Mohave County miner., 1900-03-17
operations last week. Twenty-Five
men are employed on the property.

operations last week. Twenty-Five
men are employed on the property.
The Tucson Citizen reports the find
ing of 9O0s gold nugget by an Indian
in the Horseshoe Basin placer diggings,
in the Quijotoa mountains.
In discussing the work of the newly
formed Portland Mining Stock Ex-
change, the Oregonian notes that the
States quartz mines are reported to
be yielding 5,OOos a day, the placer
mines 7,5oOs a day, and that shipments
of sulphurets of which no account is
kept, amount to 50OOo0s year. Ac
cording to report made to the Seattle
assay Office, the State had, at the be-
ginning of the year, 533 stamps, 500 of
which were working, while $50 more
were being put in.
From reliable source it is learned
that bond on four claims in the Tue
son mountains has been given to east
ern parties, the consideration being the
payment of l50OO0S upon its expira-
ton, says the Star. There is a large
ore body, our informant states, run
ming in sulphides and pyrites. No
work beyond the annual assessment
has been done. IL may be classed As
quarry, being largely exposed. The
parties to whom the bond was given
will put a force to work in March. If
this is all that is said of it, how near
Tucson is to big thing that will event
ually profit this city.
The annual report of the United
Verde mine, owned principally by Sen
ator w. A. Clark, for 1899 shows: Sales
of copper, 5,775,62ls; silver, 29S,22ls;
gold, 28S, S,593S; anodes, l6,7l5s; miscel.
laneous, 2l,70ss. Total receipts, $685.
S6Ss. The expenditures aggregated
66O, ,346s, the principal items being con-
verter expenses 36,l9ls; mine develop.
ments 555,l47s; freight 427,4l2s, aud
ore roasting l02.9l6s. The profit for
the year was 3,735,52Zs The dividends
aggregated 3,OOO,OOOs and the balance
on hand is S25, ,52ls. Construction ex-
penses amounted to S0l, ,ll0s as against
694, ,479S in 1898. The total product
was i3.39O,590 pounds.-American Min
ing News.
Hon. q. w. Hull continues to move
around the mining circle at a rather
lively gait. He is now getting ready
to put force of men to work in the
Swlndler mine. He will get the old
Aqua Fria 10-stamp mill in shape to
run on ore from the Swindler. Ten
thousand dollars have been expended
in developing this mine, which is 10.
Gated at the head of the Bigbug. 1t
carries very large body of low grade
gold and copper ore. There is big
carpet like deposit of ore near the sur
face, which has beeu leached by the
action of the elements. This ore is
ITcc kOIu anu Will Iili ~ tou. At a
lower depth in the mine, the ore is
copper and carries from four to five
per cent of that metal. Native copper
Is being taken from some of the claims
which adjoin the Swindler.-Prescott
Courier.
A report from Randsburg, Cal, states
that negotiations are being completed
for the sale of the Buck board mines to
Los Angeles and Riverside parties.
The price mentioned is l00O00s, of
which 30,O00s was to be paid cash. The
Buck board properties are considered
as being among the best in the Rand
district, and it is believed will, under
development, prove even more valu-
able than the Yellow Aster mines. The
Buck board is opened up by shaft
265 feet deep, at the bottom Of which
the drifts open up body of ore four
teen feet wide, ten feet of which aver
ages 1913 to the ton. One five-stamp
battery of the Johannesburg mill is
n;no riobf and dav IN ora from