Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-08
PLACER PLANT WILL
 BE GIVEN \ IES1
fcufton Copper Era,

The test run Of the placer plant oi ;he Frisco Placer Mining CO, wnich has been installed on what was sormer.y known as the Lennox Piac- ..r ci-ia,s. will le made this weet. The, result or the test run. if IL is demonstrated that the placer gold can be recovered, means that th FITS co T7ver TOT several miis below tiiI- .on VIII De the scene Of extensive slaeer operatlons. That the gold iS Snere can De demonstrated by any ou., who knows now to handle pan
 The plant which is now ready Tor the test run has been installed at d cost of approximately seven thous .na dollars and mas been erected on .he Azrtc claim, formerly owned by Sir. iIennox, the original locator, anc sno in a crude way extracted SlSOO in gold from TOO yards of placer ground. and the tailings from the olc NorElngs give assay returns of sun greater value About three months ago MT. Lennox deeded his holdings to me Frisco Placer company, wno agreed to install an up 10 date plant, ar. ieunox ana associates retaining q nalr interest. The Frisco Placer Co. is 9 close corporation composed Of Nforencl and TO stocK IS for sane. Nr. j. M. Erickson, general manage, made @ uIp through Colorado where ne inspected The placer operations Seius ,,tnducted iii that state. Later he went to Denver, taking with him samples or the placer dirr along me Frisco. A test run was made in Den yer and the present plant on the Aztec claim combines the best known devices for saving the gold
 When the ulant is in full opera -ion thirty men will be employed, working three shifts Of eight hours each and 1000 yards or ground will be, handled each twenty-rour hours.
 4 placer mining expert, MT Mur- ray of Orc Grande, N. Nj, was re- centiy on the ground and took sam pIes. MT Murray represents party of eastern investors and secured an option on the holdings of the Frisco l'lacer company. lie returned aere this week for a more thorough exam nation. If the property passes into the hands Of Mir. Murray and his associates it is said a plant costing approxImately $1O0.O0O will be install ad ana operations begun on an ex tensive scale.
 Assays made from different work sngs on cne Aztec claim gave re- .urns Of never less than 75c yer yard and from that to several dollars. It ,s estimated, that with the present piant. if g 1-3 per cent Of the low est assay can be recovered, the re turns will be big
 The holdings of the Frisco Placer company comprise twenty-fice claims. sixteen of which are located along fbe Frisco, on both sides of the riy- CT. and nine have been located on Eagle Creek by the same company. 1 The plant consists of trommels. cement pits, sluice boxes and a oierbe amalgamator. The gravel will be dumped into the bins by means of scrapers operated by cables. Three gasoline engines. devloping fifty horse power. have been installed and tested
 placer gold has been found along she Frisco and it's tributaries TOT years. IL has made it's appearance as .ar down the Gila as the mouth oi Bonita Creek. Not long ago a pocket of placer gold, consisting of small auggeJs. was discovered by the Keip- pIer brothers on the banks of the river about tour miles above Clifton Mexican placer miners for years have afade a living along the Frisco ana Is tributary canyons The Frisco pIacer company will now make practical test of the richest ground discovered. The success of their ef torts means much to the district.