Arizona republican., 1911-12-30
b|G 0RE BODY
 DEMONSTRATED
Strike In Kelvin -Sultana Verifies Predictions of Biologists and Wisdom of Working Plans. Gold Found.

win of . new ore strike that bids fair to rut the mine in the United
 Verde class It is the penetration by
 Crosscut at the depth of 900 feet, of
 the first of a series of eight parallel
 copper veins traced on the surface
 Should conditions in the succeeding
 seven veins to be driven for as fast as possible. or even in only part oi them, prove to be anything like the facts demonstrated Tn the one just the greatest of mineral deposits will
 be well established.
 The importance of the present strike
 is not so much in the demonstration
 of copper contents as in the fact that
 the ore carries over S4 in gold There
 is no gold on the surface though four eminent geologists have predicted it's | existence at depth. In respect Of 1 copper the surface values shown were
 cnly about one per cent but at 200 | feet the ore carries four per cent | copper. The increase in values is ac- cOmpanied also by an increase in the
 width of the vein. from six feet on the surface to twcnty-four feet at depth.
 This particular vein is by no means the companys special pride, except that it is the first proof of the cor Tectness of the theories of Superin- tendent Neil McMillan who has charge of the work, his engineering advisers and George P Baldwin of Chicago. the promoter and heaviest stockholder in
 the Kelvin Sultana property The greater hope of the company is in the development of the seven or more
 veins it is hoped will be crosscut
 within the next three months. Neither
 is the copper value shown in this
 vein of particular moment except as
 a sign board for much richer copper
 lis known to exist in many places OF
 the property. And all this requires
 a little recital of the history of the
 development.
 The property was formerly known
 as the Bryan group and was consid-
 erably developed and very rich ore
 found many years ago. It changed
 ownership various times and in the course of its anna cement and mis- management the property got into such shape in point of development plans that the present ownership de- cided 10 begin entirely new workings u had already satisfied itself of the richness of the mineral deposit and it Was then desirable to know more about the extent of it and to do the Lew work in conformity with a gen. eral plan for the eventual operation of the mine on a large scat
 NIT. McMillan, an experienced oper- ator, was placed in charge and he spent months in surveys and tests to satisfy himself as to the location, | trend, and magnitude of the veins. | having also in mind reduction plants ! and other needfuls when the time ar rived. He traced the eight veins | spoken of along the surface. where | they showed in varying size. Then he | was provided with a terrcohmeter an | electric device for locating minerals | Without great confidence in it he util- ! ized it in surveying his mineral | ground and guided somewhat by its | findings as well as by his needs for | later mine operation. he began the | of a new double compartment I working shaft at one side of the min | eralized zone as it was shown both | by croppings and by the mechanical | device and at considerable dis | tance from the old workings | still dubious about the | machine he found it's predictions ] made good as the sinking of the shaft 1 But the story of the cleo trical device is an old one and not | the feature now, other than to say ! that MT. McMillan has gained much | in it and sees very easily i where its scientific principles apply |
 The story now is of the new ore | strike. On the 200 foot level of this | new working shaft. called the Dia- | inond Joe. crOsscut was started to- | ward the supposed zone of mineral | lZatlon- The first of the veins has | now been pierced showing 2f feet of ] good four per cent copper ore carrying | S4 gold. where there was no sign of | gold on the surface That is mine | enough in itself for good profits ii | the shoots along the vein are long | enough and it is altogether likely they l will be. But there remains yet to | be explored the other seven veins in- l dicated on the surface. They may be l small or large at the depth now se- cured, some of them may merge to- | gethcr making fewer and wider veins | or there may be big deposits that are | tlindly covered on the surface. The cniy sure thing is that the crosscut 1 in which so fine a showing has al- | ready been made. is just entering | what appears to be very wide min | eralizcd zone.
 If never another vein is found or crossed the proper development of this | enc will most likely make d mine and l 1t is known that in the older workings | there IS a world of ore some of it | running into wonderful percentages ! Many sample lots of fifteen ana | twenty per cent ore have been ship | ped and the richest copper ore ever | worked at Humboldt smelter came | from that property. Unfortunately ! many of the old workings were left l in such a shape that it would cost | almost as much to utilize them as to | begin over again and the latter course l was decided upon as most economical | Tn the long run, especially as it | would demonstrate, if the plans were | well conceived. the greater value of l ba t,ofpa