Mohave County miner., 1913-04-12
United States Smelling, Re-
 lining G Mining Company.


 the United States Smelling, Refining X Mining company, has just been made pubic. The reports show much betterment in the holdings of the con- pany during the year, one of the bet terments being the taking over of the big coal fields in Utah and the writing off of considerable of the bond issues of the parent company.
 Referring to the holdings of the company in this county the report says:
 "Considera development work was done on the Gold Road mine, and l09.07O tons of ore were extracted aud sent to the mill. The development yielded as much ore as could be ex- pected, but the grade was disappoint- ing.
 Exploration work is going on with undiminished vigor, and it is expected that in the large territory still to be opened up better values will be en- countered. The mill was improved and enlarged and now handles $50 tons per day as against 225 tons year ago.
 The development work In this mine included the extension of the 350-foot, 5Oo-f foot aud 700 foot levels, the sink Ing of what is known as No. 3 shaft from the 700. foot to 900. foot level on the vein.
 The Needles shelter was run at h. tervals during the preceding year.
 The same is true of the concentrator. The supply of ore that was expected to come from the Tennessee mine did not materialize on account of the failure of the railroad company to complete spur to the mlne. This track is now completed, and ore from the Tennessee mine is being shipped and the mill has been started.
 The shaft of the Tennessee mine during the year was sunk to the 900- foot level, and crosscut is now being run to cut the vein on that level. It is confidently expected that tho ore will be as strong on the 900-foot level as it is on the 7OO-foot level. Three winzes were sunk in the ore from the 700-foot level to depth of 30 feet, and the ore showed undiminished size and value to that depth.
 At the Banner mine work was dls- continued during the year, when the small ore body was exhausted"
 Referring to the report, as given above, it will be well to note that the matter of dlsappointment in the ore values of the Gold Road mine was fully explained in recent Issue of the MINER. The ore had been brokon Tn the stopes by another management, prior to it's taxing over by the U. $ Smelting people, the prior manage. ment extracting the small streaks of rich ore running through the lean mass. By thls method several hun. dred thousand tons of lean ore was dumped into the stopes. In the work ing of the mine it was found necessary to remove this great mass of ore and as result more than 100000 tons of it was put through the mill. Since the milling of this ore was accomplish ed, allowing the company to get at the better grades the mill has been. turning out fir on 4,0OO$ to 6.OCO$ daily Better milling methods have also been devised and it is probable that during the year the parent company will re- ceive big returns from this property.
 It will also be noted that the con- pany is now sure of the Tennessee mine and that when it is full exploited to the 900 level the other properties of the company will be taken up. On the 900 level, since the report was is- sued, the company has opened a fine body of ore, although the shoot en- counvered above has not yet been reached. The new ore shows some copper and better values in gold and silver.