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

Mill Heads from the Western States
Brief items covering the mining industry in the
Weetem United Stales and Mexico.
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Louis N. Rahn of Los Angeles, CaHfornia,
has taken over the Doane Exlen.ion
mine located about 30 miles southwest of
Sells, Arizona, in the southern part of the
Quijotoa Mountains. This property has
been owne,d for many years by Croyden,
England, Interests and was worked extensively
in the period from 1888 to 1901.
No work has been done since that time.
Values are in lead, gold, and silver. There
are six patented and four unpatented
claims which comprise the Doane Extension.
Rahn will manage the property
personally and is making his headquarters
at Sells.
The California Steel Product. Company
is reported to he working its new mill
part time at the Silver Bell-Martinez operation
26 miles from Superior, Arizona.
The company has been conducting mining
operations at the mine and has shipped
lead and silver ores to the EI Paso smelter.
The California Steel Products Company h
headed by George F. Bont, Richmond,
California. T. S. O'Brien, c/o Standard
Oil Company, Superior, is general manager.
L. H. James is mine superintendent.
It is expected that mining operatiol1s
will be started in the near future at the
Crown King property of the Golden Crown
Mining Company, in which Silas P. Silverman,
52 William Street, New York, New
York, recently bought a controlling interest.
Although the Crown King formerly
was worked for its gold values, the property
also has substantial amounts of zinc,
lead, and copper ores. It is plannt:.d to
install a sink-float unit to treat low-grade
dump and mine ores, and priorities have
been obtained for immediate equipping
of the mine. Work also will be started
at the Wildflower mine soon. Holdings
which Silverman acquired recently include,
besides the Crown King and Wildflower,
the Tiger, Saratoga, and Philadelphia
mines and the Crown King 100-ton selective
flotation plant, all located near Crown
King, Yavapai County, Arizona. Silverman
formerly operated the Trench mine
at Patagonia, Arizona, and also has mining
interests in Colorado and Montana.
The East Vulture Mining Company,
Wickenburg, Arizona, is reported to have
received permission from Washington to
mill 100 tons of surface gold ore daily,
in addition to the lead ore handled for
the Belmont McNeil mine in western Maricopa
County, Arizona. East Vulture operations
had been suspended in June of
this year. The Vulture mill has a 300ton
daily capacity and uses a countercurrent
decantation cyanide circuit. Following
the entrance of the United States
into the war, the company installed flo-
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tation equipment and Deister tables to
ha-ndle base metal ores from its other
properties. Ernest R. Dickie is president
and general manager of the mining company.
Ray King is mine foreman; James
Dickie is master mechanic; and Ed Howel1
is mill superintendent. All may be addressed
at Wickenburg.
Norman De Vaux and F. A. Bennett,
Dominion Hotel, Globe, Arizona, are employing
a crew of eight men at the Gibson
dump operation, 12 miles southwest of
Miami, Arizona. They are handling the
dumps with a bulldozer and production is
running about 25 tons of copper ore daily.
The Gibson property is owned by Ross
Finley, 511 South Hill Street, Globe, Arizona,
and associates. De Vaux and Bennett
formerly were working the Old Dominion
dumps near Globe, but that project
was completed recenUy. The Old
Dominion property is owned by the Miami
Copper Company, Miami, Arizona.
The Superior and Boston mining property
located about seven miles northeaf';t
of Globe, Arizona, is reported to be idle
at present. The mine is a manganese producer
and has been under lease to Keller
and Mueller, Globe, from the owner, E. A.
Borge, 212 North First Street, Globe.
The old Gold Prince mine at Dos Cabezos,
Cochise County, Arizona, is reported
to be under development again.
The work is being carried on by Tom
Bean, Box 5, Dos Cabezos, who has operated
the property off and on since 1912.
He had opened an ore body carrying $32
in gold per ton, but was not working the
mine at the time of the gold shutdown
order. Bean also has owned the LeRoy
mine in the same district for the past
four years.
Occasional shipments qf copper ore are
being made from the Mammoth Butte mine
by G. B. Hognason, Sombrero Butte,
Arizona. The property is situated in Pinal
County and the shipments are going to
the Hayden smelter.
Development work is being continued at
the old Arizona Girl mine located in the
Nogales area in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
The property is held by J. L. Watts,
Box 1044, Nogales, Arizona, and is a
copper, lead, and gold prospect.
Sherwood Owens, Box 769, Tucson, Arizona,
is reported to have resumed shipping
from the Bulldozer mine located in
the Helvetia mining district, Pima County,
Arizona. He had suspended operations in
June of this year, after having shipped
six cars of ore to the Hayden smelter. The
All news appearing in The Mining Journal
is obtained from sources believed to be
reliable. but the accuracy cannot be guar'
anteed. However, every item has been sent
to the person or company mentioned for
verification before publication.
open-pit mine is worked for its copper
values, although the Bulldozer ore carries
a substantial amount of molybdenum.
Walter Sim, Nogales, Arizona, has
started shipping from the Roy mine located
in the Guajolote Flat district near
Patagonia in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
The Roy is a copper-gold property owned
by Joseph Dacon, Montezuma Hotel, Nogales,
Arizona, and previously had been
closed down for the duration.
Development work is proceeding at the
Crown mining claims located in the Helvetia
district in Pima County, Arizona.
The mine is being leased by C. W. Chapman,
3007 South Fourth Avenue, Tucson,
Arizona, and J. J. Krinisky. The mine
carries main values in lead and silver,
but also has a small zinc content. It is
owned by Charles McCulloch of Tucson.
Ed Imus of Kingman, Arizona, has located
a large deposit of barium ore in
the Cottonwood district about 30 miles east
of Kingman and southeast of Hackberry.
A large amount of the ore has been
blocked out and at present prices can be
worked profitably. The deposit was located
sever-al years ago but prices prevailing
at that time made the project unprofitable.
Roads have been built to the
claims and water has been developed.
The Miami Copper Company, 61 Broadway,
New York 6, New York, has declared
a dividend of 25 cents a share, payable
October 27, 1944, to stock of record October
11. A similar dividend was paid in
April. The company operates at Miami,
Arizona, where R. W. Hughes is general
manager.
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The Mirabel Quicksilver Company reports
that it has a total of 31 men em·
ployed at its Mirabel quicksilver property
about four miles south of Middietowli in
Lake County, California. Daily production
from the mine is averaging about
two flasks of quicksilver. The material
is treated in a 25-ton roasting plant. Development
and mining work have been
continued to a depth of about 350 feet,
and at present the company is conducting
diamond drilling and further development
in an effort to locate additional ore de·
posits. The company is headed by W. E.
Best of Middletown. T. L. O'Connor,
also of Middletown, is mine superintendent
and secretary. Rex Urbani is mine
foreman and · Clem Watkins is furnace
foreman at the Mirabel.
The Tungstar Corporation reports a
daily production of 100 units of WOa from
its tungsten property near Bishop, Inyo
County, California. The concern is employing
30 men in the mine, 11 in the
mill, 11 on the surface, 4 in the shops,
and 2 in the office. A total of 75 tons
of ore is being treated daily in the table
concentration and flotation plant. Work
is under the direction of P. N. Stevens,
6233 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood,
California, general manager. Other opel"-
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