Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
MINING INTELLIGENCE
eeaeral ard II>=al sssss From ihs Fisls q nRss and ninias
 Ess0Nhere.

AdEices from Nlckeabarg are to
 the edeci that tEo ear loads of ms
 ehlnery have aFF4red at that place
 and hare been freschted io ths Os-
 bGrne mines and a large foree of
 men is st work pgtting 1, up. Tt is the intention of the eoEsysany now
 developing the mine to sink 500 fs-st
 as rapidly as possible. cross-cuttiag
 At intervals Other improsemeats
 of the mine have been masis showiaR
 that the company which has taEen
 hold of the OsbaFns p5opertT wiii
 make a mine of u tn short time lf
 there is any mIne there A force of
 men hAs been building . rosd from
 the nine to WickenbuFg, which is
 about completed. The company
 expects 70 obtain a sufficient water
 supply feE the property from the
 mine.
 A g0ntieman who recently cane
 up from Wickeabarg says more
 transactions in mining gre being
 made there than is generally known.
 Most of the deals are kept quiet be- cause the properties are undergoing development and the owners do not care 10 attract attention until z mine has been demonstrated. But one deal has taken place ia the Black
 Rock distrlet which is thought to be important IT. E Parish and W. F.
 Deity, the mInihg engineers. were over to that district examining some properties on behalf of New York capitalists, with the result. it is un- defztood, that ga option has been taken oa one group at least
 The staid old state of PenusyIya- nia is experiencing a mining exeite- meat at present. The Philadelphis Press tells of ii in the following Ian guAge: John :. Griffin. of Greens- burg, J. Lawson. nf South Greens burg, and T. C. Myers, of Adams- burg. have made a mineral discovery in Poe mountains, Bedford county, which promises to rival Cripple Greek. Colorado, and other gold, sil- yer and lead veins. This trio of Westmorelanders has a tract of 200 acres of land on which these min erals are found in paying quantities. An analysis of samples taken from that region was made this week by the chemists al the Pittsburg labo- ratory and show 47t per cent pure lead to the ton, SlS00 worth Of pure gold, and Abodt S2,500 worth of pure silver. They will organ1ze a com pAny and begin active development ia this field at once. They have also received several fattering ofers for their property. Mr. Griffin, who made the discovery, is an old Cali foruia miner. He crossed the Rocky mountains with GeDsral Samuel Black of Pittsburg and his party of eastern sFgunAuts early la 1elo, and IS one of the original ~4aeFs.S For years he mined the yellow metal Id the lar west, and at one time worked for Flood, Fair, MAckay and other bonanza kings in the Comstock and other mines. Many of the great gulches in the Rockies and Sisrrss were Prospected by him and be spent several fortunes seeking after great ones. He Is a thorough expert on quartz. Several months ago the party went 10 Bedford county on a bunting and fishing trip. Griffin no- ticed the similarity of the Poe to the great quartz pro iucing ranges ia the Rockies and SierrAs. He vent to prospect and with each days labors his hopes in- creased. Un3aunted after a few days work, when the other members of the party returned home, he re- At the close of the frst weeks labor be found ample evil fence that his labor had not been wasted. Notifying his friends, who 1Ad promised to each take equal in- .erests in the purchase of tract of has rich mountain mineral lands. he purchased tract containing 200 acres. There are some evidences hat Indians did some digging in hat vicinity sud it is believed the ed men secured gold and lead in .hese mountains when they held way m Pennsylvania.