Arizona republican., 1910-03-31
 PROSPECTS Mesa Deeply Interested In New Deal AS SOURCE OF SUPPLY Belief That There is a Mine
 There and That This
 Time It Is Going to Be
 Developed
AS SOURCE OF SUPPLY

Ancnt the recent information reach
 ing this place of the bonding "i the Mammoth mine. in the Goldiield dis
 trict. To George L. Young. secretary "t
 the territory. and from the fact that Mesa has been in the past and Wilh
 be in the future very much interested
 in any mining operations conducted m
 the Goldfield district. the news has naturally caused considerable com nrnt at this place. .Iesa k interested rom the fact that in the event that d mine is found in the district above mentioned this will naturally be the bas. of supplies and the nearest rail road point. Goldfield being twenty miles from Mesa.
 Naturally there are those who are of the opinion that the Mammoth mine has been worked out, and then aSdih there are those who are as firmly con i vinccd that there is q new proposition on the Mammoth claim which IS worth wLile Laying aside the cOntroversN | as to whether the Mammoth mas pinChed out or whether there is an other bunch of high grade ore on some of the lower workings. that is d mat
 ter that will only be settled by actual development work. anyway.
 | According to C. B. Shattuck of this ! place. there is a~Snine in the G"ldfield district Mir. Shattucll's word must be given some consideration. for more | than enc reason; in the first place. he 1 has nothing to sell: in the second place. he has carefully gone over ev- | cry foot of ground in the district. and | in the third place. he has spent sl5.Oo"
 nn the Bulldog prospect. located one mile west Of the Mammoth.
 l In the years that have been allowed ! to lapse since the working of the Mammoth. there has naturally arisen l different versions Js to why the prop erty was given up. The fact that the .sramp mill was lett as it was operated on the last day of its activity-all ma chinery in place. and even the leather | land rubber belting was left on the pull | leys and drive wheels-has given rise | to rumors that d disagreement in the
 mana cement. and also that the mine was suddenly found to be worked out. | However. so much for ancient history. Several months ago George $. An drews of Globe bonded the property and began operations on the old shaft where he spent $l4.O00. it is said, with out even getting the water lowered riftV feet Water is one of the things that has to be contended with in the C;oldfitid district. Mir. Andrews kept two upright engines going. but the best he could do was to get the water down to the lS0-foot level.
 The idea Of Mir. Shattuck is some
 what at variance with the plans but
 into effect by all recent men who have
 bonded the Mammoth property. In the
 first place. he is of the opinion that
 a new shaft will have to be sunk on
 account of the: condition of the old
 one In this respect he said: The
 Mammoth shaft will have to be re-
 timbered and repaired throughout, and the cost, would evidently be more than
 the expense of sinking a new shaft
 When the mine was worked it was not
 done in a systematic manner. Who
 ever was in charge of the sinking of
 the shaft did not go about it as a
 mining man. but kept taking out ore
 all the time without putting anything
 back A mine must be built up as the
 
 that there is d mine in the Goldfield
 district but l believe that whoever
 makes a success of the venture must
 be content with the low grade ore and
 run the risk of striking it rich. There
 is evidently lot of low grade ore,
 but the success of the first operator
 of the Mammoth has spoiled every Op-
 orator who has come after him. The
 man who does not gO in and find q
 high grade ore is ready to give mp. |
 cannot say that there is high grade
 ore in abundance-there is some of il.
 am sure. but until there are more
 of the rich pockets uncovered one will
 have to be satisfied with a low grade
 proposition. If the Goldfield district
 was in Mexico or some other distant
 point the chances are that it would create excitement there, but since it is only twenty miles away it is con sidered too close to excite much com ment. The Mammoth claims need to he in the hands of an operator who is ready to spend twenty or thirty thou
 sand dollars in developing and milling the low grade Ore-it can be done at l profit-and not spend his time m looking for rich pockets. system will be required in the successful opera tiOns of the Goldfield district the same as in banking or any other business. The property known as the Bulldog. which was bonded by MT. Shattuck some two years ago. has history the same as that of the Mammoth. only. l of course, not nearly SD interesting
 and exciting. pr. E. w. Wilbur, while