Arizona republican., 1898-01-24

opportunities tQaI IS Dy HO mEdQS creditable to the business sagacity of our operating miners. The product of the state in copper, silver, gold and lead is estimated at s52,OO0,OoO I am of the opinion that il will be lar gely increased during this year.
 NUGGETS FROM THE HILLS.
 Developments are to be pushed with renewed vigor at the Gold Cliff, near the town of Pearce.
 Eugene GirouX, a mining man from Jerome, was in Nogales from Ell Paso on mining business Friday.
 Supt. Smith of the Mohawk Min ing company and B. w. Chi,ds of the Mammoth have been in Tucson.
 A large amount of machinery is now being hauled from Cochise sta tion to the Middlemarch copper mine $ in the Dragons.
 In the month of December the Commonwealth company at Pearce shipped eighty-eight cars of ore and two tons of bullion. How is tha. for a record?
 E. T. Hale was in Nogales from Old
 
 of run in the Old Glory mill. J. A. Straith & Co. tested the bullion and shipped it.
 Wythe Denby has perfected the plans for the new concentra .or at Cliff ton and MT. Schuman is cutting out the lumber for same, which will be a large and complete work.
 The work of completing the new furnaces for the Copper Queen com pany at Bisbee is being rapidly push ed and it will not be many days be- fore they will be blown in.
 The Detroit company is receiving another lot of heavy machinery for it's plant at Morenci. The Colorado Iron works of Denver was successful in delivering them three cars recently.
 Sixteen mining locations by the Arizona Copper company were fled last week.
 There was a dance at La Fortuna Friday evening in honor of Robert M. Strauss, who is making himself useful during his visit to Fortuna, by acting as superintendent while Fred J. Martin is absent on trip to Cali fornia. MT. Strauss is part owner of La Fortuna mine.
 The Geronimo correspondent of the Bulletin writes that MT. Michael Tracy nas sold to eastern parties a half interest in the Stanley Peak mine, near Garden Gulch, on the coal field strip, for $500. Work will be continued on the mine as soon as the strip is segregated.
 Judge Edward Vanderiip was in Inc Cy-it Tb11r,- do " and reports that there will be a sale of personal property of the Rollins Smelling company at Rollins today The company has had bad luck and several executions have been levied against the property.-Vidette.
 N w. Faison and E. M. Browder left Tucson for uhe Silver Bell min ing district with number of miners whom they will put to work develop nig their claims in that district There has been considerable activity in this district and some good results are looked for.
 Jose Andrade, prominent catt' e. man from DavidSon'S canyon, stated recently in Tucson that for the past twenty years he had been looking for a ledge of gold ore in Santa Rita mountains which was known to exist some where in that vicinity and now thinks that he has struck it. He re- ports everything all right in his lo- cality-Citizen.
 J. A. Straith & Go. have been busy renOvating the office and putting in cement beds for the furnaces The office is now in better shape than ever and they are better prepared to turn out the large amount of work coming in continually. A large amount of the assaying that formerly went away from Nogales is now done by this company.
 The LombardpGoode company is soon to start the erection of a man. moth smelter either in town or a. shore distance from it. Some of the ma chinery has arrived. The erection of a shelter means considerable to cur citizens as much of the ore that now passes here bound for El Paso, Pu- eblo and Denver can be treated here, giving employment to quite number of men.-Williams correspondence of the Flagstaff Gem.
 MT. Frederick Stock, manager of the English company-s copper mines in the Dragons, states that night and day shifts are being steadily employed at the mines. A sack of very rich copper ore was brought in from the bottom of the main shaft, and are ex- cellent specimens. He adds that the new track is completed in tn sThomp- son tunnel, which is in a distance of 24O feet All ore will be handled througt> this tunnel for the smelter. Several new houses and company of fees are being crested at the mines and a general air of activity is preva- lent.
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