Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-07-19
MINING INTELLIGENCE
General and Local No es From tn Field Of Mines and Mining
 Everywhere.

Cecil G. Fennell yesterday lied a notice of the location of the Val Verde mill site and water right, to- gether with fifty inches of water of Agua Fria creek.
 Sam Hills machinery department has been doing a land office bus mess of late. He has three hoisting plants now gu route here, one for the Blue Bell mine in Chspsrral, one for the Zonia Copper company and one for Wm. Button of Minnehaha.
 Two men are engaged in placer mining near the Big Bug smelter with good results. The gravel IS hauled by wagon about a mile and then run through sluice boxes, pay ing from Sl0O to $l50 per week. A six dollar nugget was taken from the sluice boxes on Saturday.
 It is claimed that a smelter will be erected either in Needles or Kingman by people with good hnan- cial backing. Our people should bestir themselves in this matter and if possible have the plant located here. Water and a good site are the requirements and these are easily obtaih Mohave Miner.
 Gov. Adams and partners, who had bond on the BinghamtOn cop per mine owned by IT. Stoddard, near copper mountain, have quit work on the property. They want ed additional concessions from the conditions contained in tke bond and NIT. Stoddard's refusal to grant them was the cause of their throw ing up the bond.
 H. B. Clifford, who recently purchased the Easy Boss mine from I. T. Stoddard, has placed a force of men at work developing the property. Mir. Clifford says that all the surface indications are favorable for the opening up of a good mine on this property, and he proposes to sink 1000 feet on 1t for the purpose of sscertaining whether his judg- ment is correct or not.
 The Spoke and Stonewall claims in Mescal gulch were sold to Boston parties by John Burkes and John c McBride. ThiTty-tve thousand dol. lars have been deposited at Prescott and will be turned over as soon as certain conditions are complied with In the papers to the deal, John G Mcbride and W. Fl. Price are cred ited with owning one-third each aud Dave Hall and James Niebalc l-6 each. This property has had considerable work done on it anC shows copper, prineiPally.-Jerom, Reporter.
 The contract to supply the smelter, sampling works and roasteri of the Val Verde Copper Co., Ltd. has been awarded, after active com petition from all the leading ma chinery manufacturing firms, to the Colorado Iron Works of Denver represented by s. W. Traylor, and { payment of Sl0,0O0 has been made on account by the company's man ager. The shelter will be of tho very latest improved style. Tn, company expect to have the una chinery ready for shipment just a soon as the spur IS completed to the site.
 A telegram from Toronto, Canada announces that copper ore of almos incredible extent and richness ha been found in the Barry sound dis trict, within.sbout seven hours bl rail distant from Toronto. The dis covery was due practically to al American mining expert namet Forbes, who has organized two com panies, one composed entirely of St Paul capitalists and the other com posed of Canadians and St. Pau men, which have secured all of tn claims in the neighborhood and hay, commenced operations on an e1ten sive scale.
 Superintendent Hull of the UniteS Verde Extension Copper mines, one of the busiest men in Jerome a present. Two large hoists and large compressor has arrived at th mine and he has a large crowd o men at work placing a l2-horse powe hoist and a 22-horse- power com pressor in position at the shaft of tn 1888 claim. On the Jerome claiu grading for the hoist is almost com pleted and within ten days botl hoists will be working. On th Eureka claim contractors are . work driving a tunnel which is nov ing through some rich stringers, anC ! on the Red Line claim the contract ors are now cross-cutting a 5-foo ledge which carries a value of S2.5 in gold and 3 per cent copper. Witt these hoists in operation work vii progress rapidly and it will be but short time before it will be provel whether or not this group contain pay body of ore. The superintend ent is much encouraged at the show ing made to date.-Jerome News.
 The Black Hills Copper compan, is the name of a new company or ganized to develop a group of claim in the Jerome district. The groul , is located west and on parallel witt } the United Verde Junior group The company consists of local ant California men who own the prop erty. The claims are located on tn, mineral belt, and miners say tha there are good prospects for strikin, , a body of ore in the group. It is legitimate proposition, and invest ors are invited to make a thorougl examination before investing thei money. All the money derived frou the sale of stock will be spent fo . development work, and those wh, put their money in are guarantees this. This property IS owned by tn company and there is, therefore nt large payments to be made to claiu owners or mIddlemen, and thls fac gives an assurance to investors tha their money will be spent in de velopment work. Development worl is now going on.-Jerome News.
 Ben Clay Married.
 Ben Clay recently took a trip tC Wichita, Kansas, ostensibly to buy