Mohave County miner., 1911-08-05
Deal with Cons. Arizona Go.

George Mitchell of the now defunct Mitchell Mining Co.,, who has recently been proclaiming great things in re- gard to the Clara Consolidated Gold X Copper Co.,, operating near Bouse, Ar izona, has according to his own state- ments, closed a deal with the Consolid ated Arizona Smelling Co. whereby this company and his Clara organiza- tions will work together on basis of exchanging ores when their respective plants may be short of the required chemical product. Since resuming operations at the Clara plant, Manager Mitchell has demonstrated that the Clara ores are short in sulphur for fiux- ing purposes and he is desirOus of ac- quiring ores carrying high per cent of latter. He is pleased with the result of his negotiations and the interchange of ores between the Humbolt and Swan sea plants will be started at once and continued. He is now making 66 per cent. copper matte at the Clara.
 Speaking of the properties of the Clara and the improvements to increase the output and place the plant on the highest lines of efficiency, MT. Mitch ell is quoted as saying.
 "SInce the company purchased the property, many million tons of ore have been established and the shelter and 22 miles of railroad built from Bouse to Swansea. A new number II blower will be installed in the next few days, which will increase the capacity to $50 or 600 tons day. The company is also contemplating the installation of new furnace, my recent invention upon which have letters patent from this and the principal European coun- tries. The object of the new furnace is the utilization of all heats generated through or by oxidation of sulphide ores which are wasted under present meth ods. It will also do away with the pres ent expensive machinery connected with smelters and convertors.
 "It is also the purpose of the manage ment for further economical reasons to install slag steam engine general ing plant thereby using the waste heat in the slag for steam. From present indications this new power will reduce by the use of carbonaceous fuel the cost of ore treatment at least 62 per cent. The use of coke in smelling will be entirely eliminated by the new fur mace and slag steam generator.
 "At the power house a new 200 horse power boiler is being installed, increas- ing the horse power to I,5OO. Fifty thousand gallons of water are being pumped from the mine daily, and as depth is reached the flow is increasing. A switchback at the shelter is nearing completion which will eliminate the rehandling custom ores, coke and tim Der for the mine. The new 44-foot ad- ditiou to the converter building has been cOmplet- and many other im- provements made in the last few months
 "The mine has been proved to depth of 1,l0S feet by churn drills and it is still in the oxide zone. It is estimated that sulphides will-no be encountered until depth of l,5OO feet is gained. One ore body shows a continuous length of 2,1OO feet.
 "Operations at the shelter were in- terrupted July 1 by washout on the railroad. One hundred and fifty feet of track were carried away by the flood stopping the delivery of custom ores. The road is being repaired and the treatment of ores will be resumed at Once."
 Stockholders of the Mitchell Mining Co. are familiar with similar state ments which were made in the days when the Mitchell stock was selling at -5S per share, but which since has lost all semblence of possessing a market value.-New York Mining Age.