Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-06-05
BRADSHAW GETTING RESULTS AT THE
 DIAMOND JOE MINE

companied E. c. Bradshow to the Dia mond Joe mine and mill and was sur
 prised with the improvements that had taken place there since last he saw the property. The mill has been developed into one of the high class mills of the county, every device for saving having been added to the plant and the capacitv increased. The plant is under the direction of Herbert M. Caswell. Mr. Caswell is getting re- suits from the new devices installed that are surprising, when it is under stood that the ores are a combination of oxides. carbonates and sulphides. In the new method the ores are sul phidized. which adds greatly to the floculation of the oils. especially in the picking up of the carbonates. Only one ounce of lsilver gets away in the tails. which is a record on any ores. The mill handles ten tons of raw ore on approximately a six hour
 shift. As soon as the new road is put in to the mine it is expected that the mill will he operated full "A hours and will handle between 30 and 40 tons
 of material. Several car lots of the concentrates have been shipped to the
 shelter, the product being high in lead
 and carrying big values in silver, with
 some copper. The shelter pays for all content of the ore.
 The mine has been cleared of waste
 and debris and a winze 75 feet below the tunnel level is being shaped up to deliver big ore tonnage. A stope has been opened on the new level that
 shows a wonderful body of ore. A
 specimen of this ore can be seen at the Miner office. The streak, which
 is over three feet wide, will average
 about 100 ounces silver to the ton,
 whilel assorted ore from it ought to run up to $400. Every place where opened ore shows. In the upper level
 it has been discovered that the ore that has been lost by the former min CTS had passed into one of the walls along slip in the vein. The slough
 ing off of the vein material had ex- posed many showings of ore that will
 be worth while when it comes time to send them to mill. Owing to the char
 acter of the ground it was thought
 best not to disturb the ore bodies in
 tho upper workings until the main shaft could be gotten to a point where
 no interference would result from cav
 es in the old works ,and later the ores
 would be shot down through chutes to the deeper level and sent to the
 mill. Thousands of tons are now available that will run above 20 ounc- es silver and carry values in lead and copper. As soon as the new opening has been made it is proposed to open the ore body on the north end of the claim and. also begin the driving of the deep tunnel that will open the vein at depth of about 700 feet. With this deep tunnel in commission this property ought to be one of the best dividend payer in the county. Prac- tically the whole length of the pro- posed tunnel will be on the vein and the mill ore is now outcropping at the adit. When the richer material is gotten at the mill should be making big output of rich product, the ores now in sight being far higher in grade than any so far sent to mill.
 Everything at the mill and mine has been gotten in the best possible shape, general manager E. c. Bradshaw pre- pairing everything with a view to fu- ture operations on a practical scale. The camp is one of the most ideal in the county, being quite high up on the mountains and among the jack pines. Roads have been improved and and more roads are to be built. At the present time ores have to be packed on mules for a distance of over a mile from the mine to the end of the automobile road, whence they are trucked to the mill. Con- tracts are about to be let for the build ing of the connecting piece of road and when it is completed haulage on a large scale will be possible and at greatly decreased costs. A pumping plant furnishes the mine with water and the mill and camp is furnished with an adequate supply of water by gravity from the springs in Crow Can von. The camp is under good man. agement, the mill being in good hands and the mine under the management ,f an experienced superintendent.
 Old timers know that the Diamond Toe was considered one of the rich ,st of the silver mines of the Walla- ,ais and its ore bodies have, hardly ,een touched. Under the intelligent guidance of MT. Bradshaw we are of he opinion that this property will oon be booking surprises for even he old timer.
 J. A. Brown, of Los Angeles, who is argely interested in the Diamond Joe, vas one of the party to visit the min s with the general manager and the finer editor and he was much pleased