Arizona republican., 1898-02-17

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 ARIZONA'S GOLD OUTPUT.
 It is Placed Too Low By a Recent Re
 port Issued by Wells Fargo.
 q notice that Wells, Fargo & Co. have issued their statement giving the gold output of the different states ard territories for 1S97," said a mining zona is credited with s3,392, ,991 by the express company. To me this is long way from the right figures, and think I know what is going on about as well as anyone I know that the Commonwealth mine at Pearce is rec ognized as the richest gold and silver producer in the world. There the out put of gold last year was about $3,- 100000 alone. This leaves S392 991 for the United Verde at Ierome Congress, La Fortuna, Crowned King and hun dred or two other producers of gold in the territory. The Crowned King produced that much without the help Of the others, and thus we have the Commonwealth and the Crowned King producing what the express con- pany says was the output of the en- tire territory for 1S97
 "The United Verde at Jerome last year produced 3eO,0OO,O 900 pounds of copper and s1.OO0,OOO of gold" con- tinued he. "The ledge at the present depth of the mine, which is 800 feet, is 400 feet wide. This is the biggest mine in the world. La Fortuna. down in Yuma county, produced over s1,- 100000 last year; the King of Arizona since it started last June has produced S200,00, and Congress had an output last year of about a million. Then there are all the gold producers in Yavapai county, such as the Lynch creek placers, McCabe, Little Jessie. Lottie, Annie, Jersey Lilly and hun dreds of others scattered throughout the territory. I think the output of gold in this territory last year was SS,0OO, O,OOO," concluded the mining man.
 The figures given out by Wells Fargo are accepted everywhere as the actual output of the territory, while as matter of fact the figures they give represent only that portion of the territory's gold output shipped to the mint through their agencies in Ari- zona. It represents the amount of gold amalgamated and run into bars. It does not include the hundreds of tons of gold ore shipped out to the smelters. Congress ship ped a great many carloads of ore to Pueblo and other smelters last year. The Little Jessie and many other Yavapai county mines ship ore every week. This fact makes it impossible to give the exact out put of the territory, and the figures of Wells, Fargo & Go. are far from being correct. Probably the estimate of the mining man quoted above better rep resents the gold output for 1897. The Republican representatives in travelling over the territory during 1897 obtain ed a good idea of what each mine was producing, although the figures given them were not given to the public in many cases as a request from the mine owners. In figuring up the out put of the different mines the aggre- gate reaches in the immediate neigh borhood of sS,OOO,OOO.
 
 It is hard matter to get the exact output of any mine Mine owners and superintendents do not object to giv- ing you any information about the mine and the milling facilities, but when it comes to the output they be- come as mum as Yuma oyster 'Ur in Canada things are run in a differ ent way" said mining man who was discussing mines with The Republi- can reporter. There we are com pelled to have an office open to all corners, and our books must give the exact output of the mine and be kept on hand ready to be handed over tc any person to examine when a reques is made. They are very strict there and the liberties the government law. give the people is annoying to mine operators"
 NEW PLACER MINING MACHINE It Will be Placed in Operation Nea
 Breckenridge, Colorado.
 R. R. Sterling, a mining engineer O Breckenridge, Colo. is stopping at tn St. James hotel. ''The prospects arr that our section of the state will shil an exceptionally large amount of gol' ore this year, he said last evening "A mining company is putting in tw