Arizona republican., 1897-10-17


 mining property that is for sale, please write to or call upon the min ing editor of the Arizona Republican.
 THE METAL MARKET.
 New York, Oct. 16.3Silver eertif- cates, 5SA@59A; silver bars, 5SA; Mexican dollars, 441s.
 SNOW IN MINING CAMPS.
 First of the Season in the Northern
 Districts
 Reports are from New Mexco that the first snow of the season fell on Saturday last in the various mining camps in the northern part of the territory and miners are preparing heir winter quarters. At HopaWell few days ago, while doing the ss- sessment work on the Ruby, new To- cation on fractional claim wing bc- tween the Buckhorn on the south and the Little Alice on the northwest Jay w. Woods found a streak Of de- composed henatite tale, which pan ned remarkably well, showing about fifty colors to about one pound of the tale, the schist also showing well.
 The placers at Hopewell are still making good returns. and are being worked from twenty to fifty above the bed of the creek level on the steep slope of the schist, where noth ing but disintegratsd seEist can be found, and are paying well. There is placer att he mouth of Eurska gulch which will give those who have the Klondyke fever an oppor- tunity to experiment in winter placer digging. It is virgin ground, the gravel is about thirty feet deep, and pans from grass roots, and bed rock has never been touched. There are nearly 200 acres of this auliferous gravel and plenty of water in the gravel to hydraulic by using gaso' inc or steam pump and tank. IL will at least cost less than a trp to Alaska, and operators might get the experi- ence without the other drawbacks. THE WORLDS OUTPUT OF GOLD. The Average Observer Does Not
 Know How it is Increasing.
 1.-The average observer said R w Smythe of New York to a Denver Republican 1sssfFeeer4ssss s.,4kss he makes a special study Of thss matter has no idea of the rapidity with which the production of gold is inc easing The worlds output of geld in 1896 was in the neighborhood Of $20O, ,oGO,- 900. This year it will oe between S235 ,00O,0 900 and $40, 0,000000 an in- of r figures from the estimates from the different gold producing regions of the world based upon the actual work now being done These estimates give the United States S60, COG, GOO, South Africa and Australasia S50,- 100000 each, Alaska $8,000, 900 and the rest of the world, Siberia, Russia, Chi na. Mexico and South America, about .S7O, ,OO0, GOO.
 Estimates of these out 4of the way districts are necessarily unreliable, owing to the prevailing icondi!tions and the lack of system whereby much of the gold secured can be hidden by the producers. 1t is liable to run away above the estimate I am in clined to the belief that the produc- tiOn of Alaska is over estimated, and the amount credited to the United States is too small. Colorado will probably produce $24, 4,00O,000 and Cal ifornia $20, 0,000000 and I think that $1S,00O,000 is too low an estimate for Utah. Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada New Mexico, Idaho, Washington, Ore gon, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, all of which states are producing more or less gold. l: is rather interesting thing to figure up the probable production of the world a few years hence if the pres ent rate of increase is maintained which there is every reason to believe it will be as the gold producing area is being enlarged much more rapidly than the older districts reach the linn it of production.
 "Estimating the annual increase a 20 per cent per annum, in 1898 the output may be reasonably expected to be s2SS, ,OOO, 900; in 1899, s345, ,O00, 900; in 1900, $415, ,O00, ,0G0; in 19J1 $500, 100000, and in 1902, $500, 900 It has been frequently stated by sci entists that gold is the most univers ally distributed element in existence and now that the search for it ha been so greatly stimulated and tn methods of extraction so much sim pinned and cheapened It IS not unT ca sonab1e to expect a wonderful in crease in production. It seems to nl that herein lies the solution of tn silver question, and I believe tha within ten years it will be shown tha gold is the most plentiful metal an that there will be a strong reaction over the entire world in favor of sil yer"
 MINING MACHINERY PATENTS List of Those Granted in Sept5mbe
 of Interest to Mining Men.
 The following patents affecting tn mining industry were granted durin tho week ending Sent 22 1897.