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CONTACT INFORMATION Mining Records Curator

Arizona Geological Survey 1520 West Adams St.

Phoenix, AZ 85007 602-771-1601

http://www.azgs.az.gov inquiries@azgs.az.gov

04/16/87

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

PRIMARY NAME: MINERAL FARM GROUP & MOONLIGHT

ALTERNATE NAMES: MOLENE AZ COPPER CO CLAIMS

GILA COUNTY MILS NUMBER: 170D

LOCATION: TOWNSHIP 1 N RANGE 15.5E SECTION 10 QUARTER SW LATITUDE: N 33DEG 26MIN 30SEC LONGITUDE: W 110DEG 46MIN 15SEC TOPO MAP NAME: GLOBE - 7.5 MIN

CURRENT STATUS: PAST PRODUCER

COMMODITY: MANGANESE SILICON SILCA FLUX

BIBLIOGRAPHY: ADMMR MINERAL FARMS GROUP & MOONLIGHT FILE BLM MINING DIST SHEETS 161 & 171 FARNHAM L L MANG DEPTS EASTERN AZ USBM IC7990

1961 P 59 USGS BULL 710-D CONTRIB TO ECONOMIC GEOL 1919 P 16

WILSON E D & G M BUTLER MANG ORE DEPTS AZ AZBM BULL 127 1930 P 62

CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 12 & 13-T1N-R15E AZ MINING JOURNAL FEB 1918, P. 7 ADMMR IRON HIVE 1 & 2 FILE (ADJOINING PROP)

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HEAVY eQUIPMENT RENTAL Box 167

Globe, Az. 85502 Phone 425-7006. 425-8116

STATE ~llh~ INSPECTOR

JAN 14 1985

STATE OF ARIZONA - STATE MINE INSPECTOR

705 West Wing

Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Dear Sir:

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January 8, 1985

This is to notify you that Nichols Development Corporation has -started crushing operations at the Copper Hills Silica Pit. We will

f be mining at Mineral Farms located approximately 2 miles northeast of

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the present Copper Hills Pit. Mineral Farms will be mined under Contractors

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The Copper Hills Silica Mine, MSHA ID# 0200327 is presently listed

as being operated by 'E.:iple "N" Enterprises, this name should be changed

to Nichols Development Corporation with the same owner,address and location

as Triple "N".

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office.

Sincerely,

Diana VJ Plew, Secretary

c: Mine Safety and Health Administration Mr. Jim Lundy, Inspiration Mines Inc.

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, MINERAI.! FARMSN'Q ~ ' :L\& MI NERALFAR1;~S NO ~""'. 2 ,8::

FIELP : ENGIijEERS :~EPqlJT . b

MOONLI.GHT ' Date ,' June

District VIEST GOPFEE HILL" GLOBE ,ARI ZO~TA _ Engineer !-l-, _

Subject:

PROPERTY; C6nslsts of 9 contiguous Patented },~il1ing. Claims, situated "about Lj .. nll .. 1es northerly from the r.;flalD Shaft of the Old Dom:inion mine and on t he north toe a.nd valley, forming the gronnd 1xno'lNn as the VI iheral Farms Belt_I R I 1 ' 4:: 't'" '

T ./ f\J .' S ~~ ,~ec It) These cIa ims are all 'within Sec s. I, 12 I~; 13 ,T 1 N,

Hange 15 East, G .8c. S .H.B. (~:. M • . , C~~1~. count.y , Arizona.

".;, iPhe'ileins and are eXrJ0stH'8S therein fa1l "vv:i..tbin t,he limits of the three claims head ine; this report, all examinat ion notes are limited to the mineral features, foundV'Flthin t 1:1e b0 1J.nd cu"'ys of the se t [Iree ' c la1ms .

Jl , vThe title to these claime, werE3 transfered by Q,UIT-CLA..IM DEED, by ~ T. J. Long and his'" wife, on 7th, ! day of Jnne, i9l.{,3 to G.R.."'Mahaffey of Globe, Al'lzona and Dan D ."R,ogerEJof Dallas,Texas.

EOAD ; From the town of Globe via the Old Dominion nine, thence \ avera re c ently blad ed fair trlJc 1r ing Y'oad" s erv"LngsBveral Mangano se producin g mines, that are ajoining the Mirieral Farms NO.2 all a distance of about 7 miles from the 01'8 loading ramp of Globe switch of theS.P. ra il]'"'oad .. '

GEOLOGIC FEATURES;TJptiltec3: Limstones of pre:"cambrian Pif'?' ~ l~) l[J"onk, ian ' pe)"io9., generally forms one of the Upper cru s ts ape.. 13fJ resting on the Ganite or granitic alte r ations,known locally as the Schultz -tJ-ranite and Pinal schlst.

' These older rocks along m8"DY fau l t planes, havn be An dislocated, 'crushed a:nd altered by the latter Igneous intrtlsiV8S which now form contacts ,and in favorable areas for mineral deposition made by thermal ea911.ltion8~ follaF[rii\rg '~ 'upv;a'rds the ,vents and .fis s uriqg, extending to~rds the surface. .

Chief in this locality, large bodie s of, Diabase and Dacite found intnJd.ing t.he Lime beets and. along the b8dc3..in g plane~,~ ,on the underside of the lime stratas, thfn;e are formed contact matter, Lim~onite,iron and manganese, spoken of as veins or st~\at8. s . .

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Some of these Manganese ore stratas are ~evAral feet thick and. other localities nearby,may b e smaller an~ entirely unfavorable as caseing for commercial ores; :kh~Kffi: TJptilting of the strata to 60 o~r' 70 degrees fro D; off the Hztl, is noted, but most of the dips a~e around 30 to 50 de g rees.

The general strike of these contacts 1s var~able;tt is noted in this Mineral Farms area, some of the Manganese vein s tkk e a course of N .25 '~ . and othe r s a re N.60 de g r ep s w~st, nea rl y all v e ins or stratas dip p in g towrds the no~theast.

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AREA. ; Of the Gl obe Mangannse mineral i z.ation is inds8d quite ext ensiv8; From the northwest, end of the Eetchman and Mineral F' a;rms claims , thence f ollowin g easterly and southeasterly to the old s to newall claim a distance of about 8 miles from n ort hwes t to s01.Jth east. The aveY7ag,e width of the]\'Tanganese Be lt bf~ing ov er l~ mi l c38 noy' t heas terly, from the Nev} Dominion cla im s to thr3 ea st erl1 cla i ms of the Fred Bennett g roup.

Approximately 32 square mi les, whprein are now ope ratin~ sev en Manganese Proc1uc ers , and many outc rops , awaiting exploration .

G:tRAD :~ OF OEiS ; For the p as t t wo Y(3arS, or e,ince the stockpi l e Was es t abllshAc1 at Deming New Mnx tco and Phoenix , Ar izona f ThGre has beRn an average of four to seven ca~lots shipped each w2ek of }',.i angane se ore s from t bi s aroa_

Set tl ement shoets generally g,ive v a lues in flT n. ra.ngtn g from 25% to 42% , the ave r age grade being a lit t le unc1G1" 35% • 11'he --Producing Miners ~orking ' s t ead ily, have beAn unabl e t o make but lit t le oV P ]" a ll operating and markettng co s ts, due to thp low p ric e payed f a :r~ und or 35,% o1"e.

All shipments ov e r 35% yeild a go od profit and 11'noleJ" "7,hof , OJ'"'e CI 'P1Jl l v CO-V-f:.~J" thsla ,

v1 cost'o t '" Y1'1j l D r::> all(1 n" '::l"~h'ot 8 0 I..A M .j " _/ J/;'~: ' . ..J 0 ..L • -l-. t./ ' "4' _ .J .. J ).... l-_J,' ..J U UJ ~._ . I ...... _ _ " •• t(j:J .... >. . . , I,. ~>o:

o r es a re reasonably a bundant and obtained at lo ~ mining c os t. )

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OR~ __ OCC UR:REITCE ; Of the Mineral Farms IJ·o.l and No.2 group ,are t ypical o f this district; the ores are found in veins 2' to 6 ' wi de,in irregular r ep l a cement veins f or strata~, dipDi ng steeply under t he s, u r f ac e, 9. S f:'lJ min g, the c hara ct e ri st i cs of f 1 s FjL1 1" 8 S ,

ThH ve i n ma t ter is not wa l l frozen, distinc t clevage he l ps in mi.nlng t he manganese and p,c l ectiv8 minin g -l'1 il l win out the hi gh8Y' [!, !'ade to an appreciable ext ent, t. hU B af fordinE, the 8 hj.prn(~nt of ores over 35% ~n ~ from such parts of the mi nera l sy st nm as contain the bAt t er gr ade .

'P ,,"''''' ' T P ]" S ~l "i ,0' 'i- ''I L':l Tlr J' '18"'.0 1 T.j1 a l"m 0 ' ,.-. \ !l 1 nl~., q 1'-.10 1 ,'-'-1111 ~.! .. ' .. ~ .. : t:) • ?_ ~_ .1 Cl \ ,~ " _ 1 .... c,.,) . .1 1 _ \ ,,1 •.. . . " - 1. .J J:::1. Jw ,j _ . •. J . )..."J '-..' __ "p" ' J . .• _ '. , .' --,_ .;. . .... ~ , 'w.' w

a l so t.he tToonli rrht c l a im. are 2,t le32 t four !nanr:an82,e VA ins or stratcls , th(~ COUl'se of {hAse a1"0. generally north'?' pst to s outhnas t a nc!. dip t. 0 t h 8 n 0 rt 11 (~a 2. t .;

The croD1)ln~s and 8urf8,c P cuts t h0J'r:OD , f!r.o,n opn ' !'~i.j_th2, v a rying bet'wpen 2'" to -"S T, th::rn hap bep.l1 m oY' 0, thaD 1 00 tons of s a l able Nangan pse mined from these croD nings r e c ently .

Thp followin v list of samples a8payp~ n o ~oubt rpf l pct approximately the grade of the surf a ce Indi cated orn shoot s.

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(1'/ 1/Tn. j6.9 cut on cropptng 113 .29 M:1 ne d and sort eO. 31. Hined from cropDing 39 ·3

}rb(~ above samplG-s "liVere token from the Op(] exposures y!hpreit is no~ intended to carryon mine exploration work.

_f/rIIIE·E:x.plon.A~~T0N ; It is nov) proposed to sink a shaft. t.o an initial 0::1 r:'-')+nl o-P ' 50' on VO 'l"11 n 1'10.::1, lln' l'n ""'"'1 '[i1n'Y"tl,r< "'J.T O 1 , llO"Vl,1-1n iTe>.]"l'l ."')'''.::] .Ie- ,'" ~\ :.J!: . tl . .. _ 1..1. . :.1 \...Ja :;:C.1 ~\: .: . , . J. 81 .. ::1. . J .. . :....1 . .• ~ · 1a .\j • J •• \ J,'U _.L V (I.; _ , elil!!..).. II .... }

do up'wards of 200' of drifting, togetner' Y,lith thE'? sLlbs8quent st oDinp; of the ores, made available by this proposed vori{.

I t 1 S 2t,l sod e 8 ired t 0 cl 0 a s i mil a r am 0 U n -!:. 0 f' exploration, on vein No.1 South, these are distinct veins ~nd sAveral hund:redfeet apart, but arG filled ~ith nparly the same type of ors.

Ae carlot ore shipments can at once procen cl from the cropnings of these veins, while the proposed exploration ~ork is being done; about $3 ,000. of the required capitai ~i ll be temporarily in use, facilitating the are movement to market.

T, ,"r~p, CTJT.)'i~T' 0"0 '7' T''';'' 1JY~PS·:::>'1'L. dl~""'llo'pl Cl't M .i.,;.:: ... .JAi· .. Jl ;. \ . .;. .. J.I_) l'l...LJ, .. 1.1.\:; .'.~ . ., . :J),t.,lrLJ )...-:)llct ,.':. A}:)

t, 0 2(5T-belovJ the c rop"oings, c ODS ide J":e c1 bold cropnings, I feel it only fair to fully 1,000 tons of 0:r'8 practically 111

roachin g to ' a d8Dth of 10' t.ogether nith hillside credit these cla1ms v!tth 'f:.i :i.ght .

rr he Indlcatocl are Y'8sel~vn8 SbOl)ld. rnake snveY'(3.,1 thous-'and: tons, tr18 continuation of the visiblo ' oY'(l slio !Jts, and the Infered ores, may prove thes8 cla1.n1s to conta:in larg'~ reseJ'V(~S of

J\'J an,gannse, the gr'8.C18 ql1d extAnt of t his, being: only cleter'mined when the m1.ne norkings have reached a more advanced st.age.

lfACHINEHY; The OVvl1n Y' TJTjl Mahaffey has 8, Sulllv9.n porta,ble COlTlDT'"(:;SP01-l

D'lv·r-on the crround, VJ i t h on e a i Y' (3]"'i11 a11(3. 11a s start:? d to sink the North shaft, The p~opos8o. work, togeth2r ~ith orA stoning, r~qulr8s

. D. t.. 1 (~ 8, S t 8 . tJ \0' 0 (1 ]~ j_ 11 1') 1 8.11 t Z:~.l1 ("3. 2; 1] 0 1) 1 O. 8 nrtJ 1 () ~T l Il. .ct 1 1 ~r:'L"\1 G 0 l' fi :1 x n~ j_nerE:'l •

CO I~ CLUBIQIi; Thn l\FeJJ.affcy 1\.!~ incr81 Farms gY'OUlJ 0:P T"anga,hGsn cla,ims heroin corisiderec1, 8.l'O of ~)ot(;ll.tj,a l size and va.luc: .Th e nxnlorations n 0 \!J ve r y 1 1_ 1.11 i t 8 d , due tot h.e r 8. t \1 \? r r (-) c c n t . 2 (; arc 11 .? n cl sub s n qUE:; nt mining of this type of ore, a8 a markn t for Manganese from this area, if.; 2, reCAnt etC complishmnnt.

Manganese mining in this Globe dtstrict,is on tho incr-'ease, 8V2Y1 in fac (~ of l en'! L18rket for thE? morn abundant 3 e, a2 fortunately a fair proDortioD of the D~anese mineral ~ak8s tho 35% r rade ; all the operating mines 3rs yet i n the ir prosncct St3 but it i s r~Y'at jfylnr~~, to notA that the v?,lu2s In. P,OT.nP of thp, n ineS

have attained to thn 100' depthbelo~ dnopping.

It is c')Y'rect to ·fJta.te tha.t,· "Manganese mining, :3,no. the production of this meta.l, if\ nOT~ the "lnading mi.nlng induf~try of the Globe area.

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DEPART M E N T OF MINERAL R ESOURCES STATE OF ARIZONA

FIELD ENGINEERS REPORT 1LT:N}:iHAL ln~PJ\JS NO. 1 &, MINE.RP~ }?Ar?~Ml~ NO.. ~2 &, M60NLIGI1T Date june Ifsth, 19.4.3

District 'vVES~t: COPPEr? .BILL, GLOBE. 'pJ~IZONA Engineer

A. M:acf arlane

Subject:

;fEOrE?'I'Y: Consist s of 9 coxrtigno\J;s Pf~~ijEHlted. X,.lJning Cln5.l'l1s , si tuat~)d about A miles north8rl~t :fI'OlJ'l t:hc llJ.l:ain SharG of the Ol ,i DQIrli:n:Lon mine and 011 the north toe and valley I fO~'llil1g t h€l gr9und knowll I3.S -the MineI'al ]'I..U'1rlS Belt ~

ThesIs claims arc~ all vdthin Sees. 1, 12 &, 1), rr 1 :t!l, Ha;nge 15 East, G. & S.E.B., &; M. Gila COlmty, Arizona.

The vei1J~8 and ore ex:posures tl18rein fall wi thtn tho li:m.its of the three clairIls heading this rE3po:t~t, all exc:unina-b ton notsH are lir.ai ted to the mi110I"'8-1 f'e a:'Cttr8S, found wi thin the boundary;s of -t;hese three clait-us,

The tJ.tle to these olaims were transfered by Q,lJIT-CLAIlVi D.~) ,. by T . J. Long and hiE! wife, on 7th day bf J"une ~ 19/+3 to G. H. lVlahaf'fey of Globe; Arizona and Dan D. Hogerf:J; of Dallas. Texas .

RQp...D: From tht3 tovm of GlobG via t he Old Dominion Mine, 'thence over a recently bladed fair trucking :coad, servingB8vernl Manga ne:se pT'oc1ucj_ng :min6s , that are adjoining the Mineral F'3.rxns No.2, all a dist:81lce of about 7 rrliles frorrt the oro loadin[~ rccmp of' Globe switch of the S. P. railroad.

GEOLOGIC 1i'E!~rr:iJ.RE'S: Uptl.l ted Limstones of pre -c8TIlbl ... j_~m or AlgoT1J.cian period, generally :for.ms onG of the upper crus:t s r Gnting on the Grsulite or granitic altere.tiol1s, kn.ovln loce"ll:~r EU3 the Schultz -Granite and :Pinal sch5 .. Gt.

Tho se older rocks tuong many f a ult p18,.:ne r:~ J lW.vG been disloca ted, crushed and cl tered by the l atte:c I gneous intrusives whi Gh nOiflfo:rm. conta cts t and in i's_v OT8.blo areas f'o~c mineral Cloposi tion made by 'therIi1al solut ions, follol1Jing l1~pvnlrdB t he yonts 2.J:ld fissuring, extending towcJ.rds the su.rface.

Chief' :tn this local1 ty, large bodies of Di a base ancl Dacite found. intruding the Lime beds an.d 8.1ong the bedding planes on -the under,sj.do of the limes-cra-cafJ , there aro form.ed contact matt~er, Limonite t iron and. manganese J spoken of as veins or stratas.

Some of 'these Iylanganese ore ~rtl'>atas ar e seV8I'fu. :feet 'thick and other lo-calities :nearby Fl.ay be sr:lHll~3r and entirely unfaV'or€tbl0 as caseing for COl1ll11.6T'cial 01"8 S; uptil ting of "the strata to 60 or 70 degrees frorl1 off t he Hztl is noted" but :mOEr[; of tb.G dips are 8.I·ound .30 to 50 d.egreo8 .

The general strike of these con-Gi:3.ct s 18 ya.T'i nble~ It is noted. in thig }\lineJ's.l Fa~!.:''Il.lS area sume of' the l'dangan.sse yeins take

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a course of DI. 25 W. and others are 1\1 . 60 degT'8es west, neF.'trly all veins or s tratas dipping toward.i3 the northeast.

AREA: Qf the Globe Manganese mineralization :is indeed quite exte,nsive; from the northwest end of the Hetchma,l). and }J,ineral Farms claims , ' thence follo-~'fing easterly and southet3.stEH·ly to the 01c1 Stonew,311 claim a distance or about 8 m:L les fI'011J. northwG s t to sou:th east oj The average 'width of the Mang::?~n.eBe Belt being over If. miles nor·bl1e D .. ~.rb3I'1Y', from the New' Dominion C luims to tho eastern olcLiDis of the Fred Bennett group.

Approxilnately 32 square miles , v'vhGI'ein are now oper ating SGven M~nlg811eSe Px'oclucers; and :many outcrops awaiting explox·ation.

GP~AJ)E 91!' ORE: established at

}:101' the past t Vlo years , or sinGe tho 8'\;oc1q)i10 was Deming ~ NeTg- }'.:_8xico, and Phoenix ; Arizona, there has

beon an avo:r:age of fOU.l' to S(JVGD. ca .. :I·lots fiJTip:ped ee.ch week of Manganese ores fl"omthis area,

Sett;lera811t sheets generally give valUHs in Mn, ranging f r om 25% to 4zfo, ijhe average grade being a litt le una.er 3590 . Tho PY'oducing 1V1in61'8,'lv-orking steadily, have been lU18.ble to make bulb little over all opertlting and marko'ting costs i due t o the low price paid '1-',)1" ''''ldo''· r '~l~(fl 0""'0" _, __ • I.4J. • ' Y//O . .L •

All shipments over 35% :yiolcl e. goodprofi t ~nd. the under :35% ores fully covel' thelr costs. to mine and mark$t ; as the ores are reasqnably ab1.mdan-c Gilldo.btained at ·10\11I.ining cos"1;.

ORE OCClJRR.E.I:JCj]'{1 Of the Mineral ]'arms No. 1 and No. 2. group are tYl)ical of this district; the ores are fO'LU'J.dt in veins 2 ' to 6t wit1.e, in :trr8g1J~a:r l~oplacement v\}ins, or stra:tas, dip:pin.g steeply 1m.de:r the surfac0,ass'Uming the eha:N:1..C"f;eristies of fissures_

The vein matter j.s not viJall frozen. Dj.fiitinct eles.vage helps in mining the manganese , and. selectt-ve mining will WiTl Ollt tho hi.ghar gr8.cle t o an ra.ppl"8c i able extent~. thUB affordil1..g the shi pment of 01:'GS ove:t: 35% l:m. :frOTn i:1uch parts of the rninoJ.:'al system Cll;;"'j contaj.n the better grade.

Tr8.ve:rsill{~ tb.8 Mine:r-al Farnw claims No. 1 and }}o. 2, also "the r,J.oonlight claim, are at least f01J.I' l\langan8s8 veins OI' strcd;as. The course of those are generally northlN8st -bc southeast and. di p to the northeast.

1"11[-0 C"'-'''''TH'-; u',·r.' and STD.-face cuts thereon Sb01V ore vJidth-s ..l. 1....:;... . ~ .• t: \.,..r _~ . . ;.,..! - . ;,::1 f V£ll"y:illg be tVJOGll ;:: t "to 5. rrhB:x.'a has liGen :lTJ):e,) th.:3.11 100 t;onB of s8~eable li1angn.:nese IG,Ined. i'roEL the:se cI'op:pings rGcently.

Irhe follovving 11 G-C of st~JllJ)18s assEtyed no doubt roflect approxi mately the grade of the 81J.J:'fac8 inclicated ore shoots :

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Claim M. }P .No. 1 Nt.F.No.1 },I.F.No.l M.F.No.l

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31.2 T. J • LOP4S 5/5/43 39 .05 sorted ore 28.43 geneJ~' Ell cut

38.69 elec1l.1 ore

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9~' IvIn. i1-8.17 Highgrfide shoot J6.9 cut on cropp'i~~ 2r8.29 Ivii ned nnd sorted 31. tUned :E'rom cropping 39.)

The above samples Vl8re tE.\J{Cn f:r"Om the ore a:x:po,sur'8;-:; TTheT'e it iEt now in·tonded tocarl'Y on miIlE~ explorat ion 'work.

MINE EXl?IDRN]:rON: It i s now proposed to siIll,: asht:J.ft to all Initial de}}th ;f 50 t o:l1vei;-called J1TI:in8rEi.l l"ParTrls No. 1 ~Jor·th vein; t::uld to do llpv;T8.rds of 200 r of dri.f'tirig, together vIi th the E~ub£;equent - stoping of the or0S made aV:iil­able by this prol)osed work.

It is also desired to do a si:m.ilar runount 0:[ eJll'}lOJ?ation on -vein No. I South. l'he,se ereclistinct veins and S6YG1'>al - Lrtmdl'od feet apart, but (11'e

Lilled vfith nearly tho sa:me -cy:pe of' ore •

. Q!U?I'l!~ REE{OIIg£12.; To accomplish 500 linear feet mine dcnreloprl18n'b herein pro­posed, it j.$ es t; hn.8:ted that ~:) 7 ,500 to ;;~10,OOO will be e:x:peuded for tlJ.i [~ initj.al work .

As carlot ore sh5.plnen:ts oem. at onco proceed f:oom the cropp:i.ngB o:f theBe veins * while the proposedex:plorf.'l.t ion TNOJ?k is being Qone, about tr~ 3.000 of the required c a_pital -\fTtI1 be tempoI'8xi.ly in use, fncili tating the ore movement to TIl<3.rket.

i·,'1EliillDrili"'D OilE: ~rh~3 present slw.llolv cuts re ~~1ching to 8. depth of 10 t to ~?ot below -tho cro})p il1..gS, considered together \'Jith hillside hold croppihgs j I feel it OD~Y f'a1r to creeli t thoDe clo.irn.s 7J:ith fully 1 tOOO tons ofox'C') tractic G.ll~'r 1.11 sisht.

The Indica ted ore resorves 3hould EL2lk:J soveralthousancl tons, by the continuation of the Vi8i b18 ore shoots, and the Inf'erec1 Ol'GS may prove thm3C claims to contain largo l"eserVes of Manganese> the grade and 0)xtent of ·~hi f.) being only deter.m.ined when the mtne workings have rHf1ched a more ao.vl:-Hlced ;-..:;tage.

rh.l-'i.CHINERY: The owner, ~lr. Mahaffey, has a Sullivan pOJ'tb.ole campressoI' the gro11l1d; with one air drill, and has ;started to sink the North sbn.:Ct. proposed wOI'k) together VIi tIl ore stoDtng J r 8cruires at least a tvm drill and should employ in all fl'V'8 or six Ifliners.

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CONCLUSION: 'rlhe Mahaffev l~ine:r·alFD.rli~s p-,I'cnro of Mang::J.D.8Se clai1YlB l.!.oI'oin con-sidered, are of I>otentialstz8 :3.11d value: Tileex:ploration~~ow very lirn.ited, duo to the ratheJ~ rec8ni~ SGf:u'ch and su})Sequ8nt miZling of this ty~pe of ore as E-J.

market for Hangt.l1lese trom this area, is a recent accoTfq)li fsb.:ment.

liIanganese minin(;; in -this Globe district i'8 on 'the tncreaS8, even in face of lOVJ m8.1-;ket :.Cor the mO:l"G ahundant yO?' grade, cU:1 i'ortuIl2.tsly a :eai l~ propor­tion of the manganese ELine:ral Ii18kes the 35% grade. All the operating D1.ines [:1J:'8

yet in their prospeet stage ·but it is grat ifying to note the,t the va lueD insOIne of' the mines have attained to thE: 100' depth below c~r.o}?ping.

It 18 correet to state that l\lane:anese Jil1ntl1g ::l.nd the }JTocluction of thif:; m8t8~ is llOY}" the leacling :mining industry of' the G~lobe o.rEH1.

Signed: A. L8.ef~ . .;.;:~l;;.."_:.;;l_a;;,;;l1 ... e;;.,-- ____ _ Dept . of ])il ine :C2tl Ra:30lrrces

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NJN WR 4/17/87: Contacted Nichols Development (card) regarding the Mineral Farm and Moonlight (file) Gila County. A few years ago they did some silica flux mining on this property. They had hoped to produce some material that would have metal credits, but since it was mostly barren, they ceased mining operations.

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