Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-08-12

a run of 2S tons of ore through his mill for John Ross. The ore was taken from DicK McNary's Cross mine, in Copper Basin, and the re- suits obtained from this lot of ore are probably the best obtained from any lot worked in this vicinity for a long time. The mine is only opened up to a depth of about sixty-fve feet, yet in doing this amount of work about 5000 have been taken out. NIT. Ross is working the mine under a lease. It is located about two miles from the Copper Basin shelter, and is the same one over which G. K. W. MeNary had litigs- ton, and which probably resulted in his being murdered. /
 An exchange says that the owner of mining claim giving working bond on it, can protect himself and his mine from liability for the cost of material furnished or labor done on the claim under the bond, by posting conspicuously a notice be- fore work IS commenced, that the work is done under bond or lease to such parties, stating their names, and that the owner disclSims for himself and the mine all disability for the cost of such work, and by publishing such notice. The bond should have a condition in 1t that the party taking the bond will pay for all the work he does under the bond, and the bond should be recorded.
 Carl Holtzschue was in town to- day from Groom creek, and says that the mill on the Empire mine, owned by himself, Dr. Butler and Col. Ellsworth, will start up on Thursday. The mill isl a Hunting ton with a capacity of fifteen tons per day. This is intended only for an experimental run of the ore dur ing development work, and if the mine opens up satisfactorily with a greater depth, stamp mill will be placed on the property. The shaft Is only sixty-fve feet deep at pres ent and has levels run from it which look very promising. They will continue to sink on 1t until a depth of POO feet is attained.
 Supt. F., H. Cook, of the United Globe mine, was at Geronimo sever al days this week, to hasten the movement of freight for his com pany which had accumulated there.
 The company is making extensive additions to their plant, and the slow arrival of machinery and sup plies is retarding work. The l0O- ton furnace is expected to reach Globe within the next few days, when smelting will be suspended for a month or six weeks to permit of the remodeling of the works. The force will not be reduced, how ever, as all the men employed at the shelter will be given other work. All the improvements being made, including the cable trsmwsy, are of a substantial character. and when completed the company will have a very efficient plant, and double the smelling capacity.
 Dr. Butcher has bonded and leased the Mcclellan and Hawkeye mines to J. B. Shoenfelt, president of the Tortilato Gold Mining Company. \ force of men is being put to work to extensively open the properties and put them on a paying basis. The last assay taken from these claims run as high as 343 ounces in silver and nearly an ounce of gold per ton. As the property is located near the Los Angeles mine, that in times past hauled ore by wagon to San Francisco at net profit of 500 per toR, and being in the near vici- nIty of the famous Little Jessie and numerous other mines that are on the list of regular producers and making money for their lucky own CTS, 1t is not too much to presume that theMcClellan and Hawkeye will soon be added to the list. Prescott is the mining center of AriZona-no new experimental field-but the big gest and best mines in the territory are tributary to this city and new discoveries constantly taking place.
 A Californian who recently visited the town of Guanjuato, Mexico, thus describes one of the old mines ot that place: The principal mine there now is the Valencians, and it has no less than thirty-two miles of underground workings. The main shaft IS 2,700 feet deep, is of octa- gon shape, perfectly walled with stone, and thirty-two feet across. It is said to have produced $l,000,- 0O0,0O0 principally in silver, and il has employed as many as from 5000 to 5000 men. It now employs about 1000 men in the upper levels. In the lower levels and shafts are 500 feet of water. It is said that at the bottom of the shaft there is thirty feet of rich ore. All this i'm mense work was accomplished by hand without particle of machine ". It is estimated that it would cost S500,0OO to get this water out and keep it out. There are drive ways for miles zIgzagging down into the mine to a depth of 1000 feet. It is said that at one time an owner of this mine presented several million dollars to the crown of Spain. Twas told, too, that at one time there were in the neighborhood of 4,000 arastras at work in the town, and that 1,600 tons of ore were crushed every twenty-four hours. At present they are crushing about $50 tons of ore a day"
 H. NJ. Merriwether, president of the Cooperative Mining and Milling Company, came Tn from his mines yesterday evening, and reports that the plant will be ready to begin operations on August 17th. This plant is situated on the west bank of the Agua Fria river, five miles east of Rumble Bee, and is perhaps the most modern in the territory.