Arizona republican., 1896-12-24
MINES AND MINING.
News of Interest Concerning Many
 Rich Properties.

Yavapai county, and 245 in Pinal county.
 At Harqua Hala Messrs. Galloway and Warer are taking out considerable ore in the Bonanza and keeping the forty-stamp mill steadily working.
 The Commonwealth Mining company at Pearce, Cochise county, employs sixty men and ships to the Pueblo smelters three to four carloads of ore per day. The rock is rich in gold and silver, yielding $100 per ton.
 It is believed the copper production of the United States for 1896 will amount to 205, ,000 gross tons. The ex- ports will be about 10000 tons, leav ing 5000 tons for home consumption. The home consumption last year amounted to 1000 tons
 The Johannesburg, South Africa, chamber of mines reports the gold output of the district for last Septem- Der as POP, ,561 ounces, valued at S61.50 per ounce, or a total value for the month of S2,743, ,256. This shows an increase over the corresponding month of 1895 of 7,767 ounces.
 Spokane Falls has a mining incor- poration known as the Woman's Northwest Mining and Investment company, which is capitalized for S2,- 100000. The women expect to handle mining property in British Columbia, and as long as possible will exclude men from the affairs of the company.
 On the application of the Min eral Rock company of Cripple Creek the Garfield Grouse has been enjoined from extract ing ores from a portion of it's ground, pending a hearing on the title. The Mineral Rock people claim the Garfield was located by an alien, and is conse- quently invalid.
 A MT. Eddy has recently arrived in Oregon from Crooks Inlet, Alaska, where he spent last winter in company with thirty others. He states that about 200 men will winter this year in the Inlet, and he believes the district will develop into a good one. There are six hydraulic plants now in opera tion and all are paying.
 The future of Pearce camp seems now assured A we'll authenticated report says that mill is to be erected at the mine in the spring. Good ore bodies are being opened up in the Johnson-Fitts mine and other pros poets in the vicinity and valuable dis coveries have lately been made at South Pass. Numerous prospectors are at work along the Dragoon range and the inquiry for good copper or gold mines continues active-Valley News.
 The story goes that a certain manu- featuring company in Utah has dis covered that the clay out of which they make bricks carries gold in pay ing quantities. It may or may not be true, but it is true that in all the gold mining regions of the west the clays and sands nearly all, and perhaps all, carry small quantities of gold. Par ticles coarse enough to be seen with the unaided eye have been found in Denver made brick, and there is prob ably enough in them all to electro plate with gold the outside of every brick house in the city. But this is far from being enough to pay.
 Careful estimates on the output of the Cripple Creek camp for October show that it reached the million dollar mark at least. Fully 16,O00 tons of ore were marketed, the greater portion of the product being smelter ore of an average grade of $80 per ton. These figures show slight excess over the September business, and November is seeing an activity among the shippers that means that it will be the biggest month the camp ever had in both tonnage and value Local mills and samplers are crowded with ore, and reports indicate the same state of af- fairs at the Florence mills and the new reduction works at Colorado City. With the drawbacks of an unsettled condition in national politics removed the great gold camp is taking on an air of activity and progress that certainly will outrival anything in it's history.
 Ex-Senator R. H. Whiteley of Boul- der, Colo, drew up a bill which was lost in the shuff1e at the closing Oi the last Colorado legislature, empow- ering court, upon proper applica- tion, to order the sale of a mine when the owners fail to agree as to the best methods of operating the property The bill sank into oblivion with 15e others and the Boulder man has beer requested to prepare a duplicate for the consideration of the incoming legisla ture. 'I shall do so," says MT. White ley, "as I think the measure is a right eous one and ought to be carried through. Formerly we had such { law on the statute books, but it was re pealed, much to the annoyance O many persons who have invested il mines of the state Under the law al it now stands, if nine of the member of mining company decide to mak'