Weekly journal-miner., 1922-10-04
HARDWORK REV ARDS. PROSPECTOR;; MINES. ARE IN THE MAKING.
Dayof Depression HasPassed for Leaser nd0wner of Small Prospect Who Now Begins Cashing in; Mining Resume by Man Who Knows

portant as the demonstration of the immense quantity of the onyx, is the discovery that the deeper layers of
 the rock are of better quality than that lying near the surface, there be-
 ing much less checking and fractur-
 ing and therefore allowing. the quar-
 rying of large and perfect slabs. It is probable that the company will not
 only work the quarry, but that the
 onyx will be polished and shaped in. to thousand and one different forms right in Mayer; that the fin- iished product will be shipped, and
 that all this labor of quarrying and manufacture will mean a big payroll
 for Mayer.
 During my peregrination around Mayer l fell in with my old friend w. H. Skinner (popularly known as The Deacon), and he invited me to
 have a look at the Pocahontas mine,
 of which he is general manager, and at the improvements which are being
 made in the mill which will soon be crushing Pocahontas ore. Found
 Billy Elliott on the job of mill re-
 construction. And incidentally this
 lis no new task for him. He is said
 to have worked upon more quartz
 mills than any man in Yavapai, this
 being his 18th job, 64 of them hay
 ing been the construction of plants
 from foundation to roof. Upon the
 dump may be seen ore that is of
 very high grade, and in the mine l
 saw the streak from which it came,
 together with bodies of mill dirt in
 stope wide enough to shove miners cabin into
 From Mir. Elliott I obtained the
 flow sheet of the mill as it will be operating in a few days. It is some what different from any in this part of Arizona. From the storage bin the ore passes through No. 2 Aus tin gyratory crusher; thence is ele- vated to mill bin; passes through Challenge automatic feeder to a SKI Standard ball mill; thence to Sim plex Door classifier, running in close circuit with the ball mill. The fines or classified ore then pass to a five cell pneumatic oil flotation roughing tank; tailings from the rougher are elevated to a Richards pulsating clas- sifier, cutting out the shines, which go to the dump, the classified ore go- ing to a No. Wilfley table. The from this table pass to a stump tank. The concentrates from the roughing cells pass to a four-cell | Callow oil Notation machine, and the clean concentrates to stump tanks for decantaticn of excess water. The tailings from the cleaner cells pass to the same stump tank that receives from the Wilfley table, from which tank they are pumped by a No. ? Krogue centrifugal tailings pump back to the ball mill for re- treatment.
 Looks as if both bullion and con centrates from the Pocahontas will soon add to the aggregate of Yava oai's mineral product.
 From points as widely separated as Hillside and Crown King come to nc tidings of the finding of new orc; of miners who are making good 2y. leasing, and of others who have ally-truly struck it rich At the coming Northern Arizona State fair, which begins October l9, will be seen ' many new exhibits in the department . representing the greatest industry oi favapai and Mohavc counties. To ' -isit every mining camp, and to per onally see every prospector IS not practicable. Speaking for the fair } ssociation, l ask that prospectors, IT nine owners and mine superintend- C nts cooperate in making the mineral r xhibit truly representative and { worthy Of this great mineral coulpry. C Ne ask those who may see this V rticlc, but who may not have been il cen personally, to forward samples f ore 10 chamber of commerce, il Prescott. where it will be taken care h I until set up among the exhibits at e he fair grounds. Samples, weighing 5 to 100 pounds, should be carefully Il lbcled, showing name of mine and F wner, and mining district. And tell u our neIghbor about it if you know c c has good orc and if you cant see Il i'm, tell me about him, and I will h. y to find him. My address is box R ). Prescott. D.
 Let's get together! Let's go!