Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-23
Mines and MininQ

( there are from l,UU0 TO l,20O men OF
the pay roll Of the company less thar
fifty miners are employed in The nina
The remainder of this regiment OF EN-
plcyes are engaged in handling the ore
after this little squad has knocked il
down, smelling the ore, handling this
product and in various osher cap2ci-
ties. The average job on The works is
CT short duration, as there is an aver
age CT about ten men hired and. as
many quit every day. Miners, ma
chinists, smelte1i msa and these en-
ployed in the better paying posi,i-ns,
where skill is required. IS a rule re-
] main in the employ OF '-ha company
for long periods, the shifting class be-
ing those employed in minor positions
at lower wages.
i The shaft of tbs. Zonia nine in Kirk
| land valley is down ricw to a depth CT
40 feet and the showing OF ore is very
satisfactory and encouraging.
naI-Miner
Word comes f.. ON the Blue Bell mi1e
of which E. A Haggctt is superintend-
ent that four fact of high sulphide cop
per ore has been struck in the property
at a depth c, 125 feet, says the Journal
Miner. Mr.. Haggott has had great
faith in the property from the start
and is naturally somewhat jubilant
over striking this fine body CT ere. ].
Edward Addicks of Delaware is work
ing the group CT mines under bond
to purchase.
H. ]. Allen of Jerome came in On
yesterdays train. Although a very
modest and retiring man there are few
men in the UrLted States who handle
as much m-ney as he dos. A snug
little fortune amounting to- anywhere
between 100000 and $4,000 passes
through his hands every day as finan-
cial manage fer w. A. Clark, bling
the proceeds of the United Verde mine
-Journal-A Miner.
Prof. Blake in writing the Citizen
from Chicago takes occasion to ex-
PRESS the view that the recent d:scov-
cry of natural coke in abundance in
nearly horizontal beds in the Sonora
coal fields IS immensely Important 10
Arizona, and the industries CT the
whole southwest. 1t promises to give
Us cheap fuel for all purposes. f.
metalluTg ical work especially for the
quality is said to be excellent. And
it may be used probably tc advantage
On locomotives and for general steam
generation. The occurrence is to be
described ct the meeting CO The mining
engineers in San FLanc:Eco by Pref.
Dumble, the discovsrer while explcr-
ing for account of the' S. P Railroad
company.
S. W. Gleason, who was blown I'D
while blasting On the cew roast level |
at jerome On the 23d CT last month. |
went north this morning en- route TO
San Francisco to have his eyes treated |
by specialist at McLsan's sanitarium |
He has hopes of retaining the sight of |
enc OF his eyes. His wife and baby |
him.-Prescot5 Ccurisc!
n. H TwCmey, the well known min
ing man, left Wilcox The other day |
for New York on private business.
JONI e ockni2i1. genera manager OF |
the Commonwealth min5s, is having |
an extensive addition made to his |
handsome residence in LIS Angeles.
1t is said that the Improvements will /
News.
" u. Durham left last Thursday for
M4neIEl creek, where he will have
ch9rge CT the fC-ce CT men &c be en-
plcysd by Taylor Bzanaman, who has
the contract for supplying the Ray
company with fuel wood.-Globe Sill
yer Belt.
The Live Oak Copper company of
iiote IS erecting a boarding house at
he mines
several carloads CT new machinery
% be put in by tie Copper Queen
company have arrived and will he
itored away until later when the other
nacnlnery which has been ordered ar
fves.-Bisbee Orb.
Another rich strike was made at the
4elvetia mine yesterday. The latest is
slxty-fcot ledge five feet wide which
uns IL per cent.-TuCscn Citizen
BOB LeatherwCcd is thinking IF
hanging his address. temporarily. to g..
he QuijctCas. The ex-sheriff has sew
raj Claims there as we'll as at ORC
franco and in the taIinas-Tucson
tar
i ne sale CT the Hughes & Shannon
o.'oef miro near Clifton. fer nearly
million Of C-'Iars to New York {
'af1ies Thc have The means to inver
nj ionS CT dollars in their develop
lent and equipment, which :. is said
&c Win Dc. is another important min
' "a action for Arizona. saws the
uE8-n star. In fact, enc of the Iarg-
= original sales that has taken place |
G. many years in the territt2l-y. The I
urchasers believe they have the larg-
st body Of copper ore CT any one cop
er deposit in the Rocky mountain re-
len and there is reason to believe thew !
re ne, far fTcm the mark in their {
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