Arizona weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1885-1903, 1900-05-09
IN THE FIELD OF MINING
What is Going on in the Line Of
Recent Sales, Discoveries
and Development.
The Mineral Zone Of This Particular Sec
tiOn of Arizona and its Rapid
Advancement.

a man named Putnam recently made
Il rich strike of ore ON an extension of
the Bordeaux mine in Big Bug.
The Cananeas mine is shipping the
largest consignment of machinery to
the mines from NacO ever shipped in
that district
The Cripple Crick district has ship
PED so far this year $7,J00.000 in gold.
am paid dividends amounting to 81
JUO,0OO. The product for the first
three months of 1899 was about 81
100000; so that the first quarter of
this year has gained $3.200.0OO in pro
duction over last year.
1t is reported that another rich pay
streak has been encountered in the
workings of the famous Pearce mine
in Cochise county. This mine has
been one of the great gold and silver
producers of the territory and there
is sufficient ore in sight to run the mill
at full capacity for ten years or more
The new strike will add greatly to
the value of the mine
Miners in the employ. of Fred Rief
in his Bordeaux mine in Big Bug re
Gently encountered Il body of ore in
that property fourteen inches wide.
which goes close to 500 per ton in
gold, silver and lead Mr.. Rief is
opening up this claim in Il systematic
manner and has unwavering confidence
in its making Il good mine
The new smelter of the Verde Queen
Mining company is nearing compile
ton and Thos. Campbell. who is an
officer of the company. will leave on to-
morrow mornings train for Colorado
to make arrangements for coke ship
mentS. The capacity of that smelter
is forty tons per day and the COM
pany has enough ore in sight to keep
it running right along and hope soon
to necessitate an additional furnace
Another rich gold strike is reported
from Alaska. In fact it is cold day
up there when they fail to discover
new gold field The latest discov-
cry is on White river and a stampede
of miners is reported from Klendike to
the new field. The find was made last
winter on Il namelesS tributary of the
river which empties into the Yukon
twelve miles above the mouth of Stew
art river. According TO reports re
ccived ut Dawson. the diggings yield
from so to $50 per day to the man.
but little is known as to their extent
On Discovery claim. bedrock was
reached at depth of twelve feet. with
a pay streak two feet thick and of un-
known width. The gold is coarse and
pans give from 10 to 10 cents.
". II. Ferguson. on his return trip
from PheniX. stopped for day or
two with Colonel ~ o. Brodie at the
Crown Point mine. and being an ex-
perienced mining man was naturally
invited to take 4 look through the
mine. and the invitation was rs natur-
ally accepted. Mr.. Ferguson says thar
while he had heard only good reports
from the property he was very agree
ably disappointed in what he saw in
It. as il was much better than he had
anticipated. The shaft is down to n
depth of 450 feet and he says the
ledge varies in width from three to
twelve feet. and is of an excellent
grade for milling. The mill is in oper-
alton right along and Il general air of
activity and prosperity pervades the
camp. Mr. Ferguson thinks the Crown
Point will soon develop into one of the
leading properties in Yavapai county.
1T is Il fact not generally known. e.
spoke ]. L. Stother. u mining engineer
of Flagstaff, Arizona. but Mexico
stands fifth in the worlds gold pro
ducing countries In the last few
years there has been Il steadier influx
to The republics mining districts
than Alaska could ever lay claim to
and this has been wholly responsible
for the showing. africa United
States. Australia, Russia and Canada
which takes in the recently discovered
fields in the northwest. lead in the
order named. MeXico's increase in
gold of 1899 over 1898 was approxi-
mately $4,000 ounces 1t also leads
in silver. with United States and
Australia running second. 1t ap-
pears exaggerated, but Mexico shows
up Il gain of three million ounces in
silver in 1899 as compared with the
previous year" Ell Paso Times.
Governor r. C. Powers returned yes
erday evening from n surveying trip
in the Black Hills district He reports
tN Il y lillll- llN ely anu lOOAlliS Ntl
encouraging in most all parts of that
country. The special mission that Oc-
cupied his attention on this trip was
ihe work of surveying a new road
Tor the BoOkshire group of mines.
mis- road will be about 2000 feet
long and will connect a new shaft
being sunk on one of the claims with
the old road. The matter is being CON
sidered now of building a new road
from the Cliff group of mines to Je-
rome. Should this project be carried
out the proposed new road will make
the distance from this group of mines
to Jerome only about for miles. where
as the present road is more than ten
miles long. 1t is pretty certain that
this road will soon be built and when
it does this new road on the Book
shire group will form a link in it. Mr..
Powers says the BOokshire and Cliff
groups are doing considerable work
and n fine showing is being made. No
work is being done ut present on the
News. Black Hills, Decatur and
United Verde Jr. groups. largely on ac-
count of the scarcity of water, but it
is hoped that this trouble may be
overcome now since the rain and snow
storms of the past few days. and that
these mines will soon be the usual
scene of activity.
Work on the mines in Jerome's new
gold fields. in the Mineral Point dis
rict, has been somewhat retarded dur
ing the past two weeks on account of
the heavy snow and rain storms pre-
vailing in that neighbOrhOod. The
work that has been done, however,
has demonstrated the fact that there
are other rich deposits of gold in that
district than that discovered in the
Clune- Wheedon group. On what is
known as the Scott group. located
south of the railway track, Il wonder
full rich gold strike has been made
richer, it is said, than the original
strike in the district. This group is
owned by Liveryman Scott and part
ners, of Jerome. says the News.
Preparations are being made by Il
number of men who have an abund-
ance of capital, to thoroughly explore
several groups in the district and to
do so at once. There never has been
a gold district vet discovered that had
Il better surface showing than the
Mineral Point. Work, legitimate de
velopment, done there viii he a much
better gamble than the expenditure of
money on a trip to AIaskO. That the
material for the creation of gold is
there has already been demonstrated.
1t will take development to demon
strate if it is there in quantities to
pay for the mining.
Tho C1oba SoDpIinc works or, rrroc