The herald., 1896-06-29
MINES AND MINERS

with deliberate Judgment he QeCldTeS
that the prospect for gold in that local.
ity is as good as the innumerable stories
that have gone out There Is no going
back on the proposition, he says. There
are many very rich claims, and more to
discover. Without qualification he de-
clares it to be a good place to prospect.
The only thing necessary to make 1T
a greater mining center is mills to work
the ore, so that the miners can get hold
of some money. He considers the Sim
gleton Mooers- -Burcham mine one of the
best he ever saw. 1t has one great ad-
vantage over any he ever saw, and that
is the nearnesS Of the rock to the sur
face.
Mr. Donovan has spent years at the
mining business in Colorado and Nevada
and therefore is capable of passing i'm
partial and accurate judgment on mining
matters.
He was in company with o. Brown
and they located several claims. He
saw Johnny Bailey up there and he, too,
has located some promising claims.
1t is money that is now needed at
Randsburg to put up mills and bring
in water, and with 1t fortunes can be
made as in the days of '49.-Bakersfield
Californian.
tramp friend of the Prescott Courier,
who has just returned from trip to the
section spoken of, says that great
many of the leading taxpayers of Gila
county around Strawberry, Pine and
Pleasant valley are anxious to get back
into old Yavapai, taxes in that section
being as high as 4 per cent and in the
Payson country they are, as heretofore,
100 miles distant from the county seat.
Moreover, we are correctly informed
that If Yavapai would do her share of
building road across Fossil creek the
greater portion Of the trade of that Sec
ton would come to Prescott instead of
going as it does now to Flagstaff and
Globe. OF course supplies from Flag
staff can only be freighted in during the
summer months, while with this new
road a freighting route from Prescott
to that section would be open the year
round and would not touch the dreaded
rim" country that is covered SO deep
with snow during the winter months.
Cannot the board of trade of the city
of Prescott look I'D this matter with a
view of finding out the possible cost
of constructing this three miles of road,
for this is all the distance where any
road-making is required, and so corral
business that is now being carried away
to other towns?
The trolley system introduced in the
deepest level of the United Verde COM
pdily iillIic lOI tHe VI OIc HdS
turned out to be a success in all respects.
Tom McFarlane returned from the
Rand mining district yesterday, says
the San Bernadino Sun, and brings with
him a belief that the region is the coming
mining camp of Southern California.
Almost every foot of ground for radius
of six miles square has been staked off
and there is no chance for employment
except in cases where mine owners de-
sire to increase the force of men being
worked. From ten to twenty men ar
rive and depart each day. Not even
those who fail to secure an opening
doubt the richness of the mines and the
prospects for the future.
In this section of six miles square
there are now working about $50 men,
many of them on percentage or royal
ties. The place is a marvelously rich
One III both placers and quartz. over the
entire section hardly place can be
found where colors of gold cannot be
obtained. One thing which is retard-
ing the growth Of the camp is the vast
acreage which has been taken up by
individual parties who desire to hold
all the lands possible. The owners of
the Burcham have over 300 acres COW
cred in their claims. There are eight
men working the placer grounds on
these lands for percentage, using dry
washers to extract the gold. The mine
is working five men. A shaft has been
sunk to depth of seventy feet, six feet
by ten feet in dimensions, and all ore
taken out as the hole is deepened. The
last lot of ore which was milled from this
mine netted the owners, at the mint,
$4,000 from shipment of eighteen tons.
The ore runs from Sc to $500 a ton.
The recent discovery of molybdenum
at Flagstaff reveals another of Arizo-
mas hidden treasures (nothing too good
for Arizona but statehood). Molyb-
denum is one of the rarest minerals
known to mineralogists, and it's value
is placed at 1925 per pound. Owing to
the scarcity it's use is limited. 1t is the
only permanent blue known to the por-
celain and china decoration trade
Kern City Standard.
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News from Globe announces that the
mines owned and operated by the Old
Dominion Mining and Smelling COM
pany, with home offices at Boston, have
been closed down, says the Journal
Miner. This throws 250 men out of en-
ployment without warning. The result
of the trouble was between the miners
and superintendent, who reduced the
wages of the car men from So so to So. 20
per day Miners took up the grievance
of the men affected. The superintendent
was waited on by 300 men, who informed
him that If he did not accede to their
demands he would be marched out of
town. Under these threats he acceded,
and upon the matter being reported to
the Boston office orders were returned
to shut down.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed by the Gold Bug Mining company.
with principal place of business at
Groom Creek, at the Gold Bug mine,
Yavapai county. Capital stock, $3.50. 900.
Directors, John ]. Thilibin, jr., William
D. Lonergan, John Mackin and James
Mackin.
A Helena, Mont, smelling company
essayed to restrain a placer miner from
working above them, claiming that he
muddied the water so that they could
not use it, The case was decided
against them, and the miner then
agreed to impound his tailings.
In London 1t is thought that a solu
tion of the labor problem in the South
African gold mines can be found in the
importation of 10000 Chinese to the
Rand. If the theory is carried into
practice a race war is sure to follow in
which the Kaffirs will probably come
out on top. Chinese are, at best. poor
underground miners and still poore,
fighters. The blacks, on the other
hand. are good at both occupations.
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