Mohave County miner., 1911-06-17
Frisco Placer Plant is
 Ready for Test Run.

The test run for the placer plant of the Frisco Placer Mining Co.,, which has been installed on what was for merly known as the Lennox Placer Claims, will be made this week. The result of the test run, if it is demon strated that the placer gold can be re- covered, means that the Frisco river for several miles below Clifton will be the scene of extensive placer opera tions. That the gold is there can be demonstrated by anyone who knows how to handle pan.
 The plant which is now ready for the test run has been installed at cost of approximately seven thousand dollars and has been erected on the Aztec claim, formerly owned by Mir. Lennox, the original locator, and who ID a crude way extracted l300S in gold from 700 yards of placer ground, and the tailings from the old workings give assay returns of still greater value. About three months ago MT. Lennox deeded his holdings to the Frisco Placer Co.,, who agreed to install an up to date plant, MT. Lennox and asso- ciates retaining a half interest. The Frisco Placer Co.,, is a close corpora tion composed of residents of Morenci and no stock is for sale. MT. J. M. Erickson. general manager, made trip through Colorado where he in- spected the placer operations being conducted in that state. Later he went to Denver, taking with him sam ples of the placer dirt along the Frisco. A test run was made in Denver and the present plant on the Aztec claim ombines the best known devices for saving the gold.
 When the plant is in full operation thirty men will be employed, working three shifts of eight hours each and 1000 yards of ground will be handled each twenty-four hours.
 A placer mining expert, Mir. Murray of Orc Grande, N. M., was recently on the ground and took samples. MT. Murray represents party of eastern investors and secured an option on the holdings of the Frisco Placer Company. He returned here this week for a more thorough examination. If the property passes into the hands of Mir. Murray and his associates it is said plant costing approximately lOO,00OS will be installed and operations begun on an extensive scale.
 Assays made from different workings on the Aztec claim gave returns of never less than 75c per yard and from that to several dollars. It is estimat- ed, that with the present plant, if 331-3 per cent of the lowest assay can be re- covered, the returns will be big.
 The holdings of the Frisco Placer Co. comprise twenty-five claims, sixteen of which are located along the Frisco, on both sides of the river, and nine have been located on Eagle Creek by the same company.
 1uG plduI COuSlSIo Ol ment pits, sluice boxes and Pierce analgamator. The gravel will be dumped into bins by means of scrapers operated by cables. Three gasoline engines, developing fifty horse power have been installed and tested.
 Placer gold has been found along the Frisco and its tributaries for years. It has made its appearance as far down the Gila as the mouth of Bonita Creek. Not long ago a pocket of placer gold, consisting of small nuggets, was dis covered by the Keppler brothers on the banks of the river about four miles above Clifton. Mexican placer miners for years have made living along the Frisco and its tributary canyons. The Frisco Placer Co.,, will now make practical test of the richest ground dis covered. The success of their efforts means much to the district.-Copper Era.