Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-06-24

stamps. With wood at $AJ0 De
 cord, nd old boiler and engine tha had been thrown out of the UniteS Verde Co.'S works, a nill that ha
 been standing idle for years ana
 decsyed almost to the extent O
 falling down, the reasons for closing
 the mill are obvious.
 Land and Water has the following
 to say of Arizona: "In Arizona, thi
 extent and richness of the mining
 country is almost marvellous. splen- ! did prospects and good mines being
 found throughout the territory
 Mohave county is a leader in he
 production of gold and silver
 though its neIghbor, Yavapai. con
 tains the rich Congress mine, one OI
 the largest gold producers in the
 southwest. In this county the fam
 ous copper camp of Jerome is sit-
 uated, with its valuable copper
 mines, and the celebrated Copper Queen mine at Bisbee is one of the
 richest and largest in the world.
 Big Bug, Rumble Bee, Crowned
 King, Tip Top and Yarnell, all
 great mineral producing camps, are
 also in Navapai county"
 Mir. Bullock, who is interested in 1 the Mammoth mine in the Bradshaw
 mountains, has decided to expend
 some money in the development of
 that property. As Is pretty gener-
 ally known, this ledge is l50 feet
 wide and samples of ore from it
 gave value of over S9.00 per ton in gold besides some copper. It is too
 big a proposition for a poor man to tackle with any reasonable hopes O. success, but offers splendid induce meuts to big company which would not be afraid to spend some money m opening 1t up. MT. Bull lock has succeeded in getting some wealthy mining men of California interested in IL hence work will be commenced at once. If with dtl velopment It should show up in proportion to surface indications it will turn out to be one of the big gest properties in Arizona.
 A mining transfer was made to- day which IS worthy of more than a passing notice. The consideration was not large one, only SI,6O0 but the part worthy of special notice is the fact that the parties who secured title 10 the mine have taken out the entire amount within four months. The mine IS the EmpOria, formerly known as the ~ll0" and is located a few miles south of Prescott. Four months ago, its owner, W. H. Harlan gave twelye-months' bond on it to A. B. Demsry, II. n. Keys. Wm. StOrks and John Harlan. The par ties commenced work al once and since that time have as stated, in addition tO making a hving for them selves taken out enough ore to pay for the property. They have taken it out by simply doing development work. too. by drifting and sinking, not a pound of ore havlug been stopped. The money was paid over to-day, and the transfer o{ title made.
 The Silver King mine seems to be coming to the front again. The Phenix Herald has the following concerning this property: From q gentleman who returned this morning from a vislt ,o the Silver King mine in Pinal county, 1t is learned that work Is going on stead ily at that property under the super vision of Mir. Phoebe. Three shifts are being worked on the new work ing shaft which is now down l57 feet, and which Is expected to tap the ore vein at the 250-foot level. The new hoist Is up and in opera tion. The old workings are full of water up to the 2O-foot level, which solves the water question and makes the continuous operation of the mill an assured fact, as soon as the work of taking out ore is commenced. Mir. Phoebe informed the visitor that even at the present price of silver, the mine could be made to yield more money than ever before in its history, and that before long the Silver King would be again the pro- ducer of silver in large quantities"
 The Fortuna mine near Yuma is attracting considerable attention just now. The Yuma Sun speaking of this property says: When the discoverers of this property named 1t La Fortuna some god of the mountains must have whispered the name into their ears. Here is the subject and materials for another fortuna to the novelist. Inspira- tions will attend you all the way there land so will the dust, too, for that matterl. Sheriff Greenleaf. c. F. Cronin and a Sun reporter drove out there Wednesday night. We arrived at about 1 .. m., but the camp was awake even at this early hour, for pay dSy had just come and some of the boys had forgotten the heat of the previous day and the cares of life and were having a time. We camped with Hon. Robert NJ. Strauss. Everybody calls him Bob He has the happy facul- ty of making one feel at ease, just as though he had known him from boy hood up. No one could tell from hls manner or conversation that he IS superintendent of one of the most l promising gold mines in the world. ! He IS unsSsuming. But he is all | business. He and his men under stand each other and the work goes on without excitement or friction. They seem to have commenced | aright and are continuing on that line. No useless shafts. drifts or The mill and mine are the most sensibly and therefore con- arranged of any within our knowledge, and We have seen many of the biggest iu the United States. The mines were at work. md the stamps were pounding out be gold when we arose on Thurs lay morning. But the mill closed town that day on account nf fhroksp