Mohave County miner., 1915-01-30
Wonderful Golconda A Mine that Made Good From the Grassroots An Energetic Management of
 One of the Greatest Zinc
 Mines of Southwest

The Golconda mine, situated in the Cerbat range, sixteen miles north of Kingman, is reported to be about to pass into the hands of one of the big copper syndicates for price said to be above one-half million dollars. The men negotiating for the property is the Amsters, which is the big operating company at Morenci, Arizona, and which a year or so ago looked over mines of this county to get foothold for the purpose of extending their scheme of mining. Owing to the breaking of the copper market at the time the company was compelled to forego it's expansion, but now that copper is coming on in the market and that the time appears ripe the company is prepared to fortify itself in one of the big mines of this part of the State.
 Several years ago the Golconda was taken over by John Boyle and the first legitimate mining was undertaken at the property. Prior to that time few shallow shafts had been sunk on the veins, but while some very good silver ore had been opened and extracted no effort was made to get below the change. As soon as MT. Boyle assumed command of the property he equipped it with hoisting machinery and com menced systematic development of the zinc vein of the group. At depth of about 150 feet the big zinc ore body was encountered and from that day to this the mine has proven itself an i'm mense producer. As soon as money began to flow into the treasury from ore sales MT. Boyle took options on all the notable mining property surround ing his holdings and the estate of the company today is composed of some of the best mines in the district, every one showing big and distinct ore bodies. The Tub and Prosperity are among the biggest of the acquired veins and these have been opened to considerable depth, a drift having been carried through the Prosperity into the big ore bodies of the Golconda and showing great bodies of valuable ore almost the entire distance.
 The Golconda shaft has reached the 8th level, about 72O feet from the shaft collar and drifts have been carried out into splendid ore bearing ground From this level and the 800 level about 400 tons Of ore weekly is going out to the smelters at BartIesville, Oklahoma. Two self-dumping trucks carry the ore to the railroad, these machines being operated in three eight-hour shifts each day.
 A concentrating plant to handle the lower grades of ore has been in opera tion at the mine the past two years and has turned out wonderful tonnage of ore. When it is known that the ore shipments from this property carry values above 45 per cent zinc the reader will realize the wonderful value and possibilities of the mines, especially when it is taken in connection with the great length and width of the ore shoots. The shoots in places have width of eleven feet of solid ore, while they run from 200 to 400 feet in length from the shaft. Below the Golconda is the Tub, which also has great bodies of ore, and while these bodies are much wider they fail to reach the same wonderful rich ness of ore as that borne by the Col conda. In places the Tub vein is 50 feet wide.
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