Arizona republican., 1921-08-28
MUCH EXCITEMENT IN NEW GOLD CAMP
 BY ORE DISCOVERY
By William p. DeWoIf

KINGMAN, Ariz., Aug. 27.-Min- ing work in the new camp of Kath- crime in Union Pass, recently stimu- lated by the discovery of an ore body of proportions and value in the Gold Chain shaft. has been further energized by the official announce ment that the mammoth Assure opened in the Katherine mine to depth of 400 feet is at once to be developed at greater depth and that the property is soon to be supplied with ore-reduction facilities. The proposed development program as outlined by the management of the Katherine mine created an excite ment in the new gold camp second only to that caused by the coming in of the Gold Chain mine.
 Already in ore from surface to a depth of 400 feet, and showing vein- width of from 16 to 65 feet, the Kath- crime mine is now to be developed to a depth of TOO feet. This fact, to- gether with the contemplated early erection of a milling plant of at least 200 tons daily capacity, bespeaks the development of the property on a scale commensurate with it's demon strated worth, and assures the con- version into bullion of the approxi mately s4.00o, ,000 worth of ore already blocked out in the first, second, third and fourth levels. This ore has a value of from $11 to as high as $500 a ton. Break of the mine it has a value of approximately SIP ton: and as the ore is entirely free mill ing. it will yield generous profit a [ that or an even lower average value.
 Further development of the ore i body discovered at depth of 100 feet in the Gold Chain workings. in- dicates that the Gold Chain shaft is located nearby the intersection of the east-west bearing Gold Chain vein and the southwest-northeas bearing Katherine Assure, and that the big deposit now being crosscut is a bulge caused by the merging of the two. At this time the crosscut has been driven through 40 feet of ore, showing free gold in quantity. and there is yet ore ahead.
 1 Nearby the Gold Chain shaft the massive uplift of the Gold Chain vein carries (estimated) 100000 tons ot pay ore. Ray Dimmick, superinten- dent of the Katherine mine, is of the opinion that the entire deposit car be quarried or glory -holed," at a profit to a depth of tt least 100 feet Accompanied by c. F. Nourse superintendent of the Gold Chair mine, Dimmick recently inspected the Gold Chain ore discovery. After fig uring out the strike and dip of the Gold Chain and Katherine veins, and making due allowance for faulted conditions. the two superintendent arrived at the conclusion that the face of the Gold Chain crosscut is now at or near the juncture of tht | two veins. Their conclusion is req sonably substantiated by the fac l that shots touched off in the sides ol the shaft disclosed the same charac- ter of ore as that in the crosscut. Int complete substantiation of this the | ory would mean that the Gold Chair management has two ore bodies ir sight and that the property. already 6 mind in the making. Is one of the biggest gold propositions in the west.
 The development and equipmen program decided upon by the .Kath | erine management has reached th' stage where bids for mining machine ry are being considered and plans ar 2 being drawn for the contemplate' mine work. The new machinery vii include hoist with a lifting capacit, from a depth of 1000 feet, and al S-driil compressor, pumps and othe essentials, all to be electrically driv en. The new development plans pro . vide for the sinking of a winze i
 ore from the 400-foot level to a dept
 of 300 feet, which will give the min
 a maximum depth of roo feet At
 depth of 300 feet in the winze
 drift will be run to a point iirectl
 under the bottom of the shaft and
 raise driven to connection therewitl This raise will be a double compart
 ment affair, and when 1t reaches tn
 400-foot level the shaft will be widen
 ed to surface to conform with it's d
 mensions. By the time this work
 finished the ore-reduction plant WI
 be in commission. The Katherir
 management also has under consid eration a plan to erect plant ft , the generation Of electric power fC
 mine and mill.
 At the Nevada Katherine .propert
 located on the Nevada side of u
 Colorado river about two miles frcl
 the Katherine mine, the southwe
 continuation of the Katherine vein - being tested with satisfactory resul by means of tunnel. This mediur
 however, is merely temporary, ar | is soon to be superseded by the sinl
 ing of Accompaniment sha
 and the development of the vein
 depth. The property is located in u
 new camp of Tristate, which deriv
 it's name from it's proximity to T
 borders of the states of Nevada, AT | zona and California. Tristate, Ne'
 ada, is an up-and coming camp tn | offers numerous mine making oppo | tunities. It has the backing of cal
 able mining men and has the mine
 alogical indications of a sure fl proposition.