Weekly journal-miner., 1911-02-22

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 high cost of getting the ore to mar ket deterring the miner from work ing on anything that would not bear i the expense of transportation to the railroad A big vein of ore could easily be handled by the milling pro cess, the Big Sandy Creek being but few miles away and down hill pull to the best mill site in the coun- try. Considerable fuel can be had along the creek and in some places water power could be developed.
 The water is being pumped from the 800 foot level of the Gold Road mine, and as soon as men can be put to work on that level the fur ther sampling of the mine will be taken up. The property is now un- der option to the United States Smelling company, and it is under stood that the sampling of the other parts of the mine were fully up to the representation. Should this big corporation take over the property the town of Gold Road would be- come one of the most important min ing eenters of the Territory. This company does nothing in a small way and it is understood to be the eompany's intention to bring the pro- duetion of the mine up to about 1000 tons of ore daily. This would give the gold production about sl5O,- 900 monthly or more.
 Fred Brawn and Fred Coolidge, who have done the assessment work on the Night Hawk group of mines, returned to Kingman Thursday last. The old mine has been a big pro dueer of gold and silver in the past thirty years, but practically all the shippable ore above water has been cut out and machinery will have to be installed and the shaft carried down a considerable depth before new ore can be reached. In the bottom of the old works very rich ore was left, but this part of the mine is now deep under water. An adit drift runs along the vein for a distance of 1,4OO feet, at the breast the yer tieal depth being 700 feet. Below this level the winze is about ninety feet The rich ore body ran from eight inches to two feet, while the lower grade ore body was quite large. The large low grade ore body has been left in the mine practically intact. With proper reduction plant this ore could be milled at nice profit.
 J. NJ. Vassar, superintendent of the Boundary Cone Mining company, was Kingman visitor this week. He re ports that the work of exploiting the mines of the company, near the Tom Reed, is well under way. Much of the work is now being done on the 200 foot level, where there is a fine showing of ore. It is expected to sink the shaft to depth of 800 feet as soon as levels have been run through a certain part of the ore shoot on the present level. The shaft showed fine ore from the sur face to the 200 level.
 The Frisco Mines and Power com pany is clearing out roadway from McConnicO northwest to a connection with the old Union Pass road, over which it is intended to do the haul ing from Kingman to the mines. Tne bad condition of Coyote Hill, over which the hauling is now done, ne eessitates this move. While the dis | tanee by way of MeConnico is greater by several miles it is thought that | big saving will be made in wear and tear of machine and fuel used The ] road when completed will have a low grade and the road will be smooth. ] allowing good time to be made over it. At the present time one of the trucks of the company is used in the haulage of oil from Union, while the other truck carries supplies from Kingman to the camp.
 The mill of the Frisco Mines and Power company is said to be running smoothly and doing excellent work. With the new engines in use it is said that the power cost is not over $5.50 per month, an exceptionally i cheap power. So far no cleanup has been made, but tae tailing tests show good savings of values. To- morrow the Miner editor and sev- eral other gentlemen will visit the mill and take a look through the Gold Crown mines.
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