El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-24
MANY PRODUCERsIN
MOHAVE VALLEY,
ARIZONA
j. P. Hutchinson, Expert
enced Mexico Miner, Tells
of Conditions.

j. P Hutchinson, who two years aSo
disposed of most Of his interests IN
the famous San Toy mines at Santa Eu-
lalia. near Chihuahua, MeX-As in hi
Paso enroute to his home in Chicago
He has been on a visit to his proper
ties in Mohave county, Arizona, Where
he states considerable development
work is in progress
Il am now operating" he said, in
the Weaver district, q miles north OF
Chloride. Mohave county, where about
two wears ago 1 purchased the Hall
mine. Myself and associates have &C
ouired altogether twelve properties IN
a group and are incorporated as the
Mohave Gold Mining company.
Heavy With Gold.
4Development work. which is pro-
crossing with a force of 20 men, con-
sists of a shaft $50 feet deep with
22O foot drift east and drift to the
west 125 feet at the so foot level, ana
considerable other work, all OF which IS
in ore. On the outside claims of TIE
group are numerous workings, all snow
ing gold, with values of SIG, SZ5, Sal
and $50 A general sampling OF the
principal workings gave s2117, $46-l6
and s42e7 in free gold. Some of the
high grade ore runs $4,000 ton IN
gold.
Geology.
~eThe veins are assures in granite with
a nearly east and west strike. The
largest vein is II feet wide and the
general average width of the veins is
five feet The granite is comparatively
soft and through it are Intrusive bikes
of porphyry and rhyolfte. Crosscutting
through the rhyolite discloses ore on the
opposite side.
Il have just bought an electric plant,
drills, compressors, gasoline engine and
other machinery to install at the mine,
and will continue sinking to 1000 feet.
Nearby Rich Properties.
In the vicinity OF our properties are
very rich gold mines. such as the Great
Western to the south; the Mocking
Bird. on which the shaft is SOC feet
deep, all in good ore, and others in
Guiding the Salt Lake company. Our
mine is making 5000 to 5000 gallons Of
water, which is q good thing as We
have the only available water in the
camp.
ITO the south is also the Gold Roads
mine, owned by the Rothschilds and
managed by Leslie Phillips, formerly
Of FL Paso, which 1 think is the great
est gold mine l have seen Il had yield
ed S2,500,GO0 in 1907. The vein is in
places Is feet wide of solid ore, and
drifts are a mile and half in extent,
all in ore.
Near this is the Tom Reed mine.
which with only ten stamps is making
as much@gold as the Cold Roads 40
stamp mill, and is one OF the most per-
feet 1 have ever seen. 1t is the first
one in Arizona with the Pachuca agi
tators The ore doesn't stop until "a
percent of the values are extracted. The
tailings after they run over the plates
contain SIT, which is caught by the
cyanide.
GoIconda Valuable Mine.
The GOlcondo is one of the wonders.
and, besides the gold and silver contents,
it carries 45 per cent zinc and ships
900 tons of ore month.
Nearly all the turquois mined in the
United States comes from the Mineral
Park mines in Mohave county, which
last yea4 yielded over 100000 worth
of turqu6is.
The T. S. Smelling company is go
ing to build a large smelter at Chloride
and has been acquiring a number Of
properties in the district"
Mr. Hutchinson owns an interest in the
company purchasing the San Toy mines
from him. The price was S3,O00,O0O
While managing the property Mr. Hut
Gibson built an aerial tramway costing
$4,000, four and a half miles long
from the mines down to a short stand
ard gage railroad, connecting with the
National railways, Of Mexico, then the
Mexican Central. The tramway has a
daily capacity Of $50 tons of ore
The San Toy is the heaviest shipper
in the state of Chihuahua, and was de-
velOped to a depth OF 1900 feet with
rich ore at the bottom