Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-03-06
MINES MINING
What is Going on in the Various Districts in and
 Around Prescott.

From private source today we
 learn that "Old Grizzly" Callen,
 who has been opening up ,eyeral
 mines at his Placerita camp near
 Walnut Grove, will iuauguTate ex- tensive improvements At once on his property, and that a new aud com | plets ten stamp mill has been
 ordered and will be dropping stamps
 inside of ninety days. The mines
 which Mir. Callen has been holding
 on to tenaciously for years, are now
 said to be worthy the expenditure of the money his company proposes
 to spend. and undoubtedly the in-
 vestment will prove remunerative one.
 Harqaahala Gold Mining Com pauy, Limited. The following is the estimated return for the month of January: Mill worked p days; crushed during the month, 2,79O tons: estimayed gross value ot gold
 produced. Sl5 800: miscellaneous revenue, Sl630O. The estimated total expenses wers Sl5, l00, leaving the estimated profit for the month SssO0. The developments show some improvement, and prospects .ro eu- couraging.
 Mining progress in this particular section never looked as promising as It does at present. lt Is not due to the discovery of new mines, but comes from that of outside capital which is boing invested. There is at the present time four deals under consideration, aggregating, in amount, S2O0O00, while following this many inquiries are coming from the ou,side of a character that indicates a willingness on the part of capital to seek our mineral wealth.
 Whenever miue commences to show up its richness litigation some how or other crops up with it also. This Is exemplihed 10 the case al Cherry creek the other day in which the Fetterlys and Winnie figured as defendants, l.. NJ. Olden, being the plaintiff. The above defendants en. tered the mine which Mir. Olden cla ms he has owned for years aud took out about 9 tons of gold ore which 1t IS said yielded Sl2C1 Tue recent suit has resulted in the de feudants being enjoined from work ing the property.
 An old prospector came into town this morning with a large land tur- tie, which he picked up on the sum- unit of tho Centennial mountains, a hundred miles from Phenix. Coffee Al at once adorned it with his nd, and turned it loose. The prospector says the turtle gave him luck, as near where he found it he ran into ledge of high grade ore, a specimen of which he carried away with him, and has all the appearances of coming from a rich ledge.-Phenix Herald.
 A new law for the government of placer mines has been announced by Secretary Hoke Smith. 4 former decision covers much the same ground, but it does not seem to be well understood by locators of placer claims. "There must be discovery of mineral on each twenty acres in the placer location of l60 acres made by an association; and such a location of that amount, based upon single discovery, IS void, except as to the twenty acres immediately surrounding such a discovery"
 A very good piece of mining prop erty located within a stones throw almost of Prescott. which seems to attract no prominence or attention, is that of Messfs Wickler X Morse, located about a mile below the old Aztlan mill on Groom Creek. The location is called the Silver tlake, but its name Is no criterion to go by in the mineral character of its pro duet. as it is dislinctively a gold mine and a good one at that. The owners have . shaft down l50 feet, at the bottom of which there IS a solid vein of l2 inches of ore that will give SlOO per ton. They ship the ore as it has to be handled by concentrations. Their second class ore will go $50 to the ton. 4 steam hoIst is now en route from St Lotus, which will permit themine to be more rapidly developed than by the older me, hods. Many miners say that this is one of the best pieces ol ground in the country, and situated as it is surrounded by timber and with water in abundance 1t should prove a source of profit to the men who own 1t.