Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-06-07
MINING INTELLIGENCE
General and Local Notes From the Field of Mines and Mining
 Ever where.
Development Work, Reported Sales
 and Opinions 6Y Mining Men.

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 The pew placer mIues oi Lower California are said to be twelve miles long by two miles wide. There are about three hundred miners CD the ground at present
 London capital Is looking 10 the United States now for investment iu mines more than heretofore. South Africa has been given the preference for several years.
 The month of May was a record bres ker f,r Cripple Creek district, Colorado. the gold production amounting to Sl,625,000.
 NH. Dodge is in today from hjs mining camp on Groom Greek and states that work Is progressing rap idly on hIs new null there s0d he e1- poets to start uD in about month He IS engaged ID developing water and has faith in being ab e, by siak- ing aud drifting, to supply tweoty stamp mill the entire year.
 4 telegram from Los Angeles says that a compromise has been effected in the litigation over the ownership of the Golden Cross mine, at Hedges in San Diego county, Cal Isaac Trumbo, representing the Free Gold mining company, takes the property, pays the indebtedness. and also pays the original owners, Hedges broth CTS, $l000,O00.
 Chaparral IS just now experience ing a small sized excitement over a recent strike made there in a mine being worked by Frank Raymond. At depth of twenty five feet he struck a considerable body of ore which goes $500 per ton in gold and some of 1t goes ss high as Sl per pound. The claim is located near the Casper prop srty which is being worked.
 G. s. Ferguson, who arrived here day or two ago from the RidenouT copper mines, in the Grand canyon, says the mins is looking in fine con dition. A force of men are em- ployed in developing the property, the ore which Is being taken out be- ing shipped to the smelters. it beng hauled 10 the railroad on wagons. The ore IS paying a handsome profit over the cost of development work.
 Col. C. c. Bean Is taking measures to incorporate his Ajo copper mines aud place the stock on the market. He proposes to raise money in this way to enable him to put a large smelting plant on the ground and build a branch road to the mine from the Southern Pacific, some fifty miles distant Col. Bean will yet come out on top of the heap after many years of hard work prospect ing and promoting Herald.
 John Gray, the we'll known min ing man, has taken a contract to run five hundred feet of tunnel m the Poland Hamilton mine on Lynx creek The mine IS already pretty well developed but its owners have decided to continue development work on it. Mir Gray is purchasing bis supplies and getting bis tools and material in readiness today and will go out tomorrow to commence operations. He will employ seven or eight men on the work.
 4 Silver City. \. NJ. psprr an nOunces the sale, by the Hearst estate, ol it's recently acquired miu- ing properties near Silver City, N. M., to a mining syndicate composed of W. 4. Clark, senator from Mon tana, and owner of the United Verde mines, in this county, the ROckefel- lers, of Standard oil fame, and others. The paper 10 question states that the Hearst estate never made purchase of the property but had an option On It Tor three years at L. 10000 and in addition 10 the pay ment of this sum the new syndicate pays the above estate S2O0,0O0 for their option. In this the Silver City paper is probably iu error. as it Is generally understood that he figures at which the Hearst estate secured the property did not exc ei a half million dollars.
 Among the most promising prop critics on Lynx Greek, as well as be- ing among the best producers. are two, of which very little IS he ard. They are the Accidental and Favor Ite groups. The Accidental is an old time producer, being formerly owned and worked by the late Major c. P. Dake. Hon. A. J. DoIau Is in charge of 1t now and IS engaged iu development work. making an occa- sional mill run or shipment of ore. It is showing up very well. The Favorite is being worked under the supervision Of E. E. Wann, who Is also developing the property. The shalt is now down 800 feat, but it is his II tention 10 continue 1t 10 a depth of 750 feet. The ore being taken out in development work is worked in the old Dixie mill, the product being shipped in the form of concentrates, car load being shipped every three to five days. When the mine is opened up to the depth indicated above, il 1t should show up as well as 1t does 10 its present depth, 1t is proba 5le that forty stamp mill will he erected. l Lynx Greek at present Is one of the most active districts in the county, ! and none are more promising than it is.
 W. H. Ferguson, who is in charge | of the Grand Csuy on mine, the old l Ridenour property, but now owned . by Boston capitalists, today received l the returns from the first car load of . ore shipped. The ore was shipped | to the Philadelphia Smelling and !. Reduction company of Pueblo. It . consisted of twenty-one tons aud i after dedncting railroad freight and . cost of treatment netted him S2,452. MT. Ferguson will have another car load at the railroad station tomor- row which be will ship on Wednes- day, and has two more car loads on the dump at the mIne. Mir. Fergu- son was instrumental in making the sale of this property, and after ex- 1t carefully stsked his repu- .ation on it and from the above it will be seen that his judgment was Still the old man had to kick" today, He says man has to 10 that any way just 10 stand in with he other kickers. The particular kick" that he registered was that le had estimated this car load of ore It $500 and 1t fell SIS short of that