Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-01-30
MINES AND MINING ]!
What is Going on in the Var ious Districts Around
 Prescott.

The sale of the Golden Wonder
 r1ine near Payson, in Tonto Basin.
 seems to be agreed upon, the pur-
 chaser being Denver men. and the prize paid S40000. The property is
 situated near the Zulu mine. ana
 IS rated as a good piece of ground
 on which considerable work and
 money has been expended. Mrs.
 Ckllson, of Payson. is among one of
 the interested in the sale. =
 Ben Rybon who IS in town to-day
 from Chaparral, bring news of an
 exceedingly rich strike in the we'll
 known Dividened mine. During
 the recent rain the shaft on this
 property cayed m and while re-
 moving the water and loose dirt a
 big body of rich ore was discovered.
 At present there are several mining | capitalists on the above ground
 looking at the mine with a view of
 purchasing 1t, among whom is Prof.
 Potter, of the school of mines at St. Louis. A sale will undoubtedly
 follow the examination now being given tthis property.
 A. l.. Butler, a we'll known and sue cessful mining man, who has been experimenting the Zulu mine near
 Payson, arrived Saturday evening for brief visit. He gives a very good account of the mine and believes 1t to be ones of the bonanzas of the west. In speaking of this mine Mr. Butler says that they age down to a depth of 219e4 feet with shaft, while two levels have been run on inc vein. At the bottom there is a seven foot vein of solid ore that will mill freely in gold. To give this mine a thorough test and to determine it's exact richness, 75 son batch of ore was recently run through the little mill on the mine, which gave more than what was to be expected. The property is owned by Samuels and Hill. of Prescott. who have staid bv 1t for over ten years. It will un- doubtedly be big producer of the yellow metal from now on. Mr. Butler also has aRexcellent opinion of the Tontu Basin section as a gold mining section, and proposes tostay by it.
 J. J. Valentine, of Wells, Fargo & Co, has issued his annual report of the precious metals produced in the States and Territories west of the Missouri river, including British Columbia. during the year 1891. The production of the various States and territories is tabulafed, and shows: California, Sl4,1SS,5S2; Ne vada, S3,l00, ,560; Oregon. Sl,7i1.662; Washington, $443 560; Alaska, SOO6,- 246; Idaho, $7,076.220; Montana, S3O.- 250,000; Utah, S7, ,202, ,5SS; Colorado, S26, 76S, ,0o0; New Mexico, Si.S7I. .359; Arizona, $6,905 s31; Dakota, S3,O45,- 0O0; Texas, S33S, ,5Ek; Wyoming, S45,- 00O; British Columbia, S269,377.
 The mining returns for '94 show that the monometallists are having their way so far as silver production m the United States is concerned- that the output of silver has been greatly reduced and the output of gold very greatly augmented. Arizona produced three times as much gold as silver in '94. Colorado, looked upon since Nev2da's decline as the Silver State, has astonished tue country with a gold output for the year of Sll, 100000. and in like manner with the other mining states and territories. But the laW of compensation runs through every line of life, and though the total sales Of silver certificates in New York in 1891 were only 94.0 900 ounces. against 2,626,000 ounces in '93, there not having been 6 single sale of silver in the board room from April }, '94, to January 1, '95, vet the proper solution of this most import ant question cannot much longer be delayed. Above and beyond artificial restraints come the public demands and requirements which are for the rightfIl recognition of silver, not as matter of petty pro lection" to the miner. but as one of necessary protection to the pros perity of the entire nation.- Mining and Scientific Press.
 The Coolgardie coal fields are booming. One hundred and twenty companies have been foated from London, England, in the last three months. and 2,000 leases have been taken up in Australia. The suffer ing from want of water at the mines is said to sa terrible, and great many deaths from thrirst are 
 James York. in letter to ". ". Vanderbilt, from the Bradshaws, says many shafts of piaes around his camp have fallen in as a result of the rains. h speaking of the extent of the storm, says that since 1t broke every gulcb Is supporting good sized bodies ot water and aa abundant supply is guaranteed everywhere. Snow Is reported deeper also ia the Bradshaws than at auy ot her time known.