Weekly journal-miner., 1916-09-13
GOOD ROADS AID
 UNEMPLOYMENT 0F INDUSTRY
MINES THAT HAVE BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS NOW SHOWING NEW SIGNS OF LIFE.
(By William P. De Wolff

(By William P. De Wolf)
 An important factor in the speeding
 up of the mining industry that i:
 everywhere apparent in Yavapai coun, ty, IS the system of good roads that i.
 being established for the purpose oi
 bringing the outlying mines and
 camps into touch with the county's
 main business center at Prescott and
 with each other. Much has already
 been accomplished along these lines
 and as result this county can justly
 lay claim to some of the bcst-graded
 and scenic roads in Arizona Notably
 the Copper Basin road which puts
 this city in easy transit communica-
 ton with the copper areas of that i section; the Groom creek road which
 serves like purpose for the camp of Senator; the Lynx creek road con meeting with the Smclter at Humboldt
 and the mines of that locality, and the Cherry creek road that gives ac- cess to Jerome, Clarkdale and the mines of the Verde valley country.
 More recently the distance from here to Phoenix has been appreciably shortened by reconstructing the old government trail through Black can yon. This piece of road building has put the Tiptop and other mines of the Tiptop country in touch with Prescott and has added to the pleas ure of travel by auto as well. The Groom creek road is being extended beyond Senator to tap the rich min eral-bearing Crown King country and other portions of the Bradshaws, and consideration is being given by the county commissioners to a plan for shortening the road between here and Jerome. The latter plan has the sup port of majority of the mining and business men of Jerome and Clark dale.
 Coloradoans Invest.
 Colorado Springs capital is inter- estcd in the development of the prop erty of the Montezuma Mining Com pany in the Bradshaw mountains, near Crown King. The acreage has an ex- cellent mineral showing, and the Coloradoans have supplied sufficient money to open 1t at depth and to pro- vide the necessary mine machinery. 4 camp Is being established and dog en camp buildings are under construc- ton. J. P. Waldron, former Colo rado mining man, Is in charge of the company's affairs. The Montezuma had been undergoing development for eight years before the present oper- .Ia-..EI ..aI. "A during that time large and valuable silver-gold ore bodies were opened These orc bodies, aside from their prccious-metal contents, carry pay values in lead and zinc. Among the improvements the management has in view is a reduction plant so equipped as to reclaim the lead and zinc as well as the silver and gold contents of the ores. This is to be brought about by installing the oil-fotation process. David Gemmill, of the Randolph Gemmill Reduction works, at Crown King, has solved treatment by ho- ton and is successfully utilizing it at his plant.
 In fact, the Gemmill improvement to the oil-flotation process has, more than any other single factor, been in- strumcntal in the renewal of mining operations in the Bradshaw mountains, with the result that work IS more ami mated there at present than in many years. High grade ore has in the past been the rule rather than the eXcep- ton in the mines throughout the Bradshaws, and now a treatment adapted to the sulphidc ores disclosed many of the old-time producers arc again on the active list Among them are the Crown King, Wildfower, l Fairview, Nelson, Lincoln, Tiger | Gold, Tiger Silver and the War Eagle | Gladiator. During the hcyday of | their prosperity these and other mines i in the Bradshaws produced ore carry ! ing from S250 10 SlC00 per ton in gold ] and silver.
 Algonkian Company's Plans.
 \ camp has been established at . Hell Hole, near Crown King, by the 1 Mines Company, a corpo- ration which is backed by Philadel- phia capitalists. Work is being prose cutcd under the supervision of A. ]. Heath, a former Utah mining man. The holdings were originally develop cd by the Shurtlcffs and resulted in the opening of commercial ore in con siderable tonnage. The present man agcmcnt will continue work at the point where the former operators ceased operations and will continue it to greater depth. The property lies a few miles cast of Crown King station in section noted for the high preci- contents of its ores. The plans of the company include the of narrow-gauge railroad to connect with the plant of the Ran dolph- -Gemmill Reduction Company at Crown King.
 The Silver Belt mine, one of the oldest mining properties in Yavapai county, is shipping ore to the Gray Eagle Reduction plant at Mayer. In fact, the Silver Belt mine was the first patron of that recently constructed plant. The ore shipped is complex and runs about $25 per ton-principal values being lead, silver and zinc. The large tonnage of ore on the old dumps is first to hc t,rarl-eted When if has