Mohave County miner., 1912-09-21
Big Strike in the Blue Jay.

sationally rich strike recently made at the Blue Jay, near Carrville. CO., tinues to claim premir attention in Trinity county. It is stated over l5,- 0OO$ has been already extracted by the owners, Hildreth X Connolly, and that the shoot is still showing ore of phe. nomenal quality. The strike is the more remarkab ble inasm uch as it was made just as the owners of the clam had about abandoned work.
 For months the men had prospected the leads, but ever disappointment greeted their efforts. Finally Connel- ly said he was through, and quit work. Hildreth implored him to make another try. but the prospector re- fused. Hildreth in desperation said he would strike gold under the grass roots if not above and attacked huge boulder. Connolly helped him to de molish the massive rock and under its gravelled bed shone gold sprinked seam. The astounded partners dug wildly at the pocket and the first pan yielded five pounds of gold ore. In an instant tickle Fortune had marked them for her own. The deposit occurs in the form of a black seam heavily sprinkled with visible gold, and the shoot is said to be holding out splen didly. The strike has created intense nd al irps ho toE ed out all around the discovery. Many prospectors freely predict the district is certain to develop into rich gold producer.
 It is officially announced that the Afterthought Copper company will i'm. mediately proceed with the erection of a modern smelter at Ingot. Orders are being placed for equipment and the management expects to commence active production early in 1913 It is understood special process, evolved by the company after an exhaustive series of experiments, will be employ ed. The Afterthought mine contains large reserve of ore carrying excel lent copper and zinc values. In past years the presence of the zinc serious ly interfered with the production of copper and only by employing the hot blast stove method was the ol treated fairly satisfactorily. In this work no attention was paid to recovery of zinc values, copper forming the attraction The growing demand for zinc, and the rapid advance in price, has converted the detriment into valuable asset, and the new process will enable the company to handle both its zinc and copper on profitable basis. It is further stated the recently acquired railroad from Anderson to Bella Vista will be rushed to Ingot as soon as ar. engagements can be completed. The company is composed principally of Indiana, Missouri and Arkansas people
 The Noble Electric Steel company is experimenting with new process at it's Herould electrid shelter. It is expected to facilitate the treatment of iron ores, and its inventor is optimistic of its being effectively employed in re. ducing copper ores. It is claimed the ore can be smelted without generating noxious fumes and at cost that makes the process commercially practicable The Noble Electric people have de- veloped an immense tonnage of mag netic ore in it's Pit river mines, bu, the cost of production has to some ex. tent initiated against heavy output of pig iron by the electric furnace.
 The Trinity Dredging company has completed its mammoth ll.cubic foot dredge at Lewiston and everything is in readiness for activities. The dredge is of unusually massive design, fashion. ed particularly to withstand hard service. The buckets are composed entirely of manganese steel, with special features to increase capacity. The holdings are located in a placer belt that for years has yielded high re- turns when mined by the ordinary rocker and sluice methods. Consider. able eastern capital is interested. E. l.. Smith is president and manager.
 John c. Wright and associates of Indianapolis are contemplating re-