Bisbee daily review., 1910-01-28
DEAL
DECLARED OFF
By HAMMOND
Price Demanded Understood
To Be Only Obstacle to Buy
ing Mine By Well Known
Engineer

KINGMAN. Ariz.. Jan. 27.-(ape7
oiaD-E NJ Lamont Manager Of the
Bi-Metal mine. has asain been called
to Les Angeles b. a telegram from
3. Il. Keith. engineer fer John Hays
hammond. The Bi-Metal Is large /
deposit Of low grade gold ore about
three miles south from Kingnan and
has neen under bond to Mr.. HAM
mond for several months past.
AlF. aamnoBd returned nom ? con 4
ference VITA the Hammond i'spre- 1
seutatlyes in Los Angeles only about I
week ago with .he Information I
that the oca. was or The mine ha. /
he'd up q most rigid examination OF 1
several months by a corps OF expert 1
engineers and biologists. but the
price had been the obstacle to the
conclus. on OF the transfer. With the
idea that the deal was indeed off.
adr. Lamont was busily engaged in
preparations for the immediate en-
( larging of the Bi-Metal mill by so
stamps and four Huntingtons when
he received the Keith message. When
seen lust before he left for Los An;
geles. he was confident that the oh
/ sect of tine call was the adjustment
of the price question. and he be,
iieved it would DE satisfactory.
The erection and operation OF the
local power plant. which was ex-
pected to solve the transportation
problem, has seemed only TO add to
/ II. Work in the San Francisco dis
tdict. to which most Of the hauling is
done. has much more than doubled
/ since its completion. and freighting
has increased correspondingly. Two
new 1i-horse strings were added this
week by one of the local freighters.
so that there are now in and around
Kingman more than 200 head Of
stock used freight.ng.
Chloride
With the firing up Of the Tennes-
/ see boilers and the proposed changes
in the railroad. the week has been
the most active that the Old camp
has experienced for some time. The
Santa Fe has completed a prelim-
mar survey for a spur from its pres
ent terminal to the Tennessee mine
and will in all probability be built
r at once.
The failing dumps OF this mine
consist of about 10000 tons which as
2 say $3.50 in gold and silver and 1914
per cent in zinc and it is the inten-
B. ton of the management TO ship these
z TO Needles, where the new c0ncentTa.
5 tor and zinc separators are 10 be
built The hosting OF water has
:. been begun and timbers are being
4 hauled. so that the work of repairing
! the shaft will keep pace with the
lowering OF the water
j. The railroad has also selected a
site Tor a station, and if terms can Be
h agreed upon the present depot, which
: is several miles away. will be moved
Y into the town and so do away with
: an unnecessary wagon haul.
g The Rainbow and Craft mines ar,
!. being equipped with new gasoline
. hcists and the Kemple mine is being
: thoroughly sampled by. a series Of
mill runs under She direction OF Supi
Dave.
Catman.
August Just has bonded mis- pros
poets adjoining the Carter Mine Z;
company OF Prescott men repre-
scented by F. NJ. Drescher, and wori
has been commenced in building
|. roads anG in grading for hoist pre-
! paratory to sinking 800 feet.
The lates. transfer in the distric
IS that OF three claims at Boundar,
Cone near tie. Iowa mine by Van
! Zant and Carter 10 party OF Lon-
Beach men for real estate in tina
city. In the same vicinity Basser
! and Mccain have uncovered a Iedg
: from four to ten feet wide. all o
which pans wen.
The strike made last week in tn
svaayside shaft No. at a depth 0
90 feet continues TO improve and tn
! four feet OF ledge in the bottom nov
assays $50
The y GODS Company IS buildint
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