Mohave County miner., 1886-05-16
MINERS COLUMN.
INTERESTING o.IPPIN0a PROM
VARIOUS MINING youRHAls.

| The coal mines Of France show ,
decrease Of nearly one million tom
within the past year.
Cheyenne, Kan, 10 jubilsnt over ,
six-foot vein Of coal 80 feet frou
the top of The earth.
i The Colorado Coal and Iron Con
pany employs 1000 men and turn
out 2.000 tons OF coal daily.
/ Petroleum has for yesEB BEEN sait
TO exist 10 tho country lying sdja
cant to tie Black Hills. d. T.
The Lady Franklin mins. Of Kings
ton, N. NJ, has yielded . net profit d
$4,000 per month for the last Ave
months.
II is reported thst large deI.ositi
Of sulphur have been recently DIS
covered on the southern slopes Of thl
Caucasus Mountains.
The Ansconds niue. oil Butte. II
T., is said to be milling TOO tons I
day; the monthly output Of fins cop
per is about 5000, 900 pounds.
The manganese mines Of Ipdspsn.
dencs county. Ark, are mining and
shipping large quantities OF man
ganese which is said 10 be equal e
the imported.
TITO Old Dominion OF Arizona il
now producing about half . million
pounds Of fine coppsr month from
an ore that 10 said to yield less than
nins per cont.
The Old Dominion Copper Gem
pany shipped 93i,32O ponnds Of cop.
per during the month Of April aud
during the same Tins rscsivsd s26,,
325 pounds ol coke.
! The supply OF zinc ore 10 Silssis,
which 10 Immediately os the borders
, Of Russ,a, 10 only limited BY the
amount Of labor aud capital that
may be engaged IN tbs business.
A railroad from Fennsr. on the At
lannc and Pacific, TO the Pimelena
mines. is TO be built, and . smeltsr,
to cost 500. 600, will be built st the
Needles to work the ore from these
mines.
The discover, Of IN oil field in Up
j per Egypt has attracted attention.
Tue London Times correspondent.
st Susz, says the discovery Of the oil
was made by Nubar Pashs's sxpsdi
tion into the Soudsn.
The ricbAst silver ORE in large bod
les ever discovered III the Unitsd
States has bssn struck in the Iron
Hill mine. d. T. Much Of It essays
1000 ounces 70 the toaa. 4 6ve-foot
breast has been opened.
The Arizona Citizen Of April 2Oth
says: The Quijot<A properties,
known % the bonanza mines, vsEs
to-day attached BY The Nevada Bank
Of San Francisco. for money loaned,
snosnt,Dg 10 less than $5OOO.
The silver mines in the vicinity Of
Guam sjusts, Mexico. are the richest
In the world, and from the year 1863
10 the prsssat tine there has bssD .
total product valued st sixteen hun
drsd millions of dollars.
A portion Of La Brss rancho. Cali
forn;a, has bssn lsassd for the pur-
pose of boring for oil, and the lum-
bsr and machinery are already on
the ground for tbst object. Opsrs-
tions will begiu 1t oposs The lssssss
can bore on 500 scres.
The Phoebe Record ssys the roast
ing Of ts,liDgs Ut the Bristol mill has
proven . perfect success. The ouly
difficulty sIperieoced Ii that the
roaster 10 not OF sufficient capacity;
but now - il bss pVven . success,
Mr.. Charles Roe will construct o.
roaster Of treble the capacity Of the
one now in operation.
Once 9 shepherd, caught out upon
the bills by night, built . FIRE under
tho lee Of . pile Of stones that be
lad tossed together. TIE hest split
some OF the stones, and in the morn
ing the rnsn saw within one Of the
cracks a piece Of shining silver ore.
That happened ID Peru, and thus
was discovered the mines Of the Cor
70 do Pasco, which have yielded
S4O0, ,0Oo, ,OOO. .--Bostoo Budget.
Mr.. Hsrtsfsld. OF the Hsrtsfeld
Portable Smelling Furnace Com
pspy, Of Newport, Ky. has erected Q
small custom smeltsr at Tombstone,
which the Epitspb claims to be 8
q erfect success. The smeltsr ran
out 30 pounds Of bullion 10 four