Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-17
MINES AND MINING.
In the Field of Mining Activity
 of Arizona and Elsewhere.
What is Going on in the Line of Recent Sales, Strikes And Development
 of New Claims.

A large boiy of good ore is re- ported to have been struck at a depth of 165 feet in the Whipsaw mine in Castle creek district
 Ed. Block, who has just returned from visit to his First Home mine in Biz Bug, says that property con- times to show up better and better as development progresses
 Grading has been commenced for the foundation for the steam hoist to be placed on the Belcher mine in Big Bug on which H. B. Clifford re- gently took bond. hir. Clifford has agreed to sink 200 feet on the Annie mine in exchange for the use of the Annie mill.
 A. P. Smith has returned from a visit to the Mountain Treasure mine on Groom creek, owned by him and his brother, A. L. Smith. The mine is looking in fine condition and while there he let a contract for running a drift 100 feet in length on the property.
 A strike of rich ore is reported to have been recently made in the En- press mine, an extension of the Blue Dick. Samples of ore have been taken out which go forty per cent in lead and 408 ounces in silver. The Blue Dick has beel great pro ducer of rich silver and lead ore.
 John Duke has just returned from visit to the gold mine which he is operating near Morristown, and brought some remarkably rich spec linens of ore back with him. Some of the ore goes as high as 5000 per ton in gold. While he does not claim that this is fair average sample of the mine. he says the claim has all the ear marks of de- veloping into a second Vulture mine.
 Captain J. W. Lind, of Kirkland valley, IS in town. He had some very rich specimens of copper ore which he obtained from some claims recently located by him on Copper creek, in the Hillside country. He located several claims, which show up excellent ore. the samples brought to ;own going about so per cent in copper.
 There is an unusual interest just now in mining property. On every hand there are representatives of east ern capital who are eager to get hold of properties that show any merit whatever. This is a period of unusual prosperity in every line and no one holding mines should enter tain any other idea than this is the best time to unload.
 W E. Clark, who has the contracf for feighting for the Octave mining company from the railroad to the company's mines at Stanton, is in town. He says the above company IS pushing work on their properties Their new boarding house is about completed and they are getting lum- Der hauled for other buildings and expect to soon commence receiving machinery for their new unill.
 Considerable excitement prevails around Pinetop over the discovery Of a supposed mineral section. As says of the ore have not yet been returned. The ore IS believed tt contain copper and gold. The whole adjacent country is being staked and shafts are being sunk. We hope that a bonanza has been struck out there. as there is plenty of water and timber in that section, and everything is favorable to pursue mining successfully. - HolbrooE Argus.
 Messrs. Wm. Bright and Pat Fitz gerald, who are miniug in the Tur key creek district, cam" in yrster- day. They are toe owners of the Cad and Hammer group of mine: near Holmes Butte, which they have been working for some time. Ths ledge is over eight fe, in width anC from several assays they find tha the value of the ora averages 6; ounces silver and Sl0 in gold to th, ton. They have made several crosi cuts and tunnels aud have shaf 250 feet deep aui the property in proves with every foot of work.
 It is ju,t heeoning gen. rAli, known that the old Tombston' mines are about to be opened uT and n:,efa;inas ilegun anew. T. the old timer who was in Tombston, in her palmy days this intelligence will bs gladly received as few mlne have the romantic and stirring hi- tory that this old mining town has The water Is now being drained oi
 preparatory to beginning work ant the citizens of that old mining caml are thoroughly exercised over tn prospective mining boom. 1t IS sin cereiy to bn hoped that this ancien lsnd mark of the mining industry 0 the southwest will again awake iron its long silence and once more mak , itself felt around the world.
 Steve Mott, who is working on gold mine in Aubrey district, nea : John Doyle's gold property, is i } town with a nice shipment of ore and is having it worked at the King man sampler. He reports wor progressing faEorably on the proE : critics owned by the ,tidas mlnin . company, and says the ray strea r has gradually widene.i on the Be = Butler from about seven inches i r ovrr a fco', and at the bottom ( l the sl ait now down about hftee t feet, the ore is extremely rich an ? the Pen Butler bids fair to becom
 a producer of high grade gold or . On the Alice mine, owned by th s company, running parallel with tl 8 Ben Butler, fine ore is being a, n tracted that would pay to ship. Iii t members of the Midas mining con
 pany are feeling jubilant over the
 outlook in Aubrey district.- NJ, i, have Miner.
 There are few mines in the worl l. which produce large quantities 2 silver in the native state--that is l. say, in white flakes for coinage. ] 6 99 cases out of 100 silver ore woul v not be recognized by a person n possessing any mining knowledge 1t contaln silver at all, says the l. n Angeles Times. Probably the mo
 remarkable of the mines yieldir
 native silver is that of Batopilas,