Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-06
BIG INTERESTS MAY
BUY M'CRACKEN MINE
Los Angeles Engineer InSpeCtS
Arizona Property-DeaI De-
pends on His Opinion

KINGMAN, July 81. L. Whitney of
Los Angeles is inspecting the NC
Cracken mine. Should the mine sam
pie out to the satisfaction of the en-
gineer the property will be taken over
by one of the best financed company
in the United -ates.
The McCracken is undoubtedly an
immense property, but it will take big
money to put it on a proper produc-
ing basis. A railroad will have to be
built in, large machinery put on the
mine and big reduction plant built
in proximity to the property. To do
this more than $1,000000 will be re-
quired, but the mine will merit this
expenditure, it IS said.
At the mines on Lorena Flat, now
being worked by the Venture Mining
company, the crosscut from the 100
level reached the vein and found good
ore. Drifts are now being carried both
ways on. the vein. The shaft is being
sunk in very hard rock and slow pro-
gress is being made.
1t is expected to sink the shaft to a
depth of 500 feet and use it for main
working shaft. The ore body in the
mine is quite large and undoubtedly
one of the best mines in the district
will be opened up when the sulphide
zone is reached. In the upper workings
much of the ore body shows teaching,
ore in the country was taken from the
mine near the surface.
EXAMINES THE RUTH
A. r. Muter returned a few days ago
from the Ruth mine, having made a
thorough examination of the property.
The mill of the Expansion Gold
Mines company has been started but
1t is too soon to predicate results from
the cyanide tanks. The property is
capable of outputting hundreds Of tons
of ore daily and there will be no lack
from that source.
G. D. Atlee has returned from Los
Angeles, where he purchased a hoist
er and other machinery for the XXI
mine, in IXL basin. The machinery
was purchased and will arrive in King
man within the next few weeks. The
road to the mine IS complete and sup
plies for the camp can be taken in
over the new route.
The drift on the $50 foot level of the
Keystone mine is being driven west
into new ground and 1t is now in the
best ore ground in the property. All
the ground above the level is virgin
and will produce q large tonnage. In
the old works is much good shipping
ore and this will be soon extracted and
sent to the smelter. The dumps will
also be turned over and all shippable
ore taken out. It is estimated that there
is 24,000 tons of ore in the dump that
will pay well at the smelter and this
is now being broken into for the pur-
pose of getting it in shape to handle
readily.
TO CONSTRUCT SPUR
orders have been sent to the local
railroad force to begin the construc-
tion of a spur track nine hundred feet
in length from the main line of the
Western railway Of Arizona, at Min
eral, toward the town of Mineral Park.
1t is understood that this spur may be
continued to the mouth of Mineral
Park canyon, where depot and ore
shoot will be put up. Should this be
done it will be of great convenience to
the people Of the little city in the hills.
Robert S. Roe has just received re-
turns from nine tons of ore shipped
from his mines in the Weaver district
to the Needles smelter. The ore ran
high in silver and carried twenty-nine
per cent copper. The ore was very
fine smelling material and in quantity
would bring the highest price paid for
copper at the smelters. 1t is the in
tention of the owners Of the property
to ship another car of the ore as soon
as the weather moderates.
A carload of Redemption ore was
shipped to the Needles smelter last
week. The ore was of high grade and
brought a good figure to the company.
The Redemption is capable Of shipping
regularly and 1t is the intention of the
management to make regular ship
ments both of concentrates and raw
material