Mohave County miner., 1900-04-28

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or. ave intend shipping right along"
said Mr.. Jennings. He left here We'd
nesday to return to the mine.-St
George News.
The Tuapa Mining and Milling Co.,
OF Los Angeles, has recently struck
body of high grade ore in one of the
com mpany's mines near Tuape, Sonora,
Mexico. A report of 1t to the Mining
Review states that three feet gave an
average assay of 424.52s, while one foot
OF the same lead gave an average of l..
O1264$, and five foot average of an
other lead gave return Of 47.66$. The
stockholders feel very much elated at
the showing.
Mr.. Milt Quenner, formerly at Minas
Prietas, has recently promoted deal
by which Paco Garcia has sold to Mr..
Thomas McCraw, New York capital.
ist, the Picach de Bacanuchi mine,
near Bacanuchi, in the Arizpe district.
The price was 150,O0Os gold from which
Mr. Quenner realized very handsome
commission. The deal was closed on
March 25th. The property is very val
liable, we'll defined ledge having been
developed, the ore carrying from 100
to 700 ounces in gold. The new owner
will erect mill and work the property.
Oasis.
The africa group of gold mines To-
Gated in the africa mountains, twenty
miles west of the Colorado river and
forty miles from Ehrenburg, Is turning
out some remarkably rich sulphate ore.
Col. G. II. Gray, the owner of this
splendid property, has recently erected
a stamp mill on the property to test
the free milling value of the mines.
A we'll sunk four miles from the mine
has an abundance of water for all
uses. Wood il abundant, and the ore
seemingly inexhaustible. Some of the
finest ore ever seen in Phenix came
from that property aud shipments have
netted the owner over 1908 to the ton.
There are five claims to the group, on
which large amount Of development
work has been done, showing beyond
doubt that this is one of the best gold
mining properties now operating in the
west.-Phenix Gazette.
For some time Milo Hill and others
have had men employed driving a tun
mel for coal 10 the hills about four
miles northeast of Santa Fe At a
depth of about % feet from the surface
in breast of the tunnel body of 4
feet of manganese has been encounter
ed between well.defined sand and lin
stone walls, and it is believed to be the
mother lode, whence originate the nu-
merous stringers of high.grade manga
nese found in the vicinity. Some of
stringers have shown as much as IS
per cent pure manganese, but the val
uable mineral has not heretofore been
found in quantity sufficient to justify
efforts to mine and ship. II the grade
of the ore struck In the tunnel men
toned proves as high as its appearance
indicates, the discovery will be worth
more money than body of coal. Man
ganese commands from S0S to 800 per
ton, according to grade, in the iron
and steel manufacturing districts of
the east 1t is an essential ingredient
in the production of Bessemer STEEL
Santa Fe New Mexican.
| With gold bullion Of the value Of
over 40O,OOOs in his custody, Capt. P. b.
Nick con, who operates the big bullion
train between De La Mars Nevada
mines and the end of the Utah and Pa.
cific company's track at Uvada, ar
rived at the Oregon Short Line depot
yesterday and transferring his precious
cargo to the Union Pacific, will leave
for the south again today. Just what
period or what tonnage was required
to produce this result could not be
learned at the offices, hut 1t is said to
have represented considerably less
than month. While but little infor-
nation is to be had during the absence
of the owner concerning the behavior
of the bonanza from which more than
5,O0O,O00s has already been derived by
the Captain. the mill is handling an
average of 5000 tons monthly. The
dust that formerly made itself source
of SO much annoyance has been finally
overcome, and from camp is brought