Arizona republican., 1899-11-08
Mines and MininQ


. district The average of twenty sam
( pies taken from the surface to the bot
tom Of the shaft gave a value of s14.50
gold, fourteen ounces silver and per
cent copper per ton. Eighteen tons
shipped to the Silver City Reduction
works gave value of S12 gold, eleven
ounces silver aid 912 per cent in cop
per per ton. Two average samples TAX
en- from the dumps gave respectively
IS gold, six ounces silver and 3 per
cent copper, and SIG gold, three ounces
silver and 2 per cent copper per ton.
The vein has been crosscut at the
depth of fifty feet and shows a width
of sixteen feet. A sample taken from
the entire width assayed S14.I5 gold.
21a ounces silver and 21a per cent cop
per per ton.
John s. Mcdonald. foreman of the
Silver King on Groom creek, operated
by the Mackin brothers, was in town
Thursday and reports the mine looking
well. The working shaft is now down
seventy feet. and the ore body shows
up fne.-Prescott Prospect.
H. X Mcdonald has fourteen men
opening up his copper mine near the
old Peck mine What was thought
years ago to be an absolutely silver
bearing district is fast becoming a
copper country. F. w. GirouX has 10
Gated six claims on the Wallace lead,
and is now engaged in performing as
sessment work on the same. We learn
from a reliable source that the Gladi-
ator mine is about to change hands. -
Prescott Prospect.
The new shaft on the Mowry mine n
the Patagonia mountains is now down
go feet and at a further depth of
twenty-five feet drifting will COM
mence. Lumber is being hauled for a
concentration for which machinery has
been ordered.-Nogales Oasis.
Mike Maloney is developing a very
promising copper property on the west
side of the Patagonias, about six miles
( east of Rancho Bellotal, on the Santa
Cruz, says the Nogales Oasis. The
ledge is between four and six feet wide
and the ore taken out runs high in cop
per. Five men are now at work sink
ing on the ledge. Several other claims
are being worked in the vicinity, and
quite a camp is springing up. 1t is the
intention of Mr.. Maloney to open 4
store out there in n short time from
now.
The new concentration at Washington
Camp is approaching completion, and
it is now expected that it will be ready
to start the machinery by the 10th in
slant, says the Nogales Oasis. 1t will
reduce about eighty tons of ore daily,
and the necessary work of extraction
of ore and operation of the machinery
will doubtless give employment to Il
large force of men. When but forty
tons of ore were shipped daily about
125 men were employed in the mine. 50
nearly double that force will be neces-
sary in the mill.
Dan HAITI came in from his Slate
creek mines to attend the circus. says
the Prescott Courier. He says that
Hon. w. A. Rowe is taking good ore
from his mines in that neighborhoOd
and Mr. PickreIl is taking rich ore from
the Wren mire.
William Lawler returned Saturday
last from Cape Nome. Alaska, says the
Prescott Courier. He says the Beach
diggings at the cape are very rich
They are about $4,000 people there.
Nothing there can be purchased for
less than so cents, drinks are 50 cents
each. Mr.. Lawler has located some
good claims in the country back of the
beach.
Good reports come from the Sterling.
Ohio Oraf1ame and Oragrande mines. a
group being operated by Messrs. Tom
linson and Russell, who employ forty
men and keep a twenty-stamp mill at
work. The ore from the mines carries
from S1S to s25 a ton gold, and there is
an abundance of ore. The properties
are located about eight miles south of
Prescott. They comprise the old jon
nings group of mines.-Prescott Cour-
Ter.
1t is rumored that a large srnelter is
to be erected in the near future at The
Needles. Mohave county and the Col
orado river country would be benefited
to a great extent by SUCH an enterprise.
Custom mills ard smelters would be
welcomed throughout Arizona by the
miner and prospector; and there is no
better investment, for ample returns
would result from the Investment
Tucson Citizen.
a vertical. double compartment
shaft. the first in the ella valley, has
been put in the San Juan mines. An
extra force CT men have been put IN
this property this week and work will
lie r-saed. There are at present three
eight hour shifts at work, and it is
proposed to increase the number OF
men working each shift.-Safford Ari-
zonian.
The Arizona Copper Smelling COM
pany has let contract to Kemp *
Hatch of Thatcher to build a 10000
gallon cement reservoir on top of the
hill at the smelter.-Safford Guardian.
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