The Arizona sentinel., 1895-09-07
Mines Along the Colorado River.

From the Engineering ana Mining JouIl '1!- ]
 Ii. B. Adsit, of Denver, ha, bonded an eastern extension of the Gold Rock mine at Ogilty, Cal, for $36,000.
 The Gila Mountain gold mines, l5 miles southeast of Yuma, Ariz., have been bonded till October for $780, 900.
 Beatty & Go. are putting 10 stamp mill on the Dahlonega gold mine at Buena Vista, for miles above Potholes on the Colorado River.
 Cbas. E. French, of Redlands, has bonded for one year the Overlooks Banner, No Name, Mana and Gold Eagle gold mines at OSilby, for ESQ., GOO.
 George c. Tilden, of Jefferson, Cal, has bonded the Mineral Wealth, Key stone, Golden Gate and Western Star mines, in the Ogilby district, for Sl5,- GOO.
 Capt. I. Polhamus, of Yuma, has purchased a one third interest in the San Felipe placer mines, 100 miles below the mouth of the Colorado River, for $25,000.
 Davis, Wetmore & Co.,, of Mon tana, have purchased the Old Figueroa gold mine at Potholes, I2 miles above Yuma, Ariz., for $36, ,000, upon which they will erect l0-stamp mlll.
 Figueroa. This mine, 12 miles from Yuma on the Colorado River, is now owned by Davis & Wetmore TEe Shaft is down 70 it. on a 4 it. vein, average assays are about $20 per ton. The owners will erect a 10. stamp mill very soon.
 The largest gold nugget ever found in the Colorado river was that taken out of the Ponce de Leon mine, near Picacho. It was valued at $1,360, and it was from this vein that all the coarse gold found in Providencia canyon is supposed to have come.
 There are 55 gold and two silver mines in the Picacho Basin, and 80 gold and two silver mines 1n the White Gold Basin on the Colorado River Tn San Diego County. The veins are from to 20 it. wide and the ore, which IS free milling, varies from 5 to $8 per ton.
 Yuma, Ariz capitalists will soon begin the erection of large smelling plant at Castle Dome for the reduction of the lead and silver ores from the mines near that place Electricity for the works will be furnished by water power taken from the Great Yuma Irrigating canal
 Eastern capitalists have subscribed the money, $300,O0O in cash neces- sary to open up, develop and put tc production the new sulphur mines lately discovered on the west shore O the Gulf of California. It is estimated that the sulphur can be mined anc put on shipboard for Sl. 10 per ton
 Golden Cross Mining and Millin! Company.-This company at Ogilby will start up a 60-stamp mill having capacity of about 200 tons day A 40 stamp mill is already running The same company in nGends putting uE another 40-stamp mill as soon as thf new 60-stamp one is going, Witt these two new ones the company vii have altogether 40 stamps, which will give capacity of over 300 tons of ore day,
 Mining capitalists who are interest ed in mines along the Colorado River will soon put on two small steamers one to run daily between Picacho an( Yuma, Ariz., and the other iron Picacho to 8 connection with tn Santa Fe Railroad at Needles. The will be fast, light draught, and will b run by crude petroleum. Frank $ Ketchum, of Denver, Colo, contem- plates the erection of a l00-stamI mill in the fall on his mines at Plea cho.
 Picacho District.-There is con { siderable activity in mining in thi district. Judge D. A. Doran, c Salinas has purchased the Gold Kin and Gold Queen mines in the Whit Gold Basin, at Picacho, for $l5,O00 Frank s. Ketchum. of Denver, Colo has bought the Gold Chain, Col
 Prince, Gold Princess and Gold Eagi a mines m the White Gold Basin, an s the Rica Tierra, Apache, Easter = California. Gold Rule, Nina Ric; Il South Extension of the Mars an
 Gold Casket mines ID the Picach a Basin. The price IS said to be $55, is 900,
 a Silver King.-Captain A. c l. Adams, Of San Diego, has bought u e Silver King, and bonded the Silv' n Queen and Walla WaIla mines : y Picacho, for eastern mining capitalist
 owners of large reduction works, WI
 propose to put up large smeltin
 plant near Picacho, on the Colorad )f River, 50 miles by Water, abo h Yuma.
 V John Rimpau, clerk in Gandol k & Sanguinett's stose, returnt