Mohave County miner., 1900-10-27

There was sensation at the Elkton
mine, Cripple Creek, Col, last week.
For some time it had been suspected
that some of the miners had been guilty
of stealing high grade ore and detec-
tives were put TO work in the mine with
the suspects. When the shift come off
on the 10Th inst. each man was searched
and seven we're found to have ore of
very high grade hidden in their pockets.
All were arrested by posse of officers.
Superintendent Camp estimates that
fully l0,000S worth of ore was stolen
last month. The ore taken from those
searched is estimated to Le worth at
least 500S.
Supt. Parry, of the Milwaukee com
pany, has sent several teams from Casa
Grande, loaded with supplies, SACK,
etc, for his lead properties, situated
about thirty miles south of Casa Grande.
re has placed George Westfall in charge
of the work of extracting and sacking
ore, and will soon have carload ready
for shipment. He is also rushing work
on the Sunset copper group, in the same
vicinity, and opening up some large
veins of copperbearing ore. There is
every indication now that this fine
property will prove to be very valua-
BILE one.-Florence Blade.
Mrs. A. Kinney has received samples
made on the st. Carl claim, one Of the
west end claims of the Bryan group,
on the Gila river opposite Kelvin. The
ore is high grade copper glance. The
vein has been stripped length of 100
feet and sixty sacks of the ore shipped,
and more will follow as fast as teams
can be got to haul it. There is a fine
showing of ore in the old Bryan work.
ings, and this new strike greatly en-
nances the value of property.-Silver
Belt.
Hon. A. G.. Hubbard, the we'll known
mining man of Redlands, Cal, was in
Yuma last Friday. Mr.. Hubbard had
just returned from the Bonanza dis
trict, where he 10 developing a very
valuable property, of which he is the
owner. This property is near the ia
nous Bonanza mine, which he and his
partner, the late George Bowers, sold
to English capitalists some three years
ago for 1,20O,oO0s A few months since
he purchased the same property for
7,J00S and will make another fortune
out of it, The old fgurative saying
that lightning never strikes twice in
the same place,"is is not applicable to
Mr. Hubbard.-YumeS Seatinel.
The South African mining companies
have been bitterly disappointed By the
delay in ending the military campaign.
They sent their engineers and agents to
Cape Town when Pretoria was occupied
and there they have remained in idle
ness month after month. A dozen en-.
gineers, repre- senting the mining inter
ests, have been allowed to go to Jo-
hannesburg and report on the condition
of the plant, but pumping operations
have not been resumed, and miners and
natives cannot be employed until the
railways are prepared to carry coal and
supplies on a large scale. The rail.
ways barely suffice for the needs of the
army, and it is not believed that the
mines can be operated with efficiency
before the end of six months. 1t may
be twelve months before returns are
received from the immense mass of
capital invested in the Transvaal.
The outlook for gold mining in Ari-
zona is still bright, says Major S. M.
Davis, mineral agent of the FL Paso
chamber of commerce in the El Paso
Herald. There is not shadow of
doubt that Arizona in the near future
will take front rank as producer of
gold. 1t is an indisputable fact that
gold is more widely distributed and
more accessible in paying quantities
than In any other state or territory In
the United States. Every range of
mountains running through the terri.
tory is scanned with veins, carrying
gold, silver and copper, and her valleys
are one mass of placers, awaiting the
development of water. As for free
milling propositions, Arizona stands
at the head of the list. The mining
world has heard for years that the
veins in Arizona do not go down. l
know it to be fact that in all alti-