Mountain Mines
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Part of The Marsman Magazine
- Title
- Mountain Mines
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1939
- Rights
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- COCO GROVE, INC. The February production at Coco Grove was Pll4,484.74. from 316,310 cubic yards of gravel dredged. The mechanical performance of the two dredges, "Mary Angus" and the "Anne Petronella" was satisfactory. The dredger "Mary Angus" handled 161,265 cubic yards of gravel from which, P65,306.25 was produced. This represents a total dredged area of 94,965 square feet to an average depth of 45.8 feet. The dredger "Anne Petronella" recovered P49,178.49 from 155,045 cubic yards of gravel handled. It dredged an area of 150,155 square feet, to an average depth of 27 .8 feet. " During February the dredge "Mary Angus" operated in ground containing considerable sticky clay which reaches down to bedrock and renders difficult the efficient separation of gold and clay in the screen. During the first half of March the dredge "Mary Angus" will operate in an area which should yield well. During the latter part of February the "Anne Petronella" worked in the Paracale River. Present plans call for the dredge to proceed down this river during the next two months, and by MOUNTAIN MINES The prospect tunnel, started last month at Mountain Mines, was advanced from 36 feet to 116 feet, or a total of 80 feet for the month of February. Five feet of crosscutting was completed in which several quartz stringers were encountered. These crosscuts will be extended to completely cut the formation at this point. During February we completed a building which contains the office, bodega, and the general mess. With the completion of the assay office building during March the assay office will be installed and go into operation. Trails have been brushed out to the various outcrops of the camp, and trenching of the outcrops will be started soon. Surveying of the boundary line has been started and is well under way. Concrete monuments will be established on the main corners of the property. Camp and labor conditions were satisfactory during the month. the beginning of May, she should reach the rich area in the vicinity of the United Paracale Mining Company's bridge. Equipment and supplies are transported by elephants in some sections of the Netherlands East Indies. This picture shows an elephant being loaded; a pit must first be dug, into which the animal steps. The load is then put on his back, and he is led from the pit to start on the journey.