Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-05-05
Weekly Collection of News Nuggets From Our Mining Camps of
 Interest to Miners.
What PrOspeciOrs and Min CTS ar Doing to Increase the Worlds Supply of Precious
 Metals.

J. T. Van Smith, inventor of new amalgamator, and Jack Green, his 1 associate, took an amalgamator out today to attach it to the mill st Clark & Adams old saw mill. The special claim made for this anal gamator is that it will save fine and four gold.
 Twenty men are employed at the Gladiator mine at present, and the mil is running twelve hours per day. The company has an abund- ance of water at present, and 1t IS stated by parties in a position to know, that excellent results are be- ing obtained. The mine never looked so we'll as 1t does at present, and IS improving with every foot of work done. The management has been extremely fortunate in securing the services of E. M. Foltz as superin tendent, as the success now being achieved is very largely due to bis intelligent and very sytematic su- pervision of the property during the past year or two. Mir. Foltz is a practical miner and thoroughly un- stands his business.
 Mark Murphy, an experienced and practical miner, IS In town from the Gladiator mine, where he is em- ployed. Mir. Murphy was formerly superintendent of the Peck mine, and when acting in that capacity was the first to recommend running 1 a cross cut from the vein, which was being worked, for the purpose of opening up another vein of ore, which he felt sure existed a short ! distance from the one from which so much silver was taken from this l fsmons mine. Thls cross cut was run, and the vein of ore was dis covered, just as Mir. Murphy had predicted. While be cannot see any i further into the ground than any other man, his years of experience in mining, together with the condi- ! tions which he found to exist there | in the formation, and the trend of ! the vein, made it certainty in his
 mind that this vein existed. Con siderable very rich ore was taken
 out of if.
 The Tombstone proSpector tells of
 the discovery recently in the Mule
 mountains of real lost mine. 1t
 says: "A rich strike has been made
 in the Mule mountains, sixteen miles
 from Tombstone, or, rather, an
 abandoned workings has been re-
 located, which gives evidence oi
 being a yeritable bonanza. To this
 is attached a little bit of history.
 h the year 1872 J. N. McDonough
 of this city, located mine iu the
 Mule mountains which he designated
 as the "Black Jack" and which
 promised such alluring returns
 flom the very grass roots that a
 force Of men were put to work and
 two shafts sunk, 65 and 70 feet re
 spectively, cross cutting at intervals
 and were inspired to continue theiI
 explorations by a good sized ort
 body and fabulously encouraging
 assays. Those were the days whef
 Chief Cochise was monarch of all
 he surveyed and the Mules appeared
 to have a special attraction for tho willy old reprobate; those were tho
 days that tried mems hearts and
 nerves, and many brave pioneer
 has been lighted back to the secur-
 ity of Fort Huachncha from the signal lights of Cochise's rowing
 brigands. Mir. McDonough realized
 that he had a good thing In th'
 "BIack Jack" property, but not be
 ing able to employ an army in hi defense, and as the encroachment o
 the Indians were becoming nor
 formidable each day. he concluded that discretion was the better par
 of valor and accordingly, abandoned Mules to the marauding wards o
 our uncle. Removing all para phernalia of a prospecting outfit
 the finding of the mine agaln afte the lapse of many years was no eas, task; but Mir. McDonough still haC hopes, and only last week, whil
 conversing with the writer, signifet i his intention of soon making search for the ideal of his dream the "Black Jack". Yesterday ther came to Tombstone 8 sun tanned denizen of of the mountains-Gec ! Bernard is his name-his fac wreathed iu smiles and bis whol, being aglow with the success of hay . ing "struck it richl" He had a fev
 assays made which gives result much greater than his fondest hope anticipated, running high in gold silver and copper. He was theI willing to make the secret of hi good fortune known, and while re counting the manner of discover, and describing the surrounding country. Mir. McDonoough realized
 that his long lost 'Black Jack" ha, at last been found. Mir. Beruar' has cleaned out the old shaft, in tn bottom of which he has three foo , ledge of high grade ore. He vii begin shipping ore immediately.