Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-12
Mines and MininQ


mines IL ne can get right terms on the
property he wants
The Jarilla placers up to the present
have yielded about s., 1000 free gold. The
practical working of these placers did
not begin until the first of October.
Some thirty men operating dry wash
ers are now clearing from S2C0 to $500
per day.-Albuquerque Journal-Demo-
crat.
There are now $50 men employed in
the Salado coal fields by the New Mex
leo railway and canal company. under
the direction of Superintendent Wells
Shafts Nos. l and are producing large
quantities of coal, about 800 tons per
day. A new shaft was begun last week
about a mile south of shaft No. 1 which
is already producing STANDARDIZATION
querque acknowledgements.
]. a. CasE,ey, who was over from
Helvetia yesterday, says the camp is
growing into a good sized town. The
smelter is partly in place and lively
times are assured, to begin in Deem
Der. possibly eariie-.-Tucson Star.
The Colorado river on both California
and Arizona sides below Needles for
one hundred miles is now alive with
-
where heretofore there has been one.
More development work has been done
in this section of the country during
the last six months than ever before,
with the probability that the coming
winter Will see some productive mines
in active operation. Considerable out
side capital has been interested and the
progress of the work only fuiflls the
country is rich in mineral Cold and
copper properties are now being
searched for by numerous representa-
tiyes Of capital. and it is safe to say
that more mines viii be heard from in
the coming eason.-NeedIes Eye.
Martin Jiminez this week brought IN
specimens OF ore from a recent discov-
cry near the Midnight that are plend-
fully speckled with gold.-Kingman
Miner.
The Midas mining and milling com
pany, whose mines are located in Au
Drey district. are preparing to do some
development work before erecting a
mill. says the Kingman Miner. = con
tract has been let to sink two shafts
20 q depth Of fifty feet, and 0. i. Kuen-
Ger, accompanied by William q. Blake
ley and son, Lew, has jas returned
from the mines where he selected sites
for the proposed work to be done. The
mines of Aubrey district will be heard
from in 1900.
Y. ]. Grant of Chloride, has made an
extensive examination of the surface
prospects of Weaver district and is Of
the opinion that the district has some
OF the greatest gold bearing veins on
the Pacific coast. The greatest depth
80 far obtained on any of the veins is
40 feet on the Ramrod shaft and at
that depth it shows a wonderful Vein
of ore. The other veins are opened by
shallow shafts and tunnels.-Kingman
Miner.
A J. Davidson has taken a working
bond On the Copper Queen mine, locat-
ed three miles west of the hospital,
says the Tucson Star. Dick Starr went
out and sampled some of the ore yes
terday, which gave $21 gold and III
per cent copper. This was from a vein
Of what seems to be iron ore.
Fl. E. Banes. mining superintendent
of the Azurite, is in the city. He brings
the good news that he has just COM
pleted a crosscut of a vein of copper
carboaates thirty-two feet wide, on the
100 foot level of shaft No. 2 This is
and the grade is of a very high quality.
Tucson Star.