Weekly journal-miner., 1916-09-20
STAMPS OF B|G PINE READY
 ID DROP
ANOTHER BIG PROPERTY ENERGIES FROM THE PROSPECT" INTO THE PRODUCING CLASS.
(By F. R. Dyas)

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 ed to the ever-growing list of Yava-
 pal mines within the next fortnight seems certain from the rapidity with which Manager C. H. Dunning, of the | Big Pine Consolidated Mining Com pany, is completing the installation of | the l00-ton reduction plant at the company's property. 12 miles south of
 Prescott. With only few addition al pieces of machinery to be placed, the Big Pine will shortly have an equipment identical with that in use at the Copper Chief, which is said to be one of the best systems for saving gold values yet introduced in the county.
 Because of the quietness with which the Big Pine has conducted opera tions, few people are aware that an- other big property has emerged from the prospect class and is now a full-fedged mine with 75,O00 tons of ore ready for the mill that will be grinding out gold within two weeks. A force of approximately half hun dred men has been rushing both sur face and underground work steadily since May, with the result that Man ager Dunning expects to make the first mill run before October 1st.
 The Big Pine holdings, comprising some IA claims, eight of which arc patented, are located in the Hassayam- pa mining district and are ideally situ- ated for economical operation Seven tunnels, varying in length up to 1,500 feet, have opened up 75,00O tons of gold ore that give average returns of Sl050 for all the workings Tunnel No. is in 300 feet, with orc all the way No. ? has 60 feet of drifts; No. 5 has 200 feet; No. 4 has 750 feet, 600 feet of ore. and No. is in 1 500 feet, of which HOO feet is salod ore shoot a slight fault and broken up area ac- counting for the other 400 feet. No. 6. the main working tunnel from which there Is a short gravity drop to the ore bins of the mill, is in 800 feet, of which 150 feet is a cross-cut, the remainder being in good ore. The rock in No. 5. on repeated assays, gives returns of from S9 to Sl7, the remainder averaging Sl050
 Below No. tunnel, and across the gulch, in a portion of the company's holdings that, as yet, has hardly been prospected, IS No tunnel, in $50 feet, with orc averaging SIS every foot of the way.
 From No. 1 to No. tunnel, the various levels are connected by raises, placed at the most advantageous points. with the result that all hoist ing and shaft expense has been elim- mated. Considering the remarkable length of the orc shoots, Chat in No. , tunnel measuring HOO feet, or from the portal 10 the endline of the com pany's property): the fact that abun- dant timber for stoping and all pur- poses is at hand; with plenty of water and a water-powcr site that will de vclop 300 horse power, making for cheap power, it IS estimated that the entire operating costs, including un- dcrground. office and mill expenses, cannot exceed s per ton and will probably come under this figure.
 The company has a total capitaliza- ton of but 50O,0OO shares, of which approximately 100000 are held by Major A. ]. Pickrell and Manager Dunning, of this city, and Duluth, Minn, capitalists As the company has never found 1t necessary to offer any stock for sale publicly, but little has been known of its scope and mag nitudc, and only the fact that its mill will soon be turning out precipitates. thus adding another producer and dividend payer to Yavapai's list of mines, brings the realization that at the city's doors is another concrete evidence that the only knocker in Yavapai county is old Man Oppor- tunity