Arizona republican., 1897-11-23
THE METAL MARKET.

THE METAL MARKET.
 New York, Nov. 22.-Silver ce1,ifi- cates. 5S@59: silver bars, 5S; MeX;cah dollars, 45%; lead strong, $3.5o; ex- change. S3.S5; copper, quiet and un- changed.
 MINING IN YAVAPAI.
 Notes of Interest Picked Up By the
 Republicans Traveller
 Prescott, Nov. 21.-(Special cores pondence of The Republican, .)-There is no gainsaying the proposition that Yavapai county is the best of Ari- zona's counties in respect of mining. To do it complete justice would take week after week of traveling and col umn after column of The Repubf- can. In previous letters references have been made to mining matters by the writer and others have dwelt at length on the subject as it relates to Yavapad. It will bear repetition every week.
 Early this month I furnished about two columns touching upon the Con- gress district, Yarnel1, Stanton, liar qua Hala, etc, all in the southern sec ton of the cunty. Before entering upon a description of other sections I will present a few figures gathered in the offices of the board of super vfsors and county recorder, the off cials of these departments gladly fur nishing the data
 Prior to May A, 1893, down to the early sixties forty books of record have filled with location entries, a fair estimate of the number being 24,0O0. From May 24, 1893, the esti- mated number of locations made and recorded is in round numbers 4,5O0, or a total in thirty-seven years of 28,- 500 location filings in Yavapai coun- ty. This number, if anything, is short of the aggregate. According to the tax roll ther is 197 patented mines in the county covering 3,15S 67-10O acres in extent. Valuation, $264, ,174, on which the present tax levy is $3.40. Outside of Chino, Lonesome and Verde valleys, the stretches of prai- rie land are Williamson, Kirkland and Peoples valleys, the last men tioned being comparatively small, the whole being but one-fourth of the acreage. The other three-fourths is made up of mountainous district in which lies untold wealth in copper, gold and silver. Development in the former almost wholly rests in the operations of the United Verde Cop per Mining company, which now turns out 6,0O0,0OO pounds of copper bullion monthly. Estimates put the percentage of gold and silver extract ed to the ton at the Verde at fully $10. While in Phoenix recently gentleman of prominence suggested to the writer that before the end of the present century the Bradshaws would be lighted their entire length by furnace fires of copper smelters. Such being the fact it would appear that, while all are in Yavapai, the United Verde will have a competitor in the volume of output in the Brad shaws. Taking the United Verde product alone, today, and figuring the copper as above quoted and note the values. have not at my command figures respecting the gold and silver output but it runs up pretty close in value to that of the copper. Did it occur to the reader the amount of money expended dn getting out and treating ores; the sums paid flor ma chinery and all the auxiliaries incl dent thereto?
 Three-ifths of the voters in Yava- pal county are directly associated with mining, which means as well the freighting interests involving em- ployment of teamsters. The whole business is one of great magnitude and only an inspection of the various districts can fully satisfy the seeker for knowledge. Without digressing further I will proceed to introduce a number of mining propositions, leav- ing others for future but early ref erence.
 Going out the road leading to the Crowned King we first find on the upper Hassayampa ten miles from Prescott the Sun Dance Mining and Milling company, which company re- gently gave a trust deed in favor of c. F. Harding of Colorado on seven claims for $42,000,000. Ostensibly dhis means an advance in certain amount for nine months in view of needsd work involving development and ma chinery to be added. The Sun Dance is a mile below the Senator and has been worked irregularly.
 Eleven miles south of Prescott is the Senator mill of twenty stamps only ten of which are working the supply of ore being short. It is un- derstood that a clean up is now ir progress, preparatory to a new starr in few days. This proposition is controlled by the Commercial Mill ing and Mining company, James Doug lass, son of Prof. Douglass, who k identified with the Copper Queen con- solidated, a corporation in which Phelps, Dodge & Go. have control
 ling interest, as they do in the Sen ator. The Senator has been workins some seven years, principal values il gold. The company's hoist is sCm thousand feet above the Hassayamp; from which ore descends to the mill A tunnel has an outlet near the mill from which ore is brought. Over on hundred thousand dollars have bee1 invested in the properties controlle' IrA-