The oasis., 1896-09-26
MINING NE WIS.


 coyery of copper has been made with in thirty to thirty-fiYe miles of Tucson
 which is not alone very rich but ex- tensiye.
 It is rumCrcd that a French syndi-
 cate will shortly purchase the La For tuna mine in Yuma county for Sl,500, ,000, and also the Utica mines in California for S5,000,000 C. D. Lane of San Francisco is the principal owner of the above miues.
 Yuma Sentnef R. M Strauss, superintendent of the La Fortuna niue came from the mines with 375, ,O00 the result of six weeks clean up. Assayer Clayton Garrett, acting sup erlntendcnt Martin, N and C. ThOmp- son, accompanied him on the trip.
 Republican,: Champion Charley yes terday came into Phoenix with bar of gold bullion estimated all the way from $500 to Sl ,500 in value. Charley was mum" as tO where the bullion came from, but it is thought to be cleanup of Col. Wm. HerriDg's mine north of Phenix.
 F. r. Baker, mining man picked ap d quartz specimen at Shclihass's store in Yuma few days ago, and asked the proprietor the price of it. As it had not cost him anything, com Ing to him with lot Of second hand furniture, he said Mir. Baker could 1t for twenty-five cents. The latter took 1t home and ground it up in a mortar and secured over SI4 in gold.
 The Old Dominion Copper Mining and smelting company received one Of their l0O-tOn furnaces a few days ago and tue other has been forwarded i from Geronimo. It will require buta short time to install them, as the com pany has force good mechanics. and | the work will be expedited in every l way possible. The entire feed il0Orof | the smeltcr has been raised fourteen inches, and this w8s accomplished iD{ three days, which illustrates the ra- plulty with which alterations can be effected There will be no interrup- i tion Of smelling while the work of re- I modelling the plant is in progress. The [ furnace now in use will be kept m blast until one Of the new ones is ready | to blow in. Work in all other depart ments is progressing and the company Will soon have it's splendid property in first class shape for a largely increased production of copper. .-ESilver Belt.
 Two Republics: F. R. Lloyd. of White Oaks, New Mexico. who is at the lturbide with his family, has come to Mexico on two large mining con- tracts. He expects to be in Mexico about two and half years Tn connec- tion herewith. Oneof the properties he is deputed to develop, is a silver mining property at TalcingO, state of Puebla, upon which his company pro- poses to spend S50,000 ir developments not being thoroughly cOnyersant with this silver property, he could not give further particulars. The other a gold mine, is near THltenango, state of Mexico, and is an extension of the Frisbie gold mines at El Orc, and it is the property of the Nalan Mining In fact gentlemen of that are interested in both pro- perties. American machinery is to be set up and S25, ,000 at least will be ex- pended on the development of this gold property.
 In recent letter to the manufac- tnrers Mir. W. F. Benjamin, editor of the Spectator, Rushford, N. r., says: Tt may be q pleasure to you to know Jhe high esteem in which Chamber ain's medicines are held by the peo- ple of your own state. where they. must be best known. An aunt of mine who resides at Dexter, iowa. was lbout to visit me few years since, md before leaving home wrote me, lsklng if they were sold here. stating f they were not she would bring a quantity with her, as she did not ike % be without them.n The medicines 'eferred to are Chamberlain's Courh Remedy, famous for it's cures of colds lnd croup; Chamberlains Pain Balm 4 or rheumatism, lame back. pains in A he side and chest, and Chamberlain's IS 5olic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy x or bowel complaints, These medi- V ines have been in constant use in ". rs,N a