Selected Articles from "The Mining Journal" 1944 ... - Vredenburgh

from the company's Quartz.ite tungsten
mine. The mine is situated about 15
miles north and the mill one mile south
of Quartzsite, Arizona. E. B. De Golia,
311 California Street, San Francisco,
California, is president of the Gold Hill
concern, and J. M. Elmer, Box 10, Quartzsite,
is superintendent.
It is reported that California interests
are investigating the iron deposit in
Southern Arizona owned by the New
Planet Copper Mining Company, John G.
Greenburgh, 61 Broadway, New York,
New York, vice-president. The mine is
stated to have about 1,000,000 tons of
high-grade iron with little overburden.
The deposit is known as the Planet mine
and is situated about 30 miles north of
Bouse in Yuma County, Arizona. Early
last year, a survey was made of the property
by the U. S. Bureau of Mines in
conjunction with the U. S. Geological Survey.
Atherly and Ryan are reported to be
shipping approximately 125 tons of siliceous
copper ore daily from the Kaibab
mine to the Garfield, Utah, smelter. The
mine is located at Jacob Lake in the Kaibab
Forest of Coconino County, Arizona,
and it is understood that work has been
started on an access road to the property.
Atherly and Ryan, a partnership composed
of S. B., Hugh, and D. L. Atherly, and
Vincent M. Ryan, all of Jacob Lake, Arizona,
took over the mine from the Apex
Mining Company of New York last year.
The Kaibab had been worked formerly by
the Apex concern under lease from the
United States Metals Corporation. Mine
operations are under the direction of
Ryan.
Blasting work on the spillway of the
Horseshoe Dam on the Verde River has
been started, and rock now is being put
into the base of the dam. A crew of from
75 to 100 men is being employed on the
project, and a night shift has been started.
It is understood that the dam is scheduled
for completion by November of next year.
It is being constructed for the Salt River
Valley Water Users Association by the
Phelp. Dodae Corporation and in return
the mining company will be allowed to
divert water from the Black River for use
at its Morenci Branch, Morenci, Arizona.
Work also is under way on a pumping
plant on the Black River located about
85 miles northeast of San Carlos. This
project is expected to be completed sometime
in December.
Martin Fishback, Box 1812, Tucson,
Arizona, is employing a crew of four or
five men in development work at the Red
Hill mine in Pinal County at the head of
Ripsey Canyon. This is a gold property
and equipment on the ground includes a
hoist and engine and a 110-cubic foot
compressor.
S. T. Stevens, Box 871, Clifton, Arizona,
is using a privately owned bulldozer
in widening and extending the road up the
San Francisco River to the Stevens
Brother. gold holdings preliminary to conducting
development operations. The
property is situated about 12 miles north
of Clifton in Greenlee County, Arizona.
Stevens Brothers also have been working
a copper mine in Greenlee County.
THE MINING JOURNAL for OCTOBER 15, 19H
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Approximately three carloads of 42 per
cent chromic oxide ore are being produced
monthly by McLaughlin and Applegarth
Mine., Norris V. Udell, mine superintendent,
Box 306, Red Bluff, California. The
firm is a partnership composed of George
A. Applegarth, 2775 Vallejo Street, San
Francisco, and Frank Y. McLaughlin, 3764
Fillmore Street, San Francisco, and head
offices are maintained at 1628 Russ Building,
San Francisco 4. Holdings include
the Grau and the Kleinsorge mines near
Red Bluff. A crew of 12 men is employed
in mine operations.
A tunnel is being driven to tap the vein
at the Bru.h Creek mine near Goodyears
Bar, California, recently acquired under
lease by Alfred L. Merritt, 3015 Garber
Road, Berkeley, California. A crew of
three men is employed and the work is
expected to require several months for
completion. The property is being prepared
for operation as soon as the gold
mining ban is lifted.
Grover Kihorny, 2131 Bonita Drive,
Glendale 8, California, has taken over the
Iron Duke gold mine near Hornitos in
Mariposa County, California, and has purchased
the necessary pumping equipment
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