Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1898-06-11
NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.

John Hanlon of Prescott is at the
Crown Point.
George P. Harrington of the Crown
ed King is visiting Prescott.
Thomas L. Darby, a prominent Dem
yer mining man, has been visiting in
Jerome.
W. A. Clark, the Jerome capitalist,
lis looking over the great coal plant
which is being developed at Clarks-
vile, near Gallup.
A postoff1ce has been established at
the Middlemarch Mining company's
camp in the Dragons, and Charles
Lawrence has been appointed as first
postmaster.
James Shea, the well known mining
man and one of the lucky owners of
the San Miguelita mine, Sonora, was
in Bisbee recently on his way home
from San Francisco. Mr.. Shea has
lately taken to himself one of the fair
daughters of our sister republic and is
now in the ranks of the benedicts.
Reports from the Azurite copper
mines are of the most encouraging ma
ture 1t is now stated that a rich
strike of the ore has been made in the
north of the main workings in new
ground. While the dimensions of the
ore body have not been ascertained, it
| is believed to be of large proportions,
very similar to that made in 1895 and
1896. ll
]. A. Tucker, miner from Bland, N.
NJ, says that the Albemarle mill is
about to be enclosed with steel. He
reports that many visitors are arriving
at the camp and a number of new
buildings are going up. The Abe
marle's ore is getting of a better grade
as the work proceeds. There are still
$50 tons of iron and steel at Thornton
that has to be hauled to complete the
|Albemarle company's new plant.
AS an indication of the willingness
of railroads to assist to the fullest ex-
tent in opening up mineral regions the
following is taken from the Albuquer-
que Citizen: 1.-THE Santa Fe branch
line from San Jose, New Mexico, to
the Santa Rita copper mines, dis
lance of five miles, has been completed,
and arrangements will now be made to
work the mines to their full capacity.
Valuable copper ore is found in album
dance in the Santa Rita territory, and
the Santa Fe expects the small branch
to prove profitable investment"
The report Ct the Arizona Copper
company of Clifton, Arizona, for the
year ending September 80 last, is an
interesting one, especially because the
company has adopted the latest i'm
provements in cost saving, which some
engineers maintained would result in
wrecking the company. Their predic-
lions have not proven true, but, on the
contrary. these improvements have
been remarkably successful. The COM
pany has the only successful sulphuric
acid teaching plant in the United
States, and has adopted gas engines.
Other departments, consisting of con-
centration, smelling and bessemeriz-
ing, are used by other companies, but
the two first mentioned are peculiar
to this company. During the year it
treated 12S,SS6 tons of ore yielding an
average of s10.50 ton. The average
expenses were: Mining $3.50, smelling
ETC., 4,40, leaving profit of 1921 per
ton-Mining Industry.
A gentleman interested in mines in
this section, who recently arrived from
the east, stated that he sat in a west
bound train along with man from
Colorado bound for California Both
were interested in mines, but were not
mining wise at all. The Arizona man
told the Colorado man all about mines
in Arizona, and the Colorado man told
all about mines in Colorado. Near
them sat a man who had silently lis
tened to them chatter for an hour or
two. A remark addressed to him
caused him to join in the conversation.
The stranger proved to be W. A. Clark
of the United Verde Copper company,
and he got off at Gallup. He stated
that the mines of the United Verde
Copper company were the best in the
world; that He used most of the pro-
duct of his mines in his wire manufac-
turing works at Elizabeth, N. j.; that
he was visiting his various interests
after trip to Europe