Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-05-16
OUR MINES.
what is being Done in the various
 Min ing Camps ln this Section

r What is being Done In the various Min ing Camps in this Section A rich strike of $500 ore is reported
 Ill the Dosoris
 Fred. Sattes is shipping a lot of ore to the sampling works. : The Standard mill, on Groom creek, IS sad to be running again.
 The Mint Valley mill Is pounding away on good ore from that district.
 John Mcdonald has another car load
 of Blue Dick ore out ready for ship
 ment.
 The Boaz Mining company will
 shortly erect a twenty stamp mill in
 the Bradshawcountry.
 Mines Of Weaver and lower Hassay-
 ampa will furnish ore in sufficient quantities to keep several mills running.
 But few miners have been in town
 during the present week, and as a con- sequence mining news has been rather scarce.
 Four tons of ore were received to-day
 by Geo. w. Sines, from Bigelow <
 smith. for shipment through the samp- ling works.
 Another large mining deal is on foot for one of the best gold properties in this section. Parties are now en route from the east.
 Six men are at work on the Storm Cloud, which Is being worked under bond by MT Leavick. The property is showing up we'll.
 The contractors of the Senator Min ing company has the new dOuble-com- partment shaft down to depth of about forty feet already.
 Sam. F. Powell, one of the best miners and prOspectOrs of this section, has been developing mine on the lower Hassayampa.
 A notice, forbidding the use of pro- fane or indecent language, intoxication or gambling, is posted up in the Copper Basin camp.
 Harlan & Harrington, of the Howard mine, have recently sent in $2,5OO in gold bullion, the product of twenty tons of rock worked in their twO-stamp mill.
 A new strike of rich ore is reported to have been made in the Boggs mine, ore from which goes over $1OO in gold, besides carrying good percentage of 1 silver.
 l Charles A. Girdler came in to-day from Turkey creek to arrange for the ship ment of two carloads of ore, which he has taken out since he cOmmo need work a short time ago there.
 "Old Grizzly" has fifteen men at work on the Big Rebel and Silver Queen | mines, French Gulch dist. Ut. It Is re- ported that works for reducing the ores of that section are contemplated. The first lot of coke for the United Verde arrived at Verde Station on Sat l urday evening and was shipped to Jer- ome yesterday, and the smeltcIs at the | above place will be started np tO-mor- row. Robert Groom, Monroe and Clark are pushing work on the King Solomon mine, four miles from the Hassayampa, and have from five to seven feet of fine | milling ore. They have good wagon road now completed to the mine via | Wickenburg. James NJ Vandeburg and Ed. Peery | are working large force of men on the Gray Devil mine, at Weaver, which | shows over three feet of high grade ore. They will work it at A. l.. Kerr's new mill, which will be in operation be- tween the first and tenth of June.
 The Etta mill, on Cherry creek, will start up next Monday, May 2lst. There is large amount of ore now out on the dump, the road between the mine and mill has been completed, and everything IS favorable for successful run. The company has about forty men employed at present.
 N. C. Shekels, of the Crowned King, has his new saw-mill ready to start and was in town to-day to engage sawyer. Work is being pushed on both the mines and mill of the company. A Very ricb strike is reported in one of the mines, a body of ore of very high grade and a out two feet i'll width having been struck recently.
 Riggs & Lawler continue their ship ments of ore from the Hillside, and an old miner, whO has recently visited the property, says he has never seen as fine Il showing. The ledge is opened up for distance of 1900 feet, a shaf, l.5 feet deep bas been sunk, besides two or three tunnels have been opened up, and all show up good ore. l:
 II. A. Owen, who discovered the Me Cracken mine,'in Mohave county, has recently located number of claims in the Santa Maria country, near the Hill side mine, which he says is richer than anything he has ever found before. He was in town to-day arranging for the shipment of ore through the sampling works. He has done but little work on the property yet, but says there isa large amount of ore in sight.
 Mir. Cockburn, of the sampling works, reports the following shipments of ore this week: li
 One car load from the Congress mine, Martinez district, owned by Diamond Jo Reynolds.
 One car load from Riggs & Lawler's Hillside mine, Santa Maria district.
 One car load from Frank kuehne's mine on Lynx creek.
 One car load from the Boggs mine, Lynx creek district.
 The total value of the six Car loads was between 5000 and $7,OOO.