Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-13
Mining Intelligence.

town ZJJ teet, aud at thls depth | 'verythlng indicates permaneney ks \ deed was filed for record today 1 rom E. F. Roberts, of Jerome, tn | Silas T. Lowry. of Decatur, Illinois, Tor the Side Issue mining claim, near Jerome, the consideration be- ing Sl50.
 The Graham Guardian says the mines in the Aravaipa canyon are attracting considerable attentioR, and within year a camp of 1000 people will be located there.
 Another shipment of Telephone ore went through Monday. A ear load of HaTshal ore Is now ready for transportation to tho shelter, and several chloriders will keep the big teams going during the week. Prospector.
 The Providence Mining Company has the shaft in its Annie mins down 340 feet, and has a solid b, dy of sulphuTets four feet wide at that depth. The company already has enough ore blocked out to keep its ten-stamp mill in operation for the next two or three years without an other foot of development work.
 It was reported yesterday, on what seemed good authority, that the Gro mines of Gro Bianco dis trict, had been sold to Philadelphia parties, the price being Sl50,C00. The expert returned from the mines last week, and it is said, advised the immediate purchase of the property. The Gro mines have been producers for some time, and are considered a bonanza.-Star.
 MaJor Geo. H. Sission, one of the principal stock holders of the Table Mountain Mining Co, arrived from Aravaipa Tuesday, and went tO Tue son. We learn from independent sources that one hundred and sixty men are already employed on the new road to the mines, and that the force men may be increased Active development work is also being prosecuted iu the mines. - Wilcox News.
 Encouraging progress is being made at the Grand Reef. A fine road 10 the mine has been com pleted. Day light was struck iu the air shaft Sunday. The boilers and air compressors lately ordered are now on the way from New York. Manager J. W. Payne is very reIi- cent. but from what we can learn, the property gives promise of de- veloplng into one of the greatest producers of the West Wilcox Range News.
 The last heavy storm filled Geo. C. WaddelPs niue, on Copper creek, with debris and washed away from fifteen to twenty tons of good mill ing ore and about two tons of ship ping ore from the dump down the canyon Large pieces of his lead ore were found a mile down the canyon from the mine, while bouid- CTS weighing ton or more were deposited near the mouth of his tunnel.
 J. W. Jackson has returned from Squaw creek, where he has been em- ployed by E. s. Thurston. He says that Mir. Thurston has a large force of men employed in developing his mine. and in preparing for the cree ton of the mill. 1t IS proposed to build the mill of brick. The loca- tion of the mill is about l,S00 feet from the mine and at an altitude of about 1000 to 1,200 feet lower 4 tramway will be built to carry the ore from the tramway to the mill.
 A strike of very rich ore is report ed from the divide between Lynx creek and the Hassayampa. Parties familiar with that section will re- member a dyke which runs through the country. A stranger was pros pecting there a few days ago and out of curosity broke off piece of rock from this dyke and to his sur prise found it glistening with particles of gold. The side ex- posed to the weather was covered with moss while the other side was literally studded with gold. He also secured some quartz which was very rich in gold. He located a claim and will developit.
 Supt. Ben Jones Is in receipt of 6 letter from the general land office at Washington stating that inas- much as Surveyor Logan has dis appeared, leaving the survey of the coal fields on the reservation un finished, his bondsmen are expected to complete it aud that instruction: have been forwarded to the sur veyor generals office or the terri tory to appoint an experienced draftSmaD, to be accepted by said bondsmen, and under their diree tion the survey must be completed at once. As soon as this is done gnd the survey approved at Wash ington these coal fields will bt thrown open to locations.-Grahan Guardian.
 A placer miner out in the vicinity of Willow creek, just west ot town a short distance, secured $50 worth of gold and nuggets by few days work recently. Finds of this kind have been made periodically Tn that section during the past few years although no systematic placer min. ing has been engaged ih. During the summer of 1898, when work uu the construction of the railroad was temporarily stopped, on account of ] the financial panic, number of A. T Hughes men made good wages by placer mining ill the gulches there. There are scores and scores of gulches in Arizona where good wages can be made today by placer mining.
 The hoisting engine of the BlacL Warrior Copper Company, in Web ster Gulch, was blown up on Mon day morning about o'clock by some unknown miscreant. Giant powder was placed under each of the two cylinders of the engine and exploded few moments apart. The renorts were distinctly heard at tha