Mohave County miner., 1899-04-15
MINING NEWS.

Another mining deal was transacted |
this week in which two prominent
Needles gentlenen are the principals
Messrs J II. West and Steve Bedell
have sold thsir interests in the Sheep
Trail mines and have purchased the
Mitchell & Leland group Just across the
river. Both are conservative, practical
miners and are not liable to mistake a
good thing when they see it, and their
late purchase briggs them into possession
oi a very valuable mining property :
Needles Eye.
From letter from Wm. Frazier, who
is at work in the mines at Good Springs,
New, it is learned that much progress is
being made in that busy mining district.
The Mineral Union Company has bonded
the two copper mines, Boss and Colum.
bia, owned by Sam Yount, and Mr..
White, relatives Of George Nay, and are
putting in large plant with a capacity
OF 100 tons per "a hours run Two cars
Of lumber and machinery are already on
the ground, while several more are on
the way. Eight company buildings are
going up at the camp, three OF which are
already completed. At the mines 300
tons OF ore are on the dump and great
deal more In the slopes Needles Eye.
A very rich strike WAS recently made
10 the Tip Top nine, iu the HAssayamps
district The ledge is one foot wide and
the ore assays from 300s to 1908 per ton
gold and twenty six ounces silver. The
mine is owned by Prescott people and
has been worked for years -Yuma Sun.
G BOD reports continue to come T ON
the Crowned King neighborhood. John
Luke has II men at work on his Gretna
group OF three claims. On The Gretns
he has a tunnel in SEQ feet, in good ore.
Enough water fJws from this tunnel TO
run q 10 stamp mill In the same Sec
ton, and about 400 feet from the north
end Of tine Crowned King, Messrs. Breed
K Tate, OF Prescott, have sunk 50.foot
shaft on omar location OF theirs. The
ore body covers and extends beyond the
width of the shaft. The ore carries l5$
per ton gold and per cent copper There
is water coming into the shaft at rate
sufficient to run 5,stamp mill, with 5O
feet more sinking The surface ore OF
this claim carries l2s per ton gold. Vein
ia the same as that OF the Crown King
A feature OF this neis shborhood is the
abundance OF water found in the mines,
AZ depth is reached, while there is no
showing at all OF water on the surface -
Courier.
Thomas Wicks, a well known citizen Of
Go,e, speaks most encourag'ngiy Ie'
psrding that now celebrated copper camp.
"Since the opening Of the Globe and Glia
valley railroad hundreds OF people have
focked into the camp" said Mr. Wicks,
"ybich gives the town unusual activity
The smelters, owing to railroad connec
ton. can now proceed with their work
with regularity, as they are assured OF nc
Interruptions in the supply Of coke oil
other material. Every class OF business
is well represented, and with hundreds o.
miners and smeIier crews employed al
20 ID wages, the words good times" are
applicable to the conditions. The recent
offer Of so, 900 600 for the copper proper
ties controlled ny A. J. Fleming, which
was refused by the owners, is but on'
evidence Of the worth Of copper mines al
investments ami that Globe is IN th'
midst Of a copper belt that Is destined t.
make her a prosperous, permanent ant
world famous city. While some evi