Mohave County miner., 1899-09-23
General Mining News

SiiSA "a ANS"S
The Fortuna mine near Yuma is now
turning out an average of 5O,OOOs per
month, clear profit of more than
4O,OOOs.
Some time ago a strike was made in
the Harper quartz mine at Forest City,
near Grass Valley. The property
is owned by j. S. Harper He repre-
sents such capital as the Sharons;
Spreckles and many other millionaires.
A report reached Forest City that the
strike is one of the best and most i'm
| portant made for number of years.
IL is said that bowl full of quartz was
brought in from the mine, which was
about two-thirds gold. Such finds have
been numerous of late, and the indi-
cations are that thousands of dollars
will be extracted in comparatively
short time. The mining outlook in
that part of Sierra county is better
than for years past.-Pima Record.
At the works of the United Verde
Copper Company new buildings are
being added as fast as ground can be
made. The News says the 5O-foot ad-
dition to the east end of the smelter
is now completed, and preparations are
being made to add another 80 feet on
to the same end as soon as the founda-
ton is made. Another and larger cleo
trio crane has been ordered. This will
give them three cranes to handle the
machinery and metal in the smelter
When the new machine arrives and is
put in place switch will be put in so
that the cranes can pass each other.
This will make the working Of the ma
chimes much easier and allow the more
rapid handling of them.
People who are bawling for boycott
of the Paris exposition, would perhaps
be less eager to resort to such an expe-
dient that is at best always a dubious
one, if they we're to pause and reflect a
moment upon the injustice of such a
course. The st. Louis Globe Democrat
put the case very plainly when it says:
"Of course, the vast majority of the
people of the outside world believe that
the verdict of guilty rendered against
Dreyfus is trayesty on justice, but
the French manufacturers. merchants,
hotel keepers and others who would be
injured by the boycott are in nowise
responsible for the verdict. They have
had just as little to do with the judg.
ment as had the government. Probably
they, as class, are as much opposed
to that judgment as are President Lon.
bet and Premier Waldeck- Rousseau"
A bond for deed was this week Sc.
cured by representative of a mining
syndicate on the famous Mariquitts
free gold mine situated eighteen miles
southeast of Ehrenburg. Madam
Jacques Traves, of Los Angeles. owns
the property and has often refused big
offers for it. The consideration of the
bond has not yet been made public
but is supposed to run well up into the
hundreds of thousands. The Mari
quitta is one of the best mines in tn,
territory and when placed in operation
will add materially to Arizona's golt
output. The property consists of ,
gigantic ledge of low grade free millin,
ore which has been sufficiently devel
oped to make at least half a million
dollars in sight. The parties who ar,
taking hold of the Mariquitta have am
pie means to carry the deal to com
pletion and as soon as they get full
possession will begin the erection of
r modern stamp mill of sufficient capac
! ity to handle the output of the mine
Yuma Sun.