Arizona republican., 1899-10-12
MINING NOTES.

A process for making fine wool from haustible quantities in the neighbor> hood of Alexandria. Ind, is Q recent discovery by c. C. Hall, chemist of the steel works at that place, the claim be- ing that from a combination of 94 per cent of the limestone chemicals, and one of the commOneSt of minerals, pure wool is obtainable as white as snow. It seems that, while making eXperi- ments with limestone for his factory, it was found that a certain kind of the material, instead of turning to quick lime when subjected to fire would, when combined with chemicals, turn into lava. and when subjected to an other process this lava could be ren- dered pliable and handled like molten glass. From this beginning the pro- cess was pursued, and a dOwny wool resulted, with promise of considerable industrial possibilities; that is, sucn rock wool is represented to be as soft and white as that produced by sheep, and can be manufactured cheaper than sheep can be raised and clipped, is not affected by fire or water, and the sup ply seems to be almost unlimited Mineral Collector
 HI. L." writes the following report from the Monte Cristo camp says the Prescott Courier: Messrs Fisher and Boyd of the Monte Cristo company have been here for a few days looking over their property and have let con tract for a, 5G0-foot shaft on the Monte Cristo mine- They will also erect inn mediately twenty-ton cyanide plant to work the tailings of which they have 4I,o74coY,1
 The three mile pipe line will be over hauled and buried in the ground and the mill will be shut until the comple- ton of said work. The ore in the Monte Cristo grows richer as depth is attained and new ore bodies have been encountered in several workings
 People who are at all mining wise Know that rich mines are liable to be located in the center of towns or on roadWays where thousands have pass ed to and fro for years, without sus- pectlng the existence of mineral values hidden beneath their feet and an an houncement of find of this character does not excite much comment in the HlihihS world but when it is stated 'hdt q considerable piece of unlocated sfouhd mas been discovered right in the town of Jerome and almost s,1r-
 
 section some may well be q little in crcdulous. but such is a fact. says tI,,. Prescott Courier, for in doing the sur Neylng necessary to making q man of the mines in that district Civil Fngf- neer J. J. Fisher discovered a piece of ground 150X450 feet adjoining the north end of the United Verde Copper com pany5 Hermit mine and alongside the Daisy mine and between the town and the roasts- The town of Jerome is partly built on the Hermit mine If is needless to state that Mir Fisher promptly branded this mine Maverick by locating same in his own name. and there may be millions in it. A man is never troubled by the things he knows nothing about, and that is why the thousands of people in Jerome lost no sleep over that valuable piece of unIo- cated ground which would have caused regular stampede of lOcators had the true status of the matter become gen orally known Thus it is that valu- able nugget every now and then drops into the pocket of the fellow who pos sesses the know how.''
 John B. Anderson has filed location