Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-10-09
MINING INTELLIGENCE.
SOm6 Interesting DOin5S in the Various
 Districts Surrounding This City.
WhatOld Producers are Doing and EGt0S
 From New Discoveries.

A deed has been fled for record from w. W. Vanderbilt to T. J. Car rigan for one third of the John | Burns mine.
 The twenty stamp mil on the Waters mine m Santa Maria district is running Co its full capacity on ore from the above mine.
 It is now announced that work will be resumed soon on the Cotoc- tin mine a property which formerly paid handsome dividends to it's owners.
 Parties wanting copies of tho JoURNAL-MNER special mining edi- ton can obtain them by sending to this office, as the edition is not yet exhausted.
 F. L. Prentiss has men at work at the Dividend mine grading a site for hoist. He proposes to sink POO feet on the property to ascertain what can be obtained with depth.
 The building for the mill at the Last Chance has been completed and they are now only awaiting the arrival of some additional machinery to complete the mill and start it up. Eight men are employed in the mine.
 Judge Abuer, Wade who is in town, says that there is considerable activity in mining on the lower Has sayampa. Parties owning claims there are developing and prospect ing them with good success and the mining outlook generally in that section Is very promising.
 Groom creek district is coming to the front and promises to become quite prominent for it's output of gold. Hugh Hughes and W. H. Harlan'are putting up new mill to work the ore from the Parker mine, on which there has been considera- ble development work done and which shows up well.
 James Hart and W. R. Morgan have taken q lease on a portion of the Empire mine, owned by Hughey Hughes and are making prepara- tions to work it. Messrs Starks. Gage and Demerv also have a lease on a portion of the same claim and are engaged in taking out good ore.
 4. Falco has succeeded in ge'- ting all of the water out of the Peck mine. being the first time in fifteen or seventeen years that it has been free from water. He is putting in a large pump which will be able to handle all of the water and Keep the mine free as it is being worked It remains to be seen whether this property will take its old time rank as one of the leading ore producers of the territory. Shipments were made recently from it that went l,4OO ounces in silver.
 w. R. Morgon and James Hart own two very promising claims a short distance from the Empire l mine which they call the '95 and l Gold Basis. They have as yet done l but little work on these claims but ! that litJle proved a surprise to them. They took out some ore from the | surface which they estimated would l mill about Sl5, but 10 their surprise | it gave them returns of S25 per ton | in gold. They will work these ! properties and ascertain what they | contain at greater depth. Groom ! creek district is located only six | miles from Prescott and a renewed | activity in mines there would prove of great benefit to Prescott.
 John s. Jones has completed his big tunnel between the Little Jessie | mill and mine and has a track laid for a greater part of the distance. This tunnel is about l,500 feet long and saves nearly two miles of steep haul in the transportation of the ore between the mine and mill, and it is estimated that the saving in the matter of transportation will amount to about S2,0OO per month. In run uIng tbe tunnel a number of ledges were cut and some drifting has been done in these from which good ore has been taken. In addition to using it as means of transportation for the ore from the Little Jessie these veins will also be worked. The tunnel cuts the formation at depth of POO feet at the deepest place. 4 shaft will be sunk right away on one of the lodges to connect with a drift, running from the tunnel, by which means he will also secure ex- cellent means for ventilation.