Arizona republican., 1898-06-02

! Mr.. F. M. Bradley OF San Francisco,
also by Mr.. c. M. Rolker, and as a re-
suit of their reports it is rumored that
! the owners of the property refused
s., 900 for it.
Ed Cook, an old time Mohave min
er, died in Kingman a few days ago.
The Burro and Telegraph mines, on
Burro creek, have been sold to w. H.
Day of Denver. Consideration was
s15, 900.
Hon. Burt Dunlap is in Tucson from
Arivapai. He speaks encouragingly of
that section and especially of the activ-
ity in mines and mining.
The Los Angeles Review states that
a company which shipped quartz mill
by boat down the river from Needles
to Gier's landing, Arizona, lost the mill
The boat was split wide open by run
ming into rocks, and the mill went to
the bottom in 40 tsof water.
Our Mineral weahh records the pas
sage through Kineman of an ancient
mariner appearing prospectpr@ who.
with a burro outfit came all the way
from Fresno, and was bound for. Pres
colt. His name is George Peacock"
and he is hunting good .mlning field.
The following gentlemen have been
appointed by President Daniel of the
Los Angeles board of trade, delegates
to the international mining congress
to be held at Salt Lake City July 6, z,
Is and 9, next: Mr.. Hancock Banning,
[chairman; Messrs. C. B. Boothe, G. E.
Nolan, r. H. Heron and A. A. Bailey.
The late William Patton is believed
| to have received the largest salary
! ever paid to a mining superintendent
| in the United States. He was paid
| 100000 a year as superintendent Of
what is known, or rather what was
known, as the bonanza group of the
Comstock, Nevada, and which COM
prised the Best and Belcher, Ophir,
Consolidated Virginia, California and
Mexican. Each of these mining prop
critics was taxed $1,000 month to pay
Mr. Patton's salary.
Messrs. Thomas Hughes and Arthur
Simkins returned Monday from the
Azurite copper mines, and report
strike of rich ore to the north of the
main workings, in new and heretofore
unopened ground. This strike consists
OF a large body of high grade copper
ore, carrying both gold and silver.
The dimensions of the ore body could
not be ascertained, as work on it 50
| far has not been able to reach the
| limits. 1t is, however, thought that a
| large chamber has been opened up,
similar to that which produced So
| largely in the years of 1895 and 1896
In every instance where prospecting
has been done ore has been encoun-
tered in quantities that promise to
| make these mines prominent in the
copper industry of Arizona. 1t is con-
sidered by every mining man who goes
over the workings of the Azurite mines
that there is now enough ore in sight
Ito keep a smelter running for many
years.
Frank M. Barnes left for Colorado
recently to collect $4,000 in hard
cash, the result of selling silver-lead
mine. Mr.. Barnes is miner in every
sense of the word. He is practical
miner and a rock sharp. Single hand
ed he drove a tunnel 900 feet through
hard rock in, the mine he has Just sold
and determined the value OF the prop
erty. His studies of geology and. min
eralogy are founded on the locks
themselves as he has inspected and
analyzed them in their native state.
Barnes stands out in bold rellef as the
only book-read man me have met VINO
makes theory and practice an aid to
each other in mining. He will return
to Mohave county in the fall fully pre-
uared to reap the gold harvest from
his gravel mines on the river near
Temple Bar. He is very enthusiastic
over the gravel mines up and down
the river from Temple Bar, and thinks
that therein lies the wealth OF Oph1r.
Mineral Wealth.