Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-01-06
Mining Intelligence.
The Little Jessie mill has be, D started sgaIu on successful run.

The Little Jessie mlll has bet n started sgaIu on successful run.
 The Little Jessie mine declared another dividend on Saturday amounting to S4,OO0. IL Is stated that arrangements have been made whereby the liens of the employees of the property have had their claims settled m full.
 J. J. Riley, who has been mining on Cherry creek for some time, says he has his property opened up now SD he can take out forty tons of ore per day, and he will leave shortly for San Francisco to purchase mill for it.
 Charles r. HoT has returned from his trip to Yavapai county. and gives a glowing account of the activity waich is apparent in mining circles iu al directions from pres- colt. New mines are constantly opening up; much new machinery Is being erected and everything ID it- cates an era of prosperous activity, eclipsing anything m the past Tucson Cltlzeu.
 The San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press says; Arizona has minin. law Uich will not allow be relocatiu-, a. rls ms to avoid a. ->- meut work. r compels the l1catrrs to d. dev,. puyrr work. Such law Is ! ulcr-z in California. and it is to b. hoped that 1t will pas. the mex, legislature.
 \ Washington J,.,gram says that from information received from off cers of the mint service and other agents employed to collect statistics as Co the production of gold and silver from the mines of the Unred states during ls96, the director of the mint estimates the producJ oi gold at S5l .j0U0DO. an increase oi S5.OOO.GOO over lS95; silver, 52OuO,- u,O to 530O0,OoO fine ounces, a de crease of from two and 3 hall to three million ounces.
 The Little Jessie property was turned over yesterday 10 4. J. Dorau, the new receiver. The mill, which has been shut down for a flaw days Tor a clean up, preparatory to the transfer, will be started up again on Monday. MT. Jones. the owner oi this valuable property, in conver- sation today expressed himself as hjgbi7 pleased with the condition uf affairs as turned over by T. G. Barlow Massicks. who has been re- ceiver for several months. The property is iu fine condition and with favorable circumstances, to run the mill. will no doubt keep up its reputation as dividend payer.
 The Plauet-Saturn compauy's mill, at Fools Guich, started up yesterday. The mine IS opened up to a depth ol 7OO feet, and there Is said to be six feet of good ore al the bottom of the shaft. Since the com pany purchased the property, about fifteen months ago, they have done about 5.ODO feet of development work. and. lt IS needless to say. that the Gwork has proven satis- factory, or they would not have gone to the expense of putting up the machinery which they have on 1t The plant for the reduction of the orc IS sad to be a very expensive one. and complete ID every respect. The company has not only thor oughly developed the mine, but they have made exhaustive e1peri nents with the ore to determine exactly the best method of treating it, and the success of the enterprise is thereby assured. Fools Gulch promises fo become one of the big gest mining camps m the territory. Apropos of the Paulist Fathers now preaching such a succ. >~ful mission in the Catholic church. We sec in the FlaEstaf Sun Dru,crat ot Dec 24: The sole object of he Fathers Is Co make men bett.r--l. mcn-white men. black men. rcd men. bad men, good men. Cathylic~, PTotest.lt-. cw-. Infdels-aii. Ih" good they hope to make iltt~ b C ter. the bal at least a little :, $, evil. and thev cont want our ch ck- ems; they have ro sinister designs on our mountain peaks. They gre not after our spare cash. They want only Co do good. Under all these circumstances, our town may be depended upon to furnish the audi ences, the missionaries will do the rest. Ia Kodak
 The K. of P. lodge installed its new officers last night, after which an elaborate banquet was served at the Schuerman House The new officers are as follows: NJ. of w, II. T. Andrews; (. C., Nm. Bunte; Y. C., John II. Robinson; Prel., .. \. Prince: NJ of F.. Ray Hill; NJ. of F., K. F. Watson; K. of R. X &, Paul P. Hastings; M. at A. Harry F.. Kaiss: I. c.. 4. Mosher; Q. c.. Jake Weber; Trustees, J. r Dillon, Geo. n Sehuerman and H. T. Andrews.
 The mountains around Prescott are still covered with snow