The herald., 1896-07-06

Dy the way, the owners OF the OlQ DO !
minion at Globe.
The four largest and richest copper
operating firms in the world are now in
terested within the county, three with
in a comparatively short distance of
Tucson. Beside the Lewisohns, who are
now in possession of Rosemont, there is
the Westinghouse company operating
the mines at Washington camp. Phelps,
Dodge &c Co., through the Copper Queen
Consolidated, are working the Mineral |
Hill group under bond, which win with
out doubt soon develop into sale. The
Anaconda company backed by the
Rothschids, hold Ed. Hughes mines,
just this side of Rosemont, under a bond. |
The ore Of that mine is said to be mar
Velously rich and to exist in large bod
les.
Perry Bevington and DIR. Frizell of F,s
condido drove up to the Rice mining dis
trict this week and made final arrange
ments for the purchase Of the n. G.
mine. This mine, formerly known as
Yellow Hammer, is the one on which'an
option was taken recently by Charles
Fair of San Francisco. He sent an ex-
pert, Thomas Sunny, one of the best
known mining men on the Pacific coast,
to examine the property and report. The
report was most favorable, but few
days before the time for which the bond
was taken had expired, Joe Rice, one
chute of ore at the 30-foot level and
they then declined to extend the time
to Fair. BY this weeks deal, however,
Rice transferred his interest to Escon-
dido parties, and the mine is now owned
by DR.. Frizell, Capt. Farnsworth Perry
Bevington and Thomas Rhodes. There
is shaft So feet deep on the mine sunk
on the ledge and the new owners will
sink it still deeper. The ledge averages
AZ feet wide. and recent mill test of
forty-five tons averaged $40 to the ton.
There are now several hundred tons of
ore on the dump, and arrangements have
been made to have 100 tons crushed right
away.-Julian correspondence Ramona
Sentinel.
The Mining and Scientific Press is re-
sponsble for the following: "Messrs.
Davis, Hartzell and Munsen have sold
one-fourth interest in their Vixnaga
mine for $4,000 cash to J. Il. Bliss of
New York The Viznaga mine is located
in the Alamo mining district. The prop
erty has been worked the past year. A
ten-stamp mill has been running for the
last eight months and has produced con-
siderable gold" While not able to con-
firm the above report, it is very probable,
as Mr. Bliss was here recently, examin-
ed the property and expressed himself
as favorably impressed with it. They
are now developing a greater supply Of
water, which is found necessary to keep
the mill in constant operation. The
water is taken from the gulch below
the mill and raised by means of pumps.
The new purchasers and manager of
the Cedros Island mines are expected
to arrive in San Diego this week from
Chicago, when the second payment will
be made. 1t is not unlikely that they will
be in Ensenada today to make a final
transfer of the property 1t is understood
that the machinery has already been or
dered. and that work on the island will
commence Immediately. The steamer
Pacheco will probably make a trip south
to the mines in the course of a couple
OF weeks, when active preparations for
development will begin. A forty-stamp
| mill operated by electricity will be erect
ed on the island, and the ores will be
| treated by the cyanide process.-Lower
Californian.
| l.. N. Bailey who is the owner of the
| Kentuck mine at Banner, is in town,
and says that the report of the recent
rich strike in his mine is true. "It is
quite correct" said Mr.. Bailey. "that
the ore recently struck in the winze in
the Old Kentuck ledge will yield prob
| ably $500 to the ton. ] have selected a
! few specimens that will yield $4,000 to
| the ton, but of course these are select
| specimens. The ledge that will average
| $500 to the ton is about IL inches in
Width, anu was StIuCh at IIe DOICOIn OIL
| a 40-foot winze A tunnel has been driven
| on this ledge for length of IL feet; and
| so far shows the same quality of ore and
with every indication of q continuance.
When left yesterday had two men at
work and they will continue until my
return next week. The ore that has
been taken from this drift is being put
| on to the dump, and it is possible that 1
may not have crushing for several
| months. The Kentuck has three distinct
lodges, all of which have been developed,
and the one in which found the rich
ore l speak of is the original vein in the
mine. Work in the direction of the ledge
abandoned on account of the caving in
of the shaft. ft.''-San Diego Sun.
Sheriff johnson and Recorder Gruwell
are feeling particularly good just now
and the reason of it is that they have
just received word from one of their
| mines to the effect that it is rich. The
| mine in question, which is owned by the
gentlemen named and Dick Chilson, an
old prospectOr, is located forty miles
southeast of Helmet, on the easterly
slope of the San Jacinto mountains.
The ledge is about two feet thick and
assays SIPS to the ton. The ore is free
milling and inexhaustible- in quantity.
Messrs. johnson and Gruwell con-
| template making a visit to the mine
shortly, when they will in all probability
arrange for doing some development on
| the mine.-Riverside Enterprise.
! According to the latest advices from
| Alaska, the proSpectors there seem to
| be principally engaged, when they get
| warm enough, in exercising their vocal
powers upon Tennyson's song of the
/ May Queen: Il wish tn snow would
| melt and the sun come out on high; I
| m he !, Il T
| die" Only it isn't the flowers they long
| to see, but the groupings of the quartz
| ledges, and the beautiful nuggets in the
pockets. And il is fair to presume that
very many of them will be disappointed
| for the snow which covers the earth
| like mantle, must necessarily hide
much ground which does not contain
| gold mines. And no great amount of
| sympathy is felt for them, for if they are
willing to leave California, where there
| are good gold mines enough for all of
| them and where they can live like Chris
| tians, should they desire to do so, and
| rush off to torrid Africa, or frozen Alas
! ka, in search of wealth, there must be a
| "screw loose" in their organization some
| where.-State Mining Journal.
| The Eta mill on Verde creek has
| twenty-stamp quick drop mill. The
water of Oak creek will be piped under
| the Verde to furnish power All of the
machinery will be of the latest i'm
provements in free gold milling and
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