Mohave County miner., 1913-11-08

high values in lead and copper, and also gold and silver in pay quantity An adit drift is being run on the vein to get below a big outcrop of mineral ized quartz, where it IS the belief fine body of ore will be encountered
 Leasers on the old Distaff mine, at Chloride, are making good money. A crushing plant has been put in at the end of the dump and the lower grades of ore are being crushed and concen- trated. Big results are being secured from these low grade ores. which heretofore have gone into the dumps From the mine it Is reported, a zincy ore IS being taken that runs ZOOS to the ton in silver. As work goes on the mine shows better values and more permanent ore bodies. The mine has been working intermittantly since the early seventies and all leaserS have made money.
 Mcdonald X Co.,, of Chloride, have taken lease on the Champion mine and will jig the ores from the dumps. Jlgs have been taken from the Ten nessee mill and are in position on the ground to begin the work of cleaning the ores. There are many thousands of tons on the dumps of the Champion and New London that should pay well if properly handled, In the mine a great deal of ore has been left that will also pay to handle. It is also gen. erally supposed that the company own- ing the property failed to reach the ore bodies and with intelligent direc- tion great ore bodies would be opened up.
 Scott Watson. who has been pros pecting in Crow Canyon, about two miles east of Copperville, has made an important discovery of mineral. As says taken from six inch streak in a large vein gave 29S ounces silver and thirteen per cent copper. The big vein also shows good mineralizltion and the dlscoverer believes he will open up big property. Watson is taking out ore and expects to make shipment if the ore streak holds out The vein is some distance from the old Diamond Joe mine, which pro duced very rich ore some years ago. This old property IS still capable of turning cut good ore, but the long di S. tance to the railroad eats up the best part of the shelter returns. With a railroad or even good wagon road to Yucca. the mine could be worked at a profit.
 About three cars daily of taiings are being shipped from the mill dumps of the Tennessee mine, at Chloride, to the mill at Needles, where it is dress ed up for the shelter. The company is also shipping two cars of raw ores from the mine and it is probable that this tonnage will soon be increased. The north drift on the 900 is said to be in great ore With the further de velopment of the veins on this level the company should output at least 200 tons daily of high grade smelling ore. The taiiugs dumps are now giv' ing up grade of ore said to have POS to the ton in values, and there are several thousand tons of this class o tailngs yet to be handled. The work of loading is done by steam wenct scrapers, assisted by belt conveyor Four or i've cars of the material coulC readily be loaded by this method ever,
 day.
 Harry Blackwell and partner hay,
 cut the Mary Belle vein in their cross
 cut tunnel and have six feet of or,
 showing that gave an average for tn
 whole width of 49 70S gold. There i
 also eighteen inches of ore showing il
 the floor of the tunnel that gave thre
 ounces gold and seven ounces silver
 The owners have been running thi tunnel the past several months an
 are overJoyed with the cutting of thi rich vein. They expect to cut anothe
 vein farther on and will continue tn crosscut until the other vein is reached . Some ore has also been cut that run better than 40 per cent lead. On tn
 surface the vein shows considerabl