Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-01-11
MINING INTELLIGENCE
SOME GENERAL DOINGS OF THE YELLOW PRODU-
 GERS IN ARIZONA.
ACTIVITY IN YAVAPAI MINES
 STILL PREVAILS.

Robert Gray, while running a tuu-
 nel on the Blue Belle mining claim,
 Stockton Hill, opened up a fine
 body of silver-gold ore. To our way
 of thinking, the Blue Bell is a mighty
 fine property and ought to be pay ing dividends right along. The ore
 is free milling, the only base in 1t
 being copper, which in no way inter
 feres with amalgamation. MT. Gray
 is running a tunnel to tap the vein
 below the old works and We expect
 to hear of him striking big body
 of rich ore.-Mohave Miner.
 Cripple Creek district produced
 sixty per cent of the entire gold
 product of Colorado during the year
 1898. The Cripple Creek mines
 paid in dividends during the year S2,592,50 as against l,079 50O in
 1897. The portland mine took the
 lead with S570,OO0, other big divi-
 dend payers being as follows: Vic tor, $350.OO0, Nj Oon-Anehor S2l6,000,
 Strong, S240,0OO, Elkton, S220,OO0. The number of dividend paying
 mines in the district was increased
 from ten Tn 1897 to twenty-one in 1898. Not included in the above list IS tte Independence mine owned
 by a single individual, w. s. Strat-
 ton which paid 2.225,0OO in net
 profits and Is also credited with a larger sum in reserve.
  Engineer Becker, under whose supervision the United Verde and
 Pacific railroad to Jerome was con structed, arrived at Jerome last
 Friday and immediately started out with a corps of engineers, 1t Is said, to survey a route for the extension of the U. V. X F. road to the Equator mine. Ii IS also TumOred iu Jerome that the litigation over the property has been compromised and that work will soon begin on it on an extensive scale. Should these rumors prove true, Jereme will soon become the largest mining camp in the territory.
 James Barton, Jr., an experienced metallurgist, who has been success fully operating the Little Jessie cyanide works in Chaparral, until the recent cold weather necessitated their closing down, came in Satur- day for a visit Mir. Barton states that the cyanide works above are a fattering success, the run of one month so demonstrating. As soon as the weather moderates sufficiently to permit of resumption he will re turn to the camp and start up the plant on a steady run. This last showing of the Jessie IS certainly one wherein Mir. Jones, as we'll as the other mine owners in that district, should feel very much hattered over the outlook, and reflects likewise creditsbly on MT. Barton's ability as a practical and successful mining i man.
 Hon. George E. Roberts, director l of the mint. has received from the | aud agents of the bureau preliminary estimates upon the pro of gold in the several pro ducing states and territories of the | United States for the calendar year 1898. The estimates are as follows: $2039, ,930; Arizona, S3,lS5,- 490; California. $l4,SS3, ,72I; Colo rado, S24.5O0,0O0; Idaho, S2,273,902; $65.000; Montana, $5,2O9,- BOP; Nevada, $2,959,79l; New Mex leo, S360,0O0; Oregon, Sl,343,669; South Dakota, S5.S41, ,4O6; Texas, s7 800; Utah, $2,l74,513; Washing ton, $599,4S3; Wyoming, S5.16S; South Appalachian states, S33,32S; total, $65, ,7S2,677.