El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-06

was recently taken from the MONDAY
mine near Yuma, that contained S125
in gold. The rock was literally COW
cred and filled with gold.
Charles Francis, Foss and HUMPHREYS
have consolidated their claims on the
lead between the Sunol and Mormon
mines, and have let 300-foot shaft
contract to O'Neil & Crazell.-Iud.
Dem.
The Globe Belt says the big shut
down of the Old Dominion copper COM
papy was intended to hurry up the
finishing of the ella Valley road. 1t
is reported that work will be com
menced on the extension of the road in
few weeks.
Scraps of old iron are thrown into
the stream of water that flows from the
5OO-toot level in the Jerome mine and
wood that becomes petrifed, the iron
being changed or metamorphosed into
pure copper, which yields w. A. Clark
an income of $50, 900 per year.
1t is reported that some very rich
finds have been made in the Apache
Pass mining district, about four miles
south of Old Fort Bowie, near what is
known as the old Bear Spring trail, on
the Sulphur Spring side OF the noun
tain. The ore goes over "A ounces of
gold or a little over $500 per ton.
The Copper Queen company are al
mostsdaily sending employees to their
late purchase, the Morenci mines, to
take the place of the incompetent
Mexicans who have SO long been
employed there. This morning Sam
High ard I. c. Amsden left to take
positions in the smelter at that place.
a. fhnu ara both able and
smelter men.
A company called the Montezuma
Mining and Milling company, has late
ly been incorporated under the laws of
Arizona for the purpose of working
gold claims in the Huachucas belong
ing to Henry Forest. The company is
incorporated with a capital stock of
81 100000 These mines are among
the richest in Arizona, samples hav-
ing been found assaying 81 per ounce,
the ore being free milling.
The Middle March Copper company:
purposes, the acquisition of mining
claims and mineral lands and develop
ment and working of the same; capital
stock, 81 600, 600: amount actually sub
scribed, S., 524: directors, l.. j. Giro,
VIM. K. Kirk, NJ. NJ. O'Gormop, DR..
H. Bert Ellis.-Los Angeles Herald.
The mines of the above company are
located in the Drag oons near Middle
Pass upon which Me:srs. Grid and
O'GOrman have had an option for some
time. The group was owned by Post
master SydOw and Andrew Garrett and
is regarded as valuable property. Con-
siderable work has been done on these
claims and a goodly quantity of copper
ore developed.-Re
The Dragons are receiving much
attention just now from prospectors,
and the results are very encouraging.
Several copper propositions have re-
Gently been uncovered, which owing to
the high grade of the ore, and the eX-
tent of the lodges, augurs much for this
section of country in the near future,
and the successful exploration of one
property will determine to some extent
the value of others. Gold, too, always
known by prOspectOrs to exist in the
Dragons, has lately revealed itself to
the scrutinizing glance of the sleuth of
the hills and some very promising gold
properties are now being exploited in |
most inviting field for prospectors of
any section in Arizona today.
The application of the X-rays to |
studies OF the composition of metallic |
alloy was recently shown in a remark
able way by Messrs. G. L. Heycock and
w. Neville in London. The alloy ex-
permented with was one of gold and
sodium, produced by dissolving gold in
metallic sodium and then allowing the
to solidify very slowly. 1t
appeared then hard and quite uniform
in composition. When section was
cut from the solid lump. however,
placed on photographic plate and eX-
posed to the A-says, picture was OBJ
tanned showing the actual structure of
the alloy. The sodium being trans
parent to the rays while the gold was
opaque, the photograph showed that
crystalline plates of sodium traversed
he mass in different directions and
that the gold had become concentrated
the sodium plates while solidi-