Mohave County miner., 1900-02-17
General Mining News

The shaft on the Fortuna mine, Yuma
county, il said to be down 900 feet.
with the ore body unchanged. This is
one of the numerous mines of Arizona
that demonstrates that the large end Of
the ledge: are not on the surface, but
increase in both quality and quantity
As depth is attained.
The Examiner says: 'The famous
Cherokee Flat hydraulic gold mine,
from which l3,000,0O)s in gold has been
taken, and comprising 100 miles of
water bitches, 30 miles of debris canals
aud 1900 acres of patented channels,
has been sold. The purchasers are a
syndicate of Washington and Pittsburg
capitalists, headed by l. B. Hamilton of
Pittsburg. The price paid was over
quarter of million dollars. The mine
is located at Oroville in Butte county,
and has been worked for forty years"
Messrs. Whiteford and Champion,
who have taken long lease on the
Butte ana Columbia mines, situated
lS miles northeast of Florence, should
experience no difficulty in handling the
properties at profit. These are the
mines owned aud worked by the old
Pinal Consolidated Mining Company,
of San Francisco. The company had a
30-ton water jacket at Butte, l5 miles
ahpua ENorapoa ond banlal The o,o
down the mines, distant from the smell
ter, four miles. They shipped l0J car
loads of base bullion, when the prin-
cipal stockholders got into a quarrel
which resulted in long litigation and a
shutdown aud sale of the smelter plant.
There is some high grade hard carbon
ate of lead and sulphide ores in the
mine which can be hand jigged at a
good profit. The above named gentle
men now have force of men at work
in the mines.--Arizona Blade.
The big concentrating mill of the
Detroit Copper company, at Morenci,
which has been under construction for
the past year or more, made trial
run few days ago. The Bulletin learns
that the big gas engines, which supply
the power for the mill, did not go off
smoothly at the start, but since have
been adjusted and the plant is now
running in good shape and regularly
This mill is said to be one of the larg,
est of its kind in the world, but if it IL
not, it i: certainly one of the most
complete ia its appointments and
equipment. Neither expense nor time
have been spared to make it first class
in every particular, and Mr., Mills, who
has had charge of the construction OF
it, deserves great praise for the erec
ton Of srch splendid piece of work
The capacity of this mill is 500 ton.
daily, and it will add largely to the al
ready large output of the com pany.-
Solomonville Bulletin.
In report on Montana's mineral pro
duct for 1899, United States Assayel
Branden, of Helena, says: "For the first
time in nearly a decade silver has beer
mined solely for its intrinsic value, the
white metal production since the SLUMP
in its price having been secured as by
product--that is, produced In ores car
Tying other metals. such As gold, cop
per and lead But early last year two
noted silver mines at Philipsburg-tht
Granite and Bimetallic-were re-openec
by consolidation of both the mines
and the companies owning them and
some 450 men are now regularly EN-
ployed. An immense tunnel has beeI
driven through the mountain to con
meet the mines, thus permitting one
hosting plant to elevate the product OF
both mines. The operation is said tC
yield fair dividends
An extremely rich body of free gol6
ore was discovered the first of tht
week on the surface of the "Lucile," 1
claim adjoining the King OF Arizona OF
the north. For the past month mum
Der of placer miners have been making
big wages with dry-washers in smal
valley directly below the ledge, which
heretofore had escaped careful notice
and was considered of but little impor
tance. Upon hearing of the success o
the dry-washers in that vicinsly, w. II
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