Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-05-24

zine, "a IA 12 Rand Ingersoll Com pressor, 20 H. P. Boiler, a Fair banks Morse 25 H. P. gas hoisting engine, machine shop, pumps, oil and water tanks; assay office, board ing house, bunk house, several resi- dences, office, garage, miners hall, etc.
 The structures are substantially built, roofed and sheathed with cor rugated iron and we'll painted for per manent use. The camp is conceded to be one of the finest in the State. Its elevation tempers the heat and it is preferred by miners as desirable place in which to work.
 Three Leyner drills, several jack hammers, four small gasoline engines, large quantity of wrought iron pipe of various sizes, large supply of drill and hand steel, picks, shovels and various other tools also constitute part of the very complete equipment on the property.
 Good water from spring below the camp is piped to all buildings and other ample supplies for domestic pur- poses are available.
 A site for mill has been selected where it will receive water by gravity from various sources on the property.
 One Denby truck, one Studebaker truck and one six, cylinder automo- bile furnish good transportation facil- ities.
 The annual cost of maintainance of the roads on the property does not ex- ceed $200.00.
 No. 1 shaft was started on the hanging wall and down hill side of the dike. At a depth of 85 feet much surface water was struck and soft, dangerous ground encountered. It became imperative to steadily sink the shaft until depth of 373 feet was gained when it cut the gran ite foot wall in solid formation and was carried 50 feet deeper.
 Sinking was then discontinued after cutting a station at the 400 foot level and driving about 50 feet northerly on the down hill side to cut the dike and veins.
 The cross-cut penetrated the dike and then all work was stopped on June 1st, 1918, because of war condi- tions.
 The property in the vicinity of the shaft is practically undeveloped ex- cept for some 200 feet of cross-cutting and drifting on the 200 foot level and about 100 feet on the 300 foot level Owing to the fact that the character of the ground necessitates constant sinking and the hoisting facilities were almost exclusively needed for sinking it was impossible to explore the 200 and 300 foot levels to more than limited extent and the drifts run above the 400 foot level were al- most impossible to hold on account of soft and heavy ground.
 On the 300 foot level 3 foot vein in the dike was cut about 25 feet north from the shaft, carrying good silver-lead values and a little gold. Only about 15 feet of drifting west erly and 25 feet easterly was complet- ed on this vein. The cross-cut was driven on this level to the hanging wall but it was impossible to hold the ground and sinking was resumed.
 There can be no doubt that the 400 foot level is in solid formation and that the real exploration of this DOT tion of the property should begin here.
 On the 200 foot level shoot of high grade silver ore was struck on the hanging wall, a ton sample of which sent to the Selby Shelter re- turned nearly $10O.00 value per ton in silver, gold and lead. The mine averages were much higher than these results. This high grade ore aver ages inches wide and was drifted on about 25 feet and a winze sunk on same about 8 feet.
 It is a handsome showing, the ore carrying native silver, about $500 per ton gold and 10 % lead. This ore shoot should be found by drifting on the 400 foot level.
 This statement has emphasized what had hitherto been considered fact, that no high grade ore would be found in this property as the early owners never discovered any of the rich chlorides which first brought the Cerbat Range into prominence and which accounts for production of nearly twenty-five million dollars. No. 1 shaft, however, since the dis covery of the high grade ore shoot on the second level assumes an importan- ce with regard to the probability for production of rich silver sulphide ore worthy of special attention. The samples were taken on 8 inches of the best ore but there was fully anoth- CT foot of lower grade ore next to it. This oxidized quartz carried sufficient silver and gold to make the average