Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-02-26


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 A general power of attorney from the Jersey Lily Gold Mining Com pany to b. F. keating was fled Tor record to-day. lt authorizes him to do and perform all acis that the company Is competent to transact.
 A deed from W. (. Basford, R. II. Burmister, W. II. Ferguson and G. :. Ferguson to Arthur l.. Pearse for the Jersey Lily, Gold Treasure and Helen Francis mining claims, was filed for record to-day.
 Vincent E. Frost. manager oi the Leland Stanford Company, has seven men at work m the Leland Stanford and Snipe claims. He reports hay ing received some very satisfactory assays from ore taken from these claims.
 J. J. Mliliksn Is building a fve- stamp mill on Lynx creek to work the ore from a number of claims owned by him there. He bas sev- eral hundred tons of ore on the dump now. and ms claims are opened up 30 that he can add largely to this amount, and will have no difficulty in keeping a mill of this sze, or even larger one, in operation.
 Dick McNary is having 5O tons of ore, from q claim of his in Copper basin, worked at Clark and Stickey's s mill on Lynx creek The ore Is hauled by wagon tO Skull valley whence it Is shipped by raIl to Pges- colt ana freighted by wagon from here to Lynx creek. The expense from the time 1t Is sacked St the mine to the time that it Is turned into bullion orconceutrates IS Sl5O per ton. lt is thought that the ore will mill Sl00.00 Der ton.
 The annual production of gold in iSS7 was but SlO6.uO.0O0. During the three succeeding years, |. had iacreaseI to only Sll3,OOOOOO Since then the increase has been rapid, until last year II rose 10 the enoT- nous aggregate of S1S,0O0,0O0, sur passing all previous records known to history. Even ga the bonanza days, the ProduCti n was smaller, and the record fer the year 1895 eQuslled the entire produc. Ui auy two decades down To lS4.
 D. F. Keating returned yesterday from a somewhat protracted y.s,t Co London, where he succeeded m etfecting a mining ceal on the Le- land Stanford aud Snipe claims, on Groom creek, two claims which were comparatively unknown until the announcement was made that a company had been organized in England, with a capital of S3n,OoO Co work them. MT. kea:ing IS one of the most inGefa,i gable and tire less workers that has ever visited this section. such nerve and indomitable perseverance as le has displayed, deserves sue cess, and he has DO more ardent wisher, for legitimate sue 'ess, than the JoURNAL-MINER.
 The Phenix Gazette. on the clos ing day of the carnival, made the following apology in regard to an oversight in the management of the big show: The absence Of any rep resentatIon of the m.uIng interests of the territory In the can.val, has given rise to much speculation aud adverse criticism. Mla!uE Is odc ot the great interests of Arizona, and how our directors overlooked this important factor, is past our com prehension. Visitors from eastern states are greatly interested in the question of mines and mining. and they are entirely at a loss to under stand why this great industry should be ignored m Arjzo.a's capital cIty. The Gazette desires Co impress upon these strangers that this oversight IS not due to any inteutiOl CT tO slight or slur the great miE.ns interests, but simply Is the result of hurry and push, whereby the greatest of all Arizona's industries has been ab- solutely overlooked"
 A gent oman in discussing the propoSit.,t ut a shelter, to-day stated ha, he mad authority 10 offer a donation uf land suitable for the purpose, convenient to the town, iu fact. less than a mile from it. Water can be found in abundance, while there IS also plenty of stone for all building pu' poses, conveniently near. The sane gentleman made a suggestion which Is worthy of con slderation m connection with thls proposition. The rails and material of the old P. x A. C. railroad have been assessed as personal property, and the taxes on them remain un- paid. Personal property Is liable to sale at any time for taxes. His sug- gestion is that the treasurer proceed at once 10 sell this personal prop er;v. the taxes on which amount to about Sl,lO0, that the county buy them. and then offer them as 2 dona- ton to any company that will build narrow guage railroad To the Bradshaw mountains.
 Frank Miller, an old-time mining man of Arizona, who has seen all the leading mining camps of the world, returned yesterday from Yuma where he has been working at the Fortuna, which claim he says is with out a doubt the largest and richest mine in the world. Frank Is not of an e1citable nature and his language can bc capable only ol a favorable meaning as he gives figures and facts to substantiate the assertion of fruit fulness. This Is the mine located by Bob Strauss and the principal owner is Lane, the leading mining man of