Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-04-01

etbh aN a Ltall oA water 41 0bAA4lttls A good. big, generous storm woLld be mosi welcome visitor now tO General Manager Massicks, as he has the property in shape to wash out from Sl.OOO per day upwards with a sufficient water supply,
 J. R. Slack has recently made very rich strike in a new claim near the head of Lynx creek. ln sinking his discovery shaft to a depth of nine feet he struck good body of orc which goes Sl0O per ton. The vein is quite large and he has already taken out two or three 'uns which be will ship to the Prescott samp- ling works Tor sale.
 James Burr made a rich strike re- gently within three aud a bali or four miles of the Catoctiu mine iu the direction of Peoples valley. lt Is a new discovery entirely. He has done some work on it. The vein Is three feet wide and Is bimetallic m character, lying as it does between the great gold belt of Peoples valley and the silver belt further north. The ore goes l20 ounces in silver and $50 in gold.
 The Congress mine will shortly be fitted out with double Its present capacity, increasing from forty to eighty stamps, enabling the running of 3OO tons instead of lJO per day as at present. There are now $50 men working and houses building ou every hand. At least 1000 people live in tha camp. The surrounding hills are filled with chloriders aud much ore Is being shipped besides that from the Congress. The camp has a great future, and capital Is drifting m very rapldly.-Gazette.
 Another mining deal was consum- ated this afternoon whereby Fred Sattes. John Harlan and Owen and John Stull parted with their tItie to the Alligator. Harrison and Blind Tom mines in Crook canyon. The purchasers are Kansas City capital ists and the prlce paid was SlOoO0, the entire purchase price being pad this afternoon through the Prescott National bank. One of the claims sold is known as the "Old Crook mine which yielded very rich gold ore years ago.
 There Is a mine in the Bradshaw mountains about which very little Is said, but which is one of the regular substantial producers oi this county. It is known as the Luke mine, and IS the north eXteu- sion of the Eclipse. Erauk LukH, of Pheni1. Is one of the owners, and quite force of men are employed in the mine. Shipments from this mine amount to three ear loads of ore per month, the ore averaging about $500 per ton. It has been maintaining this record too foI some time.
 From the number of new diScov- cries which have been made in this section during the past three or four months aud which are still be- ing made 1t is evident that the country has not yet been prospJct.I. From the numbers of r.ch strikes which have also been maie in the same time in old locations, it Is cyi- dent too that heretofore the pros pector too often ceased work wLun he located his claim, aud that all that Is needed to make this ,Ee greatest bullion producing section of the country is development work. Never during the past decade aud a half has there been as many meu at work in the hills as at present and never during the history of the country has there been as many successful mining enterprises in Op eration as there are at the preseat time.
 J. B. Tomlinson, while working ( @ Ohio group of mines on the Hasa yamps became very favorably ln- pressed with tbat section of country and when. owing 10 the disagree ment of the partners owning the the mic, the MescaI mining com pany ceased operations, he concluded that there mlght be other mines la the vi vi,inity as good as those. Work ing on this hypothesis he located a claim on what seemed a promising ledge and named it the Mormon. At the surface it was eighteen inches wide and at the present depth it IS thirty-six inches wide. He has six men at work on 1t and has about 2UO tons of ore now on the dump, which he will work in the Mescal mill. He took a careful general sample of the ore from tine claim and obtained an assay value of S56 per ton in gold. The claim as far as developed Is cer- tainly very promising one and NIT. TOmliusOn deserves all the success possible to reahze from it.
 The Blue Dick mine has been sold by Fl. (. Reno for good round sun to A. R. Fleischman aud associates ot Ohio. We understand that the new owners will vigorously push the work at the mine, and bring It 70 Nhta ltblN h- dtA o1 bAt Nt pAi AeA' --N producers. We congratulate Mr. Reno for the successful issue oj this deal and also the new owners for having secured the property. The mine was owned by ex-Governor F. A. Tritle and John Mcdonald, and has always been a producer vixen worked. The first payment was made on the property this morning. It is the intention of the new owners to build a plant on the Hassayampa to work the ore. The mine is located about three-quarters of a mile from the celebrated Jersey Lily miue, which was purchased recently by an English company. The purchasers are very wealthy, so there will be 10 lack of funds to open up the prop erty, build a mill and put 1t on a paying basis.
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