Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
TIMES AND MINING.

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The Rio Tinto copper mines in Spain
employ 400 men. Last year they paid
81, 100000 in dividends.
| Owing to a scarcity of water the mill
at the Larkin mine has shut down, and
as several other mines have also closed
down the condition has caused a gen.
eral suspension of business here.
1t is said that the Horse Shoe Bend
gravel mine in Tuolumne county, Cal,
has been sold to a syndicate of New
York mining men,. who will immedi-
ately proceed to develop the property.
The great deposits of argentiferous
ore recently discovered at Valley Cen
ter, As miles north of the city of San
Diego, are claimed by mining engineers
to be the only deposits of note in the
extreme southwest. Capitalists are af-
| ter the mines.
The discovery of a substitute for
platinum in incandescent lamps is
claimed by M. L. G. e. Geullaume of
Switzerland and M. L. G. Dumsar, a
Frenchman. The substance is an al
10y of nickel and steel.
In Arizona Yavapai county has 299
patented mines-the largest number of
any county in the territory. Cochise
county has 236, Poma 152, and Mohave
SO. Yavapai's total assessment of mines
and improvements is $953,000, that of
Cochise $546,007.
The Great Eastern quicksilver mine,
located near Guerneville, Cal, has
struck rich body of ore on the new
550-foot level recently opened up. The
monthly cleanup for the last month
was 240 TASKS, an increase Of nearly
one hundred over that for many
months past
Ell Sorreo, de Sonora, Mex, of Sep
tember %, says that the Valenciana
mine, situated in La Colorado mining
district, has been sold to an American
company for the sum of $250,000 in
gold. The principal owners of the
mine are Guillermo Robinson and a
Chinaman named Fon Hong of Quay
mas.
Thos. Clark, the we'll known mining
mining man of Placerville, has gone to
South America to superintend the
Playa De Orc mine, a hydraulic and
drift proposition of over 100000 acres,
upon which 100000 is to be expended
by the company operating. He was ac-
companied by his son George and John
Oldfield Mr.. Clark will remain until
April if the climate permits.
The members Of President McKin-
ley's cabinet are making some telling
and felicitous little addresses during
the Western trip. Their remarks are
pleasing to the country, not alone be-
cause they show that the Presidents
official advisers can talk as we'll as act,
but for the better reason that they
demonstrate the vigorous, statesman
like grasp which they have Of the
questions that are pressing for solu-
ton.
The Randsburg Water Company, a
new corporation, has purchased all the
property and interests of the Johannes
burg Milling and Water Company Of
johannesburg, Cal. The new company
is incorporated with a capital stock of
$780, Capt Coulson is president, H.
A. Darling, vice president and George
H. Curtis, secretary and manager. The
two latter gentlemen were the princi-
pal owners in the johannesburg Water
Company, while Capt. Coulson was the
chief owner of the other
During the war with Sapin there was
a sensational disappearance of large
number of ambulances that had been
sent to Tampa. This incident has been
duplicated in times of peace. 1t lis an
nounced that 1000 new freight cars des-
tined for the Rio Grande railroad and
eto oy,fo ho Tn
have completely dropped out Of sight.
People who can steal thousand cars
and get away with them completely
lay in the shade the gentleman who
can make off with red hot stove
Express.
In recent edition the Los Angeles
Mining Review prints an article in
which it is stated that the gold produc-
ton of Southern California for the
present year will exceed six million
dollars in value The statement is
made on reports received by that pa
per from the several mining camps.
1t says: Enough is now known to en-
able us to say that for the present
year the gold out put of the mines in
Southern California will exceed $6,000,-
900 in value. Of this amount the Rand
district will contribute nearly one-half,
while the districts adjoining the Rand,
the Mojave district, the Panamint
country and Argus and Slate Range
districts in the southern portion of
Inyo county, together with the largely
increased number of producing mines
in San Bernardino Los Angeles, River
side and San Diego counties, will easily
oo fnr in ic
not single stamp mill in Southern
California but what is now busy crush
ing ore, while, as is we'll known, the
mills doing custom work in the Rand
district cannot, although running night
and day, begin to handle the ore
brought to them.