Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-11-05

Ipresent they are using one of th,
 amalgamating pans as mixer, troui
 which the ore is carried @ the foul
 Frue vsnners, where it is concestra.
 ted to product which nets the com psny ever two hundred dollars per son.
 or this product they ara at prsse at
 turning out about one ton day. The
 company is increasing their force of
 miners, and go soon as the aew nor
 tsrs are set will greatly increase their
 output. They have lately completed q wagon road from the sill to Mime
 haha Flat, which permits the market ing of the concentrates at a much more advantageous rate than heretofore.
 Passing on south, foand at the old Tiger mine force of men at work over hauling the hoisting works and the
 machinery generally. carpenters re- building the house over the hoisting
 works which was blown down, and generally overhausing things around
 hs mins preparatory to starting the
 work os extraction of tn water, and
 the opening of this oace famous mine as A proiai T The Tiger mine has
 produced th .isan is of ounces of silver
 in the days when if took very good mine 10 pay its way, and DO doubt ex- ists in the min de of any one who knew the mine in the old days, that 1t Is still a good and rich mine. The management here have started the
 boarding house and assay office, and
 will shortly bs ready to commence the
 extraction of the water to expose the largo bodies oi ore that are known to
 exist in the lower workings of the nine.
 My nert siop wss st the camp si .hs oro Bells company, two miles south from the Tiger mine. At this camp also great activity IS visible. The ten
 stamp mill belonging to this com pany, and which is mot sdvantageously situa- ted upon their Orc Bonito mine, and
 at the foot of the tn untain, is all ready
 to start np on tine ores from tho various
 mines belonging 10 thg company. The
 new incline tramway from their Golden
 Eagle mine U the mill Is in excellent
 working order, and will be used in
 transporting the ores of the Golden
 Eagle mine to the mill for reduction. A tiae stream of water Is flowing down
 the gulch below the mill, and every
 thing around the camp denotes pros. perity and an unbouuded faith in the property and the vicinity. This com pany has spent many thousands of dollars ouiljing wagon roads into lhis section, without one dollars assist snce from tho county, and have made one of the best roads in the county, at
 an expense Of nearly twenty thousand dollars. Having completed the road, the company built one of the best tsa- stamp concentrating mills in the country, very long and expsn sive trsmway and made numerous other i'm proyements, until now they lave their property in shape for the expedi- 1 tious extraction and treatment of thsir ores on the ground.
 Passing up the gulch from the Orc Bella camp, next came to the Rapid Transit caaip, about one half mile from the Gro Bella mill. Here is one oi the best mines in tue section, which has been entirely developed by the energy aud pluck of one man who has stuck 1 to it through all sorts Of weather fnsn. ciai and physical, Haiil he has made q mine of what was formerly but prom ising prospect, and has induced the de- ef the adjoining property, by the good show ing hs hss made on his own.
 The next camp on the return trail is that of the Couger and Eclipse, which is situated on the top of the hill north of the Rapid Transit. There has been a great deal oi very rich ore taken from these mines, and the orc bodies are very large, but the water is 90 strong that it is impossible to work the mi nes and keep tue water out without ma for hoisting. A great deal of development work has been done n these mines, however, and the showing made is remarkably good. From this point to Prescott on my return trip, the trail doubles back over that portion described in the fret part of this article. I have known the country described in this letter fer number of years. but have never known the ac- tiyity in the mines of the section that exists at present
 A PRACTICAL MIXER.
 Prescott, Ariz, Nov. 3, 1890.
 c. R. Martindell returned on Satur- day from a trip along the X. & P. rail-