Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
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Mining Intelligence.

Mining Intelligence.
 s. F. Gates has shipment of ore at the sampling works from the Blue Dick mine.
 Jerry O'Neill, of Turkey creek, has just shipped a lot of very good ore also to the sampling works.
 A ear load of high grade ore was received at the sampling works yes terday from the Catoctim mine.
 Blocks of onyx are being taken out of the Big Bug onyx mine to or nament the Catholic church with.
 Shipments of copper bullion and matte from the United Verde mines amount to about two car loads daily.
 The lessee of Mulyenon X Roach's Turkey creek mine has made a small shipment of good ore to the samp- ling works.
 Teams are arriving daily now with ore and concentrates from the Con gress mine. the forty-stamp mill there being run to it's fullest ca pacity.
 John Duke commenced harvesting his alfalfa hay, below town, yester- day. He expects to harvest about two tons per acre, and will cut three crops during the season.
 The survey for the tramway, or bucket line, over the mountains to the United Verde mines has been completed, and the work of con struction will be commenced shortly.
 Superintendent C. M. Clark, of the Alice Mining company, received a fine, large, new pump for that property yesterday. twill be placed in position soon and the water taken from the mine.
 The machinery for the Catoctins new mill has been ordered and is now en route from the east. 1t will he promptly placed in position on its arrival here, and started up on Catoctin ore.
 The Crowned King mine coutin- ues to ship its concentrates and high grade ore to the Prescott Sampling Works. The concentrates are very rich. and about two car loads per week are shipped to the sampler.
 Joseph McHenry and Adolph Shearbrand have been prospecting .., .l, ,,,o-,,Sa.,,- -o,.th nf tnu-n since April ist. The former brought in some samples of ore yesterday to have them assayed. and returned to camp to-day. He says they have discovered some very promising prospects.
 Aminer named Ingram, with oth- CTS, have been engaged for month or six weeks in sluicing and washing out the tailings and the ground on which the old Aztlan mill on Groom creek stood. They brought in yes terday one or two bars of bullion. besides 100 pounds of base metal which they have to send to San Francisco, to be melted and separa- ted. They also secured 100 pounds of quicksilver.
 Messrs. Philips X Healey, of Pres cott Junction, sent out small force of men to-day from the above place to National Canyon. the scene of their new strike, to run fifty-foot tunnel in on the property. The new district is contiguous 10 the Grand Canyon, and surface indica- tions, as already outlined in q pre- yious issue of the JoURxAL-MINER- give promise of there being an inn mense body of ore.
 W. J. Chambrlain & Co.'S Denver circular speaks encouragingly of lead. It says the price has advanced from $4.i0 to $4.50 during the week. with 20 to 30 cents for q possible advance. before importations of pig can be freely made. and after the | serious loss made by importing last year by many Eastern firms, it seems likely that they will proceed with more caution this year. The same paper notes trihe of appreciation in silver.
 Lester Jackson went out to Pres colt Junction recently to meet a party of English capitalists, whose intention was to look at some prop critics in this section with view of purchasing. While en route, how ever, they received telegrams calling them to Montana, where they al-