Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-08-31
THE CYClOPIc MINES NOW
 OPERATING UNDER LEASE

The Cyclopic mine and mill are now being operated under lease, Jack Mo Donald, Tom Ramsey and Wilbur Wright having taken over the prop erty for few months. These men fill all the ore pockets in the mine and they hoist the ore into the mill and run it through the breaker and rolls and into the big teaching tanks. Last month the mten shipped about $120O in auro-cyanides, the output of only part of the month. s. c. Bagg, own CT of, the property, attends to the op- eration of the cyanide department.
 The Cyclopic mine is we'll equipped, having a 75 ton milling plant of late pattern. The incline from the mine opens directly into the mill, the hoist that raises the ore to the mill sets high above the breakers and the bins are so situated that the ore moves automatically through the plant. The mine is opened beneath the vein, which lies at tilt of about 28 degrees from the horizontal. A drift has been car ried along the andisitic contact into the ore bearing territory and big ore pockets have been put in and the orc broken by the caving system. Prac- tically no timbering is used, the ground being dry and standing we'll. Immense chambers show throughout the openings, where the ore bodies have been extracted. It is the im- pression that ore exists far to the south of the present workings, but as there is enough ore in sight to keep the mill working for more than a year no effort will be made to develop this part of the territory. Big pill lars have been left to hold the ground and much ore has been left because of the fact that better ore is obtainable by following the smaller lenzes. As says show that everything in the mine will mill out about $8, but the milling value of the ore extracted is SIP. The ore is crushed to 12 mesh and better than 90 per cent is extracted owing to the nature of the ore littlA crush ing is required, the entire mass being brecciated quartz. The mill is dry crushing and little water is used in the operation.
 About four miles southwest of the mine is well and springs that fur nish enough water for camp and mill uses and then have enough surplus for any other purpose that it may be called upon. The water is pumped over a divide into tanks and reser- voirs, the capacity of all being about 10000 gallons.
 The camp is pleasantly situated, being on an elevation that overlooks the Wallapai valley and the Grand Canyon. Trains may be seen rounding the curve west oi Blackberry and all the mountain ranges to the east are visible. Red lake lies below the camp few miles and Music mountain across this big sand pit.
 The whole country around the camp is overgrown with gayetta and gram ma grass and few cattle are upon the range, owing to the fact that water has not been carried down from the springs in the hills to the limits of cattle travel. With the introduction of water this would be one of the most ideal ranges in the county. And there is plenty of water for several thous- and head and the grasses of that par ticular rangerwould surely feed all the year round for a large herd. The country is accessible from Chloride or Blackberry, roads leading out to all adjoining points.
 S. c. Bagg, owner of the mines and water rights, has operated the mines the past ten years and has done re- markably well, having opened the property, developed big water bodies and secured a splendid milling plant. A larger milling plant would enable the milling of the great ore bodies now deveoped in the mine asl a whole, and allow the old stopes to collapse. In this way no timber need be used, the drifts being carried down along the contact and raises being carried up into the big ore bodies. And while the miners were working the mines the range thereabouts could be stocked with cattle, getting the market coming and going.