Mohave County miner., 1913-01-18
More Trucks For Empire.

at work repairing the old road be- tween the mines and Parker. In all about thirty five men are engaged in getting the old highway Tn shape to permit the moving of ore from Gold Hill by means of auto trucks. That the work is progressing very satis. factorily was indicated Tuesday, when the first load of ore was brought to town by auto truck. Both trucks are now bringing down ore. and within the next few days they will be able to make at least two trips day after the road has been put in better condition.
 General Manager P. E.. Beam of the Auto Delivery company has announced that it is his intention to put in service here nineteen more White trucks as fast as needed. Several more trucks are expected to arrive in about week or ten days, when the old road will be in condition to permit additional haul ing. Before the month has passed a daily tonnage of 100 tons will be con- ing from Gold Hill for shipment to the Swansea shelter.
 Upon the completion of the work now in progress on the old road, con- struction of the new highway will be resumed by the Arizona Emplre com pany. This new road will lessen the distance to Parker about two and one half miles, and at no point will the grade exceed 6 per cent Over this road the twenty-one trucks of the Auto Delivery company is expected to handle between 400 and 800 tons of ore from Gold Hill every twenty-four hours.
 The returns from the last carload of ore, which was shipped to the Swansea shelter several days ago, were receiv. ed by General Manager Mitchell Wednesday, and the thirty tons netted the company approximately l,50OS.
 This shipment was made from the Eagle tunnel. Gold Hill ore is not expected to run as high as this, but Mr. Mitchell anticipates that it will average around 40$ per ton. This es timate is arrived at from the returns of numerous assay samples taken at the mine the past couple of weeks.
 The ore at Gold Hill is being quar- ried, and few men are able to break sufficient ore daily to keep dozen trucks busy getting the product to town.
 Since beginning work on this prop erty the values have materially in- creased. At first it was believed an average of only POS could be secured, but later developments show that the average is between 40S and sos per ton. In spots some very rich speci- mems of gold ore have been encounter ed and it is not at all unlikely that this property will yet prove to be a great gold mine, instead of a copper mine. as first supposed. Post.
 Largely as the result of the work of the newly created department of eff ficiency of the Calumet x Heca Min. ing Co.,, within two years the old two. man drilling machines will be SUD- planted in practically every mine in the Lake Superior district by the new one. man machines. The change to the new type of machine is going ahead rapidly In nearly all the Calu, met x Hecla mires and in many others this winter. Ninety of the one- man drills are now in operation in the Calumet x Hecla mine proper. While the gradual change has not been at tracing unusual attention, it Is un- occasionally of the supremest impor- tance, practically revolutionizing ground breaking. With the new equipment, one man does exactly the same work previously requiring two. One boy is assigned to every four miners. The introduction of the one- man machines is certain to be a big factor ln reducing costs.-New York Mining Age.
 The six Guggenheim smelters and II