Mohave County miner., 1900-04-07

siau government on plans prepared by
an American engineer, MIR. Bates OF
Chicago. Under the contract the boat
was to have capacity of 1000 cubic
yards of dredging per hour. She re.
corded capacity of l,S00 yards on
trial. So great was the interest in the |
trial that most of the foreign mbassa-
dors we're present, the Belgian cabinet,
commissions from Australia, India, |
Germany France, the Argentine Re-
public, and hundreds of engineers from
all parts of Europe. Trains we're run
at reduced rates to accommodate the |
people eager to see the American
dredge, the most powerful in the world,
and for six weeks boats were kept run
ming at Antwerp to carry visitors to
the point of operation. The immediate
effect has been to cause orders to be
placed for similar dredges for India,
Australia and Russia.-Los Angeles
Review.
About month ago M. w. Hurst
and Abe Forsyth left for Arizona, to
locate mine owned by Mr.. Forsyth,
on an Indian reservation recently
thrown open to the public, which mine
Mr.. Forsyth had discovered years ago,
but conld not legally hold, says the
Oxnard, California, Courier. From
accounts received from Mr.. Hurst, it
seems the two men are fortunes fav-
orites, for before arriving at their des-
tination they discovered ledge of
copper and silver ore which will make
them rich, il accounts are at all authen-
tic. After during some surface pros
pecting and having numerous samples
assayed, they staked out two claims
and sent word to Messrs. j. w. Parrish
aud J. II. Myers of Oxnard, both of
whom have been former partners with
MIR. Hurst, as cont, actors and builders,
to drop everything and come on. Mr..
Hurst's well known character for eau
tion and conservatism assured his for
mer partners that he had something
good iE store for them and they lost
10 time in closing up their business
here and left for the "front" on Thurs
day. We hope to hear from them and
chronicle their success in the near fu-
ture. The exact locality of the new
discovery is not known, but it is near
Payson, on the edge of the Tonto Basin,
in one of the three great copper min
ing belts of America. The ore is said
: to be very rich, running 70s in copper
and Ss in silver. A large body of that
J kind of ore would prove bonanza in
! deed.
The production of coal in the world
is no longer equal to the demand, and
in Europe the price of coal has ad-
vanced 45 per cent the past few months
and many manufacturing establish
ments have closed down because they
we're unable to secure coal. One Amer
lean coal dealer last month received
orders from Europe for over 100000
tons of coke that he could not fill. The
state railroads of Germany and of Bel
gium fear that they will not be able to
store sufficient coal to tide them over
the summer with its heavy passenger
and freight traffic. An immense strike
of coal miners in Austria adds to the
: difficulty and Europe faces serious
industrial crisis, unless way can be
found to supply the thousands of mills
and the railroads, as well as steamship
lines, with sufficient coal, even though
it be at an advanced price. The worlds
supply of coal is not yet giving out,
and will probably last many hundred
years to come, but it is more difficult
today to mine coal, and the demand
caused by the immense industrial
growth of late years cannot be sup
piled by the mines now in operation.
Perhaps few years more may see a
discovery or an invention of generally
supplying heat and manufacturing
power without the use of coal, but in
the meanwhile New Mexico possesses
magnificent assets in her developed
and undeveloped coal fields, and the
: man who possesses coal lands had bet
: ter hold on to them for the present, for
the near future will undoubtedly see
heavy demand made upon them.-Al-
buquerque Citizen.