Mohave County miner., 1900-12-15

would mean much larger pay roll in
the future. AS to his mines on Equa-
tor Hill, it will take great deal more
of development work there before the
putting in of facilities for handling
their output can be definitely decided
on.
The big smelter at Helvetia was
burned last week. The fire started
! from mass of Stag which could not
be controlled and ran from the jacket
over the floor igniting the tim mbers aud
driving the men from the building
The tapperS were unable to stop the
flow of Stag and before they realized
how serious the accident was they
were driven from their places and the
smelter was a mass of flames. The de.
struction was complete and it means
a loss of l00,O00S to the company. The
smelter will be rebuilt at once.
The Prescott Courier is reliably in
formed that Jake Marks and Jos.
Hobbs have bonded the Mount Union
mining group of six claimI to eastern
capitalists for 75,O0Os; l0,OOOs is to be
paid down in 30 days, and the remain
der in two equal payments, six months
apart from date of first payment. The
properties are gold bearing quartz
claim>; the ore carries from los to sos
per ton; the ledge is from two feet to
four feet wide. About 1000 feet of
development work has beeu done upon
the prospects, which are located about
Ii miles from Prescott. The eastern
gentlemen who have bonded the prop
critics have returned east to arrange
for extensive operations. Mount Uu-
lou is located in Hassayampa district,
one of the most generally aud highly
mineralized districts tributary To
Prescott, the mining hub of the south
west.
If there is anything in the saying
that good mine makes good miuing
superintendent, George Daily, super
intendeut of the Henrietta mine, takes
front ranks "a a mining superinteud
ent, and no mistake. He is running
the 20 STAN . mill right along on this
property aud is doing it with the best
sort of metallic results. On Monday
last he shipped carload of 1905 per
ton Henrietta ore to Ell Paso smelters,
and this is only one shipment pre-.
ceded by Others of like character and
to be followed by more of the same.
The ore body OF the Henrietta j. from
six feet to twelve feet wide. The Hen.
rietta, the Gopher aud the McCabe are
all on the same ledge in Bigbug dis
trict and 26 miles from Prescott. Judge
Barnes and Delegate Wilson who are
operating the Henrietta, have offered
75,O00s for the Gopher mine. rhe Co
pher adioins the Henrietta on the
north and the McCabe adjoius tbs Co
pher on the north. The McCabe Is de-
veloped to depth of 700 feet and has
a good body of zoos per ton ore in the
lowest workings.-Courier.
Joseph Mcdonald, one of the best
known mining men 10 Montana, has
been appointed manager of the Tread.
well mine on Douglas Island, Alaska.
He has resigned his position as man
ager of the Helena. Frisco mine in the
Coeur d'Alenes and will leave about
December Is for Alaska. accom- panied
by his family and by Harry Sterling,
who has been his bookkeeper at Gem
and will hold the same position at the
Treadwell. Mr.. Mcdonald has been
manager of the Helena Frisco mine al.
most from the time of its purchase by
Helena men and has made it pay large
dividends. He has large block Of
stock 10 the old company and bought
more when tho Frisco Consolidated
Mining company was organized He
still retains his interests there. The
Treadwell is famous as the greatest
low grade gold mine in the world. The
ore body is great cliff rising from the
shore of Gastineau channel and is a
great cliff rising from the shore of
Gastineau channel varies in width
from so to 40 feet The ore is quar-
ried out and thrown down to cars
which haul it to an SS0.stamp mill.
The concentrates saved in the mill
are treated by the chlorination process,
only bullion being shipped away. The
ore during the last few years has only