Arizona republican., 1899-07-07

A special correspondent writing to
 the Los Angeles Mining Journal from
 Chloride, Arizona. says, a fine dtscov- cry of gold, silver and copper ore has
 been made on the Redem-tinl mine belonging to Robert J. Ferguson, Sons
 x Go. The location is two miles east of town on the west side of the Cerbat range. and is contiguous 10 the Ten8es- see Schuy.kin Elkhart and other b2ig paying mines Cis the camp The dis cOveTy was made two weeks ago while doing development work in q drift where former assessments had been performed. and was great surprise to the owners and others Who visited the work. There is much black met al in the ore body, whichis over three feCt wide and native copper is visible in much of it. WEth this two ounces of gold is the result of the latest as say which has improved from the be ginning. The percentage of lead has not been tested but it is thought that it carries not more than two ner cent. Taking out asserting and Sfcking ore is going on quite vigorously fir q ship
 nent, which Will be made in a very few days. "A part of the shipment will lsa consigned to the Arizona sampler at Kingman for treatment. and an other lot will go to Pueblo. Colorado. The discovery and extent of the ore body has attracted widespread atten- tion
 As ihis is the dry season Of the year, nGD@ of the conceDtrat0rS at the big producing msnes are running on much over half time. and. in consequence there is a grec't deal of ore occumu- lating on the dDmps. Much of this ore. however. will be shipped in its raw state if rains do not come soon.
 The Merrimac mine has a vast amount of very rich ore on the dumps and the big ore bodies in the lower workings are increasing the supply very fast.
 The Tennessee mine contireIes in q large body of very rich ore. and some of the finest ore ever hoisted out of mnie in M5have couHsy is now being taken out. The shaft is down some i thing over 300 feet. and One-third of this distance has G>een through a solid 1 bCiy of ore. lStcping back is soon to commence. In the body Of ore are considerable quantities of both native l and ruby silver giving to the whole | m average value of a little more than 1 100 ounces silver to the ton.
 In Weaver district. which is situat- | ed twelve miles west of here and | Which IS exclusively gold, much acti- ! vity and work is going on. On tha | Virginia mine there is q large IUanti- tv of free milling god ore on the | dump, which is being sacked for a | large shipment. Work in. this district | began in good earnest only about three i months ago. and now besides the Vir- %inia- the RaEnrod has been develop | ed and is producing almost as much i Three other claims in the district are also being developed with every indf- cation that they will come in as big predicting mines at TO distant day.
 Stockton Hiil C.strict is again pro- ducing some good ore. after a lapse of several years abandonment. But this spring some of the owners of these old paving prc1ertieS returned 10 do their regular annual assessments. but con tinued and did some development work in new places which hror9tt to light some new and very rich bodies of ore hence the present activity in the old caIrr1-
 The new railroad from near King man is new within 1 few miles of town and Will arrive here in about two weeks. ard the rates on ore shipments from here Will be very materially re- drced- The old wagon rates were from $3.J0 to S4 per ton. and there are Tine owners here who advance the idea That railroad transDortation wil amount to less than half these rates.