Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-11-01
Mining intelligence.

two weeks, the Big Bug sDelteT was started up again this morning. c. W Hull has taken a boDd oa a claim near MorristoWH, n MaTieopa county, and wil shortly place men si work on 1t.
 ! II 4. Kendall, father of Mrs. C. l A. DAke, IS said to have recently bonded twenty-five claims owned by him in the vicinity of Jerome for $220OO0
 John Berggren, a miner sell known in this county, has taken bond and lease on . cisim in MAricopa eounty, near MorriStowb. and has com menced 10 ship ore from it-
 ! EThs Arizona Eastern and Mon tana company has taken the lease on the Big Bug shelter, owned by the Commercial Mining company. IL is stated that the shelter will be started up again ID a few days. A. J. DorAn, superintendent of the Montgomery Mining company, which recently purchased the Accidental mine on Lynx creek, reports that the machinery for the stamp mill ss now on the ground aud will be ] placed in position at once. Oniy five stamps will be put in al preseat ! but power will be provided for a larger number and the mill wil be arranged so that additional stamps can be added al any time.
 1 Col. D. P. Bosworth, who has four months option on BSumann's copper mines, telegraphed to MF. Banmsnn today that he would be here on November 10th with men and machinery Co start in ss once on tke development and prospecting of the miHe, He Is bringing diamond drills and experts ip their use te prospect the mine with
 The sale of the Blua Bel group of mines was consnmmated today and tue purchase price paid. The pur- chaser IS j. Edward Addicks of Del aware, the former owners being Or. | E. 4. Butler and Dr. Woods. the lat ter of Jeroms, and the purchase price Sl5.0O0 Toe sale Was made ou the recommendation of E. A. | daggott. who has been ln charge of the prop.T'y for some time while it was being worked under lease and bond. MT. HAggOtt has opeued up fine body of ore since taking charge of the mines. There are tbree mines m the group, and they arc located near Mayer.
 Superintendent TAlgren. of the Storm Cloud mine, in Maple gulcb, bas reached a depth of 250. feet in this property, and stiil employs a part oi his force ID sinking deeper, while the balance of it IS engaged in taking GUS ore to keep the mill in operation. The property Is being worked by Mir. Press, under a lease and bond for i,s purchase from Fred W. Williams. The latter also owns other very promising claims in the same vicinity aGd Is engaged in de veloping one, called the Paio Alto, which IS shoWing up exceedingly We'll. He has a six-inch streak of ore in this claim which goes 500 per ten in gold, and he has about six tons of 1t exposed. The vein !. three feet wide, the balance of 1t carrying . good grade of milling ore
 The Ray people have surveyed a townsite at the junction of Mineral creek with the Gila river, and will there locate their reduction works and the offices of the company. The place has been named Kelvin. EX- tensive building is now gong on. and the town promises 10 become one of considerable importance. It will be connected with the mines by a railroad six and a half miles ip length. About a mile of the road bed is graded and contract has been let to W. \. CrandaH for the com pletion of the work Application has been made for a postoffce at Kelvin as well as at Ray IL is pro
 posed to erect a 20-ton coneentrst- ing plant at Kelvin, with steam power for double the capacity At present the concentrates will be shipped, but the plans of the com pany include smelting and refining works when the 400-ton plant Is iuaugurated.-Florence Tribune.
 This week the San Francisco miBe' Cedar valley, passed into the hands of little & FiKen, of Los Angeles, on account of W. T. Lewis, presi-
 dent of the Mitchell-LewIs Wagon company of Mitchell, Indiana. The price paid for the property is away up in the thousands and the trans
 action one of the most important
 made in this county in recent years.
 The mine is situated about sixty
 miles south of Kingman in one of the most favored localities in the county. The owners, the W. H.
 Taggart Mercantile company and
 TibuTcio Padillo, have opened the
 property up in excellent shape and have exposed great bodies of free milling gold ore. Wood and water are plentiful in the immediate vicin-
 ity of the property. Under the con
 tract of sale a twenty-five ton eys- hide plant is to be put in at once and force of rnsu'will have to be put on next week. The stamp mill IS DOW on the road and will be on
 the ground within thirty days The
 new owner is a millionaire and a thorough business man who will work the mine to its full capacity
 With him this is a business venture
 not a side issue. The Messrs. W. H
 TaggaIt company are 10 be con
 graduated on securing this import
 ant company for Mohsve county .- AE.hn AIsn