El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-12
J Mines and
! Mining.

IL NAIHlHS.
The Melbourne (Australia) Leader
confirms the news received by cable OF
the finding of large gold nugget a.
Kanowna. 1t is described as being Il
inches long, 5 inches thick at it's deep
est part, weighs over 95 pounds, and
almost pure gold. AT both ends of II
there is oxydized iron, and in shape il
resembles a sickle head. The secret
of the spot on which it was found has
says the Leader, been guarded careful.
ly, no one knowing the place except the
miner who found 1t and the parish
priest to whom the miner brought it,.
Taking the weight as reported (95 lbs.
and $40 an ounce as about the average
value of Australian gold, this nugget
would be worth S22, 600, goodly
amount, but very long way from be-
ing the most valuable gold nugget
ever Observation-Disclosures
The Mining Review says of Deer
Creek, in Graham county, that it has
long been known to contain valuable
mineral deposits among which are both
coal and copper. To effect this re-
cent act of congress authorized
the cession from the bulk of the re-
|
the south side of the ella river
through which the ella valley, Globe
and Northern railway connecting
with the Southern Pacific at Bowie
station runs, passing through the coun-
ty generally as we'll, twenty-five miles
through the ceded portion containing
the mineral land. The coal is said to
be of good quality for coking and the
copper deposits are in the same vicini-
ty.-Exchange.
The stamp mills which the Tread
we'll and allied companies have erect
ed on Douglas Island, Alaska, and
which according to the latest advices
received, were completed and about to
be turned over by the engineers in
charge OF their construction to the
com panies' place at Alaska, are at the
head of all mining countries having
| the greatest mum Der of stamps operated
under what is practically one manage
ment. These new mills added to those
which already existed, give Douglas
Island % total of 1,OS0 stamps, which
q capacity of crushing $500 tons of
ore every day in the year. This is a
crushed in any equal area anywhere
| else in the world.-Exchange
Senior A. Gonzales, of Chihuahua,
has returned from visit to Denver,
Colorado, where he went for the pur-
pose OF buying q mill to treat the ores
of the Chihuahua Gold Mining and
| Milling company, who own a large
number of valuable claims near here.
The veins are large and the ore runs
$50 ton, though some is shipped rum
ming as high as $500. Values are about
equally divided between gold and sill
YER. About so per cent of the values
is free milling, the remainder being
fine concentrating Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
Scion Marker the contractor yester-
day returned from French Gulch, near
Placeritas and about thirty miles
south of Prescott. He says that the
company operating in Millner's pro-
perry in French Guich has struck q
magnificent body OF copper ore, which
is IA feet across, and that the erection
of q smelter at that point is now being
figured on. Mr.. Maker has q contract
to do some freighting for the company
as soon as he finishes his ditch digging
contract in PrescOtt.-PretcOtt Cour-
rer.
Placer mining in the Black Canon
is being carried on more extensively
now than ever before and with better
results. Judge McPhee says that from
the amount of gold being taken out
there at present the people have about
come to adopt the Mexican idea that
gold grows, as he says that there is
more being taken out now than ever
before, although the ground has been
worked there for years. There is
| talk of putting in hydraulic plant
near Bundle Bee for washing out the
gOld.-Journal Miner.
The Daisy Dolores, four miles west
Stewart, Mel Greenleaf aud George
Wilder. is being quite rapidly develop
ed by the former, and is giving the
most promising indications of any
claim in the vicinity. An immense
body of ore has been developed, and
the lowest assays received are no less
than $40; from that up into the hun
dreds. Much of the ore will stand
shipping, and it is expected to get q lot
out for that purpose soOn.-Yuma Sun.
The Canon del Orc gold mines are
keeping up their first good reputation,
and in development are holding out
we'll in character and richness of ore
The Star has always believed that the
Canon del Orc was the home of a great
gold mine, and there appears to be
good reason to believe that the new
find is part of the gold bonanza.-Ex-
change.
New machinery is being placed at
the Vekol mine, as the electrical pro-
cess did not work satisfactorily. The
Vekol has already produced 81, 900, 600
in silver, this having been mined by
crude methods. This mine is yet but