Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-04-01
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 ] Ore continues to arrive at the samp 1 ling works.
 1 Tie Congress will start up it's forty
 stamp mill next month.
 ! J. S. Jones expects to start up his
 mill on Big Bug within . week. John Martin is taking good gold ore
 out Of claim Dwned by him near Iron Springs.
 The Eonce famous Bassick mine, of Colorado, which was sold in 1879 for VI. .2oO eco, is advertised for sheriff's sale on April Sth.
 Work on the Legal Tender mine on Big Bug has been suspended tempora- riiy. The mine was a remarkable pro- ducer while it was worked. Mfr. Blake informs the JouxsAL-
 MINER thst.its informant was mistaken
 in stating that the Legal Tender had
 been closed down. He says there are
 four men at work on the property. and
 the mine is looking splendid.
 During his recent assessing tour,
 Deputy Assessor O. D. Brown listed
 the property of the Yuma Copper mines
 on the assessment roll of this county,
 ss he says there is no doubt whatever
 of their being in Yayapai county.
 
 The building of wagon road by a
 more direct route to the Bradshaw
 mountains would divert the entire
 trade of that section to Prescott. A
 narrow gauge railroad will, without doubt, m a few years. be built from
 Prescott to the great ore producing mines there.
 For twenty-five years Chimehuevas Indians have brought fine gold speci mems into Ehrenberg. on the Colorado river. They would never disclose it's source. The rich strike recently made by Frost, Watson and Lum Gray, 35 miles northwest of Ehrenberg, in San Bernsrdino county, California, is be- lieved to he the long concealed treas ure vault of these secret keeping Chime huevas.-Herald.
 About eighty men are now employed at Jerome. Twenty men are also en. gagged in repairing the road, and when completed freighting will be com menced again and the furnaces started | up. Twenty men are also engaged in l grading site for < new roast. Six s horse teams are now engaged in haul l ing wood for the roast and for the re- verbatory furnace. Work will be car ried on at this great copper camp du- ring the coming summer on a larger | scale than ever before. and within a l short time it is expected that 206 men will be employed.
 The Copper Queen company, at Bis | bee, A T., willexhibit at the Worlds fair l \ mammoth specimen of orejfrom their mines. The work of chiseling the piece put has been going on for some time, and great care is being taken in it's ex- It is estimated that when ready for shipment 1t will weigh five Ions and will be in the shape of a brick. The specimen is from the big slope from which such beautiful specimens have been taken, and will contain about every known character of copper Iormat ons and coloring. IL will. with put douht. be the most attractive speci- men on exhibition.-Florence Enter. prise.
 Superintendent J. G. Marx. of the catoctin mine, has twelve men engaged n the development of that property. He says that the ore body is constant y increasing in width ss depth is made. It is the intention of the own- ,ers to prospect the property as thor ,ughly and as rapidly as possible, md should it hold out as at present, { will not be very long until they will ,rect fine mill on the property to work the second class ore. A car load ,f high grade ore was received last night from the mine for shipment O smelter for reduction, and another ,ar load is already on the dump ready or shipment.