Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-01-20
MINING INTELLIGENCE
Some Interesting DOIlSS in ths YarIOGs
 DiStheS Surrounding This City.
EAal0ld Producers arc Doing and EGtss
 From EsT Discoveries.

work the iailings from the NulturC mine, of which there Is said to be nearly l0,0OO tons.
 The recent high water washed out a section of the Cooperative Mining eompAny's pipv line neat Rumble Bee, which will cause a slight delay in the operations of that company.
 The Vulture mine which has been in litigation for some time, was sold al sheritFs sale iu PheniI. January l2. R. II. Hieronyamus, of Spring field. Ohio, was the purchaser, the price paid being Sl5,0m.
 4 deed has been filed for record from J. w. Wilson to The Conti- mental Trust Company for his in- terest in ten onyx claims, the con siderAtion named being $l.00 and other valuable consideration.
 A deed was filed for record from K. H. BurmisteT and wife 10 the Agua Fria Copper company for the Copper Mountain mine, and the Copper Mountain First Extension South, AguA Fria district. s.- con slderAtion named being SAu
 It is reported that machinery for S mill for the Silver Trail mine has been orderet. and that lt will be built as soon as received. It will have rap,C.ty Of sixty tons daily and will De equipped with concen- trators.
 It is sad that the owners of the Poland Hamilton mine, on Big Bug, have decided to eXpend several thou sand dollars more developing that property to a greater depth. The above mine Is one of the big prop critics of this county, the showing of ore already in it being enormous.
 The Jerome News IS authority for the statement that the net profits of the United Verde mines, at Je- rome, for lSss6. were SS,500,0OO. This estimate IS under, rather than over, the exact figures.
 The Lottie mine on Big Bug is improving with every foot of deVel- opment work done. The deepest workings now are 2l0 feet and st this depth they have 8 fine body of ore which gees $25 per ton. The ten stamp m,ll of the property is working away day and night and the camp is quite lively.
 Dewitt, Olds < Kreuger are work ing the Little Annie mine, about eight miles from Prescott, in Thumb Butte district. They are down fifty feet, and the result IS quite sstisfac- tory to the owners. Development will be pushed on the property for some time yet.
 The New York World says that an important mining deal has been ar ranged in that city, by which the Tom Boy gold mine, of San Miguel county, Colorado, has passed into the hands of the Rothschilds Com pany, the same one which put E5,- OO0OOO in the AnacondA copper mines
 Robert Roland located a claim in the Bradshaw mountains about . year ago, with which he is well enough pleased to go ahead and do some more development work. At present he has only the ten feet of work done required before recording the claim, but in doing that he en- couniered a good strong ore vein, which, al the bottom of the shaft, is one foot and halt wide and assays S45 per ton. The claim IS called the Blue Jay, and he thinks he has the making of a mine.
 A fine new boiler for the Lynx creek amalgamating machine and steam shovel arrived on yesterdays train and will be taken out to the company's works and placed in position as soon as the roads are ID condition. MT. Massichz -Ied up the hydra Ilic plant a 'e avs ago with a E. d head of wat. and has prospects ahead for mrk,lg a good run. It has been SeTersl years since th. re has been sufficient storm to e1a'te them to make a run there of any nSiderable length.
 The 4OO-,pot level of the Crowned kiuS mine shows better ore than an, ot the upper levels, thus keeping up its reputation of improving with depth. Each sue cessiye level of this mine has shown up a larger body and better ore than the preceding one, and the prediction, often made that 1t will prove one of the best properties in the territory seems certain of reSli- zation. The mill continues to run and new machinery will be added to the propepy in the spring. The Mammoth vein owned by this com pany is several feet in width and the ore of good grade.
 An important strike of rich ore has been made in the Little Jessie mine recently, and that property is looking better than ever. Re ceiver 4. J. Dorsn, ,ince taking charge has been opening up new ground, and the property IS in fue condition now for future dividends for some months to come. IL is confidently expected that all the debts of the company will be paid of within the next three months when a portion of the surplus from the mine will be expended in i'm proving the property and in making extensive development work.
 Since Otto MergenthAler, the In- veutor of the great line casting ma chine m printing. has taken hold of s property in Mint valley district, that section shows great activity in mining. Robert F.. Moore is sup erintendent of the Bald Butte mine, the property purchased by Mir. Merganthaler, and he has . tunnel in on the ledge 2O7 feet. At this point he crosscutted the ledge 26 feet without striking either wall. Tba nra ia c-nDi pya1a and Mr