Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-06-21
MINING INTELLIGENCE General and Lseal k0ies From the Field of Mines and Mining
 Everywhere.

 given out a hBal estimate of the pro duetion of gold and silver in the ! United States for the calendar year 1898. Arizona is given: Gold, g. 465, I00; silver. 2 446,S00 ounces
 Tue Zonia copper company sub muted their 6nal proofs on over 200 acres of mining land yesterday iu ! the United States land office aud re ceived hnal receipts for inc payment of he same.
 The ininiRg seefion in the vicinity of Wiekenburg seems to be attract ing the attention of capit 1lists Ai present. SonieTTery impol oltsnt deals are reported to have been made there recently. and the purchasers ' will rxpend large sums of money in the development Of their newly sc quired property.
 The output ofthe United Verde mine at JeFOma ID this county, equals, if |, does not exceed 10 value the entire output of all the mines in Cripple Greek district, Colorado, ant yet Cripple Creek is looked upon as a metaliiferous wonder. The United Verde mine is located within tweut eight miles of Prescott. Another important strike was made recently iR the new shaft of the Sterling mine. At depth of llO feet 1t is said that 8 fine body of ore was encountered which will go from 20 to 30 per cent IF copper. The Sterling, as far as development work has progressed, has all the ear marks oi a good mine.
 II. c. Hoffman, who IS up from Fools Gulch, says ths eArpenters are hard at work on the new mill for the Planet-Saturn company. He states that they expectSO have u ready to start up by July 1. Work m tue mine had to ke stopped some time since, ss everything about the place IS oVeTrun with orc. As soon as the mil starts Rp work in the mine will be resumed.
 j. J. Brooke. who recently sold a mill to the DiEidend Mining and Milling company, is at work putting it up for the company at ChAparrai, on the Dividedd Extension mIne. He expects to have it completed ready 10 start by the 10th of July. The mill will be a very complete affair and Mr. Brooke says the mine IS looking fine.
 It is reported tE&t the Nicholson Gold Mining eompauy has sold it's properties in the Cave creek district, known as the Portmanteaa group. for $700,0O0 in cash 1t "a eEzi2ut.-d thers is m sight sn ore spSsy whish in value is S500,060 in excess of the purchase price. Considerable de veiopment work has been done on the property in past Y, ars and 1t is understood machinery will be at once erected and active operations begun.
 It is reported that c. r. Collins has taken a bond on the property owned bF c. B. Genung and sons near Stanton, on what is known as the Leviathan lead. The LeFithan as the name indicates, is one of the largest in the country. There are thousands of tons Of ore exposed on the surface which it IS said will pay a handsome profit by being milied. but to do this will require a very heavy outlay of capital to start in. 4 large mill will be necessary aud the water will have to be piped in quite a distance. Mir Collins has abundant capital at his command to carry such an enterprise through should the ores be found to be as represented. There are several To- cations on the ledge, which crops out boldly for distance of two or three miles.
 Winslow Judson has gone down on the Agua Fria just below God ! dard, to commence operations on a mine there owned by a company which he represents. The mines consist of & group of five claims all lying contiguous 10 each other. They are partially developed from the surface and SO far as develop ment work has been done are very promising. Mir. Judson will now commence work driving a cross-cut tunnel, in which he expects to tap the vein at depth of 300 feet with iu a distance of 150 feet. The mouth of the tunnel will be at an excellent mill site owned by them, with water enough to run 200 stamps by water power nine months in the year. The formation of the country and the general direction of the veins are very similar to that of the Gold Note group five miles farther up the river.
 The assertion that Yavapai count ' mines improve with depth, has again been 0euonstrated in the United Verde mines. The deepest workings in that property hereto fore has been 500 feet. A shaft has recently been sunk to a depth of 700 feet on the mine, and from the bot tom of it the ground has been ex- plored by means of boring and the results have been such that the company has started force of men at work opening up levels at this depth. The drills have demonstrat- ed both the continuation of the ore body and the values of the ore. It is stated that the opening up of the mine at this depth in good ore will add several million dollars to the value of the property.
 Hon. Nick Gales, who witt 4. G. Kennedy, are operating the old Shelton group of mines on Lynx creek for the Empire mining com pauy, is in town today. He says that they are hauling forty tons of ore per day to the mill and are daily shipping six tons of concentrates. This group has had a splendid repu- tation ever since the claims were first located. Mir. Shelton who To- cated them, away back in Indian days, developed the mines under great difficulties. In addition to his mining tools he kept a small arsenal in the mine consisting of guns and ammunition and on several occasions was attacked by the blood thirsty aborigines and was compel led to seek shelter aud safety in his mining tunnel. Iu those days he worked the ore in an arastra.
 4 gentleman who has just returned