Arizona republican., 1899-10-16
Mines and MininQ

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 was not in good enough condition to l furnish the water necessary for the
 mill, and the mill could not be run 1 without water. so MT. Powel had to shut down. The well in former years
 furnished enough water for mill, and i it is probable that if it was put in proper shape would do so again. c. W. Maxon, the well known mining
 man, was seen by the Clifton Era
 scribe at Lordsburg. Mir. Maxon has l been in that section for about two i months and has secured a group of
 eighteen valuable claims in the Vir-
 ginia district several miles south of Lordsburg. The above district was worked years ago for silver and lead and no attention was paid to copper. It turns out that some of the mines that had considerable development
 work on them are first class copper properties, running as high as 50 per cent copper, besides well in silver and
 lead. MT. Maxon's friends here hope
 he will succeed in the new copper
 camp.
 The Ray mines company filed articles
 of incorporation with the country re-
 corder today. The incorporators are Alexander Hill, Albert Steinfeld and s.
 M. Franklin. The main offices of the company are located at Melvin, in Pi- nal county, and in Tucson. The cap ital stock is given at s1OO,OOO, divided into shares of one dollar each-Tucson Citizen.
 A lot of machinery for the Silver King mine on Groom creek was ship ped out to that property yesterday Mackin brothers will get it in position just as soon as possible and will start work vigorously in the development of the mine. The mine was a good pro- ducer at the time when it was assailed by litigation when it was closed down and has remained idle ever since.-- Journal Miner.
 E. c. Betts, who is shipping the onyx from Red Rock to Paris, was in the city Friday, says the Lordsburg Lib eraL He has gone to Silver City and will go from there to Pueblo. to await returns on this shipment. If the stone proves to be as valuable as he thinks it will be he will return and ship a carload or so a month regularly. The freight on the stone from Lordsburg to Havre, France, is s19 per ton. Of this sum $15 is paid for railroad freight to New Orleans and s4 is paid for the ocean freight between New Orleans and Havre. The stone is not true onyx, but is a fluoride of lime, com monly called feldspar, but owing to its peculiar coloring and to the fact that it takes a beautiful polish it is expected to prove very valuable in the market.
 H. G. Ross, who is connected with | the Superior mining company, says the Lordsburg Liberal, came up from Fl | Paso, bringing several fine mule teams | which are busy hauling ore from the | Superior mine to the depot for ship | ment to Fl Paso.
 James Sterling has sold to B. M. Me | Whorter the Hoboken mine at Gold | Hill says the Lordsburg Liberal. MT. | is not going into the min ing business, but will continue in the cattle business. The Hoboken is more famed as a water producer than as an ore producer, and it is for the water that it is valuable to it's purchaser
 The ore body in the Ben Tan mine at Layne Springs has remained unchang- ed to a depth of sixty feet. The ore taken from the shaft so far has paid all expenses. The Messrs. Bowers have purchased title in conflict with their property and will push development from this time on.-MohaVe Miner.
 The Clack brothers have struck ore in the wing which they are sinking on the Nighthawk. The streak is small but as it runs nearly 1,50O ounces sil- yer and one ounce gold it will not take many tons to make them wealthy. The boys are the best workers and most energetic hust1ers in the county.-Mo- have Miner.
 The work Of putting down the shaft 1t the Pioneer mine. under the man
 | company is going on day and night. The ledge shows up better and better 2s depth is attained. This promises to Ee 2 valuable property.-Giobe Silver Belt.
 r. Erickson, a mining engineer for nerly Of Albuquerque. says the Citizen 1f that place, is at present at Fort Sta ion. Sweden, engineer of a copper nine, which, although not the deepest $ reputed to be the greatest producer If copper in the world. The town is about sixty miles east of the town of F'alun, in central Sweden, and is 1890 mics nearer to the north pole than Santa Fe. The summer, however, lasts seven months. The mine is one mile from Falun, and is known as the Fall 1grufva. If all the underground tun- lels were placed end to end they would ,e longer than eighteen miles. The mine is first mentioned in public rec ords in the year 1920, A. D., but is much older than that. The oldest privilege belonging to the mine is from King Magnus Ericsson, and is dated Febru- lry "A, 1347. The ore contains only 3 per cent copper, but nevertheless the nine has proved very profitable. In S31 gold was discovered in the ore, and It certain places in the mine the ore 'uns $50 to $18O in gold. The ore also contains a high percentage of silver. Since it was first worked the mine has produced 500,0O tons of copper more han was ever produced from any other nine on earth, it is claimed.
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