Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-07-25
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 been made to Denver.
 Another rich strike is reported to have been made day or two since in the Jersey Lily claim.
 A rich strike is reported to have been made recently iu the Jim Crow mne in Hassaoampa district. Ore WAS struck in two places on the ledge which goes S52 per ton, the vein averaging about two and half feet in width.
 Wm. Dalin, who is work the Mat tie Adair mine, on Lynx creek, for Charles Martin. struck rich ore last week. at a depth of sixteen feet. The ledge at this depth is one foot wide, anti assays SiS per ton for the entire distance.
 The owners of the Moscow group of mines. on the Lower Agua Fria, have arranged to have their ore milled. The ore is high grade and free milling gold ore, aud the owners of tho seven claims included in the group think they have bonanza.
 Wm. Dulin came in from Chap arral yesterday, and says that sec tion had a two hours heavy rain storm yesterday afternoon. John ;. Jones dam was filled with water, and he has a supply now to run for six months without any more rain. WhIe out there, Mir Dulin and Joe Askew contracted to sink fifty feet on a claim owned by John Sugden, for an interest in the claim. It is located right in the heart of the great gold belt of Chaparral, and ore taken from the bottom of the shaft goes 500 per ton in gold.
 Judge Wade has been prospecting for some time for water with which to run his mill on ore from the King Solomon mine. After making nu- nerous experiments, he has succeed ed, as he tLi iks, in getting an abund- ance of water, and has moved his mill about one mile from its former location, and expects to start up soon He says he has enough ore on the dump to keep the mill rum ming for two years. The ore Is free milling and tolerably rich.
 The owners of the Nellie mine have their shaft down fifteen feet, at which depth they struck body of ore three feet in thickness which assays S2OO per ton. The ore goes $50 per ton m free gold the remain ing value being in the sulphurets. The mine, which has been mentioned heretofore is located on the divide, west of Crook Canyon and south of Slate creek. Tradition says that years ago very rich free gold ore was found on the surface and tho ledge has been covered with nu- merous locations since, but has never been worked until the present owners located 1t is owned now by B. F. Peters and wife, A. B. Spence and E. Warren.
 A deed was filed for record today from A. W. Callen ct. al. to the Isabella Gold Mining Company for five mining claims in Placeritas, the price being $i00,000. Many of the claims are well opened up and show up good ore. The ore Is free mill ing in all of the claims except one. The company proposes to erect a mill at once, o( not less than twenty | tons capacity daily. It will also be l equipped with concentrators to | treat the base ore. 1t Is it's purpose | also to build wagon road at once from the mines to Morgan Station on the s. F. P. & P. railway in Kirkland valley. Mir. Callen has owned some of the claims for fifteen or sixteen years and others for several years and has never for a moment lost faith in their ultimate outcome. He IS deserving of all the success possible to be realized and is to be congratulated now on the prospect of his property becom- ing dividend payers. The Placeritas district Is no,ed for Its rich lodges
 The following items from the Tonto Basin district, are taken from the Silver Belt:
 U. z. Curtis, who came in from Payson Thursday, confirms the re- port of the activity in that section. Payson district is rapidly coming to the front as gold producer.
 Yarnell, of Phenix, has bonded the Wilsea mine. He has bought J. D. Boyd's mill. and mill site at Rye, where the mill will be erected. The mine Is one of the best in northern Gila county.
 Nick Cole, W. B. Callum and Tom McGrew have leased the "S5" mine the old Golden Wonderland are cleaning up the old works. It is the oldest large producer. The ore is rich and with custom mill within a few miles of the mine, it should pay handsomely.
 The Goldfeld mine, owned by Lonney, Murphy and Bissig, is a fine and is being we'll dexel- oped. Ore recently milled gave S25 in free gold.
 The White Hill mine, the property of Peiper, Wentworth and McFar- land, has been leased by Colorado parties, who are taking out good | ore.
 The Zulu mine, owned by Samuels & Hill, of Prescott, has been bonded. It is considered good property.
 U. z. Curtis mine, now temporari- lY idle, has proved a bread winner. !