Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-05-02
OUR MINERAL WEALTH
MINING NEWS FROM THE VARIOUS CAMPS OF YAYAPAI
 COUNTY.

The sale of the Ballard minos is reported, the price paid being Si0O,' OO0.
 Jacob Henkle has sold one-hali interest in the Wiudfall mlne to Charles Born.
 Geo. W. Sines left to-day for his Cherry creek mining property. He is pushing work on 1t.
 J. ]. Fisher, who IS working the Railroad mine. under bond aud lease, has three men at work, and they are taking out good ore.
 The MINER has had few copies of Copp's Mining Code sent Co it for sale, which will be sold at the regular price, fifty cents per copy.
 Quite an important place. inning enterprise has been inaugurated on the Hassayampa. A large amount of placer ground has been located, and will be worked on sn extensive scale by an eastern company.
 Messrs James Shirley and L. J. Webber have recently sold 10000 shares of Henrietta Mining stock for S27.5O0. This mine is looking we'll. and the mill is reported as doing satisfactory work.
 GoG < Cranden are having six tons of ore from their Houston mine. on the Hassayampa, sampled today at the ssmpling works. They gre still taking out good shipping ore from their claim.
 Gage < Holiday, who recently made a shipment of ore to the sampling works from their Gold Leaf mine, on the Hassayampa. have gone back to take out another lot for shipment. The last ship ment exceeded their expectations in the value of the ore.
 The Nighthawk mine has more ore in sight than any other mine in the county. The property was never in better shape, and the ore now being produced is averaging $i00 per ton in gold and silver, Mohave Miner.
 : mples of ore brought in by Ed. Stevens from his new find eau be seen at J. Q. Stevens meat market. They are fabalously rich. The claim Is located in Copper Basin. and the vein is about eighteen inches wsde. The ore assays all the way from SS5 per ton up into the thousands.
 Frank Bonelli brought into town Sunday a wagon load of mica, which hs shipped to different firms who handle that kind of product. Some Of it went to Arizona. Mir. Bonelli took back a load of supplies with him. Klngman Mineral Wealth.
 Harry Ashton, \. P. Pierce, John Reese and Ralph Dillon think they have a bonanza in the new strike recently made by them. But very little work has been done on the claims yet, but surface indications are very promising, assays running from Sl50 to S250 per ton, mostly in gold. The ledge Is fv6m three to four feet wide.
 Good ore is still being taken from the Jersey Lily mine. 4 pack train arrived to-day from the mine loaded with ore. They have ten tons out ready for shipment, and are still taking out good ore. The mlne continues to look we'll as far as developed. They have the shaft down now sixty-fye feet and have commenced to run two drifts at the sixty-foot level.
 The machinery for the Red Buck mine, in Walnut Grove district, is expected to arrive this week. In the meantime the recent purchasers of the property are pushing devel- opment work and the mine con- tinues to show up we'll. The flat tering reports from this property mas caused quite an influx of pros pectors to Walnut Grove. and the surrounding hills are now alive with men hunting for another gold pro ducer to equal the R d Buck.
 ''Chas. Sherman's Distaff mine, at Chloride, in Mohave countv," says the Miner, turns out some of the richest ore in the county. It is developed by several thousand feet of tunnels, shafts. winzes and raises. Something like $l50,000 has been taken from the property since it was G-,f ,,-r>-l-.,I ..,1 st s. gtsIi ... ..~sto of the low price of silver, being worked for it's rich ores. The main sh aft, where the hoisting works are erected, is down 225 feet. The shaft is double compartment and is tim bered with square sets.
 The mines to the north of Will jams, owned by Hon. F. k. Nellis and others, are now in a fair way to make this city a mining center of no small proportions. Mir. Neilis and his associates have been quietly at work developing their property and the result obtained from the numerous assays and mill runs iusti- fies the assertion that before very many days, the country forty-five miles to the north of this city will be alive with prospectors. There has been considerable secrecy con neeted with this find, and until recently only those immediately connected have known anything of the richness of the ore. When this was noised about, a few knowing ones connected with the Saginaw company, quickly organized a pros pectinr party and quietly left for the new field. With but one or two other exceptions these are the only persons now holding locations in the new district, and when it is gener- ally known that the ore assays as high as 500 in gold and 43 per cent. in copper, with from $l0 to $l5 in silver added, it will be a question of a short time when the entire ten or fifteen miles of mineralized land will be entirely taken up. Mir. Nellis received the returns yester- day from a mill run, and on the strength of this he quickly dis f