Mining Methods and Costs, Regal Asbestos, Mine Jaquays Mining Corp., Gila County, Arizona Page: 2

                                
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LOCATION AND PROPERTY
The Jaquays Mining Corp. owns three separate groups of mining claims
situated in the Tonto National Forest northeast of Globe, Gila County, Ariz.
(fig. 2).
The Regal group consists of 5 patented and 38 unpatented claims situated
along Regal Canyon (formerly known as Corral Creek) on the south side of Salt
River (figs. 3 and 4). The claims lie in unsurveyed land, Gila and Salt River
base and meridian, in what probably will be sec. 36, T. 6 N. and sec. 1,
T. 5 N., R. 16 E., when surveyed. The mine is at the end of a 9.5-mile graded
road that branches off paved U.S. Highway No. 60, 1/2 mile north of Seneca
(36 miles north of Globe).
The Chrysotile property consists of 76 claims, of which 22 are patented.
The claims are situated in unsurveyed land along Ash Creek, mainly in what
probably will be sec. 32, T. 5 N., R. 17 E., when surveyed. The property is
at the end of a fair, graded 3-mile road that branches west from U.S. Highway
No. 60, 32 miles north of Globe.
The Jaquays Corp. also owns five unpatented Asbestos King claims on which
the old Canadian mine is situated. The claims lie in unsurveyed land, probably
in what will be sec. 3, T. 5 N., R. 17 E., when surveyed. They are accessible
by 1 mile of dirt road that branches north from the Regal mine road, 4 miles
from U.S. Highway No. 60.  Mining work was stopped here about 1957. Because
the production by desultory work at various periods since 1951 has been small,
no further mention will be made of this property in this report.
The three properties are accessible throughout the year, except for a few
days after heavy rain or snow storms when the dirt access roads are virtually
impassable.
The Globe mill is opposite the junction of U.S. Highways Nos. 60 and 70 on
the east side of Globe, and a new mill under construction in June 1959 is sit-
uated between U.S. Highway No. 70 and the Southern Pacific railroad 2 miles
southeast of Globe. The new mill hereafter will be referred to as the
"Highway 70 mill".
HISTORY AND PRODUCTION
The nucleus of the Regal property consisted of nine claims located in
1916 by J. A. Larson.  In 1917 the Colorado-Arizona Asbestos Mining Co. mined
small quantities of asbestos for testing purposes; in 1918 production was
reported to be about 100 tons of crude Nos. 1 and 2. During 1919 the Denver
Arizona Asbestos Mining Co. produced some fiber from this mine.
E. Schaaf-Regelman purchased the property in late 1919, relocated the
claims, added many more to the group, and in 1921 reorganized as the Regal
Asbestos Mines, Inc. The property, then consisting of 25 claims, was idle
except for assessment work from April 1921 until 1925. During 1926 and 1927,
lessees were its principal, but intermittent, operators, producing about 200
tons of crude No. 1.  In June 1927 the company resumed regular development and
production, erected a mill the following year, and continued operation until