Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1911-12-27
CROWN KING NINE
u BEING Eouppsp|
From Wednesday, Daily,

"""s '"o oPcf"inR properties OF
the county, mono moro justly deserve,
credit for their enterprise and up.to.
date methods than the Lake superb,
and Nevada Development comn.nv
operating the Mascot mine four mil..
south Of Crown King, the town At n,
end Of the line Of the Bradsh,,
Mountain railroad.
II. T., Olund, consulting enyins.,
and superintendent Of the operatiop.
At the mines, was in the city yester.
day accompanied by two distinguish.
cd members Of his company who have
been making n visit 20 the property
They are President August Haqbeig
Of Duluth, Mimi, and Magnus Olson
director from Ironwood. Mich. The
company il installing a hundred ton
mill which viii be ready for opera
ton by February LIST. To inspee,
this work and development work in|
the mine brought these gentlemen out
at this time.
In conversation with n Journal
Miner reporter they expressed them.
selves as more than pleased with the
showing In the mine and the progress,
being made with the equipment And|
besides being well pleased with their
own proposition. they are greatly|
pleased with the courteous and ho.
pitable treatment accorded them By
the people Of this section. And, per.
haps moro than anything else, are
they pleased over the great interest
being manifested by the people in|
the good roads movement. They have
spent several thousand dollars inI
building from the county road out to
their camp, and after getting road
out TO the county road they found
that boulevard In bad condition and
proceeded to put II in shape for the
use Of their three.ton auto truck
which is in operation between their
camp and Crown King. In the near
future they will put on an additional
truck and Of capacity Of AZ tons
Auto trucks as frcighting vehicles
have long since ceased to be expert.
ments and those who use them, must
needs fall in love with people whose
loudest slogan IL GOOD Roads.
The mill being installed is strictly
up-to-date and plans TO handle the
ores on the direct cyanide plan. A
two years supply Of good grade mill.
ing ore Is in sight. The property has
been exported by three engineers be-
sides their own, and the ores have
been put to exhaustive tests by the
plan on which 10 10 intended to handle
the ores. A saving Of 90 per cent Of
the values In the ore has been made
and the plant under construction will
make this extraction.
The ore 10 TO be first crushed by
Blake and Dodge crushers, after which
It will be passed through CHILEAN mills
which will reduce Il TO 30 mesh, and
then II In passed through tube mills
and reduced TO 200 NEST or shines.
Hendryx sgitators, 0rothe & Carter
slime tanks and Merrill zinc dust pre-
cipitation process are used.
Among the modern features is the
latest pattern ESQ h. p. DeLavergne
internal combustion engine, which will
DO used to generate electricity for
the operations Of compressor, boists,
mill and electric light plant for the
camp. In fact everything modern, Is
the plan at the Mascot camp.
As these visitors are 30 well pleas
Cd with Prescott and Yavapai county,
~ Is not amiss to say that Yayapai
county and Prescott are delighted to
have operators with us who develop
mine before equipping II and who
take an interest In the welfare OF the
country In which they are hoping TO
make vast sums Of money from their
investments.