Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-05-25
sent by Mir. Kiunev. late of Gallup.

sent by Mir. Kinney, late of Gallup,
 who is prospecting there. Kinney says that there are thousands of
 tons of gold ore on the surface that
 will average from $a0 to 500 per ton, but being such an odt-of-the-
 way camp capital has not found its
 way there. Kinney says there are dozens of old arastras, near which are all large dumps, which plainly shows that at some time 1t must have been busy camp"
 The attention of the miners is directed to notice in this issue from k. K. Walbridge, representing the Chick Short smelter process, of Pittsburg, Kansas. Mir. Walbridge wants to purchase some refractory ores for shipment to the above place for treatment. He thinks that con centrating plant in Prescott, which is in the center of rich mining His- trict, would prove profitable to the owners of it as we'll as to the miners in this section of the county and might eventually lead to the cree tion of e smelter here. By the pro cess he represents ores are smelted without the use of coke or coal, very important item in expense.
 F. Nj. Murphy says that the build ing of the Santa Fe, Prescott X Phenix railroad is attracting great attention to Arizona in the east. During his recent visit to Denver he says he met great many mining men who are looking toward Arizona for investment and upon completion of the road to Prescott he thinks there will be . large influx of peo- pie here. With the improved meth ods for treating refractory ores that are being made at a greatly reduced cost, and with the immense quan- tity of such ores that are found in mountains surrounding Prescott, there seems to be no reason why prosperous era for the immediate future of the town and country is not Tn store for us.
 A double shif, is being worked on the tunnel at the Senator now. but slow progress is being made on account of the hard quality of the rock encountered. The tunnel is now in 1000 feet. with 6oO feet yet to run. When it was commenced they were able to make l6O feet per month, while at the progress being made at present it will requir., .s year to complete the work. All other work has been discontinued on the property on account of the extra expense involved in raising the ore and pumping the water. On the completion of this tunnel the mine can be drained through it, while the ore can also be taken out through the tunnel on level with the mill. The company has recently made ap- plicatiens for patents for number of it's properties there. and when this tunnel is completed work on a larger scale than ever before will be inau- gurated.
 A cheap and novel process of teaching gold and silver ores has been undertaken by McMichaels S Capella on the Hassayampa, that is proving highly successful. The ore to be submitted to this test is first crushed to pass through a quarter of an inch screen, and then placed Tn tank with false bottom. A strong solution of hypo-sulphide of soda is placed with the ore in the tank and allowed to stand from five to twenty hours, the character of | the rock determining the time re- quired as necessary. The water from | the ore vat is then drawn of and | placed in canvas sacks, where it is precipitated with calcium. In a short time deep brown compost tion forms in the bottom of the sack independent of the water. Itis then removed and retorted. When taken from the sack the amalgam in its anre6ned state Is worth about S4 a pound. The above parties have se- cured lease on the Perry mine and test run just made by them on twelve ounce silver ore gave 90 per 'ent of the assay value and at an ex- 'ense of only one dollar for chemi. 'als. The process is similar to the much talked of cyanide method. only he cost is less and the ore has to 'e of certain character in order to 'e proftably treated.
 The Commercial Mining company