Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-06-29
PLACER MACHINERY
RECEIVES TEST
High Values Yielded BY New
Process On Frisco Property
At Phoenix, Excellent Pros.
poets for Company.

Phocnx. Aria, June 80 The re-
Gently Installed plult of the Frisco
Placer Mining company -, Clifton
was given "a test run last week. and
the result VAS successful beyond the
expectations of the engineers whose
supervision OF the new plant had
beer erected. After few alterations
have been made In the mill as 1t
now stands. IL VIII be placed In
steady operation within month or
six weeks.
At the conclusion % the las, run,
which consisted Of forty Yards 81
collaborating dirt. the basin under
the second trommci was examined
ana thcrc before the eye, plainly vis.
iblc. was yellow mass intcrmirrlcd
with The black sand Superintendent
Murray wore n glad smile at the con.
clusion OF the run. The exact fig
ures OF the result OF the test run
have not been given out. but Il IL
sufficient TO say that che plant
when in fun operation can ba de-
pended upon 90 save no, less than so
percent of the values. aud II is even
estimated AS high vs. 80 percent.
J. -. Baylor Of Clifton w1s present
at the finish of the test run and ox-
pressed himself In the hiphcs, terms
as To the values received from the
limited amount of gravel run
through. stating Ia his opinion thecp
was over $500 or the precious metal
IN the lower Jasln alone Tie Pierce
analsama,or did not catch much. as
the basin under the second trommel
recovered nearly all the values
~ present n system of power cabd
scrapers is being put IN. These com
prise four scrapcrs attached To D
cable carrier. which will carry the
gravel direct to the mDchin. ana
trommcls. thus doing away with
who elbarrows and shoycicrs. and
much lessen the cog, of handling the
dirt
Mt. Lenox. on" of IN" original
owners. was IN town Tuesday and
stated that he had options on ground
along the west river from, for sixteen
miles Some two years ago. A. -.
lrnioN ana H. O. Cook went to
work on their ground ia a primitive
way. aud worked along steadily,
making enough 10 pay their way and
ilIsar hired help. Some four months
ago J. NJ. Ericsson became interest
ed with them ana proposed great
deal lhrger plant. with the rcsult that
g. ". Nonnamakcr and W. G. craw.
ford. together with Mr.. Erickson and
others, have furnished the necessary
capita to put the property on it,
present basis
With this era of gold production in
tho district will come many more
similar plants ana the employment
of hundreds Of men, which means
much FOR Clifton. is merchants and
IL guarantee that others can do
llkcwi4c.
Clifton was first started as min
ing camp way back In the 'TOs, but
king copper bobbed up with trench
dous mower and the yellow metal was
lost sight Of To appear only In de-
suiinry way now and then.
The gold wealth OF the world has
boon produced from placer fields.
only scant one-sixth being pounded
out OF the rock. This seems broad
assertion. considering the vast
amount Of mighty machinery daily
pounding away IN IA mundane
sphere. but ncv r's"' ~ II Is "a fact.
and statistics show II. II IL under
stood that the group OF claims upon
which thc plant IN IN operation In
under option to eastern capitalis,s,
who bcrame interested through the
Representations Of Mr. Murray, who
visited tbs holdings Of the company
several weeks ago. at which time h
thoroughly sampled the property AMI
Returned two weeks ago To person Al.
y superintendent the first test run.