Arizona republican., 1899-11-16
Mines and Mining

{ scription of the method. etc. will be
given in a few weeks
John Howell. who at one time was
superintendent of the blackberry mine.
says Australia is staked off into claims
for diamonds, tin and lead. The tin is
alluvial. no veins being found Mr..
Howell has become a millionaire dur
ing his residence in Australia. He is
superintendent of the Broken Hill
mines, which properties carry four
ounces silver and a small percentage
in lead. Even this low grade ore has
paid enormous dividends. - Kingman
Miner.
I w. H. Rogers, who is conducting the
store. at Virginia Camp. came in last
night and will return to the camp at
once. He reports much work being
done in the Black range and many
promising prospects being discovered.
-Kingman Miner.
A. r. Dickey of the Bradshaw noun
tains was in town yesterday looking
for fifty pack animals to pack ore from
his mine to Mayer. distance of fifteen
miles. He said he is willing to pay $40
per ton for the work.-Journal-M Miner.
A report comes from Minnehaha that
a strike of rich ore was recently made
in the Butte mine. This mine is re-
ported to be looking in fine condition
and Mr.. Dunshee only awaits a storm
to start up the INTELLECTUALLY Miner.
w. y. Clark of the Planet Saturn
mines, FOOLS Gulch. was in Prescott
recently to make arrangements for the
piping of the waters of Date creek, ten
miles distant, to his camp. as there
is not enough water there to keep the
mill running steadily.
ed Gillisp.a owns and is developing
some very promising prospects in the
Yarnell' section, says the Courier. He
has a ledge which ranges in width from
six inches to two feet and which varies
as to value. The ore gives an assay
return of from 80 to 60 per cent lead
He is opposed to saying much about
his property until he has it sufficiently
developed to speak for itself.
Dick Hustled and partner have bond
ed from Jasper Philips the Hard to
Find mine, Hassayampa district, says
the Prescott Courier The ledge is five
feet wide. Big chunks of lead ore are
taken from this mine. The dump is
said to sample $50 per ton gold and
some of the ore goes as high as $3.50
per ton gold. Mr.. Philips is develop
q
but has been troubled a great deal with
water which has filled a shaft forty
two feet deep and runs from it like a
creek. He is down on a new shaft to
depth of thirty-two feet.
The Prescott Courier says: W. T.
Rowe is in from Lynx creek. which he
says is a booming mining camp. He
has bonded some properties from other
parties and will sink 100 feet and drift
100 feet each way. He will start work
right away and yesterday sent out
tools and supplies. He has bonded,
through Mr.. Hurley. to eastern CAPT
talists, a claim on the Mud Hole ledge,
for 81, 0CO, payable in one year. This
claim is developed by a tunnel $50 feet
long The ledge is from five TO six feet
wide and all ore. The ore is of the
same character as that taken from the
Mud Hole and Milliken mines. and con-
stitutes a concentrating proposition.
John s. Jones is making preparations
to start up his Little Jessie mine. He
is also taking milling ore from his
Union mine. one of the Little Jessie
group. He has about 200 tons of such
ore out now ready for Shipment
Prescott Journal-Miner
Mr.. K Barrett reports the mining
outlook in Castle Creek district bright
er than ever before. He told the Cour-
Ter that Thomas Parish is working
about thirty-five men on the Whipsaw
properties. The Swallow people are
sinking a shaft and drifting 500 feet to
cut the ore body in another mine. They
have three feet of high grade ore. An
electric hoist is at work on the old Cop
peropolis mine Across the hill from
these the Alger people have shut down
the old DR.. Jones mine temporarily,
awaiting the arrival of a hoist.
A New York dispatch says: "The
stock of the United Verde copper mines
of Yavapai county. Arizona, today
reached the top notch of mine value of
the world. Eight hundred thousand dol
lars worth Of stock was put on the
market today and found a ready sale at
the enormous valuation of S90,000,0O0 for
the property. The mine is by far the
richest in the world and every dollars
worth CT it's stock could be sold here at
that valuation. An examination of the
looks OF Tie company discloses the fact
that tie mine would be great bargain
at that sum, and representative of
German syndicate is here for the pur-
pose Of purchasing every dollars worth
Of that stock that is put on the mar
ket, and it is not question of price at
all, apparently. The mine during the
East six years has paid net some S39,-
100000 and there is thirty years ore in
sight according to scientific measure
ments."
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