Arizona republican., 1917-05-13
The Chloride District

(By Thomas McCauley.)
 CHLORIDE. Ariz. May 12-The Steffy custom mill, which is expected to wonderfully stimulate mine de- vclOpment in Chloride, should be com- pleted within the next six weeks All the machinery is on the ground and is being installed as fast as experts can accomplish the work.
 The mill will have a capacity of 250 tons daily, but the company will al- most immediately begin work of dou- bling this capacity, having been offer ed three times as much ore as this unit can possibly handle.
 Mir. Steffy as consistently refusing the entire output of several of the larger properties, contracting for only a comparatively limited quantity from them so that smaller operators may have an opportunity to mill their ores and receive returns which will enable them to prosecute mine development with increased power.
 For more than a year and a half Chloride has marked steady progress. Mining men of national note have en- tered, the field here and the properties with which they have identified them selves are being thoroughly developed and every effort lent to bring them to the producing stage. At the present time there are 46 properties in actual operation, with twelve more that may be started up any day. Of these 46 in operation every one has ore in en- couraging quantities, many of them increasing daily their available ton mage while others are bending their efforts to gain depth or to prove the continuation of veins at depths already gained
 The Bullion Hill. thes big property adjoining the Tennessee and which was recently bought by the Jesse Knight interests of Utah, has been completely equipped with heavy ma chinery, designed for deep mining. All this machinery is in place on the foundations and all that is holding back the commencement of operations is the failure of the power company to complete the line from the trans former station in town to the property, thus providing the force to drive the powerful motors.
 After a close down of month, the Payroll is again undergoing active de. velopment on the 400 foot level, the deepest working. The shutdown was occasiOned by negotiations that have been pending between the owner, T. 5. 1. F. Martin and associates of Calexico, California. who have secured a ten years lease on the property
 Additional machinery will be put in to provide ample air pressure for the drills. The south drift on the 400 foot level now out a distance of 255 feet, will be extended 250 feet farther.
 MT. Martin is negotiating with the Steffy mill for a reservation of 50 tons daily that he wishes to have treated.
 After a close down of many years, the old Tuckahoe is again being operated this time under the direction or ,. L. Carter of Colorado, who is as- sociated with Bulkley Wells in the Schenectady mine here. MT. Carter is s'uklng 8 l'aw Shaff to 9@n the vein. the old shaft being too badly caved to be of use. A gallows-frame has been erected and a hoist will be in place in a few days.
 The property adjoining the Tucka- hoe has also been taken on lease and bond by MT. Carter. On this property, likewise, gallOWs frame has been erected and a hoist ordered for imme- diate delivery. The West Star has ex- posed the Tuckahoe vein in 60-foot shaft--The values in both these prop critics is gold, silver and lead.
 The Puzzle another old property, was started up a few days ago by W. P Mckay, J. J. Robertson and their New York associates. new shaft being sunk by aid of windlass is down 8 feet. The hoist ordered when the new owners took the property over has not yet arrived. road has been built to the property and all is in readi- ness to install it on it's arrival
 The MprriO14P plOSad down x-aa ago for lack of adequate treatment methods, is being reopened by Col. J C. Rankin, who is having a new shaft sunk at a point several hundred feet east of the old shaft. A hoist is in operation. The Merrimac has produced a large tonnage of milling ore and possesses a strong vein