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

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Mammoth. There are several openings
in the Cuba and the one from which
the sample is from is down sixty feet
and is on a body five feet wide. This
ore body is almost entirely possessed of
minerals, being 20 per cent in copper, AZ
to 80 ounces lead and SO to so ounces
silver. Red oxide of iron shows strong
Sampling is done at Wore3 place near
the depot. Samples go to FL Paso and
handsome returns are assured. The
Cuba is an abandoned mine, having
been prospected by Fuller of Tomb
stone over ten years ago. Mr.. John
Leecham of San Francisco is interested
with Mr.. Wright in the development
of the Cuba mine.
o. B. Hardy has returned from SAT-
ford. Mr.. Hardy closed negotiations
for a bond on the Anderson mines near
Stafford while away and proposes to
have considerable development work
done on the same. He states that sec
ton has mining future second Only to
Cochise county.-ProsDector.
The report of several very rich min
eral discoveries in the districts tributa-
ry to Tucson during the past few weeks
| is verifying the prediction of the Star
that Tucson is the center of vast
mineral region such as will create sur
prise in the near future. as
we'll as producing flow of
wealth which Will soon give
Tucson a surprisingly large adj
ditional population during the next
few years. says that paper. The noun
tains on every side are being prospect
aH Wit
are hundreds of square miles of miner
al territory within a radius of one hun
dred miles of this point which has new
or heard the sound of the prospector's
pick or drill, but these places are now
being prospected and their treasure be-
ing located and developed.
Brown Bros. of Prescott, have just
received q lot of machinery for G. B.
Upton of Stanton.
E. B. Gage has taken a bond on the
Lightweight mine in Big Bug district,
near the Portland mine.
Judge ]. D. Bethune continues to ship
ore from his Rough Rider mine in Wal
nut Grove district. The judge says
that the mine continues to look we'll
]. B. Tomlinson has started up his
stamp mill on the Hassayampa, says
the Journal Miner. He has a large
amount out on the dump and large
bodies opened up ready to take out and
is prepared to run as long as his water
supply lasts. He has been prepared
to start up the mill for some time but
was compelled to defer it on account of
scarcity of water.
Four carloads of lumber a carload of
pipe and a carload of machinery
have arrived at the depot for the Yae-
gar Canyon Copper Mines company.
Development work is progressing rap
idly on this property, and it is proving
so satisfactory that a permanent camp
and other improvements are being
made.-Journal- Miner.
E. S. Ives and S. Morgan Smith, of the
King of Arizona Company, passed
through Yuma the first of the week on
their way to the mine. The mill has
lot been running for the past two
weeks, owing to a breaking down of
the pump in the deep well. The break
| is a serious one and can not be repair
ed under two or three weeks time. H.
w. Blaisdell has resigned the position of
manager, a mining man recently from
Colorado taking charge of the property.
/ n new hNl4 - btllle5 SAlilh " llllAlA q lev
feet of the old one, the intention being
to operate the two pumps with a walk
ing-beam arrangement. Yuma Sun.
We are informed by Joe Whitehouse
who has been employed for the past
six months on the Grand Canyon cop
per mines, formerly the Ridenour
mines, but now the property of Boston
people, that the deeper they sink the
richer and wider the vein, says the
! Prescott Prospect. Mr.. w. H. Fur
guson bonded the property from W. B.
Ridenour and placed it with Boston
people, and claimed from the start that
the property was worth a million dol
lars if worth a cent. The report at this
date of Mr.. Whitehouse verifies the
claims of Mr.. Furguson.
The report that the supreme court
had granted new trial to the Halder-
man brothers was incorrect. The case
will not be decided by the supreme
court until it's January melting
Wilcox News.
Died in Tucson, Sunday, December
3, Cora, aged one year and five months,
native of California. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Hartley.
Died, in Tucson, December 4. James
Beverly, aged years months and II
days, native of San Francisco, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Kinsman.