Mohave County miner., 1900-11-24
General Mining News

ihS "'ulNai sdlbS. CdIbOihO aStu sdo,
aud as filling for wallpaper. Much |
= of the magnesite used in this country
is mined IN Greece at cost of about !
3.50s per ton and brought to the At
iantic ports for about l505 per ton
more, selling in Philadelphia and New
York for about rs per ton.
Even the meager 1905 annual "assess.
ment work" on an unpatented mining
claim is sometimes squandered and
valueless when done with the idea that
it is sort of irksome government tax
to be pertunctorily performed "tO hold
the claim" being thus often done not
where it would do the most good but
where it can be done most easily. The
true object of the annual assessment
work is to develop the property in the
best interests of its locator, and thus
add to its value.--Mining and Scientific
Press.
Rich ore has been struck on the 700
foot of Lake Superior and Western in
the north drift. The ore is good and
the drift is all in ore. Assays of a sat
iofactory nature have been made. 4
new hoist has also been ordered of the
latest pattern. The shaft will be very
extensive, in three com partments and
only ~ by 30 feet. This will take an
enormous amount of lumber. The
oil O. =, e ha Inc hot
will add to the fame of this region.
IL has all the pros poets of a mine with
ineXhaustible ore bodies, the develop
ment work Is carried on with system
and Skill and under the be st manage
ment.-Cochise Review.
The new shaft on the Henry and
Ritch Bonanza claim has reached a
depth of twenty feet, and the last six
feet of rock broken in the shaft we're
in ore of good grade. Samp piles of the
ore brought to the Blade sauctum show
heavy red oxide, glance and carbonate
of copper with some specks of native
copper. Mr.. Henry made assays of
this ore Monday an1 some of it went
"a high al sixty three per cent copper
and 9s gold. The shaft will be con
tinued on down fifty feet and then a
cross cut will be made. to determine
the width of the ore body.-Florence
Blade.
Lodie lEelmez is in town from the
with some rich gold rock that comes
from new strike on the same ledge
and adjoining claim to the Lost Sol
dier mine recently found by Glissen d
Lawrence. FelmeZ worked for Glissen
4 Lawrence last summer aud was told
he could take up the north extension
which he did, not thinking much
about what the result would be. Mr..
Felmez Is green in the mining business
and therefore the strike. When Eel
mez had to do the asses sment work he
picked out the softest ground and
sunk five feet When the ledge was en-.
countered, carrying very rich gold ore.
At the depth of II feet the ledge has
widened to feet with an Increase in
width of the rich ore. There is good
prospect for mine here.--Globe
Times.
1t Is not generally known that the
greater part of the turquoise sold in
this country, and large part of that
Nh Lg q
New Mexico. The American product,
II Is said, is generally but surely dis
placing the Oriental stone. The colors
OF the American turquoise are not only
more to the taste of the connoisseur,
out are more permanent, the fading Of
New Mexican turquoise being very
rare instance. Turquoise mining in
ne" mexico Is of very remote origin.
Many OF the present mines located in
dlcated operations by the inhabitants
OF New Mexico at |; time prior to or
contemporaneous with the Aztecs.
stone and earthen vessels of great an.
tiquity being found in the workings.
The rarest specimens of the wampum
of the New Mexico Indians contain
beads of turquoise, many of them be
ing gems according to modern stand !.
ards. One of the most successful tur.
quoise mines in the territoty is located
near Cerrillos, a station on the Santa
Fe railway. Many gems of great value
are credited to this mine, the workings