Mohave County miner., 1916-10-28
MINING ACTIVITY GENERAL IN
 YAVAPAI COUNTY DISTRICTS

ore per day. The plans of the com
 pany likewise include sinking the main
 shaft to greater depth and the em,
 ployment of as many miners as car
 work to advantage.
 The 5O-ton mill recently installed al the Arizona property, near Humboldt
 by the Arizona Mines Supply company of this city has been in operation for the past two weeks and is successfully treating the mine product. High grade concentrates are being recov- cred and shipped to Fl Paso. The Arizona is owned by F. M. Anderson and Sidney Birch of Prescott and has for many months been in the produc- tive class while undergoing develop ment. During that period q carloads of silver-gold ore were billed out to Fl PasO. Hereafter, however, only the concentrates will be shipped. The mill will reduce all ores mined and has been tested sufficiently to insure a high saving of values. A large ton mage is on dump and blocked out in the mine workings, and is said to be better grade in the lower levels than in the near-surface levels. Until An derson and Birch took it over the mine had been idle for more than 25 years
 A large and modern plant of ma chinery, including a Deisel engine and five-drill air compressor, is being set up at the old Octave mine in the Con gress country. Additional machinery IS en route. It includes an oil f1ota- tion unit and the other equipment requisite for reducing the large ton mage of ore that has been opened up during the past three years. About four years a group of Boston mining men acquired title to this old-time pro ducer under bankruptcy proceedings. Since then the main shaft has been deepened and levels established to a mean depth of 1900 feet. Drifts and crosscuts have been run on each level and an really enormous tonnage of gold ore has been blocked out. The development work of the past 15 months has been especially prolific in the opening of commercial ore.
 Within 30 days a new plant of ma chinery will be in commission at the Last Chance property, in the Walker district, and development work again be in force. The plant is up-to-date in every unit and includes a hoist, air compressor, jackhammers, drill-steel, ore cars, track ahd other mine essen tials. c. B. Hayes, a mining man of wide experience, is backing the ven ture with his personal assets and with out recourse to outside financial as sistance. Crosscutting from the main shaft has exposed a large deposit of pay grade gold ore through which pass bands, or lenses, of exceptional value. Hayes has expended a large sum in carrying out his development plans, and is prepared to spend other sums as they are required. It takes faith, stamina, courage and incessant application to develop a pay mine, and Hayes possesses these essentials in the superlative. It appears as though he was about to reap the reward due his industry, and to that end he has the best wishes of the mining men of the county with him.
 John Harlan, superintendent of the Crook mine, reports steady mining and milling operations and the shipment of concentrates to Fl Paso at frequent in tervals. The Crook tunnel has a length of 1900 feet at this time and is being driven with three shifts of miners. The face of the tunnel is carrying an ex- cellent grade gold ore and values are holding well as it is advanced. A large tonnage of pay ore is in sight and the genleral situation at the prop erty very encouraging.
 New machinery has been installed at the Beehive property and develop ment at depth is well under way. The property adjoins the Octave mine on the east and is located on the rich Oc- tave Assure. The mineral content is gold and is increasing in value as de velopment progresses.
 The usual daily production of so tons of copper ore is being maintained at the Commercial mine in Copper Basin and is being regularly forward ed to the Humboldt and Clarkdale smelters. s. L. Landon, well known in Arizona mining fields as a mining engineer of ability, recently assumed charge of the property as assistant to Mai A. J. Piclpell, to whose faith and Al. n