Arizona republican., 1911-03-05

down to the handling of lower grade of ore than that now being put through the mill. in which event sev- eraI hundred tons will have to he milIed daily to get the big results now obtained
 At the mine the shaft is now being sunk another 100 foot lift. which will prove up the property below the level of the older andesite. prob lem that may have caused some ap- prehension among the shareholders of the company.
 Yesterday afternoon J. F. McCon- nell brought in the regular weekly shipment of bullion from the Gold Road mill. the bar weighing S26,0o0 The bullion shipment last week weighed within few dollars of S3p.- 900. being the largest bar ever taken out of the mill in one week. and making the production for fourteen days of this month about $500 daily The capacity of the mill is not tax cd and it is thought that the pro duction of bullion will increase every month from this time on until the
 
 is said to have broken ore in the stopes sufficient to keep the mill running more than nine months if every miner was taken out and no further work was done. The com pany is increasing its ore reserves thousands of tons monthly. and will he in position to supply a thousan, tons of ore daily al all times. if the need comes.
 Two big automatic dump ore cars have been put on the Chloride Needles route by the Santa Fc. to expedite the shipment of ores from the Tennessee mines. The cars have q capacity of 100000 pounds. and are built of rolled steel plates. It is expected that several more of this class of cars will be put on this line covering Kingman. Mineral and Chloride. where better than 200 tons will he shipped every day to the smclters
 Mount Elliott
 Within the next ten days tho Mount Elliott Consolidated Mines company will resume operations in Chaparral on a more extended scale than ever before. was the statement made by w C. Short. general man. ager. who arrived in Prescott a few days ago from Pittsburg. says the Journal Miner In outlining the plan Mir Short made the important announcement that local affairs O., the company would he adjusted at once. while the Eastern stockholders had provided ample funds for eXploi tation on a scale that assured the work to he carried on energetically with deep mining the objective. The character of the work will be de- cided in q few days and for the pur- pose of making practical observations and to familiarize himself with the ground Mir. Short will leave tOmor- row for the mine. to remain until al, the details of the plans are crystal lized. Accompanying him will be II. William Stevens. president. and W T. Martin. superintendent Upon their return it is probable that publicity will be given the company's pur- pose.
 Plant at Pearce
 Az Y Smith of Pearce. while a wis itor in Douglas told the International reporter that the 100 ton slime plant of the Commonwealth company is about ready to start work on the tail ings of the old mill. which amount to 100000 tons. Twice this amount of tailings were worked successfully several years ago
 Much of the machinery required to replace the burned mill is now at Pearce. and it is now planned to have the mill ready for operation within the next eight or nine months A new strike of ore. resulting from development work, has given the property much added value.
 MT. Smith has installed a pumping plant at a cost of S4.000 to irrigate 90 acres of land. He expects to raise successful crops. and may con