Bisbee daily review., 1916-08-13
OLD BONANZA ON
 DESERT GOING AHEAD
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days cleaned up ss6.OOO worth Of gold
 Subsequently the properties were purchased by an English syndicate. | An incline shaft was sunk by the | Britishers on the Harque Hala Bon anZa group to a depth of 200 feet and the property thoroughly equipped with mine and mill machinery. It is said they extracted s4.000,000 worth Of gold ore above the 200-foot level. The bullion was teamed Go PhoeniX-120 miles distant. Road-agents infested the trail in those parlous days and as a result of their activity several Hala Bonanza and Vulture mines failed their destination. After a num- Der of episodes of that nature, in one i of which the manager of the Volture mine was killed and $60,000 worth Of bullion stolen, the HarQua Hala bull lion was moulded into bars of such massive size and weight the bandits could not make way with them across | the arid stretches. Shipments O. ingots having vaue of s365,000 each were for a time sent out from the property.
 The "Bonanza Cave" i Owing to the long freight haul. the scarcity of wood in a country Of dwarf sage and mesquite bush, and the Consequent high price of mine timbers, the latter were sparsely used. As the ground was opened and ! stopped the custom was to leave sup was high grade. While attempting to remove these pillars, in later years, the ground caved from the third level to surface for several hundred feet in either direction from the shaft, leay- ; porting pillars or ore, much of which ing an immense chasm extending from wall to wall-a width of 70 feet-and laterally along the vein workings a length of 400 feet. This cavity is known as the Bonanza Cave" It cut oh access to the mine workings and forced the sinking of a new shaft. i The laoter is located about 400 fec west of the old shaft and intersects
 
 cline. Connection was made with the 2nd and Srd levels of the old workings.
 In drifting southwest from the new shaft body of ore was opened and stopped that milled S2,00O.O 900 worth of gold. This stope is of enormous plo- portions and presents the appearance of natural cavern rather than the handiwork of man. Due to its un usual size and shape the miners ! called it Castle Garden" On the same level an attempt was made t. get under the draw the ore from tn, Bonanza Cave" by means of cross cut. As it was driven under the Cave on the hanging wall side il failed its purpose owing to the un- stable nature of the caved ground, which could not be safely timbered. Ultimately this crosscut caved to tn: solid rock below. These reverse3 were augmented by a barren streak in the vein, and the Englishmen. be coming discouraged. quit the propert.' in disgust
 The New Regime. About three years ago the Harqua Hala Bonanza and Golden Easlo groups were taken over by the pres ent operators. Since then they have undergone development almost co. ! tinuously. The deal included a 40 I stamp mill. air-drills, compressor. hoisting machinery, and full con pletement of camp equipment and uII derground mining apparatus, togethe- with an aerial tram about seven eights of mile long running from tho Golden Eagle shaft @ the Harqua Hala Bonanza mill A pumping plan.