Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-27

The JOURNAL MINER was informed today that pTospectors had recently discovered large vein of platinum and aluminium bearing clay in the Grand Canyon. A chemical analysis gave a value Co it of $500 per ton iu platinum and tWenty-eight per cent in aluminium Several claims have been located already \ gentleman from near Prescott who is interested ID them will .eave in a few days to do the required location work on bis claims
 The steam hoist ou the Henriet' a mine was started up yesterday aud it IS expected tO start up i've of the twenty stamps on Wednesday of this week for a test run of 60 tons of ore. 4 scarcity of water prevents the running of the mill ;o its full capacity of twenty stamps. 4 new shaft being sunk on the property near the Gopher claim Is down 70 feet and is 10 au ore body four and a half feet wide which carries from Sl6 to SIS in gold.
 Henry B. Clifford teiephoned to the JoURNAL- MINER last evening that the fires 10 the furnace of the Big Bug shelter, under lease to the Ari- zona, Eastern and Montana con- pany, were lighted on Wednesday afternoon. The bins contain large amount of ore. aud ore IS arriving there rapidly every day from differ ent mining distucts Since the above company took charge of ths shelter, the machinery has all been overhauled, under orders from NIT Clifford, the furnaces refined and put in good condition a0d every thing gives promise of a successful run. Daniel G. Jewett, Is metallurg ist for the company, and ths machinery department IS ID charge of Frank Raymond, an experienced engineer and machinist. The sue cess of this enterprise means the circulation Tn this section of a large amount of money which has hereto fore been sent abroad for the reduc ton of ore.
 w. E. Deity who IS in charge O the Maricopa copper mines formerly known as the Osborne group nea Wickenburg reports that develop ment work IS being rapidly pusheC and the outlook IS most promising ! for the future. The shaft ls nov down l25 feet and will be continued | to a depth of at least 800 before shelter IS erected. Just al tn present time the company is engages | in placing a good hoist on the prop ! erty to facilitate the developmen work, and when fully opened up l will be time enough to build
 smelter. There is, however. nt doubt but that time will come. Tn property is we'll known, as 1t ha been located for the last twent years, but the former owner has al ways held it at so high a figure b could not dispose of 1t, and did nc have the means to develop it hin self. Since the recent boom m init ing matters people stopped scratch ing around on the surface like a lc of old hens" says Mir. Deity, "bu have gone to mining ID earnes This is not only the case with tn
 mine. but with lots of them in tn same district, aud in a short tim wickenburg will be heard from
 big letters.
 If litigation is an evidence of good mine, as has been alleged, the
 the Cobre Grande in Mexico giv'
 promise of being hummer. Notice
 have appeared in the papers fro
 time to time of the liugious tra and tribulations of the company ar now another legal kink has bee
 added to 1t by an action hied ID tl , district court Tn PheniX by J. Costello, president of the compan
 against William C. Greene. GeOrl
 Mitchell and George A. Tresdwe i The complaint. after stating Tn q
 tsil the history of the company, as
 the court to restrain the defendan , from holding a meeting to transa
 business of the Cobre Grsnde CoI . per company, which was called 1
 September g at BIsbee. The
 junction was granted by Judi
 Street. It appears that the defen
 snts had arranged to get Possessi'
 of the Cobre Grande Copper col
 pany. They had possession of 1t ?. one time. but MT. Costello clair
 that their title was not legally :
 cured. The complaint says that |
 purpose of the meeting that was
 be held at Bisbee was to defeat [ '. option given to Costello for the pI ' chase of ll9.OO0 shares of the sto M of the Cobre Grsnde company.
 Ed. Block has just returned fro a trip to the First Home mine To Big Bug and reports the mine loo
 ing very fine. They have co menced running levels m shaft ; I. They have driven the 20 fo
 level 40 feet on each side of { shaft and are getting some very h }. shipping ore. They will soon beG
 to run a level from the bottom I the shaft. that is 2l0 feet deep. T 5, chute recently struck ID shaft \ v ? is getting wider as depth IS
 tained, and now has from 7 to a feet of solid shipping ore. }
 Block also visited the Arizona, Ea - ern and Montana Shelter and
 ports the bins well filed with ( and everything indicating a pr
 porous condition. with quite lar c force of men at the works. Cru g ore and concentrates are bel 70 shipped to the shelter from [
 Crowned King, Upper Big Br 'n Lynx Creek. Mayer, Agus Frla, 6
 from several other camps. A sm
 ter in that section has been need
 for a long time and under the ID; - sgement of Mir. Clifford there is ]. reason why it should not be a gra success. FluIing properties, su
 as iron and lime, are close at hsI