The herald., 1896-08-13

tons of ore a month and produces 500
tons of pure copper The company has
invested about $3,000,0O0 in mines, rail-
roads, reduction works, etc.
The old Peck mine, Arizona, which has
in times past yielded over 81, 200, 900, has
given another surprise to it's owners in
the shape of rich body of ore. The new
vein is about fifty feet from the vein
which has been worked for thirty years.
and right on the surface where it has
been trodden over all these years by
miners, foremen, superintendent and
experts.
The Alaska News says that many of
the prospectors returned from Cooks
Inlet disgusted before the snow was
rairly off the ground, and condemned
the country after a two weeks inspec-
ton. 1t says that most of them had
never seen gold pan, had never even
slept out of doors, and were totally un-
prepared to stand the rigors incident to
the life of prospector.
The Nelson (B. c. Miner says that all
the interest the Colonial government
takes in the minesl is in the direction of
taxing them, and 1t devolves on the
newspapers to collect the statistics of
production. Probably the new bureau
OF mines will undertake this task, as the
chief of the bureau was in this city re-
Gently, inquiring into the methods of col
fecting mining statistics adopted by
the United States mint and the state
mining bureau. He took copies of all
circulars, statements, ETC.. as a basis
FOR beginning similar work in British
Columbia.
The mill at Koehn is running night and
day
The lumber for the deep shaft in the
Goler country has arrived, and the 40
stamp mill will be in running order with
in sixty days.
The English syndicate in charge of the
Gavilan mine will begin work soon, with
force of twenty men.
Two bars of silver bullion from the
Rapid Transit mine came in on last
nights stage. They were valued at
about $1SOO.-Prescott Mining Journal
Berchem, Mooer and Singleton have
men at work on the Olympus, Yellow
Aster and the Trilby mines, and have
ore enough on the dump to keep the
lo-stamp mill at Garlock at work night
and day for weeks. Mr.. Berchem, the
superintendent, says the Tehachapi
Pick and Pan, is thorough miner and
rustler and keeps things on the move.
Articles Of incororation have been
filed by the Chicago Gold Mining and Re-
ouctlon company of Prescott, Arz. with
a capital stock of $4,000. The directors
are William H. Eberle, J. B. Osweiler,
w. G. Kuetemeyer, M. Kordick. ]. l..
Dickhaut. NJ. J. Sheridan, c. N. button,
j. A. Varty, and George B. Scanned
Mr. A. w. Davis came down from Los
angeles Sunday and left the following
day for the Viznara mine. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Munson has sold his in
terest in the Viznara to the remaining
partners, Messrs. Davis, Hartzell and
Bliss, and that Mr.. Hartzell will devote
his entire attention to the nine-Lower
Californian.
The Santa Rosa mine is employing
ABOUT fifty men at present. A receipt
from the mint at San Francisco recent
n not ,r,fH e..
days run, after mint charges and eX-
press costs had been taken out
Mr. w. A. Burr, mining and civil en-
g1neer of Los Angeles, while on his way
overland to Ensenada, accompanied by
his wife. met with an unfortunate acct
dent Wednesday near San Antonio. The
carriage was overturned and both occu-
pants thrown out Mrs. Burr suffering
several contusions about the head. They
found Accommodations at San Antonio
and Mr.. Burr arrived in Ensenada yes
terday to secure medical assistance for
his wife.-Lower Californian.
w. A. Hayt was displaying quantity
of very rich copper ore Saturday, says
the Riverside Enterprise. The ore was
brought here by prospector who OBJ
tanned it out on the desert. The ore as
says so per cent copper, $50 in gold and
large per cent Of silver to the ton. The
| ledge from which the specimens were
| taken is one foot thick and of uniform
| richness. The find is certainly a good
one.
l.. S. Mcclure has leased the Shenan-
doah gold mine at Mesa Grande to H.
J Il. Lawson and associates. The terms
provide that each clean up at the mine
| shall be turned over to Mcclure, who
If the clean up should amount to $4,000 or
| less, may retain 10 per cent of the gold
| and when the clean up amounts to more
that $1,000 he may retain Is per cent
! A. l.. Butler is in from Cherry creek,
where he has done 300 feet of work on his
Jessie r. mine and 40 feet on his con-
solidated. showing fine bodies Of good
grade ore in both. He reports that Thos
Calvin of San Francisco has two men
at work on the Pay Rock mine. Report
Is that Mr.. Burmister will erect quartz
mill on the Wheatley group. Charles
Donaldson has had fifty tons of ore
from his Crosscut mine worked at the
Rocky Pass mill. The five stamp mill
on the Verde is running steadily-Pres-
colt Courier.