Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-02-13
MINES AND MINING
What is Going on in the Various Districts in and
 Around Prescott.

o. r. Place, of the Crowned King Company, ln recent visit to the above, says its wonderful richness continues to be shown, aud that tho nill IS dropping stamps steadily on its ores.
 tal. BF0die, Bob. Brow and a par of experts are dcwn at the Grow Point mines. near .he Hasa yamp, V making an examination of that property. It is under bond, and sale may follow.
 The Lynx Creek Company. oper- ating under Judge Rucker, sent one batch l2O ounces of gold to the Denver mint on the sth of February. The event Is mentioned by the daily pSpers of that city in a manner that reflects handsomely on the above property.
 William Claypool, of the Samp- ling works, reports ore shipments again arriving, the temporary block ade. due to the storm, being raised. There Is no reason why this institu- ton should not handle a majority of the mineral product of this sec ton, as its management and its treatment to miners is said to be very liberal.
 It is said in mining circles in this city that the Lynx creek properties of Hon. W. 4. Rowe, have been or will be sold to Eastern parties. These mines have had a thorough and systematic course of develop ment work done on them in the past year, showing up a very fine body of ore. From the looks of mining generally in that district and the success which is attending all efforts of late in quartz mining, there is every Te son to believe that this old standby section will yet be one of the mos active and prosperous dis triets in tais vicinity.
 The Helm Bros, now operating on the old Vulture lailings gre com pleteing the erection of cyanide tanks, which process it is said is perfectly adapted to successfully handling this product. There are many hundreds of tons of these tailings which have tain idle for over p years, and strange as it may ap- pear no interest was taken in tile reducing them to metal, until these mining men commenced to deter mine their real value. These tail ings will run about $l500 per ton, and from the chespness of the method adopted to handle them. a fortune will be made by 1t, SO many miners say who have recently been there.
 A new minining company called the Eugene has been formed to I operate in this section. Among the ineorpoTators we notice the names of John J Dodds and F. J. Lyon, both of this city. The district they are to operate on is in the Black Canyon country, where they have quartz and placer ground that shows up very rich. the placer ground yielding fifty three cents per cubic yard Tn gold. At present they have q force of fifteen miners at work and propose to increase the number to seventy i've as soon as the develop ment will permit. A twenty stamp mill has keen ordered for the mine and is now en route Co Prescott. Water, the great problem in mining in many districts around this city. is here to be had in sbun- dance and ths success of the com pany seems assured.
 In speaking of tests made of Arizona ores. Dr. Comstock, of the University of Arizona, says that there are three classes of ores: D Those which are really free" ores; (2) An intermediate class, partly free" and partly ''sulphuret;" and (S) the Ssulphuret" ores. Many miners, who get colors in the pan or horn spoon, and who afterward get good assays from their ore, are dis appointed at the low percentage saved in the milling process. This is usually because they have over looked fine grained sulphide which forms considerable portion of the ore, although it may not be visible in the rock. Dr. Comstock is satis- fled. from his investigations, that the working of gold ores in Arizona is yet in it's initial stages, for there are deposits enough, rich enough and extensive enough to tempt the investment of capital, guided by thoughtful aud economical engineer ing talent, when once the ores are understood.