Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-06-25
Arizona Mining News.

VIC CiiP tho euoJoiheu ltSAs llom
the Yuma Sentinel of the 2lst inst:
The Silver King folks must be
feeling good; balls, feeds and all
manner of junketing have been re-
ported from there for the past two
weeks.
Material keeps coming for the
Yuma mill. Yesterday arrived
fine steam pump complete. We
shall soon see bullion in Yuma.
Work upon the old Ajo mines has
been resumed on small scale, and
is already developing ore of singu-
lar beauty and of high percentage
in copper. Their easy distance
from the railroad, forty five miles
over a good road, makes it possible
to ship the ores with profit.
Some $4,000 worth of bullion
from the Tombstone Company's
mill was shipped from Tucson last
Tuesday, and everything at mines
and mill reported as running
smoothly, without bobble or jar.
The Corbin mill is being rapidly
built and its mines are showing
ample supply of rich ore. The Con-
tention mine has ere ready for ex.
traction whose value Is variously
estimated at from one to three
millions of dollars. 1t is now pro-
posed to erect u forty-stamp mill at
this point and to bring water for it
in pipes from the Dragon Noun.
tains, fourteen miles distant. This
is q correct business proposition
and far preferable to hauling ores
to q distance for reduction.
A huge lump of retorted gold
from the Picacho mill was shown
US this week. Its value by weight
was something over $1,000. 1t was
the product Of nearly 125 tons of
ore, and was quite gratifying to the
friends of Mr.. David Neahr, as
demonstrating that the difficulties
of milling his ore have been finally
mastered. The quantity of ore now
developed in the Picacho mine is
immense, and is without question
ample to supply the fifteen sta mps
of the mill for many years. No
trouble whatever was experienced
in working it profitably in the old
five-stamp mill. But about the
time the new mill was approaching
completion Mr.. Neahr got his leg
broken and sustained other severe
injuries which laid him up for
some months. From that time
until quite recently there has been
constant vexation with the mill
and great difficulty in saving the
gold known to be in the ore. Ev-
erything is now running all right
under the energetic supervision of
Mr.. F. d. Welcome; and this re-.
port is confirmed by bullion ship
ments.
Quietly and unheralded the
Southwestern Mining Company, is
preparing to work mines in Mo-
have county. Little is positively
known here In regard to this com
pany, but tangible proofs are patent
that they mean business; ami on u
large scale. Some 1925, 794 pounds of
machinery and supplies have AT
rived the past week, including
some 1900 pounds of powder, fine
new engine, Blake crusher, aud
Davis pulveriser. The engine has
a sixteen.inch cylinder aud could
work thirty stamps. They have
chartered the steamer Gila for four
months aud furnish their own crew
aud mechanics. We learn that it
is q Philadelphia company, and
that they have bought or leased the
Techatticup and Queen City mines
near Ell Dorado Canon. The ma
chinery heretofore used, though
producing considerable bullion, was
sn incongruous lot of parts brought
from Phoebe, Pahranagat and other
portions of Southern Utah and Me-
vada. There were eight stamps,
which with the crusher and pull
veriser now going up should turn
out plenty of bars. We regret to
see no boiler with the machinery
now here, as that up there must be
pretty we'll used up. We UNDER
stand that Messrs. Knox and Hub.
bard are at the head Of the concern,
aud that Mr.. Sears is the assistant
Superintendent.