory within 100 miles