Mesa free press., 1898-04-01
TIMES AND MINING.

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Reports of rich placer finds continue
to come from the Virginia Dale dis
trict. Several miners, with dry washers,
are taking out SIS day and upwards.
The Chuckawalla Gold Mining Com
pany has bonded it's properties in Corn
Springs district to local syndicate,
which will erect ten-stamp mill.
The California Copper company con-
troll three copper claims in San Bern
ardino county, near Marvel, on the
California Eastern railroad, which they
propose developing.
The Randsburg Railway has entered
the water competition and is selling
water in carload lots Of 5000 gallons
for 500 per car. The water question Is
no longer an obstacle to rapid develop
ment.
A ledge of gold bearing quartz on the
Mojave Desert, about five miles north
OF Bagdad, the ore Of which Is free
milling, and runs from $25 to $28 per
ton. The ore also is reported to carry
copper and iron in considerable quaint
tiles.
Orders were received at Vancouver
Barracks from the War Department for
one OF the exploring expeditions to
start for the interior of Alaska for the
purpose of establishing route for the
gold fields of Alaska through Ameri-
can territory.
The Tucson smelter is to start work
again at once, several hundred tons of
general ore being on hand and assur-
ances having been received by the
management that nearby mines will
continue to furnish ore sufficient for
the continuous operation of the works.
The Iron Chief Mine, owned by
Strauss e Shinn, in the Eagle noun
tain district, is being extensively de-
velOped. The experiments on ores to
demonstrate the best methods for re-
duction have been completed. The
owners are now preparing to erect
large reduction works.
A very rich discovery has been made
in the north end of the Palen range in
Riverside county, by the Adams broth
ers. Development. work has opened a
large ledge, which assays 5000 per ton
in gold. AS it is a free-milling PROPOSE
tion the owners are negotiating with a
syndicate to erect stamp MILL
One hundred carloads of high grade
gold and silver ore are now being
shipped monthly to Ell Paso by the
Commonwealth mine, south of wilcox,
Ariz. This in addition to two ship
ments per month of bullion from the
companys small mill. The ore shipped
is reported to run $50 in silver and $50
in gold.
An English company is developing a
number of copper claims in the Mccoy
mountains, near the Colorado river AS
the ore runs 20 per cent in copper, SO
to SO in gold, and $50 ounces in silver,
arrangements are being made to put
in a $100-ton smelling plant, after the
present plans of development are fully
carried ont. t
Aex. Henry, of Anaheim, CAL, has re-
ceived letter from his son Arch
Henry, who is at Teckney, Ariz., in
company of party of prospectors, say
ing that he has struck it rich in the
discovery of copper mine at that
point, the ore from which goes IS per
cent copper, and chunks of silver pro-
truding from the ore as large as pull
let's eggs.
Fifty cars of rails to be used in con-
the first railroad to the Klon-
dixie gold fields were shipped from Bay
view, Wis, last week by the Illinois
Steel Company. These rails consti-
tute the first assignment forwarded to
fill large order given by the builders
of the Klondike line. Other shipments
will be made as fast as the steel can
be rolled.
The Steamer Cottage City. which has
just arrived from Alaska, brought a
number of passengers from Fort
Wrangle who have given up the at
tempt to get into the Yukon country
by way of the Stickeen route. Among
them was L. A. Brown of Massachu-
setts, who succeeded in getting about
thirty miles above Wrangel with his
outfit before the depth of snow stopped
further progress. Mr.. Brown says that
about 1000 men with their outfits are
showed in between Wrangel and
Glenora.
J. P. Nevins of the Denver, Colo,
Iron works, is in Los Angeles, having
completed all negotiations for the erec-
ton of the new stamp mill at Barstow
In speaking of the matter he said:
This plant, when completed, will re-
present all features of modern .appli-
anccs for quick and perfect methods
for handling ores. The mill proper will
contain fifty stamps of $50 pounds each
and have ninety drops per minute,
capable of crushing from $50 to 200
tons of ore per day. A system of twelve
Frue Vanners will be put in to take
care of all the tailings for concen-
trates. Automatic feeders will be at
tached to the motors, with the ore
above the bins, making the
process of handling ores an economic
feature. The power plant consists of
one Corliss 22-horse power engine, and