Arizona weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1885-1903, 1900-05-02
IN THE FIELD OF MINING
What is Going on in the Line Of
Recent Sales, Discoveries
and Development.
The Mineral Zone of This Particular Sse-
tiOn of Arizona and its Rapid
Advancement.

The attention of mine owners is iii
rected to the advertisement in this
Issue OF l. W. rulley of Council Bluns.
Iowa. who wants some Developed gold
ana copper properties or properties
on bond which may not be thoroughly
developed
James Patterson completed deal
Thursday whereby he bonded Gold
Reef, East Gold Reef ana Midseou
mining claims. near the Equator. to
Dr. HendryX. of Los Angeles. for
S1OO,OO0 The bond is to run three
years. but payments are TO he made
at intervals in the meantime \ pay
ment of $4,000 was made down-Ie-
rome Hustler
Thomas Marmont, who is in town
from the Castle Greek country has
sample of copper bullion from the
Whipsaw smelter. The plant was
started up ON Wednesday for a test
run and during a run of four or five
hours it turned out product of about
four tons of copper bullion. Every
thing proved successful and the plant
was accepted by the owners of the
mine. 1t will he started up perIna-
of which T. E. Parish is superlntend-
ent
\. B. Nader, United States deputy
mineral surveyor. will leave in a day
or two to make a survey of six min
ing claims owned by Christopher Har-
ryhausen, near Jerome. The claims
are only about three-quarters of mile
north of the mines owned by he United
Verde Copper company. and the work
that has already been done ON them
gives promise that there is fine body
of ore, if not the same ledge as the
great United Verde. below.
Jules Baumann has just prepared one
of the most elaborate mining reports
on the Baumann group of mines IL
is illustrated throughout with maps
and drawings in cOlOrs, showing the
development work on the property
Mr.. Baumann at present has four men
at work on the Arizona claims of
the group. He has shaft down
forty feet, at which depth he has a
good wide streaK of very rich copper
ore carrying a good percentage of
gold. He had samples of this ore in
town today to be assayed-
\ rich strike is reported to have
taken place within the past few days
in the Shylock mine in Black Hilis
district. owned by Henry B. Clifford
K Co The vein of ore has been cross
cut at a depth of about 1T5 feet and
4 body of ore nearly eight feet across
running a good per cent in copper and
silver. has been encountered. The
strike is considered by those who have
seen the ore and the amount of il. to
be one of extraordinary value. and
viii undoubtedly develop into a veri
table bonanza. The mine is located
only Il short distance from the Yaeser
canyon mines, owned by Judge K. T.
Sloan and others.
We have been informed by reliable
authority that Mr.. Burkdall is soon 70
arrive from Chicago and begin opera
tions again with the large steam shovel
in the placer fields near Walnut grove
This immense piece of machinery.
which, with all its equipments. cost
in the neighborhood of 100000 ana
which has been lying idle for some
time, will handle about one ton of dirt
per minute and with a force of from
twenty to fifty men makes il pos
sible to handle, with profit. dirt that
goes as low as ten cents in gold 10 the
Gu &c yard.
J. II. Hise is erecting n five-Stamp
mill on his mining property in Plac-
eritas district, for the purpose OF pros
pecting the properties. In case the
properties on which work is being done
proves to be what is hoped for them il
is the intention TO put in about forty
stamp mill. As Il preliminary 10 this.
the old Hamilton and Parker ranches
in Peoples valley, on which there are
large springs with an abundance of
water. have been purchased. and it Is
contemplated putting in Il pipe line of
between three and four miles in length
to convey the water to the min. This
viii secure an ample supply the year
round.
Sam Barkley returned ass nishs
from a two-days' trip to 1he Sierra
mountains. While there he visited the
new copper district opened up by Nc
Gees Rillitos colony The district is
located in an almost level basin anI
has been run over for years by proS-
pectOrs with out any thought of there
being ore there because Of the I'M
broken character of the land. l;ut
closer inspection has disclosed 4 Huni-
Der of well defined lodges barely rc3ch
ing the surface of the basin and these
lodges while as Yet unprOSpecred t0
any extent give upon the surface eN-
cellent promises. Mr.. Barkley himself
drove stakes upon Il couple of l0ca-
tons.
superintendent T. n DunShee of the
Buster Mining company. has had his
mill of thirty tons daily capacity. on
the mine ready to start up now fOF
several months. and has been anxious
ly awaiting the storm. which has
never come. to furnish water 10 start
it up Wearied of waiting. dry
crushing process mill has been
purchased and the machinery for it
arrived the other day ana is now he
ing shipped out to the property. Mr
DunShee viii have it placed in posi-
ton just as soon as possible and Will
start it up on ore from the mine
He says that there are about 1.3O0
| feet of development work done on
the two claims. the Buster and Stand
ard. and there is fine body of ore
opened up in it. He expects to have
his new mill in operation by the 18th
or Goth of May.
A telegram from AlamagordO. New
/ Mexico, says: ProspecTOrs and miners
/ from here are preparing for Il rush
/ into the Mescatoce Indian reservation
as soon as it is thrown open for set
4 tlement Many rich mineral finds have
/ been made ON the reservation. but the
| Indian police have jealously guarded
| the domain and driven the white men
/ Off. The reservation is located in the
heart of the White mountains. and
contains 4T4 acres. The MeSca-
/ tOce Indian tribe now numbers about
! IA souls, and, with an allotment of
100 acres of agricultural land to each
as proposed by the resolution sub
mitted in the report of the committee
on Indian affairs, 403,200 acres of the
richest agricultural, timber grazing
and farming lands in New MeNic,,
win be thrown open to settlement ana
development.
/ The United Globe mines are pushing
development work in their mines with
excellent results. The amount of sui
phide ore coming from the Gray is in
creasing. and the same character of ore
was encountered in cutting out the
eighth level station in the HoGSier
shaft The company viii soon begin
4 to make large shipments of sulDhide
ore to the El PaSo Smelter. The HoOS-