Mohave County miner., 1913-08-16
News from SearchIieht.
Special Correspondence

nouncement made by the Eldoradc
 Gold Star Mining company of Los An
 geles, to construct cyanide slim e plant to treat the ores of the district
 The plans as outlined call for the
 installation of 5O-ton plant to be sit
 uated near the Silver Legion mine,
 which is now under bond to this con-
 pany. There are many thousands of
 tons of ore lying on the dumps in this
 section that will pay to handle but
 will not stand transportation charges
 to the smelters.
 This section has produced consider
 able rich ore in the pioneer days when
 It was freIghted several hundred miles
 and then shipped to Swansea, Wales,
 nearly half way around the world for
 treatment. Now with reduction
 plant at the front door, there is
 spirit of the redivivus on all sides.
 The ores at Mob Hill occur in east
 west Assures of gness and schist. The
 dip in most cases IS to the south and
 ranges from 70 to 90 degrees. The
 veins vary from to 20 feet in width.
 show no gouge or evidence of move-
 ment since the deposition of the ore.
 In the Silver Legion mine, the maxi
 mum width of the stopes worked in
 the early days were about feet while lnt "a lnv al hn, cEA, L,,
 l2 feet of ore with the vein over 20 feet between the walls. Most of the veins in this district are very regular and persistent, the Silver Legion for example being traceabe on the sur. face for over 5000 feet. The sulphlde ores. which in these veins are reached , at 75 feet or less, consist of pyrite. galena and sphalerite, in gangue that is partly vein quartz and partly metasomatically altered gneiss and schist. The gold and silver values are in the sulphides-no native gold being visible. Most of the ores extracted in the pioneer days were oxdized, con. tained free gold and hornsilver. The Combination mine to a depth of 100 |, feet yielded l5O.000S that was hoated down the Colorado river on iatboats. The Silver Legion produced almost as much until the, flow of water drown ed out the miners and could not be handled with the primitive facilities in use.
 During the past few years develop ment work has shown the existence of ore shoots on the Mispah, which has been developed to depth of 300 feet Silver Legion below the water level where crosscut showed : feet of ore behind what was supposed to be the hanging wall and the Gold Star that has struck l00S ore. In addition to these the Mineral Farm, Golden En- pire and Rich Hill have very promis- ing showings.
 The Gold Star company is unique in- as much as it is composed entire of colored men of Southern California with headquarters in Los Angeles. The orlgln of the company and its stormy career read like fiction tale. Oscar Sims, colored, a plasterer, for merly foreman for the Los Angeles Investment company, took a trip to southern Nevada and went on a pros. oecting trip. He was overtaken by a storm and made camp at the Gold Star mine which was at that time ly- ng Idle. He found some rich float and hunting up the owners took bond on the mine. Returning to Los An geles he gathered a few friends and ,he corporation was organized. For ,ime the company was in hourishing condition but financial troubles soon llsruted the organization which was lbout to go to pieces. New men took hold and shortly afterwards money vas forthcoming, old bills settled up md work resumed. Ore was struck md in both shaft and tunnel and then he company engaged engineering management to take active charge of he physical end of the affairs of the company. Exhaustive tests were made 'f the ores of the district before the plant was contracted for and he funds needed have been subscribed.
 The Combination and Silver Legion hines are owned by M. L. Cook a prominent mining engineer of San