Mohave County miner., 1913-01-11
MOhave County
 Production Large Increase Over 1911 Over 2,5OO,OOO$ in Gold. Silver Copper and Zinc.
Tom, Reed Gold Mines Company.

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 During the year 1912 the Tom Reec Gold Mines company made many i'm provenen not only in the big milling plant, but at the mines. Water 1T sufficient quantity for milling and oth CT purposes was brought into the camp the Neglected group of mines, lying tC the north of the town having been pur chased with the water proposition ir view The mill has been bettered by the stalation of individual moters to each of the mach.nes, while the til tering process has been expanded and sunk 200 feet and the wlnzes through the ore were carried down to the bot. tom level. On the vein at ol her points shafts were sunk and some fair milling ore opened. Shafts are now being sunk at olber points on the south end of the vein, where it is expected big ore bodies will be opened.
 During the year a great tonnage of ore was sent to the surface aud 43,994 tons of raw ore was milled, returning 9S4. .S07 37$, and 10, 62 tons of tailings were treated, returning l26, 260.27S, a net total of l,lll,O67. .64S. From this recovery of bullion dividends were re- turned to the shareholders of 536, 637S. The December dividend, amounting to 60,00OS has not yet been paid. which would bring the dividend for the year up to 59j.637S, or nearly sixty per cent of the entire output of the property. At the same tune there has been set aside for betterments and depreciation the sum of 250,000S, and also over l00,- 000S to cover dividends. Since the or ganization of the company there has been returned to the shareholders the grand total of l.l5j. 1893, more than one hundred per cent On the capilali- zation. When it is considered that the greater part of this stock was sold to subscribers at l5 cents, the magni- tude of the dividends paid will be ap- preciated.
 The Tom Reed IS the one mine that is keeping up the reputation of the State of Arizona as producer of the yellow metal, and this year is sure to make a record second to none in the United States. It's production is one t~;, ,f L, ,f for the year 1912. Results show the management that has made possible this great property, Charles Grimes, the president of the company, and $. $. Jones, it's general manager, giving to it their personal supervision. Mr. Jones has been the one f or Tn it, great success, having taken the mine when d mere prospect and bringing il up among the great mines of the world
 Frisco Gold Mines Company.
 The past year has been one of sue. cess for the Frisco Gold Mines com. pany, operating the Gold Grown Group of mines in the Union Pass section While the mill operated has not the capacity that the mining possibilities of the property warrants it has during the year 1912 crushed and put through the filters approximatel l4,000 tons Of ore. From this tonnage there was ex, The work of taking out this great mass of ore was accomplished with about twelve men, the breaking of the rock being all done by hand, no power drills being used in the mine.
 The Gold Crown group has been under the management of E. H. Bar. ton, well known Pacific coast mining man Recent illness has compelled him to relinqulsh the personal mana. gement and R. l.. Dimmick has had charge of the property, getting splen did results in both mine and mill The property is situated about twenty miles west of Kingman in the Blue Ridge range of mountains. The veir lies in the broken hills west of the main range and has dip to the east of about twenty degrees. The vein is enormous in size, ranging in thick ness from thirty-fve feet to seventy feet, all carrying values in gold. As is indicated by the recovery. the ore milled carried values averaging twelve dollars to the ton, which from this i'm mense vein would give some idea o the possibilities IL is estimated tha,