Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-08-18
Mining Intelligence.

ThSuas Nagee, of San Francisco, we'll known as . conservative busi- ness man and careful observer, who accompanied his son to Dyea, writes to the Associated Press from that point to the effect that the ignorance displayed by the crowds fockIng to the Klondyke fields is lamentable. Of four hundred passengers who sailed with him on board the steamer George W. Elder. half of whom were from San Francisco, not one in twenty had definite information as to how to reach their destination. While the routes were we'll known the details and conditions to be met with were not considered, most of the searchers for wealth hoping to settle all doubts and uncertainties when they reached Juneau. Instead however, further confusion IS created by the appalling statement that there were only two routes, each of which necessitated to en- counter apparently insurmountsble difficulties. There were plenty of advocates for both routes at Juneau, but both of them were found to be by interested parties. The two starting points, DyeS and Skagnay, are separated by four miles of salt water. The Dyes trail goes over Chilcoot Pass, which involves a climb of $500 feet, while the other which is not yet completed, has 8 2,650 foot climb, over White Pass, and besides being six miles longer, is boggy in places.
 Mir. Lou Scanland, one of the pioneers of New Mexico and Ari- zona, has developed what promises to be one of the biggest copper-gold mines in the southwest. The mine is situated Tn the Chiricahua noun tains, and the latest shipment of ore to the shelter at Fl Paso gave returns of l6 per cent copper and x6 per ton in gold. This is in ear load lots. The mine is under bond to California parties and the sale will without doubt be consummated. The many friends of Mir. Scanland will be glad to hear of bis good fortune.-Prospector.
 A telegram from Denver says: It is probable that the great silver mines at Creede, Colorado, will be closed down on account of the low price of silver, unless railroad and smelting rates are reduced. Several conferences have been held between the mine owners and the smelter and railroad officials, and, it is said, the latter evinced a disposition to make every concession possible in order to keep the mines in opera tion. 1t is also understood that the miners at Creede are willing to accept a reduction in wages from 8 day of eight hours, to $2.75 in wet mines and $250 in dry, rather than have the mines closed.
 A four horse wagon load of what appeared to be concentrates arrived in Prescott at noon today. A man with a double barreled shot gun was seated on top of the load, but whether as a guard or not was not learned.
 Reports from Minnehaha Flat are that Al McCann is making success in treating the ore from the For tuna mine by the cyanide process. MT. McCann has been a diligent student in the past to mineralogy and we are pleased to hear that his labors are at last realized in hand ling the base ores of this section.
 A telegram from Bedding, Cali. fornia says: William Maitland, of the Nash mines on the head of Coffee creek, came down last night on his way to San Francisco and corroborates the report of the last rich strike. Another gentleman also came m to say that it was a fact that Carter, the miner left in charge of Graves brothers property on Morrison gulch had taken out