Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-07-18
OUR MINES.
what Is being Done in tho various
 Mining Camps In this Section

W""t tS Uetn8 Oono 1n tho v0Ttou!
 Mining Camps in this Section
 Wm. Rhodes left town this mornin.
 with a load os timber for the Congress
 mine.
 The Golden Queen mine, in Spruce
 canyon, Is being worked and giving ou
 good ore.
 A. l.. Kerr will erect a quartz milla
 Weaver, to take the place of his Hunt
 ington Battery.
 ] F. M. Murphy forwarded severa
 wagon loads of freight out to the Con gress mine to-day.
 1 A. l.. Foote came in from Lynx creek to-day, and reports the mining interest: ot that section still prospering. l About forty men are now employed at CoIpcr basin. The properties there are being developed in good shape. F. M. Murphy, superintendent of the Congress, Is having canvas pipe made with which to ventilate the mine.
 Hon. E. l. Gobin has just ompleted successful run of the Tuscumbia mill. making quite a profitable clean up from the transaction.
 The machinery for the Senator mine has been nearly all sent out, several teams leaving to-day loaded with piping and machinery.
 The Arizona Ore company continues to receive large shipments of ore each week at the sampling works, paying cash for all that Is offered
 Frank Cockburn, of the Arizona Ore company, desires us to state, for the benefit of miners, that he Is prepared to pay the very hig hest price for copper ores.
 Paul Johns brought bar of bullion in on Saturday from the Etta mine Owing to break in the ditch, he was compelled to close the mill tempora- rily.
 The force of men at Jerome Is heing increased, and another furnace was re. gently started up. By September it Is expected that there will be from two hundred to two hundred and fifty men at work.
 Walter s.Wright, lessee of the Del Pasco fOur-stamp mill, continues to run it successfully on ores from Diamond JO Reynolds mines and on custom ore. The lessee is making money with this mill.
 The Etta mill Is running day and night on ore from the Etta mine. Several shipments of gold bullion have been made, and everything is working satisfactorily.
 John Curtin was Tn town this morn ing, and states that he and his partner. Mir. Gable, have their 1OO-fOOt tunnel contract on the Lion claim, in Maple gulch, almost completed. They have opened up good body of ore in run ming the tunnel.
 The mill frame recently purchased by the Boaz company from Diamond Jo Reynolds, at Del Pascn, Is being re- moved to the former cOmpany's prop erty at Minnehaha, and the saw mill is being put in order for cutting the addi- tiOnal lumber required for their plant
 Geo. w. Sines returned yesterday evening from a visit to the Bradshaw country, where he has some very promising mining property. He says that mining is very active throughout the southern portion of the county, and the properties being developed are all making good showing.
 A correspondent of the St. Louis GlObe-DemOcrat says the mining cOun- try of tine future Is Mexico. Not be- cause of the richness of the ores there, but because of the cheapness of taking them out An $S ore can be handled in that country as proftabiy as $3O ore in this country. The Mexicans are the most expert miners in the world, and they live cheap and work for cor respOndingly low wages. He has little in old mines, since the Mex jeans would not have abandoned them except for good rersOns.
 Joe Gibson, the mail contractor on Globe and Verde route, informed us of the discovery of wonderful rich ledge of silver, located near the head of Can yOn creek, close to the line of Yavapai and Apache counties. The locatOrs are Lew Robinson, John Gillen and Frank Bissig Oi Payson. The ledge is large and crops out for some distance The ore is black sulphuret, and a small piece, given us by Mr. Gibson, is very rich. The specimen has been sub jected to heat, and the surface Is stud ded with little beads of pure metal. Fuller particulars of the find will prob ably be received this evening.-Silver Belt.