Mohave County miner., 1916-09-09
GOOD ROADS GREAT AID ID
 MINING IN YAVAPAI COUNTY


 ed plant. The ore shipped is complex and runs about S25 per ton-principal values being lead, silver and zinc. The large tonnage of ore on the old dumps is first to be marketed. When it has been disposed of the extensive ore bodies blocked out in the workings will be drawn upon for a further tonnage.
 Plans are well advanced for the re- sumption of operations at the prop erty of the Lucky Five Mining com pany in Copper Basin, A. M. Horton, president of the company. and one of the original locatCrs of the sixteen claims included in the estate, recently returned from California where he has extensive placer interests, for the purpose of directing development work The property is favorably known for it's minera! showing at nominal depth and is considered one of the most promising in the Copper Basin country. Values-as demon strated by a sample shipment of 1000 pounds-approximate $57 per ton in copper, gold and silver. The old workings, from which the sample re- ferred to was taken, are to be un- watered and the shaft connecting rtheewith sunk to greater depth.
 Sheelite ore having a value of S940 per ton, exclusive of its silver and gold contents, was recently discov- cred in the Flora mine in the Hassa- yampa country. The find was made in the face of a 2OO-foot tunnel and is said to present unmistakable indica tions of permanency. This tunnel is to be extended 200 feet further into the hill, where it will have a depth from surface of 300 feet on the vein. The owners of the property, Valentine Albarrado, John Bernard and Louis Bernard, have been working it for the past two years as a silver proposition with considerable success. The estate is located near the old Mescal mill site, about 10 miles south of Prescott.
 Four jack-hammers and two shifts of miners are employed in deepening the shaft on the property of the Je- rome-Portland company in the Verde copper belt. The shaft has a present depth of 110 feet and is being sunk at the rate of three feet per shift. Yel- low sulphides are frequently encoun- tered. The hoist, compressor and oth- CT mine machinery recently installed are working satisfactorily.
 The mill on the Copper Chief com pany's property near Jerome is treat ing 13O tons of gold ore daily and is making an excellent recovery of valz ues by means of the cyanide process. The company will resume shipments of copper ore to the. Humboldt smelter as soon as the sampler at that plant is rebuilt. The latter was recently de stroyed by ire.
 A dozen camp buildings are under construction near the site selected for the main working shaft on the prop erty of the Green Monster Mining company in the Verde field. The buildings include two bunk houses, with accommodations for 40 men, boarding house, store house, ice build ing, residence for the superintendent and a clubhouse. The new shaft will be sunk on the diorite side of the main contact, about 300 feet distant from the Revenue tunnel. The work will begin just as soon as the large plant of machinery, now en route to the property, has been installed. It is ex- pected to deepen the shaft at the rate of 125 feet per month.