Mohave County miner., 1889-02-09
TERRIToRIAL MINING ITEMS


tions in the vicinity Of his rich strike in
Ellsworth district.
A rich strike was recently made on an ex-
tention of the Congress, known as the Sun
rise, owned by Geo. Heed. The strike was
made at the surface, and will produce ship
ping ore In few Courier.
One miner who recently returned to
Tombstone from the Harqua Halls strike,
asserts that great majority Of the miners
there came from Ph@nix, and can't tell a
quartz cropping from an alfalfa blossom. -
Prospeotor.
The Banker Hill hoist ia completed, steam
Is mp, everything runs smoothly, and dirt
will be hoisted from the new strike on
Moniay next. Avery rich strike is reported
In the south drift ON this 400,foot level -
Tombstone Prospector.
AT the bottom of the il0 foot shaft in
the Boaz Mining Co.'s property a I2.foot
vein of rich ere has been struck. Dies and
stamps are now here TO add twenty more
stamps TO the mill. large force OF men
"AEA oSoh 10 Put oa '~NOusicis
A largo body of ore has been struck in
the Wade Hampton mine of the United
Verde group, which is said 10 give en- assay
value Of 81 800 in silver per ton. These
properties have heretofore been copper pro-
! dUcars, with a small percentage of silver.
A rich strike is reported in the Wild
Goose claim in Paradise valley. As there
are many Tombstone miners interested in
| that locality this may be an item Of inter.
est. Tho vein is four feet wide and of
black sulpherets, and was struck in sinking
the working shaft.-ProspectGr.
The Saint Patrick mine is improving every
day and richer and better ore is being taken
| out. -Four pack trains, bringing between
ten and eleven tons of ore, have come In
since Thursday of last week. This ore
averages soTething over four hundred
ounces to the ton.--Nogales Herald.
a mexican miner created considerable
excitement by displaying specimens Of
| what he claimed was coal, saying that he
had found an immense deposit of it near
Yuma. Unfortunately, upon examination,
his wonderful discovery proved valueless,
as his find was ordinary black basaltic
rock, not ooal.-Yuma Sen incl.
A we'll posted dealer in mining properties
in this city sid yesterday, "Do you know
that as ruse miners pay very little atten-
tion to the condition of the title 30 their
claims and mines? Not one in ten. If de-
rirabie offer was made him, could make q
sale wit bout first removing some overhang-
ing could TO his title Tucson Citizen.
| j. Hauxhurst has just reformed from
White Pecache mountains, where no has
been investigating the worth of the Espar-
anHo mines, owned by himself. Ingalls, and
Church. There is strong ledge of ore,
which a mill test in Denver gave return of
S45 in gold, SIS in silver and $50 in copper.
The property will be thoroughly developed.
Yuma Sentinel.
s.. Z. Fuller has small force Of men
taking out ore from the Marcus mine, in
w eaver district. He is having the second
class ore worked at kerr's mill, while the
first class has been shipped to the samplinR
works. The mine is looking we'll. Mr..
Fuller brought in with him lot of gold
bullion of the value Of about 81 900, the re-
sult of the first run Of ore at the mill -
Journal Miner.
Messrs. Wheeler d Perry owners of the
William mine in the Sierretas, shipped this
| week thirty five tons of ore to Socorro,
New Mexico, and are now delivering at the
railroad GEO tons under contract. Fifteen
teams are now engaged in hauling the ore
from the mine. Ore has been shipped from
this mine regularly for the past year and ii
has proved very satisfactory to its owners
Tucson Citizen.
Yesterday morning Ed Clark and an
Apache Indian commenced laying out the
new stage road from Norton's ranch to the
Harqua Hala mines, 30 miles in direct
line, but the new road will be about 69
miles, on account Of making the road pass
permanent water, which the Apache Indians
have pointed out to Mr.. Norton; and should
the mines prove as good as reported, a
daily stage will be put on. The time from
Mohawk Summit to the mines will be L
hOurs.-Tucson Star.
A Los Angeles press report of the 1st
inst. says: John Sevenoaks, one of the
Oldest mining men in the country, and at
one time owner of the famous Homestake
mine, near Leadville, has been in the city
for the past few days and left this morning
for Harqua Hala, the new gold fields above
Yuma, Arizona. Mr.. Sevenoaks has been
there and is full Of confidence in the new
camp. He takes with him six G. mule teams
and fifty men to develop some claims there
belonging to Senator Hearst.
The superintendent of the Silver King
mine says in his annual report that the
method adopted for securing the ground
with waste filling after ore extraction has
continued close up through the open ground
All levels which have been worked are now
solidly filled, except small space in the
upper 500 and lower 400, few feet ON the
go, fifth floor and on the sill of the 143, SO
that the old workings are in no danger OF
seriously affecting the old shaft by sudden
movement. In this work 2,765 tons OF
waste were lowered from the l43 to the 300
and LIZA tons from the surfa ce To the $50,
800, GOO and 800 levels, the remainder being
furnished by asserting the ore.
Late news from the Harqua Hala mine il
to the effect that new discoveries are being
made daily. and instead of one "big mine
there are several valuable claims being
opened up. Many miners claim that the