Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1898-06-10

any amount of ore, and, in this
country OF cheap labor, they are bound
to receive large profits"
The receipts of gold dust and bull
lion from Lower California in San
Diego for May are greatly in excess
of the previous months.
The pay roll of the Senator mine, in
San Diego county, is nearly $4,000 per
month, and the mine is considered fine
property, the ore averaging $40 per ton
in the mill.
The owner of the Merrimac and
conner mines near Kingman, Ariz.,
recently refused an offer of $3.50, 900 for
the two mines, as he could see more
money than that in the mines them
selves.
A sale Of the Cureux group of mines
at Mountain City, Elko. county, is
about to be effected to c. d. Lane. The
price agreed upon is $4,000. More
than that amount of ore is said to be
uncovered.
A new placer district has been dis
covered between San Diego and Dull
zura. One nugget, worth $12, was
picked up by the locators. Dry wash
ers have been taken in to do further
prospecting.
The mine in the, middle of the side
walk on Butte avenue, Randsburg, Is
down forty feet, and grows better as
sinking progresses. Three tons of ore
after being milled Welded seven
ounces of gold.
From Randsburg comes information
that the Yellow Aster mine has pro-
duced $4,000 per month for the last
three months, while over 100000
pounds of ore are taken from themines
per day. In Garlock they pay cut
$4,000 per month and in Randsburg
twice that sum.
The renowned Dead Horse mine, the
deepest and one of the best paying
properties in Tuolumne county, keeps
forty men steadily employed A few
weeks hence the 1500-foot level will
have been reached, when drifting will
begin. The main shaft is down nearly
100 feet. The Dead Horse Is owned
by Alvinza Hayward and the Hobart
estate. ]. Davis, formerly of jackson,
Amador county, is the superintendent.
Picacho is new gold mining camp
in San Diego county, eight miles from
Yuma, where new 14O-stamp mill is
to be erected on the Colorado river,
and narrow gauge railroad from the
Picacho district to the mill will be
built The ore Is low grade, but there
are immense quantities of the quartz.
A hundred-ton cyanide plant has al
ready been put in at one of the mines.
This section has been idle for many
years, until recent discoveries brought
1t into renewed prominence.
Development is progressing on the
tim mine discovered some time ago by
D. B. McIver, at Poway, in San Diego
county. At present. work is confined
to ascertaining it's boundaries. For a
tin mine 1t is simply immense, cover
ing about five acres on the surface.
The future development of the prop
erty is regarded as quite important to
Southern California. The assays
show, besides large percentage of
tin, roughly estimated at five per cent,
considerable quantity of gold, enough
to justify the working of the mine for
this alone.
The Calaveras Prospect says there
seems to be great revival in the
mining industry in and about West
Point Of late, and from all accounts
that town is on the verge of a mining
boom such as 1t had in 1888. The
lodges in that district, as a rule, are
small, but the ore Is Of high grade,
and rebellious at the water level, re-
Quiring different method of treat
ment. West Point has a record of
having produced over 100000 Of
the yellow metal, and some of it's
mines have yielded from $250,OOO to
100000.
Development work in the mining
regions of Southern California and adj
jacent sections has been very little
affected by the war, the only cases
where the war has had any influence
on this industry having been one or
two trades with European or Eastern
parties, which have been temporarily
suspended. On the other hand. devel-
opment work backed by local capital
goes ahead as If nothing had hap
pened, There is, indeed, no reason
why this industry should be affected
by the war, as, however long it may
last, gold will certainly not be worth
any less than it Is at present.
Prof. Blake, territorial geogolist OF
Arizona, recently discovered huber
mite" in the Dragon Mountains, and
has since made special report Of the
matter to the government. The dis
covery is unique in It's way, as the de-
posits Of hubernite are rather rare,
and the ore is in such demand that It
sells readily at price ranging from
$50 to 800 per ton. The mineral is a
combination of tungsten and mangan-
csc, with only little iron oxide In it.
1t weighs heavily, being seven and a
half times as dense as water. Manu-
facturers of steel regard new discover
les of the mineral with pleasure, as &c
Is usd In their product.