Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-11-10
Weekly 0lleeti0n Of News Nuggets From Our Mining Camps of
 Interest to Miners.

'%t-A' -'r What Prospeefors and Miners ar
 Doing Co Increase the Worlds
 Supply of Precious
 Metals
 \ new mining district has just been formed on the Mohaye desert, to pe called the "Begg Mining Dis triet."
 1t is said that the Fl Gro gold mine, lJ0 mile, from the city of Mexico, Is paying net profit of S400,0CO per month.
 h the recorders office today a deed from S. L. Reilly to Peter O'Leary for the Golden Rule mine. mine, located in Hassayampa dis trict, was filed secord.
 At Nacosari, the Copper Queen Go. are building narrow guage road four miles long to connect the mine and smglter site. A tunnel 5000 feet long will carry the road right under tho mine, and the ore will go down Co the ears m chutes. -Prospector.
 MT. Gleason, one Of the owners ol the King ol Arizona miue, near Yuma, is in town. and states that every foot sunk on the Gine, opens it up richer. This is a great paying property. and means much for the development oi Yuma county Tuscon Star
 An option contract was filed in ! the recorders office today from l.. E. Allen ct al 10 the lroquis mining company for the Emmet mine, loca- ted in Mineral Point mining dis trict. The contract price Is Sl5,000
 The coal mines at Raton, \. M. are reported to be immense, cover ing an area of 900 square miles, coal measure. As coking coal 1t Is re- ported equal, if not superior, to the Connelsville, Pa. product.
 Arizona is to be the principal copper producer ot the world. Sho will be second in production this present year, and " II lead all other geographical divisions before the close of the century.-Star.
 An important strike has been made at the mouth of Crestone Canyon, Colorado. In a tunnel at fifty feet vein three and oue-h2ll feet of copper and gold ore has been exposed. Experienced miners ply- nounce 1t one of the best ore bodies opened in that section. The claim Is owned by Ira Marshall.
 Probably the wettest miue in Gel orado, says the Denver Mining Tn dustry and Review. IS the Free Sjl- yer, al Aspen. It is said to flow ! 2,S00 gallons per minute. This Is equal to almost 4.GOOO00 gallons in twenty-'our hours-enoug to sup ! ply a city of 10000 people.
 The San Jaciuto. Cal. Sun says that the mil ant all of tbe ma chinery for the mine uf Prof. E B. Oakley and Harmaa X Son, in the Tauqnjtz district, arrived at tle depot last week, and as soon as hr. 1 Nertres arrives from the east it will be removed to the mine and put in operation.
 The Denver Mining Record says that the development of the teTii- tory between Salida and Cripple Creek, covering the camps of Fresh water, Badger, Nelson, Cameron, ! Whitehorn, Cat GuIch, Turrett and l Harrington, promises to make an important addition Go the output o5 the state and materially extend the mineral producing area of Central | Colorado. Both gold and silver are found therein.
 Work on the development of the Baumann group of fourteen mines, in the Augua Fria. will begin on November l6. The parties who have taken bond on the mines are east ern capitalists who have plenty of money to put into development. As a result we can look forward to some interesting reports from that | section.
 Articles of incorporation of the Decatur copper mining company were filed for record today. The incorporators are: Frank r. Wells. w. B. Gabbert. Chas. ". Devore. Sami Morthland, Ed W. Hill. E W. Barkman, Jennie B. Taylor, Geo. R. Bacon, Wesley S. Owen and $. T. Lowry. The place of business Je. rome and tte capital stock is S2O00- 900 divided into 100000 shares of Sl each. The new company pro poses to mine on a large scale.
 The Copper Queen, at Bisbee, ac- cording to the PheniX Republican, has reached a depth of 500 feet, the workings in five levels being very extensive. Every innovation calcu- lated for the benefit of the men below has been and is being con sidered. The company's pay roll at Bisbee is the largest of any in tho territory, containing over I,I00 names, all of Sl00000 being paid out monthly in wages. The treat ment of employees by the Bisbee company Is very liberal, a generally admitted fact.
 \ plan 10 revolutionize hydraulic mining in California, and to ter mins.e the fight of years between mountain and valley, has been evolved by J. A. Filcher, of San