Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-10-04

rules tbe drilling last fifteen min utes. The following were the seorei made in Denver: Bory McGiliyra' and Joe CarbOneAu. of Victor, &, inches; Hupp X LiBdgren. of Ouray 35s; MsrlelOw < McCloud. of IdahC SpIiugs, 8 Is; Mckenzie X FreWief of Lssdville, 34 5-l6, MeGowan < McDougall, nf Prescott. g. l-I6 McGllliVrsy & CArboneau won the first prize and the worlds champion ship.
 The papers throughout. the ter, ritory are publishing An item to the effect that W. A. Clark has been ol, fered and refused SlO0OO0,00O fol the United Verde mines of Jerome IL IS . | Of money, and ths New: does not believe any such oifer was ever sde.'-Jerome News. The item referred 10 above was first pub lishsd ID the JOURNAL MINER and ii was Furnished the paper by gentle man who is considered perfectly re- liable. The party alleged Co have made the offer is not only a very wealthy man himself but IS Associ ated with men of wealth, who are abundantly able to raise the amount named. The News is probably not sufficiently in the confidence oi Mir Clark to speak adyisedly on the sub iect.
 A big legal fight is evidently on the tapis for tbe possession of the fam rus Cobre Grand Mining prop critics situated in the CanAneas, Mexico. The local oeics here has been siezed by W c. Green. heading the opposing faction of stockholders and a new set of officers elected last evening The mine itself will prob ably be the next point of attack. It is said taat the other side have invoked the Mexican authorities to pTotect their interests At the mine, the same isssng in Mexican territory. J. Henry Wood, secretary and treas urer under the old regiua, is co the CaHzaese while J. H. Costello. president under the same conditions is in New York. The result is awaited with considerable interest by parties familiar with both si les - Bisbee news in ProspectoT.
 Hon. A. J. Doran, who has been working the Accidental mine under bond for year or more, closed the deal for 1t on Tues lay hy paying the amount of the purchase price to iis owners and receiving . deed for .t. MT. Doran immediately executed deed for the property transferring It to The Montgomery Gold Mining company. Mir. Doran has opened uP ihs prOperty to a satisfactory po,ut now that h. has felt justi6ed in ordering a stamp mill to place on it for the reduction of .he ore, the order having been plsr,-i yesterday The hIill will oniv have five stamps 10 start in with, but power will be provided for ten stamps and the mill WIll be erected 60 that the five additional stamps eau be added whenever reoesSsry. The Acci- dental is an old property, having been formerly worked by Major C F. Dak-. IL hss always had a good reputation as a producer of good ore sud the work which Mr. DOran has lone ou it has added 10 its repu- tation ID this respect.
 Cecil G. Fennell is iu ibe city to- dSy from Prescott and is stopping at the Adams. He is general manager of the Val Verde company, which owns copper claims in the Grand Canyon mining district aud is erect iUg AA-tou smelteT -ou the Agua Fris, says the Pheuix Herald. NIT. Fennell stated that his company proposed to continue the develop meut of the claims upon the rim of the Grand canyon and ship the ore to the smelter in Yavapai county. not only to Obt sIu the copper values but also to get tbe Iich fuxiug values contained in the ore This ore will be us.d to Aux the base ores of the mines which will supply ore for the shelter in Yavapai county. "Ws have A good sZed camp Al- ready" said MT. Fennell to a Herald reporter this morning, "but its growth bas just begun. I am con 6dent that ve have selected a rich field Tor our operations. and Arizona will be benefited by the opening up of many claims which will ba afford ed market for their produce. We will smelt ores from the McCabe and other districts adjacent 10 our camp. Our smeltsr is one Of the best ever erected in Arizona. and the appliances are all modern and de signed to operate st minimum e1- pansei
 Word comes from Jerome that a big body nf rich ore was struck yes- IeTiay 10 the sh'ft of he lSSS m,ns., o. .he United Verde e1t+Ds;ou rom pany. Meat on Vas made ID thess columns several days ago that the 1 ITmatiou in the shaft had changed aud that Indica, ions of ore were good. Ifthis information IS correct it only proves the theory that has aiNol OCcA noAA COuCcIuiuk Auccc properties known as the Hull group, or the United Verde Extension com pany's property. The shaft m which the ore is reported to have been found is located within a stones throw of the United Verde Copper comPany's shelter and boarding house, and within a very few feet of the line of the Wade Hampton mine, frotn which very large proportion of the rich ore of the United Verde mIne has been taken. Development work is also progressing sAtisfae- torily on thes other claims of the United Verde Extension company. On the Jerome claim two drifts have been started from the bottom of the 245 foot shaft. Another shaft, known as the north shaft, has been sunk 4S feet and a drift vest from the bot tom is in nlce looking ore. On the Red Line claim the tunnel is in streaks of good ore carrying gold, copper and silver. On the Eureka Extension the tunnel IS in 72 feet, and small bodies of ore are being encountered.