Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-01-02
OUR MINES.
What Is Being Done in varlous
 Camps Of This Section.

! Talk is that the Etta mill will start
 up soon again.
 Louis Hinlnelreieh went out to-day to
 Copper Basin to erect the new smelter
 for that company.
 A smelter will probably be erected in
 Big Bug early in the spring, for the
 reduction of ores from that district.
 The Crowned King company have
 closed down for short time, to add
 pans and settlers to their red uction
 plant.
 Geo. II. Curry will leave tomorrow (Saturday) morning for Weaver dis trict to look after his mining interests there
 The United Verde has temporarily | closed down on account of bad roads, and Superintendent Thomson has gone east.
 The rumored sale of the United Verde Copper mines to w. A. Clark has been confirmed. The price paid has not been stated.
 Frank Dolph, manager of the Gro Fino placer mines on the Hassayampa, is in town He says there Is plenty of water there for washing out gravel at present.
 Chas. A. Girdler, who returned on Saturday evening from the cast, aays that there is considerable interest man. iiested there iii the mines of this sec- :ion, and that capital is looking this way for investment.
 Miaing news IS about as scarce as coin around the editorial sanctum these days. Miners are either snow bnuHd or mud bou nd, roads arc almost impass- able and. while work continues in the various camps, means of obtaining in- formation are meager.
 Sam. F. Powell writes from the lower Hassayampa, that new strikes are being made every day in the dis trict discovered by him some time since, and big camp Is expec ed to nc loca- ted there within year. Mir. Powell is at present at work about two miles be- low the new dam of the Walnut Grove Storage company.
 The main shaft on the Congress mine has been sunk during the present year to a depth of nearly 600 feet. Six other shafts have also been sunk on other claims owned by the company, aggregating in all 630 feet of work, the deepest shaft being 225 feet. They have also run levels aggregating 1900 feet, but have done but little ,ioping. From the above workings th,y have shipped over GOO tons of ore, aegrega- ting in value over Sl00,0O0, while it is estimated that the dumps contain 5000 tons of second class ore which will average $50 per ton.
 IT. Stoddard, of the Gro Bella min ing company, came in last night from the Bradshays. He says the company has their saw-mill in operation cutting lumber for their new mill. They have been able to get only n small portion of their machinery in yet, owing to muddy roads. MT Stoddard expects the arri- val of car load of machinery this WICK ifCni riT6 cast. TIv Fuys' .sitc mines are looking splendid. Quite a large body of high grade ore was en- countered last week Tn one ol their openings.
 F. NJ. Murphy returned last evening from trip to Lynx creek and the head of the Hass yampa. He says there IS large amount Of water in the former stream, while at the divide at it's head he found eighteen inches of well packed snow This is good news for the min ing interests of that section, as 1t will furnish an abundance of water for placer mining all along the creek, and will also enable the Lynx creek hy- drau!ic works, the greatest producer oi ! placer gold in this section, to have water for a long run this season, which means the production of several thou sand dollars